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A NAVAL 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIOIAUY: 
 
 COMPRISING 
 
 THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF 
 
 EYERY LIYING OFFICER IN HER MAJESTY'S NAYY, 
 
 TROM THE HANK OF 
 
 ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET TO THAT OF LIEUTENANT, 
 
 INCLUSIVE. 
 
 CompilcTt from ^uti^enttt anK dFatnil^ JSocumenU. 
 
 BY WILLIAM E. O'BYRNE, ESQ. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, 
 
 PUBLISHER TO THE ADMIRALTY. 
 
 1849. 
 
Lonilon : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street. 
 
TO 
 
 HER MOST GEACIOUS MAJESTY 
 
 THE QUEEN, 
 
 Wbi^ 35tograpgtcaI Btctionars 
 
 OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY 
 
 IS, 
 
 BY HER MAJESTY'S AUTHORITY, 
 
 MOST DUTIFULLF DEDICATED, 
 
 BY HEE majesty's LOYAL AND DEYOTED SERVANT AND SUBJECT, 
 
 WILLIAM R. O'BYRNE. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 At length, after six years of unremitting toil, mental and physical, I have 
 succeeded, to the entire exclusion of every other pursuit, in accomplishing 
 an undertaking deemed by all most arduous, by many impracticable; 
 disheartening truly in the perspective, but in the retrospect, a source to 
 me of sincere gratification and, I hope I may add, of honourable pride. 
 
 That any apology ■will be considered necessary for the publication of 
 the present work I cannot believe : it was due to the Service — it was 
 due also to the country. To the country, it was due that it should 
 be made acquainted with the merits, individually, of men to whose col- 
 lective eiforts it is, in the main, indebted for its proud pre-eminence in 
 the scale of nations ; and upon whom it must, in days to come, rely in a 
 great measure for its permanent security. To the Profession, it was due 
 that some exertion should be made to furnish a public memorial of the 
 services performed, the dangers braved, the honours attained, and the 
 disappointments suffered, by those who have fought and bled in support 
 of England's greatness, and who, during a long period of peace, have 
 equally maintained her dignity, afforded protection to her commerce, 
 and in every way guarded her interests. 
 
 Should any explanation, however, be looked for of the causes which 
 
 have induced a civilian, previously unconnected with the Service, to 
 
 embark in such an undertaking, the only excuse I have to offer is, that I 
 
 perceived the necessity that existed for a book of the kind, and that I 
 
 determined to attempt to supply it. The degree of success I may have 
 
 achieved in the performance of my self-imposed task, it is not for me to 
 
 estimate ; but I can venture to claim credit for the most earnest zeal, 
 
 the most unwearied industry, and the most undeviating impartiality in 
 
 the prosecution of my labours. 
 
 b 2 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 The following pages will be found to comprise an account, more or 
 less detailed, of nearly five thousand oflJcers, including all those now de- 
 ceased, (in. number upwards of six hundred,) whose names are contained in 
 the 'Navy List' for January, 1845. I have not the presumption to anti- 
 cipate that I have, in every case, afforded satisfaction. He would, indeed, 
 be over confident, and possess but a slight knowledge of human nature, who 
 could for a moment believe that it was in his power to please so vast a 
 number of persons as those who must of necessity be more or less interested 
 in these records. All I can fairly hope, is that the result of my labours 
 may be received with general favour, and that the desire I have felt to do 
 entire justice to my subject may have proved successful to as great an extent 
 as I could be warranted in expecting. A work of this character could 
 not have been compiled without an extensive intercourse with the indi- 
 viduals to whose professional biography it is devoted ; and it is with pride 
 I confess my belief that no public writer was ever more honoured with 
 the confidence of a profession than I have been with that of the Navy. 
 With many, however, especially of the younger members, owing to their 
 absence on foreign service, I have not been able -to communicate ; and 
 some there are who, from a too fastidious feeling of modesty, or from 
 accidental causes, have left me to my own resources. Whenever such 
 difficulties have arisen, I have endeavoured, I trust not unsuccessfully, 
 to overcome them so far as increased activity and perseverance could 
 enable me so to do ; and to obtain, from sources hardly less authentic, 
 the materials of which fortuitous circumstances had deprived me. In all 
 cases I have endeavoured to be as correct in my statements and as copious 
 in my details as circumstances would permit. 
 
 For whatever errors may have crept, unconsciously on my part, into 
 the memoirs of those who have afforded me information, I can only 
 express my regret, and suggest as an excuse the impossibility, in a work 
 embracing so immense a body of facts, of guarding against occasional 
 inaccuracies. But these I trust and believe will be found to be of rare 
 occurrence. I shall be equally sorry if faults of commission (and 
 faults there must also be of omission) should present themselves in the 
 histories of those who have disregarded the applications which I felt 
 nlyself bound to make, in duty to them as well as to myself. In the 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 prosecution of my task I have avoided adulation, and I hope that I have 
 in no case rendered myself liable to the charge of having bestowed un- 
 merited praise. I have, indeed, as a general rule, confined myself, in 
 awarding commendation, to the language adopted in public despatches or 
 other official documents ; and in accordance with this principle, as well as 
 with a view to rigid accuracy, I have, at no small pains, carefully ex- 
 amined the ' London Gazettes ;' affixing in every instance to a memoir, 
 by way of note, the date and page of the Gazette in which the officer's 
 name stands recorded ; with the single exception of occasions on which the 
 captain of a comparatively large ship has obtained mention through the 
 capture of privateers and letters-of-marque. With regard to Courts- 
 martial, I have, whenever I have found it possible to do so, avoided any 
 reference to them ; the advantage to be derived from reviving the details 
 of inquiries of this nature appearing to me anything but obvious ; and I 
 hope, for the credit of the Service, there are few, if any, of its members 
 who would desire to enhance their reputation by recalling the errors, 
 often trivial, of their brother officers. 
 
 Important as have been the communications I have received from 
 members of the Naval Service, the work would have fallen far short of its 
 present dimensions and completeness had it not been for the cordial sup- 
 port and countenance with which I have been honoured by the Board of 
 Admiralty, who have most obligingly afibrded me access to every record 
 in their possession which appeared at all likely to facilitate its progress. 
 
 I have but little more to add : few besides myself can conceive the 
 anxiety I feel for the success of an undertaking that has absorbed so many 
 years of labour, and upon which so large an amount of capital has been 
 expended ; but I commit it with confidence to the leniency and considera- 
 tion of the Service, trusting that my readers, mindful of the pains I have 
 taken to satisfy all reasonable expectations in regard to it, and of my 
 earnest endeavour to perform my task conscientiously and correctly, will 
 rather give me credit for ,what I have achieved than censure me for what 
 I have not. 
 
 I cannot conclude this notice without offering, in the most unequi- 
 vocal terms, my acknowledgments to the present estimable Secretary 
 of the Admiralty, Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, for the public-spirited 
 
viii PREFACE. 
 
 manner in which he entered, from the date of my earliest application to 
 him, into my views ; and for the kindness with which he made known my 
 intentions to his venerable predecessor Sir John Barrow, and after his 
 own accession to office extended to me every facility for acquiring informa- 
 tion. The memory of Sir John Barrow, too, I must ever revere, for the 
 attention I experienced from him during the latter part of his official 
 life, and for the sympathy he expressed, and the interest he appeared 
 personally to take, in my labours. To my valued friend John Barrow, 
 Esq., Keeper of the Kecords of the Admiralty, I owe more than I can 
 well express. I could indeed scarcely find words adequate to convey my 
 sense of the indefatigable assistance I have received at his hands through- 
 out the progress of the work, and of the benefits I have at all times 
 derived from his experience and his highly-prized advice. 
 
 Independently of the Admiralty, I have reason to feel gratified by 
 the courtesy which has been exhibited towards me by members of other 
 departments of the public service ; and to no one am I more bound by 
 obligation, and it is with heartfelt pride and pleasure I record it, than 
 I am to William George Anderson, Esq., the Assistant Paymaster-Gene- 
 ral, both for the aid which his official position has enabled him to render 
 me, and for the acts of personal kindness by which they have been accom- 
 panied. 
 
 It would be unjust to terminate this series of grateful acknowledg- 
 ments without mentioning the aid I have received from a member of my 
 own family, my brother, Eobert Henry O'Byrne, author of the ' Repre- 
 sentative History of Great Britain and Ireland ;' to whose affectionate 
 zeal and energetic exertions I am indebted not only for the compilation 
 of the greater part of the Appendix, but for the collection of a large 
 portion of the details on which the work is founded. 
 
ABBREVIATIONS, ETC. 
 
 G.C.B. 
 K.C.B. 
 C.B. . 
 
 G.C.M.G. 
 
 K.C.M.G. 
 
 G.C.H. . 
 K.C.H. . 
 K.H. . . 
 Fst.-Cl. Vol 
 Sec-Cl. Vol 
 A.B. . 
 Ordinary 
 L.M. . 
 F.P. . 
 H.P. . 
 R. M. . 
 
 ffaytain 
 
 Denotes the officer to be a Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. 
 ,, ,, Knight Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. 
 
 ,, J, Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath. 
 
 ,, „ Knight Grand Cross of the most distinguished Order of St. 
 
 Michael and St. George. 
 „ ,, Knight Commander of the most distinguished Order of St. 
 
 Michael and St. George. 
 ,, ,, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal HanoTerian Guelphic Order. 
 
 „ „ Knight Commander of the Royal HanoTerian Guelphic Order. 
 
 ,, ,, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. 
 
 • First and Second Class Volunteer. 
 
 Able Seaman. 
 
 Ordinary Seaman. 
 
 Landman. 
 
 Full pay, or time actually seiTed. 
 
 Half pay, or time unemployed. 
 
 Royal Marines. 
 
 Denotes that the Officer has accepted the Retirement. 
 
 *jf* The signification of the other abbrcTiations used at the head of a memoir will be found in 
 I detailed in the body of the memoir itself. 
 
 The ratings of A.B., Ordinary, L.M., Captain's SeiTant, Lieutenant's Servant, &c., were often 
 during the war nominally given to young gentlemen on entering the service, owing to there not 
 being at the time vacancies for them among the Volunteers and Midshipmen. 
 
 The Full-pay and Half-pay are computed up to the year 1847. 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY 
 
 ALL LIVING NAVAL OFFICERS. 
 
 ABBOTT— ABSOLON—ACHMUTY. 
 
 ABBOTT. (CoMMAN&ER, 1841. r-p., 21 ; H-p., 7.) 
 Jonas Archek Abbott is son of the late Al- 
 derman Abbott, of Dublin ;. and nephew, mater- 
 nally, of Vice- Admiral of the Ked Sir Edw. Griffith 
 Colpoys, K.CB., who died Commander-in-Chief on 
 the North America and West India station, 11 
 Nov. 1832. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1819, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on l)oard the Newcastle 60, Capt. 
 Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag of his uncle, the 
 late Sir E. G. Colpoys, on the North America sta- 
 tion, where he successively removed, as Midship- 
 man, to the NiEMEjj 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, 
 and Bellette 18, Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell. 
 After an attachment of two years, in that capa- 
 city, to the VicTOKT 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth 
 of Sir Geo. Martin, and Blonde 46, Capt. Lord 
 Byron, under whom he escorted from this coun- 
 try the remains of the late King and Queen of 
 the_ Sandwich Islands, Mr. Abbott passed his ex- 
 amination in April, 1826 ; between which period 
 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 1 Oct. 1830, he further served, as Mate, on 
 hoard the Melville 74, Capt. Henry HiU, guard- 
 ship at Portsmouth, and Maidstone 42, bearing 
 the broad pendant at the Cape of Good Hope of 
 Commodore Wm. Skipsey, and afterwards com- 
 manded by Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg. His 
 subsequent appointments were, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India, Mediterranean, Lisbon, and 
 Home stations — on the date of his promotion, as 
 above, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole — 28 
 Sept. 1831, to the Spabrowhawk 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Maitland— for a short time in 1833, to the Winches- 
 ter 52, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley— 15 Oct. in the 
 same year, to the THnNDERER 84, Capt. Wm. Fur- 
 long Wise— 8 May, 1838, to the Trinculo 16, Capt. 
 Henl'y Edw. Cofln— and, 7 Sept. 1841, to the Dido 
 18, Capt. Hon. Wm. Keppel. Since his advance- 
 ment to his present rank,- which took place on 23 
 Nov. in the latter yeax, Commander Abbott has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 20 Feb. 1844, Mary EIUs, eldest 
 daughter of Commander Jas. Agnew Stevens, R.N. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ABSOLON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 8.) 
 
 William Absolon was bom 17 July, 1789, at 
 Yarmouth, co. Norfolk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1803, as 
 Ordinary, on board the BoMOLrs 36, Capts. Wood- 
 ley Losack and Thos. Burton, of which ship, sta- 
 tioned off Harwich, he soon became Master's Mate. 
 
 Removing, in Jan. 1805, to the Circe 32, com- 
 manded successively by Capts. Jonas Rose, Joseph 
 Spear, and Hugh Pigot, he assisted at the reduction 
 of the Danish West India islands in Dec. 1807, and 
 was the first to hoist the British colours on the fort 
 at the capture of Marie-galante, 2 March, 1808. , On 
 26 Nov. in the latter year, Mr. Absolon was trans- 
 ferred with Capt. Pigot to the Latona 38 ; and in 
 Feb. 1809, having chased the French frigate La 
 Ju-non into the Salutes, was placed in command of 
 the pinnace, with 10 men, for the purpose of re- 
 connoitering the enemy. Finding it impossible, in 
 fulfilment of his instructions, to avoid landing, he 
 fell in, when on the point of re-embarking, with a 
 strong body of militia, and after a sharp engage- 
 ment, in which one man was killed, and a midship- 
 man and three men wounded, was forced to surren- 
 der, and was sent a prisoner to Guadeloupe. In the 
 ensuing May^ however, having been exchanged, he 
 rejoined the Latona \ and on the occasion of the 
 capture, on 18 June, of La Felicite French fri- 
 gate, pierced for 42 guns, but laden with colonial 
 produce, was made second in command of the prize.. 
 After a subsequent attachment of three months to 
 the Thisbe 28, and Barflehr 98, flag-ships in the 
 rivers Thames and Tagus of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin 
 Stanhope and Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, he ob- 
 tained an Acting-Lieutenancy, 5 Feb. 1810, in the 
 MvRTLE 24, Capt. Thos. Innes, to which vessel, 
 commanded afterwards by Capts. Clement Sneyd 
 and Henry Bourchier, he was confirmed by com- 
 mission, dated 9 June. in the same year. He con- 
 tinued to serve oflT the coast of Portugal, in the 
 Mtktle, until Nov. 1813 ; and being then ap- 
 pointed under Capt. Bourchier to the First Lieu- 
 tenancy of the Medina 20, sailed for Newfound- 
 land, whence he returned in Jan. 1815. From 15 
 March, 1821, until the early part of 1845, he offi- 
 ciated as an officer of the Coast Guard. He has 
 since been unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Absolon married, first, in 1819, Anne Han- 
 sen, daughter of H. H. Dearsley, Esq., of Essex ; 
 and, secoiidly, 24 March, 1824, Isabella, daughter of 
 P. Webster, Esq., of Craig, in the co. of Forfar, 
 N. B., by whom he had issue seven children. He is 
 again a widower. 
 
 ACHMUTY. (LnscT., 1819. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Robert Ross Achmuty died 30 Dec. 1844. He 
 was son of Robt. Achmuty, Esq., of Dublin ; grand- 
 son of the late Thos. Achmuty, Esq., of Brianstown, 
 00. Longford ; and a near relative of Lieut.-General 
 the gallant Sir Sam. Achmuty, G.C.B. 
 
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ACKERLEY— ACKLAND-A'COURT. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Jan. 1808, as 
 Third-ol. Boy, on board the Dictatok 64, Capt. 
 Donald Campbell ; attained the rating of Midship- 
 man 6 March following ; and continued to serve in 
 the Baltic until transferred in March, 1809, with the 
 same Captain, to the AnDACions 74, one of the 
 ships employed in the ensuing expedition against 
 Flushing. After further participating in the co- 
 operations with the British army in the Tagus, 
 Mr. Achmuty, in Nov. 1811, joined the Wahkior 
 74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng and John Tremayne 
 Rodd, under the former of whom we .find him 
 escorting the Prince of Orange to Holland in Nov. 
 1813 ; and, in the year following, a fleet of mer- 
 chantmen to the West Indies. He next served, 
 between July, 1815, and March, 1817, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, on the latter station, of the Sabine 16, 
 Capts. Wm. Hall and A. Campbell, and Bbiseis 
 10, Capt. Geo. Domett ; then returned home in the 
 Lady Hamii/ton transport ; and was subsequently 
 attached, for short periods, as Admiralty-Midship- 
 man, to the BiiOSSOM 20, Capt. Tred. Hickey, and 
 Hyacinth 20, Capt. Alex. Ren ton Sharpe, on the 
 Brazilian station ; and, again as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 to the Salisbury 58, flag-ship in the "West Indies 
 of Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, where he was 
 officially promoted to the Raleigh 18, Capts. "Wm. 
 Augustus Baumgardt and Geo. Blackman, 13 July, 
 1S19. Mr. Achmuty returned to England, and was 
 paid off' towards the close of 1821 ; from which 
 period he remained on half-pay until appointed, 27 
 Dec. 1841, Admiralty-Agent in a Contract Mail 
 Steam-vessel. In this capacity he appears to have 
 been employed until the date of his death. 
 
 He married, 27 Aug. 1822, Alicia Jane, eldest 
 daughter of Arthur Auchmuty, Esq., M.D., of Kil- 
 more House, Roscommon, a magistrate for that 
 county, by whom he has left issue. Agests — Hal- 
 lett and Robinson. 
 
 ACKERLEY. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 19 ; H-p., 18.) 
 Charles Henry Ackerley is second son of the 
 late John Hawkesley Ackerley, Esq., barrister-at- 
 law, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Cham- 
 berlayne, of Maugersbury House, co. Gloucester ; 
 younger brother of Joseph Chamberlayne Cham- 
 berlayne, Esq., of Maugersbury House, who assumed 
 that name on inheriting the large estates of his ma- 
 ternal uncle, Edmund John Chamberlayne, Esq. ; 
 and cousin of Commander John Chamberlayne, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sheldrake 16, Capt. 
 John Thicknesse. In Sept. following he became 
 Midshipman of the Adamant 50, bearing the flag 
 at Leith of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway, and 
 in that ship and the Daphne 23, commanded in the 
 Baltic by Capt. Jas. Green, he continued to serve, 
 until the conclusion of hostihties in 1814. During 
 the first three years of the peace he appears to have 
 been employed in the East Indies on board the 
 Iphigenia 36, Capts. Andrew King and John Han- 
 cock ; after which (with the exception of an attach- 
 ment of three months as Acting-Lieutenant, during 
 the year 1821, to the Drake sloop, Capt. Baker) 
 he served, until March, 1823, on board the Sir 
 Francis Drake, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir 
 Chas. Hamilton. Having been promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant on 20 of the previous Nov. 
 Mr. Ackerley afterwards joined — 21June, 1824, the 
 Wellesley 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, em- 
 ployed on particular service— 23 Dec. 1825, the 
 Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren— and, 23 March, 
 1827, the Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick Campbdl, guard- 
 ship at Plymouth, but afterwards charged with the 
 conveyance of the British forces to Portugal, and 
 finally attached to the squadron in the Mediterra- 
 nean. He was placed on half-pay in May, 1830, and 
 has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Ackerley was presented, 2 June, 1828, with 
 the large silver medal of the " Society for the En- 
 couragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Com- 
 merce," for his safety rods for ships' boats. 
 
 ACKLAND. (Lieut., 1815. ^-p-'J^; =-p-, 26.) 
 Edward Ackland entered the Navy, 22 July, 
 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Obestes 16, 
 Capt Hon. Geo. Poulett, under whose successor, 
 Capt. John Richards Lapenotiere, he took part m 
 the expedition against Copenhagen m Aug. and Sept. 
 
 1807, and was subsequently employed in the blockade 
 of Elsineur, as likewise in affording protection to 
 the trade passing through the Sound. In Dec. 1807, 
 he joined the Thalia 36, Capts. Thos. Manby 
 and Jas. Giles Vashon, with the former of whom he 
 proceeded in supposed pursuit of two French fri- 
 gates to Davis Strait ; and then, aifter a fruitless 
 exposure of several weeks to many^severe hardships, 
 and a prolonged stay on the coast of Labrador, re- 
 turned to Europe. Continuing to serve in the 
 Thalia, Mr. Ackland took part in the expedition 
 to Flushing in 1809, and eventually visited the West 
 Indies, whence we find him, in May 1812, escorting 
 home a very numerous convoy. In the following 
 August, immediately on passing his examination, he 
 joined the Impeegnable 98, successive flag-ship on 
 the Home station of Admiral Wm. Young, and 
 of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, under the latter 
 of whom he brought over to England the Emperor 
 of Russia and the King of Prussia. While next 
 serving in the Insolent 14, Capt. Wm. KeUy, he 
 was promoted to the rank he now holds, by commis- 
 sion dated 17 Feb. 1815. Since that period, with 
 two intervals, from 15 June, 1820, to 19 Oct. 1821, 
 and from 15 Jan. 1831 to 1834, when he held a com- 
 mand in the Coast Guard, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 A'COURT. (Captain, 1811. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Edward Henry A'Court, born 10 Dec. 1783^ 
 is second son of the late Col. Sir Wm. Pierce Ashe 
 A'Court, Bart., M.P., by his second wife, Letitia, 
 daughter of Henry Wyndham, Esq., of Salisbury ; 
 brother of Lord Heytesbury, late Viceroy of Ire- 
 land, and of Col. Chas. Ashe A'Court, K.H., one of 
 the Poor-law Commissioners ; brother-in-law of the 
 Earl of St. Germans, and of the Hon. Philip Pley- 
 dell Bouverie, the brother of the Earl of Radnor and 
 of Rear-Admiral Bouverie ; and uncle of the Hon. 
 W. H. A. A. Holmes, M.P. for the Isle of Wight. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in, 
 Jan. 1796, and embarked, in Jan. 1800, as Midship- 
 man, on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cuiiing- 
 ham. After serving for some time in the Channel 
 and off the Western Islands, he became successively 
 attached to the Endymion 40, Capt. Henry Gar- 
 rett, lying at Portsmouth — Falcon sloop, Capt. 
 Henry Manaton Ommanney, off Newfoundland — 
 and Pluto, Capt. Henry Barwell, on the same sta^ 
 tion. In Jan. 1803, he was appointed Master's Mate 
 of the Isis 50, Capt. Wm. GrenviUe Lobb, in tJie 
 North Sea.— then, of the Britannia 100, Capt. 
 Lord Northesk, at Portsmouth — and, in June of 
 the same year, of the Blanche 36, Capt. Zachary 
 Mudge. In Nov. following he acquired great dis- 
 tinction by a gallant exploit off St. Domingo, where, 
 in command of a boat with only five hands, he suc- 
 ceeded, after a severe struggle, in capturing a 
 French schooner, with a detachment on board, be- 
 sides other passengers, of between thirty and forty 
 soldiers. Being shortly after that event appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Theseus 74, Capts. John 
 Bligh and Edw. Hawker, the subject of tliis me- 
 moir, in conjunction with Lieut. Rich. Henry 
 Muddle, took command, 31 Jan. 1804, of a body of 
 seamen who were landed at Cui'a9oa, and partici- 
 pated in the gallant but unsuccessful attack on that 
 island. His promotion meeting with official sanc- 
 tion 13 Feb. following, he subsequently joined, 
 9 Oct. 1805, 15 July, 1806, and 21 Jan. 1808, the 
 Mediator 44, Capts. John Seaton and Wm. Fur- 
 long Wise, Veteran 64, flag-ship of Vice-Adtoiral 
 Jas. Rich. Daeres, and,* as Lieut.-Commauder, 
 the Sandwich schooner— all on the Jamaica star- 
 tion, where he was confirmed in the command, 10 
 June, 1808, of the Shark sloop. In Oct. of the 
 same year he removed to the Pelican 18 ; and in 
 Oct. 1810, he next joined the Harpy 18, at the 
 
ADAM. 
 
 3 
 
 Cape of Good Hope ; whence, on his advancement 
 to Post-rank, 29 March, 1811, he returned home in 
 temporary command of the Owen Glendoweh 36. 
 He afterwards ofdciated as Captain, from Feb. 1813 
 to Sept. 1815, of the Perseus 22^ on the Mediterra^ 
 nean, Newfoundland,, and Halifax stations. Since the 
 latter date,, wiih the exception of a brief command, 
 in 1835, of the Jupiter 38, he has been unemployed. 
 Capt. A'Court, in 182Q, was returned to Parlia- 
 ment as member for Heytesbury, which he con- 
 tinued to represent until 1831. He has sat, since 
 1837, for the borough of Tamworth, in conjunction 
 with Sir Robert Peel. On 30 Nov. 1841, he was 
 appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. 
 
 ADAM, K.C;B. (Vige-Admirai. of the Ked, 
 1837. F-P., 33 ; H.P., 24.) 
 
 Sir Charles Adam, bom 6 Oct. 1780, is eldest 
 surviving son of the late Right Hon. Wm. Adam, of 
 Blair Adam, co. Kinross, Lord Chief Commissioner 
 of the Scotch Jury Court, by Eleanor, second 
 daughter of Charles, tenth Lord Elphinstone ; 
 brother of General Sir Fred. Adam, G.C.B., 
 G.C.M.G., Colonel of the 21st foot, Governor of 
 the Ionian Islands, and late Governor of Madras ; 
 and nephew of Admiral Lord Keith. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1790, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Rovai. Charlotte 
 yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, lying at Deptford ; 
 and on removing, in 1793, to the Robust 74, com- 
 manded by his uncle, the Hon. Geo. Keith Elphin- 
 stone, was present, as Midshipman, at the invest- 
 ment and subsequent evacuation of Toulon. In the 
 Glory 98, Capt. John Elphinstone, which ship he 
 next joined, Mr, Adam bore a warm part in Lord 
 Howe's action,. 1 June, 1794. He appears to have 
 been then successively transferred to the Barflebb 
 98, and Monarch 74, bearing each the flag of his 
 relative^ the Hon. Sir G. K. Elphinstone, whose of- 
 ficial approbation he elicited for his signal services 
 as Acting-Lieutenant in command of the Squib gun- 
 brig, at the carrying of the important pass of May- 
 senbergh, during the operations which led to the 
 surrender of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795.* In 
 Oct. of the latter, year, being appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Victorious 74, Capt. "Wm. 
 Clark, he proceeded to the East Indies, and on 9 
 Sept. 1796, participated, in company with the Ar- 
 rogant 74, in a long conflict of nearly four hours 
 with six heavy French frigates under M. Sercey, 
 which terminated in. the separation of the combat- 
 ants, after each had been much crippled, and the 
 Victorious occasioned a loss of 17 men killed, and 
 57, including her Captain, wounded. Mr. Adam, 
 whom we subsequently find officiating as Acting- 
 Commander and Captain, from Aug. 1796 to Aug. 
 1797, of the Swipt sloop, and Cabtsfort frigate, 
 was at length, on his return to England in the 
 Polyphemus 64, Capt. Geo. Lumsdaine, confirmed 
 to a Lieutenancy, 8 Feb. 1798, in his old ship, the 
 Barpleur, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. On 16 May 
 following, he obtained official command of the 
 Falcon fire-ship, but was soon afterwards trans- 
 ferred to the Albatross 18, and ordered with 
 despatches to the Cape of Good Hope, whence he 
 ultimately accompanied an expedition sent to the 
 ' Red Sea for the purpose of intercepting the French 
 in their meditated descent upon India. Being ad- 
 vanced to the command, 12 June, 1799. of La Sr- 
 BILLE, of 48 guns and 300 men, Capt. Adam, while 
 in that ship, assisted at the capture and destruction, 
 23 Aug. 1800, of 5 Dutch armed vessels and 22 
 merchantmen, in Batavla Roads— made prize, in 
 Oct. following, of 24 Dutch proas, four of which 
 motmted 6 guns each— and on 19 Aug. 1801, off 
 Mahe, the principal of the Seychelle islands, took, 
 with the loss only of two men killed and a midship- 
 man slightly wounded, after a gallant action of 
 20 minutes, amidst rocks and shoals, and under 
 fire from a battery on shore, the French frigate La 
 Chiffonne, of 42 guns and 296 men, of whom 23 were 
 killed and 30 wounded, f On arriving with his tro- 
 phy at Madras, he was presented by the Insurance 
 * yidf Gat. 1795, p. 1113. f ^. Gaz. 1802, p. 165. 
 
 Company at that place with an elegant sword, 
 valued at 200 guineas, and the merchants at Cal- 
 cutta also subscribed to him a sword and piece of 
 plate. Having at length returned to England, and 
 been appointed to the command, 23 May, 1803, of 
 La Chifponne, which had been added to the navy 
 as a 36-gun frigate, Capt. Adam cruized with success 
 in the North Sea and Channel until the summer of 
 1805, and on 10 June in that year, with the Falcon 
 sloop. Clinker gun-brig, and Frances armed 
 cutter, under his orders, after a cha.se of nine hours, 
 during which the British suffered some loss from 
 the incessant fire of the forts along shore, drove 
 under the batteries of Fecamp a division of the 
 French flotilla, consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 gun- 
 vessels, carrying in all 51 guns, 4 eight-inch mortars, 
 and 3 field-pieces, accompanied by 14 transports. 
 While jiext in command, from 27 Aug. 1805, to 6 
 Apr. 1810, of the Resistance 38, he witnessed Sir 
 John Warren's capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Ma- 
 rengo 80, flag-ship of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun 
 frigate Belle Poule — ^brought a considerable quan- 
 tity of freight home from Vera Cruz in Feb. 1807 — 
 took, 27 Dec. following, L'Aigle privateer, of 14 
 guns and 66 men— conveyed a large body of general 
 officers to the coast of Portugal in 1808 — after- 
 wards bore the present king of the French from 
 Port Mahon to Palermo — and was otherwise actively 
 and usefully employed, On, removing from the 
 Resistance to the Invincible 74, Capt. Adam com- 
 menced a series, of very effectual co-operations with 
 the patriots on. the coast of Catalonia, where, and 
 on other parts of the coast of Spain, he carried on 
 for a considerable time the duties of Senior Officer, 
 and greatly annoyed the enemy.* In particular, at 
 the defence of Tarragona, in May and June, 1811, 
 he highly distinguished himself under Sir Edw. 
 Codrington; and in May, 1812, he directed with 
 characteristic zeal and ability the operations which 
 led to the capture of the town of Almeria, where the 
 castle of San Elmo, situated upon an almost inac- 
 cessible rock, and all the sea defences and batteries 
 which protected the anchorage of the place, were 
 blown up.f In June, ,1813, after a siege of five days, 
 Capt. Adam took,, .with the assistance of Lieut.-Col. 
 Prevost of the 67th;regiment, the fort of St. Philippe, 
 in the Col de Balaguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12 
 pieces of ordnance, i^luding 2 ten-inch mortars and 
 2 howitzers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men.f 
 He likewise, while in the same ship, acquired the 
 approval of Sir Edw. Pellew, the Commander-in- 
 Chief, and of the Board of Admiralty, for the suc- 
 cessful manner in which he conducted an important 
 negociation with the Dey. of Algiers, having for its 
 object a cessation of the depredations which had 
 been for some time carried on by that potentate on 
 the subjects of the Spanish government. Shortly 
 after the paying off of the Invincible, Capt. Adam, 
 on 16 May, 1814, assumed the special and temporary 
 command of the Impregnable 98, bearing the flag 
 of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, in which ship he 
 landed the Emperor of Russia and the King ot 
 Prussia at Dover on the evening of the 6 June, and 
 was afterwards present at the grand naval review 
 held at Spithead. He left the Impregnable on the 
 29th of the latter month, but was nominated, 15 
 Dec. following, Acting-Captain of the Royal Sove- 
 reign yacht, in which he continued until 7 Feb. 
 1816. Being re-appointed to that vessel, 20 July, 
 1821, he accompanied George IV. in his visits to 
 Ireland and Scotland, and was occasionally engaged 
 in attendance on other Royal personages. He was 
 superseded in the Royal Sovereign on his promo- 
 tion to Flag-rank, 27 May, 1825 ; and, attaining the 
 rank of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, was subse- 
 quently employed as Commander-in-Chief in North 
 America and the West Indies, with his flag on 
 board the Illustrious 72, from 17 Aug. 1841, until 
 May, 1845. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Sir Charles Adam was nominated a K.C.B. 10 
 Jan. 1835. He represented in parliament from 1831 
 to 1841 the conjoined counties of Clackmannan and 
 
 * Vide Gaz. IRll, p. 1587 ; Gaz. ISIS, p. 663. 
 t V. Gaz. 1812, p. 1277. J V. Gai. 1813, pp. 1S61-U06. 
 
 B 2 
 
ADAMS. 
 
 Kinross ; was First Naval Lord of the Admiralty 
 from April, 1835, until Aug. 1841 ; * obtained the 
 Lord Lieutenancy of Kinross 1 April, 1839 ; was 
 appointed in 1840 one of the Elder Brethren of 
 the Trinity House ; and since July, 1846, has been 
 again employed as First Sea Lord of the Ad- 
 miralty. He married, 14 Oct. 1822, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of the late Patrick Brydone, Esq., and sis- 
 ter of the Countess of Minto. Agent — John P. 
 Muspratt. 
 
 ADAMS. (Lieut., 1815. b-p., 7; h-b., 33.) 
 
 Charles James Adams is cousin of Capt. John 
 Adams, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 May, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the Porcopine 24, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Duncan, with whom he contii^ued to 
 serve in the Mercury 28, and Imperieuse 38, on 
 the Mediterranean station, until the conclusion of 
 hostilities in 1814. During his attachment to the Por- 
 cupine, Mr. Adams was instrumental to the cutting 
 out, on the night of 10 July, 1808, of a large polacre 
 ship of 8 guns and upwards of 20 men, moored close 
 to the beach on the coast of Romania, within pistol- 
 shot distance of two batteries and a tower, and of 
 three heavy gun-boats, to whose conjoined fire, as 
 well as that of a body of troops, he was for a con- 
 siderable time exposed.f He subsequently, whenin 
 the Mercury, in the spring .of 1809, assisted at the 
 capture of Capo d'lstria, a town near Trieste, and 
 in an attack made in company with the Spartan 
 38, on Pesaro and Ceseratico, where the fortifica- 
 tions were destroyed, and 25 sail of merchantmen 
 taken. "While in the Imperieuse, Mr. Adams fur- 
 ther participated in the gallant capture and de- 
 struction, 2 Nov. 1811, in conjunction with the 
 Thames 32, of 10 gun-boats and 22 richly-laden 
 feluccas, defended by a strong tower and two bat- 
 teries in the harbour of Palinuro, on the coast of 
 Calabria, at which place the British were opposed 
 by a land force of 700 men. He next contributed, 
 27 June, 1812, to the destruction of a French con- 
 voy, and of the batteries at Languelia and Alassio — 
 was also present, on 17 Aug. in the same year, in a 
 spirited skirmish with a powerful Neapolitan squad- 
 ron in the Bay of Naples— and, in 1813-14, wit- 
 nessed the capture of Port D'Anzo, and the opera- 
 tions against Leghorn and Genoa. He then re- 
 turned home on board the Apollo 38, Capt. Ed- 
 wards Lloyd Graham, and since his promotion, 
 6 March, 1815, has been unemployed. Agent — Jo- 
 seph Woodhead. 
 
 ADAMS. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 George Curtis Adams, born in 1807, is second 
 son of the late Henry Cadwallader Adams Esq., 
 of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, by Emma, eldest 
 daughter of the late Alderman Sir Wm. Curtis, 
 Bart., M.P. ; brother of Henry Wm. Adams, now 
 of Anstey, Lieut.-Colonel of the 49th foot, and of 
 Capt. Frank Adams of the 28th; nephew of the 
 present Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart. ; and cousin of Lieut. 
 A. J. Curtis, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1830, and 
 obtained his commission 21 Feb. 1837. His ap- 
 pointments have since been— 16 April, 1838, to the 
 Madagascar 44, Capt. Prove Wm. IParry Wallis 
 on the North America and West India station— 24 
 Feb. 1840, to the Magicienne 24, Capts. Wm. Bur- 
 nett, Fred. Thos. Michell, and Rich. Laird War- 
 ren, in the Mediterranean— 9 Nov. 1843, to the 
 Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, employed for 
 some time off Lisbon— and, 2 Feb. 1846, to the St. 
 Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant in the 
 
 Channel of Sir Francis Augustus CoUier. Agents 
 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 * Sir Chaa. Adam was appointed a Commissioner of the 
 Admiralty in Oct. 1834, but was prevented by illness from 
 taking his seat. 
 
 f rWetiaz, 1808, p. 1439. 
 
 ADAMS, (Captain, 1843. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 9.) 
 John Adams is cousin of Lieut. Chas. Jas. 
 
 Adams, R.N. ,^ „ ,. -.ana „„ 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 June, 1806, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Scout 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Raitt, under whom, during a period of three years 
 and a half, he saw much active service, bore a pa,rt 
 in many gun-boat actions, and, among other vessels, 
 assisted in destroying. After a sharp engagement, a 
 notorious privateer, the Fort cf_ Gibraltar. He was 
 also present, as Midshipman, in a very gallant en- 
 counter off Genoa between the boats of the Scout 
 and a French squadron, consisting of a brig of 20 
 guns, one of 18, and seven gun-boats, protected by 
 a heavy fire from several batteries on shore, in face 
 of which the largest of the enemy's vessels was sunk, 
 and the remainder beaten off, with a loss, however, 
 to the British of the Master And 11 men killed, and 
 upwards of 30 wounded. On the night of 31 Oct. 
 1809, Mr. Adams further served in the boats of the 
 Scout, and of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, 
 at the capture and destruction, after a fearful 
 struggle and a loss to the Assailants of 15 men killed 
 and 55 wounded, of the Armed store-ship Lamproie, 
 of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and 
 Grimdeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a con- 
 voy of seven merchantmen, defended by numerous 
 strong batteries, in the Bay of Rosas. Removing 
 next in succession to the Volontaire and Cam- 
 brian frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas. 
 Bullen, heipined in various other cutting-ont affairs ; 
 witnessed the reduction of the island of Pomegue, 
 near Marseilles ; and co-operated in the defence of 
 Tarragona in May and June, 1811. TJntil the re- 
 ceipt of his first commission, dated 16 Feb. 1815, 
 Mr. Adams afterwards served in the Channel and 
 Mediterranean, on board the Bulwark 74, Capts. 
 Sir Rich. King and Thos. Browne, Christian VII. 
 80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, and Grasshopper, 
 18, Capts. Henry Bobt. Battersby and Sir Chas. Bur- 
 rard. .His subsequent appointments were — 31 May, 
 1815, to the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy — 17 April, 
 1819, to the Hind 20, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard— 
 24 Sept. 1822, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Dashwood, of the tender belonging to which 
 ship he was for some time intrusted with the com- 
 mand — 12 Jau. 1824, AS First Lieutenant, to the 
 Grasshopper 18, Capt. John Geo. Aplin — 3 Nov. 
 1824, to the command, on the Newfoundland station, 
 of the Pelter gun-brig — 1 March, 1826, to the Ea- 
 MiLLiES 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, by whom he was 
 also invested with the charge of a tender — 20 Oct. 
 1826, and 17 Sept. 1828, as Senior, to the Harrier 
 and Childers sloops, both commanded by Capt. 
 Wm. Morier, for his exertions in saving the latter 
 of which, when nearly wrecked in a violent gale off 
 Yarmouth, he received the approbation of the Ad- 
 mirality— 4 May, 1829, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Atholl 28, Capt. Alex. Gordon, on the coast of 
 Africa — 6 Jan. 1830, to the command of the 
 Plumper 12, on the same station, where, in a small 
 gig with only five men, he gallantly effected the 
 capture, 7 Nov. foUomng, of the Maria, of 6 guns 
 and 44 men, having on board 512 slaves, and was 
 otherwise very successful— 23 July, 1831, as First, 
 to the Alfred 50, Capt. Eobt. Maunsell, in the 
 Mediterranean— and, 17 Nov. 1834, to the com- 
 mand of the Waterwitch 10, in which vessel he 
 served under the orders of Lord John Hay on the 
 north coast of Spain, and was again successful in his 
 anti-slavery exertions on the African station. At- 
 taining the rank of Commander, 10 Jan. 1837, Capt. 
 Adams was next, on 19 Jan. 1839, appointed to the 
 Acorn 16, destined for the same service as was 
 latterly the Waterwitch. Returning, therefore, 
 to the coast of Africa, he renewed his operations 
 against the negro traffic, and during a prolonged 
 servitude of four years and eight months, during 
 part of which period he had charge of the station 
 and squadron at Mozambique, cruized with won- 
 derful activity and good fortune. Among the pro- 
 digious number of prizes made by the Acorn we 
 may instance the capture, 6 July, 1841, after a 
 running fight, of the Gahriel, a piratical slave brig 
 
ADAMS— ADAMSON—ADDERLEY—ADDINGTON. 
 
 notorious for its injury to commerce and the fre- 
 quency of its insults to the British flag. Capt. 
 Adams' long, arduous, and highly useful services 
 were at length rewarded, on his return to England, 
 with a Post-commission, dated 18 Dec. 1843. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Adams at present holds the civil appoint- 
 ment of Slave Commissioner at Loango. Having lost 
 his first wife in Sept. 1843, he married, secondly, in 
 1846, Elizabeth Hurst, daughterof Henry EUis, Esq., 
 of the city of Dublin. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 ADAMS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 31.) 
 John Adams (a) was born 26 Dec. 1781. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1803, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Salvador .del Mundo, 
 Capt. John Dilkes, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admi- 
 rals John Colpoys and w m. Young. From Dec. 1805, 
 until May, 1811, he served as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, on the Charmel, Mediterranean, and 
 Baltic stations, of the Formidable 98, Capts. Fras. 
 Fayerman and Jas. Niooll Morris ; and he then suc- 
 cessively joined the Queen Charlotte 100, Im- 
 pregnable 98, and Tigre 74. Of the latter ship, 
 commanded in the West Indies by Capt. John Hal- 
 liday, he was confirmed a Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1815. 
 He was placed on half-pay 26 Aug. following, and 
 has not, since been employed. ., 
 
 ADAMS. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 "WrLLiAM Adams (b) entered the Navy 6 March 
 1810 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; and obtained 
 his commission 25 April, 1829. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 ADAMSON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 23; h-p., 21.) 
 John Adamson entered the Navy, 21 June, 1803, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Britannia 100, Cap- 
 tain, afterwards Rear- Admiral, the Earl of Northesk, 
 under whom he fought as Master's Mate at Tra- 
 falgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and on the completion of the 
 victory was sent to assist in navigating the Serwick, 
 one of the captured 74's. While next attached, from 
 1806 until 1809, to the Lavinia 40, Capt. Lord Wm. 
 Stuart, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, 
 he witnessed the surrender of a frigate and store-ship 
 — assisted on different occasions in cutting seven 
 merchantmen from under the enemy's batteries — 
 was once sent to Malta in combined charge of two 
 prizes — and for upwards of two years had charge of 
 a watch. Being invested with the command, in July, 
 1809, of a gun-boat mounting a long 24-pounder 
 forward and a carronade abaft, with a complement 
 of 37 men, Mr. Adamson, who did not pass his ex- 
 amination until some months afterwards, took an 
 active part in all the operations connected with the 
 expedition to the Walcheren, and was particularly 
 praised by the present Sir Geo. Cockburn for the 
 precision of his fire during the bombardment of 
 Flushing. After a further servitude in the Formid- 
 able 98, Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris, and Victory 
 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez (to a 
 Lieutenancy in which ship he was confirmed 6 July, 
 1811), he joined, early in 1812, the Hannibal 74, 
 bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Philip Chas. 
 Durham, with whom he continued actively to serve, 
 in the Christian VII. 80, and Bulwark 74, on 
 the Home station, until Nov. 1813. He was then 
 successively appointed Senior of the Elk 20, Capt. 
 John Curran, lying at Portsmouth, and Favorite 
 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, in which latter 
 vessel we find him returning home from America 
 with the ratification of the treaty concluded at 
 Ghent between Great Britain and the United 
 States, and subsequently employed in the East 
 Indies in co-operation with the army against the 
 province of Cutch. The Favorite being paid 
 off' in June, 1817, Mr. Adamson remained un- 
 employed until Nov. 1825, when he obtained an 
 appointment as Agent for Transports afloat. He 
 continued in that service, commanding successively 
 the ViBiLiA, Hope, Cato, and Neva transports, in 
 every quarter of the globe, until again placed on 
 
 half-pay, 22 May, 1832, on which occasion he "re- 
 ceived a very flattering, unsolicited letter of appro- 
 bation from the Commissioner at the head of the 
 Transport department. He has not been since able 
 to procure employment. 
 
 ADDEKLEY. (CToptatn, 1814. F-p., 15; h-p., 
 
 36.) 
 "' Arden Adderlet, whose family is of great an- 
 tiquity in the co. of Stafford, is third son of the 
 late Ralph Adderley, Esq., of Coton, by Dorothy, 
 daughterof Thos. Kynnersley, Esq., of Loxley Park, 
 and widow of Thos. Byrche Savage, Esq., of Elmley 
 Castle, CO. Worcester. He is next brother of the 
 present Ralph Adderley, Esq., of Barlaston and Co- 
 ton Halls ; and uncle of Chas. Bowyer Adderley, 
 Esq., M.P. for North Staffordshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 June, 1796, and 
 afterwards served as Midshipman, on the Irish, West 
 India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the 
 Rdssell 74, Capts. 'Sir Henry TroUope and Herbert 
 Sawyer, Juste 80, Capts. Sir H. TroUope, Rich. 
 Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle, Culloden 74, Capt. 
 Henry Lane, Tonnant 80, Capt. Edw. Pellew, 
 and ViCTOET 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson. Being 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 April, 1804, in 
 the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, he 
 next, in that capacity, joined the Superb 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats, and had an opportunity of 
 sharing in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. 
 While afterwards serving in the Hibernia 110, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent, he was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander, by commis- 
 sion dated 4 Aug. in the latter year. His subse- 
 quent appointments appear to have been — 24 Aug. 
 1809, to the Goldfinch sloop, on the north coast 
 of Spain— 22 Oct. 1810, to the Echo 18, on the 
 Downs station, where, on 21 Feb. 1811, he took La 
 Confiancej French privateer, of 16 guns and 62 men 
 — and 14 Aug. 1814, to the Crocus 14, in which 
 vessel he further captured, in the Mediterranean, 
 4 Sept. 1812, the Formica settee, of 2 guns and 25 
 men. Capt. Adderley, who was posted, 19 July, 
 1814, into the Swiptsure 74, bearing the flag in the 
 Mediterranean of Vice-Admiral John Laughame, 
 left that ship on her return home in the following 
 October, and did not again go afloat. He took the 
 retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married Anne, only daughter of W. R. Bish- 
 ton, Esq., of Shakerley House, co. Salop. Agents — 
 Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 ADDINGTON. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 William Silvester Addington entered the 
 Navy, 27 Jan. 1799, as A.B., on board the Pene- 
 lope 36, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, with whom, and 
 at intervals with Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, 
 Geo. Mundy, and Edw. Durnford King, he 
 continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate of the Brilliant, Hydra, Endymion, and 
 Egyptienne frigates, until Feb. 1807; during which 
 period he was very activelj^ employed off Newfound- 
 land, and in the Channel and Mediterranean, in 
 cruizing against the enemy, from whom he assisted 
 in taking a large number of privateers and other 
 armed vessels, and, on one occasion, several richly 
 laden Spanish merchantmen. On 12 March, 1807, 
 he was promoted (from the Hibernia 110, flag-ship 
 in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent) to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Maida 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, 
 part of the force employed in the ensuing expedi- 
 tion against Copenhagen. In the course of 1808, 
 Mr. Addington joined the Leviathan and Re- 
 venge 74'3, both commanded by his old Captain, 
 Hon. C. Paget, under whom we find him witnessing, 
 in the Revenge, the destruction of the French 
 shipping in Basque Roads, and also attending the 
 expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. In Oct. 1810, 
 he sailed in command of the Orion transport, with 
 combustibles intended for the destruction of the 
 Toulon fleet ; and from April to Sept. 1811, he next 
 had charge of the Delfine fire-brig, in the Adriatic. 
 From the latter date he remained unemployed until 
 
ADDINGTON— ADDIS— AGASSIZ— AGNEW— AINSLIE. 
 
 at length appointed, 2 Aug. 1827, to the Pbince 
 Regent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon. 
 Sir Henry Blackwood, in which ship he continued 
 until shortly previous to his advancement to the 
 rank of Commander, 22 July, 1830. He has since 
 been on half-pay, Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ADDINGTON. (LiEnTENAUT, 1846.) 
 
 The Honourable Wilmam Wells Addington, 
 horn 25 March, 1824, is second son of the present 
 Viscount Sidmouth, by Maiy, daughter of the Rev. 
 John Young ; and grandson of the Right Hon. Henry 
 Addington, who, on resigning the office of Prime 
 Minister, was elevated to the peerage as first Vis- 
 count Sidmouth. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 20 July, 1843 ; 
 was appointed Mate, 4 July, 1845, of the Hibeknia 
 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Wm. 
 Parker ; and obtained his commission 8 June, 1846. 
 He has not since been employed. 
 
 ADDIS. (Lieut., 1811. f.p., 19; h-p., 2,5.) 
 
 Edwakd Brown Addis entered the Navy, 13 
 Aug, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 
 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, employed in the defence 
 of the Bay of Naples ; removed as Midshipman, in 
 July, 1806, to the Zealods 74, Capt. John Okes 
 Hardy ; and on next joining the Athenienne 64, 
 Capt. Robt. Raynsford, was wrecked, on the Es- 
 querques Rocks, near Sicily, 8 Oct. following, on 
 which occasion the Commander and 396 of the crew 
 were lost. He then became attached to the Saturn 
 74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, oft" Cadiz, and 
 on his return to England in the Rotal George, 
 flag-ship of Sir John Duckworth, joined, in Oct. 
 1807, the Barracoota, Capt. Geo. Harris, under 
 whom (with the exception of a brief attachment, 
 during the summer of 1810, to the Russell 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury) he con- 
 tinued principally to serve, both in the Barracotjta 
 and in the Sir Francis Drake frigate, the last 
 two years as Lieutenant (commission dated 9 Aug. 
 1811), until June, 1813. In Aug. 1810, Mr. Addis 
 ably assisted, as Acting Lieutenant, at the destruc- 
 tion by the boats of the Sir Francis Drake and 
 of the Belliqueux 64, under the immediate orders 
 of Lieut. Joseph Prior, of a French privateer and 
 two gun-vessels, beneath a continued Are from the 
 batteries of Bantam, in Java ;* and on 23 May, 1811, 
 he again served in the boats, and contributed, in a 
 most undaunted gallant manner, to the capture, off 
 Rembang, of a fiercely defended flotilla of Dutch 
 gun-vessels and armed proas. f Being next appointed, 
 11 Aug. 1813, to the Dasher sloop, Capt. "Wm. 
 Henderson, he served on the West India station, 
 -whither he accompanied the outward-bound trade, 
 until placed on half-pay in Nov. 1814 ; after which, 
 from Sept. 1824 until 1830, he appears to have been 
 employed on the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts. 
 Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. Since the 
 latter date he has again been on half-pay. - 
 
 Lieut. Addis received in 1842, and still holds, the 
 appointment of Crown Commissioner at Port Philip. 
 He married, 9 March, 1826, Elizabeth, daughter of 
 the late Lieu;. Mc Arthur, of Haslar. 
 
 50, Cai>t. Hon. John Gordon, with whom lie returned 
 home from the Pacific in the summer ol lS4b. 
 
 AGASSIZ, (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 James David Agassiz is son of Capt. J. J. C. 
 Agassiz, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 May, 1815; 
 passed his examination in 1823 ; and was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy, 20 March, 1829, in the Primrose 
 18, Capt. Thos. S. Griffinhoofe, on the coast of 
 Africa, whence he returned to England in Jan. 
 1830. His appointments have since been— 28 Feb 
 1838, to the Donegal 78, Capt. John Drake, on the 
 Lisbon station— 25 May, 1838, to the Pembroke 72 
 Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in the Mediterranean— and 
 6 April, 1844, as First Lieutenant, to the America 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1811, p. 1195. f V. Gaz. 1811, p. S409. 
 
 AGASSIZ. (Ret. Capt., 1840. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 50.) 
 James John Charles Agassiz entered the Wavy, 
 30 Deo. 1780, as Captain's Servant on boaid the 
 Lizard, Capt. Edm. Dod, whom, m Oct. 1787, alter 
 an interval of five years, he rejoined, as Midslup- 
 man, in the Lowestoft frigate. Quitting that ship 
 in Sept. 1790, he next, in Aug. 1793, became at- 
 tached to the Mentor, Lieut.-Commander Rich. 
 Welland. On 23 Sept. 1795, he was promoted from 
 the Atlas 98, Capt. E. Dod, to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Trident 64, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osbom, and 
 while in that ship was present at the surrender of 
 the Dutch squadron inSaldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. 
 He afterwards in succession joined the Trident 
 64, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osbom, Doktrecht 64, 
 Capt. Gardner, Tromp, Capt. Billy Douglas, 
 Triumph 74, Capt. Wm. Essington, Kite sloop, 
 Capt. Chas. Lydiard, Resolution 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Mitchell, and Hound, Capt. Geo. Sarradine. On 
 21 Aug. 1801, we find him, in conjunction with 
 Lieut. Henry Le Vescomte, commanding the boats 
 of the latter sloop and of a squadron, and acquir- 
 ing the praise of Lord Nelson for his gallantry and 
 zeal at the capture and destruction, with but trifling 
 loss to the British, of six flat-bottomed gtm-vessels, 
 which had been driven on shore near St. Valery, 
 and were protected by the fire of a body of military* 
 and five field-pieces. After eight months' command 
 of the Bold gun-brig, in the Downs and off Bou- 
 logne, Mr. Agassiz was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander, by commission dated 29 April, 1802. 
 His next and last appointments were, 6 Sept. 1804, 
 and 22 Jan. 1806, to the Anacreon defence-ship, 
 and Rattler sloop, in which latter vessel he ap- 
 pears to have been employed in escorting convoys 
 to and from Newfoundland and the Western Islands 
 until placed on half-pay in Oct. 1809. He retired 
 with the rank of Captain 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Agassiz is married and has issue. One of 
 his sons, James David, is a Lieutenant, R.N., and 
 another, Lewis, a Second Lieutenant, R.M. 
 
 AGNEW. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p.,12; h-p., 1.) 
 John De Coukct Andrew Agnew, born 11 Oct. 
 1819, is second son of Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., of 
 LSchnaw, co. Wigtoun, by Madalene, daughter of 
 Sir David Carnegie, Bart., of Southesk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 Aug. 1834; 
 passed his examination 21 Dec. 1839 ; and served as 
 Mate, on the East India and Nortti America and 
 West India stations, of the Melville 72, Capt. Hon. 
 Rich. Saunders Dundas, Winchester 50, Capt. 
 Thos. Wren Carter, and Illustrious 72, flag-ship 
 of Sir Chas. Adam. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 
 28 April, 1843, in the Sctlla 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, 
 on the station last mentioned, where he was after- 
 wards appointed, 18 Oct. following, and 23 Feb. 
 1844, to the PiauE 36, andEuRY»iCE26, Capts. Hon. 
 Montagu Stopford and Geo. Elliot. Since his re- 
 turn to England, in 1846, Mr. Agnew has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 AINSLIE. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Henry Ainslie, born in 1813, is third son of Sir 
 Robt. Sharpe Ainslie, Bart., of Great Torrington, 
 CO. Lincoln ; and nephew of Lieut. Geo. Ralph Ain- 
 slie, R.N ., who was lost on board the Coubagedx 74, 
 in Deo. 1796. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 20 Oct. 1826 ; passed 
 his examination in 1833 ; served as Gunnery Mate, 
 in 1837-8, of the North Star 28, Capt. Lord John 
 Hay ; and obtained, his commission 30 June, 1838. 
 His appointments have since been — 16 Jan. 1839, to 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings— 1 Feb. 1840, to the Cambridge 
 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, under whom he bore a 
 part in the ensuing operations on the coast of Syria 
 — 10 Feb. 1844, again to the Excellent— and 28 
 
 * f. Gaz. 1801, p. 1036. 
 
AIRD-AIREY-AITCHISON-AITKIN. 
 
 Aug. 1844, as First Lieutenant, to the Stromboli 
 Bteam-sloop, Capt. Thos. Fisher, now employed on 
 particular service. Agests— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 AIRD. (LlEDTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 David Aird passed his examination 5 April, 
 1839 ; and was appointed Hate, towards the close of 
 1841, of the Fly surveying-vessel, Capt. Francis 
 Price Blackwood, on the East India station. He 
 was promoted to the rank he now holds 9 Dec. 1845 ; 
 rejoined the Fly, which he had but recently left, 
 23 Jan. 1846; and is at present employed in her 
 tender, the Bramble schooner, Lieut.-Commander 
 Chas. Bampfield Yule. 
 
 AIHEY. (Lieutenant, 1830. f-p., 13; h-p., 12.) 
 George Shebbrooke Aieey entered the Navy 
 4 April, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1823 ; and 
 obtained his commission 10 Feb. 1830. His sub- 
 sequent appointments were — 22 Aug. 1831, to the 
 Isis 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear- 
 Admiral Fred. Warren — 16 Dec. 1834, to the Soylla 
 16, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station — and, 23 Feb. 1836, to 
 the Howe 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon. 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. He has been on half- 
 pay since the early part of 1837. 
 
 Lieut. Airey at present holds the appointment of 
 Crown Commissioner at Port Philip. 
 
 AIREY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.) 
 George Taylor Airey entered the Navy, 12 
 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegal 
 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and on removing to the 
 HussAH 3d, Capts. Bobt. Lloyd and Alex. Skeene, 
 sailed, after attending Lord Gambler's expedition of 
 1807 to Copenhagen, for Halifax and the West In- 
 dies. From June, 1810, two years previously to 
 which period he had attained the rating of Midship- 
 man, he served, until the receipt of his commission, 
 dated 17 Feb. 1813, latterly as Master's Mate, in the 
 Berwick 74, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, Colossus 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Alexander, Bristol troop-ship, Capt. 
 Geo. Wyndham, and Podargus 14, Capt. Jas. Wal- 
 lis, all on the Home station. He has not since been 
 officially employed. 
 
 He now commands the Hon. E.I.C.'s steam-ship 
 Pldto. 
 
 AIREY. (Lieutenant, 1829. f-p., 16 ; h-p,, 10.) 
 John Moore Cole Airey entered the Navy 1 Jan. 
 1821, and passed his examination in 1827. Being 
 made Lieutenant, 13 May, 1829, into the Medina 20, 
 Capt. Edw. Webb, on the African station, he after- 
 wards joined, in that capacity, 25 June, 1831, and 
 28 Oct. 1833, the Piulomel 10, and Edinburgh 
 74, Capts. Wm. Smith and Jas. Kich. Dacres, both 
 in the Mediterranean. Since his return to England, 
 in 1837, he has been on half-pay. Agents — Goode 
 and Lawrence. 
 
 AITCHISON. (Liect., 1816. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Edward Aitchison was born 15 Oct. 1794. 
 This ofiioer entered the Royal Naval College 16 
 Feb. 1803; and embarked, 21 Dec. 1810, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, 
 vrith whom he continued to serve, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, on the Baltic, Newfoundland, 
 and West India stations, until April, 1815. During 
 that period he saw a good deal of boat service, was 
 often in collision with the enemy's batteries, and 
 assisted at the capture, 16 Sept. 1813, of the El- 
 bredge Gerry, American privateer, of 14 guns and 
 66 men. He afterwards joined the Tigke 74, Capt. 
 John Halliday, and Ville de Paris and Leander, 
 IJearing the respective flags of Admirals Lord Keith 
 and David Milne. On his return, in the latter ship, 
 from Algiers, where, during the bombardment, he 
 had been intrusted with the charge of a boat, for 
 the purpose of burning one of the enemy's frigates, 
 and had been wounded, Mr. Aitchison was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 16 Sept. 1816. His next appointment appears 
 
 to have been, 13 Sept. 1819, to the Brisk 10, Capts. 
 John Wm. Montagu and Edw. Stewart ; in which 
 sloop, of whose boats he had command on the river 
 Tyne during a serious dispute between the colhers 
 and the civil authorities, he remained until trans- 
 ferred, 22 Sept. 1321, to the Coast Blockade, as Su- 
 pernumerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 40, Capt. 
 Wm. McCulloch. With his name afterwards on the 
 books of the Ramillies 74, and Hyperion 42,Capts. 
 Wm. McCulloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, he con- 
 tinued to be employed on the Coast Blockade until 
 Aug. 1326 ; but since that period he has not held 
 any further appointment. 
 Lieut. Aitchison married in March, 1825. 
 
 AITCHISON. (Capt., 1827. f-p., 19; h-p., 20.) 
 Robert Aitchison is son of Wm. Aitchison,Esq., 
 of Drummore, East Lothian. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1308, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Lively 38, Capt. Geo. 
 McKinley, in which frigate he was wrecked, off the 
 Island of Malta, 10 Aug. 1810. Until confirmed in 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 6 May, 1815, he afterwards 
 served, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Unite 36, and Leviathan 74, 
 both commanded by Capt. Patrick Campbell, Con- 
 queror 74, Capt. Edw. Fellowes, Impetueux, Dub- 
 lin, Venerable, and Bulwark 74's, Capt. David 
 Mane, Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane, and Vengedr 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Rick- 
 etts. While in the Bulwark, we find Mr. Aitchi- 
 son commanding her tender for the annoyance of 
 the enemy's trade off Boston, and also witnessing 
 (during a boat expedition up the Penobscot) the 
 attack on Bangor and the destruction of the John 
 Adams frigate. He was subsequently employed for 
 six weeks in the boats of the Tonnaht during the 
 operations against New Orleans ; and further com- 
 manded the small-arm men landed from the Ven- 
 geur to assist in the reduction of Fort Bowyer in 
 Feb. 1815. Being appointed, 1 May, 1816, to the 
 Leander 60, Capt. Edw. Chetham, Mr. Aitchison 
 served at the ensuing bombardment of Algiers, and 
 on that occasion commanded the forecastle and 
 gangway guns. After a subsequent servitude of 
 nearly three years as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir David 
 Milne on the North America station, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, by commission, 
 dated 17 July, 1819 ; and on 3 April, 1826, was next 
 appointed to the Clio 18, in the North Sea. Since 
 his Post-promotion, which took place 30 April, 1827, 
 Capt, Aitchison has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, first, 13 Deo. 1321, Eliza, daughter 
 of the late Matthew Munro, Esq., of the island of 
 Granada ; and, secondly, 23 April, 1838, Catherine, 
 daughter of Henry Combe Compton, Esq., M.P. for 
 South Hampshire. Agents— Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
 AITKIN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Alexander Aitkin entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 
 1804, on board the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kin- 
 ley, bearing the flag in Yarmouth Roads of Admiral 
 Billy Douglas. He afterwards served for nine 
 years (including a short period as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant), in the Nassau 64, Obion 74, Tremendous 74, 
 Orlando 36, and Tremendous again, flag-ships, in 
 the North Sea, Baltic, and Mediterranean, of Ad- 
 mirals Thos. Macnamara Russell, Sir Jas. Saumarez, 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, Sir John Gore, and Sir Chas. Vini- 
 combe Penrose. In the Nassau, commanded at the 
 time by Capt. Robt. Campbell, he attended the ex- 
 
 E edition to Copenhagen in 1807 ; and (on that ship's 
 ard-wrought extrication from a mass of ice in which 
 she had been blocked up during the whole winter) 
 was present, in company with the Stately 64, at 
 the capture and destruction, 22 March, 1808, of the 
 Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Frederic, after 
 a running fight of great length and obstinacy, in 
 which the Nassau sustained a loss of two men killed 
 and 16 wounded. He obtained his commission 11 
 Feb. 1815, and has not since been employed. 
 
8 AKERS-ALCOCK-ALDHAM-ALDRICH-ALJDRIDGE-ALDWOBTH. 
 
 AKEES. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.) 
 Thomas Akers was born 29 June, 1784. One of 
 his brothers, James, served in Nelson's attack on 
 the Boulogne flotilla in 1801, and was in the Nokth- 
 UMBERLAND, oflF St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806 ; another, 
 Henry, was with Sir Home Popham in the Diadem, 
 at the capture of Buenos Ayres in 1806 ; and a third, 
 William, served in the Bover andCAROLiNE frigates, 
 at the reduction of Amboyna and Banda, in 1810. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1803, as 
 A. B., on hoard the Loire 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis 
 Maitland, employed on the Irish station. On re- 
 moving, in 1805, to the Prikce 98, Capt. Rich. 
 Grindall, he took part in the battle of Trafalgar ; 
 and, while next in the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter 
 Puget, he co-operated in the reduction of Copen- 
 hagen in Sept. 1807. After serving for a few months 
 as Midshipman of the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Cod- 
 rington, he joined, in April, 1809, the Rolla brig, 
 Capts. Sam. Clarke and Wm. Hill, under whom he 
 appears to have accompanied the expedition to 
 the "Walcheren, and to have been severely wounded 
 in different parts of the body while skirmishing in 
 the Downs, where, in an open boat, he was very 
 successful in his exertions against the smugglers. 
 On his subsequent arrival at the Brazils in the In- 
 defatigable 44, Capt. John Fyffe, Mr. Akers was 
 promoted (having passed his examination in 1810) 
 to a Lieutenancy, 16 July, 1813, in the Montagc 
 74, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Manley Dixon. 
 He returned home with convoy in the Nisus 38, 
 Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and was paid off in 
 April, 1814. 
 He married, 1 Oct. 1816, and has issue three sons. 
 
 ALCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Robert "William Henrt Alcock entered the 
 Navy in 1831 ; passed his examination 9 Feb. 1839 ; 
 and after serving for some time as Mate on board 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings, and Caledonia 120, bearing 
 the flag at Devonport of Sir David Milne, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 11 Oct. 1844. His 
 appointments have since been — 11 Dec. 1844, to the 
 Caledonia again — 4 March, 1845, to the Canopds 
 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, at Plymouth — and 6 Jan. 
 1846, to the Scoot 14, Capt. Wm. Loring, now em- 
 ployed in the East Indies. 
 
 ALDHAM. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 William Cornwallis Aldham entered the Navy 
 4 April, 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 10 July, 1832. His 
 subsequent appointments were — 20 Aug. 1834, to,Jthe 
 CANOpns 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline Perry, in the 
 Mediterranean — 28 Feb. 1836, as Senior, to the 
 ScYLLA 16, Capt. Hon. Joseph Denman, off Lisbon — 
 12 July, 1838, in a similar capacity, to the Jaseur 
 16, Capts. Fred. Moore Boultbee and Wm. Alex. 
 Willis, on the Mediterranean station — and, 7 March, 
 1842, again as First, to the Winchester 50, flag- 
 ship at the Cape of Good Hope of the Hon. Josce- 
 line Percy. Since his last promotion, which took 
 place 5 April, 1844, Commander Aldham has been 
 unemployed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ALDEICH. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Robert Dawes Aldkich entered the Navy 22 
 Jan. 1824 ; passed his examination 1 Sept. 1830; and 
 served for some time, as Mate, on board the Buz- 
 zard and Wizard, Lieut.-Commanders Chas. Fitz- 
 gerald and Thos. Fred. Birch, employed in the sup- 
 pression of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa. 
 He was promoted (from the Caledonia 120, flag- 
 ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore) to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 7 March, 1842. His appointments 
 have since been— on the 9th of the latter month, to 
 the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline 
 PerCT, at the Cape of Good Hope — 1 Aug. 1842, to 
 the Bittern 16, Capt. Edm. Peel, on the same sta- 
 tion—and, 6 April, 1846, as First, to the Apollo 
 troop-ship, Capt. AVm. Radcliffe, with whom he is at 
 present serving. 
 
 ALDRIDGE. (Capt., 1841. ^^-f ■' ^f : f^^ ^O.) 
 John Williams Aldbidge «°tf„«„^ /^j^/^^' 
 27 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board ^e Are- 
 THOsI 38, Capts. Sir Chas. Brisbane and Robt 
 Mends, and in that ship, when m company with the 
 Anson Hte assisted, £ Midshipman, at the captme 
 and destruction, 23 Aug. 1806, after a iard-fought 
 action of 35 minutes, in which the Arethusa had 
 2 men killed and 32 wounded, ol a Spanish frigate, 
 the romona, of 38 guns and 347 men, a flotiUa of 
 10 gun-boats, carrying each a long 24-pounder, with 
 60 or 70 men, and a battery, mounting 11 long 36- 
 pounders, within pistol-shot distance on the island 
 of Cuba. The subject of this memoir, who also co- 
 operated in the memorable reduction of CuraMa in 
 1807, afterwards served, from Oct. 1808, to May, 
 1813, in the Blake 74, Capts. Sir C. Brisbane and 
 Edw. Codrington, imder the latter of whom we find 
 him attending the expedition to Flushing, employed 
 for two years in the gun-boat service at the defence 
 of Cadiz, and participating in all the operations on 
 the coast of Catalonia. On next joining the Rippon 
 74, Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, he contributed, as 
 Master's Mate, to the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of Le 
 Weser, French frigate, of 44 guns and 340 men. 
 While afterwards serving in the Prince 98, flag- 
 ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead, Mr. Ald- 
 ridge obtained a commission, dated 4 Feb. 1815. His 
 subsequent appointments, in'the capacity of Lieu- 
 tenant, were — in the course of the latter year, to the 
 RoTAL Sovereign 100, and Tonnant 80, flag-ships 
 on the Channel and Irish stations of Sir R. Bick- 
 erton and Sir Benj. Hallowell— 29 June, 1821, to the 
 Bulwark 74, as Flag Lieutenant to the last-named 
 officer at the Nore— 3 Oct. 1821, to the Genoa 74, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, stationed at Sheemess 
 —9 Dec. 1822, to the Prince Regent 120, fitting 
 at Chatham for the flag of Sir B. Hallowell- 
 and 6 June, 1831, as Senior, to the Rattlesnake 
 28, Capt. Chas. Graham, on the South America 
 station. Attaining the rank of Commander, 18 
 Nov. 1833, he next officiated, from 26 March, 1836, 
 until 1840, as Second Captain of the Pembroke 74, 
 Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion. He was advanced to Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841, 
 but has not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Aldridge married, 5 Jan. 1841, Ann, 
 daughter of the late C. Knight, Esq. 
 
 ALDWORTH. (Lieut., 1831. f-p., 16; h-p., 12.) 
 St. Leger Aldworth, bom 4 Sept. 1806, is third 
 son of the late Robt. Rogers Aldworth, Esq., by 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Archdeacon John Oliver; 
 brother of Rich. Oliver Aldworth, Esq., of New- 
 market, High Sheriff of the co. of Cork ; and a near 
 relative of Viscount Doneraile. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1819, as 
 a Volunteer on board the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. 
 Augustus Montagu, on the Halifax station — re- 
 moved as Midshipman, in April, 1822, to the Active 
 46, Capts. Andrew King and Hon. Robt. Rodney, 
 employed on particular service — and from Nov. 
 1825, until June, 1829, served, the last three years 
 as Mate, in the Dryad 42, commanded by the Hon. 
 Capt. Rodney in the Mediterranean. He then suc- 
 cessively joined, for short periods, on the Cork and 
 West India stations, the Semiramis and Win- 
 chester, flag-ships, Bariiam 50, Capt. Sir John 
 Louis, Arachne 18, Capt. Chas. Deare, Galatea 
 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, and Racehorse 18, Capt. 
 Chas. Hamlyn Williams. On 3 Jan. 1831, he was 
 promoted to a First-Lieutenancy in the Mersey 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay; and, being 
 paid off from that frigate in the following August, 
 afterwards joined — 27 July, 1837, the Edinburgh 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, off Lisbon — 20 July, 
 1838, as Senior, the Rhadamanthus steamer, Capt. 
 Arthur Wakefield, in the Mediterranean — and, 29 
 Jan. 1839, and 16 April, 1842, the Asia 84, and 
 Rodney 92, Capts. Wm. Fisher and Robt. Maunsell, 
 both on the latter station. He was paid off from 
 the Rodney towards the close of 1843, and has 
 since been unemployed. 
 
ALEXANDER— ALLDRIDGE. 
 
 9 
 
 Mr. Aldworth, who is Senior Lieutenant of 1831, 
 is a magistrate for the co. of Cork. He married, 
 20 Oct. 1836, Alicia Susan, fourth daughter of the 
 late Chas. Deane Oliver, Esq., of Rook Mill Lodge, 
 in that county, and has issue a son. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ALEXANDER. (Retiked Captain, 1840. f-p., 
 11; H-p., 36.) 
 
 John Alexander entered the Navy, 5 May, 
 1800, as Ordinary, on board the Fairy 18, Capts. 
 Fred. Warren and Rich. Bailing Dunn. If we 
 except a brief attachment in 1804, and again in 
 1806, to the JEoLHS 32, Capt. Lord Wm. Fitzroy, 
 and Hbrcule and Veteran, Capts. Barrington Da- 
 cres and Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, he afterwards, 
 from Nov. 1801, until the early part of 1807, served 
 uninterruptedly with Capt. Dunn, and nearly the 
 whole time also with Admiral Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth, in the Sodthampton, Leviathan, Hercule, 
 Acasta, and Royal George, on the West India 
 and Mediterranean stations. While in the latter 
 ship, he took part in a desperate skirmish with a 
 body of Turks on the island of Prota, 27 Feb. 1807, 
 and was severely wounded at the re-passage of the 
 DardaneUs.* Being promoted to a Lieutenancy (by 
 commission dated 28 Feb. 1807) in the Standard 
 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, he subsequently, on 26 
 June, 1808, succeeded, with the yawl belonging to 
 that ship under his orders, in capturing a French 
 despatch-boat, Le Leger^ although exposed to a 
 sharp fire of musketry from the island of Corfu. f 
 In the course of 1809-10 we next find Mr. Alex- 
 ander successively joining the Glommen 18, Capt. 
 Chas. Pickford, Moselle, Capt. Henry Boys, 
 Hebe 38, Capt. John Fyfie, and, as Acting-Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. 
 Rowley, the Polyphemds 64, all on the Jamaica 
 station ; where he lost the Flbur dela Mer, 8 Jan. 
 1811, then assumed command of the Dbcouverte, 
 and was promoted, by commission dated 14 March 
 in the same year, to that of the Shark sloop. He 
 invalided home in the following May, and has not 
 been since employed. He retired with the rank of 
 Captain 16 Sept. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Alexander, in consideration of the wound 
 we have alluded to, was at the time presented with 
 a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. He married, 
 22 Aug. 1819, Anna Maria, second daughter of the 
 Rev. J. Price, late vicar of Merriott, co. Somerset. 
 Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 ALEXANDER. (Commandek, 1815. p-p., 16; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Nicholas Alexander has lost three brothers 
 high in the Naval and Military service of their 
 country — one of whom, the late gallant Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, C.B., died Senior Oificer in command of 
 the Naval Squadron before Rangoon, in Nov. 1825. 
 
 This o^cer entered the Navy, early in 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Haerlem 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Burlton, and after an attachment to the Ser- 
 pent, Capt. Thos. Roberts, joined the Desibee 36, 
 Capt. Henry Inman, one of Lord Nelson's frigates 
 in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. In the 
 course of 1802 he successively removed, as Midship- 
 man, to the Nereide 36, Capt. Robt. Mends, and 
 Port Mahon 18, Capts. Walter Grossett and Martin 
 Neville. After witnessing the reduction, in 1803, of 
 Ste. Lucie and Tobago, Mr. Alexander further served 
 for two years with Capt. Edw. Hawker in the 
 Mignonne, and with liear-Admiral Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres in, successively, the Theseds 74, and, as 
 Sub-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commissions dated 
 26 Feb. and 16 May, 1806), in the Shark sloop, and 
 Hercule 74. His subsequent appointments were, 
 —in 1808-9, to the Trent, Venerable, and St. 
 Domingo, flag-ships of Admirals Jas. Hawkins 
 WhitshedjSir Rich. John Strachan, and Sir John Bor- 
 lase Warren— and, on 22 Dec. 1812, to the Dragon 
 74, Capts. Fras. Augustus Collier and Robt. Barrie. 
 While in the St. Domingo, under Sir R. Strachan, 
 
 with whom he served for three years, Mr. Aley- 
 ander joined in the attack upon Flushing in 
 Aug. 1809 — frequently took part in gun-boat en- 
 gagements—and was twice wounded. In April and 
 May, 1813, during the period of his attachment to 
 the Dragon, he was the Senior Lieutenant em- 
 ployed in the operations against the American towns, 
 flotillas, and military stations in the Chesapeake ; 
 and for his conduct on all occasions, but particularly 
 in the attack upon French Town, was honoured with 
 the public thanks of Rear- Admiral Cockburn.* In 
 the summer of 1814 he commanded a division of 
 boats under Capt. Barrie in the several attacks on 
 Commodore Barney's flotilla in the Patuxent — re- 
 pelled, when on shore at Parker's Point, with only 
 38 marines and a few seamen, an assault made by 
 120 of the United States regular cavalry, supported 
 by 500 infantry with field-pieces— had charge of a 
 division of boats at the capture of Forts St. Peter 
 and St. Mary— and was eventually employed at Cum- 
 berland Island. Mr. Alexander, whose services dur- . 
 ing the whole of this period drew forth the warm ap- 
 probation of Capt. Barrie, attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 13 June, 1815. He was afterwards employed 
 in raising men at Cork, from Sejjt. 1815 to Feb. 1816 ; 
 but since the latter date has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in 1815, Susannah, daughter of Wm. 
 Legrand, Esq., of Cork, and has two sons, Robert 
 Barrie and William Thomas, both Assistant-Sur- 
 geons in the Navy. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 ■• VideGia. 1607, p. 537. 
 
 + V. Gai. 1S09, p. t. 
 
 ALEXANDER. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Norton Butler Alexander entered the Navy 3 
 April, 1808 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 28 AprU, 1827 ; and since 21 
 July following has been in the Coast Guard. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ALEXANDER. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 William Charles Alexander died 18 April, 
 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 23 Dec. 1831 ; 
 passed his examination 8 March, 1836 ; and served 
 latterly, as Mate, in the President 50, flag-ship in 
 the Pacific of Rear-Admirals Chas. Bayne Hodgson 
 Ross and Rich. Thomas. He was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 16 May, 1842, and from 19 July 
 following until the period of his death was em- 
 ployed at the Cape of Good Hope on board the 
 Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 ALLDRIDGE. (Lieut., 1844. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 0.) 
 George Manley Alldridge is brother of Lieut. 
 T. A. Alldridge, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1829, as 
 Second-cl. Vol., on board the Hyperion 42, Capt. 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye, employed on the Coast Blockade. 
 He next, from Nov. 1830 until Dec. 1840, served, 
 the last four years as Mate, in the Meteor and 
 Beacon, Capts. Rich. Copeland and Thos. Graves, 
 on the Mediterranean station, where he took a very 
 active part in the survey of the Grecian Archipe- 
 lago, without receiving any remuneration, and was 
 present at the capture of 144 pirates off the island 
 of Thasos. On leaving the Beacon, he served for 
 three years as Assistant-Surveyor to Capt.Fred.Wm. 
 Beechey in the Lucifer, on the Irish Sea ; where 
 since his promotion, 17 Feb. 1844, he has been simi 
 larly employed under the same officer in the Firefly. 
 
 ALLDRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Thomas Adye Alldridge is brother of Lieut. 
 G. M. Alldridge, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 May, 1823 ; passed 
 his examination 6 Dec. 1831 ;. was for some time 
 Mate of the Pembroke 72, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, 
 on the Mediterranean station ; obtained an appoint- 
 ment in the Coast Guard 24 Feb. 1840 ; and for a 
 brief period previous to his advancement to the 
 rank he now holds, which took place 23 Sov. 1841, 
 
 « VideGaz. 1813, p. 1331. 
 
10 
 
 ALLEN. 
 
 officiated as Senior Mate of the Impregnable 104, 
 flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore. His 
 appointments have since been — i March, 1842, to 
 the Indus 72, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in the Mediter- 
 ranean— 20 March, 1843, to the Sappho 16, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Hope, off the coast of Africa — and,13I>ec. 
 1845, as First, to the Sampson steam-frigate, Capt. 
 Thos. Henderson, now employed in the Paciflc. 
 
 ALLEN. (Eet. Capt., 1840. f-p., 15; h-p., 39.) 
 Chakles Allen, born 22 July, 1779, at Black- 
 heath, 00. Kent, is son of the late Wm. Allen, Esq., 
 of the Stamp Office, a Commissioner of Greenwich 
 Hospital. 
 
 This officer entered th« Navy, 7 May, 1793, as 
 Captain's Seryant, on boaid the Diomede 44, Capt. 
 Matthew Smith, and was in that ship when she 
 struck on a sunken rock and was lost, off Trinco- 
 malee, 2 Aug. 1795. Joining, then, the Heroine 32, 
 Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, he co-operated in the 
 ensuing reduction of the Dutch settlements in the 
 island of Ceylon. He was ultimately promoted, from 
 the Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral 
 Peter Kainier, to a Lieutenancy, 18 June, 1799, in 
 the Victorious 74, Capts. Wm. Clark and Pulteney 
 Malcolm ; after which, on his return from the East 
 Indies, he joined, 29 July, 1803, the Spencer 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Kobt. Stopford, obtained command, in 
 Nov. 1804, of the Signal station at Selsea, and was 
 next appointed, 26 July, 1805, and 2 June, 1808, to 
 the Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, and Belle- 
 ROPHON 74, Capt. Sam. Warren. On 7 July, 1809, 
 in consequence of the death of the gaUant Lieut. 
 Joseph Hawkey, who fell early in the action, Mr. 
 Allen succeeded to the command of the boats of the 
 latter ship, and of the Implacable 74, Melpomene 
 38, and Prometheus 18, seventeen in number, con- 
 taining about 270 officers and men, in the course of 
 a dashing attack op a Russian flotilla of 8 gun- 
 boats and 12 merchantmen, carrying altogether 
 double the complement of men, lying at anchor 
 under Porcola Point, on the coast of Finland, and 
 centred between two rooks, from the summits of 
 which they were protected by a shower of grape.* 
 Notwithstanding all this, six of the gun-boats were 
 irresistibly boarded and carried, another was sunk, 
 and the whole convoy, with a large armed ship, cap- 
 tured. The loss of the British amounted to 17 men 
 killed and 37 wounded : that of the Russians is re- 
 ported to have been at least 63 killed, and a propor- 
 tionate number wounded. For this daring and most 
 important achievement, Lieut. Allen received the 
 sincere thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, and 
 a Commander's commission bearing date the day 
 of the action. Unable, however, to procure further 
 employment, he at length retired with the rank of 
 Captain, 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 ALLEN. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 22; h-p., 3.) 
 
 Henrt Murray Edward Allen is next brother 
 of Capt. John Jas. Allen, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1822. Be- 
 coming Midshipman, in 1823, of the S ybille 48, Capt. 
 Sam. John Brooke Pechell, he proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean, and was there employed in the boats 
 during a hard-fought and sanguinary contest with 
 the pirates of Candia, 18 June, 1826. Obtaining his 
 first commission, 24 Feb. 1829, he was afterwards 
 appointed, on the former and North America and 
 West India stations— 25 Feb. 1830, to the Actjeon 
 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey— 9 July, 1834, as 
 First, to the Favorite 18, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy 
 —and, 14 Feb. 1837, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Seringafatam 46, Capt. John Leith. Capt. 
 Allen, who attained the rank of Commander 23 
 Nov. 1841, and had been employed, since 4 June, 
 1844, in the Imahm 72, bearing the broad pendants 
 at Jamaica of Commodores Alex. Renton Sharpe 
 and Dan. Pring, acquired the rank he now holds 
 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 He married, 30 Dec. 1841, Mary, daughter of the 
 late John Eversley, Esq. 
 
 * Fids GdZ. 1800, p. 1210. 
 
 ALLEN. (Vicb-Admibai. of the Bi-nE, 1846. 
 
 John Allen («)''e'nleri<?ihe N^vy, 12 Feb. 1787, 
 JOHN f^/''" w >=" Rich. Bickerton, on the 
 
 on board the Sybil, Capt. ^''="1 " , ji, q'. ,703 
 West India station; and from 1790 unHl Uct. UMa, 
 .rved S the Bo™e98, Capt. Geo Bowyer, and 
 Impregnable and Assistance, flag-ships at Ply- 
 mouth and Newfoundland of Sir Rich. Bickerton 
 and Sir Rich. King. Removing then to the Pene- 
 lope 32, be assisted, in company with the Iphigenia 
 32, at the capture, off St. Domingo, 25 Nov. foUow- 
 ing, of the French 36-gun frigate L Inconstante, 
 after a close action of half an hour, in which the 
 Penelope had one man killed and seven, including 
 himself, wounded.'* Mr. Allen, who obtained a Lieu- 
 tenancy, on 10 Dec. in the same year, in the Con- 
 vert 36, Capt. John Lawford, was unfortunately 
 wrecked, in the West Indies, 8 March, 1794; after 
 which event he became successively attached to the 
 Iris 32, Capt. Wm. Hargood, on the North Ame- 
 rica and Africa stations, and London , 98, flag- 
 ship in the Channel of Sir John Colpoys. Assuming 
 the rank of Commander, 6 Deo. 1796, he next, be- 
 tween Feb. 1798 and Nov. 1799, served in the 
 Childebs, Alecto, and Echo sloops, in the latter 
 of which, on the Jamaica station, he captured, 3 
 July, 1799, L' Amazon, French letter of marque, of 
 10 guns and fiO men. He was posted 29 Aprili 1802, 
 but did not again go afloat until 17 Jan. 1810, when 
 he joined the Franchise 36. After visiting New- 
 foundland, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and 
 was there transferred, 1 Aug. 1811, to the Rodney 
 74. He returned to England in April, 1812, as 
 Captain of the Perlen 38, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Chas. Boyles. During the last two years 
 of the war, Capt. Allen officiated as Agent for Pri- 
 soners of War at Newfoundland. This was his last 
 employment. His promotion to the rank of Rear- 
 Admiral took place 17 Aug. 1840; and to that he 
 now holds 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 The Vice-Admiral is in the receipt of a pension 
 for wounds of 2502. He is married and has issue. 
 
 ALLEN, (Cajtaill, 1815. r-P„ 16 ; H-P., 31.) 
 
 John Allen (6), born 23 Feb. 1789, in London, is 
 second son of the late Thos. Allen, Esq., F.A.S., 
 F.L.S., F.S.A., of Crane Hall, co. Suffolk, by Jane, 
 youngest daughter of the late Wm. Watts, Esq., and 
 sister of the late David Pike Watts, Esq., of Port- 
 land Place, and of Capt. John Watts, R.N. His 
 elder brother, the late Lieut. Thos. Allen, an officer 
 in the Army, served throughout the whole of the 
 Peninsular War, and, in the 1st Line Battalion of 
 the German Legion, shared in the glories of Water- 
 loo ; his next brother, David, a Captain in the 2nd 
 Madras Cavalry, died Commandant of Nelloor, in 
 1832 ; and his youngest brother, James, is a retired 
 Major of the 7th Bengal Cavalry. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1800, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Osprey 18, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. John Watts, and afterwards by 
 Capts. Geo. Irvine, Rich. Dalling Dunn, and Geo. 
 Tounghusband, on the Africa and West India 
 stations. While under the latter officer, he com- 
 manded the Osprey's launch at the reduction of 
 Ste. Lucie, 22 Oct. 1803— was also present at the 
 ensuing surrender of Tobago— and, on 23 March, 
 1804, took part in a gallant action of an hour and a 
 half, in which, with a loss to herself of one man 
 killed and 16 wounded, the Osprey beat off the 
 French frigate-built privateer L' Egyptieane, of 36 
 guns and 248 men, 8 of whom were killed and 19 
 wounded. Removing next, with Capt. Tounghus- 
 band, to the Hedredx 24, Mr. Alien, as Master's 
 Mate, contributed, diuring a servitude of nearly two 
 years m that ship, to the capture, on the same sta- 
 tion, of, among numerous other vessels, the French 
 privateers Buron, of 20, and Jmne Adik, of 14 
 f?°^ T®^ returned home in the Wolverene 
 18, Capt. Eras. Aug. Collier, and after an inter- 
 mediate attachment to the Zealand 6^ and North- 
 umberland 74, flag-ships at the Nore, and again in 
 * VideGnz. 1794, p. 189. 
 
ALLEN. 
 
 n 
 
 the West Indies, of Admirals Bartholomew Sam. 
 Rowley and Sir Alex. Cochrane, was promoted 
 to an Acting-Lieutenancy, 9 April, 1807, in the 
 Prince Geokge 98, Capt. Geo. Losack. On 14 Sept. 
 following, Mr. Allen was confirmed into the Cruizer 
 18, in which sloop, under the successive commands, 
 in the North Sea and Baltic, of Capts. Fringle' 
 Stoddart, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, Thos. 'Wells, and 
 Thos. Bich. Toker, he continued to serve, until ap- 
 pointed Senior Lieutenant, 13 March, 1812, of the 
 VoLAQE 22, Capts. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay and 
 Sam. Leslie, on the East India station ;. where, in 
 June and Sept. 1813, he assisted at the capture of 
 the piratical settlement of Sambas, in Borneo, and 
 commanded a division of boats during the operations 
 which led to the restoration of the Sultan of Palam- 
 hang. After officiating for a few weeks as Acting- 
 Captain of the VoLAGE, he was promoted to ihe 
 command, 4 Feb. 1814, of the Hecate 18. On 19 
 June, 1815, ho removed,, by order of Rear- Admiral 
 Sir Geo. Burlton, to the Tyne 22 ; but was obliged 
 from ill health to invalid, 30 April, 1816. On his 
 arrival in England, Capt. Allen found that he had 
 been officially posted in the Volage, by commission 
 dated 20 Sept. -1815; which ship, however, for the 
 reason assigned, he never joined. He accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Allen married, 24 Sept. 1822, Mary, youngest 
 daughter of Dan. Shirley, Esq., merchant, of Lime- 
 street. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 ALLEN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John Aixen entered the Navy (from, we believe, 
 the B.N. College) 23 Aug. 1824 ; passed his exa- 
 mination in 1828 1 became Mate, in 1838, of the Ca- 
 melion 10, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Martin Hunter, 
 on the South America station ; and was promoted, 
 while serving in the Coast Guard, 15 Jan. 1841. His 
 appointments have since been — 13 July, 1841, to the 
 ■Wanderer 16, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour, in the 
 East Indies— 6 July, 1844, to the Coast Guard— and, 
 18 June, 1845, to the command of the Tartar Re- 
 venue-vessel, in which he is now serving. 
 
 Lieut. Allen is Senior of 1841. 
 
 ALLEN. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 14.) 
 John James Allen, born 15 May, 1806, is eldest 
 son of John Lee Allen, Esq., of Errol Park, co. 
 Perth ; and brother of Capt. H. M. E. Allen, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Feb. 1818; and embarked, in April, 1819, on board 
 the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon. After 
 an intermediate and uninterrupted servitude on the 
 America, West India, and Mediterranean stations, 
 he was promoted (having passed his examination in 
 1824) to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 5 April, 1827. His subsequent appointments 
 in that capacity were— on 28 of the same month, to 
 the Chanticleer 10, Capt. Wynne Baird — 21 July, 
 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot — 
 28 April, 1829, and 17 March, 1831, to the Spar- 
 ROWHAWK 18, and Falcon 10, Capts. Thos. Gill and 
 Thos. Metcalfe Currie, both on the Jamaica station 
 —and, 30 Sept. 1831, to the Pallas 42, Capt. Man- 
 ley Hall Dixon, also in the West Indies. He ob- 
 tained the rank of Commander 6 Oct. 1832, but re- 
 mained thenceforward unemployed until appointed, 
 27 Aug. 1840, to the Lily 16. After officiating for 
 some months as Senior Officer on the east coast of 
 Africa and in the Indian Ocean, Capt. Allen was ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841. He has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 He married, 28 Aug. 1832, Lady Henrietta Dundas 
 Duncan, eldest daughter of the Earl of Camper- 
 down, granddaughter of the celebrated Admiral 
 Lord Duncan, and sister of Viscount Duncan, M.P. 
 for Bath, by whom he has issue two sons and two 
 daughters. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 ALLEN. (Ltect. 1807. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Samuel Allen was born, 5 Nov. 1781, at New 
 Ross, CO. Wexford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1796, as 
 A. B., on board the Savage 16, commanded on the 
 Home station by his uncle, Capt. Grosvenor Wink- 
 worth. In Dec. following, he became Midshipman 
 of the OvERYSSEL 64, bearing the flag in the Dowtqs 
 of Admiral Joseph Peyton ; on afterwards removing 
 from which ship to the Romney 50, Capt. Joseph 
 Peyton, he accompanied the expedition to Holland 
 in 1799. In Oct. 1802, Mr. Allen obtained an Acting- 
 Lieutenancy in the Sbeerness, Capts. John Surman 
 Garden, Sir Jas. Llnd, and Lord Geo. Stuart, on the 
 East India station, where he was wrecked in a gale 
 of wind, off Trincomalee, 7 Jan. 1805. After offici- 
 ating for a short period as Lieutenant of the Naval 
 Hospital atMadra^, he next, in July following, joined, 
 again as Acting-Lieutenant, the Fox 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Archibald Cochrane ; while under whom he assisted 
 at the destruction of a Dutch brig-of-war under 
 the batteries of Batavia — commanded one of two 
 boats at the cutting out of a brig of 4 guns, and six 
 sail of coasters, from beneath another battery on 
 the Java shore — and witnessed the annihilation at 
 Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and stores, 
 and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in 
 the East Indies. Mr. Allen, whose promotion was 
 at length confirmed by commission dated on 19 of 
 the latter month, removed, in July, 1808, to the 
 Caroline 36, Capts. Chas. Gordon and Christ. 
 Cole, in which frigate he continued until Jan. 
 1812. In Nov. 1809, we find him attending an ex- 
 pedition; against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, 
 where he commanded a boat at the destruction of 
 the town of Kas-al-Khyma, their principal strong- 
 hold.* At the celebrated capture, in August, 1810, 
 of the island of Banda Neira, Lieut. Allen was 
 among the foremost to escalade the walls of the 
 Castle of Belgica, and for his conduct on that oc- 
 casion was mentioned by Capt. Cole in his de- 
 spatches.! While yet in the Caroline, he contri- 
 buted, as her Senior Lieutenant, to the reduction of 
 Java, in Aug. 1811. In Dec. 1813, having been 
 transferred to the Horatio 38, Capt. Lord Geo. 
 Stuart, he assisted at the capture of the Dutch 
 islands of Schouwen and Tholen. He afterwards 
 served, from Feb. 1814, to Jan. 1816, in the New- 
 castle 50", commanded by the last-mentioned officer 
 on the North America and West India station; 
 but he has not been since employed. 
 
 Lieut. Allen married, 4 Dec. 1839, and has issue 
 three sons and one daughter. 
 
 ALLEN. (Retibeb Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Saonderson Allen was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1808 ; and became a Retired 
 Commander, 3 Feb. 1845. 
 
 ALLEN. (Captain, 1842, f-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 William Allen entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Standard 64, Capt. 
 Thos. Harvey, with whom he continued to serve, in 
 the same ship and the Majestic 74, on the Medi- 
 terranean and Baltic stations, until Feb. 1810. He 
 was present as Midshipman, while in the Standard, 
 at the passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807, and 
 on 26 March, 1808, assisted at the capture, in the 
 Adriatic, of the Italian brig of war Priedland, of 16 
 guns. On leaving the Majestic, Mr. Allen sailed 
 in theliEDA 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, for the East In- 
 dies, where he co-operated in the reduction of Java 
 in Aug. 1811, and took part in a vigorous and suc- 
 cessful attack on the piratical settlement of Sambas, 
 in Borneo, 28 June, 1813. He obtained his first 
 commission 2 March, 1815, and after intermediately 
 officiating as Lieutenant pro tern, of the Hesper 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Everard, returned to England in the 
 following September. Being next appointed, 12 
 Nov. 1834, to the William and Mary yacht, Capt. 
 Sir Sam. Warren, he served in that vessel until 
 promoted to the rank of Commander, 20 June, 1836. 
 Joining, 10 Oct. 1840, the Wilrerforce steamer, 
 Capt. Allen subsequently attended a disastrous ex- 
 
 • Viie Gai, IRIO, p. 108.1. 
 
 + r.Oaj. 1811, p. 1196. 
 C2 
 
12 
 
 ALLEN- ALLEYN— ALSTON— AMBROSE-AMHERST. 
 
 pedition to the Niger, whence he returned towards 
 the close of 1842. He has since been on half-pay. 
 His Post-commission bears date 31 Jan. 1842. 
 
 ALLEN. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 23 ; h-P-, 24.) 
 William Edtakd Hughes Allen, born 6 Feb. 
 1787, is son of William Allen, Esq., Admiral of the 
 Bed, who died in Oct. 1804; and grand-nephew of 
 Sir Thoa. Allen, also an officer in the Navy. An 
 account of these gentlemen's services will be found 
 in the 1st and 6th volumes of Charnock's Biographia 
 JVavalis. 
 
 This officer entered the Eoyal Naval College about 
 the year 1800; and embarked, in Oct. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dkyad 36, Capt. Bobt. 
 Williams, bearing the broad pendant afterwards of 
 Commodore Wm. Domett, on the Irish station. In 
 June, 1804, he became Midshipman of the Teme- 
 KAiRE 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, from which ship, 
 after bearing a warm part in the battle of Trafalgar, 
 he removed, in Dec. 1805, to the Addacious 74, 
 Capt. John Larmour. Early in the following year 
 he rejoined Captain, then Bear-Admiral, Harvey, on 
 board the Tonnant 80, oif the coast of Spain, where, 
 during a subsequent attachment, as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Confiance 18, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo, 
 he saw some good service. Being confirmed, 25 
 March, 1807, into the Hercule 74, Capt. Hon. John 
 Colville, Lieut. Allen, in the course of the same and 
 of the following years, accompanied the expedition 
 to Copenhagen (where he commanded an armed 
 boat in several rencounters with the enemy's flo- 
 tilla) and escorted home from Lisbon the surren- 
 dered Bussian fleet. Proceeding to the East Indies 
 towards the close of 1808, as Lieutenant of the Clo- 
 KiNDE 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, he there became Se- 
 nior, 24 Aug. 1810, of the Cornwallis alias Akear 
 44, Capts. Edw. Wallis Hoare, Thos. Gordon Caul- 
 field, Wm. Fisher, and Henry Drury, and was pre- 
 sent in that ship at the reduction both of the Mau- 
 ritius and of the island of Java. He afterwards, 
 when in command of the Akbar's boats, captured a 
 French schooner, carrying 12 brass six-pounders 
 and 25 men, with two French Colonels on board, 
 charged with despatches from Java. His next ap- 
 pointment, we find, was to the Cygnet 18, Capt. 
 Bobt. Bussell, in which sloop he served, as First 
 Lieutenant, from 13 Nov. 1812, until wrecked, oif 
 the mouth of the Courantine Kiver, 8 March, 1815. 
 He subsequently obtained command, in Oct. 1822, 
 and Dec. 1824, of the Castle Coote and Badger, 
 Revenue-vessels ; and, acquiring his present rank 
 28 Aug. 1828, was employed from 31 March, 1831, 
 until April, 1834, as an Inspecting-Commander in 
 the Coast Guard. He has not since held any official 
 appointment. 
 
 Commander Allen married, 5 Nov. 1815, Miss 
 Ellen Bernie Kirk, and has issue two sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
 ALLEYN. (Retiked Commander, 1835. f-p., 
 18 ; HP., 34.) 
 KiCHARD Israel Alleyn entered the Navy, in 
 Oct. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Marlbo- 
 BODGH 74, Capts. Henry Nichols and Joseph Ellison, 
 on the Channel station, where, and in the Mediter- 
 ranean and West Indies, he afterwards served, as 
 Midshipman, in the Boadicea 38, Captf Bich. 
 Goodwin Keats, Cormorant 24, Capt. Hon. Courte- 
 nay Boyle, Haerlem and Africaine, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Geo. Burlton, Texel 64, Capt. 
 Bich. Incledon, and Temerairb 98, flag-ship of 
 Bear- Admiral Geo. Campbell. While in the Cor- 
 morant, he was wrecked, we believe, ofi' Damietta, 
 on the Egyptian coast, 20 May, 1800. On 23 June, 
 1802, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Syren 
 frigate, Capt. John Wentworth Loring ; and, on the 
 paymg ofi' of that vessel, was confirmed, by commis- 
 sion dated 13 Oct. in the same year. His subse- 
 quent appointments were, on the Home and North 
 America stations, to L'Egyptienne 44, Capts. Hon. 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Hon. Chas. Paget 
 Crescent 36, Capt. Jas. Carthew, Endymion 4o' 
 
 Capts. Hon. Thos. Bladen C'lpel^nd Sir Wm. 
 Bolton, Abeecrombv 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie 
 and Hotspdr 36 Capt. Hon. Joscehne Percy. In 
 the ENOYZNa^JdHLpDR Mr. Alleyn served for 
 several years as First Lieutenant; previously to 
 which, on the evening of 8 March, 1806, he had 
 commknded the boats of L'Egyptienne mconjimc- 
 tion with Lieut. Philip Cosby Haridfield, at the 
 outtmg out, under an incessant fire from two batte- 
 ries, of the French frigate-built privateer l-Alcide, 
 pierced for 34 guns, and moored to the beach an the 
 harbour of Muros, in Spain. Having been unem- 
 ployed since June, 1814, at which period he inva- 
 lided from the Hotspcr, Mr. Alleyn at length ac- 
 cepted the rank he now holds, 20 Apnl, 1835. 
 Agents— Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 ALSTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Edward Hughes Alston entered the Navy, 26 
 Deo. 1826; passed his examination 15 Sept. 1835; 
 obtained a commission 28 July, 1841 ; and from 6 
 Aug. following until the close of 1842, served in 
 the Mediterranean on board the Cambridge 78, 
 Capt. Edw. Barnard. He next joined, on 11 Dec. 
 1844, the Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. "Horatio Beau- 
 man Young, stationed off the coast of Africa, where 
 he became First Lieutenant, 2 April, 1845, of the 
 Banger 6, Capt. Jas. Anderson. Since 1846 he 
 has been serving on the same station as Acting- 
 Commander of the Pantaloon. 
 
 AMBEOSE. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 21.) 
 Prosper Ambrose entered the Navy, 15 June, 
 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Meleager .32, 
 Capts. Geo. Cockburn and Chas. Ogle, and after 
 serving for some time in the Centurion 50, bearing 
 the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Horatio Nelson, 
 became Midshipman, in 1797, of the Ht.i;na 24, 
 Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle and David Lloyd. 
 After attending (in the Siieerness 44, Capt. John 
 Surraan Garden) the expedition to Holland under 
 Sir Andrew Mitchell, he next successively joined the 
 Gutllaeme Tell 80, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, San 
 Josef 110, flag-ship of Lords Nelson and St. Vin- 
 cent, Phcebe and. Endymion frigates, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, and 
 Neptuxe 98, flag-ship in the West Indies of Hon. 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane. He fought, while in the 
 Phcebe, at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was present, 
 in the Endymion, at the passage of the Dardanells, 
 in Feb. 1807. Being appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 
 9 Feb. 1809, of the Port d'EspagneIS, Capts. Sam. 
 Geo. Pechell, and Colin and Donald Campbell, he 
 assisted in that sloop at the proximate reduction of 
 Martinique. His appointment to the Port D'Es- 
 PAGNE being confirmed by commission dated 10 
 Feb. 1810, Mr. Ambrose, who appears to have offi- 
 ciated for some time as her Acting-Captain, subse- 
 quently became Lieutenant, in Dee. 1810. Feb. 1812, 
 and Aug. 1813, of the Tweed 18, Capt. Thos. Edw. 
 Symonds, Egjiont 74, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. 
 Hope, and Guildpokd prison-ship, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Coett— all on the Home station. From 
 28 Feb. 1814, to 8 June, 1816, he was next employed 
 as an Agent for Transports afloat ; after which he 
 served in the Coast Guard for a short time during 
 the year 1822, and was in charge, from 14 May, 
 1831, to 1 July, 1834, of the Platform Semaphore at 
 Portsmouth. He has been occupied, since 2 Nov. 
 1840, as Admiralty- Agent in a Contract Mail Steam- 
 vessel. 
 
 During the late war Lieut Ambrose was also em- 
 ployed in the gun-boat service at Gibraltar. 
 
 AMHEEST. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Jefpeey Eeid Amherst is son of the late Gen. 
 Amherst. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1809, on 
 board the Temeraiue 98, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, 
 bearing the flag of Bear-Admiral Manley Dixon. 
 With that officer (if we except a brief attachment, 
 towards the conclusion of the war, to the Nereus 
 32, Inconstant 36, and Albacore 18, Capts. Man- 
 
AMIEL—AMPHLETT—AMSINCK— ANDERSON. 
 
 13 
 
 ley Hall Dixon, Sir Edw. Tucker, and Joseph 
 Patey) he continued to serve, in the Robt 64, and 
 Vigo, Montagu, Achille, and Valiant 74'a, on 
 the Baltic and Brazilian staitions,, until presented by 
 him with a hauling-down commission, 3 May, 1815. 
 During the term of his servitude in the Baltic, Mr. 
 Amherst was much employed in escorting large con- 
 voys through the Baltic and protecting them against 
 the repeated attacks of the enemy's flotilla. His 
 appointments, subsequent to the peace, appear to 
 have been — 1 May, 1830, to the Caledonia 120, 
 bearing the flag, latterly in the Channel, of Sir 
 Manley Dixon and Sir Edw. Codrington — and, 26 
 Nov. 1831, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship of the 
 former officer at Plymouth. He has been on half- 
 pay since May, 1833. 
 
 AMIEL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 26.) 
 
 William Eaudley Amiel was born, 5 March, 
 1792, at Cheltenham. 
 
 This offtcer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romdlhs, Capt. Woodley 
 Losaok, on removing with whom to the Helena 18, he 
 assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 5 June, 1805, 
 of the Santa Leocadia, Spanish privateer, of 14 guns 
 and 114 men. Proceeding subsequently to the "West 
 Indies in the Pkince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, 
 he there served, from 1808 to 1810, in the Pkanchise 
 36, commanded by Capt. Chas. Dashwood, and while 
 on that station was intrusted with the charge of a 
 boat at the reduction, in Dec. of the former year, of 
 the Fort of Samana, St. Domingo. After a further 
 servitude with Capt. Dashwood in the Pykamus 38, 
 on the Baltic and Mediterranean stations, Mr. Amiel 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 21 March, 1812, 
 in the Illustkiobs 74, bearing the flag in the East 
 Indies of Sir Samuel Hood. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments afloat were, on his return home in the 
 ISccEPHALUs 32, Capt. Barrington Keynolds — 25 
 Oct. 1813, as Senior, to the Liohtning 18, Capt. 
 Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, under whom he partici- 
 pated in the operations of 1814 on the river 
 Gironde— and, 12 Nov. 1815, to the President 50, 
 Capt. Arch. Duff, which ship he left in Sept. 1816. 
 With the exception of the command, from 5 March, 
 1832, to 5 March, 1837, of the Semaphore station at 
 Kingston, in Surrey, he has not since been employed. 
 He married, first, 18 Aug. 1818, Martha, only 
 daughter of T. Moore, Esq., of Park Place, St. 
 James's, by whom he had, with two daughters, three 
 sons, of whom the eldest is a Lieutenant in H.M. 
 55th Regiment; and secondly, 11 Oct. 1838, Mar- 
 garet Anne, third daughter of the Rev. Wm. Morgan, 
 D.D., Rector of Aston Clinton, Bucks, and grand- 
 daughter of the late Wm. MinshuU, Esq., of Boreton 
 House and Aston Clinton. 
 
 AMPHLETT. (Lieut., 1844. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 0.) 
 William Ampi-ilett entered the Navy in 1835 ; 
 passed his examination 25 July, 1842 ; and after in- 
 termediately serving as Mate, on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations, of the Inconstant 36, Capt. 
 Ered. Thos. Michell, and Excellent gunnery-ship, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 23 Dec. 1844, and at once appointed 
 to the Actjeon 26. Capt. Geo. Mansel, now employed 
 on the coast of Africa. 
 
 AMSINCK. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 13; h-p., 23.) 
 Henry Amsinck entered the Navy, 6 Sept. 1811, 
 at Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Niemen 38, Capt. Sir 
 Michael Seymour, under whom, on being transferred 
 to the Hannibal 74, he assisted, as Midshipman, at 
 the capture, 26 March, 1814, of La Sultane French 
 frigate, of 44 guns and 330 men. Until officially 
 promoted, 20 Jan. 1824, he afterwards served, latterly 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Bedford 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Walker, Pomone 38, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, 
 Albion, Qoeen, and Northumberland 74's, Capts. 
 Jas. Walker, Sir M. Seymour, and Thos. Harvey, 
 Severn, Coast-Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch, Northumberland and Albion again, Capts. 
 T. Harvey, Thos. Jas. Maling, and Sir Wm. Hoste, 
 
 Owen Glendower 42, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Sir Robt. Mends, and Bann 20, Capts. Geo. Wm. 
 Conway Courtenay and Geo. Woolcombe. The two 
 last-mentioned ships were employed on the coast of 
 Africa — the others chiefly on the Home station. 
 Lieut. Amsinck, who returned to England in May, 
 1824, has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 4 Jan. 1827, Charlotte Elizabeth, only 
 daughter of the Rev. Geo. Wilson, of Kirby Hall, 
 CO. Norfolk. Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 ANDEKSON. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.) 
 Alexander Anderson entered the Navy 18 July, 
 1832 ; passed his examination 17 Sept. 1838 ; and, as 
 Mate of the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, 
 was afterwards most actively employed on the coast 
 of China. During the hostilities in that quarter he 
 served in the boats at the capture of several rafts, 
 and of the last fort protecting the approaches to 
 Canton, 13 March, 1841 ; took a similar part in the 
 ensuing capture of that city ; was officially men- 
 tioned by Capt. Bourchier, on the occasion of the 
 capture of Amoy, 26 Aug. following, as a " young 
 officer of much promise ;" and on 10 Ociif commanded 
 a gun-boat at the reduction of Chinghae.* In 1842 
 he assisted on shore, under Capt. Bourchier, in the 
 operations at Tze-kee, the storming of Chapoo, and 
 the attack on the batteries of Woosung.f In acknow- 
 ledgment of these services, Mr. Anderson was 
 awarded a commission dated 23 Dec. 1842. J His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 26 Jan. 1844, to the 
 CoRNWALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker — and, 
 29 July following, as First Lieutenant, to the Sama- 
 KANG 26, surveying-vessel, Capt. Sir Edw. Belcher, 
 both employed on the East India station, whence he 
 is now on his return. 
 
 ANDERSON. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 James Anderson (a) entered the Navy, in Jan. 
 1801, as A.B., on board the Blenheim 74, Capt. Peter 
 Turner Bover, bearing the flag in the North Sea of 
 Sir Arch. Dickson. From June, 1802, until March, 
 
 1807, he served as Midshipman, on the East India 
 station, of La Concorde and Photon frigates, both 
 commanded by Capt. John Wood. He then be- 
 came Acting-Lieutenant of the Sceptre 74, Capt. 
 Joseph Bingham ; and on being confirmed, 24 June, 
 
 1808, was appointed to the Christian VII. 80, Capts. 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke, John Hancock, and Woodley 
 Losack, flag-ship for some time of Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 off Flushing. Following the last-mentioned officer, 
 in May, 1811, into the Caledonia 120, Mr. Ander- 
 son, who continued in that ship until the conclusion 
 of the war, served in the two partial actions with 
 the French fleet, off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 
 Feb. 1814. His subsequent appointments were — 1 
 June, 1822, as First Lieutenant, to the Albion 74, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, guard-ship at Portsmouth — 
 and, 30 April, 1823, in a similar capacity, to the Re- 
 venge 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He was promoted to 
 the rank he now holds 25 Nov. following, but has 
 not since been afloat. 
 
 Commander Anderson became a widower 31 Mav, 
 1845. '' 
 
 ANDERSON. (Commandek, 1842. f-p., 30 ; 
 H-p., 9.) 
 
 James Anderson (6) is brother , of Wm. Geo. 
 Anderson, Esq., Assistant-Paymaster-General, and 
 of Chas. Henry Anderson, Esq., Cashier in the 
 General Register Office. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt. 
 Hon. Courtenay Boyle, flag-ship at Spithead of Ad- 
 miral Geo. Montagu ; and while afterwards serving 
 in the Myrtle 18, Capts. Thos. Innes and Clement 
 Sneyd, contributed to the capture of two slave- 
 
 * r«eGa2.l841,pp. 1503,1505 ; and Gaz. 1842, pp. 84,397. 
 t r. Gaz. 1842, pp. 2391, 3694, 3399. 
 t r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
11 
 
 ANDERSON— ANDOE— ANDREW. 
 
 vessels on the coast of Africa. In May, 1812, he 
 became Midshipman of the Bakfiede 98, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy, bearing the flag off Lisbon 
 of Hon. Geo. Cranficid Berkeley, -with the former 
 of whom he removed, towards the close of the same 
 year, to the HamilIiIes 74. In that ship Mr. Ander- 
 son toolc an active part in the chief operations of 
 the American war, including the blockade of Com- 
 modore Decatur's squadron in New London, the 
 attacks upon Washington, Baltimore, and New Or- 
 leans, and the bombardment of Stonington. He 
 also, among other detached services, assisted, in the 
 boats of the Kamii.i.ies and of a squadron, at the 
 capture, 14 Dec. 1814, on Lake Borgne, of five Ame- 
 rican gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did 
 not surrender until the British, after a fierce con- 
 test, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 
 77 wounded. Between Nov. 1815, and 1817, in 
 which year he passed his examination, Mr. Ander- 
 son was next employed in the Malta 80, and RivoLi 
 74, commanded at Plymouth and Portsmouth by 
 Capts. Sir Chas. Ogle and AiskewPaffard Hollis. Un- 
 til March, 1822, he afterwards served as Admiralty 
 Midshipman, chiefly on the South America station, 
 in the Cherokee 10, Capt. Theobald Jones, Owen 
 Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish 
 Spencer, and Superb 74, and Creole 42, bearing 
 each the broad pendant of his old Commander, Sir 
 T. M. Hardy. He then in succession joined, as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, the Alacrity 10, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Spencer, Doris 42, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venables 
 Vernon, and Beaver 10, Capts. Thos. Bourchier 
 and Wm. Towushend Dance. Quitting the latter 
 vessel in Oct. 1823, Mr. Anderson (who had been 
 ofiioially promoted on 1 of the previous March) was 
 subsequently appointed — 10 March, 1826, as First 
 Lieutenant, to the Cadmds 10, Capts. Chas. Hallo- 
 well and Chas. Gordon— 23 June,1827, to the Ganges 
 84, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, on the Bra- 
 zilian station — in 1830-1, as Senior, to the Bkito- 
 mart and Savage sloops, both commanded by Lord 
 Edw. Russell, on the coast of Ireland — 18 July, 
 1833, to the Coast Guard— and, 3 Feb. 1837, to the 
 Howe 120, in which ship, under the successive flags 
 of Sir R. W. Otway and Sir Fras. Mason, he served 
 for five years as First Lieutenant, at the Nore, and 
 in the Mediterranean. He was at length advanced 
 to his present rank 25 Feb. 1842; and, since 14 Dec. 
 1844, has been in command of the Ranger sloop, on 
 the coast of Africa. 
 
 ANDERSON. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 31.) 
 James Anderson (d) entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 
 1803, as a Volunteer, oh board the Ulysses 44, Capt. 
 Edw. Henry Columbine, on the West India station. 
 He there became Midshipman, in April, 1804, of the 
 Express, Lieut.-Commanders Glanville, Swiney, 
 Spearing, and Senhouse ; and, in Jan. 1809, Master's 
 Mate of the Savage 16, Capts. Wm. Robilliard and 
 Wm. Ferrie. After a further servitude of two years 
 and four months in the Favorite and Recruit 
 sloops, Capts. Benj. Clement and Humphrey Fleming 
 Senhouse (by the latter of whom he appears to have 
 been constituted Prize Master of a captured vessel), 
 and in the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship of Sir 
 Robt. Calder, all on the Home station, Mr. Ander- 
 son was appointed Master's Mate, 3 Sept. 18fe, of 
 the Landrail cutter, of 4 twelve-pounder car- 
 ronades and 19 men, Lieut.-Commanders John Hill 
 and Robt. Dan. Lancaster. On 12 July, 1814, the 
 latter vessel, after two hours of hard fighting, in 
 which seven of her men were wounded, was unfor- 
 tunately taken by the American privateer schooner 
 Syren, mounting 7 comparatively heavy guns, 
 with a complement of 75 men, 3 of whom were 
 killed and 15 wounded. During the remainder of 
 the war, Mr. Anderson was in consequence confined 
 in an American prison. Being then released, he 
 became successively attached to the Tonnant 80, 
 bearing the flag at Bermuda of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, and Prince, Queen Charlotte, and 
 Bulwark, flag-ships on the Home station of Sir. 
 Edw. Thornbrough and Sir Chas. Rowley. Since 
 
 his promotion, which took place 1 May, 1816, he 
 has been on half-pay. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 ANDERSON. (Retired Commander, 1 81 7.) 
 
 William Anderson (a) was made a Lieutenant, 
 24 April, 1782; and retired with the rank of Com- 
 mander, 12 July, 1817. 
 He is third on the list. 
 
 ANDOE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Hilary Andoe entered the Navy, 12 Dee. 
 1804, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Greyhound 
 32, Capt. Chas. Elphinstone, ofl^ Havre de Grace ; 
 proceeded to the East Indies towards the close of 
 1806, as Midshipman of the Macassar 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Wilbraham; there served, from Sept. 1807, until 
 July, 1812, the last three yeaxs as Master's Mate, 
 on board the Russel and Minden 74's, flag-ships 
 of Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury ; was then succes- 
 sively appointed, in a similar capacity, to the Mul- 
 GKAVE and SwirrsuRE 74's, Capts. Thos. Jas. Maling 
 and Wm. Henry Webley, on the Home, Mediter- 
 ranean, and West India stations ; and on 4 Feb. 
 
 1815, was promoted to his present rank. He has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 ANDREW, C.B. (Reak-Admirai,, 1846. F-p., 16 ; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 John William Andrew is the son of a clergy- 
 man. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Foddroyast 80, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Byard. After vritnessing the capture, in the follow- 
 ing October, of a squadron of French ships under 
 Commodore Bompart, destined for the invasion of 
 Ireland, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Royal 
 George 100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport in 
 the Channel, where, and on the Mediterranean and 
 East and West India stations, he subsequently 
 served in the SeAhorse 38, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote, 
 Blanche 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge, and Conqueror, 
 Leopard, and Canopus, Capt. (afterwards Rear- 
 Admiral Sir Thos.) Louis. While under the latter 
 ofiicer, he served in the Leopard's boats in the 
 celebrated catamaran attack of 1804 on the Bou- 
 logne flotilla, and was present in the Canopds in 
 Sir John Duckworth's action off St. Domingo, 6 
 Feb. 1806. Being advanced to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 2 April following, Mr. Andrew next joined, on 
 24 July in the same year, the London 98, Capt. 
 Thos. Western, under whom he subsequently es- 
 corted the royal family of Portugal to the shores of 
 South America. In July, 1809, he was appointed to 
 the Ajax 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, and during 
 the two years that followed he saw a good deal of 
 active boat-service in the Mediterranean. After 
 acting for six weeks as Captain of the Rainbow 
 frigate, he assumed oificial command, 26 Sept. 1811, 
 of the Weazle 18, and on 21 Feb. 1812, was in 
 company with the Victorious 74, in the Gulf of 
 Venice, when that ship encountered an enemy's 
 squadron, consisting of the RivoU 74, Mercure and 
 Jena, of 18 guns each, and Mamehuck 8. During 
 the operations that ensued, Capt. Andrew, whose 
 exertions were extremely creditable, was for 40 
 minutes engaged in close action with the Mercure, 
 which eventually blew up ; then chased and put (o 
 flight the Vena, by whom he had also been opposed; 
 and, having likewise driven ofi'the Mamelouci, bore 
 up to the assistance of the Victorious, stood across 
 the bows of the Rivoli, and twice poured in a broad- 
 side—shortly after which the latter ship surren- 
 dered."" For his gallant and exemplary conduct 
 he was presented, on completing his time, with a 
 Post commission, dated 26 Sept. 1812. He lastly 
 officiated as Captain, from 1 Oct. 1814, to 24 Jam. 
 
 1816, of the Dee 24, and during that period visited 
 Hudson's Bay. He accepted his present rank 1 
 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Rear- Admiral Andrew was nominated a C.B. 
 4 June, 1815. 
 
 Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 851. 
 
ANDREW— ANDREWS-ANDROS-ANLEY. 
 
 15 
 
 ANDREW. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Zaccheus Andrew was bom 25 Jtine, 1811. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1826, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, Capt. 
 Joshua Sydney Horton, and served the whole of 
 his time in that ship, the Sdrlt 10, Capt. Joseph 
 Chappel Woolnough, Sappho 28, Capt. Henry Dun- 
 das, Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Duncombe PleydcU 
 Bouverie, and San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Manley 
 Dixon, on the Baltic, Lisbon, South America, and 
 Home stations. Having passed his examination, 8 
 Dec. 1832, he next officiated as Mate, in the "West In- 
 dies and oiff Lisbon, of the Bhabamanthus steamer, 
 Capt. Geo. Evans, and Hastings 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir "Wm. Hall Gage. As Lieutenant, a rank 
 he attained 28 June, 1838, Mr. Andrew's appoint- 
 ments were on the South America and Mediter- 
 ranean stations— 28 Nov. in that year, to the Gre- 
 cian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, and, 8 June, 1841, to 
 the Veenon 90, Capt. Wm. Walpole. He has not 
 since been employed. He married, 3 Oct. 1840, 
 Jane, only daughter of Jas. Harvey, Esq., and has 
 issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ANDREWS. (Lieut., 1814. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Benjamin Andrews was born, 28 Deo. 1794, in 
 London. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Savage 16, Capts. Jas. 
 Wilkes Maurice, Wm. KobiUiard, and Wm. Perrie. 
 During a servitude of more than five years in that 
 sloop he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, in 
 1808, of the Spanish privateer Don Quixote, and was 
 present at the reduction, in 1809-10, of the islands 
 of Martinique and Guadeloupe. After a further at- 
 tachment to the Cdrieux 16, and Theseus 74, Capts. 
 Colin Campbell and Wm. Prowse, in the latter of 
 which ships we find him employed in escorting the 
 East India trade, Mr. Andrews, about the end of 
 
 1813, became Master's Mate of the Hebbus, of 42 
 guns and 284 men, Capt. Edm. Pahner, under whom, 
 on 27 March, 1814, he commanded the forecastle 
 guns, and received three severe contusions at the 
 capture of the French frigate L'Etoile, of 44 guns 
 and 315 men, which surrendered after a close and 
 obstinate combat of two hours and a quarter, that 
 cost the British a loss of 13 men killed and 25 
 wounded, and the enemy of 40 killed and 73 wounded. 
 He afterwards, while in the same ship, assisted in 
 landing a body of troops up the Patuxent, witnessed 
 the destruction of Commodore Barney's flotilla, and 
 was further present at the re-embarkation of the 
 army after the capture of Washington. In Nov. 
 
 1814, having been promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant on 27 of the previous May, Mr. Andrews 
 joined the Wasp 18, Capt. John Fisher, on the 
 Halifax station, where he continued until Sept. 1815. 
 He next, from 7 Nov. 1818, to 4 Feb. 1819, served in 
 the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUooh, but since 
 the latter date has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married 28 Aug. 1826. Agents — Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 ANDREWS. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Edward Andrews (4) was born in 1782. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Musette 12, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Bevan, Dundas, and Simpson, on the 
 Home station, where, in June, 1805, he joined the 
 Beagle 18, Capts. Geo. Digby, Fras. Newoombe, 
 and Wm. Brooking Dolling. While under Capt. 
 Newcombe he assisted at the capture of the Hazard, 
 Vengeur, and Fortune, privateers, carrying alto- 
 gether 44 guns and 155 men; bore a warm part in 
 the destruction of the French shipping in Basque 
 Roads, 11 April, 1809 ; and accompanied the ensuing 
 expedition to Flushing. In the early part of 1811 
 he was thrice recommended for promotion by his 
 Captain for his gallant conduct on as many different 
 occasions: the first time, in consideration of his 
 having with a detached party captured three smug- 
 gling-boats, after he had landed and had desperately 
 
 fought their crews, although supported by a body 
 of French soldiers ; secondly, for the spirited man- 
 ner in which, with a single boat, he had compelled 
 two sloops to run on shore near Boulogne ; and next, 
 for having in a similar manner chased and put to 
 flight an enemy's privateer. On another occasion 
 Mr. Andrews, with but one boat again under his 
 orders, and within sight of the French shore, effected 
 the capture, in the handsomest manner, of two other 
 smuggling-vessels. His exertions were at length 
 rewarded with a commission, dated 20 July, 1811 ; 
 after which he appears to have served, from Jan. 
 1812, to Jan. 1815, on board the Comet sloop, Capts. 
 Wm. Shepheard and Geo. Wm. Blainey, on the 
 NewfouncQand, West India, and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Andrews married, in 1815, Miss Mary Rowse 
 Brooking, by whom he has issue ten children. 
 
 ANDROS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Charles Andros entered the Navy, 19 Atlg. 
 1806, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Casopus 80, 
 Capt. Thos. Geo. SbortJand, bearing the flags in 
 succession of Kear-Admirals Sir Thos. Louis and 
 Geo. Martin, under the former of whom he wit- 
 nessed the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of Le President, 
 French frigate of 44 guns, and was present in the 
 Constantinople and Egyptian expeditions of 1807. 
 During a subsequent attachment of two years with 
 Capt. Jahleel Brenton to the Spartan, of 46 guns 
 and 258 men, he assisted in an attack made in com- 
 pany with the Mercury 28, on Pesaro and Cese- 
 ratrio, where the fortifications were destroyed and 
 25 sail of merchantmen captured; witnessed the 
 ensuing surrender of the garrison of the island of 
 Lossini ; and co-operated in the reduction of Zante, 
 Cephalonia, 'and Cerigo. On 3 May, 1810, Mr. 
 Andros further participated in a brilliant victory 
 gained by the Spartan in the Bay of Naples over 
 a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying in the whole 
 95 guns and about 1400 men, on which occasion the 
 British lost 10 men killed and 22 wounded, and the 
 enemy about 41 killed and 90 wounded. After that 
 event he successively Joined the Inconstant 36, 
 Capt. John QuUliam, Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez, Dictator 64, Capt. John Patti- 
 son Stewart, and Scarborough 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sear- Admiral John Ferrier. While in the 
 Dictator, on the Baltic station, we find Mr. An- 
 dros serving in the boats of that ship at the cutting 
 out of a Danish lugger ; and, on 6 July, 1812, as- 
 sisting, in company with the Calypso 18, at the 
 capture and destruction, within the rocks of Mar- 
 doe, on the coast of Norway, of an entire Danish 
 squadron, consisting of the Nayaden, of 48 guns, the 
 Laland, Samsoe, and Kiel sloops, and several gun- 
 boats, after a long conflict, which cost the Dictator 
 a loss of 5 men killed and 24 w^ounded, and the 
 enemy of 300 killed and wounded. He was ulti- 
 mately confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 9 Aug. 1814, in 
 the RiUN 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, on the West 
 India station, and was afterwards appointed in suc- 
 cession to the Bustard, Capt. Lord John Hay, and 
 Perseus 22, Capts. Edw. Henry A'Court, Thos. 
 Huskisson, and Thos. Rich. Toker, employed on the 
 Home station. With the exception of a three years' 
 attachment, from April, 1824, to April, 1827, to the 
 Britannia 120, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez, Mr. Andros has been on half-pay since 
 11 July, 1816. 
 
 He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Mary, second daughter 
 of Thos. Godfrey Dobree, Esq. 
 
 ANLEY. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Anlet entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1807, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Neptune 98, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Williams and Chas. Dilkes, flag-ship after- 
 wards of Sir Alex. Cochrane, in which he assisted 
 at the capture, in Feb. and April, 1809, of the 
 island of Martinique, and of the French 74-gun 
 sWp D'ffaupoult. After serving for some time 
 with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Pompee 74, and 
 Statira 38, and co-operating in the reduction of 
 
16 
 
 ANNESLEY— ANSON-ANTHONY. 
 
 Guadeloupe, ne Joined the Dkagon 74, bearing ths 
 flag of Sir Fras. Laforey, on leaving whom, in Feb. 
 1811, he appears to have been employed for two 
 years with Capt. Dilkee, in the Castok 32, on the 
 Jamaica and Mediterranean stations. He then be- 
 came successively attached to the Biake 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Codrington, Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, 
 and ToNNANT 80, bearing the flag of Sir A. Coch- 
 rane ; and, in Sept. 1814, was appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the BoYAL Oak 74. In that ship he 
 served under Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the ensuing 
 attack upon New Orleans. Since his official pro- 
 motion, which took place 13 June, 1815, he has 
 been on half-pay. Agents— Halle tt and Robinson. 
 
 ANNESLEY. (Commander, 1814- f-p., 18; 
 H-P., 30.) 
 
 FrawciS Charles Annesley died, 30 Jan. 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1798, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Greyhound 32, Capt. Rich. 
 Let, on the "West India station ; became Midship- 
 man, in Feb. 1799, of the America 64, Capt. John 
 Smith, in the North Sea ; served, during a subse- 
 quent attachment of four years to the Thames 32, 
 Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, in Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez' action vrith the combined squadrons 
 in the Gut of Gibraltar, 13 July, 1801 ; and after 
 a further employment of 18 months with Capt. 
 Stephen Thos. Uigby in the Vestal and Abgo 
 frigates, on the Home and Africa stations, was ap- 
 pointed Acting-Lieutenant, in Oct. 1806, of the 
 Arab 22, Capt. Keith Maxwell. Being officially 
 promoted while in the West Indies, by commission 
 dated 14 Jan. 1808, he next served as Lieutenant, 
 from April following until March, 1812, of the Pilot 
 18, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, on the Mediterranean 
 station. During that period Mr. Annesley bore a 
 distinguished share in many gallant and important 
 enterprizes, particularly on 8 July, 1810, when, in 
 conjunction with Lieut. Geo. Penruddocke, he 
 brought out two gun-boats well fastened to a small 
 island on the coast of Naples, and thence defended 
 by a heavy fire of musketry — on 25 of the same 
 month, when he similarly shared in the capture and 
 destruction of 31 transports, laden with stores and 
 provisions for Murat's army at Scylla, together with 
 seven large gun-boats and five armed scampavias* — 
 in April, 1811, when he was especially noticed for 
 his zeal and exertions in getting oif three vessels 
 hauled high on the beach under the town of Monas- 
 teracci, and protected by a party of soldiers and 
 armed peasantry — and on 26 May following, when 
 the boats of the Pilot, under the orders of Lieut. 
 Alex. Campbell and himself, took and destroyed, 
 on the beach close to the town of Strongoli, four 
 settees, laden with commissariat stores, and guarded 
 by a tower within half musket-shot distance, as well 
 as by a detachment of at least 140 troops. Until 
 advanced to the rank of Commander, 30 Jnly, 1814, 
 Mr. Annesley afterwards served in the Grampus, 
 Vestal, and Venerable, flag-ships in the "West 
 Indies of Rear- Admirals Sir Fras. Laforey and Philip 
 Chas. Durham. He then successively joined the 
 Satellite, Spider, and Heron sloops, the latter of 
 which he paid off about Sept. 1815. Commander 
 Annesley was not afterwards employed. 
 
 ANSON. (Captaik, 1841. p-p., 17; h-p., 6.) 
 
 Talavera Vernon Anson, born 26 Nov. 1809, is 
 second son of Gen. Sir Geo. Anson, G.C.B. (Gover- 
 nor of Chelsea Hospital, Colonel of the 4th Dragoon 
 Guards, Equerry to the Duchess of Kent, and Groom 
 of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert), by Frances, 
 daughter of the late John Hamilton, Esq., and sister 
 of Sir Fred. Hamilton, Bart. Capt. Anson, a col- 
 lateral descendant of Vice-Admiral Lord Anson, 
 is nephew of Gen. Sir "Wm. Anson, Bart., G.C.B., 
 also of the late Viscount Anson, and first cousin 
 (vrith Lieut. Thos. Anson, R.N.) of the Earl of 
 Lichfield, formerly Postmaster-General. His sister, 
 Mary Anne, married Robert Plumer "Ward, Esq., 
 the distinguished novelist, and is consequently 
 
 * rWuGa^ 181(1, p. 1850. 
 
 step-mother of H. G. Ward, Esq., the present Se- 
 cretary to the Admiralty. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1824, on 
 board the Britomart 10, Capt. Octavius Venablea 
 Vernon, with whom, and Capts. Hon. C^. Or- 
 lando Bridgeman and Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, 
 he afterwards served in the Primrose 18, Rattle- 
 snake 28, and Belvidera 42, on the West India 
 and Mediterranean stations, until advanced to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 12 March, 1823. His appoint- 
 ments in the latter capacity were, 3 Sept. 1831, to 
 the Spartiate 76, Capt. Kobt. Tait, 12 June, 1834, 
 to the Blonde 46, Capt. Fras. Mason, and 14 Feb. 
 1837, to the Sebingapatam 46, Capt. John Leith, 
 in which ships he appears to have been employed 
 both in South America and in the West Indies. Ob- 
 taining a second commission, 30 June, 1838, Capt. 
 Anson, on 12 Dec. 1839, assumed command of the 
 Pylades 18. For his subsequent services in China, 
 where he took an able and indefatigable part in the 
 operations against Canton, and witnessed the fall of 
 Amoy, he was elevated to Post-rank, 8 June, 1841.* 
 He returned to England in 1842, and now com- 
 mands the Eurydice 22. 
 
 Capt. Anson married, 13 June, 1843, Sarah Ann, 
 daughter of the late Rich. Potter, Esq., of Manches- 
 ter, by whom (who died 5 May, 1846) he had issue. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ANSON. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 3.) 
 Thomas Anson was bom 24 May, 1820, and died 
 in 1845. He was fourth son of the Hon. and Rev. 
 Fred. Anson, Prebendary of Southwell, by Mary 
 Anne, only daughter of the Rev. Rich. Levett, of 
 Milford, CO. Stafford ; and^first cousin of Capt. Tala- 
 vera Vernon Anson, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 June, 1833, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Asia 84, Capt. Peter 
 Richards, off Lisbon. The whole of his time ap- 
 pears to have been served in that ship, and in the 
 Pique 36, Hercules 74, and Fly 18, Capts. Hon. 
 Henry John Rous, Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge 
 Berkeley, Russell Eliott, and Granville Gower Loch 
 — the last four years on the South America station. 
 Passing his examination 8 Aug. 1840, he next be- 
 came Mate in succession of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Stirling, and Cobnwallis 72, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Wm. Parker. While in the latter ship, on 
 the China station, he was present, in the course of 
 1842, at the capture of Chapoo, the attack on the 
 batteries of Woosung, the reduction of Shanghae, 
 the storming of Chin-Keang-Foo, and the pacifica^ 
 tion of Nanldn. He obtained his commission 17 
 Feb. 1843, and from 13 April following imtil 18 
 July, 1844, served on the South America and Me- 
 diterranean stations in the Cormorant steam-ves- 
 sel, Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon, Queen 110, flag-ship 
 of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Aigle 24, Capt. 
 Lord Clarence Edw. Paget. During the few 
 months that preceded his death Mr. Anson was 
 unemployed. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 ANTHONY. (Commander, 1813. p-p., 21; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 Charles Anthony entered the Navy, 6 March, 
 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Russel 74, 
 Capts. John Willet Payne and Thos. Larcom, the 
 former of whom, after participating in the actions 
 of Howe and Bridport, he rejoined, in Otet. 1796, on 
 board the Impetuehx 74. During the three follow- 
 ing years he served, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, under Sir Thos. Livingstone, Sir Home Pop- 
 ham, and other officers, in the Expedition arme'e en 
 flute, on the Home station, subsequently to which he 
 sailed for the Mediterranean as Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Alkmaar 54, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, and 
 was there confirmed, from the Minotaur 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Lord Keith, into the Blonde, Capt. 
 John Burn, 29 Aug. 1800. For his services, as First 
 of that ship, in the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, 
 where he assisted at the disembarkation of tlie 
 troops in Aboukir Bay, commanded a gun-boat up 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1604, S506 ; and Gaz. 1842, p. S3. 
 
ANTHONY— ANTRAM-APLIN. 
 
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 the Nile and on Lake Mareotis, and was present at 
 the capture of Alexandria, Mr. Anthony received 
 the Turkish gold medal. Being next appointed, 20 
 July, 1804, to, the Britannia 100, bearing the flag 
 of Lord Northesk, he took part in the battle of 
 Trafalgar, and on the overthrow of the combined 
 fleets was placed in charge of oue of the prizes, the 
 Siviftsure 74, wliich ship, however, in conseq_uence 
 of the injuries she had received, be was soon com- 
 pelled to abandon. From 19 June, 1806, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, 29 Dec. 1813, 
 Mr. Anthony was next employed, as First Lieute- 
 nant, on the Home, West India, and Canada sta- 
 tions, of the EoYAii George 100, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Duckworth, Acasta 40, Capt. Philip Beaver, 
 HippoMENES 16, Capt. Edw. Woolcombe, HAKPr 14, 
 Capt. Geo. Wm. Blainey, St. Domingo 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Kich. Strachan, and Wolfe 18, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. While Acting- 
 Captain of the Hakpy, he covered the landing of 
 the troops on the island of Walcheren, in Aug. 1809, 
 and assisted at the ensuing reduction of Flushing. 
 When afterwards with Sir Jas. Yeo on Lake On- 
 tario, we find the subject of this memoir, in June, 
 1813, commanding a division of gun-boats in a very 
 gallant and successful encounter vrith the Ameri- 
 cans at Forty-Mile Creek, and also assisting at the 
 capture of two of their schooners, of a depot of pro- 
 visions at Genesee Kiver, and of other supplies irom 
 Great Sodus.* He subsequently took part in three 
 actions with Commodore Chaunoey's squadron, viz. 
 on 10 Aug., when the British took two of his vessels 
 — in a partial action fought on 11 Sept. off Genesee 
 River — and in another which took place on 28 of 
 the same month. Being appointed, on the day of 
 his promotion, to the command of the Star brig, 
 he further co-operated with Sir Jas. Yeo, and be- 
 haved much to the satisfaction of that gallant ofi&cer, 
 at the capture of Fort Oswego, on which occasion, 
 6 May, 1814, he united with the Charwell in 
 covering the boats containing the troops. t Since 
 his return to England, in Deo. 1814, Commander 
 Anthony has been on half-pay. 
 
 ANTHONY. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 29 jk-p., 17.) 
 Mark Anthony is son of the late Joseph Anthony, 
 Esq., by his second wife, Miss Lambert, of Camagh, 
 00. Wexford ; and grandson of Peter Anthony, Esq., 
 of Carrig Castle, co. Waterford, who served as Cap- 
 tain in one of the Irish regiments under Louis XV., 
 and fought at Fontenoy. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1801, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Hunter 18, Capts. Geo. 
 Jones and Sam. Hood Inglefield, and served in the 
 boats of that vessel when they sustained a loss of 15 
 men killed in an inefiectual attempt made, towards 
 the close of 1803, to bring out several armed mer- 
 chantmen fastened in a secure manner to the beach 
 in a small harbour, on the west side of the island of 
 Cuba. After the latter event he became Master's 
 Mate of the Ci.obinde frigate, Capts. Cathcart and 
 M'Donald, and, in Sept. 1804, joined the Naiad 38, 
 Capts. Jas. Wallis and Thos. Dundas, one of Lord 
 Nelson's repeaters in the action ofi' Trafalgar, 21 
 Oct. 1805, on which occasion he assisted in towing 
 the BeIiLeisle 74, from her perilous position near 
 the shoals, and had the good fortune to rescue, in a 
 boat, 56 of the officers and crew of the French ship 
 Achille before she blew up. The Naiad, who had 
 previously effected a very gallant escape from a 
 powerful French squadron, appears to have been also 
 much engaged with Spanish gun-boats and batteries. 
 Shortly after his junction of the Theseus 74, Capt. 
 John Poo Beresford, Mr. Anthony was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant by commission, dated 22 
 April, 1808, and appointed to the Fury bomb, Capt. 
 John Sanderson Gibson, on the Baltic station, where 
 he received a severe injury in the thigh by the re- 
 coiling of a gun, which he was in the act of point- 
 ing at a Danish gun-boat. On removing with Capt. 
 Gibson to the Sarpen IS, he accompanied, as First 
 Lieutenant of that sloop, the expedition to the Wal- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2081. f ^- ^"- 18'<. P- '369. 
 
 cheren, and did good service to several of the trans- 
 ports. On 12 April, 1811, he was appointed to the 
 Stately 64, Capts. Kobt. Campbell and Edw. Stir- 
 ling Dickson, under whom he was actively em- 
 ployed, on boat duty and otherwise, at the defence 
 of Cadiz and Tarifa, until 20 Nov. following, when 
 he was compelled to invalid, owing to a fracture of 
 the leg and dislocation of the ankle-joint. From 
 Oct. 1814, until 1818, Mr. Anthony further served, 
 in the Obestes 16, Capt, Wm. Robt. Smith, and in 
 the BoYNE and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Sir 
 Edw. Thombrough, on the Irish and Portsmouth 
 stations. He was then appointed Harbour-Master 
 of Dunmore East, of which situation, on its abolition 
 in 1832, he was deprived without the slightest com- 
 pensation, although he had originally obtained it 
 under the idea of its being a life-appointment, and 
 had been thereby prevented from otherwise working 
 his promotion. He has not since been employed. 
 
 ANTRAM. (Lieut., 1802. r-P., 16 ; h-p., 38.) 
 George Antbam is son of Simon Antram, Esq., 
 Purser and Paymaster, K.N. ; brother of the late 
 Lieut. Chas. Aubrey Antram, R.N. (1810) ; and 
 also of the present Lieut. S. E. Antram, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Oct. 1793, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Inflexible 64, Capt. 
 Solomon Ferris; removed as Midshipman, 1 Jan. 
 1794, to the Enterprise receiving-ship in the river 
 Thames, Lieut.-Commanders Edw. Howarth and 
 John Yetts ; and from 10 March, 1798, until 22 July, 
 1799, served in the Vanguard 74, and Foudroy- 
 ANT 80, bearing each the flag of Lord Nelson, under 
 whom, in the former ship, he was wounded at the 
 battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1 798. * H e then served for 
 three years as Acting-Lieutenant of the Mutine 18, 
 Capts. Wm. Hoste and Lord Wm. Fitzroy, on the 
 Mediterranean station, and, being confirmed 14 Dec. 
 1802, was afterwards employed on the Impress ser- 
 vice for a few months in 1803, and in command, from 
 11 Nov. in that year until 25 Nov. 1809, of the Dept- 
 FORD tender, on the rivers Thames and Medway. He 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ANTRAM. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Simon Edward Antram, born 28 Feb. 1786, is 
 brother of Lieut. Geo. Antram, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 March, 1801, as 
 A.B., on board the St. George 98, Capts. Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy, Lenox Thompson, and Wm. 
 Grenville Lobb, successive flag-ship of Lord Nelson 
 and Sir Chas. Morice Pole. In March, 1803, after 
 serving in the Baltic, off Cadiz, and in the West In- 
 dies, he became Master's Mate of the Enterprise 
 receiving-ship off the Tower, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Somerville ; and while subsequently attached, 
 from Jan. 1804, to Jan. 1810, to the Illustrious 74, 
 Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Mich. Seymour, Wm. 
 Shield, and Wm. Robt. Broughton, he witnessed the 
 destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, 
 and commanded a gun-vessel during the operations 
 against Flushing. Until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 14 June, 1811, Mr. Antram served, on 
 the West India station, in the Sparrow, Sappho, 
 and Pelorus sloops, Capts. Josh. Ricketts Rowley 
 and Hayes O'Grady. He then rejoined the Sappho, 
 commanded by the latter officer, and, on 26 May, 
 1815, was next appointed to the Censor 10, Capt. 
 Josh. Kneeshaw. He was placed on half-pay 10 Oct. 
 following, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 APLIN. (Lieutenant, 1811.) 
 
 Benjamin Aplin is brother of Capt. J. G. Aplin 
 R.N. ' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1805 as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Weymouth, Capt. John 
 Draper. Joining, on his return from a voyage to 
 the East Indies, the Maes 74, Capts. Robt. Dudley 
 Oliver and Wm. Lukin, he assisted, as Midship- 
 man, we believe, at the capture of the French frigate 
 Le Rhin, of 44 guns, 28 July, 1806 ; was also pre- 
 sent at the capture, by a squadron under Sir Sam. 
 * nde Gaz. 1798, p. 917. 
 
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 APLIN— APPLEBY. 
 
 Hood, of four other of the enemy's frigates, two of 
 which. La Gloire 46, and L' Infatigdble 44, struck 
 to the Mars, off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806 ; and ac- 
 companied the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 
 and Sept. 1807. After a subsequent attachment of 
 three years to the Volontaire 38, Capt. Chas. Bul- 
 len, Atlas 98, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral John Child 
 Purvis, and Goldfinch and Pheasant sloops, 
 Capts. Arden Adderley and John Palmer, in the 
 Mediterranean and off the coast of Spain, Mr. ApUn 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 16 May, 
 1811. His succeeding appointments were, on the 
 North America, West India, and Home stations — 
 5 Sept. ISll, to the Reindeer 18, Capts. Peter John 
 Douglas, John Geo. Boss, and Wm. Manners— 15 
 Aug. 1814, to the Armide 38, Capts. Fras. Temple 
 and Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge— 15 Aug. 1814, to 
 the Redwing 16, Capt. Thos. Young— 20 Jan. 1816, 
 to the RivoLi 71, Capt. Chas. Ogle— 17 April, 1819, 
 to the Hind, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard — 26 July, 
 1821, to the Coast Guard— and, 25 Oct. 1822, 11 Jan. 
 1827, and 24 May, 1830, to the command of the 
 Swan cutter. Skylark brig, and Messenger 
 steamer, which latter vessel he left in 1832. Mr. 
 Aplin, since 3 Dec. 1842, has been in command of 
 the Acheron steam-sloop, on the Mediterranean 
 station. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 APLIN. (fliaptain, 1826. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.) 
 
 John George Aplin, born 23 April, 1790, at Ber- 
 wick-upon-Tweed, is second son of the late Peter 
 Aplin, Esq., Admiral of the White ; brother of 
 Lieut. Benj. Aplin, R.N. ; grand-nephew of Christ. 
 D'Oyly, Esq., M.P., Comptroller-General of Ac- 
 counts during Lord North's administration ; and 
 brother-in-law of Lieut. Orlando Orlebar, R.N. 
 
 This ofacer entered the Navy, 9 March, 1801, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Eurydice 24, Capt. Walter 
 Bathurst, with whom, on arriving with the ratifica- 
 tion of the Peace of Amiens in the East Indies, he 
 removed, as Midshipman, to the Terpsichore 32, 
 and there, on the renewal of hostilities, came into 
 frequent collision with the enemy. On 15 Aug. 1805, 
 being off St. Denis, Isle of Bourbon, he assisted in 
 one of three boats sent into that port for the purpose 
 of cutting out the French corvette La Turhurette^ 
 a service which was completely effected, although, 
 fully prepared for the attack, the enemy had shel- 
 tered their vessel within pistol-shot distance of seve- 
 ral heavy batteries, whose fire, as well as that of a 
 neighbouring ship, played on the British with de- 
 structive effect. In the execution of this very spi- 
 rited affair, one boat was sunk, another cut down to 
 the water's edge, and the tow-rope. of the remaining 
 one cut three times. Mr. Aplin, in common with 
 the other officers employed on the occasion, received 
 the personal thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, whom, after a further servitude -with 
 Capt. Bathurst in the Pitt 36, he joined, in Aug. 
 1807, on board the Culloden 74. He had not been 
 many days, however, in the latter ship before he was 
 appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Psyche frigate, 
 from which he appears to have been transferred in 
 a similar capacity to the Arrogant 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Dawson. B^ing compelled to invalid, from 
 the effects of long employment in the East Indies, 
 soon after his official promotion, which took place 
 13 Feb. 1808, Mr. Aplin remained on half-pay until 
 1810, in the course of which year, and the following, 
 he successively joined the San Josef 110, flag-ship 
 of Sir Chas. Cotton, and Armide 33, Capt. Rich. 
 Dalling Dunn, on the Mediterranean and Home 
 stations. In May, 1813, he assumed command of 
 the Arrow scliooner, of 12 guns, in which vessel he 
 shortly afterwards attacked a convoy under the pro- 
 tection of two batteries near Quimper, where he 
 drove a brig and several other vessels on shore. 
 He also perforqied a similar service under the bat- 
 teries of Quiberon, at which place he captured the 
 Marie Antoinette and Vierge Marie, and succeeded 
 in destroying a third vessel. Anchoring subse- 
 quently under the batteries close to the harbour of 
 Mer de Fife, in the He de Re, Mr. Aplin skilfully 
 managed, under the guise of an American privateer, 
 
 so thoroughly to deceive the authorities, that his 
 boats were enabled during the night to ef er the 
 port and, without creating the slightest suspicion or 
 alarm, to bring out the largest of the enemy s ves- 
 sels, Le Bon Samaritan. In the course of the same 
 year he was actively employed on sl>OTe>^"'ier Sir 
 &eo. Ralph Corner, at the siege of St. Sebastian; 
 and he next conducted the blockade of Santona in a 
 manner so efficient, that, although the enemy pos- 
 sessed in that port a corvette, a schooner, and two 
 gun-hoats, they were unable to capture any ot the 
 numerous British vessels constantly passing. From 
 the period of his advancement to the rank of Com- 
 mander, 12 March, 1814, Capt. Aplin remained on 
 half-pay until 13 Dec. 1823, when he at length suc- 
 ceeded in obtaining an appointment to the Grass- 
 hopper 18. Proceeding in that sloop to Newfound- 
 land, he there assumed command of a small squadron, 
 and acquired the high approbation of Sir Willough- 
 by Thos. Lake, the Commander-in-Chief, and of the 
 Board of Admiralty, for the able and zealous ma,n- 
 ner in which he discharged several extrarofflcial 
 duties which afterwards devolved upon him in con- 
 sequence of the ahoUtion of the civil departments of 
 the Navy, and of the absence of the governor of the 
 island. He was promoted to Post-rank 28 Jan. 
 1826, and, not being able to procure further em- 
 ployment, accepted the Retirement, 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Aplin married, in 1816, Anne Elizabeth, 
 youngest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral D'Au- 
 vergne, Duke of Bouillon, and sister-in-law of Capt. 
 Henry Presoott, R.N., C.B. By that lady he has 
 issue three sons, of whom the eldest is a Lieutenant 
 in H.M. 28th regiment, and the second a Midship- 
 man, R.N. Agents— Collier and Snee. 
 
 APPLEBY. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 284 h-p., U.) 
 
 John Frederick Appleby, bom 18 Nov. 1795, 
 belongs to the family of Appleby of Soberton, in 
 Hampshire (formerly of Thirsk, or Blaik Hamilton), 
 and is son of John Appleby, Esq., an agriculturist 
 of that place. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., ,on board the Queen 98, Capt. Fras. 
 Pender, bearing the flag, off Cadiz, of Hear- Admiral 
 John Knight, with whom he continued to serve, in 
 the same ship, and the Gderrier, until April, 1806. 
 During the latter part of that period he saw a good 
 deal of boat service, and was much employed, as 
 Midshipman, in affording protection to the numerous 
 convoys passing through the Gut of Gibraltar. Until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Feb. 1815, 
 he was subsequently employed, chiefly on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations, in the San Josef 110, 
 successive flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez, Minstrel 18, Capts. John Hollinworth, 
 Ralph Randolph Wormeley, and John Campbell, 
 Wizard 16, Capt. John Bowker, San Josef again, 
 beajipg the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, Derweht 18, 
 Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton, Dromedary store-ship, 
 Master-Commander Sam. Perkins Pritcbard, Bris- 
 tol arme'e en flute, Capt. Geo. Wyndham, Akbar 60, 
 Capts. Archibald Dickson and Chas. BuUen, and 
 Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page. While in the 
 Minstrel, Mr. Appleby assisted at the capture, in 
 the Adriatic, of the national schooner Ortenzia, 
 pierced for 16, but carrying only 10 guns, 16 July, 
 1808 ; and, on 10 Deo. 1813, served with the boats 
 of a squadron under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, at the 
 destruction of a large convoy, protected by two bat- 
 teries in the mole of Palamos, where, out of 600 
 British officers and men, upwards of 200 were killed, 
 wounded, and taken prisoners. As Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Bristol, we find him serving in the boats 
 at the capture of La Petite Louise privateer, and 
 also present at the siege of Tarragona, in June, 1813. 
 His appointments, subsequently to his promotion, 
 were— 3 May, 1815, to the Nimrod 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Hilton, employed for the purpose of intercepting 
 Napoleon Buonaparte after the battle of Waterloo — 
 and, in July, 1817, and Jan. 1824, to the Queen 
 Charlotte and Victory, bearing the flags, at Ports- 
 mouth, of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Sir Geo. Camp- 
 
APPLEBY- APREECE—APTHORP-ARABIN. 
 
 19 
 
 bell, Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Sir Geo. Martin, 
 and Sir Kobt. Stopford. During the whole period 
 of his being borne on the books of those two ships, 
 a term of eleven years and one month, Mr. Appleby 
 commanded the Linnet and Scorpion tenders, and 
 rendered much valuable service to the Revenue. 
 Being advanced to the rank of Commander 28 Aug. 
 1828, he afterwards, from 1 March, 18.31, until April, 
 1836, and from 29 March, 1837, untiljpromoted to 
 Post-rank, 29 Jan. 1838, served in the Coast Guard. 
 Since the latter date he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Appleby married, 14, Nov. 1827, Ellen, 
 eldest daughter of Wm. Osbom, Esq,, of Leominster, 
 near Arundel, Sussex. Agents— Messrs. .Stilwell. 
 
 APPLEBY. (Eetibed Commander, 1840. p-p., 
 12 ; H-p., 43.) 
 
 YoiTNG Appleby entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1792, 
 as Boatswain's Servant, on board the Alfred 74, 
 Capt. John Bazeley. After sharing in Lord Howe's 
 action, 1 June, 1794, he joined the Blenheim 98, 
 Capt. Thos. Lenox Fredeuick, and while under that 
 officer was present in Hotham's. skirmish with the 
 French fleet, 13 July, 1795, and lost a leg in the 
 battle fought off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. 
 He then became attached in succession to the Cam- 
 bridge 80, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, Haeklem 
 64, Capt. Geo. Burlton, Cambridge again, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Thos. Pasley, Komiilds 36, Capt. John 
 Culverhouse, and Royal William, flag-ship of Ad- 
 miral Milbanke. Obtaining a commission, dated 
 4 Dec. 1799, he next served, from Aug. 1800, to 
 April, 1802, in the Act.eon 44, Capt. Philip Hire, 
 attached to the Impress service at Liverpool, and, 
 from 20 June, 1803, until 27 Oct. 1806, had com- 
 mand of a Signal station on the coastjof Dorsetshire. 
 On one occasion, when in a boat belonging to the 
 AcTjEON, with only three men, he entered a vessel 
 having 200 sailors on board, of whom he brought 
 away 17, and drove 30 over the sides. During his 
 semaphoric command, Mr. Appleby volunteered, on 
 another occasion, to attack at noonday, with only 
 27 fencibles, a French privateer carrying 14 guns and 
 about 80 men. He was admitted to the out-pension 
 of Greenwich Hospital 22 Sept. 1806, and, on 7 Jan. 
 1840, accepted the rank he now holds. 
 
 Commander Appleby married, 4 Nov. 1803, and 
 has issue one son. 
 
 APEEECE. (Retired Commander, 1840. p-p., 
 16; H-p., 32.) 
 William Apbeeoe entered the Navy, in Jan. 
 1799, as a Volunteer, on board the Venerable 74, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Geo. Fairfax, and, on 2 July follow- 
 ing, was present in an attack made by Rear- Admiral 
 Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish squadron lying in 
 Aix Roads. Between 1801 and the date of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 22 Jan. 1806, he 
 served as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the 
 West India, Home, and Africa stations, of the Cou- 
 ragedx 74, Capts. Bowen and Thos. Sotheby, Wind- 
 sor Castle and Leander, flag-ships of Sir Andrew 
 Mitchell, Camel store-ship, Capt. Thos. Garth, Eu- 
 genie, Capt. Chas. Webb, Eclipse gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Geo. Price, and Arab 22, Capt. Keith 
 Maxwell. He then joined the Excellent 74, Capt. 
 John West, fitting at Portsmouth, and on being next 
 appointed to the Blanche 38, Capt. Sir Thos. Lavie, 
 was wrecked, and taken prisoner, off Ushant, 4 
 March, 1807. From that period Mr. Apreece was 
 detained in captivity until the conclusion of hosti- 
 lities. Unable to procure further employment, he 
 at length, on 10 July, 1840, retired With the rank 
 of Commander. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 APTHOEP. (Lieutenant, 184.5.) 
 
 Shirley Apthorp passed his examination 1 June, 
 1836. For the space of five years he served as Mate, 
 chiefly on the Mediterranean and Africa stations, 
 on board the Alecto steamer, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Hoseason, THONDEnER 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, 
 Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, 
 Rapid 10, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Chas. Earle, 
 
 and Alert sloop, Capt. Chas. John Bosanquet. On 
 obtaining his commission, 24 March, 1845, he joined 
 the Penelope steam - frigate. Commodore Wm. 
 Jones, also employed off the coast of Africa. Since 
 19 Deo. 1845, Mr. Apthorp has been attached to the 
 Tortoise store-ship, at Ascension, Capt. Arthur 
 Morrell. 
 
 ARABIN. (©aptatll, 182.3. P-P., 20 ; H-P., 28.) 
 Septimus Arabin, descended from one of the 
 oldest families of Provence, in France, a branch of 
 which settled in England at the period of the Revo- 
 lution in 1688, is son of the late Henry Arabin, Esq., 
 by Ann Grant, of the Grants of BaUendaUack. One 
 of his brothers, George, died a Captain in H.M. 54th 
 regiment; another, Frederick, became a Captain in 
 the Royal Artillery ; and a third, Augustus, died a 
 Lieutenant, R.N. (1815), in Sept. 1839. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 80, Capt., after- 
 wards Rear-Admiral, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, under 
 whom, vpith the exception of a few months during 
 the peace, he continued to serve, in the same ship, 
 and in the Antelope 50, and Pompee 74, until the 
 summer of 1807. During the latter part of the war 
 he appears to have been. much employed in co-ope- 
 ration with the Turks on the coast of Syria ; and 
 we subsequently find him, on the renewal of hostili- 
 ties, coming into frequent collision with the enemy 
 in the Channel and North Sea, particularly on 24 
 March, 1804, when he acquired the public thanks of 
 Sir Sidney Smith for the gallant and judicious man- 
 ner in which, after, every officer senior to himself 
 had been wounded, he boarded, in the Antelope's 
 boats, and carried, although he had been exposed 
 for 45 minutes , to a heavy fire, a Dutch armed 
 schuyt, moored at the entrance of the East Scheldt, 
 and in every way prepared, for an obstinate resist- 
 ance. On his removal, as Master's Mate, in 1806, 
 to the Pompee, Mr. Ajabin was invested by his 
 patron with the command of a Sicilian armed vessel, 
 in which he conveyed the first supply of ammuni- 
 tion to Gaeta, during its siege by the French. He 
 assisted also in disarming the coasts of Naples and 
 Calabria, from thO' gulf of Salerno to Scylla ; and 
 was present at the capture of the latter fortress. 
 Attending afterwards the expedition to the Darda- 
 nells, he there witnessed, in the capacity of Acting- 
 Lieutenant, Sir Sidney Smith's destruction of a 
 Turkish squadron, and for his gallantry in cutting 
 out a gun-boat,- and the assistance he afforded in 
 consummating the destruction of a battery of 31 
 guns, was a second time publicly thanked by Sir 
 Sidney, and formed one of the only two Lieutenants 
 whose names were mentioned in Sir John Duck- 
 worth's first despatch.* During the operations 
 against Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807, Mr. 
 Arabin, who still continued to serve in the Pompee, 
 under the flag of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, 
 commanded a division of boats at the landing of the 
 army, took part in many smart encounters with the 
 enemy's flotilla, and, in acknowledgment of his ser- 
 vices throughout, was personally presented by the 
 above officer to Lord Gambler, and earnestly recom- 
 mended for promotion. In the mean time, however, 
 he had been officially promoted into the Pompee by 
 commission, dated 4 Aug. 1807. His subsequent 
 appointments were— 6 Feb. 1808, to the Foudkoy- 
 ant 80, bearing the flag of Sir W. S. Smith, in South 
 America — 5 Feb. 1810, to the Theseds 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Prowse, stationed in the North Sea — and, in 
 the course of 1812, to the Tremendods 74, and 
 HiBERNiA 110, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir W. S. 
 Smith, in the Mediterranean. After witnessing Sir 
 Edw. Pellew's two partial actions with the French 
 fleet off Toulon, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 27 July, 1814 ; but, unsuccessful in his 
 applications for employment, remained on half-pay 
 from that period until 2 July, 1821, when he at 
 length obtained an appointment to the Argds 18, 
 on the Halifax station. Acquiring Post-rank 20 
 March, 1823, Capt. Arabin next, on 23 Dec. 1825, 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1807, p. sg.i 
 
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20 
 
 ARBUTHNOTT-ARCHBOLD-ARCHER-ARGLES-ARGUIMBAU. 
 
 joined the North Star 28, in which frigste he suh- 
 sequently captured several Spanish and Brazilian 
 slavers, and ultimately returned to Portsmouth -with 
 Viscount Strangford, Envoy-Extraordinary at Rio 
 Janeiro. He paid the North Star off in 1829, and 
 accepted the retired half-pay, 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Arabin married Maria, second daughter of 
 the late Sir Geo. Berryman Rumbold, Bart., Consul- 
 General at Hamburgh, afterwards step-daughter 
 of Admiral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, K.C.B., and 
 aunt of the present Sir Cavendish Stuart Kumbold, 
 Bart. Agest — J. Hinxman. 
 
 ARBUTHNOTT, K.C.C., K.S.F. (Cajtatlt, 
 1824. F-P., 13; H-P., 31.) 
 Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott, a lineal 
 descendant of the first Viscount Arbuthnott, through 
 his second marriage, and heir to the title and estates 
 of the present nobleman after his own immediate 
 family, is only son, by Miss Murray, of Canada, of 
 the late Robt. Arbuthnott, Esq., Lieut. -Colonel of 
 the 31st foot, who died on board the Raymond of 
 wounds he had received at Ste. Lucie, 10 July, 1796. 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumberland 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane. During a sub- 
 sequent attachment of nearly seven years to the 
 Maes 74, Capts. Geo. Duff, Robt. Dudley Oliver, 
 Wm. Lukin, and Henry Raper, of which ship he 
 was created a Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1809, Mr. Arbuth- 
 nott took part, as Midshipman, in the battle of 
 Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 — assisted at the capture of 
 the French frigate £e Rhin^ of 44 guns, 28 July, 
 1806 — was also present at the capture, by a squadron 
 under Sir Sam. Hood, of four other of the enemy's 
 frigates, two of which, La Gloire 46, and L'ln- 
 fatigabh _44, struck to the Mars off Rochefort, 25 
 Sept. 1806 — accompanied the expedition to Copen- 
 hagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807 — and saw much gun- 
 boat service in the Baltic in 1808-9. Being subse- 
 quently appointed, 27 June, 1811, after a short ser- 
 vitude in the Christian VII. 80, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, to the Im- 
 pregnable 98, successive flag-ship of Admiral Wm. 
 Young and H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, Mr. 
 Arbuthnott co-operated in the reduction of the 
 islands of North and South Beveland, was present 
 at the capture of Antwerp, and, having as First 
 Lieutenant escorted to England the Emperor of 
 Russia and the King of Prussia, assisted at the 
 grand naval review held at Spithead. Assuming 
 on that occasion the rank of Commander, by com- 
 mission dated 27 June, 1814, he next joined, 24 
 April, 1823, the Jasper 10, and in that vessel, on 
 being sent on a mission to St. Petersburg, had the 
 honour of entertaining His Imperial Majesty and 
 all the Court. Until posted, 14 Oct. 1824, he after- 
 wards held the successive colnmand of the Redwing 
 18, and Terror bomb— the latter employed on lie 
 second expedition against Algiers. His retirement 
 took place 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Although Capt. Arbuthnott has since been on 
 half-pay, he has not been inactive. Accompanying 
 the British Auxiliary Legion to Spain, as Colonel on 
 the Staff, he there became Colonel-Commandant, in 
 Sept. 1835, of the depot at Santander and of the 
 Convent of Carban, and was afterwards created a 
 Knight Commander of the distinguished order of 
 Charles III. by the Queen Regent, as a reward for 
 his services in relieving San Sebastian when closely 
 besieged by the Carlist troops, as also of the order 
 of San Fernando for his gallantry in conducting the 
 forlorn hope at the storming of Irun. When the 
 Legion returned to England in 1838, Capt. Arbuth- 
 nott had attained the rank of Brigadier-General in 
 the Spanish service. We next, in 1840, find him, 
 at the recommendation of the First Lord of the 
 Admiralty, appointed by Lord Palmerston to serve 
 in Syria, as a Captain in the Navy, with Gen. 
 Mitchell and the Commission employed in concert 
 with the Turkish army to drive Ibrahim Pacha and 
 the Egyptian forces out of that country. On the 
 Commission being recalled, in 1842, he was presented 
 
 by the Sultan with a gold medal Capt Arbuth- 
 nott, who had been appointed •''Nov. 1824 one of 
 the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to George IV., 
 Tolds The same oflice under Her present Majesty 
 He married, in May, 1826, Catherine Maria, ttod 
 daughter of Chas. Eustace, Esq., of Robertstown, 
 CO liildare, claimant of the Viscounty of Baltmg- 
 lass, by whom he has issue a daughter. Agent— J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 AECHBOLD. (Lieut, 1816. r-p., 8; h-p., 31.) 
 William Augustus Archeold entered the Navy, 
 14 July 1808, as Ordinary, on board the Curieux 
 sloop, stationed in the West Indies, where be be- 
 came Midshipman, in Aug. 1809, of the Surinam 18, 
 and served, from Dec. 1810, to April, 1812, m the 
 Gloire frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew. Joining next 
 the BABrLEUR 98, he witnessed in that ship Sir 
 Edw Pellew's partial engagements with the French 
 fleet off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814 ; 
 after which he removed successively to the Eoval 
 Sovereign and Rotal Charlotte yachts, Caj)ts. 
 Sir Edw. Berry, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Geo. 
 Scott. He has not, since his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, which took place 11 March, 1816, 
 been employed. Agents — HaUett and Robinson. 
 
 AECHEE. (Lieut., 1808. i^p., 15; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Thomas Archer entered the Navy, in March, 
 1801, as A. B., on board the Triton 32, Capt. Robt. 
 Lewis Fitzgerald, employed on the Home station ; 
 served as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting 
 Master, from June, 1802, to Jan. 1808, of the Amelia 
 38, Capts. Lord Proby and John Chas. Woolcombe, 
 and MoRNE Fortunee brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 John Jas. Rorie, in the North Sea and West Indies; 
 and was then successively appointed Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Phipps schooner, Capt. Christ. Bell, 
 and Ahgo 44, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, to which 
 latter ship he was confirmed 27 Dec. 1808. His 
 subsequent appointments were, on the Home station, 
 — 10 Jam. 1810, to the Beagle sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Brooking Dolling— 19 Feb. 1811, to the Edinburgh 
 74, Capt. Robt. RoUes— and, 26 Nov. 1811, to the 
 DisiREE 36, Capts. Arthur Farquhar and Wm. 
 Woolridge. In 1813-14 he appears to have been 
 arduously employed on the German rivers, particu- 
 larly at the reduction of the batteries of Bremer- 
 lehe and Blexen, and of the towns of Cuxhaven and 
 Gluckstadt. On the latter occasion Mr. Archer 
 landed in command of a party of seamen and ma- 
 rines.* He has not, however, been employed since 
 Oct. 1815. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 AEGLES. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 George Abgles entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1804, 
 as I'st.-cl. Vol., onboard the Trustt 50, commanded 
 by his relative, Capt. Geo. Argles, whom he succes- 
 sively accompanied, as Midshipman, into the Iris 
 32, and Diamond 38, the latter frigate employed on 
 the Africa and West India stations. On next 
 joining the Polyphemus 64, bearing the flag of 
 Vice- Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, he served 
 at the blockade of St. Domingo, and witnessed the 
 evacuation of that city by the French in July 1809. 
 He obtained a Lieutenancy, 10 Nov. 1810, in the 
 Saracen brig, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, also 
 in the West Indies, where, and on the Home and 
 Cape of Good Hope stations, he was afterwards em- 
 ployed, from 20 March, 1812, to 2 May, 1815, in the 
 Hebe 38, Capt. John Fyffe, Duncan 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Lambert, and Stag and Spartan frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. Phipps Hornby. He has 
 not since the latter date been afloat. 
 
 ARGUIMBAU. (Lieut., 1818. r-p., 14; h-p., 24.) 
 Joseph Arguimbau entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acorn 18, Capt. 
 Robt. Clephane, on the Mediterranean station ; and 
 in April, 1811, followed the same officer, as Midship- 
 man, into the Cumberland 74. During a subse- 
 quent attachment of five years to the Ajax 74, 
 Capts. Sir Robt. Laurie, Robt. Waller Otway, and 
 • Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 126. 
 
ARKWRIGHT-ARMITAGE-ARMYTAGE— ARNOLD— ARROW. 
 
 21 
 
 Geo. Munday, he witnessed the fall of San Schas- 
 tian, and assisted at the capture, 17 March, 1814, 
 of L'Alcyon, of 16 guns and 120 men. Joining next 
 the Severn 40, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, 
 Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch, he took part in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 
 1816, and was afterwards, until the date of his pro- 
 motion, 31 March, 1818, employed in the Coast 
 Blockade. Since that period (with the exception of 
 a servitude in the Coast Guard — from 29 Jan. 1836, 
 until 1840) Mr. Arguimbau has been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Holmes and Folfcard. 
 
 AKKWEIGHT. (Liedt., 1845. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 0.) 
 AuGusTDS Peter Arkwrioht, bom 6 March, 
 1821, is seventh son of Peter Arkwright, Esq., of 
 Rock House, near Matlock, a magistrate for the 
 county of Derby, by Mary Anne, daughter of Chas. 
 Hurt, Esq., of Wicksworth ; brother of Ferdinand 
 Wm. Arkwright, Esq., a Lieutenant in the Army ; 
 and grandson of the late wealthy Rich. Arkwright, 
 Esq., of "Willersley, co. Derby. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1833, and passed 
 his examination 14 Oct. 1840. He afterwards served 
 as Mate, on the Africa, Mediterranean, and Home 
 stations, of the Pantaioon 10, Lieut.-Commander 
 Chas. Horace Lapidge, Prompt schooner, Bonetta 
 surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, and 
 Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir John Chambers, 
 White. He obtained his commission 6 Feb. 1845, 
 and, since 17 May following, has been employed in 
 the Trafalgar 120, Capts. Wm. Fanshawe Martin 
 and John Neale Nott. 
 
 battery, two military stations, and nine war-junks, in 
 which, collectively, were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.* 
 He acquired the rank he now holds, 3 Feb. 1845 ; 
 and, since 24 March in that year, has been attached 
 to the Vesuvius steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Dou- 
 glas O'Callaghan, on the Sorth America and West 
 India station. 
 
 ARMITAGE. (Lieut., 1838. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Whaley Armitage is a younger son of Whaley 
 Armitage, Esq., of Coole and Drumin, oo. Louth, 
 barrister-at-law, by Eleanora, eldest daughter and 
 co-heir of the late Edw. Haistwell, Esq., of Ken- 
 sington ; and grand-nephew of the late Gen. Sir 
 John Braithwaite, Bart., Commander-in-Chief at 
 Madras. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 24 
 June, 1822 ; and embarked, 3 June, 1824, on board 
 the Tweed 28, Capts. Fred. Hunn and Lord Henry 
 ' John Spencer Churchill. After visiting the West 
 Indies and Cape of Good Hope, he became succes- 
 sively Mate, on the former and North and South 
 America stations, of the Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Wellesley, Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Metcalfe Currie, Coldmbihe 18, Capt. Henry Om- 
 manney Love, Nimble 5, Lieut.-Commander Jas. 
 Bolton, Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, Pique 
 36, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, and Rover 18, 
 Capt. Chas. Eden. While in the Nimble, in 1833, 
 we find Mr. Armitage assisting at the capture, after 
 a running fight of an hour, of the armed slavers 
 Joaquina and Mannalita. Obtaining his commission, 
 27 Dec. 1838, he was subsequently appointed — 18 
 March, 1839, to the Melville 72, fiag-ship at the 
 Cape of Hon. Geo. Elliot— 6 July, 1839, to the com- 
 mand for a few months of the Brisk 3, on the same 
 station — and, 31 Oct. 1840, to the Monarch 84, Capt. 
 Sam. Chambers, in""the Mediterranean. He has 
 been on half-pay since the autumn of 1839. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. , 
 
 AEMYTAGE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Akmytage passed his examination 28 
 Oct. 1840 ; and served as Mate, on the East India 
 station, of the Samarang 26, Capt. Jas. Scott, 
 Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, and Corn- 
 WALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. During 
 the operations on the coast of China, he proved 
 himself entitled to the best acknowledgments of 
 Capt. Jas. Scott, for the gallantry and zeal he dis- 
 played at the forcing of the inner passage from 
 Macao to Whampoa (a navigation never before 
 traversed by European boat or vessel) ; in their 
 advance on which place, the British, whose force 
 consisted of the Nemesis steamer, and the boats 
 of the Samarang, destroyed, between 3 a.m. on 
 13, and 4 p.m. on 15 March, 1841, five forts, one 
 
 ARNOLD. (Lieutenant, 1810.) 
 
 James Fearnley Arnold entered the Navy, 21 
 Sept. 1803, as Master's Mate, on board the Re- 
 pulse 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John 
 Halliday. Under the former officer, he took part 
 in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, was pre- 
 sent at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, 
 and accompanied the expedition to Flushing in 
 Aug. 1809. After a further servitude in the Hi- 
 eernia 110, Capt. Rich. John Neve, he obtained a 
 commission, dated 4 May, 1810, and was next ap- 
 pointed, on the Home station — 24 Oct. 1810, to the 
 Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker— in May, 1813, to 
 the command of the Neptune tender — 12 Jan. 1814, 
 to the Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page— and, 
 17 Aug. 1822, to the Coast Guard. He has been 
 employed, since 12 June, 1846, in the Ocean 80, 
 guard-ship at Sheerness, Capt. Rich. Arthur. 
 Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ARNOLD. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p., 
 16; H-p., 33.) 
 
 John Arnold was bom 4 Nov. 1784. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Aug. 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tigre 80, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith. In the following year he assisted 
 in the gun-boats and batteries at the defence of St. 
 Jean d'Acre ; and, on afterwards attending the ex- 
 pedition of 1801 to Egypt, served on shore with 
 the naval brigade, commanded a gun-boat up the 
 Nile bearing the broad pendant of Sir W. S. Smith, 
 and was present at the surrender of Rosetta and of 
 the castle of Jullien. In June, 1805, after a suc- 
 cessive attachment of rather more than two years 
 to the Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, 
 Galykheid and Ruby, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral 
 Edw. Thombrough, and Antelope 50, Commodore 
 Sir W. S. Smith, all on the Home station, Mr. Ar- 
 nold was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Spy 
 12, Capt. Bushby, off Boulogne, where, on 6 Aug. 
 in the same year, he became Sub-Lieutenant of 
 the Desperate gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Price. During the next 20 months we find him 
 sharing in numerous engagements with the enemy's 
 flotilla and batteries ; but more particularly on 29 
 Jan. 1807, when he received a woimd so severe as 
 to elicit from the Patriotic Society a gratuity of 
 30Z. Being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 27 March following, in the Peacock 18, Capt. 
 Wm. Peake, he next joined in that capacity, 16 
 Sept. 1808, the Foudroyant 80, bearing the flag in 
 South America of his old Captain, Sir W. S. Smith. 
 While subsequently in the Transport service, in 
 which he continued from 1809 to 1815, Mr. Arnold 
 served with the Walcheren expedition, and was 
 employed as Principal Agent at Oporto, Alicant, 
 Bilboa, and finally at Bordeaux, where he embarked 
 the British army for America and England. Hav- 
 ing been on half-pay since the peace, he at length, 
 on 19 July, 1842, accepted the rank he now holds. 
 
 Commander Arnold married, in 1813, Miss Raw- 
 stome, niece of Sir Michael Filkington, Bart. 
 
 ARROW. (CosiMANDEB, 1814. F-P., 42; H-p., 5.) 
 John Jordan Arrow entered the Navy, 1 April, 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Johnstone Hope, flag-ship afterwards of Sir 
 Rich. Bickerton, in which he escorted Sir Ralph 
 Abercromby from Gibraltar to Egypt, and took 
 part, as Midshipman, in the campaign of 1801. He 
 removed, in Oct. 1803, to the Active 38, Capt. 
 Rich. Hussey Moubray, on the Home station ; offi- 
 ciated afterwards, from 22 May to 21 July, 1806, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the EspiMle 18, Capt. Hen. 
 * FWeGaz. 18«,p. 1609. 
 
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 ARTHUR-ASHBY. 
 
 Gage Morrig, off th& coast of Ireland ; then sailed 
 for the West Indies in the Oepheus frigate, Capt. 
 Thos. Briggs ; and, on 12 Aug. 1807, was there con- 
 firmed, from the Northumbbrlakd 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane, to a Lieutenancy in the Jason 
 32, Capts. Thos. John Cochrane, Wm. Maude, Chas. 
 Napier, and Hon. Jas. "Wm. King. During a con- 
 tinuance of nearly seven years in that frigate, Mr. 
 Arrow commanded a party at the destruction of a 
 French West Indiaman, under a heavy fire from 
 the island of Margarita, in 1807^ — assisted, with the 
 Cleopatra 32, in capturing the French frigate 
 La Topaze of 38 guns, off Guadeloupe, 22 Jan. 1809 
 ■ — was present at the ensuing reduction of the 
 Saintes^and,in 1813-14, shared, as First Lieutenant, 
 in many active operations on the river Scheldt, 
 particularly in an unsuccessful attack made by the 
 hoats of the Jason and Amphion, attended wdth 
 great loss to the British, on five French brigs, under 
 Fort Lillo. From the Jason, which ship bore the 
 flag of the Duke of Clarence when H.R.H. escorted 
 Louis XVin. to France, Mr. Arrow was at length 
 promoted to the rank of Commander, 16 May, 1814. 
 He has been employed in the Coast. Guard since 
 6 Jan. 1820, and is the Senior Officer in that service. 
 Commander Arrow married Miss Kew, of New 
 Palace Yard, Westminster, by whom he has issue. 
 
 AKTHUR, C.B. (Reak-Admiral of the Blde, 
 1846. E-P., 24; H-p., 35.) 
 
 Richard Arthur, bom in 1779, is son of the late 
 John Arthur, Esq., of Plymouth, by Catherine, 
 daughter of Thos. Cornish, Esq. ; brother of Col. 
 Sir Geo. Arthur, Bart., K.C.H., late Governor of 
 Bombay, and formerly Lieut.-Govemor of Upper 
 Canada, and of Van Diemen's Land ; and uncle of 
 Capt. Fred. Leopold Arthur, 4th foot. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1788, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the Powerful 74, Capt. 
 Andrew Sutherland, guard-ship at Portsmouth, and 
 during the remainder of the peace served in the 
 Southampton 32, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, Va- 
 liant 74, commanded by H.R.H. the Duke of Cla- 
 rence, and Druid 32, Capt. Joseph Ellison. In 1793 
 he sailed for the East Indies as Midshipman of the 
 Heroine 32, Capt. Alan Gardner, and, after assist- 
 ing at the reduction of Trincomalee and Colombo, 
 in 1795-6, was sent in command of three transports 
 laden with stores and provisions for Rear-Admiral 
 Rainier's squadron at Amboyna, where he joined 
 that officer in his flag-ship, the Suffolk 74. From 
 March, 1797, until officially promoted, 28 Feb. 1800, 
 Mr. Arthur continued to serve in the East Indies 
 as Acting Lieutenant on board the Orpheus 32, 
 Capts. Benj. Wm. Page and Wm. Hills, and Tri- 
 dent 64, Capts. Alex. Milner and John Turner. 
 Returning then to England, he became in succes- 
 sion attached, on the Cadiz, Mediterranean, and 
 Jamaica stations, to the Dreadnought, 98, Capt. 
 Jas. Vashon, Excellent and Triumph 74's, Capts. 
 Frank Sotheron and Sir Robt. Barlow, and Her- 
 CULE 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Da^ 
 cres. On 1 Nov. 1805, the subject of this memoir, 
 who had previously borne a useful part in repeated 
 actions with the gun-boats ofi" Cadiz, was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander for his gallant conduct 
 in cutting out, in command of the Hercule's boats, 
 a Spanish schooner from under the batteries of 
 Santa Martha, and capturing four others (one 
 armed) in the Gulf of Maraoaibo. Being next ap- 
 pointed, 25 Sept. 1806, to the Vesuvius bomb, he 
 accompanied Lord Gambler's subsequent expedition 
 to Copenhagen, where he served with the m-shore 
 squadron under Capt. Peter Puget on the occasion 
 of its being attacked by the Danish flotilla, and in his 
 general conduct acquired the entire approbation of 
 his superior officers. On paying off the Vesuvius, 
 in Dec. 1807, Capt. Arthur was employed in super- 
 intending the discharge of the Danish line-of-battle 
 ships at Portsmouth. On 12 April, 1808, he joined 
 the Cherokee brig, of 10 guns and 70 men, which 
 vessel, during the Scheldt expedition of 1809, he 
 commanded as one of the advanced squadron above 
 Bach. He subsequently, on 11 Jan. 1810, being off 
 
 Dieppe, distinguished himself by running in under 
 the batteries and attacking seven lugger privateers, 
 anchored within 200 yards of the pier-head, one of 
 which, L'Aimabh Nelly, of 16 guns and 60 men, he 
 succeeded in boarding and bringing out.* In ac- 
 knowledgment of this dashing exploit, he was at 
 once promoted to Pos(>rank, by commission dated 
 back to the day on which it was achieved. From 
 10 Oct. 1812, until 1 Deo. 1815, Capt. Arthur further 
 commanded the Andromeda 24, off Lisbon and in 
 the Mediterranean. He was not however again 
 employed until the summer of 1844, when, after 
 28 years of incessant appEcation, he was ap- 
 pointed Captain of theViCTORV 104, and Superin- 
 tendent of the Ordinary at Portsmouth, which si- 
 tuation he resigned on being constituted, 23 Sept., 
 in the same year. Captain of the Ocean 80, and Su- 
 perintendent of Sheemess Dockyard. He was super- 
 seded in the latter appointment on advancement to 
 Flag-rank, 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Arthur was nominated a C.B. 28 
 July, 1838, and from 28 Aug. 1840, until his last 
 promotion, was in the receipt of the Captain's Good 
 Service Pension. He married, in Nov. 1809, Eliza^ 
 beth, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Wells, Rector of 
 East AJlington, co. Devon, by whom he has issue 
 three sons and one daughter. 
 
 ARTHUR. (Commander, 1824. f-p., 11; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 William Stephens Arthur entered the Navy, 
 2 June, 1811, as L.M., on board the Caledonia 120, 
 Capt. Rich. Harward, flag-ship in the Mediterra- 
 nean of Sir Edw. Pellew ; became Midshipman, in 
 Nov. 1811, of the Rainbow 26, Capt. Gardiner Henry 
 Guion, employed in co-operation with the patriots 
 on the coast of Catalonia ; served, from Feb. 1813, 
 to Feb. 1818, in the Iphigenia 36, Capts. Andrew 
 King and John Reynolds, under the former of 
 whom, besides witnessing the fall of Genoa, he was 
 wounded, we are informed, in an attack on Fort 
 Erie, in 1814; then joined the Impregnable 104, 
 flag-ship, on her return from the East Indies, of 
 Lord Exmouth, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth ; 
 and, on 6 Feb. 1821, was advanced to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His next appointment was, 10 July, 
 1823, to the Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm. 
 Halsted, on the Jamaica station, where he attained 
 his present rank, while serving in the Bustard 
 sloop, 11 Oct. 1824. He has not since been em- 
 ployed. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 ASHBY. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 18.) 
 
 William George Ashbt entered the Navy, 28 
 Sept. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magnet 
 16, Capt. F. Moore Maurice, employed in the North 
 Sea, and during the last two years of the war served 
 on the Mediterranean station as Midshipman of the 
 Bacchante 38, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and Levia- 
 than 74, Capt. Thos. Briggs. Until promoted, 11 
 Deo. 1826, he was afterwards employed, the last 
 seven years as Mate, in the Glasgow 60, Gany- 
 mede 26, Owen Glendower 42, Glasgow again, 
 and Atholl 28, Capts. Hon. Anthony Maitland, Hon. 
 Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Hood Hanway Christian, 
 Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, and Jas. Arthur Mur- 
 ray, on the Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, 
 South America, and East India stations. Attaining 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 11 Dec. 1826, he next 
 joined, 16 Aug. 1827, the Undaunted 46, Capt. Au- 
 gustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, in which frigate, after 
 escorting Lord Wm. Bentinck, as Governor-Ge- 
 neral, to India, we find him returning to England 
 with Major-Gen. Bourke, late Lieut.-Govemor of 
 the Cape. He has been on half-pay since 1830. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 ASHBY. (LlEDT., 181.5. F-p., 26; H-p., 13.) 
 
 William Richmond Ashbv entered the Navy 
 13 April, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the In- 
 vincible 74 Capts. Ross Donnelly, John Hollin- 
 worth, and Chas. Adam, vrith whom he successively 
 • Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 57, 
 
ASHE— ASHLEY— ASHTON— ASKEW— ATHERTON—ATHILL. 
 
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 served, nearly the whole time as Midshipman, until 
 Jan. 1814, and was for some time employed in a 
 gun-boat at the defence of Cadiz. After a further 
 attachment of 21 months to the Hotspur 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Josceline Percy, on the South America sta- 
 tion, he was promoted to the rank he now holds 
 by commission dated 18 Feb. 1815. He obtained 
 an appointment in the Coa^t Blockade, as Sapernu- 
 mcrary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, 27 Sept. 1328 ; and since 24 March, 
 1831, has been employed in the Coast Guard ser- 
 vice. Agents — HaUett and Robinson. 
 
 ASHE. (LlEtlTENANT, 1842.) 
 
 Edward David Ashe entered the Navy 20 
 March, 1830; passed his examination 21 May, 1836; 
 served for three years in the Mediterranean as 
 Mate of the Daphne 18, Capt. John "Wm. Dalling ; 
 and obtained his commission 25 May, 1842. He 
 joined, 15 Feb. 1843, the Excellent gunnery-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and since 
 16 May in the same year has been employed in the 
 Pacific on board the Fisgard 42, Capt. John Alex. 
 Duntze. Agents — HaUett and Bobinson. 
 
 ASHLEY. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 
 18; H-P.,36.) 
 Benjamin Ashley entered the Navy, 27 June, 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Invincible 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Pakenham, whom he followed, after 
 participating in the action of 1 June, 1794, into the 
 Juste 80. From April, 1797, until May, 1802, he 
 served as Master's Mate and Acting-Master of the 
 Childers brig, Capts. Jas. O'Bryen and Jas. Coutts 
 Crawford, on the Home station ; where, after an 
 interval of three years and a half, he joined, in 
 Nov. 1805, the Elephant 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas, 
 of which ship, when subsequently in the West In- 
 dies, he was created Acting-Lieutenant, 28 June, 
 1806. On being confirmed, 28 Aug. 1807, he re- 
 moved to the Coquette, Capt. Kobt. Forbes, with 
 whom he continued to be employed, in the same 
 vessel, the Favorite 20, and Creole 36, on the 
 Home and Africa stations, until Jan. 1814. He 
 then returned to England as Acting-Captain of the 
 AsTREA 36, in charge of a Brazilian convoy ; and 
 since 28 Oct. in the same year has been on half-pay. 
 His assumption of the rank he now holds took 
 place 11 Jan. 1844. 
 
 ASHTON. (LiECT., 1815. f-p., 7; H-p., 31.) 
 
 Herbert Asiiton entered the Navy, 14 April, 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, stationed on the Baltic. 
 On joining the Surveillante 38, Capt. Sir Geo. 
 Ralph Collier, he served in the boats of that frigate, 
 under Lieut. Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot, at the cutting 
 out of a brig under a heavy fire from the batteries 
 of St. Gildas and St. Jacques, on the coast of 
 France, 5 Sept. 1810 ; after which, while actively 
 co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of 
 Spain, he assisted at the capture of the towns of 
 Bermeo and Deba in 1811. "When next with Capt. 
 John Chambers White, in the Centaur 74, Mr. 
 Ashton witnessed the destruction, in April, 1814, of 
 the French 74-gun ship Regulus, three brigs of war, 
 and several smaller vessels, in the neighbourhood of 
 Bordeaux. We subsequently find him employed in 
 the Stbille 44, Capt. Thos. Forrest; and, again vrith 
 Sir G. R. Collier, in the Leander 50, en the Ma- 
 deira and Halifax stations. Since his promotion, 
 which took place, 20 Sept. 1815, he has, with the 
 exception of a brief attachment in the early part of 
 1816, to the Fly 16, Capt. John Baldwin, been un- 
 employed. Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 ASKEW, (fflaptain, 1822. f-p., 16; h-?., 33.) 
 
 Christopher Cbackenthokp Askew, bom 23 
 May, 1782, is third surviving son of the late John 
 Askew, Esq., of PalUnshurn, co. Northumberland, 
 by Bridget, daughter and heiress of John Watson, 
 Esq., of Goswick, co. Durham ; and brother of the 
 present Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hen. Askew, K.C.B., of 
 
 Pallinsburn, as also of Rich. Craster Askew, Esq., 
 Recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 179S, as 
 Second-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Chas. 
 White, and shortly afterwards accompanied a squa- 
 dron under Sir Home Popham, having for its ob- 
 ject the destruction of the locks and sluice-gates of 
 the Bruges canal. While next attached, during a 
 period of six years, to the Amazon 38, Capts. Edw. 
 Riou, Sam. Sutton, and Wm. Parker, he took part 
 in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801; assisted 
 at the capture of two privateers, carrying between 
 them 40 guns and 256 men ; and, in 1805, accompa- 
 nied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in 
 pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain. 
 On 4 Feb. in the latter year he appears to have 
 been on board a prize forming part of a convoy 
 under the protection of the Arrow and Acheron, 
 when those vessels were captured after a brave re- 
 sistance by two of the enemy's frigates. Being 
 made Lieutenant, 27 Nov. following, into the 
 Utrecht 64, flag-ship in the Downs of Vioe-Ad- 
 miral John HoUoway, he next joined in that capa- 
 city, 4 Dec. 1805, the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. 
 Macnamara, and, 30 Dec. 1806, the Thalia 36, 
 Capts. Jas. Walker, Thos. Manby, and Jas. Giles 
 Vashon. During his continuance in the last-men- 
 tioned ship, of which he ultimately became Acting- 
 Captain, Mr. Askew proceeded to Davis Strait in 
 supposed pursuit of two French frigates, and on 
 his return to Europe, after a fruitless exposure of 
 several weeks to many severe hardships, and a pro- 
 longed stay on the coast of Labrador, attended the 
 expedition to Flushing in 1809. Being promoted, 
 when subsequently in the West Indies, to the rank 
 of Commander, 26 Nov. 1811, Capt. Askew next 
 served, from 7 June, 1814, to 9 Oct. 1815, in the 
 Shamrock 12, on the Irish station. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 22 May, 1821, to the Martin 20, 
 fitting for the Mediterranean, where he remained, 
 until posted, 19 July, 1822. He accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Askew married, 13 Feb. 1828, Sarah, third 
 daughter of the late l?atrick Dickson, of White 
 Cross, CO. Berwick, and has issue. Agents — Hal- 
 lett and Robinson. 
 
 ATHERTON. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Bertram Mitford Atherton is son of John 
 Joseph Atherton, Esq., of Walton Hall, Lancashire, 
 a Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, by Marianne, sister 
 of Capt. Robt. Mitford, R.N. 
 
 This officer obtained his commission 5 Oct. 1824; 
 and served, from 18 March, 1836, until July, 1838, 
 on board the Asia 84, commanded in the Mediter- 
 ranean by Capt. Wm. Ilsher. He has not since 
 been employed. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 ATHILL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9; h-p., 34.) 
 
 James Athill entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1804, 
 as a Supernumerary, on board the Tigre 74, Capt. 
 Benj. Hallowell, for the purpose of joining the 
 Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. 
 Bickerton, on the Mediterranean station, where he 
 afterwards became attached to the Queen 98, Capt. 
 Fras. Pender, and again to the Tigbe, commanded 
 as before. While in the latter ship, in which he 
 served for six years, he attended the expedition of 
 1807 to Egypt, and, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, 
 was employed in her boats with those of a squadron 
 under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and de- 
 struction, after a fearful struggle, and a loss to the 
 British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the 
 armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, 
 bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec 
 Normande, with a convoy of seven merchantmen, 
 defended by numerous strong batteries, in the bay 
 of Rosas."' Mr. Athill, who attained the rank of 
 Lieutenant while serving in the Centaur 74, Capt. 
 John Chambers White, 31 Jan. 1812, was subse- 
 quently employed in the Malta 80, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Hallowell, from Oct. 1812, to Dec. 
 
 * riieGxL. 1809, p. 1907. 
 
24 
 
 ATKIN— ATKINS— ATKINSON. 
 
 1813. He then returned to England, and has not 
 Bince been afloat. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 ATKIN. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 37.) 
 
 Nicholas Atkik entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1797, 
 as A.B., on board the Magnanime 44, Capt. Hon. 
 Mioh. de Couroy. In the course of the following 
 year he assisted at the capture, off Cape Finisterre, 
 of La Decade^ French frigate, of 36 guns, and was 
 also present at the defeat, with a loss to the Mag- 
 NANiME of 7 men wounded, of a squadron com- 
 manded by Commodore Bompart, and intended for 
 the invasion of Ireland. During the remaining 
 part of the war he served, as Midshipman, in the 
 VoiATiGEUK sloop, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, and 
 Concorde, of 42 guns and 224 men, Capt. Robt. 
 Barton ; and, while in the latter ship, contributed, 
 27 Jan. 1801, to the defeat, after a contest of 40 
 minutes, in which the British lost 4 men killed and 
 19 wounded, and the enemy 10 killed and 24 
 wounded, of the French frigate La Sravoure, of 42 
 guns and 320 men. In Dec. 1804, Mr. Atkin re- 
 embarked on board the Melpomene frigate, Capt. 
 Kobt. Dudley Oliver, employed in blockading Havre 
 de Grace. Between Oct. 1805, and Jan. 1808, we 
 next find him employed in the Dragon 74, Capts. 
 Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott, and Dae- 
 dalus 32, Capt. Fred. "Warren. He was then, 
 having been for nearly two years on the West India 
 station, obliged to invalid home, whence in the sum- 
 mer of 1810, he proceeded to the East Indies, and 
 was there promoted, from the Phaeton 38, Capt. 
 Fleetwood BroUghtou Reynolds Pellew, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy, on 19 Sept. in that year, in the Clorinde 
 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, part of the force employed 
 at the ensuing reduction of the Isle of France. Mr. 
 Atkin has been on half-pay since Oct. 1814, the 
 date of his leaving the Clorinde. 
 
 ATKIN& (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Atkins passed his examination 25 April, 
 1840 ; and served as Mate, on the North America 
 and West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, 
 in the Comos 18, Capt. Evan Nepean, Camper- 
 down 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace, and Incon- 
 stant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle. Since 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Jan. 
 1846, he has been attached to the Hibernxa 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, in the Mediterranean. 
 
 ATKINS. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 17; h-p., 33.) 
 James Atkins (a) was bom 2 May, 1777. 
 This officer (who had previously, while in the 
 Transport service, co-operated with the forces un- 
 der Sir Ralph Abercromby and Sir Hugh Cloberry 
 Christian in the reduction of the islands of Ste. 
 Lucie, St. Vincent, and Grenada) entered the Navy, 
 in Nov. 1797, as A.B., on board the Hornet 18, 
 Capts. John Nash and Peter Hunt, in which vessel 
 he continued until May, 1804. During that period 
 he took part in an attack made in 1797 on the Afri- 
 can island of Goree, where the HorSet sank a 20- 
 gun ship which had been opposed to her — served 
 on shore during the expedition to Holland in 1799 
 —was at the capture, in 1801, of St. Bartholomew 
 and St. Martin — and, in 1803, assisted in reducing 
 Ste. Lucie, Tohagp, Demerara, Essequibo, and Ber- 
 bioe. Until Deo. 1808, Mr. Atkins was next era- 
 ployed as Acting-Master of the Grenada brig, 
 Lieut.-Commanders John Barker and Geo. Grey 
 Burton, under whom he contributed to the capture 
 of nine privateers, but particularly of the Princess 
 Mwat, of 3 guns and 52 men, on which occasion, 
 15 Feb. 1806, an eighteen-ounoe shot entered his 
 chest immediately under the right collar-bone, and 
 caused a wound so severe that he was presented, 
 six years afterwards, with a gratuity of 136?. 17«. 
 For his bravery on this and on other occasions, he 
 appears to have been also voted the sum of lOOZ. by 
 the Patriotic Society. Being invested by Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane with the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Dec. 
 1808, and appointed to the command of the Mozam- 
 BiQDE schooner, Mr. Atkins rendered good service 
 
 during the operations which led to the surrender of 
 Martinique, an event that was followed by his re- 
 moval to the Grouper, another schooner, in the 
 command of which the Admiralty confirmed him, 
 12 Aug. 1809. After assisting at the capture, in 
 Feb. 1810, of the island of Guadeloupe and its de- 
 pendencies, and being usefully employed in the 
 protection of trade, the latter vessel was unfortu- 
 nately cast away, 21 Oct. 1805, and, although her 
 commander was ultimately rescued by some fisher- 
 men, it was not until he had been beaten about for 
 five hours upon a piece of the wreck, and had been 
 reduced to a state of insensibility from the effects 
 of several desperate lacerations, which he yet feels. 
 An uninterrupted servitude of twelve years in the 
 West Indies, added to his severe misfortunes, having 
 at length shattered his constitution, he returned to 
 England, in June, 1812, a passenger in the Gloire 
 frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew ; and, on 14 Nov. fol- 
 lowing, was appointed to the Clarence 74, Capts. 
 Henry Vansittart and Fred. Warren. After an in- 
 termediate employment in the North Sea and Chan- 
 nel, latterly under the flag of Lord Keith, he was 
 paid off, 20 Aug. 1814, and has not since been afloat. 
 Lieut. Atkins married, 22 Oct. 1819, Belle Sophia, 
 eldest daughter of Jos. Gray, Esq., of Jamestown, 
 CO. Wexford, a Magistrate for that county, and 
 Captain of the Wexford Militia, and niece of Lieut.- 
 Colonel Loftus Gray, of the Rifle Brigade. He has 
 issue two sons and three daughters. 
 
 ATKINS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 26 ; h-p., .30.) 
 
 James Atkins (6) entered the Navy, 31 March, 
 1791, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Echo 16, Capts. 
 Chas. Jones and Peter Halkett, employed on the 
 Newfoundland and Channel stations. Removing, 
 in June, 1794, to La Ntmphe 36, Capts. Geo. Mur- 
 ray and Geo. Losack, he bore a part in Lord 
 Bridport's action, 23 June, 1795 ; subsequently to 
 which he joined the Standard 64, and served in 
 that ship under Capts. Joseph Ellison, Geo. Burl- 
 ton, and others, until 10 Feb. 1798. On 25 May, 
 1803, he re-embarked on board the Monarch 74, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Keith ; but being transfer- 
 red, in May, 1804, to the Gloet 98, successive flag- 
 ship of Admirals Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Sir John 
 Orde, and Chas. Stirling, was a participator, under 
 the latter officer, in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 
 July, 1805. In June, 1809, we find Mr. Atkins, who 
 had been transferred, in Jan. 1808, to the North- 
 umberland 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, serving in a 
 boat action with six of the enemy's gun-vessels off 
 Trieste, and a few days after that event promoted 
 to the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. In Oct. follow- 
 ing he became attached, in the latter capacity, to 
 the Imogbne 16, Capt. Wm. Stephens, to which 
 sloop, after having been employed on shore at the 
 reduction of the island of Santa. Maura, he was con- 
 firmed by commission dated 4 May, 1810. He sub- 
 sequently served, from 10 Aug. 1811, until he in- 
 valided, 31 Jan. 1814, in the Snake 18, Capts. Wm. 
 Hellard and Geo. Robbin, on the Leith and West 
 India stations ; and, on 15 June, 1816, was next ap- 
 pointed to the command of the signal station at 
 Rowe Hill, in Kent, which he retained until 1821. 
 He has been employed, since 1 May, 1843, on the 
 quarantine establishment at Standgate Creek. 
 
 ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 7; b-p., 33.) 
 George Atkinson, born 23 Oct. 1793, is brother 
 of Lieut. Thos. Atkinson, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 22 
 May, 1807, and embarked, 3 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Dun- 
 combe Pleydell Bouverie, stationed off the coast of 
 France, where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 
 2 May, 1811. On the night of 4 June, 1812, he served 
 with the boats, under Lieut. Josiah Thompson, at 
 the capture and destruction, in the harbour of Areas- 
 son, of La Dorade French storeship, of 14 guns and 
 86 men, after a desperate struggle, in which tlie 
 assailants had 5 men wounded, and in which 63 of 
 the enemy (who had hailed the latter in their 
 
ATKINSON. 
 
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 approach, and were in every way prepaired for the 
 attack) were either killed or compelled to jump 
 overboard. In the course of the same year Mr. 
 Atkinson was much employed in co-operation with 
 the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where he 
 landed with Capt. Bouverie as his aide-de-camp. 
 In June, 1813, he removed to the Rivom 74, Capt. 
 Graham Eden Hamond, on the Mediterranean 
 station, and there served, part of his time in charge 
 of a watch, until 21 liay, 1814. He was soon 
 afterwards appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Blenheim 74, but from ill health was unable to 
 join. His official promotion to the rank he now 
 holds took place 25 Aug. 1814. Unsuccessful in his 
 applications for employment, he has since continued 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Atkinson married, 10 Sept. 1823, Magdalene, 
 youngest daughter of Jas. Strachan, Esq., of Thorn- 
 ton, and formerly of Lauriston, co. Forfar, N.B., by 
 Mary, youngest daughter and co-heir of the late 
 John Leigh, Esq., of Northoourt, Isle of Wight. 
 He has issue three daughters. 
 
 ATKINSON. (Commander, 1S27. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, born in 1792, is son 
 of the late Henry Wm. Atkinson, Esq., Provost of 
 the Hon. Company of Moneyers ; brother of Sir 
 Jasper Atkinson, Kt., of the Koyal Mint ; and bro- 
 ther-in-law of the late Judge, Sir Wm. Taunton. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pandora 18, Capt. Henry 
 Hume Spence ; and, after assisting at the capture, 
 under the batteries near Cape Grisnez, of L'Entre- 
 prenante French privateer lugger, of 16 guns and 53 
 men, removed, as Midshipman, in May, 1808, to the 
 Hero 74, Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, part of Lord 
 Gambler's fleet at the destruction of the enemy's 
 shipping in Aix Roads, in April, 1808. In the early 
 part of 1810 he proceeded to the West Indies on 
 board the Circe 28, Capt. Edw. WooUoombe, and 
 he subsequently (until promoted, 16 Feb. 1815) 
 served, on the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Irish sta- 
 tions, in the Vigo 74, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral 
 Jas. NiooU Morris, Kivon 74, Capt. Graham Eden 
 Hamond, and Castilian 18, Capt. David Braimer. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 20 May, 1815, 
 to the Bacchus 16, Capt. Wm. Hill, in the Bay of 
 Biscay— 1 Nov. 1819, to the Brazen 26, Capt.Wm. 
 Shepheard, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope — 11 
 March, 1823, to the Qdeen Charlotte 100, flag- 
 ship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed — 
 7 June, 1824, to the Britomart 10, Capt. Octavius 
 Venables Vernon, on the Jamaica station — 23 Aug. 
 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Min- 
 gaye— and, 9 March, 1827, to the Weazle 10, Capt. 
 John Burnet Dundas, fitting for sea. He was super- 
 seded from the latter vessel on promotion to the 
 rank he now holds, 30 April following ; and, from 
 19 March, 1835, until 1838, was afterwards em- 
 ployed in the Coast Guard. He has since been in 
 the receipt of half-pay. 
 
 Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, who was knighted by 
 the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1836, is at pre- 
 sent Superintendent of Convicts in Van Diemen's 
 Land. He married, in 1819, Sarah, daughter of 
 John Bandall, Esq., of the Isle of Wight, and has 
 issue one son, and four daughters, the eldest of 
 whom is married to Lieut. T. A. Butler, E.N. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 5.) 
 Horatio Nelson Atkinson — named after his 
 godfather, the hero of Trafalgar — is eldest son of 
 the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., Master-Attendant, 
 for the thirty years preceding his death, which took 
 place in June, 1836, of Halifax and Portsmouth 
 Dockyards, an officer of great merit, who served 
 as Master of Nelson's flag-ships, by whom he was 
 highly prized, «.t Teneriffe, Copenhagen, and Tra- 
 falgar, and was also present, in the Theseus, at 
 the battle of the Nile and the siege of Acre. He 
 
 is brother of Lieut. R. L. Atkinson, E.N. ; and 
 brother-in-law of Lieut. Thos. Carey, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in Jan. 1817, and 
 passed his examination in 1824. In Jan. 1825, when 
 Mate of the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, 
 he received three severe gun-shot wounds, and 
 evinced the utmost gallantry, at the capture, in the 
 Negropont Channel, by the boats of that frigate 
 and of the Cambrian, of two piratical Greek ves- 
 sels, carrying 1 gun and about 30 men each, on 
 which occasion the British sustained a loss in the 
 whole of 6 men killed and 13 wounded.* He at- 
 tained the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1827 ; served 
 afterwards, from 23 Feb. 1831, until July, 1834, in 
 the Alfred 50, Capt. Roht. Mannsell, on the Medi- 
 terranean station, where he witnessed the establish- 
 ment of King Otho on the throne of Greece, and 
 was presented, when off Alexandria, with a sword 
 by Mehemet All ; and since 31 March, 1836, for 
 want of ability to procure further occupation afloat, 
 has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Rosaria, second daugh- 
 ter of the late Capt. Field, R.N., and niece of the 
 late Admiral Stuart, by whom he has issue two sons. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ATKINSON. (LiEDT., 1837. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 4.) 
 Robert Laurie Atkinson, bom 5 Jan. 1811, at 
 Portsmouth Dockyard, is next brother of Lieut. H. 
 N. Atkinson, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Jan. 1826, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Philomel 10, Capts. 
 Lord Wm. Paget, Viscount Ingestre, Hon. Wm. 
 Keith, and Edw. Hawes, in which vessel, after 
 serving in the Channel, he proceeded to the Medi- 
 terranean, where, on being lent to the Asia 84, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Edw.Codrington, he took part 
 in the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. He then 
 rejoined the Philomel, and during his continuance 
 in that vessel received a very severe injury in the 
 performance of his duty, which confined him for 
 several weeks to his hammock. Between Jan. 1829 
 and 1832, in which year he passed his examination, 
 Mr. Atkinson served, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo. Haye and Wm. Dickson, 
 Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, Sylvia cutter, 
 Lient.-Commander Thos. Spark, and Vernon 50, 
 Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. Until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 6 June, 1837, he was next 
 employed, as Mate, on the West India and Home 
 stations, of the Eacbk 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, Ring- 
 dove 16, Capt. Fred. Wm. Lapidge, and Castor 36, 
 Capt. Edw. Collier. The subject of this memoir, 
 who, in the Ringdove, had been actively occupied 
 off Bilboa during the Carlist operations of 1835-6, 
 was subsequently appointed, on his promotion as 
 above, to the Cornwallis 72, Capt. Sir Rich. 
 Grant — next, in succession, to the Pearl 20, Se- 
 ringapatam 42, Gannet 16, and Snake 16, all on 
 the West India station, whence a nearly fatal attack 
 of yellowfever compelled him to invalid, in Sept. 1838 
 —10 April, 1839, and 24 Sept. 1840, to the Belle- 
 isle 72, and Calcotta 84, Capts. John Toup Nico- 
 las and Sir Sam. Roberts, both stationed in the 
 Mediterranean — and, 9 Nov. 1843, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, to the VoLAGE 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, 
 from which ship he was superseded, at his own re- 
 quest, 7 Dec. following. He has not since been afloat. 
 Having lost his first wife, 12 June, 1838, Lieut. 
 Atkinson married, a second time, 22 April, 1843. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 ATKINSON. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Thomas Atkinson is son of the late Thos. Atkin- 
 son, Esq., of Salisbury, co. Wilts ; and brother of 
 the present Lieut. Geo. Atkinson, R.N., as also of 
 Lieut. John Atkinson (1812), who died in 1819. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Aimaele frigate, Capt. 
 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, with whom he 
 afterwards served for upwards of six years, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Medusa 32. During that period 
 
 * yide Gaz. 1625, p. 698. 
 
26 
 
 ATWATER—AUCHINLECK— AUSTEN. 
 
 he participated in all the operations in the Rio de 
 la Plata, from Oct. 1806, until the Medusa's return 
 home with Lieut. -Gen. Whitelocke, on the final eva- 
 cuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807, including 
 the capture of Maldonado and of the island of Gor- 
 riti ; assisted in taking several privateers ; was for 
 three months exposed to considerable hardships 
 during a fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to 
 the coast of Labrador ; and co-operated much with 
 the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He also, on 
 the night of 4 June, 1812, served in the boats, under 
 Lieut. Josiah Thompson, at the capture and destruc- 
 tion, in the harbour of Arcasson, of Xa Dorade store- 
 ship, of 14 guns and 86 men, after a violent conflict, 
 in which the British had 5 men wounded, and in 
 which 63 of the enemy (who had hailed the latter 
 in their approach, and were in every way prepared 
 for the attack) were either killed or compelled 
 to jump overboard. In July, 1812, Mr. Atkinson 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Lyka sloop, but 
 it was not until 28 May, 1813, that (having been 
 re-attached to the Medusa, and been employed for 
 some time also in the Impetoeux 74, flag-ship off 
 Lisbon of Sir Geo. Martin, and in the Magicienne 
 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon) he at length obtained 
 confirmation. Towards the close of the same year 
 we find him serving off the coast of Africa in the 
 Plovek 18, Capt. Colin Campbell. He returned to 
 England in March, 1814, on board the Favorite 20, 
 Capt. John Maxwell, and has since been on half-pay. 
 Lieut. Atkinson married, in 1816, Miss Lewanna 
 Smith, and has issue eight children. 
 
 ATWATEK. (Ketieed Commandeb, 1834, 
 F-p., 20 ; H-p., 34.) 
 
 James Atwatbr was born 7 Nov. 1774. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 1793, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Addaoiods 74, Capts. Wm. 
 Parker, Alex. Hood, Wm. Shield, Augustus Mont- 
 gomery, and Davidge Gould, part of the fleets em- 
 ployed under Lord Howe and Admiral Hotham in 
 the actions of 28 May, 1794, and 13 July, 1795. In 
 the course of 1797, having joined the Sylph 18, 
 Capts. John Chambers White and Chas. Dashwood, 
 he witnessed the destruction of La Calliope French 
 frigate *, joined in an attack made -upon an enemy's 
 convoy at the entrance of the Sable d'Olonne, on 
 which occasion the Sylph had 2 men killed and 4 
 wounded ; and, a few days afterwards, assisted at 
 the capture of five coasting-vesseis, and destruction 
 of Le Petit Diable, a French cutter, of 18 guns and 
 100 men. On 28 Nov. 1798, while conducting a prize 
 to Plymouth, Mr. Atwater was unfortunately taken 
 prisoner ; but, being released at the end of eleven 
 months, was enabled to rejoin the Sylph, in which 
 he continued to serve until transferred, in July, 
 1801, to the ViLLE DE Pakis 110, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Wm. Cornwallie. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant, 
 16 April, 1802, heafterwards joined, in that capacity — 
 27 Jan. 1804, the Meteok bomb, Capts. Jas. Master, 
 Joseph James, and Jas. Collins, in which vessel he 
 served at the bombardments of Havre de Grace and 
 Boulogne, the passage of the Dardanells, also in an 
 attack on some batteries and gun-boats in the Bay 
 of Naples, and in a month's cannonade of the French 
 army at the siege of Bosas — 1 Nov. 1809, the Hound 
 bomb, Capts. Nich. Lockyer and John Williams, 
 lying in the river Thames— and, 20 Feb. 1810, the 
 Namur 74, successive flag-ship at the Nore of Ad- 
 mirals Wells, Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Sir 
 Thos. Williams. He was superseded from the Namdr 
 29 Aug. 1814, and, not being afterwards employed, 
 retired with his present rank, 25 Jan. 1834. 
 
 Commander Atwater married, 11 Sept. 1802, Miss 
 Mary Anne Chick, and has issue a son and three 
 daughters. 
 
 Shortland, whom he accompanied, as Midshipman, 
 in May, 1809, into the Junon 38. On ISJJec. in 
 the same year, that ship, being near Guadeloupe, 
 was captured, after an heroicaUy desperate resist 
 ance of 45 minutes, and a loss of 20 men killed 
 and 40 wounded, by a French squadron, consist- 
 ing of the 40-gun frigates, MenomTnee and Clo- 
 rinde, and arme'es en flute Loire and Seine, carrying 
 each 20 guns— with the two former of whom she 
 appears to have sustained a yard-arm and yard-arm 
 conflict until on the verge of sinking. Until offi- 
 cially promoted, 4 Feb. 1815, Mr. Auchinleck was 
 subsequently employed with great activity, latterly 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Alcmene 38, Capt. 
 Wm. Maude, Hibermia and Centaur, both com- 
 manded by Capt. John Chambers White, San 
 Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, Havan- 
 NAH 36, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Albion li, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. Cockbum, 
 and Laced.s;monian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, chiefly 
 on the Mediterranean and North America stations. 
 We afterwards find him serving, from Sept. 1815, to 
 Dec. 1818, and from March, 1823, to March, 1826, 
 on board the Pique 36, and Parthian 10, com- 
 manded on the West India and-other stations by Capts. 
 Hon. Anthony Maitland, Arthur Fanshawe, Jas. 
 Haldane Tait, John Mackellar, and Hon. Geo. Bar- 
 rington. Since the latterdatehe has been onhalf-pay. 
 
 AUSTEN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Algernon Stewart Austen, bom 31 Aug. 1815, 
 is fourth son of Sir Henry Edm. Austen, Bart., of 
 Shalford House, co. Surrey, a Magistrate and De- 
 puty-Lieutenant for that county, by Anne Amelia, 
 daughter of the late Robt. Spearman Bate, Esq., 
 E.I.C. service; and brother of Capt. Henry Edm. 
 Austen, of the 71st Light Infantry, as also of Lieut. 
 John Wentworth Austen, of the 49th regiment. 
 
 This ofiScer entered the Navy 9 Sept. 1830 ; passed 
 his examination 24 April, 1835 ; and, after serving 
 for some time as Mate on board the Benbow 72, 
 Capt. Houston Stewart, stationed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, obtained a commission, dated 30 April, 1841. 
 His appointments have since been — 30 Aug. 1841, 
 to the Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, on 
 the East India station — and, 13 Dec. 1845, to the 
 Cabysfort 26, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour, now 
 employed in the Pacific. 
 
 AUCHINLECK. (Liedtenant, 1815. r-P., 16; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 
 James Richard Auchinleck was bom 4 March, 
 1791. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Squibhbl 24, Capt. John 
 
 AUSTEN, C.B. (Rear-Admirai of the Blue, 
 1846. F-p., 31; H-p., 25.) 
 
 Charles John Austen, bom in 1779, is a younger 
 brother of Vice-Admiral Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, 
 K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 in July, 1791, and embarked, in Sept. 1794, as 
 Midshipman, on board the D^dalus 32, Capt. 
 Thos. Williams, whom he successively followed 
 into the Unicorn 32, and Endymion 44. He 
 was consequently present in the Unicorn at the 
 capture of the Dutch brig-of-war Comet, of 18 guns, 
 also of the French frigate La Tribune, of 44 guns 
 and 339 men, and of the troop-ship La Ville de 
 V Orient. For his conduct in the Endymion, in 
 driving into Helvoetsluys the Dutch line-of-battle 
 ship Brutus, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 
 13 Dec. 1797, in the Scorpion 16, Capt. John Tre- 
 mayne Rodd. After assisting at the capture of the 
 Courier Dutch brig, carrying 6 gims and several 
 swivels, Mr. Austen removed, in Dec. 1798, to the 
 Tamak frigate, Capt. Thos. Western, and, on 16 
 Feb. 1799, was re-appointed to the Endymion ; in 
 which frigate, commanded successively by Capts. 
 Sir T. Williams, Philip Chas. Durham, Henry Gar- 
 rett, and John Larmour, he came into frequent con- 
 tact with the enemy's gun-boats off Algesiras, and 
 assisted in making prize of several privateers. On 
 the occasion, particularly, of the capture of the 
 Scipio, of 18 guns and 140 men, which surrendered 
 during a violent gale, he very intrepidly put off in 
 a boat with only four men, and, having boarded the 
 vessel, succeeded in retaining possession of her until 
 the following day. In April, 1803, he again joined 
 
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 the Endymion, which frigate had been paid off at 
 the peace, and continued to serve as her First 
 Lieutenant until promoted, on the recommendation 
 of his Captain, the Hon. Chas. Paget, for his con- 
 duct at the capture of three men-of-war and two 
 privateers, to the command, 10 Oct. 1804, of the 
 Indian sloop.* After a successful servitude of 
 more than five years on the North America station, 
 Capt. Austen was posted 10 May, 1810, ijito the 
 SwiFTSDKE 74, Sir John Borlase Warren's flag-ship, 
 from which he removed, 25 Sept. following, to the 
 CtEOPATKA 32. From 20 Nov. 1811, until 30 Sept. 
 1814, we next find him discharging the arduous 
 duties, in the Namuk 74, of Flag-Captain to his 
 patron, Sir Thos. Williams, Commander-in-Chief at 
 the Nore. Being then appointed to the Ph(ENIx 
 36, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, on 
 the renewal of hostilities consequent on Buonaparte's 
 escape from Elba, he was sent, with the Undaunted 
 38, and Oakland 22, under his orders, in pursuit 
 of a Neapolitan squadron, supposed to be in the 
 Adriatic. Subsequently to the surrender of Naples, 
 Capt. Austen, who had detached the Undaunted 
 to scour the coast, instituted a close blockade of the 
 harbour of Brindisi, and soon induced both the 
 castle and two of the enemy's largest frigates, then 
 lying in the port, to hoist the colours of their re- 
 stored monarch. Ha-ving acquired the unqualified 
 approbation of Lord Exmouth throughout thewhole 
 of these operations, he was next despatched in search 
 of a French squadron ; but a cessation of hostilities 
 intervening, he turned his attention to the suppres- 
 sion of piracy in the Archipelago, which he com- 
 pletely effected by the capture of two pirate vessels 
 in the port of Pavos. On 20 Feb. 1816, the Phosnix 
 was at length unavoidably wrecked during a hurri- 
 cane near Smyrna, a disaster solely attributable to 
 the ignorance of her pilots. Capt. Austen, who 
 was therefore fully acquitted of all blame on the 
 occasion, afterwards joined, 2 June, 1826, the Au- 
 koka 46, in which frigate he proceeded, as second 
 in command, to the Jamaica station, where his exer- 
 tions in crushing the slave-trade appear to have 
 been most successful. On the paying off of the 
 ^UKORA, in Dec. 1828, it was found that, during the 
 two years and a half of her servitude under Capt. 
 Austen's command, she had not lost a single man 
 by sickness or otherwise, and so favourable was the 
 omcial report of her state of discipline and effi- 
 ciency, that the subject of this memoir was at once 
 nominated by Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys to be his 
 Flag-Captain in the 'Winchestee 52, on the North 
 America and West India station, where he con- 
 tinued until obliged to invalid, from the effects of a 
 very severe accident, in Dec. 1830. His next ap- 
 pointment was, on 14 April, 1838, to the Bellero- 
 PHON 80, in which ship he returned to the Mediter- 
 ranean, where his exertions at the bombardment of 
 St. Jean d'Aore, 3 Nov. 1840, procured him the Com- 
 panionship of the Bath. On 2 Deo. following the 
 BsiiLEROPHON was attacked by a violent storm, 
 and nothing under Providence but the unparalleled 
 exertions of the officers and crew, guided by Capt. 
 Austen's able management, preserved her from 
 being cast away on the iron-bound shore of Syria, 
 where, had she been wrecked, not a soul could have 
 been saved. Since the paying off of the Belleho- 
 PHON, in June, 1841, Capt. Austen (to whom the 
 good-service pension had been awarded 28 Aug. 
 1840) was advanced to Flag-rank, 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 He married, first, in 1807, Frances, youngest 
 daughter of the late J. G. Palmer, Esq., Attorney- 
 General at Bermuda, by whom he had issue three 
 daughters ; and, secondly, in 1820, Harriet, second 
 daughter of the same gentleman, by whom he has 
 two sons, both in the service of their county — the 
 one in the army, the other, Charles John, a Lieute- 
 nant in the Navy. The youngest of the Rear- Admi- 
 ral's daughters is married to her cousin. Commander 
 F. W. Austen, K.N. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 AUSTEN. (Lieut., 1844. f-p., 14; h-p., 0.) 
 
 Charles John Austen is son of Kear-Admiral 
 C. J. Austen, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 Feb. 1833; 
 passed his examination 6 June, 1840 ; served as 
 Mate of the Bellerophon 80, commanded by his 
 father, during the ensuing operations on the coast 
 of Syria, where he beheld the fall of St. Jean 
 d'Acfe ; and, after a further attachment to the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings, and Agincourt 72, bearing the flag 
 in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 25 June, 1844. He was then re-appointed to 
 the Agincourt, and continued to serve in that ship 
 until removed, 11 June, 1845, to the Serpent 16, 
 Capt. Wm. Nevill. His name, since 8 May, 1846, 
 has been borne, for surveying service, on the books 
 of the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of his uncle. 
 Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, on the North America and 
 West India station. 
 
 * The Indian, on 19 .Tune, 1808, captured Za Jenne 
 Estelle privateer, of 4 guns »nd 25 men. 
 
 AUSTEN, K.C.B. (Vice-Admieal of the 
 Ked, 1838. F-p., 27 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Sir Francis William Austen, born 23 April, 
 1774, at Steventon, co. Hants, is son of the late 
 Kev. Geo. Austen, Kector of Steventon, by Cas- 
 sandra, youngest daughter of the Kev. Thos. Leigh, 
 formerly Kector of Harpsden, co. Oxford ; and bro- 
 ther of Kear-Admiral C. J. Austen, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval Academy 
 15 April, 1786 ; and (having attracted the particular 
 notice of the Lords of the Admiralty by the close- 
 ness of his application, and been in consequence 
 marked out for early promotion) embarked, 23 Dec. 
 1788, as a Volunteer, on board the Perseverance 
 frigate, Capt. Isaac Smith, in which he proceeded 
 to the East Indies, and there successively joined, as 
 Midshipman, the Crown 64, and Minerva 38, bear- 
 ing each the broad pendant of Hon. Wm. Com- 
 wallis. Obtaining his first commission, 28 Dec. 1792, 
 he afterwards served, on the Home station, chiefly 
 as Senior Lieutenant, in the Despatch armed brig. 
 Lark sloop, Andromeda 32, Prince George and 
 Glory 98's, Shannon, Triton, and Seahorse fri- 
 gates, and London 98, under Capts. John Whitby, 
 Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, Josias Kowley, Wm. 
 Ogilvy, Thos. Sotheby, Wm. Taylor, Jas. Bowen, 
 Alex. Fraser, John Gore, Edw. Jas. Foote, and 
 John Child Purvis, until promoted to the command, 
 3 Feb. 1799, of the Peterel sloop, of 24 guns, in- 
 cluding 8 carronades, and 120 men. He had, during 
 that period, escorted the Princess Carohne of 
 Brunswick from Cuxhaven to England, assisted at 
 the evacuation of Ostend and Nieuport, Mid been 
 present in Sir Hugh Christian's celebrated hurri- 
 canes. While in command of the Peterel, Capt. 
 Austen, among numerous other services which ex- 
 posed him to a constant fire from the enemy's bat- 
 teries, effected the capture and destruction of up- 
 wards of forty vessels of various descriptions ; and, 
 on 19 June, 1799, participated in Lord Keith's cap- 
 ture of a French squadron under Kear-Admiral 
 Perree. On 21 March, 1800, he inexpressibly sig- 
 nalised himself in an encounter off Marseilles with 
 three French national vessels, two of which (the 
 one of 14, the other of 6 guns) he drove on the 
 rocks, and succeeded, although close in shore, and 
 within point-blank shot of two batteries, in captur- 
 ing the third. La Ligurienne, a brig of 16 guns and 
 104 men, after a running fight of an hour and a 
 half, the whole being accomplished without the 
 loss of a man to the Peterel, 30 of whose crew, 
 with the First Lieutenant and gunner, were at the 
 time absent in prizes.* At the blockade of Genoa, 
 in May following, Capt. Austen displayed his wonted 
 energy!; and, for the zeal he evinced in resolutely 
 maintaining for a considerable period a position 
 within less than three miles of the Mole head, re- 
 ceived the thanks of Lord Keith. The Peterel 
 shortly afterwards joined Sir Sidney Smith's squa- 
 dron on the coast of Egypt, and, on 13 Aug. foUow- 
 * Vide Ga?.. 1800, p. 443. 
 
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 AUSTEN- AUSTIN. 
 
 ing, had the good fortune to prevent a Turkish 
 line-of-hattle ship, of 80 guns, aground near the 
 island of Aboukir, and totally dismasted, from fall- 
 ing into the hands of the French, 300 of whom 
 had already commenced the work of plunder, but 
 were driven off, and their prize set on fire. The 
 Capitan Pacha, not long afterwards, testified the 
 sense he entertained of the performance by pre- 
 senting Capt. Austen with a handsome sabre and 
 pelisse. In October of the same year (having been 
 promoted to Post-rank on 13 of the previous May 
 in consequence of the action off Marseilles) the sub- 
 ject of this memoir resigned the command of the 
 Peterel, and returned home, where, on 29 Aug. 
 1801, he became Flag-Captain, in the Neptune 98, 
 to his patron, Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler, with 
 whom he served until Oct. 1802. At the renewal of 
 hostilities in 1803, we find him employed at Rams- 
 gate in raising a body of Sea Fencibles, the com- 
 mand of which he retained until appointed, 7 May, 
 1804, to the Leopard 50, flag-ship off Boulogne of 
 the late Sir Thos. Louis. On subsequently ac- 
 companying the same oiBcer into the Canopcs 80, 
 he shared in Lord Nelson's celebrated pursuit of 
 the combined squadrons to the West Indies, and, 
 for the part he eventually bore in the action off St. 
 Domingo, was presented with a gold medal, the 
 thanks, in common with others, of both Houses of 
 Parliament, and a vase, worth lOOl, from the Pa- 
 triotic Society at Lloyd's. In June, 1806, Capt. 
 Austen went on half-pay ; but obtaining an appoint- 
 ment, 23 March, 1807, to the St. Albans 64, he con- 
 tinued to serve in that ship until 22 Sept. 1810. 
 During that period he escorted a division of trans- 
 ports, with a reinforcement of 2000 troops, to the 
 coast of Portugal, where they arrived on the eve of 
 the battle of Vimeira — afterwards superintended the 
 debarkation at Portsmouth of the remains of Sir 
 John Moore's army — and afforded protection, to 
 and from the East, to several large convoys of In- 
 diamen. For his gallant exertions, in the autumn 
 of 1809, in bringing to a successful issue a dispute 
 with the Chinese, he was honoured with the ap- 
 proval of the Admiralty, and was presented by the 
 East India Company with the sum of 1000 guineas. 
 On 3 Dec. 1810, he became, a second time, Flag- 
 Captain to Lord Gambler, in the Caledonia 120, 
 and was stationed off the coast of France during 
 the continuance of that officer's command. From 
 9 July, 1811, until 7 May, 1814, he commanded the 
 Elephant 74, and was employed with Admiral 
 Young's fleet in the North Sea ; also in cruizing off 
 the Western Islands with the Phcebe and Hermes 
 under his orders ; and finally on the Baltic station, 
 where he captured the American privateer Sword 
 Fish, of 12 guns and 82 men. Capt. Austen was 
 nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and a Colonel of 
 Marines (in the Woolwich division) 27 May, 1825. 
 He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; a K.C.B. 
 28 Feb. 1837 ; and a Vice-Admiral 28 June, 1838. 
 He has held the chief command, since 27 Dec. 1844, 
 on the North America and West India station, with 
 his flag in the Vindictive 50. 
 
 Sir Fras. Wm. Austen married, first, in July, 
 1806, Mary, eldest daughter of John Gibson, Esq., 
 of Ramsgate ; and, secondly, in July, 1828, Martha, 
 eldest daughter of the Rev. Noyes Lloyd, formerly 
 Rector of Enbourne, Berks. He was again left a 
 widower in Jan. 1843. By Ms first marriage, the 
 Vice-Admiral has surviving issue, with three daugh- 
 ters, five sons, of whom the eldest and the fourth, 
 Francis William and Herbert Grey, are both in 
 the Navy — the one a Commander, the other a Lieu- 
 tenant. 
 
 AUSTEN. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 7.) 
 Francis William Austen, born 12 July, 1809, 
 is eldest son of Vice-Adiniral Sir F. W. Austen 
 K.C.B. ' 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 11 
 Feb. 1822 ; and embarked, 20 June, 1823, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Revenge 78, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Burrard, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Vice- 
 
 Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale. After officjatmg 
 for nearly four years as Midshipman on the sapie 
 station, of the Seringapatam 46 and Pelican 18, 
 Cants. Chas. Sotheby and Wm. Alex. Bailhe Hamil- 
 ton, under the former of whom he saw much anti- 
 piratical boat service, Mr. Austen was appointed 
 Mate, in Aug. 1828, of the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. 
 Lyons, and during his continuance in that ship was 
 employed on shore in co-operation with the French 
 army at the ensuing reduction of the Morea Castle, 
 which surrendered after a siege of eight days. At- 
 taining the rank of Lieutenant, 30 April, 1830, he 
 afterwards joined in that capacity, on the North 
 America, West India, and A&ica stations, 22 Nov. 
 following, the Gannet 18, Capt. Mark Halpen 
 Sweny— 23 Feb. 1832, the Tweed 20, Capts. Allan 
 Bertram and Henry Geo. Hamilton — 12 Oct. 1835, as 
 Senior, the Wanderer 16, Capts. Thos. Dilke and 
 Thos. Bushby — and, 1 March, 1841, as Lieut.-Com- 
 mander, the Bonetta brigantine, of 3 guns. While 
 in the Tweed, of which vessel he appears to have 
 acted as Captain during a period of great mortality, 
 Mr. Austen commanded her boats for the suppres- 
 sion of slavery off the Isle of Pines, and on one oc- 
 casion had the misfortune, through the bursting of 
 a powder-horn, to lose the use of the fore-finger and 
 thumb of his right hand. He assumed his present 
 rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 10 Nov. 1845, has 
 been in command of the Alecto steam-sloop^ on 
 the south-east coast of America. 
 
 Commander Austen married, 13 July, 1843, his 
 cousin, Frances Palmer, third daughter of Rear- 
 Admiral C. J. Austen, R.N., C.B. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 AUSTEN. (liiECT., 184L f-p., 16; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Herbert Grey Austen, born in Nov. 1815, is 
 fourth son of Vice-Admiral Sir F. W. Austen, 
 K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Na- 
 val College), 25 June, 1830, as a Volunteer, on board 
 the Talbot. 28, Capt. Rich. Dickinson, employed 
 at the Cape of Good Hope; became Mate, in 1834, 
 of the Childers 16, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, suc- 
 cessively stationed in the Mediterranean and off the 
 coast of Africa ; and, after a further servitude in 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings, and Medea steam-&igate, Capt. 
 Fred. Warren, attached to the squadron in the 
 Mediterranean, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since 
 been — 30 Nov. 1841, to the Magicienne 24, Capt. 
 Rich. Laird Warren, on the latter station — 30 Aug. 
 1844, again to the Excellent — and, 25 Jan. 1845, 
 to the Vindictive 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to his fa- 
 ther, on the North America and West India station, 
 where he still serves. 
 
 AUSTIN, C.B. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 26; h-p., 8.) 
 Horatio Thomas Austin entered the Navy, 8 
 April, 1813, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Thisbe 
 28, Capt. Thos. Dick, lying in the river Thames. 
 Joining next, in April, 1814, the Ramillies 74, 
 Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Chas. Ogle, 
 he witnessed, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman, 
 some of the chief operations of the American war, 
 including the attacks upon Washington, Baltimore, 
 and New Orleans, and the bombardment of Ston- 
 ington. During the three years immediately sub- 
 sequent to the peace, he served off the coast of 
 Africa in the Inconstant and Semiramis fHgatei 
 bearing each the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas 
 Yeo ; after which he became successively attached, 
 on the Channel and South America stations, to the 
 Camelion brig, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Su- 
 perb 74 and Creole 42, both the broad-pendant 
 ships of Sir T. M. Hardy. His promotion, after 
 acting for nine months as Lieutenant of the Ala- 
 crity 10, Capts. Hon. Fred. Spencer and Thos. 
 Porter, meeting with official sanction, 9 Sept. 1822, 
 
 SJ'^ir^S^'^' ^ ^'^^ ®™'y P'^r' of 1823, rejoined Sir 
 1. M. Hardy in the Creole, and for some time, we 
 beheve, officiated as his Signal Officer. He next 
 
AUSTIN— AUTRIDGE— A VARNE—AYLING—AYLMER. 
 
 29 
 
 on 24 April, 1824, became First of the Fdet aloop, 
 Capt. Henry Parkyns Hoppner, and partoolc of all 
 the perils and hardships of Capt. Parry's second 
 expedition in search of a north-west passage, which 
 terminated in the loss of the above vessel, in the 
 summer of 1825. After an interval of half-pay he 
 obtained an appointment, 12 Deo. 1827, to the 
 Chakticlebk surveying-vessel, Capt. Henry Foster, 
 on whose death, off the Isthmus of Panama, he suc- 
 ceeded to the acting-command. Being confirmed 
 on his return to England, by commission dated 26 
 May 18.31, Capt. Austin subsequently obtained com- 
 mand, 27 Nov. 1832, and 30 Jan. 1834, of the Sa- 
 I.AMANDER and Medea steamers, in which he re- 
 spectively escorted Donna Maria to Portugal, and 
 Queen Adelaide to Holland, besides visiting different 
 ports on the north coast of Spain. He attained 
 Post-rank, 28 June, 1838, and was next appointed, 
 19 Nov. 1839, to the Cyclops, another steam-vessel. 
 Joining in the operations of 1840 on the coast of 
 Syria, he assisted at the bombardment and capture 
 of the strong castle of Gebail, where he headed a 
 body of 220 marines and 150 mountaineers in a 
 brave though unsuccessful land-attack, in which 
 5 men were killed and 18 wounded. He was also 
 present at the taking of Batroun ; and on the occa- 
 sion of the storming of Sidon he aided in carrying 
 the adjacent castle, and then led the Turkish troops 
 in forcing the passage conducting to the town, where 
 a body of 1800 Egyptians were driven from a strong- 
 hold in which they still held out, and were com- 
 pelled to surrender.* For his meritorious conduct 
 in these affairs, as also at the capture of St. Jean 
 d'Acre, Capt. Austin was nominated a C.B. On 
 leaving the Cyclops, he obtained command, for a 
 short period towards the close of 1843, of the Tak- 
 TAKns steam surveying- vessel. He has been attached 
 as Supernumerary-Captain, since 19 Dec. 1845, to 
 the 'William and Maky yacht. 
 
 Capt. Austin married, 8 Nov. 1831, Ann Eliza, only 
 daughter of the late Thos. Hawkins, Esq., of Pen- 
 zance, and widow of the Bev. J. Kawlinson, by whom 
 he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 AUSTIN. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 ■William Austin entered the Navy 7 Aug. 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his 
 commission 2 Aug. 1838. His appointments have 
 since been — 22 Jan. 1839, to the Acokn 16, Capt. 
 John Adams, on the Africa station — 29 Oct. 1840, as 
 First Lieutenant, to the Excellent gunnery-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings — and, 4 
 March, 1845, in a similar capacity, to the Vhltuke 
 steam-frigate, now employed in the East Indies. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 AUTEIDGE. (LlEtTT., 1815. f-p., 30; h-p., 18.) 
 Chakles Autkidgb entered the Navy, 30 June, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Podlette 20, 
 Capt. Jas. Dunbar, with whom, and Capts. Hen. 
 Hope and Anselm John Griffiths, he afterwards 
 served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 AsTBEA 32, and Leonidas 38, until Nov, 1811. He 
 was present, during that period, in the Astrea at 
 the siege of Copenhagen, in Sept. 1807, and in the 
 Leonidas at the reduction of Cephalonia and Santa 
 Maura in 1809-10, besides participating in many 
 boat affairs on the coasts of Italy and Spain. He 
 served the remainder of the war in the Ekeetjs, 
 commanded by his relative, Capt. Wm. Autridge, 
 Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sal- 
 SETTE 36, Capt. John Bowen, and Phcenix 36, Capts. 
 Wm. Henry Webley and Chas. John Austen, on the 
 Baltic, East India, and Channel stations. Having 
 passed his examination in 1809, he was at length 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission 
 dated 10 Feb. 1815; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 31 Oct. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Kamillies 74, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot— 11 June, 1831, to the Coast 
 Guard— 26 Sept. 1837, to the command of the Sky- 
 lakk revenue-cutter-=-and, 19 June, 1841, to the 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1840, ppv2227, S252, 2603, 2608. 
 
 Pigmy steam-packet. He was superseded from the 
 latter vessel in July, 1846. 
 
 AVARNE.. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Isaac Avarne died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1810, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Alexandria 32, Capt. 
 John Quilliam, stationed on the Baltic. After 'serv- 
 ing with the same officer also in the Crescent 36, 
 he becatne -successively attached, on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations, to the Royal Oak 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear- Admirals Pulteney Malcolm and Lord 
 Amelius Beauclerk, and Grasshopper 18, Capts. 
 Hen. Kobt. Battersby and Sir Chas. Burrard. • Be- 
 tween 1816, in which year he passed his examina- 
 tion, and the date of his promotion, 17 April, 1824, 
 Mr. Avarne appears to have been next employed, ag 
 Mate, on board the Wye 26, commanded in North 
 America and the West Indies by Capt. John Har- 
 per, and Britannia 120, bearing the flag at Ply- 
 mouth of Sir Alex. Cochrane. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — 24 July, 1824, to the Romney 
 troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Nich. 
 Lockyer, in which he visited the coasts of America 
 and Africa, and also the Mediterranean — and, 30 
 April, 1827, again to the Britannia, bearing the 
 flag of the Earl of Northesk. He went on half-pay 
 in Feb. 1828, and did not afterwards go afloat. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 AYLING. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 William Ayling entered the Navy, 7 March, 
 1805, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Wil- 
 liam, Capts. John Wainwright and Hon. Courtenay 
 Boyle, lying at Spithead. With the exception of 
 an attachment, from Aug. 1810 to Aug. 1811, to the 
 Thisbe 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, guard-ship in the 
 river Thames, he was subsequently employed, be- 
 tween June, 1807, and the year 1815, chiefly as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Paulina, Hind, Crocodile, Nar- 
 cissus, and Pomone, all commanded by Capt. John 
 Rich. Lumley, on the Mediterranean, Home, and 
 North America stations. He was promoted from 
 the Leander 50, Capt. Wm. Shiksey, to the rank 
 he now holds 3 Aug. 1815 ; and has since been on. 
 half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 AYLMEE, C.B., K.F.M. (Keak-Admikai, of the 
 Red, 1837. .f-p., 20; h-p., 37.) 
 
 The Honourable Frederick William Ayl- 
 MER, born 12 Oct. 1777, is second surviving son ot 
 Henry, fourth Lord Aylmer, by Catherine, daugh- 
 ter of Sir Chas. Whitworth, of Leyborne, and sister 
 of Chas. Earl Whitworth; and a descendant of" 
 Matthew, first Lord Aylmer, a distinguished naval 
 officer in the reign of James H., who attained the- 
 rank of Rear- Admiral of the Bed, and was elevated 
 to the peerage for his professional services. He iss 
 heir to his brother, General Lord Aylmer, G.CBi 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1790, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Syren 32, Capt. John 
 Manley, with whom, after conveying the DnJfce q^ 
 York to Holland at the commencement et hostili- 
 ties, he served, in the Apollo 36, until the receipt 
 of his first commission, 17 Dec. 1796. Being next 
 appointed, 22 March, 1797, to the Swiptsure 74^ 
 Capt. Benj. Hallowell, he took part in that ship im 
 the battle of the Nile, and assisted in the- operations; 
 which led to the reinstatement ef the King of the 
 Two Sicilies in the full sovereignty of his dominions. 
 He subsequently obtained the Turkish gotd medal 
 for his services during the Egyptian campaign of 
 1801 ; and, after officiating for a few months as Act-, 
 ing-Commander of the Fuky bomb, was confirmed 
 in that rank by commission dated 7 Jan 1802 
 Capt. Ayhner, whom we subsequently find comi 
 manding the Deught and Wasp sloops, in the latter 
 of which he effected the capture, 19 July 1803 of 
 Le Dese^oir privateer, of 2 guns and 28 men, waa 
 ?In? ?S ®r?P'"°*^„'li Actiag-Captain, in M^Tch, 
 1805, of the Glory 98, bearing the flag off Cadiz of 
 Sir John Orde. His promotion to Post-rank was 
 estabhshed by the Adiniralty on 18 May in the 
 
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 AYLMEIt-AYNSLEY-AYRE-AYSCOUGH. 
 
 same year ; but from that period he appears to have 
 remained on half-pay until 1 June, 1809, when we 
 find him assuming command of the Narcissus 32. 
 In the early part of 1810, Capt. Aylmer, while 
 cruizing in the Channel, captured two privateers, 
 the Dugvay Trouin, and AiTimble Josephine^ carry- 
 ing between them 28 guns and 180 men ; and, in the 
 course of the ensuing summer, he united with Sir 
 Kobt. Mends in a series of very active operations 
 on the north coast of Spain, where he commanded 
 the naval brigade in concert with the patriot forces 
 under General Porlier, came frequently into victo- 
 rious contact with the enemy between Santona and 
 Santander, and evinced aU tl[i& zeal and ability of 
 an excellent oflBcer.* In Jan. 1812, he next joined 
 the FoRTDNEE 36, in which he cruized for four 
 months on the Irish station. After an interval of 
 half-pay he was appointed, on 14 of the following 
 Sept., to the Pactoltis 38, and while in that 
 frigate, in the summer of 1815, he conducted an 
 eminently successful expedition to the Gironde in 
 support of the French King, which terminated in 
 the royal colours being hoisted on the castle of 
 Bordeaux and in the surrounding districts.^ Pre- 
 viously to the latter event, the Pactolus, besides 
 escorting the Duke of Cambridge to Cuxhaven, and 
 his late Majesty to the Scheldt, had, we believe, 
 assisted at the bombardment of Stonington, in Ame- 
 rica. Capt. Aylmer, whose last appointment was 
 to the Severn, of 50 guns, commanded that ship at 
 the memorable battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and 
 was in consequence nominated a C.B.J The in- 
 signia of a K.F.M. were also conferred upon him, 
 in consideration of his having conveyed to Naples 
 the whole of the emancipated Italian slaves and 
 357,000 dollars, which the Dey of Algiers had been 
 compelled to return to the King of the Two Sicilies. 
 He was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to William 
 IV. 4 Aug. 1830 ; and on 10 Jan. 1837, was promoted 
 to Flag-rank. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 AYLMEK. (Retiked Commander, 1836.) 
 
 John Aylmer was discharged from the Royal 
 Naval College 10 April, 1786. He was confirmed 
 to a Lieutenancy, 9 Oct. 1801, in the Dragon 74, 
 Capt. John Aylmer, then in the Mediterranean ; 
 and was afterwards successively appointed, on the 
 Hopie and "West India stations, to the Morgiana 
 sloop. Diamond 38, Windsor Castle 98, Ame- 
 thyst frigate, AiMAELE 32, Fisgard 38, Herculb 
 74, Ariadne 20, and Namor 74, Capts. Rainsford, 
 Elphinstone, Albemarle Bertie, Alex. Campbell, 
 Sir Wm. Bolton, Lord Mark Kobt. Kerr, Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres, Arthur Farqiihar, and another. During 
 the period of his attachment to the Ariadne, we 
 find Mr. Aylmer assisting at the capture, in 1807, 
 of the French privateers Xc Trente el Quarante, of 
 16 guns and 65 men, and Le Chasseur, of 2 guns 
 and 36 men. Having been on half-pay since 30 May, 
 1808, he at length accepted his present rank, 15 
 April, 1836. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 AYNSLEY. (Lieut., 1845. f-p., 12; h-p., 0.) 
 
 Charles Murray Aynsley entered the Navy 
 in 1835 ; passed his examination 24 July, 1841 ; and 
 after an intermediate servitude as Mate, on the 
 South America and Mediterranean stations, of the 
 CURA90A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, and Scout 18, 
 Capt. Hon. Jas. Robt. Drummond, was awarded a 
 commission, dated 6 Dec. 1845. He has been since 
 serving in the Terrible steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. 
 Ramsay, attached to the Channel squadron. 
 
 AYRE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Charles Ayre entered the Navy, 5 April, 1807, 
 as Master's Mate, on board the Hound sloop, Capt. 
 Nich. Lockyer, and in that vessel was present at 
 the embarkation of the Marquis de la Romana's 
 army at Nyeborg, in Aug. 1803. From Oct. 1809, 
 until April, 1812, he served off Cherbourg and in 
 the Downs on board the Naiad 38, Capts. Henry 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1810, p. 1097. f V. Gaz. 1815, p. 1513. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1816, p. 1792. 
 
 Hill and PhiUp Carteret; and <"i tj!,f J<"°'°| t*^^ 
 JuNON 38, Capts. Jas. Sanders and Ck-tworthy Up- 
 ton, proceeded, as Acting-Lieutenant to North 
 America, where he took part in many of &« opera- 
 tions in the Chesapeake, and contributed to a vic- 
 tory gained by the Jonon, Narcissus, and Ba- 
 ROSSA, over 15 of the enemy's gun-boatj whose dis- 
 comfiture was accompUshed after an action of three 
 hours, in which the Junon had 2 men killed and 3 
 wounded, 20 June, 1813. He subsequently served 
 on board the Mohawk sloop, Capt. Hen. Litchfield, 
 and was Acting-Lieutenant of transports under 
 Capt. Thos. Delafons, in the expedition to Nev? Or- 
 leans. He obtained his official promotion 2 Nov. 
 1815, but has not since been afloat. Ageni^J. 
 Chippendale. 
 
 AYSCOUGH. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Hawkins Godolphin Ayscough is son of Rear- 
 Admiral John Ayscough. 
 
 This officer was educated at the Royal Naval Col- 
 lege He served for some time on the West India 
 station, under the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Col- 
 poys ; was employed in the North Sea during the 
 revolution in the Netherlands; and, having passed 
 his examination in 1834, was presented with a com- 
 mission by Sir Geo. Cockbum, on that officer strik- 
 ing his flag as Commander-in-Chief in North Ame- 
 rica and the West Indies, 14 June, 1836. On 28 Dec. 
 following (after an attachment of a few months to 
 the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley 
 in the Mediterranean, and Canopus 84, commanded 
 by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, on the coast of Spain, 
 during the Carlist insurrection), Mr. Ayscough 
 joined the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, 
 in which ship he continued until 10 May, 1838. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 AYSCOUGH. (Eear-Admirai, of the White, 
 1841.) 
 
 John Ayscough, bom on board H.M.S. Swan, 
 during a desperate action fought by that vessel 
 while on her passage home from North America, is 
 son of the late Capt. John Ayscough, R.N., who 
 was in command of the Swan on the occasion, and 
 lost the use of a leg ;* brother of Commander Jas. 
 Ayscough, R.N., an officer who distinguished him- 
 self as Lieutenant of the Monarch 74, at Copen- 
 hagen, in 1801, was afterwards presented by the 
 Patriotic Society with a sword worth 501., for his 
 gallantry in storming a battery of six 24-pounders, 
 on the island of Martinique, and ultimately fell a 
 victim to the climate of the West Indies, while com- 
 manding the Hawke sloop, 8 April, 1808 ; grand- 
 nephew of the Rev. Fras. Ayscough, D.D., Dean of 
 Bristol, and Preceptor to King George III. ; and 
 cousin of Admiral Sir Geo. Cockbum, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (under the auspices 
 of the late Admiral Sir Jas. Wallace), 12 Aug. 1787, 
 as Captain's Servant, on board the Goliath 74, 
 Capts. Archibald Dickson and Sir Andrew Snape 
 Douglas. We afterwards find him serving, as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, on board the JuNO and 
 Hebe frigates, and Hector, Alcide, and Monarch 
 74's, and employed in the first of those vessels, un- 
 der Capt. Sam. Hood, in attendance on the King off 
 Weymouth. On 6 Nov. 1793, he obtained a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Monarch, flag-ship, on the New- 
 foundland station, of his patron. Sir Jas. Wallace, 
 with whom he continued to serve, the last two 
 years as First of the Romney 50, until April, 1797. 
 He then joined the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing 
 the flag in the Channel of Lord Howe ; and, on 12 
 of the following May, was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander. Being appointed, 6 July, 1799, to the 
 Blanche troop-ship, Capt. Ayscough attended the 
 ensuing expedition to Holland, where he served as 
 
 • Capt. Ayscoagh, after faithfully serving his country for 
 a period of nearly half a century, died, covered with honour- 
 able sears. He had expended a great portion of his private 
 property in raising several thousands of seamen for the ser- 
 vice, at the period of the dispute with Spain respecting the 
 occupancy of Falkland's Islands. 
 
AYTON— BACK. 
 
 31 
 
 ft Volunteer at the time of the debarkation near 
 the Helder, and was in one of the first boats that 
 effected a landing. On 28 Sept., however, in the 
 same year, the Blanche, owing to the mismanage- 
 ment of her pilot, was wrecked in the Texel ; but so 
 fully acquitted was Capt. Aysoough of all share in 
 the disaster, by a court-martial held at Sheerness 
 on 1 Nov., and so highly was he complimented for 
 his great exertions in afterwards saving the crew, 
 that, on 18 of the next month, he was appointed to 
 the Inconstant, another armee enjlutej in which, 
 besides attending the expeditions to Quiberon and 
 Cadiz, on each of which occasions he volunteered 
 his services on shore, and was selected to command 
 a party of seamen, he similarly joined in the Egyp- 
 tian campaign of 1801, and for his exertions, which 
 were conspicuously important, was presented with 
 the Turkish gold medal. The Inconstant, after a 
 performance of various other services, including an 
 assistance at the occupation of the island of Mar 
 deira, being paid off in May, 1802, Capt. Aysoough, 
 who had been violently attacked by the plague in 
 Egypt, was next invested with the command, 2 
 June, 1803, of the Camel store-ship ; and, on then 
 proceeding to the "West Indies, continued, despite 
 a nearly fatal fit of the yellow fever, to serve on 
 that station, until officially posted into the Success, 
 of 32 guns, 18 April, 1806; previously to which 
 event he appears to have acted as Flag-Captain to 
 Vice-Admirals Sir John Thos. Duckworth and 
 Jas. Kich. Dacres, to have also commanded the 
 Reynard and Goelan sloops, and to have officiated 
 as Acting-Captain of the Malabak 50. Towards 
 the close of 1806, Capt. Aysoough returned with 
 convoy to England, and was for several months 
 employed at the blockade of Havre de Grace. After 
 forming part, at the request of Sir Sam. Hood, of 
 that officer's squadron in the expedition against 
 Madeira, in Dec. 1807, the Success, on her return 
 home with the Rear- Admiral's despatches, was sent 
 to a high northern latitude for the protection of 
 the Greenland fishery ; subsequently to which, she 
 embarked the Turkish Ambassador and his suite, 
 together with the present Earl of Roden, and pro- 
 ceeded to the Mediterranean in charge of a fleet 
 of merchantmen, by the Masters of whom her 
 captain was forwarded a letter of thanks for his 
 great and unremitted attention. During the opera^ 
 tions of June, 1809, against Ischia and Procida, 
 Capt. Ayscomgh landed with the troops, was subse- 
 quently engaged with the enemy's sea batteries, 
 and succeeded in destroying many of their gun- 
 boats. In the following Nov. he conveyed the 
 Turkish Ambassador and suite from Smyrna to 
 Malta ; and, on 3 May, 1810, although excluded, in 
 consequence of the becalmed state of his ship, from 
 affording any assistance, was an eye-witness of the 
 brilliant victory gained by the late Sir Jahleel 
 Brenton, in the Spartan 38, over the Franco-Nea- 
 politan squadron in the Bay of Naples."* Capt. Ays- 
 cough appears, however, about that period, to have 
 attracted the notice of Rear- Admiral Geo. Martin 
 by his handsome support of the Spartan and 
 EspoiR in an attack on the batteries at Terracina, 
 from which port four deeply laden vessels were at 
 the same time brought out. Shortly after the latter 
 event we find Capt. Aysoough, with two frigates 
 and several sloops under his orders, assigned the 
 deeply responsible duty of protecting Sicily against 
 the threatened invasion of Joachim Murat, whose 
 every attempt, although in command of 40,000 
 troops and of about 200 gun-boats, to gain a foot- 
 ing on the island, he happily succeeded, by the 
 most indomitable exertions, in frustrating. He was 
 next employed, with seven men-of-war at his dis- 
 posal, in reconnoitering the line of coast between 
 Naples and Civita Vecchia ; but in the summer of 
 1811, owing to the serious damage experienced by 
 the Success during a severe gale off the island of 
 Candia, was obliged to return prematurely to Eng- 
 land, and in consequence lost an appointment to a 
 large frigate which had been promised to him by the 
 First Lord of the Admiralty as a reward for his zeal 
 • ViieGxL. 1810, p. 113J. 
 
 and activity. He afterwards, from April, 1822, until 
 the spring of 1825, superintended the Ordinary at 
 Plymouth; and for his subsequent able manage- 
 ment, as Commissioner of Jamaica and Bermuda 
 Dockyards, was honoured with the thanks of the 
 Board of Admiralty. He attained Flag-rank, 23 
 Nov. 1841, and is at present unemployed. 
 
 When the practice of awarding good-service pen- 
 sions was instituted, Rear-Admiral Aysoough was 
 one of the first Captains to whom the boon was ex- 
 tended. He married Anna Maria, eldest daughter of 
 the late Commodore Thos. Parr, R.N., of Langdown 
 House, CO. Hants, a descendant of the celebrated Earl 
 Godolphin, and has issue a son and two daughters. 
 The son, Hawkins Godolphin, is a Lieutenant, R.N. 
 
 AYTON. (LlEnTENANT, 1815. p-p., 8 ; H-P., 32.) 
 George Henry Ayton entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 
 1807, as L.M., on board the Royal Willlam, 
 Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, flag-ship of Admiral 
 Geo. Montagu, at Spithead ; and, in the following 
 March, joined the Daphne 20, Capts. Fras. Mason 
 and Philip Pipon. On 25 April, 1808, he served in 
 the boats of that ship and the Tartarus, com- 
 manded by Lieut. Wm. Elliott, at the cutting out, 
 with a loss to the British of only 5 persons wounded, 
 of a convoy of 10 deeply laden vessels, moored close 
 under the fort of a castle mounting 10 guns, in the 
 harbour of Fladstrand, near the Skawe, defended 
 also by a heavy fire from another battery, as well 
 as from the crews of the vessels assembled on the 
 beach, and made fast to the shore by hawsers.* 
 Removing, in Feb. 1809, to the Victorious 74, 
 Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, he 
 took part in the ensuing expedition to Flushing, 
 and, on 21 Feb. 1812, assisted, as Master's Mate, 
 while cruising in the Gulf of Venice, in com- 
 pany with the Weazle 18, at the capture — after a 
 most gallant conflict of four hours and a half, in 
 which the Victorious had 27 men killed, and 99, 
 including himself, wounded, and the enemy 400 
 killed and wounded — of the French 74-gun ship 
 Rivoli, whose consorts, three brigs and two gun- 
 boats, were also defeated.f In Sept. 1814, Mr. 
 Ayton, who for the two previous months had been 
 acting as Lieutenant of the Victorious, on the 
 North America station, joined the Rosario 10, 
 Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, in which vessel he served 
 for nearly twelve months. He was then promoted 
 to his present rank, by commission dated 4 March, 
 1815, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Ayton married, 23 Nov. 1835, Harriette, 
 eldest daughter of Saville Smith, Esq., of Boiling- 
 ton. Agents— Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 B. 
 
 BACK, Kt. (Capt., 1835. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 1 6.) 
 
 Sir George Back was born, 6 Nov. 1796, at Stock- 
 port, in Cheshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1808, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Arethusa 38, Capt. Robt. 
 Mends. On 26 Nov. following he was present at 
 the capture, off Cherbourg, of Le General Emouf 
 French privateer, of 16 guns and 58 men ; and, in 
 the course of March, 1809, he assisted in the boats, 
 while serving on the north coast of Spain, at the 
 destruction of 20 heavy guns, mounted on the bat- 
 teries atLequeytio, and defended by a detachment of 
 French soldiers — at the seizure also of several ves- 
 sels up the river Andero — and at the destruction of the 
 guns and signal-posts at Baignio, on which latter oc- 
 casion, the 20th of the month, he was made prisoner 
 and sent to France, where he remained until May, 
 1814. On regaining his liberty, Mr. Back joined 
 the Akbar 60, flag-ship for some time of Sir Thos. 
 Byam Martin at Flushing, and afterwards employed 
 on the Halifax station. He passed his examination 
 5 Feb. 1817 ; became attached, in March following, 
 to the Bulwark 76, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley in the river Medway ; and, on 14 Jan. 1818, 
 removed to the Trent hired brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 697. f V. Gaz. 1812, p. 887. 
 
32 
 
 BACON— BAGEHOT. 
 
 maraier, now Sir John, Franklin. After interme- 
 diately accompanying the penlous voyage of dia- 
 coTery made to the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen 
 under Capt. David Buchan,* he was, early in 1819, 
 selected to attend the former officer in his expedi- 
 tion overland from Hudson's Bay to the Coppermine 
 Klver. To Capt. Franklin's ' Narrative of a Jour- 
 ney to the Shores of the Polar Sea ui51819-22 ' we 
 must refer our readers for the particulars of that 
 bold and hazardous undertaking — ^throughout every 
 detail of which, including his journey on foot, in 
 the depth of winter, from Fort Enterprise to Fort 
 Chipewyan and back, a distance of 1104 miles, Mr. 
 Back displayed in perfection all the qualities of a 
 traveller of the most sterling, the most heroic cast. 
 On 1 Jan. 1821, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, and on being subsequently appointed 
 to the Sdperb 78, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, visited 
 Gibraltar and Barbadoes. We next, in Feb. 1825, 
 find Lieut. Back, after attending a public dinner 
 given to him by his fellow-townsmen at Stockport, 
 again leaving England with Capt. Franklin, on an- 
 other expedition to the Arctic regions, for the pur- 
 pose of co-operating withCapts. Fred. Wm. Beechey 
 and Edw. Wm. Parry, in their simultaneous endea- 
 vours to ascertain, from opposite quarters, the exist- 
 ence of a north-west passage. Capt. Franklin's 
 ' Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of 
 the Polar Sea in 1825-7 ' will also afford every in- 
 formation on the subject of this very interesting 
 mission. In its execution he extended lus researches 
 to lat._ 70° 24' N., long. 149° 37' W. Buring this 
 last sojourn in Ainerica Lieut. Back was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 
 30 Dec. 1825 ; and when Capt. Franklin, on the re- 
 turn of the expedition, set out in advance, with five 
 of his party, from Great Bear Lake, he was left at 
 Fort Franklin in charge of the other officers and 
 men, the boats, and all the collections of natural 
 history, rough journals, notes, and astronomical, 
 magnetical, and atmospherical observations, with 
 orders to proceed, on the breaking up of the ice, to 
 York Factory, and thence to England, where he 
 arrived 10 Oct. 1827. From that period, unable to 
 procure employment, he remained on half-pay until 
 appointed, early in 1833, to conduct an expedition 
 fitted out for the purpose of seeking Sir John Koss, 
 who had, in the summer of 1829, gone in quest of 
 the long-sought north-west passage. A lull ac- 
 count of all the results of that harassing enterprise, 
 in the course of which he had the good fortune to 
 <i3Scover the sources of the river that now bears his 
 name, Capt. Back has ably delineated in his ' Nar- 
 rative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth 
 of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of 
 the Arctic Ocean, in 1833-5.* He returned to Eng- 
 land 18 Sept. 1835, and on the 30th of the same 
 month was advanced to the well-earned rank of 
 Post-CaptEiin. On 11 May, 1836, he was next ap- 
 pointed to the Tekkok bomb : and, on 23 June 
 following, he sailed from Papa Westra, one of the 
 Orkneys, in command of a new expedition to the 
 frigid zone. The details of his miraculous return 
 to Lough Swilly, where he arrived 3 Sept. 1837, 
 after reaching as far only as the northward of 
 Charles Island, in Hudson's Bay, have been pub- 
 lished by Capt. Back in his '■ Narrative of an Ex- 
 pedition in H.M.S. Terkob, undertaken with a View 
 to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores, in 
 1836-7.' He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Sir Geo. Back, who was presented, 27 Nov. 1837, 
 with the gold medal of the Koyal Geographical 
 Society for his important discoveries while in search 
 of Sir John Ross, and who received the honour of 
 knighthood 18 March, 1839, is at present, we be- 
 lieve, employed by the Treasury. He married, 13 
 Oct. 1846, Theodosia Elizabeth, relict of the late 
 Anthony Hammond, Esq., of Savile Row. Agent — 
 Wm. H. B. Barwis. 
 
 BACON. (Retiked Commander, 1844. f-p., 19 
 H-P., 35.) 
 Edmund Keb Cranstotjn Bacon entered the 
 Navy, 23 April, 1793, as MidsMpmaa, on board the 
 Raisonnable 64, Capt. Lord Cranstoun, in which 
 ship he served off the coasts of France and Spain, 
 the Canary and Western Islands, and on the Irish 
 station, until transferred, in Nov. 1794, with the 
 same Captain, to the Bellebophon 74, one of the 
 Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' squadron in his subsequent 
 pursuit of the force under M. Vence into Belleisle 
 of the 7th, and in his memorable retreat of the 16 
 and 17 June, 1795. In Sept. 1796, he joined the 
 DoKE 98, Capt. John Hollo way, and, after serving 
 for some time also in the RotadSoveeeignIOO, flag- 
 ship in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner, was pro- 
 moted to a Lieutenancy, 25 Aug. 1799, in the Ret- 
 NABD 20, Capt. Peter Spicer, Under whom he conti- 
 nued to. serve in the Channel until Sept. 1801. His 
 subsequent appointments appear to have been — 28 
 April, 1804, to the Chaiuces armed ship, Capt. Da- 
 vis, in the North Sea— 7 Oct. 1805, to the Saturn 74, 
 Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, cruising off Cadiz 
 and I'Orient— 20 April, 1809, to the Rotal Oak 74, 
 commanded by the same nobleman, whom he accom- 
 panied in the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren 
 — 17 Oct. 1810, to the Ateica 64, flag-ship at Hali- 
 fax of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer— 21 Dec. 1811, 
 to be Agent for Prisoners of War at Bermuda— and, 
 11 Nov. 1813, and 1 Feb. 1814, to the successive 
 command of the Ardent and Romulus, on the same 
 station. He was placed on half-pay in Nov. 1814; 
 accepted, 26 Nov. 1830, the rank of Retired Com- 
 mander under the Order in Council of that year j 
 and, on 22 Jan. 1844, was promoted to the fist of 
 1816. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BACON. (Lieut., 1841. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Henry Bacon entered the Navy, 22 June, 1828, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Challenger 28, Capt. 
 Adolphus Fitzclarence, whom he followed into tiie 
 Pallas 42. After visiting India and Halliax, in 
 the execution of particular services, he became Mid- 
 shipman, in March, 1831, of the Act^son 26, Capt. 
 Hon. Fred. Grey, stationed in the Mediterranean, 
 where he subsequently served in the Sctlla 18, 
 Capt. Hon. Fred. Grey, Volage 28, Capt. Geo. 
 Bohun Martin, Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton 
 Sharpe, and Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard. 
 Having passed his examination in Oct. 1834, and 
 been employed in the last-mentioned ship during 
 the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, Mr. 
 Bacon at length obtained a commission, dated 23 
 Nov. 1841. His appointments have since been— 30 
 Nov. 1841, and 18 May and 16 June, 1842, to the 
 Calcutta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, Queen 110, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Vernon 
 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, all on the Mediterranean 
 station — and, 13 Nov. 1844, to the D^dalus 20, 
 Capt. Peter M'Quhae, now employed on the East 
 India station. Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 • See • A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole 
 performed in H.'M. Ships Dorothea atid Trent, undrr the 
 command of Capt. D.ivid Ituchan, 1818.' IJy Capt. 1''. W. 
 Beechey, R.N. 8vo. Lond. 1843. 
 
 BAGEHOT. (LiEOT., 1808. f-p., 36 ; h-f., 10.) 
 Charles Bagehot was born 15 Dec. 1786. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1801, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Impetueux 74, Capt. Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, in which ship, and the Tonnant 80, 
 commanded by the same Captain, he served off 
 Rochefort and Ferrol until May, 1804. He then 
 joined the Culloden 74, on board which ship Sir 
 Edward had hoisted his flag as Commander-in-Chief 
 in the East Indies ; attained the rating of Master's 
 Mate 21 Sept. 1806; passed his examination in Deo. 
 1807 ; and, on 31 Jan. 1808, was confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant in the Fox 32, Capt. Archibald Cochrane. He 
 returned to England in Feb. 1809 ; and was subse- 
 quently appointed— 23 March, 1810, to the Crane 
 18, Capt. Stuart, with whom he visited the West 
 Indies— and, 9 March, 1810, to the Armada 74, 
 Capts. Adam Mackenzie audChas. Grant, employed 
 off the Texel and in the Mediterranean. Since 11 
 Oct. 1823, Lieut. Bagehot (who had been eight years 
 
BAGOT-BAGUE— BAIKIE-BAILEY. 
 
 33 
 
 on half-pay) has filled the office of Inspeoting-Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, in May, 1825, Miss Amelia Bowden,. 
 of Plymouth, and by that lady has issue a son and 
 daughter. 
 
 BAGOT. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Christopher Bagot died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 Deo. 1816-, and 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28 June, 1824, in 
 the Sdpekb 78, Capt. Sir Thoa. Staines, on the "West 
 India station, where, with a few intervals, he conti- 
 nued to serve — in the EswteLE 18, Capts. Rich. 
 Augustus Yates and 'Williams Sandom, Fairy 10, 
 Capt. Fras. Blair, Icarus 10, Capt. Dawson Mayne, 
 Spaerowhawk 18; Capts. D. Mayne and Henry 
 Griffith Colpoys, and, as Lieut.-Commander, in the 
 Fickle schooner — until 1834. He was not after- 
 wards employed. Agents— Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 BAGOT. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.) 
 
 Henry Bagot, bom 12 July, 1810, is second son 
 of the Bight Kev. and Hon. Kioh. Bagot, D.D., 
 Lord Bishop of Oxford, by Harriet, youngest daugh- 
 ter of the fourth Earl of Jersey ; brother of Capt. 
 Edw. Bagot, an officer in the Army, and of Lady 
 Harriet Thynne ; nephew of Lord Bagot, and Sir 
 Chas. Bagot, G.C.B. ; and first cousin of the Coun- 
 tesses of Uxbridge and Winchelsea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 May, 1823, and 
 served part of his time as Midshipman on board the 
 Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, with 
 whom he was present at the battle of Navarin, 
 20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination in 1829 ; 
 obtained his first commission 15 Feb. 1832; was 
 appointed, 14 April following, to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings ; 
 served, from 24 June, 1833, until paid ofi' in 1837, 
 on board the Caledonia 120, flag-ship in the Me- 
 diterranean of Sir Josias Kowley ; and on 28 June, 
 1838, was promoted to the rank of Commander. 
 His next appointment was to the Wasp 16, in which 
 sloop he served, on the North America and West In- 
 dia station, from 14 July, 1843, until the summer of 
 1844. He attained his present rank, while officiating 
 as Commander of the Excellent, 10 Dec. 1845, and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 For some time prior to March, 1843, Capt. Bagot 
 acted as Secretary to his uncle. Sir C. Bagot, at 
 that time Governor-General of Canada. Agents — 
 Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 BAGUE. (Eetibed Commander, 1837. f-p., 
 20 ; H-p., 29.) 
 George Bague entered the Navy, 15 June, 1798, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Haerlem armee en 
 jlutR, Capt. Geo. Burlton, and afterwards assisted, 
 as Midshipman, in cutting out the Prima galley 
 from the Mole of Genoa, and in various operations 
 on the coast of Egypt. Between March, 1801, and 
 the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 8 March, 1805, he next served in the African and 
 Success, both likewise commanded by Capt. Burl- 
 ton, in the Mediterranean, Galatea and Aigle 
 frigates, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, on the Home station, 
 and, as Master's Mate, in the Ville de Paris 110, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of the Hon. Wm. Corn- 
 wallis. He then joined the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Nicoll Morris, and subsequently to the blockade of 
 Cadiz was present and slightly wounded in the 
 battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. His appointments 
 were afterwards — 12 Nov. 1805, to the Bittern 18, 
 Capts. John Louis and Edw. Augustus Down, while 
 commanding the boats of which vessel during a 
 series of very active operations in the Mediterra- 
 nean, he was again wounded — 2 March, 1808, as First 
 Lieutenant, to the Delight 16, Capt. John Brett 
 Purvis, cruising between Malta and Gibraltar— 15 
 Dec. 1809, in the same capacity, to the Leonidas 
 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, under whom, after 
 contributing to the reduction of Santa Maura in 
 April, 1810, and commanding a division of gun-boats 
 at the defence of Soylla, he proceeded to the East 
 
 Indies — 1 March, l&ll, and 13 Nov. 1812, also as 
 Senior, to the Act.s:on brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius 
 Cator, and Iphigenia 36, Capts. Hon. Fleetwood 
 Broughton Reynolds Pellew and Andrew King, on 
 the latter and Mediterranean stations — 24 Sept. 
 1813, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Mou- 
 bray, off Toulon— 23 Jan. 1814, to the Boyhe 98, 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton, with whom he was present in a 
 severe and gallant action with the French 74-gun 
 ship R&mulus, under the batteries of Cape Brun 
 and Cape Sepet, 13 Feb. following, and, as Se- 
 nior Lieutenant, at the ensuing fall of Genoa — 
 14 Nov. 1814, again as First, to the Cornwallis 74, 
 bearing the flag of his friend Sir Geo, Burlton, in 
 the East Indies, whence he returned to England 
 and was paid off, 26 Nov. 1816r-and, lastly, 15 Jan. 
 1819, to the Active 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gor- 
 don, on the Halifax and Mediterranean stations. 
 Having been on half-pay since 1821, he at length 
 accepted the rank he now holds 13 July, 1837. 
 
 Commander Bague is a Magistrate for the co. of 
 Middlesex. He married, 2 Dec. 1821, Miss Yarrow. 
 Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 BAIKIE. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 John Baikib entered the Navy, 31 Oct. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Lynx sloop, Capts. Alex. 
 Skene and John Willoughby Marshall, stationed in 
 the North Sea ; and, from Feb. 1803, until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Feb. 1807, officiated as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the Newfound- 
 land and Home stations, of the Lapwing 18, Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, and Camilla and Aimable frigates, 
 Capts. A. Skene, Fras. Wm. Fane, Geo. Martin, Sir 
 Robt. Barlow, Joseph Sydney Yorke, John Tower, 
 and Clotworthy Upton. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were — 7 Feb. 1807, to the Majestic 74, bear- 
 ing the flag in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral 
 Thos. Macnamara Russell— 8 May, 1810, to the Dic- 
 tator 64, Capt. Robt. Williams, in which ship we 
 find him employed in the arduous duty of affording 
 protection to the different convoys passing through 
 the Great Belt, and, on 5th July, 1811, contributing 
 to the repulse of a Danish flotilla consisting of 17 
 gun-vessels and 10 heavy row-boats— and, 25 March, 
 1812, to the Gloucester 74, bearing the flag at first 
 of Bear-Admiral John Ferrier in the North Sea, 
 and afterwards engaged, under Capt. Williams, in 
 escorting a fleet to the Leeward Islands, the 90th 
 regiment to Quebec, and the trade from Barbadoes. 
 Lieut. Baikie, who was paid off in Oct. 1814, has not 
 since been employed. 
 
 BAILEY. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 John Crawshay Bailey, bom 22 May, 1818, is 
 third son of Joseph Bailey, Esq., of Glanusk Park, 
 CO. Brecon (Representative of Worcester in the 
 three last parliaments, and Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 the CO. of Monmouth, a gentleman of consider- 
 able landed property and well known for his exten- 
 sive iron-works at Nant-y-Glo), by his first wife, 
 Maria, fourth daughter of Joseph Latham, Esq. ; a 
 younger brother of Joseph Bailey, Esq., of Easton 
 Park, CO. Hereford, M.P. for that shire ; and grand- 
 nephew of the late Rich. Crawshay, Esq., of Cy- 
 fartha Iron-works, Glamorganshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1834; passed 
 his examination 14 Dec. 1840 ; and, after an inter- 
 mediate attachment, as Mate, to the Seringapatam 
 46, Capt. John Leith, in North America and the 
 West Indies, and Agincourt 72, bearing the fiag 
 in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, 
 was promoted to his present rank, 27 Aug. 1844. 
 He continued to serve in the Agincoukt until 1 
 April, 1845, and since that period has been em- 
 ployed in the Wolverene 16, Capt. Wm. John 
 Cavendish Clifford, also on the East India station. 
 
 BAILEY. (Eetieed Commander, 1845. r-r. 
 46 ; H-P., 9.) 
 John William Bailey was born 3 January, 
 1781. •" 
 
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 BAILEY-BAILLIE. 
 
 Thia officer entered. the Navy, in 1792, on board 
 the RoTAi, Geokge 100, lying at Fabnouth; and 
 afterwards, until the receipt of his first commission, 
 23 Aug. 1800, served in the Kbsistanoe 44, Capt. 
 Edw. Pakenham, Weazle 14, Capt. Hon. John 
 Murray, Hoknet 18, Capt. Christmas Paul, Pega- 
 sus 28, Capts. Geo. Countess and Koss Donnelly, 
 Thames 32, Capt. "Wm. Lukin, Caltpso 18, Capts. 
 Rich. Worsley and Wm. Collis, and Royal Sove- 
 reign 100, flag-ship of Sir Alan Gardner, all on the 
 Home station. While attached to the Weazle in 
 1794 we iind him participating in a very spirited 
 action off Havre de Grace with a French ship from 
 St. Domingo, mounting 18 twelve-pounders, a cutter, 
 and lugger ; the two latter of which were silenced, 
 and the former driven on shore with the loss of her 
 foremast and bowsprit — the Weazle's force on the 
 occasion consisting only of 12 long fours and 2 twelve- 
 pounder carronades. In Sept. 1800, Lieut. Bailey 
 joined the Wright armedship, Capt. Thos. Campbell, 
 on the North Sea station, where he was next appointed 
 29 May, 1802, to the Jaloose 18, Capt. Christ. 
 Strachey. On 14 June, 1803, the latter vessel, in 
 company with L'Immortalitb 36 and Crdiser 18, 
 effected the capture, after an hour's engagement 
 with the batteries on the east side of Cape Gris- 
 nez, of two French gun-vessels, forming part of the 
 French invasion flotilla — others of which she also 
 assisted in destroying. Lieut. Bailey continued to 
 serve in the Jalouse, latterly on the Mediterranean 
 station, until appointed, 5 Aug. 1806, to the Atlas 
 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, off 
 Cadiz, at the blockade of which port she appears to 
 have been employed for the unprecedented period 
 of 19 months and 12 days without once letting 
 go an anchor. In 1808, in consequence of a severe 
 injury received in the execution of his duty, he was 
 compelled to invalid and return home, thereby 
 losing a very fair chance of the promotion to which, 
 as First Lieutenant of the Atlas, he had already in 
 part become entitled. On 22 Sept. in the same 
 year, however, although not perfectly recovered, he 
 entered the Transport service, in which he conti- 
 nued, for the long space of 30 years, in the active 
 and zealous discharge of duties of high import- 
 ance. In 1809 he was conspicuously employed, after 
 the battle of Corunna, in embarking the troops — 
 500 of whom he conveyed to England. He acquired 
 also the sterling approbation of Lieut.-Gen. Lord 
 Wm. Bentinek for his conduct as officer in charge 
 of the Transport department during the opeiitions 
 against Genoa, Leghorn, and Marseilles ; and when 
 at Genoa, in 1814, was selected to convey the Impe- 
 rial Guard, the suite, and effects of Napoleon Buo- 
 naparte from Savona to Elba, and afterwards 
 to escort thither from Genoa the Comtesse Ber- 
 trand. For the services last mentioned he received 
 the personal acknowledgments of the Emperor, with 
 an elegant ring set in brilliants, as a memento of 
 his high esteem. He had been previously pre- 
 sented, for his services in Sicily and at Marseilles, 
 with the Order of St. Ferdinand and Merit from 
 the King of Naples, and the decoration of the 
 "Lys" from Louis XVIH. After filling at various 
 periods the duties of Resident-Agent at Malta, 
 Gowes, and Portsmouth, Mr. Bailey was at length, 
 15 March, 1831, permanently appointed to Dept- 
 ford, where he remained until compelled to retire at 
 the close of 183S, from the effects of severe bodily 
 injuries received in the public service. He was 
 placed, 3 June, 1840, on the Retired Commander's 
 list of 1830, and on 27 Feb. 1845, was promoted 
 to the list of 1816. Commander Bailey, from 
 1800 until the death of King WilUam IV., was ho- 
 noured with the pateonage and correspondence of 
 that monarch, and to his Majesty's commands owed 
 his long tenure of office. 
 
 He is married, and ha«, vrith other issue, a son, 
 Lucius Curtis, Master, R.N. (1838), now surveying 
 (he Irish Channel, in the Firefly steam-vesseL 
 Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey. Agents— Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 BAILEY. (LIE0T., 1814. r-p., 8; H-P., 33.) 
 
 William Bailet (a) was bom, towards the close 
 of the last century, at Berkeley, co. Gloucester. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1806, as 
 Est -cl. Vol., on board the Lion 64, in which ship 
 he continued to serve for upwards of seven years, 
 the greater part of the time as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, under the successive command of 
 Capts. Robt. RoUes and Henry Heathcote, and of 
 Rear-Admirals Hon. Kobt. Stopford and Chas. 
 Tyler. During that period he escorted various con- 
 voys to and from the East Indies and China ; was 
 frequently employed, during several months of dis- 
 pute with the natives of the latter country, in land- 
 ing and re-embarking troops, and was twice engaged 
 in boat actions with a very superior force of pirati- 
 cal armed vessels; accompanied from England to 
 Persia, in 1810, their Excellencies Sir Gore Ouseley 
 and Mirza Abul Hassan, the Persian Ambassador ; 
 and, while co-operating in the reduction of Java, 
 served with a division of boats under Capt. Robt. 
 Maunsell, at the capture of a large sloop-rigged 
 gun-boat, mounting 4 heavy guns and 2 brass swi- 
 vels, a Malay-rigged gun-boat, carrying 1 twelve- 
 pounder carronade, and a despatch-boat, near Sama- 
 rang, on the night of 10 Sept. IBU. _ In April, 1814, 
 having invalided home from the Eastlndies on board 
 the Racehorse 18, Capt. Jas. De Rippe, Mr. Bailey 
 joined the Royal Sovereign yacht, Capts. John 
 Poo Beresford and Sir Edw. Berry ; and while in 
 that vessel, after escorting Louis XVIII. to Calais, 
 and the Allied Sovereigns to Dover, was in attend- 
 ance on the latter during the grand naval review 
 at Spithead. Since the receipt of his commission, 
 which bears date 27 June, 1814, Lieut. Bailey has 
 not been able to procure employment. 
 
 BAILEY. (Liedtenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Bailey (6) entered the Navy 5 Jan. 
 1828 ; passed his examination 29 Nov. 1334 ; and 
 for some time previously to his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, served as Mate 
 on board the Comet steam-vessel, Lieut. -Com- 
 manders Geo. Thos. Gordon and Fred. Chevalier 
 Syer, on the Home station. His appointments have 
 since been — 4 Dec. 1841, to the Minden 74, Capt. 
 Mich. Quin, fitting at Plymouth— 6 Jan. 1842, to the 
 Vixen, steam-sloop, Capts. Henry Boyes and Geo. 
 Giffard, on the East India station — and, 16 May, 
 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is 
 still occupied. Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 BAILLIE. (Captain, 1845.) 
 
 Thomas Saillie, bom 30 May, 1811, is sixth and 
 youngest son of the late Geo. Baillie, Esq., of Jervis- 
 wood and Mellerstain (great-grandson of Thomas, 
 sixth Earl of Haddington), by Mary, youngest 
 daughter of Sir Jas. Pringle, Bart. ; brother of Capt. 
 Robt. Baillie, of the 72nd Highlanders ; brother-in- 
 law of the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Ash- 
 burnham. Viscount Haddo, and Lord Polwarth; 
 and first cousin of Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., 
 Second Secretary of the Admiralty. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Slay, 1827, and 
 on 20 Oct. following was present, in theDARTMODTH 
 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, at the battle of Navarin. 
 His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, 
 which rank he attained 18 Oct. 1837, appear to 
 have been, after serving for some time as Addi- 
 tional of the Dublin 50, and President 52, flag- 
 ships in South America of Admirals Sir Graham 
 Eden Hamond and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Koss 
 —12 July, 1838, to the Fly 18, Capt. GranviUe 
 Gower Loch, on the same station— and, 31 Oct. 
 1840, and 20 Aug. 1841, to the 50-gun ships Vernon 
 widWARSPiTE, Capts. Wm. Walpole and Lord John 
 Hay, on the Home station. He was promoted to 
 the command of the Rose 18, on the South Ame- 
 rica station, 21 Dec. 1841; and, from 5 June, 1843, 
 until the year 1846, was afterwards employed in 
 command of the Modeste 18, in the Pacific. Capt. 
 
 , ,o^T®^''*'°" *° *« >■»>* he now holds took 
 place 13 Nov. 1845. 
 
BAIN— BAINBRIDGE— BAIRD. 
 
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 BAIN. (Rear- Admiral, 1 846. f-p.,21; h-p., 33.) 
 Henderson Bain entered the Navy, 4 Sept. 1793, 
 as A.B., on board the Triton 32, Capt. Geo. Mur- 
 ray, on the Home station, where, during nearly the 
 whole of the war, he continued to serve, in La 
 Nymphe 36, Capt. Geo. Losack, Atlas 98, Capts. 
 Edm. Dod, Matthew Squire, and Theophilus Jones, 
 RovAL George 100, bearing the flag of Lord Brid- 
 port, and Excellent 74, Capts. Hon. Robt. Stop- 
 ford and John Nash. While in the latter ship, of 
 which he was confirmed a Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1800, 
 Mr. Bain, in the course of the same year, suc- 
 ceeded, with the boats under his orders, in cutting 
 out three large brigs near Abervrach, on the coast 
 of France.* From the summer of 1802, when he 
 returned from a visit to the West Indies, until Dec. 
 1808, we next find him serving, chiefly with Capt. 
 (latterly Eear-Admiral) Stopford, in the Spencer 
 74, and participating during that period, as Second 
 Lieutenant, in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 
 1806, and, as Senior, in the bombardment of Copen- 
 hagen, in Sept. 1807. In Aug. 1809, after an inter- 
 val of half-pay, he rejoined Admiral Stopford in the 
 ScipiON 74 ; and, on ultimately proceeding to the 
 Cape of Good Hope, was there promoted to the 
 command, 29 March, 1811, of the Harpy sloop, part 
 of the force employed at the ensuing reduction of 
 Java. He ultimately became Acting-Captain, 26 
 Jan. 1812, of the Lion 64, bearing the flag of his 
 friend Admiral Stopford, but was not confirmed 
 until 6 April, 1813, a few weeks previously to which 
 period he had rejoined the HARpr. In the follow- 
 ing Aug. he was again appointed to the Lion, flag- 
 ship at the time of Rear- Admiral Chas. Tyler, in 
 which he came home, and was paid off 24 May, 1814. 
 He has not since been employed. He was invested 
 with his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Bain married, 3 April, 1821, Sarah, 
 eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Haggitt, Chap- 
 lain of Chelsea Hospital. 
 
 BAINBRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Henry Bainbridge is second son of the late 
 Geo. Cole Bainbridge, Esq., of Gattonside House, 
 Roxburghshire. 
 
 This ofiicer passed his examination 26 Sept. 1836 ; 
 served for some time as Mate in the Howe 120, and 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ships in the Mediterranean and 
 at Devonport of Sir Fras. Mason and Sir David 
 Milne ; and, on 21 Feb. 1845, was promoted into the 
 RoLLA 10, Capt. John Simpson, with whom he is now 
 serving on the coast of Africa, as First Lieutenant. 
 He married, 5 March, 1845, Mary Agnes, daugh- 
 ter of Lieut.-Col. Harvey, K.H., Inspecting Field 
 Officer of the Leeds District. 
 
 BAINBRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Joseph Andrew Bainbridge died of yellow 
 fever at Port Royal, Jamaica, in the early part, 
 we believe, of 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Jan. 1812 ; 
 passed his examination in 1819 ; and obtained his 
 commission, 20 Nov. 1826. He was afterwards ap- 
 pointed— 30 April, 1834, to the President 52, flag- 
 ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn — 15 May, 1835, to the 
 ScYLLA 16, Capt. Edw. Geo. Carpenter — 18 May, 
 1836, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Suli- 
 van and Wm. Bowen Mends — 22 June, 1837, to the 
 Donegal 78, Capts. Fras. Brace and John Drake — 
 18 Oct. 1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington 
 Reynolds— and, 14 May, 1842, as First Lieutenant, 
 to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard — on the 
 North America and West India, Lisbon, and Medi- 
 terranean stations. From 28 Jan. 1843, until the 
 period of his death, he commanded the Pickle 
 schooner, in the West Indies. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 Chas. Sibthorp John Hawbayne, he continued to 
 serve until Jan. 1812, during which period he was 
 present, as Midshipman, in the boats of the Quebec, 
 with those of the Diana, Lmperieuse, and Jason, in 
 an unsuccessful attack on the enemy's flotilla in the 
 river Scheldt in 1809, and witnessed the subsequent 
 capture of a large number of privateers and other 
 armed vessels. He was next employed for three 
 years, latterly as Master's Mate, in the Piqde 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, mostly on the West 
 India station, where, for a short period, from Feb. 
 to April, 1815, he served on board the Venerable 
 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Durham. 
 He obtained his first commission on 19 Sept. in the 
 latter year, but did not succeed in procuring an 
 appointment until 6 April, 1818, when he joined the 
 Sappho 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, and pro- 
 ceeded to St. Helena, from which station he inva- 
 lided in April, 1820. On 8 Dec. in the following 
 year, he joined the Fly 18, Capts. Geo. Tyler, Edw. 
 Curzon, and Wm. Fanshawe Martin ; and, on his 
 eventual return from a visit to South America, be- 
 came attached, in Oct. 1824, to the Boadicea 46. 
 In that frigate Mr. Baird immediately sailed for 
 the East Indies with the broad pendant of Sir Jas. 
 Brisbane, by whom, on 2 Dec. 1825, he was pro- 
 moted to the command of the Arachne sloop, sta- 
 tioned at Rangoon during the latter part of the 
 Burmese war — an appointment which the Admiralty 
 confirmed by commission, dated 20 May, 1826. 
 The subject of this memoir, who left the Arachne 
 towards the close of the same year, was subse- 
 quently, from 4 Oct. 1837, until the close of 1342, 
 employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. He has since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BAIRD. (Commander, 1826.) 
 
 Andrew Baird entered the Navy, 7 April, 1807 
 or 1808, as A.B., on board the Quebec 32, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Poulett, under whose successor, Capt. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 1227. 
 
 BAIRD. (Lieut., 1815. e-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Daniel Baird entered the Navy, 28 July, 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire 46, Capt. Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland, and attained the rating of Midship- 
 man 23 Feb. 1804. On 16 March and 17 Aug. in the 
 same year, he assisted at the capture of the French 
 privateers Braave, of 1 6 guns and 1 10 men, and (after 
 a chase of 20 hours) Blonde, of 30 guns and 240 men ; 
 was underfireof the batteries in Muros Bay when they 
 were gallantly stormed and carried, and the privateere 
 Confiance and Betier taken by the boats under Lieut, 
 the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805 ; aided, on 25 
 of the same month, in capturing another privateer, 
 Le Vaillant, of force similar to the Blonde; on 24 
 Dec? following was in company with L'Egyptienne 
 at the capture, after an obstinate resistance, of 
 La Libre, of 40 guns and 280 men ; and, in July, 
 
 1806, conveyed to Sir Rich. Keats, off L'Orient, in- 
 telligence which led to the capture of Le Rhin, of 
 44 guns. He returned home, and was paid off in 
 Oct. 1806 ; and, after an intermediate attachment to 
 the Magnificent 74, Volontaibe 38, and Royal 
 William 98, was, in Dec. following, appointed, with 
 Capt. Maitland, to the Emerald 36. In April, 
 
 1807, we find him contributing to the capture, 
 among other vessels, of the Austerlitz privateer, 
 of 14 guns and 96 men, and during the remainder 
 of the year employed with the force under Sir 
 Rich. John Strachan at the blockade of Rochefort. 
 On the night of 13 March, 1808, Mr. Baird partici- 
 pated, under Lieut. Chas. Bertram, in a very des- 
 perate effort to bring out from Vivero harbour, on 
 the coast of Spain, a large French schooner, L' Apro- 
 pos, of 8 guns and 70 men, of which, while the mo/- 
 jority of the boats were engaged with two heavy 
 forts, he was deputed to take possession. The 
 attack however proving impracticable, in conse- 
 quence of the vessel having gone on shore at high 
 water, she was eventually fired and blown up ; pre- 
 viously to which, Mr. Baird, who had been rejoined 
 by Lieut. Bertram, had taken part in a sharp affray 
 with the enemy, and had been for several hours 
 exposed to a galling fire from the musketry of a 
 body of troops not 30 yards distant.* He after- 
 wards, in April, 1809, witnessed, as Master's Mate, 
 Lord Gambler's destruction of the shipping in 
 
 * rWeGaz. 1808, p. 416. 
 
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36 
 
 BAKE-BAKER. 
 
 Basque Roads ; left the Emerald in 18K) ; then 
 joined in succession, for short periods, as a Super- 
 numerary, the PoMPEE 80, Neptone 98, and Sta- 
 TIKA 33, aU flag-ships of Sir Alex. Inglis Cochrane, 
 in the "West Indies; became attached, .in the course of 
 the same year, to the Conqhestadok 74, Capt. Lord 
 Wm. Stuart, in the Channel; and, on 27 Deo. 1811, 
 was taken prisoner in a brave but inauspicious 
 attack on a French flotilla near Isle d'Aix. He re- 
 turned from captivity 20 April, 1814 ; served, from 
 May following until 28 May, 1815, as a Supernume- 
 rary Master's Mate, in the Royal William, Capt. 
 Robt. Hall, at Spithead, and Noege 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Dashwood, in the West Indies ; was then promoted 
 by commission, ante-dated to 3 Feb. 1815, mto the 
 Emulous 16, Capts. Thos. Wren Carter and Caleb 
 Jackson ; came home and was placed on half-pay, 
 27 June, 1816; andhas not since been afloat. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BAKE. (LiEUTENiNT, 1815. F-T., 10;h-p., 32.) 
 John Walland Bake entered the Navy, 8 
 April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Avon 18, 
 Capt. Fras. Jackson Snell, employed ofi' Lisbon and 
 Cadiz ; became Midshipman, in Dec. 1806, of the 
 Glatton 50, Capts. Thos. Seoombe, John Clavell, 
 Henry Hope, and Geo. Miller Bligh, on the Medi- 
 terranean station; removed in Aug. 1809, to the 
 Cretan brig, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, in the 
 North Sea, where he witnessed the capture, 28 Oct. 
 1810, of the privateer Neptune, of 5 guns and 24 men ; 
 and afterwards served, from June, 1812, until May, 
 1815, in the Teazer gun-brig and Racer schooner, 
 both commanded by Lieut. John Julian, in the 
 Channel and ofi' the north coa^t of Spain, Salva- 
 dor DEL MuNDO first-rate, bearing the fiag at Ply- 
 mouth of Vice-Admiral Wm. Domett, and Qdeen 
 74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Chas. Vinicombe 
 Penrose, in the Mediterranean. Mr. Bake, whose 
 commission bears date 4 Feb. 1815, left the Queen 
 in the following May, and has not since been em- 
 ployed. 
 
 BAKEE. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Charles Henkv Baker is brother of Lieut. Gus- 
 tavus Spicker Baker, R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer passed his examination in 1817 ; and 
 obtained his commission 9 Nov. 1827. He was 
 subsequently appointed,— 26 July, 1828,asFirstLieu- 
 tenant, to the Meteor bomb, Capt. David Hope, 
 employed for some time in blockading the port of 
 Tangier— 4 Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary-Lieute- 
 nant to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Jas. Hope John- 
 stone, in the Mediterranean — in May following, to 
 the Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, 
 on the same station— 20 Feb. 1833, to the Coast 
 Guard— 13 June, 1839, and 6 Oct. 1840, to the suc- 
 cessive command of the Fox and Stork Revenue- 
 cruizers— 9 Aug. 1842, to the Coast Guard again — 
 28 Jan. 1843, to the H ARPY,a,nother Revenue-vessel — 
 and, 29 Jan. 1846, to the Vulcan steamer, also in 
 the service of the Revenue, which he still commands. 
 
 BAKER. (Commander, 1846. p-p., 13; h-p., 8.) 
 Charles Hougham Baker is son of the late 
 Rev. Chas. Baker, Vicar of Tilmerstone, co. Kent ; 
 nephew of the late Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir 
 Thos. Baker, K.C.B. {whrnn see) ; and brother-in- 
 law of Commander John Goodrich Dick, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1826, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, Capt. 
 Joshua Sydney Horton, on the Home station; 
 removed the year following, as Midshipman, to the 
 Ocean 80, Commodore Patrick Campbell, employed 
 after the battle of Navarin in blockading that port ; 
 next joined in succession, the Glasgow 50, Capt. 
 Jas. Ashley Maude, on the same station, and the 
 Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clements, fitting for the 
 West Indies ; and from 1829 until 1833, in March 
 of which year he passed his examination, was borne 
 on the books of the Warspite 76, flag-ship of his 
 uncle. Sir T. Baker, Commander-in-Chief in South 
 America. For two years of the latter period, how- 
 
 ment of {he Colombians. Pxior to rejoimng the 
 Warspite Mr. Baker was also for some tme em- 
 Dlol'ed in the Adelaide schooner, at Cape Fno, 
 fe the purpose of recovering the treasure.lost m 
 H MS Thetis. He was promoted to the rank of 
 &e^;nant'^29 March, 1833; served from 30 May 
 1834, until paid oflF hi June, 1838, on board the 
 Thalia 46 Capt. Robt. Wauohope, .stotaoned on 
 the coast of Africa, where he assisted at the cap- 
 ture of three slavers ; and on 10 Apnl, 1839, was 
 appointed to the Druid 44, Capts. Lord Henry 
 J^n Spencer ChurchiU and Henry Snuth. While 
 participating, under the latter oflaoer, in the subse- 
 quent operations of the Chinese campaign, he served 
 in the boats at the capture of the barrier-fortifica- 
 tions at Macao, 19 Aug. 1840; also at the reduction 
 of Tycocktow and capture of the Bqgue forts, 7 
 Jan. and 26 Feb. 1841 ; and on many occasions was 
 actively engaged in watching .fire-rafts and other- 
 wise. Lieut. Baker invalided home in the spring 
 of 1841, in consequence of ill-health, produced by 
 the eflTects of the climate, on board the Melville 
 72, Capt. Rich. Saunders Dundas; and was ad- 
 vanced to the Tank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846. 
 Agents- Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 BAKEB. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 16 ; -h-p., 23.) 
 
 George Baker, born 3 May, 1795, in London, is 
 third son of the late Sir Robt. Baker, of Montague 
 Place, Kussell Square, formerly Chief Magistrate of 
 Bow Street, and Treasurer of the County of Mid- 
 dlesex, bj Harriet, fourth daughter of Anthony 
 Aufrere, Esq., of Hoveton Hal^ co. Norfolk, and 
 niece, maternally, of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton 
 Place, in the same county, founder of the Norrisian 
 Professorship at Cambridge. Commander Baker, 
 who has two brothers in the Hon. E. I. C.'s army, 
 is cousin of Hon. Capt. Wodehouse, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. 
 Wm. Parker, with whom, until Feb. 1812, he was 
 actively employed, the last two years as Midship- 
 man, in blockading the French ports in the Bay of 
 Biscay, and in co-operating with the patriots on the 
 north coast of Spain. He was then transferred to 
 the Northumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Ho- 
 tham, and, on 22 of the following May, assisted at 
 the destruction, after a gallant engagement of some 
 hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 5 men 
 killed and 28 wounded, of the two French 44-gun 
 frigates Arienne and Andrcmmqusj and 18-gun brig 
 Mameluke, under a galling fire from the batteries at 
 the entrance of L'Orient. From Jan. 1813, until 
 the receipt of his first commission, which bears 
 date 7 March, 1815, Mr. Baker further served, 
 chiefly as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, on 
 board the Pembroke 74, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, Ville 
 de Paris 110, flag-ship of Sir Harry Neale, Sal- 
 vador DEL MuNDo first-rate, Capt. Jas. Nash, 
 Vengeor 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, Su- 
 perb 74, bearing the flag of Hon. H. Hotham, 
 Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Su- 
 perb again, and CvRus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother 
 Carroll. He served during that period on the 
 Home and North America stations, and was pre- 
 sent in the Superb off the coast of France on the 
 occasion of Buonaparte's surrender after the battle 
 of Waterloo, to whom, in common with the other 
 of&cers of the ship, when visited by the Emperor, 
 he had the honour of being introduced. His next 
 appointments were — 20 Nov. 1818, to the Daunt- 
 less 20, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner — and, 11 
 May, 1320, as First Lieutenant, to the Leander 50, 
 fiag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, both on 
 the East India station, whence he returned to Eng- 
 land in July, 1822. He subsequently held a com- 
 mand in the Coast Guard from 6 July, 1836, to 
 5 July, 1839 ; and on 18 Dec. 1841, was appointed 
 to the Lily 16, in which sloop he sailed for the 
 Cape station, and had the good fortune, in March, 
 
BAKER. 
 
 37 
 
 1843, while cruizing in the Mozambique Channel, 
 to effect the destruction of a celebrated armed 
 slaver, and the capture of two others. Since 2 Jan. 
 
 1844, the date of his being paid off, Capt. Baker 
 has been on halt-pay. His promotion to his present 
 rank took place 9 Mov. 1846. 
 
 He married, 17 Jan. 1827, Elizabeth Octayia, fourth 
 daughter of the late Wm. Harding, Esq., of Baraset 
 House, CO. Warwick, and has issue two sons and four 
 daughters. Agests— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1844. f-p., 17; h-p., 1.) 
 George Baker entered the Navy 7 March, 
 1829 ; passed his examination 31 March, 1837 ; served 
 as Mate, from 1838 until 1843, of the Partridge 
 10, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Morris and John Thos.' 
 Nott, in South America ; then joined the Alfred 
 50, Commodore John Brett Purvis, on the same 
 station; and obtained his commission 15 March, 
 1844. He was reappointed to the Alfred 8 May 
 following ; and since 16 March, 1846, has been at- 
 tached to the Bodnet 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, part 
 of the Channel squadron. 
 
 BAKEK. (Lieutenant, 1824. r-p., 32 ; h-p., 5.) 
 GusTAvus Spicker Baker, born 25 July, 1796, is 
 brother of Lieut. Chas. Henry Baker, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1810, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. 
 Alex. Bobt. Kerr, and assisted in blockading the 
 French ports in the Bay of Biscay. During the 
 whole of the American war he was, very actively 
 employed with the same officer, as Midshipman, in 
 the Aoasta 40. Until Sept. 1823, he afterwards 
 served on the Home, East India, South America, 
 Mediterranean, and West India stations, on board 
 the Namcr 74, Towey 24, Grasshopper 18, Ven- 
 gedr and Genoa 74's, Eden 28, and Gloucester 
 74j Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Houston Stewart, Wm. 
 Hill, David Buchan, Fred. Lewis Maitland, Sir 
 Thos. Livingstone, John Lawrence, and Jas. Lilli- 
 crap. He then (having passed his examination in 
 Sept. 1816) became Acting-Lieutenant of the Tyne 
 28, Capt. John Walter Eoberts ; and on being offi- 
 cially promoted, 12 Jan. 1824, was placed on half- 
 pay. He subsequently held the temporary com- 
 mand of a Falmouth packet; and from 21 May, 
 1829, until 1831, was employed in the Coast Block- 
 ade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Kamillies 
 and Talavera 74's, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David 
 Colby. Since 31 March in the latter year he has 
 served uninterruptedly in the Coast Guard. We 
 should not omit to mention that, in March, 1830, 
 while in discharge of his duty, Lieut. Baker en- 
 countered a band of smugglers, and, in a desperate 
 conflict which ensued, received several very severe 
 wounds on the head and in different parts of the 
 body ; and that his conduct on the occasion was re- 
 ported in the most flattering terms to the Admi- 
 ralty. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BAKER. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.) 
 Henry Baker entered the Navy, 31 July, 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Virginie 38, Capt. 
 John Poo Beresford, stationed in the North 
 Sea, where he removed, 11 Aug. 1804, as Midship- 
 man, to the Cleopatra, of 38 guns and 200 men, 
 Capt. Sir Eobt. Laurie. On 17 Feb. 1805, the latter 
 ship was captured, after a brilliant and self-sought 
 action of nearly three hours, and a loss of 20 killed 
 and 38 wounded, by La Ville de Milan, of 46 
 guns and 350 men, 10 of whom appear to have been 
 slain. The French ship, however, was herself taken 
 with her prize on the 23rd of the same month, by 
 the Leander 50, Capt. John Talbot; and being 
 added to the British Navy as the 38-gun frigate 
 Milan, was commissioned by Sir Robt. Laurie, 
 under whose orders Mr. Baker continued to serve, 
 as Master's Mate and Lieutenant — his commission 
 bearing date 31 Oct. 1809— until Aug. 1810. From 2 
 Nov. following until advanced to his present rank, 
 15 June, 1814, he was next employed, latterly as 
 Senior Lieutenant, in the Ethalion 42, Capts. 
 
 Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobbie, on the 
 Baltic and Cork stations. Since the latter date he 
 has not been afloat. 
 
 Commander Baker married, 4 June, 1830, Hen- 
 rietta Margaret, relict of the late Lieut.-Col. Digby, 
 of Bath. 
 
 BAKER, Bart., C.B. (ffavtain, 1815. f-p., 
 17; H-p., 33.) 
 Sir Henry Loraine Baker, bom 3 Jan. 1787, is 
 eldest surviving son of the late Sir Robt. Baker, 
 Bart., by Dinah, daughter and sole heir of Wm. 
 Hayley, Esq., alderman, and Representative in par- 
 liament of the City of Loudon ; and brother of 
 Capt. Onslow Baker, of the Hon. E. I. C.'s artil- 
 lery. He succeeded his father as second baronet 
 4 Feb. 1826. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unite 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Rowley, in which ship, the Crotzer 18, Capts. 
 Chas. Wollaston and Jas. Brisbane, and, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Boadicea 38, commanded also by 
 Capt.' Rowley, he continued to serve on the Home 
 station until the peace. In July, 1802, he joined 
 the Centaur 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales, 
 and after assisting under Sir Sam. Hood at the 
 reduction of Ste. Lucie, in June, 1803, retume,d 
 home with the former officer on board the Morne 
 Fortunee hired brig, in charge of the despatches. 
 He then became attached to the Northumberland 
 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. IngUs Cochrane ; but, return- 
 ing soon to the West Indies, served, in the The- 
 seus 74, Capt. John Bligh, at the blockade of Cape 
 Fran9ois ; the reduction of Port Dauphin, where 
 two forts and a 28-gun ship. La Sagesse, were 
 taken from the enemy ; and the surrender of the 
 French squadron with the remains of General Ro- 
 chambeau's army from Cape Fran9ois on board. 
 On 16 July, 1804, Mr. Baker removed with Capt. 
 Bligh, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Sueveillante 
 38, from which frigate he was transferred, in March, 
 1805, to the Reynard, of 18 guns and 121 men, Capt. 
 Jeremiah Coghlan, for his meritorious conduct un- 
 der whom, at the annihilation, on the 20th of the 
 same month, after a warm conflict of 35 minutes, of 
 Le General ^Jniouf French privateer, of 20 guns and 
 160 men, he was confirmed by commission, dated 
 back to 18 Oct. 1804. His next appointments were, 
 between Dec. 1805, and the latter part of 1807, to 
 the Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart, Media- 
 tor 32, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and Veteran 
 64, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres ; 
 during which period, while First Lieutenant of the 
 Mediator, he took part in the capture of several 
 privateers, and, in company with Capt. Wise, 
 Lieuts. John Norton and Shaw, and a party of sea- 
 men, gallantly stormed and carried, after a can- 
 nonade of four hours, the fort of Samana, St. Do- 
 mingo, 14 Feb. 1807. On his return home from 
 the West Indies in 1807, Lieut. Baker joined the 
 Castor 32, Capt. Wm. Roberts, and, next, the 
 Eagle 74, and Leda 38, Capts. Chas. Rowley and 
 Geo. Sayer. In Aug. 1809, he took charge of a 
 gun-boat, and was particularly mentioned by Sir 
 Geo. Cockburn for his exertions at the bombard- 
 ment of Flushing ;* and on 15 Aug. 1810, he as- 
 sumed command of the Anholt schooner, of lOguns. 
 His distinguished skill and gallantry, as second in 
 command under Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, at the 
 glorious defence of Anholt, when attacked, in 
 March, 1811, by a Danish force of at least four 
 times the strength of the garrison, on which occa- 
 sion he gave the coup-de-grace to the defeat of the 
 enemy by bearing down along the northern shore 
 of the island, and placing them between two fires, 
 was acknowledged, on his arrival in England with 
 the despatches, by promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander, 8 April, 1811.t On 28 Oct. 1812, Capt. 
 Baker was appointed to the Conflict 16, and on 
 18 March, 1814, to the Fairy 18, both on the North 
 America station. In Aug. of tie latter year he 
 was present, up the Potomac, at the capture of 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1326. f V- G". 1811, pp. 649-50. 
 
38- 
 
 BAKER; 
 
 Fort Washington and the capitulation of Alexan- 
 dria ; and, in the despatches of Capt. Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, again acquired especial praise for the zea- 
 lous alacrity of his conduct on every one of those 
 salient occasions of difficulty and danger which 
 attended the ascent and descent of the river — but, 
 above all, for the prominent part borne by him in 
 rescuing the grounded Devastation from falling a 
 sacrifice to the boats and fire-vessels of the enemy.* 
 He subsequently brought home the despatches an- 
 nouncing the surrender of Guadeloupe, an event to 
 which he had also, as ofScially testified, very cre- 
 ditably contributed, and was in consequence pro- 
 moted to Post-rank, by commission dated 13 June, 
 1815,f and, about the same period, nominated a 
 C.B. On 29 July, 1840, the subject of this memoir 
 was selected by Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Digby to 
 be his Flag-Captain in the Howe 120, at Sheerness, 
 where, in Oct. following, a few days after his re- 
 moval with the above officer to the Camperdown 
 104, he had the misfortune, while in attendance on 
 the Lords of the Admiralty, to break his leg and 
 receive other severe injuries ; owing to which cir- 
 cumstance, and to his former services, he was 
 granted, 19 Jan. 1842, a pension of 1801. He 
 resigned the command of the C amperdowjj in Dec. 
 1841, and accepted the half-pay of retirement 1 
 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Sir Henry Loraine Baker married, 27 June, 
 1820, Louisa Ann, only daughter of Wm. Wil- 
 liams, Esq., of Belmont House, South Lambeth, 
 formerly M.P. for Weymouth, and by that lady 
 has issue a son and three daughters. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BAKEE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Horace Mann Baker is second son of the late 
 Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 March, 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 31 Jan. 1840 ; and was then 
 appointed Mate of the Alligator 26, Capt. Alex. 
 Leopold Kuper. During the operations on the 
 coast of China, he landed at the storming, 27 Feb. 
 1841, of the enemy's works close to Whampoa 
 Reach, where 54 pieces of cannon were taken ; as- 
 sisted at the first capture of Canton ; was officially 
 mentioned for the activity with which, when in 
 partial command of the Alligator's boats, he aided 
 in towing clear of that vessel a body of fire-rafts 
 sent by the Chinese to effect her destruction ; and, 
 on 26 May, was again employed in the boats at the 
 demolition of the line of defences extending about 
 two miles from the British factory at Canton. { He 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (while 
 serving in the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Ca- 
 meron Douglas) by commission dated 8 Oct. 1841 ; 
 and since 17 June, 1842, has been employed, in 
 North America and the West Indies, on board the 
 PiQDE 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stopford. 
 
 BAKER. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 26 ; H-p., 10.) 
 
 James Vashon Bakek entered the Royal Naval 
 College 2 Aug. 1811, and embarked, 16 Dec. 1812, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Norge 74, Capt. John 
 Spratt Rainier, stationed in the North Sea, where 
 he attained the rating of Midshipman, 17 Dec. 1813. 
 He next, between June, 1814, and June, 1819, 
 joined, in succession, the Liverpool 40, Capt. Ar- 
 thur Farquhar, employed chiefly at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, Forth 40, Capt Sir John Louis, in 
 North America, and Newcastle 60, bearing the 
 flag at Halifax of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, of 
 which ship he became Acting-Lieutenant, 9 March, 
 1820. He received his first Admiralty commission 
 19 July following, and was afterwards appointed — 
 2 Oct. 1820, to the Merses- 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, 
 in North America— 26 Nov. 1822, and 31 May, 1823, 
 to the Ramillies 74 and Ganges 84, Capts. Edw. 
 Bruce and Patrick Campbell, on the Home and Ja- 
 maica stations— 31 Aug. 1826, to the Eikgdove 18, 
 Capts. Edw. Le Cras Thornbrough and Chas. Eng- 
 
 • r;* Gaz. 1814, pp. 2080-81. f T.Gaz. 1815, p.I9U. 
 t r. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1501,.1505, 2504, 2505. 
 
 lish, employed at Chatham and Halifax— 19 March; 
 1830, as Senior, to the Pylades 18, Capte. Patnok 
 Duff Henry Hay, and Edw. Blanckley, on the Cork 
 and South America stations— 28 Sept. 1832, to the 
 Druid 46, Capt. Sam. Roberts, off Lisbon— 20 May, 
 1833, as First Lieutenant, to the Fokte 44, Capt. 
 Watkin Owen Pell, in North America and the West 
 Indies— and, 19 June, 1837, in the same capacity, to 
 the Donegal 78, Capts. Fras. Brace and John 
 Drake, flag-ship for some time of Sir John Acworth 
 Ommanney, on the Lisbon station. Capt. Baker, 
 who received his second promotal commission 22 
 Feb. 1838, was subsequently appointed, 1 Oct. 1840, 
 Commander of the Howe 120, Capts. Sir W. O. PeU 
 and Robt. Smart, flag-ship latterly of Sir Fras. Ma- 
 •son, in the Mediterranean ; on his return whence 
 he was advanced to Post-rank, 10 July, 1843. He 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 BAKER. (Captain, 1810. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 44.) 
 
 John Baker was born about the year 1770, and 
 died at Walmer, co. Kent, in March, 1845. He was 
 elder brother of the late Vice-Admiral of the Red 
 Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1782, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roebdck 44, under 
 the auspices of Capt. John Orde, on the Baltic sta- 
 tion ; joined, in Nov. 1784, the Europa 50, flag-ship 
 at Jamaica of Rear-Admiral Innes ; and from Sept. 
 1787, until Dec. 1793, served as Midshipman, in the 
 Orion and Carnatic 74's, Capts. Sir Hyde Parker 
 and Hon. P. Bertie, both lying at Plymouth, St. 
 George 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King at Spithead, 
 London 9S, Capt. Rich. Goodvrin Keats, in the 
 Channel, and Flora 36, flag-ship on the same sta- 
 tion of Rear-Admiral John Macbride. He then be- 
 came Acting-Lieutenant of the Victorious 74, Capt; 
 Sir John Orde, also in the Channel, where he was 
 confirmed in the Venerable 74, commanded by 
 the same officer, 9 July, 1794 ; next joined, in suc- 
 cession, the Prince George 98, Capt. Sir J. Orde, 
 Trident 64, Capts. Jones and Osborn, and Com- 
 merce DE Makseilles, Capt. Child, sill similarly 
 stationed; and was afterwards, from March, 1797, 
 till Sept. 1800, employed as Flag-Lieutenant, in the 
 Cambridge 80, Princess Royal 90, and Blen- 
 heim 74, flag-ships at Plymouth and in the Medi- 
 terranean of his friend Sir J. Orde, and in the 
 ViLLE DE Paris, bearing the flag in the Channel 
 of Earl St. Vincent. In May, 1801, Mr. Baker as- 
 sumed command of the Vixen gun-brig, in which 
 we find him employed in the Downs until the re- 
 ceipt of his second commission, 29 April, 1802. His 
 next appointment was, 20 April, 1804, to the armed 
 ship Blening ; from which, after an intermediate 
 servitude in the North Sea and Baltic, he was trans- 
 ferred, 20 Jan. 1806, to the Kangaroo sloop, of 18 
 guns. On 20 Nov. 1808, he captured, near Bou- 
 logne, V Egayant privateer, of 14 guns and 31 men, 
 and continued actively engaged, on the Home sta- 
 tion and off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, until 
 advanced to Post-rank, 21 Oct. 1810. From that 
 period until the time of his death, Capt. Baker re- 
 mained unemployed. Agent— J. Hlnxman. 
 
 BAKER. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 10 ; H-p., 22.) 
 
 John Baker died 5 Dec. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1813, as 
 A.B., on board the Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Tucker, on the Brazilian station; attained, very 
 soon -afterwards, the rating of Midshipman; and 
 continued to serve in the same ship and the Semi- 
 bamis 36, under Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the coast of 
 Africa, until the death of the latter in Sept. 1818. 
 Between that period and the date of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Dec. 1822, he appears 
 to have been further employed, as Master's Mate, 
 on board the Alert and Myrmidon sloops, both 
 commanded by Capt. Henry John Leeke, in the 
 North Sea, and again on the Africa station. He 
 did not afterwards go afloat. Agents— Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
BAKER. 
 
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 BAKER. (COMMANDEK, 1821. F-P., 22 ; H-P., 29.) 
 John Popham Baker entered the Navy, 13 
 March, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venus 
 32, Capt. Thos. Graves, off Newfoundland ; and 
 from July, 1799, until July, 1802, during which 
 period he assisted in subduing an alarming insur- 
 rection of the 8th "West India regiment in the 
 island of Dominica, served as Midshipman and Mas- 
 ter's Mate on board the Magnificent 74, Capts. 
 Edw. Bovpater, Peter Turner Bover, and John 
 Giffard. Being confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 18 Oct. 
 following, in the Venus, he continued attached to 
 that frigate, commanded on the West India and 
 Irish stations by Capts. T. Graves and Henry Mat- 
 son, until July, 1805 ; after which, until Feb. 1816, 
 he served, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, 
 chiefly as First Lieutenant, in the Dragon 74, 
 Capts. Edw. Grifath and Matthew Henry Scott, 
 Sultan 74, Capts. E. Griffith and John West, 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord CoUing- 
 wood. Success 32, Capt. John Ayscough, Queen 74, 
 Capt. Lord ColviUe, Baeham 74, Capt. John Wm. 
 Spranger, Rippon 74, Capt. Sir Christ. Cole, Prince, 
 Royal Sovereign, and Tonnant, flag-ships of Sir 
 R. Bickerton and Sir Benj. Hallowell, Spencer 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, and Leander 60, 
 Capt. Wm. Skipsey. In 1809, while in the Sdltan, 
 Mr. Baker suffered a rupture from over-fatigue in 
 the execution of his duty ; and, when next in the 
 RippoN, he assisted at the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of 
 the French 44-gun frigate Le Weser. After an 
 employment of nearly two years in the Newcastle 
 60, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral E. Grifiith, on the 
 Halifax station, he was made Acting-Commander, 
 16 Oct. 1820, of the Bellette 16. He was super- 
 seded on being officially promoted, 29 Jan. 1821 ; 
 and on 7 July, 1829, was admitted to the out-pen- 
 sion of Greenwich Hospital. Agents — Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 BAKEK. (LlEDTENANT, 1828.) 
 
 John Robinett Baker entered the Navy 8 April, 
 1814 ; passed his examination in 1820 ; and obtained 
 his commission 26 Aug. 1828. He was subsequently 
 appointed— 27 Aug. 1832, to the Coast Guard— 10 
 Oct. following, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Robt. 
 Tait, on the South American station — 25 Nov. 1833, 
 to the Canopus 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in 
 the Mediterranean — 13 Aug. 1835, to the Coast 
 Guard again — 10 Aug. 1838, to the command of 
 the Hornet Revenue-vessel — 13 May, 1840, as 
 First Lieutenant, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. 
 Maunsell, under whom he visited the Mediterra- 
 nean, and in 1843 escorted a body of troops to the 
 Cape of Good Hope — and, 27 June, 1844, as Admi- 
 ralty-Agent, to a Contract Mail Steam-vessel. He 
 has been on half-pay since the early part of 1846. 
 
 He married, 26 Jan. 1838, Catherine, eldest 
 daughter of Thos. Oxley, Esq., of Killiney, co. 
 Dublin. 
 
 BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 33; h-p.,4.) 
 Joseph Francis Baker, born 31 July, 1798, at 
 Baldock, co. Herts, is second son of the late Rich. 
 Baker, Esq., by Catharine, only daughter of Wm. 
 Richards, Esq., M.D. ; and brother of the present 
 Rich. Westbrook Baker, Esq., of Cottesmore and 
 Langham, co. Rutland, a distinguished agriculturist. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Macedonian, of 48 guns 
 and 254 men, Capts. Lord Wm. Fitzroy, Hon. Wm. 
 Waldegrave, and John Surman Garden, and was 
 for some time very actively engaged with the bat- 
 teries on the coast of France. On 25 Oct. 1812, he 
 was present and wounded in the brilliant action of 
 two hours and ten minutes which rendered the 
 Macedonian, after losing 36 men killed and 68 
 wounded, a shattered prize to the American fri- 
 gate United States, of 56 guns and 474 men, 12 
 of whom only appear to have been killed and 
 wounded. Mr. Baker next, in June, 1813, joined 
 the Maidstone 36, Capt. Geo. Burdett, on the 
 North America station; and on 24 Dec. following 
 
 became Midshipman of the Shelburne schooner 
 12, Lieut.-Commanders David Hope and Wm. Ha- 
 milton, in which vessel he assisted at the capture, 
 20 April, 1814, of the Frolic American sloop, of 22 
 guns and 171 men, and also took part in the expe- 
 dition to New Orleans, and the destruction of the 
 enemy's forts at Pensacola. He was subsequently 
 employed, between Jan. 1815, and Aug. 1817, in the 
 Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, Furieusb 
 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, and Pandora 18, Capts. 
 Hon. Fred. Noel and Geo. Matthew Jones, on the 
 America, Channel, and Irish stations; passed his 
 examination 13 Dec. 1817 ; served on the Coast 
 Blockade, as Admiralty Midshipman of the Se- 
 vern, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, from Oct. 1818, to 
 April, 1822; then joined the Racehorse 18, Capt. 
 Wm. Benj. Suckling, under whom he was wrecked 
 in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man, towards the close of 
 the same year ; and, until advanced to his present 
 rank, 22 May, 1828, oificiated as Admiralty Mid- 
 shipman and Mate, on the Home, East India, and 
 Africa stations, of the Vigilant 12, Lieut. -Com- 
 mander Nich. Colthurst, Windsor Castle 78, 
 ^apt. Edw. Dumford King, Java, Boadicea, and 
 Britannia, flag-ships of Admirals Wm. Hall Gage 
 and the Earl of Northesk, Onyx 10, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. John Cole, and Sybille 48, Capt. 
 Fras. Augustus Collier. Lieut. Baker, who served 
 for some months subsequently to his promotion in 
 the North Star 28, Capt. Septimus Arabin, has 
 been in the Coast Guard since 22 April, 1831. 
 While ^in the Coast Blockade at Standgate Creek 
 in 1820, he was on one occasion, with only one man 
 to support him, overwhelmed by a band of 300 
 armed smugglers, and so desperately wounded as 
 to be left apparently lifeless on the spot. 
 
 He married Miss Elizabeth S. Middlecourt, and 
 has issue several children. Agents — Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1823. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.) 
 Samuel Baker entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Valiant 74, Capts. Jas. 
 Young, Alex. Robt. Kerr, John Bligh, Thos. Geo. 
 Shortland, and Robt. Dudley Oliver. During the 
 three years of his attachment to that ship he wit- 
 nessed the destruction, in April, 1809, of the 
 French shipping in Basque Roads; was in conti- 
 nual boat service at the subsequent siege of Flush- 
 ing ; assisted, in June, 1810, in capturing and spiking 
 the guns of a strong battery between Rochefort 
 and Rochelle, and in bringing out several vessels 
 anchored for protection under its walls ; and for 
 several months afterwards was in constant colli- 
 sion with the enemy's row-boats while endeavour- 
 ing to destroy their trade along that part of the 
 coast of France. In Nov. 1810, he joined the 
 Lynx 18, Capt. Thos. Percival, on the North Sea 
 station, but was soon transferred to the Edin- 
 burgh 74, Capt. Robt. RoUes, vrith whom, on ar- 
 riving in the Mediterranean, he removed to the 
 Union 98, in which ship he passed his exa- 
 mination, 4 Jan. 1814, and assisted at the ensuing 
 reduction of Genoa. After a further attachment 
 of 12 months to the Swiptsure 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Webley, on the West India and Home sta- 
 tions, Mr. Baker was appointed, 5 Dec. 1815, Ad- 
 miralty Midshipman of the Towey 24, Capts. Hew 
 Stewart and Wm. Hill, with whom we find him 
 employed in the East Indies and Persian Gulf un- 
 til his return home in April, 1819 ; from which pe- 
 riod until 24 March, 1823, he continued to serve, 
 in the same capacity, on board the Bulwark 74, 
 bearing the flag at Chatham of Sir John Gore, 
 Tartar 36, Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, on 
 the coast of Africa, Bulwark again, and Glouces- 
 ter 74, flag-ships of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Chatham, 
 and Owen Glendowee 86, Commodore Sir Robt. 
 Mends. In the boats of the latter frigate, as of 
 the Tartar, he was actively engaged in suppress- 
 ing the slave-traffic up the different rivers between 
 Sierra Leone and Cape Coast Castle. On the 
 date last mentioned he became Acting-Lieutenant 
 
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 BAKER. 
 
 of the Cyrene 18, Capt. Percy Grace ; and, shortly 
 after his confirmation, which took place on 21 Aug. 
 in the same year, he returned to England. He was 
 subsequently, from 22 Sept. 1825, until Jan. 1828, 
 employed on the Coast Blockade as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Hypekion 42, Capt. 
 "Wm. Jas. Mingaye, but has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Lieut. Baker married, 21 Sept. 1830, Margaret, 
 daughter of the late S. Burnet, Esq., of Lloyd's 
 Cofi'ee-House. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BAKEE, K.C.B., K.W.N. (Vice-Admikai, of 
 THE Ked, 1837. F-P., 28 ; H-P., 36.) 
 
 SiK Thomas Baker died 26 Jan. 1845. He was 
 younger brother of the late Capt. John Baker, 
 R.N. ; brother-in-law of the late Admirals Sir Rich. 
 Lee and John Bazely, by the marriage of his two 
 sisters to those gallant officers ; and uncle of the 
 present Lieut. Chas. Hougham Baker, R.N.* 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1781, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Dromedary store-ship,^ 
 Capt. Stone, and (with the exception of an interval," 
 from Oct. 1785, to March, 1788) was afterwards em- 
 ployed, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 13 Oct. 1792, on board the Kite sloop, Carnatio 
 74, Hermione 32, Brisk sloop. Royal Sovereign 
 100, Dictator 64, Winchelsea frigate, and Mi- 
 KERVA 44, commanded, on the Home, Halifax, and 
 East India stations, by Capts. Peyton, Stone, San- 
 dys, Edw. BuUer, Hon. Hen. Curzon, Pisher, Wm. 
 Bligh, and Hon.Wm. ComwaUis. He then joined 
 the Swan sloop, Capt. Lawrence "Wm. Halsted, and 
 on his return to England, towards the close of 
 1793, was successively invested with the commajid 
 of the Lion cutter and Valiant lugger ; for the 
 celerity he exhibited in the latter of which vessels 
 in conveying despatches to the "West Indies, he was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander, 24 Nov. 1795. 
 After a subsequent cruize of seven months in the 
 Fairy sloop, on the Downs station, Capt. Baker 
 was made Post, 13 June, 1797, into the Princess 
 Royal 98, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir 
 John Orde, with whom, however, he continued but 
 a few weeks. Assuming command, in Jan. 1799, 
 of the Nemesis 28, he succeeded in making prize, 
 12 Jan. 1800, of Le Renard French privateer, of 14 
 guns and 65 men ; and, on 25 July following, while 
 in charge of a small squadron in the North Sea, he 
 intercepted, in pursuance of his instructions, a Da- 
 nish convoy under protection of a frigate, the 
 jFVeya, with whom, in consequence of the resist- 
 ance offered to an attempt made by the British to 
 search the merchantmen, a sharp conflict of 25 
 minutes ensued, terminating in the capture of the 
 whole. As a reward for his coolness, firmness, and 
 judgment on the latter occasion, Capt. Baker was 
 appointed to command, 1 Jan. 1801, the Ph(ebe 36, 
 on the Irish station, where he continued until May, 
 1802. In April, 1803, he joined the Phcenix, of 42 
 guns and 245 men, attached to the fleet in the 
 Channel under Admiral Comwallis, by whom he 
 appears to have been intrusted for some time with 
 the direction of the inshore squadron of frigates. 
 On 10 Aug. 1805, being in lat. 43° 16' N. and long. 
 12° 14' W., Capt. Baker had the good fortune, after 
 a memorably furious engagement of three hours 
 and a half, in which the British lost 12 killed and 
 28 wounded, and the enemy 27 killed and 44 
 wounded, to capture La Didon, of 46 guns and 330 
 men, a remarkably fine frigate, and the fastest 
 sailer in the French navy.f Subsequently to that 
 event he fell in with the four French line-of-battle 
 ships that had effected their escape after the battle 
 of Trafalgar, and through his zealous energy in 
 
 • Sir Tlios. Baiter was descended of a very ancient naval 
 family, long seated in the co. of Kent. As a tribute to 
 the professional celebrity of one of his ancestors— many of 
 whom lie interred in Westminster Abhey— Queen Anne 
 granted the family the honorable crest of a naval crown and 
 trident. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1805, pp. 1091, 1115. 
 
 conveying the intelligence to Sir Rich. Strachan; 
 and his skill in leading that gallant officer s squa- 
 dron into action, proved the great instrument ot 
 the defeat and capture of the enemy. Capt. 
 Baker's next appointments were, on the Home and 
 Baltic stations— 17 Nov. 1805, to the Didon, the 
 ship he had so nobly won— 19 May, 1806, to the 
 Tribune 38, in which frigate he destroyed, when 
 in company with the Ibis, the greater part of a 
 convoy of 30 vessels passing from Ferrol to Bil- 
 boa under the protection of several gun-boats, 29 
 April, 1807, and afterwards commanded a squadron 
 oft' Bordeaux— and, 21 May, 1808, to the Vanguard 
 74, bearing the flag for some time of Bear-Admiral 
 Thos. Bertie. While in that ship he was use- 
 fully engaged in affording security, during their 
 passage through the Sound, to various British and 
 Swedish convoys ; was in almost daily collision vrith 
 the Danes, either in destroying their trade or in 
 chasing their gun-boats ; and on one occasion re- 
 pelled, with considerable loss to the enemy, the 
 attack of a large flotilla. From 22 Nov. 1811, until 
 2 Aug. 1815, Capt. Baker, after two years' leave of 
 absence in Sweden, further commanded the Cum- 
 berland 74, and during that period was employed 
 in the discharge of many arduous duties. He 
 sailed for the West Indies, in Dec. 1812, with a 
 convoy of 70 vessels ; escorted in safety home, in 
 May, 1813, a fleet of 220 sail, and was presented by 
 the Masters of the London ships with a service of 
 plate as a mark of their gratitude ; served next 
 on the coast of Holland, where, in Nov. of the 
 same year, having been apprised of the change in 
 the fortunes of Buonaparte, he landed a body of 
 marines for the protection of the Hague, a service 
 which the Prince of Orange subsequently acknow- 
 ledged by conferring on him the Order of Wilhelm 
 of the. Netherlands; in June, 1814, proceeded to 
 the Cape with a convoy of vessels destined for the 
 East Indies ; and, in April, 1815, returned to Eng- 
 land with another, for his protection of which the 
 East India Company presented him with the sum 
 of 3001. Capt. Baker was nominated a C.B. 4 
 June, 1815 ; was made Colonel of Marines 12 Aug. 
 1819 ; became a Bear-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; held 
 the chief command in South America, with his flag 
 on board the Winchester 76, from 6 March, 1829, 
 to 3 March, 1833 ; was created a K.C.B. 8 Jan. 
 1831 ; attained the rank of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 
 1837 ; and was awarded a good-service pension of 
 3001. per annum 19 Feb. 1842. 
 
 Sir Thos. Baker married the daughter of His 
 Excellency Count Bouth, a member of one of the 
 most ancient and noble families in Sweden, and by 
 that lady has left several children, of whom the 
 second son, Horace Mann, is a Lieutenant, R.N. 
 
 BAKER. (Lieut., 1815. f.p., 11 ; h.p., 31.) 
 
 Thomas Baker (o) entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 
 1805, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Pearl, Lieut.- 
 Commander Woodger, lying at Spithead ; removed, 
 in Feb. 1808, to the Antelope 50, Capt. Edw. Gal- 
 wey, with whom he cruized for some time in the 
 Mediterranean and off St. Helena ; attained the 
 rating of Midshipman 6 Jan. 1810 ; and continued to 
 serve in the same ship, under Vice-Admiral John 
 HoUoway, Admiral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and 
 Capt. Sam. Butcher, off Newfoundland, and in the 
 Baltic, West Scheldt, and North America, till Oct. 
 1814. In March of the latter year the Antelope, 
 while endeavouring to force the Hondt passage, 
 grounded abreast of Flushing, where she lay ex- 
 posed for 48 hours to an incessant discharge of shells 
 from the batteries, until at length got off through 
 the most extraordinary exertions. Mr. Baker after- 
 wards served, on the Canadian lakes, in the St. 
 Lawrence 98, bearing the broad pendant succes- 
 sively of Commodores Sir Jas. Lucas Teo and Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 6 Feb. 1815 ; and since the follow- 
 ing April, when he invalided home, has been on 
 half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
BAKER— BALDEY—BALDOCK. 
 
 41 
 
 BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1839.) 
 
 Vashon Baker entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1824 ; 
 passed his examination in 1831 ; served latterly, as 
 Mate, in the Howe 120, flag-ship at the Nore of 
 Sir Robt. Waller Otway ; and obtained his com- 
 mission 18 Oct. 1839. His appointments have since 
 been — 9 Nov. 1839, to the "Winchester 50, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey, in North America 
 and the West Indies— 18 Feb. 1840, to the Ser- 
 pent 16, Capt. Arthur Mayne Noad, in which ves- 
 sel he returned to England — 14 Jan. 1841, to the 
 Endtmion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the 
 East India station— and, 11 March, 1845, as First, 
 to the Espitei-E sloop, Capt. Thos. Pickering 
 Thompson, with whom he still serves in the East. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
 BAKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Baker (b) entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Halcyon 16, 
 Capts. Henry Whitmarsh Pearse and Thos. Stamp, 
 under the former of whom, in Sept. 1808, he wit- 
 nessed, as Midshipman, the capture of a flotilla of 
 38 vessels, four of them large gun-boats, in Dia^ 
 mante Bay, near the Gulf of Policastro ; as also, 
 30 Aug. 1809, of the St. Anna, French privateer, of 
 2 guns and 46 men. From Dec. 1811, until Aug. 
 1815, he afterwards served, in the Pylades (subse- 
 quently Carlotta) gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders 
 Newdigate Poyntz and Rich. Howell Fleming, on 
 the Mediterranean station. Acorn sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Miller Bligh, for passage home, Raisonnable 64, 
 Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, lying at Sheerness, Zealous 
 74, Capts. Thos. Boys and Jas. Anderson, em- 
 ployed in the Baltic and Basque Roads, and Kan- 
 garoo 16, Capt. Wm. Sumner Hall, on the Halifax 
 station. He was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 20 Feb. 1815 ; and, since the date of his 
 quitting the last-mentioned vessel, has not been 
 afloat. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BAKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 27; h-p., 14.) 
 
 William Henry Baker entered the Navy 
 6 Aug. 1806, on board the Bristol, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Joseph Coxwell ; and, in Oct. 1807, joined 
 the Proserpine 40, Capt. Chas. Otter, under whom 
 he escorted Lord Lcveson Gower, the British Am- 
 bassador at St. Petersburg, from Gottenborg to 
 England. In Dec. 1808, after having been nearly 
 lost during an attachment of a few months to the 
 Cygnet sloop, Capt. Edw. Dix, he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Rochester prison-ship, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Hindes Sparkes ; but early in 
 the following year was transfered to the Sceptre 
 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, bearing the broad pend- 
 ant afterwards of Commodore Sam. Jas. Ballard. 
 Subsequently to the fall of Flushing, Mr. Baker 
 proceeded to the West Indies, where, in 1809-10, 
 he witnessed the destruction of the two French 
 frigates Loire and Seine, and the capture of the 
 island of Guadeloupe. Between March, 1812, and 
 the receipt of his commission, which bears date 
 18 Feb. 1815, we next find this officer serving on 
 board the Montagd, Stirling Castle, Venera- 
 ble, and Majestic 74's, Capts.Manley HallDiokson, 
 Sir Jahleel Brenton, Augustus Brine, Sir Home 
 Popham, David Milne, and John Hayes. While in 
 the last-mentioned ship, he assisted at the blockade 
 of Boston, when the Constitution was lying in that 
 port ready for sea ; wm also present at the cap- 
 ture, 3 Feb. 1814, after a running fight of two 
 hours and a half, of the French frigate Terpsicliore, 
 of 44 guns and 320 men ; and, on 15 Jan. 1815, 
 was in company with the Endymion at the taking 
 of the United States 44-gun frigate President. 
 From 13 Dec. 1823, until 1827, he was further em- 
 ployed on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies 4, Capts. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot; and since 14 Oct. 1833, 
 with the exception of one interval, from 18 Nov. 
 1839, to Jan. 1845, whenhe commanded the Ranger 
 Revenue-cruizer, has been in the Coast Guard. 
 
 BALDEY. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 20; h-p., 27.) 
 Robert Baldey entered the Navy, in Oct. 1798, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Renown 74, Capt. 
 Albemarle Bertie, stationed in the Channel, where 
 he continued to serve, until April, 1802, in the Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Collingwood, 
 Windsor Castle 74, commanded by various Cap- 
 tains, bearing the flag for some time of Sir Andrew 
 Mitchell, and, as Master's Mate, in the Malta 80, 
 Capt. A. Bertie. Joining, in Nov. of the latter 
 year, the Calcutta armee-en-flute, Capt. Dan. 
 Woodriffe, he proceeded to Van Diemen's Land, 
 and, after witnessing the formation of the settle- 
 ment at Hobart's Town, was employed for 17 
 weeks, on the Africa and Jamaica stations, in 
 the Success 32, Capt. Geo. Scott. He then, in 
 1806, returned home with convoy, as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym ; after 
 which he officiated, for two years and a half, as 
 Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in La Vir- 
 ginie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, and Bellerophon and 
 Leopard, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral A. Bertie, on 
 the Irish, Channel, and Cape stations. Being at 
 length promoted by the Admiralty, 27 Sept. 1809, 
 into the Sapphire 18, he continued to serve in that 
 vessel, in the West Indies, under different- officers, 
 until 1814 ; in the summer of which year we find him 
 assuming the successive command of the Variable 
 and Dbcooverte schooners. Having returned to 
 England, in Sept. 1815, on board the Rinaldo 10, 
 Capt. John Undrell, he was next appointed First 
 Lieutenant, 1 Sept. 1818, of the Leven 24, Capt. 
 David Ewen Bartholomew, on whose death, after 
 surveying the coast of Africa, the Azores, and 
 Cape Verd Islands, he succeeded to the acting- 
 command, 19 Feb. 1821. He was confirmed, on 
 his arrival at Spithead, by commission dated 26 
 July, 1821, but has not since been employed. 
 
 BALDOCK, K.T.S. (Commandek, 1841. f-p., 25; 
 H-P., 16.) 
 
 Thomas Baldock is son of the late Rev. Thos. 
 Chaloner Byng Baldock, M.A., Rector of Milton, in 
 Dorsetshire ; and nephew, maternally, of the late 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Western, of Tattingstone, co. 
 Suffolk. 
 
 -This officer (who had previously served with 
 the fleet of Indiamen under Commodore Dance, 
 when that officer so memorably discomfited the 
 French squadron under Admiral Linois) entered 
 the Navy, 25 Oct. 1806, as Midshipman, on board 
 the London 98, commanded by his tmole, Capt. 
 Thos. Western, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith; and, in Nov. 1807, after block- 
 ading the Tagus, escorted the Royal Family of 
 Portugal to the Brazils. He removed, in June, 
 1809, to the Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, em- 
 ployed in the Baltic ; joined next, for a few months 
 in 1810, the Tonnant 80, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, 
 off Cadiz ; was then sent to assist in navigating a 
 Spanish squadron to Minorca ; and on returning, 
 in October, to Cadiz, was for 11 consecutive 
 months actively engaged with the flotilla, latterly 
 in command of a gun-boat, at the defence of that 
 place. From Sept. 1811, until June, 1813, he fur- 
 ther served in the Babbadoes 24, Capt. Wm. 
 Rushworth, and in the Dragon 74, Tribune 36, and 
 Grampus 50, flag-ships of Sir Fras. Laforey, all on 
 the West India station, where, on 10 Nov. in the 
 latter year, he was promoted into the Arachne 16, 
 Capts. Chas. Hope Watson and Wm. M'Kenzie 
 Godfrey, of which sloop he soon became First Lieu- 
 tenant. As Senior of the Herald 28, Capt. Cle- 
 ment Milward, Mr. Baldock subsequently took part 
 in many operations on the coast Of North America ; 
 and, during the expedition against New Orleans, 
 captured the advanced guard of the enemy at the 
 Belize previous to the arrival of the forces — com- 
 manded also every detached operation at themouthof 
 the Mississippi, including the capture of a privateer, 
 
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 BALDWIN— BALFOUR. 
 
 &c. — and negotiated the exchange of prisoners on 
 the "withdrawal of the army. After a continued 
 servitude of some months, in the Koyalist 18, 
 Capt. Houston Stewart, and Sabine 16, Capt. Alex. 
 Campbell, hoth on the Jamaica station, he inva^ 
 lided home in March, 1816 ; and was next in suc- 
 cession appointed, 13 Sept. 1824, 25 Not. 1831, and 
 9 Nov. 1832, to the command of the Swallow 
 packet,* and Firebrand and Firefly steamers, 
 the first and last employed on the Falmouth, the 
 other on the Mediterranean station. On 9 March, 
 1839, having been for three years on half-pay, he 
 assumed command of the Snipe cutter, in which 
 vessel he served, off the coast of Ireland, until pro- 
 moted to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841. He has 
 been in discharge, since 19 Aug. 1846, of the duties 
 attached to the superintendence of the Packet ser- 
 vice at Dover, with his name on the books of the 
 Ocean 80. 
 
 Commander Baldock, in Aug. 1836, formed part 
 of a Committee of three officers appointed by the 
 Admiralty to effect an organization of the steam 
 department of the Navy. He was granted, 1 May, 
 1837, the royal permission to accept and wear the 
 Cross of a Knight of the Portuguese Order of the 
 Tower and Sword, for the services rendered by 
 him, and the great skill he displayed, while con- 
 veying Her Most Faithful Majesty's August Con- 
 sort Prince Ferdinand of Portugal to Lisbon. The 
 Order of Ernest of Saxe Coburg appears to have 
 been also conferred upon him. 
 
 BALDWIN, (fflaptain, 1817. f-p.,20;h-p.,33.) 
 Augustus Baldwin entered the Navy, in May, 
 1794, on board the Trompeuse sloop, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas, with whom he continued uninter- 
 ruptedly and actively to serve, on the Home and 
 Halifax stations, in the same vessel, and in the 
 Garland 28 and Boston 32, of which latter frigate 
 he was created a Lieutenant, 28 June, 1800, until 
 Deo. 1804. He then joined the Prince of "Wales 
 98, bearing the flags, in succession, of Sir Robt. 
 Calder, Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sir Edw. Thombrough, 
 and Lord Gambler ; and while in that ship was 
 present in the action of 22 July, 1805, and also at 
 the attack upon Copenhagen in Sept. 1807. Early 
 in Jan. 1808, he became First of the Implacable 
 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, and, on 26 Aug. 
 following, he highly distinguished himself, and was 
 officially reported as being a most thoroughly de- 
 serving officer for his conduct, in a gallant engage- 
 ment of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship 
 Sewolod, which was completely silenced, and shortly 
 afterwards, with the assistance of the Centaur 
 74, captured and burnt, in sight of the whole Rus- 
 sian fleet near Kogerswiok ; on which occasion the 
 enemy sustained a total loss of 303 men, and the 
 British, in both ships, of not more than 62. f Mr. 
 Baldwin, whose behaviour was rewarded with a Com- 
 mander's commission, dated 19 Sept. in the same 
 year, did not however succeed in procuring further 
 employment afloat until 7 Feb. 1812, when he was 
 appointed to the Tyrian brig, in which he served 
 in the Channel until posted, 1 Jan. 1817. He ac- 
 cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Baldwin married Augusta Mary Melissa, 
 daughter of John Mills Jackson, Esq. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BALFOUK. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Charles James Balfour entered the Navy 16 
 Aug. 1829 ; passed his examination in 1834 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His suc- 
 
 • The Swallow was built in 1819 by Mr. Baldock, who 
 commanded her, under the authority of the Post-OfBce, from 
 that period until the date above mentioned, when he sold 
 her to the Admiralty, by whom he was re-appointed. The 
 gallant manner in which Mr. Baldock and his crew, when at 
 New York, in the autumn of 1826, extinguished a flie that 
 had broken out on board a vessel laden with tar and rosin, 
 and thereby preserved a vast amount of property from de- 
 struction, was so highly appreciated by the different Insur- 
 ance Companies of that city, that they united in presenting 
 the former with a handsome piece of plate, and the men with 
 a sum of money. 
 
 + Fide Gaz. 1808, p. 1283. 
 
 ceeding appointments were— 12 July, 1838, to the 
 CoRNWALLis 72, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Chas 
 Paget, in North America and the West Indies— 3 
 April, 1839, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. Dan. 
 Pring and Fred. Thos. MicheU, employed for some 
 time on the same, and then on the Home station— 
 and 7 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, flag-ship 
 in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Eras. Seymour. He rose 
 to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846. Agents— 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BALFOUK. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Edwin Robert Joseph Balfour entered the 
 Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 25 June, 1830 ; 
 passed his examination 24 Oct. 1834; served for 
 some time, as Mate, on board the Spabbowhawk 
 16, and Vesuvius steam-vessel, Capts. John Shep- 
 herd, Granville Gower Loch, and Erasmus Omman- 
 ney, on the South America and Mediterranean 
 stations; and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 
 1841. He appears to have been since appointed — 
 31 Dec. 1841, and 24 Oct. 1842, to the Jaseur 16, 
 and Geyser 16, Capts. Wm. Alex. Wallis and Edw. 
 John Carpenter, both in the Mediterranean— 17 
 May, 1844, to the Agincoubt 72, bearing the flag 
 in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane— 
 and, 16 May, 1846, to the President 50, now flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. Agent — Joseph Voodhead. 
 
 BALFOUR. (Ret. Capt., 1840. f-p., 11; h-p.,40.) 
 William Balfour was born 8 Dec. 1781, and 
 died in 1846. He was only surviving son of the 
 late Thos. Balfour, Esq., of Elwick, a Colonel in 
 the Army, by Frances Ligonier, niece of Field- 
 Marshal John Earl Ligonier, Commander-in-Chief 
 of the British forces, and only sister of Edward, 
 second Earl Ligonier. His elder brother, Capt. 
 John Edw. Ligonier Balfour, of the 9th foot, fell 
 at Alkmaar, 19 Sept. 1799. Capt. Balfour was the 
 representative of a family of high antiquity and 
 large possessions in Scotland, whose chiefs, long 
 heritable Sheriffs of Fife, were directly traceable 
 to Siward, of Balfour Castle, in that county, who 
 flourished so early as the reign of Duncan I. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1795, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Malabar, Capt. Thos. 
 Parr. From that year, until the receipt of his first 
 commission, 4 Sept. 1801, he served, on the Home, 
 Mediterranean, and Baltic stations, in the Magi- 
 ciENNE 32, Irresistible and Northumberland 
 74's, Seahorse 38, Royal William guard-ship, 
 and Vengeance 74, Capts. Geo. Martin, Edw. Jas. 
 Foote, Fras. Plckmore, and Geo. Duff. While in 
 the Ieresistible, besides being wounded in the 
 action off Cape St. Vincent,* Mr. Balfour assisted, 
 in company with the Emerald 36, at the capture, 
 26 April, 1797, after a smart contest of an hour and 
 a half, of the two Spanish frigates Ninfa and Santa 
 Elena. He also, when in the Northumberland, 
 witnessed the surrender, during the blockade of 
 Malta in 1800, of the French 74-gun ship Le Gine- 
 reux and frigate La Diane. Between Sept. 1801, 
 and April, 1805, we find him further employed, 
 on the Home and North America stations, in the 
 Hound and Lynx sloops. Amethyst 38, and Cleo- 
 patra 32, Capts. Geo. Sarradine, John Willoughby 
 Marshall, Alex. Campbell, and Sir Robt. Laurie. On 
 the occasion of the capture, 16 Feb. 1805, of the 
 last-mentioned ship, by the 46-gun frigate Ville de 
 Milan, after a self-sought action of nearly three 
 hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 22 
 men killed and 36 wounded, he bore a distinguished 
 part as First Lieutenant, and was again wounded, i" 
 The Cleopatra being soon, however, re-taken, Mr. 
 Balfour obtained for a few months the acting-com- 
 mand of the Bermuda sloop. He was officially 
 promoted 22 Jan. 1806 ; but from that period, with 
 the exception of a brief command, in 1808, of the 
 Cockatrice sloop, was not afterwards employed. 
 His retirement with the rank of Captain took place 
 10 Sept. 1840. " 
 
 Capt. Balfour was twice awarded a gratuity for 
 • Vidt Gaz. 1797, p. 212. + jr. Gai. 1805, p. 542. 
 
BALL— BALLANTYNE— BALLARD— BAMBEE. 
 
 43 
 
 his wounds ty the Patriotic Society. He mar- 
 ried, first, in 1806, his cousin, Mary Balfour, only 
 cliild of Wm. Manson, Esq., of Kirkwall; and, se- 
 condly, in 1823, Mary Margaret, daughter of 
 Andrew Baikie, Esq. He has left issue five sons 
 and six daughters. His eldest son, the late Thos. 
 Balfour, Esq., was M.P. for Orkney. Another 
 son, William, was recently a Lieutenant in the 79th 
 Highlanders. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BALL. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Thomas Ball entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1797, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terrible 74, Capts. 
 Sir Bioh. Bickerton and Wm. Wolseley, forming 
 part of the fleet in the Channel, where he became 
 successively attached to the Cambkidge 80, flag- 
 ship of Sir Kioh. King, and Immortalitb 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Hotham. After an additional servi- 
 tude of nearly eight years in the East Indies on 
 board the Eurtdice 24, Terpsichore 32, and Pitt 
 alias Salsette 36, all commanded by Capt. Walter 
 Bathurst, Culloden 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pel- 
 lew, and San Fiorenzo 40, Capt. John Bastard 
 (during which period he was on one occasion taken 
 prisoner), Mr. BaU obtained a commission, dated 2 
 Jan. 1809. His subsequent appointments were — 
 9 March, 1809, to the Clio 18, Capts. Thos. FoUiott 
 Baugh and Wm. Ffarington, on tlie Home station — 
 27 Sept. 1815, to the Satellite 18, Capt. Jas. Mur- 
 ray, in the Mediterranean — 10 Feb. 1821, after up- 
 wards of two years of half-pay, to the Valourous 
 28, commanded by the same officer, off Newfound- 
 land— 13 Feb. 1822, to the Owen Glendower 42, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Menda, on 
 the coast of Africa — and, 14 June, 1824, to the 
 Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron, under whom he 
 escorted from this country the remains of the late 
 King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands. He was 
 paid off from the Blonde in Dec. 1826, and on 28 
 Aug. 1828, was advanced to his present rank. Since 
 that period he has not been afloat. 
 
 BALL. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 1 ; h-p., 30.) 
 William Ball was bom 29 Nov. 1794. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1807, as 
 Second-cl. Vol., on board the Prevoyante store- 
 ship, Master-Commanders Dan. M'Coy and Alex. 
 Black; removed as Midshipman, in May, 1810, to the 
 Cretan 18, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne ; and, in the 
 course of 1814, successively joined the Liverpool 
 40, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, Namck 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Thos. Williams, Levden 60, Capt. John Davie, 
 and Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace. In Jan. 1813, 
 while in charge, with only four of his own men to 
 assist him, of a captured vessel, a body of 12 pri- 
 soners who were on board contrived to gain posses- 
 sion of her ; but nine of them being killed, and the 
 rest wounded and secured by the British in a des- 
 perate attempt made by the latter to recover their 
 ascendancy, the prize was brought triumphantly 
 into port. On rejoining the Cretan, Mr. Ball was 
 employed on the West Scheldt in the arduous duty 
 of obstructing the supplies intended for the enemy's 
 fleet ; and when in the Berwick he witnessed the 
 siege and surrender of Gaeta. He. was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 6 March, 1815, but did 
 not take up his commission until his return to Eng- 
 land in June, 1816 ; since which period, with the 
 exception of a twelvemonth in the Coast Guard, 
 which he was obliged to leave in consequence of 
 having broken a leg, he has been on half-pay. 
 Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 BALLANTYNE. (Retired Commander, 1843. 
 F-p., 19 ; H-P., 34.) 
 
 John Ballantyne was born 20 Aug. 1775. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1794, as 
 A.B., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Thos. Larcom, 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Rear-Admiral 
 Bourmaster. Proceeding subsequently to the West 
 Indies in the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Harvey, he assisted as Midshipman 
 at the reduction of Trinidad, and the attack upon 
 
 Porto Rico, in 1797 ; after which he became attached, 
 as Master's Mate, to the Weazle and Ambuscade, 
 both commanded by Capt. Wm. D'Urban, in the 
 Mediterranean, and served, from Jan. 1805, to Feb. 
 1808, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the Steady gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-CommanderArthurStow, on the Channel and 
 South America stations. Having been awarded a 
 commission, dated 4 June, 1807, he subsequently 
 joined — 5 March, 1808, the Proselyte bomb, Capt. 
 Henry Jas. Lyford, in the North Sea — 1 Sept. 1809, 
 the Chanticleer 10, Capt. Rich. Spear, off Yar- 
 mouth — and, 18 Feb. 1814, the Ariel 18, Capt. 
 Dan. Ross, on the coast of Africa. Commander 
 Ballantyne, who has not been employed since Jan. 
 1815, accepted his present rank 10 Feb. 1843. 
 
 BALLARD. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 James Boucher Ballard entered the Navy 1 
 Aug. 1831; and in Deo. 1836, while Midshipman of 
 the Leveret 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Bosan- 
 quet, assisted, after a chase of 800 miles, at the 
 boarding and capture, within musket-shot distance 
 of a Portuguese frigate and an 84-gun battery at 
 Mozambique, of the Diogenes^ a slaver, mounting 
 five 24-pounders, with a complement of 70 men. 
 Passing his examination 5 Oct. 1837, he subse- 
 quently served as Mate, in the Mediterranean and 
 East Indies, of the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Fellowes, Confiance steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Edw. Stopford, and Cambkian 36, Capt. 
 Henry Ducie Chads; from which latter ship he 
 was promoted to an Additional-Lieutenancy, 20 Oct. 
 1843, in the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. 
 Parker. Since 26 June, 1844, Mr. Ballard has been 
 serving, also in the East Indies, on board the Wol- 
 verene 16, Capt. Wm. John Cavendish Clifford. 
 
 BAMBEE. (LiEDT., 1837. f-p., 14; H-p., 7.; 
 
 Charles Ross Bamber, born 10 June, 1812, is 
 son of the late Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber, 
 R.N., an officer of very distinguished merit, who 
 died in Nov. 1843, after having faithfully served 
 his country for 55 years, 28 of which had been 
 passed in active employment, chiefly during the 
 hottest part of the late wars."' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1826, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell, with whom, after serving for nearly four 
 years as Midshipman, off Lisbon and in the Medi- 
 terranean, of the Spaktiate and Windsor Castle 
 76's, Capts. Fred. Warren and Hon. Duncombe Pley- 
 dell Bouverie, he returned to England in 1830 on 
 board the Ocean 80. He then served for three 
 years, on the Home station, in the Wellesley 72, 
 Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, and Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings ; and in Nov. 1833, 
 shortly after passing his examination, was appointed 
 Mate of the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Daores, 
 in the Mediterranean. In March, 1837, Mr. Bam- 
 ber'had the misfortune to have his right ankle so 
 crushed between two lower-deck guns, while super- 
 intending the removal of one of them, as to render 
 amputation of the leg unavoidable. He obtained 
 his commission 1 Sept. following, and was after- 
 wards appointed, 11 May, 1839, again to the Excel- 
 lent, and, 11 May, 1841, to the Indus, 78, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Stirling, also stationed in the Mediterranean, 
 whence, owing to a fall from a ladder, he was 
 obliged to invalid, on 3 of the ensuing Nov. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Bamber is in receipt of a pension of 
 45^. 12s. He married, 27 May, 1839, a daughter 
 of TJ. Godfrey, Esq., of Woodlands, co. Surrey, by 
 whom he has issue three children. 
 
 * Commander Bamber served on shore at the siege of 
 Leogane, St. Domingo, and at the reduction of Trinidad ; 
 received the public thanks of Sir Andrew Mitchell for his 
 exertions during the expedition to Holland in 1799 ; fought 
 under Lord Nelson at Copenhagen ; and for tlie ability, zeal, 
 and energy he subsequently displayed as Principal Transport 
 Officer on the occasion of the return of Lord Cathcart's army 
 from Hanover to England, was again publicly thanked both 
 by that nobleman and the Transport Board. 
 
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44 
 
 BANCE— BANKS— BANNATYNE— BARCLAY. 
 
 BANCE. (Commander, 184 1. f-p., 16; h-p., 28.) 
 James Batmce entered the Navy, in May, 1803, as 
 A.B., on board the Pkince of Orange 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Cunningham, employed in watching the Dutch 
 fleet in the Texel. In Sept. following he accom- 
 panied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the 
 Leopard 50, of which ship, oh Capt. Rich. Kag- 
 gett assuming the command, as Flag-Captain to 
 Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas, on the Downs sta- 
 tion, he became, in Aug. 1806, Master's Mate. 
 He next served with Capt. Raggett in the Leander 
 and Africaine frigates, and with Sir Jas. Sauma- 
 rez in the Victory 100, on the Halifax and Baltic 
 stations ; received an acting order as Lieutenant of 
 the Zebra sloop, Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, 13 June, 
 1808 ; and, on 9 Jan. 1809, was confirmed into the 
 Mars 74, Capts. Wm. Lukin, John Surman Carden, 
 and Henry Baper. After serving in the latter ship 
 for four years on the Lisbon and Home stations, 
 Lieut. Bance joined, 3 June, 1813, the Eridanhs 
 36, Capt. Henry Prescott, with whom we find him 
 cruising off the Western Islands until obliged to in- 
 valid, in March, 1815. His next and last appoint- 
 ment afloat was, 6 April, 1821, as First Lieutenant, 
 to the Aurora 46, also commanded by Capt. Pres- 
 cott, in which frigate he returned to England from 
 South America, and was paid off in Feb. 1825. He 
 attained the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841. Com- 
 mander Bance is at present employed as Port-Cap- 
 tain at Cape Town, (Jape of Good Hope. Agehts — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 BANKS. (Rkt. Capt., 1845. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 35.) 
 John Banks, bom 2 March, 1786, in the parish of 
 St. Austell, Cornwall, is first cousin of Commander 
 Joseph Pearse, R.N., and of Kennet Banks, Esq., 
 Master, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 June, 1797, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Europe, prison-ship at 
 Plymouth, Lieut.-Commander Gardner; and, on 
 removing to the Canada 74, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir John Borlase Warren, was present 
 at the defeat and capture of Commodore Bompart's 
 squadron off the coast of Ireland, in Oct. 1798. 
 After further serving, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Superb 74, Capt. John Sutton, Immoktalitb 36, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. "W. C. R. 
 Owen, and Maes 74, Capt. John Sutton, on the 
 Mediterranean and Home stations, he became Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, 14 July, 1804, of the Colossus 74, 
 Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris ; from which ship he was 
 soon transferred, in a similar capacity, to the Hero 
 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, the leader of 
 the van in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805. 
 On 14 Sept. in the latter year Mr. Banks was ap- 
 pointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Falcon 16, Capt. 
 Geo. Sanders, with whom he continued to serve 
 until promoted into La Resolue 36, as Flag-Lieute- 
 nant to his old friend Rear-Admiral Sutton. Re- 
 joining Capt. Hotham, in Jan. 1807, on board the 
 Deflance 74, he continued to be employed under 
 that officer, in the same ship, and the Northum- 
 berland 74, for upwards of five years. During 
 that period he assisted at the destruction of three 
 French frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809, on which occasion the De- 
 fiance, besides being much cut up in her masts 
 and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 
 wounded; and, when First of the Northumber- 
 land, he meritoriously contributed to the an- 
 nihilation, 22 May, 1812, near L'Orient, of the 
 40-gun frigates L*Arienne and L^ Andromaque^ and 
 16-gun brig Mamalouck, whose united fire, conjointly 
 with that of a galling battery, cost the British a 
 loss of 5 men killed and 28 wounded.* For his con- 
 duct on the latter occasion, Mr. Banks was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, by commission 
 dated 29 May, 1812, exactly a week after the action. 
 Unable to procure further employment, he accepted 
 the rank of Retired Captain 4 Nov. 1845. When 
 First of the Defiance and Senior Lieutenant on 
 the coast of Spain, Capt. Banks was employed for 
 
 * Vide Ga', 1812, p. 990. 
 
 six weeks in equipping the Spanish men-of-war at 
 Ferrol, preparatory to their removal for better secu- 
 rity to Cadiz, and so great was the weakness and 
 attenuation of frame produced by over-fatague 
 during that period, that he was ultimately obliged 
 to be landed at Plymouth, and placed under the 
 care of the physician of the Channel fleet. On an- 
 other occasion, while officer of the watch during 
 the close blockade of a line-of-battle ship in the 
 port of L'Orient, he received a frightful injury by 
 the falling of a block from the main-top on his head, 
 which divided the scalp and laid him prostrate on 
 the deck. He was for six months in consequence 
 on the sick list, but has never obtained the slightest 
 compensation for his sufferings. 
 
 Capt. Banks married, 10 March, 1815, Miss Eliza- 
 beth Banks, of Bath, and by that lady has issue 
 four children. Agents— Pettet and Newton. 
 
 BANNATYNE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 John Bannatyne entered the Navy, 22 May, 
 1803, as Ordinary, on board the Apollo 38, Capt. 
 John Wm. Taylor Dixon, and after serving as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate in the Prince George 
 98, Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack, 
 on the Channel and West India stations, was, in 
 Sept. 1806, transferred, in the latter capacity, to 
 the Volontatre 38, Capts. Chas. Bullen, Joseph 
 Nourse, and Hon. Geo. Granville Waldegrave. Sub- 
 sequently to the reduction of the island of Pomegue, 
 we find him, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, assisting, 
 in the boats of the latter frigate and of a squadron 
 under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and de- 
 struction, after a desperate struggle, and a loss to 
 the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the 
 armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 
 men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, and armed 
 xebec Narmande, with a convoy of merchantmen, 
 defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay 
 of Rosas.* He was subsequently engaged in active 
 co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of 
 Spain ; and, on 26 Dec. 1811, was again employed 
 in the boats at the capture of the Decide privateer, 
 of 2 guns.t Removing, in Sept. 1813, to the Cale- 
 donia 120, bearuig the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, Mr. 
 Banks, on 5 Nov. following, shared in a partial ac- 
 tion with the French fleet off Toulon ; after which 
 he joined the Prince Frederick, at Plymouth, and 
 on 8 Feb. 181.5, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Cadmus 10, Capt. John Gedge, employed in the 
 North Sea. He was placed on half-pay 27 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, and has not since been afloat. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BARCLAY. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 6.) 
 
 Andrew Barclay, born 28 Jan. 1793, is second 
 son of Jas. Barclay, Esq., and belongs to an ancient 
 and respectable family, settled at Huntley, co. 
 Aberdeen. 
 
 This officer (in the early part of his career a 
 proteye of the late Duchess of Gordon and of 
 Admiral Sir Geo. Hope, entered the Navy in 
 April, 1808, on board the Namur 74, and first 
 went to sea, in April, 1809, as Midshipman of 
 the Victory 100, Capt. Geo. Hope, bearing 
 the flag in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez. He 
 continued to serve on that station for 20 months in 
 the "Stately 64, bearing tlie flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Thos, Bertie, and Africa 64, Capt. Geo. Fred. 
 Ryves, for the protection of the trade passing 
 through the Great Belt and Sound, and while so 
 engaged was perpetually in collision with the ene- 
 my's gun-boats and batteries. On one occasion, 
 while returning home as prize-master of a vessel 
 captured by the Africa, he was taken by a Danish 
 gun-boat, between the islands of Langeland and 
 Laland, but on the same night was fortunately 
 rescued by the boats of the St. George 98. In Dec. 
 1810, he rejoined the Stately, then commanded 
 by Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, and, during tlie 
 
 * fi'rfoGai. 1609, p. 1908. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1612, p. i67. 
 
BARCLAY— BARKER. 
 
 45 
 
 next year and a half, shared, part of the time in 
 charge of a flat-bottomed boat, in all the arduous 
 operations at the defence of Cadiz, Tarifa, and Ma- 
 laga — assisted in escorting the troops under Sir 
 Thos. Graham from Cadiz to Algesiras, and in con- 
 veying away the wounded, amongst whom was the 
 French General Kufin, after the battle of Barossa — 
 was also repeatedly opposed to the heavy fire of the 
 numerous French batteries along the coast, a shot 
 from one of which, on 22 March, 1811, struck the 
 boat he was in and ultimately caused it to sink — 
 and, under the immediate orders of Capt. Geo. 
 Cockburn, thrice commanded the Statelt's yawl 
 in action with the enemy^s privateers. On 18 Aug. 
 1812, Mr. Barclay became Master's Mate of the Su- 
 perb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, stationed in the 
 Channel, whence, after contributing to the capture 
 of several American vessels of great value, one of 
 which, the Star of New York, he brought into port, 
 he visited the coast of Africa, the West Indies, and 
 South America. "While afterwards on the shores of 
 North America, he was in active employment against 
 New York, New London, and New Bedford; and 
 waa also present at the attack upon "Wareham, on 
 which occasion he commanded the rocket-boat, set 
 fire to a large cotton-factory, and aided in destroy- 
 ing between 30 and 40 sail of shipping. On her 
 return home, in March, 1815, the Supekb received 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, 
 and during the "hundred days" was engaged in 
 affording assistance to the Royalists in La Vendee. 
 Mr. Barclay, soon after the surrender of Napoleon 
 Buonaparte, had the honour of assisting the unfor- 
 tunate Emperor up the side of the ship when pro- 
 ceeding to breakfast with the Commander-in-Chief. 
 On 27 Aug. 1816, being still in the Superb, he took 
 part, under Capt. Chas. Ekins, in the battle of Al- 
 giers. On that memorable day he had charge of 
 the seven foremost guns 9n the lower deck — twice 
 commanded the launch, once for the purpose of 
 throwing rockets to destroy the enemy's fleet, and, 
 again, to assist in extricating the Queen Char- 
 lotte from the course of a blazing frigate, then 
 drifting out of the harbour — was the bearer, with 
 the jolly-boat under his orders, of a communication 
 from the Commander-in-Chief to Kear-Admiral 
 Milne — and proved of further utility by his great 
 exertions in removing the Superb out of reach of 
 gun-shot to a place of safety. For his zeal, energy, 
 and exemplary conduct throughout the whole of 
 the proceedings he received the high and deserved 
 encomiums of his Captain, and of Lieut. Joseph 
 Soady, who had succeeded to the command on the 
 latter and the First Lieutenant being placed hors de 
 combat ; yet, although he had passed his examination 
 16 months previously, he was unable, until after a 
 lapse of nearly seven years, to procure his commis- 
 sion. On quitting the Superb, Mr. Barclay, in 
 Sept. 1818, joined the Vengeub 74, Capt. Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland, in which ship we find him accom- 
 panying Viscount Beresford from South America to 
 Lisbon, and the King of the Two Sicilies from 
 Naples to Leghorn. In April, 1820, he became 
 Admiralty Midshipman of the RocHroKT 80, flag- 
 ship of Sir Graham Moore, in the Mediterranean ; 
 and, on his return home in the spring of 1821, at 
 the instance of his friend the Hon. Capt. Paget, 
 joined that ofiicer in the Apollo yacht, and, on sub- 
 sequently following him into the Rotal George 
 yacht, attended George IV. to Scotland in the sum- 
 mer of 1822. He was at length advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank, 6 Sept. 1823 ; and since 5 April, 1829, has 
 been in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 26 March, 1826, Miss Anne Dance, 
 and has issue two sons and six daughters. 
 
 BARCLAY. (Eetiked Commander, 1838. f-p., 
 18 ; H-P., 32.) 
 John Barclay entered the Navy, 1 May, 1797, 
 on board the Mastiff, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Black. In Feb. 1798, he became Midshipman of 
 the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas. Alms, and, after an in- 
 termediate servitude in the Mediterranean, was on 
 
 board that ship when lost off Ushant, 10 March, 
 1800. During the next five years we find him suc- 
 cessively serving in the Arethusa 38, Capt. Thos. 
 Wolley, Cakysfoet 28, Capt. Adam Drummond, 
 Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, and Victory 100, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, whom he accom- 
 panied to the "West Indies and back in pursuit of 
 the combined squadrons of France and Spain. On 
 1 Aug. 1803, Mr. Barclay appears to have in part 
 commanded the boats of the Hydra at the capture 
 of the French armed lugger Le Favori, of 4 car- 
 riage-guns, hauled close to the beach about two 
 miles to the westward^ of the river Toucques, near 
 Havre de Grace, and defended by a constant fire 
 of musketry from a body of troops, and also from 
 the crew of the vessel, who had landed and posted 
 themselves behind some sand-banks. On his even- 
 tual return, in the Victory, from the West Indies, 
 he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Bri- 
 tannia 100, bearing the flag of Lord Northesk, to 
 which ship, after participating in the battle of Tra^ 
 falgar, he was confirmed by commission dated 20 
 Nov. 1805. His subsequent appointments, we find, 
 were — 9 June, 1806, to the Latona 38, Capt. Jas. 
 Atholl Wood, under whom he served at the reduc- 
 tion of Curafoa, and the blockade of the Danish 
 West India islands in 1807 — 16 Oct. in the latter 
 year, to the Thais, Capt. Ferrieres, chiefly em- 
 ployed at the Cape of Good Hope — 17 June, 1809, 
 to the FiSGARD 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Bolton and Fras. 
 Mason, in which frigate he accompanied the expe- 
 dition to Flushing, assisted in bringing off the rear- 
 guard of the British army at the subsequent evacu- 
 ation of the Walcheren, and was otherwise actively 
 employed — and, 2 June, 1813, to the President 46, 
 Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald Duff, under 
 whom he witnessed the storming of San Sebastian, 
 and served off the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, for 
 the purpose of affording them protection against 
 the American cruisers. Having been on half-pay 
 since 4 Sept. 1815, he at length accepted the rank 
 he now holds, 12 May, 1838. 
 
 Commander Barclay married, in April, 1843, Ca- 
 roline, daughter of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Rooke. 
 
 BARCLAY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Robert Barclay was born, 13 Sept. 1793, at 
 Tain, co. Ross, N.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Narcissus 32, Capt. 
 Chas. Malcolm, with whom he continued to serve, 
 in the same frigate and the Ruin 38, until 26 Nov. 
 1813. He assisted, while in the former ship, at the 
 capture, 18 Aug. 1807, of the Spanish schooner 
 Cantela, pierced for 12 guns, and also at the reduc- 
 tion of the Saintes in 1809 ; and, on his removal to 
 the Rhin, he contributed to the capture of four 
 privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns and 310 
 men ; was actively employed in co-operation with 
 the patriots on the north coast of Spain ; and was 
 twice wounded while serving in the boats as Mas- 
 ter's Mate. On leaving the Rhin he became Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Emulous 12, Capts. Wm. 
 M'Kenzie Godfrey, John Gore, and Thos. Wren 
 Carter, on the Jamaica station ; whence, having 
 been confirmed by commission dated 14 Dec. 1814, 
 he returned home, in Sept. 1815, on board the 
 Wolverene 18, Capt. Geo. Guy Burton. Unable 
 to procure further employment, he has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 18 Sept. 1836, the only daughter of 
 the late T. B. Matthews, Esq., of Rochester, and 
 by that lady, who died in 1839, had issue two sons 
 and two daughters. 
 
 BARKER. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Barker entered the Navy 22 Deo. 
 1826; passed his examination in 1833; and ob- 
 tained his commission 28 June, 1838. His after- 
 appointments were — in the course of 1839, to 
 the Inconstant 36 and Snake 16, Capts. Dan. 
 Pring and John Baker Porter Hay, on the North 
 America and West India station — 31 Oct. 1840, to 
 
46 
 
 BARKER. 
 
 the MoNAKCH 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, in the 
 Mediterranean— and, 24 Sept. 1844, as First Lieu- 
 tenant, to the Firebrand steam-frigate, Capts. 
 Armar Lowry Corry and Jas. Hope, employed on 
 the south-east coast of America. He acquired his 
 present rank 18 Not. 1845. Agent — Joseph 
 "Woodhead. 
 
 BAEKEE. (Vice-Admiral of the Bed, 1840. 
 F-P., 27 ; H-P., 49.) 
 
 George Barker entered the Navy, 1 June, 1771, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur, Capt. Mil- 
 banke, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Thos. 
 Pye ; removed in 1777 to the Resolution, Capt. 
 Sir Chaloner Ogle, stationed off the coast of Por- 
 tugal ; served subsequently, in the Channel and 
 West Indies, as Midshipman of the Vengeance, 
 Capts. Mich. Clements and Hon. Fred. Maitland, 
 Preston, Capt. "Wm. Truscott, and Montagu, 
 Capt. John Houlton; and, on 19 March, 1782, was 
 promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Dromedary, 
 flag-ship in the" Downs of Vice-Admiral "Wm. 
 Drake. After an interval of seven years, he next, 
 between June, 1790, and the date of his promotion 
 to the rank of Commander, 19 Dec. 1796, served, 
 on the Newfoundland, Mediterranean, West India, 
 and Home stations, in the Pegasus 28, Capts. Her- 
 bert Sawyer and Wm. Domett, and St. Albans 64, 
 and PoMPEE 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. 
 Vashon. He then joined the Incendiary 14, in 
 which vessel he assisted at the destruction of the 
 French store-ship Sw^^'em, off TJshant, 8 Jan. 1797 ; 
 and, on 8 June, 1799, was confirmed in the com- 
 mand of the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag in the 
 Mediterranean of Lord Keith, whom he presently 
 accompanied into the Queen Charlotte 100. He 
 left the latter ship, however, on 14 July in the 
 same year ; and was subsequently appointed — 21 
 Feb. 1821, to the Severn 44, on the West India 
 station, whence he returned in Jan. 1803 — and, 
 19 Feb. 1806, to the Impress service at Bristol, 
 which he continued to regulate until 18 July, 1810. 
 He has since been on half-pay. His advancement 
 to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 6 June, 
 1825 ; and to that of Vice-Admiral 12 Nov. 1840. 
 
 He married, 8 Jan. 1833, Mary Ann, daughter of 
 J. Himter, Esq., of Compton Terrace, Islington. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BAEKEE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 26.) 
 
 George Barker was born 9 Sept. 1789. He had 
 a brother who died a Midshipman in the service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Orion 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Codrington. After participating in the battle of 
 Trafalgar, he removed, as Midshipman, to the 
 TiGRB 80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, and while under 
 that ofiicer, in 1807, witnessed the surrender of 
 Alexandria, and was much employed on the Nile 
 and the lakes of Lower Egypt. Rejoining Capt. Cod- 
 rington, in Aug. 1809, on board the Blake 74, he 
 accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and 
 served on shore with the army during the opera- 
 tions against Flushing ; subsequently to which we 
 find him actively employed on the coast of Spain, 
 where he assisted at the defence of Tarragona, and 
 for his conduct in a breaching battery was awarded 
 the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. He was ultimately, 
 after serving for some months, in South America, 
 on board the Isis 50, confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 
 23 July, 1814, in the Port Mahon 18, Capt. Fred. 
 Wm. Burgoyne. From 10 June, 1815, until paid 
 off, 9 Sept. 1818, Mr. Barker was next employed in 
 the Cherub and Wasp sloops, Capts. Thos. Tudor 
 Tucker and Wm. Wolrige, on the Home and Medi- 
 terranean stations. His next appointment was, on 
 4 Sept. 1822, to the Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. 
 Keats, off the coast of Scotland. He has not since 
 1826 been afloat. 
 
 BAEKEE. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 31.) 
 John Barker is brother of Lieut. Wm. C. 
 Barker, R.N. . ,^ . ,.,„- 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1795, as 
 Fst-cl Vol., on board the Alcmene 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Brown, stationed in the North Sea; and on remov- 
 ing, as Midshipman, to the Saliseuri- 50, Capt. 
 Wm. Mitchell, was wrecked, on Isle la Vache, 
 St. Domingo, 13 May, 1796. From Nov. in the 
 latter year, until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 29 April, 1802, he next served, on the West 
 India and Home stations, in the Queen 98, flag-ship 
 of Sir Hyde Parker, Renommee 44, Capts. Robt. 
 EoUes and Wm. Sanderson, and Excellent 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford ; and during that pe- 
 riod, independently of other captures, assisted in 
 making prize, 10 Oct. 1799, of L'Arethuse, national 
 corvette, of 18 guns. His subsequent appointments 
 afloat appear to have been— 7 July, 1802, to the 
 Hornet sloop, Capts. Robt. Tucker, Peter Hunt, 
 and John Lawrence— and, 23 April, 1804, to the 
 command of the Grenada brig, both on the Lee- 
 ward Islands station. While in the latter vessel, 
 which he left in April, 1808, Mr. Barker effected 
 the capture, at various periods, of L'Intrynde, La 
 Petite Aricere, La Princesse Marat, La Desiree, and 
 Le Tigre privateers, carrying altogether 14 guns 
 and 199 men.* From Oct. 1808, until Dee. 1815, he 
 was next employed, also in the West Indies, as Re- 
 sident-Agent for transports and prisoners of war. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 BARKER. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Robert Barker was born 20 June, 1788. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1801, as 
 L.M., on board the Dreadnought 98, Capt. jas. 
 Vashon, employed off Cadiz and in the Mediter- 
 ranean. From Feb. 1803 (previously to which pe- 
 riod he had further served for a few months in the 
 Dryad 36, Capt. Robt. WilUams), until Jan. 1810, 
 he appears to have been employed, chiefly in the 
 East Indies, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and 
 Lieutenant (commission dated 17 Oct. 1809), on 
 board the Rdssel 74, Capts. R. Williams, Wm. 
 Warden, and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, flag-ship for 
 some time of Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury. 
 He then joined the Piedmontaise 38, Capts. Chas. 
 Foote, Chas. Rayley, and Henry Folkes Edgell ; 
 and while in that frigate assisted at the reduction, 
 in Aug. 1810, of the Dutch Spice Islands. His next 
 appointments were — 23 Dec. 1812, to the Despatch 
 18, Capt. Jas. Galloway, of which sloop, stationed 
 off the coast of North America, he held for nearly 
 two months the acting-command — and, 11 April, 
 1815, to the Superb 74, flag-ship of Hon, Sir Henry 
 Hotham on the coast of France, where he co- 
 operated Avith the Royalists in La Vendee, and was 
 present at the surrender of Buonaparte. He has 
 since been unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Barker married, 14 March, 1821, Martha, 
 daughter of Chas. Hamilton, Esq., by whom he has 
 issue six children. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 of( 
 
 He married, 9 Sept. 1826, Judith Maria, daughter 
 Chas. Palmer, Esq., of Coleshill. 
 
 BARKER. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 23; h-p., 29.) 
 
 William Collins Barker, born 20 July, 1779, 
 is brother of Lieut. John Barker, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1795, as 
 L.M., on board the Alcmene 32, Capt. Wm. Brown, 
 attached to the fleet in the North Sea. On 13 May, 
 1796, having been transferred as Midshipman to 
 the Salisbury 50, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, he was 
 wrecked, on Isle la Vache, St. Domingo ; but he 
 continued to serve, on the Jamaica station, until 
 Oct. 1800, in the Queen 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde 
 Parker, and during that period was much employed 
 in the boats, and was twice wounded. On his sub- 
 sequent removal to the Wasp 16, Capt. Chas. Bul- 
 len, we find Mr. Barker landing, as Acting-Master 
 
 * ha Princesse Murat was superior in force to the Grenada, 
 and did not surrender until after a long and obstinate en- 
 gagement, in which both combatants were much crippled. 
 Tlie enemy lost three men killed, and seven wounded. The 
 British had their Master severely, and a boy mortally, 
 wounded. Ttde Gaz. 1806, p. 610. 
 
BARLOW— BARNARD. 
 
 47 
 
 of that vessel, and effecting the destruction of a 
 native town in Cape Bay, Sierra Leone, where 
 1000 of the enemy were killed and 3000 wounded. 
 Shortly after the latter event, which took place in 
 Dec. 1801, ho obtained an order to act as Lieu- 
 tenant of the Wasp, and, on 25 March, 1802, he 
 was confirmed in that rank by the Admiralty. The 
 Wasp being paid off in the following August, Mr. 
 Barker was next, from 25 May, 1803, to 16 April, 
 1806, employed on the river Thames, under the 
 orders oi Capt. Richbell, in raising seamen for the 
 service. He then, for 10 years, commanded the 
 Entekpkize, receiving-ship off the Tower; and, 
 on 12 Feb. 1814, when the late Custom-house was 
 consumed by fire, he proved the great instrument, 
 through his own exertions and those of his ship's 
 company (as appears by the ' Times ' newspaper of 
 17 of that month, and the Wharfingers' Memorial 
 to the Admiralty of 12 April following), of saving 
 from otherwise inevitable destruction the ware- 
 houses belonging to the Crown on Brewer and 
 Galley Quaj^s, &c., and the vast amount of property 
 there deposited. For a few months in 1817, at the 
 request of the Secretary of State for the Homo 
 Department, he afterwards held charge of the 
 Bataviek, lying at Blaokwall, for the superintend- 
 ence of foreign seamen. He next, from 4 May, 
 1818, until 6 July, 1821, commanded the Perseds 
 receiving-ship at Deptford ; but was then super- 
 seded bjy Capt. Jas. Couch, with whom however 
 he continued to serve until the following Sept. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Barker married In Nov. 1803, and has 
 issue five children. 
 
 BARLOW, C.B., K.S.F. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 
 22 ; H-P., 13.) 
 
 Chables Anstkuthek Barlow, born 5 Feb. 
 1800, is second surviving son of Sir Geo. Hilaro 
 Barlow, Bart., G.C.B., Governor of Fort St. George, 
 Madras, and late Governor-General of India, by 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Burton Smith, Esq., of the 
 CO. Westmeath ; nephew of Admiral Sir Robt. Bar- 
 low, G.C.B., the gallant captor of L Afrkaine, who 
 died 11 May, 1843; first cousin both of the Dow- 
 ager Viscountess Torrington and of the Countess 
 Nelson, widow of the first Earl ; and a near rela- 
 tive of Rear-Admiral Sam. Butcher. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capt. 
 John Talbot, on the ; North America station, 
 where he attained the rating of Midshipman, 10 
 Dec. 1813. Between Sept. 1814, and March, 1822, 
 he served in succession on the Home and Mediter- 
 ranean stations, on board the MjEANder 42, Capt. 
 John Bastard, Qceen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of 
 Lord Exmouth, under whom he took part in the 
 battle of Algiers, Rochfobt 74, Capt. Sir Archibald 
 CoUingwood Dickson, and Revoldtionnaire 46, 
 Capt. Hon. Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, in the boats 
 of which frigate he contributed, as Mate, to the 
 capture of two piratical gun-vessels, off Zante, 18 
 May, 1821. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 1 July, 
 1822, in the Despatch 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jer- 
 voise, on the Mediterranean station ; and was after- 
 wards appointed— 6 Dec. 1822, to the Prince Re- 
 gent 120, flag-ship at Chatham of Sir Benj. Hallo- 
 well— 20 Feb. 1826, to the Forte 44, Capt. Jere- 
 miah Coghlan, on the coast of South America — 25 
 Feb. 1831, to the St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag 
 of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham in the Mediterranean — 
 25 Jan. 1834, as Senior, to the Malabar 74, Capt. 
 Henry Shovell Marsham, on the same station — and, 
 15 Deo. following, to the Royalist 10. The latter 
 vessel he commanded off the north coast of Spain 
 from the siege of Bilboa, in June, 1835, imtil 
 shortly after the receipt of his second promotal 
 commission, 10 Jan. 1837, and for his exertions 
 during that period was presented, 23 Dec. 1839, 
 with the Order of the First Class of San Fernando. 
 Assuming command, 2 Dec. 1839, of the Nimrod 
 20, Capt. Barlow sailed for the East Indies, and 
 ultimately enacted a very prominent part in the 
 
 operations on the coast of China. On 13 March, 
 1841, we find him obtaining oflicial mention for liis 
 voluntary and efficient support of Capt. Thos. Her- 
 bert at the capture of several rafts, and of the last 
 fort protecting the approaches to Canton — next 
 rendering himself conspicuous by his zeal in com- 
 mand of the first division of boats employed at the 
 proximate capture of that city — and, during the 
 hostilities of the ensuing May, heading the second 
 naval battalion, and obtaining the official recom- 
 mendation of Sir Hugh Gough for the able assist- 
 ance afforded by him to Capt. Bourchier, who com- 
 manded the naval brigade."' On the occasion of 
 the final conquest of Canton, Capt. Barlow, whose 
 Post-commission bears date 8 June, 1841, was 
 made the bearer, by Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, of 
 the despatches announcing that event to the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, Sir Gordon Bremer, also to the 
 Governor-General of India at Calcutta,! and thence 
 overland to England. He was made a C.B. on 14 
 Oct. in the same year, and has since been unem- 
 ployed. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BARNARD. (Captain, 1817. f-p., 24; HP., 
 26.) 
 Edward Barnard entered the Navy, 12 May, 
 
 1797, as A.B., on board the Sirids 36, Capts. Rich. 
 King and Wm. Prowse, and attained the rating of 
 Midshipman in August following. On 24 Oct. 
 
 1798, when off the Texel, he aided in capturing the 
 two Dutch frigates Waakzaamfi£idy of 26, and Furie, 
 of 36 guns, with French troops, arms, and ammuni- 
 tion on board, destined for the use of the disaffected 
 in Ireland — the latter vessel after a running fight of 
 half an hour. He further assisted, on 28 Jan. 1801, 
 in taking the French 36-gun frigate D^daigneuse^ off 
 Cape Finisterre, after a chase of two days ; and, on 
 the return of hostilities, was very actively engaged 
 on the coast of France. On 9 Maj^, 1805, Mr. Bar- 
 nard, who had passed his examination in Dec. 1803, 
 rejoined Capt. King, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 AoHiLLE 74, one of Lord CoUingwood's blockading 
 squadron before Cadiz. At the close of the battle 
 of Trafalgar, in which he had the fortune to parti- 
 cipate, we find him taking possession of the French 
 74-gun ship Berwick, in which he remained until 
 wrecked in the six days' gale that ensued. His 
 appointment to the Achille being confirmed 7 Jan. 
 1806, he continued to serve in that ship under 
 Sir Rich. King for an additional period of five 
 years, and was consequently present with Sir Sam. 
 Hood's squadron at the pursuit and capture, 25 
 Sept. 1806, of the four French frigates from Roche- 
 forte, besides contributing to the bombardment of 
 Flushing in Aug. 1809, and sharing for 10 months 
 in the arduous boat-service at the defence of Cadiz 
 in 1810. From Feb. 1811, until April, 1812, he was 
 next, under the same Captain, attached to the San 
 Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean and Chan- 
 nel of Sir Chas. Cotton ; and on the former assum- 
 ing, as Rear-Admiral, a command off Toulon, with 
 his flag in the San Josef, became, in April, 1818, 
 his Signal-Lieutenant, in which capacity he bore a 
 part in the attacks on the French fleet of 5 Nov. 
 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814. On the death of Capt. Wm. 
 Stewart, the Flag-Captain, during the San Josef's 
 passage home in July of the latter year, Lieut. Bar- 
 nard was invested with the command in his stead, 
 and on his arrival in England was officially promoted 
 10 Aug. following. His next appointment was, 17 
 Dec. 1816, to the Bacchds 18, on the East India 
 station, where he was posted by the Commander- 
 in-Chief, his friend Sir Rich. King, into the Con- 
 way, of 26 guns, 4 July, 1817. From that period 
 until 20 Jan. 1820, we find him employed in pro- 
 tecting the trade in the Persian Gulf, and in sup- 
 pressing the slave-traffic in the Isle of France. 
 Capt. Barnard's subsequent appointments appear 
 to have been — 15 Aug. 1833, to the Ocean 80, flag- 
 ship of his patron Sir R. King, at Sheerness, where 
 he remained until the death of that gallant officer 
 in Sept. 1834—25 Jan. 1839, to the Hercules 74, in 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505, 8496, 2500, 2506. 
 f f. Gaz. 1841, p. 2510. 
 
48 
 
 BARNARD— BARNES. 
 
 ■which he conveyed troops from the 'West Indies to 
 North America, and afterwards to Lisbon — and, 31 
 Jan. 1840, to the Cambkidge 78, part of the force 
 subsec[uently employed during the operations on 
 the coast of Syria, and the blockade of Alexandria. 
 He paid the Cambridge off 26 Jan. 1843, and ac- 
 cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Barnard married, in Aug. 1811, Miss Mary 
 Parkin, and by that lady has, with four daughters, 
 five sons, of whom four are in the service of their 
 country; viz. — Frederick Lamport and Edward 
 King, Lieutenants, E.N. — John James, a Midship- 
 man — and Charles Loudon, Second Lieutenant, R.M. 
 Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 BARNARD. (Liectenant, 1841.) 
 
 Edward Barnard entered the Navy 1 Aug. 
 1822 ; passed his examination 26 Jan. 1829 ; and 
 obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He has 
 been for several years employed in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 BARNARD. (Lieot., 1841. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 0.) 
 Edward King Barnard, bom 1 July, 1815, is 
 son of Capt. Edw. Barnard, E.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Aug. 1828 ; and embarked, 17 Dec. 1829, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Britomart 10, Capt. John- 
 son, on the Home station. During the four follow- 
 ing years he served, in the Mediterranean, on board 
 the Pavorite 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison, Pelican 
 18, Capt. Joseph Gape, Britannia 120, flag-ship of 
 Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and, we believe, the Scylla 
 16. He then, on joining the Ocean 80, commanded 
 by his father as flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Rich. 
 King, passed his examination, and for another pe- 
 riod of four years was employed in the East In(fies 
 on board the "Winchester 52, bearing the flag of 
 Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel. At length Mr. Bar- 
 nard, after a further attachment to the Eotal 
 Adelaide 104, flag-ship at Plymouth of Lord Ame- 
 lius Beauclerk, Gorgon steam-frigate, commanded 
 during the Carlist warfare in Spain by Capt. Sidney 
 Colpoys Dacres, and "Wizard 10, Lieut.-Commander 
 Thos. Fred. Birch, employed in suppressing the 
 African slave-trade, obtained a commission, dated 
 23 Nov. 1841 ; since which period his appointments 
 have been — 8 June, 1842, to the Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings — 
 an^ 27 May, 1843, to the Virago steam-sloop, 
 Capts. George Graham Otway and John Lunn, 
 now in the Mediterranean. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 weU. 
 
 in which frigate he is still serving. Agents- 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BARNARD. (Lieut., 1840. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 0.) 
 Fbedekick Lamport Barnard, bom 20 Feb. 
 1813, is son of Capt. Edw. Barnard, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 June, 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Eevenge 76, Capt. Nor- 
 borne Thompson, employed on the Home station. 
 In the autumn of 1828, after a further attachment 
 totheCHALLENGER 28, Capt. AdolphusFitz Clarence, 
 and "Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hon. Duncombe 
 Pleydell Bouverie, he became Midshipman of the 
 Jasehr 18, Capt. John Lyons, and in that sloop, 
 and the Badger 10, served for five years at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. Passing his examination 26 
 June, 1833, he next, from May, 1834, until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1840, officiated as 
 Mate in succession of the Hastings 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Wm. Hall Gage on the Lisbon station, Incon- 
 stant 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed in the con- 
 veyance of troops to North America and the "West 
 Indies, "Winchester 50, flag-ship on the latter star 
 tion of Sir Thos. Harvey, and Vestal 26, Capt. 
 Thos. "Wren Carter. His appointments have since 
 been— 4 Nov. 1840, to the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 21 
 April, 1842, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ. 
 "Wyvill, at the Cape of Good Hope— 8 July, 1845, to 
 the THnNDERBOLTsteam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel 
 Broke, on the North America and "West India sta^ 
 tion— and, 27 Feb. 1846, again to the Cleopatra, 
 
 BARNARD. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 
 12 ; H-P., 45.) 
 George Barnard entered the Koyal Naval Aca- 
 demy 15 April, 1790 ; and embarked, 25 Oct. 1793, 
 as A.B., on board the Swiftsdre 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Boyles, flag-ship on the Irish station of Bear-Ad- 
 miral Rich. Kingsmill, in which he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman 1 Nov. following. In Feb. 
 1795, he joined the Victort 100, bearing the flags 
 in succession of Lord Hood, Bear-Admiral Eobt. 
 Mann (under whom he was present in Hotham's 
 action of 13 July, 1795), Vice-Admiral Eobt. Linzee, 
 and Sir John Jervis. Between 16 Jan. 1796, and 
 the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 29 May, 1797, he next served, on the Mediterranean 
 and Channel stations, in the Comet fire-ship, Capt. 
 Edw. Hamilton, Lowestofte ■. frigate, Capt. Eobt. 
 Plampin, Triton 32, Capt. John Gore (in which 
 vessel he assisted at the capture, in Feb. 1797, of 
 three privateers, carrying in the whole 42 guns and 
 314 men), and Eoyal George 100, flag-ship of Lord 
 Bridport. Mr. Barnard, who then joined the Stlph 
 sloop, Capt. John Chambers "White, contributed, in 
 the course of the same year, to the destruction of 
 La Calliope, French frigate, of 36 guns, the capture 
 of several convoys, and the annihilation of Le Petit 
 Diable cutter, of 18 guns and 100 men, on the coast 
 of France. During the rest of the war we find him 
 serving, in the Channel, on board the Spy sloop, 
 Capt. "Wm. Grosvenor, Mars 74, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, and Naiad 38, Capts. 
 Wm. Pierrepont and "Wm. Henry Eicketta. "With 
 the exception of a few months passed in 1804 in 
 the Sea Fencibles, he has not been since employed. 
 His acceptance of the rank he now holds took place 
 9 March, 1840. 
 
 BARNARD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 "William Barnard entered the Navy, 5 May, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kingfisher 18, 
 Capts. Eich. Wm. Crabb, Nathaniel Day Cochrane, 
 Hon. Geo. Fras. Seymour, Wm. Hepenstall, and 
 Ewell Tritton, under whom he successively served, 
 the greater part of the time as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, for upwards of nine years. He 
 assisted during that period at the capture of U Eli- 
 zabeth privateer, of 14 guns and 102 men, and was 
 also present in the action off St. Domingo — with the 
 despatches relative to the result of which the King- 
 fisher was sent home. After serving for some 
 years in the Mediterranean, he became attached 
 for short periods, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, 
 to the Trident 64, flag-ship of Eear- Admiral John 
 Laugharne, Redwing 18, Capt. Sir John Gordon 
 Sinclair, and Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke. During 
 the year preceding his promotion, which took place 
 14 Feb. 1815, he appears to have been employed in 
 the Ceessy 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Rosamond 
 20, Capts. Donald Campbell and Edw. Stopford, 
 and Slaney 20, Capt. Geo. Eose Sartorius ; and in 
 the second named of those vessels to have made a 
 voyage to Hudson's Bay. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 BARNES. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 25.) 
 
 John Barnes (a) entered the Navy, in Oct. 1802, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Hunter 18, Capt. 
 Sam. Hood Inglefield. Proceeding in 1803 to the 
 West Indies with the despatches announcing the 
 declaration of war with France, he there assisted in 
 capturing many of the enemy's privateers and mer- 
 chantmen. In March, 1807, he became Midshipman 
 of the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter Puget, and after 
 sharing, vre believe, in the expedition to Copen- 
 hagen, removed to the Leviathan 74, Capt. John 
 Harvey, under whom, on 25 Oct. 1809, he witnessed 
 the destruction, by a squadron under Eear-Admiral 
 Geo. Martin, of the French line-of-battle ships Bo- 
 buste and Lion, off Frontignan. From Jan. 1811 
 until officially promoted, 30 Sept. 1813, Mr. Barnes 
 
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 further served, part of the time as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, and principally at the defence of Cadiz, in the 
 San Juan 74, Capt. Chas. Vinioombe Penrose, the 
 Hound 18, Capts. Chas. Philips and Chas. Squire, 
 also in No. 15 gun-boat, and in the Kevenge, Im- 
 PETUEux, and Stately, flag-ships of Hon. Arthur 
 Kaye Legge and Vioe-Admiral Geo. Martin. He was 
 employed, during the rest of the war, again in the 
 San Juan, and also in the Zenobia 16, Capts. Rich. 
 Foley and Nich. Chas. Dobree. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 23 Dec. 1831, to the command 
 of the Semaphore at Portsmouth, which he retained 
 until 15 Feb. 1837—1 Aug. 1839, to the Victokt 
 104, commanded at the latter port by Capt. Jras. 
 Erskine Loch— and, 18 Sept. 1841, to the command 
 of the Nightingale steamer. He was placed on 
 half-pay in the spring of 1842, and has not since 
 been employed. 
 
 BARNES. (Lieut., 1815, r-p., 20; h-p., 21.) 
 Petek Bahnes was born 30 May, 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1806, 
 as Second-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald 36, 
 Capts. John Larmour and Fred. Lewis Maitland. 
 On 13 March, 1808, he served in the boats in a very 
 gallant attempt made in Vivero harbour to cut out 
 the French corvette V Apropos, of 20 guns and' 70 
 men ; and in April, 1809, was present, as Midship- 
 man, at the destruction of the French shipping in 
 Aix Koads. From Deo. 1811, until the receipt of 
 his commission, 17 Feb. 1815, Mr. Barnes served 
 on the Home and Baltic stations in the Belle- 
 BOPHON and Vigo 74's, flag-ships of Rear- Admirals 
 John Ferrier and Graham Moore, Puissant 74, 
 Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Growler, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Hugh Anderson, and Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Mundy. During the subsequent months of 1815 
 he appears to have been employed on board the 
 PoMPEE 80, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. He has 
 been in charge, since 26 Oct. 1836, of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 "We understand that Lieut. Barnes filled the post 
 of Vice-Consul at Bruges from 1823 to 1836, with- 
 out however receiving the slightest remuneration. 
 He married, first, 6 Oct. 1818, Miss Agnes Max- 
 well ; and, secondly, 12 March, 1839, Miss Georgina 
 Clarkson, by whom, as well as by his former wife, 
 he has issue two children. His son, Edgar Brough- 
 ton Barnes, a B.A., is at present Naval Instructor 
 on board H. M. S. Trapalgab. 
 
 BAENETT. (Commander, 1838.) 
 
 Edward Babnett entered the Navy 14 Feb. 
 1811; passed his examination in 1819; and obtained 
 his first commission 1 June, 1826. He was afterwards 
 appointed to the command, on surveying service 
 —12 Feb. 1812, of the Linnet tender, off the coast 
 of Jersey— 20 Feb. 1833, of the Jackdaw schooner, 
 which vessel he had the misfortune to lose, 11 
 March, 1835, on a reef off' Old Providence, not then 
 laid down in the Admiralty charts— and, 22 Sept. 
 1835, and 30 Nov. 1837, of the Lark 4, and Thun- 
 der 6, stationed in North America and the 'West 
 Indies. He was promoted to his present rank, 28 
 June, 1838, and still continues to command the 
 Thunder. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BARE. (LlEDTENANT, 1811. F-p., 11 ; h-P., 33.) 
 "William Frederick Barb entered the Navy, 
 13 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Tribune 36, Capts. Geo. Henry Towry, Rich. 
 Henry Alex. Bennett, Thos. Baker, and Geo. Rey- 
 nolds. Continuing to serve in that frigate until 
 Aug. 1811, he assisted, under Capt. Baker, at the 
 destruction, 29 April, 1807, of the greater part of 
 a convoy of 30 vessels, passing from Ferrol to 
 Bilboa, in escort of several gun-boats ; and, on 12 
 May, 1810, was present under Capt. Reynolds when 
 the Teibune, after a smart action of two hours and 
 a quarter, and a loss of 9 men killed and 15 
 wounded, gallantly beat off, on the coast of Nor- 
 way, four Danish man-of-war brigs, carrying alto- 
 
 gether 74 guns. Mr. Barr, who was confirmed to a 
 Lieutenancy, 29 Oct. 1811, in the Gloire 38, Capt. 
 Jas. Carthew, on the West India station, subse- 
 quently joined, 6 Aug. 1813, after an interval of 
 12 months, the Vengeub 74, Capts. Thos. Dun- 
 das and Tristram Robt. Ricketts ; under the latter 
 of whom we find him attending the expedition to 
 New Orleans, and participating in the last hostile 
 operation of the American war, the reduction of 
 Fort Bowyer. He has been on half-pay since 28 
 Oct. 1815. 
 
 BAEEELL. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 23; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 Justinian Babeell is son of the late Savage 
 Barrell, Esq., by his wife, the sister of Gen. 
 Rainsford ; and great-grandson of the late Gen. 
 Wm. Barrell, 15 years Colonel of the 4th, or King's 
 Own, and Governor of Pendennis Castle. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1791, as a 
 Boy, on board the Beunswick 74, Capts. Sir Roger 
 Curtis and John Harvey, under the latter of whom 
 he fought in the battle of 1 June, 1794. He after- 
 wards joined in succession the Russell 74, Capt. 
 Joseph Larcom, Kingfisher 18, Capts. John Marsh, 
 John Bligh, and John Maitland, Kent 74, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Duncan, Veteran 64, Capt. Archi- 
 bald Collingwood Dickson, Zebba bomb, Capt. 
 Edw. Sneyd Clay, Plover 18, Capt. Edw. Galwey, 
 and Santa Margaritta 36, Capts. Augustus Leve- 
 son Gower, Henry Whitby, and Wilson Rath- 
 bome. Of these ships (which were chiefly em- 
 ployed on the Home and West India stations) tlie 
 ICingfisheb appears to have taken part in the cap- 
 ture, during the year 1797, of i'^^aZz'ie' national 
 brig, and Le General privateer ; and the Kent and 
 Veteran in the expeditions of 1799 and 1800 to 
 Holland and Elsineur. Having passed his exami- 
 nation in 1802, Mr. Barrell, in July, 1805, became 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Despatch 18, Capts. 
 Edw. Hawkins, Jas. Lillicrap, and Jas. Aberdour, 
 and while in that vessel was present, 27 Sept. 1806, 
 in a gallant engagement with the French 40-gun 
 frigate ie President, on which occasion he had the 
 satisfaction, during an hour's cannonade, of firing 
 the only shot that hulled the enemy. On 19 Dec. 
 1807, after he had co-operated in the siege of Co- 
 penhagen, Mr. Barrell was at length confirmed in 
 the rank of Lieutenant. He continued to serve in 
 the Despatch, on the Jamaica station, until Aug. 
 1811; after which he joined— 23 Nov. 1811, the 
 Loire 38, Capts. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and 
 Thos. Brown, employed off Lisbon and St. Helena 
 — and, 28 July, 1813, the Gladiator, as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant at Portsmouth to Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas. 
 Foote. In 1814 he was sent to Bordeaux to super- 
 intend the embarkation of the troops ; and on 21 
 March, 1815, was promoted, on the occasion of 
 Reax-Admiral Foote striking his flag, to the rank 
 he now holds. He has not since been employed. 
 
 Commander Barrell, in 1815, submitted some va- 
 luable suggestions to the Admiralty, having for 
 their object an improvement in the mode of sup- 
 plying and receiving stores. His plan at the time 
 attracted the very favourable notice of their Lord- 
 ships. He married, in 1811, Miss Townley. 
 
 BAERETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 12.) 
 
 Joseph Faubiel Barrett, born 24 Sept. 1793, is 
 brother of Wm. Barrett, Esq., Purser and Pay- 
 master, R.N. (1810) ; and unci's of Lieut. Sam. 
 Fowell, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug. 1803, as 
 Third-ol. Vol., on board the Borer gun-brig, 
 Lleut.-Commander John Price, stationed in the 
 North Sea. In May, 1804, he joined the Aurora 
 28, Capt. Jlicajah Malbon, off Newfoimdiand ; and 
 on accompanying the latter officer into the Hebe 
 32, participated in several skirmishes with the In- 
 vasion flotilla off Calais, Boulogne, and Dieppe, and 
 on reaching the West Indies assisted in capturing, 
 besides a variety of other vessels, the Voladore 
 Spanish man-of-war brig, of 20 guns, and a large 
 
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 BARRETT— BARRETTE—BAERIE. 
 
 part of her convoy. Returninghome, in Oct. 1809, 
 as Midshipman of the Sasdwich 12, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Foley, Mr. Barrett became attached to 
 the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife; while under 
 whose command we find him figuring in several 
 cutting-out affairs on the coast of France, and, on 
 the occasion of the destruction of a iieet of mer- 
 chant-vessels in St. Mary's Bay, Ole'ron, ga,llantly 
 rescuing the Semaphore signals from a brig that 
 had already been set in flames. He was subse- 
 quently wounded in cutting out a vessel under the 
 grand batteries of Belleisle, and on 3 March, 1810, 
 while master of a prize which had been similarly 
 captured, was wrecked, taken prisoner, and sent to 
 Verdun, where he remained until the peace of 
 1814. From April to Aug. 1815, he next officiated 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate of the Eoyal 
 Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell. 
 He obtained his commission on 7 Dec. in the same 
 year; was afterwards employed for nearly four 
 years on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Kamilmes and Talaveka 74's, 
 both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and since 
 7 Sept. 1830, has been in charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 24 Sept. 1816, and has issue five 
 children. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 BAKKETT. (Lieut., 1828. p-p., 10 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Robert John Barrett, bom 28 Aug. 1799, is son 
 of the late gallant Capt. John Barrett, R.N., who, 
 with nearly 500 of Ms crew, perished on board the 
 Minotaur 74, when wrecked, on the Haak sands, 
 near the Texel, 22 Deo. 1810. 
 
 This officer (who had already attained a profi- 
 ciency in mathematics) entered the Navy, 11 Dec. 
 
 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Heerus, of 
 42 guns and 284 men, commanded by his friend 
 and patron, Capt. Edm. Palmer. On 27 March, 
 
 1814, having attained the rating of Midshipman, he 
 took charge of the foremost quarter-deck guns, and 
 assisted at the capture, under Cape La Hogue, after 
 a close and obstinate engagement of two hours and 
 a quarter, in which the British had 13 men killed 
 and 25 wounded, and the enemy 40 killed and 73 
 wounded, of the French frigate L' Etoile, of 44 guns 
 and 315 men. Besides participating as Aide-de- 
 Camp to Capt. Palmer in many minor expeditions, 
 Mr. Barrett subsequently shared in all the arduous 
 duties connected with those against Washington 
 and Baltimore. He also, after blockading an Ame- 
 rican frigate of superior force lying in Hampton 
 Roads, served in the Hebrus' launch when, in con- 
 junction with the boats of the Dragon, she led the 
 attack on the enemy's fort at Point Petre ; and 
 was further present at the surrender of the town 
 of St. Mary's. In a subsequent action between the 
 boats of the Hebrus and five American gun- vessels, 
 when the launch, in which Mr. Barrett was again 
 employed, together with a prize-tender, was cap- 
 tured by the enemy, he only escaped being himself 
 taken from the circumstance of his having re- 
 mained behind to spike the guns of his boat while 
 his comrades were being transferred to another 
 vessel, which afforded an opportunity to the cutter 
 of his own ship to bear him off in safety. In July, 
 1815, we find him still in the Hebrus, engaged in 
 forcing the formidable passage of the Gironde, de- 
 stroying the heavy batteries by which it was de- 
 fended, and actively co-operating with the French 
 royalists in the neighbourhood of Bordeaux. When 
 the Hebrus, in July, 1816, was ordered to the Me- 
 diterranean, Mr. Barrett, although not then 17 
 years of age, was appointed her Acting-Master, 
 and in that capacity performed the responsible 
 duty of navigating the ship to Gibraltar. After 
 distinguishing himself at Algiers, he became suc- 
 cessively attached to the Severn 40, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. Wm. Aylmer, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland. As Second Master of the latter 
 ship he was present during Sir Thos. Maitland's in- 
 terview with the celebrated Ali Pacha in the Palace 
 of Prevesa, on the occasion of the ratification of 
 
 the treatv of Parea. At the request of the Com- 
 m^nd^r^-Chie^^ Mr. Barrett subsequently con- 
 sented to act as Master of the Scout 18, CaP*; ^ ". 
 Ramsden, which sloop he twice conducted through 
 fte intricate navigation of the Archipelago as fer 
 S Smyrna, without the aid of a pUot, although two 
 were aUowed. Passing his examination for Lieute- 
 nant in July, 1821, he was next for a short time 
 employed on the Coast Blockade at Hastings, m 
 the capacity of Admiralty Midshipman; and in the 
 course of 1827, after an unemployed interval of 
 five years, was in succession appointed Admiralty 
 Mate of the Revenge 74, Capt. Norborne Thomp- 
 son, and RoYAi. George yacht. On his eventual 
 return from a voyage made with despatches to the 
 coast of Africa in the Onyx tender, he joined the 
 Royal Sovereign yacht, bearing the flag ol the 
 Duke of Clarence, through whose interest, alter hav- 
 ing accompanied His Royal Highness in a visit to aU 
 the naval ports, and in an experimental cruize in the 
 Channel, he was at length awarded a commission, 
 dated 8 Aug. 1828— some years previously to wMoh 
 event he had refused the warrant of Master. Ihe 
 effects of a severe bodily injury which Mr. Barrett 
 had formerly received in the service, recurrmg 
 about the same period with all their original vio- 
 lence, have since prevented him from seekmg 
 active employment, and consequently further ad- 
 vancement in his profession. 
 
 Lieut. Barrett has on three separate occasions 
 perilled his own existence by jumping overboard 
 to the rescue of others. He is the author of var 
 rious and interesting papers in the U. S. Journal, 
 of which it may be sufficient to instance "The 
 Passage of the Gironde," "Naval Recollections of 
 the American War," "The Battle of Algiers," 
 "The last Cruize of H.E.H. the Duke of Cla- 
 rence," &c. He has been married several years, 
 and has issue two sons. Agent — Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 BAERETTE, ( Liedt., 1820. ¥-P., 11 ; h-p., 27.) 
 Augustus George Barrett^ entered the Navy, 
 31 Oct. 1809, as Second-cl. Boy, on board the Fre- 
 DERicKSTEiN 32, Capts. Joseph Nourse and Fras. 
 Beaufort, the latter of whom he accompanied on a 
 surveying expedition to the Archipelago. After a 
 continued servitude of two years and a half in the 
 Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Volontaire 
 38, Capt. Nourse, Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey 
 Moubray, and Undaunted 38, Capts. Rich. Thomas 
 and Thos. Ussher, he rqoined the first>mentioned 
 officer in Sept. 1813, on board the Severn 40, and 
 proceeded with a fleet of transports and merchant- 
 men to Bermuda. He afterwards attended the 
 expeditions against Washington and Baltimore, 
 assisted at the taking of St. Mary's, a town on the 
 coast of Georgia, and further contributed to the 
 capture of several of the enemy's privateers and 
 other vessels. From Sept. 1815, until confirmed in 
 his present rank, 12 June, 1820, Mr. Barrette served 
 as Master's Mate, Admiralty Slidshipman, and 
 latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Rosario 10, 
 Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, Sybille 44, flag-ship of 
 Sir Home Popham, and Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, on the Channel, West India, and Medi- 
 terranean stations. He has since been on half-pay. 
 He married, in Feb. 1823, Sarah, youngest daughter 
 of the late Thos. Jelly, Esq., solicitor, of Bath. 
 
 BARRIE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William Bakrie is son of Rear-Admiral of the 
 White the gallant Sir Kobt. Barrie, K.C.B., 
 K..C.H. (1837), who rendered his name famous as 
 Captain of the Dragon 74, during the last Ame- 
 rican war, and died in June 1841, aged 67. 
 
 This officer obtained his first commission 16 June, 
 1837; was appointed, 31 Aug. following, to the 
 President 50, flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear- 
 Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross ; and from 4 
 Aug. 1842, until promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 9 Nov. 1846, was employed on the same sta- 
 
BARROW— BARRY— BARTON. 
 
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 tion as First of the Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. 
 Onslow. 
 
 He married, in 1846, Dolores, eldest daughter of 
 Col. Wood, of the Chilian army. Agents — Messrs. 
 StUwell. 
 
 BARROW. (Lieut., 1842; f-p., 17 ; h-p., 3.) 
 Arthur Barrow was bom 25 Jan. 1815. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Not. 1827, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Badger 10, Capt. Chas. 
 Crowdy, employed on the coast of Scotland and off 
 Lisbon ; and next served as Midshipman, on the 
 Mediterranean and South America stations, of 
 the Donegal 78, Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton and 
 John Dick, Ferret 10, Capt. Hon. Edw. Wode- 
 house, and Spartiatb 76, flag-ship of Sir Mich. 
 Seymour. In Feb. 1836, having passed his exami- 
 nation in the previous Sept., he became Mate of 
 the Scout 18, Capt. Robt. Craigie, on the coast 
 of Africa, where his gallant conduct in the boats 
 at the capture, 11 Jan. 1837, of the two slave-brigs 
 Esperatifa and JPaquete de Cabo, appears to have 
 procured him official notice. Removing, in Jan. 
 1840, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Kobt. Maunsell, he 
 took part in the ensuing operations on the coast of 
 Syria, and continued to serve in the same ship 
 until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 18 May, 1842, in 
 the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. 
 C. R. Owen. He was transferred, on 13 July fol- 
 lowing, to the Howe 120, Capts. Robt. Smart and 
 Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for some time of Sir Fras. 
 Mason, also on the Me(Hterranean station ; and since 
 31 Dec. 1844, has been again employed on the 
 coast of Africa, in the Ranger sloop, Capt. Jas. 
 Anderson. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 BARROW. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Thomas James Raikes Barrow entered the 
 Navy 26 April, 1826 ; passed his examination 13 
 June, 1834 ; served for some time, as Mate, on board 
 the Winchester 50, Capt. Chas. Eden, flag-ship at 
 the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Hon. 
 Joceline Percy ; and received his commission 4 
 April, 1843. His appointments have since been, 
 on the Mediterranean station — 22 Aug. 1844, to the 
 Formidable 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. 
 C. R. Owen — 25 Oct. 186, as First Lieutenant, to 
 the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Deve- 
 reux — 13 Deo. 1845, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Edw. 
 St. Leger Cannon — and, 14 May, 1846, to the In- 
 constant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, with 
 whom he is at present employed. 
 
 BARROW. (Lieut., 1825. f-p.,15; h-p., 14.) 
 
 Thomas Pownoll Pellew Barrow entered the 
 Navy 16 Oct. 1818 ; and while serving as Midship- 
 man on board the Parthian 10, commanded the 
 boats of that sloop at the capture of a piratical 
 vessel, 18 June, 1824. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 
 25 May, 1825, in the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott, 
 successively employed on the coast of Africa, off 
 Lisbon, and in the Channel ; and, on 3 Oct. 1831, 
 was appointed First of the PEtoRus 18, Capt. Rich. 
 Meredith, also on the Africa station, where, in 
 command of the boats, he took the Minerva slaver, 
 of 10 guns and 65 men, 5 June, 1835. Since the 
 close of the latter year he has been on half-pay. 
 Agent— J. Ilinxman. 
 
 BARKY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Barky entered the Navy, 19 March, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cygnet 18, 
 Capt. Donald M'Leod. While in that sloo^ under 
 the subsequent command of Capt. Edw. Dix, he 
 narrowly escaped being wrecked off St. Abb's 
 Head, during an exposure of two days to the fury 
 of a terrific gale, which blew right on shore ; and, 
 on 18 Dec. 1809, we find him assisting at the de- 
 struction of the 40-gun frigates ioiVe and Seine, 
 laden with stores and provisions, moored in Ance 
 la Barque, Guadeloupe, and defended by numerous 
 batteries. After further serving for upwards of a 
 twelvemonth in the Star, Capt. Hendrie, Dra- 
 
 gon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Cygnet 
 again, Capt. Robt. Russell, he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1812, and appointed to 
 the Amaranthe sloop, Capts. Geo. Pringle and 
 Rich. Augustus Yates. He has been unemployed 
 since 26 Oct. 1814. 
 
 BARTON. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Ralph Barton entered the Navy, 2 March, 
 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Crescent 38, 
 Capt. John Quilliam, with whom he cruized in the 
 Baltic, off Newfoundland, and in the West Indies, 
 the greater part of the time as Midshipman, until 
 Sept. 1815. He then served for four years in the 
 East Indies, on board the Towby 24, and Bacchus 
 18, Capts. Hew Stewart and John Pengelly Parkin ; 
 and after a further attachment, as Admiralty Mid- 
 shipman, to the Grasshopper 18, Capts. David 
 Buchan and Jas. Bradley, and Egeria 26, Capt. 
 Sam. Roberts, off Newfoundland, was appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1824, of the Sir Fran- 
 cis Drake, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Nehemiah 
 Clarke. Being officially promoted 8 Oct. follow- 
 ing, he subsequently joined, on the East India, 
 Mediterranean, Lisbon, and South America sta- 
 tions— 17 Sept. 1825, the Hind 20, Capt. John Fur- 
 neaux — 21 Oct. 1827, the Success 28, Capt. Jas. 
 Stirling— 23 Feb. 1828, the Java 52, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage— 20 Nov. 1830, the 
 Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas 
 — and, 24 Jan. 1835, as First Lieutenant, the Dub- 
 lin 50, bearing the flag of Sir Graham Eden Ha/- 
 mond. He rose to the rank he now holds 28 June, 
 1838 ; became an Inspecting-Commander in the 
 Coast Guard 28 March, 1839; officiated, from 3 
 Nov. 1840, until Oct. 1843, as Second Captain of the 
 Monarch 84, commanded, in the Me(Uterranean, 
 by Capt. Sam. Chambers ; and from 16 Feb. 1845, 
 until posted, 9 Nov. 1846, was employed in a similar 
 capacity on board the Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo. 
 Wickens Willes, part of the Channel squadron. 
 He is now on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BARTON. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 1 6.) 
 Richard Barton entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Latona 38, 
 Capt. Frank Sotheron, and in the following autumn 
 attended, as Midshipman, the expedition to the 
 Helder. He subsequently witnessed the surrender 
 of the Batavian ships in the Vlieder passage, and 
 during the remainder of the war assisted at the 
 capture of several of the enemy's armed vessels. 
 Becoming attached, in March, 1803, to the Albion 
 74, Capt. John Ferrier, he shortly afterwards es- 
 corted the fleet of Indiamen under Capt. Dance 
 which had recently effected the discomfiture of the 
 French Admiral Linois from the Straits of Malacca 
 to St. Helena; and then returning to the East Indies, 
 continued to serve on that station until 1811 in, 
 successively, the Culloden 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, and La Bellone, alias Blanche, 
 36, Capt. John Bastard, to which ship, after having 
 acted for two years and a half as Lieutenant, he 
 was confirmed, by commission dated 27 Dec. 1808. 
 Mr. Barton, who appears to have also officiated for 
 some montlis as Captain of the latter frigate, and 
 to have captured during that period La Conjiance 
 privateer, of 2 guns and 30 men, was subsequently 
 employed, from Dec. 1811, to Dec. 1815, in the 
 Prince of Wales 98, Grasshopper 16, Crocus 10, 
 and RoMNEY 50, imder various officers, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations. On 15 March, 
 
 1816, he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Salis- 
 bury 50, to Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, 
 Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, where he 
 served until 1818 ; from Dec. in which year until 
 his promotion to the rank of Commander, 2 July, 
 
 1817, we find him employed on the Coast Blockade, 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Severn, Ra- 
 MiLLiES, and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He afterwards did duty as an 
 Inspecting-Commander of the Coast Guard, from 
 13 April, 1831, until 1836 ; and since his advance- 
 
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52 
 
 BARWELL— BASDEN— BASKERVILLE. 
 
 ment to Post-rank, which took place 2 Jan. 1837, 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Barton, who is Senior of 1837, is at present 
 Superintendent of the West India Mail Packet 
 Company's EstahUshmeut at Southampton. 
 
 HARWELL. (LiEPT., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Nathaniel Bakwell, bom 31 Dec. 1793, is son 
 of Osbom Barwell, Esq. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sakacen 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Prevost, in which ship, after landing Lieut.-Gen. 
 Whitelocke at Buenos Ayres in July, 1807, he re- 
 turned home with the despatches announcing the 
 disastrous result of the attack on that place. 
 During a subsequent attachment of three years, as 
 Midshipman, to the Soccess 32, Capt. John Ays- 
 cough, we find Mr. Barwell escorting the present 
 Earl of Roden and a convoy to the Mediterranean, 
 contributing to the reduction of Ischia and Procida, 
 and participating in the capture and destruction of 
 a large number of the enemy's armed and other 
 vessels. On next joining the Active 46, Capt. Jas. 
 Alex. Gordon, he served with credit in the boats of 
 that frigate at the taking of a convoy of 28 mer- 
 chantmen, defended by three gun-vessels and a 
 body of 300 troops, in a creek in the island of Ka^ 
 gosniza, in the Adriatic, 27 July, 1811 ;* and on 
 29 Nov. following bore a part in a hard-fought 
 action of an hour and 40 minutes, which, in ren- 
 dering the Active captor of La Pomam, of 44 guns 
 and 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, 
 cost her a loss of 8 men killed and 27 wounded, in- 
 cluding Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg. He was sub- 
 sequently employed for two years in the Unite 36, 
 Capt. Henry Edwin Chamberlayne, and Minorca 
 18, Capt. Ralph Randolph "Wormeley, both in the 
 Mediterranean ; was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 
 7 Jan. 1814, in the Wizard 18, Capt. Fairfax 
 Moresby, on the same station ; and from May to 
 Sept. 1815, officiated as First of the Ekebus 18, 
 Capts. David Ewen Bartholomew and Fras. Le 
 Hunte, off Flushing. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Barwell married Susan Anne, daughter of 
 J. C. Middleton, Esq. 
 
 BARWELL. (Commander, 1830. p-p., 16; 
 H-p., 20.) 
 
 William Barwell entered the Navy, 31 May, 
 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on boaj-d the Volontaire 38, 
 Capt. Hon. GranvUle Geo. Waldegrave, stationed 
 in the Mediterranean, where he obtained the rating 
 of Midshipman 6 March, 1813, and continued ac- 
 tively to serve until Dec. 1815. In Jan. 1816, he 
 joined the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hal- 
 lowell at Cork, whence, on being transferred, in 
 Sept. 1818, to the Carron 20, Capt. John Fur- 
 neaux, he sailed for the East Indies; on which 
 station he became successively attached to the 
 Leander 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Blackwood, and Liverpool 40 and Ganges 84 
 both commanded by Capt. Fras. Augustus CoUier,' 
 with whom he returned to England and was paid 
 off in Oct. 1822. Mr. Barwell, who, after officiating 
 for upwards of 12 months as Acting-Lieutenant, had 
 been confirmed by commission dated on 29 March 
 in the latter year, was subsequently appointed — 30 
 Nov. 1824, to the Rose 18, commanded in the Me- 
 diterranean by Capt. Hon. Chas. Abbot^and, 8 
 May, 1827, to the Hdssar 46, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Chas. Ogle on the North America station, where 
 he served until promoted to the rank he now holds, 
 26 Feb. 1830. He has not since been employed. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 BASDEN. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 20 ; h-p.,24.) 
 Charles Basden entered the Navy, 18 June, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rotal Wu^ 
 LiAM, Capt. John Wainwright, bearing the flag at 
 Spithead of Admiral Geo. Montagu ; proceeded in 
 1805 to the East Indies as Midshipman of the Hin- 
 DOSTAN 50, Capt. Alex. Eraser ; and, on joining the 
 • Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 2193. 
 
 Spartan 38, commanded by the late Sir Jahleel 
 Brenton, became an active participator, from 1807 to 
 1810, in all the dashing events which during the 
 period marked that gallant officer's career. He com- 
 manded on 14 May, 1807, off Nice, one of four boats 
 in a valorous but unsuccessful attack on a polaore 
 ship, in which the British suffered a loss, out of 70 
 picked men, of 63 killed and wounded, including 2 
 Lieutenants and 3 Midshipmen ; assisted afterwards 
 at the destruction, 23 April and 2 May, 1809, of the 
 castles of Pesaro and Ceseratico; witnessed, on 
 10 of the latter month, the reduction of the island 
 of Lossini, on the coast of Croatia ; was present, 
 early in Oct. following, at the surrender of Zante 
 and Cephalonia ; contributed also, on 9 of the 
 same month, to the capture of Cerigo, an island 
 near the Morea, for which service, as well as for 
 Lossini, the Spartan received the thanks of the 
 Admiralty ; commanded a gun-boat in March, 
 1810, and was severely wounded while destroying 
 a vessel he had driven on shore on the coast of 
 Calabria, under the heavy fire of a body of troops ; 
 had further charge, 25 April ensuing, of one of the 
 boats employed in cutting out four vessels firom 
 under the castle and batteries of Terracina ; and, 
 on 3 May, although nominally a Master's Mate, 
 performed the duties of Lieutenant on the occasion 
 of the Spartan's brilliant defeat, in the Bay of 
 Naples, after an action of two hours, and a loss to 
 the British of 10 men killed and 22 wounded, of a 
 Franco-Neapolitan squadron, whose united force 
 amounted to 95 guns and about 1400 men. On 
 leaving the Spartan, in Dec. 1810, Mr. Basden 
 proceeded to join the flotilla employed at the de- 
 fence of Cadiz, and while so engaged was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 
 2 May, 1811. Assuming command, on 9 July in the 
 same year, of the Fearless gun-brig, he continued 
 to be very actively employed on the coast of Spain 
 until 1812, particularly at the defence of Tarifa 
 in Jan. of that year, for his meritorious services 
 on which occasion he was especially noticed in the 
 despatches of the senior officer, Capt. Edw. Stir- 
 ling Dickson. While next attached, from Deo. 
 1812, to Oct. 1815, to the Tremendous 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Campbell, we find him assisting at the cap- 
 ture of Trieste, co-operating also with the Austrian 
 forces in the reduction of Venice, and frequently 
 employed on boat service. In 1825 he became 
 Agent for Transports afloat, but resigned that ap- 
 pointment 25 Oct. 1827, and on 31 May, 1828, was 
 ordered to join, as First-Lieutenant, the Windsor 
 Castle 78, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouve- 
 rie, on the Mediterranean station. He was there 
 promoted to the command, 17 Feb. 1829, of the 
 Weazle sloop, and, having paid that vessel off in 
 1830, was next employed as an Inspecting-Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard from 18 March, 1834, 
 until 1837. He attained Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841, 
 and is at present on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Basden married, 22 April, 1817, Lydia, 
 daughter of the late J. Pereira, Esq., and niece of 
 the late Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, Bart., of Maris- 
 tow, CO. Devon, by whom he has an only daughter, 
 married to Lieut. C. P. Coode, R.M., son of Capt. 
 John Coode, R.N., C.B. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BASKERVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Baskerville passed his examination 8 
 Nov. 1838 ; and served as Mate, in the Mediterra- 
 rean and South America, of the Implacable 74 
 Capt. Edw. Harvey, Carysfoet 26, Capt. Lord 
 Geo. Paulet, and Ddblin 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Rich. Thomas. He obtained his commis- 
 sion 20 April, 1846. 
 
 BASKERVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1826. p-p., 30; 
 H-p., 4.) 
 Perceval Baskerville entered the Navy 4 
 March, 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, Capt. Robt. Jackson, flag-ship in 
 the Channel of Lord Keith. Until Aug. 1823, in 
 the course of which month he passed his examina- 
 
BASTARD— BASTIN— BATE. 
 
 53 
 
 tion, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the 
 Dover troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Henley Kogers, 
 ViLLE BE Pabis 110, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Keith, Edrotas 38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, Dover 
 again, Capt. R. H. Rogers, Mam-a Si, Capt. Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild, Dromedary store-ship, Master- 
 Commander Rich. Skinner, and Bathurst survey- 
 ing-vessel, Capt. Philip Parker King ; and during 
 the period he was so attached he attended the ex- 
 pedition to New Orleans, visited New Zealand, 
 and circumnavigated New Holland. The ships in 
 which he further served, prior to his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 24 May, 
 1836, appear to have been the "Windsor Castle 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Hind 20, Capt. John Fur- 
 neaux, Java 52, and Winchester 50, bearing the 
 respective flags of Rear-Admirals Wm. Hall Gage 
 and Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Merset 26, Capt. 
 Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Shannon 46, Capt. 
 Benj. Clement, Racehorse 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn 
 Williams, Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, 
 Blossom surveying-sloop, Capt. Rich. Owen, San 
 Josef 110, Capt. Rich. Curry, Caledonia 120, 
 Capt. Thos. Brown, and Castor 36, Capt. Lord 
 John Hay. He was in the Windsor Castle off 
 Lisbon when Don John, being obliged during the 
 rebellion of 1824 to take refuge on board that ship, 
 bestowed gold medals on all the officers ; served in 
 the other vessels on the East and West India, 
 Home, and Mediterranean stations ; and obtained 
 his commission for his exertions under Lord John 
 Hay on the north coast of Spain, where he was em- 
 ployed, either in a tender, or on shore at Bilboa, San 
 Sebastian, and Pasages. Mr. Baskerville's appoint- 
 ments since his promotion have been — 11 June, 
 1836, to the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter 
 Halkett in North America and the West Indies — 
 next, to the Rainbow 28, and Nimrod 20, Capts. 
 Thos. Bennett and John Eraser, on the same sta^ 
 tion — 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120, flag-ship in the 
 Mediterranean of Sir Francis Mason — early in 1843, 
 to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, with 
 whom he returned to England — and, 4 Nov. 1844, 
 to the Coast Guard, in which service he is at pre- 
 sent employed. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 BASTARD. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Richard Bastard entered the Navy, in July, 
 1798, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Spider 14, 
 Lieut-Commander Rich. Harrison, stationed in the 
 Channel ; removed in 1800, as Signal-Midshipman, 
 to the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag on the 
 same and West India stations of Sir Robt. Calder ; 
 and on joining the Melpomene frigate, Capt. Robt. 
 Dudley Oliver, was employed, during the years 1804 
 and 1805, in blockading the French coast, and twice 
 assisted in bombarding Havre de Grace. Accom- 
 panying the latter officer, towards the close of 1805, 
 into the Mars 74, he contributed to the capture, 
 28 July, 1806, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men, 
 and, under his successor, Capt. Wm. Lukin, was 
 also present at the taking, on 25 Sept. in the same 
 year, of La Gloire 46, and L^ Infatigahle 44, two 
 out of four French frigates that had been pursued 
 and brought to action by a squadron under Sir Sam. 
 Hood. After attending the expedition to Copen- 
 hagen, and while yet at that place, Mr. Bastard was 
 confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 19 Oct. 1807, in the 
 BoNETTA 14, Capt. Jas. Robt. Phillips. His subse- 
 quent appointments were — 4 Nov. 1807, to the Mi- 
 notaur 74, flag-ship on the Home and Lisbon sta- 
 tions of Admirals Wm. Essington, Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith— 7 March, 1809, to the 
 Perlen 38, Capt. Norborne Thompson, in which 
 ship he co-operated in the reduction of Flushing, 
 and afterwards proceeded to the West Indies, 
 whence he invalided in May, 1811—16 Oct. 1812, as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord John 
 Colville, employed in Basque Roads — 1 Feb. 1813, 
 to the Freija troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Isaac Scott 
 and Herbert Wm. Hore, with the former of whom 
 he served at the siege of San Sebastian — 31 March, 
 1814, to the Cloeinde 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell, 
 
 stationed in the Mediterranean, where previously 
 to his return to England he appears to have been 
 with Lord Exmouth at Algiers, when that noble- 
 man, in March, 1816, concluded a treaty with the 
 Dey relative to the abolition of Christian slavery — 
 and, 19 Nov. 1831, and 20 April and 6 Sept. 1832, to 
 the alternate command of the Flamer, Hermes, 
 and Flamer steamers, employed as packets on the 
 Falmouth station. Since 1834 he has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Lieut. Bastard married, 23 Aug. 1837, a daughter 
 of the late John Bowyer, Esq., of Landport. 
 
 BASTIN. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 
 18 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 Robert Bastin, bom 5 Aug. 1780, is fourth son 
 of the late John Bastin, Esq., of Tidwell, in the 
 parish of East Budleigh, co. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 May, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Ntmphe 36, Capts. John 
 Cooke, Percy Eraser, and Stair Douglas ; and while 
 in that ship on the Channel station assisted, as 
 Midshipman, at the capture, when in company with 
 the San Fiobenzo 36, of the French frigates La 
 Resistance, of 48, and La Constance, of 24 guns, 9 
 March, 1797. After a variety of other active ser- 
 vices, and a brief attachment to the Cambbidge 80, 
 Capt. Chas. Henry Lane, guard-ship at Plymouth, 
 he became Master^s Mate, in May, 1802, of the Do- 
 negal 74, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, and on 
 20 June, 1803, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Belleisle 74, Capts. John Whitby and Wm. 
 Hargood. Being confirmed to the latter ship by 
 commission, dated 3 Sept. in the same year, he 
 subsequently accompanied Lord Nelson to the West 
 Indies and back in pursuit of the combined squa- 
 drons of France and Spain, and on 21 Oct. 1805, 
 fought at Trafalgar. On 19 July, 1806, we find 
 Mr. Bastin, who had been appointed second of the 
 Blanche, of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. Thos. 
 Lavie, receiving a musket-ball through the thigh 
 during a warm action which led to the capture, 
 after a loss to the British of not more than 4 men 
 wounded, of La Guerriere, French ship, of 50 guns 
 and 317 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded.* 
 In consideration of the official mention made of 
 him on this and other occasions, and of his wound, 
 the subject of this memoir, on his return to Sheer- 
 ness, was presented by the Patriotic Society with 
 the sum of 200Z. The Blanche, to the First-Lieu- 
 tenancy of which he had succeeded on the promo- 
 tion of the present Capt. H. T. Davies, being even- 
 tually wrecked off Ushant in March, 1807, he was 
 taken prisoner, and detained in France until the 
 peace of 1814. Unable to procure further employ- 
 ment, he at length, on 11 May, 1836, accepted the 
 rank he now holds. 
 
 Commander Bastin married, 7 Oct. 1818, Miss 
 Sarah Boucaut, of Guernsey, and has issue one 
 daughter. 
 
 BATE. (CoMMANDEK, 1836. F-p., 26; H-p., 15.) 
 
 John Mort Bate died .in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foudrotant 80, Capt. 
 Peter Puget, successive flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 Graves and Sir John Borlase Warren ; under the 
 latter of whom, after participating as Midshipman 
 in various skirmishes with the Brest fleet, he wit- 
 nessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo, 
 of 80 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 
 40-gun frigate Selte Poule. While subsequently on 
 the books of the Goliath 74, commanded also by 
 Capt. Puget, he temporarily served with that officer 
 on board the Hebe armed ship, during the operas 
 tions of 1807 against Copenhagen, where, in con- 
 junction with the inshore squadron, he appears to 
 have been in almost daily collision with the enemy's 
 batteries, block-ships, praams, and gun-boats. He 
 afterwards, on the landing of the army at Wibeck, 
 
 • rideGsj,. 1806, p. 931. 
 
64 
 
 BATE— BATEMAN— BATES. 
 
 had the honour of conveying the Duke of Welling- 
 ton, then Sir Arthur "Wellesley, on shore ; and on 
 rejoining the Goliath, served "vrith the fleet under 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic, where he was 
 frequently employed with the Russians, and often 
 employed in the boats. Between Dec. 1808, and 
 Aug. 1814, Mr. Bate further served on board the 
 Blake, ConRAGEnx, Gibraltar, and Stirling 
 Castle 74' s, Capts. Edw. Codrington, Robt. 
 Plampin, Sir Jahleel Brenton, and Sir Home 
 Popham; and during that period was present in 
 the CoDKAGEDx at the bombardment of Flushing, 
 and made a voyage in the Stirling Castle to 
 India. Obtaining his first commission 1 March, 
 1815, he subsequently joined — 30 Jan. 1826, the 
 Coast Blockade, in which service he officiated, 
 until its abolition, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the Ramillies and Talavera 74's, Capts. Hugh 
 Pigot and David Colby— and, 15 April, 1831, took 
 the command of a station in the Coast Guard. In 
 1834, for his " cool and intrepid conduct" in a des- 
 perate conflict of two hours with a party of armed 
 smugglers, at Beer, in Devonshire, where he was se- 
 verely wounded in the head, and had three fingers 
 broken, he received the well-earned approbation of 
 the Comptroller-General, and, on 15 Jan. 1836, was 
 further rewarded with the rank of Commander. 
 From 29 March, 1837, until 1840, and from 18 Jan. 
 1842, until the period of his death, he again served 
 in the Coast Guard, in the capacity of Inspecting- 
 Commander. 
 
 He has left a family of six children. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BATE. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 0.) 
 William Thornton Bate entered the Navy 2 
 Sept. 1831 ; passed his examination 1 May, 1839 ; 
 served as Mate on board the Blenheim 72, Capt. 
 Thos. Herbert, and Wellesley 72, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir Gordon Bremer ; and for his 
 services during the operations of May, 1841, against 
 Canton, where he was wounded, was awarded a 
 commission, dated on 8 of the following Oct.* As 
 Additional-Lieutenant of the Bentinck 10, Capt. 
 Rich. Collinson, he was subsequently employed on 
 shore at the capture of Chapoo, 18 May, 1842, on 
 which occasion, after assisting in landing the troops, 
 he accompanied them in their advance, and by his 
 spirited exertions succeeded in making prisoner a 
 Chinese officer holding the rank of Colonel, f He 
 next served, with Capt. CoUinson, on board the 
 Plover surveying-vessel ; and since 8 July, 1843, 
 has been in command, also in the East Indies, of 
 the Young Hebe tender. 
 
 Lieutenancy, 31 Oct. 1795, in the Scipio 64, Capts. 
 Robt. M'Doiall, Fras. Laforey, and Chas. Sydney 
 Darers, while under whom he participated in the 
 reduction of the Dutch settlement of Demerara, 
 and on that occasion, as at the subseguent destruc- 
 tion of a Spanish squadron near Innidad, was 
 again wounded. From 4 Jan. 1798 until promoted 
 to the rank of Commander, 29 April, 1802, he served 
 in the Monarch 74, and London 98, bearing the 
 flags in the North Sea and Baltic of Admira^ Sir 
 Rich. Onslow, Archibald Dickson, and Sir Hyde 
 Parker : in the first named of which ships he fought, 
 as Second Lieutenant, at Copenhagen, where his 
 Captain, Kobt. Jas. Mosse, was killed. Dunng the 
 two years and a half immediately preceding hia 
 attainment of Post-rank, 25 Sept. 1806, we find 
 Capt. Bateman commanding in succession the 
 KiTTT, BoNETTA, and Gannet sloops, the two 
 former employed in afibrding protection to the dif- 
 ferent convoys in the North Sea, and the latter in 
 escorting the trade to the Mediterranean. His 
 subsequent appointments were— 25 Sept. 1809, to 
 the SciPiON 74, bearing the flag in the Bay of 
 Biscay of Hon. Kobt. Stopford— in the course of 
 1812 to the Revenge 74, flag-ship of Hon. Arthur 
 Kaye Legge, and Stately 64, off Cadiz , where, 
 on becoming Senior Officer, he efiected the disman- 
 tlement of the English dockyard— and, 12 April, 
 1813, to the Impetdedx 74, which ship he brought 
 home and paid off in the following June. He has 
 not since been employed. His advancement to 
 Flag-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, in 1809, Lucy, third 
 daughter of Wm. Chetwynd, Esq., of Ham Com- 
 mon, CO. Surrey, and Hampstead, co. Cork, by 
 whom he has issue a son and five daughters. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BATEMAN. (Eeab-Admiral of the White. 
 1841. F-p., 18 ; H-p., 39.) 
 
 Charles Philip Butler Bateman, bom in 1776, 
 at Wormley, in Hertfordshire, is son of the late 
 Nathaniel Bateman, Esq., an old Post-Captain. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1790, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Fras. 
 John Hartwell, stationed in the Channel ; and, 
 after serving in the Minerva 44, and Crown 64, 
 both commanded by Capt. Robt. Manners Sutton, 
 in the East Indies, became, in 1792, Midshipman of 
 the Penelope 32, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, 
 in which vessel, when in company with the Iphi- 
 GENiA 32, he took part, 25 Nov. 1793, off St. Do- 
 mingo, in a warm action of half an hour, which 
 terminated in the capture, with a loss to the Pene- 
 I.OPE of 1 man killed and 7 wounded, of the French 
 36-gun frigate U Inamstante. Removing next to 
 the BoTNE 98, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, 
 Mr. Bateman, in 1794, witnessed the reduction of 
 the French West India islands, and was slightly 
 wounded while employed on shore at the attack on 
 Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Having further served 
 on board L'Aimable 32, and Majestic 74, flag- 
 ships of Sir John Laforey, he was promoted to a 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 2513, 2539. 
 t V. Gaz. 1843, pp. 36n.S-94. 
 
 BATES. (Lieutenant, 1814.) 
 
 Henbt Andrew Bates was bom 30 Nov. 1788. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Starling gun-brig, 
 Lieut-Commander John Guyon, on the North Sea 
 station, where he was present in an attack on the 
 enemy's flotilla off Flushing, in which the Star- 
 ling was very severely damaged, and had several 
 men wounded. In Oct. 1804, he joined the Beagle 
 sloop, Capts. Jas. Bum, Geo. Digby, and Fras. 
 Newcombe, under whom he continued to serve, 
 chiefly in the Mediterranean, until Oct. 1809, and 
 during that period contributed to the capture, on 
 various occasions, of a large number of Spanish 
 vessels, of considerable value, ultimately producing 
 to every man engaged the sum of 500?. In 1806 
 Mr. Bates, who had attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman, was ta.ken prisoner by the crew of a ves- 
 sel in which he had been placed as prize-master, 
 carried to Catalonia, and there detained until, on 
 being exchanged after a lapse of six months, he 
 was enabled to rejoin the Beagle. On a subse- 
 quent occasion, while in the act of boarding a 
 Genoese xebec, which the latter vessel had driven 
 on shore near Cape Palos, he was knocked over- 
 board by a spent musket-ball, but was happily res- 
 cued, and sent in charge of the captured vessel to 
 Oran, on the coast of Barbary ; on arriving in the 
 vicinity of which town, he had the good fortune to 
 save the fort of Marselquivir from falling into the 
 hands of the Arabs. Returning, in 1808, to the 
 Downs, Mr. Bates assisted at the capture of four 
 heavy privateers, a service for which, conjointly 
 with the rest of the officers and crew, he received 
 the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief. He was 
 thrice also, about the same period, intrusted with 
 the hazardous duty of landing secret papers on the 
 coast of France; and, in April, 1809, having 
 escorted Col. Congreve, with 12 fire-ships, to the 
 Basque Roads, was there employed throughout the 
 whole of Lord Cochrane's operations. During the 
 subsequent expedition to the Scheldt, he took, 
 while in command of the launch belonging to the 
 Salsette 38, Capt. Walter Bathurst, a Dutch gun- 
 vessel, mounting, besides 4 brass howitzers, 1 long 
 
BATES— BATHURST—BATT. 
 
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 twenty-four and 2 long nine-pounders, with a crew of 
 30 men ; and was present in the attack on the for- 
 tresses of Bathz and Williamstadt. "We next, from 
 20Nov. 1810, untilM'arch, 1811, find Mr. Bates serv- 
 ing as Acting-Lieutenant in the Undadsted 38, 
 Capts. Geo. M'XCenzie and Kich. Thomas, and after 
 that period, for a few months in the same capaoify, 
 and then as Master's Mate, on hoard the Eame 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Bathurst, engaged on the coast of Catar 
 Ionia ; where, on his transference, 5 June, 1812, to 
 the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, he was employed, in command of a body of 
 pike-men, in co-operating with the army under Lord 
 Wm. Bentinck, and in assisting at the capture, in 
 June, 1813, of the Col de Balaguer. He soon after- 
 wards, with a detachment under Capts. Coghlan and 
 Thos. Ussher, aided in reducing a small town on the 
 coast of France, and, at the capture of a convoy 
 anchored near it, was wounded in the wrist in an 
 unsuccessful attempt to hoard a gun-boat. On 
 13 April, 1814, he witnessed the surrender of 
 Genoa; and, on 18 of the same month, Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, to mark the estimation in which he held 
 his services, having given him an acting-order as 
 Lieutenant of the Caledonia, placed him in com- 
 mand of her tender, the Thistle lugger, of 10 guns 
 and 50 men, and despatched him to the Dey of 
 Algiers, with intelligence of the continental peace. 
 On Mr. Bates' paying off the Thistle, in Sept. 
 following, his patron took him in person to the 
 Admiralty, procured for him his commission, dated 
 20th of the same month, and was the means of his 
 immediate appointment to the Akbar 50, Capt. 
 Chas. Bullen, on the coast of North America ; where 
 he removed, 29 Oct. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to 
 the Akab 16, Capt. Henry Jane, and continued 
 imtil a short time previously to his being paid off, 
 19 July, 1816. He has since, we believe, been con- 
 tinually employed, either in charge of a Revenue- 
 vessel or in the Coast Guard, in which service he is 
 at present officiating as an Inspecting-Commander. 
 He married, 14 Jan. 1815, Miss Isabella Innis, by 
 whom he has issue five children. 
 
 BATES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 Joseph Bates was born 12 Jan. 1782. 
 This offtcer entered the Navy (into which he was 
 impressed) 7 June, 1803, as A.B., on board the 
 Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, successively em- 
 ployed in the Channel and West Indies ; removed, 
 as Captain of the Foretop, in July, 1808, to the 
 Racoon 18, Capts. Jas. Welsh and Wm. Black; 
 and after an intermediate servitude in that sloop on 
 the Home, West India^ and South Sea stations — the 
 six last years as Quartermaster, Midshipman, and 
 Master's Mate — was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 11 March, 1815. He left the Racoon in the 
 following Oct., and has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BATHURST. (Lieut., 1838. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 0.) 
 
 John Oldenshaw Bathurst, born in Dec. 1817, 
 
 is son of the late Capt. Walter Bathurst, R.N., by 
 
 Marianne, daughter of Wood, Esq. 
 
 This officer was educated at the Royal Naval 
 College. He embarked 22 June, 1832 ; passed his 
 examination 6 Jan. 1837 ; and was promoted, in con- 
 sideration of the services of his father, 20 Dec. 
 
 1838. His appointments have since been — 19 June, 
 
 1839, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, 
 in North America and the West Indies — 27 Aug. 
 1841, to the temporary command of the Romney 
 30, receiving-ship at the Havana — 28 Dec. 1841, 
 to the CoMus 18, Capt. EvanNepean, on the former 
 station — 28 Oct. 1842, to the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings — and, 
 7 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Commander- 
 in-Chief in the Pacific, where he is at present serv- 
 ing. Agents— Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 BATT. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 5.) 
 
 Henry Batt entered the Navy, 7 June, 1805, on 
 board the Elizabeth 10, Lieut.-Commander Henry 
 Batt ; but remained unemployed from July, 1806, 
 until appointed Midshipman, in July, 1809, of the 
 Rhin 38,. Capt. Chas. Malcolm. He served in the 
 latter frigate until Aug. 1814, in the Channel, off 
 the north coast of Spain, and in the West Indies ; 
 was then appointed Master's Mate, in succession of 
 the Carnation and Wolverene sloops, Capts. Geo. 
 Bentham and Geo. Guy Burton, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station ; passed his examination 4 Oct. 
 1815 ; and after a further employment in the Medi- 
 terranean, on board the Euphrates 36, Capt. Kobt. 
 Preston, and Albion 74, Capts. John Coode, Rich. 
 Raggett, Sir Wm. Hoste, and John Acworth Om- 
 manney, was advanced to his present rank, 28 
 April, 1827. He was subsequently engaged on the 
 Coast Blockade from 3 Jan. 1829, until its aboli- 
 tion, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramil- 
 LiES and Talavera 74's, Capts. Hugh Pigot and 
 David Colby ; and since 31 March, 1831, has been 
 in command of a station in the Coast Guard. Lieut. 
 Batt has on various occasions had the good fortune, 
 by jumping overboard, to save the lives of others. 
 
 BATT. (Commander, 1840.) 
 
 Joseph Batt died 31 Aug. 1844, in his 47th 
 year. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1812, and 
 obtained his first commission 19 May, 1827. He 
 was subsequently appointed Senior, 4 June, 1834, 
 of the Columbine 18, Capt. Thos. Henderson, em- 
 ployed on the Mediterranean and Africa stations, 
 and, 31 Aug. 1840, of the Vesuvius steam-vessel, 
 commanded by the same officer. He attained the 
 rank of Commander on 4 Nov. in the same year, 
 and thenceforward remained on half-pay. 
 
 BATT. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 17.) 
 William Batt was born 7 Feb. 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Eurydice 24, Capts. Walter 
 Bathurst and Chas. Malcolm, from which ship, after 
 assisting at the capture, 8 May, 1801, of Le Bow' 
 gainville privateer, of 14 guns and 67 men, and 
 making a voyage to the East Indies, he was paid 
 ofi' in March, 1803. In Jan. 1805, he joined the 
 Lily 18, Capts. Morrison and Donald Campbell ; 
 but, before long, was captured by two privateers 
 while serving on board a tender belonging to 
 that vessel, and detained a prisoner for several 
 months at Cumana, in South America. On his re- 
 turn to the Lily, Mr. Batt aided in taking the 
 Leander, a Columbian ship of 22 guns and 200 men, 
 and was also present in an attack on La Villa de 
 Core, on the Spanish Main ; subsequently to which 
 he joined the Express gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Geo. Spearing, Humphrey Fleming Sen- 
 house, Wm. Dowers, Wm. Deane, and Wm. Ma- 
 lone. While in that vessel he was slightly woimded 
 in the back in an action off Martinique with a na- 
 tional brig and two privateers, mounting together 
 39 guns — took part, when in company with H.M.S. 
 Ethalion, in an encounter with the French 44-gun 
 frigate Amphitrite — and shared in the reduction 
 of Marie-galante, Deseada, the Saintes, and Mar- 
 tinique. From 1812, previously to which year he 
 had assisted, in the Nisus 38, Capt. PhiUp Beaver, 
 at the reduction of the Isle of France, until Dec. 
 1815, he further served, on the Cork, Jamaica, and 
 Channel stations, in the Talbot, Ringdove, and 
 Wanderer sloops, Capts. Spelman Swaine, Henry 
 Hanes, and Wm. Dowers. He then went on half- 
 pay, having been awarded a commission on 15 of the 
 previous March, and so remained until 1829, when 
 he joined the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. 
 Mingaye. He has been employed in the Coast 
 Guard since 24 April, 1831. 
 
 He is a widower with three daughters. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
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 BATTEN— BATTERSBY—BAUGH. 
 
 BATTEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Chakles Batten was born 27 Jan. 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Combatant 22, Capt. 
 Alex. Rich. Maclcenzie, with whom he continued 
 to serve, in the same ship and the Zenobia 18, on 
 the Baltic, Home, America, and Lisbon stations, 
 until Jan. 1812. He was in attendance on Com- 
 modore Owen's rocket-expedition against Boulogne, 
 took part in the subsequent sieges of Dantzic and 
 Copenhagen, as also in the operations of 1809 
 against Flushing, where the Zenobia had the ho- 
 nour of leading a division of the fleet, and was em- 
 ployed, in 1810-11, at the defence of Cadiz. Re- 
 moving, as Master's Mate, in Jan. 1812, to the 
 Vengeuk 74, Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram 
 Robt. Ricketts, he eventually served on shore with 
 the army during the attack on New Orleans, and 
 contributed to the fall of Fort Bowyer, the last 
 hostile operation of the American war. Since the 
 receipt of his commission, which bears date 14 
 Feb. 1815, Lieut. Batten has been on half-pay. 
 
 BATTEESBY. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 John Palmer Batteesby is eldest son of the 
 late Rev. Leslie Battersby, LL.D., of Skreene, co. 
 Shgo, by Anna Maria, daughter of Patrick Palmer, 
 Esq., barrister-at-law ; and nephew both of Lieut, - 
 Col. Battersby, C.B., and of the late Capt. Henry 
 Robt. Battersby, R.'N. 
 
 This ofacer entered the Navy 12 Aug. 1809; 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 28 Feb. 1828 ; was appointed, 12 Jan. 1839, 
 pro tern,., to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams San- 
 dom, on the lakes of Canada ; and since the sum- 
 mer of 1840 has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, 4 Aug. 1835, Maria, second daughter 
 of the late Chas. Jones, Esq., of Kilmacarick 
 House, CO. "Wicklow. Agent — J oseph "Woodhead. 
 
 BAUGH. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Edwakd Badgh entered the Navy 15 Oct. 1810 ; 
 passed his examination in 1817 ; was promoted, 25 
 April, 1829, into the Thetis 46, Capts. Arthur Batt 
 Bingham and Sam. Burgess, in which frigate he 
 was wrecked, on Cape Frio, 5 Dec. 1830 ; and from 
 2 Oct. 1837, until the close of 1842, served in the 
 Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Baugh married, 17 Nov. 1842, Mary 
 Charles, eldest daughter of the late C. S. Minshaw, 
 Esq., of Sidcup, Foot's Cray, co. Kent, and of Hove 
 Lodge, CO. Sussex. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BAUGH. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 18; h-p., 36.) 
 Henry Baugh entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1793, 
 as Midshipman, on board the St. Aebans 64, Capt. 
 Jas. Vashon, employed in the Mediterranean and 
 West Indies ; removed, in May, 1795, with the same 
 officer, to the Pompee 80 ; and continued to serve 
 in that ship, off Cadiz and with the Channel fleet, 
 until promoted, 19 Feb. 1799, into the Cynthia 16, 
 Capt. Micajah Malbou, stationed off'Havre de Grace. 
 After serving for a short timein the Trdsty 50, Capt. 
 Geo. Bowen, off" the Texel, we find him in succes- 
 sion appointed — 16 Dec. 1799, to the Romney 50, 
 Capt. John Lawford, at Sheemess — 27 June, 1801, 
 to the Dreadnought 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, off 
 Cadiz, whence he invalided 22 Jan. 1802 — and, 10 
 May, 1803, to L'Imp^tueux 74, Capt. Thos. Byam 
 Martin, employed in the Channel. On 2 Jan. 1806, 
 Lieut. Baugh assumed command of the 14-gun 
 brig Rapid, and on 23 April, 1808, being off Faro, 
 on the south coast of Portugal, in company with 
 the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Thos. Fearle, signalized 
 himself by his gallantry in capturing, after a severe 
 action of two hours and a hal^ fought among 
 shoals and within grape-shot of a battery, two Spa- 
 nish vessels laden with cargoes valued at 30,O0OZ. 
 each, and further protected by four gun-boats, two 
 of which were forced to surrender, and the re- 
 mainder driven on shore. The Rapid was sub- 
 sequently, on 18 of the following month, sunk by the 
 batteries in the river Tagus in an attempted attack 
 
 on two feluccas. Capt. Baugh, whose meritorious 
 conduct in the action we have above noticed was 
 rewarded by a Commander's commission, dated 19 
 May, 1808, afterwards served, from June, 1809, to 
 Feb 1810, in the Isle of Wight district of Sea Fen- 
 cibles, and from 6 Feb. 1812, until June, 1814, in 
 command of the Vulture bomb, employed off Jer- 
 sey and Guernsey. He has not since been afloat. 
 Post-rank was conferred on him 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 BAUGH. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henry William Baugh died 31 Jan. 1846. He 
 was eldest son of Kear-iidmiral Thos. Folliott 
 Baugh. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval CoUege) 15 Feb. 1830 ; passed his examination 
 23Sept. 1834 ; served as Mate, in North America, the 
 West Indies, and Mediterranean, in the Madagas- 
 car 44, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, Implaca- 
 ble 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, and Impregnable 104, 
 Capt. Thos. Forrest ; and while employed on the 
 former station in the Illustrious 72, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Chas. Adam, was awarded a commission, 
 dated 23 Nov. 1841. He continued to serve for 
 some weeks in the same ship as Additional-Lieu- 
 tenant ; then removed, 23 Feb. 1842, to the Sappho 
 16, Capt. Edw. Iggulden Parrey ; and from the 
 following Dec. until 1845 appears to have been 
 employed in the East Indies on board the Sama- 
 kang surveying-vessel, Capt. Sir Edw. Belcher. 
 Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 BAUGH. (Rear- Admiral, 1846. pp., 24; 
 H-p., 39.) 
 
 Thomas Folliott Baugh is uncle of Commander 
 Francis Scott, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1784, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the Captain 74, Capt. 
 Reeves, lying at Plymouth; joined, in 1786, the 
 Expedition 44, bearing the broad pendant in the 
 West Indies of Commodore Alan Gardner ; and 
 was subsequently employed as Midshipman, on the 
 latter, and on the Home and Newfoundland sta- 
 tions, in the Europa 50, Capt. Jas. Vashon, 
 Drake, Capt. Geo. Countess, Courageux 74, Capt. 
 Alan Gardner, Duke 98, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 Roddam, Drake again, Capt. John Dolling, and 
 Circe 28, and Heroine 32, both commanded by 
 Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, on the coast of New- 
 foimdland. Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 2 
 Nov. 1793, in the Fly sloop, Capt. Thos. Affleck, 
 he assisted at the reduction, in 1794, of tlie French 
 West India islands ; and, on next joining the Cum- 
 berland 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, par- 
 ticipated in Admiral Hotham's action with the 
 French fleet, off Cape Roux, 13 July, 1795. His 
 subsequent appointments, as Lieutenant, were — 
 20 July, 1797, to the Princess Royal 98, flag-ship 
 off Cadiz of Rear- Admiral Sir John Ogle — 8 July, 
 1798, to the Hector 74, Capts. Robt. Campbell, 
 Thos. Stevenson, and John Elphinstone, on the 
 Mediterranean station — 1 Nov. 1800, to the Prin- 
 cess Charlotte frigate, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, 
 with whom he returned home— and, 8 April, 1801, 
 to the command of the Locust gun-brig, which he 
 retained until shortly previous to the receipt of his 
 second commission, 29 April, 1802. From 24 March 
 1804, until 2 April, 1807, we find Capt. Baugh holding 
 an appointment in the Irish Sea Fencibles, and from 
 the latter period until his advancement to Post> 
 rank, 21 Oct. 1810, commanding the Clio brig, on 
 the Leith station, where he captured, 21 Sept 
 1808 a Danish privateer, of 6 guns and 11 men. 
 H e has since been unemployed. His acceptance of 
 the rank he now holds took place 1 Oct. 1846 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 2 April, 1809, Mary, 
 only daughter of Fras. Scott, Esq., of Beechwood 
 and niece of Sir Alex. Don, Bart., of Newton, co! 
 Roxburgh, and of the first Lord Polwarth. By 
 that lady he has had issue two sons and a daughter 
 His eldest son was the late Lieut. H. W. Baugh 
 ?"^;' J;;s second Charies Richai-d, is aLieutenint 
 in the 9th regt. Bombay Native Infantry. 
 
BAXTER— BAYFIELD— BAYLEY— BAYLY. 
 
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 BAXTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Baxter entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 
 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Focdkotant 
 80, Capt. Peter Puget, hearing the flags in succes- 
 sion of Sir Thos. Graves and Sir John Borlase 
 Warren ; and while in that ship, besides partici- 
 pating in various skirmishes vrith the Brest fleet, 
 witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Ma- 
 rengo of 80 guns, carrying the flag of Admiral Li- 
 nois, and 40-guu frigate Belle Foule. Rejoining 
 Capt. Puget, in April, 1807, on board the Goliath 
 74, he accompanied the ensuing expedition to Co- 
 penhagen ; after which event he removed to tlie 
 Venerable 74, successive flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 mirals Sir Rich. Strachan and Philip Chas. Dur- 
 ham, and in Aug. 1809, while under the temporary 
 command of Capt. Andrew King, contributed 
 to the fall of Flushing. On ultimately proceed- 
 ing to the East Indies, as Master's Mate of the 
 Stirling Castle 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, 
 Mr. Baxter joined, in Sept. 1813, the Salsette 36, 
 Capt. John Bowen. After acting for some time as 
 Lieutenant, both in that ship and in the "Welles- 
 ley 74, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Burlton, he 
 was confirmed in his present rank by comnAission 
 dated 20 Sept. 1815. He was paid off at Ports- 
 mouth in the following January, and has not since 
 been employed. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BAYFIELD. (Capt., 1834. f-p., 41 ; h-p., 0.) 
 
 Henev Wolset Bayfield is, we believe, related 
 to a family of high distinction, the Bayflelds, of 
 Bayfield Hall, co. Norfolk ; and a connexion of Sir 
 Gregory Osborne Page Turner, Bart., of Ambros- 
 den, CO. Oxford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Beagle sloop, Capts. 
 Fras. Newcombe and Wm. Brooking Dolling, under 
 the former of whom, while cruizing in the Downs, 
 he assisted at the capture, on different occasions, 
 of three heavy privateers, carrying in the whole 44 
 guns and 155 men. Having further witnessed Lord 
 Cochrane's destruction of the French shipping in Aix 
 Roads, and attained the rating of Midshipman, he 
 rejoined Capt. Newcombe, in April, 1811, on board 
 the Wanderer 20, and during the three following 
 years was employed on the West India, Halifax, 
 and Lisbon and Spanish stations. He served in 
 Canada during the latter part of the American 
 War; and since Sept. 1816, has been engaged in 
 the survey of lakes Ontario, Erie, and Huron, the 
 river St. Lawrence, and the coast of Labrador. 
 He obtained his first commission 20 March, 1815 ; 
 acquired the rank of Commander 8 Nov. 1826 ; and 
 was posted for his services as a Maritime Surveyor 
 4 June, 1834. 
 
 Capt. Bayfield married, 2 April, 1838, Fanny, only 
 daughter of Capt. C. Wright, R.E., by whom he 
 has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BAYLEY. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Henry Bayley passed his examination 7 Sept. 
 1836 ; and served as Mate, chiefly in the Mediter- 
 ranean, on board the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. 
 Forrest, Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sarto- 
 rius, AiBiON steamer, Lieut.-Commanders John 
 Jeayes and Fred. Lowe, and Volcano steam-sloop, 
 Lieut.-Commanders Edw. Chas. Miller and John 
 Hay Crang. He obtained his commission 6 Dec. 
 1845 ; and has been since employed on the same 
 station in the Hibeknia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. 
 Parker. 
 
 BAYLY. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Bissett Bayly entered the Navy 1 
 Sept. 1823; passed his examination 1 Deo. 1830; 
 and from 29 July, 1840, until the early part of 1842, 
 served in the Coast Guard. He was promoted, 
 during the latter period, to the rank he now holds 
 by commission dated 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 15 
 May, 1843, has been again employed in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 BAYLY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Charlton Booth Bayly entered the Navy, in 
 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 
 74, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats ; under whom (with the exception of a brief 
 attachment, in 1809-10, to the Puissant and Poic- 
 tiers 74's, Capts. Robt. Hall and John Poo Beres- 
 ford) he continued to serve, in the same ship, and 
 in the Milford 74, and Hibernia 110, until 1813 ; 
 during which period he co-operated in the attack 
 upon Copenhagen in 1807, and assisted at the sub- 
 sequent defence of Cadiz. Joining next the Cale- 
 donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he took 
 part in an encounter with the French fleet off Tou- 
 lon, 5 Feb. 1814; shortly after which event he 
 joined the Union 98, Capt. Robt. Rolles, and served 
 as Acting-Lieutenant at the reduction of Genoa. 
 His official promotion taking place 17 June follow- 
 ing, he was next appointed, 13 March, 1815, to the 
 Penelope 36, Capt. Jas. Galloway,vOn accompany- 
 ing whom to North America he was wrecked in 
 the Gulf of St. Lawrence on 30 April in the same 
 year. Mr. Bayly on that occasion experienced such 
 intense suffering from the cold and the hardships 
 he endured, as never yet to have recovered his 
 health. He has not been able to procure further 
 employment. 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 BAYLY. (CoMMANDEK, 1828. F-P., 17; h-p., 31.) 
 James Bayly, born in 1785, at Nenagh, is son of 
 the Rev. Henry Bayly, Rector of Nenagh and Nigh, 
 CO. Tipperary ; grandson of John Bayly, Esq., of 
 Debsborough ; brother of Capt. Benj. Bayly, late 
 21st Fusileers, of Lieut. Peter Bayly, R.N., and of 
 the late Capts. John Bayly, of the 2nd Bengal Light 
 Cavalry, andWm. Bayly, of the 92nd Highlanders; 
 and brother-in-law of Sir Wm. Rowan Hamilton, 
 Astronomer Royal of Ireland, and of Wm. Rath- 
 bone, Esq., late High Sheriff of Dublin. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1799, as 
 a Volunteer, on hoard the Penelope 36, commanded 
 by his relative Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood ; and 
 on 31 March, 1800, while at the blockade of Malta, 
 assisted at the hard-wrought capture of ie Guil- 
 laume Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Decres. After attending, as 
 Midshipman, the expedition to Egypt, he succes- 
 sively joined, between May, 1802, and Oct. 1805, 
 the Donegal 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Rich. Strachan, Experiment 44, Capt. Geo. Chas. 
 Mackenzie, Virginie 88, Capt. John Poo Beres- 
 ford, and Edeyalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Black- 
 wood. For his conduct in the latter frigate at the 
 battle of Trafalgar, on which occasion he had the 
 honour of conveying Lord Collingwood on board, 
 he was at once appointed Acting-Lieutenant of that 
 nobleman's flag-ship, the Royal Sovereign 100. He 
 was officially promoted on 22 Dec. in the same year, 
 1805 ; and was afterwards appointed — 19 April, 
 1806, to the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, in 
 which ship he vritnessed the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, 
 of Le Fresident French frigate, and the subsequent 
 reduction of Copenhagen — 11 March, 1808, to the 
 Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. H. Blackwood, stationed 
 in the Mediterranean — 22 Oct. 1810, as First (for 
 his co-exertions in having rescued the Euryalus, 
 and Shearwater brig, from six of the enemy's 
 line-of-battle ships in a gale off Toulon), to the Leo- 
 NIDAS 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, also in the 
 Mediterranean — 1 Jan. 1811, to the Fame 74, Capt. 
 Walter Bathurst, with whom he returned to Eng- 
 land an invalid— 25 Oct. 1811, and 11 Oct. 1813, to 
 the Teinculo 16, and Orontes 36, Capts. Alex. 
 Renny and Nathaniel Day Cochrane, on the Cork 
 and West India stations, the latter of which ships 
 he left in May, 1815— and, in 1827, to the Prince 
 Regent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of his old 
 friend, Hon. H. Blackwood, at whose recommenda- 
 tion, on memorialising the Lord High Admiral, he 
 was advanced to his present rank, 25 Aug. 1828. 
 
 Commander Bayly mairied, 12 Sept. 1831, Miss 
 Tripe. 
 
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 BAYLY BAYNES-BAYNTON. 
 
 BAYLY. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Peter Bayly is brother of Commander Jas. 
 Bayly, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Nary, 8 April, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camilla 26, Capts. Robt. 
 Larkan and Edw. Brace. After serving for some 
 time off Newfoundland, and being obliged to put, 
 in great distress, into Cork, in consequence of the 
 Camilla having overset, he became successively 
 attached, as Midshipman, between 1802 and 1809, 
 to the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, 
 Herccle 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, Lzda 38, Capt. 
 Robt. Honyman, Zealand 64, bearing the iiag of 
 Vioe-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Mon- 
 mouth 74, Capt. Edw. Dumford King, and Solebay 
 32, Commodore Edw. Henry Columbine. While in 
 the Leda, Mr. Bayly was present, 29 April, 1803, in a 
 successful attack on a division of gun-boats off Bou- 
 logne — co-operated in the reduction, in Jan. 1806, 
 of the Cape of Good Hope — witnessed the capture, 
 21 Feb. and 4 March following, of the Rollu brig and 
 VolontaiTe frigate, in Table Bay — and, accompany- 
 ing Sir Home Popham to the Rio de la Plata, took 
 an active part in all the operations which preceded 
 the final evacuation of Spanish America by the 
 British in the summer of 1807. On the occasion of 
 the re-capture of Buenos Ayres by its original pos- 
 sessors he narrowly escaped being involved in the 
 destruction of a prize-schooner which he had set 
 on fire ; and at the storming of Monte Video, where 
 he commanded a party of 40 seamen employed to 
 co-operate with the troops, he was wounded in the 
 face while assisting an officer of the Royal Artillery 
 to hoist the union-jack on the citadel. During his 
 continuance in the Leda, Mr. Bayly on one occa^ 
 sion fell from the main-yard into the waist, in con- 
 sequence of which he was for several weeks speech- 
 less; and on another, he tripped from the main- 
 deck head foremost into an empty peas-cask in the 
 after hold, and was taken out apparently lifeless. He 
 afterwards, in the Zealand, acted as Secretary to 
 Admiral Rowley ; made a voyage, in the Monmouth, 
 to the East Indies ; and (m his passage to England 
 in 1808, after having participated in the capture of 
 a valuable Dutch settlement, broke his collar-bone 
 in three places, and was for a twelvemonth deprived 
 of the use of his right arm. He was ultimately 
 confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 31 Aug. 1809, in the 
 Derwent 20, Capt. John Tetley, and on his return 
 home from the coast of Africa was appointed, to- 
 wards the close of the same year, to the Cueacoa 
 26, Capt. John Tower. Continuing to serve in that 
 fejgate for a period of six years, he commanded a 
 squadron of gun-boats at the taking of Genoa in 
 April, 1814; and on one occasion succeeded, in a 
 six-oared gig with 8 men, in boarding and cap- 
 turing, when six other boats had failed, a French 
 brig lying at anchor under a heavy battery. While 
 hastening, however, to rejoin his ship, the prize was 
 unfortunately struck by a shot under water, and 
 immediately went down, scarcely affording time to 
 himself and crew to effect their escape. On at 
 length reaching the CuRAyoA, the Captain pre- 
 sented him, in presence of the officers and crew, 
 with the colours he had brought o^ and gave him 
 every hope of promotion. The coming peace, how- 
 ever, blighted hie expectations. He was paid off in 
 Sept. 1815, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Bayly had the honour of dining with 
 Buonaparte when King of Elba, and frequently 
 with King Murat, by whom he was presented with 
 an elegant diamond ring valued at 2602. He mar- 
 ried 20 Jan. 1816, and has issue four sons and a 
 daughter. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 F-p., 
 
 BAYNES, C.B., K.E.G. (Captain, 1828. 
 22; H-p., 15.) 
 Robert Lambert Baynes entered the Navy, 19 
 April, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Blase 
 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, stationed off the coast 
 of Catalonia, where he served, latterly as Midship- 
 man, until May, 1813. Until the receipt of his first 
 commission, 8 April, 1818, we next find him suc- 
 cessively employed, on various stations, in the 
 
 Duncan 74, and Royal Sovereign 100, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Eobt. Lambert Baynes, Tosnant 
 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, Seahorse 38, 
 commanded during the expedition to New Orleans, 
 by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. 
 Fairbrother Carroll, and Conqueror 74, bearing 
 the flag of Rear- Admiral Robt. Plampin. His ap- 
 pointments as Lieutenant were, 12 Nov. 1819, to 
 the Vigo 74, Capt. Thos. Brown, at St. Helena^— 
 2 Dec. 1822, and 28 Aug. 1823, to the Briton 46, 
 Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, and Tartarus 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Brown, both on the South American 
 station— and, 6 Oct. 1826, to the Asia 84, equip- 
 ping at Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. Cod- 
 rington. He was advanced to the command, 8 July, 
 1827, of the Alacrity sloop, on the Mediterranean 
 station, but being soon afterwards re-appointed, as 
 Second-Captain, to the Asia, was present in that 
 ship, and distinguished himself by his exemplary 
 conduct, at the ensuing battle of Navarin.* Ob- 
 taining Post-rank 8 July, 1828, he subsequently 
 commanded the Andromache 26, on the Cape 
 station, from 2 Feb. 1838, to March, 1843. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Baynes, for his conduct at Navarin, was 
 nominated a C.B., and presented with the Order 
 of the Redeemer of Greece. He married, 8 July, 
 1846, Frances, daughter of Lord Denman, Chief 
 Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, and sister 
 of Hon. Capt. Denman, B.N. 
 
 BAYNTON. ^Commander, 1841, f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 26,) 
 
 Benjamin Baynton, bom 17 Sept. 1789, in Wales, 
 is son of the late Major Benj. Baynton, of Duncan- 
 non Fort. 
 
 This officer entered ;the Navy, 3 Nov. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. VoL, on board the Flora 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Kendall, lying off Lymington ; and, on subsequently 
 proceeding to the Mediterranean, in the Victory 
 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson, in which he assisted 
 at the capture of the French 32-gun frigate Ambus- 
 cade, became Midshipman, in Aug. 1803, of the 
 Amphion 32, Capt. Sam. Sutton, under whom we 
 find him contributing to the capture of three 
 Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the de- 
 struction of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 
 1804. While next attached to the Halcyon 16, 
 Capt. Henry Whitmarsh Pearse, he was on four 
 occasions engaged with divisions of Spanish gun- 
 boats — assisted, during an encounter with an armed 
 vessel off Malaga, in taking the enemy's launch, 17 
 Oct. 1805 — was instrumental in effecting the cap- 
 ture, after a gallant action with three privateers, 
 of the largest, the Neptimo Dim de los Mares, of 14 
 guns and 72 men, 13 Dec. 1806 — commanded a 
 mortar-boat in an attack on the French batteries 
 at Soylla, in Feb. 1808— was constantly, from 12 
 May to 27 June following, employed in a tender 
 against the enemy in the Faro of Messina and on 
 the coast of Calabria — contributed, on 8 Sept. in 
 the same year, to the reduction of the town of Dia- 
 mante, and seizure of a flotilla of vessels anchored 
 under its protection — and was farther present at 
 the ensuing defence of the island of Capri. After 
 acting for eleven months .as Lieutenant of the 
 Ocean 98, bearing the flag of Lord CoUingwood, 
 and of the Cambrian 40, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, 
 he was at length confirmed to the latter ship, by 
 commission dated 2 Jan. 1810. In the following 
 September he co-operated in the reduction of a 
 French battery at Bagur, on the coast of Cata- 
 lonia ; and he afterwards obtained the thanks of 
 the patriot General O'Donnell for his conduct at 
 the storming of a fort near Palamos, on which oc- 
 casion the boat of which he had command was 
 struck by a shot, and sank almost before the 
 wounded and the powder could be removed. On 
 13 of the following December Mr. Baynton took 
 charge of the Cambrian's boats in an attack made, 
 in conjunction vrith those of the Kent and Ajax 
 74's, and Sparkowhawk and Minstrel sloops, on 
 an enemy's convoy in the mole of Palamos ; and 
 • Vide Gai. 1827, p. 2322. 
 
BAZALGETTE-BEADON. 
 
 59 
 
 during the disastrous retreat of the British from 
 that place — when the boat in which he was serving 
 grounded under a murderous fire from the shore, 
 sustained, without any means of resistance, a loss 
 of 30 men killed and wounded, and was only eventu- 
 ally got under way by the three survivors swimming 
 and towing her off— received a musket-ball in his 
 thigh, which, we believe, has never been extracted. 
 For his services on the coast of Catalonia, where 
 he was further present at the defence of Tarrar 
 gona, Mr. Baynton again obtained the open thanks 
 of General U'Donnell, also a gold medal, struck 
 for the affairs at Bagur and Falamos, and a sword 
 valued at 501. Being next appointed, 23 Jan. 1812, 
 to the NoKTH Stab 20, Capt. Thos. Coe, he served 
 in that vessel, on the Channel and West India sta- 
 tions, the last twelve months as Senior Lieutenant, 
 until Nov. 1815 ; during the early part of which 
 year he landed with a party of seamen and marines 
 on the island of Cuba, in pursuit of the crew of an 
 American letter-of-marq^ue, three of whom were 
 taken prisoners, and the vessel ultimately captured. 
 He was afterwards employed, for two years and 
 a half, part of the time as First Lieutenant, in the 
 Shark, bearing the ilag of Kear-Admiral John 
 Erskine Douglas, Sabine and Tay, Capts. Alex. 
 Campbell and Sam. Roberts, and Saxisbuby 50, 
 flag-ship of Bear-Admiral Douglas, all on the Ja- 
 maica station, where he commanded for some time 
 the Speedwell tender. From 1 May, 1818, until 
 3 Dec. 1839, with the exception of an interval in 
 1827, when, as Agent for Transports afloat, he 
 attended the expedition to Portugal, he appears to 
 have been on half-pay. He then, until promoted 
 to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841, commanded the 
 Semaphore station at Cobham, co. Surrey. He has 
 since been unemployed. 
 
 Commander Baynton, in 1844, was admitted a 
 student at the Koyal Naval College. He married, 
 18 Jan. 1821, Miss Ann Ogilvie, of London, and 
 by that lady has issue six children. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 BAZALGETtE. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Joseph 'WitLiAM Bazalgette was born about 
 the year 1783. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impiitueux 74, Capts. 
 John Willet Payne, Sampson Edwards, and Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, attached to the fleet in the Channel. 
 From 1799 until 1805 he served, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, chiefly in the East Indies, in 
 the Tehpsichore 32, Capt. John Mackellar, Euby- 
 DicE 28, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, Phaeton 38, Capt. 
 Geo. Cockbum, and Tbident 64, bearing the flag 
 of Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier. On 15 Oct. 1805, 
 Mr. Bazalgette became Sub-Lieutenant of the 
 Aggbessob 12, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Watson, 
 employed in the Channel ; and on 12 June, 1806, 
 was promoted to be fuU Lieutenant of the Resist- 
 ance 38, Capt. Chas. Adam, whom he accompanied 
 to the West Indies. While subsequently cruizing 
 off Bilbao, on the north coast of Spain, he was de- 
 tached, 27 Feb. 1809, in command of a single boat, 
 in pursuit of a French man-of-war schooner. La 
 Mouclte, which he gallantly boarded and captured, 
 after an action in which her commander, a Lieuten- 
 ant-de-Vaisseau, was killed. A night or two after- 
 wards he was again successfully engaged in the boats 
 in cutting out from under the batteries, in a neigh- 
 bouring port three armed luggers, laden with stores 
 and provisions for the French army in Spain ; and 
 while in the act of boarding one of the vessels, was 
 severely wounded by a musket-ball in the left 
 thigh,* which placed him for some months under 
 surgical treatment, and eventually rendered him 
 lame for life. On being sufficiently recovered, 
 Lieut. Bazalgette was appointed, 20 Feb. 1810, First 
 of the Leonidas 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, 
 and, until superseded, 21 Sept. following, saw much 
 active service in the Adriatic, where, on different 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1814, pp. 980-S3. 
 
 occasions, in command of the boats, he succeeded 
 in capturing and destroying, together with the ves- 
 sels anchored under their protection, the Towers 
 of Badisco, Trecase, and Emiliano, on the coast of 
 Italy, each mounted with cannon ; and for his 
 exertions received the thanks of the senior officer, 
 Capt. Geo. Eyre. He next served for nearly two 
 years on board the Waespite 74, Capt. Hon. ]Henry 
 Blackwood, also on the Mediterranean station ; and 
 in 1813-14, having joined the Amebica 74, Capt. 
 Sir Josias Rowley, participated in the attacks on 
 Leghorn and Spezia, as also on Genoa, where he 
 commanded a division of boats belonging to the 
 squadron, and where for his conduct, both at the 
 capture, and in the after direction of the enemy's 
 batteries, the guns and mortars of which were effec- 
 tively employed against the city, he obtained the 
 high commendations of his Captain, and was re- 
 warded, the day after the surrender, in being pro- 
 moted by Sir Edw. Pellew to the command of the 
 CocHEUB, a captured sloop-of-war. He was con- 
 firmed on his return to England, by commission 
 dated 17 May in the same year ; and since the 
 ensuing month of July, when he paid the Coheedr 
 off, he has been unemployed. 
 
 Commander Bazalgette, in consideration of the 
 wound above alluded to, was presented by the Pa- 
 triotic Fund with a gratuity of 50^., and awarded by 
 Government a pension of 150Z. He has, for upwards 
 of twenty years, gratuitously devoted his time to 
 the moral and spiritual advancement of his brother 
 seamen, especially in the formation and direction 
 of the "Naval and Military Bible Society," the 
 " Sailor's Home and Asylum," the " Seaman's 
 Floating Church," and the " Koyal Naval Female 
 School." Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BEADON. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 12 ; 
 H-p., 10.) 
 
 Geobge Beadon, bom 25 Feb. 1810, is third son 
 of Wm. Beadon, Esq.,"' of Gotten House, co. So- 
 merset, in the commission of the peace for that 
 shire, by Martha Anna, only daughter and heir of 
 the late John Hammett, Esq., Lieut. R.N., niece 
 of the late Sir Benj. Hammett, Kt., (the great 
 benefactor of Taunton, of whose interests he was 
 for many years the constant advocate in Parlia- 
 ment, as was likewise his eldest son,) and repre- 
 sentative, through her mother, of the Monkton 
 branch of the ancient family of Musgrave, of 
 Charlton Musgrave, in the same county. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1825, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pbince Regent 120, 
 Capts. Wm. Henry Webley Parry and Constantine 
 Rich. Moorsom, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir 
 Robt. Moorsom. He next joined the Victory 104, 
 guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Chas. Inglis ; 
 served, as Midshipman, from 20 Aug. 1826, until 
 the date of his passing, 8 Sept. 1831, in the Heron 
 18, commanded by various Captains, and Cublew 
 10, Capts. Geo. Woollcombe and Henry Duudas 
 Trotter, on the South American and Cape of Good 
 Hope stations ; and then joined the Jasedb 18, Capts. 
 Fras. Harding and Archibald Sinclair, in which he 
 returned home, and was paid off in Oct. 1832. On 
 23 Oct. 1833, Mr. Beadon was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant ; and, on 9 Sept. 1836, after an em- 
 ployment of two months in the Coast Guard, was 
 appointed to the Conway 28, Capt. Chas. Ramsay 
 Drinkwater Bethune, with whom he proceeded to 
 New South Wales and thence to India and China. 
 In the course of 1840-41, he took an active part in 
 the various operations of the Chinese war, and in 
 Sept. of the former year had the honour, while de- 
 tached in command of the Conway's cutter, of 
 being the first to discover the entrance of the 
 
 • The Besdons have bpen for generations interwoven with 
 many of the first families of Somerset and the neighbourinsj 
 counties, of whom it may be sufBcient here to enumerate the 
 Spurways, of Spurway ; the Radfords, of Oaltford ; tlie Jol- 
 liffes, of Kelmersden, &c. Sur Robert de Beadin, from whom 
 the present Beadons collaterally descend, was thrice high- 
 sheriff of Devon, temp. Edw. II. Gotten House is an ancient 
 seat of the Musgraves, and was acquired by Commander 
 Beadon's father on his marria<;e. 
 
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60 
 
 BEALE-BEALES-BEART-BEATTY. 
 
 Tang-tse-Kiang river, before leaving the shores of 
 which we find him avenging in a very condign 
 manner an insult offered by the natives to some of 
 his party. Not long afterwards, being sent on 
 shore in charge of a strong foraging expedition, he 
 again came into hostile collision with the enemy, 
 and, in the affray, had I man mortally wounded, 
 and Mf. Harvey, a midshipman of great promise, 
 so severely, that he ultimately died from the effects 
 of the injuries he received. The assailants had 5 
 killed and several wounded. On another occasion, 
 in April, 1841, when returning in a junk to Wham- 
 poa, after delivering letters at Macao for Sir Le 
 Fleming Senhouse, Mr. Beadon, with all his crew, 
 was swamped during a violent storm off the island 
 of Lin-tin, but, after struggling with destruction 
 for many hours, and when in the last moment of 
 despair, was most providentially saved. At the 
 capture, in May following, of the fortress of Tai- 
 hong-tow, this ofilcer was the first to enter it. He 
 also commanded, with the highest credit to himself, 
 the CoNWAY*s boats during the whole of the de- 
 tached operations against Canton and its vicinity,* 
 and was Senior of the Conwai at a most harassing 
 period of the war, when, indeed, the greater part 
 of the ship's company was on the sick list. He 
 returned to England with a large portion of the 
 Chinese ransom, and was paid off in Jan. 1842, 
 previously to which period, 8 June, 1841, he had 
 been advanced to his present rank. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Beadon, who has obtained a certi- 
 ficate of proficiency in the art of steam navigation, 
 was presented, in 1835, by the Duke of Sussex, with 
 the thanks of the Society of Arts for his invention 
 of a Double Hook, and, in 1843, with a Gold Medal, 
 by Prince Albert, for an improved Life Buoy, 
 which has been directed by Her Majesty to be at- 
 tached to the Royal Yacht. He married, 17 Oct. 
 1833, Sarah, daughter of Wm. Oliver, Esq., of Hope 
 Comer, near Taunton, co. Somerset, and by that lady 
 has issue three children. Agehts — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BEALE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 KoBEHT Beale Beale Is brother of Lieut. W. Y. 
 Beale, of the 10th Foot, who was killed at the storm- 
 ing of the tete-dn-pant by the Sikh army in 1846. 
 
 This officer served throughout the whole of the 
 operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including 
 the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, as Midshipman of 
 the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. 
 Stopford, from whom he elicited unqualified appro- 
 bation. He passed his examination 21 Feb. 1843 ; 
 and — after an intermediate attachment to the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings, Larke 18, commanded on the coast 
 of Africa by Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, 
 and Qdeen 110, and Trafalgar 120, flag-ships at 
 the Nore of Sir John Chambers White and SirEdw. 
 Dumford King — was promoted to his present rank 
 4 April, 1846. He has been serving, since 15 of the 
 following May, in the Dido 18, Capt. John Balfour 
 Maxwell. 
 
 BEALES. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Charles Beales was bom 27 Jan. 1788. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1801, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Clyde 46, Capt. Chas. 
 Cunningham, stationed in the Channel and off 
 Guernsey ; attained in Oct. following the rating of 
 Midshipman ; and in that capacity, and as Master's 
 Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, served successively 
 in the Diligence 16, Capt. Alex. Kobt. Kerr, Prin- 
 cess OF Orange 74, Capts. C. Cunningham and 
 Thos. Rogers, Nassau 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, 
 and Kent 74, Capt. T. Rogers, employed on the 
 North Sea, Channel, Lisbon, and Mediterranean 
 stations. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the 
 latter sliip 26 Nov. 1808, and was subsequently 
 appointed, 22 Dec. 1809, and 30 April, 1814, to 
 the Tribune 36 and Liffev 50, Capts. Geo. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505, 2512. 
 
 Reynolds and John Hancock, with whom he 
 served, in the North Sea and West Indies and on 
 the coast of Spain, until 28 July, 1815. The parti- 
 culars of a gallant cutting-out affair, which took 
 place at Noli, on the coast of Italy, 1 Aug. 1808, 
 and in which Mr. Beales participated, will be found 
 in our memoir of Commander Wm. Chasman. He 
 also, we find, assisted in the Kent's boats at the 
 capture of two gun vessels in July, 1809. The 
 Tribune, while he was in her, effected, on 12 May, 
 1810, after a smart action of two hours and a quar- 
 ter, and a loss of 9 men killed and 15 wounded, 
 the defeat, off the Norwegian coast, of four Danish 
 man-of-war brigs, carrying altogether 74 guns. 
 Not having been employed since 1815, Lieut. Beales 
 accepted the rank he now holds 13 April, 1846. 
 He married Miss Moon, and has issue six children. 
 
 BEART. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Charles James Beart entered the Navy, 1 
 April, 1807, as Fst.-cL Vol., on board the Roebuck 
 44, Capt. Rich. Curry, bearing the flag at North 
 Yarmouth of Vice-Admiral Billy Douglas; re- 
 moved, in the course of the same year, to the 
 Ariadne 20, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, stationed in 
 the North Sea; and there became, 3 Sept. 1809, 
 Midshipman of the Aboukir 74, Capt. Geo. Parker. 
 Continuing to serve in the latter ship until Sept. 
 1815, he took part, under Rear-Admiral Thos. 
 Byam Martin, in the defence of Riga, as also, un- 
 der Capt. Norborne Thompson, in the reduction of 
 Genoa, in April, 1814. From the Aboukir, Mr. 
 Beart was appointed Admiralty Midshipman of the 
 Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, on the Leith 
 station, where he appears to have been employed 
 until 3 Dec. following, 1815. He was then pro- 
 moted to his present rank by commission dated 
 back to 15 March in the same year, but has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 BEATTY. (Lieut., 1806. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Daniel M'Neale Beattv entered the Navy, 24 
 March, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sappho 
 of 18 guns and 120 men, Capt. Geo. Langford ; in 
 which sloop he escorted, as Midshipman, the Hon. 
 Mr. Pierrepont, as Ambassador to the King of 
 Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus, then besieged by the 
 French army in Stralsund — accompanied, in Aug. 
 of the same year, the expedition to Copenhagen — 
 and, on 2 March, 1808, assisted at the capture, off 
 Flamborough Head, after a close action of half an 
 hour, of the Admiral Yawl Danish brig, of 28 gims 
 and 83 men — a service for which Capt. Langford 
 was advanced to Post-rank. Mr. Beatty next 
 served for two years on board the Zenobia 18, 
 Capt. Alex. Rich. Mackenzie, during which period, 
 in Aug. 1809, he was actively employed, vrith the 
 light squadron under Sir Edw. Owen, in co-operation 
 with the troops at the bombardment of Flushing. 
 He then joined the Alexandria 32, Capts. John 
 Quilliam and Robt. Cathcart, on the Baltic station, 
 where he was twice engaged with the Danish gun- 
 boats, took part in several cutting-out affairs, and, 
 while affording protection to convoys, came into 
 frequent collision with the enemy's row-galleys; 
 and on removing, in Feb. 1813, to the Dannemark 
 74, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, was em- 
 ployed, until the conclusion of the war, in block- 
 ading the Texel and Cherbourg squadrons, and at 
 the Cape of Good Hope. For a few months in 
 1815 Mr. Beatty served as Master's Mate in the 
 RoTAL Sovereign 100, and Tonnant 80, Capt. Edw. 
 Pelham Brenton, lying at Plymouth. He after- 
 wards became attached, in July, 1816, to the Se- 
 vern 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer; and for 
 his conduct at the battle of .Mgiers, where he was 
 wounded, was promoted on 16 Sept. in the same 
 year to the rank of Lieutenant.* Since that period, 
 with the exception of a brief employment in the 
 Coast Guard, and a command, from 20 March, 1830, 
 to Oct. 1831, and from 9 April, 1832, to Sept. 1833, 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1792. 
 
BEAUCLERK—BEAUFORT. 
 
 61 
 
 of the Hornet and Swallow Revenue-vessels, Mr. 
 Beatty has been unemployed. 
 He married in 1829. 
 
 BEAUCLEKK, Lord, G.C.B., G.C.H., F.E.S. 
 (Admiral of the Red, 1830.) 
 
 The Right HononHABLE Lokd Amelius Beatj- 
 CLEKK was horn in 1771, and died 10 Dec. 1846, 
 at his seat, Winkfleld House. He was third and 
 eldest surviving son of Aubrey, fifth Duke of 
 St. Albans, by Lady Catherine Ponsonby, daughter 
 of William, second Earl of Besborough, and grand- 
 daughter of William, third Duke of Devonshire. 
 He was uncle of the present Duke of St. Albans, 
 and of the two officers whose memoirs immediately 
 follow. 
 
 This officer entered the Tfavy, in June, 1782, on 
 board the Jackall cutter, Lieut. -Commander 
 BaiUey ; served next for two years in the Salis- 
 bury 50, bearing the flag of vice-Admiral John 
 Campbell, on the Newfoundland station; and sub- 
 sequently attended Commodore Gardner to the 
 West Indies. He became, in 1789, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Europa 50 ; obtained his first com- 
 mission 21 Sept. 1790 ; was employed for some time 
 in the Swiftsure 74, and Druid 32 ; at the com- 
 mencement of the war accompanied Lord Hood to 
 the Mediterranean; was then posted into the 
 Nemesis 28, by commission bearing date 16 Sept. 
 1793 ; and, in the course of the same month, was 
 present with the force under Commodore Bobt. 
 Linzee in the expedition to Corsica, where he wit- 
 nessed the reduction of the tower of Forneilli. 
 Removing, about March, 1794, to the command of 
 the JoNO 32, Lord Amelius Beauclerk had the 
 good fortune, singly, to defeat a small squadron, 
 near the Hieres Islands, consisting of a French 
 frigate of the same name, mounting 36 guns, a cor- 
 vette, and a brig; shortly after which achieve- 
 ment he conveyed to Vice-Admiral Hotham the 
 intelligence of the enemy's fleet having sailed from 
 Toulon, and was sent by that officer with the 
 despatches containing the announcement to Lord 
 Hood, then at the blockade of Bastia. We next 
 find him, towards the close of 1795, in company 
 vrith the Argo 44, safely convoying, from Gibraltar, 
 a fleet of 32 homeward-bound merchantmen ;* and 
 on his arrival in England, appointed to the Dryao, 
 of 44 guns and 251 men, stationed on the coast of 
 Ireland. In that ship, his lordship, on 13 June, 
 1796, captured, with the loss only of 2 men killed 
 and 7 wounded, after a close and spirited action of 
 45 minutes, the French frigate ha Proserpine, of 
 42 guns and 348 men, of whom 30 were slain and 
 45 wounded ;t and he subsequently, when cruizing 
 with great activity and success, took the following 
 privateers — Le Vanteur, of 9 guns and 78 men, 
 L' Eclair, of 14 guns and 108 men. La Camelie, of 
 90 men. La Brurw, of 16 guns and 180 men, and Le 
 Mars, of 16 guns. About the end of 1800, Lord 
 Amelius Beauclerk commissioned theFoRTONEE, of 
 40 guns, in which frigate, until the conclusion of 
 hostilities, he served, in the Channel (where he 
 took La Mascarade privatger, of 12 guns and 40 
 men), and in attendance on George HI. at Wey- 
 mouth. At the recommencement of the war, he was 
 appointed to the Majestic 74, also employed with 
 the fleet in the Channel; and he afterwards ob- 
 tained command, in the summer of 1805, of the 
 Saturn 74, and, in the early part of 1809, of the 
 Royal Oak 74. In the ensuing expedition to the 
 Walcheren, he exclusively superintended with great 
 skill the debarkation of Lord Chatham's army ; and, 
 during the absence of Sir Rich. Strachan with the 
 army at Flushing, assumed the government of 
 Campvere and the charge of the fleet and store- 
 ships in the Roompot.J On 31 July, 1810, his 
 lordship was made Colonel of Marines. He became 
 a Rear-Admiral 1 Aug. 1811, and was, at the same 
 time, invested with a command in the North Sea. 
 In 1813 he sailed in command of a squadron for 
 the North Cape, for the purpose of intercepting 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1705, p. 1075. t V. Gaz. 179B,p. 579. 
 J r. G.IZ. 1809, p. 1233. 
 
 the American Commodore Rodgers, who had, how- 
 ever, previously left that quarter. Towards the 
 close of the war, we find him commanding the 
 force in the Basque Roads, and negociating with 
 the Baron de la Baffiniere, commander-in-chief at 
 Rochelle, for a suspension of hostilities against 
 those parts of the French coast which were amica- 
 bly disposed to acknowledge the authority of Louis 
 XVni.* Lord Amelius Beauclerk, who had been 
 elected a F.R.S. 7 Dec. 1809, was nominated a 
 K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, and promoted to the rank of 
 Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819. He held the chief 
 command off' Lisbon from 1824 until 1827 ; became 
 a full Admiral 22 July, 1830; was created a G.C.H. 
 29 March, 1831, and a G.C.B. 4 Aug. 1835 ; com- 
 manded in chief at Plymouth from 27 April, 1836, 
 until April, 1839 ; and on 4 Aug. following, was ap- 
 pointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp 
 to William IV., which honourable appointment he 
 continued to hold under her present Majesty until 
 the period of his death. At the respective funerals 
 of George IV. and William IV. the Admiral offi- 
 ciated as an assistant supporter of the canopy over 
 the royal body. Agemts — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BEAUCLERK, Lord. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Lord Amelius Went- 
 woRTH Beauclerk, bom 16 Aug. 1815, is fifth son 
 of the late Duke of St. Albans, and a younger 
 brother of Commander Lord F. C. P. Beauclerk, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 May, 1830 ; 
 passed his examination 3 Oct. 1836 ; and served as 
 Mate, on the Lisbon and India stations, of the 
 Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, Wellesley 72, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Sir Gordon Bremer, 
 and Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming 
 Senhouse. For his services during the campaign 
 in China, where he fought at the capture of Amoy 
 and the storming of Chinghae, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Oct. 1841. f His appoint- 
 ments in that capacity were — 26 Nov. 1842, and 9 
 Feb. 1844, to the Gorgon steam-sloop, and Curajoa 
 24, Capts. Chas. Hotham, Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, 
 and Wm. Broughton, both on the South American 
 station. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BEAUCLERK, Lord. (Commander, 1834.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Lord Frederick 
 Charles Peter Beauclerk, bom 28 June, 1808, 
 is second son of the late Duke of St. Albans, by 
 Maria Janetta, only daughter of John Nelthorpe, 
 Esq., of Little Grimsby House, co. Lincoln. He is 
 next brother of the present Duke, elder brother of 
 the preceding officer, and nephew of the late Admi- 
 ral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, from the R. N. 
 College, in 1823, as Midshipman, on hoard the Vic- 
 tor 18, Capt. Thos. Prickett, stationed off the coast 
 of Africa ; served in the Asia 84, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin, 
 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 13 Sept. in the same 
 year; and on 8 Dec. following was appointed to 
 the Southampton 52, Capts. Peter Fisher and John 
 Milligan Laws, on the East India station. In the 
 latter ship his lordship continued to serve until 
 1832, when he removed for a short time to the 
 Cruizer 18, Capt. John Parker, and on 3 Aug. 
 assumed the Acting-Command of the Zebra 18, 
 which sloop he brought home and paid off in the 
 spring of 1833. He attained his present rank 6 Jan. 
 1834, and has since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BEAUFORT, F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.A.S., &o. (Rear- 
 Admiral, 1846. F-P., 19; B-P., 41.) 
 Francis Beaufort is son of the late Rev. Daniel 
 Augustus Beaufort, D.D., Rector of Navan, co. 
 Meath, and Vicar of CoUon, co. Louth, a divine of 
 great learning and piety, author of one of our best 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 831. f V: Gaz. 1842, pp. 82, 397. 
 
62 
 
 BEAUFOY— BEAUMAN. 
 
 maps of Ireland, itnd of a valualile memoir on the 
 Topographical, and Civil and Ecclesiastical State of 
 that country. Capt. Beaufort's sister, Frances 
 Anne, was the fourth wife of the late Rich. Lovell 
 Edgeworth, Esq., of Edgeworth's Town, co. Long- 
 ford, the celebrated writer on education and inven- 
 tions, father, by a former marriage, of Miss Maria 
 Edgeworth, the distinguished novehst. 
 
 This ofScer entered the Navy, 21 June, 1787, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Colossus 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Cloberry Christian, stationed in the Chamnel, where 
 he became Midshipman, in June 1790, of the La- 
 TONA 38, Capt. Albemarle- Bertie. He next served 
 for three years in the Aqdilon 32, Capt. Hon. Kobt. 
 Stopford, one of Lord Howe's repeaters in the 
 action of 1 June, 1794 ; and while attached to the 
 Phaeton 38, commanded in succession by the latter 
 officer and Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, was present 
 in Comwallis's celebrated retreat, 17 June, 179.5 — 
 assisted, in the course of the same year, in driving 
 on shore on Isle de Re, and destroying, UEchoue, of 
 28 guns — took part in the capture, 10 March, l796, 
 of La Bcrnne Citoyemie, of 20 guns — fought in a par- 
 tial action, 23 March, 1798, with the French 36-gun 
 frigate La Charente — was instrumental, 8 Sept. fol- 
 lowing, to the capture of La Flore 36 — and wit- 
 nessed the taking, on various occasions, of nine pri- 
 vateers and other armed vessels. On 28 Oct. 1800, 
 Lieut. Beaufort, who had been promoted to that 
 rank 10 May, 1796, and was now First of the Phae- 
 ton, performed an exploit of great spirit and gal- 
 lantry, in boarding, with the barge and two cutters 
 under his orders, and capturing, after an obstinate 
 resistance, the Spanish polacre-rigged ship San 
 Josefs carrying 14 brass guns, 34 seamen, and 22 
 soldiers, moored under the protection of 5 guns on 
 the fortress of Fnengirola, near Malaga, and flanked 
 by a French privateer.''' For his zeal, judgment, 
 and determined bravery in this very dashing affair, 
 in which the enemy had 19 men wounded, and the 
 British 1 man killed and 4 wounded, Lieut. Beau- 
 fort, who, forming one of the latter, had received 
 a wound in the head and several slugs through his 
 left arm and body, was, on 13 of the following 
 month, deservedly rewarded with a Commander's 
 commission ; but for his severe sufferings was only 
 awarded a pension of 45^. 12s. Qd. From Nov. 
 1803, until June, 1804, we find him gratuitously de- 
 voting his time to the formation of a line of tele- 
 graphs from Dublin to Galway. On 5 June, 1805, 
 he obtained command of the Woolwich 44, armee 
 en fivte, in which ship he first proceeded to the East 
 Indies — ^then to the Rio de la Plata, of which he 
 made a very accurate survey during the campaign 
 of 1807 — and afterwards to the Cape of Good Hope 
 and the Mediterranean. His next appointments 
 were — 23 May, 1809, to the Blossom sloop, em- 
 ployed on the coast of Spain, at Quebec, and in an- 
 noying various fleets of merchantmen ; and, 30 
 May, 1810, on promotion to Post rank, to the Fke- 
 DERiCKSTEiN frigate. Capt. Beaufort did not, how- 
 ever, join the latter ship until 12 Dec. following, 
 being in the interval employed in protecting the 
 outward-bound trade to Portugal, Cadiz, and Gib^ 
 raltar, in accompanying two Spanish line-of-battle 
 ships from the latter place to Minorca, and in dis- 
 charging the duties, from 27 Sept. to 21 Oct., of 
 Acting-Capt. of the Ville de Pakis 110. During 
 the two following years he was actively engaged in 
 a survey of the coast of Karamania, in Asia Minor, 
 an employment he was obliged to relinquish, in 
 consequence of a desperate and nearly fatal gim- 
 shot wound he received from the hands of a fana- 
 tical Turk, 20 June, 1812. Capt. Beaufort, who 
 had previously contributed to the extirpation of a 
 band of pirates from the southern part of the 
 Morea, then returned home with convoy, and on 
 29 Oct. in the same year was paid off. His accept- 
 ance of Flag-rank took place 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 For several years after his arrival in England 
 
 Rear-Admiral Beaufort appears to have been fully 
 
 occupied in laying down the result of his labours, and 
 
 in constructing, imder the orders of the Lords of 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 1280. 
 
 the Admiralty, a variety of charts, of which we may 
 enumerate, one of the Archipelago, three of the 
 Black Sea, &c., including the coast of Asia, and 
 seven of Karamania. He became Hydrographer 
 of the Admiralty in July, 1832 ; was nominated, in 
 April, 1835, a conmiissioner for inquiring into the 
 laws, &c., under which pilots were appointed, go- 
 verned, and paid ; and again, in Jan. 1845, for in- 
 quiring into the state of the Harbours, Shores, and 
 Rivers of the United Kingdom. The Bear-Admiral, 
 who was elected a F.R.S. 30 June, 1814, is also a 
 Fellow of the Geological and Astronomical Societies, 
 and a Corresponding Member of the Institute of 
 France. His pension, on 2 Dec. 1815, was increased 
 to 250/. He married, first, 3 Dec. 1812, Alicia Mag- 
 dalena, eldest daughter of Lestock Wilson, Esq.,. of 
 Harley Street, London, by whom he had several 
 children, one of whom is in the Bengal Civil Ser- 
 vice ; and, secondly, 8 Nov. 1838, Honora, daughter, 
 by a third marriage, of his brother-in-law, the lateR. 
 L. Edgeworth, Esq. Agents — Messrs. OmmanHey. 
 
 BEAUFOY. (Lleut., 1821. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 1 1.) 
 Geokge Beadfoy entered the Navy, 4 July, 
 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Elizabeth 74, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Hon. 
 Edw. Leveson Gower, employed in the Channel 
 and off Lisbon ; removed, in May, 1811, to the 
 Edinburgh 74, Capt. Bobt. RoUes ; and, after 
 serving for some time in the West Indies and off 
 Flushing, proceeded to the Mediterranean, whese 
 he was transferred, 3 Oct. 1812, as Midshipman, to- 
 the Union 98, "with the same Captains. Subse- 
 quently to the fall of Genoa in April, 1814, he 
 Joined the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andrew King, un- 
 der whom he escorted a fleet of transports from- 
 Glbraltar to Bermuda, and then sailed for the 
 East Indies, whence he returned to England -with 
 Capt. John Tancock, and was paid off in. March, 
 1818. From Nov. in the latter year until Oct. 
 1821, Mr. Beaufoy was next attached, as Admiralty 
 Midshipman, and for a short time as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, to the Salisbdkt 50, and Ptramds 36, flag- 
 ships in. the Leeward Islands of Bear-Admirals 
 Donald Campbell and Wm. Chas. Fahie ; and, on 22 
 Dec. following, he was ofiScially promoted into the 
 FoBTE 44, flag-ship of the last-mentioned oSacer on 
 the Halifax station, where he remained until placed 
 out of commission in 1824. He was afterwards em- 
 ployed, from 29 April, 1828, until 1831, in the Sa- 
 MARANG 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, in the 
 Mediterranean, and from 27 Jan. 1832, until the 
 early part of 1835, in the Pearl 20, Capt. Robt. 
 Gordon, in North America and the West Indies. 
 He was appointed to the command, 11 Jan. 1838, 
 and 9 Aug. 1.841, of the Nautilus brig and Speedy 
 cutter, on, the African and Home stations; but 
 since March, 1845, has been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Messrs. StUwelL 
 
 BEAUMAN. (Eeah-Admiral of the Blue, 
 1840. F-P., 17; HP.,40.) 
 
 Francis Beaoman, bom in 1778, is fifth and 
 youngest son of the late John Beauman, Esq., of 
 CO. Wexford, by Anne, daughter of Edm. Rice, 
 Esq., of Ahere, in the same county. He is uncle 
 of the present Matthew Forde Beauman, Esq., of 
 Hyde Park, co. Wexford ; brother-in-law of Wm. 
 Talbot, Esq., of Castle Talbot; and has a niece 
 married to Lieut. Henry Cavendish Here, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Oct. 1790, as 
 *st.-cl. Vol., on board the Porcupine 24, Capt. 
 Geo. Martm, stationed on the coast of Ireland ; 
 was afterwards transferred to the Bombay Castle 
 74, Capt. John Thos. Duckworth, Mng at Ply- 
 mouth; became Midshipman, in March, 1791, of 
 the Perseus 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer, in the boats of 
 which vessel, in May, 1793, he was wounded at the 
 cutting out of a small French privateer in Basque 
 Roads ; and subsequently served both in the Ra- 
 millies 74, Capt. Henry Harvey, with whom he was 
 present in Lord Howe's victory of 1 June, 1794, 
 and in the Russel 74, Capts. John WiUet Payne 
 
BEAUMONT— BEAZELEY. 
 
 63 
 
 and Thos. Larcom, under the latter of whom, on 
 the occasion of Lord Bridport's defeat of the 
 French fleet off I'Orient, 23 June, 1795, he was 
 again severely wounded. In May, 1796, he was 
 appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Director 64, 
 Capt. 'Wm. Bllgh, and, on 26 Oct. following, was 
 confirmed into the lucENDiAKr fire-ship, Capts. 
 Henry Digby and Geo. Barker. For his exertions 
 at the commencement of the mutiny at Spithead 
 in 1797 — when, as First of that vessel, and in the 
 midst of the rebellious fleet, he was the means, 
 during the absence on leave of the Captain, and 
 until the arrival of an order from the Admiral to 
 admit on board a party of the mutineers, of pre- 
 venting, with the assistance of the other officers, 
 the ship's company from joining in the disaffection — 
 he was selected by Gapt. Jas. Vashon, of the Pom- 
 fee 80, to be one of his Lieutenants ; but, endea- 
 vouring to quell the insubordination which imme- 
 diately afterwards exhibited itself on board that 
 ship also, he was seized by the crew, who were pro- 
 ceeding to hang him, and had actually placed the 
 rope around his neck, when, the Captain rushing 
 forward, they were induced to forego their mur- 
 derous intent, and he was sent on shore. On 3 June 
 Lieut. Beauman was appointed by the Admiralty, 
 with an assurance of promotion, to the Neptune 
 98, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, for the express pur- 
 pose of crushing the mutiny then raging at the 
 Nore. Some time afterwards, not having attained 
 the promised step, and Lord Bridport, in expressed 
 sympathy for the unfair treatment he had expe- 
 rienced, offering him a vacancy on board his flag- 
 ship, the KoYAL George 100, he continued, for two 
 years, to serve in the Channel with that gallant 
 ofilcer ; and he was subsequently, until the peace of 
 Amiens, employed with Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice 
 Pole in the AoiNCOnnT 64, on the Newfoundland 
 station. On 10 May, 1803, he became First Lieute- 
 nant to Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis, in theVitLE 
 de Paris 110; after serving in which ship for up- 
 wards of 53 weeks at the blockade of Brest, with- 
 out letting go an anchor, he was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander, 4 March, 1805.* We next, on 
 25 March, 1807, find him appointed to the Pkocris 
 18, and ordered by the Admiralty to inspect and 
 report on the state of the Banish fleet. In the ex- 
 pedition against Copenhagen, which immediately 
 ensued, Capt. Beauman so acquired the approbation 
 of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Gambler, as to 
 be promoted, 13 Oct., on his return to England, to 
 Post-rank. On 17 March, 1808, he was appointed 
 to the Princess of Orange 74, bearing the flag in 
 the Downs of Vice- Admiral Geo. Campbell; in 
 Feb. 1809, assumed the command of the gun-boats 
 in the Great Belt ; accompanied the expedition to 
 the Scheldt in Aug. following ; and on 7 Nov. 1810, 
 rejoined Vice-Admiral Campbell in the Monmouth 
 64. Since March, 1811, when the latter officer 
 struck his flag, he has not been afloat. Rear-Ad- 
 miral Beauman, who during the term of his active 
 service was never absent 48 hours from the ship to 
 which he belonged, attained his present rank 23 
 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, first, in 1802, the widow of Col. Jas. 
 Webber; and, secondly, in 1824, the Comtesse 
 Isabella de Viry, daughter of the Comte de Viry, 
 many years Sardinian Ambassador at the Court of 
 St. James's. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BEAUMONT. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 r-P., 15 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 Francis Beaumont (6) was bom in 1787. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Juste 80, Capts. Sir 
 Henry Trollope, Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle, 
 in which ship he proceeded to the West Indies, 
 with the squadron under Sir Robt. Calder, in sup- 
 posed pursuit of the French Admiral Ganteaume. 
 He next, in Aug. 1802, joined, as Midshipman, La 
 DiTERMiN^E 24, armee en fiute, Capts. Alex. Skene 
 
 * During the whole of this period, out of a crew of 850, 
 the YlLLE DE Pasis did not lose a single man. 
 
 and Alex. Becher, and, after being wrecked off Jersey 
 26 March, 1803, became attached to the Dread- 
 nought 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Hon. Wm. 
 Comwallis, commanded, afterwards, by Capt. John 
 ChUd Purvis, and also by Capt. Robt. Carthew 
 Reynolds, whom he accompanied, in Aug. 1804, 
 into the Princess Royal 98. In Oct. 1807, Mr. 
 Beaumont, who had passed his examination about 
 Oct. 1805, became Lieutenant of the St. Albans 
 64, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen, Edw. Brace, and Chas. 
 Grant, to which ship he was confirmed by commis- 
 sion dated 11 Jan. 1808. Continuing to serve un- 
 der the latter officer until April, 1812, he appears 
 to have been employed in escorting to Sir Arthur 
 Wellesley, in Portugal, the reinforcement of troops 
 destined to share in the battle of Vimeiro ; also in 
 protecting various convoys of ludiamen to and from 
 the Cape of Good Hope and China; in further con- 
 veying to Algesiras Gen. Graham, afterwards Lord 
 Lynedoch, upon whom the St. Albans was in at- 
 tendance at the battle of Barossa ; and in co-ope- 
 rating with the Spaniards at the defence of Cadiz, 
 where he came into frequent collision with the 
 enemy's gun-boats and batteries. On 16 April, 
 1812, he removed with Capt. Grant to the Armada 
 74, on the Mediterranean station ; and while there 
 he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's second partial en- 
 counter with the French fleet off Toulon, and as- 
 sisted at the capture of several batteries near 
 Leghorn, and of the fortress of Savona near Genoa. 
 He was paid off 29 Sept. 1814, and has not since 
 been employed. His acceptance of the rank he now 
 holds took place 19 Oct. 1844. 
 
 Commander Beaumont, who married, first, in 
 1816, and, again, in 1824, has issue a daughter. 
 
 BEAUMONT. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 12; 
 H-p., 24.) 
 
 Richard Beaumont entered the Navy, 26 March, 
 1811, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, 
 Capt. Sir Home Popham, with whom, after serving 
 off Brest and on the north coast of Spain, he pro- 
 ceeded to the East Indies, as Midshipman, in 1813, 
 of the Stirling Castle 74. He subsequently 
 joined the Akbar 50, Capt. Archibald Dickson, and 
 Endymion 44, Capt. Henry Hope, both on the Ha- 
 lifax station — the M^sander 38, Capts. John Bas- 
 tard and Arthur Fanshawe, lying at Sheerness — the 
 Prince Regent yacht, commanded at Deptford by 
 Capt. Sir Edw. Hamilton — and the Belleisle 18, 
 Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell, engaged in protecting the 
 revenue and fisheries on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 13 Oct. 1819, in 
 the Mersey 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Halifax 
 station ; was next appointed, 6 May, 1824, to the 
 Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, employed on a 
 particular service ; and on 6 June, 1825, assumed 
 command of the Weazle sloop, in the Mediterra- 
 nean. Since 1827, in the course of which year the 
 latter vessel was paid off. Commander Beaumont 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 16 Feb. 1832, the Hon. Susan Hus- 
 sey Bosville Macdonald, fourth daughter of the late 
 and sister of the present Lord Macdonald. Agents 
 ■ — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BEAZELEY. (Lieut., 1811. p-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.) 
 George Beazeley entered the Navy, 24 Jan. 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rattler sloop, 
 Capts. Fras. Mason and Jas. John Chas. Agassiz. 
 On 16 May following we find him present in a gal- 
 lant attack on a division of the enemy's flotilla, 
 consisting of 59 sail, pushing alongshore from 
 Flushing to Ostend, in which the above vessel had 
 2 men killed and 10 wounded ; and, on various other 
 occasions, coming into contact with the enemy. 
 In Aug. 1806, having attained the rank of Midship- 
 man, he rejoined Capt. Mason in the Daphne 20, 
 and in that ship sailed for the Rio de la Plata, where 
 he witnessed all the operations from the storming 
 of Monte Video, 3 Feb. 1807, until the final evacu- 
 ation of Spanish America. He was subsequently, 
 on 5 April, 1808, employed in the boats of the 
 Daphne and Tartarus, under Lieut. Wm. Elliott, 
 
64 
 
 BECHER-BECKETT— BECKFORD-BEDDEK. 
 
 at the cutting out, with a loss to the British of only 5 
 persons wounded, of a convoy of 10 deeply laden 
 vessels, moored close under the fort of a castle 
 mounting 10 guns, in the harbour of Flodstrand, 
 near the Skawe, defended also by a heavy Are from 
 another battery, as well as from the crews of the 
 vessels assembled on the beach, and made fast to 
 the shore by hawsers.* On 8 Aug. 1809, Mr. 
 Beazeley joined the Lavinia 40, Capt. LordWm. 
 Stuart, then engaged in the expedition to the 
 Scheldt. He removed, in Sept. following, to the 
 St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir Kich. 
 Strachan ; afterwards joined the Scipion 74, flag- 
 ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon. Sir Roht. 
 Stopford ; became Acting-Lieutenant, in Aug. 1811, 
 of the N£REiDE36,Capt. Jas. Henderson ; and in May 
 of the same year, having been officially promoted 
 on 18 of the preceding month, returned home. His 
 next appointments were — 2 Sept. following, to the 
 Aeerckomby 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, employed 
 in the Channel and off the coast of Spain ; and, 20 
 April, 1814, to the CoMBEKnAND 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Baker, in which ship he again made a trip to the 
 Cape. He has not been employed since Aug. 1815. 
 He is married, and has issue. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 
 BECHER. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 14; h-p.,23.) 
 Alexander Bridport Becher is son of the late 
 Capt. Alex. Becher, R.N. (1802), an officer of high 
 scientific attainments; grandson of the late Com- 
 mander John Becher, fi.N. ; godson of Admiral 
 liOrd Bridport ; and a close relative of the late 
 Countess of Oxford. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 April, 1810, and embarked, 28 Nov. 1812, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Barham 74, Capt. John Wm. 
 Spranger, with whom he served in Basque Roads 
 and the "West Indies, latterly as Master's Mate, 
 until July, 1814. He then joined the Cordelia 10, 
 Capt. Wm. Sargent, lying in the Downs ; was after- 
 wards, from Dec. in the same year until June, 1817, 
 employed, under Commodore Edw. W. C. R. Owen 
 and Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, chiefly in sur- 
 veying the lakes of Canada ; became attached, in 
 Feb. 1818, as Admiralty-Mate, to the Superb 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Ekins, at Plymouth ; was transferred, 
 in a similar capacity, 2 Sept. 1818, to the Leven 
 24, Capt. David Ewen Bartholomew; and after a 
 period of twenty months, spent in surveying the 
 whole of the Azores, part of the African Coast, and 
 some of the Cape Verd Islands, joined the Conway 
 26, Capt. Basil Hall, on the South American station. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 31 
 May, 1822, and appointed to the Alacrity 10, 
 Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, but continued in the 
 Conway until paid off, 24 March, 1823. He after- 
 wards officiated as First Lieutenant, from 30 March 
 to 31 Dec. 1839, of the Fairy surveying-vessel, 
 Capt. Wm. Hewett; and on 23 Not. 1841, was ad- 
 vanced to the rank he now holds. 
 
 Commander Becher, who has been for many years 
 employed in the Hydrographical Office at the Ad- 
 miralty, is proprietor and conductor of that in- 
 valuable periodical the " Nautical Magazine." He 
 is married, and has issue one daughter. 
 
 BECKETT. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 3; h-p., 21.) 
 Flowers Beckett entered the Navy, in Dec. 
 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Adventure, 
 Capt. Wm. Gordon Rutherford, stationed in the 
 West Indies, where he afterwards joined the Dic- 
 tator 64, commanded by the same Captain, the 
 Brunswick 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Kich. 
 Rodney Bligh, and, 11 Sept. 1798, as Acting^Master, 
 the Trent 36, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. In 
 the course of 1800 he was successively transferred 
 with the latter officer, as Master's Mate, to the 
 Royal George 100, and London 98, bearing each 
 the flag of Sir Hyde Parker. After serving in the 
 launch of the last-mentioned ship at the battle of 
 Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, and a further attach- 
 ment with Capt. Otway to the Edgak 74, on the 
 • Fidi Gaz. 1808, p. m. 
 
 West India station, whence he came home at the 
 peace of Amiens, Mr. Beckett joined, in March, 
 1803, the Spabtiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, 
 under whom he again visited the West Indies, and, 
 on his return with Lord Nelson in pursuit of the 
 combined fleets of France and Spain, fought at 
 Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. He was promoted, in 
 consequence, to the rank of Lieutenant 24 Dee. fol- 
 lowing, and, after serving four years longer in the 
 Spabtiate, was subsequently appointed, — 6 Deo. 
 1809, to the Dreadnought 98, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, in the Channel— 23 
 July, 1812, to the Bittern, sloop, Capt. Geo. Au- 
 gustus Hire, employed at Plymouth and Liverpool 
 —and, 2 Nov. 1812, to the Chatham 74, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Bear- Admiral Matt. Henry Scott, in 
 the North Sea. Lieut. Beckett, who was paid off 
 27 Oct. 1814, and was next employed, from April to 
 Aug. 1815, in raising volunteers at Manchester, 
 afterwards served in the Ordinary at Sheemess 
 from 1821 to 1824, and from 25 April, 1834, until 
 1837. Since 17 Oct. 1839, he has been in command 
 of the Semaphore station at Putney. 
 
 BECKFORD. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 16; 
 H-P., 28.) 
 
 John Leigh Beckford, an immediate descendant 
 of Col. Peter Beckford, Lieut. Governor and 
 Commander-in-Chief, temp. William HI., of the 
 island of Jamaica, is tlurd son of Fras. Love 
 Beckford, Esq., late of Basing Park, Hants, by 
 Johanna, third daughter and co-heir of John Leigh, 
 Esq., of Northcourt House, Isle of Wight. He is 
 grand-nephew of the late Wm. Beckford, Esq., 
 M.P., twice Lord Mayor of the city of London ; 
 also of the late Countess of Effingham, wife after- 
 wards of Field Marshal Sir Geo. Howard, K.B. ; 
 and cousin of the present Wm. Beckford, Esq., of 
 Fonthill Abbey, co. Wilts. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Winthrop, and, on 28 Nov. foUovring, witnessed the 
 destruction in Finisterre Bay of Xa Bayonnaise 
 French frigate of 32 guns and 200 men. He removed, 
 as Midshipman, for a short time, in 1803, to the 
 Revenge 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, fitting at Chat^ 
 ham ; was then transferred to the Sybille, Capt. 
 Winthrop, employed on the Channel and Irish 
 stations; and in July, 1807, joined the Canopus 80, 
 bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Geo. Martin, under whom he continued to 
 serve for three years, and during that period, in 
 Oct. 1809, assisted in the pursuit of a French 
 squadron of four sail, two of which, the Rohuste of 
 84, and Lixm of 74 guns, were destroyed by their 
 own crews to prevent their falling into the hands 
 of the British. He obtained, while serving in the 
 San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton, a commission dated 27 Nov. 
 1810; was employed during the five following 
 months with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz ; 
 then joined the Standard 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming, in which ship he proceeded 
 to Lima for specie ; was next, from 13 Feb. 1813, to 
 30 Aug. 1815, employed, under Capts. Lucius Curtis 
 and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, off the Western 
 Islands, in the Channel, and on the coast of North 
 America, in the Madagascar 38 ; obtained an ap- 
 pointment, 8 May, 1818, to the Queen Charlotte 
 108, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Camp- 
 bell; became, 2 Oct. 1819, Flag-Lieutenant, on the 
 Leith station, to Reaj-Admiral Robt. Waller Ot- 
 way, in the Dover 28 ; and was, in consequence, 
 advanced to his present rank 30 Nov. 182L He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Beckford married, 6 Nov. 1829, 
 Harriette, fourth daughter of Geo. Ward, Esq., 
 of Northwood House, Isle of Wight. 
 
 BEDDEK. (LiEDT., 1829. F-P., 18; H-P., 15.) 
 
 Henry Beddek, born 19 Sept. 1799, is brother of 
 Rich. Pritchard Beddek, Esq., Purser, and Pay- 
 master, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 
 
BEDDOES-BEDFORD. 
 
 65 
 
 1 June, 1814 ; and enil>arked, 12 Dec. 1816, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Leandek 60, Capt. Edward 
 Chetham, flag-ship on the Halifax station of Sir 
 David Milne. He was subsequently, from Jan. 1819 
 until Feb. 1829, employed, on the Home and Ame- 
 rican stations, in the Spartan frigate, Capts. Wm. 
 Furlong Wise and Fras. Newcombe, Impkegnable 
 104, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, Bdi.wark 
 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, Jdpitek 60, flag-ship from 
 1824 to 1827 of Rear-Admiral Willoughby Thos. 
 Lake, and Hussab 46, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Ogle, by whom he was lent for a short time to the 
 KiNGDOVE 18, Capt. Chas. English. He then (hav- 
 ing passed his e.xamination 7 March, 1821) became 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Mekset 26, Capt. Geo. 
 Wm. Conway Courtenay, on the West India station ; 
 but on the occasion of his ofllcial promotion, which 
 took place 1 June following, was superseded. We 
 afterwards find him holding a command in the Coast 
 Guard, from 4 Aug. 1830, imtil 28 Feb. 1832; and 
 employed for a few months, in 1336-7, on board the 
 RossELi. 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, off Lis- 
 bon. He has not since held any official occupation. 
 Lieut. Beddek married, 26 Aug. 1830, Mary Hell- 
 yer, daughter of Commander Thos. Arscott, K.N., 
 and has issue an only child. 
 
 BEDDOES. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Henki Beddoes entered the Navy 28 
 April, 1821 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; and 
 obtained his commission 13 March, 1830. He was 
 afterwards appointed First Lieutenant — 10 Oct. 
 1833, of the S^tna surveying vessel, Capt. Wm. 
 Geo. Skyring, employed on the African coast — 12 
 Sept. 1836, of the Harlequin 16, Capts. John El- 
 phinstone Erskine and Lord Fras. John Russell, 
 successively stationed in the Mediterranean and at 
 the Cape 6f Good Hope — and, 6 Aug. 1841, of the 
 Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, in 
 North America and the West Indies. He attained 
 his present rank 15 Nov. 1845 ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Beddoes married, 15 Jan. 1839, Ce- 
 cilia Charlotte, second daughter of the Rev. J. 
 Eagles. Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 BEDFORD. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 Delb<euf Baker Bedford is son of the late 
 Capt. John Bedford, R.N., who lost a leg whilst in 
 command of H.M.S. Swallow ; brother of Lieut. 
 R. T. Bedford, R.N. ; and first cousin of Lieut. John 
 Tom, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 Jan. 1821 ; 
 passed his examination in 1827 ; and was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy, 14 Jan. 1830, in the Banger 28, 
 Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the West India station. He 
 was subseq^uently employed, from 6 Nov. 1833, until 
 Nov. 1835, on board the Jaseur 16, commanded in 
 the Mediterranean by Capt. John Halkett ; but has 
 not since been afloat. 
 
 BEDFORD. (Liedt., 1838. r-p., 23 ; H-p., 0.) 
 
 Edward James Bedford, bom 18 Aug. 1810, at 
 Greenwich Hospital, is second son of Lieut. Fred. 
 Bedford, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Feb. 1824, on 
 board the Snap gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Fred. 
 Bullock, employed in surveying the coast of New- 
 foundland ; joined, in Feb. 1827, the Alert 18, 
 Capts. Sam. Burgess and John Coghland Fitzgerald, 
 on the South America station ; passed his examina- 
 tion in 1830 ; and, having for a short period acted 
 as Lieutenant in that vessel, and pro tern, in the 
 Seringapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, 
 returned home, and was paid off, as Mate, 9 Feb. 
 1832. On 6 March following Mr. Bedford entered 
 the Admiralty Survey of Great Britain, and was 
 employed on the coast of England until 1833. He 
 obtained his commission on 28 June in that year ; 
 and has since been similarly engaged on the coast 
 of Scotland — latterly, from 31 Jan. 1843, as First 
 Lieutenant of the Shearwater steam-vessel, Capt. 
 Chas. Gepp Robinson. 
 
 He married, 27 March, 1838, a daughter of Mr. 
 Swainson, of Liverpool, by whom he has issue. 
 
 BEDFORD. (Lieot., 1799. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 44.) 
 Frederick Bedford, born 20 Feb. 1779, is son of 
 the late John Bedford, Esq., of Fair Lawn, Acton, 
 CO. Middlesex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1793, under 
 the patronage of Admiral Sir Richard Hughes, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the America 64, Capt. 
 Hon. John Rodney, whom he followed, 12 Feb. 
 1795, into the Vengeance 74, both employed on 
 Channel service. Joining next the Jason 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Stirling, he assisted, in company with the 
 Pique 36, at the capture, 30 June, 1798, off' the coast 
 of France, after an action in which the Jason sus- 
 tained a loss of 7 men killed and 11 wounded, of the 
 French 40-gun frigate La Seine ; and on that occa- 
 sion he received, as Midshipman, a gun-shot wound 
 in the face, which almost totally deprived him of the 
 sight of the right eye, and produced a contraction 
 of the jaw, which stiU renders him unable more 
 than partially to open his mouth.* The Jason being 
 wrecked in the following Oct. ofi' Brest, Mr. Bed- 
 ford, with the rest of the crew, fell into the hands 
 of the enemy, and was for several months conflned 
 in prison. On his eventual return to England, we 
 find him, in Feb. 1799, obtaining a berth on board 
 the Cambrian 40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge ; 
 with whom he continued to serve in the Channel, 
 until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 6 Sept. 1799, in 
 La Sophie 18, Capt. Geo. Burdett, on the North 
 American station. After a brief attachment to the 
 Invincible 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty, he was subsequently 
 appointed, 6 May, 1801, to the Dasher 18, Capt. 
 Geo. Tobin. On 13 June in the same year, the 
 latter vessel having grounded, while in chase of a 
 convoy, near Pointe d'Teu, on the coast of La Ven- 
 dee, Lieut. Bedford gallantly volunteered to con- 
 tinue the pursuit in the boats, but, when some miles 
 distant from the Dasher, he received a shot from the 
 stern-chaser of a national schooner which took off" 
 his left leg high above the knee, and instantly sank 
 the cutter he was in. In consequence of this disas- 
 ter, which.deprived him of all hope of future active 
 employment, he was obliged to return home ; and, 
 on petitioning Earl St. Vincent for the rank of 
 Commander, obtained, 23 June, 1802, his present 
 appointment to Greenwich Hospital — the salary to 
 be enjoyed independently of any pension for wounds to 
 which he might become entitled. Notwithstanding this 
 express specification, he was, together with Capts. 
 Sam. Arden and Joseph Ellison, both of Greenwich 
 Hospital, excluded from the increased pension 
 granted in 1815 to such officers as had been pro- 
 moted subsequently to the receipt of their wounds ; 
 and he has therefore only the 9U. 5s. per annum, 
 awarded him 9 Dec. 1301. 
 
 Lieut. Bedford, who is third on the list of Lieute- 
 nants, and the Senior of Greenwich Hospital, mar- 
 ried, in 1805, Mary, second daughter of Lieut. Geo. 
 Spearing, R.N. (1757), who died Senior Lieutenant of 
 the Royal Navy in 1825, in his 97th year. By that 
 lady he has had issue five sons and three daughters. 
 Of the former, the eldest, Frederick, died in the 
 West Indies, while serving as Admiralty Mate under 
 Capt. Owen ; and three others, — George Augustus, 
 a Commander, — Edward James, a Lieutenant, — and 
 Alfred, a Midshipman, — are all in the naval service 
 of their country. One of the daughters, Maria, 
 is the widow of Lieut. Wm. Mayott, R.N. 
 
 BEDFORD. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 19; h-p., 5.) 
 George Augustus Bedford, born 8 Feb. 1809, is 
 eldest son of Lieut. Fred. Bedford, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Deo. 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Investigator, Master- 
 Commander Geo. Thomas, employed in surveying 
 the North Sea ; became Midshipman, in Sept. 1826, 
 of the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes, on the Channel 
 and Mediterranean stations ; was for a short time, 
 
 • Vide Ga7.. 1798, p. 651. 
 
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66 
 
 BEDFORD— BEDWELL—BEECHEY. 
 
 in 1829-30, attached to the Victory 104, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Elliot, at Portsmouth ; passed his examination 
 in the course of the latter year ; then joined the 
 Protector, and afterwards the Fairt, both en- 
 gaged, under Capt. "Wm. Hewett, in the survey of 
 the North Sea ; obtained his first commission 19 
 Deo. 1834 ; and, on 9 Dec. 1835, assumed command 
 of the Kaven, employed in surveying the coast of 
 Africa, in which vessel he continued until the close 
 of 1838. He was advanced to his present rank 14 
 Sept. 1843 ; and, since 1 July, 1844, has been conduct- 
 ing, as Additional-Commander of the Cyclops and 
 Ckocodiie, the survey of the West Coast of Ireland. 
 He married, 13 Sept. 1839, Eliza, youngest daugh- 
 ter of the late Lieut. Wm. Renwiek, R.N., of Green- 
 wich Hospital. 
 
 BEDFORD. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 John William Bedford entered the Navy 10 
 March, 1817; served during the Burmese War as 
 Midshipman of the Alligator 28, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, and Lakke 20, Capt. Fred. Marryat; 
 passed his examination in 1825 ; and obtained his 
 commission 18 Deo. 1826. He was appointed, 16 
 June, 1842, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams 
 Sandom, on the Lakes of Canada; assumed com- 
 mand, 3 April, 1843, of the Mohawk steam-vessel, 
 on Lake Ontario ; and since 20 Nov. in the same 
 year has been in charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 BEDFORD. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Robert Tench Bedford is brother of Lieut. D. 
 B. Bedford, R.N. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1827 ; passed 
 his examination 11 Nov. 1834 ; and served as Mate 
 of the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, through- 
 out the Syrian campaign of 1840. On 2 Oct. in 
 that year he accompanied Capt. Hen. John Worth 
 in the attack on the castle of Beyrout, and was pre- 
 sent with him at the gallant destruction of the train 
 which had been laid to the magazine ; and in the 
 course of the same day he was employed in the boats, 
 under Capt. Fras. Decimus Hastings, in a renewed 
 and very successful attempt made to remove the 
 powder there located.* Since his promotion, which 
 took place 23 Oct. 1841, at which period he was 
 serving on board the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of 
 Sir Chas. Adam, on the North America and West 
 India station, Mr. Bedford's appointments have 
 been — on 30 of the latter month, to the Vanguard 
 80, Capt. Sir Dav. Dunn, in the Mediterranean — 22 
 Feb. 1842, to the Queen 110, iu which ship, and the 
 Formidable 84, he officiated for a considerable 
 time as Flag-Lieutenant on the same station to Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen — and, 9 Dec. 1845, to the Su- 
 pers 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, now attached 
 to the Squadron in the Channel. 
 
 Lieut. Bedford was appointed Gentleman Usher 
 in Residence to the Queen Dowager 2 Jan. 1846. 
 
 BEDWELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Edward Parker Bedwell entered the Navy, 17 
 Deo. 1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Ceres, Lieut.- 
 Commander Geo. Wastell Hooper ; on removing 
 from which ship, as Midshipman, to the Cherub 18, 
 Capt. Geo. Ravenshaw, he co-operated with the 
 Swedes at the defence of Stralsund and the island 
 of Rugen — attended the ensuing expedition to Co- 
 penhagen — and, early in 1808, proceeded with con- 
 voy to the West Indies. In Nov. following he 
 joined L'Eperviek 18, Capt. Alex. Nesbitt ; and 
 he continued to serve on the same station until 1812, 
 as Master's Mate, successively, of the Snap 16, Capt. 
 Thos. Barclay, Peruvian 18, Capts. Fras. Dickin- 
 son and Amos Freeman Westropp, Mercury 32, 
 Capt. Westropp, and Helena 18, Capt. Henry 
 Montresor. During that period he assisted at the 
 reduction of the French and Dutch islands of Mar- 
 tinique, Guadeloupe, the Saintes, St. Martin's, and 
 St. Eustatius ; and was also instrumental to the cap- 
 ture and destruction of many of the enemy's armed 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1840, p. 2610. 
 
 vessels, privateers, and mercnantmen, particularly 
 of the French national brig Le Cygne of 18 guns, 
 which was driven on shore under the batteries of 
 Pearl Rook, Martinique, after a contest of four 
 hours, and ultimately annihilated; of t\ie Yankee 
 American privateer, taken after a chase of 12 hours ; 
 and of the Portsea East Indiaman, recaptured by 
 the Helena. In Feb. 1813, soon after his return 
 home, Mr. Bedwell jomed the Success troop-ship, 
 Capt. Thos. Barclay, and proceeded to the Cnesa,- 
 peake, where he witnessed, also as Master's Mate, 
 the attack on Craney Island and Hampton. On his 
 removal, in Deo. following, to La Hogue 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, he served, as Midshipman, 
 at the blockade of New London. He next aided, m 
 the boats, at the total destruction, 8th April, 1814, 
 near Pettipague Point, of 27 of the enemy's vessels, 
 together with all their dockyards and stores, a ser- 
 vice which obtained from the Commander-in-Chief 
 a public letter of thanks ; and, on 31 May, while en- 
 deavouring, in the yawl, to destroy a ship under Long 
 Island, he received two severe gun-shot wounds, 
 from the effects of which he still suffers, the balls 
 never having been extracted. We should not omit 
 to state that, for his conduct on a previous occasion, 
 when nearly thrown overboard during a mutiny in 
 a prize of which he had charge to Bermuda, Mr. 
 Bedwell had been highly complimented by Capt. 
 Skipsey, President of the court>martial which sub- 
 sequently sentenced the ringleaders. After serving 
 for some months in the West Indies, on board La 
 Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, he re- 
 turned to England, and was paid off 22 July, 1815 ; 
 antecedently to which, on 28 Feb., he had been pro- 
 moted to his present rank. He has not since been 
 employed. 
 
 Lieut. Bedwell, in consideration of his wounds, 
 was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic 
 Fund. He married, 5 Nov. 1830, Harriet, daughter 
 of the Rev. Wm. Creasy Drew, Rector of Sanding- 
 ham-cum-Bavingley, and of North Runcton, co. 
 Norfolk, by whom he has issue. 
 
 BEDWELL. (LiEDT., 1821. f-p., 13; h-p., 24.) 
 Frederick Bedwell entered the Navy, 8 Sept. 
 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Woolwich, 
 Master-Commander Rich. Turner, employed in the 
 Mediterranean; and, from Dec. 1811, until May, 
 1815, as Midshipman of the Grampus 50, and Marl- 
 borough, Sceptre, and Albion 74*s, was the con- 
 stant companion of the present Sir Geo. Cockbum 
 in all his operations at the defence of Cadiz and in 
 the Chesapeake. We soon afterwards find him, on 
 being appointed with the same gallant officer to the 
 Northumberland 74, escorting, as Master's Mate, 
 Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena. After a brief 
 attachment, in the autumn of 1816, to tile Wet- 
 mouth store-ship, Master-Commander Rich. Turner, 
 he sailed on a surveying expedition to New South 
 Wales, and, while there, was promoted into the 
 Bathurst sloop, Capt. Philip Parker King, 7 July, 
 1821. He has been on half-pay since 1823. 
 
 BEECHEY, F.R.S., &e. (Captain, 1827. 
 F-p., .30; H-P., 11.) 
 
 Frederick William Beechet, born 17 Feb. 
 1796, is son of the late Sir Wm. Beechey, Kt. ; 
 brother of Commander Rich. Brydges Beechey, 
 R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Lord Grantley. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Hibernia 110, bearing the flag in 
 the Channel of Earl St. Vincent ; attained the rating 
 of Midshipman 8 Jan. 1807 ; and, until Jan. 1803, con- 
 tinued to serve in the same ship with Capts. Tristram 
 Robt. Ricketts, Wm. Bedford, John Conn, and Chas. 
 Marsh Schomberg ; under the latter of whom and 
 the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he escorted to a 
 certain distance the Royal Family of Portugal on 
 its flight to the Brazils in Nov. 1807. He next, for 
 a short period, joined, with Capt. Schomberg, the 
 Minotaur 74, stationed off Lisbon ; then accompa- 
 nied the same officer and Sir W. S. Smith to Rio 
 Janeiro in the Foddroyant 80 ; and, after a further 
 attachment with Capt. Schomberg to the President 
 
BEECHEY— BEER. 
 
 67 
 
 50, came home with him in the Elizabeth 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Curzon, early in 1310. Mr. Beeohey 
 subseijuently eerved for about a fortnight in the 
 Ctane 22, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, on the 
 Home station ; whence, having rejoined Capt. 
 Sohomberg in the Astrea, of 42 guns and 271 men, 
 he proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope. On 20 
 May, 1811, when in company, off Madagascar, with 
 the Ph<ebe and Galatea frigates, of force similar 
 to the Astrea, and 18-gun brig Racehorse, he as- 
 sisted, after a long and warmly-contested action with 
 the French 40-gun frigates Menammee, Clorinde, and 
 Neriide, and a loss to the Astkea of 2 killed and 16 
 wounded, at the capture of the Renammee, and, on 
 25 of the same month, of the Nereids and the settle- 
 ment of Tamatave. He returned to England in 
 Sept. 1812, on board the Galatea 36, Capt. Wood- 
 ley Losack; and afterwards, until the receipt of 
 his first commission, 10 March, 1815, served in the 
 Thisbe 28, Capt. Thos. Dick, lying at Northfleet, 
 Madaoasoae 33, Capt. Lucius Curtis, in the Chan- 
 nel, VENGEnR 74, Capt. T. K. Ricketts, and Ton- 
 NANT 80, flag-ship in North America of Hon. Sir 
 Alex. IngUs Cochrane. While attached to the Ven- 
 GEDR he attended the expedition to New Orleans, 
 and was in the boats, on 8 Jan. 1815, when they 
 swept across the Mississippi with a body of troops, 
 seamen, and marines, to create a diversion in favour 
 of the general attack on the American lines. As 
 Lieutenant, Mr. Beechey's appointments appear to 
 have been — 13 Sept. 1815, to theNiGEK 38, Capt. Sam. 
 Jackson, on the North American station — 14 Jan. 
 1818, to the Trent hired brig, Lieut.-Commander, 
 now Sir John, Franklin, whom he accompanied in a 
 Northern expedition under Capt. David Buchan* — 
 22 Jan. 1819, to the Hecla sloop, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Edw. Parry, in which he penetrated to long. 
 113° 54' 43" W. within the Arctic Circle, and re- 
 ceived in consequence a Parliamentary reward of 
 200/. — and, 23 Jan. 1321, to the Adventhee sloop, 
 Capt. "Wm. Henry Smyth. On 5 Nov. following, 
 having been appointed, in conjunction with his bro- 
 ther, Mr. Henry W. Beechey, to co-operate with the 
 last-named vessel in conducting overland a survey 
 of the North Coast of Africa, he set out from Tripoli 
 for that purpose. The results of his researches, 
 which extended as far eastward as Derna, and lasted 
 until 25 July, 1822, have been fully detailed by Capt. 
 Beechey in his ' I?roceedings of the Expedition to 
 explore the Northern Coast of Africa from Tripoli 
 eastward, in 1321-2 ; comprehending an Account of 
 the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica, and of the ancient 
 Cities composing the Pentapolis.' He was advanced 
 to the rank of Commander 25 Jan. 1822; and, on 
 7 Jan. 1825, received an appointment to the Blos- 
 som 24, fitting at Woolwich for a voyage of disco- 
 very, via Cape Horn, to Bering Strait, there to act 
 in concert with the contemporaneous and differently- 
 directed expeditions of Capts. Franklin and Parry 
 in their efforts to ascertain the existence of a north- 
 west passage. During the three years and a half 
 of Cant. Beechey's absence from England, he took 
 formal possession in the Pacific of the islands called 
 Ganibier's Group ; discovered five others, to which 
 he gave the names oi Barrow, Cockburn, Byam Mar- 
 tin, Croker, and Melville ; passed Bering Strait, and 
 Penetrated, in Aug. 1826, to a point northward of 
 cy Cape, whence the Blossom's barge, under Mr. 
 Thos. Bison, the Master, reached lat. 71° 23' 31" N., 
 and long. 156° 21' 30" W., only 146 miles from the 
 extreme of Franklin's explorations on his progress 
 westward from the Mackenzie River ; afterwards 
 examined the sea eastward of Loo-choo, where he 
 rediscovered the Ylas del Arzohispo ; and, on again 
 visiting the frozen regions in the summer of 1827, 
 entered for the first time a spacious and important 
 haven to the south-eastward of Cape Prince of 
 Wales, leading into a secure inner harbour, well 
 adapted for repairing ships, to which he respectively 
 assigned the names of Port Clarence and Grantley 
 
 • See ' A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, 
 performed in H. M. Ships Dorothea atid Tbbnt, under the 
 command of Capt. David Bticlian, 1818,' &c., published by 
 Gapt. Beeclieyin 1843. 
 
 Harbour. The Blossom at length, after traversing 
 73,000 miles and rendering the most essential service 
 to the science of navigation, arrived at Spithead in 
 Sept. 1828, bringing with her the Right Hon. Robt. 
 Gordon, late H.M. Ambassador at the court of 
 Brazils, and remittances from different ports in the 
 Pacific to an amount exceeding 1,600,000 dollars. 
 She was paid off at Woolwich 12 Oct. following. 
 Capt. Beechey, who had been advanced to Post- 
 rank 8 May, 1827, has published a history of the 
 proceedings to which we have here alluded, in his 
 ' Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Bering 
 Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions in 
 1325-3.' His appointments, since, have been — 25 
 Sept. 1835, to the Solphcr 8, for the purpose of sur- 
 veying the coast of South America, whence his 
 health obliged him to return in the autumn of 1836 
 —and, 18 July, 1837, 7 May, 1840, and 16 March, 
 1844, to the African, LnciFEK, and Firefly, steam- 
 vessels, in which he has been continuously employed 
 in surveying the coast of Ireland. 
 
 Capt. Beechey married, in Deo. 1828, Charlotte, 
 youngest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel John Staple- 
 ton, of Thorpe Lee, and sister-in-law of the late 
 Bishop of Oxford, by whom he has issue. 
 
 BEECHEY. (Commander, 1846. f.p., 21 ; 
 
 H-p., 5.) 
 Richard Brydges Beechey, born 17 May, 1808, 
 is brother of Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, R.5f. 
 
 This officer entered the Boyal Naval College 1 
 March, 1821 ; and embarked, in June, 1822, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., onboard the EspiiGLE 18, Capt. Henry 
 Theodosius Browne Collier, on the Home station. 
 He next joined the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. 
 Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, employed on a 
 Particular Service, and Seeingapatam 46, Capt. 
 Sam. Wairen, in the West Indies ; and, on 2 April, 
 1823, rejoined Sir R. C. Spencer, as Midshipman, in 
 the Naiad 46. In that frigate Mr. Beeohey served, 
 in 1324, at the blockade of Algiers, and, while on the 
 Coast of Barbary, took part in several boat expedi- 
 tions, especially in the cutting out of a vessel laden 
 with grain from under the forts of Bona. He next 
 became attached, for passage home, to the Phaeton 
 42, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfleld Sturt ; and, in March, 
 1825, joined the Blossom 24, commanded by his bro- 
 ther, Capt. F. W. Beechey, with whom he proceeded 
 on a voyage of discovery to the Pacific, and thence 
 to Bering Strait, for the purpose of co-operating in 
 the Polar expeditions of Capts. Parry and Franklin. 
 On his return to England Mr. Beechey was pro- 
 moted, immediately on passing his examination, into 
 the Madagascar 46, Capt. Sir R. C. Spencer, on 
 the Mediterranean station, 15 Sept. 1828. After a 
 short servitude on board the Misa bomb, Capt. 
 Stephen Lushington, he was further appointed — \ 
 May, 1329, to the Belvidera 46, Capt. Hon. Rich. 
 Saunders Dundas, on the Home station — and, 2 
 April, 1331, to the Cura^oa 24, Capt. David Dunn, 
 forming one of an experimental squadron. He in- 
 valided soon afterwards, but, taking part in 1835 in 
 the Survey of Ireland, continued to be employed on 
 that service, latterly with his name on the books of 
 the Tartahds steam-vessel, Capts. Horatio Thos. 
 Austin and Jas. Wolfe, until advanced to the rank he 
 now holds,31 March,l 846. H e is at present on half-pay. 
 Commander Beeohey married Frideswide Maria 
 Moore, eldest daughter of Robt. Smyth, Esq., of 
 Portliok Castle, co. Westmeath. 
 
 BEER. (LiEnTENANT, 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Christopher Beer entered the Navy, 25 March, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Surinam sloop, 
 Capts. Alex. Shippard and John Lake ; attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 16 March, 1806; and 
 after serving in the Channel, and for some time in 
 the Leeward Islands, as Mate and Acting-Master, 
 returned home, in Sept. 1809, with the latter officer, 
 in the Felicite 18. He then joined the Orpheus 
 36, Capt. Pat. Tonyn ; and, on 13 Jan. 1810, be- 
 came attached to the Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo. 
 Sayer, John Sheridan, and Geo. Wastell Hooper, 
 
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 BEER-BELCHER. 
 
 under the first of whom he aided in capturing two 
 privateers, and, on 23 May in the same year, parti- 
 cipated, off the Skawe, in company with the Albah 
 and Princess of Wales cutters, in the Raleigh's 
 engagement with seven Danish gun-vessels, one of 
 which was blown up and the others dispersed with 
 great loss. In Jan. 1812, Mr. Beer was appointed to 
 the Garland 22, Capts. >Vm. Huskisson and Rich. 
 Plummer Davies, on the Jamaica station, where, on 
 10 April, 1813, he received an acting order as Lieu- 
 tenant of the Shark 16, Capt. John Gore, to which 
 sloop he was confirmed 10 Nov. following. He re- 
 moved with Capt. Gore, 23 July, 1814, to the Emd- 
 LODS 16, but invalided home in Feb. 1815 ; and since 
 that period has been on half-pay. 
 
 BEER. (Commander, 182.^. f-p., 23; h-p., 26.) 
 Thomas Beer was bom 18 Aug. 1787, at Stoke, 
 near Plymouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100, 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner, 
 and afterwards of Sir Hen. Harvey, under whom, 
 latterly as Midshipman, he continued to serve until 
 April, 1802. In May following he became attached 
 to the Aurora 28, Capt. Micajah Malbon, on the 
 Newfoundland station, and, in Dec. 1803, joined 
 the Montagu 74, Capt. Roht. Waller Otway. 
 During an employment of five years in the latter 
 ship he was present, in 1805, in Admiral Com- 
 wallis's attack on the French fleet close in with 
 Brest harbour, when the Montagu exchanged fire 
 with L' Alexandre, a French 80-gun ship ; assisted 
 at the evacuation of Scylla in 1808; and, subse- 
 quently, co-operated with the patriots on the coast 
 of Catalonia. Mr. Beer, in Nov. 1808, removed to 
 the Ocean 98, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of 
 Lord Collingwood; became Acting-Lieutenant, 13 
 Jan. 1809, of the Warrior 74, Capt. John Wm. 
 Spranger ; participated, in Oct. following, in the re- 
 duction of Zante, Cephalonia, and their dependen- 
 cies; received an Admiralty commission 4 May, 
 1810; and, on 23 April, 1811, was appointed to the 
 Martin 18, Capts. John Evans and Humphrey 
 Fleming Senhousc. With the latter officer he pro- 
 ceeded to North America, and, on 29 July, 1813, was 
 on board the Martin during a critical action, when 
 aground in Delaware Bay, with a flotilla of Ame- 
 rican gun-boats, 10 in number, who however ulti- 
 mately retired without effecting any serious mis- 
 chief. He next, on 4 Feb. 1814, assumed command 
 of the Bream schooner in the Bay of Fundy, and 
 there served until placed on half-pay in Sept. fol- 
 lowing. From 26 July, 1821, until his advancement 
 to his present rank, 29 July, 1825, he continued, as 
 Lieutenant of the Severn 50, and Supernumerary 
 of the Ramillies 74, to be actively employed, on 
 the Kentish coast, under Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, in 
 the suppression of smuggling. He has not since 
 held any official occupation. 
 
 BELCHER, Kt., C.B., P.E.A.S., F.G.S. (Capt., 
 1841. F-p., 28; H-p., 7.) 
 
 Sir Edward Belcher, born in 1799, is second 
 son of Andrew Belcher, Esq., formerly of Roe- 
 hampton ; grandson of Wm. Belcher, Esq., Chief 
 Justice, and afterwards Governor, of Halifax ; and 
 great-grandson of Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Governor 
 of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Abercrombt 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Chas. Fahie, on the Home station ; attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 2 Dec. 1812 ; removed 
 for a few weeks, in Feb. 1814, to the Salvador 
 DEL MuNDo, Capt. Robt. Hall, employed at Ply- 
 mouth ; then became attached to the Bellerophon 
 74, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats ; rejoined Capt. Fahie, in Jan. 1815, on board 
 the Malta 84, part of the force subsequently en- 
 gaged at the defence of Gaeta ; was next, in Nov. 
 following, transferred to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Ekins, with whom he fought at the battle of 
 Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816; and afterwards, until the 
 
 receipt of his first commission, bearing date 21 July, 
 1818, served in the Stbille 44, and Salisbury 50, 
 flag-ships at Jamaica of Rear-Admirals Sir Home 
 Popham and John Erskine Douglas, and Phaeton 
 46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, at Portsmouth. On 
 11 March, 1819, Mr. Belcher was appointed to the 
 Myrmidon sloop, Capt. Henry John Leeke, fitting 
 for the African station, whence he invalided in 
 April, 1820. He resumed his active duties, in Sepfe 
 1821, on board the Salisbury, commanded at the 
 time by Capt. Wm. Maude, with whom he served 
 for three years on the Halifax station ; and, on 
 18 April, 1825, he was selected to act as Assistant- 
 Surveyor to Capt. Frederick Wm. Beechey, in the 
 Blossom 24, then about to sail to Bering Strait on 
 a voyage of discovery, the outlines of which have 
 been given under the head of " Capt. Beechey." 
 His promotion to the rank of Commander took 
 place 16 March, 1829, while serving on board the 
 Southampton 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of 
 Rear-Admiral Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; after which 
 we find him commanding, from 27 May, 1830, until 
 10 Sept. 1833, the JEtna surveying-vessel, on the 
 coast of Africa, also in the River Douro for the 
 protection of British property during the hostilities 
 between Pedro and Miguel, and next in the Medi- 
 terranean — and, from 9 Nov. 1836, until 2 Aug. 
 1842, the Sulphur, another surveying-vessel, chi^y 
 employed in South America and the East Indies. 
 During the latter part of that period Capt. Belcher 
 figured conspicuously in the various scenes con- 
 nected with the war in China. On 7 Jan. 1841, he 
 united in the vigorous operations put into force 
 against the enemy's forts at Chuenpee, and in the 
 course of the same day he admirably effected the 
 destruction, with the Nemesis and the boats of the 
 Calliope, of 11 out of 13 war-junks.* He next, 
 on 27 Feb., acquired the cordial thanks of Sir 
 Gordon Bremer for the gallantry he displayed (the 
 Sulphur being the leading ship) in an attack made 
 by a squadron under Sir Thos. Herbert on the 
 Chinese camp, fort, and ship Cambridge, mounting 
 in the whole 98 guns, at their position below 
 Whampoa Reach. t During the sulvanee of the 
 British on Canton, we find the Sulphur, in company 
 with three of the Wellesley's boats, destroying, 
 on 2 March, near Whampoa, a masked battery, 
 armed with 25 guns, and manned by about 250 
 chosen Tartar troops ; J 11 days after which exploit 
 her Captain again acquired much credit for his zeal 
 at the capture of several rafts, and of the last fort 
 protecting the approaches to Canton.§ Capt. Bel- 
 cher also distinguished himself by his great zeal at 
 the ensuing reduction of that city, and indeed he 
 appears to have been altogether indefatigable in 
 the laborious duties of sounding and exploring the 
 various inlets through which the ships were carried 
 in their previous progress up the Canton River.|| 
 On 23 of the following May, at the onset of the 
 operations which immediately preceded the second 
 capture of the same city, Capt. Belcher, by a most 
 spirited and judicious recoimaissance, established the 
 practicability of effecting a landing of the troops at 
 a point which had been previously selected by Sir 
 Hugh Gough for that purpose. The value of his 
 services on the occasion was warmly attested both 
 by the last-mentioned officer and Sir Humphrey 
 Fleming Senhouse-Tf On the same day he caused 
 the self-destruction of 28 of the enemy's vessels, 
 and, having landed with a party at a mandarin 
 temple at Tsingpoo, he spiked and threw into the sea 
 5 small guns.** In such high esteem were Capt. 
 Belcher's services held, that he was awarded a Post- 
 commission 6 May, 1841, the decoration of a C.B. 
 14 Oct. following, and the honour of Knighthood 
 21 Jan. 1843. Having been in further command, 
 since 18 Nov. 1842, of the Samarano 26, employed 
 on surveying service in the East Indies, he at length 
 returned home and was paid off in Jan. 1847. 
 
 Sir Edw. Belcher's well-known ' Narrative of a 
 • ytdepxz. 1641 , pp. 1 162, 1222. + V. Gaz. 1R41, p. 1501. 
 
 t V. Gai. 1 841 , p. 1 425. } V. Ga/.. 1 841 , p. 1503. 
 
 ^ r, „ II ^- •'"• ""• PP- '■•29, 1504. 
 
 11 V. Gm. 1641, pp. 2496, 2509. •• V. Gai!. 1841, p. ■>504. 
 
BELCHES— BELGRAVE— BELL. 
 
 69 
 
 Voyage round the World, performed in H.M.S. 
 SuLPHDR, during the years 1836-42,' -will fully de- 
 velop the nature of his very important services 
 during the period the volume embraces. To this 
 officer we have also to ascribe the authorship of a 
 ' Treatise on Nautical Surveying.' He married, 11 
 Sept. 1830, Diana Jolliffe, granddaughter of Colonel 
 Simpson, of Plean House, Falkirk, and stepdaughter 
 of the late gallant Capt. Peter Heywood, R.N., who 
 was in the unfortunate mutiny on board the Bounty. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BELCHES. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Petek Benches entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1812. 
 While serving as Master's Mate on board the 
 Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, he 
 was severely wounded in a mistaken encounter 
 with a British packet, 12 March, 1814, and was for 
 some time, in consequence, confined to Plymouth 
 Hospital. He passed his examination in 1818; was 
 promoted, 17 April, 1827, into the Volage 28, 
 Capts. Robt. Tait and Michael Seymour ; and since 
 March, 1828, has been on half-pay. He holds, at 
 present, the appointment of Harbour Master of the 
 port of Albany, in Western Australia. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BELGRAVE. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 16; h-p., 1.) 
 Thomas Belgkave is eldest son of the Rev. 
 Thos. Belgrave, Rector of North Kilworth, co. 
 Leicester. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1830, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Curlew 10, Capts. Geo. 
 WooUoombe and Henry Dundas Trotter, employed 
 in suppressing the slave-trade on the west coast of 
 Africa, where he witnessed the capture, in 1833, of 
 the piratical schooner Panda. He next served, as 
 Midshipman, in the Flamer steam-vessel, Lieut.- 
 Commander Chas. Wm. Griffith Griffin, in the West 
 Indies, Harrier 18, Capt. Wm. Henry Hallowell 
 Carew, in South America, and North Star 18, 
 Capt. Ootavius Vernon Harcourt, on the same sta- 
 tion ; passed his examination 2 Nov. 1836 ; and was 
 subsequently employed as Mate, on the South 
 American, Home, and Mediterranean stations, of 
 the Samakang 28, Capt. Wm. Broughton, Dublin 
 50, Capt. Robt. Tait, Excellent gunnery-ship, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, Rodnet 92, Capt. Robt. 
 Maunsell, and Lizard steamer, Lieut.-Commandeis 
 Walter Grimstone Bucknall Estcourt and Chas. 
 Jas. Postle. He was in the Rodney at the blockade 
 of Alexandria in 1840, and on board the Lizard 
 when run down and sunk by the French steamer 
 Veloce, 24 July, 1843. His appointments, since his 
 promotion, which took place on 1 Nov. in the latter 
 year, have been — 6 Dec. 1843, again to the Excel- 
 lent — 30 Aug. 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to 
 the Eclair steam-sloop, Capt. W. G. B. Estcourt, 
 on the coast of Africa — 7 Jan. 1845, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Vindictive 50, flag-ship in North 
 America and the West Indies of Sir Fras. Wm. 
 Austen — and, 14 Aug. 1845, to the President 50, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to his father-in-law, Rear- 
 Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope. 
 
 Lieut. Belgrave married, 24 Sept. 1845, Charlotte, 
 daughter of Rear- Admiral Dacres. 
 
 BELL. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 17.) 
 Charles Bell died in 1844. He was second son 
 of the late Matthew Bell, Esq., of Woolsington, 
 High SheriflFof Northumberland in 1797, by Sarah 
 Frances, daughter of Chas. J. Brandling, Esq., of 
 Gosforth House, in that co., formerly M.P. for 
 Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; next brother of the present 
 Matthew Bell, Esq., of Woolsington, M.P. for the 
 southern division of Northumberland, and aDeputy- 
 Lieutenant ; and brother-in-law of Sir John Jas. 
 Walsham, Bart., of Knill Court, co. Hereford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1812, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Bulwark 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Andrew Worth, bearing the flag in Basque 
 Roads of Sir Philip Chas. Durham ; served, from 
 Deo. 1813, to March, 1814, latterly as Midshipman, 
 
 in the Porcupine 24, and Surveillante 38, both 
 commanded hy ■ Capt. Robt. Elliott, on the north 
 coast of Spain ; afterwards joined the Eurotas 38, 
 Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap, cruizing off 
 Cork ; was next, between July, 1815, and Jan. 1818, 
 transferred, in succession, to the Severn 40, Capt. 
 Joseph Nourse, Malta 80, Capt. Thos. Gordon 
 Caulfeild, and Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Henderson, 
 on the Home station; and then sailed for the East 
 Indies in the Liverpool 40, Capt. Fras. Augustus 
 Collier, under whom we find him, in Jan. 1820, ac- 
 tively employed against the pirates of the Persian 
 Gulf, where Ras-al-Khyma, their principal resort 
 and head-quarters, was taken, the fortifications 
 destroyed, all their vessels burnt or sunk, and a 
 large quantity of treasure seized. In May, 1821, Mr. 
 Bell returned home, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 Alligator, Capt. Jas. Wilkie ; and, on 9 Nov. fol- 
 lowing, he was officially promoted. He subsequently 
 joined the Revenge 76, flag-ship in the Mediterra- 
 nean of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 20 March, 1823; 
 served from 16 Nov. 1826, until Oct. 1827, on board 
 the Ariadne 26, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, on 
 the same station ; then removed to the Cambrian 
 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in time to act a 
 part in the battle of Navarin; and was finally 
 wrecked, 31 Jan. 1828. He obtained a second pro- 
 motal commission 23 July, 1830 ; and, from 29 Sept. 
 1841, until the period of his death, commanded the 
 Hazard 18, on the East India station. 
 
 Commander Bell married, first, his cousin, Mary, 
 youngest daughter of the Rev. Ralph Henry Brand- 
 ling, of Gosforth House, a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for the cos. of York (W. R.), Northum- 
 berland, and Durham ; and, secondly, another cousin, 
 Rachel, fourth daughter of Robt. Wm. Brandling, 
 Esq., of Low Gosforth, barrister-at-law. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BELL, C.B. (Keab-Admieai., 1846. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-P., 35.) 
 
 Christopher Bell is brother-in-law of Lieut. 
 Chas. Cotesworth, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Cunningham. He continued to serve in that frigate, 
 in the Channel, North Sea, and off the Western 
 Islands, for the space of six years, and on 20 Aug. 
 1799, when off the Cordovan light-house, assisted 
 at the capture, after a gallant engagement of nearly 
 two hours, of the French frigate La Vestale, of 36 
 guns and 230 men, of whom 10 were killed and 22 
 wounded, — the British losing only 2 killed and 3 
 wounded. He passed his examination in April, 
 1802 ; sailed in July following for the Jamaica sta- 
 tion in the Chichester store-ship, Capt. Stevens ; 
 was there promoted, 20 Oct. in the same year, from 
 the Leviathan 74, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth, into the Shark 18, Capt. J. B. 
 Herring ; and afterwards joined, 5 Oct. 1803, and 
 16 Sept. 1804, the Magnanime 18, Capt. Edw. 
 Hawker, and La Pique 36, Capt. Chas. Bayne 
 Hodgson Ross. In command of the tender belong- 
 ing to the latter ship, Lieut. Bell, on 26 March, 
 1806, aided in taking the two French 16-gun brigs 
 Phaeton and Voltigeur ; and, on 1 Nov. ensuing, as 
 First of La Pique, with her barge and two other 
 boats under his orders, he succeeded, without the 
 loss of a man, in cutting out from the harbour 
 of Cabaret, Porto Eico, a fine new Spanish brig, 
 pierced for 12 guns, and completely destroying 
 a 3-gun battery at its entrance.* While subse- 
 quently employed ashore on the south side of St. 
 Domingo, he received a severe wound in an attack 
 made by the natives on his party, and in conse- 
 
 ?uence, we believe, was presented with a gratuity 
 rom the Patriotic Fund. We next find him ap- 
 pointed, 13 March, 1807, to the acting-command of 
 the Shark receiving-ship at Port Royal, from which 
 he was confirmed, 1 April, 1808, into the 14-gun 
 brig Phipps. On 16 Nov. 1810, Capt. Bell, who 
 had previously chased a lugger-privateer close 
 under Calais, fell in with two others, one of whicli, 
 * ffifeGai. 1807, p. 156. 
 
70 
 
 BELLAIRS -BELLAMY - BELSEY. 
 
 Le Barhler de Seville^ of 16 guns and 60 men, on 
 being brought to close action, was gallantly boarded, 
 and in a few minutes carried, by Lieut. Kobt. 
 Tryon, at the head of a party of seamen, one of 
 whom was killed, and the Lieutenant himself dan- 
 gerously wounded. The enemy lost 6 killed and 
 11 wounded ; and the prize, from the well-directed 
 fire she had sustained, sank soon after the engage- 
 ment.* For this achievement Capt. BeU, as were 
 his officers and crew, was honoured with the appro- 
 bation of the Admiralty. He removed, 19 June, 
 1811, to the command of the Mosquito, a first-class 
 sloop, but was superseded on advancement to Post- 
 rank, 7 Feb. 1812, and not afterwards employed. His 
 nomination to the C.B. took place 4 July, 1840, and 
 his elevation to the rank he now holds 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 BELLAIES. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 18; H-P., 26.) 
 
 John Henry Beli.airs is brother of Lieut. "W. T. 
 Bellairs, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Oct. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Goliath 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Brisbane, employed on the Home station, and, in 
 May, 1805, accompanied that gallant officer into the 
 Akethusa 38. Proceeding in the latter ship to the 
 "West Indies, he assisted, in company with the 
 Anso>', at the capture, 23 Aug. 1806, near the 
 Havana, after a spirited action, in which the Aee- 
 thusa had 2 men killed and 32 wounded, of the 
 Pomona^ Spanish frigate, of 38 guns and 347 men, 
 laden with specie and merchandize, and defended 
 by a castle mounting 11 36-pounders, and a flotilla 
 of 10 gun-boats, all of Tfhich were destroyed ; and, in 
 Jan. 1807, was present at the brilliant reduction of 
 Cura^oa. In Oct. following Mr. Bellairs returned 
 home, as a Supernumerary, in the Chichester store- 
 ship, Capt. Jas. Tait ; and after an attachment of a 
 few weeks to the jEtna bomb, lying in the Thames, 
 became Master's Mate, in April, 1808, of the Bonne 
 Citotenne 20, Capts. John Thompson and Wm. 
 Mounsey, under whom we find him engaged in active 
 co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Spain. 
 Joining, in June, 1809, the Caledonia 120, bearing 
 the flags successively of Admiral Lord Gambler and 
 of Kear-Admirals Fras. Pickmore and Sir Harry 
 Neale, he commanded the gun-boats Nos. 1 and 4, of 
 the red division, under Capts. Philip Carteret and 
 Rich. Plummer Davies, during the ensuing expedition 
 to the Scheldt ; and, from April to Aug. 1810, at 
 which period he passed his examination, was em- 
 ployed, as Master's Mate, with the flotilla at the 
 defence of Cadiz. He removed with Sir Harry 
 Neale, in April, 1811, to the Botne 98, from which 
 ship he was transferred, on 12 June, as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, to the PoMPEE 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol 
 Wood, off L'Orient. Being superseded, however, 
 in the following August, he served, as Midshipman, in 
 the TJlysses 44, off Jersey and Lisbon, Impetueux 
 74, bearing the flags of Admirals Brown and Geo. 
 Martin, and Stately 64, Capt. Chas. Inglis, until at 
 length promoted, 30 Sept. 1813, into the San Juan 
 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral Sam. Hood 
 Linzee, then at Gibraltar. He invalided home in 
 March, 1814, and continued unemployed until 25 
 Sept. 1837, when he accepted an appointment in the 
 Coast Guard, which he resigned in 1845. He has 
 since been unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Bellairs is the original inventor of a plan for 
 distinguishing steam-vessels of all nations by a code 
 of coloured lights. He is married, and has issue. 
 
 BELLAIES. (LiECT., 1819. p-p., 19 ; h-p., 19.) 
 
 Waleord Thomas Bellairs is brother of Lieut. 
 J. H. Bellairs, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 23 
 March, 1809, and embarked, 24 March, 1812, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Asia 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Scott, employed off Cherbourg and in the 
 West Indies. From Jan. 1814, until the receipt of 
 his commission, which bears date 12 May, 1819, he 
 served as Midshipman and Acting-Lieutenant, on 
 the latter, and on the Home, Mediterranean, and 
 North American stations, of the Rota 38, Capt. 
 * Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 164!. 
 
 Philip Somerville, Thais 20, Capt. Henry Weir, 
 Albion 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, Okontes 36, Capt. 
 Nat. Day Cochrane, Leanber 50, commanded by 
 Capt. Edw. Chetham, at the battle of Algiers, and 
 afterwards flag-ship of Sir David Milne, and Grass- 
 hopper 18, Capt. Henry Forbes. He obtained an 
 appointment in the Coast Guard 18 May, 1838, and 
 since 12 Jan. 1842 — with the exception of a few 
 months in 1844, when he belonged to the Ocean 
 80, guardship at Sheemess, Capt. Peter Fisher — 
 has been employed as Admiralty Agent in a Con- 
 tract Mail steam-vessel. 
 
 Lieut. Bellairs is married. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 BELLAMY. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Joseph Hughes Bellamy is eldest son of Geo. 
 Bellamy, Esq., of Plymouth. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy 24 Apri^ 1815; 
 passed his examination in 1822 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 10 March, 1827 ; served, from 26 Oct. 1830, 
 until superseded, 21 Dec. 1831, in the Revenge 78, 
 Capts. Jas. Hillyar and Donald Hugh Mackay, on 
 the Lisbon station ; joined the Coast Guard, 31 May, 
 1838 ; and since 10 June, 1845, has been employed 
 at Devonport on board the Cax-edonia 120, Capt. 
 Manly Hall Dixon. 
 
 He married, in 1837, Mary, only daughter of 
 Richard Newton, Esq. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 BELSEY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Henry Belsey, bom 10 May, 1790, at Dover, co. 
 Kent, is nephew, maternally, of Capt. Geo. Sayer, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Feb. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ulysses 44, armee enjlute, 
 commanded by his uncle Capt. Sayer ; removed, in 
 Feb. 1800, to the Regulus 44, Capt. Thos. Press- 
 land ; and, on attending the expedition to Egypt, in 
 1801, assisted at the landing of the troops, was much 
 employed at the signals, and, from constant night- 
 duty in an armed flat-bottomed boat on the river 
 Nile, caught the plague. The Regulus subse- 
 quently conveyed the remains of the French army 
 to Marseilles, and was paid off at the peace. In 
 May, 1804, Mr. Belsey joined the Tartarus bomb, 
 Capts. Fras. Temple, Mauritius Adolphus Newton 
 De Starck, and Thos. Withers, and, on that vessel 
 being wrecked on Margate sands in Dec. following, 
 rendered himself particularly useful in conveying 
 away a body of prisoners. On the same occasion he 
 narrowly escaped a watery grave, in consequence of a 
 boat he was in being struck by a heavy sea and dashed 
 to pieces against the side of the ship. He was imme- 
 diately after the catastrophe voluntarily entered by 
 Capt. Thos. Bayley as a Midshipman on board the In- 
 flexible 64, in which ship he continued to serve until 
 June, 1805, when, owing to her having been run foul 
 of by the St. Albans 64, he was transferred to the 
 Elephant 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas. Proceeding 
 then to the West Indies, Mr. Belsey, on 23 Jan. 
 1807, had the good fortune to rescue in a boat from 
 off the bowsprit of the Orpheus, when that frigate 
 was wrecked, her Captain, the present Sir Thos. 
 Briggs ; and he was on board the Elephant when 
 she subsequently grounded off the Havana, and was 
 only got off after an intense labour of 12 hours, all 
 her water having been previously started, and the 
 shot and 68 of the guns thrown overboard. Be- 
 tween July, 1807, at which period he returned home 
 with convoy, and Aug. 1810, we find him serving, 
 chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Bulwark 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Little Belt 
 18, Capt. John Crispo, and GuERRii;EE 40. Capt. 
 David Lloyd, on the Cadiz, African, and Hali&x 
 stations ; and during that period acquiring the high 
 praise of Capt. Crispo for the strict attention to his 
 duty when the Little Belt was dismasted and 
 obliged to put into port. He then served for nearly 
 two years as Acting-Lieutenant of the Halifax 18, 
 Capt. Alex. Fraser, and, in the early part of 1811, 
 was detached in command of a detained American 
 tender in a very leaky cendition to Halifax, which 
 port, after encountering desperate weather, he only 
 
BELSON— BENDYSIIE— liENETT— BENN. 
 
 ■1 
 
 succeeded in reachingthrough a series of the most 
 skilful manoeuvres. Being at length officially pro- 
 moted, by commission dated 21 March, 1812, Mr. 
 Belsey next joined, for short periods, the Bold 10, 
 Echo 18, and Behmuda 10, Capts. John Skekel, 
 Thos. Perceval, and Wm. Wolrige, on the Channel 
 and Lisbon stations, from the latter of which ves- 
 sels he invalided 6 April, 1815. He subsequently 
 held a command in the Coast Guard, from 4 Deo. 
 1827, until 6 July, 1833 ; and, while so employed, 
 succeeded in effecting two seizures, and was on one 
 occasion nearly drowned by the capsizing of a boat. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Belsey married, 15 Nov. 1813, Mary Eliza- 
 beth, eldest daughter of Capt. Cooke, by whom he 
 has issue nine children. He resided, with permis- 
 sion, from 1816 to 1820, in the Telegraph House near 
 Barham ; and, since 1837, has been dwelling in the 
 Semaphore House, at Chatsford Head, Winchester. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 BELSON. (Eetired Commander, 1845. r-p., 
 21 ; n-p., 26.) 
 Hemky Face Belson entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rcby 64, Capt. 
 Solomon Ferris, lying in the Downs ; accompanied 
 that officer, the year following, into the Thdnderer 
 74; and, after serving for a few months in the 
 Leander 50, bearing the flag of Sir Andrew 
 Mitchell in North America, there attained the 
 rating of Midshipman, 1 Dec. 1802, in the Lily 16, 
 Capt. Wm. Compton. He afterwards became suc- 
 cessively attached to the Driver sloop, Cambrian 
 40, Capts. John Poo Beresford, John Nairne, and 
 Peter Puget (in which ship he assisted at the capture, 
 
 13 June and 3 July, 1805, of the privateers Maria, of 
 
 14 guns and 60 men, and Matima, of 20 guns and 
 95 men), and Theseus 74, Capt. J. P. Beresford, 
 employed in the Channel and off Ferrol. He was 
 made Lieutenant, 7 March, 1808, into the Tdlture 
 sloop, Capts. Joseph Pearce and Martin White, on 
 the Jersey station, and subsequently received the 
 following appointments : — 31 Dec. 1808, to the Dio- 
 HEDE 50, flag-ship off Guernsey of Eear-Admiral 
 D'Auvergne, Duke de Bouillon, in which he after- 
 wards proceeded to the East Indies — 15 April, 1812, 
 as First, to the Briton 38, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, 
 serving in the Channel and off Bordeaux— 14 Jan. 
 1814, to the Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, fitting 
 at Pl™outh— 11 Feb. 1814, to the Sybille 44, 
 Capt. Thos. Forrest, from which frigate, after cruiz- 
 ing off Madeira, and proceeding to Greenland in 
 search of the American Commodore, John Rodgers, 
 he was paid off, 18 April, 1815—29 Oct. 1819, again 
 as Senior Lieutenant, to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Aug. 
 Wm. Montagu, on the Halifax station, which ship 
 was placed out of commission 23 Sept. 1822 — and, 
 17 Dec. 1825, in the same capacity, to the Prince 
 Regent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Eobt. 
 Moorsom. He was superseded in 1827 ; subse- 
 quently commanded, from 30 Aug. 1830, to April, 
 1833, the CoNFiANCE steam-vessel 2, on the Fal- 
 mouth station ; and, on 18 Jan. 1845, was placed on 
 the list of Retired Commanders. 
 
 BENDYSHE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 John Bendyshe, bom 10 April, 1791, is son and 
 successor of the late Rich. Bendyshe, Esq., of Bar- 
 ringtori, co. Cambridge, by Jane, daughter of John 
 Jervis, Esq., of Darlaston, co. Stafford. One of his 
 brothers, Richard, died an officer in the 1st Foot 
 Guards ; and the other, Robert, a Lieutenant, R.N., 
 was lost in the Blenheim, with Sir Thos. Trou- 
 bridge, in 1807. The family is directly traceable to 
 the twelfth century, at which period it became pos- 
 sessed of a considerable lordship in Radwinter. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Jan. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Qdeen 98, Capt. Manley 
 Dixon, flag-ship subsequently of Sir John Knight 
 in the Channel, and of Lord Collingwood in the 
 Mediterranean. He removed, as Midshipman, in 
 April, 1806, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. John 
 Stewart, on the latter station, where, and again in 
 
 the Channel, as also at Newfoundland, he next 
 served, with Sir John Duckworth and Capt. Rich. 
 Dalling Dunn, in the Royal George 100, San 
 Josef 110, Hibernia 110, Armide 38, and Ante- 
 lope 50. After suffering shipwreck in the Avenger 
 16, Capt. Urry Johnson (to a Lieutenancy in which 
 vessel he had been promoted on 11 Nov. 1811), Mr. 
 Bendyshe successively joined — 24 Oct. 1812, the 
 Hazard sloop, Capt. John Cookesley, also on the 
 Newfoundland station — 22 Aug. 1814, as Senior, the 
 Belle Poole troop-ship, Capt. Fras. Baker, under 
 whom he attended the expedition to New Orleans 
 — and, 15 Deo. 1818 (after an interval of three 
 years), in a similar capacity, the Wye 26, Capt. 
 Geo. Wickens WiUes, on the Leith station. He 
 was superseded from the latter vessel, at his ovm 
 request, 29 Nov. 1819, and has not since been em- 
 ployed. Lieut. Bendyshe is a Magistrate and 
 Deputy-Lieutenant for the co. of Cambridge, for 
 which he has also served as High-Sheriff. 
 
 He married, first, 10 May, 1820, Catherine, eldest 
 daughter of Geo. Matcham, Esq., of Ashford Lodge, 
 CO. Sussex, by Catherine, sister of the immortal 
 Nelson, by whom, who died in 1831, he had issue 
 four sons and four daughters ; and secondly, 21 Oct. 
 1833, Anna Maria, third daughter of Sir Chas. 
 Watson, Bart., of Wratting Park, co. Cambridge. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BENETT. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 36.) 
 Charles Cowper Benett, a lineal descendant 
 of John Benett, Sheriff of Wilts in 51 Henry 
 ni., is great-grandson of his Grace Dr. Wm. 
 Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury ; and eldest son of 
 the Rev. John Benett, LL.D., Rector of Donhead 
 St. Andrew, co. Wilts, and of Ower Moigne, co. 
 Dorset, by Frances, sister of Sir Thos. Turton, Bart. 
 Mr. Wm. Wake Benett, a brother of Commander 
 Benett, also in the R.N., was killed in action. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, inl Oct. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pelican sloop, Capt. 
 Geo. M'Kinley, whom he accompanied, 20 Dec. 
 1801, as Midshipman, into the Abergavenny 54, 
 and next into the Ganges 74, on the Jamaica station, 
 where he continued to serve, until the autumn of 
 1806, in the Heroule 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, 
 Cumberland 74, Capt. Fred. Cottrill, and Theseus 
 74, and Surveillante frigate, both commanded by 
 Capt. John Bligh. Under that officer, at the com- 
 mencement of 1804, he assisted in the attack on the 
 island of Curajoa, and in' the course of some very 
 successful cruizing participated in the capture of 
 several privateers and, we believe, of 40 sail of 
 merchantmen, besides witnessing the reduction of 
 the Spanish island of St. Andreas. After an attach- 
 ment of some weeks to the Magnificent 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Eyre, lying at Deptford, Mr. Benett served 
 for 17 months with Sir Sam. Hood in the Centaur 
 74, and attended during that period the expedition 
 to Copenhagen under Lord Gambier. Acquiring 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 11 April, 1808, he further 
 joined — 3 June, 1808, the Vanguard 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Baker, with whom he served in the Baltic 
 until Aug. 1809— and, 9 July and 19 Oct. 1812, the 
 Cornwall 74, Capt. John Broughton, and Impreg- 
 nable 98, flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young, both 
 on the Mediterranean station. Since his promotion 
 to his present rank, which took place 15 June, 
 1S14, Commander Benett has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in 1810, Sarah, daughter of Wm. 
 Burlton, Esq., of Donhead St. Andrew. His eldest 
 son, Wm. Morgan, married, 17 April, 1843, Barbara 
 Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Commander 
 Waring, R.N. 
 
 BENN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Thomas Benn entered the Navy, 29 March, 1305, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. 
 Philip Chas. Durham, and on 22 July following was 
 present in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the com- 
 bined squadrons of France and Spain. He shortly 
 afterwards removed into the Kent 74, Capt. Henry 
 Garrett, and in April, 1806, became Midshipman 
 
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 BENNET— BENNETT. 
 
 of the AcHiLLE 74. In that ship he served, latterly 
 as Master's Mate, under Capts. Sir Rich. King, 
 Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and Aiskew Paf- 
 fard Hollis, for upwards of nine years, during 
 which period he appears to have been employed at 
 the blockade of Ferrol and of Toulon, as also, for 
 18 months, of a French and Venetian squadron at 
 Venice, besides assisting at the defence of Cadiz, 
 and being ultimately, in 1814-15, after having con- 
 voyed a fleet of East Indiamen to a certain latitude, 
 stationed at Rio Janeiro. He attained tlie rank of 
 Lieutenant 8 Feb. 1815 ; was placed on half-pay 
 12 July following ; and has not since been afloat. 
 
 BENNET. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Maktin Bennet was bom 24 March, 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1800, as 
 a Boy, on board the Hadghty gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander "Wm. Field, on the North Sea station, 
 where, in Dec. 1801, he attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman in the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. Boorder. 
 "We next find him, during an attachment of nearly 
 six years to the Illustrious 74, Capts. Sir Chas. 
 Hamilton, Michael Seymour, Wm. Sheild, "Wm. 
 Robt. Broughton, and Edw. Chetham, commanding 
 a boat at the destruction of the French shipping in 
 Basque Roads in April, 1809, and intrusted, in the 
 ensuing expedition to the "Walcheren, with the 
 direction of two flat-bottomed boats and a cutter 
 up the East Scheldt. Proceeding then to the West 
 Indies in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, 
 he witnessed the destruction, on 18 Dec. in the 
 same year, of the French frigates Loire and Seijie, 
 in Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, and on that occa^ 
 sion commanded the boats forming part of the force 
 under Capt. Hugh Cameron, who was killed by his 
 side, at the gallant storming of the fort by which 
 they were protected. After serving for some 
 months with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Pompee 
 74, and Neptune 98, and witnessing in the former 
 ship the reduction of Guadeloupe, Mr. Bennet re- 
 joined the Sceptre, in the capacity of Acting- 
 Lieutenant, 16 July, 1810. He was eventually, 
 while employed on board the Barfleur 98, flag- 
 ship in the Tagus of Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley, 
 awarded a commission, dated 2 Nov. 1811 ; and 
 on 18 of the following Dec. was appointed to the 
 Elizabeth 74, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, sta- 
 tioned in the Mediterranean. He there, during 
 the performance of much valuable service, came 
 17 times into conflict with the enemy, participated 
 in the capture of the towns of Umago, Dignano, 
 Fiume, Porto Kea, Bocca Rea, Citta Nuova, and 
 Rovigno, as also of the forts of Cantalazo and Cavo, 
 and assisted at the blockade of Venice, Trieste, and 
 Ragusa. At Umago he in part commanded the 
 boats at the destruction of a 2-guii battery and 
 the capture of 4 vessels, loaded with wine, that had 
 been scuttled, 8 June, 1813; and on the occasion of 
 the ensuing capture of Dignano he landed in charge 
 of a party of seamen, and obtained great praise for 
 his conduct.* From 15 June to 16 Aug. 1814, Mr. 
 Bennet next officiated as Agent for Transports 
 afloat ; after which, on 1 Dec. in the same year, he 
 became First of the Niobe troop-ship, Capt. Henry 
 Collins Deacon, and co-operated in the reduction, in 
 1815, of Martinique and Guadeloupe. He left the 
 NioBE 12 March, 1816, and since 17 April, 1838, 
 has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 Lieut. Bennet is married. 
 
 BENNETT. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 13.) 
 
 James Cooper Bennett was bom, 6 Jan. 1801, 
 at Edinburgh. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Jan. 1813, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt. 
 Matthew Buckle, bearing the flag at Leith of Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. Removing in March 
 following to the Endymion, of 48 guns and 319 men, 
 Capt. Henry Hope, he assisted at the blockade of 
 New London, the e.xpedition up the Penobscot, and 
 * Firftf Gaz. 1813, p. 2010. 
 
 the capture, 15 Jan. 1815, after a bnlhant action of 
 two hours and a half, in which the British lost 11 
 men killed and 14 wounded, and the enemy 35 
 killed and 70 wounded, of the American frigate 
 President, of 56 guns and 465 men. Subsequently 
 to the surrender of Buonaparte we find him pro- 
 ceeding to the East Indies, where, until the close of 
 1819, he served on board the Iphigenia 36, Capt. 
 Andw. King, and Conway 26, Capt. Edw. Barnard, 
 and contributed, in the boats of the latter ship and 
 of the Eden, to the destruction, in the early part of 
 that year, of some Arab pirates at Bahhreen, in the 
 Persian Gulf. "While next serving in the Stbille 
 44, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Chas. Rowley, 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by com- 
 mission dated 22 Aug. 1821 ; but, prior to his return 
 to England in 1823, he had the misfortune to lose 
 an arm, in consequence of which accident he was 
 eventually awarded, 24 Jan. 1824, the usual pension 
 of 91/. 5s. In the course of the latter year Mr. 
 Bennett, who had been employed for short periods 
 in the Aeachne 18, and Ramillies 74, again sailed 
 for the West Indies in the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. 
 Hugh Patton, and there joined the Isis 50, flag-ship 
 of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, by whom, after 
 holding command of the Dkion, Renegade, and 
 Speedwell schooners, he was, in 1826, placed in 
 charge of the Magnificent, hospital and store-ship 
 at Port Royal. He was officially promoted to his 
 present rank on 26 Oct. in the same year, and then, 
 enfeebled in health from the efiects of long servi- 
 tude in small vessels under a tropical sun, returned 
 home. Since that period, unable to procure em- 
 ployment afloat, he has twice accepted the appoint- 
 ment of Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 On the first occasion he filled that post from 15 
 June, 1832, until 1835. His resumption of the office, 
 which he still holds, took place 25 Feb. 1843. 
 
 Commander Bennett married, 28 July, 1831, Jane, 
 third daughter of the late Jas. Law, Esq., of Elving- 
 ston, CO. Haddington, N.B., and by that lady, who 
 died in 1836, has three surviving children. 
 
 BENNETT. (Capt., 1828. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 22.) 
 Thomas Bennett, bom 22 Feb. 1785, at Here- 
 ford, is nephew of Francis Bennett, Esq., Purser of 
 the Nassau 64, who perish^ in that ship when 
 vrrecked on the coast of Holland, 14 Oct. 1799 ; and 
 of Commander William Bennett, R.N. (1812), who 
 died in 1819. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1797, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Monarch 74, Capt. John 
 Elphinstone, flag-ship afterwards of Vice-Admiral 
 Richard Onslow, under whom he fought and was 
 wounded in the battle of Camperdown, 11 Oct. 
 following. On leaving the Monarch, in which ship 
 he had previously witnessed the mutiny at Spitbead, 
 Mr. Bennett successively joined the Nassau 64, 
 Capts. Wm. Hargood and Geo. Tripp, guard-ship at 
 the Nore, and, in the early part of 1798, the Am- 
 PHiON 32, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, em- 
 ployed on the North Sea, African, and West India 
 stations. Among other achievements he assisted, 
 while cruizing off' the island of Jamaica in company 
 with the Alarm 32, in effecting the capture, 25 
 Nov. 1799, of the Asturiana, Spanish letter-of- 
 marque, mounting 28 guns, with a complement of 
 180 men ; and for his zeal and activity on variooa 
 occasions, but more especially in the boat-chase of 
 a privateer off' Port Royal, was ultimately, in 1801, 
 transferred by the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Hugh 
 Seymour, to his flag-ship, the Sans Pareil 80. 
 The premature death, however, of the gallant Ad- 
 miral depriving him of the immediate promotion he 
 had been promised, Mr. Bennett did not obtain 
 any advancement in his profession until Jan. 1802, 
 when he appears to have been appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant, for a short time, of the Tartar 36, and 
 Vanguard 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. 
 Walker. He returned home in the course of the 
 same year on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. Jas. 
 Macnamara; and on being re-appointed as Admiralty 
 Midshipman, at the commencement of hostilities. 
 
BENSON. 
 
 73 
 
 to the Amphion, then commanded by Capt. Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy, conveyed Lord Nelson to the 
 Mediterranean, where he was promoted by his 
 Lordship, who had previously made him his Signal 
 Officer, into the Cameuon 18, Capt. Thos. Staines, 
 25 July, 1803— an act which was officially confirmed 
 9 Dec. following. During the next two years Mr. 
 Bennett was warmly engaged, nearly the whole 
 time as First-Lieutenant, in destroying the enemy's 
 coasting-trade between Toulon and Genoa ; and on 
 one occasion, when in command of a boat, was the 
 only person, with the exception of two men and a 
 boy, who was not killed or wounded. In May, 
 
 1805, after assisting at the capture, within sight of 
 the British fleet, of Le Menard schooner, of 12 guns, 
 he exchanged into the Seahorse, of 42 guns and 
 281 men, commanded at first by Capts. Hon. Courte- 
 nay Boyle and Kobt. Corbett, and from April, 
 
 1806, until June, 1811, by Capt. John Stewart, in 
 whose distinguished services during that period he 
 proved an active participator. On the failure of 
 Sir Arthur Paget's pacific mission to the Sublime 
 Porte, we find him proceeding to the Archipelago, 
 and there employed, in Sept. and Oct. 1807, in 
 visiting all the Cyclades, and in replacing their 
 governments in the hands of the old primates. He 
 further enacted the part of Second Lieutenant in 
 the Seahobse's brilliant night action of 5 July, 
 1808, when singly, with 30 of her crew absent, she 
 defeated, after a desperate conflict of three hours, 
 a Turkish force, consisting of the Baddere Zaffer, 
 of 52 guns and 543 men, and Alis Fezan, of 26 guns 
 and 230 men, both of which were at length reduced 
 to perfect wrecks. The enemy, in the Baddere Zaffer 
 alone, the ship captured — the other having effected 
 her escape— sustained the prodigious loss of 170 
 killed and 200 wounded, while that of the Sea- 
 horse did not exceed 5 killed and 10 wounded, 
 although her mizen-mast was shot away and her 
 hull and rigging suffered severely. The First-Lieu- 
 tenant, Mr. Geo. Downie, was in consequence pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, and Mr. Bennett, 
 who is now the senior surviving officer, became his 
 successor. He soon afterwards escorted the British 
 Ambassador, Mr. Adair, from Malta to the mouth 
 of the Dardanells, and, during a stay of some months 
 at Constantinople after the treaty of Jan. 1809, 
 was twice introduced, as one of his Excellency's 
 suite, to the Grand Seignor, by whom he was pre- 
 sented with two robes of honour. Being next, in 
 May of the same year, on a cruize between Corsica 
 and Italy, he took command of the boats, and suc- 
 ceeded in obtaining possession, although garrisoned 
 by 50 French soldiers, of the small island of Gia- 
 nuti, whence, after destroying the batteries, he 
 embarked and brought off the guns, all of them of 
 brass. A few days after this exploit he headed a 
 similar expedition against the island of Pianoza, 
 near Elba, known to be defended by upwards of 
 100 veteran troops, and the town by a regular forti- 
 fication. Landing, nevertheless, in broad daylight, 
 at the back of the island, he commenced an 
 attack on the enemy's battery, which, at the end of 
 six hours' hard fighting, was captured and blown 
 up, the commandant killed, and the guns disabled. 
 Within 24 hours from the onset the troops were all 
 taken prisoners-of-war, and the whole place brought 
 under subjection to the British. The gallantry dis- 
 played by Lieut. Bennett, and those employed with 
 him, in the accomplishment of these very important 
 services, it is needless to add, elicited the highest 
 approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Col- 
 lingwood, and of the Board of Admiralty. The 
 Seahorse at length, after a dashing career, re- 
 turned to England with Lord Amherst, and was 
 paid off in June, 1811, from which period her First 
 Lieutenant remained unemployed until appointed, 
 22 Jan. 1812, Senior of the Crescent 38, Capt. 
 John Quilliam, under whom he served in the Baltic, 
 and then sailed with convoy for Halifax and New- 
 foundland, on which latter station he witnessed the 
 capture, 16 Sept. 1813, of the Elbredge Gerry Ame- 
 rican privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men. He inva- 
 lided home in the summer of 1814, and on his 
 
 arrival found tnat he had been at length advanced 
 to the rank of Commander, his commission bearing 
 date 15 June, 1814. Being appointed, 2 July, 1819, 
 to the Cygnet 10, Capt. Bennett served in that 
 vessel on the coast of Ireland, and afterwards ofi" 
 St. Helena, until the death of Buonaparte, in May, 
 1821, when he conveyed the inteUigence of that 
 event to the Isle of France. "While in Simon's Bay, 
 Cape of Good Hope, in company with the Hype- 
 rion 42, Commodore J as. Lillicrap, he had the hap- 
 piness, on 10 June, 1822, of being of eminent utility 
 in rescuing the Albion East Indiaman from de- 
 struction, when, during a strong gale, she had 
 broken from her anchorage and had actually drifted 
 to within a few feet of the rocks. Although the 
 Cygnet's boats on the occasion were the first on 
 the spot, and were throughout of equal utility with 
 those of the Hyperion, yet, out of a sum of iOOOl. 
 which was afterwards voted by the Hon. E. I. C. 
 to " Commodore Lillicrap," who was positively on 
 shore at the moment of the occurrence, " and the 
 officers and seamen of H.M. navy who were employed 
 in rendering assistance to the Albion," neither 
 her commander nor crew ever received a shilling. 
 On another occasion, 10 of the following month, 
 during a furious north-wester in Table Bay, the 
 Cygnet had the further good fortune to render 
 material assistance to the Sarah free-trader, which 
 was eventually wrecked, and her crew saved by 
 two of her boats under Mr. Rich. Lee Stephens, 
 who received his promotion in consequence. After 
 an intermediate servitude on the coast of Africa, 
 Capt. Bennett returned home and was paid off in 
 May, 1823. His next appointment was, 30 April, 
 1827, to the Teinculo 18, on the Irish station, where 
 he continued until posted by the Lord High Ad- 
 miral, " as a reward for his long and active services," 
 16 Sept. 1828. He afterwards, from 7 Feb. 1834, 
 until paid off in March, 1838, commanded the Kain- 
 Bow 28, and during that period assisted in sup- 
 pressing a rebeUion among the slaves at St. Kitt's ; 
 was senior officer at Jamaica during the sickly 
 season of 1835, when, in spite of all his efforts, the 
 mortality on board the Rainbow was extreme ; 
 was thrice employed, for periods of several months, 
 in protecting the fisheries at Newfoundland — a ser- 
 vice in which he evinced great judgment and ability ; 
 and was intrusted on two occasions with the con- 
 veyance of treasure. He at length returned home, 
 as above stated, with strong testimonials from the 
 various Commanders-in-Chief under whom he had 
 served, viz. Sir Geo. Cockburn, Sir Peter Halkett, 
 and Sir Chas. Paget. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Capt. Bennett, who is an Alderman of the city of 
 Hereford, held the office of Mayor in 1842. He 
 married, 16 Nov. 1815, Sarah, daughter of "Wm. 
 Watkin^, Esq., of that city, and has issue two sens 
 and two daughters. His eldest son, Edward Wat- 
 kins, died at Port Royal, Jamaica, 31 July, 1835, 
 while serving as Midshipman on board the Rain- 
 bow, aged 19. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 BENSON. (LiEOT., 1814. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 12.) 
 
 John Robert Benson entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scorpion 18, 
 Capts. Eras. Stanfell, Hon. John Gore, and Bobt. 
 Giles. Under the first-named officer he assisted, as 
 Midshipman, at the capture, 11 Jan. 1810, beneath 
 the fire of a battery near Basseterre, after an engage- 
 ment of two hours, of I' Oreste French national brig, 
 of 16 guns and 110 men; and, in Feb. following, 
 witnessed the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe. 
 In July, 1812, he became a supernumerary (still in 
 the West Indies) of the Dragon 64, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Fras. Laforey, and he continued, in the same 
 capacity, to serve under that officer, successively in 
 the Tribune 36, Grampus 50, Vestal 28, Spider 
 schooner. Dromedary store-ship, and, as one of the 
 complement, in the Queen 74, until promoted to his 
 present rank, 27 June, 1814. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — 31 March, 1815, to the Leven 20, 
 Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, stationed off Guern- 
 
74 
 
 BENTHALL-BENTHAM— BERESFORD— BERINGTON. 
 
 sey— 18 Sept. following, to the Bans 20, Capt. Wm. 
 Fisher, employed on the Coast of Afirica, where he 
 participated, 5 and 16 March, 1816, in the capture 
 of the slavers Temerario and San ATttonio^ with 505 
 slaves on board — and, on 28 Aug. in the latter year, 
 to the Chekob 20, commanded also by Capt. Fisher, 
 on the same station, whence he returned home and 
 was paid off in Dec. 1818. Since 15 April, 1831, 
 except from 20 June, 1836, to 18 June, 1839, when 
 he held command of the Lively revenue-cutter, 
 Lieut. Benson has been employed in the Coast 
 Guard. Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 BENTHALL. (Liedtenakt, 1845.) 
 
 OoTAvins Benthall died 21 April, 1846. He 
 was drowned while attempting to cross the bar of 
 Hokianga Bay, New Zealand, in the pinnace of 
 
 H.M.S. OSPEET. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 8 Sept. 1837 ; 
 and served for some time as Mate, on the Mediter- 
 ranean, Home, and Fast India stations, in the Ma- 
 GiciEssE 24, Capts. Fred. Thos. Michell and Kich. 
 Laird Warren, Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, 
 and OsPBEi 12, Capt. Fred. Patten. He obtained 
 his commission 1 Sept. 1845 ; then became Addi- 
 tional Lieutenant of the Agincohbt 72, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane; and ultimately 
 perished, as above. 
 
 BENTHAM, K. St. M. and L. (CTaptaill, 1816. 
 F-P., 16; H-P., 36.) 
 
 Gbobge Bentham, bom in June, 1787, is son of 
 Lieut.-Gen. "Wm. Bentham, R.A. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1795, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Pluto sloop, and, after an attach- 
 ment of some months, in 1798, to the Alkmaab, 
 Capt. Burden, became Midshipman, in 1799, of the 
 RuEV 64, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, with 
 whom, and Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, he con- 
 tinued to serve, in the same ship, and in the Reso- 
 lution 74, Galtkheid 64, and Hero 74, until June, 
 1807. "Wiiile in the latter ship, of which he was 
 created a Lieutentant 24 Dee. 1805, Mr. Bentham 
 officiated as Aide-de-Camp to his Captain in Sir 
 Robt. Calder's and Sir Rich. Strachan's actions. 
 On his return from a voyage to the West Indies, in 
 Jime, 1807, he was appointed to the Tbmbkaiee 98, 
 commanded in the Channel by Capt. Sir Chas. Ha^ 
 milton, but in June, 1810, rejoined his patron, then 
 Lord Gardner, as his Flag-Lieutenant, in the Bel- 
 LEROPHON 74. On 19 June, 1809, we find his volun- 
 teered assistance materially contributing to the suc- 
 cessful issue of an attempt made to storm a battery 
 of four long 24-pounders and 103 men, on the coast of 
 Finland — an exploit which received the due acknow- 
 ledgments of the Admiralty.* AVhile afterwards 
 serving with Lord Gardner in the Roebcck 50, he 
 was appointed by that nobleman to the command, 
 7 Oct. 1810, of the Briseis, of 10 guns and 75 men. 
 For his gallantry on 14 of the same month, in cap- 
 turing, after a chase of eight hours, and a desperate 
 conflict of one, in which the enemy had 8 killed and 
 19 wounded, and the British 4 killed and 11 badly 
 wounded, the French privateer Sarts Souci^ of 14 
 guns and 55 men, Capt. Bentham*s promotion was 
 confirmed by commission dated back to the day of 
 the action. f His subsequent appointments were — 
 14 Dec. 1812, to the XIegext 12, on the Home sta- 
 tion — 8 Oct. 1813, to the Carnation 18, in the 
 West Indies, where his exertions in saving the 
 Dockyard at Port Royal from destruction by fire 
 obtained for him the strongest recommendations — 
 29 Nov. 1815, as Acting-Captain, to the North 
 Star 28, on the same station — and 6 July, 1816, 
 to the Heron 18. In consideration of his services 
 in the latter vessel at the battle of Algiers, on 
 which occasion he was stationed within a few yards 
 of the QcEEN Charlotte, and was the Senior Com- 
 mander present, Capt. Bentham was rewarded by 
 advancement to Post-rank, 16 Sept. 1816.1 He ac- 
 cepted the retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 As an acknowledgment for his having conveyed 
 to Genoa, while in the Heron, the treasure re- 
 claimed by the King of Sardinia from the De^^ 
 Capt. Bentham was invested by that Sovereign with 
 the Second Class of the Order of St. Maurice and 
 St. Lazare. He married, 7 June, 1827, Emma Pel- 
 lew, daughter of the Rev. John Parker, and niece of 
 Admiral Lord Exmouth. Agests— Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 BERESFORD. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 15; h-p.,3.) 
 Henbi- Babre Beresfoed, bom 5 July, 1816, is 
 second son of the late Henry Barre Beresford, Esq., 
 by Eliza, youngest daughter of John Baily, Esq., of 
 the city of Bristol ; next brother of the present John 
 Barre Beresford, Esq., of Learmount, co. London- 
 derry ; and grandnephew of the late, and cousin of 
 the present. Marquis of Waterford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1829, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aarxon 26, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. Wm. Grey, in the Mediterranean ; became 
 Midshipman, in May, 1835, of the Sapphire 26, Capt. 
 Rich. Freeman Rowley, on the same station ; passed 
 his examination 28 Dec. 1835 ; was soon afterwards 
 appointed Mate of the Imogene 28, Capt. Henry 
 Wm. Bruce, in South America; received the Turkish 
 Medal for his services on the coast of Syria, while 
 belonging to the Vanguabd 80, Capt. Sir David 
 Dunn, in 1840 ; and after officiating for some time 
 as Senior Mate of the Formidable 84, Capt. Sir 
 Chas. Sullivan, was advanced to the rank he now 
 holds 6 Jime, 1842. Lieut. Beresford, whose next 
 appointment was, 18 Oct. in the same year, to the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings, has been employed, since 19 July, 
 1845, in the Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley, on 
 the East India station. 
 
 BERINGTON. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Rowland Berington passed his examination 22 
 Aug. 1843 ; and served as Mate on board the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads, and St. 
 Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant in the 
 Channel of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. His com- 
 mission bears date 9 Nov. 1846. He is now serving 
 in the Belleisle troopship, Capt. John Kingcome. 
 
 * Vide Gai. 1809, p. 1101. , . . _, 
 
 J K Gaa. 1816, p. 1792 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1637. 
 
 BERINGTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p, 9 ; h-p, 35.) 
 Samuel Berington was bom 7 April, 1779. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Foudroyant 80, Capt. 
 Peter Spicer, hearing the fliag in the Channel of Sir 
 Thos. Graves. In March, 1805, he removed to the 
 Growler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders James 
 Rose, T. Nesbitt, and Rich. Grossman, employed 
 for upwards of two years on the coast of France, 
 where he was constantly engaged in the boats, and 
 on one occasion received a gun-shot wound in the 
 shoulder, which procured Mm a gratuity from the 
 Patriotic Fund, but never any compensation from 
 Government. He next, ftom Nov. 1807, until Jan. 
 1810, served, as Midshipman andMaster's Mate, in the 
 President 38, Capts. Adam MacKenzie and Chas. 
 Marsh Schomberg, in South America ; then rejoined 
 for a short period, in the latter capacity, the Fon- 
 drotant, bearing the flag, on the same station, of • 
 Hon. Michael De Courcy ; was appointed, 24 March 
 following, Sub-Lieutenant of the Nancy 10, Lieut.- 
 Commander Kelwick ; and in June, 1811, invalided 
 home on board the Tortoise store-ship, Master- 
 Commander Thos. Cook. He joined, in Dec. 1814, 
 the N AMUR 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley 
 at Sheemess ; and attained his present rank 23 Feb. 
 1815. Since 4 of the ensuing July, when he was 
 placed on half-pay, he has not been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Berington married a daughter of M. T. 
 Butcher, Esq., of the Victualling Office, Deptford, 
 and sister of Sam. Jas. Butcher, Esq., Paymaster and 
 Purser, R.N. (1809), now serving on board the 
 Birkenhead steam-frigate, C|tpt. Aug. H. Ingram. 
 Agent — W. H. B. Barwis. 
 
BERKELEY— BERN ARD -BERNERS— BERTRAM . 
 
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 BERKELEY, C.B., M.P. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 
 17; H-p., 28.) 
 
 Maurice Fhedekick Fitzhabdimge Berkeley, 
 born in 1788, is second son of the late Earl of 
 Berkeley, by Miss Mary Cole, of the oo. of Glouces- 
 ter ; next brother of the present Earl Fitzhardinge ; 
 and nephew of Admiral Hon. Sir George Cranfield 
 Berkeley, G.C.B., who died in 1818, also of the late 
 Countess of Granard, and of the celebrated Margra^ 
 vine of Anspaoh. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Constance 24, Capt. 
 Zaohary Mudge ; on accompanying whom to the 
 West Indies, as Midshipman of the Blanche 36, he 
 " behaved nobly, and was much to be envied for 
 his conduct," at the capture, 4 Nov. 1803, by a 
 boat belonging to that ship, of an armed schooner, 
 carrying 30. men, whose obstinate resistance occa- 
 sioned a loss to themselves, in 10 minutes, of 1 man 
 killed and 5 wounded, and to the British, who num- 
 bered 28, of 1 killed and 2 wounded.* During his 
 continuance in the Blanche, Mr. Berkeley wit- 
 nessed the surrender, to a force under Commodore 
 John Loring, of a French squadron with the remains 
 of General Rochambeau's army from Cape Francois 
 — served on shore, as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Chas. 
 Bayne Hodgson Boss, in the unfortunate attack on 
 Curafoa — and, in command of a tender, took a 
 French privateer. Between the summer of 1805, at 
 which period he returned home an invalid in the 
 Theseus 74, Capt. Fras. Temple, and the date of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 July, 1808, 
 we find him continuously employed in the Cygnet 
 sloop, Capt. Dan. M'Leod, the Ph(enix frigate, 
 Capt. Z. Mudge, the Milan, Leander, and Leo- 
 pard, flag-ships on the Newfoundland station of his 
 uncle, the Hon. G. C. Berkeley, the Driver, Capt. 
 "Wm. Love — which sloop was totally dismasted 
 during a violent hurricane, and compelled to have 
 her guns thrown overboard— and, as Master's Mate, 
 in the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy. Being then appointed to the Hydra 38, 
 Capt. Geo. Mundy, he was constantly employed 
 during a period of 18 months on detached service off 
 ' Barcelona and other parts of the coast of Spain, and 
 on one occasion, in command of the boats, he cap- 
 tured an armed felucca. In Feb. 1810, Mr. Berkeley 
 became Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle, who had been 
 appointed to the chief command at Lisbon, on board 
 the Babflehk 98 ; and in the following autumn was 
 sent up the Tagus in charge of a division of gun- 
 boats, for the purpose of co-operating with the 
 troops occupying the lines of Torres Vedras. The 
 ability he displayed in the performance of the 
 various duties which there devolved upon him, and 
 the gallant and successful manner in which he made 
 a descent, on 13 Oct., upon the town of Villa Franca, 
 obtained for him the thanks of Lord "Wellington in 
 public orders. He was promoted from the Bar- 
 PLEUR to the command, 19 Dec. 1810, of the Vestal 
 troop-ship, but left that vessel, after serving for 
 some months at the defence of Cadiz, in Nov. 1811. 
 As a Post-Captain, which rank he attained 7 June, 
 1814, Capt. Berkeley commanded, from 27 May, 
 1828, until 1831, the Semiramis 24, bearing the flag 
 at Cork of Sir Chas. Paget, and, from 31 Jan. 1840, 
 until superseded, 28 July, 1841, the Thunderer 84. 
 In the latter ship he took part in all the operations 
 of the Syrian campaign, and was most efficiently 
 present at the camp at D'Joumi, the bombardment 
 of Beyrout, the storming of Sidon,t and the capture 
 of St. Jean d'Acre. He was in consequence nomi- 
 nated a C.B., and presented, in common with the 
 other commanding officers, with the Turkish gold 
 medal. He is at present on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Berkeley, who was first returned to Parlia- 
 ment for the city of Gloucester in 1832, and again 
 elected in 1835 and 1841, filled a seat at the Board 
 of Admiralty from 3 April, 1833, until 23 Dec. 1834. 
 He was re-appointed 22 July, 1837, but resigned in 
 March, 1839, owing to a difference of opinion with 
 his colleagues as to the propriety of sending ships to 
 
 foreign stations with reduced complements of men.* 
 On the accession of the Whigs to power in the sum- 
 mer of 1846, Capt. Berkeley was again appointed a 
 Lord of the Admiralty. He still officiates in that 
 capacity. He married, first, 4 Dec. 1823, Charlotte, 
 sixth daughter of Charles fourth Duke of Richmond, 
 by whom, who died in 1833, he had several chil- 
 dren ; and, secondly, 30 Sept. 1834, Charlotte, third 
 daughter of Thomas Earl of Ducie. His eldest 
 daughter, Frederica Charlotte, married, in 1845, 
 Lord Gifford. Capt. Berkeley is a Deputy-Lieu- 
 tenant for the CO. of Sussex. Agents — Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 BERNARD. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henky Bernard entered the Navy 7 Oct. 1820 ; 
 passed his examination 6 Dec. 1826 ; served for 
 some time as Mate in the Hercules 72, Capt. Edw. 
 Barnard, and Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Aoworth Ommanney, on the Lisbon and Mediterra^ 
 nean stations ; and obtained his commission 28 
 Aug. 1841. His appointments have since been^ — 28 
 Oct. 1841, to the Siren 16, Capt. Wm. Smith, in the 
 East Indies— 5 March, 1845,.to the Vindictive 50, 
 flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of 
 Sir Fras. Wm. Austen— and, 27 Feb. 1846, to the 
 command of the Pickle schooner, on the same sta- 
 tion, where he still serves. Agent — Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 • Fide Gil. 1804, p. 163. 
 
 + F. Gai. 1840, p. 2603. 
 
 BERNERS. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Hugh Bernebs, horn in July, 1801, is second son 
 of the Rev. Hen. Denny Berners, of Wolverstone 
 Park, Suffolk, Archdeacon of that county, by Sarah, 
 daughter of John Garrett, Esq., of Freemantle, 
 Hants. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Aug. 1814 ; and 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 17 July, 1824, in 
 the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Rob. Stuart, employed 
 in the Mediterranean. His next appointments were, 
 25 June, 1827, and 31 Oct. 1828, to the Isis 50, and 
 Camelion 10, commanded on the same station by 
 Capts." Sir Thos. Staines and Sir Thos. Pasley. He 
 has since been on half-pay. His advancement to 
 the rank he now holds took place 28 Jan. 1842. 
 
 Commander Berners married, in 1832, Julia, 
 daughter of John Ashton, Esq., of the Grange, Che- 
 shire, by whom he has issue a son and three daugh- 
 ters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BERTRAM, (ffajtaill, 1814. F-p., 17 ; h-p., 36.) 
 Charles Bertram was bom, 20 April, 1777, at 
 Jersey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1794, as 
 A.B., on board the Nonsuch floating battery, Capt. 
 Phil. D'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon, but was soon 
 draughted into the Anson 44, Capt. Phil. Chas. 
 Durham. During a continuance in the latter ship 
 of more than two years, part of which period he 
 held the rating of Midshipman, Mr. Bertram assisted 
 at the capture of a large number of heavy privateers 
 and other armed vessels — was present in Lord, Brid- 
 port's action with the French fleet off He de Groix, 
 23 Jime, 1795— attended immediately afterwards 
 the disastrous expedition sent to co-operate with 
 the Royalists in Quiberon Bay, where, in ultimately 
 bringing off in the boats of the squadron such as 
 could be rescued from the fury of the republican 
 troops, he received a slight bayonet wound in the 
 calf of the right leg— and on 20 March, 1796, the 
 Anson forming part of a squadron under Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, aided in capturing L' Btoile of 30 
 guns, one of five French frigates in escort of a pro- 
 vision fleet of 70 sail. On 23 Nov. 1797, soon after 
 his appointment to the Porcupine 28, Capts. Chas. 
 Dudley Pater and And. Fitzherbert Evans, and 
 when on his passage to HaKfax in a captured brig, 
 Mr. Bertram was taken by the French frigate Re- 
 publicain, conveyed a prisoner to France, and there 
 detained, subject to all the horrors of dimgeon cap- 
 tivity, until exchanged, in March, 1799. He then 
 
 * Capt. Berkeley has detailed his views on this subject in 
 * A Letter addressed to Sir John Barrow, Bart.,' &c , pub- 
 lished in 1839. 
 
 L2 
 
76 
 
 BEST. 
 
 rejoined Capt. Durham on hoard the Anson, and, 
 after an attendance on the Koyal Family at Wey- 
 mouth, and some months of active employment in 
 the Channel, accompanied the same officer into the 
 Endtmion 40, and contimled to serve "with him, 
 affording protection in the interim to a valuable 
 fleet of Indiamen from St. Helena to England, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 April, 1802. 
 He became attached shortly after that event to the 
 Dkyad 36, Captains Robt. Williams and Wm. Do- 
 mett ; was subsequently detached for several months 
 in the Diligence revenue cutter, for the purpose 
 of impressing seamen, many hundreds of whom he 
 brought into the service ; and, on 4 July, 1803, 
 joined the Loire 46, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland. 
 In that frigate Mr. Bertram assisted at the capture, 
 in 1804-5, of the Braave French privateer, of 16 
 guns and 110 men, also of the Blonde privateer fri- 
 gate, of 30 guns and 240 men, and of the Vaillant, 
 of similar force. He appears to have been likewise 
 under fire of the batteries in Muros Bay, when they 
 were stormed and carried by the boats under the 
 late Sir Jas. Lucas Teo, 4 June, 1805 ;* and to have 
 contributed, in company with L'Egvptienne fri- 
 gate, to the capture, 24 Dec. 1805, after an obsti- 
 nate combat, of La Ijibre, of 40 guns and 280 men. 
 In the month of July, 1806, the Loire had the fur- 
 ther good fortune of communicating to Sir Rich. 
 Keats, off L'Orient, the intelligence which led to 
 the capture of Le Bhin, of 44 guns and 318 men. 
 In the following Sept., while preparing to be paid 
 off at Deptford, Mr. Bertram was ordered to com- 
 mission the YoLONTAiRE 38, for Capt. Maitland ; 
 but that frigate being found too defective for ser- 
 vice, his instructions were in a few weeks counter- 
 manded, and he remained on half-pay until March, 
 1807, when, Capt. Maitland having been appointed 
 to the Emerald 36, he joined him as his First-Lieu- 
 tenant. In the ensuing April we find him assisting 
 at the capture of another privateer, the Avsterlitz, 
 of 14 guns and 96 men ; and, after an employment 
 of several months, at the blockade of Rochefort, 
 conducting, on 13 March, 1808, an enterprize of 
 much gallantry. The Emerald, on the evening of 
 that day, having entered Vivero harbour, for the 
 purpose of bringing out or destroying L' Apropos, a 
 large French schooner, of 8 guns and 70 men, was 
 immediately attacked by a fort from either side, 
 but, not being able simultaneously to oppose their 
 united fire, a party of officers, seamen, and marines 
 was detached, under the orders of the First-Lieute- 
 nant, to storm the larger, mounting eight 24-pouud- 
 ers. Having speedily driven out the Spaniards and 
 spiked the guns, Mr. Bertram proceeded overland 
 to the spot where L^ Apropos had been run on shore. 
 Being joined on the road by Mr. Dan. Baird, a 
 Midshipman, who had been sent to take possession 
 of her, he shortly afterwards fell in with 60 of the 
 schooner's crew, whom, however, after an inter- 
 change of musketry, the pike and bayonet of the 
 British quickly put to flight. On at length reaching 
 the vessel, she was found to be so immoveably fixed 
 on the rocks that, after several hours of fruitless 
 exertion, under the annihilating fire of a body of 
 troops not thirty yards distant, all hopes of getting 
 her off were abandoned, and she was accordingly 
 set on tire, and blown up. The loss in this spirited 
 affair amounted to 9 killed and 16 wounded, in- 
 cluding among the latter Mr. Bertram himself^ who 
 received a sabre-cut across the left knee, and a 
 musket-ball in the thigh, in consequence of which 
 he was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic 
 Fnnd.t On 24 of the same month his bravery and 
 merit were rewarded with a Commander's commis- 
 sion, hut he was suffered to remain on half-pay until 
 22 Oct. 1810, when he at length obtained an ap- 
 pointment to the Persian 18. In that sloop he 
 cruized for some time in the Channel, where he 
 captured, 6 April, 1811, and 27 March, 1812, the 
 privateers Embuscade, of 14 guns and 63 men, and 
 Petit Jean, of 16 guns, only 8 mounted, and 65 men. 
 
 • Capt. Maitland on this occasion expressed himself much 
 indebted'to Mr. Bertram. Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 799, 
 t Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 416. 
 
 He was then successively employed in escorting 
 the trade to the Baltic and West Indies; and wlule 
 on the latter station, owing to some unaccountable 
 current and deficiency in the charts, had the mis- 
 fortune totally to lose his ship, 16 June, 1813. The 
 crew were saved in the boats, and succeeded, alter 
 a perilous passage of four days, in reaching St. 
 Domingo, having been the whole time scarcely 
 above the water's edge, and even obliged to de- 
 crease their weight by throwing away part of the 
 clothing they had on. After surmountmg many 
 other hardships, Capt. Bertram, whose health had 
 become much impaired, together with the whole of 
 his officers and ship's company, had the satisfaction 
 of being acquitted by court-martial of all blame in 
 the disaster, and the latter of being highly eulogized 
 for their steady and orderly conduct under the try- 
 ing circumstances in which they had been placed. 
 Capt. Bertram was advanced to Post-rank, 7 June, 
 1814, but from that period remained unemployed. 
 On 9 March, 1840, in consideration of his wounds, 
 from which he still suffers much, and of the priva- 
 tions he endured when wrecked, he was admitted 
 to the Out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. He was 
 placed upon retired half-pay, Oct., 1846. 
 
 He married, 2 March, 1815, Susan, eldest daugh- 
 ter of James Remer, Esq., merchant, of St. Aubin's, 
 in the island of Jersey. 
 
 BEST. (Captain, 1830. r-p., 15; h-p., 19.) 
 
 The Honourable Thomas Best, bom 12 Aug. 
 1799, is second son of the late Lord Wynford, for- 
 merly Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 
 by Mary Anne, second daughter of Jerome Knapp, 
 Esq. ; next brother of the present nobleman ; and 
 brother-in-law of Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Ramillies 74, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Chas. Ogle, under 
 the former of whom he assisted in capturing the 
 islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, and bombarding the 
 town of Stonington. He attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman 15 April, 1814 ; removed, in July, 1815, to 
 the ToNNANT 80, flag-ship at Cork of Sir Benj. 
 Hallowell ; and, in Aug. 1819, rejoined Sir J. M. 
 Hardy in the Sdpeke 78, on the South America sta^ 
 tion, in which ship, after a further attachment of a 
 few months to the Creole 42, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 6 March, 1822. In the latter 
 capacity Mr. Best was subsequently appointed — 18 
 Dec. in the same year, to the Ranger 28, Capt. 
 Peter Fisher, employed off Newfoundland and in 
 the Channel — 25 Feb. 1825, to the Aurora 46, Capt. 
 John Maxwell, in the Mediterranean — 30 May, 1825, 
 to the Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, in South 
 America — and, 6 Jan. 1827, to the Alligator 28, 
 Capt. Wm. Pitt Canning. He obtained his second 
 commission 30 April following ; assumed com- 
 mand, 1 March, 1828, of the Icarcs 10, fitting for 
 the Jamaica station, where he was superseded 8 
 Dec. 1829 ; and, on 14 Jan. 1830, joined, as Second- 
 Captain, the William and Mary yacht, Capt. 
 John Chambers White, lying at Woolwich. Since 
 22 July ensuing, the date of his advancement to 
 Post-rank, Capt. Best has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 25 Aug. 1835, Marianne, only sur- 
 viving daughter of Geo. Lord Kenyon, and first 
 cousin of Commander Geo. Kenyon, B.N. Agests 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BEST. (LiEtTTENANT, 1827. F-P., 34; H-p., 5.) 
 
 Thomas Fletcher Best entered the Navy, 14 
 Oct. 1808, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Caledo- 
 nia 120, Capt. Wm. Bedford, flag-ship of Lord 
 Gambler, and, if we mistake not, was present at the 
 destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, 
 in April, 1809. In Oct. 1810, he became Midship- 
 man of the Kite 16, Capt. Benj. Crispin, with 
 whom, after intermediately serving in the North 
 Sea and West Indies, he removed, in July, 1812, to 
 the Swallow 18, and, in Dec. following, to the 
 Scout 18, commanded afterwards by Cajit. Mvirray, 
 
BETHUNE— BETTY. 
 
 77 
 
 both on the Mediterranean station. He passed his 
 examination 6 Sept. 1815 ; joined next, as Admiral- 
 ty Midshipman, the Challenger 18, Capts. Hen. 
 Forbes and Phil. Hen. Bridges, in the East Indies, 
 and, as Master's Mate, the Spencek 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Robt. Broughton, guard-ship at Plymouth ; 
 was appointed, in April, 1817, to the Pigmt, Lieut.- 
 Commanders John Little and Wentworth Parsons 
 Croke, from which vessel he jumped overboard 1 
 Nov. following, and happily saved the life of a boy 
 who had fallen into the sea ; and, from May, 1818, 
 imtil Sept. 1821, served, as Chief Mate, in the 
 Drake revenue cruizer, Lieut.-Commanders Alf. 
 Matthews and Gould. Mr. Best's next appoint- 
 ment was, in March, 1824, again as Senior Mate, to 
 the Hardy, another revenue vessel, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Macdonald and Roach, with whom he suc- 
 cessively served until advanced to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 28 April, 1827. Since 24 March, 1829, with 
 one interval, from 20 June, 1836, to 13 June, 1839, 
 when he held command of the Fox cutter, em- 
 ployed likewise in the service of the revenue, Mr. 
 Best has had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 On one occasion, while belonging to the Drake, he 
 left Plymouth in an open boat, and, after lying 
 four days off Isle Bas, succeeded in capturing a no- 
 torious smuggler. 
 
 He married, 15 Aug. 1822, Jane, daughter of Jo- 
 seph Hicks, Esq., of Newquay, Lantegloss,Cornwall, 
 and has issue three children. 
 
 BETHUNE, formerly Dkinkwater, C.B. (Cap- 
 tain, 1830. F-P., 18; H-P, 14.) 
 
 Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethuwe,* bom 
 27 Dec. 1802, is second son of the late John Drink- 
 water, Esq., F.S.A., a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 
 Army, of Salford, co. Lancaster, by Eleanor, daugh- 
 ter of Charles Congalton, Esq., of Congleton, co. 
 Mid-Lothian ; grandson of the late John Drink- 
 water, Esq., Surgeon, R.N., who served during the 
 war of 1758-9 in the West Indies, where, in the 
 RipoN 60, he was present at the capture of Guade- 
 loupe ; and nephew of the late Thos. Drinkwater, 
 Esq., Major of the 62nd Foot, who attained distinc- 
 tion in the first campaigns in St. Domingo in 1793-4, 
 and was afterwards drowned at sea. 
 
 This oJScer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1815, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Northumberland 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson Boss, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Geo. Cockburn, under whom he accompanied 
 Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena. He next joined 
 the Leander 60, flag-ship at Halifax of Sir David 
 Milne ; served as Midshipman with Sir Thos. Mas- 
 terman Hardy in the Superb 74, and Creole 42, 
 on the South America station ; passed his examina- 
 tion 24 March, 1822 ; received, 5 Aug. following, an 
 order to act as Lieutenant of the Doris 42, Capts. 
 Thos. Bourchier and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone ; 
 and was confirmed by the Admiralty 29 Oct. in the 
 same year. The frigate last named was for some 
 time employed in watching the blockading squadron 
 at Pernambuoo ; and was paid off 12 Jan. 1825. On 
 21 Aug. 1826, Lieut. Bethune was appointed to the 
 Barham 50, fitting for the flag of Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming, Commander-in-Chief in the 
 West Indies, where he obtained his second pro- 
 motal commission, 14 April, 1828, and joined, in 
 succession, the Ferret 10, EspiAgle 18, and, in 
 Sept. 1829, as Acting-Captain, the Magnificent re- 
 ceiving-ship at Jamaica. He invalided soon after- 
 wards, and, on 22 July, 1830, was officially posted. 
 Capt. Bethune's next and last appointment afloat 
 was, 9 Sept. 1836, to the Conway 28, in which 
 frigate we find him for 18 months the Senior Officer 
 in New South Wales— acting afterwards, in the 
 same capacity, in the Bay of Bengal— and, in Dec. 
 1839, on the death of the Commander-in-Chief, as- 
 suming, until the arrival of Sir Gordon Bremer, the 
 direction of all H.M. ships in India. In discharge 
 
 • Capt. Bethune, on his mother's inheriting, in 18.37, the 
 estates of her brother, Gilbert (Congalton) Bethune, Esq., 
 assumed that surname in addition to his patronymic " Drink- 
 water," 
 
 of the responsible duties which there for a while 
 devolved upon him, he assisted the Governor-Gene- 
 ral in organizing the Chinese expedition, and exer- 
 cised his authority, to the full approbation of the 
 Admiralty, in preserving tranquillity at Rangoon. 
 In June, 1840, Capt. Bethune, in charge of a divi- 
 sion of transports, himself accompanied the arma- 
 ment to China, and bore a zealous part in the ope- 
 rations that followed. At the taking, on 5 July, 
 of Ting-hai, the capital of Chusan (the harbour of 
 which island he had been previously employed in 
 reoonnoitering), he formed one of the scaling party, 
 and had the honour of presenting the Commander- 
 in-Chief, in absence of the keys, with the hell of the 
 place.* In the course of the same month he was 
 also attached to the blockading force off Ningpo ; 
 and he was then deputed, with the Algerine brig, 
 and Young Hebe tender, under his orders, to exa^ 
 mine and report on the entrance of the Yang-tse- 
 Kiang, the practicability of which as a channel for 
 large ships he fully established. On returning to Chu- 
 san, Capt. Bethune was constantly employed, up to 
 the time of its surrender in 1841, in the survey of that 
 Archipelago. At the capture, on 13 March, of the 
 last fort protecting the approaches to Canton, he 
 commanded the boats under Capt. Herbert, whose 
 thanks he received for the steady manner in which 
 they were brought to the attack.f He also assisted 
 Capt. Bourchier in directing the movements of the 
 flotilla at the ensuing capture of the city itself; and 
 on that occasion, as well as during the operations 
 which led to its second reduction, Capt. Herbert 
 officially declared his thanks as due to " that excel- 
 lent officer Capt. Bethune." J After the latter 
 event, the Conway was sent home with invalids 
 from the fleet, and 2,000,000 dollars of the Chinese 
 ransom. On his arrival in England, in Jan. 1842, 
 Capt. Bethune found that for his services he had 
 been rewarded, 29 July, 1841, with the decoration 
 of a C.B. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In 1835 Capt. Bethune was attached to the em- 
 bassy of the late Earl of Durham for the purpose 
 of reporting on the naval establishments of Russia. 
 He was appointed, in Jan. 1846, an Assistant to the 
 Hydrographer at the Admiralty. He married, 26 
 Feb. 1846, Frances Cecilia, only child of Henry 
 Stables, Esq., of Park HiU, Clapham. Agents-^ 
 Collier and Snee. 
 
 BETTY. (Retired CoMMANDEK, 1832. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 Christopher William Betty entered the Navy, 
 1 Aug, 1793, as A. B., on board the Invincible 74, 
 Capt. Hon. 'Thos. Pakenham, stationed in the Chan- 
 nel ; removed, as Midshipman, in Oct. following, to 
 the Majestic 74, commanded by the late Sir Chas. 
 Cotton, under whom he fought in Lord Howe's 
 action, 1 June, 1794; and afterwards proceeded to 
 the West Indies, where he served for two years 
 under the flag of Vice- Admiral Benj. Caldwell. He 
 then rejoined Sir C. Cotton on board the Mars of 
 82 guns and 634 men ; and, on Capt. Alex. Hood 
 succeeding to the command, was present, 21 April, 
 1798, at the capture, off Brest, of the French ship 
 Heecole of 78 guns and 680 men, after a deadly 
 yard-arm and yard-arm conflict of: more than an 
 hour's continuance, during which the British sus- 
 tained a loss of 30 killed and 60 wounded, and the 
 enemy of nearly 300 killed and wounded. Mr. 
 Betty, who subsequently became attached to the 
 Prince and Prince George 98's, bearing each 
 the flag of Sir C. Cotton, was promoted, as a re- 
 ward for his meritorious conduct on the above 
 occasion, to a Lieutenancy, 17 Sept. 1801, in the 
 Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones. From May, 1802, 
 until July, 1804, he served in the Channel on board 
 the Seagull 18, Capt. Henry Burke ; and on next 
 joining, in Feb. 1805, the Dreadnought 98, flag- 
 ship of Vice-Admiral Collingwood, commanded lat- 
 terly by Capt. John Conn, bore a part, and was 
 slightly wounded, in the ensuing battle of Trafalgar. 
 
 • Tiifc Gaz. 1840, pp. 2990-1, f V'. Gaz. 1841, p. 1603. 
 
 X V. Gaz. 1841, pp. Ii04, 2505. 
 
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 BEVAN-BEVIANS-BEVIS-BICKERSTAFF. 
 
 He left the Dreadnought in April, 1806, but was 
 afterwards appointed — 24 March, 1808, to the 
 Myrtle sloop, Capt. Thos. Innes, employed in the 
 Channel — 24 May following, to the Temeraiee 98, 
 Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, flag-ship subsequently of 
 Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, on the Baltic station 
 —17 Nov. 1809, to the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir C. 
 Hamilton, attached for some time to the force off 
 Cadiz — and, 24 Feb. 1812, after an interval of 15 
 months, to the Zephyr sloop, Capt. Thos. Cuthbert 
 Hitchens, stationed on the north coast of Spain. 
 Not having been employed since Aug. 1813, he at 
 length accepted the rank he now holds, 4 April, 1832. 
 Commander Betty married, 11 March, 1799, and 
 has issue two children. 
 
 BEVAN. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Edwabd Bevan entered the Koyal Naval Col- 
 lege 10 Aug. 1820, and first embarked on board 
 the Active 46, Capt. Andrew King. Having served 
 his time in that frigate, and in the Briton 46, Capt. 
 Sir Murray Maxwell, and Babham 50, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, on the South 
 American and West India stations, he passed his 
 examination in 1827; and, on 23 May, 1828, was 
 made Lieutenant into the Valorous 28, Capt. 
 Henry Gosset. His subsequent appointments were 
 . — to the Herald yacht, Capt. Geo. Berkeley Max- 
 well— 1 Feb. 1831, to the Revenge 76, Capts. Jas. 
 Hillyar and Donald Hugh Mackay, on the Channel 
 and Lisbon stations— 27 Nov. 1833, to the Stag 46, 
 Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, employed on Particular 
 Service — 9 June, 1836, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Madagascar 46, Capt. Sir John Strutt Peyton, in 
 the West Indies— 6 Sept. 1837, to the Pembroke 74, 
 Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in the Mediterranean — and, 
 9 July, 1838, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. 
 Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, from which vessel ill 
 health obliged him to invalid early in 1840. During 
 the term of his employment under the last-men- 
 tioned ofiBcer, Lieut. Bevan commanded the Panta- 
 loon tender, of 10 guns. He has since been on 
 half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BEVIANS. (LlEOTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 Robert John Bevians passed his examination 2 
 March, 1831 ; and served in the Coast Guard from 
 12 Dec. 1839, until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 1 July, 1846. He is now unemployed. 
 
 BEVIS. (Commander, 1829.) 
 
 Thomas Bevis entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1797, at 
 a very early age, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Teeeob bomb, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Horsley, 
 from which he removed, in Dec. 1800, to the OrrER 
 fire-ship, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley. In that vessel he 
 attended the expedition to Copenhagen in 1801, and 
 in the battle of 2 April, having been temporarily 
 transferred to the Dart sloop, Capt. John Ferris 
 Devonshire, attached to the division of the fleet 
 under Lord Nelson, was very hotly engaged. He 
 subsequently served with Capt. Geo. M'Kinley in 
 the Ardent 64 — then for a short time in the Tartar 
 frigate, Capt. Jas. Walker, at Spithead — and again 
 under Capt. M'Kinley, chiefly as Master's Mate, in 
 the Pelican sloop, Abergavenny 54, Ganges 74, 
 and Roebuck 44, all on the Jamaica station, until 
 appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 10 Nov. 1804, of the 
 Diligence IS, Capt. Alex. Roht. Kerr, stationed 
 ofi' Boulogne, where, during a period of 12 months, 
 he appears to have been almost daily employed, 
 either on boat service or in actual collision with the 
 enemy. He rejoined Capt. M'Kinley, in Nov. 1805, 
 as Master's Mate, on board the Roebuck, at North 
 Yarmouth ; next accompanied him into the Quebec 
 32 ; and was only officially promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, after a further servitude, as Midship- 
 man, in the Royal George 100, bearing the flag oflT 
 Cadiz of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, 24 Sept. 1806. 
 We then find him joining in succession — 24 Nov. 
 1806, the Antelope 50, Capts. Henry Bazely and 
 Edw. Galway, in which ship he made a voyage to 
 the Cape of Good Hope— 24 April, 1809, the Isis 50, 
 
 Capt. Woodley Losaok, under whom he attended 
 the expedition to Flushing— 29 Jan. 1810, as Senior 
 Lieutenant, the Beagle 18, Capt. Wm. Brooking 
 Dolling, employed on the Home station— and, 7 
 Sept. 1810, the Galatea 36, Capt. W. Losack, on 
 the Cape of Good Hope and West India stations, 
 where he served, nearly the whole time in a similar 
 capacity, until July, 1814. On 20 May, 1811, while 
 cruizing off Madagascar in company with the 36-gun 
 frigates Astrea and Ph(Ebe, and 18-gun brig Race- 
 horse, the whole under the orders of Commodore 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg, the Galatea fell in with 
 the three French 40-gun frigates Retuymime, Ch- 
 rinde, and Nere'ide, having each 200 troops on board. 
 In the long and desperate conflict which ensued, the 
 Galatea, owing to the situation of the combatants 
 from light and variable airs, became peculiarly the 
 recipient of a most destructive fire from the Me- 
 imrnme'e and Clorinde, which, besides filling the hold 
 with four feet of water, completely riddled her hull, 
 badly wounded her masts, yards, and bowsprit, cut 
 to pieces her rigging of every sort, killed 16 of her 
 crew, and wounded 46 — a loss exceeding that of the 
 Astrea and Phcebe united. The Renammee and 
 Nere'ide were ultimately captured, but the Clorinde 
 effected her escape. Among the wounded on board 
 the Galatea was Mr. Bevis himself, in the right 
 thigh, but who, nevertheless, could not be prevailed 
 upon to leave the deck for more than a few minutes.* 
 Yet — notwithstanding the facts we have stated, al- 
 though the First-Lieutenants of the two other fri- 
 gates were promoted, and the Admiralty expressed 
 their satisfaction at the conduct of the Galatea — 
 yet was Mr. Bevis, without any one drawback on his 
 gallant and meritorious conduct, passed over, and 
 suffered to continue for a further period of 18 years 
 on the Lieutenants' list. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 1 Nov. 1814, as First, to the Bombay 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Vinioombe Penrose in the 
 Mediterranean, whence he returned in July, 1816 — ■ 
 25 Aug. 1818, to the Eurtalus 42, Capt. Thos. 
 Huskisson, from which frigate he Invalided in April, 
 1819—18 Feb. 1821, to a command in the Coast 
 Guard — and 2 Dec. 1828, again as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag at the 
 Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood. He was at 
 length advanced to his present rank 3 Aug. 1829 ; 
 and since 5 Feb. 1839, previously to which period 
 he had held the same office at Milford and Holy- 
 head, has been employed as Superintendent of the 
 Packet service at Liverpool. He is also Resident 
 Agent for Transports at the latter port, having re- 
 ceived the appointment in April, 1843. 
 
 BICKERSTAFF. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p.,16; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 Francis Bickerstafp entered the Navy, 17 
 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mala- 
 bar 50, Capts. Robt. Hall and John Ayscough; 
 and, on 2 Jan. 1806, served in the boats of that ship 
 at the destruction, off the island of Cuba (the 
 Wolfe 18, in company), of the two French pri- 
 vateers, Le Begulateur and Napoleon, of 5 guns each, 
 and a crew united of 146 men, after a weU-contested 
 action of an hour and three quarters. On next 
 J9ining, with Capt. Ayscough, the Success 32, we 
 agaan find him contributing, in the boats, to the cap- 
 ture, 20 Nov. following, under a destructive shower 
 of grape and musketry from the crew, 50 in number, 
 who had landed on the same island and posted 
 themselves on an eminence, of Le Venpeur, another 
 privateer, lashed to the shore. Being transferred, 
 m May, 1807, to the Superb '74, commanded by the 
 late Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, Mr. Bickerstaff atr 
 tended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen— then 
 went to the Mediterranean in pursuit of a French 
 squadron which had effected its escape from Roche- 
 tort— witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg, in 
 Aug. 1808, of the Spanish army under the Marquess 
 de la Komana^was in the Superb when, frozen up 
 at Gottenborg in Jan. 1809, she was only extricated 
 by a canal being cut through four miles of ice— and , 
 • Vide Gai. 1811, p. 2191. 
 
BICKFORD— BIDDULPH-BIGLAND-BIGNELL. 
 
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 la the following August, accompanied the force sent 
 to the Waloheren, during the operations against 
 which island he appears to have been employed in a 
 flat-bottomed boat with the van frigates off Bathz. 
 After oiiiciating for a few months as Supernume- 
 rary-Midshipman of the Puissant 74, sheer-hulk at 
 Spithead, Capt. Robt. Hall, he became attached, in 
 Feb. 1810, to the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring- 
 ton ; and, during his continuance in that ship, was 
 much engaged on harassing night-duty at the de- 
 fence of Cadiz, and was present at the siege of 
 Tarragona in May and June, 1811. From the 
 Blake Mr. Biekerstaff removed, 3 Sept. 1812, to 
 the Caledonla 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew on the Mediterranean station, where he 
 came frequently into collision with the French fleet, 
 and with the enemy's batteries on the lies d'Hieres. 
 Having passed his examination 12 Aug. 1811, he 
 became Acting-Lieutenant, 4 Jan. 1814, of the 
 AiGLE 36, Capt. Sir John Louis, and, being con- 
 firmed in the appointment by commission dated. 16 
 March in the same year, co-operated in the reduc- 
 tion of Genoa, and was otherwise actively employed 
 in the Mediterranean, and subsequently on the 
 coast of North America, until paid off, 17 Aug. 1815. 
 Since that period, with the exception of a command 
 in the Coast Guard, which he held from 27 March, 
 1829, until 10 Oct. 1834, Mr. Bickerstaff has been 
 unemployed. 
 
 BICKFOED. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Joseph Grant Bickfohd entered the Navy 19 
 Oct. 1828 ; passed his examination 4 Dec. 1834 ; 
 and was promoted while serving as Mate on the 
 Lisbon station of the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington 
 Reynolds, 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have 
 since been — 30 Nov. 1841, to the Kodney 92, Capt. 
 Robt. Maunsell, attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean — 19 Oct. 1843, to the Iris 26, Capt. Geo. 
 Rodney Mundy, on the East India station — and, 11 
 Oct. 1845, and 15 Oct. 1846, to the Retribution 
 steam-frigate, and Vengeance 84, both commanded 
 by Capt. Stephen Lushington, under whom he is 
 now employed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BIDDULPH. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 16; h-p., 28.) 
 Edward Biddulph entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 
 46, Capts. Graham Moore and John Tremayne 
 Rodd, under the former of whom he was present as 
 Midshipman, 5 Oct. 1804, in an action off' Cape St. 
 Mary, which terminated in the capture of three 
 Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruc- 
 tion of a fourth. He removed, in Dec. 1807, to the 
 Foxhound 18, Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene ; and, 
 being next appointed Master's Mate of the Ville 
 »E Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, bearing the flags 
 of Lords Gardner and Gambler, was present in the 
 last-mentioned ship at the destruction, in April, 1809, 
 of the French squadron in Basque Roads. During 
 the ensuing expedition to the Scheldt, Mr. Biddulph, 
 who had been lent to the Sceptre 74, served on 
 shore with a party of seamen at the investment of 
 Flushing. He obtained a commission on 5 Oct. in the 
 same year, and was subsequently appointed — 2 Jan. 
 1810, to the Onyx 10, Capts. John Parish, Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton, Chas. Phillips, and Chas. Squire, in which 
 vessel, and in the gun-boat service, he took part in 
 the defence of Cadiz; besides destroying, on the 
 beach of Conil, with the boats of the Onyx and 
 Desperate under his orders, an enemy's brig, pro- 
 tected at the time by a battery and musketry* — 
 30 Nov. 1813, to the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. 
 Austen, at Portsmouth — 14 May, 1814, to the Hb- 
 BBUS 36, Capt. Edmund Palmer, on the coast of 
 North America — 22 July following, to the Florida 
 20, Capt. Nat. Mitchell, on the same and West 
 India stations, whence he returned home, and was 
 paid off, 5 April, 1815— and, 6 May, 1819, to the 
 Menai 26, Capt. Fairfax Moresby. In the latter 
 ship Lieut. Biddulph continued until she was placed 
 out of commission in Sept. 1823, and during that 
 
 " FideGtiZ. 1812, p. 1397. 
 
 period visited St. Helena, assisted, in 1820, in land- 
 ing a troop of emigrants in Algoa Bay, and was very 
 actively employed in suppressing the slave-traffic on 
 the eastern coast of Africa. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 BIGLAND, K.H. (Ctaptain, 1821. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 Wilson Braddyll Bigland, bom 20 July, 1788, 
 at Bigland Hall, the seat of his ancestors since the 
 Norman Conquest, is son of the late Geo. Bigland, 
 Esq., of Bigland, by his second wife, Sarah, daughter 
 of John Gale, Esq., of Whitehaven, High Sheriff for 
 Cumberland, and sister of the late Wilson Brad- 
 dyll, Esq., of Conishead Priory. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 1801, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. John 
 Bligh, with whom, on proceeding to the West In- 
 dies, he served, as Midshipman, in 1803-4, at the 
 blockade of Cape Fran9ois — the reduction of Port 
 Dauphin, where two forts and a 28-gun ship. La 
 SagessCj were taken from the enemy — the capture of 
 the French squadron with the remains of General 
 Bochambeau's army from Cape Fran9ois— and the 
 unsuccessful attempt on Cura^oa. In March, 1805, 
 some months after his transference with Capt. 
 Bligh to the Surveillante 38, he had the misfor- 
 tune to be taken prisoner, while in charge of a prize- 
 schooner, on the coast of Vera Cruz ; and, on being 
 released by a royal order from the Court of Ma- 
 drid, in Aug. 1807, he was sent to Jamaica, whence, 
 after a brief attachment to the Shark, receiving- 
 ship, Capt. Christopher Bell, he returned home, 
 early in 1808, in the Chichester, store-ship, Capt. 
 Jas. Tait. On 5 March in the same year Mr. Big- 
 land, who had passed his examination but a few 
 days previously, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, and from that date until 31 Dec. 1813, he 
 continued to serve with the present Sir Geo. Cock- 
 burn, almost uninterruptedly, in the Pompee 80, 
 Belleisle, Implacable, and Alfred 74"s, Gram- 
 pus 50, and Marlborough and Sceptre 74's. Dur- 
 ing that period he served on shore, with a party of 
 seamen from the Pompee, at the reduction of Mar- 
 tinique, in Feb. 1809, on which occasion he was in 
 temporary command of the seamen's battery at the 
 moment the enemy first hoisted the white flag of 
 capitulation — obtained, in August following, while 
 in the Belleisle, the public acknowledgments of 
 Commodore Cockbum for his courage and zeal as 
 his aide-de-camp at the siege of Flushing* — was ac- 
 tively employed, from 1810 to 1812, in the Impla- 
 cable and Alfred, at the defence of Cadiz — and, 
 in the Marlborough and Sceptre, was a partici- 
 pator, as Flag-Lieutenant to his patron, in most of 
 those gallant achievements on the shores and up 
 the rivers of North America with which the name 
 of Cockbum is identified. He returned to England 
 with Sir John Borlase Warren, in the St. Domingo 
 74, at the commencement of 1814, and, on 15 June 
 in that year, while acting in command of the Jas- 
 per 10, was presented with a second promotal com- 
 mission. Capt. Bigland' s subsequent appointments 
 were, between 3 Aug. 1818, and his advancement 
 to Post-rank, 6 March, 1821, to the Parthian 10, 
 Ontario 18, and Bann 20, in all of which he was 
 most efficaciously employed in the protection of 
 British trade in the West Indies. He then, until 
 Aug. of the latter year, commanded the Euryalus 
 42. His acceptance of the retirement took place 
 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Bigland was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 
 1836. He married, 18 Jan. 1822, Emily, second 
 sister of the present Capt. Sir Hen. John Leeke, 
 R.N., Kt., K.H., and has had issue two sons and a 
 daughter. His eldest son, George Selsey, an En- 
 sign in the 46th regiment, was killed by faUing down 
 the hatchway of the Java transport, when embarked 
 with his regiment at Gibraltar, for passage to Bar- 
 badoes, 23 Jan. 1842. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BIGNELL. (Commander, 1815. f-p.,19; h-p., 33.) 
 George Bignell, bom 1 Dec. 1786, is son of the 
 * Fide Gaz. 1809, p. 1326. 
 
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 BILLINGSLEY— BINDON-BINGHAM, 
 
 late John Bignell, Esq., upwards of 43 years a 
 Purser, R.N. ; and a relative of Commander E. H. 
 Kenney, R.N., and of Dr. Jas. Anderson (b), K.N., 
 Deputy Medical Inspector of Haslar Hospital. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1795, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Andromeda 32, Capt. 
 Wm. Taylor, on the Halifax station, where, and in 
 the Channel, he served with the same officer, lat- 
 terly in the Magnamme 44, until 1800. In March, 
 1801, after an intermediate attachment to the As- 
 sistance 50, Capt. Eobt. Hall, he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the London 98, Capt. Kobt. Waller 
 Otway, and on the occasion of the battle of Copen- 
 hagen, 2 April following, commanded a flat-bot- 
 tomed boat alongside the Elephant, Lord Nelson's 
 flag-ship, and was instrumental to the after-destruc- 
 tion of the Danish shipping. He continued to serve 
 in the London, to which ship he was con&med on 
 10 Sept. in the same year, until the peace ; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 11 April, 1803, to the 
 Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Eras. Laforey, under whom 
 he fought at Trafalgar, was employed in guarding 
 the coast of Sicily and in landing troops in the Bay 
 of Naples, and co-operated in the reduction of the 
 islands of Ischia and Procida — 26 Dec. 1809, to the 
 EoRMiDABLE 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, stationed 
 in the Baltic and off Lisbon— and, 23 June, 1812, to 
 the Dover troop-ship, Capt. Aug. Vere Drury, in 
 the boats of which he retook a schooner on the 
 banks of Newfoundland, and then proceeded to 
 Quebec. He afterwards volunteered his services 
 on the Canadian Lakes, and on 10 Sept. 1813, while 
 in command of the Hunter brig, of 10 guns, parti- 
 cipated, with a flotilla under the orders of Commo- 
 dore Roht. Heriot Barclay, and exhibited the 
 greatest intrepidity, in a hard-fought and disas- 
 trous engagement with a superior American force 
 on Lake Erie, under Commodore Perry.* He had 
 the misfortune on that occasion to be very severely 
 wounded ; and, being taken prisoner in common 
 with the rest of the British, was detained, as a 
 hostage for some deserters who had been sent to 
 England to be tried for their lives, until July, 1814. 
 He attained his present rank 19 Sept. 1815, but has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 Commander Bignell enjoys a pension of 150/., 
 awarded him for his wounds, 16 Feb. 1816. He 
 married, 25 May, 1816, Miss Charlotte Patch, and 
 by that lady has issue six children. 
 
 BILLINGSLEY. (Liebt., 1820. f-p., 29 ;h-p., 6.) 
 John Bii.lingsley was bom 18 March, 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 May, 1812, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Junon 38, Capt. Jas. 
 Sanders, under whom we find him for some time 
 very actively employed on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica, particularly at the blockade of Chesapeake 
 and Delaware rivers. On 8 Dec. 1813, he served 
 v.'ith a division of boats, under Lieut. Kelly Nazer, 
 at the capture, in gallant style, of the Lottery letter- 
 of-marque, carrying 6 12-pounder carronades and 
 28 men, an exploit for which, in common with the 
 other officers and men employed, he received the 
 thanks of the Commander-in-Chief. "While after- 
 wards attached with Capt. Thos. Forrest to the 
 Stbille 44, Mr. Billingsley cruised, as Midship- 
 man, for the protection of the trade off Madeira, 
 and then proceeded to the latitude of Greenland in 
 quest of the American Commodore Rodgers. After 
 serving for nearly three years and a half in the 
 Vengeur 74, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Tris- 
 tram Robt. Ricketts and Thos. Alexander, he joined, 
 in Nov. 1818, the Parthian 10, Capts. "Wilson Brad- 
 dyll Bigland and "Whitworth Lloyd, of which vessel, 
 stationed in the "West Indies, he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 12 June, 1820. The Parthian being 
 paid off in April, 1822, Mr. Billingsley was next in 
 succession appointed, 27 Feb. 1823, 25 Jan. 1825, 
 and 2 April, 1828, to the Eclair 18, Cambridge 
 82, and Pearl 20, Capts. "Wm. Jas. Hope John- 
 stone, Thos. Jas. Maling, and Geo. Chas. Blake, on 
 the South American and Irish stations. The latter 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1814, pp. 331-2. 
 
 ship was put out of commission If April, 1831. 
 Lieut. BilLgsley, since 21 July, 1835, has been 
 employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 24 June, 1839, Charlotte, eldest 
 daughter of the late Robt. Hicks, Esq., banker, of 
 Riniwood, by whom he has issue one daughter. 
 
 BINDON. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 
 21 ; H-P., 33.) 
 
 John Read Bindon entered the Navy, from the 
 R N. Academy, 21 June, 1793, as Fst.-cl. "Vol., on 
 board the Captain 74, Capt. Sam. Reeve. He 
 served on shore in August following at the occupar 
 tion of Toulon, and in December witnessed the de- 
 struction of the French shipping in that port ; was 
 further employed, as Midshipman, with the land- 
 force at the reduction of St. Fiorenza and Bastia, in 
 the island of Corsica, in Feb. and May, 1794; and, 
 on 14 March and 13 July, 1795, participated in 
 Hotham's partial actions with the French fleet. In 
 1796 Mr. Bindon joined the Andromache 32, Capt. 
 Chas. John Moore Mansfield, one of the in-shore 
 squadron off Cadiz, and, on 31 Jan. 1797, during a 
 close and destructive engagement of 40 nunutes 
 with an Algerine ship of similar force, when an 
 attempt was made by the latter to board the Bri- 
 tish frigate, he received several sabre and gun-shot 
 wounds. "We are Informed that, on 14 of the fol- 
 lowing month, he was also present in the action off 
 Cape St. Vincent. Proceeding to the "West Indies 
 in the early part of 1799, Mr. Bindon was there 
 promoted, from the Prince op "Wales 98, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Hugh Seymour, to a Lieutenancy, 
 on 31 July in the same year, in the Invincible 74, 
 Capt. "Wm. Cayley, while under whose command he 
 served on shore with the army during the opera- 
 tions which led to the conquest of the Dutch colony 
 of Surinam. His subsequent appointments appear 
 to have been — 26 June, 1800, to the Ctane 18, Capt. 
 Hen. Matson, also stationed in the "West Indies — 26 
 March, 1801, to the Daphne 20, Capt. Rich. Mat- 
 son, in which vessel he returned to England — 1 
 Feb. 1803, to the Russell 74, Capt. Robt. 'Williame, 
 whom he accompanied to the East Indies — 13 April, 
 1805, to the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, em- 
 ployed in the North Sea — and, in Sept. 1806, to the 
 command of a signal-station on the west coast of 
 Ireland, which he retained until 20 June, 1814. 
 Since the latter date — with the exception of some 
 time towards the close of 1821, when, owing to the 
 disturbed state of the co. of Limerick, he was se- 
 lected to command five armed boats on the river 
 Shannon, and proved of great public utility — he has 
 not been employed. He was placed on the Junior 
 List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830, and on 
 the Senior 23 Dec. 1843. 
 
 Commander Bindon holds an appointment in the 
 Irish Constabulary. He married, 31 Jan. 1806, 
 Sarah Eliza Vereker, cousin of the late Lord Gort^ 
 and niece of the late Col. "Wm. Odell, M.P. for the 
 CO. of Limerick, and a Lord of the Treasury, by 
 whom he has issue an only daughter. 
 
 BINGHAM. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 27; h-p., 7.) 
 Henry Hope Bingham, whose family is a branch 
 of that of Bingham of Melcombe Bingham, co. 
 Dorset, is second son of the Rev. Rich. Bingham, 
 Canon of Chichester, Vicar of Hale Magna, in the 
 diocese of Lincoln, and Incumbent of Gosport 
 Church, by Lydia Mary Ann, eldest daughter of 
 the late Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Douglas, R.N., and 
 sister of the late Vice-Admiral Sir "Wm. Hen. Dou- 
 glas, Bart., as also of the present Lieut.-General Sir 
 Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.M.G.* He'is elder bro- 
 ther of Commander J. E. Bingham, R.N. ; nephew 
 
 * Sir Chas. Douglas was created a Baronet in 1777, for the 
 extraoidinaiy servire he had rendered, the year before, in 
 forcing a passage for his squadron through the ice in the 
 River St. Lawrence to the relief of Quebec, then closely be- 
 sieged by the Americans. He served as Captain of the Fleet 
 in Rodney's action of 12 April. 17S2, and to him is attri- 
 buted the advice which induced that nobleman to establish 
 the precedent of breaking the enemy's line— a main cause of 
 the signal victory which that day attended the British arms. 
 
BINGHAM. 
 
 81 
 
 of the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bingham, and of 
 Rear- Admiral Donald Campbell, R.N. ; and cousin 
 of Commander P. D. Bingham, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Rosamond 28, com- 
 manded by his uncle, Capt. Donald Campbell, 
 whom he accompanied with convoy to Hudson's 
 Bay. He afterwards joined in succession — the Le- 
 VEN 22, Capt. Buokland Stirling Bluett, employed 
 in 1815 in co-operating with the Royalists in La 
 Vendee— the Rivoli 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Ogle and 
 Aiskew Paffard Hollis, guard-ship at Portsmouth, 
 in which he attained the rating of Midshipman — 
 the Cakron 20, Capt. John Furneaux, under whom, 
 as Master's Mate, he was wrecked, in the Bay of 
 Bengal, on the night of 5 July, 1820, and, with 
 others, cast senseless on the beach — the Qoeen 
 Chaelotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whit- 
 shed at Portsmouth, where he passed his examina^ 
 tion 1 Aug. 1821— the Sekingapatam 44, Capt. 
 Chas. Sotheby, in the boats of which frigate we 
 find him, as Mate, repeatedly employed in the sup- 
 pression of piracy in the Grecian Archipelago— 
 and the 'Wakspite 76, fitting at Portsmouth, to- 
 wards the close of 1825, for the flag of his uncle, 
 Rear-Admiral Bingham, whose premature death, 
 when on the point of sailing, proved in a great 
 measure detrimental to his prospects. On 3 Jan. 
 1826, however, Mr. Bingham was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, and on 18 Nov. 1828, was ap- 
 pointed to the HrpEKioN 42, .Capt. Wm. Jas. Min- 
 gaye, lying in Newhaven harbour for the purposes 
 of the extended Coast Blockade. In that ship he 
 continued until 24 March, 1831, and experienced 
 during the period much arduous boat-service. 
 From 8 Maj-, 1833, until 17 June, 1836, he next 
 served as Senior of the Labne 18, Capt. Wm. Sid- 
 ney Smith, on the West India station, where he 
 appears to have been very actively employed, the 
 latter part of the time, in protecting the British 
 mercantile interests on the coasts of New Granada 
 and Venezuela, then in a state of insurrection. The 
 Lakne was also present throughout the siege of 
 Puerto Caballo by;Gen. Paez. On 16 Feb. 1837, 
 Mr. Bingham joined the Princess Chablotte 104, 
 bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt. 
 Stopford, and for his services, as First Lieutenant 
 of that ship, during the operations on the coast of 
 Syria, particularly at the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander 4 Nov. 
 1840; and appointed, 15 Dec. follo\i-ing, her Second 
 Captain. He was paid off 30 July, 1841, but was 
 soon afterwards, on 28 of the next month, selected 
 to act in the latter capacity on board the Formid- 
 able 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and 
 Sir Chas. Sullivan, likewise in the Mediterranean. 
 Under the latter officer, in March, 1814, Commander 
 Bingham witnessed the settlement of the Greek 
 Constitution at Athens. He was turned over, on 
 23 April ensiling, with the rest of the officers of the 
 Formidable, to the Queen 1 10, and in July of the 
 same year was paid off. He has been employed, 
 since 23 Dec. 1845, as an Inspecting Commander in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Bingham was presented with the 
 Gold Cross of the order of the Saviour of Greece, 
 but existing regulations prevented his acceptance 
 of it. Agent— Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 BINGHAM. (Retired Commander, 1839. F-r., 
 16 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 John Bingham, born 18 March, 1785, is second 
 son of the late Rich. Bingham, Esq., of Alelcombe 
 Bingham, co. Dorset, Colonel of Militia, by Eliza- 
 beth, only daughter and heiress of John Rideout, 
 Esq., of Dean's Lease, in the same shire ; younger 
 brother of the late Major-Gen. Sir Geo. Rideout 
 Bingham, K.C.B., K.T.S., Colonel of the Rifle Corps; 
 and first cousin of Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, R.N., 
 who was drowned in 1830. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on boord La Minerve 42, commanded 
 by the present Sir Geo. Cockbum, in which frigate 
 
 he proceeded with convoy to the Mediterranean ; 
 where, on joining, as Midshipman, the Minotaur 
 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, he witnessed, in the Bay of 
 Naples, the proceedings which led to the unfortu- 
 nate execution of Prince Caraccioli. While in the 
 same ship, under the flag of Lord Keith, he assisted 
 at the siege of Genoa in 1800, and was employed, 
 during the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, in landing 
 part of the 42nd Highlanders in Aboukir Bay. In 
 1803, after conveying Lord Nelson from off Brest 
 to the Mediterranean, in the Amphion 32, Capt. 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy, he became attached with 
 his Lordship to the Victory 100. He appears to 
 have been next employed in the Agincourt 64, 
 Capt. Thos. Briggs, and in the Ambuscade 32, and 
 Canopus 80, fiag-ships of Rear-Admiral Thos. Louis, 
 under whom he accompanied Lord Nelson to the 
 West Indies and back, in pursuit of the combined 
 squadrons of France and Spain, in the summer of 
 1805, and then aided in the blockade of Cadiz. 
 After acting for three months as Lieutenant of the 
 Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, Mr. Bingham ob- 
 tained a commission, dated 5 Feb. 1806, and about 
 the same period was appointed to the Endvmion 40, 
 Capts. Edw. Dumford King and Hon. Thos. Bladen 
 Capel. In Feb. 1807, he assisted at the passage of 
 the Dardanells, and, during the period the squadron 
 lay off Constantinople, was employed in carrying 
 nearly all the flags of truce. While reconnoitring 
 in a boat off the island of Cephalonia, in the fol- 
 lowing September, he had the misfortune to be 
 taken by some French privateers, and sent to 
 France, where he was detained, the greater part of 
 the time at Verdun, until the abdication of Buona- 
 parte. Unable to procure further employment, he 
 at length accepted the rank he now holds, 9 April, 
 1839. 
 
 He married, 22 Deo. 1824, Frances Eleanora, 
 daughter of the Rev. Wm. Woollcombe, M.A., Pre- 
 bendary of Exeter Cathedral, by Anne, sister of 
 his old commander, Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Louis, 
 Bart., and aunt of the present Rear-Admiral Sir 
 John Louis, Bart. He has issue two sons and a 
 daughter. 
 
 BINGHAM. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 24; 
 H-p., 3.) 
 
 John Elliot Bingham is fourth son of the Rev. 
 Rich. Bingham; and younger brother of Commander 
 H. H. Bingham, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1820, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the EsK 20, Capts. Edw. 
 Lloyd and Arth. Lee Warner, on the West India 
 station ; became Midshipman, in 1823-4, of the 
 Qdeen Charlotte 104, and Victory 104, flag- 
 ships at Portsmouth of Admirals Sir Jas. Hawkins 
 Whitshed and Sir Geo. Martin — next, of the He- 
 bald yacht, Capt. Sir Hen. John Leeke, engaged 
 on Particular Service — and ultimately of the War- 
 spite 78, and Boadicea 46, bearing the flag in 
 the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage ; 
 and on 23 Sept. 1826, passed his examination. He 
 subsequently, for three years, commanded the 
 Cochin flag-tender ; and during that period was 
 much employed in suppressing piracy in the Straits 
 of Malacca. He returned home in 1831, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Success 28, Capt. Wm. Clarke 
 Jervoise ; and, after a further servitude, as Mate, 
 in the Victory, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings, was pre- 
 sented with a commission, dated 28 July, 1832, and 
 appointed, 20 Oct. following, to the Southampton 
 50, Capt. John Milligan Laws, on the North Sea sta- 
 tion. On 11 May, 1833, he joined the Donegal 72, 
 in which ship (after bringing Don Carlos to Eng- 
 land) and in the Hastings 74, bearing each the 
 flag of Sir W. H. Gage, he continued to serve off 
 Lisbon, including the latter part of Don Miguel's 
 ascendancy, for nearly five years. On the occasion 
 of the \iTeck of the Portuguese corvette Portuense 
 near the mouth of the Tagus, he had charge of the 
 boats which saved the crew. The Hastings re- 
 turned home, and was paid off in Jan. 1838. On 25 
 
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 BINGHAM— BINSTEAD. 
 
 July following Lieut. Bingham was appointed Se- 
 nior of the MoDESTE 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, and, 
 during the three years he remained in that sloop, 
 was at Mexico pending the dispute between that 
 republic and the French government — went to New 
 York with despatches for the British Minister at 
 Washington relative to the Maine boundary ques- 
 tion — rendered much effective assistance in destroy- 
 ing the slave traffic in the Mozambique Channel — 
 led, during the expedition to China, the storming 
 party at the taking of the fort of Tycocktow, 7 Jan. 
 1841 — was struck, three days afterwards, in conse- 
 quence of the springing of a mine, by a large stone, 
 which caused a violent contusion of the hip and 
 fracture of both bones of the right leg* — and in 
 May witnessed the capture and ransom of Canton. 
 For the latter service he was advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank, by commission dated 6 July, 1841. He 
 has been in command, since 14 Dec. 1844, of the 
 Acorn 16, on the S.E. coast of America. 
 
 Commander Bingham, who, previously to joining 
 the Acorn, had been for some time a student at the 
 R.N. College, is author of a * Narrative of the Ex- 
 pedition to China.' Although crippled from his 
 wounds, he receives no pension. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 BINGHAM. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 19 ; 
 H-P., 17.) 
 
 Parker Dockworth IBingham, born 11 April, 
 1799, is son of the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bing- 
 ham ; grandson, maternally, of the late Admiral "Sir 
 "Wm. Parker, Bart., an officer who obtained great 
 celebrity on 1 June, 1794, as Captain of the Aoda- 
 ciocs 74 ; nephew of the present Capt. Sir Wm. Geo. 
 Parker, Bart. R.N. ; godson of the late Admiral Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth, K.B. ; and first cousin of 
 Commanders H. H. and J. E. Bingham. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Egmost 74, commanded 
 by his father, Capt. Joseph Bingham, with whom he 
 participated, as Midshipman, in the operations up 
 the Gironde in 1814, where he witnessed the de- 
 struction of a French line-of-battle ship, 3 brigs of 
 war, several smaller vessels, and of all the forts and 
 batteries on the north side of the river. He was 
 next attached for a short period to the Tiber 38, 
 Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, lying in Portsmouth Har- 
 bour ; then joined the Queen 74, bearing the flag 
 in the Mediterranean of Rear- Admiral Chas. Vini- 
 combe Penrose ; and, on removing to the Albion 
 74, Capt. John Coode, was present at the battle of 
 Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion he com- 
 manded at intervals the mortar and rocket boats, 
 and was slightly wounded in the foot. During his 
 continuance in the Albion, he had the good for- 
 tune, twice at sea, and once in port, to save the 
 lives of 3 men, by intrepidly jumping overboard 
 after them. In Oct. 1818, he passed his examina- 
 tion ; and, after serving successively in the Myr- 
 midon 22, Capt. Robt. Gambler, Qdeen Charlotte 
 104, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Campbell, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Vengedr 74, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Tartar 42, Capt. Sir 
 Geo. Ralph Collier, was made Lieutenant, 28 April, 
 1821, into his former ship the Mvrmldon, Capt. 
 Hen. John Leeke, on the coast of Africa. While em- 
 ployed in the boats, as First-Lieutenant, at the 
 subsequent capture of two privateer slavers — 
 armed, the one with 4, the other with 16 guns — 
 Mr. Bingham was very severely wounded by a 
 grape-shot, which, entering his left breast, passed 
 along his arm as far as the elbow, and was not ex- 
 tracted until after a lapse of ten days. In conse- 
 quence of over exertion in afterwards fitting out 
 the two prizes, he brought on a severe attack of 
 fever, and in Dec. of the same year, 1821, was 
 obliged to invalid. On 20 March, 1823, he was ap- 
 pointed to the Revenge 76, flag-ship in the Medi- 
 terranean of Sir Harry Neale, and, at a later date, 
 of Sir Edw. Codrington, to whom he became Flag- 
 Lieutenant 17 Sept. 1825. He was promoted out 
 • FideGd.z. 1841, p. 1221. 
 
 of that ship 26 April, 1827 ; and since 18 Jan. 1842, 
 has been employed as an Inspecting Commander in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Bingham married first, m 1833, 
 Emily, eldest daughter of Major Geo. Payne, of 
 Walton, CO. Surrey; and secondly, in Nov. 1838, 
 Jane, daughter of the late Col. Delamane, and 
 widow of Capt. W. H. C. Howard, of the Hon. 
 E. I. C.'s European Regiment. He has issue one 
 daughter. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BINSTEAD. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 26; 
 H-p., 11.) 
 
 Cheesman Henrt Binstead entered the Navy, 
 10 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pallas 
 36, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, on the North Sea 
 station, where he assisted at the capture and destruc- 
 tion of several Danish privateers. He subsequently 
 became Midshipman, under the same Captain, of the 
 Alcmene 38, and, after participating in the seizure 
 of many vessels, and the blockade, during a whole 
 winter, of the French fleet in Toulon, joined, in Feb. 
 1814, the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Edw. Pellew. In that ship Mr. Binstead com- 
 manded the maintop in a skirmish, on 13 of the 
 latter month, with the French 74 Romulus, and 
 took part in various other slight encounters with 
 the enemy, besides sharing in the siege of Genoa. 
 He next served in the Cossack 22, Capt. Hon. Al- 
 gernon Percy, on the North American station, Ehi- 
 DANUS 36, Capt. Wm. King, in the Channel, and 
 Liverpool 50, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, at the Cape 
 of Good Hope ; passed his examination 3 July, 1816 ; 
 and, having rejoined Lord Exmouth in the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, was present, 27 Aug. following, at 
 the battle of Algiers. From 1817 until the death of 
 Buonaparte in May, 1821, we find him, in the Blos- 
 som 24, Capts. Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Vena- 
 bles Vernon, arduously employed on the Brazilian 
 coast, in the South Seas, and off St. Helena ; after 
 which he again joined the Queen Charlotte, flag- 
 ship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, 
 and, in 1823, was received on board the Owen 
 Glendower 42, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Sir Robt. Mends on the western coast of 
 Africa. While on the latter station, Mr. Binstead, 
 who was frequently sent up the rivers for weeks at 
 a time in an open boat in pursuit of different slavers, 
 served on shore at Cape Coast Castle during the 
 Ashantee war, was present in several attacks made 
 by the enemy, and witnessed the death of General 
 Sir Chas. M'Carthy. He returned home in March, 
 1824, with a constitution severely impaired from the 
 fevers of the climate, as Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Owen Glendower ; obtained his commission on 10 
 April ; and, in July following, was appointed to the 
 Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, lying in Ports- 
 mouth Harbour. On 23 Nov. 1826, Lieut. Binstead, 
 with Capt. John Hayes, the constructor, joined the 
 Challenger 28, an experimental frigate, afterwards 
 commanded by Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, in 
 which he continued until July, 1828, when he was 
 nominated Agent for Transports afloat. During 
 the six years of his being so employed he conveyed 
 upwards of 40,000 troops to the colonies— assisted 
 in shifting the naval establishment from Gibraltar 
 to Malta — succeeded on numerous occasions in sav- 
 ing the lives of soldiers who had accidentally fallen 
 overboard — and was twice the means of preserving 
 a transport-ship from destruction. In the discharge 
 of all the trying duties that devolved on him he ob- 
 tained the flattering encomiums of his several Com- 
 manders-in-Chief, and was further honoured -with 
 the approbation of the Admiralty. He subsequently 
 served at Portsmouth, as Senior Lieutenant to Sir 
 Edw. Codrington, in the Britannia, Queen, and 
 St. Vincent, flrst-rates, from 19 April, 1839, until 
 advanced to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Binstead married, 7 July, 1833, Emily, 
 third daughter of John FuUeck, Esq., of Liphook, 
 00. Hants, and has issue three children. Agents— 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
BIRCH— BIRD— BIRTWHISTLE— BISHOP. 
 
 83 
 
 BIRCH. (COMMANDEK, 1842.) 
 
 Thomas Francis Bikch entered the Navy 2 Deo. 
 1830 ; passed his examination in 1837 ; and, after 
 serving for some time as Mate of the Beagle 10, 
 Capt. John Clements Wiokham, in Australia, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 July, 1840. 
 On 23 of the same month he joined the Melville 
 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Kear-Admiral 
 Hon. George Elliot, on leaving which he was in 
 succession appointed, 10 June and 17 Aug. 1841, to 
 the Britomart 10, Capt. Owen Stanley, and Mo- 
 DESTE 18, Capt. Rundle Burges Watson. As First- 
 Lieutenant of the latter vessel during the campaign 
 in China, he landed with the troops at the reduction 
 of Chinghae, 10 Oct. 1841— ably commanded the 
 boats of the Modeste and E. I. C.'s ship Sesostris at 
 the defence of Ningpo, 10 March, 1842 — and was em- 
 ployed on shore at the capture of Chapoo and of the 
 batteries of Woosung, 28 May and 16 June, 1842.* 
 For these services Mr. Birch was advanced to his 
 
 E resent rank 30 Dec. 1842.t Since 7 Sept. 1844, 
 e has been in command of the Waterwitch sloop 
 of 10 guns. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 BIRCH. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Thomas Frederick Bikch, bom 16 Jan. 1805, is 
 eldest son of the late Dr. Thomas Birch, Dean of 
 Battel and Archdeacon of Lewes ; and nephew of 
 Kear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.B. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1819, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland, stationed in the North Sea; re- 
 moved, in Feb. following, to the Active 46, com- 
 manded by his uncle, Sir J. A. Gordon, on Particular 
 Service ; became Midshipman, in July, 1821, of the 
 Aurora 46, in South America ; passed his examina- 
 tion 2 March, 1825 ; and was afterwards, until the 
 receipt of his first commission, 17 Aug. 1841, em- 
 ployed as Mate on board the Albion 74, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Hoste, lying at Portsmouth, Banger 28, 
 Capt. Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, in South America, 
 and Royal George yacht, engaged on Particular 
 Service. His subsequent appointments were — 20 
 July, 1832, to the Rover 18, Capt. Sir Geo. Young, 
 also employed on a Particular Service — 17 Nov. 
 1834, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, 
 stationed off the coasts of Spain and America — 14 
 Deo. 1835, as Senior, to the Scout 18, Capt. Robt. 
 Craigie, on the coast of Africa — and, 14 April, 1837, 
 and 24 April, 1838, to the successive command of 
 the Lynx 3, and Wizard 10, on the same station. 
 He was advanced to the rank he now holds 3 July, 
 
 1840, but continued in the Wizard until 5 April, 
 
 1841. While in that vessel he succeeded in captur- 
 ing four slavers. Commander Birch is at present on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He married, 20 March, 1842, Ann, only daughter 
 of Wm. Stephens, Esq., of Ives Place, Maidenhead, 
 Berks. 
 
 BIRD. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Edward Joseph Bird entered the Navy, 9 Sept. 
 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boyne 98, Capt. 
 Chas. Jones, bearing the flag off Brest of Rear- 
 Admiral Sir Harry Neale, with whom he afterwards 
 served as Midshipman in the Ville-de-Paris 110. 
 He next, Jn Aug. 1814, Joined the Queen 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Charles Vinicombe Penrose, 
 in the Mediterranean, where, during a subsequent 
 attachment, from Dec. 1815 until May, 1819, to the 
 Albion 74, Capt. John Coode, he assisted, 27 Aug. 
 1816, at the bombardment of Algiers, and, on 5 Oct. 
 1818, passed his examination. On 28 Feb. 1821, Mr. 
 Bird was transferred from the Ramillies 74, Capt. 
 Aiskew Paffard Hollis, lying at Portsmouth, to a 
 Mateship in the Hecla bomb, Capt. Geo. Fras. 
 Lyon, under whom he continued to be employed 
 nntil Nov. 1823; after which he served, from Jan. 
 1824, until Nov. 1825, in the Fury bomb, Capt. 
 Henry Parkyns Hoppner, and, from 1826 until Nov. 
 1827, again in the Hecla, Capt. Wm. Edw. Parry. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 396, 23Be, 369'l, 3400. 
 •f v. Gai. 1842, p. 3900. 
 
 During the three epochs just alluded to, Mr. Bird 
 (who appears to have been attached throughout the 
 summer of 1826 to the Ganges 84, Capt. Sam. Hood 
 Inglefield, lying in Portsmouth Harbour) accompa- 
 nied Capt. Parry in his expeditions to the Arctic 
 Seas, and, on the last occasion, was with him in the 
 boats in his attempt to reach the Pole. He was in 
 consequence, on his return to England, advanced to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 7 Nov. 
 1827 ; and was afterwards appointed, 14 May, 1831, 
 to the Galatea 36, Capt. Sir Chas. Napier, em- 
 ployed on the Home station and off the Western 
 Islands — 16 Oct. 1833, to the Thunderer 84, Capt. 
 Wm. Furlong Wise, lying at Sheerness — 13 Feb. 
 1834, as First, to the Medea steam-vessel, Capt. 
 Horatio Thos. Austin, stationed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he remained for nearly two years and 
 a half— and, 9 April, 1839, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Erebus bomb, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, whom he 
 attended in all the dangers and hardships of the 
 Antarctic expedition, until its return home in Sept. 
 1843. During his absence he had been awarded a 
 Commander's commission, dated 16 Aug. 1841 ; and 
 on his arrival home he was immediately, 4 Oct. 1843, 
 advanced to Post-rank. He is at present on half- 
 pay. Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 BIRD. (Lieutenant, 1809. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 3.3.) 
 
 Henry Bird entered the Navy, in April, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Seine 38, Capt. David 
 Milne, and in June following was wrecked on a 
 sandbank near the Texel. He shortly afterwards 
 joined the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius Hardyman, in 
 which frigate he attained the rating of Midshipman 
 in July, 1805, and, in Feb. 1807, witnessed the re- 
 duction of Monte Video. Being promoted (after 
 further serving for 15 months in the North Sea on 
 board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Black- 
 wood) to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 4 Aug. 1809, he subsequently joined in that 
 capacity — on 21 of the same month. La Desikeb fri- 
 gate, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, lying at Portsmouth — 
 24 Oct. following, the Horatio 38, Capt. Geo. Scott, 
 under whom, on 21 Feb. 1810, he assisted at the 
 capture, after a long chase, and a running fight of 
 an hour, of Xa Necessite^ mounting 26 guns, with a 
 complement of 186 men, and laden with naval stores 
 and provisions — 3 Nov. 1810, the Roebuck 44, bear- 
 ing the flag of Lord Gardner at North Yarmouth — 
 21 June, 1811, the Musquito, Capt. Wm. Bell, em- 
 ployed in the North Sea— 6 March, 1812, the Rover 
 18, Capt. Justice Finley, from which vessel, after 
 intermediately cruizing in the Channel and Baj of 
 Biscay; he invalided, in April, 1813 — and, on 24 Dec. 
 in the latter year, the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. 
 Wm. Austen, lying at Portsmouth. He was paid off 
 10 May, 1814, and since 29 Sept. 1846, has been em- 
 ployed in the Coast Guard. Agents — Coplands and 
 Burnett. 
 
 BIRTWHISTLE. (Liectenant, 1846.) 
 
 Alexander Charles Birtwhistle served as 
 Midshipman of the Wellesley throughout the war 
 in China, where, among other operations, he was em- 
 ployed in the boats at the taking of Chinghae.* He 
 passed his examination 30 March, 1843 ; and, after 
 intermediately serving, as Mate, on board the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings, w^as promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 5 Aug. 1846. 
 
 BISHOP. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 George Bishop entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Narcissus 32, Capt. 
 Ross Donnelly. In Jan. 1806, he assisted at the re- 
 duction of the Cape of Good Hope, and about the 
 same period was present at the destruction of the 
 Napoleon privateer, of 32 guns and 250 men, and 
 capture of the 46-gun frigate Volontaire. Mr. 
 Bishop, who had attained the rating of Midshipman, 
 next accompanied the expedition to the Rio de la 
 Plata, where he witnessed the taking of Buenos 
 
 ' Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 396. 
 
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 BISHOP— BISSET— BLACK. 
 
 Ayrea, and where he continued to serve, in the 
 Neptune lugger, Capt. John Thompson, Diadem 
 64, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Home Popham, 
 Snd Leda 38, Capt. Kobt. Honyman, until the final 
 evacuation of Spanish America in 1807. We are 
 informed that towards the close of the latter year 
 he was also present at the bombardment of Copen- 
 hagen and seizure of the Danish fleet. He became 
 attached, in March, 1808, to the SwiprsuKE 74, flag- 
 ship on the North American station of Sir John Bor- 
 lase Warren ; rejoined Capt. Thompson, in June, 
 
 1809, as Master's Mate, on board the Halifax ; and 
 in the following October was transferred, with the 
 same officer, to the Colibki 18, of which sloop he 
 acted for some time as Master. At the commence- 
 ment of the war with the United States in 1812, the 
 CoLiBRi was the vessel that, on 12 July, brought 
 away from New York the formal declaration of hos- 
 tilities, and, with it, the British Ambassador, Mr. 
 Foster, and Consul, Col. Barclay. In the course of 
 that and the following months she captured six pri- 
 vateers, carrying in the whole 31 guns and 283 men. 
 On 18 Sept. in the same year Mr. Bishop was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant ; and, on 16 of the 
 ensuing Nov., he was appointed to the Statira 38, 
 Capt. Hassard Stackpoole. During the pursuit, in 
 Feb. 1813, of four large armed schooners, in the 
 Chesapeake, by the boats of a squadron under Lieut. 
 Jas. Polkinghorne, he commanded that frigate's 
 cutter, and, supported by Lieut. Matthew Liddon in 
 the launch of the Maidstone, boarded and carried, 
 in most gallant style, the largest of the enemy's ves- 
 sels, the Dolphin, of 12 guns and 98 men.* On leav- 
 ing the Statika, in Aug. 1814, he joined the Tiber 
 38, Capt. Jas. Kich. Dacres, with whom he served 
 on the Cork, Channel, and Newfoundland sta- 
 tions, until 14 Sept. 1817. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 BISHOP. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 320 
 
 William Bishop entered the Navy, in Mfay, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capt. 
 Manley Dixon, attached to the fleet in the Channel, 
 and afterwards flag-ship in the Mediterranean and 
 offl' Cadiz of Rear-Admirals John Knight and Sir 
 Rich. Hussey Bickerton, as also, immediately subse- 
 quent to the battle of Trafalgar, of Lord Colling- 
 wood — previously to joining whom she appears to 
 have had a slight brush with the batteries, and the 
 Argonaute 74, at the entrance of the Bay of Cadiz. 
 In Nov. 1805, Mr. Bishop removed, as Midshipman, 
 to the KoTAL Sovereign 100, Capt. Fras. Pender ; 
 and, in 1806, he proceeded, in the Canada 74, 
 Capt. John Harvey, to the West Indies, where for 
 three years he served with Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, 
 in the Ethation 36, and Belleisle, Pompee, and 
 Abercromby 74's. He witnessed, while in the 
 Ethation, the surrender, 21 and 25 Dec. 1807, of 
 the Danish islands of St. Thomas and Santa Croix — 
 was present in the Belleisle, at the reduction of 
 Martinique, in Feb. 1809 — and, on 17 April ensuing, 
 in the Pompee, assisted at the capture, after an ar- 
 duous chase of two days, and a close action of an 
 hour and a quarter, in wliich the latter ship, who 
 was supported by the Castor 32, lost 9 men killed 
 and 30 wounded, of the D'ffaupoult, of 74 guns and 
 680 men, of whom between 80 and 90 were killed 
 and wounded. Mr. Bishop was next transferred in 
 succession, as Master's Mate, to the Heureux 74, 
 Capt. F. Halliday, with whom he returned home, 
 and Salvador del Mdndo, bearing the flag at 
 Plymouth of Admiral Wm. Young ; and, on 1 Oct. 
 
 1810, was made Lieutenant into the Peblen 38, 
 Capt. Norborne Thompson, employed in the West 
 Indies. His subsequent appointments were — 23 
 Sept. 1811, to the Fortdnee 36, Capts. Henry Van- 
 sittart and Geo. Fras. Seymour, under the former 
 of whom, while cruizing on the Home station, he 
 contributed to the capture, 11 Oct. in the same 
 year, of a notorious privateer, Le Viee-Amiral 
 Martin, of 18 guns and 140 men — and 16 Sept. 1813, 
 to the Pactolds 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, 
 
 * Vide Gm. 1813, p. 995. 
 
 in which frigate he served m the Bay of Biscay 
 and on the coast of North America. He has been 
 on half-pay since 1815. Agents— Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 BISSET. (Lieutenant, 1808. r-p., 15; h-p., 33.) 
 Alexander Bisset entered the Navy, 16 July, 
 1799 as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Weazle 16, 
 Capt. Wm. D'Urban, employed on Particular Ser- 
 vices off Jersey and in the Mediterranean ; attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 28 Aug. 1801 ; and, in 
 Oct. 1803, removed, with the same Captain, as 
 Master's Mate, to the Amboscade 32, in which we 
 find him assisting, towards the close of 1804, at the 
 capture of a Spanish convoy, with troops, stores, &c., 
 on board, intended for the defence of Minorca. In 
 May, 1807, he became attached to the Ocean 98, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, and on 9 Jan. 
 1808, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the De- 
 light 16, Capt. Philip Cosby Handfleld. While 
 endeavouring, on 30 of the same month, to re- 
 capture four Sicilian gim-boats, the latter sloop 
 grounded under the batteries of .Keggio, and, after 
 losing her Captain, was burnt by the surviving 
 crew to prevent her falling into the hands of the 
 enemy ; whereupon Mr. Bisset was appointed, also 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Wizard 16, Capt. 
 Abel Ferris. On 1 Aug. following, it having been 
 determined to bring out a convoy of ten deeply- 
 laden coasters lying at anchor, under protection of 
 a gun-boat, close to the beach abreast of the town 
 of Noli, on the coast of Italy, he was detached in 
 command of the Wizard's boats to co-operate with 
 those of the Kent 74, in efiecting their capture. 
 Although the vessels were fastened to the shore by 
 ropes from their keels and mastheads, and were 
 further defended by the fire of two adjacent field- 
 pieces, of a heavy gun in front of the town, and of 
 a continued volley of musketry, yet were they all, 
 together with the gun-boat, boarded and carried 
 by the resistless intrepidity of the British, headed 
 by Lieut. Bisset, and Lieuts. Jas. Lindsay and Fair- 
 fax Moresby, of the Kent, while another party, 
 having landed, dislodged a considerable body of 
 regular troops, and took and destroyed the guns.* 
 For his gallant conduct on this occasion, Mr. 
 Bisset, on 27 Dec. in the same year, obtained his 
 official promotion. He was subsequently appointed 
 — 19 May, 1809, to the Sabine sloop, Capt. Jas. Don- 
 ner, also employed in the Mediterranean — 25 Jan. 
 1810, to the Ulysses 44, Capt. Henry Edw. Regi- 
 nald Baker, on the Lisbon station, bearing the flag, 
 afterwards, of Vice-Admiral Philip D'Auvergne, 
 Prince de Bouillon, off Jersey— and, 15 Sept. 1812, 
 to be Agent for Transports afloat. He has not been 
 employed since 11 Feb. 1814. 
 
 BLACK. (Ketieed Commander, 1843. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 Archibald Black was bom 16 Dec. 1770. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1794, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Canada 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Powell Hamilton, whom he shortly afterwards ac- 
 companied into the Prince 98, both ships attached 
 to the fleet in the Channel. He next joined the 
 Qdeen 98, bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker on 
 the Jamaica station, where, from 1797 to 1800, he 
 served as Acting-Master in the Drake 16, Capt. 
 John Parkins, Renohhee 44, Capt. Robt. Rolles 
 and Maidstone 32, Capt. Ross Donnelly. On his 
 return to the West Indies in 1801, after having 
 been employed for a few months on board the 
 Cambridge guardship at Plymouth, during which 
 period he passed his examination, Mr. Black became 
 Master's Mate of the Sans Pareil 80, bearing the 
 flag of Lord Hugh Seymour. He subsequently 
 obtained command, as Acting-Lieutenant, of tiie 
 prison-ship at Portr-RoyaJ, and at the peace returned 
 home in a similar capacity on board the Brdkswick 
 74, Capt. Stevenson, but could not procure his com- 
 mission, in consequence of recent regulations which 
 neutralized his servitude as Acting-Master. In 
 • Vidt Gm. 1809, p. 15. 
 
BLACK— BLACKER— BLACKMORE. 
 
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 1805 Mr. Black resumed his professional duties, as 
 Master's Mate, in the HERcniE 74, flag-ship at Ja^ 
 maica of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, from 
 which he was promoted, 26 Feb. 1806, to a Sub- 
 Lieutenancy in the Reindeer 18, Capt. John Fife. 
 Being at length made full Lieutenant, 27 May, 
 1807, in the Pelican 18, Capts. Wm. Ward, Isaac 
 Hawkins Morrison, and Edw. Henry A'Court, he 
 co-operated in the ensuing bombardment of Copen- 
 hagen ; and, in 1810, commanded the boats of that 
 sloop in a night-attack on an armed felucca, carry- 
 ing 50 men, in Campeachy Bay, which vessel, toge- 
 ther with all the other craft in the harbour, he 
 succeeded in bringing out, although opposed by 
 the heavy fire of several forts and the small arms 
 of the various crews. He had previously taken 
 part in many expeditions of a similar nature, and 
 on one occasion had been very severely wounded. 
 He was placed on half-pay in 1812 ; and, unable to 
 procure further employment, accepted the rank he 
 now holds 10 Feb. 1843. '_ 
 
 Commander Black married, 13 Aug. 1813, Miss 
 Jane Currie, and has issue a son and three 
 daughters. 
 
 BLACK. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 1 fi ; h-p., 34.) 
 John Keddie Black, born, 25 Jan. 1787, at Dy- 
 sart, CO. Fife, is son of the late Jas. Black, Esq., 
 K.N.; brother of Lieut. Jas. Black, R.N., who died 
 while serving in the West Indies ; and nephew of 
 Lieut. John Black, R.N., who died in 1814, having 
 held a commission for 44 years. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1797, as A. B., 
 on board the Pinchek gun-brig, commanded by his 
 father, in which vessel he served on the North Sea 
 station, latterly as Midshipman, until discharged, 
 on the death of that gentleman, in 1802. He re- 
 embarked in 1808, in the last-mentioned capacity, 
 on board the Trident 64, Capts. R. B. Campbell 
 and Rich. Budd Vincent, on the Mediterranean 
 station; and afterwards became attached to the 
 Herald sloop, Capt. Geo. Jackson, Dauntless 
 sloop, Capt. Barker, Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. 
 RoUes, and Furieose 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey. In 
 th^ latter ship Mr. Black was at the capture of the 
 island of Ponza, 26 Feb. 1813, and for his very me- 
 ritorious conduct on that occasion, particularly in 
 superintending the debarkation of the 10th Regt., 
 was honourably noticed in the despatches of Capt. 
 Chas. Napier, the Senior Officer.* ifle subsequently 
 served, as Master's Mate (he had passed his exami- 
 nation in 1811), in the Nereus 42, Capt. Manley 
 Hall Dixon; was in the Tagus 36, Capt. Philip 
 Pipon, at the capture of the 40-gun frigate Ceres, 
 6 Jan. 1814; became Acting-Lieutenant, 20 June 
 following, of the Isis 50, flag-ship at the Brazils of 
 Rear-Admii:al Manley Dixon; and, on 29 Nov., was 
 confirmed into the Albacore 16, Capt. Theobald 
 Jones, in which sloop he served until paid off in 
 1815. Mr. Black, who till then had taken an active 
 part in many cutting-out afifairs, was next appointed 
 — 25 April, 1826, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot, lying in the Downs for the purposes of the 
 Coast Blockade, in which service he appears to have 
 been employed for the period of two years. He 
 subsequently officiated from 3 Oct. 1840, until early 
 in 1843, as Agent for Transports afloat, on the Me- 
 diterranean, West India, and Cape stations. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 22 July, 1818, Sophia, daughter of 
 Jas. Hurdis, Esq., of Seaford, co. Sussex, and sister 
 of Capt. G. C. Hurdis, R.N., by whom he has issue 
 two sons. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BLACK. (Lieutenant, 1814. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Matthew Black entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Edw. Durnford King, and sailed shortly afterwards 
 for the East Indies with the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Wm. O'Brien Drury. While subsequently em- 
 ployed in the North Sea, as Midshipman and Mas- 
 ter's Mate, from Sept. 1808, to March, 1812, of the 
 • rirfe Gai. 1813, p. 1146. 
 
 Stately 64, and Saturn and Armada 74's, Capts. 
 Wm. Cumberland, Adam Mackenzie, and John 
 Ferris Devonshire, he assisted at the cutting-out 
 of some Danish gun-boats and the re-capture of a 
 Russian ship. He was next employed for some 
 months with Capt. Devonshire, at the defence of 
 Cadiz, in the St. Albans 64 ; after which he re- 
 moved to the Ramillies 74, commanded at Chatham 
 by Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, and then, in Dec. 
 of the same year, joined the Plover 18, Capts. 
 Colin Campbell and John Skekel. He was pro- 
 moted to a Lieutenancy in the latter vessel 10 June, 
 1814, and, previously to being paid off in Jan. 1815, 
 visited Quebec, and served on the African and 
 Newfoundland stations. He has not since been em- 
 ployed. 
 
 BLACK. (Captaiir, 1814. f-p., 22; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Black entered the Navy, 13 April, 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Leviathan 74, Capt. 
 Lord Hugh Seymour, in which ship we find him 
 present at the ensuing investment of Toulon, and in 
 Lord Howe's action of 1 June, 1794. He next 
 served for three years under the flag of the same 
 officer in the Sans Pareil 80, as Midshipman, 
 Master's Mate, and Second Master, and was with 
 him in Lord Bridport's action with the French fleet 
 off He de Groix, 23 June, 1795. He was subse- 
 quently, for a short period in 1798-9, lent, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, to the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Paget, but eventually rejoined Lord Seymour, who 
 had been nominated Commander-in-Chief in the 
 Leeward Islands, and, on 16 Aug. in the latter 
 year, was appointed in the ' same capacity to the 
 Unite 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, under whom 
 he witnessed the surrender of the Dutch colony of 
 Surinam. In March, 1800, he again became attached 
 to Lord Seymour's flag-ship, the Prince of Wales 
 98, and, on 13 July, 1801, was confirmed into the 
 Sans Pareil, into which that nobleman had shifted 
 his flag. Mr. Black's subsequent appointments 
 were — 5 April, 1803, after a short interval of half- 
 pay, to the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, in the 
 Channel— 3 July, 1804, to the JEolus 32, Capt. 
 Lord Wm. FitzRoy, under whom he fought in Sir 
 Rich. Strachan's action, 4 Nov. 1805 — 6 May, 1806, 
 as First Lieutenant, to the Egtptienne 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Paget, with the boats of which ship 
 under his orders he took, we are told, a letter-ot- 
 marque of greatly superior force — 28 April, 1807, 
 in a similar capacity, to the Cambrian 40, com- 
 manded by the same Captain, in which frigate he 
 attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 
 and Sept. following — and, 27 May, 1808, to the 
 Polyphemus 64, as Flag -Lieutenant to the Rear- 
 Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Commander- 
 in-Chief on the Jamaica station. He was promoted 
 to the command, 5 Nov. 1809, of the Racoon sloop, 
 and was employed, for upwards of four years, in 
 cruizing, chiefly on the eastern and western coasts 
 of South America. In Jan. 1815, Capt. Black re- 
 turned home, and was placed on half-pay, having 
 been previously advanced to Post-rank, 7 June, 
 1814. He accepted the retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 BLACKER. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 Frederick Blacker entered the Navy 2 July, 
 1807 ; passed his examination in 1814; and obtained 
 his commission 22 July, 1830. He has not since 
 been employed. 
 
 BLACKMORE. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Charles Blackhore entered the Navy, 31 May, 
 1811, as a Supernumerary, on board the Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew ; removed shortly afterwards to the Fame 
 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst; and subsequently 
 served, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman, on the 
 Mediterranean, Home, West India, and North 
 American stations, in the Cerberus 32, Capt. 
 Henry Whitby, Cambrian 40, Capt. Chas. Bullen, 
 Brpton 46, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, Ister 42, Capt. 
 
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 BLACK MORE-BLACK WOOD— BLAINE Y. 
 
 Thos. Forrest, Newcastle 60, Capt. Arthur Fan- 
 shawe, and Atholl 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier. He 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 11 March, 1823, in 
 the DoTEREL 18, Capt. Kich. Hoare, but was super- 
 seded early in 1824, and has not since been afloat. 
 Agents — HaUett and Bobinson. 
 
 BLACKMORE. (Lieut., 1840. f-p., lt;H-p.,4.) 
 John Blackmobe is cousin of Capt. W. W. Hen- 
 derson, E.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 June, 1829, as 
 Fst.-cI.Vol., on board the Kamillies 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot, lying in the Downs ; and was afterwards, 
 until Dec. 1835, in the course of which month he 
 passed his examination, employed as Midshipman in 
 the Talavera 74, commanded by the same officer, 
 and in the Undaunted 46, and Salamander and 
 Firefly steam-vessels, Capts. Edw. Harvey, Wm. 
 Langford Castle, and Thos. Baldock, on the Home, 
 African, East India, and Mediterranean stations. 
 As Mate, Mr. Blackmore successively joined, in 
 March, 1836, and Oct. 1837, the Minden and Edin- 
 burgh 74's, Capts. Alex. Ronton Sharpe and "Wm. 
 Willmott Henderson. After serving on the Lisbon 
 and North America and West India stations, he 
 again visited the Mediterranean, where his exertions 
 throughout the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 including the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 
 procured him a commission, dated 4 Nov. 1840. 
 His next appointments were — 14 Feb. and 17 Sept. 
 1841, to the Vesuvius steamer, and Eodnet 92, 
 Capts. Granville Gower Lock and Robt. Maunsell, 
 both in the Mediterranean — and, 19 Oct. 1842, to 
 the Campebdown 104, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. 
 Brace at Sheemess. On 12 July, 1843, Mr. Black- 
 more had the misfortune to be desperately woionded 
 by an awful explosion which took place on board 
 that ship during the firing of a royal salute in 
 honour of the King and Queen of the Belgians, who 
 were then passing the Nore. On examination, it 
 was found that he had received an extensive lace- 
 ration over the right angle of the lower jaw, whence 
 protruded a splinter of wood which had penetrated 
 the superior maxillary bone ; that he had been fur- 
 ther badly hurt with splinters in the scalp, the effect 
 of which was the almost total destruction of the 
 power of hearing on the right side ; that he had also 
 been severely burnt in both hands and legs ; and 
 that the calf of one leg had been pierced quite 
 through by splinters 12 inches long. In conse- 
 quence of such dreadful injuries, he was confined 
 for many months to Melville Hospital at Chatham, 
 and, on 6 March, 1844, was awarded a pension of 
 91/. 5s. He has not been since employed. 
 
 BLACKWOOD. (Capt., 1838. r-p., 18; h-p., 8.) 
 Francis Price Blackwood, bom 25 May, 1809, 
 is second son of the late Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir 
 Henry Blackwood, Bart., K.C.B., by his third wife, 
 Harriet, daughter of Fras. Gore, Esq. ; and half- 
 brother of the present Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., 
 Capt. R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Dec. 1821 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 8 Aug. 1828 ; joined 
 the Arachne 28, Capt. Fred. Marryat, 8 Nov. fol- 
 lowing ; and while serving on board the Alligator 
 28, Capt. Chas. Philip Yorke, was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander, 22 Nov. 1830. He was ap- 
 pointed to the command, 7 Feb. 1833, of the Hya- 
 cinth 18, on the East India station, which sloop he 
 paid off towards the close of 1836 : obtained Post- 
 rank, 28 June, 1838 ; and, from 17 Nov. 1841, until 
 1846, was in command, part of the time with the 
 broad pendant of Commodore, of the Fly survey- 
 ing-vessel, on the same station. He is now on half- 
 pay. Agent — Joseph "Woodhead. 
 
 Henry Blackwood, Bart., K.C.B., G.C.H., K.F M.,* 
 by his second wife, EUza, fourth daughter ot Capt. 
 Martin Waghom, R.N. ; half -brother of Capt. F. 
 P. Blackwood, R.N. ; and cousin of Lord Dufferin 
 and Claneboy. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 July, 1814, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Lifpey 50, Capt. John 
 Hancock, stationed in the Channel, where he served 
 until April, 1815. He next, in May, 1817, joined 
 the Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley ; and after- 
 wards officiated as Midshipman, on the Cape of 
 Good Hope, Brazilian, East India, and Home sta- 
 tions, of the Favorite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, 
 Leander 50, bearing his father's flag, Eden 26, 
 Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, Tees 26, Capt. Thos. Coe, 
 and Dover, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham. The 
 Eden was actively employed, in 1820, against the 
 pirates of the Persian Gulf. From 6 July, 1822, 
 until his promotion to the rank of Commander, 
 1 Dec. 1823, we find Mr. Blackwood, whose first 
 commission bears date 30 Nov. 1821, serving on 
 board the Nimrod 18, Capt. Wm. Rochfort, and 
 Active 46, Capt. Andrew King. He obtained com- 
 mand, 26 July, 1826, of the Jasper sloop, on the 
 Mediterranean station, and there served until his 
 advancement to Post-rank, 28 April, 1827. His 
 next appointment was, on 14 Oct. 1843, to the Fox 
 42, in which frigate, after being for some time em- 
 ployed on Particular Service, he sailed for the East 
 Indies, where, since 29 June, 1844, he has been dis- 
 charging the duties of Commodore. 
 
 Sir H. M. Blackwood married, 12 Aug. 1826, 
 Harriet Louisa, youngest daughter of J. M. Bulke- 
 ley, Esq., by whom he has issue. Agents — ^Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 BLACKWOOD, Babt. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 20; 
 H-P., 13.) 
 Sib Henry Martin Blackwood, born 11 June, 
 1801, is only son of the late Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir 
 
 BLAINEY. (Ketlbed Commander, 1837. p-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 38.) 
 Thomas Morley Blainey entered the Navy, 10 
 March, 1795, as Captain's Servant, on board the 
 Arrogant 74, Capts. Rich. Lucas and Edw. Oliver 
 Osbom, under the former of whom, in Sept. follow- 
 ing, he assisted at the reduction of the Cape of 
 Good Hope. From Aug. to Dec. 1796, he served, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Hon art sloop, Capt. 
 Benj. Wm. Page, on the East India station, whence, 
 after having, in that capacity, rejoined the Arro- 
 gant, he invalided, 28 April, 1801. In Nov. 1803, 
 Mr. Blainey became attached to the Foudroyant 
 80, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves in the 
 Channel ; and, on 7 Sept. 1804, he was made Lieu- 
 tenant into the Espoir brig, Capts. Joseph Ed- 
 monds and Wm. King. With the latter officer he 
 was again employed very actively at the taking of 
 the Cape in Jan. 1806. Having intermediately 
 served on board the Diadem 64, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir Home Popham, he assumed com- 
 mand, 9 March ensuing, of the Protector gun-brig, 
 in which he proceeded to the East Indies, and after- 
 wards, we believe, participated in most of the ope- 
 rations preceding the evacuation of Spanish Ame- 
 rica by the British, about Sept. 1807. On 25 Deo. 
 in the same year we find him appointed to the 
 Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, and on the oc- 
 casion of the embarkation of the Marquis de la Ro- 
 mana's army from Nyeborg, in Aug. 1808, contri- 
 buting, in command of a boat, to the capture of a 
 Danish brig of 18, and cutter of 10 guns. From 
 July to Oct. 1809, he appears to have had charge of 
 gun-boat No. 80, and during the whole of that pe- 
 riod to have been employed in attendance on the 
 Walcheren expedition. His subsequent appoint- 
 
 * The Hon. Sir Hen. Blackwood was born 28 Dec. 17T0. 
 He was Senior Lieutenant of the Invincible on the memorable 
 1 June, l'i94; particularly distinguished himsplf by his heroic 
 conduc^ as Captain of the Penelope 36, at the capture of 
 J^ OBiifaame Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, 31 March, 1600 : 
 was an eminent participator in the operations of 1801 in 
 hgvpt ; acquired fame at Trafalgar, where he commanded the 
 EoBVAi.ns .36; and was with Sir John Duckwortli at the pas- 
 sage of the Dardanells in 1807, on which occasion the aSTx 
 80, of which ship he had command, took fire and blew up. 
 He afterwards, iroin 1819 until 1822, and from 1828 until 
 ^30, commanded in chief in the East Indies, and at the 
 Nore. He died. Vice- Admiral of the White, 14 Dec. 1832 
 
BLAIR— BLAKE. 
 
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 menta were, as First-Lieutenant— 24 July, 1811, to 
 the CoLossns 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander — 11 Aug. 
 1812, to the CiKCE 28, Capt. Edw. Woolcombe — 
 and, after an interval of more than two years, 13 
 Oct. 1815, to the Vengeuk 74, Capt. T. Alexander 
 — all on the Home station. Having been on halt- 
 pay since 24 March, 1816, he ultimately, on 19 May, 
 1837, accepted the rank of Retired Commander. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BLAIE. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 17 j h-p., 7.) 
 Fredekic Blair was born 28 Feb. 1809. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 May, 1823, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Egeria 24, Capt. Sam. Ro- 
 berts, on the Newfoundland station. He subse- 
 quently served in the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. 
 Hood Hanway Christian, at the Cape of Good Hope, 
 and ViCTORV 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, guardship 
 at Portsmouth ; passed his examination, 6 N ov. 1829 ; 
 and was made Lieutenant into the "VVarspite 76, 
 Capts. Wm. Henry Shirreff and Jas. Wigston, on the 
 South American station, 10 Feb. 1830. He after- 
 wards joined — 6 Oct. in the same year, the Volage 
 28, Capt. Lord Colchester, employed in the Pacific 
 and North Sea — 25 Oct. 1833, the Edinburgh 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, in the Mediterranean — for a 
 short period in 1835, the Taiaveba 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Chetham, in which ship he returned to England — 
 10 April, 1837, the Coast Guard — and, 6 Dec. 1841, 
 as First-Lieutenant, the St. Vincent 120, bearing 
 the flag, at Portsmouth, of Sir Edw. Codrington. 
 He was promoted to his present rank 7 March, 
 1842 ; and, since 23 Dec. 1845, has been employed 
 as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Blair married, 24 April, 1837, Mary, 
 eldest daughter of the Rev. C. Massingberd, Rector 
 of Kettlethorpe, co. Lincoln, by whom he has issue 
 three children. 
 
 BLAIR. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 8.) 
 HoKATio Blair entered the Royal Naval College 
 3 June, 1819 ; and embarked, in April, 1822, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Ariadne 28, Capt. Constan- 
 tine Rich. Moorsom, stationed at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, whence, after removing to the Andromache 
 42, Commodore Joseph Nourse, he returned home 
 in 1825, as Mate, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir 
 Chas. Sullivan. Having passed his examination in 
 
 1826, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28 April, 
 
 1827, in the Asia 84, bearing the flag in the Sledi- 
 terranean of Sir Edw. Codrington, under whom, 
 including the battle of Navarin, he continued to 
 serve until obliged to invalid, in 1830. His next 
 appointments were— 17 May, 1831, to the Pallas 
 42, Capt. yfta. Walpolc, in the West Indies— and, 
 in 1832, to the Gannet 18, Capt. Mark Halpen 
 Sweny, which vessel he left in March, 1833. He 
 was afterwards employed in the Coast Guard, from 
 16 Aug. 1838, until advanced to the rank he now 
 holds, 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, since 7 July, 1843, has 
 been officiating as an Inspecting Commander in the 
 same service. 
 
 He became a widower 8 Jan. 1846. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BLAIR. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 11.) 
 William Fordyce Blair, born in 1807, is eldest 
 surviving son of the late Col. Wm. Blair, of Blair, 
 CO. Ayr, M.P. for that shire, by Magdalene, daughter 
 of the late John Fordyce, Esq., of Ayton, co. Ber- 
 wick, for many years Commissioner of the Woods 
 and Forests ; and younger brother of the late Capts. 
 Hamilton Blair and John Chas. Blair, R.N. He is 
 the representative of a family which has been of high 
 standing in the co. Ayr for the last six centuries. 
 
 This oflScer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 March, 1818 ; and embarked, in July, 1820, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Rochfobt 80, Capt. Chas. 
 Marsh Schomberg, bearing the flag of Sir Graham 
 Moore on the Mediterranean station, where he 
 shortly afterwards witnessed the taking of Naples 
 by the Austrians, and was present in the Cambrian 
 46, at Scio and Smyrna, during the Turkish mas- 
 
 sacre of the Greeks, many of whom were saved in 
 the boats of that frigate. After an attachment of a 
 few months to the Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, 
 he served during part of the Burmese war on board 
 the LiFFEY 50, Capt. Thos. Coe ; and, on his sub- 
 sequent transference to the Java 52, bearing the 
 flag of Rear- Admiral Hall Gage, he appears to have 
 been much employed in boat operations against the 
 Malay pirates. Having passed his examination in 
 Sept. 1826, he became successively Mate, in Oct. 
 1827, and March, 1828, of the Tamah 26, Capt. Jas. 
 John Gordon Bremer, and Blonde 46, Capt. Ed- 
 mund Lyons. He took part, about the latter pe- 
 riod, in the blockade of Navarin, and in the 
 following Oct. was employed on shore in con- 
 structing batteries, and otherwise co-operating with 
 the French army during the siege of Morea Castle. 
 Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 4 March, 1829, in 
 the Wasp 18, Capt. Thos. Edw. Hoste, Mr. Blair 
 was next for some time occupied in watching the 
 Russian fleet at the mouth of the Dardanells ; after 
 which, he united vrith the French in their opera- 
 tions against Algiers, and was further active in the 
 extirpation of piracy from the Archipelago. While 
 subsequently attached, from 1 Dec. 1830, until May, 
 1835, to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Pulteney Malcolm, we find him variously employed 
 in the Mediterranean in reference to the affairs of 
 Greece and Turkey, and off Lisbon during the Pedro 
 and Miguel disputes — independently of a short time 
 spent in blockading the Dutch coast. He was re- 
 appointed, on 5 April, 1836, to the Britannia, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant, pro tern., to Sir Philip Durham at 
 Portsmouth, but was superseded in March, 1837, and 
 has since been on half-pay. His last commission 
 bears date 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Commander Blair is a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for CO. Ayr. He married, 22 July, 1840, 
 Caroline Isabella, youngest daughter of the late 
 John Sprot, Esq., of London, by whom he has issue 
 two daughters. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 BLAKE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Edgar Henry Blake is eldest son of Henry 
 Blake, Esq., of Renvyle, co. Galway, by Martha 
 Louisa, daughter of Joseph AttersoU, Esq., of Port- 
 land Place, London ; and grandson of Valentine 
 Blake, Esq., of Lehinch and Renvyle, High-Sheriff 
 of Mayo, who married a grand-daughter of the 8th 
 Lord Teynham. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 1 April, 1835 ; 
 and was for some time employed, as Mate, on board 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Thos. Hastings, the Rapid 10, commanded on the 
 coast of Africa by Lieut. Edw. Chas. Earle, and 
 the Campbrdown and Queen, flag-ships at the 
 Nore of Sir John Chambers White. He obtained 
 his commission 24 March, 1845 ; and has been since 
 serving in the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman 
 Campbell, on the S.E. coast of America. 
 
 BLAKE. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 George Charles Blake entered the Navy, 2 
 July, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romulus 
 36, Capt. John Culverhouse, in which frigate, after 
 attending the ensuing expedition to the fielder, he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, and in that 
 capacity accompanied the force sent against Egypt 
 in 1801, where he served with the army before 
 Alexandria, and up the river Nile. In Nov. 1802, 
 he joined the Cdlloden 74, flag -ship in the Chan- 
 nel of Rear-Admirals Geo. Campbell and Cuthbert 
 Collingwood, and afterwards commanded by Capt. 
 Barrington Dacres, under whom he assisted in 
 chasing into the port of Corunna, after a long run- 
 ning fight, the French 74-gun ship Duguay Trouin, 
 and 40-gun frigate Guerriere, 2 Sept. 1803. Be- 
 tween March, 1804, and April, 1805, Mr. Blake was 
 further employed for short periods on board the 
 Venerable 74, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves, 
 and Culloden again, Capt. B. Dacres, both in the 
 Channel, the Salvador del Mundo, first-rate, 
 Capt. John Dilkes, lying at Plymouth, the Seine 
 
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 BLAKE. 
 
 36, Capt. David Atkins, for passage to the West 
 Indies, and the Theseos and Hercule 74's, flag- 
 ships of Vice-Admiral Jas. Kich. Dacres, on the 
 Jamaica station. He then became Master's Mate 
 of the Stork 18, Capt. Geo. Le Geyt, and, among 
 other valuable services performed in hor tender, 
 cut out a convoy near the Havana. He was pro- 
 moted, immediately on passing his examination, to 
 a Sub-Lieutenancy, 26 Feb. 1806, in the Peterel 
 18, Capt. John Lamborn, and was made Full Lieu- 
 tenant into the Franchise 36, Capt. Chas. Dash- 
 wood, 7 April following. After enduring a brief 
 attachment to the Veteran 64, Capt. Andrew Fitz- 
 herbert Evans, and Hercule 74, Capt. Barrington 
 Dacres, Mr. Blake, on 17 Jan. 1807, was appointed 
 to the Scorpion 18, Capts. Philip Carteret, Fras. 
 Stanfell, Richard Harward, and Hon. John Gore. 
 In the course of the same year he assisted at the 
 capture, in the Channel, of three heavy French 
 privateers, Le Bourgainville, La Glaneuse, and Le 
 Glajteur, carrying together 42 guns and 233 men ; 
 and, in Jan. and Feb. 1810, he was the Scorfion's 
 Senior Lieutenant when, under Capt. Stanfell, she 
 took the French 14-gun brig L' Oreste, beneath the 
 batteries of Guadeloupe, and contributed to the 
 reduction of that island. As Lieutenant, his sub- 
 sequent appointments appear to have been — 7 Dec. 
 1810, to the Standard 64, Capt. Askew Pafiard 
 Holljs, lying at Plymouth — 13 March, 1811, to the 
 Peacock 18, Capt. Wm. Peake, in the Channel — 
 14 May, 1813, as Senior, to the Rivoli 74, com- 
 manded by Capt.Graham Eden Hamond, for a short 
 time by himself as Acting-Captain, and by Capt. 
 Edw. Stirling Dickson, in the Mediterranean — 22 
 March, 1816, to the Vengecr 74, Capt. Thos. Alex- 
 ander, guard-ship at Portsmouth — 18 Aug. 1818, 
 as Senior again, to the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 bearing the flag at the same port of his old Admiral, 
 Sir Geo. Campbell, at whose request he obtained 
 the appointment — and, 1 July, 1819, to the Royal 
 George yacht, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget. While in 
 the RivoLi Lieut. Blake aided at the capture, 30 
 April, 1815, of the French 44-gun frigate Le Mel- 
 pomene^ after a brave defence of 15 minutes ; and 
 for his services as Senior Lieutenant of the Royal 
 George, in which vessel he had the honour of attend- 
 ing for several weeks on the Prince Regent, he was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander 11 Oct. 1819. 
 He was afterwards, in April, 1828, appointed to the 
 Pearl 20, under Rear-Admiral Hon. C. Paget, his 
 former Captain, whose flag he always hoisted on 
 that officer's proceeding to sea, and on one of those 
 occasions he received the Marquis of Anglesey, 
 then Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, on board. Capt. 
 Blake continued in tlie Pearl three years, and was 
 lastly, from 28 Sept. 1832, until the autumn of 1835, 
 employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. He obtained Post-rank 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Capt. Blake was nominated, in March, 1841, Gen- 
 tleman Usher to H.R.H. Prince Albert. He is 
 married, and has issue four children, of whom the 
 eldest son, Chas. Paget Blake, M.D., a surgeon, 
 R.N. (1845), is now serving on board the Phcenix 
 steam-sloop, commanded in the Mediterranean by 
 Capt. J. S. A. Dennis. 
 
 BLAKE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.) 
 George Hans Blake, born in Aug. 1791, is 
 son of the late Capt. Geo. Blake, R.N. (1802), who 
 died in April, 1822. 
 
 This otticer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lively 38, Capts. 
 Graham Eden Hamond and Geo. M'Kinley. On 
 5 Oct. following we find him present, under Capt. 
 Hamond, at the capture of three Spanish frigates 
 laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth, 
 off Cape St. Mary ; and on 29 May, 1805, participat- 
 ing in the Lively's single-handed and self-sought 
 skirmish with the Spanish 74-gun ship Glorioso. 
 While in charge, as Midshipman, of a prize, Mr. 
 Blake was unfortunately, on 14 Oct. 1807, captured 
 and taken to France, where he was detained a 
 prisoner until the conclusion of the war in 1814. 
 
 He then successively joined the Prince 98, flag- 
 ship at Portsmouth of Sir Richard Bickerston, and 
 Leviathan 74, Capts. Adam Drummond and Thos. 
 Briggs, attached to the fleet in the Mediterranean, 
 whence, having been promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant on 22 of the preceding Feb., he returned 
 to England in Dec. 1815. His next appointments 
 .vpere— 18 Mai-ch, 1817, to the Martin 16, Capt. 
 Andw. Mitchell, in which vessel he was wrecked off 
 the coast of Ireland on 8 Dec. in the same year — 
 and, 5 Aug. 1819, to the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch, lying in the Downs for the purposes of 
 the Coast Blockade. He left that service in April, 
 1822, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Blake married, 17 March, 1827, Harriette, 
 second daughter of the late Wm. Leeke, Esq., and 
 grand-daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Isaac 
 Vaillant. 
 
 BLAKE. (Captain, 1841. r.p., 23; h-p., 11.) 
 
 Patrick John Blake is second son of the late 
 Sir Jas. Henry Blake, Bart., by Louisa Elizabeth, 
 daughter of General Sir Thomas Gage, the cele- 
 brated commander of the British forces during the 
 first American war; brother of the present Sir 
 Henry Chas. Blake, Bart., of Langham, co. Suflblk ; 
 nephew of Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, G.C.H., one 
 of the late Lords of the Admiralty ; and first cousin 
 of Viscount Gage. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indds 74, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. W. H. Gage, on the North Sea 
 and Mediterranean stations ; attained the rating of 
 Midshipman in May following, and from Sept. 1814, 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 19 July, 
 1823, served as Midshipman on the Home, West 
 India, and South American stations, in the Eurotas 
 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap, Ramil- 
 LiES, Malta, and Rivoli, all commanded by Capt. 
 Chas. Ogle, Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Henderson, 
 Andromache 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirrefi', Con- 
 way 26, Capt. Basil Hall, and Creole 42, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. 
 His next appointments were — 2 Feb. 1824, to the 
 Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, with whom he again 
 sailed for South America — and, 13 Dec. 1825, to 
 the Warspite 74, in which ship, and the Java 52, 
 he served, a great part of the time as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Rear-Admiral Gage, on the East India 
 station, until advanced to the rank of Commander, 
 15 Jan. 1830. On 9 March, 1837, we find Capt. 
 Blake commissioning the Larne 18, and shortly 
 afterwards returning to the East, where he con- 
 tinued for five years, and was actively employed 
 during the campaign in China, particularly in the 
 attack, 7 Jan. 1841, on the forts and batteries at 
 Chuenpee, for his able support of Capts. Herbert 
 and Scott on which occasion he was officially men- 
 tioned by Sir Gordon Bremer.'" He attained Post- 
 rank 6 May, 1841, and has been in command, since 
 3 Sept. 1845, of the Juno 26, in the Pacific. Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BLAKE. (Lieutenant, 1808. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Thomas Blake entered the Navy, 27 Feb. 1802, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, Capt. Jas. 
 Giles Vashon, on the East India station, where he 
 removed, as Master's Mate, in Jan. 1805, to the 
 Pitt (afterwards Salsette) 36, Capt. Walter Bath- 
 urst The latter ship, while blockading Port Louis 
 in Jan. 1806, took several prizes; and on 20 of 
 that month was much injured by a fire from Fort 
 Canonnier, to which she lay exposed for 20 minutes 
 without being able to return a shot. Mr. Blake 
 who subsequently proceeded to the Baltic, and was 
 attached for a brief period to the Thisbe, bearing 
 the flag in the Thames of Hon. Henry Edwin Stan- 
 liope, obtained a Lieutenancy, 23 Sept. 1808, in the 
 Calliope 20, Capt. John M'Keslie, under whom 
 ^'J^T"'"!^ !?^ *^ reduction of Flushing in Aug. 
 1809, and the capture, besides numerous other ves- 
 sels, of the Comtesse d'Hamhourg, French privateer, 
 ■• Vide Gai. 1641, pp. 1162, 122s. 
 
BLAKISTON—BLANCKLEY— BLAND. 
 
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 of 14 guns and 51 men, after an obstinate conflict, 
 25 Oct. 1810. He invalided from the Calliope, 
 27 Feb. 1811, and was subsequently appointed — 25 
 June following, to the Pylades sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Ferguson, employed in the Baltic, and also in the 
 North Sea, whence his health obliged him to return 
 in Feb. 1812 — 14 Nov. in the same year, to the 
 Cadmos 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, in the Channel — and 
 29 July, 1814, to the Portia 14, Capt. Thompson. 
 The last was but a nominal appointment, as in a 
 few days afterwards he again invalided. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 Lieut. Blake is married, and has issue. 
 
 BLAKISTON. (Commanbeb, 1821. f-p., 15; 
 H-P., 29.) 
 
 Thomas Blakiston, born in Dec. 1790, is fourth 
 son of the late Sir Matthew Blakiston, Bart., by 
 Ann, daughter of John Roohford, Esq., of Clog- 
 ranne, co. Carlow ; and brother both of the present 
 Baronet, and of Capt. John Blakiston, of the 27th 
 regiment. His paternal grandfather was Lord Mayor 
 of London in 1760. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magnificent 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Jervis, in which ship he was wrecked 
 on a sunken rock near Brest, 25 March, 1804. He 
 then became Midshipman of the Tonnant 80, com- 
 manded by the same officer, and next served with 
 Sir John Gore in the Medusa 32, and Kevenge 74, 
 on the East India and Home stations. Being un- 
 fortunately taken prisoner on the night of 15 July, 
 1806, while employed with the boats of a squadron 
 in an attempt to bring out a convoy of 50 sail, lying 
 under the protection of two brig-corvettes in the 
 river Gironde, he remained in captivity until the 
 close of 1809, when he contrived to escape from 
 the prison of Givet, and reached Flushing, then in 
 the possession of the British. He passed his ex- 
 amination early in Jan. 1810, and on 11 of the 
 same month was made Lieutenant into the Harpy 
 18, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blamey. On 4 Sept. following 
 he rejoined Sir John Gore in the Tonnant, sta^ 
 tioned in the Channel, and, on again accompanying 
 him into the Revenge, assisted in the boats of 
 that ship at the cutting out of a French felucca 
 privateer from the harbour of Falamos, on the 
 coast of Spain, 8 Nov. 1813.* The Revenge being 
 paid oflT in Sept. 1814, Mr. Blakiston, from 25 March, 
 1818, until his advancement to his present rank, 
 2 July, 1821, was next employed in the Bdlwark 74, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to his friend Sir J. Gore, who, 
 during that period, was Commander-in-Chief at 
 the Nore. He has not since been employed. 
 
 He married, 9 Aug. 1827, Harriet, fourth daughter 
 of John Harvey, Esq., of Thorpe Lodge, co. Norfolk, 
 and by that lady has issue three daughters. 
 
 BLANCKLEY. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 24.) 
 Edward Blancklet died 4 May, 1845. He was 
 son of H. S. Blanckley, Esq., many years Consul- 
 General at Algiers. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Jan. 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. 
 Marsh Schomberg, stationed in the Mediterranean, 
 where, during a continuance of more than nine 
 years, he successively joined — in July, 1807, and 
 Dec. 1808, the Pylades sloop and Glatton 56, 
 both commanded by Capt. Geo. Miller Bligh— in 
 May, 1809, the Wizard 16, Capt. Abel Ferris— and 
 in Oct. 1809, and March, 1810, the MERonKY 28, 
 and Impbbiedse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan. 
 He assisted, on 2 Nov. 1811, in conjunction with 
 the Thames 32, at the gallant capture and destruc- 
 tion, in the harbour of Palinuro, on the coast of 
 Calabria, of 10 gun-boats and 22 richly-laden fe- 
 luccas, although defended by a strong tower, two 
 batteries, and a land force of 700 men; contri- 
 buted next, 27 June, 1812, to the destruction of a 
 French convoy and of the batteries of Languelia 
 and Alassio, in the Gulf of Genoa ; was present, on 
 17 Aug. in the same year, in a spirited skirmish 
 • yide Gaz. 1814, p. 1S4. 
 
 with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of 
 Naples ; participated, with the squadron under 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, in 
 the capture, 5 Oct. 1813, of 29 French vessels, an- 
 chored under the guns of two batteries and a 
 tower, at Port d'Anzo ; and subsequently wit- 
 nessed, independently of many other services, the 
 operations at Via Reggio and Leghorn, under Sir 
 Josias Rowley. From theliiPERiEUSE Mr. Blanck- 
 ley accompanied Capt. Duncan, in Aug. 1814, into 
 the Glasgow 50, which ship, after crvdzing for 
 some months off the Western Islands, he left in 
 April, 1815, having been a short time before, on 
 6 Feb., advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His 
 next appointment was, 16 May, 1822, to the Alli- 
 gator 28, Capt. Thos. Alexander, fitting for the 
 East India station, where his exertions during the 
 Burmese war were rewarded by his promotion to 
 the acting-command of the Sophie sloop, about 
 April, 1825. The Admiralty accorded their sanc- 
 tion to the appointment 10 Dec. in the same year ; 
 but, the Sophie having been previously sold, Capt. 
 Blanckley returned to England a passenger in the 
 LiFFEY 50, Capt. Thos. Coe, 21 Jan. 1826. He 
 lastly, on 22 May, 1831, obtained command of the 
 Pylades 18, for service in South America. On his 
 passage thither he received the open acknowledg- 
 ments of the British residents at Madeira for " his 
 manly protection of their interests at an eventful 
 period." After serving most creditably for three 
 years, during which period he also elicited the 
 public thanks of the British merchants at Pemam- 
 buco for his active protection of themselves and 
 their property at a time of revolt and massacre, he 
 returned home with a freight of 400,000 dollars, 
 and was paid off in June, 1834. His elevation to 
 Post-rank took place 23 Jan. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Blanckley married, first, in 1820, Harriet, 
 third daughter of Geo. Matcham, Esq., of Ashford 
 Lodge, Sussex, niece, maternally, of the hero of 
 Trafalgar, and sister-in-law of Lieuts. John Ben- 
 dyshe, R.N., Arthur Davies, R.N., and Henry Wm. 
 Mason, R.N., by whom he had, with other issue, a 
 son, the present Lieut. Henry Duncan Blanckley, 
 R.N. He married, secondly, 14 July, 1841, Sarah 
 Elizabeth, of Redland Hall, co. Gloucester, eldest 
 daughter of the late Sir Geo. Nayler, Garter King- 
 at-Arms. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BLANCKLEY. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Henry Duncan Blanckley is son of the late 
 Capt. Edw. Blanckley, R.N., and grand-nephew of 
 the first Lord Nelson. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1832 ; passed his 
 examination 1 May, 1839 ; and served as Mate, on 
 the Home, Cape of Good Hope, and Mediterranean 
 stations, of the Salamander and Devastation 
 steam-vessels, both commanded by Capt. Hastings 
 Reginald Henry, Heroine brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 Thos. Dihiot Stewart, Isis 44, Capt. Sir John Mar- 
 shall, Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, 
 and Flamer steamer, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jas. 
 Postle. He was appointed soon after his promo- 
 tion, which took place 2 Deo. 1844, to the Rattler 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Henry Smith ; and since 12 June, 
 1846, has been serving in the Inflexible, a similar 
 vessel, Capt. John Cochrane Hoseason, on the East 
 India station. 
 
 BLAND. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Alleyne Bland entered the Navy in 1832, and 
 passed his examination 3 July, 1839. After serving 
 for a considerable time as Mate, on the East India 
 and Home stations, of the Druid 44, Capt. Henry 
 Smith, and Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 
 24 March, 1845, in the Racehorse 18, Capts. Geo. 
 Jas. Hay and Edw. Southwell Sotheby, with the 
 latter of whom he is again doing duty in the 
 East Indies. He appears, on 10 and 11 Jan. 1846, 
 to have been employed on shore in directing the 
 fire of a breaching battery, in a successful attack 
 made by the British on a stronghold belonging to a 
 
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 BLANDFORD-BLANE-BLATCIILEY-BLENKARNE-BLENNERHASSETT. 
 
 rebel chief named Kav/iti, at Kuapikapika, in New 
 Zealand.* 
 
 BLAND, K.W. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Geokge Bland entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1806, 
 as Third-cl. Boy, on hoard the Lion 64, Capt. Kobt. 
 Eolles, on the East India station ; became Midship- 
 man, 3 March, 1808, of the Pallas 32, Capt. Geo. 
 Fras. Seymour, with whom he served at the de- 
 struction of the French shipping in Aix Koads in 
 April, 1809, and at the reduction of Flushing ; ac- 
 companied the same officer, in 1810, into the Ma- 
 nilla 36, in which frigate, under Capt. John Joyce, 
 he was wrecked on the Haak Sands, near the Texel, 
 28 Jan. 1812 ; remained a prisoner in France from 
 that period untU 1814 ; then joined the Hastt hng, 
 Capt. John Brenton, on the Cork station ; and on 
 11 Feb. 1815, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. He has not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Bland was appointed, in 1834, a Naval 
 Knight of Windsor. 
 
 BLANDFOED. (Lieut., 1811. r-P., 9 ; h-p., 33.) 
 James Blandfokd (h) entered the Navy, 18 May, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, in 
 which ship he continued to serve until Nov. 1811, 
 under Capts. Kobt. Moorsom, Hon. Chas. Elphin- 
 stone Fleeming, Sir John Gore, Hon. Chas. Paget, 
 and the flag of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. During 
 that period he took part, and officiated as aide-de- 
 camp to Capt. Moorsom, in the battle of Trafalgar, 
 21 Oct. 1805 ; witnessed, with Sir John Gore, the 
 capture, by a squadron under Sir Samuel Hood, of 
 four French frigates off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806 ; 
 assisted, in the summer of 1809, in fitting out at 
 Sheemess the gun-boats intended to accompany the 
 expedition to the Scheldt, where he was throughout 
 employed on detached service ; and, in 1810-11, co- 
 operated, under Rear-Admlral Legge, in the de- 
 fence of Cadiz. Mr. Blandfordj who attained the 
 rank of Lieutenant on 16 Deo. m the latter year, 
 was subsequently appointed — in Feb. 1812, to the 
 Statelt 64, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, also at 
 Cadiz— 12 April, 1813, to the Impbtoedx 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, off Lisbon— and, 31 
 March, 1814, to the Akcher 12, on the coast of 
 France, whence he invalided in Aug. following. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married 29 Aug. 1819, and has issue two chil- 
 dren. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BLANE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 George Blane was born, 7 Nov. 1813, at Wink- 
 field Park, near Windsor. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 April, 1827, and embarked, in April, 1829, on board 
 the Sekingapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde- 
 grave, fitting for the South American station. He 
 passed his examination in May, 1833 ; was pro- 
 moted (while serving off Lisbon in the Donegal 
 78, Capt. John Drake) to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 28 June, 1838; and afterwards joined — 9 April, 
 1839, the Beneow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, under 
 whom he participated in all the operations of 1840 
 on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment 
 of St. Jean d'Acre — 22 May, 1843, the Inconstant 
 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, employed on the 
 North America and West India station — and, 20 
 July, 1846, as First, the Spartan 22, commanded in 
 the Mediterranean by Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas. 
 Symonds. He acquired his present rank on 27 Nov. 
 in the latter year. 
 
 BLATCHLEY. (LiEnT., 1 823. r-p.,21; h-p.,17.) 
 Charles Blatchlet was bom 3 Feb. 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capts. 
 John Irwin and Robt. Hall, guard-ship at Spit- 
 head. From July, 1811, until Sept. 1818, we find 
 him serving on the Mediterranean, Channel, and 
 North American stations, in the Htacinth 26, 
 Capts. Thos. Ussher and Alex. Eenton Sharpe; 
 • Vide GiZ. 1846, p. 2346. 
 
 under the former of whom he assisted, on the night 
 of 29 April, 1812, in a vaUant boat attack upon the 
 enemy's privateers and batteries m the Mole of 
 Malaga, L enterprise which, although partia^^^y 
 succes?ful, terminated in a loss to the British out 
 of 149 officers and men, of 15 killed and 53 wounded. 
 Having passed his examination 2 Aug. 1810, Mr. 
 Blatchley, after a further attachment, as Midship- 
 man, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, to the 
 Hyperion and DoKis frigates, Capts. Thos, Searle, 
 Thos. Graham, Edw. Venables Vernon, and Thos. 
 Bourchier, both on the South American station, 
 was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 23 Oct. 1823, in 
 the Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell. He re- 
 turned home from the Pacific in Sept. 1826 ; and 
 was next, on 4 Dec. 1830, appointed First of the 
 AcTJBON 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the 
 Mediterranean station. He has been on half-pay 
 since 4 Sept. 1834. 
 He is married, and has issue three children. 
 
 BLENKAENE. (Liect., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.) 
 William Blenkakne entered the Navy, in Nov. 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Harpy 18, Capt. 
 Edmund Heywood, employed in watching the Bou- 
 logne flotiUa; and after a short attachment, towards 
 the close of 1805, to the Royal William, bearing 
 the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Isaac Coffin, became 
 Midshipman of the Audacious 74, in which ship he 
 proceeded to the West Indies. He subsequently 
 joined the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, in 
 the North Sea, and under the same officer, in the 
 Edgar 74, witnessed the embarkation of the Mar- 
 quis de la Romana's army from Nyeborg, 11 Aug. 
 1808. In March, 1810, Mr. Blenkame removed to 
 the Berwick 74, also commanded by Capt. Macna- 
 mara, and in that ship, on 24 March, 1811, he assisted 
 in chasing a large French frigate, L'Amazone, among 
 the rocks near Barfleur, where she was in conse- 
 quence burnt by her own crew. On Capt. Edw. 
 Brace succeeding to the command of the Berwick, 
 we find him participating, in April, 1814, in the 
 operations which led to the reduction of Genoa, 
 and further present at the surrender of Gaeta, 8 Aug, 
 1815. A few weeks after the battle of Algiers, on 
 which occasion, 27 Aug. 1816, he fought as Master's 
 Mate of the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Rear- , 
 Admiral David Milne, Mr. Blenkame was presented 
 with a commission dated back to 20 March, 1815. 
 He has not since been employed. 
 
 BLENNEEHASSETT. (Eetiked Commanbek, 
 1844. F-p., 13 ; H-P., 34.) 
 James Primrose Blennerhassett entered the 
 Navy, in May, 1800, as a Vol., on board the Pomone 
 40, Capts. Robt. Carthew Reynolds and Edw. Leve- 
 son Gower. While under the latter officer in the 
 Mediterranean, we find him assisting at the capture, 
 3 Aug. 1801, after a stiff action of 10 minutes, in 
 which the above ship endured a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 4 wounded, of the Carriere, of 40 guns ; and on 
 2 Sept. following, of the frigates Succes aniBravoure. 
 From Majch, 1803, until March, 1807, he served on 
 board the Tonnant 80, Capts. Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 Wm. Henry Jervis, and Chas. Tyler, flag-ship sub- 
 sequently of Rear- Admirals Eliab Harvey and Hon. 
 Michael De Courcy, und during that period bore « 
 part, under Capt. Tyler, in the battle of Trafalgar. 
 He then acted as Lieutenant of the Confiance 20, 
 commanded off the coast of Portugal by Capt. Jas. 
 Lucas Yeo, until the period of his official promotion, 
 which took place 29 July, 1807. He was next, on 
 20 Oct. following, appointed to the Bedford 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Walker, in which ship, after escorting 
 the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils, he was 
 employed, as First-Lieutenant, at the blockade of 
 Flushing, and on the Jamaica station. Having 
 been on half-pay since Oct. 1813, Mr. Blennerhassett 
 on 3 Sept. 1844, accepted the rank he now holds. 
 
 BLIGHT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p.,31.) 
 
 Emanuel Blight, born 8 Feb. 1790, is brother 
 of Capt. Wm. Blight, E.N. 
 
BLIGHT— BLISSETT—BLOIS-BLOOD— BLOW. 
 
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 This officer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1803, as 
 A.'B.j on hoard the Bbitannia 100, Capt. the Earl 
 of Northesk, under whom, when Kear- Admiral, he 
 fought, in the same ship, at Trafalgar, 21 Oct, 1805. 
 He accompanied his lordship, in Feb. 1806, into the 
 Deeadnooght 98 ; served next for three years in 
 the London 98, Capta. Edw. Oliver Osborn and 
 Thos. Western, latterly on the Brazilian station, 
 whither he escorted the Koyal Family of Portugal ; 
 passed his examination 5 July, 1809 ; and then join- 
 ed, as Master's Mate, the ConEAOEDX 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Flampin. From the latter ship ho was shortly 
 afterwards detached, in command of No. 63 gun- 
 boat, to assist in the expedition to the Scheldt, 
 where he aided in covering the first landing of the 
 troops, co-operated in the bombardment of Flushing, 
 and sustained a loss of 2 men killed and another 
 wounded. From Deo. 1810, until Sept. 1815, Mr. 
 Blight further served, on the West India, Home, 
 and Mediterranean stations, in the Dragon 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Qoeen and Montagb 
 74's, Capts. Lord John Colville, John Coode, and 
 Peter Hey wood. He was then, having been awarded 
 a commission dated on 20 of the previous Feb., 
 placed on half-pay, and has not since been em- 
 ployed. 
 
 BLIGHT. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 28.) 
 William Blight, the son of an officer in the 
 Navy, is brother of Lieut. E. Blight, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1793, as a 
 Vol., on board the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Carpenter, and continued to serve in that ship (with 
 but a short interval in Dec. 1796, when he appears 
 to have been employed in the Prince George 98, 
 Capt. John Irwin, lying at Portsmouth), as Midship- 
 man, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, under 
 Capts. Robt. Parker, Edw. Bass, and Wm. Hargood 
 — nearly the whole time in the East and West 
 Indies, where he came into frequent encounter 
 with the enemy — until confirmed, 15 April, 1803, 
 into the Britannia 100, Capt., afterwards Kear- 
 Admiral, the Earl of Northesk. In the latter ship 
 Lieut. Blight participated in the battle of Trafalgar, 
 and during that huge conflict was sent with a party 
 to take possession of the surrendered French 74 
 L'Aiffle, in which he remained, exposed to severe 
 sufferings, until fortunately rescued previous to her 
 total loss in the gale that ensued. He was next em- 
 ployed in navigating to Gibraltar another of the 
 captured ships, the Spanish third-rate Santa Ana. 
 His subsequent appointments, as Lieutenant, were 
 — 14 Feb. 1806, to the Dheadnohght 98, as Flag 
 to the Earl of Northesk— 14 Aug. 1806, to the 
 • Nekeide 36, Capt. Robt. Corbett, of which frigate 
 he ultimately became Senior — 9 Feb. 1809, to the 
 Powerful 74, Capt. Chas. Jas. Johnston— 24 July, 
 1809, to be Agent for Transports, in which capa^ 
 city he ofBciated until 16 Nov. 1815 — and, in Oct. 
 1819, as First, to the Qdeen Charlotte, bear- 
 ing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Campbell. 
 While in the Nerbide at the attack on Buenos 
 Ayres, in July, 1807, Lieut. Blight was intrusted 
 by Rear-Admiral Murray with the peculiarly dan- 
 gerous and hazardous service of keeping up a con- 
 stant communication between the Army and Navy, 
 and for his able discharge of that duty he acquired 
 considerable credit and much ofHoial notice.* He 
 was subsequently employed in protecting the British 
 trade in the Kio de la Plata, and in cruizing off and 
 blockading the isles of France and Bourbon. On 
 21 Oct. 1808, we find him assisting at the destruction 
 of two powerful pirate-vessels, in the Persian Gulf, 
 having 700 men on board, and the simultaneous re- 
 capture of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s war-cruizer Sylph, 
 after an action of four hours. During the eventful 
 years of 1812-13-14, at the especial request of Lieut.- 
 General Lord William Bentinck, he was stationed at 
 Palermo, the head quarters, to conduct the duties 
 of the Transport Department. On 31 May, 1828, 
 the subject of this memoir, who had been promoted 
 to the rank of Commander 12 Feb, 1821, was ap- 
 
 » Fi<ieGaz.ie07,p. 1211. 
 
 pointed to the Britannia 120, flag-ship at Plymouth 
 of his old friend the Earl of Northesk, with whom 
 he continued — latterly in the St. Vincent 120 — 
 until the expiration of his lordship's command in 
 May, 1830. Capt. Blight was advanced to Post rank 
 22 July foUovring, but he has not since been em- 
 ployed. It is very worthy of remark, that, from 
 the period of his entering the service in 1793 until 
 1815, this officer was not, altogether, more than two 
 months unemployed. 
 
 He married Louisa, sister of Commander J. B. 
 Howell, R.N. 
 
 BLISSETT. (LrEOTENANT, 1824.) 
 
 Charles Edward Blissett obtained his com- 
 mission 21 Jan. 1824 ; was appointed, 19 Feb. 1830, 
 to the CoastBlockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Talavera 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and 
 since 31 March, 1831 (with the exception of a com- 
 mand, from 11 June, 1838, until 12 Sept. 1840, of 
 the Dolphin revenue-cruizer), has been in charge 
 of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 BLOIS. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 23; h-p., 17.) 
 John Ralph Blois is second son of Sir Chas. 
 Blois, Bart., of Grundisburgh and Coxfield Halls, 
 CO. Suffolk, by Clara, daughter of Jocelyn Price, 
 Esq., of Camblesworth Hall, co. Tork ; and brother- 
 in-law of Lord Huntingfield. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CoLossns 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Nicoll Morris, attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean, where, and on the Home station, he 
 afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the Royal 
 Sovereign and San Josef, flag-ships of Sir Edw. 
 'rhombrough and Sir Chas. Cotton, Furieuse 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Repulse 74, Capt. Richard 
 Hussey Moubray, Bacchus, Capt. Wm. Hill, Ber- 
 wick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, and Impregnable 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley. He assisted, while 
 in the Furieuse, at the capture of the island of 
 Ponza and of the town of Via Reggio, as also in the 
 unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn, in 1813 ; and, in 
 the Berwick, he witnessed the surrender of Gaeta, 
 in Aug. 1815. Having been promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant on 6 March in the latter year, Mr. Blois 
 was next in that capacity appointed — 6 Feb. 1816, 
 to the Meander 38, Capts. John Bastard and Sir 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon, under the latter of whom he 
 narrowly escaped shipwreck, near Orfordness, in 
 Dec. of the same year — and, 3 July, 1818, to the 
 EuRTALus 42, Capt. Thos. Huskisson, stationed in 
 the West] Indies. He there assumed the acting- 
 command," 30 Dec. 1820, of the Nautilus 18, in 
 which sloop he continued until confirmed into the 
 Bann, 6 March, 1821. He subsequently officiated, 
 from 18 Jan. 1823, until the spring of 1832, as an 
 Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard, but 
 since the latter date has been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BLOOD. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Frederick Blood entered the Navy, in Aug, 
 1812, as Midshipman, on board the Ulysses 44, 
 Capts. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker and Wm. Fo- 
 thergill, employed oflT Jersey ; and subsequently 
 served, on the Home, East India, Newfoundland, 
 West India, Irish, and Lisbon stations, in the 
 Dannemark 74, Capt. H. E. R. Baker, Royal 
 Sovereign and Tonnant, both commanded by 
 Capt. Edw. Pelhara Brenton, Towey 24, Capt. Hew 
 Steuart, Valorous 24, Capt. Jas. Murray, Sappho 
 18, Capt. Jas. Hauway Plumridge, and Ocean and 
 Spartiate, bearing each the flag of Lord Amellus 
 Beauclerk. Having passed his examination In 1818, 
 he was promoted (while serving in the last-men- 
 tioned ship) to the rank of Lieutenant, by commis- 
 sion dated 15 Deo. 1827. He has not been employed 
 since 1829. 
 
 BLOW. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 29; h-p., 34.) 
 
 John Aitkin Blow is son of the late Lieut. Sam. 
 Blow, B.N., who was present in Rodney's actions in 
 
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 BLOYE. 
 
 1782 ; uncle of Lieut. Peter Stark, R.N. ; and bro- 
 ther-in-law of Col. Ale.x. Munro, R.A. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1784, as 
 Lieutenant's Servant, on board the SAMPSoif 64, 
 guard-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Geo. Hope; and next 
 joined the Powekfdl 74, similarly employed under 
 the orders of Capt. Fitzherbert. On 24 Jan. 1791, 
 after an interval of nearly five years, he re-embarked 
 on board the Bombay Castle 74, Capt. John Thos. 
 Duckworth, likewise stationed as a guard-ship at 
 Plymouth ; and he appears to have subsequently 
 served in the Scorpion 18, Capt. John Holloway, 
 Niger 32, and London 98, both commanded by 
 Capt. Richard Goodwin Keats, Blonde 32, Capt. 
 John Markham, in which frigate he co-operated in 
 the reduction of the French West India Islands in 
 1794, and Hannibal 74, commanded by the same 
 Captain, under whom he further witnessed the 
 capture, 11 April, 1795, of La Gentille French frigate, 
 of 42 guns. After an employment of two years as 
 Midshipman, on the Home station, of the Pegase 
 receiving-ship, Lieut. -Commander Sam. Blow, 
 Orestes 18, Capt. Christopher Parker, and Sultan 
 74, Lieut.-Commander Woodger, he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in July, 1797, of the Success 32, Capt. 
 Philip "Wilkinson, an appointment which, on 19 of 
 the following Oct., received the sanction of the 
 Admiralty. In July, 1798, Mr. Blow was appointed 
 Senior of the Alliance 36, part of the squadron 
 employed in 1799 at the memorable defence of St. 
 Jean d'Acre, where (in consequence of the Captain, 
 David Wilmot, being killed during an early part of 
 the operations) he succeeded to the acting-com- 
 mand, and fought his ship with consummate gal- 
 lantry until the close of the siege. He continued 
 to command the Alliance for six months, but was 
 then, in spite of the earnest recommendations of 
 Sir Sidney Smith for his promotion, superseded by 
 Earl St. Vincent, the Commander-in-Chief, and 
 suffered to continue on the Lieutenants' List for a 
 period of 30 years ! Indignant at the conduct so 
 deserving an oillcer had experienced. Lord Nelson 
 immediately appointed him to his flag-ship, the 
 FoDDROYANT 80, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, under 
 whom, while at the blockade of Malta, we find him 
 assisting at the capture, on 18 Feb. 1800, of Le 
 Genereux 74, and Ville de Marseilles armed store- 
 ship, and on 31 March, after a desperate conflict 
 in which the Foudroyant (then in company with 
 the Lion 64, and Penelope 36) sustained a loss of 
 8 men killed and 64 wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell, 
 of 84 guns and 1000 men, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Decres. Among the wounded on the latter occa^ 
 sion was Mr. Blow himself, who, although his sight 
 was severely injured, never obtained the least com- 
 pensation.* He returned to England in the Guil- 
 laume Tell, and on that ship being added to the 
 British Navy under the name of Malta, and com- 
 missioned by Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, continued 
 to be employed in her for some months. His en- 
 suing appointments afloat were— 20 Jan. 1801, to 
 the Ambuscade 36, Capts. Lord John Colville and 
 David Atkins, stationed in the West Indies and 
 Channel— and, 10 May, 1803, and 24 April, 1810, 
 to the command of the Charger, of 12, and Alge- 
 EiNE, of 10 guns. During the nearly seven years 
 of his continuance in the Charger, Mr. Blow, be- 
 sides capturing various smuggling vessels, succeeded 
 in making prize, 28 May, 1805, of the De Zenno, a 
 Danish privateer carrying 13 men, participated also 
 in the operations of 1807 against Copenhagen, and 
 was then employed in surveying the Malmo Road, 
 on the Swedish coast, for the purpose of enabling 
 H.M. ships and convoys to pass, a service he very 
 ably accomplished. On 9 June, 1808, the Charger 
 formed part of a small convoying squadron, one of 
 which, the Turbulent gun-brig, was captured by a 
 Danish flotilla near the south end of Saltholm ; and 
 in the following December, while escorting the 
 trade through Malmo Road, she was attacked by a 
 detachment of gun-boats of very superior force — 
 for his conduct in defeating which, and at the same 
 time re-capturing two of his own convoy, her Com- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 576. 
 
 mander was honoured vpith the thanks of the Ad- 
 miralty. In Aug. 1809, Mr. Blow further accompa- 
 nied the expedition to the Walcheren, and after the 
 bombardment of Flushing he was deputed by Sir 
 Home Popham to survey and place buoys along the 
 Scheldt, from Bathz, on the island of South Beve- 
 land, to Fort LiUo. On assuming command, as 
 above, of the Algerine, he took three privateers 
 and several merchantmen ; and while subsequently 
 cruizing in company with the 12-gun brig Brev- 
 drageren, liieut.-Commander Thos. Barker Devon, 
 he fell in with and was pursued, 31 July, 181 1, by a 
 Danish force, consisting of three brigs, carrying in 
 the whole 54 guns and 480 men, against whom the 
 British could only oppose a force of 22 guns and 107 
 men. Although Mr. Blow does not appear to have 
 been enabled directly to render much efifective aid 
 to the Brevdrageren in her close action on 1 Aug. 
 with the largest of the enemy's vessels, the Lang- 
 land, of 20 guns and 170 men (except at the com- 
 mencement, when the Algerine had 1 man killed 
 and 2 wounded), beyond sending her a boat and 
 sweeps, yet, for his skilful manoeuvres in detaching 
 the remainder of the enemy's force, and his exer- 
 tions in facilitating the subsequent escape of him- 
 self and consort, he received through Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez, a second time, the acknowledgments of the 
 Board of Admiralty. On 30 of the following Oct., 
 in consequence of a dispute with a Capt. Campbell, 
 B.M., to whom we believe he had sent a challenge, 
 he was unfortunately dismissed from the command 
 of the Algerine by sentence of court-martial ; but 
 not long afterwards, on 19 Feb. 1812, was appointed 
 to the Impress service at Folkestone, where he re- 
 mained until Aug. 1813. On 1 Jan. 1826, he ob- 
 tained command of the Contest gun-brig, fitting at 
 Portsmouth, but was superseded on being advanced 
 to the rank of Commander, 27 March following. 
 From 23 April, 1834, until May, 1837, we next find 
 him attached, the last nine months as Second Cap- 
 tain of the T'emekaiee 104, to the Ordinary at 
 Sheerness. He was afterwards, in the early part of 
 1842, selected by Her Majesty to command the 
 Black Eagle, on the occasion of her visiting in 
 that vessel the Queen 110, lying at Spithead, and 
 about to proceed to the Mediterranean with the flag 
 of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was promoted, in 
 consequence of that service, to Post-rank, by com- 
 mission dated 7 March in the same year; since 
 which period he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Blow is married, and has issue. Agents — 
 Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 BLOYE. (Eeak- Admiral, 1846. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 EoBEHT Bloye entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1793, 
 as A. B., on board the Marlborough 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, under whom he par- 
 ticipated, as Midshipman, in Lord Howe's action of 
 1 June, 1794. He accompanied the same officer, as 
 Master's Mate, in July, 1795, into the Formidable 
 98, commanded afterwards by Capts. Jas. Hawkins 
 Whitshed and Edw. Thornbrough ; removed, in 
 May, 1799, to the Tbmeraire 98, bearing the flags 
 in succession of Kear-Admirals Sir John Borlase 
 Warren and J. H. Whitshed ; and, on 2 Oct. 1800, 
 was made Lieutenant into the Spitfire sloop, Capt. 
 Robt. Keen. His next appointments were — on 12 
 Sept. 1804, to the Princess of Orange 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Rogers— and, on 11 March, 1806, to the Hi- 
 bernia 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent, under 
 whom he served until promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 4 Aug. following. Assuming com- 
 mand, 13 Dec. 1809, of the Lyra 10, Capt. Bloye 
 continued to be employed in that vessel (with the 
 exception of two months, from 30 July to 30 Sept. 
 1812, when he appears to have officiated as Acting- 
 Captain of the SuRVEiLLANTE 38) for nearly four 
 years, and during poj^t of that period was highly 
 distinguished by his zealous and gallant co-opera- 
 tion mth the patriots on the north coast of Spain. 
 He commanded a party at the destruction, on 24 
 June, 1812, of the Castle of Galea, and of the bat. 
 
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 93 
 
 teries of Bermeo, Plencia, Algorta, Begona, El 
 Campillo las Queras, and Xebiles, mountiag in the 
 whole twenty-eight 18 and 24-pounders ;* witnessed 
 the taking of Castro, 8 July following ; and, on the 
 morning of 10 of the same month, landed with a 
 body of marines at Puerta Galletta, knocked the 
 trunnions off the guns in the Begona battery, and 
 destroyed one mounted on a height.f Early in 
 May, 1813, he assisted, as Senior Naval officer, with 
 the Royalist and Sparkow brigs under his orders, 
 at the spirited defence of Castro ; and on its evacu- 
 ation by the Spanish garrison, 1150 in' number, he 
 eflFectually rescued the latter by embarking them on 
 board his squadron. J On 31 Aug., during the siege of 
 St. Sebastian, Capt. Bloye acted a very conspicuous 
 part by commanding one of the two divisions of 
 boats, which, being sent to make a diversion on the 
 back of the rook, so drew off the attention of the 
 garrison from the defence of the breach which had 
 been made in the walls, that the assailants were en- 
 abled to enter and obtain possession of the town.§ 
 As a reward for his able and indefatigable exertions 
 in the accomplishment of these services, he was ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank on 23 Dec. in the same year. 
 He afterwards acquired the command, 18 June, 
 1814, of the EnnoTAS 38, and, in April, 1815, of the 
 Tay 24. Capt. Bloye, the whole of whose career 
 afloat was passed upon what is termed the Home 
 station, and who had been on half-pay since Feb. 
 1816, accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 He was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815. 
 
 BLUETT, K.H. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 14; 
 
 H-P., 42.) 
 BnOKLAND STiEiiiNG Bldett died in Nov. 1845. 
 He was of the family of Bluett, of Halcombe Court, 
 CO. Devon, and was son of the late Lieut. John 
 Bluett, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Deo. 1789, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salisboby 50, Capt. 
 "Wm. Domett ; served next, with Sir Andrew Snape 
 Hamond, in theVASODABD and Bedford 74's; and, 
 after an unemployed interval of three years and a 
 half, became Midshipman, in Sept. 1797, of the 
 MabIiBOBodgh 74, Capts. Joseph Ellison and Thos. 
 Sotheby, in which ship he continued to be employed, 
 on the Mediterranean station, until Aug. 1800. He 
 then joined, for very brief periods, the Koyal 
 Geobge and VittE de Paris, flag-ships, off Brest, 
 of Earl St. Vincent, by whom, for his previous 
 conduct in a night-encounter in the boats with 
 some Spanish gun-vessels off Cadiz, he was pro- 
 moted, 14 Nov. following, to a Lieutenancy in 
 the St. George 98, Capt. Sampson Edwards. He 
 was confirmed, on 24 of the same month, into the 
 Seaghli, sloop, Capts. Thos. Lane and John Wain- 
 wright, and while in that vessel was frequently en- 
 gaged in landing emissaries on the coast of France, 
 where on one occasion he was wounded. He subse- 
 quently joined, on 3 Sept. 1802, the Resistance 
 frigate, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. 
 Hon. Philip "Wodehouse, and, on 22 Nov. 1803, the 
 SooBPioN 18, Capt. Geo. Nicholas Hardinge. Iii the 
 boats of the latter vessel, and of the Beaver 14, led 
 in person by Capt. Hardinge, Lieut. Bluett assisted, 
 on 31 March, 1804, in capturing, in the Vlie Passage, 
 after a most spirited and determined conflict, the 
 Dutch brig Atalante of 16 long 12-pounders and 
 76 men, which, however, owing to the tempestuous 
 state of the weather and the intricacy of the navi- 
 gation, it took three days of intense labour to bring 
 out. The enemy in the affair lost their captain and 
 3 seamen killed, and 11 others severely wounded ; 
 the British only 5 wounded, including Lieut. Bluett, 
 whom the Patriotic Society in consequence pre- 
 sented with a sword valued at iOl., and the Admi- 
 ralty rewarded with a Commander's commission, 
 dated 10 April, the day the intelligence reached 
 England. His subsequent appointments were — 28 
 Sept. 1805, to the Wasp 18, on the Leeward Islands 
 
 • fi* Gai. 1812, p. 1343. f F. Gaz. I812,p. H40. 
 
 J V. Gaz. 1813, p. lOH. 
 
 } V. Gaz. 1813, pp. 1626-7, 1853. 
 
 station, whither he proceeded in charge of convoy, 
 from Cork, and where he captured, 24 May, 1806, 
 Le Napoleon French privateer of 14 guns, which, 
 together with her consort, L'Imperiale, had been 
 sent from Guadeloupe the night before to cut out 
 some merchantmen lying in Rosseau Bay, Dominica 
 — 25 Oct. 1806, to the command pro tern, of the 
 Martin sloop— 13 March, 1809, to the S abacen brig, 
 in which he took, 12 Oct. 1810, on the Jamaica sta^ 
 tion. La Caroline, another French privateer, of 1 
 gun and 42 men— 14 July, 1812, to the Childers 
 sloop, lying at Portsmouth, where he was super- 
 seded on advancement to Post-rank, 12 Aug. fol- 
 lowing—and, 4 Jan. 1815, to the Leven of 24 guns, 
 in which ship we find him for some time very ac- 
 tively engaged in assisting the Royalists of La 
 Vendee, and supplying them with arms and ammu- 
 nition. He went on half-pay in Nov. 1815, and 
 was not afterwards employed.- 
 
 Capt. Bluett was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836. 
 He married, 11 March, 1813, Emily, daughter of 
 T. Powell, Esq., of Hammersmith, co. Middlesex, 
 and by that lady has left issue. 
 
 BLUETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 John Courtney Bluett was bom 10 Aug. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1807, as 
 Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt. 
 Jonas Rose, and, after assisting as Midshipman at 
 the siege of Copenhagen, was wrecked in the Bio 
 de la Plata, 20 June, 1809. He subsequently served 
 in the Foudroyant 80, bearing the flag in South 
 America of Hon. Michael De Couroy; Mhtine 18, 
 Capt. Nevinson De Courcy, with whom he returned 
 to England in April, 1812 ; Bellerophon and Scab- 
 BORODGH 74's, flag-ships off the Texel of Rear-Ad- 
 miral John Ferrier ; and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, under whom he served in 
 the Chesapeake, and attended the expedition to 
 New Orleans in 1814-15. On 3 Feb. in the latter 
 year Mr. Bluett, who had passed his examination 
 on 7 April, 1813, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Calliope 10, Capt. Alex. M'Konochie, to 
 which vessel he was confirmed by the Admiralty on 
 28 of the same month. He returned to England 
 and was paid off in the following September, and 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 BLUETT. (Commander, 1816. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 37.) 
 Richard Bluett entered the Navy, in April, 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Druid 32, Capt. Joseph 
 Ellison ; on accompanying whom, as Midshipman, 
 into the Standard 64, he attended the ill-fated 
 expedition sent in 1795 to co-operate with the 
 French Royalists in Quiberon Bay. "We afterwards 
 find him successively joining the Artois 38, Capt. 
 Sir Edmund Nagle, in which he was wrecked, 31 
 July, 1797, on the coast of France; the Unicorn 
 32, and Ethalion 38, both commanded by Capt. 
 Jas. Young, under whom, on 17 Oct. 1799, he as- 
 sisted at the capture of the Spanish 36-gun frigate 
 El Thetis, laden with specie to an enormous amount, 
 his own share of which alone amounted to nearly 
 800/. ; and the Royal George 100, bearing the 
 flag in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice 
 Pole. In April, 1800, Mr. Bluett was promoted to 
 an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Magnificent 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Bowater, from which ship he was con- 
 firmed into the Babet 20, Capt. Jas. Mainwaring, 
 7 May following. On 24 Dec. in the same year he 
 joined the Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones, but 
 invalided in Sept. 1802 ; and, after an interval of 
 half-pay, was appointed, in April, 1804, to the Kin- 
 sale district of Sea Fencibles. From that service 
 he was removed, 9 Jan. 1805, to the Baisonnaele 
 64, Capt. Josias Rowley, with whom he continued 
 to serve, a great portion of the time as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, until the summer of 1810. He was present 
 during that period in Sir Robt. Calder's action with 
 the combined squadrons of France and Spain 22 
 July, 1805 ; assisted at the reduction of the Cape of 
 Good Hope in Jan. 1806, and the ensuing capture - 
 
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 BLURTON-BLYTH— BOARDMAN. 
 
 of the Frenoli frigate Volantaire of 46 guns ; then 
 accompanied the expedition to the Kio de la Plata, 
 where he took an active part in all the operations 
 terminating with the evacuation of Spanish America 
 hy the British about Sept. 1807 ; and, in Sept. 1809, 
 gained particular notice for his steadiness and good 
 conduct at the taking of the town and slijpping of 
 St. Paul's, in He Bourbon, on which occasion he re- 
 ceived charge of La Caroline frigate, one of the 
 captured ships. Lieut. Bluett subsequently served, 
 from 8 July to 3 Sept. 1811, in the Impkegnable 98, 
 lying at Sheerness— from 10 March to 22 Sept. 1814, 
 as Senior, in the Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Downman, employed in the North Sea and off 
 Greenland — and from 27 March to 15 Dec. 1815, 
 again in the Impregnable, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Josias Kowley in the Mediterranean. He was 
 advanced to his present rank 6 Dec. 1816 ; but has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 BLUBTON. (Lieutenant, 1812.) 
 
 George Blorton entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thisbe arviee en 
 JIute, Capt. Lewis Shepheard. In 1807, after serv- 
 ing on the Mediterranean and Home stations, he 
 attended Lieut. -Gen. Wbitelocke to Buenos Ayres ; 
 and, on his return, we find him employed for 17 
 months as Midshipman in the Zebra and Alaart 
 sloops, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Tillard. He 
 then rejoined Capt. Shepheard in the Brazen 18, 
 commanded afterwards by Capt. Rich. Plummer 
 Davies, on the "West India station, where he was 
 confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 7 Feb. 1812, in the 
 Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Bartho- 
 lomew Sam. Kowley. His subsequent appointments 
 afloat were— 23 April, 1813, to the Clio sloop, Capt. 
 "Wm. Farington, employed on the Home station — 
 and, 22 Nov. 1815, as Senior, to the Mdtine 18, 
 Capts. Jas. Mould and Wm. Sargent, under the 
 former of whom he fought at Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. 
 He went on half-pay in April, 1817 ; obtained, in 
 1820, an appointment in the Coast Guard ; and, 
 since 28 July, 1838, has been in command of the 
 Semaphore station at Godahning. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 BLYTH. (Lieut, 182.5. f-p., 22; h-p., 18.) 
 
 Charles Blyth, born 17 Sept. 1795, is ninth son 
 of the late Wm. Blyth, Esq., of Sneeting Hall, 
 Kirby, near Colchester. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, in July, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the King George, hired 
 cutter, for the purpose of joining the Defence 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Ekins, previously to which, however, he 
 served with the in-shore squadron at the bombard- 
 ment of Copenhagen, and was for a short time at- 
 tached to the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag 
 of Lord Gambler, and Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Kobt. Stopford. In Deo. following he at length 
 joined his appointed ship, but soon returned to the 
 Spencer, and, on the latter being paid off, in Dec. 
 1808, was transferred to the Indefatigable 40, 
 Capt. John Tremayne Kodd, one of the ships em- 
 ployed at the destruction of the French squadron 
 in Aix Roads, in April, 1809. In 1810 Mr. Blyth 
 became Midshipman of the Scipion 74, bearing the 
 flag of Hon. K. Stopford, from which ship, after 
 assisting at the reduction of Java in Aug. 1811, he 
 accompanied the same officer into the Lion 64. He 
 next joined the President 38, Capts. Fras. Mason 
 and Archibald Duff, under the former of whom he 
 appears to have been very actively engaged at the 
 siege of St. Sebastian, in Aug. and Sept. 1813, where 
 he commanded the President's 10-oared cutter, 
 one of the few boats that effected a landing at the 
 storming of Santa Clara. Mr. Blyth, who passed 
 his examination in Oct. 1814, subsequently served 
 in the York 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, on 
 the Irish station ; Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, on 
 the coast of North America; from 1821 to 1824, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, and Mate in charge of chrono- 
 meters, in the Bustard 10, and Ringdove 18, 
 Capts. Martin Jas. Wigston, and Edwin Ludlow 
 
 Rich, in the West Indies; and, lastly, mthe Bei-to- 
 MART 10, Capts. Octavius Vernon and Thos. Ste- 
 phenson, of which vessel he was created a Lieute- 
 nant 9 Feb. 1825. He invalided m 1826; and, 
 since 2 Deo. 1843, has been employed in the Coast 
 
 CTrllfl-ro. 
 
 Lieut. Blyth married, in Dec. 1829, Miss Jane 
 M'Dowell, of Ballymena, co. Antrim, by whom he 
 has issue six children. 
 
 BOARDMAN. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Robert Ball Boardman entered the Navy, 1 
 July, 1801, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Actjeon 
 sloop, Capt. Philip Hue, and in March, 1802, joined 
 the Cruizee 18, Capt. John Hancock. Under the 
 latter officer, during a continuance of three years on 
 the North Sea station, we find him bearing part, as 
 Midshipman, in many encounters with the enemy, 
 especially, on 16 May, 1804, in the Croizer's gallant 
 engagement of six hours and a half with a division 
 of the French flotilla, consisting of 59 sail, passing 
 along-shore from Flushing to Ostend, whose fire oc- 
 casioned her a loss of 1 man killed and 4 wounded ; 
 and in her close action, 23 Oct. following, with a 
 praam, which was completely silenced in less than 
 an hour and a half. Mr. Boardman also contributed 
 to the capture of several privateers, and, among 
 others, on 17 Nov. 1804, of the notorious Contre 
 Amiral de Magcm, of 17 guns and 84 men. He next 
 joined the Ville de Paris first-rate, bearing the 
 flag in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Comwallis, and, 
 in May, 1806, the Montagu 74, Capts. Robt. Waller 
 Otway and Rich. Hussey Moubray, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, where, under the former oflicer, he 
 assisted at the evacuation of Sc^Ua, 17 Feb. 1808, 
 and in the subsequent co-operations with the pa- 
 triots on the coast of Catalonia. Being confirmed a 
 Lieutenant, 19 May, 1809, in the Fame 74, Capts. 
 Rich. Hen. Alex. Bennett and Phipps Hornby, he 
 was afterwards appointed, in that capacity — 13 Nov. 
 1810, to La Belle Poule 38, Capts. Jas. Brisbane, 
 Geo. Harris, andFras. Baker,under the firstof whom 
 he witnessed the destruction, 5 May, 1811, despite 
 many severe obstacles, of a French 18-gun brig in 
 the small harbour of Parenza* — and, 16 Sept. 1815, to 
 the Bacchus brig, Capts. Wm. Hill and John 
 PengeUy Parkin, employed on the East India sta- 
 tion. He was paid off, 3 June, 1818, and has not 
 since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Boardman, having lost his first wife in 
 1838, married, secondly, 24 July, 1839, the widow 
 of the late Commander Robt. Andoe, R.N. 
 
 BOARDMAN. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Thomas Boardman entered the Navy, 31 Dec. 
 1803, as a Supernumerary, on board the Princess 
 floating battery, Capt. Sam. Colquitt, stationed at 
 Liverpool ; was next employed, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and 
 Midshipman, in the Bonetta sloop, Capts. Savage 
 and Probyn, off Boulogne and in the North Sea ; 
 joined, in May, 1805, the Bdrydice 24, Capt. Wm. 
 Hoste ; and from Oct. following until 4 Jan. 1811, 
 with the interval of a few months iu 1810, when we 
 find him in the Centaur 74, flag-ship off Toulon of 
 Sir Sam. Hood, served with the same Captain, part 
 of the time as Master's Mate, in the Amphion 32. 
 While in that ship he witnessed the invasion of 
 Calabria in July, 1806, and, on 30 of the same 
 month, a successful attack upon the important 
 fortress of Cotrone ; was present, 12 May, 1808, in a 
 spirited engagement of some hours with the bat- 
 teries in the Bay of Rosas in an attempt to capture 
 from under their protection the French frigate-built 
 800-ton store-ship Balleine, mounting from 26 to 30 
 guns, with a crew of about 150 men ; and, on 27 
 Aug. 1809, served in the boats under Lieut. Chas. 
 Geo. Rodney PhiUott, at the gallant destruction of 
 the fort of Cortelazzo, near Trieste, and capture of 
 a number of gun-boats and merchantmen anchored 
 for safety beneath its walls.f On leaving the Am- 
 phion, Mr. Boardman became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Acorn 18, Capts. Robt. Clephane, Fairfax 
 Moresby, and Geo. Miller Bligh, but soon after- 
 * Vide Gaj. 1811, p. 1S47. f V. Gas. 1809, p. 1907. 
 
BOGLE— BOILEAU— BOLD— BOLTON. 
 
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 wards, from hia intimate knowledge of the Adriatic 
 navigation, volunteered his services in the Belle 
 PoHLE 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, for a cruize in that 
 sea, where, on 5 May following, he assisted at the 
 destruction, in face of considerable opposition from 
 the enemy, of a French 18-gun brig, in the harbour 
 of Parenza.* Being confirmed in the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant on 8 Aug. in the same year, he successively 
 joined, in that capacity — 12 Dec. ensuing, the Bul- 
 wark 74, bearing the broad pendant in the Channel 
 of Commodore Rich. Goodwin Keats, and after- 
 wards the flag of Kear- Admiral Philip Chas. Durham 
 —11 May, 1813, the Kovek 18, Capt. Justice Finley, 
 stationed in Basque Boads — and, 20 Dec. 1813, the 
 SuPEKB 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, employed off 
 New York and New London. Since Aug. 1814, in 
 the course of which month he invalided home, Mr. 
 Boardman has been on half-pay. 
 
 BOGLE. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Vere Waeker HnssEY Bogle, born 19 July, 
 1787, is first cousin of the late Admiral Sir Rich. 
 Hussey Bickerton, Bart., K.C.B., and of the late 
 Vice-Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Hussey, K.C.B., 
 their mothers being sisters. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Aug. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., oil board the Tartar 32, Capt. Jas. 
 Walker, with whom, on proceeding to the West In- 
 dies, he joined, as Midshipman, in April, 1802, the 
 Vanguard 74 ; and, in that ship, during the year 
 1803, he assisted at the capture, besides a variety of 
 smaller vessels, of Le Duquesne 74, and La Creole of 
 44 guns, with the French General, Morgan, and 530 
 troops on board; and he also witnessed the sur- 
 render of the town of St. Marc, St. Domingo ; the 
 garrison of which place, amounting to about 1100 
 men, were brought off by the Vanguard and her 
 prizes to rescue them from the vengeance of the 
 black General, Dessalines. Returning home with 
 Capt. Walker in Sept. 1804, on board the Duquesjie, 
 Mr. Bogle, in the following month, became attached 
 to the Active 38, commanded by his relative Capt. 
 R. H. Moubray, under whom we find him employed 
 for some time in blockading the French force in 
 Toulon ; and, after his return to England with the 
 despatches announcing its escape, accompanying the 
 expedition of 1807 to the Dardanells, where the 
 Active bore a very distinguished part in the de- 
 struction of the Turkish squadron. Mr. Bogle, who 
 soon afterwards came home in the Bergj:re sloop, 
 Capt. G. B. Whinyates, was promoted, immediately 
 on passing his examination, to a Lieutenancy, on 2 
 Sept. in the same year, in the Prince George 98. 
 That ship being, however, paid off before he could 
 join, he was next appointed, on 23 of the ensuing 
 October, to the Pkosebpine 32, Capt. Chas. Otter, 
 stationed off the port of Toulon. While thus em- 
 ployed, the Proserpine, on the morning of 28 Feb. 
 1809, was attacked, and, in spite of a noble resist- 
 ance, in which she lost 1 man killed and 10 wounded, 
 captured, by the two French 40-gun frigates Pme'- 
 Iqpe and Pauline. In consequence of this disaster, 
 Lieut. Bogle, in common with the other officers and 
 men, was ultimately taken to Verdun, where he was 
 detained, a prisoner en parole, until May, 1814. Not 
 having been since employed, he accepted, on 11 Jan. 
 1844, the rank he now holds. 
 
 Commander Bogle married, 14 Oct. 1822, Alice, 
 only daughter of Thoa. Brown, Esq. 
 
 BOILEAU. (LiEDT., 1806. F-p., 40 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Lestock Francis Boileau, born, 6 Nov. 1785, 
 in the city of Dublin, is descended of an ancient 
 and noble Huguenot family that emigrated from 
 France at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 
 and lineally derives from Etienne Boileau, who was 
 appointed governor and first grand provost of Paris 
 in 1255. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, about Aug. 1798, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Van Tbomp, Capts. 
 Rich. Hill and Peter Puget, on the Irish station ; 
 * Videdta. 1811, p. 1547. 
 
 served next, as Midshipman, in the Temeraike 98, 
 bearing the flags in the Channel and West Indies of 
 Rear-Admirals Sir John Borlase Warren and Geo. 
 Campbell; and, in March, 1803, became Master's 
 Mate of the Constance 24, Capt. Anselm John 
 Griffiths, with whom he was employed for upwards 
 of two years in the North Sea. He obtained an 
 Acting-Lieutenancy, 20 Aug. 1805, in the Powerful 
 74, Capt. Robt. Plampin, lying at Gravesend ; was 
 appointed, 13 Sept. following, Sub-Lieutenant of 
 the Imogene sloop, Capt. Thos. Garth; and was 
 promoted to his present rank in that vessel 22 Jan. 
 1806. He subsequently served for short periods in 
 the CoMUS, Capt. Conway Shipley, Grasshopper, 
 Capt. Thos. Searle, and Lord Eldon and Duchess 
 of Bedford, both commanded by Capt. John Brad- 
 ley ; from 26 Oct. 1808, to 6 Jan. 1812, in the Con- 
 QOEROK 74, Capt. Edw. Fellowes, off Lisbon and in 
 the Mediterranean ; and next in the Tenedos 38, 
 Capt. Hyde Parker, on the coast of North America, 
 Grampus 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, in which 
 ship he proceeded to China, and Doris 36, Capt. Robt. 
 O'Brien, on the East India station, whence he inva- 
 lided 3 June, 1815. Lieut. Boileau, since 10 Aug. 
 1824, has been employed as an Inspecting-Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, in March, 1826, Charlotte, daughter 
 of the late Joseph Packer, Esq., Lieut. B.N. (1800), 
 and has issue four sons, of whom one is an officer in 
 the Indian army. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BOLD, K.T.S. (LiE0T., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Edward Bold entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1804, as 
 Second-cl. Vol., on board the Princess floating bat- 
 tery, Capt. Sam. Colquitt, stationed at Liverpool ; 
 attained the rating of Midshipman in May follow- 
 ing; and subsequently served, under Capt. Edw. 
 Brace, in the 32-gun frigates Castor and Iris, and 
 for four years and a half, as Master's Mate, in La 
 Virginie of 46 guns and 281 men, employed off the 
 coast of Spain and on the North Sea and Cork 
 stations. In the latter ship, besides making prize 
 of two Spanish privateers of 14 guns each, he as- 
 sisted at the capture, 19 May, 1808, of the Guelder- 
 land, a Dutch frigate of 36 guns and 253 men, which 
 did not surrender until after a most determined 
 night action of an hour and a half, terminating 
 with a loss to herself of 25 killed and 40 severely 
 wounded, and to the British of only 1 man killed 
 and 2 wounded. In the early part of 1810 Mr. Bold 
 was taken prisoner by the French, who detained 
 him in captivity from that period until 1814. He 
 was promoted to his present rank 6 Feb. 1815, but 
 has not been since officially employed. In Jan. 
 1845, he was granted the Royal licence to accept 
 and wear the insignia of a K.T.S., conferred on 
 hini by the Queen of Portugal in testimony of Her 
 Majesty's approbation of his services while recently 
 commanding a frigate in Her Most Faithful Ma- 
 jesty's navy. Agent— J. Chippendale. 
 
 BOLTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Augustus Bolton is second cousin of Lieut. Chas. 
 Bolton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 March, 1810; 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 4 Oct. 1825; served, from 14 April, 1832, 
 until 1834, in the Trinoulo 16, Capt. Jas. Rich. 
 Booth, in active suppression of the slave traffic on 
 the coast of Africa ; and, since 15 June, 1841, has 
 been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 BOLTON. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 18.) 
 
 Charles Boltom, born, 11 Sept. 1798, at Aken- 
 ham Hall, near Ipsvrich, is nephew of the late Thos. 
 Bolton, Esq., of Wells, co. Norfolk, who married 
 Susannah, eldest sister of Lord Nelson ; first cousin 
 of the present Earl, and of the late Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Bolton, R.N. ; and second cousin of Lieut. Augustus 
 Bolton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1813, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Forth 40, commanded 
 by his relative Sir Wm. Bolton, vi'ith whom he 
 
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 BOLTON— BOND. 
 
 served for upwards of two years in the North Sea 
 and off the coast of North America. During the 
 first three years of the peace he appears to have 
 bpen employed with Capt. Jas. Walker in the Al- 
 bion, Queen, and Northumberland 7i's, on the 
 Home station, where, and in the "West Indies, he 
 afterwards joined the Tribdne 36, Capt. Nesbit 
 Josiah Willoughby, Sapphire 26, Capt. Alex. 
 Montgomerie, JHussab 38, Capt. Geo. Harris, and, 
 as Mate, the Isis 50, Capt. Thos. Forrest. Having 
 passed his examination in Sept. 1819, he obtained 
 command, 29 Oct. 1824, of the Speedwell schooner, 
 also stationed in the West Indies, whence, shortly 
 after his confirmation to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Pylades 18, Capt. John Leith, which took place 
 27 Aug. 1825, he returned home. His subsequent 
 appointments were, again on the same station — 
 10 Dec. 1829, to the North Stab 26, Capts. Lord 
 Wm. Paget and Hon. Geo. RoUe Walpole Trefusis 
 — 15 Jan. 1832, to the Winchester 52, commanded 
 by the same officers and Hon. Wm. Wellesley — 
 and, 24 Feb. 1833, to the command of the Nimble 
 schooner of 5 guns. During the short period of 
 20 months that he was in the latter vessel, Lieut. 
 Bolton signalised himself by the Ardour and 'suc- 
 cess of his efforts against the supporters of the 
 slave-trade, from whom he captured no less than 
 six heavy vessels, having on board, in the aggre- 
 gate, as many as 1902 negroes. For his conduct on 
 one occasion in particular, 10 Nov. 1833, in taking 
 the Joaquina, after a spirited action of 10 minutes, 
 in which the latter lost her Captain and 2 men 
 killed, and was reduced to a sinking state, with four 
 feet water in her hold, he received a letter of 
 thanks from the Admiralty. In Nov. 1834, the 
 Nimble, in charge at the time of a pilot, was un- 
 fortunately wrecked on her way to the Havana in 
 running through the Old Bahama Channel. At the 
 subsequent court-martial held at Port Royal her 
 Commander was not only fully acquitted of all 
 blame in the unfortunate occurrence, but was com- 
 plimented with the high encomiums of the Presi- 
 dent, Sir Watkin Owen Pell. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Bolton married, 27 Oct. 1835, Anne Eliza- 
 beth, fourth daughter of the late T. Howard, Esq., 
 of London, 
 
 BOLTON. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 17.) 
 Henry Bolton, born in July, 1796, is first cousin 
 of Lieut. Jas. Bolton, R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capts. 
 Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot. Under 
 the former ofScer he assisted at the reduction of 
 Flushing, in Aug. 1809, where he was frequently 
 exposed to the fire of the batteries; and, under 
 Capt. Talbot, he was constantly employed on gun- 
 boat service in the Faro of Messina during the ex- 
 pected invasion of Sicily by Murat in the summer 
 of 1810. He was also present, as Midshipman, at 
 the memorable capture, 22 Feb. 1812, of the French 
 74-gun ship Mivoli, after a desperate conflict of four 
 hours and a half, in which the enemy had 400 men 
 with most of their officers killed and wounded, and 
 the Victorious 27 killed and, including Mr. Bolton, 
 99 wounded. In 1813 we find the subject of this 
 memoir engaged on many boat expeditions up the 
 Chesapeake, and in 1814-15 cruizing off the Western 
 Islands, in the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. 
 He passed his examination in April of the latter 
 year ; then joined the Opossum 10, Capt. Lord John 
 Hay, employed on the coast of France during the 
 Hundred Days; was made Lieutenant, 14 July, 
 1818, into the Blossom 24, Capts. Fred. Hickey and 
 Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon, on the South Ame- 
 rican station, whence he returned in July, 1820; 
 afterwards joined, in Feb. 1827, the Thetis 46, 
 Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, one of the ships em- 
 ployed on the Brazilian coast during the Spanish 
 Revolution ; obtained his present rank 26 Aug. 
 1829 ; quitted the Thetis in Aug. 1830 ; and after- 
 wards, from 20 March, 1832, to April, 1835, and 
 
 from 11 July, 1837, to July, 1840, filled the situation 
 of Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard at 
 Donaghadee and Waterford. He has since been 
 unemployed. 
 
 Commander Bolton married, in 1839, Ann, only 
 daughter of the late Wm. Kearney, Esq., of Wa- 
 terford. 
 
 BOLTON. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 17; h-p., 21.) 
 James Boeton, born 13 Oct. 1794, is first cousin 
 of Commander Hen. Bolton. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1809, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Reynard 10, Capt. Hew 
 Steuart, which vessel, in Aug. following, attended 
 the expedition to the Walcheren, where, in the a(> 
 tack upon Campvere, she grounded under the bat- 
 teries, and was much damaged. On 23 July, 1810, 
 having joined the Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. By- 
 ron, Mr. Bolton served in the boats of that ship at 
 the cutting out and destruction, after a smart 
 action, of three Danish armed vessels, on the coast of 
 Norway ; and, on 23 June, 1812, he was present in 
 her celebrated escape from a powerful squadron 
 under the American Commodore Rodgers, who, in 
 a long running fight, had occasioned her a loss of 2 
 men killed and 22 wounded. He was subsequently 
 employed, as Mate and Admiralty Alidshipman, in 
 the Stag 36, and Spartan 38, both commanded by 
 Capt. Phipps Hornby, at the Cape of Good Hope 
 and in the Mediterranean ; Severn 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. Wm. Aylmer, under whom he was hotly en- 
 gaged in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816; Ra- 
 MILLIE3 74, Capt. Thos. Boys; again, from Sept. 
 1818, until April, 1821, in the Severn, Capt. Wm. 
 M'Culloch, lying in the Downs ; Sappho 18, Capts. 
 Wm. Hen. Bruce and Hon. Hen. John Rous, on the 
 Irish station ; from March, 1822, till July, 1824, in 
 the Hind 20, Capts. Rous and Lord John Churchill, 
 in the Mediterranean ; Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Hoste, guard-ship at Portsmouth ; and Britannia 
 120, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez. Having passed his examination in March, 
 1815, Mr. Bolton was at length presented with a 
 commission, 27 March, 1826. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 BOND. (Retired Commander, 1834. p.p., 14; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 Dyer Bond entered the Navy, in 1795, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Hon. Wm. 
 Waldegrave, under whom he served for four years 
 in the Mediterranean and Channel, and fought in 
 the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. He 
 next became attached in succession to the Foudroy- 
 ant. Vanguard, and Robust, line-of-battle ships, 
 commanded by Capt. Wm. Brown, on the former 
 stations ; removed, for a short time, in 1801, to the 
 Castok 32, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, employed 
 offGuemsey andLisbon; then rejoined Capt. Brown 
 in the Hussar 38, on the Irish station; was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 April, 1802 ; 
 and in the following year, while serving with Capt. 
 Brown in the Romney 50, visited the coast of Af- 
 rica and the West Indies. He afterwards, from 
 1805 to 1808, held an appointment in the Sea-Fen- 
 cibles at Chatham, and in 1815-16 had charge of a 
 Telegraph station. Commander Bond, who does 
 not appear to have been further employed, accepted 
 his present rank 25 March, 1834. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 
 BOND. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.) 
 Philip Bond entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 1807, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Barracoota, Capt. Geo. 
 Harris, in which vessel he proceeded to the East 
 Indies, where, on removing, with the same officer, 
 into the Sir Francis Drake frigate, he was for 
 more than three years very actively employed, par- 
 ticularly off the island of J ava. He returned home 
 in Jan. 1812, on board the Phcebe 36, Capt. Jas. 
 Hillyer ; afterwards served with Capt. Harris for 
 seventeen months in the Belle Poule 38, in the 
 
BOND-BONII AM— BOOTH-BORLAND. 
 
 97 
 
 Channel and off the coast of Spain; and, on the 
 latter vessel being converted into a troop-ship, at- 
 tended, under Capt. Eras. Baker, the expedition to 
 New Orleans in 1814-15. He was promoted, from 
 the Isis 50, bearing the flag in the Thames of Sir 
 Home Fopham, to the rank of Lieutenant on 19 Oct. 
 in the latter year, but has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Bond married, we believe, a Miss La- 
 fargue. Agemts — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BOND. (Commander, 1825. r-p., 12 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Thomas Baring Bohd entered the Navy, 18 May, 
 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jonon of 46 
 guns, Capt. Jas. Sanders, stationed on the coast of 
 North America, where, at the commencement of 
 the war with the United States, he saw a good deal 
 of active service. He was afterwards employed in 
 the Syeille 44, Capts. Sanders and Thos. Porrest, 
 with the latter of whom he proceeded to the lati- 
 tude of Greenland in an unsuccessful search of the 
 American Commodore Kodgers, and then cruized 
 off the 'Western Islands ; Tengeub 74, Capt. Tris- 
 tram Robt. Ricketts, in the Channel ; from Sept. 
 1815, till Feb. 1820, in the Pkjde 36, and Glasgow 
 40, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Anth. Mait^ 
 land, on the latter and Mediterranean stations ; 
 and, for short periods, in the Roohfort 74, Capt. 
 Green, also in the Mediterranean, and Eurtalus 
 42, bearing the broad pendant at Jamaica of Com- 
 modore Thos. Huskisson. He was made Lieutenant 
 into the Raleigh sloop, Capt. Geo. Blackman, 3 
 Oct. 1820, and subsequently appointed, 19 June, 
 1822, to the Thracian, Capts. John Walt. Roberts 
 and And. Forbes— 17 March, 1825, to the Beaver, 
 Capt. John Jas. Onslow — and, 24 July following, to 
 the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. Elliot — all on the West 
 India station. Since his attainment of his present 
 rank, 11 Jan. 1825, Commander Bond has been on 
 half-pay. Agent— E. Dufour. 
 
 BOND. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.) 
 William Francis Bond entered the Navy, 1 
 July, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the CodrAj, 
 GEux 74, Capt. Chas. Boyles, and, from July, 1805, 
 to Nov. 1803, served with the same officer in the 
 Windsor Castle 98, on the Mediterranean station. 
 While in the latter ship, he took part in Sir Robt. 
 Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, and, in Feb. 1807, 
 attended Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the passage 
 of the Dardanells. He next joined the Loire 33, 
 Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, in which frigate 
 he assisted at the capture of the French 20-gun ship 
 Hebe, 5 Jan. 1809; removed, in April, 1811, to the 
 Canopus 80, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean 
 of Rear-Admiral Boyles, his former Captain ; be- 
 came Acting-Lieutenant, 15 Sept. following, of the 
 Nautilus sloop, Capt. Thos. Dench ; rejoined Rear- 
 Admiral Boyles in Jan. 1812, in a similar capacity, 
 on board the Trident 64 ; was transferred, as Mas- 
 ter's Jlate, towards the close of the same year, to 
 the Unite 36, Capt. Edwin Hen. Chamberlayne ; 
 and, on 8 Nov. 1814, was made Lieutenant into the 
 Alcmene 38, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, under whom, 
 in 1815, he seems to have been very actively em- 
 ployed in the Bay of Naples-during the hostilities 
 with Murat. He was paid off from the Alcmene 
 in Oct. of the latter year; and was next, on 8 
 March, 1826, appointed, with Capt. Coghlan, to the 
 Forte 44. He has not held any official occupation 
 since 1828. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BONHAM. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Charles Wright Boniiam entered the Navy, 
 from the R.N. College, 21 June, 1832; passed his 
 examination 6 Sept. 1837 ; served for some time in 
 South America as Mate of the Action 26, Capt. 
 Robt. Russell, and at Portsmouth, on board the St. 
 Vincent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley ; 
 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 
 June, 1843. His next appointments were— on 1 
 Aug. following, to the Volage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Dickson, employed on Particular Service' — on 17 
 Oct. in the same year, as Additional, to the Coen- 
 
 WALLis 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Wm. 
 Parker— and, 30 July, 1844, to the Dido 18, Capt. 
 Hon. Hen. Keppel, with whom he returned home 
 and was paid off in 1845. Mr. Bonham, since 2 
 Nov. 1846, has been borne on the books of the 
 HiBERNiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the 
 Mediterranean. 
 
 BOOTH. (Lieutenant, 1836.) 
 
 Augustus Sinclair Booth passed his examina- 
 tion in 1831; obtained his commission 12 April, 
 1836 ; was appointed Additional-Lieutenant, 1 June 
 following, of the Thalia 46, Capt. Robt. Wauohope, 
 flag-ship at the Cape of Rear-Admiral Don. Camp- 
 bell ; joined, on 29 of the same month, the Colum- 
 bine 16, Capt. Thos. Henderson, attached to the 
 squadron on the African station, whence he returned 
 in April, 1838 ; and from Feb. 1840, until paid off 
 at the close of 1843, served on board the Thun- 
 derer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed in the Me- 
 diterranean, and in attendance on the Queen off 
 Walmer Castle. He has been employed, since 2.Dec. 
 1846, as First of the Penelope steam-frigate, Capt. 
 Henry Wells Giffard. Agents— Collier and Snee. 
 
 BOOTH. (Captain, 1846. r-p., 25 ; h-p., 1 7.) 
 
 James Richard Booth is son of an old Purser 
 in the Royal Navy. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Aug. 1805, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the London 98, Capts. Robt. 
 Barlow, Robt. Rolles, Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 
 Edw. Oliver Osbom, and Thos. Western, under 
 whom he successively served until Jan. 1809. Dur- 
 ing that period he contributed, as Midshipman, in 
 company with the Amazon 38, to the capture, 13 
 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, 
 with Admiral Linois on board, and 40-gun frigate 
 Belle Poule, after a long running fight, in which the 
 London sustained a loss of 10 killed and 22 wound- 
 ed ; and in 1807-8 he assisted, under Capt. Western, 
 in escorting the Royal Family of Portugal to the 
 Brazils. He next removed to the Hyacinth sloop, 
 Capt. John Carter, on the South American station ; 
 served, from May, 1811, till 2 Feb. 1813, as Mas- 
 ter's-Mate, in the Laueestinus and Orlando fri- 
 gates, Capt. John Clavell, off the Western Islands 
 and in the Mediterranean ; then became (having 
 passed his examination in Nov. 1811) Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Kite 16, Capts. Geo. Canning, Hon. 
 Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and Rowland Mainwa- 
 ring ; invalided home from the [Mediterranean, in 
 consequence of wounds received in action with pi- 
 rates, 20 Oct. 1813 ; and, on 30 Dec. following, ob- 
 tained as a reward his first Admiralty commission. 
 As Lieutenant, Mr. Booth's appointments were — 5 
 Aug. 1814, to the Foxhound 14, Capts. John Parish 
 and Thos. Warrand, on the Home station, which 
 vessel was paid off in Sept. 1815 — 17 Jan. 1818, to 
 the Favourite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, with 
 whom he cruized off St. Helena and the coast of 
 South America^3 Jan. 1821, to the Drake 10, 
 Capt. Chas. Adolphus Baker, employed off New- 
 foundland — 20 Jan. 1823, to the Trinculo 18, Capts. 
 Rodney Shannon and Robt. Patten, on the Cork 
 station — and, 10 Jan. 1827, to the Menai 26, Capts. 
 Michael Seymour and Thos. Bourchier, employed 
 in South America. He was promoted to the rank 
 he now holds, on the latter ship being paid off, 8 
 Dec. 1829 ; obtained command of the "Trinculo 18, 
 on the coast of Africa, 14 April, 1832 ; and, after 
 the usual period of three years, during which he 
 captured several slavers, andperformed many valu- 
 able services against the Cafires, was superseded in 
 Aug. 1835. His next appointment was, 25 June, 
 1846, to the Columbine 16, during the passage of 
 which vessel to the East Indies he was elevated to 
 Post-rank by commission dated 9 Nov. in the same 
 year. Capt. Booth is now on half-pay. Agents — 
 Collier and Snee. 
 
 BORLAND. (Lieut., 1845. F-p., 13; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Oswald Borland entered the Navy in 1833 ; 
 passed his examination 8 May, 1840 ; and served, as 
 
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98 BORLASE-BOROUGH— BORROWMAN— BORTHWICK— BOSANQUET. 
 
 Mate, on board the Excellent gunnery-ship, at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir ThoB. Hastings — Illbstkious 
 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam on the North Ame- 
 I'ica and West India station — and Qdeen 110, com- 
 manded at Devonport by Sir Baldwin Wake Walker. 
 He was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 1 Dec. 1845, in 
 the NiMROD 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, fitting for 
 the African station, but was superseded in Jan. 
 1846, and is at present on half-pay. 
 
 BOELASE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John Boblase entered the Navy 7 Nor. 1826 ; 
 passed his examination 26 Nov. 1832 ; served for 
 some time in South America as Mate of the Imo- 
 GENE 26, Capt. Hen. Wm. Bruce ; and was promoted 
 from the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, 11 June, 1841. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 8 Dec. following, as 
 Additional-Lieutenant, to the Cornwallis 72, flag- 
 ship in the East Indies of Sir Wm. Parker — 25 
 Aug. 1842, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, on 
 the same station — 17 March, 1843, again to the 
 CoRNWALLTS — and, 1 March, 1845, to the Hibernia 
 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterra- 
 nean, where he now serves. 
 
 BOROUGH. (Eetibed Commander, 1846. f-p., 
 14 ; E-P., 39.) 
 
 William Bobough was born in 1781. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1794, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Invincible 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Pakenham. He accompanied- the same 
 officer shortly afterwards into the Juste 84, at- 
 tached to the fleet in the Channel ; served, from 
 July, 1797, to Aug. 1799, in the Princess Rotal 98, 
 bearing the flags in tlie Mediterranean of Rear- 
 Admirals Sir John Orde and Thos. Lennox Fre- 
 derick ; and, on joining the Penelope 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Hen. Blackwood, took part in the blockade of 
 Malta, and was present, 31 March, 1800, at the 
 capture, after a furious action, of the French 80- 
 gun ship Guillaume Tell, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Decres. Mr. Borough, who passed his 
 examination in the following Sept., subsequently 
 removed for a brief period to the Foddroyant 80, 
 fiag-ship of Lord Keith, by whom he was promoted, 
 10 Feb. 1801, to a Lieutenancy in the Modeste, 
 armee en flute, Capt. Hinton. For his services 
 during the ensuing campaign in Egypt, where he 
 landed part of the 42nd Highlanders, and was ac- 
 tively employed until the close of the hostilities, Mr. 
 Borough received, in common with other officers, a 
 gold med-al from the Grand Seignor. The Modeste, 
 to which he had been confirmed on 30 July in the 
 same year, being paid ofi" at the peace, he next 
 joined, 27 Aug. 1803, the Curlew 16, Capt. Jas. 
 Murray Northey — 12 Nov. 1804, L'Espiegle 16, 
 Oapt. Morris— and, 7 Dec. 1805, the Princess Royal 
 98, Capt. Re3moldB — severally employed on the 
 North Sea, Cork, and Channel stations. He left 
 the last-named ship in Feb. 1807 ; and afterwards 
 commanded the Nepban cutter, of 8 guns, on tlie 
 coast of Irelajid. He became a Retired Commander 
 on the Junior List, 12 June, 1843 ; and on the 
 Senior, 21 Aug. 1846. 
 
 Commander Borough married a first cousin of 
 Lord Fitzgerald and Vcsci, bj whom he lias had 
 issue. One of his sons, Richard, F«t.-el. Vol. of 
 the Redwing, Capt. Clavering, was blown up in 
 that vessel on the coast of Africa, at the age of 14; 
 another, Thomas, died in the Upper Seluwl at 
 Greenmch. 
 
 PORROWMAN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 William Bokbqwman entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 
 1805, as A. B„ on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Campbell; attained the rating of Midshipman 2 
 March, 1806 ; and was employed in blockading the 
 Texel until 1807, when he attended the expedition 
 to Copenhagen. We subsequently (on the Nas- 
 sau's hard-wrought extrication from a mass of ice 
 in which she had been blocked up during the 
 
 whole winter) find him present, in company with 
 the Stately 64, at the capture and destruction, 22 
 March, 1808, ofi' the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 
 74-gun ship Prmdts Christian Frederic, after a run- 
 ning fight of great length and obstinacy, in which 
 the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 16 
 wounded. From Nov. 1809, until April, 1814, Mr. 
 Borrowman served, as Master's Mate, on board the 
 Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, and during that 
 period, in the participation of much active service 
 on the Mediterranean station, assisted in taking, 27 
 Nov. 1811, the French frigate La Carceyre, mounf>- 
 ing 28 guns ; and witnessed the reduction, in July 
 and Oct. 1813, of Fiume and Trieste. He after- 
 wards accompanied Capt. Rowley, on his advance- 
 ment to the rank of Rear-Admiral, and nomination 
 to the Chief Command at the Nore, into the Na- 
 MUR 74 ; while serving in which ship he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1815.. 
 Being next appointed, on 3 April following, to the 
 Daphne 22, Capt. Jas. Green, he cruized on the 
 Leith station and in the Bay of Biscay until Sept. 
 in the same year, when he returned to port, and 
 was paid ofi; He has not since been afloat. 
 
 BORTHWICK. (Commander, 1818. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 Alexander Boethwick entered the Navy, 13 
 Feb. 1795, as Midshipman, on board La Seine fri- 
 gate, Capt. Robt. M'Douall, and, from April, 1796, 
 to Nov. 1799, served with the same oflicer in the 
 Ganges 74, in which ship he was nresent at the re- 
 duction of Ste. Lucie, in May, 17^. He next joined 
 the Triton 32, Capts. John Gore and Robt. Lewis 
 Fitzgerald, employed in the Channel and oflT the 
 coast of Spain, and was made Lieutenant, 12 Feb. 
 1802, into the Cambridge 80, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Thos. Pasley at Plymouth. He left that ship in 
 May following ; and was subsequently appointed, 24 
 Aug. 1803, to the Zealand, bearing the flag, at the 
 Nore, of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley 
 —3 July, 1805, to the Zealous 74, Capts. John 
 Okes Hardy, John Gifiard, Wm. Pierrepont, and 
 Thos. Boys, to which ship he continued attached, in 
 the Baltic and Mediterranean, ofi' the coasts of 
 France, Portugal, and Spain, and at the defence of 
 Cadiz, until he invalided in Aug. 1814 — and, 20 
 Nov. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the Ramillies 
 74, flag-ship, on the Leith station, of Sir Wm. John- 
 stone Hope. He was paid ofi' in Sept. 1818, and ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 7 Dec. following. Since 
 that period he has been unemployed. 
 
 BOSANQUET. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Charles John Bosanquet, bom 5 May, 1807, is 
 fifth son of the late Sam. Bosanquet, Esq., F.R.S., 
 of Forest House, co. Essex, and Dingestow Court, 
 CO. Monmouth, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for those shires, by Lsetitia Philippa, youngest 
 daughter of Jas. Whatman, Esq., of Vinters, co. 
 Kent; brother of Mr. Bosanquet, the banker of 
 Lombard-street ; and nephew of the late Sir John 
 Bernard Bosanquet, P.C., one of the Judges of the 
 Couit of Common Pleas. 
 
 This officer, who entered the Navy 5 May, 1821, 
 we first find serving on the coast of Africa, as Senior 
 Mate of the Black Joke tender, of 2 guns, 18- 
 pounders, and 48 men, in which he particufarly sig- 
 nahsed himself, 25 April, 1831, at the capture, after 
 an action of about foux hours and a half, of the 
 slave-brig Marinereto, mounting five 24-pounders, 
 mth a crew of 75 men, of whom 13 were killed and 
 15 wounded. The Black Joke had only 1 killed 
 and 5 wounded, includuig, however, Mr. Bosanquet, 
 who received a cutlass-wound in the neck while in 
 the act of boarding, and was for his conduct made 
 Lieutenant, 15 Aug. following, into the Drtad 42, 
 Capt. John Hayes. His next appointments were, 
 
 /"•?;, ^®^,^' '° *''<= Pallas 42, Capt. Wm. Wal- 
 pole— 16 July, 1834, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, 
 to the President 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockbum 
 on the North America and West India station -and, 
 11 bept. 1835, to the command of the Leveret brig, 
 
BOSWALL— BOSWELL—BOTELER. 
 
 99 
 
 of 10 guns. Finding on his arrival, in the latter 
 vessel, at Mozambique, in Sept. 1836, that that jjlaoe 
 was in a state of insurrection and all the authorities 
 under arrest, Mr. Bosanquet, by a hold coup de 
 mnin, restored public tranquillity and re-established 
 the ascendancy of the Queen of Portugal. Landing 
 at night with his ship's company, supported by a 
 party of the well-affected, he took the insurgents by 
 surprise, seized an 84-gun battery, obtained posses- 
 sion of the Custom and Government Houses, re- 
 leased the authorities, and in three days re-em- 
 barlied, his energetic promptness having been at- 
 tended with the most complete success. For this 
 important service he was made a Commander of the 
 Portuguese order of Christo, and presented with a 
 handsome letter of thanks from the Mozambique 
 government. Three months after the latter event, 
 Mr. Bosanquet fell in with, chased for 800 miles, 
 and ultimately captured by hoarding, a slave-vessel, 
 the Diogenes, of five 24-pounders and 70 men, within 
 musket-shot distance of a Portuguese frigate and 
 of the battery above alluded to. He continued in 
 the Leveret until the summer of 1839, on 10 May 
 in which year he was promoted for his services to 
 the rank of Commander. He next, from 28 July, 
 1843, until June, 1846, commanded the Alert sloop 
 on the coast of Africa ; and, on 9 Nov. following, 
 was advanced to his present rank. He is now on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Commander Bosanquet married, 5 June, 1832, his 
 cousin, Charlotte Eliza, youngest daughter of the 
 late Jacob Bosanquet, Esq., of Broxbournbury 
 House, Herts, 45 years an East India Director, 
 and has issue two daughters. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 BOSWALL, formerly Donaldson. (Captain, 
 1822. F-P., 18; H-P., 30.) 
 
 John Donaldson Boswall, bom in 1790, in co. 
 Fife, N.B., assumed his present surname in ad- 
 dition to his patronymic, Donaldson, 27 Nov. 1812. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, early in Aug. 1799, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pouncek gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander Smith, and immediately after- 
 wai'ds attended the expedition to the Holder, under 
 Sir Andrew Mitchell. He next joined the Poly- 
 phemus 64, Capts. Geo. Lumsdaine and John Law- 
 ford, under the latter of whom he fought, as Mid- 
 shipman, at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801 ; 
 and, in May, 1802, he removed to the Centaur 74, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sam. 
 Hood. In that ship Mr. Boswall assisted at the 
 capture, in June and Sept. 1803, of the French 
 "West India island of Ste. Lucie, and of the Dutch 
 colonies of Demerara, Berbice, andEssequibo ; and, 
 on the morning of 4 Feb. 1804, he served in the 
 boats, under Lieut. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, who 
 subsequently died of the wounds he received, at the 
 cutting out from under Fort Edward, Martinique, 
 of the French brig-corvette Le Curieux, of 16 
 guns and 70 men, which was in every way prepared 
 to resist the attack, and only surrendered at the 
 termination of a desperate and sanguinary conflict, 
 in which the enemy lost 10 killed and 30 wounded, 
 and the British 9 wounded. On the prize being 
 added to the British Navy, under the same name 
 and the command of Capt. Edmund Geo. Byron 
 Bettesworth, Mr. Boswall, on 7 Oct. following, was 
 appointed to her as Acting-Lieutenant; and, on 
 8 Feb. 1805, we find him signalising himself by 
 his coolness and bravery at the capture, after a 
 close and gallant action of 40 minutes, of La Dame 
 £raoM/ privateer, of 16 guns and 120 men, of whom 
 30 were killed and 41 wounded, while the loss of the 
 Cdkieux did not exceed 5 killed and 3 wounded. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant on 14 Sept. in the 
 same year, and afterwards appointed, in that capa- 
 city, 17 Oct. ensuing, to the London 98, Capts. 
 Robt. RoUes, Sir Harry Neale, and Edw. Oliver 
 Osborn, in which, under Sir H. Neale, he assisted, 
 in company with the Amazon 38, at the taking, 13 
 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, 
 with Rear-Admiral Linois on board, and 40-gun 
 
 frigate Belle Poule, after a long running fight in 
 which the London lost 10 killed and 22 wounded 
 —8 Nov. 1806, to the Crocodile, Capt. E. G. B. 
 Bettesworth, oif Guernsey — 30 April, 1807, to the 
 Inflexible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, with 
 whom he was present, on shore, at the bombard- 
 ment of Copenhagen in the ensuing Sept. — 21 
 Feb. 1808, to the Spitfire sloop, Capt. John Elhs, 
 on the Leith station — 7 July, 1808, as First, to the 
 Gannet brig, Capt. Jas. Stevenson, employed off 
 the coast of France — 4 Nov. 1810, to the Alfred 
 74, Capt. J. B. Watson, engaged in the defence of 
 Cadiz— 23 April, 1811, to the Implacable 74, com- 
 manded by the latter officer on the Mediterranean 
 station, where, with the tender under his orders, he 
 contributed to the capture of a convoy near Genoa 
 in 1811— and, 2 April, 1814, to the Latona 38, bear- 
 ing the flag, at Leith, of Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. 
 Johnstone Hope, from which ship he was super- 
 seded on the receipt of his second promotal com- 
 mission, 15 June following. He was afterwards, on 
 12 Aug. 1819, selected to command the Spet 20, 
 in the Mediterranean. He attained Post-rank 26 
 Dec. 1822, and was placed on the half-pay of retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Boswall is a Deputy-Lieutenant and Magis- 
 trate for CO. Mid-Lothian, and one of the Royal 
 Company of Archers, the Queen's body-guard for 
 Scotland. He married, in 1822, Charlottj, Angell, 
 daughter of the late Sir Sam. Chambers, Kt., of 
 Bredgar House, co. Kent, by Barbara, eldest daugh- 
 ter of the Hon. Philip Roper, uncle of the present 
 Lord Teynhara, and by this lady has issue a son and 
 daughter, the former in the 51st Regt. of Madras 
 Native Infantry. 
 
 BOSWELL. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 30; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 Walter Boswell entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1782, 
 as Lieutenant's Servant, on board the Blenheim 74, 
 Capt. Adam Duncan, with whom we find him pre- 
 sent, 20 Oct. following, in Lord Howe's partial action 
 with the combined French and Spanish fleets, 
 near Gibraltar. He afterwards servedj chiefly as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the Halifax, 
 Home, and Mediterranean stations, on board the 
 Ariadne, Capts. Joseph Ellison and Sam. Osborn, 
 Vixen, Lieut.- Commander Mark Wentworth, 
 St. George, Lieut.-Commander Barker, Gorgon, 
 Lieut.-Commander Chas. Craven, Impregnable 98, 
 Vice - Admiral Graves, Inspector, Capt. Alex. 
 Mackey, Scout, Capt. R. R. Bowyer, Trimmer, 
 Capt. Fras. Fayerman, Codrageox 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Waldegrave (in which ship he participated in 
 the reduction of Toulon in Aug. 1793), and Queen 
 Charlotte 100, Admiral Lord Howe. He was 
 promoted to a Lieutenancy, 20 March, 1795, in the 
 Barfleub 98, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of 
 Vice-Admiral Waldegrave, his former Captain, and 
 afterwards joined, 14 Jan. 1797, the Gibraltar 80, 
 Capt. John Pakenham, off Lisbon — 3 April follow- 
 ing, the RoMNET 50, bearing the flag of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Waldegrave off Newfoundland — 16 May, 1801, 
 the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, under whom he 
 assisted, in Sept. 1803, at the capture of Port Dau- 
 phin, St. Domingo — 29 Oct. following, the Cumber- 
 land 74, in which ship he returned home— and 29 
 Oct. 1804, the Conquest gun-brig, which he com- 
 manded in the Channel until 30 Aug. 1814. Since 
 that period, shortly previous to which, 15 June, he 
 had been advanced to his present rank. Commander 
 Boswell has been on half-pay. Agents — Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 BOTELEK. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 25; 
 H-p., 18.) 
 Henry Boteler, bom 15 Feb. 1793, is member 
 of a family of very ancient standing in co. 
 Kent, and eldest surviving son of the late Wm. 
 Boteler, Esq., F.S.A., of Eastry, by his second wife, 
 Mary, daughter of Capt. John Harvey, R.N., who 
 was mortally wounded in command of the Bruns- 
 wick 74, on the memorable 1st of June, 1794. He is 
 
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 BOTELER-BOTT— BOULDERSON. 
 
 brother of Commander J. H. Boteler, K.N.— of the 
 late Commander Thos. Boteler, R.N., who died, 
 28 Not. 1829, while commanding the Heci-a sur- 
 veying-Tessel 'on the coast of Africa— of the late 
 Lieut.-Col. Rich. Boteler, K.E., an officer who 
 served throughout the whole of the Peninsular war 
 — and of Capt. Kobt. Boteler, R.E. ; nephew of the 
 late Admiral Sir John Harvey, K.C.B., the late 
 Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey, K.C.B., and the 
 present Capt. Edw. Harvey, R.N. ; and cousin of 
 Commanders Henry, John, and Thomas Harvey, 
 R.N. His half-brother, Wm. FuUer Boteler, Esq., 
 Q.C., is a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, Recorder of the 
 City of Canterburj^ the towns and ports of Sand- 
 wich, Hythe, and New Komney, and the borough of 
 Deal, and Steward of the town of Fordwich. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1804, as 
 Est.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, com- 
 manded by his uncle, Capt. John Harvey, with 
 whom he was present, as Midshipman, in Sir Bobt. 
 Calder's action, 22 July, 1805. He continued to be 
 employed under the same officer (with the exception 
 of a period of 17 months, from Jan. 1808, to June, 
 1809, when he appears to have been doing duty on 
 board the Orion 74, Capt. Archibald Collingwood 
 Dickson, on the Baltic station) in the Canada and 
 Leviathan 74's, and^ as Master's Mate, in the 
 Royal Soveheign 100, m the "West Indies and Medi- 
 terranean On the latter station, in the Levia- 
 than, one of a squadron under Sir Geo. Martin, he 
 witnessed the destruction, 26 Oct. 1809, of the 
 French line-of-battle ships Bobuste and Lion ; and, 
 in the Royal Sovereign, he assisted at the block- 
 ade of Toulon in 1811. Mr. Boteler, who next 
 joined the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, received a commission appointing him 
 to that ship, 18 Sept. 1812. He subsequently became 
 attached, 22 Oct. following, to the Scoot 18, Capts. 
 Alex. Renton Sharpe and Benj. Crispin, on the 
 Mediterranean station — 6 Sept. 1813, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, to the Nautilus 18, Capt. Thos. Denoh, simi- 
 larly employed — in Dec. of the same year, to the 
 Eclair'18, Capt. John Bellamy, on the Irish station 
 — and, 22 Aug. 1815, as Senior, to the Antelope 50, 
 from which ship, after serving for three years in the 
 Leeward Islands under the flag of his relative, Rear- 
 Admiral J. Harvey, he was paid off in April, 1819. 
 Commander Boteler, who was promoted to the rank 
 he now holds 12 Aug. ensuing, was afterwards em- 
 ployed for three years, from 20 June, 1833, until 
 
 1836, in the Coast-Guard. He also held, as Addi- 
 tional-Commander of the Temeraire and Ocean 
 guard-ships at Sheemess, the Superintendence of 
 the Packet Establishment at Dover, from 16 Sept. 
 
 1837, until the summer of 1841 ; and from 17 Aug. 
 in that year until the close of 1846, he was again 
 occupied as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 He married, 1 Deo. 1829, Henrietta, daughter of 
 the late Allan Bellingham, Esq., and niece of the 
 late Sir Wm. Bellingham, Bart., of Castle Belling- 
 ham, by whom he has issue a daughter. 
 
 BOTELER. (COMMANDEK, 1830. r-p., 19; 
 H-p., 20.) 
 
 Jons Hakvey Boteler, born at Eastry, co. Kent, 
 11 Feb. 1796, is next brother of Commander H. 
 Boteler, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rochester prison-ship, 
 Lieut.-Commander Matthew Bowles Alt, lying in 
 the river Medway, where he successively joined the 
 Irkesistiele 74, Commodore Geo. Fowke, and the 
 Majestic 74, commanded by his relaUve, Capt. 
 Thos. Harvey. In Feb. 1810, he became Midship- 
 man of the Ruby 64, bearing the flag in the Baltic 
 of Eear-Admiral Manley Dixon ; and, while after- 
 wards serving on the same station, in the Dictator 
 64, Capt.. Bobt. "Williams, we fiud him engaged in 
 several boat afiairs with the enemy. During the 
 three years and a half immediately preceding his 
 promotion, to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 19 Sept. 1815, Jlr. Boteler appears to have 
 
 been further employed, principally in the North 
 Sea and West Indies, on board the Sceptre and 
 Zealous 74'8, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Thos. Boys, 
 and Okontes 36, Capt. Nath. Day Cochrane. 
 His succeeding appointments were— 3 Oct. 1815, to 
 the Antelope 60, flag-ship in the Leeward Islands 
 of his imole, Rear-Admiral John Harvey— 7 Feb. 
 1820, to the Northumberland 74, Capts. T. Harvey 
 and Thos. Jas. Maling, guard-ship at Sheemess, 
 whence he was detached for nine months in 1821-2, 
 in command of the Seagull tender, to cruize in 
 the North Sea, and was afterwards lent to the 
 Royal Sovekeign yacht — 3 Dec. 1822, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Ringdove 18, Capt. Geo. Fred. 
 Rich, whom he accompanied to the West Indies — 
 1 Blay, 1823, to the Gloucester 74, Capts. G. F. 
 Rich and Jas. LilUorap, on the latter station, 
 whence, after commanding for three months the 
 Ringdove schooner, ill health obliged him to in- 
 valid in the following September — 30 Aug. 1825, to 
 the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney, 
 by whom, subsequently to the battle of Navarin, 
 he was employed, in charge of the Lyra 10, off 
 Lisbon — and, in Sept. 1828, to the Royal George 
 yacht, Capts. Sir Michael Seymour, Sir Wm. Hoste, 
 and Geo. Mundy, lying at Portsmouth, whence he 
 was sent, again in command of a tender, the Onyx 
 10, to Gibraltar, the Brazils, and West Indies. 
 Since 14 Jan. 1830, the date of his last promotion, 
 Commander Boteler has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 15 Aug. 1832, Helen Agnes, fifth 
 daughter of the late Jas. West, Esq., of Bryanstone 
 Square, London, and by that lady has issue a son 
 and four daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BOTT. (Lieutenant, 1832.) 
 
 George Bott entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his 
 commission 15 Oct. 1832. He afterwards joined — 
 7 Nov. 1832, the Excellent 76, gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — 1 March, 1834, 
 the Canopos 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in the 
 Mediterranean— 5 July, 1837, and 18 Oct. 1840, the 
 Donegal 78, and Britannia 120, flag-ships, on the 
 Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, of Sir John 
 Acworth Ommanney. He went on half-pay towards 
 the close of 1841. 
 
 Lieut. Bott is at present employed as Superin- 
 tendent of Convicts at Norfolk Island, New Soufi 
 Wales. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BOULDERSON. (Retiked Commander, 1836. 
 F-p., 15; HP., 36.) 
 Leslie Boulderson entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 
 1796, as A. B., on board the Bellerophon 74, Capt 
 Henry D'Esterre Darby ; under whom, in the fol- 
 lowing month, he attained the rating of Midship- 
 man, and was present, 1 Aug. 1798, at the battle of 
 the Nile. He next served with the same officer, 
 from May, 1800, to Sept. 1802 (in the course of which 
 year he passed his examination), on board the Spen- 
 cer 74; and on 3 Sept. 1803, was made Lieutenant 
 from the Leviathan 74, flag-ship in the West Indies 
 of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, into the Delft 64, 
 Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard. His ensuing appoint- 
 ipents were— in 1803 and 4, to the Shark sloop, 
 Capt. Herring, again to the Leviathan, and to the 
 Goliath 74, Capt. Chas. Brisbane— 15 Feb. 1805, 
 to the Charwell 16, Capts. PhiUp Dumaresq, 
 Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, and Robt. Lisle 
 Coulson, from which ship, after attending, we be- 
 lieve, the expedition to the Rio de la Plata, he in- 
 valided 10 March, 1808—1 Dec. following, to the 
 Vulture sloop, Capt. Martin White, on the Jersey 
 station— 22 Nov. 1811 (after two years of half-pay), 
 to the Volcano bomb, Capts. John Griffith and 
 "Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, employed at the defence 
 of Cadiz— 25 March, 1813, to the command of the 
 Mary Ann hired transport, on the Mediterranean 
 station, which he retained until 25 Sept. 1814— and 
 lastly 29 May, 1815, to the Erebus 16, Capts! 
 David Ewen Bartholomew and Fras. Le llunte 
 lying in the Downs. He Mas paid off from the 
 
BOULTBEE— BOULTON— BOURCHIER. 
 
 101 
 
 Erebus on 4 Sept. in the same year, and placed 
 on the list of Retired Commanders 4 May, 1836. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BOULTBEE. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 16.) 
 Fredeeick Mooke Bouutbee is cousin of Lieut. 
 J. B. Boultbee, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 March, 1811, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Conquestador 74, 
 Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, attached to the Flushing 
 and Channel fleets. From Nov. 1814, to Oct. 1820, 
 he served as Midshipman and Mastei^sMate in the 
 Favourite 26, Capts. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude and 
 Hercules Robinson, on the East India, St. Helena, 
 South American, and Newfoundland stations. While 
 next employed in the Egeria 26, Capt. John Toup 
 Nicolas, he was promoted, 1.3 Dec. 1821, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the GEASsiiorPER 18, Capt. David 
 Buchan. Joining, 24 Dec. 1825, the North Star 
 26, Capt. Septimus Arabin, he co-operated, until 
 advanced to the rank of Commander, 11 Feb. 1829, 
 in the suppression of the slave-trade on the coast 
 of Africa, where, in the course of 1827, we find him 
 distinguishing himself, while in charge of the ship's 
 pinnace, at the capture of a Spanish brig pierced 
 for 18 guns. Capt. Boultbee, whose next appoint- 
 ment was to the command, 24 May, 1838, of the 
 Jaseur sloop, on the Mediterranean station, there 
 served until elevated to the rank he now holds, 23 
 Nov. 1841. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Capt. Boultbee is Chief Constable for co. Bedford. 
 
 BOULTBEE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Joseph Bage Bodlteee, born 6 Jan. 1791, is 
 cousin of Capt. F. M. Boultbee, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Hind 28, Capt. Fras. 
 Wm. Fane, stationed in the Mediterranean, where, 
 in 1806, while escorting a convoy of victuallers from 
 off Cadiz to Gibraltar, that frigate was attacked by 
 a flotilla of gun-boats, whom, however, she suc- 
 ceeded in defeating. After an attachment of more 
 than twelve months with Capt. Fane to the Cam- 
 brian 40, during which period he appears to have 
 been actively employed in co-operation with the 
 patriots on the north coast of Spain, Mr. Boultbee 
 removed, in Aug. 1809, to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Rogers ; and on 13 Dec. 1810, took part in a gallant 
 but unfortunate attack made by the boats of a 
 squadron under Capt. Fane upon the enemy's 
 shipping in the Mole of Palamos, where, out of 600 
 seamen and marines who were landed, a full third 
 were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. Having 
 passed his examination in Nov. 1811, and been oc- 
 cupied for a short time on board the Hibeknia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he was confirmed 
 to a Lieutenancy, 25 Jan. 1813, in the Shearwater 
 10, Capts. W. Smith and John Townsend Coffin, in 
 the boats of which vessel, in conjunction with those 
 of the VoLONTAiRE and Undaunted, we find him 
 employed in an attempt to capture a convoy in the 
 Bay of Marseilles. The Shearwater being paid 
 off in Oct. 1814, Mr. Boultbee next, on 13 Dec, 1821, 
 joined the Grasshopper 18, Capt. David Buchan, 
 whom he accompanied to Newfoundland. His last 
 appointments were, 1 Sept. 1837, and 1 July, 1838, 
 to the Temiieaire 104, and Ocean 80, successive 
 guard-ships at Sheerness. He has been on half-pay 
 since 1841. 
 
 Lieut. Boultbee married, 7 May, 1822, and has 
 issue a daughter. Agents— HaUett and Robinson. 
 
 BOULTON. (Lieut., 1817 ; f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.) 
 William Boulton entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unicorn 32, 
 Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman; and, after 
 serving on the West India station, witnessed the 
 reduction of Monte Video in Feb. 1807, and the 
 destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads 
 in April, 1809. In May, 1813, having been unem- 
 ployed for nearly four years, he re-embarked, as 
 Master's Mate, on board the Bahaiha, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Henry Smith Wilson, lying in the river 
 
 Medway. He afterwards served — in 1814^15, in 
 the Hastst gun-brig, Capt. John Brenton, on the 
 Channel station— in 1815-16, in the Phaeton 38, 
 Capt. Fras. Stanfell, with whom he visited the Cape 
 of Good Hope, and subsequently conveyed Sir 
 Hudson Lowe to St. Helena — and, in 1816-17, as 
 Admiralty Midshipman, in the Eridanus 36, and 
 Severn 50, Capts. Wm. King and Wm. M'CuUoch, 
 on the Home station. He attained his present rank 
 on 24 Nov. in the latter year, but has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 BOUECHIER. (Keab-Admibai,, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Boorchier is eldest son of Capt. John 
 Bourohier, R.N., who died Lieut.-Governor of 
 Greenwich Hospital, 30 Dec. 1809 ; and brother of 
 Commander Wm. Bourchier, R.N. (1815), who died 
 22 Jan. 1844. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 1797, as a 
 Boy, on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. Jas. Bradley, 
 stationed in the Downs. He was next employed 
 on the Home and Newfoundland stations in the 
 BovAii WiniAM, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, Anson 44, 
 Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, Veteran 64, Capt. 
 Aroiiibald CoUingwood Dickson (part of Sir Hyde 
 Parker's fleet during the action off Copenhagen, 2 
 April, 1801), Endymion 40, Capts. Henry Garrett 
 and Joseph Larcom, and Ikis 32, Capts. Edw. Brace 
 and Wm. Grenville Lobb. Shortly aft^ the re- 
 ceipt of his first commission, which bears date 1 
 May, 1804, Mr. Bourchier joined the Elephant 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Dundas ; on removing from which ship 
 to the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardy- 
 man, we find him, on 6 May, 1805, commanding one 
 of four boats at the capture, off St. Domingo, in 
 face of a heavy fire of great guns and musketry, of 
 the French privateer Tape-a-hord of 4 long six- 
 pounders and 46 men.* He subsequently served 
 for two years with Sir Alex. Cochrane in the 
 Northumberland and Belleisle 74's; and, at- 
 taining the rank of Commander 20 April, 1808, was 
 next appointed, on 9 Nov. in that year, to the 
 Hawke 16. In that vessel, after taking, 7 Feb. 
 1811, Le Furet privateer, of 14 guns and 86 men,f 
 and witnessing the destruction, 25 March ensuing, 
 of the French 40-gun frigate Amazone, Capt. 
 Bourchier, on 19 Aug., rendered himself conspi- 
 cuous by his gallantry in attacking a convoy steer- 
 ing for Barfleur, under the protection of three gun- 
 brigs carrying each from 10 to 16 guns, and of 
 two large luggers of from 8 to 10 guns. With 
 these an action of great spirit on both sides took 
 place, and was maintained until two of the brigs 
 and the luggers, together with 15 of the merchant- 
 men, were driven on shore. The rest escaped in 
 consequence of the Hawke unfortunately taking 
 the ground, in which state she lay exposed for an 
 hour and a half to an incessant discharge of artil- 
 lery and musketry from the beach. Of the stranded 
 vessels, the only remaining gun-brig, the Heron of 
 10 guns, and three large transports, were after- 
 wards brought out by Lieut, (now Capt.) David 
 Price.| The loss of the British in this highly cre- 
 ditable affair did not exceed 1 man killed and 4 
 wounded. Capt. Bourchier — whose conduct de- 
 servedly procured him a Post-commission on the 
 very day the intelligence of this exploit reached 
 the Admiralty, Aug. 22 — was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 5 Jan. 1813, to the San Josef 110, fitting 
 at Plymouth for the flag of Rear- Admiral Edw. 
 Jas. Foote — 12 May following to the Myrtle 20 
 in which vessel he served for some time on the 
 Lisbon station — 18 Nov. in the same year, to the 
 Medina 20, employed, until Jan. 1816, off New- 
 foundland—and, 28 Nov. 1820, to the Atholl 28. 
 He was nominated Superintendent, in Jan. 1827, of 
 the Quarantine Establishment at Milford ; and ac- 
 cepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Bourchier is married, and has, with other 
 issue, a son, the present Lieut. Macdonald Bourchier, 
 K.N. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. IS0.5, p. 801. + V. Gaz 1811, p. 289. 
 
 t V. Gai. 1811, p. 1635. 
 
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 BOURCIIIER— BOURNE. 
 
 BOUECHIER. (LiBDTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Macdonald Bouhchier, bom 6 Aug. 1814, is 
 eldest son of Capt. Henry Bourchier, R.N. 
 
 This ofacer entered the Koyal Naval College 
 6 Sept. 1827 ; and embarked, 27 June, 1829, on 
 board the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Kobt. 
 Cavendish Spencer, with whom he proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean. He passed his examination 14 Aug. 
 1833 ; and while afterwards attached as Mate to the 
 Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds, served 
 during part of the operations of 1840 on the coast 
 of Syria, and was present at the blockade of Alex- 
 andria. His appointments, since his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 Nov. 
 1841, have been, on the Home station— 14 Feb. 1843, 
 to the ExcELLEMT gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings— 18 Dec. 1844, as First, to the AcTJiON 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Mansel— 7 Feb. 1845, to the Vasgdard 
 80, Capt. Geo. "Wickens "Willes— and, 8 July, 1845, 
 to the Queen 110, bearing the flag at Devonport of 
 Sir John West, under whom he is now serving. 
 
 He married, 5 Dec. 1843, Mary Eliza, eldest 
 daughter of the late Rear-Admiral John Hancock, 
 C.B. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 BOUECHIER, K.C.B. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 
 29; H-P., 18.) 
 Sir Thomas Bourchier, bom in March, 1791, at 
 Chapelizod, near Dublin, is son of the late Major- 
 General Bourchier, of Ardcloncy, co. Clare. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Rotal 98, 
 Capt. Thos. Macnamara Russell, on the Home sta- 
 tion, where, and in the "West Indies, he afterwards, 
 until 1 March, 1808, served, as Midshipman, in the 
 FoRTDNBE 36, Capta. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Ste- 
 vens, and Ferrier, Amelia 38, Capt. Lord Proby, 
 Centaur and Amsterdam, both bearing the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, and Ma- 
 .testic 74, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral T. M. Russell, 
 under whom he assisted at the reduction of Heligo- 
 land in Sept. 1807. On leaving the Majestic, Mr. 
 Bourchier, who had just passed his examination, 
 assumed, as Acting-Lieutenant, the command of the 
 Lord Nelson hired cutter, but-soon after removed 
 to the Forester 18, Capt. John Richards, to which 
 sloop he was confirmed by the Admiralty 26 Aug. 
 1808. While attached to the latter vessel he con- 
 tributed to the destruction of the wreck of H.M.S. 
 Flora on the coast of Holland, was also present 
 at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809, and, 
 on 31 of the following May, commanded a division 
 of boats under Lieut. Lewes at the capture of a 
 French letter-of-marque brig of 16, and schooner of 
 14 guns, protected by 4 long 8-pounders and 300 
 soldiers, in Port du Molas, Guadeloupe, where the 
 guns were eventually spiked and the magazines 
 blown up. His subsequent appointments, until paid 
 off at the peace, were— 17 June, 1809, to the Hed- 
 KEUX 18, Capt. Fras. Alex. Halliday, also in the 
 West Indies— 11 Sept. 1810, to the Vengeur 74, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Joseph Sydney 
 Torke— 16Dec. 1811, to the Ferret 16, Capt. F. A. 
 Halliday, on the Leith station — and, 26 Feb. 1813, 
 and 20 June, 1814, to the Victoriods 74, Capt. John 
 Talbot, and Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, both 
 employed off the coast of North America, tinder 
 the latter officer he witnessed the surrender of the 
 United States frigate President, and, as on various 
 other occasions, commanded the seamen and ma^ 
 rines at the capture of Machias and of two field- 
 pieces from the American militia. After an un- 
 employed interval of exactly four years, Lieut. 
 Bourchier joined, 12 Aug. 1819, the Superb 78, 
 hearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Thos. 
 Masterniau Hardy in South America, where he ac- 
 quired, for short periods, the temporary command 
 of the Creole 36, and Blossom 24, and was officially 
 promoted to the Beaveii sloop, 9 Sept. 1822. He 
 was next in succession appointed, on the same sta^ 
 tion, to the Doris 36, Eclair 18, and Volage 28 : 
 and, on 12 Sept. 1827, obtained Post-rank in the 
 Menai 26, in which frigate he returned to England 
 
 in 1829. From that year Capt f^rchierdid^ not 
 again procure e^PW"^?* Tblonde^2 As here 
 ?: t^^t TaX detS"'?Ms^okcer's very bril- 
 hantser^rces during the ensuing campaign m Chma 
 nant service» Cevond our Umits, we must con- 
 
 tenf ours^ve fSgenlrally stating-that his career 
 on that wide-sprlad field of action opened with a 
 spirited attack on the batteries at Amoy, 3 July, 
 1840*— that he afterwards, being left in command 
 at Chusan with a squadron of seven ships-of-war 
 and transports, embarked the troops, and, in pur- 
 suance of the orders of Sir J. J. G. Bremer, deli- 
 vered the island over to the Chinese authorities, m 
 
 Feb 1841 1 tliat he also commanded the flotilla of 
 
 boats employed at the first taking of Canton, a bri- 
 gade of seamen at the storming of the heights m 
 the vicinity of that city during the operations 
 which led to its re-capture, and a division of ships 
 at the taking of Amoy, besides eminently partici- 
 pating in the capture (the second) of Chusan, 
 Chinghae, Ningpo, the attack on the heights of 
 Segoan, the further taking of Tsekee and Chapoo, 
 and the battle of Woosung, on which latter occasion 
 the Blonde was the leading shipl — that he had 
 charge of the naval force in the Ningpo River 
 during a part of the winter of 1842, accompanied 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Parker up the Tang-tse- 
 Kiang, and was second in command at the pacifi- 
 cation of Nanking— and that he ultimately return- 
 ed, with 3,000,000 dollars of the Chinese ransom, to 
 Portsmouth, where he was paid off in March, 1843. 
 The importance of Capt. Bourchier's services had 
 in the interim been duly acknowledged by his 
 nomination to the C.B. 29 June, 1841, and his sub- 
 sequent elevation to the dignity of a K.C.B. 24 
 Dec. 1842. He has been employed, since 20 Sept. 
 1846, as Captain-Superintendent of Chatham Dock- 
 yard. 
 
 Sir Thos. Bourchier married, 1 Sept. 1843, Jane 
 Barbara, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir Edw. Cod- 
 rington, G.C.B. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BOURNE. (LiECT., 1812. F-p., 19;h-p., 30.) 
 
 George Stanwat Bourne entered the Navy, 23 
 April, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Inspector 
 sloop, Capts. Chas. Lock and Geo. Sayer, stationed 
 off the coast of Norway ; attained the raUng of 
 Midshipman in Dec. 1799 ; and was for five years 
 employed in that capacity in La Vbsuve and Bold 
 gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders Benj. Crispin and 
 Wm. Chivers, on the Home station. After having 
 acted, for a brief period, as Lieutenant of the 
 Cruizer 16, Capt. John Hancock, he was promoted, 
 8 April, 1805, to a Sub-Lieutenancy in the Teazer 
 gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Lewis Kerr. On 
 16 July following the latter vessel was unfortu- 
 nately taken by a division of French gun -boats 
 while becalmed off Granville, after a severe action ; 
 and from that date until Slay, 1814, Mr. Bourne, 
 whose commission bears date 20 Nov. 1812, remain- 
 ed in captivity. He was afterwards employed, as 
 First-Lieutenant, from 22 May, 1843, until 1846, of 
 the San Josef 110, and Caledonia 120, commanded 
 at Devonport by Capts. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne and 
 Mauley Hall Dixon, but is at present on half-pay. 
 
 BOURNE. (Commander, 181.3. f-p., 13;h-p.,33.) 
 HENHr Bourne entered the Navy, 12 May, 1801, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Neptune 98, Capt. 
 Edw. Brace, bearing the flag in the Channel of 
 Vice- Admiral Gambler ; served as Midshipman, for 
 a few months in 1802, in the Camilla 20, com- 
 manded by the same officer and by Capt. Henry 
 
 ? L rAr''^''?'°^'^7'S^-^'^"^l Gambier in the 
 1 «n/ i at Newfoundland ; became attached, in Jan. 
 1804, to the Melpomene 38, Capts. Robt. Dudley 
 ^^IZ^h ^^'^'' ^^''^^''^ employed in the Channel 
 ?RnS^n?o rtTFrj ^V^-^de 'Lieutenant, 4 Jan. 
 1808, into the Fame 74, Capt. Rich. Henrv Alex 
 
 * Fi* Gaz. 1840, p. 2992. + j- r-, ,„,, . 
 
 t y. Ga^. 1841, pp. 1S04, 2496 ^B.nf-.,?^'"' P- '^^^• 
 
 «1 IB-i qso 101 ^OB o«c „„„ ' ' ^"'' "»'• 1S42, pp. 
 lib' 3593! ' ' ^' ''^'' '"'"'■ 8398, 3401, 340S, 
 
BOURNE— BOUVERIE. 
 
 103 
 
 Bennett, off Cadiz ; and on 11 June, 1809, removed 
 to the Spartan frigate, Capt. Jahleel Brenton. In 
 Oct. of the latter year he assisted at the reduction 
 of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo ; and on 3 May, 
 1810, he signalized himself by his exemplary con- 
 duct and gallantry, as' Junior Lieutenant of the 
 Spartan, whose force amounted to 46 guns and 
 258 men, in a brilliant and single-handed victory 
 gained by that ship, in the Bay of Naples (after a 
 contest of more than two hours, in which the Bri- 
 tish sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 22 wound- 
 ed), over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying 
 altogether 95 guns and about 1400 men.* Mr. 
 Bourne was subsequently employed with Capt. 
 Edw. Pelham Brenton, who succeeded to the com- 
 mand of the Spartan, on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica, where he aided in the capture of numerous 
 privateers and other vessels, until promoted to the 
 command of the Rattler sloop, of 16 guns. He 
 was superseded from that vessel 24 Jan. 1814, and, 
 with the exception of a few months in 1829-30, 
 when he served at Sheerness as Second-Captain of 
 the Donegal 78, Capt. Sir Jahleel Brenton, has 
 held no further appointment. 
 
 BOURNE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 
 13 ; H-p., 47.) 
 
 Richard Bourne entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 
 1787, as Captain's Servant, on board the Druid 32, 
 Capt. Joseph Ellison, on the Channel station ; be- 
 came Midshipman, in 1789, of the Carnatic 74, 
 commanded by Hon. Capt. Bertie ; and, having 
 joined the Crescent, of 42 guns and 257 men, Capt. 
 Jas. Saumarez, was, we believe, present at the cap- 
 ture, 20 Oct. 1793, after a close action of two hours, 
 of the French frigate La Reunion, of 36 guns and 
 320 men, 120 of whom were either killed or wound- 
 ed, without any casualty whatever to the British. f 
 He next served in the Musquito and Sandflv gun- 
 vessels, Lieut.-Commanders W. M'Carthy and John 
 Chiloott, and Diamond frigate, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith ; was then appointed Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Syren 32, Capt. Graham Moore ; and, 
 on rejoining the Diamond, was placed in command, 
 12 Feb. 1796, of the Sandfly, while in which 
 vessel he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 4 Aug. 1797. 
 On 26 Feb. 1798, we find Mr. Bourne capturing, in 
 company with the Badger gun-vessel, La Sowris 
 chasse-maree, of 16 guns ; and, at the successful de- 
 fence, 7 May following, of the small island of St. 
 Marcouf, in the Channel, against the attack of a 
 considerable division of the French flotilla, com- 
 manding most effectively the fort on the eastern 
 island.! 0° 24 March, 1804, after five years of 
 half-pay, he obtained command of the Felix 
 schooner, of 12 guns. In that vessel Mr. Bourne, 
 in Jan. 1805, conveyed to Sir Thos. Graves the in- 
 telligence, which he was the first to acquire, of the 
 escape of the squadron under M. Missiessy from 
 Aix Road. He subsequently fought an action of 
 great gallantry with a privateer of far superior 
 force ; and, in 1806, was severely wounded in an 
 attack on the town of Hea, on the coast of Spain. 
 For the latter service the Patriotic Society appears 
 to have voted him rewards both honorary and pe- 
 cuniary. He wag, however, placed on half-pay on 
 14 Oct. in the same year ; and, unable afterwards 
 to procure employment, accepted, 10 Dec. 1840, the 
 rank of Retired Commander under order in Council 
 of 1816. 
 
 Commander Bourne hafl a daughter, Louisa Blake, 
 who married, 7 Dec. 1841, M. H. Mahon, Esq., of 
 the 86th Regt. 
 
 BOUVERIE. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Frederick William Pleydell Bouverie, born 
 18 April, 1816, is eldest son of the Hon. and Rev. 
 Frederick Pleydell Bouverie, Canon of Salisbury, 
 by Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Sir Rich. 
 Joseph Sullivan, Bart. ; nephew of Rear-Admiral 
 
 • Vide Giu.. 1810, p. 1134. 
 
 f Tliis was the exploit which procured Sir James Saumarez 
 his knighthood. t V. Gaz. 1T98, p. 390. 
 
 Bouverie, and of the present Sir Chas. Sullivan, 
 Bart., Capt. R.N. ; and first-cousin of the Earl of 
 Radnor. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 12 Oct. 1831 ; passed his examina- 
 tion in 1836; and obtained his first commission 
 10 May, 1839. He was afterwards appointed — 15 
 July following, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, 
 one of the ships employed during the operations 
 of 1840 on the coast of Syria — 1 Dec. in the latter 
 year, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, 
 also on the Mediterranean station — and, 8 Sept. 
 1841, to the Victory 104, as Flag-Lieutenant, at 
 Portsmouth, to his uncle Rear-Admiral Bouverie. 
 He was advanced to his present rank 7 March, 1842 ; 
 but has since been on half-pay. Agent — J. Chip- 
 pendale. 
 
 He married, in 1845, a daughter of the late J. 
 Alexander, Esq. 
 
 BOUVERIE. (Vice-Admikal of the Blue, 
 1846. F-P., 28 ; H-P., 26.) 
 
 The Honourable Buncombe Pleydell Bou- 
 verie, born 28 June, 1780, is second son of the late 
 Earl of Radnor, by Hon. Anne Duncombe, daughter 
 and co-heir of Anthony Lord Feversham ; brother 
 of the present Earl of Radnor ; brother-in-law of 
 the Hon. Mrs. P. P. Bouverie, sister of Capt. Edw. 
 Henry A'Court, R.N., M.P. ; and uncle of Com- 
 mander Fred. Wm. P. Bouverie, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy at 
 Portsmouth 9 Jan. 1793 ; embarked, 24 April, 1795, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Nassau 64, Capt. 
 Herbert Sawyer ; and served, as Midshipman, from 
 18 of the following month until within a few days 
 of the receipt of his first commission, 16 Feb. 1799, 
 in the Latona and Cambrian frigates, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, on the 
 Home station. He then joined Vice-Admiral Sir 
 Roger Curtis in the Prince 98, and, accompanying 
 him soon afterwards, in the Lancaster 64, to the 
 Cape of Good Hope, continued there to serve, in 
 the same ship and the Adamant 50, latterly as 
 Flag-Lieutenant, until 26 Aug. 1801, when he as- 
 sumed command of the Penguin sloop, by virtue of 
 a commission dated back to 14 of the preceding 
 Feb. On 2 April, 1802, Capt. Bouverie was made 
 Post into the Braave, of 40 guns; but, leaving 
 that ship in the ensuing Aug., he was subsequently 
 appointed — 1 April, 1803, to the Mercury 28, em- 
 ployed, first, as a floating battery off Guernsey, next 
 in convoying the outward-bound trade to the Me- 
 diterranean, and (after capturing, 4 Feb. 1805, a 
 Spanish national vessel, El Fuerte de Gibraltar, of 4 
 guns and 59 men) in cruizing in the West Indies — 
 10 Aug. 1805, to L'AiMABLE 32, in which ship he 
 was chased by a French sc[uadron under M. Ri- 
 chery, when proceeding to join Lord Nelson's fleet 
 off Cadiz— and, 20 Feb. 1806, to the Medusa 32. 
 During the more than seven years of his continu- 
 ance in the latter frigate, Capt. Bouverie partici- 
 pated in all the operations in the Rio de la Plata, 
 from Oct. 1806, until his return to England with 
 Lieut.-General Whitelocke, in Sept. 1807, including 
 the capture of Maldonado and the island of Gorriti.* 
 He also took, 4 April, 1808, L'Actif, French priva^ 
 teer, of 14 guns ; united with Capt. Thos. Manby, 
 of the Thalia 36, in a supposed pursuit of two 
 French frigates to the coast of Labrador, whence he 
 returned after experiencing for three months the 
 greatest privations ; captured, 6 and l4 Jan. 1810, 
 while cruizing in the British Channel and Bay of 
 Biscay, the privateers L'Avmture, of 14 guns and 
 82 men, and L' Hirondelle, of 14 guns and 75 men ; 
 and, in the summer of 1812, was repeatedly noticed 
 in the despatches of Sir Geo. Ralph Collier for his 
 eificacious support of the patriot cause on the north 
 coast of Spain, where he particularly contributed 
 to the reduction of Lequeytio and Guetaria.t 
 He afterwards commanded, from 15 May, 1828, 
 until 1831, the Windsor Castle 7fi, on the Medi- 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1807, pp. 114, 1210. 
 +.r. Gai. 1812, p, 1441. 
 
104 
 
 BOWDEN— BOWEN. 
 
 terranean station ; was appointed Colonel of Ma^ 
 rines 22 July, 1830; attained the rank of Bear- 
 Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; was lastly employed, from 
 26 July, 1837, until the same month in 1842, as 
 Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth, with his 
 flag on hoard the Victory 104 ; and became a Vice- 
 Admiral 9 Not. 1846. 
 
 Vice-Admiral Bouverie, who is a Deputy-Lieu- 
 tenant for Wiltshire, and has been several times 
 returned to Parliament as the representative of 
 different places in that CO., married, 27 Dec. 1809, 
 Louisa, second daughter of the late Joseph Hay, 
 Esq. ; and has an only daughter, Louisa, married, 
 2 April, 1832, to Capt. Hon. Sam. Hay, 7th Foot, 
 brother of the Earl of ErroU. 
 
 BOWDEN. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 18; h-p., 26.) 
 John Bowden entered the Navy, 26 May, 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Cbeffonne 36, Capt. 
 Chas. Adam, under whom, after contributing to the 
 defeat, in June, 1805, of a division of the French 
 flotilla, which was driven under the batteries at 
 Fecamp, he successively removed, as Midshipman, 
 to the Kesistance 38, and Invincible 74, employed 
 off the coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, and 
 in the Mediterranean. Between Oct. 1810, and 
 Oct. 1813, we find him serving, at the siege of Cadiz 
 and on the Home and West India stations, in the 
 CoEOSSus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, Kotal Wil- 
 liam, Capt. Robt. Hall, Norge 74, Capt. John 
 Spratt Rainier, Vestal 28, Capt. Sam. Deckar, and, 
 as Master's Mate, in the Garland 22, and Shark 
 sloop, Capts. Thos. Huskisson, Rich. Plummer 
 Davies, and John Gore. He was confirmed to a 
 Lieutenancy in the latter vessel, bearing the flag at 
 the time of Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, 16 March, 
 1814; and, invaliding home in April, 1815, was 
 afterwards appointed — 5 April, 1831, to a three 
 years' command in the Coast Guard — and, 26 June, 
 1837, to the Victory 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth 
 of Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie. He has 
 been on half-pay since Feb. 1840. 
 
 employed in Chesapeake Bay. He was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 9 Feb. 1815, into the Dauntless 18, Capt. 
 Dan. Barker; returned home from Rio Janeiro, 
 in July of the same year, on board the Achille 74, 
 Capt. Aiskew Paffard HoUis ; and since 25 Apnl, 
 1842, has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 19 Dec. 1825, Jane, daughter of the 
 late Rev. Jas. Stanley, Vicar of Ormskirk, Lanco^ 
 shire, and sister of Capts. Edw. and Owen Stanley, 
 R.N. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BOWDEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Philip Bowden entered the Navy, 12 June, 1805, 
 as A.B., on board the Fisgard 38, Capts. Lord 
 Mark Robt. Kerr and Sir Wm. Bolton, under the 
 latter of whom he was present, as Midshipman, at 
 the taking of Cura9oa, 1 Jan. 1807. He afterwards 
 served, in 1808-9, in the Inconstant 36, Capt. E. 
 Dickson, and Bakfleur 98, Capt. D. M'Leod ; from 
 1809 to 1812, as Second Master and Master's Mate, 
 in the Tridmph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, em- 
 ployed at the defence of Cadiz; in 1813-14, part of 
 the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the San Juan 74, 
 bearing the flag of the latter oflicer at Gibraltar ; 
 and in 1814-15, as Master's Mate, in the Salvador, 
 Capt. Hall, and Impregnable 104, flag-ship in the 
 Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Josias Rowley. He 
 was placed on half-pay in Aug. 1815, having been 
 advanced to the rank of Lieutenant on 22 of the 
 previous February, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 BOWDEN. (Lieut., 181!). f-p., 17; h-p., 27.) 
 
 Richard Bayly Bowdes entered the Navy, 17 
 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 
 100, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, with whom, when 
 Rear-Admiral, he was present, as Midshipman, in 
 the same ship, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 
 1805. He was next employed for some time in the 
 Illustrious 74, Capt. Wm. Shields, and also in the 
 Minotaur 74, flag-ship, during the hostilities of 
 1807 against Copenhagen, of Rear-Admiral Wm. 
 Essington. After an attachment of a few months, 
 in the early part of 1808, to the Hibernia 110, 
 bearing the flag, off Lisbon, of Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 Mr. Bowden joined the Nautilus sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Dench, under whom, during a continuance of 
 more than four years on the Portuguese and Medi- 
 terranean stations, he contributed to the capture of 
 several privatetrs, and of one of them while serving 
 in the boats. From the Nautilus he removed, in 
 July, 1814, to the Orlando 36, Capt. John Olavell, 
 
 BOWDEN. (CoMMANDEK, 1813. F-P., 20 ; 
 
 H-p., 32.) 
 Richard Booth Bowden entered the Navy, 
 1 June, 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Concorde 
 36, Capt. Anthony Hunt, on the Channel station ; 
 attained the rating of Midshipman in Sept. fol- 
 lowing ; and, after serving for more than six years 
 in the Caroline 36, Capts. Wm. Luke and Wm. 
 Bowen, employed off Lisbon and in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he assisted at the capture of many 
 privateers and other armed vessels, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 29 April, 1802. His ap- 
 pointments, in the latter capacity, were — in July, 
 1803, to the Weymouth District of Sea Fencibles — 
 5 May, 1804, to the Queen 98, Capts. Manley Dixon 
 and Fras. Pender, in the Channel — 4 July, 1805, to 
 the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Mark Robinson, 
 lying at Portsmouth — 14 Aug. 1805, to the Quebec 
 32, Capts. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, 
 Geo. M'Kinley, Lord Viscount Falkland, and Hon. 
 Geo. Paulet, under the third of whom he witnessed 
 the surrender of the Danish island of Heligoland, 
 5 Sept. 1807 — 16 May, 1810, after an unemployed 
 interval of 13 months, to the Codrageux 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Butterfield, attached to the fleet in the 
 Channel— and, 22 Nov. 1810, and 8 May, 1811, to 
 the Christian VH. 80, and Caledonia 120, bear- 
 ing each the flag in the Downs and Mediterranean 
 of Sir Edw. Pellew. Being superseded from the 
 latter ship on advancement to his present rank, 
 5 Aug. 1813, Commander Bowden, on 15 Oct. fol- ' 
 lowing, assumed command of the Gorgon hospital- 
 ship, which for some time bore the flag, at Port 
 Mahon, Minorca, of Vice-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, 
 and subsequently, in 1814-15, after serving on the 
 coast of North America, formed part of the expedi- 
 tion sent against New Orleans. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 16 May, 1815, to the Antelope 50, in 
 which he served at Portsmouth for a period of 
 three months. 
 
 Commander Bowden, who has been twice married, 
 wedded first the youngest daughter of the Rev. R. 
 Hawker, D.D., Vicar of Charles, Devon. By his 
 second marriage he has issue. 
 
 BOWEN. (Lieutenant, 1836.) 
 
 Augustus Frederick James Bowen, bom in 
 1812, is son of the late Capt. Wm. Hawkwell 
 Bowen, R.N., by Susannah, sister of the present 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Geo. Parker, Bart., R.N.; and god- 
 son and protege of H.R.H. the late Duke of Sussex. 
 He had two uncles of his own name, both Post- 
 Captains, one of whom, the gallant Rich. Bowen, 
 commanded the Terpsichoue 32, under Lord Nel- 
 son, at Teneriffe, and met a glorious death while 
 spiking the guns at the Mole. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1821, and while 
 attached, with Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, to 
 the Leven, Barracouta, and Albatross, assisted 
 in surveying the continent of Africa, the islands of 
 Madagascar and France, the Seychelles, and parts 
 of India and Arabia. He also visited South Ame- 
 rica, and endured many hardships consequent on 
 the Ashantee war and other causes. He next, in 
 1825, joined the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at 
 the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom, and, after holding 
 command for some time of her tender, became 
 attached to the Briton 46, Capts. Gordon and 
 Seymour, in which frigate he made a voyage to 
 Russia. He was selected in 1827 to assist Capt. 
 Henry Wolsey Bayfield in the survey of the river 
 St. Lawrence and coast of Labrador ; passed his 
 
BOWEN. 
 
 105 
 
 examination for eeamansliip in 1830 ; was in Canada 
 througliout the whole period of the rebellion ; came 
 home, after repeated applications, and passed his 
 examination at the Royal Naval College early in 
 1836 ; was promoted, in consequence of the long 
 and arduous nature of his services, on 30 April in 
 the same year ; and resumed immediately after- 
 wards the survey of the coast of Labrador and the 
 southern part of the St. Lawrence. He obtained 
 leave in 1840 to return to England, and is at pre- 
 sent unemployed. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BOWEN. (Ctaptam, 1825. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.) 
 Charles Bowen entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1799, 
 as a Boy, on board the Achille 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Edwin Henry Stanhope and Geo. Murray, on the 
 Channel station; attained the rating of Midship- 
 man 21 Oct. 1800 ; and, on removing with the last- 
 mentioned officer to the Edgar 74, was present, 
 under Lord Nelson, in the battle of Copenhagen, 
 2 April, 1801. He next accompanied Capt. Murray 
 into the London 98, and afterwards, from Nov. 
 1802, until Feb. 1806, served in the Juno 32, Capt. 
 Henry Richardson, attached to the fleet in the 
 Mediterranean. In Nov. 1806, Mr. Bowen rejoined 
 his former Captain, then Kear-Admiral Murray, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Poltphemds 64^ in which 
 ship we iind him, from May to Aug. 1807, employed, 
 latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, during the hostile 
 operations in the Rio de la Plata. He was con- 
 firmed, on 30 of the latter month, into the Hermes 
 sloop-of-war, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, and sub- 
 sequently appointed— 20 Aug. 1808, to the Thisbe 28, 
 bearing the flag in the Thames of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Edwin Stanhope— 11 Sept. 1809, to the Nereus 36, 
 Capt. Peter Heywood, in which vessel he returned 
 home from the Mediterranean, with the remains of 
 Lord Collingwood, in April, 1810—8 Nov. following 
 to the Northumberland 74, Capt. Henry Hotham, 
 under whom (the Growler gun-brig in company) 
 he assisted at the destruction, with a loss to the 
 Northumberland of 5 killed and 28 wounded, of 
 the two French 40-gun frigates VAriemie and 
 L' Andromaque, of 450 men each, and MameUmck 
 brig, of 18 guns and 150 men, defended by nume- 
 rous galling batteries at the entrance of L'Orient, 
 22 May, 1812— and, 5 Feb. 1813, to the Indus 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, employed ofF the Texel, and 
 also in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in 
 Sept. 1814. Being promoted to the command, 19 
 July, 1822, of the Driver sloop, he served for 
 about two years in that vessel on the coast of 
 Africa, where he acquired great credit, as evinced 
 by the acknowledgments of Commodore Sir Robt. 
 Mends, for his disinterested zeal and active ex- 
 ertions during the Ashantee war, particularly in 
 mounting and equipping the guns of Cape Coast 
 Castle in 1823; and likewise for his co-operation, 
 in May, 1824, with the troops under Lieut.-Col. 
 Sutherland.*' He was advanced to Post-rank 27 
 June, 1825, and placed upon retired half-pay 1 
 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Bowen married Mary Hannah, youngest 
 daughter of the late Geo, Fisher, Esq., of Hillside, 
 CO. Gloucester, by whom he has issue. 
 
 BOWEN. (COMMANDEK,1814. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 34.) 
 George Bowen entered the Navy, 17 March, 
 1799, as a Supernumerary, on board the Bulldog 
 bomb, Capts. Adam Drummond and Barrington 
 Dacres, stationed in the Mediterranean, where, on 
 14 Jan. 1800, he became Midshipman of the The- 
 seus 74, Capt. John Styles. He further served in 
 the Levden 68, Capt. Wm. Bedford, attached to 
 the fleet in the North Sea; for some time, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Centurion 50, bearing the 
 flag in the East Indies of Vice-Admiral Peter Rai- 
 nier ; and, in the same capacity also, in the Namcr 
 74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, under whom he 
 was present, 4 Nov. 1805, at the capture, by Sir 
 Rich. Straohan's squadron, of the four French 
 ships of the line escaped from the battle of Tra^ 
 * Vide Gaz. 1824, pp. 1011, 1273. 
 
 falgar. On 7 Feb. 1806, Mr. Bowen was made 
 Lieutenant into the Conqueror 74, commanded in 
 the Mediterranean by Capt. Israel Pellew. He 
 afterwards joined, 10 Nov. 1807, the Kangaroo 
 sloop, Capt. John Baker, lying in the Downs — 2 
 Nov. 1808, the Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Granville 
 Geo. Waldegrave — 5 May, 1809, the Dreadnought 
 98, bearing the flag in Basque Roads of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Thos. Sotheby— 20 Jan. 1810, the Dictator 
 64, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, employed in the 
 North Sea and Baltic— and 2 May following, as 
 First Lieutenant, the Apollo 38, Capts. Bridges 
 Watkinson Taylor and Thos. Graham. In that 
 frigate, during a continuance of four years in the 
 Mediterranean, he saw a vast deal of active service. 
 He assisted in capturing, 13 April, 1812, the French 
 frigate-built store-ship Merinos, of 20 guns and 126 
 men, under the batteries of Corsica, and, on 20 
 Sept. in the same year, the national xebec UlyBse, 
 of 6 guns — took, 21 Deo. ensuing, in command of 
 the Apoixo's boats, supported by those of the 
 Weasel sloop, under Lieut. Michael Quin, the 
 tower of St. Cataldo, the strongest between the 
 Brindisi and Otranto* — obtained mention for his 
 distinguished share in the reduction of the islands 
 of Augusta and Curzola, in the Adriatic, 29 Jan. 
 and 3 Feb. 1813 f — and witnessed the taking of 
 those of Malero and Paxo, 14 April, 1813, and 13 
 Feb. 1814. Since his advancement to his present 
 rank, which took place on 15 June in the latter 
 year. Commander Bowen has not been employed. 
 
 BOWEN. (LiEDT., 1808. F-p., 20 ; h-p., 260 
 
 Peregrine Bowen entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 
 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Chapman, hired 
 armed ship, Capts. Robt. Keen and Thos. Brown ; 
 removed very shortly afterwards into the San 
 JosEF 110, Capts. Wm. Wolseley and Carpenter; 
 and from July, 1803, until the year 1807, served in 
 the Prince 98, Capts. Rich. Grindall, Daniel Oliver 
 Guion, Wm. Lechmere, and Alex- Fraser, under 
 the first of whom he was present, 21 Oct. 1805, in 
 the battle of Trafalgar. He next accompanied 
 Capt. Fraser into the Vanguard 74, one of the 
 ships employed with the fleet under Lord Gambler 
 at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807 ; 
 and, on 21 Oct. in that year, was appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Bellette 18, Capt. John Philli- 
 more. He was confirmed, 23 Feb. 1808, into the 
 Babfledr 98, bearing the flags in the Tagus and 
 oflf Lisbon of Rear-Admirals Wm. Albany Otway 
 and Chas. Tyler, to the latter of whom he appears 
 to have officiated for some time as Flag-Lieutenant. 
 From the Barfleur Mr. Bowen was appointed, 
 7 Dec. 1808, to the Venus 32, in which frigate he 
 continued to serve, under Capts. Anderson, Jas. 
 Coutts Crawford (with whom he assisted at the 
 reduction of Vigo in March, 1809), and Kenneth 
 Mackenzie, off the coasts of Spain, Portugal, Nor- 
 way, and Greenland, and in the West Indies, until 
 paid off, 14 Feb. 1814. Since 10 June, 1839, he 
 has been employed as Admiralty Agent in a con- 
 tract steam-vessel on the Liverpool station. 
 
 BOWEN. (LiEHT., 1815. F-P., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Richard Bowen entered the Navy, in Jime, 
 1806, as A.B., on board the Glatton 50, Capts. 
 Thos. Seccombe, Henry Hope, and Geo. Miller 
 Bligh, employed in the Mediterranean, on which 
 station he removed, as Midshipman, in Sept. 1809, 
 to the Active, of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon. 
 While belonging to that frigate he took part, 13 
 March, 1811, in the brilliant action off Lissa, where 
 a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns 
 and 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of 
 six hours, and a loss to the Active of 4 killed and 
 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose 
 force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men ; and on 
 29 Nov. in the same year he further shared in a 
 hard-fought action of an hour and 40 minutes 
 which, in rendering the Active captor of La Po^ 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1813, p. 1122. 
 t V. Gaz. 1813, pp. 1093, 1307. 
 
106 
 
 BOWER— BOWERBANK-BOWERS. 
 
 mone, of 44 guns and 332 menj occasioned her a loss 
 of 8 killed and 27 wounded. From June to Nov. 
 1812, Mr. Bowen next serred in the Namue 74, 
 Capt. Cbas. John Austen, and Seahorse 38, com- 
 tnanded by Capt. Gordon. He then joined the 
 ScEPTBE and Albion 74's, bearing each the flag of 
 Kear-Admiral Geo. Cockburn, and was for 20 
 months very actively employed on the coast of 
 North America. After acting for nearly five 
 months as Lieutenant of the Kosy 64, Capt. 
 Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, Mr. Bowen was con- 
 flrined to that ship by commission dated 13 April, 
 1815. He returned home from Bermuda on board 
 the Bdffalo in March, 1816, and has not since 
 been afloat. 
 
 BOWER. (Captain, 184.5.) 
 
 James IPatekson BOwer entered the Navy 6 
 May, 1820 : passed his examination iJi 1826 ; Ob» 
 tained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; and after 
 serving for some time as Additional-Lieutfenant in 
 the Ddblin 50, and President 52, flag-ships on 
 the South American station of Rear- Admirals Sir 
 Graham Eden Hamond and Chas. Bayne Hodgson 
 Koss, was appointed, 10 July, 1838, to the Sama- 
 KANG 26, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott. 
 With the latter officer he served, as his First Lieu' 
 tenant, throughout the Chinese Campaign ; and on 
 every occasion of hazard or dif&culty on which he 
 was employed his zeal and gallantry drew forth the 
 highest official notice. At the taking of Tycocktow, 
 7 Jan. 1841, he received a severe sabre-cut across 
 the knee while heading the party which stormed 
 and carried the fort;* and not long afterwards 
 (Feb. 22), in following up the success which led to 
 the capture of a masked battery of 20 guns at ttie 
 hack of Anunghoy, he came upon the rear-guard 
 of the Chinese, and bore away their colours. f In 
 March he again signalized himself by the dashing 
 manner in which he took possession of the fort of 
 Feeshukok, mounting 7 guns, whence the enemy 
 had opened a heavy fire of grape.J The latter 
 service was performed during the celebrated forced 
 passage, effected between 3 a.m. on the 13th and 
 4 P.M. on the 15th, by the Nemesis and the Sama- 
 KANo's boats up the inner Channel from Macao to 
 Whampoa, a navigation never before traversed by 
 European boat or vessel, in the course of which 
 were destroyed five forts, one battery, two military 
 stations, and nine man-of-War junk^, in which col- 
 lectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls. Being re- 
 warded for his continued gallantry with a Com- 
 mander's commission, dated on 6 May in the same 
 year, Capt. Bower, on 23 Deo. 1843, assumed com- 
 mand of the Hecate steam-sloop, and was for 18 
 months employed in the discharge of various par- 
 ticular duties. He was advanced (on his return 
 home from Malta with the body of the late Admiral 
 Sir Philip C. C. H. Durham, G.C.B.) to the rank 
 he now holds 23 July, 1845, and has since been on 
 half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BOWERBANK. (Lieut.,1812. f-p.,11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Bowebbank entered the Navy, 21 March, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Latona 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, employed off 
 Brest. On removing, as Midshipm&n, With the 
 same oflicer, to the Audacious 74, he accompanied 
 Lieut.-General Sir John Moore to Portugal, and 
 appears to have been very activelj' engaged in re- 
 embarking the troops after the battle of Corunna. 
 He next, in April, 1809, joined the Melpomene 38, 
 Capts. Fred. Warren and Peter Parker, under th« 
 former of whom we find him, during a dark night 
 of the ensuing May, contributing to the repulse, 
 after a destructive conflict of many hours, of 20 
 Danish gun-boats, whose fire occasioned the British 
 ship a loss of 5 men killed and 29 wounded. From 
 Oct. in the same year until his promotion to the 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1841, fj. 1162, 1164. 
 + V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1424, 1497. 
 X V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1427, 1507-9. 
 
 rank of Lieutenant, 30 June, 1812, Mr. Bowerbank ' 
 next served, off Flushing, in the river Tfiaifles, and 
 on the Baltic station, in the Isis arme'e en flute, 
 Capt. Woodley Losaok, Bblvideba 38, Capt. Rich. 
 Byron, and Victoby 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez. He then joined the Plahtagenbt 7^ 
 Capt Eobt. Lloyd, from which ship, after servij^g^ 
 on the North American and West India stations, ' 
 he removed to the Belleeophon 74, Capt. Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland, in time to witness the surrender 
 of Napoleon Buonaparte. He went on half-pay 
 13 Sept. 1815, and has not since been employed. 
 
 BOWERS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 15; H-p.,34.) 
 
 WiiMAM BowEBS Was bom, 5 Nov. 1784, ttt 
 Liverpool, and died 11 Aug. 1845. He was son of 
 an officer in the Royal Navy, who, after serving 
 in the American war, was washed overboard by a 
 heavy sea on his passage home. At the age of ten 
 he was left an orphan, without friend or relative. 
 
 This officer (who had previously been In the 
 merchant-service, and had been twice captured by 
 the French) was impressed into the Navy, out of a 
 cartel at Guadeloupe, in March, 1797, as a Boy, on 
 board the VangUakd 74, Capt. Ralph WiUett Miller. 
 Being immediately draughted into the Bedlona 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Wilson, he had an opportunity of wit- 
 nessing the unsuccessful attack made in the follow.- 
 ing month upon the island of Porto Rico ; after 
 which he successively joined — in Jan. 1799, the 
 Expedition 44, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, em- 
 ployed in conveying part of the Russian troops 
 from Revel to England — in Nov. 1799, the Gorgon 
 Store-ship, Capt. Ross, with whom he returned, as 
 Midshipman, to the West Indies in 1800 — in March, 
 1801, the Juno 32, Capts. Geo. Dundas and Thos. 
 Manby, While in Whose tender he was captured, 
 after a running fight of five hours, in which his 
 bravery and skill were very conspicuous, by a 
 Spanish privateel-, and taken to Trinidad, where 
 he Was detained for Six months — in July, 1807 
 (After an interval of five yea*s, two of which were 
 passed in the endurance of considerable hardships 
 as a priBoner-of-War in Peru*), the Achille 74, 
 Capt. Sir Rich. King) under whom he was fe* eight 
 months employed in blockading a Spanish sq^ua^ron 
 in Ferrol, and had twice the good fortune, With 
 nearly fatal effect to himself, of snatching a fellow- 
 creature from destruction — next, the PompeE and 
 Neptune, beating each the flag Sii the West Indies 
 of Sir Alex. Cochrane, in the latter of which ships, 
 after Witnessing the surrender of Guadeloupe, he 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant, 5 Oct. 1810 — and, on 
 5 Deo. in the same year, the Helicon 10, Capts. 
 Harry Hopkins and Andrew Mitchell. During a 
 constant employment of more than four years in 
 the Channel On board that vessel, he assisted at 
 the capture and destruction, independently of a 
 large number of merchantmen, of six privateers, 
 one of Which, Le jftevenant, mounted 14 guns and 
 carried a crew of 120 men. On one occasion, ere, 
 in his anxiety to hurry his men from a rapidly 
 sinking wreck of which he had been sent to take 
 possession, he had time to abandon her, Mr. Bowers 
 was himself engulfed in the vortex of her descent. 
 Although he was miraculously saved, yet he re- 
 ceived so Severe a shock that MS constitution, 
 already sufficiently injured by long exposures, sud- 
 den changes of climate, and other causes, became 
 seriously impaired. On the return of Buonaparte 
 from Elba the Helicon was sent to Nantes with a 
 proclamation from the Prince Regent, containing 
 an assurance of protection to all vessels navigating 
 under the white, or Bourbon, flag ; and after the 
 Battle of Waterloo she was again deputed to the 
 same (dace with intelligence of the result. On 
 being next appointed, as he had latterly been Uf 
 the Helicon, Senior of the Alert 18, Capt. John 
 
 * The statements laid before tlie Transport Board by 
 Lieut. Bowers, on his return home, of the cruellies he 
 had experienced in a dungeon at Callao, was the occasion oT 
 a strong remonstrance to the Court of Madrid, and of tli6 
 flnal enlargoaient of the remaining prtsonera. 
 
BOWIE-BOWKER. 
 
 107 
 
 »«fBiBr*1K Bowers, in Sept. 1815, was sent to 
 London to enter men for that sloop, in ejecting 
 which object he expended from his private re- 
 acurces, in'the payment of advances necessary to 
 ind^i}ce them to join, the sum, we believe, of 60Z., 
 aa ja*t of which was ever returned to Mm, He 
 was BubsecLuently employed for four monthg at 
 Shields, also in BuecessfuUy cruizing against the 
 smugglers, and for a short time in command of a 
 sailing galley off Flushing. H« was superseded 
 from the Alert at his own request in July, 1816, 
 and in Jan. 1832 was appointed tg the command 
 of the SsEADsoDGBT, seamen's hospital ship, off 
 Qreenwicfa. On bis resignation of the latter situa- 
 tion in 1837, in consequence of severe family afflic- 
 tions and infirmities engendered by his former 
 services, Lieut. Bowers received as a reward for 
 his " uniform zeal and diligence in forwarding the 
 interests of the charity," a unanimous vote of 
 thanks from the committee, accompanied by a 
 gratuity of 501. For an account of the adventurous 
 portion of this officer's career between the years 
 1816 and 1832, as well as for a more minute detail 
 of the occurrences of his professional life, we refer 
 our readers to his ' Naval Adventures,' an auto- 
 biographical work of considerable interest. 
 
 Lieut. Bowers was an officer of acknowledged 
 zeal aiid ability. He m^'rried, in May, 1832, Caro- 
 line, daughter of Thos. Barford, Esq., of Stratford, 
 CO. Essex, and by that lady, who died 25 April, 
 1843, has left issue a son and daughter. 
 
 BOWIE. (COMMANBEH, 1846. F-P., 44 ; H-P., 0.) 
 John Bowie entered the Navy, 13 March, 1803, 
 as A.B., on board the Fekhetbr gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commandep Henry "Weir, in which vessel he served, 
 the last two years as Second Master, until Feb. 
 1807, on the North Sea station, where he assisted 
 in beating off two French man-of-war brigs of very 
 superior force. He was next employed, until Dec. 
 1809, as Master and Acting Sub-Lieutenant in the 
 Linnet brig, Lieut.-Commander John Treacey, 
 under whom he contributed to the capture, 16 Jan. 
 and 30 Aug- 1808, in spite of considerable resist. 
 anQe, of the privateers Le Courier, of 18 guns and 
 60 men, and Fmidroyantj of 10 guns and 25 men j 
 and further attended the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren, He subsequently officiated as Master and 
 Acting-Lieutenant, for two years, of the Recruit 
 18, Cagts. Murray, John Cookeslejr, and Hum- 
 phrey Fleming Senhouse, employed in the Channel 
 and off Newfoundland; and from Nov. 1811, until 
 Dec. 1813, during which period ^on 20 July, 1812) 
 he was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant, appears 
 to have been very actively engaged in gun-boat 
 co-operations with the patriots on the coast of 
 Spain, particularly at the defence of Cadiz and 
 Taxii^ — on the shores also of Catalonia, where he 
 commanded a division of the flotilla, and was pre- 
 sent at the siege of Tarragona — and in various 
 affairs up the river Ebro, which terminated in his 
 being severely wounded and his gun-boat blown 
 up. Mr. Bowie was next, in 1813-15, appointed, in 
 succession, to the Malta 84, Koyal Sovereign 
 100, and 'ToNNANT 80, flag-ships on the Mediter- 
 ranean, Channel, and Cork stations of Sir Benj. 
 Hallowell. He removed to the command, 13 May, 
 1817, of the Minerva, and subsequently to that of 
 the Kite, Revenue cruizers ; and from 31 Oct- 1820, 
 until the attainment of his present ran]c, 9 Nov. 
 1846, flUed the appointment of Inspecting Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard. Agent— J. iHinxman. 
 
 BOWKEK. (Captajn, 1811. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 31.) 
 John Bqwker, born 1 Dec. 1770, and descended 
 from an old Norman family distinguished during 
 the Crusades, is second son of the late Robt. Bowker, 
 Esq., of Queen's County, Ireland, by a daughter of 
 Thos. Cosby, Esq., of Vicarstown. He is a near re- 
 lative of the late Phillips Cosby, Esq., Admiral of 
 the White ; and cousin of the present Thos. Phillips 
 Cosby, Esq., of Stradbally Hall, Queen's County, a 
 magistrate and deputy-lieutenant. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1785, as 
 
 A. B., on board the Trusty 50, bearing the broad 
 pendant in the Mediterrfinean of Commodore P. 
 Costly, and shortly afterwards attained the rating 
 of Midshipmao, He removed, in 1788, to the Fer- 
 ret Bloop-of-war, commanded on the latter station 
 by Capts. Davidge Gould, Wm. Swaffield, and Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford ; served subsequently in 1790-1, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Sam, 
 Cranston Goodall, and London 98, bearing the flag 
 of the same officer in the Channel ; then proceeded 
 to the West Indies in the Pbosebpine frigate, Capt. 
 James Alms ; in 1792 rejoined his relative. Rear? 
 Admiral Cosby, in the St. George 98, at Plymouth ; 
 and on ultimately accompanying him to the Medir 
 terranean in the Windsor Castle 98, served in 
 command of a party of seamen at the occupation of 
 Toulon, and was promoted, 10 July, 1794, into the 
 St. Fiokbnzo frigate, Capts. Sir Chas, Hamilton and 
 Henry Inman. His next appointment was, 8 Dec. 
 1794, to the Mabs, of 82 g)ms and 634 men, Capts, 
 Sir Ghas. Cotton, Alex. Hood, and John Manley, in 
 which ship we find him employed, latterly as First- 
 Lieutenant, until March, 1799. He was in conse- 
 quence present in Comwallis's celebrated retreat of 
 16 and 17 June, 1795, when the Mabs, being the 
 sternmost ship, bore the brunt of the enemy's 
 attack; and he assisted, under Capt. Hood, at the 
 capture, 21 April, 1798, oi L' Hercule, of 78 guns and 
 680 men. At the close of the desperate and san- 
 guinary conflict which led to the latter event, 
 wherein, for the space of an hour, the yards of the 
 two ships were locked together, and muzzle touched 
 muzzle, Mr. Bowker, then Second-Lieutenant, was 
 the officer who, of his own accord, the Captain being 
 mortally wounded and the First-Lieutenant absent 
 from the quarter-deck, gallantly headed a party of 
 boardpr^, and, springing into the main-chains of 
 L'Her^ule, succeeded in taking possession of that 
 ship, although unexpectedly opposed by the First 
 and Second French Captains and about 60 men, who 
 had treacherously rallied and resumed their arms. 
 In effecting this service, however, he unfortunately, 
 while in the act of making a thrust at the latter 
 officer, slipped and fell from the quarter to the 
 orlop deck, a misadventure which occasioned him a 
 loss of three teeth and a contusion in the right 
 knee.* His ensuing appointments were — 28 March, 
 1799, 27 Nov. 1800, and 8 June, 1803— to the Prince 
 and Prince George 98's, and, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the San Josef 110, all bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of his friend Sir C. Cotton, by whom, in 
 the autumn of 1806, he was placed in command of 
 the Atalante brig. In that vessel, after taking 
 or destroying eight of a French coasting convoy of 
 12 sail, and singly preventing by a riise-de-guerre 
 several of the enemy's men-of-war from leaving 
 Basque Roads, Lieut. Bowker, owing to the igno- 
 rance of the pilots, unhappily got aground, in Feb. 
 1807, and remained exposed to a heavy fire of 
 great guns and musketry, until luckily rescued 
 from off the wreck, with his ship's company, by 
 the arrival of two British frigates. His ad- 
 vancement to the rank of Commander being con- 
 firmed on 23 of the following month, he was suc- 
 cessively appointed — on the same date, to the 
 EpERViER brig, on the West India station, whence 
 his health obliged him to invalid in Jan. 1808 — 
 8 Aug. 1809, to the ^tna bomb, part of the naval 
 force employed in the expedition to the Scheldt 
 under Sir Rich. John Straohan, whose thanks he 
 received in public orders, conjointly with the other 
 participating officers, for silencing the batteries of 
 Doel and covering the retreat of the advanced 
 squadron of frigates— 3 Sept. 1810, after assisting in 
 the defence of Cadiz, to the Wizard 16, attached 
 to the fleet in the Mediterranean— and, 24 Feb. 
 1811, as Acting-Captain, to the San Josef, flag-ship 
 of his patron Sir Chas. Cotton, in which he re- 
 turned home. From the date of his Post^commis- 
 sion, 16 Aug. 1811, Capt. Bowker remained on 
 half-pay, until nominated, 12 Feb. 1817, Flag-Cap- 
 tain, in the Sib Francis Drake of 46 guns, to 
 
 • ViieGia. 1798, p. 842. 
 
 P2 
 
108 
 
 BOWKER-BOWLBY— BOWLES. 
 
 Vice-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, Governor and 
 Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland, where, on 
 the death of that officer, 24 Feb. following, he 
 hoisted his broad pendant as Commodore, and 
 acted as Governor, pro tern,, with great credit, until 
 the arrival of Sir Chas. Hamilton, about the end of 
 the ensuing July. He continued to serve in the 
 Sir Frascis Drake, in his former capacity, until 
 his return home in Nov. 1819 ; after which he 
 commanded the Ordinary at Plymouth from 1825 
 until 1828. He was appointed a Captain of Green- 
 wich Hospital 13 July, 1844. 
 
 Capt. Bowker married, in 1801, Mary Beckford, 
 eldest daughter of Thos. Ligale Yates, Esq., who 
 had been Purser of the Maes in her capture of 
 L'SercuIe, and died, 17 Jan. 1832, Senior Parser in 
 the Navy, having attained that rank in 1777. He 
 has issue a son and daughter. 
 
 BOWKER. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 20; h-p., 24.) 
 John Harrison Bowker entered the Navy, in 
 May, 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the Culloden 
 74, Capt. Harrington Daores, flag-ship afterwards 
 of Sir Edw. Pellew on the East India station ; pre- 
 viously to proceeding whither he appears, on 2 
 Sept. 1803, to have assisted in chasing the French 
 74-gun ship Duguay Trcmin^ and 40-gun frigate 
 Guerrieref into Corunna. In Sept. 1807, after a 
 servitude of two years as Midshipman in the Dun- 
 can, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, and Beldone, Capt. 
 John Bastard, both in the East Indies, Mr. Bowker 
 was discharged ; but he re-embarked, in Nov. 1809, 
 on board the Amethyst 36, Capt. Jacob "Walton, 
 and continued to serve in that ship on the Home 
 station, until wrecked in Plymouth Sound, 16 Feb. 
 1811. He was subsequently, until the receipt of 
 his first commission, bearing date 7 Feb. 1815, em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean and West Indies, 
 latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Un- 
 dadnted 38, Capt. Rich. Xhomas, Eurtaltjs 36, 
 Capt. Chas. Napier, Stbomboli bomb, Capt. John 
 Stoddart, Eurtaids again, Capt. C. Napier, Vene- 
 rable 74, flag-ship of Eear-Admiral Philip Chas. 
 Durham, and Columbine 16, Capt. Rich. Henry 
 Muddle. While in the Undaunted we find him 
 engaged in co-operating with the patriots on the 
 coast of Catalonia, and aUo in blockading the port 
 of Toulon. On 28 July, 1815, being at the time 
 Senior Lieutenant of the Fairy sloop, Capt. Henry 
 Loraine Baker, he was detached in command of 
 the boats to cut out a convoy at St. Fran9ois, Gua- 
 deloupe, in the execution of which service, how- 
 ever, he was desperately wounded by a musket- 
 ball passing through the right lobe of the lungs. 
 He invalided in consequence immediately after- 
 wards ; and, on 23 Jan. 1807, was awarded a pension 
 of 911. 5s. His subsequent appointments were — 21 
 April, 1821, and 26 March, 1823, to the Nokthum- 
 BBRLAND 74, Capt. Thos. Harvey, and Brisk sloop, 
 Capts. Edw. Stewart and Adolphas FitzCIarence, 
 both employed at Sheerness — 1 Jan. 1824, to the 
 Tribune frigate, Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, sta- 
 tioned in the Mediterranean — 4 Feb. 1825, to the 
 Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and 
 Edw. Durnford King, lyin^ at Plymouth, where 
 he was placed on half-pay in 1826— and, 31 Aug. 
 1840, to the command of the Savage 10, in which 
 vessel he served in the Mediterranean until the 
 dose of 1844. He attained his present rank 17 Jan. 
 1845 ; and has since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BOWLBY. (LiEDT., 1814. F-p., 1 1 ; H-P., 30.) 
 George Henry Bowlby entered the Navy, 31 
 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, 
 Capts. Peter Halkett and Thos. Dundas ; attended, 
 with the former, the expedition to Copenhagen un- 
 der Lord Gambler, in Aug. 1807 ; served, after- 
 wards, at the blockade of the Tagus and in the 
 Scheldt ; attained the rating of Midshipman in Jan. 
 1808; and, in April, 1811, removed to the Andro- 
 mache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin. In that ship he was 
 present, as Master's Mate, at the siege of St. Sebas- 
 
 tian, in Sept. 1813, and on its surrender he escorted 
 the French garrison to England. He also participat- 
 ed, on 23 of the following month, in the capture of La 
 Trave frigate, of 44 guns and 321 men, after a brave 
 and close-fought action of 15 minutes ; and, m 
 March, 1814, was with the force under Rear- Admiral 
 Chas. Vinicombe Penrose at the memorable passage 
 of the Gironde. After a brief intermediate attach- 
 ment to the Porcupine 22, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral 
 Penrose, and Reynard 10, Capt. David St. Clair, 
 Mr. Bowlby was advanced to his present rank 27 
 May, 1814. His next appointments were— 23 Sept. 
 ensuing, to the Woodlabk 10, Capt. Wm. Cntfield, 
 employed in the Channel and Mediterranean— and, 
 5 Jan. 1816, to the Mama 84, Capts. Chas. Ogle 
 and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, lying at Plymouth, 
 from which ship, after having been detached to the 
 West Indies in the Trave troop-ship, Capt. John 
 Codd, he was paid oflT 28 Feb. 1817. He has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Bowlby married, 29 June, 1844, Caroline, 
 youngest daughter of the late Henry Salvin, Esq., 
 of Durham. 
 
 BOWLES, C.B., M.P. (Rear-Admikal of the 
 Blue, 1841. f-p., 40; h-p., 11.) 
 
 William Bowles, bom in 1780, is eldest son of 
 Wm. Bowles, Esq., of Heale House, co. Wilts, by 
 Dinah, daughter of the late Sir Thos. Frankland, 
 R.N., Admiral of the White ; nephew of the late 
 Wm. Frankland, Esq., M.P., a Lord of the Admi- 
 ralty, and of the late Sir Boyle Roche, Bart. ; and 
 first cousin of the present Capts. Edw. Augustus and 
 Chas. Colville Frankland, and Henry Gosset, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Sept. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capts. Au- 
 gustus Montgomery and John Aylmer, employed 
 in the Channel and off Cadiz ; removed with the 
 latter officer, as Midshipman, in June, 1797, to 
 the Captain 74 ; served, from May, 1798, to Nov. 
 1800, in the Daphne 20, Capts. Sir Chas. Lindsay 
 and Rich. Matson, on the North Sea and West 
 India stations ; then returned home in the Hydra 
 frigate, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey ; and after a conse- 
 cutive attachment to the Royal William, Capt. 
 Fras. Pickmore, lying at Spithead, Acasta frigate, 
 Capts. Edw. Fellowes and Jas. Athol Wood, in the 
 Mediterranean, and Driver sloop, Capt. Fras. Wm. 
 Fane, was appointed, 22 July, 1803, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Cambrian 40, Capts. Barclay and John 
 Poo Beresford, on the Halifax station, where he 
 was confirmed by commission dated on 30 of the 
 following Aug. Mr. Bowles, whom we next find 
 serving in the Leander 50, flag-ship of Sir Andrew 
 Mitchell, and Milan 38, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, 
 both on the coast of North America, was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander 22 Jan. 1806, and, on 
 25 March, 1807, appointed to the Zebra bomb, in 
 which he accompanied Lord Gambler to Copen- 
 hagen, and came frequently into angry collision 
 with the Danish batteries and flotilla. Having 
 attained Post-rank on 13 Oct. in the same year, 
 Capt. Bowles obtained temporary command, in Dec. 
 1808, of the Medusa frigate— as also, in June,'l809, 
 of the Wabspite 74 — and again, in June, 1810, of 
 the Medusa. While in the latter ship, we find him, 
 in conjunction with the Spanish forces under Ge- 
 neral Porlier, contributing to the destruction of all 
 the batteries (with the exception of Castro) from 
 St. Sebastian to Santander, and, in July ensuing, 
 particularly distinguishing himself by his zeal, abi- 
 lity, and indefatigable activity, as second in com- 
 mand of the naval brigade under Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Wm. Aylmer, in a successful engagement with a 
 strong detachment of the enemy's troops, consisting 
 of between 700 and 800 men, near Santona."* He left 
 the Medusa in Nov. 1810, and, on 29 March, 1811, 
 joined the Aqdilon 32, in which frigate, after con- 
 veying Lord Cathcart as Ambassador to St. Peters- 
 burg, and serving for some time in the Baltic (where, 
 with the assistance of the Sheldrake sloop, he ef- 
 fected the destruction of seven large merchant-ships, 
 
 * f^trfcGaz. 1810, pp. 109"-8. 
 
BOWYEAR—BOWYER- BOXER. 
 
 109 
 
 in face of 1500 French soldiers, near Stralsiind), he 
 proceeded, in 1813, to South America, and was for 
 twelve months employed in protecting our trade in 
 the Rio de la Plata — a service which appears to 
 have been eratefuUy acknowledged by a compli- 
 mentary address from the British merchants resid- 
 ing at Buenos Ayres. Capt. Bowles returned home 
 in April, 1814, on board the Ceees 32, but in May, 
 1816, he again sailed for the same station, where, 
 with his broad pendant successively in the Aupbion 
 32, and CsEoiiE 42, he commanded in chief imtil 
 1820. His constant attention to the interests of 
 British commerce during that period was once more 
 home testimony to by the mercantile representa- 
 tives of Buenos Ayres, who voted him a piece of 
 plate. Capt. Bowles's next appointments were — 23 
 Jan. 1822, to the WitWAM and Mart yacht — and, 
 8 July following, to the Comptroller-Generalship of 
 the Coast Guard, which he retained until advanced 
 to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841. Being intrusted 
 with the conduct of a Particular Service, he hoisted 
 his flag, 29 May, 1843, on board the Ttne 26, but 
 shifted it afterwards to the Caledonia 120, in 
 which it continued until May, 1844. Rear-Admiral 
 Bowles — who had been appointed an extra naval 
 Aide-de-Camp to William IV., 5 Sept. 1831, and 
 nominated a C.B. 18 April, 1839 — filled a seat at 
 the Board of Admiralty from 13 May, 1844, until 
 the summer of 1846. He is at present unem- 
 ployed. 
 
 The Kear-Admiral is M.P. for Launceston. He 
 married, 9 Aug. 1820, the Hon. Frances Temple, 
 Bister of Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for 
 Foreign Afiairsl but has been a widower since 1838. 
 
 BOWYEAR. (LiErTENANT, 1840.) 
 
 George Le Geyt Bowyear entered the Navy 2 
 Dec. 1830 ; passed his examination in 1836 ; and 
 was promoted from the Andromeda 26, Capt. Robt. 
 Lambert Baynes, to a Lieutenancy, 19 April, 1840, 
 in the Racehorse 18, Capts. Edw. Alfred John 
 Harris, John Coghlan Fitzgerald, and Edm. Feel, 
 employed on the North America and "West India 
 station, where he officiated for some time as First- 
 Lieutenant. He has been serving in the East 
 Indies, since 15 July, 1843, on board the Phot 16, 
 Capts. Wm. Henry Jervis and Geo. Knyvett Wil- 
 
 BOWYEK. (Capt., 1830. r-p., 2.'i; h-p., 19.) 
 
 William Bohdn Bowter was born 1 Aug. 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Merodrt 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Dunoombe Pleydell Bouverie, on the Jersey 
 station, where he attained the rating of Midship- 
 man 12 July following, and was often in action 
 with the French flotilla. Removing, next, into the 
 .SlOLHS 32, Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, he was present 
 at the capture, by the force under Sir Rich. John 
 Strachan, of the four French ships of the line which 
 had escaped from the battle of Trafalgar, 4 Nov. 
 1805 ; and, on joining the Ramillies 74, Capts. Fras. 
 Pickmore and Robt. Yarker, he witnessed, as we are 
 informed. Sir John Borlase Warren's capture of the 
 Marengo of 80 guns, with the French Admiral Linois 
 on board, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 March, 
 1806 ; besides sharing in the reduction, in Dec. 
 1807, of the Danish West India islands of St. Tho- 
 mas and Santa Croix. In Oct. 1808, Mr. Bowyer 
 was transferred, as Master's Mate, to the Venus 32, 
 Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford, one of the two frigates 
 employed at the siege of Vigo, subsequently to the 
 surrender of which place, 27 March, 1809, he was 
 sent with some Spanish gun-boats to assist in de- 
 stroying the bridge of St. Payo, in order to obstruct 
 the advance of the French army to its relief. On 
 26 June, 1809, he became an Acting, and, on 4 May, 
 1810, a confirmed Lieutenant, of the Norge 74, 
 Capt. John Spratt Rainier, attached to the squadron 
 at the defence of Cadiz, where, in 1810-11, being 
 detached on boat service, he was very efficiently 
 engaged against the enemy's gun-vessels and other- 
 wise. Lieut. Bowyer's succeeding appointments 
 
 were — 9 April, 1811, to the Thais 18, Capt. Edw. 
 Scobell, on the coast of Africa, whence his health 
 obliged him to invalid in Feb. 1812—20 June fol- 
 lowing, to the Aqoilon 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles, 
 on the Baltic and Brazilian stations — 15 April, 1814, 
 to the Ceres 32, commanded by the same officer — 
 30 May, 1815, to the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. 
 Chas. Inglis, fitting for the Mediterranean — and, 3 
 Oct. following, to the Amphion 32, Capt. W. Bowles, 
 which frigate he left in April, 1816, previous to her 
 departure for South America. From 14 Feb. 1817, 
 until April, 1828, he was next employed as an In- 
 specling-Commander in the Coast Guard, for his 
 services in which capacity he obtained a second 
 promotal commission, 15 Jan. 1823, and was also 
 advanced to Post-rank, out of the Despatch of 18 
 guns, 17 Feb. 1830. Since that period Capt. Bowyer 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 25 May, 1819, Frances, daughter of 
 the late Capt. Beck of the Hon. E. L C. Service. 
 
 BOXER, C.B. (Capt., 1823. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 17.) 
 Edward Boxer, bom at Dover in 1784, is brother 
 of Capt. Jas. Boxer, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Doris 36, Capt. Lord Viscoimt 
 Ranelagh, in which ship he soon attained the rating 
 of Midshipman, and continued to serve under Capts. 
 John Halliday and Chas. Blrisbane until Jan. 1802. 
 During that period, on the night of 21 July, 1801, 
 he served in her boats, with those of the Beadlieu 
 and Urahie, all commanded by Lieut. Keith Max- 
 well, at the cutting out, under the batteries in Ca- 
 maret Bay, near Brest, a position deemed almost 
 impregnable, of La Chevrette corvette, of 20 long 
 nine-pounders and 350 men, after an heroic conflict 
 in which the enemy lost their Captain, 6 other offi- 
 cers, and 85 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 4 Mid- 
 shipmen, and 57 men wounded ; and the British, 
 1 Lieutenant R.M., 1 Midshipman, and 9 men slain, 
 and 2 Lieutenants, 1 Master's Mate, 3 Midshipmen, 
 and 51 men wounded. Mr. Boxer next accompa- 
 nied Capt. Brisbane, in the Trent 36, to the West 
 Indies, and, after a three years' attachment with 
 that officer to the Goliath 74, followed him, in 
 July, 180.5, as Master's Mate, into the Akethusa 38. 
 On 28 June, 1803, while in the Goliath, he assisted 
 at the taking of the 18-gun corvette La Miffnonne, 
 near the west end of St. Domingo. We subse- 
 quently find him serving in L'Unite 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Ogle, on the Mediterranean station — in the Ocean 
 98, bearing the flag oflT Cadiz of Lord Collingwood — 
 and, from 28 Sept. 1806, until confirmed, 8 Jan. 1807, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant in the Sophie sloop, Capt. 
 Wm. Mansell, and Tighe 80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell. 
 During the expedition to Egypt, in March, 1807, 
 Lieut. Boxer commanded a detachment of seamen 
 landed to co-operate with the army under Major- 
 General Thos. Fraser ;♦ and, at night, on 31 Oct. 
 1809, he headed, with great credit to himself, a divi- 
 sion of boats at the capture and destruction, in face 
 of the most desperate opposition, occasioning the 
 British a loss of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of the 
 French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, 
 bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec 
 JVormande, with a convoy of seven merchant vessels, 
 •defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay 
 of Rosas.t From the Tigre he removed, with Capt. 
 Hallowell, on the latter hoisting his flag as Rear- 
 Admiral, to the Malta of 84 guns, 28 Oct. 1811 ; 
 and from that period he continued to be employed, 
 under the same officer, in the capacity of First- 
 Lieutenant (except for about a month in the sum- 
 mer of 1813, when he assumed temporary charge of 
 the Volcano bomb), until appointed, 5 Oct. 1814, 
 to the acting-command of the Wizard brig, which 
 he left shortly previous to the receipt of his second 
 Admiralty commission, 1 March, 1815. Capt. Boxer 
 — who had the direction of all the gun-boats under 
 the orders of Rear-Admiral Hallowell at the siege 
 of Tarragona in 1813 — was next appointed, 6 Sept. 
 1822, to the Sparrowhawk 18, on the Halifax sta- 
 
 * fide Gai. 1807, p. 817. + r. Gm. 1809, p. 1907. 
 
110 
 
 BOXER-^BOYACK. 
 
 tion, whence he was superseded on advancement to 
 hjg present rank, 23 June, 1823. He became an 
 Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard in July, 
 1824 ; served, from 23 Feb. 1827, until July, 1830, 
 as Flag-Captain at Halifax to Sir Chas. Ogle, in the 
 Hds9Ak46 ; and, from 3 Aug. 1837, until Aug. 1841, 
 commanded the Piqde 36, on the North America, 
 West India, and Mediterranean stations. For his 
 services on the coast of Syria in 1840— where, by 
 the unceasing gallantry of his exertions, he proved 
 of material assistance in the operations against 
 Caiffa, Jaffa, and Tsour, and where, with Capt. 
 Henry John Codrington, he so excellently superin- 
 tended, prior to the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre, thfi sounding and buoying-off of the chan- 
 nels leading to the batteries, as to enable the ships 
 to go in without risk of getting ashore — Capt. 
 Boxer was nominated, 18 Dec. in the same year, a 
 C.B., and presented, in common with the other ofl&- 
 cers of his rank employed, with the Turkish gold 
 medal.* He was appointed, 24 Aug. 1843, Resident 
 Agent for Transports and Harbour-Master at Que- 
 bec, where he still continues. 
 
 Capt. Boxer, whose wife died 25 Jan. 1826, has, 
 with other issue, an eldest son, James Fuller, Mas- 
 ter K.N., married to Matilda Mary, eldest daughter 
 of T. Sturdee, Esq., of the Naval Yard at Ports- 
 mouth ; and a third son, Edward, married, in 1843, 
 to Eleanor, daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel 
 Payne, Koyal Artillery. Agents— Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 in Dec. of the latter year, appointed him to the 
 BERGiRE sloop of war. In a few months he re- 
 turned to the PoMPEE, and after participating, 
 under the immediate orders of Vice-Admiral Hon. 
 Hen. Edwin Stanhope, in the bombardment of Co- 
 penhagen, was promoted by the Admiralty to the 
 fank of Commander 13 Oct. 1807. On 7 Nov. 1808, 
 Capt, Boxer was appointed to the Skylark 16, in 
 which sloop he was sent, preparatory to the WaU 
 cheren expedition, to ascertain the strength of the 
 enemy's defences at Flushing. On a later date, 10 
 Nov. 1811, he had the good fortune, in company 
 with the Locust gun-brig, to capture one, carrying 
 4 guns and 60 men, and destroy another, of a flo. 
 tiUa of 12 gun-vessels, under a heavy fire of four 
 hours from the enemy's batteries and musketry 
 near Calais,* The Skylark being unfortunately 
 wrecked near Boulogne on 3 May, 1812, he next 
 joined, on 15 Feb. 1814, the Albacoee sloop, at Bio 
 Janeiro, where he became Acting-Captain, 22 April 
 following, of the Acjdilos 32. He was officially 
 posted on his return to England, by commission 
 dated 19 July in the same year ; and on 1 Oct. 
 1846, was placed upon the half-pay of retirement. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BOXEE. (Orajtttin, 1814. F-p., 17; H-P., 36.) 
 
 James Boxeb, a native of Dover, is brother of 
 Capt. Edw. Boxer, R.N., and of the late Com- 
 mander Wm. Boxer, ll.N. (1823), who died in the 
 early part of 1842. 
 
 This of&cer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1794, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Diamond 38, Capt. 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, with whom he took part, as 
 Midshipman, in the capture and destruction of the 
 French national ships La Revolutionnaire of 44, V As- 
 semblee Nationale of 22, and U Etourdie of 16 guns, 
 Independently of many other dashing affairs and the 
 hazardous service of reconnoitering Brest. On 18 
 April, 1796, he was in the boats with the gallant Sir 
 Sidney when they were driven with a captured 
 privateer far up the river Seine by the strength of 
 the current, and there taken by the enemy, after 
 an obstinate resistance. Regaining his liberty, 
 however, in the following Aug., he rejoined the 
 Diamond, at that time commanded by Sir Rich. 
 John Straohan, with whom we find him serving off 
 Cherbourg and Havre de Grace until again placed, 
 7 Aug. 1798, under the orders of Sir W. S. Smith, 
 in the Tigre 80. Previously to the siege of St. 
 Jean d'Acre, in 1799, Mr. Boxer, then Master's 
 Mate, was detached, in charge of the prize galliot 
 Marianne, to examine minutely the coast east of 
 Alexandria ; and, at the investment of the former 
 place by the French, he was very actively employed 
 in command of a gun-boat, particularly on 1 May, 
 in repelling the fourth desperate assault made by 
 the enemy, and on one or two other occasions, 
 when in the conveyance of despatches, he beat off 
 vessels of superior force. Attaining the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 14 Nov. 1800, he next, in 1801, accom- 
 panied the expedition to Egypt ; and, for his ser- 
 vices throughout the whole of the campaign, as 
 Commander of the Tigre's launch, was presented 
 with the Turkish gold medal. Lieut. Boxer, whose 
 ensuing appointment was, 12 March, 1803, to the 
 AsTELOPE 50, bearing the broad pendant in the 
 North Sea of his friend Sir W. S. Smith, subse- 
 quently, on 31 March, 1804, led a division of boats, 
 and was wounded, in a gallant and successful at- 
 tack on a guard-vessel, the Schrik, of 6 guns 
 and 94 men ; after which he commanded, from 
 Aug. in the same year until March, 1806, the Con- 
 RiER hired cutter, off Boulogne, Ushant, and Roche- 
 fort; and then became First of the Pompee 74, 
 flag-ship in the Mediterranean of his patron, who, 
 
 * yide Gaz. 1840, pp. 2601, 2602, 2900. 
 
 BOXER. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 James Michaed Boxer entered the Navy 29 
 Dec. 1827 ; passed his examination 6 Jan. 1836 ; 
 and, for his services on the coast of Syria, where 
 he beheld the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. He 
 was subsequently appointed, 15 Dec. 1840, to the 
 Vesuvius steamer, Capt. Thos. Henderson, in the 
 Mediterranean — 8 Sept. 1841, as Additional, to the 
 Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the Lakes 
 of Canada, whence he returned in the spring of 
 1842 — and, 16 Dec. 1843, in the same capacity, to 
 the Ir-LDSTHioDS 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam oii 
 the North America and West India station. Lieut. 
 Boxer has been on half-pay since the autujoijj of 
 1844. ■ ■■"- 
 
 He married, i» 1839, Misg Elizabeth Kington, of 
 Deal, CO. Kpnt. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BOYACK. (LiE0T., 1 804. F-p., 1 9 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Alexander Boyack entered tlie Navy, 18 April, 
 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ambuscade 82, 
 Capt. Geo. Duff, attached to the fleet in the North 
 Sea ; served, from March, 1796, to Sept. 1801, (in 
 June of which year he passed his examination,) as 
 Midshipman, under the same officer and Capt. John 
 Talbot, in the Glenmore 36, employed on the 
 former and Irish stations ; and then proceeded 
 with Capt. Duff, in the Vengeance 74, to the West 
 Indies, where Rear- Admiral John Thos. Duckworth 
 promoted him, from the Leviathan 74, to be Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Theseus 74, Capt. John 
 BUgh, 23 June, 1802. After participating in the 
 chase of Le Dvqit^sne 74, and Oiseau schooner (both 
 ultimately captured) — in the cutting out also of 
 from 12 to 15 merchant vessels at Jeremie and 
 Aux Cayes, St. Domingo — and in the reduction of 
 Port Dauphin, where Fort Labouque was silenced, 
 the guns brought off, and La Sagesse, of 28 guns, 
 taken, Mr. Boyack was detached, in command of a 
 prize schooner, Les Deux Amis, with orders to 
 "sink, burn, and destroy" everything hostile that 
 fell in his way. Before, however, he had captured 
 more than one vessel, he was sent home with prir 
 soners in charge of the Mars transport, where, 
 soon after his arrival, he received, 3 May, 1804, an 
 Admiralty commission appointing him to the War- 
 rior 74, Capt. Wm. Bligh, engaged in blockading 
 the Kochefort squadron. He next, on 6 March, 
 1805, joined the Prospero bomb, Capt. Jones, em- 
 ployed in watching the Boulogne flotilla, but was 
 removed on 21 May following to the command of 
 the Dove cutter, in which, on 5 Aug. in the same 
 year, he had the misfortune to be captured, while 
 on his passage to Malta, by La Gloire French fri- 
 gate. He remained in painful captivity from that 
 
 * Vide Gsa. 1811, p. 2193. 
 
BOYCE— BOYD— BOYES. 
 
 Ill 
 
 period until the general exchange in 1814 ; since 
 which period he has not been employed. 
 
 BOYCE. QLlEUTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 Fredekick Agab Boyce entered the Navy in 
 1833; passed his examination 11 July, 1840; and 
 served for nearly four years, as Mate, on the North 
 America and West India station, in the Winches- 
 ter 52, and iLLUSTBions 72, flag-ships of Sir Thos. 
 Harvey and Sir Chas. Adam. He obtained his 
 commission 1 Sept. 1845, and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 BOYCE. (LlEUTf., 1805. F-p., 14 ; h-p., 410 
 
 WiiUAM HehktBoyce entered the Navy, in Dec. 
 1792, as Lieutenant's Servant, on board the Alcide 
 74, Capt. Kobt. Linzee, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion, where, in 1794, he served with the same officer 
 in the Windsor Castjce 98. In May, 1797, after 
 an unemployed interval of more than two years, he 
 became Midshipman of the Intrepid 64, Capts. R. 
 Parker and E. Ba^s, and in that ship proceeded 
 with convoy to St. Helena, He subsequently joined, 
 in succession, the Gallant and viper, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Wm. Hargood and Wm. Stag, lying 
 at Portsmouth — Impregnable 98, Capt. Jonathan 
 Faulkner, sent, in the summer of 1799, to Lisbon in 
 charge of convoy — Glory 98, Capt. Thos. Wells, 
 employed during the three following years in the 
 Channel — AuttORA 28, Capt. Micajah Malbon, off 
 Newfoundland — DbeadnougBt 98, Capts. John 
 Child Purvis, John Bowen, and Kobt. Carthew 
 Reynolds, one of the Channel fleet in 1803-4 — and 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, Capts. Thos. Le Marchant Gos- 
 sehn and John Whitby, also on the Home station. 
 On 28 May, 1805, Mr. Boyce was made Lieutenant 
 into the Mars 74, Capt. Geo. Duff, which ship, after 
 participating in the battle of Trafalgar, he left in 
 March, 1806. He was next employed for a few 
 'weeks in the Impress Service at Folkestone ; com- 
 manded, from 15 Jan. 1808, to 24 Deo. 1811, the 
 BiENFAiSANT, On the Plymouth station ; and, from 
 Ma,y to Deo. 1813, served in the Veteran 64, 
 Liieut.-Commander Stephen Donovan, prison-ship at 
 Portsmouth. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Boyce was presented in 1812, in conse- 
 quelice of a serious injury he had received in the 
 6ye, with ft gratuity of 91/. 5«., but was refused a 
 pension. 
 
 BOYCE. (Lieu*., 181.5. s-p., 20; H'P.,21.) 
 
 William Newleton Boyce entered the Navy, 
 29 Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 
 74, bearing the flag in the Channel of Vice-Admiral 
 Edw. Thombrougn, with whom, after removing to 
 the ViLLE DE Paris 110, he proceeded, fai Nov. of 
 the same year, to the Mediterranean, as Midship- 
 man of the KoYAL Sovereign 100. He was after- 
 wards sutoesslvely transferred — in Aug. 1808, to the 
 NioBE 38, Capt. John WentwoTth Loring, employed 
 in the West Indies and off Havre de Grace — in N ov. 
 1810, into the Foktun^ie 36, Capt. Hen. Vansittart, 
 on the Irish station, where he assisted in taking, 11 
 Oct. 1811, Le Vice-Amiral Martin, of 18 guhs and 
 140 men, a notorious privateer — in July, 1812, to 
 the Stag 36, Capts. Wm. Wohige and Phipps 
 Hornby, cruizing off Cherbourg — and, in Jan. 1813, 
 and April, 1814, to the Lion 64, and Medway 74, 
 flag-ships of Kear- Admiral Chas. Tyler at the Cape 
 of Good Hope. From 24 March, 1815, until paid 
 off in Feb. 1816, Mr. Boyce, who had been awarded 
 a commission on 15 Feb. in the former year, next 
 served on the Cape station in the Harpy 16, Capt. 
 Geo. Tyler. He obtained a command in the Coast 
 Guard 6 May, 1834, and retained it until shortly 
 previous to his appointment, 22 May, 1840, to the 
 Poictiers 72, Capts. John Clavell and Wm. Hen. 
 Shirreff, guard-ship at Chatham. Since the close of 
 1843 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Boyce married, first, 19 Aug. 1818, Miss 
 Anne Harrow, of Alton, who died 23 Jan. 1837; 
 
 and, secondly, in 1838, Anne Helena, widow of 
 Lieut. F. N. Price, R.A. 
 
 BOYD. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 33.) 
 David Boyd entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1793, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boston, of 38 guns and 
 204 men, Capt. Geo. Wm. Augustus Courtenay, and 
 on 31 July following, when off New Jersey, partici- 
 pated, as Midshipman, in a close-fought action of 
 two hours with the French frigate Emhuscade, of 
 38 guns and 327 men, which terminated in a loss to 
 the British of 10 men, including their Captain, 
 killed, and 24 wounded, and to the enemy of 50 
 killed and wounded. He continued thenceforward 
 to serve with Capt. Jas. Niooll Morris in the same 
 ship, fljid the Lively 32, until wrecked on Rota 
 Point, near Cadiz, 12 April, 1798. We then find 
 him joining the Ville db Paris 110, bearing the 
 flag of Earl St. Vincent, by whom, in the following 
 Oct., he was promoted into the Bellerophon 74, 
 Capt. Hen. D'Esterre Darby, employed in the Me- 
 diterranean. Being officially promoted on 30 May, 
 1800, and appointed with Capt. Darby to the 
 Spencer 74, Mr. Boyd, in July, 1801, took part in 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez's actions off Algesiras and Ca- 
 diz. His subsequent appointments were — 9 Nov. 
 1803, to the Franchise 38, Capt. Hon. John Mur- 
 ray — in 1804^5-6) to the Thbseos, Herccle, and 
 Veteran, flag-ships on the Jamaica station of 
 Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Daores — next, to the com- 
 mand of the Veteran's tender, the Gracieuse 
 schooner, in which, when in company with another 
 vessel, he captxired, after a running fight, the Spa- 
 nish privater Juliana, of 5 guns and 83 men, 27 Dec. 
 1807*— 12 March, 1808, and 28 July, 1813, to the 
 command, on the West India and North American 
 stations, of the Firefly and St. Lawrence schoo- 
 ners—and, 1 Oct. 1814, to the Acting-command of 
 the AleaN sloop. He was confirmed to the latter 
 vessel 7 Feb. 1815, but went on half-pay in the fol- 
 lowing Sept., and has not since been employed. 
 
 Commander Boyd is Senior of 1815. Agent— 
 Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 BOYD. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 John Augustus Hugh Boyd entered the Navy in 
 1832 ; passed his examination 12 June, 1839 ; served, 
 as Mate, on the Mediterranean station, in the Cas- 
 tor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, and Devastation and 
 Medea steam-ers, Capts. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Car- 
 negie and Fred. Warden ; and, while in the former 
 ship, was employed on shore at the taking, in 1840, 
 of Caiffa and Tsour, on the coast of Syria, where 
 he also beheld the fall of St. Jean d'Acre. At 
 Caiffa, in particular, he appears to have assisted in 
 planting the Ottoman flag on the ramparts. t He 
 obtained his commission 28 May, 1845 ; and, with 
 the exception of a short attachment in the same year 
 to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of 
 Sir Chas. Rowley, has since been on half-pay. 
 
 BOYD. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John M'Neill Boyd entered the Navy 28 Sept. 
 1825 ; passed his examination 14 May, 1832 ; took 
 part, we believe, in an expedition to the Niger ; 
 served for some time, as Senior Mate, on board the 
 Queen 110, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ships at 
 Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington ; and obtained 
 his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He rejoined the St. 
 Vincent on 17 of the following month ; and from 7 
 March, 1842, imtll paid off in 1846, was next em- 
 ployed, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the Win- 
 chester 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Rear-Admiral 
 the Hon. Josceline Percy. He is at present unem- 
 ployed. Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 BOYES. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 19; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Henry Boyes entered the Navy, 1 May, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lion 64, Capts. Edm. 
 Crawley, Hen. Inman, Chas. Cobb, and Manley 
 Dixon, and soon afterwards attained the rating of 
 Midshipman. Under the last-named officer he took 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1808, p. 415, 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1S40, p. 2601. 
 
112 
 
 BOYLE-BOYS. 
 
 part, 15 July, 1798, In a brilliant action, off Cartha- 
 gena, between the Lion and four Spanish frigates 
 of 42 guns each, which terminated in the surrender 
 of one of the latter, the Santa Dorotea ; and, on 31 
 March, 1800, we believe he further assisted, in 
 company with the Penelope and FoDDRorANT, at 
 the capture, after a tremendous conflict, in which 
 the Lion had 8 men killed and 38 wounded, of Le 
 Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, having 
 Kear-Admiral Decres on board. He was then 
 transferred with Capt. Dixon to the Genekeux 74, 
 and from that ship, in Nov. following, to the Swift- 
 suBE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, with whom, after 
 serving under the flag of Sir Kich. Bickerton at 
 the blockade of Alexandria, he was taken prisoner 
 in a desperate engagement, of more than an hour's 
 duration, which rendered the Swiftsure a prize- 
 wreck to Bear-Admiral Ganteaume's squadron of 
 4 line-of-battle ships, 24 June, 1801. On regaining 
 his liberty, Mr. Boyes, in June, 1802, joined the 
 Kent 74, bearing the flag on the Mediterranean 
 station of Sir R. Bickerton, from whom he received, 
 1 Oct. following, an order to act as his Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant, in which rank he was confirmed 14 Jan. 
 1803. After accompanying the same oflBcer, in a 
 similar capacity, into the Kofal Sovereign 100, 
 and QcEEN 98, he was successively appointed — 29 
 Oct. 1805, to the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore 
 and Bich. Hen. Alex. Bennett, employed in the 
 "West Indies, off Newfoundland, and in the Channel, 
 from which ship he invalided in Jan. 1806 — 2 May, 
 1808, to the Statira 46, Capt. Kobt. Howe Brom- 
 ley, on the Western station — 8 Aug. in the same 
 year, to the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Lord Gambler, under whom he was present, 11 
 April, 1809, at the destruction of the French ships 
 in Aix Boads— in May, 1811, and March, 1813, to 
 the BoYNE 98, and Ville db Paris 110, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant likewise to Sir Harry Neale, in the 
 Channel — and, 3 Nov. 1813, to the Prince 98, again 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Bich. Bickerton, 
 then Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, where 
 he continued until the receipt of his second pro- 
 motal commission, 11 May, 1815. Capt. Boyes, 
 who remained on half-pay from that period until 
 appointed, 30 Aug. 1841, to the Vixen steam-ves- 
 sel, on the East India station, was, for his services 
 during the operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang river 
 in China, advanced to Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842.* He 
 is at present unemployed. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 BOYLE. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Alexander Boyle, bom 9 March, 1810, is second 
 sou of the Bight Hon. David Boyle, of Shewalton, 
 CO. Ayr, Lord Justice-General and President of 
 the Court of Session, in Scotland, by EUzabeth 
 Montgomerie, niece of Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglin- 
 ton ; brother of Patrick Boyle, Esq., principal Clerk 
 of the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, and of 
 Lieut. Wm. Boyle, of the 15th Foot ; brother-in- 
 law of Sir Chas. Dalrymple Ferguson, Bart. ; ne- 
 phew of the late John Kouett Smollett, Esq., Bear- 
 Admiral of the Bed ; and cousin of the present Earl 
 of Glasgow, Lieut. K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 5 Oct. 1830. He joined, 24 June, 
 1832, the Champion 18, Capts. Hon. Arthur Dun- 
 combe and Bobt. Fair, under whom he served for 
 three years in the Mediterranean, North America, 
 and "West Indies ; was afterwards employed, from 
 15 Sept. 1836, until the close of 1839, in the Piqde 
 36, Capts. Hon. Hen. John Bous and £dw. Boxer, 
 on the Lisbon and former stations ; and became, 8 
 Sept. 1841, First of the North Star 26, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Everard Home, lying at Portsmouth, where he 
 removed, 2 Oct. following, ia the same capaci^, to 
 the Qdeen 110, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. 
 Owen. He was advanced to his present rank 7 
 Feb. 1842 ; and since 27 Dec. 1845, has been in 
 command of the Thundereolt steam-sloop, at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. S404, 3881. 
 
 Commander Boyle appears to have been for some 
 time a student at tlie K.N. College. He married, 
 2 July, 1844, Agnes, youngest daughter of Jas. 
 Walker, Esq., of Great George Street, Westminster. 
 
 BOYLE. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 14; h-p., 20.) 
 
 Courtena!y Edmund William Boyle, born 3 
 Aug. ISOO, is eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral 
 Hon. Sir Courtenay Boyle, K.C.H., F.K.S., formerly 
 a Commissioner of the Navy Board, who died 21 
 May, 1844, by Carolina Amelia, daughter of the 
 late Wm. Poyntz, Esq., of Mingham, co. Berks. He 
 is grandson of the seventh, and nephew of the pre- 
 sent Earl of Cork and Orrery. 
 
 This officer entered the R. N. College 3 Sept. 
 1813, and embarked, 7 Sept. 1816, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Madagascar 38, Capt.,' Jas. 
 Alex. Gordon, with whom, on removing to the 
 Mjeander 38, he miraculously escaped shipwreck 
 in Yarmouth Roads 19 Dec. following. He after- 
 wards joined the Severn 50, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. 
 Aylmer, Egeria 24, Capt. Bobt. Rowley, and Ti- 
 ber 38, Capt. Jas. Kich. Dacres ; served, from Sept. 
 1817 to Oct. 1820, as Midshipman, in the Glasgow 
 80, Capt. Hon. Anth. Maitland, on the Mediterra- 
 nean station ; and, after a further attachment, as 
 Admiralty Midshipman, to the QnEEN Charlotte 
 first-rater, Capt. John Baker Hay, at Portsmouth, 
 and Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. 
 Paget, was awarded a Lieutenant's commission 14 
 Dec. 1821. He was next appointed, 25 Nov. 1822, 
 to the Tkibdue 36, Capt. Gardiner Hen. Guion, 
 with whom he returned to the Mediterranean ; 
 and, 6 Jan. 1824, to the Jcpiteb 60, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Willoughby Thos. Lake at Halifax, 
 where he continued until made Commander, 23 
 Dec. 1826. Capt. Boyle, whose next appointment 
 was, 16 Aug. 1828, to the Cordelia sloop on the 
 Mediterranean station, attained Post-rank 27 May, 
 1830 ; and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Boyle, in 1840, was nominated Groom of 
 the Chamber to Prince Albert. He married, in 
 Nov. 1836, Wallace, daughter of Wm. W. Ogle, 
 Esq., of Causey Park, Northumberland. Agents — 
 Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 BOYLE. (LlEDTENANT, 1843.) 
 
 The Honourable Robert Francis Boyle, bom 
 6 Oct. 1818, is third son of the present Earl of 
 Shannon, by Sarah, fourth daughter of John Hyde, 
 Esq., of Castle Hyde. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 29 July, 1839, 
 and served, as Mate, on the East India station, in 
 the Melville 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dun- 
 das, Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Hen. Keppel, and Vixen 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Giffard. He obtained his 
 commission 20 Sept. 1843, and was next appointed, 
 17 June, 1844, and 25 Sept. 1845, to the Spitefol 
 steamer, and Serpent 16, commanded on the 
 same station by Capts. Wm. Maitland and Wm. 
 Nevill. Since his return to England in 1846, Mr. 
 Boyle has been on half-pay. 
 
 BOYS. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 22 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Edward Boys entered the Navy, in 1796, as Fst.- 
 cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64, Capt. Wm. 
 Swaffleld, on the North Sea station ; joined, next, 
 the Ethalion 38, Capt. Geo. Countess, one of Sir 
 John Borlase Warren's ships at the capture, in 
 Oct. 1798, of Commodore Bompart's squadron, con- 
 sisting of Le Boche 74, and several frigates, of 
 whom La Bellone 36 struck to the Ethalion, after 
 a close engagement of an hour and 54 minutes, on 
 the coast of Ireland ; became, after participating 
 in the capture of L' Infatigabh privateer, of 18 
 guns and 120 men. Midshipman of the Robust 74, 
 Capts. Coimtess and Wm. Brown, 16 April, 1799 • 
 served, from Oct. 1800 until paid off, 26 April, I8O2! 
 as Master's Mate in the Royal Sovereign 100, flag- 
 ship, in the Channel likewise, of Sir Hen. Harvey- 
 and, in June following, joined the Phcebe 36, Capts! 
 Shepheord and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, on the 
 Mediterranean station. He subsequently, in 1803, 
 
BOYS— BO YTER— BRACE. 
 
 113 
 
 commanded one of the boats of that frigate in a 
 disastrous attack on two French privateers off Cl- 
 vita VeccMa, when the former were repulsed, with 
 the loss of 8 killed and wounded ; and, on 4 Aug. 
 in the same year, while prize-master of a settee, 
 one of two at the taking of which he had a few 
 days previously assisted, he was captured by a 
 French squadron. On escaping from captivity, 10 
 May, 1809,* Mr. Boys was immediately allowed to 
 pass his examination, and, in a few days after- 
 wards, the 25th, was appointed liieutenant of the 
 Arachne 18, Capts. Sam. Chambers and Chas. 
 Hope Watson, in which sloop, after attending the 
 expedition to the Walcheren, he proceeded to the 
 West Indies, where for a short period he officiated 
 as Acting-Commander. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments, as Lieutenant, were, in 1813-14, to the Rhin 
 38, Caj>t. Chas. Malcolm, Queen 74, Capt. Lord 
 John Colville, and Venerable 74, bearing the flag 
 of Bear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, all likewise 
 stationed in the West Indies. He was confirmed 
 in the command of the Suniba of 18 guns, 8 July, 
 1814, but in Sept. following was placed on half-pay, 
 and has not since been afloat. He was latterly em- 
 ployed, from 16 Sept. 1837 until the close of 1841, 
 as Superintendent of the Dockyard at Deal. 
 
 He is married, and has a second son, Henry, a 
 Lieut. R.N. His third son, Richard, a young 
 oflicer of the greatest promise, was killed in the 
 boats of H.M.S. Fantoue, during an afii-ay with 
 some pirates on the coast of Barbary, 12 May, 1846. 
 
 BOYS. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 George Sayer Boys passed his examination 4 
 Aug. 1835 ; and served, as Mate, on the Mediter- 
 ranean, Home, and Cape of Good Hope stations, in 
 the Vernon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, Albion 90, 
 Capt. Nich. Lockyer, and Mutike 12, Capt. Rich. 
 Borough Crawford. He obtained his commission 
 13 Aug. 1845 ; became, a few days afterwards, Ad- 
 ditional-Lieutenant of the Winchester 50, flag-ship 
 at the Cape of Hon. Josceline Percy ; removed, 23 
 Nov. following, to the Thunderbolt steam-sloop, 
 Capt. Alex. Boyle, on the same station); and since 
 21 Aug. 1846, has been employed in the East Indies 
 as First of the Childers 12, Capt. John Charles 
 Pitman. 
 
 BOYS. (LlEUTiaiANT, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Boys is second son of Commander Edw. 
 Boys, R.N. 
 
 This officer, while Midshipman of the Edinburgh 
 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, was much ap- 
 plauded during the operations of 1840 on the coast 
 of Syria, particularly for his conduct at the capture 
 of Beyrout, where he was intrusted with the duty 
 of removing the powder from the castle. He was 
 afterwards wounded at the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d'Acre. Having passed his examination 30 
 July, 1843, and been intermediately employed, as 
 Mate, in the Vanguard 80, commanded, on Parti- 
 cular Service, by Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, Mr. 
 Boys, on 7 Feb. 1846, was promoted to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Snake 16, Capt. Thos. Bourmaster 
 Brown, with whom he is now serving at the Cape 
 of Good Hope. 
 
 BOYS. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William Boys passed his examination in 1829 ; 
 and obtained bis commission 26 Jan. 1835. His 
 ensuing appointments were — 7 Feb. 1835, as Su- 
 pernumerary Lieutenant, to the Hastings 74, Capt. 
 Hen. Shiffher, off Lisbon— 17 Aug. 1836, to the 
 Harlequin 16, Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine, in 
 the Mediterranean — 12 Nov. 1840 (after two years 
 
 * For an acconnt of the manner in which Commander 
 Boys effected hia emancipation from imprisonment, we refer 
 our readers to his * Narrative of a Captivity and Adventures 
 in France and Flanders between the years 1603 and 1809,' — 
 a volume of stirring interest, published in 18^7. In 1831 ap- 
 peared his ' Remarks on the Practicability and Advantages 
 of a Sandwich or Downs Harbour,* 
 
 of half-pay), to the Britannia 120, bearing the 
 flag on the latter station of Sir John Aoworth Om- 
 manney — 29 July, 1841, to be Agent for Transports 
 afloat — 2 July, 1844, to the Coast Guard — and, 8 
 Aug. 1845, again to the Transport service, in which 
 he continued until the attainment of his present 
 rank, 28 Oct. 1846. 
 
 BOYTEK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 10.) 
 
 Alexander Boyter entered the Navy, 10 March, 
 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Volontaike 46, 
 Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, then at the Cape of 
 Good Hope ; and, from July following until Sept. 
 1815 (except from Dec. 1812 to March, 1814, when 
 he appears to have been employed with the same 
 oficer in the Channel, on board the Hotspur 36), 
 served with Capt. Hen. Hope, the greater part of 
 the time as Master's Mate, in the Espoir brig, 
 Glatton 54, Leonidas 38, Topaze 38, Salsette 
 36, and Endyhion, of 48 guns and 319 men, on the 
 Mediterranean and North American stations. Dur- 
 ing that period he served, on the night of 31 Oct. 
 1809, in the boats of the Topaze, and of a squadron 
 under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and de- 
 struction, after a furious struggle, and a loss to the 
 British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the 
 store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bom- 
 bards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Nor- 
 mande, with a convoy of 7 merchantmen, defended 
 by numerous strong batteries, in the Bay of Rosas.* 
 He also, in 1810, witnessed the taking by the To- 
 paze of a privateer and battery at the entrance of 
 the river Barbate. While in the Endymion, Mr. 
 Boyter was severely wounded, 9 Oct. 1814, in an^ill- 
 fated boat attack on the American privateer Prince 
 de Neufchatel, of 18 guns and 130 men, on which 
 occasion the British were repulsed, with a loss of 
 28 killed and 37 wounded ; and slightly, at the me- 
 morable capture, after an action of two hours and 
 a halfi a loss to the enemy of 35 killed and 70 
 wounded, and to the British of 11 killed and 14 
 wounded, of the President frigate, of 56 guns and 
 465 men, 15 Jan. 1815. We are informed that the 
 subject of this memoir was present on shore at the 
 battle of NorthPoint. He obtained his commission 
 on 18 Feb. 1815, and continued in the Endydiion, 
 latterly in the Channel, until paid off as above. 
 He was appointed, 17 Oct. 1825, to the Coast Guard, 
 and in that service he remained until invested with 
 the command, 4 Aug. 1842, of the Pike steam- 
 packet, now employed on the Portpatrick station. 
 
 BRACE. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Francis Brace is nephew of the late Vice-Ad- 
 miral Sir Edward Brace, K.C.B., who died Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at the Nore in Dec. 1843 ; also of 
 Admiral Stephen Piwntz; and cousin of Capt. Her- 
 bert Brace Powell, K..N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Iris 32, commanded by 
 his uncle, Capt. Edw. Brace, with whom, after 
 cruizing for some months off Ferrol and Corunna, 
 he removed to La Virglnie, of 46 guns and 281 
 men. In that ship, during a servitude of four years 
 and a half on the North Sea and Cork stations, he 
 contributed, as Midshipman, to the capture of two 
 Spanish privateers of 14 guns each, and, 19 May, 
 1808, of the Dutch frigate Guelderland, of 36 guns 
 and 253 men, after an obstinate conflict of an hour 
 and a half, in which the enemy's loss amounted to 
 25 killed and 50 wounded, and that of the British to 
 only 1 killed and 2 wounded. He next, in March, 
 1810, joined the Clyde 38, bearing the broad pen- 
 dant at Flushing of Commodore Sir E. W. C. B. 
 Owen ; was transferred, in Sept. following, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, to the St. Albans 64, Capt. Edw. Brace, 
 employed for a whole twelvemonth at the defence 
 of Cadiz ; was wrecked shortly after his removal to 
 the Ephera fire-ship, Capt. 'Thos. Eyerard, on the 
 Porpoises, near Cadiz, 26 Dec. 1811 ; then rejoined 
 his uncle in the Berwick 74, in which he passed hia 
 
 • Vide Gas. 1809, p. 1907. 
 
 Q 
 
114 
 
 BRADBY-BRADLEY. 
 
 examination early in 1812; and, after an attach- 
 ment of some months to the Caledonia 120, flag- 
 ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Edward Pellew, 
 was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Feb. 
 
 1813. His subsequent appointments, in the latter 
 capacity, were — 20 March following, again to the 
 Berwick, commanded, as before, by Capt. E. 
 Brace, off Toulon and the coast of Italy — 14 Oct. 
 
 1814, to the Menai 26, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, on 
 Channel service — 15 April, 1815, to the Pique 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Anth. Maitland, fitting at Portsmouth 
 — 16 July, 1816, to the Pkistce Kbgent 56, as Flag- 
 liieutenant to Commodore Sir Kobert Hall, on the 
 lakes of Canada — 21 Sept. ensuing, to the acting- 
 command of the Netley 10, on Lake Ontario — 
 and, 15 Sept. 1817, to the Svbii.le 48, Capt. Chas. 
 Malcolm, with whom he served in the "West Indies, 
 under the flag of Sir Home Popham, until the re- 
 ceipt of his second commission, 7 Deo. 1818. On 28 
 Sept. 1824, Capt. Brace obtained command of the 
 Gannet 18, in which we find him effecting the 
 capture of a smuggling lugger on the coast of Ire- 
 land 1 Feb. 1825, and subsequently, up the Medi- 
 terranean, of three piratical vessels, as also the de- 
 struction of a fourth. Attaining Post-rank, 14 Aug. 
 1827, he commanded, from 19 June, 1837, until 
 superseded, 2 Sept. following, the Donegal 78, 
 fitting at Plymoujth ; and was Flag-Captain to Sir 
 Edw. Brace in the Camperddwn 104, from 16 Deo. 
 1841, until the death of that gallant officer in Dec. 
 1843. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Brace married, 15 April, 1833, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of John Middleton, Esq., of Clifton, and 
 has issue. 
 
 BEADBY. (Lieut., ISOfl. p-p., 17 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Thomas Bhadbv entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1797, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Abiadne 20, Capt. 
 Jas. Bradby, on the North Sea station ; removed, 
 as Midshipman, in Aug. 1800, to the Andbomeda 
 32, commanded, in the West Indies, by the same 
 oifioer and by Capt. Edw. Dumford King ; and, in 
 Feb. 1802, was paid off at Plymouth from the Mag- 
 NANiME 44, Capt. Wm. Taylor. He next served, 
 from Oct. 1803, until Sept. 1807, in the Pbince 
 Geobge 98, Capts. Joseph Sydney Torke and Geo. 
 Losack, employed in the Channel and West Indies ; 
 and, after a further attachment to the Bdlwaek 
 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, off 
 Cadiz, Royal William 100, Capt. Hon. Courtenay 
 Bo-yle, «,t Spithesd, Christian VH. 80, Capt. J, S. 
 Yorke, In the Downs, and Ganges 74, and Bar- 
 FLEDB 98, both flag-ships in the Tagus of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, was mside 
 Lieutenant into the Tbiomph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood 
 Linzee, 7 July, 1809. Mr. Bradby continued cruiz- 
 ing in the latter ship off the Western Islands, before 
 the port of Cadiz, and in the Mediterranean, until 
 14 Aug. 1810 ; subsequently to which period we find 
 him appointed — 26 Jan. 1811, to the Rol^iA 10, 
 Oapts. Sam. Clarke and Wm. Hill, under the former 
 of whom he assisted in capturing, off Fecamp, the 
 French privateer L'Espoir, of 16 guns and 50 men, 
 6 Oct. in the same year — and, 18 May, 1814, to the 
 Alpheds 36, Capt. Geo. Langford, from which ship, 
 after serving in the East Indies, he was paid off, 31 
 Dec. i8J6. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 BRADLEY. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 22; h-p., 16.) 
 John Bradley was born, 26 Oct. 1795, at Cow- 
 bridge, in Glamorganshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jason 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Jas. Wm. King, under whom he soon attained the 
 rating of Midshipman, and continued actively to 
 serve, in the West Indies and off the coasts of New- 
 foundland and Holland, until Nov. 1814. During 
 the unfortunate attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, in the 
 latter year, he was occasionally employed on shore 
 with the army, and carried the despatches from 
 that place to Helvoetsluys. He next joined the 
 Centaur 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon C»ulfeild, stationed 
 ^t the Cape of Good Hope ; jlassed his examination 
 
 6 Dec. 1815; and subsequently served, as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman— from the latter date until Jan. 1819, 
 in the Pwue 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and John 
 M'Kellar, on the West India station, where he was 
 frequently detached in the boats for the suppression 
 of piracy — for the four succeeding years, in the 
 Severn and Ramillies, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, 
 lying in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast 
 Blockade— and, from Deo. 1823, to July, 1824, in 
 the Parthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Barrington. In 
 the boats of that vessel, then in the Gulf of Mexico, 
 he captured the San Jose piratical schooner, the 
 command of which he retained, with the rank of 
 Acting-Lieutenant, until within a few days of the 
 receipt of his commission, 18 Jan. 1825, when he 
 returned home in the Surinam 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Crole. Lieut. Bradley— who, from 11 Dee. 1826, to 
 19 March, 1830, in the Ramillies and Talavera 
 74's, Capt. Hugh Pigpt, was again employed on the 
 Coast Blockade service — obtained command of the 
 Camelion brig, of 10 guns, 15 Dee. 1834. On 
 leaving the Tagus, previously to being put out of 
 commission in April, 1838, he received from Sir J. 
 A. Ommanney, the Commander-in-Chief, one of the 
 strongest possible recommendations for preferment, 
 in consequence of the exemplary zeal and ability 
 of his services during the disturbances in Spain and 
 Portugal ; yet, singular as it may appear, Lieut. 
 Bradley is the tmly unpromoted officer who held a 
 command at that period. On one occasion, when 
 the Philippa merchanfc-brig was wrecked near 
 Beachy Head, Lieut. Bradley courageously put off 
 in a galley and had the happiness of saving the 
 crew from a watery grave, a service which was 
 duly acknowledged by a vote of thanks from 
 Lloyd's. He is at present unemployed. 
 
 He married, 22 Sept. 1831, and has issue two 
 children. 
 
 BRADLEY. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 22.) 
 Wareb Squire Bradley, bom, 21 Dec. 1797, in 
 the parish of St. Decuman, co. Somerset, is eldest 
 son of the late Rev. W. S. Bradley, Vicar of Chard 
 and Timberscombe, in the same shire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1810, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Menelaus 38, Capt. 
 Peter Parker, in which ship, after witnessing the 
 reduction of the Isle of France in Dec. following, 
 and serving off St. Helena, he proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean, where he became Midshipman, in 
 Feb. 1813, of the Hibernia 120, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, one of Sir Edw. Pellew's 
 ships in a skirmish, which took place on 5 Nov. 
 followdng, with the Toulon squadron. He next 
 joined, early in 1814, the Royal Sovereign 100, 
 and Duncan 74, and, from May in that year until 
 Nov. 1815, served on board the Undaunted 38, all 
 commanded by Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, on the 
 same station. In the latter frigate he was present, 
 in 1815, at the capture of the Tremiti islands, and 
 of a flotilla of gun-boats out of Brindisi. We 
 afterwards find Mm employed for seven years, off 
 St. Helena and the coast of Ireland, and afto in the 
 West Indies, as Mate of the Falmouth 20, Capts. 
 Robt. Worgan Geo. Jesting, Geo. Fred. Rich, and 
 Edw. Purcell. In 1822 he joined the Surinam 18, 
 Capt. Chas. Crole, and while in that vessel (having 
 in Dec. 1816, passed his examination) was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Sept. 1824. He was 
 paid off, on his return home from the West Indies, 
 in Feb. 1825, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Bradley holds the appointment of Har- 
 bour Master at Forth Cawe. He married, 11 Dec. 
 1835, Sophia, only daughter of Commander Benj. 
 Smith, R.N., of Bristol; and by that lady has issue 
 four sons. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 BRADLEY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 37.) 
 William Bradley entered the Navy, 2 March, 
 1798, on board the Mars, of 82 guns and 634 men, 
 Capt. Alex. Hood, and, on 21 April following, was 
 present at the capture of the French ship L'HermU, 
 of 78 guns and 680 men, after a tremendous yard- 
 
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 115 
 
 arm-and-yard-arm conflict of more than an hour's 
 continuance, during which the British sustained a 
 loss of 30 killed and 60 wounded, and the enemy 
 of nearly 300 killed and wounded. He remained 
 in the Maks, under Kear-Admirals Hon. Geo. Cran- 
 field Berkeley and Edw. Thomhrough, until April, 
 1802 ; hecamc next, in June, 1803, Midshipman of 
 the Gbampds 50, Capt. R. Caulfield, in which ship 
 he proceeded with convoy to the East Indies ; 
 served on that station, under Lord Geo. Stuart and 
 various other Captains, in the Arrogant and 
 Dover, until March, 1808; and, after an attach- 
 ment of a few months in the early part of 1809 to 
 the KoYAt William and Villb de Paris, bearing 
 the flags at Spithead and in the Mediterranean of 
 Vice-Admirals Courtenay and Lord Collingwood, 
 was appointed, on 14 June in that year, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Cumberland 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Philip Wodehouse. On the night of 31 Oct. fol- 
 lowing we find him employed in the boats of the 
 latter ship with those of a squadron at the capture 
 and destruction, in the Bay of Rosas— despite a 
 fierce opposition from the crews and a galling fire 
 from the batteries, inflictive on the British of a loss 
 of 15 men killed and 55 wounded — of the armed 
 store-ship Laniproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, with 
 three other armed and seven merchant vessels.* 
 He soon afterwards removed to the Hibernia 120, 
 Capt. Neve ; was confirmed a Lieutenant 12 July, 
 1810; and, after nearly a year of half-pay, joined, 
 1 Aug. 1811, the Eagle 74, in which he assisted at 
 the capture, on 27 Nov., of La Corceyre French 
 frigate, of 38 guns and 170 men. He invalided 13 
 May, 1812, and has not since been employed. 
 
 BRADLY. (Commander, 1841.> 
 
 Stephen Bbadlt entered the Navy 2 Jan. 1828 ; 
 passed his examination in 1834 ; obtained his first 
 commission 2S June, 1838; and was appointed to 
 the PowEBFUL 84, Commodore Chas. Napier, on 
 the Mediterranean station, 1 Jan. 1839. He was 
 the companion and aide-de-camp of that gallant 
 ofBcer throughout aU the operations on the coast of 
 Syria in 1840, where, besides assisting at the bom- 
 bardment of Beyrout, the storming of Sidon, and 
 capture of St. Jean d'Acre, he " showed a noble 
 example " in the attack on the Egyptian troops at 
 Kelbaon, and was " forward on all occasions." t 
 He was promoted, in consequence, to his present 
 rank 1 Jan. 1841 ; and, from 8 April, 1843, until 1846, 
 was next employed as an Inspecting-Commander in 
 the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Bradly is Senior of 1841. He 
 married, 25 July, 1843, Elizabeth, third daughter of 
 Kich. Tomson, Esq., of the Elms, Hamsgate, and 
 has issue. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 BKADSHAW. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 23; 
 H-p., 13.) 
 
 Robert Augustus Beadshaw, bom in 1800 at 
 Kinsale, is only son of General Bradshaw, K.C., 
 late of the 1st Life Guards. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Dec. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas, stationed off the Texel; was 
 transferred with the same officer, in May, 1812, to 
 the Prince 98 ; and, on subsequently proceeding to 
 the Mediterranean, witnessed, as Midshipman, the 
 reduction of Genoa in April, 1814. He next cruized 
 for 12 months, in the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres, off the coast of Ireland ; served, from Sept. 
 1815, to Deo. 1818, in the Komnet 50, Salisbury 50, 
 and Pique 36, flag-ships on the Jamaica station of 
 Rear-Admiral J. E. Douglas ; passed his examina- 
 tion in January of the latter year ; and, after an 
 attachment of more than three years, as Mate, to 
 the Pandora 18, Capt. Chas. Grenville Randolph, 
 off Dublin and Belfast, was made Lieutenant, 19 
 July, 1822, into the Niemen 28, Capt. Edw. Rey- 
 nolds Sibly, with whom he served, as Senior, on the 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1S09, p. ISOT. 
 t V. Gaz. 1840, pp, 2fiOS, 2611. 
 
 Halifax station, until May, 1824. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 13 Feb. 1825, to the Doris 36, 
 Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair, in which frigate 
 we find him employed on the coast of South Ame- 
 rica until April, 1829—1 May, 1833, and 5 Sept. 1835, 
 to the San Josef and Royal Adelaide first-rates, 
 bearing the flags of Sir Wm. Hargood and Lord 
 Amelius Beauel^k at Plymouth, where he conti- 
 nued, serving as First-Lieutenant in succession to 
 both those Admirals, until Aug. 1836— and, 7 July, 
 1838, also as First-Lieutenant, to the Asia 84, Capt. 
 Wm. Fisher, from which ship, after participating 
 in the operations on the coast of Syria in 1840, and 
 assisting at the blockade of Alexandria, he was paid 
 off in May, 1841. He was promoted to his present 
 rank 23 Nov. 1841, and has not since been em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Commander Bradshaw married, first, in Feb. 1830, 
 Decima, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Dr. 
 Tomkyns, of Bucknell Park, co. Hereford ; and 
 secondly, in 1834, Augusta Julia, only daughter of 
 the late Obadiah Newell, Esq., Lieut. R.N. (1781), 
 of the Royal Hospital at Plymouth, who died 1 Feb. 
 1837, aged 73. 
 
 BRADY. (Lieutenant; 1815. r-p, 1 7 ; h-p., 23.} 
 William Hollinshed Brady entered the Navy, 
 6 Dec. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leonidas 
 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Dunbar, on the Mediterranean 
 station, where he joined, in Nov. 1808, the Cum- 
 berland 74, Capt. Hon. PhiUp Wodehouse. On 
 26 Oct. 1809, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the 
 self-destruction of' the French line-of-battle ships 
 Robuste and Jjitm, near Frontignan;. and, on the 
 night of 31 of the same month, he was slightly 
 wounded while serving in the boats at the capture 
 and destruction^ — under a hot fire from the batteries 
 in the Bay of Rosas, and in face of a resistance 
 from the various crews productive of a loss to the 
 British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded — of the 
 store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, with 
 three other armed vessels, and seven sail of mer- 
 chantmen.* He continued to be very actively em- 
 ployed in the Cumberland, under the command of 
 Capt. Thos. Baker, in the North Sea and in escort- 
 ing valuable convoys to the West Indies and the 
 Cape of Good Hope, until paid off in Aug. 1815— a 
 few months previous to which period, on 20 March, 
 he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 He afterwards, from 10 June, 1824, until 1827, 
 served on the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary* 
 Lieutenant of the Kamiluks 74, Capts. Wm» 
 M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot; and, since 10 June, 
 1842, has been employed as Admiralty Agent in a 
 contract mail steam-vessel on the West India sta- 
 tion. Agbnts— Messrs. StUwell. 
 
 BRAKE. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 33.) 
 William Lenthall Brake was born, 24 July, 
 1787, at Plymouth. 
 
 This ofiioer entered the Navy, in the summer of 
 1796, as a Volunteer, on board the Royal William, 
 Capt. Fras. Pickmore, flag-ship of Sir Peter Parker, 
 Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, in which ship 
 he had the misfortune to be very severely injured 
 by a block falling from the mast-head and frac- 
 turing his skull. He was in the same ship at the 
 period of the Spithead mutiny, in April, 1797, and 
 was afterwards, until the peace, employed in her 
 tender, the Ant schooner, Lieut.-Conunander Matt. 
 Bowles Alt. At the re-commencement of hostilities, 
 in 1803, Mr. Brake joined the Pandour 44, Capt. 
 John Nash, under whom he assisted as Midshipman 
 at the reduction of the Dutch colony of Surinam 
 in May, 1804. Removing then to the Ramillies 74* 
 Capts. Fras. Pickmore and Kobt. Tarker, he served 
 as Signal-Mate at the capture of Linois' squadron 
 in 1806, and of the Danish islands of St. Thomas 
 and Santa Croix in Dec. 1807. From Nov. 1808 
 about which period he passed his examination, until 
 officially promoted, 2 Nov. 1810, he appears to have 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1967. 
 
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116 
 
 BRANCH. 
 
 been next employed, as Master's Mate and Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Thetis 38, Capt. Geo. Miller, 
 Nbptdke 98, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 Intrepid 64, Capt. Christopher John Williams 
 Nesham, Jdlia 16, Capts. Wm. Dowers and Sam. 
 Geo. Pechell, (all on the West India station,) Fdri- 
 EOSE 38, Capt. John Simpson, off Halifax, and Vio 
 TOHT 100, and Ardent 64, flag-ships on the Baltic 
 station, the former of Sir Jas. Saumarez, the latter 
 of Sir Geo. Hope and Sir Philip Durham. From 
 the Ardent Mr. Brake was appointed, 12 Feb. 1812, 
 to the TRiNcnLO 18, Capt. Geo. Rennie, in the West 
 Indies, where he became, 13 June following. Senior 
 of the Garland 22, Capt. Rich. Flummer Davies. 
 In the boats of the latter ship, we find him cap- 
 turing, after a chase of four hours, and only 14 days 
 subsequent to the declaration of war, the American 
 privateer schooner Poor Sailor.* For his conduct 
 in next silencing, when in the Tagus, the fire of a 
 castle, Mr. Brake was publicly thanked, in common 
 with the other officers and crew of the GakIjAnd. 
 He has been unemployed since 2 Feb. 1816. 
 
 Lieut. Brake married, 30 June, 1817, Miss Louisa 
 Newman, and by that lady has issue six children. 
 
 BRANCH, K.H. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 21; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Alexander Barclay Branch, bom, towards 
 the close of 1784, in the island of Barbadoes, is de- 
 scended of an ancient Scottish family. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1796, as 
 Midshipman, on board La Pique 36, Capt. David 
 Milne, in which ship, after assisting at the reduction 
 of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice, he was se- 
 verely wounded by a splinter in the head, and 
 wrecked on the coast of France at the capture, by 
 that frigate and the Jason 38, of La Seine, of 42 
 guns and 610 men, of whom 170 were killed and 100 
 wounded, with the comparatively trivial loss to the 
 British of 9 killed and 18 wounded in the two ships, 
 29 June, 1798. Mr. Branch, who on that occasion 
 lost everything he possessed, was next attached for 
 four years to the Diamond 38, Capts. Sir Rich. 
 John Strachan and Edw. Griffith, under whom he 
 saw a vast deal of active service. At the attack 
 and capture, particularly, of some Spanish vessels 
 in the port of Corunna by the boats of a squadron 
 under Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, 20 Aug. 1801, he 
 had charge of the Diamond's barge, and, although 
 knocked overboard by a desperate pike-wound in 
 the groin while in the act of boarding a fully- 
 manned ship of 16 guns, secured by several cables 
 to the shore, continued, on being rescued from the 
 perilous position in which he had thus been placed, 
 in effective command of his boat until the prize 
 was eventually towed out after an exposure of some 
 hours to a very heavy fire from the batteries. 
 Having passed his examination a short time previ- 
 ously, Mr. Branch removed, as Master's Mate, in 
 June, 1802, to the Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse, and, on 31 May, 1803, had the misfor- 
 tune to be again wrecked near Cape St. Vincent. 
 For his uncommon exertions on the occurrence of 
 that disaster he was received by Lord Nelson on 
 board his fiag-ship the Victory 100, and within 
 three months was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Weasel 14, Capt. Wm. Layman, under whom 
 we find him continually in collision with the enemy 
 for the protection of trade in the Gut of Gibraltar, 
 until a third time wrecked on the coast of Anda- 
 lusia, 1 March, 1804. Being confirmed on his return 
 home by commission dated 8 Nov. 1804, he served, 
 from July following until Nov. 1806, with Capt. 
 Benj. Hallowell, in the Tigre 80, during which 
 period he accompanied Lord Nelson to the West 
 Indies in pursuit of the Franco-Spanish fleet, and, 
 although only Fifth, discharged for a considerable 
 time the duties of First-Lieutenant. From the 
 Tigre Mr. Branch removed, in the latter capacity, 
 to the PiLADES sloop, Capts. Geo. Miller Bligh, 
 Wm. Hen. Whorwood, and Geo. Ferguson, with 
 whom, successively, he continued to serve for five 
 • Fide Graz. 181S, p. 2571. 
 
 years on the Mediterranean station. In the boats 
 of that ship he gallantly attacked, boarded, carried, 
 and brought off four strongly-armed French settees, 
 ashore on the island of Sardinia, in face of a very 
 severe fire from the respective crews ; and not long 
 afterwards, while conducting another similarly suc- 
 cessful expedition, he had his right hand so dread- 
 fully shattered as barely to escape amputation. 
 Early in 1811, in consequence of the French having 
 almost wholly monopolized the Levant trade in 
 neutral bottoms under the Greek flag, Lieut. Branch 
 was detached by Capt. Ferguson in temporary 
 command of the Gleaner ketch, of 10 12-pounder 
 carronades and 30 men, with orders to impose a 
 searching examination on all Greek vessels he 
 might come across. Cruizing off the island of 
 Samos, in pursuance of his instructions, he soon fell 
 in with and ultimately captured, after a close and 
 furious action of more than two hours, a large 
 polaore-ship of 12 long guns and 70 men. Towards 
 the close of the engagement, however, he had the 
 misfortune to be struck by a cannon-ball, which, 
 besides slightly wounding the left, in a most shock- 
 ing manner mutilated his right leg; and in that 
 deplorable condition he lay for five days, without 
 any surgical assistance, and literally incrusted in 
 his own blood, until at length he reached Smyrna, 
 where the tardy amputation of the entire limb was 
 followed by three months of indescribable suffering. 
 Yet, notwithstanding his past services, his meri- 
 torious gallantry in the present instance in cap- 
 turing an enemy so far his superior in force, and 
 the heavy affiiction entailed on him in his devo- 
 tion to his country, Lieut. Branch was not pro- 
 moted, nor did he, until nearly two years afterwards, 
 even receive a pension. On 2 Dec. 1813, having been 
 on half-pay since Nov. 1811, he re-obtained com- 
 mand of the Gleaner on the north coast of Spain, 
 and during the ensuing advance on Bayonne of the 
 Marquis of Wellington, whose expressed approba- 
 tion he had the good fortune to elicit, was employed 
 in blockading the Adour, and at the fearful passage 
 of the flotilla across the bar of that river, prepara^ 
 tory to the formation of the floating bridge, he had 
 the honour of receiving the flag of Rear- Admiral 
 Penrose. Lieut. Branch was shortly afterwards 
 selected by the last-named officer, as a reward for 
 his praiseworthy conduct on that occasion, to carry 
 home the despatches. While, however, awaiting, 
 in the Bay of St. Jean de Luz, the arrival of the 
 officer charged with those of Lord Wellington, the 
 Gleaner unfortunately went do\^'n in a terrific 
 hurricane, and the next day a large transport, on 
 board which Lieut. Branch and his crew had es- 
 caped, cutting her only remaining cable, to avoid 
 the fate of every other vessel in the anchorage, 
 drove for the beach, and was happily stranded in 
 safety. His full acquittal at the consequent court- 
 martial was followed by his immediate and long-due 
 promotion, 6 June, 1814, to the command of the 
 Swinger brig, of 12 IS-pounder carronades and 65 
 men, rated as a sloop-of-wsu', in which he was for 
 some time employed in protecting the commerce of 
 Surinam, where his bravery in effecting the annihi- 
 lation, after a destructive running-fight, of a large 
 American privateer, of twice his own force, and the 
 terror of the coast, procured him the thanks of the 
 merchants, and the public acknowledgments, through 
 the Commander-in-Chief, of the Board of Admi- 
 ralty. During the occupation of Martinique in 
 1815, he brought home the three despatches of Sir 
 Philip Chas. Durham, Lieut.-General Sir Jas. Leith, 
 and the French Governor of Martinique, the Count 
 de Vaugiraud, but was nevertheless denied both 
 his Post^commission and the pecuniary grant cus- 
 tomary on similar occasions. Capt. Branch, having 
 paid the Swinger off in Aug. of the latter year, 
 subsequently commanded, from 4 Oct. 1816, until 
 17 JulVj 1819, the Helicon and Harlequin sloops, 
 to the full suppression of smuggling on his allotted 
 portion of the coast of Ireland. He ultimately ob- 
 tained his present rank 26 Dec. 1822 ; and, on 26 
 Dec. 1827, was appointed, by the Lord High Ad- 
 miral, to the Mekset 26, on the West India station, 
 
BRANCH— BRAND. 
 
 117 
 
 whence repeated attacks of fever and the opening 
 of Ms wound obliged him prematurely to return at 
 the expiration of a year. He was installed a Cap- 
 tain of Greenwich Hospital 17 Aug. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Branch was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836. 
 He married in 1812, and was left a widower with 
 three sons and four daughter 23 Nov. 1842. His 
 eldest and third sons, Geo. Ferguson (1832), and 
 Wm. Hen. Whorwood (1843), are Second-Lieu- 
 tenants, R.M. The latter officer is now serving, on 
 the North America and West India station, in the 
 Endymion 44, Capt. Geo. Robt. Lambert. Capt. 
 Branch's second son, John Powell, is a Lieutenant 
 R.N. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BKANCH. (LiEnTEN ANT, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p.,3.) 
 John Poweli. Bsanoh, born about the year 1814, 
 is second son of Capt. A. B. Branch, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1826 ; served 
 for seven years in the East Indies ; returned home 
 and passed his examination with great credit in 
 1833 ; afterwards joined the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, where, in the shortest possible 
 space of time, he obtained a Fst.-cl. Certificate ; 
 and was ultimately, after more than eight years' 
 servitude as Mate, advanced to his present rank 
 8 Nov. 1841. He has been employed, since 21 Deo. 
 1844, in the Lily 16, Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin 
 Newton, on the African station. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 BRAND. (Lieutenant, 1822. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Chables Bband is brother of Lieut. W. H. 
 Brand, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 July, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apelles 14, Capts. 
 Thos. Oliver and Fred. Hoffman, stationed in the 
 Channel, where he was run on shore near Boulogne 
 3 May, 1812, but, with several others, escaped cap- 
 ture by a timely flight in the boats. He then pro- 
 ceeded to Bermuda, as Midshipman, in the Ardent 
 troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Bell, and during a subse- 
 quent attachment of more than two years to the 
 Majestic, a cut-down 74, Capt. John Hayes, assist- 
 ed at the capture, after a running fight of two hours 
 and a half, of the French frigate Terpsichwey of 44 
 guns, besides making a large number of American 
 prizes, participating in the capture of Washington 
 by Rear-Admiral Geo. Cockburn, and witnessing 
 the surrender of the President to the Endymion. 
 He next served, from June, 1815, to Oct. 1818, with 
 Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, on board 
 the Caledonia 120, and ;Rochfobt 80, and with 
 Capt. Thos. Briggs, as Admiralty-Midshipman, on 
 board the Qdeen Charlotte 100, the first at Ply- 
 mouth, the two last at Portsmouth. He was after- 
 wards, under Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, of the Severn, 
 employed, until July, 1820, on the Coast Blockade, 
 in which his services were so conspicuous as to be 
 rewarded by the Treasury with the sum of 1001. ; 
 and from the latter date until the death of Buona- 
 parte he was stationed off St. Helena in the Shear- 
 water 10, Capt. John Walter Roberts. He then 
 sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the Hebon 18, 
 Capt. Job Hanmer ; and, for his exertions in tra- 
 velling through part of NamaquaLand, an unknown 
 district of South Africa, was, on 28 Dec. 1822, con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant in the Cygnet 10, Capt. Thos. 
 Bennett ; on the paying off of which, 22 April, 1823, 
 he was presented by the ship's company with an 
 elegant sword, " in testimony of their regard and 
 esteem of his gentlemanly and officer-like conduct" 
 while on board. He again received an appointment 
 in the Coast Blockade in April, 1824 ; but has been 
 on half-pay since Aug. 1825. 
 
 Lieut. Brand has published an account of his 
 African travels, as also of a voyage made in a civil 
 capacity to Peru in 1827, during the winter of 
 which year he traversed the Andes on foot. He 
 married, 20 Dec. 1834, Caroline Julia, daughter of 
 the late Joseph Sanders, Esq., of Great Portland 
 
 Street, Portland Place, by whom he has issue two 
 sons and a daughter. 
 
 BRAND. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 John Fittz Bband entered the Navy in 1812 ; 
 passed his examination in 1820 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 4 July, 1829 j served in the Coast Guard 
 from 7 July, 1835, until the spring of 1838 ; and 
 since 28 April, 1846, has been employed as Admi- 
 ralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 BRAND. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 8.) 
 William Henry Bband, bom 8 Oct. 1790, is son 
 of the late Alex. Brand, Esq., R.N. ; and brother 
 of Major Brand of the 16th Regiment, of the present 
 Lieut. Charles, and of the late Lieuts. Geo. Rowley 
 and Thos. Dickson Brand, R.N.* 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Revenge 74, Capts. 
 Robt. Moorsom and Sir John Gore, under the former 
 of whom he was present at the battle of Trafalgar, 
 21 Oct. 1805 ; and, under the latter, at the capture 
 of four French frigates by a squadron under Sir 
 Sam. Hood, off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806. From 
 Aug. 1807, to July, 1808, he was next borne on the 
 books of the Redwing 18, Capt. Thos. Ussher, and 
 during that period was constantly engaged with 
 the batteries and gun-boats in the Gut of Gibraltar 
 — was on one occasion, while in a detained vessel, 
 taken prisoner by a Spanish flotilla — and, on again 
 joining the Redwing, shared, 7 May, 1808, in her gal- 
 lant annihilation of an opposing force of seven armed 
 vessels, carrying in all 22 guns and 271 men, and 
 having in escort a convoy of 12 sail, near Cape Tra- 
 falgar. During a subsequent attachment of two 
 years and a half to the Apollo 38, Capt. Bridges 
 Watkinson Taylor, Mr. Brand co-operated much 
 with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, parti- 
 cularly at the blockade of Barcelona, where he was 
 frequently under the fire of the batteries and troops. 
 He further assisted at the capture, 13 Feb. 1812, 
 of the French frigate-built store-ship Merinos, of 20 
 guns and 126 men, under the batteries of Corsica — 
 also, at the reduction by the Apollo's boats, 21 
 Dec. following, of the tower of St. Cataldo, the 
 strongest between Brindisi and Otranto — as well 
 as, with great credit, at the taking, 29 Jan. and 3 
 Feb. 1813, of the islands of Augusta and Curzola, 
 on both which occasions he was despatched with 
 the intelligence to the Commander-in-Chief, Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Fras. Freemantle, then at Lissa ;t 
 and in the following summer he contributed, again 
 in the boats, to the capture, by boarding, of a 
 French gun-vessel, in which was taken prisoner 
 the Colonel and Chief of Engineers at Corfu. 
 On returning from the latter place, whither he had 
 been sent with a flag of truce to convey the 
 wounded, Mr. Brand rejoined his party, who were 
 shortly afterwards attacked by a strong flotilla and 
 obliged to run on shore near Parga, where, after 
 expending all their ammunition, they took refuge 
 for several days in the mountains. It is also our 
 duty to record that on 21 Aug. 1812, while acting 
 pro tern, as Lieutenant of the Weasel 18, Capt. 
 John Wm. Andrew, the subject of the present 
 memoir commanded the boats at the boardiiig and 
 capture of an armed settee and trabacolo near St. 
 Nicolo; that he subsequently aided in bringing 
 out a vessel of the same description as the latter 
 from a creek not far from Otranto ; that, while at- 
 tached, in a similar capacity, after the surrender of 
 Curzola, to the Imogene 16, Capt. Taylor, he was 
 for nearly three months employed in erecting bat- 
 
 • Lieut. Geo. Rowley Brand, an officer of distin^shed 
 valour, who had served at Camperdown, and had on different 
 occasions, while combating the enemies of his country, re- 
 ceived upwards of 20 severe wounds, commanded the Uniquk 
 schooner, and was killed in action with a French privateer of 
 twice his own force, 23 Feb. 1806, when the British vessel, 
 after a glorious resistance, went down with her colours flying. 
 In testimony of their sense of his son's services and gallantry 
 on this and various other occasions, Lloyd's presented Mr. 
 Alexander Brand with the sum of 3001. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1307. 
 
118 
 
 BRANDER-BRANDRETH-BRANFORD-BEASIER. 
 
 tcries on that island ; and that, in one instance, after 
 marching three miles at the head of a hody of sea/- 
 men and marines, he surprised the guard at Sabio- 
 netta, and brought away captive the PrefBt and his 
 secretary. Mr. Brand, who received his first com- 
 mission 30 Dec. 1813, afterwards served, from 28 
 Feb. 1814, to 22 Aug. 1816, in the Badger 10, 
 Capts. Sam. Trevor Dickins and Hon. Chas. Or- 
 lando Bridgeman, with the latter of whom he wit- 
 nessed the reduction of Guadeloupe in 1815. He 
 was appointed, 2 Jime, 1824, and 5 March, 1825, to 
 the Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, both employed on the 
 Coast Blockade ; and, from 25 Sept. 1826, until ad- 
 vanced to his present rank, 9 Nov. 1846, was next 
 occupied in the Coast Guard, in which he held the 
 Inspecting-Commandership of the Shetland district 
 from Sept. 1828, until its abolition in Feb. 1844. 
 He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Brand married, 17 May, 1832, Chris- 
 tina Cecilia, second daughter of Jas. Greig, Esq., 
 Procurator Fiscal of Shetland, by whom he has isSue 
 two sons and three daughters. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 BRANDEK. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 12; h-p., 34.) 
 William Bkandek entered the Navy, 8 July, 
 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Goliath 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Essington, with whom, on proceeding to 
 the West Indies, he removed, as Midshipman, 10 
 April, 1802, to the Sans Pareil 80. In May, 1803, 
 having returned to England, he joined the Victory 
 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson ; immediately after 
 which he sailed for the Mediterranean ; and on his 
 passage thither assisted in taking the French 32- 
 gun frigate JEmbuscade. Becoming next attached 
 to the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. 
 Hoste, Mr. Brander was present, on 5 Oct. 1804, 
 at the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with 
 treasure, and destruction of a fourth, near Cape St. 
 Mary ; and, in 1805, he accompanied Lord Nelson 
 to the West Indies in pursuit of the Franco-Spanish 
 fleet. We also find him, in July, 1806, taking part 
 in the invasion of Calabria ; and, on 30 of the same 
 .month, in the reduction of the important fortress 
 of Cotrone, with all its stores and magazines, and a 
 garrison of upwards of 600 troops. He was subse- 
 quently taken prisoner while in charge of a prize j 
 and, on ultimately effecting a miraculous escape 
 ■ after a confinement of nearly three years, passed 
 his examination 3 Jan. 1810, and joined, in February, 
 the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Fras. Pickmore. During the siege of Cadiz 
 Mr. Brander appears to have been particularly in- 
 strumental in saving from destruction the Spanish 
 ship of the line San Pablo, at a time when she had 
 been set on fire by the enemy*s batteries, and to 
 have further contributed to the defence of Fort 
 Matagorda, until that stronghold was considered no 
 longer tenable. On 1 May, 1810, he became Master's 
 Mate of the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Cottonin the Mediterranean ; and, on 14 Feb. 1811, 
 he was promoted into the York 74, Capt. Robt. Bar- 
 ton. His subsequent appointments were — 11 Dec. 
 in the same year, to the Bellona 74, Capts. John 
 Erskine Douglas and Geo. M'Kinley, employed in 
 the North Sea and off Cherbourg and Eoohefort— 
 30 April, 1814, to the Kover 18, Capt. Justice 
 Finley, in which sloop he sailed for Bermuda — 
 and, 10 Feb. 1815, to the Insolent gun-brig, Capt. 
 Wm. Kelly, on the Cork station. Since the follow- 
 ing Sept. Lieut. Brander has been on hall-pay. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BEANDEETH. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Thomas Brandbeth passed his examination 4 
 Sept. 1844 ; served as Mate on board the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads ; and obtained 
 his commission 23 Dec. 1845. He has been em- 
 ployed since 23 April, 1846, in the Constance 50, 
 Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker. 
 
 BEANFOED. (Commander, 1820. r-p., 13; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 John Bkanford entered the Navy, 14 April, 
 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Eagle 74, Capt. 
 David Colby, bearing the flag in the North Sea, and 
 afterwards in the West Indies, of Rear-Adiniral 
 Edw. Thombrough ; joined, in Nov. 1805, the 
 Kent 74, Capts. Henry Garrett and Thos. Rogers, 
 attached to the Channel fleet ; served, from May, 
 1807, to Nov. 1809, again with Admiral Thom- 
 brough, in the Royal Sovereign 100, on the Medi- 
 terranean station ; and, from the latter date, was 
 employed in the Ville de Paris 110, and Rodney 
 and MiLFORD 74's, flag-ships of Lord Collingwood 
 and Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, until 
 made Lieutenant into the Swiftsure 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Stirling Dickson, 3 April, 1813. He soon, however, 
 rejoined Rear-Admiral Fremantle, as his Flag- 
 Lieutenant, in the Milford, and, after assisting in 
 various operations in the Adriatic, including the 
 reduction of Fiume, Rovigno, Piran, Capo d'Istra, 
 and Trieste, came home with him, early in 1814, in 
 the Eagle 74. From 5 May to 4 Sept. 1815, Mr. 
 Branford a second time oificiated as Flag-Lieute- 
 nant to the same officer in the Wye 24, on the Jersey 
 station. He was next employed, from 23 July, 1816, 
 till Feb. 1817, under Capts. Chas. Ogle and Aiskew 
 Paffard Hollis, in the Rivoli 74, guard-ship at Ports- 
 mouth; and, on 26 Aug. 1818, was again selected 
 by Sir T. F. Fremantle to be his Flag-Lieutenant 
 in the Rochfort 74, fitting for the Mediterranean, 
 whither he proceeded and remained until promoted, 
 on the death of his patron, to his present rank, 1 
 March, 1820. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Commander Branford is Senior of 1820. 
 
 BEASIER. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 27.) 
 James Brasier entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1799, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Defence 74, Capt. 
 Lord Henry Paulet, one of Sir Hyde Parker's ships 
 at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801 ; and, on 
 subsequently proceeding off Cadiz, commanded a 
 boat belonging to the Defence at the successful 
 repulse of a large number of gun-vessels sent out 
 of that port to attack her during a cahn. In Aug. 
 1802, he joined La Piqde 36, Capts. Wm. Cumber- 
 land and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, and, after 
 witnessing the evacuation of Aux Cayes and Cape 
 Fran9ois, St. Domingo, the surrender of the three 
 French frigates with the remains of Gen. Rocham- 
 beau's army on board, the capture of several pri- 
 vateers and other armed vessels, and the gallant 
 but unfortunate attack on Cura9oa, was transferred, 
 in Deo. 1805, to the Hercdle 74, bearing the flag 
 at Jamaica of Vice- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, and 
 on 12 March, 1806, as Acting-Sub-Lieutenant to 
 the Stork 18, Capt. Geo. Le Geyt. For his con- 
 duct on 3 Sept. 1806, as one of a detached party 
 under Capt. Edw. Rushworth, at the storming of 
 the fort of Batabano, in the island of Cuba, and 
 seizure of a number of small armed and merchant 
 vessels there collected, Mr. Brasier was appointed, 
 in Jan. 1807, Acting-Lieutenant of the Pomona 38, 
 Capt. John Parish, and, on 10 June, 1807, was con- 
 firmed into his former ship, La Pique, Capt. Ross. 
 His after-appointments, as Lieutenant, were — 2 
 March and 7 May, 1808, to the St. George and 
 Neptdne 98's, Capts. Thos. Bertie and Sir Thos. 
 Williams, in the Channel— 7 Feb. 1809, to the 
 Alfred 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, in which 
 ship, after having been sent in command of a gun- 
 boat to assist at the siege of Flushing, he proceeded 
 to the West Indies, where he took part in the re- 
 duction of Guadeloupe in Feb. 1810—9 May en- 
 suing, again to the Stork, Capt. Le Geyt, on the 
 same station— 16 Sept. 1811, to the Royal George 
 100, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sir J. Williams, 
 ?'';.?^"°'^^"' ^""^ ^™^- Pickmore, in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean— 10 Nov. 1812, to the Prince 
 OF Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas— 26 Jan. 
 1813, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Mou- 
 bray, in the boats of which ship he served at tlie 
 destruction of two important batteries and capture 
 
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 119 
 
 of a convoy near the port of Morjean, 2 May fol- 
 lowing — 23 Sept. in the same year, as Senior, to 
 the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andrew ^ing, under whom 
 he served at the reduction of Genoa in April, 1814 
 — 27 March, 1815, after an unemployed interval of 
 nearly a year, to the Impregnable 98, flag-ship, 
 also in the Mediterranean, of Sir Josias Kowley, 
 which ship was paid off in Dec. 1815— and, 30 Sept. 
 1818, to the Spencer 74, bearing the flag of the 
 latter ofi&cer on the Irish station, where he served 
 for three years. Capt. Brasier, who obtained his 
 second promotal commission 26 Dec. 1822, subse- 
 quently commanded, from 20 Dec. 1832, until he 
 invalided, 26 April, 1833, the Vernon 50, flag-ship 
 of Sir Geo. Cockbum in the "West Indies; and, 
 from 23 Jan. 1834, until his advancement to Post 
 rank, 10 Jan. 1837, the Caledonia 120, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean. 
 He has since been unemployed. 
 
 Capt. Brasier married, in 1838, Catherine, only 
 surviving daughter of the late John Marshall, Esq., 
 of Bradney, Shropshire. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BRAY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Benjamin John Bray died 2 Oct. 1846, at Wal- 
 worth, in his 60th year. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Bruizer gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Laurence Dundas Bruce, on the Home 
 station, and while in that vessel was laid up for 
 some time in consequence of a severe injury on the 
 head inflicted by a fall from the quarter-deck into 
 the spirit-room. In Oct. of the latter year he be- 
 came Midshipman of the Wilhelmina 32, Capt. 
 Jas. Lind, on the East India station ; where he re- 
 moved with the same officer, in March, 1803, to the 
 Sheerness 44, flag-ship at first of Kear-Admiral 
 Peter Bainier, and afterwards commanded by Lord 
 Geo. Stuart, under whom he was wrecked, off 
 Trincomalee, 7 Jan. 1805. He subsequently served, 
 as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, iu the 
 Howe 38, Capt. Edw. Batsey, and Dedaigneuse 
 36, and Russell 74, both flag-ships of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, and appears to have been for some time 
 employed in blockading the Isles of France and 
 Bourbon. After a further attachment to the 
 Sapphire 22, Capt. Geo. Davies— Terpsichore, 
 Capt. Gordon, in which frigate he came home early 
 in 1809 — and Diadem 64, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Borlase Warren at Halifax, Mr. Bray was 
 made Lieutenant, 28 June, 1810, into the Driver 
 22, Capt. Dyer; and, on his return from North 
 America, in the Rapid, was placed on half-pay in 
 May, 1811. He afterwards served, in 1815, on 
 board the Brune troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Stanhope 
 Badcock, lying at Spithead — was appointed, 11 
 March, 1823, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Livingstone — and, from 1825 to 1828, was employed 
 in the Ordinary at Chatham. He obtained the out- 
 pension of Greenwich Hospital 6 March, 1835. 
 Lieut. Bray has left a family. 
 
 BRAY. (CoMMANDEK, 1825. F-I^., 19 ; H-P., 34.) 
 
 JosiAS Bray died 11 March, 1846. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1794, asFst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Savage sloop, Capt. Grosvenor 
 Winkworth, stationed in the North Sea ; acquired 
 the rating of Midshipman 10 Dec. 1795 ; and, after 
 further serving for three years in the Inflexible 
 and Stately 64's, Capts. Solomon Ferris and Geo. 
 Scott, was conflrmed to a Lieutenancy, 1 Nov. 1800, 
 in the Vestal, armee enflOte, Capt. Valentine Col- 
 lard, under whom he attended the Egyptian expe- 
 dition of 1801. His next appointments were— 12 
 June, 1802, to the Athenienne 64, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Livingstone, on the Mediterranean station — in July, 
 1803, to a command in the Essex district of Sea 
 Fencibles—S July, 1804, to the Spy, Capt. Bushby, 
 employed off Boulogne, from which vessel he inva- 
 lided in Jan. 1805— and, 5 April ensuing, to the 
 AcHiLLE 74, Capt. Kich. King. Under the latter 
 officer he served, and was wounded, at the battle of 
 
 Trafalgar ;* in consequence whereof he obtained a 
 gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. We subse- 
 quently find him assuming command of the follow- 
 ing vessels : — 13 Jan. 1808, of the Capelin schooner, 
 which he had the misfortune to lose off Brest on 
 30 Jime ; 18 Oct. 1808, of the Weasel schooner, 
 employed at Plymouth; 4 July, 1811, of the 
 Gleaner ketch, in which he was sent with de- 
 spatches to America ; 7 Deo. in the same year, of 
 the Bloodhound gun-brig, also on the Plymouth 
 station ; 12 Feb. 1812, of the Active cutter, em- 
 ployed off Flushing ; and, 13 Dec. 1813, after an in- 
 terval of a year, of the Badger cutter, similarly 
 stationed. He went on half-pay 16 May, 1814 ; and, 
 on 27 May, 1825, was advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander, as a reward " for long and active ser- 
 vices." He did not afterwards go afloat. Agent — 
 J. Woodhead. 
 
 BREEDON. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Harry Alexander Breedon entered the Navy 
 23 March, 1809 ; served, as Midshipman, in the 
 Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, at the 
 battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816 ; passed his exa- 
 mination in the same year ; and was promoted to 
 the command of the Union schooner 3, on the Ja^ 
 maica station, 4 Oct. 1825. He has been on half- 
 pay since May, 1827. 
 
 Lieut. Breedon married, 25 June, 1832, Alice, 
 youngest daughter of Major J. R. Nason, late 47th 
 Regiment. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 BREEDON. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 22.) 
 William Breedon, bom 16 Dec. 1799, is son of 
 the late Rev. T. S. Breedon, D.D., of Pangboume, 
 Berks. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1813, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Elephant 74, Capt. 
 Fras. Wm. Austen, on the Baltic station ; removed, 
 as Midshipman, to the Derwent 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Williams, employed off Newfoundland, whence he 
 returned to England and was paid off, 29 Nov. 
 1815 ; joined, in Aug. 1816, the Vengeur 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Alexander, and subsequently, for short pe- 
 riods, the Ramillies 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard 
 Hollis, and Hyperion 36, Capt. Thos. Searle, all 
 lying at Portsmouth ; served, from Nov. 1818, to 
 March, 1822, in the Arab 18, Capt. Chas. Simeon ; 
 passed his examination 8 Feb. 1820; and, after a 
 further attachment, in the West Indies, to the 
 Ringdove 18, Gloucester 74, and again to the 
 Hyperion, commanded by Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, 
 as well as to the Isis 50, Capt. Thos. Forrest, was 
 appointed, 5 Aug. 1825, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hugh Patton, from which 
 ship he was confirmed into the Bellette 18, Capt. 
 Chas. Croker, 4 Oct. 1825. He came home and 
 was placed on half-pay in March, 1826; and has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Breedon married, 21 June, 1832, Waller, 
 eldest daughter of the late John Kearney, Esq., of 
 CO. Kilkenny, and sister-in-law of Lieut. J. G. 
 M'Kenzie, R.N. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BREMER. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 Edward Gordon Bremer, born 18 Sept. 1819, 
 is eldest son of Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, 
 K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 April, 1834 ; 
 and on 26 May, 1841, was awarded a commission in 
 acknowledgment of his services on the coast of 
 China, where, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Alli- 
 gator, he hod been employed in the boats at the 
 caj^ture, on 13 of the preceding March, of several 
 rafts and of the last fort protecting the approaches 
 to the city of Canton.f He was appointed, 28 Aug. 
 1843, to the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, lying 
 at Devonport ; acquired his present rank 20 Deo. 
 ensuing; and is now on half-pay. Agent— J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 * VidediX. 1805, p. 1484. 
 
 f F. Gaz. 1841, p. 1503, 
 
120 
 
 BREMER— BREN AN. 
 
 BKEMEE, K.C.B., K.C.H. CCaptain, 1814. 
 F-p., 26 ; H-p., 27.) 
 SiK James John Gokdon Bremer, bom 26 Sept. 
 1786, is only son of Lieut. J as. Bremer, R.N. (who 
 was lost in the Halswell East Indiaman, off the 
 coast of Dorset, 6 Jan. 1786), by Ann, daughter and 
 co-heir of the late Capt. Jas. Norman, K.N. ; grand- 
 son of Capt. Jas. Bremer, R.N., who died 9 July, 
 1774; nephew of the late Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, 
 R.N. (1797) ; and a near relative both of Com- 
 mander Wm. Jas. Hughes Bremer, K.N. (1811), 
 who died 6 Jan. 1835, and of the present Henry 
 Bremer, Esq., First-Lieutenant, R.M. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, towards the close 
 of 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sandwich, 
 flag-ship at the Nore of Rear-Admiral Skefflngton 
 Lutwidge, from which he was discharged in June, 
 1795 ; became, 8 Oct. 1797, a student of the Royal 
 Naval College at Portsmouth ; and re-embarked, 2 
 April, 1802, as Midshipman, on board the Endt- 
 MION 40, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham. He after- 
 wards, until July, 1805, served in the Isis 50, flag- 
 ship in succession of Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler 
 and Kear-Admiral Edw. Thombrough, on the 
 Newfoundland and North Sea stations— 'Windsok 
 Castle 98, and Defiance 74, both commanded by 
 Capt. Durham, under whom he latterly saw much 
 boat-service in the Bay of Biscay — and Prince 
 George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack. He was then 
 (having but a short time previously passed his exa- 
 mination) appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Rapid 
 gun-brig; and, on 3 Aug. 1805, was made full 
 Lieutenant into the Captain 74, Capt. Stephens, 
 part of the Hon. Wm. Comwallis's force in his en- 
 suing pursuit of the French fleet into Brest. Mr. 
 Bremer's next appointments appear to have been — 
 9 May, 1806, to the Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. 
 Maling, on the Mediterranean station, whence he 
 afterwards proceeded to Davis Strait — 6 Oct. 1806, 
 to the Imogene 16, Capt. Thos. Garth, in the Me- 
 diterranean—and, 28 May, 1807, to the Psyche 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Wooldridge, stationed in the East In- 
 dies, where he was advanced, 13 Oct. following, to 
 the command of the Rattlesnake 18. Returning 
 to England early in 1810, Capt. Bremer, on 13 Aug. 
 1812, joined the Bermuda of 10 guns, in which 
 sloop, when in company with the Dwarf and 
 Pioneer, he captured, 11 Sept. 1812, off Boulogne, 
 Xc Bon Genie of 16 guns and 60 men ; and, on 1 
 Jan. 1813, he assumed command of the Royalist 
 18. While in that vessel he took four large Ame- 
 rican schooners, and aided at the capture of four 
 others ; was also present (and bore a very conspi- 
 cuous part) at the gallant defence of Castro, when 
 besieged, in May, 1813, by a French army of 
 at least 10,000 men;* further, on 21 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, co-operated with the Scylla 18, at the 
 capture, in sight of the Rippon 74, of the French 
 frigate Le Weser of 40 guns and 340 men, after 
 a severely contested action, and a loss to the 
 Royalist of 2 killed and 9 wounded ;t and, in 
 April, 1814, participated in the operations at the 
 entrance of the river Gironde under Rear-Admiral 
 Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. Capt. Bremer, whose 
 Post-commission bears date 7 June, 1814, was nomi- 
 nated a C.B. 4 June, 1815, and subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 20 Aug. 1815, to the Lee, on the Irish 
 station — 30 May, 1816, to the Comhs 28, In which 
 he was wrecked on a reef of rocks off St. Shotts, 
 Newfoundland, 24 Oct. 1816— and, 18 Sept. 1823, to 
 the Tamar 26. In Feb. 1824, he was sent to esta- 
 blish a colony on Melville Island, Australia ; whence 
 he afterwards proceeded to India, and there joined 
 in the closing scenes of the Burmese war. On 25 
 Jan. 1836, we find Capt. Bremer created a K.C.H. ; 
 and, on 12 July, 1837, appointed to the Alligator 
 of 28 guns. After again visiting New Holland, 
 and founding the settlement of Port Essington as 
 it at present exists, he once more arrived in India, 
 where, on the death of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland, 
 in Dec. 1839, he became Commander-in-Chief, and 
 continued to discharge (with the exception of a few 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1014. f y- Cm. 1813, p. 8102. 
 
 months, from 7 July to 30 Nov. 1840, dumig which 
 period he was relieved by Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. 
 Elliot) aU the duties of that important post until 7 
 Oct 1841, latterly with his broad pendant in the 
 Wellesley 72. To place on record here the va- 
 rious distinguished achievements that in design 
 owed their birth, and in execution their success, to 
 the presiding genius of Sir Gordon Bremer, from 
 the organization of the expedition that left Singa^ 
 poor in 1840 on its mission of triumph and glory to 
 China, until the final capture of Canton in 1841, 
 would be to compile a history of the war itself— a 
 task beyond our compass.* Suffice it, therefore, to 
 state— that his name, as it does throughout this 
 work will ever stand forth as connected vnth the 
 brightest occurrences of that memorable epoch— 
 that Her Majesty testified her gracious approbation 
 of his valour in conflict and his discretion as her 
 Plenipotentiary in Council, by conferring on him 
 the dignity of a K.C.B.— and that the voice of the 
 country was echoed in a vote of thanks to him from 
 both Honses of Parliament. He went on half-pay 
 in the latter part of 1841, from which period he 
 remained unemployed until 30 April, 1846, when he 
 was appointed to the command, jointly with Sir 
 Fras. Augustus Collier, of the Channel squadron, 
 with his flag on board the Queen 110. Since 24 
 Nov. in the latter year, the Commodore has had 
 the superintendence of Woolwich Dockyard, and 
 the command of the William and Mary yacht. 
 
 Sir J. J. G. Bremer is a magistrate for Devonshire. 
 The honour of knighthood was conferred upon him 
 23 Feb. 1836. He married, 27 March, 1811, Har- 
 riet, relict of the Rev. Geo. Henry Glasse, rector 
 of Hanwell, co. Middlesex, and daughter and heir 
 of Thos. Wheeler, Esq., of Waterford, an officer in 
 the Royal Marines, by whom, who died 1 March, 
 1846, he has issue two sons and four daughters. Of 
 the former, the elder, Edw. Gordon, is a Com- 
 mander, B.N. ; and of the daughters, the eldest is 
 married to Capt. Augustus Leopold Kuper, K.N., 
 C.B., and the second to Capt. Henry Sabine Browne, 
 of the 85th Light Infantry. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BEENAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.) 
 Alexander Brenan was born in Dec. 1790. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tbmeraire 98, Capt. 
 Eliab Harvey, and, on 21 Oct. 1805, was a per- 
 former in the glorious scene enacted by that ship 
 in the battle of Trafalgar. He left the Temeraibe, 
 as Midshipman, in Jan. 1806, and next, about 
 March, 1807, joined the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of 
 the Hon. Michael De Courcy, with whom he pro- 
 ceeded to the West Indies. He then removed to 
 the St. George 98, bearing the flag in the Channel 
 of his former Captain, Rear-Admiral E. Harvey; 
 was much employed, on his subsequent transference 
 to the Phoebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, on boat- 
 service in the Gulf of Livonia, where he assisted in 
 capturing a lar^e number of vessels ; and while at- 
 tached, between the years 1810 and 1814, to the 
 Caledonia 120, Capt. Wm. Bedford, Tbmeraire 
 98, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, and Royal 
 George 100, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pick- 
 more, frequently served on shore and in the boats 
 in warm encounters with the batteries and troops 
 at the defence of Cadiz and off Toulon. On 16 
 March in the latter year, having passed in 1811, 
 and for some time acted as Lieutenant, he was con- 
 firmed in that rank in the Merope 16, Capts. John 
 Chas. Gawen Roberts and Wm. Benj. Suckling, one 
 of Napoleon Buonaparte's escort during a portion 
 of his passage to Elba ; and, in June, 1815, he was 
 appointed to the Albion 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, 
 lying in the river Medway, which ship, however, 
 he left in the following December. Lieut. Brenan 
 was afterwards employed in the Coast Guard from 
 1821 until obliged, from the effects of his severe 
 night duties, to retire under a medical certificate 
 in 1827. While in that service he had the good 
 fortune on different occasions to get off the shore 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1840, p. 2990, and Gaz. 1841, passim. 
 
BRENTON—BRERETON -BRETON-BRETT. 
 
 121 
 
 two large ships which had been stranded on the 
 coasts of Wicklow and Wexford ; and, in acknow- 
 ledgment of his exertions, was presented by the 
 owners, for himself and his men, with two sums of 
 2001. each. He has since been unemployed. 
 
 BEENTON, K.S.V. (fflaptailt, 1822. f-p., 16; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 John Brenton was born 28 Aug. 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 1798, as 
 A. B., on board the Asia 64, Capt. Robt. Murray, 
 bearing the flag at Halifax of Vice-Admiral Geo. 
 Vandeput, in which ship he attained the rating of 
 Midshipman a few days afterwards, and returned 
 home with convoy in Dec. 1800. He then in suc- 
 cession joined the Assistance 50, Capts. Kobt. Hall 
 and Rich. Lee, employed in the North Sea in 
 blockading the Dutch fleet, and C^sar 80, Capt. 
 Jahleel Brenton, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, 
 under whom he participated, 6 July, 1801, in the 
 battle off Algeciras, and, on 12 of the same month, 
 in the destruction of two Spanish first-rates and 
 capture of a French 74 in the Gut of Gibraltar. 
 He was next, as Acting-Lieutenant, present at the 
 evacuation of Minorca, consequent on the treaty of 
 Amiens; and, from that period until Dec. 1805, 
 served with Rear- Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Bicker- 
 ton, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and again as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the Kent 74, Royal Sove- 
 reign 100, and Queen 98, into which latter ship 
 Lord CoUingwood shifted his flag after the battle 
 of Trafalgar. Having been intermediately attached 
 to the Nahtilhs sloop, Capt. John Sykea, Mr. 
 Brenton was, in March, 1806, appointed to the San 
 lidefwiso, Capt. John Quilliam, one of the Spanish 
 third-rates taken at Trafalgar, to assist in navigat- 
 ing her to England. He was not, however, ofii- 
 cially promoted until 5 Sept. 1806, when,- after a 
 further servitude, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 HiBERNiA 110, bearing the flag of Earl St. Vin- 
 cent, and London 98, Capt. Thos. Western, both 
 in the Channel, he was confirmed into the Orion 
 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, ofl' Cadiz. From 
 17 Jan. 1807, until July, 1812, we next find him 
 employed in the San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, 
 DioMEDE 50, and Victory 100, all flag-ships of his 
 friend Sir Jas. Saumarez, on the Channel, Guern- 
 sey, and Baltic stations. On 14 of the latter 
 month Capt. Brenton, to whom had been awarded 
 the rank of Acting-Commander, was despatched, 
 in conjunction with Capt. Hew Steuart, to aid the 
 Russian Admiral Muller in fitting out a flotilla of 
 gun-boats for the protection of Riga. For his 
 meritorious conduct in the discharge of the duties 
 which there devolved on him, including an expedi- 
 tion against the French and Prussians at Mittau, 
 on the river Aa, he received the sanction of the 
 Admiralty to his promotion by commission dated 
 20 Nov. in the same year. He subsequently, from 
 27 June, 1814, until paid off, 14 Nov. 1815, com- 
 manded the 14-gun brig Hasty, on the North Sea 
 and Irish stations ; and, on 26 Dec. 1822, was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank. He was placed upon 
 retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Brenton, whose services at Mittau were re- 
 warded with the insignia of a Knight of the Rus- 
 sian order of St. Vladamir, of the fourth class, 
 married, 28 Sept. 1815, his cousin, Henrietta, 
 daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Jahleel Brenton, 
 and sister of Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton,* 
 
 * Sir Jahleel Brenton waa born 32 Aug, 1770. He served, 
 as Lieut, of the Barfleue 98, in the action off Cape St. 
 Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797; commanded the C^:sar 80, Sir 
 James Saumarez' flag-ship, on the memorable 6 and 12 July, 
 1801 ; was wrecked and taken prisoner in L\ Mtnervb, off 
 Cherbourg, 2 July, 1803 ; and, after assisting at the reduction 
 of the Ionian Islands, gained, as Capt. of the Sfabtan, of 46 
 guns and 21^8 men, a brilliant and single-handed victory 
 over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying altogether 95 
 guns and about 1400 men, 3 May, 1610. The Patriotic So- 
 ciety, in acknowledgment of the latter exploit, in the 
 execution of which Capt. Brenton was desperately wounded, 
 voted him a sword valued at 100/. ; the King of the Two 
 Sicilies presented him with the Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand 
 and of Merit ; and his own Sovereign raised him to the dig- 
 nity of a baronet, besides conferring on him the K.C. B. 
 
 Bart., K.C.B., and of Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton,* 
 R.N. 
 
 BEERETON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Godfrey Bbereton entered the Navy, 24 Jan. 
 1805, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Puissant 74, 
 Capt, John Irwin, lying at Spithead, where he was 
 immediately transferred to the Royal William 
 100, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Montagu. He next served, 
 from April, 1807, to Jan. 1811, latterly as Midship- 
 man, in the Alcmenb and Belle Poule frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. Jas. Brisbane, under 
 whom we find him present — besides contributing 
 to the capture of many small armed vessels — at the 
 taking, 15 Feb. 1809, of ie Far of 26 guns, laden 
 with corn for the relief of the French garrison at 
 Corfu ; and at the reduction of the islands of Zante, 
 Cephalonia^ and Sta, Maura. He then, in succession, 
 joined — the MoNTACsn and Warrior 74's, Capts. 
 Rich. Hussey Moubray and John Wm. Spranger, 
 in the latter of which ships he returned home — 
 the Antelope 50, bearing the flag off Newfound- 
 land of Sir John Thos. Duckworth — the Defiance 
 74, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Geo. Hope — the 
 Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, on 
 the same and North Sea stations — and the Dover 
 18, Capt. Augustus Vere Drury, with whom he pro- 
 ceeded to North America in May, 1814. From 
 that date until June, 1815, Mr. Brereton, who was 
 confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant on 16 Jan. in 
 the latter year, was actively employed, under Com- 
 modore Sir Jas. Lucas Teo, in the Niagara 20, 
 and in gun-boat service on the Lakes of Canada. 
 His succeeding appointments were — from July, 1816, 
 until he invalided in Oct. 1819, to the Qoeen 
 Charlotte and Boyne, flag-ships of Sir Edw. 
 Thornbrough at Portsmouth, and to the Tees 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Rennie, and Ecetdice 26, Capt. Robt. 
 Wauchope, off St. Helena — next, between June, 
 1822, and the close of 1823, to the Pandora 18, 
 Sappho 18, and Tribune ■&, Capts. Fred. Hunn, 
 Jenkin Jones, and Gardiner Henry Guion, on the 
 Irish and Mediterranean stations — and, 30 April, 
 1827, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship at first of 
 Admiral Lord Northesk at Plymouth, and after- 
 wards commanded by Capt. Geo. Burdett in the 
 Mediterranean, where he was superseded in April, 
 1830. Since 11 May, 1843, Mr. Brereton has been 
 employed as Admiralty-Agent in a contract mail 
 steam-vessel on the West India station Agents — 
 Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 BEETON. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 William Henry Breton entered the Navy 7 
 Jan. 1812 ; passed his examination in 1818 ; and 
 obtained his commission 10 March, 1827. He has 
 since been on half-pay. Lieut. Breton is at present 
 employed as a police magistrate at Launceston, 
 Van Diemen's Land. 
 
 BEETT. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Henry Brett, bom 29 Deo. 1790, is fourth son 
 of the late Capt. Peircy Brett, R.N. (a participator 
 in Admiral Keppel's action with the Comte d'Orvil- 
 liers, 27 July, 1778), by a daughter of the late Capt. 
 David Phipps, R.N. He is brother of the late Com- 
 mander Peircy Brett, R.N. (1812), and of the late 
 Lieut. Spencer Phipps Brett, R.A., who was under 
 Gen. Skerrit in the attack of the bridge at SeviUe, 
 27 Aug. 1812 ; also of Major Wm. Thomson Brett, 
 Eon. E. I. C.'s service ; and grand-nephew of the 
 late Admiral Sir Peircy Brett, who circumnavigated 
 the globe, when Lieutenant, with Lord Anson, and 
 was afterwards, in 1766, a Lord of the Admiralty. 
 
 He afterwards discharged the duties of Resident Commis- 
 sioner at the Cape of Good Hope, and of Lieut.-Governor of 
 Greenwich Hospital, and died a Vice-Admiral of the White, 
 21 April, 1844. 
 
 * Capt. Edward Pelham Brenton's services were of an ar- 
 duous and useful rather than of a splendid character. He was 
 born 19 July, 1774 ; entered the Navy in Nov. 1788 ; attained 
 Post-riink 13 Dec. 1808 ; and died e April, 1839. His ' Natal 
 History of Great Britain,' and his ' Life of St. Vincent,' are 
 well known. Capt, Brenton enjoyed the reputation of a 
 philanthropist 
 
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 BREWER-BRICE-BRICKDALE-BRICKWELL-BRIDGE. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Drtad 36, Capt. Robt. 
 Williams, employed off Weymouth ; removed in 
 Feb. 1803, with the same officer, to the Russeli, 74, 
 in which ship he accompanied the outward-bound 
 trade to the East Indies ; and was there successively 
 transferred, in June, 1805, to the Sceptre 74, Capt. 
 Joseph Bingham, and, in Oct. 1807, to the Doris 
 36, Capts. Christ. Cole and Wm. Jones Lye. While 
 in the latter ship he passed his examination 13 
 Jan. 1809 ; was invested with the rank of Acting- 
 Lieutenant 23 April, 1810; and, shortly after his 
 official promotion, which took place 29 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, was sent, in command of a detachment of 
 seamen, to co-operate with the land forces at the 
 reduction of the Isle of France. Lieut. Brett, who 
 further assisted, under Capt. Lye, at the capture of 
 Java, in Aug. 1811, was subsequently appointed — 6 
 March, 1813, to the Rippon 74, Capt. Sir C. Cole, 
 on the Channel station — 16 Sept. 1814, and 23 
 March, 1815, to the Impregnable and St. George 
 98's, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir Wm. Domett 
 and Sir John Thos. Duckworth — and, 8 June, 1816, 
 after nine months of half-pay, to the Wye 28, Capt. 
 John Harper, attached to the squadron in North 
 America. He was paid ofi' in Dec. 1818, and has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Brett married, 22 June, 1824, Miss Mary 
 Ann Street, by whom he has issue five sons and 
 two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BREWER. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 2.) 
 
 Thomas Brewer entered the Navy, 21 July, 
 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, 
 Capt. Rich. Raggett, with whom he continued to 
 serve, latterly as Midshipman, in the Tonnant 80, 
 and Spencer 74, on the North Sea, Baltic, and 
 Halifax stations, iintil Aug. 1815. He next be- 
 came attached to the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. 
 Edm. Bodger, at Portsmouth, and Inconstant and 
 Semiramis, of 46 guns each, Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas 
 Teo, on the western coast of Africa ; served from 
 Oct. 1818 to Nov. 1822, again with Capt. Raggett, 
 as Mate, in the Albion 74, at Portsmouth ; passed 
 his examination 4 Aug. 1819 ; and, after a further 
 employment, in the latter capacity, in the Ranger 
 28, Capt. Peter Fisher, on the North America and 
 West India station, EsK 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine 
 Purchas, on the western coast of Africa, and Prince 
 Regent 120, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorson, at 
 Chatham, was promoted to his present rank 30 
 April, 1827. Since 22 Dec. 1828, except from 26 
 March, 1839, to 2 1 March, 1844, when he commanded 
 the Sylvia Revenue cutter, Lieut. Brewer has been 
 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 12 Feb. 1833, Miss Mitchinson, and 
 by that lady he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 BRICE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Nathaniel Brice was born 8 Sept. 1787. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Crescent 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Grenville Lobb, on the Jamaica station, where he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman 27 June, 1800. 
 He afterwards served, in the Channel, with the 
 same officer, in the St. George 98, and Isis 50; 
 vrith Capt. Wm. Cumming in the Prince of Wales 
 98 ; with Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin in the 
 Latona 38 ; and, with Capt. Geo. Cockbum in 
 the Captain 74. Shortly after his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 15 Aug. 
 1806, Mr. Brice obtained command of the Jackdaw 
 schooner of 2 guns, in which vessel in Jan. 1807, 
 he was unfortunately captured by a Spanish r6w- 
 boat. Being, however, quickly retaken by the 
 Minerva frigate, he joined, on 18 of the suc- 
 ceeding Aug., the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, 
 in the West Indies; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 4 Feb. 1808, to the Pelican 18, Capts. 
 W. Ward, Isaac Hawkins Morrison, and Edw 
 Henry A' Court, under the first of whom he as- 
 
 sisted in taking the island of Deseada on 30 March 
 in the same year-3 June, 1810, to the Adeora 28 
 —29 Jan. 1811, to the Tweed 18, Capt. Symonds, 
 stationed in the North Sea and off the coast of 
 Africa— and, 14 Oct. 1813, to the Scamander 36, 
 Capt. G. Heathcote, on Channel service. He con- 
 tinued unemployed from April, 1815 ; and was 
 placed on the list of Retired Commanders 21 Apnl, 
 1840. 
 
 BKICKDALE. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.) 
 Charles John Brickdale was bom 30 July, 
 1819, at Upcott House, near Taunton, Somerset- 
 shire, and died, as below recorded, 20 Nov. 1845. 
 He was second son of John Fortescue Brickdale, 
 Esq., barrister-at-law, of Birchamp House, co. 
 Gloucester, by Catherine, daughter of Chas. Gre- 
 gorie, Esq. ; and elder brother of John Fortescue 
 Brickdale, Esq., Lieutenant in the 61st Foot. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 July, 1831, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Imogene 28, Capt. Price 
 Blackwood, on the East India station, and was 
 Midshipman of that frigate when, in company with 
 the Andromache 28, she forced the passage of the 
 Boca Tigris, in China, 7 and 9 Sept. 1834. He 
 next served, from Sept. 1835, to May, 1840, in the 
 Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, in the Mediterra- 
 nean ; and, after a further attachment to the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings, obtained, as a reward for passing 
 the best examination at the Royal Naval College, a 
 Lieutenant's commission, 24 June, 1842. He was 
 appointed, 1 July following, to the Madagascar 
 44, Capt. John Foote, on the west coast of Africa, 
 whence he returned home and was paid off in Aug. 
 1844; and he lastly joined, in the course of 1845, 
 the Agincoubt 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of 
 Sir Thos. John Cochrane, and the Comus 18, Capt. 
 Edw. Augustus Inglefleld. He fell on 20 Nov., in 
 a gallant attack made by the combined squadrons 
 of England and France on a strong position occu- 
 pied by the troops of General Rosas at Punta 
 Obligado, on the banks of the Parana.* Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BRICKWELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Samuel James Bbickwell entered lie Navy 16 
 Sept. 1828; passed his examination 18 July, 1835; 
 served for some time on the Mediterranean station, 
 as Mate, in the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, and 
 Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin ; ob- 
 tained his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from 2 
 Nov. 1842, until paid off in Aug. 1844, was em- 
 ployed in the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, 
 on the western coast of Africa. He has been First, 
 since 18 Nov. 1846, of the Albatross 16, Capt. Ar- 
 thur Farquhar. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Henry Bridge entered the Navy 22 
 March, 1823 ; passed his examination 20 Nov. 1830; 
 became, in 1839, a student at the Royal Naval Col- 
 lege ; and was promoted (from the Indus 78, Capt. 
 Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting for the Mediterranean) to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1841. His ap- 
 pointments have since been— 6 May following, to 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings— 17 Aug. in the same year, to 
 the Southampton 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good 
 Hope of Sir Edw. Durnford King, from which he 
 was paid off in Dec. 1842—19 Oct. 1843, to the 
 Cormorant steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon, 
 with whom he served as First-Lieutenant in the 
 Pacific— 30 May, 1845, as Additional, to the Hieer- 
 NiA 104, Capt. Peter Richards, Ijing at Portsmouth 
 —and, 14 July, 1845, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. 
 Geo. Wickens Willes, now attached to the Channel 
 squadron. 
 
 Lieut. Bridge married, 6 June, 1841, Anne, only 
 daughter of the late E. K. Piercy, Esq., of Passage 
 West, CO. Cork, and by that lady has issue. 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1846, p. 818. 
 
BRIDGEMAN— BRIDGES— BRIGGS. 
 
 123 
 
 BRIDGEMAN. (daptam, 1819. F-p., 16; 
 H-p., 27.) 
 
 The Honodrable Charles Oklando Bridge- 
 man, born 5 Feb. 1791, is second son of Orlando, 
 first Earl of Bradford, by Lucy Elizabeth, daughter 
 of George, fourth Viscount Torrington ; brother of 
 the present Earl and of Hon. Henry Orlando 
 Bridgeman, Captain in the Army; and cousin of 
 Capt. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, K.N. 
 
 This oSacer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1804, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge, under whom he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in 1805, and was present in 
 Sir Kobert Calder's action, at the passage of the 
 Dardanells, and in the expedition to the Scheldt. In 
 Nov. 1809, he joined the Manilla 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Eras. Seymour, and, on 10 Sept. 1810, he was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant in the Semiramis frigate, Capt. 
 Chas. Kiohardson, both on the Lisbon station. 
 Being appointed, 1 May, 1811, to the Eevbnge 74, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to his old Commander, then 
 Keai>Admiral Legge, he served for some time at 
 the defence of Cadiz ; after which he successively 
 joined, 8 March, 1813, the Bellerophon 74, bearing 
 the flag at Newfoundland of Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats, and, 2 April, 1814, the Koyal Sovereign 
 yacht, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford. Capt. 
 Bridgeman, who obtained his second promotal com- 
 mission 16 May, 1814, subsequently commanded, 
 from 12 Dec. in that year, until paid off; 28 Aug. 
 1816, the Badger 10, on the West India station, 
 where he assisted at the reduction of Guadeloupe in 
 1815, and, from 24 June, 1817, imtil posted, 2 Sept. 
 1819, the IcARDS 10, in South America. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 7 Sept. 1827, to the Rattlesnake 
 28, attached to the squadron in the Mediterranean, 
 of which ship he retained command until May, 
 1830. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Bridgeman married, 2 Dec. 1819, Elizabeth 
 Caroline, eldest daughter of the late Sir Hen. 
 Chamberlain, Bart., British Consul at Rio Janeiro, 
 sister of the present Baronet, and half-sister of 
 Commander Wm. Chas. Chamberlain, R.N. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BRIDGES. (Commander, 1818. f-p., 14; h-p., 29.) 
 George Francis Bridges is nephew of the late 
 Lieut.-General Bridges. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. 
 Hallowell, under whom he continued to serve, in 
 the same ship, until the attainment of his first com- 
 mission 1 Aug. 1811. During that period he ac- 
 companied Lord Nelson to the West Indies in pur- 
 suit of the combined fleets of France and Spain in 
 1805 ; attended the expedition to Egypt in 1807 ; 
 witnessed the self-destruction of the French line- 
 of-battle ships Rohuste and Lirni^ near the mouth of 
 the Rhone, 26 Oct. 1809 ; and, on 31 of the same 
 month, served in the boats at the capture and de- 
 struction, in the Bay of Rosas, of the French store- 
 ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, with three 
 other armed and seven merchant vessels, defended 
 in a very spirited manner by their respective crews 
 as well as by several powerful batteries, whose 
 joint opposition occasioned the British a loss of 15 
 men killed and 55 wounded.* On Capt. HalloweU 
 hoisting his flag, as Rear- Admiral, in the Malta 80, 
 ■ Lieut. Bridges joined him on 28 Oct. 1811, and re- 
 mained under his command in that ship and in the 
 RoTAL Sovereign 100, and Tonnant 80, on the 
 Mediterranean, Plymouth, and Irish stations, until 
 advanced to the rank of Commander, 9 Sept. 1818. 
 While in the Tonnant he jumped overboard and 
 saved the life of a man who in a state of intoxicar 
 tion had thrown himself into the sea. He has not 
 since been employed. 
 
 Commander Bridges married, 19 May, 182,5, Har- 
 riet, only surviving daughter of the Rev. D. D. 
 Bergeur, Rector of Everley, co. Wilts, and Chaplain 
 to Aubrey, seventh Duke of St. Albans. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chaid. 
 
 • VideGm. 1809, p. 1907. 
 
 BRIDGES. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 James Henry Bridges entere4 the Navy, 26 Feb. 
 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Ariadne 28, 
 Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, whom, after serving 
 in the Mediterranean, he followed into the Chal- 
 lenger 28. He next, in Sept. 1830, joined the 
 Pallas 42, Capts. Manley Hall Dixon and Wm. 
 Walpole ; and in May, 1834 (having passed his ex- 
 amination in Dec. 1832), he became Mate of the 
 Portland 50, Capt. David Price, in the Mediter- 
 ranean. After a further employment of three 
 years and a half in the Pantaloon tender, com- 
 manded on Particular Service by Lieuts. Nicholas 
 Cory and John M'Donell, Mr. Bridges was pro- 
 moted to his present rank by commission dated 28 
 June, 1838. His appointments have since been — 
 14 July, 1838, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 1 Feb. 1840, 
 and 14 Feb. 1841, to the Thunderer 84, Capt. 
 Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, and Edin- 
 burgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, both on 
 the Mediterranean station, where he took part in 
 the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, in- 
 cluding the capture of St. Jean d'Acre — 25 Oct. 
 1841, to the Alpked 50, bearing the broad pendant 
 in South America of Commodore John Brett Purvis, 
 — and, 4 March, 1846, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Brilliant 22, Capt. Bundle Burges Watson, in 
 which ship he is now serving at the Cape of Good 
 Hope. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BRIDGES. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Philip Henrt Bridges entered the Navy, in 
 May, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bristol, 
 Lieut.-Commander Sibley ; was next employed for 
 five years, as Midshipman, in the Agamemnon 64, 
 Capt. Robt. Devereux Fancourt, in the Channel, 
 North Sea, and Baltic ; removed, in April, 1802, to 
 the Jalouse 18, Capt. Christopher Strachey, lying 
 at Sheerness ; passed his examination in the course 
 of the same year ; and, after a furthe^ servitude, as 
 Admiralty-Midshipman, in the Amazon 38, Capt. 
 Sam. Sutton, and Loire 38, Capt'.' Fred. Lewis 
 Maitland, was promoted— for his. gallant conduct, 
 on 27 June, 1803, at the cutting oU±, under the bat- 
 teries of He de Bas, by two boats of the latter 
 frigate, of Le Venteux national hrig, of 10 guns and 
 82 men, after a sanguinary deckTtight of 10 minutes 
 — to a Lieutenancy in, we believe, the Tartarus 
 bomb, Capt. Fras. Temple, 4 July following. He 
 next served — from 1804 until 1807, in the Veteran 
 64, Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, flag-ship, after- 
 wards, of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, Fran- 
 chise 38, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, and Pique 36, 
 Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, all on the Ja- 
 maica station — from Jan. 1808 to June 1810, in the 
 Foxhound 18, Capt. Pitt-Bamaby Greene, Pompee 
 80, Capt. Geo. Cocltburn, both in the Channel, and 
 AiGLE frigate, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, with whom he 
 assisted, 12 April, 1809, at, the destruction of the 
 shipping in Aix Roads, and, in August following, in 
 the expedition to the Scheldt — and, from Jan. 1811, 
 to Oct. 1815, in the Hussar, Leda, and Tbeban 
 frigates, Capts. Jas. Coutts Crawford, Geo. Sayer, 
 and Sam. Leslie, on the East India station, where 
 he was present, under Capt. Crawford, at the re- 
 duction of Java, in Aug. 1811. On 8 Dec. 1815, 
 Lieut. Bridges was promoted to the acting-com- 
 mand of the Zebra sloop. He was confirmed into 
 the Challenger, of 18 guns, 15 Nov. 1816 ; brought 
 home and paid off* the Trincomalee, of 46 guns, 
 26 April, 1819 ; became Second-Captain of the 
 Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at Chatham of Sir 
 Robt. Moorsom, 12 May, 1827 ; and obtained his 
 Post-commission 29 Sept. following. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 For his " distinguished merit" at the capture of 
 Le VenteuXj the Patriotic Fund voted Capt. Bridges 
 a sword of 301. value. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BRIGGS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 
 David Briggs entered the Navy, 21 March, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rekoivn 74, 
 
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 BRIGGS. 
 
 Capt. Philip Chas. Durham ; attained the rating of 
 Midshipman in Oct. following ; and, after serving 
 for upwards of four years off L'Orient, and in 
 blockading the Rochefort and Toulon squadrons, 
 was paid off 28 March, 1810. He joined, in Aug. 
 of the same year, the Armada 74, Capt. Adam 
 M'Kenzie, employed off Cadiz and in the North 
 Sea; removed, as Master's Mate, in Nov. 1811, to 
 the Haknibal 74, flag-ship off the Texel of his 
 former Captain, Koar-Admiral Durham; was dis- 
 charged, in Feb. 1812, into the Christian VII. 74, 
 Capts. Thos. Browne and Hen. Lidgbird Ball ; 
 passed his examination in March following; re- 
 joined the Rear-Admiral, soon afterwards, in the 
 Bulwark 74 ; and, while subsequently proceeding 
 with him to the West Indies, in the Veserable 74, 
 assisted at the capture, off Madeira, by that ship 
 and the C yrene sloop, of the French 44-gun frigates 
 Iphigenie and Alcmene^ 16 and 20 Jan. 1814. On 28 
 of the ensuing month Mr. Briggs became Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Fox sloop, Capt. Frank Gore 
 Willock ; and, on arriving in England, he was offi- 
 cially promoted by commission dated 8 July in the 
 same year. After attending, in 1814-15, as First of 
 the Fox, the expedition to New Orleans, whence he 
 conveyed back to Jamaica part of the 2nd West 
 India Regiment, he returned to the Vehekable 
 10 Aug. in the latter year, and came home and was 
 paid off 3 May, 1816. He has not since been em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Lieut. Briggs married in Nov. 1841, and has 
 issue one daughter. 
 
 BKIGGS. (Retired Commander, 1837. f-p., 
 16; H-p., 34.) 
 
 Feaucis Briggs, bom 18 May, 1784, is nephew, 
 maternally, of the late Sir Boss Donnelly, K.C.B., 
 Admiral of the Blue, who died, 30 Sept. 1840, in his 
 77th year ; and first cousin of the Dowager Lady 
 Audley. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Aug. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Chas. 
 White, on the North Sea station ; served from May, 
 1798, to Aug. 1803, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Maidstone and Narcissus 32-gnn 
 frigates, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Ross Don- 
 nelly, in the West Indies, Channel, and Mediter- 
 ranean ; passed his examination in Sept. 1803 ; was 
 immediately appointed by Lord Nelson Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the'HALCTON 18, Capt. Henry Whit- 
 marsh Pearse ; and received his official promotion 
 by commission dated 8 May, 1804. WMle First- 
 Lieutenant of the last-mentioned vessel, he was 
 present in various engagements with the gun-boats 
 m the Gut of Gibraltar ; assisted at the capture, 20 
 Sept. 1804, of U Esperance French privateer, of 10 
 guns and 54 men ; retook, when in charge of one of 
 the HAiiCyos's boats, a brig which had just before 
 been captured by a privateer; contributed, after the 
 battle of Maida, to the destruction of the enemy's 
 batteries along the coast of Calabria, where, vpith 
 a party of seamen under his orders, he served on 
 shore at the reduction of Reggio ; drove on shore 
 several merchant-vessels when in command of a gun- 
 boat in the Faro of Messina ; acquired credit and was 
 wounded by a splinter in the arm, 13 Dec. 1806, in 
 an action, fought with great spirit for three hours, 
 between the Halcyon, singly, and three Spanish 
 national vessels of far superior force, which termi- 
 nated in the capture of one of the latter, the Neptuno 
 corvette, of 14 guns and 72 men ; received in con- 
 sequence a pecuniary reward from the Patriotic 
 Fund, but no promotion, although recommended by 
 his Captain ;* and on subsequently attending the 
 expedition to Copenhagen, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, 
 witnessed the bombardment of that city and seizure 
 of the Danish fleet. Lieut. Briggs's next appoint- 
 ment was, in March, 1808, to the Invincible 74, 
 Capts. R. Donnelly and Chas. Adam, in the Medi- 
 terranean, from which ship he was detached in 
 command of a gun-vessel to assist at the defence of 
 * Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 52. 
 
 Cadiz, where the latter was unfortunately sunk by a 
 shell falling into her while engaging the batteries. 
 In Oct. 1812, he joined the Meeope 16, commanded 
 by Capts. Edw. Flinn, — Roberts, and ultimately, 
 for two months, by himself, on the east coast of Spain. 
 He was placed on half-pay in Dec. 1813_; remained 
 unemployed from that period; and accepted his 
 present rank 25 Jan. 1837. 
 
 BKIGGS. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 George Campbell Briggs was born in 1819, and 
 died 1 April, 1845. He was eldest son of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 2 April, 1832; 
 passed his examination 11 May, 1838; served for 
 some time, as Mate, on board the Piqde 36, Capt. 
 Edw. Boxer, in North America and the West Indies ; 
 was promoted out of the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir 
 David Dunn, on the Mediterranean station, 10 May, 
 1841; rejoined the latter ship 13 June following; 
 and was next appointed, 31 Aug. 1843, to the Pllot 
 16, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, on board which vessel 
 he died, as above, off Pointe de Galle, in the East 
 Indies, from the effects of a coup-de-soleil. 
 
 His remains were interred, on 2 of the same 
 month, at Pointe de Galle, with the honours due to 
 his rank, and followed by the officers of the garrison 
 and the officers and crew of the Pilot. Lieut. 
 Briggs was an officer of the greatest promise. 
 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BKIGGS. (Retiked Commander, 1844. f-p., 
 12; H-p., 34.) 
 Stephen Briggs entered the Navy, 1 March, 
 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire 38, Capt. 
 Jas. Newman Newman, stationed in the Channel. 
 He joined, in June, 1802, the Cambrian 38, Capt. 
 Wm. BracUey, at Halifax; there removed, as Mid- 
 shipman, in Jan. 1804, to the Leandee 50, flag-ship 
 of Sir Andrew Mitcheller, afterwards commanded 
 by Capt. John Talbot, under whom he assisted at 
 the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of the Ville de Milan, of 
 46 guns, and retaking of her prize the Cleopatra 
 32 ; and, on his subsequent transference to the 
 Northumberland 74, bearing the flag of the Hon. 
 Alex. Cochrane, was present, 6 Feb. 1806, in the . 
 battle off St. Domingo. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 19 Nov. in the same year, as Acting 
 Sub-Lieutenant, to the Maria 10, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John Anderson — 14 Jan. 1807, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, to the Galatea 32, Capt. Geo. Sayer, 
 in which frigate he was confirmed 20 Oct. follow- 
 ing — 13 Oct. and 6 Dec. 1808, to the command of 
 the Mozambique 14, and Grenada 10 — and 7 April, 
 1813, after nearly two years of half-pay, to the' 
 Cleopatra 32, all on the West India station, where 
 he obtained charge, 23 July ensuing, of a Signal 
 station in the Saintes. Having been unemployed 
 since 14 Deo. 1814, Mr. Briggs at length, on 30 April, 
 1844, accepted the rank he now holds. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BKIGGS, G.C.M.G. (Vice-Admibai, of the 
 White, 1841. f-p., 43 ; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Sir Thomas Briggs, bom in 1780, is only sur- 
 viving son of the late Stephen Briggs, Esq., for- 
 merly Chief Surgeon at Madras, by Magdalene, 
 youngest daughter of .the late Jas. Pasley, Esq., of 
 Craig, CO. Dumfries; nephew, maternally, of the 
 late Sir Thos. Pasley, Bart., Admiral of the White, 
 who died 29 Nov. 1808 ; and first cousin of the pre- 
 sent Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart., Capt. R.N., and of Bear- 
 Admiral Sir Chas. Malcolm, Kt. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1791, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleropbon 74, com- 
 manded by his uncle, Capt. Thos. Pasley, whom he 
 soon afterwards accompanied, as Midshipman, into 
 the Vengeance 74, lying in the river Medway. 
 We next find him, from April, 1793, until the year 
 1798, attached, under Capt. Chas. Tyler, to thcME- 
 leager 32, Diadem 64, and L'Aigle frigate, and 
 participating, during that period, in the operations 
 
BRIGSTOCKE— BRINE. 
 
 125 
 
 against Toulon and Corsica in 1793-4, and in Ho- 
 tham's partial actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795. 
 From L'AiGLE Mr. Briggs, who had been confirmed 
 in the rank of Lieutenant 28 Sept. 1797, removed to 
 the ViLi/E DE Pakis 110, flag-ship oif Lisbon of 
 Earl St. Vincent, and he shortly afterwards joined 
 the Pbincess Royal 98, bearing the flag of 
 Kear-Admiral Thos. Lennox Frederick off Cadiz. 
 Assuming the acting-command, 10 July, 1799, of the 
 Salamine 16, to which sloop he was officially ap- 
 pointed 30 June, 1800, Capt. Briggs assisted at the 
 reduction of Genoa ; took, 21 Jan. 1801, in company 
 with the Caroline 36, a xebec, laden with arms, 
 and mounting 4 guns, with a crew of 24 men ; and, 
 in March following, was sent by Capt. Manley Dixon, 
 of the G ENEREux 74, then at Port Mahon, to Kear- 
 Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren off Toulon with 
 the intelligence of M. Ganteaume having sailed from 
 the latter place with troops for Egypt, in conse- 
 quence of which the French Admiral was pursued 
 and induced to put back. "While next engaged in 
 the expedition under Lord Keith and Sir Ralph 
 Abercromby, for his services during which he ob- 
 tained the Turkish gold medal and the order of the 
 Crescent, Capt. Briggs was promoted to Post-rank 
 by commission dated 24 July in the same year. His 
 succeeding appointments afloat were, in Aug. fol- 
 lowing, to the Madras 54, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 Bickerton off Alexandria — ^in 1802 to the AGiNconRT 
 64, on the Mediterranean and Home stations — 14 
 Dec. 1805, to the Oephecs 32, in which he captured, 
 25 Sept. and 12 Nov. 1806, the privateers Guadeloupe, 
 of 3 guns and 54 men, and Susanna, of 4 guns and 
 20 men, and was subsequently wrecked on the coral 
 reef, Jamaica, 23 Jan. 1807, when he was personally 
 rescued off the bowsprit of his ship by the present 
 Lieut. Henry Belsey, in a boat belonging to the 
 Elephant 74 — 27 April, 1808, to the temporary 
 command of the Theseus 74, off L'Orient — 7 Nov. 
 in the same year, to the Clorinde 38, on the East 
 India station, where he took, 28 Jan. 1810, L' Henri 
 privateer, of 8 guns and 57 men, proved of material 
 service in disembarking the troops at the reduction 
 of the Isle of France in Dec. 1810, and was next 
 employed in the China Sea — in Oct. 1814, to the 
 Leviathan 74, which ship, after serving on the 
 Lisbon, Cork, and Mediterranean stations, was paid 
 ' off 19 July, 1816— and, 15 May, 1818, to the Qdeen 
 Charlotte 100, as Flag-Captain at Portsmouth to 
 Sir Geo. Campbell, with whom he continued until 
 Feb. Z821. In 1823 Capt. Briggs was nominated 
 Resident Commissioner of the Navy at Bermuda. 
 He removed to Malta in 1829 ; attained the rank of 
 Rear-Admiral 27 June, 1832 ; was appointed, about 
 the same period, Superintendent of Malta Dock- 
 yard, where he remained until 1838; received the 
 G.C.M.G. in 1833, for his services in the temporary 
 command of the Mediterranean squadron ; and was 
 made a Vice- Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Sir Thos. Briggs married, in 1814, Isabella Harriet, 
 daughter of General Trepand, and has had issue 
 three sons, of whom the eldest, George Campbell, 
 died a Lieutenant R.N. He has also a daughter 
 married to Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, R.N., C.B. 
 Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BRIGSTOCKE. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 11;* 
 H-p., 29.) 
 Thomas Robert Brigstocre entered the Navy, 
 8 Oct. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Marl- 
 BOBOCGH 74, Capt. Graham Moore, in which ship, 
 after escorting the Royal family of Portugal to the 
 Brazils, he attended, as Midshipman, the expedition 
 to Flushing, and was employed, on the evacuation of 
 Walcheren, in destroying the basin, arsenal, and sea- 
 defences. He removed, in May, 1811, to the Acasta 
 40, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, employed in the Bay of 
 Biscay, Channel, and off St. Helena ; rejoined Capt. 
 Moore in the Chatham 74, on the North Sea station, 
 in June, 1812 ; and, on his ensuing transference to 
 the Java, of 46 guns and 377 men, was present, 29 
 
 • Exclusive of some time employed as Inspecting Com- 
 mander of the Coast Guard at Calbourne, Isle of Wight. 
 
 Dec, off S. Salvador, in the gallant action that ren- 
 dered the latter a prize to the American ship Con- 
 stitution, of 55 guns and 480 men, after an obsti. 
 nate conflict of 3 hours and 40 minutes, in which 
 the British lost 22 men killed and 102 (including her 
 Captain, Henry Lambert, mortally) wounded. In 
 April, 1813, Mr. Brigstocke, who had been ex- 
 changed, joined the Eurotas, of 46 guns and 320 
 men, Capt. John Phillimore, under whom he wit- 
 nessed, 23 Oct. following, the Andromache's cap- 
 ture of La France ; and was wounded, 25 Feb. 1814, 
 in a successful engagement of 2 hours and 10 mi- 
 nutes, fought between the Ecrotas and La Clwinde 
 French frigate, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass 
 swivels, with a complement of 360 picked men, of 
 whom 120 were killed and wounded, with a loss to 
 the British of 20 slain and 40 wounded. He was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 29 Nov. in 
 the same year, and afterwards served, from 13 Deo. 
 1817, until advanced to his present rank, 31 Jan. 
 1821, in the Lee 20, Capt. John Pasco, lying at Ply- 
 mouth, and, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Geo. Camp- 
 bell, in the Qoeen Charlotte first-rate, at Ports- 
 mouth. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Commander Brigstocke married, 24 July, 1822, 
 Elizabeth Lydia, daughter and co-heiress of Geo. 
 Player, Esq., of Ryde House, Isle of Wight; and 
 has, with other issue, a daughter, Eustatia Georgina 
 Player, married, 8 April, 1846, to James Butler 
 Fellowes, Esq., 45th Regt,, eldest son of Sir Jas. 
 Fellowes. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BRINE. (dTaptain, 1818. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 280 
 
 George Brine is son of the late Admiral Jas. 
 Brine, who commanded the Belliqueux 64, in Sir 
 Thos. Graves' action with the Comte de Grasse, 
 5 Sept. 1781, and died in 1814; and brother of 
 Rear-Admiral Augustus Brine, who died about the 
 early part of 1840. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Glory 98, commanded 
 by his father in the Channel ; removed, in 1799, to 
 the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis, with 
 whom he shortly afterwards proceeded to the Cape 
 of Good Hope in the Lancaster 64 ; became, 23 July, 
 1802, Acting-Lieutenant of the Diomede 50, into 
 which ship the latter officer had shifted his flag; 
 was officially promoted 15 April, 1803 ; and after- 
 wards served in the same ship under Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez on the Guernsey station. In 1804-5 Mr. 
 Brine officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to his father, 
 who at that time held the second command at 
 Plymouth ; from 18 June in the latter year, until 
 1808, he was employed on board the Rose sloop, 
 Capts. Lucius Curtis and Philip Pipon, in the 
 Channel, Mediterranean, and Baltic ; and ^he then 
 served for four years in the Victory 100, flag-ship 
 of Sir Jas. Saumarez, also in the Baltic, where he 
 was advanced to the command of the Sheldrake 
 sloop, 13 Aug. 1812. His last appointment was, 12 
 Aug. 1815, to the Mosquito 18, which vessel, after 
 an employment of three years on the St. Helena 
 station, he paid off within a few days of the receipt 
 of his Post-commission, which was dated 7 Deo. 1818. 
 He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Brine married, 26 Aug. 1836, Caroline, eldest 
 daughter of the late Michael Bush, Esq., of Great 
 Ormond-street. He became a widower 7 Oct. 1846. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BRINE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 George Augustus Brine entered the Navy in 
 1832 ; passed his examination 15 March, 1840 ; and 
 served as Mate, in the Bast Indies, and on the S.E. 
 coast of America, in the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Herbert, and CnRA50A 24, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Sabine Pasley. He obtained his commission 9 Dec. 
 1845 ; and since 13 of the same month has been em- 
 ployed in the Pacific on board the Carysfort 26, 
 Capt. "Geo. Henry Seymour. 
 
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 BRINE-BRISBANE-BRITTAIN— BEITTON— BEOAD. 
 
 BRINE. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 John Brine is, we presume, a relative of Capt. 
 Geo. Brine, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1798, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Jas. Brine, and 
 in April, 1800, became Midshipman of the Agin- 
 COHRT 64, Capts. John Bligh, Geo. Fred. Kyves, and 
 Thos. Briggs, flag-ship, at first of Sir Chas. Morice 
 Pole, Commander-in-Chief at Newfoimdland. While 
 under Capt. Ryves he escorted General Graham 
 and the 25th Eegt. to Egypt in 1801, and was after- 
 wards present at the surrender of Corfu. On 8 
 April, 1805, Mr. Brine was advanced to be Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Sharpshooter gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Goldie, stationed off Jersey and 
 the coast of France. He became a full Lieu- 
 tenant 22 Jan. 1806; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 6 March following, to the Sampson 64, 
 Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Wm. Cum- 
 ing, lying at Plymouth — next, to the Glory 98, 
 Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, and Hyperion 36, Capt. 
 Brodie, both employed in the Channel — 31 May, 
 1808, to the Gloire frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew, 
 under whom he witnessed the reduction of Mar- 
 tinique in Feb. 1809 — 20 Deo. in the same year, to 
 the PoMPEE 74, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, also in the West Indies, where he served 
 at the capture of Guadeloupe in Feb. 1810 — and, 16 
 Feb. 1811, having been on half-pay from the pre- 
 ceding May, to the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Camp- 
 bell Rowley, in which ship he was wrecked on the 
 Govivas rock, in the Teigneuse passage, 31 Jan. 
 1812. He was detained a prisoner at Verdun from 
 that period until Aug. 1814, and has not since been 
 afloat. Commander Brine accepted his present rank 
 17 July, 1838. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BRISBANE. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 15; h-p., 13.) 
 James William Douglas Brisbane, bom 11 
 March, 1806, is only surviving son of the late gal- 
 lant Kear-Admiral Sir Chas. Brisbane, K.C.B., the 
 hero of Curafoa, by Sarah, daughter of Sir Jas. 
 Patey, Kt., of Reading, co. Berks. He is nephew of 
 Sir Jas. Brisbane, who ofliciated as Captain of Lord 
 Exmouth's flag-ship at the battle of Algiers, and 
 died from the effects of disease contracted while em- 
 ployed in the chief command of the naval force 
 attached to the expedition against the Burmese, 19 
 Deo. 1826 — of Capt. John Douglas Brisbane, 
 drowned in 1782 — of Lieut.-Colonel Thos. Stewart 
 .Brisbane, killed at St. Domingo in 1795 — and of 
 Capt.Wm. Henry Brisbane, K.N., who died in 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1819, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eurtalus 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Huskisson, on the West India station, and 
 afterwards became attached in succession, as Mid- 
 shipman and Mate, to the Pyramus 42, Capt. Fras. 
 Newcombe — Victory 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth 
 of Sir Geo. Martin — Calliope 10, Capt. John 
 Povraey, with whom he returned to the West Indies 
 — and Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Hoste, in which he escorted the Queen of Wurtem- 
 berg from Antwerp to England, and H. B. H. the 
 Lord High Admiral on a visit to the different naval 
 arsenals. He was presented by the latter august 
 personage with a hauling-down commission 11 Aug. 
 1827 ; after which he appears to have been em- 
 ployed, from 1 March, 1828, untilpaid off in 1830, in 
 the Icarus 10, Capt. Hon. Thos. Best— also, as First 
 Lieutenant, in the Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. 
 Conway Courtenay — and in the Bakham 50, bear- 
 ing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming — 
 all on the Jamaica station. He was advanced to 
 his present rank 10 Jan. 1837; and, on 14 Nov. 
 1843, was appointed to the Larne 18, on the coast 
 of Africa. While in command of the latter sloop, 
 Capt. Brisbane succeeded in effecting the capture 
 of two Brazilian slave-vessels. On one occasion he 
 proceeded up the river Gallinas in charge of a divi- 
 sion of boats, and, although opposed by the fire of 
 400 of the natives, had the good fortune to destroy 
 the towns of Minna, Tindor, and Leah ; and, on an- 
 
 other, he led a second detachment of boats up the 
 same pestilential stream for the purpose of attack- 
 ing the city of Ghindemar, which place, although 
 hostilities were eventually rendered unnecessary, 
 he contrived to reach after having been compelled 
 to cut his way through trees and other obstacles 
 that had been thrown into the river to impede his 
 progress. Since the attainment of his present rank, 
 9 Nov. 1846, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Brisbane married, 27 Aug. 1834, Elizabeth, 
 fourth daughter of the late John Ryley, Esq., of 
 Hertford House, near Coventry, and by that lady 
 has issue one daughter. 
 
 BRITTAIN. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 31 ; H-p., 3.) 
 George Sherass Brittain was bom 24 Nov. 
 
 1801. 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1813, as a 
 
 Volunteer, on board the Sceptre 74, and tmtil 
 
 1817 served, latterly as Midshipman, in the Marl- 
 borough 74, Daphne 22, Capt. Jas. Green, and 
 Northumberland 78, Capt. Jas. Walker. From 
 
 1818 to 1824 he discharged the duties of Mate, in 
 the Surly cutter, Lieut.-Commander Henry Smith 
 Wilson, and in the Gloucester 74, and Prince 
 Regent 120, flag-ships of Sir Benj. Hallowell, at the 
 Nore. Between the date of his quitting the Prince 
 Regent and of his advancement to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 20 Oct. 1829, Mr. Brittain (who had 
 passed his examination in 1821) was further em- 
 ployed on board the Swan cutter, Lieut.-Commander 
 Joseph Rich. Raggett Webb, at the Nore — Croco- 
 dile 23, Capt. John Wm. Montagu, in the East 
 Indies — Southampton 52, flag-ship on the same 
 station of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen — and Chal- 
 lenger 28, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, at the Cape 
 of Good Hope. He joined the Coast-Guard 30 Dec. 
 1831 ; and since 17 Jan. 1846, has been in command 
 of the Mermaid Revenue-vessel. 
 
 Lieut. Brittain married, 29 Aug. 1832, Miss Busby. 
 
 BRIXTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.) 
 James Suttor Britton was born 20 March, 1781. 
 This officer entered the Navy (into which he was 
 impressed), 20 Dec. 1800, as Ordinary, on board the 
 Prompte 20, Capt. Thos. Philpot, on the West 
 India station ; removed in May, 1801, to the Ac- 
 tive 38, Capts. Chas. Sydney Davers and Rich. 
 Hussey Moubray, with whom he served four years 
 in the Mediterranean; then joined, as A.B., the 
 Thunderer 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere and John 
 Talbot ; and, in the course of 1805, was present in 
 Sir Robert Calder's action, Lord Nelson's pursuit 
 of the Franco-Spanish fleet to the West Indies, and 
 ultimately in the battle of Trafalgar. He was also 
 in the same ship at the defence of Gaeta and the 
 passage of the Dardanells, besides participating in 
 much active boat-service. In Nov. 1808, Mr. Brit- 
 ton joined the Wildboar 10, Capt. Thos. Burton, 
 and while in that vessel, in which he had attained 
 the rank of Quarter-master, was wrecked on the 
 Rundlestone rock, between Scilly and Land's-End, 
 in Feb. 1810. He immediately afterwards became 
 Master's Mate of the Primrose 18, Capts. T. Bur- 
 ton and Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, stationed in 
 the Baltic and Channel; passed his examination 
 C Feb. 1812 ; joined, in July following, the Moi- 
 grave 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, with whom he 
 proceeded to the Mediterranean; and was pro- 
 moted (from the Impregnable 98, Capt. Robt 
 Hall, lying at Plymouth) to the rank of Lieutenant 
 4 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Britton, who has been twice married, has 
 issue six children. 
 
 BROAD. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Henry Broad passed his examination 
 1 Aug. 1832 ; was employed in the Coast Guard 
 from 27 Dec. 1839, until advanced to the rank he 
 now holds, 3 July, 1846 ; and, since 9 Nov. in the 
 latter year, has been in command of the Dolphin 
 Revenue-vessel. 
 
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 BROADHEAD. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Broadhead, born 25 April, 1806, is sixth 
 son of the late Theodore Henry Broadhead, Esq., 
 M.P. for Wareham and afterwards for Yarmouth, 
 by Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Gordon M'Dougall, 
 Esq. ; and brother of the present Sir T. H. L. 
 Brinokman, Bart.— of Capt. John Kich. Broadhead, 
 of the 60th Rifles— of Capt. Brinckman Broadhead, 
 of the Coldstream Guards— and of Lieut. Bingley 
 Broadhead, of the 80th Foot. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 April, 1820 ; 
 passed his examination in 1826 ; and was promoted 
 into the Rainbow 28, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, 
 on the East India station, 30 April, 1827. He subse- 
 quently joined, 9 May, 1833, the Forte 44, Capt. 
 Watkin Owen Pell, employed in North America 
 and the West Indies ; became First of the Pkjde 
 36, Capt. Hon. H. J. Rous, fitting at Portsmouth 
 for the Lisbon station, 15 July, 1836 ; and was ap- 
 pointed, 24 Nov. 1837, to the command of the Lynx 
 brigantine, on the coast of Africa, where he cap- 
 tured a large number of slave-vessels, and con- 
 tinued until a few months after the receipt of his 
 second promotal commission dated 22 Feb. 1841. 
 He next served, from 24 June, 1842, until paid off 
 in Oct. 1843, as Second-Captain, in the Robney 92, 
 Capt. Robt. Maunsell, in the Mediterranean ; and 
 from 7 May, 1844, until advanced to Post-rank 27 
 June, 1846, in the same capacity, in the Colling- 
 WOOD 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Eras. Sey- 
 mour. Capt. Broadhead is at present unemployed. 
 He is married, and has issue. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 BROADWATER. (Lieutenant, 1806. f-p., 11; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 William Broadwater entered the Navy, 8 
 April, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 
 Frederick, Capt. John Hall, on the North Sea 
 station; attained the rating of Midshipman in 
 June following ; and removed, in May, 1800, to the 
 DoKis 38, Capts. Lord Ranelagh, John Halliday, 
 Chas. Brisbane, and Wm. Cumberland, attached to 
 the fleet in the Channel, where, in Oct. 1802, he 
 joined the Aotumn 18, Capts. Wm. Richardson and 
 Sam. Jackson. With the latter officer, after parti- 
 cipating, as Master's Mate, in many gallant skir- 
 mishes with the French flotilla ofi' Calais and Bou- 
 logne, he was transferred to the Mosqdito of 18 
 guns, in the North Sea, 17 Oct. 1814 ; and, in the 
 early part of 1805, he became Sub-Lieutenant of 
 the Monkey gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. 
 Tatham and R. Simmonds, lying in the Downs. 
 On 24 Oct. 1806, Mr. Broadwater was made full 
 Lieutenant into the Solebay 32, Capts. Robt. 
 Howe Bromley and Andw. Sproule, employed on 
 the North Sea, Baltic, and Lisbon stations. He 
 was sent home, in Nov. following, in charge of a 
 detained vessel, and then proceeded to the Brazils 
 for the purpose of rejoining his ship. Finding, 
 however, on his arrival, that the latter had sailed, 
 he returned to England in charge of another, a 
 Danish vessel, and was placed on half-pay in Oct. 
 1808. He was subsequently, from 27 Feb. to 15 
 Oct. 1809, employed in the Princess floating-bat- 
 tery, Capts. Sam. Martin Colquitt and Edw. Kill- 
 wick ; but has not since been able to procure official 
 occupation. 
 
 BROCK. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Thomas Saumarez Brock entered the Navy, 9 
 Feb. 1815; passed his examination in 1822; ob- 
 tained his first commission 12 May, 1827 ; and was 
 appointed, 4 Feb. 1828, to the Blonde 46, Capt. 
 Edm. Lyons, under whom he served for some time 
 at the blockade of Navarin, and in co-operation 
 with the French at the reduction of Morea Castle, 
 where his zeal and intelligence, at the landing of 
 the 'guns, 18 Oct. 1828, were very conspicuous.* 
 Since quitting the latter ship he has been uninter- 
 ruptedly engaged in the survey of the Mediter- 
 
 • VideGaz. 18S8, p. 2S01. 
 
 ranean— first, from Nov. 1830, to May, 1836, in the 
 Mastipe, Meteor, and Beacon, as assistant to 
 
 Lieut. James Wolfe and Capt. Rich. Copeland 
 
 then for nearly six years in command of the Magpie 
 — and, since 5 March, 1844, in command, also, of 
 the Bonetta brigantine. He was advanced to his 
 present rank while in the Magpie, 7 March, 1842. 
 
 Commander Brock married, 10 Feb. 1835, Miss 
 Dickson, and has issue. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BROCKMAN. (Retired Commander, 1830. 
 F-p., 21 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 James Brockman died 17 Jan. 1845, at Deal. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1793, as 
 Second Master's-Mate, on board the Amphiteite 24, 
 Capts. John Child Purvis and Anthony Hunt, under 
 the latter of whom he was wrecked, 30 Jan. 1794, on 
 a sunken rock in the Mediterranean. On next join- 
 ing the Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of 
 Tice-Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall, we find him 
 present, in the course of the same year, at the re- 
 duction of St. Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi, in the 
 island of Corsica, and afterwards in Hotham's par- 
 tial actions with the French fleet, 14 March and 
 13 July, 1795. He subsequently, for two years, 
 served in the Prince 98, and Ville de Paris 110, 
 flag-ships, in the Channel and off Cadiz, of Sir Roger 
 Curtis and Earl St. Vincent ; became Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Leviathan 74, bearing the flag in the 
 Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral John Thos. Duck- 
 worth, 20 Nov. 1798 ; removed, in the same capa- 
 city, into the Port Mahon brig, Capt. Wm. Bu- 
 chanan, 1 Nov. 1799 ; received his commission 15 
 Nov. 1800 ; and on his return home, after partici- 
 pating in the Egyptian expedition, for his services 
 during which he obtained the Turkish gold medal, 
 was paid off, 22 Aug. 1802. Lieut. Brockman after- 
 wards served in the Triton 32, Capt. Wm. Cush- 
 man, on the Irish station, from 29 Aug. 1803, imtil 
 1 April, 1808 ; and, from 9 May following until 14 
 July, 1814, had charge of various signal-stations on 
 the coast of Ireland. Having been unemployed 
 since the latter period, he accepted, 26 Nov. 1830, 
 the rank of Commander, on the retired list. 
 
 BRODIE. (Retired Commander, 1836. p-p., 
 17 ; H-p., 37.) 
 Alexander Brodie entered the Navy, 8 July, 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Prince Edward armed 
 ship, Capts. Wm. Carthew and Wm. Browell, sta- 
 tioned off Ostend, and soon afterwards attained the 
 rating of Master's Mate. In Nov. 1794, he removed 
 to the Ruby 64, Capts. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope 
 and Jacob Waller, and, in 1795, he assisted at the 
 reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, where he was 
 employed on shore with the forces under Major- 
 General Craig. He next, in Nov. 1797, joined the 
 America 64, Capt. John Smith, and, after attending 
 Sir Andw. Mitchell's expedition to Holland in 1799, 
 was transferred in succession to the Zealand 74, 
 Capt. John Parr, lying at the Nore— Modeste fri- 
 gate, Capt. Martin Hinton, in the Mediterranean — 
 and Foudroyant 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, by 
 whom he was appointed, 3 March, 1801, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Thetis 38, Capts. Baker and 
 Shepheard. For his services during the ensuing 
 campaign in Egypt, where he was actively engaged 
 both in disembarking the troops and on the lakes, 
 Mr. Brodie was presented with the Turkish gold 
 medal, but he did not succeed in obtaining his 
 commission until 3 March, 1804, by which period he 
 had further served on board the Bonne Citoyenne 
 sloop, Capt. Philip Carteret, Monarch 74, flag-ship 
 of Lord Keith, Ranger 16, Capt. Chas. Coote (the 
 two latter in the Downs), and Hound brig, com- 
 manded in the West Indies by Capt. Keith Max- 
 well. His next appointments were- 6 May and 6 
 June, 1804, to the Shark, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth, and Clorinde 38, Capt. 
 M'Donald, both on the station last named — 17 May, 
 1805, to the Tbxel 64, flag-ship at Leith of Rear- 
 Admiral James Vashon— 1 June, 1809, and 30 April, 
 1810, to the Curlew 10, Capt. John Tancock, and 
 
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 BROKE-BROKENSHA-BROMLEY. 
 
 !FosMiDABX.E 98, Capt. James NicoU Morris, in the 
 Baltic^and, in Jan. 1811, to the command of the 
 Kkon Primcessinn prison-ship at Portsmouth, 
 which he retained until Jan. 1812. He was after- 
 wards employed for some time in the regulating- 
 service in London, where he effected the entrance 
 of a large number of men into the Navy. Com- 
 mander Brodie, who has been on half-pay since the 
 peace, accepted his present rank 18 Jiily, 1836. 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 BROKE. (Captain, 1845.) 
 
 Geokge Nathaniel Broke, bom 26 April, 1812, 
 is brother of the present Sir Philip Brolce, Bart., 
 Capt. R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 Aug. 1825 ; 
 passed his examination in 1831 ; obtained his first 
 commission 29 June, 1833; and was subsequently 
 appointed— 8 Dec. in the same year, to the Belvi- 
 DERA 42, Capt. Chas. Burrough Strong, in North 
 America and the West Indies — and, 21 Oct. 1837, 
 as First^Lieutenant, to the Wasp brig 16, Capts. 
 Hon. Dudley Worsley Anderson Pelham and Geo. 
 PeUiam. For his services, under the latter officer, 
 throughout the campaign in Syria, from its com- 
 mencement until the fall of St. Jean d'Acre, he 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander, 4 Nov. 
 1840. He commissioned the Thdndekbolt for ser- 
 vice at the Cape of Good Hope, 28 Nov. 1842 ; and 
 on 18 Deo. 1845, was awarded the rank of Captain. 
 He is at present on half-pay. Agents — Case and 
 Loudonsack. 
 
 Rich. Strachan in Ai^. 1809. In May, 1810, Mr. 
 Brokensha became Midshipman of the Bedford 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Walker, in which ship we find l"™ em- 
 ployed in the North Sea, West Indies, and off Bor- 
 Seaux, until discharged in Sept. 1814. He obtained 
 his commission 16 March, 1815 ; was afterwards at- 
 tached, from 6 Dec. 1824, until 1831, to the Kamil- 
 LiES and Talavera 74's, Capts. Wm M'CuUoch 
 and Hugh Pigot, for the purposes of the Coast 
 Blockade ; and, on 31 March in the latter year, ob- 
 tained an appointment in the Coast Guard, m which 
 service he continued— with the exception of a period 
 of three years, from 11 June, 1833, to June, 1836, 
 when he held command of the Lively Revenue 
 vessel, on the coast of England— until 1838. He 
 has not since been employed. 
 
 BROMLEY. (Lieut., 1845. f-p., 1 2 ; h-p., 0.) 
 
 Charles Bromley, bom in Feb. 1820, is third 
 son of Bear-Admiral Sir Bobt. Howe Bromley, 
 Bart. , . . 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1835 ; passed hig 
 examination 4 Aug. 1841 ; and served for upwards 
 of three years as Mate on board the Driver steam- 
 vessel, commanded in the East Indies by Capts. 
 Sam. Fielding Harmer and Courtenay Osbom Hayes. 
 He acquired the rank he now holds 1 Sept. 1845, 
 and has been since employed as Additional of the 
 Agincookt 72, flag-ship on the above station of Sir 
 Thos. John Cochrane. 
 
 BROKE, Bart. (Capt., 1835. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 18.) 
 Sir Philip Broke, born 15 Jan. 1804, is eldest 
 son of the gallant captor of the Chesapeake^ the late 
 Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke — who was raised to 
 the dignity of a Baronet and created a K.C.B. for 
 that brilliant achievement, and died a Bear- Admiral 
 of the Red, 3 Jan. 1841 — by Sarah Louisa, daughter 
 of Sir Wm. Fowle Middleton, Bart., of Slurubland 
 Hall. He is eldest brother of Capt. G. N. Broke, 
 R.N., and nephew of Colonel Sir Chas. Broke Vere, 
 K.C.B., M.P. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College at Portsmouth), in Dec. 1819, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Lipfey 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Duncan ; and after a successive attachment 
 to the Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Cam- 
 brian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, all on the 
 Mediterranean station, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 16 Aug. 1824. His ensuing appoint- 
 ments, in the latter capacity, were — 25 Feb. 1825, 
 to the AouoBA 46, Capt. John Maxwell, employed 
 off Lisbon— 3 Oct. 1826, to the Genoa 74, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Walter Bathurst, 
 in which ship he served as Senior Lieutenant at the 
 battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827— and, after that 
 event, to the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Cod- 
 rington. He obtained his second promotal commis- 
 sion 7 June, 1828 ; commanded the Erebus bomb, 
 in the Mediterranean, from 8 July following until 
 paid off in July, 1830 ; and was advanced to Post- 
 rank 12 Sept. 1835. Capt. Broke hag not been 
 afloat since he left the Erebus. He is High Sheriff 
 for the CO. of Suffolk. Agents — Case and Loudon- 
 sack. 
 
 BROKENSHA. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 19.) 
 Samuel Bkokensha entered the Navy, 25 March, 
 1806, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. 
 Robt. Dudley Oliver and Wm. Lukin, stationed off 
 the coast of France, where he assisted at the capture, 
 on 28 July following, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 
 318 men ; and, on 25 Sept. in the same year, was 
 with Sir Sam. Hood's squadron at the capture, off 
 Bochefort, of four heavy French frigates, two of 
 which, the Gloire 46, and InfatigabU 44, struck to the 
 Mars. In July, 1807, he removed to the Ganges 
 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, and in that ship he attended 
 both the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen under 
 Lord Gambier, and that to the Walcheren under Sir 
 
 BROMLEY, Bart. (Vice-Admirai- of the Blue, 
 1846. F-P., 16; H-P., 40.) 
 Sir Robert Howe Bromley, bom 28 Nov. 
 1778, is only son of the late Sir Geo. Bromley, 
 Bart., whom he succeeded in Aug. 1808, by the 
 Hon. Esther Curzon, eldest daughter of Ashton, 
 late Viscount Curzon, and aunt of the present Earl 
 Howe. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1791, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Lapwing 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Curzon, on the Mediterranean station ; 
 joined next the Lion 64, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, 
 under whom he accompanied Lord Macartney's em- 
 bassy to China; removed as Midshipman, in 1794, 
 into the Triumph 74, lying at Spithead ; afterwards 
 served in the Channel and off the Western Islands 
 on board the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Earl 
 Howe, Melampus 36, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, 
 and Latona 38, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, 
 from 1795 to 1797 ; was then appointed Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the AcASTA 40, Capt. Rich. Lane, employed 
 in the North Sea; and, on 22 Jan. 1798, was there 
 confirmed into the Inspector 16, Capt. Chas. Lock. 
 Mr. Bromley was subsequently employed, on the 
 Home and West India stations, in L'Aimable 32, 
 Capt. Henry Raper, Pelican 18, Capt. John Thick- 
 nesse, and Doris 36, Capt. John Halliday. He was 
 promoted to the command of the Inspector, in the 
 North Sea, 14 Feb. 1801, and obtained his Post- 
 commission 28 April, 1802. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — for a short time to the Squirrel 
 28, lying in harbour— 24 Sept. 1803, to the Cham- 
 pion 24, in which ship we find him constantly in 
 collision with the enemy's flotilla and batteries be- 
 tween Ostend and Havre (including one affair in 
 which the Champion, on 23 July, 1805, suffered 
 severely in hull, masts, and rigging, besides losing 
 2 men killed and 3 wounded), untU at length sent 
 to Quebec and Halifax — 10 Nov. 1806, to the Sole- 
 bay 32, stationed in the North Sea— and, 31 July, 
 1807, to the Statira 38. After a further servitude 
 in North America, off the coast of Spain, and in 
 the Bay of Biscay, he was placed on half-pay in 
 1809, since which period he has not been afloat. His 
 promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 
 10 Jan. 1837 ; and to that he now holds 9 Nov. 1846. 
 Sir Robt. Howe Bromley is Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for the CO. of Nottingham. He married, 8 June, 
 1812, Anne, second daughter of Daniel Wilson, 
 Esq., of Dallam Tower, co. Westmoreland, and by 
 that lady has- issue five sons and six daughters. 
 
BROMLEY-BROOKS— BROOMAN—BROOMHEAD. 
 
 129 
 
 Of the latter, the second, Caroline, married, in July, 
 1840, Sir Jas. Campbell, Bart. Agents— Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 BEOMLEY. (Lieut., 1804. f-p., 17; h-p., 36.) 
 Samuel Bkomley died 13 Nov. 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1792, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Latoma 38, Capt. 
 Edw. Thornbrough, attached to the fleet in the 
 Channel, where, in Nov. 1793, he was present in a 
 very gallant skirmish with several French line-of- 
 battle and other ships; and, on 1 June, 1794, in 
 Lord Howe's celebrated action. He next served 
 with the same officer, from July in the latter year 
 until Sept. 1799 — a great part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman — in the Robust 74, during which period 
 he attended the unfortunate expedition to Quibe- 
 ron in support of the French Royalists in 1795 ; and, 
 on 12 Oct. 1798, was with the force under Sir John 
 Borlase "Warren at the defeat of Commodore Bom- 
 part's squadron, when the Soclie 74 struck to the 
 Robust, after a very severe action, in which the 
 latter ship sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 
 40 wounded. Mr. Bromley, who next joined the 
 RoTAL George 100, hearing the flag of Lord Brid- 
 port, was appointed, 27 Oct. 1799, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Deagon 74, Capt. Geo. Campbell. He 
 removed, in April, 1800, to the Pegasus 28, Capt. 
 John Pengelly, under whom he accompanied, in the 
 same capacity, the expedition to Egypt in 1801. 
 The Pegasus was paid oflF in Feb. 1802, but Mr. 
 Bromley was not confirmed in the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant until after a subsequent attachment of 18 
 months to the Sceptbe 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Col- 
 lingwood Dickson, employed in the Channel and 
 East Indies, 6 Sept. 1804. His next appointments 
 were — in the course of 1805, to the Galgo 16, Capt. 
 Michael Dodd, Hekmes sloop, Capt. Joseph West- 
 beach, Kent 74, fitting at Chatham for the flag of 
 Sir Edw. Thornbrough, and Majestic 74, flag-ship 
 of Vice- Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell in the 
 North Sea, where he remained for nearly two years 
 — in July, 1807, to a command in the Aldeburgh 
 district of Sea Fencibles — 9 March, 1810, to the 
 Avengek sloop, Capt. Thos. White, on the Hahfax 
 station, whence he immediately afterwards inva- 
 lided—and, 3 Feb. 1812, to the Beiseis 10, Capt. 
 John Ross, in the Baltic. He was placed on half- 
 pay in May of the same year, and was not afterwards 
 employed. Lieut. Bromley had been wounded on 
 several occasions. 
 
 Wade, in the North Sea, whence he invalided, 9 Nov. 
 1812— and, 24 May, 1813, to the Brazen 18, Capt. 
 Jas. Stirling, employed in Hudson's Bay, on the 
 Irish station, and m the West Indies. Lieut. Brooks 
 has been on half-pay since 4 June, 1815. 
 
 BEOOKS. (LiEtiT., 1806. F-P., 17 ; h-p., 35.) 
 
 Geoege Brooks entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1795, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pegasus 28, Capt. 
 Ross Donnelly, employed in the North Sea, where, 
 on 12 May, 1796, after a long and arduous chase, 
 he assisted in driving on shore the two Dutch brigs 
 Scho, of 18, and De Gier, of 14 guns. He next served 
 for some time in the West fiidies as Midshipman 
 of the Thames 32, Capt. Wm. Lukin ; was subse- 
 quently attached, from June, 1799, until Jan. 1800, 
 to the Temeraiee and Baefleue, 98's, flag-ships 
 in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins 
 Whitshed, and, from the latter date until 12 Jan. 
 1805, to the Ceres, Floeentina, and Magicienne 
 frigates, Capts. John Nicholas, John Broughton, 
 and Adam Mackenzie, on the Mediterranean and 
 North Sea stations ; was then appointed Sub-Lieu- 
 tenant of the PiNCHEE gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 Jas. Aberdour; and, on 17 March, 1806, was pro- 
 moted to his present rank. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 1 Dec. in the same year, and 18 Aug. 
 1807, to the D.SDALUS 32, and Avon sloop, Capts. 
 Fred. Warren and Thos. 'Thrush, under the former 
 of whom he escorted a fleet of merchantmen to the 
 West Indies, and there assisted in making several 
 captures — 27 Sept. 1808, to the Beitomart sloop, 
 Capt. Wm. Buckley Hunt, in the North Sea — 14 
 Feb. 1810, to the Resolution 74, Capt. Temple 
 Hardy, in the Baltic — 12 Jan. 1811, to the Con- 
 QUESTADOR 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, off Flushing 
 —7 Oct. 1811, to the Banteker 14, Capt. Chas. 
 
 BEOOMAN. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 7.) 
 James Brooman entered the Navy, 26 July, 1810, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Hamadryad 36, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Staines, in which stdp, and the Beiton 38, 
 he continued to be employed, under the same officer, 
 until Aug. 1815. During that period he served 
 with great activity on the Newfoundland, St. He- 
 lena, and Irish stations, in the Bay of Biscay, and 
 in South America ; was in various skirmishes with 
 the soldiery on the coast of France ; and assisted in 
 taking, besides several merchant-vessels, a French 
 privateer. He next joined the Rifleman 18, Capt. 
 Geo. Bennett Allen, in the West Indies ; thence re- 
 turned home with the latter officer in the Royalist 
 18 ; passed his examination in Dec. 1816 ; served 
 for nearly two years in the Noethumberland 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Walker, at Sheerness ; was employed on 
 the Coast Blockade from Aug. 1818 until 1823, as 
 Midshipman of the Severn, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch ; 
 afterwards became attached to the Superb 74, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Staines, on the West India and Lisbon 
 stations, and Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill, guard- 
 ship at Portsmouth ; and, on 28 April, 1827, was 
 promoted into the Pelican 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Leonard Irby, in the Mediterranean, where he con- 
 tributed to the capture of three or four piratical 
 vessels. From 3 Dec. 1827, to Oct. 1830, Lieut. 
 Brooman was again employed on the Coast Block- 
 ade, under Capt. Hugh Pigot of the Ramillies 
 and Talaveea 74's. He obtained a Coast Guard 
 appointment 15 Oct. 1831, and continued in that 
 service — including a period of two years and eight 
 months, from 18 March, 1834, to 28 Nov. 1836, when 
 he held command of the Tartar Revenue-cruizer 
 — until 1839. While so engaged Mr. Brooman cap- 
 tured, in the years 1832-3-4, 2 sloops, 4 boats, and 
 17 men, exclusive of the seizure or destruction of 
 about 1000 tubs. Since 4 Feb. 1845, he has been 
 again employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 24 Deo. 1827, Anna Jane, daughter 
 of John Jones, Esq., late of Offord d'Arcy, co. 
 Huntingdon. 
 
 BROOMAN. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 William Rule Brooman entered the Navy 27 
 Nov. 1821 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; officiated 
 for some time as Mate of the Swift Revenue- vessel ; 
 obtained his commission 1 Jan. 1840 ; served, as 
 Additional-Lieutenant, from 19 March in that year 
 until May, 1844, in the President 50, and Duelin 
 50, flag-ships in the Pacific of Rear-Admirals Chas. 
 Bayne Hodgson Boss and Rich. Thomas; then 
 joined the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, 
 on the same station ; and, since 9 Sept. 1845, has 
 been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Brooman is Senior of 1840. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BEOOMHEAD. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 14; h-p., 25.) 
 Joseph Beoomhead entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 
 
 1808, as Ordinary, on board the Prbvoyante store- 
 ship, Master-Commander Daniel M'Coy, on the 
 Mediterranean station, and in Dec. of the same 
 year attained the rating of Midshipman. In Oct. 
 
 1809, he joined the Amethyst 36, Capt. Jacob 
 Walton, under whom he was wrecked in Plymouth 
 Sound, 16 Feb. 1811. He next, until Aug. 1816, 
 served, in quick succession, in the Bulwark 74 
 Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, Meselads 38, Capt! 
 Sir Peter Parker, America 74, Capt. Josias Rowley 
 Alfred 74, Capt. J. S. Horton, Defiance 74, Capt! 
 Rich. Raggett, Devonshiee 74, Capt. Ross Don- 
 nelly, Tonnant 80, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and Spencek 
 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, on the Home, 
 Cadiz, Baltic, and America stations. He was after- 
 wards employed, as Admiralty Midshipman, from 
 Sept. 1818, to June, 1822, in the Revoldtionnaiee 
 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds 
 
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 BROTHERS— BROUGHTON. 
 
 Pellew, in the Mediterranean; and next in the 
 Impkegnaele 104, and Bkitaknia 120, flag-ships 
 at Plymouth of Sir Alex. Cochrane, as also in the 
 Naiad 46, commanded in the Channel by Hon. 
 Eobt. Cavendish Spencer. On 8 Nov. 1823, he was 
 made Lieutenant into the Active 46, Capt. Andrew 
 King, employed on the Lisbon and Mediterranean 
 stations. He has been on half-pay since 1824. 
 
 BROTHERS. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 29.) 
 John Beotheks was born 15 March, 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1807, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Bolina hired armed ship, 
 Lieut.-Commander Edw. Clarributt, and in the 
 early part of the following Dec. was wrecked in 
 a heavy gale off the Land's End. He then joined 
 the Insolent gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John 
 How Morris, in which we find him cruizing for 
 some time on the coast of France, and actively en- 
 gaged at the destruction of the French shipping In 
 Basque Roads in April, 1809. Mr. Brothers, who 
 attained the rating of Midshipman in the course of 
 the ensuing month, removed, in Oct. of the same 
 year, to the Goldfinch sloop, Capt. Arden Adder- 
 ley, employed otf the coast of Spain, where he was 
 captured, while in charge of a prize near St. An- 
 dero, 7 May, 1810, and ultimately sent, after en- 
 during great hardships, to Verdun. He returned 
 home in May, 1814; passed his examination 6 July 
 following; served, from Jan. to Sept. 1815, in the 
 Hyacinth 20, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, stationed 
 principally otF Cherbourg, to prevent the escape of 
 Napoleon Buonaparte ; next joined, for a very short 
 time, the Queen Charlotte, flag-ship at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough; and was after- 
 wards employed for two years and a half, as Ad- 
 miralty Midshipman, in the Harrier 18, Capt. Sir 
 Chas. Thos. Jones, on the Halifax station, where 
 he was appointed, 24 Feb. and 4 April, 1818, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Leander 60, Rear-Admiral Sir 
 David Milne, and Opossum 10, Capt. Lord John 
 Hay. He was offtcially promoted 14 Juhr ensuing, 
 and in Aug. in the same year was paid otf. He has 
 not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Brothers married, 9 July, 1836, Harriet, 
 second daughter of Paul Storr, Esq., of Beckenbam. 
 Agent — F. Dufaur. 
 
 BROUGHTON. (Retired Commander, 1831. 
 F-P., 32 ; H-p., 32.) 
 John Broughton entered the Navy, in 1783, as 
 a Boy, on board the Irresistible 74, Capts. Sir 
 Andrew Snape Hamond and Geo. Bowyer, and in 
 1787 joined the Sandwich, Capt. Tompkins, both 
 guard-ships at Chatham. From June, 1793, to Feb. 
 1797, he served in the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Geo. 
 Lumsdaine, and Penelope cutter, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Daniel Burdwood, on the Irish, Mediter- 
 ranean, and "West India stations, and was in the 
 former ship when she took possession of the Dutch 
 64, Overyssel, 22 Oct. 1795. He then became Mid- 
 shipman of the Kingston schooner, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Ross, and afterwards Master's Mate 
 of the Mermaid, of 40 guns and 208 men, and 
 Loire 38, both commanded in the Channel by Capt. 
 Jas. Newman Ne\\Tnan. While in the Mermaid Mr. 
 Broughton assisted, 31 Dec. 1797, at the capture of 
 IJAventure privateer, of 12 guns — witnessed, 30 
 June, 1798, the surrender of the 40-gun frigate La 
 Seine to the Jason and Pkjue — and, on 17 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, took part in a gallant action of two hours 
 and a half with the French frigate Loire, of 46 guns 
 and 330 men, which terminated in the separation of 
 the combatants, each being greatly disabled. In the 
 Loire Mr. Broughton was present, 6 Feb. 1800, at 
 the capture, in company with the Danae 20, and 
 Fairy, Harpy, and Railleur sloops, of the French 
 38-gun frigate Pallas, under the heavy fire of a 
 battery on one of the Seven Islands. In March, 
 1801, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Faiky sloop, Capt. Fred. Warren, on the "West 
 India station, where, after a further servitude as 
 Master's Mate in the Leviathan 74, bearing the 
 
 flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he was officially 
 promoted to the command of the Staunch gun-brig, 
 1 Aug. 1801. He left that vessel in Feb. 1803, and 
 was afterwards appointed— in March, 1804, to the 
 Sea Fencibles, at Kilrush, in Ireland— 6 Nov. fol- 
 lowing, to the GoBGON 44, Capts. Wm. Wilkinson, 
 Fras. Stanfell, and Wm. B. Ryder, employed on the 
 river Shannon— 1 Aug. 1806, to the Ardent 64, 
 Capt. Geo. Eyre, at Chatham — 10 Sept. in the same 
 year, to the Challenger 18, Capt. Wm. B. Ryder, 
 lying in the Downs— 15 Dec. 1807, to the Impress 
 Service, at Fareham, in Hampshire— and, 26 July, 
 1811, to the command of a Signal Station at "White- 
 lands, near Lyme Regis. Commander Broughton, 
 who had been on half-pay since April, 1815, ac- 
 cepted his present rank 1 Nov. 1831. 
 
 BROUGHTON. (Capt., 1831. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 9.) 
 William Broughton, born 23 Oct. 1804, at Dod- 
 dington Hall, Cheshire, the seat of his maternal 
 grandfather, the Rev. Sir Thos. Delves Broughton, 
 Bart., is eldest son of the late Capt. Wm. Kobt. 
 Broughton, R.N., C.B., Colonel of Royal Marines, 
 who circumnavigated the world under "Vancouver, 
 served as Commodore at the reduction of Java in 
 1811, and died, 12 March, 1821, after 50 years' ser- 
 vitude of his country ; and nephew of the present 
 General Sir John Delves Broughton, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1817, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 76, guard-ship 
 at Plymouth, commanded by his father, and was 
 next, from April, 1818, to March, 1820, a student 
 at the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. He 
 then re-embarked on board the Rochfort 80, flag- 
 ship of Sir Graham Moore in the Mediterranean, 
 where he was successively lent, until April, 1823, 
 to the Racer cutter, and Rose and Racehorse 
 sloops, Capts. Henry Dundas and Lord Colchester. 
 On the latter 'date he removed to the Cambrian 
 46, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in which ship, 
 after serving at the blockade of Algiers, he re- 
 turned home and was paid off in June, 1824. He 
 shortly afterwards, on passing his examination, 
 proceeded to the East Indies, as Mate, in the BoA- 
 DicEA 46, Commodore Sir Jas. Brisbane, and under 
 that officer he took an active part in the Burmese 
 war, from Aug. 1825, until its conclusion in the 
 early part of 1826. For four months of that period 
 he commanded, vrith great credit, though to the 
 severe injury of his health, the Boadicea's cutter 
 up the river Irawady ; and was present in the ac- 
 tions of 1, 2, and 5 Dec. 1825, when the enemy were 
 routed on all sides, and their numerous stockades 
 and breastworks in the neighbourhood of Prome 
 and on the almost inaccessible heights of Napadee 
 carried by assault. After the treaty of Melloone, 
 Mr. Broughton, who had been promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 8 April, 
 1825, was sent wdth despatches to Rangoon, where 
 he joined, and for some time had charge of, the 
 Alligator 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. He 
 next served, from 8 March, 1827, until 1830, in the 
 Briton 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, employed on 
 various Particular Services on the North Sea, Lis- 
 bon, North America, and West India stations ; and, 
 on 20 Feb. in the latter year, was advanced to the 
 command of the Primrose 18, stationed on the 
 coast of Africa. On 7 Sept. following he brought 
 to close action, and in the most gallant style boarded 
 and carried, after a furious resistance of 10 minutes, 
 the Spanish slave-ship Veloz Passagera, mounting 
 18 long 18-pounders and two 12's, with a crew 
 (independently of 555 slaves who were on board) 
 of 180 men, of whom 46 were killed and 20 wounded ; 
 the loss of the Primrose amounting, out of a com- 
 plement of 125 men and boys (exclusive of 35 pri- 
 soners, who proved a source of great trouble and 
 anxiety), to 3 killed and 13 wounded, including her 
 Commander, who received a desperate pike-woond 
 in the abdomen, the effects of which continue to 
 this day.* For his meritorious conduct on this oc- 
 casion Capt. Broughton, after accomplishing his 
 * Vide Gaz. 1830, p. HSi\. 
 
BROUN— BROUNCKER—BRO WELL- BROWN. 
 
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 time in the Peakl 20, employed during the dis- 
 putes between Don Pedro and Don Miguel in pro- 
 tecting the British interests in the Western Islands, 
 was promoted to Post-rank, 22 Nov. 1832, as was 
 also, to the rank of Commander, his First Lieute- 
 nant, Edw. Harris Butterfleld. From that period 
 he remained unemployed until appointed, 25 Oct. 
 1836, to the Samakang 28, in which we find him 
 serving for some time off the coast of Spain during 
 the Carlist disputes ; also, under very trying cir- 
 cumstances, at Bahia, at the period of an insurrec- 
 tion of the black population ; and, early in 1839, 
 at Callao during the war between the Chihans and 
 Peruviana, about which epoch he landed a party of 
 men at Istay, and rescued from his rebel pursuers 
 General Santa Cruz, the late Protector of Peru, a 
 service subsequently sanctioned by the approval of 
 the Admiralty. On 31 Oct. following Capt. Brough- 
 ton was transferred to the President 50, as Flag- 
 Captain to Kear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson 
 KosB, with whom he returned home, and was placed 
 out of commission, in May, 1842. He has been in 
 command, since 12 Jan. 1846, of the Cukajoa 24, 
 on the south-east coast of America. 
 
 Capt. Broughton married, 3 Jan. 1833, Elizabeth, 
 eldest daughter of John Perfect, Esq., banker, of 
 Fontefract, and has issue four daughters. Agents 
 —Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BROUN. (Commander, 1835.) 
 
 George Broun obtained his first commission 1 
 Nov. 1815 ; and was appointed, about the same 
 period, to the Portia 14, Capt. Silas Thompson 
 Hood, which vessel was paid off in 1816. He after- 
 wards joined, as First-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1826, the 
 Ringdove 18, Capt. Edw. Le Cras Thornbrough, at 
 Halifax ; 5 May, 1827, the Hussak 46, flag-ship of 
 Sir Chas. Ogle, on the same station ; and, 3 Nov. 
 1830, the Undaunted 46, Capt. Edw. Harvey, em- 
 ployed at the Cape of Good Hope and in the East 
 Indies. He returned to England and was paid off 
 early in 1834 ; obtained a Commander's commission 
 23 March, 1835 ; was appointed, 26 Sept. 1836, to 
 the Coast Guard, in which service he remained 
 during the customary period of three years ; and, 
 since 7 Nov. 1845, has been employed as Second 
 Captain of the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth. 
 
 He married, 12 Sept. 1837, Fanny Charlotte, eldest 
 daughter of Lieut.-General Granby Clay, of Baring 
 Crescent, Exeter. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BEOWELL. (Commander, 1845. f-p.,18;h-p.,9.) 
 Langton Broweli,, born 26 July, 1806, is son of 
 the late Hen. Broweli, Esq., of the Lord Chamber- 
 Iain's Oflice ; grandson of Wm. M. Broweli, Esq., 
 who served as Midshipman of the Cestoeios un- 
 der Lord Anson in his voyage round the world ; 
 and nephew of the late Capt. Wm. Broweli, Il.N., 
 Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, also of the 
 late Capt. Herbert Broweli, B.N., who died in com- 
 mand of the BEnNSvricK 74, and of the present Jas. 
 Broweli, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, E.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 5 
 April, 1820, and embarked, 21 March, 1822, as Fst.- 
 cl. Vol., on board the Hind 20, Capts. Hon. Hen. 
 John Bous and Lord Hen. John Spencer Churchill, 
 stationed in the Mediterranean, where he conti- 
 nued, 'part of the time as Midshipman, until he 
 returned to England, and was paid off, in Aug. 
 1825. He then joined the Rainbow 28, com- 
 manded by Capt. Rous, on the East India sta/- 
 tion ; passed his examination in May, 1826 •, and, 
 after a further attachment, as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 to the Hind, Capt. John Furneaux, was confirmed 
 into the Cyrene 20, Capt. Alex. Campbell, 17 
 March, 1828. He immediately afterwards came 
 home with the latter officer in the Bombay, a new 
 84, recently launched; and subsequently served — 
 from March, 1830, to Jan. 183-1, in the Nautilds 10, 
 Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, off the coasts of Ireland, 
 Portugal, and Spain — from June following until 
 June, 1838, in the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. Bladen Cape! in the East Indies — and, from 
 Sept. 1841, until he invalided in Sept. 1842, as 
 First, in the Vixen steam-vessel, Capt. Hen. Boyes, 
 attached to the force in China. He joined, 10 
 Aug. 1844, the Victoria and Aebeht yacht, Capt. 
 Lord Adolphus FitzClarence ; but, since his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Commander, 25 Sept. 1845, 
 has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, 20 Feb. 1840, Mary Anne, eldest 
 daughter of Capt. Leigh Lye, who served through- 
 out the Peninsular War and at Waterloo in the 11th 
 Light Dragoons, and niece of Rear- Admiral Lye. 
 
 BEOUNCKEE. (Liewt., 1829. f-p.,32; h-p.,6.) 
 John Payne Brouncker entered the Navy, 21 
 Sept. 1809, as Midshipman, on board the Desieee 
 36, Capt. Arth. Farquhar, to which frigate he con- 
 tinued attached, principally on the North Sea sta- 
 tion, until April, 1814. During that period he 
 served in the boats under Lieut. Sam. Radford at 
 the cutting out of two French vessels, carrying to- 
 gether 16 guns and 59 men, and destruction of a 
 third, a lugger of 6 guns and 26 men, lying in the 
 Vlie, 29 May, 1810, and was lent, in 1813, to No. 7 
 gun-boat, one of a light squadron employed under 
 Capt. Farquhar in blockading the North Elbe, 
 where he took part in the reduction of Cuxhaven, 
 in the attack also on the Danish flotilla at Busum, 
 on which occasion two of the enemy's gun-vessels 
 were sunk, and, as a Volunteer, in the erection of 
 batteries at the siege of Gluckstadt, where he was 
 so severely frost-bitten as nearly to lose a leg. Mr. 
 Brouncker, who passed his examination in 1818, 
 subsequently served for 11 years, as Mate, on the 
 Mediterranean and East India stations. He was 
 seriously injured in the face in the early part of 
 1829, while in charge of a tender to the Prince 
 Reqent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Hen. Black- 
 wood ; and, on the recommendation of that officer, 
 he was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Feb. 
 in the same year. He has been in the Coast Guard 
 since 7 Oct. 1833. 
 Lieut. Brouncker iB married, and has issue. 
 
 BROWN. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 11.) 
 
 Alexander Brown is son of J. O. Brown, Esq., 
 of Edinburgh, by Agnes, daughter of Chas. Camp- 
 bell, Esq., of Lochdochart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Dec. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Satellite 16, Capt. 
 John Porteous, with whom he served in the Brazils 
 and West Indies until Aug. 1814. He then re- 
 moved to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip 
 Durham, and next to the Oberon 14, and Spar- 
 rowhawk 16, Capts. Jas. Murray and Fred. Wm. 
 Burgoyne, on the Leith station ; became Midship- 
 man, in Feb. 1815, of the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Fa- 
 rington ; re-joined Capt. Murray, in Sept. of the same 
 year, in the Satellite, at Portsmouth ; served, 
 from Nov. following until May, 1819, in the Hya- 
 cinth 24, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, and Ampiiion 
 32, Commodore Wm. Bowles and Capt. Wm. Bate- 
 man Dashwood, on the BraziUan station ; and was 
 attached, as Master's Mate, from Jan. 1820 until 
 Nov. 1822, to the Egeria 28, Capt. John Toup 
 Nicolas, Clinker gun-brig, Lieut. -Commanders 
 Wm. Martin, Jas. Rich. Booth, and John Eagar, 
 and Valorous 26, Capt. Jas. Murray, employed off 
 Newfoundland, whence he returned home with the 
 Governor, Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Hamilton. Mr. 
 Brown, who was advanced to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant on 14 of the last-mentioned month, continued 
 in the Valorous, engaged on Particular Service in 
 the West Indies, until placed out of commission in 
 the summer of 1824. His next appointment was, 
 26 Oct. 1825, to the Fly sloop, Capt. Fred. Augus- 
 tus Wetherall, in the East Indies, where he was 
 transferred, in 1828, to the Bombay, a new 84, just 
 launched, Capt. Alex. Campbell, to assist in bring- 
 ing her to England. He was paid off in the ensuing 
 Oct., and was afterwards employed in the Coast 
 Guard from 8 March, 1834, until 3 Dec. 1813. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
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 BROWN. 
 
 Lieut. Brown married, 28 July, 1838, Honor, 
 youngest daughter of Sir Bich. Burton, Kt., of 
 Sackett's Hill House, Isle of Thanet, and has issue. 
 
 BEOWN. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Foreman Brown is eldest son of the 
 late Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, who, after filling 
 the office of Commissioner of Malta and Sheemess 
 Dockyards, died Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica 
 in 1816 ; uncle, through his eldest sister, of the 
 present Sir Geo. Fras. Hampson, Bart. ; and first 
 cousin of Commander W. C. Browne, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 June, 1819 ; pass- 
 ed his examination in 1825 ; obtained his first com- 
 mission 17 April, 1827 ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 1 Sept. 1829, to the Kapid 10, Capt. Chas. 
 Hen. Swinburne, in the Mediterranean^ — 24 Jan. 
 1832, as First-Lieutenant, to the Victor 18, Capt. 
 Kobt. Russell, on the West India station, whence 
 he soon afterwards returned to England — 30 May, 
 1836, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, in which 
 ship he sailed for the Mediterranean — 27 July, 1838, 
 again as Senior, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Col- 
 lier, on the same station — and, 23 Nov. 1839, and 1 
 Oct. 1840, to the Britannia and Qdeen, first-rates, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington at 
 Portsmouth. He was promoted from the last-men- 
 tioned ship to his present rank 11 Aug. 1841 ; and 
 has since — except from 28 March to 6 Sept. 1844, 
 when he held command of the Wolverene 16 — 
 been unemployed. 
 
 Commander Brown married, 4 May, 1842, Eliza- 
 beth Jane, eldest daughter of John Hawkins, Esq., 
 of Byelands. 
 
 BROWN. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Edwin Langford Brown passed his examination 
 24 Dec. 1836 ; and served for several years, as Mate, 
 in the Mediterranean and East Indies, of the Ben- 
 bow 72, and Spiteful steam-sloop, Capts. Houston 
 Stewart and Wm. Maitland. He obtained his com- 
 mission 8 Aug. 1845 ; and, until the early part of 
 1846, was next employed, as Additional-Lieutenant, 
 in the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane on the station last named. 
 
 BEOWN. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 19; h-p., 8.) 
 Francis Thomas Brown, bom 29 Oct. 1806, is 
 son of the Rev. Walter Brown, Rector of Wood- 
 stock, and Prebendary of Canterbury. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 
 Feb. 1820, and embarked, 18 Nov. 1822, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Andromache 42, Capt. Joseph 
 Nourse, with whom he served at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, part of the time as Midshipman, until Sept. 
 1825. He passed his examination in Nov. following; 
 was soon afterwards appointed Admiralty Mate of 
 the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, employed 
 on the Home, West Lidia, and Lisbon stations ; and, 
 in June, 1827, removed, in the same capacity, to the 
 HussAK 44, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle in North 
 America, where he was promoted, 20 Oct. 1829, as 
 First-Lieutenant, into the Rose 18, Capts. Eaton 
 Travers, Wm. Dewar, and Edw. Wm. Pilkington. 
 He invalided from the West Indies in April, 1832 ; 
 received an appointment in the Coast Guard 20 
 Nov. 1833; was subsequently transferred, in Jan. 
 1835, and 18 April following, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Salamander steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Lang- 
 ford Castle, on the Home station, and Clio 16, Capt. 
 Wm. Richardson, in which vessel he served off" the 
 coasts of Spain and Africa, until paid ofi' in Oct. 1838 ; 
 and, on 26 April, 1839, joined, also as Senior, the 
 Gorgon steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Honeyman Hen- 
 derson. For his services in that vessel throughout 
 the operations on the Coast of Syria, from their 
 very commencement until the fall of St. Jean 
 d'Acre, Mr. Brown was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 4 Nov. 1840. He has since been on 
 half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BROWN. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 
 13 ; H-p., 39.) 
 George Williams Brows entered the Navy, 31 
 Aug. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Laurel 
 28, Capt. Robt. Rolles, on the West India station, 
 where, in May, 1796, he assisted at the reduction of 
 Ste. Lucie, and towards the close of that year re- 
 moved, as Midshipman, to the Benommbe 44, com- 
 manded by the same officer, and also by Capt. Wm. 
 Sanderson. He was next transferred, in the sum- 
 mer of 1799, to the Excellent 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. 
 Stopford, under whom, in the Channel, and again in 
 the West Indies, he witnessed, as Master's Mate, 
 the capture of several armed and other vessels; 
 and, on 29 AprU, 1802, he was made Lieutenant 
 into the Belleropho'i 74, Capt. John Loring. His 
 subsequent appointments were — 7 Jan. 1803, after 
 six months of half-pay, to La Piqde 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Cumberland, on the North Sea station, whence, 
 however, he returned to port about April following 
 —8 March, 1804, to the Lucifer bomb, Capts. Gre- 
 gory and Robt. Elliott, lying in the Downs — 22 
 April, 1805, to the Triumph 74, Capt. Hen. Inman, 
 under whom he participated in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action with the combined fleets of France and 
 Spain, 22 July ensuing — 15 May, 1806, to the Samp- 
 son 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, one of Rear-Admiral 
 Chas. Stirling's squadron, when sent to supersede 
 Sir Home Popham in the Rio de la Plata — 24 June, 
 1807, to the Franchise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, 
 from which ship, after attending the expedition to 
 Copenhagen under Lord Gambler, and proceeding 
 with convoy to the West Indies, he invalided in 
 Aug. 1808— and, 8 May, 1809, and 9 March and 11 
 April, 1810, to the sloops Glommen, Capt. Chas. 
 Pickford, Pultusk, Capt. Edw. Flin, and Star, 
 Capts. Wm. Paterson, Wm. Hendrie, and Robt. 
 Lisle Coulson— all likemse in the West Indies. 
 The Glommen was wrecked in Carlisle Bay, Bar- 
 badoes, in Nov. 1809. Commander Brown, who has 
 not been afloat since 13 Dec. 1810, accepted his 
 present rank 25 Feb. 1834. 
 
 BEOWN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 John Hoskins Brown entered the Navy, 25 July, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, 
 Capts. Rich. Grindall, Wm. Lechmere, and Alex. 
 Eraser, under the first of whom he was present, as 
 Midshipman, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. fol- 
 lowing. In April, 1807, he removed with Capt. 
 Fraser to the Vanguard 74, one of Lord Gambler's 
 fleet in the expedition to Copenhagen ; and he was 
 subsequently most actively employed in the same 
 ship, under Capt. Thos. Baker, Rear-Admiral Thos. 
 Bertie, and Capt. Hen. Rich. Glynn, in blockading 
 Zealand, protecting the various British and Swedish 
 convoys passing through the Sound, and skirmish- 
 ing with the Danish gun-boats. He next, in May, 
 
 1809, joined the Tartarus sloop, Capt. Thos. Fras. 
 Chas. Mainwaring, in which vessel we find him, in 
 
 1810, contributing to the destruction of two French 
 privateers off Pillau, and then escorting Gustavus, 
 the ex-King of Sweden, from Riga to England. He 
 was afterwards successively transferred, in Nov. 
 1810, March, 1812, and March, 1813— to the Seine 
 38, Capt. John Hatley, with whom he visited Que- 
 bec— Pomone 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, lying in the 
 Downs— and Prince Regent 56, Commodore Sir 
 Jas. Lucas Yeo. Under the latter officer Mr. Brown 
 shared in most of the operations on the Lakes of 
 Canada, untU at length taken prisoner. He ob- 
 tained his commission 16 Aug. 1814; but has not, 
 since Sept. 1815, been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Brown at present holds the appointment 
 of Registrar-General of Seamen. 
 
 BEOWN. (LtEUTENANT, 1829.) 
 
 John Brown entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1809; 
 passed his examination in 1817 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 12 June, 1829 ; served in the Coast Guard 
 from 30 Deo. 1837 until the close of 1841 ; and since 
 7 July, 1845, has been employed as Admiralty Agent 
 in a contract mail steam-vessel. 
 
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 BROWN. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Joseph William Brown entered the Navy 20 
 July, 1807; passed his examination in 1814; ob- 
 tained his commission 10 Jan. 1825 ; was appointed 
 to the Coast Guard 25 April, 1826 ; removed to the 
 command of the Sylvia Revenue-cruizer 25 Jan. 
 1833 ; returned to the Coast Guard 26 March, 1836 ; 
 from 15 June, 1840, until June, 1845, again had 
 charge of a Revenue-vessel, the Cameleon ; and 
 since the latter date has been re-employed in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 BEOWN. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Robert Brown died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 10 Oct. 1808 ; passed 
 his examination in 1815 ; obtained his commission 
 27 March, 1826 ; and from 31 May, 1838, until 1844, 
 was employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 BROWN, Kt. K.H. (Retired Captain, 1842. 
 F-p., 14; H-p., 38.) 
 Sir Samuel Brown, born in 1776, is eldest son of 
 the late William Brown, Esq., of Borland, co. Gal- 
 loway. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 June, 1795, as 
 A. B., on board the Assistance 50, Capts. Hen. 
 Mowat, John Okes Hardy, Robt. Hall, and Rich. 
 Lee, in which ship he continued to serve, as Mid- 
 shipman, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, on 
 the Newfoundland and North Sea stations, until 
 1801. During that period, under Capt. Mowat, he 
 witnessed the surrender, 28 Aug. 1796, of the French 
 36-gim frigate Elizabeth to the Topaze 36, one of a 
 squadron commanded by Vice-Admiral Geo. Mur- 
 ray ; and, in the summer of 1800, under Capt. Hall, 
 he brought the Duke of Kent from Halifax to Eng- 
 land. He was confirmed into the Irresistible 74, 
 attached to the fleet in the Channel, 6 Nov. 1801 ; 
 was next appointed, 5 July, 1803, to the Royal So- 
 vereign 100, Capts. Rich. Curry and Pulteney Mal- 
 colm, one of whom he accompanied to the Mediter- 
 ranean; there removed, 15 March, 1804, to the 
 Kent 74, Capt. John Chambers White ; and, on 30 
 Jan. 1805, joined, as First-Lieutenant, the Ph<enix, 
 of 42 guns and 245 men, Capt. Thos. Baker. On 10 
 Aug. following Mr. Brown was present in the bril- 
 liant action which rendered the French frigate La 
 Sidon, of 46 guns and 330 men, a prize to the 
 Phcenix, after a furious action of three hours and 
 a half, which cost the former a loss of 27 killed 
 and 44 wounded, and the latter of 12 killed and 
 28 wounded ; yet were six years suffered to roll 
 away before he was awarded that promotion to 
 which, as second in command on an occasion of 
 such heroic gallantry, he was so pre-eminently 
 entitled. After sharing, on 4 Nov. in the same 
 year, in Sir Rich. John Straohan's capture of the 
 four French line-of-battle ships that had escaped 
 from Trafalgar, he was transferred, with Capt. 
 Baker, to the Didon, which ship had been added 
 to the British Navy. He was subsequently ap- 
 pointed, 23 Aug. 1806, to the Imperibuse 38, Capts. 
 Lord Cochrane and Alex. Skene, employed in the 
 Channel ; and, for short periods, 28 Dec. 1807, and 
 14 Nov. 1809, to the Flore 36, and Ulvsses 44, 
 the latter commanded by the Hon. Warwick Lake. 
 He was ultimately advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander 1 Aug. 1811 ; and, on 18 May, 1842, unable 
 to procure further promotion, he accepted the rank 
 of Retired Captain. He was nominated a K.H. 13 
 Jan. 1835. 
 
 Sir Samuel Brown has obtained considerable 
 celebrity by his introduction, besides many other 
 useful inventions, of chain-cables, and suspension 
 bridges and piers. Of the latter it may be sufficient 
 to indicate, as standing monuments of his genius, 
 the bridge across the river Tweed, which was com- 
 menced in 1819 and finished in 1820, — and the Pier 
 at Brighton. He married, 14 Aug. 1822, Mary, 
 daughter of John Home, Esq., Writer to the Signet, 
 Edinburgh. Agents — Pellet and Newton. 
 
 BEOWN. (Lieutenant, 1836.) 
 
 Seymour Yorke Brown died 3 Feb. 1846. He 
 was son of Rear-Admiral Thos. Brown. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1829 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 15 Feb. 1836 ; became Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship 
 in the Mediterranean of Sir Josias Rowley, 22 Aug. 
 following, and of the Princess Charlotte 104, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford on the same 
 station, 16 Aug. 1837; was employed for a few 
 months at the commencement of 1839 in the Bar- 
 ham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, lying at Sheer- 
 ness ; joined, 2 April, 1840, the Vanguard SO, Capt. 
 Sir David Dunn, in the Mediterranean ; removed 
 to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, lying at Sheer- 
 ness, 1 Dec. ensuing ; and, from 9 Nov. 1841, until 
 1845, served in the East Indies as First of the 
 Serpent 16, Capt. Wm. Nevill. 
 
 He married, 31 Aug. 1841, Barbara Whalley 
 Smythe, second daughter of Sir Jas. W. S. Gardiner, 
 Bart., of Roche Court, co. Hants, and niece of Sir 
 Oswald Mosley, Bart., of Ancoats, co. Lancaster, by 
 whom he has left issue. Agents— Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 BEOWN. (Eeaji-Admirai, of the White, 
 1838. F-p., 40 ; HP., 20.) 
 Thomas Brown entered the Navy, towards the 
 close of 1787, as Midshipman, on board the Eliza- 
 beth 74, Capt. Bourmaster, guard-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, and in the following year sailed for the East 
 Indies in the Phcenix 36, commanded successively 
 by Capts. Geo. Anson Byron and Sir Rich. John 
 Strachan, under the latter of whom he partook, in 
 Nov. 1791, on the Malabar coast, of an obstinate 
 conflict with the French frigate La Re'solue, of 46 
 guns, which terminated in the enemy striking his 
 colours after occasioning a loss to himself of 25 
 killed and 40 wounded, and to the British of 6 killed 
 and 11 wounded. In 1792 Mr. Brown removed to 
 the Minerva 38, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, 
 and after assisting, in 1793, at the reduction of 
 Chandenagore, Pondicherry, and other places, he 
 returned home with that officer in the Excellent 
 74, and next followed him into the Cjesar 80, one 
 of the fleet in the Channel, where he was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Glory 98, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Bourmaster, 24 Oct. 1794. His 
 succeeding appointments were — in Nov. following, 
 to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir John Orde 
 on the same station— 11 April, 1795, to the Flora 
 36, Capt. Robt. Gambler Middleton— 19 June, 1801, 
 as First-Lieutenant, to the Centaur 74, Capt. Ben- 
 dall Robt. Littlehales, in the Channel— 26 March, 
 1802, to the Leander 50, Capt. Upton, fitting for 
 the Halifax station — and, 3 July following, to the 
 Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard 
 Neale, off Weymouth. During the six years he was 
 attached to the Flora we find him present at the 
 occupation of Porto Ferrajo, in July, 1796; at the 
 capture, besides the French 16-gun corvette La 
 Carceyre, of nine privateers, carrying in the whole 
 102 guns and 640 men ; and in the expedition to 
 Egypt under Lord Keith and Sir Ralph Abercromby, 
 whose mortal remains he subsequently conveyed to 
 Malta. Capt. Brown, who was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 8 Oct. 1802, was next ap- 
 pointed, 14 Jan. 1803, to the William store-ship, 
 and, in Sept. of the same year, to the Orestes 14, 
 in which vessel he afibrded every support and 
 assistance to Commodore Owen of the Immortalite 
 in a skirmish with the Boulogne flotilla, 23 Oct. 
 1804,* and had the misfortune to be wrecked, II 
 July, 1805, on the Splinter Sand, in Dunkerque 
 Road. After cruizing for some time to the west- 
 ward in the Raven brig, he was awarded, 22 Jan. 
 1806, the command of the Solebay 32, engaged on 
 
 Channel service, and he next joined in succession 
 
 8 Sept. 1808, the Inflexible 64, employed in the 
 River Medway and off Halifax— 29 May, 1810, the 
 CUBA90A, stationed in the Channel— 30 Aug. 1810 
 the Vengeur 74, flag-ship of Sir Joseph Sydney 
 Yorke, in which, after escorting a large body of 
 • FtrfeGaz. 1804, p. 1320. 
 
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 BROWN— BROWNE. 
 
 troops intended as a reinforcement to the Duke of 
 WelUngton's army in Portugal, he cruized oif the 
 Western Islands for the protection of a homeward- 
 bound East India fleet— 29 Nov. 1811, theBcLWARK 
 74, Commodore Sir Kich. King, serving off Brest 
 and L'Orient— and, 21 March, 1812, and 20Nov. 1814, 
 the LoiKE 38, and Satckn 56, in both of which ships 
 he took a very active part in the hostile operations 
 on the coast of North America, and, in the former, 
 captured, 10 Dec. 1813, the Jtolla privateer, of 5 guns 
 and 80 men.* He was placed out of commission 24 
 April, 1815 ; obtained command of the Ordinary at 
 Sheemess 14 Oct. 1816 ; was selected by Rear- Ad- 
 miral Kobt. Lambert to be his Flag-Captain in the 
 Vigo 74, at St. Helena, then the abode of Napoleon 
 Buonaparte, 12 Nov. 1819 ;t from 16 Oct. 1822, 
 until his return home with specie to the amount of 
 820,000 dollars, 31 Jan. 1826, commanded the Tar- 
 tab 42, in South America, where he was presented 
 by the celebrated Bolivar with his portrait, as a 
 mark of esteem ; was next appointed, 26 Oct. 1831, 
 to the Talavera 74, employed on Particular Ser- 
 vice ; and, on 17 May, 1833, assumed command of 
 the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Captain to Sir Josias 
 Rowley in the Mediterranean. Capt. Brown was 
 superseded in Oct. 1835, and has since been on half- 
 pay. He obtained his Flag 28 June, 1838. 
 
 fiear-Admiral Brown's eldest son, Thomas Bour- 
 master, is a Commander in the Navy ; and another 
 son, Seymour Torke, died a Lieutenant in the same 
 service. One of his daughters is married to Com- 
 mander Jas. "Wm. Morgan, R.N. Agents— Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
 BKOWN. (Retired Commander, 1833. r-p., 
 15; H-P., 40.) 
 William Brown entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1792, 
 as Surgeon's Servant, on board the Hind fn^ate, 
 Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane, stationed off the 
 coit of Scotland; and, in March, 1/93, joined the 
 Edgar 74, Capts. Albemarle Bertie and Sir Chas. 
 Hen. Knowles, employed in the Channel and also m 
 the North Sea, where she was completely dismasted 
 in a violent gale. On removing, as Midshipman, to 
 the Goliath 74, commanded successively by Capts. 
 Sir C. H. Knowles and Thos. Foley, he took part, 
 after cruizing for a considerable time off Toulon, in 
 the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, and 
 was present, 1 Aug. 1798, in the battle of the Nile. 
 At the close of Sir John Jervis' victory, Mr. Brown 
 was detached for some months into the Britannia 
 100 Capt. Edw. Marsh, for the purpose of escorting 
 home the four Spanish prizes. He became attached, 
 in Aug. 1799, to the Queen Charlotte 100, flag- 
 ship of Lord Keith in the Mediterranean ; was 
 transferred, 2 March, 1800, to the Caroline 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Bowen, under whom he assisted at the 
 capture of several privateers ; and on ultimately 
 rejoining Lord Keith in the Foddrotakt, was ac- 
 tively employed in landing troops during the expe- 
 dition to Egypt in 1801. He obtained his promotion 
 22 Feb. 1802 ; held a command in the Sea Fencihles 
 at St. David's, from 13 July, 1804, until 28 Feb. 
 1810, when that corps was disbanded; and was 
 placed on the List of Retired Commanders 11 Dec. 
 1833. 
 
 BROWN. (Commander, 1841. p-p., 18; h-p., 9.) 
 Thomas Bouemaster Brown, born 17 March, 
 1806, is eldest son of Rear- Admiral Thos. Brown. 
 
 This ot&cei entered the Navy, 1 March, 1820, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ViGo 74, commanded by 
 his father, then Flag-Captain to Rear- Admiral Robt. 
 Lambert, on the St. Helena station. He next, from 
 Sept. 1821, until Jan. 1826, served in South America, 
 as Midshipman of the Beaver 10, Capt. Archibald 
 Maclean, Creole 36, Commodore Sir 'rhos. Master- 
 man Hardy, and Tartar 42, Capt. Brown ; became, 
 on the latter date, attached to the Victory 104, 
 flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin ; passed 
 his examination 1 March following ; and, after an 
 intermediate servitude, as Mate, in the Espiegle 18, 
 Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater, Isis 50, flag-ship 
 of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and Aurora 46, 
 Capt. Chas. John Austen, on the West India station, 
 was made Lieutenant into the Espiegle, Capt. G. 
 A. Yates, 15 March, 1828. He returned home, in 
 June, 1830, in the Fairy 10, Capt. Fras. Blair, and 
 successively joined, between that period and April, 
 
 1835, when he invalided, the Prince Regent 120, 
 flag-ship at the Nore of Sir John Poo Beresford, 
 one, afterwards, of an experimental sq^uadron under 
 Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker — Donegal 78, Capt. 
 John Dick, similarly employed — and Talavera 74, 
 and Caledonia 120, both commanded by his father, 
 in the North Sea and Mediterranean. He was sub- 
 sequently appointed for short periods — 30 March, 
 
 1836, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe, 
 on the latter station — 26 July, 1838, to the Britan- 
 nia, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Philip Durham — 
 and, 30 Oct. 1840, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. 
 Stirling, also in the Mediterranean. He was pro- 
 moted to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, and since 
 10 Jan. 1846, has been in command of the Snake 16, 
 at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 Commander Brown married, 1 Feb. 1837, Louisa, 
 eldest daughter of the late Dr. Peter Breton, Super- 
 intendent of the Bengal Native Medical Establish- 
 ment, and by that lady has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
 * Vide Gai. 1814, p. 1966. 
 
 f Capt. Brown was one of the three naval Captains who, 
 with Sir Hudson Lowe, Itear- Admiral Lambert, and the other 
 authorities, inspected the body of the unfortunate Emperor 
 on the morning after his decease, 6 May, 1821,— Ftite Gaz. 
 leal, p. U09. 
 
 BROWNE. (Beab-Admiral of the Red, 1840. 
 F-p., 25 ; H-p., 45.) 
 Edward Walpolb Browne was bom in 1767, 
 and died 15 Oct. 1846, at Spittal, Berwick-upon- 
 Tweed. He was of a family of high respectability, 
 long seated at Godmenstone, co. Dorset, being a de- 
 scendant, lineally and collaterally we presume, of 
 Sir John Browne, Kt., who died a Rear-Admiral in 
 1627, at the age of 69, and of Sir Bobt. Browne, Kt., 
 who died a Vice- Admiral in 1634, at the age of 70; 
 and a near relative of Rear-Admiral Philip Browne. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1777, on 
 board the Scorpion, Capt. Philip Browne, and suc- 
 cessively served, until the close of the first American 
 war, in the Rose 20, commanded by the same Cap- 
 tain, FowEY 20, Capt. John Henry, Perseos frigate, 
 and Warwick 50, both commanded by Capt. Geo. 
 Keith Elphinstone, and L'Aigle 36, Capts. Peacock 
 and Wm. Fooks. During that period, in the Rose 
 and FowEY, he assisted, in Sept. and Oct. 1779, at 
 the defence of Savannah, where Capt. Browne, who 
 afterwards died from excessive fatigue, sank his ship 
 on the bar at the entrance of the river to prevent 
 the approach of the enemy's fleet. He served also, 
 in the Perseus, at the reduction of Charlestown, in 
 May, 1780 ; and contributed, in the Warwick, to 
 the capture, in Jan. 1781, of the Rotterdam Dutch 
 ship, of 50 guns and 300 men, after a smart action, 
 and, on 11 Sept. 1782, of L'Aigle French frigate, of 
 40 guns and 600 men. In 1785 Mr. Browne joined 
 the Standard 64, Capt. Wm. Dickson, at Ports- 
 mouth. He passed his examination in the course of 
 the same year ; and, after a further attachment of 
 four years to the Jupiter 50, bearing the broad 
 pendants of Commodores Rich. Hussey Bickerton 
 and Wm. Parker in the Leeward Islands, and 
 Marlborough 74, flag-ship off Madeira of Rear- 
 Admiral Sam. Cornish, was made Lieutenant into 
 the CuLLODEN 74, Capts. Hen. Collins and Thos. 
 MacKenzie, on the WvCSt India station, 9 Nov. 1790. 
 His next appointments were — 24 Jan. 1793, to the 
 Brilliant frigate, Capts. Mark Robinson and Wm. 
 Pierrepont, employed in the North Sea and Downs— 
 11 March, 1795, to the Leopard 50, flag-ship on the 
 same stations of Vice- Admiral Joseph Peyton — and, 
 5 July, 1796, as First-Lieutenant, to the Overyssel 
 64, bearing the flag of the latter officer, and, after- 
 wards, of Vice- Admirals Skeffington Lutwidge, John 
 Bazely, and Geo. Vandeput, in the Downs. He 
 obtained a Commander's commission 25 June, 1799; 
 
BROWNE. 
 
 135 
 
 was advanced to Post-rank 29 April, 1802 ; held a 
 command in the Lincolnshire and Sussex districts 
 of Sea Fencibles, from Sept. 1803, until that corps 
 was disbanded in Feb. 1810 ; and, with the exception 
 of a short period in 1815, during which he dis- 
 charged the duties of Regulating-Captain at Water- 
 ford, was not further employed. Capt. Browne 
 became a Kear-Admiral 17 Aug. 1840. 
 
 He married, 6 Blarch, 1845, Hannah, eldest 
 daughter of the late Kobt. Ogle, Esq., of Egling- 
 ham, Northumberland. 
 
 BROWNE.* (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 11 ; 
 H-p., 39.) 
 
 Geokge Browne was born, 15 Jan. 1784, at 
 Bridgewater, co. Somerset. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Kotal George 100, flag- 
 ship in the Channel of Lord Bridport, under the 
 auspices of Sir Chas. Morice Pole, then Captain of 
 the Fleet. In July, 1799, he removed to the BoA- 
 dioea 38, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, commanding 
 the advanced squadron off Brest, and, in July, 1800, 
 he rejoined Sir C. M. Pole in the Agincourt 64, on 
 that ofl&cer being appointed Governor of Newfound- 
 land. He subsequently served with him, in the St. 
 George 98, on the Baltic, Cadiz, and West India 
 stations, until paid oSj 27 July, 1802. At the re- 
 newal of hostilities Mr. Browne, in the Amphion 32, 
 accompanied Lord Nelson to the Mediterranean, 
 and there followed him, as Signal-Midshipman, 31 
 July, 1803, into the Victory 100. On 1 Aug. 1804, 
 he was promoted by his Lordship to be one of his 
 Signal-Lieutenants, an appointment which the Ad- 
 miralty confirmed 18 Oxjt. in the same year. In the 
 summer of 1805 he went to the West Indies and 
 back in pursuit of the combined fleets of France 
 and Spain, and, when closing with the enemy off 
 Trafalgar, on the memorable 21 Oct., he was the 
 officer who had the honour of receiving verbally 
 from Lord Nelson his last immortal signal, " Eng- 
 land expects," &c. He was immediately after- 
 wards sent to take charge of the foremost guns on 
 the middle-deck, with an assurance from the hero 
 of promotion, all hopes of which however were 
 quickly blighted by the fall of the lamented chief. 
 After attending the funeral of his friend, Mr. 
 Browne returned to the Mediterranean in the Ocean 
 98, as Flag-Lieutenant to Lord CoUingwood, with 
 whom he removed, in 1809, to the Ville de Paris 
 110. On the death of that nobleman, which took 
 place 7 March, 1810, he returned home with his re- 
 mains, and in consequence of a strong recommenda- 
 tion in his favour, forwarded by the late Admiral a 
 few days only previous to his demise, was advanced 
 to the rank of Commander by commission dated 
 back to the day on which the melancholy event 
 occurred. Unable thenceforth to procure employ- 
 ment, he accepted his present rank 28 Sept. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Browne is in tlie Commission of the Peace 
 for the 00. of Somerset, and a J.P. for the borough 
 of Bridgewater. He married, in 1814, the daughter 
 of Thos. Pyke, Esq., of the latter place, by whom 
 he has issue. It may be as well to add that, finding 
 it impossible to obtain an appointment in the Navy, 
 Capt. Browne entered as a student at the Inner 
 Temple, was called to the bar in 1821, practised for 
 some years at Exeter with great success, and ulti- 
 mately became manager of the West of England 
 and South Wales District Banks. 
 
 BROWNE, Lord. (Lieotestant, 1846.) 
 
 Lord John Thomas Browne, bom 10 Sept. 1824, 
 is third son of the Marquess of Sligo, by Lady 
 Hester Catherine de Burgh, eldest daughter of 
 John Thomas, 13th Earl of Clanricarde. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 31 Deo. 1843 ; 
 served for a considerable time as Mate, in the Medi- 
 terranean, of the Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. 
 Thos. Graves ; and obtained his commission 21 May, 
 1846. He is at present on half-pay. 
 
 • BnowN in the Navy List. 
 
 BROWNE. (Reab-Admiral of the Elite, 1846. 
 F-p., 27 ; H-p., 38.) 
 
 Philip Browne, bom 16 Sept. 1772, is only sur- 
 viving son of the late Capt. Philip Browne, R.N., 
 who lost his life from over exertion at the defence 
 of Savannah in 1779, at the age of 38; and a close 
 relative of Rear-Admiral E. W. Browne. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, on board 
 the Ruby 64, Capt. Sir John CoUeris. He next 
 joined the Crown 64, Capt. Sam. Reeve, and, in 
 May, 1787, as Fst.-cl. Vol., the Colossus 74, Capt. 
 Hugh Cloberry Christian, stationed in the Channel ; 
 after which he became attached, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, to the Racehorse 18, Capts. 
 David Stow and Thos. Foley, in the North Sea, 
 Illdstrioos 74, flag-ship in the Channel of Hon. 
 John Leveson Gower, and Minerva 38, and Crown 
 64, both commanded by Hon. Wm. CornwaUis, in 
 the East Indies, where he was detached for some 
 time in 1792 into the Despatch gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Whitby. While in the Minerva, 
 in 1793, Mr. Browne assisted, as Master's Mate, at 
 the reduction of Pondicherry, and was employed in 
 her boats cutting out a vessel from under fire of the 
 batteries of that place. On 22 Dec. in the latter 
 year he was made Lieutenant into the Bien Aims 
 18, Capt. Rich. King, also on the East India station, 
 and in that capacity he was subsequently appointed 
 —10 April, 1795, to the Nassau 64, Capt. Herbert 
 Sawyer, flag-ship, ultimately, of Rear-Admiral Rich. 
 Onslow in the North Sea— 17 Feb. 1798, to the 
 Daphne 20, commanded by Capt. Sir Chas. Lind- 
 say, for a short period too by himself, and next by 
 Capt. Rich. Matson, in which he beheld the capture, 
 in the Channel, of a large Swedish convoy by a 
 squadron under Capt. John Lawford, in the follow- 
 ing summer, and then proceeded to the West Indies 
 — in Feb. 1800, to the command of the Chatham 
 cartel, for the purpose of conveying to Old Spain 
 the Walloon guards taken at the reduction of Suri- 
 nam — 28 May in the same year, to the Ardent 64, 
 Capt. Thos. Bertie— and, 26 Feb. 1801, and 17 
 March, 1802, to the command of the Swan cutter, 
 and Vixen 14, gun-brig. On 25 Sept. 1806, he was 
 promoted into the Plover 18, in which sloop he 
 continued imtil his advancement to Post-rank, 19 
 June, 1810. His next appointments were— 31 May, 
 1811, pro tern., to the Dannemark 74, employed in 
 blockading Cherbourg — and, 9 July following, to 
 the Hermes 20, stationed for some time on the 
 Brazilian coast. During the 12 years of Capt. 
 Browne's attachment to the Swan, Vixen, Plover, 
 and Hermes, we find him cruizing against the 
 enemies of his country, principally in the North Sea 
 and Channel, with the most unparalleled success. 
 He took 11 privateers,* carrying in the whole 114 
 guns and 744 men ; captured and detained 37 mer- 
 chantmen, with cargoes amounting in value to 
 300,000?., which however became droits of Admi- 
 ralty; re-took 13 valuable British trading-vessels; 
 rescued 200 British seamen from captivity ; made 
 868 French prisoners ; and seized 20 smuggling- 
 vessels, which produced to the Crown a clear profit 
 of 47,214?. Us. lOd. Capt. Browne, when in the 
 Plover, thrice obtained official notice— first, for 
 his zealous co-operation with Capt. Geo. M'Kinley 
 in support of the Spanish patriots, in the early part 
 of 1809 — next, for the assiduity, skill, and propriety 
 with which he managed the various details and ar- 
 rangements of the flotilla under Commodore Co3k- 
 burn, whose broad pendant was flying on board the 
 Plover, at the ensuing reduction of Flushing f — 
 and on another occasion, at the capture, 18 Sept. 
 
 • The following is a list of the privateers taken by Capt. 
 Browne : — Xe Lionnais^ of 2 guns and 21 men ; Le Petit 
 Diable, of 4 guns and 45 men ; L'EHxe, of 14 guns and 66 
 men; La Josephine, of 14 guns and 55 men (taken in com- 
 pany with Amethvst and Drtad) ; La. Bohimienne, of 2 
 guns and 28 men ; L'Amiral Martin, of 4 guns and 104 men ; 
 L'Aarore, of Ifi guns and 69 men ; L' Hirondelle, of 16 guns 
 and 65 men ; I^ Lizard, of 57 men ; Le Saratu, of 14 guns 
 and 100 men; La Muuche, of 14 guns and 51 men (run 
 down) ; and the Sword Fish, of 14 guns and 83 men (taken 
 in company with the Elephant). 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1326. 
 
136 
 
 BROWNE-BROWNRIGG. 
 
 1809, of L' Aware privateer (mentioned below), an 
 exploit which we find attributed to the " great ex- 
 ertions of that indefatigable officer Capt. Browne."* 
 He returned to England in 1814 in the Hekmes 
 sloop, and has since been on half-pay. His promo- 
 tion to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846. Agents 
 ■ — Messrs. Ualford and Co. 
 
 BROWNE. (Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 184C. 
 F-P., 28 ; H-P., 42.) 
 Thomas Bkowne entered the Navy, 5 April, 1782, 
 as Captain's Servant, on board the Alexander 74, 
 Capts. E. Michael and Lord Longford, attached to 
 the force in the Channel ; removed, as Midshipman, 
 in Dec. following, to the Caknatic 74, commanded 
 by the latter officer and Capt. Joseph Peyton ; 
 joined soon afterwards the Thetis 38, Capt. John 
 Blaukett, on the Mediterranean station, where he 
 remained three years ; and, after a further servitude 
 in the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Bourmaster, guard-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Caktsfoet 28, Capt. Matthew Smith, 
 again in the Mediterranean, and Bakfledr and 
 KoYAL George three-deckers, bearing the flag in 
 the Channel of Hon. Sam. Barrington, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 Nov. 1790. 
 From Feb. 1793, to Dec. 1796, he next served in the 
 Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. Carpenter, off St. 
 Domingo, where he frequently landed in command 
 of a division of seamen to co-operate with the 
 British troops in their warfare with Toussaint de 
 rOuverture and other native chiefs in the French 
 interest. In Feb. 1796, with the Intrepid's boats 
 under his orders, he cut out from a small cove near 
 Porto Plata, on the north side of the island. La 
 Pergante, of 26 guns and a complement of nearly 
 200 men, all of whom fled on his approach. The 
 prize was added to the British Navy under the 
 name of Jamaica. Mr. Browne's succeeding ap- 
 pointments were, as First Lieutenant — 9 Dec. 1796, 
 and 22 May, 1797, to the Greyhound 32, and 
 Nymph 36, Capts. Wm. Young and Percy Eraser, 
 employed in the Channel — 8 April, 1799, to the 
 AsTREA 32, Capt. Rich. Dacres, in the North Sea — 
 and, 1 Jan. 1800, to the Elephant 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Foley, one of the fleet in the Channel, where he 
 was advanced to the command of the Chapman 
 armed ship, 11 Aug. 1800. Capt. Browne attained 
 Post-rank 29 April, 1802, but remained on half-pay 
 until appointed, 11 March, 1806, to the Tonhant 80, 
 as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Eliab Harvey, 
 then off Cape Finisterre ; after which we find him 
 serving, in 1808-9, in the Sea Fencibles — from Dec. 
 1811, to Dec. 1812, successively in the Hannibal, 
 Christian VH., and Aboukir third-rates, flag-ships 
 of Rear-Admirals Philip Chas. Durham and Thos. 
 Byam Martin, the latter of which he commanded 
 at the siege of Riga — and, from May, 1813, to Dec. 
 1815, in the Ulysses 44. "Wliile in that ship he was 
 employed for some time in the Belt in protecting 
 the convoys passing to and from the Baltic ; next, 
 in Dec. 1813, in conveying the army under Sir 
 Thos. Graham to the Scheldt ; afterwards in escort- 
 ing a large fleet of merchantmen to the West Indies; 
 and ultimately, as Commodore, on the coast of 
 Africa, where he destroyed the only two remaining 
 British slave-factories, and otherwise effectually 
 contributed to the suppression of the negro traffic. 
 On the escape of Buonaparte from Elba be volun- 
 tarily convoyed home from St. Helena, to the great 
 Erejudice of his professional interests, a fleet of 
 aciiamen, equal in value to 10,000,000i. sterling, and 
 was in consequence presented by the Hon. E. I. C. 
 with a larger sum for the purchase of plate than 
 had ever before been voted to any Captain. Vice- 
 Admiral Browne, who has been on half-pay since 
 the peace, became a Rear-Admiral 17 Aug. 1840, 
 and acquired his present rank 11 Dec. 1846. 
 
 He married the eldest daughter of the late Lieut. 
 Michael Jenkins, K.N., who was lost, on 29 July, 
 1811, during a violent gale off Antigua, in the 
 Gdachapin 14, shortly after his promotion to the 
 command of that vessel. 
 
 BROWNE (Commander, 1832. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 10.) 
 William Cheselden Browne,'* whose ancestors 
 were High Sheriffs of Leicestershire as far back as 
 the reign of Henry VH., is second son of the late 
 Suffield Brown, Esq., of Leesthorpe Hall, m that 
 CO. ; nephew of the late Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown ; 
 and first-cousin of Commander C. F. Brown, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1816, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Pa^ 
 terson, and, on 27 Aug. in the same year, was at 
 the battle of Algiers. He next, in 1819, joined the 
 Caeron 20, Capt. John Furneaux, under whom he 
 was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal on the night of 
 5 July, 1820, and, in 1821, the Eoryaxds 42, Capt. 
 Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, attached to the force m 
 the Mediterranean. He passed his examination 22 
 July, 1824; proceeded subsequently to the West 
 Indies in the Pyramus 42, Capt. Robt. Gambler ; 
 and, after serving for some time as Flag-Mate to Sir 
 Edw. Codrington in the Asia 84, again on the Me- 
 diterranean station, was advanced to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 9 Oct. 1827. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Spencer— Pelican 18, Capt. Wm. Alex. Baillie 
 Hamilton, in which we find him actively engaged at 
 the destruction of several piratical vessels in the 
 harbour of Carabusa— Warspite 76, as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Sir Edw. Codrington, with whom he re- 
 turned home — Undaunted 46, Capt. A. W. J. Clif- 
 ford, in the Channel — Alphed 50, Capt. Robt. 
 Maunsell, in the Mediterranean — and Melville 74, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir John Gore in the East 
 Indies, where he was promoted, 13 June, 1832, to a 
 death vacancy in the Comet 18, which sloop, how- 
 ever, he never joined. He returned to England in 
 the early part of 1833, and since 15 July, 1842, has 
 been in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Browne married, 24 March, 1836, 
 Susannah Inman, second daughter of the late Vice- 
 Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee, and has issue two 
 children. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1515. 
 
 BROWNRIGG. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 14.) 
 Marcus Freeman Brownrigg is second son of 
 the late General Thos. Brownrigg, who died in 1827, 
 by Anne, daughter of Eobt. Shearman, Esq., of 
 Kilcrean, co. Kilkenny ; nephew of the late General 
 Sir Robt. Brownrigg, Bart., G.C.B., Colonel of the 
 9th Foot, and Governor of Landguard Fort ; and 
 cousin both of the late Capt. Wm. Crosbie Brown- 
 rigg, R.N., who died in 1805, and the present Sir 
 Robt. Jas. Brownrigg, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 
 3 Feb. 1813, and embarked, 4 Feb. 1816, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray 
 Maxwell, in which ship he accompanied Lord Am- 
 herst on his embassy to China, and was wrecked, 
 while returning home with that nobleman, in the 
 Straits of Gaspar, 18 Feb. 1817. He next served for 
 upwards of four years in the Glasgow 50, Capts. 
 Hon. Anthony Maitland and Bentinck Cavendish 
 Doyle, on the Mediterranean and East India sta- 
 tions ; passed his examination 12 March, 1821 ; wag 
 promoted, from the Leandeh 60, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Sir Hen. Blackwood, to be Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 ToPAZE 38, Capt. Price Blackwood, 24 May, 1822 ; 
 and, on his arrival in England, was officially con- 
 firmed, 20 Nov. in the same year. He was after- 
 wards appointed — 2 Feb. 1824, to the Samaeang 28, 
 Capts. Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman and David 
 Dunn, employed on the Halifax and Cape stations — 
 30 Sept. 1827, and 23 Dec. 1828, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Spareowhawk 18, Capt. Jas. Polkinghome, 
 and Maidstone 42, Commodores Wm. Skipsey and 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg, both on the latter station — 
 13 Dec. 1832, to the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John 
 Hay, in the North Sea— and, 15 May, 1833, to the 
 Donegal 78, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral 
 Wm. Hall Gage, then engaged on a Particular Ser- 
 vice. He was placed on half-pay in the following 
 Aug., and has not since been employed. 
 
 * lliis officer's name is, projrerly, Brown. 
 
BRUCE. 
 
 137 
 
 Lieut. Brownrigg married, 19 Jan. 1830, Maria, 
 only daughter of Colonel Blake. Agents — Messrs. 
 StUweU. 
 
 BRUCE. (LiEDT., 1815. r-p., 11; H-p.,28.) 
 Charles Bruce died 23 Aug. 1843. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1805, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Agincourt 64, Capt. 
 Thos. Briggs ; and, on ultimately accompanying the 
 same Captain to the West Indies in the Orpheus 32, 
 was wrecked, as Midshipman, 22 Jan. 1807. He 
 then joined the Cuba, Capt. John Parish, hut re- 
 moved in the following Sept. to the Amphion 32, 
 Capt. Sir "Wm. Hoste. While in the latter frigate, 
 Mr. Bruce, on 12 May, 1808, shared in a very spirited 
 engagement of many hours with several batteries in 
 the Bay of Bosas, in an attempt to cut out the 
 French frigate-built 800-ton store-ship Balleine, 
 mounting from 26 to 30 guns, with a crew of 150 
 men. He also, on 27 Aug. 1809, served with a de- 
 tachment, under Lieut. C. G. K. Phillott, at the 
 storming of the strong fort of Cortellazzo, near 
 Trieste; the capture of which occasioned the simul- 
 taneous surrender, within sight of the Italian squa^ 
 dron off Venice, of 6 of the enemy's g\m-boats, and 
 a large convoy of merchant-trabacolos anchored for 
 protection under its walls.* On 29 June, 1810, Mr. 
 Bruce further landed near the town of Groa, and, 
 after defeating a large body of French troops, 
 assisted at the capture and destruction of a convoy 
 of 25 vessels.f He was eventually captured by the 
 enemy in Nov. 1810, and taken to Italy, where he 
 was detained a prisoner until Jan. 1812. Being 
 then released, he successively joined, in the course 
 of the same year, the TJsite 36, Capt. Edwin Henry 
 Chamberlayne, Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Kowley, and 
 Bacchante 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste and Fras. 
 Stanfell. On 14 Feb. 1813, we find him serving in 
 the Bacchante's barge, armed with a 12-pounder 
 carronade, and manned with 23 of&cers and men, 
 under Lieut. Silas Thomson Hood, at the boarding 
 and capture, near Otranto, of the French gun-vessel 
 Alciitous, of 2 long 24-pounders and 45 men ; and, 
 on 5 Jan. 1814, his emulous conduct appears to have 
 been spoken of in high terms by Sir Wm. Hoste, in 
 his despatch announcing the surrender, after a ten 
 days' cannonade, of the fortress of Cattaro, in the 
 Adriatic.]: Mr. Bruce — who we believe witnessed 
 the ensuing reduction of Kagusa, and, by his un- 
 wearied exertions, as Master's Mate, in command of 
 a party of 30 seamen, attached^ to the army at the 
 capture of Machias, in Sept. 1814, obtained the 
 official notice of Lieut.-Colonel Pilkington § — was 
 confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 15 Feb. 1815, in the 
 Adder sloop, Capts. Jos. Pearce and Sam. Malbon. 
 He left that vessel, of which he acted for two months 
 as Commander, 6 Sept. 1815 ; and was not afterwards 
 employed. 
 
 BRUCE. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 Henrt William Bruce, born 2 Feb. 1792, is 
 third and only surviving son of the late Kev. Sir 
 Henry Hervey Aston Bruce, Bart., by Letitia, 
 daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Henry Barnard, 
 granddaughter of Wm. Barnard, Bishop of Derry, 
 and niece of Thos. Barnard, Bishop of Limerick. 
 He is uncle of the present Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, 
 Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, towards the close 
 of 1803, as a Boy, on board the Euryalus 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood, and, on 21 Oct. 1805, was 
 present, as Midshipman, at the battle of Trafalgar. 
 In 1806 he joined the Ajax 74, commanded by the 
 same officer, and, on her destruction by fire off the 
 Dardanells, 14 Feb. 1807, became attached to the 
 Endtmion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, part 
 of Sir John 'Thos. Duckworth's force at the passage 
 of those straits. After further assisting at the em- 
 barkation of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna in 
 Jan. 1809, Mr. Bruce rejoined Capt. Blackwood in 
 the Warspite 74, stationed in the North Sea, and, 
 
 * Vide Gm. 1809, p. 1907. + r. Gal. 1810, p. 1858. 
 
 + Viie Gaz. 1814, p. 101. } V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2122. 
 
 on 5 Jan. 1810, he was promoted, from the Bellona 
 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, into the Prospero 
 sloop, Capt. John Hardy Godby, from which he was, 
 however, removed, on 17 of the same month, to the 
 Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. Byron. While in that 
 ship he in part commanded her boats, in conjunction 
 with those of the Nemesis 28, at the very gallant 
 capture, off the coast of Norway, of 2 Danish gun- 
 vessels, the Bolder and Thor, of 8 guns and 45 men 
 each, and destruction of a third, 23 July, 1810 * — 
 obtained the official notice of his Captain for his 
 skilful management of the Bblvidera's main-deck 
 stem-chasers, when she ably escaped, after a long 
 running fight, and a loss of 2 men killed and 22 
 wounded, from a powerful American squadron un- 
 der Commodore Rodgers, 23 June, 1812, on which 
 occasion he was himself slightly wounded— again 
 served in the boats, with those of a squadron under 
 Lieut. Kelly Nazer, at the boarding and capture, 
 on 8 Feb. 1813, after a most obstinate resistance, of 
 the American letter-of-marque lottery, of six 12- 
 pounder carronades and 28 men, an exploit which 
 was acknowledged by the especial thanks of the 
 Commander-in-Chief— and subsequently aided in 
 taking and destroying the privateers Bunker^s Hill 
 of 7 guns and 72 men, and Mars of 15 guns and 70 
 men. Capt. Bruce, who was advanced to the com- 
 mand of the Manly brig, 27 May, 1814, next, in 
 Aug. of that year, accompanied Rear- Admiral Cock- 
 burn up the Patuxent as far as Nottingham, and, 
 on the return of the British army from Washington, 
 there hoisted the flag of that gallant officer, whose 
 acknowledgments for his services he had the honour, 
 with others, to receive. f In Sept. following, the 
 Manly was employed up the Patapsto river during 
 the advance of Major-General Ross on Baltimore. 
 We soon afterwards find Capt. Bruce returning to 
 England with despatches in the Rover sloop, and, 
 until paid off in Sept. 1815, successively employed 
 in escorting the outward-bound East India trade to 
 the southward of the equator, in convoying home a 
 fleet of merchantmen from Barbadoes, and cruizing 
 off Dieppe for the purpose of intercepting Napoleon 
 Buonaparte, should occasion offer. On 16 March, 
 1821, he was appointed to the Sappho sloop, and, 
 being the Senior Commander on the Cork station 
 at the time of George the Fourth's visit to Ireland, 
 was promoted to Post-rank, by commission dated 
 16 Nov. in the same year. He subsequently, from 
 4 Oct. 1823, until 3 April, 1824, officiated as Flag- 
 Captain, in the Britannia 120, to the Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Inglis Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief at Ply- 
 mouth ; commanded the Imogene 26, on the South 
 American station, from 7 June, 1836, until paid off 
 at the close of 1839 ; and, on 1 Feb. 1842, was selected 
 by his brother-in-law. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, to 
 be his Flag-Captain in the Agincoubt 72, on the 
 East India station. He has been on half-pay since 
 May, 1845. 
 
 Capt. Bruce married, first, 9 Feb. 1822, Jane, 
 second daughter of Admiral Hon. Sir Alex. Inglis 
 Cochrane, sister of Bear-Admiral Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane, and sister-in-law of Rear-Admiral Sir 
 Edw. Thos. Trowbridge, Bart., by whom, who died 
 22 June, 1830, he has issue two sons and two 
 daughters. He espoused, secondly, 13 March, 1832, 
 Mary Minchin, youngest daughter of the late Col. 
 Geo. Dalrymple, and by that lady he also has issue. 
 Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 BRUCE. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 Thomas Bruce obtained his commission 9 Feb. 
 
 1815; and has not since been afloat. Agents 
 
 Pettet and Newton. 
 
 BRUCE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Cuppage Bruce is son of the Rev. T. 
 Bruce, of Westbere, near Canterbury. 
 
 This officer was employed throughout all the ope- 
 rations on the coast of Syria, including the capture 
 of St. Jean d'Acre. He passed his examination 2 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1342. + V. Gaz. 1814, p. 1943. 
 
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138 
 
 BRUNTON-BRYANT-BRYDGES-BUCHAN-BUCHANAN. 
 
 June, 1841 ; served for some years as Mate of the 
 QoEEN 110, and Formidable 84, flag-ships in the 
 Mediterranean of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen ; and, 
 on 26 May, 1846, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant as a reward for the conduct he had previously 
 displayed in the Habpy steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Edw. Halked Beauchamp Proctor, when un- 
 der a galling fire from the forts of San Lorenzo, in 
 the river Parana, on which occasion, his Captain 
 being disabled, he took charge of the ship.* His 
 name has been since borne on the books of the 
 Veenon 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood 
 Liglefield. 
 
 BRUNTON. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 3.) 
 John Bkuntos was bom 1 Sept. 1794. 
 This officer entered the Navy 25 March, 1808, 
 and, until 1813, served, successively, in the Bak- 
 FLEDR 98, Thunderer 74, and Banteker 14. He 
 then joined the Lacedemonian 38, Capt. Sam. Jack- 
 son, employed on the coast of North America, where 
 he assisted at the capture of nearly 200 merchant- 
 men, and was in the boats at the taking of the 
 United States gun-boat No. 160. He subsequently 
 became attached to the Niger and Ister frigates, 
 and Cherokee brig ; was appointed, early in 1824, 
 to the Hecla bomb, Capt. Edw. "Wm. Parry ; and, 
 after accompanying that ofScer on his third voyage 
 for the discovery of a North-West passage, was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 30 Dec. 1825. Since 27 
 Feb. 1828— with the exception of three years, from 
 9 April, 1832, to 23 May, 1835, when he held com- 
 mand of the Mermaid Kevenue-cruizer — Mr. 
 Brunton has been employed in the Coast Guard, of 
 which he is now an Inspecting-Lieutenant. 
 
 He married, in Oct. 1826, Ann, second daughter 
 of "Wm. Hill, Esq., of Birmingham, and by that lady 
 has issue nine children. 
 
 16, commanded subsequently by Capts. Fairfax 
 Moresby and Walter Croker, on the Mediterranean 
 station. While attached to that vessel, Mr. Brydges 
 served in her boats, as Master's Mate, at the capture, 
 in April, 1812, of two French privateers, one a 
 felucca, of 8 guns and 60 men, the other a settee, of 
 4 guns and 45 men ; commanded, on 18 Aug. 1813, 
 a boat at the successful storming of the French bat- 
 teries at the entrance of the Booca di Cattaro ; was 
 employed in the batteries at the siege of Trieste, m 
 Oct following; and afterwards participated in many 
 boat affairs on the river Po. He passed his exami- 
 nation 20 March, 1814; was paid off Irom the 
 Wizard in Sept. 1815 ; then joined the Erne 20, 
 Capt. Kich. Spencer, under whom he experienced a 
 great deal of arduous boat-service in the Archipe- 
 lago, until his return home in Dec. 1817 ; and be- 
 came attached subsequently in succession to the 
 Spencer 74, Capt. Wm. Bobt. Broughton, in the 
 Channel, Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baum- 
 gardt, in the West Indies, Brazen 24, Capt. Wm. 
 Shepheard, off St. Helena and the Cape, Eamiujies 
 74, Capt. Edw. Bruce, at Portsmouth, and Owen 
 Glendoweb 36, Commodore Sir Kobt. Mends, em- 
 ployed in suppression of the slave-trade on the coast 
 of Africa. He became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Bann 20, Capt. Thos. Saumarez, 1 Aug. 1823 ; ob- 
 tained his official promotion on 22 Oct. in the same 
 year ; and since 2 June, 1846, has been employed in 
 the Victory 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Rear- 
 Admiral Hyde Parker. 
 
 Lieut. Brydges married, in 1827, the daughter of 
 Thos. Williams, Esq., an eminent solicitor. 
 
 BETJNTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Richard Brunton entered the Navy 3 June, 
 1809; passed his examination 7 June, 1815; served 
 for some time, as Mate, in the Mermaid Revenue- 
 cruizer, Lieut.-Commander David Rymer ; and on 
 27 Dec. 1839, was transferred to the Coast Guard. 
 His commission as Lieutenant bears date 23 Nov. 
 1841. 
 
 BUCHAN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 David Adve Buchan entered the Navy 2 March, 
 1821 ; passed his examination 24 July, 1830 ; was 
 promoted from the MastifFj Master-Commander 
 Geo. Thomas, then employed in surveying the Ork- 
 neys, 17 Aug. 1841 ; joined, on 31 of the same month, 
 the Vixen steam-vessel, Capt. Henry Boyes ; was 
 transferred, 5 Feb. 1842, to the Agincourt 72, flag- 
 ship in the East Indies of Sir Thos. John CoQhrane ; 
 and since 16 March, 1846, has been occupied as First 
 of the Firefly steam surveying-vessel, commanded 
 in the Irish Channel by Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey. 
 
 BRYANT. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Bryant entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sultan 74, 
 Capts. Edw. Griffith and John West, under whom 
 he continued to be actively employed, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, on the Mediterranean, 
 Channel, and West India stations, until paid off 15 
 March, 1815. He immediately afterwards pro- 
 ceeded to North America, as a Supernumerary, in 
 the Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court; served, 
 from 6 May to 26 July following, as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, in the Bacchante 38, Capt. Geo. Stanfell ; 
 and was then confirmed in his present rank by com- 
 mission dated back to 7 March in the same year. 
 He has been ever since on half-pay. 
 
 BRYDGES. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.) 
 Thomas Brydges entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the JEtsa bomb, Capts. 
 Wm. Godfrey and John Bowker, then stationed in 
 tlie Baltic. Under the former officer he assisted at 
 the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads 
 in April, 1809, on which occasion the .SItna had the 
 honour of leading in and anchoring inside the bat- 
 teries, with which she continued to be engaged until 
 the 29th. With Capt. Bowker, Mr. Brydges took 
 part in the ensuing reduction of Flushing, as well as 
 in all those harassing services up the Scheldt, for 
 which, including the bombardment of Fort Lillo, 
 Sir Richard Strachan returned his thanks in public 
 orders. After a further employment of some months 
 at the defence of Cadiz, where he witnessed the 
 attack of the French on Fort Matagorda, he accom- 
 panied Capt. Bowker, in Sept. 1810, into the Wizard 
 * Fide Gaz. 1846, p. 3210. 
 
 BUCHANAN. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Alexander Buchanan was bom 5 May, 1793. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Hope, in which ship he served for some time at the 
 Cape ; removed, in June, 1807, to the Ganges 74, 
 Capt. Peter Halkett, under whom he attended the 
 ensuing expedition to Copenhagen ; then rejoined 
 Capt. Hope in the Pompee 74, lying at Chatham ; 
 became Midshipman, in March, 1808, of the Vio- 
 tokt 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez ; served next, from May to Nov. 1809, in the 
 Melpomene 38, Capts. Fred. Warren and Peter 
 Parker, and Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley; and 
 was subsequently, for upwards of three years, ac- 
 tively employed in the Hussar 38, Capts. Alex. 
 Skene, Jas. Coutts Crawford, and Geo. Elliott, on 
 the East India station, where he assisted at the re- 
 duction of Java in Aug. 1811. He passed his exa- 
 mination 7 Feb. 1813; received immediately after- 
 wards an order to act as Lieutenant of the Barra- 
 couTA 18, Capt. Chas. Hawkey ; and on 24 Aug. 
 following was officially promoted. H e subsequently, 
 from Sept. to Nov. 1815, served in the Martin 18, 
 Capt. Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot, lying at Plymouth, and, 
 for a short time in 1828, in the Hyperion 42, Capt. 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye, stationed in Newhaven Harbour 
 for the purposes of the extended Coast Blockade. 
 He has not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Buchanan married, in Jan. 1827, a daughter 
 of the late Rear-Admiral Alex. Shippard, and grand- 
 daughter of the late Admiral Sir John Knight, 
 
 K.C.B., by whom he has issue four sons and two 
 
 daughters 
 
BUCHANAN— BUCHANNAN-BUCKLE. 
 
 139 
 
 BUCHANAN. (Liedtenant, 1825.) 
 
 William George Buchanan died 2 March, 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Aug. 1813; passed 
 his examination in 1820; was promoted into the 
 IcAKHS 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham, on the Jamaica 
 sta.tion, 12 Jan. 1825 ; subsequently joined, 21 Aug. 
 1828, the Semiramis 24, flag-ship at Cork of Hon. 
 Sir Chas. Paget ; obtained command of the Fiee- 
 BRAND steam-yacht, 11 Nov. 1832; was superseded 
 from that vessel in the early part of 1834 ; became 
 First-Lieutenant of the St. Vincent 120, bearing 
 the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington, 17 
 Oct. 1842 ; and in 1843 was again placed on lialf- 
 pay. He was not afterwards employed. 
 
 BUCHANNAN. (Eetiked Captain, 1846. f-p., 
 13; H-P., 39.) 
 
 William Bdchannan was bom 18 Nov. 1777. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1795, as 
 A.B., on board the Narcissus 20, Capt. Percy 
 Fraser, and, after an intermediate employment off 
 the Bahama Islands, was discharged from the ser- 
 vice, 19 Aug. 1796, in consequence of a severe 
 wound, occasioned by the accidental explosion of a 
 gun, which deprived him of his eye-sight for the 
 space of a twelvemonth. On 24 Dec. 1799, how- 
 ever, he resumed his profession in the Alarm 32, 
 Capt. Robt. Kolles, on the Jamaica station, where 
 he assisted, as Master's Mate, at the capture of 
 several privateers and other armed vessels. He 
 next served, from Feb. 1801, until the peace, in 
 the Ruby 64, Capts. Solomon Ferris, Sir Edw. 
 Berry, and Henry HiU, attached to the force in the 
 North and Baltic Seas ; and in June, 1803, he joined 
 the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, under whom we 
 find him present, 21 Oct. 1805, at the battle of Tra- 
 falgar, and, at the close of that glorious conflict, 
 contributing to the safety of the San Udefonso. On 
 24 of the same month (having but a few days pre- 
 viously passed his examination) he was promoted 
 into the Tonnant 80, Capt. Chas. Tyler, refitting 
 at Portsmouth. Lieut. Buchannan, who next servec^ 
 from 22 Jan. 1806, to 18 Dec. 1811, in the Auda- 
 cious 74, Capts. John Seamouth, Thos. Le Marchant 
 Gosselin, and Donald Campbell, principally on the 
 Home and West India stations, was, in 1808, em- 
 ployed in landing the army under Sir Harry Bur- 
 rard and Sir John Moore on the coast of Portugal, 
 and officiated for several days as Assistant Beach- 
 Master at the embarkation of the troops after the 
 battle of Corunna, in Jan. 1809. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 25 March, 1812, as First-Lieutenant, to 
 the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, in 
 which ship, supported by the Calypso 18, he parti- 
 cipated, 6 July following, in the capture and de- 
 struction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the Nor- 
 wegian coast, of a Danish squadron, consisting of 
 the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe, and 
 Kiel, sloops, and several gun-boats. For his share 
 in that brilliant exploit, which occasioned the Dic- 
 tator a loss of 5 men killed and 24 wounded, and 
 the enemy of 300 killed and wounded, Lieut. Bu- 
 channan, who proved himself a most gallant and 
 excellent officer, was advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander on 18 of the same month.* He assumed 
 the rank of Captain on the retired list 12 Feb. 
 1846. 
 
 Commander Buchannan married, in 1797, Miss 
 Ann Arthur, and has issue a son and three daugh- 
 ters. His grandson, Mr. Wm. Buchannan Alexan- 
 der, was lately serving as a Naval Cadet on board 
 the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, in the East 
 Indies. 
 
 pole Trefusis, employed in the West Indies; was 
 appointed, 2 Dec. 1833, to the San Josef 110, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Wm. Hargood at 
 Plymouth ; and attained the rank of Commander, 
 at the expiration of the latter officer's term of ser- 
 vice, 4 May, 1836. He was invested with the com- 
 mand, 7 Dec. 1841, of the Groytleb steam-sloop, 
 on the African station ; and on paying that vessel 
 off was presented with a Post-commission, dated 6 
 Nov. 1845. Capt. Buckle has since been unem- 
 ployed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BUCKLE. (Captain, 1845.) 
 
 Claude Henry Mason Buckle is second son of 
 Vice-Admiral Matthew Buckle. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1823 ; was 
 promoted into the Ganges 84, Capt. Sam. Hood 
 Inglefield, on the South American station, 17 April, 
 1827; joined, 8 Dec. 1829, the North Star 28, 
 Capts. Lord Wm. Paget and Hon. Geo. Kolle Wal- 
 • VideQia.. 1812, p. 1362. 
 
 BUCKLE. (Vice-Admieal of the Blue, 1846. 
 F-P., 24 ; H-P., 46.) 
 Matthew Buckle, born 3 May, 1770, at Nork 
 House, Banstead, co. Surrey — a direct descendant 
 of Sir Christ. Buckle, Lord Mayor of London in 
 1593— is only son of the late Matthew Buckle, Esq. 
 (who distinguished himself in the successive com- 
 mand of eight line-of-battle ships, and died an Ad- 
 miral of the Blue, 7 July, 1784, at the age of sixty- 
 eight), by Hannali, daughter of Isaac Hughes, Esq., 
 of Garret's House, Banstead. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1777, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Dispatch, Capt. 
 Christ. Mason, in which vessel, and in the Dela- 
 ware, commanded by the same Captain, he served, 
 on the coast of North America, until Nov. 1779. 
 He next, in April, 1786, joined, as A.B., the Salis- 
 bury 50, Commodore John Elliot, employed off 
 Newfoundland ; attained the rating of Midshipman 
 in June, 1787 ; afterwards served for a few months, 
 in 1788-9, in the Colossus 74, Capt. Hugh Cloberry 
 Christian, guardship at Portsmouth, and ScocT brig, 
 Capt. Chas. Cobb, at Deal; passed his examination 
 10 Feb. in the latter year ; and, on 21 Jan. 1791, 
 was promoted, from the Centurion 50, flag-ship at 
 Jamaica of Bear- Admiral Philip Affleck, into the 
 Diana 28, Capt. Thos. Macnamara Russell, on the 
 same station, where he removed, 13 March, 1792, to 
 the Falcon 14, Capt. Jas. Bissett. His next ap- 
 pointment was, 27 Feb. 1793, to the Royal Sove- 
 reign 100, bearing the flags, successively, of Vice- 
 Admiral Thos. Graves and Rear- Admiral Hon. Wm. 
 Comwallis, under the former of whom he was pre- 
 sent, as fifth-Lieutenant, in Lord Howe's actions 
 of 29 May and 1 June, 1794, on which occasions, 
 although deprived by rheumatism of the use of his 
 limbs, he continued most efficiently to discharge his 
 duty at his quarters, the after-half of the lower- 
 deck, by causing himself to be carried about in the 
 arms of a seaman. On 10 March, 1795, Lieut. 
 Buckle became First of the Maelborodgh 74, 
 Capts. Henry Nichols and Sir Jas. Saumarez, 
 attached to the fleet in the Channel, and, on 6 
 Deo._ 1796, he received his second promotal com- 
 mission. He subsequently commanded the Comet 
 store-ship, on the Jamaica and Halifax stations, 
 from 24 Nov. 1800, until Sept. 1802, during which 
 period he was advanced, 29 April, 1802, to Post- 
 rank. He was next appointed, 2 May, 1804, to the 
 Portsmouth district of Sea Fencibles, the superin- 
 tendence of which he retained (owing to his inabi- 
 lity to i)rocure a ship, in consequence of a mistaken 
 idea which, it is believed, prevailed at the Admiralty 
 in regard to the magnitude of his circumstances) 
 until the discharge of the corps in Feb. 1810. On 
 16 Aug. in the latter year he was nominated, on the 
 error being explained away by Rear-Admiral Wm. 
 Albany Otway, Flag-Captain to that officer in the 
 Adamant 44, on the Leith station, where he re- 
 moved with him, 14 Sept. 1813, to the Latona 38. 
 In Nov. following, on Sir Wm. Hope's succession to 
 the chief command, Capt. Buckle was superseded. 
 His sight from that period continued to decline 
 until about 1833, since when he has been totally 
 blind. He became a Rear-Admiral 17 Aug. 1840- 
 and attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. ' 
 
 The Vice-Admiral married, 2 Feb. 1799, Hen- 
 rietta, second daughter of Henry Reveley, Esq., of 
 Clifford-street, London, and Blackheath, co. Kent, 
 a Commissioner of Excise, and by that lady has 
 (with four daughters, of whom the third, Georgiana, 
 
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 BUDD-BUDGEN. 
 
 mairied, 7 Nov. 1837, Capt. Wm. Henry KoWnson, 
 72nd Highlanders, only son of the late Sir W. H. 
 Robinson, K.C.H.) four sons — Matthew Hughes 
 George, in holy orders; Claude Henry Mason, Cap- 
 tain E.N. ; Edward, Captain Madras Engineers ; 
 and Randolph Clifton, Lieutenant Madras Artil- 
 lery. 
 
 BUDD. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Henry Haywaro Bddd entered the Navy, 8 
 Oct. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thames 32, 
 Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, em- 
 ployed on the Mediterranean station ; attained the 
 rating of Midshipman 24 July, 1799 ; and, on 12 
 July, 1801, was present in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action 
 ■with the Franco-Spanish squadron in the Gut of 
 Gibraltar. He removed, in Jan. 1802, to the Tigre 
 74, Capts. Robt. Jackson and Rich. Curry, from 
 which ship he was paid off 23 Sept. following; 
 served, from March, 1803, to July, 1805, part of the 
 time as Master's Mate, in the Antelope 60, Capts. 
 Sir Sidney Smith, Henry Bazely, Sir Home Popham, 
 and Robt. Plampin, off the Texel and Ostend, where 
 he had charge of a gun-boat ; passed his examina- 
 tion 4 Sept. 1805 ; and, after a further attachment 
 to the PoMPEE 74, flag-ship of Sir S. Smith, in which 
 he assisted at the destruction of the Martello towers 
 on the coast of Messina, was appointed, 4 Oct. 1806, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Aurora 28, Capt. Geo. 
 Fras. Seymour. "While in that frigate Mr. Budd, 
 in command of the boats, cut out an armed vessel 
 from under the batteries of Ajaccio, after a serious 
 contest, in which the British had 6 men wounded. 
 He wa.s confirmed by the Admiralty 25 March, 
 1807 ; was subsequently appointed, 26 Jan. 1808, to 
 the Erebus 28, Capt. Wm. Antridge, under whom 
 we find him continually in coUision with the Danes 
 in the Baltic until April, 1812. He next cruized, from 
 10 June, 1814, until his return home in Aug. 1815, 
 in the Swinger 12, Capt. Alex. Barclay Branch, for 
 the protection of commerce off Surinam ; and for his 
 share, during that period, in effecting the destruc- 
 tion of a notorious American privateer of nearly 
 twice the force of the Swinger, obtained, in common 
 with the rest of the ofiicers and men belonging to 
 the latter vessel, the thanks of the Admiralty. From 
 the peace Lieut. Budd remained unemployed until 
 appointed, 22 May, 1840, First of the San Josef 
 110, bearing the flags at ]?lymouth of, successively, 
 Rear-Admirals Fred. "Warren and Sir Sam. Pym. 
 He was superseded, on advancement to his present 
 rank, 16 Sept. 1842, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 BUDD. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 12 ; 
 H-p., 39.) 
 HoPEWELi. Haywakd Budd entered the Navy, 5 
 March, 1796, as A. B., on board La Jdste 80, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Pakenham, employed on the Home sta- 
 tion ; attained the rating of Midshipman in Aug. 
 following; removed, as Master's Mate, in Sept. 
 1797, to the "Volcano, Capt. Cotgrave, lying at 
 Plymouth ; and, from 4 Sept. 1798, until paid off, 
 23 Sept. 1802, served, with Capts. Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith, Robt. Jackson, and Rich. Curry, in the 
 TiGKE 74, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant. While 
 under the orders of Sir W. S. Smith, he assisted at 
 the defence of St. Jean d'Acre, in March, 1799, and 
 was afterwards very actively employed in Egypt 
 until the final surrender of Alexandria in Sept. 1801. 
 On 12 March, 1803, Mr. Budd rejoined the last- 
 mentioned ofScer in the Antelope 50, in the North 
 Sea, on which station he commanded, from 13 March 
 to 10 April, 1804, the Lord Nelson tender, and was 
 immediately afterwards transferred, still as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, to the Cruiser 18, Capt. John Hancock, 
 under whom he was present, on 17 of the following 
 May, in a gallant attack on a powerful division of 
 the enemy's flotilla, of 59 sail, passing alongshore 
 from Flushing to Ostend ; whose fire, during an en- 
 gagement of six hours and a half, occasioned the 
 Cruiser a loss of 1 man killed and 4 wounded.* 
 He subsequently received from the Admiralty a 
 • Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 641. 
 
 commission dated back to the 1st of the latter 
 month ; and, in Aug. of the same year, he invaUded 
 from extreme ill health. On 11 Aug. 1805, he was 
 next appointed to the Pompeb 74, bearing the flag 
 of his old friend Sir Sidney Smith on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, where, among various other services, 
 he participated, in 1806, in the reduction of the 
 island of Capri and the attack on Fort Licosa, at- 
 tended, in Feb. 1807, the expedition to the Darda- 
 nells, and then visited the shores of Egypt. On 
 Vice-Admiral Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope hoisting 
 his flag shortly afterwards on board the Pompee, 
 we find Lieut. Budd further accompanying the force 
 despatched under Lord Gambier to seize the Danish 
 fleet at Copenhagen. His ensuing and last ap- 
 pointments were, on 24 May and 14 Dec. 1808, to 
 the London 98, commanded in South America by 
 Capt. Thos. Western, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship on 
 that station of Sir W. S. Smith. He returned home 
 in Aug. 1809, and accepted his present rank 10 Oct. 
 1836. 
 
 Commander Budd was granted, on 5 Nov. 1813, a 
 pension of 9\l. 5s. in consequence of several severe 
 contusions which he had received in the leg and 
 breast as far back as 1806. He also obtained a 
 pecuniary reward from the Patriotic Fund. 
 
 BUDGEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.) 
 
 John Bddgen, bom 18 Jan. 1794, at Frant, co. 
 Sussex, is brother of the present Lieut. Rich. 
 Budgen, R.N., and of the late Lieut. Wm. Budgen, 
 E.N., who, when First of H. M. S. Partridge in 
 1813, commanded her boats and was seriously 
 wounded at the cutting out of several vessels from 
 under the batteries of Otranto. 
 
 This ofScer entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apbicaine 36, Capt. 
 Thos. Manby, which ship was shortly afterwards 
 struck with lightning in a violent storm off the 
 Texel, and, on reaching Tarmouth Roads, com- 
 pletely dismasted in a sister gale. He next pro- 
 ceeded with a large convoy to the West Indies, and 
 while on that station became successively attached, 
 between Aug. 1805, and Aug. 1806, to the Ethalion 
 36, Capts. Chas. Stuart and Joseph Spear, Dart 20, 
 Capt. J. Spear, Northumberland 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Agamemnon 64, and 
 CiBCE 32, both likewise commanded by Capt. Spear, 
 and all very actively employed in cruizing. He 
 then invalided home, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Alligator 20, Capt. Robt. B. Campbell, and in 
 Oct. of the same year he joined Commodore Sir 
 Sam. Hood in the Centaur 74. During the four 
 years he belonged to that ship, Mr. Budgen at- 
 tended, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, the expedition to 
 Copenhagen; took part, in Dec. following, in the 
 reduction of Madeira ; assisted, in company with 
 the Implacable 74, at the capture, 26 Aug. 1808, 
 in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, 
 of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a furious yard-arm- 
 and-yard-arm conflict, in which the Centaur lost 3 
 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed 
 and wounded; and in Aug. 1809, "was engaged, 
 under Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, in the attack upon 
 Walcheren. From Nov. 1810, till March, 1813, he 
 next served in the Mediterranean on board the 
 Hibernia 110, flag-ship in succession of Sir S. 
 Hood, Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, and Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith ; and on one occasion, in 1812, he commanded 
 a boat at the cutting out of a vessel in Hieres Bay, 
 under the smart fire of a body of troops posted be- 
 hind some sandbanks on the beach. He passed his 
 examination 13 Feb. 1813; subsequently returned 
 to England in the Ajax 74, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie ; 
 and, after a servitude of a few months in tlie Thisbe 
 36, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton at Dept- 
 ford, proceeded in the Acokn 20, Capt. Geo. Hen- 
 derson, to the East Indies, where he joined, in 
 April, 1814, the Minden 74, flag-ship of his old 
 friend Sir Sam. Hood, at whose funeral, in Dec. 
 following, he was one of the few mourners present. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant, in the Mihden, 
 on 22 Feb. 1815 ; assisted, in the ensuing Aug., in 
 
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 141 
 
 quelling an insurrection at Port Louis, Isle of 
 l'"rance ; was superseded 18 March, 1816 ; and has 
 not since been afloat. 
 
 BUDGEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., \9.) 
 
 Richard Budgen is brother of Lieut. John 
 Budgen, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2-t April, 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centacr 74, Commo- 
 dore Sir Sam. Hood, and— in addition to the various 
 services of that ship as above alluded to in our 
 notice of Lieut. John Budgen — was present, 25 
 Sept. following, in company with the Mars and 
 Monarch, at the capture, off Rochefort, of four 
 heavy French frigates, one of which, the Armide, 
 of 44 guns, strucli; to the Cbntadr. Among the 
 wounded on the occasion, 4 in number, was Sir Sam. 
 Hood, who lost an arm. Three of the Centaur's 
 people were also killed. Mr. Budgen, who attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 2 Sept. 1809, subsequently 
 removed, in Nov. 1810, to the Hibbrnia 120, flag- 
 ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats. He came home, in July, 1811, in the San 
 Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton; 
 and, after a short attachment to the Royal "Wil- 
 liam, Capt. Robt. Hall, lying at Spithead, joined 
 the Owen Glen dower 36, in which he accom- 
 panied Sir Sam. Hood to the East Indies. He 
 there successively followed that officer into the 
 Illustrious 74, Clorinde 40, and Minden 74, and, 
 on promotion to his present rank, 2 March, 1815, 
 was placed on half-pay. He afterwards held an 
 appointment in the Coast Guard from 27 Nov. 
 1822, until the close of 1835; and has since been 
 unemployed. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 BULFORD. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 33.) 
 John Bulfohd entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1796, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, 
 Capt. AVm. Domett, flag-ship in the Channel of 
 Lord Bridport and Sir Chas. Morice Pole. From 
 Nov. 1800, until March, 1804, he next served, under 
 Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Comwallis, in the 
 Belleisle 74, on the same and Mediterranean sta^ 
 tions, latterly as Second Master. He was then 
 transferred to the Niger 32, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, in 
 which ship he assisted, 2 May, 1806, at the capture 
 of a Spanish schooner, jEl Virgin del Carmen, bound 
 to La Guira with despatches. In Jan. 1807, he re- 
 joined the Royal George, then flag-ship of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he was present 
 at the ensuing passage of the Dardanells and de- 
 struction of the Turkish shipping ; and, after a 
 re-attachment to the Belleisle, bearing the flag 
 in the West Indies of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he was 
 appointed, 22 Oct. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Intrepid 64, Capt. Christ. John Williams Nesham. 
 In Feb. 1809, Mr. Bulford, who had been officially 
 promoted on 27 of the previous month, took part in 
 the reduction of Martinique. He was subsequently 
 appointed — 15 Deo. 1809, to the Formidable 98, 
 Capt. Fras. Fayerman, lying at Plymouth — 17 
 March, 1810, to the Orestes 16, Capt. John Richards 
 Larpenotiere, part of the ; force in the Channel, 
 whence he invalided 19 Aug. 1811—3 Feb. and 5 
 Aug. 1812, to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. 
 Wm. Bedford, and Macedonian, of 48 guns and 
 254 men, Capt. John Surman Garden, both on the 
 Home station— and, 8 Sept. 1813, to the Astrea 
 36, Capts. John Eveleigh and Edw. Kittoe,in which 
 ship we find him at first employed off the coast of 
 Africa, and afterwards again in the Channel. While 
 in the Orestes Lieut. Bulford aided at the capture, 
 27 Oct. 1810, of the Loup Garou French privateer, 
 of 16 guns and 100 men, after a close and gallant 
 action of 30 minutes. He was slightly wounded in 
 the Macedonian when taken, after an heroic re- 
 sistance of two hours and ten minutes, and a loss of 
 36 killed and 68 wounded, by the United States, of 
 56 guns and 474 men, 12 of whom were killed and 
 70 wounded, 25 Oct. 1812 ;* and on 23 Jan. 1814, 
 • rWeGaJ. 1812, p. 2S95. 
 
 Capt. Eveleigh having fallen in an early part of the 
 engagement, he commanded the Asteea during the 
 greater part of a yard-arm-and-yard-arm conflict 
 she sustained, for upwards of an hour, with the 
 French 40-gun frigate Etoile, and which ultimately 
 terminated in a drawn battle, wherein the British 
 lost 9 killed and 37 wounded, and the enemy 20 
 killed and 30 wounded. He was paid off 28 Aug. 
 1815, and has since been unemployed. 
 
 BULKELEY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 James Bolkeley entered the Navy, in March, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartiate 74, 
 Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, stationed off Rochefort, 
 and, in the course of 1809, assisted, as Midshipman, 
 at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida, 
 and at the defence of Sicily, where he was frequently 
 in hostile collision with the enemy. For some 
 months, in 1810, we next find him, in the San Josbf 
 and HiBERNi A first-rates, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, 
 actively employed during the siege of Cadiz, parti- 
 cularly at the defence of Fort Matagorda. He then 
 joined the Dragon 74, flag-ship in the West Indies 
 of Sir F. Laforey, of which he was made a Lieute- 
 nant 14 April, 1812. He subsequently took part in 
 the various operations in the Chesapeake and on 
 the coast of America ; was transferred, 6 June, 
 1813, to the Barbadoes 16, Capt. John Fleming; 
 and, on 7 Sept. following, was placed on half-pay. 
 He has not since been afloat. 
 
 BULL. (Lieutenant, 1825. p-p., 15 ; h-p., 19.) 
 Henry Bull entered the Navy, 11 Dec. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rodney 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Inglis, stationed off Lisbon ; and, after a short at- 
 tachment to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 Gordon, and, as Midshipman, to the Nymphen 36, 
 Capt. Matthew Smith, proceeded to the West Indies, 
 in 1814, as Master's Mate of the Bermuda 10, Capt. 
 John Pakenham. Between the latter year and 1818 
 we next find him serving, successively, in the Lady 
 Hamilton transport, Rochefort 74, Capt. Sir 
 Archibald Collingwood Dickson, lying at Ports- 
 mouth, and Andromache 38, Slaney 20, and Owen 
 Glendower 36, Capts. Wm. Henry Skerritt, Donat 
 Henchy O'Brien, andHon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, 
 on the South American station. He then joined the 
 Revenge 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean 
 of Sir Harry Neale ; passed his examination in 1820 ; 
 and was afterwards for some time employed in the 
 Racer cutter, tender to the last-mentioned ship ; 
 from which he was promoted to his present rank 12 
 June, 1825. He subsequently served for a brief 
 period in the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton ; was appointed, 1 1 Sept. 1827, to the 
 Britannia 120, Capt. Edw. Hawker, at Plymouth ; 
 and, in 1829, was superseded at his own request. 
 He has since been on half-pay. Agent — J. Wood- 
 head. 
 
 BULL. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 James Bull entered the Navy 20 Sept. 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 2 March, 1836 ; afterwards 
 served, in the Mediterranean, as Mate of the Con- 
 fiance steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Stop- 
 ford, and, for nearly three years, of the Vanguard 
 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn ; and, on the latter ship 
 being paid off, was promoted to the rank he now 
 holds, 12 Aug. 1843. He has been employed, since 
 28 Oct. in the latter year, in the Sealark 10, Capt. 
 Thos. Lewis Gooch, on the coast of Africa. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BULLEN, K.C.B., K.C.H. (Vice-Admieal of 
 THE Blue, 1846. f-p., 34; h-p., 34.) 
 Sir Charles Bullen, born 10 Sept. 1769, at 
 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is son of the late John Bullen, 
 Esq., Surgeon-General on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica from 1779 to 1781, by Ruth, daughter of Chas. 
 Liddell, Esq., of the above place, and cousin of the 
 late Lord High Chancellor Eldon. He is uncle of 
 Lieut. Chas. Bullen, R.N, 
 
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 BULLEN. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Feb. 1779, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Europe 64, Capt. Wm. 
 Swiney, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Marriot Arbuth- 
 not, in which, and the Kenow n 60, Capt. Geo. Dawson, 
 Loyalist sloop, Capt. J. P. Ardesoif, and Halifax, 
 Capt. Bower, he took part, as Midshipman also, in 
 various operations on the American coast, including 
 .the reduction of Charlestown, until he returned 
 home and was paid off, in July, 1781. The Re- 
 nown, during that period, while escorting a large 
 convoy from New Tork to Quebec, was caught in a 
 heavy gale and totally dismasted. Mr. BuUen next, 
 in 1786, joined the Cullodes 74, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Kich, employed on Channel service. He removed, 
 in Oct. 1789, to the Leander 50, bearing the 
 fiag in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Joseph 
 Peyton ; there became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Merchry 28, Capt. Augustus Montgomery, 9 Jan. 
 1791 ; and, on 9 Aug. following, was confirmed into 
 the EuRYDicE 24, Capt. Geo. Lumsdaine. He was 
 next appointed, on 22 Dec. 1792, after a twelve- 
 months' interval of half-pay, again to the Culloden, 
 commanded as before by Sir T. Rich, under whom, 
 in April, 1793, he witnessed the unfortunate attack 
 on Martinique ; and he subsequently joined in suc- 
 cession — 12 March, 1794, the Ramillies 74, Capts. 
 Henry Harvey and Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton, 
 one of Lord Howe's fleet in the ensuing actions of 
 28 and 29 May and 1 June— 12 Aug. 1796, the 
 Oberyssel 64, flag-ship of Admiral Peyton — and, 
 17 Jan. 1797, as First-Lieutenant, in the Downs, 
 the Monmouth 64, Capts. the Earl of Northesk and 
 Jas. Walker. In the latter ship Lieut. BuUen was 
 present during the mutiny at the Nore, on which 
 occasion his life was nearly sacrificed to the fury of 
 the rebels ; and, on 11 Oct. in the same year, he 
 served in the battle off Camperdown. For his spi- 
 rited conduct both inthe action and afterwards, 
 when he took possession of the Delft^ one of two 
 50-gun ships that had struck to the Monmouth, and 
 remained in her, out of humanity to the wounded, 
 until the very moment of her going down, when he 
 sprang into the sea and was providentially picked 
 up, he was most deservedly promoted to the rank 
 of Commander 2 Jan. 1798. From that period, 
 however, Capt. BuUen remained unemployed until 
 appointed, 23 June, 1801, to the Wasp 18, in which 
 he proceeded to the coast of Guinea, where his im- 
 portant protection of Sierra Leone, at a time when 
 its existence as a British colony was threatened by 
 a powerful combination of the native chiefs, pro- 
 cured him a Post-commission dated 29 April, 1802. 
 He returned home from the West Indies in the fol- 
 lowing Aug. ; held afterwards, from 8 May to 3 
 June, 1803, the temporary command of the Mi- 
 nerve frigate, off Cherbourg, where he captured 23 
 French merchantmen, and detained a frigate of the 
 largest class ; was then appointed to the Plymouth 
 district of Sea Fencibles, and, in Nov. ensuing, to 
 the command of a flotilla fitting out in the Thames ; 
 and, on 8 May, 1804, was selected by Lord Northesk 
 to be his Flag-Captain in the Britannia 100, oft' 
 Brest. Capt. BuUen's subsequent meritorious con- 
 duct, under the latter nobleman, at the battle of 
 Trafalgar, was duly rewarded by a gold medal com- 
 memorative of the event. He brought home three 
 of the prizes and was paid off in June, 1806 ; after 
 which he successively commanded, from 7 Sept. 
 1807, to 31 Dec. 1810, and from 1 Jan. until 9 Dec. 
 1811, the VoLONTAiRE 38, and Cambrian 40. While 
 in the former frigate he conveyed the Duke of 
 Orleans and his brother. Count Beaujolais, to Malta ; 
 occasionally commanded the in-shore squadron off 
 Toulon ; at the commencement of the war between 
 Fra,nce and Spain had the satisfaction, in the exe- 
 cution of an overland mission from Fez to Tangiers, 
 of inducing the court of Morocco to supply the 
 patriots with provisions during the coming hostili- 
 ties ; effected, in 1809, the capture of the island of 
 Pom^e, near Marseilles, and the destruction of 
 Fort Rioux, mounting 14 guns, near Cape Croisette ;* 
 on 23 Oct. 1809, off Cape St. Sebastian, signalled to 
 Lord Collingwood the information which led to the 
 
 • F(de Gaz. 1809, p. 14i6. 
 
 pursuit by Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin, and annihila- 
 tion, of the two French line-of-battle ships Bohuste 
 and Lion, and the after capture, in the Bay of 
 Rosas, by the boats of a squadron under Capt. Benj. 
 Hallowell (whom he ably assisted by his zeal and 
 experience), of a convoy of three armed and seven 
 merchant vessels ■* and in 1810-11, until the fall of 
 Tarragona, was engaged, both in the Volontaiee 
 and Cambrian, with a small squadron under his 
 orders, in a series of active co-operations with the 
 Spaniards on the coast of Catalonia, where he took, 
 on 12 and 14 April in the latter year, the towns of 
 St. Philon and Palamos, of which he destroyed the 
 batteries and embarked the guns. He also captured, 
 at Cadaque's, 19 merchant vessels, and was severely 
 wounded while serving on shore in a battery at 
 Selva.f Capt. Bullen's next appointment was, 5 
 Nov. 1814, to the Akbar 50, in which we find him 
 employed until paid off, 1 Jan. 1817, first in su- 
 perintending, under Rear-Admiral Thos. Byam 
 Martin, the partition of the fleet and naval stores 
 at Antwerp, and, next, under Rear-Admiral Edw. 
 Grifiath, on the Halifax station. On 12 Dec. 1823, 
 he hoisted a broad pendant on board the Maid- 
 stone 42, as Commodore on the coast of Africa, 
 and, between that period and the expiration of his 
 term of service in 1827, he cordially co-operated 
 with Lieut.-Col. Sutherland during the Ashantee 
 war,J and had the satisfaction of restoring nearly 
 10,000 slaves to the free enjoyment of liberty. He 
 was afterwards, on 22 July, 1830, nominated Super- 
 intendent of Pembroke Dockyard and Captain of 
 the Royal Sovereign yacht, both which appoint- 
 ments he retained until advanced to the rank of 
 Rear-Admiral, 10 Jan. 1837. He became a Vice- 
 Admiral 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Sir Chas. Bullen (who was nominated a C.B. 4 
 June, 1815, and a K.C.H. 13 Jan. 1835) received 
 the honour of knighthood 25 Feb. 1835, was created 
 a K.C.B. 18 April, 1839, and obtained the Good 
 Service pension 12 July, 1843. He married, in 1791, 
 Miss Wood, a distant relative of his own, and by 
 that lady, who died 10 July, 1842, has issue. Resi- 
 dence— Southampton. 
 
 BULLEN. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Charles Bullen is nephew of Vice- Admiral Sir 
 Chas. Bullen, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 June, 1826; 
 passed his examination 7 Dec. 1832 ; and was pro- 
 moted from the Asia 84, commanded in the Medi- 
 terranean by Capt. Wm. Fisher, 5 Nov. 1840. His 
 appointments have since been — 28 May, 1841, and 
 15 June, 1842, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of 
 Sir Wm. Parker, and Cambrian 36, Capt. Hen. 
 Ducie Chads, both on the East India station— and, 
 14 Dec. 1844, to the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry 
 Corry, with whom he is now employed in the Chan- 
 nel as First-Lieutenant. 
 
 BULLEN. (Admiral of the White, 1841. f-p., 
 28 ; H-p., 45.) 
 
 Joseph Bullen, born 14 April, 1761, is second 
 son of the late Rev. John Bullen, Rector of Kennet, 
 CO. Cambridge, and of Rushmoor-cum-Newbum, co. 
 Suffolk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1774, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Pallas 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Cornwallis, with whom he continued to serve, 
 in the 50-gun ships Isis, Bristol, and Chatham, 
 and 64-gun ship Lion, on the coasts of Africa and 
 North America, and in the West Indies, until 1779. 
 During that period he was present, in the Isis, at 
 the attacks on Red-Bank and Mud-Fort, in Oct. and 
 Nov. 1777 ; and, as Master's Mate of the Lion, took 
 part, 6 July, 1779, in the action between Vice-Ad- 
 miral Hon. John Byron and the Comte d'Estaing off 
 Granada, on which occasion the latter ship was 
 fearfully out up, and endured a loss of 21 killed and 
 30 wounded. Mr. Bullen, who had been promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 6 March, 1778, shortly 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1902. 
 
 + V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1860, and Gaz. 1811, pp. 397, 1588, 
 
 X V. Gaz. 1824, pp. \sm, 1636. 
 
BULLEN— BULLER-BULLEY. 
 
 143 
 
 afterwards joined the Hinchinbeoke* 28, Capt. Ho- 
 ratio Nelson, whom he accompanied, in 1780, in the ar- 
 mament against Fort St. Juan, on the Spanish Main.f 
 He then returned to the Lion, commanded, as at 
 first, by Capt. Cornwallis, and, ultimately, by Capts. 
 Wm. 1 ooks and Pigot ; and, on being lent to the 
 Pkince Geokge 90, Capt. John Williams, he parti- 
 cipated, as officer in charge of half the middle gun- 
 deck, in Rodney's victory over the Comte de Grasse, 
 12 April, 1782, after a glorious conflict, in which 
 the Prince Geokge occupied a very conspicuous 
 position, and had 9 men killed and 20 wounded. As 
 Lieutenant, Mr. Bullen's subsequent appointments 
 were— 2 May, 1785, and 6 July, 1786, to the Car- 
 MATic and Bombay Castle 74's, guardships at 
 Plymouth, both commanded by Capt. Anthony Jas. 
 Pye MoUoy— 16 June, 1790, to the Monarch 74, 
 Capt. Peter Rainier, fitting at Spithead for the East 
 Indies— 6 Feb. 1793, to the Agamemnon 64, Capt. 
 Horatio Nelson, actively employed in the Mediterra^ 
 nean— and, 11 Sept. following, to the Victory 100, 
 flag-ship of Lord Hood at Toulon. At the defence 
 of the latter place against the revolutionists he held 
 for three weeks the volunteered command of Fort 
 Mulgrave, where the bursting of a36-pounder killed 
 and wounded every one present except himself and 
 Capt. Walter Serocold. On 20 Nov. 1793, Mr. Bul- 
 len's exertions were rewarded by his promotion to 
 the command of the Mdlette 20, but,"the latter 
 vessel being absent, he was appointed Acting-Cap- 
 tain of the Proselyte frigate. In that ship, with 
 the view of rescuing 300 Spanish and Neapolitan 
 troops, who would otherwise inevitably have fallen 
 into the hands of the French, he was the last, when 
 Toulon was evacuated, to quit the harbour ; and so 
 impracticable had his escape, in consequence of this 
 voluntary act of humanity, been considered, that 
 Lord Hood, in the despatches he was about to send 
 home, had actually returned the Proselyte as lost. 
 During the early part of the siege of Bastia, in 
 March, 1794, Capt. Bullen served as a Volunteer 
 under Capt. Serocold, who had superseded him in 
 the Proselyte, out of which ship they were both 
 burnt by red-hot shot, and, towards the close of the 
 operations, he commanded an advanced battery. 
 His services throughout were reported by Nelson 
 in the highest possible terms. He invalided in July 
 of the same year, and was afterwards, in the course 
 of 1796, appointed, as a Volunteer, to the Santa 
 Mahgaritta, of 40 guns and 237 men, Capt. Thos. 
 Byam Martin, and, as Commander and Acting-Cap- 
 tain, to the Scourge sloop, and Alexander 74 — in 
 the first of which ships he assisted in the manage- 
 ment of the main-deck guns, and distinguished 
 himself by his meritorious conduct, at the recapture, 
 on 8 June, near Waterford, of the Tamise, of 40 
 guns and 306 men, of whom 32 were killed and 19 
 wounded, while of the British only 2 were slain and 
 3 wounded, after a close and gallant action of 20 
 minutes.]: Capt. Bullen, who was advanced to 
 Post-rank 24 Nov. 1796, subsequently commanded, 
 for want of ability to procure a ship, the Lynn 
 Regis district of Sea Fencibles, from 26 Sept. 1804, 
 until the disbandment of that corps in 1810. He 
 has since been on half-pay. He became a Kear- 
 Admiral 28 Aug. 1819— a Vice-Admiral 12 Nov. 
 1840— and a fuU Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Admiral Bullen married, in 1801, Margaret Ann, 
 only daughter of the late W. Seafe, Esq., of the 
 Leages, co. Durham, barrister-at-law. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 BULLEN. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 RicHAED Edward Bullen passed his examina^ 
 tion in 1828 ; obtained his commission 26 Feb. 1830; 
 and was afterwards appointed— 31 Dec. 1831, to the 
 CoLUMBiNB 18, Capt. Hen. Ommanney Love, in the 
 West Indies— 15 July, 1834, to the Hastings 74, 
 flag-ship off Lisbon of Sir Wm. Hall Gage— 30 Sept. 
 
 * The Hinchinbkoke was the first frigate commanded by 
 Lord Nelson. . , ,, . 
 
 t Admiral Bullen has long been the only survivor of that 
 fatal expedition. 
 
 J ride Gai. 1796, p. 577. 
 
 1835, to the Dee steam-vessel, employed in North 
 America and the West Indies— 12 Deo. 1836, as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the Madagascar 46, Capts. 
 Sir John Strutt Peyton and Provo Wm. Parry Wal- 
 lis, similarly stationed — 27 March, 1839, to the Coast 
 Guard — and, 22 Sept. 1841, again as Senior, to the 
 Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the Me- 
 diterranean. He was superseded towards the close 
 of 1842 ; and is at present on half-pay. Agents — 
 Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 BULLER. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Edward Bullee entered the Navy 16 Feb. 1818 ; 
 passed his examination in 1824 ; was promoted, 29 
 March, 1828, into the Menai 26, Capt. Thos. Bour- 
 chier, on the South America station ; and since 1830 
 has been unemployed. 
 
 BXJLLEK. (Commander, 1817. r-p., 11; h-p., 30.) 
 Thomas Wentworth Buller is second son of 
 the late Jas. Buller, Esq., of Downes and Shilling- 
 ham, upwards of 20 years M.P. for Exeter, by 
 Anne, daughter of the Right Rev. Wm. Buller, 
 Bishop of Exeter ; brother of the present Jas. 
 Wentworth Buller, Esq., of Downes, Deputy Lieu- 
 tenant for Devonshire, and formerly representative 
 in Parliament for Exeter ; nephew of the late Ad- 
 miral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Bart., G.C.B. ; 
 and cousin both of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Edw. 
 Buller, Bart.,* and of the present Lieut.-General 
 Fred. Buller. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 June, 1806, in a 
 subordinate capacity, on board La Resolue, Lieut. - 
 Commander Nicolas, lying at Plymouth, but soon 
 afterwards became Midshipman of the Malta 84, 
 Capt. Edw. Buller, employed off Cadiz. In June, 
 1807, he removed to the Euryalus 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Heneage Lawrence Dundas, imder whom he es- 
 corted several thousand troops, commanded by the 
 late Sir John Moore, from Gibraltar to England — 
 thence conveyed to Gottenhorg and back the Duke 
 of Angouleme and other members of the French 
 Royal Family — attended the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren in Aug. 1809— and, on 18 Nov. following, 
 assisted in capturing L' Etoile privateer, of 14 guns 
 and 48 men. From Jan. 1810, until Oct. 1812, Mr. 
 Buller next served in the Mediterranean, on board 
 the TiGRE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, and again in 
 the Malta, bearing the flag of the same officer. 
 He was then transferred to the Antelope 50, flag- 
 ship at Portsmouth of Sir John Thos. Duckworth ; 
 and, on 8 Dec. in the latter year, he was advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — 5 Feb. 1813, to the Indus 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, employed in the North Sea 
 — 16 April, 1814, to the Diomede troop-ship, Capt. 
 Chas. Montagu Fabian, in which he sailed for Ame- 
 rica, where, in Jan. 1815, he joined the Euryalus 
 36, Capt. Chas. Napier — and, 17 June, 1815, to the 
 Impregnable 104, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle. 
 Sir J. T. Duckworth, then Port-Admiral at Ply- 
 mouth. He was advanced to his present rank 19 
 April, 1817, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Buller married, 24 Oct. 1827, Ann, 
 only daughter of the late Edw. Divett, Esq., of By- 
 stock, CO. Devon, by whom he has issue. 
 
 BULLEY. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 4.) 
 John Bblley was born 22 Dec. 1797, at St. John's, 
 
 Newfoundland. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Feb. 1812, as 
 
 • Sir Edward Buller was born 24 Dec. 1764, and entered 
 the Navy at the age of twelve. He served as midshipman of 
 the CouitAOEUx in the engagement between Keppel and 
 D'Orvilliers, 27 July, 1778; was on board the Scbpthe in 
 most of Sir Edward Hughes' actions with M. de Suffrein, in 
 one of which he was slightly wounded ; and commanded the 
 Chaser 14, in the attack on Cuddalore in Jane, 178^— the 
 Crescent 36, at the capture of a Dutch squadron in Saldanha 
 Bay in Aug. 1796 — and, with particular distinction, the 
 Malta 84, in Sir Robert Calder's action. He was promoted 
 to the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1808, raised to the dignity of 
 a Baronet in the course of the same year, and appointed in 
 1809-12 to a command at Plymouth and in the Channel 
 Fleet. He died a Vice-Admiral of the Red in 1824, 
 
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 BULLOCK-BULMAN-BULTEEL— BUNBURY. 
 
 Midshipman, on board the Staggerek 18, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Geo. Jas. Evelyn and Chas. Deyman 
 Jermy, on the West India station, where he fre- 
 quently came into contact with the American pri- 
 vateers. He next served, for periods of a few 
 months, in the Liberty 12, Lieut. -Commander 
 Edw. Hooper Senhouse, and Eclipse 18, Capt. Hen. 
 Lynne ; and then joined the Charybdis 18, Capt. 
 Jas. Clephan, under whom, after actively sharing 
 in the operations against New Orleans in 1814-15, 
 he conveyed to Sir Geo. Cockbum oflF Cumberland 
 Island the despatches announcing the failure of the 
 enterprise. On 29 Jan. in the latter year he re- 
 moved to the Devastation bomb, Capt. Geo. 
 Martin Guise, and he was afterwards slightly 
 wounded while hotly contending in the boats of 
 that vessel and of a squadron against the Ameri- 
 cans up the river St. Mary. Mr. Bulley, who was 
 paid off from the Devastation in July, 1815, next 
 became attached, between Feb. 1816, and June, 
 
 1826, chiefly as Master's Mate, to the Wesek troop- 
 ship, Capt. Dan. Lawrence, 10-gun brigs Tyrian 
 and Beaver, Capt. Wm. Popham, Sybille 44, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham, Helicon 10, 
 Capts. Wm. Robt. Dawkins and Thos. Furber, and 
 Halcyon 18, Capt. Jas. Scott, during which period 
 he was effectively employed in destroying the va- 
 rious nests of pirates along the shores of Cuba, the 
 Isle of Pines, and the Gulf of Mexico. Having 
 passed his examination in Feb. 1819, he was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant in the Fekret 10, Capt. Hen. 
 Gosset, 27 Sept. 1826, but, invaliding in March, 
 
 1827, from extreme ill health, remained thencefor- 
 ward on half-pay until 13 May, 1830, when he re- 
 ceived his present appointment in the Coast Guard. 
 For the important extra-ofiicial services he has 
 since rendered on different occasions, at the Sturt 
 Bay and Atherfield stations, in getting vessels off 
 the rocks, saving the cargoes of the stranded, and 
 rescuing from destruction the crews of the wrecked, 
 Lieut. Bulley has repeatedly obtained the marked 
 approval of the Comptroller-General, has twice re- 
 ceived the silver, and once the gold, medal of the 
 Royal Shipwreck Institution, also the large honorary 
 medal voted by the subscribers at Lloyd's, and the 
 thanks both of the Admiralty and the N ational Ship- 
 wreck Institution — of the former for his "praise- 
 worthy and gallant conduct," during the memorable 
 gale of 13 and 14 Jan. 1843, in pushing off in his 
 boats, with Lieut. Wm. Vicary, of the adjoining sta- 
 tion, when all other means had failed, and saving 
 the crew of the brig George, of Sunderland, which 
 had been reduced to a perfect wreck, and immedi- 
 ately afterwards went to pieces. 
 
 He married, 17 Sept. 1828, Sarah Louisa, daughter 
 of Mr. John Pearce, of Haslar Hospital. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BULLOCK. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 12.) 
 Frederick Bullock is son of the late Retired 
 Commander Jas. Bullock, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capts. 
 Graham Moore and John Tremayne Rodd, employed 
 in the Channel ; removed, in Feb. 1806, to the 
 Fame 74, commanded successively by Capts. Rich. 
 Hen. Alex. Bennett and Walter Bathurst, on the 
 Mediterranean station ; and, having passed his exa- 
 mination in 1811, was. promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant^ 22 Jan. 1812. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments, in the latter capacity, were — 16 April fol- 
 lowing, to the Papillon sloop, Capt. Jas. Hayes, in 
 the Gulf of Gibraltar — next, to the Fearless gun- 
 brig, Lieut. -Commander Harry Lord Richards, in 
 which he was wrecked, 8 Deo. 1812, near Cadiz— 3 
 Nov. 1813, to the R^volutionnaire 38, Capt. John 
 Chas. Woolcombe, on the East India station, whence 
 he invalided, in Oct. 1814—10 March, 1823, to the 
 command of the Snap surveying-vessel, on the 
 Newfoundland station, in which he afterwards, in 
 1824, accompanied Capt. Geo. Fras. Lyon from 
 England to the coast of Labrador, when that officer 
 saUed on his voyage of discovery to the Arctic re- 
 gions—and, 4 Deo. 1827, to the Echo steam-vessel, 
 
 Ij-ing at Woolwich. He obtained his second pro- 
 motal commission 26 Aug. 1829 ; became, 30 Oct. 
 following. Supernumerary Commander of the Wil- 
 liam AND Mary yacht, Capts. John Chambers 
 White and Sir Sam. Warren, on the books of 
 which he remained until 1836 ; and, on 8 June, 
 1837, was appointed to the Boxek steam-vessel. Al- 
 though advanced to Post-rank 28 June, 1838, Capt. 
 Bullock continued in the Boxer until transferred, 
 8 March, 1841, to the Fearless, another steamer. 
 His next appointments appear to have been — 1 Jan. 
 1843, and 1 July, 1844, to the Tartaeds and Por- 
 cupine, steam surveying-vessels, in the latter of 
 which he is serving in the river Thames. 
 
 BULLOCK. (LiEBT., 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 4.) 
 
 Horace Bullock, born 1 March, 1816, is second 
 son of Chas. Bullock, Esq., of Faulkbourn House, 
 CO. Essex, by Harriet, daughter of Thos. Humphrey 
 Lowe, Esq., of Bromsgrove, co. Worcester ; and 
 nephew of Hen. Robt. Bullock, Esq., a Major in the 
 army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Jan. 1829, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Ferret 10, Capts. Thos. 
 Hastings and Edw. Wodehouse, attached to the 
 force in the Mediterranean, and subsequently, until 
 Nov. 1836, served in the Donegal 78, Capts. John 
 Dick and Arth. Fanshawe, on the Home station, 
 Stag 46, Capt. Nieh. Lockyer, off Lisbon, and Ex- 
 cellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, where he passed his examination, 4 
 March, 1835. He was afterwards employed, from 
 April, 1838, to June, 1843, as Mate, and latterly as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the Talbot 28, Capt. Hen. 
 John Codringtou, Bonetta 3, Lieut.-Commander 
 Edw. Evans Gray, and Ferret 6, Capt. Josiah 
 Oake, on the Mediterranean and African stations ; 
 was then officially promoted, by commission dated 
 back to 17 Feb. 1843, and appointed to the Iris 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy ; and next joined, 28 
 Sept. following, 13 Aug. and 5 Dec. 1844, and 8 
 May, 1846, the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, 
 Penelope 22, Commodore Wm. Jones, Eclair 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Walt. Grimstone Bucknall Est- 
 court, and Avenger steam-frigate, Capt. Woodford 
 John Williams, on the African and Home stations. 
 He is at present unemployed. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 BULMAN. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Archibald Gibson Bulman passed his examina- 
 tion in 1818 ; obtained his first commission 8 Sept. 
 1828 ; and was afterwards appointed, 15 July, 1831, 
 to the Abachne 16, Capt. Wm. Gapper Agar, and, 
 1 May, 1834, and 8 April, 1841, to the command of 
 the Pickle and Fair Rosamond schooners, all on 
 the North America and West India station. He 
 was advanced to his present rank 22 Nov. 1844, and 
 is now on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BULTEEL. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Thomas Hillersdon Bulteel entered the Navy, 
 in May, 1810, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Armide 
 38, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, stationed off 
 the coast of France ; became Midshipman, in 1812, 
 of the Unite 36, Capt. Edwin Hen. Chamberlayne, 
 in the Mediterranean ; returned home, in 1814, in 
 the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley ; and, after an 
 intermediate attachment to the Mjeandee 38, Capt. 
 John Bastard, cruizing off Lisbon and in the Medi- 
 terranean, Martin 16, Capt. Andw. MitcheU, on the 
 Irish station, and Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, 
 employed to the westward of Scilly, was advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 14 July, 1818. He has 
 not since been afloat. 
 
 BUNBURY. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 George ' Benjamin Bunbury is third son of the 
 late Thos. Bunbury Isaac, Esq., of Holywood House, 
 CO. Down. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 Aug. 1812; 
 passed his examination in 1818; obtained his com- 
 mission 1 July, 1825 ; was afterwards appointed, 31 
 
BUNBURY— BUNCE— BUNN— BUNSTER-BURBIDGE. 
 
 145 
 
 March, 1829, and 19 Feb. 1830, a Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramlllies and Talavera 74'a, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot, lying in the Do-wna for the pur- 
 poses of the Coast Blockade ; next joined, 25 July, 
 1831, the Ganges 84, Capt. Geo. Burdett, in the 
 Mediterranean ; and, in Feb. 1832, was paid off. 
 He has not since been employed. 
 
 He married, 3 Oct. 1836, Elizabeth, only child of 
 Edwin Reeves, Esq., of Bath. 
 
 BUNBURY. (COMMANBER, 1839 F-p., 12 ; H-P., 8.) 
 Richard Hammer Bunbort, born in Dec. 1813, 
 is fourth son of Lieut.-General Sir Henry Edw. 
 Bunbury, Bart., K.C.B., late Under-Secretary of 
 State for the War Department, by his first wife, 
 Louisa Emilia, daughter of General Hon. Henry 
 Edw. Fox. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 23 Jan. 1827 ; 
 passed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 31 July, 1833. He was afterwards 
 appointed — 14 Oct. in the same year, to the Tnni^- 
 DERER 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong "Wise, in the Medi- 
 terranean — 15 March, 1837, to the Minden 74, Capt. 
 Alex. Renton Sharpe, off Lisbon — 29 Aug. 1837, to 
 the VicTOKV 104, as Acting Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. Duncombe PleydeU Bouverie, 
 Superintendent at Portsmouth — 9 Deo. 1837, to the 
 Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag in the 
 Mediterranean of Hon. Sir Bobt. Stopford — and 20 
 Jan. and 27 July, 1838, to the Castor 36, Capt. 
 Edw. Collier, and Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, both 
 on the latter station, where he was advanced to the 
 rank he now holds 10 May, 1839. He has not since 
 been afloat. 
 
 Commander Bunbury, who at present superin- 
 tends the Police at Melboum, Port Philip, married, 
 19 Deo. 1838, Sarah, daughter of Rich. Sconce, Esq., 
 and has issue. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 BUNBURY. (Commander, 1835.) 
 
 William Bcnburt M'Clintock Bdnbury. 
 WiLtiAM Bdnbury M'Clintock. 
 
 See 
 
 BUNCE. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Benjamin Holland Bunce passed his examina- 
 tion in 1831 ; obtained his commission 28 June, 
 1838 ; was appointed, 27 Aug. in the same year, to 
 the Rover 18, Capts. Thos. Matthew Chas. Sy- 
 monds and C9ias. Keele, of which vessel, stationed in 
 North America and the West Indies, he afterwards 
 became First-Lieutenant ; and from April, 1843, un- 
 til Jan. 1847, served, in the same capacity, on board 
 the Ttne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, in the 
 Mediterranean. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BUNN. (LiECT., 1815. r-p., 11; H-P., 31.) 
 
 Thomas Bunn entered the Navy, 23 Oct. 1805, as 
 A.B., on board the Pegasus 28, Capt. John Pen- 
 gelly, stationed in the North Sea ; removed, as Mid- 
 shipman, in July, 1806, to the Shannon 38, Capt. 
 Philip Bowes Vera Broke, lying at Sheerness ; and, 
 on subsequently joining the Ferreter 12, Lieut.- 
 Commander Henry Weir, was captured, on the 
 night of 31 March, 1807, by seven Dutch gun-boats, 
 after a sanguinary resistance, and carried into the 
 river Ems. Soon afterwards, on regaining his 
 liberty, he became attached to the Namur 74, Capt. 
 Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and from July in the same 
 year, 1807, until Jtme, 1815, he served with the late 
 Sir Geo. Burlton, in the Resolution 74, Rodney 74, 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, Boyne 98, and also in the 
 CoRNWALLis 74, iu wMch ship that officer hoisted 
 his flag as Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. 
 While in the Resolution Mr. Bunn attended the 
 expedition to Copenhagen, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, 
 and was with the force under Lord Gambier at the 
 destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads, in 
 April, 1809. In the Boyne he took part, 5 Nov. 
 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814, in Sir Edw. PeUew's skir- 
 mishes with the Toulon fleet. Obtaining a com- 
 mission 4 Feb. 1815, he next, in 1815-16, served as 
 
 temporary Lieutenant of the Owen Glendower 36, 
 Capt. Brian Hodgson. He has since been on half- 
 pay. Agent — J. Woodhead. 
 
 BUNSTER. (LlEBT., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Gbosvenor Bunster entered the Navy, 18 April, 
 1806, as L.M., on board the Monarch 74, Capts. 
 John Clarke Searle and Rich. Lee. Under the 
 latter officer he was with Sir Sam. Hood's squadron 
 at the capture, 25 Sept. following, off Rochefort, of 
 four heavy French frigates, on which occasion the 
 Monarch enacted a very conspicuous part, com- 
 pelled La Minerve, of 44 guns and 650 men, to sur- 
 render, and sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 25 
 wounded. He attained the rating of Midshipman 
 8 June, 1807, and, continuing with Capt. Lee until 
 1812, was further employed in blockading the 
 Tagus, in escorting, towards the close of 1807, the 
 Royal family of Portugal to the Brazils, and in the 
 expedition to the Walcheren in Aug. 1809. In Jan. 
 1812, he joined La Hogde 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. 
 Bladen Capel, one of the North Sea fleet. He was 
 next transferred, in Jan. 1813, to the Aboukib 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Parker, on the Mediterranean station ; 
 and, in Aug. of the same year, he became attached, 
 as Acting Second-Master, to the Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, under whom he was 
 present, on 5 Nov. ensuing and 13 Feb. 1814, in two 
 partial actions with the French fleet off Toulon. 
 From Sept. in the latter year, until Feb. 1815, Mr. 
 Bunster served, as a Supernumerary, on board the 
 Prince Frederick receiving-ship at Plymouth, 
 Capt. Rich. Pridham. He obtained his commission 
 on 8 of that month, but has not since been afloat. 
 Lieut. Bunster is married, and has issue. 
 
 BURBIDGE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 39.) 
 William Cave Bdrbidge was bom 30 March, 
 1789, at Market Harborough, oo. Leicester. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alfred 74, Capt. John 
 Bazely, one of the victorious fleet on the memorable 
 1st of June. In Nov. 1794, he accompanied the same 
 officer into the Blenheim 74, and, after sharing 
 with him in Admiral Hotham's partial engagement 
 with the French fleet off Hyeres, 13 July, 1795, 
 when the Alcide 74 was captured from the enemy, 
 took part, under his successor, Capt. Thos. Lennox 
 Frederick, in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 
 Feb. 1797. He returned home in the following 
 Nov. in the San Josef 110, and was paid off; but 
 he did not resume active service until 1 Jan. 1807, 
 when he joined the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Camp- 
 bell. In that ship he attended the ensuing expe- 
 dition to Copenhagen, where he received a severe 
 uncompensated wound in the head, and (on the 
 Nassau's hard-wrought extrication from a mass of 
 ice in which she had been blocked up during the 
 winter) he was present, 22 March, 1808, in company 
 with the Stately 64, at the capture and destruc- 
 tion, on the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74, 
 Prindts Christian- Frederic, after a running fight 
 of great length and obstinacy, in which the 
 Nassau suffered a loss of 9 men killed and 16 
 wounded. Between Nov. 1809, and Dec. 1810, Mr. 
 Burbidge next served, off Cherbourg and in the Gulf 
 of Finland, as Master's Mate of the Owen Glen- 
 dower 36, and Stately 64, Capts. Wm. Selby and 
 Robt. Campbell. He was then transferred with 
 the latter officer, in the same capacity, to the Tre- 
 mendous 74, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith, in which he continued to be employed on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations until April, 1815. 
 During that period he served in a battery at the 
 reduction of Trieste in 1813, and, pending the siege 
 of Venice, was much engaged with the flotilla at 
 the mouths of the Po. Having passed his exami- 
 nation 10 Feb. 1812, Mr. Burbidge received, on 
 leaving the Tremendous, a commission, dated back 
 to 28 Feb. 1815, appointing him to the Alcmene 38, 
 Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, from which frigate he was 
 paid off in Nov. following. For his conduct, in 
 Oct. 1822, in saving H. M. cutter Vigilant and all 
 
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 BUHCH—BURDON—BURDWOOD— BURGESS. 
 
 her crew, when ashore on the rocks in the Bay of 
 Douglas, Isle of Man, Lieut. Burbidge was appointed 
 by the Admiralty, 25 Jan. 1823, to the Coast Guard. 
 He was superseded from the Coast Blockade, to 
 which he had been removed, in 1824 ; and was 
 afterwards appointed, 14 June, 1834, and 28 Feb. 
 1837, for brief terms, first, to the command of the 
 BnzzABD brigantine, on the coast of Africa, and 
 then, as Third-Lieutenant, to the Victory 104, 
 bearing the flag of the Admiral Superintendent at 
 Portsmouth, Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland. He is at 
 present on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Burbidge, who has been twice married, has 
 a son by his former, and a daughter by his present, 
 wife. Agent — J. Woodhead. 
 
 BURCH. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p.,13;h-p.,31.) 
 Isaac Bukch (J) is only son of the late Isaac 
 Burch, Esq., of Exmouth, Lieutenant K.N. (1800.) 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100, 
 Capts. Rich. Curry and Pulteney Malcolm, sta^ 
 tioned in the Channel ; attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman in Aug. of the same year ; and afterwards 
 accompanied Capt. Malcolm into the Kent and Re- 
 nown 74's. In May, 1805, he became attached, 
 with Sir Rich. John Straohan, to the Cesar 80, 
 and, on 4 Nov. following, he assisted at the capture 
 of four French line-of-battle ships, escaped from 
 Trafalgar ; after which he visited the Chesapeake 
 in pursuit of a squadron under M. Willaumez. We 
 subsequently, in 1809, find him present, in the same 
 ship, under Capt. Chas. Richardson, at the reduc- 
 tion of three heavy French frigates under the bat- 
 teries of Sable d'Olonne, as also of the shipping 
 in Basque Roads, and in the expedition to Flush- 
 ing; and, under Capt. Wm. Granger, serving off 
 Lisbon in 1810. On 12 Aug. in the latter year 
 he rejoined Sir R. J. Strachan in the St. Domingo 
 74, employed in the North Sea, and, on afterwards 
 proceeding to North America with the flag of Sir 
 John Borlase "Warren, he commanded one of that 
 ship's boats at the capture of three privateers in 
 the Rappahannock river, and in the attack on 
 Craney Island, Hampton. Mr. Burch, who had 
 passed in 1810, was next appointed, 20 Nov. 1813, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Thistle 12, Capts. Jas. 
 Kearny "White and Jas. Montagu, in which vessel 
 he remained until Jan. 1814, when he was con- 
 firmed into La Nymphe 38, Capt. Hugh Pigot, by 
 commission ante-dated to 11 June, 1814. "While in 
 the Thistle he took an active part in all the boat 
 and other operations in the Chesapeake, including 
 those against Washington and Baltimore, and also 
 attended the expedition to New Orleans. He haa 
 been on half-pay since 23 Aug. 1815. 
 
 Lieut. Burch married Mary, youngest daughter 
 of the late Chas. Hutton Jarvoise, Esq., of Exeter. 
 
 BUEDON, (LiBnTENANT, 1832.) 
 
 Richard Mathews Burdon entered the Navy 
 19 May, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 11 Aug. 1832 ; joined, 20 Jan. 
 1834, the Thunderer 84, Capt. "Wm. Furlong "Wise, 
 on the Mediterranean station ; was superseded in 
 the following July ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 BUEDWOOD. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 r-p., 27 ; H-p., 24.) 
 
 Thomas Bdrdwood entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 
 1796, as A.B., on board the Raisonnable 64, Capts. 
 Chas. Boyles and John Dilkes ; attained the rating 
 of Midshipman in Dec. following ; and, after inter- 
 mediately visiting the Cape of Good Hope, was 
 present, 2 April, 1801, as Master's Mate, in the 
 battle oft Copenhagen, on which occasion he was 
 part of the time employed in an armed launch, and 
 also on board the Elephant, Lord Nelson's flag- 
 ship. Between 30 April, 1802 (in Nov. of whicTi 
 year he passed his examination), and 8 Feb. 1805, 
 Mr. Burdwood jouied in succession the Venture 8 
 Lieut.-Commander Robt. Jump, Galatea and 
 
 AiGLE frigates, both commanded by Capt. Geo. 
 "Wolfe, and Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, all on 
 the Home station. He then became Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the MiLBROOK schooner, Lieut.- Commanders 
 John Cook Carpenter and Jas. Leach, employed off 
 the coasts of Spain and Portugal; was promoted to 
 a fnU Lieutenancy 29 Sept. 1807, in the Neptune 
 98, Capt. Sir Thos. "Williams, in which ship he 
 sailed for the "West Indies ; and, on 28 Nov. 1808, 
 joined the Belleisle 74, Capts. Edw. "Woolcombe, 
 "Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Geo. Cookbum. In the 
 course of the following year he assisted at the cap- 
 ture of Martinique, and rendered valuable service, 
 in command of a gun-boat, at the reduction of 
 Flushing. His ensuing appointments were — 14 
 Sept. 1809, to the Achilles 74, Capt. Sir Rich. 
 King, off Cherbourg— 11 Dec. in the same year, to 
 the Recruit 18, Capts. Jas. Murray and Humphrey 
 Fleming Senhouse, on the Newfoundland station — 
 and, 20 Feb. 1811, and 6 Jan. 1812, to the command 
 of the Princess Sophia-Frederica and Khon- 
 Princessinn Maria prison-ships at Portsmouth. 
 Lieut. Burdwood was next, on 7 Sept. 1814, nomi- 
 nated Agent for Transports Afloat, in which capacity 
 he attended the expedition to New Orleans. He 
 afterwards remained unemployed from 8 Nov. 1815, 
 until 18 July, 1823, and then, rejoining the Transport 
 service, continued in it (with one interval, irom 
 Dec. 1829, to May, 1831) until 19 July, 1832, when 
 he again went on half-pay. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 15 April, 1844. 
 
 Commander Burdwood is married, and has issue 
 six children. 
 
 BUEGESS. (Captain, 1830. p-p.,27; h-p.,30.) 
 
 Samuel Burgess, born 9 Sept. 1781, is son of 
 Commander "Wm. Burgess, R.N. (1796), who died, 
 18 Deo. 1840, in his 89th year ; and only brother of 
 Lieut. Burgess, R.N., who died in the West Indies, 
 in 1795, while serving on board H.M.S. Matilda. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1790, as 
 Servant to his father, then Senior-Lieutenant of the 
 Berwick 74, Capt. Benj. Caldwell, lying in Ports- 
 mouth Harbour, and during the eight months of 
 his continuance in that ship received a severe injury 
 in the head, in consequence of an accidental fall 
 from the cockpit into the coal-hole. In Sept. 1793, 
 he re-entered the service as Midshipman, on board 
 the Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of his pre- 
 vious Commander, under whom, vrifli his father 
 again as First-Lieutenant, he took part in the vic- 
 tory of the 1st of June, 1794. After further serving 
 in the same ship, under Capts. Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 Andrew Mitchell, and John Thomas, he removed, 
 in July, 1796, to the Unicorn 32, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Williams, on the Irish station, where he assisted in 
 taking, with other vessels, L' Entreprise privateer, 
 of 6 guns and 40 men, and was transferred, in Jan. 
 1797, to the Dryad 36, Capt. Lord Amelius Beau- 
 clerk. While in that frigate Mr. Burgess was also 
 5 resent at the capture of ttie three privateers, Eclair, 
 Irune, and Mars, carrying in the whole 46 guns, 
 and destruction of a fourth, La Corne'lie. He next, 
 in March, 1799, became attached to the Andro- 
 mache 32, Capt. Robt. Laurie ; passed his exami- 
 nation in June following ; and, on immediately after- 
 wards rejoining Vice-Admiral Mitchell, his former 
 Captain, In the Isis 50, accompanied him in the ex- 
 pedition to the Helder, where he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant in the Wolverene 16, Capt. Jeffery 
 Raigersfeld, 18 Nov. in the same year. On 17 
 March, 1800, he obtained an appointment, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Sylph 18, Capt. Chas. Dash- 
 wood, in which vessel he was for some time em- 
 ployed, always within gun-shot distance of the 
 batteries, in watching the movements of the enemy 
 in Brest Harbour. On one occasion, during a foggy 
 night, when the British frigate Alcmene, having 
 drifted among the Black Rocks, had grounded, 
 become high and dry, and been actually attacked 
 by a flotilla of gun-boats, Mr. Burgess participated 
 in a gallant and hazardous, yet successful dash, 
 made by the Sylph, to her rescue. In the same 
 
BURGOYNE. 
 
 147 
 
 vessel's subsequent long and brilliant night actions 
 of 31 July and 28 Sept. 1801, with the French frigate 
 V Artemise, of 44 guns and 350 men, off the north 
 coast of Spain, in both which instances the enemy 
 was beaten off, he elicited the warm official appro- 
 bation of his Captain, but, strange to record, was 
 left unpromoted for 15 years, although the latter 
 was at once advanced to Post-rank. His ensuing 
 appointments were— 6 June, 1803, and 3 Feb. 1804, 
 to the command of the Content and Pigmy cutters, 
 of 6 and 16 guns, both on the Guernsey station, 
 where he assisted at the bombardment of Gran- 
 ville, Hand 15 Sept. 1803, was frequently engaged 
 with the enemy's gun-boats and batteries, cut out 
 from under their protection a French sloop, other- 
 wise captured three smuggling luggers, and retook 
 two merchantmen. Notwithstanding all this, he 
 was suspended in Aug. 1804, and appointed to the 
 Pkincb 98, Capts. Rich. Grindall and Wm. Lech- 
 mere, under the former of whom he was afterwards 
 present, 21 Oct. 1805, at the battle of Trafalgar. 
 Having paid the Prince off, as her First-Lieu- 
 tenant, early in 1807, he next, with Capt. Lechmere, 
 joined, in a similar capacity, the Dreadnought 
 98, one of the Channel fleet; and, on 19 Oct. in 
 the same year, was placed in command of the 
 PiNCHEK, a 12-gun brig, employed successively in 
 the North Sea and Baltic. During the nearly six 
 years of his attachment to the last-named vessel, 
 Lieut. Burgess evinced particular zeal and activity. 
 He captured three privateers, two armed boats, and 
 two small smuggling luggers — assisted Lord Geo. 
 Stuart, by his indefatigable exertions, in reducing 
 the batteries of Cuxhaven and Bremerlehe, and in 
 expelling the enemy from Gessendorf* — destroyed, 
 in company with the Badgek and Bkcizer, a 
 French brig-of-war — and took between 60 and 70 
 sail of merchantmen, five of which were cut out 
 from a small creek by the boats of a squadron 
 under his orders, consisting, besides the Pincher, 
 of the Paz schooner. Prince of Wales hired cut- 
 ter, and a gun-boat. When at length, as might be 
 supposed, he had well earned his long-expected pro- 
 motion, he found himself, on 30 April, 1813, super- 
 seded by a Commander, his brig having been recently 
 rated a sloop; and, although promised the next 
 Lieutenant's command that should become vacant, 
 he remained on half-pay until 25 Aug. following, on 
 which date he was appointed to the Vixen gun-brig. 
 For the next 17 months we find him protecting the 
 different convoys traversing the North Sea, and, on 
 25 March, 1815, appointed to the Botne 98, fiag- 
 Bhip in the Mediterranean of Lord £xmouth, to 
 whom he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Queen 
 Charlotte, of 100 guns, 3 July, 1816. On the 
 memorable 27th of August, Lieut. Burgess was the 
 officer selected to convey to the Dey of Algiers 
 those requisitions, the non-compliance with which 
 ultimately reduced his colossal fortifications to a 
 pile of ruins, and, at the close of the bombardment, 
 he was again deputed with, and received the poten- 
 tate's assent to, the repetition of the same demands. 
 Lieut. Burgess, who was at last advanced to the 
 rank of Commander, on the arrival of the de- 
 spatches in England, 16 Sept. 1816, was afterwards 
 appointed, 24 Jan. 1827, to the Alert 18 ; in which 
 sloop, on proceeding to the South American station, 
 he made the quickest passage ever performed from 
 Monte Video to Valparaiso, was for some time em- 
 ployed in collecting treasure at the Intermedios, 
 and then went to Guaymas, a port higher up the 
 Gulf of California than had been before visited by 
 a man-of-war. On 27 Nov. 1829, he was posted into 
 the Warspite 76, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral 
 Thos. Baker ; and, on 29 Nov. 1830, he assumed 
 command of the Thetis frigate, then about to pro- 
 ceed from Rio Janeiro to England with specie on 
 board to a vast amount. Unfortunately, however, 
 on the night of 5 of the following month, the ship 
 struck on a rock off Cape Frio and instantly went 
 down, occasioning a loss of life to 20 persons, and 
 barely allowing time for the remainder to escape. 
 Capt. Burgess has since been on half-pay. 
 * Vxiedxi.. 1809, p. 1212. 
 
 He married, 9 Feb. 1805, Elizabeth, daughter of 
 the late Capt. Isaac Cotgrave, R.N., and sister of the 
 present Commander E. S. and Lieuts. R. and R. B. 
 Cotgrave, R.N. He is now a widower. * 
 
 BURGOYNE. (fflBptam, 1815. r-p., 33; h-p., 24.) 
 Frederick William Borgotne, born 28 May, 
 1778, is secondson of the late Major-General Sir John 
 Burgoyne, Bart., Colonel of the 19th Light Dragoons, 
 by Charlotte, eldest daughter of General Johnstone, 
 of Overston, co. Northampton (wife, afterwards, of 
 Lieut. -General Eyre Power Trench, brother of the 
 first Earl of Clancarty) ; and uncle of the present 
 Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 Sept. 1790, and embarked, in Dec. 1793, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Hannibal 74, Capt. John 
 Colpoys, stationed in the Channel. Joining next 
 the Montagu 74, Capt. Jaa. Montagu, he had an 
 opportunity of being present in Lord Howe's action 
 of 1 June, 1794. After that event he joined La 
 Nymphe 36, Capt. Geo. Murray, with whom he 
 took part in Lord Bridport's encounter with the 
 French fleet off He de Groix 23 June, 1795. He 
 subsequently became attached to the Irresistible 
 74, commanded by the same Captain, Barfleur 98, 
 and Victory 100, flag-ships of Lord Radstock and 
 Sir John Jervis, and Comet fireship, Capt. Edw. 
 Hamilton, in which latter vessel he was for many 
 months very actively engaged off the coasts of 
 France and Italy, and was frequently in collision 
 with the enemy both on shore and afloat. Immedi- 
 ately after his examination, which he passed before 
 Lord Nelson in Dec. 1796, Mr. Burgoyne received 
 an order to act as Lieutenant of the Blenheim 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick, and on his subse- 
 quent transference, in a like capacity, to the Bri- 
 tannia 100, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Chas. 
 Thompson, he shared in the battle off Cape St. Vin- 
 cent, 14 Feb. 1797. Being officially promoted on 7 
 of the following March, he was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 17 Nov. in the same year, to the Abe- 
 THOSA 38, Capt. Thos. WoUey, in the Channel— 29 
 April, 1799, to La Seine, Capt. David Milne, off 
 the coast of Africa — 13 July, 1800, to the Queen 
 98, Capt. Man Dobson, in the West Indies— 15 Feb. 
 
 1801, to the Decade 38, Capt. Wm. Gordon Ruther- 
 ford, under whom he was employed on numerous 
 cutting-out expeditions on the north side of St. 
 Domingo and coast of South America — 1 April, 
 
 1802, to the Rattler 16, Capt. Spread, for passage 
 home — 16 March and 14 Nov. 1803, to the Ardent 
 64, and Ariadne 24, Capts. Robt. Winthrop and 
 Elpbinstone, on the Home station — 27 Sept. 1804, 
 to the Hy^na 36, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, in which 
 ship he sailed for Barbadoes — between 23 Jan. 1805, 
 and 7 Jan. 1806, to the Centaur 74, Commodore 
 Sir Sam. Hood, and Alligator, Capt. Fraa. Aug. 
 Collier, and to the temporary command of the Ex- 
 press gun-brig, and Cyane 18, on the West India 
 station— 24 Aug. 1807, to the Sea Fencibles at 
 Dover — and, 19 Jan. and 3 July, 1809, to the suc- 
 cessive command of the Defender and Transit 
 gun-brigs, employed in the Channel. He obtained 
 his second promotal commission 22 Oct. 1810 ; was 
 afterwards appointed, 3 Aug. 1811, 7 Feb. 1812, and 
 1 Dec. 1814, to the "Tyrian 10, and Port Mahon 
 and Sparrowhawk, of 18 guns each, on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations ; became a Post-Captain 
 20 Sept. 1815 ; and, having visited Algiers, Tunis, 
 and Tripoli, with Lord Exmouth, returned home in 
 June, 1816, with the despatches announcing the 
 liberation of all the Christian slaves there in bond- 
 age. From 1 Nov. 1824, until the spring of 1831, 
 he next held a command in the Coast Guard at 
 Kinsale and Wexford ; and he lastly, from 6 Aug. 
 1841, until Sept. 1844, as Captain of the San Josep 
 110, flag-ship at Devonport of the Admiral Super- 
 intendent, Sir Sam. Pym, had charge of the Ordi- 
 nary at that place. He accepted the retirement 1 
 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Burgoyne married Miss Wallis, and by that 
 lady has an eldest daughter, Charlotte Frances, who 
 
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 BURN— BURNABY— BURNET— BURNETT— BURNEY. 
 
 married, 24 Feb. ISSi, Capt. Michael Maxwell, then 
 of the Royal Irish Fusileers, son of the late Lieut. - 
 Gen. Sir John Maxwell, Bart. AeEiraa — Case and 
 Loudonsack. 
 
 BURN. (,EetikedCommandek, 1833. f-p., 13j 
 H-P., 41.) 
 
 John Boen was horn 22 Oct. 1772. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Akgo 44, Capt. Wm. Clark, on 
 the North Sea station ; and after serving for some 
 time olF St. Helena, successively accompanied the 
 same officer, as Master's Mate, into the Sampson 
 64, and Victorious 74. In the latter ship he as- 
 sisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope 
 in 1795 ; and on 9 Sept. 1796, off the coast of Suma- 
 tra, participated, in company with the Arrogant 
 74, in a long conflict of nearly four hours with six 
 heavy French frigates under M. Sercey, which ter- 
 minated in the separation of the combatants, after 
 each had been much crippled, and the Victorious 
 occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 57, including 
 her Captain, wounded. Mr. Burn, who passed his 
 examination 5 Oct. 1799, and next, in April, 1800, 
 joined the Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Peter Rainier, became, on 6 July in the 
 latter year, Acting-Lieutenant of the Arrogant 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Oliver Osborn. For several months of 
 1802 (on 6 April in which year he was officially pro- 
 moted) he appears to have been employed at Lintin 
 during a negociation with the Chinese for the gar- 
 risoning of Macao. Invahding home in March, 
 1803, he afterwards served, from 23 March until 4 
 Aug. 1804, in the Princess Royal 98, Capt. Herbert 
 Sawyer, attached to the fleet in the Channel ; and 
 on 23 July, 1807, he accepted an appointment in the 
 Sea Fencibles at Fowey, which he retained until 
 the reduction of the corps in 1810. He continued 
 thenceforward unemployed, and, on 8 Aug. 1833, 
 was invested with the rank he now holds. 
 
 Commander Burn married, in 1804, Sophia, 
 daughter of Jas. Scott, Esq., merchant, of Pinang, 
 in the East Indies, and by that lady has a large 
 family, of whom one son, George, an M.D. (1840), 
 is Surgeon of the America 50. Another son, John 
 Scott, died Assistant-Surgeon (1841) of H.M.S. En- 
 DTMION 44, in 1846, 
 
 BUKNABY, Bakt. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 
 13 ; H-p., 31.) 
 
 Sir William Crisp Hood Burnabt is only son 
 of the late Sir Wm. Chaloner Bumaby, Bart., by 
 Elizabeth, second daughter of Crisp Molyneux, Esq., 
 of Garboldesham, co. Norfolk; and grandson of 
 Admiral Sir Wm. Bumaby, Bart., who successively 
 held the chief command on the Leeward Islands 
 and Jamaica stations, and died in 1777. He suc- 
 ceeded his father, as third Baronet, in 1794. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 in 1803, and embarked, 11 Oct. 1806, as Midship- 
 man, on board the Montagu 74, Capt. Robt. Waller 
 Otway, with whom, on proceeding to the Mediter- 
 ranean, he assisted at the evacuation of Scylla, 
 under a smart fire from the enemy on the Calabrian 
 shore, and was afterwards actively employed in co- 
 operating with the patriots on the coast of Catar- 
 lonia, where he witnessed the capture of the fortress 
 of Rosas. In Aug. 1808, he accompanied Capt. 
 Otway into the Malta 80, which ship was paid 
 ofiT in the following Deo. He next served, for 
 some months, with Capte. Laugharne and D. 
 M'Leod, in the 50-gun ships Isis and Antelope; 
 then rejoined Capt. Otway in the Ajax 74 ; and, on 
 3 Nov. 1809, was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. His succeeding appointments were— on 7 of 
 the latter month, to the Jason frigate, employed off 
 Flushing and Newfoundland— 10 Aug. 1811, to the 
 Port Mahon, Capts. Villiers Fred. Hatton and 
 Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, attached to the force in the 
 Channel— and, 2 Feb. 1813, to the Junon 38, Capts. 
 Jas. Sanders and Clotworthy Upton. Under the 
 former of these officers he took part in many warm 
 encounters with the American enemy, particularly 
 
 on 20 of the following June, when, we believe, he 
 contributed, in company with the Narcissus and 
 Baerosa frigates, to the complete discomfiture, at 
 the entrance of Norfolk river, of 15 gun-boats that 
 had been despatched for the express purpose of 
 capturing the Jdnon, after an action of three hours, 
 during which the latter had 2 men killed and 3 
 wounded. He was promoted, 26 May, 1814, to the 
 command of the Ardent prison-ship at Bermuda, 
 and since May, 1816, when that vessel was placed 
 out of commission, has been unemployed. 
 
 Sir Wm. Bumaby married, 2 May, 1818, the 
 vridow of Joseph Wood, Esq., of Bermuda. 
 
 BURNET. (Commander, 1832.) 
 
 Charles Burnet entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 
 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ulysses 44, Capt. 
 Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, employed on the 
 Jersey and Guernsey stations ; removed, as Mid- 
 shipman, 29 June, 1812, to the Cornwall 74, Capt. 
 John Broughton, in the Channel ; served, from Feb. 
 1813, until Aug. 1814, in the Duncan 74 and Royal 
 Sovereign 100, both commanded by Capt. Robt. 
 Lambert, in the Mediterranean ; then joined the 
 Noege 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, in which ship he 
 attended the expedition to New Orleans in 181^15 ; 
 became attached, in March, 1816, to the Ramillies 
 74, Capt. Thos. Boys, on the Leith station; and, 
 after a further servitude of nearly three years, the 
 greater part of the time as Master's Mate, in the 
 Vigo 74, bearing the flag of his former Captain, 
 Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert, and employed for the 
 secure detention of Napoleon Buonaparte at St. 
 Helena, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Brazen sloop, Capt. Shepheard. He obtained his 
 first commission 9 Nov. 1821, and was subsequently 
 appointed to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, 
 off Lisbon, and, 23 March, 1827, to the Ocean 80, 
 Capt. Patrick Campbell, guardship at Plymouth. 
 He has not been afloat since 1828. His promotion 
 to the rank of Commander took place 4 Deo. 1832. 
 
 BURNETT. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William Farquharson Burnett passed his exa- 
 mination in 1834, and obtained his first commission 
 28 June, 1838. His subsequent appointments were 
 —26 July, 1838, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, employed in the Mediterranean — 21 Aug. 
 following, as First-Lieutenant, to the Vesuvius 
 steam-sloop, Capts. Thos. Henderson, Granville 
 Gower Loch, and Erasmus Ommanney, on the same 
 station — and, 19 Dec. 1844, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, employed 
 in North America and the West Indies. He was 
 promoted from the latter vessel to the rank of 
 Commander 9 Nov. 1846, and is at present on half- 
 pay. 
 
 BURNEY. (Captain, 1835. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.) 
 James Burney is son of the late Dr. Burney, of 
 Gosport, CO. Hants. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1807, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John 
 Irwin, lying at Spithead ; was transferred, as Mid- 
 shipman, in May, 1808, to the Waespite 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood, employed in the North 
 Sea and Channel ; and afterwards served, from Nov. 
 1809, until Jan. 1814^-in the Arethusa 38, Capt. 
 Robt. Mends, under whom he contributed to the 
 destruction, in the summer of 1810, of all the bat- 
 teries, with the exception of Castro, from St. Se- 
 bastian to St. Andero, mounting in the whole about 
 100 pieces of heavy cannon — Bellerophon 74, flag- 
 ship off the Texel of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier — 
 and Crocodile 28, Capt. Wm. Elliott, on the coast 
 of Portugal. He then for several months, with his 
 name on the books of the Rodney and San Joan 
 74's, had charge of a Signal station at Fort St. 
 Julian, and, while so occupied, received his first 
 commission, dated 4 July, 1814. His n^xt appoint- 
 ments were — 17 Nov. 1814, to L'Aigle 36, Capt. 
 
BURNHAM— BURNISTON-BURRARD— BURRELL— BURRIDGE. 
 
 149 
 
 Sir John Louis, in the West Indies— 25 Aug. 1815, 
 to the FowEY 24, Capt. Hew Steuart, fitting at Ply- 
 mouth for the East Indies— 2 Jan. 1816, to the 
 Corins 22, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Jas. 
 John Gordon Bremer, in which ship he was wrecked, 
 on a reef of rooks off St. Shott's, Newfoundland, 24 
 Oct. following— 7 Dec. 1821, to the Coast Guard — 
 12 Oct. 1825, to the Victory 104, flag-ship at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Geo. Martin— and, 18 Jan. 1828, to 
 the Tribune 42, Capt. John "Wilson, on the South 
 American station, whence he returned to England 
 on advancement to the rank of Commander, 24 Deo. 
 1829. Capt. Bumey subsequently joined, 19 July, 
 1833, and 29 April, 1834, the Wasp and Arachne 
 sloops, on the North America and West India 
 station. He was advanced to Post-rank 10 Dec. 
 1835, but has not since been afloat. 
 
 He married, 24 Jan. 1822, Mary, only daughter of 
 P. L. Burnett^ Esq., and has issue. 
 
 BUENHAM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 29.) 
 Thomas Bdrnham entered the Navy, 1 June, 
 1806, as Thlrd-ol. Vol., on board the Bustler 12- 
 gun brig, Lieut. -Commander Rich. Welsh, lying in 
 the Downs ; attained the rating of Midshipman 1 
 July, 1807 ; and, on 26 Dec. 1808, was wrecked on 
 the coast of France. He then became attached to 
 the Cordelia 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy, 
 also in the Downs, but, in March, 1809, rejoined 
 Lieut. Welsh in the Surly cutter, on the Guernsey 
 station, where, in company with the Trim and 
 Sharpshooter, he assisted in capturing, 20 April, 
 1810, the French privateer Alcide, of 4 guns and 30 
 men. He continued in the Surly, latterly com- 
 manded at Portsmouth by Lieut. Mark Robinson 
 Lucas, until 31 Oct. 1815, when he removed, as 
 Master's Mate, to the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley 
 Deans Dundas. He was soon afterwards promoted 
 to his present rank, by commission dated back to 
 6 of the last-mentioned month; and, from 24 Sept. 
 1828 until 1831, was next employed in the Coast 
 Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Ramillies and Talavera 74's, Capt. Hugh Pigot. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 BUENISTON. (LlEtTTENANT, 1825.) 
 Hugh Somehville Bdrniston was born in 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 1808, on 
 board the C^sar 80, Capt. Chas. Richardson, bear- 
 ing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford ; and, in the 
 course of .1809, was present at the destruction of 
 three heavy French frigates under the batteries of 
 Sable d'Olonne, also of the shipping in Aix Roads, 
 and in the expedition to the Walcheren. In April, 
 1810, he accompanied Capt. Richardson into the 
 Semiramis 36, in the boats of which frigate and of 
 the Diana he assisted, 25 Aug. 1811, at the capture 
 of a laJge convoy up the Gironde, and at the anni- 
 hilation, under the fort of Royan, of Le Pluvier na- 
 tional brig, of 16 guns and 36 men. Mr. Bumiston 
 next served for two years in the Mediterranean 
 under Lord Exmouth, and was with that nobleman 
 in the Queen Charlotte 100, at the bombardment 
 of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. For his auxiliary con- 
 duct on two subsequent occasions, in saving, while 
 belonging, in 1821-2, to the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. 
 M'Culloch, the life of a Dutch oflicer who had been 
 wrecked, and also a French ship, the Julia, with 
 the whole of her crew, he received, in consideration 
 of the first exploit, a gold medal from the King of 
 the Netherlands, valued at 25 ducats, and of the 
 second, the thanks of the Royal Humane Society. 
 He attained his present rank 27 May, 1825 ; and, 
 since 3 Oct. in the same year, has been employed in 
 the Coast Guard. on= j i, 
 
 Lieut. Bumiston married, in Aug. 1825, a daugh- 
 ter of A. Baxter, Esq., R.N., and has issue four 
 sons. 
 
 BUBRAED, Babt. (ffiaptain, 1822. r-p., 17; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 Sir Charles Burrard, born 2 March, 1793, is 
 third and only surviving son of the late Lieut- 
 
 General Sir Harry Burrard, Bart., Lieut. -Colonel of 
 the 1st Foot Guards (first cousin of the late Admiral 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Bart., G.C.B.), by Han- 
 nah, daughter of Harry Darby, Esq., merchant, of 
 London ; and has lost four brothers in the service of 
 their country — Paul Harry Durell, who was mor- 
 tally wounded at Corunna while acting as Aide-de- 
 Camp to Sir John Moore — John Thomas, in the 
 B.N., who was drowned 9 Oct. 1809 — William, an 
 Ensign of the 1st Foot Guards, killed in the assault 
 on St. Sebastian in Aug. 1813 — and Edward, also in 
 the army, who died in April, 1832. He succeeded 
 his father, as second Baronet, 18 Oct. 1813. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capt. Thos. 
 Elphinstone, stationed in the Channel; jomed, as 
 Midshipman, in Jan. 1806, the London 98, Capt. 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale ; and, on 13 March fol- 
 lowing, was present, in company with the Amazon 
 38, at the capture of the French 80-gun ship Mar 
 rengo, and 40-gun frigate JSelle Foule, after a long 
 running fight, in which the London sustained a loss 
 of 10 men killed and 22 wounded. From June of 
 the same year until April, 1808, Mr. Burrard was 
 next lent, as a Supernumerary-Midshipman, to the 
 Amazon, Capt. Wm. Parker. He then joined the 
 Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the 
 Baltic ; and, soon after the receipt of his first com- 
 mission, dated 1 May, 1812, was appointed to the 
 MiLFORD 74, bearing the flag in the Adriatic of Sir 
 Thos. Fras. Fremantle, under whom he served on 
 shore, in the batteries, at the reduction of Trieste, 
 in Oct. 1813. On 7 June, 1814, he was advanced to 
 the command of the Grasshopper 18, one of the 
 vessels employed at the blockade of Naples in 1815, 
 when two NeapoUtan line-ot-battle ships and a fri- 
 gate were surrendered to a squadron under Capt. 
 Robt. Campbell, of the Tremendous 74. He paid 
 the Grasshopper ofi'inFeb. 1816 ; afterwards com- 
 manded, from 15 April, 1819, until advanced to 
 Post-rank, 29 Jan. 1822, the Hind 20, stationed 
 in the Channel for the suppression of smuggling; 
 and, lastly, officiated from 20 March, 1823, tUl paid 
 ofi" in April, 1827, as Flag-Captain, in the Revenge 
 76, to Vice-Admiral Sir H. B. Neale, Commander- 
 in-Chief in the Mediterranean. He was placed 
 upon retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Sir Chas. Burrard, who is the Senior Captain of 
 1822, married, 8 April, 1826, Louisa, second daughter 
 of Sir Henry Lushington, Bart., and has issue six 
 daughters. Agent — J. Woodhead. 
 
 BUEEELL. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Lindsey Peter Burrell, bom in 1813, is second 
 son of Lindsey Merrik Peter Burrell, Esq., by 
 Frances, youngest daughter of the late Jas. Daniell, 
 Esq.,; grandson of Sir Peter Burrell, Bart., first 
 Lord Gwydyr; and nephew of the present Lord 
 Willoughby d'Eresby. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 Feb. 1828; 
 passed his examination 6 Aug. 1834 ; was for some 
 time employed as Mate of the Hercules 72, Capt. 
 Edw. Barnard, on the Mediterranean station ; and, 
 for his services in that capacity on board the Bel- 
 LEROPHON 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, at the cap- 
 ture of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were, on the Mediterranean and Home 
 stations — 15 Dec. 1840, as Additional, to the Prin- 
 cess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. 
 Stopford— 15 Jan. 1841, to the Tyne 26, Capt. John 
 Townshend— 2 Oct. 1841, to the Daphne 18, Capt. 
 John Windham DalUng, from which ship he was 
 paid ofi' in the spring of 1842 — 4 Jan. 1843, to the 
 Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius— and, 
 20 June, 1845, to the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry 
 Corry. Mr. Burrell was dismissed the service, for 
 a breach of the 27th Article of War, 17 Oct. 1845. 
 
 BUEEIDGE. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Richard Bdrridge entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 
 1808, on board the Skylark 16, Capt. Henry Evelyn 
 
1 50 BURROUGH-BURROUGHES-BURROUGHS-BURROWS-BURSLEM. 
 
 Pitfield Sturt, on the North Sea station, and after- 
 wards served, until the establishment of peace, 
 with the same oflficer, and Capts. Geo. Wm. Hughes 
 D'Aeth, Rich. Buck, and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in 
 the Tekmagakt 28, and Rainbow 32. While at- 
 tached to the Termagant he assisted, under Capt. 
 Sturt, at the defence of Sicily against the threatened 
 invasion of Murat in 1810, and was frequently in 
 hostile collision with the enemy's gun-vessels and 
 batteries on the coasts of Italy and Spain. In the 
 Rainbow Mr. Burridge witnessed the fall of Genoa 
 in April, 1814. Between the latter period and the 
 receipt of his first commission, 10 Nov. 1824, he 
 successively joined, on the West India, Newfound- 
 land, and Mediterranean stations, the Esk 20, Capt. 
 Geo. Gustavus Lennock, Dhake 10, Capts. Wm. 
 Nugent Glascock and Octavius F. C. V enables 
 Vernon, and Phaeton 46, Capt. H. E. P. Sturt. 
 His appointments as Lieutenant appear to have 
 been— 4 July, 1826, to the PELOBns 18, Capts. Wm. 
 Hamley and Peter Richards, on the last-named 
 station— 25 June, 1830, as First, to the Wolf 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Hamley, in the East Indies— and, 10 
 May, 1834, in the same capacity, to the Portland 
 62, Capt. Wm. Price, again in the Mediterranean. 
 He was awarded a second promotal commission 28 
 June, 1838; and, on 11 March, 1841, was selected 
 to command the Thundehee 84, Capts. Maurice 
 Pred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley and Daniel Pring, in 
 which ship he served for some time in the Mediter- 
 ranean and at the Cape of Good Hope, as well as 
 in attendance upon the Queen off Walmer Castle 
 in Nov. and Deo. 1842. Capt. Burridge, who has 
 been unemployed since Oct. 1843, at which period 
 the Thunbekek was placed out of commission, at- 
 tained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 He married, 2 April, 1845, Mary, relict of the late 
 Geo. Green, Esq., merchant, and daughter of the 
 late Thos. Hurd, Esq., of Ewell Court, Surrey. 
 He became a widower 12 April, 1846. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BUEROUGH. (LiEnT.,1827. f-p., 12; h-p., 17.) 
 John BcKRonoH was born, 28 Feb. 1802, at 
 Brampton, co. Cumberland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1818, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Moegiana 18, Capt. 
 Chas. Burrough Strong, under whom, and his suc- 
 cessors, Capts. Alex. Albert Sandilands, Wm. Fin- 
 laison, and Christ. Knight, he served with great 
 activity in suppression of the slave-traffic on the 
 coast of Africa, part of the time as Midshipman, 
 until Aug. 1822. He then removed to the Blossoih 
 26, Capts. Thos. Bourchier and Archibald Maclean, 
 on the South American station; joined, in June, 
 1824, the BnLWAEK 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, lying 
 at Portsmouth ; passed his examination 7 Feb. 1825 ; 
 became Mate, 3 Dec. 1826, of the Asia 84, flag-ship 
 in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Codrington ; and, 
 at the close of the battle of Navarin, was promoted, 
 21 Oct. 1827, to a vacancy caused by the death of 
 Lieut. G. W. H. Fitzroy, in the Dartmouth 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Fellowes, from which ship he was paid 
 off in March, 1830. Lieut. Burrough was next ap- 
 pointed, 9 March, 1832, to the Harrier 18, Capt. 
 Spencer Lambert Hunter Vassall, for a passage to 
 the East Indies to join the Melville 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir John Gore, by whom, however, on 
 his arrival, he was immediately, and to hig great 
 mortification, sent home again in the Crdizer 18, 
 Capt. John l?arker, to be paid off. After an un- 
 employed interval of a twelvemonth he became 
 attached, 16 Jan. 1834, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the Mediterranean station, 
 but in the following July was compelled to invalid, 
 in consequence of a very aggravated species of 
 epilepsy,_ originally contracted on the coast of Af- 
 rica. His last appointment, which was, 81 Jan. 
 1844, as First-Lieutenant, to the Tortoise store- 
 ship, commanded by his former Captain, Wm. Fin- 
 laison, he was for the same reason unable to retain, 
 and he has been therefore doomed, since the March 
 of that year, to a helpless half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Burrough married, 27 July, 1843, Ann, 
 daughter of the late Jas. Wainwright, Esq. 
 
 BUREOUGHES. (LiEnTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 Henrt Negus Bueeoughes, born in 1821, is a 
 younger son of Henry Negus Burroughes, Esq., of 
 Burlingham Hall, M.P. for East Norfolk, by Jane 
 Sarah, sister of the late gallant Sir Wm. Hoste, 
 Bart., Capt. B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1833 ; passed his 
 examination 11 July, 1840 ; and served as Mate, on 
 the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Indus 
 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and Firebrand steam- 
 frigate, Capts. Armar Lowry Corry and Jas. Hope. 
 He obtained his commission 6 Feb. 1845; then 
 joined the Stix steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Windham 
 Hornby, on the coast of Africa ; was next appointed, 
 15 Oct. following, to the President 50, flag-ship at 
 the Cape of Good Hope of Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres ; and since the summer of 1846 has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 BURROUGHS. (Lieut., 1812. p-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Sackville Burroughs entered the Navy, 26 Jan, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rattler 24, 
 Capt. Fras. Mason, and was for many months, while 
 stationed off Ostend and Dieppe, constantly engaged 
 in warmly conflicting with the enemy's flotilla. In 
 Jan. 1805, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Dia- 
 dem 64, Commodore Sir Home Popham, whom he 
 ultimately accompanied in the expeditions to the 
 Cape of Good Hope and Buenos Ayres. He was 
 next, from Deo. 1806, until July, 1808, employed, in 
 succession, on board the Sampson 64, Capt. Wm. 
 Cuming, Leda 36, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Na- 
 MUE 74, Vice-Admiral Wells, on the South Ameri- 
 can, Cork, and Nore stations. He then joined the 
 Venerable 74, Capt. Andrew King, in which ship 
 he attended the expedition to the Walcheren in Aug. 
 1809 ; and he afterwards served, until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Nov. 1812, in the Fisgard 
 36, Capt. Fras. Mason, and Victory 100, flag-ship 
 of Sir Jas. Saumarez, both employed in the Baltic, 
 where he contributed to the capture of several pri- 
 vateers. Mr. Burroughs was subsequently, on 12 
 May, 1813, appointed to the San Josef 110, bearing 
 the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Rich. King, 
 under whom he witnessed, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 
 1814, the partial engagements between Sir Edw. 
 Pellew and the Toulon fleet. He was paid off in 
 Aug. of the latter year, and has not since been 
 employed. 
 
 BURROWS. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Montagu Borrows entered the Navy 14 Aug. 
 1833 ; and served for some time as Fst.-cl. Vol. on 
 board the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Ducie 
 Chads, in the East Indies, where he was frequently 
 detached in the boats to act against the pirates in 
 the Straits of Malacca. He passed his examination 
 4 Sept. 1839 ; afterwards joined, as Mate, the Edin- 
 burgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, with 
 whom he served during the operations on the coast 
 of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre, in 1840 ; was next attached for two years 
 to the Excellent, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, gun- 
 nery-ship at Portsmouth ; and, on 7 July, 18^, was 
 advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. Burrows, 
 on 20 of the latter month, became an Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the Winchester 50jfiag-ship at the 
 Cape of Hon. Josceline Percy. He removed, 12 
 March, 1844, to the Sappho 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Hope, on the same station ; and, since 4 Nov. 1846, 
 has been re-employed in the Excellent, Capt. 
 Henry Ducie Chads. 
 
 BURSLEM. (Lieut., 1838. f-p., 19; h-p., 5.) 
 
 Godolphin James Boeslem is second son of Jas. 
 Godolphin Burslem, Esq., late of the Royal Artil- 
 lery, who lost a leg in the battle of Alexandria, 
 21 March, 1801 ; grandson of Capt. Fras. Burslem, 
 R.N., who, when commanding the Coventrt, of 
 
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 28 guns, in June, 1760, fought, on one day, a most 
 gallant action with two French frigates, one of 
 whom was sunk, and the other, La Movthe, taken ; 
 and great-grandson of Jas. Burslera, Esq., M.P., 
 who married a heiress of the Godolphin family. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Deo. 1823, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Lively 42, Capt. "Wm. 
 Elliott. He afterwards obtained, in common with 
 others, a medal for his services off Lisbon during 
 the commotions created by Don Miguel, whom he 
 ultimately escorted to Brest ; and he then proceeded, 
 as Midshipman, to the West Indies. In Dec. 1826, 
 he joined the Satellite 18, Capt. John Milligan 
 Laws, and, after visiting the East Indies, New South 
 Wales, the Friendly and Society Islands, New Zea- 
 land, &c., and receiving a severe injury from the 
 natives of an island to which he had been detached 
 in search of deserters from Sydney, joined, in Oct. 
 1829, the CErazER 18, Capts. John Edw. Griffith 
 Colpoys and Jas. Lamport Parkin, and was for 
 some time very actively employed on the Swan 
 Kiver. He passed his examination 13 Jan. 1831, 
 and, returning the next day, as Mate, to the Satel- 
 lite, Capts. John Parker and Marcus Theodore 
 Hare, at Trincomalee, came home and was paid off 
 in May, 1832. Mr. Burslem was subsequently ap- 
 pointed, in Nov. of the same year, to the Fokesteh 
 3, Lieut. -Commander Wm. Henry Quin; and, in 
 March, 1833, in consequence of the serious damage 
 experienced by that vessel on the Scilly Islands, 
 where she had been recently cast away in a vio- 
 lent hurricane, he was turned over, with the 
 same officer, to the Britomakt 10. In the latter 
 we find him serving for three years on the coast 
 of Africa in suppression of the slave-trade, and, 
 during a conflict with the Apolonians, employed in 
 her cutter covering the landing of the troops. He 
 invalided home from an attack of fever in Aug. 
 
 1836, but returned to the coast of Africa in the 
 Dolphin 3, Lieut.-Commander Campbell, in March, 
 
 1837, and on 15 Jan. 1838, obtained his commission. 
 He was confirmed in the command of the Vipek 6, 
 at the Cape, in July following ; paid that vessel off 
 in Jan. 1841; and was afterwards appointed — 11 
 May, 1841, to the Dublin 50, fitting at Portsmouth 
 for the flag of Bear-Admiral Rich. Thomas— and, 
 20 Aug. ensuing, to the command of the LrNX 3, 
 employed on the Lisbon and Irish stations. A re- 
 turn of the African fever obliged him to invalid 
 in Aug. 1843, and he has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 BURSTAL. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Edward Burstal passed his examination 27 Oct. 
 1840, and served, as Mate, in the Fearless, Tak- 
 TARtis, and Porcupine steam surveying-vessels, all 
 commanded by Capt. Fred. Bullock, with whom, 
 since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 
 Jan. 1846, he has continued employed in the Porcu- 
 pine, on the river Thames. 
 
 BUET. (Commander, 1808. i^p., 15 ; h-p., 37.) 
 Edward Burt is half-brother of the late Lieut. 
 Chas. Burt, R.N., who, when Midshipman, was the 
 messmate and companion of Nelson and Troubridge 
 in India. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas, flag-ship in the 
 Channel of Lords Bridport and Howe, and, about 
 June, 1797, removed, as Midshipman, to the Htdra 
 38, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey. For many months 
 afterwards he was constantly in action with the 
 batteries and mortar-boats near Havre-de-Grace ; 
 and, on 1 May, 1798, he was present when the 
 Hydra, in company with the Vesuvius bomb and 
 Trial cutter, drove on shore, after an engagement 
 of three-quarters of an hour, and by her boats de- 
 stroyed, the French frigate La Confiante, of 36 §uns 
 and 300 men, besides putting to flight La Vesuve 
 corvette, of 20 guns. He next joined, in succession, 
 the Sans Pareil 80, and Quebec 32, both flag- 
 ships of Lord Hugh Seymour in the West Indies, 
 
 where, having passed his examination in 1801, he 
 was promoted into the Elephant 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, 28 Dec. 1802. 
 Under Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Henry Whitby 
 he subsequently, until July, 1804, served in the 
 Pique and Desir&e, and in those frigates assisted 
 at the blockade of Cape Fran5ois and in an action 
 with the Duguay Trouin. He then joined Rear- 
 Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres in the Theseus 74, and, 
 on 29 June, 1805, was transferred from the Her- 
 cuLE 74, into which ship that officer had shifted 
 his flag, to the command of the Bedbeidge schooner, 
 of 12 guns. In the latter vessel Lieut. Burt was 
 afterwards shot through the hand while chasing a 
 privateer into a port of Cuba ; and, on 4 Nov. 1806, 
 when off New Providence, he had the misfortune 
 to be vprecked — a calamity, however, of any share 
 in which he was by court-martial fully acquitted. 
 His next appointments were — 1 May, 1807, to the 
 command of the Sandwich schooner, and, 1 April, 
 
 1808, to that of the Shark sloop— on 18 of the same 
 month, as Acting-Captain, to the Garland frigate 
 — and, on 25 May following, to the Sparrow 16. 
 During the long blockade of the city of St. Do- 
 mingo, which ultimately capitulated on 6 July, 
 
 1809, he frequently signalized himself by his " great 
 promptitude, zeal, and ability," both under Capts. 
 Stephen Thos. Digby and Wm. Pryce Cumby, but 
 especially on two occasions — the first, in landing, 
 through a tremendous surf, eight of the lower-deck 
 guns, two of which he conveyed to the east battery, 
 a distance of nearly 30 miles, over an almost impass- 
 able country* — and the second, in gallantly attack- 
 ing and silencing the fire of a fort to the westward. 
 Commander Burt, who afterwards escorted a convoy 
 to England, and returned with another to Jamaica, 
 was obUged to invalid, in 1810, from the effects of 
 long service in a tropical chmate. He has since 
 that period been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Burt, the only officer of his rank 
 bearing a commission of 1808, was awarded the 
 out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 25 June, 1842. 
 He has an eldest daughter, Charlotte Elizabeth, 
 married to Commander L. H. Wray, R.N. ; and a 
 second, Anna, married, 28 Feb. 1842, to John Lewis, 
 Esq., of the Madras Army, son of the late Rear- 
 Admlral J. M. Lewis. 
 
 BURT. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 William Burt (a) entered the Navy in 1813; 
 served for six years and eight months in the West 
 Indies ; was there promoted, 6 Dec. 1824 ; and since 
 1825 has been on half-pay. 
 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BUET. (Lieutenant, 1835. p-p., 31 ; h-p., 5.) 
 William Burt (b) was born in 1799 at Plymouth. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1811, as 
 a Supernumerary, on board the Salvador del 
 MuNDo 98, Capt. Nash, flag-ship at Plymouth of 
 Sir Robt. Calder ; removed, 1 Aug. 1812, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., to the Pheasant 18, Capt. John Palmer, on 
 the Newfoundland station ; and, on 3 March, 1814, 
 became Midshipman of the Villb de Paris 110, 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Harry Bur- 
 rard Neale. He afterwards served in the Chesa- 
 peake 36, Capt. Fras. Newcombe — Superb 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Ekins, under whom he participated, 
 27 Aug. 1816, in the bombardment of Algiers— and 
 Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth and Lord Exmouth at Plymouth. Being 
 discharged 31 Oct. 1817, Mr. Burt continued un- 
 employed until Dec. 1821, when, joining the Car- 
 nation 18, Capt. John Edw. Walcott, he proceeded 
 to the West Indies. In Oct. 1823, a few months 
 after passing his examination, he was transferred 
 to the Union schooner, Lieut.-Commander Hender- 
 son, and in that vessel he appears to have been 
 strenuously employed in the suppression of piracy. 
 In Dec. 1825, he became Mate of the Genoa 74, 
 Capt. Walter Bathurst. He officiated, as Chief, 
 
 * VideGaz. 1809, p. 1420. 
 
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 BURTON. 
 
 from April, 1826, until Jan. 1835, of the Cameiion 
 and Shamrock Eevenue-cruizers ; and at length, 
 on 7 of the latter month, having been 12 years a 
 Mate, was promoted, for good conduct and active 
 service, to his present rank. Since 11 June, 1835, 
 Lieut. Burt has been in command of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 19 Aug. 1830, Grace, daughter of 
 the late John Macalister, Esq., of BahiakiU House, 
 CO. Argyll, and by that lady has issue four children. 
 Agemts — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 BURTON. (LiEtTT., 1841. F-P., 16 ; H-p., 0.) 
 
 Augustus John Burton, bom 25 Dec. 1818, is 
 sou of Capt. Thos. Burton, R.N. (1810), who died 
 early in 1843, by Catharine Jones Crutohley, grand- 
 daughter of the late Evan Jones, Esq^. ; and nephew 
 of Commander G. G. Burton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1831, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magicienne 24, Capt. 
 Jas. Hanway Plumridge, with whom he sailed for 
 the East Indies, and there attained the rating of 
 Midshipman, 24 March, 1834. In April, 1835, he 
 joined the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, 
 in the Mediterranean. He passed his examination 
 29 Jan. 1838 ; and on the night of 12 April follow- 
 ing, a few weeks after he had been lent, as Mate, 
 to the Rapid 10, Lieut.-Commander Hon. Graham 
 Hay St. Vincent De Ros Kinnaird, was wrecked 
 on a reef of rocks off Cape Bon, near Tunis. He 
 then returned to the Barham ; removed, in March, 
 1839, to the "Winchester 50, fitting for the flag of 
 Sir Thos. Harvey, Commander-in-Chief in North 
 America and the West Indies ; and, on 13 Nov. 
 1841, was promoted to be Lieutenant and Acting- 
 Commander of the RoMNEY 30, depot at the Ha- 
 vana for liberated African slaves. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 18 June, 1842, to the Pilot 
 16, Capt. Wallace Houstoun, in which vessel he 
 returned home and was paid off 9 May, 1843 — 21 
 June, 1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings — and, 20 Jan. 
 1845, to the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag at 
 present of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen on the North 
 America and West India station. 
 
 Lieut. Burton married, 4 Feb. 1845, Helen Maria, 
 eldest daughter of Orlando Orlebar, Esq., Lieut. 
 R.N., grand-daughter of the late Admiral ApUn, 
 and niece of the present Capt. J. G. Aplin, R.N. 
 Agent — J. Woodhead. 
 
 Collier, Hugh Cameron, and Wm. Baterson, we find 
 him, as Senior-Lieutenant of that sloop, command- 
 ing her boats at the cutting out several vessels from 
 under the batteries at Guadeloupe. On 18 April, 1808, 
 Mr. Burton was removed to the temporary com- 
 mand of the Grenada 14, in which he captured 
 two French privateers. From Dec. following until 
 March, 1810, he next served under Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane in the Neptune 98, and Pompee 74, and during 
 that period he assisted on shore at the reduction ot 
 Martinique and Guadeloupe, was also present at the 
 surrender of the Saintes, witnessed the capture ol 
 the French 74-gun ship D'Baupoult, and was at 
 the destruction of the two 44-gun frigates Loire and 
 Seine, in L'Ance la Barque. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments, as Lieutenant, were — 18 March, 1810, 
 to the acting-command of the Wanderer, of 18 
 guns 11 May and 20 July foUovring, to the Nep- 
 tune and Statira 38, both flag-ships of Sir A. 
 Cochrane— 21 Oct. in the same year, to the command, 
 pro tern., of the Port d'Espagne 18, all likewise in 
 the West Indies— 21 April, 1812, to the Christian 
 VII. 80, Capt. Hen. Lidgbird Ball, in the North Sea 
 —7 and 28 June, 1813, to the Sceptre and MABt- 
 EOKOUGH 74's, Capt. Robt. Honyman, on the North 
 American station — and, 14 Jan. 1814, to the ToN- 
 NANT 80, Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir A. Cochrane, for 
 his services as First-Lieutenant of which ship at 
 the taking of Washington he was promoted, 5 Oct. 
 ensuing, to the command of the Wolverene 16, 
 which he brought home and paid off 27 Aug. 1815. 
 His next appointment was, on 2 Oct. 1843, to the 
 Poictiers 72, guard-ship at Chatham, where he 
 served until advanced to his present rank, 9 Nov. 
 1846. 
 
 Capt. Burton received the approval of the Ad- 
 miralty, and was presented, in the session of 1823-4, 
 with the large silver medal of the " Society for the 
 Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Com- 
 merce," for his improved method of fitting anchor- 
 stoppers. He is married, and has issue. 
 
 BURTON. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 30.) 
 George Guy Burton is third and eldest surviving 
 son of the late John Burton, Esq., who for many 
 years held responsible appointments in the Govern- 
 ment departments of the Navy ; younger brother 
 of Lieut. John Burton, R.M., who was drowned at 
 the Nore, while belonging to the Garland frigate, 
 about 1795, and of the late Capt. Thos. Burton, 
 R.N. ; eider brother of Lieut.-ColonelWm. Moulden 
 Burton, at present commanding a battalion of 
 Koyal Marines in Ireland ; uncle of Lieut. A. J. 
 Burton, R.N. ; and brother-in-law both of the 
 late Lieut.-Colonel Long, R.M., and of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Sir Sam. Warren, K.C.B., K.C.H., who died 
 15 Got. 1839. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1797, as a 
 Boy, on board the Eagle 74, Lieut.-Commander 
 James, lying at Chatham, and, on removing to the 
 Venerable 74, Capts. Sir Wm. Geo. Fairfax and 
 Sam. Hood, was present in an action between the 
 British and Spanish squadrons in Aix Roads, 2 July, 
 1799, and, as Midshipman, in Sir Jas. Saumarez' 
 battles of 6 and 12 July, 1801. He afterwards be- 
 came attached to the Hazard 18, Capt. R. J. Neve, 
 Apollo 36, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, and 
 Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, on the Home station; 
 and on 20 Feb. 1805, was promoted into the Centaur 
 74, bearing the broad pendant in the Leeward Is- 
 lands of Commodore Sir Sam. Hood. Joining next, 
 20 March, 1805, the Nimrod 18, Capts. Thos. Orde, 
 Jas. Ayscough, Thos. John Cochrane, Fras. Aug. 
 
 BURTON, K.H. (Captain, 1824. f-p., 13;; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 
 James Ryder Burton, born in 1795, is son of 
 the late Bishop of Killala, a collateral descendant 
 of Fras. Pierpont Burton, first Lord Conyngham ; 
 and cousin of the late Admiral Sir Robt. Otway, 
 Bart., G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1806, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Pearl, Lieut.-Commander 
 Chas. Woodger, lying at Portsmouth, and, from Oct. 
 following until Dec. 1812, served with Capt. Chas. 
 Malcolm in the Narcissus and Rhin frigates, the 
 last four years as Midshipman and Master's Mate. 
 While so attached we find him, in 1809, conveying 
 to the West Indies the timely intelligence of the 
 French fleet having left Brest, and assisting at the 
 capture of the Saintes ; next, on his return to the 
 British Channel, contributing to the capture of four 
 French privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns 
 and 310 men ; and finally, while in active co-operar 
 tion with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, 
 receiving a desperate gun-shot wound in the left 
 side in an attack on the town of Castro, 12 July, 
 1812, owing to which misfortune he was obliged 
 to invalid and remain for several months at Ply- 
 mouth Hospital. His promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant taking place 15 Feb. 1813, he joined, in 
 that capacity, on 22 July following, the Garland 
 22, Capt. Rich. Plummer Davies, with whom he 
 continued to serve, oflT Lisbon and Cadiz, and in the 
 Mediterranean and Adriatic, until paid off in Feb. 
 1816. He was then appointed to the Albion 74, 
 Capt. John Coode, one of Lord Exmouth's fleet at 
 the subsequent bombardment of Algiers, where he 
 volunteered the command of No. 191 gun-boat for 
 the purpose of destroying the shipping inside the 
 Mole ; and, in Sept. 1817, he again invalided from 
 the effects of his former wound. From 5 Aug. 1818, 
 until discharged, 14 June, 1819, Mr. Burton next 
 served, as Flag-Lieutenant to his relative Rear- 
 Admiral Otway, in the Vengeance 74, on the Leith 
 
BURY— BUSHBY— BUTCHER. 
 
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 station, and on 27 Nov. in tlie latter year he was 
 promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of Com- 
 mander, as a reward for an invention for propelling 
 ships of war during a calm.* His last appointment 
 was, 23 May, 1823, to the command of the Came- 
 LiON brig, of 10 guns, in which, after an attendance 
 of some time on George IV., he was despatched, 
 early in 1824, to Algiers, in order to convey thence 
 the British Consul, to whom the Dey had offered a 
 serious indignity. On working out of the Bay, in 
 company with the Naiad frigate, Capt. Burton fell 
 in with an Algerine corvette, the Tripoli, of 18 guns 
 and 100 men, and, after a close and most gallant 
 action, under the very batteries of the place, boarded 
 and carried her. His conspicuous conduct on the 
 occasion was rewarded, immediately on his arrival 
 in England, with a Post-commission, dated 23 Feb. 
 1824. 
 
 Capt. Burton was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan, 1837. 
 A pension for his wound (from which the ball has 
 never been extracted) of 9U. 5s., awarded him in 
 1818, has been of late increased to 1501. He mar- 
 ried, 2 July, 1822, Anna Maria, youngest daughter 
 of the late Lord Dunsany, widow of Philip Roche, 
 Esq., and mother-in-law of Lords Trimlestown and 
 Louth, by whom he has an only son, Francis Adol- 
 phus Plunkett Burton, now at the University of 
 Oxford. Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 BURY. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 20; h-p., 24.) 
 Geokge Bdky was born 17 Jan. 1790. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Colossus 74, under the 
 auspices and command of the present Sir Geo. 
 Martin, whom he afterwards joined in the Glory 
 and Barfleuk 98's, on the Channel station. On 22 
 July, 1805, he fought as Midshipman in Sir Kobt. 
 Calder's action, and he continued in the Baupleur, 
 under Sir Robt. Barlow and Sir Joseph Sydney 
 Yorke, until May, 1807. From that date until July, 
 1811, we next find him serving under the first- 
 named officer in the Montagu 74, Queen 98, and 
 Canopus 80, on the Mediterranean station, and, on 
 26 Oct. 1809, contributing to the destruction of the 
 French line-of-battle ships Rohuste and Lion. He 
 afterwards became attached in succession, part of 
 the time as Acting-Lieutenant, to the San Josef 
 and Caledonia, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 Lord Keith, and Sir Edw. Pellew, Sabine 18, Capt. 
 Westley, Impetueux 74, and Stately 64, bearing 
 each the flag of Vice-Admiral Martin, and Severn 
 50, Capt. Joseph Nourse, on the Home, Mediterra- 
 nean, Lisbon, and North American stations. He 
 was promoted, 11 Jan. 1814, into the Jaseur 18, 
 Capt. Geo. Edw. Watts, and after an intermediate 
 and very active employment in the Chesapeake, 
 returned home in the summer of 1814. Lieut. 
 Bury's next appointments were — 11 April, 1826, to 
 the Coast Guard, in which service he remained 
 seven years — and, in 1840, as Admiralty Agent, to 
 the Caledonia Halifax contract mail steam-vessel. 
 He has been on half-pay since the close of 1841. 
 
 He married, 1 May, 1826, Eliza Anne Lydia, 
 daughter of Thos. Charleton, Esq., late Lieut.- 
 Colonel, Royal Artillery. 
 
 BUSHBY. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 19.) 
 Thomas Bushby is brother of the late Capt. John 
 Bushby, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Spy 18, commanded by 
 his brother, Capt. J. Bushby, under whom we find 
 him for many months in continual collision with 
 the Boulogne batteries and flotilla. From Oct. 1805, 
 until Sept. 1808, he next served, on the Home and 
 West and East India stations, in the Obeeon 16, 
 Capt. J. Bushby, Trusty 50, Capt. Brian Hodgson, 
 AcASTA 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, Wasp 18, Capt. 
 
 * The Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c., also voted 
 Capt. Burton their smaller or Vulcan gold medal. He after- 
 wards, in 18-10, published a pamphlet * On the Concen- 
 tration of tlie Forces of the British Navy, and Manning of 
 I-I.M. Ships and Vessels of War.' 
 
 John Haswell, and Monmouth 64, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, with the latter of 
 whom he appears to have been present at the sur- 
 render of Tranquebar in 1808. After an attach- 
 ment, as Master's Mate, from Sept. in that year 
 until 16 May, 1811, to the Princess Caroline and 
 Cressy 74's, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Dud- 
 ley Pater on the North Sea and Baltic stations, Mr. 
 Bushby, who passed his examination in Dec. 1810, 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Belette 18, Capt. 
 David Sloan, and, on 16 Aug. following, was con- 
 firmed into the Diligence 18, Capt. Abraham Lowe, 
 also in the Baltic. On 28 March, 1812, he next 
 joined the Herald 20, Capt. Geo. Jackson, in the 
 West Indies, and on 27 Nov. 1812, he was appointed 
 to the JuHON 38, Capts. Jas. Sanders and Clotworthy 
 Upton, on the North American station. In the 
 course of 1813 he commanded the Junon's boats on 
 many gallant occasions ; first, on 8 Feb., when, 
 forming part of a squadron under Lieut. Kelly 
 Nazer, they boarded, and in the most spirited style 
 carried, the Lottery American letter-of-marque, of 
 6 12-pounder carronades and 28 men, a service for 
 which the Commander-in-Chief returned his espe- 
 cial thanks ; a few days afterwards, at the capture 
 of the Cora, of 8 guns and 40 men ; and again, 
 under Lieut. Philip Westphal, at the rescue, 29 July, 
 of the Martin 18, then aground in Delaware Bay, 
 from a powerful flotilla, consisting of two block- 
 vessels and eight gun-boats, one of which, after a 
 brave defence, was taken with loss. Lieut. Bushby 
 also co-operated in the attack upon Craney Island 
 and the capture of Hampton. He subsequently 
 served, between 1 Oct. 1814, and 30 June, 1815, with 
 Capt. Henry Thos. Davies, Commodore Sir Jas. 
 Lucas Yeo, and Capt. Wm. Bourchier, in the Prince 
 Regent 56, St. Lawrence 98, and Montreal 18, 
 on Lake Ontario ; and he was thenceforward em- 
 ployed, in command of the Newasb 6, and Sank 4, 
 and as Superintendent of the Naval Establishment, 
 on Lake Erie, until his return home in July, 1822, 
 towards the close of which year, 26 Dec, he was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander. On 28 Sept. 
 1832, he obtained an appointment in the Coast 
 Guard, at Kingstown, Dublin, where he continued 
 until Oct. 1835; and he, lastly, commanded, from 
 25 Jan. 1837, until placed out of commission in Aug. 
 1839, the Wanderer 16, employed in the active 
 suppression of slavery on the North America and 
 West India station. Since his promotion to Post- 
 rank, 3 July, 1840, Capt. Bushby has been on half- 
 pay. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 BUTCHER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 39 ; h-p, .5.) 
 Jonathan Butcher, born 9 Oct. 1789, is brother 
 of Lieut. Robt. Butcher, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as a Boy, 
 on board the Medina yacht, Capts. John Moore 
 and Peter Baskerfield, lying off the Isle of Wight ; 
 joined the Globy 98, Rear- Admiral Chas. Stirling, 
 as Midshipman, 21 June, 1805 ; and, on 22 July fol- 
 lowing, was present in Sir Robt. Calder's action 
 with the combined squadrons of France and Spain. 
 Between Jan. and Nov. 1808, he next served, with 
 Rear- Admirals Wm. Albany Otway and Chas. Tyler, 
 in the Ganges 74, and Barfleuk 98, and, while in 
 the latter ship, was employed in embarking the 
 French troops after the convention of Cintra, and 
 in escorting from Lisbon to Spithead the first divi- 
 sion of the Russian Rear-Admiral Seniavin's fleet. 
 He then joined the Africaine 38, Capt. Rich. Rag- 
 gett, under whom he successively accompanied the 
 present Kin^ of the French to Malta, and the late 
 Lord Hill, with a convoy of transports, from Cork 
 to Lisbon. In June, 1810, he followed Capt. Rag- 
 gett into the Defiance 74, employed off Flushing, 
 from which ship he was for some time detached on 
 secret service, in the Alban cutter, and in the 
 boats. He passed his examination 7 Aug. 1811 ; 
 served, between Dec. 1812, and Feb. 1814, in the 
 Argo 44, and Bedford 74, flag-ships in the West 
 Indies of Vice-Admiral C. Stirling, and York 74, 
 Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, on the Home sta- 
 
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 BUTCHER-BUTLER. 
 
 tion; and afterwards, having rejoined Capt. Rag- 
 gett in the Spenceb 74, assisted at the capture of 
 Castine, in Penobscot Bay. On 23 Feb. 1815, Mr. 
 Butcher was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Clinkek 
 gun-brig, Capt. Joseph Crew Tullidge, and during 
 the " Hundred Days" he appears to hare been em- 
 ployed in conveying the iJuc de Douro and 200 
 French officers in the interests of Louis XVIII., 
 together with 10,000 stand of arms, to the coast of 
 France ; after which he aided in quelling the riots 
 at North and South Shields, and was paid off 5 Dec. 
 in the same year. He subsequently served for two 
 years in a transport at the Cape of Good Hope. He 
 joinned the Coast Guard 22 Nov. 1822 ; removed, 
 18 Feb. 1827, to the command of the Ked- 
 EREAST R.C., stationed in Boston Deeps, where 
 he remained until 11 July, 1842, during which 
 period he seized eight vessels and acted 13 times as 
 an Inspecting-Commander ; and since the latter date 
 has again been in charge of a station on shore. 
 
 Lieut. Butcher married, 8 Dec. 1815, Sarah Long, 
 daughter of John Taplin, Esq., of Portsmouth, and 
 has issue six children. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 BUTCHER. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 26; h-p., 14.) 
 Robert Bhtchee is brother of Lieut. Jonathan 
 Butcher, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Juljr, 1807, as 
 A. B., on board the Fokwakd gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander David Shells, stationed in the Baltic. 
 He served, as Midshipman, from Dec. following 
 until Oct. 1811, in the Paulina brig, Capts. John 
 Rich. Lumley and Westby Percival, in the Medi- 
 terranean ; then became Second-Master of the Py- 
 I.ADES (afterwards Caklotta) gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Newdigate Poyntz and Rich. Howell 
 Fleming, under the latter of whom he saw a good 
 deal of active service on the same station ; removed, 
 in Deo. 1813, to the Rivoli 74, Capts. Graham Eden 
 Hamond and Edw. Stirling Dickson ; joined, in 
 July, 1814, the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace; 
 and, on returning home, in Feb. 1815, was appointed 
 Master's Mate of the Spey 20, Capt. Geo. Ferguson. 
 He was advanced to his present rank 3 March fol- 
 lowing, and in Aug. of the same year was paid off. 
 He obtained command of the Tartar Revenue- 
 vessel 28 March, 1831 ; was transferred to the Coast 
 Guard 18 March, 1834; returned to the Tartar 27 
 March, 1840; and since 11 July, 1842, has again 
 been in the Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 BUTCHER. (Rear- Admiral of the Red, 1840. 
 F-p., 25 ; H-P., 36.) 
 
 Samuel Butcher, born 30 Oct. 1770, at Cople, 
 CO. Bedford, is a near relative of the late Admiral 
 Sir Robt. Barlow, G.C.B., and of the present Capt. 
 Chas. Anstruther Barlow, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1786, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Barracouta cutter, 
 Lieut.-Commander Robt. Barlow, actively employed 
 against the smugglers of the Channel ; served, from 
 Nov. 1788, until June, 1791, as A.B., in the Salis- 
 BURT, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Admiral Mil- 
 banke ; then rejoined Capt. Barlow, as Master's 
 Mate, in the Childers 16, attached to the force in 
 the Channel ; and, on his subsequent removal to the 
 Queen 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Alan 
 Gardner, witnessed the unfortunate attack on Mar- 
 tinique in 1793, and was present with Lord Howe 
 in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794, 
 the two last days as Acting-Lieutenant. He was 
 confirmed to the Aquilon 32, Capt. R. Barlow, 17 
 July following, and was First of that frigate when 
 she acted as one of Lord Bridport's repeaters in 
 ■the action with the French fleet off He de Groix, 
 23 June, 1795. On 9 Oct. following Mr. Butcher 
 was appointed to the Sans Paeeil 80, fitting for 
 the flag of Lord Hugh Seymour, with whom he 
 continued to serve, in the Channel and West Indies, 
 until 28 April, 1800, when he was promoted by that 
 nobleman to the command of the Gdachapin brig, 
 of 14 4-pounder and 2 18-pounder carronades, with 
 
 a complement of 65 men and boys. On 21 April, 
 1801 (a few weeks previously to which period, 19 
 Feb., his appointment had been confirmed), Capt. 
 Butcher very gallantly, under cover of the GuA- 
 chapin's fire, cut a privateer out of the Bay of 
 Aguada, Porto Rico, although lashed to the shore 
 and defended by two formidable batteries and a 
 whole range of howitzers and small arms ; and, on 
 16 Aug. in the same year, he proved himself worthy 
 of all praise by the capture, after a sterling conflict 
 of two hours and a half, the yards of the two ships 
 being part of the time locked together, of the Spanish 
 letter-of-marque La Teresa, carrying (with 120 men) 
 2 long 18-pounder, 10 long 12-pounder, and 6 36- 
 pounder carronades.* For these and other valuable 
 services he was advanced to Post-rank 29 April, 
 1802. He afterwards, from March, 1804, until Dec. 
 1808, commanded a district of Sea Fencibles in 
 Ireland ; and was next, on 18 Nov. and 21 Dec. 1812, 
 appointed, in succession, to the Barham 74, and 
 Antelope 50. In the latter ship he was for some 
 time employed in protecting the trade in the Great 
 Belt, and while on that service was particularly 
 successful in capturing the enemy's gun-boats and 
 privateers. On 1 March, 1814, having joined the 
 fleet in the Roompot under Admiral Wm. Young, 
 he was sent with two ships to reinforce a squadron 
 of frigates in the West Scheldt. Owing, however, 
 to the disablement of one of her pilots, and the de- 
 sertion of the other, the Antelope, while in the act 
 of forcing the Hondt passage for that purpose, un- 
 fortunately took the ground abreast of Flushing, 
 and for 48 hours lay exposed to an incessant dis- 
 charge of shells from the batteries of the place. 
 She was, however, to the astonishment of the whole 
 Roompot fleet, ultimately got off in safety through 
 the colossal exertions of her officers and ship's com- 
 pany, who justly received the unqualified aclmow- 
 ledgments of the Commander-in-Chief and of the 
 Board of Admiralty. Capt. Butcher, by order from 
 the Lord High Admiral, was subsequently, on the 
 occasion of the grand levee at Portsmouth, presented 
 to the Prince Regent, by Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir 
 Henry Blackwood, as " the officer who had so highly 
 distinguished himself in the Scheldt." He paid 
 off the Antelope, after a voyage to Quebec, 22 
 Dec. 1815, and has not since been afloat. His 
 advancement to Flag-rank took place 17 Aug. 1840. 
 Rear-Admiral Butcher married, 4 Feb. 1806, Eli- 
 zabeth, daughter of Rich. Townsend Herbert, Esq, 
 of Cahameen, co. Kerry, and has issue five sons and 
 three daughters. 
 
 BUTLER. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Augustus Butler served for a considerable 
 period on the East India station, as a Volunteer 
 and Midshipman, in the Welleslet 72, under Sir 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, Sir Gordon Bremer, and Sir 
 Wm. Parker. While so attached he witnessed the 
 capture of Kurrachee from the Ameers of Scinde, 
 and of Chusan from the Chinese, in 1839-40; ac- 
 companied Rear-Admiral Elliot up the Peiho River ; 
 took part in the celebrated attack on the Bogue 
 Forts in Feb. 1841 ; served on shore and afloat 
 throughout the operations connected with the en- 
 suing capture of Canton; and was also employed at 
 the taking of Amoy, the re-capture of Chusan, the 
 storming of the fortified heights and citadel of 
 Chinghae,t and the occupation of Ningpo. Volun- 
 teering as Midshipman (on the Welleslet's de- 
 parture) into the Algerine 10, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Heriot Maitland, Mr. Butler further assisted 
 at the capture of the city of Chapoo 18 May, 1842,t 
 and fought with the army on 16 June following in 
 the assault on the enemy's batteries at Woosung.§ 
 He passed his examination 13 July, 1843, and was 
 ultimately, after having officiated as Mate, on th« 
 Home and Mediterranean stations, of the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and 
 HiBERNiA 104, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker, 
 promoted to the rank he now holds by commisMon 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 1283. 
 t V. Gm. 1812, p. .SC94. 
 
 t F.Gaz. 1S42, p. 396. 
 i V. Gai. 164S, p. 3400. 
 
BUTLER. 
 
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 dated 27 March, 1846. He has been since serving 
 in the last-mentioned ship in the capacity of Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant. 
 
 BUTLEK. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 14.) 
 
 Charles Giokge Botler entered the Navy, 20 
 June, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de 
 Pakis 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Gardner, 
 and, on removing to the Caledonia 120, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Gambier, witnessed the destruction 
 of the French shipping in Basque Roads, in April, 
 1809. He attained the rating of Midshipman in 
 Nov. following ; was afterwards transferred in suc- 
 cession, 1 May, 1811, and 7 Oct. 1814, to the Uni- 
 corn 32, and Armide 40, Capts. Geo. Burgoyne 
 Salt and Sam. Geo. Pechell, under the former of 
 whom he aided in capturing, 30 March, 1813, the 
 French privateer Miquelonnaise, of 18 guns and 130 
 men; next joined, between Oct. 1815, and Sept. 1818, 
 the Impregnable 104, flag-ship in the Mediterra- 
 nean of Sir Josias Rowley, Convtat 24, Capts. John 
 Tancock and Edw. Barnard, in the East Indies, 
 Iphigenia 36, Capt. J. Tancock, for passage home, 
 and Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, on 
 the Cork station ; then became attached to the 
 Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, under whom he 
 was for three years employed on the Coast Block- 
 ade ; and, after a further servitude in the Prince 
 Regent yacht, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, and 
 Brazen 18, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, was promoted to 
 his present rank 29 Jan. 1822. Lieut. Butler's ap- 
 pointments have since been — 26 June, 1824, to the 
 Pylades 18, Capt. Fras. Fead, on the Jamaica sta- 
 tion, where he remained two years — 16 Dec. 1835, 
 to the Coast Guard, in which he served upwards of 
 six years — 23 May, 1842, to the command of the 
 .^TNA, of 8 guns, on the Home station — and, 20 
 June, 1844, to be Admiralty Agent in a contract 
 mail steam-vessel, a capacity in which he is now 
 employed. 
 
 Lieut. Butler is Senior of 1822. Agents — Holmes 
 and Folkard. 
 
 BUTLER, Lord. (Liedtenant, 1844.) 
 
 XoRD Charles Wandesford Butler is youngest 
 son of the late Marquess of Ormonde, by Grace 
 Louisa, daughter of the Right Hon. John Staples ; 
 and has two brothers, Lords Walter and Jas. 
 Wandesford Butler, in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Oct. 1833 ; passed 
 his examination 21 Feb. 1840 ; served two years as 
 Mate with Lord Clarence Edw. Paget in the Aigle 
 24, on the Mediterranean station ; and was advanced 
 to his present rank 10 June, 1844. He has been 
 employed, since 28 June, 1845, in the Calliope 26, 
 Capt. Edw. Stanley, on the East India station. 
 
 BUTLER. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 George Botler entered the Navy in 1803, and, 
 after accompanying Rear-Admiral James Rich. 
 Daores to the West Indies, joined the Windsor 
 Castle 98, Capt. Chas. Boyles, in which ship he 
 was present in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the 
 squadrons of France and Spain, 22 July, 1805, and 
 at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. 
 Joining then the Loire 38, Capt. Alex. Wilmot 
 Schomberg, he assisted at the reduction, in Feb. 
 1809, and Feb. 1810, of the islands of Martinique 
 and Guadeloupe, after which he removed, in suc- 
 cession, to the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic 
 of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Dreadnooght 98, Capt. 
 H. Lindsey, and, on 19 Nov. 1811, was promoted 
 into the Leveret sloop, stationed in the North Sea, 
 where he soon became First-Lieutenant. He was 
 afterwards appointed to the Pyramcs 36, Capt. Jas. 
 Whitley Deans Dundas— Hydra 38, Capt. Stephen 
 Thos. Digby, the boats of which ship he commanded 
 in a successful attack on the forts of the Mississippi 
 during the operations against New Orleans — and 
 Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Good- 
 win Keats at Newfoundland, whence he returned 
 to England and was paid off in 1816, never having 
 
 till then been a fortnight on shore from the period 
 of his first joining the service. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Butler, for the last thirty years, has filled 
 the office of magistrate for the co. of Berks. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BUTLEE. (Commander, 1839. f-p.,19; h-p.,16.) 
 Humphrey Botler entered the Navy, 12 March, 
 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Oak 74, 
 flag-ship successively of Rear- Admirals Lord Ame- 
 lius Beauclerk and Pulteney Malcolm. He attained 
 the rating of Midshipman in May, 1813 ; and after 
 serving for some time in the North Sea, off' the 
 Western Islands, and in Basque Roads, accompa/- 
 nied Rear-Admiral Malcolm to North America, 
 where we find him actively employed during the 
 operations against Washington and Baltimore, the 
 attack on New Orleans, and the reduction of Fort 
 Bowyer. From Sept. 1815, to Sept. 1818, he next 
 served in the Ister 42, Capt. Thos. Forrest, in the 
 Mediterranean, along the coast of Scotland, and 
 off' Newfoundland. He joined, in Aug. 1820, the 
 Leander,60, bearing the flag in the East Indies 
 of Hon. Henry Blackwood ; received an order to 
 act as Lieutenant of the Topaze frigate, Capts. 
 John Rich. Lumley, Chas. Richardson, and Price 
 Blackwood, 14 March, 1821 ; and, on 11 Dec. fol- 
 lowing, was confirmed. About the same period, 
 Mr. Butler took part, during a visit to China with 
 Capt. Richardson, in a very severe dispute between 
 the natives and the British, on the amicable settle- 
 ment of which, however, he returned home and 
 was paid off towards the close of 1822. His subse- 
 quent appointments, as Lieutenant, appear to have 
 been — 18 Nov. 1824, to the Ocean 80, Capt. Lucius 
 Ferdinand Hardyman, flag-ship afterwards of Lord 
 Amelius Beauclerk, off' Lisbon — 9 Jan. 1827, to the 
 Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, on the same 
 station— 28 Oct. 1830, to the Tyme 28, Capt. Chas. 
 Hope, in South America, where he was superseded 
 in, we believe, Sept. 1832— and, 5 May, 1836, tothe 
 Royal Adelaide 104, as Flag-Lieutenant to his 
 patron. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, then Commander- 
 in-Chief at Plymouth. At the expiration of the 
 latter officer's term of service he was advanced to 
 his present rank by commission dated 4 May, 1839. 
 He has not since been employed. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 BUTLEB. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Thomas Atkinson Butler passed his examina^ 
 tion in 1818 ; was promoted, 6 Oct. 1827, into the 
 Orestes 18, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the Halifax sta- 
 tion ; joined next, 15 Nov. 1828, and 19 Feb. 1830, 
 the Ramillies and Talavera 74's, Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot, lying in the Downs for the purposes of the 
 Coast Blockade; obtained an appointment in the 
 Coast Guard 31 March, 1831, and resigned it in 
 1834 ; and from 5 July, 1836, until 1840, and irom 
 19 Aug. 1842, until 1843, was again employed in the 
 same service. Since the latter date he has beeu on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He married, 10 April, 1841, Emma Louisa, second 
 daughter of Commander Sir Henry Esch Atkinson, 
 R.N. 
 
 BUTLER. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 
 10 ; H-p., 38.) 
 Whitwell Butler entered the Navy, 23 April, 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Russel 74, Capts. 
 Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, and, under the 
 latter officer, was present, as Midshipman, at the 
 battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. From Nov. 
 following until May, 1803, he next served in the 
 Puissant 74, Capt. Wm. Sims, at Spithead, and 
 Bloodhound gun-brig, Lieut-Commanders Joseph 
 BradbyBoyne and Henry Richardson, in the Downs. 
 He then joined the Melpomene 38, Capts. Robt. 
 Dudley Oliver and Peter Parker, which ship appears 
 to have been twice employed in bombarding the 
 town of Havre de Grace. In Sept. 1806, Mr. Butler 
 removed to the Tuundeeer 74, Capt. John Talbot ; 
 
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 BUTLER-BUTTERFIELD-BUTTLER. 
 
 under whom, after assisting at the passage, in Feb. 
 1807, of the DardaneUs, and the ensuing destruc- 
 tion of the Turkish squadron, he visited the shores 
 of Egypt ; and, on 21 Dec. following, he became 
 Acting Flag-Lieutenant to Lord CoUingwood in the 
 Ocean 98, stationed in the Mediterranean. He was 
 officially promoted 27 July, 1808 ; was placed on 
 half-pay 14 July, 1809 ; and, not having been further 
 employed, accepted his present rank 27 Oct. 1845. 
 Agent — J. Woodhead. 
 
 BUTLER. (Lieutenant, 18400 
 
 WrLLiAM BnTLEB entered the Navy 2 May, 1830; 
 passed his examination 3 May, 1837 ; served for 
 some time, as Mate, in the Opossdm, Falmouth 
 packet, Lieut.-Commander Eobt. Peter ; and on 
 joining the Cyclops steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio 
 Thos. Austin, bore a creditable part in most of the 
 operations on the coast of Syria, where he distin- 
 guished himself by the able assistance he afforded 
 his Captain in an attack on the strong tower of 
 Gebail, 12 Sept. 1840, on which occasion he formed 
 one of a gallant party that landed and advanced to 
 the walls, although ultimately compelled to return 
 with loss.* Towards the close of the same month 
 we again find him employed on shore at the capture 
 of 36 bags of barley and of four camels, on their 
 way from Sidon to Beyrout.f He was promoted 
 5 Nov. following ; became First-Lieutenant of the 
 Akdent steam-sloop, Capt. John Kussell, in South 
 America, 15 Nov. 1841 ; obtained, 28 Feb. 1843, ;;an 
 appointment in the Coast Guard, which he retained 
 until the summer of 1844 ; and since 29 Sept. 1846, 
 has been again employed in the same service. 
 
 BUTTERFIELD. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 14; 
 H-p., 12.) 
 
 Edward Harris Butterpield, bom 21 Feb. 
 1808, at Chelsea, is second son of the late Wm. 
 Butterfield, Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red (who 
 died 3 Oct. 1842, in his 76th year, after a naval 
 career of 61 years, during which he had been pre- 
 sent in seven general actions, and had been made 
 Commander for his gallantry, as First of the Mars 
 74, at the capture of L'Hercule 74), by his second 
 wife, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Chas. 
 Harris, Esq., Deputy-Auditor of the Impress at 
 Chelsea Hospital. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 March, 1821, as 
 Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Glasgow 50, Capt. Ben- 
 tinck Cavendish Doyle, successively employed in 
 conveying the remains of the late Queen CaroUne 
 from Harwich to Cuxhaven, Sir Edw. Paget from 
 Portsmouth to Colombo, the Governor-General of 
 India (the late Marquis of Hastings) from Calcutta 
 to Genoa, and General Sir "Wm. Lumley, the Go- 
 vernor, and Capt; Thos. Briggs, R.N., the Dockyard 
 Commissioner, to Bermuda. After further serving, 
 as Midshipman, off Lisbon, and for 17 weeks at the 
 blockade of Algiers, he returned home and was paid 
 off 18 Oct. 1824. He then joined the Victory 104, 
 flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin ; and, in 
 Dec. of the same year, became attached to the 
 Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, in which 
 ship we find him assisting at the capture, on the 
 coast of Africa, of 6 slavers, caning in the whole 
 about 1000 negroes. Returning home in Aug. 1826, 
 for the purpose of attending a court-martial, Mr. 
 Butterfield was next, for a short time, employed in 
 the RorAL George, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, at 
 Portsmouth. On resuming his previous station in 
 the Sybille 48, Commodore Francis Augustus Col- 
 lier, he contributed, both in that ship, and as Mate 
 of her tender, the Black Joke, Lieut.-Commander 
 Henry Downes, to the capture of not fewer than 21 
 vessels, with, in the aggregate, upwards of 7000 
 slaves on board. Of the prizes made by the Black 
 Joke alone, which mounted but 1 gun, a long 18- 
 pounder on a pivot, with a crew of 34 men, it may 
 be sufficient to particularize, as indicative of the 
 valour that won them, the Spanish brig Prmidentia 
 of 14 guns and 80 men— the Brazilian brig Vengw- 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1840, p. 2253. f V. Gaz. 1810, p. 2608. 
 
 dor of 8 guns and 645 slaves— the Buenos Ayrean 
 privateer Presidente of 7 guns and 97 men, which, 
 with her captures, the brigantines El Hossq/ of 6, 
 and Marianna of 2 guns, was boarded and taken, 
 after a close running-fight of 10 hours^and the 
 Spanish brig El Almirante of 14 guns (10 eighteens 
 and 4 long nines) and 80 men, with 460 slaves on, 
 board, carried after a severe action of 80 minutes 
 (11 hours having been previously absorbed in 
 sweeping up), in which the enemy had 15 killed and 
 13 wounded, and the British 3 killed and 7 wounded. 
 For this last very dashing exploit, achieved in Feb. 
 
 1829, Lieut. Downes and the Senior Mate, Mr.T. P. 
 Le Hardy, were soon afterwards promoted, and Mr. 
 Butterfield, who had passed his examination 5 April, 
 1827, placed, with Messrs. Roberts and Slade, on the. 
 Admiralty List, and ultimately appointed, 5 Jan. 
 
 1830, First-Lieutenant of the Primrose 18, Capts. 
 Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, Edw. Iggulden Parrey, 
 and Wm. Broughton. On 7 Sept. following, un- 
 der the last-named officer, he again signalized 
 himself, in a desperate hand-to-hand conflict 
 with a powerful slaver, the Veloz Fassagera of 
 20 heavy gims and 180 men, laden with a car- 
 go of 555 Africans. The enemy's loss prior to 
 siirrendering amounted to 46 killed and 20 wounded, 
 — that of the Primrose to 3 killed, and as many as 
 13 wounded, including Capt. Broughton himself, 
 who, being seriously hurt while in the act of board- 
 ing, was most ably succeeded in the command by 
 Lieut. Butterfield.* The latter officer next, in 
 March, 1831, joined the Pallas 42, Capt. Manley 
 Hall Dixon, lying in Portsmouth Harbour ; and, on 
 16 April, 1831, he commissioned the Brisk brig, of ■ 
 3 guns, in which we find him, first enforcing the 
 quarantine regulations in Cromarty Bay during the 
 prevalence of the cholera, then cruizing with Sir 
 Edw. Codrington on the Channel and Irish stations, 
 subsequently employed off the Scheldt under Rear- 
 Admiral Fred. Warren and in conveying troops 
 and arms to the Gambia, and finally capturing the 
 Preuva, with 313 slaves. For the gallantry he had ex- 
 hibited in the action with the Veloz Passagercu, he was, 
 immediately on accomplishing his time, promoted to 
 the rank of Commander, by commission dated 7 
 March, 1832. Capt. Butterfield's last appointment 
 was, 28 Oct. 1839, to the Fantome 16, in which sloop he 
 was ordered to the Cape. Finding, on his arrival, that 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliott had sailed for China, 
 he became invested for a time with all the responsi- 
 bility of senior officer on that station. "When after- 
 wards relieved, he was sent, with a small squadron 
 of brigs under his orders, to cruize off Angola, 
 where he had the good fortune, by the seizure of 48 
 slavers, to rescue 5628 human beings from bondage. 
 He was advanced to Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841, and 
 left the Fantome in May, 1842. Capt. Butterfield 
 has taken out a steam-certificate. Agents — Messrs. 
 StUweU. 
 
 BUTTLER. (CoMMANDEB, 1846. F-P., 24; 
 H-p., 19.) 
 
 George Bdttler was born in 1791. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1804, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Venus 32, Capt. Henry 
 Matson, on the Irish station, where, and off Bou- 
 logne, he continued to serve with considerable ac- 
 tivity, the greater part of the time as Fst.-cl. Vol., 
 until Jan. 1806 ; a few months previously to which 
 period, 10 July, 1805, he assisted at the capture of 
 L'Hirondelle privateer of 16 guns and 90 men. He 
 then removed, as Midshipman, to the Lion 64, Capts. 
 Robt. RoUes and Henry Heathcote, and for the next 
 four years was constantly engaged in escorting con- 
 voys to and from the East Indies and China. Join- 
 ing, in June, 1810, the Africaine of 48 guns, Capt. 
 Robt. Corbett, he was, on 13 Sept., present, off 
 Bourbon, in a desperate action of two hours and a 
 half, which rendered that ship a prize, after sus- 
 taining a loss of 49 men killed and 114 (including 
 her Captain mortally) wounded, to the Astre'e of 44, 
 and Iphige'nie of 42 guns. Mr. Buttler, on 10 Dec. 
 • Vide Gai. 1830, p. 246S. 
 
BUXTON— BYASS—BYNG. 
 
 157 
 
 ensuing, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 and appointed to the Coknelia 36, Capt. Henry 
 Folkes Edgell, but was soon transferred to the 
 Barracouta 18, Capt. Wm. FitzwiUiam Owen ; in 
 command of the hoats of which vessel he cut out 
 several piratical proas from the coast of Java. We 
 subsequently find him, while belonging to the Doris 
 36, Capt. AVm. Jones Lye, assisting at the reduction 
 of the latter island. He returned home in Oct. 
 1812, with a constitution much impaired from the 
 pestilential effects of the Javese climate ; became 
 attached, 9 Oct. 1813, to the Prince 98, flag-ship at 
 Spithead of Sir Rich. Bickerton ; and was paid off 
 in April, 1815. Since that period his appointments 
 have been— 29 Nov. 1831, to the Caledonia 120, 
 Capt. Jas. Hillyar, off Lisbon, whence he returned 
 home and was paid off early in 1833—20 Jan. 1836, to 
 the Coast Guard— and, 13 July, 1842, to the command 
 of the Meteor steamer, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion. He was promoted to his present rank 9 Nov. 
 1846 ; and still continues in the Meteor. 
 
 Commander Buttler is married, and has issue six 
 children. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 BUXTON. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 2.) 
 
 KiCHAKD Buxton was born, in June, 1795, at 
 Bedenhall, co. Norfolk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1808, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, flag- 
 ship in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral Thos. Mac- 
 namara Kussell ; removed, as Midshipman, in Jan. 
 1809, to the Lynx 18, Capt. John Willoughby Mar- 
 shall ; and, until the conclusion of the war, became 
 in succession attached to the Roebuck 44, Capt. 
 Richard Curry, Quebec 32, Capt. Chas. Sibthorp 
 John Hawtayne, Sheldrake 16, Capt. Jas. Gifford, 
 and Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, on the Home, 
 West India, and American stations. During that 
 period he was engaged on various harassing ser- 
 vices ; took part in several cutting-out expeditions, 
 particularly, under Capt. Hawtayne, in capturing 
 four French gun-boats ; acted on many occasions as 
 Prize-Master ; was twice cast away, and once taken 
 prisoner ; and, in the Forth, aided at the blockade 
 of New York. He passed his examination 1 Feb. 
 1815, and from Dec. following until the receipt of 
 his commission, 27 March, 1826, was employed, as 
 Admiralty Mate, chiefly on that arduous service 
 the protection of the Revenue, iu the Active 38, 
 Capt. Philip Carteret,' Grecian schooner, Lieut.- 
 Commander Henry Jewry, the boats of the Qdeen 
 Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, Severn 40, 
 Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Qdeen Charlotte again, 
 Capt. John Baker Hay, Basilisk 4, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander David John Dickson, Severn again, Capt. 
 M'Culloch, Diamond 38, Capt. Lord Napier, Prince 
 Regent 120, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley Parry, and 
 Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He conti- 
 nued to serve, as Lieutenant, in the last-mentioned 
 ship until 15 April, 1829 ; was then transferred to a 
 station in the Coast Guard ; and, from 1837 until 
 1846, was next employed in the Quarantine service 
 at Standgate Creek. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Buxton is married, and has issue seven 
 children. Agents — Messrs. Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 BYASS. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 19; h-p., 20.) 
 
 Wheatley Byass was bom 5 Sept. 1796. 
 ^ This officer entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1808, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Challenger 16, Copts. 
 Wm. Barnham Rider and Goddard Blennerhassett, 
 and, after assisting at the destruction of the French 
 shipping in Basque Roads, and, actively, at the re- 
 duction of Flushing, in 1809, was captured, at the 
 close of a running fight of four hours, by a French 
 frigate and armed store-ship, off He de France, 12 
 March, 1811. On regaining his liberty in 1814, he 
 joined the Amphion 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, 
 in the Channel ; and in the course of 1815 (in Oct. 
 of which year he passed his examination) he suc- 
 cessively removed to the Eurydice 24, and Erne 
 20, both commanded by Capt. Rich. Spencer ; with 
 
 whom he accompanied Lord Exmouth in his first 
 visit to Algiers in 1816, and then served, at the 
 Cape of Good Hope and off the coast of Ireland, 
 until paid off' in Dec. 1817. Mr. Byass' subsequent 
 appointments were — in March, 1818, and Aug. 1823, 
 as Admiralty Midshipman, to the Sappho 18, Capts. 
 Jas. Hanway Plumridge, Henry Wm. Bruce, Hon. 
 Henry John Rous, and Jenkin Jones, and Sybille 
 frigate, Capt. Sam. John Pechell, employed on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations— and, between 
 Feb. 1825, and Dec. 1826, as Admiralty Mate, to 
 the Pandora 18, Capt. Geo. Gordon, Britannia 
 120, Capt. Philip Pipon, Magnificent 74, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Mundell, Serapis 20, Capt. Chas. 
 Elliot, and Scylla 20, Capt. Wm. Hobson, on the 
 Home and West India stations. He was confirmed 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Harlequin 18, Capt. C. 
 Elliot, 28 April, 1827, but was superseded in the 
 ensuing July, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 BYNG. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 8.) 
 Henry Byng is eldest son of Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Dilkes Byng, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alligator 28, stationed 
 off the coast of North, America, where he was soon 
 transferred to the Orestes 18, Capt. Jones. He 
 joined, in Feb. 1828, the Tribune 42, Capt. John 
 Wilson ; removed, as Midshipman, in April fol- 
 lowing, to the IcARDS 10, Capt. Hon. Thos. Best, 
 in the West Indies ; and, from May, 1829, until Nov. 
 1833, was further employed, on the same and Cape 
 stations, in the Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. Con- 
 way Courtenay, Pincher 5, Lieut.-Commander Wm. 
 Stopford TuUoh, and Winchester 52, and Isis 50, 
 flag-ships of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys and Rear- 
 Admiral Fred. Warren. He then joined the Vic- 
 tory 104, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir 
 Thos. Williams ; passed his examination in Dec. of 
 the same year, 1833; and, on 17 Nov. 1834, was ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 17 April, 1835, to the Sapphire 
 28, Capt. Rich. Freeman Rowley, on the Mediterra^ 
 nean station, whence he returned home and was paid 
 off in Aug. 1838—14 Sept. 1840, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Salamander steam-vessel, Capt. Hastings 
 Reginald Henry, from which he was again paid off 
 iu July, 1841 — and, 11 June, 1842, to the command 
 of the Avon steam-vessel, on the North America 
 and West India station. He invalided home in 
 March, 1843 ; and has since been unemployed. The 
 rank he now holds was conferred on him 9 Nov. 
 1846. 
 
 Commander Byng married, 6 June, 1839, Mary 
 Anne Webb, of Quendon Hall, co. Essex, a de- 
 scendant of Archbishop Cranmer, and by that lady 
 has issue. Agent — F. Dufaur. 
 
 BYNG. (CTavtain, 1814. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 1.3.) 
 
 The Honourable Henry Dilkes Byng is fourth 
 son of the fifth Viscount Torrington, by Bridget, 
 daughter of Commodore Arthur Forrest (who died 
 Commander-in-Chief on the Jamaica station) ; great- 
 grandson of the first Viscount, the celebrated Ad- 
 miral Geo. Byng, who was appointed, in 1727, First 
 Lord of the Admiralty, and died in 1733 ; grand- 
 nephew of the unfortunate Vice- Admiral Hon. John 
 Byng, who was executed 14 March, 1757 ; brother 
 of the late Vice-Admiral Viscount Torrington ; 
 brother-in-law both of the late Rear- Admiral Percy 
 Frazer, who died 9 Dec. 1827, and of Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Herbert, R.N., who died in 1808 ; uncle of 
 the present Viscount Torrington, and of Lieut. 
 Hon. J. R. M. Byng, R.N. ; and cousin of Capt. 
 Hon. C. O. Bridgeman, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1798, on 
 board the Arrow sloop, Capt. Nathaniel Portlock, 
 lying in Portsmouth harbour, and was shortly 
 afterwards severely injured while trying the effects 
 of firing a gun on the non-recoil principle. He 
 next joined, as A.B. and Volunteer, the St. Albans 
 64, Capt. Fras. Pender, and Topaze 36, Capt. 
 Stephen G. Church, on the Halifax station ; became 
 
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 BYNG-BYNON— BYRON. 
 
 Midshipman, in 1799, of the Madras 54, Capt. John 
 I)ilkes, with whom, on quitting the North Sea, he 
 proceeded to China, where he witnessed, early in 
 1800, a very serious dispute with the natives ; 
 served afterwards, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the 
 Galatea 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng (his brother), 
 Cemtadh 74, flag-ship at Plymouth of Rear-Ad- 
 mjral Jas. Eich. Dacres, Imogene 18, Capt. Henry 
 Vaughan, in which vessel he took out despatches to 
 the Cape of Good Hope, and Texel 64, Capt. Hon. 
 G. Byng, guard-ship in the river Medway ; was ap- 
 pointed Acting-Lieutenant, in 1803, of the Solphok 
 bomb, Capt. Donald M'Leod, in the Channel ; and, 
 on 5 May, 1804, was confirmed to the Sagesse, Capt. 
 Conway Shipley, on the West India station. As 
 Lieutenant, Mr. Byng's subsequent appointments 
 were— 19 Feb. and 31 July, 1805, to the Hisdostan 
 50, (japt. Alex. Fraser, and Lahcaster 64, Capt. 
 Wm. Fothergill— 2 June, 1808, to the Centurion 
 50, Capt. Monk— and, 15 July, 1809, to the com- 
 mand of the Bream schooner. Towards the close 
 of 1806, while Second of the Lancaster, he con- 
 veyed, after having escorted the homeward-bound 
 East India trade as far as St. Helena, the .38th Re- 
 giment, and two troops of cavalry, to the Rio de la 
 Plata ; and, at the first unsuccessful attack on 
 Monte Video, he was honoured by Sir Home Pop- 
 ham with the conduct of the forlorn hope. During 
 the subsequent operations against that fortress, Mr. 
 Byng was for several days engaged, on board a 
 transport, in cannonading the fortifications ; and on 
 the morning of its glorious assault and capture, 3 
 Feb. 1809, he entered the breach at the head of the 
 38th. He then aided in seizing and destroying the 
 men-of-war and other vessels in the harbour. On 
 12 Dec. 1809, Capt. Byng was confirmed in the com- 
 mand of the Goree sloop of 18 gims, 9-pounders, 
 in which he afterwards had a very long running 
 fight with a large American brig, the Tom of Bal- 
 timore, of 20 24-pounders and 200 men. He next 
 joined, on 4 March, 1813, the Mohawk 16. In 
 the many brilliant scenes which were about that 
 period enacted in the Chesapeake under Sir Geo. 
 Cockbum, Capt. Byng took a very distinguished 
 part, but especially in the expedition, of 6 May, 
 against George Town and Frederick Town, up the 
 Sassafras river, where the skill and bravery he 
 chanced as commanding officer (being at one time 
 exposed to the united fire of 400 men, entrenched 
 on the two opposite banks of the river) procured 
 him the hearty and publicly expressed thanks of 
 the Commander-in-Chief.* After assisting in the 
 attack upon Craney Island, he was appointed 
 Acting-Captain of the Diadem 64, in which ship he 
 conveyed, early in 1814, a body of troops to Quebec 
 for the reinforcement of Sir Geo. Prevost. Being 
 officially promoted to Post-rank, 9 March following, 
 he subsequently held, for 15 years, a command on 
 the Lakes of Canada. He was appointed, 28 May, 
 1833, Captain of the Ordinary at Portsmouth, where 
 he remained until 1836 ; and was lastly, 26 July, 
 1842, nominated Commodore on the Jamaica sta- 
 tion, with his broad pendant in the Imahm 72. He 
 invalided home at the end of 1843, after having ac- 
 quired, in the discharge of his high official duties, 
 the marked esteem of the mercantile community 
 and constituted authorities of the island. He was 
 placed upon retired half-pay 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Byng married, 2 Oct. 1810, Maria Jane, 
 daughter of the Hon. J. B. Gierke, Member of 
 H. M. Council for Cape Breton, and has, with two 
 daughters, three sons, two of whom are in the 
 Kavy, the eldest, Henry, a Commander. The other 
 is in the Indian army, and was lately aide-de-camp 
 to Major-General Sir Chas. Napier, in Scinde. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 BYNG. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 The Honodrabie John Russell Mobrb Bvkg, 
 born 4 Aug. 1823, is youngest son of the late Vice- 
 Admiral Viscount Torrington,f by his second wife, 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1813, p. 1333. 
 
 ^ Visicount Torrington was born 5 Jan. 1768, and entered 
 the Navy 23 Feb. 1778. He was Midshipman of tlie ThUw- 
 
 Frances Harriet, daughter of Admiral Sir Robt. 
 Barlow, G.C.B. He is brother of the present 
 Viscount Torrington ; nephew of Capt. Hon. H. D. 
 Byng, R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Capt. W. H. 
 Hall, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 31 March, 1837, on 
 board the Princess Charlotte 104, Capt. Arthur 
 Fanshawe, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of 
 Hon. Robt. Stopford, under whom he shared in the 
 operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including 
 the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He passed his 
 examination 12 April, 1843; and after serving, as 
 Mate, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, of 
 the Belvibera 38, Vesuvius steamer. Excellent 
 gunnery-ship, and Victoria and Albert steam- 
 yacht, Capts. Hon. Geo. Grey, Erasmus Ommanney, 
 Sir Thos. Hastings, and Lord Adolphus FitzClar 
 renoe, was awarded a commission dated 25 Sept. 
 1845. He has been employed, since 12 Nov. in the 
 latter year, on board the Retribution steam-fri- 
 gate, and Vengeance 74, both commanded by Capt. 
 Stephen Lushington. 
 
 BYNON. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 John Corrie Bvnon passed his examination in 
 1827 ; obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; 
 was appointed, on 25 of the same month, to the 
 Talavera 74, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, in the 
 Mediterranean ; joined, 10 April, 1839, the Druid 
 44, Capts. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill and 
 Henry Smith; and, for his services as her First- 
 Lieutenant on the coast of China, was advanced to 
 the rank of Commander 23 Dec. 1842.* He was 
 paid off in the spring of 1843, and has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 BYRON, LoBD. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 The Right Honourable George Anson, Lord 
 Byron, bom 8 March, 1789, is eldest son of Capt. 
 Geo. Anson Byron, R.N., who died in 1793, by Char- 
 lotte Henrietta, daughter of Robt. Dallas, Esq., of 
 Dallas Castle, Jamaica ; grandson of Admiral Hon. 
 John Byron, a Midshipman under Lord Anson in 
 his voyage round the world, who died in 1786 ; first 
 cousin of the immortal poet, whom he succeeded in 
 the family honours and estates, 19 April, 1824 ; and 
 cousin also of the late Rear- Admiral Rich. Byron, 
 C.B., who commanded the Belvidera in her cele- 
 brated retreat from the American squadron under 
 Coramodore Rodgers, and died in 1837. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1800, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Hindostan 50, Capts. Jas. 
 Mulock and Sam. Mottley, stationed at the Cape of 
 Good Hope ; removed, as Midshipman, in March, 
 1801, to the Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborn, 
 with whom he sailed for the East &dies ; and, from 
 March, 1802, until the spring of 1807, was succes- 
 sively employed, on that station, in the Chiffonne 
 36, Capt. Henry Stuart, Centurion 50, Capt. John 
 Spratt Rainier, Tremendous again, Capt. Osborn, 
 and CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. He 
 then returned to England with convoy in the Con- 
 corde frigate; obtained his first commission 24 
 Aug. in the same year ; and, in Feb. 1808, joined 
 the Tartar 32, Capts. Geo. Edm. Byron Bettes- 
 worth and Joseph Baker. On 15 May ensuing, 
 Lieut. Byron was present, oflT Bergen, when Capt. 
 Bettesworth was killed and the Tartar severely 
 cut up by the fire of a Norwegian armed schooner 
 and five gun-boats. He was also, on various occa- 
 sions, actively employed in the Tartar's boats. 
 We next find him serving from 8 Dec. 1808, until 
 advanced to the rank of Commander, 1 Feb. 1812, 
 in the Barfleuk 98, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Hon. 
 
 DEHER in the action between Keppel and D'Orvilliers, and 
 of the Superb in two of Sir Edward Huglies' encounters witli 
 De SulTrein. He afterwards commanded the Uei.lkjukux 
 64, at the reduction of tlie Cape of Good Hope, and the de- 
 struction of several Dutch men-of-war in Batavia Roads, in 
 1806 ; and when in the Warrioe 74, he conveyed the Prince 
 of Orange to Holland in 1813. The Viscount died a Vice- 
 Admiral of the Blue 18 June, 1«31. 
 • FWeGaz.l843,p. 2S60. 
 
CABBURN— CADOGAN— CAFFIN. 
 
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 Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, on the Lisbon station. He 
 was afterwards appointed, 24, Feb. and 6 Deo. 1813, 
 to the WooDLARK 10, and Pengbin 18, on the Baltic 
 and Channel stations; and, on 7 June, 1814, was 
 promoted to Post-rank. Lord Byron's last appoint- 
 ment afloat was, 5 June, 1824, to the command of the 
 Blonde 42, in which frigate he conveyed from this 
 country the remains of the late King and Queen of 
 the Sandwich Islands.* While there he had the satis- 
 faction of erecting a monument to the memory of 
 the great circumnavigator, Cook, near the very spot 
 where he lost his life. The Blonde returned home 
 and was paid off 15 Dec. 1826. 
 
 Lord Byron, who is a Lord in Waiting on Her 
 Majesty, married, 18 March, 1816, Elizabeth Mary, 
 daughter of the late, and sister of the present, 
 Saoheverel Chandos Pole, of Radborne, co. Dorset, 
 by whom he has issue fotir sons and two daughters. 
 Agents— Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 c. 
 
 CABBUEN. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 17; h-p., 29.) 
 John Eveekest Cabbdbn entered the Navy, 5 
 Sept. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 
 64, Capt. Wm. Nowell, lying at Sheerness, but was 
 discharged 12 April, 1802. He again embarked, 3 
 May, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Utrecht 
 64, Capts. John Wentworth Loring, Fras. Pick- 
 more, and Henry Inman, stationed in the Downs ; 
 and, in Jan. 1805, he removed to the Ramillies 74, 
 Capts. F. Pickmore and Eobt. Tarker, in the West 
 Indies. After witnessing the surrender of M. 
 Linois' squadron in March, 1806, and assisting at 
 the reduction of the Danish islands of St. Thomas 
 and Santa Croix, in Deo. 1807, Mr. Cabburn was 
 next, in Nov. 1808, transferred to the Cornelia 32, 
 Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell, on the East India sta- 
 tion; as Master's Mate of which ship we find him, in 
 1810-11, serving on shore at the taking of the Isle 
 of France, and the storming of Fort Cornells in 
 the island of Java. In the course of 1812 he be- 
 came attached, in succession, to the Illustrious 
 74, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. 
 Jiobt. Broughton, and the flag of Rear- Admiral Sir 
 Sam. Hood, Dorts 36, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, and 
 NiOBE 40, Capts. Wm. Augustus Montagu and Henry 
 Collins Deacon. Under the former of those officers 
 he served off Cherbourg, escorted a convoy to 
 Quebec, and was employed with the force off Lis- 
 bon ; and, under Capt. Deacon, he was at the surren- 
 der of Guadeloupe in 1815. Having obtained his first 
 commission on 13 Feb. in the latter year, Mr. Cab- 
 burn was placed on half-pay on 13 of the following 
 Sept. His last appointments were — 26 July, 1841, 
 to the Ocean 80, guardship at Sheerness— and, 23 
 Jan. 1844, to be Admiralty Agent in a contract 
 steam-vessel on the West India station. Since the 
 latter part of 1845 he has been unemployed. 
 AGENTS--Messrs. Chard. 
 
 CADOGAN, Earl, C.B., K.M.T. (Kear-Ad- 
 miral of the White, 1841. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 36.) 
 
 The Bight Honourable George, Earl Cado- 
 GAN, born 5 May, 1783, is eldest surviving son of 
 the first Earl, by his second wife, Mary, daughter 
 of Chas. Churchill, Esq. ; brother of Lieut.-Col. 
 Hon. Henry Cadogan, who fell at Vittoria 21 June, 
 1813, and of the present Lieut.-Col. Hon. Edw. 
 Cadogan ; half-brother of Hon. Thos. Cadogan, 
 Capt., R.N., who was lost in H. M. S. GLORiEnx 
 in 1782 ; and brother-in-law of the Marquess of 
 Anglesey, as also of the Hon. and Rev. Gerald 
 Valerian Wellesley, brother of the Duke of Wel- 
 lington. He succeeded his half-brother, as third 
 Earl, 23 Dec. 1832. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capt. 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he continued to serve, 
 
 * For a full account of thia interesting mission we refer 
 our readera to the * Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sand- 
 wich Islands in 1B24 and 18S5,' publislied by Lord Byrou iu 
 18313. 
 
 in the same frigate and in the iMPiTDEUx 78, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations, until Feb. 1802, 
 the greater part of the time as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate. In the former ship he assisted, in 
 April, 1796, at the capture of a fleet of French mer- 
 chantmen, the destruction of La Volage 26, and the 
 further capture of L' Unite of 38, and, after a 
 chase of 15 hours and a close action of an hour and 
 45 minutes, of La Virginie of 44 guns. He was 
 also, on 13 Jan. 1797, present, in company with the 
 Amazon 36, in a very gallant engagement of 10 
 hours with the French 74-gun ship Les Droits de 
 I'Samme, in which the Indefatigable sustained 
 a loss of 19 men wounded. The iMPi^TnEnx after- 
 wards formed part, in June and Aug. 1800, of the 
 expeditions to Quiberon and Ferrol. On 12 April, 
 1802, we find Mr. Cadogan appointed to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Leda 38, Capts. Geo. Hope and 
 Robt. Honyman, under the latter of whom he took 
 part, 29 Sept. 1803, in a successful conflict with 
 the enemy's flotilla near Boulogne ; and, on 4 May, 
 1804, obtaining official command of the Cyane 18, 
 in the West Ladies, where that vessel, after cap- 
 turing, 11 Nov. 1804 and 16 May, 1805, the French 
 and Spanish privateers, Bjwnaparte, of 22 guns and 
 150 men, and Justicia, of 4 guns and 95 men, was 
 herself taken, on 12 May, in the latter year, by the 
 Hortense and Hermitme frigates. Capt. Cadogan, 
 whose next appointment was, 22 March, 1806, to 
 the Ferret 18, on the Jamaica station, obtained 
 Post-rank 23 March, 1807, and subsequently joined— 
 6 Oct. 1807, the Crocodile 22, in which he served 
 for some time on the Cape of Good Hope and Home 
 stations, and conveyed Sir Arthur Wellesley from 
 England to the Peninsula — 16 Sept. 1809, the 
 Pallas 32, part of the force employed in the expe- 
 dition to the Walcheren, at the evacuation of which 
 island, in Dec. 1809, he superintended the embark- 
 ation of the rear-guard of the army, and proved a 
 zealous second and supporter of Commodore Owen* 
 —and, 6 June, 1811, the Havannah of 42 guns. 
 After several months of active employment in the 
 Channel, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and 
 there, in Dec. 1813, terminated a train of very 
 effective services, marked on every occasion by a 
 display of judgment, perseverance, and ability, by 
 commanding the naval force at the reduction, after a 
 cannonade of 13 days, of the strong fortress of Zara, 
 mounting 110 guns, 7 large mortars, and 11 howit- 
 zers, and garrisoned by 2000 veteran troops under the 
 command of Baron Boise. f He was placed on half- 
 pay on 31 of the last-mentioned month, and has not 
 since been afloat. The Austrian Order of Maria 
 Theresa was conferred on him 22 July, 1814 ; the 
 C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and the rank of Bear- Admiral 23 
 Nov. 1841. Earl Cadogan was appointed an Extra 
 Naval Aide-de-camp to William IV. 5 Sept. 1831. 
 
 He married, 4 April, 1810, Louisa Honoria, daugh- 
 ter of Joseph Blake, Esq., of Ardfry, and sister of 
 the first Lord Wallscourt, by whom he has issue 
 four sons and two daughters. Agents— Goode 
 and Lawrence. 
 
 CAFFIN. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 6.^ 
 James Crawford Caffin, bom 1 March, 1812, 
 is third son of Wm. CafSn, Esq., of the Royal La- 
 boratory, Woolwich. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1824 as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ptlades 18, Capt. Fras. 
 Fead, from which vessel he was discharged 10 May 
 1825. On 18 Jan. 1826, he re-embarked, on board 
 the Brisk 10, Capt. Chas. Hope, and, in July 1827 
 he became Midshipman of the Cambrian 48,' Capt! 
 Gawen Wm. H amilton, both stationed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he appears to have been very actively 
 employed against the pirates in the Grecian Archipe- 
 lago, and to have shared in the battle of Navarin 20 
 Oct. 1827. The Cambrian being ultimately wrecked 
 while engaged in action with the pirates of Fort 
 Carabusa, 31 Jan. 1828, Mr. Caffin next joined for 
 brief periods, on the Home and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, the Gloucester 74, Capt. Henry Stuart, 
 • Viie Gaz. 1809, pp. 2056-7. f V. Gaz. 1814, p. 122. 
 
160 
 
 CAIGER- CALDECOT. 
 
 Peotector surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett, 
 Donegal 76, Capt. Sir Jahleel Brcnton, Hekmes 
 steam-packet, Lieut.-Commander Andrew Kennedy, 
 GiODCESTER again, Capt. Henry Coffin, and Mes- 
 senger steam-packet, Lieut.-Commander Benj. 
 Aplin. Having passed his examination, 3 Aug. 
 1831, he was soon afterwards appointed Mate of the 
 FiAMER, another steam-packet, Lieut.-Commander 
 Richard Bastard, with whom he served, also in the 
 Mediterranean, until Jan. 1834. In Oct. following 
 he joined the Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, where his professional 
 attainments, after the usual course of study, were 
 acknowledged by a first-class certificate. Ue next 
 served for upwards of two years as Gunnery-Mate 
 of the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, again in the 
 Mediterranean, and, on 28 June, 1838, was advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. His following appoint- 
 ments were— 17 Oct. 1838, as Gunnery-Lieutenant, 
 to the Excellent— 9 May, 1839, to the Blenheim 
 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, in 
 the Channel— 10 Aug. 1839, to the Excellent 
 again— and, 2 Oct. 1841, to the Qdeen 110, fitting 
 for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen. In honour 
 of Her Majesty's visit to the latter ship, previously 
 to her final departure for the Mediterranean, Com- 
 mander Caffin was advanced to the rank he now 
 holds, 7 March, 1842. He has been in command, 
 since 26 Nov. 1845, of the Scourge steam-sloop, 
 attached to the Channel squadron. 
 
 Commander Caffin (who was a student at the Royal 
 Naval College at Portsmouth from May to Dec. 
 1842) is the officer who was nominated by the Ad- 
 miralty to act as Joint Commissioner with Lieut.- 
 Col. Chalmer, R.A., in the investigation of Capt. 
 "Warner's celebrated " Long Range " and " Invisible 
 Shells." In Feb. 1845, he was, in conjunction with 
 Capts. Henry John Codrington and John Robb, sent 
 out in the Black Eagle on an experimental cruize 
 with the royal steam-yacht Victoria and Albert 
 and Battler (screw) steamer, for the purpose 
 of reporting ^on the capabilities of those vessels. 
 He married,' 21 Sept. 1843, Fanny Brouncker, 
 youngest daughter of Wm. Atfield, Esq., of Cosham 
 House, Hants, by whom he has issue one son. 
 
 CAIGER. (Commander, 1827. r-p.,17;H-p., 30.) 
 Herbert Caiger was born 15 Sept. 1786. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hind 28, Capt. Joseph 
 Larcom, from which ship, after serving for some 
 time in the West Indies and North America, and 
 attending the expedition to Egypt in 1801, he was 
 paid oflr, 23 Sept. 1802. He then, with Rear-Admi- 
 ral CoUingwood, joined in succession, as Midship- 
 man, the Venerable, Colossus, and Culloden 74's, 
 and Prince 98, employed at the blockade of Brest ; 
 and, on returning to the Venerable, Capt. John 
 Hunter, suffered shipwreck, in Torbay, on the night 
 of 24 Nov. 1804. After that event Mr. Caiger be- 
 came attached, as Master's Mate, to the Isis 50, flag- 
 ship, at Newfoundland, of his friend Sir Erasmus 
 Gower, by whom he was promoted, immediately 
 after passing his examination, to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, as a reward for general good conduct, 13 
 Dec. 1806. We soon afterwards find him ap- 
 pointed, 4 Feb. 1807, to the Crocodile 22, Capt. 
 Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth, stationed at Quebec, 
 and 2 Feb. 1808, under the same officer, to the 
 Tartar 32. On the death of Capt. Bettesworth, 
 who was killed, 15 May following, at the commence- 
 ment of a severe action, which lasted for an hour 
 and a half, between the 'Tartar, who lay becalmed 
 in the midst of a narrow rocky strait, off Bergen, 
 on the coast of Norway, and a Danish flotilla, con- 
 sisting of an armed schooner and five Danish gun- 
 hoats, the command devolved upon Lieut. Caiger, 
 who ultimately succeeded in rescuing the ship from 
 her critical position, and conducting her, although 
 much cut up, into the open sea, after sinking one 
 of the enemy's vessels and routing the remainder. 
 While subsequently serving with Capt. Joseph 
 Baker, he was very actively engaged in affording 
 
 protection to the convoys passing through the Belt, 
 and, independently of the capture of several mer- 
 chantmen, assisted in taking, 3 Nov. 1808, the 
 Danish privateer Naargshe Chitten, of 7 guns and 36 
 men. On 25 Aug. 1809, Mr. Caiger was appointed 
 First-Lieutenant of the Unicorn 32, Capts. Alex. 
 Robt. Kerr, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, and Sam. Geo. 
 Pechell, with whom, severally, he continued, until 
 paid off, 6 Oct. 1814. During that period he was 
 much employed In preventing supplies for the 
 French fleet in Brest being sent alongshore from 
 Bordeaux. He contributed also, in Feb. and 
 April, 1810, and March and April, 1813, to the cap- 
 ture of Le Gascon privateer, of 16 guns and 113 
 men, L! Esperance (formerly H. M. 22-gun ship 
 Laurel), La Miquelonnaise privateer, of 18 guns 
 and 130 men, and the Hebe, American letter-of- 
 marque (formerly H. M. schooner Laura), of 2 
 guns and 15 men; took, on one occasion, in com- 
 mand of the boats, with the loss of 2 men killed, a 
 large brig, wliich had taken shelter under the bat- 
 teries of Belleisle ; was likewise employed on the 
 north coast of Spain in aid of the patriots, as well as 
 in the blockade of the Texel and along the shores of 
 Norway ; and was lastly engaged in conveying dif- 
 ferent branches of the Royal Family to and from 
 the Continent. Lieut. Caiger's next appointment 
 was, 21 Aug. 1824, as Senior, to the Atholl 28, 
 Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, under whom he appears 
 to have released, on the western coast of Africa, 
 many hundreds of the natives from bondage, and, 
 after serving at Rangoon during the close of the 
 Burmese War, to have aided in the suppression of 
 piracy on the eastern coast of Africa. On his re- 
 turn to Portsmouth in Oct. 1827, he found that he 
 had been at length promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander, by commission dated 11 May, 1827, and ap- 
 pointed to the Java 52, flag-ship in the East Indies, 
 which, however, in consequence of the Atholl's 
 early departure from that station, he never joined. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 CALDECOT. (Lieut., 1814. r-p., 14; h-p., 25.) 
 Charles Caldecot is second son of the late 
 Thos. Caldecot, Esq., of Hollow Lodge, co. Lincoln. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Arthur ICaye Legge and John Halliday, under the 
 former of whom he attended the expedition to the 
 Walcheren in Aug. 1809, and, under the latter, 
 aided, as Midshipman, in gallantly driving back to 
 the Road of Toulon the three French frigates 
 Pomone^ Penslope, and Adrienne, w^hen in pursuit of 
 the British 18-gun brig-sloop Philomel, 30 Aug. 1810. 
 He removed with Capt. Halliday, in Feb. 1811, to 
 the Montagu 74 ; served afterwards, for short pe- 
 riods, in the Namur 74, flag-ship, at the Nore, of 
 Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Egmont 74, Capt. 
 Joseph Bingham; then, in June, 1811, rejoined his 
 former Captain, Bear-Admiral Legge, in the Re- 
 venge 74, employed at the siege of Cadiz ; and, in 
 Nov. 1812, became attached to the Iphigenia 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds PeUew ; 
 on subsequently accompanying whom into the Re- 
 sistance 38, we find him serving with the boats of 
 a squadron at the storming, 5 Oct. 1813, of the bat- 
 teries of D'Anzo, in the Mediterranean, and capture 
 of a convoy of 29 vessels anchored for protection 
 under the walls. Mr. Caldecot was next employed 
 for twelve months in the Badger of 10 guns, and on 
 23 Dec. 1814, within a month of passing his exa- 
 mination, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 His subsequent appointments appear to have been — 
 13 May, 1815, to the Falmouth 20, Capts. Geo. 
 Wm. Henry Knight, Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing, 
 and Geo. Fred. Rich, from which ship, after an in- 
 termediate servitude on the St. Helena and Irish 
 stations, he was paid off, 26 March, 1819— and, 13 
 March, 1824, as First-Lieutenant, to the Ctrene 20, 
 Capts. Percy Grace and Alex. Campbell. In com- 
 mand of the boats of the latter vessel he was for 
 several weeks occupied in hostile operations against 
 the pirates in the Straits of Malacca. He ex- 
 
CALDER-CALDWELL— CALEY-CAMMILLERI. 
 
 161 
 
 changed, in March, 1827, into the Boadicea 46, 
 Capt. John 'Wilgon: hut since the follomng July, 
 when he was paid off, has not heen afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Caldecot married, 27 Nov. 1827, Mary, only 
 daughter of the late Rev. Peter Williams, by whom 
 he has issue. 
 
 CALDEK. (Lieut., 1811. p-p., 12; H-i>., 32.) 
 Francis Anderson Calder entered the Navy, 
 1 Sept. 1803, as Midshipman, on hoard the Pldto 
 18, Capts. Robt. Forbes, "W. Hugh Kittoe, and Rich. 
 Gaire Janvrin, under the latter of whom he as- 
 sisted, as Master's Mate, at the bombardment of 
 Havre de Grace, 17 and 23 July, 180^1. In Jan. 
 1805, he rejoined Capt. Forbes in the Merlin 18, 
 and, after accompanying a convoy to the Mediter- 
 ranean, took part in a warm conflict of four hours 
 with three Spanish gun-boats in the Gut of Gibral- 
 tar. From March, 1806, to March, 1809, he again 
 served with Capt. Janvrin in the Pluto, and was 
 employed during that period in actively cruizing off 
 "Weymouth, where he aided in detaimng no fewer 
 than 36 neutral vessels, and also in conveying 
 money for the assistance of the patriots on the 
 north coast of Spain. He then, as Second Master, 
 joined the Hardy gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 Thos. Button, engaged on various detached services 
 in the Channel. He passed his examination 6 Sept. 
 1809 ; and, after a further employment in the De- 
 siRi;E 36, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, part of the block- 
 ading force off the Texel, and VicTOKr 100, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic, was 
 promoted, 28 Nov. 1811, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Dreadnought 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, one of 
 the ships which so narrowly escaped being involved 
 in the doom of the St. George, Hero, and De- 
 EENCE. Mr. Calder, who was paid off from the 
 Dreadnought 8 Feb. 1812, was next appointed, 6 
 June following, to the Prometheus 18, Capts. Her- 
 cules Robinson and Wm. Bateman Dashwood, and, 
 28 March, 1815, after visiting the West Indies, 
 North America, and Lisbon, and effecting the cap- 
 ture of several vessels, to the Tremendous 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Campbell. In May of the same year he 
 escorted to Trieste the ex-Queen of Naples, by whom 
 he was presented, in common with the other Lieute- 
 nants of the ship, with a small box covered with dia- 
 monds, with the royal miniature on the lid. He was 
 paid off 2 Oct. 1815, and has not since been able to 
 procure employment. 
 
 CALDWELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henry Caldwell entered the Navy 22 April, 
 1828 ; passed his examination 24 March, 1835 ; was 
 promoted from the Royal George yacht, Capt. 
 Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, 26 Nov. 1841 ; joined, 
 2 Oct. following, the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and, since 
 31 May, 1843, has been serving on board the Incon- 
 stant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, in the Me- 
 diterranean. 
 
 CALDWELL. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 James Thomas Caldwell passed his examina- 
 tion in 1830; obtained his first commission 1 Sept. 
 1834 ; and was afterwards appointed — 2 Sept. 1834, 
 to the Arachne 16, Capts. Jas. Burney and John 
 Sam. Foreman, in North America and the West 
 Indies— 5 Dec. 1835, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, in the Mediterranean — 13 Oct. 1840, to the 
 Britannia 120, flag-ship on the same station of Sir 
 John Acworth Ommanney — 22 Sept. 1841, to the 
 Powerful 84, Capt. Michael Seymour, at Ports- 
 mouth — and, 29 Jan. 1842, to the Agincourt 72, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in the 
 East Indies. He attained his present rank 18 Dec. 
 1844, and has since been on half-pay. Agent — 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 CALEY. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 14; h-p., 23.) 
 Charles Caley belongs to a Yorkshire family of 
 
 high descent. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1810, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sybille 44, Capts. Clot- 
 worthy Upton, Jas. Sanders, and Thos. Forrest, in 
 which vessel he attained the rating of Midshipman, 
 8 Feb. 1812, and served, on the Newfoundland and 
 Home stations, until Oct. 1814. He then joined the 
 Bombay 74, Capt. Heory Bazely, under whom he 
 escorted the Queen of Sardinia and three princesses 
 from CagUari to Genoa, and afterwards visited 
 Tripoli, Tunis, and Algiers, for the purpose of ob- 
 taining the liberation of the Christian slaves in 
 bondage at those places. In July, 1816, Mr. Caley 
 became attached to the Severn 40, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. Wm. Aylmer, and, on 27 Aug. following, he 
 was wounded at the bombardment of Algiers. We 
 next find him joining, in succession, the Rochfoet 
 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, lying 
 in Portsmouth harbour, and, in May, 1818, the 
 LiFFEY 50, Capts. Hon. Henry Duncan and Chas. 
 Grant. While under Capt. Duncan he conveyed 
 Lord Beresford from Portsmouth to Lisbon ; made 
 an anti-piratical cruize round the West Indies ; ac- 
 companied Sir Chas. Bagot, the British ambassador 
 at the court of St. Petersburg, from North Yar- 
 mouth to Cronstadt ; and was twice in attendance 
 on George IV. — the last time on the occasion of his 
 visit to Ireland. With Capt. Grant, Mr. Caley 
 served for upwards of a year in the East Indies, 
 whence he came home in March, 1823, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Madagascar 48, Capt. Evan 
 Nepean. He was confirmed on his arrival in Eng- 
 land, 22 Oct. 1823, but has not since been employed. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 CAMMILLEEI. (Commander, 1829. r-p., 20 ; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 
 Joseph Cammilleri, born 18 Aug. 1794, is sole 
 surviving son of the late Signer Gabriel Cammilleri, 
 who rendered such conspicuous assistance to the 
 British under Capt. Alex. John Ball during the 
 blockade of Malta in 1798, and suffered the conse- 
 quent sacrifice to repubhcan resentment of a large 
 portion of his property. Commander CammUleri is 
 the only Maltese in the Service. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1806, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, under the auspices of Sir A. J. Ball, 
 on board the Spider brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. 
 Sandford Ohver, in which he was present at the 
 passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. He next 
 joined the Active, of 46 guns, Capts. Rich. Hussey 
 Moubray and Jas. Alex. Gordon, also in the Medi- 
 terranean ; became Midshipman, 7 May, 1809, of 
 the St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. 
 John Strachan, in which ship he received a severe 
 contusion in the head while assisting at the bom- 
 bardment of Flushing in Aug. following ; and, 
 after an attachment of a few months to the Ville 
 DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, again 
 served with Capt. J. A. Gordon, from June, 1810, 
 to Feb. 1815, in the Active and Seahorse frigates. 
 While belonging to the Active he at various times, 
 in command of her barge, captured, cut out, and 
 destroyed 44 vessels, frequently under a destructive 
 fire ; and, on 13 March, 1811, he was present in the 
 memorable action off Lissa, when a British squadron, 
 carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, com- 
 pletely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a 
 loss to the Active of 4 men killed and 24 wounded, 
 a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted 
 to 284 guns and 2655 men. After the battle he 
 mainly contributed by his exertions to the preser- 
 vation of one of the prize-frigates, which had taken 
 fire. When next attacking in the boats, 27 July, 
 1811, a convoy of 28 merchantmen, defended, in a 
 creek of the island of Ragosniza, by 300 troops and 
 3 gun-vessels, Mr. Cammilleri personally boarded 
 and carried one of the latter, and much to his 
 praise ;* and on being invested, as a reward for his 
 ofScially reported gallantry, with the command of 
 his prize, he took, after a stout resistance, five of a 
 convoy in escort of three gun-boats, and, on a later 
 occasion, four other vessels. On 29 Nov. in thd 
 same year he further shared in a hard-fought action 
 
 • Fide Ga7, 18U, p. 2193. 
 
162 
 
 CAMPBELL. 
 
 of an hour and forty minutes, which, in rendering 
 the Active captor of La Pamone, of 44 guns and 
 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, cost 
 that ship a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded, including 
 Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg. During his servitude 
 in the Seahorse, Mr. Cammilleri was present, in 
 Aug. 1814, at the capture of Fort Washington and 
 the capitulation of Alexandria ; and, on the descent 
 of the Potomac, we find him twice despatched in 
 charge of the ship's cutter, for the purpose of pro- 
 tecting the grounded Devastation from the attacks 
 of Commodore Rodgere, one of whose fire-vessels 
 he succeeded in drawing off. He also served on 
 shore with the small-arm men in the expedition 
 against Baltimore, and, on the night the army re- 
 treated, commanded the launch in an attack on 
 the enemy's gun-boats and batteries. On 14 Dec. 
 following Mr. Cammilleri served with the boats 
 of the Seahorse and of a squadron, at the capture, 
 on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under 
 Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until 
 the British, after a severe conflict, had been occa- 
 sioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. 
 During the ensuing attack upon New Orleans he 
 was again very responsibly employed on numerous 
 detached services. On 25 Feb. 1815, Mr. Cammil- 
 leri, who had passed his examination 3 April, 1813, 
 was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant; after 
 which he appears to have been successively ap- 
 pointed— 20 Oct. 1819, to the Dover 28, bearing 
 the flags on the Leith station of Sir Robt. "Waller 
 Otway and Sir John Poo Beresford, pending his at- 
 tachment to which ship we find him cruizing, in 
 command of her tender, the Nimble cutter, for the 
 suppression of smuggling in the Firth of Forth — 24 
 Sept. 1823, to the Mesai 26, Capt. Houston Stewart, 
 fitting out at Portsmouth — 12 Deo. 1823, to the 
 Albion 74, guard-ship at the latter port, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Hoste— 5 May, 1824, to the MinsA bomb, Capt. 
 WilUams Sandom, whom he accompanied, as a vo- 
 lunteer, in the expedition against Algiers — 5 March, 
 1825, to the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas, Mingaye, 
 employed in the Coast Blockade — and, 24 Dec. 1825, 
 for a short time, to the Prince Regent 120, flag- 
 ship at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom. He was 
 promoted to his present rank, for his services while 
 in command of the Calypso Malta Colonial yacht, 
 1 Jan. 1829, and was afterwards employed as an In- 
 specting-Commander in the Coast Guard from 14 
 July, 1837, until July, 1840, and again from 8 Feb. 
 1841, until May, 1844. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Commander Cammilleri, who is Senior of 1829, 
 married Mary, daughter of Thos. Freak, Esq., of 
 Blackheath, co. Kent, and has issue six children. 
 
 Naiad frigate; became Midshipman, in 1826, of 
 the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codnngton on 
 the Mediterranean station, where, on bemg lent to 
 the Rose 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, he was present at 
 the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his ex- 
 amination in June, 1829 ; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 31 March, 1832. He was afterwards appmnted 
 —17 Dec. 1832, to the Comds 18, Capt. Wm. Price 
 Hamilton, while on the books of which vessel he 
 commanded the Skipjack and Kangaroo schooners 
 in the West Indies— 23 Jan. 1834, to the Serpent 16, 
 Capt. Evan Nepean, on the same station— 28 March 
 and 13 July, 1836, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. 
 Renton Sharpe, and Fly 18, Capt. Russell EUiott, 
 both fitting at Plymouth— 8 Oct. 1836, to the Howe 
 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Chas. Elphmstone 
 Fleeming, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore--ajid, 
 27 Oct. 1840, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. 
 Forrest, fitting at Plymouth for the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned home and was paid off early in 
 1843. Lieut. Campbell, since 6 March, 1846, has 
 been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8); h-p., 32.) 
 Archibald Campbell entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 
 1807, as Ordinary, on board the Bellerophon 74, 
 Capts. Edw. Rotheram and Sam. Warren, flag-ship 
 in succession of Rear-Admirals Bertie and Lord 
 Gardner on the Channel and Baltic stations, from 
 the latter of which he returned to England in Sept. 
 1809, in consequence of the loss of his left arm and 
 of other wounds received in action with the enemy. 
 On 23 Deo. 1809, he became Midshipman of the 
 ToNNANT 80, Capts. Sir Charles Hamilton and Has- 
 saard Stackpoole, employed in the Channel and ofi' 
 Cadiz ; after which he served, between Sept. 1810, 
 and Nov. 1814, in the Royal Sovereign yacht, 
 Capt. Sir C. Hamilton, Hogue 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. 
 Bladen Capel, and Royal William and Prince, 
 flag-ships of Sir Rich. Biokerton, all on the Home 
 station. He was then appointed Acting-Master of 
 the Griper sloop, Capt. Arthur M'Meekan ; but 
 since the attainment of his present rank, 18 Feb. 
 1815, has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Campbell was granted a pension of 91i. 5s. 
 for his wounds 28 May, 1816. He is married. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (LlEUTKNANT, 1832.) 
 
 Charles James Fox Campbell entered the 
 Navy, 3 June, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Kear-Admirai, 1846. r-P.j 13; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 Colin Campbell (a), born in 1787 at Woodhall, 
 CO. Lanark, is fourth son of Walter Campbell, Esq., 
 of Shawfield and Woodhall, both in the same shire, 
 and of the island of May, co. Argyle. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson 44, Capt. Philip 
 Chas. Durham, with whom he served, latterly as 
 Midshipman, in the same ship, and in the Enbtmion 
 40, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, and 
 off St. Helena and Lisbon, until April, 1802, and 
 contributed to the capture of several privateers and 
 other armed vessels. He then joined in succession 
 the Donegal 74, Capt. Rich. John Strachan, in the 
 Channel, Glatton 54, Capt. Jas. CoUnett, whom he 
 accompanied to New South Wales, and Defiance 
 74, Capt. P. C. Durham, in which ship we find him, 
 in 1805, participating, as Master's Mate, in Sir Robt.^ 
 Calder's action and in the battle of Trafalgar. 
 Having obtained his first commission 22 Jan. 1806, 
 Mr. Campbell was next appointed, in the North Sea 
 and West Indies, to the Phcebe 36, Capt. Jas. Os- 
 wald, and to the Helder, Achates, and Neptune, 
 the latter the flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane. He 
 was confirmed, 22 Sept. 1809, in the command of 
 the Port d'Espagne sloop; and he subsequently 
 served in the Curiedx and Drake sloops, and for 
 upwards of 12 months, as Acting-Captain, on the 
 Mediterranean station, of the Freija 36. He was 
 officially posted 28 Feb. 1812, and advanced to 
 Flag-rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral, as we are given to understand, 
 served at the reduction of Martinique and Guade- 
 loupe in 1809-10. He married, in 1827, Harriet, 
 daughter of Jas. Royds, Esq., of Mount Falinge, 
 Lancashire, by whom he has issue four children, of 
 whom the eldest son, Jas. Carter Campbell, is a 
 Midshipman, R.N. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Colin Yobke Campbell is only son of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Donald Campbell, R.N., by his first marriage. 
 This officer passed his examination in 1833 ; and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 24 Jan. 
 1838. His succeeding appointments were — 4 June, 
 1838, to the Melville 74, flag-ship at the Cape of 
 Good Hope of Hon. Geo. ElUot— 5 March, 1840, to 
 the Inconstant 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, on the Medi- 
 terranean station — and, 28 Nov. 1843, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Hyacinth 18, commanded in the 
 West Indies by Capt. Fras. Scott. He attained his 
 present rank 9 Nov. 1846. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Eear-Admieal, 1846. f.-p., 27; 
 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 Donald Campbell, born in 1788, is eldest son of 
 
 the late Colin Campbell, Esq., of Auchendoun, co. 
 
 Argyle ; brother of Lieut. Duncan Fred. Campbell, 
 
CAMPBELL. 
 
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 R.N. (1826), who died in 1837, and of two military 
 officers, who both lost their lives in the active ser- 
 vice of their country, the one in consequence of the 
 wounds he had received as Senior-Captain of the 
 59th Regt., when landing with the grenadiers of 
 that corps at Java in 1811 — the other from the 
 eflFects of the Walcheren fever ; and uncle, by mar- 
 riage, of Commanders Henry Hope, and Jolm Elliot, 
 Bingham, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1791, as 
 A.B., on board the Assistance 50, Capt. Lord 
 Cranstoun, in which ship he served in the Channel 
 until discharged in Sept. following. He re-em- 
 barked, in 1793, on board the Otter 10, Capt. Jas. 
 Hardy ; became Midshipman, on 20 Oct. in the 
 same year, of the Scokpion 18, Capt. Thos. Western, 
 under whom, on proceeding to the West Indies, he 
 captured, among other vessels. La Victoire French 
 privateer, of 18 guns; and was afterwards trans- 
 ferred in succession to the Swiitsure 74, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker (in which he was 
 present at the unsuccessful attack upon Leogane, 
 St. Domingo, 22 March, 1796), and Venerable 74, 
 bearing the flag in the North Sea of Admiral Dun- 
 can. In 1797 Mr. Campbell joined, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, the RosSEL 74, Capt. Henry TroUope, 
 and, after participating in the battle of Camper- 
 down, was confirmed by the Admiralty 4 Jan. 1798. 
 His next appointment was, 26 Oct. 1798, to the 
 Galatea 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, on the Irish 
 station, where, during a dark and stormy night in 
 the winter of 1800, he was, with a crew of six vo- 
 lunteers, hoisted in a boat from off the booms of 
 the ship to take possession of JEl Pensee Spanish 
 letter-of-marque, carrying 20 men, whom for 10 
 days he had the onerous duty of keeping in sub- 
 jection. On 15 Oct. 1802, he obtained the First- 
 Lieutenancy of the Cartsfort 28, Capts. Geo. 
 Mundy and Robt. Fanshawe, in the boats of which 
 frigate he captured a French letter-of-marque on 
 the coast of Norway in 1803. He afterwards ac- 
 companied a large convoy to the West Indies, and 
 subsequently to his appointment, 20 Feb. 1805, to 
 the command of the Tobago schooner, signalized 
 himself in a successful attack made in company 
 with the CuRiEux sloop on two merchantmen, lying 
 for protection under the batteries at Barcelona, on 
 the coast of Caraccas. Having assumed, 18 Sept. 
 1805, the acting-command of the Lilt 18, Capt. 
 Campbell, in the spring of 1806, had the good for- 
 tune, after a long chase, to capture the Leander, of 
 22 guns and 220 men, with General Miranda on 
 board, returning from a vain endeavour to rear the 
 standard of independence in South America. In 
 the second and equally impropitious attempt which 
 Miranda, owing to the assistance of Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, was induced to make, Capt. Campbell, as 
 the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the expedition, 
 acquitted himself of his responsible charge with all 
 the accustomed gallantry and judgment of a British 
 officer. He subsequently, for his general good con- 
 duct and attention to the interests of Trinidad, re- 
 ceived the public thanks of the Governor, Council, 
 and merchants; but, in consequence of some mis- 
 management at head-quarters, he does not appear 
 to have been officially promoted until confirmed, 
 4 May, 1807, in the command of the Pert 16, to 
 which sloop he had been appointed on 30 of the 
 preceding Jan. On 16 Oct. following he was un- 
 fortunately wrecked, and lost 12 of his crew, in a 
 hurricane off the island of Margarita, a disaster, 
 however, of which a subsequent court-martial most 
 honourably acquitted him. Capt. Campbell's en- 
 suing appointments were — 13 Sept. 1809, to L'Espi- 
 icLE 16, in which he convoyed two ships to the 
 West Indies — 29 April, 1810, by exchange, to the 
 Port d'Espagne sloop, on the latter station — and, 
 22 Sept. 1810, to the Rosamond 18, employed suc- 
 cessively in defending the trade of Trinidad, con- 
 veying a mail and some specie from Jamaica to 
 England, escorting various fleets of merchantmen, 
 and protecting the fislieries on the coast of Labrador 
 and the north shores of Newfoundland. He at- 
 tained Poet-rank 1 Aug. 1811, but did not leave the 
 
 Rosamond until 28 May, 1814. He afterwards, 
 from 1822 to 1832, officiated as an Inspecting-Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard; and on 1 Oct. 1846, 
 was made a Flag officer. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Campbell, who is Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for Argyle, married, first, in 1808, Anne Irvin, 
 daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Dou- 
 glas, Bart., by whom, who died in 1815, he had, 
 with two daughters, a son, the present Commander 
 Colin Yorke Campbell, R.N. ; and, secondly, 19 Aug. 
 1819, Isabella, daughter of John Campbell, Esq., of 
 Craigmore, co. Argyle, by whom he has issue seven 
 sons and four daughters. Agents— Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Frederick Archibald Campbell is son of 
 Lieut.-General Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., Go- 
 vernor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon, an 
 officer who distinguished himself in the Peninsula 
 and at Waterloo ; and brother of the late gallant 
 Capt. Arthur Wellington Campbell, one of the Sutlej 
 heroes, who fell by a cannon-shot on 21 Dec. 1845, 
 while acting as Aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir 
 H. Smith. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1829 ; served for 
 two years and a half in the Mediterranean; and 
 was subsequently employed for three years on the 
 coast of Africa, whither, after having been sent 
 home for the restoration of his health, in conse- 
 quence of an attack of coast fever, he ultimately 
 returned. As a Lieutenant, to which rank he was 
 promoted 11 May, 1837, Mr. Campbell's appoint- 
 ments, we find, were — 2 Sept. 1837, to the Scodt 18, 
 Capt. Robt. Craigie, also on the African station — 
 28 Jan. 1840, as Additional-Lieutenant; to the Win- 
 chester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey in North 
 America and the West Indies — 7 March, 1841, as 
 Senior, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher 
 Wyvill, on the same station — 11 Feb. 1842, as Addi- 
 tional, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship in the East 
 Indies of Sir Wm. Parker— and, 25 Aug. and 17 Nov. 
 1842, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fowler 
 Hastings, and, again as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, in which 
 ship he returned to England and was paid off in the 
 summer of 1845. Since the date of his last promo- 
 tion, 27 April, 1846, Commander Campbell has been 
 unemployed. Agents — CoUier and Snee. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (LiEDT., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.) 
 George Campbell entered the Navy, 31 Dec. 
 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Hero 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, employed off Ferrol, and 
 . — with the exception of two short intervals in the 
 years 1806 and 1812, when we find him attached to 
 the Donegal 74, Capt. Fulteney Malcolm, and 
 Blossom 20, Capt. Wm. Stewart — served from 31 
 Aug. 1805, to 31 Dec. 1812, with Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell, in La Chiffonne and Unite frigates, 
 and Leviathan 74, on the Mediterranean station, 
 the last three years and a half as Master's Mate. 
 On 1 Jan. 1813, he joined the Caledonia 120, flag- 
 ship of Sir Edw. Pellew on the same station, where 
 he witnessed, 5 Feb. 1813, and, as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, 13 Nov. 1814, two partial actions with the 
 French fleet out of Toulon. jVIr. Campbell, whose 
 appointment to the Caledonia was confirmed on 5 
 April in the latter year, removed, 10 June following, 
 to the Royal Oak 74, Capt. Joseph Pearce, lying 
 at Portsmouth, and was placed on half-pay on 30 of 
 the same month. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (<!raptaill,1821. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 The Honourable George Pryse Campbell is 
 youngest son of the first Lord Cawdor, by Lady 
 Caroline Howai-d, eldest daughter of Frederick, 
 fifth Earl of Carlisle ; brother of the present Earl 
 Cawdor, who was so created 24 Sept. 1827 ; and 
 nephew of the late Admiral Sir Geo. Campbell, 
 G.C.B., who died 28 Jan. 1821. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Bar- 
 
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 CAMPBELL. 
 
 rington Dacres, bearing the flag in the Channel of 
 his uncle, Eear-Admiral Geo. Campbell, with whom 
 he went soon afterwards to the Mediterranean in 
 the Canopus 80, and returned to England on hoard 
 the Ambuscade 32, in Jan. 1805. In April following 
 he joined the Namhr 74, Capt. Lawrence "Wm. Hal- 
 sted, one of Sir Rich. John Strachan's squadron in 
 his victorious conflict of 4 Nov. 1803 with the four 
 line-of-battle ships that had escaped from the battle 
 of Trafalgar. Mr. Campbell, who attained the 
 rating of Midshipman on 19 Dec. in the same year, 
 subsequently, in Jan. 1807, became attached to the 
 Seahorse, of 42 guns and 281 men, Capt. John 
 Stewart, stationed in the Mediterranean, where we 
 find him, on the night of 5 July, 1808, contributing 
 to the capture, after a memorably furious engage- 
 ment and a loss to the Seahorse of 5 men killed 
 and 10 wounded, of the Turkish man-of-war Badere 
 Zaffer, mounting 52 guns, with a complement of 543 
 men, of whom 170 were slain and 200 wounded. 
 Another ship, the Alis Fezan, of 26 guns and 230 
 men, was at the same time put to flight. From 
 April, 1809, to March, 1810, Mr. Campbell was next 
 employed in the Agincodrt 64, and Princess of 
 Orange 74, flag-ships in the Downs'of Vice- Admiral 
 G. Campbell, and, on 3 Sept. following, he became 
 Acting Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Kich. Goodwin Keats 
 in the Mileobd 74, ofl' Cadiz. He received his first 
 Admiralty commission 15 March, 1811 ; and, as a 
 Lieutenant, was subsequently appointed — 27 June, 
 1811, to the Taktakus 20, Capt. John Pasco, on the 
 North American station — 19 Deo. 1811, to the Bel- 
 vinERA 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, whose ofiicial praise 
 he elicited for his able direction of that frigate's 
 main-deck stern-chasers on the occasion of her cele- 
 brated escape from a powerful squadron under 
 Commodore Rodgers, after a long running fight and 
 a loss of 2 men killed and 22 wounded, 23 June, 1812 — 
 4 Nov. 1813, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the Monmouth 
 64, to Vice-Admiral Thos. Foley, Commander-in- 
 Chief in the Downs — and, 19 April, 1814, to the 
 Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir John Poo Beres- 
 ford, in which he conveyed Louis XVIII. to Calais. 
 Having attained the rank of Commander 16 May, 
 1814, he was next, 5 May, 1818, appointed to the 
 Racehorse 18, on the Mediterranean station. He 
 acquired a Post-commission 27 Jan. 1821 ; and ac- 
 cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Campbell, who is Senior of 1821, formerly 
 sat in Parliament for the counties of Cromartie and 
 Nairn, N.B. ; and was appointed, 24 Feb. 1831, 
 Groom of the Chamber to King William IV., in 
 which capacity he officiated at His Majesty's funeral, 
 8 July, 1837. He married, 13 Oct. 1821, Charlotte, 
 second daughter of General Isaac Gascoyne, M.P. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Gur Colin Campbell passed his examination 
 20 May, 1843 ; and when about to sail for the Cape 
 of Good Hope in the President 50, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, was awarded a 
 commission 15 Jan. 1846. He served for some time 
 with the same ofQcer as Additional-Lieutenant ; and, 
 since 19 of the following Aug., has been employed 
 in the Thundekbolt steam-sloop, Capt. Alex. Boyle, 
 also on the Cape station. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 13; h-p.,43.) 
 James Campbell entered the Navy, 23 July, 
 1791, as A.B., on board the Assistant gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander Nathaniel Portlock, with whom 
 we find him visiting Otaheite for the purpose of 
 procuring a supply of bread-fruit, and afterwards 
 proceeding to the West-Indies, where, as Midship- 
 man of the Veteran 64, Capt. Chos. Edmund Nu- 
 gent, and Avenger sloop, Capt. Edw. Griffith, he 
 assisted, early in 1794, at the capture of the French 
 islands of Martinique and Ste. Lucie, and the storm- 
 ing of Basseterre, Guadeloupe. From Deo. 1795 to 
 April, 1799, he next served in the Kite 18, Capts. 
 Micajah Malbon and Chas. I.ydiard, on the Home 
 station, and under the former witnessed the capture, 
 
 in March, 1796, of the Dutch 32-gun frigate Zephyr. 
 After an unemployed interval of more than five 
 years, Mr. Campbell joined, in Aug. 1804, the De- 
 fiance 74, Capt. PMlip Chas. Durham, and, on 16 
 May, 1805, as Master's Mate, the Triumph 74, Capt. 
 Henry Inman, one of Sir Robt. Calder's fleet in the 
 ensuing action of 22 July. On 31 Aug. 1807, he \ 
 was promoted to be Lieutenant of the Princess or \ 
 Orange 74, flag-ship in the Downs of Vice-Admiral 
 Geo. Campbell, with whom he continued until Feb. 
 1809 ; between which period and the date of hie 
 second promotal commission, 6 Dec. 1813, he served 
 for short periods in the Mermaid 32, Capt. Hincker, 
 off Lisbon, Tremendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, 
 off Cherbourg, Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, 
 in Basque Roads, Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. 
 Austen, off Flushing, and Royal Sovereign 100, 
 Capt. Jas. Bissett, lying inHamoaze. Capt. Camp- 
 bell's next appointment was, 4 May, 1827, to the Sla- 
 ney 20, fitting for the Jamaica station, where he was 
 promoted, 21 June, 1828, to Post-rank. He has not 
 since been employed. 
 
 His only daughter, Lucy, wife of the Rev. Chas. 
 Hardy, formerly of the R.N., died in 1838. Agents 
 ■ — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 James Campbell (a) passed his examination in 
 1820 ; obtained his commission 15 July, 1827 ; joined 
 the Coast Guard 6 May, 1834 ; served, from 15 July 
 to 7 Oct. 1836, on board the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry John Rous, at Portsmouth; and was re- 
 appointed to the Coast Guard 22 April, 1842. Since 
 the autumn of 1844 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1831. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 9.) 
 James Campbell (6) entered the Royal Naval 
 College 1 Feb. 1821. He embarked, 21 Dec. 1822, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Briton 46, Capt. Sir 
 Murray Maxwell, on the South American station ; 
 removed, in Aug. 1826, to the Pelican 18, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby, and, next, to the Re- 
 venge 78, flag-ship of Sir H arry Burrard N eale, both 
 in the Mediterranean ; passed his examination 19 
 Feb. 1827 ; and, after an intermediate attachment, 
 as Mate, to the Tweed 28, Capt. Lord Hen. John 
 Spencer Churchill, at the Cape of Good Hope, was 
 there appointed, 30 Aug. 1830, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Chas. Marsh Schomberg, to which ship 
 he was confirmed by the Admiralty 10 Dec. .1831. 
 Lieut. Campbell, who returned to England in Aug. 
 1832, subsequently served, from 3 Aug. 1836, until 
 he invalided, 1 April, 1841, on board the Bellero- 
 PHON 80, Capts. Sam. Jackson and Chas. John Aus- 
 ten, in which we find him serving throughout the 
 whole of the operations on the coast of Syria in 
 1840, including the bombardments of Beyrout and 
 St. Jean d'Acre. He has since been unemployed. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (CoMMANDEB, 1813. F-P., 18; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 John Campbell (4) entered the Navy in Aug. 
 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Thisbe 28, Capt. 
 John Okes Hardy, on the Halifax station, where, 
 after witnessing the capture, 28 Aug. 1796, of V Eli- 
 sabeth French frigate, he accompanied the same 
 officer into the Assistance 50, and, as Master's 
 Mate, into the St. Albans 64. On 6 Oct. 1801, he 
 was promoted into the Sophie sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Burdett, in the Channel, and, on subsequently pro- 
 ceeding with Capt. J. O. Hardy to the West Indies 
 in the Courageux 74, assisted at the reduction of 
 Ste. Lucie in June, 1803. Towards the close of the 
 latter year he joined the Bacchante 22, Capt. 
 Chas. Dashwood, a very active cruizer on the Ja- 
 maica station, whence he returned home with con- 
 voy, as First, in the Diana frigate, Capt. Thos. 
 Jas. Maling, early in 1808. After serving four 
 years, first with Lord Keith, and then with Capt. 
 Jas. Macnamara, in the Edgar 74, both at home 
 and in the Baltic, where he beheld the embarkation 
 
CAMPBELL. 
 
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 from Nyeborg of the Spanish troops under the 
 Marquis de la Komana in Aug. 1808, Mr. Campbell 
 was with Capt. Macnamara transferred, in March, 
 1810, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Bejiwick 74. 
 "We afterwards find him serving in the latter capa- 
 city, for short periods, on board the Stately 64, 
 Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, off the port of Cadiz, 
 and in the Tigre 74, Capt. John HalUday, and San 
 Josef and Queen Charlotte first-rates, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Keith on the Channel station. In 
 Aug. and Oct. 1813, he assumed, in succession, the 
 acting command of the Sparrovt and Lyra sloops, 
 in the former of which he conducted the blockade 
 of Santona, and was employed at the storming of 
 St. Sebastian. Since his official promotion, 6 Dec. 
 1813, Commander Campbell has been on half-pay. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (LiECT., 1812. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 John Campbell (c) entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Illdstriods 74, 
 Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, in which ship he attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 2 March, 1805, and con- 
 tinued to serve, with Capts. Mich. Seymour and 
 Wm. Shield, on the Home station, until June, 1807. 
 He then, with the latter officer, joined, in succes- 
 sion, the Queen 98, and, as Master's Mate, the 
 Malta 80, employed in the West Indies and off 
 Cadiz ; and he afterwards, from Aug. 1808, to June, 
 1813, served, in the Mediterranean and Adriatic, on 
 board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse, and Unite 36, C^t. Pat. Campbell, 
 and, with Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, in 
 the ViLLE BE Paris 110, and Rodney and Milford 
 74's, in the last of which he was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant, 21 March, 1812. After a further attach- 
 ment to the Kingfisher and Apelles sloops, Capts. 
 Ewell Tritton and Alex. M'Vicar, Lieut. Campbell 
 invalided home in May, 1814, since which period 
 he has not been afloat. Agents — Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 CAMPBELL, C.B., K.E.G. (Captain, 1827. 
 F-P., 25 ; H-p., 23.) 
 John Norman Campbell entered the Navy, 
 in June, 1799, as A. B., on board the Terrible 74, 
 Capt. "Wm. Wolseley, and continued to serve for 
 many years on the Home station. He attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in Dec. following ; joined, in 
 May, 1801, the Amethyst 36, Capts. John Cook, 
 Henry Rich. Glynn, A. Campbell, and John "Wm. 
 Spranger; and, on 20 Dec. 1805, was appointed 
 Sub-Lieutenant of the Helena 24, Capt. Jas. Andw. 
 Worth, of which vessel he became a full Lieutenant 
 17 June, 1807. His next appointment was, 12 Aug. 
 1808, to be Flag-Lieutenant, in the Dreadnought 
 98, to Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, on the coast of 
 France, where he commanded a division of boats, 
 and had 4 men wounded, at the capture of a vessel 
 under the batteries near Rochelle in 1809, besides 
 participating in many attempts on the enemy's 
 coast-trade. On 20 May, 1811, Mr. Campbell, who 
 had been appointed, 12 June, 1810, to the Asthea, 
 of 42 guns and 271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schom- 
 berg, contributed (while cruizing otf Madagascar, 
 in company with the Phoebe and Galatea, fri- 
 gates about equal in force to the Astrea, and 18- 
 gun brig Racehorse) to the capture— after a long 
 and trying action vrith the French 40-gun frigates 
 Benomme, Chrinde, and JVereide, in which the As- 
 trea had 2 men killed and 16 wounded— of the Se- 
 nomme'e ; and, on 25 of the same month, he was fur- 
 ther present at the surrender of the Nereide, and of 
 the settlement of Tamatave. We subsequently find 
 him appointed, in the capacity of First-Lieutenant, 
 —13 April, 1811, to the Nisus 38, Capt. C. M. Schom- 
 berg, in the North Sea— 5 April, 1815, to the Snake 
 18, Capt. Joseph Gape, on the same station— 31 Oct. 
 1815, to the Phaeton 38, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, era- 
 ployed at the Cape of Good Hope— and, 3 April, 
 1818, to the Liverpool 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus 
 Collier. During the operations, in Dec. 1819, against 
 the pirates of Ras-al-Khyma, in the Persian Gulf, 
 Lieut. Campbell, in unison with Capt. Wm. WaJ- 
 
 pole, R.N., commanded the body of troops who 
 were landed to assist the army, and proved himself 
 beyond all praise by his able direction of a breach- 
 ing-battery of 24-pounders, which played with vivid 
 eff'ect on the walls of the town, as well as by his 
 subsequent and similar exertions against the almost 
 impregnable fortress of Zaire.* From Nov. to 
 Jan. 1821, and from March to May following, he 
 was further employed, on the East India station, as 
 Acting-Captain of the Dauntless 26, and Alliga- 
 tor 28, and he soon afterwards received the official 
 notification of his promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander, which had taken place 28 Nov. 1820. He 
 next, on 1 Jan. 1822, commissioned, at Cochin, the 
 Samarang 28, and, returning home, paid that fri- 
 gate off at Portsmouth in July of the same year. 
 From that period he remained unemployed until 
 appointed, 14 May, 1827, to the Albion 74, Capt. 
 John Acworth Ommanney. On 21 Oct., the morn- 
 ing after the ensuing battle of Navarin, Capt. 
 Campbell, who had been slightly wounded, was sent 
 with a division of boats to board the two Turkish 
 hne-of-battle ships that had surrendered, on which 
 occasion he received the swords of both the com- 
 manding officers, f- As a reward for his conduct in 
 the action, he was advanced to Post-rank on 22 of 
 the same mouth — created a C.B. 13 Nov. following 
 — and presented, in 1834, "wdth the order of the Re- 
 deemer of Greece. Since 12 March, 1845, he has 
 been in command of the Melampus 42, stationed 
 on the south-east coast of America. 
 
 Capt. Campbell, in March, 1828, was nominated 
 by the Lord High Admiral a member of the com- 
 mittee appointed to report on a series of experi- 
 ments then about to be made as to the capabilities 
 of some newly-invented guns and gun-carriages. 
 He married, 23 May, 1838, Georgiana, only daughter 
 of the late Geo. Martin, Esq., of the H. E. I. Co.'s 
 service. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1835. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 6.) 
 Patrick Campbell, born 10 Jan. 1812, is third 
 son of the late Arch. Campbell, Esq., of Melfort, 
 CO. Argyle ; and nephew of Vice-Admiral Sir Pat. 
 Campbell, K.C.B., who died in 1841, of Sir Colin 
 Campbell, K.C.B., Governor of Ceylon, and of Col. 
 Campbell, R.A. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Dec. 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 84, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. Pat. Campbell, at Portsmouth : 
 served subsequently, as Midshipman, in the Cyrenb 
 20 and Bombay 84, both commanded by Capt. Alex. 
 Campbell, on the East India station, as also in the 
 Ocean 80, Capt. P. Campbell, and Rattlesnake 
 28, Capts. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, Sir Thos. 
 Sabine Pasley, and Chas. Graham, in the Medi- 
 terranean ; passed his examination 14 Feb. 1831 ; 
 and, on 27 July, 1835, was promoted from a Mate- 
 ship in the Thalia 46, bearing the flag of his uncle 
 at the Cape of Good Hope, to the command of the 
 Buzzard 3, in which we find him capturing eight 
 slavers, carrying in the whole more than 1700 ne- 
 groes. In consequence of a severe attack of coast- 
 fever. Mr. Campbell invalided from the Buzzard 
 in March 1837, and for a short time rejoined the 
 Thalia, as Flag-Lieutenant. His appointments 
 have since been — 17 July, 1837, to the command of 
 the Dolphin 3, on the same station, whence his 
 health obliged him to return, in May, 1838 — 15 
 May, 1840, to the Southampton 50, flag-ship at the 
 Cape of Sir Edw. Dumford King— 10 Aug. 1841, 
 as First-Lieutenant, to the Rose 18, Capts. Peter 
 Christie and Thos. Baillie, while detached from 
 which vessel in charge of the pinnace with 14 men, 
 for the purpose of intercepting a slaver, he was, on 
 one occasion, taken prisoner by a party of Bra^ 
 ziUans, who subjected him, during a captivity of six 
 days, to the worst of treatment — and, 8 July, 1844, 
 after two years of half-pay, to the Coast Guard, in 
 which he is at present serving. AgentS' — Collier 
 and Snee. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. IS20, p. 1673. -j- V. Gaz. 1827, p. 2325. 
 
166 
 
 CAMPBELL-CANDLER-CANES-CANNON-CAPEL. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 KoBERT Campbbll entered the JSTavy 1 Jan. 
 1810; was promoted, 19 June, 1824, into the Cak- 
 NATION 18, Capt. Thos. Stopford, on the Jamaica 
 station ; and was next appointed, 23 Nov. 1826, to 
 the Satellite 18, Capt. John Milligan Laws, with 
 whom he served for some time in the East Indies. 
 He has not been afloat since 1831. Lieut. Campbell 
 is at present H.M. Consul at Milan. Agent— John 
 P. Muspratt. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 RoBEKT Gkaham Campeell died in 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy 28 May, 1829; 
 passed his examination 6 Sept. 1836; served for 
 upwards of two years in the Mediterranean as 
 Mate of the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. For- 
 rest ; obtained his commission 22 April, 1843, and 
 was afterwards employed, from 7 Nov. 1843, until 
 superseded in Feb. 1845, in the Helena 16, Capt. 
 Sir Cornwallis Kicketts, at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 He married, 6 Sept. 1843, Eliza, daughter of H. 
 A. Mansel, Esq., of Guernsey. 
 
 CAMPBELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 30.) 
 William Campbell entered the Navy, 9 Nov. 
 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Crescent 36, 
 Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and Jas. Carthew, on the 
 Home station ; attained the rating of Midshipman 
 22 Jan. 1805 ; and, on 1 April, 1808, removed with 
 Capt. Carthew, as Master's Mate, to the Gloike 38. 
 He subsequently proceeded to the West Indies, 
 where, after serving for some months as Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Rosamond 18, Capts. Benj. 
 Walker, Edw. Flin, Sam. Geo. Pechell, and Don. 
 Campbell, he was, 18 July, 1810, officially promoted 
 Into the Surinam 16, Capt. John Ellis Watt. He 
 returned to England and was paid off 21 Oct. 1813, 
 and from that period appears to have remained on 
 half-pay until appointed, 22 May, 1840, to the San 
 Josef 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Bear-Admirals 
 Fred. Warren and Sir Sam. Pym. Since the sum- 
 mer of 1843 he has again been unemployed. 
 
 CANDLEK. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 William Candler, whose family is of consider- 
 able antiquity in the counties of Norfolk and Suf- 
 folk, is eldest surviving son of the late Henry Can- 
 dler, Esq., by Mary, only child of Wm. Ascough, 
 Esq., of Kirby Malzart, co. York ; great-grandson 
 of the Yen. Henry Candler, D.D., Archdeacon of 
 Ossory ; and nephew of Sir Thos. Candler, a Rear- 
 Admiral in the service of the Emperor of Russia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 21 Sept. 1811 ; 
 passed his examination in 1818 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 22 Nov. 1826 ; and has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 He married, 4 June, 1829, Louisa, daughter of 
 John Evered, Esq., of Hill House, co. Somerset. 
 
 CANES. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Edward Canes entered the Royal Naval Aca^ 
 demy at Portsmouth 21 May, 1805 ; and embarked, 
 22 Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Al- 
 bans 64, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen, Edw. Brace, 
 Chas. Grant, and John Ferris Devonshire, under 
 whom he successively served, as Midshipman and 
 Master's-Mate, until July, 1812. During that period 
 he escorted, under Capt. Austen, a convoy of India- 
 men to China and back, in 1809-10; and, under 
 Capt. Brace, was very actively employed at the 
 time of the French operations against Tarifa, and 
 of the battle of Barrosa. On his return home in the 
 Alfred 74, Capt. Josh. Sydney Ilorton, Mr. Canes, 
 in Aug. 1812, joined the Tremendous 74, fitting 
 for the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Sid- 
 ney Smith, whom he subsequently accompanied into 
 the HiBERNiA 110, onboard which ship he was pre- 
 sent at the dinner given by the Admiral to the 
 King of Sardinia in 1813. On 28 April, 1814, he 
 was promoted, from the Royal Sovereign 100, 
 Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, to an Acting-Lieute- 
 nancy in the Coukeur, captured sloop of war, Capt. 
 
 Joseph Bazalgette. He was confirmed, on his re- 
 turn to England, by commission dated 6 July, 
 1814, but has not since been employed. 
 
 CANNON. (Capt., 1846. e-p., 21 ; h-p., lO.) 
 
 Edward St. Legeb Cannon entered the Navy, 
 10 Nov. 1816, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the North- 
 umberland 78, Capt. Jas. Walker,_ and from 
 Dec. 1817, untU Jan. 1823, served, chiefly on the 
 Home station, as Midshipman of the Falmouth 20, 
 Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Leven 24, Capts. David 
 Ewen Bartholomew and Robt. Baldey, Active 46, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Wte 26, Capt. Peter 
 Fisher, Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Sir Benj. HaUo- 
 well, and Ranger sloop, Capt. P. Fisher. He theli 
 became Master's-Mate of the Gloucester 74, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Edw. W. 
 C. R. Owen in the West Indies, where he was pro- 
 moted, 1 July, 1823, to the rank of Lieutenant. His 
 subsequent appointments in that capacity were (af- 
 ter a further servitude of 18 months in the Glou- 
 cester)— 28 Nov. 1826, to the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Hayes, in the Mediterranean— 8 Dec. 1828, to the 
 Southampton 52, Capts. G. F. Rich and P. Fisher, 
 flag-ship in the East Indies— and, 11 Sept. 1833, as 
 First, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, em- 
 ployed .on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion, whence he returned home, and was paid off 
 towards the close of 1837. He obtained his second 
 promotal commission 28 June, 1838 ; and, from 22 
 Sept. 1843, until some time in 1846, had command of 
 the Orestes 18, in the Mediterranean. He acquired 
 his present rank on 9 Nov. in the latter year. 
 
 Capt. Cannon married, 30 Oct. 1839, Jane Frances, 
 daughter of the late Dr. Boys, Physician, R.N. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CANNON. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Frederick Cannon entered the Navy 6 Deo. 
 1822 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; obtained his 
 first commission 14 Oct. 1832 ; and, as Lieutenant, 
 was afterwards appointed — 30 April, 1834, as a Su- 
 pernumerary, to the President 52, Capts. John 
 M'Kerlie and Jas. Scott, in North America and 
 the West Indies— 31 Dec. 1834, to the Rainbow 28, 
 Capt. Thos. Bennett, similarly employed — 21 June, 
 1837, to the Donegal 78, flag-ship on the Lisbon 
 station of Sir John Acworth Ommanney — 6 Nov. 
 1841, as Additional, to the Queen 110, fitting at 
 Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. Owen, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean — and, lastly, 
 8 March, 1842, as First, to the Camperdown 104, 
 flag-ship at Sheerness of Sir Edw. Brace. Since his 
 promotion to his present rank, 3 Nov. 1842, Com- 
 mander Cannon has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, 26 April, 1843, Dorothy, youngest 
 daughter of the late Geo. Lieth, Esq., of Walmer 
 Court, CO. Kent. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CANNON. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 James Cannon entered the Navy 25 Oct. 1821 ; 
 passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his 
 commission 4 April, 1832. His appointments, as 
 Lieutenant, were — 30 March, 1833, to the Thun- 
 der surveying-vessel, commanded in the West 
 Indies by Capt. Rich. Owen — 9 Nov. 1836, to the 
 Dido 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station — 8 May, 1838, to the Barham 50, 
 Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, in which ship he returned 
 to Sheerness — 2 April, 1840, to the Vanguard 80, 
 Capt. Sir David Dunn, employed on the coast of 
 Syria^and 2 Oct. 1841, and 23 March, 1844, to the 
 Queen (of which he was for a long time First- 
 Lieutenant), and, as Acting-Commander, to the 
 Formidable 84, both flag-ships in the Mediter- 
 ranean of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was pro- 
 moted to his present rank on the occasion of the 
 latter officer hauling down his flag, 25 April, 1846 ; 
 and is now on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and Ro- 
 bitison. 
 
 CAPEL. (Commander, 1831.) 
 
 Algernon Henry CnAMPACNi Capbl, born in 
 1807, is second son of the late John Thos. Capol, 
 
CAPEL— CARD-CARDEN. 
 
 167 
 
 Esq., by Caroline, eldest daughter of Henry, first 
 Earl of Uxbrldge; next brother of the Earl of 
 Essex; and nephew of Lieut-General Hon. Thos. 
 Edw. Capel, and of Vice-Admiral Hon. Thos. 
 Bladen Capel, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1827 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 8 July in the same year ; 
 and was subsequently appointed, 29 May, 1828, to 
 the Semiramis 24, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. 
 Paget, on the Irish station, and, 15 Sept. 1829, to the 
 Talavbha 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, employed on the 
 Coast Blockade. He was advanced to his present 
 rank 25 May, 1831 ; served as an Inspecting-Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard from 6 June, 1833, 
 until 1836 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Capel married, 10 Dec. 1832, Caro- 
 line, second daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Hon. 
 Sir Chas. Paget, K.C.B. , sister of Capt. Chas. Henry 
 Paget, R.N., and niece of the Marquess of Anglesey, 
 by whom he has issue. 
 
 CAPEL, K.C.B. (Vice-Admiral of the Red, 
 1837. F-P., 28 ; h-p., 37.) 
 
 The Honourable Sir Thomas Bladek Capel, 
 bom 25 Aug. 1776, is youngest son of WilUam, 
 fourth Earl of Essex, by his second wife, Harriet, 
 daughter of Col. Thos. Bladen ; brother of Lieut.- 
 General Hon. Thos. Edw. Capel ; and uncle of the 
 present Earl of Essex, and of Commander A. H. C. 
 Capel, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1782, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Phaeton 38, Capt. 
 Waldegrave, on the books of which ship he was 
 borne until April, 1783. He ultimately embarked, 
 12 April, 1792, on board the Assistance 50, Capt. 
 Mansfield, stationed ofi" Newfoundland ; there be- 
 came Midshipman, 1 March, 1793, of the Syren 32, 
 Capt. John Manley; and was afterwards succes- 
 sively employed, with Capt. Manley, in the Apollo 
 28, and, with Lord Hugh Seymour, in the Levia- 
 than 74 and Sans Paeeil 80, of which latter ship, 
 after participating, 23 July, 1795, in Lord Bridport's 
 action, he was appointed, 16 May, 1796, an Acting- 
 Lieutenant. On 5 April, 1797, we find Mr. Capel 
 offloially ^promoted into the Cambrian 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, employed, similarly with 
 the three ships last named, on the Home station ; and 
 next appointed, 12 April, 1798, to the Vangdard 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Horatio Nelson, by whom, in acknow- 
 ledgment of his services as Signal-Lieutenant at the 
 battle of the Nile, he was advanced, 4 Aug. 1798, to 
 the command of the Mutine of 16 guns, and sent 
 home in charge of a duplicate of the despatches, 
 and of the sword of M. Blanquet, the Senior French 
 officer surviving.* His commission was confirmed 
 by the Admiralty, 20 Oct. following, and his eleva^ 
 tion to Post-rank effected, while in command of the 
 Alecto sloop at Spithead, 27 Dec. in the same year. 
 Capt. Capel's ensuing appointments, until Oct. 1814, 
 appear to have been — 5 Jan. 1799, to the Arab 22, 
 on the West India station — 19 July, 1800, to the 
 Meleager 32, in which he had the misfortune to 
 be wrecked on the Triangle Rocks, in the Gulf of 
 Mexico, 9 June, 1801—21 May, 1802, to the Uivo- 
 LUTiONNAiBE 38, lying at Spithead — 24 Aug. 1802, 
 to the PiifEBE 36, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where, during Nelson's pursuit of the combined 
 fleets to the West Indies, he was left with 5 frigates 
 and 2 bombs to cover Sardinia, Sicily, and the route 
 to Egypt, from any troops that might be sent to land 
 in those places ; after which service he shared in the 
 battle of Trafalgar, and at its close saved from de- 
 struction, by his extraordinary exertions, the prize- 
 ship-of-the-line Swiftsurc -j- — 27 Deo. 1805, to the 
 Endtmion 40, in which he conveyed the British 
 Ambassador to and from Constantinople, and lost, 
 during the hostile operations carried on at the Dar- 
 danells, where he acted a conspicuous part, and 
 
 * In his despatch to the Admiralty announcing the victory 
 of the Nile, Nelson alludes to Capt. Capel as a " most excel- 
 lent ofBcer," and recommends him to their Lordships' notice. 
 —Vide Ga7,. 1798, p. 916. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 1481. 
 
 distinguished himself by his zealous attention and 
 assidtiity, 3 men killed and 10 wounded * — and, 14 
 Dec. 1811, to La Hogue 74, stationed latterly on 
 the north coast of America, where we find him in 
 command of a small squadron blockading the ene- 
 my's frigates in New London, and sharing gene- 
 rally in the warfare vdth the United States. On 
 15 Dec. 1821, Capt. Capel, who had been nominated 
 a C.B. 4 June, 1815, assumed command of the 
 Royal George yacht, in which, and in the Apollo, 
 another royal yacht, he remained until advanced, 
 27 May, 1825, to the rank of Bear-Admiral. He 
 was constituted a K.C.B. 20 Feb. 1832; and, from 
 30 May, 1834, until July, 1837, commanded in chief 
 on the East India station, with his flag in the Win- 
 chester 50. He has since been on half-pay. The 
 rank of Vice-Admiral had been conferred on him 
 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 Sir T. B. Capel was one of the officers who sat on 
 the court-martial appointed, in Dec. 1805, to try Sir 
 Robt. Calder for his conduct on 22 of the previous 
 July. 
 
 He married, 10 May, 1816, Harriet Catherine, 
 only daughter of Fras. Geo. Smyth, Esq. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CARD. (One of the Junior Lieutenants.) 
 
 William John Royle Card entered the Navy 
 19 Dec. 1833 ; passed his examination 5 Feb. 1840 ; 
 served for some time, in 1842-3, as Mate, on board 
 the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, at the Cape of 
 Good Hope ; obtained his commission 20 Oct. 1843 ; 
 and joined, 20 Dec. following, the Hyacinth 18, 
 Capt. Fras. Scott, employed successively on the 
 African, and North America and West India stations. 
 He was dismissed from the latter vessel and placed 
 at the bottom of the List of Lieutenants, by sen- 
 tence of court-martial, early in 1845 ; but since 30 
 of the following Aug. has been employed in the 
 Kingfisher 12, Capts. Chas. Foreman Brown and 
 Fred. Wilmot Horton, on the coast of Africa. 
 
 GARDEN. (Keak-Admiral of the Red, 1840. 
 F-p., 23 ; H-p., 36.) 
 
 John Surman Cahden, horn 15 Aug. 1771, is 
 eldest son of Major Garden, of the Irish family of 
 Templemore (who died from the effects of the 
 wounds he had received when combating the ene- 
 mies of his country during the first American war), 
 by Miss Surman, of Teddington, near Tewkesbury, 
 CO. Gloucester. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 May, 1788, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Edgar 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Thompson, bearing the flag in the Channel of 
 Rear-Admiral Leveson Gower ; became Midship- 
 man, in 1790, of the Perseverance frigate, Capt. 
 Isaac Smith, on the East India station ; and, in 
 1793, joined the Marlborough 74, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Cranfield Berkeley, of which ship, after experienc- 
 ing a severe injury in Lord Howe's memorable 
 action, he was created a Lieutenant, 24 July, 1794. 
 His subsequent appointments, in the latter capacity, 
 appear to have been, between March, 1795, and 
 Aug. 1798, to the Formidable and Barfleur 98's, 
 Capts. Hon. G. C. Berkeley and Jas. Rich. Dacres 
 — to the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir 
 Chas. Thompson — and, as First, to the Fisgard of 
 46 guns and 281 men, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, all 
 on the Home station. Mr. Garden's steady good 
 conduct, on 20 Oct. in the latter year, at the cap- 
 ture — after a close and obstinate conflict of great 
 length, a loss to the Fisgard of 10 killed and 26 
 wounded, and to the enemy of 54 killed and 61 
 wounded— of the French frigate I' Immorfalite' of i2 
 guns and 580 men, was rewarded with a Com- 
 mander's commission, dated 23 of the same month. f 
 On 13 July, 1799, he joined the Sheerness 44, arme'e 
 en flute, and, until he invalided in March, 1803, was 
 successively employed in attending the expedition 
 to the Holder, where he commanded a division of 
 boats at the debarkation of the army, in co-operat- 
 ing with the French royalists in La Vendee and 
 
 • rWe Gaz. 1807, p. 595. t ^- Gai. 1798, p. 1012. 
 
168 
 
 CAREW— CAREY - CARLETON. 
 
 with the British army in Egypt, and subsequently 
 in the East Indies, where he rendered the most 
 effective assistance in quelling the fire which, in 
 Feb. 1803, nearly consumed the city of Bombay. 
 After an employment of twelve months in the Firth 
 of Tay District of Sea Fencibles, Capt. Garden as- 
 sumed command, 21 Dec. 1804, of the Moselle brig, 
 from which vessel, after intermediately serving in 
 the North Sea, creditably at the blockade of Cadiz,* 
 and in the Mediterranean, he was advanced, 22 Jan. 
 1806, to Post-rank. His subsequent appointments 
 afloat were — 15 Aug. 1808, to the Ville de Paris 
 110, one of the ships employed in embarking the 
 troops after the battle of Corunna, on which occa- 
 sion his exertions were unremitting f — 11 April, 
 1809, to the Ocean 98, in which he returned to 
 England — 9 June, 1810, to the Maes 74, stationed 
 in the Baltic and off Lisbon — and, 5 April, 1811, to 
 the Macedonlan of 48 guns, giving 528 lbs. in 
 broadside weight of metal, and 254 men. On 25 
 Oct. 1812, he brought to close action, and — after a 
 glorious resistance of two hours and ten minutes, 
 which reduced the Macedonian to a helpless 
 wreck, and occasioned her a loss of 36 men lulled 
 and 68 wounded — was taken by the American ship 
 United States of 56 guns, yielding a broadside weight 
 of 864 lbs., and 474 men, of whom the killed and 
 severely wounded do not appear to have exceeded 
 the united amount of 12. J Capt. Garden, who, we 
 should state, had previously been in frequent 
 and very warm collision with the batteries on the 
 coast of France, was afterwards, on 31 May, 1813, 
 most honourably acquitted, by a court-martial which 
 had assembled at Bermuda, of all blame in the un- 
 avoidable surrender of his frigate, and was, together 
 with the whole of his officers and ship's company, 
 extolled in the highest manner " for his firm and 
 most determined courage, resolution, and coolness, 
 in every instance throughout the action." His 
 valour and heroism became the universal theme : 
 Parliament soon resounded with his praises ; and, 
 among other marks of respect, he was honoured 
 with the freedom of the cities of "Worcester and 
 Gloucester, and of the borough of Tewkesbury. 
 Gapt. Garden was lastly, in 1825, appointed to com- 
 mand the Ordinary at Sheerness ; and, on 17 Aug. 
 1840, he was made a Rear-Admiral. He is at 
 present on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CAREW, formerly Halloweli,. (Capt., 1827.) 
 Ghakles Halloweli. Gakew is eldest son of 
 the late Admiral of the Blue Sir Benj. Hallowell 
 Carew, G.C.B., K.F.M. (who brought home the 
 despatches announcing the victory off Gape St. Vin- 
 cent, afterwards commanded with so much gallantry 
 the Swiftsuee 74, at the Nile, and died 2 Sept. 1834, 
 aged 74), by the daughter of the late Commissioner, 
 and sister of the present Rear-Admiral, Inglefield. 
 Capt. Carew assumed his present surname in addi- 
 tion to his patronymic, Hallowell, on his father's 
 inheriting, in 1828, the estates of the opulent Mrs. 
 Carew. 
 
 This officer obtained his first commission 30 Aug. 
 1820 ; afterwards served in the Prince Regent 120, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to his father, at Chatham ; was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander 3 Aug. 1824 ; 
 joined, 8 April, 1826, the Cadmus sloop, on the Ply- 
 mouth station; and attained Post-rank 17, April, 
 1827. He has not since been employed. 
 
 Capt. Carew married, 12 June, 1828, Mary, 
 daughter of the late Gapt. Sir Murray Maxwell, 
 R.N., G.B. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 CAREW. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., ,32.) 
 
 Timothy Carew entered the Navy, 1 July, 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sampson 64, Capt. 
 Wm. Cuming, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope; 
 and attained the rating of Midshipman 6 May fol- 
 lowing. He soon afterwards joined the Inflexible 
 64, Gapt. Joshua Rowley Watson, one of the ships 
 employed in the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen ; 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1806, J). 409. f V. Gaz. 1K09, p. 90. 
 
 J v. Gaz. 1812, p. 2595. 
 
 removed, in Jan. 1808, to L'Eclair 18, Cai)t. Chas. 
 Kempthorne Quash, in the Channel ; served next, 
 from May in the latter year until Nov. 1812, in the 
 Warspite 74, Gapt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations ; and was subse- 
 quently employed, from 21 April, 1813, until 17 May, 
 1814, latterly as Master's Mate, in the Sceptre and 
 Albion 74's, both flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Cockbum on the coast of North America. He then 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Florida 20, Capt. 
 Nathaniel Mitchell, on the West India station ; and 
 on 19 of the following July was officially promoted. 
 Mr. Carew has not been afloat since the paying-off 
 of the Florida in 1815. 
 
 CAREY. (LiEOT., 1828. f-p., 35 ; h-p., 2.) 
 
 Thomas Carey, born 6 March, 1797, is son of 
 Rich. Carey, Esq., of Newmarket, co. Suffolk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 March, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ulysses 44, Gapts. Henry 
 Edw. Reginald Baker and Wm. Fothergill, em- 
 ployed in conveying troops and provisions to Lis- 
 bon, and afterwards as flag-ship in the Channel of 
 Admiral D'Auvergne. In Sept. 1812, he rejoined 
 Capt. Baker in the Dannemaek 74, and, after serv- 
 ing for some time at the blockade of the Texel and 
 of Cherbourg, and escorting a convoy to the Cape, 
 removed, in April, 1815, to the Impregnable 104, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley at Naples 
 during the hostilities that followed Buonaparte's 
 escape from Elba. Between Oct. 1815, and Aug. 
 1825, Mr. Carey served, chiefly on the Mediter- 
 ranean, Home, and North and South American sta- 
 tions, in the Spartan 38, Gapt. Phipps Hornby, 
 Madagascar 44, and Meander 38, both com- 
 manded by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon (in the latter of 
 which he was nearly wrecked in Yarmouth Roads 
 19 Dec. 1816), Northumberland 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Walker, Liverpool 50, Gapt. Fras. Augustus Col- 
 lier, Ganymede 26, and Owen Glendower 42, 
 each commanded by Gapt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish 
 Spencer, Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Benj. 
 Hallowell, Protector surveying-vessel, Lieut.- 
 Commander Wm. Hewett, and Wellesley 74, 
 Capt. Sir Graham Eden Hamond. While in the 
 Owen Glendower we find him employed, during 
 the years 1820-1 and 2, in protecting the British 
 fisheries in South America, and in escorting Earl 
 Spencer and Sir Geo. Naylor to Copenhagen for 
 the purpose of conferring the Order of the Garter 
 on the King of Denmark. Pending his attachment 
 to the Wellesley he took over the present Lord 
 Stuart de Rothesay, as ambassador, to Lisbon and 
 Rio de Janeiro, and was on board at the grand en- 
 tertainment given by his Excellency to the King 
 and court at the former place. On 24 Aug. 1825, 
 Mr. Carey, who had passed his examination 3 July, 
 1816, was appointed Admiralty-Mate of the Spar- 
 tiate 76, flag-ship off Lisbon of Lord Amelius 
 Beauclerk ; and, on 6 Nov. 1827, he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Camelion 10, Capt. Chris- 
 topher Wyvill, on the Mediterranean station, where 
 he was confirmed in the Glasgow 50, Gapt. Hon. 
 Jas. Ashley Maude, 8 March, 1828. After nearly 
 two years of half-pay he joined, 19 March, 1830, the 
 Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and, 
 on 4 April, 1831, he was transferred to the com- 
 mand of the Coast Guard station at Weymouth, 
 where he has been ever since employed, and has 
 rendered services of a very sterling character. 
 
 Lieut. Carey married, 22 Jan. 1829, Alice Mary, 
 second daughter of the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., 
 for many years Chief Master-Attendant of Ports- 
 mouth Dockyard, and sister of Lieuts. Horatio 
 Nelson and Robt. Laurie Atkinson, R.N. By that 
 lady he has one son, Richard, a Midshipman, R.N. 
 
 CARLETON. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 13 ; 
 
 H-p., 30.) 
 William Cakleton is son of the late General 
 Garleton. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1804, as 
 
vivx,ixCIlAEL—CAIlNAC— CARNEGIE— CARPENTER. 
 
 169 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Leopakd 50, Capt. Jas. 
 NicoU Morris, with whom, on removing to the Co- 
 lossus 74, he was present, as Midshipman, at the 
 battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. In Jan. 1806, he 
 became Master's-Mate of the Amazon 38, Capt. 
 Wm. Parker, and, on 13 March following, assisted, 
 in company with the London 98, at the capture, 
 after a long running-fight and a loss to the Amazon 
 of 3 men killed and 6 wounded, of the French 80- 
 gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral 
 Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. A few days 
 after passing his examination, Mr. Carleton was 
 promoted, 18 July, 1810, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 TemAkaike 98, bearing the flag in the Mediter- 
 ranean of Rear- Admiral Fras. Pioltmore; subse- 
 quently to which we find him joining, in the course 
 of 1812 — the Union 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, at 
 Plymouth — Tkemendods 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, 
 with whom he returned to the Mediterranean — and 
 Rotal George, bearing the flag on that station of 
 Vice- Admiral Pickmore. He came home and was 
 paid off" in July, 1814 ; was afterwards appointed, 6 
 Jan. 1824, First-Lieutenant of the Jupiter 60, flag- 
 ship at Halifax of Rear-Admiral Willoughby Thos. 
 Lake ; and attained his present rank, on his arrival 
 in England as Acting-Commander of the Rifleman 
 of 18 guns, 2 Dec. 1826. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Commander Carleton married, in 1832, Rosamond, 
 daughter of the late General Leonard Shafto Orde, 
 of Weetwood Hall, oo. Northumberland. 
 
 CAKMICHAEL. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Carmichael entered the Navy 22 June, 
 1832; passed his examination in 1836; and for his 
 services in China, where he creditably commanded 
 the Louisa tender, at the first and second capture 
 of Canton, and landed at the taking of Amoy and 
 Chinghae, was awarded a commission dated 8 June, 
 1841.* From 28 Feb. 1843, until promoted to his 
 present rank, 9 Nov. 1846, he appears to have been 
 further employed in the Curacoa 24, Capts. Sir 
 Thos. Sabine Pasley and Wm. iBroughton, on the 
 South American station. He is now on half-pay. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 CABNAC. (Captain, 1837. r-p., 19; h-p., 18.) 
 John Rivett-Carnac, born 28 June, 1796, is 
 youngest son of the late Jas. Rivett-Carnac, Esq., 
 Chief Member of Council, and subsequently Acting- 
 Governor of Bombay (a descendant of the ancient 
 family of the Rivetts of Suffolk, whose immediate 
 ancestor settled at Derby in 1540), by Henrietta, 
 daughter of Jas. Fisher, Esq., of Yarmouth, co. Nor- 
 folk, and great-granddaughter of Bishop Butts; 
 grandson of Thos. Rivett, Esq., M.P., of Mappleton 
 llaU, High Sheriff for co. Derby in 1757 ; brother 
 of the present Sir Jas. Rivett-Carnac, Bart., formerly 
 M.P. for Sandwich, and late Governor of Bombay; 
 and brother-in-law of Capt. Wm. Fisher, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College at 
 Portsmouth in Feb. 1810; and embarked, 29 April, 
 1312, as Midshipman, on board the Junon 38, Capt. 
 Jas. Sanders ; in the boats of which frigate we find 
 him assisting at the capture of two American 
 schooners of 6 and 8 guns, co-operating also in the 
 various acts of hostility committed by Sir Geo. 
 Cockburn in the Chesapeake, and contributing, 
 under Lieut. Philip "Westphal, to the defeat of 10 
 gun-boats which, in July, 1813, attacked the Martin 
 18, when aground in Delaware Bay. In June of the 
 latter year Mr. Rivett-Carnac further participated 
 in the attack on Craney Island and in the destruc- 
 tion of Hampton. In Oct. following he joined, with 
 Capt. Sanders, the Sfbille 38, commanded subse- 
 quently by Capt. Thos. Forrest, whom he accompa- 
 nied to the latitude of Greenland in quest of Com- 
 modore Rodgers. He was next in succession trans- 
 ferred to the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, on the 
 Mediterranean station, and to the Bovne 98, and 
 Queen Charlotte 100, both flag-ships of Lord Ex- 
 mouth, under whom he passed his examination 13 
 * yideGni. 1841, pp. 1505, 2511, and Gaz. 1812, pp. 82, 396. 
 
 May, 1816, and attended the ensuing expedition to 
 Algiers. "We afterwards find him serving as Admi- 
 ralty-Midshipman in the Inconstant 36, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the 
 coast of Africa, and in the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, guardship at Portsmouth. He was pro- 
 moted, 1 Oct. 1818, to a Lieutenancy in the Albion 
 74, bearing the flag, in the Mediterranean, of Sir 
 Chas. Vinicombe Penrose ; and subsequently joined 
 —23 Jan. 1819, and 7 Nov. 1821, the Racehorse 18, 
 Capts. Hon. Geo. Pryse Campbell and Chas. Abbot, 
 and RocHFORT 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, on 
 the same station — 22 Aug. 1825, the Galatea 42, 
 Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, fitting at Deptford — and, 
 23 Jan. 1826, the Success 28, Capt. Jas. Stirling, 
 with whom he appears to have been employed, early 
 in 1827, in examining the western coast of Australia, 
 previously to the establishment of the colony at 
 Swan River. His advancement to the rank of Com- 
 mander took place 30 April, 1827, and his appoint- 
 ment to the Wellesley 74, as Second-Captain to 
 Sir Edw. Codrington, in his last evolutionary cruize, 
 21 Sept. 1830. He left that ship 21 Jan. 1832 ; at- 
 tained his present rank 10 Jan. 1837 ; and has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Rivett-Carnac married, in March, 1826, 
 Maria Jane, daughter of Sam. Davis, Esq., of Port- 
 land Place, and of Birdhurst Lodge, Surrey, by 
 whom he has issue six children. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 CARNEGIE, M.P., K.S.F. (Captain, 1845. 
 F-P., 13; H-p., 8.) 
 
 The Honourable Swvnfen Thomas Carnegie, 
 born 8 March, 1813, is youngest son (by Mary, only 
 daughter of the late Wm. Henry Ricketts, Esq., of 
 Longwood, CO. Hants, and niece of the flrst Earl St. 
 Vincent) of William, seventh Earl of Northesk, Ad- 
 miral of the Red, G.C.B., who had the honour of 
 being third in command at the battle of Trafalgar, 
 was afterwards Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, 
 and died Rear-Admiral of Great Britain, 28 May, 
 1831, in his 74th year. He is brother (with the 
 present Earl of Northesk) of George, Lord Rosehill, 
 who was lost, in his 16th year, on board the Blen- 
 heim 74, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Troubridge, 
 in 1807 ; and nephew of Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, 
 B.N., who was drowned by the upsetting of his 
 barge while in command of the Magnificent, of 74 
 guns, 26 Jan. 1805. His grandfather, George, sixth 
 Earl of Northesk, died Aduiiral of the White in 
 1792. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826 ; and, 
 after serving, as Midshipman, on board the Un- 
 daunted 46, Capt. Aug. Wm. Jas. Clifford, St. 
 Vincent 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, 
 and Raleigh 18, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, ob- 
 tained a commission 21 April, 1832. From 9 Nov. 
 following until promoted to the rank of Commander, 
 28 June, 1838, he was further employed under Com- 
 modore Lord John Hay, latterly as Senior-Lieute- 
 nant, in the Castor 36, and North Star 28. For 
 his exertions during that period, as connected with 
 the operations of the civil war in Spain, Mr. Car- 
 negie was rewarded with the order of San Fernando. 
 We subsequently find him in command, from 10 
 Aug. 1842 until Feb. 1844, of the Orestes 18, and 
 Devastation steam-sloop, on the North American, 
 West India, and Mediterranean stations. Since 
 the date of his last promotion, 10 June, 1845, he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Carnegie, who has been in Parliament since 
 1841 as member for the borough of Stafford, was 
 for some months in 1846 a Lord of the Treasury. 
 
 CARPENTER. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 11; h-p., 26.) 
 Charles Carpenter entered the Navy, 17 June, 
 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Antelope 50, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at 
 Newfoundland, where he attained the rating of 
 Blidshipman 29 July, 1811, and continued to serve 
 in the same ship, the Bellerophon 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, and Hyperion 36, 
 
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 CARPENTER. 
 
 Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumty, until Nov. 1S13. He 
 was afterwards, until Aug. 1815, employed with the 
 latter officer in the Channel and Bay of Biscay, and 
 assisted at the capture, 3 June, 1814, after a long 
 chase, of the Rattlesnake American privateer, of 16 
 guns. Mr. Carpenter wag next attached for some 
 months to the St. Geokge 100, and Impregnable 
 98, flag-ships of Sir J. T. Duckworth at Plymouth ; 
 and, from April, 1816, until his return home in Oct. 
 1820, he further served, under the flag of Sir Kich. 
 King, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, on 
 board the Magicienne and Orlando frigates, and 
 in the Minden 74, of which ship he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 20 Jan. 1818. He has not been em- 
 ployed since the close of 1820. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 F-p., 17; 
 
 CARPENTEE. (Captain, 1846 
 H-p., 17.) 
 
 Edward John Carpenter is son of the late 
 Wm. Carpenter, Esq., of Toft Monks, co. Norfolk, 
 by Louisa, sister of the late Rear- Admiral Sir Edw. 
 Berry, Bart., the distinguished companion in arms 
 of the immortal Nelson, with whom he fought in 
 the action off Cape St. Vincent, also as his Flag- 
 Captain at the battle of the Nile, and in command 
 of the Agamemnon at Trafalgar. Sir Edw. Berry, 
 who was on board the Leander 50 when that ship 
 was taken, after a deadly resistance, by the French 
 74 Le Genereux, further commanded the Foudboy- 
 ANT 80, at the memorable capture of Le Ghiillattme 
 Tell, and the Agamemnon in Sir John Duckworth's 
 action with the French fleet off St. Domingo. 
 
 This ofioer entered the Navy, 15 Oct. 1813, on 
 board the Barfleur 98,* commanded in the Medi- 
 terranean by his gallant uncle, Sir E. Berry ; on 
 his removal with whom to the Royal Sovereign 
 yacht, we find him employed in attendance upon 
 the Allied Sovereigns on the occasion of their visit 
 to this country. After an interval of rather more 
 than three years, part of which period was passed 
 at the Royal Naval College, he re-embarked, 20 
 Oct. 1817, on board the Inconstant frigate, Capt. 
 Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, stationed on the coast of Africa, 
 where he served until his return home in Sept. 1818. 
 After a further employment of more than fire years 
 on the East India and North America and "West 
 India stations, on board the Phaeton 46, Capts. 
 "Wm. Henry Dillon, Sir "Wm. Augustus Montagu, 
 and Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, Mr. Carpenter — 
 who had passed his examination 9 Oct. 1821, and 
 had contributed, in the early part of 1823, to the 
 capture, during an arduous boat-cruize off" the island 
 of Cuba, of two piratical vessels — rejoined the 
 Royal Sovereign, then commanded by Sir Michael 
 Seymour, from which vessel he was promoted, on 
 the consummation of a particular service, performed 
 with the Lords of the Admiralty on board, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 10 Aug. 
 1824. From 9 March, 1825, until detained at Malta 
 as a witness on the trial of some pirates, 20 Feb. 
 1827, he next served on the Mediterranean station, 
 in the Gannet 18,Xapt. Fras. Brace. He attained 
 the rank of Commander 30 April in the latter year ; 
 and after an interval of half-pay, one year of which 
 was devoted, vrith the permission of their lordships, 
 to the study of the higher branches of mathematics 
 at the Royal Naval College, was appointed, 3 Dec. 
 1834, to the Scylla 16, in which sloop he appears 
 to have been employed in the "West Indies until 
 paid off, 10 April, 1836. Capt. Carpenter's last ap- 
 pointment was to the command, 13 Dec. 1841, of 
 the Geyser steam-sloop, again in the Mediterra- 
 nean. He was advanced to Post-rank on the 
 paying off of that vessel, 2 July, 1846, and has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Carpenter took out a patent, in June, 1840, 
 for a new mode of propelling vessels by means of 
 blades or fans placed on each quarter of a vessel 
 
 • The Baefleur formed part of a fleet under Sir Edward 
 Pellew, and was much damaged in an encounter with the 
 enemy off Toulon 13 Feb. 1814. 
 
 submerged, working on the principle of a screw. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 CAEPENTEK. (Admikai. of the White, 1837. 
 F-p., 20 ; H-p., 49.) 
 James Carpenter died, 16 March, 1845, at 26, 
 Cumberland Street, Portman Square, London, in hia 
 86th year. 
 
 Tliis officer entered the Navy, 11 April, 1776, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Foudroyant SO, com- 
 manded as a guardship at Plymouth by Capt. John 
 Jervis, afterwards Earl St. Vincent. In the course of 
 the same year he sailed for North America in the 
 Diamond 32, Capt. Chas. Fielding; and, on next join- 
 ing the SoLTAN 74, commanded successively by the 
 latter officer and by Capt. Alan Gardner, he shared, 
 as Master's Mate, in Byron's action with the Comte 
 d'Estaing In 1779. After acting for some time in 
 1780 as Lieutenant of the Rover 10, Capt. John 
 Thos. Duckworth, Mr. Carpenter resumed bis duties, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Sandwich, bearing 
 the flag in the "West Indies of Sir Geo. Brydges 
 Rodney ; but in the same year was again consti- 
 tuted an Acting-Lieutenant in the Intrepid 64, 
 Capt. J. P. MoUoy, part of the fleets under Graves 
 and Hood in their actions off the Chesapeake and 
 St. Kitt's. Between the date of his confirmation 
 in the latter rank, 18 April, 1782, and of his pro- 
 motion to the command, 9 Jan. 1794, of the Nau- 
 tilds 18, he appears to have been employed at 
 intervals, on the Home and "West India stations, 
 in the Salisbury 50, Commodore Sir John Jervis, 
 Bombay Castle 74, Capt. John Thos. Duck- 
 worth, and Prince and Boyne 98's, both flag- 
 ships of the former officer. "We then find him 
 serving on shore, with a detachment of seamen 
 under the orders of Capt. Eliab Harvey, at the re- 
 duction of Martinique, and receiving the public 
 thanks of Sir Geo. Grey, the Military Commander- 
 in-Chief, for hia active co-operation. His patron, 
 Sir J. Jervis, also testified the estimation in which 
 he held his conduct, by investing him with the 
 command of the Bien-Venu alias Undaunted, a 
 prize frigate, to which the Admiralty confirmed him 
 by commission dated 25 March in the same year, 
 1794. Capt. Carpenter, who next joined in succes- 
 sion the Veteran 64 and Alarm 32, further united, 
 while in the latter ship, with the army under Gene- 
 ral Sir John Vaughan, in reducing to submission 
 the Charibs and negroes of St. Vincent, Grenada, 
 and Dominica, who, encouraged by the French re- 
 publicans from Guadeloupe, were committing the 
 most horrible acts of cruelty on the defenceless in- 
 habitants. Sir John Vaughan, in his public de- 
 spatches, particularly mentioned the zeal and activity 
 at all times displayed by Capt. Carpenter on this 
 service. About the same time the Alarm, in com- 
 pany with the Bellona 74, captured, off the island 
 of Deseada, Le Duras, of 20 guns and 70 men, having 
 on board 400 troops. After an interval of about 
 four years' half-pay, Capt. Carpenter, who had re- 
 turned to England in the Quebec 32, assumed com- 
 mand, in 1799, of the Leviathan 74, Sir John 
 Duckworth's flag-ship, in which, when in company 
 with the Swiftsure 74, and Emerald 36, in the 
 Gut of Gibraltar, he contributed to the capture, in 
 April, 1805, of two Spanish frigates, each mounting 
 36 guns, and having on board 3000 quintals of quick- 
 silver, together with 11 sail of richly laden mer- 
 chantmen. Being ultimately compelled to invalid 
 from the Leeward Islands, where Sir John Duck- 
 worth had been appointed to the chief command, 
 Capt. Carpenter, while on his passage home in a 
 merchantman, was taken, about the commencement 
 of 1801, by the French, and sent as prisoner of war 
 to Spain, whence, however. Earl St. Vincent soon 
 procured his release, in exchange for a Lieut- 
 Colonel and two other officers. He then, until the 
 peace of Amiens, commanded the San Josef 1 10 ; 
 and afterwards had charge, from 1803 until 1810, 
 and from 1811 until Aug. 1812, of an extensive dis- 
 trict of Sea Fencibles in Devonshire, and of the 
 Antelope 50, flag-ship at Newfoundland of his old 
 
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 friend Sir J. T. Duckworth. These were his last 
 employments. He became a Rear- Admiral 12 Aug. 
 1812 ; a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819 ; and a full Ad- 
 miral 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 He had been left a widower 23 May, 1844. 
 Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 CARPENTER, K.H. (©aptain, 1821. f-p., 21 ; 
 
 H-P., 45.) 
 
 John Cook Carpenter entered the Navy, in 
 1781, as Captain's Servant, on board the Convert 
 36, Capt. Henry Harvey, stationed in the Leeward 
 Islands, where, until 1784, he afterwards served, as 
 Midshipman, in the Reward sloop, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Sir John Laforey , Ber- 
 EicE schooner, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Boulden 
 Thompson, Concorde 36, Capt. Augustus Montgo- 
 mery, and Alcmenb 32, Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith. 
 He next, in 1790, joined the Bellona 74, Capt. 
 Fras. John Hartwell, forming part of the fleet in 
 the Channel ; became subsequently attached, on the 
 same station, to the Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew 
 Snape Douglas, Hannibal 74, Capt. John Colpoys, 
 Thetis 38, Capt. F. J. Hartwell, and Defence 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Gambler; and, for his conduct as Mas- 
 ter's Mate of the last-named ship, in Lord Howe's me- 
 morable actions of 28 and 29 May, and 1 June, 1794, 
 was promoted, 1 Aug. following, to a Lieutenancy 
 in the Djedalds 32, Capt. Thos. Williams. Under 
 the latter officer Mr. Carpenter continued to serve 
 (with the exception of a few months in 1795-6, when 
 we find him on board the Abergavenny 54, Capt. 
 Edw. Tyrrell Smith, and Pompbe 80, Capt. Jas. 
 Vashon), in the same ship and in the Unicorn 32, 
 and Endymion 40, until Jan. 1800 ; during which 
 period he once took charge of a prize,* and partici- 
 pated in many warm encounters with the enemy, in- 
 cluding theUNicoRN's capture of La Ville de V Orient 
 frigate, armee en flute, and the Endymion's action 
 with the Dutch line-of-battle ship Brutus, and her 
 attack, in co-operation with the King's troops, on 
 the town of Wexford. On the latter occasion he 
 partially commanded a flotilla of cutters and 
 launches, and by his judicious arrangement greatly 
 benefited the public service. f He afterwards as- 
 sumed, likewise on the Home station, the successive 
 command — 6 Oct. 1800, of the Flora hired cutter — 
 in March, 1802, of the Ant schooner— 28 Oct. 1803, 
 of the Hope hired cutter — and, 30 April, 1804, of the 
 MiLBROOK schooner, of 14 guns, in which he took, 
 9 May, 1805, La Tranela Spanish privateer of 3 
 guns and 40 men. Having resigned his command 
 of the MiLBROOK in Sept. 1806, Mr. Carpenter was 
 next, 11 May and 8 Aug. 1808, appointed to the 
 Ville de Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships 
 of Lord Gambler, by whom he was intrusted with 
 the direction of a fire-vessel in the attack on the 
 enemy's shipping in Basque Roads, 11 April, 1809 ; 
 as a reward for his exertions on which occasion he 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander by com- 
 mission dated the same day. His last appointments 
 were— 31 May, 1815, to the Racoon 16, employed 
 off St. Helena and the Ascension — and, 4 June, 
 1816, to the Zephyr 12. He returned to England, 
 after visiting Rio Janeiro, and was placed on half- 
 pay, 8 Oct. following ; attained Post-rank 19 July, 
 1821; was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836; and ac- 
 cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 CARPENTER. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Thomas Carpenter entered the Navy 28 May, 
 1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; and ob- 
 tained his first commission 27 Deo. 1832. He was 
 subsequently appointed — 13 March, 1833, to the 
 Gannet 18, Capts. Mark Halpen Sweny and John 
 Balfour Maxwell, on the North America and West 
 India station— 7 Nov. 1833, to the Blonde 46, Capt. 
 Fras. Mason, employed in South America — and, 31 
 May, 1838, to the Columbine 16, Capts. Geo. Elliot 
 and Thos. Jordaine Clarke. After intermediately 
 serving on the coast of Africa for the suppression 
 • Viiie Gai. 1796, pp. i>76-579. • V. Gai. 1798, p. 592. 
 
 of the slave-trade, also on the East India station, 
 and in China, where he landed, at the storming of 
 the enemy's defences below Whampoa Reach,* 
 mounting 54 pieces of cannon, and took part iu 
 the oiJerations against Canton, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 8 June, 1841 ; since which 
 period he has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 CARPENTER. (Liect., 1824. p-p.,17; h-p.,23.) 
 William Carpenter, born 2 July, 1792, is bro- 
 ther of Mr. Geo. Carpenter, Gunner, R.N. ; and 
 first-cousin of Mr. Wm. Dyer, Purser and Paymaster, 
 R.N. (1839). 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 March, 1807, 
 on board the Philomel 18, Capt. Geo. Crawley; 
 and, on proceeding soon afterwards to the Mediter- 
 ranean iu the Delight 16, Capt. PhiUp Cosby 
 Handfield, was present, 30 Jan. 1808, in an endea- 
 vour to re-capture four Sicilian gun-boats, on the 
 coast of Calabria, where the Delight, having un- 
 fortunately taken the gi'ound, was ultimately obliged 
 to surrender, after losing, from an exposure of 15 
 hours to a galling fire from the enemy's batteries 
 and troops, two-thirds of her crew, together mth 
 her Commander and Capt. Thos. Secombe of the 
 Glatton, who was serving on board at the time, 
 and to both of whom Mr. Carpenter had acted on 
 the occasion as Aide-de-camp. On 20 Feb. follow- 
 ing he joined, as Midshipman, the Porcdpine 24, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Duncan and Robt. Elliott, and, 
 until Oct. 1814, he continued to serve, on the same 
 station, in the Unite 36, Capt. Patrick Campbell, 
 Paulina 16, Capt. W. Percival, and Unite again, 
 Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne. He then be- 
 came attached to the Dee 24, Capt. John Wm. 
 Andrew, whom he accompanied to Hudson's Bay; 
 and was afterwards, as Admiralty Midshipman, ap- 
 pointed— 3 Dec. 1815, and 19 Feb. 1817, to the Per- 
 SEos 22, and Tamar 24, Capts. Thos. Rich. Toker 
 and Hon. John Gordon, on the Newfoundland sta- 
 tion — 10 Jan. 1820, to the Egeeia 22, Capt. John 
 Joseph Nicolas, lying at Portsmouth — 25 March, 
 1820, to the Pelter 12, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. 
 Minchin and Robt. Carley Curry, likewise employed 
 ofl' Newfoundland— and, 30 Nov. 1822 and 18 Jan. 
 1823, to the Impregnable and Britannia first- 
 rates, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane. Since his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, which took place 21 Jan. 1824, ex- 
 actly 10 years after he had passed his examination, 
 Mr. Carpenter has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 31 Jan. 1825, Miss Ann Elms, and 
 has issue a son and daughter. 
 
 CARR. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 10.) 
 Henry John Carr was born 27 June, 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 180.3, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capts. 
 Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Robt. Moorsom, on 
 the Home station. He removed, in Aug. 1805, to 
 the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord A. Beauclerk, in which 
 ship he served, the greater part of the time as Mid- 
 sliipman, ofl' Cadiz and in the Channel, until 1809 ; 
 and he was then transferred to the Royal Oak 74, 
 commanded by the same officer, to whom he acted 
 as Aide-de-camp at the debarkation of the Wal- 
 cheren army in the following July. After sharing 
 in many detached services on the coast of France, 
 he accompanied Sir Pulteney Malcolm to North 
 America in 1812 ; from which period, until the 
 peace of 1815, he appears to have been most ardu- 
 ously employed — participating in the attack, as 
 officer in charge of a boat, on Commodore Barney's 
 flotilla, the destruction of Washington, the opera- 
 tions against Baltimore, and the expedition to New 
 Orleans. On 12 Dec. 1814, at the commencement 
 of the hostilities against the latter place, Mr. Carr 
 again had charge of a boat in a valiant conflict 
 which rendered captive to the British a flotilla of 
 five American gun-vessels on Lake Borgne, after 
 the heavy loss to the former of 17 men killed and 
 • FiifcGaz. 1841, p. 1501. 
 
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 CARR-CARUE— CARROLL. 
 
 77 wounded. He also assisted in landing the army ; 
 was otherwise very responsibly employed ; and, for 
 his conduct in particular at the storming of the 
 line of forts along the left bank of the Mississippi, 
 was appointed by Sir P. Malcolm to a Lieutenancy 
 in the Borer sloop, Capt. Wm. Kawlins. Mr. Carr, 
 whose promotion was confirmed by the Admiralty, 
 8 Feb. 1815, returned to England in the Bulwark 
 74, and was placed on half-pay in May following. 
 He subsequently obtained an appointment in the 
 Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 6 July, 
 1825 ; and, on 16 March, 1831, was transferred to 
 the Coast Guard, in which service he has been ever 
 since very effectively employed. 
 
 He married Sarah, daughter of Thos. Bradley, 
 Esq., of Granville, in the island of Jersey, and by 
 that lady has issue six sons and one daughter. 
 
 CARR. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 13.) 
 Washington Carr entered the Navy, 26 March, 
 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aqdilon 32, 
 Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham ; attained the rating of 
 Midshipman 11 Jan. 1812 ; and continued to serve 
 in the same ship, under Capts. Wm. Bowles, Jas. 
 Boxer, Thos. Burton, and Rich. Budd Vincent, until 
 April, 1816. During that period he assisted at the 
 destruction, in face of 1500 French soldiers, of seven 
 large merchantmen, aground near Stralsund, and 
 was employed in South America, as also in the 
 Mediterranean, whither he escorted General Don 
 and the outward-bound trade in 1814. Mr. Carr 
 next joined the Malta 84, Capt. Thos. Gordon 
 Caulfeild, and Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, both 
 lying at Plymouth ; became Admiralty Midshipman, 
 in Nov. 1818, of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch, stationed in the Downs for the purposes of 
 the Coast Blockade ; and, on 12 Sept. 1821, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His next 
 appointments were — 7 Jan. 1824, again to the 
 Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch — 3 May, 
 1830, to the Caledonia 120, Capts. Rich. Curry, 
 Edw. Curzon, and Jas. Hillyar, employed on va- 
 rious particular services — 7 March, 1835, to the 
 Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth— 26 Sept. 1836, and 1 July, 1838, to the 
 Tbmeraire 104, and Ocean 80, Capts. Thos. For- 
 tescue Kennedy and Sir John Hill, guardships at 
 Sheerness— 24 April, 1839, and 9 Oct. 1841, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Belleisle 72 and Vindictive 50, 
 both commanded by Capt. John Toup Nicolas, on 
 the Mediterranean and Home stations — and, 30 
 May, 1843, to the command, in the West Indies, of 
 the Hermes steam-sloop. He has been on half-pay 
 since the attainment of his present rank, 9 Nov. 
 1846. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 CARRE, formerly Eiddell. (Ctajtatlt, 1819 
 F-p., 20; H-p., 31.) 
 
 Robert Riddell Carre, bom 27 Feb. 1782, in 
 Edinburgh, is third son of Wm. Riddell, Esq., one 
 of an old Scottish family, by Elizabeth, only daugh- 
 ter of John Carre, Esq., of Cavers-Carre. He ac- 
 quired his present surname in 1817, on inheriting 
 the estates of his maternal uncle, the late Alex. 
 Carre, Esq., of Cavers-Carre. 
 
 This oflcer entered the Navy, 2 June, 1796, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Albatross 18, Capt. 
 Geo. Scott, on the Home station, where he assisted 
 in capturing, 8 Sept. and 14 Nov. 1797, the pri- 
 vateers De Braave, of 5 guns, 8 swivels, and 25 men, 
 and L'EmoucheUe, of 8 guns, 6 swivels, and 55 men. 
 He next, in succession, joined the Kite 18, Capts. 
 Wm. Brown and Chas. Lydiard, and Veteran 64, 
 Capt. Archibald CoUingwood Dickson ; and, in the 
 latter ship, was present at the surrender of the 
 Dutch Bear- Admiral Storey's fleet in the Texel, 30 
 Aug. 1799, and at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 
 1801. After an attachment of some months during 
 the peace to one of the Plymouth guardships, Mr 
 ^'"''"'i '?,--^P,'^'' ^*°^' "rejoined Capt. Dickson, as a 
 passed Midshipman, in the Soeptke 64, of which 
 
 ship, on proceeding to the East Indies, he was ap- 
 pointed an Acting-Lieutenant inl804, and a confirmed 
 one, 5 Oct. 1805. He returned home, in consequence 
 of ill health, in April, 1807 ; was next, in July follow- 
 ing, appointed to the Orion 74, commanded also by 
 Capt. Dickson ; and continued to serve in that ship, 
 latterly as First-Lieutenant, on the North Sea and 
 Baltic stations— attending, in the mean while, the 
 expedition to Flushing— until advanced to the rank 
 of Commander, 1 Feb. 1812. Capt. Carre's last ap- 
 pointment afloat was, on 8 Deo. in the same year, 
 to the Britomart 10, in which we find him serving 
 off the Scheldt and Texel, on the Irish and Ports- 
 mouth stations, and eventually at the bombardment 
 of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He was placed on half- 
 pay 15 Nov. following ; and attained Post-rank 12 
 Aug. 1819. His acceptance of the Retirement took 
 place 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Andrew De la Codr Carroll entered the Navy 
 18 Jtme, 1812; passed his examination in 1818; ob- 
 tained his commission 28 Oct. 1829; joined the 
 Talbot 28, Capt. Follett Walrond Pennell, on the 
 South American station, 6 June, 1834; and, since 3 
 April, 1837, has been serving in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 21 Jan. 1841, Mary, daughter of John 
 Wright, Esq., of Springfield, co. Wicklow. 
 
 CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 John Fitzgerald Carroll died in 1846. He 
 was youngest son of the late Lieut.-Col. John 
 Carroll. 
 
 This oflcer entered the Navy 1 May, 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1829; served fsr some 
 time, as Mate, on board the Columbine steam- 
 vessel, Lieut.-Commander Benj. Aplin, on the Fal- 
 mouth station ; and obtained his commission 10 
 Jan. 1837. His subsequent appointments were — 23 
 Feb. in the same year, to the Minden 74, Capt. 
 Alex. Renton Sharpe, employed off Lisbon and in 
 the Mediterranean — 15 Sept. 1840, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Hecate steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamil- 
 ton Ward, on the latter station — and, 11 June, 1845, 
 and 3 March, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Stvx steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Windham Hornby, 
 and AcT^EON 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, in which vessels 
 he successively served until the period of his death. 
 Agent — J. Uinxman. 
 
 CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 William Dacres Carroll, son of Capt. W. F. 
 Carroll, R.N., C.B., was killed, in 1846, while tem- 
 porarily on board the President 50, in Simon's 
 Bay. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1832 ; passed 
 his examination 25 Oct. 1838; and was promoted 
 from the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus 
 FitzClarence, 7 March, 1842. From 21 April, 1842, 
 until the period of his death, he served in the Win- 
 chester 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of 
 Hon. Josceline Percy. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 CARROLL, C.B. (Captain, 1813. f-p., 26; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 
 William Fairbrother Carroll, born 28 Jan. 
 1784, at Glencarrig, co. Wicklow, is son of Daniel 
 Carroll, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, of Uskane, co. Tip- 
 perary ; brother of Lieut.-Colonel Carroll, of the 
 6th Portuguese Regt., who died from fatigue at the 
 battle of Toulouse, in 1814, and of Lieut. Carroll, 
 R.M.A., who was aide-de-camp to Lieut.-General 
 Doyle, and lost his life at the siege of Cadiz ; and 
 brother-in-law of Lieut.-General Nelson, Colonel 
 Stirke, and Lieut.-Colonel Milling. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith, with whom, after contributing 
 to the destruction of a convoy at Herqui, he was 
 taken prisoner in the river Seine 18 April, 1796. 
 On his release from captivity, in Aug. 1797, he 
 
CARSLAKE. 
 
 173 
 
 joined, as Midshipman, the Syren 32, Capt. Thos. 
 Le Marchant Gosselin, in which ship we find him 
 assisting at the capture of Surinam in Aug. 1799, 
 and afterwards very severely wounded while at- 
 tacking a French vessel, in July, 1800. On the 
 death, towards the close of 1801, of Lord Hugh 
 Seymour, Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica, to whose 
 flag-ship, the Sans Pakeil 80, he had heen re- 
 moved, Mr. Carroll came home with his Lordship's 
 remains, in the Sting schooner. He then proceeded 
 to the East Indies in the St. Fioeenzo 36, Capt. 
 Joseph Bingham, and was there appointed, 8 Aug. 
 1803, Acting-Lieutenant of the Centhkion 50, Capt. 
 Jas. Lind, in whose valorous defence of his ship, 
 when attacked and furiously cannonaded for nearly 
 two hours in Vizagapatam Road by the French 80- 
 gun ship Marengo^ and Atalante and Semillante fri- 
 gates, 18 Sept. 1804, he particularly distinguished 
 himself by his gallantry and spirit.* Mr. Carroll's 
 promotion having been confirmed by the Admiralty 
 on 15 of the previous May, he was next in succession 
 appointed, 18 April, 1805, to the Astrea 32, Capt. 
 Jas. Carthew, in the North Sea; and, 11 Oct. 1805, 
 to the PoMPEE 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to his old 
 Captain, then Kear-Admiral Sir W. S. Smith. In 
 the month of May, 1806, he again rendered himself 
 conspicuous by his extreme exertions at the storm- 
 ing of the Island of Capri, and at the bringing off of 
 two long 36-pounders from an enemy's vessel lying 
 on the beach at Scalea ; t and, while attending the 
 expedition to the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, he 
 eft'ectually destroyed a redoubt of 31 guns on Point 
 Pesquies, as likewise the guns of a Turkish 64.J 
 During the operations against Copenhagen in Aug. 
 and Sept. 1807, Mr. Carroll, then under the orders 
 of Vice- Admiral Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, 
 commanded an armed launch employed in protect- 
 ing the left wing of the army from the enemy's 
 flotilla, and was afterwards most admirably instru- 
 mental in extinguishing the fire which broke out in 
 the dock-yard. His next appointments were — 3 
 June, 1808, to the Foudroyant 80, again as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Sir "W. S. Smith, on the Brazilian 
 station — 24 April, 1809, as Senior, to the Achillb 
 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King, part of the force attached 
 to the ensuing expedition against Flushing — and, in 
 Oct. 1810, to the Gibraltar flotilla. In the unfortu- 
 nate attack which presently took place on the castle 
 of Frangerola he acquired the official notice of Lord 
 Blayney for his zeal in command of one of the gun- 
 boats ; and, on being ordered to Cadiz, he effectively 
 co-operated in the defence of that place until the 
 day after the battle of Barrosa, when his boat was 
 sunk before Catalina, by which calamity he suffered 
 a heavy pecuniary loss.§ On 4 March, 1811, Lieut. 
 Carroll was advanced to the rank of Commander, 
 and in June following appointed to succeed Capt. 
 Fellowes in the chief command of the whole Cadiz 
 flotilla. In Dec. of the same year he was sent to 
 co-operate in the defence of Tarifa ; after which he 
 resumed his former station off Cadiz, where he con- 
 tinued until the siege was raised, in Aug. 1812. 
 He then assumed command of the Volcano bomb, 
 on the coast of Catalonia, and at the arduous but 
 ultimately successful investment, in June, 1813, of 
 the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaguer, 
 mounting 12 pieces of ordnance, with a garrison of 
 101 officers and men, he proved ''the admiration of 
 everybody " by his intrepid support, although seri- 
 ously and lastingly injured from the exploding of a 
 sliell, of the commanding oificer, Capt., now Vice- 
 Admiral Sir Chas. Adam.|| On 6 Dec. 1813, Capt. 
 Carroll was promoted to Post-rank, and on 10 of the 
 same month he joined the Revenge 74, as Flag- 
 Captain to Sir John Gore, with whom he partook of 
 different operations in the Adriatic, including the 
 blockade of Venice, until transferred, 5 June, 1814, 
 to the Cyrus 20, which ship he appears to have 
 commanded in the Mediterranean, on the coast of 
 La Vendee, during the war of 100 days, and on the 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 3S4. f V. Gaz. 1806, p. 932. 
 
 X V. Gaz. leor, p. 595. 
 
 S V. Oaz. 1S10, p. 2062, and Gaz. 1811, p. 552 
 
 11 V. Gaz. 1813, pp, 13G1, 1405. 
 
 Irish station, until Sept. 1818. He was nominated 
 a C.B. 4 June, 1815, and was subsequently employed, 
 from 27 Aug. 1825, until 1830, chiefly as Flag-Cap- 
 tain to Rear-Admiral "Wm. Hall Gage, in the War- 
 spite 76, Boadicea 46, and Java 52, on the East 
 India station. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Carroll, who is now at the head of the Bath 
 police, has heen 67 times in action with the enemy, 
 has aided at the capture of 19 sail of the line, 
 18 frigates, and a vast number of smaller vessels, 
 has borne a part also in two general engagements, 
 has been twice wounded and once sunk, and has 
 been eight times gazetted, besides being ofiicially 
 mentioned on two occasions in the despatches of 
 the Duke of Wellington. He married, 3 Aug. 1813, 
 Martha Milligen, eldest daughter of the late Vice- 
 Admiral Sir Rich. Dacres, G.C.H., sister of Capt. 
 Sidney Colpoys Dacres, R.N., and cousin of Rear- 
 Admiral J. R. Dacres. By that lady he has had 
 issue two sons, of whom the eldest, Wm. Dacres, 
 died a Lieutenant, R.N., and seven daughters. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 CARSLAKE. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Cabseake was born 12 Sept. 1785. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Bridport in the Channel ; 
 attained the rating of Midshipman 14 Jan. 1800 ; 
 and on removing, in April, 1800, to'the Thames 32, 
 Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, as- 
 sisted at the capture of several privateers in the 
 West Indies, was present, 12 July, 1801, in the battle 
 fought by Sir Jas. Saumarez with the Franco-Spa- 
 nish squadron near Cadiz, and was frequently in 
 collision with the batteries on the French coast. 
 During the peace he served on board the St. 
 George 98, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Morice Pole, and 
 Codrageux 74, Capt. John Okes Hardy, on the 
 West India and Home stations, and, at the renewal 
 of hostilities in 1803, joined the Victory 100, bear- 
 ing the flag of Lord Nelson. In the following yeaor 
 Mr. Carslake, by his individual exertions, extin- 
 guished an alarming fire which had broken out in 
 the cockpit of that ship. He next accompanied 
 Lord Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the 
 combined fleets ; and, for his subsequently merito- 
 rious conduct at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 
 1805, was promoted, the very next day, to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Bellisle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood. 
 On 17 Dec. in the same year he rejoined the St. 
 George, Capt. Thos. Bertie, attached to the fleet 
 in the Channel, where we find him intrepidly dash- 
 ing overboard, at a time when the sea was boiste- 
 rous in the extreme, and saving the life of a seaman 
 and of the First-Lieutenant, Mr. Caulfeild. In con- 
 sequence of this act of heroism he was appointed, 
 12 Sept. 1807, First of the Proserpine 32, Capt. 
 Chas. Otter, with whom, after bringing home from 
 Gottenhorg Lord Leveson Gower, the British am- 
 bassador to the court of St. Petersburg, he proceeded 
 to watch the port of Toulon. WBile thus employed 
 the Proserpine was attacked on 28 Feb. 1809, and, 
 in spite of a noble resistance, in which she sustained 
 a loss of 1 man killed and 10 wounded, captured by 
 the French 40-gun frigates Penelope and Pauline ; 
 owing to which untoward circumstance Lieut. Cars- 
 lake was detained a prisoner in France until May, 
 1814. On 4 April in the following j^ear he became 
 First of the Tartarus 20, bearing the flag in the 
 Scheldt of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in which ship he 
 remained until paid off in Nov. following. Since 
 that period he has neither been afloat nor been able 
 to procure that promotion which, we believe, was 
 freely granted at the conclusion of the war to every 
 other First-Lieutenant of a ship that had heen ho- 
 nourably captured. 
 
 Lieut. Carslake is a magistrate for the co. of 
 Devon. He married, 30 Sept. 1817, Thomazin, 
 youngest daughter of the late Wm. Leigh, Esq., of 
 Slade House, near Sidmouth, and has issue a son 
 and daughter. Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
174 
 
 CARTER. 
 
 CARTER. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 Alexander Rodney Bligh Carter is son of 
 Vice-Admiral Chas. Carter. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 29 Oct. 1836 ; 
 and while Mate of the Daring 12, Capt. Henry Jas. 
 Matson, which vessel he joined towards the close of 
 1844, jumped overboard and rescued a man from 
 being drowned. He obtained his commission 9 Jan. 
 1846, and since the 12th of the same month has 
 been serving at the Cape of Good Hope and in the 
 East Indies on board the Snake 16, Capt. Thos. 
 Bourmaster Brown, and Chudeks 12, Capt. John 
 Chas. Pitman. 
 
 CARTER. (Vice- Admiral op the Blue, 1846. 
 r-p., 22 ; h-p., 42.) 
 Charles Carter is son of the late Rev. H. 
 Carter, Rector of "Whittenham, Berks ; brother of 
 Capt. Benj. Carter, R.N. (1802), who died, 1 Nov. 
 1833, in his 61st year, and of the late Brevet-Major 
 Carter, R.M. ; and nephew of that celebrated au- 
 thoress the late Mrs. Elizabeth Carter. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1783, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Hermione frigate, 
 Capt. John Stone, with whom he continued, on the 
 Halifax and "West India stations, until removed, in 
 Aug. 1786, as Midshipman, to the Crown 64, Capt. 
 Chas. Morice Pole, lying at Plymouth. He after- 
 wards served, for three years, again in the West 
 Indies, on board the Scorpion sloop, Capts. "Wm. 
 Albany Otway and Sir Chas. Hamilton ; was then 
 transferred to the Leopard 50, Capt. John Blankett, 
 in the Channel ; and, on 22 Nov. 1790, was promoted, 
 from the Qceen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord 
 Howe, to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent 
 appointments, in the latter capacity, appear to have 
 been — 15 April, 1791, to the Barfleur 98, bearing 
 the flag of Rear- Admiral Faulknor, in the Channel, 
 where he served until the ensuing Oct. — 23 Jan. 
 1793, to the Trimmer 16, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, 
 under whom he aided in capturing Le Courier 
 French privateer— 4 Feb. 1794, to the Alexander 
 74, Capt. Rich. Rodney Bligh, which ship, after a 
 glorious resistance of more than two hours, and a 
 loss in killed and wounded of 40 men, was taken, 6 
 Nov. following, by a squadron of five line-of-battle 
 ships and three frigates, under Rear- Admiral Nielly* 
 — 22 June, 1795, on his release from a loathsome 
 captivity, to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Squire, in 
 the North Sea — and, 1 March, 1796, as First, to the 
 Galatea 32, Capts. Rich. Goodwin Keats and Hon. 
 Geo. Byng, to the former of whom we find him 
 rendering himself conspicuously useful at the board- 
 ing and destruction, 23 Aug. 1796, near Arcasson, 
 of L' Andromaqiie, of 44 guns and 300 men-i* On 15 
 May, 1800, Mr. Carter was advanced to the com- 
 mand of the Adventure 44, artne'e en flute, and, from 
 that period until March, 1801, was actively employ- 
 ed in the conveyance of troops to Spain, Minorca, 
 and Portugal. Having attained Post-rank 29 April, 
 1802, he afterwards commanded, in consequence of 
 his inability to procure employment afloat, the Isle 
 of "Wight district of Sea Fencibles from 4 Aug. 
 1804, to March, 1810— and the Impress service at 
 Gravesend, from 13 Dec. 1813, to 18 June, 1814, 
 and again from 1 May to 12 Aug. 1815. He be- 
 came Rear-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, and a Vice-Ad- 
 miral 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 He married Maria Holmes, youngest daughter of 
 his old Captain, the late Admiral Sir R. R. Bligh, 
 G.C.B., by whom he has, with other issue, two sons, 
 the present Lieuts. Chas. Ricketts and A. R. B. Car- 
 ter, R.N., and a daughter, married to Lieut. Joseph 
 Bhgh Duffield, B.N. Another daughter, now dead, 
 was the wife of Lieut. Geo. Johnson, R.N. 
 
 Geo. Lumsdaine, bearing the flag of Admiral Rich. 
 Kinssmill on the Irish station, where we find lum 
 assisting, as Midshipman, at the capture in Oct. 
 1795 Dec. 1796, and Jan. 1797, of the Dutch 64-gmi 
 ship Oven/ssel, the French privateer ies Deux Amis, 
 of 14 guns and 80 men, and the 44-gun fngate L,a 
 Tortue He was promoted, 23 Sept. 1800, to be a 
 Lieutenant of the Albion sloop, Capt. Jas. Hills, m 
 which ship he proceeded to the Baltic ; and on join- 
 ing, 11 April, 1801, the Asia, Capt. John Dawson, 
 was wrecked, ofi' Dover, in the course of the same 
 year. His next appointment was, 4 Sept. 1804, to 
 the command of the Flrebkand fire-vessel ; after 
 which he was for some time employed in the Sea 
 Fencibles at Chatham. 
 
 Lieut. Carter, who had been on half-pay since 
 1810, died Governor of the Naval Knights of Wind- 
 sor. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 CARTER. (Lieutenant, 1840. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 1.) 
 Charles Ricketts Carter, bom 28 Nov. 1811, 
 is eldest son of Vice-Admiral Chas. Carter. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 
 3 Feb. 1825 ; and embarked, 6 Feb. 1827, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry Dun- 
 das, stationed in the Channel. On removing, as 
 Midshipman, 3 March, 1828, to the Blonde 42, 
 Capts. Edmund Lyons and Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, 
 he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, in Oct. 
 following, we find him co-operating with the French 
 at the siege of Morea Castle. He next, in July, 
 1831, joined the Talaveea 74, Capts. David Colby 
 and Thos. Brown, on the same station ; passed his 
 examination 7 Sept. 1831 ; and was afterwards, as 
 Mate, appointed— 21 May, 1833, to the Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship, also in the Mediterranean, of Sir 
 Josias Rowley— 12 Sept. 1837, to the Britannia 
 120, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir PhiUp 
 C. C. H. Durham— 22 Nov. 1837, to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings— and, 20 Nov. 
 1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds. 
 For his services at D'Journi, and otherwise on the 
 coast of Syria, Mr. Carter was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840 ; subsequently to 
 which, 28 May, 1841, he joined the Cornwallis 72, 
 flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker on the coast of China, 
 where he served on shore with the naval brigade 
 at the capture of the enemy's batteries at Chapoo 
 and Woosung,''' and in the various other operations 
 which terminated with the pacification of Nanking. 
 He has been employed since 20 June, 1845, in the 
 Canopus 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the Channel 
 station. 
 
 CARTER, K.W. (Lieutenant, 1800.) 
 
 Charles Carter died 1 Oct. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Polvphemhs 64, Capt. 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1795, p. 113. f r. Gaz. 1796, p. 879. 
 
 CARTER. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 17.) 
 James Carter (i) entered the Navy, 20 May, 
 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Fiokenzo 40, 
 Capt. Joseph Bingham, on the East India station, 
 where, in Oct. 1804, he removed, with the same 
 Captain, to the Sceptre 74. He afterwards, in 
 Aug. 1809, attended, as Midshipman, the expedition 
 to the Walcheren ; and was next, in Dec. of the 
 same year and Feb. 1810, present, under Capt. 
 Sam. Jas. Ballard, at the destruction of the French 
 44-gun frigates Loire and Seine, as likewise at the 
 capture of Guadeloupe, where he served on shore 
 with the small-arm men. Mr. Carter subsequently 
 joined, between Jan. 1812, and April, 1815, the 
 BoYNE 98, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale off' 
 Brest, Armide 38, Capts. Fras. Temple and Sir 
 Edw. Thos. Troubridge (in which he proceeded to 
 North America), Sceptre, again, Capt. John Ferris 
 Devonshire, In the West Indies, and Asia 74, and 
 ToNNANT 80, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Inglis Cochrane. While attached to the latter 
 ship, he served on shore at the destruction of 
 Washington, and in the attacks on Baltimore and 
 New Orleans. On quitting the Tonnant he became 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Melpomene troop-ship, 
 Capt. Robt. Rowley, and on his arrival home in 
 Aug. following he found that he had been officially 
 promoted by commission dated 9 Feb. 1815. His 
 • yide Gaz. 184!, pp. 3694, 3400. 
 
CARTER. 
 
 175 
 
 next appointments were — 5 March, 1825, and 9 Dec. 
 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. 
 Mingaye, and KAHittiES 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot — 
 21 May, 1832, to the Coast Guard— 30 June, 1834, 
 to the command of the Scoct revenue-vessel— 27 
 June, 1837, to the Coast Guard again— and, 1 Sept. 
 1841, to the command of the Viper brigantine 6, 
 on the South American station. Since 1845 Lieut. 
 Carter has heen on half-pay. Agents — Hallett 
 and Kobinson. 
 
 CARTER. (Captain, 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 27.) 
 John Carter is second son of the late Thos. 
 Carter, Esq., of Castle Martin, co. Kildare, by Ca- 
 therine, daughter of the Hon. John Butler, and 
 niece of the first Earl of Lanesborough ; great- 
 grandson of the Right Hon. Thos. Carter, of Ko- 
 bertstown and Rathnelly, co. Meath, Secretary of 
 State for Ireland, and Master of the Rolls ; grand- 
 nephew of the Right Rev. Philip Twysden, D.D., 
 Lord Bishop of Baphoe, in Ireland ; second-cousin 
 of the present Earl of Jersey ; and brother of Wm. 
 Henry Carter, Esq., now of Castle Martin, Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for the CO. of Kildare, as likewise of 
 Capt. Thos. Carter, late of the Royal Artillery. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy, 14 Jan. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brilliant 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood, and, on 26 July following, 
 participated, off Santa Cruz, Tenerife, in that ship's 
 able escape from the two 44-gun frigates Vertu and 
 Me'generee, On next removing, with Capt. Black- 
 wood, to the Penelope 36, he assisted, while at the 
 blockade of Malta, at the hard-wrought capture, 31 
 March, 1800, of Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and 
 1000 men, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Decres ; 
 subsequently to which we find him attending the 
 expedition to Egypt, and sharing in much arduous 
 boat-service on the coast of France and off Genoa. 
 During the peace of Amiens Mr. Carter successively 
 joined the Sophie 18, Capt. Geo. Burdett, and 
 Apollo 36, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon. He 
 became attached, at the renpwal of hostilities, to 
 the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. H. Blackwood, block- 
 ading Boulogne ; passed his examination 1 Feb. 
 1804 ; and, on 20 Feb. 1805, was promoted, from the 
 Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson in the Medi- 
 terranean, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Levia- 
 than 74, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, to which he 
 was confirmed 4 Sept. following. Under the latter 
 officer, after pursuing the combined fleet to the 
 West Indies and back, he bore a part in the battle 
 of Trafalgar, and, at the close of that deadly 
 struggle, was employed, at much personal risk, in 
 securing the prisoners and destroying the prizes. 
 As Lieutenant, Mr. Carter's succeeding appoint- 
 ments appear to have been — 28 Feb. 1806, to the 
 Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, in the West Indies 
 — 3 June following, to the acting-command of the 
 Cerf (formerly Cyane) 18, which he brought 
 across the Atlantic with sails under her bottom 
 and pumps going the whole passage — 1 April, 1807, 
 to the London 98, Capt. Thos. Western, part of the 
 force which, in the course of the same year, at- 
 tended the Royal Family of Portugal in its flight 
 to the Brazils— and, 6 Aug. 1808, to the Agamem- 
 non 64, Capt. Jonas Rose, on the latter station. 
 He was there advanced, 22 Aug. 1809, to the com- 
 mand of the Hyacinth 18 ; and was afterwards 
 appointed — 3 Aug. 1811, to the Orestes 16, in the 
 Channel— and, 23 March, 1812, to the Thracian 18. 
 In the latter sloop he visited the Baltic and West 
 Indies; captured, 7 Feb. 1814, the French privateer 
 L'Emile, of 14 guns and 42 men, off St. Valery ; and, 
 on two occasions, in order to preserve the crew 
 from destruction, was compelled to throw a part of 
 his armament overboard. Capt. Carter — who, since 
 his attainment of Post-rank, 7 Dec. 1815, has not 
 been afloat — was nominated, 2 Dec. 1841, Superin- 
 tendent of the Royal Hospital at Haslar, and of the 
 Royal Clarence Victualling Yard ; an appointment 
 he retained until Dec. 1846. 
 He married, in 1833, Julia, eldest daughter of 
 
 W. P. Georges, Esq., and has issue five sons and 
 one daughter. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 CARTER, K.W. (Lieut., 1801. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Robert Carter (a) died 14 Oct. 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 May, 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, 
 Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag of Lord Brid- 
 port, in whose ensuing action with the French fleet 
 off lie de Groix we find him bearing a part. On 
 removing, as Midshipman, to the Mermaid 32, 
 Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, he aided, 17 Oct. 1798, 
 off the coast of Ireland, in that ship's gallant con- 
 flict of two hours and thirty minutes with the French 
 frigate Lm Loire, of 46 guns, on which occasion the 
 former had 3 men killed and 13 woimded. After 
 intermediately serving on board the Minorca, 
 Capt. Miller, Loire 38, Capt. J. N. Newman, and 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Corn- 
 wallis, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, 
 Mr. Carter, within a few weeks of passing his exa- 
 mination, was promoted, 14 Aug. 1801, to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, and placed in command of the 
 Ceres, a hired barge, on the coast of Essex, which 
 he paid off in Oct. following. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — 5 April, 1803, to the Britannia 
 100, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, in the Channel — 
 22 Aug. 1804, to the Swiftsuee 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. 
 Rutherford, under whom he pursued the Franco- 
 Spanish fleet to the West Indies and back, and then 
 shared, as Third Lieutenant, in the battle of Tra- 
 falgar, 21 Oct. 1805—7 Nov. 1807, as First, to the 
 Jamaica 28, Capt. Arthur Lysaght, employed off 
 Gnernsey, Newfoundland, and Lisbon — 24 Aug. 
 1810, to the Experiment, Capt. Jas. Slade, guard- 
 ship at Falmouth — 15 June, 1812, to the Impress 
 service, first in the Isle of Wight, and next in the 
 River Thames — and, in 1829, to be one of the Naval 
 Knights of Windsor. 
 
 CARTER. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 38.) 
 
 Robert Carter (6) entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 
 1799, as Admiral's Servant, on board the Agincourt 
 64, Capt. John Bligh, bearing the flag at New- 
 foundland of the Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, from 
 which ship he was discharged in March, 1800. He 
 re-embarked, 16 May; 1805, on board the Isis 50, 
 flag-ship in succession of Vice- Admirals Sir Erasmus 
 Gower and John HoUoway, on the same station, 
 where he continued chiefly to serve, until the con- 
 clusion of the war, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Jamaica 28, Capt. Arthur Lysaght, 
 Antelope 50, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth, and Avenger sloop, Capt. Johnson, 
 and, as Lieutenant (commission dated 2 Dec. 1812), 
 in the Hazard sloop, Capt. John Cookesley. He 
 has not been afloat since 1814. 
 
 CARTER. (Retiked Commander, 1844. r-p., 
 13 ; H-p., 34.) 
 
 Samuel Thomas Carter, bom 28 May, 1785, is 
 eldest son of the late Sam. Carter, Esq., of Sudbury, 
 Suffolk, and of Twinsted Lodge, Essex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno 32, Capt. Geo. 
 Dundas, on the Jamaica station, where he attained 
 the rating of Midshipman, 7 July, 1800, and con- 
 tinued in the same ship, and in the Elephant 74, 
 commanded also by Capt. Dundas, until Dec. 1804. 
 During that period he served in the Juno's large 
 cutter at the cutting out from Campeachy Bay, 
 after a bloody conflict, in Oct. 1800, of a Spanish 
 schooner of 12 guns and 96 men ; and, while at- 
 taclied, in 1803, to the Elephant, he was much em- 
 ployed in detached service at the blockade of Cape 
 Fran9ois, where he witnessed the surrender of the 
 French squadron with the remains of General Ro- 
 chambeau's army on board. He next in succession 
 joined the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Chas. Cotton in the Channel, Elephant, again, in 
 the West Indies, and Royal Willluh, flag-ship at 
 Spithead of Admiral Geo. Montagu; passed his 
 examination in Oct. 1807, and was confirmed, 14 
 
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 CARTER-CARTHEW. 
 
 Jan. 1808, to the rank of Lieutenant in the Intrepib 
 64, Capts. Rich. Worsley and Christ. John Williams 
 Nesham, in which ship he had previously beheld 
 the surrender of Madeira. He afterwards, on pro- 
 ceeding to the "West Indies, efficaciously served on 
 shore at the reduction, in Feb. and April, 1809, of 
 Martinique and the Saintes; and, on 5 June in the 
 latter year, joined the Castor 32, Capt. "Wm. Ro- 
 berts, under whom we find him contributing to the 
 destruction, in the ensuing Dec, of the 44-gun 
 frigates Loire and Seitie, and, in Feb. 1810, to the 
 capture of Guadeloupe. His last appointments 
 were, 25 Sept. 1810, to the Donegal 74, Capt. 
 Pulteney Malcolm, in the Channel, and, 7 Aug. 
 1811, to the Sophie 18, Capt. Nicii. Lockyer, on 
 the coast of North America. He was placed on 
 half-pay in Aug. 1813, and, on 19 Oct. 1844, he ac- 
 cepted his present rank. 
 
 Commander Carter, until lately, held for many 
 years the honorary command at Lowestoft of the 
 Suffolk Humane Society's life-boat, and was thus 
 instrumental in saving the lives, at different periods, 
 of 124 persons. He married, 9 April, 1814, his 
 cousin, Laura Catherine, second daughter of the 
 late Rev. "Wm. Chapman, Vicar of Margate, co. 
 Kent, by whom he has living a son and four 
 daughters. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CARTER. (LiEDT., 1808. r-p., 18; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Thomas GiiiBERT Carter entered the Royal 
 Naval Academy at Portsmouth 6 June, 1796, and 
 embarked, 11 Oct. 1800, as a Volunteer, on board 
 the Ganges 74, Capts. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Jos. 
 Baker, and Geo. M'Kinley, in which ship, after 
 participating with the first-named officer, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, 
 he proceeded to the "West Indies. In July, 1803, 
 he removed to the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Blackwood, and next to the TJtkecht 64, flag-ship 
 of Vice- Admiral Patton, both on the Home station. 
 He sailed for the East Indies, in 1804, on board the 
 CoLLODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew ; 
 there became, 14 Jan. 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier; and, on his 
 return home with convoy in the Monmouth 64, 
 Capt. Edw. Durnford King, was officially promoted, 
 23 Aug. 1808. His subsequent appointments afloat 
 were, 26 Oct. 1808, to the Mercorios 16, Capt. 
 Thos. Renwick, whom he accompanied to the 
 Baltic, and, 2 Feb. 1810, to the Orion 74, Capt. 
 Sir Archibald CoUingwood Dickson, stationed in 
 the North Sea. From April to Aug. following Mr. 
 Carter appears to have been confined, as an invalid, 
 to Yarmouth Hospital. He afterwards commanded 
 a Signal Station in the co. of Essex, from 21 March, 
 1811, to 21 Dec. 1814, but since the latter date has 
 been unemployed. 
 
 CARTER (Captain, 1831. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 26.) 
 Thomas Wren Carter, born in Nov. 1789, is 
 fourth son of the late Wm. Carter, Esq., a magis- 
 trate for CO. Hants. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 March, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warrior 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Tyler, under whom he attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman 8 Sept. 1800, was present, 2 April, 1801, 
 in the battle of Copenhagen, and then visited Ja- 
 maica. Between July, 1802, and April, 1806, he 
 next served, on the Channel and Irish stations, in 
 the Constance 24, and Blanche 36, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Zachary Mudge, Topaze 38, Capt. 
 Willoughby Thos. Lake, Dryad 36, Capt. John 
 Giffard, and Hibeunia 120, flag-ship in succession of 
 Lord Gardner, Vioe-Admiral John Leigh Douglas, 
 and Earl St. "Vincent, part of the force under Hon. 
 Wm. ComwalUs, in his pursuit of the French fleet 
 into Brest, 22 Aug. 1805. On 18 April, 1806, a few 
 days after passing his examination, Mr. Carter was 
 promoted into the Halifax 26, Capt. Lord Jas. 
 Townshend, in which ship we flnd him serving, as 
 First Lieutenant, on the North American station, 
 until 14 Nov. 1808. On being subsequently ap- 
 pointed, 12 May, 1809, to the St. Domingo 74, bear- 
 
 ing the flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan, he accom- 
 panied the expedition to the Walcheren, and was 
 there very hotly engaged with the batteries off 
 Flushing. From 11 Nov. 1811, to 7 Sept. 1813, he 
 was further employed in the Aeethdsa 38, Shark 
 18, Akgo 44, and Bedford 74, a great part of the 
 time as Flag-Lieutenant, under Vioe-Admiral Chas. 
 Stirling, Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica, whence, 
 after holding for a brief period the acting-command 
 of the Moselle sloop, in which he was superseded 
 by Sir John Borlase Warren, he returned to Eng- 
 land. He remained thenceforward on half-pay until 
 within a few months of his being confirmed, 14 July, 
 1815, in the command of the Emoloos 16, on the 
 same station, where he next joined, 16 Feb. 1816, 
 the Carnation 18. After an unemployed interval 
 of two years and a half, Capt. Carter obtained, 17 
 Nov. 1818, an appointment to the Wasp 18, and, on 
 returning to the West Indies, captured the Vene- 
 zuelan sloop-of-war El Libertador, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Chitty, and a Span- 
 ish brigantine, her prize. He paid the Wasp off 
 12 Aug. 1820 ; attained Post-rank 25 April, 1831 ; 
 and was afterwards appointed, 27 Nov. 1837, and 
 18 Aug. 1841, to the successive command, in North 
 America and the West Indies, of the Vestal 26, 
 and Winchester 50. Since 4 March, 1842, he has 
 been again on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Carter married, 17 Aug. 1820, Harriet Jane, 
 eldest daughter of the late Admiral Sir Archibald 
 CoUingwood Dickson, Bart., and sister of Com- 
 mander A. C. T. Dickson, by whom he has issue 
 two sons and three daughters. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 CARTHE'R^. (Vice-Admirai, of the "White, 
 1841. F-p., 23; H-P., 44.) 
 James Carthew entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1780, 
 as Captain's Servant, on board the Dunkirk, Capt. 
 Chapman, lying at Plymouth ; served, from 1782 
 to 1786, as Midshipman in the Syren 32, Capt. 
 Wm. Carlyon, and Adamant 50, flag-ship of Sir R. 
 Hughes in the West Indies ; and, after a further 
 attachment to the Carnatic 74, Capt. Peregrine 
 Bertie, and Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Milbank,'On the Home and N ewfoundland 
 stations, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 4 Nov. 1790. He was next appointed^ — 18 April, 
 1793, to the Solebay 32, Capts. "Wm. Hancock Kelly 
 and Henry Wm. Bayntun, in the West Indies, where 
 he served on shore at the capture of Martinique, in 
 March, 1794^3 Nov. 1795, to the Mercury 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Byng, on the Newfoundland station — 
 and, 6 Dec. 1797, to the Irresistible 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Martin, employed off Lisbon. On 4 June, 1798, 
 Mr. Carthew was promoted to the command of the 
 RosARio, which sloop, after attending, in 1799, the 
 expedition to the Helder, and assisting at the de- 
 struction of two Dutch frigates and of the dock- 
 yard at Medenblik, was burnt, as a fire-vessel, in 
 endeavouring to destroy a French squadron in 
 Dunquerke Roads, 7 July, 1800.* Capt. Carthew, 
 who attained Post-rank from the Shark sloop at 
 Jamaica, 11 July, 1801, there commanded the Gar- 
 land 22, and Crescent 36, until the peace. He 
 was afterwards appointed— 8 April, 1805, to the 
 Astrea 32, in the North Sea— 23 Jan. 1806, to the 
 Crescent again, on the same station — and, 19 March, 
 1808, to the Gloire frigate, part of the force em- 
 ployed in Feb. 1809, at the reduction of Martinique,t 
 where he had charge for some time of the British 
 squadron. Since 1812 this officer has not been afloat. 
 He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; and a 
 Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 CARTHEW. (LiEDT., 1815. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 31,) 
 John Carthew entered the Navy, 4 May, 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Astkea 32, Capt. Jas. 
 Carthew, with whom he continued, in the same 
 ship, and the Crescent 36, on the North Sea station, 
 until April, 1806. He then joined the Agincourt 
 
 * Vide Gajf. 1800, p. 782. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1S09, p.7«. 
 
CARTWllIGHT-CARY. 
 
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 64, Capt. Henry Hill, whom he accompanied to St. 
 Helena; and, in April, 1808, became attached, as 
 Midshipman, to the Tartar 32, Capts. Geo. Edm. 
 Byron Bettesworth and Jos. Baker. On 15 May 
 following he took part in a severe conflict of an 
 hour and a half between the Tartar and a Danish 
 flotilla, off Bergen, on the coast of Norway, in which 
 Capt. Bettesworth was killed; and, under Capt. 
 Baker, after capturing, with many other vessels, 
 the Danish privateer Naargske Gutteuy of 7 guns 
 and 36 men, and spending much time in protecting 
 the trade through the Belt, he was wrecked on a 
 sand in the Baltic, 18 Aug. ISll. In Sept. 1812, Mr. 
 Carthew ne.Kt joined the Nymphen 36, Capts. John 
 Hancock and Matthew Smith, in which we find 
 him conveying the Duke of Cumberland from Yar- 
 mouth to Gottenborg, in April, 1813— employed, in 
 November following, in laying down buoys for the 
 safe passage of Admiral Young's fleet into the 
 Roompot — and contributing, in March, 1814, to the 
 rescue of the Antelope 50, when that ship lay 
 aground under a shower of shot and shells from the 
 batteries of Flushing and Cadsand. Early in 1815 
 he sailed for the East Indies, vrith the flag of Sir 
 Geo. Burlton, in the Cornwallis 74, and he was 
 there confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the Volage 22, 
 Capts. Joseph Drury and John Reynolds, 24 Nov. 
 1815. He returned to England and was paid oiF 
 in Aug. 1817, and has not since been employed. 
 
 CAETWKIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 John Cartwright passed his examination 25 
 Sept. 1840, and served, as Maie, on the Mediter- 
 ranean, Home, and Pacific stations, in the Power- 
 ruL 84, Capts. Geo. Mansel and Michael Seymour, 
 Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir David Mihie, and Collingwood 
 80, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. 
 He obtained his commission 10 March, 1846, and 
 still serves in the last-mentioned ship as Additional 
 Jjieutenant. 
 
 CAKTWRIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1821. r-p.,23; 
 H-P., 11.) 
 
 Thomas Cartwright was bom 30 April, 1799. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Chatha.m 74, Capt. 
 Graham Moore, in the North Sea, where he at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman, 22 Oct. 1813, and 
 continued, under Rear-Admiral Matthew Henry 
 Scott, and Capts. Wm. Lukin and David Lloyd, 
 until Aug. 1814. He then proceeded to North 
 America in the Zealous 74, Capt. Jas. Anderson, 
 and afterwards served with Lord Exmouth in the 
 BoYNE 98, and Queen Charlotte 100, from which 
 latter ship, after receiving a slight splinter-wound 
 in the head at the bombardment of Algiers, he was 
 paid off in Oct. 1816. In Jan. 1818, Mr. Cartwright 
 became attached to the Sybille 48, flag-ship at 
 Jamaica of Sir Home Popham, in which he passed 
 his examination, 8 Nov. 1819. Ho next served, as 
 Master's Mate, with Capt. Jodrell Leigh, in the 
 Bann 20, on the same station ; and, on 16 Feb. 
 1821, was there promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 in the Ontario 18, commanded, too, by Capt. 
 Leigh. He came home and was paid off in Jan. 
 1822 ; and was subsequently employed in the Coast 
 Guard from 31 Oct. 1828, until the close of 1842. 
 He has since been unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Cartwright married, 19 July, 1824, Miss 
 Ann Bazley, and has issue two children. 
 
 GARY. (Commander, 1835.) 
 
 The Honodrable Byron Charles Ferdinand 
 Plantagenet Cart, born 5 Oct. 1808, is youngest 
 son of the eighth Viscount Falkland, and brother 
 of the Hon. P. P. Gary, Capt. R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 10 Aug. 1820; 
 passed his examination in 1829 ; obtained his first 
 commission 13 Dec. 1830 ; served in the Dublin 50, 
 Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, on the South American 
 station, from 4 April, 1831, until paid off in 1834 ; 
 was next appointed, 15 April, 1835, to the Maci- 
 cienne 24, Capt. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay, off 
 
 Lisbon ; rose to his present rank 10 Dec. 1835 ; and 
 afterwards commanded the Bittern 16, for the 
 suppression of the slave-trafiic on the coast of 
 Africa, from 5 May, 1841, until the spring of 1843. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Gary married, 19 Feb. 1844, Selina, 
 daughter of the late Rev. F. Fox, of Foxhall, co. 
 Longford, Ireland. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GARY. (Retired Commander, 1843. r-p., 15; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Henry Cart died in the early part of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Sept. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Penguin 18, Capt. Ben- 
 dall Robert Littlehales, on the Irish station; be- 
 came Midshipman, in 1800, of the Sophie sloop, 
 Capt. Geo. Burdett, whom he accompanied to New- 
 foundland ; and, on removing to the Resistance 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, was wrecked, off 
 Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803. He then joined 
 the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, 
 and remained in that ship — participating interme- 
 diately in the pursuit of the Franco-Spanish fleet 
 to the West Indies, and in the battle of Trafalgar — 
 until Jan. 1806. After a further attachment to the 
 Ocean 98, Capt. Thos. Bowen, and Egyptienne, 
 Revoldtionnaire, and Cambrian frigates, com- 
 manded, the first and last by the Hon. Chas. Paget, 
 and the second by Capt. Chas. Feilding, on the 
 Home station, Mr. Gary was promoted, 13 July, 
 1807, to a Lieutenancy in the Inflexible 64, Capt. 
 Joshua Rowley Watson, one of the ships employed 
 in the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen, where he 
 served on shore as Major of Brigade, and acquired 
 much credit. His next appointments were, on the 
 West India and Mediterranean stations — 21 Dec. 
 1807, to the Cherub sloop, Capts. Geo. Ravenshaw, 
 Alex. Nesbitt, and Thos. "Tudor Tucker — 7 Feb. and 
 11 April, 1809, to the Ville de Paris 110, and Ocean 
 98, both commanded by Capt. John Surman Garden 
 —22 April, 1809, to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers 
 — and, 6 April, 1811, again to the Ville de Paris, 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton. On 13 Dec. 1810, he served 
 in the boats of the Kent, with those of a squadron 
 under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, at the destruction of 
 a large convoy, protected by two batteries, in the 
 Mole of Falamos, where, out of a body of 600 
 British officers and men, upwards of 200 were killed, 
 wounded, and taken prisoners. Mr. Gary — who 
 afterwards commanded the Kerryhead Signal sta- 
 tion at the mouth of the Shannon, from Sept. 1813, 
 to May, 1814 — was lastly appointed, 11 Jan. 1816, 
 First of the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother 
 Carroll, with whom he served for some time, on the 
 Irish station, as First Lieutenant. He attained the 
 rank of Retired Commander 10 April, 1843.* 
 
 GARY. (Captain, 1839. p-p., 16; h-p., 11.) 
 
 The Honourable Plantagenet Pierrepont 
 Cary, born 8 Sept. 1806, is second son of the eighth 
 Viscount Falkland, Capt. R.N. (who died 2 March, 
 1809, from the effects of a wound received in a 
 duel), by Miss Christiana Anson, his wife ; and bro- 
 ther of the present Viscount Falkland, Lieut.-Gov. 
 of Nova Scotia, as likewise of Commander the Hon. 
 B. C. F. P. Cary, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 10 
 Aug. 1820 ; and embarked, in 1822, as Midshipman, 
 on board the Phaeton 46,.Capt. Henry Evelyn Pit- 
 field Sturt, employed successively in the West In- 
 dies and Mediterranean. In 1824 he proceeded to 
 the East Indies in the Boadicea 46, Capt. Sir Jaa. 
 Brisbane, in the boats of which frigate he served 
 during the Burmese war. He afterwards joined, in 
 the Mediterranean, the Warspite 76, Capts. Rich. 
 Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker, and Wellesley 
 74, Capt. Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland; and, having 
 passed his examination in 1827, was there promoted, 
 
 * Although not employed by the Admiralty after he left 
 tlie Cyeus, Commander Cary had charge, from 1820 until 
 1834, of a hired packet under the Post-Oflice. He has left a 
 widow, a lunatic, and four daughters, one of them married, 
 hut the others (the Commander having lost all his property 
 in tlie service) totally unprovided for. 
 
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 CASE— CASEY— CASHMAN— CASTLE. 
 
 2 Dec. 1829, into the Daktmouth 42, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Fellowes. Lieut. Gary's next appointments 
 were— 24, Nov. 1830, and 27 Jan. 1832, to the 
 Pkince Regent 120, and Ocean 80, flag-ships at 
 Sheerness of Sir John Poo Beresford — and, 13 
 June, 1833, and 10 March, 1834, to the Contcay 28, 
 Capt. Henry Eden, and Spaktiate 76, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Mich. Seymour on the South American 
 station. He obtained his second commission 31 Oct. 
 1834 — was appointed, 28 Feb. 1837, to command the 
 CoMUS 18, in the "West Indies — became aPost-Captain 
 9 May, 1839 — and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Gary married, 27 April, 1843, Mary Ann, 
 only child of J. F. Maubert, Esq., of Norwood, co. 
 Surrey. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CASE. (Retired Capt., 1846. f-p., 23; h-p., 34.) 
 William Case entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1790, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hebe 38, Capt. Alex. 
 Hood, and, in March, 1792, was transferred to the 
 Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, both stationed in the 
 Channel. From May, 1793, to April, 1796, he again 
 served in the Hebe, as Midshipman, under Capts. 
 A. Hood, Paul Minchin, and Mat. Henry Scott, in 
 the West Indies, where we find him, after a short 
 attachment to the Majestic 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Laforey, promoted, 3 Oct. 1797, to a Lieute- 
 nancy in La Victorieuse 14, Capts. Edw. Stirling 
 Dickson and Richardson. While in the latter ves- 
 sel he cut out a Spanish schooner from under the 
 fire of a privateer and two batteries at Port Espana, 
 Trinidad — took part, 7 May, 1798, in a very credit- 
 able action with two French privateers, the smaller 
 of whom, a sloop of 6 guns and 50 men, was cap- 
 tured, and the other, a schooner of 12 guns and 80 
 men, put to flight — and, in Dec. following, witnessed 
 the surrender of two forts near the river Caribe, 
 besides valiantly contributing, in joint command of 
 a party of 70 seamen, to the capture and destruc- 
 tion, at Gurupano, of two others, defended by at 
 least 300 men, and of the C<mleuvre, of 6 guns and 
 80 men.* Lieut. Case's next appointments were, 
 27 Aug. 1801, 20 April, 1804, and 21 Dec. 1805, to 
 the Beaver sloop, Capt. Christopher Basset Jones, 
 Magdalene, Capt. Joseph Lamb Popham, and 
 Agincohrt 64, Capts. Thos. Briggs and Henry Hill, 
 on the Home station ; after which he served, from 
 Jan. 1806 to June, 1812, under Sir Sam. Hood, on 
 board the CENTAnK 74, Hibeknia 110, Tigre 74, 
 Owen Glendower 36, and Illustrious 74, off the 
 Western Islands, and in the Mediterranean, Baltic, 
 and East Indies. During the period of his attach- 
 ment to the Centadr, Mr. Case, as First Lieute- 
 nant, was meritoriously present, 25 Sept. 1806, at the 
 capture, in company with the Mars and Monarch 
 74's, of four heavy French frigates from Rochefort, 
 on which occasion Sir S. Hood lost his arm.-j- He 
 also attended, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, the expedition 
 to Copenhagen — beheld, in Dec. of the same year, 
 the surrender of Madeira — ably assisted, in con- 
 junction with the Implacable 74, at the taking, 26 
 Aug. 1808, in sight of the whole Russian fleet, near 
 Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewdhd, after a 
 close and furious conflict, in which the Centaur 
 lost 3 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 
 killed and woundedj— and, in Aug. 1809, was en- 
 gaged, under Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, in the 
 attack upon Walcheren. After holding for two 
 months the appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of 
 Madras Hospital, he was promoted, 7 Aug. 1812, to 
 the command of the Hecate sloop ; and, on 15 of 
 the same month, he joined the Samarang, of 16 
 guns, of which he appears to have retained com- 
 mand, in New South Wales, until 24 March, 1814. 
 He has since been on half-pay. His acceptance 
 of the rank he now holds took place 14 May, 1846. 
 Capt. Case, in the early part of his career, also 
 assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucie and Trinidad. 
 He married, 15 Sept. 1829, a daughter of Henry 
 Hallett, Esq., of Chidcook, Devon. 
 
 • Vide Gm. 179!!, p. 210. f V- Ga^. 1806, p. 1306. 
 X V. Gaz. 1808, p. 128i. 
 
 CASEY. (LiE0T., 1799. F-P., 29 ; H-P., 29.) 
 
 David O'Brien Casey entered the Navy, in 1789, 
 as Captain's Servant, on board the HviENA 24, 
 Capts. John Aylmer, Jas. Kinneer, and Wm. Har- 
 good, which ship, the first lost by the British during 
 the war, was captured by the French 40-gun frigate 
 Cmuxrrde, off Hispaniola, 27 May, 1793. On regain- 
 ing his liberty soon afterwards, Mr. Casey obtained 
 a Midshipman's berth in the Hermione 32, Capts. 
 John Hill and Philip Wilkinson, also on the Jamaica 
 station; where, in 1795-6, he became successively 
 attached to the Raisonnablb 64, and Swiptsure 
 74, both flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker, 
 and, as Acting-Lieutenant, to. the Ambuscade 32, 
 Capt. Thos. Twysden ; and where he rejoined, early 
 in 1797, the Hekmione, then commanded by Capt. 
 Hugh Pigot. A fearful mutiny, on 23 Sept. follow- 
 ing, broke out among the crew of the latter ship, 
 and, in the general massacre of the officers which 
 ensued, Mr. Casey, the Master, Gunner, Carpenter, 
 and Cook, were the only persons who escaped de- 
 struction. Of these, the subject of this sketch is 
 now the only survivor. On his subsequent return 
 to England, after a captivity of some months at La 
 Guayra, on the Spanish Main, Mr. Casey in succes- 
 sion joined, on the Home station, the Achilles 74, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope and Geo. Mur- 
 ray, RovAL George 100, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Bridport, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, the Monarch 
 74, Capt. T. R. Mosse, and another ship, the name 
 of which we do not happen to possess. He was 
 confirmed, 11 Oct. 1799, into the Nemesis 28, Capt. 
 Thos. Baker, and, on 12 Jan. and 25 July, 1800, ap- 
 pears, while cruizing in the Channel, to have as- 
 sisted at the capture of Le Renard^ a heavy priva- 
 teer, and, after a sharp struggle of 25 minutes, of 
 the Danish frigate I^reija, and convoy. Towards 
 the close of the latter year we find him, as First 
 Lieutenant of Le Sensible, Capt. Robt. Tause, sail- 
 ing for the East Indies, where he continued two 
 years; after which he served, until 1805, in the 
 Magicienhe and Foetuh]&e frigates, Capt. Henry 
 Vansittart — again, as First Lieutenant, in the Mer- 
 lin sloop, Capt. Robt. Forbes — and in the Astkea 
 32, Capt. Jas. Carthew, on the Home and West 
 India stations. He afterwards for eight years com- 
 manded a Signal station and a body of Sea Fenciblcs 
 in Ireland ; and was then appointed, 6 March and 
 10 May, 1813, to the Ai-bion 74, Capt. John Ferris 
 Devonshire, fitting out at Chatham, and, as Senior, 
 to the Clarence 74, Capts. H. Vansittart and Fred. 
 Warren, with whom he served, off Brest, until Aug. 
 1814. On 6 Dec. 1835, he next obtained charge of 
 the Semaphore at Putney ; but resigned that em- 
 ployment on being appointed, 15 Oct. 1839, to the 
 Royal Hospital at Greenwich. 
 
 Lieut. Casey is married, and has, with other issue, 
 a son, Thomas Page, Second Lieutenant, R.M. (1843), 
 now serving in the Mediterranean, on board the 
 America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon. 
 
 CASHMAN. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Cashman entered the Navy in 1830; 
 passed his examination 4 April, 1838 ; and served, 
 as Mate, in the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott 
 Henderson, Electra 18, Capt. Arthur Darley, and 
 Hermes steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Washing- 
 ton Carr, on the Mediterranean and North America 
 and West India stations. He obtained his commis- 
 sion 1 Deo. 1845, and still serves in North America 
 and the West Indies, as Additional-Lieutenant of 
 the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. 
 Austen. 
 
 CASTLE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., H.) 
 William Langfokd Castle, born 31 March, 
 1800, is only son of William Castle, Esq., of Sitting- 
 bourne, CO. Kent. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caledonia 120, Capt. 
 Jeremiah Coghlan, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew ; 
 in which he was present, 5 Nov. 1813, and, as Mid- 
 shipman, 13 Feb. 1814, in two skirmishes with the 
 
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 French fleet off Toulon, besides assisting as junior 
 Aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, at the 
 reduction of Genoa, in April of the latter year. 
 He next served, from June, 1814, until wrecked, in 
 a hurricane, near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816, on board 
 the Cossack 28, Capt. Lord Algernon Percy, in 
 North America, Philomel 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway 
 Plumridge, lying at Plymouth, and Phcenix 42, 
 Capt. Chas. John Austen. We then find him doing 
 duty for three years in the Albion 74, flag-ship in 
 the Mediterranean of Sir Chas. Vinioombe Pen- 
 rose ; and, on returning to North America in 1819, 
 in the Newcastle 60, bearing the flag of Kear- 
 Admiral Edw. Griffith, selected to command the 
 Jane tender. He passed his examination 15 Aug. 
 1819 ; was subsequently, on reaching England in 
 the summer of 1822, again employed for a short 
 time in the Albion, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, at 
 Portsmouth ; and, on next proceeding to the "West 
 Indies, in the Isis 50, with the flag flying of Sir 
 Lawrence "Wm. Halsted, was appointed, 6 June, 
 1824, to the command of the Speedwell schooner 
 of 5 guns, in which he appears to have been ac- 
 tively employed against the pirates of Cuba. Mr. 
 Castle, who was promoted into the Helicon 10, 
 Capt. Thos. Fisher, 25 Aug. 1824, afterwards joined 
 in succession, almost invariably as First Lieutenant, 
 the Beaver 10, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, Isis, as 
 before. Rose 20, Capt. Wm. Benj. Suckling, St- 
 BiLLE 48, Commodore Sir Fras. Augustus Collier, 
 Atholl 28, Capt. Alex. Gordon, and Dbttad 42, 
 Commodore John Hayes — the three last on the 
 coast of Africa ; where, in charge of the Black 
 Joke and Fair Rosamond tenders, and otherwise, 
 we find he contributed to the liberation of many 
 thousand slaves. After holding the acting-com- 
 mand, for some months, of the Medina 20, on the 
 same station, Lieut. Castle obtained a second pro- 
 motal commission, dated 29 Oct. 1831 ; subsequently 
 to which he joined — 15 Feb. 1834, the Salamander 
 steam-vessel, employed on Channel service — 4 Aug, 
 1835, the PyiiADES 18, again on the African station, 
 where he had the good fortune to emancipate a 
 thousand negroes, and to render such essential be- 
 nefit to trade as to elicit the thanks of the mer- 
 chants of Liverpool — and, in Nov. 1840, to the In- 
 dus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting at Portsmouth, 
 which last appointment, in consequence of disease in- 
 duced by his long servitude on the coast of Africa, 
 he was compelled to resign. He attained Post-rank 
 23 Nov. 1841 ; and is at present on half-pay. 
 
 He married, first, 2 April, 1835, Emma, third 
 daughter of Capt. Sir John Hill, E.N., Kt. That 
 lady dying 25 Oct. 1837, he espoused, secondly, 7 
 July, 1841, Elizabeth Allen, only daughter of Com- 
 mander Robt. M'Coy, R.N., by whom he has issue 
 two children. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 CASWELL. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 26; 
 H-P., 13.) 
 George Caswell entered the Navy, 24 May, 
 1808, as Sec.-cl. "Vol., on board the Parthian 10, 
 Capts. John Balderson, Rich. Harward, and Hon. 
 Henry Dawson, in which vessel we find him, in the 
 course of the same year, sharing in an action with 
 three men-of-war — assisting next at the capture, 5 
 May, 1809, of ia Nouvelle Gironde, a noted priva^ 
 teer, of 14 guns and 58 men— and employed, subse- 
 quently, at the bombardment of Flushing. Having 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, 4 April, 1810, 
 he removed, in Nov. following, to the Christian 
 VII. 80, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, with 
 whom he continued to serve, in the same ship and 
 the, Caledonia 120, on the North Sea and Medi- 
 terranean stations, until Sept. 1814. During that 
 period he partook of the two slight encounters, of 
 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, with the French fleet 
 near Toulon — and served on shore at the reduction 
 of Genoa. After a further attachment to the Prince 
 Freoekick, Capt. Rich. Pridham, receiving-sloop 
 at Plymouth, and to the Mai/pa 80, Capt. Wm. 
 Chas. Fahie, and Botne 98, flag-ship of Lord Ex- 
 mouth, both on the Mediterranean station, Mr. 
 Caswell was promoted, 24 Sept. 1815, to a Lieute- 
 
 nancy in the Minstrel 20, Capt. Fras. Erskine 
 Loch, in which he returned home and was paid oflF 
 in the ensuing December. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were — 28 Dec. 1824, to the Champion 18, 
 Capt. John Fitz-Gerald Studdert, with whom he 
 served, as First Lieutenant, during the Burmese 
 war— 17 Nov. 1829, and 1 May, 1830, to the "Vic- 
 tort 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, and St. Vincent 
 120, Capt. Hyde Parker, at Portsmouth — 23 March 
 and 16 Dec. 1831, as Senior, to the Pallas 42, 
 Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, in the West Indies, and 
 Madagascar 46, Capt. Edmund Lyons, in the Me- 
 diterranean — 25 Nov. 1834, to the Coast Guard — 13 
 Nov. 1841, again as Senior, to the Gorgon steamer, 
 Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station— and, 23 April, 1842, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ. Wy- 
 viU, at the Cape of Good Hope. He continued in 
 the latter vessel until promoted to his present rank 
 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Commander Caswell married Louisa, daughter of 
 Commander Benj. Leigh, E..N., by whom he has 
 issue. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 CAS"WELL. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 12; h-p., 22.) 
 Thomas Caswell entered the Navy, 15 May, 
 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amphion 32, 
 Capts. Jas. Pattison Stewart, John Brett Purvis, 
 and Wm. Bowles, with whom he successively served, 
 latterly as Midshipman, oft" Bermuda and on the 
 Home station, where we believe he assisted at the 
 capture of the islands of Schouwen and Tholen, 
 until Oct. 1815. He then sailed for the East Indies 
 in the Magicienne 36, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, 
 and on his return to England, in Aug. 1819, was 
 appointed to the Coast Blockade, as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch. Having obtained his commission, 3 March, 
 1820, Mr. Caswell was again employed on the latter 
 service, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ra- 
 MiLLiES and Talaver A 74' s, Capt. Hugh Pigot, from 
 13 Feb. 1829, until some time in the following year. 
 He afterwards, on 31 March, 1832, obtained a com- 
 mand in the Coast Guard ; but has been on half-pay 
 since 1835. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 CASWELL. (LiEDT., 1813. f-p., 17; h-p., 25.) 
 William Caswell entered the Navy, in Sept. 
 1805, as A.B., on board the Fox 32, Capts. Wm. 
 Hugh Dobbie, Hon. Arch. Cochrane, Henry Hart, 
 and Wm. Wells, on the East India station, where 
 he remained until his return home in Oct. 181 1 ; 
 previous to which he had been taken prisoner, as 
 Midshipman, in a conflict with the Malays, and de- 
 tained a prisoner among them from Sept. 1807 to 
 April, 1808 — and had commanded the Fox's barge 
 at the capture, 23 March, 1809, of La Caravanne 
 French privateer, of 8 guns and 100 men, under 
 the batteries of Sappara. In Nov. 1811, he joined, 
 as Master's Mate, the Maidstone 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Burdett — and, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, 
 commanded her launch at the capture of a priva- 
 teer of 5 guns and 59 men. For his subsequent 
 conduct, on 3 Aug. 1812, at the taking, in the Bay 
 of Fundy, of the American Revenue-cutter Commo- 
 dore Barry, of 6 guns, by the boats of the BIaid- 
 STONE, of one of which he again had charge, Mr. 
 Caswell was appointed, 26 April, 1813, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham 
 Brenton, and, on 13 Nov. following, was confirmed 
 into the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd. He 
 was afterwards, on 26 Sept. 1814, wounded in a san- 
 guinary attack on the American privateer General 
 Armstrong. On his return home, after visiting the 
 West Indies,* he joined, 7 Sept. 1815, the Superb 
 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, one of Lord Exmouth's ships 
 at the bombardment of Algiers, in which he con- 
 tinued until paid off in Oct. 1818. He was sub- 
 sequently appointed — 23 Nov. 1820, to the Surinam 
 sloop, Capt. "Wm. 51'Kenzie Godfrey, on the Jamaica 
 station — in Nov. 1821, as First Lieutenant, to the 
 Bann 20, Capt. Chas. Phillips, on the coast of 
 
 * See Lieut. Thomas Heales, 
 
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180 
 
 C ATER-CATOR— CA ULFEILD. 
 
 Africa— and, 5 March, 1825, to the Coast Blockade, 
 as Supernumerary of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye. He has been on half-pay since 1828. 
 Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 CATER. (Lieut., 1809. r-p., 17 ; h-p., 26.) 
 
 Charles Joseph Cater was born 14 Deo. 1788, 
 and died 31 July, 1845. He was youngest son of 
 the late Henry Cater, Esq., Attorney-at-law, of 
 Great James Street, London ; and brother of the 
 late Mr. Sam. Cater, E.N. , who, after having served 
 in the battles of Camperdown and Copenhagen, was 
 lost, as Master's Mate, in the Scout 18, Capt. Henry 
 Duncan, 25 March, 1801. 
 
 This ofdcer entered the Navy, in June, 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the jMagicienne 32, Capt. 
 Henry Vansittart, with whom he subsequently 
 sailed for the West Indies, as Midshipman of the 
 Fortcnee 36, and there assisted at the capture of 
 a Spanish packet, of which, with another Midship- 
 man and 22 men, he was placed in charge. A few 
 days afterwards, the prize having been rendered 
 totally unserviceable in a gale of wind, Mr. Cater 
 and his party were compelled to abandon her, and, 
 on landing at Vera Cruz, were marched up the 
 country, as prisoners of war, to Pueblos de los An- 
 gelos, where they were detained for the space of 
 15 months. On at length regaining his liberty, the 
 subject of this sketch rejoined the J?ortunee, then 
 on the coast of Ireland ; after which he was trans- 
 ferred to the Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Lord 
 Gardner off the Texel, and, on 28 Feb. 1809, ap- 
 pointed Lieutenant of the Ephera brig, Capts. 
 John Strutt Peyton and Thos. Everard, under 
 the latter of whom he was wrecked, near Cadiz, 26 
 Dec. 1811. His subsequent appointments appear to 
 have been — 29 Feb. 1812, to the Savage sloop, 
 Capt. Wm. Bissell, on the Portsmouth station — 12 
 March, 1814, to the Terror bomb, Capts. John 
 Sheridan and Constantino Rich. Moorsom, in which 
 he served, until the peace, up the Chesapeake and 
 along the coast to Cumberland Sound — and, 25 
 Oct. 1815, as First Lieutenant, to the Nimrod 18, 
 Capts. John Macpherson Ferguson and John Wind- 
 ham Dalling, on the Leith station. He was paid 
 off 24 June, 1819, and was not afterwards em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Lieut. Cater married, 10 Aug. 1830, Clarissa Do- 
 rothy, second daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. Thos. 
 John Stirling, E.M., grand-daughter of the late 
 Lieut.-Col. T. Stirling, R.M., and sister of the pre- 
 sent Lieut. Spencer Stirling, K.N., by whom he has 
 left an only daughter. 
 
 CATOR. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 14; h-p., S3.) 
 
 Bertie Cornelius Cator, born 26 Sept. 1787, at 
 Beckenham, co. Kent, is fourth son of the late Jo- 
 seph Cator, Esq., a merchant of high standing, by 
 Diana, sister of the late Admiral Sir Albemarle 
 Bertie, Bart., K.C.B., a descendant of the Dukes 
 of Uncaster. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in April, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98, 
 commanded by his uncle, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, 
 then Flag-Captain to Sir Chas. Cotton, on the 
 Home station ; where he afterwards joined in suc- 
 cession, as Midshipman, the Glory 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Wells, Malta 80, Capt. A. Bertie, and Carysfokt 
 and Hydka frigates, each commanded by Capt. 
 Geo. Mundy, under whom he appears, latterly in 
 the Mediterranean, to have assisted at the capture 
 of several heavy privateers and other armed ves- 
 sels, besides participating in much boat-service. 
 On 14 Dec. 1806, he was promoted, from the Ocean 
 98, flag-ship of Lord CoUingwood off Cadiz, to be 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Delight brig, Capt. 
 Philip Cosby Handfleld, employed in conveying 
 despatches to the Archipelago and Egypt, and also 
 to England, previously to his return whither he 
 proved the main instrument, during a tremendous 
 hurricane, of rescuing the vessel from destruc- 
 tion. Being officially promoted, 3 March, 1807, 
 Mr. Cator, on 2 June following, joined the Fou- 
 
 DROYANT 80, bearing the flag of his uncle off Brest, 
 and next of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith off Lisbon; 
 after which he was appointed, 16 April, 1808, to 
 the Leopard 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good 
 Hope of Rear-Admiral Bertie, by whom he was 
 placed in command, 22 Feb. and 21 Nov. 1809, of 
 the Sapphire and Otter sloops. In the latter 
 vessel we find him until April, 1810, blockading 
 the Isles of France and Bourbon, and particularly 
 distinguishing himself by his conduct at the cap- 
 ture of St. Rose. While on his passage soon after- 
 wards from the Cape to the Mauritius, in charge of 
 the Ranger transport, Mr. Cator was taken by tw-o 
 French frigates, but was fortunately exchanged in 
 time to assume command of the Bombay Anna, a 
 country ship, and co-operate in the subjugation of 
 that island. Immediately on its conquest he was 
 sent home, as Acting-Commander of the Action 
 brig, with the duplicates of the despatches, and 
 was in consequence promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander by commission dated 13 Feb. 1811, and 
 presented with a gratuity of 500?. Continuing in 
 the AcTjsoN until his attainment of Post-rank, 7 
 June, 1814, Capt. Cator, during that period, carried 
 despatches to Calcutta and back — escorted the 
 Russian fleet from the Baltic to Gottenborg — 
 landed with a party of marines, on one occasion, in 
 Lynhaven Bay, on the coast of America, and de- 
 stroyed a barrack with all its stores, after a short 
 action with a body of dragoons and infantry, in 
 which 9 of the enemy were taken, and several 
 killed or wounded, "with a loss to the British of 
 only one marine badly wounded* — commanded all 
 the watering parties during the blockade of the 
 Chesapeake in the winter of 1813 — and afterwards 
 cruized off the coast of Norway with the Briseis 
 brig under his orders. Capt. Cator, who had not 
 been employed since his Post-promotion, accepted 
 the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, in 1816, Sophia, only child of Michael 
 Atkinson, Esq., of Mount Mascal, North Cray, Kent, 
 and Portland Place, London, formerly of the Hon. 
 E. I. Co.'s Civil Service; by whom he has, with other 
 issue, a youngest daughter, Jane Frances, who mar- 
 ried, 1 J une, 1842, Geo. Augustus Graham, youngest 
 son of General Vernon, of Hilton Park, co. Staf- 
 ford. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CATOR. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 John Bertie Catok passed his examination 8 
 Aug. 1836 ; and for his services, as Mate of the 
 Wellesley 72, Commodore Sir Jas. John Gordon 
 Bremer, Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, and Cam- 
 brian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, during the 
 war in China (where, in the Herald, he beheld 
 the capture of several forts, and of the last one 
 protective of the approaches to Cantonf), was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842. He 
 joined, 3 June, 1843, the Virago steam-sloop, Capt. 
 Geo. Graham Otway, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion ; and since 14 April, 1846, has been employed 
 in the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Kingcome, and, 
 as First, in the Birkenhead steam-frigate, Capt. 
 Aug. Henry Ingram. 
 
 CAULFEILD. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Edwin Toby Caulfeild, born 14 Jan. 1793, is 
 eldest son of the late Wade Toby Caulfeild, Esq., 
 of Raheenduff, Queen's co., and of Catcombe, co. 
 Wilts, Captain in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, by his 
 second wife, Anne, sister of Sir Jonathan Cope, 
 Bart., of Brewerne ; grandson of Col. Wm. Caul- 
 feild, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort George, N.B. ; 
 great-grandson of the Hon. Toby Caulfeild, of 
 Clone, CO. Kilkenny, third son of William, fifth 
 Baron Charlemont ; and cousin of Commander Jas. 
 Caulfeild, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lavinia 38, Capt. Lord 
 Wm. Stuart, in which frigate he attained the rating 
 of Midshipman in 1808, and served, until Nov. 1810, 
 in the Channel, off the Western Islands and the 
 * Vide Gai. ISU, p. 232. f V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1603. 
 
CAULFEILD— CAVENDISH— CAWLEY. 
 
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 coasts of Spain and Portugal, in the expedition 
 against Flushing, and on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion. In Jan. 1811, he joined the Conquestador 
 74, commanded by the same Captain, and, while in 
 that ship, assisted in her boats at the capture of a 
 French vessel under the batteries of lie d'Aix, 
 and was ultimately, on 27 Dec. in the same year, 
 taken prisoner in a gallant but unsuccessful attack 
 on an enemy's flotilla. He regained his liberty at 
 the peace, and obtained his commission 3 March, 
 1815, but has been ever since on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Caulfeild married Frances Sally, daughter 
 of the late Eyleg Irwin, Esq., of co. Fermanagh, 
 by whom he has issue a son and two daughters. 
 
 CAULFEILD. (Commandek, 1832. f-p., 19 ; 
 H-P., 19.) 
 
 James Caulfeild is third son of the late Wm. 
 Caulfeild, Esq., of Benown, oo. Athlone, Col. of the 
 Boscommon Militia, by his first wife, Lucy Sander- 
 son, of Clover Hall, co. Cavan ; grandson of the 
 Venerable John Caulfeild, Archdeacon of Kilmore ; 
 brother of the present Col. John Caulfeild, of 
 Bloomtield, co. Westmeath, Deputy- Lieutenant for 
 00. Koscommon; nephew of Commodore Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild, R.N., who died in 1821, and of 
 the late Commander Kobt. Caulfeild, R.N. (1814) ; 
 and cousin of the present Lieut. Edwin Toby Caul- 
 feild, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Jime, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Milford 74, Capt. Henry 
 "Wm. Bayntun, flag-ship, afterwards, of Sir Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats, under whom he served at the siege 
 of Cadiz, was frequently engaged in boat-collisions 
 with the French flotilla, and assisted in removing 
 the wounded after the battle of Barrosa. On 2 
 Aug. 1811, he became Midshipman of the Hiber- 
 NiA 110, bearing the flag of the same officer, and 
 next of Sir "Wm. Sidney Smith, in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; where he was transferred, in Jan. 1813, to 
 the Imp^rieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan. 
 In Oct. following we find him serving at the cap- 
 ture of Port d'Anzo, and subsequently employed 
 on the coast of Italy, where he co-operated on 
 shore with the army in the attack upon Leghorn, 
 and was frequently landed on other occasions for 
 the purpose of harassing the enemy. Mr. Caulfeild 
 — who next became attached to the Glasgow 50, 
 Capt. Hon. H. Duncan, Centaur 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild, and Acorn 20, Capt. Jos. Prior, 
 on the Home and East India stations — passed his 
 examination 15 Aug. 1815 ; and afterwards joined, 
 in the several capacities of Acting-Lieutenant, 
 Master's-Mate, and Admiralty-Midshipman — the 
 CoRNWALLis 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton, and 
 Thais 20, Capt. Henry "Weir, on the last-named 
 station — the Spbncek 74, Capt. "Wm. Robt. Brough- 
 ton, CvRENE 20, Capt. Aaron Tozer, Impregnable 
 104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and 
 ToNNANT 80, and Windsor Castle 74, Capt. T. G. 
 Caulfeild, lying in Hamoaze — and Leandeh 60, in 
 which ship, on his return to India with the flag of 
 the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, he was made a 
 Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1821. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments afloat appear to have been — 2 Nov. 1821, 
 and 19 Jan. 1822, as First Lieutenant, to the Liver- 
 pool 50, and Ganges 84, both commanded by Capt. 
 Fras. Augustus Collier, in the East — 8 May, 1826, 
 after an interval of three years and a half, to the 
 "Victory 104, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Martin 
 at Portsmouth— 7 Jan. 1827, to the Menai 26, Capt. 
 luichael Seymour, on the South American station — 
 8 Deo. 1827, to the Imperial bomb, Capts. Edm. 
 "WiUiama Gilbert and Brunswick Popham, in the 
 Mediterranean— 2 Dec. 1828, and 28 Dec. 1829, as 
 Senior, to the Pelican 18, Capt. Fras. Deane Hut- 
 cheson, and Gloucester 74, Capts. Henry Stuart 
 and Fras. Holmes CoiHn, on the same station — and, 
 5 Nov. 1830, to the Melville 74, Capt. Christopher 
 John Williams Nesham, in which he returned to 
 England and was paid oflT towards the close of 1831. 
 He was advanced to the rank he now holds 27 Aug. 
 1832; and has not been since employed. 
 
 Commander Caulfeild received the thanks of the 
 Navy Board in 1827 for his personal exertions in 
 extinguishing a fire which had broken out in alarm- 
 ing proximity to the Dockyard at "Woolwich. He 
 married, first, in 1823, Augusta, daughter of Anne, 
 Baroness Crofton, and sister of Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Alfred Crofton, R.N., by whom he had one son, 
 now an Ensign in the 66th llegt. ; and, secondly, 
 Emilia Olivia, daughter of the late Col. French, of 
 Clooniquin, co. Roscommon. 
 
 CAVENDISH. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 21.) 
 The Honourable George John Cavendish is 
 third son of Richard, second Baron "Waterpark, by 
 Juliana, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thos. 
 Cooper, Esq., of Cooper's Hill and MuUimast Castle, 
 CO. Kildare ; brother of the present Lord "Water- 
 park, Colonel of the Derbyshire Slilitia, and of the 
 Hon. Fred. Cavendish, a Captain in the Army ; and 
 brother-in-law of the Right. Rev. Thos. Musgrave, 
 D.D., Lord Bishop of Hereford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Elizabeth 74, Capts. 
 Hon. Henry Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Edw. Leve- 
 son Gower, employed on the Home station; became, 
 26 July, 1810, Midshipman of the Poictiers 74, 
 Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, with whom, on pro- 
 ceeding to North America, he assisted at the cap- 
 ture, among other vessels, of the ships-of-war Wasp 
 and Frolic ; joined next, in 1811, the Tonnant 80, 
 Capt. Alex. Skene, Goliath a cut-down 74, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Leander 60, Capt. Sir 
 Geo. Ralph ColUer, in which he aided in taking 
 several American privateers ; was afterwards trans- 
 ferred, in succession, to the Prince 98, and Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Thorn- 
 brough at Portsmouth, Jupiter 50, Capt. Henry 
 Meynell, fitting out at Plymouth, and Newcastle 
 60, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm at St. 
 Helena; passed his examination in 1816; came 
 home, early in 1817, as Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 ICAKUS 10, Capt. Thos. Barker Devon ; and after a 
 further attachment to the Istek 36, flag-ship of Sir 
 Chas. Hamilton, and Carkation 18, Capt. Hon. 
 John Gordon, at Newfoundland, was there pro- 
 moted, 14 July, 1818, into the Egeria 24, Capt. 
 Robt. Rowley. He was next appointed— 21 Nov. 
 1818, to the Tamar 26, Capt. Hon. John Gordon, 
 on the latter station— and, 29 July, 1821, to the 
 Tees 26, Capts. Thos. Coe and Fred. Marryat, in 
 which he served during a part of the Burmese war. 
 He attained the rank of Commander 7 Aug. 1826 ; 
 became Second Captain, in the Winchester 52, to 
 Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Commander-in-Chief in 
 the West Indies, 3 Oct. 1829; was posted 25 Nov. 
 1830 ; then returned home a passenger in the Vic- 
 tor 18 ; and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Cavendish married, 14 Aug. 1838, Caroline, 
 youngest sister of Chas. Prideaux Prune, Esq., of 
 Prideaux Place, Cornwall, by whom he has issue 
 three children. 
 
 CA"WLEY. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 22; h-p., 31.) 
 John Cawlby died 30 April, 1846, in his 77th 
 year. He was son of the late Thos. Cawley, Esq., 
 merchant, of Exmouth, co. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Vanguard 74, Capt. Hon. Ed- 
 win Henry Stanhope, lying in the Downs ; re- 
 moved, as Midshipman, in the following month, to 
 the Prince 98, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral 
 Geo. Bowyer ; and, on subsequently accompanying 
 the latter officer into the Barflehr 98, was present 
 in Earl Howe's actions of 29 May and 1 June, 1794, 
 on which latter occasion he was slightly wounded. 
 From July, 1794, to May, 1798, he was next em- 
 ployed, as Master's-Mate, on a voyage of discovery 
 to the Pacific, under Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, 
 of the Providence 16, and, when on shore at the 
 Sandwich Islands, narrowly escaped being murdered 
 by the natives, the rest of his party havuig been all 
 destroyed. After a servitude of two years on board 
 the Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Admiral Rainier 
 
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 CAWLEY—CERJAT— CHADS. 
 
 in the East Indies, Mr. Cawley was confirmed, 16 
 Aug. 1800, to a Lieutenancy in the DiEDALns 32, 
 Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball. While in the subse- 
 quent command of a gun-boat at the blockade of 
 Batavia, he was principally instrumental to the 
 destruction of the dockyard, arsenal, and public 
 works, as well as of 6 armed and 10 merchant ves- 
 sels, at that place; after which he aided, in the 
 Straits of Banca, in taking one and sinking five of a 
 flotilla of 60 piratical proas, at the termination of 
 an action, in which, by the explosion of the powder- 
 magazine, his sight was seriously injured. His next 
 appointments' were— 31 Jan. 1804, to the San Josef 
 110, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Cotton, in the 
 Channel ; and, 6 Sept. 1805, to the Couragedx 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Bissett, under whom he beheld the cap- 
 ture, 13 March, 1806, of the French ship Marengo 
 of 80 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 
 40-gun frigate Belk Poule. He afterwards, as First 
 Lieutenant, joined— in Feb. 1808, the Talbot sloop, 
 Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, off the coast of Portugal — 
 30 June, 1809, the Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stir- 
 ling Dickson, at the Cape of Good Hope — in Feb. 
 and Dec. 1813, the Magicienne and Pomone fri- 
 gates, in which, under Capts. Hon. Wm. Gordon 
 and Philip Carteret, he assisted at the capture of 
 St. Sebastian — and, 25 July, 1814, the Vaeiant 74, 
 on the South American station, where, during the 
 absence of the Captain, Zachary Mudge, he sup- 
 pressed a dangerous mutiny of the crew. "We 
 should have mentioned that Lieut. Cawley, when 
 in the Talbot and Inconstant, won considerable 
 credit by the able manner in which he rescued 
 those ships from destruction when they had taken 
 the ground on a reef of rocks, the one near Lisbon, 
 the other in Saldanha Bay. The Valiant having 
 been paid ofi' in Aug. 1815, he remained unemployed 
 until appointed, 20 Nov. 1821, to command the Gke- 
 CIAN cutter, of 10 guns, on the West India station. 
 In March, 1823, we find him destroying a noted 
 piratical schooner, mounting 8 heavy guns, together 
 with 3 gun-boats, carrying in the whole 120 men, of 
 whom 50 were killed ; after which he performed an 
 important service in heaving H.M. sloop Scout 
 from off a reef of rocks on which she had struck ; 
 and for his conduct, on 5 Nov. following, in person- 
 ally saving, with the boats of the Grecian, in spite 
 of a tremendous surf, 21 British subjects, who had 
 been wrecked on a desert rock in the Gulf of 
 Mexico, received the thanks of the Koyal Humane 
 Society. He was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander on paying off the Grecian, 11 May, 1825 ; 
 and, on 18 July, 1837, was admitted to the out-pen- 
 sion of Greenwich Hospital. 
 
 Commander Cawley, in 1818, constructed a life- 
 boat, the great value of which was fully attested by 
 Sir John Ross in his first visit to the Arctic regions. 
 He also suggested to the Admiralty a plan for water- 
 ing the town of Port Koyal, Jamaica, the dockyard, 
 and shipping, at one-third of the present annual ex- 
 pense ; and to information afforded by him is the 
 whale-fishery indebted for its extension from the 
 Equator north to Japan. Another proposal, sub- 
 mitted by him to the Board, was for instantane- 
 ously acquainting the man at the wheel or officer 
 of the watch with the sudden appearance of water 
 in any part of the ship. He married, first, in 1803, 
 Miss Ann Blackmore, by whom, who died in 1832, 
 he had six sons and five daughters ; and, secondly, 
 Elizabeth Bragg, by whom he has left a son and 
 daughter— making, with the former, 13 children, 
 all living. His eldest son, John, is a Lieutenant R.N. ; 
 four other sons are in the Hon. E. I. C.'s service ; 
 and a fifth was lately employed in China as Master' s- 
 Assistant of the Agincoukt 72. 
 
 CAWLEY. (LlEHTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 John Cawlev is eldest son of the late Commander 
 John Cawley, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1822, on 
 board the Grecian cutter, then commanded by his 
 father, under whom he particularly distinguished 
 himself in the piratical engagement alluded to in 
 
 our preceding memoir. He served as Midshipman 
 of the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the 
 battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; and, in the foUow- 
 ine year, was on board the Gkasshoppeb sloop at 
 thi capture, in the West Indies, of two slave-vessels 
 carrying 500 negroes. He passed his examination 
 6 May, 1829 ; invalided home from South America 
 in 1833, in consequence of the loss of an eye, and of 
 injuries which procured him a pension of 2s. 6rf. a- 
 day ; joined, in the early part of 1845, the Canofds 
 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, employed as an evolu- 
 tionary ship ; obtained his commission on 25 June 
 in the same year; and since 25 April, 1846, has 
 been employed in the Imacm 72, Commodore Dan. 
 Pring, receiving-ship at Port RoyaJ, Jamaica. 
 
 CEEJAT. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Thomas William George Cekjat 
 passed his examination 27 July, 1840 ; served for 
 some time on the East India station as Mate of the 
 Clio 16, Capt. Edw. Norwich Troubridge ; was for 
 two years and a half employed at Portsmouth on 
 board the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings ; became attached, 21 Dec. 1844, to the 
 Firebrand steam-frigate, Capt. Jas. Hope, sta- 
 tioned on the S.E. coast of America; and, on 4 
 May, 1846, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, and appointed Additional of the Vernon 
 50, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield. 
 
 CHADS. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Henry Chads entered the Navy 2 Aug. 1832 ; 
 passed his examination 4 Sept. 1839; was pro- 
 moted, from the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Wm. Grey, into the Nimrod 20, Capt. Fred. Henry 
 Hastings Glasse, on the East India station, 14 June, 
 1841 ; was there transferred, 28 Feb. 1843, as Senior 
 Lieutenant, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Fowler Hastings ; and in the following year was 
 severely wounded when in command of that ves- 
 sel's boats in a desperate encounter with pirates on 
 the coast of Sumatra. He was advanced, on being 
 paid off, to his present rank, 31 Jan. 1845 ; and has 
 been in command, since 21 April, 1846, of the Styx 
 steam-sloop, on the coast of Africa. 
 
 CHADS, C.B. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Henky Ducie Chads is eldest son of Capt. Henry 
 Chads, R.N., who died 10 Oct. 1799. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 at Portsmouth 25 Oct. 1800 ; and embarked, in 
 Sept. 1803, as A.B., on board the Excellent 74, 
 Capt. Frank Sotheron, in which he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in Aug. 1804, and served, 
 until Aug. 1806, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where he latterly contributed to the defence of 
 Gaeta and the capture of Capri. After an inter- 
 mediate attachment, on the Home station, to the 
 Zealand 64, Capt. Robt. Hall, and Polyphemus 
 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, be was 
 promoted, 5 Nov. 1806, into the Illdstriods 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Shield and Wm. Robt. Broughton, em- 
 ployed at the blockade of Cadiz ; and, in July, 1808, 
 joined the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Henry Lambert, 
 with whom he went to Quebec, and then to India. 
 Passing over many events of minor importance, al- 
 though fraught with danger, in which Lieut. Chads 
 bore an active part, we find him, in July, 1810, re- 
 ceiving the pubUc thanks of Lieut.-Col. Keating for ■ 
 his conduct at the landing of the troops previous to 
 the conquest of Isle Bourbon ; and, on being subse- 
 quently lent, with the Iphigenia's launch and 
 cutter, to the Sinius 36, Capt. Sam. Pym, particu- 
 larly distinguishing himself at the capture, 13 Aug. 
 following, of I'lle de la Passe, the key to Grand 
 Port in the Isle of France, on which occasion, Lieut. 
 Geo. R. Norman, the leading officer, having been 
 kiUed in the onset, he succeeded to the command 
 of the storming party, and had the satisfaction of 
 seeing tlie enemy fly on all sides.* In the course of 
 the same month he assumed a share in a series of 
 • firfeGaz. isll, p. 2G1. 
 
CHALONEIU-CHAMBERLAIN. 
 
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 gallant but unfortunate operationa, which, by the 
 28th, terminated in the self-destruction of the Bri- 
 tish frigates Sirios, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Sam. Fym, and Magicienne, the cap- 
 ture of the Nereide, and the surrender to a power- 
 ful French squadron of the Iphigenia herself, after 
 incurring an individual loss of at least 5 men killed 
 and 13 wounded, at the entrance of Port Sud-Est. 
 From the date last mentioned, Lieut. Chads re- 
 mained subject to all the horrors of a dreadful 
 captivity, until released at the subsequent reduc- 
 tion of the Mauritius, when he was re-appointed 
 First of the Iphigenia, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caul- 
 feild, with whom he returned to England, and was 
 paid off in May, 1811. On 6 Deo. ensuing he be- 
 came attached to the Semiramis 36, Capt. Chas. 
 Richardson, employed off Cork and in the Channel ; 
 and, on 17 Aug. following, rejoined Capt. Lambert, 
 as his Senior Lieutenant, in the Java, of 46 gims 
 and a crew of 397 raw and inefficient men, in which 
 ship, with Lieut.-General Thos. Hislop, the newly- 
 appointed Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, on 
 board, and two East ludiamen in escort, he sailed 
 from Spithead 12 Nov. Being off the coast of 
 Brazil on 29 Dec, the Java, whose anomalous 
 crew had by this time been reduoffd to 377 men, 
 fell in and came to close action with the powerful 
 and ably-equipped American ship Constitution, of 55 
 guns and a complement of 480 veterans. After a 
 desperate struggle of three hours and forty minutes, 
 in the midst of which, Capt. Lambert being mortally 
 wounded, the command devolved upon Lieut. Chads, 
 the Java, having had 22 ■ men killed and 102 
 wounded, and being withal reduced to the state of 
 a sinking hulk, was forced to strike to her compa- 
 ratively giant antagonist, but not until she had also 
 inflicted a very serious loss.* It is scarcely need- 
 ful here to add that Lieut. Chads and the whole of 
 his surviving officers and men were jnost Ivonaurahly 
 acquitted by a court-martial (which, on their return 
 home, in April, 1813, assembled to try them for 
 the loss of their ship) of all blame in that dis- 
 aster : the former personally obtained the highest 
 encomiums for his " zeal, ability, and bravery," 
 and was most deservedly rewarded, by commis- 
 sion dated 28 May, 1813, with the command of the 
 Columbia sloop of war. He afterwards signalized 
 himself at the reduction of Guadeloupe in 1815,t 
 and, on 24 Nov. in that year, was paid off. We next 
 find Capt. Chads appointed, 22 Nov. 1823, to the 
 Arachne 18, in which he proceeded to India, and 
 there, on his own responsibility, joined in the ex- 
 pedition against Rangoon under Major-General Sir 
 Archibald Campbell, to whom, by his wonderful 
 exertions, he rendered, as Commander-in-Chief for 
 a considerable time of the flotilla on the river 
 Irawady, the most conspicuous and effective co- 
 operation ; insomuch, indeed, that he was advanced 
 to Post-rank 25 July, 1825 ; confirmed in the com- 
 mand of the Alligatok of 28 guns, 27 April, 1826 ; 
 and nominated a C.B. 26 Dec. following; besides 
 calling forth the thanks of the Supreme Govern- 
 ment in India, and the praise of the House of 
 Commons at home.t Having finally affixed his sig- 
 nature, as Senior Naval Officer and Civil Commis- 
 sioner, to the treaty of peace concluded with the 
 Burmese, he conveyed the first instalment of the in- 
 demnification money paid by them, from Yandaboo 
 to Calcutta; and then, returning to Plymouth, paid 
 the Alligator off, 3 Jan. 1827. He subsequently, 
 from 2 Jan. 1834 until the close of 1837, and from 
 20 Aug. 1841 until the summer of 1845, commanded, 
 on the East India station, the Andromache 28, and 
 Cambrian 36 ; in the former of which, when in 
 company with the Imogene 28, Capt. Price Black- 
 wood, he forced the passage of the Boca Tigris, in 
 China, 7 and 9 Sept. 1834. He has been employed, 
 since 28 Aug. 1845, as Captain-Superintendent of 
 the Royal Naval College, and Captain of the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship. 
 Capt. Chads married, 26 Nov. 1815, Elizabeth 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 770. f V- ^<"- 1816, p. 1911. 
 
 X V. Gaz. 1825-6 fossim. 
 
 Townshend, eldest daughter of John Pook, Esq., of 
 Fareham, co. Hants, by whom he has issue. 
 
 CHALONEE. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Thomas Chalonek, bom 6 Feb. 1815, is youngest 
 son of the late Robt. Chaloner, Esq., of Gainsbo- 
 rough, CO. York (a gentleman of ancient Welsh ex- 
 traction), by Frances Laura, daughter of Thomas, 
 first Lord Dundas; brother of Wm. Chaloner, Esq., 
 who was lost at sea while proceeding to join his 
 regiment at Halifax ; nephew of the late Rear- Ad- 
 miral Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, C.B., 
 and, by marriage, of the present Earl FitzwilUam ; 
 grand-nephew of the late Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, 
 G.C.B. ; and first-cousin of the present Earl of Zet- 
 land. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1827 ; and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, in compli- 
 ment to the memory of his uncle, Rear-Admiral 
 Hon. G. H. L. Dundas, 17 Nov. 1834. He was 
 afterwards appointed — 26 March, 1835, to the 
 Dublin 50, Capts.. Chas. Hope and Geo. Wickens 
 Willes, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, in 
 South America — 18 April, 1836, to the Harrier 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Henry Ballowell Carew, on the same 
 station— and, 18 Nov. 1839, and 14 July, 1841, as 
 First Lieutenant to tlie Wanderer 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Joseph Denman, and Bittern 16, Capts. Hon. 
 B. C. F. P. Cary and Edm. Peel, both actively em- 
 ployed in suppressing the slave-trade on the coast 
 of Africa. He, attained his present rank 24 March, 
 1845, and, since 10 Nov. 1846, has been in command 
 of the Siren 16, on the coast of Africa. 
 
 CHAMBERLAIN. (Lieutenant, 1809. r-p., 25; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 William Browtse Chamberlain entered the 
 Navy, 8 Dec. 1800, as Ordinary, on board the Mon- 
 mouth 64, Capt. Geo. Hart, flag-ship afterwards, on 
 the Home station, of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macna- 
 mara Russell, in which he attained the rating of 
 Midshipman 1 Aug. 1801, and continued to serve 
 until Nov. 1804. During that period he was at first . 
 employed in cruizing off the coast of Holland ; then 
 sailed with troops for Egypt, where he assisted at 
 the capture of Alexandria in March, 1801 ; and, on 
 the renewal of hostilities, took part in the blockade 
 of Toulon. We next find him in succession attached, 
 for a short while as Supernumerary -Midshipman, to 
 the Royal William, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu, 
 at Spithead, and, for upwards of two years, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, to the Aurora 28, Capt. John Went- 
 worth Loring, at Bermuda, and Milan 38, Capt. Sir 
 Robt. Laurie, at Halifax. On 11 June, 1807, within 
 three months of passing, Mr. Chamberlain joined, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, the Bellona 74, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas, stationed in Chesapeake Bay; 
 from which ship he was transferred, in a similar ca- 
 pacity, 1 June, 1808, to the iEoLus 32, Calpts. Lord 
 Wm. Fitzroy and Lord Jas. Townshend. He ob- 
 tained his official promotion 27 Jan. 1809 ; and, after 
 assisting at the ensuing reduction of Martinique, 
 and serving for four years on the coast of North 
 America, returned to Portsmouth, where he was 
 paid off in Sept. 1813. He was subsequently em- 
 ployed in the Ordinary at the latter place from 18 
 March, 1830, until the same date in 1833 ; and, on 
 25 Sept. 1837, was appointed to the Quarantine 
 Establishment at Standgate Creek. He is now on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He is married and has issue. His son William, 
 Midshipman ofH.M. steamer Firefly, died of yellow 
 fever at Barbadoes, 17 June, 1835, at the age of 17. 
 
 CHAMBERLAIN. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 William Charles Chamberlain, born 21 April, 
 1818, is eldest son of the late Sir Henry Chamberlain, 
 Bart., H.M. Charge d' Affaires and Consul General 
 at Rio de Janeiro, by his second wife, Anne Eugenia, 
 daughter of Wm. Morgan, Esq., of London ; half- 
 brother of the present Sir Henry Chamberlain, Bart., 
 an officer in the Royal Artillery ; and brother-in-law 
 of Capt. lion. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, R.N. 
 
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 CHAMBERLAYNE— CHAMBERS. 
 
 This ofBoer passed his examination in 1837 ; and 
 ohtained his fcst commission 4 Nov. 1840, as a re- 
 ward for his services on the coast of Syria, including 
 the capture of St. Jean d'Acre. His subsequent 
 appointments appear to have been — 15 Dec. 1840, 
 to the Stromboli steam-vessel, Capt. Woodford 
 John "Williams, in the Mediterranean — 18 Jan. 
 1842, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, 
 on the same station— 16 March, 1843, to the Howe 
 120, also commanded by Capt. Forrest, with whom 
 he returned to England— and, 22 Sept 1843, and 30 
 Jan. 1844, to the Htacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, 
 and Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, both engaged 
 on particular service. Since his attainment of his 
 present rank, 22 Oct. 1844, Commander Chamber- 
 Iain has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 19 June, 1845, Eliza Jane, eldest 
 daughter of the late Capt. Basil Hall, R.N. 
 
 CHAMBERLAYNE. (Commander, 1828. 3?-p., 9 ; 
 H-P., 31.) 
 
 John Chambeklatne is only surviving son of 
 the late Admiral Chas. Chamberlayne, who died in 
 1810; brother of the late Capt. Edwin Henry 
 Chamberlayne, K.N., C.B. (1807) ; grand-nephew of 
 James, Duke of Chandos; and first-cousin of Admi- 
 ral Sir Chas. Hamilton, Bart., K..C.B., Vice-Admiral 
 Sir Edw. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.B., Capt. Chas. 
 Chamberlayne Irvine, K.N. , and Lieut. Chas. Henry 
 Ackerley, K.N. 
 
 This ofBicer entered the Navy, 17 July, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, employed on the Home 
 station ; removed, in April, 1808, to the Leopard 
 50, flag-ship of Vice-Adjniral Albemarle Bertie, at 
 the Cape of Good Hope ; and, in May, 1810, became 
 Midshipman of the Boadicea 38, Capt. Josias 
 Bowley. In the course of the latter year he as- 
 sisted at the reduction of Isle Bourbon ; the re-cap- 
 ture of the Africaine 38 ; the taking, after a spi- 
 rited action of 10 minutes, and a loss, to the 
 Boadicea of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 
 9 killed and 15 wounded, of La Venus, of 44 guns 
 and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Hamelin, and of her prize the Cetlok 32 ; 
 and the conquest of the Isle of France, where, for 
 the purpose of covering the debarkation of the 
 troops, he commanded the barge of the Atricaine, 
 the flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bertie, to which he 
 had been recently transferred. Mr. Chamberlayne 
 next in succession joined the Eclipse 18, Capt. 
 Henry Lynne (with whom he returned home in Nov. 
 1812), the Babrosa 36, and Royal George yacht, 
 both lying off Deptford, and the San Josef 110, 
 bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Rich. 
 King ; and, on 19 Aug. 1813, was appointed, imme- 
 diately after passing his examination, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Weasel 18, Capts. J as. Black and 
 Hon. Fred. Noel. In Nov. and Dec. following he 
 materially contributed, as Commander on shore of 
 half his ship's company, and latterly as oflicer in 
 sole charge of the Weasel herself, during the tem- 
 porary absence of the Captain and First Lieute- 
 nant, to the reduction of the fortress of Zara.* 
 Having been confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant, 
 11 Jan. 1814, Mr. Chamberlayne returned to Eng- 
 land in the Unite 36, commanded by his brother, 
 Capt. H. E. Chamberlayne, and was paid off, in Oct. 
 of the same year ; after which we find him serving, 
 from 26 Aug. 1818, until the autumn of 1819, in the 
 RocHFOiiT, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir 
 Thos. Fras. Fremantle, and, from 26 Oct. 1820, 
 until the spring of 1821, in the Esk 20, Capt. Edw. 
 Lloyd, on the West India station. He attained the 
 rank he now holds 28 Aug. 1828, and has since been 
 unemployed. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 part of an Admiral's retinae, on board the Edhopa, 
 in which ship and the Janus he alternately served 
 until 16 Jan. 1786. He re-embarked, 19 May, 1791, 
 as A.B., on board the Alcidb 74, Capt. Sir Andrew 
 Snape Douglas, lying ifl Portsmouth harbour, and 
 attained the rating of Midshipman 24 Sept. 1791. 
 On next removing, in Aug. 1792, to the Lion 64, 
 Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, he sailed, with Lord 
 Macartney, on an embassy to China, whence he re- 
 turned in 1794, and joined the Prince George 98, 
 Capts. Jas. Gambler and Sir John Orde, fitting for 
 Channel service. In May, 1795, Mr. Chambers was 
 transferred to the Namuk 98, Capts. Jas. Hawkins 
 Whitshed, Thomas Sotheby, and Wm. Luke, imder 
 the first of whom he attained the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 11 Oct. 1796, and was present in the battle off 
 Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were— 27 March, 1799, to the Gorgon 
 44, arTne'e m flute, Capts. Williams and Henry Hill, 
 on the Mediterranean station — 15 Aug. 1800, to the 
 Ambuscade 32, Capt. Hon. John Colville, with 
 whom he proceeded to the West Indies— and, 9 
 Sept. 1803, to the command of the Conflict brig of 
 14 guns, in which he captured, 8 Nov. following, off 
 Calais, the French gun-boat No. 86, armed with 2 
 guns, and carrying 34 men, besides 23 complete 
 stand of arms. He went on half-pay in the spring 
 of 1804; attained the rank of Retired Commander 
 on the Junior List 15 Deo. 1830 ; and was removed 
 to the Senior 23 Jan. 1838. 
 
 Commander Chambers married, 3 May, 1804, 
 Emma Catherine, fourth daughter of John Wey- 
 land, Esq., of Grosvenor Street, London, by whom 
 he has left issue. 
 
 CHAMBERS. (CoMMANDEE, 1846. f-p., 22; 
 H-P., 11.) 
 William Chambers entered the Royal Naval 
 College 15 June, 1814; and embarked, 15 June, 
 1817, as a Volunteer, on board the Tagds 38, of 
 which frigate he became Midshipman 23 Oct. 1818. 
 Between Nov. follovring and July, 1825, he succes- 
 sively joined the Spey, Wye, Phaeton, Spaktiate, 
 Cambridge, and Fly ; and he was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, as Admiralty Mate — 26 July, 1825, to tlie 
 Pyramus— 16 Oct. and 25 Dec. 1827, to the Vic- 
 tory and Challenger — and, 20 Dec. 1828, to the 
 Southampton. On 1 Jan. and 23 April, 1831, we 
 find him nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Suc- 
 cess 28, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, and Calcutta 
 84, Capt. Peter Fisher, both stationed in the East 
 Indies— on his return whence he was officially pro- 
 moted, 27 Dec. following. From 17 Aug. 1836, un-, 
 til 16 July, 1838, Mr. Chambers was next employed 
 on board the Fly 18, Capt. Russell Eliott, and Imo- 
 GENE 28, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, on the South 
 American station ; and, on 20 Oct. 1838, he became 
 First of the Racer 16, Capts. Geo. Byng and Thos. 
 Harvey, with whom he appears to have been em- 
 ployed, in North America and the West Indies, 
 until paid off, 28 Oct. 1842. lie has not since been 
 afloat. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CHAMBERS. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 
 14; H-P., 46.) 
 David Chambers died 24 May, 1845, in the 73rd 
 year of his age. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 May, 1785, as 
 * See tlarl of Cadogan. 
 
 CHAMBERS. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 William Wylly Chambers is only son of Capt. 
 Sam. Chambers, R.N. (1812), who died 29 Oct. 1843, 
 shortly after paying off the Monarch 84, by Susan 
 Matilda, daughter of Wm. Wylly, Esq., H.M. At- 
 torney-General at the Bahamas. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 Aug. 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1829 ; and, on 16 Dec. in 
 the same year, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. He subsequently joined — 24 March, 1831, 
 the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Rear-Adnjiral 
 Wm. Parker, employed on a particular service— 27 
 Jan. 1832, the Ocean 80, Capt. Sam. Chambers, 
 lying at Sheemess— 19 Feb. 1833, as First Lieute- 
 nant, the Racer 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, on the North 
 America and West India station— and 19 June, 
 1837, the Wellesley 74, flag-ship of Sir Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland in the East Indies, where he was 
 appointed, 28 Jan. 1840, Acting-Commander, for 
 some months, of the Pelords 16, and then rejoined, 
 
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 as First Lieutenant, the WELtESLEy, bearing the 
 broad pendant at the time of Commodore Sir Jas. 
 John Gordon Bremer. For his services, while in the 
 latter ship, on the coast of China and at the cap- 
 ture of Canton, Mr. Chambers was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander, 8 Oct. 1841.* At the time of 
 his last promotion, which took place 9 Nov. 1846, 
 he had been of&ciating as Second-Captain, since 17 
 Nov. 1843, of the Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, 
 flag-ship at first of Sir David Milne at Devonport, 
 and afterwards employed on various Particular Ser- 
 vices. 
 
 Capt. Chambers married, 13 Oct. 1842, Eliza Ann, 
 only child of J. W. Hodgetts, Esq., of Hagley, co. 
 ■Worcester, by whom (who died 11 Oct. 1846) he 
 has issue. 
 
 CHAMIER. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 17 ; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 
 Frederic Chamier, born in 1796, is son of the 
 late John Chamier, Esq., Member of Council for 
 the Madras Presidency, by Georgiana Grace, eldest 
 daughter of Admiral the late Sir Wm. Burnaby, 
 Bart., of Broughton Hall, co. Oxford ; grand-ne- 
 phew of Anthony Chamier, Esq., who represented 
 the borough of Tamworth in several Parliaments, 
 and was Under Secretary of State ; brother of Henry 
 Chamier, Esq., Secretary to the Government at 
 Madras ; and brother-in-law of the late Col. Thos. 
 Duer Broughton. 
 
 This oflcer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salsette 36, Capt. Walter 
 Bathurst, with whom he attended the ensuing ex- 
 pedition to "Walcheren ; and afterwards served, as 
 Midshipman of the Fame 74, on the Mediterranean 
 station, until April, 1811. He then cruized for a 
 few months off the coast of Africa in the Arethusa 
 38, Capt. Fras. Holmes Coffin ; and was next em- 
 ployed for three years and a half in the Menelaus 
 38, Capts. Sir Peter Parker and Edw. Dix. As 
 Aide-de-Camp to the former of those officers, Mr. 
 Chamier landed, 30 Aug. 1814, with a party of 134 
 seamen and marines at Bellair, near Baltimore, and 
 assisted in routing a very superior body of Ameri- 
 cans — an achievement, however, that cost the Bri- 
 tish a loss of 14 killed, including Sir Peter Parker, 
 and 27 wounded. On 6 July, 1815, the subject of 
 this sketch, while serving at Portsmouth on board 
 the Caledonia 120, Capt. Sir Arch. Dickson, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant ; after which 
 he appears to have been successively appointed — 
 18 Sept. 1815, to the Euphrates 36, Capt. Kobt. 
 Preston, in the Mediterranean — 7 April, 1818, to 
 the Bulwark 74, Capt. Sam. "Warren, lying at 
 Sheerness— 4 Nov. following, to the Arab 18, Capt. 
 Chas. Simeon, on the Cork station— 20 Sept. 1820, 
 to the Lee 20, Capt. Stewart Blacker, employed at 
 Plymouth— and, 20 Sept. 1824, and 3 Aug. 1825, as 
 First, to the Scylla 18, Capt. Geo. Russell, and 
 Lively frigate, Capt. Wm. Elliott, both in the West 
 Indies. He there assumed command, 9 Aug. 1826, 
 of the Britomabt sloop ; but since the autumn of 
 1827, when he returned home, has been unem- 
 ployed. 
 
 Commander Chamier, a magistrate for the coun- 
 ties of Essex and Hertford, is the well-known author 
 of ' Ben Brace,* the ' Life of a Sailor,' and other 
 books of fiction ; and, as editor of James's ' Naval 
 History,' has continued that able work from the 
 Algeriue era to the year 1827, including, during 
 the period, the details of the Burmese war, and of 
 the battle of Navarin. He married, in June, 1832, 
 Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Soane, Esq., of 
 Chelsea, and grand-daughter of the celebrated Sir 
 John Soane. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 CHAPELL. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 
 16; H-p., 33.) 
 
 Charles Chapell was born 28 Feb. 1784 ; and 
 has lost two brothers in the naval service of their 
 country. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Sept. 1798, as 
 
 • f(*Guz. 1641, p. i539. 
 
 A.B., on board the Seagull 18, Capts. Henry 
 Wray, Thos. Lavie, John Wainwright, and Henry 
 Burke, in which he attained the rating of Midship- 
 man, 14 April, 1799, and served on the Home sta- 
 tion, latterly as Master's Mate, until May, 1803. 
 He next joined the Foudhotant 80, Capt. Peter 
 Spicer, lying in Hamoaze ; and, in Aug. following, 
 removed to the Childeks 14, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, 
 in the Mediterranean. While in the latter vessel 
 he captured, we presume in her boats, a French 
 xebec, laden with wines, and mounting 4 guns ; and 
 likewise carried a battery, armed with 2 heavy 
 guns, both of which were disabled and the maga- 
 zine blown up. On his subsequent transference, in 
 June, 1805, to the Gueebier 74, bearing the flag ot 
 Sir John Knight at Gibraltar, Mr. Chapell came 
 into repeated collision with the Spanish gun-boats 
 hovering about that port ; after which he joined 
 Lord Nelson in the Victory 100, in time to parti- 
 cipate in the memorable action off Trafalgar, on 
 which occasion, although accidentally omitted in 
 the official return of the wounded, he received an 
 injury in the face of which he has never recovered 
 the eifects. After a brief attachment to the Queen 
 and Dreadnought 98's, fiag-ships respectively of 
 Lords CoUingwood and Northesk, he obtained, 11 
 June, 1806, a Master's Mateship in the Chifponne 
 36, Capt. John Wainwright ; under whom, on 2 Jan. 
 
 1807, he aided in capturing a xebec laden with 
 naval stores, from under the protection of a body 
 of troops assembled on the coast of Morocco. On 
 15 of the following Aug. we further discover him, 
 in command of a boat under the Chiffonne's First- 
 Lieutenant, the late Sir Robt. Hall, cutting out, 
 from beneath the fire of some batteries, a Spanish 
 brig and schooner, in face of an opposition which, 
 though it cost the enemy a loss of 20 men, occa- 
 sioned the British a casualty still more severe. 
 Mr. Chapell was subsequently promoted, 18 Feb. 
 
 1808, to the rank of Lieutenant in the Achates 18, 
 Capt. Hugh Cameron, on the West India station, 
 where, on 18 Nov. 1808, and 8 June, 1809, he re- 
 moved to the ViMEiRA 16, Capt. Edw. Scobell, and 
 Jason 32, Capts. Chas. Napier and Hon. Jas. Wm. 
 King. In the latter frigate he also served for some 
 time off Newfoundland, whence he returned to 
 England in Jan. 1813. His next appointment was, 
 24 Nov. in the same year, to the Duncan 74, in 
 which ship, under llear-Admiral Sir John Poo 
 Beresford and various Captains, he served on the 
 Mediterranean and Brazilian stations until Aug. 
 1815. Commander Chapell, who has been ever since 
 on half-pay, accepted his present rank 18 Jan. 1S45. 
 
 He is married, and has issue four children. 
 
 CHAPMAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 14.) 
 Charles Matthew Chapman entered the Navy, 
 26 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alc- 
 MENE 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, with whom he con- 
 tinued to serve, in the same ship, the Belle- 
 PocLE 38, and Pembroke 74, on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman and Mas- 
 ter's Mate, imtil Aug. 1813. During that period 
 he aided, besides contributing to the capture of 
 many smaller armed vessels, at the taking, by the 
 Belle Poule, of Le Var, of 26 guns, laden with 
 corn for the relief of the French garrison at Corfu, 
 15 Feb. 1809 ; was also present, in 1809-10, at the 
 reduction of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and 
 Sta. Maura ; and witnessed the destruction, 5 May, 
 1811, in spite of a fierce opposition from the enemy, 
 of a French 18-gun brig, lying moored in the 
 harbour of Parenza.* On leaving the Pembroke, 
 Mr. Chapman proceeded to Rio de Janeiro in the 
 Akbar 50, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dick- 
 son. He then joined the Indefatigable 44, Capt. 
 John Fyffe; and, on his return to England as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Aquilon 32, Capt. Jas. 
 Boxer, was confirmed, 19 July, 1814, into the 
 Leven 24, Capt. Buckland StirUng Black, engaged, 
 during the war of 100, days, in co-operating with 
 the French Royalists in La Vendee. After nearly 
 • rWeGaz. 1811, p. im. 
 
 2B 
 
186 
 
 CHAPMAN— CHAPPELL. 
 
 two years on half-pay he was for a short time ap- 
 pointed, 4 Oct. 1819, to the Kedpole 10, Capt. Wm. 
 Devereux Evance, lying at Portsmouth ; subse- 
 quently to which we find him employed, from 26 
 April, 1824, until 1826, on the Coast Blockade, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramilltes 74, 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUooh and Hugh Pigot, — next, 
 until 29 Dec. 1831, as Agent for Transports 
 Afloat— from 14 Aug. 1832, until 30 Jan. 1837, in 
 command of the Semaphore at Haste Hill — and, 
 from 3 Feb. 1837, until superseded- at his own re- 
 quest, 15 Dec. 1841, again in the Transport Service. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 CHAPMAN. (Crajtain, 1824. f-p.,24; h-p., 31.) 
 ISHA.M Fleming Chapman is son of the late 
 Isham Chapman, Esq., who, for more than half a 
 century, held an appointment under the Board of 
 Customs. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1792, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Rattler sloop, in which 
 he sailed for the South Seas on a voyage of dis- 
 covery. In 1797 he joined the Diana 38, Capt. 
 Jonathan Faulknor, on the Irish station ; and, from 
 1798, until May, 1802, he served in the West Indies, 
 latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Bruns- 
 wick 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Rich. Rodney 
 Bligh, Decade, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, and 
 FosTONE E 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart. While in the 
 Decade he was wounded in the course of a cutting- 
 out expedition : in the Fortdnee he assisted, vrith 
 the boats, at the capture of a privateer of 100 men. 
 On 11 Feb. 1808, he was promoted to a Lieu- 
 tenancy, in the iNvrNCiBLE 74, Capts. Ross Don- 
 nelly and Chas. Adam, under the former of whom, 
 when at the siege of Cadiz in 1810, he signalised 
 himself by the handsome manner in which he 
 volunteered his services at the defence of Fort 
 Matagorda, and was again wounded.* We after- 
 wards find him appointed, in succession, as First- 
 Lieutenant— 12 Nov. 1810, and 19 Deo. 1811, to the 
 TiMtRAiRE 98 and Royal George 100, flag-ships 
 off Toulon of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore— 14 
 Oct. 1813, to the C0RA90A 36, Capt. John Tower, 
 under whom he assisted at the reduction of Genoa 
 • — 22 April, 1814, to the Edinborgh 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, of which ship he 
 became for a short time Acting-Captain — and next, 
 to the MjEandee 38, Capt. Burton, Qdeen 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, 
 Malta 84, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie (under whom 
 he beheld the fall of Gaeta), and Bomeat 74, Capt. 
 Henry Bazely. Having attained the rank of Com- 
 mander, 31 Aug. 1815, Capt. Chapman, on 29 Dec. 
 1818, joined the Nautilus 18, fitting at Dept- 
 ford for the St. Helena station, from which vessel 
 he was for a brief period transferred, 30 Dec. 1820, 
 as Acting-Captain to the Euryalus 42, at Jamaica ; 
 and, on 29 Dec. 1824, he was posted, from L'Es- 
 pi&GLE 18, in which he had been surveying the 
 western coast of Africa, into the Ariadne 26, at- 
 tached to the force at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 Capt. Chapman, who had not been employed since 
 Jan. 1826, accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 CHAPMAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 James Chapman was born 9 April, 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Kobt. 
 Campbell ; attained the rating of Midshipman, 22 
 June, 1808 ; and — if we except the period of a few 
 months, from 25 Nov. 1809, to 4 April, 1810, when 
 we find him on board the Owen Glendower 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Selby, stationed off' Cherbourg — con- 
 tinued uninterruptedly to serve under Capt. Camp- 
 bell, in the Nassau, the Stately, another 64, and 
 the Tremendous 74, until July, 1814. During that 
 period, while in the Nassau, he wiis for two years 
 employed in blockading the Texel, and, after at- 
 tending the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and 
 Sept. 1807, was (on the Nassau's hard-wrought ex- 
 trication from a mass of ice in which she had been 
 
 • VUe Gaz. 1810, p. 674. 
 
 blocked up during the whole winter) present, 22 
 March, 'I8O8, in company with the Stately 64, at 
 the capture and destruction, on the coast of Zea^ 
 land, of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian- 
 Frederic, after a running fight of great length and 
 obstinacy, in which the Nassau sustained a loss^ of 
 2 men killed and 16 wounded. In Oct. 1813, being 
 then in the Tremendous, Mr. Chapman served on 
 shore with the batteries at the reduction of Trieste ; 
 and from 12 Feb. to 9 April, 1814, while detached 
 in united charge of the imperial armed vessel Fi- 
 dele and of two of the ship's boats for the purpose 
 of co-operating with the Austrian forces under 
 Marshal Bellegaxde, he was actively employed in 
 preventing supplies from being thrown into Venice, 
 Chioggia, and Malamocco, and, on 23 March, com- 
 manded and led the troop-boats which stormed and 
 carried Fort Caranella, near the Po di Levante, on 
 which occasion he took up a formidable position 
 before Brondolo, and acquired for his conduct the 
 thanks of the officer above mentioned and of Gene- 
 rals Marchal and Pulszky. Having passed his exa- 
 mination, 4 Dec. 1811, he was promoted, from the 
 Malta 84, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Benj. 
 Hallowell, to a Lieutenancy in the Orlando 36, 
 Capt. John Clavell, 24 Oct. 1814. He was placed on 
 half-pay, after serving for some time at the block- 
 ade of the Chesapeake, 16 Aug. 1815, and has not 
 been since officially employed. 
 
 Lieut. Chapman's name appears, as a supernume- 
 rary for passage, on the books of no fewer than 73 
 ships of war, owing to the circumstance of his having 
 been appointed Master of 18 or 19 different prize- 
 vessels. He married, 31 Oct. 1826, Eliza, third 
 daughter of Thos. Hatton, Esq., a wine-merchant 
 of Liverpool, and has issue six sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
 CHAPMAN. (LrEUTENANT, 1842.) 
 
 Wellesley Pole Chapman entered the Navy 
 2 Deo. 1827 ; passed his examination 6 Nov. 1834 ; 
 served for some time on the Mediterranean station 
 as Mate of the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Rey-, 
 nolds ; and, on that ship being paid off, was created 
 a Lieutenant 6 June, 1842. He was appointed, on 25 
 of the same month. Additional of the iLLttSTRious 72, 
 flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of 
 Sir Chas. Adam ; joined^ 5 Oct. following, the Vo- 
 lage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., employed on 
 the same and Home stations ; and, since 25 March, 
 1845, has been attached to the Vernon 50, bearing 
 the flag on the south-east coast of America and in the 
 East Indies of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefleld. 
 
 CHAPPELL. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Edward Chappell was born 10 Aug. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kingeisher 18, Capts. 
 Rich. Wm. Cribb, Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Geo. 
 Fras. Seymour, and Wm. Hepenstall, in which 
 vessel he attained the rating of Midshipman 23 
 April, 1806, and continued to serve until April, 
 1807. In the course of 1805, independently of the 
 capture, in the West Indies, of Les Deux Amis, of 
 6 guns and 40 men, of L' Elizabeth, of 14 guns and 
 102 men, and of a Spanish register-ship, he distin- 
 guished himself at the cutting-out, from under the 
 fire of heavy batteries on the Spanish main, of the 
 Isabella la Damos, of 4 guns and 57 men, and, in the 
 open day, of a Spanish merchantman. After par- 
 ticipating in the victory off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 
 1806, the Kingfisher returned to England with 
 the despatches, and was then sent to Basque Roads, 
 where she towed out the Pallas at the close of 
 her action vrith the Minerve, 14 May, 1806. She 
 subsequently formed part of the force under Sir 
 Thos. Loms at the capture, on 27 Sept. in the same 
 year, of the French 44-gun frigate Le President, 
 and was next ordered to the Mediterranean. On 
 becoming attached, in April, 1807, to the Favorite 
 aZjos Goree 26, Capt. Wm. Standway Parkinson, 
 Mr. Chappell assisted at the ensuing reduction of 
 the Danish West India islands of St. Thomas and 
 bta. Croix; after which he joined in succession the 
 
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 187 
 
 Ulysses 44, Intrepid 64, and Captatn 74, all com- 
 manded by Capt. Christ. John 'Williams Nesham, 
 under whom, in the Intrepid, he served on shore 
 with a party of seamen at the capture of Mar- 
 tinique, in Feb. 1809, and was present when that 
 ship was severely cut up in an engagement with 
 the French frigates Henriade and Felicite, under 
 the guns of Fort Matilda, Guadeloupe, 15 April fol- 
 lowing. In Deo. 1809, he removed to the Tonnakt 
 80, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, and sailed for the 
 port of Cadiz, where, on being appointed to the 
 command of a gun-boat, he witnessed the destruc- 
 tion of a Spanish prison-ship, co-operated in the de- 
 fence of Fort Matagorda, lost nearly the whole of his 
 crew in killed and wounded, was himself severely 
 injured, and obtained for his services an Acting- 
 Lieutenancy in the TfeMiKAiRE 98, flag-ship of 
 Kear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, by whom he ap- 
 pears to have been soon after detached to assist 
 in navigating the Fernando Septimo, of 120 guns, to 
 Port Mahon. Having been officially promoted in 
 the Minorca 18, Capt. Ralph Randolph Wormeley, 
 18 April, 1811, and been for some time successfully 
 employed in cruizing between Tunis and Sicily, 
 Lieut. Chappell returned to England in the Impla- 
 cable 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, and was 
 paid off in Nov. 1812. We afterwards find him ap- 
 pointed— 3 Dec. 1812, to the Rosamond 20, Capts. 
 Donald Campbell and Edw. Stopford, in which he 
 visited the shores of Newfoundland, Labrador, and 
 Hudson's Bay— 9 Jan. 181.5, to the Beaver 10, 
 Capt. Edw. O'Brien Drury, lying at Sheerness — 
 and, 17 Jan. 1815, as Senior, to the Leven20, Capt. 
 Buckland Stirling Bluett, which vessel, after being 
 employed, during the war of 100 days, in supplying 
 arms to the Royalists in La Vendee, was placed out 
 of commission in Nov. 1815. From 8 Feb. 1819, 
 until advanced, in acknowledgment of his effective 
 services, to the rank of Commander 19 April, 1826, 
 Mr. Chappell was next engaged on the Coast 
 Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Severn, Ramillies, and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He had, during 
 that period, been strongly recommended by the 
 Grand Jury of Sussex, and highly complimented 
 by the Judge, for his exertions in detecting and 
 convicting a gang of smugglers at Bexhill ; and 
 had also, in 1822, received the thanks of the East 
 India Directors, accompanied by a piece of plate, 
 valued at 100 guineas, for going off in a boat and 
 rescuing the passengers and crew of the Thames 
 Indiaman, when that ship was wrecked near 
 Beachy tlead. Immediately on his promotion, Capt. 
 Chappell was appointed, under the Post-office, to 
 superintend the Steam-Packet Establishment at 
 Milford, whence he was subsequently removed to 
 Liverpool, and there, on the Packet-service being 
 transferred to the surveillance of the Admiralty, 
 placed in command, 27 June, 1837, of the Redwing 
 steamer, from which he was posted 27 Dec. 
 1838. In 1840 we find him, by order of the Board 
 of Admiralty, circumnavigating Great Britain in 
 the Abciiimedes steamer, for the purpose of re- 
 porting on the properties of the screw-propeller. 
 At present he is on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Chappell has been frequently examined by 
 Committees of the House of Commons on matters 
 connected with steam-navigation; and on one oc- 
 casion he was employed by the President of the 
 Board of Trade to prepare the rough draft of an 
 Act of Parliament for the regulation of steam- 
 vessels. In Dec. 1840, he was appointed Marine 
 Superintendent, and in Feb. 1842, Secretary to the 
 Koyal Mail Steam-Packet Company, in whicn latter 
 Capacity he now officiates. We should not omit 
 stating that Capt. Chappell, in 1817, published a 
 narrative of a ' Voyage to Hudson's Bay,' &c., an- 
 other, in 1818, of one to ' Newfoundland and the 
 Coast of Labrador,' and, in 1840, the results of his 
 experiments in the Archimfdes. He married, 5 
 Oct. 1819, Elizabeth, only child of Commander Wm. 
 Wood (<i), R.N., by whom, who died 14 Jan. 1842, he 
 has living one daughter. Agent — J. ChiiJf endale. 
 
 CHARLESSON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 9 j h-p., 
 31.) 
 
 Laurence Chaelesson died 17 May, 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1806, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Emerald 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis 
 Maitland, under whom he assiste(( in April, 1807, 
 at the capture of the Austerlitz privateer, of 14 
 guns and 96 men ; was for the remainder of that 
 year employed in blockading Rochefort ; and wit- 
 nessed, on the night of 13 March, 1808, the destruc- 
 tion, in Vivero Harbour, in face of a desperate op- 
 position, of a large French schooner, L' Apropos, of 
 8 guns and 70 men. On 29 May following he 
 joined, as Midshipman, the Eurydice 28, Capt. 
 Robt. Ramsay, stationed on the coast of Spain ; re- 
 moved, in Aug. of the same year, to the Salvador 
 DEL Mdndo first-rate, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 Young at Plymouth; served, from March, 1810, 
 until Oct. 1812, on board the Rodney 74, and 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, both commanded by Capt. 
 Geo. Burlton, off the port of Cadiz and in the Medi- 
 terranean ; and, until promoted, 15 Feb. 1815, was 
 afterwards employed, on the latter station, a great 
 part of the time as Master's Mate, in the Scour 18, 
 and Hyacinth 24, each commanded by Capt. Alex. 
 Renton Sharpe, Fame 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, 
 and Hyacinth again, Capt. A. R. Sharpe. He did 
 not again go afloat. — Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 CHARLESSON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 32; h-p., 
 10.) 
 Richard Williams Charlesson entered the 
 Navy, 25 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board 
 the Leopard 50, Capt. Rich. Raggett ; and, on 4 
 Dec. 1806, became Midshipman of the Africa 64, 
 Capts. Henry Wm. Bayntun and John Barrett, then 
 at the Rio de la Plata. On 20 Oct. 1808, the latter 
 ship, while in escort of a large convoy, was attacked, 
 in the Malmo channel, south of Sweden, by a pow- 
 erful flotilla of gun-boats, with whom she continued 
 an action of nearly four hours, when, darkness clos- 
 ing the fight, her loss, independently of consider- 
 able damage in hull and rigging, amounted, it was 
 found, to 9 men killed and 53 wounded. Remov- 
 ing, next, to the JEinA. bomb, Capts. Wm, Godfrey, 
 Paul Lawless, and John Bowker, Mr. Charlesson 
 took part, and was slightly wounded, in Lord Gam- 
 bier's attack, of 11 and 12 April, 1809, on the 
 French shipping in Basque Roads ;* after which 
 we find him attending the proximate expedition 
 to Flushing, and serving at the siege of Cadiz. 
 In Sept. 1810, he was transferred, with Capt. 
 Bowker, to the Wizard 18, commanded afterwards 
 by Capt. Fairfax Moresby, on the Mediterranean 
 station. On his return home in the Topaze 38, 
 Capt. Edw. Harvey, in Jan. 1812, he joined the 
 Royal William, guard-ship at Spithead; and, 
 after a further attachment, as Master's Mate, to 
 the Porcupine 22, and Surveillant 38, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Robt. Elliott, Namor 74, Capt. 
 Fras. Wm. Austen, and Sydney surveying-vessel, 
 Master-Commander Geo. Holbroke, on the South 
 American, Home, and Newfoundland stations, was 
 promoted to his present rank 11 Feb. 1815. He 
 was next appointed, 28 March, 1826, to the Coast 
 Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and, entering 
 the Coast Guard 24 July, 1830, continued in that 
 service until 27 Feb. 18^, when he assumed charge 
 of the Royal George Revenue-vessel, in which he 
 is now employed. 
 
 CHARLEWOOD. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 7.) 
 
 Edward Philips Charlewood, born 14 Nov. 
 1814, at Oak Hill, co. Stafford, is youngest son of 
 the Rev. C. B. Charlewood, of that place. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 
 June, 1827, and embarked, 12 June, 1829, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Favourite 18, Capt. Joseph 
 Harrison, with whom he served on the coast of 
 
 * feifc Gaz, 1809, p. 539. 
 
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188 
 
 CHARLTON— CHASMAN—CHAVE-CHEERE. 
 
 Africa until Aug. 1833. Having passed his exami- 
 nation 2 Oct. in that year, he became attached, in 
 Feb. 1834, as Mate, to the Salamander steam- 
 Tessel, Capt..Wm. Langford Castle, employed on 
 Channel service, and, in Oct. 1834, joined, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Euphrates steam-vessel, 
 the expedition under Col. Chesney, then preparing 
 for its explorative mission to the celebrated river 
 of that name. Throughout the various details of 
 that arduous undertaking, which only brought 
 itself to an issue in the spring of 1837, Mr. Charle- 
 wood repeatedly acquired oi&cial praise, but more 
 especially for his active co-operation in the labo- 
 rious task of originally transporting the Euphrates, 
 and the Tigris, another steam-vessel, from the 
 vicinity of Antioch overland to the town of Bir, a 
 tract of 140 miles, almost impassable for the want 
 of roads ; as well as for his subsequent exertions in 
 saving the Euphrates, when her consort the Tigris 
 foundered in a typhoon. On his return to England 
 he joined, in July, 1837, theExcELLEST gunnery-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, of which 
 we find him appointed a Lieutenant 26 Jan. 1838, 
 exactly a week after his promotion to that rank. 
 Eemoving, 25 April, 1839, to the Benbow 72, Capt. 
 Houston Stewart, Mr. Charlewood sailed for the 
 Mediterranean, and while on that station took part 
 in the various operations of the Syrian campaign, 
 including the attack on Tortosa and bombardment 
 of St. Jean d'Acre. On the former occasion, 25 
 Sept. 1840, he landed at the head of a pioneer 
 party, entered a breach in the wall of the castle, 
 and brought off several stores of com and rice. 
 For his very gallant conduct in this afiair he ob- 
 tained a Commander's commission, dated 5 Nov. 
 1840,* but since that date has been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Charlewood married, 18 March, 1841, 
 Sarah Carlton, second daughter of the late W. 
 "Willie, Esq., of Kingston, Hants, and has issue. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CHARLTON. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Henry Charlton entered the Navy 10 June, 
 1828 ; passed his examination 4 Feb. 1835 ; served 
 for some time, as Mate, on board the Thunderer 
 84, Capt. Dan. Bring, in the Mediterranean, 
 Sappho 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Hope, at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, and Penelope steam-vessel, Capt. Wm. 
 Jones, engaged on a particular service ; obtained 
 his commission 25 Sept. 1843 ; was appointed 20 
 Oct. following Additional of the Illustrious 72, 
 flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North America; re- 
 moved, 17 Feb. 1844, as Senior', to the Ringdove 16, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, on the coast of Africa ; and 
 has been there employed, since 21 Nov. 1844, in 
 the Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman 
 Young. 
 
 CHASMAN. (Commander, 1821. p-p., 24; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 "William Chasman entered the Navy, in 1794 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Impregnable 98' 
 Capts. Geo. Blagden Westcott and Andrew Mitchell 
 on the Home station, where he afterwards removed 
 to the Fly sloop, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, 
 and in May, 1799, joined, as Midshipman, the Ame- 
 thyst 36, Capts. John Cooke and Henry Rich. Glynn. 
 During the four years of his continuance in the 
 latter ship he assisted at the capture of three priva- 
 teers, carrying in the whole 34 guns and 270 men 
 and witnessed the taking, 27 Jan. and 9 April, 180l' 
 of La De'daigneuse French frigate, of 36, and Le 
 General Bmne corvette, of 14, guns. In May, 1803 
 Mr. Chasman obtained a berth on board the Vic- 
 tory 100, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Vice- 
 Admiral Lord Nelson, of which, after pursuing the 
 Franco-Spanish fleet to the "West Indies, and par- 
 ticipatmg, as Master's Mate, in the battle of Tra- 
 falgar, he was created a Lieutenant, 22 Oct 1805 
 Having joined, 25 Feb. 1806, the Kent 74, Capt' 
 Thos. Rogers, we find him, as Second Lieutenant of 
 • Vide Gai. 1840, pp. 2606-6. 
 
 that ship, conducting, on 1 Aug. 1808, an enterprise 
 of much hazard and gallantry. It having been de- 
 termined to bring out a convoy of 10 sail of deeply 
 laden coasters, lying at anchor under the protec- 
 tion of a gun-boat close to the beach abreast of the 
 town of Noli, on the coast of Italy, Lieut. Chasman 
 was deputed, with the boats of the Kent, and of 
 the "Wizard 16, under his orders, to effect that 
 service. Although the vessels were fastened to the 
 shore by ropes from their mast-heads and keels, 
 and were further defended by the fire of two ad- 
 jacent field-pieces, of a heavy gim in front of the 
 town, and by a continued volley of musketry, yet 
 were the objects of the expedition fully accom- 
 plished by Lieut. Chasman, who, landing with a 
 party of Ids men, rushed with resistless impetuosity 
 upon the assembled foe, and, with the aid of Lieut. 
 John Hanlon of the Marines, personally captured 
 and spiked the town gun.* His subsequent ap- 
 pointments, as Lieutenant, appear to have been — 
 25 Sept. 1809, to the Partridge 16, Capt. "Wm. 
 "Williams Foote, in the "West Indies— 19 Nov. 1810, 
 to the Rover 18, Capt. Justice Finley, under whom 
 he captured, in the Channel, 30 Nov. 1811, Le Comte 
 Reginaud privateer, of 14 guns — 5 March, 1812, to 
 the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, employed 
 in cruizing in the Baltic, and also off Newfoundland, 
 where she took, 16 Sept. 1813, the Elbredge Gerry, 
 of 14 guns and 66 men— 31 Oct. 1814, and 23 March, 
 1815, to the Impregnable 98, and St. George 100, 
 flag-ships at Plymouth of Admirals "Wm. Domett 
 and Sir John Thos. Duckworth — and lastly, 30 Nov. 
 1818, as First, to the Superb 78, bearing the broad 
 pendant, in South America, of Sir Thos. Master- 
 man Hardy. He attained the rank of Commander 
 29 Jan. 1821, and subsequently ofliciated, from 20 
 Aug. 1840, until the same month in 1841, as Second 
 Captain, in the Southampton 50, to Sir Edw. 
 Dumford King, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape 
 of Good Hope. He has since been unemployed. 
 
 Commander Chasman married, in 1826, the only 
 daughter of the late W. Ireland, Esq., of H.M.'b 
 dockyard at Devonport. 
 
 CHAVE, (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Samuel Chave entered the Navy, 28 March, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bittern 18, 
 Capts. Edw. Augustus Down and Thos. Ussher, on 
 the Mediterranean station ; and attained the rating 
 of Midshipman 22 Nov. 1807. Removing, in Aug. 
 1808, to the Surinam 16, Capt. John Lake, on the 
 "West India station, he served on shore at the cap- 
 ture of Martinique in Feb. 1809; after which he 
 joined the Eclipse 18, Capts. G. A. Creyke, Geo. 
 Henderson, and Henry Lynne, under the last of 
 whom he was again employed on shore, at the re- 
 duction of the Isle of France, in Dec. 1810. Sub- 
 sequently to that event we find Mr. Chave cruizinK, 
 as Master's Mate, off the same island, and also off 
 Java, in command of a tender, for the suppression 
 of slavery. He was transferred, in July, 1813, to 
 ttie Venus 32, Capt. Kenneth Maokenirie, in the 
 West Indies ; served next, from May to Sept. 1814, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Myrtle 20, Capt. 
 Arthur Batt Bingham, off the coast of Norway ; 
 then rejoined the Venus, on the same station ; and^ 
 on 2 Feb. 1815, was promoted to his present rank, 
 hmoe that period he has not been afloat. Agent— 
 Frederick Dufaur. ^>-ji"» 
 
 CHEERE. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 John Cheere passed his examination in 1826 ; 
 obtained his first commission 30 April, 1836 ■ served 
 from 13 Feb. 1837, until the spring offs'i, in the 
 Belleeophon 80, Capts. Sam.*^ Jackson and Chas. 
 John Austen, on the Mediterranean station ; joined, . 
 2 Dec. following the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at 
 Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Rowley; and on 21 jSne, 
 1845, was promoted to his present rank, in honou^ 
 of the Queen s visit to the experimental squadron at 
 • Vide Gaz. W09, p. 15. 
 
CHEGWYN-CHESNAYE-CHESSHYRE-CHEYNE— CHICHESTER. 189 
 
 Spithead. He has since been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CHEGWYN. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.) 
 Joseph Chegwyn entered the Navy, 22 July, 
 1803, as A. B., on board the Egyptienne frigate, 
 Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Hon. 
 Chas. Paget, under the former of whom he assisted 
 at the capture of three privateers, carrying together 
 46 guns and 296 men, and was present, as ooxwain, 
 in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805. He 
 joined, as Master's Mate, in Feb. 1807, the Pailas 
 32, Capt. Geo. Miller, in the Channel ; proceeded 
 soon afterwards to Copenhagen in the Cambrian 
 40, Capt. Hon. C. Paget ; removed, in March, 1808, 
 to the Leviathan 74, Capt. John Harvey, at Ply- 
 mouth ; and, on next joining Capt. Paget in the 
 Revenge 74, was promoted, after the bombardment 
 of Flushing, to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Oct. 1809. 
 He continued to serve in the Revenge, latterly at 
 the defence of Cadiz, under Rear-Admiral Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge, until transferred, 12 Dec. 
 1812, to the Maks 74, Capt. Henry Eaper, at Ports- 
 mouth. His next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1813, to 
 the Waerior 74, Capt. Lord Viscount Torrington, 
 in which ship he escorted the Prince of Orange to 
 Holland in the following Nov. Since 1814 Lieut. 
 Chegwyn has been unemployed. 
 
 CHESNAYE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 30.) 
 John Christian Chesnaye, bom 29 April, 1791, 
 is nephew of Admiral John Cochet. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fet.-cl. Vol., on board the Dryad 36, Capt. John 
 Giffard, on the Irish station ; became Midshipman, 
 29 July, 1805, of the Orion 74, Capt. Edw. Cod- 
 rington, one of Nelson's victorious fleet in the 
 ensuing battle of Trafalgar ; and, after an addi- 
 tional servitude in the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. 
 Marsh Schomberg, joined the Endymion 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, by whom, subsequently 
 to the passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807, he 
 was detached for the purpose of co-operating with 
 the British forces in Egypt, where we find him 
 present at the investment of Rosetta. On next re- 
 moving to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, he 
 witnessed, 1 Aug. 1808, the gallant capture of the 
 10 coasting-vessels at Noli more particularly alluded 
 to in our memoir of Commander Wm. Chasman ; 
 after which he joined in succession the St. Alean's 
 64, Capt. Fras. "Wm. Austen, Procris 18, Capt. 
 Bobt. Maunsell, and, as Sub-Lieutenant, 14 Feb. 
 1810, the Sylvia cutter, of 10 18-pounder car- 
 ronades and 50 men, Lieut. -Commander Augustus 
 Vere Drury, all in the East Indies. On 7 April 
 following, in charge of a single boat belonging to 
 the latter vessel, Mr. Chesnaye handsomely boarded 
 and took, in the Straits of Sunda, a piratical proa, 
 armed with 2 6-pounders and 30 men. On being 
 appointed four days afterwards to the command 
 of his prize, he similarly sustained, near the island 
 of Cracatoa, a desperate hand-to-hand conflict of 
 four hours with a large lugger-proa of 3 18-pounders 
 and 72 men, which, on the junction of the Sylvia, 
 he ultimately succeeded in sinking, after being him- 
 self wounded, with 8 of his volunteer crew; and, 
 on 26 of the same month, at the close of a sharp 
 contest of 20 minutes, during which the enemy 
 had 3 men killed and 7 wounded, and the British 
 4 killed and 3 wounded, he headed the Sylvia's 
 boarders at the capture of the Dutch national brig 
 JEcho, of 8 6-pounders and 46 men, in Batavia 
 Roads. Although Lieut. Drury was immediately 
 afterwards promoted to the rank of Commander, 
 we regret to observe that Mr. Chesnaye, whose 
 share in the exploits we have narrated was at least 
 equally conspicuous, did not attain the rank of 
 Lieutenant until 17 March, 1813, previously to which 
 period he had further served, in the West Indies 
 and at Portsmouth, on board the Jason 32, and 
 Shark 16, Capts. King and Gore, and Royal Wil- 
 liam, Capt. Geo. Fowke. He was subsequently 
 appointed, 12 June, 25 July, and 20 Nov. 1813, to 
 
 the Ardent 64, Capt. John Cochet, St. Domingo 
 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, and Ana- 
 conda 18, Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphal, on the 
 North America and West India stations. He in- 
 valided home 8 Oct. 1814, and afterwards held a 
 command in the Coast Guard, from 28 Nov. 1828, 
 until 1832. He has not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Chesnaye married, 10 April, 1836, and has 
 issue four sons and one daughter. 
 
 CHESSHYRE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Thomas Newton Chesshyre passed his 
 examination 14 April, 1840 ; served, until paid off 
 at the close of 1841, in the Tyne 26, Capt. John 
 Townshend, on the Mediterranean station; was 
 next employed, for a few months in 1842-3, on 
 board the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stopford, 
 and Avon steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander David 
 Robt. Bunbury Mapleton, in North America and 
 the West Indies ; rejoined the last-mentioned officer, 
 3 May, 1844, in the Sydenham steamer, on the 
 Mediterranean station; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 6 April, 1846. He has been since serving as 
 Additional Lieutenant of the Hxbernia 104, flag- 
 ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Parker, and as 
 Commander of the Ceylon receiving-ship at Malta. 
 
 CHEYNE. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.) 
 George Cheyne entered the Navy, 12 Oct. 1804, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Texbl, Capt. Donald 
 Campbell, flag-ship on the Leith station of Rear- 
 Admiral Jas. Vashon, from which he removed, as 
 Master's Mate, 30 Sept. 1805, to the Seagull, of 
 16 guns and 94 men, Capt. Robt. Cathcart. The 
 latter vessel being captured off the coast of Nor- 
 way, 19 June, 1808, by a powerful Danish force, 
 consisting of the Lougen, of 20 guns and 160 men, 
 and of 6 gun-boats, all heavily gunned and manned, 
 after a glorious resistance of 2 hours and 30 minutes, 
 in which she lost 8 men killed and 20 wounded, 
 and was reduced to a sinking state, Mr. Cheyne 
 was, with the rest of his shipmates, taken prisoner 
 and confined until the following October. From 
 that date until April, 1813, he appears to have 
 served, on the Home and Baltic stations, in the 
 Nightingale, Capt. Wm. Wilkinson, Ganymede 
 26, and Alexandria 38, both commanded by Capt. 
 Robt. Cathcart, Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez, and Alexandria again, Capt. R. Cath- 
 cart. He was promoted, 21 Dec. 1813, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Defiance 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Geo. Hope in the Baltic; and, on 21 Dec. 1813, 
 joined the Porcupine 24, Capt. John Coode. From 
 24 Feb. 1814 (on which date he won the admiration 
 of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, by the 
 dashing intrepidity of his conduct in passing the 
 fearful bar of the Adour in an open boat with 5 
 men), until Aug. following, Mr. Cheyne was em- 
 ployed with the army under the Duke of Welling- 
 ton near Bayonne.* On 20 Sept. in the same year 
 he joined the Queen 74, bearing the flag of the last- 
 named officer in the Mediterranean ; and, on 31 
 Dec. 1815, he removed to the Albion 74, Capt. John 
 Coode, with whom he shared in the bombardment 
 of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. The latter ship being 
 paid off in May, 1819, Mr. Cheyne, who had been 
 for a long time her First Lieutenant, was promoted, 
 12 Aug. following, to the rank of Commander. He 
 has not since been afloat. 
 
 He married, 25 April, 1843, Maria, third daughter 
 of the late Tobias John Young, Esq., of Southampton. 
 
 CHICHESTEE, Bart. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 10 ; 
 
 H-p., 27.) 
 
 Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester is eldest 
 
 son of the late John Palmer Chichester, Esq., Col. 
 
 of the Royal Cardigan Rifle Corps, by his second 
 
 wife, Agnes, eldest daughter of Jas. Hamilton, Esq., 
 
 of Bangour, N. B. (by Margaret Bruce, sister of the 
 
 celebrated traveller, Jas. Bruce, Esq., of BLinnaird) ; 
 
 and first cousin of Sir CUfford Constable, Bart., as 
 
 likewise of Sir Chas. Chichester, Col. of the Slst 
 
 » Vide Gm. 1814, p. 566. 
 
190 
 
 CHIENE-CHINNERY—CHIVERS— CHRISTIAN. 
 
 Kegiment, K.C.T., IC.S.F.,&c.,adifstingiii8hed officer 
 in the service of the Queen of Spain. He was 
 created a Baronet in 1840. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Cockburn, and, attaining soon afterwards the 
 rating of Midshipman, continued to serve, with the 
 same officer, in the Alfred 74, Geampos 50, and 
 Marlborough and Sceptre 74's, at the defence of 
 Cadiz and on the American station, until Aug. 1813. 
 He then joined the Lacedemonian 38, Capt. Sam. 
 Jackson, and, until the conclusion of the war with 
 the United States, was very arduously employed in 
 blockading the enemy's ports and rivers, and on 
 one occasion, 5 Oct. 1814, served with the boats 
 and was wounded at the capture of a gun-vessel 
 and four merchantmen.* xYfter an attachment of a 
 few months to the Rotal Charlotte yacht, Capt. 
 Geo. Scott, lying at "Weymouth, and to the Iris 36, 
 receiving-ship in the river Thames, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Home Popham, Mr. Chichester was promoted, 
 11 March, 1816, to the rank of Lieutenant. He 
 next, from 29 Oct. 1816, until June, 1820, served on 
 board the Helicon 10, and Harlequin 18, Capts. 
 Alex. Barclay Branch and Chas. Christ. Parker, on 
 the Irish station j but since the latter date has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Sir J. P. B. Chichester, who was lately MP. for 
 Barnstaple, married Caroline, daughter of Thos. 
 Thistlethwaite, Esq., of Sontbwick Park, Hants, by 
 whom he has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CHIENE. (CoMMANDEK, 1813. F-p., 22 ; H-p., 39.) 
 John Chiene, born at Crail, co. Fife, is son of a 
 shipmaster and owner, and nephew of Robt. Chiene, 
 Esq., who died Master-Attendant of the Dockyard 
 at Minorca, in 1802. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1786, as 
 Master's Servant, on board the Powerful 74, Capt. 
 Andw. Sutherland, with whom he served, in the 
 same ship and the Orion 74, on the Home station, 
 until Oct. 1789. Re-embarking, 18 Aug. 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Diadem 64, also commanded by 
 Capt. Sutherland, he took part in the siege of 
 Toulon, as likewise in the reduction of the towns of 
 St. Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi ; and on his subse- 
 quent transference, as Midshipman, to the Berwick 
 74, Capt. Adam Littlejohn, he was with that ship 
 taken by the French Mediterranean fleet, after a 
 long running fight, 7 March, 1795. On regaining 
 his liberty Mr. Chiene joined, 9 Oct. 1795, the 
 Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Robt. Linzee. He removed, next, to the 
 Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis; and, on 
 11 Jan. 1797, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in La 
 Mahonesa 32, Capt. John Giffard. He continued 
 to serve in the Mediterranean, on board the St. 
 George 98, Capt. HoUoway, and Santa Teresa 32, 
 Capt. Robt. Campbell, until his return home at the 
 peace ; previously to which period he had, as First- 
 Lieutenant of the latter ship, aided at the blockade 
 of Malta, been present in the operations on the 
 coast of Genoa, and obtained the Egyptian medal. 
 From Feb. 1802, until March, 1807— with the excep- 
 tion of a twelvemonth in 1803-4, when we find him 
 on board the Britannia 100, Capt. the Earl of 
 Northesk, on the Home stalion— Mr. Chiene ap- 
 pears to have been on half-pay. He was then, how- 
 ever, appointed First-Lieutenant of La Nvmphe 
 38, which he fitted for sea without a Captain, and, 
 subsequently, of the Muros 20, Capt. Arch. Dufi; 
 Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman 
 (with whom he attended the expedition to Flushing 
 in Aug. 1809), and Monmouth 64, commanded by 
 the same officer. From April, 1811, until Feb. 
 1813, he further served, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, on board the 
 Ardent 64, and Hannibal, Christian VII., Ve- 
 nerable, and Bulwark 74's, chiefly on the Home 
 station. He was promoted, from the First-Lieu- 
 tenancy of the Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Dpwnman, to the rank of Commander, 4 Dec. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 464. 
 
 1813; and has not since been able to procure em- 
 ployment. 
 
 CHINNEEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Charles Chxnnebv entered the Navy, 25 Feb. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devastation, 
 Capt. Alex. Milner, on the Home station, where he 
 continued to serve with the same officer, the last 
 three years as Midshipman of the Swallow 18, 
 until Aug. 1809 ; previously to which period he as- 
 sisted at the capture, 15 Nov. 1807, of the French 
 privateer Friedland, of 2 guns and 41 men. He 
 then removed to the Narcissus 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. "Wm. Aylmer, under whom he took the pri- 
 vateer Duguay Troutn, of 14 guns and 75 men, and 
 Aimabh Josephine, of 14 guns and 105 men, and ap- 
 pears to have actively co-operated with the patriots 
 on the north coast of Spain. We subsequently find 
 him joining, in Feb. 1811, the Plantagenet 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Lloyd, in the Baltic, and, in Feb. 1813, 
 the Majestic 74, Capt. John Hayes, on the North 
 American station. Since June, 1815, some time 
 antecedent to which date, 7 Feb. 1815, he had been 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Mr. Chinnery 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 CHI VERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 
 "William Chivers (i) entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 
 1807, as A.B., on board the Goliath 74, Capt. 
 Peter Puget, and in Sept. following assisted, as 
 Acting-Second-Master, at the bombardment of 
 Copenhagen. In Dec. 1808 he joined the Blake 
 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, with whom he served 
 at the siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809, and, in 1810, 
 at the defence of Cadiz. From May, 1813, until 
 Aug. 1815, we find him successively employed, on 
 the Mediterranean and Channel stations, in the 
 RivoLi 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Edw. 
 StirUng Dickson, Hyacinth 24, Capt. Alex. Renton 
 Sharpe, and Havannah 36, Capt. Gawen "Wm. 
 Hamilton. He w^asthen placed on half-pay, having 
 been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by com- 
 mission dated 28 Feb. 1815; and has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 CHRISTIAN. (Kear-Admikal of the White, 
 1838. F-p., 21 ; H-p., 34.) 
 
 Hood Hanway Christian, bom 23 July, 1784, is 
 eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Clo- 
 berry Christian, K.B.,* by Anne, only daughter of 
 Barnabas Leigh, Esq., of Thorleigh, in the Isle of 
 "Wight, and niece of the late Lord Holmes. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1792, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Colossus 74, commanded 
 by his father, with whom he removed to the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, both on the Home station. After 
 escorting H. R. H. the Princess of "Wales to this 
 country in the Princess Augusta royal yacht, 
 Capt. "Wm. Browell, he rejoined the former officer, 
 then Rear-Admiral Christian, as Midshipman, on 
 board the Prince George 98, in Oct. 1795 ; and 
 continuing to serve with him, until Feb. 1797, in 
 the Glory 98, Thunderer 74, and Beaulied 44, 
 was present, in the Thunderer, at the capture of 
 Ste. Lucie, 25 May, 1796. On his return home he 
 became attached for a few months to the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Keith in 
 the Channel; after which he served for some time 
 at the Cape of Good Hope on board La Virginie 
 44, and Sceptke 74, both flag-ships of Sir H. C. 
 Christian, and Tremendous 74, Capts. Sam. Osborne 
 and Searle. He then joined the Garland 28, Capt. 
 Jas. Athol "Wood, and while in that frigate had the 
 mistorlune to be wrecked, in pursuit of an enemy's 
 vessel, off Madagascar, 26 July, 1798. "We subse- 
 
 • Sir H. C. Christian was born in 1747. He commanded 
 the SuFroLK ,4, in Byron's action with D'Estainn 6 July 
 1779; was in the actions with De Guvchcn of 17 Airil and 
 15 and 19 May, 1780 ; and commandeci the naval force em 
 plojed in co-operation with the army under Sir lialph Aber- 
 cromby at the redaction of Ste. Lucie in May 1 796 He died 
 Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope in Nov 
 
CHRISTIAN-CHRISTIE. 
 
 191 
 
 quently find him doing duty in the Sphtnx 20, 
 Capt. Lord Augustus Fitzroy, in which ship he re- 
 turned to England, Boadicea 88, Capt. Kich. Good- 
 win Keats, with whom he shared in the attaclc on 
 the Spanish squadron under the batteries of Isle 
 d'Aix, 2 July, 1799, and Queen Chablotte again, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Keith in the Mediter- 
 ranean. Having been created a Lieutenant of the 
 Pn<Emx 36, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, 25 Jan. 
 1800, Mr. Christian commanded the boats of that 
 ship at the reduction of Genoa, the cutting out of 
 the Prima galley, and the successful defence of 
 Porto Ferrajo, besides witnessing the capture and 
 destruction, 3 Aug. and 2 Sept. 1801, of the French 
 frigates Carrere^ Stwces, and Bravoure, "While in 
 the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, to which ship 
 he had been appointed 11 Nov. 1802, the subject of 
 this sketch further aided at the capture of La Fran- 
 chise of 36 guns, as likewise in chasing her consort, 
 a line-of-battle ship, into L'Orient. For his subse- 
 quently meritorious conduct, during a gale of wind 
 in the Bay of Bengal, as temporary Captain of the 
 Tkident 64, bearing the flag of Kear- Admiral Peter 
 Kainier, he was placed by the latter officer in com- 
 mand, 20 Oct. 1804, of the Arrogant guardship at 
 Bombay, and, next, of the Victor 18, to which 
 sloop he was oflicially appointed, 21 March, 1805. 
 After holding for some months the Acting-Captaincy 
 of the Sir Edward Hughes 38, he received a Post- 
 commission dated 30 Jan. 1806, and then returned 
 home. Capt. Christian appears to have afterwards 
 served — from April to Nov. 1809, in the Heroine 
 32, part of the Walcheren expeditionary armament, 
 and one of the 10 frigates which, under Lord Wm. 
 Stuart, forced the passage between the batteries 
 of Flushing and Cadsand on the afternoon of 
 11 Aug.*— from 7 May, 1811, to Dec. 1814, in the 
 Iris 36, employed on the north coast of Spain, where 
 in actively co-operating with the patriots he distin- 
 guished himself at the capture of Castro, of which 
 fortress, on being appointed governor, he kept up a 
 successful defence t — and, lastly, from 16 Sept. 1824, 
 until the year 1828, as Commodore, at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, with his broad pendant in the Owen 
 Glendower 42. He attained flag-rank 28 June, 
 1838. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Christian married, in Feb. 1808, 
 Harriet, second daughter of the late Sam. Shute, 
 Esq., of Fernhill, Isle of Wight. Agent — John P. 
 Muspratt. 
 
 CHRISTIAN. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Hompesch Christian entered the Navy 
 20 Deo. 1824 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 14 Aug. 18.39 ; joined, on 
 17 of the same month, as Additional Lieutenant, the 
 Princess Charlotte 104, ;flag-ship of Sir, Robt. 
 Stopford in the Mediterranean ; and, in 1840, served 
 on shore during the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 where he was also present at the capture of St. Jean 
 d' Acre. His after-appointments were — 7 Sept. 1841, 
 to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings — 15 March, 1842, to the Queen 
 110, bearing the flag In the Mediterranean of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen— and, 25 March, 1845, to the 
 Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. He was 
 promoted, while First-Lieutenant of the latter ship, 
 to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 CHRISTIE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 14 ; h-p.,29.) 
 
 Gabriel Christie is brother of Capt. Peter 
 Christie, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1804, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Magicienne 32, Capt. 
 Adam Mackenzie, fitting at Chatham ; became Mid- 
 shipman, in Feb. 1805, of the Boadicea 38, Capt. 
 John Maitland, employed in the North Sea ; served, 
 from Nov. 1807, until Sept. 1811, again with Capt. 
 Mackenzie, in the President 38, and Bedford 74, 
 on the Brazilian station; then accompanied the 
 same ofiicer into the Armada 74, commanded, after- 
 wards, by Capts. Devonshire and Chas. Grant, In the 
 
 • Vidv Gaz. 1809, p. 1298. 
 f y. Gaz 181 1, pp. 2:j29, 2173, and Gaz. 1812, p. 1440. 
 
 North Sea and Mediterranean ; and, on 22 Jan. 1813, 
 two years after passing his examination, was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant in the Bombay 74, Capts. Nor- 
 bome Thompson and George Parker, ofi' Toulon. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 8 April, 1815, 
 to the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait- 
 land, on board which ship Napoleon Buonaparte 
 soon afterwards surrendered himself— 30 Oct. 1815, 
 to the Granicus 36, Capt. ■William Furlong Wise, 
 with whom he shared in the bombardment of 
 Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816—22 May, 1820, and 24 Jan. 
 1821, to the Creole 42, and Superb 74, both com- 
 manded by his old Captain, A. Mackenzie, in South 
 America— and, in 1827, after an interval of five 
 years, to the Desi'ATCH 18, Capt. Robt. White Par- 
 sons, on the Irish station. Since Feb. 1828, at which 
 date he invalided, Lieut. Christie has been on half- 
 pay. Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 CHRISTIE. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.) 
 
 Peter Christie is son of Jas. Christie, Esq., of 
 Durie, CO. Fife, by Mary Turner, daughter of the 
 Hon. Chas. Barclay Maitland, granddaughter of the 
 sixth Earl of Lauderdale, and first cousin of the late 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Fred. Lewis Maidand, K.C.B. 
 He Is brother of Lieuts. Gabriel and Wm. Christie, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 April, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Emerald 36, commanded 
 by his relative, Capt. F. L. Maitland, under whom 
 he assisted at the capture of L'Auguste privateer, 
 of 18 guns and 126 men, 6 April, 1811 ; attained the 
 rating of Midshipman 8 Nov. following ; and conti- 
 nued to serve — omitting a period of 15 months, from 
 Feb. 1812, to May, 1813, when we find him in the 
 TiGBE 74, Capt. John Halliday— on board the Go- 
 liath 74, BoYNE 98, and Bellerophon 74, latterly 
 off the coasts of America and France, until Sept. 
 1815. Mr. Christie, who was in the last-mentioned 
 ship when Napoleon Buonaparte surrendered, was 
 next employed, until Aug. 1818, under Capt. Jas. 
 Walker, in the Albion, Queen, and Northumber- 
 land 74's, on the Home station. He then joined, 
 on the coast of Africa (where he assisted in the 
 boats at the capture of many slave-vessels), the 
 Tartar 36, Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, of 
 which ship, having passed his examination in 1816, 
 he was confirmed a Lieutenant 9 Sept. 1820. Being 
 next appointed, 6 July, 1824, to the Cambrian 48, 
 Capt. Wm. Gawen Hamilton, he shared in nume- 
 rous boat aifairs with the pirates of the Greek 
 Archipelago, and, in particular, on 31 Jan. 1825, 
 bore a part in a very gallant conflict, in which the 
 British lost 6 men killed and 13 wounded. For his 
 services, as First of the Cambrian, at the battle of 
 Navarin, Mr. Christie obtained a Commander's 
 commission, dated 22 Oct. 1827. He was subse- 
 quently employed in the Coast Guard from 19 
 March, 1835, until March, 1838, and served, in 
 command of the Rose 18, on the Spanish and Bra- 
 zilian coasts, from 3 Aug. 1838, until posted 23 
 Nov. 1841. He has not since held any official occu- 
 pation. Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 CHRISTIE. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 1 3 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 William Christie, born 25 Nov. 1793, at Edin- 
 burgh, is brother of Capt. Peter Christie, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rosamond sloop, Capt. 
 Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, with whom he assisted 
 at the bombardment of Copenhagen, and then joined 
 the Cambrian frigate. He next became attached 
 for short periods to the President 38, Capt. Adam 
 Mackenzie, and Hyperion 36, Capt. Brodie; ob- 
 tained a Midshipman's berth, 9 Nov. 1809, on board 
 the Renown 74, Capt. PhiUp Chas. Durham, in the 
 Mediterranean ; and afterwards served, until Sept. 
 1815, on tlie Home and West India stations, latterly 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Armada 74, Capt. A. 
 Mackenzie, Christian VII. 80, Capt. Ball, Bul- 
 wark and Venerable 74's, flag-ships of Rear- 
 Admiral Durham, Eeron 16, Capt. Geo. Luke, 
 Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, and Ister 36, 
 
192 
 
 C H RISTOPHER—CHRYSTIE— CHUBB— CHURCH. 
 
 Capt. John Cramer. Between the latter period 
 and the date of his promotion, which did not take 
 place until 29 Jan. 1821, nearly seven years after 
 he had passed his examination, we further find Mr. 
 Christie doing duty as Admiralty-Midshipman on 
 board the Ramilues 74, Capt. Thos. Boys, Sevekn 
 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Vigo 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Brown, and Albion 74, Capt. Eich. Kaggett. He 
 was then placed on halt-pay, and has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 CHKISTOPHEE. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 21 ; 
 y H-P., 1.) 
 Thomas Borradaile Christopher entered the 
 Navy, 21 May, 1825, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Herald yacht, Capts. Geo. Luke, Augustus "Wm. 
 Jas. Clifford, Henry Eden, and Edw. "Wm. Corry 
 Astley, in which, under Capt. Clifford, he attended 
 the Duke of Devonshire on the occasion of his 
 splendid embassy to Russia in Sept. 1826. Between 
 June, 1827, and May, 1832, he next served, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Clio 18, Capt. Robt. Deans, Tweed 
 28, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, and 
 Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral "Wm. 
 Parker, on the Irish station, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, and in the Tagus. Having passed his exa- 
 mination, he then proceeded to the "West Indies as 
 Mate of the Pearl 20, Capt. Robt. Gordon ; after 
 which he joined, in 1835, the Ptlades 18, Capt. 
 "Wm. Langford Castle, an active anti-slaver, on the 
 coast of Africa, and, in Nov. 1839, the Blonde 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Bourchier, with whom he shared in 
 the various operations connected with the campaign 
 in China,* where he was appointed, 5 June, 1841, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. 
 Thos. Herbert, and, by commission dated on 8 of 
 the same month, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph 
 Nias. Mr. Christopher, who returned to England 
 in April, 1843, was subseq^uently appointed, 29 Aug. 
 and 31 Dec. 1844, to the Excellent, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, and Acorn 
 16, Capt. John Elliot Bingham, in which latter 
 vessel he is now serving, as First-Lieutenant, in the 
 East Indies. 
 
 CHRYSTIE. (LiEnT., 1809. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Chrystie was born 28 April, 1787, at 
 Balchrystie, in the parish of Newburn, co. Fife. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 80, Capt. Hon. 
 Alex. Inglis Cochrane ; and, continuing to serve in 
 the same ship until the peace, attended the expedi- 
 tions to Belleisle, Ferrol, Cadiz, and Egypt. After 
 an intermediate attachment, with Capt. Chas. Stew- 
 art, to the Unicorn and Ethalion frigates, on the 
 North Sea station, he joined, 25 Feb. 1805, the De- 
 fiance 74, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Henry 
 Hotham ; and, on 22 July and 21 Oct. following, 
 shared, under the former officer, in Sir Robt. 
 Calder's action and in the battle of Trafalgar. He 
 afterwards, until 1808, in March of which year he 
 passed his examination, served, on the Home sta- 
 tion, in the Eurydice 28, Capt. Sir "Wm. Bolton, 
 Snapper schooner, Lieut.-Commander "W. B. Cham- 
 pion, Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Harry 
 Burrard Ncale, and Valokoos 20, Capt. Irvine. 
 Proceeding then to the "West Indies in the Gloire 
 frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew, he joined the Neptune 
 98, bearing the flag of his old Captain, Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, and while in that ship served on shore 
 at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809. 
 Having attained the rank of Lieutenant on 8 of the 
 latter month, Mr. Chrystie, in the course of the 
 same year, joined the Wolverene brig, Capt. John 
 Simpson, Felicite, Capt. John Lake, and also the 
 Cjesar 80, Capt. Chas. Richardson, by whom, in 
 1810, he was sent with a party of seamen to assist 
 in the defence of the lines at Torres Vedras. On 
 10 June, 1811, we next find him appointed to the 
 Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. James Ballard, and in 1812 
 capturing, in command of the boats of that ship, a 
 fort of 8 guns in Quiberon Bay, where he further 
 • Vide Gai. 1841, pp. 1503-1505. 
 
 destroyed several vessels that had taken shelter 
 under its walls, and defeated two bodies of militia, 
 armed with two field-pieces, one of which was 
 taken and thrown into the sea. On one occasion 
 also, in the month of Sept. 1811, he appears to have 
 been in chase of the boats at the capture of a 
 French merchant-sloop and five chasse-mare'es.* 
 Mr. Chrystie, who, in the Sceptre and Marlbo- 
 ROOGH, was afterwards actively employed in the 
 Chesapeake, accompanied, in 1814-15, as First of 
 the Alceste troop-ship, Capt. Dan. Lawrence, the 
 force sent against New Orleans. He has not been 
 officially employed smce Nov. of the latter year. 
 He married 31 Jan. 1837. 
 
 CHUBB. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 21; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 George James Chubb entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 
 1794, as Captain's Servant, on board the Charon 
 44, Capt. Geo. Countess, with whom he shared in 
 the victory of the 1st of June. He continued to 
 serve with the same officer, until towards the close 
 of the war, in the Pegasus 28, D^dalus 32, and 
 Ethalion 38 ; and in the latter ship was present, 
 on the coast of Ireland, at the capture, 12 Oct. 
 1798, of the French 40-gim frigate La Bellone, after 
 a sharp conflict, and a trifling loss to the British. 
 In the Djedalus he had been employed, as Mid- 
 shipman, on the coast of Africa and in the "West 
 Indies. From Sept. 1802 until Oct. 1805 we next 
 find Mr. Chubb doing duty on the Home station, in 
 the Amazon 38, Capt. Sam. Sutton, Loire 38, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Majestic 74, Capt. Lord 
 Amelius Beauclerk, flag-ship latterly of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Thos. Macnamara Russell. He was then ap- 
 pointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Boxer gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander Rich. "Wilbraham ; obtained a 
 full Lieutenancy in the Rattler 16, Capt. Jas. 
 John Chas. Agassiz, on the Newfoundland station, 
 15 Aug. 1806 ; and was afterwards appointed, 10 
 Feb. 1810 and 2 Dec. 1811, to the Tartar 32, 
 Capt. Joseph Baker, and, as First-Lieutenant, to 
 the Nymphen 36, Capts. John Hancock and Mat- 
 thew Smith, attached to the force in the Baltic and 
 North Sea. In the latter frigate he forced the 
 Hondt passage in March, 1814, and on that occasion 
 assisted in getting off the Antelope 50, which lay 
 aground under a torrent of shells from the batte- 
 ries of Flushing and Cadsand. Lieut. Chubb was 
 paid off 28 Aug. 1815, and, unable to reprocure em- 
 ployment, accepted his present rank 16 Jan. 1840. 
 
 CHURCH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 25.) 
 John Church was born 31 Oct. 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy 23 Oct. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellerophon 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Warren, flag-ship of Lord Gardner in the 
 Downs; and on subsequently removing with the 
 former officer, as Midshipman, to the President 38, 
 assisted at the reduction of the island of Java in 
 Aug. and Sept. 1811. From 1813 until the receipt 
 of his commission, 23 June, 1815, he further served 
 with Capt. Warren, in the Blenbelm 74, and with 
 Capt. Thos. Burton and Rear-Admiped Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming, in the Aquilon 32, and Eli- 
 zabeth 74, on the Mediterranean station, off Lisbon, 
 and at Gibraltar. His after-appointments were— 
 4 March, 1818, and 25 Feb. 1819, to the Ferret 
 and Helicon, each of 10 guns, commanded by 
 Capt. Wm. Robt. Ashley Pettman, on the Home 
 station— 28 Nov. 1823, to the Phaeton 38, Capt. 
 Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, whom he accompanied 
 to America and the Mediterranean— and, 21 June, 
 1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the Clio 18, Capts. 
 Robt. Aitchison and Robt. Deans, employed on the 
 coast of Scotland. In Nov. 1827, Mr. Church un- 
 fortunately suffered a severe injury in his sight, 
 which in a few months terminated in total blind- 
 ness. He was, m consequence, admitted to tlie 
 out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 6 Dec. 1833. 
 
 * ViSeGnz. 1811, p. 1883. 
 
CLACK-CLAPP-CLARE. 
 
 193 
 
 CHURCH. (Lieutenant, 1838. r-p., 20 ; n-p., 0.) 
 William Haihtbt Chorch entered the Navj', 
 24 March, 1827, as Midshipman, on board the 
 ViCTOB 18, Capt. Geo. 'Woollcoinbe, on the Irish 
 station, where he continued to be employed until 
 1831, in the Semikamis 42, Capts. Koljt. Rowley 
 and Maurice Fred. Fitzhardjnge Berlceley, and 
 Pike schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Gwyn Wig- 
 ley. From the latter date until 1838 he ne^t served 
 on board the .^tna surveying-vessel, commanded 
 successively by Capts. Edw, Belcher, Wm. Geo. 
 Skyring, Wm. Arlett, and Alex. Thos. Emeric 
 ■ Vidal ; and, during that period, was at first em- 
 ployed in the river Douro for the protection of 
 British interests during the Pedro and Miguel hos- 
 tilities ; also in examining, latterly as Assistant- 
 Surveyor, different parts of the Mediterranean and 
 of the coast of Africa, including the Canary Islands; 
 and was on shore at Cape Royo when Capt. Slcyring 
 was killed by the natives. He passed his examina^ 
 tion in Sept. 1833; obtained his commission 28 June, 
 1838 ; and, from that period until the end of 1846, 
 employed, under the Hydrographic Department of 
 the Admiralty, as Lieutenant and Assistant-Sur- 
 veyor, on board the SrLviA and Hind cutters, and 
 Tartarus steam-vessel, Capts. Wm. Lewis Shering- 
 ham and Jas. Wolfe. 
 
 Lieut. Church married, in 1839, Am)a Matilda, 
 daughter of T. Harvey, Esq^. 
 
 CLACK. (Lieutenant, 1808, f-p., 22 ; h-p., 27,) 
 Thomas Clack is brother of the late Wm. Clack, 
 Esq., R.N., who was killed in his first cruize ; and 
 grandson of Lieut.-Colonel Thos. Groves, K.M., 
 who died at the age of 91, having been in the full- 
 pay service of his country for 74 years, during 
 which period he had been in the battle of Bunker's 
 Hill, and had served on shore at the defence of 
 Gibraltar. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 28 June, 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Magnanime 44, Capts. Hon. 
 Michael De Courcy and Wm. Taylor ; assisted, in 
 Aug. and Oct. of the same year, at the capture of 
 La Decade, of 36 guns, off Cape Finisterre, and, as 
 Midshipman, at the defeat (vi'ith a loss to the Mag- 
 nanime of 7 men wounded) of Commodore Bom- 
 part's squadron, on the coast of Ireland ; and, on 
 his subsequent passage to the West Indies, served 
 at the reduction, in April, 1800, of the African 
 island of Goree. On his return to the latter station 
 from the North Sea, in the Hound 16, Capt. Keith 
 Maxwell, we find Mr. Clack holding the command, 
 from March to July, 1804, of a tender belonging to 
 the Diamond-Rock, Martinique, on the latter being 
 fitted out as a sloop-of-war ; subsequently to which 
 he had the honour, for six weeks, of also command- 
 ing, in Carlisle Bay, the Centaur's launch, on board 
 of which the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Sam. Hood, 
 had for the time shifted his flag. After a servitude 
 of 13 months in the Hippomenes 18, Capt. Edw. 
 Wolcombe, and Northumberland 74, Rear-Ad- 
 miral Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he was appointed, 
 in Jan. 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of the Kingfisher 
 18, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, and, next, Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Epervieb 16, Capts. John Impey 
 and Rich. Couch, part of the force under Sir John 
 Duckworth in the ensuing action off St. Domingo. 
 On the victory _being consummated Mr. Clack was 
 the first officer to board the prize ships-of-the-line 
 L^ Imperiale and Le Drnnede, which he did for the 
 purpose of reporting on the practicability of their 
 destruction. For his subsequent gallant capture, 
 in command of the Epervier's cutter, of a French 
 letter-of-marque schooner and re-capture of an 
 English merchant-brig, we find him appointed, 6 
 Feb. 1807, Acting-Lieutenant of the Gobee 24, 
 Capts. Wm. Standway Parkinson, Hon. M. De 
 Courcy, Joseph Spear, and John Simpson ; to which 
 vessel he appears to have been confirmed 16 June, 
 1808, in consequence of his behaviour, on 22 of the 
 previous April, at the Gobee's creditable defeat, 
 after an hour's cannonade, of the two French brigs 
 Pi/lades and Palineur, of 16 guns and 110 men each. 
 
 He was also present in the same sloop at the reduc- 
 tion of the islands of St. Thomas, Sta. Croix, and 
 Martinique ; and subsequently served, from 30 Oct. 
 1809, until Sept. 1816, nearly the whole time as 
 First-Lieutenant, on board the Furieuse 38, Capt. 
 John Simpson, Espi^gle 16, Capt. John Codd, 
 Rapid 14, Capt. Wm. Mather, Zealous 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Boys, and Bermuda 10, Capts. Wm. Wolrige 
 and John Pakenham, on the North American and 
 Home stations — and, from 18 May, 1837, until 1841, 
 aa^enior in the T^MfeEAiRE 104, and Ocean 80, 
 Capts. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Sir John Hill, 
 guard-ships at Sheemess. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Clack married Juliana, second daughter of 
 the late Geo. Giles, Esq. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 CLAPP. (Lieutenant, 1825, r-p., 21 ; h-p., 17.) 
 William Clapp, born 10 Aug. 1796, is eldest son 
 of the late J. Clapp, Esq., Solicitor, of Topsham, 
 CO. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Tisipbone 20, Capt. Wm- 
 Williams Foote, guard-ship at South Yarmouth ; 
 accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, in 
 Jan. 1810, into the Partridge 26 ; and, on his re- 
 turn from the West Indies in the following July, 
 joined the Rover 18, Capt. Justice Finley, with 
 whom he continued uninterruptedly to serve until 
 Aug. 1815. During that period he witnessed the 
 fall of St. Sebastian and of Santona, assisted at the 
 bombardment of Guteria and th^ destruction of 
 several batteries on the coast of Sp^in, was in nu- 
 merous skirmishes with the American enemy on 
 the Potomac, and took part in the unfortunate 
 attack upon Baltimore. Having passed his exami- 
 nation 4 Oct. 1815, and been intermediately em- 
 ployed on board the Tay 20, Capt. Sam. Roberts, 
 and Childers 18, Capt. Rich. Wales, in the former 
 of which ships he was wrecked, off the Alacranes, 
 in the Gulf of Mexico, 11 Nov. 1816, we find Mr. 
 Clapp, in Jan. 1819, appointed Admiralty-Mate of 
 the 'Trieune 36, Capts. Nesbit Josiah Willoughby 
 and Gardiner Henry Guion. With the exception 
 of a few months in 1823, during which he appears 
 to have been employed on board the Gloucester 
 guard-ship at Chathain, and Pioneer gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander Thos. Favell, fitting for the 
 West Indies, the subject of this sketch continued 
 to be employed in the Tribune, on the Irish, Ja- 
 maica, and Mediterranean stations, until trans- 
 ferred, in July, 1824, to the Superb 76, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Staines. After again visiting the West In- 
 dies, as also Bermuda and Lisbon, he was at length 
 officially promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by 
 commission dated 13 Dec. 1825. ]3e subsequently 
 held a command in the Coast Guard from 23 Jan. 
 1835 until the close of 1837 ; and since 4 Jan. 1845, 
 has been serving in the Ocean 80, Capt. Rich. 
 Arthur, guard-ship at Sheemess. 
 
 Lieut. Clapp married, 19 Feb. 1838, Mary, only 
 daughter of John Scobell Paige, Esq., of Rimpston 
 House, near Kingsbridge, Devon, by whom he haa 
 issue three children. 
 
 CLARE. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 14.) 
 Henry William Clare was bom 10 Sept. 1805. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 July, 1818, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caeeon 20, Capt. John 
 Furneaux, under whom he was wrecked, in the Bay 
 of Bengal, on the night of 5 July, 1820. After a 
 further servitude of four years in theMediterranean, 
 as Midshipman of the Martin 18, Capts. Christo- 
 pher Crackenthorp Askew and Henry Eden, he 
 proceeded, in 1826, as Mate of the Banger 28, Capt. 
 Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, to the South American 
 station ; where he obtained his commission 26 Feb. 
 1828, and afterwards joined — 2 Oct. 1829, the 
 Volage 28, Capt. Lord Colchester— next, as First- 
 Lieutenant, the Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow — 
 and, 23 Nov. 1832, the Wabspite 76, bearing the 
 
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 CLARK. 
 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Baker. Since the spring 
 of 1833 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married 8 Nov. 1837, and has issue three 
 children. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 CLARK. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 James Charles Clark entered the Navy in 
 1828 ; passed his examination 2 May, 1839 ; served 
 for several years in the East Indies on board the 
 Pelican 16, Capts. Chas. Geo. Elers Napier and 
 Philip Justice ; and after a further employmenffof 
 some months in the Rattler steam-sloop, Capt. 
 Henry Smith, was promoted to the rank he now 
 holds 6 Dec. 1845. He then officiated for a short 
 time as Additional-Lieutenant of the Vebnon 50, 
 bearing the flag on the south-east coast of America 
 of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield, and is at 
 present on half-pay. 
 
 CLARK. (Lieutenant, 1819. f-p., 35 ; h-p„ 5.) 
 Joseph Clark, born in 1790, has lost five bro- 
 thers in the naval service of their country, of whom 
 one was wounded, as First-Lieutenant of the Dic- 
 tator 64, at the reduction of the French West- 
 India Islands in 1794, another served in Sir Robt. 
 Calder's action, and a third in Sir Rich. Strachan's. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1807, as 
 A.B., on board the Sheldrake sloop, Capt. John 
 Thicknesse, stationed in the Channel, where he 
 soon afterwards attained the rating of Midshipman, 
 and then of Master's Mate. On removing, in July, 
 1808, to the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, we find 
 Mr. Clark employed for two years in perpetual 
 boat attacks on the enemy's forts and vessels along 
 the coast of Spain ; after which he served, until 
 May, 1816, on board the Hannibal 74, flag-ship in 
 the Baltic of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, 
 Christian VII. 80, Capt. Ball, oS Flushing, Bul- 
 wark 74, Rear-Admiral Durham, in the Channel, 
 Iphigenia and Resistance frigates, both com- 
 manded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Fleetwood 
 Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Bahrosa 36, Capts. 
 Wm. Henry Shirreff and Wm. M'Culloch, in the 
 East Indies, and Venerable 74, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Durham in the West Indies. 
 While in the Resistance he witnessed, 5 Oct. 1813, 
 an attack on the batteries of Port d'Anzo, and the 
 capture of a convoy of 29 vessels anchored for pro- 
 tection under the walls ; and he was present, in the 
 Venerable, at the reduction, in 1815, of Marti- 
 nique and Guadeloupe. From June, 1816, until 
 Sept. 1818, Mr. Clark, as Admiraltj'-Midshipman, 
 was further employed, on the Mediterranean, Hali- 
 fax, and Home stations, in the Leander 50, Capt. 
 Edw. Chetham (under whom he was wounded in 
 the left arm at the battle of Algiers), Pactolus 38, 
 Capt. Wm. Hugh Debbie, Florida 24, Capt. Chas. 
 Sibthorp John Hawbayne, and Vengedb 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Alexander. He then joined the Coast Block- 
 ade, and, obtaining his commission 16 Aug. 1819, . 
 continued in the same service, with his name suc- 
 cessively on the books of the Severn, Ramillies, 
 and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, until 1829. For his exertions during 
 that period in saving the crew^ and cargoes of 10 
 different vessels, of from 600 to 700 tons each, he 
 Tfras presented by the Committee at Lloyd's with a 
 sword, a brace of pistols, and a gold medal; as 
 likewise with a gold medal from the King of the 
 Netherlands, for preserving the lives of six of his 
 Majesty's subjects, wrecked near Beachy Head. 
 With the exception of four years (from 1837 until 
 Sept. 1841), Lieut. Clark has been in the Coast 
 Guard since 2 Aug. 1830. 
 
 He married, in 1818, Louisa, youngest daughter 
 of Capt. Geo. Rice, B.N. (who died from the wounds 
 he had received, as First of the Valiant, on the 1st 
 of June, 1794), grand-daughter of Capt. Geo. Bur- 
 don, R.N., who, when commanding the Drake 
 sloop, fell in action with the notorious Paul Jones, 
 25 April, 1778, and niece of the late Admiral Bur- 
 don. By that lady he has issue two children. 
 
 CLARK. (Eetiked Commander, 1837. p-p., 17; 
 H-P., 36.) 
 
 John Clark was born 6 Aug. 1777. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1794 (from 
 Christ's Hospital), as Ordinary, on board the Russel 
 74, Capts. John Willet Payne and Thos. Larcom, in- 
 which ship he shared, as Midshipman, in Lord 
 Bridport's action, 23 June, 1795. Until July, 1801, 
 he next served on board L'Impetoedx 78, Capts. J. 
 W. Payne and Sampson Edwards, and Indefati- 
 gable 46, Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon and Matthew 
 Henry Scott ; and while in the latter ship, besides 
 attending the Ferrol expedition, assisted at the 
 capture, 22 Oct. 1800, of La Venus French frigate, 
 of 52 guns, as also, on other occasions, of two heavy 
 privateers, in both of which he was sent home as 
 Prize-Master. Towards the close of 1801 he joined 
 the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, and, on subset 
 quently proceeding to the West Indies, boarded 
 and carried, with the boats of that ship, a French 
 national-cutter and 13 merchant-vessels, lying in 
 Port Jeremie, St. Domingo. On removing, in Dec. 
 
 1803, to the Hebcule 74, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth, we. find Mr. Clark, early in 
 
 1804, serving throughout the whole of the land ope- 
 rations in the unfortunate attack upon Cura9oa ; 
 after which he was in succession appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the DuQUESNE 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, 
 and Hound 16, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham, and 
 was confirmed, 6 April, 1805, into the Thunderer 
 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere and John Talbot. During 
 an attachment of three years and a half to the 
 latter ship, he took part, among other stirring 
 scenes, in Sir Robt. Calder's action and in the 
 battle of Trafalgar ; commanded a party of seamen 
 and marines at the siege of Gaeta ; was with Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth at the passage of the Dar- 
 danells ; and served most responsibly in the expe- 
 dition against Egypt. On 26 Aug. 1809, Lieut. 
 Clark assumed command of No. 73 gun-boat, and, 
 simultaneously, of a division of the flotilla stationed 
 near Fort Lillo, for the purpose of co-operating in 
 the attack upon Walcheren, where he appears on 
 many occasions to have been warmly engaged. 
 He afterwards served, from Jan. 1810 to July, 1812, 
 on board the Adamant 50, bearing the flag at 
 Leith of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway ; and, 
 lacking ability to procure further employment, ac- 
 cepted his present rank 23 Oct. 1837. 
 
 Commander Clark is married. 
 
 CLARK. (Ketired CoMMANDEE, 1823. F-p., 24; 
 H-p., 45.) 
 
 Richard Clark (a) died 5 Feb. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1776, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Albion 74, Capt. John 
 Carter Allen ; and, continuing to serve with the 
 same officer, in the Egmont and Gibraltar 74's, 
 until Oct. 1780, was present, in the Egmont, in 
 Keppel's action with the Comte d'Orvilliers, 27 July, 
 1778. He then joined the Crescent 28, Capt. Hon. 
 Thos. Pakenham, which ship, in May, 1781, was 
 captured by the French frigates Fripmne and La 
 GMre, having previously, however, struck her 
 colours, after a gallant defence, and a loss of 26 
 men killed and 67 wounded, to the Dutch ship 
 Bnll, of 36 guns. On regaining his liberty, Mr. 
 Clark, in Aug. following, rejoined Capt. Pakenham 
 m the Minerva 38; from which vessel he next re- 
 moved to the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Howe, whom he accompanied to the relief of Gib- 
 raltar in Oct. 1782. We subsequently find him 
 serving as Acting-Lieutenant of the Europa 50, 
 flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Jas. Gambler on the West 
 India station ; for two years, as Commander of the 
 Squirrel Revenue-cutter, at the portof Looe; and, 
 next, on board the Impregnable 98, and Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton 
 and Lord Howe. On 16 Aug. 1790, he again re- 
 ceived an acting-order as Lieutenant, in the Hussar 
 28, Capt. Ehab Harvey ; and, on 2 Nov. in the same 
 year, he was confirmed in the Bombay Castle 74, 
 Capt. John Thos. Duckworth. After a further 
 
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 195 
 
 servitude of some months under Capt. Harvey in 
 the Samta Mabguketta 38, Lieut. Clark assumed 
 command, 26 July, 1794, of the Black Joke hired 
 lugger, and, shortly afterwards, of the Akgus, ano- 
 ther lugger, in which he served with Lord Bridport 
 in the action of 23 July, 1795. On 26 Dec. 1799, he 
 was invested, from the Neptcne 98, Capt. Jas. 
 Vashon, with the charge of the Alert lugger, and 
 remained in that vessel until Oct. 1801. From 14 
 July, 1803, until 1808 (excepting from May, 1805, to 
 Sept. 1806, when he commanded a Signal station at 
 St. Catharine's, in the Isle of Wight), Lieut. Clark 
 was, lastly, employed in the Sea I'eneibles, at Brix- 
 ham and Dartmouth. He attained the rank of 
 Retired Commander 13 May, 1823. 
 
 CLARK. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Robert Ward Clark passed his examination 
 25 July, 1836 ; served for some time, as Mate, on 
 board the Britannia 120, flag-ship in the Mediter- 
 ranean of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, Caledo- 
 nia 120, successive flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir 
 Graham Moore and Sir David Milne, and Fisgard 
 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, in South America ; 
 and, on 12 Sept. 1844, was advanced to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. He was next employed, from 12 Sept. 
 1844 until the close of 1845, in the D^dalus 20, 
 Capt. Peter M'Quhae, on the East India station ; 
 and, since 24 Oct. 1846, has been serving in the 
 AiBpiuoN steam-frigate, Capt. Woodford John Wil- 
 liams. 
 
 CLARK. (Commandek, 1840. f-p.,21; h-p.,16.) 
 William Clark, born 23 Nov. 1796, at Torwood- 
 lee, CO. Selkirk, is son of the late Capt. Wm. Clark, 
 R.N., who commanded the Victorious 74, at the 
 xeduction of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795, and 
 was wounded in the course of a long and desperate 
 conflict, fought 9 Sept. 1796, between that ship and 
 the AiiROGANT, another 74, on the one side, and 6 
 heavy French frigates, under Admiral Sercey, on 
 the other. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1810, as 
 L.M., on board the Eoehia 20, Capt. Lewis Hole, 
 but, removing soon afterwards to the Orion 74, 
 Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, served until 
 Jan. 1814, the greater part of the time as MidshiiJ- 
 man, on the Baltic station, where he appears to 
 have been arduously engaged, frequently in the 
 boats, in protecting the trade passing through the 
 Great Belt. He next, for a brief period, joined the 
 Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caul- 
 feild, and then, proceeding to North America in 
 the Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, served in 
 various operations up the Penobscot, and was pre- 
 sent at the blockade of Boston, as also of the river 
 Delaware, where, on one occasion, he materially 
 assisted, with the boats, in saving the Spencer, 
 when that ship had taken the ground. Between 
 Aug. 1815 and the date of his promotion, which did 
 not occur until 4 Feb. 1821, five years after he had 
 passed his examination, Mr. Clark further joined, 
 in succession, on the Home station, the Roohfort 
 80, Capt. Sir A. C. Dickson, Ramillies 74, Rear- 
 Admiral Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope, Severn, Coast 
 Blockade depot, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Bulwark 
 74, Rear-Admiral Sir John Gore, Menai 20, Capt. 
 Fairfax Moresby, and Albion 74, Capt. R. Raggett, 
 in whose tender, the Quail cutter, he was for some 
 time employed in the suppression of smuggling. 
 His subsequent appointments were — for a few 
 months in 1821, to the Salisbuky 50, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Chas. Fahie in the Lee- 
 ward Islands— 10 June, 1825, to the Romney troop- 
 ship, Capt. Nich. Lookyer, variously employed in 
 passages to Quebec, the Tagus, the Mediterranean, 
 and Sierra Leone— 20 July, 183.5, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dil- 
 lon, stationed off the north coast of Spain and in 
 the Mediterranean— and, 10 Aug. 1839, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wil- 
 mott Henderson. Participating in the subsequent 
 operations on the coast of Syria, Lieut. Clark, on 2 
 
 Oct. 1840, commanded the Edinburgh's boats, un- 
 der the present Capt. Henry John Worth, and took 
 up an excellent position for covering the landing 
 party in an attack on the castle of Beyrout and 
 destruction of a train which had been laid to the 
 magazine ;* and he again, on 5 of the same month, 
 similarly accompanied Commander Fras. Decimus 
 Hastings in a renewed and very successful attempt 
 to remove the powder there deposited. After shar- 
 ing in the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he 
 was advanced to his present rank, by commission 
 dated 4 Nov. 1840 ; and, on 15 Dec. following, was 
 appointed Second Captain of the same ship, the 
 Edinburgh, in which he remained until paid off on 
 his return to England, 14 Aug. 1841. He has been 
 employed, since 26 Jan. 1846, as Second Captain of 
 the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Channel 
 station. 
 
 While on board the Bulwark, in 1819, Commander 
 Clark received a fissure in the skull, and a contusion 
 in the hip and ankle joints, from the stroke of a 
 capstan-bar. He married, 17 Feb. 1829, Janet 
 Alston, second daughter of Major Jas. Alston 
 Stewart, of Everard, co. Perth, by whom he has 
 issue, with one daughter, four sons, of whom the 
 eldest, William, is a Midshipman, R.N. 
 
 CLARK. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 32 ; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 William John Stephen Clark entered the 
 Navy, 19 Aug. 1790, as A.B., on board the Defi- 
 ance 74, Capt. Geo. Murray, and, in Nov. follow- 
 ing, removed, as Midshipman, to the Winchelsea, 
 Capt. Fisher, employed in the Channel. After an 
 interval of two years, he joined, 22 Aug. 1793, the 
 Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. Carpenter, on his 
 subsequent transference from which ship to L'Es- 
 PION 18, Capt. Wm. Hugh Kittoe, he was taken by 
 three French frigates, 22 July, 1794. From Nov. 
 1795, the date of his release from captivity, until the 
 receipt of his commission, 24 April, 1802, Mr. Clark 
 subsequently served, on the Home and Mediterra- 
 nean stations, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on 
 board the Fame 74, Capt. Thos. Taylor, Virginie 
 44, Capt. Anth. Hunt, Beaulieu 38, Capt. Fras. 
 Fayerman, and Queen Charlotte 100, and Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins 
 Wliitshed and Cuthbert Collingwood. While in the 
 ViBGiNiE he was invested, 9 Nov. 1797, as prize- 
 master, with the command of the Indian Chief, 
 a captured American East Indiaman. His appoint- 
 ments, subsequent to his promotion, appear to have 
 been— 9 April, 1804, to the. Cyclops, Capts. John 
 Fyffe, Fras. Douglas, and Gilbert Heathcote, sta- 
 tioned off Lymington — 13 April, 1805, to the 
 I'uissAsT 74, Capts. John Irwin and John Hall, 
 lying at Spithead — 27 Jan. 1809, to be agent for 
 transports afloat, in which capacity he attended the 
 expedition to Flushing — 9 Oct. 1812, again to the 
 Puissant, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page— and, 22 Sept. 
 1813, once more to the transport service, an event 
 which occasioned his visiting Bermuda and the 
 Chesapeake, whence he returned in Aug. 1815. He 
 was next employed in the Coast Guard from 7 June, 
 1821, until 1833 ; and, on 25 Jan. 1834, accepted the 
 rank he now holds. 
 
 CLARKE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Charles GrifJin CijArke entered the Navy 2 
 Nov. 1808 ; passed his examination in 1816 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 23 Dec. 1826 ; joined the 
 Coast Guard 12 Jan. 1835 ; removed, 18 Oct. 1841, 
 to the Nimble Bevenue-cruizer ; went back to the 
 Coast Guard 11 Aug. 1843 ; and, since 17 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, has again been in command of a Revenue- 
 vessel, the Stag, in which he has, on one or two 
 occasions, distinguished himself. 
 
 CLARICE. (Lieutenant, 1841,) 
 
 Edward Francis Clarke entered the Navy 30 
 Dec. 1828 ; passed his examination 20 March, 1835 ; 
 ■obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from 
 
 • ride Gaz. 1840, p. 2e09. 
 
 2C2 
 
196 
 
 CLARKE. 
 
 1 Dec. in that year, until 1845, served, on the Me- 
 diterranean station, in the Fobmidable 84, Capts. 
 Sir Chas. StiUivan, Bt., and Geo. Fred. Kich, flag- 
 ship latterly of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He is 
 now on half-pay. 
 
 CLARKE. (Lieut., 1841. f-p,; 16 ; h-p., 3.) 
 
 Edwabd John Bellenden Clakke was born 26 
 Oct. 1813. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1828, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Kamillies 74, Capt. 
 Hugh Pigot, lying in the Downs, and afterwards 
 served, until he invalided, in June, 1835, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Nimkod 20, Capt. Sam. Radford, 
 and Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Cope- 
 land, on the Irish and Mediterranean stations. While 
 with the latter officer, he assisted, 20 March, 1833, 
 at the capture of some notorious pirates near, the 
 island of Thasos. In June, 1836, having passed his 
 examination 18 months previously, he returned to the 
 Mediterranean as Mate of the Magpie surveying- 
 vessel, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Saumarez Brock. 
 He was invested, in April, 1839, with the command 
 of the WooDLABK tender, for the purpose of sur- 
 veying the Orkneys ; attained his present rank 26 
 Aug. 1841 ; and was afterwards appointed, 2 Sept. 
 1841, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, in China 
 — 21 Aug. 1843, to the Camperdown 104, flag-ship 
 of Sir Edw. Brace at the Nore— 28 Dec. 1843, to 
 the Hecate steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Paterson Bower, 
 on the coast of Ireland — 4 April, 1845, to the Veso- 
 vius, another steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Douglas 
 O'Callaghan, employed on the North America and 
 "West India station — and, 3 July, 1845, to the Apollo 
 troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Radcliffe. 
 
 Lieut. Clarke married in 1840. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 
 CLAEKE. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 George Henby Clarke, born 20 May, 1816, is 
 youngest son of the late Rich. Clarke, Esq., of Wel- 
 ton Place, co. NorthaMpton, an officer in the 3rd 
 Dragoon Guards, by Philippa, daughter and heir of 
 the Rev. Geo. Tymhis, M.A., Rector of Harpole, 
 and Vicar of Dallington. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 27 June, 1828; 
 passed his examination 3 June, 1835 ; served in 
 North America and the West Indies, as Mate of the 
 Hydra steam-vessel, Capt. Alex. Murray ; attained 
 the rank he now holds 26 Jan. 1843 ; joined, 15 May 
 following, the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir. Thos. Hastings ; and, since 11 
 Oct. 1843, has been employed in the Stkomboli 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Thos. Fisher, on particular ser- 
 vice. 
 
 CLARKE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Henry Clarke entered the Navy 16 May, 1832 ; 
 passed his examination 14 Jan. 1837 ; was for some 
 time employed in North America and the West In- 
 dies, as Mate of the Crocodile 26, Capt. Alex. 
 Milne ; and, for his services in the Yang-tse-Kiang 
 river, as Mate of the North Stab 26, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Everard Home, and on shore at the capture of 
 the batteries of Woosung, was promoted, 23 Dec. 
 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant.* He has been 
 serving, since 18 March, 1843, on board the Hazard 
 18, Capts. Chas. Bell and Fras. Philip Egerton, on 
 the East India station. 
 
 CLARKE. (Ret. Capt., 1840: f-p., 16 ; h-p., 40.) 
 Hyde John Clarke entered the Navy, 29 June, 
 1791, as Captain's Seirvant, on bbatd the Bedford 
 74, Capt. Sii? Andw. Sntipe Hainond, lying at Ports- 
 mouth ; removed, as Midshipinan, with the same 
 officer, in March, 1793, to the l)uKl3 90, bearing the 
 broad pendant, afterwards, of Coinlnodore Murray, 
 in the West Indies ; and next served, until the close 
 of 1798, off Newfoundland and in the North Sea, on 
 board the Amphion 32, and Nassau 64, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Robt. Plampin, Termagant 18, 
 Capt. David Lloyd, and Inspector 16, Capt. Chns". 
 
 * Fide Gaz. IR42, pp. 3400, .1881. 
 
 Lock, of which latter vessel he was created a Lieute- 
 nant 27 Sept. 1797. Until he invalided m Aug. 1807, 
 his further appointments were, as First-Lieutenant 
 —31 Dec. 1798, and 19 July, 1801, to the LowESTOrr 
 82, and N ebeide 36, Capts. Robt. Plampin and Robt. 
 Mends, on the Jamaica station— 17 July, 1803, to 
 the Ganges 74, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, em- 
 ployed oifFrance and Ferrol— and, 12 Dec. 1804, and 
 17 Aug. 1805, to the Antelope 50, and PowEErot 
 74, both commanded by Capt. R. Plampin in the 
 North Sea and East Indies. On the latter station 
 Mr. Clarke assisted at the capture, 13 June and 9 
 July, 1806, of the privateers La Henriette, of 20 
 guns and 124 men, and, after a running fight of 
 nearly two hours, and some loss, La Belkme, of 30 
 guns and 194 men. He subsequently joined, 23 
 Aug. 1810, also as Senior, the Temeraibe 98, Rear- 
 Admiral T. F. Fremantle, fitting for the Mediter- 
 ranean, but, prior to sailing, was promoted, 21 Oct. 
 following, to the rank of Commander. Capt. Clarke, 
 who has been ever since on half-pay, accepted a 
 retired Captaincy 10 Sept. 1840. Agents— Pellet 
 and Newton. 
 
 CLARKE. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 17; h-p., 19.) 
 
 Job Bennet Clabke entered the Navy, in M.iy, 
 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gobee 18, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, on the North American 
 station, where, removing soon afterwards, as Mid- 
 shipman, to the Emulods 18, Capt. Wm. Howe 
 Muloaster, he assisted, 30 July, 1812, at the capture 
 of the Gossamer United States privateer, of 14 guns 
 and 100 men, and was wrecked, on Sable Island, 3 
 Aug. following. He next joined the .35olus 32, 
 Capt. Lord. Jas. Townshend, from which frigate he 
 appears to have been transferred to the Lauresti- 
 Nus 24, Capt. Thos. Graham, in time to be again 
 wrecked, on the Silver Keys, Bahama Islands, 22 
 Oct. 1813. After an additional servitude in the 
 Barbosa 36, Capt. Wm. Henry ShirreflT, and Flo- 
 eida 20, Capt. N athaniel Mitchell, on the America 
 and West India station, Mr. Clarke, in 1815, sailed 
 for the East Indies on board the Orlando 36, Capt. 
 John Clavell, and, on his return to England in 1818, 
 entered the Coast Blockade service, as Midshipman 
 of the Severn, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch. On 30 June, 
 1820, we find him, as Acting-Lieutenant, assuming 
 an appointment, under the Hon. Capt. Byng, on 
 Lake Champlain, of which — being officially pro- 
 moted 26 Dec. 1822 — he retained possession until 
 1826. He returned to Canada early in 1839, as 
 Lieutenant of the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams 
 Sandotn, but came home in 1840, and, on 5 April, 
 1342, obtained a command in the Coast Guard. 
 Since the spring of 1843, Lieut. Clarke has again 
 been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CLARKE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 5.) 
 
 Thomas Jordaine Clarke, born 25 Nov. 1813, 
 is son of the late Wm. Stanley Clarke, Esq. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College at 
 Portsmouth in Feb. 1827 ; and embarked, 18 Dec. 
 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Madagascar 76, 
 Capts. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer and Edm. Lyons, 
 on the Mediterranean station, where he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman 18 Doc. 1829, and continued 
 to serve, until 1834, on board the Ganges 84, Capt. 
 Geo. Burdett, Feeret 10, Capt. Hon. Edw. Thorn- 
 ton Wodehouse, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of 
 Sir Henry Hotham, — by whom hie appears to have 
 been lent, for some months in 1832-3, to his old 
 ship the Madagascar. Having passed his exami- 
 nation 11 Feb. 1883, he was pronioted, from the 
 NiMROD 20, Capt. John M'Dougiill, to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Action 26, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell, 
 on the South American station, 12 Nov. 1834 ; after 
 which he joined, 12 Oct. 1835, the Dublin 50, 
 flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Graham Edfen HH- 
 mond, and, 14 Nov. 1837, the Melville 74, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant at the Cape of Hope to the Hon. Ged. 
 Elliot. Being advanced to the command, 3 June, 
 18-40, of the Columbine sloop, Capt. Clarke bore 
 an able and conspicuous part, until Oct. 1841, in the 
 
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 197 
 
 various operations of the Chinese campaign, in- 
 cluding the capture of Chuenpee and Tycocktow, 
 the tir&t and second reduction of Canton, the taking 
 of Amoy and Chinghae, and the re-occupation of 
 Chusan.* Since the last-mentioned date — having 
 been advanced to the rank he now holds on 8 of the 
 previous June — he has been unemployed. Agest 
 — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 CLARKE. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p. 
 15; H-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Pickering Clarke entered the Navy, 
 22 April, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Immor- 
 LAiiiTB 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, in "which 
 frigate, while cruizing off Bordeaux, he witnessed 
 the capture, 26 Oct. following, of Le Diable a Quatre 
 privateer, of 16 guns and 150 men. From 16 Oct. 
 1801, until March, 1813, he next served, under Capt. 
 Edw. "W. C. R. Owen, as Midshipman, Master's 
 Mate, and Lieutenant (commission dated 28 April, 
 1807), in the Nemesis 28, Immortalite 36, Clyde 
 38, and Imcosstant 36; and, during that period, 
 shared in the bombardment of Dieppe, St. Valery 
 en Caux, and Boulogne, was present in several 
 smart skirmishes with the French flotilla, and at- 
 tended, in the Clyde, the expedition to Flushing 
 in Aug. 1809. On leaving the Incokstakt, Mr. 
 Clarke joined the Mariner armed ship, Capt. Kobt. 
 Russell, employed on rocket service in North Ame- 
 rica, whence he returned home in 1813 on board 
 the Shannon 88, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke. 
 After serving for a short time in the Monmouth 
 64, bearing the flag in the Downs of Vice- Admiral 
 Thos. Foley, he became attached to the Superb 74, 
 flag-ship on the coasts of America and France of 
 the Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. Commander Clarke, 
 who has been on half-pay since 7 Sept. 1815, as- 
 sumed his present rank 17 Jan. 1843. 
 
 CLARKE. (Commander, 1826. p-p., 23 ; H-p., 28.) 
 "William Nehemiah Clarke was born in July, 
 1783 or 4. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, early in 1796, on 
 board the R^vclutionnaire 38, Capts. Fras. Cole 
 and Thos. Twysden ; and, among other captures, 
 assisted in taking, on 13 April in that year, after a 
 running fight, the French 36-gun frigate L' Unite. 
 He afterwards, in the same ship, attacked a convoy 
 protected by a strong line of batteries within the 
 Penmacks, accompanied the expedition to Quibe- 
 ron, and contributed to the capture of a national 
 brig of 16 guns, and of 3 privateers, carrying, in 
 the whole, 60 guns and 543 men. On subsequently 
 proceeding to Sierra Leone, towards the close of 
 1801, in the "Wasp 18, Capt. Chas. BuUen, he was 
 for several weeks most arduously employed on shore 
 in protecting the colony against a powerful com- 
 bination of the native chiefs ; after which he pro- 
 ceeded to the "West Indies, and, on his return home, 
 joined, in succession, the Expedition tender, Lieut.- 
 Commander Felix Richardson", Dragon 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Griffith, part of Sir Robt. Calder's fleet in 
 his action of 22 July, 1805, and, as Sub-Lieutenant, 
 the Turbulent gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos. 
 Spearing Osmer. Being appointed, 19 Sept. 1806, 
 full Lieutenant of the Sabhina 18, Capt. Edw. 
 Kittoe, he commanded the boats of that vessel, 
 with those of a squadron, in "an attack on a Spanish 
 flotilla ; and, in conjunction with the boats of La 
 CnrFFONNE, cut out, on a subsequent occasion, a 
 brig and a schooner from under a battery of 4 guns 
 on the south coast of Spain. "While next serving, 
 from May, 1809, to Aug. 1814, on board the Red- 
 wing 18, Capts. Edw. Augustus Down and Sir John 
 Gordon Sinclair, Mr. Clarke was twice employed, 
 \on 30 March and 2 May, 1813, in demolishing the 
 lieavy batteries at Moqean, between Toulon and 
 Marseilles ; and, in Aug. following, he participated 
 in a very gallant attack on the batteries of Cassis, 
 and capture of a large convoy in the mole of that 
 place. He was afterwards appointed, as First-Lieu- 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1S41, pp. 1162, lir^, 1503, 1504, 1505, 2500, 
 and Gaz. 18-12, pp. ISj SOS, 308. 
 
 tenant — for a few months in 1815, to the Larne 20, 
 Capts. Sir J. G. Sinclair and Abraham Lowe, on 
 the Home station — 21 Feb. 1823, to the Egeria 24, 
 Capt. Sam. Roberts, which vessel took out Com- 
 missioner "Ward to Mexico, and thence brought 
 home Commissioner Morier — and, in 1824, to the 
 command of the Sir Francis Drake. He acquired 
 his present rank 28 Dec. 1826, but has not since 
 been afloat. 
 
 Commander Clarke married, -18 Aug. 1818, Lydia, 
 eldest daughter of the late Thos. Delandre, Esq., 
 Clerk of the Peace for co. "Waterford. Agent— Fre- 
 derick Dufaur. 
 
 CLAVELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Clavell died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 28 May, 1830; 
 passed his examination 7 Sept. 1836 ; and, on 28 
 July, 1841, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 while serving in the "Winchester 50, flag-ship in 
 North America and the "West Indies of Sir Thos. 
 Harvey. His after-appointments were — 27 Aug. 
 1841, to the Racer 16, Capt. Thos. Harvey, on the 
 latter station — and, 5 June, 1843, to the Modeste 
 18, Capt. Thos. Baillie, with whom he was employed 
 in the Pacific until the close of 1845. Agent — Jo- 
 seph "Woodhead. 
 
 CLAVELL. (Captain., 1808. r-p., 33 j h-p., 32.) 
 John Clavell died 11 March, 1846, aged 70. 
 This officer entered the Kavy, 24 .lune, 1781, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Centurion 50, on 
 the books of which ship, and of the "Warwick, he was 
 borne until Feb. 1783. He embarked, 11 Nov. 1792, 
 as A.B., on board the Duke 90, Capt. John Knight; 
 and while next employed, from Jan. 1793, to March, 
 1797, in the Victory 100, flag-ship, in succession, of 
 Admirals Lord Hood, Robt. Mann, Robt. Linzee, 
 and Sir John Jervis, served, as Midshipman, at the 
 occupation of Toulon, on shore at the reduction of 
 Bastia and Calvi, in Hotham's action of 13 July, 
 1795, and in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 
 Feb. 1797. He also, on one occasion, when in the 
 Vicrory's jolly-boat, with only 6 men, effected the 
 capture of two transports laden with powder. On 
 21 April, 1797, Mr. Clavell removed from the Ville 
 DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord St. Vincent, to an 
 Acting-Lieutenancy in the Excellent 74, Capt." 
 Cuthbert Collingwood. Subsequently to his official 
 promotion, which took place on 6 July in the same 
 year, he joined, on the Home station, 27 Aug. 1798, 
 and 8 Oct. 1800, the Marlborough 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Sotheby, and ISABrLEUR 98, Capts. Stevens and 
 Irwin — and, between 31 May, 1803, and the autumn 
 of 1805, as First-Lieutenant, the Venerable, Co- 
 lossus, and CuLLODEN 74's, Prince 98, Venerable 
 again, and Dreadnought 98, all flag-ships of Vice- 
 Admiral Collingwood. Removing with the latter 
 officer, on the date last mentioned, to the Royal 
 Sovereign 100, he shared, and was wounded, in the 
 battle of Trafalgar, and, for his conduct on that 
 day, was promoted, by commission dated 22 Oct. 
 1805, to the command of the "Weasel sloop of 18 
 guns.* "We subsequently find him capturing and 
 driving on shore six transport-vessels, intercepting a 
 trabaccolo with despatches, and performing a variety 
 of effective services in the Adriatic. The 4th of Feb. 
 1808, was marked by Capt. Clavell's promotion to 
 Post-rank in the Glatton 50, lying at Palermo ; 
 soon after which he invalided home. His next ap- 
 pointments were, in the course of 1811, to the 
 Royal George 100, Laurestinus 24, and Orlando 
 36— which latter vessel he appears (part of the time 
 as Flag-Captain to Sir Rich. King) to have com- 
 manded, off the "Western Islands, in the Mediter- 
 ranean, America, and Chiiia, and in roost parts of 
 India, until Feb. 1819, when he returned to England 
 in the Malabar 74. He was afterVardS einployed 
 —from 1825 to 1827j as Captain of the Ordinary at 
 Portsmouth— from 4 July, 1835, until April, 1837, 
 as Superintendent of the Packet Establishment at 
 Falmouth, with his pendant on board the AsTR-as.i 
 
 * I'ide Qaz. 1806, pp. 1111, 1484. 
 
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 CL A VELL— CLAXTON-CLA Y- CLAYTON. 
 
 6— and, from the latter date untU 1841, as Captain- 
 Superintendent (In the BKnNE-22, and Poictieks 
 74) of Chatham Dockyard. He was appointed to 
 Greenwich Hospital 22 Aug. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Clavell, who died Senior Captain of the 
 Navy, and had received a pecuniary reward from 
 the Patriotic Fund, was father-in-law of the late 
 Lieut. Wm. Simpson Blount, K.N. (1824) ; and had 
 also a daughter who married a son of Vice-Admiral 
 Henry Garrett. His son, John, is a Commander, 
 K.N. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 CLAVELL. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 John Claveli, is son of the late Capt. John 
 Clavell, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1831 ; oh- 
 tained his first commission 28 June, 1838 ; and was 
 afterwards appointed — 4 Aug. in the same year, to 
 the KoSE 18, Capt. Peter Christie, whom he accom- 
 panied to South America — 20 May, 1841, to the 
 Dublin 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral 
 Rich. Thomas, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific 
 —and, 24 Feb. 1843, to the acting-command of the 
 Champion 18, which sloop he brought home and 
 paid off towards the close of 1844. He was then 
 officially promoted to his present rank by commis- 
 sion dated back to 4 Feb. 1843 ; and, since 20 Feb. 
 1846, has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 has issue seven children, 
 manney. 
 
 Agents— Messrs. Om- 
 
 CLAXTON. (CoMMANDEK, 1842. F-p„14;n-p., 
 29.) 
 
 Chbistophee Claxton entered the Navy, 28 
 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melampus 
 36, Capt. Stephen Poyntz, and, continuing in that 
 frigate until the close of 1806, assisted at the cap- 
 ture of two armed brigs, four luggers, and a Spanish 
 privateer, the Hydra, of 28 guns and 192 men, as 
 also at the destruction, ofi"Cape Henry, oi L^Impe- 
 tueux, a French 74. He then joined the Cambrian 
 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, and, next, the 
 Leopakd 50, Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, 
 on the North American station, where he beheld 
 the surrender to that ship, on 22 March, 1807, of 
 the United States frigate Chesapeake. After a fur- 
 ther servitude of a few months in the Triumph 74, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Mr. Claxton, in 
 May, 1809, joined Vice-Admiral Berkeley, off Lisbon, 
 in the Barpleur 98, of which ship he was created a 
 Lieutenant 9 Dec. 1810. During the latter year 
 he appears to have been much employed on de- 
 tached service in the TagUs, where he rendered 
 appreciated co-operation to the troops occupying 
 the lines of Torres Vedras, and had command of 
 the gun-boats attached to the army. On the re- 
 treat of the French from Santarem he crossed the 
 river, and communicated the intelligence to Lord 
 "WeUingtoU ; after which be seized, on his return, 
 three rough-built pontoons, two rafts, and 12 .or 14 
 heavy cannon, the relics of the enemy.* While be- 
 longing next, from Oct. 1812, to March, 1815, to 
 the KamilIjies 74, Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy, Lieut. 
 Claxton distinguished himself in command of the 
 small-arm men at the attack upon Baltimore in 
 Sept. 1814 ; and was likewise present at the capture 
 of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, and the bom- 
 bardment of Stonington. He returned home on 
 board the Nymphe 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot, in Aug. 
 1815 i atid Afterwards commanded, on the Yar- 
 mouth station, frofa May, 1816, until 24 May, 1819, 
 the Tartar Revenue-cutter, the first vessel of the 
 kind given: to a naval officer. He has not since 
 been afloat. His present rank was conferred on 
 him 20 J toe, 1842. 
 
 Coffltoander Claxton (who has been the means on 
 several different occasions of saving the lives of 
 others, and has in consequence received numerous 
 medals) was appointed in 1834 Harbour-Master of 
 Bristol, and is the officer under whose surveillance 
 were built those celebrated steam-vessels the Great 
 Western and Great Britain. He is married and 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1811, p. 573. 
 
 CLAY. (Bear- Admiral of the Ked, 1837. 
 r-p., 23 ; h-p., 40.) 
 
 Edward Snetd Ci,at died 3 Feb. 1846, at South- 
 well, CO. Nottingham, aged 78. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1783, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Hector 74, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Hamilton, and, until March, 1794, served, on 
 the Home, %est India, and Mediterranean stations, 
 in the Europa 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas. 
 Gambier, Catherine yacht, Capt. Sir Geo. Young, 
 Phaeton 38, Capt. Geo. Dawson, Solebay 32, Capt. 
 Wm. Squire, and Axcide 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, in 
 which latter ship he was present at the occupation 
 of Toulon and capture of St. Fiorenza, in 1793-4. 
 Attaining the rank of Lieutenant on 19 March in 
 the latter year, he joined, in succession, the Mulette 
 20, Capts. Joseph BuUen and Rich. Goddard, Mag- 
 nificent 74, Capt. W. Squire, Montagu 74, Capt. 
 John Knight, and VehebjIEI.e and Kent 74's, flag- 
 ships of Lord Dimcan. In the Venerable Mr. 
 Clay was wounded in the battle off Camperdown, 
 11 Oct. 1797 ;* and, from the Kent, was sent home. 
 In Aug. 1799, in compliment to his intelligence and 
 merit, with the despatches announcing the success- 
 ful issue of the expedition to the Helder.f He ob- 
 tained command of the Zebra sloop, 3 Dec. 1799; 
 paid that vessel off, after intermediately serving in 
 the North Sea and participating in the battle of 
 Copenhagen, 29 Oct. 1801 ; and, on 29 April, 1802, 
 was raised to Post-rank. From 20 July, 1805, imtil 
 May, 1808, Capt. Clay was next employed as Regu- 
 lating Officer at Belfast. He then joined the St. 
 George 98; and was afterwards appointed — 6 Feb. 
 
 1809, to the Temeraike 98, in the Baltic— 14 May, 
 
 1810, to the Nymphe 36, in which frigate he took 
 the Danish privateer Norwegian Girl, of 2 guns 
 and 19 men, 26 Oct. following, and was eventually 
 wrecked at the entrance of the Frith of Forth on 
 18 Deo. in the same year— and 16 July, 1812, to the 
 Raisonnable 64, at Sheemess. Kear-Admiral Clay, 
 who had not been afloat since June, 1814, and was 
 in receipt of a pension for wounds of 250Z., attained 
 Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 He died a widower, having lost his wife 20 April, 
 1837. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 CLAY. (Lieutenant, 1822. f-p., 15; h-p., 19.) 
 William Noble Clay entered the Navy, 17 
 March, 1813, as Midshipman, on board the Kaison- 
 nable 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, lying at Sheer- 
 ness ; proceeded, soon afterwards, to Greenland, in 
 the Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman; 
 joined, towards the close of the same year, the 
 Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, in the 
 Channel; sailed, in 1815, for tlie East Indies, on 
 board the Orlando 36, Capt. John Clavell ; came 
 home, in 1818, in the Melville 74, Capt. Henry 
 Chas. Pemberton ; returned to India, a few months 
 afterwards, in the Topaze 38, Capt. John Rich. 
 Lumley, under whom he was wounded in the operar 
 tions against Mocha in 1820 ; and, until promoted, 
 26 Deo. 1822, served, further, in the Alligator 28, 
 Capt. Jas. Wilkie, Bulwark 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, 
 and Tartar, Capt. Thos. Brown. He was subse- 
 quently appointed, 30- May, 1825, and 22 Jan. 1829, 
 to the Aurora 46, and Warspite 76, Capts. John 
 Maxwell and Wm. Henry Shirreff, on the Lisbon 
 and South American stations ; and, from 28 Nov. 
 1832, until 1836, he served in the Coast Guard. 
 Since the latter date he has been unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Clay is married and has issue. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 CLAYTON. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 32 ; h-p., 10.) 
 James Clayton entered the Navy, in 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capts. Henry 
 Garrett and Thos. Rogers, employed in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean ; removed, in 1809, to the Ma- 
 nilla 36, Capt. Geo. Fras. Seymour, off Lisbon ; 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1707, p. 98G. f F. Gaz. 1799, p. 857. 
 
CLAYTON— CLEAVELAND-CLEMENTS—CLEPHAN. 
 
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 and, after serving for some time on board tlie 
 liAUKEL 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, in which 
 we believe he was wrecked on the Govivas Kock, 
 in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 .Jan. 1812, was pro- 
 moted, 21 March following, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. Between Aug. 1812, and May, 1815, he was 
 next employed, in the Apelles 14, Capt. Alex. 
 M'Vicar, and Archer 12, Capt. Wm. Slaughter, on 
 the Home and Bermuda stations ; after which he 
 served on the Coast Blockade, from 31 May, 1823, 
 to 1827, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ka- 
 MiLDiEs 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Hugh Pigot. Since 
 14 May, 1828 (excepting from 26 March, 1836, to 26 
 March, 1839, when he held charge of the Sylvia 
 Kevenue-cutter), Mr. Clayton has been In command 
 of a Coast Guard station. While in the Laubei,, 
 he plunged overboard and saved the life of a sea- 
 man. 
 
 He married Jane, eldest daughter of Wm. Cornish, 
 Esq., of Merazion, a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. 
 Cornwall, grand-niece, maternally, of the late Capt. 
 Sir Christopher Cole, R.N., K.C.B., and sister-in- 
 law of Lieut. Geo. Gahan, R.N., by whom he has 
 issue. 
 
 CLAYTON. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 John Lloyd Clayton, born in Aug. 1796, is 
 third son of the late Sir Wm. Clayton, Bart., of 
 Harleyford, Bucks, by Mary, only daughter of Sir 
 Wm. East, Bart., of Hall Place, Berks ; and brother 
 of the present Sir Wm. Robt. Clayton, Bart., as also 
 of Sir East Geo. Clayton East, Bart., LL.D. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Poictiers 74, Capt. Sir 
 John Poo Beresford, under whom he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman 19 May, 1811, and served, on 
 the Home and American stations, until Feb. 1814. 
 He then successively joined the Tonnant 80, Capt. 
 Lord Cochrane, and Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross 
 Donnelly ; was in the Royal Sovereign yacht, 
 Capt. Sir J. P. Beresford, when she conveyed Louis 
 XVin. to Calais ; and, on his return from Quebec, 
 whither he had gone in the Lipfey 50, Capt. John 
 Hancock, became attached, in Feb. 1815, to the 
 Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the Mediterranean 
 station ; where, having removed to the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, 
 he appears to have taken part in the battle of 
 Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, and to have received, on the 
 quarter-deck, the thanks of his Chief for his gal- 
 lantry in sinking a burning vessel which had been 
 rapidly approaching the flag-ship. After an in- 
 terval of 16 months Mr. Clayton, in Feb. 1818, re- 
 joined Lord Exmouth in the Impregnable 104, at 
 Plymouth ; subsequently to which we find him ap- 
 pointed to the Royal Sovereign and Royal 
 George yachts, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen 
 and Hon. Chas. Paget— under the former of whom, 
 in the Royal Sovereign, he escorted to this 
 country the present Queen Dowager, the Dukes 
 and Duchesses of Kent, Cumberland, Cambridge, 
 and Hesse Homburg, and the Grand Duke Michael 
 of Russia. Since 9 Nov. 1818, the date of his pro- 
 motion, he has not been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Clayton is a magistrate for co. Middle- 
 sex and the liberties of Westminster. He married, 
 in April, 1832, Louisa Sophia, only daughter of 
 Chas. Littledale, Esq., of Portland Place, and by 
 that lady, who died in March, 1841, has one son. 
 Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 CLEAVELAND. (Liedt., 1842. f-p., 14; h-p.,1.) 
 George Cleaveland, born 9 Sept. 1818, is ne- 
 phew of Capt. Sir Robt. Oliver, R.N., K.H. 
 
 This oiBoer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1832, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Dee steam-vessel, com- 
 manded by his uncle, Capt. Robt. Oliver, in the 
 North Sea ; became Midshipman, 27 June, 1834, of 
 the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Mal- 
 colm, in the Mediterranean ; and, until July, 1841, 
 continued to serve, on the latter station, on board 
 the Medea steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, 
 
 Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Aug. Montagu, and, 
 the last three years as Mate, on board the Princess 
 Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stop- 
 ford, under whom he shared, including the bom- 
 bardment of St. Jean d'Acre, in the various opera- 
 tions of the Syrian campaign. He then joined, at 
 Portsmouth, the Queen 110, fitting for the flag of 
 Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; and, on 7 Feb. 1842, ob- 
 tained his commission. His appointments have 
 since been — 18 March, 1842, to the Styx steam- 
 vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. EmeriE Vidal, employed 
 in surveying the Azores — 8 Feb. 1843, and 28 March, 
 1844, to the Tartarus and Hecate steam surveying- 
 vessels, commanded on the coast of Ireland by Capts. 
 Fred. Bullock and Jas. Paterson Bower — and, 4 
 March, 1845, to the Hibernia 104, now flag-ship of 
 Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 CLEMENTS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 3.3.) 
 Hanbury Clements entered the Navy, 21 Aug. 
 1806, as Clerk, on board the Morhe Fortdn4e 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Jas. Rorie, on the Jamaica 
 station, where he attained the rating of Midship- 
 man, 1 Jan. 1807, and assisted at the capture of the 
 JBahiUon^ Spanish privateer of 2 guns and 45 men. 
 On removing, next, to the Polyphemus 64, Capt. 
 Wm. Pryce Cumby, he witnessed, 6 July, 1809, the 
 surrender of the city of St. Domingo ; subsequently 
 to which he came home in the Favourite sloop, Capt. 
 Benj. Clement, experiencing en route the effects of a 
 fearful hurricane. After an intermediate servitude 
 on board the Neptune and Swiftsube, he joined 
 the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, in 
 which he was wrecked on the Govivas Rock, in ^e 
 Teigneuse Passage, 31 Jan. 1812. From that period 
 Mr. Clements remained a prisoner of war in France 
 until May, 1814. He was advanced to his present 
 rank, on his return home, 15 March, 1815 ; but has 
 not since been afloat. 
 
 CLEPHAN. (Eetiked Captain, 1840. f-p., 
 20 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 James Clephan was born in Eifeshire, N.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (through the hands 
 of a press-gang, after having served his time as an 
 apprentice in the merchant-service), 23 July, 1794, 
 as A.B., on board the Sibyl 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Jones, afterwards Viscount Ranelagh, with whom 
 he joined, 7 Oct. 1795, as Master's Mate, the Doris 
 36, in which frigate he continued to serve, in the 
 North Sea and on the Irish station, latterly under 
 Capts. John Halliday and Chas. Brisbane, until 
 July, 1801. On the night of 21 of the latter month 
 we find him assisting, in the boats of the Doris 
 and of the Beaulieu and Ubanie frigates, all com- 
 manded by Lieut. Keith Maxwell, at the cutting- 
 out of La Chem-ette corvette, of 20 long nine- 
 pounders and 350 men, under the batteries in 
 Camaret Bay, near Brest, a position deemed almost 
 impregnable, after a deadly conflict, in which the 
 enemy lost their Captain, 6 other officers, and 85 
 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 4 Midshipmen, and 
 57 men wounded— and the British 1 Lieutenant, 
 R.M., 1 Midshipman, and 9 men slain, and 2 Lieu- 
 tenants, 1 Master's Mate, 3 Midshipmen, and 51 
 men wounded. For his distinguished gallantry on 
 that memorable occasion, when, although knocked 
 overboard while ascending her side, he was the 
 first to gain the enemy's deck, and there received 
 several slight wounds, Mr. Clephan was promoted, 
 on 31 of the same month, to a well-earned Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Namur 98, Capt. Hon. Michael De 
 Courcy. While belonging next, from 11 March, 
 1803, to Dec. 1809, to the Spartiate 74, Capts. 
 Geo. Murray, John Manley, and Sir Fras. Laforey, 
 he visited the Mediterranean, took part in the battle 
 of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was for four years 
 employed as her First-Lieutenant in the West 
 Indies. Having been promoted to the rank of 
 Commander, from the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 F. Laforey, 20 April, 1811, the subject of this notice 
 was, on 15 June following, appointed to the Cha- 
 
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 CLERK— CLEUGH-CLIFFORD. 
 
 RTBDis sloop, in which he captured, 31 Deo. 1812, 
 near the island of Saba, the American privateer 
 Blockade, of 10 guns and 66 men. In 1814-15 he 
 also shared in the expedition against New Orleans, 
 and on its failure conveyed to Sir Geo. Cockburn 
 off Cumberland Island the despatches announcing 
 the intelligence. Capt. Clephan went on half-pay 
 23 Aug. 1815, and, unable to procure further em- 
 ployment, accepted his present rank 29 Oct. 1840. 
 
 CLERK. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Francis Nokth Clerk entered the Navy 20 
 Jan. 1810; passed his examination in 1816; ob- 
 tained his commission 9 July, 1825 ; and, since 13 
 July, 1829, has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 CLEUGH. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Robert Cleugh entered the Navy, 16 May, 1810; 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; acquired his pre- 
 sent rank 23 June, 1828 ; and was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, 19 Feb. 1830, to the Coast Blockade, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74, 
 Capt. HughPigot — and, 15 April, 1831, to the com- 
 mand of a station on the Coast Guard. Since 1834 
 he has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CLIFFORD, Kt. Bart., C.B. (Captain, 1812. 
 r-p., 21 ; H-p., 26.) 
 Sir Augustus William James Clifford entered 
 the Navy, in May, 1800, as Midshipman (under the 
 auspices of Earl Spencer, then First Lord of the 
 Admiralty), on board the Ville x>e Paris 110, suc- 
 cessive flag-ship in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent 
 and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. He removed, in May, 
 1802, to the Centaur 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Little- 
 hales ; served, from Sept. following until April, 1806, 
 on board the Argo 44, and Tigke 80, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Benj. Hallowell ; next joined the 
 Dreadnought 98, bearing the flag of the Earl of 
 Northesk ; and, on 25 June, 1806, was promoted to 
 a Lieutenancy in the Royal George 100, flag-ship, 
 off Cadiz, of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. While in 
 the Ahgo, Mr. Clifford had visited the coast of 
 Africa, and, in June, 1803, assisted at the reduction 
 of Ste. Lucie and Tobago ; on board the Tigre he 
 had again, in 1805, been to the West Indies, in 
 quest, with Lord Nelson, of the Franco-Spanish 
 fleet. From 12 Nov. 1806, until Feb. 1811, we once 
 more find him with Capt. Hallowell in the Tigre ; 
 during which period, independently of his services 
 on shore as Aide-de-Camp to that officer at the re- 
 duction of Alexandria and throughout the various 
 other operations of 1807 in Egypt, he served in the 
 boats under Lieut. John Tailour, on the night of 31 
 Oct. 1809, at the capture and destruction, after a 
 fearful struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed 
 and 55 wounded, of the French store-ship Lamproie 
 of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and 
 Gi-ondeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a con- 
 voy of seven merchant-vessels, defended by nume- 
 rous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.* Having 
 obtained his second promotal commission 12 Feb. 
 1811, and assumed command of the Cephalus sloop 
 of 18 guns, Capt. Clifford, in June following, con- 
 tributed to the destruction of 10 large armed feluc- 
 cas, on the beach, near Cetraro, in the Gulf of Po- 
 licastro ; after which, on the evening of 4 July, he 
 voluntarily, and in a most handsome manner, being* 
 at the time in company with the 36-gun frigate 
 Unite, led into the anchorage, between Civita Vec- 
 chia and the mouth of the Tiber, and there, having 
 anchored under the fire of a battery of four 9 and 
 6 pounders, which was quickly silenced, headed the 
 boats of the two ships, and, without the slightest 
 loss, brought out three merchant-vessels, although 
 exposed to a smart fire of musketry from their 
 crews, and from a party of soldiers drawn up on a 
 height above.f On 21 of the same month, after 
 victoriously cannonading (in conjunction with the 
 Thames 32) a flotilla of 11 gun-boats, together with 
 a felucca, carrying in the whole 13 guns and 280 
 men, and moored across the harbour of Porto del 
 * VideG2.z. 1805, p. 1007. f V.Gnz. 1811, p. 18(i4. 
 
 Infreschi, as also a round tower and a body of mus- 
 ketry on the adjacent hills, he again took command 
 of the boats and obtained possession of all the ves- 
 sels of war, of 15 merchantmen, and of 34 spars.* 
 Towards the close of Sept., Capt. Clifford brought 
 Lord Wm. Bentinck home from Palermo, and then, 
 returning to the coast of Italy, continued, until 
 posted 23 July, 1812, to discharge many important 
 services, especially on one occasion, when, in unison 
 with the EuKYAi-os frigate, and Pilot brig, the 
 Cephalus was for five hours hotly engaged in an 
 ineffectual attempt to destroy a convoy and some 
 land-batteries, and lost, besides being much shat- 
 tered, 1 Lieutenant killed and 19 men wounded. 
 He ultimately returned to England with despatches 
 of Lord W. Bentinck, and appears to have been 
 subsequently appointed— 23 Aug. 1814, for a few 
 months, to the Bonne Citoyenne 20, on the Irish 
 station— 22 Oct. 1821, to the Eurtalus 42, in 
 which frigate he escorted W. R. Hamilton, Esq., 
 the British Ambassador, to the Court of Naples— 
 27 May, 1826, to the Herald yacht, appointed to 
 attend the Duke of Devonshire on the occasion of 
 his Grace's magnificent embassy to Russia— and, 11 
 Aug. 1827, to the Undaunted 46. In that frigate 
 Capt. CKfford was soon afterwards employed i.n 
 attendance on the Lord High Admiral during his 
 official visit to Chatham and Sheerness, in comme- 
 moration of which event, and as a token of the sa- 
 tisfaction he felt at the manner of his reception, 
 his Royal Highness presented him with a sword, and 
 also with a piece of plate, of the value of &01. Capt. 
 Clifford, who, in 1828, took out his friend Lord Wm. 
 Bentinck, as Governor-General, to India, and brought 
 home Major-General Bourke, late Lieutenant-Go- 
 vernor of the Cape, has not been afloat since 1831. 
 He was created a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815 ; sat in Par- 
 liament for Dungarvon in 1820, and for Bandon 
 Bridge in 1818 and 1831 ; received the honour of 
 Knighthood 4 Aug. 1830 ; attained the dignity of a 
 Baronet 30 June, 1838 ; was appointed, in 1844, to 
 act as Grand Chamberlain, in the absence of Lord 
 Willoughby d'Eresby; and, since 25 July, 1832, 
 hasfilled the office of Gentleman-Usher of the Black 
 Rod, to which he was nominated by the Duke of 
 Devonshire, at that time Lord Chamberlain. Sir 
 Augustus Clifford married, 20 Oct. 1815, Elizabeth 
 Frances, second daughter of Lord John Townsbend, 
 and has, with three daughters, three sons, of whom 
 the eldest, William John Cavendish, is a Com- 
 mander R.N., and the second, Robert Cavendish 
 Spencer, a Captain in the Grenadier Guards. 
 Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 CLIFFORD. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 38 ; h-p., 7.) 
 Herbeet John Clifford entered the Navy, 10 
 Oct. 1802, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Leander 
 50, Capt. Jas. Oughton, bearing the flag on the 
 North American station of Sir Andw. Mitchell ; in 
 which ship he attained the rating of Midshipman 
 21 July, 1804, and assisted, under Capt. John Tal- 
 bot, at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de 
 Milan, French frigate, of 46 guns, and the simulta- 
 neous re-capture of her prize, the Cleopatra 32. 
 After serving for a few weeks with Capt. John 
 Wight on board the latter vessel, he rejoined the 
 Leander, and, on subsequently removing with Vice- 
 Admiral Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley to the Leo- 
 pard 50, Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, wit- 
 nessed the surrender to that ship, on 22 March, 
 1807, of the United States frigate Chesapeake. The 
 Leopard having been appointed, early in 1808, 
 flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Vice- Admiral 
 Albemarle Bertie, Mr. Clifford proceeded in her to 
 that station, and, on 21 Dec. following and 6 April, 
 1810, was successively appointed Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Caledon, Capt. J as. Tomkinson, and Boa- 
 dioea 38, Capt. Josias Rowley. In the course of 
 the latter year he aided at the retaking of the 
 Africaine 38, and at the capture, after a spirited 
 action of 10 minutes, and a loss to the BoADicEAof 
 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 9 killed and 
 * Vide Gai. 1811, p. 1S63. 
 
CLIFFORD— CLOWES— CLUBLEY— CLYDE. 
 
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 15 wounded, of La Venus of 44 guns and 380 men, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hamelin, 
 and of the Ceylon 32, her prize ; and he further 
 served on shore at the reduction of Isle Bourbon 
 and of the Isle of France. On 5 Dec. 1810, Mr. 
 Clifford become Acting Flag-Lieutenant, in the 
 Afkicaini;, to Vice-Admiral Bertie. Obtaining 
 his official promotion 22 April, 1811, he was after- 
 wards, between June, 1812, and Oct. 1817, ap- 
 pointed, on the East India station, to the acting- 
 command for a brief period of the Samakang 18, 
 and, next, to the Bucephalus 32, Capt. Barringtcn 
 Keynolds, Illustrious and Minden 74's, flagships of 
 Sir Sam. Hood, Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Kdw. 
 Rodney, and Victor 16, and Lyra 10, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Basil Hall. He has been an In- 
 specting-Commander in the Coast Guard since 11 
 Oct. 1823. 
 
 Lieut. Clifford, who, when on board the Lyra, 
 accompanied Lord Amherst's embassy to China in 
 1816-17, compiled on that occasion a vocabulary of 
 the language of the Great Loo-choo Island, which 
 may be found in Capt. Basil Hall's ' Voyage of Dis- 
 covery to the "VVestern Coast of Corea and the Great 
 Loo-choo Island, in the Japan Sea,' &c. 
 
 CLIFFORD. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 2.) 
 
 William John Cavendish Clifford, born 12 
 Oct. 1814, is eldest son of Capt. Sir Augustus Wm. 
 Jas. Clifford, Bart., K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1829, on 
 board the Undaonted 46, commanded at first by 
 his father, and afterwards, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, by Capt. Edw. Harvey. He next joined the 
 Ocean 80, Capt. Alex. Ellice, guardship at Sheer- 
 ness ; was lent for some time to the Royal George 
 yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence ; and, 
 having passed his examination in 1835, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 May, 1838. His 
 subsequent appointments, in the latter capacity, 
 were— 5 June, 28 July, and 8 Oct. 1838, to the 
 Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. 
 Stopford, Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and T yne 
 28, Capt. John Townshend, on the Mediterranean 
 station; and, early in 1842, to the "William and 
 Mary yacht. Having been advanced to his present 
 rank 7 March, 1842, in honour of her Majesty's 
 visit to Spithead, the subject of this sketch has, 
 since 7 Sept. 1844, been in successive command of 
 the 'WoLVERENB 16, and Ringdove 16, in the East 
 Indies. He appears, on 19 Aug. 1845, while in the 
 former sloop, to have in part commanded the boats of 
 a squadron,^carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, 
 and marines, at the destruction, under Capt. Chas. 
 Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on 
 the north end of the island of Borneo, where the 
 British encountered a desperate opposition, and sus- 
 tained a loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded.'* 
 
 CLOWES. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Thomas Ball Clowes, born 30 June, 1787, at 
 Wingham, oo. Kent, is son of the late Surgeon 
 Clowes, of Canterbury. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64, Capt. 
 John Bazely, flag- ship in the Downs of Vice- 
 Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge; removed for a brief 
 period, in the early part of 1802, to the Amazon 3ii, 
 Capt. Sam. Sutton ; and, from 29 May, 1804, until 
 Nov. 1807, served, as Midshipman, in the Leda 38, 
 Capt. Robt. Honyman. After experiencing several 
 warm collisions with the Boulogne flotilla, he took 
 part in the reduction, in Jan. 1806, of the Cape of 
 Good Hope, was next present at the attacks on 
 Maldonado and Monte Video, and on his return 
 from a second visit to the Cape, whither he had 
 been sent in charge of a prize, joined in the opera- 
 tions against Copenhagen. He subsequently served, 
 in the Downs and Mediterranean, on board the 
 Canada 74, Capt. John Harvey, and Leonidas 
 and Active 38's, Capts. Jas. Dunbar and Jas. Alex. 
 • ViieGta. 184.% p. 0536. 
 
 Gordon ; passed his examination 5 April, 1809 ; 
 commanded, as Master's Mate of the St. Fiorenzo 
 36, Capt. Henry Matson, a gun-boat in the ensuing 
 expedition against Flushing; became, 6 Dec. 1809, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Clyde 38, Capt. Edw. "W. 
 C. R. Owen; and, on 26 of the same month, was 
 presented by the Admiralty with his first commis- 
 sion. Mr. Clowes' next appointment was, in May, 
 1810, to the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Staines, from which ship, after serving off St. He- 
 lena, and on the North American and Irish stations, 
 he was promoted to the rank of Commander 23 
 March, 1812. We find him, until he invalided in 
 Dec. 1814, next holding command of the GoShawk 
 and Sparhowhawk sloops, in the Mediterranean, 
 whither, in the former vessel, he escorted a convoy 
 during the summer of 1812. He was afterwards, 
 from 22 May, 1821, until posted, 16 May, 1823, ac- 
 tively employed in the Rose 18, in the Levant, at a 
 time when hostilities raged between the Turks and 
 Greeks. Since the date last-mentioned Capt. Clowes 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He is married, and has issue two daughters. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 CLUBLEY. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Charles Witty Clubley entered the Navy, 7 
 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ambus- 
 cade 32, Capt. Wm. D'Urban, on the Mediterra- 
 nean station, where he became, 15 Aug. following. 
 Midshipman of the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh 
 Schomberg, and continued to serve, until Dec. 
 
 1807, in the Spider 10, Lieut.-Commander H. Shaw, 
 Queen 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, and Zealous 74, 
 Capts. John Okes Hardy and John Giffard. While 
 in the Spider he assisted in cutting out, from the 
 port of Reggio, 10 Dec. 1805, the Andromeda French 
 privateer, of 4 guns and 43 men. From 26 March, 
 
 1808, until 26 March, 1811, we next find Mr. Club- 
 ley studying at the Royal Naval College ; after 
 which he returned to the Mediterranean, where, 
 and latterly on the Home station, he appears, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1815, 
 to have been successively employed in the Blossom 
 18, and SwirrsuRE 74, both commanded by Capt. 
 Wm. Stewart, Volontaire 38, Capt. Hon. Gran- 
 ville Geo. Waldegrave, Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Hussey Moubray, San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir 
 Rich. King, Furieuse 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, 
 Cossack 22, Acting-Capt. Jones, Caledonia 120, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, Undaunted 38, 
 Capt. Thos. TJssher, Pilot sloop, Capt. John Toup 
 Nicolas, Leveret 10, Capt. Jonathan Christian, 
 Monmouth 64, Capt. Wilkinson, Namur 74, Rear- 
 Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, and Bombay 74, Capt. 
 John Bazely. On 29 April, 1812, he served in the 
 boats of the Blossom, with those of the Undaunted 
 and Volontaire, under Lieut. John Eagar, at the 
 capture and destruction, near the mouth of the 
 Rhone, of a national schooner of 4 guns and 74 
 men, and a convoy of 20 vessels. He assisted also, 
 in the same sloop, at the reduction of two towers in 
 the Bay of St. Mary's. He co-operated, next, with 
 the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, particularly 
 at Tarragona; and, when in the Furieuse, aided, 
 OS well as in other boat affairs, at the taking of a 
 privateer and convoy close to Civita Vecchia, and 
 was also present in the unsuccessful attack on Leg- 
 horn, and at the surrender of Genoa. Since 1815 
 Lieut. Clubley has been on half-pay. 
 
 CLYDE. (Eetiked Captain, 1840. f-p., 25; 
 
 H-p., 38.) 
 Charles Clyde entered the Navy, 15 June, 1784, 
 as A.B., on board the Trimmer sloop, commanded, 
 latterly, by Capt. Chas. Tyler, and employed for 
 the suppression of smuggling in the Bristol Channel. 
 He attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Dec. 1784, 
 and, from July, 1786, until the breaking out of the 
 French revolutionary war, continued to serve on 
 the Home station, on hoard the Spider cutter, 
 Lieut.-Commander Edmonstone, Impregnable and 
 Nero, ships of the line, Capt. Thos. Pringle, Hy- 
 ^na 24, Capt. John Aylmer, Royal George 100, 
 
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 COAKLEY— COATES. 
 
 bearing the flag of Admiral Barrington, London 98, 
 Capt. Geo. Blagden Westcott, and, in the Mediter- 
 ranean, on board the Romney 50, flag-ship of Eear- 
 Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall. He then followed 
 the latter officer into the Princess Royal 98, in 
 which ship we find him, during the months of Aug. 
 1793, and Feb. 1794, present in action with the forts 
 at the occupation of Toulon, and at the capture of 
 St. Fiorenza. After a period of five months' addi- 
 tional servitude in the Victory 100, flag-ship of 
 Lord Hood, Mr. Clyde, on 18 Aug. 1794, was re- 
 appointed, with the rank of Lieutenant, to the 
 Princess Royal, commanded as before ; and he 
 had thus an opportunity ef witnessing Hotham's 
 partial actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795. On 
 7 Oct. 1796 he next joined the Glory 98, Capt. 
 Brine ; and, on 2 May, 1798, he was appointed to the 
 Captain 74, Capts. John Aylmer, Geo. Bowen, 
 Sir Rich. John Strachan, and Chas. Boyles. Under 
 Sir Rich. Strachan, he assisted at the capture, 19 
 June, 1799, of Rear-Admiral Perree's squadron of 
 three frigates and two brigs; and, in 1800, attended 
 tile expeditions against Quiberon andjFerrol, ^be- 
 sides contributing to the boat-destruction, on 18 
 Nov. in that year, of a 20-gun corvette, defended 
 by a heavy fire on all sides from the shore in the 
 Morbihan.* The Captain being paid off on her 
 return from Jamaica, in 1802, Lieut. Clyde's sub- 
 sequent appointments, until promoted to the rank 
 of Commander, 21 Oct. 1810, appear to have been, 
 in July, 1803, to the Sea Fencibles at Maidstone ; 
 and, on the North Sea station— 26 Sept. 1804, to the 
 Hindosta*, Capt. Alex. Fraser— 16 Feb. 1805, to 
 the Inflexible 64, Capt. Thos. Bayley — 19 July, 
 1805, to the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. Macnamara — 
 for six weeks in 1808 to the acting-command of the 
 Qdebec 32 — then, again, to the Dictator, Capt. 
 Donald Campbell — and, in Aug. 1809, as First, to 
 the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, attached to the 
 force in the Mediterranean. Capt. Clyde, who has 
 been on half-pay ever since 1810, assumed his pre- 
 sent rank 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 He married, 20 April, 1818, a daughter of the 
 Kev. Wm. Milton, vicar of Heckfield, co. Hants. 
 
 COAKLEY. (Eetieed Commandek, 1840.) 
 
 Thomas Coakley entered the Navy, 25 Jan. 1798, 
 as A.B., on board the Lynx 16, Capt. Robt. Hall, 
 and, while cruizing off the coast of North America, 
 assisted in capturing, 27 June, 1798, Le Mentor pri- 
 vateer, of 14 guns and 79 men. About the com- 
 mencement of the century he became Master's Mate 
 of the Assistance 50, Capt. Rich. Lee, On the North 
 Sea station; and, after an additional attachment to 
 the Andromache 38, Capt. Robt. Laurie, obtained 
 an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Temeraire 98, Capt. 
 Eliab Harvey, in time to participate in the battle off 
 Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, on which occasion the 
 latter ship was stationed next astern of the Victory, 
 and enacted a most distinguished and important 
 part. Having been ofiicially promoted in the Gib- 
 raltar 80, Capt. "Whitby, the subject of this sketch 
 soon afterwards rejoined Capt., then Rear-Admiral, 
 Harvey, as his Flag-Lieutenant, on board the Ton- 
 NANT 80, ofi' Cape Finisterre ; from which ship we 
 next find him transferred to the Prooris 18, part of 
 Lord Gambler's force during his operations against 
 Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807. On subse- 
 quently proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope with 
 Capt. Jas. Murray Gordon, he joined the Raison- 
 NABLE 64, Capts. Josias Rowley and John Hatley ; 
 and, in Sept. 1809, took part in the reduction of St. 
 Paul's, Isle Bourbon. Since 1812, in the course of 
 which period he further served, on the Jamaica 
 station, in the PoLYPHEMns 64, Capt. Peter John 
 Douglas, and Thalia 36, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, 
 Commander Coakley has been unemployed. He 
 assumed his present rank 29 Dec. 1840. 
 
 COATES. (Lieut., 1812. f-p„ 9; H-p., 34.) 
 
 George Lewis Coates, born 20 March, 1784, is 
 brother of Edw. Coates, Esq., Surgeon R.N., who 
 died while serving in the East Indies in 1822. 
 * VideG^i. 1800, p. ]349. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the merchant 
 service), 3 Aug. 1804, as Midshipman, on board the 
 St. Alban's 64, Capt. John Temple ; removed, as 
 Master's Mate, in March, 1805, to the Volcano 
 bomb, Capt. Edw. Killwick, by whom he was much 
 employed on boat service against the French flotilla 
 at Dunkerque, Calais, and Boulogne ; and, having 
 joined in March, 1806, the Leveret 18, Capts. Geo. 
 Burgoyne Salt and Jas. Rich. Lawrence O'Connor, 
 attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 
 and Sept. 1807, and was wrecked, 10 Nov. following, 
 on the Galloper Rock, on which occasion he was 
 among the last to leave the vessel, although rapidly 
 sinking. Being draughted next into the Leonidas 
 38, Capts. Jas. Dunbar, Henry Hope, and Anselm 
 John GriflSths, he served for two years under those 
 officers in various parts of the Mediterranean ; and 
 then, in Dec. 1809, joined, on the same station, the 
 EspoiR 18, Capt. Robt. Mitford. Besides officiating 
 as Prize-Master of several captures, Mr. Coates, on 
 4 April, 1810, assisted, as Master's Mate, and was 
 reported in the highest terms for his conduct, at the 
 destruction, by the boats of the Success 32, and 
 EspoiR, under Lieut. Geo. Rose Sartorius, of several 
 vessels, well protected on the beach abreast of Cas- 
 tiglione ;* and he subsequently contributed, with 
 the boats of the latter sloop and of the Spartan 38, 
 to the capture of other craft from beneath the fire 
 of a battery and musketry at Terracina. "We after- 
 wards find him for short periods attached to the 
 San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton, Rod- 
 ney 74, Capt. Geo. Burlton, Halcyon 16, Capt. 
 Thos. Stamp, and Nautilds 18, Capt. Thos. Denoh. 
 While on board the Halcyon, Mr. Coates was pre- 
 sent with the Bustard in an attack on several small 
 vessels on the coast of Catalonia ; and, when in the 
 Nadtilbs, he took a privateer of more than 100 
 men, off the island of Sardinia. Having received his 
 commission 21 March, 1812, he obtained an appoint- 
 ment, 11 Aug. 1813, to the Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam. 
 Warren, with whom he served in the North Sea, 
 and again in the Mediterranean, until the close of 
 1814; since which period he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Coates married, 10 June, 1836, Miss Har- 
 riet Elizabeth Adams, and has issue two daughters. 
 
 COATES. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 25.) 
 Richard Coates entered the [Navy, in March, 
 
 1798, as Midshipman, on board the Argo 44, Capt. 
 Jas. Bowen, which ship, besides capturing a large 
 number of heavy privateers, assisted at the reduc- 
 tion of Minorca in Nov. following— took, 6 Feb. 
 
 1799, the Spanish frigate Santa Teresa, of 42 guns 
 and 530 men— brought Earl St. Vincent home from 
 the Mediterranean in Aug. of the same year— con- 
 voyed nine homeward-bound East Indiamenfrom 
 St. Helena, in the summer of 1801 — and was next 
 employed on the coast of Africa. From March, 
 1803, until April, 1806, Mr. Coates served in the 
 Deeadnodght 98, Capt. Jas. Bowen, Puissant 74, 
 guard-ship at Spithead, Capt. Irwin, and Atheniehne 
 64, Capts. Eras. Fayerman and John Giffard. He 
 then joined the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, 
 in which ship he took part in the defence of Gaeta 
 and capture of Capri ; and after a re-attachment to 
 the Puissant and a further servitude on board the 
 1 oLYPHEMus 64, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Admiral 
 Murray, was promoted, 7 Nov. 1806, to a Licu- 
 tena,ncy m the Duke 98, Capt. Thos. White, one of 
 the Channel fleet. Removing, in March, 1808, to 
 the Surinam 16 Capt. John Lake, he assisted at 
 the taking of Martinique, in Feb. 1809; and on 14 
 ot the foUowing month he was placed on half-pay. 
 On 16 Aug. m the same year, however, he was 
 appointed to the Jasper 10, Capt. Wm. Westcott 
 Daniel, in which vessel, and in the Doterel 16, 
 commanded by the same officer, he continuously 
 served, on the Lisbon and West India stations, 
 until Aug. 1812. From Jan. 1815, until Oct. 1826! 
 we afterwards find him employed (with but the 
 mterruption of a few months in 1817 and 1823) 
 as Agent for Transports afloat, and for some time 
 
 TicfeGaz. 1810, p. 1138. 
 
COBB— COCHET— COCHRAN— COCHRANE. 
 
 203 
 
 as Acting Resident Agent at Cowes, in the Isle of 
 Wight. Since 1826 Lieut. Coates has heeu on half- 
 pay. 
 
 COBB. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 Thomas Cobb, bom 5 Oct. 1796, is son of the 
 late Benj. Cobb, Esq., of New Komney, for 50 
 years a Magistrate for co. Kent, and one of the 
 Barons of the Cinque Ports present at the Corona- 
 tion of George IV. He is a direct descendant of 
 John Cobb, Esq., of Cobb's Court, in the Marshes 
 of Romney, who flourished temp. Edward II. ; and 
 is brother of Lieut. Chas. Cobb, R.N., who, while 
 First of the Castilian 18, Capt. David Braimer, 
 was killed in action with the Boulogne flotilla, 21 
 Sept. 1811— aa also of Commander Smith Cobb, 
 K.N. (1812), who died 8 Jan. 1833. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1810, as 
 Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capt. 
 Sir Home Popham, employed in the Channel and 
 off the north coast of Spain ; became Midshipman, 
 in Sept. 1813, of the Stirling Castle 74, com- 
 manded by the same officer, whom he accompanied 
 to the East Indies; and, from Aug. 1814, until the 
 close of 1815 (when he returned home as Master's- 
 Mate of the Thracian 18, Capt. John Carter), 
 served in the West Indies on board the Onyx 10, 
 Capt. Smith Cobb (his brother). He then joined 
 the BoLWARK 74, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley and Sam. 
 Warren, at the Nore, and, passing his examination 
 2 Oct. 1816, was next employed in the Coast Block- 
 ade, from ■Oct. 1818 to Sept. 1822, as Midshipman 
 and Admiralty-Mate of the Severn, Capt. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch. After an additional attachment to the 
 Apollo guard-ship, Capt. Sir Chas. Paget, lying at 
 Portsmouth, Jasper 10, and Terror bomb, both 
 commanded by Capt. Alex. Dundas Young Arbuth- 
 nott (with whom he visited St. Petersburg and 
 Algiers), and Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Mur- 
 ray, lying at Portsmouth, he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 14 Oct. 1824. He has not since 
 been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Cobb, who is a Magistrate for the borough 
 of N ew Romney, and Deputy-Chairman of the Board 
 of Guardians, married, 4 March, 1836, Eliza, daugh- 
 ter of John Green, Esq., of Eltham, co. Kent, and 
 widow of the late R. N«wbald, Esq., by whom he 
 has issue nine children. 
 
 COCHET. (Admiral of the Blue, 1841. 
 F-p., 29 ; H-p., 42.) 
 
 John Cochet was born 3 Aug. 1760, at Roches- 
 ter, CO. Kent. He is unci* of Li«ut. John Christian 
 Chesnaye, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1775, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Blonde 32, Capt. Philemon 
 Pownall, with whom, after cruizing for some time 
 on the coast of North America, he removed to the 
 Apollo 32, of which ship he became a Midshipman 
 in Oct. 1778. On 31 Jan. 1779 he assisted at the 
 capture, off the French coast, of the 26-gun frigate 
 L* Oiseau, which only surrendered at the close of a 
 sanguinary action of an hour and a-half ■; and, on 
 15 June, 1780, he further contributed, near Ostend, 
 to tlic defeat of the French ship Stanislaus, of 26 
 guns, whose fire killed, including Capt. Pownall, 6, 
 and wounded 20, of the Apollo's people. From 
 Deo. following, until the receipt of his first com- 
 mission, 26 Aug. 1789, Mr. Cochet was employed 
 on the American, Home, and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, in the Amphion 32, Capt. John Bazely, 
 Charlestown 28, Capt. Edm. Griffiths, Powerful 
 74, Capt. Thos. Fitzherbert, and Southampton 32, 
 Capt. Aiidw. Snape Douglas. In March, 1790, he 
 joined the Zebra sloop, Capts. Hon. Robt. Forbes 
 and Wm. Brovm, and in D«o. 1792, on his return 
 from the Mediterranean, the Phaeton 38, Capt. 
 Sir A. S. Douglas. After sharing in the capture 
 of various vessels, amongst which were Le General 
 Du-mourier privateer— her prize, the St. Jago,* a 
 
 * The treasure of silver, &c., found on board this vessel 
 Vijua conveyed to the Bank irotxi Portsn^outh in 21 wagons, 
 «nd was estimated at a million sterlirtg. 
 
 Spanish galleon of immense value — and La Prompte, 
 of 28 guns, he removed to the Queen Charlotte 
 100, bearing the flag of Earl Howe, with whom he 
 served in the action of 1 June, 1794. Having at- 
 tained the rank of Commander 27 May, 1795, Capt. 
 Cochet, on 4 Jan. 1796, joined the Rattler 16, and 
 on 6 May following, when in company with the 
 Diamond 38, took, off Cherbourg, Le Pichegm pri- 
 vateer, of 10 guns and 34 men. On 9 Dec. 1796, he 
 was Posted into the Abebgaveny, of 50 guns, in 
 which ship we find him superintending the naval 
 arrangements at the evacuation of Port-au-Prince, 
 St. Domingo. He was subsequently appointed, 14 
 June, 1798, to the Thunderer 74, and, 11 Jan. 1799, 
 to the Valiant 74. In the latter ship he returned 
 to England with a large convoy, and was placed on 
 half-pay 30 May, 1799 ; after which he officiated 
 with great credit, especially at the battle of Maida,* 
 as principal Agent for Transports in the Mediterra- 
 nean, from 2 May, 1805, until June, 1810. He com- 
 manded, next, the Ardent 64, at Bermuda, from 3 
 March, 1813, until April, 1814, and, lastly, performed 
 the duties at Halifax of Resident Agent for Trans- 
 ports and prisoners of war, from the latter date 
 until May, 1815. Admiral Cochet, who has not 
 been since employed, became a Rear-Admiral 12 
 Aug. 1819 ; a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; and a 
 full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, first, 19 May, 1796, Miss Charlotte 
 Jefferys, and, secondly, 15 July, 1811, Lydia, widow 
 of Capt. Long, of the 89th Regt., which lady died 
 9 Sept. 1839. 
 
 COCHRAN. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Thomas Cochran entered the Navy in 1833; 
 passed his examination 29 July, 1840 ; served for 
 three years in the East Indies and Pacific on board 
 the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope; obtained his 
 commission 27 Aug. 1844; and was next employed 
 as Additional Lieutenant, for a short time in 1 845, 
 of the Collingwood 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of 
 Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 COCHRANE, Kt C.B. (Reak-Abmibai, of the 
 White, 1841. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Sir Thomas John Cochrane, born in 1789, is 
 eldest son of Admiral of the White Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Forester Inglis Cochrane, G.C.B., f by Maria, 
 daughter of David Shaw, Esq., and widow of Capt. 
 Sir Jacob Wheate, R.N. ; nephew of Major Hon. 
 Chas. Cochrane, Aide-de-Camp to Lord Cornwallis, 
 who was slain in the first American war, 18 Oct. 
 1781 ; first-cousin of Vice-Admiral the present Earl 
 of Dundonald ; and brother-in-law of Rear-Admiral 
 Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, R.N., and of Capt. 
 Henry Wm. Bruce, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thetis 42, commanded 
 by his father, with whom he served on the North 
 American station until 1798. In 1800 he re-joined 
 Capt. Cochrane in the Ajax 80 ; and during that 
 and the following year he attended, as Midshipman, 
 the expeditions against Qniberon, Belleisle, Ferrol, 
 and Egypt. From April, 1803, until 14 June, 1805, 
 we next find him serving under his father's flag in 
 the Northumberland 74, on the Irish station and 
 off the north coast of Spain, and then appointed to 
 a Lieutenancy in the Jason .32, Capt. Wm. Cham- 
 pain, stationed in the West Indies. On 24 Sept. 
 
 * VideGxL. I80C, p. 1151. 
 
 ■f Sir Alexander Cochrane died 2D June, IfiSS, {n his 75tk 
 year. "^ Sir Alexander, who commanded in chief on the 
 Leeward Islands station from 1805 to 1810, was the associate 
 of Sir John Duckworth in tile victory gained over the French 
 squadron oflFSt. Domingo C Feb. 1806. He co-operated with 
 General Bowyer in the reduction, during Dec. 1807, of the 
 Danish islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and Sta. Croix ; took, 
 in 1809 and 1810, jointly with Lieut.-Gen. Beckwith, the 
 French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe; and, while 
 commanding the North American ileet in 1814, kept' the 
 whole of tlie sea-coast in a continual state of alarm. From 
 1821 to 1824 he was Port-Admiral at Plymouth. 
 
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 COCK~COCK13URN. 
 
 following he was promoted to the command of 
 the NiMEOD sloop-of-war, and, on 23 Jan. 1806, 
 he was removed from the Melville to the Act- 
 ing-Captaincy of the Jason 32, his commission for 
 which bears date 23 April, 1806. Being off the 
 coast of Surinam, he took, 27 Jan. 1807, La Favorite 
 French national ship, mounting 16 long 6's and 
 13 12-pounder carronadcs, with a complement of 
 150 men ;* and, in Dec. following, he assisted in 
 reducing the Danish West India islands. His next 
 appointment was, 25 Oct. 1808, to the Ethalios 38, 
 in which ship he shortly afterwards had a slight en- 
 counter with the French 40-gun frigate Amphitrite, 
 and creditably served at the capture of Martinique 
 and the Saintes in 1809.t Having been on half-pay 
 for two years, Capt. Cochrane, on 31 Aug. 1812, 
 obtained command of the Sukpeise 38, and, conti- 
 nuing in that frigate until Aug. 1815, captured, 16 
 Jan. 1813, the Decatur American privateer, of 12 
 guns and 82 men, and was in the Chesapeake during 
 the attacks on Washington and Baltimore, and in 
 the operations on the coast of Georgia. While sub- 
 sequently commanding the Fokte 44, from 28 June, 
 1820, until the close of 1824, he served on the Ha- 
 lifax and West India stations, accompanied George 
 IV. to Scotland, and brought home a large amount 
 of specie from v era Cruz and the Havana. He at- 
 tained the rank of Rear- Admiral 23 Nov. 1841, and, 
 on 21 July, 1842, hoisted his flag in the Agincodkt 
 72, as second in command on the East India station, 
 where, from the return home of Sir Wm. Parker in 
 1845 until 1847, he held the chief direction of naval 
 affairs. The Rear-Admiral appears during that 
 period to have avenged in a very condign manner 
 a breach of faith made in regard to the slave-trade 
 by some of the Borneo chiefs.J 
 
 Sir Thos. Cochrane was knighted, 29 May, 1812, 
 as proxy for his father at his installation as a K.B. ; 
 and was nominated a C.B. 18 April, 1839. He re- 
 ceived, 16 April, 1825, the appointment of Governor 
 and Commander-in-Chief of the island of New- 
 foundland and its dependencies, which he conti- 
 nued to hold for several years ; and in 1839 he was 
 returned to Parliament for the borough of Ipswich. 
 The Kear-Admiral married, 6 Jan. 1812, Matilda 
 Koss Wishart, eldest daughter of the late Lieut.- 
 General Sir Chas. Boss, Bart., by whom (who died 
 in 1839) he had issue two sons and two daughters. 
 Of the former, the second, Charles Stuart, is an 
 officer in the Army. Agents — Hallett and Robin- 
 son. 
 
 COCK. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Robert Cock entered the Navy, 19 May, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thalia 36, Capt. Lord 
 Henry Paulet, under whom, in the Mediterranean, 
 he witnessed the capture of several privateers, and, 
 on 10 Sept. 1797, of the French national corvette 
 L'Espoir of 16 guns. He removed, in June, 1798, 
 to the Montagu 74, Capts. John Knight and Robt. 
 Cuthbert, employed on the same, the Home, and 
 West India stations ; became Midshipman, 23 June, 
 1802, of L'Immoetalite 36, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen ; and, from March, 1803, until the receipt of 
 his commission, 1 Aug. 1811, served, at home and 
 in the Mediterranean, latterly as Master's Mate, on 
 board the Utrecht, flag-ship of Vice-Admirala 
 John HoUoway and Philip Patton, Reghlds 44, 
 Thunderer 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, John Stock- 
 ham, and John Talbot (in which ship he bore a 
 part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, the battle of Tra- 
 falgar, and the destruction of the Turkish squadron 
 in the Dardanells), Aurora 28, Capts. Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour and John Duer, Namur 98, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Quebec 32, Capt. 
 Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne. His subsequent 
 appointments were, 28 Oct. 1811, to the Mosquito 
 sloop, Capts. Chas. Bell and Jas. Tomkinson, and, 
 4 May, 1814, to the Dasher 16, Capt. Wm. Hen- 
 derson, on the Leeward Islands station. Since May, 
 
 * Vi4e Gai. 1807, p. 479. f V. Gaz. 1800, p. 403. 
 
 J Vide Gaz. 1646, p. 0533, and Gaz. 1846, p. S347. 
 
 1816, Lieut. Cock has been on half-pay. 
 Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 Agents- 
 
 COCKBURN, P.C, G.C.B., F.R.S., M.P. (Admi- 
 ral OF THE Red, 1837. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 32.) 
 The Right Honourable Sir George Cockbubn, 
 born in London, is second son of the late Sir Jas. 
 Cockburn, Bart., M.P. for Peebles, by his second 
 wife, Augusta Anne, daughter of the Rev. Fras. 
 Ayscough, D.D., Dean of Bristol, and Preceptor to 
 King George III. He is brother of Major-General' 
 the present Sir Jas. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H., wlio 
 formerly held in succession the appointments of 
 Under-Secretary of State, Governor and Com- 
 mander-in-Chief of Cura^oa, Governor of the Ber- 
 mudas, and Paymaster of the Royal Marines— also, 
 of the Eev. Wm. Cockburn, Dean of York, who 
 married Elizabeth, sister of the Right Hon. Sir 
 Robt. Peel, Bart., M.P. — and of his Excellency 
 Alex. Cockburn, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 
 Plenipotentiary at Columbia. Sir George is grand- 
 nephew of the first Lord Lyttleton, and cousin of 
 the present Rear-Admiral J ohn Ayscough. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 March, 1781, as 
 Captain's Servant (under the auspices of Admirals 
 Sir Joshua Rowley and Lord Hood), on board a 
 frigate, then commanded by Capt. Bartholomew 
 Sam. Rowley. His name was afterwarcfs borne on 
 the books of the William and Mart yacht, but 
 he did not go to sea until 1786 ; in the course of 
 which and of the following year we find him cruizing 
 on the Home station in the Termagant 18, Capt. 
 Rowley Bulteel. In Jan. 1788 he joined the Ariel 
 14, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, with whom he sailed for 
 the East Indies, where for several months he was 
 very profitably employed in surveying. Returning 
 home, in 1791, with the same officer, in the Prin- 
 cess Royal Indiaman, Mr. Cockburn next served, 
 in the Channel and Mediterranean, as Midshipman, 
 and Master's Mate of the Hebe 38, Capt. Alex. 
 Hood, and Romney 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Sam. Cranston Goodall. Having passed his exa- 
 mination 3 June, 1791, he was appointed, in 1792, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Pearl 32, Capt. Geo. 
 Wm. Augustus Courtenay, and, on 27 Jan. 1793, 
 was confirmed in the Orestes 18, Capt. Lord Au- 
 gustus Fitzroy. On 28 April following he became 
 ninth Lieutenant of the Britannia 100, bearing 
 the flag of Vice-Admiral Wm. Hotham, but re- 
 moved in June, as tenth, to the Victory 100, flag- 
 ship off Toulon of his patron Lord Hood, from 
 which, on attaining, in quick rotation, the post of 
 First-Lieutenant, he was promoted to the command, 
 11 Oct. in the same year, of the Speedy sloop. As 
 a reward for his skill and perseverance in main- 
 taining the blockade of Genoa during a gale, which 
 dispersed every other ship of a squadron stationed 
 off that port, Capt. Cockburn was appointed, 20 
 Jan. 1794, Acting-Captain of the Inconstant 36, 
 and on 20 of the following month was officially 
 posted into the Meleager 32, which latter frigate 
 he commanded in the hostilities against Corsica, 
 and as one of Hotham's repeaters in the actions of 
 14 March and 13 July, 1795. He was afterwards 
 employed for 12 months in vigorous co-operation 
 with the Austrian troops in Piedmont, and during 
 that period obtained the hearty acknowledgments 
 of the immortal Nelson for his conspicuous zeal, 
 ability, and courage on various occasions, but more 
 especially for the great support ajid assistance he 
 afforded that hero in running in under the batteries 
 of Larma on 31 May, 1796, and capturing sI.n; of the 
 enemy's armed vessels.* Being transferred, 19 Aug. 
 following, to the command of the Minerve, of 42 
 guns and 286 men, Capt. Cockbm-n, who remained 
 in that ship until paid off in Feb. 1802, continued to 
 pursue his gallant career with intense ardour, either 
 conducting in person, or assuming a prominent 
 part in, a train of the most important achievements. 
 He was first employed in blockading Leghorn ; and, 
 on next hoisting the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Nelson, again acquired the admiration of the latter 
 * Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 682. 
 
COCK BURN. 
 
 205 
 
 for his conduct at the capture and defeat, while 
 proceeding from Gibraltar to Elba, and in presence 
 of the Spanish fleet, of the Sabina of 40, and Ma- 
 tilda of 34 guns, 20 Deo. 1796.* The former ship 
 struck her colours, after a combat of three hours, 
 and a loss, out of 286 men, of 14 killed and 44 
 wounded; the other was compelled to wear and 
 haul off' at the close of a sharp action of half an 
 hour ; the collective loss of the Mineeve on both 
 occasions amounting to 7 men killed and 44wound- 
 ed.f Capt. Cockburn, who had previously assisted 
 in destroying L'Etannavt national corvette, of 18 
 guns, next took the privateer Maria, of 6 guns and 
 68 men, and, after witnessing the evacuation of 
 Porto Ferrajo, bore a very active part in the battle 
 off' Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. He also brought 
 out from under the severe fire of two strong bat- 
 teries on Grand Canary Island the Marseillais, a 
 French letter-of-marque of 24 guns. On the night 
 of 5 Nov. in the same year, while the Minerve was 
 lying stripped in the mole of the dockyard of Gib- 
 raltar, we again find her intrepid Captain attracting 
 the ofBoial notice of bis superiors by a signal ex- 
 ploit he performed in putting off with only three 
 gun-boats to the protection of a convoy, which had 
 been observed to be baffled by light and contrary 
 winds near the Spanish shore, whence it was threat- 
 ened by a flotilla of 30 of the enemy's gun-boats. 
 By pulling directly between the in-shore part of 
 the convoy and the position occupied by the Spa- 
 niards, he successfully checked their career, and by 
 his spirited exertions kept them at bay during the 
 whole night, and until the merchantmen had reached 
 their anchorage. In April, 1798, the Minerve re- 
 turned to England to refit, but towards the close of 
 the year she again sailed for the Mediterranean, 
 where Capt. Cock,burn continued to be employed on 
 various important services, frequently in command 
 of a small squadron, until the conclusion of the war. 
 Among other operations, he joined in the hostilities 
 against Malta — was in company with the Emerald 
 at the taking of La Caroline privateer, of 16 guns 
 and 90 men — witnessed Lord Keith's capture of 
 three frigates and two brigs under Kear-Admiral 
 Perree, 19 June, 1799 — took, during the year 1800, 
 the three privateers Le Fvret, La Mouche^ and La 
 Vengeance, carrying altogether 49 guns and 357 men 
 — made prize, 11 Feb. 1801, of a Danish man-of-war 
 brig — and, on 2 Sept. following, captured and de- 
 stroyed the Succes, of 32, and jBravoure, of 42 guns. J 
 Assuming command, 12 July, 1803, of the Phaeton 
 38, the subject of this memoir, after serving for 
 some time off' Havre de Grace with a squadron of 
 frigates under his orders, took out Mr. Merry, the 
 British Minister Plenipotentiary to the United 
 States, and thence proceeded to India with the first 
 instalment of a sum of money, which it had been 
 arranged should be paid by the government of the 
 latter, as a compensation for the losses sustained by 
 the loyalists in the first establishment of American 
 independence. He was subsequently employed in 
 blockading the Isle of France, where he frequently 
 came into warm collision with the enemy's bat- 
 teries ; and on eventually exchanging, 5 June, 1805, 
 into the Howe, returned to England with the Mar- 
 quis of Wellesley, then Governor-General of India. 
 Capt. Cockburn, whose succeeding appointments 
 were, 1 July, 1806, and 10 and 25 March, 1808, to 
 the Captain, Abodkir, and Pomp^e 74's, was next 
 present, in the first-named ship, at the capture, by 
 a squadron under Sir Thos. Louis, of Le Pre'mdent 
 French frigate of 44 guns, 27 Sept. 1806. On his 
 passage to the West Indies in the Pompee, he cap- 
 tured Le Pilade corvette, of 16 guns and 109 men ; 
 and being intrusted by Sir Alex. Cochrane, on his 
 arrival on that station, with the management of all 
 the naval operations on shore in the attack on Mar- 
 tinique, he hoisted a broad pendant, and by his ex- 
 
 •► VideG^?.. 1797,0.800. 
 
 f In testimony of the opinion he entertained of Capt. 
 Cockbiirn's gallant conduct on the occasion of the capture of 
 tlie Saii'no, Nelson subsequently presented liim witli a gold- 
 hilted Hwora. 
 
 J r. Gaa. 1801, p. 1355. 
 
 ertions, which were unremitting and beyond praise, 
 greatly contributed to the reduction of the island.'^ 
 The enemy off'ering to capitulate on 24 Feb. 1809, 
 Commodore Cockburn, with Gens. Prevost and 
 Maitland, was directed to meet the French commis- 
 sioners to settle the terms, and under their signa^ 
 tures Martinique became a British colony. For his 
 services on this occasion the Commodore was per- 
 sonally thanked by both Houses of Parliament, and 
 appointed Captain of the Port of St. Pierre. Ke- 
 moving in March to the Belleisle 74, he returned 
 to Europe in charge of the ships taken at Marti- 
 nique, and of the surrendered governor and garri- 
 son, and soon after his arrival in England was 
 ordered to accompany the expedition to the Scheldt. 
 Thither proceeding, he took command, with his 
 pendant in the Plover, of a division of the British 
 flotilla, consisting of sloops of war, bomb-ships, 
 brigs, and gun-boats ; and, taking up a most judi- 
 cious position near the south-east end of Flushing, 
 continued to bombard that town until the French 
 commandant signified his intention to surrender ; 
 when, with an officer from the army, he entered 
 bhndfolded into tlie fortress, and finally arranged 
 the terms of capitulation. f On the retreat of the 
 British down the Scheldt, he subsequently took the 
 post of honour, and formed the rear-guard ; on 
 which occasion the Plover was the last vessel to 
 leave the river, checking by her fire the pursuit of 
 the enemy. The Belleisle, of which ship Capt. 
 Cockburn had resumed commandj being paid off in 
 Oct. 1809, he next, in Feb. 1810, joined the Impla- 
 cable 74, and was invested with the conduct of the 
 naval part of an expedition having for its object 
 the liberation of Ferdinand VII. of Spain from bis 
 confinement at Valan^ay. He afterwards proceeded 
 to Cadiz with the flag of Sir Rich. Keats, and effect- 
 ually co-operated in the defence of that place, par- 
 ticularly by the able and cheerful assistance he 
 afforded with two brigs and some armed boats to 
 an attempt made to dislodge a French force at 
 Moguer, to the northward of the town. J Towards 
 the close of 1810 he safely escorted two Spanish 
 line-of-battle ships, of 120 guns each, to the Ha^ 
 vana ; after which he proceeded to Vera Cruz, and 
 thence returned to Cadiz with 2,000,000 dollars. 
 Arriving in England early in 1811, on board the 
 Druid 32, Capt. Cockburn was, by the Admiralty, 
 again appointed a Commodore on 26 Nov., and di- 
 rected to hoist his broad pendant on board the 
 Grampus 50. About the same period he was se- 
 lected to act as joint commissioner with Mr. T. 
 Sydenham and Mr. J. P. Morier, for the purpose of 
 effecting a reconciliation between Spain and her 
 transatlantic colonies. The scheme, however, in 
 consequence of the narrow-minded policy pursued 
 by the Spanish Cortes, proving abortive, the Com- 
 modore, after proceeding as far as Cadiz, returned 
 hoihe, and on 12 Aug. 1812 was promoted to the 
 rank of Rear- Admiral — previously to which he had 
 been appointed, 1 Aug. 1811, a Colonel of Marines. 
 He soon, with his flag in the MARLBOnooGH 74, 
 again sailed for Cadiz, in order to assume command 
 of the British squadron employed in its defence ; 
 but the siege having been raised prior to his arrival, 
 he was ordered to North America, where hostilities 
 had been recently declared against Great Britain. 
 
 "We have now arrived at an era in the history of 
 the distinguished subject of our memoir which, for 
 brilliancy of achievement, has rarely been equalled. 
 The dashing exploits, indeed, which have perpetu- 
 ated the name of Cockburn crowd on our attention 
 in such rapid succession, that, anxious as we are to 
 chronicle every occurrence at all invested with inte- 
 rest, we fear that in what we yet have to recount 
 we must content ourselves with a statement of the 
 chief of those gallant performances which, by en- 
 forcing on the enemy a proper respect for the Bri- 
 tish flag, in the end induced them to long for peace. 
 Arriving in the Chesapeake on 3 March, 1813, the 
 Rear-Admiral commenced a desultory mode of war.- 
 
 • Fide Oaz. 1609, pp. .'.99, 482. 
 t r. Gaz. 1800, p. 1321. J V. Gai. 1810, p. Hi5, 
 
206 
 
 COCKBURN— COCKRAFT. 
 
 fare, by clearing the river James of its vessels, and 
 carrying consternation into the heart of Virginia. 
 He next penetrated to the upper part of Elk River, 
 at the very head of the Chesapeake waters ; landed 
 and partially destroyed the town of Havre de Grace, 
 together with a battery and cannon-foundry, near 
 the entrance of the Susq^uehanna ; and, proceeding 
 up the Sassafras river with all the boats of his 
 squadron on 6 May, succeeded, after routing a body 
 of about 400 men, who had opened on them a fire 
 from an entrenched position on the two opposite 
 banks of the river, in demolishing the settlements 
 of Georgetown and Frederickstown.* On 26 June 
 he further co-operated with Sir Sidney Beckwith in 
 the attack upon Hampton ; and, shifting his flag on 
 1 July to the Sceptke 74, assisted, in the course, of 
 that month, at the capture of Oorakoke and Ports- 
 mouth Islands, on the coast of North Carolina, pos- 
 sessing himself at the same time of the Anaconda 
 of 20, and Atlas of 12 guns-t He next, on the 
 morning of 5 July, with a mere handful of men, 
 made himself master of Kent Island, in the Chesa- 
 peake ; to which bay, after visiting Bermuda, he 
 ultimately returned in 1814, on board the Albion 
 74. In July of the latter year Rear- Admiral Cock- 
 burn entered the Potomac, and, ascending that 
 river, frequently landed at the head of about 500 
 seamen and marines, sometimes in Maryland on the 
 one side, and sometimes in Virginia on the other ; 
 and, overrunning both provinces to the distance of 
 10 miles from the water's edge, destroyed all the 
 military posts and stores to be met with in the 
 whole of that extensive range of country, and cap- 
 tured and shipped off several guns, stores of to- 
 bacco, flour, and other articles, but not, however, 
 without frequently coming into severe contact with 
 the enemy.J He next proceeded with his boats up 
 the Patuxent in quest of a powerful flotilla under 
 the orders of Commodore Barney, and at length, on 
 22 Aug., discovered the object of his search near 
 Pig Point ; but such terror did his very presence 
 excite, that the Americans instantly set fire to their 
 vessels, all of which, except one, blew up. In pur- 
 suance of a bold plan which he had formed, the 
 Rear-Admiral, joining an army of 4000 men under 
 Major-General Koss at Marlborough, now advanced 
 upon "Washington, the capital of the United States, 
 itself, which he hoped to take by a coup de main. 
 Reaching Bladensburg on 24 of the same month, 
 the British encountered the enemy's army, of about 
 8000 strong, which, although firmly posted, was 
 attacked and completely routed. Thus encouraged, 
 the victorious troops pushed forward without loss 
 of time, and on the same evening entered "Washing- 
 ton. The whole of that night and of the following 
 day were devoted to the work of destruction ; and 
 by the evening of the 25th, when the British com- 
 menced their retreat, public property, to the value 
 of between two and three millions sterling, had 
 been demolished. Throughout every detail of this 
 splendid acliievement Rear-Admiral Cockburn dis- 
 played his wonted ability and judgment, and, it is 
 needless to add, obtained the high eulogiums of Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane and Major-Gen. Ross.§ Landing 
 again on 12 Sept. near the mouth of the Petapsco, 
 he joined next in a descent on Baltimore, during 
 their profitless advance on which place the British 
 lost their General and defeated a strong body of 
 the enemy. II After conducting many other opera- 
 tions on the southern coast of the United States, 
 where he kept the inhabitants in a constant state of 
 alarm, and occupied the town of St. Mary, the 
 Rear-Admiral, who had been created a K.C.B. 2 
 Jan. 1815, ultimately, on being informed of the 
 cessation of hostilities, returned to Spithead, where 
 he arrived on 4 May. Hoisting his flag subse- 
 quently in the Northumeeeland 74, as Command- 
 er-in-Chief at St. Helena, and being selected to 
 convey Napoleon Buonaparte, who had recently 
 surrendered himself, to that island, Sir Geo. Cock- 
 burn on 8 Aug. sailed from Plymouth, and on 16 
 
 • FWeGaz. 1813, pp. 1331-34. + T. Gaz. 1813, pp. 1577, 1746. 
 
 J r. Gaz. 1814, pp. 1965-7. } V. Gaz. 1814, pp. 1937-42. 
 
 I r. Gaz. ISH, pp. 2075-7. 
 
 Oct. landed his important charge at the place of his 
 destination. He was superseded, however, in June, 
 1816, by Sir Pulteney Malcolm; and, returning 
 home, struck his flag in the following Aug. Be- 
 coming a Vice- Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, he after- 
 wards, with his flag in the Vehnon 60, and Presi- 
 dent 52, commanded in chief on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station from 6 Dec. 1832 until 
 Feb. 1836. Since the latter date he has not been 
 afloat. His advancement to the rank of fuU Ad- 
 miral took place 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 Sir Geo. Cockburn, who was nominated a G.C.B., 
 with additional armorial bearings indicative of his 
 important services, 20 Feb. 1818, and was elected a 
 F.R.S. 21 Dec. 1820, first obtained a seat in Parliar 
 ment for Portsmouth in 1818. He was next elected, 
 in March, 1820, for the borough of "Weobley ; was re- 
 turned for Plymouth in 1826.; and, since Oct. 1841, 
 has held a seat for Ripon. On 25 March, 1818, he 
 became a Lord of the Admiralty, to which office he 
 was re-appointed 17 Sept. 1828. He obtained a seat 
 at the board, as First Naval Lord, in Oct. 1841, 
 but retired on the dissolution of Sir Robt. Peel's 
 Government, in the summer of 1846. On 5 April, 
 1821, he was also appointed Major-General of Ma- 
 rines, and, on 30 April, 1827, a Privy Councillor. In 
 the latter capacity Sir George attended the funeral 
 of King William IV. He married his cousin, Miss 
 Mary Cockburn. 
 
 COCKBURN. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 James Hobsford CocKEnRN entered the Navy 
 1 Dec. 1829 ; passed his examination in 1836 ; and 
 for his services on the coast of Syria— where he 
 distinguished himself by his ofl&cer-like, cool, and 
 steady conduct, as Senior Mate, at the destruction, 
 on 20 Sept., of a castle mounting 5 guns, and in full 
 view of 500 of the Egyptian army near Caiffa,'*' and 
 witnessed the fall of St. Jean d'Acre — was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. He 
 was appointed, 9 March, 1842, to the Winchester 
 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of the Hon. 
 Josceline Percy, to whom, from 10 May, 1844, until 
 paid off in 1846, he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant. 
 His assumption of his present rank took place on 
 24 April in the latter year. 
 
 COCKRAFT. (Lieutenant, 1844.) . 
 
 MACLEOD Baynes Cockraft entered the Navy, 
 
 4 Jan. 1833, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sala- 
 mander steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, 
 employed on the Home station ; and from Feb. 1834 
 until June, 1840, was variously occupied in the 
 Mediterranean. Having passed his examination on 
 
 5 Aug. in the latter year, he next, in 1841, pro- 
 ceeded to the coast of Africa, as Mate of the Wil- 
 BERFOECE Steamer, Capt. Wm. Allen, on which star 
 tion he cruized for two months in acting-command 
 of the Bonetta brigantine. While subsequently 
 attached, as Senior Mate, to the Dolphin 3, Lieut- 
 Commander Philip Bisson, Mr. Cockraft attracted 
 official notice for his conduct in saving, on the 
 occasion of a Spanish slaver being driven on shore, 
 the lives of three Kroomen who had swum to the 
 vessel for the purpose of preserving their papers ; 
 in the execution of which service he had charge of 
 the Dolphin's boats, and was for eight hours ex- 
 posed to a fire from the enemy. In Oct. 1842, 
 having joined the Madagascar 42, Capt. John 
 Foote, he was appointed by that officer to the com- 
 mand, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the 
 Albert steam-vessel, in order to co-operate in the 
 suppression of the slave-trade, and the protection 
 of British interests on the different rivers to the 
 northward of Sierra Leone, where, from illness and 
 mortality among the engineers, it was frequently 
 found impossible to move the ship. While so em- 
 ployed in the river Nunhez, Mr. Cockraft had an 
 opportunity, after two months of skirmishing and a 
 loss to his small party of 4 men killed and 8 
 wounded, of capturing and destroying the stock- 
 aded town of Casakabouli, mounting several 18, 24, 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2001. 
 
COCKRELL-COCKSEDGE— CODD-CODRINGTON. 
 
 207 
 
 and 32-poumicrg — a measure which had been ren- 
 dered necessary from the circumstance of a native- 
 attack having been made on the British factories, 
 a fire opened on the Albert's boats, and an attempt 
 made to seize Mr. Cooliraft's person. In aolsnow- 
 ledgment of his services on the occasion he was 
 presented by the residents, under the sanction of 
 the Admiralty, with a sword valued at a hundred 
 guineas. On at length invaliding home, he was 
 confirmed in his present rank by commission dated 
 23 Sept. 1844. He has been employed, since 2 March, 
 1846, in the Bkilliant 22, Capt. Kundle Burges 
 Watson, at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 COCKRELL. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 James Patrick Cockrell entered the Navy 14 
 Feb. 1809 ; passed his examination in 1816 ; attained 
 his present rank 22 July, 1830 ; was appointed, 14 
 Oct. following, to the Success 28, Capt. Wm. Clarke 
 Jervoise, on the East India station ; joined the 
 Coast Guard 14 Aug. 1832; and, since 1835, has 
 been unemployed. 
 
 COCKSEDGE. (Liewt., 1816. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 35.) 
 George Edward Cockbedge entered the Navy, 
 14 Nov. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impe- 
 TUEUX 78, Capt. Sampson Edwards, in which ship, 
 and the St. George 98, commanded by the same 
 officer, he served, on the Channel and Mediterra^ 
 nean stations, until Feb. 1801. During the next 
 four years he successively joined, as Midshipman, 
 the San -Josef 110, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, 
 Lapwing 28, Capt. Edw. Rotheram, and Planta- 
 GENET 74, Capts. Graham Eden H amend and Hon. 
 Michael J)e Courcy ; and while in the latter vessel, 
 besides convoying a fleet of Indiamen to St. Helena, 
 assisted in capturing, 27 July, 1803, L'Atalanle cor- 
 vette, of 22 guns. On subsequently removing to 
 the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Robt. Redmill, flag-ship 
 afterwards of Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, he fur- 
 ther bore a part in the battle fought off Cape Tra- 
 falgar 21 Oct. 1805, and witnessed, in July, 1807, 
 the unsuccessful attack made on Buenos Ayres by 
 Lieut.-General Whitelocke. Between 1809, in which 
 year he obtained a commission, and 1813, Mr. Cock- 
 sedge next served, in the West Indies, North Ame- 
 rica, and German Ocean — nearly the whole time as 
 First-Lieutenant — on board the Shark sloop, Capt. 
 Groves, Dispatch 18, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, Fran- 
 chise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Gorgon arme'e en 
 flute, Capt. Alex. Milner, Calliope 20, Capt. John 
 M'Kerlie, and Cretan brig, Capt. Chas. Fred. 
 Payne. He was then placed on half-pay, and has 
 not since been aflcat. 
 
 CODD. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 22 ; H-p., 5.) 
 Edward Codd entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1820, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the North dmberland 78, 
 Capt. Thos. Harvey, on the Home station ; became 
 Midshipman, 4 Aug. 1821, of the Akgds 18, Capts. 
 Septimus Arabin and John Burnett Dundas, em- 
 ployed in North America and the West Indies ; 
 and, from Oct. 1825 until March, 1833, was borne 
 on the books, latterly — having passed his examina- 
 tion 11 Sept. 1827 — as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Waespite 76, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Wm. Hall Gage, the broad pendant after- 
 wards of Sir Jas. Brisbane, and then the successive 
 flags of Sir Edw. Codrington and Rear-Admiral 
 Thos. Baker, during which period he visited every 
 portion of tlie globe, and was very creditably em- 
 ployed, while in command for 19 months of the 
 Adelaide tender, in recovering at Cape Frio the 
 stores and specie wrecked in H.M.S. Thetis. After 
 an additional attachment to the Asia 84, flag-ship 
 of Rear- Admiral Wm. Parker off Lisbon, and Vic- 
 tory 104, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir 
 Thos. Williams at Portsmouth, he was officially 
 promoted 8 Jan. 1836. His next appointments we're, 
 on the Mediterranean station— in the course of the 
 same year, to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Josias Rowley, Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. 
 
 Rich. Dacres, and Caledonia again— 16 Nov. 1837, 
 to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag 
 of Sir. Robt. Stopford— and, 13 March, 1838, to the 
 Talbot 28, Capts. Henry John Codrington and 
 Robt. Fanshawe Stopford. While in the latter 
 frigate, previously to joining which he had for 15 
 months commanded the Hind cutter, and had, in 
 Feb. 1838, been dismasted and nearly lost in a 
 Channel gale, Mr. Codd, as Second-Lieutenant, as- 
 sisted in the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, and 
 took part in the various sounding and other operas 
 tions which preceded the fall of that fortress. His 
 last appointment was, 27 June, 1843, to the Corn- 
 wallis 72, flag-ship at China of Sir Wm. Parker, 
 on the paying off of which, being at the time First- 
 Lieutenant, he was advanced to his present rank 
 by commission dated 11 Nov. 1844. He has since 
 been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CODRINGTON, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.L., 
 
 K.S G., G.R.G., F.E.S. (Admieai, op the Red, 
 
 1837. F-P., 28 ; H-p., 36.) 
 
 Sir Edward Codrington, bom in 1770, is third 
 son of the late Edw. Codrington, Esq. (a descendant 
 of John Codrington, standard-bearer to King Henry 
 V. in his French wars), by Miss Ann Sturgeon ; 
 grandson of Sir Edw. Codrington, of Dodington, 
 CO. Gloucester, the first Baronet of that name ; and 
 cousin of the present Sir Wm. Raimond Codrington, 
 Bart. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy, 18 July, 1783, on 
 board the Augusta yacht. Until confirmed in the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 28 May, 1793, he afterwards 
 served, on the Halifax, Mediterranean, and Home 
 stations, in the Brisk sloop. Assistance 44, Com- 
 modore Herbert Sawyer, Leandeb 50, bearing the 
 flag in succession of the same oflicer and of Kear- 
 Admiral Peyton, Ambuscade 32, and Formidable 
 and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Admirals Le- 
 veson Gower and Earl Howe. In the course of 1793 
 he was next appointed to the Santa Margaritta 
 36, and also, for the purpose of repeating the signals 
 of the latter nobleman, to the Pegascs 28. He 
 then rejoined his lordship in the Queen Charlotte, 
 and after participating in the actions of 28 and 29 
 May, and 1 June, 1794, was intrusted with the du- 
 plicate despatches containing the details of the 
 victory and of the safe arrival of the fleet and 
 prizes off Dimnose. On 7 Oct. following, Mr. Cod- 
 rington was in consequence promoted to the com- 
 mand of the Comet fire-ship, in which he continued 
 until posted into the Babet, of 22 guns, 6 April, 
 1795. In the next June he bore a part in Lord 
 Bridport's action with the French fleet off lie de 
 Groix, and on removing, in July, 1796, to the Druid 
 32, cruized for some time off Lisbon, and was in 
 company with the Unicorn and Doris frigates at 
 the capture, 7 Jan. 1797, of the troop-ship La Ville 
 de I' Orient. From that period we do not again find 
 Capt. Codrington employed until appointed, 24 May, 
 1805, to the Orion 74, for his conduct in which 
 ship at the battle of Trafalgar he received a gold 
 medal. In Nov. 1808 (having left the Orion in 
 Dec. 1806) he obtained command of the Blake 74, 
 and being ordered in the following year to accom- 
 pany the expedition against Walcheren, hoisted on 
 that occasion the flag of Lord Gardner, by whom he 
 was mentioned in the highest terms of praise for 
 his assistance at the forcing of the Scheldt on 14 
 Aug., on which day the Blake, having no pilot on 
 board, grounded under the batteries of Flushing, 
 and suffered, during a consequent engagement with 
 the enemy of two hours and three quarters, a loss 
 of 2 men killed and 9 wounded, besides being twice 
 set on fire.* While afterwards at the defence of 
 Cadiz, in Aug. 1810, we find the subject of this me- 
 moir, as a measure rendered necessary by the rapid 
 advances of the besieging army, charged with the 
 premature removal of four Spanish hnc-o£-battle- 
 ships to Minorca, the whole of which, although old 
 and leaky, quite destitute of men to navigate them, 
 only half-provisioned, and crowded with refugee 
 » yideQBLZ. 1SC9, p. 1825. 
 
208 
 
 CODRINGTON. 
 
 passengers, were ultimately anchored in safety at j 
 Port Mahon after a distressing passage of 38 days. [ 
 In 1811 Capt. Codrington was invested with the j 
 command of a sijuadron on the east coast of Spain, j 
 where, by collecting reinforcements of troops and | 
 other means, he strenuously co-operated with the ' 
 patriots in the defence of Tarragona ; and on the 
 fall of that place in June, was night and day em- 
 ployed, with all the warmth of benevolence, in 
 rescuing the unfortunate inhabitants from the ruth- 
 less destruction that everywhere assailed them, 
 numbers being brought away in the boats and 
 transports, and gratuitously supplied with whatever 
 clothing and provisions they required.* In Jan. 
 1812 he was further present on shore at the defeat 
 of the French near Villa Succa, where 600 men 
 were taken prisoners, and about the same period 
 he supported the Baron d'Eroles in an attempt to 
 regain Tarragona ; f after which he successfully 
 carried on a desultory species of warfare that 
 lasted for several months, and was productive of 
 the greatest annoyance and mortification to the 
 enemy. On the night of 26 April, 1812, he again 
 co-operated with the Baron d'Eroles in a manner 
 that caused the mole of Tarragona to be swept of 
 all the vessels and boats that had there sought pro- 
 tection.! Capt. Codrington at length returned home 
 in the early part of 1813, bearing with him the good 
 wishes of aU with whom he had been in any way 
 connected, and recommended in the strongest man- 
 ner both by the Spanish government and by Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief, for the zeal, 
 ability, and judgment which he had on every occa- 
 sion displayed, and for the signal manner in which 
 he had contributed by his advice and assistance to 
 the various successes of the Catalonian army. He 
 was nominated a Colonel of Marines 4 Dec. follow- 
 ing ; and sailing soon afterwards for North Ame- 
 rica with his broad pendant in the Forth 40, was, 
 while there, promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral 
 
 4 June, 1814, and appointed, in the Tonnant 80, 
 Captain of the Fleet under Sir Alex. Cochrane. 
 Of the latter officer he received the thanks for the 
 alacrity with which, during the operations connected 
 with the capture of Washington, he conducted the 
 laborious duties of conveying sujiplies to the army ; 
 and also for the counsel and assistance he afforded 
 during the expedition against Baltimore. § Hoisting 
 his flag on board the Havannah 36, the Rear-Ad- 
 miral next took part in the attack on New Orleans,|j 
 and at the conclusion of hostilities with the United 
 States returned to England with the official an- 
 nouncement of the capture of Fort Bowyer. For 
 his varied services he was created a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 
 1815 ; and, assuming the rank of Vice-Admiral 
 10 July, 1821, was appointed, 1 Nov. 1826, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief on the Mediterranean station, with 
 his flag in the Asia 84. A treaty being soon after- 
 wards formed between the, courts of St. James', 
 the Tuileries, and St. Petersburg, having for its 
 object the suppression of hostilities which for 
 several years had raged with deadly animosity be- 
 tween the Ottoman Porte and the inhabitants of 
 the Greek provinces and islands. Sir Edw. Cod- 
 rington, through a concatenation of circumstances 
 into which our limits forbid us to enter, found it 
 his duty, on 20 Oct. 1827, as Commander-in-Chief 
 of the British, French, and Russian squadrons, to 
 enter the port of Navarin, where lay in battle 
 order a Turco-Egyptian fleet, consisting of 3 sail of 
 the line, 5 double-banked frigates of from 60 to 64 
 guns each, 15 frigates, 26 cor^/ettes, 11 brigs, and 
 
 5 fire-ships, in all 65 sail, carrying 2082 guns. The 
 result of the tremendous conflict which was doomed 
 to follow is well known.Tf It is sufficient for us to 
 record that the victorious fleet, amounting alto- 
 gether to 11 sail of the line, 9 frigates, and 4 brigs. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. Ifill.p. 1588. 
 t V. Gaz. 18 2, p. 563. 
 
 V. Gaz. 18' 2, p. 2206. 
 
 V. Gaz. 1814, pp. 1940,2070. 
 
 V. Gaz. 1815, p. 449. 
 
 r. Gaz. 1827,pp. 2320 4. 
 
 suffered a loss of 172 men killed and 481 wounded* 
 ^that promotions and rewards were abundantly 
 distributed among the conquerors — and that the 
 hero of the fight, the gallant Sir Edward, was im- 
 mediately nominated a G.C.B. by his own Sove- 
 reign, and subsequently presented by those of 
 France, Russia, and Greece, with the Grand Cross 
 of St. Louis, the Order of St. George of Russia, 
 and the Gold Cross of the Redeemer of Greece. 
 In consequence, however, of political disunion at 
 home, he was recalled from the Mediterranean in 
 1828. He afterwards, with his flag in the Caledo- 
 nia 120, commanded a squadron of observation in 
 the Channel in 1831 ; and attaining the rank of 
 full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, was appointed, 2a Nov. 
 1839; Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, where 
 the Queen 110, and St. Vincent 120, appear to 
 have been his successive flag-ships. He returned 
 to half-pay at the expiration of his command in 
 Dec. 1842 ; and since that period has been unem- 
 ployed. 
 
 Sir Edw. Codrington, who, in addition to his 
 other dignities, holds that of a G.C.M.G., and is 
 also a F.R.S., sat in Parliament for Devonport from 
 1832 until Jan. 1840. He married, 27 Dec. 1802, 
 Miss Jane Hall, of Old Windsor, and by that lady, 
 who died in 1837, had, with other issue, a son, the 
 present Capt. Henry John Codrington, R.N., C.B., 
 and a daughter, now wife of Capt. Sir Thos. Bour- 
 chier, R.N., K.C.B. His eldest son, Edward, Mid- 
 shipman of the Cambrian frigate, Capt. Gawen 
 Wm. Hamilton, was drowned off the island of 
 Hydra, while proceeding' thither in the ship's 
 cutter. 
 
 CODEINGTON, C.B., K.S.V., K.L.H., K.R.G. 
 (Captain, 1836. f-p., 17; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Henry John Codrington, born 17 Oct. 1808, is 
 son of Admiral Sir Edw. Codrington, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apollo, at Portsmouth; 
 joined, 26 July following, the Sybille 46, Capt. 
 Sam. John Brooke Pechell, lying at Depttbrd ; and, 
 on 24 Aug. in the same year, was appointed Mid- 
 shipman of the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Ca- 
 vendish Spencer, in which frigate he assisted at the 
 blockade of Algiers in 1824. Having removed, in 
 Oct. 1826, to the Asia 84, bearing the flag of his 
 father, he took part and was severely wounded at 
 the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; t after wMoh 
 he became attached, in succession, to the Wae- 
 spite 76, Capt. Wm. Parker, and Madagascar 46, 
 Capt. Hon. Sir R. C. Spencer, and was promoted, 
 12 June 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the Victory 101, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, at Portsmouth. Until ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Commander, 20 Oct. 1831, 
 Mr. Codrington's further appointments were — 10 
 Aug. 1829, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at 
 the Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood — 22 April, 
 1830, to the Bkiton 46, Capt. John Duff Markland, 
 employed on Particular service— and, 9 June, 1831, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship 
 in the Channel of Sir Edw. Codrington. He sub- 
 sequently, on 6 June, 1834, obtained command of 
 the Orestes 18, in which sloop he appears to have 
 served on the Mediterranean station until shortly 
 after his elevation to Post rank, 20 Jan. 1836. Bemg 
 next appointed, 12 March, 1838, to the command of 
 the Talbot 28, the subject of this notice returned 
 to the latter station, where, in Nov. 1840, he super- 
 intended conjointly with Capt. Edw. Boxer the 
 task of sounding and buoying off' the channels lead- 
 ing to the batteries of St. Jean d'Acre, for his ulti- 
 
 * It was nrarly miraculous how Sir Edward Codrington 
 escaped without injury. He was almost the wliole time on 
 the poop, which was once or twice cleared during the action, 
 — once in particular, — when there was no person to be seen 
 on it but himself. A musket-htll passed through the sleeve 
 of his coat at the wrist ; his watch was smashed by a splinter; 
 a cannon-ball passed through the roUed-up awning under 
 which he was standing, and just cleared his hat; he was 
 twisted round several times, and his coat was torn in several 
 places by splinters. 
 
 t K. Ga-i. '827, p. 2324. 
 
COFFIN— COGHILL. 
 
 209 
 
 mate Bhare in the destruction of which fortress he 
 was nominated a C.B. 18 Dec. following.* From 
 13 March, 1841, until 31 Dec. 1842, he afterwards 
 officiated as Flag-Captain, in the Queen 110, and 
 St. Vincent 120, to his father, then Commander-in- 
 Chief at Portsmouth. Since 14 Oct. 1846 he has 
 heen in command of the Thetis 36. 
 
 Capt. Codrington t is a Knight of the Eussian, 
 French, and Greek orders of the 4th class of St. 
 Vladamir, the Legion of Honour, and Redeemer of 
 Greece. 
 
 COFFIN. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Hbnky Edwakd CorriN entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Pdissant 74, 
 Capt. John Irvine, guard-ship at Spithead ; was suc- 
 cessively transferred, in the course of the following 
 year, to the Atlas and Colossus 74's, Capts. Sam. 
 Pyra and Jas. Nicoll Morris, and Malta 84, Capt. 
 Edw. BuUer ; and on joining, in Jan. 1807, the Tighe 
 80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, attended the expedition 
 to Egypt, and witnessed, as Midshipman, the de- 
 struction of the French line-of-battle ships Robuste 
 and Lion, off Cape Cette. After a further servitude 
 of three years on board the Bombay 74, Capt. "Wm. 
 Cuming, and Minorca 18, Capt. Ralph Randolph 
 "Wormeley, he returned, in April, 1813, to the Malta, 
 then flag-ship of his former Captain, Hallowell, and 
 was for some time very actively employed command- 
 ing a gun-boat in co-operation with the patriots on 
 the south coast of Spain. On his arrival in England 
 as Acting-Lieutenant of the Sphynx 10, Capt. Thos. 
 Colby, Mr. Coffin was officially promoted by com- 
 mission dated 20 July, 1814 ; after which he served, 
 from June, 1815, to Dec. 1818, on board the Cos- 
 sack 22, Capt. Hon. Robt. Rodney, Duiver 16, 
 Capt. Lord Algernon Percy, and Sakacen 16, Capt. 
 John Gore, on the Home and North American sta- 
 tions. His next appointments appear to have been, 
 11 Aug. 1824, and 1 March, 1826, to the Atholl 28, 
 Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, and Ganges 84, Capt. 
 Sam. Hood Inglefield, . employed off the coast of 
 Africa and at Rio de Janeiro, whence he returned 
 home on the receipt of his second promotal commis- 
 sion, 19 Sept. 1829. He subsequently commanded 
 the Trinculo 16, on the Lisbon station, from 26 
 Dec. 1836, until the spring of 1841 ; and on 23 Nov. 
 following was promoted to his present rank. He 
 has not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Coffin married, 10 Nov. 1829, Charlotte, 
 youngest daughter of the late Wm. Curry, Esq., of 
 Southampton. 
 
 COFFIN, ((ffaptain, 1822. f-p., 18; h-p., 30.J 
 
 John Townsend Coffin is third son of the late 
 Major-General John Coffin, an officer distinguished 
 in the first American war, by Anne, daughter of 
 Wm. Matthews, Esq., of St. John's Island, South 
 Carolina ; and nephew of Sir Isaac Coffin, Bart., 
 G.C.H., Admiral of the Red, who died 23 July, 
 1839. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1799, as 
 Fsfc.-cl. Vol., on board the Boston 32, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas, on the Halifax station ; served 
 next, from 21 Aug. 1802, until Feb. 1805, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Narcissus 32, Capt. Ross Donnelly, 
 under whom he assisted, off Sardinia, at the capture, 
 8 July, 1803, of the French corvette L'Akion, of 16 
 guns and 96 men ; joined, in Feb. 1805, the Blen- 
 heim 74, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Sir 
 Thos. Troubridge ; and for his conduct as Master's 
 Mate of the Harrier 18, Capt. Edw. Thos. Trou- 
 bridge, at tJie capture, after a stiff action of an hour, 
 of the Dutch 36-gun frigate Pallaa, and armed ships 
 Vittoria and Batavia, near Java, 26 July, 1806, was, 
 on 13 Oct. following, appointed Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Macassar, Capt. Wm. Wilbraham.J In Oct. 
 1807 he was transferred, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Duncan 38, Capt. Wm. Wells, but he does not ap- 
 pear to have been confirmed by the Admiralty until 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2900. 
 
 -J- See Commander' J. C. Caflfin. 
 
 I V. Gaz. 1807, p. 423. 
 
 1 1 April, 1808, when we find him appointed to the 
 Samarang 18, Capt. Rich. Buck. Returning to 
 England towards the close of the same year, in the 
 St. Fiorenzo 36, Capt. John Bastard, Mr. Coffin, in 
 Aug. 1809, was sent to join the Shark sloop, Capt. 
 Grove, on the Jamaica station, whence, unable to 
 withstand the effects of the climate, he speedily 
 came home, and obtained an appointment, 16 Dec. 
 1809, to the Victorious 74, Capt. John Talbot. On 
 21 Feb. 1812, while cruizing in the Gulf of Venice, 
 in company with the Weasel 18, the latter ship fell 
 in with, and, at the close of a most gallant conflict 
 of four hours and a half, in which she lost 27 men 
 killed and 99 wounded, and the enemy 400 killed and 
 wounded, took the French 74-gun ship Rivoli, whose 
 consorts, three brigs and two gun-boats, were also 
 defeated. Lieut. Coffin — who, with Lieut. Edw. 
 Whyte, was intrusted with the charge of the prize, 
 and by his exertions succeeded in getting her into 
 port* — continued to serve on the Mediterranean 
 station, in the Ocean 98, Capt. Robt. Plampin, and 
 Rainbow 26,t Capts. Gawen Wm. Hamilton and 
 John Cornish, until promoted, 1 July, 1814, to the 
 command of the Shearwater sloop, at Sheerness, 
 which he, however, only retained until the following 
 Oct. His last appointment was, 12 Aug. 1819, to 
 the Fly 18, employed successively, in the Leeward 
 Islands, and, for the suppression of smuggling, off 
 the coast of Ireland. Capt. Coffin, who had been 
 on half-pay since his attainment of Post-rank, 26 
 Dec. 1822, accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, 16 June, 1834, Sophy Wallace, daugh.- 
 ter of Lochlan Donaldson, Esq. 
 
 COFFIN. (LlEUTEKANT, 1841.) 
 
 William Chappell Coffin entered the Navy 15 
 April, 1824 ; passed his examination 6 Oct. 1830 ; 
 and was serving as Mate on board the Avon steam- 
 vessel, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jenkins, when he 
 was promoted to the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 
 1841. His next appointments were — 16 Feb. 1842, 
 to the ScTLLA 18, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, in which 
 sloop he served on the North America and West 
 India station, nearly the whole time as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, until the close of 1845 — and 27 Aug. 1846, 
 in the latter capacity, to the Recruit brig, Capt. 
 Adolphus Slade, from which vessel, however, he 
 was soon afterwards superseded. 
 
 Lieut. Coffin, on 14 March, 1842, was awarded a 
 pension for wounds of 211. 7». 6d. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 COGHILL, Bart., formerly Cramer. (Eeab-Ad- 
 MiBALOFTHE White, 1841. f-p., 15; H-p., 50.) 
 Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, bom in 1773, is 
 youngest son of the late Sir John Coghill, Bart., by 
 Mary, daughter of Dr. Josiah Hort, Archbishop of 
 Tuam. He succeeded his brother, as third Baronet, 
 21 May, 1817, and assumed, in the following June, 
 the surname of" Coghill," in place of his patronymic 
 " Cramer." 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1782, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Bristol 50, Capts. 
 Hugh Campbell and Jas. Bumey, with whom he 
 served in the East Indies until discharged in April, 
 1786. In April, 1798, he re-embarked on board the 
 Haerlem 64, arme'e en Jlute, Capt. Geo. Burlton, in 
 which ship, having been created an Acting-Lieute- 
 nant in Sept. 1798, he was offlcia'ty promoted 24 
 March, 1800. After attending the subsequent ex- 
 pedition to Egypt, and cutting out, in command of 
 the Haerlem's boats, the Prima galley, from the 
 mole of G^noa, he removed, 25 April, 1801, to the 
 Afeicaine, Capt. Jas. Stevenson ; and, on 7 May, 
 1802, was promoted, from the Dedaigneuse frigate, 
 Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, to the command of the 
 Rattlesnake sloop, in the East Indies ; where, with 
 
 • FUeGa.7.. 1812, p. 852. 
 
 f In the boats of this vessel Mr. Coflin .ippeais to have 
 captured^ in the Bay of Ajaccio, two vessels, one having on 
 board a Lieutenant and several men of the 2nd Uatt. of 
 French pioneers, the other laden with wheat. — Vide Gaz. 
 18H,p. 124. 
 
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210 
 
 COGHLAN— COHAM-COLBY. 
 
 two boats under his immediate orders, we find him, 
 after a sanguinary contest, destroying a pirate-vessel 
 on the coast of Malacca. Having obtained, 25 April, 
 1805, the acting-command of La Concorde 36, Capt. 
 Coghill, on 1 Feb. 1806, received an Admiralty com- 
 mission confirming his appointment to that frigate, 
 in which he continued until Sept. 1807. On next 
 joining, 2 Oct. 1803, the Diana 38, he forthwith 
 proceeded to join the armament then off Waloheren, 
 and arrived in time to perform service marked by 
 the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief. Capt. 
 Coghill left the Diana in Feb. 1810, and remained 
 on half-pay until 7 Oct. 1813, when he was appointed 
 to the ISTER 36, in which he served on the Leeward 
 Island station until July, 1815. He has not been 
 since afloat. His promotion to Flag-rank took place 
 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Sir Josiah Coghill, who is Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 CO. Dublin, married, first, in March, 1803, Sophia, 
 daughter of Jas. Dodson, Esq., by whom (who died 
 in 1817) he had three daughters; and, secondly, 27 
 Jan. 1819, Anna Maria, eldest daughter of the late 
 Right Hon. Chas. Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice 
 of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland, by whom 
 he has living two sons and seven daughters. Agents 
 —Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 COGHLAN. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 22 ; 
 H-p., 18.) 
 
 Francis Rogers Coghlan is nephew of that in- 
 trepid veteran, the late Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, 
 R.N., C.B. (1810), who died 4 March, 1844, at the 
 age of 69.* 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1807, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the D«dalds 32, Capt. 
 Fred. "Warren, and, on proceeding with convoy to 
 the West Indies, obtained, 11 June following, a Mid- 
 shipman's berth on board the Ei-k 18, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. J. Coghlan. After serving for 
 some time in the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Wm. Pryce 
 Cumby, he returned home with that officer in the 
 Hyperion 36, early in 1812, and, then joining the 
 CaiiBdonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 witnessed, 5 Nov. 1813, a partial action with the 
 French fleet off Toulon ; immediately subsequent to 
 which he became attached with his relative to the 
 Alcmbnb 38, and assisted, 23 Dec. in the same year, 
 at the capture of La Fleche national schooner, of 
 12 guns. Being promoted, 18 April, 1814, to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Pylades 18, Capt. John Chas. 
 Gawen Roberts, he sailed for the coast of North 
 America, where he contributed to the capture of 
 many of the enemy's vessels, and was employed in 
 the blockade of Newport, Rhode Island. The latter 
 vessel having been paid off in July, 1815, Mr. Cogh- 
 lan, on 4 July, 1816, joined the Minden 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Paterson, then on the eve of her departure 
 for Gibraltar, where, on his arrival, he assumed 
 command of No. 23 gun-boat, and shared in the 
 glories of Algiers. On his return to England in the 
 Queen Charlotte 100, Lord Exmouth's flag-ship, 
 he was appointed, 19 Oct. 1816, to the Prometheus 
 sloop, Capts. "Wm. Bateman Dashwood and Con- 
 stantino Rich. Moorsom, with whom he successively 
 remained until paid off in Aug. 1818. His appoint- 
 ments afterwards were, to the command — 10 July, 
 1832, of the Hornet 6, on the South American sta^ 
 tion— 18 July, 1837, and 13 May, 1841, of the Lap- 
 wing and Linnet Falmouth packets— and, 28 June, 
 
 * Capt. Coghlan entered the Navy in Jan. I7S6 ; and 
 when he had been only four years and a half in the Service, 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, as a reward for his 
 lieroism in having cut out, on the night of 29 July, 1800, 
 with a single hoat containing only 20 men, a fully prepared 
 and desperately defended gun-brig. La Cerhh-c^ of 9 guns 
 and 87 men, moored with springs on her cables in a naval 
 port of dilBcult access, within pistol-shot of three batteries, 
 surrounded bj several armed craft, and not a mile distant 
 from a 74, bearintr an admiral's flag, and two frigates. Con- 
 tinuing his gallant career with equal fortune and success, he 
 was furtlier advanced to the rank of Commander 1 May, 1804, 
 and on 27 Nov. 1810 to that of Post-Captain. He afterwards 
 commanded the Caledonia, Sir Edward Pellew'a flag-ship, 
 in a partial action with tlie Toulon fleet, 5 Nov. 1813, and tlie 
 Alcmene frigate in a variety of detached services. 
 
 1843, of the Anson convict-hulk, at Hobart Town. 
 Since his last promotion, -which took place 2 Sept. 
 1843, Commander Coghlan has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, 4 Sept. 1830, Jane Matilda, only 
 daughter of Fras. Henry Beall, Esq. Agents— 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 COHAM. (LlEOTENANT, 1828.) 
 
 Lewis Heysett Coham entered the Navy 22 
 June, 1813; passed his examination in 1823; ob- 
 tained a Lieutenancy, 26 June, 1828, in the Magni- 
 eicent, Capt. Geo. "Wm. Conway Courtenay, re- 
 ceiving-ship at Jamaica ; and was next appointed, 
 11 Jan. 1829, to the Mersey 26, commanded by the 
 same officer. He has been on half-pay since 1830. 
 
 COLBY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Thomas Colby, bom 6 Jan. 1782, at Great Tor- 
 rington, CO. Devon, is second son of an eminent sur- 
 geon, now deceased, by Mary Copplestone, of the 
 ancient Devonshire family of that name ; and bro- 
 ther of Mr. Henry Colby, midshipman R.N., who 
 perished, 19 Feb. 1809, in a prize belonging to the 
 Sheldrake sloop. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1797, as 
 Midshipman, 'on board the Bedford 74, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Byard, "part of Admiral Duncan's fleet in the 
 memorable victory achieved off Camperdown, 11 
 Oct. 1797. On subsequently accompanying Sir T. 
 Byard into the Foddroyant 80, he witnessed the 
 defeat of Commodore Bompart's squadron on the 
 coast of Ireland, 13 Oct. 1798 ; after which he joined 
 in succession the Hazard sloop, Capt. Wm. Butter- 
 field, Prince and Prince George 98's, flag-ships of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton in the Channel, St. Fiorenzo 36, 
 Capt. Joseph Bingham, with whom he sailed for the 
 East Indies, and Centurion 50, Capts. Jas. Lind 
 and John Sprat Rainier. On 18 Sept. 1804, he bore 
 a part in the gallant and successful defence made 
 by the latter ship, when attacked in Yizagapatam 
 Roads by the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing 
 the flag of Admiral Linois, and frigates Atalante and 
 Semillante, all of whom sheered oft' after maintaining 
 a furious cannonade of nearly two hours. Having 
 been promoted, 8 April, 1805, to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Thunderer 74, Capts. "Wm. Lechmerc, John 
 Stockham (Acting), and John Talbot, he next, on 
 22 July and 21 Oct. 1805, shared in Sir Robt. Cal- 
 der's action and the battle of Trafalgar, and was 
 present, in Feb. 1807, at the passage of the Dardar 
 nells, on which occasion he boarded and de- 
 stroyed one of the Turkish frigates, and received 
 two splinter-wounds.* Mr. Colby — who, as we 
 should have previously stated, formed one of a 
 party that boarded and carried a French' national 
 lugger in the East Indies in Jan. 1804, and had 
 taken an active part in the defence of Gaeta in 
 1806 — further assisted in the expedition, of 1807, to 
 Egypt, where he was for three weeks employed in 
 an open boat on the river Nile. In July, 1809, he 
 joined the Cadmus 10, Capt. John Williams, through 
 whose directions he brought out, 4 Oct. following, 
 a national armed transport from under the batteries 
 in Quiberon Bay. We subsequently find him ap- 
 pointed — 14 Dec. 1809, to the Hyperion 36, Capt. 
 Brodie, on the West India station — 12 Aug. 1810, 
 to the Rainbow 28, Capt Jas. Wooldridge, in the 
 Mediterranean — 19 Aug. 1811, to the Ajax 74, 
 Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, on the same station — and, 
 7 March, 1813, to the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. 
 John Erskine Douglas, in which ship he beheld the 
 fall of Genoa in April, 1814. He then returned 
 to England in acting-command of the prize-brig 
 Sphynx ; and, on 17 May, was promoted to his pre- 
 sent rank. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Commander Colby has received a pecuniary re- 
 ward from the Patriotic Fund. He married, 26 
 April, 1826, Mary, daughter of the Kev. John 
 Palmer, of Torrington, and niece of the late Mai- 
 chioness of Thomond, by whom he has had five 
 children. 
 
 * Fide Gai. 1807, p. 697. 
 
COLCHESTER- COLE. 
 
 211 
 
 COLCHESTER, Lord, formerly Abbot. (Cap- 
 tain, 1826. F-P., 16; H-P., 20.) 
 
 The Right Honoukable Charles Loed Col- 
 CHESTEB, born 12 March, 1798, is eldest son of the 
 late Lord Colchester, a distingvushed lawyer, who, 
 previously to his elevation to the peerage, had filled 
 the high appointments of Chief Secretary to the 
 Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Keeper of the Privy 
 Seal in that part of the United Kingdom, and 
 Speaker of the House of Commons, hy Elizabeth, 
 eldest daughter of Sir Philip Gibbes, Bart. He 
 succeeded his father 9 May, 1829. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, Capt. John 
 Nash, bearing the flag off Cadiz of the Hon. Arthur 
 Kaye Legge ; came home, in June, 1812, in the 
 Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood ; then 
 entered the Royal Naval College, where he remained 
 until Oct. 1813; and, after a re-attachment for short 
 periods to various ships, joined, early in 1814, the 
 Bacchante 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste and Fras. 
 Stanfell. With the latter officer he sailed for North 
 America, where, in Sept. following, he attended an 
 expedition to the Penobscot under Sir John Sher- 
 brook and Rear-Admiral Griffith. On becoming 
 attached, in Doc. 1815, to the Aiceste 38, Capt. 
 Murray Maxwell, he accompanied Lord Amherst to 
 China, and was there wrecked 18 Feb. 1817. He 
 immediately returned home, and, within three 
 mouths of passing his examination, was promoted, 
 from the Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Mait- 
 land, to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 15 Sept. 1817. In that capacity Mr. Abbot 
 was employed in the LirrEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Duncan, on different particular services, from 22 
 June, 1818, until invested, 27 Jan. 1821, with the 
 command of the Racehorse sloop, in the Mediter- 
 ranean. He next joined, 9 April, 1823, the Colum- 
 bine 18, which he lost, off Sapienza, near the Morea, 
 25 Jan. 1824. On 30 Nov. following he was com- 
 missioned to the Rose 18, and, returning to the 
 Mediterranean, continued on that station until 
 posted 26 Jan. 1826. Lord Colchester's last ap- 
 pointment was, 9 Oct. 1829, to the Volage 28, in 
 which he escorted the ex Emperor and Empress 
 of Brazil to Cherbourg in April, 1831, and was em- 
 
 ?loyed during the winter of 1832 in enforcing the 
 )utoh embargo. He has been on half-pay since 
 Jan. 1833. 
 
 His Lordship is Senior Captain of 1826. He mar- 
 ried, 3 Feb. 1836, the Hon. Elizabeth Law, sister^^of 
 the Earl of EUenborough, late First Lord of the 
 Admiralty, and sister-in-law of Admiral Lord Col- 
 ville. By that lady he has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 COLE. (Lieutenant, 1806, f-p., 32; h-P., 17-) 
 Eowabd Cole entered the Navy (into which he 
 was impressed), 29 May, 1798, as Captain of the 
 Main Top, on board the Inflexible 64, Capt. Solo- 
 mon Ferris, and, in 1799, was employed landing 
 Russian troops in the Texel. In Nov. of the latter 
 year he became Midshipman of the Redoubt 20, 
 Capt. Jas. Keith Shepard, lying at the Nore. He 
 rejoined Capt. Ferris soon afterwards, as Master's 
 Mate, in the Ruby 64, in which he assisted at the 
 capture, in April, 1800, of the African island of 
 Goree ; and, removing next, with the same officer, 
 to the Hannibal 74, was present, 6 July, 1801, in 
 the battle of Algcoiras, When the latter ship, having 
 grounded under the enemy's batteries, was com- 
 pelled, after a long and deadly resistance, to strike 
 her colours. Six days afterwards, having in the 
 moan while Joined the Soperb 74, Capt. Rich Good- 
 win Keats, Mr. Cole took a warm part in the vic- 
 tory gained bjr Sir Jas. Sattmarez over the Franco- 
 Spanish squadron near Cadiz. The Superb subse- 
 quently proceeded to the West Indies with Lord 
 Nelson in pursuit of the enemy's fleet, and, while 
 on that station, participated, as flag-ship of Sir John 
 Duckworth, in the battle off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 
 1806. At the close of the action Mr. Cole was ap- 
 pointed Acting-First-Lieutenant of Le Srave, one 
 
 of the captured 74's, Capt. Edm. Boger, with whom 
 and the rest of the crew, when that ship foundered 
 on her passage home, he was picked up by the Do- 
 negal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. Having been 
 promoted, from the Royal George 100, flag-ship of 
 Sir J. T. Duckworth, to a Lieutenancy, 23 Sept. 
 1806, in the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, he next 
 assisted, in company with the Nassau 64, and was 
 sUghtly wounded, at the capture and destruction, 
 after an obstinate running fight, and a loss to the 
 Stately of 4 killed and 28 wounded, of the Danish 
 74-gun ship I^rindts Christian Frederic^ off the coast 
 of Zealand, 22 March, 1808."' His ensuing appoint- 
 ments afloat were, 12 Aug. 1809, and 11 Sept. 1810, 
 to the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Ven- 
 geur 74, commanded by various officers, but parti- 
 cularly by Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, under 
 whom he witnessed the capture of Fort Bowyer in 
 Feb. 1815. From the latter year, until 1820, Mr. Cole 
 further superintended the Ordinary at Plymouth 
 and Greenhithe. Since May, 1837, he has been en- 
 gaged on quarantine service in the river Medway. 
 
 Lieut. Cole, in consideration of the wounds he 
 received at the capture of the Prindts Christian 
 Frederic, was presented by the Patriotic Society 
 with the sura of 40 guineas. He married a daughter 
 of the late Robt. Woits, Esq., of Belaugh, co. Nor- 
 folk. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 COLE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 30.) 
 George Ward Cole entered the Navy, 21 Oct, 
 1807, as a Volunteer, on board the Lark 18, Capt. 
 Robt. Nicholas, on the Jamaica station, where he 
 soon attained the rating of Midshipman, and served, 
 until 1810, in the Fleur de la Mer schooner, 
 Lieut.-Commander Daly, and Daedalus 32, Capt, 
 Sam, Hood Inglefield. He then joined the Princess 
 OF Orange 74, flag-ship in the Downs of Vice- Ad- 
 miral Geo. Campbell ; was employed, from Nov. in 
 the same year until Jan. 1814, in the Cracker 14, 
 Lieut. -Commanders Henry Fyge Jauncey and Mich. 
 Fitton, under the first of whom he took, in the 
 North Sea, 22 Nov. 1810, the Diane privateer, of 4 
 guns and 22 men ; and, in Dec. 1814, was promoted, 
 from the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane, to the command, with the rank of Acting- 
 Lieutenant, of the Destructive gun-vessel. While 
 in attendance on the ensuing expedition against 
 New Orleans, he was slightly wounded during a 
 furious conflict which rendered captive to the Bri- 
 tish a flotilla of five American gun-boats on Lake 
 Borgne, after the heavy loss to the former of 17 men 
 killed and 77 wounded.* Being confirmed in the 
 rank of Lieutenant 29 Mar. 1815, Mr. Cole returned 
 home in the Wasp sloop, Capt. John Fisher, and, 
 after a further servitude of two years, again in the 
 West Indies, on board the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Geo. Rodney Phillott, Pique 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane 
 Tait and John M'Kellar, and Active 38, Capt. Phil. 
 Carteret, was placed on half-pay 9 Oct. 1817. Since 
 that date he has not been afloat. 
 
 While in the Primrose, on her passage from 
 England to Jamaica, Lieut. Cole intrepidly plunged 
 overboard, and, at the risk of his own life, saved 
 that of one of the crew. Agents — Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 COLE. (Ketdjed Commander, 1838. f-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 Martin CoBe died 10 July, 1846, at Broadstairs, 
 aged 63. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1796, as Fst.- 
 cl. Vol., on board the iMPfeTUEOX 78, Capts. John 
 Willet Payne and Sampson Edwards, with whom 
 he cruized in the Channel, until transferred, as 
 Midshipman, in Nov. 1798, to the Indefatigable 
 46, Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon and Matthew Henry 
 Scott. After accompanying the expedition against 
 Ferrol, and assisting at the capture, 22 Oct. 1800, 
 of La Venus French frigate of 32 guns, he next, in 
 April, 1803, joined the Endymion 40, bearing the 
 flag in the Downs of Vice- Admiral Jas. Gambler, 
 
 * Fide Oaz. 1808, p. 636, •(■ V. Gaz. ISIS, p. 44S. 
 
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212 
 
 COLE 
 
 and was subsequently, untU Fet. 1805, employed, 
 in North America and the East Indies, on board the 
 Galgo 16, Capt. Mich. Dodd, Phaeton 38, Capt. 
 Geo. Cockbum (under jwhom he attended Mr. 
 Merry, the British Ambassador, to New York), and 
 Tkident 64, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Pet. Kainier. 
 He was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 WiLHELMiNA, Capts. Hon. Arch. Cochrane and 
 Chas. Foote ; obtained an Admiralty commission 5 
 Oct. following ; and, returning to England in the 
 HisDOSTAN 50, Capt. Alex. Fraser, was appointed, 
 25 Aug. 1806, to the Canopus 80, bearing the flag 
 of Sir ThoB. Louis. At the capture, 27 Sept. fol- 
 lowing, of Le President French frigate, of 44 guns, 
 off the coast of France, Mr. Cole took charge of her 
 into Plymouth, and, on her being subsequently 
 commissioned as a British ship by Capt. Adam 
 Mackenzie, accompanied that officer to South Ame- 
 rica, whence he invalided in Jan. 1809. He after- 
 wards served, from April to Dec. 1810, in the Prin- 
 cess Cakoline 74, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater, on the 
 Baltic station ; and, from Sept. 1828 until the Bum- 
 mer of 1830, commanded the Monkey schooner in 
 South America. He assumed the rank of Retired 
 Commander 18 April, 1838. 
 
 Commander Cole married, 1 Oct. 1812, Louisa, 
 youngest daughter of the late P. Laprimaudaye, 
 Esq., merchant, of Austin Friars. Agents— Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
 COLE. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 34.) 
 RoBEKT Martin Cole entered the Navy, 12 Feb. 
 1801, as A.B., on board the Princess Charlotte 
 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, in which ship, and the 
 Rhet 64, commanded by the same officer, he served, 
 in the Baltic and North Sea, until April, 1802. He 
 soon afterwards became Midshipman of the Chil- 
 RERS brig ; and, from Nov. in the same year, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Jan. 1812, 
 was furthermore elnployed, on the North Atnerica, 
 East and West India, and Baltic stations, in the 
 Dasher sloop, TrMiendous 74, Capt. JohnOsborn, 
 Pitt 36, Capt. Walt. Bathurst, Terpsichore 32, 
 commanded by various officers, Winchelsea fri- 
 gate, L'AiGLE 36, Capt. George Wolfe, Neptune 98, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Victory 
 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez. He sub- 
 sequently joined, 16 Feb. 1813, the Baeham 74, 
 Capt. John Wm. Spranger, and, 15 April, 1815, the 
 Scodt18, Capt. Jas. Arth. Murray ; but since Sept. 
 in the latter year has not been afloat. 
 
 latter ship Mr. Cole appears to have served, as First- 
 Lieutenant, at the reduction, in June, 1809, of Isohia 
 and Procida, and, in the following Oct., of the 
 Ionian Islands, particularly of Zante and CephaJonia, 
 where, in addition to the boats of the squadron, he 
 also commanded the Admiral's division of gun- 
 boats, and behaved very creditably.* We Ukewise 
 discover him, in detached charge of a boat armed 
 with a howitzer, serving in the Faro of Messina at 
 the defence of Sicily, when threatened with an in- 
 vasion from Murat. Mr. Cole next joined, 12 Dec. 
 1811, the Bulwark 74, flag-ship in Basque Roads of 
 Rear- Admiral Philip Chas. Durham ; and was after- 
 wards appointed, always in the capacity of First- 
 Lieutenant— 12 May, 1813, to the Ptkamos 36, Capt. 
 Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas— 5 Aug. 1814, to the 
 Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt. Preston— 23 Aug. 1815, 
 to the Tagus 38, Capt. J. W. D. Dundas-and, in 
 Oct. 1816, to the Minden 74, flag-ship in India of 
 Sir Rich. King, of which for seven months he offi- 
 ciated as Acting-Captain. Having been paid off in 
 1820, he was invested, 19 July, 1821, vrith the rank 
 of Commander ; after which he served most effect- 
 ually in the Coast Guard from 1827 to 1830, and 
 again from 1831 to 1834. Since the latter date he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Cole married, 19 Feb. 1824, Rebecca, 
 daughter of John Evans, Esq., of Saltash, Cornwall, 
 who was for many years secretary and confidential 
 friend, and ultimately executor, of Admiral Hon. 
 Wm. Cornwallis, G.C.B. By that lady he has issue 
 ten children. 
 
 COLE. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 29; h-p., 21.) 
 Thomas Edmund Cole, born at Chatham, co. 
 Kent, is son of the late Thos. Cole, Esq., ll.N., an 
 officer who had been present in Rodney's action of 
 12 April, 1782, and at the capture of St. Eustatius. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1797, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Robust 74, Capts. Edw. 
 Thornbrough, Geo. Countess, Wm. Brown, and Wm. 
 Henry Jervis, under the first of whom he assisted, 
 off the coast of Irelaud, at the capture, 12 Oct. 1798, 
 with a loss to the Robust of 10 men killed and 40 
 wounded, of the French 74-gun ship Le JHbcJie, one 
 cf a squadron commanded by Commodore Bompart. 
 In May, 1802, he became Midshipman of the For- 
 midable 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, on the West In- 
 dia station. He joined, on the renewal of hostilities, 
 the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Graham Eden Ha^ 
 mond and Hon. Mich. De Courcy, in the Channel ; 
 and, removing next to the Ville de Paris 1 10, 
 bearing the flag of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, com- 
 manded that ship's forecastle quarters in her pur- 
 suit of the French fleet into Brest, and skirmish 
 with the Bhehiy'B batteries, 22 Aug. 1805. Being 
 promoted, 17 April, 1806, from the Hibernia 110, 
 flag-ship of Earl St. Vincbnt, to an Acting-Lieute- 
 nancy in the Prince GeOrge 98, Capt. Geo. Lo- 
 sack, he was, on 15 July following, after filling a 
 similar post for short periods on board the Polyphe- 
 mus 64, Capt. Robt. Kedmill, and Illustrious 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Shields, officially promoted into the 
 Warrior 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger. In the 
 
 COLE. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 10; h-p., 29.) 
 William Cole entered the Navy, 27 May, 1808, 
 as Scc.-cl. Boy, on board the Diomede 50, Capt. 
 John Sykes, flag-ship on the Guernsey station of 
 Sir Edm. Nagle, and, continuing until Nov. 1809 to 
 serve with the former officer in the Ardent 64, and 
 Adamant arme'e en flute, attended, in the last-named 
 ship, the expedition against Walcheren. He then 
 joined the Royal William, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Roger Curtis at Portsmouth ; obtained, 11 Sept. 
 1810, a Midshipman's berth on board the Rifleman 
 brig, Capt. Joseph Pearce, employed in the North 
 Sea ; and became subsequently attached, on the 
 same, the Mediterranean, and African stations, lat- 
 terly as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Coquette 20, 
 Capt. Geo. Hewson, Duncan 74, and Royal Sove- 
 rf.ign 100, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Lam- 
 bej-t, and Porcupine 22, Capt. Booty Harvey. 
 Being next appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of 
 the Leander 50, Capts. William Skipsey and Edw. 
 Chetham, he foUght and was severely wounded at 
 the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816 ;t shortly after 
 which he was promoted, 16 Sept., to the rank he 
 now holds. He subsequently, on 24 Jan. 1824, 
 joined the Coast Blockade, as a Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M'Cul- 
 locli and Hugh Pigot; but has not, since 1826, been 
 professionally employed. 
 
 Lieut. Cole is at pi-esent Superintending Regis- 
 trar for the Woburn Districts, tipper Canada. 
 
 COLE, K.H. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 25; h-p., 20.) 
 William John Cole was born in London, of 
 which city he is a freeman. 
 
 This officer entered the Navj', 5 Jan. 1802, as 
 Sec.-cl. Boy, on board . the Buffalo store-ship, 
 commanded by that excellent officer, the late Cajt. 
 Wm. Kent, with whom, after visiting India, wit- 
 nessing the first settletnent ever foriiied in Van 
 Diemen's Land, and performing iniich surveying 
 duty, he returned to. Engltod in Deo. 1805, on 
 board the Investigator, a very small vessel, whose 
 crew, on their arrival at Liverpool, were rewarded 
 with double pay for their exertioiis and the hard- 
 ships they had endured in having teffected a passage 
 from Port Jackson to the above place withoul 
 touching at any intermediate poi't. The voyag( 
 had occupied a period of five months, diiring 11 
 
 ■* Fide Gaz. 1B09, pp. 1(121 29^ 
 t V. GiM. 1816. p. 1783. 
 
COLEMAN. 
 
 213 
 
 weeks of which the men had been restricted to 
 half a pint of water each a-day. On heooming at- 
 tached, as Midshipman, to the Medusa 32, Capt. 
 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Mr. Cole next 
 sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, and thence for 
 South America,'where he served m the boats at the 
 capture of Maldonado. While yet on the same sta^ 
 tion, in the Diadem 64, bearing the broad pendant 
 at [first of Sir Home Popham, and the flag after- 
 wards of Kear-Admiral Charles Stirling, we find 
 him assiduously employed at the siege 'of Monte 
 Video, both in dragging up guns for the advanced 
 batteries and in suijplying them with ammunition. 
 During a subsequent attachment, from May, 1808, 
 to June, 1810, to the Christian VH. 80, Capt. Jo- 
 seph Sydney Yorke, he received a wound at the 
 cutting out of a convoy from under a heavy battery 
 in Basque Koads ; served in the ship^s cutter at the 
 capture of a large gun-boat oflF lie d'Aix, where 
 the officer of the French vessel was desperately 
 wounded, and three of his men killed ; and was se- 
 verely bruised by the explosion of a fire-vessel, 
 while endeavouring, under the late gallant Capt. 
 Gardiner Henry Guion, to lay her on board a French 
 frigate in the road of He d'Aix. As a reward for 
 these services, Mr. Cole, on 18 July, 1810, was pro- 
 moted, from the Racehorse 18, Capt. Wm. Fisher, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Otter sloop, Capt. Jas. 
 Tomkinson, which vessel had, however, sailed for 
 England before he could reach the Isle of France 
 to join her. He then, although on half-pay, volun- 
 teered to fit out a large prize-frigate. La BeUone, 
 found, on the capture of the latter place, dismasted, 
 and without a bowsprit ; after which service he re- 
 turned to England on board the Entrbpkenante 
 10, Capt. Edw. Brazier, and became First-Lieute- 
 nant, 17 July, 1811, of the Crocodile 28, Capts. 
 John Filmore, John Kich. Lumley, and Wm. Elliott. 
 In that frigate he was actively employed on the 
 Channel, Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Newfound- 
 land stations ; and on one occasion} in July, 1812, 
 displayed much gallantry in attempting, with 4 
 boats "and 62 volunteers, to cut out in open day a 
 detactment of four armed vessels together with a 
 convoy, lying beneath the batteries in the Bay of 
 Faros, on the coast of France, where the Croco- 
 dile's cutter, then under the present Commander 
 Joseph Roche, was unfortunately sunk by a shot 
 from a national brig. Between 1815 and the date 
 of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 8 Aug. 
 1828, Mr. Cole appears to have afterwards served, 
 generally as First-Lieutenant, and chiefly on the 
 Home station, on board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Malcolm, Florida 20, Capts. Wm. Elliott and Chas. 
 Sibthorp John Hawtayne, Northumberland 78, 
 Capts. Sir Mich. Seymour, John Harvey, and Thos. 
 Jas. Maling, Cambridge 80, commanded by the 
 latter officer. Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Benj. Hallowell, and KorAL George and 
 EoYAL Sovereign yachts, as also in command of 
 the Onyx 10. He obtained, while in the Rhin, the 
 thanks of Capt. Malcolm, for his ability in con- 
 ducting that ship through a difficult navigation, 
 while the latter officer, with all but 62 of the crew, 
 was engaged on a cutting out expedition in the 
 small harbour of Corrijou, near Abervraoh, 18 July, 
 1815 — had charge, during his attachment to the 
 Northumberland, of the Seagull, and High- 
 flyer tenders — cruized, in the Royal Sovereign, 
 as First-Lieutenant to H. R. H. the Lord High Ad- 
 miral, and, for his exertions during a violent gale 
 in the same vessel, when conveying to Holland the 
 late Queen of Wurtemberg, was mentioned in the 
 despatches of Sir Wm. Fremantle to George IV. — 
 and, when in command of the Onyx, ran down the 
 coast of Africa with important despatches, landed 
 the Governor of the Gambia, and, wc believe, 
 brought hoMe despatches and invaUds from Fer- 
 nando Po. From 6 July, 1831, until 1834, Capt. 
 Cole next hl^ld a responsible appointment in the 
 Coast Guard j on leaving which service he was pre- 
 sented by the chief ofSoers and others who had 
 been under his command with a superb silver snuff- 
 box ai a token of their respect and regard for him. 
 
 He further officiated, from 28 Jan. 1836 until paid 
 off in 1837, as Second-Captain of the Revenge 78, 
 commanded in the Mediterranean by his estimable 
 friend, Capt. Wm. Elliott ; but, since his attain- 
 ment of Post-rank, 28 June, 1838, has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Capt. Cole (who was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan. 
 1837, and is a magistrate for the county of Glou- 
 cester) has had the pride, on four separate occa^ 
 sions, of preserving life to others by imminently 
 hazarding his own — first, during his servitude in 
 the Crocodile, when his intrepidity in saving two 
 officers and a seaman from a watery grave procured 
 him, through the hands of H. R. H. the late Duke 
 of Sussex, a first-class certificate from the Royal 
 Humane Society; secondly, on his passage to the 
 coast of Africa in the Onyx, when he jumped over- 
 board after a seaman who had fallen out of a stern- 
 boat in the act of being lowered down ; a third 
 time, in the river Thames, where, in July, 1835, 
 being at the time a passenger on board the Red 
 Rover steamer, he rescued two gentlemen, Messrs. 
 John Snape and Gilbert Wilson, who had been up- 
 set in a wherry by getting under the bows of that 
 vessel ; and again, in June, 1836, When he plunged 
 into the sea after one of the Gunner's crew belong- 
 ing to the Revenge, who had fallen from the main- 
 chains. He married, 23 Oct. 1818, Elizabeth, eldest 
 daughter of Robt. Wace, Esq., of -Lechdale, co. 
 Gloucester, and has issue four daughters. Agents 
 — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 COLEMAN. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 2.5 j h-p., 1 8.) 
 John Coleman (a) entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terpsichore 32, 
 Capt. Wm. Foote, on the Home station, when he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, 22 May, 1806. 
 From May, 1807, until Sept. 1814, he was next em- 
 ployed, in the Baltic and North Sea, on board the 
 Ranger sloop, Capt. Geo. Acklom, Victory 100, 
 and Defiance 74, bearing the flags of Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez and Sir Geo. Hope, and Princess Caroline 
 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, of which ship he was 
 created a Lieutenant 2 July, 1813. Mr. Coleman, 
 who afterwards served, for a few mouths in 1815- 
 16, with Capt. Thos. Carew, in the Jasper 10, ob- 
 tained, 28 April, 1824, an appointment in the Coast 
 Blockade, as Supemuhierary Lieutenant of the Ra- 
 MiLLiEs 74, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, on the books of 
 which Ship, and of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, he was borne until 1827. Since 1 
 June, 1837, he has been in charge of a station In 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 COLEMAN. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p„ 20 ; h-p., 20.) 
 John Coleman (6) was born in 1795. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter 
 Paget, of which ship, after witnessing the bombard- 
 ment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, he became Mid- 
 shipman, 1 July, 1808. Under Capts. Alex. Rich. 
 Mackenzie and Rich. Foley he next served for five 
 years in the Zenobia sloop, and during that period 
 was employed at the siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809, 
 and afterwards on the Lisbon station. On his re- 
 turn from China in 1815, whither he had gone in 
 the Gramtus 50, Capt. Eras. Aug. Collier, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 5 Oct. in that year. Lieut. Coleman has held 
 an appointment in the Coast Giiard since 27 Oct. 
 1838. 
 
 He married, in 18^6, Charlbtte, daiightei* of the 
 late Col. Riddell, of the H. E. 1. Co.'s Sfetvice, and 
 has issue two children. 
 
 COLEMAN. (Commander, 1837j f-p., 17; 
 HP., 25.) 
 Thomas Coleman entered the Nat}', 26 Sept. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on boatd the Belleisle 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Hargood, and was preieJlt; 21 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, in the battle of Trafalgar. BScomiqg at- 
 tached, 1 June, 1806, as Midshipman, to the Utti- 
 ANOE 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, he assisted at 
 
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 COLES-^COLLARD— COLLETT. 
 
 the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French 
 frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, on 
 which occasion the Defiance, besides being much 
 cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 
 2 men killed and 25 wounded ; after which he ac- 
 tively co-operated with the patriots on the north 
 coast of Spain. In March, 1812, Mr. Coleman re- 
 moved to the ViCTOKY 100, bearing the flag in the 
 Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, where he soon again 
 joined the Defiance, then flag-ship of Sir Geo. Hope. 
 After a short attachment, as a Supernumerary, to 
 the Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, lying at 
 Sheemess, he proceeded, early in 1814, to North 
 America on board the Spencee 74, and on his return 
 to England in June, 1815, found that he had been 
 awarded a Lieutenant's commission on 16 of the 
 previous February. His succeeding appointments, 
 until promoted to his present rank, 5 Dec. 1837, 
 appear to have been, on the Mediterranean station 
 —28 Feb. 1824, to the Medina 20, Capt. Chas. 
 Montagu Walker — 4 Oct. 1828, to the Spaktiate 
 76, Capt. Fred. Warren— and, 25 Feb. 1831, and 23 
 April, 1834, to the St. Vincent 120, and Caledonia 
 120, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham and Sir 
 Josias Kowley. Commander Coleman, since? 1837, 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 29 Nov. 1843, Eliza Ann, eldest 
 daughter of the late Robt. Bullock, Esq., Commis- 
 sary-General of H. M. Forces. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 man. 
 
 COLES. (LlEUTENAN-r, 1846,) 
 
 CowpER Phipps Coles pdssed his examination 
 1 Aug. 1838 ; was employed for gome time in the 
 Mediterranean on board the Ganges 84, Capt. Bar- 
 rington Reynolds ; joined, in 1842, the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Cspt. Sir Thos. Hast- 
 ings ; and was appointed, towards the close of 1843, 
 to the Virago steam-vessel, Capt. Geo. Graham 
 Qtway, again in the Mediterranean. He obtained 
 his commission, 9 Jan. 1846 ; and since 30 of the 
 following April has been serving in the ST. Vincent 
 120, on the Home station. 
 
 COLES. (LiienTENANT, 1810, r-p., 1 1 j h-p., 33.) 
 Richard Coles entered the Navy, 17 March, 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, whom, on his hoisting his flag in 
 the Cdllodes 74, he accompanied to India. He 
 there served (until his return home in Aug. 1810) 
 on board the Blanche and Dedaigneuse frigates, 
 Capts. John Bastard, Wm. Dawson, Geo. Bell, and 
 Wm. Wilbraham, in which latter ship, aftet holding 
 tor 12 months the appointment of Acting-Lieutenant, 
 he was officially promoted, 18 April, 1810. After 
 a residence of two years on shore, occasioned by ill 
 health, Mr. Coles next joined, on the American and 
 Home stations — 6 Aug. 1812, the Melpomene troop- 
 ship, Capts. Gordon Falcon alnd Robt. Rowley^and, 
 16 Sept. 1814, the RovtR sloop, Capt. Henry Wm. 
 Bruce. He was paid off in Sept. 1815, and has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 COLES. (LlEUTENANf, ISSS,) 
 
 William Coles entered the Navy, 7 March, 
 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; obtained 
 his commission 28 June, 1838 j ^as afterwards ap- 
 pointed, 18 March, 1839, and 25 June, 1842, to the 
 Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey, and, 
 as First Lieutenant, to the AimAtnoss 16, Capt. 
 Reginald Torke, both on the North America and 
 West India stations ; and, sirifife 24 Dec. 1844, has 
 been employed in the Coast Giiard. 
 
 COLLARD. (REAR-ADirfiRAi, of The Blue, 1841. 
 F-P., 22 ; fi-P,, 41.) 
 Valentine Collard died at Teddington, Mid- 
 dlesex, 18 March, 1846, aged 76. He was brother 
 of the late Messrs. James and Sampson Collard, the 
 first of whom, a Master's Mate of the Terpsichore, 
 died, we believe, in 1794, and the other, a Lieu- 
 tenant of the YoHR et, was lost about Jan. 1804. 
 
 He was also first cousin of the present Lieut. Samp- 
 son Edwards, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 May, 1783, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Shark sloop, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. Valentine Edwards, on the 
 Home station, where, until March, 1793, he further 
 served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Champion 24, Capt. Sampson Edwards, and Iphi- 
 GENiA 32, Capt. Patrick Sinclair. On subsequently 
 proceeding to the Mediterranean in the St. George 
 98, flag-ship of Bear-Admiral John Gell, he wit- 
 nessed" the capture of the St. Jago, a rich Spanish 
 galleon, and after being for some time in constant 
 collision with the enemy's batteries during the oc- 
 cupation of Tonlon, and assisting at the capture of 
 La Modeste 36, and two armed tartans, in the port 
 of Genoa, was promoted, 17 Nov. 1793, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Tartar 38, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle, and immediately sent in charge of a tender 
 to Sardinia, with despatches for Commodore Linzee. 
 Assuming next the command of Le Petit Boston 
 schooner, Mr. Collard actively co-operated in the 
 sieges of St. Fiorenza and Bastia. At the close of a 
 servitude of two years and a half on board L'Eclaik 
 20, commanded by Capt. Kobt. Gambler Middleton 
 and others, he joined, 12 Dec. 1796, the Britannia 
 100, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Chas. Thomp- 
 son, and was First Lieutenant of that ship on 14 
 Feb. 1797. Having obtained command, 8 March 
 following, of the Fortune sloop, which he lost near 
 Oporto, 19 July in the same year, Capt. Coleman 
 was subsequently appointed, 6 Feb. 1800, and 30 
 June, 1804, to the Vestal frigate, armee en. fiiite, 
 and Railledr sloop. In the former of these vessels 
 he served at the reduction of Genoa, and in the ex- 
 pedition to Egypt ; and, while in the Railledr, he 
 was employed, in charge of an explosion-vessel, on 
 the celebrated catamaran mission against the Bou- 
 logne flotilla, in Oct. 1804,* as also at the capture, 
 24 April, 1805, of 7 schuyts, carrying altogether 
 18 guns, 1 brass howitzer, and 168 men. For his 
 meritorious exertions as Superintendent, in 1805-6, 
 of the naval operations in the river Weser, during 
 the occupation of Hanover by an Anglo-Russian 
 army under Lord Cathcart and General Bensigen, 
 including the re-embarkation of the British troops, 
 and his attention in safely convoying the last divi- 
 sion of transports to the Downs, Capt. Collard was 
 ultimately, on 13 Oct. 1807, promoted to Post rank. 
 Previously to that event, however, he had been 
 further employed, in command of a small squadron 
 of sloops and gun-brigs, protecting the trade in the 
 Baltic, and had joined in the attack on Copenhagen. 
 We afterwards find Capt. Collard obtaining com- 
 mand — in Nov. 1807, of the Majestic 74, flag-ship 
 on the North Sea station of Rear-Admlral Thos. 
 Macnamara Russell — in the course of 1809, pro tern., 
 of the Gibraltar 80, and Ctane 22 — and next, 
 of the Dreadnought 98, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Rear- Admiral Thos. Sotheby. He was 
 finally placed on half-pay in 1810, and, on 23 Nov. 
 1841, was promoted to Flag rank. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Collard, whose intrepid conduct in 
 twice plunging overboard when in command of the 
 Vestal and Railledr, and saving the lives of 
 two of his crew, procured him the appellation of 
 " the animated life-boat," had been twice married. 
 His first wife having died 5 June, 1821, he wedded, 
 secondly, 25 Sept. 1823, Mary Ann, daughter of 
 Geo. Kempster, Esq. He again became a widower 
 1 Deo. 1844. 
 
 COLLETT. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 Charles Frederick Collett died in 1846. ' 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 Aug. 1824; 
 passed his examination 30 March, 1831 ; was ap- 
 pointed to the Coast Guard 19 Dec. 1840; and ob- 
 tained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, in 1839, Maria Elizabeth, only 
 daughter of the late J. Cantrell, Esq., of Nenagh, 
 CO, Tipperary. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 1S37. 
 
COLLEY— COLLIER. 
 
 215 
 
 COLLEY, formerly Pomeroy. (Lieut., 1819). 
 
 Tub Honourable George Francis Colley, 
 born 11 Nov. 1797, is third son of the late, and 
 brother of the present Viscount Harberton. 
 
 This officer obtained his commission 2 March, 
 1819, and is now unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. CoUey, who is Senior of 1819, married, 
 22 July, 1825, Frances, third daughter of the Very 
 Kev. Tlios. French, Dean of Kildare, and niece of 
 the first Lord Ashtown, by whom he has issue three 
 sons and two daughters. 
 
 COLLIER, C.B. (Capt., 1814. f-p.,27; h-p.,24.) 
 Edward Collier was born, in 1783, at Bloclcley, 
 CO. Worcester. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, flag-ship afterwards 
 of Sir Chas. Thompson, under whom he attained 
 the rating of Midshipman, 1 April, 1797. Between 
 May, 1798, and the close of 1802, he next served, in 
 the East and West Indies, on board the Maidstone 
 and Seahorse frigates, Capts. Ross Donnelly and 
 Edw. Jas. Foote, and Victorious 74, and Centu- 
 rion 50, flag-ships of Vice- Admiral Peter Rainier ; 
 and, for his contributory exertions in saving the 
 latter vessel, when on the point of foundering 
 during a fearful hurricane, was appointed, 13 Dec. 
 1802, Acting-Lieutenant of the Arrogant 74, Capt. 
 John Batt. Being soon afterwards lent to the 
 Teignmouth brig, he accompanied Capt. Jas. Giles 
 Vashon in an expedition sent in Feb. 1803 against 
 the pirates of Guzzurat, on which occasion, after 
 the hazardous destruction of thirty of the enemy's 
 vessels, he headed a division of seamen and marines 
 in an attack made on one of their forts, where the 
 British were completely repulsed, with a loss of 40 
 men killed and wounded. Mr. Collier, who was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant 17 June, 1803, exchanged, 
 in Nov. following, into the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capte. 
 Jos. Bingham, Henry Lambert, and Geo. Nich. 
 Hardinge, the second-named of whom he ably sup- 
 ported in a desperate conflict of several hours, 
 which, on 14 Feb. 1805, rendered captive to the 
 St. Fiorenzo the French 32-gun frigate La PsycM, 
 after a loss to the former of 12 men killed and 36 
 wounded, and to her opponent of 57 killed and 70 
 wounded.* Having invalided home in March, 1808, 
 on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw. Durnford 
 King, he next, on 14 Jan. 1809, joined, as First 
 Lieutenant, the Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Granville 
 Geo. Waldegrave, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where his gallantry in command of the boats of 
 that ship, and the Pilot brig, at the capture and 
 destruction of a large and well protected convoy 
 near Amanthea, 25 July, 1810, procured him a 
 second promotal commission, bearing the same 
 date.f Obtaining command, 27 Oct. 1812, of the 
 Manly brig, Capt. Collier proceeded to the Scheldt, 
 and then sailed with convoy for Newfoundland, 
 whence he afterwards went to Halifax, where the 
 Manly was driven high and dry on shore, during a 
 heavy gale, 13 Nov. 1813, and only got off after an 
 incessant labour of three weeks. In May, 1814, 
 having volunteered %vith the whole of his ship's 
 company to co-operate with Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on 
 the Canadian lakes, Capt. Colher gallantly assisted, 
 with the gun-boats under his orders, in the attack 
 on Oswego.J After bearing a part in many other 
 arduous enterprizes he was officially advanced, 18 
 Nov. following, to the command of the Princess 
 Charlotte 42. He returned to England in 1816 ; 
 commanded subsequently, from 8 Sept. 1818, until 
 30 Nov. 1821, the Mersey 26, on the Halifax station ; 
 and, on 3 April, 1837, joined the Castor 36, in 
 which frigate, during the Syrian campaign, he con- 
 ducted a series of successful operations against the 
 tovras of Caiffa, Jaffa, and Tsour, and shared in 
 the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, where, after 
 highly distinguishing himself, he had the misfortune 
 to have his leg severely fractured, and received 
 
 • rirftOas. 1805, p. 1031. t V.G&z. 1810, p. 1859. 
 X r. Gaz. 1811. p. 1367. 
 
 other hurts of a slighter description.*' Capt. Col- 
 lier, who was nominated a C.B. 18 Dec. 1840, and 
 paid off the Castor in 1841, has been in command, 
 since 4 Feb. 1845, of the Rodney 92, one of an ex- 
 perimental squadron .employed under the orders of 
 Rear-Admirals Hyde Parker and Sir Sam. Pym. 
 
 Capt. Collier is deputy-lieutenant for the co. of 
 Worcester. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 COLLIER. (Commander, 1845. f-p.,29: h-p.,11.) 
 Edward Collier, born 25 Dec. 1793, is brother 
 of Lieut. Jas. Collier, R.N., who was mortally 
 wounded when boarding a Spanish prison-ship at 
 Cadiz, in May, 1810. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the TEMiRAiRE 98, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Hamilton, lying in Portsmouth Harbour, 
 and, on 6 May, 1808, became Midshipman of the 
 Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, on the West 
 India station. Removing next to the Belleisle 74, 
 Capts. tWm. Chas. Fahie and Geo. Cockbum, he 
 assisted at the reduction of Martinique, in Feb. 
 1809, and also in the ensuing expedition to Wal- 
 cheren. From Got. 1809, until Aug. 1815, Mr. 
 Collier further served on board the Euryalds 36, 
 Capts. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas and 
 Chas. Napier, and during that period was actively 
 employed in the Mediterranean, North America, 
 and Channel. In Aug. 1814, he assisted in the 
 operations against Alexandria, and on one occasion, 
 while in command of tlie ship's barge, was attacked 
 by Commodore Rodgers, and lost 7 men in killed 
 and wounded. For his conduct in subsequently 
 boarding a sloop off Havre de Grace, Mr. Collier 
 was promoted, 28 Feb. 1815, to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. His after-appointments appear to have 
 been — 8 Sept. 1818, to the Hyperion 36, Capt. 
 Thos. Searle, whom he ultimately accompanied to 
 South America — 5 March, 1825, to the Coast Block- 
 ade, as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the same ship, 
 then commanded by Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 
 30 April, 1827, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Durnford King, employed at Lisbon during 
 the evacuation of the British army — 3 Oct. 1828, as 
 First, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, lying 
 at Chatham— 8 Jan. 1829, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Galatea 42, Capt. C. Napier, engaged on vari- 
 ous Particular Services — 10 July, 1832, and 11 Sept. 
 1839, to the successive command of the Goldfinch 
 and Lyra, Fahnouth packets— and, 31 Oct. 1843, 
 again as Senior Lieutenant, to the Caledonia, 
 flag-ship at Devonport of Sir David Milne. Since 
 his last promotion, 1 May, 1845, Commander Collier 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 20 Jan. 1816, Isabella Mary, second 
 daughter of the late Capt. John Montgomery, of 
 the 15th Foot, and has had issue four children. 
 
 COLLIER, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., K.L.S. (Rear- 
 Adhiral of the Blue, 1846. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 22.) 
 Sir Francis Augustus Collier, a protege of the 
 immortal Nelson, is second son of the late Vice- 
 Admiral Sir Geo. Collier, Kt., whose services are 
 recorded in the ' Naval Chronicle,' vol. xxxii. p. 
 265, et sea., and at pp. 353-400 ; and brother of Capt. 
 H. T. B. Collier, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1794, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Magnanime 44, Capt. Isaac 
 Schomberg, stationed in the Irish Channel ; joined, 
 next, the Minotaur 74, Capt. Lewis ; and, on be- 
 coming attached to the A^angdard 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Horatio Nelson, bore a part in the victory of 
 the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. Accompanying his patron, 
 as Midshipman, in 1799, into the Foudroyant 80, 
 Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, he further witnessed, while 
 at the blockade of ilalta, the capture, on 18 Feb. 
 1800, of ;ie Gene'revx 74, and Fil/e de Marseilles 
 store-ship ; as also, on 31 March following, after a 
 destructive conflict of an hour and a half, in which 
 the Foudroyant, then in company with the Lion 
 64, and Penelope 36, had 8 men killed and 69 (ni- 
 cluding himself) wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell 84, 
 * Vide Gas. 1840, pp. 2601, 2989. 
 
216 
 
 COLLIER. 
 
 flag-ship of Kear-Admiral Decres. Mr. Collier, who 
 waa likewise present at the first landing in Egypt, 
 subsequently joined the Grefhodnd and Egtpti- 
 EHNE frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas. 
 Ogle; and, on 11 April, 1803, was promoted, from 
 the Excellent 74, bearing the broad pendant in 
 the West Indies of Hon. Kobt. Stopford, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Osprey 18, Capt. Geo. Younghus- 
 band. In the following June he appears to have 
 served on shore at the taking of Ste. Lucie and 
 Tobago ; after which he took charge, on 26 Oct., of 
 a captured privateer. La Resource, of 4 guns and 
 43 men ; and, on 23 March, 1804, signalized himself 
 by his bravery and activity, as First of the Ospkey, 
 in a gallant action of an hour and 20 minutes, in 
 which that vessel beat ofij with a loss to herself of 
 1 man killed and 16 wounded, the French frigate- 
 built privateer 1! Egyptierme, of 36 guns and 248 
 men, 8 of whom were slain and 19 wounded.* While 
 in command of a prize belonging to the Ospkey, 
 Mr. ColUer also took a privateer of 1 gun and 45 
 men. Having further served for a few months on 
 board the Cemtaur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, 
 he obtained command, 25 Jan. 1805, of the Alli- 
 gator troop-ship ; and next, 25 Oct. following, and 
 
 15 Jan. 1806, of the Nimrod and Wolverine sloops, 
 in which latter vessel he captured, in the course of 
 the same year, La Tremeuse national schooner, of 
 3 guns and 53 men,t and the Guadeloupe, Jeune 
 Gahrielle, and Marianne privateers, carrying in the 
 whole 10 guns and 163 men. Assuming the Acting- 
 Command, 9 Nov. 1808, of the Cikoe 32, and of a 
 small squadron stationed between the Pearl Rock 
 and the town of St. Pierre, Martinique, Capt. 
 Collier, after silencing, with the assistance of the 
 Stobk 18, and Mobne Forthnee gun-brig, the fire 
 of two batteries and of a body of troops which 
 protected an enemy's schooner, came into successful 
 contact, on 12 Dec, with four other batteries, and 
 perseveringly directed the operations which termi- 
 nated in the destruction of ie Cygne corvette, of 
 
 16 guns, and of two schooners, including the one 
 alluded to.| We subsequently find him, in com- 
 mand of the Star sloop, contributing to the re- 
 duction of Martinique, in Feb. 1809, and then con- 
 firmed to Post rank by commission dated back to 
 13 Dec. 1808. His next appointment was, 3 Sept. 
 1810, to the Cyane 22, which vessel he commanded 
 in the Mediterranean, Channel, and West Indies, 
 until Feb. 1812, when he became Flag-Captain to 
 Sir Fras. Laforey, in the Dragon 74. While in the 
 Cyane he witnessed the destraction, in Dec. 1810, 
 of L'Elize frigate, near Tatihou island. § From 
 10 Oct. 1812, until 2 Aug. 1815, Capt. Collier after- 
 wards commanded the Grampus 50, in the West 
 Indies and China; and, on 11 Feb. 1818, he was 
 appointed to the Liverpool 50. Being invested 
 towards the close of 1819 with the conduct of the 
 naval part of an expedition fitted out for the pur- 
 pose of crushing the pirates of the Persian Gulf, he 
 rendered the most ardent and efficient aid to Major- 
 General Sir Wm. Grant Keir, under whom were 
 3000 troops, and fully succeeded in the object of tlieir 
 joint mission — Ras-al-Khyma, the head-quarters of 
 the freebooters, being taken, their fortifications de- 
 stroyed, and all their vessels burnt or sunk.jj Capt. 
 ColUer arrived home in Oct. 1822, and afterwards 
 joined — 4 Dec. 1826, the Sybille 48, as Commodore 
 on the coast of Africa, whence he returned early 
 in 1830 — and, for a few months in 1832, the Vernon 
 50, employed on Particular Service. On 17 Dec. 
 1841, he was nominated Captain of the William 
 AND Mary yacht, and Superintendent of Woolwich 
 Dockyard, appointments which he continued to hold 
 until nominated Commodore and Commander-in- 
 Chief, 30 April, 1846, of the Channel squadron, with 
 his broad pendant in the St. Vincent 120. His 
 promotion to Flag rank took place on 9 Nov. in the 
 latter year. 
 
 Sir Fras. Collier was created a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815; 
 knighted 28 July, 1830; made a K.C.H. 1 Jan. 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1804, pp. 5, 620. f V. Gaz. 1806, p. 6.'!9. 
 X r. Gaz. 1809, p. 147. ^ V. Gaz. 1810, p. 2061. 
 
 H r. Gaz. 1820, p. 1670. 
 
 1833; and appointed, in 1837, a Naval Aide-de- 
 Camp to the Queen, having previously officiated in 
 a similar capacity at the funeral of NViUiam IV. 
 He is also a Knight of the Persian Order of the 
 Lion and Sun. Having lost his first vrife, he mar- 
 ried a second time, 14 March, 1831, Catherine, 
 daughter of Thos. Thistlethwaite, Esq. of Southwick 
 Park, Hants, by whom he has issue. His eldest 
 daughter by his first marriage, Julia Augusta, mar- 
 ried, 30 June, 1835, F. P. B. Martin, Esq., only son 
 of the late Col. Geo. Martin, of the Hon. E. L C. 
 service. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 COLLIER. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 George Baring Browne Collies is eldest son 
 of Capt. H. T. B. Collier, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1832 ; passed 
 his examination 6 Sept. 1837 ; served latterly, as 
 Mate, on board the Campekdown 104, flag-ship at 
 the Nore of Sir Henry Digby, and Alfred 60, 
 Commodore John Brett Purvis, fitting at Sheerness 
 for the South American station; and, on 7 Feb. 
 1842, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He 
 continued to serve in the Alfred until the close of 
 1844; joined next, 12 April, 1845, the Qceen 110, 
 Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, one of an experi- 
 mental squadron employed under the orders of 
 Bear- Admirals Hyde Parker and Sir Sam. Pym; 
 and on 7 Nov. following removed to the St. Vin- 
 cent 120, bearing then the broad pendant of Sir 
 Fras. Augustus Collier, and now the flag of Sir 
 Chas. Ogle, under whom he is officiating as Signal- 
 Lieutenant. 
 
 Lieut. Collier married, 18 Feb. 1846, Stepney, 
 youngest daughter of the late Joseph Gulston, Esq., 
 of Derwydd, co. Caermarthen, and of Grosvenor- 
 square. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 COLLIER. (flTaptain, 1822. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.) 
 Henry Theodosius Browne Collier is third 
 son of the late Vice- Admiral Sir Geo. Collier, K.T. ; 
 and brother of Kear-Admiral Sir Fras, Augustus 
 Collier, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 April, 1800, as a 
 Vol., on board the Brilliant 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Paget, and in Oct. following accompanied the arma- 
 ment sent against Ferrol under the orders of Sir 
 John Borlase Warren. From May, 1801, to May, 
 1806, he next served, generally vrith Capt. Paget, 
 although at times under Capts. Geo. Mundy and 
 Edw. Dumford King, in the Hydha 38, Esdymion 
 44, and Egyptienne 50 ; and, being almost invaria- 
 bly employed during that period on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations, was in attendance on 
 Geo. III. at Weymouth, and assisted, as Midship- 
 man, at the capture of La Sacchante and LaCohmbe 
 corvettes of 18 and 16 guns, IJAdour store-ship, and 
 Le General Moreau, privateer, of 16 guns. After 
 further serving at the passage of the Dardanells 
 on board the Canopos 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 Louis, he obtained, 3 June, 1807, a Lieutenancy in 
 the Banterer 22, Capt. Alex. Sheppard, part of the 
 force employed in the ensuing expedition against 
 Copenhagen. Removing, 5 Nov. in the same year, 
 to the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, Mr. 
 Collier witnessed, in the course of 1809, the Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford's destruction of three French fri- 
 gates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and 
 the subsequent capture of La Mouclie, corvette, of 
 16, and Z.a Rejouie, national brig, of 8 guns ; after 
 which he joined, 2 Feb. 1811, the Leda 36, Capt. 
 Geo. Sayer ; and was First of that ship at the re- 
 duction of Java. Until April, 1812, he next served 
 on board the Minden 74, Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, 
 and Barracoota sloop, Capt. Norton. He was 
 then appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Madras 
 Hospital; and, on 30 June, 1812, obtained the act- 
 ing command of the Hespek sloop, from which he 
 invalided a short time previously to his official pro- 
 motion, which took place 24 Oct. in the same year. 
 He afterwards commanded, for a few months in 
 1814-15, the Crocds, at the Nore ; and was further 
 appointed— 26 March, 1819, to the Falmocth 20, 
 on the Cork station, which vessel he left, in conse- 
 
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 quence of ill health, 9 Sept. 1820— and, 21 May, 
 1822, to the EspiAglb 18, employed at the Cape of 
 Good Hope. Capt. CoUier, who had been on half- 
 pay since his attainment of Post-rank, 26 Dec. 1822, 
 accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, 26 June, 1816, Harriet, daughter of 
 Roht. Nicholas, Esq., of Ashton Keynes, co. Wilts, 
 and first-cousin, maternally, of the present Sir Robt. 
 Russell Frankland, Bart., as also of Rear-Admiral 
 Wm. Bowles, and of Capts. E. A. and C. C. Frank- 
 land, R.N. His son, George Baring Browne, is a 
 Lieutenant R.N. Agents— Messrs. StilWeU. 
 
 COLLINS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16; 
 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 Edward Coluns entered the Navy, 16 March, 
 1794, as Midshipman, on board the Ganges 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Truscott, Lancelot Skynner, Eras. La- 
 forey, and Robt. M'Douall ; under the first of whom 
 he was wounded, while assisting at the capture, 30 
 Oct. following, of the French 24-gUn ship Le Jaco- 
 bin. On his return from the West Indies in May, 
 1797, where he had served on shore at the reduc- 
 tion of Ste. Lucie, he cruized for three years on the 
 Home station in the Revoddtionnaikb 38, Capts. 
 Fras. Cole and Thos. Twysden. He then, for a few 
 months, joined, as a Supernumerary, the Cambridge 
 80, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Thos. Pasley ; and 
 after an equally brief servitude in the Agincodbt 
 64, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Sir Chas. 
 Morioe Pole, was confirmed a Lieutenant, 1 Deo. 
 1800, in the Concorde 36, Capt. Robt. Barton. 
 Having been paid off early in 1802, Mr. Collins was 
 next appointed, 3 May, 1803, to the Phcenix 36, 
 Capt. Thos. Baker, on the coast of Spain ; subse- 
 quently to which he served, from 20 Feb. 1805 to 
 16 May, 1806, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. 
 Graves, in the Foudrovant 80. He again offi- 
 ciated in a similar capacity under Sir Edw. BuUer, 
 in the Resolue, at Portsmouth, from 30 Nov. 1809, 
 to 1 Nov. 1813 ; and assuming, in Jan. 1814, the like 
 post on board the Porcupine 22, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, took a 
 conspicuous part in the various operations then in 
 progress on the north coast of Spain.* He further 
 held the acting command in the Gironde, for a short 
 time, of the Martial sloop ; and was officially pro- 
 moted to the rank he now holds 15 June 1814. 
 Since that period Commander Collins has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 COLLINS. (Lieut., 1828. F-p., 33 j h-p., 2.) 
 Francis Collins was born, 5 Aug. 1795, in co. 
 Dublin. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Furieuse 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Mounsey, in which ship he shortly afterwards sailed 
 with convoy for the Mediterranean ; where, besides 
 assisting at the blockade of Toulon and the conquest 
 of the island of Ponza, he served in the boats at the 
 capture, 4 Oct. 1813, with a loss to the British of 12 
 men killed and wounded, of a large convoy, pro- 
 tected by the galling fire of two gun-vessels and 
 several batteries in the harbour of Marinelo ; and 
 on that occasion was awarded the rating of Mid- 
 shipman, and placed in charge of one of the prizes. 
 He also, we believe, witnessed the capture of Via 
 Reggio, and the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn ; 
 was at the occupation of Santa Maria, and of the 
 enemy's other Ibrts in the Gulf of Spezia; and as- 
 sisted at the reduction of Genoa and its dependen- 
 cies in March and April, 1814. When afterwards 
 in America, Mr. Collins successively cruized in Pe- 
 nobscot Bay with a tender under his orders, but, 
 falling ultimately into the hands of the enemy, was 
 detained, a prisoner eti paroh^ until the termination 
 of hostilities. He then rejoined the Fuhiedse, and, 
 returning home, was paid off in June, 1815. We 
 next find him serving, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, on board the Spencer 74, Cambrian 40, Do- 
 TEREL 16, and Hope 10, and, having passed his ex- 
 amination 4 Slarch, 1818, employed, from 3 Oct. in 
 * Vide Gaz. 1814, pp. 506, 618. 
 
 that year until 7 Nov. 1823, in the Severn 40, and Ra- 
 MILLIES 74, on the Home station. Until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 22 Sept. 1828, he appears 
 to have been further employed as Mate, chiefly 
 in the Mediterranean, of the Weasel 18, Britan- 
 iJiiA 120, RaSilwes again, and Rattlesnake and 
 AiiACKiTv sloops. After an additional servitnde in 
 the Pelican 18, and Hyperion Coast Blockade 
 ship, Mr. Collins obtained, 4 April, 1831, his present 
 appointment in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 17 Nov. 1834, Hannah, second 
 daughter of Henry Wm. Baylee, Esq., of Lame, 
 CO. Antrim, and has issue three sons and as many 
 daughters. 
 
 COLLINS, (LiEDT., 1813. F-P., 21 ; ft-P., 20.) 
 
 Henry Collins, born 3 April, 1792, is son of the 
 late Geo. Collins, Esq., Clerk of the Cheque at 
 Priddy Hard Magazine, near Gosport, Hants, a de- 
 scendant of Capt. Greenville Colhns, R.N., Hydro- 
 grapher to William IH. 
 
 'Ihjs officer entered the Nftvy, 4 March, 1806, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Qeebec 32, Capt. Geo. 
 M'liinley, with whom, after three months of active 
 servitude on the North Sea station, he removed to 
 the Lively 38 ; and, until wrecked in Aug. 1810, 
 participated, as Midshipman, in various boat and 
 other operations on the river Tagus, was much em- 
 ployed in surveying, and beheld the fall of Vigo. 
 Joining, in Nov. 1810, as Master's Mate, the Unite 
 36, Capts. Patrick (jampbell and Edwin Henry 
 Chamberlayne, he assisted, near Elba, at the cap- 
 ture, 31 March, 1811, of the 20-gun store-ship Dro- 
 madaire ; and, on 1 May following, took part in a 
 very gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone 
 Bay, where the Unite, in conjunction with the Po- 
 MONE 38, and Scodt 18, effectually destroyed the 
 two armed store-ships Giraffe and Nourrice, each 
 mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and protected by a 
 5-gun battery, a martello tower, and a body of about 
 200 regular troops. On 4 July in the same year 
 Mr. Collins further contributed, in the boats, under 
 Lieut. Joseph Wm. Crabb, to the capture, beneath 
 a shower of grape from a battery at Port Hercules 
 on the Roman coast, of the armed and vigorously- 
 defended brig St. ^ranpois de PauU ; ''' and in the 
 course of the same day he assisted Capt. A. W. J. 
 Clifford, of the Cephalus, in very spiritedly cutting 
 out three merchant-vessels from between Civita 
 Vecchia and the mouth of the Tiber. We soon 
 afterwards find him transferred in succession to the 
 San Josef 110, and Vico 74, flag-ships of Sir Chas. 
 Cotton and Rear-Admiral Jas. NicoU Morris in the 
 Channel and Baltic. For his conduct on the latter 
 station, particularly in placing pilots on board three 
 Russian men-of-war during a hard gale, and his ex- 
 ertions as Acting-Lieutenant in the Nord Adler, 
 flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Crown, Commander-in- 
 Chief of a division of his Imperial Majesty's fleet, 
 then on its passage to England, to which he had 
 been lent for the purpose of interpreting the signals 
 of a British squadron also in company, Mr. Collins, 
 who conveyed the despatches to the Admiralty an- 
 nouncing their arrival in port, was confirmed in his 
 new rank by commission dated 1 Jan. 1813. On 
 next joining, 28 June folloT\'ing, the Forth 40, 
 Capt. SirWm. Bolton, in which frigate he remained 
 until paid off 2 Sept. 1815, the subject of this sketch 
 arduously served in the Scheldt ; accompanied Sir 
 Edw. Codrington to Bermuda, and Hon. Henry 
 Hotham to New London ; and, while at the blockade 
 of New York, successfully commanded the boats at 
 the taking of several letters-of-marque, and also 
 assisted at the hard-wrought capture, 19 Sept. 1814, 
 of the Regent privateer brig, of 5 guns and 35 men. 
 From Sept. 1818, to March, 1819, and from Feb. 
 1826, to Nov. 1828, he was next very usefully em- 
 ployed in the Coast Blockade as a Supernumerary 
 Lieutenant of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, 
 and Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. For 
 some time prior to Oct. 1830, he held a command in 
 the Coast Guard, and, on the occasion of one or two 
 • Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1664. 
 
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 COLLINS-COLLINSON— COLLIS-COLMAN. 
 
 wrecks, distinguished himself by his hazardous in- 
 trepidity. Since 29 July, 1840, he has again been 
 in the latter service, and now commands the Jarrow 
 station, the post of honour on the Tyne. 
 
 Lieut. Collins, the originator of several useful in- 
 ventions, received a piece of plate for saving a valu- 
 ably laden brig while in command of a Liverpool 
 steam-vessel. He is Senior Lieutenant of 1813. _ In 
 the early part of the peace, he married Georgina, 
 daughter of John Foster, Esq., of Royston Chapel, 
 Lenham, co. Kent, and has, with three daughters, 
 three sons, of whom the eldest, Henry Foster, Se- 
 cond-Master R,N,, is now serving in the Esebps 
 discovery-ship, Capt. Sir John Franklin. 
 
 COLLINS. (Retired Commandbb, 1843. f-p., 
 19; H-p., 34.) 
 
 "WiliiiAM Coi,i.iNS, bom in April, 1782, lost his 
 grandfather and brother both in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1794, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Ariadne 20, Capts. Robt. 
 Gambier Middleton, Robt. Plampin, H. I5all, Jas. 
 Bradby, and Patrick Campbell ; under whose suc- 
 cessive command he continued to serve, latterly as 
 Midshipman, imtil paid ofiT in June, 1802. . During 
 that period he witnessed one of Hotham's actions 
 in 1795 — was at the landing, in 1796, of the troops 
 at Ste. Lucie — and aided in the capture of several 
 privateers and other vessels. While afterwards 
 serving, from June, 1803, to Nov. 1804, on board 
 the BLOODHO0ND 10, Lieut.-Commander Henry 
 Richardson, he assisted, in 1804, at the bombard- 
 ment of Havre de Grace, and was repeatedly in 
 conflict with the Boulogne flotilla. Having passed 
 his examination 4 Sept. 1805, Mr. Collins was pro- 
 moted, on leaving the Bloodhound, to an Acting- 
 Sub-Lieutenancy in the Earnest gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Rich. Templar, and, in consideration of 
 his subsequent services off Ostend, and in the rivers 
 Elbe and Weser, was made a full Lieutenant 12 
 June, 1807, and appointed, a few days afterwards, 
 to the Royalist 18, Capt. John Maxwell ; during 
 his two years' servitude in which vessel he contri- 
 buted to the capture, in the Downs, of one Danish 
 and two French privateers. Assuming command, 
 10 May, 1809, of the Mart hired cutter, of 8 guns, 
 he made several prizes, beat off on one occasion two 
 of the enemy's privateers, and for the general im- 
 portance of his services, especially for his prompti- 
 tude in communicating to Admiral Young the intel- 
 ligence of the French fleet having descended the 
 Scheldt as far as Flushing, received the thanks of 
 that gallant officer in the presence of the assembled 
 Captains of the squadron. The Mary having been 
 placed out of commission 24 April, 1812, Mr. Collins 
 was next, as First-Lieutenant, appointed, 20 Sept. 
 1813, to the Daphne 20, Capt. Jas. Green, in which 
 he beheld the evacuation of Danzig. He was finally 
 paid off 14 Sept. 1815 ; and awarded his present 
 rank 6 April, 1843. 
 
 In 1801 and 1804, Commander Collins, then in the 
 Ariadne and Bloodhound, was twice compelled 
 to enter the Hospital at North Yarmouth, in conse- 
 quence of severe injuries received in the execution 
 of his duty. He married, 20 June, 1807, Mrs. 
 Eleanor Skee, daughter of Mr. Thomas Sherrid, 
 Pilot, of North Yarmouth. 
 
 COLLINSON, C.B. (Captain, 1842.) 
 
 Richard Colunson entered the Navy 2 Dec. 
 1823 ; passed his examination in 1831 ; obtained bis 
 first commission 23 March, 1835 ; was appointed, 28 
 Sept. following, to the Sulphur surveying-vessel, 
 Capts. Fred. Wm. Beechey and Edw. Belcher, and, 
 16 June, 1838, to the President 52, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, both in South 
 America ; and, on 24 Jan. 1840, joined the Welles- 
 ley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, bearing the broad 
 pendant, subsequently, of Sir Jas. John Gordon 
 Bremer, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. 
 During the operations against Canton, in March, 
 1841, he was officially praised for his very skilful 
 and highly-meritorious exertions in piloting the 
 
 MoDESTE 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, to an excellent and 
 effective position without 600 yards of the last fort 
 protecting the approaches to the city ; and he ob- 
 tained every favourable consideration, also, for his 
 useful eflrorts in next sounding, conjointly with 
 Lieut. Henry Kellett and Mr. Rich. Browne, Master 
 of the Calliope, and conducting several men-of- 
 war safely to an anchorage off Canton itself.* At 
 the capture, in May following, of the whole line of 
 defences, extending about two miles from the British 
 factory, Mr. Collinson was further active in getting 
 the ships into their respective positions.f He like- 
 wise, on 26 Aug., having assumed command of the 
 Bentinck brig, of 10 guns, evinced his skiU in 
 sounding the Channel a/-head of the station occu- 
 pied by the Wellesley in the attack on the island 
 of Golongsoo, and in then gallantly anchoring within 
 the entrance of the Bay.} In Oct. of the same year 
 we find Mr. Collinson assisting at the recapture of 
 Chusan and the storming of the fortified heights 
 and citadel of Chinghae.§ The Admiralty having 
 promoted him, 18 June, 1841, to the rank of Com- 
 mander, and appointed him, 19 Feb. 1842, to the Plo- 
 ver surveying-vessel, he subsequently, on the night 
 preceding the capture of Chapoo, 18 May ensuing- 
 prior, however, to his actual removal to the Plover 
 —sounded, thoroughly and eflectively, between the 
 anchorage of the ships and the shore ; || and, co- 
 operating again with Commander Kellett, was en- 
 gaged, during the months of June and July, in sm'- 
 veying the channel before Woosung preparatory to 
 the attack on its batteries— also in the hostilities 
 against Shanghae — and in commendably overcoming 
 all the difficulties in the navigation of the Yang-tse- 
 Kiang during the advance of the British on the city 
 of Chin-Kiang-Foo.Tf Capt. Collinson, who con- 
 tinued in the Plovek until 1846, was promoted for 
 his services to Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842,»* and nomi- 
 nated a C.B. the day following. 
 
 COLLIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Samuel Collis entered the Navy, 30 April, 1805, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Warrior 74, Capts. 
 Sam. Hood Linzee, Michael Seymour, and John 
 Wm. Spranger, in which ship he proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean, and there joined successively, in 
 Aug. 1809, and March, 1811, the Unite 36, and Le- 
 viathan 74, both commanded by Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell. In the boats of the two latter ships, par- 
 ticularly of the Leviathan, he appears to have 
 taken part, under the orders of Lieut. Alex. Dobbs, 
 in a variety of dashing services, and to have assisted 
 at the capture of many of the enemy's vessels, fre- 
 quently in the teeth of a destructive opposition. 
 He next, in Oct. 1813, removed to the Urgent 12, 
 Capt. Gamaliel Fitzmaurice, on the Home station ; 
 and, having passed his examination, 6 April, 1814, 
 was promoted, 10 Feb. 1815, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. On the paying-off of the Urgent, in Sept. 
 1815, Mr. Collis became attached to the Cyrus 20, 
 Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, under whom he 
 served, off the coast of Ireland, until again placed 
 out of commission in Sept. 1818. Since that period 
 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 COLMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 George Colman entered the Navy, 1 June, 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cruizer 18, Capt. 
 John Hancock, stationed in the North Sea, where 
 he assisted at the capture, 13 Nov. following, of Le 
 Vengeur privateer, of 14 guns. In Feb. 1806, he 
 removed, as Midshipman, to the Ruby 64, Capts. 
 Hardy and John Draper, employed in the Channel; 
 and while afterwards serving, from June, 1807, to 
 Feb. 1812, in the Racehorse 18, and Cornwallis, 
 alias Akbar, 50, Capts. Wra. Fisher and Henry 
 Drury, aided in taking UAmiral Ganteaume pri- 
 vateer, of 4 guns, and, as we are informed, co- 
 operated, in the capacity of Master's Mate, at the 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1S41, pp. 1303-5. + F. Gaz. 1841, p. 2505. 
 
 J V. Gaz. 184S, p. 82. } V. Gai. 1841, pp. 394, S96. 
 
 ll V. Gaz. 1841, P.3G92. 
 
 If V. Gaz. 1842, pp. 3383, 339", 3402. 
 
 •• V. Gaz. 1842, p, 3S2I. 
 
COLQUHOUN— COLQUITT— COLSTON— COLTHURST. 
 
 219 
 
 reduction of the Isles of France and Java. Having 
 returned home on board the Dobis 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Jones Lye, we find Mr. Colman joining, for a few 
 months in 1813, the Cekes 32, flag-ship at Chatham 
 of Rear- Admiral Thos. Surridge; after which he 
 served, on the coasts of Spain and America, in the 
 DiCTATOE troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crof- 
 ton, Sevekn 40, Capt. Joseph Nourse, Ruby 64, 
 Commodore A. F. Evans, Moegiana sloop, Capt. 
 David Scott, Dictator again, and Tonsant 80, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. During his 
 latter attachment to the Dictator, Mr. Colman, 
 who had previously acted as Lieutenant of the 
 Moegiana, took part in the land-hostilities against 
 "Washington and Baltimore, as well as in those 
 against New Orleans, where he was wounded. 
 Since the date of his official promotion, 21 Feb. 
 1815, the subject of this sketch has — with the ex- 
 ception of a brief period, in 1839-40, when he held 
 an appointment in the Coast Guard — been unem- 
 ployed. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 COLQUHOUN. (LiEDTENANT, 1815. F-p., 10 ; 
 H-p,, 31,) 
 
 Humphry CoLguHous was bom in 1793. 
 
 This ojfficer entered the NaVy, in Nov. 1806, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Zealand 64, Capts. 
 Alex. Ball and Robt. Devereux Fancourt, guard-ship 
 at the Nore ; and, joining next the Foxhound 18, 
 Capts. Pitt Burnaby Greene and Jas. Mackenzie, 
 continued to be employed in that vessel, on the 
 Home station, until detached in command of a 
 prize early in 1809. After an intermediate servi- 
 tude, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, on board the 
 Salvador del Mundo guard-ship at Plymouth, he 
 became attached, in Sept. following, to theDfesiBEE 
 36, Capt. Arth. Farquhar, stationed in the North 
 Sea, where he appears to have taken part in much 
 active boat-service, including numerous cutting-out 
 affairs, and the capture of many of the enemy's 
 vessels. Having been again placed in charge of a 
 prize, Mr. Colquhoun unfortunately, on 21 Dec. 
 1810, fell into the hands of the enemy, and, being 
 shortly afterwards wrecked off an island on the 
 coast of Holland, — where he was washed on shore, 
 bruised, frost-bitten, and in a state of insensibility, 
 ■ — was sent to Valenciennes, and ultimately to Se- 
 dan. After several thwarted attempts, he at length, 
 in Feb. 1813, contrived to effect his escape, and, 
 arriving at Portsmouth, rejoined the Desie^e, still 
 commanded by Capt. Farquhar, with whom he sub- 
 sequently sailed with convoy for Quebec in the 
 Liverpool 40. He obtained his commission 20 
 March, 1815 ; and was afterwards employed on 
 Lakes Ontario and Huron, under Sir Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen, until his return home towards the close of 
 1816. Since that period he has not been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Colquhoun — who married, first, 20 Aug. 
 1834, and by that marriage has issue a son and 
 daughter— espoused,secondly, in 1839, Aim, daughter 
 of the late Rev. T. Brown, of Innerskip. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 COLQUITT. (Rear-Admikal, 1846.- f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 43.) 
 Samuel Mahotin Colquitt entered the Navy, 10 
 Dec. 1783, as Captain's Servant, on board the QbeSn 
 90, Capt. John Wainwright, flag-ship at Portsmouth 
 of Rear-Admiral Alex. Arthur Hood (afterwards 
 Lord Bridport) ; subsequently to which he cruized, 
 until Dec. 1789, latterly as Midshipman, in the 
 Perseus 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer, and Thisee frigate, 
 Capt. Isaac Coflin, on the Irish, Channel, and Ha- 
 lifax stations. In Sept. 1793 he rejoined Capt. Coffin 
 in the MjElampus 36); aiid, serving next, from March, 
 1794, to Oct. 1795, in the Abethusa of 44, and In- 
 DErATiGABLE of 46 guuS, both commanded by Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, shared, 23 April, 1794, in the capture, 
 by the Arethusa and Flora 36, after a resolute 
 battle of three hours, and a loss to the former ship 
 of 3 inen killed and 5 wounded, of the French ves- 
 sels Le Bahet of 22, and Im Pomane of 44 guns. 
 On 22 Feb. 1796, Mr. Colquitt, who had previously 
 
 held for upwards of two months an acting order as 
 Lieutenant on board the Revolutionnaire 44, 
 Capt. Fras. Cole, was officially promoted into the 
 Rattler 16, Capt. John Coohet. He was subse- 
 quently appointed, 18 March, 1796, to the London 
 98, flag-ship off' Cadiz of Sir John Colpoys — and, 12 
 June, 1798, and 1 April, 1801, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Thalia 36, Capts. Lord Henry Paulet and 
 Josiah Nisbet, and Hydra 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Paget, employed respectively in the Mediterranean 
 and off the coast of Spain. Of the Thalia he ap- 
 pears to have been for some time Acting-Captain. 
 Having obtained his second promotal commission 
 29 April, 1802, we next find Capt. Colquitt com- 
 manding the Princess floating battery, off Lyming- 
 ton and Liverpool, from 18 June, 1803, until 16 
 June, 1809 ; and then the Persian 18, on the West 
 India and Mediterranean stations. He obtained his 
 Post commission 21 Oct. 1810 j and the rank he now 
 holds 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral's first wife having died 3 Nov. 
 1823, he married, secondly, 27 Dec. 1843, Frances 
 Rachael, daughter of the late Rev. Jas. Wiggett, 
 Rector of Crudwell, "Wilts. 
 
 COLSTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 Samuel Colston was born 21 Oct. 1795. 
 This officer entered the Navy 24 June, 1810 ; and, 
 while attached, in 1811-12, as a Volunteer, to the 
 Imperieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, partook 
 of a variety of active operations on the coast of 
 Italy, including the capture and destruction of a 
 battery and convoy at Pisciota, and (with a loss to 
 the British of 5 men killed and 11 wounded) of a 
 tower, two batteries, 10 gun-boats, and 22 richly- 
 laden feluccas, defended, in the harbour of Pali- 
 nuro, by a force of 700 troops and armed peasantry. 
 During a subsequent servitude in the Caledonia 
 120, BoYNE 98, and Queen Charlotte 100, all flag- 
 ships of Lord Exmouth, he witnessed the partial 
 skirmish with the French fleet off" Toulon, 5 Nov. 
 1813 — officiated as Clerk to his Lordship's Secre- 
 tary during the negotiations with the Barbary 
 Powers for the abolition of Christian slavery — and 
 was present, 27 Aug. 1816, at the bombardment of 
 Algiers, where he was wounded by a splinter in the 
 face and ankle, and by a musket-hall in the thigh. 
 Having been allowed by special order, when in the 
 "West Indies, in 1825, to pass his examination for 
 Lieutenant, Mr. Colston was, on 3 Oct. in that year, 
 advanced to the rank he now holds, and appointed, 
 31 Oct. 1828, to his present command in the Coast 
 Gdard. Among various seizures since effected by 
 Lieut. Colston, we may notice the capture, 21 Oct. 
 1832, of a noted French smuggler, a sloop of 35 
 tons, with a cargo of tobacco on board. 
 
 He married 1 Sept. 1825, and has issue seven 
 children. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 COLTHURST. (Retired Commander, 1841. 
 
 F-p., 23 ; H-p., 28.) 
 Nicholas Colthuest entered the Navy, in 1796, 
 as L. M., on board the Diana 38, Capt. Jonathan 
 Faulknor, and until 1802 served, partly as Midship- 
 man, in the same ship, the Mars 74, bearing the 
 flag of Admiral Berkeley, and Formidable 98, 
 Capt. Rich. Grindall, on the Irish and Channel sta- 
 tions. He then accompanied the latter officer into 
 the Prince 98 ; went, in 1804, to Barbadoes, as Ad- 
 miralty-Midshipman of the Renaed sloop, Hon. 
 Capt. Cathcart ; took part, on rejoining the Prince, 
 in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805; and, on 19 
 Sept. 1806, was promoted, from the Ocean 98, flag- 
 ship of Lord Collingwood off Cadiz, to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Diamond 38, Capt. Geo. Argles, em- 
 ployed, successively, off the coasts of France, Africa, 
 and South America. "Dntil the conclusion of the 
 war in 1815, Mr. Colthurst's next Appointments were 
 —6 Deo. 1809, to the Druid 32, Capt. Sir "Wm. 
 Bolton, cruizing first on the Irish coast j and then 
 off Cadiz— 24 Jan. 1812, to the Sceptre 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Harvey, on the Halifax station — and, soon 
 afterwards, as Senlor-Lieuteflant, to the gan-boat 
 
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 COLVILLE-COMBAULD— COMBE— COMBER— COMPTON. 
 
 service on the Canadian Lakes. He subsequently 
 obtained command, 10 Oct. 1822, 25 Feb. 1823, and 
 21 March, 1826, of the To-vtnsend, Vigilant, and 
 Asp cutters ; and assumed his present rank 29 Jan. 
 1841. 
 
 COLVILLE, LoBD. (Admikal of the White, 
 1841. F-P., 26; H-P., 46.) 
 
 The Eight Honoukable John Lord Colville, 
 born in 1768, is son of the late Lord Colville, an 
 officer in the army, by Miss Webber ; brother of 
 Gen. Sir Chas. ColviUe, G.C.B., G.C.H., K.T.S., 
 who commanded at the capture of Cambray, in 
 1815, and died 27 March, 1843; and uncle of the 
 Viscountess Newry and Morne. He succeeded his 
 father, as 10th Baron, 8 March, 1811. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1775, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Isis 50, in which 
 ship, the Stirling Castle 64, and Lennox 50, he 
 served, under Capts. Sir Chas. Douglas and Ben- 
 nett, until appointed, in June, 1781, Midshipman of 
 the Conqueror 74, Capt. Geo. Balfour, one of Sir 
 Geo. Rodney's fleet in his victory over the Count 
 de Grasse, 12 April, 1782. Returning home from 
 the West Indies in 1783, Mr. Colville does not ap- 
 pear to have been again afloat, until 29 July, 1793, 
 when he was promoted into the Santa Makga- 
 RETTA 36, Capt. Eliab Harvey, under whom we find 
 him assisting, as First-Lieutenant, at the capture, 
 in 1794, of the French West India islands, and the 
 apparent destruction, near the Penmarcks, of the 
 French 36-gun frigate Vohntaire, and corvettes 
 JEspion ttnd Alert. After additionally serving on 
 board the Glory, and Impregnable 98's, both 
 fiag-sbips in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Bour- 
 master, he obtained command, 28 Aug. 1795, of the 
 Star sloop, employed chiefly on the Home station, 
 where he took a privateer, Le Coup d^^ssai, of 2 
 guns and 28 men"; andj on 6 Dec. 1796^ was ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank. His next appointments were 
 — 16 March, 1799, to the Penelope 36, in which he 
 served, as Senior Offlder, at the ensuing blockade of 
 Havre — 15 Aug. 1800, to the Ambuscade 36, which 
 frigate was sent soon afterwards with convoy to the 
 West Indies — in 1803, to the command of the SeS. 
 Fencibles on the coast of Cuinberland — 13 Oct. 
 1804, to the RoMNEY 50j which ship, owing to the 
 ignorance of her pilots, was wrecked in the Texel, 
 19 Nov. following — in 1805, again to the Sea Fen- 
 cibles, at 'Margate — 23 March, 1807, to the Her- 
 CULE 74, in which ship he attended the expedition 
 against Copenhagen, and in 1808 accompanied home 
 from Lisbon the surrendered Russian fleet — and, 11 
 Sept. 1811, after three years of half-pay, to the 
 Queen 74. Previously to pa-ying off the latter ship, 
 21 Sept. 1814, Lord Colville, after serving for some 
 time on the Home station; proceeded to the West 
 Indies, whence he escorted to England a fleet of 
 370 sail of merchantman, the last convoy of the 
 war. He attained the rank of Rear-Admiral 12 
 Aug. 1819 ; was Comihander-in-Chief on the Cork 
 station, with his flag in the Semiramis frigate, from 
 10 Nov. 1821 until April, 1825 ; became a Vice- Ad- 
 miral 22 July, 1830 ; and was created a full Admiral 
 23 Nov. 1841. He is at present on half-pay. 
 
 His Lordship, who was elected, in 1818, one of the 
 representative Peers of Scotland, now holds the ap- 
 pointment of extra-Lord in Waiting on H.R.H. 
 Prince Albert. He married, 14 Oct. 1790, Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of Fras. Ford, Esq., and aunt of the 
 present Sir Fras. Ford, Bart. That lady dying 
 19 Aug. 1819, he espoused, secondly, 15 Oct. 1841, 
 Hon. Anne Law, siStet of the Earl of EUenborough, 
 late First Lord of the Admiralty, and sister-in-law 
 of Capt. Lord Colchestel', R.N. 
 
 COMBAULD. (LiEDTi; iS27L f'P., 27 ; h-p., 13.) 
 Richard Combauld wafi born 11 June, 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, I May, 1807, as 
 A. B., on board the Rapoba 12, Lieut.-Commander 
 Colin Campbell ; and on removing, as Midshipman, 
 to the Dbcouverte 12, similarly commanded, saw 
 much active boat-service, and witnessed the sur- 
 
 render of the city of St. Domingo, 6 July, 1809. 
 He continued, until Oct. 1814, to serve on the Ja- 
 maica station, a great part of the time as Master's 
 Mate— in the Sappho 18, Garland 26, and Poly- 
 phemus 64, commanded, the three, by Capt. Thos. 
 Graves— Shark sloop, Polyphemus again, Rein- 
 deer 18, and Rhodian 14, all under the orders of 
 Capt. John Geo. Boss, who employed him on se- 
 veral cutting-out expeditions— Shark, Capt. John 
 Gore— and Forrester 18, Capt. Alex. Kennedy. 
 He then came home in the Akgo 44, Capt. Wm. 
 Fothergill ; joined, in succession, the Contest 14, 
 and Childeks 18, both commanded by Capt. Jas. 
 Rattray ; passed his examination 5 July, 1815 ; and 
 —after a further lapse of nearly 12 years, during 
 which period he had been for some time in Haslar 
 Hospital, and had served, chiefly on the Home sta- 
 tion, on board the Pactolus 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh 
 Dobbie, Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir 
 Geo. Campbell, Severn, and Bamillies, Coast 
 Blockade ships, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Ganges 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Brace, and Victory, flag-ship of Sir 
 Geo. Martin— was at length promoted to his present 
 rank 28 April, 1827. In Nov. following he was re- 
 appointed to the Coast Blockade, as a Supernume- 
 rary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, but left that service from ill health 
 in Sept. 1828 ; and, on 22 June, 1839, obtained com- 
 mand of a station in the Coast Guard. He has been 
 on half-pay since 1845. 
 
 COMBE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Matthew Combe entered the Navy 30 June, 
 1808 ; passed his examination in 1814 ; obtained his 
 commission 27 May, 1825 ; and, on 9 Jan. 1838, ob- 
 tained bis present appointment in the Coast Guard. 
 
 COMBER. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Wandesford Comber served in China, as 
 Midshipman of the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, 
 from 1838 until 1842, and during that period was 
 etnployed in the boats at the first capture of Can- 
 ton."' He next joined, in succession, the Dido 18, 
 Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, and Winchester 50, 
 bearing the flag at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon. 
 JoSceline Percy ; while in the former of which ships 
 his name appeared in the Gazette in connexion with 
 two expeditions against the pirates in the island of 
 Borneo, where he served each time in the boats, 
 latterly in command of one. He passed his exa- 
 mination 14 June, 1844; and, when afterwards Mate 
 of the Pagoda hired barque, had charge of a watch 
 under very trying circumstances amongst the ice 
 in the Antarctic regions. Since his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 26 June, 
 1846, Mr. Comber has been on half-pay. 
 
 COMPTON; (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Charles Talbot Compton entered the Navy 4 
 Sept. 1834; pasSed his examination 12 Dec. 1840; 
 and, after being einployed for some time in the East 
 Indies, as Mate of the North Star 26, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Everard Home, was promoted, 10 June, 1844, 
 to the rank of Lieiitehant, and appointed, the next 
 day, to the Agincourt 72, flag-Ship on the same 
 station of (Sir Thos. John Cochrane, with whom he 
 is still serving. 
 
 COMPTON. (HeTired Captain, 1^40. F-p.,13i 
 H-P., 45.) 
 Henby Compton entered the Navy, 26 Jap. 1789, 
 as A.B., on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. John 
 Macbride, lying at Plymouth; and. Until Jan. 
 1796, afterwards served, as Midshipman and Mas= 
 ter's Mate, in the Actjeon brig, Capt. Joseph Haw 
 well. Kite, Lieut.-Commander Win. Lainb, Romu- 
 lus 36, Capts. John Sutton and Geo. Hope, Melpo- 
 mene 44, Capt. Wm. Paterson, Minotaur 74, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, Blonde 38, Capt. 
 Wm. Pierrepont, and Britannia lOO, and Victory 
 
 * Vide Ga?.. 1841, p. 1505. 
 
COMPTON - CONANT— CONGDON. 
 
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 100, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Hotham and Sir 
 John Jervis, on the West India and Home stations, 
 as also in the Mediterranean, where, in the Romu- 
 lus, he beheld the occupation of Toulon in Aug. 
 1794. Being confirmed, 11 March, 1796, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Horatio Nel- 
 son, he continued to be employed with that hero in 
 the Captain 74, Theseus 74, Seahokse 38, Van- 
 guard 74, and Foodkoyant 80, until 1799; and 
 was consequently present, during that period, — lat- 
 terly as First-Lieutenant,— at the siege of Porto 
 Ferrajo, the cutting out of four French vessels from 
 under a heavy flre at Loano, the battle oS Cape St. 
 Vincent, the attack on Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, the 
 victory of the Nile, and throughout the various 
 operations in the Bay of Naples which led to the 
 restoration of the King of the Two Sicilies. Having 
 been confirmed in the command, 3 Sept. 1799, of 
 the Perseus bomb, he further served at the 
 blocliiades of Alexandria and Malta, and in many 
 active operations on the coast of Italy, including 
 the reduction of Civita Vecchia. Capt. Compton, 
 who has not been afloat since the peace of Amiens, 
 accepted his present rank 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 COMPTON. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 John Compton entered the Navy 31 Oct. 1823 ; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 28 June, 1838 ; and was next successively 
 appointed — 13 July, 1839, to the Stag 46, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Suh- 
 van — 11 Jan. and 19 Oct. 1840, to the Grecian 16, 
 Capt. Wm. Smith, and CuraqoA 24, Capt. J^nkin 
 Jones— and, 26 July, 1841, to the RosS 18, Capts. 
 Peter Christie and Thos. Baillie, all on the South 
 American station. From 14 May, 1844, until 1845, 
 he further served in the S*. Vincent 120, flag-ship 
 at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Rowley and Sir Chas. 
 Ogle, part of an experimental squadron lately 
 under the orders of Rear-Admirals Hyde Parker 
 and Sir Sam. Pym. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 COMPTON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 20 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Richard CoMpton Was born, 30 Dec. 1784, at 
 Paington, co. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1803, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Zealand 64, guard- 
 ship at the Nore ; and on joining, 11 Nov. following, 
 the Champion 24, Capts. Robt. Howe Bromley and 
 Kenneth Mackenzie, appears, for four consecutive 
 years, to have been in frequent and very hazardous 
 conflict with the enemy's flotilla and batteries be- 
 tween Ostend and Havre. During that period he 
 also made a short trip to America. With Capts. 
 Bromley, Chas. Worsley Boys, and others, Mr. 
 Compton afterwards served on laoard the Solebay 
 32, and StaTira 38 ; and in the latter ship he was 
 present at the forcing, in Aug. 1809, of the passage 
 between the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand, 
 and the reduction, in Feb. 1810, of Guadeloupe. 
 After an additional servitude of five years, repeat- 
 edly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Blonde 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Huskisson, Macedonian 38, Capts. Lord 
 Wra. Fitilroy, Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and John 
 Surman Carden, Conqoestador 74, Capt. Lord 
 Wm. Stuart, Mjeander 38, Capt. John Bastard, 
 and Aquieon 32, Capt. Thos. Burton, on the Lisbon, 
 Home, and West India stations, he was at length, 
 having passed his examination in 1811, conflrtned 
 in the rank he now holds by commission dated 13 
 Feb. 1815. Mr. Compton was subsequently ap- 
 >ointed, 7 Feb. 1827, First-Lieutenant of the Alert 
 8, Capts. Sttm. Bui-gess and John Coghlan Fitzge- 
 rald, under whom he continued successively em- 
 ployed until the summer of 1831, when a severe 
 attack of goiit cotapelled him to invalid. Since 
 then he has been on half-pay. 
 
 He is inarried, and has issue seven children. 
 
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 COMPTON, LoHts. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Lord William Comp- 
 "foN, born 21 Aug. 1818, is second son of the Mar- 
 quess of Northampton, by Margaret, eldest daughter 
 
 of the late Major-Gen. Douglas Maclean Clephanc, 
 of Forloisk, N.B. ; and brother-in-law of Lord Al- 
 ford, son of the Earl of Brownlow. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 June, 1831 ; passed 
 his examination in 1837 ; was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 16 Dec. 1839 ; joined, a few days af- 
 terwards, the Melville 72, flag-ship at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, and then in the East Indies, of Hon. 
 Geo. Elliot; and, on 13 Feb. 1841, was appointed 
 to the Wellesley 72, Commodore Sir Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer. The great exertions of his Lord- 
 ship, when in command, jointly with Acting-Lieu- 
 tenants Geo. Campbell Fowler and John Astle, of 
 the barge and two cutters belonging to the Wel- 
 lesley, had the happy efi'ect, on the evening of 24 
 May following, of preserving that ship, then in the 
 Boca Tigris, from a most formidable and well- 
 planned attempt made on the part of the Chinese to 
 destroy her by means of a flotilla of nearly 20 fire- 
 vessels, the whole of which, although in many in- 
 stances chained in couples, and some even three to- 
 gether, vfere towed clear, without doing the slightest 
 injury.* Since the attainment of his present rank, 
 19 Aug. 1842, LordWm. Compton— who, on 10 Oct. 
 in 'the previous year, had further commanded the 
 Wellesley's boats at the reduction of Chinghaef — 
 has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, 21 Aug. 1844, Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CONANT. (Retired Commander, 1831. F-p., 8 ; 
 H-p., 4.'>.) 
 
 John Edward Conant entered the Navy, 21 
 April, 1794, as Ordinary, on board the Suffolk 74, 
 Commodore Peter Rainier ; ttnd, on arriving in the 
 East Indies, became successively attached, as Mid- 
 shipman, to the Swift 16, and Centurion 50, both 
 commanded by Capt. John Sprat Rainier, in the 
 former of which he received a severe contusion at 
 the reduction of the Moluccas. Having returned 
 to England, he was next, in Aug. 1798, received on 
 board the Beaulieu 40, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, 
 with whom he served in the Mediterranean until 
 Nov. 1800. He then came home — ^joined the Royal 
 William, and Ville de Paris, flag-ships of 
 Sir Peter Parker and Earl St. Vincent — and on 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 18 July, 
 ISOl, was appointed to the Pbince'ss Royal 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus Gower. Commander 
 Conant, who invalided in Jan. 1802, and has not 
 since been afloat, became a Retired Commander on 
 the Junior list 13 July, 1831, and on the Senior 10 
 March, 1846. 
 
 He is a retired police magistrate. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CONGDON. (Lieut., 1816. f>P, 24; h-p., 16.) 
 William Congdon entered the Navy, 26 Nov. 
 1807, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Jackson, with whom he soon afterwards visited 
 the Mediterranean in pursuit of a French squadron 
 that had effected its escape from Rochefort. After 
 a further servitude of some months in the Baltic 
 under the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, the 
 subject of this notice — who had in the mean while 
 contributed, in the Mistletoe, tender to the Su- 
 perb, to the capture of one and the defeat of ano- 
 ther of the enemy's brigs— joined the Derwent 18, 
 Capt. Joseph Swabey Tetley, oflf Flashing. He 
 next, in the early part of 1810, proceeded to the 
 East Indies as Midshipman of the Chichester 
 store-ship, Master-Commander Win. JI'Kirby ; and 
 becoming attached, subsequently, to the Illustrious 
 74, Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton, and C.4R0- 
 line 36, Capt. Christopher Cole, assisted at the 
 reduction of Java in Aug. 1811. From Ja*. 1812 
 to March, 1814, he appears to have ^gaiit served 
 with Mr. M'Kirby in the Abundance and Cormo- 
 rant store-ships, on the Mediterranean, Cspe of 
 Good Hope, and Lisbon stations ; aftfet which we 
 find him doing duty at Newfoundland, as Aeting- 
 • fide Gaj. 1S41, p. 2514. + F. Gai. 1S42, p. S<n. 
 
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 CON JUIT- CONN— CONNER. 
 
 Master, Master's Mate, and Admiralty- Midshipman, 
 in the Comet 20, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blarney, ajid Bel- 
 1.EEOPH0N 74, and Salisbdhi 50, flag-ships of Sir R. 
 G. Keats, until promoted, on his return home, 6 
 May, 1816. From 7 June, 1831, until 1845, he held 
 command of a station in the Goast Guard. He is 
 now unemployed. 
 Lieut. Congdon is married, tend has issue. 
 
 CONJUIT. (Lieut., 1821. f-P., 37 ; h-p., 1.) 
 
 John Conjuit, born 2 Nov. 1794, is descended, 
 we believe, from John Conjuit, Esq., Master of the 
 Mint at the commencement of the last century, 
 whose memory is perpetuated by a monument in 
 "Westminster Abbey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1809, as 
 MidshipftiaU, oh board the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Rowley ; while under whose command he subse- 
 quently assisted at the defence of Cadiz, and at the 
 reduction of Fiumc, Ravenna, Trieste, and other 
 places on the coasts of Italy, Istria, and Dalmatia. 
 He was also frequently employed in batteries on 
 shore ; took part in many cutting-out expeditions ; 
 boarded and carried, on one occasion, with the 
 Eagle's cutter and only seven men under his 
 orders, and in face of a heavy fire from a brass gun, 
 swivels, and musketry, an enemy's gun-boat, Le 
 Courier^ with a crew of 25 men, commanded by a 
 Lieutenant of the French navy ; and was altogether 
 two-and-twenty times personally engaged with the 
 foe. During the six years immediately following 
 the peace Mr. Conjuit, who passed his examination 
 23 Nov. 1815, further served, chiefly in the West 
 Indies, on board the Liffey 50, Capt. John Han- 
 cock, "Warrior 74, Rear-Admiral John Erskine 
 Douglas, North Star 28, Capt. Thos. Coe, Royal- 
 ist 18, Capt. Houston Stewart, Salisbury 50, Capt. 
 John Mackellar, Bbiseis 10, Capt. Geo. Domett 
 (under whom, while acting as Lieutenant, he was 
 wrecked, 5 Nov. 1816, on a desolate part of the 
 island of Cuba, and remained in consequence ex- 
 posed for more than two months to the greatest hard- 
 ships, being nearly destitute the whole time of pro- 
 visions and clothing), Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Hen- 
 derson, RocHFORT 80, flag-ship successively (in the 
 Mediterranean) of Sir Thos. Fremantle and Sir 
 Graham Moore, and Sybille 38, Capt. Joshua 
 Ricketts Rowley. On 9 Oct. 1821, he was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Tribune 36, Capt. Nesbit 
 Josiah "Willougnby ; and being next appointed, 15 
 April, 1824, to the Coast Blockade, continued in 
 that service, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts. "Wm. MJCulloch 
 and "Wm. Jas. Mingaye, until the receipt of his 
 present appointment to the Coast Guard 16 March, 
 1831. 
 
 In the execution of his night duties Lieut. Con- 
 juit has had the misfortune to be severely ruptured, 
 and injured in the spine. He married, 24 Aug. 
 1822, Charlotte, eldest daughter of Mr. "Wm. Mud- 
 doll, of H.M. Dockyard, Chatham. 
 
 CONN. (Lieutenant, 1809. f-p., 10; h-p., 35.) 
 Henry Conn entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl."Vol., on board the Chlloden 74, commanded 
 by his relative, Capt. John Conn, with whom he 
 continued to serve, on the Mediterranean, Home, 
 and Halifax Stations, in the Canopds 80, Dread- 
 NODGHT 98, San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, and 
 SwiFTSDRE 74, under the flags of Admirals Geo. 
 Campbell, Sir Jas. Sauinarez, and Sir John Borlase 
 "VYarren, until appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 9 May, 
 1809, of the Junon 38, Capt. John Shortland, to 
 which ship he was confirmed by commission dated 
 18 Aug. in the same year. On 13 of the ensuing 
 Dec, however, the Junon was unfortunately cap- 
 tured, near Guadeloupe, after an heroically despe- 
 rate resistance of 45 minutes, and a loss of 20 men 
 killed and 40 wounded, by a French squadron, 
 consisting of the 40-gun frigates Senomtne'e and Clo- 
 rinde, and arviees en jiute Loire and Seine, carrying 
 each 20 guns, with the two former of whom she 
 appears to have sustained a j/wd-ann-a-nd-yard- arm 
 
 conflict until on the verge of sinking. Lieut Conn 
 was in consequence retained a prisoner in France 
 until 6 Oct. 1812. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 CONNER. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 18; h-p., 26.) 
 Richard Conner is son of Dan. Conner, Esq., 
 of Ballybrecken, near Cork ; and brother-in-law of 
 Rear-Admiral of the Red the late Sir Fred. Lewis 
 Maitland, K,C-B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire, of 46 guns, Capt. 
 F. L. Maitland ; attained the rating of Midshipman 
 23 Aug. 1804 ; and, with one or two brief interrup- 
 tions, continued to serve under the same Com- 
 mander, in the Volontaire 38, and Emerald 36, 
 until Oct. 1809. During that period he assisted -at 
 the capture, 16 March and 17 Aug. 1804, of the 
 French privateers Braave, of 16, and (after a run- 
 ning fight of 15 minutes) Blonde, of 30 guns, on 
 which latter occasion he was wounded ;* was under 
 fire of the batteries in Muros Bay, when they were 
 gallantly stormed and carried, and the privateers 
 Cmfance and Belier taken, by the boats under 
 Lieut, the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805 ; 
 aided, on 25 of the same month, in capturing ano- 
 ther privateer, Le Vaillant, of force similar to the 
 Blonde ; was in company, on 24 Dec. following, 
 with L'Egyptienne, at the capture, after an obsti- 
 nate resistance, of La Libre, of 40 guns ; conveyed, 
 in July, 1806, to Sir Rich. Keats, off L'Orient, in- 
 telligence which led to the capture of Le Shin, of 
 44 guns ; further contributed, in the course of 1807, 
 to the capture of many other vessels, and the block- 
 ade of Rochefort; and, in April, 1809, witnessed 
 the destruction of the French shipping in Basque 
 Roads. On leaving the Emerald, Mr. Conner was 
 awarded an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Druid 32, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton ; and, obtaining his official 
 promotion 5 Jan. 1810, was then appointed to the 
 SybiIle 38, Capt. Clotworthy Upton, on the Irish 
 station. He subsequently joined, on the Home sta- 
 tion— 16 March, 1812 and 11 Jan. 1813, the San 
 Josef and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Lord 
 Keith— 5 Dec. 1814 and 6 April, 1815, the Boynb 
 98, and Bellerophon 74, both commanded by 
 Capt. F. L. Maitland— 28 April, 1815, the Ville de 
 Paris 110, bearing the flag also of Lord Keith — 19 
 Sept. 1815, the Eridancs 36, Capts. Wm. Paterson 
 and Wm. King— and, 23 Sept. 1818, 18 May, 1821, 
 and 12 March, 1827, the Vengeue, Genoa, and 
 Wellesley 74's, all commanded by Capt. Maitland, 
 in the first of which we find him escorting the King 
 of the Two Sicilies from Naples to Leghorn in Dec. 
 1820. Since the date of his last promotion, 19 May, 
 1828, Commander Conner has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, in 1831, Elizabeth, eldest daughter 
 of Sam. Perrott, Esq., Of Olive Hill, co. Cork, by 
 whom he has issue. 
 
 CONNER. (Lieut., Igl5. f-t., 22 ; h-p., 18.) 
 Samuel Conner entered the Navy, 17 March, 
 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Prince op 
 Wales 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez ; removed, successively, in May following and 
 Feb. 1809, to the Rose 18, and Daphne 20, Capts. 
 Thos. Mansell, Philip Pipon, and Jas. Green, on the 
 Baltic station ; became Master's Mate, in Sept. 1814, 
 of the Tat 24, Capts. Wm. Robilliard and Robt. 
 Bloye, employed off" the Scilly Islands ; and, on 2 
 March, 1815, was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. He afterwards obtained an appointment in 
 the Coast Guard, 5 April, 1831 ; and, from 7 Feb. 
 1834, until March, 1837, cominanded the Adelaide 
 and Vulcan Revenue-vessels. From the latter 
 date until 1845 he was again employed in the Coast 
 Guard. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 CONNER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Henry Conner entered the Navy, 9 
 Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald 
 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland ; in which frigate 
 • ViieGm. 180), p. losr. 
 
CONNOLLY. 
 
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 he assisted at the capture of a large number of the 
 enemy's vessels, beheld the destruction, in April, 
 1809, of the French shipping in Aix Roads, and 
 attained the rating of Midshipman 1 Feb. 1810. 
 From Dec. 1811 until May, 1813, he next served in 
 the Channel on board the Tigke 74, Capt. John 
 Halliday ; and then, rejoining Capt. Maitland in the 
 Goliath, a cut-down 74, continued with that officer, 
 in the Boyne 98, and BELLEnopiiON 74, on the 
 West India, North American, and Channel stations, 
 until 1815 ; in July of which year he witnessed the 
 surrender of Kapoleon Buonaparte. He was pro- 
 moted, from the Okomtes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day 
 Cochrane, fitting at Sheerness, 20 Sept. following ; 
 and has not since been afloat. Agests — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 CONNOLLY. (Retired Commander, 1840. 
 F-P., 24 ; H-P., 43.) 
 
 John Bell Connolly, born in 1772, at Chatham, 
 is eldest brother of Commander Matthew Connolly, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 24 March, 1780, as 
 Gunner's Servant, on board the Britannia 100, 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Vice-Admiral 
 Darby, and afterwards of Hon. Sam. Barrington, 
 under whom he took part in Lord Howe's partial 
 action with the combined fleets of France and 
 Spain, near Gibraltar, 20 Oct. 1782. Between June, 
 1783, and Oct. 1789, when he attained the rating of 
 Midshipman, he next served on the Home station 
 on board the 14-gun cutters Cockatrice and Sul- 
 tana, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Reynolds and Edw. 
 Roe. He then joined, in succession, the Edgar 74, 
 Capts. Chas. Thompson and Anthony Jas. Pye 
 MoUoy, Bahfleur 98, Royal Geokge 100, and 
 London 98, flag-ships of Admirals Barrington and 
 Goodall, Sdltana, Lieut. -Commander Digby Dent, 
 DoKE 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Robt. Kod- 
 dam, CincE 28, Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner, Centu- 
 rion 50, Capt. Sam. Osborne, and Boyne 98, flag- 
 ship of Sir John Jervis ; and, having passed his ex- 
 amination 4 Nov. 1791, was promoted, 3 Deo. 1793, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Dromedary 44, Capt. 
 Sandford Tatham. After assisting at the capture 
 of Martinique, Mr. Connolly removed, 26 March, 
 1794, to the Veteran 64, Capt. Chas. Edmund 
 Nugent, in time to further co-operate in the reduc- 
 tion of Ste. Lucie, Guadeloupe, Mariegalante, and 
 the Saintes. He Was afterwards appointed, 15 Nov. 
 1796 and 15 June, 1798, to the Prince 98, flag-ship 
 of Sir Roger Curtis, and Ajax 74, Capts. John Pa^ 
 kenham and Hon, Alex. IngUs Cochrane, both on 
 the Channel station ; and, from 10 Dec. 1799 until 
 the close of 1806, held, with the exception of a few 
 months during the short-lived peace, tlie successive 
 command of the Britannia and Gladiator hos- 
 pital and court-martial ships, at Portsmouth. Being 
 afflicted witli acute rheumatism and defective sight, 
 he obtained the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 
 on 22 Sept. in the latter year ; and was ultimately 
 invested with his present rank 24 March, 1840. 
 
 war, was captured, 27 May, 1793, by the French 40- 
 gun frigate Concorde, and sent to Cape Fran9ois, 
 whence Mr. Connolly, during the ensuing massacre 
 of the white population, had the happiness of effect- 
 ing the escape of liimself and the whole of his ship- 
 mates— Goelan brig, Capt. Thos. Wolley, Hanni- 
 bal 74, Capt. John Colpoys, Theseus 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Calder, and Majestic 74, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Benj. Caldwell. Having passed his 
 examination in Nov. 1793, he was promoted, 15 Jan. 
 1795, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Terpsichore 
 32, Capt. Rich. Bowen; and, being confirmed on 
 his return home 22 Aug. follovring, was appointed 
 to his old ship the Theseus, Capts. R. Calder, Her- 
 bert Browell, Augustus Montgomery, and John 
 Ayhner, employed oflT the coasts of France and 
 Spain. Soon after his removal, in May, 1797, to 
 the Irresistible 74, we find Mr. Connolly assisting 
 at the bombardment of Cadiz ; and, on the night of 
 3 July, suffering a loss of 3 men wounded while in 
 command of one of the launches engaged under 
 Lord Nelson in protecting the Thunder bomb 
 against an attack of the Spanish flotilla before that 
 place. From Dec. in the same year until the peace 
 of Amiens he next served, in the Mediterranean 
 and West Indies, on board the Emerald 36, Capts. 
 Lord Prohy, Thos- Montray Waller, and Jas. 
 O'Bryen; and during that period assisted at the 
 capture, besides other vessels, of — 19 June, 1799, 
 Rear- Admiral Perre'e's'squadron, consisting of three 
 frigates and two brigs — and, 5 April, 1800, of the 
 two Spanish 36-gun frigates £/l Carmen and Fhfren^ 
 Una, each laden with 1500 quintals of quicksilver. 
 In April, 1804, Mr. Connolly obtained an appoint- 
 ment in the Isle of Wight district of Sea Fencibles, 
 but removed, 13 Aug. following, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Lapwing 28, Capts. Fras. Wm. Fane and 
 Clotworthy Upton; and was subsequently appointed, 
 in the same capacity, on the Home, Mediterranean, 
 and Lisbon stations — 27 July. 1805, and 21 June, 
 1808, to the Hind 28, and Cambrian 40, Capts. 
 Fane and Chas. Bullen— and, 18 Feb. 1812, to the 
 PoMONB 38, Capts. Fane and Philip Carteret. 
 While in command, on the night of 14 April, 1811, 
 of the Cambrian's boats, he most handsomely cut 
 out a large settee, deeply laden with grain for the 
 French army at Barcelona, from under the Medas 
 Islands and batteries. After serving for 14 years 
 as a First-Lieutenant, Mr. Connolly was at length 
 promoted to his present rank, 4 Dec. 1813 ; since 
 which period he has been on half-pay. 
 
 After the peace. Commander Connolly published, 
 by the direction of the Admiralty, " A System of 
 Great-Gun Exercise for the Navy." He also gave 
 publicity to " One Universal and Uniform System 
 of Watching, Quartering, and Stationing, adapted 
 to all Classes of Ships." 
 
 CONNOLLY.'* (Commander, 1813. f-p.,24; 
 HP., 36.) 
 
 Matthew Connolly, born 5 July, 1776, at Chat- 
 ham, is brother of Commanders J. B. and R. L. 
 Connolly, R.N., and of Colonel Wm. Hallett Con- 
 nolly, R.M., as also of the late Lieut. Peter Con- 
 nolly, B.M., and the late Capt. Geo. Sloan Connolly, 
 an officer in the Army ; and uncle of Lieut. M. 
 Connolly, R.N. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 27 Oct. 1787, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 44, anmie en 
 flute, Lieut.-Commander Joseph Sail, lying at Ports- 
 mouth ; after which he served, as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, chiefly in the West Indies, on board 
 the Orion 74, Capts. Andrew Sutherland and Chas. 
 Chamberlayne, Hyjena 24, Capt. Wm. Hargood — 
 which ship, the first lost by the British during the 
 
 * Throu;.'h some error, this ollicer's name, in the Navy List. 
 IB spelt *' CoiioUy." 
 
 CONNOLLY. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Matthew Connolly is son of Col. Wm. Hallett 
 Connolly, late Commandant of the Vi'^oolwich divi- 
 sion of Royal Marines; brother of Lieut. Wm. 
 Hallett Connolly, R.N., and of First-Lieut. Rich. 
 Geo. Connolly, R.M. ; and nephew of Commander 
 Mat. Connolly, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Dec. 1832 ; passed 
 his examination 27 March, 1839 ; took part, as Mate 
 of the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in aU the 
 operations of the Syrian campaign, including the 
 capture of Caiffa, where he served on shore, and the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre ; and, after a sub- 
 sequent attachment to the Beacon surveying vessel, 
 Capt. Thos. Graves, and Lightning steamer, Mas- 
 ter-Commanders John Tucker and Geo. Henry Karr 
 Bower, respectively employed on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1842. His next appointments 
 were— 9 March and 27 June, 1842, to the Calcutta 
 84, and Magicienne 24, Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and 
 Rich. Laird Warren, in the Mediterranean— and, 2 
 Feb. 1844, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir 
 AVm. Parker. Mr. Connolly is at present on the 
 East India station, where he is now employed in the 
 
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 CONNOLLY-CONNOR-CONSITT— COODE. 
 
 AoiNconET 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Jolin 
 Cochrane. 
 
 CONNOLLY. (Retibed Commander, 1845. 
 F-P., 21 ; H-p., 31.) 
 
 KicHAKD Lock Connolly, bom 10 July, 1785, at 
 Portsmouth, is a younger brother of Commander 
 Mat. Connolly, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Her- 
 bert Browell, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Horatio 
 Nelson ; in which we find him sharing, during the 
 month of July, 1797, in the bombardment of Cadiz 
 and the expedition to Teneriffe ; as also in the battle 
 of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. On next joining the Eme- 
 rald 36, Capt. Thos. Moutray "Waller, 'he assisted, 
 as Midshipman, at the blockade of Alexandria ; 
 after which he served, until Feb. 1805, in the 
 Pkince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Sir Kobt. 
 Calder, Hekcule 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, Driver, 
 Leander, and Lapwing, all commanded by Capt. 
 Fras. Wm. Fane, and Hibeenia, flag-ship of Lord 
 Gardner, on the "West India, Halifax, and Home sta- 
 tions. Being then appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the 
 Tigress gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Natha- 
 niel Greensword, he came frequently into contact 
 with the Boulogne flotilla ; and on one occasion was 
 so severely wounded as to elicit a pecuniary reward 
 from the Patriotic Fund. Having been created, 29 
 Jan. 1807, full Lieutenant of the Electra 18, Capt. 
 Geo. Barne TroUope, on the Mediterranean station, 
 Mr. Connolly next witnessed the evacuation, in Feb. 
 1808, of the small fortress of Scylla, in Lower Cala- 
 bria ; and, on 25 March following, was wrecked at 
 the entrance of Port Augusta, between Syracuse and 
 Messina. He appears to have been subsequently 
 appointed — 18 Sept. 1811, to the "Venerable 74, 
 Capt. Sir Home Riggs Popham, off Cherbourg — 15 
 Feb. 1813, to the Royal "William 84, flag-ship at 
 Spithead of Sir Rich. Bickerton— 27 July, 1813, and 
 23 Nov. 1814, as First-Lieutenant, to the Prince 98, 
 Capt. Geo. Fowke, and Akbar 50, flag-ship off 
 Flushing and Halifax of Rear- Admirals Sir Thos. 
 Byam Martin and Edw. Grifflth— and, 11 Sept. 1818, 
 to the Ramillies 74, bearing the flag at Portsmouth 
 of Sir Geo. Campbell. Commander Connolly, who 
 has been on half-pay since 1821, assumed his present 
 rank 21 Feb. 1845. 
 
 CONNOLLY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 "William Hallett Connolly is brother of Lieut. 
 Mat. Connolly, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 17 Dec. 1839 ; 
 studied in 1841 at the Royal Naval College ; then 
 joined the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. 
 Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, flag-ship after- 
 wards of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station; removed, in 1844, to the Comet 
 steam-vessel, Lieut. -Commander "Wm. Pretyman, 
 employed on Home service ; and was appointed, to- 
 wards the close of 1845, to the President 50, fitting 
 for the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Richard Dacres, 
 Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 He was advanced to his present rank 15 Jan. 1846 ; 
 and still serves at the Cape, on board the Brilliant 
 22, Capt. Rundle Purges "Watson. 
 
 CONNOR. (Lieutenant, 1807.) 
 
 Ross Connor entered the Navy, about the com- 
 mencement of the present century, as Fst.-cl. Vol., 
 on board the Arrow sloop, Capts. Wm. Bolton and 
 Rich. Budd Vincent, on the Home station ; where, 
 on removing to the Immortalitb 36, Capt. Edw. 
 W. C. R. Owen, he assisted at the bombardment, in 
 1803, of Dieppe and St. Valery-en-Caux. He then 
 rejoined Capt. Bolton in the Aimable 32 ; and, 
 while afterwards serving with that officer in the 
 West Indies on board the Fisgard 38, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 23 Feb. 1807. Until placed on half-pay in 
 Nov. 1815, Mr. Connor was next appointed— 19 
 
 April, 1808, to the Cadmus 10, Capt. D. Wynter 
 
 29 May, 1809, to the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Henry 
 
 Lidgbird Ball and Robt. Plampin— 28 July, 1810, to 
 the Foxhound brig, Capt. John Parish — and, 4 Feb. 
 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the Pheasant 16, Capt. 
 Edm. Waller, all employed on home service. He 
 subsequently obtained an appointment in the Coast 
 Guard, 30 June, 1826; was on half-pay from 1831 
 until 26 Aug. 1834 ; and then returned to the Coast 
 Guard, in which he has ever since continued, with 
 the exception of a few months in 1840-1, when he 
 held command of the Skylark Revenue vessel. 
 
 Lieut. Connor, who is married, is father-in-law of 
 Lieut. Chas. Bamber Warren, R.N., and of Lieut. 
 Phineas Priest, R.M. 
 
 CONSITT. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-P., 38.) 
 
 Thomas Consitt entered the Navy, in Aug. 1793, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Defence 74, Capfs. 
 Jas. Gambler, Thos. Wells, Wm. Brown, and John 
 Peyton ; in which ship we find him bearing a part 
 in Lord Howe's action of 1 June, 1794, and after- 
 wards, as Master's Mate, in the battle of the Nile, 1 
 Aug. 1798. On the latter occasion he was succes- 
 sively placed on board Le Conquerant and Le Frank- 
 lin^ two of the captured 74*8 ; and, on the last-men- 
 tioned ship being added to the British Navy as the 
 Canopub, and commissioned by Capt. Bartholomew 
 James, was appointed, 22 Oct. following, to an Act- 
 ing-Lieutenancy in her. Having been confirmed 
 into the Bonetta 18, Capt. Henry Vansittart, 7 
 Sept. 1799, Mr. Consitt next joined, in Feb. and 
 May, 1800, the Brilliant and Pomone frigates, 
 Capts. Hon. Chas. Paget and Robt. Carthew Rey- 
 nolds, on the Ijisbon and Home stations. He inva- 
 lided in Jan. 1801 ; subsequently held an appoint- 
 ment in the Impress service at Sunderland, from 28 
 April, 1803, until July, 1810 ; became a Retired 
 Commander on the lower list, 4 Nov. 1830 ; and was 
 promoted, 16 March, 1844, to the list of 1816. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 COODE. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Henry Coode was born 2 May, 1798. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cornwall 74, Capt. John 
 Broughton ; and, until the conclusion of the war, 
 was employed in that ship and, as Midshipman, in 
 the Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir Edw. Tucker, block- 
 ading Flushing, the Texel, and Brest, and protecting 
 the trade on the coast of Brazil. He afterwards 
 served, latterly as Admiralty-Mate, on the West 
 India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the 
 Antelope 50, Capt. Geo. Sayer, Brisk 10, Capt. 
 John Wm. Montagu, Pyramus 42, Capts. Fras. 
 Newcombe and Robt. Gambler, and Spartiate 76, 
 Capt. Fred. Warren. Having passed his examinar 
 tion 2 June, 1819, he was promoted, 26 Aug. 1829, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Mosquito 10, Capt. Chas. 
 Bentham ; and, after a further servitude on board 
 the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Nimkod 
 20, Capt. John Frazer, was placed on half-pay in 
 1836. Since that period Mr. Coode has been un- 
 employed. 
 
 COODE, C.B., K.F.M., K.W.N. (Captain, 1810. 
 F-p., 25 ; H-p., 29.) 
 
 John Coodb was born, 11 Feb. 1779, at Penryn, 
 in Cornwall. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1793, as 
 A. B., on board the Perseus 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer; 
 but, in the following month, became Midshipmap of 
 the Bellekophon 74, Capt. Thos. Pasley ; and con- 
 tinued, until Jan. 1795, to serve in that capacity, 
 with Capt. Fras. Pender and the late Sir Geo. 
 Murray, on board the Resource 20, Gloky 98, and 
 Resolution 74, on the Home and Halifax stations. 
 For upwards of four years Mr. Coode was next em- 
 ployed, as Acting-Lieutenant, in L'EspiRANCE 18, 
 Capt. Jonas Rose, Rover 18, Capt. Geo. Irwin,— 
 under whom he was wrecked in the Gulf of St. 
 Lawrence in Aug. 1798,— Dasher 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Tobin, and St. Albans 64, Capts. Pender and John 
 Okes Hardy. Having been confirmed in the latter 
 
COOK-COOKE. 
 
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 ship 5 Septi 1799, he was suhsequently, in March, 
 
 1800, and April, 1801, appointed First-Lieutenant of 
 the Southampton 32, Capt. John Harvey, and Le- 
 viathan 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John 
 Thos. Duckworth, on the West India station ; 
 where, in the former ship, he assisted at the reduc- 
 tion of the Danish and Swedish islands in March, 
 
 1801. On 3 Aug. 1802, Mr. Coode was promoted 
 to the command of the St»rk sloop ; but, removing 
 soon afterwards to the Druid 20, returned home, 
 and in the following Oct. was paid off. Until ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank, 21 Oct. 1810, his next appoint- 
 ments were— in Deo. 1803, and April, 1805, to the 
 successive command of the Atlas armed ship, and 
 Brisk 18 ; in which latter vessel he appears to have 
 captured on the Cork station, 12 Jan. 1810, Le Har- 
 pabde privateer, of 2 guns and 54 men. Assuming 
 command, in Jan. 1814, of the Pobcdpine 22, as 
 Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe 
 Penrose, the subject of this sketch took part in 
 many of the operations then in progress on the 
 north coast of Spain, and was stationed at the 
 mouth of the Adour when the passage of the bar 
 across it was so memorably effected by the flotilla 
 under that ofi&cer. He also accompanied the arma- 
 ment that soon after forced its entrance into the 
 Gironde ; and, when in command of the advanced 
 squadron at Pauillac, originated the instructions 
 which led to the capture and destruction, on 2 
 April, of a large flotilla by a detachmeut of boats 
 under the orders of Lieut. Kobt. Graham Dunlop.* 
 From Sept. 1814, until paid off, 21 May, 1819, Capt. 
 Coode further served with Sir Chas. Penrose, in the 
 Queen and Albion 74'3, on the Mediterranean sta^ 
 tion, where, however, he commanded the latter, 
 as a private ship, at the bombardment of Algiers, 
 27 Aug. 1816 ; on which occasion, although unable 
 since to procure a pension, he was very severely 
 wounded, t He was subsequently appointed, 6 Jan. 
 1838, Captain-Superintendent of the Royal William 
 Victualling Yard and of the Royal Naval Hospital 
 at Plymouth, but has been unemployed since 13 
 Feb. 1843. 
 
 For his gallantry at Algiers, Capt. Coode was 
 nominated a C.B. 19 Sept. 1816 ; a K.F.M., by the 
 King of the Two Sicilies, 6 Nov. 1818 ; and also a 
 K.W.N, by the King of the Netherlands. He mar- 
 ried, 8 Feb. 1819, EUzabeth, eldest daughter of 
 Vice-Admiral Sir C. V. Penrose, and has an eldest 
 son, Chailes Penrose Coode, First-Lieut. R.M., who 
 espoused, 13 Nov. 1845, the only daughter of Capt. 
 Chas. Easden, R.N. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 COOK, F.R.S. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., U ; h-p., 29.) 
 Thomas Cook entered the Navy, 17 July, 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Orion 74, Capt. Sir 
 Arch. CoUingwood Dickson ; in which ship he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman 18 June, 1809, 
 and continued to serve until Dec. 1813. During 
 that period he accompanied the expedition against 
 Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807 ; and served, 
 as a Volunteer, with the flotilla in the operations 
 against Walcheren in Aug. 1809. On leaving the 
 Obion, Mr. Cook joined the Royal Sovereign 100, 
 Cajts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, Chas. Thurlow 
 Smith, and Robt. Lambert ; and, ,after intermedi- 
 ately assisting at the blockade of Toulon, he proceed- 
 ed, at the close of 1814, to the Rio de la Plata, as 
 Master's Mate of the Okpheus 36, Capt. Chas. Mon- 
 tagu Fabian. On hearing of the renewal of hosti- 
 lities occasioned by Buonaparte's escape from Elba, 
 he obtained leave to return to England in the Hot- 
 spue 36, Capt. Hon. Josoeline Percy ; and, on the 
 latter ship being paid off at the restoration of peace, 
 he was appointed Admiralty- Midshipman of the 
 Roohfort 80, commanded by his old Captain, Sir A. 
 C.Dickson, with whom he remained until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 1 June, 1818— an event which 
 took place five years after he had passed his exami- 
 nation. Since that period he has not been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Cook, who was appointed, in Jan. 1837, 
 one of the Professors of Fortification and Artillery 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 810. f V. Qsz. 1816, p. 1701. 
 
 at the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Military Academy at Ad- 
 discombe, is the originator of several valuable 
 inventions, — among the most prominent of which 
 we may notice the " Night Life Buoy," which has 
 been in universal adoption by the Royal Navy for 
 more than 25 years, and was introduced into their 
 respective services by the late Emperor Alexander 
 of Russia, the late King of France, and the late 
 King of Holland, all of whom honoured him with 
 princely tokens of their approbation ; — the " Move- 
 able Platform, for training seamen to hit an object 
 from a ship in motion, without necessarily expend- 
 ing ammunition in the practice," an invention which 
 has been for many years in constant use on board 
 the Excellent ; — and a much-approved " Life- 
 Boat." The medal of the Royal Humane Society, 
 and the two gold medals of the Society of Arts, have 
 been conferred on him ; and on 4 June, 1840, he was 
 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Agents — 
 Messrs Stilwell. 
 
 COOKE. (LlEOTENANT, 1824.) 
 
 John Cookb (6) died in Aug. 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1819 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 9 Jan. 1824 ; and, from about 
 that period until 1827, served, on the Halifax and 
 South American stations, in the Doterel 18, Capt. 
 Rich. Hoare, and Adventure surveying sloop, Capt. 
 Philip Parker King. Of the former vessel he was 
 First-Lieutenant. He did not go afloat after leaving 
 the Adventure. 
 
 COOKE. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 1.) 
 
 John Moeray Cooke is second son of the Rev. 
 Wm. Cooke, M. A., Vicar of Bromyard, co. Hereford. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Feb. 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Asia 84, Capt. Edw. 
 Curzon, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington, 
 under whom he fought at the battle of Navarin, 
 20 Oct. following. He continued to serve on the 
 Mediterranean station, as Midshipman and Mate, 
 in the Brisk and Wasp sloops, both commanded 
 by Capt. Thos. Smith, and in the Britannia 120, 
 flag-ship for some time of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, 
 until Feb. 1835 ; after which we find him employed 
 for four years on board the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. 
 Wm. Hobson, on a surveying expedition to Australia 
 and New Zealand, and intrusted with the perform- 
 ance of Lieutenant's duty. On his return to Eng- 
 land in- 1839, he became attached to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast- 
 ings. For his subsequent services in China, where 
 in the Blenheim 72, Capt.^Sir Humphrey Fleming 
 Senhouse, he witnessed all the chief operations in- 
 cluding the capture of the forts in the Boca Tigris 
 the fall of Canton, &o., he obtained a commission' 
 dated 8 June, 1841. He then joined the Niibrod 2o' 
 Capt. Joseph Pearsc; and from 31 March, 1842' 
 until paid off in Jan. 1845, he was employed, in the 
 East Indies, on board the Pelican 16, Capt. Phihp 
 Justice. His last appointment was, 25 Feb. 1846 
 to the First-Lieutenancy of the E lbctea 14. Capts! 
 Wm. Heriot Maitland and Hon. Fred. Wm. Pley- 
 dell Bouverie, in which vessel he has been ever 
 since serving in North America and the West Indies. 
 Owing to the illness of Capt. Maitland, Lieut. Cooke 
 appears to have acted for eight or nine months by 
 the authority of his Admiral, as Commander of' the 
 Electba. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 COOKE. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 15 -h-p 33") 
 WjLLLAM Henby Cooke entered the Navy 1 
 May, 1799, as A.B., on board the Boadicea 38 
 Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, part of the force em' 
 ployed under Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole in 
 an attack made on a Spanish squadron in Aix Road<i 
 2 July foUomng. In March, isoi, he accompanied 
 the same officer, as Midshipman, into the Superb 
 74; and, continuing to serve with him in that ship 
 until Nov. 1808, took a warm part in the victor? 
 gamed by Sir Jas. Saumaroz over the Franco 
 
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 COOKESLEY— COOKNE Y- COOPER— COOTE. 
 
 Spanish squadron near Cadiz, 12 July, 1801— shared 
 in Lord Nelson's pursuit of the combined fleets to 
 the West Indies in the summer of 1805 — was pre- 
 sent imder Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the battle 
 of St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806— and attended the ex- 
 pedition against Copenhagen in Sept. 1807. From 
 Nov. 1808, until Oct. 1810, Mr. Cooke next officiated 
 as Acting-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Capts. 
 Joseph James and Benjamin Crispin, on the Baltic 
 station. He then, for a few months, joined the 
 San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton; and, in Feb. 1811, was again ap- 
 pointed to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Kepulse 
 74, Capts. John Halliday and Rich. Hussey Mou- 
 bray, on the latter station, where he was confirmed 
 by the Admiralty, 12 Oct. 1812. Since 8 June, 
 1814, when the Repulse was paid off, Lieut. Cooke 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 COOKESLEY. ((ffastam, 1818. F-P., 22; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 John Cookeslet entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 1791, 
 as a Boy, on board the Tkiton 32, Capt. Geo. 
 Murray, employed off Halifax ; became attached, 
 in June, 1794, to the Polyphemus 64, flag-ship on 
 the Irish station of Vice- Admiral Robt. Kingsmill ; 
 and was promoted, 16 Dec. 1799, immediately after 
 passing his examination, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Trusty 50, armie en flute, Capts. Geo. Bowen, Alex. 
 Wilson, and Dan. Oliver Guion. Attending the 
 expedition to Egypt in 1801, for which he received 
 the Turkish gold medal, this officer landed with 
 the troops in Aboukir Bay, commanded a gun-boat 
 on the Nile, fought some of the enemy's batteries, 
 accompanied the British army to Cairo, and was 
 present at the capitulation of the French army. 
 Between April, 1803, and the summer of 1805, he 
 next served, as First Lieutenant, on board the 
 Zebka bomb, and Constance 24, Capts. Wm. Beau- 
 champ and Anselm John Griffiths, under whom we 
 find him successively employed at the bombard- 
 ment of Havre in July and Aug. 1804, and the sub- 
 sequent blockade of the Elbe. He then joined the 
 Gibraltar 80, Capts. John Whitley, Wm. Lukin, 
 Willoughby Lake, John Halliday, and Henry Lidg- 
 bird Ball, and was Senior Lieutenant of that ship 
 on 11 April, 1809, when Lord Gambler made his 
 celebrated attack on the French squadron in Basque 
 Roads. On the evening of that day Mr. Cookesley 
 enacted a very conspicuous part as commander of 
 one of the five successful fire-vessels, and behaved 
 with so much gallantry and judgment that he in- 
 duced two of the enemy's line-of-battle ships. La 
 Ville de Varsovie and L'AquUoH, to cut their cables 
 and run on shore, where they were soon afterwards 
 destroyed. So highly, indeed, did Lord Mulgrave, 
 then First Lord of the Admiralty, estimate this 
 feat, that he gave Mr. Cookesley a Commander's 
 commission bearing the same date, and otherwise 
 promoted the whole of his crew, seven in number, 
 two of whom (one, the present Lieut. Robt. Tucker, 
 K.N.) were advanced, as Midshipmen, to the quarter- 
 deck. The subject of this sketch, who subsequently, 
 from 10 May, 1810, until 16 Dec. 1816, commanded 
 the Recruit and Hazard sloops on the Newfpund- 
 land station, was advanced to Post-rank 7 Dec. 
 1818. He accepted the retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Cookesley is the inventor of a very simple 
 and efficacious species of raft, fully described and 
 illustrated in the fourth volume of the ' Nautical 
 Magazine.' He married, in 1809, Miss Nash, of 
 Anthony, near Torpoint. 
 
 dbOKNEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Thomas Cookney entered the Navy, 23 
 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Donegal 
 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, under whom he at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman 21 Feb. 1807, and 
 served until paid off in Feb. 1811. During that 
 period he escorted the army under Sir Arthur Wel- 
 lesley from Cork to Portugal; witnessed the de- 
 struction, in April, 1809, of the French shipping in 
 Aix Roads ; and took part, while at the blockade of 
 
 Cherbourg, in an attack made on the two French 
 40-gun frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by 
 the heavy fire of several formidable batteries, 15 
 Nov. 1810. After a further attachment of a few 
 months to the Boyne 98, flag-ship at Portsmouth of 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and Menelaus 38, Capt. 
 Sir Peter Parker, he joined, in Dec. 1811, the Iris 
 36, Capt. Hood Hanwa,y Christian, and was for a 
 considerable time employed in active 'co-operation 
 with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where 
 he assisted at the capture of Castro. On 12 Jan. 
 1815, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Ddncan 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Poo Beresford on the 
 South American station, whence, on being officially 
 promoted, 19 June following, he returned to Eng- 
 land. Lieut. Cookney has not been afloat since. 
 
 COOPER. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 AuGUSTDS Cooper entered the Navy 7 July, 1821 ; 
 obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; and has been 
 employed in the Coast Guard since 12 Dec. 1842. 
 
 COOPEK. (Ljedt., 1842. F-p., 17; H-p., 3.) 
 
 Edward James Lloyd Cooper, bom 28 July, 
 1814, is third son of the late Sir Geo. Cooper, Puisne 
 Judge at Madras, by Mary Justina, daughter of 
 Col. Lloyd, of Dale Castle, co. Pembroke. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victor 18, Capts. Geo. 
 Lloyd and Rich. Keane, on the West India station, 
 where he assisted in capturing, in Sept. 1828, and 
 Jime, 1830, the piratical schooner Las Damas Ar- 
 gentinas, and slaver E-melio. He afterwards served, 
 as Midshipman, on the same and home stations, in 
 the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, Guilders 18, 
 Capt. Robt. Deans, and San Josef 110, flag-ship of 
 Sir Wm. Hargood ; passed his examination 4 Feb. 
 1835 ; and, until promoted, 7 March, 1842, was 
 further employed, as Mate, on board the Russell 
 74, commanded off the north coast of Spain and in 
 the Mediterranean by Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, and 
 Britannia and St. Vincent 120's, flag-ships at 
 Portsmouth of Sir Philip Durham and Sir Edw. 
 Codrington. His appointments have since been — 
 2 April, 1842, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Daniell, in the West Indies— 3 Sept. 1844, to the 
 Caledonia 120, Capt. Alex. Milne, employed on 
 Particular Service— and, 10 Feb. 1845, to the He- 
 rald 26, Capt. Henry Kellett, with whom he is 
 now surveying the Pacific. 
 
 COOPER. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 William Salmon Cooper entered the Navy 26 
 March, 1819 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; ob- 
 tained his &:st commission 25 Sept. 1834; served 
 for nearly four years in North America and the 
 West Indies, on board the President 52, Capt. Jas. 
 Scott, Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, Wasp 
 16, Capt. John Sam. Foreman, Forte again, Capt. 
 Pell, and Rainbow 28, Capt. Thos. Bennett ; and 
 was subsequently appointed— 12 Nov. 1839, to the 
 Fantome 16, Capts. Edw. Harris Butterfield and 
 Philip Geo. Haymes, in which vessel he sailed for 
 the Cape of Good Hope— and, 22 May, 1843, to the 
 Inconstant 86, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, fit- 
 ting for the Mediterranean. Since the attainment 
 of his present rank, 14 Sept. 1843, Commander 
 Cooper has been on half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 COOTE. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Robert Coote entered the Navy 18 Aug. 1833 ; 
 passed his examination 5 Feb. 1840 ; and until the 
 receipt of his commission, 25 Sept. 1843, served, as 
 Mate, on board the Daphne 18, Capt. John Wind- 
 ham Dalling, in the Mediterranean, and in the 
 Royal George and Victoria and Albert yachts, 
 both commanded by Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. 
 He was then appointed to the Cyclops steam-frigate, 
 Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, employed on Particular 
 Service; and, since 11 March, 184,"), has been at- 
 tached to the Vulture, also a steam-frigate, Capt. 
 John M'Dougall, on the East India station. 
 
COPE-COPELAND-COPPIN. 
 
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 COOTE. (^Eetibed Captain., 1840. f-p., 13-; 
 H-P., 40.) 
 William Coote entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1794, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Royal Geokge 100, 
 Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag in the Channel 
 of Lord Bridport, with whom he remained four 
 years. Until paid off at the peace, he afterwards 
 served in succession on board the Diana 38, Capts. 
 Faulknor and Fraser, on the Irish station— Brazen 
 18, Capt. Jas. Hanson, which vessel was lost near 
 Brighton, 26 Jan. 1800— and Venus 32, Capt. Thos. 
 Graves, in the West Indies. He was there ap- 
 pointed, 4 July, 1802, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Magnieioent 74, Capt. John Giffard; and, on 6 
 Dec. following, was confirmed into the Hornet 
 sloop. After a further attachment of a few weeks 
 to the Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Champain, cruizing 
 in the Channel, Mr. Coote joined, 8 Deo. 1804, the 
 Agamemnon 64, Capts. John Harvey and Sir Edw. 
 Berry, and had thus an opportunity of participating 
 in the victories achieved off Trafalgar and St. Do- 
 mingo, 21 Oct. 1805, and 6 Feb. 1806, on which 
 latter occasion he was unfortunately wounded. 
 Being next appointed to the Cerberus 32, Capt. 
 Wm. Selby, he gallantly volunteered the com- 
 mand of her boats on the night of 2 Jan. 1807, and 
 succeeded in cutting out two of the enemy's vessels 
 under a most tremendous fire from the batteries 
 near Pearl Bock, Martinique.* He was again, how- 
 ever, so desperately wounded as to be totally de- 
 prived of sight, in consequence of which misfortune 
 he ultimately obtained a pension of 400^, also a 
 gratuity from the Patriotic Fund, and was elevated 
 to the rank of Commander by commission dated 
 6 May, 1807. The retired rank of Post-Captain was 
 conferred on him 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 COPE. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Alexander Frederick Cope entered the Navy, 
 4 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leveket 
 18, Capts. Geo. Burgoyne Salt and Jas. Each. Law- 
 rence O'Connor ; and, after attending the expedition 
 against Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807, was 
 wrecked on the Galloper Rook, 10 Nov. following. 
 He then joined the Leonidas 38, Capt. Jas. Dun- 
 bar, on the Mediterranean station; removed, 23 
 June, 1808, as Midshipman, to the Dreadnought 
 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Thos. 
 Sotheby ; and on becoming attached, in Feb. 1810, 
 to the TfiMfeRAiRB 98, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Fras. Piokmore, was much employed on 
 gun-boat service at the defence of Cadiz. He 
 afterwards cruized for three years, in the North 
 Sea and Channel, as Master's Mate of the Unicorn 
 32, Capts. G. B. Salt and Sam. Geo. Pechell, and 
 Favorite 22, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude; and, 
 in Deo. 1814, rejoined Capt. Pechell, as Admiralty- 
 Mate, in the Clorinde 40, then fitting out for the 
 purpose of attending the Princess of Wales during 
 her visit to the Mediterranean. Since 16 Feb. 1815, 
 the date of his promotion, Lieut. Cope has been 
 unemployed. Agents — Messrs. Woodhead. 
 
 COPELAND. (Capt., 1838. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 21.) 
 Richard Copeland, born 5 March, 1792, is son 
 of the late John Copeland, Esq., Surgeon of the 7th 
 Fusileer Guards, and Staff Surgeon to H.R,H. the 
 late Duke of Kent when Governor of Nova Scotia. 
 This gentleman, together with his wife and young- 
 est son, was lost in the Frances transport, ofi' Sable 
 Island, in Dec. 1799. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1805 (under 
 the auspices of Queen Charlotte and the Princess 
 Augusta), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 36, 
 Capt. Sir John Gore; and, on removing to the Re- 
 venge 74, commanded by the same Captain, and 
 subsequently by Hon. Chas. Paget, witnessed the 
 capture of four French frigates by Sir Sam. Hood's 
 squadron off Rochefort 25 Sept. 1806 ; and was fur- 
 ther present, in 1809, at the destruction of the 
 French shipping in Basque Roads and the siege of 
 Flushing. In Sept. 1810, he rejoined Sir John Gore, 
 • I'idc Gm. 1807, p. -J'H, 
 
 as Midshipman, in the Tonnant 80 ; and, after 
 serving for some time with the British army in the 
 Tagus, and with Capt. Jas. Brisbane in the Belle 
 PouLE 38, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 11 Dec. 1811. From 11 Feb. 1812, until wrecked, 
 off the mouth of the Courantine river, 8 March, 
 1815, Mr. Copeland next served on board the Cyg- 
 net 18, Capt. Robt. Russell ; and, being awarded a 
 second promotal commission 13 June following, was 
 afterwards appointed, 7 Sept. 1825, and 4 Feb. 1830, 
 to the command of the Mastiff and Meteor alias 
 Beacon surveying-vessels, on the Mediterranean 
 station. While at Gibraltar on one occasion he 
 seized a notorious pirate ; and, in 1834, he took cap- 
 tive, near Thasos, another famous marauder, Kara 
 Mitzos, with 160 of his men, all of whom were deli- 
 vered over to the Greek government. Being, how- 
 ever, liberated without trial, these plunderers re- 
 sumed their former atrocities with redoubled zest, 
 and, falling again into the hands of Capt. Copeland, 
 were sent to the Pacha of Thessalonica, by whom 
 they were executed. The subject of this sketch, 
 who has been on half-pay since Feb. 1836, was pro- 
 moted to Post-rank, at the instance of Her Majesty, 
 28 June, 1838. 
 
 He has published ' An Introduction to the Prac- 
 tice of Nautical Surveying, and the Construction of 
 Sea Charts, &c.,' translated from the French of 
 C. F. Beautems Beaupre, Hydrographer of the 
 French Marine. 
 
 COPPIN. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Charles Pitman Coppin entered the Navy, in 
 Oct. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Flora 36, 
 Capt. B. Kendall, guard-ship at South Yarmouth ; 
 and afterwards served for seven years with Capt. 
 Rich. Hussey Moubray in the Maidstone and 
 Active frigates, chiefly on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion, where we find him present at the passage of 
 the Dardanells and destruction of the Turkish 
 squadron in Feb. 1807. While next serving in the 
 Weasel 18, Capt. Henry Prescott, in which vessel 
 he was confirmed a Lieutenant 8 March, 1809, Mr. 
 Coppin contributed to the defeat of a French brig of 
 20 guns — assisted in capturing, besides innumerable 
 other vessels, L*Eole French privateer, of 14 guns 
 and 140 men, after a gallant action of an hour and 
 30 minutes, 25 Dec. 1809— and co-operated in the 
 defence of Sicily, when threatened with invasion 
 by Murat. His subsequent appointments appear 
 to have been — in Nov. 1810, to the Canopus 80, 
 flag-ship at Palermo of Rear-Admiral Chas. Boyles 
 —24 Oct. 1812, to the Tuscan brig, Capt. Geo. 
 Matthew Jones, employed in cruizing off the West- 
 ern Islands— 10 Feb. 1814, to the Zephyr sloop, 
 Capts. Thos. Cuthbert Hichens and Rich. Creyke, 
 stationed in the Channel, whence he invalided in 
 Jan. 1815— and, 5 July, 1821, to the Iphigenia 42, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Robt. 
 Mends on the coast of Africa. Since 1822 Lieut. 
 Coppin has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 COPPIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 20; h-p., 21.) 
 
 Frederick Coppin entered the Navy, 9 Jan. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Uranie 38, 
 Capt. Christ. Laroche, cruizing in the Channel; 
 attained the rating of Midshipman 28 July follow- 
 ing ; and from Aug. 1807, until Deo. 1810, served, 
 on the American, Home, and West India stations, 
 on board the Statira 38, Capts. Robt. Howe 
 Bromley, Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, and Geo. 
 Paris Monke, and Neptune 98, Capt. Volant Vashon 
 Ballard. He then in succession joined the Safe- 
 guard and "Wrangler gun-brigs, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Thos. England and John Bentinck Pettet, 
 serving in the Baltic ; became attached for a few 
 months in 1812 to the Namur 74, flag-ship at the 
 Nore of Sir Thos. Williams ; and after an interme- 
 diate servitude as Master's Mate, on the Cape and 
 Home stations, in the Stag 36 and Spartan 38, 
 both commanded by Capt. Phipps Hornby, was 
 promoted to the rank he now holds 11 Feb. 1815. 
 We subsequently find him doing duty, for some 
 months in the latter year, on board the Aboukir 
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 COPPINGER— CORBET— CORBETT. 
 
 74, Capt. Norborne Thompson, in the Mediterrar 
 nean ; and, from 9 Nov. 1833, until the summer of 
 1834, officiating in the Channel as First-Lieutenant 
 of the Dee steamer and Wolf sloop, Capt. Edw. 
 Stanley. He has been in the Coast Guard since 1 
 Feb. 1837. 
 
 He married, 8 Jan. 1840, Eliza, second daughter 
 of Peter Giorgi, Esq., of Smith Street, Chelsea. 
 
 COPPINGER. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Thomas Stephen Coppingek belongs to a good 
 old Irish family, whose chief is the present Wm. 
 Coppinger, Esq., of Ballyyolane and Barryscourt, 
 both in CO. Cork. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Nov. ISIO ; and 
 served during the remainder of the war on board 
 the Endymion, Sybille, and Junon frigates. He 
 assisted during that period at the capture of several 
 of the enemy's vessels ; and was latterly occupied 
 on Lake Ontario under the orders of Sir Jas. Lucas 
 Yeo, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Sir Kobt. Hall. 
 Mr. Coppinger, who passed his examination in 1817, 
 was afterwards employed in the West Indies on 
 board the Rainbow frigate, and held command for 
 some months of the Flamer. He obtained a com- 
 mission 28 June, 1838; became, 5 July following, 
 First-Lieutenant of the Afkican steamer, Capt. 
 Fred. Wm. Beechey, employed in surveying the 
 coast of Ireland ; and since 27 Aug. 1841, has been 
 in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married a Miss Duncan, of the island of Tri- 
 nidad. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 CORBET. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 12; h-p., 26.) 
 Edward Corbet entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Blake 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Codrington, under whom he appears to have 
 subsequently served at the siege of Cadiz and in 
 -co-operation with the patriots on the coast of Cata- 
 lonia. In Oct. 1811, he removed, as Midshipman, 
 to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. John Harvey ; 
 and on next joining the D^dalus 38, Capt. Murray 
 Maxwell, was wrecked near Ceylon 2 July, 1813. 
 He returned home from the I?ast Indies on board 
 the Theban frigate, Capt. Sam. Leslie, in 1816; 
 then joined in succession the Bulwark and Con- 
 queror 74's, flag-ships at Chatham and St. Helena 
 of Rear-Admirals Sir Chas. Rowley and Robt. 
 Plampin ; officiated, from 7 April to 27 Oct. 1820, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant of the Menat 24, Capt. Fair- 
 fax Moresby, on the latter station ; and after an 
 additional employment in the Sybille 38, flag-ship 
 of Sir C. Rowley in the West Indies, was confirmed 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Surinam 24 Sept. 1822. 
 He was placed on half-pay 27 Nov. following, and 
 has not since been afloat. Agents — Holmes «nd 
 Folkard. 
 
 CORBET. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 16; u-p., 9.) 
 Kynaston Corbet is youngest son of the late 
 John Corbet, Esq., of Sundorne Castle, M.P. for 
 Shrewsbury, by his second wife, Anne, daughter of 
 the Rev. Wm. Pigott, of Edgmond, in Salop. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1822, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apollo yacht, Capt. 
 Hon. Sir Chas. Paget ; served for upwards of three 
 years with Capt. Rich. Constantine Moorsom, lat- 
 terly as Midshipman, in the Ariadne 28, Andro- 
 mache 36, and Prince Regent 120, at the Cape of 
 Good Hope and Chatham ; and after a re-attach- 
 ment to the Ariadne, Capt. Lord Adolphus Fitz- 
 Clarenoe, and serving also for some time on board 
 the Chanticleer 10, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, 
 and Challenger 28, Capt. Lord A. EitzClarence, 
 on the Mediterranean and Home stations, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 June, 1828. He 
 was afterwards appointed— 28 Dec. 1829, again to 
 the Ariadne, Capts. Fred. Marryat, Geo. Rennie, 
 and Chas. Phillips— 22 Feb. 1832, to the Champion 
 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams— 15 June, 1832, 
 
 to the Orestes 18, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock 
 
 and, 10 April, 1835, to the Barham 50, Capt. Armar 
 Lowry Corry. During his servitude in the latter 
 ships Commander Corbet, who has been on half-pay 
 
 since April, 1839, visited the West Indies, the coast 
 of Portugal, and the Mediterranean. He attained 
 his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. Agent- J. Chip- 
 pendale. 
 
 COEBETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Arthur Cobbett entered the Navy, 24 April, 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., ou board the Agamemnon 64, 
 Capt. Jonas Rose, on the South American station ; 
 and on being transferred, as Midshipman, to the 
 Magicienne 36, Capt. Lucius Curtis, assisted, in 
 1810, at the reduction of Isle Bourbon,_ and took 
 part in a series of unfortunate and sanguinary ope- 
 rations which, by 25 Aug. following, had enforced 
 the self-destruction, at the entrance of Port Sud- 
 Est, Isle of France, of the latter ship and the Sihids, 
 part of a squadron under the orders of Capt. Sam. 
 Pym, and the surrender of their respective crews to 
 the enemy. After nearly four months of captivity, 
 he returned home in the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild; and further served, until the 
 conclusion of the war, on board the Audacious 74, 
 Capt. Donald Campbell, Prince of Wales 98, Capt. 
 Thos. Burton, Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, 
 Hydra 33, Capt. Joseph Digby, Bonne Citoyennb 
 20, Capts. Pitt Bumaby Greene and Aug. Wm. 
 Jas. CUffbrd, and Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry 
 A'Court, which ships appear to have been variously 
 employed on the Home, St. Helena, West India, 
 and North American stations. Since his promo- 
 tion to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 March, 1815, this 
 officer has been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 CORBETT. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 John Corbett served in the Carysfort 26, Capt. 
 Henry Byam Martin, throughout the operations of 
 1840 on the coast of Syria, Including the bombard- 
 ment of St. Jean d'Acre; and was present at the 
 blockade of Alexandria. He passed his examina- 
 tion 1 June, 1842 ; was appointed, in 1843, to the 
 Queen 110, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean 
 of iSir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, to whom he after- 
 wards, in the Formidable 84, officiated as Signal 
 Mate ; and while serving as Senior of the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads, was promoted "to the rank he now 
 holds 4 May, 1846. He is still employed in the Ex- 
 cellent. 
 
 CORBETT. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 13; H-p., 29.) 
 Nathaniel Gordon Corbett, born 16 Nov. 1790, 
 is second son of the late Jas. Corbett Porterfield, 
 Esq., of Porterfield. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fame 74, Capts. Graham 
 Moore and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett; under the 
 latter of whom, after serving on the Home and 
 West India stations, he assisted at the defence of 
 Rosas, a citadel at the north-eastern extremity of 
 Spain, in Nov. 1808. From Aug. 1809, until March, 
 1810, he next served in the Mediterranean on board 
 the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, Bolwahk 
 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, and 
 Excellent 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith; and then 
 joined, as Midshipman, the Nymphen 36, Capts. 
 Keith Maxwell and John Hancock, in command of 
 a prize belonging to which frigate he was taken pri- 
 soner by the Russians in Sept. 1810, and handed over 
 to the Danes, by whom he was subjected, for eight 
 months, to a very trying captivity in Lapland. 
 Having been confirmed, 12 July, 1813, to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Atalante 18, Capt. Fred. Hickey, 
 the subject of this sketch next accompanied an ex- 
 pedition to the Chesapeake under Sir John Borlase 
 Warren, was at the attack on Craney Island, and 
 suffered a perilous shipwreck on the Sisters Rocks, 
 off Halifax lighthouse, 10 Nov. in the same year. 
 His subsequent appointments appear to have been— 
 15 Aug. 1814, and 1 Oct. 1818, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Prospero 10, and Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo. 
 Greensill and Wm. Aug. Baumgardt, on the New- 
 foundland and West India stations— and, 12 Nov. 
 1819, to the Dover 28, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, 
 
CORBYN—CORDRY—CORNECK— CORNISH— CORNWALL. 
 
 229 
 
 guard-ship at Leith. Lieut. Corbett has not been 
 employed since 1821. 
 
 He married, 28 Sept. 1832, Margaret, daughter of 
 Patrick Borthwick, Esq. 
 
 CORBYN. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 23; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 Joseph Corbtn entered the Navy, 19 March, 
 1786, as Captain's Servant, on hoard the ■Wisohbi,- 
 SEA, Capt. Edw. Pellew, on the Newfoundland sta- 
 tion, where, and in the West Indies, he served until 
 June, 1790 — the last three years in the Maidstone, 
 Capt. Henry Newcome. In July, 1793, he joined, 
 as Midshipman, the Scorpion, Capt. Thos. Western. 
 He served afterwards for nearly three years in the 
 Argo, Sampson, and Victorious, all commanded 
 by Capt. Wm. Clark, under whom he witnessed the 
 reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Sept. 1795; 
 became, 21 June, 1796, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 HoBART sloop, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page ; and, until 
 confirmed by the Admiralty, 23 Jan. 1802, conti- 
 nued to serve in the same capacity on board his old 
 ship the Victorious, Capt. Clark, and La Sybiile 
 of 48 guns, Capt. Chas. Adam. During his attach- 
 ment to the last-mentioned frigate, Mr. Corbyn dis- 
 tinguished himself in command of her boats at the 
 blockade of Baiavia in 1800 ; and assisted at the 
 capture, 19 Aug. 1801, of La Chiffonne of 42 guns, 
 after a gallant action of 20 minutes fought off the 
 Seychelles. He left the Stbille in May, 1803, and 
 did not again go afloat until 5 Sept. 1805, when he 
 rejoined Capt. Adam in the Resistance 38, of which 
 ship he commanded the boats at the capture of a 
 4-gun battery, and destruction of a French armed 
 schooner and ohasse-maree in the port of Anohove, 
 near Cape Machicaco, 8 March, 1809.* Mr. Corbyn 
 — who in Sept. 1810, accompanied the same Captain, 
 as his Pirst-Lieutenant, into the Invincible 74 — 
 served next at the siege of Tarragona in May, 1811. 
 He co-operated also with the Baron d'Eroles (by 
 whom the assistance he aflbrded was spoken of in 
 the highest terms) in a successful attack made in 
 April, 1813, on the enemy's posts at Ampolla and 
 Perello; and acquired great praise for his inde- 
 fatigable and efffective exertions, as commandant of 
 a battery, during the arduous operations which pre- 
 ceded the capture of the fort of Col de Balaguer in 
 June following.^ He was consequently rewarded 
 with a Commander's commission dated 15 June, 
 1814; and was subsequently appointed — 18 April, 
 1837, to the Packet Service at Pembroke — and 8 
 May, 1839, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Duncombo Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superin- 
 tendent at Portsmouth. Since 27 Aug. 1840, this 
 oflicer has held an appointment in Greenwich Hos- 
 pital. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 CORBYN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Major Corbyn entered the Navy, 1 June, 1806, 
 as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Resistance 38, 
 Capt. Chas. Adam, of which ship he became a Mid- 
 shipman in 1808. On subsequently removing with 
 Capt. Adam to the Invincible 74, he assisted at 
 the defence of Tarragona in May, 1811, and other- 
 wise actively co-operated with the patriots on the 
 coast of Spain. From Aug. 1813, until Dec. 1815, 
 Mr. Corbyn afterwards served on the Canadian 
 lakes, as Master's Mate, under Capt. Stephen Pop- 
 ham and Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on board the j^olus. 
 Prince Regent, Princess Charlotte, and Nia- 
 gara. Having been promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant on 18 March in the latter year, he then 
 roiunied home. Ho has been in command, since 
 31 Oct. 1846, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 CORDRY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 
 George Cordry entered the Navy, 6 March, 
 1803, as A.B., on board the Monkey gun-brig, in 
 which, under various officers, he served, latterly as 
 Midshipman, on the Home station, until Aug. 1805. 
 Ho then joined the Polyphemos 64, Capt. Robt. 
 • Vide Gaz. ISOO, p. 500. 
 t V. Gaz. 1813, pp. 130G, 1361, 1406. 
 
 Redmill, and, on 21 Oct. following, was present at 
 the battle of Trafalgar. Being unfortunately taken 
 prisoner, however, towards the close of the latter 
 year, he remained in captivity for the long space 
 of eight years and five months. On his ultimate 
 release, he became attached, in July, 1814, to the 
 Escort gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Vande- 
 put Crosbe, on the Halifax station ; and afterwards, 
 as Master's Mate, to the Iris 36, flag-ship at Dept- 
 ford of Sir Home 'Popham. He was awarded a 
 commission 11 March, 1815; but was placed on 
 half-pay 15 Oct. following, and has not since been 
 afioat. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CORNECK. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 12; h-p., 28.) 
 Henry Asseb Corneok was horn, 29 Oct. 1791, 
 in Devonshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Marlborough 74, Capts. 
 Graham Moore and John Phillimore ; and, in Nov. 
 following, sailed for the Brazils in escort of the 
 Royal Family of Portugal. Having attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in Nov. 1808, and taken part 
 in all the operations connected with the Walcheren 
 expedition in 1809, Mr. Comeck next, in April, 
 
 1811, joined the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell 
 Rowley, under whom he sufi'ered shipwreck, on the 
 Govivas Rock, in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 Jan. 
 
 1812. He then rejoined Capt. Moore in the Chat- 
 ham 74; and was afterwards on his passage to India 
 in the Java of 46 guns and 377 men, when that fri- 
 gate fell a victim, at the close of a deadly action of 
 three hours and forty minutes, in which 22 of her 
 men were killed, and 102, including her Captain, 
 Henry Lambert, wounded, to the American ship 
 Constitution, of 55 guns and 480 men, 29 Dec. fol- 
 lowing. Mr. Corneck — who on that occasion was 
 slightly wounded, and for his steady and officer- 
 like conduct promoted to the rating of Master's 
 Mate — passed his examination 3 Sept. 1813. He 
 subsequently, until promoted 26 Dec. 1822, served, 
 in that capacity, on the West India, Home, Halifax, 
 and Mediterranean stations, on board the Benbow 
 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, Leonidas 38, 
 Capt. Wm. King, Newcastle 60, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Edw. Griffith, Bellette 18, Capt. John 
 Popham Baker, Mersey 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, 
 Euryalds 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifibrd, 
 and Rochfokt 80, bearing the flag of his old Cap- 
 tain, Sir Graham Moore. Having been jiromoted, 
 as above, Mr. Corneck was placed on half-pay 2 
 April, 1823, since which period he has not been 
 employed. 
 
 He married, 11 Nov. 1821, the youngest daughter 
 of Jas. Brazier La Grange, Esq. (an American loy- 
 alist, who held a clerkship for upwards of 30 years 
 in the late Marquess of Camden's office in the Ex- 
 chequer, and acted for two years as Deputy-Teller 
 to that nobleman), and grand-daughter of the Rev. 
 Wm. Warrington, 35 years vicar of Old Windsor, 
 CO. Berks. He has issue an only son, Henry War- 
 rington, a Midshipman, R.N., who entered the ser- 
 vice 29 Oct. 1841. 
 
 CORNISH. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 John Cornish (a) entered the Navy 3 Dec. 1807 ; 
 passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 28 April, 1827 ; and, since 4 Oct. 1834, has 
 been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 CORNISH. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 John Cornish (6) died 3 Oct. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1810; 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 22 July, 1830 ; was appointed to the Coast 
 Guard 27 May, 1831 ; and, from the summer of 1832 
 until the period of his death was on half-pay. 
 
 CORNWALL. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 10; ' 
 
 H-p., 280 
 John Cornwall, bom 22 Jim. 1795, is eldest son 
 of the late John Cornwall, Esq., of Hendon, co. 
 Middlesex ; maternal grandson of Admiral the first 
 
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 CORRY-CORSBIE-CORY. 
 
 Lord Gardner; and first-cousin of Lieut. Alan Henry 
 Gardner, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 April, 1809, as 
 Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Repdlse 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge, and in the course of the same 
 year attended the expedition to the AValoheren. In 
 Dec. he became Midshipman of the Thames 32, 
 Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave ; and, con- 
 tinuing to serve with that officer, in the same ship 
 and the Volontaire 38, until his promotion, 13 
 April, 1815, witnessed a variety of active operations 
 in the Mediterranean. In the boats of the former 
 ship he aided at the capture and destruction of a 
 large and well-protected convoy near Amanthea 25 
 July, 1810, and was wounded while contributing to 
 the demolition of 10 large armed feluccas on the 
 beach close to Cetraro, in the Gulf of Policastro, 16 
 June, 1811:* inthoseof the Volontaire he assisted 
 in wrenching from the enemy a national schooner of 
 4 guns, and 20 merchantmen, near the town of St. 
 Mary's, 29 April, 1812, and was twice employed, 30 
 March and 2 May, 1813, in taking convoys and de- 
 stroying the batteries at Morjean, between Toulon 
 and Marseilles, besides participating in one or two 
 other affairs of minor note. Mr. Cornwall next 
 served from 13 April, 1813, until Aug. 1819, with 
 Capt. Wm. Bowles in the Amphios and Creole 
 frigates, stationed for the protection of trade in 
 South America ; and was lastly appointed, 6 April, 
 1826, to the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney 
 Horton, in which ship we find him conveying the 
 Duke of Devonshire to St. Petersburg, on the occa- 
 sion of his Grace's embassy to that court. Being 
 senior officer at Cronstadt at the time of the con- 
 flagration which shortly afterwards broke out in 
 the arsenal at that place, Mr. Cornwall so materially 
 assisted in subduing its ravages that the Emperor 
 in acknowledgment presented him with an elegant 
 ring. His promotion to the rank of Commander 
 bears date 22 Nov. 1826. 
 
 Commander Cornwall married, 5 Dec. 1822, Char- 
 lotte Susan, sister of the present Sir John Kenward 
 Shaw, Bart., and of the late Capt. Chas. Shaw, R.N., 
 by whom he has issue three sons and two daughters. 
 Agents — HaUett and Robjnson. 
 
 COERY. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 1 8 ; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Abmar Lowby Corky entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 
 1805, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Diadem 64, 
 Capt. Sir Home Popham ; and, after assisting in 
 the operations against the Cape of Good Hope and 
 Buenos Ayres, returned to England in May, 1807, 
 as Midshipman of the Sampson 64, Capt. AVm. 
 Cuming. Joining, then, the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. 
 Honyman, he assisted at the ensuing bombardment 
 of Copenhagen, and was afterwards wrecked, near 
 the entrance of Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. From 
 that period until the receipt of his first commission, 
 28 April, 1812, Mr. Corry served, on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations, on board the Warsppte 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood ; after which he ap- 
 pears to have been successively appointed — 17' June, 
 1812, and 29 July, 1813, to the Neeeus 32, and Mon- 
 tagu 74, both commanded by Capt. Peter Heywood, 
 on the Brazilian station — 28 May, 1814, to the Im- 
 pregnable 104, flag-ship of H. R. H. the Duke of 
 Clarence, in which he escorted to this country the 
 Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia — and 5 
 Sept. following, to the Tay 24, Capts. Wm. Robil- 
 liard and Robt. Bloye. Having been promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 13 June, 1815, and invested, 
 14 Oct. 1820, with the command of the Satellite 
 18, he next sailed for the East Indies, where he be- 
 came, 23 July, 1821, Flag-Captain, in the Leander 
 60, to his old friend the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, 
 with whom he continued until Feb. 1822, when he 
 invalided home on board the Samarang 28, Capt. 
 John Norman Campbell. Assuming command, 4 
 April, 1835, of the Barham 50, we find Capt. Corry 
 conveying the Earl of Durham to Constantinople, 
 and, while subsequently stationed in charge of a 
 squadron on the coast of Spain, receiving the thanks 
 
 • VideGax. 1810, p. 1860, and Gaz. 1811, p. 1804. 
 
 of the Queen, her Ministers, and the Captains-Ge- 
 neral of the various provinces, for his exertions m 
 landing with the various ships' companies under his 
 orders, and preserving to her Majesty the towns of 
 Barcelona and Valencia. The Bakham being paid 
 off in April, 1839, the subject of this sketch next 
 commissioned, 7 Sept. 1844, the Firebrand steam- 
 frigate, for the purpose of commanding an expe- 
 rimental squadron of brigs ; and on his return to 
 port was transferred, 13 Dec. in the same year, to 
 the Superb 80, in which he has since taken part in 
 other trial cruizes. 
 
 Capt. Corry married, 10 Sept. 1842, Ehza Massy 
 Dawson, vridow of the late Eyre Coote, Esq., of 
 West Park, Fordingbridge, Hants. Agents—' 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 COKSBIE. CLiEUT., 1809. F-P., 13; H-p., 38.) 
 Richard Corsbie died 14 Jan. 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vxctoey 100, Capt. John 
 Knight, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Lord 
 Hood; and, on removing to the Assistance 50, 
 Capt. Henry Mowat, witnessed, as Midshipman, 
 the capture of the French frigate V-Elisabeth, of 36 
 guns, on the coast of America, 28 Aug. 1796. Until 
 the peace he next served with the Channel fleet on 
 board the Duke and St. George 98's, Capts. John 
 HoUoway, Wm. Wolseley, and Sampson Edwards, 
 and San Josef 110, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Jas. Car- 
 penter. After a lapse of five years, during which 
 period he had commanded a merchant-ship, and 
 had been in French prison, Mr. Corsbie re-entered 
 the service on board the Challenger, Capt. W. B. 
 Ryder, and in May, 1808, was appointed Sub-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Phosphorus fire-vessel, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander D. Lancaster. From 25 March, 1809, on 
 which day he attained the full rank of Lieutenant, 
 until he left his ship 19 Oct. 1813, he further 
 served, at Home and in the West Indies, on board 
 the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. Ussher, Racoon, Capt. 
 Welsh, Shark, Capts. Denman and Ryder, Sara- 
 cen, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, Duke, Capt. 
 Grant, and Dictator troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Alfred Crofton. He did not afterwards go afloat. 
 Agents — HaUett and Robinson. 
 
 CORY. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 23; h-p., 18.) 
 
 Nicholas Cory entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1806, 
 as A.B., on board the Hermes sloop, Capt. Edw. 
 Reynolds Sibly, with whom he proceeded to the Rio 
 de la Plata, and then to the West Indies, where he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman 3 Feb. 1808. 
 After cruizing for some time, oij his return, in the 
 Gannet 16, Capt. Jas. Stevenson, he joined, in 
 Nov. of the latter year, the Centaur 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, until whose death in Dec. 
 1814, he successively accompanied him into the Hi- 
 BERNiA 110, TiGRE 74, OwEN Glendower 36, and 
 Illustrious and Minden 74's, and served on the 
 North Sea, Mediterranean, and East India stations. 
 He then came home; served with Capt. Joseph 
 Nourse, of the Severn 40, on the coast of France, 
 during the war of 100 days; and was ultimately 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 4 March, 1815. In the latter capacity Mr. 
 Cory appears to have been appointed — 24 Dec. 
 1825, as First, to the North Star 28, Capt. Septi- 
 mus Arabin, on the coast of Afrioa-^28 April, 1830, 
 again as Senior, to the Bkiton 46, Capt. John Duff 
 Markland, off Lisbon— 30 July, 1832, to the Asia 
 84, flag-ship on the same station of Rear-Admiral 
 Wm. Parker— and, 5 Sept. 1834, to the Royal 
 George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarenoe. 
 Having obtained his second promotal commission 
 20 Feb. 1836, he next, from 9 March, 1837, until 
 paid off in 1840, commanded the North Star 28, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Lord 
 John Hay on the coast of Portugal. Since his ele- 
 vation to Post-rank, 1 Aug. 1840, Capt. Cory has 
 been unemployed. 
 
CORYTON-COSNAIIAN— COSTERTON— COTESWORTH. 
 
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 CORYTON. (Commander, 1841.) I 
 
 Henry Coktton, bom 28 March, 1810, is second 
 surviving son of John Tillie Coryton, Esq., of Pen- 
 tillie Castle, co. Cornwall, hy Elizabeth, second 
 daughter of the late Admiral Hon. John Leveson 
 Gower. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Nov. 1822 ; passeij 
 his examination in 1829; and obtained his first com- 
 mission 22 Sept. 1835. He was afterwards appointed, 
 on the African, American, and East India stations — 
 27 Nov. 1835, to the Thalia 46, Capt. Kobt. Wau- 
 chope — 17 Maj', 1836, to the Melville 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Peter Halkett— 20 Aug. 1836, to the Race- 
 horse 18, Capt. Sir James Everard Home — 13 Jan. 
 1837, to the Gannet 16, Capt. Wm. Geo. Hyndham 
 ■Whish — 14 July, 1838, as First Lieutenant, to the 
 Herald 28, Capt. Joseph Nias — and, 23 July, 1839, 
 to the Conway 28, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater 
 Bethune. In March, 1841, we find him commanding 
 the Conway's boats in conjunction with Lieut. Geo. 
 Beadon at the capture of some forts and rafts at 
 the Canton entrance of the Macao Passage ; and, on 
 26 May following, similarly participating in the cap- 
 ture of the whole line of defences extending about 
 two miles from the British factory at Canton.* He 
 shared, also, in the other hostilities carried on 
 against that city. He was promoted to his present 
 rank, as a reward for his services, 8 Oct. 1841 ; f 
 and since 14Dec. 1844has been in command of the 
 Persian 16, on the North America and West India 
 station. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 COSNAHAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 Michael Finch Cosnahan entered the Navy, 
 13 Oct. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompee 
 74, Capt. Rich. Daores, flag-ship, successively, of 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and Hon. Henry Edwin 
 Stanhope ; in which he appears to have been for 
 some time very actively engaged on the coast of 
 Calabria, and to have been present, in 1807, at the 
 passage of the Dardanells, the destruction of a 
 Turkish squadron ofif Point Pesquies, and the bom- 
 bardment of Copenhagen. In Feb. 1808 he joined, 
 as Midshipman, the victory 100, bearing the flag 
 in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez. He cruized 
 next, from Feb. 1809 until June, 1810, in the 
 Eclipse, Capts. Creyke and Sullivan, on the West 
 India and Home stations ; and while afterwards 
 serving with Sir Home Popham, Sir Geo. Ralph 
 Collier, and Capt. Joseph Needham Tayler, in the 
 Vemeraele 74, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 SuRVEELLANTE 38, and Sparrow 16, took part in a 
 variety of stirring operations on the north coast of 
 Spain, where he witnessed the reduction of Le- 
 queytio and Castro in June and July, 1812. Mr. 
 Cosnahan — who subsequently accompanied Sir H. 
 Popham to the East Indies in the Stirling Castle 
 74,>nd in the same ship, under Capt. Wm. Butter- 
 field, brought the Guards from Bordeaux to England 
 at the termination of hostilities— was promoted, 
 from the Impregnable 104, Capt. Robt. Hall, 21 
 Feb. 1815. He has not since been afloat. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 COSTERTONT. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Samuel Costerton is fourth son of the late 
 Benj. Costerton, Esq., of Yarmouth, co. Norfolk ; 
 and a near relative of Capt. Wm. Fisher, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Oct. 1803, as 
 L.M., on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius Har- 
 dyman, on the Home station ; where he ultimately 
 became Midshipman of the Monmooth 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Hart, and continued to serve, in the Stately 
 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, and Merlin 16, Capt. Wm. 
 Fisher, until June, 1807. He then sailed with the 
 latter officer for the Cape of Good Hope as Master's 
 Mate of the Racehorse 18, and, after officiating as 
 Master of several prizes, and assisting in the explo- 
 ration of the Mozambique Channel, joined, in Jan. 
 1810, the Nereide 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah Wil- 
 loughby. Under that gallant commander, Mr. Cos- 
 terton had charge of a boat and was wounded in a 
 
 » FlifeGiiz. ISll.pp. 1503,2i00. t f'. Gaz. 1841, p. 2539. 
 
 dashing attack made on the enemy's batteries and 
 troops at Jacotel, in the Isle of France, 1 May fol- 
 lowing. He also disembarked the soldiery through 
 a heavy surf at different points of attack on Isle 
 Bourbon, during its ensuing reduction by the Bri- 
 tish; was on board the Nereide when she com- 
 pelled the enemy's sloop Victor to surrender, and 
 exchanged broadsides with the 40-gun frigate Mi- 
 nerve ; and was again wounded during a series of 
 unfortunate though heroic operations which, by 
 28 Aug., terminated in the self-destruction, in Port 
 Sud-Est, of the British frigates Magicienne and 
 SiRiDS, and the capture, by a French squadron, of 
 the Nereide and Iphigenia — the former after 
 having been reduced to a mere wreck, and been 
 occasioned a loss in killed and wounded of nearly 
 her .whole crew. Regaining his liberty on the capi- 
 tulation of the Isle of France in the following Dec, 
 Mr. Costerton returned to England as Acting-Mas- 
 ter of the Ceylon 32, Capt. D. Paterson ; and after 
 an intermediate servitude, latterly as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Barpledr 98, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, 
 Warrior 74, Capt. John Gore, and Herald 20, 
 Capt. Clement Milward, was confirmed, 4 Nov. 1814, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Arachne 18, Capt. Wm. 
 M'Kenzie Godfrey, of which vessel he appears to 
 have been for some time Acting-Commander. He 
 was superseded at his own request in Feb. 1815 ; 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Costerton married, in Aug. 1815, Mary 
 Anne Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Thos. 
 Underwood, Esq., of Bergtrott, co. Suffolk, and has 
 issue nine children. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 COTESWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 11; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 Charles Cotesworth, bom 11 Aug. 1792, is 
 brother of Commander Wm. Cotesworth, R.N.- 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. 
 Dalling Dunn, in which frigate we find him taking 
 part in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and 
 attaining the rating of Midshipman 22 July fol- 
 lowing. On accompanying Capt. Dunn into the 
 Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth, he attended the expedition to Constan- 
 tinople in Feb. 1807 ; served with the boats in an 
 attack on the Turks at Prota ; and was wounded at 
 the repassage of the Dardanells.* In May, 1809, 
 Mr. Cotesworth removed with the same officers, as 
 Master's Mate, to the San Josef 110, but was 
 shortly afterwards attached to the armament sent 
 against Walcheren, where he appears, in command 
 of a gim-boat, to have been accidentally run down 
 by one of H.M. brigs. Having accomplished his 
 time with Capt. Dunn in the Hibesnia 110, and 
 Armide 38, he passed his examination towards the 
 close of 1811 ; and then, sailing for Jamaica in the 
 Polyphemus 64, Capt. Peter John Douglas, was 
 promoted, by Vice-Admiral Stirling, from the Bra- 
 zen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, to an Acting-Lieutenancy 
 in the Circe 32, Capt. Edw. Woolcombe, in March, 
 1813, and, on 10 May following, to a death vacancy 
 in the Argo 44, Capt. Cornelius Quinton. Being, 
 however, superseded in the ensuing Nov. by Sir 
 John Borlase Warren, the new Commander-in-Chief, 
 who claimed a prior right to the bestowal of the 
 appointment, Mr. Cotesworth continued to serve as 
 Midshipman in the Baerosa 36, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Shirreff, Akbar 50, Capt. Archibald Dickson, and 
 ToNNANT 80, Vice-Admiral Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 until Dec. 1814. At the close of the hostilities 
 against New Orleans, where, as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 he had commanded a gun- vessel, and also one of the 
 boats that crossed the Mississippi, Mr. Cotesworth 
 found that he had been at length officially promoted 
 by commission dated 10 Oct. 1814. He afterwards 
 served, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the Asia 74 
 Capt. Alex. Skene, with whom he visited Trieste' 
 and, a second time, Jamaica. He paid the Asia off 
 in Feb. 1816 ; and has not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Cotesworth is married. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 697. 
 
232 
 
 COTESWORTH-COTGRAVE. 
 
 COTESWOKTH. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-P., 2ii.) 
 William Cotesitokth is brother of Lieut. Chas. 
 Cotesworth, R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Capt. 
 Chas. Bell, R.N., C.B., Lieut. Edmund Scott, R.N., 
 and Jas. Kerr, Esq., Master, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt. 
 Rich. Bailing Dunn, flag-ship in the Channel and 
 off Cadiz of Sir John Thos. Duckworth ; with the 
 former of whom he appears to have been succes- 
 sively transferred to the Hibernia 110, Armide 38, 
 and Dublin 74. Having attained the rating of 
 Midshipman, he next removed, in June, 1813, to the 
 Medusa 32, Capt, Geo. Bell. He cruized for some 
 months afterwards in the Bay of Biscay on board 
 the Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin ; and, sailing 
 then for North America in the Akbar 50, Capt. 
 Archibald Dickson, joined the Satdbn 38, Capt. 
 Jas. Nash, off New York. He subsequently obtained 
 a berth on board the Endymion, of 48 guns and 
 319 men, Capt. Henry Hope, in time to participate, 
 15 Jan. 1815, in that vessel's memorable capture, 
 after a close action of two hours and a half; a loss 
 to the British of 11 killed and 14 wounded, and to 
 the enemy of 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the Pre- 
 sident American frigate, of 56 guns and 465 men. 
 On being paid off in Sept. 1815, Mr. Cotesworth 
 served for 10 months at Porlsmouth under the flag 
 of Sir John Duckworth ; after which he proceeded 
 to the Mediterranean in the Impregnable 104, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral David Milne, and was with 
 Lord Exmouth in the Queen Charlotte 100, at 
 the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He 
 assumed the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. following ; 
 and was afterwards appointed — 19 Aug. 1818, to 
 the Revolutionnaike 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood 
 Broughton Reynolds Pellew, on the Mediterranean 
 station — 17 March and 30 Oct. 1823, to the Thetis 
 and Lively frigates, Capts. Sir John Phillimore 
 and Wm. Elliott— 30 May, 1824, again to the Thetis 
 ■ — and, 13 April, 1827, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Herald 10, Capt. Edw. "Wm. Corry Astley, em- 
 ployed on particular service. While in the Thetis, 
 Mr. Cotesworth commanded her boats and those 
 of the Swinger gun-brig, during a series of arduous 
 operations against the Ashantees in July, 1824 ; 
 took part also in various experimental cruizes ; and 
 was employed in escorting different diplomatic per- 
 sonages to Naples, Constantinople, and South Ame- 
 rica. In the Herald we find him accompanying 
 to India S. R. Lushington, Esq., Governor of the 
 Madras Presidency ; then returning home with Earl 
 Amherst ; and next conveying to Barbadoes and 
 Jamaica Major-General Sir Jas. Lyon and the Earl 
 of Belmore, the newly^ppointed Governors. Since 
 his last promotion, 6 April, 1829, Commander 
 Cotesworth has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 9 March, 1844, Susan Maria, daughter 
 of the late W. Greaves, Esq., of Walthamstow. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 COTGRAVE. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 15; 
 
 H-P., 35.) 
 Edward Stone Cotgravb is son of the late 
 Capt. Isaac Cotgrave, R.N. ; brother of Lieuts. 
 Rich, and Rowland Burdon Cotgrave, R.N. ; and 
 brother-in-law of Capt. Sam. Burgess, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Volcano bomb, com- 
 manded by his father, with whom he continued to 
 serve, latterly in the Gannet 16, until May, 1802. 
 In Jime, 1803, he became attached to the Majestic 
 74, Capts. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, John Lawford, 
 and Robt. Moorsom ; and on 20 Dec. 1805 was pro- 
 moted, from the Iris 32, Capts. Edw. Brace and 
 Thos. Lavie, to be Sub-Lieutenant of the Contest 
 gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Gregory. Having 
 been appointed to a full Lieutenancy in the Belle- 
 isle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, 22 Jan. 1806, Mr. 
 Cotgrave, who had hitherto served on the Home 
 station, sailed for the West Indies ; and, proceeding 
 
 next to the coast of North America, witnessed, 14 
 Sept. following, the destruction, off Cape Henry, of 
 the French 74-gun ship V Impitueux, On his return 
 to the West Indies, he appears to have been suc- 
 cessively appointed — 24 June and 12 Oct. 1807, to 
 the Port D'Espagne 18, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stew- 
 art, and Camilla 20, Capt. John Boweu — 20 Feb. 
 
 1809, to the Achates 10, Capt. Thos. Pinto — 7 May, 
 
 1810, to the Minerva frigate, Capt. Rich. Hawkins 
 —and, 15 April, 1813, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland. When in the Poet D'Espagne, 
 Mr. Cotgrave commanded her boats, conjointly 
 with Lieut. Hall, at the capture, 12 Sept. 1807, of 
 El Rosario Spanish privateer, of 1 gun and 34 men.* 
 He assisted, in the Camilla, at the reduction of 
 Marie Galante, 2 March, 1808 ; and, in the Achates, 
 was wrecked in Feb. 1810. He obtained the acting- 
 command of the Goeee sloop, at Bermuda, 6 April, 
 1815 ; was confirmed into the Pylades 13 June 
 following; and since 19 July in the same year, 
 when he was paid off, has been unemployed. 
 
 Commander Cotgrave was awarded, 8 Oct. 1808, 
 a pension for the loss of an eye. He married, in 
 Feb. 1824, Alicia Mary, eldest daughter of the late 
 Wm. Scott, Esq., of Camden Place, Bath. 
 
 COTGEAVE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Richard Cotgrave is brother of Commander 
 Edw. Stone Cotgrave, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 30 Oct. 1810; 
 passed his examination in 1819; attained the rank 
 of Lieutenant 28 Feb. 1825 ; joined, 4 March fol- 
 lowing, the Cambridge 82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, 
 on the South American station, where he remained 
 two years ; and, since 13 Feb. 1839, has been em- 
 ployed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 COTGEAVE. (LiEDT., 1822. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 1 7.) 
 Rowland Burdon Cotgrave, born 1 March, 
 1798, is brother of Commander Edw. Stone Cot- 
 grave, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1808, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Pincher gun-brig, comT 
 manded by his brother-in-law, Lieut. Sam. Burgess; 
 and in July, 1809, assisted in taking the batteries 
 of Cuxhaven and Gessendorf. Having been dis- 
 charged from the Pincher in Feb. 1811, we find 
 Mr. Cotgrave, on 1 Oct. 1812, entering the Royal 
 Naval College at Portsmouth ; and, on leaving that 
 institution in Sept. 1815, proceeding to the West 
 Indies on board the Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Hender- 
 son. From 5 Dec. 1817, the date of his passing, 
 until June, 1822, he further served, as Admiralty 
 Midshipman, in the Antelope 50, Rear-Admiral 
 John Harvey, Helicon 10, Capt. Wm. Robt. Ash- 
 ley Pettman, Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, and Iphigenias36, Commodore Sir 
 Robt. Mends ; and during the latter part of that 
 period appears to have been very actively em- 
 ployed in the suppression of smuggling and slavery 
 on the Home and African stations. He then joined 
 the Bann 20, Capt. Chas. Phillips ; was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Aug. following ; and, 
 after holding command for some time of the Sas 
 Raphael tender, returned to England in March, 
 1823. Mr. Cotgrave's next appointment was, 28 
 Nov. in the same year, to the Rattlesnake 28, 
 Capt. Hugh Patton, fitting at Chatham ; from which 
 vessel he removed, 3 March, 1824, to the Ramillies 
 74, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot. Until 
 Dec. 1825 he was afterwards very constantly em- 
 ployed either in raising men for the Coast Block- 
 ade, or m cruizing for the protection of the Revenue, 
 with the Antelope cutter, tender to the Ramil- 
 lies, under his orders. He next served in the 
 Coast Guard from 14 May, 1836, until the spring of 
 1842 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Cotgrave married, 19 May, 1831, Emily 
 Henrietta, daughter of R. Ellis, Esq., of Torrington 
 Square, London. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 1747. 
 
COTTON— COUCH. 
 
 233 
 
 COTTON. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Alexander Cotton is grandson of the late Sir 
 John Hinde Cotton, Bart. ; and a near relative of 
 Admiral the late Sir Chas. Cotton, Bart.* 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Sept. 1821 ; and, 
 after receiving a slight wound, as Midshipman of 
 the Talbot, at the hattle of Navarin,t 20 Oct. 1827, 
 obtained a commission 21 June, 1828. He joined, 3 
 March, 1830, the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, 
 fitting at Portsmouth, hut went on half-pay a few 
 months subsequently ; and has not been since em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Lieut. Cotton married, 15 Aug. 1833, Marianne, 
 youngest sister of the present Sir Chas. Wager 
 Watson, Bart ; and became a widower 19 Sept. 
 1838. 
 
 COTTON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 17. 
 
 Francis Verb Cotton is, we are given to under- 
 stand, a nephew of Gen. Viscount Combermere, 
 G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 6 
 Aug. 1812 ; and embarked, 19 May, 1814, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Pomone 38, Capts. Philip Car- 
 teret and John Rich. Lumley, in which frigate he 
 sailed for the coast of North America. On his re- 
 turn home in Aug. 1815, he became Midshipman of 
 the Albion 74, flag-ship at Sheerness of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley ; after which he served for five years in the 
 East and West Indies, on board the Orlando 36, 
 and Malabar 74, both commanded by Capt. John 
 Clavell, Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baum- 
 gardt, and Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Chas. Fahie. Having passed his exa- 
 mination in Aug. 1818, and attained the rank of 
 Lieutenant 1 Jan. 1821, Mr. Cotton was next ap- 
 pointed, in the latter capacity — 13 Sept. 1823, to 
 the Weasel 10, Capts. Tim. Curtis and Rich. 
 Beaumont, stationed in the Mediterranean— and, 9 
 Aug. 1828, as First, to the Galatea 42, Capts. Sir 
 Chas. Sullivan and Chas. Napier, employed on par- 
 ticular service. He was promoted, 12 Feb. 1830, to 
 the command of the Champion 18. After serving 
 for some time on the Halifax station, he proceeded 
 to the West Indies, where he removed, 31 Jan. 
 1832, to the Racehorse 18. Capt. Cotton, who has 
 been on half-pay since the close of 1833, attained 
 Post-rank 23 Nov. 1841. Agents— Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 COUCH. (Retired Commandeb, 1843. f.-p., 
 17; H-p., 41.) 
 
 Daniel Little Cooch was bom 24 May, 1779. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1789, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Adamant 50, Capt. 
 Knox, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Hughes at Halifax, 
 where he remained until 1791. Re-embarking in 
 
 1793 on board the Charon, Capt. Edm. Dodd, he 
 visited the African and West India stations, and in 
 
 1794 removed with the same officer, as Midship- 
 man, to the Dictator 64. He afterwards served 
 for three years in the Channel, as Master's Mate of 
 the Atlas 98, commanded at first by Capt. Dodd, 
 but latterly by Capt. Squire ; and then— joining in 
 succession the Melpomene 38, Capt. Sir Chas. Ha- 
 milton, and FiSGARD, of 46 guns and 281 men, Capt. 
 Thos. Byam Martin — was wounded in the latter 
 ship at the capture, on 20 Oct. 1798, of /'/mmortaWe, 
 of 42 guns and 580 men, after a close and obstinate 
 conflict of great length, a loss to the British of 10 
 killed and 26 wounded, and to the enemy of 54 
 killed and 61 wounded. Having passed his exa- 
 mination in June, 1797, Mr. Couch was promoted, 
 while subsequently serving in the West Indies on 
 
 * Sir Charles Cotton commanded the Alaum frigate, as 
 one of Rodney's repeaters, in the action of 12 April, 1782. 
 He was stationeil, in the Majestic 74, next astern of the 
 RoVAL Gkorok, in Howe's action, 1 June, 17!)4; and was in 
 the same ship in Cornwallis' retreat, 16 and 17 June 1795. 
 After having discharged the duties of Commander-in-Chief 
 on the Newfoundland and Mediterranean stations, he died, of 
 apoplexy, at the age of fifty-eight, 24 Fob. 1812. 
 
 f I'ideOwi. 1827, p. 2325. | 
 
 board the Volage frigate, Capt. Hon. Philip Wode- 
 house, to a Lieutenancy in the Serpent, Capt. Thos. 
 Roberts, 9 Feb. 1799. His after-appointments appear 
 to have been, on the Home and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions — 7 Oct. 1800, to the Formidable 98, Capts. 
 Edw. Thornbrough and Rich. Grindall — 25 March, 
 1801, to the Majestic 74, Capt. Davidge Gould — 24 
 Oct. 1803, to the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry 
 Paulet— 20 Nov. 1804, to the Hero 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Alan Hyde Gardner— 12 May, 1807, to the Kent 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Rogers— and, lastly, 27 June, 1809, to 
 the command of the Trusty gun-brig, which he left 
 21 Aug. 1810. While serving in the Hero, Lieut. 
 Couch was present, in 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 and Sir Rich. Strachan's actions ; and witnessed the 
 capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo of 80 guns, 
 and 40-gun frigate Belle Paule, of the former of 
 which ships he was made prize-master. He became 
 a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 
 1830, and on the Senior 27 March, 1843. 
 
 COUCH, ((ffajtailt, 1824. f-p., 34 ; H-P., 24.) 
 
 James Couch entered the Navy, in April, 1789, 
 as Captain's Servant, on board the Adamant 50, 
 Capt. Knox, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir Rich. 
 Hughes, with whom he continued until 17 June, 1792. 
 From Jan. 1794, until Sept. 1797, he was next em- 
 ployed with Capts. Edm. Dodd and Squire, of the 
 Dictator 64, and Atlas 98, on the African, West 
 India, and Home stations. He then joined, for 
 nearly two years, the Phaeton 38,, Capt. lion. Robt. 
 Stopford, in which frigate he assisted in taking 
 many of the enemy's vessels, Having passed his 
 examination in Nov. 1799, and been further occu- 
 pied in the Atalante 16, Capt. Anselm John Grif- 
 fiths, and Niger 32, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, he was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant in the Woolwich store-ship, 
 Capt. Campbell, 6 Sept. 1800. For his varied and 
 active services during the Egyptian campaign in 
 1801, Mr. Couch subsequently received the Turkish 
 gold medal. Until the peacC'Of Amiens he was next 
 employed in the Tigre 80, Capt. Sir Sidney Smith ; 
 after which we find him appointed, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant — 10 Jan. 1804, to the Conqueror 74, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew — 1 Dec. 1807, to 
 the President 38, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg, on the South American sta- 
 tion — 4 Sept. 1810, to the Belleropbon 74, flag- 
 ship in the North Sea of Rear- Admiral John Ferrier 
 —in April, 1811, to the Aoasta 40, Capt. Alex. 
 Robt. Kerr — 10 June, 1814, to the Chesapeake 38, 
 Capts. Geo. Burdett and Fras. Newoombe, in which 
 frigate he visited the Cape of Good Hope— and, 7 
 Aug. and 22 Oct. 1816, to the Berwick 74, and Im- 
 pregnable 104, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth. During his attachment to the 
 Conqueror, Lieut. Couch accompanied Lord Nelson 
 to the West Indies in quest of the combined fleets 
 of France and Spain, and took a warm part in the 
 battle ofi"Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. While in 
 the AcASTA he contributed to the capture, on the 
 Home and American stations, of a large number of 
 the enemy's armed and other vessels— assisted in 
 driving a squadron under Commodore Decatur into 
 New London — and evinced much bravery in com- 
 mand of the boats on various occasions of hazard, 
 particularly at the capture, 25 Dec. 1812, of the 
 Herald letter-of-marque, of 10 gims, on which occa- 
 sion he received a severe contusion in the leg from 
 the bursting of a gun. Having obtained his second 
 promotal commission 6 Sept. 1817, he assumed com- 
 mand, 2 July, 1821, of the Perseus receiving-ship, 
 ofi' the Tower ; and, continuing for nine years and 
 a half to discharge the duties of regulating Captain 
 at the port of London, raised and forwarded to 
 their respective ships no fewer than 13,000 men. 
 Capt. Couch (who had been promoted to Post-rank 
 24 Jan. 1824) paid the Perseus oS 10 Jan. 1831. 
 He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He is the Senior Captain of 1824; and bears the 
 character of being a very scientific and Ihgenious 
 officer. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
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 COUCH-COULL-COULSON-COURTENAY. 
 
 COUCH. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Philip Bogees Cotjch passed his examination 27 
 Oct. 1843 ; and, while serving, as Mate, in the Pa- 
 cific, of the Sampson steam-frigate, Capt. Thos. 
 Henderson, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 9 Not. 1846. 
 
 COULL. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Francis Petee Cohli, passed his examination 16 
 Nov. 1838 ; was for some time employed, as Mate, 
 on board the Dove Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Com- 
 raander Josias Drew ; and, obtaining an appointment 
 in the Coast Guard 28 Feb. 1842, continued in that 
 service until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 
 July, 1846. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 COULSON. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 18 ; 
 H-p., 16.D 
 
 GnsTAvns Hamilton Coulson, born 7 Jan. 1801, 
 is second son of John Blenkinsopp Coulson, Esq., of 
 Blenkinsopp Castle, Lieut.-Colonel of the Northum- 
 berland Militia, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for that 
 shire ; brother of Capts. John and Robt. Coulson, 
 of the Grenadier Guards ; and nephew of Capt. 
 Robt. Lisle Coulson, R.N., who died in 1822, aged 
 42. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Oct. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the" Stork 18, commanded in 
 the North Sea by his uncle, Capt. R. L. Coulson, 
 with whom, and Capt. Edw. Curzon, he afterwards 
 served in the West Indies until Nov. 1818, as Mid- 
 shipman of the Pelican 18. In March, 1819, he 
 joined the Newcastle 60, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral 
 Edw. Griflth at Halifax, where he was confirmed, 
 7 Jan. 1823, to a Lieutenancy in the Niemen 28, 
 Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly. We subsequently find 
 him appointed — 29 Oct. 1825, to the Bbisk 10, Capt. 
 Chas. Hope, lying at Chatham — 23 Jan. 1826, to 
 the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, in which 
 ship he was stationed off the coast of Portugal at 
 the time the army of occupation was at Lisbon, 
 then visited the Morea with Sir Fred. Adam, Alex- 
 andria with the present Lord Howden, and Rio de 
 Janeiro with Lord Strangford, and served for six 
 months on the latter station under the broad pend- 
 ant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy— 23 Feb. 1831, 
 to the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, with whom 
 he appears to have been actively employed for 
 three years in the Mediterranean, where he wit- 
 nessed the establishment of King Otho on the 
 throne of Greece, and was presented, when off 
 Alexandria, with a sword by Mehemet All — and, 18 
 Nov. 1839, as First-Lieutenant, to the Blonde 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Bourchier. For his zealous services 
 during the ensuing hostilities in China, — where he 
 was present at the early destruction of the batteries 
 and war-junks at Amoy, witnessed the evacuation 
 of Chusan, and commanded a division of boats in 
 the various operations against Canton,* — Mr. Coul- 
 son was advanced to his present rank 8 June, 1841. 
 He then returned home ; and has not since held 
 any appointment. 
 
 Commander Coulson married, in Dec. 1843, Anne 
 Lindsay, only child of the Rev. Henry Wastell, of 
 Newbrough, co. Northumberland. Agent — J. 
 Woodhead. 
 
 COUKTENAY. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 20; 
 H-P., 22.) 
 
 George William Conway Courtenay, born in 
 1795, at Beach Hall, near Chester, is son of Clement 
 Strafford Courtenay^, Esq., who served in the old 
 92nd regiment during the first American war, and 
 raised the Cheshire Fencibles at the commencement 
 of hostilities with France ; nephew of Capt. Geo. 
 Wm. Augustus Courtenay, who commanded the 
 Boston 32, and fell in a gallant action vrith the 
 French 36-gun frigate Embuscade, 31 July, 1793; 
 grand-nephew, paternally, of the celebrated Earl of 
 Bute, who resigned the office of First Lord of the 
 Treasury in 1763 ; and first-cousin of the present 
 Sir Robt. Henry Cunliffe, Bart. 
 
 » fiifcGaz. 1840, p. 2903, andGaz. 1841, p. 1504. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1805 (un- 
 der the auspices of Earl St. Vincent), as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. the present 
 Sir Wm. Parker ; and, continuing in that ship for 
 upwards of six years, a great part of the time as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, saw much active 
 boat-service— was employed with a naval brigade 
 on the coasts of Biscay and Asturias— and assisted, 
 in company with the London 98, at the capture, 
 after a long running fight, and a loss to the Amazon 
 of 3 men killed and 6 wounded, of the 80-gun ship 
 Mareago, bearing the flag of Bear- Admiral Linois, 
 and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 March, 1806. He 
 next joined in succession the Victory 100, and 
 Bellerophon 74, flag-ships in the Baltic and at 
 Newfoundland of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Sir Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats ; obtained a Lieutenancy in the 
 Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, on the latter 
 station, 19 July, 1813; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 27 April, 1815, to the San Josef 110, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Rich. Strachan— 
 9 June, 1817, to the Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Hen- 
 derson, off Brighton— 15 March, 1818, to the Ipai- 
 genia 42, Capt. Hyde Parker, in which frigate 
 he visited Quebec and Jamaica— 12 Aug. 1819, 
 to the Beavek 10, Capt. Bich. Saumarez, lying at 
 Portsmouth — in Feb. 1820, to the Iphigenia again, 
 on the Mediterranean station— and, 22 March, 1822, 
 to the Cyrene 20, Capt. Percy Grace. In Oct. fol- 
 lowing Mr. Courtenay commanded the boats of the 
 latter vessel, and displayed great intrepidity and 
 judgment, at the destruction of two slave-factories 
 in the Gallinas River, on the coast of Africa ; on 
 which occasion his party, who experienced a very 
 formidable opposition, sustained a loss of one man 
 mortally, and three slightly wounded. Being pro- 
 moted, 26 Dec. 1823, to the Bans 20, he became for 
 a few months Senior Ofiicer on the African station ; 
 after which he held the temporary command of the 
 Owen Glendower 36, during the Ashantee war ; 
 and then, returning to the Bann, captured two 
 Brazilian vessels, vrith 728 slaves on board. Capt. 
 Courtenay was next appointed, 17 April, 1827, to the 
 Fairy 10, fitting for the West Indies; where he 
 removed, 12 Sept. following, to the Arachne IS, 
 and was made Post 14 April, 1828, in the Magnifi- 
 cent receiving-ship at Jamaica. Having assumed 
 command, 5 Jan. 1829, of the Mersey 26, he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off in 1831 ; since 
 which period he has not held any appointment 
 afloat. 
 
 Capt. Courtenay was Consul-General at Hayti 
 from 1832 until 1842. Agents— Goode and Law- 
 
 COUETENAY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 28.) 
 Henry Couetenat entered the Navy, 24 May, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, 
 Capt. Edw. Dumford King, with whom he sailed 
 for the East Indies, and thence returned in convoy 
 of a fleet of Indiamen. In Sept. 1808, he joined the 
 Stately 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, flag-ship after- 
 wards in the Baltic of Rear- Admiral Thos. Bertie, 
 and ultimately commanded by Capt. Edw. Stirling 
 Dickson, under whom he co-operated, as Midship- 
 man, in the defence of Tarifa, in Dec. 1811. From 
 June, 1812, until Aug. 1815, he next served on 
 board the Rodney 74, Capt. E. D. King, off Toulon, 
 Pyramus 36, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, in 
 the Bay of Biscay, Royalist 18, Capts. Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer and Thos. Parry Jones Parry, off 
 the coast of Spain, Hyperion 36, Capt. Wm. Pryce 
 Cumby, on the Lisbon station, and Achates sloop, 
 Capt. Thos. Lambe Polden Laugharne, off Scilly. 
 While with Capt. Bremer in the Royalist, Mr. 
 Courtenay assisted, in company with the Scylla 
 18, and in sight of the Bippos 74, at the capture, 
 21 Oct. 1813, of the French frigate Le Weser, of 
 40 guns and 340 men, after a stem conflict, and a 
 loss to the Royalist of 2 men killed and 9 wounded. 
 Having obtained his commission 8 March, 1815, he 
 appears to have been subsequently appointed— 4 
 June, 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. 
 
COURTENAY— COVENTRY— COWAN— COWEN— cox. 
 
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 Mingaye — and, 21 Deo. 1831, aa First, to the Re- 
 venge 78, Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, sta- 
 tioned off Lisbon. Mr. Courtenay has been on 
 half-pay since 1833. 
 
 COURTENAY. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 KicHARD William Codktenat entered the Navy 
 in 1833 ; passed his examination 4 Sept. 1839 ; served 
 for nearly five years in the Mediterranean as Mate 
 of the Edinbukgh 72, Capt. 'Wm. Wilmott Hen- 
 derson, and Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sar- 
 torius ; and, on 30 Nov. 1844, was promoted to his 
 present rank, when on the point of sailing for the 
 East Indies in the Osphey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten. 
 He has been employed in the Mediterranean since 
 24 Dec. in the same year, on board the Fantome 
 16, Capts. Sir Fred. Wm. Erskine Nicholson and 
 Thos. Philip Le Hardy. 
 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. 
 but has not been since employed. 
 Dufaur. 
 
 Jas. Mingaye, 
 Agent — Fred. 
 
 COVENTRY. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Percy William Coventey entered the Navy 
 23 Sept. 1831 ; passed his examination 5 Deo. 1837 ; 
 and after intermediately serving in North America, 
 the West Indies, and Mediterranean, as Mate of 
 the COMUS 18, Capt. Evan Nepean, and Queen 110, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Owen, was advanced to the 
 rank he now holds 14 June, 1844. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 9 Sept. 1844, to the Water- 
 witch 10, Capt. Thos. Fras. Birch, fitting at Ports- 
 mouth— 8 Jan. 1845, to the Com us 18, Capt. Tlios. 
 Sparke Thompson, stationed on the south-east coast 
 of America— and, 29 Oct. 1845, to the Vernon 50, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to R6ar-Admiral Sam. Hood 
 Inglefield, with whom he is now employed in the 
 East Indies. 
 
 COWAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Cowan entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Aimable 32, Capts. Sir Harry 
 Burrard Neale and Fras. Laforey, under the former 
 of whom he assisted, in 1804, at the reduction of 
 Bastia and the capture of La Moselle French cor- 
 vette, of 18 guns. On his arrival afterwards in the 
 West Indies, he removed, in April, 1796, as Mid- 
 shipman, to the Scipio 64, Capt. Chas. Sydney 
 Davers ; subsequently to which he became attached 
 for two years to the America 64, Capt. John Smith, 
 on the North Sea station, and served, from Oct. 
 1799, to June, 1806, in the Channel and Mediter- 
 ranean, as Master's Mate of the Active 38, Capts. 
 C. S. Davers and Rich. Hussey Moubray. He then 
 officiated for some time as Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Racehorse 18, Capt. Wm. Forbes, off the port 
 of Cadiz, but in the following Sept. resumed Iiis 
 previous rank on board the Magnificent 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Eyres, with whom he continued for upwards 
 of five years, and witnessed the reductioil, in Oct. 
 1809, of Zante, Cephalonia, &c., and, in April, 1810, 
 of Sta. Maura. He next, in Sept. 1813, joined 
 the Namub 74, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Thos. 
 Williams, from which he was at length promoted to 
 his present' rank, 15 Feb. 1815. He has not since 
 been afloat. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 COWEN. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 MouHiCE CowEN entered the Navy, in Aug. 1805, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Saturn 74, Capts. 
 Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Wm. Cumberland, of 
 which ship he became a Midshipman in Aug. 1806. 
 In Deo. 1809, he rejoined Lord Beauclerk in the 
 Royal Oak 74, commanded afterwards by Capt. 
 Pulteney Malcolm; and, on 21 March, 1812, was 
 promoted, from the Pobargus 14, Capt. Wm. Ro- 
 billiard, to the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. Cowan, 
 who had hitherto served in the Mediterranean, 
 Baltic, and Channel, now sailed for the East Indies 
 in the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, with whom he 
 remained, latterly in the Illustrious 74, until Nov. 
 1813. He afterwards served on the Coast Blockade, 
 from 9 Nov. 1824, until 1830, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of tho Ramillies 74, and Hyfebion 42, 
 
 COX. (CapTAIK, 1841. F-P., 24; H.P., 23.) 
 
 Douglas Cox, bom about the year 1789, is son 
 of an old officer in the army, who was severely 
 wounded during the first American war, and died 
 some years ago at Nova Scotia, holding a Staff ap- 
 pointment. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 May, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boston 32, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas, and for many months of 1801 was 
 arduously employed blockading the French 36-gun 
 frigate Semillante on the coast of North America. 
 Joining, in Dec. 1804, the Circe 32, Capt. Jonas 
 Rose, he sailed for the West Indies, where, after 
 assisting at the capture of several heavy privateers, 
 he removed, in July, 1806, to the Northumberland 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and was ap- 
 pointed, 12 March, 1807, Sub-Lieutenant of the At- 
 tentive gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Robt. Carr. 
 In command of a jolly-boat belonging to the latter 
 vessel, Mr. Cox, with only five hands, very dash- 
 ingly boarded and carried, in a small liarbour near 
 Martinique, a large guardaoosta of 2 long six- 
 pounders and 35 men, although the whole of her 
 crew, armed with muskets, were drawn up on the 
 deck from stem to stern, ready to receive him. 
 He also commanded on other equally successful 
 cutting-out occasions, and bore a part in one or 
 two stiff actions with privateers. Towards the 
 close of 1807 he became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Port d'Espagne 16, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, 
 on accompanying whom into the Snap 16, he wit- 
 nessed the reduction of Martinique, and was offici- 
 ally promoted by commission dated 10 March, 1809. 
 Continuing to serve in the same vessel with Capts. 
 Thos. Barclay, Fras. Douglas, and Robt. Lisle 
 Coulson, until Feb. 1811, we further discover Mr. 
 Cox, besides contributing, as First Lieutenant, to 
 the destruction of a merchantman under the fire of 
 some batteries at Guadeloupe, co-operating in the 
 capture of that island, and serving on shore with 
 Brigadier-General Geo. Harcourt at the taking of 
 St. Martin's. He next cruized for a short time in 
 the North Sea, on board the Lynx 18, Capt. Thos. 
 'Percival; and, from May, 1811, until July, 1814, 
 again served with Capt. J. E. Douglas, in the 
 Bellona 74, and Prince op Wales 98, latterly 
 on the Mediterranean station, where he beheld the 
 fall of Genoa, in April, 1814. He was afterwards 
 appointed — 8 Aug. 1814, to the Alpheus 36, Capt. 
 Geo. Langford, in which ship he visited the East 
 Indies and China — and, 29 Jan. 1817, to the Prim- 
 rose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, fitting 
 for the Jamaica station. He was there promoted, 
 9 July following, to the command of the Shear- 
 water sloop, which he brought home and paid off 
 17 April, 1820. Capt. Cox, who subsequently held 
 an InSBectorship in the Coast Guard from 15 June, 
 1832, until the close of 1835, attained Post-rank 23 
 Nov. 1841. He is at present on half-pay. 
 
 He has been twice married, and has three chil- 
 dren by his first marriage. His present wife was 
 the widow of Commander Chas. Newton Hunter, 
 R.N. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 COX. (Retired Commander, 1825. f-p., 15 ; 
 H-p., 50.) 
 Francis Cox entered the Navy, in 1782, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board La Pr^sidente, Capt. Lord 
 Chas. Fitzgerald, stationed in the Channel; after 
 which he served, until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 22 Nov. 1790, in the Crocodile, Capt. 
 Williamson, Le Pbgase, Capt. Marshall, WiwcHEt- 
 SEA, Capt. Edw. Pellew, Pylades, Capt. Davidge 
 Gould, and Salisbury, bearing the fiag of Admiral 
 Milbanke— ships that appear to have been variously 
 employed on the East India, Home, and New- 
 foundland stations. Between March, 1793, and the 
 year 1800, we next find him in succession appointed 
 to the Andromache 38, Capt. Jones, Druid 33, 
 
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 COX-CRABB-CHACROFT-CBAGG-CRAGGS. 
 
 Capts. Reynolds, Kich. King, and Edw. Codrington, 
 MiNOTAUK 74, Capt. John Louis, Renown 74, and 
 Barfleok 98, flag-sliip of Rear- Admiral. Colling- 
 wood. H e served during that period off N ewfound- 
 land, Lisbon, and Cadiz, and also in the Channel. 
 Commander Cox, who has beeii on half-pay since 
 the date last mentioned, assumed his present rank 
 15 Feb. 1825. Agests— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 COX. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 16.) 
 Henby Cox, bom in Oct. 1793, is maternally re- 
 lated to the families of the celebrated Sir Fras. 
 Drake and Sir John "Williams, the latter of whom 
 held the Surveyorship of the Navy from 22 June, 
 1765, until 12 Dec. 1784. 
 
 This ofiScer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Circe, 32, Capts. Jonas 
 Rose, Joseph Spear, and Hugh Pigot. He next 
 served, from Nov. 1807, until Nov. 1812, nearly the 
 whole time as Midshipman, in the Impi^cable 74, 
 Capts. Thos. Byam Martin, Geo. Cockbum, and 
 Joshua Rowley Watson, under the first of whom 
 we find him taking part, 26 Aug. 1808, in a gallant 
 action of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship 
 Sewolodf which was completely silenced, and in the 
 end, with the assistance of the Centadr 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Sam. Hood, captured and burnt, in sight 
 of the whole Russian fleet, near Rogerswick, after 
 a total loss to the enemy of 303 men, and to the Im- 
 placable, individually, of 6 killed and 26 wounded. 
 He also served at the siege of Cadiz ; and, on next 
 joining the Pelican, of 18 guns and 101 men, Capt. 
 John Fordyoe Maples, was present, 14 Aug. 1813, 
 in a spirited conflict of 45 minutes, which rendered 
 captive to the British, whose loss amounted to 2 
 men killed and 5 wounded, the American sloop 
 Argus, of 20 guns and 122 men, 6 of whom were 
 killed and 18 wounded. For his conduct on that 
 occasion Mr. Cox, after a servitude of some months 
 in the President 38, Capts. Fras. Mason and Aich. 
 'Duff*, on the Irish station, was awarded a Lieute- 
 nant's commission 3 Feb. 1815. He obtained an 
 appointment in the Coast Guard 18 June, 1831 ; 
 and, on 8 Oct. 1844, was transferred to the com- 
 mand of the Lapwing Revenue-vessel, which he 
 still retains. For his great exertions in saving life 
 and property when commanding the Coast Guard 
 station at St. Andrew's, Lieut. Cox received a gold 
 and silver medal from the Royal National Institu- 
 tion, the thanks of both Universities, the honorary 
 freedom of the City, the thanks in two instances of 
 the Town Council, and more than 30 acknowledg- 
 ments from various Insurance Companies and other 
 Institutions ; and was also presented with a sword 
 by a body of underwriters. 
 
 He married, in 1817, Miss Mary Foote, of Kings- 
 bridge, CO. Devon, by whom he has issue seven 
 children. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 COX. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Henry Laird Cox entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1824 ; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 23 March, 1840; and has been since ap- 
 pointed— 30 Dec. 1842, to the Styx steam-vessel, 
 Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, employed in sur- 
 veying the Azores— and, 1 Aug. 1845, to the Dasher 
 steam-packet, Capt. Wm. Louis Sheringham, with 
 whom he is now serving on the Home station. 
 
 CEABB. (LlEDT., 1809. F-P., 14 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Joseph William Crabb entered the Navy, 4 
 Sept. 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Royal 
 Sovereign 100,' Capt. Rich. Raggett, flag-ship in 
 the Channel of Sir Henry Harvey. He afterwards, 
 until May, 1806, served, in the Mediterranean, and 
 again on the Home station, on board the Acasta 38, 
 Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, Doris 36, Capts. Rich. 
 Harrison Pearson and Patrick Campbell, Diamond 
 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, and Chiefonne 36, 
 Capt. P. Campbell. We then find him accompany- 
 ing the latter officer into the Unite 36, in which 
 frigate, under Cant. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, 
 he continued until Oct. 1815. On 16 June, 1809, 
 Mr. Crabb— who had assisted, in May, 1808, at the 
 
 taking of II Mmco of 16 guns, and in June follow- 
 ing at the simultaneous capture of the Nettuno and 
 Toulie brigs, of similar force— was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. He subsequently, in Jan. 1810, 
 received, while commanding the Unite s boats in 
 close but unsuccessful pursuit of an enemy's vessel, 
 a very severe wound near the left groin, by a lang- 
 ridge shot, which has never yet been extracted ; 
 and on 31 March, 181 1, he was present at the capture 
 of the 20-gun store-ship Dramadaire. On 4 July in 
 the same year we again discover Mr. Crabb com- 
 manding the boats, and cutting out from under a 
 2-gun battery, near Port Hercuk, on the Roman 
 coast, the St. Frangois de Paule, a vigorously- 
 defended brig, mounting 8 six and three-pounders; 
 and, in the evening of the same day, acting in con- 
 cert with Capt. Aug. Wm. Jas. Clifford of the Ce- 
 PHALUS at the hazardous capture of three merchant- 
 men near Civita Vecchia.* At the capture, 29Kov. 
 ensuing, after a severe running-fight of four hours, 
 of the 26-gun store-ship Persarme, which until the 
 moment of her surrender had been taken for a fri- 
 gate, Mr. Crabb officiated as Senior Lieutenant of 
 the Unite, and again distinguished himself.f He 
 appears to have eventually served, in the Channel, 
 as First, also, of the Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel 
 Day Cochrane, from June to Oct. 1816; since which 
 latter date he has been on half-pay. Agent— J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 CEACBOFT. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Peter CRACBOrr, bom 15 March, 1816, is second 
 son of Robt. Cracroft, Esq., of Hackthora, co. Lin- 
 coln, Lieutenant-Colonel of the North Lincolnshire 
 Militia, and a Deputy-Lieutenant ; and nephew of 
 the present Sir Wm. Amcotts Ingilby, Bart., as also 
 of the late Capt. Sir Robt. Barrie, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 June, 1830 ; passed 
 his examination 20 March, 1835 ; and at the date of 
 his first promotion, which took place 26 Aug. 1841, 
 was serving as Mate on board the Southampton 5(^ 
 flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Sir Edw. 
 Duraford King. He became, 6 Aug. 1842, Flag- 
 Lieutenant, in the Victory 100, to Rear-Admiral 
 Hyde Parker, Admiral-Superintendent at Ports- 
 mouth; and, on 12 Oct. 1846, was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CBAGG. (Commandeb, 1842.) 
 
 John Bettinson Cragg entered the Navy 10 Oct. 
 1809 ; passed his examination in 1816 ; and obtained 
 his first commission 19 May, 1828. He was next 
 appointed — 1 Oct. 1829, to tie Semiramis 24, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at Cork — 15 Jan. 1831, to the Ta- 
 LAVEBA 74, Capts. Thos. Brown and Edw. Chetham, 
 employed on the Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean 
 stations— and, 15 Feb. 1837, to the Cobnwallis 74, 
 Capt. Sir Rich. Grant, with whom he visited North 
 America and the West Indies. We subsequently 
 find him assuming command, 7 March and 27 July, 
 1838, and 18 July, 1839, of the Carbon, Dasher, 
 and Hecla steam-vessels, on the Home, North 
 America, and West India stations. "While in the 
 Hecla, he obtained the high commendation of 
 Capt. Leith, the Senior officer in the West Indies, 
 for his conduct at a period when the fever was rag- 
 ing on board tha.t vessel. He attained his present 
 rank 15 April, 1842, and since 29 June, 1846, has 
 been in command of the Sphynx steam-sloop. 
 
 He married, 7 Nov. 1843, Margaret Anne, fourth 
 daughter of Simon Little, Esq., Purser and Pay- 
 master, R.N. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CEAGGS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 George Cbaggs entered the Navy, 13 June, 1807, 
 as A.B., on board the Matilda, Lieut.-Commander 
 Thos. Dorsett Birchall, flag-ship at Woolwich of 
 Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, with whom, in the 
 PoMPiE 74, he attended the ensuing expedition to 
 Copenhagen. With the exception of a few months 
 in 1809, during which we find him commanding No. 
 11 gun-boat in the operations against Walcheren, 
 * Vide Gai. 181 1, p. 1864. t V. Gaz. 1818, p. S61. 
 
CRAIGIE- CRANE. 
 
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 he continued to serve with Vice-Admiral Stanhope, 
 in the Thisbe 28, and Namdr 74, flag-ships at 
 Greenwich and the Nore, until Aug. 1810, latterly 
 as Master's Mate. When afterwards on board the 
 GRASSHorPER 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch appears to have been in com- 
 pany with the Hero 74, when that ship was lost in 
 a dreadful gale on the Haak Sand ; on which occa- 
 sion, 24 Dec. 1811, the former vessel, being driven 
 close in with Texel Island, was obliged to surrender 
 to the enemy. On his return from captivity in May, 
 1814, Mr. Craggs became attached in succession to 
 the Ceres 32, Capt. Jas. Prevost, and Namub 74, 
 Capt. Chas. John Austen, as also to the Conwat 24, 
 Capt. John Tancock, with whom he cruized for 
 some time off Madeira. He obtained his commis- 
 sion 8 March, 1815 ; and since the following Aug. 
 has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CRAIGIE. (Captain, 1839. r-p., 20; h-p., 16.) 
 KoBERT Craigie, bom, we believe, in 1800, is 
 descended of the Craigies of Rilgraston, in Perth- 
 shire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1811, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Arethusa 38, Capt. 
 Fras. Holmes Coffin, under whom, and Capt. Aug. 
 Brine of the Medwat 74, he served in the West 
 Indies and at the Cape of Good Hope, nearly the 
 whole time as Midshipman, until March, 1815. 
 During the next seven years he appears to have 
 been successively employed, on the Home, South 
 American, and East India stations, on board the 
 Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, Kamillies 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Boys, Ttne 26, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, 
 Glasgow 50, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, and 
 Curlew sloop, Capt. Kobt. Graham Dunlop. On 
 13 July, 1822, Mr. Craigie became Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Leander 50, bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Sir Henry Blackwood; and on his arrival home 
 from India he was officially promoted by commission 
 dated 9 Jan. 1823. Joining, in April of the same 
 year, the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish 
 Spencer, he next served for three years and a half 
 on the Mediterranean station, where we find him in 
 command of the boats at the cutting out of a Sar- 
 dinian vessel from under the fire of the batteries at 
 Bona. He afterwards officiated as Flag-Lieutenant 
 to Hon. Sir H. Blackwood when Commander-in- 
 Chief at the Nore ; and, while a passenger on board 
 H.M.S. Clio, was noticed as having eminently con- 
 tributed by his zeal and activity to her preserva^ 
 tion when nearly lost on the coast of Northumber- 
 land. On 16 Feb. 1828, immediately on his re- 
 turn from an experimental cruize, Mr. Craigie was 
 awarded a second promotal commission ; subse- 
 quently to which he commanded, from 4 Dec. 1835 
 until the close of 1839, the Scoot 18, on the coast 
 of Africa. During that period he liberated up- 
 wards of 2200 slaves — twice commanded, for periods 
 of eleven and nine months, the squadron on the west 
 coast — successfully conducted a very critical nego- 
 ciation with the King and Chiefs of Bonny in 1837 
 — and in 1838 acquired the thanks of the Governor 
 of Mauritius for the " able and efficient " manner in 
 which he discharged the duties of a special mission 
 to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. In conse- 
 quence of these and other important services, Capt. 
 Craigie was rewarded, previous to the paying ofi' of 
 the Scoot, with the rank of Post-Captain, 7 Nov. 
 1839. He has not since been employed. 
 
 Capt. Craigie married, in April, 1842, Charlotte, 
 second daughter of the late Chas. Grant, Esq., and 
 niece of the late Bight Hon. Sir Wm. Grant, Master 
 of the Bolls. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 CKANE. (Eetibed Commander, 1843. f-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Potnter Crane, born 5 June, 1786, is son of the 
 late Edw. Crane, Esq., Coroner for the city of Nor- 
 wich. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas. 
 Alms, in which he beheld the capture, in 1799, of 
 three French frigates by a part of the Mediterra- 
 
 nean squadron under Lord Keith, and was wrecked, 
 near Ushant, 10 March, 1800. After a short im- 
 prisonment in France, he joined Capt. Rich. Good- 
 win Keats in the Boadicza 38 ; and, continuing to 
 serve with that officer until Oct. 1805 in the Superb 
 74, took a warm part in the victory gained by Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez over the Franco-Spanish squadron, 
 near Cadiz, 12 July, 1801, and accompanied Lord 
 Nelson in his pursuit of the combined fleets to the 
 West Indies during the summer of 1805. He next 
 served for some months in the North Sea and Baltic, 
 on board the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, 
 and Alert 18, Capt. Robt. Williams ; was appointed, 
 31 Oct. 1806, Acting Sub-Lieutenant of the Havock 
 gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber, in 
 which he escorted Major-General Claxton on a visit 
 of inspection to the different ports of Prussia ; and 
 on 12 July, 1807; was officially promoted to the full 
 rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Resolu- 
 tion 74, Capt. Geo. Btalton. After a brief attach- 
 ment to the Forester 18, Capt. R. Richards, the 
 subject of this notice assumed command, 13 Aug. 
 1808, of the Irresistible prison-ship in the river 
 Medway, where he remained until Jan. 1812. In 
 March following he joined the Reynard 18, Capts. 
 Hew Steuart, Geo. Brine, and David St. Clair; in 
 which vessel he served at the defence of Riga, and 
 conveyed, as Acting-Commander, the despatches 
 announcing the eventual discomfiture of the French 
 to Rear-Admiral Morris, off Carlscrona. He was 
 subsequently, on 12 May, 1813, while in command 
 of a prize, driven by a gale into Frederickstad, in 
 Norway, where he was detained a^risoner for some 
 months. In Sept. following he joined, as Senior 
 Lieutenant, the Brisk 18, Capt. Henry Higman, 
 and in that vessel and the Ariel 18, Capt. Dan. 
 Ross, appears to have been actively employed on 
 the Irish and African coasts until Dec. 1814. Mr. 
 Crahe was next appointed, 6 Nov. 1815, to the Bul- 
 wark 74, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Chas. Rowley 
 — and, 14 March, 1817, to the command of the Asp 
 Revenue-cutter. He was paid off in April, 1818 ; 
 and invested with his present rank 6 April, 1843. 
 
 Commander Crane married, 2 May, 1809, Urania 
 Hoare, daughter of E. Weekes, Esq., of the Hon. 
 E. I. Go's, service, by whom he has issue six sons 
 and two daughters. One of the former, Benjamin 
 Henry, is a Midshipman in the Indian Navy. 
 
 CEANE. (Ketibed Commander, 1840. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 Thomas Crane was born, 15 March, 1775, at 
 Peel, Isle of Man. 
 
 This officer — who had previously served his time 
 in the merchant-service — entered the Navy, 18 
 April, 1793, as A.B., on board the Tartar 28, 
 Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle ; and, proceeding to 
 the Mediterranean, was present at the investment 
 of Toulon in Aug. followii^, and at the capture, in 
 1794, of Bastia, and of the French frigate La Sybille. 
 Being subsequently transferred with Capt. Fre- 
 mantle to the Inconstant 36, he took part in Vice- 
 Admiral Hotham's first partial rencounter with the 
 French fleet ; on which occasion, 13 March, 1795, 
 the Inconstant sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 
 14 wounded, in a very spirited action with the 80- 
 gun ship Ca Ira. From Sept. 1797, until April, 1802, 
 Mr. Crane' next served with the Channel fleet, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Neptune 98, 
 commanded during that period by various officers ; 
 after which he joined, in Jlarch, 1804, the Glatton 
 50, flag-ship at Lcith of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, 
 and in the following Aug., as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 the Blessing armed ship, Capt. John Baker. He 
 was confirmed, 18 Sept. 1806, to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Revenge 74, Capts. Sir John Gore and Hon. 
 Chas. Paget ; and in the course of 1809 was present, 
 as Second Lieutenant, at the destruction of the 
 French shipping in Basque Roads, and in the ope- 
 rjations against Walcheren. His last appointments 
 were, 12 Jan. 1811, and 5 Sept. 1812, to the Cres- 
 cent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, and Superb 74, Capt. 
 Hon. C. Paget ; in the former of which ships he suf- 
 
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 CRANG-CRAUFURD-CRAWFORD. 
 
 fered a very severe accident in the loss of the first 
 joint of his great toe. The effects ultimately ob- 
 liged him, on his return from the Brazils, as First 
 of the last-mentioned ship, to seek half-pay in Jan, 
 1814. Commander Crane accepted the rank he 
 now holds 13 Oct. 1840. 
 
 He married, 16 Oct. 1817, Miss Margaret Kirk, 
 and has issue a son and daughter. 
 
 CRANG. (Lieutenant, 1840. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 1.) 
 John Hay Chaho was born 6 Oct. 1811. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1825, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt. John 
 Acworth Ommanney ; in which ship he served as 
 Midshipman at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. 
 He joined next the Windsob Castle 76, Capt. Hon. 
 Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie ; passed his examina/- 
 tion 9 June, 1832 ; and until promoted 9 Oct. 1840, 
 further served, on the Home, Mediterranean, Hali- 
 fax, and Lisbon stations — on board the Viper 6, 
 Lieut.-Commander Henry James, Confiance 2, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Middleton Waugh, Presi- 
 dent 52, and Vernon 50, each commanded by 
 Capt. John M'Kerlie, Princess Charlotte 104, 
 Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, and Donegal 74, and 
 Britannia 120, both under the command of Capt. 
 John Drake. He then joined the Southampton 
 50, Hag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Sir Edw. 
 Durnford King; and on 18 June, 1841, was ap- 
 pointed to the Clio 16, Capts. Stephen Grenville 
 Fremantle and Edw. Norwich Troubridge. In the 
 foUowiAg year we find him enacting a part in the 
 hostilities against China, where he served in the 
 Yang-tse-Kiang, was present on shore in the attack 
 on the batteries of Woosung, and assisted at the 
 taking of Shanghae.* His appointments have since 
 been— 6 Oct. 1842, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Herbert, for passage home — 26 Oct. 1843, as 
 First, to the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. "Wm. Mac- 
 lean, employed on general service — 13 June, 1845, 
 in a similar capacity, to the Siren 16, Capt. Harry 
 £dm. EdgeU, in the Mediterranean— and, 1 Oct. 
 1845, to the command of the Volcano steam-sloop, 
 now employed on the latter station. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 CRAUFUSD. (Lieut., 1843. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 0^ 
 Frederic AuGUSTDS Buchanan Cradfurd, born, 
 16 March, 1822, at Kome, is second son of John 
 Craufurd, Esq., of Auchinames and Crosbie, co. 
 Ayr, by Sophia Marianna, daughter of Major- 
 General Horace Churchill, and great-granddaughter 
 of Sir Robt. "Walpole. He is cousin of Commander 
 H. W. Craufurd, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 June, 1836, on 
 board the Imogene 28, Capt. Henry "Wm. Bruce, 
 fitting for the South American station, whence he 
 returned in Deo. 1839. Joining, then, the Benbow 
 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, he took part in all the 
 operations of the Syrian campaign, including the 
 bombardment of Beyrout, the attack on Tortosa, 
 and the siege of Acre ; and on 15 Jan. 1841, he was 
 officially mentioned for his conduct in an affair with 
 the enemy near Ascalon, while serving on shore as 
 Extra Aide-de-Camp to General Miohell. He next 
 studied on board the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and, enter- 
 ing the Naval College in 1842, was rewarded, 28 
 June, 1843, -with a Lieutenant's commission, for 
 having passed the best examination. Since 19 Oct. 
 1843, Mj. Craufurd has been serving in the East 
 Indies on board the Fox 42, Commodore Hon. Sir 
 Henry Blackwood. He holds a certificate of profi- 
 ciency in steam navigation. 
 
 the Pelorus 18, Capt. Slichael Quin, in the Medi- 
 terranean—and 26 Nov. 1831, to the Melville 74, 
 Capt. Henry Hart, whom he accompanied to the 
 East Indies. Attaining his present rank 13 July, 
 1835, he assumed command, 13 Nov. 1837, of the 
 Racehorse 18, and served in that sloop on the 
 North America and West India station until 1839. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 CRAUFURD. (Commander, 1835.) 
 
 Hbnky William Ceauford is cousin of Lieut. 
 F. A. B. Craufurd, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 April, 1821 ; 
 passed his examination in 1827 ; and rose to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 2 March, 1828. His appoint- 
 ments, in the latter capacity, were— 8 May, 1828, to 
 * Fide Gaz. 1842, p. 3100. 
 
 CRAUFURD. (Retibed Commander, 1838. 
 F-p., 19 ; H-P., 35.) 
 
 Peter Craufurd entered the Navy, 25 July, 
 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. 
 Bourmaster, stationed in the Channel; removed, as 
 Midshipman, in Nov. 1795, to the Prince George 
 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones ; and proceeded, early 
 in 1796, to the West Indies on board the Invinci- 
 ble 74, Capt. Wm. Cayley. In April of the latter 
 year he was wounded at the reduction of Ste. Lucie ; 
 and, in the course of 1797, he was further present 
 at the taking of Trinidad, and in the unsuccessful 
 attack on Porto Rico. After contributing to the 
 capture of Surinam in Aug. 1799, he became at- 
 tached for some months to the Keqdin gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander Sam. Fowell, on the Home sta- 
 tion ; and then, joining the Renown 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, attended the expe- 
 dition to Egypt in 1801. In Aug. of the same year 
 he received an order to act as Lieutenant of the 
 Camelion brig, Capt. Jas. Hawes, but he was not 
 promoted by the Admiralty until 4 Sept. 1805— 
 previously to which he had further served for 18 
 months with Lord Nelson as Midshipman of the 
 Victory 100, and for a shorter period with Capt. 
 Hon. Courtenay Boyle as Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Amphitrite frigate. In Oct. 1805 Mr. Craufurd 
 was next appointed to the Formidable 98, Capt. 
 Fras. Fayerman, forming part of the Channel fleet 
 after which he assumed command, 12 Dec. 1806, of 
 the Surly cutter, and was employed at the blockade 
 of Danzig, and the bombardment of Copenhagen, 
 in 1807. His subsequent appointments were — 1 Felj. 
 1809, to the Fury bomb, Capt. Robt. Balfour, in the 
 Baltic — 14 Nov. 1810, to the Formidable 98, Capt. 
 Jas. NicoU Morris, off Lisbon — 11 April, 1812, to 
 the Union 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, in the Me- 
 diterranean — and, 12 June in the same year, to the 
 command of the Triton in the river 'i'agus. He 
 was finaUy placed on half-pay 14 Dec. following; 
 and on 17 Jan. 1838, was advanced to his present 
 rank. 
 
 CRAWFORD. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 17 j« 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Abraham Crawford, born in Oct. 1788, is 
 youngest Son of the late Rev. Thos. Crawford, of 
 Lismore, co. Waterford; and brother of Lieut. 
 Rich. Crawford, R.N., who was lost in a hurricane 
 while commanding the Dominica schooner, 15 Aug. 
 1815. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capts. Edw. 
 Griffith and Thos. Elphinstone, in which ship he 
 assisted at the capture of many of the enemy's 
 vessels, armed and otherwise. While next serving, 
 under Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen, in the Immok- 
 talite and Clyde frigates, he appears, as Midship- 
 man, to have been almost daily in action, from June, 
 1802, until Aug. 1806, with detachments of the Bou- 
 logne flotilla, several of which were at different times 
 taken, and himself on one occasion wounded. On 
 next joining the Royal George 100, bearing the 
 flag of Sir J ohn Thos. Duckworth, he was present, 
 in Feb. 1807, at the passage of the Dardanells, and 
 beheld the destruction of a Turkish squadron off 
 Point Pesquies. Being promoted, 25 Nov. 1807, to 
 a Lieutenancy in the Sui/tan 74j Capts. Edw. 
 Griffith and John West, the subject of this sketch 
 subsequently assisted in cutting out numerous ves- 
 sels from different ports in the Gulf of Genoa, and 
 joined in a pursuit which led to the self-destruction 
 of the two French line-of-battle ships Sobuste and 
 Lion, 25 Oct. 180D. We afterwards find Mr. Craw- 
 
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 239 
 
 ford — whose next appointments were, 19 Jan. 1810, 
 and 28 Oct. 1811, to the Tigke 74, and Malta 
 80, both commanded hy the late Sir Benj. Hal- 
 lowell Carew— serving at the blockade of Toulon, 
 and co-operating with the patriots on the coast of 
 Catalonia, where he was present at tlie siege of 
 Tarragona in 1811. He was promoted to the rank 
 of tommander on leaving the Mama, 23 March, 
 1815 ; appointed to the Grasshopper 18, on the 
 "West India station, 8 Deo. 1827 ; and posted into 
 the Magnificent receiving-ship at Port Royal, 
 Jamaica, 5 Jan. 1829. He invalided home in the 
 course of the same year ; and has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 Capt. Crawford received a pecuniary reward 
 during the war from the Patriotic Society. He 
 married, in Jan. 1831, Sophia, daughter of the Kev. 
 Jas. Mockler, of Rockville, co. Cork. Agents — 
 Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 CEAWFOTID. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 James Crawford entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 
 1803, as A.B., on board the Trcstt 50, Capts. Geo. 
 Argles and Brian Hodgson, stationed off the coast of 
 France, where he was for some time in constant 
 collision with the Boulogne flotilla, and assisted, as 
 Midshipman, at three different bombardments of 
 Havre. Being lent, in July, 1807, to the Inflexi- 
 ble 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, he partook 
 of the ensuing operations against Copenhagen ; and 
 on afterwards joining the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. 
 Ussher, he was employed in the gun-boat service 
 at the siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809. Passing his 
 examination in Feb. 1810, Mr. Crawford further 
 served, until June, 1815, as Master's Mate and 
 Acting-Lieutenant, and again as Midshipman, on 
 board the CURA90A 36, Capt. John Tower, off 
 Guernsey, Melpomene 33, Capts. Hon. Wm. Wal- 
 degrave and Gordon Thos. Falcon, on the Lisbon 
 station, Regulus 44, Capt. John Tailour (in which 
 he visited America), and Medivay 74, flag-ship at 
 the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Chas. 
 Tyler. He has not since been employed. His com- 
 mission bears date 1 Feb. 1815. 
 
 CRAWFORD. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Richard Borough Crawford entered the Navy 
 1 Aug. 1814 ; and, when Midshipman of the Esk, 
 was wounded in command of a prize, and officially 
 noticed for his gallantry in beating off, after an 
 action of two hours, a piratical vessel of far supe- 
 rior force. He passed his examination in 1821 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 22 Sept. 1826 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed— 3 April, 1830, to the Done- 
 gal 78, Capt. John Dick, at Sheerness— 17 May, 
 1831, to the command of the Charybdis brig, on 
 the coast of Africa — and, 31 March, 1838, to an 
 agency for transports afloat. For his services as a 
 volunteer during the Chinese campaign, Mr. Craw- 
 ford was advanced to the rank he now holds 23 
 Deo. 1842.* He assumed command, 7 Sept. 1844, 
 of the Mutine 12, which sloop, after intermediately 
 cruizing for the suppression of the slave-traffic in 
 the Mozambique Channel, he paid off in 1846. He 
 is now unemployed. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CRAWFORD. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 F-P., 15 ; H-p., 33.) 
 Thomas Crawford entered the Navy, 21 July, 
 1799, as a Boy, on board the Dobtreciit, Capt. 
 Robt. Honyman, with whom he continued uninter- 
 ruptedly to serve, in the Garland, Topaze, and 
 Leda frigates, until "March, 1806. During that pe- 
 riod he accompanied the expedition to Holland in 
 1799, received a wound in action with the Boulogne 
 flotilla in 1804, and was present at the reduction of 
 the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806. He then suc- 
 cessively became Acting-Lieutenant of the Dio- 
 mede 50, Capts. Joseph Edmonds and Hugh Down- 
 man, and Ardent 64, Capts. Ross Donnelly and 
 Edwin Henry Chamberlayne ; in which ships we 
 
 • r.dfGai. 1842, p.as2i. 
 
 find him co-operating in the attacks on Buenos 
 Ayres and Monte Video. On being confirmed by 
 the Admiralty, 17 Dec. 1807, Mr. Crawford joined 
 the Magnet brig, Capt. Geo. Morris, and in that 
 vessel was wrecked on the ice, near Malmo, 11 Jan. 
 1809. His subsequent appointments afloat were — 
 in May, 1809, and Feb. 1810, to the Satdrn 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Cumberland, and Woodlark 10, Capt. 
 Geo. Edw. Watts, both in the Baltic — and, in Jan. 
 1812, to the Pylades sloop, Capt. Geo. Ferguson, 
 stationed in the Mediterranean. , When Senior of 
 the Woodlark he commanded her boats at the de- 
 struction, 27 May, 1810, of a privateer, the Swan, of 
 6 24-pounders and 35 men, off the island of Lassoe ;* 
 and, on another occasion, he was sent into the port 
 of Ronne, whence he brought out a new ship, the 
 Success, laden with wheat and linen, amidst a heavy 
 and incessant fire from the batteries and two pri- 
 vateers, the latter of which were driven back with 
 the loss of 15 men killed and wounded. Com- 
 mander Crawford, whose last ofiicial appointment 
 appears to have been to the command of a Signal 
 station in co. Cork, which he retained from March, 
 1813, to Deo. 1815, assumed the rank he now holds 
 21 Dec. 1844. He was "presented, during the war, 
 with a sum of money from the Patriotic Fund. 
 
 CRAWFORD. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Crawford entered the Navy 28 April, 
 1824; passed his examination 2 June, 1830; and 
 was serving in the Mediterranean, as Mate of the 
 Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, when promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841. He then 
 joined the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, 
 on the same station ; where he removed, 14 Oct. 
 1812, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey. 
 H e was paid off from that ship in the early part of 
 1845, and since 2 Dec. following has been employed 
 on particular service as First of the Scourge steam- 
 sloop, Capt. Jas. Crawford Caffin. 
 
 CRAWLEY. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Charles Gibbs Crawley entered the Navy 4 
 Aug. 1825; passed his examination in 1832; ob- 
 tained his commission 28 June, 1838 ; and, from 28 
 May, 1839, until the summer of 1843, served on the 
 coast of Africa on board the Lily 16, Capts. Chas. 
 Deare, John Jas. Allen, and Geo. Baker. He has 
 been employed since 11 May, 1846, as First of the 
 Avenger and Gladiator steamers, Capts. Wood- 
 ford John Williams and John Robb, attached to the 
 Channel squadron. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 CRAWLEY. (Retired Commander, 1814.) 
 
 Thomas Crawley was made a Lieutenant 5 Dec. 
 1778 ; and attained his present rank 31 Jan. 1814. 
 He is the senior officer on the list of Retired Com- 
 manders. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 CEEAGH. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 19 ; 
 HP., 19.) 
 
 James Ceeagh, horn in 1798, is fourth son of the 
 late Jas. Creagh, Esq., of Carrigerry, co. Clare. 
 His elder brother, Charles, is a Major of the Clare 
 Militia ; and his youngest, Giles, holds the same 
 rank in the 81st regiment ; two others, Andrew and 
 Boyle, both deceased, were Lieutenants, the former 
 in the 8th Hussars, and the latter in the Royal 
 Artillery. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melpomene 38, com- 
 manded by the late Sir Peter Parker ; with whom,' 
 after receiving a wound in action with a Danish 
 flotilla, he removed, in May, 1810, to the Mekelaus 
 38. Continuing in that frigate until the death of 
 Capt. Parker, in Aug. 1814, he served, as Midship- 
 man, at the blockade of Toulon, and took part in 
 many stirring scenes both on the Mediterranean 
 and American stations. He then joined the Hebhus 
 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer ; was present in the attacks 
 on Washington and Baltimore ; and, while in com-. 
 * Vide Gai. isio, p. 806. 
 
240 
 
 CREAK— CREASE-CRELLIN—CRESER-CREYKE. 
 
 mand of a tender, was taken prisoner at the close 
 of a gallant conflict of two hours and a half with 
 several American gun-boats, each his superior in 
 force. For his conduct on that occasion Mr. Creagh, 
 on returning to the Hebrus, deservedly received 
 the thanks of his Captain ; under whom we subse- 
 quently find him serving in the river Gironde, and 
 assisting at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 
 1816. Obtaining his first commission 16 Sept. fol- 
 lowing, he was next appointed, 24 April, 1823, to 
 the Meksey 26, Capt. John Maopherson Ferguson, 
 fitting for the South American station, on the paying 
 ofi" of which frigate he was promoted to his present 
 rank, 31 March, 1827. Commander Creagh, who 
 has since held two appointments in the Coast 
 Guard, from 26 June, 1835, to 1838, and from 7 
 July, 1840, to 1845, is now on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 1 Sept. 1835, Grace Emily, daughter 
 of Garrett O'Moore, Esq., of Cloghan Castle, co. 
 Kerry, by whom he has issue three sons and two 
 daughters. Agest — J. Chippendale. 
 
 CREAK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 27.) 
 
 William Creak entered the Navy, 20 March, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Quebec 32, 
 Capt. Geo. M'Kinley ; and on accompanying that 
 ofiicer, after a cruize of three months on the coast 
 of Holland, into the Lively 38, took part, as Mid- 
 shipman, in various operations on the river Tagus — 
 contributed to the reduction of Vigo and Santiago 
 in 1809 — and was finally wrecked, ofi' the island of 
 Malta, in Aug. 1810. From the following Nov., 
 until promoted, 3 Feb. 1815, he afterwards served 
 on the Mediterranean, Home, and American sta- 
 tions, on board the Victorious 74, Capt. John 
 Talbot, Perlen 38, Capt. John Allen, Bellona 74, 
 Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, Newcastle 58, Capt. Lord 
 Geo. Stuart, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane. He was next employed, from 29 
 Sept. 1815, until paid ofi; 16 Sept. 1818, in the 
 Mdtine 16, Capts. Jas. Mould and Wm. Sargent, on 
 the Cork station ; and since 14 Jan. 1845, has been 
 of^ciating as Lieutenant of the Victory 104, bear- 
 ing the flag at Portsmouth of Admiral Superin- 
 tendent Hyde Parker. Agents— Coplands and 
 Burnett. 
 
 where he remained until promoted to the rank of 
 Commander, 12 Feb. 1821. He has not been since 
 employed. ... 
 
 Commander Crease is married, and has issue. 
 
 CREASE. (COMMANDEB, 1821. F-P., 21; H-P., 
 28.) 
 Henry Crease entered the Navy, 2 March, 1798, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, 
 Capts. Sir Edw. Pellew, Hon. Henry Curzon, and 
 Matthew Henry Scott ; in which ship, under Capt. 
 Curzon, he attended, as Midshipman, the expedi- 
 tion against Ferrol in the autumn of 1800 ; and as- 
 sisted at the capture, 22 Oct. following, of La Venus 
 French frigate of 32 guns. Having been paid ofi' 
 in April, 1802, he rejoined Sir Edw. Pellew, in 
 April, 1803, as Master's Mate, on board the Ton- 
 HANT 80 ; and on that oflScer hoisting his fiag on 
 board the Culloden 74, accompanied him to India, 
 where he officiated as his Acting First-Lieutenant, 
 from 1 April, 1805, until confirmed by the Admi- 
 ralty, 31 Jan. 1806. From Oct. in the latter year 
 until Aug. 1812, he continued actively employed on 
 the same station as Senior of the Sir Francis 
 Drake and Phaeton frigates, Capts. Pownall Bas- 
 tard, and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds, Pellew ; 
 and on 27 May, 1813, we find him appointed, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Menelads 38, Capts. Sir 
 Peter Parker and Edw. Dix. Under the former 
 officer Mr. Crease landed near Baltimore in com- 
 mand of one of two divisions, consisting of 134 
 seamen and marines, and essentially contributed to 
 the defeat of a very superior body of the enemy, 
 30 Aug. 1814; on which occasion, however, the 
 British sustained a loss of 14 killed, including Sir 
 Peter Parker, and 27 wounded.* The Menelahs 
 being paid ofi' in Oct. 1815, the subject of this 
 sketch was next appointed, 18 Sept. 1817, again as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the Impregnable 104, flag-ship 
 of his old Captain, Lord Exmouth, at Plymouth, 
 * ViieGiL. 1814, p. 1946. 
 
 CRELLIN. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.) 
 William Cbellin entered the Navy, 20 July, 
 1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Colossus 74, 
 Capts. Jas. Nicoll Morris and Thos. Alexander ; 
 and, on ultimately proceeding to the Mediterranean, 
 there served, until Dec. 1814, in the Saturn 74, 
 Capts. Edw. GrifSth and John West. He next be- 
 came attached, in the West Indies, to the Forester 
 16, Capt. Wm. Hendry, Rin'aldo 10, Capt. John 
 Undrell, and Shark 16, Capt. Alex. Campbell. 
 Having acquired his present rank 25 Feb. 1815, he 
 returned home in Feb. 1816 on board the Asia 74, 
 Capt. Alex. Skene ; and since that period has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 CEESER. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Thomas Creser entered the Navy 3 Nov. 1809 ; 
 and served as Midshipman of the Galatea 36, 
 Capt. Woodley Losack, in a long and desperate 
 action fought oflT Madagascar, 20 May, 1811, between 
 a British squadron, consisting of the above ship, 
 the 36-gun frigates Astrea and Ph<enix, and 18- 
 gun brig Racehorse, the whole under the orders 
 of Commodore Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and a 
 French force, composed of the 40-gun frigates iJe- 
 nommee, JVe'reide, and Ciorinde, the two former of 
 which were captured, after a loss to the Galatea 
 of 16 men killed and 46 wounded. We subsequently 
 find Mr. Creser on board the BLajestio 56, Capt. 
 John Hayes, at the capture, 3 Feb. 1814, of the 
 Terpsichore French frigate, of 44 guns, after a run- 
 ning fight of two hours and a half, as also, 15 Jan. 
 1815, of the American ship Fresident, of 56 guns. 
 He passed his examination in 1816 ; ultimately ob- 
 tained a commission 10 Jan. 1826 ; and on rejoining 
 Capt. Hayes on 18 Sept. 1829 in the Ganges 84, at 
 Portsmouth, continued to serve vrtth him, latterly 
 in the Dryad 42, until Sept. 1831. He then as- 
 sumed charge for a few months of the Plumper 
 gun-brig, on the coast of Africa, where, in conjunc- 
 tion with the military, he appears to have conducted 
 a successful enterprise against the natives in the 
 river Gambia. His appointments have since been 
 to the command, on the Falmouth station — 26 Sept. 
 1839, of the Hope 10—5 July, 1841, of the Stab 6— 
 and, 23 Oct. 1843, of the Peterel 6, in which latter 
 vessel he is now serving. 
 
 Lieut. Creser married, 15 Jan. 1829, Elizabeth 
 Rose, youngest daughter of the late W. Davy, Esq., 
 by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 CREYKE. (Cajlain, 1814. f-p., 13; h-p., .34.) 
 Richard Creyke is son of the late Capt. Rich. 
 Creyke, R.N.,* by Anne Leming, eldest daughter 
 of Geo. Adey, Esq., of London; brother of the late 
 Capt. Geo. Adey Creyke, R.N. ; and cousin of the 
 present Lieut. R. B. Creyke, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1800, as 
 Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Cambridge 80, flag-ship 
 at Plymouth of Sir Thos. Pasley. He removed, as 
 Midshipman, 5 June, 1801, to the Princess Royal 
 98, bearing the fiag in the Channel of Sir Erasmus 
 Gower ; served for a few months in 1802 on board 
 the Galatea 32, Capt. Geo. Wolfe ; and, on accom- 
 panying that ofiicer into the Aigle 36, witnessed, 
 12 July, 1804, the destructioii, off' the coast of 
 France, of La Charente of 20, and La Joie of 8 guns. 
 In May, 1805, he joined the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. 
 Dalling Dunn, with whom we find him enacting a 
 part in the battle ofi' St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806, and 
 
 * This veteran officer was born 8 Aug. 1746. He accom- 
 panied the Hon. John Byron on a voyage round tho world in 
 1764; actively commanrted the Ottbr 14, during the first 
 American war ; attained Post-rank 17 Dec. 1782 ; was ap- 
 
 Eointed Governor of the Roval Naval Hospital, and resident 
 ommissioner of the Victualling, at Plymouth, 15 July, 1785 ; 
 and died 3 Dec. 1826, in his eiglity-first year. 
 
CREYKE-CRICHLOW— CRICHTON-CRIRIE— CmSP. 
 
 241 
 
 then visiting the Mediterranean. Eeing promoted 
 from the Koyal George 100, flag-ship off Cadiz of 
 Sir John Thos. DuolcWorth, to a Lioutenantcy in 
 the Alfred 74, Capt. Joan Bligh, 7 Nov. 1806, Mi. 
 Creyke, after assisting in the operations against 
 Copenhagen in 1807, accompanied home in 1808 the 
 Russian fleet which had surrendered in the Tagus ; 
 and with the same Captain, in the Vamant 74, he 
 was further present at the destruction of the French 
 shipping in Basque Roads and the siege of Flushing 
 in 1809, and at the capture of La Confiance (late 
 40-gun frigate Cannoniere), with colonial produce 
 on hoard to the value of 150,000/. sterling, 3 Feb. 
 1810. From Aug. in the latter year until advanced 
 to the rank of Commander 17 March, 1812, he next 
 served in the Channel and North Sea on hoard the 
 Armada 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, and Christian 
 VII. 80, and Impregnable 104, flag-ships of Admiral 
 Young. He assumed command, 7 June, 1814, of 
 the Zephyr sloop, on the Portsmouth station ; at- 
 tained Post-rank 19 Dec. following ; and accepted 
 the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Creyke married, in 1818, Harriet Elizabeth, 
 dau^ter of the late Rev. Jas. Furneaux, of Swilly, 
 CO. Devon, and sister of Capt. John Furneaux, 
 R.N. By that lady he has issue a son and daughter. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ment to the Ladrestinus 22, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gor- 
 don, on the South American station, he obtained a 
 Lieutenant's commission, dated 21 March, 1812; 
 and he was subsequently appointed— 19 May, 1813, to 
 the Creole 36, Capts. Robt. Forbes and Geo. Chas. 
 Mackenzie, employed off the coast of Africa — and, 
 14 Nov. 1814, to the Menai 24, Capt. Watkin Owen 
 Pell, on the North American station. While under 
 Capt. Mackenzie he took part, on 23 Jan. 1814, in 
 a drawn action, fought with much spirit for nearly 
 two hours, between the Creole and the French 
 40-gun frigate Sultane ; on which occasion the loss 
 of the British amounted to 10 killed and 26 wounded, 
 and that of the enemy to about 20 killed and 30 
 wounded. Mr. Crichton left the Menai in Jan. 
 1817 : and has not since been afloat. 
 
 CREYKE. (LlEUTISNANT, 1843.) 
 
 Richard Boynton Creyke is second son of the 
 late Ralph Creyke, Esq., of Marton and Rawcliffe, 
 CO. York; and cousin of the present Capt. Rich. 
 Creyke, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 July, 1829; 
 passed his examination 13 April, 1836 ; was em- 
 ployed in 1841, as Mate, on board the Defence 
 Revenue-cutter, Lieut. -Commander John Hains ; 
 obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 1 .Tuly, 
 1842 ; and was promoted to his present rank 25 Sept. 
 1843. He afterwards served, from 18 Nov. 1844 
 until some time in 1845, on board the Alert 6, 
 Capt. Chas. John Bosanquet, and Penelope steam- 
 frigate. Commodore Wm. Jones, off the coast of 
 Africa; and since 7 Jan. 1846 has been employed 
 in the Shearwater steam-vessel, Capt. Chas. 
 Gepp Robinson, engaged in surveying the coast of 
 Scotland. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 CRICHLOW. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 32.) 
 Ralph Crichlow entered the Navy, in Dec. 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clorinde 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Briggs, with whom he served, as Mid- 
 shipman, at the reduction of the Isle of France in 
 Dec. 1810, and removed, in Oct. 1814, as Master's 
 Mate, to the Leviathan 74. After a further em- 
 ployment on the Lisbon, Cork, and Mediterranean 
 stations, he was awarded a commission 19 Sept. 
 1815 ; since which period he' has been on half-pay. 
 Agent— J. Chippendale. 
 
 CRICHTON. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9; h-p., 33.) 
 William Crichton entered the Navy, 8 March, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Immoktalite 
 36, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen; in which frigate 
 and the Clyde 38, commanded by the same officer, 
 we And him in constant collision with the Boulogne 
 flotilla until May, 1807. During the next 12 
 months he served on the South American and Cape 
 stations on board the Malabar 74, Capt. John 
 Temple, and Camel store-ship, Capt. John Joyce ; 
 and then rejoining the Clyde, attained the rating 
 of Midshipman 3 Sep*. 1808. Early in 1809 he re- 
 turned, in the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, to 
 the Cape of Good Hope, where, and off the Isle of 
 France, he continued alternately to serve, in the 
 Neheide 36, Capt. Robt. Corbett, Charwell and 
 Sapphire sloops, both commanded by Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Gordon, Phceue 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Mi- 
 nerva hired armed-ship, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, 
 and Boadicea 38, Capt. Lord Viscount Neville, 
 until Juue, 1811. After an intermediate attach- 
 
 CRIRIE. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 John Chirie was born about 1783. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Ulysses 44, Capt. Edw. 
 Henry Columbine ; and on proceeding to the West 
 Indies, was very actively employed in the Pandohr, 
 Capt. John Nash, and Drake 14, Capt. Wm. King, 
 until wrecked, off Nevis, in Sept. 1804. After a 
 further servitude of two years on the same station, 
 as Master's Mate, in the Cakysfort 28, Capt. Ken- 
 neth Mackenzie, he returned home, and until pro- 
 moted, 7 Nov. 1809, successively joined, off the 
 coast of France, the Ardent 64, Capt. Geo. Eyre, 
 Pbospeeo, Capt. Wm. King, Pomone 38, Capt. 
 Robt. Barrie, by whom he appears to have been 
 often employed on cutting-out expeditions, and 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships 
 of Lords Gardner and Gambler. For his conduct 
 as Second in command of a fire-vessel at the de- 
 struction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, 
 11 April, 1809, Mr. Cririe, as above, was awarded a 
 commission immediately on passing his examination. 
 He had previously, however, been in charge also of 
 a gun-boat during the expedition to the Scheldt. 
 Being next appointed, 25 Nov. 1809, to the Croco- 
 dile 22, Capts. E. H. Columbine and John Rich. 
 Lumley, he served for a considerable time on the 
 coast of Africa; and while there commanded the 
 boats for the suppression of the slave traffic up the 
 different rivers until disabled by the yellow fever 
 in 1811. Removing with Capt. Lumley to the 
 Narcissus 32, as his First-Lieutenant, 29 June, 
 1812, we subsequently find him commanding the 
 boats on numerous occasions against the American 
 enemy ; from whom, on 24 Nov. 1812, he captured, 
 in face of a heavy discharge of grape and langridge, 
 and with a loss to the British of one man killed and 
 another wounded, the Joseph and Mart/, a dangerous 
 privateer, of 4 guns and 73 men, between Cuba and 
 St. Domingo* — and, on 12 June, 1813, the Surveyor 
 Revenue-cruizer, of 6 guns, pierced for 12, and 25 
 men, which he brought out from York River, in the 
 Chesapeake. The latter vessel, whose loss amounted 
 to 5 men wounded, was fully prepared for resistance, 
 and was protected from the shore by 4 field-pieces 
 and a body of mihtia. Before her surrender she 
 occasioned her assailants a loss of 3 men killed and 
 6 wounded, including Mr. Cririe himself, to whose 
 boat the slaughter was chiefly confihed.t This 
 officer invalided home from chronic rheumatism in 
 June, 1814 ; and has since been on half-pay. His 
 commission as Commander bears date 27 May, 1825. 
 
 CRISP. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 James Crisp entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1806, as 
 A.B., on board the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman; 
 in which frigate and, as Midshipman, in the Howe 
 store-ship, Capt. Edw. Killwicl^ he served at the 
 Cape of Good Hope, and in the Rio de la Plata, 
 until after the unsuccessful attempt made by 
 Lieut. - General Whitelocke on Buenos Ayres, in 
 July, 1807 . From the following Aug. until April, 
 "1814, he was employed under Lord Geo. Stuart in 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 88. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1813, p. 1577. 
 2 I 
 
242 
 
 CRISP-CRISPIN— CRISPO-CRISWICK. 
 
 the AiMABLE 32, and Hohatio 38 ; in the former 
 of which vessels he served at the blockade of the 
 Elbe, and assisted at the capture of L'Iris French 
 national-ship, of 24 guns and 110 men, after a short 
 running fight, 3 Feb. 1809. "While in the Horatio, 
 Mr. Crisp, who had attained the rating of Master's 
 Mate, routed, on 2 Aug. 1812, a party of small-arm 
 men on the coast of Norway, and then distinguished 
 himself, in command of one of four boats under 
 Lieut. Abraham Mills Hawkins, at the capture of a 
 Danish schooner and cutter, mounting 10 guns be- 
 tween them, which were not subdued until a san- 
 guinary combat had occasioned a loss to the British 
 of 9 men killed and 16 wounded, and to themselves 
 of 10 killed and 13 wounded.* He was immediately 
 afterwards appointed to an Acting-Lieutenancy in 
 the same ship ; and in that capacity he was present, 
 in Dec. following, at the reduction of the islands of 
 Schouwen and Tholen. During his attachment to 
 the Horatio, Mr. Crisp again visited the Cape of 
 Good Hope. He was confirmed in his present rank 
 3 March, 1S15; but has not since been afloat. 
 
 CRISP. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 John Crisp, bom 17 Aug. 1796, is son of the late 
 Kobt. Crisp, Esq., of Alnwick, co. Northumberland, 
 Adjutant of the Northumberland Militia. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1809, as 
 Sec.-cl. Boy, on board La Nymphe 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Josceline Percy ; with whom he continued to serve, 
 the greater part of the time in the Hotspur 36, 
 until Nov. 1815. While in the latter frigate, Mr. 
 Crisp was present, as Midshipman, 8 Sept. 1811, in 
 an attack made by Capt. Percy on seven of the 
 enemy's gun-brigs off Calvados, on which occasion 
 the HoTSPDR, having grounded, lay exposed for four 
 hours to a heavy fire from the vessels, a battery, 
 and some field-pieces, which inflicted on her a loss 
 of 5 men killed and 22 wounded. He also com- 
 manded a launch belonging to the same ship at the 
 reduction, in the summer of 1813, of a strong fort, 
 occupied by the French, on the north coast of Spain. 
 On leaving the Hotspur, Mr. Crisp passed his exa- 
 mination, and then joined the Inconstant 36, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the 
 coast of Africa^ where he served nearly two years, 
 and assisted, in the boats under Lieut. Geo. Har- 
 rison, at the outting-out of a slaver from beneath 
 the batteries of Prince's Island. In March, 1818, 
 he became Master's Mate of the Iphigenia 36, Capt. 
 Hyde Parker, in time to escort to Quebec the Duke 
 of Richmond, the new Governor-General of Canada ; 
 after which he appears to have been employed (un- 
 til confirmed in the rank he now holds, 21 May, 
 1823), as Admiralty-Midshipman and Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, on board the Severn 50, and Leander 60, 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Chas. Richardson, on 
 the Home station — ViGO 74, flag-ship at St. Helena 
 of Kear- Admiral Robt. Lambert — CyRENB 20, Capt. 
 Percy Grace— and Owen Glendowek 36, Commo- 
 dore Sir Robt. Mends, and Bann 20, Capt. Chas. 
 Phillips, both on the coast of Africa. He subse- 
 quently served on the Coast Blockade as Lieutenant 
 of the RamilIiIes 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, from Dec. 
 1825 to Feb. 1826 ; but was then superseded, in con- 
 sequence of ill health contracted on the coast of 
 Africa ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Crisp has been in the enjoyment, since 20 
 Feb. 1842, of 20Z. a^year, as a pension for wounds 
 received in the right leg and hand, during his at- 
 tachments to the Hotspur and Ramileies. He is 
 married. Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 CRISPIN. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 William Crispin, born 6 July, 1803, is son of 
 Capt. Benj. Crispin, R.N. (1813), who served as 
 Midshipman of the Orion 74, and Queen 98, in the 
 actions of Howe and Bridport — was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander for his conduct, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant of the C^SAR 80, on the occasion of Sir Rich. 
 Strachan's capture of the four line-of-battle ships 
 * rW«Gaz. 1818,p. 1710. 
 
 escaped from Trafalgar, 4 Nov. 1805— and died 7 
 March, 1836. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, (from the Royal 
 Naval College,) in Nov. 1818, as Midshipman, on 
 board the Hyperion 42, Capt. Thos. Seailo, in 
 which frigate he proceeded to South America. We 
 next find him serving, in the Channel and off New- 
 foundland, on board the Cameliow 10, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, and Ranger 26, Capt. Peter Fisher; 
 and afterwards in the West Indies, as Mate of the 
 Gloucester 74, Capt. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, 
 Lion schooner, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Hobson, 
 and Rattlesnake 26, Capt. Hugh Patton. In con- 
 sideration of his gallant services against the pirates 
 of Cuba when in the Lion, Mr. Crispin was re- 
 warded with a commission dated 4 Oct. 1825. After 
 serving some time in the Icarus 10, Capt. John 
 Geo. Graham, he was appointed to a station in the 
 Coast Guard 4 April, 1829, and subsequently in- 
 vested with the command — 22 March and 19 Sept. 
 1833, of the Rose and Swallow Revenue vessels— 
 30 July, 1835, again of a Coast Guard station— and, 
 25 March, 1837, of the Vulcan, a steam-cruizer. 
 For services rendered to the Revenue during that 
 period, Mr. Crispin was promoted to his present 
 rank 5 Jan. 1844. He has been in command, since 
 1 Jan. 1845, of the Victoria and Albert steam- 
 yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. 
 
 He married, 15 April, 1845, Caroline Busfeild 
 Ferrand, daughter of the late C. F. Busfeild, Esq., 
 of Cottinglay Bridge, co. York, and by that lady, 
 who died 13 Feb. 1846, had issue. Agents— Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 CRISPO. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.) 
 
 John William Crispo entered the Navy, 20 
 April, 1808, as Midshipman, on board the Little 
 Bei/t 18, Capt. John Crispo, and sailed for the coast 
 of Africa. Between May, 1809, and Aug. 1814, he 
 next served — on the Baltic, Halifax, and South 
 American stations— in the Ruby 64, Ca]^s. Robt. 
 Hall and Robt. Williams, Little Belt again. Swift- 
 sure 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase War- 
 ren, and Aquilon 32, Capts. Hon. Wm. Pakenham, 
 Wm. Bowles, and Jas. Boxer. He then joined the 
 Chatham 74, Capt. David Lloyd, stationed in the 
 Channel ; obtained his commission 8 March, 1815 ; 
 served on the Coast Blockade, from 20 Sept. 1825 
 until 1831, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Ramillies 74, and Hyperiom 42, Capts. Hugh Pigot 
 and Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and was appointed to & 
 station in the Coast Guard 5 April, 1831. He has 
 been on half-pay since 1835. 
 
 CRISWICK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 Charles Criswick entered the Navy, 17 March, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dreadnought 
 98, Capt. Edw. Rotheram, bearing the flag oft' Cadiz 
 of Vice- Admiral CoUingwood ; and, on accompany- 
 ing those officers into the Royal Sovereign 100, 
 took part in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. 
 In Nov. following he removed with Capt. Rotheram, 
 as Midshipman, to the Bellerophon 74, commanded 
 afterwards in the Baltic and North Sea by Capts. 
 Sara. Warren, Wm. Henry Dillon, and John Halsted, 
 with whom he continued until transferred, in Feb. 
 1811, to the Southampton, of 38 guns and 212 men, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. On 3 Feb. 1812, he as- 
 sisted at the capture of the Haytian frigate Am- 
 thyste, of 44 guns and 700 men, at the close of a 
 sharp contest, in which the enemy had 105 men 
 killed and 120 wounded, and the British only 1 man 
 kiUed and 10 wounded. The Southampton, after 
 making prize of the United States brig Vixen 14, 
 was eventually wrecked on a reef of rocks near 
 Conception island, 27 Nov. 1812. From May, 1813, 
 until Sept. 1814, Mr. Criswick appears to have been 
 next employed on the Canadian lakes in the capacity 
 of Acting-Lieutenant. In March of the latter year, 
 while commanding a division of gun-boats under 
 Capt. Dan. Pring, he co-operated with Major Hand- 
 cock in the defence of La Cole Mill, by forwarding 
 stores and landing guns, as also by effectually ob- 
 structing the passage of Geueral Wilkinson's army 
 
CRITCIIELL-CROCKER— CROFT-CROFTON. 
 
 243 
 
 across the river ;* and,' on 11 Sept. following, he 
 was on board the Confiance, of 37 guns and 270 
 men, Capt. Geo. Downie, when that ship and seve- 
 ral others were taken beneath the hostile batteries 
 of Plattsburgh, on Lake Champlain, by a greatly 
 superior American squadron under Commodore 
 Macdonough, on which occasion the loss of the 
 Confiance amounted to 41 killed, including Capt. 
 Downie, and 60 wounded. Mr. Criswick, whose 
 commission is dated 9 March, 1815, has not since 
 been employed. 
 
 Me is married, and has issue. 
 
 CEITCHELL. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 24; 
 H-P., 14.) 
 ■WiLI-iAM Cbitchell entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caledonia 120, 
 Capt. Wm. Bedford, flag-ship afterwards of Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale, whom he followed, as Mid- 
 shipman, in 1811, into the Boyne 98. From 1812 
 until July, 1816, this officer, who had been hitherto 
 employed in the Channel, served with Capt. Phipps 
 Hornby of the Stag and Spartan frigates, on the 
 Cape of Good Hope and Mediterranean stations ; 
 after which he became attached, as Admiralty Mid- 
 shipman, to the Martin 16, Capt. Andrew Mitchell, 
 off Cork, and Iphigenia 36, Capts. John Tancock 
 and Hyde Parker, under the latter of whom, in 
 1818, he escorted to Quebec the Duke of Rich- 
 mond, then recently appointed Governor-General 
 of Canada. He was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Confiance, Capt. Alex. Montgomerie, on the 
 West India station, 14 Oct. 1819; and afterwards 
 appointed— 11 Sept. 1824, to the Esk 20, Capt. Wm. 
 Jardine Purchas, off the coast of Africa — 3 July, 
 1834, as First, to the Woif 18, Capt. Edw. Stanley, 
 in the East Indies— 15 April, 1836, to a station in 
 the Coast Guard— 16 Dec. 1837, and 27 June, 1839, 
 again as Senior Lieutenant, to the Electra 18, 
 Capts. Wm. Preston and Edw. Keeves Philip Main- 
 waring, and President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, 
 on the South American station — and, 1 March, 1843, 
 and 16 Nov. 1844, in a similar capacity, to the Hecla 
 steam-sloop, Capt. John Dufflll, and Bonetta sur- 
 veying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, both 
 employed in the Mediterranean. Since the attain- 
 ment of his present rank, 9 Nov. 1846, Commander 
 Critchell has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 23 Feb. 1830, Fanny, youngest 
 daughter of the late T. Croft, Esq., by whom he 
 has issue. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 CROCKER. (LiECT., 1812. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 6.) 
 
 Henry Crocker entered the Navy, 12 July, 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt. 
 Geo. Burlton, on the Home station ; and, on re- 
 moving to the Resolution 74, attained the rating 
 of Midshipman 2 July, 1806, and was present, under 
 the same officer, at the bombardment of Copen- 
 hagen in 1807. In 1808 he joined the Trident 64, 
 Capt. Campbell, in the Mediterranean, where he 
 appears to have been successively transferred, until 
 Sept. 1810, to the Kingfisher 18, Capt. Hepenstall, 
 Tiieodosia, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Younger, and 
 Ganymede 26, Capt. Robt. Cathcart. From May, 
 1811, until promoted, 7 Feb. 1812, he next served 
 in the West Indies on board the Arethusa 38, 
 bearing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Chas. Stirling, 
 and Polyphemus 64, Capt. Peter John Douglas, in 
 which latter ship he returned to England. Being 
 then appointed to the Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stir- 
 ling, he visited Hudson's Bay, and again the West 
 Indies, on his arrival home from which station he 
 was paid off in Sept. 1815. Mr. Crocker (who sub- 
 sequently joined, 11 Feb. 1818, the Grasshopper 
 18, Capt. Henry Forbes) obtained an appointment 
 in the Coast Guard 29 March, 1820 ; and, since his 
 resignation of that office in 1833, has been succes- 
 sively invested with the command — 18 March, 1834, 
 of the Wickham revenue-cutter — 22 June, 1836, 
 again of a Coast Guard station — 4 Sept. 1838, of 
 the Wickham again— 22 March, 1839, of the Syrian 
 * rirfeGaz.lSU, p. 1366. 
 
 packet, on the Falmouth station— 27 Feb. 1843, once 
 more of a station in the Coast Guard — and, 20 June 
 following, and 29 Jan. 1844, of the Shamrock and 
 Prince Albert, other revenue-vessels, in the latter 
 of which he is at present serving, 
 
 CKOFT. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henry Croft is third son of Rear- Admiral Croft. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 Feb. 1828 ; passed 
 his examination 7 Feb. 1833 ; and was serving on 
 the North America and West India station, as Mate 
 of the Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Keele, when pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841. 
 He was afterwards appointed, 15 July and 23 Dec. 
 1842, to the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. 
 C. B. Owen, and Scout 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Robt. 
 Drummond, both on the Mediterranean station, 
 whence he returned home and was paid off in the 
 summer of 1845. Since 11 June, 1846, Mr. Croft has 
 been employed, latterly in the Mediterranean, as 
 First of the Crocodile 8, Capt. Geo. Lowe, and 
 Spartan 22, Capt. Thos. Matt. Chas. Symonds. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 CROFT. (Reak-Admiral of the White, 1841. 
 F-p., 12 ; H-p., 40.) 
 
 William Croft, born in April, 1782, is second 
 son of the late Stephen Croft, Esq., of Stiltington 
 Hall, CO. York ; and brother of Col. Harry Croft, 
 now of StilUngton, a magistrate and deputy-heu- 
 tenant for that county. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 36, Capt. Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds. In April, 1796, he assisted, in 
 company VTith the Indefatigable 46, Capt. Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, at the capture of V Unite, of 38, and 
 La Virffinie, of 44 guns ; and, on 14 Jan. 1797, he was 
 wrecked and taken prisoner, near Isle Bas, at the 
 close of a gallant action of 10 hours with Les Droits 
 de I'Hamme 74, on which occasion the Amazon, 
 whose consort in the engagement had again been the 
 Indefatigable, sustained a loss of 3 men killed 
 and 15 wounded. On being released Mr. Croft, 
 in 1797, joined, as Midshipman, the Centaur 74, 
 Capt. John Markham, under whom he took part 
 in the reduction of Minorca, in Nov. 1798. Be- 
 coming subsequently attached to the Foudro- 
 YANT 80, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, he at- 
 tended the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, where he 
 served on shore with the naval brigade, and was 
 present at the capitulation of Alexandria. He was 
 confirmed, 22 Deo. in the same year, to a Lleute- 
 nantcy in the Success 32, Capt. Geo. Burlton ; and 
 being paid off at the peace, was next successively 
 appointed, in the course of 1803, to the Revolu- 
 TIONNAIRE 44, Capt. Walter Lock, Camel store- 
 ship, Capt. John Ayscough, and Hercole 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. After wit- 
 nessing the unfortunate attack on Curajoa he was 
 promoted to the command of the Vigilante sloop, 
 8 May, 1804. Invaliding, however, in the following 
 August, he did not again go afloat until appointed, 
 4 Feb. 1807, to the Alacrity 18. For his services 
 during the subsequent operations against Copen- 
 hagen, Capt. Croft was elevated to Post-rank, by 
 commission dated 13 Oct. 1807. From Aug. 1810, 
 until Dec. 1813, he further officiated as regulating 
 officer at Hull. Unable to procure employment, he 
 has since been on half-pay. His advancement to 
 Flag-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Croft is Treasurer of the North 
 Riding of Yorkshire. He married, in March, 1805, 
 Harriet, eldest daughter of the late HaU Plumer, 
 Esq., of Hockton Hall, co. York, and niece of Sir 
 Thos. Plumer, Master of the Rolls, by whom he has 
 issue ten children. His third son, Henry, is a Lieu- 
 tenant R.N. ; and his youngest daughter, Marianne, 
 the wife of Capt. Geo. Joseph Huband, late of the 
 8th Hussars. 
 
 CEOFTON. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 29). 
 The Honourable George Alfred Croiton, born 
 
 'd ^^®^,v'4 *''"'^ ^°° °^ **"' '"*« Sir Edw. Crofton, 
 Bart., M.P., Colonel of the Roscommon Militia, by 
 
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244 
 
 CROFTON— CROKE. 
 
 Anne, only daughter and heir of Thos. Croker, 
 Esq., of Baxtogon, co. Kildare, who was created a 
 Baroness in her own right, 1 Dec. 1797. He is 
 brother of Capt. Hon. Wm. Gorges Crofton, of the 
 Coldstream regiment of Foot Guards, who was killed 
 in action at Bayonne, 14 April, 1814; brother-in- 
 law of General Sir Peregrine Maitland, and of Com- 
 mander Jas. Caulfeild, B..N. ; and uncle of the pre- 
 sent Lord Crofton. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1798, as 
 a Volunteer, on hoard the Prince 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Larcom, successively flag-ship in the Mediterranean 
 ond Channel of Sir Roger Curtis and Sir Chas. 
 Cotton. While next serving, as Midshipman, in 
 the Tkiton and Medusa frigates, both commanded 
 by Capt. John Gore, he took part, between May, 
 1801, and May, 1804 in an attack made by Lord 
 Nelson on the Boulogne flotilla. Soon after his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 10 Oct. 1804, Mr. Crofton was appointed to 
 the Cambrian 40, Capt. John Poo Beresford, on 
 the Halifax station, in command of the barge be- 
 longing to which frigate he distinguished himself 
 at the capture, 13 June, 1805, of the Spanish priva- 
 teer Maricu, of 14 guns and 60 men. He obtained, 
 24 June, 1806, the acting-command of the Oeser- 
 VATEDR brig, in the "West Indies, where, after wit- 
 nessing the surrender, in the Mulgrave sloop, of 
 the Danish Islands, he was confirmed, 9 Feb. 1808, 
 to the Demerara, another sloop, and appointed, 
 in the course of the same year, to the Fawn 18. in 
 which vessel we find him assisting at the reduction 
 of Marie-galante and Martinique, and taking, 11 Oct. 
 1810, Le Temeraire privateer, of 10 guns, 6 large 
 swivels, and 35 men. Capt. Crofton, whose Post- 
 commission bears date 1 Feb. 1812, afterwards 
 joined — 11 Aug. 1813, the Dictator troop-ship, in 
 which he participated in the attacks upon Baltimore 
 and New Orleans, and in other operations on the 
 coast of America — 4 Feb. 1815, the Narcissus 32, 
 employed on the same station, whence he returned 
 in May, 1816— and, 24 July, 1826, the Dryad 42. 
 He came home from the Mediterranean in 1829, 
 and has not since been afloat. 
 
 . Capt. Crofton, during the war, received an hono- 
 rary reward from the Patriotic Society. 
 
 CROFTON. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 12; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Hekrt Robert Crofton is fifth son of Duke 
 Crofton, Esq., of Lakefield, co. Leitrim, a Magis- 
 trate and Deputy-Lieutenant ; and brother of "Wm. 
 Crofton, Esq., Surgeon R.N. (1846), now attached 
 to the Penelope steam frigate. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1834, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the AcT.a;0N 26, Capt. Lord 
 Edw. Kussell, with whom he served on the South 
 American station until March, 1838. In the follow- 
 ing summer he sailed for the East Indies as Mid- 
 shipman of the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, and 
 there removed, in Nov. 1840, to the Modeste 18, 
 Capts. Harry Eyres and Rundle Purges Watson. 
 Participating afterwards in the various operations 
 connected with the war in China, Mr, Croftoii 
 landed at the storming of the enemy's works below 
 ■Wiampoa Reach, mounting 54 pieces of cannon, 
 27 Feb. 1841*— was present, 13 and 16 March fol- 
 lowing, at the capture of a fort and rafts near the 
 Canton entrance of the Macao passage, and in the 
 boats under Commander Thos. Jordaine Clarke at 
 the taking of Canton f — commanded, as Mate, the 
 Modeste's pinnace at the reduction of Chinghae, 
 10 Oct. in the same year J — assisted in towing four 
 fire-rafts clear of the shipping off Ningpo, in an 
 attack made by the Chinese 10 March, 1842 §— and, 
 on 15 of the same month, and 18 May and 16 June 
 ensuing, served on shore under Capt. Thos. Bour- 
 chier, in the assault on the enemy's encamped hill 
 of Segoan, and at the capture of Tze-kee and Cha^ 
 poo, and of the batteries at Woosung.|| He ob- 
 tained in consequence a commission dated 23 Dec. 
 1842; and has since been appointed, 2 Feb. and 
 
 • FideGM. 1841,p. lani. + r.Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505. 
 J V. Gaz. 1842, p. 397. ^ V. Gaz. 1842, p. 2388. 
 
 II f'. Gaz. 1842, pp. 2391, 3694, 3400. 
 
 26 Aug. 1844, to the Tortoise store-ship, Capt. 
 Wm. Finlaison, and Prometheds eteam-sloop, Capt. 
 John Hay— and, 28 July, 1843, to the Alert 6, 
 Capts. Chas. John Bosanquet and Wm. Ellis, all 
 stationed on the coast of Africa, where he is at 
 present employed. 
 
 CROFTON. (LiEOT., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 Morgan Crofton, bom in 1793, is brother of 
 Lieut. Thos. Crofton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 18 
 Nov. 1805; and embarked, in Dec. 1808, as A.B., 
 on board the St. Albans 64, Capts. Eras. Wm. 
 Austen and Edw. Brace, in which ship he sailed 
 with convoy for China; on his return whence in 
 
 1810, he served for 11 months at the defence of 
 Cadiz, and was employed landing troops previous 
 to the battle of Barrosa. On removing, in Jime, 
 
 1811, to the PoiCTiERS 74, Capt. John Poo Beres- 
 ford, he cruized for some time in the North Sea, 
 and then proceeded to America ; where he attended 
 an expedition up the Potomac in 1813, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Diomede troop-ship, Capt. Chas. 
 Montague Fabian. He eventually returned to the 
 PoiCTiERS in the latter capacity; and on 11 April, 
 1814, was confirmed into the Goliath 74, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland. His last appointment was, 
 16 Sept. following, to the Duncan 74, fitting for the 
 flag of Sir J. P. Beresford, with whom he came 
 home from the Brazils in 1815. Lieut. Crofton has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 He married, in 1818, the second daughter of Col. 
 O'Hara, of Ballymany ; and has issue six children. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CROFTON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Stephen Smith Lowther Crofton entered the 
 Navy 6 Nov. 1831 ; passed his examination 22 June, 
 1838 ; and on proceeding afterwards to China, as Mate 
 of the Wellesley 72, Commodore Sir Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer, was pi^sent in action with the 
 batteries and defences of Amoy, 26 Aug. 1841,* and 
 commanded the ship's pinnace at the reduction of 
 Ching-hae 10 Oct. following, f He obtained his com- 
 mission 7 Jan. 1842 ; served from 6 April, 1843, until 
 paid off' in 1845, as Additional Lieutenant, in the 
 Devastation steam-sloop, Capts. Hastings Reginald 
 Henry and Wm. Hewgill Kitchen, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station ; and since the latter date has been 
 unemployed. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CROFTON. (Lieut., 1821. r-p.,16; h-p., 20.) 
 Thomas Crofton is brother of Lieut. Morsan 
 Crofton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 
 March, 1811 ; and embarked, 11 March, 1814, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. 
 Wm. Austen, lying at Spithead. He next served, 
 for nearly two years, on the coast of Africa, as 
 Midshipman of the Ariel 16, Capt. Dan. Boss; 
 was afterwards employed, from 1816 to 1819, in the 
 Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacrea, off Newfound- 
 land and in the Channel ; and then proceeded to 
 the East Indies on board the Leander 50, Capt. 
 Chas. Richardson, where he was promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Topazk 46, Capt. John Rich. 
 Lumley, 9 Nov. 1821. He was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 11 March, 1823, to the Prince Recent 120, 
 flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Ri"ch. Moorsom— and, 18 
 March, 1826, to the North Star 28, Capt. Septimus 
 Arabin, whom he accompanied to the coast of Africa. 
 He invalided in 1827 ; and has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 CROKE. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 39 ; h-p., 10.) 
 
 Wentworth Parsons Croke has lost three bro- 
 thers in the service of their country— John Augus- 
 tus, who died, in 1840, First Lieutenant of H.M.S. 
 Ocean 80— George, FirstLieutenant R.A., who was 
 killed at the capture of Guadeloupe— and James, 
 who died while serving in India, as Captain in H.M. 
 49th Regiment. 
 
 • Vide Ga^. 1842, p. 82. f y, Gaz. 1842, p. 397. 
 
CROKER— CROLE— CROO K E. 
 
 245 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kahgakoo 18, Capts. 
 Edw. Brace and Geo. Christopher PuUing ; and, 
 between that period and the year 1801, saw much 
 active service on the Irish and Mediterranean sta^ 
 tions, including the expedition to Egypt and the 
 capture of a fort and convoy at Oropesa. He then 
 joined, as Midshipman, La CARKiRE frigate, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, under whom he continued, 
 in the Loire and Volontaire 38's, and Emerald 
 36, until 1807. During that period Mr. Croke as- 
 sisted at the capture, 16 March and 17 Aug. 1804, 
 of the French privateers Sraave of 16, and (after a 
 running fight of 15 minutes) Blonde of 30 guns ; was 
 under fire of the batteries in MurosBay, when they 
 were gallantly stormed and carried, and the pri- 
 vateers Confiance and Belier taken, by the boats 
 under Lieut, the late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 
 1805 ; aided, on 25 of the same month, in capturing 
 another privateer, Le Vaiilant, of force similar to 
 the BUrnde^ was in company, 24 Dec. following, 
 with L'Egtptienne frigate, at the capture, after an 
 obstinate resistance, of La Libre of 40 guns ; and 
 conveyed, in July, 1806, to Sir Kich. Keats, off 
 L'Orient, intelligence which led to the capture of 
 Le Rldn of 44 guns. On his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, which took place 14 March, 1807, 
 Mr. Croke assumed command of the Chub schooner ; 
 and, after assisting at the reduction of Mar- 
 tinique, he was removed to thai of the Shamrock 
 10, which vessel he had the misfortune to lose, 
 on Cape St. Maria, 25 Feb. 1811. We subse- 
 quently find him appointed — 2 Sept. 1811, to the 
 Kotal Wiluam, Capts. Robt. Hall and Geo. Fowke, 
 guard-ship at Spithead — 10 July, 1812, as First, to 
 the Crocodile 28, Capt. Wm. Elliott, on the Guern- 
 sey station — 4 Aug. 1812, in a similar capacity, to 
 the San Domingo 74, flag-ship on the coast of North 
 America of Sir John Borlase Warren — 28 Feb. 1813, 
 and 22 April, 1817, to the command of the Canso 
 schooner, and Pigmy cutter, in the former of which 
 he won the thanks of Rear- Admiral Geo. Cockbum 
 for his services on the coast of Georgia, where he 
 witnessed the capture of St. Mary's — 7 April, 1823, 
 to the Astrea, Capt. Wm. King — and, 24 Nov. 
 1823, 31 July, 1833, and 31 Jan. 1836, to the succes- 
 sive command of the Emulous, Pandora, and Ex- 
 press packets, on the Falmouth station. His atten- 
 tion during that period to the British and native in- 
 habitants of different places he visited procured him 
 their thanks and a memorial in his favour to the 
 Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Mr. Croke 
 resigned command of the Express in 1840, for the 
 purpose of attending to private matters of import- 
 ance ; and has not since been afloat. We should 
 have noticed that, when in the San Domingo, this 
 officer was successively appointed by Sir John B. 
 Warren to the command of the Kangaroo and Co- 
 LiBRi sloops ; which appointments, however, owing 
 to some informality, were not confirmed. 
 
 He married Mary, daughter of John Smith, Esq., 
 of Falmouth, by whom he has issue four sons and 
 four daughters. 
 
 CROKER. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 25.) 
 Charles Crokek is sixth son of the late Edw. 
 Croker, Esq., of Ballynagarde, co. Limerick, by 
 Margaret Anne, youngest daughter of Rich> Hare, 
 Esq., and sister of William, first Earl of Listowel. 
 He is brother of Lieut.-Colonels Rich, and Wm. 
 Croker, and of the late Albert Croker, who died 
 First-Lieutenant of the Cambrian frigate in Jan. 
 1826. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1805, as 
 Fst-ol. Vol., on board the Topaze 38, Capt. Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake, on the Cork station ; removed, 
 with the same Captain, in Feb. 1807, as Midship- 
 man, to the Gibraltar 80, part of the Channel 
 fleet ; and, in April following, joined the Alceste 
 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, in the Mediterranean. 
 He was present in Deo. of the same year at the 
 surrender of Madeira to the British ; served as a 
 Volunteer in the boats, with Lieut. Allan Stewart, 
 
 at the capture, 4 April, 1808, of seven Spanish tar- 
 tans, under the very muzzles of the guns in the 
 batteries at Rota; contributed to the destruction 
 of several vessels and martello-towers on the coast 
 of Italy in May, 1809 ; witnessed, in June of the 
 same year, the reduction of the islands of Ischia 
 and Procida ; landed, while in company with the 
 Belle Poule 38, and aided in destroying, 5 May, 
 1811, a French national brig lying in the harbour of 
 Parenza, and defended by a galling cross-fire from 
 two batteries;* and, independently of other im- 
 portant and hazardous services, bore a part, 29 
 Nov. 1811, in an action of 2 hours and 20 minutes, 
 fought with consummate gallantry, between the 
 Alceste and the Active 38, on one side, and the 
 French 40-gun frigates Pauline and Pomone on the 
 other, which terminated in the capture, of the Po- 
 mone and escape of the Pauline^ after a loss had 
 been occasioned to the Alceste of 7 men killed 
 and 13 wounded. Returning home in the autumn 
 of 1812, Mr. Croker joined the Clarence 74, Capt. 
 Henry Vansittart; and, while next commanding a 
 gun-boat on Lake Ontario, he was created a Lieu- 
 tenant 17 Dec. 1814. He invalided home in March, 
 1815 ; and was subsequently appointed — 8 Aug. 1818, 
 to the Redwing 18, fitting for the St. Helena station 
 — 14 Sept. 1821, to the Carnation 18, Capt. John 
 Edw. Walcott, in which sloop he proceeded to Ja- 
 maica — and, 19 Feb. 1824, as First Lieutenant, to 
 the Icards 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham. On 20 
 Aug. following Mr. Croker took command of a hired 
 Spanish launch and of the boats of the Icards, and 
 was officially praised for the judicious and spirited 
 manner in which he captured, off the Havana, a 
 large piratical schooner called the Diableto, mount- 
 ing 6 guns, and manned with about 50 men.f He 
 was promoted, 4 Oct. 1825, to the command of the 
 Bellette 18 ; and, since his return to England in 
 1826, has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, in 1830, Miss M. Crowe, of Byblix, 
 CO. Cork, and has issue. 
 
 CEOLE. (Captain, 1828. r-p., 18; h-p., 23.) 
 
 Charles Ceole is a relative of the late Earl of 
 Egremont, Captain R. N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Chiffonne 36, Capt. 
 John Wainwright, in which frigate he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in Aug. 1807, and served, on 
 the Mediterranean and East India stations, until 
 Aug. 1811. In Nov. 1809 we find him participating 
 in an attack on the pirates of the Persian Gulf, 
 where the town of Ras-al-Khyma, their principal 
 stronghold, together with all the shipping in the 
 port, and a considerable quantity of naval stores, 
 was set on fire and destroyed. IJntU the receipt 
 of his first commission, 20 Oct. 1813, Mr. Cole fur- 
 ther served on the Home station on board the San 
 Josef 110, successive flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton 
 and Lord Keith, and Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. 
 Wm. Hotham. His next appointments appear to 
 have been— 2/ Nov. 1813, to the Rodney 74, bear- 
 ing the flag off Lisbon of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin 
 —5 Aug. 1814, to the Araxes 38, Capt. Geo. Miller 
 Bligh, fitting for the West Indies — and, 20 Nov. 
 1817, to the Sybille 48, in which ship he ofSciated 
 as Flag-Lieutenant, on the latter station, to Sir 
 Home Popham and- Sir Chas. Rowley. He assumed 
 command, 6 May, 1822, of the Icards sloop, and 
 removing, 19 July following, to the Surinam 18, 
 continued in the West Indies until 1825. His last 
 appointment was, 9 Nov. 1827, to the Columbine 
 18, on the Halifax station, where he attained Post- 
 rank 26 Jan. 1828. Since that date Capt. Crole 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 CEOOKE. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 12: 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Charles Henry Crooke entered the Royal 
 Naval Academy 2 Jan. 1801; and embarked, in 
 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Ph(ebe 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, in a boat belonging to 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1547. f V. Gaz. 1825, p. 1. 
 
246 
 
 CROOKE. 
 
 which ship he appears to have been wounded in an 
 attack made on a French brig-of-war in the Medi- 
 terranean in 1805. After participating, as we be- 
 lieve, in the battle of Trafalgar, he proceeded to 
 the West Indies as Master's Mate of the Alligator 
 28, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and on becoming attached, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Circe 32, Capt. Fras. 
 Augustus Collier, took command of her boats, 12 
 Dec. 1808, and made a most heroic — though unsuc- 
 cessful — dash at an enemy's corvette, Le Cygne^ of 
 16 guns, protected, near St. Pierre, Martinique, by 
 four batteries and a considerable body of troops, 
 with field-pieces, assembled on the beach. Out of 
 68 men who had been detached on this service, the 
 British lost 9 killed and 21 wounded, and 26 missing, 
 making in the whole 56, inclusive of Mr. Crooke 
 himself, who was badly wounded in four places.* 
 The subject of this sketch, whose gallantry on the 
 occasion was rewarded by a commission signed 9 
 Jan. 1809, remained in the Circe, under the com- 
 mand of Capt. Pigot, until 1810, when he invalided. 
 On 27 Sept. 1811, he next joined the Medusa 32, 
 Capt. Hon. Suncombe Pleydell Bouverie ; and, on 
 the night of 4 June, 1812, he served in the biiats 
 under Lieut. Josiah Thompson at the capture and 
 destruction, in the harbour of Arcasson, of La 
 Dorade, of 14 guns and 86 men, after a desperate 
 struggle, in which the assailants had 5 men wounded, 
 and the enemy, who had hailed the latter in their 
 approach, and were in every way prepared for the 
 attack, 63 lulled and drowned. Lieut. Crooke's 
 last appointment was, 3 Jan. 1814, to the Presi- 
 dent frigate, Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald 
 Duff, on the Irish station. He attained his present 
 rank 30 Aug. 1815, and has since been on half-pay. 
 Commander Crooke was awarded, 16 Feb. 1816, 
 a pension of 150i. for his wounds; previously to 
 which he had been presented with gratuities from 
 the Patriotic Fund. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CROOKE. (LrouT., 1814. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 38.) 
 
 James Crooke entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1796, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Diana 38, Capt. Jona- 
 than Faulknor, employed off the coast of Ireland, 
 where he assisted at the capture of several French 
 privateers. Between March, 1798, and Aug. 1802, 
 he next served, on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations, as Midshipman of the Koyal George 100, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Bridport, and Anson 44, 
 Capt. Philip Chas. Durham. Being appointed, 8 
 May, 1804, to a Lieutenancy in the Cleopatra of 
 38 guns and 200 men, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, he 
 was present when that vessel was captured, after a 
 brilliant and self-sought action of nearly three 
 hours, and a loss of 20 men killed and 38 wounded, 
 including himself, by the French frigate Ville de 
 Milan^ of 46 guns and 350 men, 10 of whom appear 
 to have been slain, 17 Feb. 1805.t The latter ship, 
 however, was herself taken, with her prize, on 23 
 of the same month, by the Leander 50, Capt. 
 John Talbot; and, being added to the British Navy 
 as the 38-gun frigate Milan, was commissioned by 
 Sir R. Laurie, under whose orders Mr. Crooke con- 
 tinued until May, 1806. He then joined the Belle- 
 isle 80, Capt. Wm. Hargood, in which he beheld 
 the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74- 
 gun ship Impe'tueiix, 14 Sept. following. From 
 April, 1807, to April, 1809, he was afterwards on 
 board the Niobe 40, Capt. John Wentworth Loring, 
 off Cork ; and in Feb. 1813, he joined the Diomede 
 troop ship, Capt. Chas. Montague Fabian, employed 
 on the coast of North America. Lieut. Crooke, 
 the date of whose commission was subsequently 
 altered for some reason to 15 Oct. 1814, has not 
 been afloat since that period. In consideration of 
 the wound above alluded to, he was presented with 
 a sum of money by the Committee of the Patriotic 
 Fund at Lloyd's. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 CROOKE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Ledlie Cbooke entered the Navy, 10 
 
 Deo. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Fl^che 18, 
 •. Vide Ga-i. 1809, p. 146. -j- f. Gaz. 1805, p. 642. 
 
 Capt. Thos. "White, whom he subsequently followed, 
 as Midshipman, into the Ariel 18, St. George 98, 
 and Rdey 64, on the Channel and Baltic stations. 
 In Feb. 1811, he joined the Vanguard 74, Capt. 
 Henry Rich. Glynn ; and removing, next, to the 
 Dictator 64, Capts. Robt. Williams and Jas. Pat- 
 tison Stewart, commanded a boat at the cutting out 
 of a schooner and other vessels from under a heavy 
 fire in the Baltic. On 6 July, 1812, being in com- 
 pany with the Calvpso 18, we find the Dictator 
 gallantly effecting the capture and destruction, 
 within the rocks of Mardoe, on the Norway coast, 
 of a whole Danish sqnadron, consisting of the 
 Nayadm of 48 guns, the LdUmd, Samsoe, and Kiel 
 sloops, and several gun-boats, after a long contest, 
 which occasioned a Toss to the British 64 of 5 men 
 killed and 24 wounded, and to the Danes of 300 
 killed and wounded. Until the conclusion of hos- 
 tilities, Mr. Crooke was next employed, in succes- 
 sion, on board the Shamrock 18, Capt. Andrew 
 Pellet Green, stationed in the Channel — Vigo 74, 
 flag-ship in the Baltic of Rear-Admiral Graham 
 Moore — Glodcesteb 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, 
 whom he accompanied with convoy to the Leeward 
 Islands — and Prince Regent 56, and St. Lawrence 
 98, bearing each the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario, where he took 
 part in many active operations. Since the receipt 
 of his commission, 13 March, 1815, the subject of 
 this notice has been on half-pay. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 
 CROOKE. (Commander, 1846. r-p., 31 ; h-p., 7.) 
 William Crooke entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1809, 
 as a Supernumerary, on board the Clorinde 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Briggs ; and from July following until 
 Feb. 1811, served in the East Indies as Midshipman 
 of the Samarang 20, and Blanche 38, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Rich. Spencer, under whom he 
 assisted, in the Samarang, at the capture, in 1810, 
 of the Dutch islands of Amboyna, Saparona^ Naso- 
 Laut, and Pulo-Ay, and of the Dutch national brig 
 Secndeurf laden with money and stores for the 
 latter place. Until the peace he next served, in 
 the Channel and again in India, on board the Dio- 
 mede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, and Theban 36, and 
 CoRNVTALLis 74, each under the command of Capt. 
 Stephen Thos. Digby ; after which we find him suc- 
 cessively joining the Doncan 74, flag-ship at the 
 Brazils of Sir John Poo Beresford, Harrier 18, 
 Capt. Sir Chas. Thos. Jones, on the Halifax station, 
 Camelion brig, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, in the 
 Channel, and Leander 50, flag-ship of Hon. Sir 
 Henry Blackwood, on the East India station, where 
 he was promoted, from the Acting-Mastership of 
 the Dauntless, Capt. Geo. Cornish Gambler, to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Satellite 18, Capt. Mark John 
 Currie, 9 Jan. 1823. He returned to England with 
 the latter officer in 1824, on board the Asia 84; and 
 was next appointed— 9 June, 1828, as First, to the 
 Falcon 10, Capts. John Pole and Henry Griffith 
 Colpoys, at the Cape of Good Hope— 2 Oct. follow- 
 ing, and 29 March, 1832, to the Ranger 28, Capt. 
 Wm. Walpole, and Winchester 52, Capt. Lord 
 Wm. Paget, both in the West Indies— 29 Oct. and 
 31 Deo. 1832, 3 Jan. 1834, and 18 Aug. 1838, to the 
 command of the Speedwell, Pincheb, Nautilus, 
 and Peterel, on the Jamaica, Lisbon, Mediterra- 
 nean, and Falmouth stations— and, 9 April, 1845, 
 again as First-Lieutenant, to the Queen 110, flag- 
 ship at Devonport of Sir John West. Since the 
 date of his last promotion, 15 Jan. 1846, Commander 
 Crooke has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, in 1840, Eliza Keelir, eldest daughter 
 of W. Vice, Esq., of Truro, co. Cornwall. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CROOKE. (LiEDT., 1815. F-p., 8; h-p., 31.) 
 William Boyle Crooke is fourth and youngest 
 
 son of the late William Crooke, Esq., of Ahavrin, 
 
 CO. Cork. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Feb. 1808, as a 
 
 Volunteer, on board the Virago 13, Lieut.-Com- 
 
CROSBIE- CROSBY- GROTTY— CROUCH. 
 
 247 
 
 inander 'Wm. Bobt. Ashley Pettman; and on re- 
 moving to the Kaven 16, Capts. John Martin 
 Hanchett and George Gustavus Lennock, attended 
 the expedition to the Waloheren in Aug. 1809, and 
 was for four hours on one occasion in destructive 
 contact with the batteries of Cadsand and Flushing. 
 In March, 1811, he joined the Botnb 98, bearing 
 the ilag in the Channel of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 
 to whom he acted for nearly two years as Signal 
 Mate ; after which he proceeded to North America 
 with Capt. J. M. Hanchett, in the Diadem armee 
 en fivte^ and co-operated in the attack on Craney 
 Island and the town of Hampton, 22 and 26 June, 
 1813. He had the good fortune, about the same 
 period, to rescue from a watery grave an officer and 
 three men belonging to the San Domingo. Until 
 the receipt of his commission, which bears date 7 
 March, 1815, Mr. Crooke further served, on the 
 Halifax, Irish, and West India stations, on board 
 the Nakcissos 32, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, Spab- 
 TAN 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, and Orontes 
 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane. He has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 a Grand Dignitary of the order of the Southerh 
 Cross. Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 CEOSBIE. (LlECT., 1828. F-P., 15; H-P., 13.) 
 
 John Gustavus^Cbosbie is third son of the late 
 General Sir John Crosbie, G.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1819, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the liEANDEB 50, Capt. Chas. 
 Kichardson, fitting for the flag of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Blackwood, Commander-in-Chief in the East In- 
 dies, where he served, a great part of the period as 
 Midshipman, until the close of 1822. He was after- 
 wards employed for some time in the Tkinculo 18, 
 Capt. liodney Shannon, on the coast of Ireland ; 
 passed hjs examination 2 Nov. 1825 ; and in 1826 
 returned to India as Mate of the Java 52, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He there served, 
 from 22 Feb. 1828, to 27 March, 1829, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, on board the Champion 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Delme, and Pandora 18, Capts. Wm. Clarke Jer- 
 voise and Hon. John Fred. Gordon ; and being then 
 confirmed by commission dated back to 28 May, 
 1828, was subsequently appointed — 25 April, 1831, 
 to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. Graham — and, 
 22 Nov. 1836, to the Cabysport 26, Capt. Henry 
 Byam Martin, respectively employed on the South 
 American and Mediterranean stations. He has 
 been on half-pay since Nov. 1838. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 CROSBY, K.T.S., G.S.C. (Lieutenant, 1815. 
 r-P., 9 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Sackvili.e Crosby entered the Navy, 6 
 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Howe 
 store-ship, Capt. Edw. Killwick, in which he sailed 
 for the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to the Rio 
 de la Plata. Joining, there, the Leoa 38, Capt. 
 Kobt. Honyman, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the 
 capture of Monte Video and the unsuccessful at- 
 tack made on Buenos Ayies in Feb. and July, 1807 ; 
 after which, on his return to Europe, he assisted at 
 the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. following, 
 and was wrecked, near the entrance of Milford 
 Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. Until the receipt of his com- 
 mission, 1 Feb. 1815, Mr. Crosby appears to have 
 been further employed, on the Home, Lisbon, Me- 
 diterranean, American, and West India stations, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Goshawk 
 sloop, Capt. Alex. Innes, Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord 
 Wm. Stuart and Geo. Digby, Superb 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Paget, Terpsichore 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Bowen Mends, Swiftsube 74, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Webley, and Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip 
 Chas. Durham. While in the Lavinia, we find 
 him present at the forcing of the passage between 
 the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand, 11 Aug. 
 1809, and next engaged at the defence of Cadiz in 
 1811-12. He has not been officially employed since 
 his return home from the West Indies in 1815. 
 
 Lieut. Crosby is, by royal licence, an officer of 
 the Portuguese order of tlio Tower and Sword, and 
 
 GROTTY. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18; h-p., 36.) 
 William Cbotty was bom 7 July, 1772. 
 This officer entered the Navy (into which he was 
 impressed), 23 May, 1793, as A. B., on board the 
 Orestes 18, Capt. Lord Augustus Fitzroy, stationed 
 in the Channel; served next, from Jan. 1794, to 
 Jan. 1799, in the REaoLUTioN 74, flag-ship in North 
 America of Rear-Admirals Murray and Vandeptit ; 
 and on then joining La Seine, of 48 guns and 281 
 men, was present, 21 Aug. 1800, at the capture, in 
 the Mona Passage, of La Vengeance, of 52 guns and 
 326 men, after a brilliant contest of two hours and 
 a half, in which the British lost 13 men killed and 
 29 wounded, and the French more than twice that 
 number. Until the peace of Amiens he further 
 served in the West Indies as Midshipman of the 
 Carnatio 74, Capt. Edw. Tyrrell Smith; after 
 which we find him successively joining, between 1 
 Jan. 1804, and the date of his promotion, 25 March, 
 1809 — the Louisa and Maria, hired armed tenders, 
 both under the command of Lieut. John Keenan — 
 HiBERNiA 110, and London 98, flag-ships in the 
 Channel of Lord Gardner and Earl St. Vincent — 
 Tartarus sloop, Capt. Thos. Fras. Chas. Main- 
 waring, in which he received a wound at the bom- 
 bardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807 — and Vixen 
 gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Mayson Wright. From 
 10 Nov. 1809, until 19 Feb. 1814, Mr. Crotty lastly 
 served, on the Plymouth and Newfoundland sta- 
 tions, as Lieutenant of the Pheasant 18, Capt. John 
 Palmer. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Crotty has been in the enjoyment, since 4 
 April, 1844, of a pension for woimds oiSl. He mar- 
 ried 5 March, 1815 ; and has had issue 17 children. 
 
 CROUCH. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 3.) 
 Edward Crouch, bom 3 Dec. 1816, is son of 
 Commander E. T. Crouch, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1830, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120, 
 Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, bearing the flag 
 at the Nore of Sir John Poo Beresford. While in 
 the performance of his duty on board that ship, he 
 had the misfortune, on 4 Nov. following, severely 
 to lacerate both hands, and lose the top of five 
 fingers. Removing, in April, 1831, to the Pearl 
 20, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Robt. Gordon, he 
 visited the West Indies ; and he afterwards served, 
 from 4 Jan. 1833, until wrecked on the coast of 
 Chili, 19 May, 1835, as Midshipman, in the Spar- 
 TiATE 76, flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in South America, and Chal- 
 lenger 28, Capt. Michael Seymour. On his ulti- 
 mate return to England after suffering many pri- 
 vations, Mr. Crouch, in Deo. of the latter year, 
 joined the Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, gun- 
 nery-ship at Portsmouth, where he passed his exa- 
 mination in Oct. 1836. He returned, in April, 1837, 
 to South America, as Gunnery Mate of the Sama- 
 rang 28, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott ; 
 and, on eventually proceeding to China, removed, 
 in a similar capacity, to the Welleslet 72, Com- 
 modore Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, 22 Dec. 1840. 
 Taking part in the hostilities that followed, he 
 served on board the Hon. E. I. Co.'s steamer Neme- 
 sis at the destruction of 10 war-junks, near Chuen- 
 pee, 7 Jan. 1841 ; after which he mainly contri- 
 buted by the perfection of his fire to the rapid 
 success which, between 13 and 15 March following, 
 attended an expedition up the inner passage from 
 Macao to Whampoa, where were destroyed five 
 forts, one battery, two military stations, and nine 
 man-of-war junks, containing in the whole 115 guns 
 and 8 gingalls.* Mr. Crouch, who obtained his 
 first commission 8 June in the same year, was next 
 employed on shore at the reduction of Chinghae 10 
 Oct. ensuing.t Becoming attached, 22 Jan. 1842, 
 to the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, he further 
 commanded two boats in an attack on Chin-Kiang- 
 Foo, 21 July, 1842 ; where, in an attempt to land the 
 * Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1SS2, 1600. t F. Oaz. 1842, p. 396. 
 
248 
 
 CROUCH— CROWD Y—CROZIEE. 
 
 artillery guns, he was severely wounded (in three 
 places), as were 16 others, out of a crew of 24 ; and 
 on that occasion he displayed great presence of 
 mind in rescuing his party from the peril to which 
 they had thus hecome exposed.* He had previously 
 served on shore at the capture of Chapoo.-j- The 
 B1.0NDE being paid off in March, 1843j Lieut. Crouch, 
 on 31 of that month, joined the Camperdown 104, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Brace at Sheemess, in 
 which ship he continued until promoted to his pre- 
 sent rank, 25 Oct. following. He has been in suc- 
 cessive command, since 13 May, 1846, of the Gorgon 
 and Devastation steam-vessels, on the S.E. coast 
 of America and coast of A&ica. 
 
 CROUCH. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 26; 
 H-p., 23.) 
 
 Edwakd Thomas Ckouch died in Dec. 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1798, as 
 A. B., on board the Royal Oak 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Rowe, lying at Portsmouth, where he attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 16 Dec. 1799. He be- 
 came .attached, in June, 1801, to the MAivrA 80, 
 Capt. Albemarle Bertie, employed on Channel 
 service ; was wrecked, while afterwards serving on 
 board the Apollo 36, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, 
 off the coast of Portugal, 1 April, 1804 ; then joined 
 the PnisSANT 74, Capt. John Irwin, guard-ship at 
 Spithead ; was appointed, 19 March, 1805, Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Growlek gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Jonas Rose ; and, on 7 May following, ob- 
 tained a full Lieutenancy in the "Warrior 74, Capts. 
 Sam. Hood Linzee, Michael Seymour, and John 
 Wm. Spranger. Rejoining Capt. Seymour, 13 June, 
 1807, in the Amethyst, of 42 guns and 261 men, 
 Mr. Crouch won the official praise of that gallant 
 Commander by his admirable exertions at the cap- 
 ture, 11 Nov. 1808, off L'Orient, of the French fri- 
 gate La Thetis, of 44 guns and 436 men, including 
 troops, which was boarded and carried at the close 
 of a furious contest of more than three hours, in 
 which the British lost 19 men killed and 51 woimded, 
 and the enemy 135 killed and 102 wounded.J On 
 6 April, 1809, he also took part in a severe in- 
 termittent action of about four hours, which ter- 
 minated in the capture, with a loss to the Amethyst 
 of 8 men killed and 37 wounded, of another of the 
 enemy's frigates, Le Niemen, of 46 guns and 339 
 men, of whom 47 were slain and 73 wounded. After 
 attending the expedition to Flushing, Mr. Crouch, 
 in Sept. 1809, accompanied Capt. Seymour, as First- 
 Lieutenant, into his prize, the Niemen, which had 
 been added to the British Navy as a 38-gun frigate ; 
 and, on 13 April, 1812, he again followed him, in a 
 similar capacity, into the Hannibal 74. While 
 cruizing off Cherbourg, in March, 1814, we further 
 discover him assisting at the capture, and conduct- 
 ing as Prize-Master into Portsmouth, the 40-gun 
 frigate Sultane. From 10 Sept. 1818, until his at- 
 tainment of Commander's rank, 19 July, 1821, 
 Lieut. Crouch served, with Sir M. Seymour and 
 Capt. Thos. Harvey, as Senior of the Northom- 
 BERLAHD 78, guard -sMp in the river Medway; 
 after which he held a command in the Coast Guard 
 from 1825 until 1828 ; and officiated as Secretary, in 
 1833-4, to his friend Sir M. Seymour, then Comman- 
 der-in-Chief on the South American station, and, 
 from the early part of 1842, until 18 Jan. 1844, to Sir 
 Edw. Brace, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. He 
 died Superintendent of the Packet service at South- 
 ampton, to which he had been but just appointed. 
 
 He married, 4 Dec. 1814, the only daughter of 
 Capt. Rich. Runwa Bowyer (1798), who died 11 
 Feb. 1823 ; and has left, with other issue, a son, the 
 present Commander Edw. Crouch, R.N. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Sept. 1799, as 
 Ordinary, on board La Decade frigate, Capt. Jas. 
 Wallace, fitting for the West Indies, whence he 
 came home with the same Captain, in Sept. 1800, as 
 Midshipman of the Brunswick 74. On next joining 
 the Ganges 74, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, he 
 officiated as Aide-de-Camp to that officer at the 
 battle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 ; after which 
 he became attached, in 1805-6, to the Urania 38, 
 Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert, with whom he visited 
 Quebec, and to the Hibernia 110, flag-ship in the 
 Channel of Earl St. Vincent. On 17 March, 1806, 
 we find him promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Hazard 18, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, stationed off the 
 coast of France, where he took part in several 
 cutting-out affairs, and on the last of those occa- 
 sions received a gun-shot wound through the arm, 
 which procured him a gratuity of 50/. from the 
 Patriotic Fund. Between Deo. 1807, and July, 
 1814, Mr. Crowdy further served, on the Mediter- 
 ranean, East India, and Home stations, on board 
 the Pilot 18, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walpole, Bittern 
 18, Capt. Thos. TJssher, Cornelia 32, Capt. Henry 
 Folkes Edgell, Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, 
 Stirling Castle and Bellerophon 74's, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Augustus Brine, and Rippon 74, 
 Capt. Sir Christ. Cole. In the latter ship he wit- 
 nessed the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of the French 40- 
 gun frigate Le Weser, and, in Feb. following, of a 
 Spanish treasure-ship. Until advanced to the rank 
 of Commander, 25 March, 1824, his next appoint- 
 ments were — 20 March, 1822, to the Bulwark 76, 
 flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Benj. Hallowell — and, 
 12 Dec. 1823, to the Maidstone 42, Capt. Chas. 
 Bullen, on the African station. He afterwards 
 commanded, from 29 Dec. 1825, until 1829, the 
 Badger sloop, in the North Sea. Since his attain- 
 ment of Post-rank, 13 Jan. 1834, he has not been 
 afloat. 
 
 Capt. Crowdy is Senior of 1834. He married, in 
 1816, the only daughter of the late John C. Lewis, 
 Esq., of Westbury, near Bristol, and niece of Chas. 
 Lewis, Esq., of St. Pierre Park, near Chepstow, by 
 whom he bus issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CROWDY. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 19; H-p., 29.) 
 Charles Crowdy, bom in March, 1786, at High- 
 worth, CO. Wilts, is son of a gentleman who for 
 many years practised as a solicitor at that place. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 340S-4. t V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3694. 
 % V. Gaz. 1808, p. 1555. 
 
 CROZIER. (Captain, 1841. p-p., 28 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Francis Rawdon Moira CROziERwas born at 
 Banbridge, co. Down, Ireland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hamadryad 36, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Staines ; and on removing with the latter, 
 as Midshipman, in June, 1812, to the Briton 38, 
 took his departure for the Pacific. After a further 
 attachment of nearly two years to the Meander 38, 
 Capts. John Bastard and Arthur Fanshawe, lying 
 in the river Thames, and Qdeen Charlotte 100, 
 flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, 
 he proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope, in 1818, as 
 Mate (having passed his examination in Feb. 1817) 
 of the DoTEREL 18, Capt. Gore. On his return to 
 England in 1821 Mr. Crozier was appointed to the 
 Fdry discovery-ship, Capt. Wm. Edw. Parry ; ia 
 which, and the. Hecla, we find him accompanying 
 that officer in the two successive expeditions that 
 sailed from this country for the purpose of ascertain- 
 ing the existence of a North-West passage; 8 May, 
 1821, and 8 May, 1824. For his services on the last oc- 
 casion he was rewarded with a Lieutenant's commis- 
 sion, dated 2 March, 1826 ; subsequently to which he 
 rejoined the Hecla, and, becoming a third time the 
 associate of Capt. Parry, left Deptford on another 
 exploratory voyage to the Arctic regions 25 March, 
 1827. On the Hecla being brought to an andior, 20 
 June following, in Treurenburg Bay, lat. 79° 55' 20" 
 N., long. 16° 48' 45" E., Mr. Crozier aceompanied 
 his enterprising Captain, who then set out with two 
 sledge-boats on a further progress to the north- 
 ward across the ice, as far as Walden Island, where 
 they parted company, the former retracing his steps 
 towards the ship. "The expedition ultimately re- 
 turning to the Thames in Oct. 1827, the subject of 
 this memoir was next appointed, 26 April, 1831, to 
 the Stag 46, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge 
 
 .\ 
 
CROZIER— CRUTCHLEY— CUDLIP-CULL. 
 
 249 
 
 and Nich. Lockyer, employed off the coasts of Spain 
 and Portugal, and, 23 Dec. 1835, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Cove, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross. On his 
 subsequent return from Davis Strait and Baffin 
 Bay, whither he had gone in quest of some missing 
 whalers, he assumed the rank of Commander 10 
 Jan. 1837 ; and, on 11 May, 1839, was appointed to 
 the Terror, in which vessel he soon afterwards 
 sailed with an expedition, under Capt. James 
 Clark Ross, for the purposes of magnetic research 
 and geographical discovery in the Antarctic Ocean. 
 Capt. Crozier, who during his absence was advanced 
 to Post-rank, 16 Aug. 1841, arrived in England in 
 1843 ; and — having reoommiasioned the Terror, 8 
 March, 1845 — is now co-operating with Sir John 
 Franklin in a fresh attempt to explore the North- 
 West Passage through Lancaster Sound and Bering 
 Strait. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 Oct. following, to theAVASP 16, Capts. Hon. Dudley 
 "Worsley Anthony Pelham and Geo. Mansel, was 
 the only Lieutenant on board that sloop at the 
 taking of Sidon, and attack on the fortifications of 
 St. Jean d'Acre, 26 Sept. and 3 Nov. 1840. He was 
 subsequently invested with the command— 30 Aug. 
 1841, of the Pantaloon 10, lying at Portsmouth — 
 and 21 June, 1842, and 19 Dec. 1843, of the Syden- 
 ham and Pluto steam-vessejs, in which he appears 
 to have been employed on the Canadian Lakes, and 
 on the West India and Home stations. He has been 
 attached, since 30 June, 1845, as Additional-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, 
 Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarenee. Agents— 
 Stilwell. 
 
 CROZIER, K.T.S. (Captaik, 1839. f-p., 16; h-p., 
 
 18.) 
 ' Richard Crozier, bom 26 Aug. 180.3, is eldest 
 son of li. B. Crozier, Esq., a retired military officer, 
 of West Hill, Isle of Wight ; brother of the present 
 Lieut. W. P. Crozier, K.N. ; grandson of the gallant 
 Sir Rich. Pearson, Knight, who, in Sept. 1799, beat 
 off an American squadron of twice his own force 
 under the notorious Paul Jones, by which achieve- 
 ment a convoy valued at upwards of 600,000/. was 
 saved to the country, and who afterwards died 
 Lieut.-Govemor of Greenwich Hospital in Jan. 
 1806 ; and nephew of the late Capt. Rich. Harrison 
 Pearson, R.N. (1798). 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Benbow 74, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. R. H. Pearson, in which ship he 
 cruized on the West India station until Oct. 1814. 
 In Feb. 1817, he became a student at the Royal 
 Naval College, where he remained until April, 1819. 
 He then re-embarked on board the Active 46, 
 Capts. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon and Andrew King, 
 employed successively on the North American and 
 Mediterranean stations ; attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman 20 April, 1820 ; and after a further attach- 
 ment, on the Home station, to the Carnation 
 tender, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Witham, and 
 Apollo and Royal Sovereign yachts, Capts. Hon. 
 Sir Chas. Paget and Chas. Adam, obtained his first 
 commission 6 Sept. 1823. As a Lieutenant, Mr. 
 Crozier's appointments appear to have been— 22 
 March, 1823, and 25 Feb. 1826, to the Lively 46, 
 Capt. Wm. ElUott, and Ariadne 26, Capt. Adolphus 
 FitzClarenee, in which frigates he served on the 
 Lisbon, West India, and Mediterranean stations. 
 Being awarded the rank of Commander, 30 April, 
 1827, he subsequently officiated, for a few months 
 in 1831, as Second Captain of the Prince Regent 
 120, flag-ship in the Channel and off Lisbon of 
 Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker — and was appointed, 20 
 Deo. 1834, to the Victor 16. During upwards of 
 four years that he continued in the latter vessel, 
 Capt. Crozier cruised against the pirates in the 
 Straits of Malacca,, and visited Australia, New 
 Zealand, and the islands of the South Pacific. Since 
 his Post-promotion, 26 March, 1839, he has not been 
 afloat. 
 
 For his contributory services, when Lieutenant of 
 the Lively, in protecting and restoring Don John 
 to the throne of Portugal, Capt. Crozier was by that 
 monarch rireated a Knight of the Tower and Sword 
 in May, 1824. He married, 18 June, 1839, Julia, 
 fourth daughter of Geo. Stone, Esq., of Chislehurst, 
 CO. Kent, by whom he has issue a son and daughter. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CROZIER. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 0.) 
 
 William Pearson Crozier is a yoimger brother 
 of Capt. Rich. Crozier, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1823, on 
 board the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. EUiott, of which 
 frigate his brother was at the time a Lieutenant. 
 He passed his examination in 1830; obtained his 
 commission 1 Sept. 1837 ; and being appointed, 21 
 
 CRUTCHLEY. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 Jambs Crutchley entered the Navy, 20 June, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince op 
 Wales 98, Capt. Wm. Cuming, bearing the flag in 
 the Channel of Sk Robt. Calder. In Oct. 1804, he 
 removed to the Veteran 64, Capts. Jas. Newman 
 Newman and Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, under 
 the latter of whom he was for some time employed, 
 as Midshipman, in the West Indies. He then came 
 home in the FoBTUNiE 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart ; 
 and afterwards served, between Sept. 1806, and 
 June, 1809, on board the Atlas 98, flag-ship at 
 Cadiz of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, Re- 
 NOMMBE 38, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, for passage 
 home, Heko 74, Capt. J. N. Newman, in the North 
 Sea, and Virginie 33, Capt. Edw. Brace, on the 
 Irish station. In Oct. 1811, he became attached to 
 the NiEMEN 38, Capt. Sam. Pym, off St. Helena. 
 He joined, in Sept. 1813, the President 38, Capts. 
 Fras. Mason and Arch. Duff, on the coast of ire- 
 land; and from March, 1815, until the autumn of 
 1816, again served with Capt. Brace, as Master's 
 Mate, in the Berwick 74, and Impregnable 104. 
 For his conduct in the latter ship at the bombard- 
 ment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion 
 she bore the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne, he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. 
 1816. He was subsequently employed in the North- 
 umberland 78, Capts. Sir Michael Seymour and 
 Thos. Harvey, guard-ship in the river Medway, from 
 9 Sept. 1818, until the summer of 1821 ; and since 
 the latter date has been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CUDLIP. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Frederick Adgostus Ccdlip was born in April, 
 1809. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1824; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 3 July, 1840 ; and then joined the Fairy 
 surveying vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett. He has been 
 serving, since 22 March, 1841, in the Shearwater 
 and Blazer, steam and surveying vessels, both 
 commanded by Capt. John Washington, on the 
 Home station. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CULL. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 Thomas Cull (a) died, 22 Sept. 1846, at Plymp- 
 ton, Devon, aged 71. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1794, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Peterel 18, Capt. Edw. 
 Leveson Gower, stationed in the North Sea. Join- 
 ing, as Midshipman, in April, 1795, the Babet 20, 
 Capts. Edw. Codrington and Wm. Grenville Lobb, 
 he sailed for the West Indies, where he continued 
 principally to serve, until 1802, as Master's Mate of 
 L'Aimable 32, Capt. W. G. Lobb, and Hydra 38, 
 and PowERPOL 74, both commanded by Capt. Sir F. 
 Laforey. When in the Hydra, cruizing in com- 
 pany with the Trial cutter, and Vesuvius bomb, 
 Mr. Cull, on 1 May, 1798, witnessed the destruction, 
 after an engagement of three-quarters of an hour, 
 of La Confiante, French frigate of 36 guns and 300 
 men, and the simultaneous defeat of Xa Vesuve, cor- 
 vette of 20 guns. He re-embarked, in May, 1803, 
 on board the Nimeod 18, Capt. Terence O'Neill; 
 
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 CULL-CUMBERLAND— CUMBY. 
 
 and afterwards joined, as Acting-Master, the Mil- 
 brook schooner, Capt. John Cook Carpenter, and 
 Star 18, Capt. John Simpson — in the former of 
 which vessels he contributed to the capture, 9 May, 
 1805, of La Travela, Spanish privateer, of 3 guns 
 and 40 men. Obtaining his commission 16 Jan. 
 1808, he was subsequently appointed, 19 March, 
 1808, and 23 Jan. 1809, to the Belle Poule 38, 
 Capt. J. Brisbane, and Lucifer bomb, Capt. R. Hall, 
 both on the Mediterranean station — and, 23 Nov. 
 in the latter year, to the Valiant 74, Capt. John 
 Bligh, stationed in the Channel. Commander Cull, 
 who invalided from extreme bad health, in May, 
 1810, and had been ever since on half-pay, accepted 
 retired rank 19 Oct. 1844. 
 
 CULL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Cull (6) was born, in 1793, at Poole, co. 
 Dorset. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge. During a period of more 
 than seven years' continuance in that ship, he ap- 
 pears to have taken part in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action with the combined fleets of France and 
 Spain 22 July, 1805 — the capture of the Marengo, of 
 80 guns, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Linois, 
 and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 March, 1806— 
 the taking also of Le President 44, by a squadron 
 under Sir Thos.' Louis, 27 Sept. following — the 
 passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807— and the 
 expedition to the Walcheren, in Aug. 1809. About 
 the latter date he accidentally fell from the fore- 
 topmast cross-trees on the lee gangway, and had 
 the misfortune to break two of his ribs. Having 
 passed his examination 13 Aug. 1810, Mr. Cull, 
 when at Gibraltar on his passage home in the Mon- 
 tagu 74, Capt. John Halliday, volunteered, in 
 May, 1811, to join the flotilla service on that 
 and the Cadiz stations. In July following he as- 
 sumed, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, the 
 command of No. 16 gun-boat, and, for his varied 
 services, including his conduct at the defence of 
 Tarifa and his gallantry in several vigorous attacks 
 on the enemy's privateers and other armed vessels, 
 on one of which occasions he received a wound, 
 was confirmed in his present rank by commission 
 dated 21 March, 1812. On the night of 29 April 
 following we find Mr. Cull, with his gun-vessel, 
 warmly assisting Capt. Thos. Ussher in a valiant 
 boat attack upon the enemy's privateers and bat- 
 teries in the Mole of Malaga ; an enterprize which, 
 although partially successful, terminated in a loss 
 to the British, out of 149 officers and men, of 15 
 killed and 53 wounded. He invalided home in the 
 ensuing July; and was next appointed, 29 Jan. 
 1813, to the Lyra 10, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Dowell 
 O'Reilly. In the course of that and the following 
 year, be actively co-operated with the patriots on 
 the north coast of Spain, where he served at the 
 sieges of Guetaria, Castro, and St. Sebastian, and 
 was also employed in the Rivers Adour and Gi- 
 ronde. He was paid off in Aug. 1815, and has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Cull is a Magistrate for the borough of 
 Totness, in Devonshire. He married, first, in 
 1815, Miss Jemima Colson, of Exeter, by whom he 
 has issue one daughter ; and, secondly, in 1820, Miss 
 Mary Ann Spear, of Monkton, co. Dorset. In 1843 
 he again became a widower. 
 
 CUMBERLAND. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 OcTAVius CuMBEKiAND is first cousin of Lieut. 
 R. E. Cumberland, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 April, 1825; 
 passed his examination 22 Dec. 1832 ; served latterly 
 as Mate on board the Camperdown 104, and Cale- 
 donia 120, flag-ships at the Nore and Plymouth of 
 Sir Henry Digby and Sir Graham Moore ; and on 
 23 Nov. 1841, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. His appointments have since been — 3 Deo. 
 1841, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, 
 on the coast of Africa— 2 April, 1845, to the Queen 
 
 110, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir John West— and, 
 19 March, 1846, as First, to the Brilliant 22, Capt. 
 Rundle Burges Watson, now employed at the Cape 
 of Good Hope. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 CUMBERLAND. (Lieut., 1827. F-p., 12; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 
 RicHAKD Edward Cumberland, bom 23 Sept. 
 1800, is first cousin of Lieut. Octavius Cumberland, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nightingale 16, Capt. 
 Christ. Nixon, stationed in the North Sea ; sailed 
 for the Mediterranean in Deo. 1815, as Midshipman 
 of the Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt. Gambler ; served 
 next, from Nov. 1818, until the summer of "1821 (in 
 the Feb. of which latter year he passed his exami- 
 nation), on the Home and South American stations, 
 on board the Florida 20, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe 
 John Hawtayne, Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M'Culloeh, 
 and Vengeub 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland ; then 
 joined in succession the Cherokee 10, Capt. Theo- 
 bald Jones, employed off the west coast of Scotland, 
 and Ramillies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, stationed at 
 Portsmouth ; and, after a further servitude of four 
 years, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the 
 Isis 50, and Spartiate 74, flag-ships in South Ame- 
 rica of Sir Geo. Eyre, was confibrmed in his present 
 rank 2 Feb. 1827. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Cumberland married 19 Jan. 1828, and has 
 issue five children. 
 
 CUMBY. (Commander, 181.3. f-p., 20; h-p., 37.) 
 Charles Cumby, born 28 Nov. 1779, at Great 
 Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, is son of the late Capt. 
 David Pryce Cumby, B.N., by his second wife, 
 Susanna, daughter of Robt. Marsh, Esq., of the 
 above place ; half-brother of the late Capt. Wm. 
 Pryce Cumby, R.N., C.B. (1806) ; and uncle of the 
 present Lieut. D. C. Cumby, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 22 May, 1790, on 
 board the Sheerness tender, commanded by his 
 father, then a Lieutenant, in which he served, on 
 the Home station, until March, 1791. From 30 Jan. 
 1793, until Nov. 1797, he appears to have been next 
 employed, latterly in the Mediterranean, as A.B. 
 and Midsliipman, in the Brilliant frigate, Capts. 
 Mark Robinson and Wm. Pierrepont, Regulus 
 armee en flute, Capt. Wm. Carthew, Alexander 
 and SwiFTSURE 74's, both commanded by Capt. A. 
 Philip, and Ville de Paris 110, fiag-ship of Earl 
 St. Vincent. He was appointed, on 29 of the month 
 last mentioned, Acting-Lieutenant of La Minerve 
 38, Capt. Geo. Cockbum; and being confirmed, 
 4 Jan. 1799, into the Transfek brig, commanded 
 successively by various Captains, was ultimately 
 presented ^ith the order of the Crescent and a 
 gold medal for his services in that vessel under Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith on the coast of Syria, and during 
 the subsequent campaign in Egypt. We after- 
 wards fimd Mr. Cumby appointed— 4 Jan. 1802, to 
 La CARRiiRE frigate, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, 
 in which he returned to England— 30 July, 1803, to 
 a command in the Weymouth district of Sea Fen- 
 cibles— 11 May, 1805, to the C.«sar 80, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan, under whom he 
 fought at the capture, 4 Nov. following, of four 
 French line-of-battle ships, just escaped from the 
 battle of Trafalgar— 30 Jan. 1808, to the Donegal 
 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, attached to the Chan- 
 nel fleet— 26 Oct. 1809, to the Adrian cutter, 
 which he commanded for 10 months in Basque 
 Roads— and, 3 Feb. and 21 April, 1813, to the Bel- 
 lerophon and Medway 74's, commanded at Ports- 
 mouth by Capt. Augustus Brine. He attained his 
 present rank 4 Dec. following; and afterwards 
 commanded the Ordinary at Portsmouth from 18 
 March, 1833, until 1836. He has since been unem- 
 ployed. 
 
 He married Sarah, youngest daughter ofWm. 
 GiUard, Esq., of Black House, Brixham, co. Devon. 
 
CUMBY— CUMING-CUMMING-CUNNINGIIAM— CUPPAGE. 
 
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 CUMBY. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 13; h-p., 13.) 
 
 David Charles Cdmbt is second son of the late 
 Capt.W. P.Cumby,B.N.,C.B. (1806), who succeeded 
 Capt. John Cooke in the command of the Belle- 
 KOPHON during the battle of Trafalgar ; had charge 
 of a squadron at the siege of St. Domingo in 1809 ; 
 became afterwards Senior Captain of the Navy; 
 and died Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard, 
 27 Sept. 1837. He is nephew of Commander Chas. 
 Cumby, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 April, 1821 ; and embarked, in Nov. 1822, on board 
 the Sappho 18, Capt. Jenkin Jones, with whom he 
 served for some time on the coast of Ireland. He 
 afterwards, and in succession, joined, as Midship- 
 man, the NiEMEN 28, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry WalUs, 
 Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, Brazen 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and Forte 44, Capt. 
 Jeremiah Coghlan, wliich ships appear to have been 
 employed on the Home, African, and South Ame- 
 rican stations. Having passed his examination in 
 Nov. 1827, Mr. Cumby was promoted, 7 Dec. 1829, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Wakspite 76, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Baker. He was subsequently 
 appointed— 20 Sept. 1831, and 21 Dec. 1832, to the 
 Fly 18, Capt. Peter M'Quhae, and Sapphire 28, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. RoUe Walpole Trefusis, both on 
 the North America and West India station — 11 
 July, 1835, to the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry 
 Dillon, off Lisbon — and, 20 May, 1837, to the Howe 
 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir Robt. Waller 
 Otway. He has been on half-pay since 1838. 
 
 CUMING. (Retired Commander, 1838.) 
 
 SamueIi Coming was born 4 Jan. 1769, and died 
 
 in 1845. He was brother of the late Admiral Wm. 
 
 Cuming, who commanded the Russell 74, at the 
 
 battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. 
 
 This officer obtained a Lieutenant's commission 
 
 7 Feb. 1797 ; and became a Retired Commander 15 
 
 Oct. 1838. 
 
 CUMMING. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Arthur Cummhig is a near relative, we beUeve, 
 of Lieut.-General SirHenry JolinCumming, K.C.H., 
 Colonel of the 12th Lancers. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1832 ; passed 
 his examination in 1837 ; and for Ms services as 
 Mate of the Ctclops steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio 
 Thos. Austin, during the Syrian campaign, particu- 
 larly at the taking of Sidon, where he behaved most 
 gallantly, was awarded a commission dated 28 Sept. 
 1840.* His next appointments were— 28 Nov. 1840, 
 and 18 June, 1841, as Additional Lieutenant, to the 
 Princess Charlotte 104, and Britannia 120, flag- 
 ships in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt. Stopford 
 and Sir John Acworth Ommanney — 13 Sept. 1841, 
 to the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, on the 
 same station— and, 5 Nov. 1842, to the Frolic 16, 
 Capt. Wm. Alex. Willis, in which vessel he sailed 
 for South America. From 8 July, 1845, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, 9 Nov. 1846, 
 Lieut. Cumming was further employed in the Al- 
 bion 90, Caipt. Nioh. Look^er, on the Channel sta- 
 tion. He is now on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 CUNNINGHAM. (Liectenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Graves James Cunningham entered 
 the Navy 10 July, 1823 ; passed bis examination 19 
 Sept. 1833; and when promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, was serving, as Mate, on 
 board the Britannia 120, flag-ship in the Medi- 
 terranean of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. His 
 appointments have since been, on the South Ameri- 
 can station— 22 Feb. and 21 June, 1842, to the 
 Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commo- 
 dore John Brett Purvis, and Pearl 20, Capt. Rich. 
 Henry Stopford — and, 22 Jan. 1845, to the Fire- 
 brand steam-frigate, Capt. Jas. Hope, in which 
 he is at present employed. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1840, pp. 2603, 2604. 
 
 CUPPAGE. (Commander, 1830. p-p., 22; 
 H-p., 20.) 
 
 Adam Cdppage, born 21 Nov. 1792, is second son 
 of the late General Cuppage, of the Hon. E. 1. Co.'s 
 service ; brother of Lieut. -Col. Cuppage, late of the 
 39th regiment ; and cousin of Capt. Wm. Cuppage, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cyclops 20, Capt. Fras. 
 Douglas, guard-ship off' Lymington ; joined next, for 
 short periods, the Cracker gun-brig', Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Henry Douglas, Thunderer 74, Capt. 
 John Leohmere, and Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur 
 Kaye Legge, employed in the Channel; and on 
 ultimately proceeding to the West Indies in the 
 AcASTA 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, took an ac- 
 tive part in the victory gained over the French, off 
 St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Accompanying Capt. 
 Dunn soon afterwards, as Midshipman, into the 
 Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth, he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807 ; 
 and, on 27 of that month, served with the boats in 
 a smart skirmish with the Turks on the island of 
 Prota. While subsequently borne on the books of 
 the San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, and Armide 38, 
 all commanded by Capt. Dunn, he further com- 
 manded a gun-boat throughout the various opera- 
 tions connected with the Walcheren expedition in 
 1809 — served in a boat at the defence and evacua- 
 tion of Fort Matagorda, near Cadiz, in April, 1810 
 — and assisted in cutting out several of the enemy's 
 vessels on the coast of France. Having passed Ms 
 examination in Feb. 1811, Mr. Cuppage next be- 
 came attached, on the Jamaica station, to the Jason 
 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, Polyphemus 64, 
 Capt. Peter John Douglas, Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Stirling, Shark 18, Capt. John Gore, and Rhodian 
 10, Capt. John Geo. Boss, under whom he was 
 wrecked near Port Royal, 21 Feb. 1813. On the 
 latter occasion he proved greatly instrumental in 
 saving the lives of the crew, together with a large 
 amount of freight, by voluntarily swimming ashore 
 through a heavy surf, with a line attached to his 
 person — an exploit for which he very justly received 
 the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Ad- 
 miral Chas. Stirling. Joimng, immediately after- 
 wards, the Nimrod 18, Capt. Nath. Mitchell, Mr. 
 Cuppage, while cruizing off the coast of America, 
 commanded her boats at the capture, from under 
 the batteries of New Bedford and of other places, 
 of a large number of the enemy's ships, one of which 
 was the Chili, a South Sea whaler. In that vessel 
 he was sent as prize-master to HaUfax ; and on his 
 passage thither he was attacked, when becalmed at 
 midnight, by four boats belonging to a privateer, 
 all of which, though fully manned, were, however, 
 beaten off in the most gallant style. Assuming 
 the rank of Lieutenant 26 May, 1814, the subject 
 of this sketch afterwards joined, on the American, 
 East India, St. Helena, and Home stations, the 
 Victorious 74, Capt. Sir John Talbot, Zealous 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Anderson, Ph(ebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, 
 Iphigenia 36, Capts. Andrew King, John Reynolds, 
 and John Tancock, Conqueror 74, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Robt. Plampin, Gannbt 18, Capts. Wm. 
 Style and Wm. Simpson, Windsor Castle 74, Capts. 
 Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, and, as 
 First Lieutenant, the Satellite 18, Capt. John 
 Miltigan Laws. He was promoted to Ms present 
 rank on invaliding from Lidia, 22 July, 1830, and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Previously to joining the Gannet, Commander 
 Cuppage officiated, as Governor, from Jan. 1818, to 
 Nov. 1819, of the island of Ascension. He married, 
 8 July, 1830, Frances, eldest daughter of the late 
 Colonel Haldane, of the Royal Artillery. Agents 
 — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 CUPPAGE. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.) 
 
 William Cuppage is son of the late Lieut.- 
 General Wm. Cuppage, of the Royal Artillery; 
 and cousin of Commander Adam Cuppage, R.N., 
 and Lieut. James Heyland, R.N. 
 TMs officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1807, as 
 
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 CURLEWIS— CURRIE. 
 
 Fst.-cl. -Vol., on board the Stork sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Le Geyt, stationed in the Channel, where, until 
 April, 1813, he continued to serve, a great part of 
 the time as Midshipman, in the RorAL Geoege 100, 
 flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and San 
 Josef 110, Hibernia 110, Armide 38, and Dublin 
 74, all commanded by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn. 
 He then rejoined the San Josef, as Signal Mid- 
 shipman to Sir Rich. King ; and, on 5 Nov. follow- 
 ing, had a leg shot off in a skirmish with the fleet 
 oft' Toulon.* After a further attachment to the 
 Thisee 28, and Impregnable 104, flag-ships in the 
 river Thames and at Plymouth of Hon. Arthur 
 Kaye Legge and Sir J. T. Duckworth, Mr. Cup- 
 page was awarded a commission, dated 6 April, 
 1815. He subsequently joined, 18 Aug. following, 
 the RooHFORT 74, Capt. Sir Arch. CoUingwood 
 Dickson, lying at Portsmouth ; served, from 3 Oct. 
 in the same year, until 21 Nov. 1820, on board the 
 Magicienne 36, Orlando 36, and Minden 74, flag- 
 ships in the East Indies of Sir Rich. King ; and 
 was next appointed — 20 Aug. 1822, to the Arab 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Holmes, off the coast of Ireland — 
 1 July, 1823, to the Isis 50, bearing the flag in the 
 West Indies of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted — 10 
 Aug. 1825, to the Warspite 76, Capt. Sir Jas. 
 Brisbane, on the South American station — and 4 
 Aug. 1826, and 18 Jan. 1827, to the Boadicea 46, 
 Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, and Java 52, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage, both in the 
 East Indie.s. Of the Java he assumed command, 
 as Second Captain, 24 Dec. 1827 ; and on the ulti- 
 mate return of that ship to England was advanced 
 to Post-rank, 22 July, 1830. He has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 Capt. Cuppage obtained, 4 April, 1816, a pension 
 of 911. 5s. AGENTS—Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 CURLEWIS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 29; 
 H-p., 15.) 
 
 William Edward Chrlewis was born, 30 July, 
 1789, in London, and died about the commencement 
 of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Selby, and in Sept. following assisted, under the flag 
 of Sir Jas. Saumarez, at the bombardment of Gran- 
 ville. On subsequently proceeding to the West 
 Indies, we find him wounded while serving in the 
 boats under Lieut. Wm. Coote, and extolled for his 
 unsurpassable bravery, at the cutting out, on the 
 night of 2 Jan. 1807, of two of the enemy's vessels, 
 defended by a most tremendous fire from the 
 batteries, near Pearl Rock, Martinique, which killed 
 2 men and wounded 10. f After witnessing the 
 surrender to the Cerberus of the islands of Marie- 
 galante and Deseada, Mr. Curlewis, in 1808, joined 
 the Leviathan 74, Capt. John Harvey, and under 
 that officer was present, 26 Oct. 1809, at the self- 
 destruction, in the Mediterranean, of the French 
 line-of-battle ships Bobuste and Lion. He next 
 served for some time in the Victory 100, flag-ship 
 of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic, and being pro- 
 moted, 28 Nov. 1811, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Ceessy 74, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater, was in com- 
 pany with the St. George 98 and Defence 74, in 
 the gale which, on 24 Deo. following, proved so 
 memorably fatal to those ships. From April, 1813, 
 to Jan. 1814, Mr. Curlewis subsequently oruiaed in 
 the North Sea on board the Cretan 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Fred. Payne. He then became attached to the 
 Warrior 74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng and John 
 Tremayne Rodd, under the former of whom he 
 sailed with convoy for the West Indies. Prior to 
 being paid off, in Sept. 1815, Mr. Curlewis was 
 caught in another dreadful hurricane, in which the 
 Warrior lost her masts, guns, boats, and stores, 
 and received 11 feet water in her hold. From 30 
 Sept. 1825, until March, 1831, he was next employed 
 on the Coast Blockade as a Supernumerary-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; 
 and from 22 April in the latter year until promoted 
 
 to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, he had charge of 
 a station on the Coast Guard. He continued thence- 
 forward on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Curlewis married in 1817, and has 
 issue seven children. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 • Vide Gai. IbH, p. 19. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1807, p. 394. 
 
 CUKBIE. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 17; h-p., 22.) 
 Mark John Currie, bom in 1795, in London, is 
 son of the late Mark Currie, Esq., by Eliza, daugh- 
 ter of John Close, Esq., of Easby, co. York ; and 
 first-cousin of Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for North- 
 ampton. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 April, 1808, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood, with whom he continued to 
 serve, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, 
 latterly as Midshipman, until April, 1813. He 
 then, in the Niobe 38, Capt. Wm. Augustus Mon- 
 tagu, cruized for some months off the coasts of 
 Portugal and Spain ; and, obtaining his first com- 
 mission 23 Sept. 1814, was appointed, 24 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, to the Centaur 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon 
 Caulfeild, in which ship he visited the Cape of Good 
 Hope. We subsequently find him joining — 8 Feb. 
 1816, the RivoLi 74, Capts. Chas. Ogle and Aiskew 
 Paffard Hollis, at Portsmouth— 7 May, 1818, the 
 Racehorse 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Pryse Campbell, 
 in the Mediterranean — 29 March, 1820, the Nimbod 
 18, Capt. Chas. Nelson, at Leith— and, 20 Oct. 1820, 
 and 8 Aug. 1821, the Satellite 18, Capt. Armar 
 Lowry Corry, and, as Flag-Lieutenant, the Lean- 
 DER 50, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, on 
 the E. India station. He there assumed command, 
 9 Jan. 1823, of his former sloop the Satellite ; 
 and, on 18 March following, was appointed Acting- 
 Captain of the Asia, an 84-gun ship, which he 
 brought home under very peculiar and trying cir- 
 cumstances, and in a manner that saved the Go- 
 vernment considerable expense. He was not, how- 
 ever, confirmed to Post-rank until 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 since which period he has been unemployed. 
 
 Capt. Currie, we find, officiated with great ability 
 as Secretary, in 1827-8, to Sir H. Blackwood, then 
 Commander in Chief at the Nore. He also, from 
 1829 until 1832, fulfilled the duties of Colonial Au- 
 ditor and Secretary to the Executive and Legis- 
 lative Councils of Western Australia; and for the 
 zeal and intelligence he displayed in those capaci- 
 ties, he received the thanks of the Governor, Sir Jas. 
 Stirling. He married, 14 Jan. 1829, Jane, third 
 daughter of Chas. Boynton Wood, Esq., by whom 
 he has issue three sons and three daughters. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 CUEEIE. (Commandek, 1835. I-P., 22 ; h-p., 
 13.) 
 
 Thomas Metcalfe Cdrrie died 13 May, 1846, at 
 Haslar, aged 46. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Nov. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas, in which ship, and as Midshipman 
 of the Prince of Wales 98, he served, with thfr 
 same officer, in the«North Sea and Mediterranean, 
 until July, 1814. Joining, then, the Bombay 74, 
 Capt. Hem-y Bazely, he escorted the British gar- 
 rison from Madeira to England; after which he 
 became in succession attached — on the Home, West 
 India, South American, Mediterranean, and East 
 India stations — to the Nautilus 18, Capt. John 
 Bradly, Shark, Capts. Chas. Strangways and Alex. 
 Campbell, Sabine 16, Capt. W. Hall, Royalist and 
 Rifleman brigs, both commanded by Capt. Houston 
 Stewart, Salisbury 50, and Vengeur 74, flag-ships 
 ofRear-Adras. J. E.Douglas and Robt. Waller Otway, 
 and Glasgow 50, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. 
 Assuming the rank of Lieutenant 23 July, 1825, Mr. 
 Currie joined, 1 Deo. following, the Menai 26, Capt. 
 Houston Stewart, at Halifax ; and he was subse- 
 quently appointed Senior, 13 Nov. 1827, of the Clio 
 18, Capt. Robt. Deans, off Cork— 28 April, 1829, 
 and 15 March, 1830, of the Spakkowhawk 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Gill, and Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on 
 the Jamaica station — 2 Oct. 1831, again of the 
 RpARKowHAWK, Capts. Dawson Mayne. and Thos. 
 
CURRY. 
 
 253 
 
 Maitland— and 25 J"iyie, 1833, and 16 Feb. 1834, of 
 the Veknon 50, and President 52, Capts. Sir Geo. 
 Augustus Westphal and Jas. Scott, employed in 
 North America and the "West Indies. Commander 
 Currie, who, for some months in 1831, had held the 
 acting command of the Falcon sloop at Jamaica, 
 obtained his second promotal commission 7 Aug. 
 1835. . His last appointment was, 18 March, 1836, to 
 the Second-Captaincy of the Vangdard 80, Capt. 
 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, fitting for the 
 Mediterranean, from which ship he was superseded 
 1 Sept. following. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 CURRY. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 2.") 
 
 DoHGiiAS CoKRY, bom at Gorlston, North Yar- 
 mouth, is second son of Vioe-Admiral Rich. Curry, 
 C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 Feb. 1823. He embarked in Dec. 1824, as Fst.-ol. 
 Vol., on board the Rose 18, Capts. Hon. Chas. 
 Abbot (now Lord Colchester) and Lewis Davies ; 
 and while afterwards cruizing, as Midshipman, in 
 the Archipelago, witnessed several encounters with 
 piratical vessels, on one of which occasions the boat 
 he was in suffered a loss of 1 man killed and 2 
 wounded. Participating, next, in the battle of 
 Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827, Mr. Curry on that day took 
 command of the Rose's pinnace, and sustained a 
 severe fracture of both bones of the right leg while 
 in the act of boarding a Turkish fire-vessel, which 
 blew up with destructive effect, lulling or wounding 
 all around.* In consequence of this disaster he was 
 unfortunately confined for many months, first to 
 Malta and then to Haslar Hospital. He then, how- 
 ever, joined the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in the Mediterranean ; 
 and parsing his examination on his return to Eng- 
 land, 12 June, 1829, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, by commission dated the same day. 
 He was subsequently appointed — 17 Aug. 1830, to 
 the Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, again in 
 the Mediterranean — 7 May and 25 June, 1834, to 
 the Tribune 24, Capt. Jas. Tomkinson, and, as 
 First, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Follett Walrond 
 Pennell, on the Home and South American stations 
 — and, 18 Nov. 1837, also as Senior, to the Pique 
 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, in which frigate he sailed for 
 North America and the West Indies, and ultimately 
 returned to the Mediterranean. During the ope- 
 rations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, Mr. Curry 
 commanded the Pique's boats, and assisted in de- 
 stroying the guns on the ramparts of Caiffa 17 Sept.f 
 — was spoken of in the highest terms for his con- 
 duct in levelling the approach to the tomTi of Tsour, 
 on the occasion of its capture, 25 Sept. J — and after- 
 wards (Capt. Boxer being otherwise employed) car- 
 ried the Pique into action at St. Jean d'Acre. For 
 these services he was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander on 4 Nov. in the same year, and appointed, 
 15 Deo. following, Second-Captain of the Hastings 
 72, Capt. John Lawrence, which ship he paid off 8 
 ]?eb. 1842. He obtained an Inspectorship in the 
 Coast-Guard 24 March, 1843, and from 31 Jan. 
 1846, until the attainment of his present rank, 
 which took place on 9 Nov. in the same year, com- 
 manded the Harlequin 12, in the Mediterranean. 
 
 Capt. Curry, who possesses a certificate of his 
 ability in the art of steam-navigation, has been in 
 the receipt, since June, 1829, of a pension for his 
 wounds of 91/. 5s. He married, 9 Feb. 1843, Slary 
 Ann, only child of the late Chas. F. H. Rowe, Esq., 
 of Willicotc, near Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 
 and was left a widower, 1 Jan. 1844. 
 
 CURRY, C.B. (Vice-Admibal or the White, 
 
 1846. P-P., 30; H-P., 37.) 
 
 ' Richard Curry, born in 1772, is son of the late 
 
 Thos. Curry, Esq., of Gosport, Hants, for more than 
 
 20 years a zealous and active Magistrate for that 
 
 county ; and cousin of the late Capt. Jonathan 
 
 Faulknor, R.N. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1780, as 
 
 • Vide Goz. 18-i7, p. 2-12.i. f V. Gaz 1840, p. 2601. 
 
 X r. GttZ. 1840, p. 2602. 
 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Amphitrite 24, 
 Capt. Robt. Biggs, from which vessel he was dis- 
 charged 2 April, 1782. Re-embarking, 12 Aug. 
 1786, on board the Goliath 74, Capt. Archibald 
 Dickson, guard-ship at Portsmouth, he afterwards 
 served on the Mediterranean, Halifax, West India, 
 and Home stations, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate in the Phaeton 38, Capt. Geo. Dawson, Ao- 
 TJEON troop-ship,^ Lieut.-Commander Joseph Han- 
 well, Royal George 100, and Barfleur 98, flag- 
 ships of Hon. Sam. Barrington and of Kear-Admiral 
 Faulknor, Iphigenia 32, Capt. Patrick Sinclair, and 
 Venus, of 38 guns and 192 men, commanded by his 
 relative Capt Jonathan Faulknor. While in the 
 Iphigenia, we find Mr. Curry, in Feb. 1793, con- 
 ducting into port L' Elizabeth, the second privateer 
 captured during the war ; and on his removal to 
 the Venus, taking part, 27 May following, in a very 
 severe action of two hours and a half (the third 
 fought with the republicans at sea) which termi- 
 nated in the separation of the combatants, after 
 a loss to the British frigate of 2 killed and 20 
 wounded, and to the Frenchman (the Semillante^ of 
 40 guns and 300 men) of 12 killed and 20 wounded. 
 Obtaining his first commission 14 March, 1794, he 
 soon accompanied Capt. Faulknor into the Diana 
 38, and on 23 Aug. in the same year he witnessed 
 the apparent destruction, near the Penmarcks, by a 
 squadron under Sir Edw. Pellew, of the 36-gun 
 frigate Volontaire, and corvettes Espoir and Alert. 
 After serving for three years and a half, latterly as 
 First-Lieutenant, on board the Sans Pareil 80, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Hugh Seymour, he 
 was ultimate^ promoted, 30 Nov. 1798, to the com- 
 mand of the Fury bomb. In that vessel he appears 
 to have taken a very conspicuous share in the ex- 
 pedition to Holland in 1799, during which he bom- 
 barded a miUtary post near the Holder Point — 
 covered the landing of the army under Sir Ralph 
 Aberoromby — accompanied Vice- Admiral Mitchell's 
 flotilla to the Zuyder Zee — co-operated with Capt. 
 Wm. Carthew in removing a large quantity of naval 
 stores from Medenblik, the dockyard at which 
 place and two frigates were burnt — and was the 
 last but one to quit the Texel on its evacuation. 
 On afterwards repairing to the Mediterranean, 
 Capt. Curry, early in March, 1801, Joined in the 
 hostilities then commencing against the French in 
 Egypt. After assisting at the debarkation of the 
 troops, he bombarded and reduced the castle of 
 Aboukir, on 8 of that month, by which event 12 
 guns and 190 of the enemy fell into the hands of 
 the British. On 19 April, with a division of gun- 
 boats under his orders, he further contributed to 
 the surrender, at the close of a siege of three days, of 
 the castle of JuUien, although defended by 15 pieces 
 of cannon and a garrison of nearly 400 men. Ascend- 
 ing the Nile, he subsequently, on 9 May, commanded 
 a force of four flats and three launches in an action 
 of six hours with the enemy's forts at Rahmanieh, 
 the eventual capture of which, after occasioning the 
 British a loss of 4 men killed and 7 wounded, cut 
 off" all communication between the French armies 
 at Grand Cairo and Alexandria, secured the com- 
 mand of the Nile, and contributed in a great degree 
 to the final expulsion of the enemy from the coun- 
 try. For these services Capt. Curry was presented 
 by the Capitan Pacha with several pieces of rich 
 silk stuff, embroidered with gold in various pat- 
 terns, and, as a mark of particular distinction, he 
 received from the Grand Vizier a handsome pelisse 
 of camel's hair lined with rich fur. On the capitu- 
 lation of Grand Cairo, towards the close of June, a 
 few days previously to which he had constructed a 
 bridge for the passage of the army across the Nile, 
 Capt. Curry was sent in his cutter down that river 
 with the intelligence to Lord Keith, then in 
 Aboukir Bay.* In consequence of the strong re- 
 commendations of which he was the bearer, he was 
 immediately ordered home with the despatches; 
 and on his arrival at the Admiralty he was awarded 
 the sum of 500/., usually given on such occasions. 
 Having rejoined the Fury in the Mediterranean, 
 * Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 1032. 
 
254 
 
 CURTIS— CUEZON. 
 
 Capt. Curry was soon, by commission dated 7 Jan. 
 
 1802, promoted to Post-rank, and appointed to the 
 TiGRE, of 74 guns, wliicli ship he brought home 
 and paid off in Oct. following. We afterwards find 
 him assuming the successive command — 13 April, 
 
 1803, of the RoTAii Sovekeign 100, attached to the 
 fleet in the Cliannel— 30 April, 1805, of tl(e Tri- 
 bune 32, stationed off Cherbourg— and, 23 Jan. 
 1806, and 24 Sept. 1811, of the Koebdck 44, and 
 SoLEBAT 32, flag-ships of Admiral Billy Douglas, 
 Lord Gardner, and Kobt. Murray, Commanders-in- 
 Chief at North Yarmouth, where he remained until 
 the peace of 1814. From May, 1830, to May, 1833, 
 he next, in the Caledonia 120, Fodcboyant 80, 
 and San Josef 110, officiated as ]?lag-Captain to Sir 
 Mauley Dixon, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. 
 Since his original promotion to Flag-rank, 10 Jan. 
 1837, he has been on half-pay. His present com- 
 mission bears date 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Vice-Admiral Curry, who has received a gold 
 medal for his services in Egypt, was nominated a 
 C.B. 26 Sept. 1831. He married, 18 Jan. 1804, 
 Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Daniel Blachford, 
 Esq., of Lower Tooting, co. Surrey, and has 11 
 children now living. One of liis sons, Douglas, is a 
 Captain, R.N. Another, Robert Murray, First- 
 Lieutenant, R.M., commanded, while attached to 
 the Thunderer 84, a company at the storming of 
 Sldon, and served at the siege of Acre in 1840. 
 
 CURTIS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Alfred John Curtis is youngest son of Timothy 
 Abraham Curtis, Esq., by Margaret Harriet, young- 
 est daughter of the late Toung Green, Esq., of 
 Poole, CO. Dorset ; nephew of the present Sir Wm. 
 Curtis, Bart., and of Capt. Timothy Curtis, R.N. 
 (1826), who died in Oct. 1834 ; and cousin of Lieut. 
 Geo. Curtis Adams, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 25 April, 1831 ; 
 passed his examination 6 Sept. 1837 ; and served 
 for some time, as Mate, on board the Seringapa- 
 TAM 42, Capt. John Leith, stationed in North Ame- 
 rica and the "West Indies, as also in the North Star 
 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, under whom he 
 appears to have been employed during the campaign 
 in China. He obtained his commission 18 Nov. 
 1842 ; and continuing attached to the North Star, 
 on the Indian station, until paid offin the summer of 
 1846, was mentioned as having served on shore in 
 command, in Jan. of that year, of a division of sea- 
 men, and as having made himself otherwise ex- 
 tremely useful during an attack on a pah, belonging 
 to a rebel chief named Kawiti, at Ruapikapika, in 
 New Zealand, which was assaulted and carried in a 
 most gallant manner, after a severe action of nearly 
 four hours.* He has been First^Lieutenant, since 
 19 Deo. 1846, of the Mdtine 12, Capt. Robert Tryon, 
 attached to the Channel squadron. 
 
 CURTIS, Bakt., C.B. (Eear-Admirai, of the 
 Red, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Sir Lucius Curtis, born 3 June, 1786, is only 
 surviving son of Admiral the late Sir Roger Curtis, 
 Bart., G.C.B.,-!- by Sarah, youngest daughter and 
 coheir of M. Brady, Esq., of Gatcombe House, co. 
 Hants ; and younger brother of Capt. Roger Curtis, 
 R.N., who died in 1801. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 June, 1795, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Queen Charlotte 
 100, bearing his father's flag in the Channel ; 
 served next for 18 months in the Royal William, 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 2346. 
 
 f This gallant officer, so well known to every reader of 
 naval history, attained post-rank in 1777. For his distin- 
 guished conduct, when Capt. of the BaiLLiANT frigate, at 
 the Siege of Gibraltar, particularly at the destruction of the 
 floating batteries on 13 Sept. 1783, he received the honour of 
 knighthood; and for his subsequent heroism, as Lord Howe's 
 fliBt Captain in the Queen Chablotti: on the memorable 
 1 June, 1794, was rewarded with a baronetcy, and presented 
 with a gold chain and medal. As a Rear and Vice-Admiral, 
 Sir Roger afterwards held a command in the Channel Fleet) 
 and from 1799 to 1808 was ('ommander-in-Chief at the (^ape 
 of Good Hope. He died a full Admiral of the Red, 14 Nov. 
 1816. 
 
 flag-ship at Spithead of Sir Peter Parker ; and from 
 Aug. 1798, until Jan. 1803, -was further employed, 
 as Midshipman and Lieutenant (commission dated 
 11 Aug. 1801), in the Prince 98, and Lancaster 
 64, flag-ships of Sir R. Curtis, on the Home, Medi- 
 terranean, and Cape of Good Hope stations. On 
 24 Sept. 1803, he joined the Excellent 74, Capt. 
 Frank Sotheron, and on his return to the Mediter- 
 ranean was confirmed, 16 Nov. 1804, in the command 
 of the Jalouse sloop, from which he removed, 19 
 June, 1805, to the Rose 18. Being promoted to 
 Post-rank, 22 Jan. 1806, Capt. Curtis subsequently 
 assumed command, 9 Jan. 1809, of the Magicienne 
 36, and, proceeding to the Cape, assisted at the re- 
 duction of Isle Bourbon in July, 1810.* We then 
 find him taking part in a variety of gallant but un- 
 fortunate operations which, by 28 Aug. following, 
 terminated, after a loss to the Magicienne of 8 
 killed and 20 wounded, in the unavoidable self-de- 
 struction of that ship and the SiRius, the capture 
 of the Nereide, and the surrender to a powerful 
 French force of the Iphxgenia, the last of a squa- 
 dron of frigates, originally under the orders of 
 Commodore Sam. Pym, at the entranoe of Port 
 Sud-Est, Isle of France.t On his return to Eng- 
 land, after suffering several months of cruel cap- 
 tivity, Capt. Curtis was successively appointed, 17 
 Jan. 1812, and 13 Feb. 1813, to the command of the 
 Iphigenia 36, and Madagascar 38, from the latter 
 of which frigates he invalided in June, 1814. He 
 attained his present rank 28 June, 1838 ; and since 
 8 March, 1843, has been employed as Admiral-Su- 
 perintendent at Malta, with his flag on board the 
 Ceylon 2. 
 
 Sir Lucius Curtis was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 
 1815. He married, 1 June, 1811, Mary Figg, eldest 
 daughter of Moses Greetham, Esq., of East Cosham, 
 CO. Hants, formerly Deputy Judge-Advocate of the 
 Fleet, and by that lady, who died 30 May, 1841, 
 had issue, with three daughters, four sons, of whom 
 the two eldest, Roger and Roger Curtis, are in the 
 R.N. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 CURTIS. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Roger Curtis, born 9 Nov. 1812, is eldest son of 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C.B. 
 
 Tins officer entered the Navy 6 Oct. 1825 ; passed 
 his examination in 1831 ; and obtained his first 
 commission 28 June, 1838. He was appointed, 14 
 Aug. following, to the Action 26, Capt. Robt. 
 Russell, on the South American station; and, on 
 21 March, 1843, was invested, as Flag-Lieutenant 
 to his father, with the command of the Ceylon 2, 
 receiving-ship at Malta. Since his attainment of 
 the rank he now holds, 9 Nov. 1846, Commander 
 Curtis has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 CURTIS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Roger Lucius Curtis, born 8 May, 1816, is se- 
 cond son of Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., 
 C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 24 Dec. 1830 ; passed 
 his examination 6 April, 1836 ; and prior to his pro- 
 motion, which took place 16 April, 1842, served, as 
 Mate, on board the Queen 110, flag-ship at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Edw. Codrington, and Cambrian 36, 
 Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, employed in the East 
 Indies. He was then appointed to the Thalia 42, 
 Capt. Chas. Hope, on the same station — and since 
 12 Deo. 1845, has been attached to the Hibernia 
 104, and Ceylon 2, bearing the flags, in the Me- 
 diterranean and at Malta, of Sir Wm. Parker and 
 Sir Lucius Curtis. Agents — Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
 CURZON, C.B., K.S.L., K.S.V.,R.G. (Captain, 
 1823. F-P., 15; H-P., 28.) 
 
 Edward Cubzon was bom 9 Dec. 1789. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. 
 
 • Vtde Ga?.. 1810, p. 1681. 
 + V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1978, and Gai. 1811, p. 261. 
 
CURZON-CUTLER. 
 
 255 
 
 Arthur Kaye Legge ; and, continuing to serve in 
 that ship for the period of six years, was present in 
 Sir Kobt. Calder's action with the combined fleets 
 of France and Spain, 22 July, 1805 — witnessed the 
 capture of the Marengo of 80 guns, bearing the flag 
 of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate £elle Poule, 
 13 March, 1806— was at the taking of Le President 
 44, by a sq^nadron under Sir Thos. Louis, 27 Sept. 
 following — and attended the expeditions to Con- 
 stantinople and Flushing in Feb. 1807, and Aug. 
 1809. Being confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, 14 March, 1811, 
 he served on the coast of Catalonia until March, 
 1813; after which he joined, 5 March, 1814, the 
 ToNNANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Inglia 
 Cochrane, and was employed on shore as an Aide- 
 de-Camp to the Commander of the Forces during 
 the ensuing operations against New Orleans. At 
 the termination of hostilities with the United States, 
 Mr. Curzon obtained a second promotal commission 
 dated 29 March, 181,5. He subsequently commanded 
 the Pelican 18, on the West India station, from 23 
 July, 1816, until 7 Dec. 1818 ; and on 10 Oct. 1822, 
 was appointed to the Fly 18, fitting for the South 
 American station, where he assumed Post-rank 8 
 Feb. 1823. Becoming Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. 
 Codrington, in the Asia of 84 guns, 6 Oct. 1826, he 
 obtained the highest praise for the able and zealous 
 assistance he afforded that distinguished officer at 
 the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827.* He was super- 
 seded from the Asia in 1828 ; and, with the excep- 
 tion of a few months in 1831, when he commanded 
 the Caledonia 120, as an experimental ship, was 
 not further employed. He accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846.1 
 
 Capt. Curzon, for his services at Navarin, was no- 
 minated a C.B. 18 Nov. 1827,t and invested with 
 the orders of St. Louis of France, St. Vladimir of 
 Bussia, and the Redeemer of Greece. He is Senior 
 Captain on the list of 1823. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 CUEZON. (LlEDTENANT, 1843.) 
 
 The Honourable Frederick Cdbzon entered 
 the Navy 13 April, 1836 ; passed his examination 7 
 Feb. 1843 ; and after an intermediate servitude, as 
 Mate, on board the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at 
 Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Victoria 
 AND Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus Fitz- 
 Clarence, was awarded a commission 30 Dec. fol- 
 lowing. He joined, 9 Sept. 1844, the Mutine 12, 
 Capt. Rich. Borough Crawford, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope ; and since 23 April, 1846, has been employed 
 in the Pacific in the Constance 50, Capt. Sir Bald- 
 win Wake Walker. 
 
 CURZON. (Admiral of the Bed, 1837. r-P., 
 24 ; H-p., 46.) 
 
 The Honodrable Henry Curzon was born 24 
 May, 1765, and died 2 May, 1846, at Derby. He 
 was youngest son of the first Lord Scarsdale, by 
 Caroline, daughter of Charles, second Earl of Port- 
 more ; and uncle of the present Lord Scarsdale, as 
 also of the Hon. Wm. Curzon, Deputy Assistant 
 Adjutant General to the Army in the Netherlands, 
 who fell at Waterloo. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Oct. 1776, as 
 A.B., on board the JEolus frigate, Capt. Christ. 
 Atkins, and on his return from the West Indies in 
 1780, became Midshipman of the Maonanime 64, 
 Capt. Clias. Wolseley. In that ship he sailed for 
 India, and there joining the Superb 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Edw. Hughes, took part, on 12 April, 6 
 July, and 3 Sept. 1782, in three general actions with 
 the French fleet under M. de Suffrein, the collective 
 loss of the Superb on which occasions amounted to 
 70 killed and 167 wounded. Being promoted, 1 
 Feb. 1783, to a Lieutenancy in the BIinorca, Capt. 
 John GoU, Mr. Curzon was further present in Sir 
 E. Hughes' fifth and last action with the enemy, 
 off Cuddalore, 20 June following, when the latter 
 ship had 6 men slain and 14 wounded. Between 
 • Vidt Gai. 1887, p. 23ii2. t V- Ua2. 1827, p. 2331. 
 
 July, 1784, and March, 1790, he next served in the 
 Flora, Ambuscade, and Aquilon frigates, Capts. 
 Geo. Storey, O'Hara, and Robt. Montagu, and, as 
 First-Lieutenant, in the Adamant 50, flag-ship of 
 Sir Rich. Hughes, on the Jamaica, Home, Mediter- 
 ranean, and Halifax stations. He then came home 
 as Acting-Commander of the Brisk sloop ; was con- 
 firmed to the TisipHONE fire-ship, 21 Sept. in the 
 same year ; and on 22 of the succeeding Nov. was 
 advanced to Post-rank. Until he invalided, in 
 June, 1801, Capt. Curzon was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — in June, 1791, to the Lapwing 28—22 Jan. 
 1794, to the Pallas 32—28 Feb. 1799, to the Inde- 
 fatigable 46 — and, in April, 1801, to the Auda- 
 cious 74. When in the Lapwing, he was sent to 
 Villa Franca for the protection of British property, 
 on the occasion of the French taking possession of 
 Nice in 1792 ; and at the commencement of the war 
 he brought a convoy home from Gibraltar. On his 
 removal to the Pallas, he acquitted himself very 
 much to the satisfaction of the Hon. Wm. Com- 
 wallis by the manner in which he repeated that 
 gallant officer's signals during the celebrated re- 
 treat of 16 and 17 June, 1795;* alter which he 
 captured, 16 July, 1797, the San Jose y Nuestra Se- 
 nora de Begogna, Spanish letter-of-marque, of 16 
 guns and 52 men, and was wrecked, on Mount 
 Batten Point, in Plymouth Sound, 4 April, 1798. 
 During his command of the Indefatigable, he 
 further captured, in May, 1799, and on 12 June 
 and 23 Oct. 1800, La Venus and Le Vengeur, pri- 
 vateers, carrying between them 30 guns and 201 
 men, and, in company with the Fisgard, the French 
 frigate La Venus, of 32 guns and 200 men.f He 
 also, in the autumn of 1800, attended the expe- 
 dition to Ferrol. After an interval of six years, 
 occasioned by extreme ill health, Capt. Curzon ob- 
 tained command, 10 June, 1807, of the Elizabeth 
 74 ; in which ship he served for some time at the 
 blockade of Lisbon — escorted the Russian fleet to 
 England subsequently to the convention of Cintra 
 — superintended the embarkation of Sir John 
 Moore's army at Corunna in Jan. 1809 — and ulti- 
 mately brought a convoy home from the Brazils. 
 Capt. Curzon, who had been appointed a Colonel 
 of Marines, 25 Oct. 1809, was superseded from the 
 Elizabeth on attaining the rank of Rear-Admiral, 
 31 July, 1810. He subsequently became a Vice- 
 Admiral, 4 June, 1814 ; and on 22 July, 1830, was 
 made a full Admiral, but he never hoisted his flag. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 CUTLER. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Frank Cutler entered the Navy, 5 April, 1800, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the C^sar 80, Capt., 
 afterwards Rear-Admiral, Sir Jas. Saumarez ; under 
 whom he successively bore a part, 6 June, 1801, in 
 the battle off Algesiras, and, six days later, in the 
 victory gained over the Franco-Spanish squadron 
 near Cadiz. In Dec. 1802, he next joined the Mi- 
 nerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, and was 
 serving on board that frigate when she took the 
 ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was 
 compelled, in spite of a sanguinary resistance of 
 several hours, to strike her colours, 2 July, 1803. 
 After a period of nearly six years spent in bondage, 
 Mr. Cutler at length regained his liberty in June, 
 1809 ; between which period and the date of his 
 promotion, 21 March, 1812, he further served, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Ajax 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, fitting at Portsmouth ; 
 Crocus sloop, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walpole, cruizing 
 in the Channel ; CURA90A 36, Capt. John Tower 
 (under whom he sailed with convoy for the East 
 Indies) ; and Daphne 20, Capt. Philip Pipon, sta- 
 tioned in the Baltic. His next appointments were 
 — 18 May, 1812, to the Clio 18, Capt. Wm. Ffaring- 
 ton, the boats of which sloop he commanded in con- 
 junction with those of the Hamadryad 36, under 
 Lieut. Pesley, at the capture, off Hermeren, of a 
 French privateer, Le Filotm, carrjing 4 12-pounder 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1795, p. C56. f V. Gaz. 1800, p. 1256. 
 
256 
 
 DABINE— DACRE— DACRES. 
 
 carronades and 31 men.*— and, 23 April, 1813, to 
 the Medway 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Tyler at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. He has been on haif-pay since 
 2 April, 1816. 
 
 Lieut. Cutler at present fills the post of British 
 Vice-Consul at Bordeaux. He married, 27 Sept. 
 1827, Clara Eliza, youngest daughter of the late 
 John Chas. Lucena, Esq., Consul-General from the 
 court of Portugal. 
 
 D. 
 
 DABINE. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 41 ; h-p., 6.) 
 
 Thomas Dtmock Jokes Dabine was born at 
 Glastonbury, co. Somerset. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 Oct. 1800, as 
 ]j. M., on board the Kdssell 74, Capts. Herbert Saw- 
 yer and Wm. Cuming, one of Lord Nelson's victo- 
 rious fleet in the battle off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801 ; 
 after which he joined the Puissant 74, guard-ship 
 at Spithead, and became, 11 June, 1804, Midshipman 
 of the Pbincess Rotai. 98, Capts. H. Sawyer and 
 Kobt. Carthew Reynolds, employed on the Home 
 station. Removing, as Master's Mate, in April, 
 1807, to the Procris 18, Capts. Eras. Beauman and 
 Jas. Murray Gordon, he attended the expedition 
 against Copenhagen under Lord Gambier, and sub- 
 sequently proceeded to the East Indies, where he 
 passed his examination in May, 1809, and was pro- 
 moted, from his old ship the Rcssell, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, to the 
 Acting First-Lieutenancy, 25 Sept. following, of 
 the Samakang 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer. After as- 
 sisting, 19 Feb. 1810, at the capture of Amboyna, 
 Mr. Dabine was transferred to the Cornwalms 
 (afterwards Akeae) 50, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caul- 
 feild and Henry Drury, in time to command a de- 
 tachment of seamen at the reduction of the Mau- 
 ritius, and further aid at the taking of Java ; off 
 which island he captured, 21 Sept. 1811, with three 
 of the Akbak's boats under his orders, the French 
 schooner Marie, carrying 2 twelve-pounder carron- 
 ades, 24 stand of arms, and 12 men. His commis- 
 sion as Lieutenant being confirmed 8 May, 1812, he 
 was afterwards, until placed on half-pay, in Oct. 
 1816, appointed— 1 Nov. 1812, to the Raven 16, 
 Capts. Geo. Gustavus Lennock and Edw. Lloyd, in 
 the North Sea — 11 May, 1815, to the command of 
 the Telegraph Station at New Cross— and, 13 Sept. 
 1815, and 11 Aug. 1816, to the Esk 20, Capt. G. G. 
 Lennock, and Royalist 16, Capt. Geo. Bennet 
 Allen, on the Jamaica station. Since Sept. 1820, 
 Lieut. Dabine has been almost uninterruptedly em- 
 ployed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married Miss F. Carpenter, of Bridport, co. 
 Dorset, and has six children. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommauney. 
 
 DACRE. (LiEDT., 1809. F-P., 15; H-p., 33.) 
 
 George Hall Dacre entered the Navy, in 
 March, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phcenix 
 36, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and, on proceed- 
 ing to the Mediterranean, assisted at the capture, 
 3 Aug. and 2 Sept. 1801, of the French frigates 
 Carriere, Sueces, and Bramure. He next joined the 
 MiNERVE, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, and 
 was a Midshipman on board that vessel when she 
 took the ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, 
 and was compelled, after a sanguinary but ineffec- 
 tual resistance of several hours, to strike her colours, 
 2 July, 1803. On regaining his liberty in May, 
 1809, Mr. Dacre became attached to the Cretan 
 brig, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, then in the Medi- 
 terranean, and on 10 July following, having re- 
 turned to Sheerness, he was officially promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. He was subsequently ap- 
 pointed, on the Home station— 12 July, 1809, to the 
 Beaver 10, Capt. Edw. O'Brien Drury— 14 Jan. 
 1811, to the Alexandria 32, Capt. Robt. Cathcart 
 
 * Vide Gai. 1812, p. 2192. Three Danish luggers, of 2 
 guns each, came out to support Le Filotin, but retreated on 
 the advance of the British. 
 
 —and, 26 April, 1814, to the Havock 12, Capt. 
 Geo. Truscott. Since Sept. 1615, he has been on 
 half-pay. Agents— Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 DACEES. (Rear- Admiral of the Red, 1838. 
 F-P., 23 ; H-P., 28.) 
 
 James Richard Dacbes is only surviving son of 
 the late Jas. Rich. Dacres, Esq., Vice-Admiral of 
 the Bed,* by Miss Eleanor Blandford Pearce, of 
 Cambridge ; nephew of the late Vice-Admiral Sir 
 Rich. Dacres, G.C.H. ; and first-cousin of Capt. 
 Sidney Colpoys Dacres, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1796, as Fst.-ol. 
 Vol., on board the Sceptre 64, commanded by his 
 father, Capt. J. R. Dacres, with whom we find him 
 also, in 1797, serving in the Barfledk 98. From 
 Aug. 1800, until the receipt of his first commission, 
 which bears date 15 Nov. 1804, he further officiated, 
 chiefly on the Home station, as Midshipman of the 
 Impetueux 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, Clyde 38, 
 Capt. Chas. Cunningham, Centaur 74, Capt. Bendall 
 Robt. Littlehales, Excellent 74, Capt. Nash, Boa- 
 DicEA 38, Capt. John Maitland, and Cdlloden 74, 
 Capt. Barrington Dacres. During that period he 
 attended, when in the Impetuedx, the expedition 
 against Ferrol in Aug. 1800, and was present, in 
 the BoADiCEA, in a short action with the French 
 74-gun ship Duguay Trouin, 29 Aug. 1803. After 
 performing the duties, for seven months, of Flag- 
 Lieutenant in the Theseds and Hercule 74's, to 
 his father, then Commander-in-Chief on the Ja- 
 maica station, Mr. Dacres was promoted, 5 July, 
 1805, to the command of the'ELK sloop, from which 
 he appears to have been posted, 14 Jan. 1806, into 
 the Bacchante, of 24 guns. On 14 Feb. 1807, he 
 captured,' off the island of St. Domingo, the French 
 national schooner Dauphin, of 3 guns and 71 men; 
 and he then, associating himself with Capt.Wm. Fur- 
 long Wise, of the Mediator 32, succeeded by a 
 well-conducted stratagem in approaching, through 
 a most difficult navigation, the fort of Samana, a 
 notorious nest for privateers, which, after a can- 
 nonade of four hours, and a loss to the British of 
 2 men killed and 16 wounded, was ultimately 
 stormed and carried with great gallantry by the 
 boats of the two ships under Lieuts. Henry Loraine 
 Baker, John Norton, and Shaw.f On his re- 
 turn to England in the Mediator, Capt. Dacres, 
 in Dec. 1807, was placed on half-pay ; and from that 
 period we do not again find him afloat until ap- 
 pointed, 16 March, 1811, to the GuERRiiRE, an old 
 worn-out frigate, carrying 48 guns, yielding a 
 broadside weight of 517 lbs., and 244 men. On 19 
 Aug. 1812, being on her way to Halifax after a very 
 long cruize, this vessel encountered and came to 
 close action with the United States ship Constitution, 
 of 56 guns, throwing a broadside weight «f 768 lbs., 
 and 460 men. After nobly struggling with her 
 huge antagonist for nearly an hour and three 
 quarters, the GuEBRiiiRE, having lost 15 men killed 
 and 63 wounded, and being rendered quite ungo- 
 vernable, with the loss of all her masts, was at 
 length obliged to surrender — in so shattered a con- 
 dition, indeed, that on the following 'morning she 
 was set on fire, and blown up.J t^ieCmstitutim'sloss 
 on the occasion amounted to at least 7 men killed 
 and as many wounded. Among the badly wounded 
 on board the GuerriJire was her gallant defender, 
 Capt. Dacres himself, who received a musket-ball 
 in the back, while standing on the starboard fore- 
 castle hammocks animating his crew, but who could 
 
 • Vice- Admiral Dacres, born in Feb. 1749, was eldest son 
 of Richard Dacres, Esq., Secretary to the garrison of Gibraltar. 
 He entered the iSavy in 1762 ; eminently distinguished bim- 
 selt in command of the Carleton schooner in the memnr- 
 able action on Lake Cliamplain in 1776 ; was with Commo- 
 dore Ford at the capture of Port-au-Prince ; participated, as 
 Captain of the Barfleub 98, in Lord Bridport's and Sir 
 John Jervis' actions of 23 June, 3795, and 14 Feb. 1797 ^ held 
 a command, afterwards, at Plymouth; and was for four 
 years, from 1804 to 1808, Commander-in-Chief on the Jamaica 
 station. Tlle Vice-Admiral died in .Tan. 1830, worn out by 
 length of service and the baneful effects of a West India 
 climate. 
 
 t Vide Oaz, 1807, p. S33. % V. Gai. 1812, p. 20S8. 
 
DACRES-D'AETH. 
 
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 not he prevailed upon to leave the deck. By the 
 court-martial which, on 2 Oct. following, assembled 
 on board the Africa 64, at Halifax, to try Capt. 
 Dacres for surrendering his ship to the enemy, he 
 "was, as may be readily imagined, " unanimously and 
 honourably acquitted of all blame on account of 
 her capture." We afterwards find him in command, 
 from 23 July, 1814, until 18 Sept. 1818, of the Tiber 
 38, on the Cork, Newfoundland, and Channel sta- 
 tions, and, from 28 Oct. 1833, until 1837, of the 
 Edineukgh 74, in the Mediterranean. In the former 
 ship Capt. Dacres took, 8 March, 1815, the Leo 
 American privateer, of 7 guns and 93 men. He 
 attained Flag-rank 28 June, 1838 ; and, on 9 Aug. 
 1845, was appointed Commander-in-Chief at the 
 Cape of Good Hope, where he is at present serving 
 with his flag in the President 50. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Dacres, who wag presented with a 
 gratuity from the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's in con- 
 sideration of his wound, married, 25 April, 1810, 
 Arabella Boyd, sister of the present Sir Adolphus 
 John Dalrymple, Bart., and sister-in-law of the late 
 Vice-Admiral Sir John Chambers White, K.C.B. 
 By that lady, who died 11 April, 1828, he has, with 
 other issue, two daughters, of whom one is the wife 
 of Lieut.-Col. Butler, and the other of Lieut. Thos. 
 Belgrave, R.N. Agehts — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DACRES. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 James Richard Dacres entered the Royal Naval 
 College, 5 Feb. 1824, and, embarking in Nov. 1825, 
 served, as Midshipman, in the Druid and Forte 
 frigates. He passed his examination in Jime, 1830 ; 
 was subsequently employed, as Mate, in the Un- 
 dadnted 46, Capt. Edw. Harvey, at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, and St. Vincent 120, Capt. Sir Hum- 
 phrey Fleming Senhouse, in the Mediterranean ; 
 and obtained his first commission 3 June, 1833. He 
 was next, after officiating for a short time as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the last-mentioned ship, 
 appointed in succession — 1 Sept. 1833, to the Rover 
 18, Capt. Sir Geo. Young, on the same station — 5 
 Deo. 1834, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Brunswick 
 Popham, off the coast of Africa — and 31 Oct. 1840, 
 to the Vernon 50, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, 
 again in the Mediterranean. He attained his pre- 
 sent rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 26 Nov. 1845, 
 has been in command of the Nimbod 20, on the 
 coast of Africa. 
 
 DACRES, K.L.H., K.R.G. (Captain, 1840.) 
 
 Sidney ColFots Dacres is son of Vice-Admiral 
 the late Sir Rich. Dacres, G.C.H.,* by Miss Martha 
 Phillips Mllligan ; brother of Capt. R. I. Dacres, of 
 the Royal Artillery ; brother-in-law of Capt. Wm. 
 Fairbrother Carroll, R.N., C.B. ; and first-cousin 
 of Bear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 Feb. 1817 ; passed 
 his examination in 1824 ; received his first com- 
 mission 5 May, 1827 ; and was appointed, 18 Jan. 
 1828, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons. In Oct. 
 following he landed in command, with Lieut. Alfred 
 Luckraft, of a party of seamen, and, by erecting 
 batteries and otherwise, effectively co-operated 
 with the French in reducing Morea Castle, the last 
 hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus, t Obtaining 
 a second promotal commission, 28 Aug. 1834, Capt. 
 Dacres assumed command, 16 Aug. 1836, of the 
 Salamander steamer ; for the importance of his 
 
 * Sir Richard Dacres, born in Sept. 1761, was brother of 
 the late Vice-Admiral J. R Dacres. He entered the Navy in 
 1 775 ; served during the early part of the first American war 
 as Midshipman in tlie Rsnown, 50 ; shared afterwards, as 
 First Lieutenant of the Alcide 74, in Admiral Graves' 
 action off the Chesapeake, in the different skirmishes with 
 the Comte de Grasse's squadron, at St. Christopher's, and in 
 Rodney's glorious victory ; commanded the Pomp^e 74, in 
 the expeditions to the Dardanella <ird Copenhagen, in 1807; 
 and, from a Feb. 1808 until Nov. 1816, omciated as Governor 
 of the Roval Naval Asylum. He became a Renr-Admiral 
 29 March, 1817; a Vice-Admiral 22 .luly, 1 830 ; and a G.C.H. 
 25 Jan. 1836. Sir Ricliard died at Bath 22 Jan. 1837. 
 
 f VideOoz. 1628, p. 2201. 
 
 services in which vessel off the north coast of Spain 
 in 1839-40, he was promoted to Post-rank on 1 Aug. 
 in the latter year. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Dacres is a Knight of the Legion of 
 Honour, and of the order of the Redeemer of 
 Greece. He married, 1 Oct. 1840, Emma, daughter 
 of D. Lambert, Esq., of Tavistock Square, London, 
 and has issue. 
 
 D'AETH. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Edward Henry Hughes d'Aeth is third son of 
 Capt. G. W. H. D'Aeth, R.N. 
 
 'I'his officer entered the Navy in 1836 ; and while 
 attached, in Aug. 1844, to the Dido 18, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Keppel, he served very creditably in an 
 attack made by that vessel and the Hon. E. I. C.'s 
 steamer Phlegethon, on a settlement of pirates in 
 the island of Borneo, where the British lost 32 men 
 killed and 30 wounded, but inflicted a condign 
 punishment on their opponents. He afterwards 
 joined the Qdeen 110, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir 
 John West ; was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 25 Sept. 1845 ; obtained an appointment, 27 
 Nov. following, to the Scourge steam-sloop, Capt. 
 Jas. Crawford Caffin, employed on the Home sta- 
 tion; and since 11 March, 1846, has been serving at 
 the Cape of Good Hope in the Brilliant 22, Capt. 
 Kimdle Surges Watson. 
 
 D'AETH, formerly Hughes, (ffiaptsin, 1815. 
 F-p., 12; H-p., 36.) 
 
 Geokge William Hughes d'Aeth, bom in April, 
 1786, is only son of the late Wm. Hughes, Esq., of 
 Betshanger, co. Kent, by Harriet, eldest daughter 
 of Josiah Hardy, Esq., Consul at Cadiz, and great- 
 grand-daughter, maternally, of Admiral Sir John 
 Narborough, one of the Commissioners of the Navy 
 in the time of King Charles II. Capt. d'Aeth as- 
 sumed his present surname on inheriting the estates 
 of his cousin, Sir Narborough d'Aeth, Bart., of 
 Knowlton Court, co. Kent, 4 June, 1808. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst 36, Capts. 
 John Cooke, Henry Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell, 
 and John Wm. Spranger, on the Home station; 
 where, besides being much employed in the con- 
 veyance of royal and diplomatic personages, he as- 
 sisted in taking three privateers, carrying 34 guns 
 and 270 men, and was present, as Midshipman, at 
 the capture, 27 Jan. and 9 April, 1801, of the French 
 36-gun frigate La DedaigTieuse, and national cor- 
 vette Le General Brune, of 14 guns. In Aug. 1805, 
 he rejoined Capt. Cooke in the Bellerophon 74, 
 and for his conduct as Master's Mate of that ship 
 at the battle of Trafalgar, was promoted, 30 Jan. 
 1806, to a Lieutenancy in the Ruby 64, Capts. 
 Temple, Hardy, and Draper. He next, in the en- 
 suing June, removed to the Resolution 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Burlton, under whom he attended the expe- 
 dition to Copenhagen, in Aug. 1807 ; after which 
 he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Hibernia and 
 San Josef, to Sir Chas. Cotton, and continued to 
 be employed in that capacity, off Lisbon and in the 
 Mediterranean, until Jan. 1811 — with the exception 
 of a half-pay interval in 1809, and of a few months 
 in 1808, and again in 1810, when he held the acting 
 command of the Eclipse 18, and of the Eijderin 
 16, Swallow 18, and Shearwater 10. While in 
 the Eijderin and Swallow in 1810, Mr. d'Aeth 
 served at the defence of Messina, and commanded 
 a division of mortar-boats in an attack on the 
 enemy's flotilla under the batteries of Scylla 
 and Reggio. From Feb. to Jlay, 1811, he had 
 further charge of the Termagant 18, during the 
 blockade of Barcelona. Obtaining a second pro- 
 motal commission 16 Aug. 1811, Capt. d'Aeth was 
 next appointed, 4 April, 1814, to the command of the 
 Bucephalus troop-ship. He subsequently served 
 on shore in the attack on New Orleans ; and on 13 
 June, 1815, attained Post-rank. His acceptance of 
 the Retirement took place 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. d'Aeth married, 20 Aug. 1816, Harriot, 
 sister of the present Sir Edw. Knatchbull, Bart., 
 
 2 L 
 
258 
 
 DALE— DALGLEISH-DALLING— DALRYMPLE-DALTON. 
 
 late Paymaster-General of the Forces, and has 
 issue, with three daughters, four sons, of whom the 
 third, Edw. Henry, is a Lieutenant R.N. Agemts 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 DALE. (Ebtiked CommandSb, 1844. t^p., 17; 
 
 H-P.,31.) 
 
 Alfred Dale is son of Thos. Dale, Esq^., M.D., 
 of London, one of the founders, and for many years 
 a Registrar of the Literary Fund Institution. 
 
 This ofaoer entered the Nary, 1 Sept. 1799, as 
 a Boy, on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cun- 
 ningham, stationed in the Channel, and attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 27 Jime^ 1800. On re- 
 moving, in April, 1802, to the La Dedaigneuse 36, 
 Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland, Peter Heywood, and 
 Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, he sailed for the East 
 Indies, where he was captured, while in charge of a 
 prize, in Dec. 1803. He remained a prisoner in the 
 Isle of France until exchanged, in July, 1805 ; then 
 rejoined his previous ship ; and, on 25 Sept. 1806, 
 was promoted from the Culloden 74, hearing the 
 flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, to an Acting-Lieutenancy 
 in the Pitt alias Salsette 36, Capt. Walter Bath- 
 urst, to which frigate, after accompanying Lord 
 Gambler in his expedition against Copenhagen, he 
 was confirmed by the Admiralty, 21 Oct. 1807. He 
 next assisted at the bombardment of Flushing ; and 
 was subsequently appointed — 2 Aug. 1810, and 1 
 Oct. 1812, to the Belle Podle 38, and Pembroke 
 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Brisbane — and, 
 19 Jan. 1813, and 3 Deo. 1814, to the Laurel 38, 
 and Amelia 38, each commanded by Capt. Hon. 
 Granville Leveson Proby. During his attachment 
 to the last-mentioned ship, Mr. Dale served on the 
 Mediterranean and Cape stations — was much em- 
 ployed in boat-duty — and received the thanks of 
 Lord Exmouth for his conduct in landing, in July, 
 1815, with a party of seamen and marines on the 
 island of Elba, and eflFeoting the capture of a 
 packet of 6 guns and 40 men, commanded by a 
 Lieutenant of the French Navy. Commander Dale, 
 who has not been afloat since he was paid oflf in 
 July, 1816, assumed his present rank 24 July, 1844. 
 
 DALGLEISH. (Commandeb, 1813.) 
 
 James Dalgleish died 31 Jan. 184^. He was 
 cousin of Lieut. J. O. Dalgleish, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Egmont 74, Capts. Jas. Fer- 
 guson and Edw. Thombrough, forming part of the 
 Channel fleet. Until 1791 he further served, on 
 the American and Home statioiis, in the Camel, 
 Lieut.-Commander Geo. Burlton, Expedition, Capt. 
 Jas. Vashon, Ganges 74, Capt. Roger Curtis, Thokn 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Taylor, and BATtFLECR 98, bear- 
 ing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Elliot. In 1794 he 
 Joined the Queen Chaklotte 100, bearing the flag 
 of Earl Howe, and, obtaining a Lieutenancy, 25 
 Aug. 1794, in the Tremendous 74, Capts. Wm. Ben- 
 tinck, John Aylmer, and Wm. Hope, was after- 
 Wards appointed— 14 April, 1796, to the Asia 64, 
 Capt. M'Dougall— 6 July, 1796, to the EuRus, Capt. 
 Jas. Ross, in which vessel he visited the West In- 
 dies— 4 Oct. 1799, to the Hussak 38, Capt. Lord 
 Garlies — 25 June, 1801, to the Bellesophon 74, 
 commanded by the same officer — 22 Aug. 1803, to 
 the command, in the West Indies, of the Swirr 
 hired cutter— next, to the Chichester, store-ship, 
 Capt. Joseph Spear — 22 May, 1805, to the Dryad 
 36, Capts. Adam Drummond and Edw. Galwey, in 
 which he assisted at the capture, 22 March, 1808, 
 of Le Rennnir privateer, of 14 guns and 95 men, 
 and attended the expedition to the Walcheren in 
 1809 — and (after an unemployed interval of three 
 years), 19 Jan. 1813, to the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 flag-ship of Lord Keith. He obtained a Com- 
 mander's commission on 4 Dec. in the latter year, 
 but did not afterwards go afloat. 
 
 DALGLEISH. (Lieut., 1823. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 22.) 
 James Ogilvy Dalgleish, born in May, 1800, at 
 Scotsoraig House, oo. Fife, is cousin of the late 
 Commander Jas. Dalgleish, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bakeleur 98, Capt. 
 John Maitland, stationed off Toulon; and on re- 
 moving, in Jan. following, to the Liverpool 40, 
 Capt. Arthur Farquhar, visited Quebec, the Cape 
 of Good Hope, and the Isle of France. He became, 
 in March, 1818, Midshipman of the Tiber 38, Capt. 
 Jas. Rich. Dacres ; served next, from Sept. in the 
 same year until Nov. 1822, in the Liffey 40, Capts. 
 Hon. Henry Duncan and Chas. Grant, on the Home, 
 Mediterranean, and East India stations ; and then 
 joined, as Acting-Lieutenant, the Termagant 28, 
 Capt. Robt. Graham Dunlop, to which ship he was 
 confirmed by the Admiralty, 26 July, 1823. His 
 subsequent appointments were, 28 Nov. 1823, and 
 15 March, 1824, to the Rattlesnake,28, and Brisk 
 10, Capts. Hugh Fatten and Chas. Hope, on the 
 Home station. Since Oct. 1825, Lieut. Dalgleish 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 20 July, 1831, Isabella Marshall, 
 daughter of David Martin, Esq., of Dundee, by 
 whom he has issue three children. 
 
 DALLING. (Captain, 1828. p-p., 19 ; h-p., 25.) 
 John Windham Dalling is youngest son of the 
 late Sir John Dalling, Bart., a Colonel in the army, 
 and Governor of Jamaica, by Louisa, daughter of 
 Excelles Lawford, Esq. ; brother of the present Sir 
 Wm. Windham Dalling, Bart., of Burwood Park, 
 CO. Surrey ; and brother-in-law of General Hon. 
 Robt. Meade. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Hope, and after sharing, as Midshipman, in the 
 battle of Trafalgar, removed, in Dec. 1805, to the 
 Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste. In the summer of 
 1806 we find him present at the debarkation of the 
 troops immediately prior to the battle of Malda, as 
 also at the capture of the town of Reggie, and of 
 the important fortress of Cotrone, containing a gar- 
 rison of 600 men. While subsequently employed in 
 the same ship in the Adriatic, Mr. Dalling served 
 in her boats on various occasions, but particularly 
 on 27 Aug. 1809, when he aided, as Master's Mate, 
 in' taking the strong fort of Cortellazzo, with a 
 flotilla of six gun-boata, and a convoy of merchant- 
 men lying under its protection. He next joined, 
 for a few months, the Centauk 74, bearing the flag 
 off Toulon of Sir Sam. Hood; and, on 18 Oct. 1810, 
 he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the Ville de 
 Paris 110, Capt. Geo. Burlton, on the same station. 
 From Aug. 1812, imtil promoted to the rank of 
 Commander, 15 June, 1814, he served at the Cape 
 of Good Hope on board the Lion 64, and Semiramib 
 36, flag-ships of Rear-Admirsds Hon. Robt. Stopford 
 and Chas. Tyler ; and he subsequently obtained 
 command, 7 Jan. 1817, and 18 April, 1826, of the 
 NiMROD and Raleigh sloops, on the Leith and 
 Mediterranean stations. Assuming Post-rank 2 Jan. 
 1828, Capt. Dalling, from 15 Nov. 1838, until May, 
 1842, further served in the Daphne, first-class cor- 
 vette, off Lisbon, and again in the Mediterranean. 
 Since the latter date he has been unemployed. 
 
 Capt. Dalling married, 10 June, 1844, Frances 
 Anne, eldest daughter of Colonel Fanshawe, K.E., 
 C.B. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DALRYMPLE. (Retired Commander, 1845.) 
 James Dalkymple was made a Lieutenant 17 
 Nov. 1800. He became a Retired Commander on 
 the Junior List, 15 Dec. 1830 ; and on the Senior, 
 S.Sept. 1845. 
 
 DALTON. (Ret. Capt., 1840. f-p.,11;h-p., 36.) 
 James Robert Daltow is second son of the late 
 John Dalton, Esq., of Sleningford, co. York, and of 
 Fillingham Castle, co. Lincoln, a Lieutenant-Colonel 
 in the army, by Susanna, eldest daughter of General 
 
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 Kobt. Prescott, of Rose Green, co. Sussex. Capt. 
 Dalton, who has three brothers in the army, is 
 brother-in-law of Lieut.-General Sir Jaa. Chas. Dal- 
 biac, K.C.B., and uncle of the present Duchess of 
 Roxburghe. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stag 32, Capt. Robt. Win- 
 throp, and after attending the expedition against 
 Ferrol, was wrecked in Vigo Bay, 6 Sept. following. 
 From that period until Nov. 1804 he next served 
 with Capt. John Chambers White in the Mediter- 
 ranean, as Midshipman of the Renown 74, flag-ship 
 at first of Sir John Borlase Warren, and Kent 74. 
 He then cruized for 18 months in the Ramillies 
 74, Capt. Fras. Pickmore ; and, on 25 Aug. 1806, 
 was promoted from the Foudrotant 80, flag-ship 
 at Newfoundland of Sir J. B. Warren, to an Acting- 
 Lieutenancy in the Namuk 74, Capt. Lawrence 
 Wm. Halsted. Being confirmed by the Admiralty 
 26 Nov. following, he subsequently joined — 1 Deo. 
 in the same year, the Confiance 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Lucas Yeo, off Cape Finisterre— 29 Sept. 1807, the 
 Leonidas 38, Capts. Jas. Dunbar, Henry Hope, 
 and Anselm John Griffiths, in which frigate he 
 beheld the capture of Cephalonia, 4 Oct. 1809— and, 
 in Nov. of the latter year, the Delight sloop, 
 Capts. John Brett Purvis and Lord Balgonie. He 
 obtained a second promotal commission 30 April, 
 1810, and was afterwards in command, from 28 July, 
 1814, to 28 May, 1815, of the Spitfire 16, on the 
 coasts of Spain, France, and Ireland. He retired 
 with Post-rank 10 Sept. 1840. Agents— Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 DALTON. (LlEUTEKANT, 1843.) 
 
 KicHAKD Henry Dalton entered the Navy 14 
 Sept. 1832; passed his examination 1 Feb. 1837; 
 served for some time in the Mediterranean as Mate 
 of the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, and 
 Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen; 
 obtained his commission 16 Feb. 1843 ; was ap- 
 pointed, 5 June following, to the Conway 26, Capts. 
 Robt. Fair and Wm. Kelly, on the Cape station, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off 
 in 1845; and, since 19 Dec. 1846, has been attached, 
 as Additional Lieutenant, to the Ocean 80, Capt. 
 David Price, guard-ship at Sheemess. 
 
 DALY, C.B. (Eear-Admirai of the Blue, 1846. 
 F-p., 13; H-p., 40.) 
 
 CuTHBEHT Feathebstone Daly is sccond son of 
 the late Denis Daly, Esq., of Castle Daly, co. Wesl> 
 meath, by Miss Harriet King; brother of Denis 
 Daly, Esq., Brigade-Major at Portsmouth ; and uncle 
 of Lieut. John Daly, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromache 38, Capt. 
 Theophilus Jones, with whom he continued to serve, 
 on the Newfoundland, Lisbon, and Channel stations, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate of tbe Trident 
 64, Glory 98, Prince George 98, and Defiance 
 74, and as Lieutenant (commission dated 30 Sept. 
 ISOO;) of the Atlas 98, until April, 1802. Being 
 appointed Senior, 1 March, 1803, of the Arrow, of 
 28 32-pounder oarronades and 132 men, Capt. Rich. 
 Budd Vincent, he subsequently, in June, 1804, ob- 
 tained the official praise of that officer for the spi- 
 rited manner in which, with the boats, he boarded, 
 cut adrift, and then destroyed, under the island of 
 Fano, at the entrance of the Adriatic, L'Actif 
 French privateer, of 4 guns, although moored with 
 three anchors, attached by a hawser from the mast- 
 head to the cliff above her, and defended by a heavy 
 cross-fire from the crew on board, and from the 
 rocks, beach, and houses. On 4 Feb. 1805, the 
 ^RROw, and her consort the Acheron bomb, were 
 both captured by the French 40 and 38-gun frigates 
 Hortense and Incorruptible, after a noble resistance 
 of several hours, in which the former ship lost 13 
 men killed and 27 wounded, and was so shattered 
 that she immediately afterwards settled on her 
 beam-ends, and went down. Lieut. Daly, who was 
 detained a prisoner at Curthngena until the follow- 
 
 ing July, next became first of the Diadem 64, Com- 
 modore Sir Home Popham, and, on proceeding to 
 the Cape of Good Hope, was present at its sur- 
 render to the British in Jan. 1806. He was then 
 sent home with the despatches in the Seahorse 
 transport, and on his arrival was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander, 10 April, 1806. Assuming 
 charge, 8 Jan. 1807, of the Comet, of 18 guns, Capt. 
 Daly next cruized vrith great activity on the north 
 coast of Spain, where, in command of four boats 
 belonging to his own vessel and to the Cossack, he 
 landed, on 23 June, 1808, spiked all the guns in 
 Fort St. Salvador de Ano and Fort Sedra, near the 
 town of St. Andero, and was severely scorched in 
 destroying two magazines.* On 11 Aug. following 
 he very gallantly went in pursuit of three of the 
 enemy's corvettes, one of which. La Sylphe, of 18 
 guns, he ultimately brought to close action, and in 
 20 minutes compelled to surrender.f For his dis- 
 tinguished conduct on this occasion he was re- 
 warded with a Post commission, dated on 18 of the 
 same month. From 15 May to 14 July, 1812, he 
 afterwards commanded the Barham 74, in the 
 North Sea, but since the latter period he has been 
 on half-pay. His advancement to Flag-rank took 
 place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Daly, who has received rewards, 
 both honorary and pecuniary, from the Patriotic 
 Fund, was nominated a C.B. 20 July, 1838, and 
 awarded the good service pension 19 Feb. 1842. 
 He was left a widower, with several children, 14 
 Aug. 1841.. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 DALY. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John Daly is fourth son of the late Joseph Mor- 
 gan Daly, Esq., of Castle Daly, co. Westmeath, by 
 Elizabeth, third daughter of Robt. Tighe, Esq., of 
 South Hill ; brother of Capt. Robt. Daly, 14th In- 
 fantry, and of Henry Daly, Esq., an officer in the 
 Hon. E. I. Co.'s service; and nephew of Bear- Ad- 
 miral" C. F. Daly. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 20 May, 1824. 
 While Mate of the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. Her- 
 bert, he served in her boats under Lieut. Rundle 
 Burges Watson in an impressive attack upon 13 
 Chinese war-junks, near Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 1841 — 
 was on shore at the storming, 27 Feb., of the enemy's 
 works close to Whampoa Reach, where 54 pieces of 
 cannon were taken— assisted in the boats at the 
 capture of several rafts and of the last fort protect- 
 ing the approaches to Canton, 13 March — served 
 with the western division of boats at the capture 
 of that city on 18 March — and, during the second 
 series of hostilities against it, was again in the 
 boats at the destruction, 26 May, of the whole ot 
 the defences, extending about two miles from the 
 British factory.]: Having been promoted on 6 ot 
 the latter month, and appointed to the Blonde 4^ 
 Capt. Thos. Bourchier, he next, in command of that 
 ship's launch, assisted at the reduction of Chinghae, 
 10 Oct. following.! Mr. Daly's subsequent ap- 
 pointments were, 20 Jan. 1842, and 12 March, 1845, 
 to the Pelican 16, and Melamfus 42, Capts. Philip 
 Justice and John Norman Campbell, on the East 
 India and South American stations. He has not 
 been on the Ust of the navy since the close of 1845. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 DALYELL. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 James Dalyell entered the Navy 6 Jan. 1814 ; 
 passed his examination in 1820 ; served in the boats 
 of the Tyne at the capture of a pirate in the West 
 Indies in 1823 ; and was promoted, 6 Sept. 1826, to 
 a Lieutenancy in the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, 
 on the Jamaica station. He obtained an appoint- 
 ment in the Coast Guard 14 July, 1838 ; served, 
 from 21 July, 1841, until 1844, as First of the 
 Chaufion 18, Capts. Rich. Byron and John Cla- 
 veU, on the South American station; and, since 
 
 • Vide Gaz. :808, p. 964. f ^- Gaz. 1808, p. 1109. 
 
 + V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1228, 1501, 1603, 1605, 250j. 
 
 } V. Gaz. 1842, p. 397. 
 
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 DALYELL— DANCE-DANGERFIELD. 
 
 23 Sept. 1845, has again been in the Coast Guard. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DALYELL. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 William CnMNiMOHAM Cavendish Daltell, 
 torn 27 April, 1784, is youngest son of the late Sir 
 Bobt. Dalyell, Bart., by Elizabeth, eldest daughter 
 of Nicol Graham, Esq., of Gartmore ; and brother 
 of the present Sir John Graham Dalyell, Bart., as 
 also of Colonel Robt. Dalyell, who served through- 
 out the whole of the Peninsular war, and was twice 
 wounded. 
 
 This oficer entered the Navy, in 1793, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Thetis 38, Capt. Hon. Alex. 
 Inglis Cochrane, on the Halifax station ; but being 
 discharged in 1794, did not again go afloat until 
 Feb. 1797, from which date, until April, 1802, he 
 served with Capt. David Milne, as Midshipman, in 
 La Pique 36, and La Seine, of 48 guns and 281 men. 
 On 21 Aug. 1800, we find him assisting in the latter 
 ship at the capture, in the Mona Passage, of La 
 Vengeance, of 52 guns and 326 men, after a brllUant 
 action of two hours and a half, in which the British 
 lost 13 men Itilled and 29 wounded, and the French 
 more than twice that number. In Dec. following 
 he was sent as Master of a prize to Jamaica ; but 
 the vessel foundering on her passage, he contrived, 
 in a small boat, to reach the island of Cuba, where 
 he was detained for two months as a prisoner-of- 
 war. He then rejoined his own ship, and, in April, 
 1803, became attached to the Antelope 50, bearing 
 the broad pendant in the North Sea of Commodore 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. On four occasions during 
 the course of the following Sept. and Oct. Mr. Dal- 
 yell particularly distinguished himself, in command 
 of one of the boats belonging to the latter ship, at 
 the capture and destruction, under circumstances 
 of great hazard, of (in the whole) 85 of the enemy's 
 armed and other vessels. He also, on 2 Nov. as- 
 sisted at the taking of the island of Rottam.; but 
 being shortly afterwards driven ashore on the coast 
 of Zealand, while acting as Lieutenant in the Ex- 
 periment schuyt, was again taken captive by the 
 enemy. Being soon, however, restored to liberty, 
 he rejoined the Antelope ; and, on 18 March, 1804, 
 commanded one of two boats at the cutting out of 
 four Dutch vessels, three of which were found lashed 
 to the pier-heads of Zierick-Zee, and the other close 
 to them. On 31 of the same month he further ac- 
 quired the praise of his commanding officer, Lieut. 
 J as. Boxer, for his conduct during an obstinate and 
 sanguinary action of three-quarters of an hour, 
 which terminated in the cajiture, by the boats of 
 the Antelope and Magicienne, of a guard-vessel, 
 the Sehrik, of 6 guns and 94 men ; and, on 16 May 
 following (two days previously to which 'he had 
 been appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Rattler 
 sloop, Capt. Fras. Mason), he took part in a warm 
 attack on a division of the enemy's flotilla, consist- 
 ing of 59 sail, passing along shore from Flushing to 
 Ostend, in which that vessel lost 2 men killed and 
 10 wounded.* Mr. Dalyell, who was rewarded for 
 his bravery on the latter occasion by being allowed 
 to retain lias acting order, although a commissioned 
 officer had been appointed in the interim, subse- 
 quently assisted in many severe skirmishes. He 
 was at length confirmed by the Admiralty on 1 Jan. 
 1805, and three days afterwards was entrusted, at 
 his own request, with the command of a captured 
 fishing-boat, of a boat belonging to the Folkstone 
 lugger, and of the Rattler's cutter, the whole 
 manned by 27 volunteers, for the purpose of bring- 
 ing out a notorious lugger privateer, the Vimereiix, 
 of 14 four-pounders and 78 men, including 15 chosen 
 grenadiers from the camp at Boulogne, lying at an 
 anchor in the bay of St. Valary en Caux, close 
 under a 4-gun battery. Within five minutes from 
 the commencement of the attack the enemy, al- 
 though fully prepared, were driven below, whence, 
 however, by the aid of an arm-chest full of loaded 
 weapons, they ultimately eflTected their return to 
 • Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 641. 
 
 the deck. After a fearful struggle of 20 mmutej 
 the British were finally overpowered by force of 
 numbers, and so great was the carnage amongst 
 them that only six escaped unhurt. The remainder 
 were either killed or wounded. Among the latter 
 was Mr. Dalyell himself, who, after an exciting dis- 
 play of valour, was at length felled to the 4eck, 
 and then thrown headlong do\vn the main hatch- 
 way. On being conveyed to a dungeon on shore, 
 his head, on examination, seemed hacked asunder, 
 having received no less than nine sabre-cuts; his 
 left foot was found lacerated by a pistol-ball ; and 
 three other severe, and two slight, wounds were 
 dicoverable in different parts of bis body. His 
 case altogether appeared hopeless ; but in course of 
 time he rallied, and eventually was restored to com- 
 parative health. On his return from captivity, 
 which did not take place until Feb. 1814, Lieut. 
 Dalyell, on 17 of that month, was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander. He also received a sword, 
 valued at 50?., from the Patriotic Society, by whom 
 he had previously been presented vrith the sum of 
 lOOZ. ; and, in March following, he was confirmed 
 in the receipt of a pension of 5s. a day, which had 
 been granted to him in Aug. 1811, and which, as 
 with other officers, was increased, in 1815, to 150i^. 
 Commander Dalyell, who has not been afloat since 
 the peace, was appointed to Greenwich Hospital 
 27 Aug. 1840. 
 
 He married, 19 Sept. 1820, Maria, youngest 
 daughter of A. T. Sampayo, Esq., of Peterborough 
 House, Fulham, co. Middlesex, and has issue two 
 sons and two daughters. 
 
 DANCE. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 William Townsend Dance entered the Navy, 16 
 May, 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Triumph 
 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, with whom 
 he continued to serve, as Master's Mate of the Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, and Ramillies 74, on the West India, 
 Lisbon, and North American stations, until May, 
 
 1813. He next became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Okpheos 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and after com- 
 manding her boats at the capture and destruction 
 of an American letter-of-marque of 8 guns, was 
 officially promoted on 12 July in the same year. 
 Mr. Dance, who subsequently accompanied Capt. 
 Pigot into the Nymphe 38, and Diomede 50, re- 
 joined Sir Thos. Hardy in the Ramillies in Dec. 
 
 1814, and remained in that ship, latterly under 
 Capts. Thos. Boys and Chas. Ogle, until April, 
 1816. From 24 March, 1821, until promoted to the 
 rank of Commander 23 Oct. 1823, he further served, 
 a great part of the time as First-Lieutenant, in the 
 Doris 42, Capts. Thos. Graham and Fred. Edw. 
 Venables Vernon, on the Brazilian station ; after 
 which we find him in command, from 25 Nov. 1828, 
 until paid off towards the close of 1832, of the Sul- 
 phur sloop, on particular service. Capt. Dance 
 has, since the latter date, been on half-pay. His 
 promotion to the rank he now holds took place 5 
 June, 1834. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 DANGERFIELD. (Lieutenant, 1818. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-p., 19.) 
 
 Charles Dangerfield died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Sayer, in which he sailed with a convoy of Indiar 
 men for the East, and there assisted, as Midship- 
 man, at the reduction of Java in Aug. 1811, and in 
 a serious attack made in Jan. 1813, on the pirates 
 of Sambas, in Borneo. Removing, as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, on 14 March, 1816, to the Camelion 10, 
 Capt. John M' Arthur Low, he returned to England, 
 and was next appointed, in June, 1817, Admiralty- 
 Midshipman of the Rosario brig, Capt. Thos. Ladd 
 Peake. Lieut. Dangerfield — who obtained his com- 
 mission 20 Jan. 1818, and was subsequently, in 1823, 
 employed on board the Gloucester 74, bearing the 
 broad pendant in the West Indies of Commodore 
 Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen— was appointed, 16 March, 
 1834, to the command of a station in the Coast 
 
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 Guard. With an interval of two years (from March, 
 1841, to March, 1S43), he continued in that aervioe, 
 until the period of his death. 
 
 DANIELL. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 19.) 
 George Danieli,, born 31 Aug. 1797, is second 
 son of Henry Daniel], Esq., of Newforest, co. West- 
 meath ; and a relative of the late Capt. Kobt. Corbet, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Africaine, of 48 guns 
 and 295 men, commanded by Capt. Corbet. On 
 the morning of 13 Sept. following, the latter frigate 
 came to close action, off the Isle of France, with the 
 two French frigates Iphigehie and Astre'ej carrying 
 between them 86 guns and 618 men ; and, after a 
 brave but unequal contest of two hours and a half, 
 in which she sustained a loss herself of 49 men 
 killed and 114 (including her Captain, mortally) 
 wounded, and occasioned the enemy one of 10 
 killed and 35 wounded, was compelled to strike her ' 
 colours. Towards the close of 1810, Mr. Danieli, 
 on his release from French prison, returned to Eng- 
 land with Commodore Josias Rowley, in the Mene- 
 lACS 38, Capt. Peter Parker ; after which he cruized 
 for a short period on the Home station in the Acjni- 
 LON 32, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham ; and then, in 
 April, 1811, joined, as Midshipman, the America 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir J. Kowley, whom he ac- 
 companied to the Mediterranean. In the course of 
 the three following years, we find him taking part 
 in many cutting-out affairs, but especially on 9 May, 
 1812, when, with the boats of the America, Levia- 
 than, and Eclair, he assisted at the capture of 16, 
 and destruction of 2 deeply-laden vessels, which 
 had taken shelter under the town and batteries of 
 Languelia, on the coast of Italy, and had been se- 
 cured by various contrivances to the houses and 
 beach — an exploit that cost the British a loss, in 
 life, of 16 men, and, in wounded, of 20. The sub- 
 ject of this sketch also witnessed the unsuccessful 
 attack on Leghorn in Dec. 1813 ; and, in March 
 and April, 1814, was present at the surrender of the 
 fortress of Santa Maria, with the enemy's forts and 
 defences in the Gulf of Spezia, and also of the town 
 of Genoa. Until the receipt of his first commission, 
 15 May, 1823, Mr. Danieli, who passed his examina- 
 tion in Sept. 1816, further served, on the Mediter- 
 ranean, Irish, and African stations, as Master's 
 Mate, Admiralty Midshipman, and occasionally as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the Undaunted 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Ussher, Duncan 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Poo Beresford, Albacore 18, Capt. Joseph Patey, 
 Wasp 18, Capt. Wm. Wolrige, Glasgow 50, Capt. 
 Hon. Anthony Maitland, Spencer 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir J. Rowley, Dotebel 18, Capt. John Gore, 
 Spencer again, Leven surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. 
 FitzwilUam Owen, Barbacouta 10, Capt. Alex. 
 Thos. Emeric Vidal, and Madagascar 38, Capt. 
 Evan Nepean. He was next appointed, 7 May, 
 1827, First of the Mosquito 10, Capt. Geo. Bohun 
 Martin ; and for his services in that vessel at the 
 ensuing battle of Navarin, was promoted, on com- 
 pleting his servitude as Lieutenant, to the rank of 
 Commander, 7 May, 1829. Capt. Danieli subse- 
 quently commanded the Dispatch 16, on the West 
 India station, from 7 June, 1832, until paid off, 6 
 Oct. 1835. Since his attainment of Post-rank, 28 
 June, 1838, he has not been employed. 
 
 He married, 23 June, 1842, Alice Katherine, eld- 
 cat daughter of the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne, 
 Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and has issue a son. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 DANIELL. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 RicHAKD Daniell entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capt. Sir 
 Rich. King, under whom he served on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations, the last three years as 
 Midshipman, until Feb. 1812. He then became at- 
 tached for short periods to the Active 38, Capt. 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon, and Doterel 16, Capt. Wm. 
 Westoott Danieli; after which he again cruized 
 
 vrith Capt. Gordon on the Seahorse 38 ; and, pro- 
 ceeding eventually to North America in the Severn 
 40, Capt. Joseph Nourse, took part, on removing to 
 the ToNNANT 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, in 
 the expedition against New Orleans. He was pro- 
 moted, 18 Feb. 1815, to a Lieutenancy in the Al- 
 ceste troop-ship, Capt. Dan. Lawrence ; and since 
 30 Aug. following has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Danieli is a Justice of the Peace for the 
 counties of Uitenhage and Albany, Cape of Good 
 Hope. He married, 16 May, 1839, Harriett Mary, 
 second daughter of the late P. Dunsterville, Esq., 
 of Plymouth. Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 DANIELL, Kt. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 23 ; 
 H-p., 16.) 
 
 Sir William Daniell died 15 Sept. 1845, at 
 Sierra Leone. He was youngest son of the late 
 Ralph Allen Daniell, Esq., of Trelissick, co. Corn- 
 wall, M.P. for West Looe, by Ehzabeth Mason, 
 daughter of the Rev. W. Pooley, rector of Ladock ; 
 brother of John Daniell, Esq., an officer in the 7th 
 Hussars ; and brother-in-law of Lieut. Col. Gossett, 
 B.E., C.B., K.S.F. He received the honour of 
 Knighthood in 1836. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Roial 98, 
 Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, attached to the 
 fleet in the Channel ; served afterwards for seven 
 years with Capt. John West, as Midshipman, in the 
 Excellent and Sultan 74's, on the Mediterranean 
 station, where he co-operated for some time with 
 the patriots of Catalonia ; passed his examination 
 in April, 1813; and on 16 Sept. following was con- 
 firmed to a Lieutenancy in the Crocus sloop, Capt. 
 Arden Adderley. We subsequently find him ap- 
 pointed— 25 March, 1815, and 3 July, 1816, to the 
 BoTNE 98, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of 
 Lord Exmouth, in the latter of which he bore a 
 part in the battle of Algiers — 17 Sept. 1817, to the 
 Impregnable 104, bearing the flag of the same 
 officer at Plymouth — 3 June, 1818, to the Eden 26, 
 Capt. Fras. Erskine Lock, on the East India sta- 
 tion — and 17 Dec. 1825, to the Prince Regent 120, 
 flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsora. He 
 obtained his second commission 22 Nov. 1826 ; offi- 
 ciated subsequently as an Inspecting Commander 
 in the Coast Guard, from 30 June, 1835, until the 
 summer of 1838 ; and being appointed, 26 Jan. 1842, 
 to the Ringdove 16, served in that vessel in North 
 America and the West Indies, and on the Coast of 
 Africa, until the period of his decease. Agents — 
 Holmes and Folkhard. 
 
 D'ARANDA. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 17; h-p., 29.) 
 William D'Aranda entered the Navy, 9 July, 
 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Powerful 74, 
 Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, whom he eventually ac- 
 companied to the West Indies. In April, 1803, he 
 joined the Diligence 20, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, 
 on the home station ; and from July, 1804, until Nov. 
 1808, he served, nearly the whole time as Master's 
 Mate, on board the Atlas 74, Capts. Sam. Pym and 
 Jas. Sanders, in which he appears to have been pre- 
 sent at the battle of St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and 
 subsequently at the blockade of Cadiz. He obtained 
 his commission 16 Dec. 1808, and was afterwards 
 appointed— 31 May, 1809, to the Woodlaek 10, 
 Capt. Geo. Edw. Watts, in the Baltic— 1 May, 1811, 
 to the Laueestinus 24, Capts. John Clavell and 
 Hon. Wm. Gordon, on the Channel station— 31 
 March, 1812, as First-Lieutenant, to the Bonne Ci- 
 TOYENNE 20, Capt. Pitt Bumaby Greene, in South 
 America— 27 Aug. 1812, to the command, on the 
 latter station, of the Nancy 12, which he retained 
 until 14 March, 1814— and, in the course of 1816, to 
 the Pique, Junon, and Niger frigates, Capts. Ar- 
 thur Fanshawe and Sam. Jackson, employed in the 
 West Indies and North America, whence he re- 
 turned home in Sept. 1817. Lieut. D'Aranda— who 
 afterwards commanded the Pestonjee Boueanjee 
 from 17 Aug. 1842 until 28 Jan. 1843, and during 
 that period visited the river St. Lawrence— has 
 
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 DAEBY—DAREL-DARKE-DARLEY— DARNELL— DARRACOTT. 
 
 been employed, since 26 May, 1845, as Admiralty 
 Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 This officer has been, we understand, 16 times in 
 action with the enemy ; and has had the good for- 
 tune to rescue 46 persons from shipwreck. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DARBY. (LlEDTENANT, 1828.) 
 
 Abkaham Darby entered the Navy 17 March, 
 1810 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; and obtained 
 his commission 28 April, 1828. He was afterwards 
 appointed— 13 Jan. 1830, to a station in the Coast 
 Guard— 3 Oct. 1831, to the command of the Dove 
 revenue vessel — 4 Oct. 1834, again to the Coast 
 Guard, in which service he remained but a few 
 months— and, 11 Feb. 1840, and 26 Jan. 1843, to 
 the command of the Advice and Wildfike steam- 
 packets, on the Pembroke and Weymouth stations. 
 He paid the latter vessel off in 1845 ; and since 26 
 June, 1846, has been in cdmmand of the Pigmy, an- 
 other Pembroke steam-packet. 
 
 Lieut. Darby married, in Aug. 1835, Anna, 
 daughter of Mathias Sisk, Esq., Master E.N., and 
 became a widower in 1843. Agemts — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 DAEEL. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 James Stephen Dakel, bom 10 Dec. 1820, is 
 fourth son of Edw. Darel, Esq., of Colehill, co. 
 Kent, by Mary Anne, daughter of Thos. Bullock, 
 Esq., of Muscoats, co. York ; and nephew of Sir 
 Edw. Hales, Bart. His family is of very ancient 
 extraction. 
 
 This officer served as Midshipman of the Piqde 
 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, at the taking of Caiffa, Tsour, 
 and St. Jean d'Acre in 1840. He passed his exa^ 
 mination 7 Nov. 1843 ; served for nearly two years 
 as Mate in the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Chas. Rowley ; joined, next, the KoB- 
 ney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Channel station ; 
 and on 9 Nov. 1846, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. He has been attached, since 19 March, 
 1847, to the Endymion 44, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway 
 Courtenay, on the North America and West India 
 station. 
 
 DARKE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p.,15; h-p., 23.) 
 
 KiCHARD Darke died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1807, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Eoyal George 100, 
 Capt. Kicb. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag at the 
 blockade of Brest of Sir John Thos. Duckworth ; 
 under whom, and Kear-Admiral Eras. Pickraore, 
 he afterwards served in the San Josef 110, until 
 April, 1811. While attached to the latter ship he 
 was lent to the gun-boat service at the siege of 
 Flushing and the defence of Cadiz. We subse- 
 quently find him joining — the Cossack 22, Capts. 
 Thos. Garth, Geo. Price, and Wm. King, employed 
 in conveying away the wounded from Tarragona, 
 and otherwise — the Salvador del Mundo, flag- 
 ship at Mymouth of Sir Kobt. Calder — the Ajax 
 74, Capt. Kobt. Waller Otway, in which ship he 
 beheld, in Aug. 1813, the siege of St. Sebastian, 
 where he commanded the ship's cutter at the storm- 
 ing of Sta. Clara — and the Duncan 74, and St. 
 George 98, flag-ships at Rio Janeiro and at Ply- 
 mouth of Sir John Poo Beresford and Sir J. T. 
 Duckworth. Having passed his examination in 
 Dec. 1813, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28 
 Oct. 1815, in the Leveret 10, Capt. John Theed, 
 at the Cape of Good Hope, but he invalided home 
 in Nov. 1816, and remained on half-pay until ap- 
 pointed, 26 Sept. 1836, to the San Josef 110, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fred, Warren, 
 Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth. He conti- 
 nued in that ship for three years ; and from 25 
 April, 1842, until the date of his death, further 
 officiated, with the exception of a few months in 
 1843, as Admiralty-Agent in a contract mail steam- 
 vessel. 
 
 He married, 20 Deo. 1830, Emily, second daugh- 
 ter of the late Geronimo Greco, Esq., of Dublin. 
 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 DAELEY. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p.,23.) 
 Arthur Darley entered the Navy, 20 April, 
 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hibernia 110, 
 Capt. Jas. Brown, flag-ship in the Channel of Earl 
 St. Vincent. From the following May until Jan, 
 1813, he next, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 served, with Capts. Robt. Winthrop and Clotworthy 
 TJpton, in the Sypille 38 ; and during that period, 
 attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug, 
 
 1807, and cruised much on the Irish station. Be 
 then officiated for a few months as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Stork sloop, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson ; 
 after which he sailed for Newfovmdland in his old 
 ship the Sybille, and was there confirmed, 11 Aug, 
 1813, to a Lieutenancy in the Bellerophon 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Kich. Goodwin Keats, with whom 
 he returned to England in 1815 on board the Sa- 
 lisbury 50. On 7 Feb. 1819, Mr. Darley assumed 
 command of the Townsend revenue-cruiser, on the 
 Irish station. He next joined, in Nov. 1823, the 
 William and Mary yacht, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, 
 and obtained command, 27 May, 1826, of the Royai. 
 Charlotte. The subject of tms narrative, who ob- 
 tained a second promotal commission 21 Nov. 1827, 
 afterwards commanded the Eleotra 18, on the 
 North America and West India station, from 1& 
 Dec. 1841, until paid off' in 1845. He has since been 
 unemployed. His advancement to the rank he now 
 holds took place 9 Nov. 1846. Agents — Copland 
 and Burnett, 
 
 DARNELL. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Philip Wheler Darnell served as Midship- 
 man of the Hazard 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. G. J. B. 
 Elliot, at the blockade of Alexandria, and through- 
 out the whole of the operations on the coast of 
 Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre. He was also on shore at Tyre, for the 
 protection of the town, under Lieut. Stewart. He 
 afterwards served for four years with the Hon. 
 Capt. Elliot in the Spartan 26, on the North 
 America and West India station ; joined next, 5 
 Sept. 1845, the Exceixent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie 
 Chads ; and on 4 May, 1846 (having passed his ex- 
 amination 21 Feb. 1843), was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant. He has been nearly ever since em- 
 ployed in the Retribution steam-frigate, and Ven- 
 geance 84, both commanded, the latter on particu- 
 lar service, by Capt. Stephen Lushington. 
 
 DARRACOTT. (Lieutenant, 1815. p-p., 10; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 Robert Young Man Darracott entered the 
 Navy, 18 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Diamond 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, stationed in 
 the Channel ; attained the rating of Midshipman in 
 July of the same year ; removed, in July, 1806, to 
 the Crescent 38, Capt. Jas. Carthew ; and in the 
 course of 1808 joined the Leyden 64, Capt. Wm, 
 Cumberland, Centinbl gun-brig, Lieut.-Comman- 
 der Wm. EUetson King, and Bonne CrroTENNE 20, 
 Capt. John Thompson. From 18 Feb. 1809, until 
 May, 1814, he was afterwards a prisoner of war in 
 France. He obtained his commission 3 Feb. 1815 ; 
 was appointed, 31 March following, to the RrvoLi 
 74, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, in the Mediterra- 
 nean ; and since 1816 has been on half-pay. Agents 
 —Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DASHWOOD, K.C.B.,G.C.T.S. (Vice-Admikal 
 OF THE White, 1841. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 37.) 
 Sir Charles Dashwood, born in 1765, is son of 
 the late Robt. Dashwood, Esq., of Valla Wood, oo. 
 Somerset, who represented the senior branch of the 
 family of Dashwood, from which also descend the 
 present Sir Geo. Dashwood, Bart., and Sir John 
 Dashwood King, Bart. He is grand-uncle of Lieut, 
 K. D. Fowler, R.N. " 
 
DASHWOOD. 
 
 263 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Jan. 1779, as 
 Midshipman (under the patronage of the Earl of 
 Sandwich), on hoard the Codeageux 74, Capt. Lord 
 Mulgrare, on the Home station; served in the West 
 Indies, from March, 1780, to Jan. 1782, in the South- 
 ampton frigate, and Gkaftoh 74, both commanded 
 by Capt. Gamier, under whom he witnessed the 
 capture, 9 Aug. 1780, by a Franco-Spanish fleet, of 
 a convoy of 5 East Indiamen, 18 transports, and 
 about 60 sail of merchant-vessels ; then joined the 
 FoKMiDAELE 98, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Bridges Kod- 
 ney, to whom he acted as Aide-de-Camp in the 
 battles of 9 and 12 April, 1782 ; and, during the 
 next three years, served in the East Indies, latterly 
 as Master's Mate, on board the Cygnet sloop, Capt. 
 Wm. Taylor, and BniSTOt. 50, Commodore Chas. 
 Hughes. On being paid off in 1787, Mr. Dashwood 
 entered the packet-service at Falmouth, in which he 
 continued about two years ; and he then purchased 
 and commanded a merchant-vessel, between Lon- 
 don and Jamaica^ until the renewal of hostilities in 
 
 1793. Obtaining a Midshipman's berth, in March, 
 
 1794, on board the Impregnable 98, flag-ship in 
 succession of Bear- Admirals Benj. Caldwell and 
 Andw. Mitchell, he so distinguished himself on the 
 ensuing 1 June, that he was promoted on 20 of that 
 month to a Lieutenancy in the same ship. Mr. 
 Dashwood's next appointments were, 13 Aug. 1796, 
 and 27 May, 1797, to the Defiance 74, Capt. Theo- 
 philus Jones, and Magnanime of 48 guns, Capt. 
 Hon. Mich. De Courcy. In the latter ship, after 
 rendering himself particularly obnoxious to the 
 mutineers of the Nore by his resolute opposition to 
 their designs, he assisted, 24 Aug. 1798, at the cap- 
 ture, off Cape Finisterre, of La Decade, French fri- 
 gate of 36 guns. He was also present at the defeat, 
 12 Oct. following, of M. Bompart's squadron, off 
 the coast of Ireland — on which occasion he took 
 possession of Le Hbche 74, received the French 
 Commodore's sword, and was placed in charge 
 of La Coquille, one of the prize frigates, which he 
 safely conducted into Plymouth. After further 
 contributing, in the Magnanime, to the capture of 
 several privateers, Mr. Dashwood was promoted, 
 2 Aug. 1799, to the command of the Sylph of 18 
 guns. In the following year, we find him employed, 
 always within gun-shot distance of the batteries, in 
 watching the movements of the enemy in Brest 
 Harbour, and on one occasion, during a foggy 
 night, making a gallant and hazardous, yet success- 
 ful dash, to the rescue" of the British frigate Alc- 
 MENE, when that vessel, having drifted among the 
 Black Bocks, had grounded, become high and dry, 
 and been actually attacked by a flotilla of gun- 
 boats. At night, on 31 July and 28 Sept. 1801, 
 while stationed off the north coast of Spain, Capt. 
 Dasliwood particularly signalized himself by his 
 gallantry in twice beating off the French frigate 
 IJ Artemise, of 44 guns and 351 men : the first time, 
 after a vigorous action of an hour and 20 minutes ; 
 and the second, after an equally stern conflict, of 
 two hours and five minutes. On each occasion the 
 Sylph, although her loss in men was trifling, suffered 
 considerably in hull, masts, and rigging. Capt. 
 Dashwood, who was rewarded for his conspicuous 
 conduct by promotion to Post-rank 2 Nov. 1801, 
 next obtained command, 28 Nov. 1803, of the Bac- 
 chante of 20 guns ; in which ship, after convoying 
 home a fleet from Oporto, he proceeded to the West 
 Indies, where he captured, 3 April and 14 May, 
 1805, two Spanish vessels. La Elizabeth schooner of 
 10 guns and 47 men,* and Le Felix letter-of-marque 
 of 6 guns and 42 men. While subsequently in com- 
 mand, from 21 Oct. 1805, until Jan. 1810, of La 
 Franchise 36, he took JEl Carmen Spanish schooner, 
 and the Brutus Dutch armed vessel — brought home 
 from Jamaica a convoy of 109 sail under circum- 
 stances of great difficulty — accompanied Lord Gam- 
 bier in his expedition against Copenhagen in Aug. 
 and Sept. 1807 — returned in 1808 with convoy to 
 the West Indies — took possession, in Dec. of that 
 year, of the town of Samana, St. Domingo, almost 
 the last port of refuge on the station for the enemy's 
 
 * Vide Ga/.. 1S05, p. 772. 
 
 privateers* — and further captured Le Hazard, pri- 
 vateer, of. 4 guns and 50 men, and L'Iphigenie 
 letter-of-marque, pierced for 18 guns. Kemoving 
 next to the Pyramhs 38, Capt. Dashwood took, in 
 the Baltic, the Norsk Mod, Danish privateer, of 6 
 guns, 4 swivels, and 28 men ; after which we find 
 him, during the disastrous winter of 1811, com- 
 manding a squadron of 10 frigates and smaller ves- 
 sels, left on that station by Sir Jas. Saumarez, to 
 collect and bring home the remnant of Rear- Admiral 
 Reynolds' unfortunate convoy. On this occasion 
 he took upon himself the responsibility of passing 
 through the Malmo Channel, instead of the Great 
 Belt, as he had been ordered, and thereby saved 
 the whole from destruction. He afterwards made 
 prize of eight American vessels, and on his trans- 
 ference, 15 Aug. 1812, to the Cbessy 74, was pre- 
 sented with a piece of plate by the officers of the 
 Pyramus. After serving for some time in the 
 North Sea, under Admiral Wm. Young, Capt. Dash- 
 wood escorted a valuable convoy to the Leeward 
 Islands, whence he returned with another of equal 
 importance, the masters of which gave him a chro- 
 nometer, for the very great attention he had paid 
 them during the voyage. At the review, in the 
 summer of 1814, of the fleet at Spithead, he steered 
 the royal barge ; and on joining, 12 Aug. following, 
 the NoKGE 74, he took part in the ensuing operar 
 tions against New Orleans, where the unwearied and 
 cheerful assistance he afforded Rear-Admiral Pul- 
 teney Malcolm in the debarkation of the army was 
 officially reported by Sir Alex. Cochrane.t In 1821, 
 Capt. Dashwood commanded the Windsor Castle 
 74, and Impregnable 104, as Flag-Captain of Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. 
 He re-commissioned the former ship on 4 Jan. 1822; 
 and being stationed off Lisbon during the rebellion 
 in 1824, had the fortune of affording shelter to the 
 fugitive Don John, who to commemorate the occa^- 
 sion bestowed a gold medal on each of the officers. 
 The Vice-Admiral, who has been on half-pay since 
 1825, became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830, and 
 assumed his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Sir Chas. Dashwood was presented by Don John 
 with the G.C.T.S., 28 March, 1825 ; he subsequently 
 received the honour of knighthood ; and, on 4 July, 
 1840, was nocoinated a K.C.B. He married, 7 
 Nov. 1799, the Hon. Elizabeth De Courcy, second 
 daughter of Lord Kingsale, niece of Admiral Hon. 
 Michael De Courcy, and aunt of the present Lord 
 Kingsale. His two eldest sons, Charles Robert and 
 John De Courcy, are both Lieutenants R.N. His 
 youngest son, Francis, a Captain in the Hon. E.I. 
 Co.'s Bengal Horse Artillery, died 21 Dec. 1845, 
 from wounds received at the battle of Moodkee. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DASHWOOD, K.T.S. (Lieutenant, 1824. 
 F-p., 15; H-p., 18.) 
 
 Charles Robert Dashwood is eldest son of 
 Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Dashwood, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 12 
 Dec. 1814 ; and embarked, in Dec. 1817, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres, stationed in the Channel. He proceeded 
 to the East Indies in 1818, on board the Phaeton 
 38, Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Wm. Augustus 
 Montagu ; and in 1822 joined, with his father, the 
 Windsor Castle 74, of which ship he was created 
 a Lieutenant, 1 March, 1824. He was afterwards 
 appointed— 28 Feb. 1826, to the Lively 46, Capt, 
 Wm. Elliott, on the coast of Africa,— 1 Nov. 1828, 
 to the WAKSprrE 76, Capt. Wm. Parker, at Ply- 
 mouth — and 22 Jan. 1829, to the Kxnt 78, Capts. 
 John Ferris Devonshire and Sam. Pym, fitting for 
 the Mediterranean. He returned to England in 
 1831 ; and has not since been afloat. 
 
 John VI. of Portugal conferred the K.T.S. on 
 Lieut. Dashwood, 18 April, 1825, to commemorate 
 the occasion on which he sought refuge on board 
 the Windsor Castle, when in the Tagus, in 1824. 
 The subject of this sketch married, 13 May, 1833, 
 Julia, eldest daughter of John E. Hovenden, Esq., 
 • Vide Gwi. 1809, p. lOD. f V. Gaz. 1615, p. 400. 
 
264 
 
 DASHWOOD— DATIIAN. 
 
 Barrister-at-Iaw, of Gloucester Place, Portman 
 Square, by whom he has issue. AoEs^ts — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 DASHWOOD. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 1 3 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Francis Robert DASHTrooD entered the Navy, 
 in May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fran- 
 chise 36, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and John Allen, 
 lying at Portsmouth. Under the former officer he 
 afterwards served, as Midshipman, from Jan. 1811, 
 to May, 1813, in the Pyramcs 38, and Cressy 74. 
 In June, 1813, on his return with convoy from the 
 "West Indies, he became attached to the Niemen 38, 
 Capt. Sam. Pym, on the North American station. 
 He afterwards rejoined Capt. Dashwood, on board 
 the NoRGE 74, in time to accompany the expedition 
 against New Orleans; and, from Oct. 1815, until 
 the receipt of his commission from the Admiralty, 
 2 Feb. 1820, he served, off the coast of Africa and in 
 the "West Indies, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 in the Inconstant 36, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas 
 Teo, Pique 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and John 
 M'Kellar, Bzrmdda 10, Capt. John Fakenham, 
 Pique again, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Kear-Ad- 
 miral Donald Campbell, and Eurtalus 42, Capts. 
 Thos. Hnskisson and Wilson Braddyll Bigland. 
 He continued In the latter vessel until 1821 ; and 
 was subsequently appointed, in April, 1823, to the 
 Rifleman 18, Capts. Jas. Montagu and Wm. Webb, 
 on the Halifax station. He has been on half-pay 
 since 1825. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DASH"WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1833.) 
 
 Georgk Frederick Dashwood entered the Navy 
 7 Oct. 1819 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 3 Dec. 1833 ; and served from 
 25 Sept. 1835, until 1837, latterly as First-Lieute- 
 nant, in the Sulphur surveying-vessel, Capts. Fred. 
 Wm. Beeohey and Edw. Belcher, on the South 
 American station. He has since been unemployed. 
 
 DASH"W00D, K.T.S. (Lieutenant, 1820. r-p., 
 14; H-p., 19.) 
 
 John De Coukcy Dashwood is second son of 
 Vice- Admiral Sir Chas. Dashwood, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1814, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Norge 74, commanded 
 by his father, whom he attended in the ensuing ex- 
 pedition against New Orleans. From 9 June, 1816, 
 to 9 June, 1818, we next find him studying at the 
 Royal Naval College. He then re-embarked on 
 board the Phaeton 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon; 
 sailed soon afterwards for the West Indies in the 
 LiFFEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan ; and— after 
 a re-attachment of three years, as Admiralty Mid- 
 shipman, to the Phaeton 38, commanded on the 
 North American and Channel stations by Capts. 
 Dillon and "Wm. Augustus Montagu — rejoined his 
 father in a similar capacity on board the Windsor 
 Castle of 74 guns, 24 Sept. 1822. He attained the 
 rank of Lieutenant 1 Jan. 1824 ; and was next ap- 
 pointed, 22 Aug. 1825, to the Dryad 42, Capts. 
 Hon. Robt. Rodney, and Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, 
 employed on the Channel, Cork, and Mediterranean 
 stations. _ He was placed on half-pay in 1829 ; and 
 has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Dashwood, who is Senior of 1824, was 
 created a K.T.S. by John "71. of Portugal, 18 April, 
 1825, in commemoration of his having taken shelter 
 on board the Windsor Castle, when off Lisbon, in 
 1824. He married, 22 May, 1839, Henrietta Wil- 
 kughby, only daughter of the late S. G. Barrett, 
 Esq., of the island of Jamaica. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 DASHWOOD. (Captain, in 1818. F-p., 15; 
 
 H-p., 33.) 
 1790^''""™ Bateman Dashwood was born 1 Sept. 
 
 fJ^'? ^?''' ^°*^™"i th« Navy, 3 Aug. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol on board the Defiance 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Revell Shivers and Rich. Retalick, flag-ship 
 
 afterwards of Rear-Admiral Thos. Graves, under 
 whom he served at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 
 April, 1801. On 22 June, 1802, he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Isis 50, bearing the flag in suc- 
 cession of the late Lord Gambler, of Sir Edw. 
 Thornbrough, and of Sir Erasmus Gower, at New- 
 foundland, where he continued until Feb. 1805; 
 after which he joined, consecutively, the Pomone 
 44, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, off Lisbon, Captain 
 74, Capt. Geo. Cockbnrn, at Spithead, and Modeste 
 36, Capt. Geo. Elliott. On 15 Aug. 1807, being then 
 in the East Indies, Mr. Dashwood was appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Culloden 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, from which we find him officially 
 promoted, 28 Jan. 1808, into his former ship, the 
 MoDESTE. Invaliding home in July, 1809, he next, 
 on 12 June, 1810, joined the Atlas 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Sanders, and was for some time employed in the 
 gun-boat service at the siege of Cadiz. Prior to 
 his appointment, as First-Lieutenant, to the Active 
 of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, which took 
 place in Oct. 1811, Mr. Dashwood further served 
 for a few months with Capt. Clephane, on board 
 the Cumberland and Ajax 74's. On 29 Nov. in 
 the latter year, he shared in a hard-fought action 
 of an hour and forty minutes, which, in rendering 
 the Active captor of La Pomtme, of 44 guns and 
 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, cost 
 her a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded ; and on that 
 occasion he had the misfortune to have his right 
 arm shot off, a few minutes after the disablement of 
 Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg.* Being promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 19 May, 1812, and ap- 
 pointed, 23 July, 1813, to the Snap 16, Capt. Dash- 
 wood now cruized off the coast of France, where, 
 on 1 Nov., he fell in with five privateer luggers, 
 one of which, Le Lion, of 16 guns and 69 men, he 
 brought to close action, and in ten minutes cap- 
 tured.f On 15 Nov. 1814, he removed to the Pro- 
 metheus sloop, and after hovering about the Bay 
 of Biscay for some time in the summer of 1815, with 
 a view to the interception of Napoleon Buonaparte, 
 sailed for the Mediterranean ; on which station he 
 assisted at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 
 1816. Previously to that event he had succeeded 
 in bringing away, disguised as midshipmen, the 
 wife and daughter of the British Consul, Mr. 
 M'Donell.J Capt. Dashwood, who paid the Pro- 
 metheus off in Nov. 1816, was subsequently ap- 
 pointed to the Acting command, 23 July, 1818, of 
 the Creole 36, fitting for South America, where 
 he attained Post-rank, 21 Oct. following, in the 
 Amphion 32. He went on half-pay in May, 1819; 
 and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Dashwood is Senior of 1818. In considera- 
 tion of his wound he enjoys a pension of QOOl. He 
 married, 17 April, 1820, Louisa Henrietta, only 
 daughter of Fred. Bode, Esq., by whom he has 
 issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DATHAN. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 
 25 ; H-p., 43.) 
 
 James Hartley Dathan is son of an old officer 
 in the army, who, after 36 years of service, was 
 taken prisoner with General Matthews at Hyderar 
 bad, and never heard of more. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1779, as 
 Captain's Servant, on hoard the Berwick 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Keith Stewart, in which ship he sailed for the 
 West Indies. In Aug. 1780, he removed to the 
 Sultan 74, Capt. Alex. Gardner, flag-ship subse- 
 quently of Sir Edw. Hughes, Commander-in-Chief 
 in the East Indies, where he appears to have been 
 wounded while participating in five sanguinary 
 actions fought, between 17 Feb. 1782, and 20 June, 
 1783, with the French fleet under M. de Suffrein. 
 After an interval of five years he re-embarked, 29 
 May, 1790, on board the Salisbury 50, Capt. Wm. 
 
 * Fide Gs.7.. 1812, p. 566. 
 
 f Le lAon had 5 men, including her captain, killed, and 6 
 wounded. No casiialtv whatever occurred on board tlie Snap. 
 —V.GslZ. 1813, p. 2167. 
 
 t F. Gaz. 1816, p. 1190. 
 
DAVENHILL-DAVENPORT. 
 
 265 
 
 Domett, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Vice- 
 Admiral Milbanke. In 1793 he proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean in the Diadem 64, Capt. Andrew 
 Sutherland ; and on there joining, as Midshipman, 
 the Berwick 74, he was present in that vessel, under 
 Capt. Adam Littlejohn, who was killed, when she 
 was taken, after a brave defence, by the French 
 fleet, 7 March, 1795. On 14 of the same month he 
 chanced, as a prisoner in the enemy's ship Latiguedoc^ 
 to be an eye-witness of Vice-Admiral Hotham's first 
 partial action. Being restored to liberty in the fol- 
 lowing Aug., Mr. Dathan immediately joined the 
 ^ A Iha 80, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater, which ship was 
 accidentally burnt, in St. Eiorenza Bay, 11 April, 
 1796. Mr. Dathan, who on that occasion only saved 
 himself by jumping naked overboard, next became 
 Master's Mate of the SmtPKiSE 32, Capts. Ralph 
 Willett Miller, Chas. Stewart, and Edw. Hamilton, 
 on the Newfoundland station ; and, on 2 July, 1798, 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Hazard, of 24 
 or 26 guns, Capts. Wm. Butterfield and Rich. John 
 Neve. On 12 Aug. following he assisted, and ac- 
 quitted himself much to the satisfaction of his 
 Captain, at the capture, off the coast of Ireland, of 
 Le Neptune^ French national ship, of 20 guns, having 
 on hoard 270 troops, which did not surrender until 
 after an obstinate conflict of an hour and fifty mi- 
 nutes, in which the enemy had upwards of 20 men 
 killed and wounded, and the British only 6 men 
 wounded.* This prize, with all the prisoners, Mr. 
 Dathan, a^ded by 20 of the Hazard's crew, con- 
 ducted into Cork ; which place, however, in conse- 
 quence of her shattered state, he was eight days in 
 reaching. The Hazard being paid off in June, 
 1802, he was lastly, from Aug. 1803, to July, 1810, 
 and from Sept. 1811, until Aug. 1814, employed in 
 the Impress service at North Shields, and also in 
 London. He accepted his present rank 12 Oct. 
 1841. 
 
 Commander Dathan, whose wounds have nearly 
 deprived him of sight, was admitted, 29 April, 
 1833, to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. 
 He is married, and has issue eight children. Agemts 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DAVENHILL. (Eetibed Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Matthew Davenhill — who had previously 
 served for eight months in the Otter sloop, Capt. 
 ■Williams---joined, on 4 Sept. 1796, the Termagant 
 18, Capt. David Lloyd, with whom he served, in 
 the North Sea, as Midshipman, until June, 1798. 
 He next ofiiciated for three years as Master's Mate 
 of the Circe 28, Capts. Robt. Winthrop and Isaac 
 "Woolley ; and during that period attended the expe- 
 dition to the Helder in Aug. 1799. In April, 1801, 
 he became attached to the Sans Pareil 80, flag- 
 ship at Jamaica of Lord Hugh Seymour; after 
 which he rejoined Capt. Wolley in the Circe, in 
 Jan. 1802 ; and from June, 1803, until the receipt 
 of his Lieutenant's commission, 22 Jan. 1806, further 
 served, a great part of the time as Master's Mate, 
 on board the Seahorse, Tribune, and Sybille 
 frigates, commanded on the Mediterranean, Chan- 
 nel, and Irish stations, by Capts. Hon. Courtenay 
 Boyle, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, and Robt. 
 Winthrop. He was subsequently appointed — 17 
 March, 1806, to the Julia sloop, Capt. Robt. 
 Tarker, in the West Indies — 15 March, 1810, to the 
 Childers 16, Capt. Joseph Packwood, at Leith — 
 and, 10 Dec. 1810, to the Talbot sloop, off the 
 coast of Ireland. After being 40 years on half-pay, 
 Commander Davenhill was at length invested vrith 
 the rank he now holds 8 Jan. 1842. 
 
 He was awarded the out-pcnsion of Greenwich 
 Hospital 11 Dec. 1841. Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 DAVENPORT, formerly Homphrbys, Kt., C.B., 
 
 K.C.H. (Kear-Admikal OF the White, 1840.) 
 
 Sir Salusbury Pryce Davenport was born, 24 
 
 Nov. 1778, at Climgunford Rectory, near Ludlow, 
 
 and died, 17 Nov. 1845, at Cheltenham. He was 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 17S8, p. 814. 
 
 third son of the Rev. Evan Humphreys, Rector of 
 Montgomery and of Clungunford, by Mary, daugh- 
 ter, and coheir, with her sister, of the Rev. Salus- 
 bury Pryce, D.D. ; and brother of the late Rev. Dr. 
 "Trevor, Prebendary of Chester. Sir Salusbury as- 
 sumed the surname of Davenport in 1838, on suc- 
 ceeding, through his wife, to the Davenport estates 
 of Bramall, in Cheshire. 
 
 This ofBoer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1790, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Jas. 
 Vashon ; served next in the West Indies, with Sir 
 John Laforey and Capts. Matthew Squire and Fras. 
 Laforey, in the Trusty 50, Soleeay 32, and Fairy 
 sloop ; escorted Lord Dorchester, in 1794, to Quebec 
 in the Severn 44, Capt. Paul Minchin ; and, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Jan. 1797, 
 further served, in the Leeward Islands, under the 
 latter ofiicer and his successor, Capt. Matthew 
 Henry Scott, on board the Hebe 38. Mr. Hum- 
 phreys, who subsequently co-operated in the reduc- 
 tion of Ste. Lucie, returned to England, in April, 
 1797, in the Fury, which sloop had been appointed 
 to bring home the despatches relative to the un- 
 successful attack on Puerto Rico. While next at- 
 tached to the Juno 32, he took command, 12 Augi 
 1799, of the Undaunted, a schuyt armed with 2 
 24-pounder carronades, which he had recently cut 
 out ; and, assisted by the Crash gun-boat, and by 
 the launches of the Latona and Pylades, took a 
 6-gun battery at Schiermonikoog, on the coast of 
 Holland, where he also brought out 13 of the 
 enemy's vessels, and caused the destruction of the 
 Vengeance schooner, of 6 guns and 70 men. After 
 the ensuing occupation of the Helder, Lieut. 
 Humphreys joined the Isis 50, bearing the flag of 
 Vice-Admiral Mitchell, whom he accompanied up 
 the Zuyder Zee in the Babet of 20 guns. On his 
 removal to the Stag cutter, we next find him, on 
 the night of 7 July, 1800, supporting Capt. Henry 
 Inman in an attempt to destroy four French frigates 
 in Dunkerque, on which occasion La Desiree, of 40 
 guns and 350 men, fell into the hands of the British. 
 He was afterwards, while serving with Sir Andrew 
 Mitchell in the Windsor Castle 74, promoted to 
 the rank of Commander, 29 April, 1802 ; and posted, 
 while commanding the Prospero bomb, at Ports- 
 mouth, 8 May, 1804. In May, 1806, Capt. Hum- 
 phreys was appointed to the Leander 50, on the 
 Halifax station, where, shortly after his arrival, he 
 removed to the Leopard, of similar force, flag-ship 
 of the Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley, who, however, 
 chiefly resided on shore. On 22 June, 1807, being 
 off Cape Henry, he fell in with the American fri- 
 gate Chesapeake^ of 46 guns ; and, pursuant to the 
 orders of his Commander-in-Chief, proceeded to 
 search that vessel for deserters. The attempt 
 meeting with resistance, Capt. Humphreys, finding 
 it impossible otherwise to fulfil the instructions he 
 had received, eventually fired three broadsides, 
 which killed 3 and wounded 18 of the Chesapeake's 
 people; whereupon the latter ship struck her co- 
 lours. The search was then carried into effect, and 
 four of the runaway seamen discovered and identi- 
 fied ; after which the Leopard made sail, and re- 
 turned to the squadron she had recently left. Capt. 
 Humphreys' conduct throughout the whole trans- 
 action met with the warm approval of Vice-Admi- 
 ral Berkeley ; but that oflicer, in order to propitiate 
 the Americans, to whom the afiair had given the 
 utmost offence, was recalled in 1808. The subject 
 of this memoir was at the same time placed on 
 half-pay, and not afterwards employed. He at- 
 tained Flag-rank 17 Aug. 1840. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral, who acted as magistrate for 
 the counties of Buckingham, Chester, Derby, Lan- 
 caster and Gloucester, was nominated a C.B. 26 
 Sept. 1831, and on 21 Feb. 1834, received the 
 lumour of Knighthood and the Insignia of a K.C.H. 
 He married first, in 1805, Jane Elizabeth, eldest 
 daughter and heir of John Tirol Morin, Esq., of 
 Weedon Lodge, Bucks. That lady dying in 1808, 
 he wedded, secondly, 31 May, 1810, Maria, daughter 
 and heir of Wm. Davenport, Esq., of Bramall Halh 
 By the former marriage he had issue one son, now 
 
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266 
 
 DAVIES. 
 
 in Holy Orders : he has left, by the second, with 
 two daughters, five sons, all of whom are in the 
 army. 
 
 DAVIES. (LlEUTENAKT, 1845.) 
 
 Alexandee Bonthkone Davies passed his exa- 
 mination 2 Nov. 1833; obtained an appointment in 
 the Coast Guard 4 Aug. 1841 ; was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 9 Dec. 1845 ; and, since 18 of 
 the same month, has been employed in the Daring 
 12, Capts. Henry Jas. Matson and "Wm. Peel, on the 
 North America and West India station. 
 
 DAVIES. (Lieutenant, 1808.) 
 
 Arthur Davies entered the Navy, 1 June, 1800, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Fioeenzo 40, 
 Capts. Chas. Wm. Paterson and Joseph Bingham, 
 employed at the blockade of Havre de Grace, and 
 also in the East Indies, where he served, from May, 
 1803 to Jan. 1807, with the present Sir Josiah Cog- 
 hill, as Midshipman, in the KATTiiESNAKB sloop and 
 La Concorde frigate, and, for the next three years, 
 with Rear-Admirals Sir Edw. Pellew and Wm. 
 O'Brien Drury, in the Culloden and Russel 74's, 
 of which latter ship he was created a Lieutenant 27 
 Dec. 1808. He returned home with convoy in the 
 Belliqhedx 64, Capt. Geo. Byng, in 1811 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 12 Aug. 1812, to the Lvra 
 10, Capt. Bobt. Bioye, on the north coast of Spain 
 — 25 Jan. 1813, to the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Chetham, under whom he witnessed the capture, 12 
 Dec. 1814, of the Abigail Danish national cutter, 
 and afterwards served on the Newfoundland station 
 — and, 30 May, 1815, as Second, to the Brazen 18, 
 Capt. Jas. Stirling. He invalided home from the 
 West Indies in Sept. 1816 ; and was next appointed, 
 26 April, 1823, to the Water Guard Service, in 
 which he continued for some time. Lieut. Davies 
 is at present employed as Emigration Agent at Ho- 
 bart Town. 
 
 He married, 6 May, 1824, Elizabeth, second 
 daughter of the late Geo. Matcham, Esq., of Ash- 
 ford Lodge, 00. Sussex, sister-in-law of Lieutenants, 
 in the Navy, John Bendyshe and H. W. Mason, as 
 likewise of the late Capt. Edw. Blanckley, R.N., 
 and niece of the immortal Nelson. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 DAVIES. (LiECT., 1815. f-p., 16 ; h-p.,25.) 
 
 David Gam Davies entered the Navy, in Jan. 
 1806, on board the Pompee 74, Capt. Rich. Dacres, 
 flag-ship in- succession of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith 
 and of the Hon. Edwin Henry Stanhope ; in which 
 he assisted in various operations on the coast of 
 Italy in 1806, including the sieges of Gaeta and 
 Scyila, and the taking of Capri and Fort Licosa, 
 and accompanied, in 1807, the expeditions to the 
 Dardanells and Copenhagen. From March, 1808, 
 to July, 1810, he next served, as Midshipman, in 
 
 the Puissant 38, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and 
 
 Schomborg, on the Brazilian station ; after which 
 he joined, in Feb. 1811, the Southampton of 38 
 guns and 212 men, Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas Teo', and, 
 on 3 Feb. 1812, assisted at the capture of the Hay- 
 tian frigate Amethyste of 44 guns and 700 men, at 
 the close of a sharp contest, in which the enemy 
 had 105 men killed and 120 wounded, and the Bri- 
 tish only 1 man killed and 10 wounded. The Sodth- 
 ampton, after making prize of the United States' 
 brig Vixen of 14 guns, was eventually wrecked, on 
 a reef of rocks, near Conception Island, 27 Nov. 
 1812. In May, 1813, Mr. Davies rejoined Sir Sidney 
 Smith in the Hibernia 120, on the Mediterranean 
 station, where he remained until the receipt of his 
 commission 1 March, 1815. He was subsequently 
 from 23 Aug. 1824 until 1826, employed on the 
 Coast Blockade, as Lieut, of the Ramillies 74 and 
 Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUooh and Wm. Jas. 
 Mingaye ; and, on 28 Dec. 1841, was appointed Ad- 
 miralty Agent in a contract mail steam -vessel 
 Lieut. Davies, since 7 Feb. 1843, has been offici- 
 
 ating as agent of the Arabian emigration transport. 
 Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DAVIES. (COMMANDEK, 1842.) 
 
 George Davies was bom in the parish of St. 
 Cuthbert, Wells, co. Somerset. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Robt. 
 Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy. In that ship he 
 assisted, while at the siege of St. Sebastian, in taking 
 the island of Sta. Clara, and was present, as Mid- 
 shipman, at the blockade of Rochefort and of Tou- 
 lon, the surrender of Marseilles, and the capture of 
 a vast number of the enemy's armed and other ves- 
 sels. Joining next the Queen Chaklotte 100, bear- 
 ing the flag of Lord Exmouth, he took part in the 
 bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816; and on 
 that occasion he particularly attracted the notice of 
 his Commander-in-Chief, whose orders he was 
 throughout employed in conveying to the difierent 
 ships of the fleet. The boat he commanded was 
 frequently under the necessity of being partially 
 re-manned, in consequence of the great loss of her 
 crew in killed and wounded. In Sept. 1817, Mr. 
 Davies, who for the last twelve months had been 
 unable to procure employment, rejoined Lord Ex- 
 mouth in the Impregnabi.e 104, on that officer 
 hoisting his flag as Commander-in-Chief at Ply- 
 mouth ; shortly after which he proceeded to St. 
 Helena in the Sappho 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plum- 
 ridge. He subsequently, in 1821, became attached 
 to the Seeingapatam 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, in 
 the boats of which sMp he appears to have assisted 
 at the capture and destruction of various piratical 
 vessels in the West Indies. On his removal, in Jan. 
 1824, to the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Kobt. Cavendish 
 Spencer, then in the Medi,terranean, he contributed 
 to the utter defeat, on 31 of th^ month, of the 
 JVipoli, Algerine corvette of 18 guns and 100 men ; 
 and, on the night of 23 May following, he aided in 
 the boats, under Lieut. Michael Quin, at the bril- 
 liant destruction of a 16-gun brig, moored in a posi- 
 tion of extraordinary strength alongside the walls 
 of the fortress of Bona, in which were a garrison of 
 about 400 soldiers, who, from cannon and musket, 
 kept up a tremendous fire, almost perpendicularly, 
 on the deck.' He afterwards, in charge of the ship's 
 barge, brought out a piratical mistico from the 
 island of Hydra; and, on rejoining the Seeinga- 
 patam, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, frequently landed, at 
 the head of a division of seamen, in order to co- 
 operate with the marines of that ship and of the 
 Revenge in their hostilities against the pirates of 
 other Greek settlements in the Archipelago. Hav- 
 ing been promoted, for his gallantry at Bona, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 1 June, 1826, five years pre- 
 viously to which he had passed his examination, 
 Mr. Davies, early in 1827, returned to England on 
 board the Sybille 48, Capt. Sir Sam. John Brooke 
 Pechell. Between 13 Dec. 1828 and 1831, he farther 
 served in the West Indies, as First-Lieutenant of 
 the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, Spaeeowhawk 
 18, Capt. Thos. Gill, and Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. 
 Wm. Conway Courtenay. On 6 July, 1832, he was 
 appointed to a station in the Coast Guard, which 
 he resigned on being nominated to the command, 
 28 Nov. 1836, of the Tartar Revenue-cutter. At 
 the expiration of his servitude in the latter vessel 
 he returned to the Coast Guard, 27 March, 1840, 
 and continued in that service (in which, and in the 
 Tartar, he was so successful as to effect the cap- 
 ture of not fewer than 15 notorious smuggling ves- 
 sels, besides making numerous other seizures and 
 many valuable salvages) until 1 Jan. 1842, when 
 he was promoted to his present rank. Smce 3 July, 
 1843, he has been re-employed in the Coast Guard 
 as an Inspecting Commander. The generous exer- 
 tions of this officer in often hazarding his life for 
 the preservation of his fellow creatures, by jumping 
 overboard and otherwise, have been so conspicuous 
 as to have obtained for him six medals from the 
 Royal Humane Society and the National Shipwreck 
 Institution. King Louis Philippe, in acknowledg- 
 
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 267 
 
 mont of his having saved the crews of three French 
 vessels, has also conferred on him two gold " medals 
 of merit ;" and on the last occasion His Majesty pre- 
 sented him with the order of the Legion of Honour, 
 which, however, the existfhg regulations did not 
 permit him to accept. In addition to these testi- 
 monials of Commander Davies' high merit, we may 
 further enumerate the presentation of three pieces 
 of plate, and the frequent thanks of the Board of 
 Admiralty and of the Committee at Lloyd's. 
 
 He married, .20 July, 1832, Julia, fourth daughter 
 of Joseph Hume, Esq., for many years head of the 
 Admiralty Department at Somerset House, by whom 
 he has issue five children. 
 
 DAVIES. (Lieut., 1812. f-p.,19; h-p.,33.) 
 Hamilton Davies was horn 28 Nov. 1784. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1795, as 
 Yeoman of the Powder Room, on board the Heart 
 OF Oak fire-brig, Midshipman-in-command Wm. 
 Beard, stationed oflF the coast of France ; joined, in 
 Feb. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., the Royal Soveeeign 
 100, bearing the flag of Sir Alan Gardner ; served 
 next, for 14 months, on hoard the Inoendiakt fire- 
 ship, Capt. Geo. Barker, principally on the Jersey 
 and Guernsey station ; and on 20 June, 1798, was 
 appointed Midshipman of the Vibago gun-brig, 
 Lieut. -Commander Wm. Beard, under whom we 
 find him frequently in combat with the Algeciras 
 flotilla, while in escort of convoys to Gibraltar. 
 From Oct. 1798 until Sept. 1802, he afterwards 
 served in the Spaktiate 74, Capt. Hon. Chas Her- 
 bert Pierrepont, ofi' Lisbon, Cambkidob 80, flag-ship 
 at Plymouth of Sir Thos. Pasley, and Ambdscade 
 36, Capt. Hon. John Colville. Under the latter 
 officer, he appears to have often skirmished with 
 the enemy off the coast of France, and in Samana 
 Bay, St. Domingo. He next joined, 24 March, 1803, 
 the CoNQDEKOK 74, Capts. Thos. Louis and Israel 
 Pellew ; and while in that ship, he accompanied Lord 
 Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the com- 
 bined fleets of France and Spain, in the summer of 
 1805, and was afterwards present in the battle of 
 Trafalgar. On 20 Jan. 18O8, while in charge of a 
 priae, Mr. Davies, who had passed his exammation 
 in July, 1805, was unfortunately taken prisoner by 
 the French. He was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 20 Nov. 1812 ; but remained in captivity 
 until May, 1814; since which period he has not 
 been afloat. 
 
 Lieutenant Davies married 28 Sept. 1814 ; and 
 has issue two sons and one daughter. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DAVIES. (ffajtatn, 1814. f-p., 17; h-p., 36.) 
 
 Henbv Thomas Davies entered the Navy, 3 
 March, 1794, as Captain's Servant, on board the 
 Tkiton 28, Capt. John Elphinstone, lying in Ports- 
 mouth harbour ; and, on soon after removing with 
 the same officer to the GnoEif 98, bore a part in 
 Lord Howe's action of the 1st of June. He conti- 
 nued to serve with Capt. Elphinstone — as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate of the Barfleur, Monabch, 
 and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of the late Lord 
 Keith, and of the Diomede 50— until March, 1800; 
 during which period, while in the Monarch, he 
 assisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope 
 in 1795, and was present at the surrender of the 
 Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. 
 Mr. Davies returned home from the East Indies 
 early in 1800, on board L'Oiseau 36, Capt. Sam. 
 Hood Linzee; and on 24 Dec. in that year, after 
 again serving with Capt. Elphinstone in the Hector 
 74, and with Lord Keith in the Foudrovant 80, 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Winchelsea 
 32, Capt. John Hatley. In the course of 1801 he 
 obtained a medal for his services in Egypt ; subse- 
 quently to which we find him appointed— in Deo. of 
 the latter year, to the Zealous 74, Capt. S. H. 
 Linzee, whom he accompanied to the West Indies 
 —19 March, 1804, after 18 months of half-pay, to 
 the Ruby 64, Capt. Chas. Rowley, employed in the 
 North Sea and off Cadiz— 18 Jan. 1805, to the Ma- 
 
 tilda, as Flag-Lieutenant in the river Thames to 
 Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope — and, 6 Feb. 1806, in 
 the capacity of First-Lieutenant, to the Blanche 
 of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. 'fhos. Lavie. For 
 his conduct, and the strong recommendation of his 
 commander, at the capture, 19 July following, off' 
 the Faeroe Islands, of the Guerriere French frigate, 
 of 50 guns and 317 men, which struck her colours at 
 the close of a warm action, in which the British 
 lost only 4 men wounded, and the enemy 50 killed 
 and wounded, Mr. Davies was rewarded with a 
 Commander's commission, dated on 28 of the same 
 month.* He assumed command, in Jan. 1809, of 
 the Tyrian 10, on the Channel station, where he 
 removed, 3 Aug. 1811, to the'ALBACORE 18 ; and, on 
 18 Deo. 1812, he particularly distinguished himself 
 by the gallantry with which, in company with two 
 or three smaller vessels, he pursued and engaged, 
 with a loss to the Albacore of 1 Lieutenant killed 
 and 6 or 7 men wounded, the French 40-gun frigate 
 La Ghire^ who ultimately efiected her escape. 
 Capt. Davies attained Post-rank 19 Feb. 1814 ; and, 
 from 9 June following until 10 July, 1815, further 
 commanded the Niagara 20, and Prince Regent 
 56, on Lake Ontario. He accepted the Retirement 
 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 His only son, the Rev. H. C. Davies, of Sydney 
 College, Cambridge, died 5 Aug. 1836. 
 
 DAVIES. (CoMMAKDEB, 1816. F-p., 16; H-p., .34.) 
 John Davies was born 3 May, 1781. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1797, as 
 A. B., on board the Sulphur 12, Capts. Jas. Keith 
 Sheppard and John Wainwright, under whom, dur- 
 ing the three following years, he was frequently in 
 action with the enemy's batteries and flotilla at 
 Havre de Grace. From Aug. 1803 to March, 1808, 
 he next served, in the North Sea and Baltic, on 
 board the St. Alban's 64, Capt. John Temple, and 
 Dictator 64, Capts. Jas. Macnamara and Donald 
 Campbell ; and, while in the latter ship, was present 
 at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, 
 and commanded, 9 Aug. 1808, a gun-boat, under 
 Capt. Macnamara, at the attack and capture, pre- 
 vious to the embarkation from Nyeborg of the 
 Marquis de la Romana and his army, of a Danish 
 man-of-war brig, the Fama of 18, and her consort, 
 the Sahrman cutter of 12 guns. On leaving the 
 Dictator, Mr. Davies rejoined the last-mentioned 
 officer in the Edgar 74 ; from which ship, having 
 passed his examination 3 Feb. 1806, he was pro- 
 moted, 25 Nov. 1808, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in 
 the HouKD bomb, Capt. Nich. Lockyer. He was 
 confirmed by the Admiralty in his new rank 2 Feb. 
 1809 ; and was subsequently appointed — 22 May 
 following, again to the Edgar — 10 March, 1810, to 
 the Berwick 74, Capts. J. Macnamara and Edw. 
 Brace — 16 June, 1812, to the Thames 32, Capts. 
 Chas. Napier and John Strutt Peyton — 26 Feb. 
 1814, to the Waespite 74, Capt. Lord Jas. O'Bryen 
 —and, 25 March, 1815, and 3 July, 1816, to the 
 Boyne 98, and Queen Chablotte 100, flag-ships of 
 Lord Exmouth. When in the Bebwick, Mr. Davies 
 assisted in causing the destruction, near Barfleur, 
 of the French 40-gun frigate Amazone, 25 March, 
 1811 ; and, while Senior of the Thames, he ac- 
 quired, in 1813, the approbation of his commander 
 by his conduct at the capture,! in face of consider- 
 able opposition, of the island of Ponza, and coope- 
 rated with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, 
 where he served at the arduous reduction of the 
 Col de Balaguer. For his exertions at the bomb- 
 ardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occa- 
 sion he commanded a gun-boat, Lieutenant Davies 
 was advanced to his present rank, by commission 
 dated 8 Oct. in the same year.J He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 10 Oct. 1820, Maria, youngest daugh- 
 ter of Peter Pavin, Esq., of Miliord Haven, co. 
 Pembroke, by whom he has issue two children. 
 
 * FirfeGaz. 1806, p. 911. 
 t F. Gai. 18\3, p. 1H6. j K. Gaz. 1816, p. 1792. 
 
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 DAVIES. 
 
 DA VIES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 24.) 
 
 John Davies entered the Navy, 9 Not. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thisbe 28, armee en 
 flutCf Capt. Lewis Shepheard, in which vessel he at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman 8 March, 1806, and 
 took out Lieut.-Gen. Whitelocke to the Rio de la 
 Plata, early in 1807. From the following Deo. until 
 Nov. 1812, he next served with Capts. Alex. Wibnot 
 Schomberg and Thos. Brown, latterly as Master's 
 Mate, in the Loike 38, which ship, on 5 Jan. 1809, 
 captured the Hebe, French corvette of 20 guns, and 
 afterwards assisted at the reduction of Martinique 
 and Guadeloupe. Until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 7 March, 1815, Mr. Davies appears to 
 have been further employed, on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations, in the Barfleur 98, Capts. Sir 
 Edw. Berry and John Maitland, and Roval Sove- 
 reign yacht, Capt. Sir E. Berry. He subsequently 
 obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard, 17 
 April, 1838 ; and removed to the command, 30 April, 
 1839, of the Wiokham, Revenue cutter. He re- 
 turned to the Coast Guard, 15 Oct. 1841 ; and since 
 27 Nov. 1844, has been employed, as Admiralty 
 Agent, in a contract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 DAVIES. (Eetibed Commandeb, 1845. f-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 John George Davies entered the Navy, 28 June, 
 1799, as Midshipman, on board, the Urchin gun- 
 vessel, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Davies, at Gibraltar ; 
 served, from Aug. following until May, 1803, in 
 L'EspoiR 14, Capt. Jas. Sanders, and Hector 74, 
 Capts. John Elphinstone and Wm. Skipsey, on the 
 Mediterranean station ; and subsequently joined 
 the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Sir Bobt. Calder, and the Courageox 
 74, Capts. Thos. Bertie, Chas. Boyles, and Rich. 
 Lee. After participating with the latter officer in 
 Sir Rich. Strachan's action, 4 Nov. 1805, he' became 
 attached for some months to the Rotai Wilmam, 
 flag-ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu, at Portsmouth, 
 where, on 16 June, 1807, he was appointed Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Dapper gun-vessel. On attain- 
 ing the full rank of Lieutenant in the Thrash, 
 Capt. Chas. Webb, 7 July, 1808, Mr. Davies paid a 
 short visit to the West Indies, and on his return 
 home in the following Nov. he was placed on half- 
 pay. His subsequent appointments appear to have 
 been — in Aug. 1810, to the Princess of Orange 74, 
 flag-ship in the Downs of Vice- Admiral Campbell — 
 
 18 Jan. 1811, to the Freija 36, Capts. Colin Camp- 
 bell and Wm. Scott, employed in the Mediterranean 
 and off Lisbon— 21 Oct. 1812, to the Derwent 18, 
 Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton, stationed ofiF the north 
 coast of Spain — and 28 Oct. 1814, to the Amaranthe 
 sloop, Capt. Rich. Augustus Yates, lying at Ports- 
 mouth. He returned to half-pay on 26 of the fol- 
 lowing month ; and accepted the rank he now holds 
 
 19 July, 1845. 
 
 DAVIES. (Eetieed Commander, 1843. f-p., 
 10; H-p., 43. J 
 
 Richard Longfield Davies was bom 28 Nov. 
 1775, in the county of Cork, and died 15 May, 1846. 
 He was the 17th child of a late Clergyman of the 
 Established Church. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Medusa 50, Capt. Jas. Norman ; 
 and on subsequently removing, as Midshipman, to 
 the Ceres 32, Capt. Rich. Incledon, assisted at the 
 reduction of the French West India islands, in 
 1794. Under the same officer, in the Vengeance, 
 he next officiated at the storming of Fleur d'Epe'e 
 and Pointe-i-Pitre, in the island of Guadeloupe; 
 after which he rejoined Capt. Norman, as Master's 
 Mate, in the Medusa, and was eventually present 
 in a similar capacity on board the Namub 90, Capt. 
 Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, in Sir John Jervis' action, 
 14 Feb. 1797. In Sept. following, he removed from 
 the ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vin- 
 cent, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Ai,exak±>er 
 74, Capt. Alex. Ball ; and on next joining the Ma- 
 jestic 74, Capts. Geo. Blagdcn Wcstcott and Kobt. 
 
 Cuthbert, he filled the same post at the battle of 
 the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. On that occasion Mr. Davies 
 commanded the boarders and firemen, and for his 
 general exertions was publicly thanked by his Cap- 
 tain. Being confirmed; after many other active 
 services, particularly on the Neapolitan coast, by 
 commission dated 8 June, 1799, he was subsequently 
 appointed— 27 Dec. 1799, to the Active 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Sydney Davers, in the Channel— in 1801-2, to 
 the Shark 16, commanded by Capt. Jas.Carthew and 
 for some time by himself. Sans Parell 80, flag- 
 ship of Admiral Rich. Montagu, and Syren 32, 
 Capt. John Wentworth Loring, on the Jamaica 
 station— and, 21 Feb. 1803, to the Aurora 28, Capt. 
 Micajah Malton. In command at first of the boats 
 belonging to the latter frigate, manned with only 
 27 men, and then in a tender, we find him taking 
 successively possession of the islands St. Pierre 
 and Miquelon, at the former of which places, after 
 destroying all the guns and ammunition, he kept 
 140 prisoners in check for 24 hours, until he was re- 
 lieved by the arrival of the ship."' The subject of 
 this sketch, who was placed on half-pay 25 Dec. 
 1803, became a Retired Commander on the Junior 
 list 1 Dec. 1830 ; and on the Senior, 28 July, 1843. 
 
 He married, 29 Dec. 1803, a daughter of the Rev.- 
 John Marshall, Rector of Orsett, and Chaplain to 
 King George IV. ; and has left issue four children. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 DAVIES. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Thomas Davies (a) entered the Nary 22 March, 
 1808 ; obtained a commission 14 Oct. 1824 ; was 
 afterwards employed on the Coast Blockade, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot, from 10 April, 1826, until 1829 ; 
 and since the latter date has been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DAVIES. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Thomas Davies (6) entered the Navy 13 Oct. 
 1829 ; passed his examination 16 July, 1836 ; and 
 from 1841, until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 8 Feb. 1844, served, chiefly on the South 
 American station, as Mate of the Ardent steam- 
 vessel, Capt. John Russell, Curlew brig, Capt. 
 John Foote, and Flamer steamer, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Chas. Jas. Postle. Since 12 March, 1844, 
 this officer has been serving in the Pacific, Medi- 
 terranean, and Channel, as Lieutenant of the Ame- 
 rica 50, Capts. Hon. John Gordon and Sir Thos. 
 Maitland. 
 
 DAVIES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 27.) 
 
 William Bees Davies entered the Navy, 16 
 Aug. 1806, as a Supernumerary, on board the 
 Mars 74, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, attached to 
 the fleet in the Channel. From Sept. following 
 until Oct. 1809, he next officiated as Fst.-cl. Vol, 
 and Midshipman of the Superb 74, Captain, after- 
 wards Bear- Admiral, Sir Bich. Goodwin Keats; 
 and during that period attended the expedition to 
 Copenhagen, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, was present at 
 the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de 
 laRomana and his army, 11 Aug. 1808, and assisted 
 at the bombardment of Flushing, in Aug. 1809. In 
 Nov. following Mr. Davies joined the Jason 32, 
 Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, with whom he served 
 off Newfoundland until transferred, in Aug. 1811, 
 to La Minerve 38, Capt. Rich. Hawkins, on the 
 West India station. He returned to England in 
 May, 1814 ; and, while next attached to the Sara- 
 cen sloop, Capt. Alex. Dixie, was promoted to his 
 present rank 15 Feb. 1815. He subsequently, from 
 14 March, 1841, until the close of 1845, served in 
 the Niagara 20, Montreal schooner, and Mo- 
 hawk steamer, Capts. Williams Sandom and Wm. 
 Newton Fowell, on the Canadian Lakes; where, 
 since 5 Dec. 1846, he has been again employed with 
 Capt. Fowell, on board the Cherokee steam- 
 vessel. 
 
 Vide Gra. 183.t, p. 1438. 
 
DAVIS. 
 
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 DAVIS. (Commander, 1842. r-p.,12; h-p.,29.) 
 George Evan Davis was born 17 Oct. 1795. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Oct. 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Eliza cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander Nicholas ICortwright, employed in the 
 Impress service at Swansea ; and from Aug. 1807, 
 until Eeb. 1810, was borne on the boolcs of the 
 Royal George 100, and San Josep 110, flag-ships 
 in the Channel of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. 
 During that period he served in a gun-boat 
 throughout the whole of the operations connected 
 with the expedition to the Walcheren, and received 
 the particukir thanks of Sir Home Popham for his 
 conduct in the four-hours' action which preceded 
 the capture of Campvere. After a re-attachment 
 of a few months to the Eliza and San Josef, the 
 latter bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir 
 Chas. Cotton, Mr. Davis, in Feb. 1811, joined the 
 Alacrity, of 18 guns, Capt. Nesbit Palmer. On 
 26 May following, that vessel, being on a cruize off 
 Cape St. Andre, island of Corsica, with an effective 
 crew on board of not more than 94, of whom 14 
 were boys, came to a close action, which lasted 45 
 minutes, with the French corvette L'AbeilU, of 20 
 guns and 165 men. At the end of that time, hav- 
 ing sustained a loss of all her ofiioers, and in the 
 whole of 32 killed and wounded, and being other- 
 vrise greatly disabled, the Alacrity hauled down 
 her colours, and was taken possession of by L'Abeille, 
 whose own loss on the occasion amounted, as ac- 
 knowledged, to 7 men killed and 12 wounded. In 
 company with L'Abeille were also a schooner and 
 three xebecs, all heavily armed. On his recovery, 
 Mr. Davis, who had himself been badly wounded, 
 was marched through Italy to France ; whence he 
 ultimately effected his escape in Dec. 1813. Pre- 
 viously to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 10 March, 1815, he'further served 
 in the Espoir 18, Capt. Robt. Russell, and Sea- 
 horse 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon ; and in the 
 latter ship he took an active part in the hostilities 
 against New Orleans, where he also served on shore. 
 On the transference of the Packet establishment to 
 the jurisdiction of the Admiralty in July, 1837, 
 liiejut. Davis, who for nearly 12 years had been 
 employed in that service by the Post-Ofllce, was 
 re-appointed by the Board to the command, on the 
 Holyhead station, of the Gleaner steam-vessel, in 
 which he remained until 31 March, 1839. He was 
 confirmed in his present rank on 20 Jan. 1842, 
 shortly after his assumption of the acting command 
 of the CoMus 18, in the West Indies. He brought 
 that vessel home and paid her off in May following ; 
 and since 25 June, 1846, has been in command of 
 the Bulldog steam-sloop at the Cape of Good 
 Hope. 
 
 Commander Davis, from the commencement 
 of the peace until 1825, when he entered the 
 service of the Post-Offloe, was chiefly employed, 
 cither in command of a merchant-vessel or steam- 
 packet, or in the capacity of Agent or Managing 
 Director of a Steam-Navigation Company esta- 
 blished at Liverpool. He married, 17 Feb. 1823, 
 Isabella, youngest daughter of John Sperling, Esq., 
 of Dynes Hall, co. Essex ; and has issue, with one 
 daughter, a son, St. George Clarence Sperling, a 
 Clerk in H.M. Dockyard at Portsmouth. 
 
 DAVIS. (LiEDT., 1815. F-P., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Henry Davis (c) was born, 28 Oct. 1789, at Cob- 
 ham, CO. Surrey. 
 
 Tliis officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1805, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Nassad 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Campbell, fitting at Woolwich. From 27 Feb. 1806, 
 to 7 Nov. 1808, he next served, a great part of the 
 time as Midshipman, in the Phosphorus fire-brig, 
 of 4 12-pounder carronades and 24 men, Lieut.- 
 CommandersWm. Jas. Hughes and Robt. Danl. Lan- 
 caster; and, on 14 Aug. in the former year, he as- 
 sisted in the peculiarly gallant defeat of a French 
 privateer, carrying 12 guns and upwards of 70 men, 
 which sheered off after an action of 70 minutes, 45 
 of wliioh were spent in an ineffectual attempt to 
 
 board the British vessel. For his conduct on the 
 occasion Lieut. Hughes, who with 7 others was 
 wounded, received his promotion. In Aug. 1809, 
 having removed to the Challenger 16, Capts. 
 Wm. Bamham Rider and Goddard Blennerhassett, 
 Mr. Davis accompanied the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren, subsequently to which, on her return from 
 the West Indies, whither she had gone with con- 
 voy, the Challenger was captured by a French 
 frigate and armed store-ship, after a running fight 
 of four hours, 12 March, 1811. Between 28 May, 
 1814, the period of his liberation, and July, 1815, 
 Mr. Davis was afterwards employed, as a Super- 
 numerary, in the Pbince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, 
 lying at Spithead, and, as Master's Mate, in the 
 Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pattison Stewart and John 
 Brett Purvis (under the former of whom he again 
 went to the West Indies with convoy), and in the 
 Ganymede 24, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, fitting at 
 Portsmouth. He then received a commission dated 
 24 Feb. 1815, and has not been since employed. 
 
 Lieut. Davis married, 7 Aug. 1815, Miss Mary 
 Lloyd, by whom he has issue three children. 
 AftENTS — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DAVIS. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Henry Barnett Davis passed his examination 
 in 1834 ; and obtained his commission 9 Feb. 1838. 
 We subsequently find him appointed — 26 Sept. 
 1838, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings— 9 May, 1839, to the 
 Revenge 78, Capt. Hon. Wm. WalJegiave, employed 
 on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations — and, 21 
 June, 1842, as First-Lieutenant, to the Satellite 
 18, Capt. Robt. Fitzgerald Gambler, whom he ac- 
 companied to South America. Since 22 Sept. 1846, 
 Mr. Davis, who had been on half-pay since 1843, 
 has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 DAVIS. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.) 
 James Davis entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1800, as 
 L.M., on board the Donna Theresa gun-brig, 
 Capt. John Gentle, on the Home station. From 
 Nov. 1801, until March, 1805, he was further em- 
 ployed in the Dedaignedse frigate, Capt. Thos. 
 Geo. Shortland, and Constance 24, Capt. Anselm 
 John Griffiths; and under the latter officer he 
 served at the blockade of the Rivers Elbe and 
 Weser. In March, 1805, Mr. Davis became Midship- 
 man of the Monmodth 64, bearing the flag in the 
 NorthSeaofRear-AdmiralThos. Macnamara Russell, 
 from which ship he removed, in May following, to 
 the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker. On 22 March, 
 1808, being off the coast of Zealand, he assisted, in 
 company with the Nassau 64, and was slightly 
 wounded, as Master's Mate, at the capture and de- 
 struction, after an obstinate running fight, and a 
 loss to the Stately of 4 men killed and 28 wounded, 
 of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Fre- 
 deric* Mr. Davis continued to serve with Capt. 
 Parker, the last six months as Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Aboukie 74, until April, 1809, when he re- 
 sumed the rank of Midshipman, and joined Capt. 
 Chas. Rowley, in the Eagle 74. He was next lent 
 to the gun-boat service in the expedition against 
 Walcheren ; after which he proceeded to the West 
 Indies, and there joined in succession the Neptune 
 98, and Statira 38, flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 who, on 21 July, 1810, promoted him to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Perseverance, Capt. Fras. Douglas. 
 He was at length confirmed by the Admiralty in his 
 present rank 21 March, 1812, and, on 19 Nov. 1813, 
 was appointed to the Tartarus 20, Capts. John 
 Pasco and Thos. Rich. Toker. After serving for 
 two years on the Irish and North Sea stations, 
 Lieut. Davis was paid off 29 Nov. 1815 ; since which 
 period he has not been employed. 
 
 DAVIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 John Davis entered the Navy, 18 Feb. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resolution 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Burlton, under whom, in the Rodney 74, and 
 * Fitl^ Gaz. 18j8, p. 536. 
 
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 DAVIS— DAVISON— DAVY. 
 
 ViLLE DE Pakis 110, he continued to serTe, on the 
 Worth Sea, Baltic, Lisbon, and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, chiefly as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 untU Dec. 1812. He assisted, while in the Resold- 
 TiON, in the operations against Walcheren and 
 Copenhagen, in 1807 and 1809. After a further 
 servitude, in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Ire- 
 land, and in the West Indies, as Master's Mate of 
 the Resistance 36, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton 
 Reynolds Pellew, and of the Sultak 74, Capt. John 
 "West, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 18 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 DAVIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Robert Davis entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Quebec 32, Capts. Geo. 
 M'Kinley and Lord Falkland, stationed in the 
 North Sea. In March, 1807, he rejoined Capt. 
 M'Kinley, as Midshipman, on board the Lively 
 38 ; in which ship, after participating in various 
 operations on the river Tagus, and contributing to 
 the reduction of Vigo and Santiago in 1809, he was 
 eventually wrecked, off the island of Malta, in Aiig. 
 1810. Between the following Nov. and the year 
 1812 Mr. Davis was further employed, off the coasts 
 of Spain, Portugal, and Holland, in the CoMus 22, 
 Capt. Matthew Smith, Comet 18, Capt. Rich. 
 Henry Muddle, and Defiance 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Raggett. He then^ as Master's Mate, joined the 
 Bellona 74, commanded by his old Captain, 
 M'Kinley, with whom he served, off St. Helena and 
 the coast of France, until transferred, in Feb. 1813, 
 to the ScAMANDER 36, Capt. Gilbert Heathcote, ap- 
 pointed to cruize off the Western Islands. Since 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 Feb. 
 1815, Mr. Davis appears to have been unemployed. 
 He married, 17 Nov. 1828, the Right Hon. the 
 Dowager Lady Kirkcudbright, of Raeberry Lodge, 
 Southampton. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DAVISON. (Lieut., 1807. p-p., 22 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 Edward BAKERDAVisoNwasbominDec. 1782, at 
 Jamaica, and died about the commencement of 1847. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 July, 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Haerlem 68, Capt. Geo. Burl- 
 ton, employed off the coast of Ireland j'and in Dec. 
 following became Midshipman of the Dragon 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Campbell, Fred. Lewis Maitland, John 
 Aylmer, and Edw. Griffith. After serving for some 
 time in the Channel and off the north coast of 
 Spain, he proceeded to the Mediterranean ; and in 
 the course of 1800 was wounded while on boat- 
 service at Elba. On 9 April, 1805, Mr. Davison re- 
 moved, as Sub-Lieutenant, to the Fervent 10, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Edw. Hare, with whom 
 he cruized in the Straits of Gibraltar until ap- 
 pointed, 25 April, 1807, full Lieutenant of the Imo- 
 GENE 16, Capts. Thos. Garth and Wm. Stephens. 
 He invalided home from the Mediterranean in Dec. 
 1808 ; and was next appointed in succession, 13 Oct. 
 1812, and 12 April, 1813, to L'Oiseau, prison-ship 
 at Plymouth, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Needham, 
 and GiiADiATOR 44, bearing the flag at Portsmouth 
 of Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas. Foote, under whose 
 orders he continued to serve until 18 May, 1815. 
 From 5 Oct. 1831, until 28 July, 1842, Lieut. Davi- 
 son was subsequently, with partial intermissions, 
 employed as Agent for Transports Afloat on board 
 the Maitland, Stentor,* Pabmelia, and Prince 
 George. In command of the latter vessel he offi- 
 ciated, on 26 Aug. and 1 Oct. 1841, at the reduction of 
 Amoy, andthe recapture of Chusan. At^the period 
 of his death he had been on half-pay since 1842. 
 
 DAVISON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 James Sandfokd Davison is the grandson of a 
 Captain in the Royal Navy who served as Lieute- 
 nant in the action of 1 June, 1794. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 Aug. 1829 ; and 
 passed his examination in March, 1836. He served 
 on board the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, 
 throughout the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 where he appears to have been employed in the 
 
 boats at the destruction, in the face of a heavy fire of 
 musketry from the enemy, of a quantity of powder 
 stowed in the Castle of Beyrout, 2 Oct. 1840.* He 
 was made Lieutenant 21 Sept. 1842, as being Senior 
 Mate of the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord 
 Adolphus FitzClarence, on the occasion of the 
 Queen's visit to Scotland. Mr. Davison— whose 
 next appointment was, 13 Oct. 1842, to the Wasp 
 16, Capt. Andrew Drew, on the North America 
 and West India station— has been in command, 
 since 1 Aug. 1844, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 DAVISON. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 15; h-p., 29.) 
 KiLGODB Davison entered the Navy, 15 April, 
 1803, as Schoohnaster, on board the Ethauon 38, 
 Capts. Chas. Stuart, Joseph Spear, Wm. Chas. 
 Fahie, and Thos. John Cochrane, under which 
 officers he successively served, latterly as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, until Dec. 1808. He as- 
 sisted, during that period, at the capture of the 
 Danish West India islands of St. Thomas and Sta. 
 Croix in Dec. 1807, and, pending the last five 
 months of his attachment to the Ethalion, "was 
 absent in a prize. On next joining the Neptune 
 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he served 
 at the taking, in Feb. and April, 1809, of the islands 
 of Martinique and the Saintes, and of the French 74- 
 gun ship D'Haupoult. While in the Neptune, he 
 also, we believe, aided in cutting out a schooner 
 under a heavy fire from the batteries of St. Eusta/- 
 tius. Being appointed, 29 June, 1809, to an Acting- 
 Lieutenancy in the Vimiera brig, Capt. Edw. 
 Scobell, Mr. Davison, in Feb. 1810, further contri- 
 buted to the reduction of St. Martin, St. Eustatius, 
 and Saba. He removed on 5 July following to the 
 Scorpion 18, Capts. Hon. John Gore and Robt. 
 Giles, and, being confirmed in that vessel 17 July, 
 1811, continued to serve in her, on the Spanish 
 Main, and off the coast of Africa, until March, 1813. 
 He subsequently held an appointment in the Coast 
 Guard from 14 May, 1831, until 1836 ; but has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 DAVY. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 John Davy, born 5 June, 1789, is only surviving 
 son of the late Rev. Wm. Davy, of Ingoldsthorpe, 
 CO. Norfolk, by his first-cousin, Elizabeth, daughter 
 of Edw. Davy, Esq., of Milsham. One of his bro- 
 thers, Henry, in the Royal Engineers, was killed at 
 Corunna, vrith Sir John Moore, in Jan. 1809 ; and 
 another, William, also an officer in the army, was 
 drowned at St. Helena in Dec. 1818. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Colossus 74, commanded 
 by the present Sir Geo. Martin, whom he after- 
 wards followed, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 into the Glory, Barflecr, and Queen 98's, and 
 into the Canopus 80. While in the Barfleur, he 
 took part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 
 1805; and, when in the Canopus in 1807-9, he saw 
 much gun-boat service in the Faro of Messina, and 
 beheld the reduction of the islands of Ischia and 
 Procida. On next removing to the Ville de Paris 
 110, bearing the flag of Lord CoUingwood, he served 
 in the boats under Lieut. John Tailour, on the 
 night of 31 Oct. 1809, at the capture and destruc- 
 tion, after a fearful struggle, and a loss to the 
 British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the 
 French armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 
 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondewr^ and 
 armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven 
 merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong 
 batteries in the Bay of Rosas. He was appointed, 
 5 Nov. following, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cum- 
 berland 74, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, to 
 which ship the Admiralty confirmed him by com- 
 mission dated 5 Jan. 1810. He returned home 
 from the Mediterranean in April, 1811, on board 
 the Pylades 18, Capt. Geo. Ferguson; subse- 
 quently to which he cruized, early in 1812, off the 
 coast of Ireland, in the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Staines. From 20 May, 1812, until promoted 
 • Vide Gai. 1840, p. 2010. 
 
DAWES— DA WKINS— DAWSON. 
 
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 to his present rank, 15 July, 1814, he was again 
 employed under his patron, Vice-Admiral Martin, 
 as his Flag-Lieutenant, in the Impetdedx, Stately, 
 and Rodney, line-of-battle ships, off Lisbon and 
 Cadiz. Commander Davy has not, since the latter 
 date, been afloat. 
 
 He married, in Feb. 1832, Katherine, eldest 
 daughter of the late Rich. Davy, Esq., of Toxford, 
 00. Suffolk, and has issue a son and four daughters. 
 Agent — J. Hinxraan. 
 
 DAWES. (Lieut., 1841. r-p., 19; h-p., 5.) 
 
 Daniel Bctleb Dawes entered the Navy, 20 
 Dec. 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bulttabk 
 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, on the Home station, 
 where he became. In July, 1825, Midshipman of 
 the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst. From 
 1826 until his return home in 1831, on board the 
 Calcutta 84, Capt. Peter Fisher, he next served 
 with Capts. Jas. Stirling, John FitzGerald Studdert, 
 and Wm. Clarke Jervoise, in the Success 28, on the 
 East India station. Having passed his examina- 
 tion, 6 June, 1832, Mr. Dawes, in Aug. 1833, joined, 
 as Mate, the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings, with whom he conti- 
 nued until transferred, in Feb. 1835, to the Cale- 
 donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the 
 Mediterranean. From Dec. 1837, until May, 1841, 
 he was further employed on board the Volage 26, 
 Capts. Henry Smith and Geo. Elliot; and during 
 that period was at the capture of Aden in 1839, 
 and witnessed the commencement of the hostilities 
 in China. He was afterwards attached, from 
 Oct.' 1841, until March, 1842, to the Styx steam 
 surveying-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emerio Vidal, 
 on the coast of Africa ; and was then discharged, 
 having been promoted to the rank he now holds on 
 23 Nov. 1841. Mr. Dawes' next appointment was, 
 14 Nov. 1843, to the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. 
 Douglas Brisbane, also on the African station, 
 whence he invalided in. Aug. 1844. He resumed 
 his professional duties, 26 June, 1846, in the Co- 
 lumbine 16, commanded, on the East India station, 
 by Capts. Jas. Rich. Booth and Chas. Conrad Grey. 
 Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 DAWKINS. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Colyear Dawkins entered the Navy 
 23 Aug. 1820; passed his examination in 1829; 
 and, after serving for two months as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Isis 50, was confirmed by the Admiralty 
 14 June, 1830. He was subsequently appointed — 
 21 Nov. 1831, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Rich. Dick- 
 inson, at the Cape of Good Hope — 25 April, 1835, 
 to the Canopus 80, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in 
 the Mediterranean— 12 Feb. 1839, to the Hydra 
 steam-vcssel, Capt. Anthony Wm. Milward, lying 
 at Chatham — and, 19 April following, to the Blen- 
 heim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, 
 fitting for the East Indies. As a reward for his 
 services at the capture of Canton, he was promoted, 
 after having officiated for seven years as a Lieute- 
 nant, to the rank of Commander, 8 Oct. 1841. Since 
 that period, however, he has not been employed. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DAWSON. (LiEnr., 1824. f-p., 19; h-p., 15.) 
 Gilbert Francis Dawson, born 14 April, 1800, 
 is youngest son of the late Fras. Dawson, Esq., of 
 Fordham Abbey, near Newmarket; brother of 
 Commander John Francis Dawson, R.N., who was 
 killed, while in command of a division of the Bri- 
 tish flotilla during the Burmese war, 2 Dec. 1825 ; 
 and first-cousin, maternally, of Viscount Canter- 
 bury. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 March, 1813, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warspite 74, Capts. 
 Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood and Lord Jas. O'Bryen ; 
 and, on eventually proceeding to North America, 
 removed as Midshipman, in 1814, to the Iphigenia 
 36, Capt. Andrew King. From 1816 to 1820 we 
 next find him in the East Indies on board the Con- 
 way 28, Capt. John Reynolds, and Leander 50, 
 
 flag-ship of Sir H. Blackwood. He then for a brief 
 period joined the Queen Charlotte, bearing the 
 flag at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed ; 
 and, for about three years, was afterwards em- 
 ployed in the West Indies as a passed Midshipman 
 of the Thracian 18, Capt. John Walter Roberts, 
 and Grecian cutter, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Cawley. On 31 March, 1823, in command, we be- 
 lieve, of the boats of the Thracian and Tyne, he 
 captured the Zaragozana, a piratical schooner. He 
 obtained his commission 28 June, 1824; and was 
 subsequently appointed, chiefly in the West Indies 
 — 6 July following, to the Diamond 46, Capt. Lord 
 Napier— next, to the Bustard 10, Capt. Williams 
 Sandon— 11 Feb. 1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Bbitomart 10, Capt. Fred. Chamier— 18 Sept. 1828, 
 to the NiMROD 20, Capt. Sam. Radford— and, 9 Oct. 
 1829, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Robt. Milborne 
 Jackson. Since 1832, in which year he invalided 
 home, Lieut. Dawson has not been ofiicially afloat. 
 The subject of this sketch, since he left the Hya- 
 cinth, has been in command of various merchant- 
 ships and steam-boats. From 1840 to 1841 he was 
 employed as a Police Magistrate in New Zealand. 
 He married, first. Marguerite Jane, daughter of 
 John Paddock, Esq., Staff Surgeon in the Army; 
 and secondly, 29 Nov. 1841, Harriott Hey wood, 
 daughter of W. H. Styles, Esq., of New House 
 Farm, North Fleet, co. Kent. He has issue four 
 children. 
 
 DAWSON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 12; h-p., 34.) 
 
 John Dawson entered the Navy, 25 July, 1801, 
 as A.B., on board the Intrepid 64, Capt. Wm. 
 Hargood, stationed in the East Indies, where he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 Oct. 1801. 
 On his return home he joined, in April, 1803, the 
 Texel 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng ; under whom (if 
 we except a few months, from 28 June to 6 Nov. 
 1807, when he officiated as Acting-Master of the 
 Sea Flower gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. 
 Fitzwilliam Owen) he continued to serve, in the 
 Texel 64, Malabar 50, Belliqueux 64, and 
 Warrior 74, until Dec. 1811. During that period 
 he accompanied, in the Belliqueux, the expedition 
 against the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806 ; con- 
 tributed, in the same ship, to the capture and destruc- 
 tion, on 27 Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven 
 brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other mer- 
 chant-vessels, in Batavia Roads ; and was officially 
 praised for his brave conduct, as Acting-Lieutenant 
 (order dated 13 Oct. 1809), in the boats of the 
 Belliqueux and Sir Francis Drake, at the de- 
 struction of three gun-vessels, under a heavy fire 
 from the batteries at Bantam, in 1810.* Mr. Daw- 
 son, whose appointment to the Belliqueux was 
 confirmed 27 Aug. 1811, rejoined his patron (after 
 an intermediate servitude in the Castilian 18, 
 Capt. David Braimer) in the Warrior on 22 Aug. 
 1812. He invalided, however, in Nov. 1813 ; and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 This officer has been perfectly blind for the last 
 five-and-twenty years. 
 
 DAWSON. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 25.) 
 
 William Dawson (a) entered the Navy, 24 June, 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active of 46 
 guns, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, attached to the 
 fleet, in the Mediterranean. On 12 Feb. 1811, he 
 assisted, as Midshipman, in the boats under Lieut. 
 Jas. Dickinson, at the capture of a convoy, fear- 
 fully protected, in the harbour of Ortona ; subse- 
 quently to which, on 13 March following, we find 
 him enacting a part in the memorable action off 
 Lissa, when a British squadron, carrying in the 
 whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, 
 after a conflict of six hours, and a loss to the Active 
 of 4 men killed and 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian 
 squadron, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 
 2655 men. From July, 1811, to Sept. 1814, he next 
 served on the Irish and West India stations in the 
 Leonidas 38, Capts. Anselm John Griffiths, Fred. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1195. 
 
272 
 
 DAWSON- DAY. 
 
 Wm. Aylmer, and Geo. Fras. Seymour; under the 
 latter of whom he assisted at the chase and captiire 
 of the Faul Jones, American privateer, of 16 guns 
 and 85 men. He then removed to the CrANE, of 
 32 guns and 171 men, Capt. Gordon Thoa. Falcon ; 
 and on 20 Feb. 1815, off Madeira, joined, as Master's 
 Mate, in a fierce action, which terminated in the 
 capture, by the XFnited States frigate Constitution, 
 of 54 guns and 469, of the Cyake (whose loss on 
 the occasion amounted*to 6 killed and 13 wounded), 
 and of her consort, the Levant, of 20 guns and 131 
 men. Being soon afterwards restored to liberty in 
 consequence of the peace, Mr. Dawson returned 
 home on board the Dragon 74, Capt. Kobt. Barrie ; 
 and from the following Oct. until Sept. 1816, was 
 employed in the West Indies, part of the time as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the BniSKis 10, Capt. Geo. 
 Domett. Between Feb. 1821, and the receipt of 
 his first commission, which he did not obtain until 
 14 Dec. following, five years previously to which 
 period he had passed Ms examination, he further 
 served in the Albion 74, Capt. Eich. Kaggett, and 
 cruized for some time with George IV. in the 
 Kotal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget. 
 After a subsequent attachment of four months to 
 the Ganges 74, he rejoined the Kovai, George, 
 Capts. Geo. Mundy and Adolphus FitzClarence ; 
 and continued in that vessel, from 14 Jan. 1830, 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander, 6 July, 
 1832. Capt. Dawson, whose next appointment was 
 to the command, 7 March, 1840, of the Victor I'i, 
 on the North America and "West India station, has 
 been on half-pay since his attainment Qf Post-rank, 
 23 Kov. 1841. 
 
 DAWSON. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 AVllmam Dawson (6) entered the Navy 24 July, 
 1809 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained lus 
 commission 28 April, 1827 ; and (with the exception 
 of three years' command, from Sept. 1835 to Sept. 
 1838, of the Hornet Kevenue cutter) has held an 
 appointment in the Coast Guard Service since 7 
 Oct. 1829. 
 
 DAY. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 Bartholomew George Smith Day entered the 
 Navy, 27 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Amsterdam frigate, Capt. "Wm. Ferris, employed 
 in the West Indies ; and, on next joining the Ke- 
 venge 74, Capt. Kobt. Moorsom, took part, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Until Nov. 1808, he afterwards became attached in 
 succession, on the Channel and Halifax stations, to 
 the Medosa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell 
 Bouverie, Leopard 50, flag-ship of the Hon. Geo. 
 Cranfield Berkeley, and Chibucto and Bream 
 schooners, both commanded by Lieut. Geo. Gover 
 Miall. Being then appointed Acting-Master of the 
 Supbriedre sloop, Capts. "Wm. Ferrie, Humphrey 
 Fleming Senbouse, Henry Conyngham Coxen, and 
 Robt. Russell, he assisted, in company with the 
 Horatio and Latona, at the capture, on 10 Feb. 
 1809, of the French 40-gun frigate La Juruyn, after 
 a contest in which the Scperieore figured very 
 conspicuously ; and, in the same and the following 
 year, he was also present at the reduction of the 
 islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and St. Martin. 
 Between Oct. 1810 and his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, — which took place 11 Feb. 1815, 
 three years after he had passed his examination, — 
 Mr. Day appears to have been next employed — in 
 the Royal Sovereign yacht, in the river Thames 
 — the Dominica sloop, Capt. Robt. Hockings, and 
 Qdeen 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, both on 
 the West India station— and the Cyrds 20, Capt. 
 Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, off the coast of France. 
 From April to Sept. 1815, he afterwards served in 
 the Slaney 20, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius; but 
 since the latter date he has not been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Day, when in the Bream, in Chesapeake 
 Bay, had the good fortune to suppress a mutiny 
 which had broken out on board that vessel. He 
 
 holds an appointment at present in the Quaran- 
 tine Service. Agent— J. Uinxman. 
 
 DAY (Ketieed Commander, 1846. f-p., 15; 
 . H-P., 34.) 
 Charles Estcoort Day entered the Navy, 1 
 Kov. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 
 98, Capts. John Holloway and Sampson Edwards, 
 employed in the Channel and off the coast of Spain. 
 In Feb. 1801, having attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman two years previously, he removed to the 
 San Josef 110, Capts. Wm. Wolseley and Jas. Car- 
 penter ; and, on next joining the Hercole 74, com- 
 manded by Capt. Solomon Ferris, and, during the 
 absence of that officer, by Lieut. John B. HiUs, he 
 witnessed the capture, between 28 June and 1 July, 
 1803, of La Mignomie of 16, and La Creole of 32 
 guns, and partook of a stiff running fight with the 
 40-gun frigate La Poursuivante, near St. Nicolas 
 Mole, St. Domingo. He afterwards visited the Me- 
 diterranean in the Leviathan 74, Capt. Henry 
 Wm. Bayntun, whence he returned to the West 
 Indies in 1805, in pursuit of the Franco-Spanish 
 fleet. On his subsequent arrival home in La Pkb- 
 voYAKTE store-ship, Master-Commander Daniel 
 M'Coy, Mr. Day joined the Windsor Castle 98, 
 Capt. Chas. Boyles, under whom, after viewing Sir 
 Sam. Hood's capture of four French frigates off 
 Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, he passed the DardaneUs 
 in Feb. 1807, and served on shore in the attack on 
 the island of Prota. Being promoted to a Lieute- 
 nancy, 27 Dec. 1808, in -the Norge 74, Capt. John 
 Sprat Rainier, he next served for some time off 
 Lisbon and in the Mediterranean, and, in 1810-11, 
 commanded a gun and mortar boat at the defence 
 of Cadiz. Mr. Day — whose ensuing appointments 
 were, on 19 Feb. 1812, and 16 July, 1813, to the 
 iMPBTnEnx, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Geo. 
 Martin, and Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly — 
 held command, from July, 1812, to April, 1813, of 
 the armed schooner Welungtos, tender to the fu- 
 PETUEDX. In that vessel he appears to have been 
 employed between Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, in 
 conveying despatches and freights of Government 
 money, and on other particular services. Having 
 been on half-pay since the peace, he accepted, 3 
 Nov. 1846, the rank of Retired Commander. 
 
 DAY. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 George Fiott Day passed his examination 10 
 Nov. 1838 ; and from 1839, until the receipt of his 
 commission, 13 Dec. 1845, served in the Mediterra- 
 nean, as Mate of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston 
 Stewart^ and of the Queen 1 10, and Formidable 
 84, flag-ships of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. While 
 in the Benbow, he commanded that ship's barge, 
 and bad 4 men wounded in the attack on the town 
 of Tortosa, 25 Sept. 1840,* and was present at the 
 ensuing bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He 
 served for a few months after his promotion in the 
 Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope, off the coast of 
 Africa ; but is at present on half-pay. 
 
 DAY. (Eetibed Commander, 1846. e-p., 19; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 John Day entered the Navy, 26 April, 1794, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Stately 64, Capt. Billy 
 Douglas, in which ship, after assisting at the re- 
 duction of the Cape of Good Hope, he beheld the 
 surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay, 
 17 Aug. 1796. He then joined the Braave, Capts. 
 Andw. Todd and Josias Rowley ; and, on next re- 
 moving to the Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborne, 
 was, in company with the 50-gun ship Adamant, 
 at the destruction of the French 40-gun frigate La 
 Preneme, off the Isle of France, 11 Deo. 1799. After 
 an additional servitude, at the Cape, of two years, as 
 Acting-Master of the Eufhrosyne, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Thos. Wilkinson, Jlr. Day returned to 
 England in 1802; subsequently to which we find 
 him, in 1804-5, serving, on the Home station, in the 
 Hawk, Unite, and Royal Willlam. Towards the 
 * Vide Gai, 1840, p. 2607. 
 
DAYMAN-DEACON-DEALY-DEANE. 
 
 273 
 
 ■close of the latter year he Bailed for Cadiz with Sir 
 John Duckworth in the Sdperb 74 ; and, on pro- 
 ceeding soon afterwards to the West Indies in the 
 Canopus 80, flag-ship of Sir Thoa. Louis, hore a 
 part in the battle off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. 
 During the next six months Mr. Day officiated as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Canopus ; but at the end 
 of that period, being unconfirmed by the Admi- 
 ralty, he became Master's Mate of the Wisdsor 
 Castle 98, Capt. Chas. Boyles, under whom he 
 witnessed Sir Sam. Hood's capture of four French 
 frigates off Kochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, and was pre- 
 sent at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. 
 In the following April he joined the Glatton 50, 
 Capts. Thos. Seccombe, John Clavell, Henry Hope, 
 and Geo. Miller Bligh ; and, after again serving as 
 Acting-Lieutenant in that ship for the space of five 
 months, was at length formally promoted, by com- 
 mission dated 21 Deo. 1808. From 22 May, 1809, 
 until 6 March, 1813, he next served, still on the 
 Mediterranean station, as First of the Wizard 18, 
 under the command of various officers. His last 
 war-appointment was, on 17 Sept. 1813, to the An- 
 dromeda 22, Capt. Eich. Arthur, employed off 
 Gibraltar and Lisbon, whence he returned home 
 early in 1815. He subsequently, in 1841-2, com- 
 manded the Pike steamer ; and on 3 Nov. 1846 ac- 
 cepted the rank he now holds. 
 
 DAYMAN. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Joseph Dayman is son of the late Rev. Chas. 
 Dayman, Rector of Great Tew, co. Oxford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 21 Oct. 1831 ; and 
 passed his examination 1 1 May, 1838. In 1839 he 
 was appointed Mate of the Erebus bomb, Capt. Jas. 
 Clark Ross ; and, on his return home from a four 
 years' explorative mission to the Antarctic Seas, he 
 was promoted to the rank he now holds 4 Oct. 1843. 
 He was next employed in the survey of the coast of 
 Ireland, from 23 July, 1845, until the close of 1846, 
 as Lieutenant of the Tartarus steamer, Capt. Jas. 
 Wolfe. 
 
 DEACON, (ffapfain, 1817. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Henry Colins Deacon entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fisgakd 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, stationed in the Channel ; 
 removed, in May, 1802, to the Achille 74, Capt. 
 John Okes Hardy ; and, from the following July 
 until Nov. 1806, served vrith Capt. Wm. Parker, 
 part of the time as Midshipman, in the Alarm 32, 
 and Amazon 38. In July, 1803, and Sept. 1805, the 
 latter vessel captured the privateers Le Felix of 16, 
 and Principe de la Paz of 24 guns ; she also, in the 
 summer of 1805, accompanied Lord Nelson to the 
 West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of 
 France and Spain ; and on 13 March, 1806, when in 
 company with the LoNi>eN.98, had 3 men killed and 
 6 wounded, at the capture, after a long running 
 fight, of the 80-guu ship Marengo, hearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate 
 Belle Pouk. Mr. Deacon, in the Africa 64, Capt. 
 Henry Wm. Bayntuh,- subsequently conoperated, 
 as Master's Mate, in Lieut. -General Wbitelqcke's 
 unfortunate attempt to recover Buenos Ayres in 
 July, 1807 ; after which, on his transference, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, to the Oltjupia cutter, Lieut- 
 Commander Henry Taylor, he assisted at the hard- 
 wrought capture of a French letter-of-morque of 
 much superior force ; and then sailed for the Cape 
 of Good Hope. Being officially promoted on 24 
 Feb. 1808, he next joined the Caledon, Capt. Jas. 
 Tomkinson ; and on 27 Api-il, 1809, was appointed 
 to the Nekeide 36, Capts. Robt. Corbet and Nesbit 
 Josiah Willoughby ; under the former of whom he 
 took, in Aug. following, two batteries, commanding 
 the anchorage of Ste. Rose, on the eastern side of 
 the island of Bourbon, and contributed to the en- 
 suing reduction of the town of St. Paul's. Under 
 the gallant Willoughby, Mr. Deacon was slightly 
 wounded in a dashing attack made on the enemy's 
 batteries and troops at Jacotel, in the Mauritius, 1 
 May, ISIO."* He also aided, in July following, at> 
 * yide GaJ. ie;0, p. 132S. 
 
 the capture of He Bourbon; and on 17Aug. he landed 
 at the storming of a fort on Pointe du Diable, Isle 
 of France — immediately subsequent to which a- 
 chievement we find him assuming the command of 
 three boats, and covering Capt. Willoughby and his 
 party in their march alongshore to Grand Port. 
 Mr. Deacon wasnext on board the Nereide when she 
 compelled the enemy's sloop Victor to surrender, 
 and exchanged broadsides .with the 40-gun frigate 
 Minerve ; and he was again most severely wounded 
 in the throat, breast, legs, and arms, during a series 
 of unhappy though heroic operations, which, by 
 the 28th of the month last mentioned, terminated 
 in the self-destruction, in Port Sud-Est, of the 
 British frigates Magicienne and SiRius, and the 
 capture, by a French squadron, of the Nereide and 
 Iphigenia, — the former, after being reduced to a 
 mere wreck, and incurring a loss in killed and 
 wounded of nearly her whole crew. Mr. Deacon, 
 whose sufferings for a long time endangered his 
 life, regained his liberty on the reduction of the 
 Mauritius in Dec. following. He was subsequently 
 appointed, 28 May, 1811,%Jid 10 March, 1812, to the 
 Fame 74, and Lavinia 44, Capts. Walter Bathurst 
 and Geo. Digby, on the Mediterranean station ; 
 and on 7 Jime, 1814, was promoted to the com- 
 mand of the NiOBE 38, annee en flute. While in 
 that vessel, which he paid off 14 March, 1816, Capt. 
 Deacon conveyed the sick of the Russian Imperial 
 Guards to Cronstadt, in acknowledgment for which 
 service the Emperor, among other marks of fa^ 
 vour, presented him with a ring: and he was also 
 with Sir Philip Durham at the'fcapture of Guade- 
 loupe in 1815. His promotion to Post-rank took 
 place 2 April, 1817 ; and his acceptance of the Re- 
 tirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 DEALT. (Lieut, 1820. f-p., 13; h-p., 27.) 
 
 William Justin Dealy entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 
 1807, as A. B., on board the Ramillies74, Capt. Fras. 
 Pickmore, on the West India station ; where, in the 
 MuLGRAVE, Demarara, and Fawn, he assisted, un- 
 der the Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, at the reduction of 
 the islands of St. Thomas, Sta. Croix, Marie-galante, 
 and Martinique. From April, 1810, until Sept. 
 1814, he was next most actively employed, on the 
 Baltic and North American stations, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate of the Woodlark 10, and Ja- 
 SEUR 16, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Edw. 
 Watts ; participating, during that period, in many 
 warm encounters with the enemy, and witnessing 
 the capture of a vast number of armed and other 
 vessels, as also of the towns of Benedict and Marl- 
 borough in the Chesapeake. After being detained 
 for about two months as a prisoner on board the 
 American privateer JFbXy Mr. Dealy was appointed 
 Acting-Master of the Wasp sloop, Copt. John 
 Flslier ; subsequently to which he served for nearly 
 two years in the 'East Indies as Admiralty-Midship- 
 man, and again, as Second Master, in the Orlando 
 36, Capt. John Clavell, and Favourite 20, Capt. 
 Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. In Jan. 1818 he was trans- 
 ferred, from the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, to 
 the Dorothea, Capt. David Buchon, whom he ac- 
 companied on a perilous voyage of discovery to the 
 neighbourhood of Spitzhergen. After a further 
 .attachment of. three months to the Bulwark V4, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Gore at Chatham, Mr. 
 Dealy, in May, 1819, sailed in the Hecla sloop, 
 Lieut.-Commander Wm. Edw. Parry, on another 
 mission to the Frozen Regions, where he penetrated 
 to long. 113° 54' 43^' W. within the Arctic Circle, 
 and thereby became entitled to a portion of a Par- 
 liamentary reward of SOOOi. conferred on the expe- 
 dition. He was alsopromoted, on his arrival home, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 26 
 Deo. 1820 ; but since that period has remained un- 
 employed. .^ , 
 
 DEANE. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 William Godfrey ^Deane entered the Navy 6 
 April, 1829 ; passed his examination 12 Nov. 1836 ; 
 and served for a considerable^ time on the South- 
 
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 DEANS-DEBENHaM— DE BLAQUIERE. 
 
 American and Home stations, as Mate of the Cd- 
 BAQOA 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, and St. Vincent 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington. His ap- 
 pointments since his promotion, wMch took place 
 20 Oct. 1843, have been— 19 April, 1844, to the He- 
 cate steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Paterson Bower, em- 
 ployed on Particular Service— 17 Sept. 1845, as Ad- 
 ditional, to the Vindictive 50, flag-ship in North 
 America and the "West Indies of Sir Wm. Fras. Aus- 
 ten—and, 16 March, 1846, to the Persian 16, com- 
 manded on the same station hy Capt. Hen. Coryton. 
 He married, 13 April, 1844, Caroline, daughter of 
 the late G. Arundel Nixon, Esq., of Brown's Bam, 
 CO* Kilkenny. 
 
 DEANS. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 25.) 
 
 Robert Deans, born 4 Oct. 1792, at Huntington, 
 N. B., is second son of the late Admiral Deans of 
 that place, who died in 1815. 
 
 . This ofScer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glatton 50, Capt. Jas. 
 Colnett, flag-ship at Leith of Rear-Admiral Jas. 
 Vashon. Until Dec. 1810^ he afterwards served on 
 the same, and on the Lisbon and Mediterranean 
 stations, in the Texel 64, Capt. Donald Campbell, 
 WooDLARK 12, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Innes, and 
 Kent, Royal Sovereign, ViLtE de Paris, and 
 San Josef, flag-ships of Admirals Edw. Thorn- 
 brough. Lord Collingwood, and Sir Chas. Cotton. 
 On 1 May, 1811, having been appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Cherokee 10, Capt. "Wm. Ramage, 
 he took part, wi^ the boats of that vessel, and of 
 the Clio and Bemette, in an unsuccessful attempt 
 to cut out some galliots lying at Egersund, on the 
 coast of Norway, and on that occasion lost two 
 fingers of the left hand, and received a musket-ball 
 in the right arm, which has never yet been ex- 
 tracted. For his gallantry he was confirmed by 
 the Admiralty 15 June following; subsequently to 
 which we find him appointed — 19 March, 1812, and 
 15 Feb. 1813, to the Venerable and Stirling 
 Castle 74's, both commanded by Sir Home Pop- 
 ham — and, 23 June, 1814, 1 June, 1815, and 8 July, 
 1816, as Flag-Lieutenant, alternately at Leith and 
 in the river Thames, to Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope 
 and Sir Home Popham, in the Latona, Iris, and 
 Ramillies. "When in the Venerable, Mr. Deans 
 was in very active command of a detachment of 
 seamen on the north coast of Spain, where he as- 
 sisted at the capture of several forts, and of the 
 town of St, Andero. In the Stirling Castle he 
 accompanied Earl Moira, as Governor-General, to 
 India, and on the passage acquired the particular 
 notice of that nobleman for his exertions in saving 
 the lives of two seamen who had fallen overboard. 
 The subject of this memoir, who assumed the rank 
 of Commander 9 Sept. 1818, was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, on the Home and Lisbon stations, to the 
 command, 30 April, 1827, and 24 Nov. 1829, of the 
 Clio and Chiluers sloops. While in the latter 
 vessel, which he paid off in 1832, he appears to have 
 been senior officer of a small squadron employed 
 in the river Douro during the struggle between 
 Pedro and Miguel. He has not been afloat since 
 the receipt of his Post-commission, 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Capt. Deans, in consideration of his severe 
 wounds, was presented with a gratuity from the 
 Patriotic Fund in 1812, but was refused a pension. 
 he married, first, 1 Feb. 1821, Mary, eldest daughter 
 of the late Richard Clay, Esq., of Gloucester Place, 
 London ; and secondly, 2 March, 1830, Charlotte 
 Sophia, youngest daughter of Duncan Stewart, 
 Esq., of Glenbuchie, co. Perth. He has issue two 
 daughters. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 DEBENHAM. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 22; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 John Debenh-1m was born in 1772. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1788, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Fairy sloop, Capts. 
 Jas. Geo. Manley anil Thos. Spry, employed on the 
 African and West India stations ; subsequently to 
 whioji he removed to the Discovery sloop, Capt. 
 
 Geo. Roberts, lying at Dcptford; and, on proceed- 
 ing to the East Indies in the Thames 32, Capt. 
 Thos. Troubridge, was present at the capture of 
 Tippoo Saab's " Fortified Islands," close to Onore, 
 on the coast of Malabar. After witnessing, in the 
 DoKE 98, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Geo. Murray, the unsuccessful attack on Martinique 
 in June, 1793, Mr. Debenham joined the Glory 98, 
 and in that ship, under Capt. John Elphinstone, 
 distinguished himself in Lord Howe's victory of 
 1 June, 1794. For his ensuing exertions, as Mid- 
 shipman of the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey, in conducting into 
 port one of the three French 74's taken in the 
 action off He de Groix, 23 June, 1795, he was pre- 
 sented by the latter officer with a commission, ap- 
 pointing him, 12 Sept. 1796, to the Invincible 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Cayley, on the Leeward Islands station. 
 In April, 1798, having previously assisted in an 
 attack on some batteries at St. Eustatius, and also 
 in the reduction of Trinidad, he became, at the 
 instance of Lord CameU'ord, First Lieutenant to 
 that nobleman in the Favorite sloop, commanded 
 afterwards in the North Sea by Capt. Joseph West- 
 beach. Mr. Debenham's next appointments appear 
 to have been— 15 Aug. 1800, to the Formidable 98, 
 Capts. Edw. Thombrough and Rich. Grindall, on 
 the Channel and Jamaica stations — 21 April, 1804, 
 as Senior Lieutenant, to the Devastation bomb, 
 Capt. Alex. Milner, under whom we find him in 
 daily collision with the Boulogne flotilla — and, 3 
 JFeb. 1806, to the command of the Fdrious gun- 
 brig. While in the latter vessel, independently of a 
 vigilant blockade of Calais, Ostend, and the inter- 
 mediate ports, he conducted, in a six-oared boat, 
 and without other aid, many perilous cutting-ouit 
 affairs in the very teeth of the enemy's batteries ; 
 and he was also successful in the capture of numer- 
 ous merchantmen. In Dec. 1807, however, in con- 
 sequence of a violent contusion of the foot, and 
 of the dislocation of three of his toes, by the firing 
 of a gun, Lieut. Debenham was compelled to resign 
 the command of the Fdrioos, and for several 
 months to move upon crutches. While next em- 
 ployed, from Sept. 1808, to Oct. 1809, as Agent for 
 Transports, he was most efficiently present at the 
 battle of Corunna, and in the attack on Flushing ; 
 after which he zealously commanded the Deptford 
 tender, between Limerick and Plymouth, in con- 
 nection with the Impress service, for a period of 
 more than two years and a half. Resuming his 
 duties as Transport Agent in July, 1813, he pro- 
 ceeded to the north coast of Spain, and rendered 
 himself particularly conspicuous by his important 
 co-operation with the British army immediately 
 preparatory to the investment of Bayonne. On 24 
 Feb. 1814, especially, when a flotilla under Rear- 
 Admiral Penrose had arrived off" the fearful mouth 
 of the Adour, for the purpose of entering that river, 
 and enabling the troops to occupy both banks, 
 Lieut. Debenham, in a six-oared cutter, was the 
 first officer who summoned resolution to face the 
 tremendous surf which beats over the bar.* He, 
 however, happily accomplished the dangerous feat, 
 and afterwards succeeded, by his intrepid exer- 
 tions, in snatching from destruction many others 
 who followed in his wake, but were upset in their 
 progress. In consideration of these, and of many 
 other sterling instances of good conduct, which we 
 find procured him the particular mention of Lieut.- 
 General Sir John Hope,t he was promoted, on the 
 recommendation of his Admiral, to the rank of 
 Commander, 27 Aug. following, but since that pe- 
 riod he has not been able to procure employment. 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 DE BLAQUIERE. (Xiedtenant, 1844.) 
 
 The Honodrable William Barnard De Bla- 
 QuiERE, horn 16 Dec. 1814, is second and youngest 
 son of Lord De Blaquiere, by Lady Harriet Towns- 
 hend, daughter of George fiu^st Marquess Towns- 
 hend ; brother of the Hon. John De Blaquiere, a 
 » ride Gaz. 1814. p. 666. t f- Gisz. 1814, p. 618. 
 
DECCEURDOUX-DE COURCY— DELAFONS. 
 
 275 
 
 Captain in the 3rd West India Regt. ; and flrst- 
 couain of the Earl of Orkney. 
 
 Thia officer passed his examination 3 Jan. 1838 ; 
 and was afterwards employed, as Mate, in the 
 ■WivLLEst/EY 72, bearing the broad pendant in the 
 East Indies of Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thog. Hastings, and the Howe and Caledonia, 
 flag-ships in the Mediterranean and at Devonvort 
 of Sir Fraa. Mason and Sir David Milne. He ob- 
 tained his commission 23 Sept. 1844 ; and has been 
 actively employed, since 4 Dec. in the same year, 
 as Gunnery Lieutenant of the Eagle 50, Capt. 
 Geo. Bohun Martin, on the American and West 
 India stations. 
 
 DECCEUEDOUX. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 F-p.. 27 ; H-p., 31.) 
 
 George Laoev Decoeukdoux entered the Navy, 
 4 Nov. 1789, as Lieutenant's Servant, on board the 
 Childers 10, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford ; and after 
 an additional servitude, latterly as Midshipman, in 
 the Saturn 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, Royal Sove- 
 reign 100, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Graves, and L'Es- 
 MON 38, Capt. Manley Dixon, accompanied the 
 last-mentioned officer, in July, 1797, into the Lion 
 64. On 15 July, 1798, being off Carthagena, he 
 took part in a brilliant action between the Lion 
 and four Spanish frigates of 42 guns each, which 
 terminated in the surrender of one of the latter, 
 the Santa DorotJi^aj subsequently to which, when 
 in company with the Penelope and Foudrovaht, 
 at the blockade of Malta, he further assisted, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, at the capture, 31 March, 1800, 
 of the French 80-gun ship Guillaume Tell, after a 
 tremendous conflict, in which the Lion sustained a 
 loss of 8 men killed and 38 wounded. Mr. Decoeur- 
 doux, who next served for upwards of 12 months 
 as a Supernumerary of the Ville de Paris 110, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of the Hon. "Wm. Corn- 
 wallis, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the San 
 FioRENzo frigate, 16 April, 1802. He was after- 
 wards appointed — 23 March, 1803, to the Mars 74, 
 Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver, Geo. Duff, and Wm. 
 Lukin — II Dec. 1806, to the Weymouth store-ship, 
 Capt. Mortin White— 18 Jan. 1808, to La FticHE 
 18, Capts. Thos. White and Wm. Buchanan — and, 
 12 June, 1809, to the command of the Pegase 
 prison-ship at Portsmouth, which he retained for 
 upwards of three years. During his attachment to 
 the Mars, Lieut. Decoeurdoux, besides sharing in 
 the battle of Trafalgar, was present at the capture, 
 28 July, 1806, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men ; 
 and, on 25 Sept. following, he was with Sir Sam. 
 Hood's squadron at the taking, offRochefort, offour 
 heavy French frigates, two of which. La Gloire 46, 
 and Xj tnfatigable 44, struck to the Mars. From 
 Jan. 1813, to July, 1817, he was next very actively 
 employed, as a Transport Agent, on various stations, 
 and was particularly active at the embarkation of 
 the allied troops at Calais, in July, 1814, and Dec. 
 1815. His last appointment was to the Ordinary at 
 Portsmouth, where he served from 26 May, 1831, 
 until 30 April, 18-34. The rank he now holds was 
 conferred on him 15 June, 1844. 
 
 Commander Decceurdoux was admitted to the 
 out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 12 July, 1839. 
 He married, 21 Oct. 1809, Miss Jane Arnold, of 
 Forton ; and is father-in-law of Capt. John Rey- 
 nolds, R.N. 
 
 DE COURCY. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Michael De Courcy is eldest son of the late 
 Capt. Nevinson De Courcy, R.N., K.T.S., by Cathe- 
 rine, daughter of Wm. Blennerhasset, Esq. ; brother 
 of First Lieut. Nevinson Willoughby De Courcy, 
 R.M. ; grandson of the late Hon, Michael De Couroy, 
 Admiral of the Blue, who died in 1824 ; and cousin 
 of the present Lord Kingsale. 
 
 Tliis officer entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1824; passed 
 his examinatiun in 1830; and, obtaining his com- 
 mission 28 June, 1838, was appointed, 20 Sept. fol- 
 lowing, to the Racer 16, Capts. Geo. Byng and 
 
 Thoa. Harvey, on the North America and West 
 India station. He assumed command, 4 March, 
 1841, of the Chahybdis brigantine; and, on 12 
 Feb. 1842, was promoted to his present rank for Ms 
 extraordinary gallantry at the capture of the Car- 
 thagenian squadron, when protecting the British 
 interests in South America. Since 13 July, 1844, 
 Commander De Courcy has been employed in the 
 Coast Guard. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 DELAFONS. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 27; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Thomas Delatons, bom in Feb. 1772, is elder 
 brother of Lieut. W. P. Delafons, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1787, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Irresistible 74, bearing the 
 broad pendant in the river Medway of Commodore 
 Sir Andrew Snape Hamond. From 1789, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Aug. 1794, he 
 afterwards served, on the Home and West India sta^ 
 tions, as Midshipman of the Barfleur 98, flag-ship 
 of Admiral Barrington, Saturn 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Linzee, Niger 32, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, and 
 Hector 74, Capt. Geo. Montagu. While in the latter 
 ship he was present at the unsuccessful attack on 
 Martinique in June, 1793; and on one occasion, 
 falling from the mizen-top on the deck, he had the 
 misfortune to break his thigh and botli arms. For 
 some months after his promotion, Mr. Delafons serv- 
 ed with the Channel fleet in the Orestes 18, Capt. 
 Orrok, from which vessel he next joined, 3 April, 
 1795, the Standard 64, Capts. Joseph Ellison, John 
 Parr, and Thos. Revell Shivers, under the first of 
 whom we find him witnessing Lord Bridport's action 
 with the French fleet off He de Groix, 23 June fol- 
 lovring — and next attending Sir John Borlase War- 
 ren on his ill-fated expedition to the relief of the 
 Royalists at Quiberon. He continued in the Stand- 
 ard for the period of three years ; and, prior to 
 the peace of Amiens, was further appointed, on the 
 African, West India, and Home stations — 9 May, 
 1798, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. 
 Bennett— 6 Nov. 1800, to the Nimrod 18, Capt. 
 Edwards— and, 6 May, 1801, to his old ship the 
 Irresistible 74, Capt. Wm. Bligh. Mr. Delafohs 
 was next invested with the successive command, 
 between 30 May, 1803, and 22 Feb. 1808, of the 
 Venus cutter. Alert lugger. Nimble brig, and 
 Capelin schooner. While in the Nimble, in 1805-6, 
 he appears to have been intrusted by Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane with the command on the Virgin Islands 
 station, where, for a period of four months, he had 
 under his orders a small squadron, consisting of the 
 Netley 14, the Flying Fish 10, and the Mos- 
 quito 8. Being next employed under the Transport 
 Board, from 24 April, 1808, until the early part of 
 1814, he officiated, during that period, as Resident 
 Agent at Flushing at the time of the Walcheren 
 expedition ; acted also in the^ same capacity at 
 Jersey ; and was latterly Principal Agent with the 
 army under the Marquess of Wellington in Spain 
 and France. On the recommendation of the latter 
 nobleman, Mr. Delafons, for his indefatigable ser- 
 vices, was promoted to the rank he now holds 28 
 April, 1814, and appointed to command the trans- 
 port department of the expedition against New 
 Orleans, for his conduct throughout the operations 
 connected with which he received the acknowledg- 
 ments of the Board. After a further employment 
 of a few months as Principal Agent at Antwerp, he 
 was discharged, towards the close of 1815, and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Delafons was appointed, in Jan. 1835, 
 Stipendiary Magistrate at Demerara, where he con- 
 tinued until April, 1839, when his health obliged him 
 to resign. On 26 June, 1844, he was admitted to the 
 out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. He married, 
 first, Matilda Louisa, only daughter of Lieut.-Ge- 
 neral Lewis, R.M., by whom, who died in April, 
 1816, he had issue three sons and two daughters; 
 and, secondly, Jane H arson, daughter of M. Grigg, 
 Esq., of Tamerton FoUott. By the latter lady he 
 has, with throe sons, six daughters, one of whom 
 
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 DELAFONS— DELAFOSSE— DELAP— DE LISLE— DELME. 
 
 Julia Matilda, married, 20 May, 1841, Alex. John 
 Qreenlaw, Esq., 40th Kegt. N.I. 
 
 DELAFONS. (Lieut., 1810. r-P., 13; h-p.,32.) 
 William Philip Delafons, born 31 Dec. 1789, 
 at Gosport, is younger brother of Commander Thos. 
 Delafons, II.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Childeks brig, Capt. 
 John Delafons, whom he soon afterwards accompa- 
 nied to the East Indies, as Midshipman of the 
 Dasher 18. After a successive transference on 
 that station to the Dedaigneuse frigate, Capt. 
 Peter Heywood, and Sceptke 74, Capt. Joseph 
 Bingham, he returned to England in 1805, on board 
 the Trident 64, bearing the flag of Admiral Peter 
 Rainier. On next joining the Supekb 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he sailed for the 
 Mediterranean, and thence proceeded to the "West 
 Indies, where he bore a part in the battle off St. 
 Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Between April, 1807, and 
 the date of his promotion, which took place 3 Sept. 
 1810, Mr. Delafons ne^t served, chiefly in the North 
 Sea, on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. Arthur 
 Farquhar, Rover brig, Capt. Francis John Nott, 
 Flamer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Thos. Cow- 
 per Sherwin and Anthony Bliss Wm. Lord, and 
 Nereus 32, Capt. Peter Heywood. He was after- 
 wards appointed, on the Halifax, West India, and 
 Home stations, to the Eurtdioe 24, Capt. Jas. 
 Bradshaw, Rattler 18, Capt. Gordon, Indian 16, 
 Capt. Henry Jane, Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harri- 
 son Pearson, and Thistle and Griffon brigs, Capts. 
 Jas. Montagu and Geo. Hewson. He was placed 
 on halt-pay in Nov. 1815; and has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Delafons married 30 Deo. 1815. Agent — 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 DELAFOSSE. (Commander, 1816. e-p., 18; 
 H-P., 28.) 
 
 Edward Hollingworth Delafosse was bom 8 
 Nov. 1788. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1801 (un- 
 der the auspices of H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence), 
 as Fst.-cl. V ol., on board the Cruizer 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Brisbane ; and, after sharing in the battle of Copen- 
 hagen 2 April, 1801, proceeded with that officer to 
 the West Indies, as Midshipman of the Saturn 74, 
 flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Thos. Totty, who shortly 
 afterwards died on board. In Nov. 1802, he joined 
 the Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, in the North 
 Sea ; and on proceeding to the East Indies in 1805 
 on board the Greyhound 32, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone, became attached to the Blenheim 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Troubridge ; from 
 which ship, after she took the ground, and was 
 nearly lost, at the entrance of the Straits of Ma^ 
 lacca, he removed, 9 June, 1806, to the Fox 32, 
 Capt. Hon. Arch. Cochrane. On his return home 
 in Aug. 1807, as Master's Mate of the Concorde 36, 
 Capt. John Cramer (previously to which he had 
 cruized for three months with Capt. Wm. Aug. 
 Montagu in the Dasher sloop), Mr. Delafosse 
 joined the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton ; of which 
 ship, after witnessing the surrender of Madeira, he 
 was created a Lieutenant 9 April, 1808. In the 
 course of 1809 he further beheld the reduction of 
 Martinique and the Salutes, the capture of the 
 French 74-guu ship D' Haupm.lt, and the siege of 
 Flushing. He subsequently sailed for the Medi- 
 terranean, where, in Feb. 1811, he exchanged into 
 the Cekberus 32, Capts. Henry Whitby and Thos. 
 Garth. In Jan. 1813, as First-Lieutenant of the 
 latter frigate, Mr. Delafosse commanded her boats 
 at the capture of an armed and deeply-laden tra- 
 bacoolo. He also, in the following March, cut out 
 another vessel of the same description under a 
 battery near Brindisi, and assisted in dismantling 
 a tower and destroying a battery and several ves- 
 sels in a creek between the towns of Bari and St. 
 Vito ; after which he took temporary po^^pssion, 
 U April, 1813, of Devil's Island, near the nui»., ^.. 
 
 trance of Corfu— was wounded, on 14 of the same 
 month, in another boat affair at the island of Me- 
 lera* — and actively co-operated in the proximate 
 reduction of Trieste. We subsequently find hinx 
 appointed Senior-Lieutenant, 18 May, 1815, of the 
 Wye 24, flag-ship on the Jersey and Guernsey sta- 
 tion of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle — and, 20 Jan. and 
 1 1 April, 1816, of the Dover troop-ship, Capt. Robt. 
 Henly Rogers, and Hebeus 36, Capt. Edm. Pahner. 
 For his services at the ensuing bombardment of 
 Algiers, Mr. Delafosse was rewarded with the rank 
 of Commander 16 Sept. 1816. He was afterwards 
 employed in the Coast Guard in Dorsetshire, fr„m 
 1828 to 1831 ; and on 3 Jan. in the latter year he re- 
 ceived the thanks of the magistrates at Christchurch 
 for his distinguished zeal and alacrity in suppressing 
 various incendiary disturbances in the county of 
 Hants. Since 1831 he has not been employed. 
 
 Commander Delafosse had a gratuity of 50Z. from 
 the Patriotic Fund. He married, 12 Aug. 1820, 
 Sophia, daughter of the Rev. Geo. Chilton Lambton 
 Young, of Iver, Bucks. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 DELAP. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Robert Delap entered the Navy, 1 June, 1805, 
 as A.B., on board L'Argds sloop, Capts. Edw. 
 Kittoe and James Stuart, on the Irish station, 
 where he attained the rating of Midshipman 9 
 Sept. 1806. From Feb. 1809 to Feb. 1812, he next 
 served with the Channel fleet, nearly the whole 
 time as Master's Mate, in the Gibraltar 80, 
 Capts. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Valentine Collard, 
 Robt. Plampin, and Geo. Scott ; under the first of 
 whom he was present at the destruction of the 
 French shipping in Basque Roads, 11 and 12 April, 
 1809. He afterwards joined in succession the Stir- 
 ling Castle, Venerable, and Bdlwark 74's, com- 
 manded, on the Home and American stations, by 
 Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton, Augustus Brine, David 
 Milne, and Farmery Predam Epworth. Obtaining 
 his commission 11 Feb. 1815, Mr. Delap next served, 
 on the Bermuda and Downs stations, in the Archer 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Slaughter, from 18 May to 12 
 Aug. following. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 DE LISLE. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Henry De Lisle passed his examination 23 May, 
 1837 ; served for some time as Mate, in the Medi- 
 terranean, of the PiKENix and Hecla steam-vessels, 
 Capts. John Richardson and John DuffiU; obtained 
 his commission 19 July, 1844 ; was appointed Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant, soon afterwards, of the Alfred 
 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John 
 Brett Purvis, on the Brazilian station ; and, since 
 21 Jan. 1845, has been employed in the Pacific, as 
 Lieutenant of the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospatrick 
 Baillie Hamilton. 
 
 DELME. (Commander, 1828. f-p.,11; h-p., 27.) 
 George Delme entered the Navy, 2 May, 1809, 
 as Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Repulse 74, Capts. 
 Hon. Arthur ICaye Legge and John Halliday, in 
 which he accompanied the ensuing expedition to 
 the Walcheren. In Feb. 1811, being then on the 
 Mediterranean station, he followed Capt. Halliday, 
 as Midshipman, into the Montagu 74 ; soon after 
 which he rejoined the Hon. A. K. Legge, whose 
 flag was flying on board the Revenge 74, at the 
 siege of Cadiz. During the three years imme- 
 diately preceding his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 19 Sept. 1815, Mr. 
 Delme further served, on the Mediterranean, Ame- 
 rican, and Home stations, in the Iprigenia and 
 Resistance frigates, both commanded by the Hon. 
 Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, the Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Raggett, and the Rochfort 74, Capt. Sir Arch. 
 Dickson. His subsequent appointments appear to 
 have been— for a few months in 1816, to the Severn 
 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, under whom he 
 served at the bombardment of Algiers— 30 March, 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1813, pp. 1308, 1486. 
 
BENCH— DENHAM—DENMAN. 
 
 277 
 
 1824, to the Wellesley 74, Capt. Graham Eden 
 Hamond, employed on a particular service — and, 21 
 I>ec. 1825, to the Java 52, flag-ship in the East In- 
 dies of Kear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He was 
 advanced to the command, 21 Feb. 1828, of the 
 Champion 18 ; but since the following autumn has 
 been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DENCH. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Charles Thomas Dench passed his examination 
 1 Feb. 1837; and after serving for some time in the 
 Mediterranean as Mate of the Calcutta 84, Capt. 
 Sir Sam. Roberts, and of the Vesuvius steam-vessel, 
 Capt. Erasmus Ommanney, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1844. He has been 
 employed, since 20 Jan. 1845, in the Acokn 16, 
 Capt. John EUiot Bingham, on the south-east coast 
 of America. 
 
 DENCH. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Thomas Dench entered the Navy, in April, 1793, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Ardent 64, Capt. 
 Robt. Manners Sutton; while in which ship he 
 served on shore at the occupation of Toulon, and 
 was in warm action with the batteries of St. Fior- 
 enza during the siege of Corsica. In April, 1794, 
 when the Ardent took fire and blew up, with all 
 hands on board, this officer had the good fortune to 
 be absent in charge of a prize. We next find him, 
 in the St. George 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker, 
 taking part in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 
 July, 1795 ; and, on 14 Feb. 1797, serving under the 
 flag of Vice-Admiral Chas. Thompson, in the Bri- 
 tannia 100, at the battle off Cape St. Vincent. 
 Removing then, with Capt. Thos. Foley, to the Go- 
 liath 74, he was present, in July following, at the 
 bombardment of Cadiz ; and on 1 Aug. 1798, he fur- 
 ther officiated at the battle of the Nile. A few days 
 after that tremendous conflict he assisted, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, in cutting out a heavy gun-vessel from under 
 the castle of Aboukir. On his return to England 
 he was appointed, at the recommendation of Capt. 
 Foley, Master's Mate of the Prince 98, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, to whom he became Signal- 
 Lieutenant, in the Prince George, 23 Jan. ISOl, and 
 afterwards, for nearly four years, in the San Josef. 
 From May to Dec. 1807, Mr. Dench was next em- 
 ployed in a similar capacity under Rear-Admiral 
 Thos. Wells in the Zealand 64, at the Nore. He 
 then, as before, rejoined Sir C. Cotton in the Hiber- 
 nia 110, off" Lisbon; to which ship he continued 
 attached until promoted, 24 April, 1808, to the com- 
 mand of the Nautilus 18. In May, 1809, Capt. 
 Dench brought home the despatches announcing 
 the evacuation of Oporto by the French army un- 
 der Marshal Soult; after which he cruized with 
 great success in the Mediterranean, where, among 
 other vessels, he captured — 21 July, 1812, Lf; Brave 
 of 5 guns and 112 men — 7 Feb. 1813, La Leonilde of 
 14 guns and 83 men— and, 24 May following. La 
 Colombe of 4 guns and 40 men. For these and other 
 services he received the public thanks of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief. He was com- 
 pelled to invalid home in Nov. 1814, and has not 
 since been afloat. His Post-commission bears date 
 4 Juno, 1828. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 DENHAM, F.K.S. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 1.) 
 Henry Mangles Denham was born 28 Aug. 
 1800. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1809, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Daphne 20, Capt. Philip 
 Pipon, on the Guernsey and Jersey station ; where 
 he next served, from April, 1810, to May, 1814, lat- 
 terly as Midshipman, in the Vulture 10, Capts. 
 Martin White, Geo. Morris, and Henry Baugh. 
 During tlie three following years we find him 
 borne on the books of the Queen Charlotte, 
 BoYNE, and Prince, ships of the line, but detached 
 the whole of the time on the survey of the Channel 
 Islands, under his former Commander, Capt. Martin 
 White ; with whom, as Midshipman and Lieutenant 
 (commission dated 26 Dec. 1822), of the Shamrock 
 
 14, he was further employed, from March, 1817, to 
 May, 1827, in examining the English and Irish 
 Channels, and the south-west and north-east coast 
 of Ireland. In Oct. 1827, Mr. Denham assumed 
 command of the Linnet 10, for the purpose of sur- 
 veying the coast of France ; and while nominally 
 attached, between Sept. 1828, and March, 1835, to the 
 St. Vincent, Caledonia, and San Josef, he con- 
 ducted a survey of the Bristol Channel, and of the 
 ports of Liverpool and Milford. As an especial 
 mark of their approbation of the high merit and 
 talent displayed by Lieut. Denham in the important 
 public services which he had thus performed, the 
 Lords of the Admiralty promoted him to the rank 
 of Commander on the 20th of the month last men- 
 tioned. He was subsequently employed, from Jan. 
 1842, to July, 1845, as Commander of the Lucifer 
 steam-vessel, and of the Royal Sovereign yacht, 
 in defining the coasts of Lancashire and Cumber- 
 land. He was then appointed to the Avon steamer ; 
 and on 27 Sept. following he sailed on a surveying 
 expedition to the coast of Guinea, including the 
 mouths of the Niger. He returned to England on 
 the attainment of his present rank, 17 Aug. 1846 ; 
 and since 2 Dec. following has been borne on the 
 books of the William and Maky yacht. Thirty 
 years of Capt. Denham's servitude in the Navy 
 have been employed in the construction of charts, 
 and eighteen in the actual command of maritime 
 surveys. In 1830 this scientific officer received the 
 thanks and a vote of plate from the Trinity Board ; 
 in 1834 he was further presented with the freedom 
 of the borough of Liverpool, and elected a member 
 of the Literary and Philosophical Society at that 
 place ; and in 1839 he was chosen a Fellow of the 
 Royal Society; as likewise, in 1841, a Younger Bro- 
 ther of the Trinity Corporation, and a member of 
 the United States* National Institution for the 
 Advancement of Science. He has received the 
 thanks of the Geological Society, of several Refuge 
 Harbour Committees, and of the Committee at 
 Lloyd's. 
 
 Commander Denham, who married 18 March, 
 1826, has issue three sons and three daughters. 
 
 DENMAN, (Capt., 1825. f-p., 24; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Edmund Denman died 6 July, 1846, at Knocker's 
 Knowle, near Devonport. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1790, as a 
 Boy, on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Thos. 
 Pringle, flag-ship in the Channel of the Hon. Sam. 
 Barrington. He afterwards joined the Cambridge 
 80, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Rich. Bick- 
 erton ; and on his return from the West Indies in 
 the Perseus 20, Capt. Geo. Palmer, obtained, in 
 April, 1793, a Midshipman's berth on board the 
 Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral 
 Thos. Graves; under whom he figured in Lord 
 Howe's actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. 
 In the same ship, under Vice-Admiral Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis, Mr. Denman was subsequently present 
 in that gallant officer's celebrated retreat of 16 and 
 17 June, 1795. He was promoted, 14 June, 1796, to 
 a Lieutenancy in the Trusty 50, Capt. John Osborn, 
 at the Cape of Good Hope ; and was afterwards ap- 
 pointed— 11 Deo. 1798, to the Saturn 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Totty— 3 July, 1799, to the Windsor Castle 
 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Cotton— and 24 
 April, 1800, to the Jason 36, Capt. Hon. John Mur- 
 ray, all on the Home station; where, as Senior 
 Lieutenant of the latter ship, he was wrecked and 
 taken prisoner 21 July, 1801. Mr. Denman, who 
 had been frequently employed in cutting out vessels 
 under the enemy's batteries, next became, 9 April, 
 1803, and 14 May, 1808, First-Lieutenant, on the 
 Home and Jamaica stations, of the Plantagenet 
 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond, Hon. Michael 
 De Courcy, Francis Pender, and Wm. Bradley, and 
 of the Polyphemus 64, bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley. In June, 1809, 
 we find him commanding the night guard-boats of 
 the squadron employed under the orders of Capt. 
 Wm. Pryce Cumby at the blockade of St. Domingo j 
 
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 DENMAN—DENNEHY-DENNIS— DENNY. 
 
 and, at the commencement of the following month, 
 acquiring the warm thanks of Major-General Car- 
 michael for his uncommon zeal and exertions in 
 command of a detachment of seamen, landed to co- 
 operate with the troops preparatory to the surrender 
 of that city by the French.* On 17 Feb. 1810, Capt. 
 Denman was confirmed in the command of the 
 Shask sloop, in which vessel, and in the Chai^ 
 I.ENGEK, Sappho, and Sparrow, he alternately 
 served until March, 1811, when his health obliged 
 him to invalid. Being next appointed to the com- 
 mand, 7 June, 1814, of the Kedpole 10, he had the 
 honour of conveying from England to the Con- 
 tinent, among other illustrious personages, the He- 
 reditary Prince of Orange, the Crown Prince of 
 Bavaria, the Princes Charles and William of 
 Brunswick, Prince Paul of Wirtemburg, and the 
 present King of the French, then Duke of Orleans. 
 He was also in the same vessel intrusted with the 
 command of a light squadron stationed in the river 
 Scheldt for the protection of Cadsand ; and towards 
 the close of 1815, when he was paid off, he brought 
 home the despatches of Rear-Admiral Cockburn 
 announcing the safe arrival of Buonaparte at St. 
 Helena. Capt. Denman was subsequently nomi- 
 nated, 25 March, 1819, Superintending-Commander 
 of the Ordinary at Plymouth, which office he cre- 
 ditably filled for the accustomed period of three 
 years. He was advanced to Post-rank 27 May, 
 1825 ; but was not again employed. 
 
 Capt. Denman had, vrith other issue, a daughter, 
 Maria Louisa Hume, who married, in 1842, the pre- 
 sent Sir Thos. Turton, Bart., of Starborough Castle, 
 CO. Surrey. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 DENMAN, F.R.S. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 9.) 
 
 The Honodkable Joseph Denman, bom 23 
 June, 1810, is second son of the Right Hon. Lord 
 Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's 
 Bench, by Theodosia Anne, eldest daughter of the 
 late Rev. Rich. Vevers, of Saxby, and grand- 
 daughter of Sir Edmund Anderson, Bart. He is 
 brother-in-law of Capt. R. L. Baynes, R.N., C.B., 
 and of Lieut. Fred. Holland, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dover 28, Capt. Sam. 
 Chambers, bearing the flag at Leith of Sir J<)hn Poo 
 Beresford. In Sept. following he removed, as Mid- 
 shipman, to the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. John 
 Pechell, fitting for the Mediterranean station ; 
 where, in June, 1826, he served with the boats of 
 that ship in a very sanguinary action with pirates 
 off the island of Candia. After a further attach- 
 ment of more than four years to the Thetis 46, 
 Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, and Crdizek and 
 Satellite sloops, Capts. Edw. Griffith Colpoys, 
 John MiUlgan Laws, and John Parker, on the South 
 American and East India stations, Mr. Denman, 
 who- had passed his examination 2 Sept. 1829, ob- 
 tained a Lieutenant's commission dated 9 March, 
 1831. He was next appointed — 1 May, 1832, to the 
 Snake 16, Capt. Wm. Robertson, employed on the 
 North Sea and South American stations — and, 17 
 Nov. 1834, to the command, off the coast of Africa, 
 of the Curlew 10. Assuming the rank of Com- 
 mander 7 Aug. 1835, he subsequently, on 26 Dec. 
 1836 and 17 Nov. 1839, joined the Scylla and 
 "Wandekek sloops, in the former of which he served 
 for two years on the Lisbon station. "While offici- 
 ating, in 1840 and 1841, as senior naval officer on 
 that part of the coast of Africa lying between Cape 
 Verde and Cape Palmas, Capt. Denman, owing to 
 most offensive conduct on the part of the slave- 
 dealers at the Gallinas, entered into a treaty with 
 the native chiefs, by virtue of which all the facto- 
 ries were destroyed, the white offenders expelled, 
 and the slaves ready for exportation given up. He 
 then proceeded to Sierra Leone, where the latter, 
 900 in number, were emancipated. These measures 
 being strongly approved by government, Capt. 
 Denman was rewarded with Post-rank 23 Aug. 1841, 
 * Fi(fe Graz. 1809, p. 1415. 
 
 immediately after the arrival of the official reports 
 in England. Since that period, however, he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 The slave-dealers of the Gallinas have since, for 
 damages laid at 360,000?., brought actions against 
 Capt. Denman, which, we believe, are still pending, 
 and are defended at the expense of government. 
 This officer, in Dec. 1842, was appointed a Commis- 
 sioner for drawing up a code of instructions for 
 H.M. ships employed in the suppression of the 
 slave-trade. In 1844, at his own suggestion, the 
 successful anti-slavery plan of operation, now in 
 adoption on the coast of Africa, was put into force. 
 Capt. Denman married, 12 Feb. 1844, Grace, 
 youngest daughter of J. Watts Russell, Esq., of 
 Islam, CO. Stafford, and of Biggin HaU, co. North- 
 ampton. Agents — HaUett and Robinson. 
 
 DENNEHY. (Lieut., 1824. r-p., 25; h-p., 17.) 
 Lawrence Dennehy entered the Navy, 4 May, 
 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belliqdeux 64, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, under whom he served at 
 the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 
 
 1806, and contributed to the capture and destruc- 
 tion, 27 Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven 
 brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other mer- 
 chant vessels, in Batavia Roads. From March, 
 
 1807, to April, 1811, we next find him attached to 
 the Fox 32, Capts. Hon. Archibald Cochrane, Henry 
 Hart, and Wm. Wells; during which period he 
 witnessed, 11 Dec. 1807, the annihilation at Griessee, 
 in the island of Java, of the dockyard and stores, 
 and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in 
 the East Indies, and further officiated in command 
 of a boat at the cutting out of La Caravanne French 
 privateer, of 8 gims, under the batteries at Sapara, 
 23 March, 1809. On subsequently joining Commo- 
 dore Wm. Robt. Broughton in the Illosthiods 74, 
 Mr. Dennehy served at the capture of Java, where 
 he appears to have been engaged on shore at the 
 storming of Fort Cornells, 26 Aug. 1811. After a 
 prolonged employment in the Illustrious, under 
 Sir Sam. Hood, he returned home with Commodore 
 Broughton, on board the Doris frigate, in Deo. 
 1812. From that period he did not again go afloat 
 until Aug. 1819 ; after which, until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 21 Jan. 1824, he served, as Ad- 
 miralty-Midshipman, in the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. 
 M'CuUooh, Blossom 24, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venablea 
 Vernon, Menai 24, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, and 
 Andromache frigate. Commodore Joseph Nourse, 
 on the Home and Cape stations. Except from 29 
 June, 1840, to 20 Dec. 1841, when he commanded 
 the Sovereign transport of 398 tons, Lieut. Den- 
 nehy has been in the Coast Guard since 12 Jan. 
 1835. 
 
 He married, first, 27 Nov. 1828, Margaret Louisa, 
 only daughter of the late Mr. Thomas, R.N., and 
 niece of John Porter, Esq., of Cove ; and, secondly, 
 in 1838, Margaret, daughter of the late D. Donovan, 
 
 DENNIS. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 James Samuel Aked Dennis entered the Navy 
 24 Oct. 1822 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 28 June, 1838 ; and was 
 afterwards appointed, 22 Jan. 1839 and 1 March, 
 1840, to the Hydra and Phcenix steam-vessels, 
 Capts. Anthony Wm. Milward and Robt. Fanshaiwe 
 Stopford, on the Mediterranean station. For his 
 services as First-Lieutenant of the Ph<eni.x during 
 the operations on the coast of Syria, he was pro- 
 moted to his present rank 22 Jan. 1841. He has 
 been in command, since 27 Dec. 1845, of the same 
 vessel on the Home and Mediterranean stations. 
 
 DENNY. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Anthony Cutheert Collingwood Denny en- 
 tered the Navy 4 April, 1831 ; passed his examina- 
 tion 6 June, 1838 ; and for his services as Mate of 
 the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming 
 Senhouse, during the war in China, where he was 
 present at the capture of Canton, the storming of 
 
DENNYS-DENSTEN— DENT. 
 
 279 
 
 Amoy, and in a boat at the reduction of Chinghae, 
 was rewarded with a commission dated 8 Oct. 1841.* 
 He does not appear to have been since afloat. 
 
 DENNYS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., U ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Lakdnek Dennys, whose family is of high and 
 ancient extraction, is youngest son of the late 
 Mioholas Dennys, Esq., formerly of Ashley Park, 
 near Tiverton, co. Devon ; and grandson of Nicholas 
 Dennys, Esq., for many years M.P. for Barnstaple. 
 This officer entered the Navy, about April, 1805, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Achille 74, com- 
 manded by the late Sir Rich. King. While in that 
 ship, independently of many sutting-out aifairs, he 
 was present at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 ; 
 witnessed Sir Sam. Hood's capture of four French 
 frigates off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806; served on 
 shore during the operations connected with the ex- 
 pedition to Walcheren in 1809 ; and was employed, 
 in 1810, at the siege of Cadiz. In the early part of 
 1811 he accompanied the same Captain into the 
 Sam Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton ; and after a subsequent attach- 
 ment of four months, as Signal Mate, to the Cale- 
 donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, to whom 
 his knowledge of ]?rench signals enabled him on 
 one occasion to intimate the approach of a French 
 squadron, he was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 6 Feb. 1812. From 25 Nov. foUowmg until 
 June, 1816, Mr. Dennys next served in various 
 parts of the globe on board the Horatio 38, Capts. 
 Lord Geo. Stuart and Wm. Henry Dillon ; under 
 the former of whom he assisted at the capture, in 
 Dec. 1813, of the Dutch islands of Schouwen and 
 Tholen. He returned home from the East Indies, 
 in Dec. 1816, as Acting-Captain of the Elk 18 ; and, 
 being then paid off, has not since been employed. 
 
 In 1815 Lieut. Dennys received a reward from 
 Lloyd's, for services rendered to a ship in danger 
 on the coast of Ireland. He married a great-grand- 
 daughter of Admiral Sir Rich. Haddock ; and, on 
 1 May, 1845, was left a widower with 11 children. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DENSTEN. (LuEur., 1812. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 18.) 
 Thpmas Densten entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 
 1803, as A.B., on board the Plover 18, Capts. 
 Rich. Turner Hancock and Philip Browne, stationed 
 in the Channel ; where, in Nov. following, he at- 
 tained the rating of Master's Mate. In Jan. 1807 
 he removed to the Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry Van- 
 sittart, off the coast of Ireland ; and on next joining 
 the Neptune 98, flag-ship of the Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, he assisted at the reduction of Guadeloupe 
 in Feb. 1810. He soon afterwards removed' to the 
 Julia 16, Hon. Capt. Gardner, of which sloop he 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant 15 June, 1812. Being 
 appointed, 19 Oct. following, to the Spaebow 16, 
 Capts. Joseph Needham Taylor, Fras. ErskineLoch, 
 and Robt. Walker, he next, in May and Aug. 1813, 
 co-operated in the arduous defence of Castro, and 
 served in a battery at the siege of St. Sebastian. 
 Invaliding home in Nov. 1814, Lieut. Densten re- 
 mained on half-pay until 18 Oct. 1825 ; from which 
 period, however, until 1835, we find him employed 
 in the Coast Guard. While next officiating, be- 
 tween 1841 and 1843, as Agent for Transports afloat, 
 he beheld the various attacks on Chapoo, Woosung, 
 Chin-Kiang-Foo, and Nanking. He has filled the 
 post, since 12 Feb. 1844, of Admiralty Agent in a 
 contract mail steam-vessel. * 
 
 DENT. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.) 
 
 Charles Calmady Dent, born 26 Sept. 1793, is 
 
 ycunger brother of Commander Digby Dent, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1810, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capt. Sir 
 
 Rich. King, then at the siege of Cadiz ; after which 
 
 he served, from Feb. 1811 to Aug. 1815, with the 
 
 Hon. Henry Duncan in the Imp^eieuse 38, and 
 
 Glasgow DO. During that period, while in the Im- 
 
 PEUiEusE, he assisted in the boats under Lieut. 
 
 * Vide Gia. 1842, p. 397. 
 
 Eaton Travers at the capture and destruction, in 
 face of a heavy fire and of trebly superior numbers, 
 of a fort and three gun-boats, near the town of 
 Possitano, in the Gulf of Salerno, U Nov. 1811 ; 
 was similarly present, 2 Nov. following, at the anni- 
 hilation and seizure, near Pahnuro, of a tower, two 
 batteries, 10 gun-vessels, and 22 richly-laden fe- 
 luccas, defended by a force of 700 troops and armed 
 peasantry; further witnessed, 27 June, 1812, a gal- 
 lant assault on the enemy's batteries at LangueUa 
 and Alassio, where 18 valuable vessels were de- 
 stroyed; took part also, on 17 Aug. in the same 
 year, in a spirited skirmish vpith a powerful Neapo- 
 litan squadron in the Bay of Naples; and, in 1813- 
 14, was present at the capture of Port d'Anzo, and 
 in the operations against Leghorn and Genoa. 
 The coUeotive loss of the British in the boat affairs 
 above detailed amounted to 34 men killed and 
 wounded. On leaving the Impeeibuse, Mr. Dent 
 cruized for some months off the coast of Ireland in 
 the Cykus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. He 
 then joined the Mind en 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson; 
 for his services as Master's Mate of which ship at 
 the bombardment of Algiers, where he was slightly 
 wounded, we find him promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 16 Sept. 1816."' He next proceeded to 
 the East Indies in the same ship under the flag of 
 Sir Rich. King ; and, on his arrival on that station, 
 joined in succession — 10 March, 1817, the Iphige- 
 NiA 36, Capt. John Tancock — 25 July following, as 
 First-Lieutenant, the Challenger 18, Capt. Philip 
 Henry Bridges— and, 12 Oct. 1818, the Eden 26, 
 Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch. In the boats of the 
 latter ship, Mr. Dent was on one occasion half 
 killed by a thrust in the head from a boarding pike, 
 while attempting to gain the poop of a vessel be- 
 longing to the pirates of the Persian Gulf; where, 
 in Dec. 1819, he served on shore in the batteries 
 and otherwise during a series of operations under 
 Major-General Sir Wm. Grant Keir and Capt. Fras. 
 Augustus Colher, R.N., which terminated in the 
 complete destruction of Ras-al-Khyma, the great 
 stronghold of those marauders. From 6 Feb. 1821 
 until Jan. 1824, Mr. Dent further served at Ply- 
 mouth in the Impkegnable and Britannia, flag- 
 ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. He was after- 
 wards appointed First-Lieutenant, 6 Nov. 1825 and 
 19 Jan. 1806, of the Peoceis 10, and EspiAgle 18, 
 Capts. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave and Rich. Augustus 
 Yates, at Home and in the West Indies ; on which 
 latter station, prior to assuming the command, in 
 May, 1827, of the Union schooner, he took, with 
 but two small boats, a piratical vessel greatly his 
 superior in force. He attained his present rank 
 5 Jan. 1828 ; and, with the exception of a command 
 in the Coast Guard, which he held from 13 July, 
 1838, until the same month in 1843, has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Dent married, first, in Sept. 1829, 
 Eliza, third daughter of the late Thos. Shepherd, 
 Esq., of Butoombe Court, co. Somerset ; and, 
 secondly, in 1839, the Hon. Selina Arabella Lucy 
 Hastings, second daughter of the late Earl of Hun- 
 tingdon, Capt., K.N., sister of Captain the Hon. 
 Geo. Fowler Hastings, R.N., and sister-in-law of 
 Commander Henry Parker, R.N. He has issue five 
 children. Agent— J. Chippendale. 
 
 DENT. (Commander, 1820. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 26.) 
 Digby Dent is son of the late Commander Digby 
 Dent, R.N., who died in command of H.M.S. Sa- 
 turn, 15 Nov. 1798 ; grandson of Admiral Sir Digby 
 Dent ; and brother of the present Commander C. 
 C. Dent, and of the late Arthur Philip Dent, Esq., 
 Purser, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Achille 74, commanded 
 by the late Sir Rich. King ; under whom he served 
 at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, witnessed 
 Sir Sam. Hood's capture of four French frigates off 
 Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, and co-operated in the 
 reduction of Flushing in Aug. 1809. In the early 
 * Vide Gil. 1616, p. 1792. 
 
280 
 
 DENT-DENYER— DE ROS-DE ROVEREA. 
 
 part of 1811 he accompanied his Captain into the 
 San Josef 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton, in which he continued imtil pro- 
 moted, 6 Feb. 1812, to a Lieutenancy in the Kotai. 
 SovEKEiGN 100, Capt. AVm. Bedford, stationed in 
 the Channel. In April, 1813, Mr. Dent rejoined 
 Sir E. Eang in the San Josef ; and, from March, 
 1815, to March, 1816, he next served in the St. 
 George and Impkegnable, flag-ships at Plymouth 
 of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He then removed 
 to the MiNDEN 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, with whom, 
 after sharing in the hattle of Algiers, he proceeded 
 to the East Indies ; where, from March to July, 
 1817, he acted as Captain of the Conway frigate. 
 On the latter date he returned to the Minden as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to his patron Sir R. King. Since 
 his last promotion, which took place 30 Oct. 1820, 
 Commander Dent has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, in 1821, a daughter of Colonel 
 Hawker. 
 
 DENT, formerly Hedlet. (Lieutenant, 1825. 
 F-p., 16; H-p., 21.) 
 "WiiiUAM Dent Dent, bom 18 April, 1796, is 
 only son of the late Matthew Hedley, Esq., by Jane 
 Charlton, of the family of Charlton of Lee Hall, co. 
 Northumberland, great-niece of Sir Wm. Lorraine, 
 of Kirke-Harle. He assumed his present surname, 
 in lieu of his patronymic, Hedley, on succeeding, in 
 1831, to the property of his great-uncle, John Dent, 
 Esq., of Shortflatt Tower, in the above county. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 June, 1810, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Rifleman 18, Capts. 
 Alex. Innes and Joseph Pearce, employed on the 
 Home and American stations. On one occasion, 
 when off" the Penobscot, he contrived, in a tender, 
 with only four men, to capture one of the enemy's 
 heavily laden ships ; but he had scarcely despatched 
 his prize to New Brunswick, when he had the mis- 
 fortune to be himself taken captive. He soon, 
 however, efiected his escape; and, in Oct. 1814, 
 joined the Eotal Oak 74, bearing the flag of 
 Kear-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm, whom he accom- 
 panied in the expedition to New Orleans; where 
 he commanded the ship's cutter at the disembarka- 
 tion of the troops, and was in immediate attendance 
 on the last-mentioned oflicer, and also on Major- 
 General Keane. While co-operating with the army 
 on shore, he fell in at night with a body of Ame- 
 ricans, and, being again taken prisoner, was sent 
 400 miles up the Mississippi. On being eventually 
 exchanged, Mr. Dent returned home, and in Sept. 
 1815 joined the Alert 18, Capt. John Smith, with 
 whom he served for three years on the east coast 
 of England. Having passed his examination in 
 June, 1816, he was next successively appointed 
 Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate, on the Downs 
 and Mediterranean stations, of the Severn 40, Capt. 
 Wm. M'CuUoch, Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton, and Edrtalus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. 
 Jas. Clifford. While in the Cambrian, in 1820-3, 
 Mr. Dent escorted Lord Strangford to Constanti- 
 nople, and was stationed in the Archipelago at the 
 commencement of the revolution in Greece. On 
 obtaining his commission, which bears date 14 Feb. 
 1825, he joined the Syeille 48, Capt. Sam. John 
 Pechell ; with whom he continued until April, 1826. 
 He then returned to England, and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Dent is in the commission of the peace 
 for CO. Northumberland. He married, 12 May, 
 1840, Ellen Mary, daughter of Andrew Seton Kerr, 
 Esq., of KippUow, co. Roxburgh, by whom he has 
 issue a son and two daughters. 
 
 and Illustetoos and Minden 74's, on the North 
 Sea, Baltic, Mediterranean, and East India stations. 
 While in the Centaur, he attended the expedition 
 to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807— beheld, in 
 Dec. of the same year, the surrender of Madeiras- 
 assisted, in company with the Implacable 74, at 
 the capture, 26 Aug. 1808, in eight of the whole 
 Russian fleet, near Rogerswick, of the 74-gnn ship 
 Sewolod, after a close and perilous conflict, in 
 which the Centaur lost 3 men killed and 27 
 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and wounded— 
 and, in Aug. 1809, accompanied the armament sent 
 to the Scheldt. He returned home with Capt. Geo. 
 Henderson in 1815, on board the Malacca 42; 
 and, since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place on 20 Sept. in that year, has been 
 unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Denyer is married. 
 
 DE EOS, F.E.S. (Captain, 1835. r-P., 14 ; 
 H-P., 1.5.) 
 
 The Honourable John Frederick Fitzgerald 
 De Ros, born 6 March, 1804, at Boyle Farm, co. 
 Surrey, is second surviving son of the late Lord 
 Henry Fitzgerald (second son of James, first Duke 
 of Leinster), by Charlotte Baroness De Ros ; and 
 only brother of the present Lord De Eos. An elder 
 brother, Arthur John Hill De Ros, died a Lieut.- 
 Colonel in the Army, in the 33rd year of his age, 23 
 Feb. 1826. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 10 March, 1818, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of 
 Sir Benj. Hallowell at Cork. He afterwards served, 
 under Capts. Hon. Eobt. Cavendish Spencer and 
 Hon. Fred. Spencer, in the Ganymede 26, Owen 
 Glendower 42, Alacrity 10, and Creole 32, on 
 the Mediterranean and South American stations. 
 On 30 May, 1825, he obtained a Lieutenancy in the 
 Jupiter 50, flag-ship at Halifax of Rear-Admlral 
 Willoughby Thos. Lake ; subsequently to which he 
 joined— 25 June, 1827, the Eoyal Sovereign yacht, 
 in which he accompanied H. E. H. the Lord High 
 Admiral, as Flag-Lieutenant, in his first visit to 
 the out-ports — and, 14 Aug. following, the Un- 
 daunted 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifibrd. 
 Assuming the rank of Commander 24 Jan. 1828, 
 Capt. De Ros was next appointed, 14 Slay, 1831, to 
 the Algerine 10, on the South American station ; 
 where he succeeded, at Cape Frio, in recovering a 
 considerable portion of the treasure from the wreck 
 of H.M. late ship Thetis, and for that service re- 
 ceived the warm thanks of the Commander-in- 
 Chief. The Algerine was paid off' 3 Deo. 1833. 
 Smce that period Capt. De Ros, who acquired Post- 
 rank 7 Feb. 1835, has not been afloat. 
 
 Capt. De Ros published, in 1827, a Narrative of 
 Travels made by him in the United States and Ca- 
 nada, together with Observations on the Maritime 
 Resources of North America, and the state of the 
 Dockyards and Navy. Agents — Messrs. Stilwelt. 
 
 DENYER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Richard Denver entered the Navy, in 
 July, 1807, as Ordinary, on board the Centaur 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the broad pend- 
 ant of Commodore, afterwards Vice-Admiral, Sir 
 Sam. Hood ; under which gallant oflicer, until his 
 death in Dec. 1814, he successively served in the 
 Hibernia 110, TiGEE 74, Owen Glendower 36, 
 
 DE EOVEEEA. (Lieutenant, 1815. p-p., 9 ; 
 H-p, 32.) 
 
 Frederick Nicholas De Roverea died about 
 the early part of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1806, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Malta 80, Capts. Edw. 
 BuUer and Wm. Shield, employed off Cadiz and 
 in the Mediterranean. Between Aug. 1808 and 
 June, 1814, he served, under Capt. Rich. Hussey 
 Moubray, in the Montagu and Repulse 74's; in 
 the former of which ships he assisted at the reduc- 
 tion, in April, 1810, of the island of Sta. Maura, 
 where the Montagu lost 4 men killed and 21 
 wounded. After a further attachment to the Sal" 
 
 VADOR DEL MuNDO, IMPREGNABLE, and St. GeORGE, 
 
 flag-ships of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Ply- 
 mouth, Mr. De Roverea (who, while in the Mon- 
 tagu and Repulse, had also seen much active boat- 
 service) obtained a Lieutenant's commission, dated 
 24 Feb. 1815. He did not afterwards go afloat. 
 Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
DERKIMAN— DERRY— DE SAUSMAREZ— DESPOURRINS— DE STARCK. 281 
 
 BERRIM AN. (Liedtenant,. 1 842.) 
 
 Samdel Hosk Deeeiman entered the Navy 14 
 Feb. 1829 ; passed his examination 1 Sept. 1835 ; 
 and was, promoted, from a Mateship in the Ddbmn 
 60; flag-ship in the Pacific of Rear- Admiral Rich. 
 Thomas, to the rank he now holds 18 Nov. 1842. 
 He continued to serve in the latter ship, as Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant, until 28 Dec. 1844; and since 
 that period .has been employed, as First, in the 
 SaiiAmanoeb steam-sloop, Capt. And. Snape Har 
 mond, on the same and Home stations. 
 
 DEREY. (EUTIBED COMMASDBB,, 1831.. F-P., 13 ; 
 H-P.» 57.) 
 JosN Derrv entered the.Navy, 18 Nov^ 1777, as 
 A. B., on board the Hector 74, Capt. Sir John 
 Hamilton, on the Channel station ; became Mid- 
 shipman, in 1782, of the Repulse 74, Capt. Philip 
 Dumaresq, in the West Indies ; served, in 1785-6, 
 off Milford, on board the Vipbe, Lieut.-Commander 
 John Crymes ; was employed, from June, 1789, to 
 Nov. 1790, in the Impkegnable 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 Rich. Bickerton, aud Latona fri^te, Capt. Alb^ 
 marie Bertie, both attached to the fleet in the 
 Channel ; and, with the.Iaiter officer, succes'sively 
 Joiped, in "May, 1792, and Feb. 1794, the Edgar' anj 
 Thundejier 74's. For his conduct, as Master's 
 INf ^te of the Tbdndeeeb, in Lord Howe's action 
 of i. Ji^ne, he was promoted, 22 Aug. following^ 
 to a Lieutenancy in the same ship, in which he 
 continued until 19 March, 1795. Between 4 May, 
 1796, and 17 Oct. 1798, Mr. Derry next served, op 
 the iyest India and Home stations, in the Adven- 
 ture, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, Hector 74, 
 Capt. Peteir Aplin, Ddke 98, Capt. John HoUoway, 
 and Expedition armee en flute, Capts. John Stile's, 
 Home Riggs Popham, and Sir "Thos. Livingstone. 
 His last employment was, as Lieutenant, from 16 
 June, 1«05, to 13 March, 1806, of the Volcano 
 bomb, Capt. Edw. Killwick, stationed in the Downs. 
 He became a Retired Commander on the Junior 
 List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 23 Sept. 
 1831. 
 
 DE, SAUSMAREZ. (Cpmmander, 1830.) 
 
 DiUEELL De Sausmarez entered the Navy 6 
 April, 1812 ; and obtained his first commission 10 
 May, 1824. He was afterwards appointed — 13 Aug. 
 following, to tl)e Beitannia 120, as. Flag-Lieutenant 
 to Jas. Sausmarez, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth 
 ^apd', 1 Fel). 1828, and 25 Jan. 1830, to the Alli- 
 gator and Ariadne frigates, Capts. Chas. Philip 
 Yorke and Geo. Bennie, both employed on Parti- 
 cular Service. He assumed his present rank on 23 
 July in the latter year; and, from '23 Nov. follow- 
 ing until Feb. 1832, wHen he invalided home from 
 New South Wales, commanded the ^ebra sloop. 
 Ho has since then been on half-pay.' A.gent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 PE SAUSMAREZ. (Commandkb, 1845. f-;p., \\ ; 
 ' H-P., 10.) 
 Philip, De Sausmaeez ^ntei^ed the. Navy, 18 
 June, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Voli, pn board th^REvENGE 
 78, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, flag-ship of Sir Harry 
 Neale, Commander-in-Chief iiji the Mediterranean, 
 where he continued until May, 1827 — serving inter- 
 mediately, as Midshipman, in the Spareotjihawk 18, 
 Capt. Robt. Stuart, and Algerine 10,;Capt. "Wepiyss.. 
 In March, 1828, after an interim attachn^ent, at 
 Portsmouth and Plymouth, to the Tweed 28, Capt. 
 Lord Hen. John Spencer Churchill, and Brit4NNIA 
 120, flag-ship of the Earl of Northesk, he returned 
 to the former station, on board the Blonde 46, 
 Capt. Edm. Lyons; and in the following Oct., 
 by the erection of batteries and otherwise, he 
 co-operated with the French in the reduction of 
 Morea Castle, the last hold of the Turks in the 
 Peloponnesus."' Having passed his examination 11 
 Aug. 1829, Mr. De Sausmarez, who left the Blonde 
 in Sept. 1830, was promoted, 3 Oct, 1831, to a Lieu- 
 * TeifeGaz. 1828, p. 3201. 
 
 tenancy in the Pelorus 18, Capt. Rich. Meredith, 
 stationed off' the coast of Africa. We subsequently 
 find him appointed — 18 June and 13 Sept. 1834, to 
 the Caledonia 120,"flag-8hip of Sir Josias Rowley, 
 and Endtmion 50, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, respect- 
 ively employed on the Mediterranean and Lisbon 
 stations— and, 16 Nov. 1841, after an interval of 
 exactly five years! half-pay, to the Belleisle troop- 
 ship, Capt. John Kingcome. Previously to the 
 latter vessel being put out of commission in Sept. 
 1843, he appears to have been present during the 
 operations in the Yar^-tse-Kiang in 1842, and at 
 the pacification of Nanking. Commander De Saus- 
 marez assumed his present rank 25' July, 1845. He 
 has not since been employed. 
 
 He married, 30 April, 1840, Jaje Maria, only 
 child of the late Lieut.-Colonel F. Barlow, of H.BI. 
 61st, who fell at Salamanca at the head of his regi- 
 ment. By that lady he has issue. 
 
 DpSPOURRINS, (Retired Commander, 1841. 
 F-p., 18 ; H-P., 42.) 
 Peter Despoueeins entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 
 1787, as a Servant, on bgard the Ht^sna 20, Capts. 
 Hon, Mich. De Cou^cy. and John, Aylmer; under 
 the former of whom, we believe, he spon after- 
 wards, as. Midshipmjin, escorted clear of the Chan- 
 nel the first party of convicts ever sent to New 
 South Wales. In July, 1793, he rejoined Capt. De 
 Courcy, as Master's Mate, in the Pearl 32; on re- 
 moving from. which ship to the Alfred 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Drury, he assisted at the capture, in the 
 course of 1796, of the island of Ste. Lucie, and of 
 the French frigates La Favorite of 22, and L(i Be- 
 nommee of 44 guns. After a continued servitude of 
 14 inonths in the West Indies on board the Dicta- 
 tor 64, Capts. Wm. Geo. Rutherford and Thos. 
 W?steTP, and Beince of Wales 98, flag-ship of 
 Beai;TAdmirp,l Henry Harvey, he wa^ promoted, 
 27 Dec. 1797, to a Lieutenancy in the Madras 
 54. In that ship (with the exception of a few 
 months. In 180J, when he was lent to the Kent 
 74, Capt. Lord Edw..O'Bry.en, off Alexandria) he 
 continued to serve, under Capt^-.John Dilkes, Chas. 
 Hare, Tlios. Briggs, and Chas. Marsh Schomberg, 
 on the Home, East India, and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, until July, 1807. We subsequently find him 
 employed, from 14 Dec. 1807 to ISiSftme, 1808, and 
 from 16 April, 1810, to 26 Jan. 181feas First-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Bellerophon 74, ancPwEthe Amster- 
 dam— the former ship fidmmanded bj' Capt. Edw. 
 Rotheram in the Channel fleet. ' Coimnander Des- 
 pourrlns, who has not since been sAoit, was placed 
 on the Junior List of RBtijed Commanders 1 Dec. 
 1830, and was promoted to the Senior List 1 June, 
 1841. ,, .- ; ■ ■: • ' 
 
 DE STARCK. (Eear-Apmiral of the White, 
 1841. F-p., 18 ; H-P., 49.) 
 
 Mauritius Adolphus Newton De Starce is 
 son of the late Chas. Sigismond, Baron De starck 
 (an officer in the Imperial Austrian army, previous 
 to his settling in England in 1753), by M^jtha, 
 sister of Admiral the late Sir Chaloner Ogle, Bart., 
 and great-aunt of the late Ea:fl Grey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy,'1n June, 1780, as 
 part of the Admiral's retinue, on board the Bar- 
 FLEDE 98, Capt. Benj. Hill, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of the Hon. Sam. l^arrington. In Sept. 
 following he removed, ^ Midshipman, to tUe Am- 
 buscade 32, commanded by the late Lord Hugh 
 Seymour, then the Ho^,. Capt. Conway ; with whom, 
 on being transferred to the Latona 38, he served 
 at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782. Between April, 
 1783, and the receipt of his first commission, bear- 
 ing date 20 Nciv. 1790, we next find TMt! De Starck 
 employed, on the Home, African, and' Mediterra- 
 nean stations, as Midshipman and Master's Mate of 
 the Ganges 74, Capt. Hon. Jas.'Lpttrell, Grampus 
 and Irresistible, bearing the brbad' pendants re- 
 spectively of Commodores Edw. Thompson and Sir 
 Andw. Snape Hamond, PeaSsl 32, Capl. Hon. Sey- 
 mour Finch, and Canada 74, Hon. Capt. Conway. 
 
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 DES VCEUX— DEUCHAR— DE VERE— DEVEREUX— DE VITRE. 
 
 M'ith the exception of a brief attachment, during 
 the summer of 1795, to tlie SaIiISbury 50, Capt. 
 Wm. Mitchell, he then remained on half-pay until 
 invested, 3 April, 1797, with the command, for the 
 suppression of the mutiny at the Nore, of the 14- 
 gun brig Eclipse ; after which he further assumed 
 command, on the Home and Lisbon stations — 19 
 Aug. following, of the 10-gun hired lugger Black 
 Joke— 16 June, 1798, of the 14-gun brig Liberty 
 (paid off 1 Oct. 1799)— and 16 Feb. 1801, of the 16- 
 gun schooner Milbrooe. In the latter vessel 
 Lieut. De Starck captured, 15 Sept. 1801, the Bap- 
 tista Spanish privateer of 8 guns ; he also on one 
 occasion repelled a night-attack made upon the 
 MiiBHOOK by some gun-boats near Gibraltar ; and, 
 in Oct. 1803, he exemplified characteristic zeal and 
 energy, when in company with the Merlin sloop, 
 in cutting off from Calais, and driving on shore, 
 Les Sept Freres privateer of 2 guns.* Attaining the 
 rank of Commander 1 May, 1804, Capt. De Starck 
 was next appointed — on 18 June in the same year, 
 to the Tartarus bomb, in which he served for 
 about two months in the Downs— and on 10 May, 
 1806, to the Avon 18. For his exertions in soon after 
 conducting the Nma, a Kussian line-of-battle ship, 
 to the Baltic, Capt. De Starck was presented by the 
 Czar with a breakfast-service of plate and a purse 
 of 100 guineas. In the course of the succeeding 
 autumn he took out Mr. Erskine, H.M. Minister to 
 the United States of America ; on his passage whi- 
 ther he effected a very skilful escape from the 
 French 74-gun ship Regulus. He returned to Spit- 
 head with the intercepted despatches of M. Villau- 
 mez in Jan. 1807 ; and was then superseded, having 
 been promoted to Post-rank on 25 of the previous 
 Sept. Since that period he has been unable to pro- 
 cure employment. His advancement to Flag-rank 
 took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Kear-Admiral De Starck (who was for some time 
 equerry to H.R.H. tbe late Duke of Sussex, and in 
 that capacity officiated at^the funeral of William IV.) 
 is the original inventor of the method of projecting 
 a rope by means of powder and shot, a description 
 of which may be found in Sir Chas. Ekins' ' Naval 
 Battles.' He married, first. Miss Houghton of 
 Bramerton, co. Norfolk; and, secondly, 30 Aug. 
 1817, Miss Kent, niece of the late Sir Thos. Kent, 
 who was given away on the bridal day by the Duke 
 of Sussex. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 the Bdstard IS, Capt. John Duff Markland, on the 
 hazardous duty of landing papers on the coast ot 
 France relative to the revolution m Spain. On ac- 
 companying Sir Kich. Strachan from the Vene- 
 hable 74, in which ship he had had the misfortune 
 to fracture his left leg, into the St. Domingo, Mr. 
 Deuchar, in Aug. 1809, attended the expedition to 
 the Waloheren; where he commanded a strong 
 division of boats at the landing of the troops, and 
 actively co-operated in the bombardment oi Jjlush- 
 LQg. He subsequently served on the Baltic, Ja- 
 maica, and Lisbon stations, as a passed Midshipman 
 of the iMpiTUEDX 74, Capts. John Lawford and 
 David Milne, Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam, 
 and Impetueux again, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral 
 Geo. Martin. From 2? March, 1813, to 17 Nov. 
 1814, during which period (on 29 Nov. 1813) he 
 obtained his commission, Mr. Deuohax commanded 
 a portion of the Cadiz flotilla ; and in the end was 
 intrusted with the duty of laying up all the gun- 
 boats and returning their stores. He has not been 
 able to procure employment since the peace. 
 
 DE VERE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Cecil De Verb passed his examination 
 22 April, 1843 ; ^nd served for upwards of three 
 years, as Mate, on board the Rodney 92, Capt. 
 Robt. Maunsell, Sthomboli steam-sloop, Capt. Hon. 
 Edw. Plunkett, and Collingwood 80, flag-ship in 
 the Pacific of Sir Geo. Eras. Seymour. He obtamed 
 his commission 15 Aug. 1846. 
 
 DES VCEUX. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Frederick Des V(edx passed his exar 
 mination 1 May, 1844 ; was employed for severa 1 
 months, as Mate, in the Excellent gunnery-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and, since 
 4 March, 1845, has been engaged on a North-west 
 Passage explorative mission, in the Erebus disco- 
 very ship, Capt. Sir John Franklin. His promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant took place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 DEVEREUX. (Captain, 1845.) 
 
 The Honourable Walter Boupchiek Deve- 
 BEUX, bom 3 Nov. 1810, is second surviving son of 
 the late Viscount Hereford, by Frances Elizabeth, 
 third daughter of the late Sir Geo. Cornwall, Bart. ; 
 and brother both of the present nobleman, and of 
 the Hon. Humphrey Bohun Devereux, Lieut. B.A. 
 One of his aunts is sister-in-law of Admiral Sir 
 Geo. Cookburn, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1824 ; was 
 awarded, immediately after passing, a' commission, 
 29 Nov. 1830 ; and from 3 Dec. 1832, until the at- 
 tainment of his next step, 24 June, 1836, served in 
 North America and the West Indies on board the 
 Vernon 50, and President 52, fla^-ships of Sir 
 Geo. Cockbum. He was next appointed to the 
 command, 6 Oct. 1841, of the Snake 16, on the 
 Mediterranean station ; and, on the paying off of 
 that sloop, was advanced to Post-rank, 12 Dec. 1845. 
 He has not since been afloat. AGENTS-;-Messrs. 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 DEUCHAE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., U ; h-p., 32.) 
 Patrick Deuchar, born 24 May, 1785, is brother 
 of Morgan David Deuchar, Esq., late 1st Foot ; and 
 uncle of Lieut. D. Green, of the same regiment. 
 Several others of his relatives are also in the army. 
 This officer (who had previously served an ap- 
 prenticeship of four years in a merchant-ship) en- 
 tered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1804, as Ordinary, on board 
 the Helder 36, Capt. Rich. Hawkins ; and, on be- 
 coming Midshipman of the SwiFTSURE 74, Capts. 
 Mark Robinson and Wm. Geo. Rutherford, accom- 
 panied Lord Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit 
 of the combined fleets of France and Spain, and 
 was afterwards present, independently of many 
 boat affairs, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 
 1805. When next in the Seahorse 38, Capts. Robt. 
 Corbett and John Stewart, we find him much em- 
 ployed in detached operations against the Spanish 
 gun-boats and convoys off Cadiz ; after which he 
 served, in the Moselle 18, Capt. Alex. Gordon, at 
 the attack on Rosetta in AprU, 1807 ; and, in the 
 year following, was employed, as Master's Mate of 
 • Vide Gaz. 1803, p. 1499. 
 
 DE VITKE. (XiEBT., 1781. r-p., 14; h-p., 62.) 
 John Denis De Vitre was bom 28 Oct. 1757, 
 and died 29 Dec. 1846, at Lancaster. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1771, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Somerset 64, guaxd-ship 
 at Plymouth, commanded by the late Sir Edw. 
 H<nghes ; with whom (after an interinediate attach- 
 ment to the Aldborough 20, Capt. Hawker, off 
 Newfoundland) he proceeded to the East Indies, 
 in 1774, as Midshipman of the Salisbury 50. On 
 there removing to the Coventry 28, Capts. Benj, 
 Marlow and Andrew Mitchell, he took part, as 
 Master's Mate, in a severe action of two hours, 
 fought off Pondicherry, 10 Aug. 1778, between a 
 British squadron under Sir Edw. Vernon and a 
 superior French force under M. de Tronjolli, at thp 
 close of which the enemy made ^ail and escaped. 
 In the course of the following year we further S&- 
 cover the Coventry sustaining, singly, a gallant 
 conflict, which lasted four hours, with Hyder All's 
 powerful fleet ; and, next, contributing to the re- 
 duction of Fort Arnold. On 3 March, 1781, Mr. 
 De Vitre was promoted, from the Superb 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Edw. Hughes, to a Lieutenancy, 
 in the Chaser 18, Capt. Thos. Parr; in which 
 vessel, in Feb. 1782, he appears to have been taken 
 captive, after a valiant resistance of several hours, 
 by the Sellona, a French frigate of 36 guns. Being 
 mtimately handed over to Hyder Ali, he endured 
 
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 »t the hands of that potentate, for the space of 22 
 months, a series of more than or^nary privations 
 and hardships, being night and day loaded with 
 heavy chains, compelled in that state to march from 
 prison to prison under a broiling sun, and supported 
 during the whole period on a miserable allowance 
 of the worst of fare. On at length regaining his 
 liberty, 25 April, 1784, Mr. De Vitre returned to 
 England. He afterwards served in the West In- 
 dies, from June, 1787, to May, 1789, on board the 
 Alert 16, Capt. Geo. Burdon ; and on 6 May, 1797, 
 he was appoitited to the command, in the river 
 Thames, of the Biteb 14. He left that vessel on 
 15 Feb. 1798, and did not afterwards ^o afloat. 
 When in the Aldborodgh, Mr. De Vitre had wit- 
 nessed a gale so fearful that all the guns and every- 
 thing portable were thrown overboard, besides there 
 being eight or nine feet water in the hold ; and, 
 while in the Coventkv, oflf Trincobar, he had been 
 again nearly lost in another hurricane, in which 
 that ship appears to have been totally dismasted, 
 and to have had in her hold upwards of 12 feet 
 water, 
 
 Lieut. De Vitre, who died the Senior officer of 
 his rank in the Navy, was admitted to the out- 
 pension of Greenwich Hospital 2 July, 1809. He 
 married, 3 Oct. 1791, Bridget, daughter of Jas. 
 Fawcett, Esq., of Scaleby Castle, co. Cumberland, 
 and has left issue twelve children. 
 
 DEVON, K.C.H. (Captain, 1825. r-p., 20 ; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 Thomas 'Barker Devon was born 8 Oct. 1784, 
 at Sutton, CO. Middlesex, and died, 12 May, 1846, 
 at Paington, in Devon. He was second son of the 
 late Geo. Barker Devon, Esq., many years Remem- 
 brancer of the First Fruits and Tenths. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 April, 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Duke 98, Capt. John 
 Holloway ; and, after witnessing the mutiny at Spit- 
 head, removed to the Kotal Sovereign 100, flag- 
 ship in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner. From 
 Nov. 1800, to May, 1803, he next served, in the 
 East Indies and Bed Sea, on board the Romnev 50, 
 Capt. Home Biggs Popham ; on his transference 
 from which vessel to La Seine 38, Capt. David 
 Milne, he was wrecked on a sand-bank near the 
 Texel in June, 1803. He subsequently joined the 
 Thundeber 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford; and being 
 promoted, 8 May, 1804, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Dragon 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith, was present in 
 that ship in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805. 
 On being next appointed, 16 June, 1806, to the 
 Shannon 38, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, he 
 visited the latitude of Greenland ; after which he 
 became, 7 Nov. 1807, First of the Crocodile 22, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan, under whom he made a 
 trip to the Cape of Good Hope, and conveyed Sir 
 Arthur Wellesley from England to the Peninsula. 
 Assuming command, 12 Oct. 1809, of the Brevdba- 
 GEREN gun-brig, of 12 18-pounder carronades and 60 
 men, Mr. Devon proceeded to the North Sea, on 
 which station he continued nearly five years, and 
 acquired considerable reputation for his zeal and 
 activity. On 31 July, 1811, being in company with 
 the Algerine cutter, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Aitkin Blow, he fell in with, and, during that and 
 the following day, was pursued by, a Danish force, 
 consisting of three brigs, carrying in the whole 54 
 guns and 480 men. Fromvthese, the two British 
 vessels, whose united strength did not exceed 22 
 guns and 107 men, eventually efiTeoted their escape 
 after the most wonderful exertions ; but not until 
 the BKtvDRAGEREN, from whom the Algerine was 
 nearly the whole time at too great a distance to 
 render much effective assistance, had sustained, 
 among other injuries, a loss of 1 man killed and 3 
 wounded, during a close and gallant action of an 
 hour and a half with the largest of the enemy's 
 vessels, the Langland, of 20 guns and 170 men. 
 Although his Sub-Lieutenant was promoted for this 
 aflair, Mr. Devon himself obtained no other reward 
 than the testimonials that he had deserved it. 
 
 From that period we find him frequently engaged 
 with the enemy, in boats and on shore, in the pro- 
 tection of the forced trade carried on up the German 
 rivers. In 1812 he out out a small French national 
 cutter, and a lugger privateer, from the port of 
 Delfeyl, besides making similar prize of several 
 merchantmen, and being personally engaged on 
 shore three times. In March, 1813, on the advance 
 of the Russians towards Hamburgh, he assisted at 
 the capture of Cuxhaven (where,, through his nego- 
 oiations with the authorities, the British flag was 
 hoisted conjointly with the colours of Hamburgh) ; 
 and on 21 of the same month, being in the Bkev- 
 drageben's gig with only 9 men, he boarded and 
 carried in the most resolute style, and under the 
 smoke of her second discharge, the Danish gun-brig 
 Jwige Troutman, of 5 guns and 26 men — whose con- 
 sort the Liehe, of similar force, was at the same 
 time gallantly captured by Mr. Wm. Dunbar, Mas- 
 ter of the Blazer, and 11 men, in a six-oared cutter 
 belonging to that vessel. In acknowledgment of 
 his valuable services, Mr. Devon was at length pto- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, 4 May, 1813, 
 and re-appointed in that capacity to the Brevdka- 
 GEREN, which was then rated a sloop-of-war. He 
 afterwards co-operated with Capt. John M'Kerlie 
 in the capture of the enemy's shipping at Braak, on 
 the Weser, down which nver he voluntarily con- 
 ducted at night a prize corvette of 20 guns, between 
 Blexen and Bremerlehe. He also materially con- 
 tributed, part of the time as Senior officer, to the 
 reduction of those important fortresses— sustained, 
 as to his own ship, the chief loss in a second attack 
 on the enemy's batteries at Cuxhaven — and kept up 
 a most rigorous blockade of the port of Delfzyl, 
 notwithstanding there were no less than 17 armed 
 vessels lying in the haven perfectly equipped. 
 Capt. Devon, whose next appointment was, 26 Sept. 
 1814, to the Icarus 10, subsequently escorted Napo- 
 leon Buonaparte to St. Helena, and was thence sent " 
 with despatches to the Isle of France and Calcutta. 
 He paid the Icarus off 15 April, 1817 ; but was not 
 afterwards employed. His elevation to Post-rank 
 took place 27 May, 1825. 
 
 Capt. Devon was nominated a K.H. 18 Oct. 1820, 
 and a K.C.H. 7 Deo. 1838. He married, in April, 
 1809, Anne, daughter of Mr. Tompson, a medical 
 practitioner in the neighbourhood of Exeter. 
 
 DEVONSHIEE. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Richard Devonshire, born 25 June, 1784, at 
 Truro, in Cornwall, is brother of Rear- Admiral the 
 late Sir John Ferris Devonshire, Kt., K.C.H.* 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Nov. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 36, Capt. Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds ; which frigate, when in company 
 with the Indefatigable 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 was wrecked, near He Bas, at the close of a gallant 
 action of ten hours with Les Droits de V Homme 74, 
 in which she had sustained a loss of 3 men killed 
 and 15 wounded, 14 Jan. 1797. On regaining his 
 liberty, by exchange, in the following Sept., Mr. 
 Devonshire, who had been taken prisoner with the 
 rest of the Amazon's crew, rejoined Capt. Reynolds 
 in La Pomone 40 ; and, on 5 Jan. 1798, he took part 
 in a stiff action, which terminated in the capture, 
 with a loss to the Pomone of 1 man killed and 4 
 wounded, and to the enemy of 15 killed and 19 
 wounded, of Xa Cberi French privateer of 26 guns 
 and 230 men. After intermediately attending, as 
 Midshipman, the expedition to the Holder under 
 Sir Andrew Mitchell in 1799, he proceeded to the 
 M«diterranean with a convoy of 150 sail ; and, on 
 his passage thither, narrowly escaped being cap- 
 tured by a powerful French squadron. Between 
 April, 1801, and the date of his promotion, which 
 
 * Sir John Devonshire wfis promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander for his gallantry as First- Lieutenant of the Terpsi- 
 chore 32, Capt. Richard Bowen, at the capture of the Spa- 
 nish 34-gun mgate MatronesUy 13 Oct. 1796; and obtained 
 Post-rank for his conduct in command of tile Dart sloop at 
 the battle of Copenhagen, S April, 1801. He died in the 
 early part of 1839. 
 
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 DEW— DEWAR— DEWES. 
 
 took place 11 May, 1804, Mr. Devonshire next 
 served, on the West India and Home stations, as 
 Master's Mate -of the Orion 74, also commanded by 
 Capt. Reynolds, Venerable 74, bearing the flag of 
 Bear-Admiral Collingwood, and Prince 98, Capt. 
 Kich. GrindaU. From Nov. in the latter year until 
 Jan. 1808, he was subsequently employed in the 
 liEDA 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman.' He assisted during 
 that period at the capture, after an engagement of 
 two hours, of seven out of 26 of the enemy's armed 
 vessels, near Cape Grisnez, 24 April, 1805 — was fur- 
 ther present at the reduction of the Cape of Good 
 Hope in Jan. 1806 — witnessed the fall of Monte 
 Video in Feb. 1807 — and, as First-Lieutenant of 
 the same iiigate, 'Was present at the ensuing bom- 
 bardment of Copenhagen. On next joining, in June, 
 1808, L'AiGLE 36, Capts. Geo. Wolfe and Sir John 
 Louis, he contributed, as Senior-Lieutenant of that 
 sMp, to the destruction of the French squadron in 
 Aix Roads, and to the forcing of the passage be- 
 tween the batteries of Cadsand and Flushing dnring 
 the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. He also 
 beheld the capture, in Sept. 1810, cf Le Pkcetiix 
 privateer of 18 guns ; served much on the coast of 
 Catalonia-; bore a part in several gallant boat 
 affairs ; and was at the talcing of Genoa in April, 
 1814. Capt. Devonshire, who attained the rank of 
 Commander 27 Aug. 1814, was subsequently ap- 
 pointed Second-Captain, 4 April, 1836, of the Tala- 
 VERA 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen 
 Mends, on the Mediterranean station. He acquired 
 his present rank 28 June, 1838, .and has- since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Devonshire married, 29 May, 1828, Love- 
 day, youngest daughter of the late Thos. Warner, 
 Esq., by whom he has.issue a,son and two daughters. 
 
 DEW. (LjFDTJiNANJ, 181«. E-P.,.8; HrP., 31.) 
 ' George Dew entered the Navy, 7 March, 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Comet 18, Caj)ts. 
 Cuthbert Featherstone Daly and Rich. Henry 
 Muddle ; under the former of whom he joined, 11 
 Aug. following, in a very gallant p^rsuit of three of 
 the enemy's corvettes, one of whom, .i,a Sylphe of 
 18 guns, was ultimately brqught to clofi^e action, 
 and in 20 minutes compelled to s)irrender. Be- 
 tween April, 1811, and Feb. 1813, Jie next served, 
 in the North Sea and Mediterranean, as Midship- 
 man of the Hannibal 74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral 
 Philip Chas. Durham, Cos^cK frigate, Capt. Wm. 
 King, and Kent 74, Capt. I^ios. Rogers. He then 
 joined the Ph(Ebe, of 46 gim^and 300 men, Capt. 
 Jas. Hillyar ; and on 28 March, 1814, being off Val- 
 paraiso, in company with the i8-gun sloop Cherub, 
 assisted, as Master's Mate, at the capture of the 
 American frigate Essex^ of 46 guns and 265 men, 
 who struck her colours at the close of a warm 
 action of two hours, in which the Ph<ebe lost 4 
 men killed and 7 wounded, and herself 24 killed 
 and 45 wounded. Mr. Dew was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 8 March, 1815 ; but did not quit 
 the Phcebe until paid off in Aug. following. Since 
 that period he has not been employed. 
 
 DEW. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Roderick Dew passed his examination I June, 
 1842 ; and until the receipt of his commission, dated 
 7 Feb. 1846, served, on the Mediterranean, Cape 
 of Good Hope, and Pacific stations, as Mate of the 
 Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, 
 Lily 16, Capt. Geo. Baker, and Collingwood 80, 
 flag- ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He continued 
 for some time to be borne on the books of the Cod- 
 MNGwooD, in the capacity of Additional-Lieute- 
 nant ; and, since 20 Nov. 1846, has been employed, 
 also in the Pacific, on board the Sampson steam- 
 frigate, Capt. Thos. Henderson. 
 
 •This officer has on several occasions most nobly 
 rescued persons from drowning, under circum- 
 stances of great difficulty and peril. The last in- 
 stance of his heroic conduct occurred on the night 
 of 20 Aug. 1844, when, although very dark, and 
 the wind blowing fresh, he dashed overboard from 
 
 the Collingwood, at Spithead, and at great per- 
 sonal risk saved the life of the Hon. F. Walpole, 
 who had by some accident fallen into .the .sea. He 
 was in consequence strongly recommended to the 
 Admiralty by Sir G. F. Seymour. 
 
 DEWAR. (LiECT., 1812. E-P., 15; H-P., 33.) 
 
 JohnDewak, born 24 May, 1789, is son of the 
 late Alex. J. Dewar, Esq., Purser R.N., who thrice, 
 we believe, circumnavigated the globe with the im- 
 mortal Cook, and eventually died in active service-; 
 and grandson of ftoUo Quin, Esq., who was blown 
 up in 1757, while serving as First, or Flag-Lieute- 
 nant, to Admiral Broderick, in the St. George 90. 
 Two of his uncles were also killed in action. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1799, as 
 F«t.-cl. Vol., on board the Terpsichore 32, Capt. 
 Wm. Hail Gage, stationed in the North Sea, where, 
 in company with the Nemesis 28, Capt. Thos. -Baker, 
 he witnessed the capture, after a spirited action of 
 25 minutes, of the Danish frigate Freija of 36 guns, 
 25 July, 1800. He -subsequently,' in the same ship, 
 joined in a combat with the Boulogne flotilla ; and 
 then reinoving to the Beaver 10, Capt. C. B. Jones, 
 served under that officer, on the Irish station, until 
 paid off in Sept. 1802. Between 4 Aug. 1803, and 
 30 June, 1809, Mr. Dewar next officiated as Mid- 
 shipman, and latterly as Master's Mate, of the 
 Thdnderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford, and of the 
 HiBEKNiA, Prince of Wales, Ville de Paris, 
 and Caledonia, f}ag-ships of Admirals Lord Gard- 
 ner, Edw. Thornbroiigh, Sir Jas. Saumarez, and 
 Lqrd Gambier ; with the last qf whom he served as 
 Flag-MidsljLpman at the bombardment of Copen- 
 hagen in Sept. 1807, and at the destruction of the 
 French shipping in Basque Roads in Appl, 1809. 
 He afterwards, on being lent to the Sceptre 74, 
 Capt. Joseph Bipgham, actively co-operated in the 
 siege of Flushing ; and, on the return of the expedi- 
 tion from that place, proceeded to the West Indies, 
 where, from the Poltphemcs 64, flag-ship of Vice- 
 Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, he was pro- 
 moted, 22 Aug. 1810, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in 
 the Reindeer 18, Capt. Peter John Douglas, in 
 which vessel he appears on one occasion to have 
 been slightly wounded. In Dec. 1811, Mr. Dewar 
 rejoined Capt. Bedford, as Master's Mate, in the 
 RoTAL Sovereign 100, lying at Hamoaze, but was 
 officially promoted 21 March following, and ap- 
 pointed First of the Electba 18, Capt. Wm. Gre- 
 gory. With the boats of that sloop under his orders, 
 we subsequently find him effecting, at night, the 
 capture of four armed schooners on the Newfound- 
 land station. Being next appointed, in a similar 
 capacity, 2 July, 1813, to the Brisk 18, Capts. Eyles 
 Mounsher and Henry Higman, he proceeded to the 
 coast of Africa, and there, independently of the 
 capture of four other slave-vesseb, commanded the 
 boats at the cutting out, 8 Dec. 1814, of L' Union, a 
 noted piratical slave-schooner, pierced for 14 guns, 
 but mounting only 6. This very gallant exploit 
 was achieved at noon-day, at a distance of 15 miles 
 from the Brisk, then becalmed, and in face of a 
 most determined resistance from a crew in every 
 way prepared for the attack, who were, however, 
 eventually repulsed and driven overboard. Lieut. 
 Dewar, whose stirring conduct on this occasion was 
 allowed to pass unrewarded, was paid off 31 Aug. 
 1815. Since that period, although his sufferings in 
 the service of his country had been great, he has 
 been unable to procure employment. 
 
 He married in 1821 ; and has issue eight children, 
 three of whom ifte in the Navy. 
 
 DEWES. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 George Bodrchier Dewes entered the Navy 
 9 Jan. 1824; and passed his examination in 1831. 
 While afterwards attached, as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, he was 
 recommended to particular notice for his con- 
 duct in command of a boat at the storming and 
 destruction of a 20-gun battery at the back of 
 the island of Anunghoy, during the Chinese cam- 
 
D'EYNCOURT— DICK. 
 
 286 
 
 paign, 23 Feb. 1841.* He further landed at the 
 storming, on 27 of the same month, of the enemy's 
 works close to Whampoa Reach, where 54 pieces of 
 ^l"?!"" ^ere taken— was present in the boats, on 
 13 March, at the capture of several rafts, and of 
 the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton- 
 took a similar part in the ensuing capture of that 
 city— and again commanded a boat at the destruc- 
 tion of a fleet of more than SO war-junks and fishing- 
 vessels, 22 May.t Mr. Dewes, who was rewarded 
 lor these services by a commission dated 8 June, 
 1841, has been employed in the East Indies since 
 9 Sept. 1844, as Lie,utenant of the .BsPiiotE 12, 
 Capt. Thos. .Pickering Thompson. 
 
 D'EXN;eOUET. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 14; 
 H-P., 7.) 
 
 EnwiN Clayton Tenntson D'Etsoourt, born at 
 Caenhy Hall, co. Linoohi, is second son of the 
 Bight Hon. Chas. Tennyson D'Eynconrt, M.P. for 
 liambeth. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 
 Aug,1826, and embarked, 5 July,1828, as Fst.-cl.Vol., 
 on board the Samarang 28, Capt. Fanshaw-e Martin, 
 on the Mediterranean station ; where, until July 
 1833, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the 
 Asia 84, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir Pul- 
 teney Malcolm, the Aot.«on 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Wm. Grey, and the Rapid 10, Capt. Chas. Henry 
 Swinburne. Having passed his examination 22 Oct. 
 1832, he next, from Nov. 1833, to Sept. 1836, offi- 
 ciated as Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings, and of the Ju- 
 piter 50, Capt. Hon. F. W. Grey, under whom he 
 escorted Lord Auckland to India. On the receipt 
 of his first commission, 21 Feb. 1837, Mr. D'Eyn- 
 court became for a few months Flag-Lieutenant, in 
 the Howe 120, to Sir Robt. Otway, Commander-in- 
 Chief at the Nore ; after which he joined, 11 Nov. 
 in the same year, the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. 
 Herbert, successively employed on the South Ame- 
 rican and East India stations. As Aide-de-camp 
 to the latter officer, he took an active part in the 
 hostilities of 1841 in China. He assisted, on 7 Jan. 
 in that year, at the capture of Chuenpee ; was 
 slightly wounded at the taking, 26 Feb., of the forts 
 at the Boca Tigris;! and, on the following day, 
 witnessed the destruction of the enemy's camp, 
 fort, and ship Cambridge, bearing the Chinese Ad- 
 miral's flag, containing in the whole 98 guns, at 
 their position below Whampoa Reach — on which 
 occasion he appears to have been sent with the 
 despatches, and the defeated Admiral's flag, to Sir 
 Gordon Bremer, the Commander-in-Chief.§ We 
 subsequently find him employed in the boats, at 
 the capture, on 13 and 18 March, of the last fort 
 protecting the approaches to Canton, and also of 
 the city itself ;|| and next, assisting meritoriously, 
 during the after-operations against that place, at 
 the destruction, 22 and 26 May, of a fleet of more 
 than 30 wax-junks and fishing-vessels, and of the 
 whole of the defences extending about two miles 
 from the British factory, where 64 heavy cannon 
 were destroyed.^ He was promoted (shortly after 
 his removal with Capt. Herbert to the Blenheim 
 72) to the rank of Commander, by commission 
 dated 8 June, 1841. Since 17 Nov. 1846, he has 
 been in command of the CoMUS 18, on the south- 
 east coast of America. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DICK, K.C. (Vice-Admirai. op the Blue, 1846. 
 F-p., 21; H-p., 41.) 
 John Dice, born at Rochester, is son of the late 
 Jas. Dick, Esq., who passed his life in the civil 
 department of the Navy ; and cousin of Sir Robt. 
 Keith Dick, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1785, as a 
 
 Volunteer, on board the Irresistible 74, Capt. 
 
 Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, under whom, and Capts. 
 
 Skefflngton Lutwidge iind Thos. West, of the 
 
 • Fide OtK?,. Ifi41, p. 1497. 
 
 + r. Gaz. 18-11, pp. 1501, 1603, 1805, 2511 
 
 J V. Gai. 1841, p. 1499. 
 
 J\ V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503-5, 
 
 2 r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501. 
 5. If f.Gaz. 1841,pp.8511-12. 
 
 Scipio and Dictator, he served, in the River 
 Medway, until 1790. He then became Midshipman 
 of the 'Tkhstv 50, Capt. John Drew, flag-ship in 
 the West Indies of Sir John Laforey ; removed, in 
 Aug. 1793, to the Carisfort 28, Capt. Fras. La- 
 forey, in the North Sea ; and after.a further servi- 
 tude of six months in the Channel, on board the 
 Phaeton 38, Capt. Andrew Snape Douglas, and 
 Nonsuch 64, Capt. Billy Douglas, was promoted to 
 a Lieutenancy, 4 Aug. 1794, in the Victorious 74, 
 Capt. John Brown. From 17 March, 17S5, until 
 promoted to the command, 28 June, 1796, of the 
 Bulldog sloop, he again served with Sir John La- 
 forey in the West Indies on board L'Aimaele 32, 
 the Beaulieu 40, and the .Majestic 74. We next, 
 during the .summer of 1797, find him commanding 
 a division of gun^tboats for the suppression of the 
 mutiny at the Nore ; after which he successively 
 joined, 4 June, 1798, .and ,11 Aug. 1800, the Dis- 
 covery bomb, and Cynthia 18. While in the 
 former vessel Capt. Dick attended the expedition 
 to the Helder in 1799, where he covered the land- 
 ing of the troops, and served on shore with the 
 army till the final evacuation of Holland. For his 
 meritorious vigilance, in the Cynthia, as senior 
 officer of the squadron employed at the blockade of 
 Alexandria, and in co-operating with the Turks at 
 the capture of Damietta, he was knighted by Sultan 
 Selim, ami invested with the insignia of a K.C. of 
 the third class, 8 Oct. 1801. Attaining Post-rank, 
 
 29 April, 1802, Capt. Dick was next appointed, 24 
 Nov. 1804, to the Jamaica 24, from the command 
 of which ship, after an intermediate employment 
 on the Newfoundland and Channel stations, he was 
 transferred, in May, 1807, to that of the Penelope 
 36. After conveying Major-Gen. Sir Geo. Prevost 
 to Barbadoes, and escorting thither four chosen 
 regiments destined to assist at the reduction of 
 Martinique, he proceeded to the latter island, and 
 acquired the particular thanks of Capt. Philip 
 Beaver, the commanding officer, for his services in 
 superintending the disembarkation of the troops, 
 
 30 Jan. 1809.* He afterwards landed with a party 
 of seamen, and succeeded in securing Fort Trinite 
 and other works on the windward side of the 
 island. Capt. Dick, who left the Penelope 26 Sept. 
 1810, and subsequently commanded the Donegal 
 78, in the Mediterranean, from 22 July, 1830, until 
 the summer of 1832, attained flag-rank 10 Jan. 
 1837. His last promotion took place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 The Vice-Admiral, now a widower, married Au- 
 gusta, daughter of Bartlet Goodrich, of Saling 
 Grove, co. Essex, by whom he had, with other issue, 
 two sons, John Goodrich, a Commander R.N., and 
 another, Francis, a Lieutenant in the Royal Ar- 
 tillery. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 DICK. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 6.) 
 
 John Goodrich Dick, born 22 Nov. 1806, ig 
 eldest son of Vioe-Admiral John Dick. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 
 Oct. 1819, and embarked, 9 Oct. 1821, as Fst.-ol. 
 Vol., on board the Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus 
 Wm. Jas. Cliffi)rd, fitting at Portsmouth. On being 
 soon after transferred to the Lifpey 50, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant, he 
 proceeded to the East Indies, where he bore a part 
 in the Burmese war in 1824-5, and was present, on 
 11 May in the former year, at the capture of 
 Rangoon. In Nov. 1825, he next joined the Leven 
 24, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, under whom, and 
 Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal of the Baracouta 
 surveying-tender, he served, ofi'the coast of Africa, 
 until a few days after his examination for Lieu- 
 tenant, which took place 6 Sept. 1826. From the 
 following Deo. until the receipt of his first com- 
 mission, 28 March, 1831, Mr. Dick appears to have 
 been further employed, as Mate, and latterly as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the Spartiate 78, Capt. 
 Fred. Warren, Falcon tender, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Fred. Lapidge, Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell, Wasp 18, Capts. Thos. Edw. Hoste and 
 Brunswick Popham, and Philomel 10, Capt. Hugh 
 * ^^(ieGaz. 1809, p. 398. 
 
286 
 
 DICK— DICKEN— DICKENS. 
 
 Beraers, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations. 
 We subsequently find him appointed- -17 Aug. 1831, 
 to the Britannia 120, Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope John- 
 stone and Peter Bainier— 21 Oct. 1832, to the Stag 
 46, Capt. Nicholas Loekyer, from which ship he in- 
 valided in consequence of a severe fracture of the 
 leg, 9 Sept. 1&33— 19 July, 1834, to the North 
 Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt — 4 July, 
 1835, to the Ddbles 50, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Graham Eden Hamond — 12 Oct. 1835, to the 
 Blonde 46, Commodore Fras. Mason — 29 March, 
 
 1838, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Akdromache 28, 
 Capt. Kobt. Lambert Baynes— 13 May, 1839, to the 
 Kevengb 78, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave — 1 Nov. 
 
 1839, to the Hote 120, as Acting Flag-Lieutenant 
 to Sir Robt. Waller Otway, Commander-in-Chief at 
 the Nore— and, 1 Oct. 1840, to the Britannia 120, 
 bearing the Flag of Sir John Ommanney. In those 
 ships, Mr. Dick served on the Home, Lisbon, South 
 American, North America and West India, and 
 Mediterranean stations. He attained his present 
 rank 23 Nov. 1841; and since 1 July, 1845, has 
 been employed as an Inspecting Commander in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Dick married, 7 Dec. 1843, Harriet, 
 only daughter of the Kev. Chas. Baker, Vicar of 
 Tilmanstone, co. Kent, sister of Lieut. Chas. 
 Hougham Baker, R.N., and niece of Vioe-Admiral 
 the late Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B., by whom he has 
 issue a daughter. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 DICK. (Cailtain, 1814. r-P., 19 ; H-p., 35.) 
 
 Thomas Dick entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board L'Aigi,e frigate, Capt. John 
 Nicholson Inglefield ; and, after assisting at the 
 reduction of Corsica, removed, in June, 1794, to the 
 Bedford 74, Capts. Robt. Mann and Davidge 
 Gould, under the latter of whom we find him pre- 
 sent in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July, 
 1795. In Sept. following he rejoined Captain, then 
 Sear- Admiral, Mann, on board the Windsor Castle 
 98, also in the Mediterranean, where he continued 
 until Dec. 1796 ; from which period he afterwards 
 served, until 1799, in the Nassau 64, and Monarch 
 74, flag-ships in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral 
 Rich. Onslow; under whom, in the Monarch, he 
 bore a part in the battle off Camperdown, 11 Oct. 
 1797. On 11 March, 1799, Mr. Dick was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Nemesis 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Baker ; subsequently to which he joined, 11 Oct. 
 following, the Melpomene 44^ Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Hamilton, and witnessed the capture, 5 April, 1800, 
 of the island of Goree. While on the African sta- 
 tion, he assumed command, on the night of 3 Jan. 
 1801, of five boats, manned with 87 volunteers, for 
 the purpose of surprising a corvette of 18 guns, and 
 an armed schooner, anchored within the bar off 
 Senegal. After a desperate struggle of 20 minutes, 
 in which 11 men were killed, 18 wounded, and two 
 boats sunk, Lieut. Dick and his party gallantly 
 carried the corvette, Le Senegal, which they eventu- 
 ally destroyed under a heavy fire of grape and 
 musketry from the batteries.* With intermissions, 
 the subject of this sketch continued to serve under 
 Sir Chas. Hamilton in the Illustrious 74, Tem*- 
 RAiRE 98, and Tonnant 80, on the Channel and 
 Cadiz stations, until July, 1810. On being pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 21 Oct. following, 
 he joined the Thisbe 28, bearing the flag of the 
 same officer, and afterwards of the Hon. Arthur 
 Kaye Legge, in the River Thames, where he re- 
 mained until posted 7 June, 1814. He accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Dick married, 20 June, 1820, Miss Kath- 
 erine Martyr. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 Romana and his patriot army— was frozen up a 
 whole winter at Gottenborg— and assisted at the 
 siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809. After an attach- 
 ment of four months to the Puissant 74, guard-ship 
 at Portsmouth, he removed, in March, 1810, to the 
 Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, on the Lisbon station. 
 In Aug. following he rejoined Sir R. G. Keats, as 
 Midshipman, in the Milford 74 ; from which ship, 
 after intermediately serving with the flotilla at the 
 siege of Cadiz, he followed the same officer, in July, 
 1811, into the Hibeenia 110, on the Mediterranean 
 station; where; during a subsequent employment 
 of two years in the Franchise 36, Capt. Rich. Buck, 
 he co-operated much with the patriots on the coast 
 of Catalonia. Mr. Dioken, whom we next find 
 officiating as Actoairalty Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate of the Clorinde 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell, 
 and of the Bbllerophon 74, and Salisbdrv 50, 
 flag-ships of his patron. Sir R. G. Keats, obtained 
 his commission 7 March, 1815. His appointments 
 have since been— 14 Sept. 1815, to the Hazard 16, 
 Capt. John Cookesley, off Newfoundland— 13 Sept. 
 1816, to the Tiber 46, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, in 
 the Channel— 31 Jan; 1822, to the Coast Blockade, 
 in which he served, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the Severn 50, and Bamillies 74, both commanded 
 by Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, until 1825— and, 11 Jan. 
 1830, 18 July, 1843, and 8 April, 1845, to the com- 
 mand of the Reindeer, Linnet, and Seagull 
 packets, on the Falmouth station, in the last-men- 
 tioned of which he is at present employed. 
 
 Lieut. Dicken married, in June, 1833, Emily, 
 yoimgest daughter of Henry Williams, Esq., of Fal- 
 mouti^, by whom he has issue. Agent-— Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 DICKEN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p.,28; h-p., 11.) 
 Henrt Perry Dioken entered the Navy, 1 June, 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Jackson, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats, in which he witnessed the ensuing 
 embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de la 
 
 • Vide Gm. 1801, p. 253. 
 
 DICKENS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 14; 
 
 H-p., 34.3 
 Samuel Trevor Dickens, bom 10 Feb. 1788, is 
 son of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Sam. Dickens, Col.-Com- 
 mandant, Royal Engineers. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gderbier 74, Capt. Lord 
 Wm. Stuart, employed ■ in the Mediterranean ; 
 where, and on the Home station, he afterwards, 
 until April, 1806, served; part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Courageux and Venerable 
 74's, both commanded by Capt. Sam. Hood, Cham- 
 pion 24, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, Harpy 18, Capt. 
 Edm. Heywood, Crescent 36, Capt. Lord W. 
 Stuart, and Hibernia 110, flag-ship of Earl St. 
 Vincent. He then, as Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Prince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, proceeded 
 to the West Indies, where he was confirmed by 
 commission dated 4 Aug. 1806. In Oct. 1807, Mr. 
 Dickens joined the Eclipse 18, commanded off the 
 coast of Portugal by Capt. G. A. Creyke ; after 
 which he appears to have been borne, from Feb. 
 1809, to Feb. 1812, on the books of the Trident 64, 
 and Canopus 80, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Ad- 
 mirals Sir Alex. Ball and Chas. Boyles. During 
 that period he held the acting command, from May 
 to Sept. 1809, of the Redwing 18, in the Adriatic, 
 and, for some time, in 1811, of the Cephalcs sloop, 
 and Cerberus frigate, in the latter of which he 
 conducted for several weeks the blockade of Corfu 
 in face of a very superior force. His next appoint- 
 ment was, on 8 May, 1813, to the Ocean 98, Capt. 
 Robt. Plampin, with whom he remained until ap- 
 pointed by Sir_ Edw. Pellew to the command, 24 
 Feb. 1814, of the Badger sloop. Commander 
 Dickens, whose promotion obtained official sanction 
 5 April following. Invalided home on 17 Dec. in 
 the same year ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 9 Sept. 1819, Isabella, second daughter 
 of Benj. Craven, Esq., of Colchester, and has issue 
 five sons and one daughter. Agents— Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 DICKENS. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Samuel Trevor Dickens passed his examination 
 7 Feb. 1843 ; and served, as Mate, on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations, in the St. Vincent 120, 
 
DICKINSON-DICKMAN-DICKONSON-DICKSON. 
 
 287 
 
 flag-ship of Sir Chaa. Rowley, Rodmey 92, Capt. 
 Kobt. Maunsell, Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of 
 Sir David Milne, Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Look- 
 yer, and Hibeknia 104, flag-ship of Sir 'Wm. 
 Parker. He obtained his commission 5 Aug. 1846 ; 
 and, since 11 March, 1847, has been employed on 
 Particular Service, as First of the Rattlek steam- 
 sloop, Capt. Rich. Moorman. 
 
 DICKINSON. (LiEDT., 1828. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 19.) 
 liDNDT Dickinson entered the Navy, 19 July, 
 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Berwick 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Macnamaia, employed in blockading the 
 enemy's fleet ofi' the Texel. From Oct. folloiwing 
 untU Aug. 1815, he next served as Midshipman of 
 the Tigbe 80, Capt. John Halliday, on the Channel, 
 West India, and North Sea stations ; and, during 
 the same period, escorted home a large convoy 
 from St. Helena. In the Leveret 10, Capt. John 
 Theed, and Roohfort 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Colling- 
 wood Dickson, he appears to have been subsequently 
 employed for three years off the latter island, dur- 
 ing Buonaparte's captivity, and at Portsmouth. 
 Having passed his examination 3 Dec. 1817, we 
 next find Mr. Dickinson discharging the duties of 
 the Coast Blockade, as Mate of the Severn 50, 
 and Ramillies 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch. For his conduct in an afiray with a 
 large body of smugglers, in March 1819, he was 
 rewarded with the expressed approbation of the 
 Board of Admiralty, and of Sir John Gore, then 
 Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. He was after- 
 wards appointed, on the South American and West 
 India stations— in July, 1824, to the Diamond fri- 
 gate, Capt. Lord Napier—in Deo. 1826, to the Bar- 
 ham 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming — and, in Nov. 1827, as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, to the Fairy 10, Capt.Wm. O'Brien. 
 On being confirmed by the Admiralty, 22 Jan. 1828, 
 he invalided home in consequence of rheumatism 
 contracted in the service. He has since been un- 
 employed. 
 
 Lieut. Dickinson married Susanna, daughter of 
 Jas. Enraght Moony, Esq., J. P., of the Doon, 
 King's Co. 
 
 DICKINSON. (Capt., 1832. f.-p., 17 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Thomas Dickinson was born in Hampshire. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1796, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Invincible 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Cayley, on the West India station, whence, 
 after witnessing the reduction of Ste. Lucie and 
 Trinidad, he invalided home, in July, 1799, on 
 board the Favorite, Capt. Westbeaoh. Under 
 Capt. Jas. Vashon, Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis, 
 and Vice-Admiral CoUingwood, he next served, in 
 the Channel and off Cadiz, as Midshipman, from 
 July, 1801, to 10 Oct. 1805, of the Dreadnocght 98, 
 in the boats of which ship he appears to have been 
 frequently and very actively employed against the 
 enemy. On accompanying the last-mentioned officer 
 into tne Royal Sovereign 100, he so distinguished 
 himself in the battle off Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 
 
 1805, where he was' wounded, that the Vice-Admiral 
 promoted him, the day following, to the rank of 
 Lieutenant — Mr. Dickinson being the very first 
 officer on whom that mark of approbation was con- 
 ferred. During the action he had had the command 
 of 8 guns, and, at the head of the sail-trimmers, 
 had gone over the side of the Royal Sovereign, 
 at a time when she lay exposed to the fire of an 
 80-gun ship, and performed the important office of 
 clearing away the wreck of the main and mizen 
 masts, then covering the after guns. As, however, 
 he had not passed his examination, Mr. Dickinson 
 was not confirmed by the Admiralty until 15 Aug. 
 
 1806, at which period he was still with Lord Col- 
 lingwood, in the Ocean 98. He left that ship in 
 Oct. 1808; and was next appointed — 11 Nov. fol- 
 lowing, to the Active 38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, 
 also in the Mediterranean— 25 Aug. 1809, to the 
 Rattlek 18, Capts. Henry Higman and Alex. Gor- 
 don, off Newfoundland— and, 24 June, 1812, to the 
 
 Andromache 33, Capt. Geo. Tobin. On 23 Oct. 
 1813, having previously witnessed the fall of St. Se- 
 bastian, he was (severely) wounded, as was another 
 person (slightly), at the capture of La Trave, of 
 44 gims and 321 men, which ship surrendered, after 
 a short but smart action, and a loss of 1 man killed 
 and 28 wounded."" Attaining the rank of Com- 
 mander 15 June, 1814, he was eventually appointed, 
 25 June, 1829, to the command of the Lightning 
 18, on the South American station, where, for six 
 months, he acted as senior officer in the Rio de 
 la Plata; and next superintended, during several 
 months ,of 1831, a series of arduous operations, 
 which terminated in the recovery from the wreck 
 of H.M.S. Thetis of about 600,000 dollars, rather 
 more than two-thirds of a sum which had been 
 engulfed with that ship off Cape Frio. Capt. 
 Dickinson, who paid the Lightning off on 13 Sept. 
 1832, was thereupon presented by the ship's com- 
 pany with a sword and pair of epaulettes, in token 
 of gratitude for his unceasing care during the 
 dangerous and laborious exertions at Cape Frio, by 
 which their lives were preserved. Since his Post- 
 promotion, which took place 29 Nov. following, he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Dickinson has been in the receipt, since 
 2 Dec. 1815, of a pension of 150?. for the wounds 
 he received at the capture of La Traxe. He has 
 also obtained a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund ; 
 and, in 1825, he was presented by the Society of Arts 
 with the Gold Vulcan Medal, for his mode of ap- 
 plying percussion powder to the discharge of ships* 
 guns. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 DICKMAN. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 William Henry Dickman entered the Navy 
 16 Oct. 1807 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 11 Feb. 1829; served after- 
 wards in the Coast Guard; and, since 1831, has 
 been unemployed. 
 
 DICKONSON. (Lieut., 1809. r-p., 15; h-p., 34.) 
 Lacy Dickonson was bom 17 April, 1786. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 Deo. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson 44, Capt. Philip 
 Chas. Durham, stationed in the Channel ; and, from 
 April, 1800, to Jan. 1803, served on the West 
 India station, in the Severn 44, Capts. John Whitby 
 and Geo. Barker. He then joined, as Midshipman, 
 the Raisonsable 64, Capts. Wm. Hotham and Robt. 
 Barton, in the North Sea, where, from Aug. 1805, to 
 Sept. 1806, he officiated as Acting-Lieutenant, and 
 Acting-Sub-Lieutenant, of the Mercator armed 
 ship, Capt. Jas. Welch, and Snipe gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Chas. Champion. After a further at- 
 tachment of 19 months, as Master's Mate, to the 
 Magnificent 74, Capt. Geo. Eyre, off the Port of 
 Cadiz, Mr. Dickonson, on 28 June, 1808, was ap- 
 pointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Hebcule 74, Capt. 
 Lord Colville, on the Lisbon station. He was soon 
 after transferred, in a similar capacity, to the Co- 
 mds 22, Capt. Matthew Smith, to which ship he was 
 at length confirmed, 31 May, 1809. Being next ap- 
 pointed, 14 May, 1810, to the Impetoedx 74, Capt. 
 tfohn Lawford, he landed vrith a body of seamen, 
 and co-operated with the army under Lord Hill, 
 until the retreat of the French from before the 
 lines of Salvaterra, in 1811. Lieut. Dickenson's 
 last appointment was, 2 Feb. 1812, to the Nightin- 
 gale 16, Capt. Christopher Nixon, on the Leith 
 station. He invalided 20 Dec. 1814, and has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 He is married, and has issue one daughter. 
 Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DICKSON. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.) 
 Alexander Collingwood Thomas Dickson, 
 bom 1 Aug. 1810, is fourth son of the late Rear- 
 Admiral Sir Archibald CoUingwood Dickson, Bart. ; 
 and brother of the present Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., 
 Capt. R.N. ' 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 
 * ViisfixL. 1813, p. 2138. 
 
288 
 
 DICKSON: 
 
 April, 1823, and embarked, 4 Oct. 1824, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton, on the Mediterranean station, where he 
 removed, as Midshipman, 8 Oct. 1827, to the Se- 
 KiNGAPATAM 46, Capt. Chas. Sotheby. From 12 
 May, 1831, until 6 July, 1833, he next served, on 
 the Channel and Cape stations, as Midshipman and 
 Mate of the Stag 46, Capt. Sip Edw. Thos. Troa- 
 bridge, and Isis 50, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral Fred. 
 Warren; Having passed his examination 27 March, 
 
 1832, he was then promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. We subsequently find him appointed — 7 July, 
 
 1833, to the Favoubite sloop, for passage home — 
 6 Sept. 1834, to the Mai-abab 74, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Augustus Montagu, on the South American station 
 —11 April, 1837, to the San Josef 110, as Flag 
 Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral F. Warren, Admiral- 
 Superintendent at Plymouth — and, 27 April, 1842, 
 to the CAiEBONiA 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, 
 'Commander.-in-Chief-at the same port. He-attained 
 his present rank on 7 May in' the latter year, and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Dickson married, 15 Nov. 1837, 
 Amelia Caroline Beauclerk Whimper, niece of Ad- 
 miral of the Red Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 DICKSON. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 20;. 
 H-p., 24.) 
 
 David John Dickson, bom 24 Oct. 1790, at 
 Sydenham House, near Kelso, is. eldest son of the 
 late Wm. Dickson, Esq^., Admiral of the Blue,, who 
 died in 1803, by his second wife, Miss Elizabeth 
 Charteris;. and half-uncle of the present Sir Wm. 
 Dickson, Bartv, Capt. K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 April, 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Sceptre 74, commanded 
 by his half-brother, Capt. Sir Archibald Colling- 
 wood Dickson, in which ship, and the Albion 74, 
 Capt. John Ferrier, he served, on the East India 
 station, until his retiim home, in 1808, on board the 
 St. Fiorenzo 40,- Capt. John Bastard. In the course 
 of 1809 he next successively joined the Nassau 64, 
 Capt. Robt. Campbell, Cdlloden 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, and Orion 74, Capt. Sir 
 A. C. Dickson. In the latter ship, of which he was 
 created a Lieutenant on his return from the Wal- 
 cheren expedition, 8 Nov. 1809, Mr. Dickson con- 
 tinued to serve until Jan. 1814, being very actively 
 engaged during that period in escorting convoys 
 through the Great Belt. After a further attach- 
 ment to the Coiosans and Achilie 74's, Capts. 
 Thos. Alexander and Aiskew. Eaffard Hollis, on the 
 Home and Brazilian stations, he joined, 14 May, 
 1816, the Bbitomart 10, Capts. Robt. Kiddell, 
 Constantine Rich. Moorsom, and Hon. Geo. Jas. 
 Perceval, under the first of whom he bore a part, as 
 Senior Lieutenant, in the battle of Algiers; 27 Aug. 
 following. His succeeding appointments appear to 
 have been— 3 Feb. 1817, to the Rochfort 80, Capt. 
 Sir A. C. Dickson, guard-ship at Portsmouth— 29 
 March, 1819, to the Falmodth 18, Capt. Henry 
 Theodosius Browne Collier— 11 May, 1820, to the 
 Alacbitj 10, Capt. Henry Stanhope— 19 Feb. 1821, 
 and 16 Jan. 1823, to the command of the Hornet 
 and Basilisk cutters, on the Home station— 22 Aug. 
 1825, to the Pandora 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jer- 
 voise, one of an experimental squadron sent to the 
 Cape of Good Hope— and, 14 March, 1827, to the 
 command of the Sylvia cutter. He acquired the 
 rank he now holds 29 Sept. 1827, and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 21 Aug. 1828, Hester, second sur- 
 viving daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Rawlins, 
 M.A., Rector of Tevresal, co. Notts. 
 
 ville 72, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders DundaSj served, 
 throughout a portion of ttie war in China. On 18 
 Aug. 1841, we find him joining the Warspite 50, 
 Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean, where he appears to have been em- 
 ployed, latterly as First Lieutenant, for upwards of 
 four years. Mr. Dickinson has been offioiatingjSince 
 24 April, 1846, as Second and First of the Queen 
 110, Capt. Sir Henry John Leeke, on the Home 
 station. Agents- Messrs. Halford and C,e. 
 
 DICKSON, Bart. (Captain,- 1837. r-p.,-22; 
 H-p., 14.) 
 
 Sir William Dickson, bom 10 June, 1798; is 
 eldest son of the late Rear- Admiral Sir Arch. Col- 
 lingwood Dickson, Bart.,* by Harriet, daughter 
 of Admiral Bourmaster, of Tiohfield ; nephew of 
 Licut.-Coloner Sir Arch. Dickson, K.C.B., K.C.H., 
 and of tie present Commander David John Dick- 
 son, R.N. r great-nephew of Admiral Sir Arch. 
 Dickson, Bart, who died in 1803; brother-in-law 
 of Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, R.N. ; and cousin of 
 Capt. John Brett Purvis, K.N. He has also two 
 brothers in the Navy, Alexander CoUingwoo.d Tho- 
 mas, a Commander — and John Bourmaster, a Lieu- 
 tenant. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 
 Aug. 1811, and embarked, 6 May, 1814, as a Volun- 
 teer; on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Baker, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, where 
 he attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Nov. fol- 
 lowing. He afterwards served for upwards of three 
 years, under his father and Capt. Wm. Paterson, on 
 board the Caledonia 120, Kochport 80, Erinda- 
 Nus 36, and Minden 74 ; and in the latter ship was 
 present, as Admiralty Midshipman, at the battle of 
 Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. Until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1822, Mr. Dickson further 
 served, on the Etist India, South American, and 
 Home stations, in the Trincomalee 46, Capt. Philip 
 Henry Bridges, Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis 
 Maitland, Atholl 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier, Lnr- 
 PET 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, Ramillibs 74, 
 Capt. Edwi Brace, and Royal Sovereign yacht, 
 Capts. Chas. Adam and Sir Jahleel Brenton. He 
 was subsequently appointed to the Queen Char- 
 lotte leo, flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief at 
 Portsmouth, Seringapatam 46, Capt. Chas. Sothe- 
 by, Revenge 78, bearing the flag in the Mediter- 
 ranean of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and Raleigh 
 sloop ; and, on 19 Feb. 1828, was wrecked off the 
 coast of Portugal, while proceeding to the last-men- 
 tioned station as a passenger in the Terror bomb, 
 Capt. David Hope. On 4 March, 1829, we find 
 him promoted to the command of the Raleigh; 
 and, on 28 Sept. 1833, appointed to the Orestes 18, 
 off Lisbon. Attaining Post-rank lOi Jan. 1837, Sir 
 Wm. Dickson was further invested with the com- 
 mand, 30 Aug. 1841, of the Volagb 26, on the 
 North America and West India station. He paid 
 that vessel off in 1845, and has not since been afloat. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 DICKSON. (Lieutenant, 1839.) 
 
 John Bourmaster Dickson, bom in 1815, Is 
 fifth son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Arch. Col- 
 lingwood Dickson, Bart. ; and brother of the pre- 
 sent Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., Capt. K.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1834, and, 
 obtaining a Lieutenancy, 18 Oct. 1839, in the Mel- 
 
 DICKSON. (Lieut.,. 1812. ^--p., 11 ;■ H-p, 32.) 
 William Dickson, bom 19 July, 1791, is son 
 of Major Thos. Dickson, of Woodvijle, co. Leitrim, 
 M.P. for Ballyshannon. 
 
 This officer entered the "Navy, 15 Jan. 1804, as 
 L. M., on board La Yikginie 38, Capt. John Poo 
 Beresford, stationed in the North Sea. He was 
 subsequently employed for three ye^irs, latterly as 
 Midshipman, in the Ramillies 74, Capts. Fras. Pick- 
 more and Robt. Yarker, chiefly on the West India 
 and North American stations^ From Dec. 1808, 
 to Nov. 1810, he next cruized with Capts. John 
 Tower and Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, in the 
 Ibis alias Solebay 32. He then joined the Dragon 
 74, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Fras. Laforey ; 
 
 • Sir A. C. Dickson served as Lieutenant of tlie Royal 
 GeoROE in Lord Howe's action of 1 June, 1794 ; and after- 
 wards commanded tlie Monarch and Orion 74'a, during the 
 expeditions to the Helder and tlie Walcheren, in 1799 and 
 1809. ifedi^ls June. 1827. 
 
DICKSON-DIDHAM-DIGBY. 
 
 289 
 
 and, after holding for fifteen months the command, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, of the Lemois and Orange 
 schooners, on the latter station, was confirmed in 
 his present rank 21 Aug. 1812. Mr. Dickson, whose 
 ensuing appointment was, 17 May, 1813, to the 
 Grasshopper 18, commanded in the Mediterranean 
 by Capts. Henry Robt. Battersby and Sir Chas. 
 Burrard, has been on half-pay since 6 JFeb. 1816. 
 
 He married, in Oct. 1819, Hester, yoimgest daugh- 
 ter of Daniel Eccles, Esq., of Ecclesville, co. Ty- 
 rone, and has issue two children. 
 
 DICKSON. (COMMANDKB, 1815. F-p., 15; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 WitLiAM Henry Dickson is son of the late Ad- 
 miral Dickson. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Powerful 74, Capt. Sir 
 Fras. Laforey, whom he successively accompanied 
 to the Baltic, to Cadiz, and to South America. In- 
 dependently of various ships, on the books of which 
 we merely find him borne for the purpose of efieot- 
 ing a passage from one station to another, Mr. Dick- 
 son, subsequently to the peace of Amiens, served 
 on board La Virmkie 38, Capt. John Poo Beres- 
 ford, and Centadr 74, bearing the broad pendant 
 in the West Indies of Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, 
 of which ship he became an Acting-Lieutenant 5 
 April, 1805. Being confirmed by the Admiralty 
 16 Jan. 1806, he afterwards joined — 15 Feb. 1806, 
 the Camilla 28, Capts. John Tower and John 
 Bowen, off Newfoundland— 11 April, 1807, the Ju- 
 piter 50, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, under 
 whom, when returning from China, he was wrecked 
 on a reef of rocks, off Vigo, 10 Dec. 1808—20 March, 
 1809, and 28 March, 1810, to the Rusr 64, and 
 Victory 100, flag-ships in the Baltic of Admirals 
 Mardey Dixon and Sir Jas. Saumarez— 11 July, 1812, 
 to the Dragon 74, bearing the flag in the West 
 Indies of Sir Jas. Saumarez— and, 16 Nov. 1812, to 
 the command, on the same station, of the Maria 
 brig, of 16 guns. He attained his present rank 21 
 Aug. 1815; and, after intermediately commanding 
 the Chanticleer sloop, also in the West Indies, 
 was placed on half-pay, in Aug. 1816. He has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 Commander Dickson, who was the zealous pro- 
 jector and principal promoter of the Royal Naval 
 School, is now Secretary to the Royal Naval Bene- 
 volent Society. 
 
 DIDHAM. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 Charles John Didham passed his examination 9 
 Sept. 1845 ; was immediately appointed Mate of the 
 President 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of 
 Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres ; obtained his com- 
 mission 28 July, 1846 ; and has been since serving 
 on board the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher 
 Wyvill. 
 
 DIGBY. (LiEDT., 1821. F-P., 30 ; H-p., 4.) 
 
 Edward Dioby, bom 14 April, 1799, is second 
 son of the late Rev. John Digby, of Osberstown, 
 CO. ICildare, and of New Park, co. Meath, who for 
 thirtj' years was in the Commission of the Peace, 
 by Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Edw. Borr, 
 Esq., of Spring Park, in the latter shire, a descend- 
 ant of the celebrated Bishop Jeremy Taylor. He is 
 related to Capts. Jos. Digby and Digby Marsh, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devonshire 74, Capt. 
 Koss Donnelly ; and on removing, as Midshipman, to 
 the Harlequin 18, Capt. Wm. Kempthome, assisted 
 at the capture, off' Newfoundland, of the Ida priva- 
 teer, and was present in a mistaken and very severe 
 action with the Princess Charlotte, a King's 
 packet. During the four years immediately conse- 
 cutive on the general peace, he served as Master's 
 Mate of the Podargus 16, Capts. Jas. Wallis, Jas. 
 Cairnes, and Hon. Henrjr John Rous, off' St. Helena, 
 for tlie purpose of securing the detention of Buona- 
 parte. He then, in July, 1819, passed his examina- 
 
 tion; and was soon after appointed to the Coast 
 Blockade. On 11 Feb. 1821, he assisted, with the 
 present Commander C. J. F. Newton, and was 
 wounded, at the attack and defeat of an overwhelm- 
 ing band of armed smugglers, at Brookland, in 
 Kent. For his share in that daring exploit, Mr. 
 Digby was promoted by Lord Melville to his pre- 
 sent rank 4 May following. He was afterwards re- 
 employed in the Coast Blockade from Nov. 1823, to 
 Dec. 1825 ; and since Dec. 1826, has been in almost 
 uninterrupted charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 He married Sarah, daughter of the late Hugh 
 Crawford, of Orangefield, co. Down, by whom he 
 has issue a son and daughter. 
 
 DIGBY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.) 
 
 EvERARD Digby entered the Navy, in Aug. 1806, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Devastation bomb, 
 Capt. Matthew Smith, stationed in the Channel. 
 In July, 1807, he removed to the Cossack 22, Capt. 
 Geo. Digby ; and after attending the ensuing expe- 
 dition to Copenhagen, and co-operating for several 
 months with the patriots on the coast of Spain, he 
 joined, in Jan. 1810, as Midshipman, the Theban 
 38, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, with whom he 
 eventually proceeded to the East Indies. On his 
 return home in the Illustrious 74, Capt. Alex. 
 Skene, he became attached to the Saturn 56, Capt. 
 Jas. Nash ; and on being sent to North America, 
 was there appointed, 19 Dec. 1814, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Narcissus 32, Capt. Gordon. He ob- 
 tained his official promotion 10 Feb. 1815 ; and was 
 subsequently employed — from 22 April to 23 Aug. 
 following, in the Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pattison 
 Stewart and John Brett Purvis, off Cherbourg — 
 and, from 30 Dec. 1825, until 1829, in the Coast 
 Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hy- 
 perion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. For a short 
 time towards the close of 1846, Lieut. Digby had 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard. He has 
 since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DIGBY. cCTaptain, 1815. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Joseph Digby, bom 15 July, 1786, is youngest 
 son of the late Hon. and Rev. Wm. Digby, LL.D., 
 Dean of Durham, Vicar of Coles Hill, Chaplain in 
 Ordinary to George III., and Canon of Christ- 
 church, by Charlotte, daughter of Joseph Cox, 
 Esq. ; brother of Admiral of the Blue, the late Sir 
 Henry Digby, G.C.B.,* and of the late Capt. Chas. 
 Geo. Digby, R.N. ; brother-in-law of the late Earl 
 of Ilchester, of Sir John Sheffield, Bart., of Sir John 
 Henry Newbolt, Kt., Chief Justice at Madras, and 
 of Sir Thos. Neave, Bart. ; first cousin of the pre- 
 sent Earl Digby, and of the late Capt. Stephen 
 Thos. Digby, R.N. ; and a relative of Lieut. Edw. 
 Digby, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dryad 36, Capts. Chas. 
 John Moore Mansfield and Robt. WilUams, with 
 whom he served, chiefly on the Irish station, until 
 the summer of 1803. From that period until Sept. 
 1806, he next officiated as Midshipman, on the Home 
 and East India stations, of the Euryalus 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood, Culloden 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, Harrier 18, Capt. Edw. Katsey, 
 and RussEL 74, Capt. Robt. Caulfeild. While in 
 the Harrier, we find him, in company with the 
 Phaeton 38, present, 2 Aug. 1805, in a severe 
 action of two hours and a half with the French 
 36-gun frigate Se'milkatte, and several batteries, at 
 the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernadino, Philip- 
 pine Islands ; on which occasion the Harrier, be- 
 sides being much cut up, sustained a loss of two men 
 wounded. In Oct. 1806, Mr. Digby was appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Duncan alias Dover iri- 
 
 * While commanding the Alcmene friuate. Sir Henry 
 Digby had the good fortune, in company witA the Naiad and 
 Tkiton, to capture, 18 Oct. 1799, the Spanish frigate Santa 
 Brigida^ having on board 1,400,1100 dollars, besides a cargo of 
 immense value, ■ He afterwards commanded the Africa 64, 
 at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805; and, in 1840-1, was 
 Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. He died 19 Autj. 1842 
 aged 73. ' 
 
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 DIGGENS-DILKE— DILKES-DILLON. 
 
 gate, Capt. Edw. Tucker. Being confirmed ty the 
 Admiralty 11 Dec. 1807, lie continued actively em- 
 ployed in that ship, still on the Indian station, until 
 Oct. 1809, when he invalided home on board the 
 Rattlesnake 18, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer. 
 After a subsequent cruize of six or eight months in 
 the North Sea as Lieutenant of the Akmada 74, 
 Capt. Adam Mackenzie, he vras promoted to the 
 rank of Commander by commission dated 8 Feb. 
 1812. From July, 1813, until advanced to Post- 
 rank 8 Sept. 1815, Capt. Digby next had charge of 
 the Hydka troop-ship, in which, we believe, he 
 attended the expedition to New Orleans. He ac- 
 cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married Miss Jackson, and has issue two sons 
 and a daughter. 
 
 DIGGENS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Fkancis John Diggen^ entered the Navy 17 
 Sept. 1828 ; passed his examination 20 July, 1836 ; 
 and after serving for some time in the East Indies 
 as Mate of the Lakse 18, Capt. Fat. John Blake, 
 was promoted to the rsmk of Lieutenant 21 Sept. 
 
 1842. His appointments have since been — 10 Aug. 
 
 1843, to the Hydba steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio 
 Beauman Young, off the coast of Africa — and, 4 
 March, 1845, to the Hibernia 104, flag-ship in the 
 Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Parker, with whom he 
 is at present serving. Agents — Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 DILKE. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 17; h-p., 19.) 
 
 Thomas Dilke entered the Navy, 23 May, 1811, 
 as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Revenge 74, Capts. 
 John^Nash and Chas. Bateman, in which ship, and 
 the Maklbokough 74, bearing the respective ilags 
 of Rear-Admirals Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and 
 Geo. Cockburn, he served, off Cadiz, latterly as 
 Midshipman, until Nov. 1812. During the next six 
 years, he appears to have been successively em- 
 ployed on the West India, Home, and Mediterranean 
 stations, in the Magnificent 74, Capt. "Willoughby 
 Thos. Lake, Saracen 16, Capt. Alex. Dixie, Ra- 
 MiiiLiES 74, and Mai/fa 84, both commanded by 
 Capt. Chas. Ogle, Rivom 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard 
 HoUis, and Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Caven- 
 dish Spencer. On 3 Oct. 1818, he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt. Gam- 
 bier ; and being officially confirmed in his new rank 
 22 Jan. 1819, was afterwards appointed — 12 July, 
 1821, to the Cherokee 10, Capts. Theobald Jones 
 and "Wm. Keats, off Leith— 12 April, 1823, to the 
 Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. R. C. Spencer, in the Medi- 
 terranean — and, 28 Dec. 1826, to the Asia 84, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington, Comman- 
 der-in-Chief on the same station. While in the 
 Naiad, Mr. Dilke contributed to the defeat, 31 
 Jan. 1824, of the Tripoli, Algerine corvette, of 18 
 guns and 100 men ; and on the night of 23 May fol- 
 lowing, he commanded the boats, in conjunction with 
 Lieuts. Michael Quin and Geo. Evans, at the bril- 
 liant destruction of a 16-gun brig moored in a posi- 
 tion of extraordinary strength alongside the walls 
 of the fortress of Bona, in which was a garrison of 
 400 soldiers, who, frotii cannon and musket, kept up 
 a tremendous fire almost perpendicularly on the 
 deck. For his conduct in the Asia at the battle of 
 Kavarin, 20 Oct. 1827, Mr. Dilke was promoted, the 
 same day, to the command of the Rose 18, in which 
 sloop he continued until some time in the following 
 year. He was afterwards appointed, 4 Aug. 1835, 
 to the Wanderer brig, on the North America and 
 West India station ; but since his Post-promotion, 
 10 Jan. 1837, has been on half-pay. Agent — J. 
 Chippendale. 
 
 who commanded the brigade of Guards at the 
 battle of Barrosa, and died in 1841. His grand- 
 father, Michael O'Bryen, a General, was Colonel of 
 the 50th Regt. in 1744, and Commander-in-Chief 
 in Ireland; and his great-grandfather, Sir Thos. 
 Dilkes, was an Admiral in the reign of Queen Anne. 
 This ofloer entered the Navy, 3 April, 1790, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Bellona 74, Capt. 
 Fras. Hartwell, on the Home station ; where, dur- 
 ing the two following years, he successively joined 
 the Shark 16, and Rotai. Sovereign 100, both 
 commanded by his brother, Capt. John Dilkes, the 
 Haknibai, 74, Capt. John Colpoys, the Princess 
 Charlotte yacht, and the Lion 64. In the latter 
 ship, under Sir Erasmus Gower, he accompanied 
 Lord Macartney, as Midshipman, in his embassy to 
 China, in 1793. On his return, in 1794, he next 
 joined the Flora 36, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, 
 and, then, the London 98, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Colpoys, under whom he bore a part in Lord 
 Bridport's action oflF He de Groix, 23 June, 1795. 
 Immediately on passing his examination, Mr. Dilkes 
 was promoted, 6 Jan. 1797, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Kite 18, Capt. Wm. Brovm ; after which we find 
 him appointed — 4 March following, to the Unicorn 
 32, commanded on the Irish and Channel stations 
 by Capts. Jas. Young and Philip Wilkinson — 18 
 June, 1800, as Senior, to the Pique 36, Capt. Jas. 
 Young, in which frigate he obtained a gold medal 
 for his services in Egypt, in 1801 — and, 25 Oct. 
 1802, in a similar capacity, to the Jdno 32, Capt. 
 Henry Richardson, also in ih.e Mediterranean, where 
 he remained until advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander, 20 March, 1805. Capt. Dilkes — whose next 
 appointment was, 7 Feb. 1806, to the Hazard 18— 
 commanded for several months in that year the 
 blockading squadron in the Pertuis Breton, with so 
 much vigilance that not one vessel belonging to the 
 enemy was known to escape.* On eventually pro- 
 ceeding to the West Indies, he became, 8 Nov. 1808, 
 Flag-Captain to Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Neptdne 
 98 ; and on 18 Jan. 1809, he was confirmed to Post- 
 rank. In the course of the following Feb. and April, 
 Capt. Dilkes assisted at the reduction of Martinique, 
 and at the capture of the French 74-gun ship D'Haif 
 poult. After following Sir A. Cochrane into the 
 PoMPEB 74, and Statira 38, and serving on shore 
 in the operations against Guadeloupe, where his 
 activity was most conspicuous,! he was next ap- 
 pointed, 20 Oct. 1810, to the Castor 32, which ship 
 he continued actively to command, principally on 
 the Jamaica and Mediterranean stations, until paid 
 off in Sept. 1815. From that period he remained 
 on half-pay. 
 
 On the reduction of Guadeloupe, in Feb. 1810, 
 Capt. Dilkes (who died a Sub-Commissioner of the 
 Trinity Board at Gloucester) was appointed Joint- 
 Captain, with Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard, of the 
 Port of Pointe-a^Pitre. He was awarded, without 
 any solicitation on his part, the Good Service Pen- 
 sion, 14 Jan. 1839; and, on 4 July, 1840, he was 
 nominated a C.B. He married, in Jan. 1818, Louisa, 
 only sister of the Rev. Thos. Newenham, the 
 present possessor of Coolmore, co. Cork, by whom 
 he has left issue an only son. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 DILKES, C.B. (Capt., 1809. f-p., 24; h-p., 33.) 
 Charles Dilkes was born 25 April, 1779, at 
 Warden, oo. Bedford, and died in 1846. He was 
 son of Major Thos. Dilkes, of the 49th Regt., who 
 served during the war in America, in 1776-7 ; and 
 brother of the late Admiral John Dilkes, who died 
 18 Feb. 1827, as also of General Wm. Thos. Dilkes, 
 
 DILLON, Kt., K.C.H. (Eear-Admiral of the 
 Blue, 1846. f-p., 28; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Sir William Henry Dillon, bom 8 Aug. 1779, 
 is only surviving son of the late Sir John Talbot 
 Dillon, and derives, through female descent, from 
 the great house of Wingfield, being great-grandson 
 of Sir Mervyn Wingfield, the sixth Baronet. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, in May, 1790, as 
 Captain's Servant (under the auspices of Vice- 
 Admiral Roddam) on board the Alcide 74, Capt. 
 Sir Andw. Snape Douglas; during his attachment 
 to which ship, on the Channel station, he was occa^ 
 sionally lent to the Hebe 38, and Niger 32, Capts. 
 Alex. Hood and Rich. Goodwin Keats. In Dec. 
 1792, he joined, as Midshipman, the Thetis 38, 
 
 * Vide Gaz, 1807, p. 1072. t V: Gaz. 1810, p. 310. 
 
DIROM— DISNEY— DIXIE. 
 
 291 
 
 Capt. Fras. John Hartwell, and on his return with 
 convoy from St. Helena, was placed, in Sept. 1793, 
 on board the Defence 74, Capt. Jas. Gambler ; un- 
 der whom he appears to have been stunned by a 
 splinter, while officiating in the most exposed part 
 of the ship, during Lord Howe's action of 1 June, 
 1794. On next accompanying Capt. Gambler into 
 the Prince George 98, Mr. Dillon took part, as 
 that officer's Senior Midshipman, in Lord Brid- 
 port's action with the French fleet oif He de Groix, 
 23 June, 1795 ; subsequently to which he served, in 
 the same ship, and in the Glor7 98, and Thunderer 
 74, under Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry Chris- 
 tian ; with whom, after witnessing two terrific gales, 
 he sailed for the West Indies, where he actively co- 
 operated in the reduction of Ste. Lucie in May, 1796, 
 and was sent with a flag of truce to take possession 
 of Pigeon Island. On 20 of the following month, 
 he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Ariadne 20, 
 Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball ; and on soon after re- 
 moving to L'AiMABLE 32, Capts. Jemmet Main- 
 waring and Wm. Grenville Lobb, came frequently 
 into contact with the enemy's batteries, and on one 
 occasion was present in an unsuccessful attack upon 
 a squadron of French frigates lying at St. Eustatia. 
 While in L' Aim able, we also find Mr. Dillon often 
 employed as the bearer of a flag of truce to Victor 
 Hugues, Governor of Guadeloupe, for the purpose 
 of effecting an exchange of prisoners. He was 
 afterwards appointed — 1 May, 1798, to the Glen- 
 more 36, Capt. Geo. Dufi', under whom he credit- 
 ably co-operated, with the army at Wexford, at the 
 time of the Irish rebellion, and succeeded in arrest- 
 ing one of the popular chiefs — 22 April, 1799, to the 
 Crescent 36, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, on the 
 Jamaica station— and, in 1802-3, to the Juno 32, 
 and Afbicaine 38, both commanded by Capt. Thos. 
 Manby. During the period of his servitude in the 
 Crescent, he assisted at the capture, 15 Nov. 1799, 
 in sight of a Spanish line-of-battle ship and frigate, 
 of the corvette El Galgo of 16 guns — next, in June, 
 1800, of La Diligenie^ French national brig, of 12 
 guns and 100 men, of which he was placed in charge 
 — and, in June, 1801, at the destruction of the British 
 frigate Meleager, which had grounded in the Gulf 
 of Mexico, and of a part of whose crew, who had 
 been taken prisoners, he ultimately effected the ex- 
 change. On being sent, as Senior Lieutenant of the 
 Afrioaine, with a flag of truce from Lord Keith to 
 the Dutch Commodore Valterbuck, atHelvoetsluys, 
 20 July, 1803, Mr. Dillon was most unjustifiably 
 made prisoner, and handed over to the French, by 
 whom, in spite of every remonstrance, he was de- 
 tained in captivity until Sept. 1807. On 16 Jan. 
 1808 (having been awarded the rank of Comman- 
 der 8 April, 1805), he assumed charge, on the Leith 
 station, of the Childers, an old worn-out sloop, 
 carrying 14 twelve-pounder carronades and 65 men. 
 In that vessel, off the coast of Norway, he gallantly 
 engaged, 14 March following, and ultimately drove 
 off, after an action, with intervals, of six hours' 
 duration, the Danish man-of-war brig Limgen^ of 20 
 guns and 160 men. The Childehs, however, was 
 so battered as but narrowly to escape foundering, 
 and sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 8 wounded. 
 Among the latter was Capt. Dillon, who was badly 
 wounded in both legs, and had his arms and shoul- 
 ders much contused, for which he waa presented 
 by the Patriotic Society at Lloyd's with a sword, 
 valued at 100 guineas. Being rewarded for his spi- 
 rited conduct with a Post commission, dated 21 
 March, 1808, he further joined— 8 June, 1809, pro 
 tempore, L'Aigle 36, in which frigate he accompa- 
 nied the expedition to the Walcheren, and there 
 superintended the debarkation of a division of the 
 army— 13 Sept. 1809, and 18 Aug. 1810, the Camilla 
 20, and Bellekophon 74, both employed off the 
 coast of Holland— 28 Feb. 1811, the Leopard 50, 
 armee en Jiute, in which he took out a battalion of 
 Guards to Cadiz, served actively off the coasts of 
 Portugal and Spain, commanded a small squadron 
 for the protection of Carthagena, and saved seven 
 or eight villages in Murcia and Valencia from the 
 ravages of the French army— 18 Jan. 1814, the Ho- 
 
 ratio 38, successively employed, until paid off in 
 Jan. 1817, in escorting convoy to Newfoundland, 
 protecting the whale fishery at Greenland against 
 the Americans, cruizing off the coast of France for 
 the interception of Buonaparte after the battle of 
 Waterloo,* and in a voyage to China — 14 April, 1818, 
 the Phaeton 46, which frigate, after another visit 
 to India, he paid off in Oct. 1819— and, 9 July, 183D, 
 the Russell 74. In that ship, which was put out of 
 commission in Jan. 1839, Capt. Dillon during a pe- 
 riod of 12 months rendered much service to the 
 Spanish cause, and was afterwards employed in the 
 Mediterranean and off Lisbon. Since the date last- 
 mentioned, he has not been afloat. His promotion 
 to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Sir Wm. Henry Dillon (who held the office of 
 equerry to H. R. H. the late Duke of Sussex) was 
 nominated a K.C.B. 13 Jan. 1835. He received the 
 honour of knighthood 24 June following ; and ob- 
 tained the Captain's Good Service Pension 25 Jan. 
 1839. He has been thrice married. His second 
 wife was Isabella, eldest daughter of John WiUan, 
 Esq., of Hatton-garden. His present wife, whom 
 he espoused 6 June, 1843, is Elizabeth, eldest 
 daughter of T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., of SaviUe-row. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DIEOM. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 1.) 
 James Dirom, born in July, 1815, is youngest 
 son of the late Lieut.-General Dirom, of Mount 
 Annan, N. B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1829, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell, on the Mediterranean station. He after- 
 wards joined, as Midshipman, the Asia 84, Britan- 
 nia 120, SpARTiATE 76, and Challenger 28 ; 
 passed his examination in March, 1835 ; and from 
 April, 1836, until the receipt of his commission, 
 bearing date 15 March, 1841, served, as Mate, on 
 board the Pembroke 74, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, in 
 the Mediterranean, and the Impregnable 104, and 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir Gra^ 
 ham Moore. His appointments have since been — 
 16 March, 1841, 22 Oct. following, and 7 Sept. 1842, 
 to the Iris 26, Capts. Hugh Nurse and Wm. Tucker, 
 Persian 18, Capt. Thos. Rodney Eden, and Iris 
 again, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, on the coast of 
 Africa— and, 9 Nov. 1843, to the Albion 90, Capt. 
 Nicholas Lockyer, in which ship he is now serving. 
 
 DISNEY. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Garret Rufus Taylor Disney entered the 
 Navy 1 Dec. 1807; passed his examination in 1815; 
 and obtained his commission 27 March, 1826. He 
 appears to have since been on half-pay. 
 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DIXIE. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 37.) 
 Alexander Dixie is third son of the late Rev. 
 Beaumont Dixie, by Margaret, daughter of Rich. 
 Shewin, Esq. ; brother of Capt. Rich. Thos. Dixie, 
 B.M. ; and uncle of the present Sir Willoughby 
 Wolstan Dixie, Bart., of Bosworth House, co. Lei- 
 cester. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 Oct. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 36, Capt. Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds, under whom, when in company 
 with the Indefatigable 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 he was, as Midshipman, wrecked, near lie Bas, at the 
 close of a gallant action of 10 hours with the French 
 74-gun ship Les Droits de I' Homme, in which the 
 Amazon sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 15 
 wounded, 14 Jan. 1797. On regaining his liberty, 
 after 10 months of painful captivity, he rejoined 
 Capt. Reynolds, 24 March, 1798, on board La Poi- 
 MONE 40. In that frigate we find him attending 
 the expedition to Holland in 1799, and then pro- 
 ceeding to the Mediterranean ; on his passage 
 -whither he narrowly escaped capture by a powerful 
 French squadron. In 1801 Mr. Di.xie accompanied 
 
 * Capt. Dillon at this period commanded a small squadron 
 at the blockade of Cherbourg. He had previously been 
 senior ofiBcer on the Guernsey station, 
 
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 DIXON. 
 
 Capt. Reynolds to the West Indies in the Okion 74. 
 On the renewal of hostilities, in the early pait of 
 1803, he returned to the Mediterranean on board 
 the Canopus 80, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral 
 Geo. Campbell ; after which he joined, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant and Master's Mate, the Victorieose 18, 
 Capt. John Richards, and Victokt 100, flag-ship of 
 Lord Nelson ; through whom he was confirmed to a 
 Lieutenancy, 17 Oct. 1804, in the Phcebe 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. On 21 Oct. 1805 he 
 took part in the battle of Trafalgar ; and four days 
 after that memorable event, having volunteered his 
 services for the purpose, he succeeded, vrith 12 
 men, in presence of the enemy's gun-boats and 
 troops, in burning, with all their stores and guns, 
 the Spanish line-of-battle ships El Rargo and Nep- 
 tuno, which had run on shore at the entrance of the 
 river San Lucar. Mr. Dixie, whose next appoint- 
 ment was, 19 Dec. 1806, to the Colossds 74, com- 
 manded in the Channel by Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris, 
 left that ship in Nov. 1807 ; from which period he 
 remained on half-pay until Feb. 1811. He then 
 successively joined the Minerva 32, Capt. Rich. 
 Hawkins, Armide 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Trou- 
 bridge, and PiiAWTAGENET 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, 
 on the North American station, where he assumed 
 the Acting-Captaincy, 5 July, 1813, of the Chesa- 
 peake 38, and was promoted, 7 June, 1814, to the 
 command of the Saracen 18. In that vessel, while 
 in the Chesapeake during a night of the ensuing 
 winter, he effected the capture and destruction, by 
 slipping from his anchorage, of 16 of the enemy's 
 vessels. Being ordered off the coast of France in 
 1815, for the interception of Buonaparte, we find 
 him employed in landing arms at Dieppe, where he 
 succeeded in establishing the White flag. Since 9 
 Sept. in the latter year, onwhich date the Saracen 
 was put out of commission. Commander Dixie has 
 been unable to procure employment. 
 
 In reviewing the services of this officer, we may 
 observe that he has assisted at the capture and de- 
 struction of 23 sail of the line, besides a number of 
 frigates, sloops of war, and privateers ; and that he 
 has been once shipwrecked, twice Imprisoned, and 
 twice wounded in battle. He is a deputy-lieute- 
 nant and magistrate for the counties of Leicester 
 and Sussex. Commander Dixie has been twice 
 married. He wedded, in Dec. 1818 (the first time 
 we believe), Rosamond Mary, daughter of the Rev. 
 Joseph Dixie Churchill, Rector of Blickling, co. 
 Norfolk. He has issue six children. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DIXON. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 12.) 
 Edward Dixon was born 1 Nov. 1804. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Oct. 1818, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Rochfort 80, Capt. 
 Andrew Pellet Green, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion ; where, until Sept. 1824, he afterwards served, 
 in the Larne 20, Capt. Robt. Tait, Rochfort again, 
 Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and Chanticleer 
 10, Capt. Burton Macnamara. He then joined the 
 Victokt 100, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. 
 Martin ; and, shortly after his examination, which 
 took place about June, 1825, proceeded to South 
 America, as Mate of the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John 
 Gordon Sinclair, of which ship he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 18 Sept. 1828. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were — 7 April, 1831, to the CDRA50A 26, 
 Capt. David Dunn— 6 Aug. 1831, to the Isis 50, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren at 
 the Cape of Good Hope— 13 Oct. 1836, and 14 Feb. 
 1838, to the Serpent 16, and Malabar 72, Capts. 
 Rich. Laird Warren and Edw. Harvey, on the 
 North America and West India station — and, 25 
 Feb. 1840, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Pearl 20, 
 commanded in South America by Capt. Chas. Col- 
 ville Frankland. He attained his present rank 30 
 Aug. 1841 ; and, since 19 March, 1847, has been in 
 command of the Rapid 10, on the coast of Africa. 
 Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 13 Oct. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragom 
 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott, 
 under whom he served in the Channel, latterly as 
 Midshipman, until Dec. 1808. Until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 4 March, 1813, he was after- 
 wards employed, on the West India and Lisbon 
 stations, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Castor 32, 
 Capt. Wm. Roberts, Macedonian 38, Capt. John 
 Surman Garden, and Impetdeux 74, flag-ship of 
 Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin. He was subsequently 
 appointed— 24 March and 19 June, 1813, to the 
 Andromeda 22, and Magicienne 36, Capts. Rich. 
 Arthur and Hon. Wm. Gordon, both on the Lisbon 
 station— 10 June, 1814, to the Cordelia 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Sargent, from which vessel he invalided 11 
 Jan. 1815— and, 31 Jan. 1824, to the Victory 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth. He 
 has been on half-pay since 1826. 
 
 DIXON. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 30.) 
 John Stewart Dixon entered the Navy, 5 Deo. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ph(enix 36, 
 Capt. Zachary Mudge, in which frigate, stationed 
 in the Channel, he soon attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman. From Oct. 1808 until May, 1812, he 
 served in the Vends 32, Capts. Robt. Henderson, 
 Jas. Coutts Crawford, and Kenneth Mackenzie; 
 and, under the second of those officers, was actively 
 employed in co-operation with the patriots on the 
 north coast of Spain, where, in March, 1809, he 
 assisted at the reduction of Vigo. In Dec. 1812 he 
 joined the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag in the 
 Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Pellew, under whom 
 he appears to have enacted a part, 5 Nov. 1813 and 
 13 Feb. 1814, in two partial actions with the French 
 fleet off Toulon. Acquiring the rank of Lieutenant, 
 1 July, 1814, Mr. Dixon was subsequently appointed 
 —5 May, 1815, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship at 
 Plymouth of Sir Rich. John Strachan— and, 23 
 Nov. 1815, to the Leander 50, Capt. Wm. Skipsey, 
 flag-ship afterwards of the late Sir David Milne, in 
 which he was wounded at the battle of Algiers, 27 
 Aug. 1816.* He returned home from North Ame- 
 rica in Feb. 1818; and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Dixon married, 12 Sept. 1837, Sophia, 
 widow of F. H. Hunter, Esq., of Kennington Com- 
 mon. 
 
 DIXON. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 James Thomas Taylor Dixon entered the Navy, 
 
 DIXON. (Captain, 1811. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Manlet Haij. Dixon, bom 8 Jime, 1786, at 
 Stoke Damarell, co. Devon, is son of Admiral of 
 the Red the late Sir Manley Dixon, K.C.B. (who 
 commanded in chief at Plymouth from April, 1830, 
 to April, 1833, and died 8 Feb. 1837), by his first 
 wife, Miss Christiana Hall, of Jamaica ; and brother 
 of Capt. Mathew Chas. Dixon, B.E. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Porcupine 24, com- 
 manded by his father, with whom he continued to 
 serve, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in L'EspiON 38, the Lion 64, and Le 
 Genereux 74, on the Channel, North Sea, Irish, 
 and Mediterranean stations, until Aug. 1801. On 
 15 July, 1798, being off Carthagena, he took part in 
 a brilliant action between the Lion and four Spar 
 nish frigates of 42 guns each, which terminated in 
 the surrender of one of the latter, the Santa Doro- 
 thea; subsequently to which, when in company 
 with the Penelope and Foudroyant at the block- 
 ade of Malta, he further assisted at the capture, 31 
 March, 1800, of the French 80-gun ship Guillaume 
 Tell, after a tremendous conflict, in which the Lion 
 experienced a loss of 8 men killed and 38 wounded. 
 When in Le GiNEREox, Mr. Dixon witnessed the 
 taking, 24 Aug. 1800, of La Diane, of 42 guns, and 
 the surrender, in Sept. following, of the island of 
 Malta. On next accompanying his father into the 
 Alexander 74, he was officially promoted, by 
 commission dated 10 April, 1802. The latter ship 
 being paid oflT in the ensuing Aug., he was after- 
 wards appointed— 7 Oct. 1803, to the Terrible 74, 
 
 • ride Gaj. 1816, p. 1793. 
 
DIXON-DIXSON-DOBBIE. 
 
 293 
 
 Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, which ship, while in pur- 
 suit, in the West Indies, of a squadron under M. 
 Villaumez, was totally dismasted and all but lost 
 during a terrific hurricane of 36 hours' continuance, 
 18 and 19 Aug. 1806— and, 4 June, 1807, to the 
 Horatio 38, Capt. Geo. Scott. On 10 Feb. 1809, 
 being First-Lieutenant of that frigate, Mr. Dixon 
 was badly wounded by a musket-ball, which entered 
 the left groin and passed through the thigh, while 
 sharing in a long and severe action which termi- 
 nated in the capture— with a loss to the Horatio 
 (then in company with the Latona 38, and Supife- 
 RiEDRE and Driver sloops) of 7 men killed and 
 26 wounded — of the French 40-gun frigate La 
 Junon.* For his gallantry on the occasion he was 
 eventually promoted to the rank of Commander by 
 commission dated back to the day of the action ; 
 and, besides the receipt of a gratuity from the Pa- 
 triotic Fund, was awarded for his wounds a pension 
 of 2501. Capt. Dixon, whose next appointment 
 was, 22 Oct. 1810, to the Fly brig, attained Post- 
 rank 28 June, 1811. From that period he officiated 
 as Flag-Captaiu to his father, in the Vigo and 
 MoNTAGD 74's, on the Baltic and South American 
 stations, until 29 July, 1813, when he exchanged 
 into the Nereus 42. After accompanying the 
 homeward-bound trade to the northward as far as 
 the Equator, Capt. Dixon assumed charge of a small 
 squadron stationed in the Bio de la Plata. He left 
 the Nereus 11 Jan. 1815 ; afterwards commanded 
 the Pallas 42, on the West India station, from 15 
 March, 1831, until some time in the following year; 
 and, since 22 May, 1845, has been employed as 
 Captain of the Caledonia 120, at Devonport. 
 
 He married, 18 April, 1815, Harriet, second 
 daughter of Wm. Foot, Esq., of Devonport. 
 
 DikON. (Commander, 1835.) 
 
 Matthew Dixon passed his examination in 1820; 
 obtained his first commission 6 Oct. 1827 ; was ap- 
 pointed, 15 Aug. 1833, to the Ocean 80, Capts. 
 Edw. Barnard and Alex. EUice, bearing the flag, 
 latterly, of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at the Nore ; and attained his 
 present rank 3 Aug. 1835. He has not since been 
 employed. 
 
 Commander Dixon married, 24 March, 1845, Wil- 
 helmina, relict of the late Henry Cheape, Esq., of 
 Bossie, CO. Fife, and sister of Capt. Geo. Hathom, 
 E.N. 
 
 DIXON. (Lieutenant, 1807. f-p., 32; h-p., 16.) 
 William Henry Dixon was born 12 Aug. 1786, 
 at Eochester, co. Kent. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Feb. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stag 32, Capt. Joseph 
 Sydney Yorke, employed as a cruizer in the Bay of 
 Biscay. He continued to serve with the same offi- 
 cer, in the Jason 36, and, as Midshipman, in the 
 Canada 74, on the Channel station, until May, 1802; 
 between which period and May, 1806, he next suc- 
 cessively joined, in the Mediterranean and West 
 Indies, the Donegal 74, Capts. Sir Eich. John 
 Strachan and Pulteney Malcolm, the Northumber- 
 land 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and the 
 Dolphin, commanded, we beUeve, by Capt. Isaac 
 Ferrieres. He was then appointed Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Demerara 12, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Pa- 
 terson ; and on his subsequent return to England 
 obtained a full Lieutenancy, 25 May, 1807, in the 
 Challenger 16, Capt. Wm. Bamham Eider. His 
 succeeding appointments appear to have been — 25 
 Nov. 1807, to the Crescent 36, Capt. Jas. Carthew 
 —30 May, 1808, to the Bombay 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Cuming — 14 Deo. 1808, to tlie Dannemark 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Bissett — 8 June, 1810, to the Prince op 
 Orange 74, bearing the flag in the Downs of Ad- 
 miral Campbell— 27 Feb. 1811, to the Helder 36, 
 Capt. John Serrell— and, 6 Feb. 1812 and 22 Dec. 
 1813, as First-Lieutenant, to the Britomart 10, 
 Capt. Wm. B. Hunt, and Devastation 10, Capt. 
 Thos. Alexander. After attending, in the Danne- 
 • Fide Qaz. 1809, p. 042. 
 
 MARK, the expedition to the Walcheren, Mr. Dixon, 
 on 10 JuW, 1811, took command of a boat belonging 
 to the Helder, and cut out four Danish vessels 
 from under the protection of a 6-gun battery and 
 two gun-boats in Kioge Bay. When in the Brito- 
 mart, he was recommended for promotion for his 
 conduct in similarly capturing, off Heligoland, with 
 three boats under his orders, and a collective loss to 
 the British of 3 men killed and 10 wounded, L'Uole 
 French privateer, pierced for 14 guns, but carrying 
 only 6, with a complement of 31 men, of whom 2 
 were killed and 7 wounded, 17 July, 1812.* In the 
 course of the same and the following month we 
 again find him commanding a boat in an attack on 
 the batteries at Spikeroog, where he sustained a 
 loss of 1 man killed and another wounded, and at 
 the cutting out of two vessels from beneath the 
 protection of 20 gun-boats in the river Ems. On 
 being appointed to the Devastation, Mr. Dixon 
 sailed for North America, where, among other 
 Chesapeake operations, he was present, in Aug. 
 1814, at the storming of Fort Washington and the 
 capitulation of Alexandria. On her return from 
 the latter place down the Potomac, the Devasta- 
 tion took the ground, and was only preserved by 
 the greatest exertions from being destroyed by the 
 enemy. Lieut. Dixon — who invalided home on 30 
 Sept. 1814, and was afterwards employed, from 16 
 Feb. 1816 to 29 May, 1828, as Assistant-Superin- 
 tendent of the quarantine at Standgate Creek — has 
 been in command, since 15 Nov. 1841, of the Sema^ 
 phore station at Kingston. 
 
 He married 3 Aug. 1815, and has issue 11 children. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DIXSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 14; h-p.,.30.) 
 Benjamin Dixson entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, 
 Capt. John Wentworth Loring, flag-ship in succes- 
 sion of Eear-Admirals Eobt. Montagu and John 
 Holloway, on the Downs station, where he attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 7 April, 1804. In 1805 he 
 made a trip to the West Indies in the Circe 32, 
 Capt. Jonas Eose ; on his return from which station, 
 in the Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, he joined, 
 23 Dec. in the same year, the Antelope 50, Capts. 
 Henry Bazely and Edw. Galwey ; under the former 
 of whom we find him escorting the East India trade 
 to and from St. Helena, and conveying the Earl of 
 Caledon to the Cape of Good Hope. On accompa- 
 nying Capt. Galwey, in April, 1809, into the Isis 50, 
 arme'e en Jlute, commanded afterwards by Capt. 
 Woodley Losack, he attended the ensuing expedi- 
 tion to the Walcheren. He subsequently served, 
 chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Eedpole 10, Capt. 
 Colin Macdonald, Victory 100, flag-ship in the 
 Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Galatea 36, Capt. 
 W. Losack. He returned to England from the 
 West Indies in Aug. 1814 ; and on 11 March, 1815, 
 was promoted to his present rank. Since 13 July, 
 1844, Mr. Dixson has been serving on board the 
 Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness. 
 
 DOBBIE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William Hugh Dobbie is eldest son of the late 
 Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, E.N. (1806), Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for the CO. of Essex, and a very gallant 
 officer, by Agatha Shedden, third daughter of 
 Bartlet Goodrich, Esq., of Saling Grove, in the 
 same county ; nephew of Geo. Dobbie, Esq., Sur- 
 geon in H.M. 75th Eegiment, who fell a victim to 
 the climate of India about the commencement of 
 the present century; and great-grandson of Sam. 
 Staples, Esq., a naval officer, who died on board the 
 Grafton of 70 guns, during the siege of Pondi- 
 cherry, in 1761. One of Commander Debbie's sisters 
 is married to a son of John Benhow, Esq., M.P. for 
 Dudley, a descendant of the celebrated Admiral 
 Benhow. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1831 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 26 Dec. 1887. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 1 March, 1838, to 
 • FWeGaz. 1S12, p. 1540. 
 
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 DOBBS— DOBREE— DOBSON. 
 
 the ExoELLEST, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Thos. Hastings— 12 April, 1839, and 17 July, 1840, 
 to the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, and 
 Ganges 84, Capt. JBarrington Reynolds, both on 
 the Mediterranean station — 10 Oct. 1842, again to 
 the Excellent, as First-Lieutenant — and, 9 March, 
 ■1843, in a similar capacity, to the Rose 18, Capts. 
 Henry Rich. Sturt and Rich. Wilson Pelly. He 
 served in the latter sloop, on the North America 
 and West India stations, until advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank, 9 Nov. 1846, since which period he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Dobbie married, 22 Nov. 1842, Lucy 
 Anne, eldest daughter of F. Jessop, Esq. 
 
 DOBBS. (Lieutenant, 1821. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 25.) 
 CoNWAT Richard Dobbs, born in 1798, is eldest 
 son of the late Rich. Dobbs, Esq., of Castle Dobbs, 
 CO. Antrim, by Nicolini, eldest daughter of Michael 
 Obyns, of Portsdown ; and great grandson, mater- 
 nally, of the first Viscount Gosford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Sept. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La NrMPHE 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Sneyd Clay, under whom he was wrecked, at the 
 entrance of the Frith of Forth, 18 Dec. following. 
 In Jan. 1811, he next joined the Abdent 64, Capt. 
 Robt. Honyman, stationed in the Baltic, where he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, 2 Aug. in the 
 same year. On afterwards proceeding to the Medi- 
 terranean, as an of&cer of the Volontaike 38, Capt. 
 Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, he served in that 
 frigate at the capture of Port d'Anzo in Oct. 1813, 
 and was employed in the boats at the destruction of 
 some of the enemy's batteries, near Marseilles. He 
 continued in the Mediterranean, on board the Re- 
 sistance 38, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Rey- 
 nolds Pellew, and Philomel 10, Capt. Jas. Hanway 
 Plumridge, until Dec. 1814, when he sailed for the 
 East Indies, and there officiated for many months 
 in the Coknwallis 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton, 
 and Theban 36, Capt. Sam. Leslie. We subse- 
 quently find him enacting a part, in the Superb 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Ekins, at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 
 1816. He rejoined Capt. Pellew, in Oct. 1818, on 
 board the Revoldtionnaire 38, of which frigate 
 he appears to have been created a Lieutenant 
 16 Oct. 1821. He returned home from the Medi- 
 terranean in 1822, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Dobbs married, in Aug. 1826, Miss Char- 
 lotte Maria Sinclair ; and has issue two sons and 
 seven daughters. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DOBEEE. (Commander, 1839.') 
 
 Thomas Peter Dobree entered the Navy 5 June, 
 1817 ; passed his examination in 1824 ; and was con- 
 firmed, 9 Oct. 1827, to a Lieutenancy in the Brisk 
 18, Capt. Thos. Smith, under whom we find him 
 contributing, shortly afterwards, to the victory 
 gained at Navarin. His next appointments were — 
 13 March, 1829, as First, to the Pelorus 18, Capt. 
 Michael Quin, also in the Mediterranean — 4 Jan. 
 1833, in a similar capacity, to the Comds 18, Capt. 
 Wm. Price Hamilton, on the North America and 
 West India station — 20 June, 1835, to the Larne 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith, on the same station — and 
 20 Deo. 1837, to theVoLAOE 28, Capt. Henry Smith. 
 For his services as Senior Lieutenant of that frigate 
 at Aden, he was advanced to his present rank, 1 
 May, 1839. He has since been unemployed. Agents 
 —Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DOBSON. (Captain, 1844. f-p., 29; h-p., 11.) 
 George Dobson entered the Navy, 14 Deo. 1807, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Trident 64, Capt. 
 Campbell, bearing the flag at Malta of Sir Alex. 
 Ball. In Sept. 1808, he removed to the Saracen 
 18, Capts. Jas. Prevost and Buckland Stirling 
 Bluett, of which vessel, when in the West Indies, 
 he became a Midshipman about Oct. 1810. Be- 
 tween the following Sept. and Feb. 1815, he further 
 served, on the latter and Mediterranean stations, in 
 the QoEEN 74, bearing the flag at first of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey, and afterwards commanded, as a private 
 
 ship, by Capt. Lord ColviUe. During the six years 
 immediately subsequent on the peace, we find him 
 employed, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Vengedr 
 74 Capt. Thos. Alexander, and Northumberland 
 7.^ Capts. Sir Michael Seymour, Thos. Harvey, and 
 Thos. Jas. Maling, respectively stationed at Ports- 
 mouth and Sheemess. He then, towards the close 
 of 1821, proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope in 
 the Andromache 44, Capts. Joseph Nourse and 
 Constantino Rich. Moorsom ; to a Lieutenancy in 
 which ship he was confirmed 14 Jan. 1824. From 
 20 Dec. 1825, until promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander, 9 May, 1832, Mr. Dobson was next em- 
 ployed in the Java 52, and Southampton 52, flag- 
 ship in the East Indies of Sir Wm. Hall Gage and 
 Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. For his" subsequent dis- 
 tinguished services in the Coast Guard, to which 
 he was appointed 13 July, 1838, this officer was ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank, 5 Jan. 1844. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Dobson is Senior Captain of 1844. He 
 married, 8 July, 1835, Eliza, eldest daughter of 
 Joseph Bonn, Esq., of Edward Street, Portman 
 Square. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DOBSON. (Admikal of the White, 1841. 
 F-p., 22; H-p., 47.) 
 
 Man Dobson was born 17 Nov. 1755, and died in 
 April, 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1778, as 
 A.B., on board the Ht.s;na, Capt. Edw. Thompson ; 
 in which vessel, and, as Midshipman, in the Con- 
 queror 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Hyde 
 Parker, Suffolk 74, Capt. Fras. John Hartwell, 
 Cerberus frigate, Capt. Eobt. Man, and Portland 
 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral John Campbell, we 
 find him serving during the first American war. 
 When in the Conqueror, he appears to have been 
 knocked down and slightly wounded by the same 
 shot that killed his Captain, Waller Griffiths. Mr. 
 Dobson, who was promoted, 23 Sept. 1782, to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Leocadia, Capt. Chas. Hope, 
 afterwards joined — 17 May, 1786, the Fairy, Capt. 
 T. G. Manby— 1 June, 1793, the Bedford 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Man, while in which ship he served on shore 
 at the ensuing occupation of Toulon — and, 15 Oct. 
 1794, the St. George 98, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Hyde Parker. For his services as First-Lieutenant 
 of that ship, in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 
 13 July, 1795, he was promoted, on 9 Nov. in the 
 latter year, to the rank of Commander. On 28 
 June, 1796, Capt. Dobson was posted • into the 
 Queen 98, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir H. 
 Parker, with whom he continued until 28 Oct. 1800. 
 He was afterwards employed, from March, 1804, to 
 Feb. 1810, in command of a district of Sea Fen- 
 cibles in Ireland; and, from 24 March, 1813, to 
 Nov. 1815, he officiated as Regulating Captain at 
 Bristol. His last promotions were to the rank^ 
 5 July, 1827, of Rear-Admiral— 22 July, 1830, of 
 Vice-Admiral — and 23 Nov. 1841, of full Admiral. 
 
 Admiral Dobson was father of the present Capt. 
 Wm. Burdett Dobson, R.N., and of the late Lieut. 
 Hyde Parker Dobson, who died 31 March, 1836. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DOBSON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 18; S-P., 23.) 
 William Burdett Dobson is son of Admiral 
 Man Dobson. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Dec. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Africa 64, Capts. Henry 
 Wm. Bayntun and John Barrett, one of the squa- 
 dron employed under Rear-Admiral Murray, during 
 Lieut.-General Whitelocke's unsuccessful attack on 
 Buenos Ayres, in July, 1807. In Feb. 1808, he re- 
 moved, as Midshipman, to the Polyphemus 64, Capt. 
 Wm. Pryce Cumby, flag-ship for some time of Vice- 
 Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley ; and in April 
 and June, 1809, he was present at the capture of the 
 French 74-gun ship D'Haupoult, and the surrender, 
 after an arduous blockade, of the city of St. Domingo. 
 Towards the close of 1809 Mr. Dobson appears to 
 have been lent for some months to the D.£DALus 
 
DODD— DOLLING. 
 
 295 
 
 32, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield. WhUe subse- 
 quently attached with Capt. Cumhy, between 26 
 March, 1811, and 3 Jan. 1814, to the Htpekios 42, 
 he visited, as Master's Mate, the latitude of Green- 
 laud, for the protection of the &heries— was for 
 four months frozen up in the harbour of St. John's, 
 Kewfoundland, during the winter of 1812 — and on 
 two occasions was sent away in charge of prizes of 
 400 and 500 tons each. Having passed his exa- 
 mination on 12 Dec. in the latter year, he was pro- 
 moted, on leaving the Hyperion, to a Lieutenancy 
 in the Rotal Sovekeign 100, Capts. Thos. Gordon 
 Caulfeild, Chas. Thurlow Smith, and Robt. Lam- 
 bert, on the Mediterranean station. He was after- 
 wards appointed — 17 Sept. 1814, to the Tanais 38, 
 Capt. Joseph James, employed off the coast of Ire- 
 land and in the West Indies— 19 Deo. 1816, to the 
 Cadmus 10, Capt. Joseph Gedge, on the Home 
 station, from which frigate he was paid off 25 Feb. 
 1817 — and, 3 April, 1823, as Senior Lieutenant, to 
 the Larne 20, Capts. Fred. Marryat and John 
 Kingcome. In the early part of 1824 Mr. Dobson 
 Joined in the hostilities then commencing against 
 the Burmese ; and from that period, until the de- 
 parture of the Lakne, in May, 1825, he was in con- 
 tinual mention by Capts. Alexander and Chads for 
 his zealous exertions and cool intrepidity on all 
 occasions.* Among other operations, he was pre- 
 sent at the capture of Rangoon and of Dallah, in 
 May, 1824 ; and while in charge of the armed trans- 
 port Satellite, had the command of all the ship- 
 ping at Rangoon, and was most arduously and 
 hazardously employed, from Aug. to Nov., 10 miles 
 in advance of the other men-of-war, and three miles 
 above the advanced position of the army. On 4 
 Aug. he assisted in capturing the fort of Syriam, 
 where the natives had stockaded themselves. He 
 was wounded in the hand in Sept., while contri- 
 buting to the capture of Panlang ; and in Oct. he 
 distinguished himself in a brilliant and decisive 
 attack on the fortified village of Than-ta-bain. 
 From 30 Nov. to 9 Dec. we next discover Mr. 
 Dobson, who still commanded the Satellite, con- 
 stantly in collision with the enemy near Dallah ; at 
 the final assault on the works of which place he 
 headed the soldiery, and was nearly the first to 
 enter. On 6 Feb. 1825, he was further instru- 
 mental to the capture of a large 36-gun stockade at 
 Than-ta-bain, by laying the Satellite in a position 
 to enfilade the strongest of the enemy's works ; 
 and from 5 March to 19 April he was intrusted 
 with the command of the naval station at Panlang, 
 and with the responsible duty of forwarding sup- 
 plies for the whole combined force during its ad- 
 vance on Ava. As a reward for these important 
 services he was promoted to the command, 25 July, 
 1825, of the Larne, which sloop, after visiting Van 
 Diemen's Land, New Zealand, and other places, he 
 paid off, 4 April, 1827. Capt. Dobson's next ap- 
 pointment was, 23 July, 1830, to the Hypeeion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, with whom he continued 
 until the abolition of the Coast Blockade in May, 
 1831. He was subsequently employed as an In- 
 specting Commander in the Coast Guard, from 5 
 May, 1834, until July, 1837 ; but since his attain- 
 ment of Post-rank, 23 Nov. 1841, has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 He married, 21 Nov. 1837, Marian Frances, only 
 daughter of the late Capt. Edw. Lowther Crofton, 
 K.N. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DODD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 34.) 
 Henry Winship Dodd, born 27 Aug. 1787, is 
 youngest son of the late Robt, Dodd, Esq., a cele- 
 brated marine painter. His maternal grandfather, 
 a Master, R.N., died about 1791, at the advanced 
 age of 95. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1805, as 
 A.B., on board the Dictator 64, Capts. Jas. Mac- 
 namara and Donald Campbell, employed blockading 
 the Dutch fleet in tlie Texel, and afterwards sta- 
 tioned in the Great Belt, where he appears to have 
 • ride Gal. 182S, pp. U03-94, 2277. 
 
 been involved, during the Copenhagen expedition, 
 in frequent skirmishes with the Danish gun-boats. 
 Having attained the rating of Midshipman more 
 than two years previously, he rejoined Capt. Mac- 
 namara, id March, 1808, on board the Edgar 74 ; 
 while subsequently detached in the barge belonging 
 to which ship, it was his fortune to be the first 
 medium of communication between the Spanish 
 army in Denmark, under the Marquis de la Romana, 
 and the squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats. On 9 Aug. in the same year, 
 immediately previous to the embarkation and escape 
 of those patriot troops from Nyeborg, he served in 
 the Edgar's laimch at the capture, after a gallant 
 resistance, of a Danish brig, the Fama of 18, and 
 her consort, the Salorman cutter of 12 guns. On 
 next accompanying Capt. Macnamara into the 
 Berwick 74, Mr. Dodd assisted, near Barfleur, in 
 causing the self-destruction, 25 March, 1811, of the 
 French 40-gun frigate UAmazone. After an un- 
 employed interval of 17 months, occasioned by ill 
 health, he was appointed, 7 Jan. 1814, to the Dra- 
 gon 74, Capt, Robt. Barrie, then in the Chesapeake, 
 where he removed, 8 May following, to the Jasedr 
 18, Capt. Geo. Edw. Watts, under whom he took 
 part in several warm encounters with Commodore 
 Barney's flotilla, previous to its destruction on 22 
 Aug. Since his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 20 Jan. 1815, Mr. Dodd has been unemployed. 
 
 DODD. (LiBnTENANT, 1809. F-p., 16; H-p., 34.) 
 Joseph Dodd entered the Navy, in Jan. 1797, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Chichester 44, arme'e 
 en flute, Capts. Aiskew Paffard Hollis and John 
 Stephen, in which he served, on the Cape of Good 
 Hope and Mediterranean stations, latterly as Mid- 
 shipman, imtil April, 1802, From 17 March, 1803, 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 June, 
 1809, we next find him employed in the East Indies, 
 on board the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier. He 
 then joined the Thunder bomb, Capts. Jas. Caul- 
 feild and Wm. Shepheard ; and, after attending the 
 expedition to Flushing, took part in the defence of 
 Cadiz. He was subsequently appointed to the 
 Bedford and Elephant 74's, commanded on the 
 North Sea and Baltic stations by Capts. Jas. Walker 
 and Fras. Wm. Austen. Mr. Dodd has been on 
 half-pay since Deo. 1813. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney, 
 
 DOLLING. (Lieut., 1841. p-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 2.) 
 
 Samuel Brooking Dolling, bom 30 April, 1814, 
 is son of Capt. Wm. Brooking Dolling, R.N. (1811), 
 who died in 1843 ; nephew of Rear- Admiral Sam. 
 Brooking, who died 22 April, 1834 ; and brother of 
 Nicolas Lockyer Dolling, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon, 
 R.N. (1841), now serving on board H.M.S. Viper. 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 30 May, 1828, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Welleslet 74, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion : was transferred, 27 July, 1830, as Midship- 
 man, to the Favorite 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison, 
 off the coast of Africa ; and returned to the Medi- 
 terranean in 1834, on board the Revenge 78, Capt. 
 Wm. Elliott, Having passed his examination on 
 30 Dec. in the latter year, he was next appointed 
 Mate, 2 Oct. 1836, of the Coenwallis 74, flag-ship 
 off Lisbon of Sir Joshua Rowley — and 21 Oct. 1837, 
 and 24 April, 1838, of his old ship the Favorite, 
 Capt. Walter Croker, and of the Algerinb 10, 
 Lieuf.-Commanders Wm. Sidney Thomas, Thos. 
 Henry Mason, and John Currie Bynon, both on the 
 East India station. During the late hostilities in 
 China, Mr. Dolling was present at the first occupa- 
 tion of Chusan, and in the two attacks on Canton ; 
 on the latter of which occasions he was spoken of 
 in the highest terms for his assistance at the de- 
 struction of a line of defence extending about two 
 miles from the British factory.* He was also, at 
 the same period, mentioned for his co-operative 
 conduct at the destruction of a fleet of more than 
 30 war-junks and fishing- vessels. t After the re-, 
 • Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2605. f F. Gaz. 1841, p. 2611. 
 
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 DONELLAN—DONLEVY— DONOVAN— DOOLEY. 
 
 duction of the batteries at Amoy in Aug. 1841, he 
 joined (having been promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant on 8 of the previous June) the Bi-onde 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Bourchier. On 10 March, 1842, he com- 
 manded the boats of that frigate, in conjunction 
 ■with those of the Hyacinth under Capt. Geo. 
 Goldsmith, at the destruction of 10 fire-vessels off 
 Chinghae. He served afterwards on shore with a 
 division of seamen in the hostilities against Tse- 
 Kee* — was employed at the taking of Chapoo and 
 Woosung — succeeded Lieut. Crouch, who had been 
 wounded, in command of the boats at Chin-Kiang- 
 Foo — and finally, when commanding the Algerine, 
 received the tlianks of Sir Wm. Parker for his 
 assistance in finishing the survey of the Tang-tse- 
 Kiang. Since 26 Aug. 1844, Mr. Dolling has been 
 employed as an Acting Agent for Mails. 
 
 He married, 7 Jan. 1845, Mary, daughter of Com- 
 mander John "Whipple, R.N. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 DONELLAN. (Commandee, 1844. f-p., 19; 
 H-P., 28.) 
 Malachi Donellan entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 
 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Letden 64, 
 Capt. Wm. Bedford ; and was present, in Aug. 1801, 
 in an atta-ck made by Lord Nelson on the Boulogne 
 flotilla. On next joining the Maidstone 32, Capt. 
 Sich. Hussey Moubray, he sailed for the Mediter- 
 ranean with despatches relative to the ratification 
 of the treaty of Amiens ; and, while on that station, 
 he witnessed the capture, soon after the renewal of 
 hostilities, of U Arab national brig, of 8 guns. 
 In Aug. 1803, he accompanied Capt. Moubray into 
 the Active 38, in which frigate, after cruizing for 
 some time on the Irish station, he passed the Dar- 
 danells with Sir John Duckworth in Feb. 1807, and 
 commanded a boat at the destruction of one of the 
 enemy's largest frigates. Being promoted, while in 
 the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1808, Mr. Donellan next 
 joined the Revenge 74, Capts. Sir John Gore, Hon. 
 Chas. Paget, and Alex. Robt. Kerr; under whom 
 he appears to have been actively employed at the 
 blockade of Cadiz, and at the destruction of the 
 French shipping in Basque Roads, 12 April, 1809. 
 On 12 May in the latter year he removed to the 
 Sabpedon 10, Capt. Jas. Green; as First-Lieute- 
 nant of which vessel we find him frequently com- 
 manding the boats at the capture of the enemy's 
 vessels under the batteries on the coast of France ; 
 and, on 15 Nov. 1810, assisting in an attack made 
 by Capt. Grant, of the Diana, on the two French 
 frigates Amazone and Kliza, protected by the fire 
 of several formidable batteries near Cherbourg. 
 Until paid off' in Oct. 181.5, he afterwards served in 
 the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. RoUes, on the 
 Mediterranean station, and for three years, as First- 
 Lieutenant, in the Chieders brig, Capts. John Bed- 
 ford and John Brand Umfreville. On 15 Sept. 
 1814, he took part in an unsuccessful attack on Fort 
 Bowyer, Mobile Point, where the Hermes, one of 
 the British squadron, was destroyed ; and he sub- 
 sequently commanded the boats at the reduction of 
 several forts at the entrance of Pensacola Bay. His 
 next appointment was to the command, 29 Nov. 
 1839, of the Crescent receiving-ship for liberated 
 Africans, at Rio de Janeiro, where he continued 
 upwards of four years. Since his promotion to his 
 present rank, 14 June, 1844, Commander Donellan 
 has been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and Robin- 
 son. 
 
 DONLEVY. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 19.) 
 George Marlat Donlevy is connected, pater- 
 nally and maternally, with families of high distinc- 
 tion, being allied, among others, to those of Lord 
 Kilmaine, Sir Rich. Annesley O'Donnell, Bart., and 
 Sir Henry Cunningham Montgomery, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1810 
 (under the patronage of the late Sir H. C. Mont- 
 gomery, Bart.), as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Norge 
 • Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 2388, 2391. 
 
 74, Capts. John Sprat Rainier, VTm. Waller, and 
 Chas. Dashwood ; with whom he successively served, 
 on the North Sea, Mediterranean, and West India 
 stations, part of the time as Midshipman, until Aug. 
 1815. On 14 Dec. 1814, he appears to have been 
 officially reported for his distinguished conduct in 
 the boats at the capture, on Lake Borgne, near 
 New Orleans, of five American gun-vessels under 
 Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until 
 after a stem conflict, in which the British lost 17 
 men killed and 77 wounded. Mr. Donlevy— who 
 next returned to the Mediterranean, on board the 
 Erne 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer — passed his examin- 
 ation 18 April, 1816 ; between which period and 
 the date of his promotion, 18 May, 1827, we find 
 him employed on various stations, chiefly as 
 Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate, in the Spar- 
 row hawk 18, Capt. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, Feorida 
 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, WirE24, 
 Capt. W. Willis, Vengedr 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis 
 Maitland, Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, 
 Prince Regent yacht, Capt. Sir Mich. Seymour, 
 NiMROD 20, Capt. Wm. Rochfort, and Victory 100, 
 bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin. 
 In 1824 he threw up a Mate's rations on board the 
 latter ship, for the purpose of accompanying, as a 
 Volunteer, the expedition then preparing against 
 Algiers, whither he proceeded in the Goodwill, 
 Lieut.-Commander Jas. Thome. On rejoining the 
 Victory, we find him effecting the very creditable 
 capture, in a boat belonging to one of that ship's 
 tenders, of a deeply-laden smuggler, having on 
 board a crew of 15 men. He was promoted by Sir 
 Geo. Martin, as above, to a hauling-down vacancy ; 
 and was subsequently employed for a year in tiie 
 Coast Guard. In consequence of total, and, we be- 
 lieve, incurable deafness, he has been unable, since 
 April, 1833, to procure further employment. 
 
 Lieut. Donlevy is married, and has issue an only 
 daughter. 
 
 DONOVAN. (Retired Commandeb, 1841. 
 r-p., 14 ; H-p., 36.) 
 
 Alexander Donovan entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 
 1797, as A. B., on board the Neptune 98, Capts. Sir 
 Erasmus Gower and Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, 
 on the Home station ; where, from July, 1798, to 
 April, 1802, he served, as Midshipman, on board 
 the AcHiLiiE 74, Capts. Geo. Murray and Edw, 
 Buller. Between Aug. 1803, and his official promo- 
 tion to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1806, we 
 find him employed in the Majestic 74, Capts. 
 Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Robt. Moorsom, and Jo- 
 seph Hanwell — Monarch and Edgar, 74's, flag- 
 ships of Lord Keith — and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the Railleor sloop, Capt. Valentine CoUard, all 
 engaged on home service. He then joined the 
 Barfleor 98, Capt. Joseph Sydney Torke ; and he, 
 lastly, from July, 1808, to April, 1813, had charge 
 of a Signal station. His assumption of the rank he 
 now holds took place 3 Dec. 1841. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 DOOLEY. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 0.) 
 
 David Dooley entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1810, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Africa 64, bearing 
 the flag in North America of Vice-Admiral Herbert 
 Sawyer;' and, in 1813-14, was successively transferred 
 to the ScABBOHorcH 74, flag-ship off' the Texel of 
 Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, and Mjsander 38, 
 commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. John 
 Bastard. He passed his examination 1 Jan. 1817 ; 
 and subsequently joined — in Oct. 1818, the Daunt- 
 less 26, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner, on the East 
 India station— in Oct. 1823, the Isis 60, flag-ship in 
 the West Indies of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted— 
 and, in Nov. 1827, the Asia 84, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Edw. Codrineton in the Mediterranean. On 11 
 June, 1828, Mr. Dooley was at length promoted to 
 a Lieutenancy in the Camelion 10, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Pasley ; smd, on 25 Aug. 1829, he joined, as 
 First-Lieutenant, the Musqurro 10, Capt. Chas. 
 Bentham. Since 9 Nov. 1831, with the exception 
 
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 of a five years' command, from June, 1839, to 
 July, 1S44, of the Gkethound Revenue-cruizer, he 
 has held an appointment in the Coast Guard. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 DORNFORD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h.p., 31.) 
 Francis Dobnford is brother of Lieut. Josiah 
 Dornford, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1805, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capts. 
 Thos. Elphinstone and Geo. Argles ; in which ship 
 he sailed for the West Indies, and served, latterly 
 as Midshipman, until his removal, in Sept. 1809, to 
 the Rainbow 22, Capt. Jas. Wooldridge. On 14 
 Feb. 1810, vpe find him bearing part (the 18-gun 
 sloop Avon in company) in a long and destructive 
 action with the French 40-gun frigate La Nereide, 
 near St. Domingo. From April to Sept. 1811, Mr. 
 Dornford next served, as Master's Mate, on board 
 the Thisbe 28, Capts. Wm. Rogers and Thos. Dick, 
 guard-ship at Greenwich. He afterwards joined, in 
 succession, on the Home and American stations, 
 the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, Pr- 
 BAMUS 36, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, and 
 RoTAL Oak 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. While in 
 the latter ship, he shared in most of the hostilities 
 on the coast of North America ; where he was pre- 
 sent at the storming of Washington — commanded a 
 gun-boat in the attack on Baltimore — and (previous 
 to a similar participation in the operations against 
 New Orleans) assisted in the boats at the capture, 
 on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, of a flotilla of five 
 American gun-vessels under Commodore Jones, 
 which did not surrender until after a fierce contest, 
 in which the British sustained a loss of 17 men 
 killed and 77 wounded. Mr. Dornford, who ob- 
 tained his commission 2 Feb. 1815, was afterwards 
 employed for four months on board the Brcne 38, 
 armee en fiuie^ Capt. Wra. Stanhope Badcock. He 
 has been on half-pay since 9 Sept. 1815. 
 
 latter year he took an active part also in the expe- 
 dition to the Walcheren ; after which, in 1813, he 
 brought over to England the officer charged with 
 the important intelligence of the French having 
 been driven across the Rhine, and, on another oc- 
 casion, the Russian General Tchaplitz, to whom 
 had been intrusted the keys of Hamburgh. Mr. 
 Domford's next appointment was, 25 March, 1820, 
 to the Coast Guard ; in which service he continued 
 until his admission to Greenwich Hospital, 1 June, 
 1844. 
 
 He married, in Dec. 1810, Miss Elizabeth Macnab, 
 of Dumfries, by whom he has, with five other chil- 
 dren, a son, Josiah James, Lieutenant, R.N., and a 
 daughter, married to Commander Sam. Mercer, 
 R.N. Agents— Pettet and Newton. 
 
 DORNFORD. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 43 ; n-p.,9.) 
 Josiah Dornford, born in Dec. 1785, is son of a 
 gentleman who for some time was Deputy-Com- 
 missary-General in the West Indies ; where his 
 uncle, the late Josiah Dornford, Esq., was at the 
 same period Commissary-General. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1795, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Active 38, Capt. 'Thos. 
 WoUey ; previously to the sailing of which ship for 
 Newfoundland, he received a severe wound in the 
 head, and another in the knee, by the falling of 
 two blocks from the mizen-top. Between Jan. 1796 
 and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 
 April, 1802, he afterwards served, chiefly on the 
 Home station, and principally as Midshipman, in 
 the Princess Augusta yacht, Capt. Edw. Riou, 
 Abethosa 38, Capt. T. WoUey, BABFtEUB 98, Capt. 
 Jas. Rich. Dacres, Arethusa again, Megjera fire- 
 ship, Capts. Peter Turner Bover, Tristram Robt. 
 Ricketts, Henry Hill, and John Newhouse, and, a 
 third time, in the Arethusa. When in the latter 
 frigate, in 1799, he accompanied the Duke of Kent 
 to Halifax, where he officiated on shore as attend- 
 ant Midshipman to His Royal Highness : in the Me- 
 G^RA we find him chiefly occupied in repeating the 
 signals made from the flag-ship. A short time pre- 
 viously to the peace of Amiens, Mr. Dornford ap- 
 pears to have been taken captive by the French 
 privateer Le Brave^ while returning to port in 
 charge of a prize. During the five years immedi- 
 ately subsequent to his promotion, he successively 
 joined the Neptune 98, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen 
 and Wm. O'Brien Drury, L'Aigee 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Wolfe, Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. DaUing Dunn, Loire 
 38, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, the Pbcebe 36, all employed on Home ser- 
 vice. From 28 July, 1807, to 14 July, 1814, he next 
 commanded the Thrasher gun-brig; and, during 
 that period, he joined in an attack made in April, 
 1809, on a strong division of the Boulogne flotilla, a 
 great part of which was either captured, destroyed, 
 or greatly damaged. Towards the close of the 
 
 DORNFORD. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Josiah Jamfs Dornford is eldest son of Lieut. 
 Josiah Dornford, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 18 April, 1828 ; 
 passed his examination 25 Feb. 1837; and, after 
 serving for some time in the Mediterranean, as 
 Mate of the Howe 120, Capt. Robt. Smart, was 
 promoted to his present rank 10 March, 1842. His 
 appointments have since been — 16 April, 1842, to 
 the Hecate steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton 
 Ward, on the same station— 26 July, 1843, and 28 
 March, 1844, to the Stab 6, Capt. Robt. John Wal- 
 lace Dunlop, and, as First^Lieutenant, to the Fer- 
 BET 6, Capt. Josiah Oake, off the coast of Africa — 
 and, 8 Jan. 1846, to the Scout 14, Capt. Wm. Loring, 
 in which vessel he is now serving in the East In- 
 dies, also as Senior-Lieutenant. 
 
 DORVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John William Dorville entered the Navy, 8 
 May, 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Samaeanq 
 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean ; where he afterwards served, as 
 Midshipman and Mate, in the Stag46, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Thos. Troubridge, Malabar 74, and Canopus 84, 
 both commanded by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, 
 and Bellerophon 74, Capts. Sam. Jackson and 
 Chas. John Austen. While in the latter ship he 
 took part in the Syrian operations of 1840 ; and, on 
 the evening of the day after the bombardment of 
 Beyrout, attracted general admiration by his cool 
 determination and undaunted bravery in alone 
 landing, and capturing an Egyptian flag, in face of 
 the most startling obstructions, all of which he gal- 
 lantly surmounted, although ultimately discovered 
 and pursued. Mr. Dorville, who had passed his 
 examination 19 Aug. 1834, obtained his commission 
 23 Nov. 1841, and soon after sailed for China in the 
 MiNDEN hospital-ship, Capt. Mich. Quin. He has 
 been employed in the Pacific since 27 Sept. 1845, on 
 board the Juno 26, Capt. Pat. John Blake, latterly 
 as First-Lieutenant. 
 
 DOUGAL. (CoMMANDEB, 1815. r-P., 13; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 George Dougal was bom 2 Oct. 1778. His fa- 
 ther was a merchant in London. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (into which he 
 was impressed, after an employment of six years in 
 the merchant service, latterly as Mate), 27 June, 
 1799, as A. B., on board the Brunswick 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Gordon Rutherford, then at Jamaica ; where, 
 attaining soon the rating of Midshipman, he ap- 
 pears to have been frequently invested with the 
 charge of prize-vessels. On accompanying Capt. 
 Rutherford into the Decade 36, in which frigate 
 he continued until paid off 7 Oct. 1802, Mr. Dougal 
 beheld the surrender, in Sept. 1800, of the island of 
 Curagoa. After an intermediate re-attachment to 
 the merchant service, he again entered the Navy, 
 16 March, 1804, as Master's Mate, on board the 
 Theseus 74, commanded in succession by Capts. 
 John Bligh, Edw. Hawker, Harrington Dacres, and 
 Fras. Temple ; under the second of whom he was 
 nearly lost during a violent hurricane, in which the 
 Theseus was dismasted, and her main-deck guns 
 
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 DOUGLAS. 
 
 thrown overboard. Wlile in the same ship, Mr. 
 DougaJ had the misfortune to lose the sight of his 
 right eye, in consequence of a, marine firing a 
 musket across his face, while he was in the act of 
 saving a drunken man from falling overboard. 
 For this injury, however, he was never able to pro- 
 cure a pension. The Theseds being put out of com- 
 mission in Sept. 1805, he next, for short periods, 
 joined the PowEKruL 74, Capt. Kobt. Plampin, Sal- 
 vador DEL Mdndo 110, Capt. John Loring, and 
 "Sampson and Diadem 64's, flag-ships of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Clias. Stirling. After witnessing, in the latter 
 vessel) the fall of Monte Video, Mr. Dougal, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, assumed command, 22 April, 
 1807, of the Dolores schooner of 8 guns, in the 
 Kio de la Plata, where he very gaUantly repelled, 2 
 June following, a simultaneous night-attack made 
 upon that vessel by two Spanish vessels of 6 and 8 
 guns each. He subsequently assisted in battering 
 the sea^defences of Buenos Ayres, at the time of its 
 unfortunate investment by Lieut.-General 'White- 
 locke. On eventually returning home in the Af- 
 nicA 64, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, he obtained a 
 commission dated 9 June, 1808 ; a few days after 
 which he joined the Sakpen 16, Capts. Jas. Gifford 
 and John Sanderson Gibson, under whom we find 
 him frequently skirmishing with the Baltic gun- 
 boats. His next appointments were — 6 April, 1810, 
 as First-Lieutenant, to the Apelles 14, Capts. Thos. 
 Oliver and Fred. Hofiinan — and, 15 Jan. 1813, to the 
 EspiAgle 18, Capt. John Taylor, on the Home and 
 West India stations. The former vessel, on 3 May, 
 1812, ran on shore near Boulogne, and fell into the 
 hands of the French ; but Lieut. Dougal (who was 
 wounded in the left arm by a grape-shot) contrived, 
 with several others, to efiect a timely flight in the 
 boats. He left the Espiegle 19 March, 1814; and, 
 since his promotion to the rank of Commander, 13 
 June, 1815, has been on half-pay. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Archibald Henry Dooglas passed his examin- 
 ation 5 Oct. 1840. We subsequently find him em- 
 ployed, as Mate, on the Mediterranean and Home 
 stations, of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, 
 Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Geo. 
 Fred. Kich (flag-ship for some time of Sir Edw. W. 
 C. E. Owen), Alban steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com- 
 mauder Fred. Lowe, and Superb 80, Capt. Armar 
 Lowry Corry, He obtained his commission 10.. 
 March, 1846 ; and, since the 20th of the same 
 month, has been attached to the Chjlders 12, and 
 Snake 16, Capts. John Chas. Pitman and Thos. 
 Bourmaster Brown, on the East India and Cape of 
 Good Hope stations. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (COMMANDEB, 1829.) 
 
 The Honodkable Arthur James Dodglas, 
 born 12 Jan. 1802, is fourth son of the late Hon. 
 John Douglas, by Lady Frances Lascelles, eldest 
 daughter of Edward, Earl of Harewood ; brother 
 of the present Earl of Morton, and of Lieut.-Col. 
 Hon. E. G. Douglas Pennant, M.P. for Carnarvon- 
 shire ; brother-in-law of the Earl of Aberdeen, and 
 of Lieut.-Gen. the late Hon. Sir Wm. Stewart, 
 G.C.B. ; and uncle of the Marquess of Abercorn, of 
 Lieut. Hon. Geo. Henry Douglas, R.N., and of 
 Lieut. Wm. Grant Douglas, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 24 Feb. 1816 ; 
 passed his examination in 1822 ; obtained his first 
 commission 28 Feb. 1825 ; and was afterwards ap- 
 pointed — 4 March, 1825, to the Tartar 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Brown, on the South American station — and, 
 20 Nov. 1829, to the Briton 46, Capts. Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour and Hon. Wm. Gordon, employed on par- 
 ticular service. Since his last promotion, which 
 took place 20 Nov. 1829, Commander Douglas has 
 not been afloat. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 wards appointed, 3 Jan. 1840, and U March, 1841, 
 to the Blenheim 72, and Dbdid 44, Capts. Thos. 
 Maitland and Henry Smith, on the East India sta- 
 tion ; and was advanced to the rank he now holds 
 10 July, 1844. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Colin Dodglas passed his examination 4 July, 
 1838 ; was appointed Mate, in 1843, of the Lahse 
 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, off the coast 
 of Africa ; removed, in 1845, to the Tortoise store- 
 ship, Capt. Arthur MorreU, at Ascension ; was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Jan. 1846; 
 joined, 4 March following, the Wanderer 12, Capt. 
 Philip Hodge Somerville, fitting at Portsmouth; 
 and from 23 April, until Aug. in the same year, was 
 employed in the East Indies on board the Childers 
 12, Capt. John Chas. Pitman. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 The Honodrable George Henrt Douglas, 
 bom 5 Oct. 1821, is second son of the Earl of 
 Morton, by Frances Theodora, eldest daughter of 
 the Right Hon. Sir Geo. Henry Rose, G.C.B. ; bro- 
 ther-in-law of Viscount Milton ; and nephew of 
 Commander Hon. Arthur Jas. Douglas, R.N. 
 
 This oflicer was officially noticed for his services 
 on the coast of Syria, when Midshipman of the 
 Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin.* He 
 passed his examination 29 July, 1841 ; served after- 
 wards in the East Indies on board the Thalia 42, 
 Capt. Chas. Hope, and Wanderer 16, Capt. Geo. 
 Henry Seymour; and, on 22 Oct. 1844, was pro- 
 moted to his present rank, while in the Victoria 
 AND Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus Fitz- 
 Clarence. His appointments have since been — 
 16 Nov. 1844, to the Caeedonia 120, flag-ship at 
 Devonport of Sir David Milne — and, 11 March, 
 1845, to the Hibernia 104, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Wm. Parker, under whom he is now serving in the 
 Mediterranean. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Charles Henry Douglas entered the Navy 9 
 April, 1827 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 9 May, 1839 ; was after- 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p.,11 ; h-p.,31.) 
 
 Henry Douglas entered the Navy, in Oct. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl.Vol., on hoard the Belleisle 80, Capt; 
 Wm. Hargood; with whom, after witnessing the 
 destruction of the French 74-gun ship L'lmpetuenx 
 off Cape Henry, 14 Sept. 1806, he removed, in 1807, 
 as Midshipman, to the Northumberland 74. Dui^ 
 ing the three following years, we find him successive- 
 ly employed on the West India and Mediterranean 
 stations. He then joined the AsTR.aiA, of 42 guns 
 and 271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Sehomberg; and 
 on 20 May, 1811, contributed (while cruizing off 
 Madagascar in company with the Ph(ebe and Ga- 
 latea, trigates about equal in force to the Astrjla, 
 and 18-gun brig Racehorse) to the capture— after 
 a long and trying action with the French 40-gun 
 frigates Renommee, Clorinde, and Nere'ide, in which 
 the AsTR^A had 2 men killed and 16 wounded— of 
 the Renommee. On 25 of the same month, he was 
 further present at the surrender of the Nere'ide, and 
 of the settlement of Tamatave. From Oct. 1813, 
 until May, 1814, he next served on the Guernsey 
 station in the Fylla 22, and Vulture bomb, bear- 
 ing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hargood. 
 Mr. Douglas, whose commission bears date 4 Feb. 
 1815, appears to have been further employed, from 
 Sept. 1814 until Nov. 1816, on the Lakes of Ca- 
 nada, under the orders of Sir Jas. Lucas Teo and 
 Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He has since been on 
 half-pay. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Henry John Douglas entered the Navy 27 Jan. 
 1833 ; and obtained his first commission 14 Feb. 
 1840. He was afterwards appointed — 13 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence 
 —1 April, 1841, to the Princess Charlotte 104, 
 * VidcGaz. 184U, p. 2607. 
 
DOUGLAS. 
 
 299 
 
 flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford— 18 June, 1841, to 
 the PowERFDL 84, Capt. Geo. Mansel— and, 9 Nov. 
 1841, to the FoRMiDABtE 84,Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan 
 ar.d Geo. Fred. Rich, flag-ship latterly of Sir Edw. 
 "W. C. R. Owen — all employed on the Mediterranean 
 station. He attained his present rank 28 Feb. 
 1845 ; and since 29 June, 1846, has been in com- 
 mand of the Pantaloon 10, on the coast of Africa. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DOUGLAS, formerly Stoddart, M.P. (Lied- 
 
 TENANT, 1815.) 
 
 James Douglas Stoddart Douglas "was pro- 
 moted to a Lieutenancy in the Doris 36, Capt. Robt. 
 O'Brien, then on the East India station, 15 June, 
 1815. 
 
 He is a Lieutenant of Yeomanry Cavalry, and 
 Representative in Parliament for Rochester. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (LiEDTENANT, 1826.) 
 
 John Douglas entered the Navy 14 April, 1812 ; 
 passed his examination in 1818 ; and obtained his 
 commission 21 June, 1826. His appointments ap- 
 pear to h^ve been — 18 Sept. 1828, to the Coast 
 Blockade, while in which service his name was suc- 
 cessively borne on the books of the Ramillies and 
 Talavera 74's, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 15 April, 1831, 
 to the Coast Guard— and 16 Dec. 1835, 24 Sept. 
 1833, and 5 Aug. 1841, to the command, on the 
 Channel, South American, and Falmouth stations, 
 of the Speedy cutter, Cockatrice schooner, and 
 Swift brig, the latter of which he left in Jan. 1847. 
 Lieut. Douglas was awarded, 18 Dec. 1843, a pen- 
 sion for wovmds of 121. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Admiral of the Red, 1838.) 
 
 John Ersbline Douglas is son of the late David 
 Douglas, Esq., by Miss Thompson; grand-nephew 
 of James, second Earl of Queensberry ; and cousin 
 of the present Marquess of Queensberry. His 
 elder brother, William, a Colonel in the Army, died 
 in May 1831. 
 
 This oflicer obtained his first commission 21 
 April, 1778 ; acquired the rank of Commander, in 
 the Trompeose sloop, 24 May, 1794; and was made 
 Post 10 June, 1795. He then assumed command of 
 the Garland 28, in which he served on the North 
 Sea station, until his removal, in 1798, to the Boston 
 32. "While in that vessel, on the American station, 
 he appears to have captured and destroyed several 
 of the enemy's ships, and to have blockaded for 
 several months the Semiltante, a French frigate of 
 far superior force. After cruizing for some time in 
 the West Indies and ofi" Halifax, Capt. Douglas, on 
 his return home, in 1804, was appointed to the Im- 
 p^tueux 80, attached to the* Channel fleet. Ex- 
 changing, early in 1805, into the Bellona 74, he 
 subsequently assisted, off Cape Henry, at the de- 
 struction, 14 Sept. 1806, of the French 74-gun ship 
 L'Impetueux — was intrusted >jvith the command, 
 during the summer of 1806, of a squadron stationed 
 in the Chesapeake— served under Lord Gambler at 
 the destruction of the French shipping in Aix 
 Roads in April, 1809— and, on 18 Dec. 1810, cap- 
 tured, in the North Sea, Xe Herosdu iVtw-rf privateer, 
 of 14 guns and 44 men. When in the Prince or 
 Wales 98, to which ship he was appointed in the 
 spring of 1812, Capt. Douglas witnessed Sir Edw. 
 PeUew's partial actions with the French fleet out of 
 Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814. Being pro- 
 moted to Flag-rank 4 June, 1814, he was next, from 
 1815 to 1818, employed as Commander-in-Chief at 
 Jamaica. He has since been on half-pay. He 
 became a Vice-Admiral 27 May, 1825, and a full 
 Admiral 28 June, 1838. 
 
 He married, in 1818, Mrs. White, and hos, with 
 other issue, a daughter, Helen Catherine, who 
 married, 21 Nov. 1843, Capt. Colin Mackenjiio, Hon. 
 E.I.C.S. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Captain, 1811. i-p., 21 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Peter John Douglas was born 30 June, 1787. 
 His father. Admiral Billy Douglas, who died in 1817, 
 commanded the Stately 64, at the reduction of 
 the Cape of Good Hope, in 1795, and afterwards at 
 the surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha 
 Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Jan. 1797, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt. 
 Robt. Devereux Fancourt; and during the next six 
 years served, on the Channel, Cape of Good Hope, 
 and North Sea stations, chiefly as Midshipman, in 
 the Firm 12, Capt. Patrick Campbell, Sandwich 
 98, Capts. Billy Douglas and A. Guyott, Theseus 
 74, Capt. John Bligh, Endymion 40, Capts. Philip 
 Chas. Durham and Henry Garrett, Concorde 36, 
 Capts. Robt. Barton and John Wood, Jupiter 54, 
 Capt. Geo. Losack, and Galykheid and Ruby 64's, 
 flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Edw. Thombrough. In 
 March, 1804, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Beaver 18, Capt. Chas. PeUy ; and for his 
 conduct in proceeding up the river Elbe with the 
 boats of that sloop, and capturing five vessels which 
 had forced the blockade, he was confirmed, 11 June 
 following, into the Surveillante 38, Capt. John 
 Bligh, at Jamaica. On next joining the Franchise 
 36, Capts. Hon. John Murray and Chas. Dashwood, 
 we find him frequently landing at Curagoa, where 
 he received a lasting injury in the foot from the 
 receding of a gun, while in the act of dragging it 
 up a steep accUvity, 20 June, 1805. On 25 Oct. 
 following Mr. Douglas commanded one of the ship's 
 boats at the capture, on the north side of Jamaica, 
 of Le General Ferrand privateer, of 1 gun and 2 
 swivels ; and, on the night of 6 Jan. 1806, he had 
 charge of the barge, and elicited the highest ap- 
 probation for his promptitude and gallantry, as 
 second in command under Lieut. John Fleming, 
 at the taking, in Campeachy Bay, of El Raposa 
 Spanish corvette, carrying (besides swivels and co- 
 horns) 12 guns and 75 men, which, after an obsti- 
 nate conflict of 10 minutes' duration, and a loss 
 to the enemy of 5 men killed and 26 wounded, 
 was boarded and carried by the British, who, in 
 three boats, with 64 men, of whom only 7 were 
 wounded, had also to contend against a brig of 20 
 guns, a schooner of 8 guns, and seven gun-vessels.'* 
 Being among the wounded on the latter occasion, 
 Mr. Douglas was presented by the Patriotic Society 
 with a sword valued at 50 guineas. Prior to leav- 
 ing the Franchise be further served in the boats 
 at the capture of El Carmen Spanish schooner, on 
 being sent to cruize in which vessel he succeeded 
 in making two prizes, and in driving an armed 
 vessel on shore. When afterwards detached in the 
 Brutus, a prize schooner of 1 gun and .30 men, he 
 engaged, 1 July, 1806, and beat off, with a loss on 
 his own side of 7 men wounded, two of the enemy's 
 vessels (the larger mounting 5 guns, with a crew 
 of 60 men) which had been sent from Curacoa for 
 the express purpose of re-capturing the Brutus. 
 After serving for three months on board the Lark 
 18, Capt. Fred. Langford, Mr. Douglas was re- 
 warded for his gallantry at the capture of El Ra- 
 posa by being promoted to the acting-command, 
 9 Oct. 1806, of the Shark 18, bearing the flag at 
 Jamaica of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. Pre- 
 viously, however, to the receipt of his Commander's 
 commission, which bears date 17 Feb. 1807, he ap- 
 pears to have been again employed, from March 
 to July in that year, as Lieutenant and Acting- 
 Commander, in the Ferret 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Cadogan. Assuming at length the official com- 
 mand, on 24 of the following Aug., of the Rein- 
 deer 18, Capt. Douglas had the good fortune to 
 capture four privateers within as many months. 
 He subsequently served under Capt. Chas. Dash- 
 wood at the capture, towards the close of 1808, of 
 the town of Samana, St. Domingo — made prize, on 
 his passage to England, of La Mouche French man- 
 of-war schooner, 9 March, 1809— and co-operated 
 with Commodore Owen's advanced division in the 
 East Scheldt during the ensuing expedition to the 
 • Vide Gsa. 1806, p. 464. 
 
 2 Q 2 
 
300 
 
 DOUGLAS. 
 
 ■Walcheren. Having returned to the West Indies, 
 he was there promoted to the command, 26 Nov. 
 1811, of the PoLTPHEMDS 64, which ship he brought 
 home and paid off 16 Nov. 1812. From that period 
 Capt. Douglas was unable to re-procure employ- 
 ment until 19 Jan. 1836, when he commissioned the 
 Melville 74, and hoisted the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Sir Peter Halkett, Commander-in-Chief in North 
 America and the West Indies, on whose promotion 
 to the rank of full Admiral he returned to England 
 in Aug. 1837. On 30 March, 1838, he was next 
 appointed Commodore of the second class on the 
 Jamaica station, with his broad pendant in the 
 Magnificent 74. In Nov. following he was nomi- 
 nated Commodore of the first class ; and being sent 
 in command of a large squadron to the Gulf of 
 Mexico, for the purpose of mediating between the 
 French and Mexican governments, had the fortune 
 to effect an amicable adjustment of their differ- 
 ences, for which service he was rewarded with the 
 approbation of the Admiralty. He afterwards, 
 during the intervals occasioned by the premature 
 deaths of Vice- Admirals Sir Chas. Paget and Sir 
 Thos. Harvey, officiated, from 29 Jan. to 24 May, 
 1839, and from 28 May to 1 Oct. 1841, as Com- 
 mander-in-Chief on the North America and West 
 India station. In acknowledgment of his services 
 Commodore Douglas — who also received an address 
 from the merchants and a vote of thanks from the 
 House of Assembly at Kingston, besides a letter in 
 his favour to Lord Stanley from Sir Chas. Metcalfe, 
 the Govemor-in-Chief — was allowed to return to 
 Spithead with his red pendant flying, which he 
 ultimately hauled down on 7 Nov. 1841. He has 
 not since been afloat.* 
 
 He married Lydia, eldest daughter of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Sylverius Moriarty, by whom he has issue, 
 with four daughters, two sons, of whom the eldest, 
 William Manners Wellington, is a Commander R.N. 
 His eldest daughter is wife of Capt. Wm. Camp- 
 bell Onslow, Superintendent of Coorg, tin the East 
 Indies ; his second, of Kobt. Pollock, Esq., second 
 6on of the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer ; 
 and his third, of Alex. Henry Gordon, Esq., of the 
 Indian Navy. Agents — P^ttet and Newton. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 33,) 
 
 Pringle Home Douglas was born 18 Sept. 1784. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Jan. 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atkica 64, Capt. Rod- 
 dajn Home, employed on the Halifax and Jamaica 
 stations. In March, 1797, he became attached, with 
 Capt. Home, as Midshipman, to the Cjesak 80, flag- 
 ship afterwards of Sir Jas. Saumarez, by whom, for 
 his conduct as Master's Mate at the battle of Alge- 
 ciras, 6 July, 1801, on which occasion he received a 
 Blight wound, he was promoted, on the night of the 
 action, to a Lieutenancy in the Audacious 74, Capt. 
 Shuldham Peard. On next returning from Mi- 
 norca, whither he had been immediately sent with 
 despatches in ,a row-boat privateer, Mr. Douglas, 
 then in the SiK Thomas Pasley hired brig, of 16 
 guns and 54 men, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Wool- 
 dridge, assisted, on 21 July, in beating oS, after a 
 close and severe contest of an hour and a quarter, 
 a Spanish man-of-war xebec of 22 guns. We sub- 
 sequently find him contributing to the capture, we 
 believe, of the ViT^en del Rosaria, carrying 10 heavy 
 guns and 94 men — a vessel that waa boarded and 
 carried, at the close of an animated action of an 
 hour, and of a sanguinary hand-to-hand struggle of 
 about 15 minutes, during which the British lost 
 3 men killed and 8 wounded, and the enemy 21 
 killed and 13 wounded. Mr. Douglas, whose ap- 
 pointment to the Audacious was confirmed by com- 
 mission dated 9 Oct. 1801, afterwards served, during 
 the whole of the late war (except from 13 April, 
 1805, to 8 Aug. 1806, when he appears to have been 
 employed in the Mediterranean under Capt. Chas. 
 Ogle of the Unite 36), on board the Majestic, 
 
 * Capt. "Douglas' services in the West Indies extend over a 
 period of more than 13 years and a half. 
 
 Saturn, and Roval Oak 74's, commanded on the 
 Home station by Lord Amelius Beauclerk. While 
 in the latter ship he officiated, in 1809, as Senior 
 Lieutenant of the advanced division of gun-boats 
 at Walcheren, and took part in much active boat 
 service in Basque Roads and off L'Orient. After 
 discharging the duties for 18 months of Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Lord AmeUus Beauclerk, who had been 
 promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, he was ad- 
 vanced, on that officer striking his flag, to the rank 
 of Commander, 28 May, 1814. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 20 March, 1817, Miss Salisbury, and 
 has issue a son and two daughters. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 27.) 
 
 Richard Douglas entered the Navy, 14 Aug. 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 
 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Lord Bridport, in which ship he con- 
 tinued until shortly after his attainment of the 
 rating of Midshipman, 1 Oct. 1800. In July, 1803, 
 he re-embarked on board the Ville de Paris 110, 
 Capt. Tristram Robt. Bicketts, flag-ship subse- 
 quently of Hon. Wm. Comwallis ; on removing 
 from which to the Achille 74, Capt. Rich. King, 
 he appears to have been wounded at the battle of 
 Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, and to have been with a 
 squadron under Sir Sam. Hood at the capture of 
 four French frigates off Bochefort, 25 Sept. 1806. 
 In Jan. 1809, Mr. Douglas joined the Neptune 
 98, bearing the flag in the West Indies of Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane ; after serving under whom at the reduc- 
 tion of Martinique, he was appointed, 15 March 
 following, Acting-Lieutenant of the Surinam brig, 
 Capt. John Lake. He was next transferred, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Intrepid 64, Capt. Geo. 
 Andrews ; and, being confirmed on 18 Sept. in the 
 same year, was afterwards appointed, on the Home 
 station — 30 June, 1810, to the Coquette, Capts. 
 Robt. Forbes and Geo. Hewson — 3 Dec. 1811, to 
 the Bellona 74, Capts. John Erskine Douglas and 
 Geo. M'Kinley— and 21 Nov. 1814, and 7 Deo. 1815, 
 to the Namur and Bulwark 74's, flag-ships of Sir 
 Chas. Rowley, in which he successively served until 
 21 Oct. 1817. His next appointments were — 20 
 Nov. 1820, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch ; 
 and, 22 Jan. 1822, to the Coast Guard. Acquiring 
 the rank he now holds 5 Sept. 1823, Commander 
 Douglas, in 1831-2, again served in the Coast Guard, 
 and from 26 Aug. 1840, until the autumn of 1843, 
 commanded the Poictiers 72, guard-ship at Chat- 
 ham. He has not been since employed. 
 
 He married, 22 Sept. 1830, Jemima, daughter of 
 Wm. Winchester, Esq., of Stoke, niece of Alderman 
 Winchester, M.P., of Hawkhurst, -and sister-in-law 
 of Commander Wm. Walker, R.N., by whom he has 
 issue. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Stephen Francis Douglas passed his examina- 
 tion 1 Sept. 1841 ; and served as Mate, on the East 
 India, and Mediterranean stations, in the Belleisle 
 troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, and Cornwallis 
 72, and Hibernia 104, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker. 
 He obtained his commission 30 Sept. 1845; and 
 still serves in the Hibernia, in the capacity of Ad- 
 ditional-Lieutenant. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Grant Douglas, born 25 Feb. 1824, is 
 second son of the Hon. and Rev. Chas. Douglas, of 
 Earlsgift, co. Tyrone (brother of the present Earl 
 of Morton), by Isabella, daughter of Arthur, second 
 Earl of Arran ; and nephew of Commander Hon. 
 Arthur Jas. Douglas, R.N. 
 
 This ofBcer passed his examination 7 May, 1845 ; 
 and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 
 Oct. 1846, served at Portsmouth as Mate of the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, 
 and Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt. 
 
DOUGLAS— DOW— DOWDEN— DOWN. 
 
 301 
 
 Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He has been em- 
 ployed, since 2 Nov. in the latter year, on board 
 the Geitsek steam-sloop, Capt. Fras. Thos. Brown. 
 
 DOUGLAS. (Commander, 1841. r-P., 14; h-p., 6.) 
 "William Manners Wellington Dodglas, bom 
 21 June, 1814, is eldest son of Capt. Peter John 
 Douglas, R.N. ' 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Aug. 1827 ; and embarked, 15 Aug. 1829, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Briton 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 Gordon, whom he ultimately accompanied to the 
 West Indies. In May, 1830, he there removed to 
 the Blanche 46, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Arthur Farquhar ; from which ship he appears to 
 have been subsequently lent, from Feb. 1832, to 
 Jan. 1833, to the Ariadne 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips. 
 Towards the close of the latter year Mr. Douglas 
 sailed for the Mediterranean jn the Tbundekeb 84, 
 Capt.Wm. Furlong Wise. Having passed his exami- 
 nation 24 June, 1834, he next joined the Trinculo 16, 
 Capts. Jaa. Rich. Booth and Henry Joseph Puget, 
 stationed off the coast of Africa ; where, up the river 
 Bonny, with the assistance of a prize-slaver under 
 Mr. Fiddes, Master's Assistant, we find him, in 
 Dec. 1835, very gallantly repelling, in a pinnace 
 with only 10 hands, an attack made upon him by 
 13 large canoes full of armed men. He afterwards 
 served in the West Indies on board the Melville 
 andCoRNWALLis 74's, bearing the flags in succes- 
 sion of Sir Peter Halkett and Sir Chas. Paget ; of 
 which latter ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant 
 30 Jan. 1839. His next appointments were — 22 
 Oct. 1839, to the Stag 46, Commodore Thos. Ball 
 Sulivan — and, 26 June and 10 Oct. 1841, to the 
 Winchester 52, and Seringapatam 46, each bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of his father. Since his last 
 promotion, which took place 12 Nov. in the latter 
 year. Commander Douglas has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 10 Jan. 1843, Elizabeth, eldest 
 daughter of the late Edw. Hawes, Esq., of Wood- 
 ford, CO. Essex. Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 DOW. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 14; h-p., 27.) 
 
 William Dow, born 23 May, 1794, in the island 
 of Antigua, is fourth son of Archibald Dow, Esq. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 28 July, 1806, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William 100, 
 Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, bearing the flag at 
 Spithead of Admiral Montagu. On 17 Dec. 1808, 
 he became Midshipman of the Christian VII. 80, 
 Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke, flag-ship afterwards 
 of Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he removed, in 
 1811,lto the Caledonia 120. From Nov. 1812, to 
 March, 1814, Mr. Dow was employed next in the Un- 
 daunted 38, Capts. Rich. Thomas and Thos. Ussher. 
 He served, during that period, in the boats under 
 Lieut. Aaron Tozer, at the storming and capture, 
 18 March, 1813, of a battery of 6 guns at Carri, 
 near Marseilles — was at the taking, in open day, of 
 two settees, within pistol-shot distance of a battery 
 on Cape Croisette, on which occasion the boats 
 sustained a severe loss — contributed, on 31 of the 
 same month, to the gallant capture and destruc- 
 tion, by the boats of the Undaunted, Volon- 
 TAIRE, and Redwing, of two strong batteries and 
 14 sail of vessels, at Morjean — was further present, 
 2 May following, with the boats of the Un- 
 daunted, VoLONTAiRE, and Repulse, at the cut- 
 ting-out of a well-protected convoy in the same 
 harbour — and, besides figuring in other dashing 
 affairs, again served iu the boats on 9 Nov. and 
 assisted in escalading a vigorously defended tower 
 at Fort Nouvelle, where seven French vessels, lying 
 under the protection of several batteries, were de- 
 stroyed. For these services, Mr. Dow was ap- 
 pointed, 26 May, 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, to which frigate he 
 was confirmed 17 June following. Being paid off in 
 Sept. 1815, after having visited the West Indies, 
 and been employed the last eight months as First- 
 Lieutenant, he subsequently joined, 14 Feb. 1825, 
 in the latter capacity, the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John 
 
 Gordon Sinclair, with whom he served on the South 
 American station until 1829. His next appoint- 
 ment was to the command, 1 1 March, 1836, of the 
 Carbon steam-vessel ; in which, after conveying a 
 body of marine artillery to join the force under 
 Lord John Hay on the coast of Spain, he pro- 
 ceeded to the West Indies ; whence in consequence 
 of two severe attacks of yellow fever, which de- 
 prived him of the use of his limbs, he invalided 
 home, in Oct. of the same year. He has not since 
 been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Dow married, 18 Jan. 1830, Caroline, 
 third daughter of Sam. Enderby, Esq. of Croom's 
 Hill, Blackheatb, co. Kent, by whom he has issue 
 four daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DOWDEN. (LiEDT., 1812. F-P., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 William Gibbs Dowden entered the Navy, 30 
 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 
 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John Hal- 
 liday, with whom he successively served, as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, until Feb. 1811. The 
 Repulse, during that period, bore a part in Sir 
 Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805— was with Sir 
 John Duckworth at the passage of the Dardanells, 
 in Feb. 1807 — accompanied the expedition to the 
 Walcheren, in Aug. 1803— and, on 30 Aug. 1810, 
 most gallantly rescued the Philomel sloop from 
 capture, by interposing herself between that vessel 
 and an advanced division of the Toulon fleet, which 
 she compelled to put back. After a further attach- 
 ment to the Montagu 74, Capt. John Halliday, and 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, Mr. 
 Dowden was promoted, 16 June, 1812, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Cephalus 18. Being next ap- 
 pointed, 27 Nov. 1813, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, he witnessed 
 the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, in Dec. of the 
 same year, and was present, in March and April, 
 1814, at the surrender of the fortress of Santa Maria, 
 with the enemy's other forts and defences in the 
 Gulf of Spezia, and also of the town of Genoa. On 
 17 June, 1815, Mr. Dowden, who had been ap- 
 pointed, 24 Dee. 1814, to the Pilot 18, Capt. John 
 Toup Nicolas, contributed to the defeat, near Cape 
 Corse, of the French corvette Legere^ of 28 guns, 
 who made off at the close of a valiant conflict of 
 two hours, in which the British vessel sustained a 
 loss, besides being otherwise disabled, of 1 man 
 killed and 15 wounded, and the Frenchman of 22 
 killed and 79 wounded. He has been on half-pay 
 since 12 July, 1816. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DOWN. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 18 ; 
 h-p., 36.) 
 
 Edward Augustus Down, bom 16 Feb. 1777, is 
 son of a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who was 
 Midshipman of the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. 
 Sir Peter Dennis, when that vessel brought the late 
 Queen Charlotte to England in 1760. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1793, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Cuthbert 
 Collingwood, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Bow- 
 yer ; on accompanying whom, as Midshipman, into 
 the Barfleur 98, he served in Lord Howe's actions 
 of 29 May and 1 June, 1794. He afterwards suc- 
 cessively followed Capt. Collingwood into the Hec- 
 tor and Excellent 74's ; and in the latter ship was 
 wounded while participating, as Master's Mate, in 
 the victory gained by Sir John Jervis over the 
 Spanish fleet, 14 Feb. 1797.* After serving for a 
 short time with Lord St. Vincent, in the Ville de 
 Paris 110, Mr. Down was promoted to a Lieu- 
 tenancy, 26 Dec. 1798, in the Santa Dorothea 36, 
 Capt. Hugh Downman ; from which ship we find 
 him transferred, in April, 1799, to the Vincejo 18, 
 Capts. Geo. Long, Robt. Yarker, Geo. Chas. Mac- 
 kenzie, and Jas. Prevost ; under the first of whom, 
 while at the blockade of Malta, he witnessed, 
 among other captures, that of Le GuiUaume Tell of 
 84 guns, 31 March, 1800. From 6 Dec. 1803, to 
 May, 1804, he next, in the Utrecht 64, officiated 
 
 • FideGiz. 1797, p. 2;2. 
 
302 
 
 DOWNES— DOWNMAN. 
 
 as Flag-Lieutenant, on the Downs station, to Vice- 
 Admiral Philip Patton; after whicli, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, 12 Jan. 1805, he 
 served in La ViRGiNiE 38, Capt. John Poo Beres- 
 ford, and in the Princess Augusta yacht, Capt. 
 Edw. Jas. Eoote, employed in attendance on the 
 King off "Weymouth. His suhsequent appointments 
 ■were, to the command— 26 March and 18 April, 
 1805, of the Wellington and Adelfhi armed ships 
 —7 Feb. 1806, of the Bittern 18— and, 23 Aug. 
 1808, of the Red-wing 18. "When in the Adelphi, 
 Capt. Down appears to have heen engaged in es- 
 corting convoys to the Baltic, Eyder, and Elbe : 
 during his command of the Bittern and Redwing, 
 he captured, on the Mediterranean station, 2 Aug. 
 1807, El Verga del Rosario, Spanish privateer of 2 
 guns and 20 mien — 16 Sept. 1811, La Victorieuse^ 
 French privateer of 4 guns and 40 men — and, 8 May, 
 1812, a small Neapolitan vessel. He was posted on 
 12 Aug. in the latter year ; and advanced to the 
 rank he now holds 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Kear-Admiral Down, who has been for many 
 years afflicted with blindness, was admitted to the 
 out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 5 Jan. 1828. 
 He married, 6 Deo. 1815, Elizabeth, third daughter 
 of PhiUp Patton, Esq., Admiral of the Eed (for- 
 merly Commander-in-Chief in the Dovms, and after- 
 • wards a Lord of the Admiralty), who died 31 Dec. 
 1815, aged 76 years. He has issue six children. 
 Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 r-P., 14; H-P., 
 
 DOWNES. (COMMANDEK, 1829. 
 28.) 
 
 Henbt Downes entered the Navy, 6 April, 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Aimable 32, Capt. "Wm. 
 Bolton. In Oct. following he accompanied the same 
 officer, as Midshipman, into the Fisgaed 38, com- 
 manded afterwards by Capt. Fras. Mason ; during 
 the six years of his attachment to which frigate, he 
 served at the reduction of Cura9oa, in Jan. 1807, 
 attended, as Master's Mate, the expedition to the 
 "Walcheren in Aug. 1809, commanded a boat at the 
 destruction of a privateer in the Baltic in 1810, and 
 assisted at the cutting out of a ship lirom Rostock 
 in 1811. From Nov. in the latter year, until Deo. 
 1813, Mr. Downes was next successively employed 
 on board the Thisbe 28, flag-ship off Deptford of 
 SirOhas. Hamilton— the MuLGiiAVE74, Capt. Thos. 
 Jas. Maling — the Daedalus 38, Capt. Murray Max- 
 Svell, under whom he was wrecked, near Ceylon, 2 
 July, 1813— and the Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Sam. Hood. He was then appointed Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rod- 
 ney, in which ship, after visiting the Persian Gulf 
 and the China Sea, he returned to England in Feb. 
 1816. Having attained the rank of Lieutenant 1 
 June, 1814, he next, on 5 Deo. 1826, joined, in that 
 capacity, the Stbille 48, bearing the broad pen- 
 dant on the coast of Africa of Commodore Fras. 
 Aug. Collier. For his conduct when afterwards in 
 command of the Black Joke tender — an account 
 of whose dashing acliievements will be found under 
 the head of Capt. Edw. Harris Butterfield — he was 
 ultimately advanced to his present rank, 2 May, 
 1829.* He has not, however, been since employed. 
 
 A splendid vase of polished " Heart of Oak," 
 with appropriate ornaments in silver gilt, we under- 
 stand, "H'as presented to this officer as " a tribute of 
 admiration and respect from Commodore Collier 
 for his gallant conduct when in command of H.M. 
 tender Black Joke." Commander Downes is an 
 Hon. Director of the United Service Institution. 
 
 DOWNES. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Thomas PlARDMacKB Downes was mentioned in 
 terms of the highest praise by Capt. Fred. Marryat 
 for his conduct as Midshipman of the Lakne 20, 
 during the Burmese war, in 1825. t He passed his 
 examination in 1827; obtained his commission 2 
 March, 183S; and has been since appointed— 6 June, 
 1838, and 22 May and 5 Oct. 1839, to the Jasedb 
 16, Capt. Fred. Moore Boultbeo, Belleeophon 78, 
 • Vide Gaz. 1829. p. 710. f v. Oaz. 18S5, p. 2217. 
 
 capt. Chas. John ^^^^^^ll^^^t^^X 
 to the Z=Xltopfo?d an on the Mediterranean 
 ^" r^f' 31 Anf 184l' to the Driver steamer, Capt. 
 lam Fielding Sarmer, whom he accompanied to the 
 l•^?^■ Tndies-1 April, 1844, as Senior, to the Fikeflt 
 Seam sliveyhig-vessel, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, 
 on Se HoS; ftation^22 Nov. 1844 m a similar 
 caoacitv to the Amazon 19, commanded in the Me- 
 SraJean by Capt. Jas. John Stopford-and, 17 
 Sept. 1846, to the Coast Guard, m which service he 
 is now employed. 
 
 DOWNMAN. (Vice-Admirai, of the Red, 
 1837. r-P., 36 ; H-P., 35.) 
 
 Hugh Downman, bom 29 Oct. 1765, at Plymouth 
 is descended from a respectable family in Devon- 
 shire, of which his father was a younger branch. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1776, as 
 A.B. on board the Thetis 32, Capts. Mitchell 
 Graham and John Gill, in which frigate he escorted 
 home a large convoy of Indiamen from St. Helena, 
 From 14 Aiig. 1778, until 5 March, 1790, he was 
 next employed, as Midshipman, in the Abethdsa 
 and Emeeald frigates, both commanded by Capt, 
 Sam. Marshal — the Edgae 74, Commodore Chas. 
 Hotham— the Queen 98, Tkiumph 74, and Bar- 
 fleue 98, flag-ships at Portsmouth of Admirals John 
 Montagu smd Lord Hood — and the Ceown 64, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant in the East Indies of the Hon. 
 "Wm. Comwallis. During that period, having been 
 wrecked in the Arethusa while in pursuit of an 
 enemy's frigate off the island of Moulines, Mr. 
 Downman was detained a prisoner of war in France, 
 from March, 1779, to Jan. 1780 ; after which, when 
 in the Edgar, he was present at the relief of Gib- 
 raltar, and in Lord Howe's partial action with the 
 combined fleets of France and Spain, 20 Oct. 1782. 
 On 5 March, 1790, as above, he was promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Perseverance 36, Capt. Isaac 
 Smith, on the East India station, whence, on being 
 re-transferred to the Crown, he came home, in May, 
 1792. Being next appointed, 2 Jan. 1793, to the 
 Aloide 74, Capt. Eobt. Linzee, he proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean, where he officiated at the occupar 
 tion of Toulon and the reduction of Corsica. "While 
 on the latter service, he cut a gun-boat out from 
 under a battery at St. Fiorenza — was present in the 
 several attacks upon that place and Fornelli — headed 
 a detachment of 100 seamen, and planted the flrst 
 gun upon the height commanding the tower of 
 Mortella, preparatory to its surrender — and, ante- 
 cedently to the final capture of ForneUi, assisted in 
 dragging cannon up a stupendous rocky elevation, 
 which commanded the Convention redoubt, and was 
 deemed inaccessible near the summit. After a brief 
 attachment to the Windsor Castle 98, into which 
 Commodore Linzee had been removed on his pro- 
 motion to Flag-rank, Mr. Downman was appointed, 
 7 Oct. 1794, to the Victory 100, successively flag- 
 ship of Lord Hood, Rear- Admiral Robt. Mann, and 
 Sir John Jervis ; under the two last of whom he 
 appears to have been respectively present in the 
 actions of 13 July, 1795, and 14 Feb. 1797. On 26 
 July following he was confirmed in the command 
 of the Speedy sloop, of 14 4-pounders and 80 men, 
 to which he had been recently promoted from 
 the ViLLE DE Paris ; and while in that vessel he 
 captured five Spanish privateers, carrying altogether 
 17 guns, 28 swivels, and 162 men, besides encoun- 
 tering off Vigo two very severe actions, on 3 and 4 
 Feb. 1798, with the French privateer Papillon, of 
 14 heavy guns and 160 men, which he beat off on 
 both occasions, with a loss to the Speedy of 5 men 
 killed and 4 wounded.* Being officially posted, 26 
 Deo. 1798, in the Santa Dorothea of 42 guns, 
 a ship he had joined in the previous September, 
 Capt. Downman (whose services in the Speedy had 
 been acknowledged by the presentation to him of a 
 piece of plate, valued at 50t., from the British mer- 
 chants at Oporto) was subsequently employed, off 
 Malta, and with a perseverance h4hly ?re^t^ble, 
 • VidsGaz. 1798, p. 261. 
 
DOWSE— DOYLE— DRAFFEN. 
 
 303 
 
 at the blockade, in the spring of 1800, of the im- 
 portant fortress of Savona, which he ultimately 
 compelled to surrender.* He also, after the battle 
 of Marengo, destroyed all the fortifications in the 
 Gulf of Spezia, landed the Duke of Savoy and family 
 at Naples, and preserved the valuable gallery of 
 Florence from falling into the hands of the enemy, 
 by conveying it in safety to Sicily. For these ser- 
 vices Capt. Downman was presented with a diamond 
 ring both by the Duchess of Savoy and by the 
 Grand Duke of Tuscany. We afterwards find him, 
 in July, 1801, escorting three Swiss regiments and 
 the corps of Lamenstein to Egypt, where he was 
 awarded the Gold Medal of the Turkish Order of 
 the Crescent ; and then employed in enforcing the 
 neutrality of Tripoli and Dearn. Among the nu- 
 merous prizes made by Capt. Downman during his 
 command of the Santa Dorothea, we may enu- 
 merate the capture of the San Letmj Spanish man- 
 of-war brig, of 16 guns and 88 men-f — of three vessels 
 from Egypt, having on board General Desaix and 
 the Staii' of Buonaparte — of other craft, cut out, 
 with the loss of 12 men, from the batteries of Bor- 
 diguera and Hospitallier — and of the Bulldog (for- 
 merly British) of 16 guns, brought out from Galli- 
 poli. From April, 1801, to Aug. 1802, and from 
 Dec. 1803 to Nov. 1805, he was subsequently em- 
 ployed as Flag-Captain to Sir Jas. Saumarez in the 
 C-i;SAR 80, and Diomede 50, on the Lisbon and 
 Guernsey stations. He then joined the Diadem 64, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Sir Home Popham ; 
 and, after witnessing the reduction of the Cape of 
 Good Hope, brought home the despatches announc- 
 ing that event. Being immediately ordered to the 
 Rio de la Plata, he there resumed command of 
 his former ship, the Diomede, in which, subse- 
 quently to the fall of Monte Video, he returned to 
 England with the present Lord Beresford, and was 
 paid off, in June, 1807. From 8 Sept. following, 
 until appointed, 14 Jan. 1811, to the Princess Ca- 
 roline 74, Capt. Downman next superintended the 
 prison-ships at Portsmouth. After assisting at the 
 destruction, on 25 March in the latter year, of the 
 French 40-gun frigate Amazone, near Cape Barfieur, 
 he convoyed a fleet of Indiamen to Madeira, on his 
 return from which place he was sent to cruize in 
 the North Sea, where we find him, early in 1814, 
 landing the Marines of the ship at Seheveling for 
 the support of the Prince of Orange. He made a 
 further voyage to Spitzbergen, and was put out of 
 commission 22 Sept. 1814. His last appointment ap- 
 pears to have been, on 2 Dec. 1824, to the Windsor 
 Castle 74, at Portsmouth, where he remained until 
 the receipt of his Flag 27 May, 1825. He acquired 
 his present rank 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 Vice-Admiral Downman married, 23 June, 1803, 
 a daughter of Peter Palmer, Esq., of Portsmouth. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 DOWSE. (Commander, 1846. f-p.,23 ; h-p., 14.) 
 Richard Dowse entered the Navy, 20 July, 1810, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Aigle 36, Capts. Geo. 
 Wolfe and Sir John Louis, under the latter of 
 whom, besides assisting in several boat afiairs, he 
 was present at the capture and destruction of a 
 convoy of 20 sail, at Porto Maurizio, in the Me- 
 diterranean, 11 April, 1814. Between Sept. 1815, 
 and Nov. 1818, we find him ofiiciating, as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, on the North Sea 
 and West India stations, of the Florida 20, and 
 Scamander 36, both commanded by Capt. Wm. 
 Elliott. Until Sept. 1825, he next served, on the 
 East India, Home, and West India stations, in the 
 Dauntless 26, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner and 
 John Norman Campbell, Eden 26, Capt. Fras. 
 Erskine Loch, Ramillies and Ganges, ships of the 
 line, commanded by Capt. Edw. Brace, and Isis 50, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted — by 
 whom he appears to have been detached in com- 
 mand, from Nov. 1824, to May, 1825, of the Assi- 
 duous schooner, employed in the suppression of pi- 
 racy. In Sept. 1825, Mr. Dowse rejoined Capt. 
 • FUe Gaz. 1800, p. 620. + f. Gaz. 1799, p. 148. 
 
 Elliott, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Lively 
 46, to which frigate he was confirmed 16 Dec. fol- 
 lowing. He was placed on half-pay on his return 
 from the coast of Africa, in Dec. 1826 ; and was 
 afterwards appointed — in Nov. 1832, to the Comds 
 18, Capt. Wm. Price Hamilton, at Plymouth — in the 
 course of 1834, to the Vekkon and President, flag- 
 ships in North America and the West Indies of Sir 
 Geo. Cockburn, and again to the Comus — 5 Nov. 
 1835, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Snake 16, Capt. 
 Rich. Laird Warren— 18 March, 1836, to the Coast 
 Guard, in SuiFolk— and, 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 
 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and 
 Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for some time of Sir Fras. 
 Mason, which he paid off; as First-Lieutenant, in 
 July, 1843. He has not since been afloat. He ac- 
 quired his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Commander Dowse is at present employed, we 
 believe, as Stipendiary Magistrate at the Mauritius. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 DOYLE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Arthur Doyle passed his examination 9 Jan. 
 1835 ; became Mate, towards the close of 1841, of 
 the Hazard 18, Capt. Chas. Bell, on the East India 
 station ; and from 22 Sept. 1843, until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 1 July, 1846, served on the 
 coast of Africa in the Star 6, Capt. Robt. John 
 Wallace Dunlop. He has been since employed as 
 Additional of the Action 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, 
 on the station last mentioned. 
 
 DOYLE. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Francis Doyle died in 1846, from the 
 effects of injuries received in battle. 
 
 This ofiScer entered the Navy 29 Aug. 1823; 
 passed his examination 14 Feb. 1831 : and obtained 
 his first commission 23 Nov. 1841. He was after- 
 wards appointed on the South American station^ 
 2 Dec. 1841, to the Ardent steamer, Capt. John 
 Russell — and, 23 July, 1844, as First-Lieutenant, to 
 the Philomel steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Bar- 
 tholomew Jas. Sulivan. On 20 Nov. 1845, he lost an 
 arm, and was especially mentioned for his exem- 
 plary gallantry during the battle of the Parana ; 
 on which occasion the combined squadrons of Eng- 
 land and France effected the destruction, after a 
 hard day's fighting, of four heavy batteries belong- 
 ing to General Rosas at Punta Obligado, also of a 
 schooner of war mounting 6 guns, and of 24 vessels 
 chained across the river. Mr. Doyle's conduct and 
 suffering were rewarded with a Commander's com- 
 mission dated back to the 18th of the same month.* 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DRAFFEN. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 16; h-p., 31.) 
 Frederick Draffes entered the' Navy, 6 Jan. 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, 
 Capts. Hon. Robt. Stopford, Robt. Tucker, and 
 John Nash, of which vessel, when in the West In- 
 dies, he became Midshipman, 30 March, 1801. In 
 May, 1803, he rejoined Capt. Stopford on board the 
 Spencer 74, employed oflTFerrol and Corunna; and 
 on being next transferred to the Santa Marga- 
 ritta 36, Capts. Wilson Rathbome and John John- 
 stone, he took a warm part, as Master's Mate, in Sir 
 Rich. Strachan's action vrith the four line-of-battle 
 ships escaped from the battle of Trafalgar, 4 Nov. 
 1805. After serving for some time as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the same frigate, of the Brisk 18, Capt. 
 John Coode, and of the Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry 
 Vansittart, on the Irish station, Mr. Drafien was a* 
 length confirmed by commission dated 7 March, 
 1809, and appointed to the Quebec 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Poulett, whom he accompanied on a voyage to 
 Greenland. Leaving that ship, however, on 27 of 
 the following Nov., he next, after an interval of 12 
 months, joined the Blossom 18, Capt. Fras. Beau- 
 fort, commanded subsequently by Capt. Stewart, 
 in which sloop, after cruizing in the Bay of Biscay 
 where he assisted at the capture, 15 Jan. 1811, of 
 the C^sar French privateer of 4 guns and 59 men, 
 * Fide Gaz. 1846, pp.'818, 861. 
 
304 
 
 DRAKE. 
 
 he proceeded to the Mediterranean. On 17 Aug. 
 in the latter year Lieut. Draffen became attached 
 to the Minorca 18, Capt. Kalph Randolph 'Worme- 
 ley, with whom he served until remored, 24 Dec. 
 1812, to the Tkident64, Capt. Rich. Budd Vincent, 
 flag-ship in succession, at Malta, of Kear-Admirals 
 John Laugharne and Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. 
 He was eventually placed on half-pay in May, 1816 ; 
 and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Draffen is married, and has a son, Wm. 
 Pitt Draffen, Second-Lieutenant B.M. (1845), who 
 was lately serving on board the Excellent. 
 
 DKAKE. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 15; h-p., 25.) 
 
 James Ropeb Dkake entered the Navy, 23 April, 
 1807, as Ordinary, on board the St. Albans 64, 
 Capt. Fras. "Wm. Austen, lying at Spithead ; but 
 removing as Midshipman, in the following June, to 
 the Theseus 74, continued to serve in that ship, 
 under the successive command, on the Home sta- 
 tion, of Capts. John Poo Beresford and "Wm. Prowse, 
 a great part of the time as Master's Mate, until 
 1814. "When with Capt. Beresford, he witnessed 
 Lord Gambler's destruction of the French shipping 
 in Aix Roads, in April, 1809. On afterwards join- 
 ing the PoMOHE 38, Capts. Philip Carteret and John 
 Rich. Lumley, we find him in company with the 
 Endtmion at the capture of the American ship Pre- 
 sident^ 15 Jan. 1815. Between Sept. in the latter 
 year, and Oct. 1818, Mr. Drake was employed at 
 Portsmouth, chiefly as Admiralty Midshipman, on 
 board the Leander 50, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and 
 Edw. Chetham, Rivoli 74, Capts. Chas. Ogle and 
 Aiskew Paffard Hollis, Salisbury 50, Capt. John 
 Wilson, and Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus 
 Baumgardt. He then joined the Coast Blockade 
 service, as Admiralty Midshipman of the Severn 
 40, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch ; and since his promotion, 
 which took place 19 July, 1821, has been on half-pay. 
 
 DKAKE. (Captain, 1835. r-p., 26; h-p., 17.) 
 
 John Drake, bom 21 Dec. 1788, is son of the 
 Rev. Wm. Drake, vicar of Oadby, co. Leicester, 
 and curate of Stoke Goldington, co. Bucks. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capts. 
 Philip Chas. Durham and Hon. Henry Hotham, in 
 which ship he continued to serve, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, until Aug. 1810. He took part, 
 during that period, in Sir Bobt. Calder's action, 
 and in the battle of Trafalgar, 22 July and 21 Oct. 
 1805 ; was also present at Sir Robt. Stopford's de- 
 struction, with a loss to the Defiance of 2 men 
 killed and 25 wounded, of three French frigates 
 under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809 ; 
 and, on the night of 31 Dec. following, commanded 
 one of four boats at the cutting out of a timber-ship 
 of 400 tons, secured to the wall of a fortress at Belle- 
 isle. After much co-operation, likewise, with the 
 patriots on the north coast of Spain, Mr. Drake ac- 
 companied Capt. Hotham, in Aug. 1810, into the 
 Northumberland 74; as a Lieutenant of which 
 ship (commission dated 1 Aug. 1811) he subse- 
 quently assisted, in company with the Growler 
 gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, 22 May, 1812, 
 at the entrance of L'Orient, of the French 40-gun 
 frigates L' Arienne and L^ AndroTnagve, and 16-gun 
 brig Mamelouek ; whose united fire, conjointly with 
 that of a destructive battery, killed 5 of the North- 
 umberland's people, and wounded 28. Mr. Drake, 
 whose next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1813, to the 
 Indus 74, Capt. Wm. Hall G^e, returned home firom 
 the Mediterranean in Sept. 1814. He afterwards 
 joined, as First-Lieutenant— in Jan. 1820, and Feb. 
 1822, the Wye 26, and Ranger 28, both commanded 
 by Capt. Peter Fisher, on the Home, Newfound- 
 land, and Mediterranean stations— and, 8 Deo. 1825, 
 the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney. 
 Being rewarded for his services in the latter ship at 
 the battle of Navarin, by a Commander's commis- 
 sion dated 22 Oct. 1827, Capt. Drake, who conti- 
 nued in the Albion until Feb. 1828, was subse- 
 quently appointed to the Second-Captaincy, IS 
 
 Sept. 1829, of the Ganges 84, Capts. John Hayes, 
 Edw. Stirling Dickson, and Geo. Burdett, and, 26 
 March, 1832, of the Britannia 120, Capt. Peter 
 Rainier, flag-ship for some time of Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, both on the Mediterranean station. He 
 ultimately assumed Post-rank, 21 March, 1835 ; and 
 was next employed as Captain, from 2 Sept. 1837, to 
 May, 1840, of the Donegal 78, and Britannia 120, 
 successive flag-ships, off Lisbon and in the Mediter- 
 ranean, of his former Commander, Sir J. A. Om- 
 manney. Since the lastrmentioned date he has not 
 been ailoat. 
 
 Capt. Drake is a Magistrate for Cambridge. He 
 married, in 1815, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. 
 Bobt. Style, rector of Mereworth, and- vicar of 
 Wateringbury, co. Kent, granddaughter of SirThos. 
 Style, Bart., of Wateringbury Place, and niece of 
 Lieut.-General Wm. Style. He has issue a son and 
 daughter. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DRAKE. (Eetiked Commander, 1840. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 Robert Hacche Drake, a member of the an- 
 cient family of Drake, of Ashe, is related to the 
 present Rev. Zachary Hammett Drake, of Spring- 
 field, near Barnstaple, co. Devon, son-in-law of Vice- 
 Admiral Sir Sam. Pym, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venture 8, Lieut-Com- 
 manders Dan. Burdwood and Robt. Jump, stationed 
 in the Channel and off Gibraltar. Having attained 
 the rating of Midshipman nearly two years previ- 
 ously, he removed, 1 Feb. 1803, to the Dragon 74, 
 Capts. John Aylmer and Edw. Griffith ; under the 
 former of whom he witnessed the capture, 18 June 
 following, of La Colomhe national corvette of 16 
 guns. In 1805 he became Master's Mate of the 
 Prince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack; and on 
 being next appointed Sub-Lieutenant, 9 April, 1806, 
 of the Flamer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander W. 
 Dick, continued to serve in that vessel until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Aug. 1806. 
 Between Jan. 1807, and Oct. 1813, Mr. Drake was 
 employed, chiefly on the Home station, on board 
 the Vulture, Capt. Joseph Pearce, St. George 
 98, Capt. Thos. Bertie, Hero 74, Capt. Jas. New- 
 man Newman, Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell, 
 Namue 74, flag-ship of Sir John Wells, Pompee 
 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, and Barham 74, 
 Capt. John Wm. Spranger. During that period he 
 attended, in the Vulture, the expedition to Copen- 
 hagen in Aug. 1807 ; and when returning home 
 from St. Helena in escort of an East India convoy, 
 volunteered the command of one of four boats, and 
 assisted at the capture, 6 Sept. 1809, after a chase 
 of two hours, of Le Jean Bart French lugger pri- 
 vateer, of 4 guns and 25 men.* Commander Drake, 
 who has not been employed since the peace, ac- 
 cepted the rank he now holds 21 April, 1840. 
 
 DRAKE. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.) 
 Sfencer Drake was bom, 28 Feb. 1796, at Nor- 
 wich, CO. Norfolk. He had an only brother in the 
 service, who was lost while in charge of a prize be- 
 longing to H. M. brig Sarpedon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 April, 1810, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board L'Aimable 32, Capt. 
 Lord Geo. Stuart ; and after a brief attachment to 
 the Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, joined the 
 Edinburgh 74, commanded, among other Captains, 
 by Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas. While 
 in that ship, in 1813-14, he successively witnessed, 
 as Midshipman, the capture of Port d'Anzo, the 
 unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, the reduction of 
 the fortress of Santa Maria and of the enemy's 
 other forts and defences in the Gulf of Spezia, and 
 the fall of Genoa. Between Dec. 1814, and Sept. 
 1818, we find him serving, with an interval of 
 15 months, in the Termagant 20, Capt. Chas. 
 Shaw, and Confiance 18, Capt. Alex. Montgo- 
 merie, on the East India and Channel stations. He 
 then, having passed his examination two years pre- 
 • ride Gaz. 1809, p. 1439. 
 
DRAKE— DRANE. 
 
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 viously, joined the Coast Blockade, in which he 
 continued, as Admiralty Mate in succession of the 
 Severn and Kamillies, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and 
 Hugh Pigot — of which ships he occasionally com- 
 manded the tenders— until Nov. 1827. For his 
 conduct, towards the close of 1821, in swimming 
 with a line through a heavy surf, and saving the 
 life of a Dutch officer who had been wrecked in 
 the Jange Martha, Mr. Drake, as did his assistants, 
 Messrs. H. S. Burniston and J. Burnett, received a 
 gold medal from the King of the Netherlands, 
 valued at 25 ducats, and also a resolution of thanks 
 from the Royal Humane Society. He soon after- 
 wards contributed to the preservation of the Julia 
 French ship, and of the whole of her crew, a service 
 for which he obtained the thanks of the Board of 
 Admiralty. On leaving the Ramillies, Mr. Drake 
 next joined the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Edw. Codrington in the Mediterranean, where he 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Revenge 74, Capt. 
 Norborne Thompson. He was confirmed, 5 June, 
 1828, into the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes, but in- 
 valided home in the following Oct. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 BRAKE. (COMMAKDER, 1846. F-p., 15 ; H-p., 3.) 
 Thomas George Drake, born 7 April, 1816, is 
 second son of Colonel Thos. Drake, of Amersham, 
 CO. Bucks, late Deputy Quarter-Master General in 
 the Mediterranean, by Elizabeth Sarah, eldest 
 daughter of John Fane, Esq., LL.D,, of Wormsley, 
 CO. Oxford, many years M.P. for that shire. He is 
 nephew of Rear-Admiral Fras. Wm. Fane, -who 
 died 28 March, 1844 ; and is maternally descended 
 from the Earls of Westmoreland and Macclesfield. 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 the summer of 1829 ; and embarked, 24 June, 1831, 
 on board the Alebed 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell ; in 
 which ship, and the Volage 28, Capt. Geo. Bohun 
 Martin, he served for several years on the Me- 
 diterranean station. Having passed his examina^ 
 tion in Aug. 1835, he next, in March, 1836, joined 
 the CoKNWALLis 74, Capt. Robt. Worgan Geo. 
 Festing ; but, removing soon to the Imogene 28, 
 Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, sailed for South Ame- 
 rica. In consequence of a severe injury received 
 on that station, he returned to England in July, 
 1837, and on his recovery, in the following Oct., 
 was appointed Senior Mate of the Hyacinth 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Warren, fitting for the East Indies. In 
 t)ec. 1838, several months previously to which he 
 had assumed the duties of Lieutenant, Mr. Drake 
 was sent in command of the Hyacinth's pinnace 
 and cutter, and of three gun-boats belonging to 
 the Indian navy, to blockade the port of Quedah, 
 where he continued for four months, by the end of 
 which period, owing to continual exposure in an 
 open boat, his health had become much impaired. 
 Being then ordered to China, we find him bearing 
 an active part in all the hostilities of which that 
 country was shortly made the seat. He assisted, 
 among the other operations of the war, in a very 
 gallant attack made by the Volage, Hyacinth, 
 and other vessels, upon the Chinese position near 
 Macao, in Aug. 1840 — was at the storming of 
 Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 1841 — served in the boats at the 
 capture of several rafts and of the last fort pro- 
 tecting the approaches to the city of Canton, 13 
 March* — was similarly employed at the capture of 
 that city on 18 of the same monthf — and, during 
 the second series of hostilities against it, was en- 
 gaged in the boats of the Cruizeb 16, Capt. Henry 
 Wells Giifard (to which vessel he had been re- 
 moved), at the destruction, 26 May, of the whole 
 line of defences extending about two miles from 
 the British factory.J In July, 1841, prior to the 
 arrival of the intelligence of his official promotion, 
 which had taken place on 8 of the previous June, 
 Mr. Drake was promoted by Sir Gordon Bremer to 
 a Lieutenancy in the sloop last mentioned ; in which 
 we subsequently find him present at the storming 
 
 • Vide Cm. 1841, p. 1503. t V- Gaz. 1841, p. 1505. 
 
 J V. Gdi. 1841, p. 250S. 
 
 of the batteries and defences of Amoy, the recap- 
 ture of Chusan, and the assault on the fortified 
 heights and citadel of Chinghae. Being next ap- 
 pointed, 22 Jan. 1842, to the Cornwallis 72, flag- 
 ship of Sir Wm. Parker, he further witnessed, in 
 the course of that year, the defeat of the enemy at 
 Chapoo, Woosung, and Chin-Kiang-Foo, and was 
 present at the pacification of Nanking. He re- 
 turned to England, an invalid, in March, 1843, and 
 remained in consequence on half-pay until ap- 
 pointed, 7 July following, to the Modeste 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Baillie, fitting for the Pacific. Since his last 
 promotion, 12 Jan. 1846, Commander Drake has 
 been unemployed. 
 
 DRAKE. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 22; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 William Edmcnd Drake entered the Navy, 22 
 June, 1791, as Captain's Servant, on board the 
 London 90, Capt. Geo. Blagden Westcott, bearing 
 the flag in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Sam. 
 Cranston Goodall, whom, after a servitude of 18 
 mouths in the Tisiphone sloop, Capt. Anthony 
 Hunt, he rejoined as Midshipman, in June, 1793, 
 on board the Princess Royal 98. While in that 
 ship he appears to have been warmly engaged with 
 the enemy during the ensuing occupation of Toulon ; 
 after which he co-operated in the reduction of Cor- 
 sica, and was present in Hotham's actions of 14 
 March and 13 July, 1795. On the paying off of the 
 Princess Royal in the autumn of 1796, Mr. Drake 
 joined the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of 
 Lord Bridport, in which he beheld the great mutiny 
 at Spithead. He was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 
 14 'Nov. 1797, in La Leg^re sloop, Capt. Cornelius 
 Quinton, on the West India station, whence he re- 
 turned with convoy, in 1799, on board the Valiant 
 74, Capt. John Cochet. Until the peace, we next 
 find him serving, principally on the Home station, 
 in the Ruby 64, and Resolution 74, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Alan Hyde Gardner. He was 
 subsequently appointed — 4 June, 1803, again to the 
 BoBY 64, then flag-ship in the North Sea of Rear- 
 Admiral Edw. Thornbrough— 6 Sept. 1804, to the 
 command of the Albion cutter, off' the coast of 
 France — 8 Oct. 1807, to the charge of a Signal sta- 
 tion on the island of Jersey — 19 Nov. 1808, to the 
 DioMEDE 50, as Flag-Lieutenant, off Guernsey, to 
 Rear-Admiral d'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon, 
 whom he successively accompanied into the Alba- 
 core sloop and Ph(enix frigate — and, 5 March, 1810, 
 to the command of the Sandwich hired lugger, on 
 the same station, where he captured, 15 June, 1812, 
 Le Cowrageux French privateer, of 2 guns and 24 
 men. This officer, who left the Sandwich in 
 March, 1814, and has not since been afloat, became 
 a Retired Commander on the Junior List 15 Dec. 
 1830— and on the Senior, 16 Feb. 1841. 
 
 DRANE. (LiEDT., 1809. r-P., 12; H-p., 35.) 
 
 Thomas Drane, born 20 Sept. 1787, at Exmouth, 
 is son of the late Lieut. Robt. Drane, R.N. (1778). 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1800, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Captain 74, Capts. Sir 
 Rich. John Strachan and Chas. Boyles ; as Midship- 
 man of which vessel he beheld the destruction, 17 
 Nov. following, of the Be'olaise French corvette, of 
 16 guns, under the batteries of the Morbihan. He 
 subsequently proceeded to the West Indies, and, on 
 his return from that station in the Vengeance 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Duff, rejoined Sir Rich. Strachan, in 
 July, 1802, on board the Donegal 74. After 
 cruizing for some time off Cadiz, where he assisted 
 at the capture, 25 Nov. 1804, of the Spanish frigate 
 Amfitrite, of 44 guns, Mr. Drane successively accom- 
 panied the same officer into the Renown 74 and 
 Cjesar 80 ; in the latter of which ships we find him 
 present at the capture of the four French line-of- 
 battle ships escaped from Trafalgar, 4 Nov. 1805. 
 Becoming Acting-Lieutenant of the C^sar, 3 
 Oct. 1806, Mr. Drane contributed in that capa- 
 city, under the flag of the Hon. Robt. Stopford, 
 to the destruction, in 1809, of three French fri- 
 
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 DREW. 
 
 gates near the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and also 
 of the shipping in Aix Roads. He then accom- 
 panied Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway to the 
 Scheldt, and, after the fall of Flushing, was con- 
 firmed in the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 22 Aug. 1809. InvaUding in the following 
 Oct., he remained on half-pay until appointed, 28 
 Jan. 1812, First of the Hegulus troop-ship, Capts. 
 John Tailour and Robt. Ramsay. While after- 
 wards on the coast of America, Mr. Drane saw a 
 good deal of active boat-service in the Chesapeake, 
 and was present at the attack on Baltimore. He 
 again invalided 25 Sept. 1814; and has not since 
 been employed. 
 
 He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich 
 Hospital 9 July, 1842. 
 
 DKEW. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 15; H-p., 26.) 
 Andrew Drew was born 27 Nov. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 May, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellette 18, Capt. 
 John PhiUimore. Under that officer he presently 
 took part in an attack made by Commodore Owen 
 on the Boulogne flotilla — was afterwards employed 
 in convoying two transports to the timely relief of 
 the town of Colberg, then obstinately defended by 
 the celebrated Blucher — and, when at the siege of 
 Copenhagen in Aug. 1807, assisted in the Bellette's 
 gallant defeat of a flotilla of 16 gun-vessels sent 
 for the express purpose of capturing her. After 
 bringing home the despatches relative to the sur- 
 render of the Danish capital, and participating in 
 one or two special services, Mr. Drew ofiiciated for 
 upwards of two years, as Midshipman, in the ViR- 
 GiNiE 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, Fortunbe 36, Capt. 
 Henry Vansittart, and MAKtBOROOGH 74, Capts. J. 
 PhilUmore and Graham Moore — in which latter 
 ship he attended the expedition to the "Walcheren 
 in Aug. 1809. Rejoining Capt. PhiUimore, in July, 
 1810, on board the Diadem troop-ship, he was next 
 employed in active co-operation with the patriots 
 on the north coast of Spain, until his removal, in 
 June, 1813, to the Edrotas of 46 guns and 320 men, 
 commanded by the same Captain. In that ship, 
 after witnessing the capture of La Trave French 
 frigate, Mr. Drew shared, on 25 Feb. 1814, in a de- 
 structive action of two hours and ten minutes with 
 La Chrinde, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass swivels, 
 with a complement of 360 picked men, of whom 120 
 were killed and wounded, with a loss to the British 
 of 20 slain and 40 wounded. Having passed his 
 examination two years previously, he was promoted 
 for his conduct on the occasion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 4 March following, and re-appointed to 
 the EuROTAS — from which, however, he invalided, 
 6 Feb. 1815. Mr. Drew afterwards joined — 15 Dec. 
 1818, the Wye 26, Capts. Geo. Wiokens Willes and 
 Peter Fisher, on the Home station — and, 21 March, 
 1823, as First-Lieutenant, the Thetis 46, com- 
 manded by his old Captain, Sir John Phillimore. 
 Proceeding to the coast of Africa, he there took an 
 active part in the Ashantee hostilities at Cape 
 Coast Castle, where he landed in command of the 
 seamen and marines, and assisted at the final over- 
 throw of the enemy, on 11 July, 1824.* For these 
 services he was rewarded, on the return home of 
 the Thetis, with the rank of Commander, by com- 
 mission dated 19 Oct. in the same year. When 
 afterwards in Canada, Capt. Drew materially aided 
 in quelling the rebellion in that country, by the 
 destruction, in Deo. 1837, of the Caroline steamer, 
 which vessel he cut out from under Fort Schlosser, 
 on the American side of the Niagara, and sent 
 flaming over the Great Falls of that river ! In ad- 
 miration of this exploit, the Governor, and the two 
 Bouses of Parliament of Upper Canada, returned 
 him their united thanks ; and he was immediately 
 appointed Commodore of the Provincial Marine. 
 From Oct. 1838, until Aug. 1839, Capt. Drew, in 
 the Colborne hired armed steamer, held the 
 chief command on Lake Erie, for the purpose of 
 resisting any intended attacks on the part of the 
 • FideGaz. 1824, p. 1636. 
 
 rebels. His last appointment was to the command, 
 6 Oct. 1842, of the Wasp 16, on the West India 
 station, where he received the thanks of Sir Chas. 
 Adam, the Commander-in-Chief, for discovering 
 and accurately surveying a dangerous shoal, now 
 known upon the Admiralty charts as "Drew's 
 llock," lying in the direct Channel between the 
 islands of Tobago and Trinidad, with only 17 feet 
 water upon it. Since his Post-promotion, 16 June, 
 1843, Capt. Drew has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 17 March, 1832, Mary, daughter of 
 the late Thos. Henderson, Esq., of Longbrough, co. 
 Cumberlajid, by whom he has issue five sons and 
 one daughter. Agehts— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DREW. CLiEUT., 1815. F-P., 25; H-p., 16.) 
 
 Edward Drew was born 7 Dec. 1792, at For- 
 leigh, near St. Columb, co. Cornwall. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1806, as 
 A.B., on board the Spabtiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. 
 Laforey, whom he ultimately accompanied, as Mid- 
 shipman, to the Mediterranean. From Dec. 1809, 
 to Oct. 1811, he served, part of the time as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in the Castilian 18, Capts. Robt. 
 Brown Tom and David Braimer, on the Downs sta- 
 tion ; and then joined the Dragon 74, bearing at 
 first the flag of Sir F. Laforey in the West Indies, 
 and afterwards commanded by Capt. Robt. Barrie. 
 Participating, under the latter ofiicer, in the contest 
 with the United States, Mr. Drew commanded the 
 Dragon's launch — at the destruction of the Adams 
 frigate— in the several attacks on the Baltimore 
 flotilla, for which he received the public thanks of 
 Rear-Admiral Cockburn — at the reduction of the 
 towns in the Rappahaunoc River — and at the cap- 
 ture of the fort at Point Petre, and of the town of 
 St. Mary's, on the coast of Georgia. He left the 
 Dragon in Aug. 1815, having been awarded a com- 
 mission on 1 of the previous March ; and since 16 
 Dec. 1831— with the exception of a three years' 
 . command, from March, 1837, to March, 1840, of the 
 EagIiE revenue-vessel — has been in charge of a sta- 
 tion in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Drew married, in Sept. 1825, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Joseph Hosken Hawker, Esq., of St. 
 Columb, CO. Cornwall ; and has issue four daughters. 
 
 DREW. (LlEtlTENANT, 1836.') 
 
 Frederick Drew, bom 26 Dec. 1803, at Devon- 
 port, is younger brother of Commander Geo. Drew, 
 R.N. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, in 1812, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Rotal George 100, Capt. 
 Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, attached to the fleet in the 
 Mediterranean. He afterwards served under the 
 same officer, and Capts. Theobald Jones and Sir 
 Thos. John Cochrane, in the Centaur 74, Tonnant 
 80, Malta 84, Windsor Castle 74, Cherokee brig, 
 and Forte 44, on the Cape, Home, and West India 
 stations. Passing his examination in Feb. 1823, he 
 became successively Mate — of the Northumber- 
 land, Spartiate, Cambridge, and Gloucester 
 74's, commanded in the river Medway by Capts. 
 Thos. Jas, MaUng and Joshua Sydney Horton— of 
 the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, em- 
 ployed on the Coast Blockade — and, on the South 
 American station, of the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord 
 Jas. Townshend, Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. 
 Graham, Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, and 
 Warspite 76, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. 
 Baker. After 13 years' servitude as Mate, Mr. 
 Drew was at length promoted, from the Con- 
 fiance steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Middle- 
 ton Waugh, to an Additional-Lieutenancy, 6 July, 
 
 1836, in the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Graham Eden Hamond, also in South America; 
 where he subsequently joined, 3 March and 3 July, 
 
 1837, the Imogene 28, and Cleopatra 26, Capts. 
 Henry Wm. Bruce and Hon. Geo. Grey. In the 
 latter vessel we eventually find him escorting the 
 Marquess of Clanricarde as Ambassador to St. Pe- 
 tersburgh. He afterwards commanded the Mutine, 
 Sheldrake, and Lapwivg brigs, on the Halifax 
 
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 and South American stations; andj since 31 Oct. 
 1842, has been in the Coast Guard. Agests— Pettet 
 and Newton. 
 
 DREW. (Commander, 1843. f-p.,32; h-p., 12.) 
 George Drew is elder brother of Lieut. Fred. 
 Drew, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 .July, 1803, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Hecate, Lieut.-Commander 
 Parsons ; and from the following November, until 
 Sept. 1810, served under the late Lord Torrlngton, 
 as Midshipman of the Texel 64, MaIiABAR 50, and 
 Belliqdeux 64. In the latter ship he assisted at 
 the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 
 1806, and was present at the capture and destruc- 
 tion, 27 Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven 
 brigs of war, and about ^0 armed and other mer- 
 chant-vessels, in Batavia Roads. On leaving the 
 Beiaiqdeux, Mr. Drew became successively Mas- 
 ter's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant of the Kussel 74, 
 flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, the 
 Caroline 36, Capt. Christopher Cole, and the Pro- 
 CRis 18 ; in one ot which two last>mentioned vessels 
 he served at the reduction of Java, in Aug. 1811. 
 He invalided home towards the close of the same 
 year ; and, being officially promoted, 8 May, 1812, 
 was afterwards appointed — 30 Jan. 1813, and 18 
 Oct. 1814, to the Kotal Sovereign 100, and Cen- 
 taur 74, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Gordon 
 Caulfeild, with whom he served on the Mediterra- 
 nean and Cape of Good Hope stations, until May, 
 1816 — 1 April, 1822, to the Ordinary at Sheemess— 
 5 March, 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in which he 
 officiated for six years as Supernumerary-Lieute- 
 nant of the Hyperion, Ramillies, and Talavera, 
 Capts. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Hugh Pigot — 15 
 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard— and 24 Feb. 1838, 
 to the command of the Harpy Revenue-cruizer. 
 He was promoted from the latter vessel to the rank 
 he now holds 11 Jan. 1843; but has not since been 
 officially afloat. 
 
 Commander Drew is at present employed as Su- 
 perintendent of Convicts at Van Diemen's Land. 
 
 Lieut. Drew married, 12 March, 1827, Mary, eld- 
 est daughter of Jas. Leverson, Esq., of Trehcveris, 
 in the parish of Kenwyr, co. Cornwall, by whom he 
 has issue four children. 
 
 DREW. (LiE0T., 1815. F-P., 20; H-p., 18.") 
 
 JosiAS Drew was born, 28 Dec. 1790, at Devon- 
 port. His father was a naval officer. 
 
 ■This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1803, as 
 Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Imogene 18, Capt. Henry 
 Vaughan. After visiting the coast of Africa, he 
 proceeded to the West Indies, where, on becoming 
 Midshipman of the Demerara 10, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Thos. Dutton, he was unfortunately taken 
 captive, 14 July, 1804, by the French privateer Grand 
 Decide^ of 22 guns and 150 men, at the close of a 
 sanguinary action, in which the British vessel lost a 
 third of her crew in killed and wounded. On being 
 exchanged, in the following December, Mr. Drew 
 joined the Almgatok 28, troop-ship, Capts. Robt. 
 Henderson, Fras. Augustus Collier, Thos. Sharp, 
 and Hugh Cameron ; under the first of whom, and 
 Capt. John Palmer, he afterwards served in the 
 Pheasant 18. Returning with convoy to England 
 in Sept. 1806, he next became attached to the Rat- 
 tler 18 ; in which vessel, under Capts. Jas. John 
 Chas. Agassiz, Henry Higman, Alex. Gordon, John 
 Thomson, and Henry Bourne, he appears to have 
 been very actively employed, on the North American 
 and West India stations, part of the time as Master's 
 Mate and Acting-Master, until Oct. 1814. During 
 that period, we find him serving in the boats at the 
 capture, on 2 and 19 May, 1813, of the United States 
 privateers Gallynippey of 2 guns and 55 men, and 
 Alexander^ of 18 guns and 70 men. Having passed 
 his examination 7 Feb. 1810, Mr. Drew, on leaving 
 the Rattler, became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 NiEMEN 38, Capt. Sam. Pym, with whom he conti- 
 nued until paid oflT in May, 1815 — previously to 
 which he had, on 22 Feb. in the same year, been 
 officially promoted. With the exception of a com- 
 mand, from Oct. 1840, to Aug. 1843, of the Dove 
 Revenue-vessel, he has been in charge, since 25 
 April, 1836, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 DRIFFIELD. (Lieot., 1824. f-p.,17; h-p., 17.) 
 Joseph Bligh Driffield, born 6 May, 1800, at 
 Lichfield, co. Stafibrd, is son of the late Lieut.-. 
 Colonel Driffield, R.M. ; and grandson of the late 
 Admiral Sir Rich. Rodney Bligh, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 July, 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medway 74, Capt. Aug. 
 Brine ; under whom, on proceeding to the Cape of 
 Good Hope, he assisted at the capture, in July, 1814, 
 of the United States' brig-of-war Syren, of 18 guns 
 and 137 men. From 1816, in vrhich year he left the 
 Medway, until Sept. 1821, his name was borne on 
 the books of the Queen Charlotte 100, succes- 
 sive flag-ship at Portsmouth of Admirals Sir Edw. 
 Thomhrough, Sir Geo. Campbell, and Sir Jas. Haw- 
 kins Whitshed ; during which period he appears to 
 have been occasionally lent, among other ships, to 
 the Prince Regent yacht, Capt. Sir Michael Sey- 
 mour, and to the Vengeuh 74, Capt. Thos. Alexan- 
 der. He , then, having passed his examination 1 
 Sept. 1819, joined the Rosario 10, Capt. Fred. Mar- 
 ryat ; and, proceeding soon afterwards to North 
 America, in the Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Chas. Fahie, was there confirmed to 
 a Lieutenancy, 10 May, 1824, in the Doterel 18, 
 Capt. Rich. Hoare. After effecting the capture, in 
 the boats of that sloop, of four smuggler-boats and 
 of two schooners, in the Bay of Fundy, Mr. Driffield 
 returned to England, and was paid off, in Aug. 1825. 
 We afterwards find him appointed — 17 March, 1826, 
 to the Parthian 10, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, in 
 the Mediterranean — 5 Nov. 1827, to the Primrose 
 18, Capt. Thos. Saville Grifflnhoofe, olf the coast of 
 Africa, where he was sent in charge of a prize to 
 Siena Leone— 3 Nov. 1830, and 27 Dec. 1831, to 
 the Undaunted 46, and Jaseur 18, commanded on 
 the Cape station by Capts. Edw. Harvey and Arch. 
 Sinclair — 9 Nov. 1833, for a short period, to the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Thos. Hastings — and, 25 Oct. 1841, as Senior Lieu-, 
 tenant, to the North Star 26, Capt. Sir Jas. 
 Everard Home, fitting at Portsmouth. He was dis- 
 charged from the latter ship in consequence of ill 
 health in the following December ; and since that 
 period has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Driffield married, 31 March, 1835, Emily, 
 daughter of Rear-Admiral Chas. Carter, R.N. 
 
 DRUMMOND, Kt., K.C.H. (Vice-Admirai, of 
 THE Red, 1837. f-p., 19; h-p., 48.) 
 
 Sir Adam Drdmmond — a collateral descendant 
 of the Drummonds, Earls and Dukes of Perth, and 
 Earls of Melfort— is third son of the late Colin 
 Drummond, Esq., by Catherine, daughter of Robt. 
 Oliphant, Esq., of Rossie, co. Perth ; brother of Ge- 
 neral Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B. ; brother-in- 
 law of the late Lord Hervey, Capt. R.N., who died 
 in 1796 ; and uncle of the present Colonel John 
 Drummond, of the Boyce, co. Gloucester — as also 
 of the late Lieut. Wm. Russell Drummond, R.N., 
 who lost his life from a wound received during an 
 insurrection at Calao, when Second-Lieutenant of 
 H.M.S. Satellite, Capt. Robt. Smart, 31 Jan. 
 1835. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1780, as 
 a Servant, on board the Daphne, commanded, on 
 the Home station, by his future brother-in-law. 
 Lord Hervey. After serving with that officer for 
 some time in the Recovery, he joined him, as Mid- 
 shipman, in Jan. 1782, on board the Raisonnable 
 64, and, towards the close of the same year, was 
 present at the relief of Gibraltar, and in Lord 
 Howe's partial action with the combined fleets of 
 France and Spain. Until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 17 Aug. 1795, Mr. Drummond— who 
 beheld the capture, near Barbadoes, of the French 
 ship-of-tho-line Solitaire, and of her consort, the 
 Sjjsedy corvette— further served, on the West India 
 
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 DRUMMOND-DRURY. 
 
 and Home stations, in the Aego, Capt. Jas. Douglas, 
 Andromeda, Capt. John Salisbury, Tbial, Lieut.- 
 Commander Micajah Malbon, Meddsa, Capt. Jas. 
 Norman, and VenekaeIiB, Capt. "Wm. Johnstone 
 Ho^je. ' He then successively joined the Nassau 64, 
 and Monarch 74, flag-ships of Vice- Admiral Rich. 
 Onslow; and after witnessing the mutiny at the 
 Nore, and enacting a warm part in the battle off 
 Camperdown, was promoted to the command, 29 
 May, 1798, of the Bulldog bomb, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station ; where he bombarded Alexandria, 
 and served off the coast of Italy, until within a 
 short period of his advancement to Post-rank, 30 
 Oct. 1799. He had previously assisted at the cap- 
 ture of the San Lean, a Spanish brig-of-war. As- 
 suming command, 18 May, 1801, of the Cartseort 
 28, Capt. Drummond immediately proceeded to the 
 occupation of Madeira, where he continued several 
 months, and received the thanks of the Consul and 
 merchants for his zealous protection of commerce. 
 The Cartsfokt being paid off in May, 1802, he 
 was subsequently appointed — 17 Dec. 1804, to the 
 Dryad 36, in which frigate he captured two pri- 
 Tateers on the Irish station — 16 May, 1809, to the 
 Sea Fencibles, at Bamsgate — and, 30 Sept. 1813, to 
 the Leviathan 74. In the latter ship, after escort- 
 ing the outward-bound trade to the West Indies, 
 Capt. Drummond retiirned to England with another 
 convoy, and was placed on half-pay, in Oct. 1814. 
 He has not since been employed. His promotion 
 to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 22 July, 
 1830, and to that of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 Sir Adam Drummond, who is in the commission 
 of the peace, and is a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. 
 Perth, was nominated a K.C.H. 1 Jan. 1837, and 
 on 1 March following invested with the honour of 
 Knighthood. He married, 28 May, 1801, Lady 
 Charlotte Menzies, eldest daughter of the fourth 
 Duke of Atholl, and widow of Sir John Menzies, 
 Bart., by whom, who. died 31 May, 1832, he had 
 issue four sons and one daughter. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 rank he now holds took place 8 Juiie, 1846. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 DRUMMOND. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Edgar Atheling Drummond, born 21 Aug. 1825, 
 is second son of Andw. Robt. Drummond, Esq., of 
 Cadlands, co. Hants (great-grandson of Wm. Drum- 
 mond, fourth Viscount Strathallan, who was slain at 
 CuUoden, in the cause of the Chevalier, in 1745), by 
 the Lady Elizabeth Frederica Manners, daughter of 
 John Henry, present Duke of Rutland. He is ne- 
 phew of Wm. Chas. Drummond, Esq., a Lieutenant- 
 Colonel in the Army; and of the llev. Henry Per- 
 ceval, son of the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, the 
 ill-fated Chancellor of the Exchequer. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 11 Nov. 1845 ; 
 and after an intermediate servitude as Mate, on the 
 Home and West India stations, of the Vanguard 
 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and Agincourt 72, 
 flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was promoted, 
 28 Aug. 1846, to a Lieutenancy in the vestal 26, 
 Capt, Cha«. Talbot, also in the East Indies, where 
 he is still employed. 
 
 DRUMMOND. (Commander, 1838, f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 6.) 
 
 The Honourable James Robert Drummond, 
 horn 15 Sept. 1812, is second son of Viscount Strath- 
 allan, by Lady Amelia Sophia Murray, daughter of 
 John, fourth Duke of Atholl, and sister-in-law of 
 Vice-Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1826 ; and 
 obtained his fii-st commission 27 Dec. 1832. He was 
 afterwards appointed — 14 March, 1834, to the Pre- 
 sident 52, Capt. John M'Kerlie, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station— and, 25 Aug. following, 
 to the Winchester 52, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the 
 East Indies, to Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel. As- 
 suming his present rank 9 June, 1838, he was in- 
 vested with the command, 18 Deo. 1841, of the 
 Scout 18; in which sloop we find him serving on 
 the Mediterranean station, until paid off in 1845. 
 He has not since been afloat. His elevation to the 
 
 DRUMMOND. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 Patrick Drummond entered the Navy, 14 May, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rosamond sloop, 
 Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, stationed in the 
 North Sea. We subsequently find him attached for 
 nearly two years to the Dryad 36, Capts. Adam 
 Drummond and Edw. Galwey ; under the latter of 
 whom he served on the Waloheren expedition in 
 Aug. 1809. From March, 1810, until he invalided 
 in Sept. 1814, Mr. Drummond further officiated, as 
 Midshipman, on the Home and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, of the ToNNANT 80, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton 
 and Sir John Gore, Indefatigable 44, Capt. John 
 Fyffe, Revenge 74, Capt. Sir J. Gore, Iphigenia 
 36, Capt. Andw. King, and San Josep 110, flag- 
 ship of Sir Rich. King. He obtained his commis- 
 sion 6 April, 1815 ; and was afterwards appointed, 
 8 June, 1821, to the Nimrod 18, commanded on the 
 Leith station by Capt. Chas. Nelson, in which sloop, 
 however, he continued but a short period. 
 
 DRURY. (Captain, 1814, f-p., 17 ;' h-p., 35.) 
 
 Augustus Verb Dbury :died 9 Feb. 1845. He 
 was second son of the late Capt.' Rich. Vere Drury, 
 of the Army, Ordnance Storekeeper at Tipnor, near 
 Portsmouth, by Frances, only daughter of Sir Geo. 
 Vandeput, Bart. ; and nephew of the late Admiral 
 Thos. Drury. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, commanded by 
 his uncle, Capt. Thos. Drury ; in which frigate, and 
 in the Jupiter 50, Commodore John Willet Payne, 
 and St. Albans and Resolution, flag-ships of Ad- 
 miral Vandeput, he served his time, on the New- 
 foundland, Mediterranean, Home, and North Ame- 
 rican stations. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 
 28 Sept. 1799, he was afterwards successively ap- 
 pointed, chiefly on the Home station, to the Asia 
 64, bearing the flag of Admiral "Vandeput, Royal 
 George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, Polyphemus 64, 
 Capt. John Lawford, Hecla bomb, Capt. John 
 Sykes, and Moselle 18, Capt. John Snrman Gar- 
 den. He served in the Polyphemus at the battle 
 of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801 ; and was First of the 
 Hecla at the bombardment of Havre de Grace, in 
 Aug. 1804. In March, 1807, Mr. Drury obtained 
 command in North America of the Bream 4 ; and, 
 on 3 July following, he was removed to that of the 
 Sylvia cutter, of 10 18-pounder carronades and 50 
 men. After conveying the British Ambassador 
 home from Copenhagen, he ultimately sailed for 
 the East Indies ; on his passage whither he recap- 
 tured the Seafower brig of 14 guns, and took L'Si- 
 rondelle schooner of 6 guns, with despatches on 
 board containing intelligence which eventually led to 
 the reduction of the Isle of France. On 6, 7, and 11 
 April, 1810, we find Mr. Drury effecting tlie de- 
 struction, in the Straits of Sunda, of three armed 
 vessels, carrying in the whole 6 guns and 132 men. 
 He also took, after an action of two hours, a pirate 
 of 10 guns .and 100 men ; and on the 26th of the 
 month last mentioned, with 12 of his men on the 
 sick-list, compelled the Dutch national brig Echo, 
 of 8 6-pounders and 46 men, to surrender, at the 
 close of a sharp engagem ent of 20 minutes, in which 
 the enemy lost 3 killed and 7 wounded, and the 
 British 4 killed and 3 wounded. The Echo, at the 
 time, was in company with two transports, both of 
 which were likewise taken. For these services 
 Capt. Drury was rewarded with a Commander's 
 commission, dated 2 May, 1810. He returned to 
 England in Jan. 1811 ; and was next appointed, 17 
 June, 1812, to the Dover 18. After cruizing for 
 two years on the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Ame- 
 rican stations, and obtaining the thanks of the Ad- 
 miralty for his activity on a Particular Service, he 
 was advanced to Post-rank 7 June, 1814; from 
 which period he remained on half-pay until his 
 death. 
 Capt. Drury married, first, in 1803, Maria, daugh- 
 
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 ter of Capt. Chas. Smythe, and niece of Sir "Wm. 
 Smythe, Bart., of Hill Hall, oo. Essex; and, se- 
 condly, in 1833, Jane, daughter of Sir Geo. Wil- 
 liams, Bart., ty whom he has left issue two daugh- 
 ters. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 DRURY. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 1.) 
 Bykon Dkuby is son of the late Kev. Henry 
 Drury, of Harrow ; of the school at which place 
 that gentleman, and his father. Dr. Drury, were 
 masters for about 70 years. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 1828 ; and embarked, 13 Aug. 1830, as a Volunteer, 
 on board the .33tna surveying vessel, Capt. Edw. 
 Belcher. He afterwards served for upwards of 
 three years, latterly as Midshipman, in the Eain- 
 Bow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station ; and, joining ne.\t the Racehohse 
 18, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, took an active 
 part, as Mate, in the siege of Paria, in 1835, where 
 he was for several days in action with the enemy's 
 batteries. "With Sir Gordon Bremer, in the Alli- 
 gator 28, Mr. Drury subsequently assisted in sur- 
 veying the harbour at Port Essington, in South 
 Australia, during the formation of that place into 
 a settlement. On eventually proceeding to India, 
 he there became, 30 Nov. 1839, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the same vessel, in which he continued until his 
 removal, 6 July, 1841, to the Calliope 26, Capt. 
 Augustus Leopold Kuper. He had, previously to 
 that event, borne a part in most of the hostilities 
 against the Chinese— had commanded a division of 
 boats at the first capture of Canton* — and had been 
 officially promoted, by commission dated 8 June, 
 1841. While in the Calliope, he rendered him- 
 self particularly useful by his valuable exertions 
 in surveying and sounding the channels in the 
 Yang-tse-Kiang, preparatory to the ascent of the 
 fleet to Nanking. Mr. Drury's next appointments 
 appear to have been — 30 Sept. 1843, to the Sheab- 
 WATER steamer, Capt. Chas. Gepp Robinson, em- 
 ployed in surveying the coast of Scotland — and, 10 
 Feb. 1845, to the Herald 28, Capt. Henry Kellett, 
 fitting for the Pacific. He was superseded from the 
 latter ship on promotion to his present rank, 22 
 May, 1845; and, since 23 Feb. 1846, has been re- 
 borne on the books of the Shearwater, in the ca- 
 pacity of Additional-Commander. 
 
 He married, 9 June, 1846, Helen Stewart, daugh- 
 ter of Robert Morris, Esq., of Moorburn, Ayrshire. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 DRURY. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 19; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Henry Deury is son of the late J'Ir. Drury, Ord- 
 nance Storekeeper at Cork; and nephew of Vice- 
 Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, who distinguished 
 himself in command of the Powerful in the action 
 off Camperdown, as he had done on other occasions, 
 and died Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 6 
 March, 1811. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Engageante, guard-ship 
 at Cork, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Kingsmill ; 
 and, on next joining La Determinee frigate, arme'e 
 en flute, Capt. Alex. Becher, was wrecked, off Jersey, 
 24 March, 1803. Between the latter date and his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 14 Sept. 1807, he further served, as Midship- 
 man, on the Channel, Mediterranean, and Irish sta- 
 tions, in the Dreadnought and Neptune 98's, 
 Capts. Edw. Brace and W. O'B. Drury, Fisgard 
 38, Capt. Lord Mark Robt. Kerr, and Dryad 36, 
 Capt. Adam Drummond. He then joined the Mon- 
 mouth 64, bearing his uncle's flag in the East In- 
 dies ; and, after a brief attachment to three other 
 ships (the Cornwallis 50, Capt. Fleetwood Pellew, 
 Russel 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Fox 
 32, Capt. Henry Hart), was successively invested 
 with the acting-command, in 1810-11, of the Hespeb 
 sloop, Mindes 74, and Akear 50 — the latter em- 
 ployed in the hostilities against Java. Capt. Drury, 
 whose second promotal commission bears date 10 
 • Vide Gn. 1841, p. 1505. 
 
 Sept. 1811, was subsequently appointed, for the 
 usual period of three years — 10 June, 1831, to the 
 Coast Guard — and, 1 Aug. 1836, to the Victoey 
 104, Capt. Thos. Searle, guard-ship at Portsmouth. 
 Since the date of his Post-promotion, 23 Nov. 1841, 
 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 He is married, and has issue eleven children. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 DU CANE. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Charles Du Case entered the Navy, 26 June, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Beaver 14, Capts. 
 Chas. Pelly and Chas. Mars Gregory, stationed in 
 the North Sea, where he attained the rating of 
 Midshipman in June, 1804. From Aug. 1805, until 
 April, 1809, we find him employed, under Capts. 
 Pelly and Jas. Alex. Gordon, in the Mercury 28, 
 and Active 38 ; as Master's Mate of the former of 
 which ships he served in the boats, with Lieut. 
 Allan Stewart, at the outting-out, 4 April, 1808, of 
 seven Spanish tartans from under the very muzzles 
 of the guns in the batteries at Rota.'*' Rejoining 
 Capt. Pelly, in July, 1809, on board the Bucepha- 
 lus 36, Mr. Du Cane presently attended the expe- 
 dition to the Walcheren, and, during the operations 
 against that island, had command of a gun-boat. 
 On its evacuation he returned to port as Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Parthian brig, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Dawson. Being confirmed by the Admiralty 
 on 2 Deo. 1809, he next, in succession, joined the 
 Egeria 18, Capt. Lewis Hole, and Egmont and 
 Spencee 74's, Capts. Joseph Bingham and Rich. 
 Raggett, employed on the Home and North Ame- 
 rican stations. He attained the rank he now holds 
 30 Aug. 1815, and afterwards, in 1824-5, officiated 
 as Inspecting-Commander of the Coast Guard. He 
 has since, we believe, been on the hall-pay list. 
 
 Commander Du Cane married, in 1823, Frances, 
 second daughter of the Rev. C. Prideaux Brune, of 
 Prideaux Place, co. Cornwall. 
 
 DUFF. (Eear-Admibal of the Red, 1840. 
 F-P., 18; H-p., 41.) 
 Archibald Duff entered the Navy, 29 June, 
 1788, as a Boy, on board the Champion 24, Capt. 
 Sampson Edwards, on the Leith station. In Jan. 
 1791, he became Midshipman of the Martin sloop, 
 Capt. Geo. Duff, and with that officer he continued 
 employed, in the Resource 23, Duke 98, Ambuscade 
 32, and Glenmore 50, until May, 1798. In the 
 Duke he served under the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Murray during the expedition against Mar- 
 tinique, in June, 1793. Having been awarded, 
 when in the Ambuscade, a commission, dated 8 
 Dec. 1798, Mr. Duff, on leaving the Glenmore, 
 was appointed to a Lieutenancy in the Foudroy- 
 ANT 80, Capt. Sir Thos. Bayard, on rejoining 
 which ship, after a brief attachment to the Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, we find him, while at the blockade of 
 Malta, present with Lord Nelson at the capture, 18 
 Feb. 1800, of Le Genereux 74, and Ville de Marseilles 
 store-ship. He soon after removed to the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, 
 and, on 17 March following, narrowly escaped in- 
 volvement in the 'destruction of that ship, being on 
 board when she took fire in Leghorn Roads. In the 
 course of the same year he was promoted from the 
 Minotaue 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, to the acting- 
 command of the Bonne Citoyenne sloop ; but his 
 confirmation not taking place, he joined the G Diir- 
 laume Tell 80, and next became First Lieutenant 
 to Lord Keith, in his old ship the Foudeoyant. 
 After figuring in the Egyptian campaign, for his 
 services during which he received the Turkish gold 
 medal, Mr. Duff, who had been invested with the 
 temporary command of the Mondovi brig, returned 
 to England with Capt. Rich. Curry, E.N., and Ma- 
 jor Henry Montressor, the officers charged with the 
 naval and military despatches announcing the sur- 
 rendar of Grand Cairo. Prior to his official pro- 
 motion to the rank of Commander, 29 April, 1802, 
 • Vide Gaz. 1S08, p. 570. 
 
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 DUFF-DUFFILL— DUFTY. 
 
 he appears to have repulsed an attack made on the 
 MoNDOvi hy 17 Spanish gun-boats in the Gut of 
 Gibraltar, and to have been in command of the 
 Ldtine prison-ship at Minorca. Capt. Duff's first 
 appointment on the renewal of hostilities was, 25 
 Oct. 1803, to the MeG-^eka fire-ship, in which, with 
 a few small vessels occasionally under his orders, 
 he was employed watching the enemy's ports in the 
 Channel. Assuming Post-rank 22 Jan. 1806, he 
 next joined, 28 May, 1807, the Mdkos 20, and in 
 that ship, after convoying a fleet of merchantmen 
 to Halifax, was unfortunately wrecked on a reef at 
 the entrance of the Bay of Honda, in Cuba, 24 
 March, 1808. His last employment was in the com- 
 mand, from 23 April, 1814, to Aug. 1815, of the 
 President 38, on the Irish station. He attained 
 Plag-rank 17 Aug. 1840. 
 
 Bear-Admiral Duff, when a Lieutenant of the 
 PouDROTANT, received a gold medal from the Royal 
 Humane Society for his "intrepid and manly ex- 
 ertions" in jumping overboard, in a dark night 
 of Sept. 1799, and saving the life of a man who 
 had fallen into the sea. He married, 1 Dec. 1815, 
 Frances, third daughter of the late Kev. Meredith 
 .lones, of Guestling, co. Sussex. Agemt — John P. 
 Muspratt. 
 
 DUFF. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Norwich Duef, born about 1793, is only surviving 
 son of the late Capt. Geo. DuffJ R.N.,* by Sophia, 
 second daughter of Alex. Dirom, Esq., of Muiresh, 
 CO. Aberdeen ; and is descended from William, first 
 Earl of Fife. His father's grand-uncle, Robt. Duff, 
 died a Vice-Admiral. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, commanded 
 by his father. After participating in the battle of 
 Trafalgar, 21 Oct. foUoiving, he successively joined 
 the Eurvalus 36, and Ajax 74, both commanded 
 by Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, and was onboard 
 the latter ship until the moment of her destruction 
 by fire, near the island of Tenedos, 14 Feb. 1807. 
 Obtaining then a Midshipman's berth in the Ac- 
 tive, of 46 guns, Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray 
 and Jas. Alex. Gordon, he was present at the en- 
 suing passage of the Dardanells, where he served 
 in the boats at the destruction of a formidable 
 Turkish battery on Point Pesquies. He subse- 
 quently witnessed the capture, 26 March, 1808, of 
 the Friedkmd Venetian brig-of-war of 16 guns; 
 and, on 13 March, 1811, was present in the memor- 
 able action of Lissa, when a British squadron, car- 
 rying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, utterly 
 routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a loss to 
 the Active of 4 killed and 24 wounded, a Franco- 
 Venetian armament, whose force amounted to 284, 
 guns and 2655 men. Mr. Duff, who had previously 
 beheld the bringing out, 29 June, 1810, of a numer- 
 ous convoy from the harbour of Groa, again served 
 in the boats at the capture and destruction, 27 July, 
 1811, of 28 sail of merchantmen, defended, in a 
 creek of the island of Ragosniza, by 3 gun-vessels 
 and a body of 300 troops. f On 29 Nov. in the 
 latter year he appears to have further shared in 
 a hard-fought action of an hour and a half, which, 
 in rendering the Active captor of the Pomme, of 
 44 guns and 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and 
 wounded, occasioned her a loss of 8 lulled and 27 
 wounded, including Capt. Gordon, who lost a leg. 
 At the close of the battle Mr. Duff was sent to 
 take charge of the prize. Being officially promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 14 Nov. 1811, and ap- 
 pointed to the Active, he continued to serve with 
 
 * Capt. George Duff was born in 1764. He served at die 
 capture of the Spanish Admiral Don Juan de Langara, 16 Jan. 
 1780 ; was in the various actions with the Counts De Guichen 
 and De Grasse, in 1780-82 ; and ultimately fell, in command 
 ' of the Maks, at Trafalgar, al Oct. 1805. In acknowledgment 
 of Capt DuITs heroism on that occasion, the gold medal, 
 which he would have otherwise worn, w.is presented to his 
 family, as was also an elejjant vase from the Patriotic Society. 
 An honourable augmentation was likewise granted to his 
 son's arms. 
 
 •t FiifeGaz. 1811, p. 2193. 
 
 Capt. Gordon in that frigate and in the Seahokse 
 38— assisting intermediately at the destruction of 
 Le Subtile privateer, of 16 guns- and 72 men— 
 until nominated, 29 Dec. 1813, Flag-Lieutenant, in 
 the Asia 74, to Sir Alex. Cochrane. In command 
 of the EspoiR sloop, to which he was promoted 15 
 June, 1814, Capt. Duff took part in the expeditions 
 to "Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans. Hav- 
 ing paid the latter vessel off in Oct. 1816, we next 
 find him appointed, on the Jamaica station — 1 Jan. 
 1817, to the Beavee 10— and, 3 Sept. following, to 
 the Rifleman 18, which sloop was put out of com- 
 mission 11 Aug. 1818. Since his Post-promotion, 23 
 April, 1822, Capt. Duff has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 10 June, 1833, Helen Mary, only 
 child of the late John Shoolbred, Esq., M.D., of 
 Marlborough Buildings, Bath, by whom he has 
 issue five children. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 DUFFILL. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 John Duffill entered the Navy 4 March, 1812; 
 was wounded, we understand, on board the Glas- 
 gow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, at the battle 
 of Algiers, 20 Aug. 1816; and passed his examina- 
 tion in 1821. He subsequently, as Master's Mate 
 of theLAHNE 20, Capt. Fred. Msirryat, contributed, 
 by his zealous exertions and cool intrepidity, to the 
 successful result of various attacks made on the 
 enemy in the river Rangoon, during the Burmese 
 war, in 1824-5.* After acting for fourteen months 
 as Lieutenant of the Druid, Bustard, and Es- 
 pi^GLE, he was at length confirmed in the latter 
 vessel, by commission dated 8 Sept. 1827. We next 
 find him appointed — 20 May, 1828, again to the 
 Druid — 19 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, in 
 which he served for nearly two years and a half 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramixlies 
 and Talavera 74' s, Capt. Hugh Pigot — and, 31 
 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard. He assumed the 
 successive command, on various stations, 17 Oct. 
 1832, 16 Dec. 1834, 1 April, 1835, and 15 April and 
 21 June, 1836, of the Cakron, Meteor, Pluto, 
 Salamander, and again of the Pluto steam-ves- 
 sels. He was confirmed, 4 April, 1839, in the com- 
 mand of the Niagara 20, on the lakes of Canada ; 
 and, from 21 Jan. 1843, until posted, 2 July, 1846, 
 was employed in the Hecla steam-sloop, on the 
 Mediterranean station. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 DUFTY. (Ketiked Commander, 1843. r.-p., 
 18 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 William Duftt was born 28 Feb. 1781. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Na^-y, 12 Aug. 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Larcom, bearing the flag in the Channel and off 
 Cadiz of Sir Roger Curtis. Under the firsts-named 
 ofiioer, and Capt. Wm. Fothergill, he was subse- 
 quently employed, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, 
 and Acting-Lieutenant, from March, 1799, to Aug. 
 1807, in the Lancaster 64, on the Cape of Good 
 Hope, East India, and South American stations. 
 On the night of 13 Sept. 1800, he served with the 
 boats of that ship, and of the Adamant, at the 
 outting-out, with loss to the British, of an enemy's 
 vessel from Port Louis, in the Isle of France ; and, 
 in Feb. 1807, was a witness to the fall of Monte 
 Video. Being confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant 
 14 Aug. 1807, Mr. Dufty, in Oct. foUowing, joined 
 the Intrepid 64, Capts. Rich. Worsley and Chris- 
 topher John WiUiams Nesham, under the latter of 
 vFhom he served at the reduction, in 1809, of Mar- 
 tinique and the Saintes, and partook of a skirmish 
 with some French frigates. He then returned 
 home with Capt. Nesham in the Captain 74, and 
 was afterwards appointed, on the Home and North 
 American stations— 11 Sept. 1810, to the Vengedr 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke— and, 13 
 Feb. 1813, to the Madagascau 38, Capts. Lucius 
 Curtis and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. He inva- 
 lided home in Nov. 1815, and has not since been 
 • Vide Gaz, 1825, p. 1433. 
 
IMARESQ— DUMBRECK— DUNBAR-DUNCAN. 
 
 311 
 
 employed. Commander Dufty accepted his present 
 rank 19 Oct. 1843. 
 
 He married 6 Feb. 1816, and has issue three 
 children. 
 
 DUINS. (LlEtTTENANT, 1828.) 
 
 George Parley Dcins died 26 Sept. 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 March, 1808; 
 passed his examination in 1821 ; and was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy, 19 Jan. 1828, in the Undaunted 
 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, employed on 
 a particular service. His next appointments were 
 —3 April, 1829, to the Kent 78, Capts. John Ferris 
 Devonshire and Sam. Pym, on the mediterranean 
 station— 17 April, 1832, to the Coast Guard, In 
 which he served for about two years — and subse- 
 quently, for a brief period, to the Britannia 120. 
 
 He married, in May, 1836, Anne Mortimer, eldest 
 daughter of the late Kev. J. Amyatt Chaundy, of 
 Oharlinch, near Bridgewater. Agents — Pettet and 
 Newton. 
 
 DUMAEESQ. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 20; 
 
 H-P., 6.) 
 
 Henry Domaresq was bom, 28 Sept. 1808, at 
 Jersey, where his father was the late King's At- 
 torney-General. His brother, Lieut. Don PhiUp 
 Dumaresq, R.N., died on board H.M.S. Bittern, 
 of African fever, in 1844 ; and his cousin, Lieut. 
 Philip Dumaresq, R.N., was killed in the Asia, at 
 Navarin. He is a cousin of the present Capt. Rich. 
 Saumarez, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 Sept. 1821 ; and embarked, 29 Aug. 1823, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Victok 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Prickett; under whom he was actively employed 
 on boat service against the Ashantees, in 1823-4. 
 Until he passed his examination, 19 July, 1828, he 
 afterwards served, as Midshipman, on the Cape and 
 South American stations, in the Owen Glendower 
 42, Capt. T. Prickett, Jaseur 18, Capt. Thos. Mar- 
 tin, Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, and 
 Maidstone 42, Commodore Wm. Skipsey. He then 
 successively joined, as Mate, the Helicon 10, Capt. 
 Stanhope, Isis 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Staines, 
 Meteor surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, 
 Dee steamer, Capt. Robt. Oliver, Caledonia and 
 Britannia, flag-ships of Sir Josias Rowley and Sir 
 PhiUp Chas. Durham, Salamander steamer, Capt. 
 Sidney Colpoys Dacres, and Britannia agam, 
 hearing the flag of Sir P. Durham. During his 
 attachment to those ships, Mr. Dumaresq appears 
 to have been much employed in the Mediterranean, 
 and also off the north coast of Spain, where, in the 
 Salamander, he was particularly active during 
 the civil war in 1838. He was at length promoted, 
 on 10 Oct. in the latter year, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, and appointed, 8 Sept. 1839, to the Wolve- 
 KENE 16, Capt. Wm. Tucker. As First-Lieutenant 
 of that vessel he distinguished himself by his con- 
 duct in capturing two Spanish slavers ijp the river 
 Niger ; and on a later date he took by assault the 
 island of Corisco, in face of an overwhelming force, 
 and destroyed all the slave-factories there esta- 
 blished. On that occasion his party, originally 40 
 in number, sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 
 wounded. For these services Mr. Dumaresq, who 
 paid the Wolverene off as her Acting-Commander, 
 was ultimately promoted, from the Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore, to his 
 present rank 21 March, 1842. He has been in 
 command, since 12 Nov. 1846, of the Seaelower 
 cutter, at Portsmouth. 
 
 Commander Dumaresq married, 18 Jan. 1844, his 
 cousin, Anna Susanna, second daughter of Philip 
 Janvrin, Esq., of Jersey, and has issue one son. 
 Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 DUMBRECK. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 12; h-p.,33.) 
 William Dumbreck was born in Nov. 1789, at 
 
 Edinburgh. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1802, as 
 
 Fst -cl. Vol., on board the Ruby 64, Capt. Chas. 
 
 Rowley, bearing the flag off the Texel of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Edw. Thombrough. He removed, as Mid- 
 shipman, in May, 1804, to the Defence 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Hope ; and after participating in the battle of 
 Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, proceeded to the West 
 Indies, in the Canada 74, Capt. John Harvey. On 
 his return from that station, in Nov. 1807, he re- 
 joined Capt. Hope in the Pompee 74. Sailing 
 afterwards for the coast of Spain in the Victory 
 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he served in 
 the boats at the embarkation of Sir John Moore's 
 army at Corunna, in Jan. 1809. He was confirmed, 
 27 Sept. 1810, to a Lieutenancy in the Mars 74, 
 Capts. John Surman Garden and Henry Raper, and 
 while in that ship was much employed in command 
 of her boats up the Tagus. Mr. Dumbreck, whose 
 next appointment was, 6 Aug. 1811, to the Plover 
 26, Capt. Colin Campbell, invalided home from the 
 coast of Africa in Aug. 1814. Since that period he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, first, 1 June, 1816, Miss Jane Inglis, 
 of Lasswade, N.B., who was wrecked and drowned 
 on her passage to Aberdeen, 21 Jan. 1819, leaving 
 issue an only son; and, secondly, 15 May, 1820, 
 Miss Margaret M'Vicol, of Glenarchy, by whom, 
 who died suddenly, 2 June, 1843, he had also issue 
 a son. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DUNBAR. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Charles Sydney Ddnbar entered the Navy 
 2 Dec. 1832 ; passed his examination 1 May, 1839 ; 
 and served for some time, as Mate, on board the 
 Lizard steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Walter 
 Grimston Bucknali Estcourt, Rodney 92, Capt. 
 Robt. Maunsell, and Fox 42, Capt. Sir Henry Mar- 
 tin Blackwood, chiefly on the Mediterranean sta^ 
 tion. He obtained his commission 3 July, 1844, 
 and on the same day was appointed Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the Agincodrt 72, flag-ship in the 
 East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. Mr. 
 Dunbar, since 29 March, 1845, has been employed 
 on the same station in the Iris 26, Capt. Geo. Rod- 
 ney Mundy. During an expedition conducted, in 
 July, 1846, by Sir Thos. Cochrane against the 
 Sultan of Borneo, we find him commanding the pin- 
 nace belonging to the Iris, and assisting at the 
 capture and destruction, on 8 of that month, of the 
 enemy's forts and batteries on the river Brune. 
 On the ensuing ascent of a branch of the latter 
 stream by a force under Capt. Mundy, and its de- 
 barkation, after struggling for many hours against 
 an almost impenetrable navigation, at the village of 
 Mallout, Mr. Dunbar, while the main body marched 
 on to Damuan, in the hope of there capturing the 
 Sultan's person, was left with a party of blue-jackets 
 to garrison the former place. While the British 
 were afloat he had partial command of a flotilla of 
 seven gun-boats, and was mentioned for the cheerful 
 assistance he afforded on the occasion.* 
 
 DUNBAR. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 13; h-p., 0.) 
 James Alexander Dunbar entered the Navy 
 6 June, 1834 ; passed his examination 7 June, 1841 ; 
 and after ofliciating for a few months as Mate of 
 the PowERFDL 84, Capt. Michael Seymour, and 
 Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- , 
 tenant, 13 June, 1842. From 13 of the following 
 July, until paid off in 1846, he was further employed 
 in North America and the West Indies, and off the 
 coast of Africa, on board the Albatross 16, Capt. 
 Reginald Torke. He has been engaged on parti- 
 cular service, since 11 Dec. 1846, as First of the 
 Geyser steam-sloop, Capt. Fras. Thos. Brown. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DUNCAN. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 6.) 
 Adam Camperdown Ddncan died 19 July, 1845. 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1813, as 
 
 Midshipman, on board the iMpiRiEusE 38, Capt. 
 
 Hon. Henry Duncan; and after assisting at the 
 
 capture of Port d'Anzo, and in the operations 
 * Fide Gaz. 1846, pp. 34-12, 3446, 344G. 
 
312 
 
 DUNCAN— BUNCOMBE— DUND AS. 
 
 against Via Keggio and Leghorn, accompanied the 
 same Captain, in Aug. 1814, into the Glasgow 50. 
 Between Aug. 1815 and July, 1823, we find him 
 successively joining, on the North American station, 
 the ScAMANDEE, EuKOTAS, and FoETH frigates, all 
 commanded by Sir John Louis, the Phaeton 38, 
 Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, and the Salisbuey 
 50, Capt. Maude. Having passed his examination 
 in 1819, he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 22 Oct. 
 1823, in the Doterel sloop, Capt. Rich. Hoare. 
 His after-appointments appear to have been, on 
 various stations, to the Hakriee 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Gosling, Alaceitv 10, Capt. Geo. Jas. Hope John- 
 stone, Jaspee 10, Capt. Leonard Chas. Kooke, Cu- 
 BA90A 26, Capt. David Dunn, Asia 84, Capts. Hyde 
 Parker and Peter Richards, and Howe 120, bearing 
 the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Pleeming. He 
 was promoted to the rank of Commander, after 
 having served for some time as First-Lieutenant of 
 the latter ship, 10 Jan. 1837 ; and from 13 Nov. 
 1840 until the period of his death was employed in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Duncan married Fanny, daughter of 
 Travers Homan, Esq., of Colga, co. Sligo. Agent — 
 Joseph "Woodhead. 
 
 DUNCAN. (Commander, 1840.) 
 
 RoBEET Duncan entered the Navy 9 Jan. 1819 ; 
 passed his examination in 1826 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 2 May, 1837. He was then ap- 
 pointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings, under whom he con- 
 tinued until transferred, 1 Jan. 1839, to the Pow- 
 EREDL 84, Commodore Sir Chas. Napier. Taking 
 part, afterwards, in the Syrian hostilities, he volun- 
 teered and led the mountaineers in a very spirited 
 attack made by the Turkish troops under Sir C. 
 Napier on a strong position occupied by Ibrahim 
 Pacha on the heights near Beyrout, 10 Oct. 1840.* 
 Being Senior Lieutenant of the Powerful at the 
 fall of St. Jean d'Acre, he was in consequence pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander by commission 
 dated 4 Nov. 1840. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 the Amelia and Ethalion frigates, Capts. John 
 Chas. Wolcombe and Wm. Chas. Fahie, in the latter 
 of which he served at the capture of the Danish 
 West India Islands in Dec. 1807— and, 27 July, 
 1808, to the Namur 74, flag-ship at the Nore of 
 Vice- Admiral Wells. This officer, who has been on 
 half-pay since 1810, acquired the rank of Retired 
 Commander 30 March, 1832. 
 
 BUNCOMBE, M.P. (Captain, 1834. r-p., 13; 
 H-P., 15.) 
 
 The HoNonRABLE Arthur Duncombe, born 24 
 March, 1806, is fourth son of the first Lord Fever- 
 sham, by Charlotte, only daughter of William, se- 
 cond Earl of Dartmouth; and brother of the pre- 
 sent peer. He is also brother of Hon. Octavius 
 Duncombe, M.P., an officer in the 1st regiment of 
 Life Guards ; and brother-in-law both of the pre- 
 sent Earl of Eldon and of Sir Thos. Digby Legard, 
 Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1819 ; and 
 obtained a Lieutenancy, 26 Jan. 1826, in the Se- 
 eingapatam 46, Capt. Chas. Sotheby. After serv- 
 ing for some time in the Challenger 28, he was 
 awarded a Commander's commission, 18 Aug. 1828. 
 He subsequently joined— 6 Aug. 1830, the Prince 
 Regent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon. 
 Sir Henry Blackwood — and, 27 June, 1832, the 
 Champion 18, in which sloop he appears to have 
 been employed for two years on the Mediterranean 
 station. Since the date of his Post-promotion, 24 
 Oct. 1834, he has not been afloat. ■■ 
 
 Capt. Duncombe is representative in Parliament 
 for the borough of East Retford, and a Groom in 
 Waiting to Her Majesty. He married, 14 July, 1836, 
 Delia, youngest daughter and co-heir of John Wil- 
 mer Field, Esq., of Heaton Hall, co. York, and has 
 issue three sons and one daughter. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 DUNCAN. (Ketibed Commander, 1832. f-p.,16; 
 H-P., 38.) 
 Thomas Duncan entered the Navy, 24 April, 
 1793, as Ordinary, on board the Thames, of 32 guns 
 and 184 men, Capt. Jas. Cotes. On 24 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, being on his passage to Gibraltar, he took 
 part in a furious drawn action of nearly an hour's 
 duration with the French frigate Vranie, of 44 guns 
 and 320 men. The Thames, which on that occasion 
 was dreadfully cut up, and sustained a loss of 11 
 men killed and 23 wounded, was unfortunately, 
 however, captured in the course of the same day 
 by one of the enemy's squadrons. After nearly 
 two years' imprisonment, Mr. Duncan was at length, 
 in Aug. 1795, restored to liberty. He then joined 
 the Vesuvius bomb, Capts. Facey and Robt. Lewis 
 Fitzgerald ; and while in that vessel was present at 
 the bombardment of Havre by a squadron under 
 Sir Rich. Strachan, and assisted at the destruction 
 of La Caiifiante, of 36 guns, and of a French national 
 cutter, 31 May, 1798. Returning home afterwards 
 from the Mediterranean in the Tonnant 80, Mr. 
 Duncan became attached to the Nereide 36, Capt. 
 Fred. Watkins ; under whom we find him partici- 
 pating in the capture, 2 March, 1800, of La Venge- 
 ance privateer, of 16 guns and 174 men, and, the 
 next day, of a ship, with a car^o on board of the 
 value of 3O,O00Z. After a continued servitude, as 
 Master's Mate and Midshipman, in the Cambrian 
 40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, and Windsor 
 Castle 98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir 
 Andrew Mitchell, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy 
 in the latter ship by commission dated 5 Sept. 1801. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 19 May, 1803, 
 to the Seeapis 44, Capt. Henry Waring, under 
 whom he assisted at the reduction, in May, 1804, of 
 the Dutch settlement of Surinam — 31 Oct. 1804, to 
 * Vide Gaj. 1840, p. 2611. 
 
 DUNDAS. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 18; h-p., 16.) 
 Henrt Dundas entered the Royal Naval College 
 4 Feb. 1813; and embarked, 15 Sept. 1815, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Nigeb 38, Capt. Sam. Jack- 
 son, on the North American station. He there be- 
 came Admiralty-Midshipman, 8 July, 1817, of the 
 Leander 50, bearing the flag of Sir David Milne ; 
 and, after a twelvemonths' subsequent attachment 
 to the LiFFEV 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Dec. 1819. 
 In the latter capacity we find him successively ap- 
 pointed, 24 Jan. 1820, and 20 Oct. 1821, to the Glas- 
 gow 50, and Euryalus 42, Capts. Hon. Anthony 
 Maitland and Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, both 
 employed in the Mediterranean, where he officially 
 assumed command, 16 May, 1823, of the Rose 18. 
 As a Post Captain, to which rank he was elevated 
 9 Feb. 1825, Capt. Dundas commanded the Dart- 
 mouth 42, and Sapphire 28, on the Jamaica and 
 South American stations. His appointment to the 
 former ship look place on the day of his promotion ; 
 and to the Sapphire 20 Dec. 1826. He has been 
 on halfrpay since 1830. 
 
 Capt. Dundas married, in 1836, Robina Mary, 
 sister of the present Sir David Dundas, Bart., of 
 Beechwood, 00. Mid-Lothian, and of Dunira, co. 
 Perth. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DUNDAS, formerly Deans, C.B., M.P. (Reah- 
 Admiral of the White, 1841 . f-p., 18 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 James Whitley Deans Dundas, bom 4 Dec. 
 1785, is son of Jas. Deans, Esq., M.D., of Calcutta, 
 by Janet, daughter of Thos. Dundas, Esq., M.P., 
 of Fingask ; great-grandson of Charles, sixth Earl 
 of Lauderdale ; and nephew of Thos. Dundas, a 
 general officer of distinction, who died 3 June, 
 1794. He assumed his present surname on the oc- 
 casion of his marriage. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Johnstone Hope, bearing the flags, in succession, of 
 Lord Duncan and Sir Rich. Bickerton; in which 
 
DUNDAS. 
 
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 ship he attended the expedition to Holland in Aug. 
 1799, and conveyed Sir Ralph Abercromby from 
 Gibraltar to Kgypt in Dec. 1800. He continued to 
 serve, as Midshipman, at the blockade of Alexan- 
 dria, until transferred, in July, 1801, to the Leda 
 38, Capt. Geo. Hope, with whom he was soon after- 
 wards ordered to Lisbon. In Nov. 1802 he joined 
 the Gi>ENMOR£ frigate, Capt. John Maitland, and, 
 on accompanying that officer into the Boadicea 38, 
 was present in a very spirited skirmish with the 
 French 74-gun ship Vuguay Trouin, also at the cap- 
 ture of Le Vanteur national lugger of 12 gims, and 
 at the blockade of Rochefort. Being promoted 
 (from the Monarch 74, flag-ship in the North Sea 
 of Lord Keith) to a Lieutenancy, 25 May, 1805, in 
 the Cambrian 40, Capt. John Poo Beresford, Mr. 
 Dundas, in the course of the same year, assisted at 
 the capture of three privateers, carrying in the 
 whole 40 guns and 225 men. After officiating for a 
 few weeks as Flag-Lieutenant, in the Leopakd 50, 
 to Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, on the North 
 American station, he was awarded a second pro- 
 motal commission, dated 8 Oct. 1806. During 
 nearly seven months' command of the Rosamond 
 18, Capt. Dundas was employed in attendance on 
 the British Ambassador to the King of Sweden 
 pending the siege of Stralsund, and was injured by 
 the bursting of a shell while actively endeavouring 
 to extinguish a fire which had broken out in the 
 dockyard at Copenhagen a few nights after the 
 surrender of that town to Lords Cathcart and Gam- 
 bier. Assuming Post-rank 13 Oct. 1807, Capt. Dun- 
 das was next appointed — about the same period, to 
 the command, pro tern., of the Cambkian 40 — 9 
 March, 1809, to the Stately 64, bearing the flag in 
 the Baltic of Rear-Admiral Thos. Bertie — 31 Jan. 
 and 8 Sept. 1812, to the Venerable 74, and Pyra- 
 Mus 36, in the latter of which ships he conveyed Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez from Gottenborg to England, afld cap- 
 tured, 20 April, 1813, and 18 Feb. 1814, the privateers 
 Zebra of 10 guns and 38 men, and Ville de V Orient 
 of 14 guns and 97 men — 16 Aug. 1815, to the Tagds 
 38, on the Mediterranean station, whence he re- 
 turned in Jan. 1819 — 6 Aug. 1830, to the Prince 
 Regent 120, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker, 
 with whom he served in the Tagus until the early 
 part of 1832— and, 5 April, 1836, to the Britannia 
 120, bearing the flag of Sir Philip Durham at 
 Portsmouth, where he continued until 7 April, 1838. 
 Since his promotion to Flag-rank, 23 Nov. 1841, he 
 has been on halt-pay. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Dundas, who is a Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for Berkshire, and M.P. for Greenwich, was 
 appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to William the 
 Fourth 5 Sept. 1831— a C.B. 25 Oct. 1839— and a 
 Lord of the Admiralty, under the Whig Adminis- 
 tration, 23 June, 1841. He resumed his seat at the 
 Board, as one of the Naval Lords, in July, 1846. 
 He married, 2 April, 1808, his first-cousin, Janet, 
 only daughter and heiress of the late Chas. Dundas, 
 Lord Amesbury, by Ann, daughter and sole heir of 
 Ralph Whitley, Esq., of Aston Hall, co. Flint. By 
 that lady, who died 20 April, 1846, he had issue, 
 mth three daughters, two sons, of whom the eldest, 
 Charles, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, was 
 M.P. for the Flint district in 1838. Agents— 
 ' Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DUNDAS. (Captain, 1828. p-p., 16 : h-p., 24.) 
 John Bdrnet Dundas, born 14 N|pi^ 1794, is 
 youngest son of the late Sir David Dundas, Bart., 
 by Isabella, daughter of Wm. Robertson, Esq., of 
 Richmond, co. Surrey; nephew of the late Capt. 
 Ralph Dundas, R.N. ; and brother of the present 
 Sir Rich. Fullerton Dundas, Bart. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford, one of the ships employed in the 
 ensuing expedition against Copenhagen. From 
 Oct. 1809, until the receipt of his first commis- 
 sion, 25 April, 1815, he served, as Midshipman, 
 on board the Unicokn 32, and Acasta 40, both 
 commanded, on the Home and North American 
 stations, by Capt. Alex. Kobt. Kerr ; under whom 
 
 he appears to have been most actively em- 
 ployed, and to have witnessed the recapture of 
 L'EsperaTWe (late H.M. 22-gun ship Laukel), and 
 the capture, independently of many other vessels, 
 of five privateers, carrying in all 57 guns and 510 
 men. As Lieutenant, we find Mr. Dundas succes- 
 sively appointed— 18 July, 1815, to the Lacedaemo- 
 nian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, lying at Portsmouth 
 — 18th Sept. in the same year, and 28 Dec. 1816, to 
 the Tagds 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, 
 and Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt. Gambler, both on 
 the Mediterranean station— and, 25 Nov. 1820, to 
 the Niembn 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly. He 
 was promoted, while First-Lieutenant of the latter 
 ship, to the command, 20 March, 1823, of the Argus 
 18, on the Halifax station ; and was subsequently 
 appointed, 9 March, 1827, to the Weasel 10, in 
 which sloop, after serving for some time in attend- 
 ance on H. R. H. the Lord High Admiral, he was 
 sent to the Mediterranean, where he removed, 2 
 Jan. 1828, to the Raleigh 18. Since his elevation 
 to Post-rank, 8 July, 1828, Capt. Dundas has been 
 unemployed. 
 
 He married, 30 Dec. 1828, Caroline, third daugh- 
 ter of the Rev. John Jeffreys, Rector of Barnes, co. 
 Surrey. 
 
 DUNDAS, C.B. (Capt., 1824. f-p., 18; h-p., 12.) 
 The Honourable Richard Saonders Dundas, 
 bom 11 April, 1802, is second son of Viscount Mel- 
 ville, K.T., for many years First Lord of the Ad- 
 miralty, by Anne, daughter and co-heir of Rich. 
 Huck Saunders, Esq., M.D., and grand-niece and 
 co-heir of Admiral Sir Chas. Saunders, K.B., who 
 died 3 Dec. 1775. He is brother of Hon. Henry 
 Dundas, C.B., Lieut.-Colonel 60th Rifles; and of 
 Hon. Robt. Dundas, Storekeeper-General of the 
 Navy. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 1815; and embarked, 15 June, 1817, as a Volunteer, 
 on board the Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Ca- 
 vendish Spencer — with whom, as Midshipman of 
 the same ship, and of the Owen Glendower 42, he 
 served, until Dec. 1820, on the Mediterranean and 
 South American stations. He then successively 
 joined the Creole 42, and Superb 78, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Adam Mackenzie, the AiiAcrity 
 and Icarus sloops, Capts. Henry Stanhope and 
 Henry Algernon Eliot, and the Glasgow 50, Capt. 
 Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. In the capacity of lieu- 
 tenant, to which rank he was promoted 18 June, 
 1821, his appointments appear to have been — 24 
 Dec. 1821, to the Active 46, Capt. Andw. King, 
 and, 25 Feb. and 6 Sept. 1822, to the Owen Glen- 
 dower 42, and Sparbowhawk 18, Capts. Hon. R. 
 C. Spencer and Edw. Boxer. He was advanced to 
 the command, 23 June, 1823, of the latter vessel, on 
 the Halifax station, where, and in the Mediterra- 
 nean, he served until posted, 17 July, 1824. We 
 subsequently find Capt. Dundas appointed — 13 Sept. 
 1825, to the Volage 28, fitting for South America 
 — 12 March, 1827, to the Warspite 76, in which 
 ship (the first of her class that ever circumnavi- 
 gated the globe) he returned to England, from New 
 South Wales, in Oct. following— 20 Nov. 1830, to 
 the Belvidera 42, successively employed in the 
 Mediterranean and off Oporto, whence he came 
 home and was paid off in Dec. 1833— and, 1 Sept. 
 1837, to the Melville 72. In that ship he after- 
 wards bore a part in the opening scenes of the cam- 
 paign in China. While there, he obtained the best 
 thanks of Sir Gordon Bremer for his conduct at 
 the capture of Ty-cock-tow, 7 Jan. 1841 — was pre- 
 sent with H.M.'s Plenipotentiary at a formal meet- 
 ing which was held with the Chinese Commissioner 
 on 26 of the same month — and on 26 of the ensuing 
 Feb. took up his position in the most gallant style 
 in the action which preceded the capture of the 
 forts at the Boca Tigris.* He paid the Melville 
 off at the end of 1841 ; and has not siace been afloat . 
 Capt. Dimdas, who had previously filled the same 
 office under his father in 1828, 29, and 30, was ap- 
 pointed, in Jan. 1845, Private Secretary to the Earl 
 * ride Gaz. 1841, pp. 1162, 1496, 1498. 
 2S 
 
314 
 
 DUNDAS— DUNDONALD. 
 
 of Haddington. He continued so to officiate until 
 Jan. 1846, when that nobleman vacated his seat as 
 President of the Board of Admiralty. His nomina- 
 tion to the C.B. took place, as a reward for his ser- 
 vices in China, 29 June, 1841. Agents — Hallett 
 and Kobinson. 
 
 DUNDAS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.') 
 
 Thomas Dondas died 10 Nov. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capt. Lord 
 Amelius Beauclerk, flag-ship afterwards of Vice- 
 Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, on the North 
 Sea station. He rejoined the former officer in May, 
 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Saturn 74, and 
 continued to serve with him, in that ship, and in 
 the KotalOak 74, one of the fleet employed in the 
 expedition against Walcheren, until promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy, 18 July, 1810, in the Zealous 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Boys. His next appointments were — 
 22 Feb. 1813, to the Bold 14, Capt. John Skekel, in 
 whicli he suffered shipwreck, in the Gulf of St. 
 Lawrence, 27 Sept. following — and, in Aug. 1814, to 
 the President 38, Capt. Archd. Duff, on the Irish 
 station. He invalided 28 April, 1815 ; and was not 
 afterwards employed. Agent — Pred. Dufaur. 
 
 DUNDAS. (LiEDT„1818. f-p., 10; h-p., 29.) 
 
 William Dcndas died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 July, 1808, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tortoisf,, Master-Com- 
 mander Thos. Cook, with whom he visited the 
 Mediterranean and the Brazils. While afterwards 
 filling a Master's-Mateship, from Nov. 1811 to Aug. 
 1S15, in the Fukieuse 35, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, he 
 witnessed the capture of the island of Ponza, and 
 of the town of Via Reggio ; and was present at 
 the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, as also at the 
 occupation of Santa Maria, and of the enemy's other 
 forts in the Gulf of Spezia, and at the taking of 
 Genoa. Independently of these services, we like- 
 wise find Mr. Dundas employed in the boats at the 
 cutting out, 7 May, 1813, from under the tower and 
 batteries of Orbitello, of a xebec mounting 2 6- 
 pounders ; and again, 4 Oct. following, at the cap- 
 ture, with a loss to the British of 12 men killed and 
 wounded, of a large convoy, protected by the gall- 
 ing fire of two gun-vessels and several batteries, in 
 the harbour of Marinelo. Proceeding, towards the 
 close of 1815, to the East Indies, as Admiralty-Mid- 
 Bhipman of the Challenger 16, Capt. Henry 
 Forbes, Mr. Dundas (who, in the Fdriedse, had also 
 served on the North American station) there became 
 Acting-Lieutenant, 12 May, 1816, of the Orlando 
 36, Capt. John Clavell. After officiating for 13 
 months in that capacity, he returned to England on 
 board the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Chas. Pember- 
 ton. He was eventually promoted, from the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. 
 Thornbrough, to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Jan. 
 181S ; but did not again go afloat. Lieut. Dundas 
 was the senior officer of his rank on the list of 1818. 
 
 DUNDONALD, G.C.B., Earl of, formerly Lord 
 
 Cochrane. (Vice-Abmibal of the White, 
 
 1841.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Dun- 
 donald, born 14 Dec. 1775, is eldest son of Archi- 
 bald, ninth Earl of Dundonald, by Anne, second 
 daughter of Capt. Jas. Gilchrist, R.N. He is 
 brother of Lieut-Col. Hon. Basil Cochrane, of the 
 36th Foot, who died in May, 1816— of Hon. Wm. 
 Erskine Cochrane, who served in the Peninsular 
 war as Major of the 15th Hussars —and of Capt. 
 Hon. Archibald Cochrane, R.N. (1806), who as- 
 sisted at the capture of El Guano^ and died 6 Aug. 
 1829. His first-cousin. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, 
 was lately Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. 
 His Lordship succeeded his father in the Earldom 
 of Dundonald 1 July, 1831. 
 
 This officer was entered, 6 Dec. 1780, as Captain's 
 Servant, on the books of the Vesuvius bomb, 
 commandei by his uncle, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis 
 Cochrane, by whom his name was successively 
 
 placed on those of the Carolina and Sophie. He 
 did not, however, go to sea until 27 June, 1793, 
 when he embarked as a Boy with Capt. Cochrane 
 in the Hind 28 ; previously to which, although he 
 had not joined his regiment, he had been gazetted 
 to a Captaincy in the 79th Foot. Removing with 
 his relative, in the course of the same year, to the 
 Thetis of 42 guns and 261 men, Lord Cochrane 
 sailed for the coast of North America; where, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of that frigate, we find him, on 
 17 May 1795, contributing to the defeat, in com- 
 pany with the HnssAK 28, of a French sciuadxon of 
 five sail, two of which, La Prevoyante of 24, and La 
 Malson of 18 guns, were captured, after a close con- 
 flict of more than an hour's duration, and a loss to 
 the Thetis of 8 men killed and 9 wounded. His 
 Lordship, whose confirmation to the Thetis took 
 place 24 May, 1796, subsequently joined the 
 Africa 64, Capt. Roddam Home, Resolution 74, 
 beai-ing the flag of Admiral Vandeput, Thetis 
 again, Capt. Cochrane, and Foudrotant, Bar- 
 FLEUH, and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships in 
 the Mediterranean of Lord Keith. On 21 Dec. 
 1799, having taken command, with Lieut. Wm. 
 Bainbridge, of the boats of the Queen Charlotte 
 and Emerald frigate, he was despatched from Gib- 
 raltar Bay for the purpose of affording assistance 
 to the Lady Nelson cutter, then surrounded off 
 Cabritta Point by several of the enemy's pri- 
 vateers and gun-boats, some of the latter of which 
 he pursued and boarded with the utmost gallantry. 
 On the capture, 18 Feb. 1800, of the French 74- 
 gun ship Le Gehereux, Lord Cochrane was ap- 
 pointed her Acting-Captain, and he appears to 
 have conveyed her from Malta to Minorca under 
 circumstances of great difficulty. Being promoted 
 to the command, 28 March following, of the Speedy 
 sloop, of 14 guns and 54 men, he commenced a 
 series of operations against the enemy, unparalleled 
 for activity and success, becoming the personal 
 captor, vrithin the short space of 14 months, of 33 
 vessels, carrying altogether 128 guns and 533 men, 
 besides assisting at the capture of many others. 
 To particularize every dashing exploit performed 
 by Lord Cochrane during his continuance in the 
 Speedy would lead us far beyond our limits, but 
 there is one feat, from its transcendent heroism, 
 that we cannot pass over in silence. On 6 May, 
 1801, being off Barcelona, the Speedy fell in with- 
 the Spanish frigate El Gamo, of 32 heavy guns and 
 319 men, one of several vessels that had been sent 
 to effect his capture. Undaunted by a force so 
 comparatively enormous, her gallant commander 
 instantly commenced a close action, and, after a 
 cannonade of 45 minutes, ran alongside his lofty 
 antagonist, whom, at the head of only 40 men, he 
 impetuously boarded and carried. The British ves- 
 sel, whose force, as we have seen, consisted origin- 
 ally of not more than 54 men, sustained a loss on 
 the occasion of 3 killed and 8 wounded, and the 
 Gamo (which, although immediately afterwards at- 
 tacked by a division of gun-boats, was ultimately 
 conducted in safety to Minorca) of 15 killed and 41 
 wounded. On 3 July following, however, the 
 Speedy was herself captured by a French squadron 
 under M. Linois, but not until she had exhausted 
 every means of escape, and had behaved in a man- 
 ner so conspicuous, that, on Lord Cochrane's pre- 
 senting his sword to the Captain of the 74-gun ship 
 Dessaix, ilM|as returned to him with the compli- 
 mentary revest that he would continue to wear 
 what he had so nobly used. On 6 of the same 
 month it was his fortune to be present on board the 
 French squadron when attacked by Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez in the Bay of Algeciras, but, being soon 
 afterwards exchanged, he returned to England, and 
 on his arrival was presented, as a reward for his 
 wonderful gallantry in the affair of the Gatm, with 
 a Post-comission dated 8 Aug. 1801. From that 
 period Lord Cochrane remained on half-pay until 
 appointed, 5 Oct. 1303, to the Arab 22, from which 
 ship, after intermediately serving with great risk at 
 the blockade of Boulogne, he removed, S Dec. 
 1804, to the Pallas 32. In the following March, 
 
DUNLAP. 
 
 315 
 
 being sent to cruize off tlie coast of Spain, he suc- 
 ceeded in capturing a galleon, II Fortuiia, laden with 
 specie to the amount of 150,000^., and with mer- 
 chandize of nearly equal value, but he generously 
 returned 10,000 crowns of the spoil to the unfor- 
 tunate sufferers, and restored them to liberty. On 
 6 April, 1806, while her boats with all but 40 of the 
 crew were absent on an expedition up the Garonne, 
 the Pallas gave chase to, and drove on shore, two 
 corvettes and a large armed frigate-built store-ship, 
 mounting in the whole 64 guns. In May, 1806, Lord 
 Cochrane distinguished himself by the destruction 
 of the semaphores along the French coast, where he 
 landed with the marines and boats' crews, and, not- 
 withstanding the defence of the militia, demolished 
 the posts at Pointe de la Roche, Caliola, and L' Ance 
 de Repos, burnt down the buildings, and bore off 
 the signal-flags. He also carried by storm the bat- 
 tery at Pointe d'Equilon, destroyed its stores, and 
 blew up the barrack and magazine. Four days 
 after the latter event the Pallas, under a heavy 
 fire from the batteries on He d'Aix, singly attacked 
 the French 40-guii frigate La Minerve, in company 
 with three 18-gun brigs, but, while preparing to 
 board, she unfortunately ran foul of the former, 
 and by the tremendous shock was reduced to a 
 complete wreck. Assuming command, 23 Aug. 
 1806, of the Imperieuse, of 44 guns. Lord Cochrane, 
 in the short period of one month, took and de- 
 stroyed 15 vessels, chiefly laden with wine and pro- 
 visions. He was afterwards sent to co-operate with 
 the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and he there, 
 on 31 July, 1808, compelled the castle of Mongat to 
 surrender, by which the road to Gerona, then be- 
 sieged by the French, had been completely com- 
 manded. In Sept. 1803 his Lordship renewed his 
 operations against the semaphores on the coast of 
 France, where he completely destroyed those which 
 had since been erected at Bourdique, La Pinde, 
 St. Maguire, Frontignan, Canet, and Foy, with the 
 houses attached to them,14barraoks belonging to the 
 
 fens-d'armes, a battery,and a strong tower on Lake 
 'rgutignan. Indeed, he kept the whole of the ene- 
 my's coast in a constant state of alarm,, suspended 
 their trade, and, by the diversion he thus created, 
 prevented those troops which had been intended for 
 Figueras from advancing into the Peninsula. Re- 
 turning to the coast of Spain, Lord Cochrane vo- 
 lunteered the defence of Trinidad Castle, attached 
 to the fortress of Rosas, then besieged by the 
 French, a thousand of whose picked men,, at the 
 head of 80 of his o\in people and about an equal 
 number of SpaniardSj he repelled, 30 Nov. 1808, 
 in an assault made by them on the castle. He 
 protracted the Siege for 12 days, and then, finding 
 further opposition useless, in consequence of the 
 citadel having capitulated, he blew up the maga- 
 zines of Trinidad Castle, and returned to his ship. 
 The Captain of the Imfbrieuse subsequently ren- 
 dered the Commander-in-Chief the important ser- 
 vice of presenting him with the key of the enemy's 
 telegraph signals on the heights of Toulon, which 
 enabled him to derive information twice a-day, not 
 only of the movements of the enemy, but of his 
 own cruizers, from the south promontory of Italy 
 to Cape Rosas in Spain. In April, 1809, Lord 
 Cochrane was selected by the First Lord of the 
 Admiralty, in preference to many senior officers, to 
 command a fleet of fire and explosion ships intended 
 for the destruction of the French shipping as they 
 lay at anchor in the road of He d'Aix. The glow- 
 ing success whixjh attended his Lordship's personal 
 efforts will ever remain prominent in the page of 
 history. On the night of the 11th he went on 
 board one of the explosion vessels, containing 1500 
 barrels of gunpowder, which, being conducted close 
 to windward of the boom that had been placed for 
 the protection of the French ships, shattered that 
 means of defence. Favoured by wind and current, 
 the fire-vessels, having a passage thus opened for 
 them, rushed onward in blazing piles, carrying 
 with them so much consternation, that by the next 
 morning it was found that seven line-of-battle 
 ships had cut their cables and run on shore. Of 
 
 these La Ville de Varsopie 80, and Tonnant and 
 Aquillon 74's, were afterwards destroyed, as were 
 also the Indienne of 44, and Calcutta of 56 guns — 
 the latter after having been captured by Lord 
 Cochrane, who, unsupported, approached in the Im- 
 pfeRiEOSE, and commenced an action which lasted 
 until she struck her colours. On 26 of the same 
 month. His Majesty, to testify the sense entertained 
 by himself and by the country at large of the hero's 
 conduct, conferred on him the dignity of a K.B. — 
 the only instance but one (and that in the case of Sir 
 John Jervis) in which so high an honour had been 
 bestowed on an officer holding the rank of Captain. 
 Lord Cochrane continued in the Impebieuse until 
 
 4 Aug. 1809, but, in consequence of feelings of hos- 
 tility engendered against him by the opposition he 
 had offered in parliament to a vote of thanks pro- 
 posed to Lord Gambler as Commander-in-Chief of 
 the British fleet stationed in Basque Roads during 
 the operations we have just recorded, and but for 
 whose ineffectual support, it was asserted, the whole 
 of the French shipping might have been destroyed, 
 he was suffered to continue unemployed until 9 Feb. 
 1814. He then at length obtained command of the 
 Tonnakt 80, as Flag-Captain of his uncle. Sir Alex. 
 CochranOj at that time Commander-in-Chief in 
 North America, but he resigned the appointment 
 
 5 April following ; and, on 5 July in the same year, 
 from a combination of fortuitous circumstances, of 
 which he appears to have been thoroughly the 
 victim, he was doomed to lose his rank in the Kavy, 
 also the K.B. and his seat in parliament, in which 
 he had officiated, since 1807, as Member for West- 
 minster. Being no longer in the British service, 
 his Lordship, in 1818, accepted the chief command 
 of the Navy belonging to the new state of Chili, 
 whose final independence the splendour of his sub- 
 sequent achievements mainly contributed to effect. 
 He afterwards assumed control of the Brazilian 
 fleet, and gave such satisfaction that Don Pedro, 
 in 1823, created him Marquess of Maranham. On 
 the establishment of peace between Portugal and 
 Brazil, liis Lordship returned to England, whence 
 he next proceeded to Greece, in whose service he 
 appears to have been employed for a period of 12 
 months in 1827-8.* On the occasion of William the 
 Fourth's accession to the throne he was at length 
 reinstated in his place in the British Navy ; and on 
 22 May, 1847, although it had until then been most 
 inconsistently withholden, the order of the Bath 
 was restored to him, an act which of course re- 
 establishes his Lordship's character, but not more 
 fully proves his innocence than it clearly indicates 
 the debt of reparation- due to him for having been 
 so long suffered to bear the stigma of unmerited 
 disgrace. He became a Vice- Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. t 
 
 The noble Earl, who enjoys a high reputation for 
 his scientific acquirements, married, 12 Aug. 1812, 
 Katherine Frances Corbet, daughter of Thos. 
 Barnes, Esq., of Essex, and has issue, with one 
 daughter, four sons, of whom the eldest. Lord 
 Cochrane, is a Captain in the 18th Regiment, and 
 the third, Arthur Auckland Cochrane, a Mate R.N. 
 
 DUNLAP. (Lieut., 1842. t-v., 16; H-p, 1.) 
 
 Andkew Robert DokLjU>, born 19. Feb. 1816, is 
 son of Jas. Dunlap, Esq., M.D., a gentleman who 
 
 • Tlie Earl of Dnndonald posseasfs three Chilian dcco- 
 lations for eapturing the city of Valdivia and the frigate 
 K-meraldft, ana for clearing the Pacific of all hostile vessels 
 of lAai; also the Grand Cross of the Order of the Cruzero, 
 for driving the Portuguese from the Northern provinces of 
 Bra7.il; and the Order of the Redeemer of Greece. His Lord- 
 ship's services to his own country have been gazetted nine 
 times. 
 
 f His Lordship has lately afforded the public some very 
 sterling suggestions, the fruita>of his vast experience, in the 
 shape of a pamphlet, entitled * Observations on Naval 
 Affairs, and on some coirateral subjects, &c.' In this volume 
 he has published a summary of his Naval services, and Iyas 
 exhibited acts of injustice, as experienced by himself, which 
 should render its perusal imperative on all wlio feel in any 
 way interested in the honour of their country, and especially 
 on those whose duty, as well as in whose power, it is to 
 make atonement for the past, and by future acts to cancel its 
 recollection. 
 
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 DUNLOP— DUNN. 
 
 at one time was in the Navy, and served with Sir 
 Geo. Kodney in the action of 12 April, 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1830, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tyne 26, Capt. Chas. 
 Hope, on the South American station, where he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, 26 Nov. 1833. 
 From May, 1834, to Feb. 1838, he next served in 
 the West Indies on board the Gannet 16, Capts. 
 John Balfour Maxwell and Wm. Geo. Hyndham 
 ■Whish. He soon afterwards (having passed his ex- 
 amination 17 Deo. 1837) became Mate of the Ter- 
 magant 10, Lieut.-Commanders "Wm. John Wil- 
 liams and Henry Frowd Seagram, off the coast of 
 Africa, on which station, volunteering his services, 
 he continued to be most actively employed— in the 
 Wolverene 16, and Iris 26, both commanded by 
 Capt. Edw. Tucker— in the Prompt schooner, as 
 Mate in command— and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the Persian 16, Capt. Peche' Hart Dyke— until 
 confirmed in his present rank, 21 June, 1842. His 
 subsequent appointments appear to have been — 
 29 April, 1843, to the Illcstrioos 72, flag-ship of 
 Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West 
 Indies— 19 Oct. 1843, to the Wasp 16, Capts. Henry 
 Bagot and Sidney Henry Ussher, on the African 
 station — and, 10 Sept. 1846, to the command of the 
 Acheron steam-sloop, in which he is now employed. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 DUNLOP. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 9; h-p., 17.) 
 Hugh Dunlop is second son of General Jas. Dun- 
 lop,* M.P. (who died in 1832), by Julia, daughter 
 of Hugh Baillie, Esq., youngest son of Baillie of 
 Monokton. He is brother of the late Sir John 
 Dunlop, Bart., M.P., an officer in the Grenadier 
 Guards ; and uncle of the present Sir Jas. Dunlop, 
 Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 April, 1821; 
 passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 8 Feb. 1828. From 1 May to 23 
 Dec. in the latter year he served on the Jamaica 
 station on board the Druid 46, Capt. Williams 
 Sandom, and also in the Adrora 46. He was next 
 appointed, 7 April, 1841, as Senior Lieutenant, to 
 the Shearwater steam-vessel, Capt. John Wash- 
 ington, employed on the Home station. Since his 
 last promotion, which took place 12 Aug. 1842, 
 Commander Dunlop has been on shore. 
 
 He married, in 1831, Ellen Clementina, only 
 daughter of Robt. Cockburn, Esq. Agent— J. 
 Chippendale. 
 
 DUNLOP. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Robert John Wallace Ddnlop died in 1846, 
 on the coast of Africa. He was son of Retired 
 Commander Robt. Wallace Dunlop, R.N. (1833), 
 who obtained his Lieutenant's commission 8 May, 
 1795, and died 18 July, 1843. _ 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 9 Oct. 1823 ; and 
 passed his examination in 1830. Obtaining his 
 first commission 6 July, 1836, he was afterwards 
 appointed, on the East India station — 4 Oct. in 
 the same year, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel— 25 Deo. 1837, to 
 the Wolf 18, Capt. Edw. Stanley — and, 1 July, 
 1838, to the Favorite 18, Capt. Walter Croker. 
 On 24 June, 1840, he landed with his Captain and 
 a detachment of seamen and marines at Tonga- 
 taboo, one of the Friendly Islands, for the purpose 
 of assisting the native Christians in a war then 
 raging between them and the heathen part of the 
 population. At the onset, however, of an attack 
 which the British presently made on a fortress 
 situated five miles in shore, and of extraordinary 
 strength, their allies deserted, in consequence of 
 which circumstance, and of the death, with many 
 others, of Capt. Croker, they were compelled to 
 
 * General Dunlop served thirteen years in India, where 
 he was severely wounded -in command of one of the assault- 
 ing columns at the storming of Seringapatam ; as Major- 
 General, he was afterwards, in 1810, appointed to the com- 
 mand of la brigade in the 5th division of Lord Wellington's 
 army, a post wliioh he continued to BIl throughout the cam- 
 paign of 1811. 
 
 retreat. From that period Lieut. Dunlop— who 
 himself had been desperately wounded, but had 
 still continued to fire the guns— held the acting- 
 command of the Favorite until 3 Sept. 1841. He 
 was confirmed in the rank of Comma,nder 21 Feb. 
 1842 ; and, from 15 Sept. 1843, until the period of 
 his death as above, served in command of the Star 
 sloop on the coast of Africa. 
 
 The Commander was awarded, 2 July, 1842, a 
 pension for his wounds of 9H. 5s. He married, 
 6 July, 1841, Eulalia Hayes, second daughter of the 
 late Jas. Ross, Esq., Light Infantry Depot. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 DUNN, Kt., K.C.H. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 26 ; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 
 Sir David Ddnn is brother of the late Robt. 
 Dunn, Esq., Stirgeon, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1800, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Jason 36, Capts. Joseph 
 Sydney Torke and Hon. John Murray, with the 
 latter of whom he was vrrecked, as Midshipman, off 
 the coast of France, and taken prisoner, 21 July, 
 1801. In Aug. of the same year, having been libe- 
 rated, he rejoined Capt. Yorke on board the Canada 
 74, in which ship he continued until transferred, 
 11 May, 1802, to the Donegal 74, Capts. Sir Rich. 
 John Strachan and Pulteney Malcolm. During the 
 four following years we find Mr. Dunn assisting at 
 the capture, in 1804, of the Spanish 44-gun frigate 
 Amfitrite, and of a ship with a cargo on board worth 
 200,000Z.— next accompanying Lord Nelson in pur- 
 suit of the combined fleets to the West Indies and 
 back in 1805 — participating also in the capture of 
 El Rat/0, of 100 guns, one of the ships recently de- 
 feated at Trafalgar — and finally contributing to the 
 victory gained by Sir John Thos. Duckworth, off 
 St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. After a further servi- 
 tude of 12 months in the Channel on board the 
 HiBERNiA and Ville de Paris, flag-ships of Earl 
 St. Vincent and Lord Gardner, he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant, 1 Sept. 1807, of the Warrick 74, Capt. 
 John Wm. Spranger, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where he was ultimately confirmed by commission 
 dated 12 July, 1808. Subsequently to the surrender 
 of the islands of Ischia and Procida, Mr. Dunn 
 (who, during his attachment to the Warrior, was 
 also employed in command of a gun-boat at the 
 defence of Sicily, and the reduction of Zante and 
 Cephalonia) removed, as First-Lieutenant, in Oct. 
 1810, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste. While 
 in that frigate he was severely wounded in the 
 memorable action off Lissa, 13 March, 1811, when a 
 British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns 
 and 879 men, completely routed, after a battle of 
 six hours, and a loss to the Amphion of 15 killed 
 and 47 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, 
 whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. 
 Being rewarded for his most " zealous, brave, and 
 intelligent " conduct on the occasion * with a Com- 
 mander's commission, dated back to the day of the 
 action, Capt. Dunn, on 24 Nov. in the same year, 
 assumed the acting-captaincy of the Bacchante 38, 
 which he retained until appointed, 21 March, 1812, 
 to the Mermaid 32, armee enfivte. Continuing in 
 the Mediterranean and Adriatic, he particularly 
 distinguished himself, in Oct. and Dec. 1813, by his 
 assiduity at the siege of Trieste, and his exertions 
 in forwarding everything that was necessary to the 
 landed party during the unsuccessful attack on 
 Leghorn.-)- As a Post^Captain, to which rank he 
 was elevated 7 June, 1814, Capt. Dunn's appoint- 
 ments appear to have been — 6 Jan. and 28 Nov. 
 1824, to the Jdpiter 60, and Samarang 28, em- 
 ployed on the Halifax and Cape of Good Hope 
 stations— 2 April, 1831, to the Cdraqoa 26, which 
 he paid off, after intermediately serving in the 
 East Indies, in the summer of 1835 — and, 2 April, 
 1840, to the Vanguard 80, successively stationed 
 in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon. He has been 
 on half-pay since 1843. 
 Sir David Dunn received the honour of knight- 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1811, p. 894. 
 -f V. dm. 1813-14, pp. S47«, 17«. 
 
DUNN— DUNNETT-DUNSTAN. 
 
 317 
 
 hood 12 Aug. 1835, and was nominated a K-.C.H. 
 1 Jan. 1837. He married, 13 April, 1838, Louisa 
 Henrietta, daughter of the late Gerard Montagu, 
 Esq. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DUNN. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Montagu Bdcci.eugh Dunn is son of Commander 
 N. J. C. Dunn, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 18 Not. 1839, 
 and was afterwards employed, as Mate, in the Vic- 
 tor 16, Capt. Wm. Dawson, Excellent gunnery- 
 ship, Capt Sir Thos. Hastings, and EsPiioLE 12, 
 Capt. Thos. Pickering Thompson, on the North 
 America and West India, Home, and East India 
 stations. When in the Victor he appears to have 
 had charge of a watch ; and, in the Excellent, he 
 passed his examination with some distinction. His 
 commission bears date 27 March, 1846, since which 
 period he has been borne, as Additional-Lieutenant, 
 on the books of the Agincourt 72, flag-ship in the 
 East Indies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. 
 
 DUNN. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 36; h-p., 13.) 
 Nicholas James Cuthbekt Dunn was bom 18 
 March, 1785. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, as 
 Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, commanded 
 by his patron Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. After par- 
 ticipating in the defence of St. Jean d'Acre lie was 
 obliged to be sent to England, in the summer of 
 1799, for the cure of a severe wound he had acci- 
 dentally received in the right leg. Returning to 
 the Mediterranean, in May, 1800, on board the 
 Dolphin, Capt. Jas. Dalrymple, he there joined the 
 Dangeueuse gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Robt. 
 Tyte, and under that officer was engaged in cover- 
 ing the debarkation of the troops in Aboukir Bay, 
 and throughout all the coast operations connected 
 with the Egyptian campaign in 1801. Until the 
 receipt of his first commission, 22 Jan. 1806, Mr. 
 Dunn appears to have been afterwards attached 
 to the Alexanbria, Capt. Alex. Wilson, Ante- 
 lope 50, Capts. Sir W. S. Smith, Henry Bazely, 
 Sir Home Popham, and Robt. Plampin, and PompSe 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir W. S. Smith, while 
 under whom, in the Antelope, he had been in 
 frequent colUsion with the enemy's flotilla between 
 Flushing and Ostend. During the six years im- 
 mediately consecutive on his promotion — the whole 
 of which period he served on board the Topaze 
 36, Capts. Willoughby Thos. Lake, Anselm John 
 Griffiths, Henry Hope, and Edw. Harvey^ — we find 
 Mr. Dunn figuring in a variety of stirring scenes. 
 Among other gallant affairs he assisted, near Corfu, 
 in a very spirited action which terminated in 
 the beating off Iw the Topaze of the two French 
 40-gun frigates Danae and Fhre, 12 March, 1809 ; 
 and, on the night of 31 Oct. following, he com- 
 manded the ship's launch, forming part of a large 
 detachment of boats under Lieut. John Tailour, at 
 the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle, 
 and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 
 wounded, of the French armed store-ship Lamproie, 
 of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and 
 Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a con- 
 voy of seven merchantmen, defended by numerous 
 strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.* He was 
 also on one occasion, 8 June, 1810, very severely 
 injured by over-exertion during an attaclc on an 
 enemy's schooner near Cape Corso, in the island of 
 Corsica. After an additional servitude of two years 
 in the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, employed 
 chiefly in blockading the different ports on the 
 (oast of North America, he was ultimately ad- 
 vanced to his present rank, 9 March, 1814, and 
 appointed to the Indian sloop-of-war, which he 
 tbrought home and paid ofi' in Oct. of the same 
 year. As Inspecting-Commander of the Water- 
 ford district of Coast Guard, which post he held 
 from 12 Dec. 1820, until July, 1832, Commander 
 Dunn rendered such important service to the re- 
 venue as to cause a positive increase to the tobacco 
 • fide Gai. ISOIl, p. 1907. 
 
 duties in that county of more than 30,000Z. per 
 annum. Being reappointed to the Coast Guard, 26 
 June, 1835, he served successively in the Bally- 
 castle, Donaghadee, and Swords districts, until 17 
 July, 1838 ; and, during a year he was employed at 
 Donaghadee, he again effected an augmentation in 
 the imports on tobacco, as connected with the port 
 of Belfast, of nearly ll,000i. His appointments 
 have since been — 18 March, 1842, to the Ocean 80, 
 guard-ship at Sheemess ; and, 28 March, 1843, and 
 13 June, 1845, to the Victory 100, and Royal 
 Sovereign yacht, for the purpose of superintend- 
 ing the Packet Establishments at Weymouth and 
 Hobb's Point — on the latter of which stations he is 
 at present employed. 
 
 Commander Dunn is married and has issue a son, 
 Lieut. M. B. Dunn, R.N. 
 
 DUNNETT. (Liedt., 1821. f-p., 15; h-p., 23.) 
 William Henry Dunnett entered the Navy, 23 
 April, 1809, as Midshipman, on board the Aggres- 
 sor 12, Lieut.-Commanders John Watson and Henry 
 Jewry, in which vessel he continued, on the North 
 Sea station, until Jan. 1815. He then served for 
 upwards of five years, as Master's Mate, Acting- 
 Lieutenant, and Admiralty- Midshipman — on the 
 Home, West India, and Mediterranean stations— in 
 the Larne 20, Capts. Abraham Lowe and Sir John 
 Gordon Sinclair, Florida 20, Capts. Wm. ElUot 
 and Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, Scamandek 
 36, Capt. Wm. Elliot, Wasp 18, Capt. Thos. Wren 
 Carter, and Rochfort 80, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Thos. Fras. Fremantle. He was afterwards (as 
 Admiralty-Midshipman of the Severn 40, Capt. 
 Wm. M'Culloch) appointed to the Coast Blockade 
 in June, 1820. For his gallant conduct while in 
 that service, in preventing the landing, 22 Dec. 
 1821, of a cargo of contraband goods, near Romney, 
 in Kent, where he received several buck-shot 
 wounds in the left thigh, Mr. Dunnett was rewarded 
 with a commission dated 27 of the same month. 
 He had passed his examination 6 Sept. 1815. From 
 24 May, 1827, until 3 Jan. 1829, we again find him 
 employed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot. 
 He has since, however, been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Dunnett, who during his attachment to 
 the Aggressor appears to have been foremost on 
 every occasion of difficulty and danger, particularly 
 signalized himself by his intrepid conduct in saving, 
 although in a heavy gale and high,sea, the lives of 
 12 persons on board the Nancy brig, then in a 
 sinking state, on the Wells bank. He afterwards, 
 on 22 Deo. 1816, plunged from the main-chains of 
 the ScAMANDER, and, at the imminent hazard of 
 his own life, rescued two men who had fallen over- 
 board, and who but for him would inevitably have 
 perished. He married 28 Feb. 1838. Agent— J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 DUNSTAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 OcTAvius DuNSTAN, bom 26 Oct. 1792, is brother 
 of the late Mr. Dunstan, Master of H.M.S. Jason 
 32, who was lost while commanding a tender in a 
 violent hurricane off Tortola in 1806. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1806, as 
 a Supernumerary, on board the Dolphin 44, Capt. 
 Dan. Tandy, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane 
 in the West Indies ; where he afterwards became 
 attached to the Northumberland 74, flag-ship of 
 the same officer, and, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, to the Jason 32, and Ethalion 38, both 
 commanded by Capt. Thos. John Cochrane. When 
 in the Jason, Mr. Dunstan assisted at the capture, 
 27 Jan. 1807, of La Favorite French national ship, 
 mounting 16 long sixes and 13 4-pounder carronades, 
 \vith a complement of 150 men ; and for three 
 months he commanded a schooner as a tender. He 
 took part, on his removal to the Ethalion, in a 
 slight encounter with the French 40-gun frigate 
 Amphitrite, in the latter part of 1808 ; had charge 
 of a boat during the operations against Martinique 
 in Feb. 1809 ; and co-operated in the ensuing re- 
 
318 DUNSTERVILLE-DUNTZE—D'URBAN—DURBIN— DURHAM. 
 
 duction of the Saintes. After a brief servitude, 
 towards the close of 1810, in the Maklbokough 74, 
 Capt. Graham Moore, and Royal William, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton, Mr. Dunstan 
 joined the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm ; 
 under whom, on 15 Nov. in the same year, we find 
 him assisting in an attack made by Capt. Grant of 
 the Diana on the two French frigates Amazone and 
 Eliza, protected by the fire of several formidable 
 batteries near Cherbourg. From March, 1811, to 
 Nov. 1813, he next served on board the Poictieks 
 74, Capt. John Poo Beresford; and while in that 
 ship, on the Home station, he appears to have been 
 frequently detached in command of a boat, for the 
 purpose of cutting out the enemy's vessels, and of 
 otherwise annoying them. Proceeding, subsequent- 
 ly, to North America, Mr. Dunstan witnessed the 
 capture of the United States brig Wasp, of 18 guns, 
 and, after conducting that vessel to Bermuda, oifici- 
 ated for some time as Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Fkolic. On rejoining the Poictiers he assisted, 
 among other captures, in making prize of the York 
 Town East Indiaman, which was ultimately ran- 
 somed for 45,000^. ; after which he was appointed, 
 in Nov. 1813, Master's Mate of La Hoghe 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. On 8 April, 1814, having 
 accompanied a detachment of six boats under Capt. 
 Rich. Coote to the neighbourhood of Pettipagne 
 Point, on the river Connecticut, he there contri- 
 buted to the gallant destruction of 27 of the enemy's 
 vessels, three of which were heavy privateers, and 
 the aggregate burden of the whole inwards of 5000 
 tons. In the following summer Mr. Dunstan joined 
 the SuKPRizE 38, commanded by his old Captain, 
 Sir Thos. John Cochrane, of which ship, after 
 serving on shore during the unsuccessful attack on 
 Baltimore, he was created an Acting-Lieutenant 
 12 Oct. 1814. He continued to be very actively 
 and responsibly employed on the coast of America 
 until the conclusion of hostilities, when he returned 
 home, and found that he had been officially pro- 
 moted by commission dated 7 Feb. 1815. "With 
 the exception of a temporary command, in 1829-30, 
 of H.M. hired-packet Princess Elizabeth, he has 
 not since been able to procure employment. 
 
 Lieut. Dunstan has been Superintendent, since 
 1834, of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway. He 
 married, 9 May, 1820, Joice, daughter of Rich. 
 Vercoe, Esq., of Bodmin, oo. Cornwall ; and by that 
 lady, who died 5 March, 1843, had issue two sons 
 and a daughter. His eldest son, who was in the 
 Royal Engineers, died at Jamaica in July, 1840. 
 
 DUNSTERVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 John Ddnstekville entered the Navy 15 June, 
 1823; passed his examination in 1830; and was, 
 for his services during the Syrian campaign, includ- 
 ing the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, awarded 
 a commission dated 5 Nov. 1840. His appointments 
 have since been — 12 Aug. 1841, and 6 March, 1843, to 
 the Pilot 16, and Spartan 26, Capts. Geo. Ramsay, 
 Wallace Houston, and Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliot, on 
 the North America and West India station— and, 
 14 Feb. 1846, as First-Lieutenant, to the Shake 16, 
 Capt. Thos. Bourmaster Brown, with whom he is 
 now serving at the Cape of Good Hope. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 DUNTZE. (Captain, 1829. r-p., 17; h-p., 12.) 
 John Alexander Dhntze entered the Navy 
 6 Aug. 1818 ; and was promoted, 28 May, 1825, to a 
 LieutenanCT in the Ocean 80, Capt. John Sykes, off 
 Lisbon. His next appointments were— 30 March, 
 1826, and 31 May, 1827, to the Heron 18, Capts. 
 Robt. Tait and Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, and Ganges 
 84, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, both on the South 
 American station, where he was advanced to the 
 command, 19 April, 1828, of the Heron, and posted, 
 24 Dec. 1829, into the Tribune 42. While in the 
 latter ship, which he paid off towards the close of 
 1831, Capt. Duntze served at the blockade of Cal- 
 lao, and captured the Peruvian corvette Libertad, 
 laden with dollars for the payment of the Colum- 
 
 bians. He has been in command, since 13 May, 
 1843, of the Fisgard 42, in the Pacific. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 D'URBAN. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 24 ; h*., 9.) 
 John Gooch D'Ukban died 28 Sept. 1845, aged 
 45 He was son, we believe, of Lieut.-General Sir 
 Benj. D'Urban, K.C.H., C.T.S., Col. of the 51st 
 Regt., a distinguished soldier of the Peninsula. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1812, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Solebat 32, Capt. 
 Rich. Curry, bearing the flag at North Yarmouth 
 of Vice-Admiral Robt. Murray. While attached, 
 during the two last years of the war, to the DisiRiE 
 36, Capts. Arthur Farquhar and Wm. Woolridge, 
 he took part in various operations on the river Elbe, 
 and assisted at the reduction of Cuxhaven and 
 Gluckstadt. Between April, 1814, and his promo- 
 tion to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Oct. 1822, he 
 served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on 
 various stations, in the Liverpool 40, Capt. A. 
 Farquhar, Vengbcb 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, 
 Tyne 24, Capt. Thos. Gordon Falcon, Redpole 10, 
 Capts. Patrick D. H. Hay and Rich. Anderson, and 
 Dover 28, flag-ship of Sir John Poo Beresford. As 
 a Lieutenant, he wag subsequently appointed to the 
 Harrier 18, Capt. Geo. Gosling, the Albion 74, 
 Capt. John Acworth Ommanney — under whom he 
 was wounded at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827* 
 —the Pylades 18, Capt. P. D. H. Hay, the Blanche 
 46, Capt. A. Farquhar, the Ocean 80, Capt. Sam. 
 Chambers, the Tvne 28, Capt. Lord Viscount In- 
 gestre, and the Griiton brigantine. After holding 
 command for nearly five years of the latter vessel, 
 Mr. D'TJrban was at length awarded a second pro- 
 motal commission, dated 5 Nov. 1841. He was not 
 afterwards employed. 
 
 DURBIN. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 George Durbin passed his examination 10 May, 
 1839 ; and after officiating for some time as Mate of 
 the Alpred 50, bearing the broad pendant in South 
 America of Commodore John Brett Purvis, was 
 appointed, 26 June, 1844, to the Vestal 26, Capt. 
 Chas. Talbot, on the East India station. For his 
 conduct in command of the cutter belonging to 
 that frigate, at the capture and destruction, 19 Aug. 
 1845, of Maloodo, a strong fortification in the pos- 
 session of ScheriffOsman, a rebel Borneo chieftain, 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by 
 commission dated 6 April, 1846.t He has been 
 since serving in the Agincoort 72, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. John Cochrane. 
 
 DURHAM, G.C.B., G.C.M.F. (Admiral of the 
 Red, 1830. f-p., 38 ; H-p., 30.) 
 
 Sir Philip Charles Caloerwood Henderson 
 Durham was bom in 1763, and died, at Naples, 2 
 April, 1845. He was second son of Jas. Durham, 
 Esq., of Largo, co. Fife, and of PoKon, oo. Mid- 
 lothian (a lineal descendant of Sir Wm. Durham, a 
 personage of rank and high distinction in the reign 
 of Robert Emce), by Anne, daughter of Thos. Cal- 
 derwood, Esq., of Polton. His elder brother, Lieut.- 
 General Jas. Durham, whom he succeeded in the 
 estates of Largo, died 6 Feb. 1840. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1777, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Trident 64, Capt. 
 John Elliott, and, after conveying to their destina- 
 tion the British Commissioners appointed to nego- 
 ciate with America, served, as Midshipman, in the 
 boats, at the evacuation of Philadelphia, and was 
 present in a skirmish between Lord Howe and the 
 Comte d'Estaing. Joining Capt. Elliott, subse- 
 quently, in the Edgar 74, Mr. Durham sailed witii 
 the fleet under Sir Geo. Rodney for the relief"* 
 Gibraltar, on his passage whither he witnessed the 
 capture of a 64-gun ship in charge of a large convoy, 
 and bore a warm part in the action with Don Juan 
 de Langara, 16 Jan. 1780. After an active employ- 
 ment of some months in the gun-boat service at 
 
 • ride Gai. 182", p. 2325. f V. Ga7. IBib, p 6536. 
 
DURHAM. 
 
 319 
 
 Gibraltar, he became Acting-Lieutenant, in July, 
 1781, of the Victory 100, bearing the flag ol'Kear- 
 Admiral Kempenfeldt, under whom, in Dec. follow- 
 ing, we find him gallantly cutting through an enemy's 
 fleet of far superior force, commanded by M. de 
 Guiohen. In May, 1782, he accompanied the Kear- 
 Admiral, as his Signal-ofRcer, into the Koyai, 
 Geokge 100, and on 29 of the ensuing Aug. was 
 one of the few who were saved from that ship 
 when she overset at Spithead and went down. Be- 
 coming immediately attached, in a similar capacity, 
 to the Union 90, Capt. Dalrymple, Mr. Durham 
 again sailed for Gibraltar; after relieving which 
 place, he appears to have been present in the thickest 
 part of the action fought on 20 Oct. between Lord 
 Howe's fleet and the combined forces of France 
 and Spain. He then proceeded to the "West Indies, 
 and, being officially promoted by commission dated 
 26 Dec. 1782, was next successively appointed, in 
 March and Oct. 1783, to the Raisonnable 64, and 
 Unicorn 20, Capts. Lord Hervey and Chas. Stirling. 
 In March, 1786, having been for nearly two years on 
 half-pay, he rejoined his old Captain, Elliott, then 
 Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland, on board 
 the Salisbhrv 50, in which ship, and, as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to the same officer, in the Barfleur 98, he 
 continued to serve, until 12 Nov. 1790, when he was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander, and appointed 
 Acting-Captain of the Daphne 20. On his arrival 
 with despatches at Jamaica, in Jan. 1791, Capt. 
 Durham removed to the Cygnet 18, and was after- 
 wards sent home with intelligence of the rebellion 
 at St. Domingo. On 12 Feb. 1793, he was appointed 
 to the Spitfire, pierced for 16, but carrying only 
 10 guns, and, the day following, he had the good 
 fortune to capture L'Afriqne privateer, the first 
 vessel taken under the tri-cohr flag during the war. 
 For his pre-eminent exertions while in the Spitfire, 
 Capt. Durham was awarded the first piece of plate 
 given by Lloyd's, valued at 100 guineas, and on 24 
 June was promoted to Post-rank in the Naecissus 
 frigate, fii Jan. 1794, having removed to the Hind 
 28, we find him engaged in a running fight of several 
 hours with one of a pursuing squadron of five French 
 frigates, in which the former vessel was cut to pieces 
 in her sails and rigging, and sustained a loss of 2 
 men killed and 10 wounded. In acknowledgment 
 of his important services in safely bringing home a 
 Mediterranean convoy of 157 sail, Capt. Durham, 
 although he had only been a Fost-Captain 16 months, 
 was appointed, on 30 Oct. 1794, to the Anson, of 46 
 guns and 327 men, one of the largest frigates in the 
 Navy, which he commanded for upwards of six 
 years. During that period he assisted in Lord 
 Bridport's action with the French fleet off' lie de 
 Groix, 23 June, 1795, and then accompanied Sir 
 John Borlase Warren in the expedition sent to co- 
 operate with the Koyalists in Quiberon Bay, with 
 the despatches relative to the disastrous results of 
 which he was ultimately ordered to England. In- 
 dependently of the capture and destruction of eight 
 privateers, and of between 30 and 40 sail^ of mer- 
 chantmen, he also, in the course of 1796, 7, and 8, 
 assisted in occasioning the same .fate to UEtoile of 
 30, La Ca'liope of 36, the Daphne ot 28, and La Flore 
 of 36 guns. In Sept. 1798, the Anson fell in with 
 Commodore Bompart's squadron of one line-of-battle 
 ship, eight frigates, a brig, and a schooner, on its 
 way to Ireland, and for the space of 17 days, in com- 
 pany with the Ethalion 3j, she continued to dog 
 the enemy, until at length, having encountered Sir 
 John Warren off' Tory Island, she communicated to 
 that officer the intelligence which led to the pursuit 
 and capture, on 12 Oct., of La Hoche of 78 guns, 
 and frigates Embuscade, Coquille, and Belliyiie. In 
 consequence of some damages she had sustained in 
 a recent gale, the Anson was only enabled to join 
 in the close of the contest, when she came singly 
 into collision with the five remaining frigates, and 
 incurred, with fresh injury to her masts and yards, 
 a loss of 2 men killed and 13 wounded. On 18 of 
 the same month, being in companj' with the Kan- 
 garoo 18, she again endured a similar loss in a very 
 gallant action of an hour and a quarter which ter- 
 
 minated in the capture of La Loire of 46 guns and 
 664 men, of whom 46 were killed and 71 wounded.* 
 In addition to other marks of approbation which 
 Capt. Durham received for his distinguished con- 
 duct in the operations we have here sketched, he 
 obtained the thanks of Parliament, also a medal, 
 and was presented by H. R. H. the Duke of Cla- 
 rence with his own sword and belt. After attend- 
 ing for some time on the King at Weymouth, and 
 visiting the Mediterranean, he removed, 27 Feb. 
 1801, to the Ehdymion 40, and in that ship, besides 
 capturing La Furle privateer of 14 guns, ultimately 
 brought home a convoy of 10 Indiamen from St. 
 Helena, a service for wjiich he was awarded by the 
 Court of Directors a piece of plate valued at 500 
 guineas. Having resigned the command of the 
 Endymion in April, 1802, Capt. Durham, in April, 
 1803, joined the Windsor Castle 98, but, on 29 
 May, was transferred to the Defiance 74. In 1805 
 he bore a conspicuous part in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action, and in the battle off Cape Trafalgar, where 
 he was slightly wounded ; \ on the former occasion 
 he was the means of bringing the two fleets into 
 contact. Being appointed, on his return home, to 
 the Renown 74, he was again, in the early part of 
 1806, ordered to the Mediterranean, where, in 
 eventual command of a third division of the Toulon 
 fleet, he united with Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin in 
 causing the self-destruction of the French ships-of- 
 the-line Rohuste and X/ore, near the mouth of the 
 Rhone, 26 Oct. 1809. Assuming Flag-rank, 31 July, 
 1810, the Rear-Admiral, on 4 April, 1811, hoisted 
 his flag in the Ardent 64, as Commander-in-Chief 
 in the Baltic during the temporary absence of Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez. He was afterwards, on the return 
 of that officer, removed to the Hannibal 74, and 
 stationed off the Texel with five sail-of-the-line un- 
 der his orders, for the purpose of intercepting the 
 expected departure of a Dutch squadron; and on 
 next shifting his flag to the Venerable 74, he went 
 in pursuit of a French squadron which had escaped 
 from L'Orient. After further officiating in com- 
 mand, with his flag on board the Bulwark 74, of a 
 squadron stationed off Rochefort, Rear-Admiral 
 Durham was appointed, 16 Dec. 1813, to the- chief 
 command in the Leeward Islands, whither he sailed 
 in the Venerable. On his passage out he had the 
 good fortune to capture, with a trifling loss on the 
 part of the British, the 40-gun frigates Iphiginie 
 and Alcmsns, which surrendered (the former after 
 considerable resistance) on 16 and 20 Jan. 1814.^ 
 During his command in the Leeward Islands he 
 completely cleared that station of a swarm of 
 American cruizers; and, in Jupe and Aug. 1815, 
 he co-operated mth Lieut.-General Sir Jas. Leith 
 in securing Martinique to Louis XVni., and in re- 
 ducing Guadeloupe, where, singular to record, the 
 last tri-color flag was struck to the Venerable, as 
 the first had been to the Spitfire. Previously to 
 his return to England, in April, 1816, Sir Philip 
 Durham, who had been nominated a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 
 1815, was presented with a piece of plate from the 
 island of Barbadoes, valued at 500^ ; a handsome 
 sword from Trinidad, worth 100?. ; and a magnifi- 
 cent Star of the Order of the Bath from St. Tho- 
 mas's. He was also created a Knight Grand Cross 
 of the Order of Military Merit of France by Louis 
 XVHI. His promotion to the rank of Vice- Admiral 
 took place 12 Ang. 1819 ; and to that of full Admiral 
 22 July, 1830. From 28 March, 1836, until April, 
 1839, he was Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, 
 with his flag on board the Britannia 120 ; and 
 during that period he attended with a small squa^ 
 dron on the Queen, on the occasion of Her Majesty's 
 first visit to Brighton after her accession to the 
 throne in the autumn of 1837. 
 
 Sir Philip Durham, who was Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for Fifeshire, and Equerry to H. R. H. the Duke of 
 Cambridge, became a G.C.B. 17 Nov. 1830, and sat 
 for some time in Parliament as Member for Queen- 
 borough and Devizes. He married, first, 28 March, 
 • r'irfcGaz. 17!)8, p. 10J5. 
 t V. (ixL. 1805,pp.8S2, 1411-1484. 
 i V. Gaz. 181 4, p. 440. 
 
320 
 
 D CJTH Y— DUTTON— DU V A L—DW ARRIS- D W Y ER. 
 
 1799, Lady Charlotte Matilda Bruce, only surviving 
 daughter of the Earl of Elgin ; and, secondly, 16 
 Oct. 1817, Anne Isabella, only daughter and heir of 
 the late Sir John Henderson, Bart., of Fordel, co. 
 Fife. He again became a widower in 1844. 
 
 DUTHY. (COMMANDEB, 1841.) 
 
 Petek Ddthy entered the Navy 14 March, 1812 ; 
 and passed his examination in 1819. He afterwards 
 served in the Burmese war, and drew forth the 
 highest encomiums of Capt. Thos. Alexander for 
 his unwearied exertions in command of a boat dur- 
 ing the long and laborious siege which preceded 
 the fall of the strong fortress of Donoobew, in 
 April, 1825.* He became Acting-Lieutenant, 4 
 Aug. 1826, of the Dartmouth 46, but, leaving that 
 frigate soon after his official promotion, which took 
 place 1 Nov. following, did not again go afloat until 
 24 July, 1833, when he was appointed First-Lieute- 
 nant of the Wasp 16, Capts. Jas. Burney and John 
 Sam. Foreman, on the North America and West 
 India station. He subseq^uently joined — 4 May, 
 1834, the Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Rolle Wal- 
 pole Trefusis, with whom he returned home — 25 Oct. 
 1834, the Vernon 50, commanded in the Mediter- 
 ranean by Capt. John M'Kerlie — 2 Sept. 1837, as 
 Senior Lieutenant, the Donegai, 78, bearing the 
 flag off Lisbon of Sir John Acworth Ommanney — 
 and, 1 Oct. 1840, in a similar capacity, the Britas- 
 HiA 120, flag-ship of the same officer in the Medi- 
 terranean. Since his attainment of his present 
 rank, 23 Nov. 1841, Commander Duthy has been on 
 half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 DUTTON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 35.) 
 Benjamin Ddtton entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 
 1799, as A.E., on board the Anaceeon brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander .lohn Guyon ; as Midshipman of which 
 vessel, we find him present, the year following, in 
 an action with a French brig and cutter-of-war off 
 St. Valery. Between Oct. 1802, and Aug. 1808, he 
 served in the Charger and Aggressor gun-brigs, 
 Lieut.-Commanders Reede, Blow, and Watson, on 
 the Home and Baltic stations. He then in succes- 
 sion became Acting Sub-Lieutenant of the gun- 
 brigs Brevdrageren and Centinel, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Dennis and King, and in the latter vessel 
 assisted, in 1808, in beating off a whole Danish flo- 
 tilla. In Aug. 1811 Mr, Dutton was appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Dictator 64, Capts. Robt. 
 Williams and Jas. Pattison Stewart, and, being con- 
 firmed to that ship by commission dated 19 Nov. in 
 the same year, was subsequently, on 6 July, 1812, 
 present, in company' with the Calypso 18, Podar- 
 Gus 14, and Flamer gun-brig, at the gallant capture 
 and destruction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the 
 coast of Norway, of an entire squadron, consisting 
 of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Xjiland^ Samsoe^ and 
 Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats, after a long con- 
 flict which occasioned the Dictator a loss of 5 men 
 killed and 24 wounded, and the Danes of 300 killed 
 and wounded. This officer — whose next appoint- 
 ment was, 25 Oct. 1813, to the Urgent 14, Capt. 
 Gamaliel Fitzmaurice, on the Channel station — in- 
 valided 9 May, 1814. He has not since been em- 
 ployed. 
 
 DUTTON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Thomas Dutton entered the Navy, 30 July, 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sheldrake, Capt. 
 John Thicknesse. From March, 1809, until Jan. 
 1814, he ofiiciated as Midshipman, chiefly on the 
 Home station, of the same vessel, and of the Ada- 
 mant 50, bearing the flag of Vioe-Admirals Sir 
 F^m. Nagle and Wm. Albany Otway, the For- 
 ward gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Banks, 
 the Nightingale sloop, Capt. Christ. Nixon, the 
 Thisbe 28, flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, 
 and the Hebkus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer. On 
 leaving the latter frigate Mr. Dutton became suc- 
 cessively attached to the Asia 74, and Tonnant 80, 
 flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane, whom he acoom- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1825, p. 22T0. 
 
 panied In the expedition against New Orleans. He 
 was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in April, 1815, of 
 the Levant 20, Capt. John Sheridan, employed for 
 some time in the West Indies. Since he was paid 
 off from that ship, in Nov. 1815, Lieut. Dutton, 
 who had been officially promoted on 13 of the pre- 
 vious June, has been on half-pay. Agents — Goode 
 and Lawrence. 
 
 DUVAL. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 15; h-p., 33.) 
 Francis Duval entered the Navy, in 1799, as 
 A.B., on board the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood, 
 and on removing, as Midshipman, to the Andro- 
 meda 32, Capt. Henry Inman, was present in an 
 attack made on a French squadron in Dunkerque 
 Roads, 7 July, 1800. After serving for two years 
 with Capts. Inman and Rich. Dacres, in La D£- 
 siREE frigate, a prize taken on that ooccasion, he 
 joined the Blenheim 74, bearing the broad pend- 
 ant in the West Indies of his old Captain, Com- 
 modore Hood ; on his successive transference from 
 which ship to the Cvane and Barbadoes, Capts. 
 Murray Maxwell and Joseph Nourse, we find him 
 co-operating, as Master's Mate, in the reduction of 
 Ste. Lucie, 22 June, 1803, and assisting at the cap- 
 ture of six privateers, carrying altogether 72 guns 
 and 537 men. Between Oct. 1805, and Oct. 1806, 
 Mr. Duval further served on board L'Athenienne 
 64, and Zealous 74, both commanded by Capt. 
 John Giffard ; for a wound he received in the 
 former of which ships, while participating, we be- 
 lieve, in the defence of Gaeta, he was subsequently 
 presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. 
 He was promoted, from the Ocean 98, bearing the 
 flag off Cadiz of Lord Collingwood, to an Acting- 
 Lieutenancy, 13 May, 1807, in the Unite 36, Capt. 
 Patrick Campbell, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where he was confirmed 26 Nov. following. In the 
 early part of 1808 he was placed in charge of a 
 prize, which, after encountering much bad weather, 
 foundered about 20 miles N.E. of Manopoli, in the 
 Adriatic. Having reached that place in a small 
 boat, he was made prisoner, sent to Naples, and 
 there confined for a considerable time in the Castle, 
 of Carmine. He regained his liberty 30 Dec. 1813; 
 and on 15 June, 1814, was advanced to his present 
 rank. Commander Duval has not since been em- 
 ployed. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 DWAREIS. (Lieut., 1817. p-p., 9; h-p., 30.) 
 William Henry Dwarris entered the Navy, 16 
 Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire 38, 
 Capts. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and Thos. Brown; 
 under the former of whom he assisted, as Midship- 
 man, at the capture, 5 Jan. 1809, of the Hebe 
 French corvette of 20 guns, and, afterwards, of the 
 islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe. We are 
 informed that he was also for some time very 
 actively employed in co-operation vrith the patriots 
 on the coast of Galicia. In Nov. 1812 this officer 
 joined the Salsette 36, Capts. Henry Hope and 
 John Bowen. After an intermediate servitude in 
 the East Indies he returned to England, in 1814, 
 on board the Cornwallis 50, Capt. Stephen Thos. 
 Digby. Towards the close of 1815 he became 
 Admiralty Midshipman of the Alceste 38, Capt. 
 Murray Maxwell, in which frigate we soon after- 
 wards find him accompanying Lord Amherst in his 
 embassy to China. He there removed, in July, 
 1816, to the Lyra brig, Capt. Basil Hall. Since 
 his official promotion, which took place 5 Nov. 1817, 
 Lieut. Dwarris, we believe, has been on half-pay. 
 
 DWYEE. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Michael DwYER entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1804, 
 as A.B., on board the Galgo sloop, Capt. Michael 
 Dodd. From July, 1805, until the year 1812, he 
 successively served, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Unit4 36, Capt. Chas. Ogle, Queen 
 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, Zealous 74, Capts. John 
 Giffard and Wm. Pierrepont, Bulwark 74, Capt. 
 
DYER. 
 
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 Hon. Chas. Elpliinstoue Fleeming, TiwiEAiRE 98, 
 bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, 
 Unite again, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, 
 and Weasel and Minstrel sloops, both com- 
 manded by Capt. John Strutt Peyton. During that 
 period, among other services, Mr. Dwyer was ac- 
 tively employed in the blockade of Carthagena and 
 of Toulon, and at the siege of Cadiz ; and, when in 
 the tJNiTf;, he took part, on 1 May, 1811, in a very 
 gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone Bay, 
 where that frigate, in company with the Pomone 
 38, and Scout 18, effectually destroyed the two 
 armed store-ships Giraffe and Nburrice, each mount- 
 ing from 20 to 30 guns, and protected by a 5-gun 
 battery, a martello tower, and a body of about 200 
 regular troops. On 4 July in the same year he 
 further contributed, in the Unity's boats, under 
 Lieut. Joseph \Vm. Crabb, to the capture, beneath 
 a shower of grape from a battery at Port Hercule, 
 on the Roman coast, of the armed and vigorously 
 defended brig St. Frangois de Paule ; and, in the 
 course of the same day, he assisted Capt. A. W. J. 
 Clifford, of the Cephalus, in very spiritedly cutting 
 out three merchant-vessels from between Civita 
 Vecchia and the mouth of the Tiber.* On 12 Aug. 
 1812 — (he had been unknowingly promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 21 of the 
 previous March)— we find Mr. Dwyer landing from 
 the Minstrel (as a preliminary step to the capture 
 of three privateers, two of which had been hauled 
 on shore in the port of Biendom, near Alicant), 
 and, at the head of a party of only seven men, suc- 
 cessfully storming, in face of a desperate resistance, 
 a battery of 6 9-pounderB, garrisoned by eighty 
 Genoese, the crews of the two vessels alluded to. 
 Before, however, Mr. Dwyer and his little band of 
 heroes, after spiking the guns of the battery, could 
 regain their boat, they were surrounded by a de- 
 tachment of 200 French troops, and were ultimately 
 overwhelmed ; but not until, of the British handful, 
 1 man had been killed, the 6 others desperately 
 wounded, and their gallant leader stabbed by a 
 bayonet in seventeen different places of his left arm 
 and side, besides receiving, as in other parts of his 
 body, a desperate gun-shot wound through the right 
 shoulder, which has ever since deprived him of the 
 use of that arm. We may add that, in admiration 
 of their consummate valour, the prisoners' were at 
 once set at liberty by their generous enemy ; and 
 that Mr. Dwyer, who, as a matter of course, after- 
 wards obtained a pension for his wounds of 91/. 5s., 
 was also presented with an elegant sword by the 
 Patriotic Society. Being next appointed, 16 July, 
 1813, to tile llfevoLUTioNNAiRE 38, Capt. John Chas. 
 Woolcombe, he occasionally served in the trenches 
 at the ensuing siege of St. Sebastian, and materially 
 hastened the fall of that important place by com- 
 manding the division of boats which stormed and 
 captured the island of Sta. Clara. He afterwards 
 made a voyage to China, and wlien at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, in July, 1816, was the chief instrument, 
 by his energy and activity, of saving the Rivoin- 
 TiONNAiRE and her consort the Zebra from de- 
 struction, both those vessels having been stranded, 
 during a tremendous hurricane, in Simon's Bay. 
 Quitting the R£volutionnaike in Dec. 1816, Lieut. 
 Dwyer subsequently commanded the Bittern ten- 
 der, of 10 guns, on the Plymouth station, from 12 
 Nov. 1824, until 7 Jan. 1826 ; and, on 9 March, 1842, 
 he was appointed to the Fearless surveying- 
 steamer, Capt. Fred. BuUock. Being in command 
 of that vessel on the occasion of the Queen's visit 
 to Scotland, he was at length, on Her Majesty's re- 
 turn, promoted to the rank he now holds, 21 Sept. 
 1842. He has not since been afloat. Agent— J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 DYER. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 9.) 
 George Shepherd Dyer, born 20 Jan. 1801, at 
 
 Greenwich Hospital, is second son of John Dyer, 
 
 Esq., formerly Secretary of that institution, and 
 
 Chief Clerk of the Admiralty. 
 ■Xhis officer entered the Navy, 29 Jime, 1815, as 
 » Vide Qaz. 1811, p. 18G4. 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Volcano bomb, Capt. 
 John Wyatt Watling, on the Home station, where, 
 and in the West Indies and South America, he 
 served, during the next seven years, occasionally as 
 Midshipman, in the Belle Podle troop-ship, Capt. 
 Fras. Baker, Julia brig, Capt. J. W. Watling, Bn- 
 CEPHALDS troop-ship, Capt. Amos Freeman Wcst- 
 ropp, Vengedr 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, Florida 
 20, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, Sybille 
 44, bearing the flag of Sir Home Pojjham, Incon- 
 stant 36, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, Leven 
 24, Capt. David Ewen Bartholomew, Active 38, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Raggett, Active again, Capt. Andrew King, Beaver 
 brig, Capt. Archibald Maclean, and Creole 36, 
 Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. He be- 
 came Acting-Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1823, of the Doris 
 frigate, Capt. Edw. Venables Vemon, and, being 
 confirmed 1 April following, was afterwards ap- 
 pointed— 31 Jan. 1824, to the Victory 104, flag-ship 
 at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin — 27 July, 1825, to 
 the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude — 
 and 1 March, 1826, to the Ganges 84, flag-ship at 
 the Brazils of Bear- Admiral Robt. Waller Otway. 
 Assuming the rank he now holds, 17 April, 1827, 
 Commander Dyer, on 6 Nov. in that year, obtained 
 the Second Captaincy of the Melville 74, Capts. 
 Henry Hill, Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, and Christ. 
 John Williams Nesham, with whom he successively 
 served, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, 
 until paid off in Sept. 1831. He afterwards offici- 
 ated, as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast 
 Guard, at Lyme Regis, Harwich, and at Westport, 
 CO. Mayo, from 17 April, 1832, until 1835, and again 
 from 27 Sept. 1838, until 1843. Since the latter 
 date he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Dyer married, 29 June, 1826, Ade- 
 laide, daughter of John Williams, Esq., of Elm 
 Grove, Southsea, Comptroller of the Customs at 
 Portsmouth, by whom he has issue four children. 
 
 DYER, Bart. (Commander, 1810. r-p., 22; 
 H-p., 43.) 
 
 Sib Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, bom 4 Nov. 
 1771, is eldest son of the late Thos. Dyer, Esq., by 
 Mary, relict of Wm. Bemey, Esq., of Barbadoes ; 
 brother of Sir John Dyer, K.C.B., who was killed 
 2 July, 1811 ; and nephew of Sir John Swinnerton 
 Dyer, Bart., a Lieut. -Colonel in the Army, and a 
 Groom of the Bedchamber to George IV., when 
 Prince of Wales, who died in 1801. He succeeded 
 his first-cousin, the late Lieut.-General Sir Thos. 
 Rich. Swinnerton Dyer, as eighth Baronet, in April, 
 1838. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy in 1782, on board 
 the Union 90, Capts. Dalrymple and Moistin, and, 
 toward the close of the same year, was present at 
 the relief of Gibraltar, and in Lord Howe's partial 
 action with the combined fleets of France and 
 Spain. Between Aug. 1783 and the receipt of his 
 first commission, 29 June, 1793, he appears to have 
 next served, on the Home and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, in the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Moistin, Cullo- 
 DEN 74, Capt. Cotton, Carysfort 28, Capt. Matthew 
 Smith, Leander 50, flag-ship of Admiral Joseph 
 Peyton, Bulldog 16, Capt. "Thos. Peyton, Alfred 
 74, Capt. John Bazely, and Victory 100, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Hood. Joining then the Egmont 
 74, Capts. Archd. Dickson and John Sutton, he 
 served on shore at the occupation of Toulon in 
 Aug. 1793, and, early in the following year, contri- 
 buted to the reduction of Corsica, where he landed 
 at the taking of the tower of Mortella, and wit- 
 nessed the capture and destruction of the French 
 frigates Minerve and Fortmiee. While in the same 
 ship, Mr. Dyer, besides participating in Hotham's 
 action of 13 July, 1795, boarded, and assisted in 
 bringing out of Tunis Bay, 9 March, 1796, the 
 French vessels Nemesis of 28, and Sardine of 22 
 guns. Prior to the peace his appointments were, 
 next, to the Mahonesa 40, Capts. John Ferris 
 Devonshire and John Giffard, Hector 74, Capt. 
 Peter Aplin, Blenheim 90, bearing the flag of Sir 
 
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 DYKE- EAGAR— EARLE. 
 
 John Orde, Diadem 64, Capt. John Dawson, and 
 to the command, for 13 months, of the Heady gun- 
 brig. On the renewal of hostilities, Mr. Dyer joined, 
 5 July, 1803, the Sea Fencibles at Rye, in Sussex, 
 where he remained until appointed, 3 July, 1805, 
 First-Lieutenant of the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Jas. 
 Lillicrap. In Nov. 1805, meditating an attack upon 
 the flotilla in Boulogne Roads, Rear-Admiral Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith, then in command of the Bri- 
 tish squadron off Dover, issued a general notifica^ 
 tion, expressive of the intention of Government to 
 reward any signal act of bravery that might be 
 performed during the approaching operations. In 
 consequence of this announcement, Mr. Dyer vo- 
 lunteered the command of a boat with only nine 
 hands, and presently had the good fortune, at a 
 distance of four and a half mUes from the squadron, 
 to blow up, by means of a carcass expressly pre- 
 pared, and in the centre of 26 of the enemy's ves- 
 sels, one of the only two that were destroyed on 
 that occasion. Tet, although six of his men had 
 been wounded, he received no other acknowledg- 
 ment for this very gallant exploit than that of being 
 personally complimented by the Rear-Admiral. Al- 
 ter a brief attachment to four other ships (under 
 Capt. "Wm. Mounsey, Lord St. Vincent, and Capts. 
 Wm. Gordon Rutherford and Edw. Codrington), 
 Mr. Dyer, a few days subsequent to his removal to 
 L'Athenienne 64, Capt. Robt. Raynsford, was 
 wrecked, on the Esquerques Rocks, near Tunis, 27 
 Oct. 1806, on which occasion the Captain and 396 of 
 the crew perished. By that untoward event he 
 suffered an uncompensated loss of property to the 
 amount of 276Z. Until paid off on his return to 
 England in July, 1807, he next served in the Pompeb 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir W. S. Smith, and Juno 
 32, Capts. Henry Richardson and Hon. Granville 
 Leveson Proby. He also held command for some 
 time of the Centurion receiving-ship at Halifax, 
 and, on 12 July, 1810, was at length, through the 
 influence of the Duke of Kent, promoted to his 
 present rank in the Driver 18. He paid that 
 sloop off 8 Jan. 1811 ; and has not since been em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Sir Thos. Swinnerton Dyer, who is senior Com- 
 mander of 1810, was admitted to the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 24 April, 1837. He married, 
 14 April, 1814, Mary, daughter of John Davis, 
 Esq. 
 
 DYKE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Dyke entered the Royal Naval College, 
 we believe, in 1828 ; first embarked 4 July, 1830 ; 
 passed his examination 27 Aug. 1834 ; and obtained 
 his commission, while serving as Mate on board 
 the Hecate steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton 
 Ward, 23 Nov. 1841. He has been since appointed 
 —30 Nov. 1841, and 8 Oct. 1842, to the Cambridge 
 78, and Belvidera 38, Capts. Edw. Barnard and 
 Hon. Geo. Grey, in the Mediterranean — 1 Dec. 
 1842, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, 
 off Lisbon — and, 16 May, 1843, to the Fisgard 42, 
 Capt. John Alex. Duntze, on the Pacific station, 
 where he is at present employed. 
 
 DYKE. (Commander, 1844. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Peche Hart Dyke, born 21 Nov. 1805, is sixth 
 son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart., of LuUing- 
 stone Castle, co. Kent, by Anne, daughter of Robt. 
 Jenner, Esq., of Chislehurst ; brother of Lieut. 
 Octavius Hart Dyke, R.N. (1836), who died 8 July, 
 1844, as also of Augustus Hart Dyke, Esq., E. I. 
 Co.'s army ; and nephew of Geo. Hart Dyke, Esq., 
 Lieut.-Colonel in the Guards, who died 6 Nov. 1843. 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Nov. 1818 ; and embarked, 9 Nov. 1821, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Euryadus 42, Capt. Augustus 
 Wm. Jas. Clifford, in which ship, and in the Cam- 
 brian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he served, 
 on the Mediterranean station, until April, 1826. 
 Passing his examination in the following summer, 
 he next successively joined, as Mate, the Victory 
 100, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin, Hossar 46, Capt. 
 
 Edw. Boxer, Challenger 28, Capt. Adolphus Fitx- 
 Clarence, Rattlesnake 28, Capts. Chas. Orlando 
 Bridgeman, Sir Thos. Pasley, and Chas. Graham, 
 Pelican 18, Capt. Joseph Gape, and St. Vincent 
 120, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham— 
 which ships appear to have been employed on the 
 Home, North American, and Mediterranean star 
 tions. As a Lieutenant, to which rank he was pro- 
 moted 28 Oct. 1831, Mr. Dyke's appointments, we 
 find, were— 24 July, 1833, to the Wasp 16, Capts. 
 Jas. Burney and John Sam. Foreman, in the West 
 Indies— 24 Jan. 1838, and 11 May, 1839, as Senior 
 Lieutenant, to the Scylla 16, and Tribune 24, 
 Capts. Hon. Joseph Denman and Chas. Hamlyn 
 Williams, under the latter of whom he was wrecked 
 on the Lisbon station, in Jan. 1840 — and, 2 Nov. 
 1840, in a similar capacity, to the Iris 26, Capts. 
 Hugh Nurse, Wm. Tucker, and Geo. Rodney Mundy. 
 He returned home from the coast of Africa in Aug. 
 1843; attained his present rank 20 June, 1844 ; and 
 since 19 May, 1846, has been again employed on the 
 African coast, in command of the Flying Fish 12. 
 
 E. 
 
 EAGAK. (Commander, 1825. r-p., 18; h-p.,31.) 
 John Eagar entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board La Minerve, of 42 guns 
 and 286 men, Capt. Geo. Cockburn; under whom, 
 besides witnessing the capture of several privateers, 
 and participating in various cutting-out affairs, he 
 joined in the hostilities against Malta, was present 
 at Lord Keith's capture, on 19 June, 1799, of three 
 frigates and two brigs under Rear-Admiral Perree, 
 and assisted at the capture and destruction, 2 Sept. 
 1801, of the Succes of 32, and Bravoure of 42 guns. 
 Between Oct. 1801 and April, 1805, during which 
 period, in 1804, he was much engaged with the 
 enemj^s batteries and flotilla near Boulogne, he 
 served, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Resist- 
 ance 38, Capt. Henry Digby, Iris and Seine fri- 
 gates, both commanded by Capt. David Atkins, 
 and Hercule 74, flag-ship in the West Indies of 
 Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He was then appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Diana 38, Capt. Thos. 
 Jas. Maling, and, being confirmed to that ship 10 
 Oct. following, afterwards became her First-Lieu- 
 tenant. Accompanying Capt. Maling in a similar 
 capacity, in Nov. 1807, into the Undaunted 38, 
 Mr. Eagar, on Capt. Rich. Thomas succeeding to 
 the command of that frigate, took charge of her 
 boats and demolished a strong fort on the coast of 
 Catalonia in Sept. 1811 ; and on 29 April, 1812, in 
 command of the boats of the same ship, and of the 
 VoLONTAiRE 38, and Blossom 18, he effected the 
 very spirited capture and destruction of 21, in- 
 cluding a national schooner of 4 guns and 74 men, 
 out of a convoy of 26 vessels at anchor near the 
 mouth of the Rhone.* Previously to these exploits 
 he appears to have been lent for about eight months, 
 as Senior Lieutenant, to the Achille 74, Capt. Sir 
 Rich. King. He invalided from the Undaunted 
 in Feb. 1813, and from that period remained im- 
 employed until 28 July, 1821, when he was appointed 
 to the command of the Clinker 12, on the New- 
 foundland station. Since his promotion to his 
 present rank, which took place 27 May, 1825, this 
 officer has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 29 June, 1824, Catherine, daughter 
 of the late Capt. Bullock, of Prittlewell, co. Essex. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 EARLE. (Commander, 1844. p-p., 31 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Edward Charles Earle died, while in com- 
 mand of the Rapid, at Sierra Leone, from the 
 effects of imprudently bathing, 11 April, 1845, at 
 the age of 49. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1805, as 
 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. 
 
 Hon. Edw. King, and, after participating in several 
 
 warm encounters with the Boulogne flotilla, succes- 
 
 • VideGnz. 1812, p. 1278. 
 
EATON— EBORALL— EDEN. 
 
 323 
 
 sively joined, as Midshipman and Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, on the "West India and Newfoundland stations, 
 the Alexandkia 32, Capt. Hon. E. King, Mel- 
 ville and Pelorus, both commanded by Capt. Hon. 
 Jas. Wm. King, Cikce 32, Capt. John Chas. Wool- 
 combe, Jason 32, Capt. Hon. Edw. King, Hazard 
 18, Capt. John Cookesley, Jason again, Capt. Hon. 
 Jas. King, and Nemesis 28, armee en flute, Capt. 
 Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. Being confiimed while 
 in the latter vessel, 10 Sept. 1813, Mr. Earle was 
 next appointed, 7 May, 1814, to the Devastation 
 bomb, Capt. Thbs. Alexander, under whom he 
 shared in the taking of Fort "Washington, was at 
 the capitulation of Alexandria, contested warmly 
 with the Americans on the return of the British 
 down the Potomac, and co-operated in the attack 
 upon Baltimore. He left the Devastation in 
 June, 1815 ; joined, 6 May, 1824, the Meteor bomb, 
 Capt. Jas. Scott, in the Mediterranean ; and, from 
 Oct. 1824 until 1831, served in the Coast Blockade, 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, 
 and Hyperion 42, Capts. "Wm. M'CuUoch, Hugh 
 Pigot, and "Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He then for three 
 years commanded the Lion Revenue-cutter, at the 
 end of which period he obtained charge of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. He was afterwards, in June, 
 1839, and Deo. 1841, appointed to the successive 
 command of the Adelaide, another Revenue- 
 cruizer, and of the Rapid brig — the latter stationed 
 off the coast of Africa, where, although promoted 
 to the rank of Commander, 22 July, 1844, he con- 
 tinued until the hour of his death. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 EATON. (Retired CoMMANDEB, 1842. f-p., 16; 
 H-P., 32.) 
 James Eaton entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the QnESEC 32, Capt. Henry 
 "Wm. Bayntun, stationed in the "West Indies ; be- 
 came Midshipman, 2 Sept. 1800, of La Prompte 20, 
 Capt. Robt. Philpot ; and on removing to the Han- 
 nibal 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, was quartered in 
 the mizen-top, and narrowly escaped destruction, 
 when that ship, having grounded under the enemy's 
 batteries, was compelled, after a long and deadly 
 resistance, infliotive on her of a loss of 81 men 
 killed and 62 wounded, to strike her colours, in the 
 action off Algeciras, 6 July, 1801. Being exchanged 
 on 18 of the same month, he returned home in the 
 San Antonio 74, Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Law- 
 rence Dimdas, one of the prizes taken near Cadiz 
 in the battle of the 13th. After an attachment of 
 20 months, as Admiralty-Midshipman, to the Ata- 
 LANTE 16, Capt. Joseph Ore Mansfield — during 
 which period he was very constantly engaged on 
 open-boat service in the suppression of smuggling, 
 and on one occasion, 9 Oct. 1803, assisted at the 
 cutting out, in face of a fiery opposition, of two 
 French ketches and a brig, near St. Gildas, in Qui- 
 beron Bay — Mr. Eaton, in March, 1804, joined the 
 Tem^raire 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey. Being Signal- 
 Midshipman on the memorable 21 Oct. 180,'), he had 
 the honour of repeating from the Victory Nelson's 
 last immortal signal, " England expects," &c. ; and 
 he also assisted during the action in lashing to the 
 Tem^raire the French 74-gun ships Fovgueux and 
 Redoubtable, one on either side. For his conduct 
 he was rewarded with a commission dated 13 Jan. 
 1806, and appointed to the Lion 64, Capts. Robt. 
 Rolles and Henry Heathoote. During the nearly 
 six years of his continuance in that ship, Mr. Eaton 
 took out a convoy to China; was severely wounded, 
 while in temporary command of her tender, in an 
 attack made on that vessel by 13 Ladrone war- 
 junks ; and, independently of one or two particular 
 services, co-operated in the reduction of Java. On 
 8 Sept. 1812, after having been laid up for some 
 time at Haslar Hospital, we find him appointed 
 First of the Beaver 10, Capt. Edw. O'Brien Drury, 
 by whom, in July, 1813, he was sent home with 
 despatches containing intelligence of the American 
 Commodore Rodgers and his squadron having put 
 into North Bergen, on the coast of Norway. On 
 
 rejoining the Beaver he particularly distinguished 
 himself by his intrepidity, on 24 Oct. 1813, in 
 putting off in the jolly-boat, with the only three 
 men out of the whole ship's company who would 
 volunteer, to the rescue, during a violent gale, of 
 the crew of a Swedish vessel then on the point of 
 foundering. Mr. Eaton, who was compelled to in- 
 vaUd in Aug. 1814, from a severe attack of rheu- 
 matism, brought on by over-exertion and exposure, 
 with the loss also of the sight of one eye, and who 
 has noti since been employed, accepted his present 
 rank 26 May, 1842. 
 
 He married in 1816. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 EBORALL. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 11; h-p., 31.) 
 Samuel Eborall was born 13 May, 1790. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Inspector 16, Capt. 
 Brian Hodgson, and, after cruizing for a very short 
 period in the North Sea, joined the Ptlades 16, 
 Capt. Geo. Miller Bhgh, in which vessel, and the 
 Spartan 38, Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton and Edw. 
 Pelliam Brenton, he actively served, on the Medi- 
 terranean station, until Aug. 1810. In consequence 
 of his being invested, after the reduction of the 
 Ionian "Islands, with the temporary command of 
 the Zantios armed brigantine, he appears to have 
 been deprived of an opportunity of sharing in the 
 brilliant victory gained by the Spartan over the 
 Franco-Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples, 
 3 May, 1810. Between Nov. 1810, and Dec. 1815, 
 Mr. Eborall was afterwards employed, as Master's 
 Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, on the Home, "West 
 India, and Newfoundland stations, in the Leveret 
 10, Capt. Geo. "Wickens "Willes, Stirling Castle 74, 
 Capts. Sir J. Brenton and Augustus Brine, Belle- 
 KOPHON 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats, Galatea 36, Capt. Woodley Losack, Har- 
 lequin 18, Capt. "Wm. Kempthome, and Prosper© 
 16, Capt. Geo. Greensill. He was then officially 
 promoted by commission dated 24 Feb. 1815, and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 From 1817 until 1829 Lieut. Eborall was in com- 
 mand of various merchantmen from the port of 
 Liverpool. 
 
 EDEN. (Captain, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Eden, bom 3 July, 1808, is youngest 
 son of the late Sir Fred. Morton Eden, Bart., by 
 Anne, daughter and heir of Jas. Paul Smith, Esq., 
 of New Bond-street; brother of Sir Fred. Eden, 
 Bart., who fell at New Orleans, 24 Dec. 1814, of 
 the present Sir"Wm. Eden, Bart., and of Geo. Mor- 
 ton Eden, Esq., an officer in the Army; brother- 
 in-law of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C.B. ; and 
 cousin of Capt. Henry Eden, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 27 Oct. 1821 ; 
 passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 11 Feb. 1832. His next appoint- 
 ments were, 22 Oct. 1832, and 31 Jan. 1834, to the 
 Melville 74, and Canopds 84, both commanded, 
 on the Mediterranean and Home stations, by Capt. 
 Hon. Josceline Percy. He was advanced to the 
 command, 17 Nov. 1834, of the Rover 18, on the 
 South American station, whence he returned in 
 1838; and, assuming Post-rank 11 Ang. 1841, was 
 afterwards employed, from 7 March, 1842, until 
 paid off in 1846, as Flag-Captain in the "Winchester 
 50, to Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief 
 at the Cape of Good Hope. He has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 Capt. Eden married, in 1829, Emma, second 
 daughter of Sir Robt. "Williams, Bart. Agent— 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 EDEN. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 16.) 
 
 Henry Eden is fourth son of the late Thos. Eden, 
 Esq., of "Wimbledon, co. Surrey, Deputy-Auditor 
 of Greenwich Hospital, by Mariana, daughter of 
 Arthur Jones, Esq. ; brother of John Eden, Esq., 
 a Major in the Army, and of Arthur Eden, Esq., 
 Assistant-Comptroller of the Exchequer ; brother- 
 in-law of Lord Brougham, and of the late Admiral 
 
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 EDEN— EDGELL. 
 
 Sir Graham Moore, G.C.B. ; nephew of Sir Robt. 
 Eden, Bart., who was Governor of the province of 
 Maryland in 1776, as also of the late Lord Auck- 
 land; and cousin of Capt. Chas. Eden, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex. 
 Robt. Kerr, with whom he cruized most actively 
 on the Home and North American stations, latterly 
 as Midshipman, until Aug. 1815. In Nov. follow- 
 ing, after an intermediate attachment to the Na- 
 MUR 74, and Tonnant 80, flag-ships at tl»e Nore 
 and at Cork of Sir Chas. Rowley and Sir Benj. 
 Hallowell, he joined the Axceste 38, Capt. Murray 
 Maxwell, and soon afterwards sailed with Lord 
 Amherst on an embassy to China— while on bis 
 return from which country, in Feb. 1817, he suf- 
 fered shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar. Obtain- 
 ing his first commission on 20 Oct. in the same 
 year, Mr. Eden was next appointed— 22 June, 1818, 
 to the LiFFEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, under 
 whom he cruized for some time off Lisbon — and, 
 28 March, 1820, to the Rocbfokt 80, as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Sir Graham Moore, Commander-in-Chief 
 in the Mediterranean. He there assumed the suc- 
 cessive command, 23 Oct. 1821, and 19 July, 1822, 
 of the Chanticleer and Martin sloops, and in 
 both those vessels was very efficiently occupied 
 during the revolution in Greece. On the paying 
 off of the Martin, in Feb. 1825, Capt. Eden was 
 presented with a handsome sword as a " tribute of 
 respect" from his ship's company. He attained 
 Post-rank, while in command of the Herald yacht, 
 30 April, 1827, and subsequently joined, 17 Feb. 
 1832, the Conway 28, in which frigate, aiter being 
 very actively employed in the North Sea during 
 the interruption of our friendly relations with the 
 Dutch, and also as senior officer in the Tagus under 
 Sir Wm. Parker in 1832-3, he proceeded to South 
 America, where he continued until his return to 
 England, in Oct. 1835. "We next find him offici- 
 ating, in the Impregnable 104, and Caledonia 
 120, as Flag-Captain, from 30 April, 1839, until 
 April, 1842, to Sir Graham Moore, then Commander- 
 in-Chief at Plymouth. His last appointment afloat 
 was, 7 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, fitting 
 for the flag of Sir Geo. Eras. Seymour, from which 
 ship, however, his health obliged him to invalid in 
 the following Aug. 
 
 Capt. Eden has held the office of Private Secre- 
 tary, since July, 1846, to his relative Lord Auck- 
 land, First Lord of the Admiralty. Agents — Hal- 
 lett and Robinson. 
 
 EDEN. (Commander, 1846. p-p., 19 ; h-p., 3.) 
 Henry Eden is brother of Walter D. Eden, Esq., 
 
 of the Admiralty, Somerset House, and of Lieu- 
 tenant Chas. Eden, of the Indian Navy, who, enter- 
 ing that service in 1838, took part, during an em- 
 ployment of 18 months in the Atalanta steamer, 
 on the China station, in the operations of 1841 
 against Canton and Chusan, and was afterwards, 
 when in the Elphinstone, one of the first to enter 
 a breach created in the walls of a strongly fortified 
 pah belonging to a rebel New Zealand chieftain 
 named Kawiti, 11 Jan. 1846 — services which twice 
 obtained, him mention in the 'London Gazette.' 
 One of Commander Eden's sisters is married to a 
 brother of Capt. T. L. Peake, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1825, as 
 Fst,-3l. Vol., on board the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas, Mingaye, lying at Newhaven for the purposes 
 of the Coast Blockade. Between Jan. 1827, and 
 Feb. 1832, he served, as Midshipman, on the South 
 American, Mediterranean, and Lisbon stations, in 
 the Menai 28, Capts. Michael Seymour and Thos. 
 Bourchier, Messenger steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Benj. Aplin, and Prince Regent 120, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker. He 
 then, having just passed his examination, became 
 successively Mate of the Hermes and Flameb 
 steamers, both commanded by Lieut. Rich. Bastard, 
 on the Mediterranean station, where he remained 
 until transferred, 10 Jan. 1834, to the Excellent 
 
 Eunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastmgg, 
 In Deo: of the latter year Mr. Eden jomed an ex- 
 redition preparing under Col. Chesney for an explo- 
 rative mission to the Euphrates, which river was 
 ultimately reached after the laborious undertaking 
 had been accomplished of transporting two steam- 
 vessels from the vicinity of Antioch overland to the 
 town of Bir, a tract of 140 miles, almost impassable 
 for the want of roads- In one of the steamers, the 
 Tigris Mr. Eden was unfortunately wrecked during 
 a typhoon, 21 May, 1836. Obtaining, on his return 
 to England, a commission dated 15 Feb. 1837, he 
 was immediately appointed to the Beagle 10, Capt. 
 John Clements Wickham, whom he assisted in the 
 survey, from that year until 1841, of the coast of 
 Australia and of Bass Straits. As Senior Lieutenant 
 of the Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, which 
 ship he joined 15 Sept. 1841, Mr. Eden, we find, 
 was very actively employed in the Tang-tse-Kiang 
 during the closing operations of the Chinese war. 
 The day after the taking of Woosung, 17 June, 
 1842, he landed in command of the boats' crews 
 belonging to the squadron, and of the marines of 
 the Dido, and destroyed the enemy's forts, maga- 
 zines, &c. His appointments, after the period of 
 his quitting the Dido, were— 29 Aug. 1842, to the 
 EsDYMiON 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the 
 Indian station— 30 Feb. 1844, to the Factory at 
 Woolwich for the Study of Steam — and, 19 Deo. 
 1844, to the command of the Locust steam-vessel, 
 on the Mediterranean station. Since his last pro- 
 motion, which took place 29 June, 1846, Commander 
 Eden has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 27 Oct. 1846, Lavinia Mary, youngest 
 daughter of Wm. Rivers, Esq., of Greenwich Hos- 
 pital. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 EDEN. CCaptain, 1844. f-p., 13; h-p., 10.) 
 
 Thomas Rodney Eden is son, we believe, of 
 Thos. Eden, Esq., by Frances, daughter of Capt. 
 Hon. John Rodney, R.N. ; great-grandson of Thomas 
 sixth Earl of Westmeath; and nephew of Capt. 
 Henry Eden, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Sept. 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 48, Capt. 
 Gawen Wm. Hamilton, attached to the squadron 
 in the Mediterranean, where, and on the Home and 
 North American stations, he afterwards served, as 
 Midshipman, in the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Chas. 
 Sotheby, Victory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, 
 Challenger 28, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, and 
 HossAR 46, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ships of Sir 
 Chas. Ogle and Sir Thos. Foley. His appoint- 
 ments as Lieutenant, to which rank he was pro- 
 moted 22 Nov. 1830, appear to have been — 9 Dec. 
 1831, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, 
 stationed in the Mediterranean— and, 23 March, 
 1833, to the Victory 104, in which ship, and the 
 Britannia 120, he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Thos. Williams, Commander-in-Chief at Ports- 
 mouth, until the receipt of his Commander's com- 
 mission, 13 April, 1836. His next appointment was, 
 4 Feb. 1841, to the Persiah 16, off the coast of 
 Africa, where he succeeded in capturing as many 
 as 10 slave-vessels. From Aug. 1842, to Jan. 1843, 
 he acted as Captain of the Iris 28, but then returned 
 to the Persian, which sloop he brought home and 
 paid oflF in Aug. 1843. Since his elevation to his 
 present rank, 23 Sept. 1844, Capt. Eden has not 
 been afloat. Ageht — Frederick t)ufaur. 
 
 EDGELL. (Captain, 1846. p-p., 15; h-p., 11.) 
 Harry Edmund Edgell, born in 1809, is only 
 son of the late Rear-Admiral Edgell. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 May, 1821 ; and embarked, in 1823, as a Volunteer, 
 on board the Nimrod 18, Capt. Wm. Rochfort, 
 employed off the west coast of Scotland in the sup- 
 pression of smuggling. After serving for nearly 
 three years as Midshipman and Mate, on the North 
 America and West India, Home, and Mediter- 
 ranean stations, in the Doterel 18, Capts. Henry 
 Edwards and Wm. Alex. Bailie Hamilton, Orestes 
 
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 18j Capt. Jones, Jupiter 50, flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 miral WiUoughby Thos. Lake, Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Hayes, and Dartmodth 46, Capt. Sir Thos. Fel- 
 lowes, lie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 3 June, 1828. Joining, 7 July, 1831, the Imogene 
 28, Capt. Price Hamilton, Mr. Edgell eventually 
 proceeded to China, where, in forcing the passage 
 of the Boca Tigris, he received two contusions on 
 the left leg and arm, 9 Sept. 1834. On his return 
 to England, he was appointed, 29 Aug. 1835, to 
 the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, under whom 
 he was very efficiently employed on the coast of 
 Sixain until the receipt of his second promotal com- 
 mission, 10 Jan. 1837. He assumed command, 9 
 May, 1845, of the Siren 16, on the Mediterranean 
 station, and, on 9 Nov. 1846, was advanced to his 
 present rank. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Edgell married, 14 June, 1845, Miss Caroline 
 Rossiter, of Highcliif House, co. Bucks. Agemts — 
 Collier and Snee. 
 
 remained thenceforward on half-pay. He assumed 
 Flag-rank 17 Aug. 1840. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral, who was a Magistrate and 
 Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Somerset, married, in 
 1802, Miss O'Keefe. He has left by that lady an 
 only son, the present Capt. Harry £dm. Edgell, 
 R.N. 
 
 EDGELL. (Eear-Admiral of the Red, 1840. 
 F-P., 25 ; H-p., 42.) 
 
 Henry Folkes Edgell was born 13 Aug. 1767, 
 and died, 14 June, 1846, at his seat, Standerwick 
 Court, CO. Somerset. He was sun of the late Chaffln 
 Edgell, Esq., by Luoretia Eleanor Rishton, grand- 
 daughter of Martin Folkcs, Esq., President of the 
 Royal Society. He had lost three brothers in the 
 military service of their country, Charles, a Major, 
 and Martin and Beddison, both Captains. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 March, 1780, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bienfatsant 64, Capt. 
 John Macbride. In that ship, when ofl' Kinsale, he 
 assisted at the capture, 13 Aug. following, of the 
 Comte d'Aftois privateer, of 64 guns and 664 men, 
 which struck, at the close of an action of an hour 
 and 10 minutes, in which the British had 3 men 
 killed and 22 wounded, and the enemy 21 killed 
 and 35 wounded. After further contributing to 
 the capture of the Comtesse d'Artois, a small French 
 privateer, Mr. Edgell accompanied his Captain, as 
 Midshipman, into the Artois frigate, and in the 
 course of 1781 was present in the action o& the 
 Dogger Bank, and also in a very warm contest of 
 30 minutes which terminated in the capture, by the 
 Artois alone, of two Dutch privateers, each mount- 
 ing 24 nine-pounders. Between 1784 and the re- 
 ceipt of his first commission, 16 Nov. 1790, he next 
 served, on the Irish, Channel, and Newfoundland 
 stations, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Drdid 32, 
 Capt. Macbride, Swallow 16, Capt. David Maokay, 
 and Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Mil- 
 banke. In July, 1795, Mr. Edgell (who, for the 
 last two years and a half, had been again employed 
 under his patron, then Vice-Admiral Macbride, in 
 the Cumberland and Minotaur 74's) became 
 Signal-Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Hon. Wm. AVal- 
 degrave, in the Barfleub 98, the barge of which 
 ship he commanded at the capture, in Tunis Bay, 
 of the French ships Nemesis of 28, and Sardine of 
 22 guns, 9 March, 1796. After sharing in the battle 
 off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, he successively 
 followed the same Flag-officer, as First-Lieutenant, 
 into the Flora 36, Latona 38, and Romney 50 ; and, 
 while in the Flora, he witnessed the capture of 
 L'Incrot/able privateer, of 24 guns and 220 men. 
 Being promoted to the command, 5 March, 1798, 
 of the Pluto sloop, Capt. Edgell continued to serve 
 in that vessel, on the Newfoundland station, until 
 Aug. 1802, when, having superintended the cession 
 of the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon to the 
 French, and been advanced to Post-rank by com- 
 mission dated 29 April, 1802, he returned to Eng- 
 land. We afterwards find him, in 1804-5, com- 
 manding the Romney Marsh district of Sea Fen- 
 cibles, and on 30 Sept. 1808, appointed to the Cor- 
 nelia 36. Proceeding in that frigate to India, he 
 there co-operated in the reduction of the Isle of 
 France, where for some time he commanded the 
 blockading squadron off Port Louis, and was also at 
 the capture of Java, in 1810-11. Capt. Edgell came 
 homo in the Piedmontaise 38, in Sept. 1812 ; and 
 
 EDMONDS. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 
 16 ; n-P., 33.) . 
 Thomas Edmonds entered the Navy, 22 July, 
 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pluto sloop, 
 Capts. Henry Folkes Edgell and Henry Barwell, on 
 the Newfoundland station, where, until Feb. 1806, 
 he further served, as Midshipman, in the Isis 50, 
 flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler, Camilla 
 20, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, and Isis again, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus Gower. He then 
 became Sub-Lieutenant of the Explosion, Lieut.- 
 Commander Edw. Elliott, and, being promoted, 
 while in the Vanguard 74, Capt. Alex.T?raser, to 
 the rank of full Lieutenant, 28 A.pril, 1807, was 
 next appointed in succession, on various stations, to 
 the Childers sloop, Capts. Thos. Innes, Fras. John 
 Nott, Wm. Henry Dillon, and Joseph Packwood, 
 Arethusa 38, Capts. Robt. Mends and Fras. 
 Holmes Coflin, Dauntless 18, Capt. Daniel Barber, 
 Cornwall 74, Commodore Edw. W. .C. R. Owen, 
 and Thbacian 18, Capt. John Carter. On 14 
 March, 1808, while under Capt. Dillon in the 
 Childers, whose force consisted, with a crew of 65 
 men, of only 14 12-pounder carronades, Mr. Ed- 
 monds assisted in ultimately beating off", after an 
 intermittent action of six hours' duration, and a 
 loss to the British of 2 men killed and 8 wounded, 
 the Danish man-of-war brig Ziovffen, of 20 guns and 
 160 men. Under Capt. Mends we find him most 
 actively employed in co-operation with the patriots 
 on the north coast of Spain, where, with the ex- 
 ception of Castro, he witnessed the destruction, in 
 the summer of 1810, of all the batteries from St. 
 Sebastian to St. Andero, on which were found alto- 
 gether about 100 pieces of cannon. He left the 
 Thhacian in Jan. 1814; and did not afterwards go 
 afloat. His acceptance of his present rank took 
 place 17 Jan. 1843. Agents— Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 EDMONSTONE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 4.) 
 
 "William Edmonstone, born 29 Jan. 1810, is 
 eldest son of the late Sir Chas. Edmonstone, Bart., 
 of Duntreath, co. Stirling, by his second wife, 
 Louisa, daughter of Beaumont, second Lord Ho- 
 tham, sister of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Henry 
 Hotham, G.C.B., and niece of Admiral Lord Ho- 
 tham. He is half-brother oi the present Sir Archi- 
 bald Edmonstone, Bart. 
 
 This ofiioer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Sept. 1822; and embarked, in Oct. 1823, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. 
 J ohn Pechell, whom he accompanied to the Medi- 
 terranean. On returning to that ship, after having 
 been detached for some months into the Medina 
 20, Capt. Timothy Curtis, he appears to have been 
 dangerously wounded in the face and arm, while 
 employed in the boats, in a desperate action with 
 some pirates, off the island of Candia, 18 June, 
 1826. Mr. Edmonstone, whom we next find joining 
 the Columbine 18, Capt. Wm. Symonds, and sub- 
 sequently proceeding to India with Lord Wm. Ben- 
 tinck, the Governor-General, in the Undaunted 46, 
 Capt. Augustus Wm. J as. Clifibrd, obtained his fiist 
 commission 23 Feb. 1829. He was afterwards ap- 
 pointed — 14 May, 1829, to the Seringapatam 46, 
 Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, in South America — 
 7 June, 1832, 11 Feb. 1833, and 18 March, 1836, to 
 the Belvideea42, Alfred 50, and Vanguard 80, 
 commanded on the Mediterranean station by Capts. 
 Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, Robt. Maunsell, and 
 Sir Thos. Fellowes — 30 April, 1839, to the Impreg- 
 nable 104, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham 
 Moore — and, 26 July, 1840, to the command, in the 
 Mediterranean, of the Weasel 10. He acquired 
 
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 EDMUNDS— EDRIDGE-EDWARDES-EDWARDS. 
 
 his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and has been em- 
 ployed, since 6 April, 1844, as an Inspecting Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Edmonstone married, 13 July, 1841, 
 Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Col. T. 
 W. Parsons, Resident of the Island of Zante. 
 
 EDMUNDS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 24; 
 H-P., 10.) 
 
 Charles Edmuhds entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 
 1813, as Fst.-cl.. "Vol., on board the Medwat 74, 
 Capt. Augustus JBrine, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Tyler at the Cape of Good Hope, where he served 
 until 1816. Ee-embarking, in Dec. 1818, on board 
 the Dauntless 24, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner 
 and Geo. Cornish Gambler, he sailed for India. On 
 his return home, towards the close of 1823, he suc- 
 cessively joined, as Mate, the Queen Charlotte 
 100, and Victokt 104, flag-ships at Portsmouth of 
 Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed and Sir Geo. Martin, 
 the Herald yacht, Capt. Henry John Leeke, and 
 Druid frigate, Capt. Sam. Chambers. He was ofS- 
 cially promoted, while serving as Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Magnificent receiving-ship at Jamaica, Capt. 
 Wm. Molyneux, by commission dated 26 Oct. 1826, 
 and was afterwards appointed — 2 June, 1828, 24 
 Sept. 1829, and 11 May, 1831, to the Kamillies 74, 
 Talavera 74, and Barham 50, all commanded by 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot, on the Downs and Mediterra- 
 nean stations — 4 Oct. 1834, to the Winchester 50, 
 in which ship he served for nearly four years under 
 the flag of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the East Indies — and, 22 Aug. 
 1840, as First-Lieutenant, to the Calcutta 84, Capt. 
 Sir Sam. Roberts, stationed in the Mediterranean. 
 He rose to the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 and, since 29 Aug. 1845, has been in command of 
 the Heroine sloop, on the coast of Africa. 
 
 EDEIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1810.) 
 
 John Edridge obtained his commission 23 Oct. 
 1810; and since the peace has been on half-pay. 
 
 EDWARDES. (Commandeb, 1827. f-p., 12; 
 
 H-P., 21.) 
 
 The Honourable William Edwardes, bom 3 
 Feb. 1801, is eldest surviving son of Lord Kensing- 
 ton, by Dorothy, daughter of Rich. Thomas, Esq. ; 
 and brother-in-law of Sir Edw. Cholmeley Dering, 
 Bart. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1814, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Bellekophon 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Hawker, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats ; served afterwards, as Mid- 
 shipman of 11 different men-of-war, chiefly on the 
 Mediterranean station ; and obtained his first com- 
 mission 2 Aug. 1823. He was appointed, 6 Oct. 
 1826, to the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. 
 Codrington in the Mediterranean, and, for his con- 
 duct at the battle of Navarin, was invested on the 
 following day, 21 Oct. 1827, with the acting-com- 
 mand of the Gannet 18. He returned to England 
 in 1828, having been confirmed to the rank of Com- 
 mander by commission dated 22 Oct. 1827 ; and has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 He married, 12 Oct. 1833, Laura Jane, fourth 
 daughter of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq., of Hepburn, co. 
 Durham, and has issue two sons and five daughters. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 EDWARDS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 22.) 
 Adams Edwards entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Courageux 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Boyles ; on accompanying Whom into the 
 Windsor Castle 98, he bore a part in Sir Robt. 
 Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, witnessed Sir Sam. 
 Hood's capture of four French frigates near Roche- 
 fort, 25 Sept. 1806, and passed the Dardanells in 
 Feb. 1807. Shortly after his removal to the Ame- 
 thyst, of 42 guns and 261 men, Capt. Mich. Sey- 
 mour, he assisted at the capture, 11 Nov. 1808, off' 
 L'Orient, of the French frigate La Thetis, of 44 
 
 guns and 436 men, including soldiers, which was 
 boarded and carried at the close of a furious con- 
 test of more than three hours, in which the British 
 lost 19 men killed and 51 wounded, and the enemy 
 135 killed and 102 wounded. On 6 April, 1809, he 
 also shared in a severe intermittent action of about 
 four hours, which terminated in the capture, with 
 a loss to the Amethyst of 8 men killed and 37 
 wounded, of another of the enemy's frigates, Le 
 Niemen, of 46 guns and 339 men, of whom 47 were 
 slain and 73 wounded. After attending the expe- 
 dition to Flushing, Mr. Edwards followed Capt. 
 Seymour, in Sept. 1809, into his prize, the Niemen, 
 which had been added to the British Navy as a 38- 
 gun frigate. With the exception of about two 
 months, from April to June 1811, during which we 
 find him officiating as Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Jalouse 18, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, he conti- 
 nued to serve with Capt. Seymour, latterly in the 
 Hannibal 74, on the Home station, until 1812. He 
 obtained his commission 13 March, 1815 ; and since 
 10 March, 1835, has been employed in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 EDWARDS. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 15; 
 H-P., 37.) 
 
 David Edwards entered the Navy, 31 July, 1795, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the San Fiorenzo of 42 
 guns, Capts. Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Wm. 
 Chas. Paterson. While in that ship, besides being 
 much in attendance on the King off' Weymouth, he 
 assisted, in company vrith La Nymphe, at the cap- 
 ture of La Re'sistauce of 48, and La Constance of 24 
 guns, 9 March, 1797 — passed, soon afterwards, 
 through the mutinous fleet at the Nore — took part 
 in a very warm conflict of nearly two hours, which 
 terminated in the defeat, by the San Fiorenzo and 
 her consort, the Amelia 38, of a French squadron, 
 consisting of three frigates and a gun-vessel, 9 
 April, 1799— and was present, 2 July following, in 
 an attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole 
 on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads. To- 
 wards the close of 1801 Mr. Edwards proceeded to 
 the West Indies, as Master's Mate of the Centaur 
 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales, and, on 5 Sept. 
 1803, was there promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Ulysses 44, Capt. Edwin Henry Columbine. From 
 27 Oct. 1804, to 24 June, 1806, he next served in 
 the Mediterranean with Capt. Geo. Digby, onboard 
 the Beagle 18, and Swiftsure 74, one of the prizes 
 taken at Trafalgar ; and in July, 1809, he assumed 
 command, under Capt. Philip Carteret, of the first 
 division of gun-boats employed on the Walcheren 
 expedition. During the two last years of the war 
 Mr. Edwards appears to have been attached, on 
 the Leith station, to the Adamant 50, and Latona 
 38, Capts. Matthew Buckle and Andrew Smith. He 
 was advanced to the command, 11 May, 1827, of the 
 Barham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis, on the Jamaica 
 station, where he removed, on 12 Sept. in the same 
 year, to the Fairy sloop. He returned to England 
 in 1828 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 EDWARDS. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 15; h-p., 12.) 
 David Edwards, born 6 Jan. 1803, is only son of 
 the late David Edwards, Esq., of Monmouth House, 
 Chelsea, by Sarah, third daughter of Robt. Mourton 
 Wood, Esq., of Newton Hall, Cheshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 July, 1820, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camelion 10, Capt.Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, on the Home station, and, after 
 serving for some time also in the Phaeton 46, 
 Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, became successively 
 Midshipman, in 1823, of the Ramillies 74, and 
 Ganges 84, guard-ships at Portsmouth, commanded 
 by Capt. Edw. Brace, by whom he was for some 
 time detached into the V iper tender, for the pur- 
 pose of cruizing in the Channel. From 1823 until 
 Feb. 1827, when he passed his examination, Mr. 
 Edwards was next employed in South America on 
 board the Mersey 26, Capt. John Macpherson Fer- 
 guson. He soon afterwards joined the Coast Block- 
 ado, as Mate of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. 
 
EDWARDS. 
 
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 Mingaye, and, from June, 1828, untU Oct. 1833, 
 served in the Victoky 104, flag-ship at Portsmouth 
 of Sir Robt. Stopford, the Spaktiate 76, and Ocean 
 80, commanded on the Mediterranean station by 
 Capts. Frederic Warren and Patlc. Campbell, and 
 the Stag 46, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, employed in the 
 North Sea and off' Lisbon. Obtaining his commis- 
 sion 10 Jan. 1837, he joined, in the course, we be- 
 lieve, of the following month, the Samakang 28, 
 Capt. Wm. Broughton, on the South American sta^ 
 tion, whence, however, his health obliged him to 
 return in Feb. 1838. On 30 March, 1839, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch was next appointed to the Poweb- 
 ruL 84, Capt. Chas. Napier, under whom he served 
 throughout the various operations on the coast of 
 Syria in 1840, including the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d'Acre. He invalided from cataract in Nov. 
 of the latter year ; and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Edwards married, in 1842, Fanny, grand- 
 daughter of the late Rev. John Simons, LL.B., 
 rector of Paul's Cray, co. Kent. 
 
 EDWARDS. (CAPTAitf, 1826. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 3.^.) 
 Henrv Edwards entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 
 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impetdeux 78, 
 Capt. John Willet Payne, on tlie Home station, 
 where, and in the West Indies, he afterwards served, 
 as Midshipman, in the Beatjlied 40 and Terrible 
 74, both commanded by Capt. Fras. Fayerman, 
 Theseus 74, flag-ship of Lord Badstock, Topaze 38, 
 Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Leviathan 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. Being pro- 
 moted to a Lieutenancy, 2 Nov. 1802, in the Ganges 
 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, Mr. Edwards, after serving 
 for some time at Portsmouth and in the North Sea 
 on board the Courageux 74, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, and Africaine 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Manby, returned to the West Indies ; 
 on which station he appears to have been ap- 
 pointed— 21 Aug. 1805, to the Atlas 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Pym, under whom he bore a part in the 
 action off' St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806—12 March and 
 7 Aug. in the latter year, to the Success 32, and 
 Hebe 38, Capts. John Ayscough, Micajah Malbon, 
 and John Fyffe— and, .30 Sept. 1809, to the com- 
 mand of the Haddock schooner, in which vessel he 
 was unfortunately captured on his passage home 
 with despatches 12 Nov. following. On regaining 
 hia liberty, he further served for a few months, in 
 1810-11, on board the Hibebnia 120, and Centaur 
 74, both commanded by Capt. John Chambers 
 White, and, for a short period in 1813, on board 
 the Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, in 
 the Mediterranean and river Thames. On 29 June 
 in the last-mentioned year he was awarded a Com- 
 mander's commission ; and, on 25 Aug. 1825, he was 
 appointed to the Dotekel 18. Since his advance- 
 ment to liis present rank, which took place while 
 he was on the Halifax station, 2 Aug. 1826, Capt. 
 Edwards has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Sir Edw. 
 Codrington. Since the date of his last promotion, 
 23 Nov. 1841, Commander Edwards has been un- 
 employed. 
 
 He married, 11 May, 1837, Mary, youngest daugh- 
 ter of the late W. Cotton, Esq., of Balham Hill, co. 
 Surrey, by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 EDWARDS. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Nathaniel Fhederick Edwards is son of the 
 late John Edwards, Esq., of Worting House, Hants. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 Feb. 1813; 
 passed his examination in 1819 ; and, after acting 
 in the Bustard and Pylades, was officially pro- 
 moted to a Lieutenancy, 12 Feb. 1827, in the 
 Beaver 10, Capt. Joseph O'Brien, on the Jamaica 
 station, lie was subsequently appointed— 4 Feb. 
 1830, and 28 March, 1832, as First, to the Me- 
 teor surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, and 
 Raleigh 18, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean — 25 Jan. 1834, for 
 a short period, to the St. 'Vincent 120, Capt. 
 Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, on the same station 
 — 31 March, 5 May, and 15 Nov. 1836, to the Howe 
 120, Bellebophon 74, and Thunderee 84, Capts. 
 Alex. Ellice, Sam. Jackson, and Wm. Furlong Wise 
 
 1 Jan. 1839, to the Powerful 84, Capt. Chas. 
 
 Napier— and, 19 April, 1839, 1 Oct. 1840, and 1 Oct. 
 1841, to the Britannia 120, Queen 110, and St. 
 ■Vincent 120, flag-ships at Portsmouth of Admirals 
 
 EDWARDS. (Commander, 1828. r-P., 12; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 Richard Edwabds entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 
 1801, as a Supernumerary, on board the Royal 
 William, Capt. Fras. Piokmore, bearing the flag 
 at Spithead of Admiral Milbanke, but was dis- 
 charged on 30 March following. In Sept. 18G5, he 
 re-embarked, as Midshipman, on board the Ma- 
 jestic 74, Capt. Joseph Hanwell, in which ship and 
 the Victory 100, bearing the flags in succession of 
 Vice-Admirals Thos. Macnamara Russell and Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez in the North Sea and Baltic, he con- 
 tinued to serve, until appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 
 6 May, 1812, of the Ploveb sloop, Capt. Colin 
 Campbell. Being confirraed, 4 July following, into 
 the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, Mr. 
 Edwards, two days afterwards, was present, in com- 
 pany with the Calypso 18, Podargds 14, and 
 Flamer gun-brig, and was particularly mentioned 
 for his conduct, at the gallant capture and destruc- 
 tion, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the coast of 
 Norway, of an entire Danish squadron, consisting 
 of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe, and 
 Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats, after a long con- 
 flict which occasioned the Dictator a loss of 5 
 men killed and 24 wounded, and the enemy of 300 
 killed and wounded.* From 2 Feb. 1813, until 
 29 Aug. 1815, he next served in North America on 
 board the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, under 
 whom he appears to have witnessed the capture 
 of the U. S. ship President. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments, we find, were— 23 Oct. 1823, to the 
 Ocean 80, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, off" 
 Lisbon— and, 20 Dec. 1824, to the Superb 74, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Staines, at Jamaica. Since his attain- 
 ment of his present rank, 26 Aug. 1828, Commander 
 Edwards has not been afloat. 
 
 He married, in 1834, Emily, daughter of Wm. 
 Taylor, Esq., of Parkfield House, Purbrook, by 
 whom he has issue. 
 
 EDWARDS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.) 
 Richard Venn Edwards entered the Navy, 8 
 Aug. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Canopus 
 84, Capt. 'thos. Geo. Shortland, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Thos. Louis, in which ship he witnessed the 
 capture, 27 Sept. following, of Le President, French 
 frigate, of 44 guns and 330 men, and was present at 
 the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. In 
 Aug. ot the latter year, he removed, as Midshipman, 
 to the Hind 28, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane ; and on 
 afterwards accompanying that officer into the Cam- 
 BBTAN 40, he warmly co-operated with the patriots 
 on the coast of Catalonia. Mr. Edwards, who sub- 
 sequently served in the Tigbe 80, Capts. Benj. Hal- 
 lowell and John HalUday, and Pomone 38, Capts. 
 Fras. Wm. Fane and PhiUp Carteret, on the Medi- 
 terranean, Home, and Lisbon stations, was confirmed 
 to a Lieutenancy, 15 Sept. 1814, in the Philomel 18, 
 Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge. We also find him 
 attached, for a few months in 1815, to the San 
 Josef 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Rich. John 
 Strachan ; since Aug. in which year, however, he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 EDWARDS. (LtEDTENAKT, 1841.) 
 
 Rowland Edwards, born in 1813, is third son 
 of John Edwards, Esq., of the Hall, Great Ness, 
 near Shrewsbury, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for Shropshire, by Charlotte Margaret, daugh- 
 ter of the Rev. Geo. Martin, Vicar of Great Ness, 
 by Lady Mary Murray, youngest daughter of John, 
 third Duke of Atholl. 
 
 * rWeGai. isi2,p. 1363. 
 
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 EDWARDS— EDWIN— ED YE— EGEllTON. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 31 May, 1827 ; and 
 passed his examination in 1834. While Mate of 
 the Larwe 18, Capt. Augustus Leopold Kuper, 
 he acquired great credit for his conduct in the 
 hoats under Lieut. Kundle Burges Watson, in 
 an impressive attack made upon 13 Chinese war- 
 junks, near Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 1841.* Soon after 
 his promotion, which took place 6 May following, 
 Mr. Edwards joined the Wellesley 72, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer. 
 His appointments, since his return to England in 
 1842, have been — 9 Sept. 1844, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the OsPBEY 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, in the East 
 Indies— and, 9 June, 1845, to the Pilot 16, Capt. 
 Geo. Knyvett Wilson, under whom he is at present 
 serving on the same station. 
 
 EDWARDS. (Lieut., 1821. r-p., 12; h-p., 25.) 
 Sampson Ed"wards, born in Jan. 1797, is second 
 son of the late Sampson Edwards, Esq., Admiral of 
 the Red, who died, 14 Sept. 1840, aged 95; nephew 
 of Capt. Valentine Edwards, R.N., who was lost in 
 the Sceptre 64, at the Cape of Good Hope, 5 Nov. 
 1799 ; and cousin of Rear- Admiral Valentine CoUard. 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 23 
 Jan. 1810; and embarked, 11 May, 1812, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board La Ntmphb 38, Capt. Farmery 
 Predam Epworth, under whom we find him block- 
 ading for a considerable time the port of Boston. 
 Until Aug. 1815, he afterwards served with the 
 same officer in the Bulwark 74. He then succes- 
 sively joined the Albion 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, 
 RoMNEY 50, Capt. John Mackellar, and Salisbury 
 50, bearing the flag in the West Indies of Rear- 
 Admiral John Erskine Douglas, where, from Dec. 
 1816, until July, 1817, he appears to have ofliciated 
 as Acting-Lieutenant of the latter ship and of the 
 Active 46, Capt. Philip Carteret. After an inter- 
 mediate re-attachment, as Admiralty-Midshipman, 
 to the Salisbdry, and a further servitude, in a 
 similar capacity, on board the Hind 20, Capt. Sir 
 Chas. Burrard, and Vigo 74, bearing the flag at St. 
 . Helena of Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert, Mr. Ed- 
 wards was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by 
 commission dated 5 Feb. 1821, and appointed to the 
 Heron 18, Capts. Job Hanmer and Henry Eras. 
 Greville. He returned home from the Cape of 
 Good Hope in March, 1823.; and has not since been 
 employed. 
 
 He married, 22 April, 1828, Harriett Anne, only 
 daughter of the Rev. P. W. Jolliife, Incumbent of 
 Poole, Dorset. 
 
 EDWARDS. (Retired Commander, 1840. 
 r-p., 18; H-p., 33.) 
 
 William Edwards was born 30 Oct. 1781. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1796, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Atlas 98, Capts. Edm. Dod, 
 Matthew Squire, Shuldham Peard, and Theophilus 
 Jones, stationed in the Channel, where he speedily 
 attained the rating of Midshipman. Soon after his 
 removal to the Defiance 74, bearing the flag of 
 Rear- Admiral Thos. Graves, we find him witnessing 
 Lord Keith's capture, on 19 June, 1799, of three 
 frigates and two brigs under Rear-Admiral Perree ; 
 and, while in the same ship, sharing in the battle 
 off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. Subsequently to 
 that event, Mr. Edwards joined the Dreadnought 
 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, Dryad 36, Commodore Wm. 
 Domett, and Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship in 
 succession of Vice-Admirals Sir Robt. Calder and 
 Edw. Thornbrough, under the former of whom he 
 bore a part in the action of 22 July, 1805. At- 
 taining the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Aug. 1806, he 
 was next appointed, in the autumn of that year, to 
 the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Jonas Rose ; in command 
 of a party of seamen belonging to which ship he 
 joined the naval brigade employed at the siege of 
 Copenhagen, in Sept. 1807. His appointments after- 
 wards were— 26 ftlay, 1809, to the Foudroyant 80, 
 flag-ship at the Brazils of Rear-Admiral Hon. Mi- 
 chael De Courcy— 26 Dec. 1809, and 19 Deo. 1810, 
 • ftie Gaz. 1841, pp. 1281-23. 
 
 to the Zephyr 14, and Fly 16, commanded in the 
 Downs by Capts. Eras. Geo. Dickins and Mauley 
 Hall Dixon— 8 May, 1813, to the Impress service at 
 Waterford, where, and at Cork, he served until the 
 following Dec. — and, 31 Jan. 1818, to the command 
 of the Lynx Revenue-cutter. Commander Edwards, 
 who has been on half-pay since 1821, assumed the 
 rank he now holds 16 Jan. 1840. 
 
 He married, 13 Jan. 1812, Maria, second daughter 
 of John Pitt, Esq., and sister of Lieuts. Wm. and 
 Henry Pitt, of the R.N. and B.M. 
 
 EDWIN. (Commander, 1835. f-p., 22; h-p., 15.) 
 Felix Edwin entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegal 74, Capt. Pul- 
 teney Malcolm ; under whom, on 15 Nov. in the 
 same year, we find him assisting in an attack made 
 by Capt. Chas. Grant, of the Diana, on the two 
 French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by 
 the fire of several strong batteries, near Cherbourg. 
 After serving for some time in the Boyne 98, flag- 
 ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Royal Oak 74, 
 Capt. P. Malcolm, and San Josef 110, Capt. Robt. 
 Jackson, he became Midshipman, in Oct. 1813, of 
 the Comet 16, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blamey, on the 
 Newfoundland station. Until Feb. 1821 he next, 
 in succession, joined, on the Channel, St. Helena, 
 Portsmouth, African, and American stations, the 
 Leven 20, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, Phaeton 
 46, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir 
 Arch. Collingwood Dickson, Tartar 42, Commo- 
 dore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, Euryalus 42, Com- 
 modore Thos. Huskisson, Sophie 18, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Saltonstall Wiseman, and Tartar again, command- 
 ed as before. He then, having h^nn a long time 
 employed as Admiralty-Midshipman, became Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Myrmidon 20, Capt. Henry 
 John Leeke, to which vessel he was ultimately 
 confirmed, on 30 Aug. in the same year, 1821, nearly 
 five years after he had passed his examination. 
 Leaving the Myrmidon in Feb. 1822, Mr. Edwin, 
 on 10 Oct. 1832, was next appointed to the Coast 
 Guard. As an especial reward for his " gallant 
 and intrepid conduct," in an affray with a band of 
 smugglers, on the night of 12 July, 1834, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander, by commission 
 dated 4 Feb. 1835. From 22 Sept. 1835 until 10 
 Oct. 1838, and from 5 July, 1840, until 1845, we 
 afterwards find him employed in the same service 
 as an Inspecting-Commander. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 This officer, who is Senior Commander of 1833, 
 married, 16 April, 1834, Marianne, only daughter 
 of John Joseph Atherton, Esq., of Walton Hall, oo. 
 Lincoln, and of Street Court, co. Hereford, by whom 
 he has issue two sons. 
 
 EDYE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Adolphus George Edye is nephew of John 
 Edye, Esq., F.R.S., Chief Assistant and Draughts- 
 man to the Surveyor of the Navy. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1829; 
 passed his examination 2 June, 1835 ; and was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant while serving, off 
 the coast of Ireland, in the Lucifer surveying- 
 steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, 30 Aug. 1841. 
 He continued in that vessel until 1843 ; and, from 
 4 April, 1845, until the close of 1846, was similarly 
 employed in the Tartarus, Capt. Jas. Wolfe. 
 
 He married, 30 July, 1844, Elizabeth, daughter 
 of the late Thos. Edye, Esq., Lieut. R.N. 
 
 EGERTON. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Eandle Egerton, born 12 May, 1818, 
 is youngest son of Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., of 
 Tatton Park, co. Chester, by Elizabeth, second 
 daughter of Sir Christopher Sykes, Bart., of Sled- 
 mere House, CO. York. His eldest brother, Wm. 
 Tatton, M.P. for Cheshire, is brother-in-law of the 
 present Marquess of Ely ; and anotlier, Wilbraham, 
 is a Captain in the 43rd Light Infantry. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 19 May, 1831; 
 passed his examination in 1837 ; and ultimately be- 
 
EGERTON— EGMONT— EGREMONT-EKINS. 
 
 329 
 
 came Mate of the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. Her- 
 bert. He acquired great credit, during the Chinese 
 war, by his conduct in the boats under Lieut. 
 Kundle Burges 'Watson, in an impressive attack 
 made upon 13 Chinese war-junks, near Chuenpee, 
 7 Jan. 1841.* He was similarly employed, we find, 
 at the storming and destruction, on 23 Feb., of a 
 fort, mounting 20 guns in battery, at a place called 
 Sanunonhow, situated at the back of the island of 
 Anunghoy ; and he was also engaged in the boats 
 of the Calliope at the capture, on 13 March, of 
 several rafts and of the last fort protecting the 
 approaches to Canton.t After serving with the 
 western division of the flotilla at the ensuing cap- 
 ture of that city, he took part in the series of 
 operations which were re-enacted against it in 
 the following May ; on 26 of which month he 
 landed and assisted at the destruction of the whole 
 line of defences, extending about two miles from 
 the British factory, where 64 pieces of cannon were 
 disabled. J Being promoted for these services, by 
 commission dated 8 June, 1841, Mr. Egerton, on 16 
 of the proximate October, was appointed Lieutenant 
 of the Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, and 
 next, 12 Sept. 1842, of the Nokth Star 26, Capt. 
 Sir Jas. Everard Home, both stationed in the East 
 Indies. While attached to the latter ship, he com- 
 manded the rocket party in an attack made upon a 
 rebel New-Zealand chief named Kawiti; whose 
 strongly-fortified pah, situated many miles inland, 
 was at length, on 11 Jan. 1846, after several days of 
 labour and fatigue, stormed and, notwithstanding a 
 desperate fight of four hours, triumphantly carried. 
 The share borne by Mr. Egerton in the achieve- 
 ment procured him the rank he now holds — his 
 promotion being dated back to the day above men- 
 tioned. § He is at present on halt-pay. Agent — 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 EGERTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Fredbkick Arthur Egerton, born 30 April, 
 1816, is sixth son of the late Rev. Sir Philip Eger- 
 ton, Bart., of Oulton Park, Cheshire, by Rebecca, 
 daughter of the late Josias Dupre, Esq., of "Wilton 
 Park, Bucks ; and great-grandson, maternally, of 
 the first Earl of Caledon. He is brother of the 
 present Sir PhiUp de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart, 
 —of Chaa. Dupre Egerton, Esq., a Captain in the 
 Army— of John Eras. Egerton, Esq., Capt. E.I. Co.'s 
 Horse Artillery— and of Caledon Rich. Egerton, 
 Esq., Capt. 89th Regt. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 23 Deo. 1830 ; passed his examina- 
 tion 22 May, 1835 ; and served for some time, as 
 Mate, in the EspOiR 10, LiSut.-Commander John 
 Thos. Paulson, on the Lisbon station. He obtained 
 his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, since 3 May, 
 1842, has been employed, ofi' the coast of South 
 America, in the Satellite 18, Capts. Robt. Fitz- 
 gerald Gambler and Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew 
 Rowley. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 EGERTON. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 The Honourable Francis Egerton served as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol. of the Princess Charlotte 104, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, during the opera- 
 tions of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre; and during a 
 
 Eortion of them was employed on shore. He passed 
 is examination 7 June, 1845 ; and after an interme- 
 diate attachment to the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capta. Sir Thoa. Hastings and Henry 
 Duoie Chads, and Raleigh 50, fitting for the broad 
 pendant of Sir Thos. Herbert, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 4 May, 1846. He was re- 
 appointed to the latter ship on 18 of the same 
 month, and is now serving in her on the S.E. coast 
 of America. 
 
 EGERTON. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Francis Philip Egerton passed his examination 
 in 1833 ; and obtained his first commission 8 Jan. 
 1836. His appointments as Lieutenant were — 23 
 March, 1836, and 15 Sept. 1840, to the Vanguard 
 80, and Calcutta 84, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pley- 
 dell Bouverie, Sir Thos. Fellowes, and Sir Sam. Ro- 
 berts, on the Mediterranean atation — and, 8 Feb. 
 1842, to the Agincourt 72, flag-ship in the East In- 
 dies of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. Since his attain- 
 ment of his present rank, 9 Aug. 1844, he has been 
 in command of the Hazard 18, on the station last 
 named. During an expedition conducted in July, 
 1846, by Sir Thos. Cochrane against the Sultan of 
 Borneo, we find him intrusted vrith the command 
 (under Capt. Wm. J. H. Johnstone, of the Agin- 
 court) of the brigade, rockets, and field-pieces, and 
 assisting on 8 of that month at the capture and de- 
 struction of the enemy's forts and batteries in the 
 river Brune. He appears, on a previous occasion, 
 to have narrowly escaped falling into a trap laid by 
 the Sultan to get him into his city, for the purpoae, 
 we believe, of putting him to death. || 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1841, p. I2?2. 
 t r. (iai 1841, pp. 1497, 1.103. 
 ■ r. Gai. 1841, pp. 1605, 8512. 
 
 V. Oaa. 1845, pp. 8S46, 2348. 
 
 F. Gmi. 1846, pp. 3441, 344a, 3447. 
 
 EGMONT, Eabl OF. (Captain, 1818.) 
 
 The Right Honourable George James Earl 
 OF Egmont, born 14 March, 1794, is eldest surviving 
 son of the late Lord Arden, by Margaret Ehzabeth, 
 eldest daughter of the late Sir Thos. Spencer Wilson, 
 Bart., of Charlton, co. Kent. H e succeeded his cou- 
 sin, as sixth Earl of Egmont, 23 Dec. 1841. 
 
 This oflficer, then Hon. Mr. Perceval, served, as 
 Midshipman, in the Obion 74, Capt. Edw. Codring- 
 ton, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 ; and on 
 the night of 31 Oct. 1809, commanded a boat be- 
 longing to the TiGRE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, at 
 the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle, 
 and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 
 wounded, of the French armed store-ship Lampj-oie, 
 of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and 
 Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a con- 
 voy of seven merchantmen, defended by numerous 
 strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. Obtaining a 
 commission 7 June, 1813, he joined about the same 
 period the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, and in 
 Sept. 1814, while in charge of a boat belonging to 
 that ship, accompanied a very successful expedition 
 sent up the Penobscot for the purpose of capturing 
 or destroying the United States' ship Adams, of 26 
 guns. He was advanced to the rank of Commander 
 13 June, 1815, and, being subsequently appointed to 
 the Infernal bomb, served in that vessel at the 
 bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. His Post- 
 commission bears date 7 Dec. 1818. 
 
 The Earl married, 24 July, 1819, Jane, eldest 
 daughter of John Hornby, Esq., of The Hook, 
 Hants. 
 
 EGREMONT, Earl of. (Captain, 1812.) 
 
 The Right Honourable George Earl of Egre- 
 MONTwas born in Oct. 1786, and died 2 April, 1845. 
 He was eldest son of the late Hon. Wm. Fred. 
 Wyndham, by Frances Mary Harford, daughter of 
 Fred. Calvert, Lord Baltimore. His uncle, whom 
 he succeeded as fourth Earl 11 Nov. 1837, was 
 Lord Lieutenant, Custos Rotulorum, and Vice-Ad- 
 miral of co. Sussex. 
 
 This officer obtained his first commission 7 July, 
 1806; became a Commander 30 April, 1810; was 
 very actively employed, towards the close of 1811, 
 in the Hawkb brig, on the Cherbourg station ; ob- 
 tained Post-rank 3 July, 1812; and subsequently 
 commanded the Bristol troop-ship, in the Medi- 
 terranean. 
 
 He married, 14 Nov. 1820, Jane, third daughter 
 of the Rev. "Wm. Roberts, Vice-Provost of Eton 
 College, and sister of Capt. John Walter Roberts, 
 R.N. Dying without issue, his title is now extinct. 
 
 EKINS, K.C.B., K.-VV.N. (Admiral op the 
 
 White, 1841. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 38.) 
 Sir Charles Ekins, born in 1768, is son of the 
 late Dr. Ekins, Bishop of Dromore ; and nephew 
 
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 ELIOT— ELIOTT. 
 
 of the late Dean of Salisbury. Two of his brothers 
 died officers in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1781, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Brunswick 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Keith Stewart, and, after bearing a 
 warm part in Sir Hyde Parker's action with Admiral 
 Zoutman off the Dogger Bank, accompanied the 
 same Captain, as his Aide-de-Camp, into the Cam- 
 bridge 80, one of the ships employed, subsequently 
 to the relief of Gibraltar, in Lord Howe's partial 
 action wdth the combined fleets of France and Spain, 
 20 Oct. 1782, on which occasion he waa wounded. 
 During the next eight years he served, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman 
 of the Maeqdis de Seignally sloop, Capt. John 
 Hunter, IrresistibiS 74, Commodore Sir Andw. 
 Snape Hamond, and Pearl 32, Capt. Hon. Seymour 
 Finch. He was then, on 20 Oct. 1790, promoted to 
 a Lieutenancy in the Lion 64, also commanded by 
 Capt. Finch, in which ship he sailed for the West 
 Indies ; where, and on the Home station, we find 
 him successively joining the Flirt 14, Capt. J as. 
 XicoU Morris, Alarm 32, Capts. Lewis Kobertson 
 and Jas. Carpenter, and Boyse 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Jervis. On the destruction of the latter fihip 
 by fire, at Spithead, 1 May, 1795, Mr. Ekins assumed 
 command of the Pilote cutter ; and on 18 June 
 following he was advanced to that of the Ferret 
 sloop of 14 guns, stationed off Flushing, where he 
 captured, 20 Nov. in the same year, U EUomyre pri- 
 vateer. Being promoted to Post-rank (on his re- 
 turn in the Haviok sloop from India, whither he 
 had gone in the Carysfort frigate, Capt. Hon. J. 
 Murray, for the purpose of Joining the Echo 18, a 
 vessel which had been broken up at the Cape), by 
 commission dated 22 Dec. 1796, Capt. Ekins was 
 next appointed to the command, 14 Aug. 1797, of 
 the Amphitrite 28. Proceeding with convoy to 
 the West Indies, he there, independently of the 
 capture, among other vessels, of seven privateers, 
 carrying altogether 62 guns and 466 men, co-ope- 
 rated with Lord Hugh Seymour and Lieut.-General 
 Trigge, and evinced much zeal and activity in the 
 execution of the arduous duties connected with the 
 command of a party of observation, at the reduc- 
 tion of Surinam, in Aug. 1799 * — took possession, 
 also, in company with Capt. John Poo Beresford, of 
 the Unite 38, of the Devil's Islands, on the coast 
 of Cayenne— and, besides superintending the de- 
 barkation of the troops, served on shore in com- 
 mand of a detachment of 200 seamen at the taking 
 of St. Jlartin's, in March, 1801. In consequence of 
 a severe attack of yellow fever, brought on by over- 
 exertion on the latter occasion, Capt. Ekins, who 
 had earned the reputation of beinga valuable officer, 
 was immediately sent home with the despatches, 
 in the Fanny cutter, Lieut.-Commander Frizell.f 
 On 16 April, 1804, he joined the Beaulieu 44, and, 
 after an intermediate re-employment in the West 
 Indies, was appointed, 10 Nov. 1806, to the De- 
 fence 74. In that ship, during Lord Gambler's 
 operations against Copenhagen, in Aug. 1807, he 
 witnessed the surrender to the CoMUs 22, Capt. 
 Edm. Heywood, of the Danish frigate Frederics- 
 coam; after which, until Feb. 1811, he appears to 
 have been most actively and arduously employed 
 off Lisbon, again in the West Indies, whence he 
 escorted home a convoy of 200 sail, and once more 
 in the Baltic. He then invalided; but, although 
 his health was soon re-established, he did not suc- 
 ceed in obtaining another appointment until 7 Sept. 
 1815, when we at length find him selected to com- 
 mission the Superb 78; in which ship he enacted a, 
 very conspicuous part, and was wounded, during 
 the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816.]: In 
 acknowledgment of his services on that day he was 
 created a C.B. by his own sovereign, and a K.W.N, 
 by the King of the Netherlands ; and the young 
 gentlemen of his quarter-deck united in presenting 
 him with a very handsome gold snuff-box. Having 
 paid the Superd off in Oct. 1818, Capt. Ekins, who 
 had occasionally hoisted a broad pendant as Senior 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1793, p. 1040. t V. Gaz. IStfl, pp. 616, 520. 
 % V. Gaz. ISUi, p. 1791. 
 
 Officer at Plymouth during the absence of Viscount 
 Exmouth, became a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819. 
 His promotion to the rank of Vice- Admiral took 
 place 22 July, 1830, and to that of full Admiral 23 
 Nov. 1841. He has never, however, hoisted his 
 flag. 
 
 Sir Chas. Ekins was nominated a K.C.B. 8 June, 
 1831. In 1824 he published a very standard work, 
 entitled ' Naval Battles, from 1744 to the Peace in 
 1814, critically Reviewed and Illustrated,' &c. The 
 Admiral married, in 1800, a daughter of T. Parlby, 
 Esq., of Stone Hall, co. Devon. 
 
 ELIOT. CCaptain, 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Henry Algernon Eliot, bom 23 Aug. 1790, at 
 Shenstone Hall, near Lichfield, co. Stafford, is son 
 of the late Percival Ehot, Esq., formerly Colonel of 
 the Stafford Militia, and many years a Commis- 
 sioner for auditing the Public Accounts ; and grand- 
 son of Major-General Granville Eliot, a soldier of 
 distinction, who served under the Duke of Marlbo- 
 rough. His great-grandfather. General Roger Ehot, 
 was uncle-in-law of the hero of Gibraltar, the late 
 celebrated Lord Heathfield. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Deo. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleisle 74, Capts. 
 John Whitby and Wm. Hargood ; as Midshipman 
 of which ship he accompanied Lord Nelson in pur- 
 suit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain 
 to the West Indies in the summer of 1805. He then 
 successively joined the Quebec 32, and Euryalds 
 36, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage 
 Lawrence Dundas, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where he appears to have been frequently employed 
 in cutting out vessels from under the enemy's bat- 
 teries. After a further servitude, latterly as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Royal William, flag-ship of Sir 
 Geo. Montagu, Christian VII. 80, Capt. Sir Joseph 
 Sydney Yorke, and Prince of Orange 74, and 
 Thisbe 28, flag-ships of Admirals Geo. Campbell 
 and Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope, all on the 
 Home station, Mr. Eliot was conflrmed, 8 June, 
 1810, to a Lieutenancy in the Ferret sloop, Capt. 
 Rich. Wales, then off the coast of North America. 
 Until Nov. 1816, we next find him employed, on the 
 Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Home stations, on board 
 the Tonnakt 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, Pylades 
 sloop, Capts. Geo. Ferguson and Jas. Wemyss, 
 Cornwall 74, Capts. John Broughton and Edw. 
 W. C. R. Owen, Scylla 16, Capt. Geo. Bennet 
 Allen, PiKENix 36, Capt. Chas. John Austen, and 
 BoYNE 98, and Bombay 74, flag-ships of Lord Ex- 
 mouth and Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. During 
 that period he commanded the Tonnant's boats up 
 the river Tagus, in co-operation, in 1810, with the 
 British troops occupying the lines of Torres Vedras, 
 and, while so employed, he was constantly engaged 
 with the advanced guard, near Villa Franca, and on 
 one occasion fell into the hands of the enemy, by 
 whom he was held captive for several weeks. Mr. 
 Eliot also, in the Pylades and Boyne, witnessed an 
 attack upon Ciotat, and was present at the sur- 
 render of Naples, in 1812-15. After serving for 
 about 12 months in the Creole 42, Commodore 
 Wm. Bowles, on the Brazilian station, he was there 
 promoted to the command, 2 Sept. 1819, of the Ica- 
 rus sloop, in which he continued until June, 1821. 
 Capt. Eliot, who has not since been afloat, obtained 
 his Post-commission 22 July, 1830. 
 
 He married, in 1823, Jane, only daughter of the 
 Rev. Alex. Crombie, LL.D., F.R.S., by whom he 
 has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ELIOTT, K.R.G. (Caitain, 1838. r-p., 22 ; 
 H-p., 13.) 
 
 George Augustus Eliott, born 24 May, 1799, is 
 son of the late Sir Wm. Eliott, Bart., of Stubs 
 Castle, Roxburghshire, N.B. (grand-nephew of 
 General Geo. Augustus Eliott, afterwards Lord 
 Heathfield, the great defender of Gibraltar), by 
 Mary, daughter of John Russell, Esq., of Rosebum ; 
 and brother of the present Sir Wm. Fras. Eliott, 
 Bart., as also of Capt. Russell Eliott, R.N. 
 
ELIOTT— ELLERMAN— ELLICE. 
 
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 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 4 
 June, 1812 ; and first embarked on hoard the Le- 
 viathan 74, Capt. Thos. Briggs, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean. From 1816 until March, 1822, he 
 was afterwards employed, as Midshipman, on the 
 West India and African stations, in the Salisbury 
 50, flag-ship of Kear- Admiral John Erskine Dou- 
 glas, and Tartar and Ifhigenia frigates, bearing 
 the broad pendants of Sir Geo. Kalph Collier and 
 Sir Kobt. Mends. He then, having passed his exa- 
 mination in 1818, became Acting-First-Lieutenant 
 of the Pheasant 26, Capt. Douglas Chas. Claver- 
 ing, and, being confirmed while in that ship, by 
 commission dated 10 July, 1822, was subsequently 
 appointed, on the Mediterranean station — in 1825, 
 to the Glohcestek 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton 
 —23 Feb. 1827, to the Wellesle? 74, Capt. Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland— 9 July, 1829, and 28 April, 1830, 
 to the Asia 84, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of 
 Sir Pulteney Malcolm— and, 26 July, 1831, and 28 
 July, 1833, as First, to the Rainbow 28, and Mada- 
 gascar 46, Capts. Sir John Franklin and Edm. 
 Lyons. During the disturbances in Greece, Mr. 
 Eliott landed at Patras in command of the seamen 
 and marines of the Rainbow and Pelican, and 
 kept possession for some time of the town and fort 
 against the insurgents, a service for which he ob- 
 tained the order of the Redeemer of Greece. As- 
 suming the rank of Commander, 21 Jan. 1835, he 
 was next appointed, 19 Jan. 1836, to the Melville 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett on the North 
 America and West India station, where he remained 
 until Sept. 1837. Since his last promotion, which 
 took place 27 June, 1838, Capt. EUott has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He married, 6 May, 1837, Alicia Anne, only 
 daughter of the Hon. Thos. N. JefFery, Collector of 
 the Customs at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and has issue 
 two sons. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ELIOTT. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 17.) 
 Russell Eliott, born 26 March, 1802, at Stobs 
 Castle, Roxburghshire, is brother of Capt. Geo. 
 Augustus Eliott, R.N. 
 
 This of&cer entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1814, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Stork 18, Capt. Kobt. 
 Lisle Coulson, whom he followed, in Sept. 1815, into 
 the Pelican 16. He continued on the Home station 
 until 1817, when, becoming Midshipman of the Fa- 
 vorite, Capt. Hercules Robinson, he successively 
 visited St. Helena, the Brazils, and Newfound- 
 land. _ Between 1821, in which year he passed his 
 examination, and the date of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 14 Jan. 1825, Mr. Eliott 
 further officiated as Mate of the Fokte 44, Capt. 
 Sir. Thos. John Cochrane, Hdssar 46, Capt. Geo. 
 Harris, and Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence 
 Wm. Halsted, all on the West India station; 
 where we afterwards find him serving, latterly 
 as First-Lieutenant, on board the Hussar again, 
 Capt. Harris, Rattlesnake 26, Capt. Hugh Pat- 
 ton, MAGNiriCENT 74, receiving-ship, Victor 18, 
 Capt. Lloyd, Harlequin 18, Capt. Chas. Elliot, 
 Barham 50, flag-ship, and Espiegle 18, Capts. 
 O'Brien and Drinkwater. The latter sloop, to the 
 command of which lie had been promoted 5 Sept. 
 
 1829, Capt. Eliott brought home and paid oft' in 
 
 1830. His next appointment appears to have been, 
 13 July, 1836, to the Fly 18, on the South American 
 station, whence he returned on being advanced to 
 Post-rank 28 June, 1838. He has not since been 
 employed. 
 
 Capt. Eliott married, in Feb. 1830, .Bethia, eldest 
 daughter of the late Sir Wm. Russell, Bart., and by 
 that lady, who died 22 Aug. 1843, he had issue four 
 children. 
 
 ELLERMAN. (Liebtenant, 1841.) 
 GusTAVus Adolphus Ellerman was born 1 April, 
 
 1813, at Heligoland. 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 
 
 Sept. 1826 ; and, on leaving that establishment in 
 June, 1828, for the purpose of embarking, carried 
 otf the second mathematical medal and two prizes. 
 Indeed, he so distinguished himself, that his late 
 Majesty, then Duke of Clarence, promised him a 
 commission immediately he should have passed his 
 examination for Lieutenant. The latter event took 
 place in 1833 ; but, in spite of the promise, Mr. El- 
 lerman did not obtain his promotion until 23 Nov. 
 1841— at which period he was acting in the Fa- 
 vorite 18. On 24 June, 1840, he had landed with 
 his Captain, AValt. Croker, and a detachment of 
 seamen and marines, at Tonga-taboo, one of the 
 Friendly Islands, for the purpose of assisting the 
 native Christians in a war that had been raging 
 between them and the heathen part of the popula- 
 tion. At the onset of an attack which the British 
 presently made on a fortress situated five miles in- 
 shore, and of extraordinary strength, their allies 
 deserted ; in consequence of which misfortune, and 
 of the death, with many others, of Capt. Croker, 
 they were compelled to retreat. Mr. Ellerman, 
 who himself was among the wounded, continued to 
 serve in the Favorite, under Capt. Thos. Ross 
 Sulivan, until June, 1843, when he paid her off as 
 First^Lieutenant. Since 20 Nov. 1843, he has been 
 serving in the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas 
 Brisbane, on the Coast of Africa. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 ELLICE. (Captain, 1831. f-p., 22; h-p., 19.) 
 Alexander Ellice entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 
 1806, as a Volunteer, on board the Crocodile, Capt. 
 Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth ; and, on afterwards 
 joining, as Midshipman, the Tartar 32, was pre- 
 sent, 15 May, 1808, in a severe action of an hour 
 and a half with a Danish flotilla, near Bergen, on 
 which occasion Capt. Bettesworth was killed. He 
 continued to serve in the Tartar, under Capt. 
 Joseph Baker, until transferred, in June, 1809, to 
 the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez. From Jan. 1811, imtil June, 1813, he 
 was afterwards employed in the Mediterranean, 
 under Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, in the Imperi- 
 euse 33 ; and during that period, among other ser- 
 vices, he shared, 17 Aug. 1812, in a spirited skirmish 
 with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of 
 Naples. Being promoted, from the Indus 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Hall Gage, to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 Oct. 
 1813, Mr. Ellice subsequently joined— 18 Jan. 1814, 
 the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Lord Ex- 
 mouth, under whom he appears to have been soon 
 afterwards present in a partial action with the 
 Toulon fleet— 2 June, 1814, and 29 April, 1815, the 
 Cossack 22, and Tenedos 38, commanded on the 
 North American station by Capts. Lord Prudhoe, 
 Hon. Bobt. Rodney, and Hyde Parker— 6 March, 
 1816, the Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, in 
 which ship, after participating in the battle of 
 Algiers, he served for four years in the East 
 Indies under the flag of Sir Rich. King— and, 27 
 May, 1822, as First - Lieutenant, the Jupiter 50, 
 Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphall, employed on Par- 
 ticular Service. As Commander, a rank he at- 
 tained 19 Feb. 1823, Capt, Ellice was stationed, 
 for some months in 1831, ofi' Oporto, in the Victor 
 18. Attaining Post^rank on 20 Dec. in that year, 
 he was next appointed — 16 Aug. 1834, and 27 
 Aug. 1835, to the Ocean 80, and Howe 120, 
 flag-ships at Sheerness of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone 
 Fleeming— 6 Aug. 1841, to the AsTH.aA 6, on the 
 Falmouth station— and, 10 Sept. 1843, to the Packet 
 service at Southampton, with his name on the 
 books of the Victory. He has been on half-pay 
 since 1846. '^ ' 
 
 Capt. Ellice was appointed, 2 Dec. 1846, to suc- 
 ceed Sir Wm. Edw. Parry in the ComptroUership of 
 Steam Machinery. He married, 28 Sept. 1826 Lucy 
 Frances, daughter of the late Chas. Locke, Esq 
 and granddaughter of the late Duohess of Leinster' 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
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 ELLICOMBE—ELLICOTT— ELLIOT. 
 
 ELLICOMBE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 18; 
 H-P., 8.) 
 Hugh Mtddelton Ellicombe was bom 5 Oct. 
 1807. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1821, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impregnable 104, Capt. 
 Chas. Dashwood, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane. In the early part of 1823 he proceeded 
 to the West Indies as Midshipman of the Fokte 44, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane ; and, from Sept. in 
 the following year, until 1827, when he passed his 
 examination, he served, latterly at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, on board the Dartmouth 46, Capt. Hon. Jas. 
 Ashley Maude, Nightingale 8, Lieut.-Commander. 
 Wm. Hewgill Kitchen, and Helicon 10. During 
 the next seven years we find him successively join- 
 ing, as Mate, on various stations, the Samarang 28, 
 Capt. David Dunn, Cordelia 10, Capt. Courtenay 
 Edm. Wm. Boyle, Curlew 10, Capts. Geo. Wool- 
 combe and Henry Dundas Trotter, Maidstone 42, 
 Commodore Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and Donegal 
 78, Britannia 120, and San Josep 110, flag-ships 
 of Sir Pulteney Malcolm and Sir Wm. Hargood. 
 Obtaining a commission 15 Nov. 1834, Mr. Elli- 
 combe was next appointed, 22 May, 1835, to the 
 Ringdove 16, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, under 
 whom he appears to have been very actively em- 
 ployed on the north coast of Spain, particularly at 
 the siege of Bilbao, in Nov. and Dec. 1836, and for 
 his services on that occasion to have been presented 
 by the Queen Regent, in common with the other 
 officers engaged, with the "Cross of Bilbao" and 
 the order of Isabella la Catolica. His subsequent 
 appointments were— 26 Aug. 1837, to the Pique 36, 
 Capt. Edw. Boxer, employed on Particular Service — 
 13 May, 1840, and 23 Jan. 1841, to the Rodney 92, 
 and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Gorgon steam- 
 vessel, Capts. Robt. Maunsell and Wm. Honyman 
 Henderson, both on the Mediterranean station, 
 where, in the former ship, he served at the block- 
 ade of Alexandria— and, 10 Sept. 1841, to the Ni- 
 agara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the lakes of 
 Canada. He left the latter vessel on his advance- 
 ment to the rank of Commander, 23 Nov. 1841, and, 
 since 17 Nov. 1846, has been in command of the 
 RoLLA 10, on the coast of Africa. 
 
 ELLICOTT. (Rear-admiral, 1846. p-p., 20; 
 H-p., 46.) 
 
 Edward Ellicott was bom 29 May, 1768, and 
 died 24 Jan. 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1781, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Mackworth 16, Capt. 
 Thos. Louis, attached to the Channel fleet ; and, in 
 1783, became Midshipman of the Perseus 20, Capt. 
 Geo. Palmer, on the Irish station. He afterwards, 
 from 1788 to 1791, served with Capt. John Mac- 
 bride in the Cumberland 74, to which ship he was 
 re-appointed, from the Boyne 98, Capt. Wm. Al- 
 bany Otway, as Acting-Lieutenant, 16 Sept. 1793. 
 Having further, in the latter capacity, commanded 
 the Penelope cutter, and been employed, under 
 Rear-Admiral Macbride and Capt. Sir Rich. John 
 Strachan, in the Minotaur 74, and Concorde 36, 
 Mr. Ellicott was officially promoted, 22 June, 1794, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Eurtdice 24, Capt. Fras. 
 Cole. On subsequently accompanying that officer 
 into the Revolutionnaire 38, he assisted, and 
 was lauded in high terms for his conduct, at the 
 capture, 13 April, 1796, of the French 36-gun frigate 
 Unite.* Assuming the rank of Commander 12 June, 
 1797, he afterwards took charge, on the North Sea 
 station— 16 Oct. 1804, of the Wellington defence- 
 ship— 14 Dec. 1804, of the Explosion bomb, in 
 which, through the ignorance of his pilot, he was 
 wrecked, near Heligoland, 10 Sept. 1807— and, 19 
 Oct. 1807, of the Hebe hired armed ship, employed 
 in the protection of convoys between Orkney and 
 Sweden. He obtained his Post-commission 12 Aug. 
 1812, and accepted Flag-rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 * Vide Gai. 1 706, p. 387. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 1 Aug. 1821, and has 
 left issue an only daughter. 
 
 ELLIOT. (Captain, 1828. F-p., 14; h-p., 18.) 
 
 Charles Elliot entered the Navy, 26 March, 
 1815, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leviathan 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Briggs, on the Mediterranean station ; 
 became Midshipman, in July, 1816, of the Minden 
 74, Capt. Wm, Paterson ; and after participating, 
 we believe, in the battle of Algiers, and serving for 
 four years in the East Indies under the flag of Sir 
 Rich. King, successively joined, in 1820-21, the 
 Starling cutter, Lieut.-Commander John Reeve, 
 Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at Portsmouth of 
 Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and Iphigenia 42, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Mends on 
 the coast of Africa. Attaining the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 11 June, 1822, while in the Myrmidon 20, 
 Capt. Henry John Leeke, he was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, in that capacity — on 19 of the same month, 
 to the Iphigenia again — 22 March, 1823, to the 
 Hussar 46, Capt. Geo. Harris, fitting for the Ja- 
 maica station— and, 19 June and 30 Aug. 1825, to 
 the command there of the Union and Renegade 
 schooners. On 1 Jan. 1826, we find him nominated 
 Acting-Commander of the Serapis convalescent- 
 ship, at Port Royal, where, on 14 April following, 
 he was confirmed into the Magnificent hospital 
 and store ship. After a further employment in the 
 Bustard 10, and Harlequin IS, on the same sta- 
 tion, Capt. Elliot, who has since been on half-pay, 
 was promoted to his present rank by commission 
 dated 28 Aug. 1828. 
 
 This officer was H.M.'s Plenipotentiary in China 
 during the war, and was on board the Nemesis 
 during most of the operations, which will be found 
 detailed in our memoir of Capt. W. H. Hall, par- 
 ticularly in the passage from Macao to Whampoa, 
 and in the attack on Canton. He is now Consul- 
 General at Texas. 
 
 ELLIOT. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 14; h-p., 1.) 
 
 The Honourable Charles Gilbert John Bry- 
 DONE Elliot, bom 12 Dec. 1818, is third son of the 
 present Earl of Minto, G.C.B. (who, from 19 Sept. 
 1835, until 8 Sept. 1841, held the high office of First 
 Lord of the Admiralty), by Mary, eldest daughter 
 of Patrick Brydone, Esq. ; brother of Viscount 
 Melgund, M.P., and of the Hon. Gilbert Elliot, an 
 officer in the Rifle brigade ; nephew of Rear-Admi- 
 ral Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B. ; and brother-in-law of 
 Lord John Russell, M.P. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1832 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 27 June, 1838. He 
 was appointed, on 28 Aug. and 25 Oct. in the latter 
 year, to the Rodney 92, and Talbot 28, Capts. 
 Hyde Parker and Henry John Codrington, on the 
 Mediterranean station, where, having assumed com- 
 mand, 16 July, 1840, of the Hazard 18, he serred 
 at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. A few 
 days after the attainment of his present rank, 16 
 Aug. 1841, Capt. Elliot joined the Spartan 26. 
 He returned home from the North America and 
 West India station in 1845, and has not since been 
 afloat. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 ELLIOT. (Lieutenant, 1839.) 
 
 David Elliot entered the Navy 20 Jan. 1829; 
 and passed his examination in 1835. When Mate 
 of the Experiment steamer he was commended in 
 high terms by Capt. Williams Sandom for his gal- 
 lantry, zeal, and activity, and was slightly wounded, 
 m repelling, conjointly with the troops, a rebellious 
 attack made on the town of Presoott, in Canada, 
 and on the British territory in its vicinity, 13 Nov. 
 1838.* As a reward for his conduct on that oooa- 
 sion, Mr. Elliot was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 4 
 Julj* 1839, in the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams 
 Sandom. His succeeding appointments appear to 
 have been— 28 Oct. 1841, to the Queen 110, fittmg 
 for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen— 14 Feb. 184^ 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1838, p. S975. 
 
ELLIOT. 
 
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 to the. Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir 'Wm. Daniell, lying 
 at Portsmouth — 1 July, 1843, to the Resistance 42, 
 Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey, employed on Parti- 
 cular Service — 10 Feb. 1845, to the Penelope steam- 
 frigate, bearing the broad pendant on the coast of 
 Africa of Commodore Wm. Jones— and, 26 Dec. 
 1845, to the "Wasp 16, Capt. Sidney Henry Ussher, 
 in which sloop he returned home and was paid off 
 towards the close of 1846. Agent — Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 ELLIOT, C.B., P.R.S. (Rear-Admikal op the 
 Red, 1837. f-p., 26; h-p., 27.1 
 The Honohraele Geokgb Elliot, born 1 Aug. 
 1784, is second son of Gilbert, first Earl of Minto 
 (who at different periods filled the important posts 
 of Governor of Corsica, Envoy Extraordinary at 
 the Court of Vienna, President of the Board of 
 Control, and Governor-General of Bengal), by Anna 
 Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Geo. Amyand, Bart. ; 
 brother of the present Earl of Minto ; brother-in- 
 law of the late Lieut.-General Sir Rufane Shawe 
 Donkin, K.C.B., G.C.H., and of the present Sir 
 John Peter Boileau, Bart. ; and uncle of Capt. Hon. 
 C. G. J. B. Elliot, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Geokge 98, Capt. 
 Thos. Foley, with whom he served the whole of his 
 time in that ship, and in the Britannia 100, and 
 Goliah and Elephant 74's. The St. George, 
 during that period, bore the flag of Sir Hyde Parker 
 in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795, 
 and the Britannia of Sir Chas. Thompson in the 
 battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. The Go- 
 liath, on the glorious 1 Aug. 1798, had the honour 
 of leading the British fleet into action. Mr. Elliot, 
 who obtained his first commission 12 Aug. 1800, 
 next served for short periods in the Kangaroo 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Christopher Pulling, and in the 
 San Josep and St. George, flag-ships of Lord 
 Nelson and Sir Chas. Morice Pole, in the latter of 
 which, under Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, he 
 witnessed the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. 
 Attaining the rank of Commander, 14 April, 1802, 
 he was appointed, in 1803, to the Termagant sloop, 
 in the Mediterranean, where we find him posted, 
 2 Jan. 1804, into the Maidstone 32. Until the 
 conclusion of the war, in 1814, Capt. Elliot's sub- 
 sequent appointments were — 23 Feb. and 10 July, 
 
 1805, to the Combatant 20, and Aurora 28, em- 
 ployed in th^ Downs and Mediterranean — and 29 
 Oct. 1806, and 17 Aug. 1812, to the Modeste 36, 
 and Hussar 38, both on the East India station. In 
 Oct. 1808, he captured La Jena, French national 
 corvette, of 18 guns and 150 men, after a running 
 action of nearly an hour, in which the Modeste 
 had her Master killed and one seaman wounded ;♦ 
 and in the summer of 1805 he commanded the 
 Aurora in an action of three hours with some 
 Spanish gun-boats near Tarifa, three of which he 
 captured. At the reduction of Java, in Aug. 1811, 
 Capt. Elliot superintended the landing of the 
 troops ;t and, in June, 1813, he joined in a serious 
 attack on the pirates of Sambas, in Borneo. He 
 subsequently assisted Colonel Macgregor in re-in- 
 stalling the Sultan of Palambang, and received the 
 thanks of his Commander-in-Chief for the judicious 
 and excellent arrangements made by him on that 
 occasion. Capt. Elliot, whose next appointment 
 was, 30 April, 1827, to the.VicTOET 104, guard-ship 
 at Portsmouth, the command of ^ich he retained 
 during the usual period of three years, assumed 
 Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837, and on 25 Sept. following 
 was nominated Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of 
 Good Hope. Being transferred, 15 Feb. 1840, to 
 the chief command in the East Indies, the Rear- 
 Admiral sailed for China, where, in the additional 
 capacity of Joint-Plenipotentiary with Capt. Chas. 
 Elliot, R.N., he superintended the earlier operations 
 of the war, from 7 July to 30 Nov. in the same year. 
 He then invalided home on board the Volagb 26, 
 and, since 1841, has been on half-pay. 
 
 • Fide do.?.. 1809, p. 585. f V.Gax. ISIl.p. S405. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Elliot is General of the Mint in 
 Scotland. He was nominated a Naval Aide-de- 
 Camp to William IV. 4 Aug. 1830, and a C.B. 26 
 Sept. 1831. From 24 Dec. 1834, until April, 1835, 
 he filled the office of First Secretary to the Ad- 
 miralty, and, from the latter date until his appoint- 
 ment to the chief command at the Cape, that of a 
 Lord at the same Board. He married, in 1810, 
 Eliza Cecilia, youngest daughter of Jas. Ness, Esq., 
 of Osgodvie, co. York, and has had issue five sons 
 and five daughters. Of the former, George, the 
 eldest, is a Capt. R.N., and the second, Gilbert 
 George, an officer in the 47th Regt. The third 
 son, Horatio Foley, died a Lieutenant R.N., as we 
 have recorded in the proper place. The Rear- 
 Admiral's two eldest daughters are respectively 
 married, the one to the Earl of Northesk, and the 
 other to Commander Lord Wm. Compton, R.N. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ELLIOT. (Captain, 1840. p-p., 17; h-p., 3.) 
 
 George Elliot is eldest son of Rear-Admiral 
 Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B. 
 
 This ofilcer entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1827 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 12 Nov. 1834 ; and after- 
 wards served for upwards of three years in South 
 America on board the Astr^a 26, Capt. Lord 
 Edw. Russell. He was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 15 Jan. 1838 ; and, being appointed, 29 
 May following, to the Columbine 16, sailed for the 
 Cape of Good Hope, whence he was ultimately 
 ordered to India. Capt. Elliot, whose Post-commis- 
 sion hears date 3 June, 1840, returned to England 
 with his father, as Acting-Captain of the Volage 
 26, in 1841. He further, from 7 June, 1843, until 
 1846, commanded the Eurydice 26, on the North 
 America and West India station. At present he is 
 unemployed. 
 
 He married, 1 Aug. 1842, Hersfey Susan Sidney, 
 only daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Wauchope, 
 of Niddrie Marischall, co. Mid-Lothian, and niece 
 of Sir David Baird, Bart., by whom he has issue. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ELLIOT. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 0.) 
 
 Horatio Foley Elliot died in 1845. He was 
 third son of Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 12 Oct. 1836 ; and was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1842. His appoint- 
 ments appear to have been— 22 Feb. 1842, to the 
 Cakysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, on the 
 South American station— 18 July, 1843, to the Il- 
 lustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North 
 America and the West Indies — and, 24 Jan. 1844, to 
 the Albatross 16, Capt. Reginald Yorke, with 
 whom he served on the coast of Africa until the 
 period of his death. 
 
 ELLIOT. (Eeak- Admiral op the Blue, 1846. 
 F-p., 25 ; H-p., 41.) 
 
 Robert Elliot, bom in Oct. 1767, in Roxburgh- 
 shire, is brother of Major-General Henry Elliot. 
 
 This ofacer entered the Navy, in July, 1781, on 
 board the Dunkirk, Capt. Millingan, bearing the 
 flag of Admiral Milbanke at Plymouth ; and, from 
 1782 until the breaking out of the French revolu- 
 tionary war, was employed, on the North Ameri- 
 can and Home stations, in the Diomede 44, Capt. 
 Thos. Lennox Frederick, Thisbe, Capt. Geo. Ro- 
 bertson, Edgar 74, Capt. Adam Duncan, Hector 
 74, Capt. Sir John Collins, Edgar again, Capt. C. 
 Thompson, Robust 74, Capt. Geo. Keith Elphin- 
 stone, Bellerophon 74, Capt. Thos. Pasley, and 
 Diomede, Capt. Matthew Smith. On 13 July, 1793, 
 having passed his examination in 1788, we find him 
 promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Savage, Capt. 
 G. Wentwofth ; after two years' servitude in which 
 sloop, on the Downs station, he became First of the 
 Greyhound 32, Capts. Paget, Bailey, and Young. 
 Assuming command, 26 Dec. 1796, of the Plymouth 
 hired armed-lugger, Mr. Elliot, in March, 1797, 
 took (and was officially reported for his great 
 
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 ELLIOT- ELLIOTT. 
 
 activity and successful exertions on the occasions) 
 the privateers Epervier^ of 4 guns, 3 swivels, and 
 29 men, and L Amitie, of 14 gims and 55 men.* 
 For his eventual services in the Good Design, ano- 
 ther hired armed-lugger, in which he had been 
 promoted to the rank of Commander 14 Feb. 1801, 
 Capt. Elliot obtained the Egyptian gold medal. 
 On being next appointed, 11 April, 1804, to the 
 Lucifer bomb, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, 
 and, after entering the Dardanells, was particularly 
 active off the island of Prota, where he assisted, 27 
 Feb. 1807, in covering the landing of the boats 
 previously to an attack on the enemy, vphose retreat 
 he was subsequently, with the launches of the 
 squadron under his orders, employed to intercept, t 
 He afterwards hoisted the flag of Sir Alex. Ball, 
 whom he assisted in carrying on the port-duties at 
 Valetta, until posted, 27 June, 1808, into the PoR- 
 cnPiNE 24. During the ensuing five years Capt. 
 Elliot was most actively employed. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 20 Oct. 1813, to the Surveillante 
 38, in which frigate he served off the north coast of 
 Spain. He went on half-pay in March, 1814; ob- 
 tained the Captain's Good-Service Pension 19 Feb. 
 1842 ; and was admitted to the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 15 July, 1844. His assumption 
 of Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Kear-Admiral Elliot has for the last eight or ten 
 years been perfectly blind, a misfortune iiartly 
 attributable to his services in Egypt. He married 
 Ann, daughter of Andrew Hilley, Esq., of Plymouth, 
 by whom he has, with two daughters, one son, the 
 present Commander R. H. Elliot, K.N. Agemts — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ELLIOT. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Kobekt Hillev Elliot, born 18 July, 1804, is 
 only son of Rear- Admiral Robt. EUiot, R. N". 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1818, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Liffef 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Duncan, employed on particular service. 
 Between July, 1821, and Feb. 1825, we find him 
 ofiiciating as Midshipman, on the South American 
 station, in the Doris 42, Capt. Thos. Graham, 
 Creole 42, Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, 
 Blossom 22, Capt. Arch. M'Lean, and Aurora 46, 
 Capt. Henry Prescott. He then, having passed his 
 examination, became successively Mate of the A'"io- 
 TORY 104, andBARHAM 50, flag-ships at Portsmouth 
 and in the West Indies of Sir Geo. Martin and Hon. 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, an'd Nimble schooner, 
 Lieut.-Commander Edw. Holland. For his conduct 
 in the latter vessel at the capture, 19 Deo. 1827, of 
 the Guerrero slaver, of superior force, Mr. Elliot 
 was promoted, 3 Feb. 1828, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Valorous 20, Capt. the Earl of Huntingdon. He 
 returned home from the West Indies in the follow- 
 ing Sept., and subsequently joined, on the Lisbon 
 and Mediterranean stations — 3 June, 1831, the 
 Briton 46, Capt. John Duff Markland — 19 June, 
 1833, the Endymion 50, Capt. Sam. Roberts — 2 Dec. 
 1833, the Revenge 76, Capts. Hon. Dpnald Hugh 
 Mackay and Wm. Elliott— 2 March, 1836, the Medea 
 steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin — and, 1 
 Jan. 1839, the Powerful 84, Capt. Chas. Napier. 
 After serving throughout the Syrian war, and wit- 
 nessing the fall of St. Jean d'Acre, he was at length 
 advanced to the rank he now holds, 4 Nov. 1840. 
 Since 8 July, 1844, he has been employed as an 
 Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ELLIOT. (Commander, 1814. f-p.,13;h-p.,32.) 
 Robert James Elliot entered the Navy, 26 Feb. 
 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 40, 
 Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, lying at Portsmouth ; 
 served as Midshipman, from June, 1802, until Oct. 
 1806, in the Cambrian 40, and Leandeb and Leo- 
 pard 50's, flag-ships at Halifax of Vice- Admirals 
 Sir Andrew Mitchell and Hon. Geo. Cranfield 
 Berkeley ; then sailed for the East Indies on board 
 
 • Vide Gaz. \>l<)t, pp. 272, 315. 
 t V. Gaz. 1807, p. .^9f>. 
 
 the Modeste 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot ; and was 
 there promoted, 5 Aug. 1808, to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Fox 32, Capts. Hon. Arch. Cochrane, Henry 
 Hart, and Wm. Wells. In the course of the latter 
 year, we find him severely wounded in an attempt 
 made by the boats to cut out a ship from Batavia 
 Roads. He continued to serve in the Bast Indies, 
 latterly in the Phaeton 38, Capt. Fleetwood 
 Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and Modeste and 
 Hussar frigates, both commanded by Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Elliot, until his return to England, where he 
 was paid off in June, 1814. He was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander on 27 of the following 
 Aug. ; but has not since been afloat. Agents — 
 Hallett and liobinson. 
 
 ELLIOTT. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Edward George Elliott entered the Navy 22 
 June, 1808 ; and, as Midshipman of the Forester, 
 assisted, in 1810, at the reduction of Guadeloupe, 
 the cutting out of a brig and schooner," and the 
 capture of two forts. Towards the close of the 
 war he served, in the Channel, on board the Dan- 
 nemark 74, and Zenobia 16. Having passed his 
 examination in 1815, he was ultimately promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 March, 1826; since 
 which period his appointments appear to have been 
 —7 June, 1831, to the Coast Guard— 4 Oct. 1834, to 
 the Dolphin Revenue-vessel — 25 Oct. 1837, again 
 to the Coast Guard — 25 May, 1839, to the Hornet, 
 another Revenue-cruizer — and, 27 Feb. 1843, once 
 more to the Coast Guard, in which he is at present 
 employed. 
 
 Lieut. Elliott married, in 1837, Eliza, only 
 daughter of J. D. Walton, Esq., of Ivinsale. 
 
 ELLIOTT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 James Burnett Elliott, bom 22 Aug. 1791, i* 
 brother (with John Elliott, Esq., Purser and Pay^' 
 master, R.N., and Storekeeper's Assistant at Dept- 
 ford Dockyard) of the late Capt. Sir Wm. Elliott,* 
 Kt., C.B., K.C.H., K.T.S., and of the late Lieut. 
 Thos. Elliott, R.N. 
 
 Tliis officer entered the Navy, 4 March, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plantagenet 74, Capts. 
 Graham Eden Hamond, Hon. Michael De Courcy, 
 and Fras. Pender ; of which ship, employed in the 
 Channel, he became a Midshipman 20 Feb. 1804. 
 After assisting at the capture of L'Atalante priva- 
 teer, of 22 guns and 120 men, he removed, in April, 
 
 1805, to the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, under 
 whom be fought in the battle off Cape Trafalgar, 
 21 Oct. 1805. Rejoining the Plantagenet, in Deo. 
 
 1806, at that time commanded by Capt. Wm. Brad- 
 ley, he took command in 1808 of a boat belonging 
 to that ship, and, after an exposure of three hours 
 to a heavy fire from the enemy, assisted in rescuing 
 an English sloop-of-war which had been becalmed 
 under the fort of St. Julien, near Lisbon. He was 
 also, for several successive nights in 1809, employed 
 in the boats when they were placed under a Russian 
 fort in Revel Bay, preparatory to an attack upon 
 some hostile vessels ; and in 1812, leaving interme- 
 diately served in the Salvador del Mundo and 
 Africa, flag-ships at Plymouth and Halifax of 
 
 • Sir William Elliott was born 15 Dec. 1782. Entering 
 the Navy 21 Feb. 1795, he was wounded, as Fst.-class Vol. 
 of the Irresistible 74, in Bridport'a action, and served as 
 Midshipman of the Kossel 74, at Camperdown and Gopen- 
 hagen. As Lieutenant of the Daphne and Uastoh, he com- 
 manded a party ot seam<>n at the storming of Monto Video, 
 was aaain wounded while conducting a desperate cutting-out 
 affair in the harbour of Flodstrand, and contributed to the 
 capture of the French 74-gun ship D'Haapoult. When in 
 command of the Pni-rnsK and Hajakd sloops, Capt. Elliott 
 distinguished himself by the gallant manner in which he 
 attacked and carried a strong fort, garrisoned by 300 French- 
 men, in the port of Des Hayes, and also by his conduct ashore 
 and afloat at the reduction of Guadeloupe. He was pro- 
 moted to Post-rank 16 Oct. 1810 ; and during three years of 
 the peace commanded the Revekoe 76. He died suddenly 
 while sending in the Uoyai. Adelaide 104, as Flag-Oaptain 
 to Lord Amelias Beauclerk, Commander-in-Cliief at Ply- 
 mouth, 15 Sept. 18;8. 
 
ELLIS. 
 
 335 
 
 Admirals AVm. Young and Sir Hertcrt Sawyer, and j 
 been appointed to the Crocodile 28, commanded, 
 on the Newfoundland station, by his brother, Capt. 
 "Wm. Elliott, he again served in the boats at the 
 cutting out of 19 armed-vessels, warmly defended 
 by a battery on the coast of France. Mr. Elliott, 
 who was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (while 
 serving on board the Dannemakk 74, Capt. Henry 
 Edw. Keginald Baker) by commission dated 2 Feb. 
 1815, has since that period been on half-pay. 
 
 He married 11 Jan. 1816, and has issue three 
 children. 
 
 ELLIS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Francis Wilson Ellis is youngest brother of 
 Retired Commander John Ellis, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cL Vol., on board the Crdizer 18, Capts. John 
 Hancock, Pringle Stoddart, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, 
 Thos. Wells, and Thos. Kich. Toker ; under whom, 
 in the North Sea and Baltic, he continued succes- 
 sively to serve, the greater part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman, until June, 1810. During that period, one 
 of very active service, he assisted at the capture of 
 three privateers, carrying altogether 47 guns — was 
 frequently employed in cutting out vessels in the 
 very teeth of the enemy's batteries — witnessed the 
 surrender, in 1807, of the Danish fleet off Copen- 
 hagen, whence he was sent to England in charge of 
 one of the prizes — commanded the Cruizer's tender 
 ' during the embarkation of the Marquis de la Ro- 
 mana's army from Nyeborg, in Aug. 1808 — and, for 
 his ability and zeal on every occasion, repeatedly 
 received the thanks of his superiors, and was re- 
 ported as " entitled to every indulgence the service 
 could grant." On leaving the Cruizer Mr, Ellis 
 joined the Formidabi.e 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, 
 and, after a further servitude in the Roebuck and 
 SoLEBAY, flag-ships at Yarmouth of Vice-Admiral 
 Robt. Murray, was appointed, 8 Nov. 1811, Acting- 
 Lieutenant in command of the British Fair hired 
 armed cutter. He afterwards served, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in his old ship the Crhizeb, Capt. T. K. 
 Toker — and, as Midshipman again, in the iMPiiTUEDx 
 74, flag-ship at Lisbon of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin. 
 We at length find him, on 15 Oct. 1312, officially pro- 
 moted into the Revenge 74, bearing the flag off Ca- 
 diz and in the Mediterranean of Rear- Admirals Hon. 
 Arthur Kay e l^egge and Sir John Gore. Among the 
 other boat services in which Mr. Ellis bore a part 
 during his attachment to the latter ship, was the 
 cutting out of a privateer from the Mole of Pa- 
 lamos. His last appointment appears to have been, 
 29 March, 1814, to the Milford 74, Capt. Westby 
 Percival, then in the Adriatic. Since Aug. in the 
 latter year, when the Revenge, having returned 
 home, was paid off, Lieut. Ellis has not been afloat. 
 He was appointed, in Jan. 1846, Receiver of the 
 Admiralty Droits at Southwold. He married, 17 
 May, 1827, Charlotte, fourth daughter of the late 
 John Sanford, Esq., of Salisbury, by whom he has 
 issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ELLIS. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Frederick Adam Ellis passed his examination 
 in 1826 ; and obtained his first commission 20 Jan. 
 1836. He was subsequently appointed — 20 Aug. 
 1836, to the Nimhou 20, Capt. John Frazer, on the 
 North America and West India station — 18 Oct. 
 1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Harrington Reynolds, 
 employed off' Lisbon and in the Mediterranean — 17 
 July, 1840, to the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup 
 Nicolas, lying at Plymouth — and, 25 Oct. 1841, to 
 the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore John Brett Purvis, on the south-east coast 
 of America. In the latter ship, of which he ulti- 
 mately became First-Lieutenant, Mr. Ellis conti- 
 nued until she woe paid off, in 1845. He was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 9 Jan. 1846 ; and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 ELLIS. (Commander, 1821. p-p., 34 ; h-p., 15.) 
 
 Henrv Ellis entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1798, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gal.vtea 32, Capt. 
 
 Hon. Geo. Byng (afterwards Viscount Torrington), 
 chiefly employed on the Irish station; and ijhile in 
 that frigate he witnessed a violent hurricane, in 
 which she was almost totally dismasted, and barely 
 escaped foundering. In June, 1802, he removed, as 
 Master's Mate, to L'Aigle 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, 
 under whom we subsequently find him present, 12 
 July, 1804, at the destruction, off the coast of 
 France, of La Charente of 20, and La Joie of 8 guns. 
 He became Sub-Lieutenant, 15 Jan. 1805, of the 
 Growler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Rose, 
 and being promoted — for his satisfactory conduct at 
 the capture, after a running action of an hour and 
 a half, of the French national gun-brig No. 193, 
 carrying 2 long 24-pounders, 1 18-pounder, and 4 
 swivels*— to a full Lieutenancy, 19 March, 1805, in 
 the Rattler sloop, Capt. Fras. Mason, was after- 
 wards appointed — 2 Nov. 1805, to the Formidable 
 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, with whom he went to 
 the Mediterranean — 25 Aug. 1810, to the Armada 
 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie— and, 8 May, 1811, 31 
 Jan. 1816, and 11 Sept. 1818, as Senior-Lieutenant, 
 to the Egmont, Rivolt, and Ramillies 74's, com- 
 manded, on the Home station, by Capts. .loseph 
 Bingham, Chas. Ogle, and Aiskew Paffard Hollis. 
 He assumed the rank he now holds 19 July, 1821 ; 
 from 8 Dec. in which year, until 1832, he was next 
 employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. He was re-appointed to that service 20 
 March, 1835 ; but since 1838 has been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Cop lands and Burnett. 
 
 ELLIS. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 25; 
 H-p., 43.) 
 
 John Ellis,! born 26 June, 1775, at Great Yar- 
 mouth, is eldest son of the late John Ellis, Esq., 
 R.N., who, after assisting at the capture of Quebec 
 in 1759, and serving throughout the war of inde- 
 pendence in America, died, a Lieutenant of 18 
 years' standing, in 1798. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 June, 1779 ; 
 served for some time in the Downs on board the 
 Dromedary and Dunkirk; and, on joining Sir 
 Chas. Henry Knowles, in the D.^dalus 32, was for 
 six months, during the year 1794, blocked up by a 
 French squadron at Norfolk, in Virginia. The 
 D^DALUS had previously been dismasted in a storm, 
 and had put into that port to be repaired. Fol- 
 lowing Sir C. H. Knowles into the Edgar and Go- 
 liath 74's, Mr. Ellis ultimately proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean, where, in 1796, immediately after 
 passing his examination, he joined the Victory 
 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis. From 
 that ship he soon removed, as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 to the Virago gun-boat, employed in the pro- 
 tection of Corsica ; after the evacuation of which 
 island by the British, he took her to Gibraltar. 
 He then rejoined Sir C. H. Knowles on board the 
 Goliath, in time to act a part in the battle off 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1S05, p. 244. 
 
 f Commander RUis, himself the son of a Naval officer, as 
 above stated, has had three brothers in the seruice of their 
 country: — 1. Samuel Burd(m ElUSy of the R.M., now a Lieut.- 
 Colonel and C.B., who, entering his profession in 1S04, 
 served in Sir Robert Calder's action and in the battle of 
 Trafalgar, was on board tlie Ajax when she took fire and 
 blew up off the Dardanells, accompanied the expedition to 
 the Walcheren, contribnted to the reduction of Guadeloupe, 
 was in the Pomonb at the capture of the American ship Pre~ 
 sidentt and officiated as Senior Marine OlBcer throughout the 
 whole of the late operations in Cliina ; — 2. George Archer 
 Ellis, Purser R.N., who lost the use of his right arm in the 
 Rattlee's action witli the French flotilla, near Ostend, in 
 1804, was afterwards for six years a prisoner of war in France, 
 and died, 1 Jan. 1843, from pamlysis induced by his suffer- 
 ings; — and 3. Francis PVihoti Ellis, Lieut. R.N., whose ser- 
 vices we have already recorded. Two of his brothers-in-law, 
 Richard Dalton, Purser R.N., and Robert Johnstone, Surgeon 
 R.N., died, the former Secretary to Admiral Sotheby, the 
 latter Surgeon to the Hospital at Madras. One of his ne- 
 phews, Georffe H. Ellis, is a passed Clerk, and another, 
 Samuel Burdon Ellis — ^both sons of Lieut-Colonel Ellis — a 
 First Lieutenant R.M. On 4 April, 1844, in commemoration 
 of the naval services of their family, an honourable' augment- 
 ation was granted to the arms and crest of the four brotliers 
 and their descendants. 
 
S36 
 
 ELLIS— ELLMAN—ELMHURST—ELMSLEY—ELPHICK. 
 
 Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. As Lieutenant of 
 the same ship (commission dated 29 April, 1797), we 
 subsequently find him sharing, under Capt. Thos. 
 Foley, in much hard boat-service off Cadiz, and 
 participating with Lord Nelson in the bombard- 
 ment of that town. Until the peace of Amiens, Mr. 
 Ellis next served in the Namuk 98, Capts. Thos. 
 Sotheby and "Wm. Luke, and in the Solebat 32. 
 At the recommencement of hostilities, he was em- 
 ployed for about 12 months in the Sea Fencible 
 service at Yaripouth ; after which he appears to 
 have successively joined, chiefly on the Home sta- 
 tion, and generally as First-Lieutenant, the CoN- 
 STASCE 24, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, Monmouth 
 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Mac- 
 namara Russell, Elephant 74, Capt. Geo. Dundas, 
 Alebt, Capt. "Williams, part of the force employed 
 in the attack on Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, and 
 Dauntless 18, Capt. Dan. Barber. He invalided 
 from the latter vessel in 1812 ; and does not appear 
 to have been further employed. Commander Ellis, 
 who had been on the Junior List of Retired Com- 
 manders since 26 Nov. 1830, was placed on the Se- 
 nior List 20 Nov. 1839. 
 
 ELLIS. (Lieutenant, 1845. f-p., 19; h-p., 4.) 
 RoBEKT Ellis entered the Navy, 15 April, 1824, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dartmouth 42, Capt. 
 Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, with whom, after visiting 
 the West Indies, he removed, in Sept. 1825, to the 
 Glasgow 50, and was eventually present at the 
 battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. Having accom- 
 plished his time, as Midshipman, in the Spartiate 
 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, and Rattlesnake 28, 
 Capts. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, Sir Thos. 
 Pasley, and Chas. Graham, he passed his examina- 
 tion, 9 Nov. 1830 ; and then, continuing to serve in 
 the Rattlesnake, proceeded to South America in 
 the capacity of Mate. Between Jan. 1834, and his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 March, 
 1841, Mr. Ellis was next employed, on the Home, 
 African, and West India stations, in the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings, .^Etna steam- 
 vessel, Capts. Wm. Arlett and Alex. Thos. Emeric 
 Vidal, Forester 3, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Gover 
 Miall, and Thunder steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Edw. Barnett. On 18 Aug. 1841, he was 
 appointed to the Electra 18, Capts. Philip Gostling 
 and Arthur Darley, and in that ship he continued 
 until 4 April, 1842. He has been in charge, since 
 25 April, 1846, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 ELLIS. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 20; h-p., 8.) 
 William Ellis entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1819, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brazen 26, Capt. 
 Wm. Shepheard, in which ship, and, as Midship- 
 man, in the Eceria 26, and Windsor Castle 74, 
 Capte. Sam. Roberts and Edw. Dumford King, he 
 served, on the St. Helena, Irish, Newfoundland, and 
 Home stations, until 1826. He then passed his 
 examination, and, until the receipt of his first com- 
 mission, bearing date 10 Jan. 1837, officiated, as 
 Mate, in the Tyne 28, Capts. Jas. Kearny White 
 and Sir Rich. Grant, Dryad 42, Commodore John 
 Hayes, Hermes steamer, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Wright, San Josef 110, and Royal Adelaide 104, 
 flag-ships of Sir Wm. Hargood, and Salamander 
 steam-vessel, Capts. M*Dougall and Sidney Colpoys 
 Dacres, on the North American, African, Mediter- 
 ranean, and Home stations. His next appointments 
 were — 14 Feb. 1837, to the Seringapatam 46, Capt. 
 John Leith, employed in the West Indies — and, 12 
 March, 1841, to the Soudan steam-vessel, Capt. 
 Bird Allen, fitting for an explorative voyage to the 
 river Niger. On his return from that deplorable 
 expedition, in Sept. 1842, Mr. Ellis, who for the 
 last seven months had had the acting-command of 
 the Soudan, found that he had been promoted to 
 his present rank on 30 of the previous March. He 
 has had command, since 3 July, 1846, of the Alert 
 6, on the coast of Africa. 
 
 ELLMAN. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 17; h-p.,5.) 
 John Spencer Ellman, bom in 1811, in the 
 parish of West Firle, co. Sussex, is eldest son of 
 John Ellman, Esq., of Glynde, a Magistrate and 
 Deputy-Lieutenant for that co. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1825, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aurora 46, Capts. John 
 Maxwell and Chas. John Austen, of which frigate, 
 employed on the Lisbon and West India stations, he 
 became Midshipman 23 May, 1826. In 1829, having 
 in the mean time returned to England, he again 
 sailed for the West Indies, on board the Galatea 
 42, Capt. Chas. Napier ; and from April, 1830, until 
 June, 1833, he served, nearly the whole time as Mate, 
 in the Hyperion 42, and Tyne 28, commanded on 
 the Home and South American stations by Capts. 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Chas. Hope. He then, 
 in consequence of his promotion, which had taken 
 place 4 Oct. 1832, came home, and was subsequently 
 appointed, in North America and the West Indies — 
 22 Nov. 1833, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Wm. Fred. 
 Lapidge — 18 March, 1836, to the Cornwallis 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Worgan Geo. Feshing, flag-ship latterly 
 of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget — 19 Jan. 1838, to the com- 
 mand of the Harpy 10 — and, 6 Nov. 1840, as Senior 
 Lieutenant, to the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh Donald 
 Cameron Douglas. He was promoted (while serv- 
 ing on the south-east coast of America, as First of 
 the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. W. F. Lapidge) 
 to the rank he now holds, 15 Nov. 1845 ; and since 
 that period has been unemployed. 
 
 ELMHURST. (Liect., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 Philip James Elmhurst entered the Navy, 15 
 Aug. 1805, as A.B,, on board the Africa 64, Capt. 
 Henry Digby; under whom he was presently 
 wounded, as Midshipman, in the action off Cape 
 Trafalgar.* While afterwards attached to the 
 Magnificent 74, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake, in which ship he served from 
 5 Oct. 1806, until the date of his promotion, 27 
 May, 1814, Mr. Elmhurst assisted, as Master's 
 Mate, at the reduction, in Oct. 1809, and April, 
 1810, of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and Sta. 
 Maura, and was long actively employed in co-ope- 
 ration, during the year 1812, with the patriots on 
 the north coast of Spain. He subsequently joined 
 the Newcastle 50, and Diomede troop-ship, Capts. 
 Lord Geo. Stuart and Sam. Malbon ; and, as First- 
 Lieutenant of the Thistle 12, Capt. Jas. Montagu, 
 joined in the attack on New Orleans. He has not 
 been afloat since June, 1815. In consideration of 
 the wound above alluded to, Mr. Elmhurst was pre- 
 sented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ELMSLEY. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 John Elmsley entered the Navy 11 Nov. 1815; 
 and obtained his commission 3 Aug. 1824. He has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 ELPHICK. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 22; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 James Elphick entered the Navy 25 July, 1795, 
 as A.B., onboard the Inflexible 64, Capt. Solomon 
 Ferris, stationed in the North Sea; proceeded to 
 Newfoundland, in 1798, as Midshipman bf the 
 Brilliant 28, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood; and, 
 after participating in a very spirited engagement 
 with the French 44-gun frigates Vertu and Be'ge- 
 neree, accompanied that officer into the Penelope 
 36. On 31 March, 1800, while at the blockade of 
 Malta, he assisted at the hard-wrought captm-e of 
 Le Guillamie Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear- Admiral Decres; subsequently 
 to which event he attended the expedition to 
 Egypt. He became Acting-Lieutenant, 5 Nov. 
 1801, of the Caroline 36, Capt. Wm. Bowen, and, 
 bemg officially promoted 5 Jan. 1802, was after- 
 wards appointed, 5 April, 1803, to the Bbitannla 
 120, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, employed in the 
 Channel and off Cadiz— and 13 Jan. and 24 Sept. 
 • Fids Gai. 1805, p. Ilti4. 
 
ELPHINSTONE-ELRINGTON— ELSMERE. 
 
 3^7 
 
 1806, to the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Thos. Whitby, 
 and Magnificent 74, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake. As Senior Lieutenant of the 
 latter ship, Mr. Elphick contributed to the reduc- 
 tion of Zante and Cephalonia in Oct. 1809 ; and in 
 March and April, 1810, he distinguished himself as 
 " a very gallant and zealous officer " at the siege 
 of Sta. Maura.* We also find him actively co-ope- 
 rating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain 
 in 1812. The Magnificent being paid oif on her 
 return with convoy from the West Indies in Aug. 
 1815, he remained unemployed until 14 Sept. 1818, 
 when he joined the Coast Blockade, as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch. Since his attainment of the rank of 
 Commander, 19 July, 1821, he has not been afloat. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ELPHINSTONE. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 16; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Alexander Francis Elphinstone, bom, 8 Feb. 
 1788, at Cronstadt, in Kussia, is only son of the late 
 Capt. Sam. Williams Elphinstone, of the Kussian 
 Navy (a lineal descendant of Robert, third Baron 
 Elphinstone), by Catherine, eldest daughter of the 
 late Admiral Kruse, of the same service. He is 
 nephew of the late Capts. Thos. and Robt. Philip 
 Elphinstone, both of the R.N., who died in 1821-2 ; 
 and of the present Colonel Sir Howard Elphinstone, 
 Bart., C.B. His grandfather, John Elphinstone, a 
 Captain in the British and an Admiral in the Rus- 
 sian Navy, who died in 1785, commanded the fleet 
 of the Czar at the battle of Tchesme in 1770, and 
 succeeded in destroying the Turkish fleet. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 March, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diomede50, commanded 
 at Sheerness by the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone 
 Fleeming ; and on his removal, as Midshipman, in 
 May, 1800, to the Hector 74, Capt. John Elphin- 
 stone, he took charge of a boat, and had 3 men 
 wounded, near Cadiz, while reconnoitring a place 
 of debarkation for the troops under Sir Ralph 
 Abercromby, previously to their ultimate departure 
 for Egypt. Following Capt. Elphinstone, in March, 
 1801, into the FonnRoyAUT 80, flag-ship of Lord 
 ICeith, he landed with that officer, who had been 
 appointed Captain of the fleet, at Alexandria, and, 
 for the services he there rendered as his Aide-de- 
 Gamp, he was presented with the Turkish gold 
 medal. From May, 1801, until Aug. 1806, he ap- 
 pears to have been further employed, on the Medi- 
 terranean, Home, and East India stations, in La 
 PiQHE 36, Capt. Jas. Young, Diamond 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Elphinstone, and Culloden 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. Pellew. During that period he served 
 on three hazardous occasions in the Diamond's 
 boats ; and, on being lent, with 100 men, from the 
 Culloden to the Sir Francis Drake 32, was ac- 
 tively employed for some time in blockading the 
 Isle of France. On finally leaving the Culloden, 
 Mr. Elphinstone became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Arbooant 74, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, in which 
 ship he continued* until within a short period of his 
 being confirmed into the Salsette, afterwards 
 Doris 36, Oapte. Christ. Cole and Wm. Jones Lye— 
 an event which took place 9 June, 1807. As First- 
 Lieutenant of that frigate, he commanded her 
 boats in several attacks made on the Malay and 
 Persian pirates, and during the operations against 
 the Isle of France, in Dec. 1810, he had the sole 
 charge of the ship during the Captain's absence 
 on ^ore. In 1811-12 he joined the CALBDONrA 
 and KoYAL George, flag-ships of Admirals Sir 
 Edw. Pellew and Chas. Vinioombe Penrose, the 
 Ajax 74, Capt. Sir Robt. Laorie, and then again 
 the Caledonia. In June, 1813, Mr. Elphinstone 
 landed near Tarragona, at the head of a battalion 
 of seamen, for the purpose of bringing oflT the 
 troops and destroying the guns at the Col de Ba- 
 laguer. He likewise shared in Sir Edw. Pellew's 
 partial actions with the French fleet out of Toulon, 
 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814; and, in April of the 
 latter year, he acquired the approbation of Lord 
 • Vide Ge.7.. 1810, p. lis*. 
 
 Wm. Bentinck for the assistance he afforded in 
 command of a division of seamen at the siege of 
 Genoa. He was rewarded for these services by 
 promotion to the rank he now holds 15 June, 1814, 
 and since that period has been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Elphinstone, a noble in Livonia, re- 
 ceived, in 1812, the Russian bronze medal, sus- 
 pended to the riband of St. Vladimir, which was 
 issued to all Russian noblemen who had in any way 
 partaken of the hostilities against the French. He 
 married, 5 May, 1819, Amelia Anne, eldest daughter 
 of Fred. A. Lobaoh, Esq., a senior merchant at 
 Riga, by whom he has issue four sons and four 
 daughters. 
 
 ELEINGTON. (Eetired Commander, 1844. 
 F-P., 15 ; H-p., 34.) 
 George Elrington entered the Navy, 17 March, 
 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Triumph 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Essington, on the Home station, where 
 he became Midshipman, in July, 1799, of the Tem^- 
 RAIRE 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. 
 Hawkins Whitshed, and where he afterwards 
 served, in the Maidstone frigate, Capt. Ross 
 Donnelly, Monarch 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Thos. Graves, Unicorn and Ethalion frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. Chas. Stuart, andlMpi- 
 tueux 74, Capt Jas. Lawford. Obtaining a com- 
 mission, 30 Aug. 1806, he next joined the Kite, 
 Capt. Edwin James— attended, in the Goliath 74, 
 Capt. Peter Puget, the expedition to Copenhagen 
 in Aug. 1807 — served for nearly five years in the 
 West Indies on board the Thetis 38, Capt. Geo. 
 Miller — and was finally employed, on the Home 
 station, in the Plover sloop, Capt. Colin Campbell, 
 and Vanguard prison-ship, Capt. Philip Helpman. 
 He went on half-pay in 1813 ; and accepted his 
 present rank 1 July, 1844. Agents — Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 ELSMEKE. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 
 13; H-P., 49.) 
 Charles Elsmeee entered the Navy, 23 April, 
 1785, as A.B., on board the Swallow, Capt. David 
 Mackay, on the Irish station ; served afterwards in 
 the Fortune frigate, Capt. Cole, and, as Midship- 
 man, in the Good Intent and Union tenders ; and 
 on joining, in 1793, the Lowestoffe 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Wolseley, officiated, as Master's Mate, at the occu- 
 pation of Toulon, and at the sieges of St. Fiorenza 
 and Calvi. After an additional servitude of some 
 months with Capt. Wolseley in the iMpiRiEUSE, he 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Cumberland 74, 
 Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, and was in that 
 ship in Hotham's action of 13 July, 1795. From 
 the Cumberland he removed to the Victory 100, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, with whom he 
 continued until transferred to the Britannia 100 ; 
 in which ship we find him participating in the 
 battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. Mr. 
 Elsmere, who had been confirmed in the rank of 
 Lieutenant on 23 of the preceding January, was 
 next appointed, in succession, to the Diadem, Co- 
 lossus, and Alliance, to the command of the 
 Columbine tender, and to the Terrible 74. In 
 the latter ship, under Capt. Wolseley, he attended 
 the expedition to Ferrol, in 1800. Having been on 
 half-pay since 1801, he was placed, 20 Dec. 1830, on 
 the Junior List of Retired Commanders, from which 
 he was promoted to the Senior List 3 Sept. 1838. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ^ELSMERE. (Retired Commander, 183). f-p., 
 20 ; H-p., 43.) 
 Hans Sloane Elsmere died 20 Jan. 1845, at 
 Belfast. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1782, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Enterprize, Capt. John 
 Willet Payne, in which ship, and in six others, he 
 served, on the West India, Irish, and Mediterranean 
 stations, until 1788. In 1793 he re-embarked, on 
 board the Vengeur 74, Capt. Chas. Thompson, and, 
 returning ultimately to the West Indies, there be- 
 came, 15 May, 1794, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 
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 ELTON- ELVY— ELWIN. 
 
 Cebes frigate, Capt. Thos. Hamilton. On 8 Oct. 
 following he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Lord Mulgkave hired armed ship, Capts. Robt. 
 EoUes and John Smith. After serving for nearly 
 three years under those officers in the North Sea 
 and Channel, Mr. Elsmere was next employed in 
 command, from Oct. 1797, until May, 1802, of 
 the Wu-LiAM AND James and Alexandria tenders, 
 and of 'the Speaker gun-brig, on the Irish station. 
 His last appointment was, in Sept. 1805, to theSea 
 Fencibles at Carrickfergus, where he remamed 
 until 1810. He became a Retired Commander on 
 the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 9 
 Dec. 1831. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 Elvy was afterwards one of the few who were saved 
 from the Minotaor, when she was lost, on the Haak 
 Sands, at the mouth of the Texel, 22 Dec 1810. 
 From the latter period he remained a prisoner of 
 war at Verdun until May, 1814, when, hostilities 
 being at an end, he was allowed to return to Eng- 
 land. He obtained his commission 4 March, 1815 ; 
 but has not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Elvy, we understand, still suffers acutely 
 from the effects of the wound he received in the 
 Baltic. 
 
 ELTON. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Henry Elton is third son of the late Rev. Sir 
 Ahraham Elton, Bart., by Elizabeth, eldest daugh- 
 ter of Alderman Sir John Durbin, Kt., an opulent 
 merchant of Bristol; brother of the present Sir 
 Chas. Abraham Elton, Bart, and of Lieut.-Colonel 
 "Wm. Elton, of the Dragoon Guards ; and brother- 
 in-law of Henry Hallam, Esci., F.R.S., the eminent 
 historian. 
 
 This ofloer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, Capts. John 
 Markham and Bendall Robt. Littlehales ; under the 
 former of whom, after witnessing the surrender of 
 Minorca, he assisted at the destruction, 16 March, 
 1799, of the Spanish frigate El Guadahvpe of 40 
 guns. In the course of 1802-3 he successively 
 joined, as Midshipman, the Latona frigate, Wil- 
 liam store-ship, and Orestes 14, Capts. Frank 
 Sotheron and Thos. Brown; and in 1804 he sailed 
 for the East Indies in the Culloden 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew. On his arrival on that 
 station Mr. Elton became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 CoENWALLis 50, Capt. Chas. Jas. Johnston, in which 
 ship, on U Nov. 1806, we find him participating in 
 an attack upon the French shipping, in St. Paul's 
 Bay, He Bourbon. Being confirmed in his new 
 rank by commission dated 6 March, 1807, he subse- 
 quently rejoined Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom, in the 
 GoLLODEN, after having officiated for some time as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie 
 at the Cape, he returned to England in 1809. His 
 latter appointments, we find, were — 24 Jan. 1810, 
 and 26 Jan. and 20 Dec. 1811, to the Dkeaonooght 
 98, BoTNE 98, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations of Admirals Thos. 
 Sotheby, Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and Sir Edw. 
 Pellew. On the night of 8 Sept. 1810, Mr. Elton 
 commanded one of the boats of the Dreadnought 
 98, under Lieut. Thos. Pettman, at the re-capture 
 of a Spanish merchantman among the rocks on the 
 west side of TJshant, a service which was not accom- 
 plished without a loss to the British of 6 men killed, 
 31, including the subject of this notice, wounded, 
 and 6 missijig. In the Caledonia he appears to 
 have been present in two partial actions with the 
 French fleet off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 
 1814. Since the date of his last promotion, 7 June, 
 1814, Commander Elton has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 20 July, 1816, Mary, daughter of Sir 
 Fras. Ford, Bart., and widow of Peter Touchet, 
 Esq., by whom he has issue three daughters. 
 
 ELVY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-t., 8 s h-p., 32.) 
 George Elvt entered the Navy, 27 March, 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capts. 
 Chas. John Moore Mansfield and John Barrett. 
 While in that ship, he assisted at the bombardment 
 of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, served for some time 
 off Lisbon under the flags of Sir Chas. Cotton and 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and, on 25 July, 1809, was 
 wounded in the head, while employed, as Midship- 
 man, in the boats of a squadron under Capt. Thos. 
 Forrest, in a long and desperate action with a Rus- 
 sian flotilla, near Fredericksham, in the Gulf of Fin- 
 land, which, although the British lost 60 men in 
 killed and wounded, terminated in the total defeat 
 of the enemy, of whom 87 met a similar fate.* Mr. 
 * fide Gki. 1809, p. 1346. 
 
 ELWIN. (LlEDT., 1834. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 19.) 
 
 James Elwej, bom 1 Oct. 1794, at Dover, is bro- 
 ther of Lieut. Joseph Elwin, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nautilus 18, Capt. 
 Matthew Smith, with whom, and Capts. John Chas. 
 Gawen Roberts and Jas. Nash, he afterwards served, 
 in the CoMus 22, Merope 16, Pylades 18, and Im- 
 pregnable 98, on the M«diterranean, North Ame- 
 rica, and Home stations, the chief part of the time 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until April, 
 1816. From April, 1826, until promoted, at the re- 
 commendation of the Board of Customs, to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 29 Jan. 1834, Mr. Elwin, who had 
 passed his examination 3 Aug. 1815, was further 
 employed, as Chief Mate, in the Nimble, Eagle, 
 and Scout Revenue-cutters. His next appointment 
 was, 5 July, 1836, to the Coast Guard, in which ser- 
 vice he continued until 31 March, 1841. Since that 
 period he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Elwin is a widower. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 ELWIN. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 38 ; h-p., 5.) 
 
 Joseph Elwin is brother of Lieut. Jas. Elwin, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tigress gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Edw. Nathaniel Greensword, from 
 which vessel he removed, in Dec. 1805, to the 
 PoMPEE 74, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith. In that ship, while actively employed on 
 the coast of Italy, he had the misfortvme to lose a 
 hand by the explosion of some arms taken from the 
 enemy. After serving, in 1807, at the passage of 
 the Dardanells, the destruction of the Turkish 
 squadron at Point Pesquies, and the siege of Co- 
 penhagen, Mr. Elwin accompanied Sir W. S. Smith 
 into the Foodroyant 80. On his return from a 
 visit to South America he became attached, in 
 May, 1809, to the Dryad 36, Capt. Edw. Galwey; 
 and while under that officer he appears to have 
 been much engiaged in co-operation with the patriots 
 on the north coast of Spain, where he landed with 
 the naval brigade, and assisted, in 1810, in destroy- 
 ing all the batteries (with the exception of Castro) 
 from St. Sebastian to St. Andero, on which were 
 found altogether about 100 pieces of heavy cannon. 
 Rejoining Sir W. S. Smith, afterwards, in the Hi- 
 BERNiA 120, Mr. Elwin, on 18 Aug. 1813, served in 
 the boats of that ship, and of a small squadron under 
 Capt. Thos. tissher, in a very gallant attack on the 
 batteries at Cassis, where, after sustsuning a loss of 
 4 men killed and 16 wounded, the British in four 
 hours succeeded in capturing S heavy gun-boats, 
 and 26 vessels laden with merchandise. On 24 
 March, 1814, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 ScipioN 74, Capt. Henry Heathcote. Being offi- 
 cially promoted 2 Aug. following, he was subse- 
 quently appointed— 6 JMay, 1815, to the command 
 of the Telegraph at Barham Downs, where he con- 
 tinued for about twelve months— in March, 1820, to 
 the Coast Guard — in Oct. 1825, to the Hound Re- 
 venue-cruizer — 18 April, 1831, again to the Coast 
 Guard— 30 Dec. 1839, and 23 Aug. 1843, to the 
 Sprightly and Active, also Revenue-vessels— 1 
 April, 1845, a third time to the Coast Guard— and 
 27 June, 1846, to be Agent in a contract mail steam- 
 vessel, in which capacity he was but for a short 
 time employed. 
 
 For his frequent exertions in saving life from 
 shipwreck, Lieut. Elwin has elicited the expressed 
 
EMER'rON-EMERY— ENGLISH-ENTWISLE. 
 
 339 
 
 approbation of the Admiralty and the thanks of 
 the Committee at Lloyd's, and been rewarded .with 
 a medal from the Royal National Shipwreck Insti- 
 tution. In acknowledgment of the important as- 
 sistance afforded by him to a dismasted Dutch man- 
 of-war off Alderney, 13 Jan. 1844, the King of the 
 Netherlands has also presented this officer with a 
 Taluable piece of plate. 
 
 EMERTON. (Retired Commander, 1840. 
 E-p., 18; H-P., 34.) 
 
 James Emekton was bom 10 May, 1776, in Mid- 
 dlesex, and died, 9 June, 1846, at Stratford-le-Bow. 
 
 This officer (who, when Mate of a West Indiaman, 
 in the preceding spring, had served as a Volunteer 
 under Lieut. Groves, of H.M.S. Roebucks, against 
 the Charibs in the Island of St. Vincent, and had 
 been engaged in 16 different attacks on the enemy's 
 stockades) entered the Navy, 28 July, 1795, as A.B., 
 on board the Leasder 50, Capts. Maurice Delgamo 
 and Thos. Boulden Thompson ; under the latter of 
 whom— after witnessing the capture of the Kutch 
 frigate Argo, and participating, as Midshipman, in 
 the attack upon Tenerife and in the battle of the 
 Nile— he was taken, 18 Aug. 1798, by the French 
 74-gun ship Gtme'reux, at the end of a close and 
 bloody conflict of six hours, in which the Leander, 
 besides being totally dismasted, and otherwise fear- 
 fully shattered, sustained a loss, out of 282 men, of 
 35 killed and 57 wounded, and the enemy, whose 
 force originally consisted of 936 men, of 100 killed 
 and 188 wounded. On bis restoration to liberty, in 
 Nov. following, Mr. Emerton joined the Vanooard 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir Horatio Nelson; and 
 while in that ship he appears to have been very ac- 
 tively employed off the coast of Italy, where he 
 served with the boats at the capture, in Leghorn 
 Roads, of two polacres, mounting 16 and 18 guns, 
 and assisted in removing the court and treasure 
 from Naples to Palermo. After an intermediate 
 attachment of fifteen months to the Bellerophon 
 74, Capt. Henry D'Esterre Darby, he became Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in Sept. 1800, of the Bellona 74, in 
 which ship, commanded by his former Captain, 
 then Sir T. B> Thompson, to whom succeeded 
 Capt. Thos. Bertie, he took part, and was severely 
 wounded, in the battle off Copenhagen, 2 April, 
 1801.'* When subsequently at Jamaica, Mr. Emer- 
 ton was appointed, 16 May, 1802, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Orion 74, Capt. Robt. Cuthbert, on returning 
 with whom to England he was officially promoted 
 9 July following. His succeeding appointments, we 
 find, were— 15 April, 1803, to the Levden 64, Capt. 
 J. Seater, off Harwich— 12 Nov. 1804, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, to the MosQDiTO 18, Capt. Sara. Jackson, in 
 which he contributed to the capture, near Scarbo- 
 rough, of a smuggler and two French privateers, 
 the Orestes and Pylades, 12 April, 1805—24 Sept. 
 1806, to the Magnificent 74, Cfapt. Geo. Eyre, em- 
 ployed at the blockade of Cadiz, Toulon, and Corfu 
 ■ — in July, 1809, to the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. 
 Ijaforey, for passage home — and, 8 June, 1810, to the 
 Thisbe, successive flag-ship in the river 'Thames of 
 Rear-Admirals Wm. Albany Otway, Sir Chas. Ha- 
 milton, and Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. While in 
 the latter vessel, he jury-rigged, and took to North- 
 fleet, the Nelson of 120 guns ; and he was also very 
 zealous in his endeavours to suppress the shameful 
 extortions of the crimps. Having been on half-pay 
 since Jan. 1815, he was at length, on 24 April, 1837, 
 admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. 
 He accepted the rank of Retired Commander 30 
 July, 1840, 
 
 During his servitude as Midshipman, Commander 
 Emerton was often employed on extra-official or 
 dockyard duty ; and when the intelligence of his 
 having been wounded at Copenhagen reached Eng- 
 land, the Patriotic Society rewarded him with a 
 gratuitj' of 30/. He appears after the peace to have 
 presented the Admiralty with two codes of signals. 
 He married 26 June, 1816; and died a widower 
 
 * ride'Gax. 1801, p. 404. 
 
 with two sons and three daughters. Agekts- 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 EMERY. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 James Barker Emery entered the Navy 4 Nov. 
 1808; passed his examination in 1817; and obtained 
 his commission 26 March, 1827. His appointments 
 have since been — 8 Sept. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 24 Sept. 1832, and 25 
 April, 1837, as First-Lieutenant, to the Larne 18, 
 and Beagle surveying-vessel, Capts. Wm. Sidney 
 Smith and John Clements Wickham, employed on 
 particular service — and 31 Dec. 1842, and 27 March, 
 1844, to the Comet jind Lucifer surveying steamers, 
 both commanded, on the coast of Ireland, by Capt. 
 Geo. Alex. Frazer, in the latter of which he is at 
 
 S resent serving, in the same capacity. Agents — 
 (essrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ENGLISH. (Gommandeb, 1827. e-p., 20 ; 
 K-p., 24.) 
 
 Charles English was bom 2 Dec. 1793j at Fare- 
 hain, CO. Hants, and died 10 Oct. 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt. 
 John Wainwright, flag^ship at Spithead of Admiral 
 Geo. Montagu, ti Feb. 1805, he joined the Cou- 
 rageux 74, Capt. Chas. Boyles, with whom, as Mid- 
 shipman of the Windsor Castle 98, we subse- 
 quently find him enacting a part in Sir Robt. Cal- 
 der's action, 22 July, 1805. In the course of the 
 following year he became successively attached to 
 tKe Sampson and Diadem 64's, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Chas. Stirhng; and, while in the latter 
 ship, he assisted at the capture of Monte Video in 
 Feb. 1807. As Master's Mate, next, of La Gloire 
 38, and Amaranthe \i, Capts. Jas. Carthcw and 
 Geo. Pringle, Mr. English served at the reduction 
 of the French West India islands, in the years 1809- 
 10. After a further employment of 16 months in 
 the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey in 
 the Leeward Islands, he was at length, having passed 
 his examination nearly two years, promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 21 March, 
 1812. His appointments, in the latter capacity, ap- 
 pear to have been— 5 Jan. 1813, to the Ckessy 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Dashwood, employed off the Scheldt — 
 6 Aug. 1814, to the Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt. 
 Preston, on the Home station— 10 June, 1819, and 
 9 Dec. 1822, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Larne 20, 
 and Tribune 42, Capts. Henry Forbes, Robt. Tait, 
 and Gardiner Henry Guion, on the Mediterranean 
 station, where he commanded the boats of the latter 
 ship and of the Despatch 18, in a successful attack 
 
 on some pirate vessels, near the Morea, in 1824 
 
 and, 27 March, 1826, to the command of the Con- 
 test 12, in North America. On 17 April, 1827, he 
 was promoted to his present rank in the Ringdove 
 18, which sloop he continued to command, on the 
 station last mentioned, until 22 March, 1829. He 
 has not been since employed. 
 
 Commander English married, 11 Oct. 1834, Je- 
 mima Georgina, only daughter of the late Jas. 
 Garden, Esq., of Bedford Square, London. 
 
 ENTWISLE. (Retired Commander, 1839. 
 F-p., 17; H-p., 31.) 
 
 Hugh Entwisle is second son of John Entwisle, 
 Esq., of Foxholes, Rochdale, Lancashire, by Ellen, 
 daughter of Hugh Lyle, Esq., of Coleraine ; brother 
 of the late John Entwisle, Esq., M.P. for Roch- 
 dale, and of Robt. Entwisle, Esq., Lieut.-Colonel of 
 the Lancashire Militia ; and brotber-in-law of Robt. 
 Peel, Esq., of Manchester, first-cousin of the-Right 
 Hon. Sir Robt. Peel, Bart., M.P. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst 38, Capts. 
 John Cooke, Henry Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell, 
 and John Wm. Spranger, on the Home station. 
 While in that frigate, besides being much employed 
 in the conveyance of royal and diplomatic person- 
 ages, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture of 
 
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 ERSKINE-ESSELL-ESTCOURT-ETHEEIDGE— ETOUGH. 
 
 three privateers, carrying 34 guns and 270 men, 
 and witnessed the surrender, 27 Jan. and 9 April, 
 1801, of the French 36-gun frigate La Dedaigneuse, 
 and national corvette Le General Bt'une of 14 guns. 
 With a brief interval, from 7 June to 18 July, 1805, 
 . during which he officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Hancock, Mr. Entwisle 
 continued to serve in the Amethyst until Sept. of 
 the latter year, when he rejoined Capt. Cooke on 
 board the Bellerophon 74, commanded subse- 
 quently by Capt. Edw. Kotheram. After partici- 
 pating in the battle of Trafalgar, towards the close 
 of which he had been sent with Lieut. Douglas to 
 take possession of the Sahama, a Spanish 74, he 
 obtained a Lieutenancy, 28 Jan. 1806, in the Padl- 
 ISA 16, Capts. John Rich. Lumley and Westby Per- 
 cival, under whom, during a period of six years and 
 a half, he attended Lord Gambler's expedition to 
 Copenhagen, and was very actively employed in the 
 Mediterranean. His succeeding appointments were 
 —5 Aug. 1812, to the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Sir 
 Henry Blackwood, stationed in the Channel — 12 
 April, 1814, to the Bdcephalus troop-ship, Capt. 
 Geo. Wm. Hughes D'Aeth, employed in the opera- 
 tions against New Orleans — and, 14 June and 11 
 Nov. 1815, to the Seahorse and Madagascar 3S's, 
 both commanded by Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon. 
 Commander Entwisle, who has been on half-pay 
 since 20 Aug. 1816, accepted his present rank 8 Jan. 
 1839. 
 
 He married, 11 Oct. 1824, Mary Anne, eldest 
 daughter of Jas. Koyds, Esq., of Mount Falinge, 
 Kochdale. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 ERSKINE. (Captain, 1838. r-p., 17; h-p., 11.) 
 John Elphinstone Ehskine is son, we believe, 
 of David E'rskine, Esq., of Cardross, by Keith, 
 youngest daughter of John 11th Baron Elphin- 
 stone; nephew of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Flea- 
 ming. Admiral of the Blue, and M.P. for Stirling, 
 who died Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 30 Oct. 
 1840; grand-nephew of Admiral Lord Keith, G.C.B., 
 who reduced the Cape of Good Hope in 1795, ex- 
 pelled the French from Egypt in 1801, and died in 
 April, 1823 ; and cousin of Vice- Admiral Sir Chas. 
 Adam, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the N&vy 6 May, 1819 ; passed 
 his examination in 1825 ; and obtained his first 
 commission 2 Jan. 1826. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 25 Nov. 1826, 20 July, 1827, and 20 
 May, 1828, to the Barham 50 (as Flag-Lieutenant 
 to his relative, SirC. E. Fleeming), Druid 46, Capt. 
 Sam. Chambers, and Barham again, all on the Ja^ 
 maica station ; where he assumed command, 24 
 Dec. 1829, of the Arachne 18, and where he was 
 next appointed, 3 May, 1830, to the Grasshopper 
 18. Quitting the latter vessel in 1831, he joined, 
 16 Aug. 1836, the Harlequin 16 ; from which 
 vessel, then in the Mediterranean, he was advanced 
 to Post^rank 28 June, 1838. On 6 Aug. 1841 Capt. 
 Erskine became Flag-Captain, in the Illustrious 
 72, to his cousin. Sir Chas. Adam, Commander-in- 
 Chief on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion. He returned to England in 1845 ; and has 
 not since been employed. Agent — John P. Mus- 
 pratt. 
 
 ESSELL. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 William Foulkes Essell passed his examina- 
 tion in 1817 ; obtained his commission 27 Deo. 1827 ; 
 and served in the Coast Guard from 17 Deo. 1828 
 until 1846. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 ESTCOURT. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 20; 
 H-p., 6.) 
 
 Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcotjrt was 
 born 16 May, 1807, and died, while in command of 
 H.M.'s steamer Eclair, from the effects of invete- 
 rate African fever, which, in its frightful progress, 
 proved fatal to nearly all on board, 16 Sept. 1845. 
 He was fourth son of the present Thos. Grimston 
 Bucknall Estcourt, Esq., of Estcourt, co. Gloucester, 
 Barrister-at-law, D.C.L., and M.P. for the Univer- 
 
 sity of Oxford, by Eleanor, second daughter of Jas. 
 Sutton, Esq., of New Park, co. Wilts ; and brother 
 (with Capt. Jas. Bucknall Estcourt, of the 43rd 
 Regiment) of Thos. Henry Sutton Estcourt, Esq., 
 M.P. for North Wiltshire, who married the only 
 child of the late Admiral Frank Sotheron. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1819; and 
 passed his examination in 1826. Obtaining his first 
 commission 30 April, 1827, he was afterwards ap- 
 pointed— 12 May, 1827, to the Revenge 76, Capt. 
 Norborne Thompson, lying at Portsmouth— 17 Aug. 
 1830, to the Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, 
 in the Mediterranean — 13 March, 1834, to the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. 
 Hastings — 3 April, 1835, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry John Rous, on the North America and West 
 India station — 18 March, 1836, to the Vanguard 80, 
 Capts. Hon. Duncombe PleydeU Bouverie and Sur 
 Thos. Fellowes, employed on particular service — 
 and, 9 Dec. 1840, to the command, in the Mediter- 
 ranean, of the Lizard steam-vessel. He attained 
 his last promotion 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from 26 Avg. 
 1844, until the period of his death, commanded the 
 Eclair steam-sloop on the coast of Africa. A 
 tablet in the Royal Dockyard Chapel at Portsmouth 
 records the untimely end of the gallant Commander 
 of the Eclair and his ill-fated companions. Agents 
 ■ — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 ETHERIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Thomas Etheridge entered the Navy 25 Sept. 
 1824 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 May, 1840. His 
 appointments have since been — 27 Oct. 1840, to the 
 Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, in the Me- 
 diterranean—and 1 7 Oct. 1843, and 9 Aug. 1845, as 
 First, to the Star 6, Capt. Robt. John Wallace 
 Dunlop, and Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas 
 Brisbane, both on the coast of Africa, where he is 
 at present serving. 
 
 ETOUGH. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 11 ; h-p.,31.) 
 
 Henrt Gladwell Etough entered the Navy, 12 
 May, 1805, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Druid 32, 
 Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, with whom— after 
 contributing to the capture of the Prirux Mvrat 
 privateer of 18 guns, and Le Pandour national brig 
 of similar force — he removed, as Midshipman, in 
 1806, to the Shannon of 50 guns, throwing a broad- 
 side weight of 538 lbs., and 306 men. In Dec. 1807 
 he witnessed the surrender of the island of Ma- 
 deira; and he also, at various times, assisted in 
 taking a large number of the enemy's armed and 
 other vessels. On 1 June, 1813, being then Acting- 
 Master of the Shannon, Mr. Etough distinguished 
 himself, and was particularly recommended for his 
 conduct, at the memorable capture of the American 
 ship Chesapeake of 50 guns, yielding a broadside of 
 590 lbs., and 376 men ; an exploit which was achieved 
 after 15 minutes of intense combat, in which the 
 British sustained a loss of 24 men killed and 59 
 wounded, and the enemy of 47 killed and 115 
 wounded.* He was therefore promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, by commission dated 9 July ; but he 
 did not leave the Shannon until the month of No- 
 vember; subsequently to which we find him ap- 
 pointed, in the course of 1814, to the Chanticleer 
 10, Capt. Stewart Blacker, and Clarence and Bed- 
 ford 74's, Capts. Fred. Warren and Jas. Walker. 
 Previously to participating in the operations against 
 New Orleans, Mr. Etough, on 14 Dec. 1814, served 
 with the boats of the latter ship, and of a squadron, 
 at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American 
 gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did not 
 surrender until the British, after a fierce contest, 
 had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 
 wounded. t His next appointments were— 1 Sept. 
 1815, to the Prometheus 16, Capt. Wm. Bateman 
 Dashwood, from which vessel he was obliged, in the 
 following month, to invalid— and, 8 May, 1819, to 
 he Alert sloop, Capt. Chas. Farwell, employed in 
 • Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1329. f V. Gai. 1815, p. Hi. 
 
EVANCE -EVANS. 
 
 341 
 
 the Downs. Since 1820 Lieut. Etough has not, we 
 believe, been afloat. Agents— Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 EVANCE. (Commander, 1818. r-p., 14; h-p.,27.) 
 WiLUAM Deveredx Evance is son of Mr. 
 Evance, of the firm of Suttaby, Evanoe, and Co., 
 Booksellers, of Stationers' Court, Fleet Street, 
 London. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Emuloos brig, Capt. 
 Gustavus Stujart, and afterwards sailed for the 
 West Indies in the Franchise 36, Capt. Chas. 
 Bashwood. During the three last years of the war 
 he served, as Midshipman and Acting-LieuteQant, 
 in the Cumberland 74, Capts. Robt. Clephane and 
 Robt. Waller Otway, Prince of Waxes 98, Capt. 
 John Erskine Douglas, Venerable 74, Capt. David 
 Milne, and Heron 18, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, on the 
 Mediterranean, Home, and West India stations. 
 Being confirmed, while in the latter ship, by com- 
 mission dated 3 Sept. 1814, Mr. Evance subse- 
 quently joined— 11 Sept. 1815, the Tigris 36, Capt. 
 Robt. Henderson — and, 7 Nov. 1816, the Con- 
 queror 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral 
 Robt. Plampin at the Cape of Good Hope. He 
 there assumed command, 15 Aug. 1818, of the Red- 
 poLB sloop ; but, since the following year, appears 
 to have been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Evance is the senior officer of his 
 rank on the list of 1818. He married, 19 April, 
 1825, Harriet, youngest daughter of Job Dyer, 
 Esq., of Chigwell, oo. Essex, by whom he has issue 
 eight children. 
 
 EVANS. (Captain, 1838. p-p., 18; h-p., 18.) 
 George Evans entered the Royal Naval College 
 30 Sept. 1811; and embarked, 19 Nov. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mulgeave 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Jas. Maling, of which ship, then in the Medi- 
 terranean, he became Midshipman 17 Nov. 1813. 
 From Nov. 1814 until the receipt of his first com- 
 mission, 1 Jan. 1821, he served as Master's Mate 
 and Admiralty-Midshipman, on the West India, 
 Home, East India, and South American stations, in 
 the Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, Ganymede, 
 Amphion, and Maoioienne frigates, commanded by 
 Capt. John Brett Purvis, and Owen Glendower 42, 
 Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer. On 12 April, 
 1823, he rejoined the latter officer in the Naiad 46, 
 and in that ship he again sailed for the Mediterra- 
 nean. While there Mr. Evans contributed to the 
 defeat, 31 Jan. 1824, of the Tripoli Algerine cor- 
 vette, of 18 guns and 100 men ; and on the night of 
 23 May following he commanded the boats, in con- 
 junction with Lieuts. Michael Quin and Thos. Dilke, 
 at the brilliant destruction of a 16-gun brig moored 
 in a position of extraordinary strength alongside 
 the walls of the fortress of Bona, in which was a 
 garrison of 400 soldiers, who, from cannon and 
 musket, kept up a tremendous fire almost perpen- 
 dicularly on the deck. The subject of this sketch, 
 who assumed charge, 4 Dec. 1827, of the Lightning 
 steamer, attained the rank of Commander 2 June, 
 1828. He was afterwards employed, from 4 Oct. 
 1832 until 1835, in the Rhadamanthus steam- 
 vessel, on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion ; but since his elevation to Post-rank, 28 June, 
 1838, has not been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Evans is at present Conservator of the 
 River Mersey. He married, 8 June, 1837, Mary, 
 "^ daugliter of Admiral John Gifiard. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 EVANS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20 ; hp., 28.) 
 Gustavus Evans entered the Navy, 18 March, 
 1799, as Midshipman, on board the Europe, Lieut. - 
 Commander John Gardiner, on the Plymouth sta- 
 tion ; served, from Aug. 1804 to Dec. 1808, princi- 
 pally as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the Epervier brig, under various commanders, on 
 the West India station ; and then joined, in the 
 latter capacity, the Cherub sloop, Capt. Thos. 
 Tudor Tucker ; to which vessel, after assisting at 
 
 the reduction"of Martinique and Guadeloupe, he 
 was confirmed 18 April, 1811. He at length inva- 
 lided from the Cherub, then in South America, in 
 April, 1813 ; and was afterwards appointed, 25 Feb. 
 1814 and 8 Sept. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Sheldrake 14, and Mosquito 10, employed on the 
 Home and Cape of Good Hope stations. The Mos- 
 quito was paid off in Nov. 1818 ; and Mr. Evans, 
 who had not since been afloat, was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841. 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 EVANS. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 35.) 
 John Evans (a), born 2 Dec. 1786 or 7, is son of 
 John Evans, Esq., of Dilwyn, co. Hereford, and of 
 the Rock and Vermont, in Jamaica, by a daughter 
 of John Tyler, Esq., of Dilwyn House, who was 
 
 f rand-niece of Bishop John Tyler, and a relative of 
 )r. Southey, the Poet-Laureate. 
 This officer entered the Navy, early in 1803, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Leviathan 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth at Jamaica, where, in the course 
 of the same year, he successively joined the Trent 
 36, Capt. Jas. Katon, and Dbsiree 36, Capts. Chas. 
 Bayne Hodgson Ross and Henry Whitby. While 
 in the latter ship he was present at the blockade of 
 Cape Fran9ois, the reduction of Port Dauphin, 
 where two forts and a 28-gun frigate. La Sagesse, 
 were taken from the enemy, and the surrender of 
 the French squadron with the remains of General 
 Rochambeau's army from Cape Francois on board ; 
 and he was also frequently employed with the boats 
 on cutting-out affairs of a very hazardous descrip- 
 tion. In June, 1805, Mr. Evans accompanied Capt. 
 Whitby into the Centaur 74, and after an inter- 
 mediate attachment to various other vessels, was 
 taken prisoner, while a passenger, in 1807, on board 
 the armed-brig Charles, by a French privateer. 
 La Vengeance^ of overwhelming force, to whom, 
 however, the former vessel did not surrender until, 
 in the course of a spirited action of four hours and 
 a half, fought within hail, she had expended every 
 shot, cartridge, and wad. On being soon afterwards 
 exchanged, Mr. Evans became attached, for short 
 periods, to the Drake and Wolf sloops, Capts. 
 John Fleming and Wm. Sumner Hall, and then 
 joined the Bacchante 20, Capt. Sam. Hood Ingle- 
 field, with whom he continued to serve, latterly as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the DiEDALUs 32, until Sept. 
 1810. In the Wolf and Bacchante, besides parti- 
 cipating in several desperate actions with Spanish 
 flotillas, he assisted in taking, after a contest of 
 half an hour, Le Griffon French national brig, of 
 16 guns and 105 men ; and, in the D.£DAlus, he 
 contributed to the reduction, towards the close of 
 1808, of the town of Samana, in St. Domingo. In 
 1810-11 Mr. Evans was employed, on the North 
 American station, in the Belvidera 38, bearing 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer, and 
 Atalante and Morgiana sloops, Capts. Fred. 
 Hiokey and David Scott. He was confirmed while 
 in the latter vessel, by commission dated 16 Nov. 
 181 1 ; but, in the following Feb., was compelled to 
 invalid in consequence of a severe liver complaint, 
 from the effects of which he still suffers. He has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Evans, during his servitude afloat, was 
 frequently invested with the duties of Prize Master; 
 and he appears, in almost every ship, to have been 
 exposed to a succession of the most furious hurri- 
 canes, which frequently carried away every mast, 
 and threatened, in fact, destruction to all on board. 
 He is married, and has one daughter living. His 
 son, John, a naval cadet, who had recently returned 
 from a voyage round the world, died in Feb. 1843. 
 
 EVANS. (Lieutenant, 1826. r-p., 10; h-p., 18.) 
 Nicholas Evans entered the Royal Naval Col- 
 lege 5 Aug. 1819 ; and embarked, in March, 1820, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Grasshopper 18, 
 Capts. Dan. Buchan and Jas. Bradley ; under whom, 
 and Capts. Houston Stewart and Fred. Warren, of 
 
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 EVANS. 
 
 the MENAr and Tweeb, he sa-ved, on the North 
 American station, latterly as Middiipman, until 
 Deo. 182,i. He then joined the Victory 100, com- 
 manded at Portsmouth by Capt. Inglis, and, ob- 
 taining his commission 2 Jan. 1826, was employed 
 in the Mediterranean as Lieutenant, from 12 Jlay, 
 1827, to Oct. 1830, of the Eevesge 76, Capts. Nor- 
 bome Thompson and Chas. Orlando Bridgeman. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 Mr. Evans is Senior Lieutenant of 1826. 
 
 EVANS. (LiEnTENANT, 1815, F-P., 19 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Raymond Evans entered tjie Navy, 11 Nov. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rose 18, Capts. 
 Lucius Curtis, Philip Pipon, and Thos. Mansell, 
 employed on the Mediterranean, Channel, and 
 Baltic stations. Ho rejoined Capt. Curtis, as Mid- 
 shipman, in 1809, on board the Magicienne frigate, 
 in vphioh he visited the Cape of Good Hope ; and 
 during the last four years of the war he served, on 
 various stations, in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. 
 Ballard, Ariel 16, Capt. Dan. Ross, Actjeon brig, 
 Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and Valiant 74, 
 Capt. ^achary Mudge. Obtaining his commission 
 13 Feb. 1815, he was afterwards appointed— 8 July, 
 
 1819, to the Owen Glendowek 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. 
 Cavendish Spencer, fitting at Chatham— 16 Jan. 
 
 1820, to the Vengecr 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait- 
 land, on the South American and West India star 
 tions— 3 Oct. 1821, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Livingstone, lying at Sheerness — 26 Nov. 1822, to 
 the Gloucester 74, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen 
 and Geo. Fred. Rich, in which ship he proceeded to 
 the West Indies— 23 Dec. 1825, to the Jasper 10, 
 Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, at Portsmouth — and, 
 1 Aug. 1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the Badger 10, 
 commanded, on the Cork station, by Capt. Chas. 
 Crowdy. Since 1828 he has been unemployed. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 EVANS. (Eetiked Commander, 1838. f-p., 
 18; H-p., 43.) 
 Roger Evans entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1786, as 
 F9t.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, guard-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Roger Curtis, and, in the 
 following year, sailed for Newfoundland in the 
 Merlin, Capt. Edw. Pakenham. From Feb. 1790, 
 until April, 1795, he served^on board the Nassau 
 64, Capt. Andrew Sutherland, Iphigenia 32, Capt. 
 Patrick Sinclair, and Bedford 74, Capts. Kobt. 
 Mann and Davidge Gould ; in which latter ship we 
 find him successively employed at the occupation 
 of Toulon in Aug. 1793 ; the capture, in the port of 
 Genoa, of the 36-gun frigate La Modeste, 5 Oct. fol- 
 lowing ; and in Hotham's action, 14 March, 1795. 
 He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Bellette 
 sloop, Capts. Secoombe, Stewart, and Temple ; and, 
 on 29 Deo. 1796, .was oonfjrmed in the Southamp- 
 ton 32, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, to which vessel he 
 had been transferred five months pipeviou^ly. 
 During the period of Mr. Evans' attachment to 
 her, the Southampton appeals to have been em- 
 ployed at the taking of Porto Ferrajo, the evacua- 
 tion of Capreja and Corsica, in the expedition 
 against Piombino, and at the siege of Castiglione. 
 She also made prize of the Spanish brig-of-war JSl 
 CarsB, of 18 guns, and was one of the repeating 
 frigates to the centre division of Sir John Jervis' 
 fleet, in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 
 1797. In Sept, of the latter year Mr. Evans joined 
 the Defiance 74, Capt. Theophilus Jones, on the 
 Channel station ; where, and in the Baltic, he after- 
 wards, from 26 Deo. 1798, until 22 Oct. 1801, com- 
 manded, with the exception of a few months in 
 1800, the Ferret and Alert. His subsequent 
 appointments, we find, were— 29 May, 1804, to the 
 Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip Somerville, on the Halifax 
 station, whence he invalided, 6 Nov. 1805 — 13 Feb. 
 1807, to the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter Puget, with 
 whom he served in the ensuing operations against 
 Copenhagen — 29 June, 1809, to the command of a 
 gun-boat, in which he accompanied the expedition 
 to the Scheldt — and, in Oct. following, to be Captain 
 
 of the port of Flushing. He resigned the latter 
 appointment on the evacuation of the Waleheren ; 
 and has since been unemployed. His acceptance of 
 the rank of Retired Commander, on the Junior List, 
 took place 1 Deo. 1830. He was promoted to the 
 Senior List 23 April, 1838. Agents— Messrs. Hal^ 
 ford and Co. 
 
 EVANS. (Retired Commander, 1837. p-p., 
 19; H-p., 35.) 
 Thomas Evans entered the Navy, in July, 1793, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Comet fire-ship, Capts. 
 Wm. Bradley and Edw. Codrington, under the 
 former of whom he took part in Lord Howe's action 
 of 1 June, 1794. Accompanying Capt. Codrington, 
 as Coxswain, into the Babet-22, he was next present 
 in Lord Bridport's encounter with the French fleet 
 offlle de Groix, 23 June, 1795 ; after which he served, 
 as A.B. and Quartermaster, in the Prince George 
 and Glort 98'S, flag-ships in the Channel of Sir 
 Hugh Cloberry Christian, and, as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, on the Mediterranean, West India, 
 and Home stations, in the Calcutta armed trans- 
 port, commanded at the reduction of Minorca by 
 Capt. Richard Poulden, and in the Drtad frigate, 
 Capts. Robt. Williams and Wm. Domett. In Feb. 
 1803, he rejoined Capt. Williams in the Russel 74,' 
 and, proceeding with convoy to the East Indies, 
 was there promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 12 
 April, 1805. In Sept. 1806, having returned to 
 England in the Medusa frigate, Capt. Sir John 
 Gore, he obtained command of a Signal station. 
 He was subsequently appointed — 13 June, 1808, to 
 the Impress service at Liverpool — 5 Dec. 1811, to 
 the Alfred 74, off Cadiz— and, 11 June, 1812, to 
 the command of the Mullet, for the purpose of 
 surveying the port of Liverpool. Commander 
 Evans, who has been on half-pay since June, 1813, 
 accepted his present rank 23 Oct. 1837. 
 
 EVANS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., to ; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Evans (c) was born 5 Oct. 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. 
 Honyman ; during his attachment to which frigate, 
 he assisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good 
 Hope in Jan. 1806 ; served, as Midshipman, with the 
 troops at the storming of Monte Video in Feb. 1807 ; 
 attended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen ; 
 and was eventually wrecked, near the entrance of 
 Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. He next, for 20 
 months, served in the West Indies on board the 
 Cherub and Epervier sloops, Capts. Geo. Raven- 
 shaw, Alex. Nesbitt, Thos. Barclay, and Jas. Patti- 
 son Stewai't ; and while in the latter vessel he con- 
 tributed, as Master's Mate, to the capture and de- 
 struction of Z/e Cygne corvette of 18 guns, and two 
 schooners, near St. Pierre, Martinique, 12 and 13 
 Dec. 1808. From Sept. 1809, until the conclusion 
 of the war (with the exception of two years, in 
 1812-13, during which he served in the iMPirnBux, 
 Stately, and Rodney, flag-ships off Lisbon of 
 Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin), Mr. Evans was em- 
 ployed under Sir John Poo Beresford in the Theseds 
 and PoicTiEKS 74's, and Royal Sovereign yacht. 
 In the boats of the Poictiers he appears to have 
 been for several months very actively engaged up 
 the Tagus. He obtained his commission 2 Feb. 
 1815 ; and in the following Aug., after an interme- 
 diate servitude in the Caledonia 120, commanded 
 at Plymouth by Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson, 
 was placed on half-pay. He has not since been em- 
 ployed. Agents— Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 EVANS. (Lieut., 1821. r-p., 13; h-p., 26.) 
 
 Thomas Evans (d) entered the Navy, 25 Aug. 
 1803, as a Snpernumerary, on board the Orion 74, 
 Capt. Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson, stationed in 
 the Baltic, where he removed, as Midshipman, 21 
 June, 1810, to the Dictator 64, Capt. Robt. Wil- 
 liams. Accompanying the latter officer, as Master's 
 Mate, in March, 1812, into the Gloucester 74, flag- 
 ship for some time of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, 
 
EVANS-EVAN«ON—j;VE— EVELYN. 
 
 343 
 
 he sailed for the West Indies ; on bis Tetnrn from 
 which station, in Oct. 1814, he joined the Ph(enix 
 36, Capt. Ohas. John Austen. From June, 1815, 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 28 Ayril, 
 1821, Mr. Evans served, on the Newfoundland, 
 Home, and African stations, in the Salisbury 50, 
 flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, Obontes 36, 
 Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, and Taktar fri- 
 gate, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Geo. Kalph 
 Collier. He was then appointed to the command 
 of the Snapper gun-brig ; after a servitude of some 
 months in which vessel he rejoined the Tartar. 
 Quitting the latter ship in Sept. 1821, he remained 
 unemployed until 21 Feb. 1826, when we find him ap- 
 pointed to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Kobt. Moorsom at the Nore. He has ibeen on half- 
 pay since 1827. 
 
 EVANS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.) 
 Thomas Peauce Evans was born 16 Oct. 1786. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jason 36, Capts. Joseph 
 Sydney Yorke and Hon. John Murray, on the Home 
 station. In 1801 he became Midshipman of the Be 
 Rdyter 64, Capt. Rich. Dacres, whom he soon 
 afterwards accompanied to the West Indies in the 
 Desib&e 36. Joining, in Sept. 1803, the Dragon 
 74, ■Caj)ts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott, 
 he served, as Master's Mate, under the former 
 officer, in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805 ; 
 two years ■after which period he removed to the 
 Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves. In 1808 Mr. 
 Evans rejoined Capt. Griffith on board the Sultan 
 74 ; and in the boats of that ship, on proceeding to 
 the Mediterranean, he assisted in cutting out seve- 
 ral vessels from Oneglia, on the coast of Italy. On 
 16 May, 1809, he was promoted, from the Ocean 98, 
 flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, to an Acting-Lieute- 
 nancy in the Hibernia 110, Capt. Rich. John Neve. 
 He was confirmed, 4 May following, into the War- 
 spite 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Blackwood and Lord 
 Jas. O'Bryen; and with those officers he succes- 
 sively served, chiefly on the Home station, nntil 
 Nov. 1814. Since that period Lieut. Evans has 
 been unemployed. 
 
 He married, 12 Aug. 1812, Clare Elizabeth, third 
 daughter of the Rev. John Pennefather, Rector of 
 St. John parish, in the diocese of Cashell, co. Tip- 
 perary, and sister of Lieut. W. W. Pennefather, 
 II. N., by whom he has issue six children. 
 
 EVANS. (Lieut., 1813. t-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Ward Evans entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1804, 
 as Midshipman, on board a surveying vessel. Master 
 Commander Seaton. He removed, in Oct. 1805, to 
 the Vestal 28, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, em- 
 ployed on Home service ; and, from 1808 until 1811, 
 served in the Undaunted 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. 
 Maling, Alphea, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Gibbons, 
 Endymion 40, Capts. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel and 
 Sir Wm. Bolton, and Alphea again, on the Medi- 
 terranean and Channel stations. He became Act- 
 ingrLieutenant, 16 Nov. 1812, of the Ahachne 16, 
 Capt. Chas. Hope Watson, in the West Indies ; and, 
 being officially promoted, 28 May, 1813, was next 
 anpomted, 11 April, 1814, to the Sheldrake 14, 
 Capt. Geo. Brine. After an intermediate servitude 
 off the coast of Norway and in the Channel, Mr. 
 Evans was paid off' in Sept. 1815 ; and since that 
 period he has not been afloat. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 EVANSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 9.) 
 
 Alleyn Evanson has lost a brother in the army 
 and another at sea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegai, 74, Capt. Pul- 
 teney Malcolm, on the Home station, where he be- 
 came Midshipman, in Feb. 1811, of the Boyne 98, 
 flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. From March, 
 1812, until Oct. 1814, he next served, off' the coasts 
 of France and North America, in the Hannibal 
 74, and Niemen 38, both commanded by Capt. Sam. 
 
 Pym. He subsequently, in the Rotai, Oak 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir P. Malcolm, co-operated in 
 the attack upon New Orleans. Obtaining his com- 
 mission 13 June, 1815, Mr. Evanson, on 5 Oct. in 
 the same year, joined the Spey 20, Capt. John 
 Lake, but, invaliding 29 Dec. following, remained 
 unemployed until appointed to the Coast Guard in 
 July, 1820. In the ensuing Sept. he^ppears to have 
 received a gun-Shot wound in the Isnee during an 
 laffray with a smuggler off Kinsale. He was super- 
 iseded, after having been for 21 years employed as 
 an Inspecting-Commander, in 1843, und has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Evanson married, 15 March, 1821, Emily, 
 eldest daughter of the late Counsellor Connell, of 
 the city of Cork, by Whom he has issue four sons 
 and six daughters. 
 
 EVE. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Edward Long Eve -entered the Navy 16 Jtme, 
 1808; and obtained his commission 13 July, 1824. 
 He has not since been employed. 
 
 He married, 29 June, 1830, Harriet, fifth daughter 
 of C. Tomson, Esq., of Breach Luton, co. Bedford. 
 
 EVELYN. (Lieut., 1804. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 3,4.) 
 
 George James Evelyn was born 7 June, 1783, 
 at Barbadoes. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Hequin 12, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Wood Senhouse, in the boats of which 
 vessel he appears to have been wonnded while 
 boarding, 1 May, 1798, the French privateer La 
 Mutine, .of 6 guns and 44 men, nnder the batteries 
 of St. Bartholomew. After the stirrender of the 
 Dutch colony of Surinam, in Aug. 1799, he removed 
 to the Surinam 18, Capts. Christopher Cole and 
 Robt. Tucker ; and "previously to the detention of 
 that vessel by the Dutch at Cttrajoa, in 1603, he 
 assisted at the cutting out and captnre of more 
 than 100 of the enemy's armed and other vessels — 
 was on one occasion taken prisoner— and succeeded, 
 while in charge of a prize privateer, in re-taking 
 and carrying into port, with only 5 men, an Ame- 
 rican schooner, within sight of her original captor. 
 On the exchange of the Surinam's crew, Mr. Eve- 
 lyn, in March, 1804, joined the Pandora 40, Capt. 
 John Nash, of which frigate we find him created 
 an Acting-Lieutenant 5 May following. Being offi- 
 cially promoted, on 30 Aug. in the same year, into 
 the Imogene 18, Capt. Henry Vaughan, he subse- 
 quently assumed command, 2 Jan. 1805, and 8 Feb. 
 1809, of L'Eclair and Swaggerer brigs, of 12 and 
 16 guns. In the former vessel, besides contributing; 
 to the reduction of the islands of St. Thomas, Ste'- 
 Croix, and Marie-galante, he encountered, in 1807, 
 and, having first re-captured her prize, brought to 
 close action, a large three-masted French schooner 
 privateer. La Fe'licite, which vessel, however, after 
 occasioning the British a loss of 1 man killed and 4, 
 including Mr. Evelyn, wounded, eSiBctcd her escape 
 by superiority of sailing. In the Swaggeeek he 
 assisted at the capture of Martinique, the Salutes, 
 and Guadeloupe. Invaliding, in Oct. 1812, he re- 
 mained on shore until appointed, 25 July, 1815, to 
 the Venerable 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, by 
 whom, in the following Aug., he was intrusted with 
 the charge of all the boats employed in landing the 
 troops during the expedition against Guadeloupe. 
 He left the Venerable in Dec. 1815, and has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 In March, 1816, Lieut. Evelyn was presented by 
 the_ merchants and shipowners of Barbadoes with 
 a piece of plate, valued at 100 guineas, in testimony 
 of the high sense they entertained of the marked 
 attention he had uniformly paid to their interests 
 when in command of the vessels above named. 
 This officer (who, during the 10 months immedil 
 aiely subsequent on the reduction of the Saintes, 
 had officiated as Governor of those islands) has 
 been a Magistrate since 1822, Harbour-Master since 
 1827, Captain of the Port since 1832, and Quaran- 
 tine Officer since 1837, at Barbadoes. He married, 
 
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 EVEREST-EVISON— EWART-EYRE-EYRES. 
 
 29 March, 1807, Miss Mary Ann Cole, of that is- 
 land, and has issue five children. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 EVEREST. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Henry Bryan Everest passed his examination 
 8 Jan. 1836 ; and, after serving for four years on 
 the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, as Mate of 
 the Vangdard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, and De- 
 vastation steam-sloop, Capt. Hon. Swynfen Thos. 
 Carnegie, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 10 Aug. 1844. His appointments have since been — 
 24 Aug. 1844, to the Scout 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. 
 Eobt. Drummond, in the Mediterranean — and, 13 
 and 31 Dec. 1845, and 1 Oct. 1846, to the Calipso 
 20, and Phcenix and Virago steam-sloops, Capts. 
 Henry John Worth, Jas. Sam. Akid Dennis, and 
 John Lunn, with the latter of whom he still serves 
 on the same station. 
 
 EWAET. (LiEDTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart entered the 
 Navy 5 Feb. 1830 ; passed his examination 22 Dec. 
 1835; and was promoted while Mate in the Medi- 
 terranean of the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Cham- 
 bers, 23 Nov. 1841. He rejoined the latter ship on 
 30 of the same month, and was appointed— 4 Nov. 
 1843, 19 July, 1844, and 30 Jan. 1845, to the Cam- 
 perdown 104, Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120, 
 flag-ships at the Nore of Sir Edw. Brace, Sir John 
 Chambers White, and Sir Edw. Durnford King, in 
 the last-mentioned of which he is now serving as 
 First-Lieutenant. 
 
 EVEREST. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Walter Grosett Everest died, 9 Dec. 1846, at 
 South Devon Place, Plymouth, aged 33. He was 
 son of G. Everest, Esq., late of thp Admiralty, 
 Somerset House. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1826, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter 
 Bathurst, and was present in that ship, as Aide-de- 
 Camp to his Captain, at the battle of Navarin, 20 
 Oct. 1827. After an attachment of more than four 
 years to the Ocean 98, Capt. Patrick Campbell, 
 and Talbot 28, Capt. Rich. Dickinson, on the Me- 
 diterranean and Cape of Good Hope stations, he 
 passed his examination 14 March, 1832. From 
 Sept. in the latter year, until June, 1839 (with the 
 exception of 10 months in 1833-4, during which he 
 served off Lisbon in the Donegal 78, Capt. Arthur 
 Fanshawe), Mr. Everest appears to liave remained 
 unemployed. He was then successively employed, 
 for a period of 16 months, in the Britannia and 
 Impregnable, flag-ships at Portsmouth and Ply- 
 mouth of Sir Philip Chas. Durham and Sir Graham 
 Moore. While afterwards serving with the last- 
 mentioned oflicer in the Caledonia 120, he was 
 awarded a commission, dated 24 March, 1842. On 
 27 April following he again joined the Caledonia, 
 under Sir David Milne. He went on half-pay 13 
 Nov. 1843 ; and in the end died from the effects of 
 disease contracted in the Talbot, off the Mauritius, 
 which for 10 years had rendered his life one of 
 great suffering. 
 
 EVISON. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 John Chouchley Evison entered the Navy 6 
 June, 1809. On 12 Deo. 1810, being then in the 
 Entbefrenante cutter, of 8 guns and 33 men, 
 Lieut.-Commander Peter Williams, he assisted, near 
 Malaga, in beating off, after a spirited action of 
 four hours, in which the British sustained consider- 
 able loss, four French privateers, carrying altogether 
 15 guns and 170 men, one of the largest of which 
 had made three desperate but ineffectual attempts 
 to board. The Entreprenante subsequently, on 
 25 April, 1811, re-engaged, and in 15 minutes drove 
 on shore, one of her old opponents, mounting 6 guns 
 and 45 men. Mr. Evison, whom we afterwards find 
 present in the Belle Poule 38, Capt. Geo. Harris, 
 during the operations of 1814 in the Gironde, passed 
 his examination in 1815 ; and, on 27 Aug. in the 
 following year, served at the battle of Algiers on 
 board the Albion 74, Capt. John Coode. As a 
 Lieutenant, which rank he attained 28 April, 1827, 
 his appointments, we find, were — 18 Oct. 1828, to 
 the Coast Guard— 11 Oct. 1834, to the command of 
 the Lapw'ing Revenue-vessel — and, 26 Sept. 1837, 
 again to the Coast Guard. He left the latter ser- 
 vice towards the close of 1843, and has not since 
 been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Evison is Assistant Deputy-Governor of 
 the Queen's Bench Prison. He married, 6 June, 
 1839, Henrietta, eldest daughter of J. Spence, Esq., 
 of Bishopwearmouth. 
 
 EYRE. (Ret. Capt., 1846. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 35.) 
 Thomas Eyre entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1794, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Seahorse 38, Capt. 
 John Peyton, stationed in the Channel, where, and 
 off Cadiz, he afterwards, in 1796-7, served, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Alexander, Swiftsure, and Blen- 
 heim 74's, all commanded by Capt. Arthur Phillip. 
 Removing then to the Kingfisher 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Herbert Pierrepont, he assisted, 8 Jan. 1798, at the 
 capture, after a gallant conflict of nearly two hours, 
 of the Betsy French privateer, of 16 guns. From 
 the following Nov. until Oct. 1800, he also served, 
 chiefly on the Home station, in the Defence 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Stevenson, Thalia 36, Capts. Rich. 
 Dalliug Dunn and Josiah Nisbet, Seahorse 38, 
 Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote, and Ville de Paris 110, 
 bearing the flag of Earl St. Vincent. On quitting 
 the latter ship Mr. Eyre became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Defiance 74, Capt. Thos. Revell Shivers. 
 He was confirmed, 2 Dec. following, into the Boa- 
 dicea 38, Capt. Chas. Rowley; and was subse- 
 quently appointed, on the Home and Lisbon stations 
 — 4 May, 1802, to the Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip 
 Somerville — 29 Oct. 1804, to the Repulse 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, under whom he bore a 
 part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805 — 
 22 Aug. 1805, to the Sybille 38, Capt. Robt. Win- 
 throp — and, 15 Jan. 1808, to the Barfleur 98, flag- 
 ships of Admirals Wm. Albany Otway and Hon. 
 Geo. Cranfield Berk'eley. Assuming the rank of 
 Commander 25 July, 1812, he next joined, 11 June, 
 
 1814, the Thisbb 28, bearing the flag of Hon. A. K. 
 Legge, off Greenwich. He returned to half-pay in 
 
 1815, and, on 14 May, 1846, was invested with the 
 rank he now holds. 
 
 EYRES, C.B. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 11.) 
 Harry Eybes is second son of Geo. Robt. Eyres, 
 Esq., by Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Sir 
 Harry Parker, Bart., of Melford Hall, co. Suffolk; 
 nephew of the present Sir Hyde Parker, Bart. ; 
 and cousin of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1818, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Iphigenla 36, com- 
 manded by his relative, Capt. Hyde Psirker, whom 
 he accompanied to the West Indies. Until 22 
 April, 1827, he afterwards served, as Midshipman 
 and Mate, on the Home, Mediterranean, and North 
 American stations, in the Shearwater 10, Capt. 
 Douglas Cox, Liffey 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Dun- 
 can, Iphigenia again, Capt. H. Parker, Brisk 10, 
 Capt. H. Stewart, Active 46, Capt. Andrew King, 
 and Jupiter 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake. He then became Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the NiEMEN 28, Capt. Chas. Simeon, 
 and, being confirmed on his return to England by 
 commission dated 5 June, 1827, was subsequently 
 appointed— 4 Feb. 1829, to the Comet 18, Capt. 
 Alex. .Albert Sandilands, in the East Indies— 30 
 Oct. 1832, to the Victory 104, flag,ship at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Thos. Foley- 9 May, 1833, to the 
 Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, of which ship, 
 after visiting Bermuda, whither he had been sent 
 in command of the Pyramus 42, with 400 con- 
 victs on board, he became First-Lieutenant— 20 
 Jan. 1835, to the Fly 18, Capt. Peter M'Quhae, 
 with whom he returned from the West Indies, and 
 was paid off, in the following Oct.— and, 12 Oct. 
 1836, to the command of the Pantaloon 10, tender 
 
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 to the Royal George yacht. Attaining the rank 
 of Commander 10 Jan. 1837, Capt. Eyres, in Nov. 
 of the same year, commissioned the Modeste 18. 
 In that vessel, after serving for some time under 
 Lord John Hay on the north coast of Spain, he 
 proceeded to North America, vrhere he was present 
 at Mexico pending the dispute between that re- 
 public and the French government, and was sent 
 to New York with despatches for the British Minis- 
 ter at Washington relative to the Maine boundary 
 question. He appears to have been also very ac- 
 tively employed in the suppression of the slave- 
 traffic in the Mozambique Channel. Joining, 
 eventually, in the operations against the Chinese, 
 Capt. Eyres ably assisted in the attack on Tycock- 
 tow, 7 Jan. 1841, and obtained the best thanks of 
 Sir Gordon Bremer for his conduct at the capture 
 of the island of Wangtong, 26 Feb.* The next day he 
 afforded very efficacious support to an attack made 
 by a squadron under Capt. Thos. Herbert on the 
 enemy's camp, fort, and ship Cambridge, bearing 
 the Chinese Admiral's flag, at their position below 
 Whampoa Reach, where he landed, and contributed 
 to the destruction in the whole of 98 guns.t On 
 13 March Capt. Eyres was likewise mentioned for 
 his effective aid at the capture of the last fort pro- 
 tecting the approaches to Canton ;J and, in the 
 course of the same month and of the following 
 May, he was reported for his gallantry at the first 
 and second fall of that city.§ After further 
 serving at the capture of Amoy, Chusan, and 
 Chinghae,!! he returned to England, towards the 
 close of 1841, with intelligence of the capture of 
 Ningpo. He has since been unemployed. His 
 Post-commission bears date 6 May, 1841, 
 
 Capt. Eyres, in acknowledgment of his services 
 in China, was nominated a C.B. 14 Oct. 1841. He 
 married, 26 April, 1838, Ellen Jane, daughter of 
 the late Wm. Parker, Esq., of Dorset Square. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 EYTON. (Lieutenant, 1824. f-p., 15; h-p., 20.) 
 Thomas Etton entered the Navy 22 Aug. 1812; 
 obtained his commission 6 Dec. 1824; and was 
 afterwards appointed — 1 Oct. 1829, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, to the Rapid 10, Capt. Chas. Henry Swin- 
 burne, on the Mediterranean station— and, 20 June, 
 1831, to the Britannia 120, commanded on par- 
 ticular service by Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone 
 and Peter Rainier. He has been on half-pay since 
 1833. 
 
 Lieut. Eyton is at present employed as Super- 
 intendent of the Marine Society's ship. He mar- 
 ried, 7 March, 1833, Sarah, second daughter of 
 John Foster, Esq., of Enfield, co. Middlesex. 
 
 " EYTON. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 15; h-p., 27.) 
 William Wynne Etton, born at Wrexham, oo. 
 Denbigh, is fourth son of the late Rev. Hope Wynne 
 Eyton, of Leeswood, co. Flint, by Margaret, daugh- 
 ter of Robt. Wynne, Esq., of Tower, in the same 
 shire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Neptdne 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Eras. Fremantle, and on 21 Oct. following partici- 
 pated in the battle of Trafalgar. Removing next 
 to the Seahorse of 42 guns and 251 men, Capt. 
 John Stewart, he assisted, on the night of 5 July, 
 1808, in putting to flight the Turkish frigate Alis 
 Fezan, of 26 guns and 230 men, and in capturing, 
 after a memorably furious engagement, and a loss 
 to the British of 5 killed and 10 wounded, her con- 
 sort the Badere Zaffer, mounting 52 guns, with a 
 complement of 543 men, of whom 170 were slain 
 and 200 wounded. While in the Seahorse, Mr. 
 Eyton also contributed, as Midshipman, to the re- 
 duction of the islands of Gianute and Pianosa. 
 In the course of 1811 he joined in succession the 
 ViiiLE DE Paris 110, and Kodnev and Milford 
 
 * ViieGxi. 1841, pp. 1164, 1498. 
 
 t V. On. 1841, p. 1501. X V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1503. 
 
 } V. Cm. 1841, pp. 1605, 2j05. 
 
 II V. Gal. 1842, pp. 83, .S93, 39e. 
 
 74's, bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral T. 
 F. Fremantle, under whom, in the Milford, we 
 find him co-operating in the capture of Fiume 
 and Trieste in July and Oct. 1813. Being con- 
 firmed in the rank of Lieatenant 29 July, 1814, 
 he was appointed ultimately — 7 Jan. and 5 Oct. 
 1819, to the RosAEio and Redpole sloops, com- 
 manded in the Channel by Capts. Wm. Hendry and 
 Wm. Devereux Evance— 15 Sept. 1827, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes, in 
 the Mediterranean— and 17 Feb. 1829, 1 May, 1830, 
 and 18 Feb. 1831, in a similar capacity, to the Vic- 
 tory 104, St. Vincent 120, and Asia 84, flag-ships 
 at Portsmouth and off Lisbon of Admirals Sir 
 Robt. Stopford, Sir Thos. Foley, and Wm. Parker. 
 During his attachment to the St. Vincent, Mr. 
 Eyton appears, in Nov. 1830, to have been ap- 
 pointed to the Lightning steamer, for the purpose 
 of conveying Charles X. from Lulworth to Leith. 
 He invalided from the Asia 16 June, 1832; and 
 has not since been employed. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 FAIRHOLME. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 2.) 
 James Wai/tek Fairholme was bom 10 Jan. 
 1821. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 March, 1834, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gannet 16, Capt. John 
 Balfour Maxwell, with whom, and with Commodore 
 Sir John Strutt Peyton, of the Madagascar 46, he 
 served on the West India station, part of the time 
 as Midshipman, until despatched as second in com- 
 mand of a prize-slaver to the coast of Africa, where 
 he was wrecked 7 April, 1838, and taken prisoner by 
 the Moors. Being, however, rescued on the banks 
 of the Senegal 16 days afterwards, while on his 
 journey inland with the rest of his shipmates, by a 
 party of French negroes under a government officer, 
 Mr. Fairholme returned to England, and in Dec. 
 1839 joined the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Rey- 
 nolds. After sharing in the bombardment of Bey- 
 rout and in the early operations of the Syrian war, 
 he became attached, towards the close of 1840, to 
 an expedition fitting for the exploration of the 
 Niger, whither he sailed in 1841, as Mate, on board 
 the Albert steamer, Capt. Henry Dundas Trotter. 
 Having ascended that river as far as Egga, a dis- 
 tance of 350 miles from the sea, he returned to 
 Cape Coast Castle in the month of Sept., and 
 in March, 1842, he invaUded home. Mr. Fairholme, 
 who had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 on 31 of the previous Jan., has been since ap- 
 pointed in succession — 20 April, 1843, to the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings— 14 Dec. 1844, to the Superb 80, 
 Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, at Devonport — and, 13 
 March, 1845, to the Erebus discovery-ship, Capt. 
 Sir John Franklin, now employed in an attempt to 
 explore a north-west passage through Lancaster 
 Sound and Bering Strait. Agent— Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 FAIKLESS. (Retiked Commandeb, 1843. 
 F-p., 17; H-P., 32.) 
 
 George Fairless was born 26 May, 1782, at 
 Crossgate, in the parish of St. Margaret's, in the 
 city of Durham. 
 
 'rhis officer entered the Navy, 30 July, 1798, as 
 L. M., on board the Prince Frederick 64, Capt. 
 John Hall, on the Home station, where he conti- 
 nued to serve, the last two years in the Atlas 98, 
 Capt. Theophilus Jones, until April, 1802. Re- 
 embarking, 5 Deo. 1803, as Master's Mate, on board 
 the Uranie 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herberl^ he sailed 
 for the West Indies ; after which he joined the 
 Saturn 74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, off 
 Cadiz, and was promoted, 18 July, 1807, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland. 
 In Aug. of the latter year Mr. Faiiless attended 
 the expedition to Copenhagen. He was subse- 
 
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 FAIRMAN— FAIRWEATHER-FALCON. 
 
 quently appointed First-Lieutenant, on tlie New- 
 foundland and Home stations — 11 June, 1808, of the 
 Jamaica 24, Capt. Arthur Lysaght— 20 Feb. 1811, 
 of the WoLVEKENE 18, Capt. Chas. Kerr— and, 26 
 Aug. 1812, of the Cherokee 10, Capts. Wm. Ramage 
 and Xhos. Smith, which vessel (having been super- 
 seded from her 4 Feb. 1815) he rejoined 4 Jan. 
 1816. Commander Fairless, who had been on half- 
 pay since 21 April, 1817, accepted his present rank 
 10 April, 1843. 
 
 FAIKMAN. (COMMANDEK, 1846.) 
 
 Alfked Nelson Fairman entered the Navy 11 
 April, 1818 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 4 Sept. 1829. He was 
 subsequently appointed — 13 July, 1830, to the Ra- 
 leigh 18, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, in the 
 Mediterranean— 25 April, 1836, to the Coast Guard 
 —11 Sept. 1838, to the Action 26, Capt. Robt. 
 Russell, on the South American station^ — and, 2 July, ' 
 1844, as First-Lieutenant, to the "Wabspite 50, 
 Capt. Prove Wm. Parry^Wallis. He returned home 
 from the Mediterranean in 1845 ; was next selected, 
 on 16 Jan. 1816, to fill the post of First-Lieutenant 
 on board the Qdeen 110, successive flag-ship on the 
 Home station of Sir John "West and Sir Gordon 
 Bremer ; and, on 9 Nov. 1846, assumed the rank of 
 Commander. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 FAIRWEATHER. (Eetiked Commander, 1840. 
 F-p., 29 ; H-p., 36.) 
 John Fairweather entered the Navy, 6 July, 
 1782, as A. B., on hoard the Speedy 14, Capt. John 
 Young, on the Home station ; served afterwards for 
 five years in the West Indies as Quarter-Master of 
 the EuROFA 50, flag-ship of Admirals Gambler and 
 Tnnes ; was then successively appointed Midshipman 
 of the Dictator 60, Capt. Rich. Rodney Bligh, 
 and Britannia 100, flag-ship in the Mediterranean 
 of Vice- Admiral Hotham ; and after a further ser- 
 vitude of two years on the latter station as Acting- 
 Master of the TisiPHONE 18, Commodore Sam. 
 Hood Linzee, and Juno 32, Capt. Lord Amelius 
 Beauclerk, became Master's Mate, and then Acting- 
 Lieutenant, of the Dryad 36, commanded by the 
 last-mentioned ofiicer, and also by Capt. Pulling, 
 who, in May, 1796, sent him home in charge of 
 UAveille, a national cutter taken from the French* 
 on the coast of Ireland. Being confirmed, 8 June, 
 1797, into the Hazard, of 24 or 26 guns, Capts. 
 Alex. Ruddach and Wm. Butterfield, he assisted in 
 that vessel at the capture, 12 Aug. 1798, of Le 
 Neptune French national ship, of 20 guns, having on 
 board 270 troops, which did not surrender until 
 after an obstinate conflict of an hour and fifty mi- 
 nutes, during which the enemy had upwards of 20 
 men killed and wounded, and the British not more 
 than 6 men wounded. His able assistance and 
 good conduct on the latter occasion, as indeed on 
 all others, procured him a strong recommendation 
 from his Captain, Butterfield, who declared him 
 worthy of his warmest encomiums. f With the ex- 
 ception of a short interval in 1802-3, Mr. Fairwea- 
 ther next served, from 26 Sept. 1799 until March, 
 1805, on board the Canada 74, Capt. Hon. Michael 
 De Courcy, Polyphemus 64, Capt. Geo. Lumsdaine, 
 and FoRTUNie 40, and Majestic 74, both com- 
 manded by Lord A. Beauclerk, and all employed 
 on the Home station. He then ofiiciated for three 
 years as Agent for Transports afioat; and, on 11 
 July, 1808, was appointed to the charge of a Signal 
 station in the island of Jersey. Mr. Fairweather, 
 who has been on half-pay since 7 June, 1814, became 
 a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 
 1830, and on the Senior 18 March, 1840. 
 
 rating of Midshipman, and accompanied the for- 
 mer ofBcer into the Repulse and Venerable 74 s, 
 the latter bearing the flag of Admiral Duncan, 
 whom, after participating in the battle ofi^ Camper- 
 down 11 Oct. 1797, he followed into the Kent 74; 
 durmg his attachment to which ship he appears to 
 have been lent, for three months in 1798, as Actmg- 
 Lieutenant, to the Champion 20, Capt. Henry Ka- 
 per. In May and Sept. 1799 he successively jomed, 
 in the same capacity, the Busy 18, and HYiEKA 
 frigate, Capts. John Acworth Ommanney and David 
 Lloyd; and, on 15 May, 1800, he was confirmed 
 into the Wright armed-ship, Capt. Thos. Camp- 
 bell His subsequent appointments as Lieutenant 
 were, on the West India, North America, and 
 Lisbon stations— 23 Aug. 1800, to the Andromeda 
 32 Capts. Jas. Bradby and Edw. Durnford King— 
 9 June, 1802, and 21 July, 1803, to the Cambrian 
 40, and Leandeb 50, fiag-ships of Sir Andrew Mit- 
 chell—and, in 1806-8-9, to the Leopaed 50, Bae- 
 FLEUR 98, Ganges 78, and Baefleue again, bearing 
 each the fiag of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley. 
 While in the Leander Mr. Falcon assisted, under 
 Capt. John Talbot, at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of 
 La Ville de Milan French frigate, of 46 guns, and 
 the simultaneous re-capture of her prize, the Cleo- 
 patra 32 ; and, when with Capt. Salusbury Pryce 
 Humphreys in the Leopabd, he was one of the 
 ofacers sent to search the United States' frigate 
 Chesapeake for deserters, after that vessel had 
 struck her colours, 22 March, 1807. On 8 March, 
 1811, while acting as Captain of the Macedonian 
 38, he was made Commander into the Melpomene 
 troop-ship. Attaining Post-rank 29 Oct. 1813, he 
 soon afterwards joined the Leandeb 50, and, on 14 
 March, 1814, obtained command of the Cyane, of 
 32 guns and 171 men. After a furious action off 
 Madeira, in which, besides being much cut to 
 pieces, she sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 13 
 wounded, the latter vessel, together with her con- 
 sort, the Levant, of 20 guns and 131 men, was un- 
 fortunately captured by the American ship Comsti- 
 tutian, of 54 guns and 469 men, 20 Feb. 1815. Capt. 
 Falcon consequently became a prisoner of war, but, 
 peace soon restoring him to liberty, he returned 
 home, and was afterwards appointed — 24 June, 
 1817, to the Tyne 26, in which vessel, in Oct. 1820, 
 he brought from South America to England specie 
 to the amount of nearly 700,000?.- 1 March, 1823, to 
 the Isis 50, lying at Chatham— 23 June, 1823, and 
 21 Aug. 1825, to the Spartiate 76, and Wellesley 
 74, fiag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre, on the South Ame- 
 rican station— and, 1 May, 1833, and 5 Sept. 1835, 
 to the San Josef 110, and Royal Adelaide 104, 
 bearing each the flag of Sir Wn^ Hargood, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at Plymouth, where he continued 
 until paid off, 30 April, 1836. Since 17 Feb. 1845 
 he has been employed as Captain of the Koyal 
 SovEEEiGN yacht, and Superintendent of the Dock- 
 yard at Pembroke, 
 
 Capt. Falcon married, 7 Oct. 1834, Louisa, widow 
 of the late Capt. Cursham, and daughter of the late 
 Rich. Meyrick, Esq., of Runkton, co. Sussex, by 
 whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 FALCON. (Captain, 1813. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 21.) 
 Gordon Thomas Falcon entered the Navy, in 
 1794, as A. B., on board the Sheerness, Capt. Wm. 
 Geo. Fairfax, fiag-ship in the Channel of Rear- 
 Admiral Henry Harvey, but soon attained the 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1196, p. 449. 
 
 t V. tta. 1798, p. 814. 
 
 FALCON. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Maxwell Falcon entered the Navy 5 May, 1825 ; 
 passed his examination in 1831 ; and was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy, 23 March, 1840, in the ElectrA 
 18, Capt. Edw. Reeves Philip Mainwaring, on the 
 South American station. He there removed, 25 
 Feb. 1841, to the President 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, and from 29 
 April, 1843, until the receipt of his second promotal 
 commission, bearing date 11 Jan. 1846, served in 
 the East Indies on board the. Castor 36, Capt. 
 Chas. Graham. His advancement to the rank of 
 Commander was made a reward for his conduct in 
 command of a breaching battery in an attack made 
 upon a rebel New-Zealand chief named Kawiti; 
 whose strongly-fortified pah, situated many miles 
 inland, was stormed on the date last mentioned, 
 after several days of labour and fatigue, and tri- 
 
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 UTnphantly carried, notwithstanding a desperate 
 fight of four hours.* He is now on half-pay. 
 
 FALKINER. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 10; 
 H-P., 34.) 
 Charles Leslie Falkiner is third son of the 
 late Sir Sam. Falkiner, Bart., by Sarah, daughter of 
 Chas. Leslie, M.D., and granddaughter of the Very 
 Rev. Dean Leslie. He is a younger brother of the 
 present Sir Riggs Falkiner, Bart., of Anne Mount, 
 CO. Cork. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Aug. 1803, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Galatea 32, Capt. 
 Henry Heathcote, whom, having attained the rating 
 of Midshipman 12 months previously, he followed, 
 in April, 1805, into the Desieee 36. On 20 Aug. 
 in the same year he joined the Uramie 38, Capt. 
 Christopher Laroche, off the coast of France, where 
 he afterwards became attached, in 1807-8, to the 
 Brilliant 28, Capt. Thos. Smyth, and Donegal 74, 
 Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. While in the latter ship 
 he was often employed in her boats annoying the 
 enemy's trade ; and, on the night of 11 April, 1809, 
 he served in the Hercule fire-ship, commanded by 
 her First-Lieutenant, Christopher Nixon, in Lord 
 Cochrane's attack on the French shipping in Aix 
 Road. For his conduct on that occasion, Mr. Fal- 
 kiner was promoted, immediately on passing his ex- 
 amination, to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Jan. 1810, 
 and appointed to the Castilian brig, Capt. Robt. 
 Brown Tom. Being appointed, on 15 of the ensuing 
 May, to the Shannon, of 50 guns, throwing a 
 broadside weight of 538 lbs., and 306 men, Capt. 
 Philip Bowes Vere Broke, he sailed for the coast of 
 North America, and was there very actively em- 
 ployed for nearly three years. On 1 June, 1813, 
 being off Boston lighthouse, Mr. Falkiner headed 
 the Shannon's main-deck boarders, and was "most 
 strongly recommended" for the "gallantry, skill, 
 and judgment " of his conduct at the memorable 
 capture of the American ship Chesapeake, of 50 guns, 
 yielding a broadside of 590 lbs., and 376 men— an 
 exploit which was achieved after a close and despe- 
 rate action of 15 minutes, a loss to the British of 24 
 men killed and 59 wounded, and to the enemy of 47 
 killed and 115 wounded.f The subject of this 
 sketch, who took the Chesapeake as Prize-Master 
 into Halifax Harbour, and then returned home 
 with the despatches, was rewarded for his behaviour 
 with a Commander's commission, dated 9 July, 
 1813 ; since which period, however, he has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 FANSHAWE, C.B. (Captain, 1816. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 Arthck Fanshawe is third and youngest son of 
 the late Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, R.N.,t Resident 
 Commissioner of Plymouth Dockyard, by Christi- 
 ana, daughter of J ohn Gennys, Esq. ; brother of 
 Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, R.N., who died in 1804, and 
 of Colonel Edw. Fanshawe, R.E., C.B. ; brother-in- 
 law of Admirals Wm. Bedford, Sir Thos. Byam 
 Martin, G.C.B., Sir John Chambers White, K.C.B., 
 and Sir Robt. Stopford, G.C.B. ; uncle, we believe, 
 of Commander Edw. Gennys Fanshawe, R.N. ; and 
 cousin of Capt. Henry Fanshawe, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impetdeux 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Byam Martin, stationed in the Channel ; be- 
 
 » Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 2.546, 23-IS. 
 
 + V. Om. 1813, p. 1330. 
 
 J Cupt. Fanshawe was born in 1740, and entered the Navy 
 in 1763. He bore a part in the tliree {jeneral actions between 
 Vice-Admiral Pocock and the Comte d'Aclie in 1 758-9 ; com- 
 manded the Cabvsfoet 28, and Monmouth 64, at the reduc- 
 tion of New York in Sept. 1776, and in the action between 
 Byron and D'Eataing, oft Grenada, in July, 1 779 ; and served 
 aa Flag-Captain to Sir George B. Rodney on the elorious 
 12 April, 178a. From 17h4 until 1789, he sat as M.P. for 
 Plymouth; and at the period of his death, 4 Feb. 1823, he 
 had been upwards of twenty-six years resident commissioner 
 of the dockvani at that place. He would then, had he ac- 
 cepted his riag instead of the latter appointment, have been 
 senior Admiral of the Red. 
 
 came attached, in Deo. 1806, to the Salvador del 
 MuNDO, flag-ship of Admiral Young at Plymouth ; 
 and on his removal to the Prince of Wales 98, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Gambler, attended the ex- 
 pedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807. He then 
 rejoined Capt. Martin in the Implacable 74 ; and, 
 on 26 Aug. 1808, took part, as Midshipman, in a 
 gallant action of 20 minutes with the Russian 74- 
 gun ship Sewolod, which was completely silenced, 
 and in the end, with the assistance of the Centaur 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, captured and burnt, 
 in sight of the whole Russian fleet, near Rogerswick, 
 after a total loss to the enemy of 303 men, and to 
 the Implacable individually of 6 kiUed and 26 
 woimded. In 1809-10 we find Mr. Fanshawe co- 
 operating with the patriots on the north coast of 
 Spain, in the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, and 
 afterwards serving for two years at the Cape, lat- 
 terly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Sciriofl 74, Lion 
 64, and President 38, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral 
 Stopford, under whom, in the Scipion, he contri- 
 buted to the reduction of Java, in Aug. 1811. On 
 being officially promoted, 22 April, 1813, he became 
 Flag-Lieutenant, in the Prince Frederick 74, to 
 Sir T. B. Martin, then second in command at Ply- 
 mouth, whence, however, he soon sailed for I»iorth 
 America, in the Endtmion, of 48 guns and 319 men, 
 Capt. Henry Hope. While on that station Mr. 
 Fanshawe, in 1814, served in the boats at the cap- 
 ture of the Meteor privateer, of 3 guns and 32 men ; 
 he also assisted Capt. Rich. Coote in gallantly de- 
 stroying, near Pettipague Point, on the river Con- 
 necticut, 27 of the enemy's vessels, three of which 
 were heavy privateers, and the aggregate burden 
 of the whole upwards of 5000 tons ; and was again 
 employed in the boats in an unsuccessful attack 
 upon the Prince de Neufchatel American privateer, 
 which cost the British a less of 28 men killed and 
 37 badly wounded. On 15 Jan. 1815, he further 
 participated in the capture, after a close action of 
 two hours and a half, with a loss to the Endymion 
 of 11 killed and 14 wounded, and to her opponent of 
 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the President frigate, 
 of 56 guns and 465 men. Being promoted to the 
 rank of Commander, 2 Oct. 1815, Capt. Fanshawe, 
 who for a few weeks had re-officiated as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Sir T. B. Martin in the Ganges 74, was 
 next, in the course of 1816, appointed to the acting- 
 command of the Pique, Junon, and M.sander 
 frigates, in the first of which he made a voyage to 
 the AVest Indies. His confirmation to Post-rank 
 taking place on 17 Oct. in the same year, he after- 
 wards joined — 26 Nov. 1818, the ISewcastle 60, 
 which ship, bearing the flag of Bear-Admiral Edw. 
 Griffith, he paid off, on her return from the Halifax 
 station, in 1822—17 July, 1832, the Donegal 78, 
 employed off Lisbon, whence he came home in July, 
 1834— and, 9 Feb. 1837, the Princess Charlotte 
 104, as Flag-Captain to Sir Robt. Stopford, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, to whom, 
 during the campaign on the coast of Syria, he 
 proved of great service in the details and arrange- 
 ments connected with the different operations, par- 
 ticularly at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 
 on which occasion he was officially praised for the 
 most able manner in which he fulfilled the duties 
 of his post."" Since the paying off of the Princess 
 Charlotte in 1841, he has been unemployed. 
 
 Capt. Fanshawe, as a reward for his Syrian ser- 
 vices, was nominated a C.B. 18 Dec. 1840. He 
 married, 10 Aug. 1820, a daughter of the late Vice- 
 Admiral Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, K.C.B., whose 
 flag-ship he then commanded. Agent — J. Chip- 
 pendale. 
 
 FANSHAWE. (Capt., 1845. f-p., 14; h-p., 5.) 
 Edward Gennys Fanshawe is nephew, we be- 
 lieve, of Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 18 Dec. 1828 ; passed 
 his examination in 1833 ; and obtained his first com- 
 mission 15 Aug. 1835. His ensuing appointments 
 were— 10 Nov. 1835, and 1 March, 1836, to the 
 Hastings 74, and Magicienne 24, commanded off 
 * Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2989. 
 
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 FANSHAWE-FARQUHAR— FARQUHARSON— FARRANT. 
 
 Lisbon by Capta. Henry Shiffner and Geo. Wm. 
 St. John Mildmay— 15 Dec. 1837, to the ViCToar 
 104, as Acting Flag-Lieutenant to Eear-Admiral 
 Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Super- 
 intendent at Portsmouth — and, 15 Nov. 1833, to the 
 Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, whom 
 he ultimately accompanied to the Mediterranean. 
 He attained the rank of Commander 28 Aug. 1841 ; 
 and on next joining, 7 Sept. 1844, the Ckuizer 16, 
 sailed for the East Indies, where his conduct in 
 command of the gun and other boats of a squadron 
 imder Capt. Chas. Talbot at the destruction, on 
 19 Aug. 1845, of Malloodoo, the fiercely-defended 
 stronghold of a Borneo chieftain named Scheriif 
 Osman, procured him a Post-commission dated on 
 7 of the following Sept.* Capt. Fanshawe has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 FANSHAWE, K.S.V. (Craptain, 1814. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Henkt Fanshawe, born 9 Dec. 1778, at Shiplake, 
 CO. Oxford, is eldest son of the late Henry Fan- 
 shawe, Esq., a Colonel in the British Guards, and 
 subsequently a General Officer in the service of 
 Kussia (who, after holding the governments of 
 Kioo and of the Crimea, died a Kussian senator in 
 1828), by Susanna Frances, daughter of Chas. Le 
 Grys, Esq., of Norwich. Capt. Fanshawe is brother 
 of General Wm. Simon Fanshawe, of tlie Kussian 
 service, who died in 1829 — of Fred. Fanshawe, 
 Esq. (Chamberlain to the Emperors Alexander and 
 Nicholas), who was murdered by the Poles in 1830 
 — and of Lieut.-General Geo. Fanshawe, also an 
 officer in the service of His Imperial Majesty. He 
 is cousin of Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Sept. 1798, as 
 A. B., on board the Kent 74, Capt. Wm. Hope, 
 flag-ship in succession of Admirals Lord Duncan 
 and Sir' Rich. Hussey Bickerton, under whom he 
 attended the expedition to Holland in 1799, and, in 
 1801, accompanied the force sent against Egypt, 
 where he served on shore, as Midshipman, in the 
 battles of 8, 13, and 21 March. In Sept. 1803, he 
 followed Sir R. Bickerton into the Roval Sove- 
 BEiGN 100 ; after which he joined the Agincodkt 64, 
 Capt. Thoa. Briggs, lying at Chatham; and on 25 
 May, 1805, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 In July and Dec. following Mr. Fanshawe became 
 successively attached to the Malabar 54, Capt. 
 Robt. Hall, and Swift sloop, Capt. Wright, in the 
 former of which vessels he went to the West Indies. 
 After a servitude of exactly two years in the Coo- 
 BAGEux 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, employed chiefly at 
 the blockade of Cadiz, he obtained command, 2 
 May, 1808, of the Geasshoppek 18. On 24 Dec. 
 1811, we find the latter vessel in company with the 
 Hero 74, when that ship was lost in a dreadful 
 gale on the Haak sand; and, as the sole means of 
 avoiding the same fate, surrendering herself to the 
 Dutch fleet in the Texel. Capt. Fanshawe, who 
 accordingly became a prisoner, and, we believe, 
 remained in captivity during the rest of the war, 
 attained Post-rank 7 June, 1814. He accepted the 
 retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Fanshawe, a Knight of the order of St. 
 Vladamir of .Russia, married, first, 10 May, 1810, 
 Anna Maria, daughter of Lieut.-General John Jen- 
 kinson. Joint Secretary for Ireland, and brother of 
 the first Earl of Liverpool ; and secondly, 20 Jan. 
 1823, Caroline, daughter of F. F. Luttrell, Esq., 
 and granddaughter of J. F. Luttrell, Esq., of Dun- 
 ster Castle, co. Somerset. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 FAKQUHAK. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Akthdr Farquhak entered the Navy 13 March, 
 1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and for his 
 services as Mate of the Princess Charlotte 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford, during the operations 
 on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment 
 of St. Jean d'Acre, was awarded a commission, 
 • Jlde Gm, 1845, pp. 6S34, 6536. 
 
 dated 4 Nov. 1840. He was afterwards appointed 
 —26 Aug. 1841, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— and, in 1843, 
 for Particular Service, to the Ttne 26, Caledonia 
 120, and Volage 26, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Bowles. He attained his present 
 rank 2 Deo. 1844 ; and, since 5 Nov. 1846, has been 
 in command of the Albatross 16, on the coast of 
 Africa. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 FARQUHARSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 7 ; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 Charles Farcjuharson entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sitbille 38, Capt. 
 Clotworthy Upton, with whom, in the same ship 
 and the Jdnon 38, he continued to serve, on the 
 Irish and North American stations, nearly the whole 
 time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until Sept. 
 1814. From that period until his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 20 Sept. 1815, he appears to 
 have been employed, on the lakes of Canada and at 
 Portsmouth, in the Prince Regent and St. George, 
 bearing each the broad pendant of Commodores Sir 
 Jas. Lucas Yeo and Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and 
 Calliope 10, Capt. Alex. M'Konochie. He has not 
 since been afloat. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 FARQUHARSON. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 12; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Edward Rico Owes Farquharson died 21 Dec. 
 1846, at Haslar Hospital. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 June, 1803, as _ 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Conqueror 74, Capts. ' 
 Thos. Louis, Israel Pellew, and Edw. Fellowes, in 
 which ship he accompanied Lord Nelson, as Mid- 
 shipman, to the West Indies in pursuit of the com- 
 bined fleets of France and Spain — served in the 
 battle off Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805— and witnessed 
 the surrender to the British of the Russian squad- 
 ron in the Tagus, in Aug. 1808. After an employ- 
 ment of some months off Lisbon and Cadiz in the 
 Barfleur 98, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Cran- 
 field Berkeley, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 Myrtle sloop, and Tonnant 80, Capts. John Smith 
 Cowan and Sir John Gore, he was confirmed to a 
 Lieutenancy, 19 Dec. 1810, in the Mars 74, com- 
 manded by Capt. Henry Raper, on the Lisbon and 
 Baltic stations. His subsequent appointments were, 
 in 1813-14, to the RKVOLnTiONNAiRB 38, Capt. John 
 Chas. Woolcombe, Sea-Lark schooner, Capt. Thos. 
 Warrand, and Rolla brig, Capt. Robt. Julian. 
 Since 27 April, 1815, Lieut. Farquharson had been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 FARQUHARSON. (Lieutenant, 1814. r-p., 12; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 William Farquharson entered the Navy, 9 
 Nov. 1804, as a Volunteer, on board the .£olds 32, 
 Capts. Lord Wm. FitzRoy and Lord Jas. Towns- 
 hend, under the former of whom he bore a part in 
 Sir Rich. Strachan's action, 4 Nov. 1805, and as- 
 sisted at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809. 
 From May, 1811, until the attainment of his present 
 rank, 12 Sept. 1814, he served, as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, on tlie Jamaica station, in the Ra- 
 coon and Reindeer sloops, .Capts. Wm. Black and 
 Wm. Manners, and Argo 44, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Brown. He then successively joined the 
 Moselle 16, and Cydnos 38, Capts. Fred. Lang- 
 ford and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer ; but since 
 the paying off of the latter vessel, 21 Jan. 1816, has 
 been unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Farquharson married, 22 July, 1823, Mar- 
 garet, daughter of F. Mabelle, Esq., of Jamaica. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 FARRANT. (Retired Commander, 1846. 
 F-p., 13 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 John Faerant entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1801, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Russel 74, Capts. 
 Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, and, on 2 April 
 following, was in the battle off Copenhagen. After 
 
FARRANT-FAWCETT— FAYRER-FEAD. 
 
 349 
 
 serving for some months, in 1802, on board the 
 Amazon 38, Capt. Sam. Sutton, he became Mid- 
 shipman of La I)eterminee frigate armee en fiutej 
 Capt. Alex. Becher, under whom he was wreclted, 
 near Jersey, 24 March, 1803. He then joined the 
 I>READNouGHT 98, succcssive flag-ship, in the Chan- 
 nel and off Cadiz, of Admirals Hon. Wm. Comwallis 
 and Cuthbert CoUingwood ; and, on accompanying 
 the latter officer into the Royai. Sovereign 100, 
 was wounded in the battle fought off Cape Trafal- 
 gar 21 Oct. 1805.* After a further servitude with 
 Lord CoUingwood in the Qdeen and Ocean 98's, 
 and with Capt. Wm. Landless in the M&kgiana 
 sloop, Mr. Farrant was nominated Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, 15 July, 1808, of the Scoot 18, Capt. "Wm. 
 Kaitt — his appointment to which vessel was con- 
 firmed 30 Nov. following. On 14 June, 1809, he 
 assisted, and, as he had- done on other occasions, 
 elicited the warmest thanlcs of his Captain for the 
 determined bravery of his conduct as second in 
 command of the boats under Lieut. Henry Robt. 
 Battersby, at the cutting out of seven well-pro- 
 tected vessels from a harbour near Cape Croisette, 
 during their entrance into which the British were 
 exposed to a heavy fire of grape and musketry from 
 both sides ■,! and, on the night of 31 Oct. in the 
 same year, he contributed, in the boats of a squa- 
 dron under Lieut. John Tailour, to the capture and 
 destruction, after a desperate struggle, and a loss 
 to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of 
 the armed store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 
 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed 
 xebec Norrtmnde, with a convoy of seven merchant- 
 men, defended by numerous strong batteries, in the 
 Bay of Rosas. I Mr. Farrant's succeeding appoint- 
 ments appear to have been — 2 Deo. 1809, to the 
 ButwAKK 74, Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Flee- 
 ming and Joshua Sydney Horton, employed off 
 Cadiz and at Vera Cruz — 4 Sept. 1812, to the Borer 
 sloop, Capts. Rich. Coote and Wm. Rawlins, with 
 whom he served most actively for two years off the 
 coast of North America — and, 15 Nov. 1814, to the 
 Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, one of the 
 ships attached to the expedition against New Or- 
 leans. He accepted his present rank 3 Nov. 1846. 
 
 In consideration of the wound he received at 
 Trafalgar, Commander Farrant at the time ob- 
 tained a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 FAKKANT. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 32.) 
 William Farrant entered the Navy, in Sept. 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Canada 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Mich. De Courcy, whom, after attend- 
 ing the expedition to Quiberon, he accompanied, 
 the year following, into the Namur 98. Dur- 
 ing the peace he successively joined, as Midship- 
 man, the Winchelsea armee en flute, Capt. John 
 Hatley, and Captain 74, Capt. Chas. Boylea ; after 
 which, from April, 1803, until Aug. 1807, he served 
 with the late Sir Thos. Louis in the Conqueror 74, 
 Leopard 50, Ambuscade 32, and Canopus 80. In 
 the latter ship he appears to have assisted in the 
 battle off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806— the capture, 
 27 Sept. following, of the French frigate Le Presi- 
 dent of 44 guns— and the passage of the Dardanells 
 in Feb. 1807. He then served for 14 months in the 
 Qdeen 98, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, and Ocean 
 98, flag-ship of Lord CoUingwood, and, after an at- 
 tachment of two years, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the 
 Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, under whom 
 he saw much service on the coast of Italy, was con- 
 firmed, 3 Dec. 1810, into the Ville de Paris 110, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle. He subsequently joined— in the course of 
 1811, the Ajax and Conqueror 74's, Capts. Robt. 
 WaUer Otway and Edw. Fellowes, both in the Me- 
 diterranean— 7 June, 1813, the Motine brig, com- 
 manded in North America and the West Indies by 
 Capts. Nevinson De Courcy and Jas. Mould— and, 
 28 March, 1815, the Pompee 80, Capt. Sir Jas. 
 
 • VideGm. 1805, pp. Mil, 1484. 
 t v. Gm. If09, p. 1436. t V. Gaz. 1S09, p. 1907. 
 
 Athol Wood. He returned home from the Medi- 
 terranean in Nov. 1815; and has not since been 
 employed. 
 
 FAWCETT. (LiECT., 1811. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Henry Augdsths Fawcett was bom 18 Jan. 
 1791. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tighe 80, Capt. Benj. 
 Hallowell, in which ship he served, on the Mediter- 
 ranean, West India, and Home stations, latterly as 
 Master's Mate, until Nov. 1810. On the night of 
 31 Oct. 1809, he assisted in the boats of the Tigre, 
 and of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at 
 the capture and destruction, after a fearful struggle, 
 and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 
 wounded, of the armed store-ship Lamproie of 16 
 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, 
 and armed xebec Narmande, with a convoy of seven 
 merchantmen, defended by numerous strong bat- 
 teries, in the Bay of Rosas.* He obtained an Acting- 
 Lieutenancy, 29 Nov. 1810, in the Soltan 74, Capt. 
 John West, also in the Mediterranean, where he 
 was confirmed 17 Jan. 1811. Since April, 1813, he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 FAYRER. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 16; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Robert John Fayrer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 
 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caroline 36, 
 Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, stationed in the East Indies ; 
 where, from Sept. 1803 until his return home iu 
 
 1807, he served with the present Sir Josiah CoghiU, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Rattle- 
 snake sloop, and Concorde 36. While in the 
 Rattlesnake, he appears to have been in action 
 with some Malay proas ; and, on his removal to the 
 Concorde, he commanded the launch of tliat fri- 
 gate at the cutting out of the French brig Vigilante 
 of 4 guns. Joining next the Impebieuse 38, Capt. 
 Lord Cochrane, he served with great activity on 
 the coasts of France and Spain, until compeUed to 
 invalid in Feb. 1807, from the effects of several 
 wounds (among others a shattered arm) received 
 when in the act of boarding, in open day, off Bastia, 
 an enemy's vessel, carrying 8 guns and 52 men. 
 Being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 19 Dec. 
 
 1808, while serving as a Supernumerary in the 
 Royal William, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, 
 flag-ship at Spithead, Mr. Fayrer was afterwards 
 appointed, in that capacity — in Feb. 1809, to the 
 Nayaden, Capt. Fred. Cottrell, employed off Green- 
 land and in the East and West Indies — 1 Feb. 1811, 
 to the Orpheds 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot, under whom 
 he witnessed the earlier operations of the last Ame- 
 rican war — 22 Sept. 1813, to the Andromeda 22, 
 Capt. Rich. Arthur, stationed off the coasts of Spain 
 and Portugal — and (for passage home from the Me- 
 diterranean), 4 July, 1814, to the Pompee 80, Capt. 
 Sir Jas. Athol Wood. Lieut. Fayrer, who had been 
 on half-pay since Aug. 1814, was appointed Super- 
 intendent, 3 April, 1843, of the Tenedos convict- 
 hulk at Bermuda, — in which capacity he is stiU em- 
 ployed. 
 
 A gratuity from the Patriotic Fund was presented 
 to him in 1808, in consideration of his severe wounds. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 FEAD. (CCaptain, 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Francis Fead died 31 Jan. 1847, at Woolwich. 
 He was son of Gen. Fead, of the Royal Artillery ; 
 and uncle of Commander W. F. Fead, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1800, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Mercury 28, Capt. Thos. 
 Rogers, and, after escorting the present King of the 
 French to Minorca, joined Sir Wm. Sidney Smith 
 in the Tigre 74. Subsequently to the evacuation 
 of Genoa, he took part in the hostiUties against the 
 French in Egypt ; where he witnessed the landing 
 of the troops on 8, and served on shore in the battle 
 of 21 March, 1801. On the day previous to the 
 latter event he had brought an Arab in the Tigbe's 
 gig across Lake Mareotis, with intelUgence from the 
 * Fide Giz. 180?, p. 1907. 
 
350 
 
 FEAD— FEATHERSTONE. 
 
 Sheik of Damanhour of an attack by the enemy 
 being meditated on the British. During the cam- 
 paign Mr. Fead also served with the boats in the 
 gallant operations against the small fortified island 
 of Marabut. In Dec. 1802 he next joined the Alc- 
 MENE 32, Capt. John Stiles, under whom he assisted 
 on one occasion in driving 32 armed vessels into 
 Granville. After 12 months' servitude, as Master's 
 Mate, on the "West India and American stations, in 
 the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore and Rich. 
 Henry Alex. Bennett, during which period he went 
 in pursuit, with Sir John Borlase Warren, of Jerome 
 Buonaparte, Mr. Fead was promoted to a Lieute- 
 nancy, 30 Dec. 1806, in the Prince 98, Capt. Alex. 
 Frazer. Bis subsequent subordinate appointments, 
 we find, were, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Ame- 
 rican stations — 11 Feb. 1807, to the Royal Sove- 
 EEiGN 100, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thorn- 
 brough — 14 July, 1812, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord 
 Colville— 12 May, 1813, to the Monmodth 64, flag- 
 ship of Vice-Admiral Thos. Foley — and, 5 March, 
 
 1814, to the Leander 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Col- 
 lier. While Acting-First-Lieutenant of the Qdeen, 
 Mr. Fead landed, in command of the boats belong- 
 ing to that ship, on the north coast of Spain, and, 
 although exposed to a heavy fire, assisted in drag- 
 ging a heavy gun across a mountainous country to- 
 wards the fort of Gueteria. He also, when in the 
 Monmouth, cruized in the Channel in command of 
 the Alert and Viper cutters ; and, during his at- 
 tachment to the Leander, he received a violent con- 
 tusion in an endeavour to rescue the 60th regiment 
 from a situation of extreme peril on the banks of 
 Newfoundland. Assuming command, 4 Oct. 1814, 
 of the Etna bomb, Capt. Fead joined in the ensu- 
 ing operations against New Orleans, and in Feb. 
 1815 distinguished himself by his "judicious and 
 officer-like conduct" at the capture of Fort Bowyer, 
 on Mobile Point. Having paid off the Etna in Aug. 
 
 1815, he remained on shore until 1 June, 1824, when 
 he received an appointment to the Pvladbs 18, and 
 was lor some time employed in cruizing with an 
 experimental squadron. He invalided from the 
 latter sloop, then on the Jamaica station, 28 June, 
 1825 — attained Post-rank 1 Nov. 1826 — and on 1 
 Oct. 1846 accepted the Retirement. 
 
 Capt. Fead was a Justice of the Peace for co. 
 Kent, and the originator of many useful improve- 
 ments in the art of naval gunnery. He married, in 
 1824, Helen Mary, daughter of the late Robt. Scott, 
 Esq., of Shineliffe Hall, co. Durham, by whom he 
 has left, with other issue,^ a son, the present Lieut. 
 W. F. G. Fead, R.N. Agents— Hallett and Robin- 
 son. 
 
 FEAD. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 5.) 
 William Frederick Fead is nephew of the late 
 Capt. Fras. Fead, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1824, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Pylades 18, Capt. Fras. 
 Fead ; and, from 1 June, 1825, until 20 Aug. 1830, 
 on which date he passed his examination, served, as 
 Midshipman, on the Home and Mediterranean sta^ 
 tions, in the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Robt. Moorsom, Clio 18, Capts. Robt. Aitchison 
 and Robt. Deans, and Philomel 10, Capt. Chas. 
 Graham. He afterwards joined, in the capacity of 
 Mate, the Revenge 78, Capts. Chas. Orlando Brjdge- 
 man and Jas. Hillyar, Rattlesnake 28, Capt. C. 
 Graham, Spitfire steamer, Lieut.-Commanders 
 Wm. Henry Symons and Andw. Kennedy, Jupiter 
 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, Inconstant 36, 
 Capts. John Hayes and Dan. Pring, and Hercules 
 74, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley 
 and John Toup Nicolas; and in those ships he served 
 in every quarter of the globe. His appointments 
 as Lieutenant, which rank he attained 28 June, 
 1838, appear to have been— 8 April, 1839, to the 
 CuRA^OA 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, on the South 
 American station— 30 Oct. 1840, to the Grecian 16, 
 Capt. Wm. Smyth, at the Cape of Good Hope — and, 
 in 1844-5, to the Camperdown 104, Queen 110, and 
 Trafalgar 120, flag-ships at Sheerness of Sir John 
 Chambers White. Being First-Lieutenant of the 
 
 Trafalgar when visited by Her Majesty at Spit- 
 head, he was in consequence promoted to the rank 
 of Commander, by commission dated 21 June, 1845. 
 Since that period he has been unemployed. 
 
 Commander Fead married, 1 Aug. 1843, Charlotte, 
 daughter of W. Hillier, Esq., of Boley Hill, Roches- 
 ter, and widow of Lieut. Rawlings, of the 48th Re- 
 giment. 
 
 FEAD. (Liedtenant, 1847.) 
 
 William Fbedebiob Glooesteb Fead is son of 
 the late Capt. Fras. Fead, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1845 ; 
 became, 7 Jan. 1846, Mate of the Nimrod 20, 
 Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the coast of Africa; 
 and on 1 Feb. 1847, as a tribute to his father's worth, 
 was promoted to the rank he now holds. He is still 
 serving, on the African station, on board the 
 Alert 6, Capt. Wm. Ellis, of which sloop he had 
 been nominated Acting-Lieutenant 20 July, 1846. 
 
 FEATHERSTONE. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 
 18; H-p., 18.) 
 Craven John Featherstone entered the Navy, 
 in Nov. 1811, as a Volunteer, on board the Maid- 
 stone 36, Capts. Geo. Burdett and Wm. Skipeey. 
 During the four years of his continuance in that 
 ship, he assisted in taking a large number of Ame- 
 rican privateers; contributed, among other boat 
 services, to the capture of four large armed 
 schooners in the Rappahannock river ; aided in 
 beating off 13 heavy gun-boats after an action of 
 four hours ; was at the taking of Georgetovpn and 
 Frederickstown ; and twice fell into the hands of 
 the enemy— on the last occasion, after an ineffec- 
 tual resistance offered by himself and his only two 
 companions against a body of 45 men. Mr. Fea- 
 therstone — who, in consequence of the misfortune 
 we have just recorded, remained nine months in 
 captivity— subsequently joined the Leander 50; 
 from which ship, commanded by Capt. Skipsey, he 
 was discharged, as Master's Mate, in July, 1816, 
 into the Fury bomb, Capt. Constantino Rich. Moor- 
 som. On his return to England, after participating 
 in the battle of Algiers, he became attached with 
 Capt. Moorsom to the Prometheus sloop, employed 
 on Channel service ; and from 1818, in which year 
 he passed his examination, until Jan. 1825, he 
 served, on the Home and Cape of Good Hope sta- 
 tions, in the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, and 
 in the Ariadne and Andromache frigates, both 
 commanded by Capt. C. R. Moorsom. He then, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, rejoined the Ariadne, com- 
 manded at the time by Capt. Isham Fleming Chap- 
 man ; and, being confirmed 3 July following, was 
 next appointed — 17 Dec. 1825, to the Prince Re- 
 gent 120, flag-ship until 1827 of Sir Robt. Moorsom 
 at the Nore— and, 2 Dec. 1841, to the command of 
 the Volcano steam-vessel, in which, for three days, 
 he bad the honour of entertaining the Queen Dow- 
 ager and suite. Since his last promotion, which 
 took place 24 Feb. 1844, Commander Featherstone 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 FEATHERSTONE. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-P., 
 15; H-p., 32.) 
 Samuel Featherstone entered the Navy, 1 
 March, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terri- 
 ble 74, Capts. Wm. Wolseley and Fras. Fayerman, 
 one of the ships employed in the ensuing expedition 
 to Quiberon. In Oct. 1802, he became Midshipman 
 of the Imogene 18, Capt. Henry Vaughan, on the 
 coast of Africa ; and, in 1805, he next joined the 
 Hope tender, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Feather- 
 stone, on the Home station. Becoming attached, 
 in April, 1806, to the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. 
 Chas. Boyles, he presently witnessed the capture of 
 four heavy French frigates by a squadron under Sir 
 Sam. Hood ; and, in Feb. 1807, he passed the Dar- 
 dauells. During the last seven years of the war, 
 two of which were passed in the West Indies, and 
 the rest on the Home station, Mr. Featherstone 
 successively joined the Ybince Frederick, Lieut.- 
 
FEGEN-FELLOWES. 
 
 551 
 
 Commander Abdiel Orfeur, Helder frigate, Capt. 
 John Serrell, Redbreast gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Sir Geo. Mouat Keith, Christian VII. 80, 
 Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Snap 16, Capts. Geo. 
 Rose Sartorius and Wm. Bateman Dashwood, and 
 TiGRE 74, Capt. John Halliday. The Snap, on 1 
 Nov. 1813, fell in, oft' the coast of France, with five 
 privateer luggers, one of which, Le Lion^ of 16 guns 
 and 69 men, she brought to close action, and in a 
 few minutes captured. Mr. Featherstone obtained 
 his commission 2 Feb. 1815, but has not since been 
 employed. 
 
 FEGEN. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Goodwin Fegen passed his examina^ 
 tion 6 Sept. 1837; served for a considerable pe- 
 riod in the Mediterranean and Sonth America, as 
 Mate of the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, 
 and Philomel surveying-vessel, Capt. Bartholomew 
 Jas. Sulivan ; obtained his commission 8 Aug. 1845 ; 
 and since 28 June, 1846, has been employed in the 
 Racer 16, Capt. Arch. Reed, on the South-East 
 coast of America. 
 
 FEGEN. (Commander, 1828. r-P., 29; h-p., 24.) 
 Richard Fegen entered the Navy, in March, 
 1794, as Midshipman, on board the London packet, 
 Lieut.-Commander Jas. Fegen ; removed, in 1798, 
 to the Galatea 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng; and on 
 joining the Tamar 38, Capt. Thos. Western, as- 
 sisted, in 1799, at the reduction of the Dutch colony 
 of Surinam, and the capture, after a close action of 
 10 minutes, of the French 28-gun frigate Republi- 
 caiTie. Removing, next, to the Dromedarv store- 
 ship, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, he served in 
 the boats at the destruction of a ship under the bat- 
 teries of Guadeloupe, and the capture of a schooner- 
 of- war ; and, on 10 Aug. 1800, he was wrecked in the 
 Bocca, near the island of Trinidad. Until March, 
 1806, Mr. Fegen was afterwards employed, on the 
 West India and Home stations, in the Leviathan 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Duckworth, Mag- 
 nanime 44, Capt. Taylor, and Locust, Milbrook, 
 and Cracker gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders John 
 Lake, Mauritius Adolphus Newton De Starck, and 
 John Leach. After a further servitude of eight 
 months as Sub-Lieutenant in the Sprightly, Lieut.- 
 Commander Jas. Gordon, he obtained a full Lieu- 
 tenancy, 8 Nov. 1806, in the Hermes sloop, Capt. 
 Edw. Reynolds Sibly, under whom, in the year fol- 
 lowing, ho attended the expedition to Monte Video. 
 In the course of 1808 Mr. Fegen further joined the 
 Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, and Eijderin, 
 Capt. Pengelly ; and, then assuming command of the 
 Fanny cutter, he co-operated in the attack upon 
 Flushing in Aug. 1809. During the remainder of 
 the war he served (principally on the Home station, 
 although for some time in the West Indies) in com- 
 mand of the Concord, and on board the Fa vodrite, 
 Capt. Benj. Clements, Gannet, Capt. Jas. Steven- 
 son, Kangaroo, Capt. Lloyd, and Prince, flag-ship 
 of Sir Rich. Bickerton. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were— 14 June, 1819, and 23 Nov. 1822, to the 
 TiGRE and Lapwing Revenue-cutters, in which he 
 made some valuable captures— 28 Nov. 1822, to the 
 Preventive Water-Guard Service — and, 19 Dec. 
 1826, to the command of the Pincher 5, on the Ja- 
 maica station. Since his attainment of the rank he 
 now holds, 9 Feb. 1828, Commander Fegen has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 13 May, 1831, Miss Banks, of Ryde, 
 in the Isle of Wight, and has issue. 
 
 WOOD 80, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Sey- 
 mour, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. He was 
 appointed, 17 Oct. following, to the Queen 110, 
 Capt. Sir Henry John Leeke, atDevonport; and, 
 since 5 Jan. 1847, has been attached to the Superb 
 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, part of the Channel 
 squadron. 
 
 FELLOWES. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 James Fellowes, born 31 July, 1813, is fourth 
 and youngest son of the late Wm. Henry Fellowes, 
 Esq., of Ramsey Abbey, M.P. for Huntingdonshire, 
 by Emma, fourth daughter of Rich. Benyon, Esq., 
 of Englefield House, co. Berks ; brother of the pre- 
 sent Edw. Fellowes, Esq., of Ramsey Abbey, co. 
 Huntingdon, amfof Haverland Hall, co. Norfolk, a 
 Deputy-Lieutenant for the shire; and nephew of 
 Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Edw. Fellowes, who 
 commanded the Tohrterelle 26, at the reduction 
 of Ste. Lucie in 1796, and the Alarm 32, at the 
 conquest of Trinidad in 1797, and died in 1841, in 
 the 70th year of his age. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826 ; passed 
 his examination in 1832 ; obtained his commission 
 28 June, 1838; and was afterwards appointed, 5 
 July, 1838, and 5 Dec. 1839, to the Cornwallis 74, 
 flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of 
 Sir Chas. Paget, and Pique 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, 
 in the Mediterranean. Since 1841 he has been 
 unemployed. Agents- Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 FELLOWES. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Fellowes passed his examination 19 Oct. 
 1842 ; and served as Mate, on the Plymouth, North 
 America and West India, dnd Pacific stations, on 
 board the Caledonia 120, and Illustrious 72, flag- 
 ships of Sir David Milne and Sir Chos. Adam, and 
 in the America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon. On 
 the attainment of his present rank, 29 June, 1846, 
 he joined, as Additional-Lieutenant, the Colling- 
 
 FELLOWES, Kt., C.B., K.C.C., K.L.H., K.S.A., 
 K.K.G. (Captain, 1811. r-p., 25 ; h-p., 25.) 
 Sir Thomas Fellowes, bom in 1778, at Minorca, 
 is fifth and youngest son of the late Dr. Wm. 
 Fellowes. of Bath, Physician Extraordinary to 
 George IV. when Prince Regent, by the eldest 
 daughter of Peregrine Butler, Esq., of Dungarvon, 
 CO. Waterford. He is brother of Sir Jas. Fellowes, 
 Kt., M.D., F.R.S., who served as Inspector of Hos- 
 pitals to the British army during the Peninsular 
 war; and of Wm. Dorset Fellowes, Esq., formerly 
 Commander in the Navy, who ofiiciated as Secre- 
 tary to the Lord Great Chamberlain at the Corona- 
 tion of George IV. His eldest sister, on the 
 latter occasion, led the royal procession to West- 
 minster Abbey in the character of Principal Herb 
 Woman. 
 
 This officer (who had previously been a Midship- 
 man in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service) entered the 
 Navy, towards the close of 1797, as Master's Mate, 
 on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. 
 Domett, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord 
 Bridport. After cruizing for some time on the Irish 
 station as Acting-Lieutenant of the Diana 38, 
 Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, he proceeded to the West 
 Indies as Master's Mate of the Crescent 36, Capt. 
 Wm. Grenville Lobb, and there, within siglit of a 
 Spanish line-of-battle ship and frigate, assisted at 
 the capture, 15 Nov. 1799, of the corvette El Galgo 
 of 16 guns. Until discharged at the peace, Mr. 
 Fellowes further served on the same station as 
 Master's Mate of the Queen 98, and Sans Pareil 
 80, flag-ships of Sir Hyde Parker and Lord Hugh 
 Seymour, and as Acting-Lieutenant of the Cum- 
 berland 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Bayntun, Snake 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Roberts, and Carnatic 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. Montagu. From 
 the recommencement of hostilities until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 June, 1807, we find him 
 employed in the East and West Indies on board the 
 CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, Howe 
 frigate, Capt. Edw. Ratsey, Cornwallis and Hin- 
 dostan 50's, Capts. Chas. Jas. Johnston and Alex. 
 Fraser, and Acasta 40, Capt. Philip Beaver. He 
 then for a short period joined the Northumber- 
 land 74, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane ; 
 and during a subsequent attachment of several 
 months to the Melville sloop, Capt. Hon. Jas. 
 Wm. King, assisted at the reduction of the Danish 
 West India islands. Being next appointed to the 
 command of the Swinger gun-brig, Lieut. Fellowes, 
 in March, 1808, contributed to the capture of the 
 
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 FELLOWES— FERGUSON. 
 
 island of Deseada, where, with only 40 men under 
 bis orders, he landed and compelled 70 regular 
 troops and militia to lay down their arms as pri- 
 soners of war. Subsequently to that event, in 
 charge of two boats, he captured, and, after an ex- 
 posure of 14 hours to the joint fire of the enemy's 
 batteries and of a large privateer, destroyed, in 
 Bay Mahout, Guadeloupe, L' Alert letter-of-marque, 
 mounting 6 carriage-guns and 4 swivels, with a 
 complement of 40 men. Assuming command, 13 
 Nov. 1808, of the Unique brig, of 14 guns and 
 75 men, he served at the capture of the Saintes ; 
 and on 21 May, 1809, while at the blockade of 
 Basseterre, he landed with 24 men, spiked the guns 
 of a battery, seized the enemy's colours in the pre- 
 sence of five times his own number of regular 
 troops, and then retired with a loss of 1 Midshipman 
 killed and 7 men severely wounded.* The TJniqce 
 being destroyed as a fire-ship on 31 of the same 
 month, in a frustrated attempt made to annihilate the 
 French frigates Furieuse and Felicite, Capt. Fellowes, 
 whose services in that vessel and the Swinger were 
 rewarded with a Commander's commission dated 16 
 Sept. 1809, remained on half-pay until 2 Aug. 1810, 
 when he was appointed to the chief command, 
 under Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, of the whole Cadiz 
 flotilla, consisting of 30 sail of gun-boats. From 15 
 Nov. following, at which period he was superseded 
 by Capt. Robt. Hall, until 22 April, 1811, he com- 
 manded one half of that force, but he then re- 
 sumed the chief control, and continued to hold it 
 until the ensuing June. For several months during 
 that period Capt. Fellowes appears to have been in 
 daily collision with the enemy. On 22 Nov. 1810, for 
 the purpose of creating a diversion in favour of an 
 attack upon some gun-vessels in the river of Santa 
 Maria, he successfully drew upon himself and en- 
 gaged for six hours and a half, with great zeal, the 
 attention and fire of Fort Catalina ^f and on 6 
 March, 1811, he further distinguished himself by 
 his gallantry in storming a 4-gun battery, sur- 
 rounded by a ditch and spiked stockade, at the 
 entrance of Port Santa Maria, under a heavy fire of 
 grape from the neighbouring works. J In June of 
 the latter year, having been jjromcted to Post-rank 
 on 4 of the previous March, Capt. Fellowes, as above 
 stated, resigned the command of the Cadiz flotilla. 
 From 11 Feb. 1812, until Nov. 1814, he next com- 
 manded the Fawn 20, in which shiphe recaptured the 
 Ferthshire letter-of-marque, of 14 guns ; and, on 1 1 
 Jan. 1813, he destroyed, after a long and arduous 
 chase, the Kosamondj a notorious American privateer, 
 of 8 heavy guns and 105 men, near Puerto Cabello. 
 For his conduct in escorting a fleet of merchantmen 
 from Cork to Barbadoes, he received a handsome 
 letter of thanks from the masters of the convoy ; 
 as, for "his zeal and ability in driving away the 
 enemies of peace and commerce," he likewise did 
 from the Captain-General of the Caraccas. The 
 Governor of Cura9oa, Major-General Hodgson, also 
 acknowledged Capt. Fellowes' " zealous and active 
 exertions ;" and the merchants of that island pre- 
 sented him with a piece of place. Being after- 
 wards appointed to the command, 21 Feb. 1827, of 
 the Dartmodth 42, he sailed for the Mediterra- 
 nean with the duplicate of the treaty between Great 
 Britain, France, and Russia, for the protection of 
 Greece. On the occasion of the battle of Navarin, 
 which took place on 20 Oct. in the same year, Capt 
 Fellowes was intrusted with the care of six fire- 
 ships and of four other vessels, vrith whose able as- 
 sistance he appears to have saved La Sirine, the 
 French Admiral's flag-ship, from destruction. § In- 
 
 * The Unique's boat on this occasion, being completely 
 riddled, sank under Lieut. Fellowes ; one musket-ball 
 passed through his hat, another struck the pike in his hand, 
 and his jacket was shot through in two places; yet, stranfje 
 though it may seem, he was the only person of the party 
 who escaped altogether unhurt When afterwards employed 
 at the defence of Cadiz, he served on board the Watchful, 
 a small vessel, out of whose cabin (7 feet long, and 3 high, 
 and intended for the use of himself and a midshipman) he 
 never slept, from Sept. 1810 until June, 1811. 
 
 + yitle Gaz. 1810, p. 2081. + T. Gaz. 1811, p. &S2. 
 
 j y. Gaz. 1827, p. 2328. 
 
 deed his gallantry was so conspicuous that on his 
 return to England he received the honour of knight- 
 hood, 13 Feb. 1828. He paid off the Daktmodth 
 16 March, 1830; and since that period has been 
 successively appointed — 25 March, 1836, and 25 
 Jan. 1837, to the Pembroke 74, and Vanguard 80, 
 on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations— and, 6 
 Feb. 1843, to the Superintendentship of the Royal 
 Saval Hospital and Victualling Yard at Plymouth, 
 a post he still holds. 
 
 Sir Thos. Fellowes, who is Senior Captain of the 
 year 1811, was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815, 
 created a Knight of the Spanish Order of King 
 Charles III. for his distinguished intrepidity at 
 Cadiz 22 Feb. 1822, and presented after thebattle 
 of Navarin with the insignia of the Legion of 
 Honour, the Second Class of St. Anne of Russia, and 
 the Redeemer of Greece. On 30 Nov. 1841, he was 
 appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. 
 He married, fii-st, 9 Nov. 1813, Katherine Mary, 
 eldest daughter of the late Sir Wm. Abdy, Bart., 
 Captain, B.N., by whom, who died in Oct. 1817, he 
 had one son, the present Lieut. W. A. Fellowes, 
 R.N., and two daughters ; and, secondly, 24 Aug. 
 1819, Mary Anne Catharine, only child of the late 
 Isaac Humphreys, Esq., Colonel of the Bengal 
 Artillery, and Military Secretary to that Govern- 
 ment, by which marriage he has also issue. Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 FELLOWES. (LiEDT., 1840. f-p., 19; h-p., 1.) 
 William Abdy Fedlowes, bom 11 Feb. 1815, is 
 only son of Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, R.N., Kt., 
 C.B., by his first marriage. 
 
 This oflcer entered the Navy, in March, 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dartmouth 42, com- 
 manded by his father, with whom he appears to 
 have been present at the ensuing battle of Navarin. 
 He afterwards studied for two years at the Royal 
 Naval College, and then, re-embarking, 15 May, 
 1830, served, until May, 1834 (on 24 of which month 
 he passed bis examination), as Volunteer and Mid- 
 shipman, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, 
 Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. Graham, and Edin- 
 BOBGH 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the Chan- 
 nel, South American, and Mediterranean stations. 
 During the next six years he successively joined, 
 as Mate, the Malabar 74, Capt. Henry Shovel! 
 Marsham, Thalia 46, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Patrick Campbell, Trincolo 16, Capt. Henry Jo- 
 seph Puget, and Pembroke 74, and Vanguard 80, 
 both commanded by Sir T. Fellowes ; and in those 
 ships he served off the coasts of Africa and Portu- 
 gal and in the Mediterranean. Since his attain- 
 ment of his present rank, 27 April, 1840, Lieut. 
 Fellowes has been employed, on the West India, 
 Home, and North American stations, in the Victor 
 16, Capt. Wm. Dawson, Magnificent 74, Commo- 
 dore Peter John Douglas, Comus 18, Capt. Evan 
 Nepean, Magnificent again, Commodore Douglas, 
 Winchester and Camperdown, flag-ships of Sir 
 Thos. Harvey, Sir Chas. Adam, and Sir Edw. Brace, 
 Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, and Perslan 
 16, Capt. Henry Coryton. His appointment to the 
 latter vessel, of which he is First-Lieutenant, took 
 place 1 Jan. 1845. Agents — Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
 FERGUSON. (Captain, 1814. p-p., 14 ; h-p., 35.) 
 George Ferguson entered the Navy, in July, 
 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. 
 Chas. White, attached to the fleet in the North 
 Sea, and, after a servitude of five years in the 
 Hussar 38, Capts. Lord Garlics and Wm. Brown, 
 and La Loire 38, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, on 
 the Irish station, was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 
 30 March, 1805, in the Queen 98, successive flag- 
 ship in the Mediterranean of Admirals John Knight 
 and Lord CoUingwood. He assisted, while in La 
 Loire, at the capture, in 1804, of the French pri- 
 vateers Braave of 16 guns and 110 men, and Blonde 
 of 30 guns and 240 men— the latter after a pursuit 
 of 20 hours and a running fight of 15 minutes. On 
 
FERGUSON— FERN ANDES— FERRAR. 
 
 353 
 
 20 April, 1806, Mr. Ferguson became Flag-Lieute- 
 nant to Lord CoUingwood in the Ocean 98, from 
 which ahip he removed, in Feb. 1808, to the Endy- 
 MioN 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. While 
 afterwards serving in the Atlas 98, under the flag 
 of Kear-Admiral John Child Purvis, he obtained 
 a Commander's commission dated 27 Deo. 1808. 
 Capt. Ferguson — who subsequently commanded the 
 PriiADES sloop, in the Mediterranean, from 11 April, 
 1809, until April, 1812, and captured, 14 Deo. 1809, 
 L'Aigle privateer, of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 80 men 
 — was promoted to Post-rank 6 June, 1814, and ap- 
 pointed, 14 Dec. following, to the Spet 20, on the 
 Channel station. He has been on half-pay since 
 Sept. 1815. 
 
 Capt. Ferguson is Deputy-Lieutenant for Banff 
 and Aberdeenshire, for the former of which places 
 he sat in Parliament in 1833 and 1835. He married, 
 first, 26 May, 1812, Elizabeth Holcombe, only 
 daughter and heiress of John Woodhouse, Esq., of 
 Aramstone House and Yattqn Court, co. Here- 
 ford ; and secondly, in April, 1825, the Hon. Eliza- 
 beth Jane Kowley, sister of the late and aunt of the 
 present Lord Langford. Agents— Hallett and Ilo- 
 binson. 
 
 FERGUSON. (Caplailt, 1817. f-p., 18;h-p.,33.) 
 John Macpherson Fergdson is a younger son of 
 the late celebrated Dr. Adam Ferguson, Professor 
 of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edin- 
 burgh, by Miss Burnet, of Aberdeenshire, niece of 
 Dr. Joseph Black, Chemical Professor in the above 
 institution. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, in Deo. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the CffiSAR 80, Capts. Chas. 
 Edmund Nugent, Koddam Home, and Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez, employed for three years at the blockade 
 of Brest. He removed as Midshipman, in April, 
 1800, to La Loire 38, Capt, Jas. Newman New- 
 man ; served next, in the Aurora 28, Capt. Micajah 
 Malbon, and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Nelson ; and, on 13 Jan. 1804, was confirmed to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Supekb 74, Capt. Rich. Good- 
 win Keats, under whom, after pursuing the com- 
 bined fleets of France and Spain from the Mediter- 
 ranean to the West Indies, he assisted in Sir John 
 Duckworth's action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. 
 Being appointed, on 20 Oct. in the latter year, to 
 the Redwing 18, Capt. Thos. XJssher, stationed in 
 the Straits of Gibraltar, Mr. Ferguson, who conti- 
 nued in that vessel for a period of 20 months as her 
 First-Lieutenant, bore a conspicuous part in a mul- 
 titude of very dashing exploits. On 20 April, 1807, 
 he ably supported Capt. Ussher in a spirited en- 
 gagement with a division of Spanish gun-boats and 
 several batteries near Cabritta Point ; and, on 7 
 Sept. following, he commanded the boats and dis- 
 played much gallantry in an attempt made to de- 
 stroy several vessels, under a most galling fire from 
 the town of Calassel. The day after the latter 
 event he obtained the highest praise of his Captain 
 for his bravery in boarding a polacre ship whose 
 yard-arms nearly touched the castle of Benidorme, 
 and for his conduct throughout a stiff' action wliich 
 terminated in the destruction, near Jovosa, of three 
 privateers, mounting altogether 20 guns. On 7 May, 
 1808, he further contributed, by his unsurpassably 
 cool and determined conduct, to the utter defeat of 
 seven armed vessels, carrying in the aggregate 22 
 guns and 271 men, of whom 240 were killed, 
 drowned, or taken prisoners^* subsequently to which 
 he again commanded the boats at the capture and 
 destruction, on 1 June, of a mistico and two fe- 
 luccas in the Bay of Bolonia, where he also landed 
 with Capt. Ussher, stormed a batterj', and blew up 
 the magazine. t Being rewarded for these services 
 with a second promotal commission, dated 13 July, 
 1808, Capt. Ferguson, on 22 Oct. 1810, obtained 
 command of the Pandora 18, which sloop— the 
 captor on 31 Deo. following of Le Chasseur pri- 
 
 • ride Gaz. 1808, p. 735. 
 
 f The total losses ot the Renwr.vo on the occasions we 
 have alluded to amounted to 7 men killtd and 21 wounded. 
 
 vateer, of 16 guns and 36 men — he had the misfor- 
 tune to lose on the Skawe reef, off the coast of Jut- 
 land, 13 Feb. 18 U. In consequence of this misad- 
 venture he became a prisoner for some time in the 
 hands of the Danes. His next appointment ap- 
 pears to have been, 27 Aug. 1815, to the Nuirod 
 18, on the Leith station, where he continued until 
 posted, 1 Jan. 1817. He afterwards commanded 
 the Mersey 26, in South America, from 24 April, 
 1823, until 1827. His acceptance of the Retirement 
 took place 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Ferguson married, 22 March, 1836, Eliza/- 
 beth Lander, youngest daughter of the late Geo. 
 Guild, Esq., and granddaughter of the late Dr. 
 Colin Lander, by whom he has issue one son. 
 
 FERNANDES. (Retired Commander, 1838. 
 F-p., 13; H-P.,44.) 
 Donald Fernandes entered the Navy, 17 July, 
 1790, as Midshipman, on board the Assistance, 
 Capt. Lord Cranstoun, and, after visiting Gibraltar, 
 successively joined the Alfred, guard-ship in the - 
 River Medway, Capts. Thos. West and John Bazely, 
 and Edgar and Thunderer 74's, both commanded 
 by Capt. Albemarle Bertie, under whom, in the 
 latter ship, he served as Master's Mate in the 
 actions of Howe and Bridport, 1 June, 1794, and 23 
 June, 1795. Towards the close of 1 795 he accom- 
 panied Sir John Jervis to the Mediterranean as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Lively frigate ; and on 
 arriving on that station he became similarly at- 
 tached, 4 April and 11 Aug. 1796, to the St. 
 George 98, Capt. Shuldham Peard, and Blenheim 
 74, Capt. Thos. Lenox Frederick, to which ship he 
 was confirmed 9 Feb. 1797. On 14 of the latter 
 month Mr. Fernandes bore a part in the action 
 off Cape St. Vincent. From March, 1797, in the 
 course of which year he was also much engaged 
 with the Spanish gun-boats and batteries near 
 Cadiz, until the peace of 1802, he served in the 
 Victory 100, Capts. Thos. Sotheby and Wm. 
 Cuming, London and Princess Royal 98's, both 
 flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Frederick, Centaor 74, 
 Capt. John Markham, and Malta 80, Capt. 
 A. Bertie. For a few months in 1803 he com- 
 manded the Speedwell brig on the Home station, 
 and on 5 Aug. 1806, he obtained a short-lived, we 
 believe, employment in the Sea Fencibles. Since 
 he left the latter service. Commander Fernandes, 
 who accepted his present rank 21 Deo. 1838, has 
 been on half-pay. He obtained the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 3 Aug. 1837. 
 
 FERRAR. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 35 ; h-p., 0.) 
 
 William Augustus Feerar was born 6 Feb. 
 1797, in DubUn. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 26 Jan. 1812, on 
 board the Narcissus 32, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. 
 Aylmer; on removing from which frigate to the 
 Armide 38, he experienced, as Midshipman, a 
 skirmish with the batteries of Brest. After a servi- 
 tude of some months in the Dublin 74, Leonidas 
 38, and Fortdnee 36, he eventually rejoined Capt. 
 Ayhner in the Pactolos 38; and while in that 
 frigate, besides escorting the Duke of Cambridge 
 to Cuxhaven, and his late Majesty to the Scheldt, 
 he assisted in a rocket-boat at, among other de- 
 tached services, the bombardment of Stonington, 
 in Aug. 1814. On 9 Dec. in the latter year, the 
 Pactolus having captured the Postboy, an Ameri- 
 can schooner of 80 tons burthen, Mr. Ferrar was 
 placed in charge of the prize, and sent to Bermuda. 
 During the passage, however, the Postboy in a vio- 
 lent gale was totally dismasted, and, becoming 
 water-logged, remained in that condition for a 
 whole week, with the inextricable corpses of four 
 suffocated seamen lying in a state of putrefaction 
 in the fore-cabin. Mr. Ferrar and his only two 
 companions at length contrived to bale the water 
 out and commit the bodies to the deep, but it was 
 not until after 40 days of protracted and awful sut- 
 fering that they fell in with and were rescued bv 
 
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354 
 
 FERRIS— FESTING. 
 
 a merchant schooner.* Soon after his providential 
 deliverance he rejoined the Pactolus, still com- 
 manded by Capt. Aylmer, under whom, in July, 
 1815, for the purpose of co-operating with the roy- 
 alists, he assisted in forcing the passage of the Gi- 
 ronde, and in eifecting the reduction of several 
 strong batteries. Accompanying the same ofRcer 
 into the Severn 40, he took part, and was severely 
 wounded in the left arm and side, in the battle of 
 Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816 ; after which event he suc- 
 cessively joined the Heron 18, Kamillies 74, 
 Ganges 84, Victory 104, and Hyperion 42. He 
 ultimately, having passed in 1820, obtained a com- 
 mission dated 29 Oct. 1827, and, being re-appointed 
 to the Hyperion, 22 Jan. 1828, continued, as a 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of that ship, to be em- 
 ployed on the Coast Blockade, until transferred, 
 16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard. He was re- 
 moved, 23 Feb. 1842, to an Agency in a con- 
 tract mail steamer, in which vessel he appears to 
 have been charged with important despatches from 
 the British Minister at Lisbon to Lord Aberdeen. 
 He was, however, obliged, in consequence of ill 
 health, to resign his new appointment towards the 
 close of the same year ; and since that period he 
 has again been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Ferrar's long servitude and severe suffer- 
 ings have so shattered his health as to have ren- 
 dered him unfit for service aiioat. He is married, 
 and has issue two daughters. 
 
 FERRIS. (Reak-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p., 
 37.) 
 
 Abel Ferris, born 12 Dec. 1776, is son of the 
 late Abel Ferris, Esq. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Thalia 36, Capt. Rich. 
 Grindall, whom, after witnessing the AsTR.a:A's 
 capture, 10 April, 1795, of the French frigate La 
 Gloire, he followed, as Master's Mate, into the Ir- 
 resistible 74, one of Lord Bridport's fleet in the 
 ensuing action with the French off lie de Groix. 
 He next served for short periods in La Nymphe 
 36, Capt. Geo. Losack, Atlas 98, Capt. Edm. Dod, 
 and Carnatic 74, Capt. R. Grindall ; and, then 
 joining the Colossus 74, was present in that ship, 
 under Capt. Geo. Murray, in the battle off Cape 
 St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, and in her boats in va- 
 rious encounters with the Cadiz flotilla. On the 
 Colossus being lost off Scilly, 10 Deo. 1798, Mr. 
 Ferris became attached to the Puissant receiving- 
 ship at Spithead, from which, on 22 April, 1799, he 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Voltigeur 
 18, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland. Returning home 
 from the Newfoundland station at the peace of 
 Amiens, he subsequently, on 19 April, 1803, rejoined 
 Capt. Grindall on board the Prince 98 ; and after 
 participating in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 
 1805, he successively accompanied Lord CoUing- 
 wood into the Queen and Ocean 98's. In the 
 "Wizard sloop, of 16 guns and 95 men, to the com- 
 mand of which he was promoted 10 Oct. 1807, Capt. 
 Ferris fell in with, on 10 May, 1808, and chased for 
 88 hours, the French brig-corvette Le Sequin, of 
 18 guns and 110 men, until at length the latter 
 vessel, after having run a distance of 369 miles, and 
 been once beaten in a well-fought action of an 
 hour and a half, which cost the Wizard a loss of 
 1 man killed and 5 wounded, sought refuge in the 
 neutral port of Tunis. Being subsequently sta- 
 tioned off the coast of Italy, in company with the 
 Kent 74, the Wizard within a short period assisted 
 at the capture and destruction of 23 of the enemy's 
 coasting vessels— nearly annihilated their trade — 
 was in constant action with gun-boats and batteries 
 — and on 1 Aug. towed and judiciously covered the 
 approach of the boats in an attack made upon a 
 convoy at Noli, a service more fully detailed in our 
 memoir of Commander Wm. Chasman.-f She also, 
 
 • For a full account of the melancholy wreck of the Post- 
 hoy we refer our readers to a narrative of that catastrophe 
 published by Lieut. Ferrar at Falmouth, in 1838. 
 
 f Fide Gaz. 1809, p. 15. 
 
 on one occasion, captured a privateer mounting 
 8 guns, with a complement of 59 men. From 22 
 Nov. 1809, until confirmed to Post-rank 18 April, 
 1811, the subject of this sketch acted as Cap- 
 tain, in the Mediterranean, of the Royal Sove- 
 reign 100, TiGRE 74, Volontaire 38, San Josef 
 1 10, iiag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton, and Euryalus 
 36. He was admitted to the out-pension of Green- 
 wich Hospital 10 Dec. 1825, and awarded his pre- 
 sent rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear- Admiral married, 22 June, 1811, Eliza- 
 beth, third daughter of Wm. SchoUar, Esq., Mayor 
 of Weymouth, co. Dorset. 
 
 FERRIS. (Commandeb, 1815. r-P., 17 ; 
 H-P., 29.) 
 Thomas Ferris entered the Navy, 20 Feb. 1801, 
 as a Boy, on board the Edgar 74, Capt. Edw. 
 BuUer, with whom, and Capt. J as. Wallis, he after- 
 wards served, in the Achille 74, on the Channel 
 and Irish stations, latterly as Midshipman, until 
 May, 1802. From the following Sept. until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 19 Oct. 1807, 
 we find him employed under Sir Rich. John 
 Strachan in the Donegal and Renown 74's, and in 
 the Cjesar 80. He assisted during that period in 
 the Donegal's capture, in 1804, of the Spanish 
 44-gun frigate Amfitrite, and of a ship with a cargo 
 on board worth 200,000/., and was present, in the 
 CaesAR, at the capture, 4 Nov. 1805, of the four 
 line-of-battle ships escaped from Trafalgar, as also, 
 we believe, at the destruction, 14 Sept. 1806, off 
 Cape Henry, of the 74-gun ship Impetueux. Re- 
 joining, 8 March, 1808, the Donegal, then com- 
 manded by Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, Mr. Ferris 
 escorted, in the foUovidng summer, Sir Arthur Wel- 
 lesley's army from Cork to Portugal — was present 
 at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French 
 frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne — 
 witnessed the ensuing discomfiture of the French 
 shipping in Aix Roads — and assisted in an attack 
 made by Capt. Chas. Grant, of the Diana, on the 
 two French frigates Amaztme and Eliza, protected 
 by the fire of several strong batteries, near Cher- 
 bourg, 15 Nov. 1810. After a further servitude 
 of a few months with Capt. Malcolm in the Royal 
 Oak 74, he was appointed, 3 March, 1812, to the 
 Hannibal 74, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour; and 
 while in that ship he contributed to the capture, 
 26 March, 1814, of La Sultane, of 44 guns and 330 
 men. On leaving the Hannibal he became First- 
 Lieutenant, 5 Sept. 1814, of the Tanais 38, Capt. 
 Joseph James, in which frigate he served, on the 
 Irish and Jamaica stations, until his return home 
 in March, 1816. He then took up his commission 
 as Commander, having been advanced to that rank 
 on 20 Sept. 1815. With the exception of an ap- 
 pointment in the Coast Guard, which he held from 
 6 July, 1830, until the year 1833, he has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 FESTING, K.H. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 Benjamin Morton Festing, bom in April, 1794, 
 at Andover, co. Hants, is fifth son of the late Com- 
 mander Henry Festing, R.N. ; and brother of Rear- 
 Admiral R. W. G, Festing, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. Rich. Grindall, and, from the 
 close of the same year, until the receipt of his first 
 commission, 19 Feb. 1812, served, on the Medi- 
 terranean station, in the Queen 98, flag-ship of 
 Lord CoUingwood, Niger 32, Capt. Jas. Billyar, 
 Ocean 98, bearing also the flag of the above noble- 
 man. Kingfisher 18, Capt. Ewell Tritton, Fame 
 74, Capt. Abel Ferris, Thais 20, Capt. Isaac Fer- 
 rieres, and Christian VII. 80, and Caledonla 
 120, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Pellew. He then joined 
 the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, and on 17 Sept. 
 1812, having succeeded Lieut. Augustus Cannon, 
 who had been mortally wounded, in the command 
 of the three barges of that ship, he creditably 
 
FESTING. 
 
 353 
 
 effected the capture and destruction, near Goro, on 
 the coast of Italy, of two gun-boats, and of 21 out 
 of an armed convoy of 23 sail, although the whole 
 were covered by a 4-gun battery, and the beach 
 was lined with armed people.* While in the same 
 ship, Mr. Festing, besides taking part in many 
 other boat affairs, served at the reduction of Fiume, 
 in the batteries at the siege of Trieste, and at the 
 capture of the principal towns and forts on the 
 coasts of Istria and Dalmatia. He also, with a de- 
 tachment of seamen under his orders, landed and 
 for six weeks co-operated with the Austrians under 
 Count Nugent, whose thanks he received for his 
 conduct at the capture and subsequent defence 
 of the town of Comacchio and Fort Magna- 
 vacoa. From 29 Aug. 1814, until 23 May, 1816, 
 we find him employed in the East Indies and 
 China on board the Tyne 24, and 'Wellesley 74, 
 both commanded by Capt. John Harper, and Owen 
 Glendowek 36, Capt. Brian Hodgson. His next 
 appointments were — 14 April, 1819, to the Came- 
 LioN 10, Capt. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye, on the Home 
 station — and, 17 Jan. 1823, to the Brazen 26, Capt. 
 Geo. "Wickens "Willes, under whom, on the coast of 
 Africa, he assisted at the capture of eight armed 
 slavers and the liberation of 998 persons from bond- 
 age. He was promoted from the latter vessel to 
 the rank of Commander 22 Dec. 1826, but remained 
 on half-pay until appointed, 11 July, 18.37, to an 
 Inspectorship in the Coast Guard, in which service 
 he continued for the usual period of three years. 
 His last appointment was, 30 Oct. 1841, to the 
 Apollo troop-ship. He was, however, obliged, in 
 consequence of an attack of fever and ague, to in- 
 valid 15 Nov. following, since which period he has 
 not been employed. 
 
 Commander Festing, who has obtained the ac- 
 knowledgments of the Admiralty for plunging 
 into the sea and saving the lives of persons who 
 had fallen overboard, was nominated a K.H. for 
 his services on the coast of Italy, 1 Jan. 1837. In 
 1823 he received a letter of thanks from the Secre- 
 tary of State for the Home Department for a par- 
 ticular service done to the Crown at that time. He 
 married, in July, 1827, the only daughter of T. B. 
 "Wright, Esq., of Hinton Blewett, co. Somerset, by 
 whom he has issue three sons and three daughters. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FESTING. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 24; 
 H-p., 16.) 
 
 CoLSON Festing is sixth son of the late Com- 
 mander Henry Festing, K.N. ; and brother of Rear- 
 AdmiralK. W. G. Festing, E.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Volontaire 38, Capt. 
 Chas. BuUen, with whom he continued to serve, 
 latterly as Midshipman of the Cambrian 40, until 
 Deo. 1811; during which period he assisted at the 
 capture of the island of Pome'gue, near Marseilles, 
 and the destruction of Fort Kioux, mounting 14 
 guns, near Cape Croisette, in 1809, besides actively 
 co-operating for many months with the patriots on 
 the coast of Catalonia, Where, on 12 and 14 April, 
 1811, he witnessed the capture of the towns of 
 St. Philon and Palamos. Removing, next, to the 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he 
 shared in a partial action with the French fleet 
 off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813; after which he joined the 
 Alcmene 38, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, Under whom, 
 independently of the capture of La Fleche national 
 schooner, of 12 guns, he was in warm action, 11 
 April, 1814, with the batteries of Porto Maurizio. 
 On the paying off of the CXledonia, which ship he 
 had rejoined, Mr. Festing, in Sept. 1814, became 
 Admiralty Midshipman of the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Malcolm. After a further servitude, as Master's 
 Mate, in the Plr.OT IS, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, 
 and BovNE 98, flag-ship of Lord Extnouth, he ob- 
 tained a commission dated 10 March, 1815, and was 
 employed pro tt-m., to\i'ards the close of the same 
 yonr, in the Partridge 16, Capt. John Miller 
 
 * fide Gai. 1813, p, 163. 
 
 Adye. His subsequent appointments as Lieutenant, 
 we find, were, chiefly as First Lieutenant — 7 Dec. 
 1820, to the SEBiNGArATAM 46, Capt. Sam. "Warren, 
 on particular service— 3 Aug. 1825, to the Fly 18, 
 Capts.Fred.Augnstus'WetherallandFollett"W41rond 
 Pennell, on the East India station — 26 Nov. 1830, to 
 the Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders 
 Dundas, in th'e Mediterranean— and, 4 March, and 
 27 Aug. 1834, to the President 52, and Vernon 50, 
 both commanded, on the North American, "West 
 India, and Mediterranean stations, by Capt. John 
 M'Kerlie. Attaining the rank of Commander 15 
 Jan. 1838, he next joined— on 30 of the same month, 
 the Hercules 72, in which ship he served for 
 nearly two years under Capts. J. T. Nicolas and 
 Edw. Barnard— and 11 May, 1841, the Dublin 50, 
 flag-ship of Kear-Admiral Rich. Thomas, in South 
 America. Since the autumn of 1842 he has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Festing is at the top of the list of 
 Commanders of 1838. He married, 13 Deo. 1842, 
 Margaret, second daughter of the late Rev. Geo. 
 Marwood, of Busby Hall, co. York. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FESTING, C.B. (Bear- Admiral, 1846. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Robert "Worgan George Festing is second son 
 of Commander Henry Festing, R.N. (who died in 
 1807), by Mary, only daughter of the Rev. Thos. 
 Morton Colson, of Dorchester, co. Dorset ; brother 
 of Commanders B. M. and C. Festing, and of Lieut. 
 T. C. Festing, R.N. ; and nephew of Vice-Admiral 
 Sir Rich. Grindall, K.C.B., who bore a distin- 
 guished part, as Captain of the Irresistible 74, 
 in Lord Bridport's action, afterwards commanded 
 the Prince 98, at Trafalgar, and died 23 May, 1820, 
 aged 70 years. Capt. Festing's eldest brother, 
 Henry, a Captain in the Royal Artillery, now de- 
 ceased, served throughout the Peninsular war and 
 at "Waterloo. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ramillies 74, com- 
 manded in the Channel by his uncle, Capt. R. 
 Grindall, whom he accompanied, as Midshipman, in 
 Jan. 1801, into the Formidable 98. During the 
 peace of Amiens he became successively attached, 
 on the "West India station, to the Saturn 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty, Andromeda 
 frigate, Capt. Chas. Feilding, and Excellent 74, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Robt. 
 Stopford. He then rejoined his uncle on board the 
 Prince 98, and, after being lent for three months to 
 the Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, sailed 
 for the East Indies in the Colloden 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, by whom he was appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant, 20 March, 1805, of the Tremendous 74, 
 Commodore John Osborn. Being confirmed by the 
 Admiralty 14 Aug. 1806, and re-transferred to the 
 Culloden, Mr. Festing, as Flag-Lieutenant of that 
 ship, contributed to the capture and destruction, 27 
 Nov. following, of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of- 
 war, and about 20 armed and other merchant-ves- 
 sels, in Batavia roads, and to the further annihila- 
 tion, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and stores at 
 Griessee, in the island of Java, and of all the men- 
 of-war remaining to Holland in -the East Indies. 
 On 14 Aug. 1808, he was promoted to the command 
 of the Dasher sloop, in which he continued until 
 appointed Acting-Captain, 1 April, 1811, of the Il- 
 lustrious 74, Commodore "Wm. Broughton. After 
 the conquest of Java, where he was on shore with 
 the army, and assisted Capt. Sayer in command of 
 the batteries, at the surrender of Batavia,* Capt. 
 Festing, who vras officially posted, 9 Oct. 1811, as- 
 sumed command of the Psyche 32, and retm-ned to 
 England, where he arrived aboat Aug. 1812. From 
 26 Sept. 1815, until 5 Aug. 1817, he next served on 
 the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena stations in 
 the Falmouth 20, and Racoon sloop. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 18 March, 1836, to the Cornwallis 
 74, from which ship he was superseded in the fol- 
 lowing June. He accepted Flag-rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 * FicfeGai. 1811, p. 2404. 
 
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356 
 
 TESTING— FFARINGTON— FIELD -FIGG. 
 
 Eear-Admiral Festing was nominated a C.B. 20 
 July, 1838. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FESTING. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Thomas Colson Festing is third son of the late 
 Commander Henry Festing, R.N. ; and brother of 
 Rear-Admiral R. W. G. Festing, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 March, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, off Ferrol. He removed as Midship- 
 man, in June, 1804, to the Prince 98, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. Rich. Grindall, on the Channel 
 station ; and, with the exception of an attachment 
 of a few months, in 1807, to the Inflexible 64, 
 Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, served, from April, 
 1805, until June, 1810, latterly as Master's Mate, in 
 the San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, and San Josef 
 again, flag-ships in the Channel and Mediterranean 
 of Sir Chas. Cotton. He then successively joined, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, the Canopus 80, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin, and Bustard 
 sloop, Capt. John Duff Marlcland ; and, on 23 Nov. 
 1810, was confirmed into the Magnificent 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Eyre. He was afterwards appointed, on the 
 Mediterranean station — 1 Oct. 1812, to the Hya- 
 cinth 24, Capts. Thos. Ussher and Alex. Renton 
 Sharpe — and, 6 March, 1814, to the Scout 16, Capt. 
 Jas. Arthur Murray. Since 11 Dec. 1814, Lieut. 
 Festing has not been afloat. 
 
 He married Elizabeth, sister of the Rev. Dr. 
 Gaisford, Dean of Oxford. AgpInts — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 FFAEINGTON. (Capfatn, ISI.";. f-p., 18; 
 H-P., 44.) 
 
 ■William Ffarington, born in 1777, is eldest son 
 of the late Wm. Ffarington, Esq. (of the family of 
 Ffarington of Warden, co. Lancaster), by Ann 
 Frances, daughter of Capt. Wm. Nash. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1785, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Ganges 74, Capt. 
 Sir Roger Curtis, on the books of which ship he was 
 borne until Deo. 1787. In June, 1792, he joined the 
 TisiPHONE, Caj)t. Anthony Hunt, on the Channel 
 station, where, until Oct. 1799, he afterwards served 
 (with the exception of a period of nearly two years, 
 between May, 1796, and March, 1798), chiefly as 
 Master's Mate, in the Aquilon and Ph(ebe frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. Robt. Barlow, and Rai- 
 SONNABLE 64, Capt. Chas. Boyles — the Aquilon, 
 during the period, forming part of the force under 
 Lord Bridport in the action of 23 June, 1795. Being 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 14 Oct, 1799, 
 Mr. Ffarington joined the Plover sloop, Capt. John 
 Chesshyre, and subsequently, on the West India and 
 Home stations, the Resolution 74, Capt. Alan Gard- 
 ner, ToPAZE 36, Capt. Stephen G. Chtlroh, Cabnatio 
 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, Thunderer 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Bedford, tad Hibernia, TrSnt, and 
 ViLLB DE Paris, flag-ships of Lord Gardner, to 
 whom he acted as Signal-Lieutenant from Feb. 
 1806 until the receipt of his second promotal com- 
 mission, 7 May, 1808. In Feb. 1804, he had been 
 on board one of a fleet of 16 Indiamen, which gal- 
 lantly beat off a powerful French squadron under 
 Admiral Linois ; and in Aug. 1809, we find him 
 serving as a Volunteer in the expedition to the 
 Walcheren. Fronl 22 Oct. 1810, until his advance- 
 ment to Post-rank- 18 Sept. 1815, Capt. Ffarington 
 commanded the Clio 16, on the Leith station. He 
 accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married Frances Aniie, daughter of Edm. 
 Green, Esq., and has issue three sons and a 
 daughter. 
 
 FIELD. (LieutenAn*, 1809. F-P., 18 j ffp., 33.) 
 Allen George Field entered the Navy, 14 April, 
 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mercuet 28, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, but was discharged in con- 
 seqiltooe of ill health, 23 Sept. 1797. On 7 Sept. 
 1800, he re-embarked on board the Rubt 64, Capts. 
 Solomon Ferris, Sir Edw. Berry, and Henry Hill ; 
 
 with the latter of whom he afterwards served as 
 Midshipman, from March, 1803, to June, 1807, in 
 the Camilla 20, Cerberus 32, and Agincourt 64, 
 on the North American and Home stations. After 
 a further servitude, with Capt. J-ohn Richards, in 
 the Forester 18, Mr. Field, who had passed his ex- 
 amination 2 July, 1806, became, early in 1808, Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Desperate gun-brig, Lieut- 
 Commanders Joshua Birks, Jas. Leach, and Bobt. 
 Ellary ; and while in that vessel, in which he conti- 
 nued until promoted to his present rank, 25 March, 
 1809, he was frequently employed on the hazardous 
 service of landing manifestoes and other similar do- 
 cuments on the coast of France. He then joined 
 the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. Ussher, and, after at- 
 tending the expedition to the Walcheren, succes- 
 sively joined L'Aimable 32, and Horatio 38, both 
 commanded by Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, in the North 
 Sea. From 5 Jan. 1813, until 23 July, 1814, we 
 find him employed in the Mediterranean on board 
 the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Eear-Admirals Edw. 
 Jas. Foote and Sir Rich. King, and also in the 
 Union 98, Capt. Robt. Rolles, under whom he wit- 
 nessed the fall of Genoa, in April, 1814. His sub- 
 sequent appointments were — 29 May, 1817, to the 
 Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest, on the North Sea 
 and Baltic stations — and, 2 June, 1820, to the com- 
 mand of the RoTAL Clarence Revenue-cutter. 
 Since Aug. 1823, he has been on half-pay. 
 Lieut. Field is married. 
 
 FIELD. (LiEnTEN ANT, 1846.) 
 
 John Bousquet Field passed his examination 
 19 Sept. 1839 ; and until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 9 Jan. 1846, served on the African and 
 South American stations, in the Cygnet 10, Capt. 
 Edm. Wilson, Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, 
 Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commo- 
 dore John Brett Purvis, Seaflower cutter, Capt. 
 Justus Peter Roepel, and Kingfisher 12, Capt. 
 Chas. Foreman Brown. He was then for a short 
 time appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the Pene- 
 lope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa ; 
 and since 11 March, 1847, has been similarly borne 
 on the books of the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Parker, Commander-in-Chief on the Mediter- 
 ranean station. 
 
 FIELD. (Lieutenant, 1832.) 
 
 William George Field entered the Navy 3 
 Nov. 1819 ; passed his examination in 1826 ; and 
 obtained his commission 30 Aug. 1832. He was 
 afterwards appointed — 15 Aug. 1833, to the Ocean 
 80, Capts. Edw. Barnard and Alex. EUice, guard- 
 ship at Sheemess — and, 27 Aug. 1835, to the Howe 
 120, bearing the flag at the same place of Hon. 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. He has been unem- 
 ployed since 1836. Agents— Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 FIGG. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 William Figg, born 27 Aug. 1783, at Berwick- 
 upon-Tweed, is eldest son of Capt. Jas. Figg, of the 
 Royal Invalids, who served during the reigns of 
 George II. and George HI., was wounded at the 
 battle of Bunker's Hill, and died one of the oldest 
 ofScers in the army. His only brother, Edward, a 
 Lieut. -Colonel in the Royal Engineers, died in 
 active sei^vice in Canada in 1829. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 8 Aug. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plover 18, Capt. John 
 Chesshyre, and, on removing to the Venerable 74, 
 flag-ship of Lord Duncan, Served in the battle off 
 Camperdown, 11 Oct. 1797. After a further at- 
 tlichment with the latter officer, as Midshipman, 
 to the Kent 74, he joined the BeLlona 74, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Boulden Thompson, under whom he re- 
 ceived, in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 
 1801, a woiind So severe as to haVte ever since 
 impaired the use of his left arm. From May 
 in the latter year, tintil Sept. 1805, we find 
 him serving, on the Channel) Newfoundland, and 
 
riNCH-FINEMORE-FINLAISON-FINLAYSON. 
 
 357 
 
 Irish stations, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 Bkilliant 28, Capts. Philip Wodehouse and Adam 
 Mackenzie, Camilla 20, Capts. Henry Hill and 
 Bridges "Watkinson Taylor, Cohrageux 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear- Admiral Rich. Daeres, and Beilliamt 
 again, Capt. Robt. Barrie. In Jan. 1806, Mr. Figg 
 became Acting-Sub-Lieutenant of the FnKions gun- 
 brig, Lieut.-Commander John Debenham. Being 
 advanced to the full rank of Lieutenant, 30 Aug. 
 
 1806, he was subsequently appointed— 3 March, 
 
 1807, to the Vdlture 18, Capt. Joseph Pearce, lying 
 at Sheerness— 24 July, 1807, as First, to the Snake 
 18, Capt. Thos. Young, under whom he assisted at 
 the capture of two batteries on the coast of Fin- 
 mark in 1809—20 Feb. 1810, to the Skylark 16, 
 Capt. Jas. Boxer, on the Downs station — and, 22 
 April, 1812, to the command of the Pickle schooner, 
 of 12 guns. In which vessel, when otf Scilly, he as- 
 sisted the Albacore sloop and several small craft 
 in beating off, 18 Deo. 1813, the French 40-gun 
 frigate La Gloire. Lieut. Figg, who during the 
 war was repeatedly engaged on boat-service and in 
 action with the enemy's batteries, left the Pickle 
 26 Aug. 1815, and from that period remained on 
 half-pay until the close of 1820, when he succes- 
 sively assumed command of the Sylvia and Griper 
 Revenue-cutters. Since quitting the latter vessel 
 he has not been employed. His acceptance of his 
 present rank took place 21 April, 1840. 
 
 Commander Figg married, 23 June, 1821, and 
 has issue five children. Agent — Joseph "Woodhead. 
 
 FINCH. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 John William Finch entered the Navy 11 May, 
 1811 ; and passed his examination in 1817. He was 
 promoted to a Lieutenancy, 5 July, 1826, in the 
 Scylla; obtained an appointment in the Coast 
 Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 22 Feb. 
 1827 ; and joined the Coast Guard 1 July, 1831. 
 He left the latter service in 1832 ; and does not ap- 
 pear to have been again employed until 12 July, 
 1846, when he obtained an appointment to the 
 Victory 104, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of 
 Admiral-Superintendent Hyde Parker. Since his 
 advancement to the rank he now holds, which took 
 place 9 Nov. following. Commander Finch has again 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He is married. AgenUs— Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 FINEMOEE. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 29; h-p., 14.) 
 John Finemore was born 19 Aug. 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotadb 74, Capt. 
 Chas. John Moore Mansfield, flag-ship afterwards 
 of Admirals John Child Purvis and Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 in which he served at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 
 Oct. 1805, and attended, as Midshipman, the expe- 
 dition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807. From Jan. 
 1808, until May, 1814, he was employed on board 
 the Hibernia 110, San Josef 110, and Qoeen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ships in' the Mediterranean 
 and Channel of Sir C. Cotton, Rear-Admiral Fras. 
 Pickmore, and Lord Keith. During that period 
 he witnessed the surrender, when on board the 
 Hibernia, of the Russian squadron in the Tagus, 
 in Aug. 1808, and was much engaged in blockading 
 the enemy's ports. On leaving the Queen Char- 
 lotte, Mr. Finemore escorted a body of troops to 
 Canada as Acting-Lieutenant of the Centaur 74, 
 Capt. John Chambers White. He was eventually 
 confirmed to the Philomel 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway 
 Flumridge, 17 Feb. 1815, from which sloop, on his 
 return from a visit to the East Indies, he was paid 
 ofl'9 Dec. 1816. His appointments have since been 
 —3 Nov. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in which 
 service, with the interruption of a year and nine 
 months in 1826-7, he continued, as Supernunierary- 
 Licutenant of the Hyperion 42, andRAMiLLiES and 
 Talavera 74's, Capts. Wm. Jas. Mingaye and 
 Hiigh Pigot, until Dec. 1830— and 26 Aug. 1834, to 
 the command of a station in the Coast Guard, a 
 post he still holds. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 FINLAISON. (Comman&eb, 1820. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 William Finlaison entered the Navy, 7 Oct. 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Beagle sloop, 
 Capts. John Bum, Geo. Digby, and Fras. New- 
 combe, on the Mediterranean station, where, from 
 June, 1807, until Oct. 1809, he served, as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, in the Hydra 38, 
 Capt. Geo. Mundy, Cephalos 18, Capt. Edw. 
 Harvey, and Sabine, Capt. Peter Fisher. On 7 
 Aug. 1807, when in the Hydra, he assisted in her 
 boats, under Lieut. Edw. O'Brien Drury, at the 
 cutting out, after an hour's cannonade, of three 
 armed vessels from the harbour of Begu, on the 
 coast of Catalonia, although opposed by a galling 
 fire from the shore as well as from the shipping, 
 whose force, in the whole, consisted of 32 guns and 
 210 men. Proceeding to the West Indies in 1809, 
 Mr. Finlaison there served, until Aug. 1812, on 
 board the Dannemaek 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, Or- 
 pheus 36, Capts. Robt. Preston and Hugh Pigot, 
 Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and 
 Forester 16, Capt. Alex. Kennedy — of which latter 
 vessel he appears to have been confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant 8 April, 1811. He then joined the Nimrod 
 16, Capts. Nath. Mitchell, Vincent Newton, and 
 Geo. Hilton, on the North American station, where 
 he continued until Feb. 1815. ' Being next ap- 
 pointed, 4 Nov. 1819, to the Tartar frigate. Com- 
 modore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he proceeded to the 
 coast of Africa, and was there nominated Acting- 
 Commander, 26 May, 1820, of the Morgiana sloop. 
 While in that vessel, to which he was confirmed 9 
 Sept. 1820, he received a letter of thanks from 
 the merchants of the English colony on the river 
 Gambia, for the able manner in which he brought 
 to an amicable conclusion the differences between 
 the native chiefs and the British interests. He in- 
 valided home in 1822 ; was afterwards employed in 
 the Coast Guard from 30 June, 1834, until the 
 summer of 1837; and, during the year 1844, was 
 Governor of Ascension and Commander of the 
 Tortoise store-ship. He has since been unem- 
 ployed. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 FINLAYSON. (Retired Commandek, 1845. 
 F-p., 16; H-p., 33.) 
 
 John Finlayson, born 21 Nov. 1786, is of Scotch 
 extraction. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capt. 
 John HoUoway, bearing the flags afterwards of 
 Lord Nelson and Sir Chas. Morioe Pole, of which 
 ship he was Signal-Midshipman in the action off 
 Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. During that memorable 
 conflict he went on board the Elephant and other 
 ships of the fleet, and eventually took possession of 
 the HoLSTEiN, a captured 64. In April, 1803, hav- 
 ing been unemployed, except in the merchant ser- 
 vice, for a period of 16 months, he re-embarked, as 
 Master's Mate, on board the Topaze 36, Capts. 
 Willoughby Thos. Lake and Anselm John Griffiths, 
 with whom, successively, he continued on the Irish 
 station until March, 1807, when he sailed for the 
 West Indies in the Djedalos 32, Capt. Fred. War- 
 ren, where, after an intermediate attachment to the 
 Northumberland and Belleisle 74's, bearing each 
 the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in Nov. 1807, of the Ulysses 44, Capts. 
 Christopher John Williams Nesham and Wm. Maude. 
 While in the latter ship, his appointment to which 
 received official sanction 9 April, 1808, Mr. Finlay- 
 son landed as second in command of a detachment 
 of seamen and marines under Lieut. Gore, and, 
 after storming a strong battery, the guns of which 
 (16 24-poUnders) he destroyed, sustained, on his 
 way back to the boats, several assaults from the 
 enemy's troops, and received a musket-ball in the 
 left leg. lie also, in March, 1808, assisted at the 
 capture of Marie-galante, and, when that island was) 
 
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 FINUCANE— FIOTT-FISHBOURNE-FISHER. 
 
 subsequently attacked by the French, he co-ope- 
 rated in its defence, in the capacity of Adjutant 
 and Town-major ; but, in the midst of the opera- 
 tions, he was struck by the sun, and laid up for 
 three months with an attack of yellow fever. Re- 
 moving with Capt. Maude, in Nov. 1808, into the 
 Jason 32, Mr. Finlayson, on 22 Jan. 1809, assisted, 
 with the Cleopatra 32, in capturing the French 
 frigate La Topaze of 38 guns ; as First-Lieutenant 
 of which ship (afterwards named Jewel and then 
 Alcmene) he assisted, in the course of the same 
 and of the following year, at the reduction of Mar- 
 tinique, the Saintes, and Guadaloupe. His next ap- 
 pointments were, also as Senior-Lieutenant — 8 June, 
 1810, to the PAriLLON 18, Capt. Jas. Hay, in which 
 vessel he saw much active service during the siege 
 of Cadiz— and, 24 Sept. 1814, to the Myrtle 20, 
 Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, on the Cork station. 
 Commander Finlayson, who had been on half-pay 
 since 30 Nov. 1815, accepted the rank he now holds 
 18 Jan. 184,5. 
 
 From 1816 until 1840 he was constantly employed 
 in the merchant service, and during the last 16 
 years of that period had the command of various 
 steamers. He is married, and has issue. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 field Sturt, and to the command of the Renegade 
 4 both attached to the force in the West Indies. 
 
 FISHBOUENE. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Edmund Gardiner Fishbourne entered the 
 Navy 1 Feb. 1824 ; passed his examination in 
 1830 • and obtained his first commission l\ April, 
 1835 ' His ensuing appointments were, on the Af- 
 rican station— 24 Nov. 1835, to the Thalia 46, 
 Capt. Bobt. "Wauohope— 12 July, 1836, to the Pt- 
 LADES 18, Capt. "Wm. Langford Castle — 22 Jan. 
 1838, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the ScOdt 18, Capt. 
 Kobt. Craigie — and, 15 Sept. 1840, in a similar capa- 
 city, to the Albert steamer, Capt. Henry Dundas 
 Trotter, in which he Attended the unfortunate ex- 
 pedition to the Niger. "WhUe employed on the 
 latter service he was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 1 Nov. 1841, and appointed to the Soudan, 
 another steamer. He has been on half-pay since 
 1842. 
 
 FINUCANE. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 27.) 
 Henry Adgustjjs Findcane entered the Navy, 2 
 Aug. 1811, as Sec.-cl. Tol., on board the Owen 
 Glendoweb 36, Capt. Brian Hodgson ; and, from 
 Sept. following until Dec. 1814, served, latterly as 
 Midshipman, in the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter 
 Parker, on the Mediterranean and North American 
 stations. AVhile in the last-named vessel, he appears 
 to have been exposed) 29 May, 1812, to a fire from 
 the batteries on Pointe Ecampebarion, daring an 
 attempt made by her to cut off a French frigate and 
 brig from entering Toulon. Until his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 30 Nov. 1820, he was after- 
 wards employed, chiefly on the Home station, in 
 the EuROTAS 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lilli- 
 crap, Hebrus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, Eivoli 74, 
 Capts. Sir Chas. Ogle and Aiskew Paffard HoUis, 
 Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Thos. Briggs, and 
 Royal George yacht, Capt. Sir Chas. Paget. Lieut. 
 Funicane, whose next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1841, 
 to the Coast Guard, left that service in 1842 ; but 
 for a short time in 1846 was again employed in it. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 PIOTT. (Lieutenant, 1810.) 
 
 William Edward Fiott entered the Navy, 27 
 May, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamem- 
 non 64, Capt. Robt. Devereux Fancourt, under 
 whom he bore a part in the action off Copenhagen 
 2 April, 1801. Removing, in 1802, to the Amphion 
 32, Capts. Rich. Hen. Alex. Bennett, Alex. Eraser, 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy, and Sam. Sutton, he ac- 
 companied Lord Nelson in that frigate to the Me- 
 diterranean in 1803 ; after which he became Mid- 
 shipman, in 1804, of the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Wm. 
 D' Urban, and Acting-Lieutenant, in 1805, of the 
 Montagu 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. On next 
 joining the Temeraire 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, he 
 shared, we believe, in the battle of Trafalgar. The 
 remaining years of the war he passed on board the 
 Chipfonne 36, Capt. Pat. Campbell, Prince 98, 
 Capts. Rich. Grindall and Wm. Lechmere, Royal 
 Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Edw. 
 Thornbrough, Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Bu- 
 cephalus 36, Capt. Chas. Pelly, Marlborodgh 74, 
 Capt. Mat. Henry Scott, Chatham 74, bearing the 
 flag of the same officer, and Leander 50, Capt. Sir 
 Geo. Ralph Collier, on the Mediterranean, North 
 Sea, East India, Home, and American stations. The 
 Bucephalus formed part of the expedition to the 
 Walcheren in 1809. Lieut. Fiott, whose commission 
 bears date 27 April, 1810, and who left the Leander 
 in 1814, was lastly appointed, in March and Oct. 
 1823, to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pit- 
 
 FISHER- (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Henby Fisher was bom 20 April, 1793, at West- 
 wood, near Bath. 
 
 This of&cer entered the Navy, 20 Feb. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. Phihp 
 Somerville, employed on the Newfoundland and 
 North Sea stations ; and oh next joining the Rota 
 38, commanded by the same Captain, attended, as 
 Midshipman, the expedition to the Scheldt in Aug. 
 1809. From Oct. 1812 until Aug. 1814 he served, 
 as Master's Mate, and latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 under Sir John Gore, in the Revenge 74; during 
 his attachment to which ship he appears to have 
 taken part in several boat affairs, particularly on 
 the night of 8 Nov. 1813, when he assisted in cutting 
 out a privateer in the harbour of Palamos.* While 
 afterwards serving with Sir Jas. Athol Wood in the 
 PoMPEE 80, Mr. Fisher was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant by commission dated 28 Feb. 1815. 
 Since his return to England, in the following Sept., 
 he has not been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Fisher is at present Superintendent of 
 Police at Bristol. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 FISHER. (Commander, 1814. i^p., 17; h-p., 33.) 
 John Fisher entered the Navy, in 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Puissant 74, Capt. Allen, 
 guard-ship at Portsmouth. In May, 1800, he be- 
 came Midshipman of the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. 
 Scott, on the Mediterranean station, where he wit- 
 nessed the fall of Genoa in 1800; served, durmg 
 the Egyptian expedition of 1801, at the landing of 
 the troops in Aboultir Bay, as also with the army 
 in the battles of 13 and 21 March ; and was wounded 
 in the cheek while co-operating in the defence of 
 Porto Ferrajo, in the island of Elba. After an at- 
 tachment of a few months to the Adamant 50, 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton, tad Success 32, Capt. G. Scott, 
 he obtained a Lieutenancy, 6 Aug. 1805, in the 
 Trompeuse 18, Capt. Wm. Brooking Dolling, and, 
 on 11 Jan. 1806, was next appointed to the Resolu- 
 tion 74, commanded also by Capt. Burlton ; under 
 whom ho served, in ,1808, at the blockade of the 
 Russian squadron in the Tagus, and assisted, in 
 Jan. 1809, at the destruction of three transports 
 under a heavy fire from tlie enemy's batteries, 
 besides witnessing the embarkation of the remains 
 of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna. On the 
 latter occasion Mr. Fisher brought home, in a 
 transport which had been abandoned by her crew, 
 a company of the 9th Regt. of Infantry, under the 
 command of the present Sir "frm. Maynard Gomm, 
 which hut for him would have been captured. For 
 this service he received the thanks of the Lords of 
 the Admiralty. . He was afterwards employed, on 
 the Halifax and West India stations, in the Martin 
 18, Capt. John Evans, and Dkagon 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Eras. Laforey. In March, 1814, he be- 
 came Acting-Commander of the Goree 18, at Ber- 
 muda i and on 7 June following he was confii'mcd 
 * Vide Gaj. 1814, p. 124. 
 
FISHER. 
 
 359 
 
 in the Wasp 16. Since his return from North 
 America, in Sept. 1815, Commander Fisher has 
 heen on half-pay. 
 
 He now holds the appointment of Principal and 
 Superintendent Harbour-Master of the Port of 
 London. He is married, and has issue. 
 
 FISHER. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Peter Fishek is son of the late Capt. Peter 
 Fisher, R.N., a veteran officer of distinction, who, 
 at the period of his death, which took place 28 Aug. 
 1844, held the appointments of Superintendent of 
 Sheerness Dockyard, Captain of Sandown Castle, 
 and Magistrate both for the Cinque Ports and for 
 CO. Kent.* He is brother of Commander Thos. 
 Fisher, R.N., and has two other brothers Lieute- 
 nants in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 21 Dec. 1828 ; 
 passed his examination in 1833 ; obtained his first 
 commission 28 June, 1838 ; served for nearly three 
 years in the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, by 
 whom he was mentioned in the highest terms for 
 his conduct, as Senior-Lieutenant of that ship, 
 during the operations which led to the fall oi 
 Canton, in May, 1841 ; t and, on 8 of the following 
 June, was in consequence promoted to the rank he 
 now holds. He has been employed, since 20 March, 
 1846, as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 He married, 19 March, 1846, Catherine Alicia, 
 daughter of the late Thos. Backhouse, Esq., of 
 Caldbeck, co. Cumberland. 
 
 FISHER. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 15 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Thomas Fisher is brother of Commander Peter 
 Fisher, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 30 Oct. 1824; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; acted as Lieute- 
 nant, from 17 May to 16 Dec. 1831, of the Success 
 28, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, on the East India 
 station ; and was officially promoted 28 Dec. 1833. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 7 April, 1834, 
 to the Hastings 74, flag-ship off Lisbon of SirWm. 
 Hall Gage— 25 May, 1838, to the Thibune 24, Capt. 
 Chas. Hamlyn AVilliams, on the same station — and, 
 13 Nov. 1839, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of 
 Sir Thos. Harvey in North America and the West 
 Indies. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 and, since 13 June, 1845, has been in command of 
 the Stromboli steam-sloop, on particular service. 
 
 Commander Fisher married, 8 April, 1847, Anne, 
 eldest daughter of the late Major-Gen. Hamilton, 
 C.B. 
 
 FISHER. (Captain, 1811.^^-p., 22; h-p., 30.) 
 
 William Fisher, born 18 Nov. 1780, is second 
 son of the late John Fisher, Esq., of Yarmouth, co. 
 Norfolk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1795, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Squirrel 20, Capt. Geo. 
 Parker, attached to the fleet in the North Sea. He 
 served next, between June, 1796, and June, 1798, in 
 L'OksEAU 36, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, and 
 Tremendous 74, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope 
 of Rear- Admiral Thos. Pringle, with whom he re- 
 turned home in the Crescent 36 ; and then joined 
 the Dragon 74, Capt. Geo. Campbell, employed 
 successively in the Channel and Mediterranean. 
 For his singular intrepidity, shortly afterwards, in 
 leading the way aloft, followed by two seamen, 
 when the foremast, during a violent storm, was 
 badly sprung, and the ship in a critical situation, 
 and cutting away the topmast, whereby the lower 
 
 * Capt. Fisher, whose servitude afloat embraced the long 
 period of between 30 and 40 years, was present in four general 
 actions at sea, and in many others on shoie, was at the re- 
 duction of three large fortresses, assisted at the capture, 
 besides innumerable smaller vessels, of fifteen line-of-battle 
 ships, and received four wounds, from one of which he 
 never perfectly recovered. Durin;; the peace he successively 
 commanded the Wve SG, Ranoer S8, Southampton 52, 
 Calcutta G4, and Oci^an 80. Ht; died, as above, at the a^^e 
 of 63. 
 
 t Vide Gut. 1841, p. 2510. 
 
 mast was preserved, Mr. Fisher had the honour- of 
 receiving the public thanks of his Captain. He 
 subsequently, in the same ship, and the Foudrotant 
 80, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, took part in the 
 operations connected with the expedition to Egypt 
 in 1801 ; after which he removed to the Santa 
 Dorothea 42, Capt. Hugh Downman, and, on 3 
 Sept. in the same year, was promoted into the 
 Irresistible 74, Capt. Wm. BUgh. His succeeding 
 appointments, as Lieutenant, were — 26 Oct. 1801, to 
 the Iris 32, Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse and 
 David Atkins, on the North Sea station— 8 April, 
 1803, to the Canopus 80, bearing the flag off Toulon 
 of his former Captain, Rear-Admiral Geo. Camp- 
 bell— 2 April, 1805, to the Superb 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats, in which ship he accompanied Lord 
 Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the com- 
 bined fleets of France and Spain — and, 9 Oct. 1805, 
 as First, to the Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, in 
 the North Sea. Capt. Fisher, having obtained his 
 .second commission 25 Sept. 1806, was next ap- 
 pointed, 25 Feb. and 18 June, 1807, to the Merlin 
 16, and Racehorse 18. In the latter vessel he 
 captured in the Channel, 2 March, 1808, a French 
 privateer, L'Amiral GanteauTne, of 4 guns and 28 
 men ; was frequently engaged with the batteries off 
 Cherbourg ; and, on proceeding to the Cape, was 
 actively employed, during the years 1809 and 10, 
 off the Mauritius, and in exploring the Mozambique. 
 On 10 Dec. 1810 he was nominated Acting-Captain 
 of the Akbar 44, in which ship he convo3'ed the 
 troops from the former place to Madras ; and on 18 
 April, 1811, being at the time on his passage home 
 in the Barbadoes frigate, Capt. Brian Hodgson, 
 he was officially posted. Capt. Fisher remained 
 thenceforward on half-pay until 14 Sept. 1815, be- 
 tween which period and Oct. 1817, when he inva- 
 lided in consequence of a desperate attack of fever, 
 we find him commanding the 20-gun ships Bann 
 and Cherub on the coast of Guinea. While in the 
 Bann, independently of other similar vessels, he 
 captured, 5 March, 1816, by laying her alongside 
 and boarding, after a long running fight, the slaver 
 iV Temeraj-io, of 16 guns and 80 men ; and, in the 
 Cherub, after a desperate resistance, he took a 
 large heavily-armed pirate-schooner. His next and 
 last appointment was, 18 March, 1836, to the Asia 
 84, in which he served, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion, tmtil placed out of commission in May, 1841. 
 During that period he was frequently engaged on 
 important detached services, particularly in 1840, 
 when he commanded the squadron, consisting of 
 five line-of-battle ships and other smaller vessels, 
 employed in blockading the powerful fleet assem- 
 bled at Alexandria. After the British authorities 
 and the British flag had been withdrawn from that 
 place, Capt. Fisher, in pursuance of the peremptory 
 instructions of H.M. Ambassador at Constantinople, 
 performed the hazardous duty of landing alone, 
 and personally conveying to Mehemet Ali the offi- 
 cial announcement of his deposition. He also took 
 upon himself the responsibility of keeping open our 
 Indian mail communications through Egypt, and of 
 suspending the mercantile part of the blockade. 
 In the discharge of these and the numerous other 
 very delicate offices which devolved upon him at 
 that eventful epoch, he acquired the unqualified 
 approbation of the Commander-in-Chief; the Turk- 
 ish gold medal, sword, and diamond decoration 
 were conferred on him ; and, on 1 July, 1842, he 
 was awarded the Good-Service Pension. 
 
 Capt. Fisher, while in the CBEnuB, suggested to 
 the Admiralty the excellent plan, now in general 
 adoption by our own and the French and Russian 
 navies, of watering ships, for his subsequent com- 
 pletion of which, while on half-pay, he received 
 from the board its official thanks, and a portion of 
 his expenses.* He mari'ied, in May, 1810, Eliza- 
 
 * When we reflect on the enormous mass of evil, moral 
 and physical, which was inseparable from the system of 
 watering a fleet during the war, the calamitous and ever- 
 recurring elTects of which must be so vividly present in the 
 recollections of the senior members of the profession, and 
 compare it with the simple, efTicacious, and inexpensive mode 
 
360 
 
 FISHER— FITTON. 
 
 beth, sister of Sir Jas. Kivett Carnac, Bart., late 
 Governor of Bomtay, and of Capt. John Kivett 
 Camao, K.N. By that lady he has, with one 
 daughter, an only son, who holds an appointment in 
 the Madras Civil Service. Agents — Hallett and 
 Kobinson. 
 
 FISHEE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Edward Fisher entered the Navy in 
 1831 ; passed his examination 28 June, 1838 ; and 
 was afterwards employed for several years in the 
 Mediterranean, and on particular service, as Mate 
 of the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Keynolds, 
 Medea steam-vessel. Capt. Fred. Warden, and Ceo- 
 codile 26, flag-ship of Sir Hugh Pigot. Since his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 6 Dec. 1845, his appointments have heen — on 
 the latter date, to the Penelope steam-frigate, 
 bearing the broad pendant on the coast of Africa of 
 Commodore Wm. Jones— 31 Dec. 1845, to the Rapid 
 10, Capt. Henry J. W. S. P. Gallway, on the same 
 station— and, 21 July, 1846, as First, to the Ferret 
 8, Capt. Geo. Sprigg, also on the African coast, 
 where he is at present serving. 
 
 FITTON. (Lieut., 1804. f-p., 25; h-p., 42.) 
 
 Michael Fitton was born about 1766, at Gaws- 
 worth, in Cheshire, now the seat of the Earl of 
 Harrington, but formerly the property of his an- 
 cestor Sir Edw. Fitton, Chancellor of Ireland temp, 
 James II. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1780 (under 
 the auspices of Lord Keppel), as Captain's Servant, 
 on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Geo. Keppel. In 
 that frigate, besides assisting at the capture of the 
 Pk(S7iij:, a heavy privateer, he witnessed that of an 
 American packet having on board Mr. Laurens, 
 ex-President of the Kebel Congress, who was pro- 
 ceeding to Holland with a secret treaty of alliance 
 with the Dutch. This treaty, previously to the 
 actual capture of the ship, had been thrown in a bag 
 overboard, and would never have been discovered 
 but for Mr. Fitton, who, being at the moment em- 
 ployed in furling the fore-top gallant sail, observed 
 what he considered to be a man overboard, and in- 
 stantly made a report which led to its recovery. 
 A declaration of war against the Dutch, and the 
 immediate sweeping of their numerous vessels from 
 the face of the sea, were thus the momentous re- 
 sults of Mr. Fitton's keenness. He continued to 
 serve with Capt. Keppel until 1784, as Midshipman 
 of the Fairy, Eolus, Fortitude, and Hebe ; and 
 had an opportunity, in consequence, of acting a part 
 in many of the scenes connected with the American 
 war, and of assisting in the Fortitude, as aide-de- 
 camp to his Captain, at the relief of Gibraltar, in 
 1782. In 1793 he rejoined the same ofiicer, as 
 Master's Mate, on board the Defiance 74, from 
 which ship he removed, in 1796, to the Bristol, 
 Lieut.-Commander Silly. He had not been long, 
 however, in the latter vessel before he was appointed 
 Purser of the Stork sloop, Capt. Rich. Harrison 
 Pearson ; on board of which vessel, during the 
 great mutiny at the Nore, it was his fortune to be 
 
 greatly instrumental to the preservation of order. 
 In his arrival in the West Indies, Mr. Fitton, with 
 a single boat, destroyed a privateer which the Stork 
 had driven on shore. He was afterwards sent as 
 Master of a prize, vrith four hands to assist in the 
 navigation of her, to Jamaica, and on his passage, 
 although detained^ but a short period, was taken 
 captive by Le Tc'k'maque French privateer. On re- 
 signing his appointment as Purser of the Stork, for 
 the sake of obtaining more active employment, Mr. 
 Fitton, who had passed the examination necessary 
 to indicate his fitness for the receipt of a commis- 
 sion, and had more than once had charge of a watch, 
 was immediately nominated, 11 Jan. 1799, Acting- 
 
 now in vogue, too much praise, it must be owned, cannot be 
 awarded to the man who has heen tlie happy instrument of a 
 change so great. Capt. Fisher has conferred a boon on the 
 service and the country at large « hich cannot be over-esti- 
 mated. 
 
 Lieutenant of the Abergavenny"* 54, and allowed, 
 from that period until 1802, to command her ten- 
 ders, on the Jamaica station ; where, in the Ferret 
 schooner, of 6 3-pounders and 45 men, he fought a 
 gallant action of an hour with a Spanish privateer, 
 of 14 6-pounders and 100 men ; and where, in Sept. 
 1800, previously to witnessing the surrender of 
 Cura9oa, he distinguished himself by his activity 
 and spirited conduct on many other occasions, par- 
 ticularly in an attack made by him, in the Active, 
 a schooner mounting 8 12-poimder carronades, with 
 a crew of about 45 men, on five or six French pri- 
 vateers lying close to the walls of Fort Piscadero, 
 near the harbour of Amsterdam. t On 23 Jan. 1801, 
 being on a cruise on the Spanish main, Mr. Fitton, 
 then in command of a small worn-out felucca, car- 
 rying 1 long 12-pounder on a traversing carriage, 
 and 44 men, fell in with the Spanish gardaccsta 
 Santa Maria ab JForano, of 6 long 6-pounders, 10 
 swivels, and 60 men ; which vessel, having suffered 
 herself to be driven on shore on the island of Varus, 
 was boarded and carried through the irresistible 
 heroism of Mr. Fitton, who, with his sword in his 
 mouth, followed by the greater part of his crew 
 similarly armed, plunged into the sea and swam to 
 her. During his command of the Active we find 
 him on one occasion expending the sum of 80/. out 
 of his own private resources for the purpose of pro- 
 curing intelligence which enabled him to capture 
 four vessels in the gulf of Venezuela; of all the 
 profit resulting from which he was ousted through 
 the machinations of a prize-agent. Notvdthstand- 
 ing the valiant exploits we have recorded, Mr. 
 Fitton was sent home at the peace without either 
 promotion or reward. On his return to Jamaica at 
 the recommencement of hostilities, he was ap- 
 pointed, again with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, 
 to the command of the Gipsy schooner, of 10 guns 
 and 45 men, fender to the flag-ship, the Hercdle. 
 During the operations of 1804 against Curagoa, 
 being the only officer in the squadron who had ever 
 been at the island before, he was assigned the 
 honour of directing its movements. He also joined 
 in the attack upon Fort Piscadero, and upon the 
 enemy being driven out he landed with a detach- 
 ment under Commodore Bligh, taking with him the 
 Gipsy's guns, which were dragged up a hill, and 
 mounted in battery in a position to annoy the town 
 of Amsterdam. The united testimony borne by all 
 the Captains of the squadron to the zeal and judg- 
 ment displayed by Mr. Fitton, who in the end was 
 sent with despatches to the Commander-in-Chief, 
 led at length to his confirmation in the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 9 March, 1804. Pursuing his gallant 
 career vrith the samMBfdour and success, he attack- 
 ed, on 21 Jan. 1805, olTCape Antonio, and destroyed 
 one of five pursuing privateers; and on 26 Oct. 
 1806, having in the mean while removed to the 
 PiTT,{ of 12 guns and 54 men, he effected the cap- 
 ture, after an arduous chase of 67 hours, interspersed 
 with several close and spirited actions, in the course 
 of which the British had 8 men woimded, of La 
 Superhe, of 14 guns and 94 men, one of the most 
 formidable privateers that had for a long time in- 
 fested the commerce of the West Indies. Although 
 the " zeal and perseverance, the very gallant con- 
 duct, and superior professional abilities," again dis- 
 played by Lieut. Fitton on this occasion, were offici- 
 ally reported by the Commander-in-Chief,§ he was, 
 nevertheless — after having further captured Le Fm 
 
 * While on the Aderoavenny's books Mr. Fitton vnt& 
 twice very severely injured ; the first time, during a violent 
 tornado, when he fell down the hatchway upon a bundle of 
 iron-hoops, fracturing his left knee, and dreadfully lacerating 
 his face ; and the second, during an action with a privateer, 
 on which occasion a gun, having snapped its breechings, fell 
 upon him and smaslied his right ankle. Altllough the latter 
 accident occurred to him in the execution of his duty, he 
 never received the slightest compensation. 
 
 + Vide Ga'i. 1800, p. l.isi. 
 
 { In the purchase of this vessel into the service Mr. Fitton 
 appears to have himself expended the sum of 400/. Ho had 
 also contributed with his prize-money to the purchase of all 
 the AnEHOAVENNv's tenders. 
 
 } Vide Gaz. 1 806, p. 1 080. 
 
FITZCLARENCE-FITZGERALD. 
 
 361 
 
 Fon privateer, of 1 gun and 43 men, and a Spanish 
 armed schooner, the Abija — superseded, "not," as 
 observed by Mr. James in his ' Naval History,' "to 
 be promoted to the rank of Commander, but to be 
 turned adrift as an unemployed Lieutenant." All 
 he got was the thanks of the Admiralty, and a sword 
 from the Patriotic Society valued at 50Z. Bnsuc- 
 cessful in his exertions to procure an appointment, 
 he remained on half-pay for nearly four years, at 
 the expiration of which period he was at first, 15 
 April, 1811, and next, 16 Feb. 1812, invested with 
 the command of the Archer and Cracker gun- 
 brigs, on the Channel and Baltic stations. In the 
 latter vessel he was much employed in convoying ; 
 and on one occasion he succeeded, through a train 
 of singular manoeuvres, in alone conducting a most 
 valuable and numerous charge safe through the 
 Little Belt. In one instance, too, he was the means, 
 during a violent gale, of snatching from destruction 
 the crew of a prize belonging to the Hamadryad 
 frigate ; and, in another, he obtained salvage for 
 rescuing, and conducting into the Downs, an Ame- 
 rican ship that had got upon a shoal near North 
 Yarmouth, and was in a state of great distress. 
 Being again put out of commission in 1815, the 
 Lieutenant failed in his solicitations for further 
 employment until 22 Feb. 1831, when he was ap- 
 pointed to the Ordinary at Plymouth, to which he 
 continued attached during the usual period of three 
 years. He was admitted into Greenwich Hospital 
 20 April, 1835. 
 
 During the term of his servitude in the West 
 Indies, Lieut. Fitton had the good fortune to cap- 
 ture upwards of 40 sail of vessels, many of them 
 privateers — but with little benefit to himself, from 
 the circumstance of his having been so long in com- 
 mand of a tender, and only sharing in consequence 
 with the officers on board the flag-ship.* His only 
 surviving son, Frederick — the eldest having died in 
 the West Indies, while serving with his father as 
 a passed Clerk — holds an appointment in the Mer- 
 chant Seamen's office ; and his youngest daughter is 
 married to the only son of Sir Rich. Dobson, JI.D., 
 F.R.S., Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets. Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 FITZCLAEENOE, Lord, G.C.H. (Captain, 
 1824. F-P., .31 ; H-P., 2.) 
 The Eight Honohrable Lord Adoiphos Fitz- 
 Clarence, bom 18 Feb. 1802, is second (natural) 
 son of His late Majesty King William IV. ; uncle of 
 the present Earl of Munster ; brother of Lord Au- 
 gustus FitzClarence, Rector of Maple Durham, co. 
 Oxford ; and brother-in-law of Lord De Lisle and 
 Dudley, Lieut.-Col. Chas. Fox, of the Grenadier 
 Guards, the Earl of Errol, Lord John Fred. Gordon 
 Hallyburton, Capt. R.N., and Viscount Falkland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 May, 1814, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Impregnable 98, Capte. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood and Chas. Adam, hearing 
 the flag of H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence, in which 
 ship he shortly afterwards escorted the Allied So- 
 vereigns from Calais to Dover. He then, as Mid- 
 shipman, joined the Newcastle 50, Capt. Lord Geo. 
 Stuart, on the North American station ; on his re- 
 turn whence, in 1815, he proceeded to the Mediter- 
 ranean in the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans 
 Dundas, and there continued to serve on board the 
 Rochtort 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle, and Gi/ASGOiv 50, Capt. Hon. Anth. Mait- 
 land, until the receipt of his first commission, bear- 
 ing date 23 April, 1821. He joined, 22 Oct. follow- 
 ing, the Eektalos 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. 
 Clifford, fitting for the station last mentioned, and, 
 attaining the rank of Commander 17 May, 1823, 
 was next appointed, 26 Dec. in the same year, and 
 28 Feb. 1824, to the Brisk sloop, and Redwing 18, 
 on the North Sea station. Capt. FitzClarence, who 
 acquired his present rank 24 Deo. 1824, was subse- 
 • In the United Service Journal for Feb. 1835, onr readers 
 will find, written by Lieut. Fitton himself, an account of the 
 extraordinary manner in which, through the instrumentality 
 of a shark, he effected the condemnation, in 1799, of au 
 enemy's vessel provided with GUse papers, and professing to 
 be neutral. 
 
 quently appointed — 9 Feb. 1826, to the Ariadne 
 26, in the Mediterranean — 2 July, 1827, to the 
 Challenger 28, in which frigate he brought home 
 the Earl of Dalhousie, late Governor-General of 
 Canada, and then visited Lisbon — and, 28 Aug. 1828, 
 to the Pallas 42, employed in conveying the latter 
 nobleman and the Bishop of Calcutta from Ports- 
 mouth to Bengal, General Viscount Combermere 
 from India home, and Col. Fox from Halifax. Since 
 22 July, 1830, his Lordship has been in uninter- 
 rupted command of the Royal George and Victo- 
 ria AND Albert yachts. 
 
 He was appointed Groom of the Robes to William 
 IV. 24 July, 1830; granted, 24 May, 1831, the title 
 and precedency of the younger son of a Marquis ; 
 nominated a G.C.H. 24 Feb. 1832; and created a 
 Lord of the Bedchamber in Ordinary 5 Jan. 1833. 
 Agents— rMessrs. Ommanney. 
 
 FITZGERALD. (Commander, 1840.) 
 
 Charles Fitzgerald entered the Navy 17 March, 
 1809 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained 
 his first commission 27 March, 1826. His appoint- 
 ments, as Lieutenant, were — 17 April, 1832, to the 
 Coast Guard— 21 Sept. 1833 and 29 April, 1836, to 
 the Cruizer 16, and Belvidera 42, Capts. John 
 M'Causland, Wm. Alex. Willis, and Chas. Borough 
 Strong, on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion — and, 26 July, 1838, to the command of the 
 Buzzard 3, on the coast of Africa, where he made 
 prize of several slavers. He invalided home in Feb. 
 1840 ; acquired his present rank 26 Oct. following ; 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Fitzgerald is now Governor of the 
 settlements on the Gambia. He married, 5 May, 
 1837, Lucy, youngest daughter of Dr. Austin ; and 
 became a widower 19 Nov. 1843. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 FITZGERALD. (Retired Commander, 184G. 
 F-p., 12; H-p., 41.) 
 Hamilton Fitzgerald entered the Navy, 17 
 Dec. 1794, as A. B., on board the Droid 32, Capt. 
 Joseph Ellison, and, on accompanying that officer, 
 as Midshipman, into the Standard 64, attended 
 the expedition to Quiberon in June, 1795. On 24 
 Oct. 1798, having removed to the SiRiiis 36, Capt. 
 Rich. King, he assisted at the capture, off' the Texel, 
 of the Dutch ships Waakzamheid of 26 guns and 
 100 men, and Furie of 36 guns and 153 men ; subse- 
 quently to which event he joined, at Plymouth, the 
 Garland 28, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and Cam- 
 bridge and Zealand flag-ships. Being promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy, 20 July, 1801, in, the Isis 50, 
 Capts. Wm. Nowell, John Sutton, and Thos. Mas- 
 terman Hardy, in which ship he escorted the Duke 
 of Kent to Gibraltar, Mr. Fitzgerald was afterwards 
 appointed— 22 Dec. 1804, to the Decade 36, Capts. 
 Wm. Gordon Rutherford and John Stuart, one of 
 Lord Nelson's trigates, we beheve, in his pursuit of 
 the combined fleets to the West Indies in 1805 — 
 and next, as First, to the Hindostan 50, Capts. 
 Thos. Bowen and Wm. Hole, and Achille 74, Capt. 
 Sir Rich. King, on the Lisbon and Home stations. 
 Having been on half-pay since 27 April, 1809, he 
 accepted the rank of Retired Commander on the Ju- 
 nior List 12 July, 1831 ; and on 29 May, 1846, he was 
 placed on the Senior List. Agent — John Chippen- 
 dale. 
 
 FITZGERALD. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 10; 
 H.P., 33.) 
 Henry Fitzgerald entered the Navy, 1 Deo. 
 1804, as Ordinary, on board the Princess Char- 
 lotte 38, Capts. Hon. Fras. Farington-Gardner and 
 Geo. Tobin ; in which ship he continued to serve, 
 on the West India and Irish stations, part of the 
 time as Midshipman, until Nov. 1810. During that 
 period he was occasionally employed in escorting 
 convoys— took part, 5 Oct. 1805, in a severe action 
 of an hour, near Tobago, with La Ct/ane of 26, and 
 La Naiade of 16 guns, the former of which then 
 surrendered — and served off Greenland for the 
 protection of the whale fishery. He subsequently 
 
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 FITZGERALD-FITZ-GERALD. 
 
 joined the Salvadoii del Mdndo, guard-ship 
 at Plymouth, Capt. Jas. Nash, F.oktonee 36, 
 Capt. Henry Vansittart, and Mata 84, and Mil- 
 PORD 74, flag-ships in the Mediterranean of Rear- 
 Admirals Benj. Hallowell and Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle. As Acting-Lieutenant of the Weasel 18, 
 Capt. Jas. Blaclf, Mr. Fitzgerald, in 1813, served 
 in the batteries at the siege of Trieste ; after which 
 he rejoined the Milfohb ; and, on 3 Feb. 1814, 
 being then Acting-Lieutenant of the Havannah 
 36, Capt. Black, aided in causing the seif-destruction 
 of the French 40-gun frigate Uranie. Having passed 
 his examination 5 Dec. 1810, this ofScer, who, dur- 
 ing his stay in the Mediterranean, had also seen 
 much active boat-service, was confirmed in his pre- 
 sent rank, 26 Aug. 1814. He has not since been 
 employed. 
 
 He married, 21 Feb. 1835, Jane, only daughter of 
 Christopher Beaty, Esc[., of Enniskillen, co. Cork, 
 by whom he has issue six children. 
 
 FITZGEKALD. (Ketieed Commandee, 1842. 
 F-p., 16 ; H-p., 44.) 
 John Fitzgerald entered the Navy (into which 
 he was impressed), 15 Oct. 1787, as A. B., on board 
 the Shark sloop, Capt. Valentine Edwards, but was 
 soon afterwards discharged. In 1790 he re-em- 
 barked on board the Deptford, Lieut.-Commander 
 Kussell, lying in the river Thames ; and, while af- 
 terwards serving under Capt. Edw. Thornbrough, 
 he was present, in the Latona 38, in the action of 
 1 June, 1794, and, in the Koehst 74, whose loss, it 
 was subsequently found, amounted to 10 killed and 
 40 wounded, at the capture, 12 Oct. 1798, off the 
 coast of Ireland, of the French 74-gun ship Le Hoclte, 
 one of a squadron commanded by Commodore Bom- 
 part. He obtained a Lieutenancy in the Gaiete 
 sloop, Capts. Edw. Dumford King and Kich. Pea- 
 cocke, on the West India station, 2 Nov. 1798 ; was 
 there invested with the command, 16 June, 1802, of 
 a small vessel called the Jump ; and, from March, 
 1803, until 1806, was employed in the Impress and 
 Sea Fencible services at Waterford and Dungarvon. 
 Mr. Fitzgerald, who had not since been employed, 
 became a Ketired Commander on the Senior List 1 
 June, 1842. 
 
 FITZGEEALD. (Capt, 1841. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 12.) 
 John Coohlan FitzGeraxd entered the Navy, 1 
 May, 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impkeo- 
 NABLB 98, Capt. Hon. PownoU Bastard Pellew, 
 bearing the flag at Plymouth of Lord Exmouth ; 
 proceeded, towards the close of the same year, to 
 the Cape of Good Hope, in the Iris 26, Capt. Geo. 
 Kennie ; and, from July, 1821, until 18 April, 1825, 
 served, as Midshipman and Mate, on the North 
 America and West India station, in the Atholl 28, 
 Capt. Henry Bourchier, Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir 
 Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and Speedwell schooner, 
 commanded by Messrs. Wm. Langford Castle and 
 Chas. Bolton, Mates. He then, having passed his 
 examination in Sept. 1823, became First-Lieutenant 
 of the IcARDS 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham; and, 
 on 22 March, 1826, he was appointed to the Forte 
 44, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, on the South American 
 station. For his conduct on the night of 26 Aug. 
 1827, in capturing, with the boats of that ship un- 
 der his orders, the Convettcion. Argentina^ a piratical 
 vessel, together with her prize, the Ann.e of Work- 
 ington, Mr. FitzGerald was placed by the Lord High 
 Admiral on the List for promotion, and, on a var 
 oanoy occurring, 27 Nov. 1829, he was appointed to 
 the Alert 18. Returning home from South Ame- 
 rica in Feb. 1832, he afterwards joined— 19 March, 
 1835, the Cqast Guard— 30 May, 1839, the Magsi- 
 FioENT 72, bearing the broad pendant at Jamaica of 
 Commodore Peter John Douglas -and, 15 March, 
 1841, the Racehorse 18, stationed in North America 
 and the West Indies. On resigning the command 
 of the latter vessel, in consequence of his promotion 
 to Post-rank, which had taken place 23 Nov. 1841, 
 Capt. FitzGerald, in April, 1842, was intrusted by 
 Sir Chas. Adam, the Commander-in-Chief, with an 
 important mission to Guatemala, in Mexico, where 
 
 he succeeded in inducing a compliance with the de- 
 mands of the British Government. Since 20 March, 
 1845, he has been in command of the Vernon 50, 
 bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Ingle- 
 field on the south-east coast of America and East 
 India stations. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 FITZGERALD. (Ketibed Commander, 1830. 
 F-p., 10; H-p., 42.; 
 
 Michael FttzGerald was bom 17 Sept. 1778, 
 and died 4 Dec. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1793, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Imperiedse 36, Capts. Wm. 
 Cunningham and Wm. Wolseley ; and on next join- 
 ing the Cdmberland 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. 
 Rowley, took part in Hotham's partial action with 
 the French fleet, 13 July, 1795. After serving for 
 a few months with Capt. Chas. Rowley in the Unite 
 36, he became Midshipman, 4 Aug. 1797, of the 
 Rajmillies 74, Capts. B. S. Rowley, Henry Inman, 
 and Rich. Grindall, on the Channel station, where, 
 in 1800, he joined the Ville de Paris 110, bearing 
 the flag of Earl St. Vincent, and Atlas 98,. Capt. 
 Theophilus Jones. In the Rossel 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Cuming, of which ship he was created a Lieutenant 
 27 Feb. 1801, Mr. FitzGerald, on 2 April following, 
 witnessed the battle ofi' Copenhagen. In Feb. 1804, 
 having been on half-pay since Nov. 1801, he ob- 
 tained an appointment in the Sea Fencibles at Tou- 
 ghal, whence he removed, 10 Nov. following, to the 
 Teovtbridge, Capt. Wm. Bevians. He rejoined 
 the Sea Fencibles 12 Dec. 1805, and retained his 
 appointment until that corps was disbanded in the 
 early part of 1810. He continued thenceforward 
 unemployed, and accepted the rank of Retired 
 Commander 29 Deo. 1830. 
 
 Commander FitzGerald married, 15 June, 1803, 
 Mary, youngest daughter of John M'Grath, of 
 Grange, co. Waterford, and has left issue ten chil- 
 dren. 
 
 FITZ-GEEALD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 William Robert Fitz-Gbrald, born 18 Aug. 
 1793, is only son of the late John Fitz-Gerald, Esq., 
 of St. Christopher's, and grandson of Wm. Higgins, 
 Esq., Speaker of the House of Assembly in the 
 island of Nevis. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Lucia 16, Capts. 
 Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth and John Ayscough, 
 stationed in the West Indies, where, until 1813, he 
 afterwards served, .as Midshipman, in L'Eclaih 
 and Swaggerer brigs, both commanded by Lieut. 
 Geo. Jas. Evelyn, and Liberty 14, Lieut-Com- 
 mander Chas. Deyman Jermy. While in L'Eclaih, 
 in 1807, he assisted at the capture of the Danish 
 West India islands, and at the re-taking of a prize, 
 whose original captor. La J^elicite, a large three- 
 masted French schooner privateer, was simulta- 
 neously beaten oflT, after a close action, in which 
 L'Eclair lost 1 man killed and 4 wounded. During 
 his attachment to the Swaggerer, Mr. Fitz-Gerald 
 served on shore at the reduction of Martinique in 
 Feb. 1809 ; and in the course of the same and 
 following years he also partook of the operations 
 against the Saintes and Guadeloupe. On 14 Dec. 
 1813, while serving on board the Monmouth 64, 
 flag-ship in the Downs of Sir Thos. Foley, he joined, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, the Cadmcs 10, Capts. Thos. 
 Fife and Watkin Evans, under whom he cruized 
 until 26 March, 1814; but he was not officially pro- 
 moted until 7 Feb. 1815— previously to which he 
 had been re-employed, as Midshipman, in the Mon- 
 mouth, and had done duty in the same capacity on 
 board the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip 
 Durham in the Leeward Islands. From 15 March, 
 1815, until May, 1816, Mr. Fitz-Gerald served in 
 the Dasher 18, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, 
 and, with the boats of that ship and of the Fairv 
 under his orders, he cut out three of the enemy's 
 vessels, under a heavy fire of musketry from the 
 town of Francois, Guadeloupe— an exploit for which 
 he was officially commended in very warm terms. 
 
FITZJAMES-riTZMAURICE. 
 
 303 
 
 Since the period of his leaving the Dashek he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Fitz-Gerald married, in 1831, Eliza Ka- 
 venscroft, eldest and only surviving daughter of 
 the late Lieut.-Coloncl Starke, of Laugharne Castle, 
 Caermarthenshire. 
 
 FITZJAMES. (Capt., 1845. f-p., 20; h-p., 2.) 
 James Fitzjames entered the Navy, 25 Aug. 
 1825, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PrKAMOS 42, 
 Capt. Kobt. Gambler, in which ship, after accom- 
 panying Mr. Morier, the British Commissioner, to 
 Mexico, and serving for some time under the flag 
 of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, on the Home sta^ 
 tion, he was employed in conveying troops to Malta, 
 Gibraltar, and also to Lisbon, where we find him 
 present at the period of Don Miguel's first arrival 
 and usurpation of the throne. Having left the 
 PvRAMUS in Sept. 1828, he next, in Deo. 1830, joined 
 the St. Vincent, flag-ship successively at Ports- 
 mouth and in the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Foley 
 and Sir Henry Hotham, with the latter of whom he 
 witnessed, as Midshipman, the revolution in Greece, 
 and the occupation of the Palamedi at Nauplia by 
 the Russian, French, and English forces. While 
 on the books of the St. Vincent, Mr. Fitzjames 
 served for six months in her tender, the H ind cutter ; 
 and from Aug. 1832, until July, 1833, he was lent 
 to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, during 
 which period he escorted King Otho and the Ba^ 
 varian Regency from Trieste to Greece. He sub- 
 sequently, on returning to the St. Vincest, passed 
 his examination 16 Nov. 1833; after which he joined, 
 in June, 1834, the AVinchesteu 52, flag-ship at Chat- 
 ham of the Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel ; and from 
 Oct. 1834, until March, 1837, took an active part, 
 as Mate of the Eophrates steamer, in all the ope- 
 rations of the expedition to the celebrated river of 
 that name under Colonel Chesney, including the 
 laborious work of transporting the above-mentioned 
 vessel and the Tigris, another steamer, from Sue- 
 dia to Bir, a distance of 140 miles, across an al- 
 most impervious country. "While returning, on one 
 occasion, from an attack on a tribe of Bedouin 
 Arabs who had committed depredations on some 
 of his party, Mr. Fitzjames unfortunately broke his 
 leg; and, on another, he was taken prisoner, but 
 released after a captivity of ten days. For his ser- 
 vices he was promoted, 19 Jan. 1838, to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, at 
 Portsmouth, and for his proficiency in gunnery and 
 mathematics he obtained a first-class certificate. 
 His next appointment was, 17 Oct. 1838, to the 
 Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds, one of 
 the ships employed, in 1840, during the campaign 
 in Syria, where he appears to have been the officer 
 selected to distribute among the Egyptian sol- 
 diery at Beyrout the proclamations of Sir Chas. 
 Napier, for which a price was set on his head by 
 Soliman Pacha. He was also present at the bom- 
 bardment of Beyrout, the operations at D'Journi, 
 and the blockade of Alexandria. On 27 May, 1841, 
 he joined, after a re-attachment of a few weeks to 
 the Excellent, the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship in 
 China of Sir Wm. Parker, whose ofiicial praise, as 
 well as that of Sir Hugh Gough, he repeatedly ac- 
 acqui*ed for his meritorious conduct during the 
 hostilities of 1842, his name occurring in not less 
 than five gazettes. In the course of that year he 
 directed with excellent precision the fire of the 
 rocket-brigade in the attack on the heights of 
 Scgoan and Tzekee, 15 ond 16 March ; had also 
 charge of the rocket-party at the taking of Chapoo, 
 
 15 May ; served on shore at the battle of Woosung, 
 
 16 June ; again commanded the rocket-brigade, and 
 was severely wounded, at the storming and capture 
 of the city of Ching-Kiang-Foo, 21 July ; was pre- 
 sent at the signing of the treaty at Nanking ; and 
 
 1)articipated in all the operations in the Yang-tse- 
 Ciang.* On 23 Dec. 1842, Lieut. Fitzjames was re- 
 warded by promotion to the rank of Commander ;t 
 and, on 30 of the same month, he was appointed to 
 » yide Gaz. IS'lS.pp. asm, 2390, 3400, 3403, 3(i94. 
 t T'. Ga/.. I8J2, p. 3821. 
 
 the Clio sloop, of 16 guns. After visiting Bassora 
 and Koram, at the junction of the Tigris and Eu- 
 phrates, where no man-of-war had ever before been, 
 he was sent to quell the disturbances among the 
 crews of the merchantmen loading guano at loheboe, 
 on the coast of Africa ; and on his ultimate arrival 
 in England he was paid off 10 Oct. 1844. Since 
 4 March, 1845, Capt. Fitzjames (whose Post-com- 
 mission bears date 31 Dec. in that year) has been 
 in command of the Erebds discovery-sbip, Capt. 
 Sir John Franklin, now engaged in a fresh attempt 
 to explore the north-west passage through Lancaster 
 Sound and Bering Strait, and has had the conduct 
 of the magnetic operations connected with the ex- 
 pedition. 
 
 On 1 Feb. 1835, while the Euphrates expedition 
 was fitting out in the river Mersey, Capt. Fitz- 
 james particularly distinguished himself by his he- 
 roism in plunging overboard, in face of a strong 
 gale and lee tide, and saving "the life, at the im- 
 minent hazard of his own, of a custom-house officer. 
 A piece of plate was in consequence presented to 
 him by the merchants, and the freedom of the city 
 by the corporation, of Liverpool; and the Royal 
 Humane Society and London Shipwreck Institution 
 each voted him a silver medal. 
 
 FITZMAURICE. (Lieutenant, 1813. r-p., 15; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 Edmund Howe Fitzmadrice entered the Navy, 
 in Oct. 1804, as Clerk, on board the Prevofante 
 store-ship, Master-Commander Dan. M'Coy, and on 
 his return from a visit to Gibraltar was transferred, 
 as Midshipman, in Oct. 1805, to the Fame 74, Capts. 
 Graham Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, and 
 Walter Bathurst. A few months after his removal 
 to the VoLAGE 22, Capt. Phipps Hornby, he took 
 part, 13 March, 1811, in the memorable action oft 
 Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the 
 whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, 
 after a battle of six hours, and a loss to the Volage 
 of 13 killed and 33 wounded, a Franco-Venetian 
 armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 
 2655 men. On 16 Nov. 1812, Mr. Fitzmaurice was 
 promoted, from the Narcissus 32, Capt. John Rich. 
 Lumley, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Dragon 
 74, flag-ship in the Leeward Islands of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey, to which he was confirmed 28 May, 1813. 
 He returned home in Aug. 1815 ; was afterwards 
 employed in the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe, 
 on the Home station, from 11 Jan. 1816, to 14 Jan. 
 1817 ; and since the latter date, with the exception 
 of a command of the Scoot Revenue-cutter, to which 
 he was appointed 29 May, 1826, has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 FITZMAURICE. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 F-p., 8 ; H-p., 39.) 
 
 James Fitzmaurice is only surviving son of the 
 late Harman Fitzmaurice, Esq., a lineal descendant 
 of the Lords of Kerry, and great-grand-nephew of 
 the first Earl. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Thos. 
 Bertie, under whom he served in the battle of Co- 
 penhagen, 2 April, 1801. He subsequently joined, 
 on the Home, East India, and South American sta- 
 tions, the Brilliant 28, Iris 32, Caroline 36, and 
 Lancaster 64, Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Da- 
 vid Atkins, Benj. Wm. Page, and Wm. Fothergill. 
 On 18 Nov. 1807, he obtained a Lieutenancy in the 
 Carnation, of 18 guns and 117 men, Capt. Chas. 
 Mars Gregory ; and he soon afterwards had his hat 
 shot off while co-operating in a sanguinary attempt 
 made by the boats of that sloop, in company with 
 those of the Melampds frigate, to cut out a Spanish 
 schooner from under a battery at Porto Rico. After 
 a contest of an hour and a half, in which she lost 
 10 men killed and 30, including Mr. Fitzmaurice 
 severely, wounded, the Carnation, on 3 Oct. 1808 
 was unfortunately taken by the French nationai 
 brig Pallnme. The subject of this sketch, who 
 had not been since employed, accepted liis present 
 rank 24 July, 1844. 
 
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364 
 
 FITZMAURICE— FITZROY. 
 
 Commander Fitzmaurice, in consideration of the 
 wound above alluded to, was granted, 24 Oct. 1809, 
 a pension of 91/. 5s., and he also obtained a gra^ 
 tuity from the Patriotic Fund. He married 28 
 Nov. 1814, and has a numerous family. 
 
 FITZMAUEICE. (Liedtenant, 1844. ¥-p., 13 ; 
 H-P., 3.) 
 Lewis Roper Fitzmaukice, bom 29 April, 1816, 
 at Deptford, is son of Lewis Koper Fitzmaurice, 
 Esq., Master K.N., who, at the period of his son s 
 birth, was absent on an explorative mission to the 
 river Congo ; and first-cousin of Commander J . J! . L. 
 Wood, R.N. ^ ,-„, 
 
 This ofacer entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1831, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Protectob surveying- 
 vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett, in which, and as Mid- 
 shipman in the Faikt, he continued to serve, with 
 the same Captain, until Dec. 1835. During the 
 next 12 months we find him in the Spitfike and 
 Coi-nMBiA steamers, both commanded by Lieut. 
 Andrew Kennedy, actively employed in the Medi- 
 terranean, and also on the north coast of Spain 
 under Lord John Hay. He then joined the Beaci.e 
 10, Capts. John Clements "Wickham and John Lort 
 Stokes, and soon after his examination, which he 
 passed 31 March, 1837, sailed on a voyage of dis- 
 covery to South Australia, whence he returned 
 home and was paid off 14 Oct. 1843. While absent 
 he appears, at least for the first three years, to have 
 been perpetually employed on boat services of con- 
 siderable risk, and the last two years and a half to 
 have oflioiated as Assistant-Surveyor. On one oc- 
 casion, 6 Aug. 1841, being at the time on a detached 
 service, Mr. Fitzmaurice had the misfortune to be 
 very severely wounded by the explosion of a gun, 
 the contents of which lodged in his ankle and (from 
 the absence of surgical aid, which for four days 
 was unattainable, in consequence of the boat's dis- 
 tance from the ship) produced consequences so 
 serious that he was for several months incapacitated 
 from attending to his duty. Indeed the wound, we 
 believe, still remains open, and it is feared will offer 
 a barrier to Mr. Fitzmaurice's early resumption of 
 his professional avocations. His commission bears 
 date 10 June, 1844. 
 
 He has been in the receipt, since 16 Nov. 1844, 
 of a pension of 2s. 6d. a-day. 
 
 FITZMAURICE, K.W. (Lieutenant, 1802. 
 
 F-p., 24 ; H-p., 30.) 
 WxtLiAM FiTZMADHicE entered the Navy, in Feb. 
 
 1793, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Qdeen Chak- 
 lOTTE 100, Capt. Sir Roger Curtis, bearing the flag 
 of Earl Howe in the Channel ; removed, in Aug. 
 
 1794, to the SonTHAMProN 32, Capt. Hon. Robt. 
 Forbes; and from Aug. 1795, until Sept. 1801, 
 served, as Midshipman, on the Home and Cape of 
 Good Hope stations, in the Queen Charlotte 
 again, Capt. Sir Andw. Snape Douglas, and Tre- 
 MENDODS 74, bearing the flag of Sir Hugh Cloberry 
 Christian — in which latter ship, when in company 
 with the Adamant 50, he assisted at the destruc- 
 tion, under Capt. John Osborn, of the French 40- 
 gun frigate La Pteneuse, off the Isle of France, 11 
 Dec. 1799. On leaving the Tremendous, Mr. Fitz- 
 maurice became Acting-Lieutenant of the Lancas- 
 ter 64, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis at the Cape, 
 where and on the East India and Home stations, 
 he afterwards (having been confirmed by commis- 
 sion dated 15 Jan. 1802) joined— 20 March, 1805, 
 the Themendods again, Capt. Osborn — 5 Aug. 1806 
 the Goshawk 14, Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare— 15 
 March, 1807, the Foodrovant 80, bearing the flags 
 of Sir Albemarle Bertie and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith 
 — m 1809, as Acting-Commander, the Otter and 
 bAPPHiBE sloops-15 March, 1810, the Boadicea 
 .='t«?R ■T^''^i®' Kowley— and, 21 April following, 
 as First-Lieutenant, the Magiciense 36, Capt. Lu- 
 Mr' mt',^- ^^'V ^''* f eduction of Jste BoLbon, 
 w ^^'?"''""°« took part in a variety of gaUant 
 but unfortunate operations which, by 28 Auff in 
 the same year, 1810, terminated, after a loss to the 
 
 Magicienne of 8 men killed and 20 wounded, in 
 the unavoidable self-destruction of that ship and 
 the SiBiDS, the capture of the Nebeide, and the 
 surrender to a powerful French force of the Iphi- 
 GENiA, the last of a squadron of frigates originally 
 under the orders of Commodore Sam. Pym, at the 
 entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France. On being 
 released from bondage by the capture of the latter 
 island in the ensuing Dec, Mr. Fitzmaurice was 
 invested with the command of all the cartels em- 
 ployed in conveying the French garrison and sea- 
 men to Morlaix. His subsequent appointments 
 afloat were — 22 June, 1811, and 21 Aug. 1812, to 
 the Laurestinus 24, and Magicienne 36, both 
 commanded, on the Brazilian and Lisbon stations, 
 by Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon— and 17 Aug. 181.3, to 
 the Dictator troop-ship, Capts. Hon. Geo. Alfred 
 Crofton and Henry Montresor, under whom he wit- 
 nessed, in 1814-15, the capture of Bladenshurg and 
 Washington, the bombardment of Baltimore, the 
 attack upon New Orleans, and the taking of Fort 
 Bowyer, Mobile. He left the Dictator in Oct. 
 1815, and, with the exception of a nearly" three 
 years' employment (from 19 April, 1825, to Feb. 
 1828) in the Ordinary at Sheemess, has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 During an interval in 1808-9, which occurred be- 
 tween the period of his leaving the Foddeoyast 
 and joining the Otter, Mr. Fitzmaurice, who is 
 Senior Lieutenant of 1802, was employed by Sir 
 Sidney Smith on a mission to the Viceroys of Chili 
 and Peru, having for its object the release of all 
 British prisoners — a piece of diplomacy which he 
 executed much to his own honour and to Sir Sidney's 
 satisfaction. In June, 1846, he was appointed one 
 of the Naval Knights of Windsor. 
 
 FITZROY. (LiEllT., 1828. F-P., 14; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Charles Wimjam Henry Gage FrrzRor, bom 
 7 Jan. 1807, is fourth son of Lieut.-General the 
 Hon. Wm. FitzBoy, of Kempston, co. Norfolk, who 
 died 19 May, 1837, by Catherine, sister of Sir Simon 
 Houghton Clarke, Bart. ; brother of Lieut Geo. 
 Wm. Howe FitzRoy, R.N., who fell at Navarin, 20 
 Oct. 1827 ; nephew of Major-General Sir Wm. Pon- 
 sonby, who was killed at Waterloo ; and first-cousin 
 of the present Lord Southampton. 
 
 This oSBcer entered the Royal Naval CoUege 1 
 March, 1820 ; and embarked 1 March, 1822, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Active 48, Capt. Andw. 
 King, with whom he visited the West hidies, and 
 served off Algiers and Lisbon. He then joined the 
 Terror bomb, Capt. Alex. Dundas Young Aihuth- 
 not, and Dstad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Rodney; and 
 on passing his examination, in April, 1826, was ap- 
 pointed Mate of the Java 60, bearing the flag in 
 the East Indies of Rear- Admiral Wm. Hall Gage— 
 of which ship he was created a Lieutenant 21 June, 
 1828. He afterwards became attached— 28 April, 
 1830, to the Briton 46, Capt. John Duff Markland, 
 on the Lisbon station — and, 8 Feb. 1834, to the 
 Rainbow 28, Capt. Thos. Bennett, in the West In- 
 dies. Since 1836 he has not been employed. 
 
 Lieut. FitzRoy, who was severely wounded in 
 Portugal while exploring the country during the 
 war between Don Pedro and Don Miguel, has also 
 lost an arm. For his conduct in twice jumping into 
 the sea to save the lives of others, he has obtained a 
 medal from the Royal Humane Society. He mar- 
 ried, in June, 1837, Caroline Emily, third daughter 
 of the late Rich. Phayre, Esq., of Shrewsbury, and 
 has issue. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 FITZROY. (Capt., 1834. f-p., 17; h-p., 11.)'! 
 Robert FrrzRor, born in June, 1805, is second 
 and youngest surviving son of General Lord Cbas. 
 FitzRoy, who died 20 Deo. 1829, by his second wife, 
 Frances Ann^ eldest daughter of llobert, first Mar- 
 quess of Londonderry; brother of Geo. FitzKov, 
 Esq., an oflicer m the 1st Life r;..— ^ i „J 
 
 ReS;-Admiral Lord Wm. FitzRo? K r i °*n^T«f 
 cousin of the present Duke ofG%,ft;„^-' ^^^^ 
 This officer entered the Na^jTls Oct 1810- oh 
 tamed his first commission 7lept. ,824 s^^ 
 
FITZROY— FLEMING. 
 
 364 
 
 afterwards under Capts. Sir John Phillimore and 
 Arthur Batt Bingham, in the Thetis frigate, on 
 the Mediterranean and South American stations ; 
 and in Aug. 1828 became Flag-Lieutenant at Kio 
 Janeiro to Rear-Admiral Kobt. Waller Otway. 
 From 13 Nov. in the latter year, on which date he 
 was promoted to the rank of Commander, until the 
 close of 1836, Capt. FitzKoy, whose Post-commis- 
 sion bears date 3 Dec. 1834, commanded the Beagle 
 Burreying-vessel on the coast of South America.* 
 He has not since been officially afloat. 
 
 Capt. FitzRoy sat, in 1841, as M.P. for the city of 
 Durham ; was appointed, 21 Sept. 1842, Acting-Con- 
 servator of the River Mersey ; and, since 3 April, 
 1843, has filled the post of Governor and Commanr 
 der-in-Chief of the colony of New Zealand. He 
 married, 8 Dec. 1836, Mary Henrietta, second 
 daughter of the late Major-General Edw. Jas. 
 O'Brien, by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
 FITZROY, Lord, K.C.B. (Eeab-Admirax of 
 THE Bed, 1837. r-P., 17; h-p., 36.) 
 
 The Right Honoubable Lord William Fitz- 
 Roy, bom 1 June; 1782, is third son of Augustus 
 Henry, third Duke of Grafton, by his second wife, 
 Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Sir Rich. Wrottes- 
 ley, Bart. ; and uncle both of the present Duke of 
 Grafton and of Capt. Robt. FitzRoy, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 April, 1794, on 
 board the Phaeton 38, Capts. Wm. Bentinck and 
 Hon. Robt. Stopford, one of Lord Howe's frigates 
 in the ensuing action of the 1st of June. He next 
 joined the Leviathan 74, commanded by Lord 
 Hugh Seymour, and, when with the same officer in 
 the Sans Pareil 80, he took part in Lord Brid- 
 port's action, 23 June, 1795. After an occasional 
 attachment to the Niger 32, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote, 
 Phcenix 36, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and 
 Cambrian 40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, he. 
 rejoined Capt. Foote, in Feb. 1798, on board the 
 Seahorse, of 46 guns and 292 men ; in which vessel 
 we find him, off the island of Pantellaria, assisting 
 at the capture, 27 June, 1798, after a close action of 
 eight minutes, a loss to the British of 2 men killed 
 and 16 wounded, and to the enemy of 18 killed and 
 37 wounded, of the French frigate La Sensible, of 
 36 guns and 300 men. Being promoted to a Lieu- 
 tenancy, 13 May, 1800, in the Penelope 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood, he witnessed the surrender 
 of Malta, and attended the expedition to Egypt. 
 On 31 Oct. 1801, he became Acting-Commander of 
 the Salamine sloop, and, being confirmed, 7 Jan. 
 1802, in the Mutine, was afterwards employed, 
 from 26 Jan. 1803, until 29 Feb. 1804, in command of 
 the Fairy. As a Post-Captain, a rank he attained 
 on 3 March in the latter year. Lord Wm. FitzRoy 
 appears to have commanded the Duqdesne and Van- 
 guard 74's, jEolus 32, and Macedonian 38, on the 
 Jamaica, Channel, Irish, Halifax, and Lisbon sta^ 
 tions ; and, in the jEoLUS, to have been present in 
 Sir Rich. Strachan's action, off Ferrol, 4 Nov. 1805, 
 and at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809. 
 His Lordship, who has not been employed since 7 
 April, 1811, was promoted to Flag rank 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 
 1815, and a K.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He married, 9 
 Aug. 1816, Georgiana, second daughter of the late 
 Thos. Raikes, Esq., and by that lady has issue a son 
 and three daughters. 
 
 FLEMING. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 22; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 John Fleming entered the Navy, in May, 1794, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Hornet 18, Capt. 
 Christmas Paul; and, from Feb. 1795, until Oct. 
 1800, served, as Master's Mate, in the Flora 36, 
 Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Lowestoffe 32, Capt. 
 Robt. Plampin, and Tamah 38, Dictator 64, and 
 
 * See * Narrative of a Ten Years' Voyage of Discovery round 
 the World by H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle,' written 
 by Capt. FitzRoy, in connexion with Capt. Philip Parker 
 
 ing, K.N. 8vo. X.ond. 2vols. Colburn, 1841. 
 
 S. 
 
 FisGARD 38, all commanded by Capt. Thos. Byam 
 Martin. During that period he s(i,w, in the Lowe- 
 stoffe's boats, much active service in the Mediter- 
 ranean—was in the Tamar during the unsuccessful 
 attack on Puerto Rico in April, 1797— and when in 
 the FiSGARD, whose force consisted, of 46 guns and 
 281 men, assisted at the capture, 20 Oct. 1798, of 
 V Immortalite, of 42 guns and 580 men, after a close 
 and obstinate conflict of great length, a loss to the 
 British of 10 killed and 26 wounded, and to the 
 enemy of 54 killed and 61 wounded.* He also 
 aided in the Fisgard's boats, and was highly 
 spoken of for his conduct, at the cutting out, 11 
 June, 1800, within the Penmarck rooks (and in op- 
 position to a heavy battery, three armed vessels, 
 and a constant fire of musketry from the shore), of 
 a gun boat, two chasse-marees, and eight merchant- 
 men ; t besides which he contributed, 12 days after- 
 wards, to the destruction of three batteries, mount- 
 ing 7 24-pounders, on the banks of the Quimper 
 river ; and, on 1 July, was instrumental to the fur- 
 ther destruction of five national vessels, carrying 
 altogether 50 guns, and of 15 others laden with 
 valuable cargoes, lying under the protection of six 
 strong batteries and of other defences, near the 
 south-east part of Noirmoutier. In Nov. 1803, Mr. 
 Fleming, who had been promoted to a Lieutenancy, 
 2 Oct. 1800, in the Garland 28, was wrecked in 
 that vessel off St. Domingo. Becoming then Senior 
 Lieutenant of the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, he 
 witnessed the surrender of the French squadron 
 with the remains of General Rochambeau's army 
 from Cape Francois on board ; and in the early part 
 of 1804 he shared in the unsuccessful attack on 
 Curacoa. During a subsequent attachment of 18 
 months, also as First-Lieutenant, to the Franchise 
 36, Capts. Hon. John Murray and Chas. Dashwood, 
 he landed on the latter island, with a party of sear 
 men and marines under his orders, and destroyed 
 several batteries ; and he also, on separate occa- 
 sions, commanded the boats at the hard-wrought 
 capture of two French privateers. On the night of 
 6 Jan. 1806, Mr. Fleming performed an act of sin- 
 gular gallantry in taking, in Campeachy Bay, the 
 Spanish corvette El Rapom, carrying 12 guns and 
 75 men, besides swivels and cohoons, which vessel, 
 after an obstinate conflict of 10 minutes' duration, 
 and a loss to the enemy of 5 men killed and 26 
 wounded, was boarded and carried by the British, 
 who, in three boats with 64 men, of whom only 7 
 were wounded, had also to contend against a brig 
 of 20 gims, a schooner of 8 guns, and 7 gun-vessels. 
 For his meritorious conduct on this occasion, Mr. 
 Fleming was presented with a sword from the Pa- 
 triotic Fund, but he was nevertheless suffered to 
 remain on the List of Lieutenants until the conclu- 
 sion of the war, although Lieut. Peter John Douglas, 
 who was only second in command, was promoted to 
 the next step in his profession, and notwithstanding 
 that he himself had been strongly recommended by 
 his Captain as an officer of distinguished merit and. 
 hravery.J After commanding for a few months 
 the Decouverte schooner, he was invested with 
 the acting-command of the Drake sloop, in which 
 vessel, and similarly in the Bramble, he served, 
 on the Jamaica station, until the summer of 1812, 
 when he jbined the San Domingo 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir John Borlase Warren on the coast of 
 North America. He there, when afterwards in 
 temporary command of a prize, effected several 
 captures ; and on being promoted hy the Admiral 
 to the command, in March, 1813, of the Barbadoes 
 16, had the good fortune to effect the capttu-e, not 
 without opposition, of four American privateers, 
 carrying in the whole 29 guns and 288 men. His 
 appointment to the Barbadoes being confirmed by 
 commission dated 2 Nov. 1814, he subsequently, in 
 1815, assisted, by the well-directed fire of his sloop, 
 in covering the debarkation of the troops at the 
 reduction of Guadeloupe.§ Since his return to 
 
 ♦ On the surrender of L' Immortality, Mr. Fleming was ap- 
 pointed second in command of the prixe. 
 
 t Fide Gaz. 1800, p. 694. f ^. <3az. 1806, p. 4C4. 
 
 } V. Gaz. ISl.-i. I>. 1914. 
 
366 
 
 FLEMING-FLETCHER. 
 
 England, in May, 1816, Commander Fleming has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He is at present Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Ar- 
 gyle ; and is married and has issue. 
 
 FLEMING, K.F.M., K.M.L. (Commandee, 1816. 
 r-p., 25; H-P., 29.) 
 KiCHARD Howell Fleming, born about 1789, at 
 Bratton Fleming, co. Devon, is a scion of the good 
 old stock of Fleming, being a descendant of Eich. 
 Fleming, of Braunton, in that shire, who was created 
 Baron of Slane in 1112. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1793, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Soleb at 32, Capts. Wm. 
 Hancock Kelly and Henry Wm. Bayntun, stationed 
 in the "West Indies ; where he assisted at the re- 
 duction, in 1794, of all the French West India 
 islands, and received a musket-shot in his right hip 
 after the recapture of Guadeloupe by the French. 
 From the early part of 1796, until Oct. 1798, when 
 he invalided on account of a hurt in his knee, we 
 find him ^employed in the Romnet 50, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Jas. "Wallace, in which ship, besides 
 twice visiting Newfoundland, he actively cruized 
 on the Home station, and witnessed the capture, 10 
 March, 1796, of La Sonne Cito'jenne French ship of 
 20 guns. In June, 1800, after an intermediate 
 servitude in an East and "West Indiaman, he re-era- 
 barked on board the Empress Mart store-ship, 
 Master-Commander John Luard, with whom he did 
 duty, on the Jamaica and Mediterranean stations, 
 until paid off at the close of 1802 ; from which pe- 
 riod, until 12 July, 1804, he occupied himself in the 
 Kevenue department of the Navy. Joining, then, 
 the CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he 
 again sailed for India, where, until his return home 
 in the autumn of 1807, he became successively at- 
 tached, as Midshipman, to the Howe 36, Capts. 
 John Duar and Edw. Ratsey, Cornwallis 50, 
 Capt. Johnson, and Harrier 18, and Sir Edward 
 Hughes 38, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Ratsey. 
 On one occasion, while in the Howe, Mr. Fleming 
 had the misfortune in a fall to receive a severe 
 contusion in the head, and so badly to injure his 
 left hand that he has never since been able to 
 straighten its fingers ; and, on another, he won the 
 admiration of Capt. Johnson and of the whole crew 
 of the CoHNWALLis by his intrepidity in ascending 
 aloft (at a time when the consternation induced by 
 a typhoon of the most terrific kind had paralysed 
 every other person on board) and cutting adrift 
 the tattered sails — a service which it was acknow- 
 ledged on all hands proved the salvation of the 
 ship. Being appointed Master's Mate, on his re- 
 turn to England, of the Tork 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Barton, he made another trip to the West Indies ; 
 on his passage whither he assisted in taking pos- 
 session of Madeira. As Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 same ship, to which rank he was advanced by Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane 14 Dec. 1808, Mr. Fleming subse- 
 quently served on shore in command of a division 
 of 100 seamen at the reduction of Martinique. He 
 was also present at the taking of the Saintes and of 
 the 74-gun ship jyHavpcniU ; and on his return to 
 Europe he accompanied the expedition to the "Wal- 
 cheren. His appointment to the York' being con- 
 firmed by commission dated 26 Sept. 1809, he next 
 proceeded to the Mediterranean. After a conti- 
 nued servitude on that station in the Cohqderor 
 and Ajax 74's, Capts. Edw. Fellowes and Sir Robt. 
 Laurie, he was invested by Sir Edw. Pellew with 
 'the command, in Jan. 1812, of the Ptlades alias 
 Carlotta gun-brig; but it must not pass unre- 
 corded, that while in the Conqueror he effected 
 the destruction, in noon-day, of an armed vessel, 
 Chained from her masts to the shore, at Aros, In 
 the Gulf of Genoa, where the opposition he en- 
 countered killed 2 and wounded 9 of the men who 
 were employed in three boats tinder his orders. 
 The Carlotta, while Mr. Fleming was in her, cap- 
 ttired several small vessels, including a French pn- 
 vateer, and partook of vaiious services on the 
 coasts of Tuscany and Genoa. Having paid his 
 
 gun-brig off in Feb. 1815, the Lieutenant, on 25 of 
 the following month, joined the Impregnable 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley ; from which 
 ship, after the surrender of Naples, he was removed 
 to the command of the Joseppa Neapolitan sloop- 
 of-war, and sent in charge of the despatches an- 
 nouncing that event to King Ferdinand at Messina, 
 by whom he was intrusted with an official commu- 
 nication for Lord Exmouth and Prince Leopold. 
 He next co-operated in the siege of Gaeta; and 
 then, being superseded in the command of the 
 Joseppa, returned to the Impregnable, and conti- 
 nued in her until placed out of commission towards 
 the close of 1815. Mr. Fleming's last appointment, 
 as Lieutenant, appears to have been, 3 July, 1816, 
 to the QUELN Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord 
 Exmouth, in which he shortly afterwards sailed on 
 the memorable expedition against Algiers. On ar- 
 riving at Gibraltar he assumed command of the 
 Invincible battery-ship, armed with a 68 and a 24- 
 pounder ; and on the glorious 27th Aug., having 
 taken up a position under the stem of the Queen 
 Charlotte, he continued to fire until every car- 
 tridge on board had been expended and none more 
 were to be procured. Ere the conflict was over, 
 Mr. Fleming won distinction by the gallant manner 
 in which he volunteered and blew up an ordnance- 
 sloop, charged with 143 barrels of powder, close 
 under the semicircular battery to the northward of 
 the lighthouse. So tremendous was the explosion 
 that its shock destroyed every water-pipe in the 
 town.* Mr. Fleming's services on the occasion 
 were acknowledged by his promotion to the rank 
 of Commander on 17 of the following Sept. "With 
 the exception of a nine months' charge (dating 
 from 21 June, 1842) of the Packet Service at "Wey- 
 mouth, and a command, of nearly three years and a 
 half (from 28 March, 1843, until Aug. 1846) of the 
 Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness, he has since 
 ,been on half-pay. 
 
 For his services at Naples, Commander Fleming 
 was invested by the King of the Two Sicilies with 
 the insignia of the order of St. Ferdinand and 
 Merit ; and for those he rendered at Algiers, he was 
 presented with the Sardinian order of St. Maurice 
 and Lazare, as well as with the order of St. Louis, 
 and a medallion of Lord Exmouth, transmitted to 
 him through Sir Sidney Smith by the Anti-Piratical 
 Society at Paris. Being of an ingenious turn of 
 mind, he has originated a large number of inven- 
 tions and improvements in matters connected with 
 his profession. He also lays claim to having sug- 
 gested the use, as it at present exists, of the Archi- 
 medean screw. He married, 8 Jan. 1821, Eliza, 
 daughter of the late Philip George, Esq., Alderman 
 of the city of Bristol; and has issue a son and 
 daughter. Agent — ^W. H. B. Barwis. 
 
 FLETCHER. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Archibald Douglas William Fletcher passed 
 his examination 2 Feb. 1842 ; aiid after interme- 
 diately serving, as Mate, on the East India and 
 Home stations, ih the Ekdymion 44, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. "Wm. Grey, and Dwakf steam-vessel, Lieut- 
 Commanders Edw. Nicolls and Edw. Halked 
 Beauchamp Proctor, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 30 Deo. 1845. Since 22 Jan. 1846, he 
 has been employed in the ElEctra 14, Capts. "Wm. 
 Heriot Maitland and Fred. "Wm. Pleydell Bouverie, 
 on the North America and "West India station. 
 
 FLETCHER. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 26; h-p.,7.) 
 John Venour Fletcher was bom 14 Nov. 1801, 
 at Chesterfield. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1814, as 
 Fst-cl. Vol., on board the President 38, Capts. 
 Fras. Mason and Arch. Duff; and was afterwards 
 employed, until July, 1821, part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Ruin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, ScA- 
 mander ond Forth, both commanded by Capt. Sir 
 John Louis, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of 
 Sir Jas. Hawkins "Whitshed, chiefly on the Halifax 
 • HitoGa?,. 1816, p. 1790. 
 
FLETCHER-FLOUD— FOLEY. 
 
 367 
 
 and Home stations. "While in the Khin, Mr. Fletcher 
 assisted at the capture of two men-of-war and 14 
 merchant-vessels at Corrijou, on the coast of Bre- 
 tagne, 18 July, 1815. He further served for three 
 years and a half as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the AuBOKA 44, commanded in South America by 
 Capt. Henry Prescott ; and he next, until the re- 
 ceipt of his first commission, bearing date 8 Sept. 
 1827, again officiated in the two last-mentioned 
 capacities on board the Victory 104, flag-ship of 
 Sir Geo. Martin, Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Sullivan, Daktmouth 42, Capt. Henry Hundas, 
 Nimble 5, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Holland, and 
 Scylla 18, Capt. Wm. Hobson, at Portsmouth and 
 in the West Indies. His ensuing appointments 
 were, on the latter and on the Home and East 
 India stations— 24 Nov. 1827, to the Fairy 10, 
 Capts. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Dennis 
 O'Brien, and Fras. Blair— 18 July, 1829, to the 
 Drdid 46, Capt. Williams Sandom, which ship he 
 left on 5 of the following Oct.— 16 May, 1831, to the 
 Prince Regent 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear- 
 Admlral Wm. Parker — 4 July, 1831, to the CURA90A 
 26, Capt. David Dunn — 21 Aug. 1835, to the Jupiter 
 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey— and 27 Sept. 1836, 
 as First, to the Conway 28, Capt. Chas. Kamsay 
 Drinkwater Bethune. Shortly after his assumption 
 of the rank of Commander, which took place 28 
 June, 1838, he obtained the Acting-Second-Cap- 
 taincy, 7 July following, of the Wellesley 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Maitland, bearing for some time the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, to 
 which ship he was ofiicially appointed 29 April, 
 1839. .Joining afterwards in the hostilities against 
 China, he there commenced his services by con- 
 veying, in company with Lord Jocelyn, the sum- 
 mons of surrender to the Commander-in-Chief of 
 Chnsan which preceded the capture of the island 
 by the British ; and on that occasion, 5 July, 1840, 
 he displayed much zeal and alacrity.* He was next 
 praised in the highest manner for his zealous exer- 
 tions at the capture of Tycocktow and Chuenpee, 
 and was also recommended for his conduct in su- 
 perintending the landing of the forces at the cap- 
 ture of North Wantong in Jan. and Feb. 1841. f 
 During the operations of Aug. against Amoy, Capt. 
 Fletcher (who had witnessed the fall of Canton) 
 was for two days detached in the Nemesis steamer, 
 in which vessel he completely disabled, with a zeal 
 very commendable, the guns on every battery on 
 the north-east and south-west sides of the Bay, and 
 the fortified island at the entrance ; and when the 
 town was assaulted by the troops he afforded them 
 the able and prompt co-operation of himself and a 
 party of seamen who had landed under his com- 
 mand. | His ardour and activity appear to have 
 further contributed to the capture of Chinghae.§ 
 He went on half-pay 24 Oct. 1841, having been 
 promoted to the rank he now holds on 8 of the pre- 
 vious June; and has not since been employed. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 FLETCHER. (Capt., 1829. f-p., 19; h-p., 25.) 
 
 William Fletcher died at the close of 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 1803, as 
 
 Midshipman, on board the Imperiedse 40, Capt. 
 
 Hon. Henry Hotham, with whom he served the 
 
 whole of his time in the same ship, and in the Rife- 
 
 volctionnaire 44, and Defiance 74. During that 
 
 period he took part, in the Revolotionnaire, in 
 
 Sir Richard Straohan's action, 4 Nov. 1805 ; and on 
 
 24 Feb. 1809, was present at the destruction of 
 
 three frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, 
 
 where the Defiance, besides being much cut up 
 
 in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men 
 
 killed and 25 wounded. On 31 Oct. in the latter 
 
 year he obtained a Lieutenancy in the Sophie 18, 
 
 Capt. Nich. Lockyer, under whom he continued to 
 
 serve, in the Channel, until 23 April, 1811, when he 
 
 rejoined Capt. Hotliam in the Northumberland 
 
 74, in which ship he subsequently assisted, in com- 
 
 • rUe Gaz. 1840, pp. 2il00, 2191. 
 
 t f. Gal. 1841, pp. 1162, 1498. 
 
 J r. Gaz. \Si:>, pp. S?, 382. } r. Gaz. 1842, p. 296. 
 
 pany with the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant 
 destruction, 22 May, 1812, near L'Orient, of the 
 French 40-gun frigates VArienne and L/Andro- 
 maque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouch ; whose united 
 fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 
 5, and, including himself, wounded 28 of the North- 
 umberland's people.'* As Lieutenant, Mr. Fletcher 
 was afterwards appointed— 14 Jan. 1813, to the 
 Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, in the 
 Baltic— 21 Jan. 1814, to the Superb 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Paget, flag-ship afterwards on the American 
 and French coasts of Hon. Sir H. Hotham, by whom 
 he was intrusted with the despatches announcing 
 the surrender of Buonaparte — 31 April, 1816, to the 
 Royal Naval College at Portsmouth — and, 17 July, 
 1820, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. C. 
 Paget. Attaining the rank of Commander, 30 Nov. 
 1820, he next served for some time in the Coast 
 Guard, and on 8 Dec. 1827, and 18 Jan. 1828, was 
 successively appointed to the Terror bomb, and 
 William and Mary yacht — in the latter of which 
 vessels he served, as Second Captain, under the 
 late Sir John Chambers White. From the date of 
 his last promotion, which took place 4 March, 
 1829, he remained on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Fletcher married, in 1826, Elizabeth, se- 
 cond daughter of John Luscombe Luscombe, Esq^., 
 of Coombe Royal, co. Devon, and niece of Sir Wm. 
 Knighton, Bart., and of A.dmirals Hawker, Boyles, 
 Osborne, and Sir Michael Seymour, Bart. 
 
 FLOUD. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Ross Moore Floud entered the Navy 19 Sept. 
 1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and for his 
 services on the coast of Syria, including the bom- 
 bardment of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 15 Dec. 1840, to the Ha- 
 zard 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone 
 Elliot, in the Mediterranean — 21 Aug. 1841, to the 
 Spartan 26, commanded by the same officer, on 
 the North America and West India station — and, 9 
 Dec. 1845, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres, with whom he is at present serving on the 
 coast of Africa as First-Lieutenant. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 FOLEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 The Honourable Fitzgerald Algernon 
 Charles Foley, born 5 Sept. 1823, is youngest 
 son of the late Lord Foley, by the fifth daughter 
 of the second Duke of Leinster ; brother of the 
 present Lord Foley, of Lieut.-Col. Hon. Augustus 
 Fred. Foley, of the Grenadier Guards, and of Capt. 
 Hon. St. George Gerald Foley, of the 44th Regt. ; and 
 brother-in-law of Sir Chas. Rushout Cockerell, Bart. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 29 April, 
 1843; and at the period of his promotion, which 
 took place 15 Jan. 1846, was serving on board the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Henry Ducie Chads. Since 14 Feb. in the latter 
 year he has been employed in the Raleigh 50, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Herbert, on the south-east coast of America. 
 
 FOLEY. (Captain, 1833. p-p., 16; h-p., 19.) 
 
 Osborne Foley is nephew of Admiral of the 
 White the late Sir Thos. Foley, G.C.B.f 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, in which frigate he witnessed the Endy- 
 mion's capture of the American ship President, 15 
 Jan. 1815. In Sept. of the latter year he became 
 
 • fideG^l. 1812, p. 999. 
 
 f Sir Thomas Foley, an officer of consideralile reputation, 
 commanded tlie St. George 98, hearing the flag of Sir Hyde 
 Parker, in Hotbam's two actions witfi the fVench fleet in 
 1795 ; ofTiciated as Flag-Captain to Sir Charles Thompson on 
 board tlie Britannia 100, off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 
 1797; led the British fleet into action, as Captain of the 
 Goliath 74, on the glorious 1 Aug. 179s; and commanded 
 Lord Nelson's flag-ship, tlie Elephant, at Copenhagen, 
 3 April, IsOl. In 1811 he became Commander-in-Chief in 
 the Downs ; and at the period of his death, 9 Jan. 1833, he 
 was Rear-Admural of Great Britain and Port-.ldmiial at 
 Portsmouth. 
 
308 
 
 FOORD -FOOTE-FORBES . 
 
 Midshipman of the Tonnaht 80, bearing the flag 
 at Cork of Sir Benj. Hallowell ; and in Nov. 1818, 
 he joined the Kochfort 74, successive flag-ship in 
 the Meditertanean of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle 
 and Sir Graham Moore— under the latter of whom 
 -he was created a Lieutenant 5 Feb. 1833. His 
 next appointments were, on the same and Home 
 stations— 31 Jan. 1822, to the Martin 20, Capts. 
 Christ. Crakenthorpe Askew and Henry Eden — 
 and 18 June, 1825, to the Pybamus 42, Capts. 
 Robt. Gambler and Geo. Rose Sartorius. Attain- 
 ing the rank of Commander 28 April, 1827, he 
 afterwards, as Second Captain, joined, 21 May, 
 1831, and 22 March, 1832, the Spaktiate 76, and 
 Asia 84 — the latter bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Wm. Parker off Lisbon. Since his last pro- 
 motion, which was oonfeire^ on him in compliment 
 to the memory of his uncle, 16 Jan. 1833, Capt. 
 Foley has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 FOORD. (LiKUT., 1815. F-p., 20 ; H-p., 20.) 
 
 James John Foord entered the Navy, 27 June, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, 
 'Capt. John West, and while in that ship, of which 
 he became Midshipman in March, 1808, was em- 
 ployed at the blockade of Cadiz and Toulon, and 
 saw much boat'service in the Adriatic. Until the 
 conclusion of the war he continued to serve with 
 Capt. West, in the same ship and in the Sultan 74, 
 on the Home and West India stations ; after which 
 he joined the Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. -Heniy Dillon, 
 then employed off the coast of France for the pur- 
 pose of intercepting the flight of Napoleon Buona- 
 parte. Having 'attained the rank of Lieutenant 
 25 Feb. 1815, Mr. Foord next, during the year 1816, 
 served in the "East Indies and China on board the 
 Tvne 20, Capts. John Allen and John Bartholomew 
 Hoar Curran. He has been in the Coast Guard 
 since -2 May, 1836. 
 
 FOOTE. (Commander, 1845.") 
 
 Henrv Richard Foote entered the Navy 6 May, 
 1830 ; passed his examination 23 June, 1836 ; and 
 served as Mate, on the Mediterranean, North Ame- 
 rica and West India, and African stations, in the 
 Gorgon steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, 
 IiLnSTBioos 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, Mada- 
 gascar 44, Capt. John Foote, ahd Kite and Al- 
 bert steamers, respectively com'manded by Lieut. 
 Wm. Montague Isaacson Geo. Pasco and Capt. 
 Henry Bundas Trotter — the latter employed on an 
 "explorative mission up the riVe'r Niger. He was 
 promoted to a Lieutena;noy, 25 Oct. 1842, in his old 
 ship the Madagascar, and, on 14 Feb. 1843, was 
 invested with the command, also on the coast of 
 Africa, of the HEROif^E 6. Since his assumption of 
 the rank he now holds, 5 Aug. 1845, Commander 
 Foote has been on half-pay. Agent— John P. 
 Muspratt. 
 
 FOOTE. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 John Foote entered the Navy, in Nov. 1797, *' 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Seahorse, of 46 guns 
 and 292 men, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote ; under whom, 
 off the island of Pantellaria, in the Mediterranean, 
 he assisted at the capture, 27 June, 1798, after a 
 close, action of eight minutes, a loss to the British 
 of 2 men killed and 16 wounded, and to the enemy 
 of 18 killed and 37 wounded, of the French frigate 
 La Sensible, of 36 guns and 300 men. On his return 
 from a voyage to the East Indies, in 1802, Mr. Foote 
 successivelyjoiiledtheJnNo32, Capt. H. Richardson, 
 Spartiate74, Capts. Murray and Manley,and Ville 
 DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. As 
 a Lieutenant, which rank he attained 10 May, 1804, 
 he was afterwards appointed, we find, to the Di!- 
 siniE and Resistance frigates, Capts. Whitby and 
 Adam, and, latterly as Signal-Lieutenant, to the 
 RovAL George, Caledonia, Boyne, and Roval 
 William, flag-ships, in the Mediterranean and 
 Channel, of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Lord Gam- 
 bler, Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and Sir Rich. 
 Hussay Bickerton. During that period, while in 
 
 command, on 25 Oct. 1806, of the Hannah gun- 
 boat, Mr. Foote, who had been detached from the 
 Royal George for the purpose of affording pro- 
 tection to a convoy passing through the Gut of 
 Gibraltar, was jwounded and taken prisoner by a 
 powerful Spanish privateer, after a highly honour- 
 able defence in which the British lost 8 men killed 
 and 11 wounded.* He was promoted to the com- 
 mand, 29 Sept. 1813, of the Rapid sloop, on the 
 Home station, whence, on his removal, 9 Oct. 1814, 
 to the Goldfinch 10, he sailed for the West In- 
 dies. The latter being paid off in Dec. 1815, he 
 next joined, 12 May, 1827, as Second-Captain, the 
 EnrrANNiA 120, flag-ship of the Commander-in- 
 Chief at Plymouth. He attained Post-rank 29 
 Sept. 1827, and was subsequently appointed to the 
 command, 18 Aug. 1841, of the Madagascar 44, 
 on the coast of Africa. Since his return to Eng- 
 land in 1844 he has not been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Foote, in consideration of the wound we 
 have above noticed, received at the time a pecu- 
 niary reward from the Patriotic Fund. He is mar- 
 ried and has issue. 
 
 FOOTE. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 John Foote entered the Royal Naval College 
 2 Feb. 1827 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 27 Jan. 1835. He was 
 afterwards appointed, on the Mediterranean and 
 South American stations — 4 April, 1835, to the 
 Sapphire 28, Capt. Rich. Freeman Rowley— 4 Nov. 
 1839 and 8 Feb. 1842, to the successive command 
 of the Fawn brigantine, of 1, and Curlew, of 10 
 guns — and, 16 Sept. 1843, to the Dublin 50, flag- 
 ship of Rear- Admiral Rich. Thomas. He acquired 
 his present rank 29 March, 1845 ; and, since 5 Nov. 
 1846, has been in command of the Rosamond steam- 
 sloop at the Cape of Good Hope. Agent — John 
 P. Muspratt. 
 
 FOOTE. (LlEDTENANT, 1827.) 
 
 Pearson Foote passed his examination in 1817 ; 
 and obtained his commission 27 Dec. 1827. He 
 does not appear to have been since employed. 
 
 He married, in 1840, Dinah, daughter of J. Ni- 
 choles, Esq., R.N. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FORBES. CLiedtenant, 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Alexander William Forbes was born 21 May, 
 1793. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impebiedse, of 44 guns, 
 Capts. Lord Cochrane, Thos. Garth, and Hon. Henry 
 Duncan ; under the first of whom he took part in a 
 variety of active operations on the coasts of France 
 and Spain, destroyed numerous semaphore stations 
 and batteries, co-operated in the reduction of the 
 castle of Mongat and in the celebrated defence of 
 Fort Trinidad, and warmly assisted at the destruc- 
 tion of the French shipping in Aix Roads. After 
 attending the expedition to Flushing he returned 
 to the Mediterranean, and there joined, in Jan. 
 1811, the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers ; from which 
 ship he appears to have been transferred, in Jan. 
 1813, to the Armide 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Trou- 
 bridge, on the North American station. Independ- 
 ently of much detached service in the Chesapeake, 
 Mr. Forbes joined in the attack upon New Orleans, 
 and throughout the whole of the proceedings con- 
 nected with that disastrous enterprise was inces- 
 santly employed in command of a boat on the Mis- 
 sissippi. On one occasion, when in the Armide's 
 launch, he boarded two American gun-boats. Being 
 promoted, while in the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 March, 
 1815, he returned to England in the following Sept. 
 on board the Saracen 18, Capt. Alex. Dixie. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 From May, 1818, to Nov. 1821, and again from 
 May, 1824, to Jan. 1826, Mr. Forbes acted as Col- 
 lector of the Customs at Demerara. He married, 
 12 Jan. 1824, and has issue. 
 
 • Fide Gai. 1806, p. 1528. 
 
FORBES. 
 
 369 
 
 FORBES. (Captain, 1834. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 27.) 
 Andrew Forbes was bom in Nov. 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Narcissds 32, Capt. 
 Cbas. Malcolm, and (with the exception of an at- 
 tachment of a few months in 1811 to the Adahaht 
 50, bearing the flag at Leith of Kear-Admiral Wm. 
 Albany Otway) served mider the late Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, from 
 March, 1807, to Oct. 1813, in the Donegal 74, 
 KoTAx Oak 74, San Josef 110, and Queen Char- 
 lotte 100. While in the Donegal he escorted 
 Sir Arthur Wellesley's army from Cork to Portugal 
 in 1808 ; was present at the destruction, 24 Feb. 
 1809, of three frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonne ; served in the boats during Lord Gam- 
 bier's ensuing operations against the French ship- 
 ping in Basc^ue Roads; and, on 15 Nov. 1810, as- 
 sisted in an attack made by Capt. Chas. Grant, of 
 the Diana, on the two French frigates Anmzone 
 and Eliza, protected by the fire of several strong 
 batteries, near Cherbourg. Being appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in Oct. 1813, of the Vengedr 74, Capt. 
 Tristram Kobt. Ricketts, Mr. Forbes in the follow- 
 ing year accompanied the expedition to New Or- 
 leans, where he took command of the ship's boats, 
 and was very active on the Mississippi. In Feb. 
 1815 (on 17 of which month he was officially pro- 
 moted) he appears to have been similarly employed 
 during the investment of Fort Bowyer, and to have 
 made prize of several vessels. He left the Vengedr 
 in Oct. 1815, and, as Lieutenant, was afterwards 
 appointed— 18 Feb. 1821, to the Tyne 26, Capt. Jas. 
 Kearny White, fitting at Portsmouth — and, 13 Feb. 
 and 5 July, 1822, to the Falmooth 20, and Scodt 
 18, Capts. Edw. Puroell and Jas. Wigston, on the 
 West India station. He was there promoted to the 
 command, 16 June, 1823, of the Thracian 18, in 
 which sloop he continued to serve until Oct. 1825. 
 Capt. Forbes, who has not since been afloat, attained 
 Post-rank 27 Aug. 1834. 
 
 Chas. Hotham on the coast of Africa, where he is 
 at present serving. 
 
 FORBES. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p., 9.) 
 
 Arthur Forbes entered the Navy 22 Aug. 1820; 
 and obtained his first commission 1 1 March, 1826. 
 He afterwards joined— 11 March, 1828, the Jasper 
 10, Capt. Leonard Chas. Rooke, in the Mediterra- 
 nean — 3 Deo. 1831, the Harrier 18, Capt. Spencer 
 Lambert Hunter Vassall, fitting for the East Indies 
 — and 3 April, 1834, tjfie Magicienne 24, Capts. Jas. 
 Hanway Plumridge and Geo. Wm. St. John Mild- 
 may, to which vessel, on her being paid ofi' on her 
 return from the latter station, he was re-appointed, 
 as First-Lieutenant, 13 May, 1835. After serving 
 for upwards of three years on the Lisbon station, 
 Mr. Forbes was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 27 Dec. 1838. From 18 Aug. 1841 until 
 1845 he officiated as Second-Captain of the Il- 
 lustrious 72, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam 
 on the North America and West India station ; but 
 since the latter date he has been on half-pay. 
 His elevation to the rank he now holds took place 
 27 Aug. 1846. 
 
 FORBES. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 0.) 
 Frederick Edwyn Forbes, born 3 April, 1819, 
 is second surviving son of Retired-Capt. John 
 Forbes, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 Aug. 1833 ; 
 passed his examination 5 Jan. 1839 ; and served, as 
 Mate, in the West Indies, South America, and the 
 East Indies, on board the Skipjack schooner, 
 Lieut.-Commander Augustus Chas. May, Champion 
 18, Capt. Rich. Byron, North Star 26, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Everard Homo, and Cornwallis 72, flag-ship 
 of Sir Wm. Parker. Since his promotion, which 
 took place 29 Aug. 1843, his appointments have 
 been— 7 Sept. 1843 and 2 July, 1844, to the Ser- 
 pent 16, Capt. AVm. Nevill, and Wolf 18, Capts. 
 Geo. Evan Davis and Jas. Alex. Gordon, both in 
 the East Indies— and, 19 Oct. 1846, to the Penelope 
 steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 
 FORBES. (Captain, 1819. f-p., 18 ; H-p., 30.:) 
 
 Henry Forbes is youngest son of Gen. Gordon 
 Forbes, of Ham, co. Surrey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 June, 1799, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge and Geo. Henry Towry ; and, 
 in Oct. 1802, became Midshipman of the Phoebe 56, 
 Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. In 1804 he appears 
 to have been wounded in the Mediterranean, at the 
 cutting out of a man-of-war brig ; after which he 
 bore a part in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, 
 and officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of the Donegal 
 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, in the action off' St. 
 Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Being confirmed to the 
 latter ship by commission dated 9 April, 1806, Mr. 
 Forbes, in 1808, escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley's 
 army from Cork to Portugal; and, in the early part 
 of 1809, besides assisting at the destruction of three 
 frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, was 
 present at the discomfiture of the French shipping 
 in Basq^ue Roads. In the course of 1810-11 he 
 joined the Nymphe 36, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, In- 
 constant and Crescent frigates, both commanded 
 by Capt. John Quilliam, and Victory 100, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez. Attaining the rank 
 of Commander 1 Feb. 1812, he was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, on the Channel, East India, Halifax, and 
 Mediterranean stations — 23 March, 1814, to the 
 Martial 12 — 1 Dec. 1814, to the Challenger 16 — 
 1 May, 1816, to the Zebra 18—4 Feb. 1818, to the 
 Grasshopper 18- and, 24 May, 1819, to the Larne 
 18. Capt. Forbes, who assumed Post-rank on 7 Dec. 
 in the latter year, was next invested with the com- 
 mand, 14 Nov. 1841, of the Pique 36 ; from which 
 ship, stationed in the West Indies, he was super- 
 seded 1 Aug. 1842. He accepted the Retirement 
 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Forbes, in 1804, was presented with a grant 
 from the Patriotic Fund, in consideration of the 
 wound we have above noticed. At present he is 
 Commissioner of Pilotage at Shoreham. He mar- 
 ried, 28 Sept. 1822, Jane, eldest sister of the present 
 Sir Jas. Everard Home, Bart., Capt. R.N. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FORBES. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 James Hodder Forbes is nephew of Capt. Edw. 
 Hodder, R.N. (1814), who died in the early part of 
 1829. Another imcle was a Captain in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1807, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Agincouet 64, Capt. 
 Henry Hill, and after an intermediate servitude in 
 that ship, the Waespite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Blackwood, and Inflexible 64, Capt. Thos. Brown, 
 chiefly on the Home station, became Master's Mate, 
 in 1809, of the Owen Glendower 36, Capts. Wm. 
 Selby, Edw. Henry A'Court, and Brian Hodgson. 
 During the five years of his continuance in that 
 frigate, Mr. Forbes assisted at the capture of the 
 island of Anholt in Jlay, 1809; was in frequent 
 skirmishes with the Danish and Russian gun-boats 
 in the Baltic; took a prize on one occasion to 
 Oporto ; and, independently of escorting a Convoy 
 to and from the Cape of Good Hope, conveyed Sir 
 Sam. Hood to Madras. On his return home, in 
 1814, on board the Coenwallis 74, Capt. Stephen 
 Thos. Digby, he immediately joined the Impreg- 
 nable 98, bearing the flag of H.R.H. the Duke of 
 Clarence ;. and, on the occasion of the grand naval 
 review at Spithead, he received from his Captain, 
 Chas. Adam, a high testimonial of his meritorious 
 conduct. Not long after that event (the Impreg- 
 nable being at the time at the mouth of the Ga- 
 ronne) Mr. Forbes' health sustained a very severe 
 shock in consequence of his intrepid exertions in 
 descending into the water at midnight for the pur- 
 pose of rescuing a boat's crew belonging to H.M.S. 
 Bedford, all but one of whom were, through his 
 instrumentality, happily saved. For this service 
 he had the satisfaction of receiving the public 
 
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 rORBES-FORDER. 
 
 thanks of the Bedfokd*s commander, Capt. Jas. 
 Walker. He afterwards, in the Vengedb 74, Capt. 
 Tristram Kobt. Kicketts, attended the expedition 
 to New Orleans, and, while engaged in the opera- 
 tions against it, was for nine weeks exposed, 
 day and night, in an open boat. During that 
 period he assisted in storming and destroying the 
 guns of a very strong fort on the banks of the Mis- 
 sissippi ; and he also, by the capture of an American 
 schooner laden with supplies, which he had the 
 good fortune to accomplish while in command of 
 the Vengehr's barge, materially hastened the sur- 
 render of Fort Bowyer, near the entrance of Mobile 
 Bay, Ever since the paying off of the Vbngedb, in 
 Aug. 181.5, Mr. Forbes, owing to the severe hard- 
 ships he underwent iti the service, has been more 
 or less affected with derangement of mind, and he 
 is now confined in Haslar Hospital. 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 FORBES. (Ret. Capt., 1844. f-p.„ 19 ; h-p., 34.) 
 John Forbes, born 15 March, 1780, at Aberdeen, 
 is son of the late Geo. Forbes, Esq., a merchant of 
 that city, by Jane, daughter of Lumsden, of Alford 
 and Cromar, co. Aberdeen ; and brother of the late 
 Capt. David Forbes, B. I. Co.'s Service, Governor 
 of Ternate. 
 
 This officer entered the Navj', 6 Feb. 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotauk 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Louis, in which ship,, bearing successively the 
 flags of Admirals Macbride, Waldegrave, Colpoys, 
 and Lord Keith, he served the whole of his time, 
 and was present at the reduction of Ste. Lucie in 
 1796, the battle of the Nile in 1798, and in divers 
 operations on the coast of Italy, including the cap- 
 ture of Naples, Genoa, &c. Being confirmed to a 
 Lieutenancy, 25 Dec. 1800, in the Florentine 36, 
 Capt. John Broughton, he assisted at the landing 
 of the troops in Egypt in 1801, and for that service 
 ■was presented with the Turkish gold medal. From 
 May, 1803, until March, 1806, Mr. Forbes continued 
 to be employed with Captain, afterwards Rear-Ad- 
 miral Louis, in the Conqueroii 74, Leopard 50, 
 and Canopus 80, the last two years as his Flag- 
 Lieutenant ; during which period he commanded a 
 squadron of boats in the celebrated Catamaran ex- 
 pedition against the Boulogne flotilla in 1804, was 
 on hoard the Canopus in the action off St. Domingo 
 6 Feb. 1806, and came into collision with the bat- 
 teries at Cadiz. After cruizing for a short period 
 in the Channel, as First of the Acasta 40, Capt. 
 Rich. Dalling Dunn, he removed, in that capacity, 
 to the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he was wound- 
 ed in the head and body at the passage of the Dar- 
 danelles in Feb. 1807.* With the latter officer Mr. 
 Forbes afterwards served, until promoted to the 
 rank of Commander, 17 March, 1812, in the San 
 Josef 110, and, for some time as Acting-Captain, in 
 the ANTELapE 50 — the last two years at Newfound- 
 land, where he officiated as Surrogate and Justice 
 of the Peace. Capt. Forbes' last appointments 
 were, 16 Dec. 1812, 6 Dec. 1813, and 12 April, 1814, 
 to the Havock 10, Erebus 18, and Harrier of si- 
 milar force, on the Baltic and Home stations. In 
 the Erebus he conveyed Lord Castlereagb and 
 Count Pozzo di Borgo to Helvoetsluys ;' and in the 
 Harrier he took part in the grand review at Spit- 
 head. He left the latter vessel in July, 1814, and 
 assumed the rank he now holds 26 March, 1844. 
 
 Capt. Forbes, who has received a gratuity from 
 the Patriotic Fund in consideration of his wounds, 
 is a member of the Royal Astronomical and Agri- 
 cultural Societies, and a Magistrate and Deputy 
 Lieutenant for Berkshire. He married, 22 July, 
 1814, Letitia Mary, daughter of the late Geo. White, 
 Esq., of Newington House, co. Oxford, and of the 
 Isle of Thanet, by whom he has had issue four 
 eons and three daughters. Of the former, James 
 William, the eldest, died a Lieutenant in the 13th 
 Foot, 29 Jan. 1839. The third, Frederick Edwyn, 
 is a Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 587. 
 
 FORBES. (Commander, 1842. p-p., 17; h-p., 8.) 
 Thomas George Forbes entered the Navy, 18 
 May, 1822, as a Volunteer, on board the Impreg- 
 nable 104, Capt. Alex. Skene, guard-ship at Ply- 
 mouth, where he removed, in Jan. 1823, to the 
 Britannia 120, Capt. Wm. Henry Bruce. Between 
 April, 1824^ and the year 1829, when he passed 
 his examination, he served,, on the South Amerir 
 can. Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the 
 TwEEB 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, Spaetiate 76, flag- 
 ship of Sir Geo. Eyre, Doris 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. 
 Hope Johnstone, Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Max- 
 well, Cadmos 10, Capt. Chas. Hallowell, Dartmouth 
 42, Capt. Thos. Felloweg, Zebra 18, Capt. Popham, 
 and Kent 78, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire. Dur- 
 ing his attachment to the Dartmouth, Mr. Forbes 
 was present in the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827, 
 and on that occasion was employed in the boats 
 towing the fire-vessels dear of his own frigaite, and 
 also of the, French ships Scipian and Sirttne. .titer 
 officiating for about 18 months as Mate of theSEBiN- 
 GAPATAM 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, on the 
 South American station, he was there appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant, 20 Dec. 1830, of the Warspite 
 76, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Baker, to which 
 ship he was confirmed by commission dated 5 Jan. 
 1832. His succeeding appointments, we find^ were, 
 on the same, and on the Home, Lisbon, and Medi- 
 terranean stations— 20 March, 1832, to the Light- 
 ning 18, Capt. Thos. Dickinson— 31 Oct. 1832. to 
 the Malabar 74, Capts. Hon. Josceline Percy and 
 Henry Shovell Marshamr-28 March, 1836, to the 
 CoRNWALLis 74, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing 
 and Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley— and, 11 Feb. 1837, 
 to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Robt. Stopford. While in the latter ship, in 
 1840, Mr. Forbes witnessed the fall of Beyrout, was 
 employed in erecting defences at D'Journi, and as- 
 sisted at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He 
 was paid off 30 July, 1841, and has not since been 
 employed. His last promotion took place 10 Nov. 
 1842. 
 
 FORDEE. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 9; h-p., 33.) 
 
 George Forder died 9 Deo. 1845, in the 56th 
 year of his age. He was brother of Commander 
 Robt. Forder, R.N. (1821), who died in 1844. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Chichester, guard-ship 
 at St. Helen's, Capt. Joseph Spear, and, after serv- 
 ing for some time with that officer, and with Capt. 
 Alex. Shippard of the Surinam 18, joined, in March, 
 1806, the CosFiANCE sloop, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo. 
 In August, 1807, we find him officially noticed, and 
 spoken of in the highest manner, for his conduct at 
 the cutting out, by the boats of the latter vessel, of 
 the Spanish privateer Bl Reitrada of 3 guns and 30 
 men, under a heavy fire from two strong forts at 
 Guardia, on the coast of Portugal.* On 27 of the 
 foUovring October, previously to the departure of 
 the Royal Family for South America, he accompa- 
 nied Lord Strangford with a flag of truce to Lis- 
 bon ; after which, while in a prize, he appears to 
 have been taken by some Spanish gun-boats, and 
 detained a prisoner from 13 Feb. to May 1808. He 
 then rejoined the Confiance, and, during the month 
 of Jan. 1809, was twice mentioned for his able sup- 
 port of Capt. Yeo, as that officer's aide-de-camp, at 
 the storming of the batteries, and throughout the 
 other operations connected with the capture of 
 Cayenne. On 2 June, 1810,Mr.Forderwas promoted 
 by Admiral Young, with whom he had been serv- 
 ing for a few months in the Salvador del Mundo, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, on the latter striking his 
 flag as Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. Being 
 soon afterwards appointed Second of the Afbicaine 
 of 48 guns and 235 men, Capt. Robt. Corbett, he 
 sailed for India; on his passage whither, 11 Sept. 
 following, he commanded the boats in a very gal- 
 lant, although unsuccessful, attempt made to cap- 
 ture a schooner near the Isle of France, on which 
 occasion the British sustained a loss of 2 men 
 
 • ride Gaz. 1807, p. 1243. 
 
FORDYCE—JOREMAN— FORREST. 
 
 371 
 
 killed and 16 wounded. Three days subsequently 
 to the latter event the Africaine came to close 
 action with the two French frigates Tphigenie and 
 Astree, carrying between them 86 guns and 618 
 men, and, after a brave but unequal contest of two 
 hours and a half, in which she endured a loss 
 of 49 men killed and 114 (including her Captain 
 mortally, and Mr. Forder most severely) wounded, 
 and occasioned the enemy one of 10 killed and 35 
 wounded, was compelled to strike her colours.* On 
 the recapture of the Afbicaine, and as soon as he 
 was at all able, Mr. Forder was invested with the 
 command of the Egbeiuon't schooner, and employed 
 in the operations against the Isle of France. He 
 went on half-pay 29 Dec. 1810 ; and (with the ex- 
 ception of an attachment, from 19 May, 1812, to 5 
 Dec. 1813, to the Hokatio 88, Capt. Lord Geo. 
 Stuart, on the North Sea station) was thencefor- 
 ward, owing to the desperate effects of his wound, 
 which ultimately, we believe, occasioned his death, 
 compelled to abandon the active duties of his pro- 
 fession. 
 
 ■Lieut. Forder's exertions at Cayenne in 1809 
 were acknowledged by the presentation of a sword 
 from the King of Portugal ; and his wound in the 
 Afkicaine obtained him a pension of 9H. 5s., and a 
 grant from the Patriotic Fund of 150/. He has left 
 a family. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FORDYCE. (COMMANDEK, 1841. F-p., 20; 
 H-P., 14.) 
 Alexander Dingwall Fordyce was horn 4 
 March, 1800, at Aberdeen. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1813, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the D^sibee 36, commanded 
 by his relative Capt. Arth. Farquhar, with whom, 
 tlie last two years as Midshipman of the Liverpool 
 40, he served until April, 1816. In the former ship 
 he was actively employed at the blockade of the 
 German rivers, and at the reduction of Cuxhaven 
 and Gluckstadt, in Dec. 1813 and Jan. 1814 ; and 
 when on his return to England in the Liverpool, 
 after having for some time blockaded He Bourbon, 
 he appears to have been nearly lost off Dover, in 
 consequence of that frigate having taken the ground 
 at the foot of Shakspeare's Cliff, from which peril- 
 ous position she was only extricated by cutting 
 away all her masts and spars, and throwing over- 
 board her guns, provisions, and stores. In April, 
 1816, within three years of his entrance into the 
 service, Mr. Fordyce, much to his credit, passed his 
 examination for navigation at the R.N. College, 
 and was one of the very first who went through 
 that ordeal. In August of the same year we find 
 him serving at the bombardment of Algiers on 
 board the Albiom 74, Capt. John Coode ; in which 
 ship, and in the Rochfobt 80, and Revenge 74, he 
 continued to be honourably and responsibly em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean, imder the successive 
 flags of Sir Chas. Vinicomhe Penrose, Sir Thos. 
 Fras. Fromantle, Sir Graham Moore, and Sir Hairy 
 Burrard NenJe, until appointed, 14 Jan. 1826, Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the AVpASEL 10, Capt. Rich. Beau- 
 mont—exactly five years and a half after he had 
 passed his examination for seamanship. Mr. For- 
 dyce, whoso confirmation to the latter vessel took 
 place 18 May, 1826, was subsequently employed for 
 many months among the Ionian Islands for the pro- 
 tection of British commerce during the period of 
 the Greek revolution. Returning to England in 
 March, 1827, he afterwards officiated, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, from 26 May, 1829, to 4 June, 1833, and 
 from 22 Jan. 1839 to 6 March, 1841, of the Alge- 
 rine 10, Capts. Chas. Talbot and Hon. John Fred. 
 Fitzgerald Do Ros, and Cleopatra 26, Capt. Ste- 
 phen Lushington, on the Brazilian, and North Ame- 
 rica and West India stations. In common with the 
 other officers and men employed, Mr. Fordyce re- 
 ceived the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief for 
 his exertions, while in the Algerine, in recovering 
 the remnants of the treasure which had been lost at 
 Cape Frio on board H. M. S. Thetis. During his 
 * FidiGsx. 1811, p. 263. 
 
 attachment to the Cleopatra he acted for some 
 time as Captain of that frigate. Since his attain- 
 ment of his present rank, 3 Sept. 1841, Commander 
 Fordyce has been on half-pay. 
 
 On leaving the Algerine, in June, 1833, this 
 officer was presented by his Captain with a hand- 
 some sword, bearing an appropriate inscription, 
 and, on the part of the Warrant Officers, Seamen, 
 and Marines, with a silver snuff-box, " in grateful 
 acknowledgment of his unwearied efforts to pro- 
 mote their happiness and comfort during a period 
 of four years' service." He published, in Oct. 1837, 
 a work entitled ' Outlines of Naval Routine.' 
 
 FOREMAN. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 10.) 
 John Samdel Foreman was horn 27 Aug. 1798, 
 and died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, bearing 
 the flag in the Downs of Sir 'Thos. Foley, and, in 
 1813, became Midshipman of the Vigo 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Jas. NicoU Morris on the Baltic station. 
 From 1814 until May, 1827, he served on various 
 stations, the last few years as Mate, in the Benbow 
 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, Leontdas 38, 
 Capt. Wm. King, Hebrds 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, 
 Persehs and Tamar frigates, both commanded by 
 Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, Bklwark 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir John Gore, Superb 74, bearing the broad pend- 
 ant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Ocean 80, Capts. 
 M'Kenzie and Hardyman, and Warspite, Boadi- 
 cea, and Java, all flag-ships of Rear- Admiral Wm. 
 Hall Gage. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arth. Murray, and, being 
 confirmed by commission, dated 6 Oct. 1827, was 
 next appointed, 29 Nov. 1828, and 7 Dec. 1832, to 
 the Champion 18, Capts. Geo. Scott and Fras. Vero 
 Cotton, and Vernon 50, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cock- 
 burn, both on the North America and West India 
 station. On 26 Dec. 1833 he there obtained com- 
 mand of the Abachne 16, from which sloop he re- 
 moved, 29 April, 1834, to the Wasp 16. Being paid 
 off 27 April, 1837, Capt. Foreman, whose Post-com- 
 mission bore date 23 Nov. 1841, remained thence- 
 forward unemployed. 
 
 FOREMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Richard Fobeman entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, 
 Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Wm. Essington, whom he accompa^ 
 nied in the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807. 
 On 1 Dec. following he became Midshipman of the 
 Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, in the Baltic, 
 and he subsequently served, from 1809 until Jan. 
 1815, in the Owen Glendoweb 36, Capts. Wm. 
 Selby and Edw. Henry A'Court, flag-ship after- 
 wards of Sir Sam. Hood in the East Indies, Cobn- 
 wallis 74, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, Slaney 20, 
 and Tamar 24, both commanded by Capt. Chas. 
 Sothehy, and Boyne 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait- 
 land. He then officiated for upwards of two months 
 as Acting-Lieutenant of the Insolent 14, Capt. 
 Wm. Kelly, on the Irish station, and, after a further 
 servitude of six months in the Mediterranean, as 
 Master's Mate of the Boyne, flag-ship of Lord Ex- 
 mouth, was promoted to his present rank by com- 
 mission dated 3 March, 1815. 
 
 For the last 25 years Lieut. Foreman has been 
 confined in a lunatic asylum. 
 
 FORREST. (LiEDT., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Rocheid Fobrest entered the Navy 1 
 Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ceuizeb 
 18, Capts. Pringle Stoddart, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, 
 Thos. Wells, and Thos. Rich. Toker, in which vessel 
 he served, on the Baltic station, latterly as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, until Nov. 1813. He 
 was employed during that period with the in-shore 
 squadron at the siege of Copenhagen !n 1807— as- 
 sisted in escorting numerous convoys through the 
 Belt— received the thanks of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in 
 common with others, for some offensive operations 
 
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372 
 
 FORSTER. 
 
 against the enemy, voluntarily performed in a ten- 
 der under the command of Lieut. John Pearse — 
 conveyed in a crazy prize of only 10 tons hurthen, 
 and at great risk, important despatches relative to 
 the Kussian fleet from the Naze of Norway to Rear- 
 Admiral Hope at Gottenborg, during the autumn 
 of 1812, a service which ultimately led to his pro- 
 motion — was frequently engaged with gun-boats 
 and batteries — contributed to the capture of 69 
 armed and other vessels — and carried 10 prizes 
 into British ports. After a further attachment of 
 10 months to the Pengdin 18, Capt. T. R. Toker, 
 Granicds 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and Eliza- 
 beth 74, flag-ship' of Rear-Admiral Chas. Elphin- 
 stone Fleming, on the Home, North American,, and 
 Mediterranean stations, Mr. Forrest was appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant, 31 Oct. 1814, of the Jasper 10, 
 Capt. Thos. Carew. He was confirmed to the latter 
 vessel 23 Dec. following, but was placed on half- 
 pay 29 May, 1815, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Forrest, who, from July, 1834, to May, 
 1844, had been employed as Government Agent for 
 Emigration at Leith, is now Government Agent 
 for Emigration in Scotland. 
 
 rORSTEB. (Lieutenant, 1812.) 
 
 George Brooke Forster entered the Navy, 1 
 Nov. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ph(ebe 36, 
 Capts. Thos. Baker, Jas. Keith Shephard, and Hon. 
 Thos. Bladen Capel, under whom he served, on the 
 Irish and Mediterranean stations, until May, 1805. 
 "With the exception of a few months in 1808-9 he 
 appears to have been next employed, under Sir 
 Sam. Hood, as Midshipman, from Jan. 1806, to Dec. 
 1812, in the Centadr 74, Hibernia 110, Tigre 74, 
 Owen Glendower 36, and Illustriobs 74. While 
 in the Centaur he assisted, 25 Sept. 1806, at the 
 capture, in company with the Mars and Monarch 
 74's, of four French frigates from Bochefort, on 
 which occasion Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm. He 
 attended also the expedition to Copenhagen in 
 Aug. and Sept. 1807 — witnessed the ensuing sur- 
 render of the island of Madeira — and, in Aug. 1809, 
 was engaged, under Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, in 
 the attack upon Walcheren. Being in the East 
 Indies at the time of his promotion, which took 
 place 27 Deo. 1812, he there joined the Tbeban 36, 
 Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, but he soon afterwards 
 returned home with Capt. Alex. Skene in the II- 
 LuSTRions, and on 17 Feb. 1814 was paid off. From 
 May, 1814, until wrecked, U Feb. 1817, he further 
 ofBciated as an Agent for Transports afloat ; after 
 which he served for some time as an Inspecting 
 Officer of the Water Guard, and aS Commander, 
 in 1826-8, of the Dove and Lapwing Falmouth 
 packets. Since he left the latter vessel he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Forster at present holds the appointment 
 of Police Alagistrate at Van Diemen's Land. He 
 is married and has issue. 
 
 FORSTER. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 21s 
 H-P., 11.) 
 
 Matthew Charles Forster is son of the late 
 Colonel Forster, of Gatoombe House, co. Hants. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Jan. 1815, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Coehwallis 74, Capt. 
 John Bayley, bearing the flag in the East Indies of 
 his patron, Sir George Burlton. Previously to pass- 
 ing his examination, in June, 1821, he further 
 served, as Volunteer and Midshipman, in the Doris 
 42, and Wye 26, both commanded by Capt. John 
 Harper, and in the Hind 20, Capt. Sir Chns. Bur- 
 rard, on the same and on the North American 
 and Channel stations. He then successively joined, 
 as Mate, on the Brazilian, Home, North American, 
 and Slediterranean stations, the Doris again, Capts. 
 Thos. Graham, Fred; Edw. Venables Vernon, and 
 Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, Albion 74, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Hoste, Victory 104, flag-ship of Sir Geo. 
 Martin, Manly 12, Capt. Field, and HnssAK 46, 
 and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Ogle 
 and Sir Pulteney Malcolm. He attained the rank 
 
 of Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1830, and was subsequently 
 appointed— for two months to the Ferret 10, Capt. 
 Edw. Wodehouse, in the Mediterranean — 16 Jan. 
 
 1832, to the Victory again, flag-ship at Portsmouth 
 of Sir Thos. Foley and Sir Thos. Williams— 1 May, 
 
 1833, and 5 Sept. 1835, to the San Josef 110, and 
 Royal Adelaide 104, bearing each the flag of Sir 
 Wm. Hargood at Plymouth, where he continued 
 until paid oflT, in April, 1836— and, 11 June, 1845, 
 to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, part of the 
 Channel squadron. He acquired the rank of Com- 
 mander 27 Jan. 1847. 
 
 Commander Forster married, 20 Sept. 1832, Mary, 
 niece of Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, K.N., sister of 
 Commander Wm. O'B. Hoare, B.N., and daughter 
 of Sir Joseph Wallis Hoare, Bart., by Lady Harriet 
 O'Bryen, sister of Vice-Admiral the Marquess of 
 Thomond, G.C.H. ; and became a widower 11 Dec. 
 1836. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FORSTER. (Commander, 1815. f-p.,. 18 j, 
 
 H-P., 21.) 
 Robert Forster, of the ancient family of Forster 
 of Bamborough, co. Northumberland, is the eldest 
 of ten brothers, all of whom were in the service of 
 their country— six in the army, the others in the 
 navy. Seven of these gentlemen died in actual 
 service abroad, and an eighth, the late Capt. John 
 Forster, R.N. (1838), died, in 1841, from the effects 
 of wounds he had received when Lieutenant of the 
 Apollo, in a desperate cutting-out affair in the 
 Bay of Rosas, in 1809. Commander Forster's only 
 surviving brother, Hugh Percy, is District Pay- 
 master, N.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Dec. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camelion 18, Capt. 
 Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, whom he soon after- 
 wards accompanied into the Edrtdice 24. Be- 
 tween 1796 and 1802 he successively served, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Garland 
 28, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Ville de Paris, 
 flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent, Alcmene 32, and 
 Majestic 74, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Hope, 
 Kent 74, and Ville de Paris again, bearing the 
 respective flags of Lord Duncan and Earl St. Vin- 
 cent, and Leda 38, Capt. G. Hope. After acting 
 for a few weeks as Lieutenant of the FonDEOYANT 
 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, Mr. Forster was con- 
 firmed, 20 July, 1802, into the Nemesis 28, Capt. 
 Philip Somerville; after which he served, from 
 April, 1803, until promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander, 13 June, 1815 (nearly the whole time as 
 First Lieutenant), in the Charwell 18, Capt. Philip 
 Dumaresq, Gibraltar 80, and Mars 74, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Wm. Lukin, Owen Glendowee 
 36, Capt. Wm. Selby, Pompee 74, Capt. Sir Jas. 
 Athol Wood, Asia 74, Capt. Geo. Scott, and ToN- 
 nant 80, and Asia again, both flag-ships of Siip 
 Alex. Cochrane. During that period he assisted 
 in the Charwell at the bombardment of Gran- 
 ville and Havre in 1803 — was on board the Maks 
 at the capture, by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, 
 of four heavy French frigates, two of which, the 
 Gloire 46, and Infatigable 44, struck to the Mars, 
 off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806— and (while in the 
 same ship) attended the expedition to Copenhagen 
 in 1807, where he landed as Senior Lieutenant of 
 the Naval Brigade. He also, in 1808-9, among 
 other detached services, commanded the gun-boats 
 at Gottenborg, and a fire-ship at Rogerwick. At 
 the reduction, in May, 1809, of the island of Anholt, 
 Mr. Forster, then Senior of the OwteN Glendower, 
 landed in command of the seamen : and he after- 
 wards, when First of the Asia, obtained the espe- 
 cial notice of Sir Alex. Cochrane for the destruction, 
 under a fire from field-pieces and small arms, of a 
 deeply-laden schooner lyillg in Cherryston Creek, 
 in the Chesapeake.* During the ensuing operations 
 against New Orleans he commanded a division of 
 boats which crossed the Mississippi on the morning 
 of the attack. He subsequently officiated as Beach 
 Master at the capture of Fort BoWyer, in Feb. 1816, 
 • Vide Gei. 1814, p. 1964. 
 
FORSYTH-FORTESCUE-FOSBERY— FOSSE— FOSTER— FOTHERGILL. 373 
 
 and on that occasion was officially mentioned by 
 General Sir John Lambert. On 2 March, 1819, in 
 consequence of his having entered into the naval 
 service of Chili, Commander Forster was struck off 
 the list of British officers, but he was restored in 
 1832, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 For his foreign services, the greater portion of 
 which were performed in the capacity of Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, the Government of Peru bestowed 
 upon Commander Forster the highest conferrable 
 military honour— the &st class of the "Founder 
 of the Order of the Sun." Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 FORSYTH. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Chaeles Codhington Forsyth entered the Navy 
 18 Dec. 1826 ; passed his examination 25 Nov. 1836 ; 
 and for several years immediately preceding his 
 promotion, which took place 31 Oct. 1843, served, 
 as Mate, on board the Beagle surveying-vessel at 
 Australia, Capts. John Clements Wickham and John 
 Lort Stokes. Since 1 Jan. 1844, he has been em- 
 ployed at the Cape of Good Hope, on board the 
 Helena 16, Capt. Sir Comwallis Rioketts. 
 
 FORSYTH. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 ■William Codrington Fohstth passed his ex- 
 amination 15 July, 1833 ; obtained an appointment 
 in the Coast Guard 24 Feb. 1840 ; and, in 1844, re- 
 moved to the Volcano steam-sloop, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Edw. Chas. Miller and John Hay Crang, 
 on the Mediterranean station. He was there pro- 
 moted to a Lieutena,ncy, 1 Deo. 1845, in the Hi- 
 BERNiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker; and, 
 since 23 Jan. 1847, has been serving with the Chan- 
 nel squadron on board the Albion 90. 
 
 FORTESCUE. (LiecT., 1823. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 27.) 
 Henry Fortesode entered the Navy, 27 April, 
 
 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Christian VII. 
 80, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, employed in the 
 North Sea, where he followed that officer, in Feb. 
 
 1812, into the Impregnable .98. From July, 1813, 
 until April, 1818, he Successively served, on the 
 North American, Irish, Home, Mediterranean, and 
 East India stations, in the Endtmion 40, Capt. 
 Henry Hope, Satdrn 74, Capts. Jas. Nash and 
 Thos. Brown, Franchise 36, Capt. Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane, St. George and Impregnable 98's, both 
 commanded by Capt. Jas. Nash, and Minden 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Paterson — in which latter ship he shared 
 in the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. In 
 Deo. 1821, Mr. Fortescue joined the Andromache 
 frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commo- 
 dore Joseph Nourse at the Cape of Good Hope, 
 where he became Acting-Lieutenant, in Nov. 1822, 
 of the Menai 24, Capt. Fairfax Moresby. He was 
 officially promoted 5 April, 1823, but since Sept. in 
 that year has been unemployed. 
 
 FORTESCUE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Dyke Acland Foktescue, born 20 July, 
 1821, is second son of Matthew Fortescue, Esq., by 
 Erskine, fourth daughter of Jas. Christie, Esq., of 
 Ducie, CO. Fife ; and grandson of Capt. Hon. Mat- 
 thew Fortescue, K.N. (1782), who was only brother 
 of the first, and uncle of the present Earl Fortescue, 
 and died 19 Nov. 1842, in his 89th year. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 1 June, 1844 ; 
 was appointed Mate, 29 May, 1846, of the Eury- 
 DIOB 22, Capt. Geo. Elliot, fitting at Portsmouth ; 
 and attained his present rank on 8 of the following 
 Oct. 
 
 FOSBERY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Godfrey Fosbery, born 24 Sept. 1791, is son of 
 the late Fras. Fosberjr, Esq., of Curragh Bridge, 
 CO. Limerick, by Philippa, sister of the late Sir 
 Wm. Godfrey, Bart., of Kilcoleman Abbey, co. 
 Kerry, and aunt of the late Dowager Marchioness 
 of Donegal. He is cousin and brother-in-law of 
 the present Geo. Fosbery, Esq., of Clorane and 
 Curragh Bridge. I 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Virginie, of 46 guns 
 and 281 men, Capt. Edw. Brace, on the Irish sta- 
 tion. While in that ship, independently of the 
 capture of two Spanish privateers carrying 14 guns 
 each, he assisted in taking, 19 May, 1808, thcDutch 
 frigate Guelderland, of 36 guns and 253 men, after 
 an obstinate conflict of an hour and a half, in which 
 the enemy lost 25 men killed and 50 wounded, and 
 the British 1 killed and 2 wounded. On 16 Jan. 
 1810, Mr. Fosbery, who had attained the rating of 
 Midshipman, was taken prisoner while on board a 
 prize off Ushant. Being released in May, 1814, he 
 joined for a few weeks, as a Supernumerary, the 
 Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, lying at Spithead. 
 He obtained his commission 16 March, 1815 ; and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Fosbery, who now holds the office of In- 
 spector of the City of London Police Force, mar- 
 ried, 21 Aug. 1823, Catherine Lyons, daughter of 
 the late John Walcott, Esq., of Croagh Walcott, co. 
 Limerick, and has had issue 12 children, 9 of whom 
 are living. 
 
 FOSSE. (Lieutenant, 1809. f.-p., 15; h-p., 32.) 
 William Fosse entered the Navy, 8 March, 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alligator 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Bowen, on the Mediterranean 
 station, where, in July, 1802, he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Pegasos, Capt. John Pengelly. 
 In 1804-5 he joined the Ehrydice 24, Capts. 
 John Nicholas and Wm. Hoste, and Triumph 74, 
 Capts. Henry Inman and Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy, on the African and Home stations ; after 
 which he became successively attached to the 
 Sampson and Diadem 64's, flag-ships of Kear-Ad- 
 miral Chas. Stirling, under whom he assisted at the 
 storming of Monte Video in Feb. 1807. In April 
 of the latter year he obtained a Sub-Lieutenancy 
 in the Protector gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 Geo. Mitchener, from which vessel, then on the 
 Leith station, he was promoted to be Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, 25 Jan. 1809, of the Spptfire sloop, Capt. 
 John Ellis. Being confirmed in his present rank 6 
 Oct. following, he afterwards, from 29 Aug. 1811, 
 until 28 Aug. 1815, served, on the West India and 
 other stations, in the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halli- 
 day. Since the date last mentioned he has not 
 been afioat. 
 
 FOSTER. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Henry Decolas Foster entered the Navy 23 
 July, 1813 ; passed his examination in 1819 ; and ob- 
 tained his commission 6 Sept. 1828. He was after- 
 wards employed for some time in the Helicon 10, 
 Capt. Kobt. Henry Stanhope. He joined the Coast 
 Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hy- 
 perion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 26 Nov. 1830 ; 
 entered the Coast Guard 5 April, 1831 ; was trans- 
 ferred, as Firs(>Lieutenant, to the Stag 46, Capt. 
 Thos. Ball Sulivan, on the South American station, 
 6 Dec. 1836 ; returned to England in 1839, after an 
 absence of more than two years ; and, since 9 Oct. 
 1840, has again been in the Coast Guard. 
 
 FOTHERGILL. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 William Fotheegile entered the Navy 18 May, 
 1811 ; passed his examination in 1818 ; and was 
 promoted to the rank he now holds 22 July, 1830. 
 With the exception of a command, from 11 Oct. 
 1834, to Sept. 1837, of the Stoek Revenue-vessel, 
 he has been uninterruptedly employed in the Coast 
 Guard since 27 March, 1833. 
 
 FOWELL. (LieuTenan*, 1842.) 
 
 Samuel Foweli, entered the Navy 17 March 
 1823 ; passed his examination 1 June, 1836 ; and at 
 the period of his promotion, which took place 13 
 May, 1842, was officiating as Mate on board the 
 CoRNWALLis 72, bearing the flag in the East Indies 
 of Sir Wm. Parker. We find him, on 18 of the 
 same month, and prior to the receipt of his com- 
 mission, serving on shore at the capture from the 
 
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 FOWELL-FO W KE- FOWLER. 
 
 Chinese of the town of Chapoo. He soon after- 
 wards remoTed to the Harleqdin 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Fowler Hastings — and was next appointed, 20 
 June, 1845, to the Crocodile 26, commanded at 
 Cork by Capt. John Balfour Maxwell— 13 June, 
 1846, as Additional, to the Avenger steam-frigate, 
 Capt. Woodford John Williams, attached to the 
 Channel squadron— and, 10 July, 1846, to the 
 Sphynx, Capt. John Bettinson Cragg, also on the 
 Home station. 
 
 FOWELL. (Commander, 1839.) 
 
 WiiMAM Newton Fowell, born 5 June, 1803, at 
 Black Hall, is third son of the late Rev. John 
 Digby Fowell, Rector of Torbrian, in Devon, by 
 Sarah, second daughter and co-heir of Peter Know- 
 ling, Esq., of Washboume House, in the parish of 
 Harburton, co. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 26 March, 1819 ; 
 served, as Midshipman of the Lion schooner, in 
 action with pirates in the West Indies; and was 
 Mate of the Pickle at the capture of the Calero 
 slaver. Obtaining his first commission 12 Aug. 
 1834, he afterwards joined— 21 Nov. 1834, the Pre- 
 sident 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn in North 
 America and the West Indies— 14 Feb. 1835, the 
 CoMus 18. Capt. Wm. Price Hamilton, on the same 
 station— 15 July, 1836, the Inconstant 36, Capt. 
 Dan. Pring, off Lisbon— and 17 Aug. 1838, as First- 
 Lieutenant, the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams San- 
 dom, on the lakes of Canada. By the latter officer 
 Mr. Fowell (who on the occasion was wounded) ap- 
 pears to have been commended in the highest terms 
 for his gallantry, zeal, and activity in repelling, 
 conjointly with the troops, a rebellious attack made 
 on the town of Prescott, and on the Bri tish terri- 
 tory in its vicinity, 13 Nov. 1838.* Ae a reward 
 for his conduct, he was invested with the rank of 
 Commander, 4 July, 1839 ; and next appointed, 3 
 April, 1843, to the Montreal, on Lake Erie. Since 
 25 July following he has been in successive com- 
 mand of the Mohawk and Cherokee steamers on 
 the Canadian lakes. 
 
 Commander Fowell married, 29 May, 1841, 
 Theana, daughter of John Holland, Esq., of Clap- 
 ham Common, co. Surrey. 
 
 FOWKE. (LiE0T., 1816. r-P., 14 ; H-P., 27.) 
 
 Richard Fowke entered the Navy, 3 March, 
 1806, as Fst.-«1. Vol., on board the Ocean 98, Capt. 
 Fras. Pender, with whom, and with Capt. Thos. 
 Geo. Shortland, he afterwards served for two years 
 and a half in the Qoeen 98, on the Mediterranean 
 station. In April, 1809, he became Midshipman of 
 the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag off Lisbon of 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley ; and in 1812-14 he 
 joined the Menelahs 38, Capt. Sir Petar Parker, 
 Vengehr 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, and 
 Linnet 16, Capt. Dan. Pring. On 11 Sept. 1814, 
 after a series of very active operations against 
 the enemy on Lake Champlain, the latter vessel, in 
 common with others composing a sqUddron under 
 the orders of Commodore Downie, was the*e taken 
 beneath the hostile batteries of Plattsburgh by a 
 greatly superior force commanded by Commodore 
 Macdonough, to whose concentrated attack, how- 
 ever, she did not surrender until she had sustained 
 a loss of 10 men killed and 14 wounded, and not 
 until some time after all her consorts had been cap- 
 tured. Mr. Fowke, who was officially recommended 
 by Capt. Pring for the assistance he had afforded 
 him on that occasion,^ was subsequently employed 
 as a Supernumerary, during the summer of 1815, in 
 the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth. Obtaining his 
 Commission 8 Aug. 1816, he next served, from 22 
 Oct. 1828, until 1831, in the Coast Blockade, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and 
 Talavera 74's, both commanded by Capt. Hugh 
 figot. He further joined, 4 April, 1844, the Ocean 
 80, Capt. Peter Fisher, gtjard-ship at Sheemess ; 
 and on 23 Sept. following he removed to the Poic- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1838, p. S975. f V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2387. 
 
 TIERS 72, guard-ship at Chatham, where he is stiU 
 serving. Agents- Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FOWKE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Thomas Thorpe Fowke is son of Geo. Fowke, 
 Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red, of Sible Heding- 
 ham, who died in 1832. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 22 June, 1816 ; and 
 passed his examination in 1822. He obtained a 
 Lieutenancy 17 June, 1825, in the Blanche 46, 
 Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, on the South American 
 station, whence he returned in Oct 1827 ; and was 
 afterwards appointed, 14 Jan. 1830, and 20 May, 
 1832, to the Ganges 84, Capte. John Hayes and Geo. 
 Bnrdett, and Talavera 74, Capt. Edw. Chetham, 
 both in the Mediterranean. Since 12 Feb. 1835, on 
 which date the latter ship was paid oflj Mr. Fowke 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in 1837, Margaretta, daughter of G. 
 Nottidge, Esq., of Castle Hedingham, co. Essex. 
 
 FOWLER. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 George Campbell Fowleb is third son of Rear- 
 Admiral R. M. Fowler. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1833. Among 
 other operations on the coast of China, he com- 
 manded, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Wellesley, 
 one of three boats belonging to that ship, and as- 
 sisted by his great exertions in towing clear a flo- 
 tilla of nearly 20 of the enemy's fire-vessels, most 
 of them chained in couples and some even three 
 together, which had been expressly intended for 
 the Wellesley's destruction.* Having been con- 
 firmed in the rank of Lieutenant by commission 
 dated 6 May, 1841, he afterwards, on leaving the 
 Wellesley, joined in that capacity, 8 Dec. 1842, 
 the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, on the Medi- 
 terranean station. Since 10 Nov. 1845, he has been 
 serving, at Devonport and the Nore, in the Queen 
 110, flag-ship of Sir John West, and William and 
 Mary yacht, Commander Sir J. J. G. Bremer. 
 
 He married, 22 Sept. 1846, Catherine Elizabeth, 
 youngest surviving daughter of the late Wm. Innes 
 Pocock, Esq., Lieut. R.N . (1811), who died 13 March, 
 1836. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 FOWLEE. (CoMMJINDER, 1846. P-P., 17 ; h-p., 4.) 
 Robert Dj^shwood Fowler, bom 29 April, 1814, 
 is eldest son of Rear-Admiral R. M. Fowler. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Dec. 1826 ; and embarked, in Dec. 1828, on board 
 the Champion 18, Capts. Geo. Scott and Fras. Vere 
 Cotton, employed off the coast of Africa. From 
 1830 until 1834 he officiated as Midshipman and 
 Mate, on the North American and Mediterra- 
 nean stations, of the Winchester 52, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, North Star 28, Capt. 
 Lord Wm. Paget, Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. 
 Saunders Dundas, and Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John 
 Franklin. In the latter ship, during the revolu- 
 tionary movements of 1832, he appears to have been 
 present at Mesolonghi, and also at Patras, which 
 city, in company with the French forces, he assisted 
 in garrisoning. On 2 Jan. 1837, after a continued 
 servitude in the Mediterranean, as Signal-Mate of 
 the Portland 52, Capt. David Price, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, and towards the 
 close of the same year he sailed for the Cape of 
 Good Hope in the Melville 74, Capt. Hon. R. S. 
 Dundas, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Elliot. On 
 eventually proceeding to China, Mr. Fowler assisted 
 at the capture, in 1841, of Chuenpee and Tycocktow, 
 co-operated likewise in the attack upon the forts of 
 the Boca Tigris, and commanded the ship's pinnace 
 in the first advance up the Canton River, where all 
 the forts and batteries as high as Howqua's Folly 
 were captured and destroyed. His next appoint- 
 ments were— 22 Feb. 1842, to the Formidable 84, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, in the Medi- 
 terranean— 7 Nov. 1845, to the St. Vincent 120, 
 flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Ogle— and 30 
 April, 1846, to the Queen 110, as Flag-Lieutenant, 
 * Vide Gaz. 1S42, p. 2514. 
 
FOWLER— FOX. 
 
 375 
 
 in the Channel, to Sir Gordon Bremer. He was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander on 9 Nov. in 
 the latter year, and is at present on half-pay. 
 Agests— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 FOWLER. (Eear-Admiral, 1846. f-p, 17; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 BoBERT Merrick Fowtlek entered the Navy, 6 
 May, 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rdby 64, 
 Capt. Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton, lying at Spithead, 
 where, for two months in 1794, he served as Mid- 
 shipman in the Roital William, flag-ship of Sir 
 Peter Parker. Until promoted to the rank of lieu- 
 tenant, 27 Feb. 1800, we afterwards find him joining 
 in succcession the Hector and Combebi.and 74's, 
 Capt. Robt. Montagu, Mercury frigate, Capt. ThoB. 
 Rogers, and Royal George 100, flag-ship of Ad- 
 mirals Lord Bridport and Cbas. Morice Pole. On 
 the date of his promotion he joined the Xenophon 
 cdiaa Investigator, Capts. John Henry Martin and 
 Matthew Flinders, with the latter of whom he sailed 
 on a voyage of discovery to New Holland. Having 
 assumed command, in the previous May, of the Por- 
 poise armed storeship, for the purpose of conveying 
 Capt. Matthew Flinders from Port Jackson to Eng- 
 land, Mr. Fowler, on 17 Aug. 1803, had the misfor- 
 tune to lose that vessel on a coral reef near Cato 
 Bank; but he ultimately succeeded in reaching 
 Canton, where he embarked as a passenger on board 
 the Earl Camden East Indiaman, Capt. Nathaniel 
 Dance, the Commodore of a homeward-bound China 
 fleet of 16 sail. In consideration of the assistance 
 afforded to that officer by Mr. Fowler, in beating 
 off, during their voyage, a powerful French squa- 
 dron under M. Linois, he was presented by the East 
 India Company with the sum of SOOl. for the pur- 
 chase of a piece of plate, and the Patriotic Society 
 also awarded him a sword valued at 50 guineas.* 
 He subsequently, in the Dragon 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Griffith, took part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 
 July, 1805, and, attaining the rank of Commander 
 4 Feb. 1806, was further appointed— in 1807, to the 
 Sea Fencibles in Ireland— 27 June, 1808, to the 
 Crocus brig, employed, we believe, in the expedi- 
 tion to the Walcheren— 18 Sept. 1809, to the Cha- 
 RYBis 16, on the Leeward Islands station— and, 20 
 April, 1811, as Acting-Captain, to a frigate, in which 
 he returned to England with convoy. He went on 
 half-pay in Oct. of the latter year, having been con- 
 firmed in Post-rank on the date previously men- 
 tioned; and on 1 Oct. 1846, accepted his present rank. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 16 June, 1813, Caro- 
 line Matilda, eldest daughter of the late Jas. Dash- 
 wood, Esq., of Valla- Wood, co. Somerset, and Forest 
 Lodge, CO. Berks, and niece of Vice-Admiral Sir 
 Chas. Dashwood, K.C.B. By that lady, who died 
 in 1816, he has, with other issue, two sons, Robert 
 Dashwood, and George Campbell, both in the R.N. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 FOWLER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Richard Fowler was bom in 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir 
 Eras. Laforey, under whom we find him co-operat- 
 ing, as Midshipman, in the reduction, during the 
 summer of 1809, of the islands of Ischia and Pro- 
 cida. While afterwards attached, from the close of 
 the latter year until his attainment of his present 
 rank 11 Feb. 1815, to the Horatio 38, Capts. Geo. 
 Scott, Lord Geo. Stuart, and Wm. Henry Dillon, he 
 assisted at the capture, 21 Feb. 1810, after a long 
 chase and a running-fight of an hour, of La Necesaitc 
 French frigate, of 26 guns and 186 men, laden with 
 naval stores and provisions; and on 2 Aug. 1812 he 
 was severely wounded in the arm, and highly spoken 
 of for his conduct, at the capture, off' ffie coast of 
 Norway, by four boats under the orders of Lieut. 
 Abraham Mills Hawkins, of a Danish schooner and 
 cutter, mounting 10 guns between them, after a san- 
 guinary combat in which the British lost altogether 
 * VideGai. 1804,p. 95l>. 
 
 9 men killed and 16 wounded, and the enemy, out of 
 52 men, 10 killed and 13 wounded.* In considera- 
 tion of the sufferings entailed on him by the latter 
 affair, Mr. Fowler obtained a gratuity of 301, from 
 the Patriotic Fund, and a Greenwich pension of 10/. 
 He also, during his employment in the PIoratio, 
 commanded that ship's launch in the river Scheldt, 
 and cruized off Berzen-op-Zoom, when besieged by 
 the British army in 1813. Since his promotion he 
 has not been able to procure employment afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Fowler, for the last 14 years, has officiated 
 as Secretary to the Ophthalmic Hospital at Charing 
 Cross. He married in 1824. 
 
 FOX. (Retibed Coxkandeb, 1847. f-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 George Fox was bom 28 Sept. 1773, at Scarbo- 
 rough, CO. York. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1795, as 
 A.B., on board the Malabar 54, Capt. Thos. Parr, 
 which ship, after assisting at the reduction of De- 
 merara, Essequibo, Berbice, and Ste. Lucie, foun- 
 dered on her passage home from the West Indies, 
 10 Oct. 1796. Mr. Fox, who then joined the Pelter 
 gun-brig, lieut.-Commander Walsh, subsequently 
 became Midshipman of the Pallas 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Curzon, and in that ship was wrecked, in 
 Plymouth Sound, 4 April, 1798. During the next 
 two years we find him chiefly employed in the Fou- 
 droyaht, Barfleur, and Queen Charlotte, flag- 
 ships of Lord Keith, under whom he pursued the 
 French fleet up and down the Mediterranean, and 
 served at the blockade of Malta. In Feb. 1800 he 
 assisted Lord Cochrane in navigating Le Genereux, 
 a French ship-of-the-line, which had just been cap- 
 tured, to Minorca ; after which he accompanied his 
 Lordship into the Speedy 14— assisted in that ves- 
 sel at the capture of a settee of greatly superior 
 force— and on being invested with the charge of 
 the priae, and of a convoy, succeeded in beating 
 off two powerful row-galleys. In June, 1800, hav- 
 ing rejoined Lord Keith in the Minotaur 74, Mr. 
 Fox witnessed the fall of Genoa ; from the mole of 
 which place he had the singular good fortune, after 
 the battle of Marengo, of effijcting the deliverance 
 of a British 64 and two transports, all of which but 
 for his own individual exertions would inevitably 
 have been destroyed. The courage and ability dis- 
 played by Mr. Fox on this occasion were so marked 
 as to render his enrohnent among the officers of 
 their ship an object of ambition to many of the 
 Captains of Lord Keith's fleet, but so high was the 
 opinion entertained of his merits by the Admiral 
 that he was unwilling to part with him, and in con- 
 sequence retained his services until enabled, on his 
 having passed his exominatiMi, to promote him to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. Previously to that event, 
 which took place 23 Aug. 1801, Mr. Fox, who had 
 followed Lord Keith into the Foudroyant, further 
 attended the expedition to Egypt, and had the 
 honour, when Sir Ralph Abercromby was brought 
 on board with his death-wound, to conduct that 
 heroic chief to the cabin which had been assigned 
 to his use. On the occasion of his promotion, he 
 rejoined the Minotaor, then commanded by Capt. 
 Thos. Louis, with whom he returned home and was 
 paid off in March, 1802. His after appointments 
 were to the successive command, on the B^ome sta- 
 tion— 4 Feb. 1804, of the Sheerness tender— 29 
 Sept. 1810, of the Watchful, a similar vessel— and, 
 25 Majr, 1815, of the Brevdrageren gun-brig, which 
 he paid off 24 Aug. following. Mr. Fox, who ap- 
 pears to have been very undeservedly passed over 
 in the general promotion which followed the termi- 
 nation of hostilities, accepted his present rank 28 
 Jan. 1847. 
 
 He married, 24 Feb. 1806, Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Thos. Bamby, Esq., of Sutton, near Hull, an en 
 nent merchant and shipowner, by whom he has ( 
 only survivmg child. 
 
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 I an 
 
 * ViieGai. 1812, p. 1710. 
 
376 
 
 FRAMPTON— FRANCE— FRANCILLON—FRANKLAND. 
 
 FEAMPTON. (LiEOT., 1822. f-p., 11; h-p., 24.) 
 Thomas Kichaed Frampton entered the Navy, 
 18 Oct. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bar- 
 FLECR 98, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean, where he successively joined, as 
 Midshipman, the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas, Bombay 74, Capt. Henry Bazely, 
 and Mjnden 74, Capt. Vfm. Paterson. After parti- 
 cipating in the latter ship in the hattle of Algiers, 
 27 Aug. 1816, he sailed for India with the flag of 
 Sir Bich. King, and there removed, in Feb. 1819, 
 to the Magiciense 36, Capt. John Brett Purvis. 
 He afterwards served for some time with Sir Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy in the Superb 74, and Creole 
 42, on the South American station, where he was 
 confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 31 May, 1822, in the 
 Beaver 10, Capts. Arch. Maclean and Thos. Bour- 
 chier. He removed, on 18 Dec. in the latter year, 
 to the Doris 42, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venables Ver- 
 non, but invalided home in Aug. 1823, and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Frampton married, 3 Aug. 1830, Caroline, 
 second daughter of John Wood, Esq., of Worthing, 
 CO. Sussex. 
 
 FRANCE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 1 5.) 
 
 Nathaniel Cranstoun France is son of Re- 
 tired Commander Nathaniel Thos. France, R.N., 
 who died in 1835 ; grandson of Nathaniel France, 
 Esq., Surgeon K.N., a veteran who died in 1812 ; 
 and great-grandson of the late Nathaniel France, 
 Esq., Collector of the Customs at Waterford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Sli^Wm. 
 Sidney Smith,-under whom, in 1799, he assisted at 
 the defence of St. Jean d'Acre. During the last 
 two years of the French revolutionary war, he 
 served in the Mediterranean on board the Alliance 
 20, Capt. John Melhuish; and while afterwards at- 
 tached, from March, 1804, to Oct. 1809, to the 
 Charger 12, Lieut.-Commander John Aitkin Blow, 
 he saw much boat-service, and attended the expedi- 
 tions to Copenhagen and the Walcheren. He then 
 for 18 months officiated as Acting Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Bloodhound 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos. 
 Warrand, and, after a further servitude of more 
 than two years in the Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Bowles, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 26 Aug. 
 1814, in the Indefatigable 44, Capt. John Fyfie, 
 which ship he left 26 June, 1816. Mi. France, who 
 until lately held an appointment in the Coast Guard, 
 has for 18 years been employed either in that ser- 
 vice or in command of a Revenue-cruizer. 
 
 He married, in 1820, Ann, only daughter of John 
 Vittery, Esq., a shipowner, by whom he has issue 
 11 children. 
 
 FRANCILLON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 23.) 
 
 John George Francillon, born 9 Nov. 1794, at 
 Harwich, co. Essex, is brother of Lieut. Thos. Fran- 
 cillon, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1807, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Pompee 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Dacres, bearing the broad pendant afterwards of 
 the present Sir Geo. Cockburn, whom he succes- 
 sively accompanied into the Belleisle, Implaca- 
 ble, Alfred, Grampus, Marlborough, Sceptre, 
 and Albion. He assisted, as Midshipman of the 
 PoMpfeE, at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 
 1809 ; served in the Belleisle during the ensuing 
 expedition to Flushing ; was in the Grampus at the 
 defence of Cadiz in 1812 ; and saw much detached 
 service on the coast of America, where, in 1814-15, 
 he took part in the storming of Washington, the 
 attack upon Baltimore, and the occupation of St. 
 Mary's. He obtained his commission 1 March, 
 1815; and, from 20 March, 1822, until 1831, was 
 employed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Severn, Ramillies, and Htpe- 
 Biox, Capts. Wm. M'CuUocIi and Wm. Jas. Miu- 
 gaye. Since the latter date he has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Lieut. Francillon appears to have officiated for 
 some time as Lloyd's Agent and Surveyor at the 
 port of Gloucester. 
 
 FRANCILLON. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 18 ; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 Thomas Francillon, bom 19 Sept. 1792, at Har- 
 wich, CO. Essex, is son of the late Eras. Francillon, 
 Esq., Purser B.N. ; and brother of Lieut. J. G. 
 Francillon, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1807, and 
 from that period until Sept. 1814 served in the 
 same ships, and, including we believe the attack 
 upon Washington, shared in the same service as his 
 brother ; in addition whereto he received a wound 
 in an affray with the Americans at Pungoteague. 
 Being confirmed, in consequence of the latter occur- 
 rence, to a Lieutenancy, 5 Oct. 1814, in the Ramil- 
 lies 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Mr. 
 Francillon, on 14 Dec. following, previously to the 
 attack on New Orleans, served with the boats of 
 that ship and of a squadron at the capture, on Lake 
 Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Com- 
 modore Jones, which did not surrender until the 
 British, after a desperate conflict, had been occa- 
 sioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. 
 Returning to England in May, 1815, on board the 
 Madagascar 38, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, 
 he next, on 29 March, 1820, obtained an appoint- 
 ment in the Water Guard, which he resigned on 
 being transferred, in 1826, to the command of the 
 Lapwing Revenue-cruizer. He left that vessel in 
 April, 1830, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 On 3 April, 1832, Lieut. Francillon was appointed 
 Harbour-Master at Gloucester. 
 
 FRANKLAND. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 
 Charles Colville Fkankland, bom 10 Feb. 
 1797, at Bath, is next brother of Capt. E. A.Frank- 
 land, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 10 Aug. 
 1810; and embarked, 13 Jan. 1813, as a Volunteer, 
 on board the Aquilon 32, commanded by his cousin, 
 Capt. Wm. Bowles, with whom he returned home 
 from South America, in July, 1814, as Midshipman 
 of La Ceres 32. He subsequently served in the 
 West Indies, and again on the South American sta- 
 tion, in the Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby 
 'Thos. Lake, and in his old ship the Amphion, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of his relative, Commodore 
 Bowles, who appointed him Acting-Lieutenant, 15 
 Oct. 1818, of the Andromache ^, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Shirreff. At the period of his official pro- 
 motion, which took place 26 March, 1819, Mr. 
 Frankland was filling the confidential post of pri- 
 vate Secretary to his Captain, then senior officer in 
 the Pacific. In the following month he crossed the 
 Andes and Pampas mountains as the bearer of de- 
 spatches for the Admiralty, and on 26 April, 1825, 
 after a servitude of three years and a half in the 
 Semiramis 42, as Flag-Lieutenant at Cork to his 
 uncle. Lord Colville, he was promoted to the rank 
 of Commander. His next appointment was, 4 Feb. 
 1840, to the Pearl 20, in which ship we find him 
 discharging the duties of senior officer on the 
 northern coast of Brazil, and in the Rio de la Plata, 
 until July, 1842, when he was superseded, having 
 been advanced to Post-rank on 23 of the previous 
 Nov. He afterwards served as Secretary to Rear- 
 Admiral Bowles on the Irish station from 29 May 
 to 15 Sept. 1843 ; and from 8 Oct. 1845, until Oct. 
 1846, he had command of the Alarm 26, on the 
 North America and West India station. 
 
 Capt. Frankland officiated as Page of Honour to 
 Lord Colville at the coronation of George IV. He 
 has published two books of travels. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 FRANKLAND. (Captain, 1835. f-p., 14; 
 
 H-p., 26.) 
 Edward Augustus Frankland, bom 23 May, 
 1794, at Yarlington, is second son of the late Rev. 
 
FRANKLIN. 
 
 377 
 
 Roger Frankland, Bectoi of Yarlington, and Vicar 
 of Dulverton, co. Somerset, Xty Catherine, sister of 
 Admiral Lord Colville; grandson of Sir Thos. 
 Frankland, Bart., M.P., Admiral of the White, who 
 died 20 Nov. 1784; nephew of the late Wm. Frank- 
 land, Esq., M.P., a Lord of the Admiralty, and of 
 the late Sir Boyle Roche, Bart. ; and first-cousin of 
 the present Sir Robt. Russell Frankland, Bart., as 
 also of Rear-Admiral Wm. Bowles, C.B., M.P., and 
 of Capt. Henry Gosset, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2.S May, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge, John Halliday, and Rich. 
 Hussey Moubray, on the Mediterranean station. 
 He removed, as Midshipman, in May, 1812, to the 
 Unite 38, commanded in the Adriatic by Capt. 
 Edwin Henry Chamberlayne ; and while next serv- 
 ing in the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 
 16 March, 1814. Until Sept. 1815, he was further 
 employed in the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and CUKA90A 36, Capt. 
 John Tower ; after which we believe he discharged 
 the duties, from 9 April, 1816, until advanced to 
 the rank of Commander 19 May, 1820, of Private 
 Secretary to Commodore Bowles, in the Amphion 
 and Creole frigates, on the South American sta- 
 tion. His last appointment was to the command, 
 
 17 Feb. 1830, of the Dispatch 18, on the Irish sta- 
 tion; which sloop he paid off 6 Feb. 1832. He at- 
 tained Post-rank 28 March, 1835. Agents — Case 
 and Loudonsack. 
 
 FKANKLIN. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Edwaed Fkanklin entered the Navy 26 March, 
 1810 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; and ob- 
 tained his first commission 14 Sept. 1825. His 
 appointments, as Lieutenant, were — 10 Nov. 1830, 
 to the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary of the 
 Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 5 April, 
 1831, to the Coast Guard— 15 July, 1843, as First- 
 Lieutenant to the Conway 26, Capt. Rebt. Fair, 
 on the Cape of Good Hope station — and, 12 Feb. 
 1845, in a similar capacity, to the Vindictive 
 60, bearing the flag in North America and the West 
 Indies of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. He was super- 
 seded from the last-mentioned ship on promotion 
 to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846; and is 
 now on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in May, 1829, Charlotte, eldest 
 daughter of Capt. White, of the 80th Regt. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 FEANKLIN, Kt., K.C.H., K.R.G., D.C.L., F.E.S. 
 (Captain, 1822. f-p., 28; h-p., 19.) 
 
 Sir John Franklin, horn in 1786, at Spilsbury, 
 CO. Lincoln, is brother of the late Sir WilUngham 
 Franklin, Kt., Chief-Justice at Madras. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1800, as 
 a Boy, on board the Polyphemus 64, Capt. John 
 Lawford, under whom he served as Midshipman in 
 the action off' Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. He then, 
 in the Investioatok sloop, Capt. Matthew Flinders, 
 sailed on a voyage of discovery to New Holland, 
 where, on joining the Porpoise armed store-ship, 
 Lieut. -Commander Robt. Merrick Fowler, he was 
 wrecked on a coral-reef near Cato Bank, 17 Aug. 
 1803. While afterwards on his passage home in the 
 Earl Camden East Indiaman, commanded by Capt. 
 Nathaniel Dance, the Commodore of a China fleet 
 of 16 sail, Mr. Franklin appears to have had charge 
 of the signals, and to have distinguished himself 
 at the celebrated repulse of a powerful French 
 squadron under Admiral Linois 15 Feb. 1804. Join- 
 ing, on his arrival in England, the Bellerophon 
 74, Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. 
 Rotheram, he subsequently, under Capt. Cooke, 
 took part in the battle of Trafalgar ; and on that 
 occasion, 21 Oct. 1805, we again find him super- 
 intending the Signal department, and evincing very 
 conspicuous zeal and activity. On being next trans- 
 ferred to the Bedford 74, Capts. Adam Mackenzie 
 
 and Jas. Walker, of which ship he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 11 Feb. 1808, Mr. Franklin escorted the 
 Royal Family of Portugal from Lisbon to South 
 America. During the after part of the war he 
 was chiefly employed at the blockade of Flushing ; 
 and he then, towards the close of 1814, joined in 
 the expedition to New Orleans. On 14 Dec. in the 
 same year he was slightly wounded, while leading 
 the Bedford's boats, in unison with those of a 
 squadron, at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five 
 American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which 
 did not surrender until, after a desperate conflict, 
 they had occasioned the British a total loss of 17 
 men killed and 77 wounded.* During the attack 
 on New Orleans Mr. Franklin assisted in con- 
 ducting the indescribably arduous operation of 
 cutting a canal across the entire neck of land be- 
 tween the Bayou Catalan and the Mississippi ; and 
 for his conduct on the morning of 8 Jan. 1815, 
 when he commanded the small-arm men under 
 Capt. Rowland Money at the brilliant defeat of a 
 body of Americans strongly entrenched on the 
 right bank of that river, he was officially and very 
 warmly recommended for promotion. After serv- 
 ing for a short time during the summer of 1815 as 
 First of the Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, he 
 assumed command, 14 Jan. 1818, of the hired brig 
 Trent, in which he accompanied Capt. David 
 Buchan of the Dorothea on a perilous voyage of 
 discovery to the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen.f 
 In April, 1819, having paid off the Trent in the 
 preceding Nov., he was invested with the con- 
 duct of an expedition destined to proceed over- 
 land from the shores of Hudson's Bay for the pur- 
 pose, more particularly, of ascertaining the actual 
 position of the mouth of the Coppermine River and 
 the exact trending of the shores of the Polar Sea 
 to the eastward of that river. The details of that 
 fearful undertaking, which endured until the sum 
 mer of 1822, and in the course of which he reached 
 as far as Point Turnagain, in lat. 68° 19' N. and 
 long. 109° 25' W., and effected a journey altogether 
 of 5550 miles, Capt. Franklin (whose Commander's 
 and Post commissions bear date respectively 1 Jan. 
 1821, and 20 Nov. 1822) has ably set forth in his 
 ' Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar 
 Sea in the Tears 1819-22.' On 16 Feb. 1825 this 
 energetic officer again left England on another ex- 
 pedition to the Frozen Regions, having for its ob- 
 ject a co-operation with Capts. Fred. Wm. Beechey 
 and Edw. Wm. Parry in ascertaining from opposite 
 quarters the existence of a north-west passage. The 
 results of this mission, which terminated at Point 
 Beechey, in lat. 70° 24' N., long. 149° 37' W., will also 
 be found in Capt. Franklin's ' Narrative of a Second 
 Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in 1825-7.' 
 On his return to England, where he arrived 26 
 Sept. 1827, he was presented by the Geographical 
 Society at Paris with a gold medal, valued at 1200 
 francs, as having made the most important acqui- 
 sitions to geographical knowledge during the pre- 
 ceding year, and on 29 April, 1829, he received 
 the honour of Knighthood, besides being awarded, 
 in July following, the Oxford degree of a D.C.L. 
 From 23 Aug. 1830, until paid off' in Jan. 1834, he 
 next commanded the Rainbow 28, on the Medi- 
 terranean station, for his exertions during which 
 period as connected with the troubles in Greece 
 he was presented with the order of the Redeemer 
 of Greece. Sir John Franklin, who was created a 
 K.C.H. 25 Jan. 1836, and was afterwards for some 
 time Lieut.-Govemor of Van Diemen's Land, has, 
 as Captain of the Erebus discovery-ship, been en- 
 gaged, since 3 March, 1845, in a fresh attempt to 
 explore a north-west passage through Lancaster 
 Sound and Bering Strait. 
 
 He married, first, 16 Aug. 1823, Eleanor Anne 
 youngest daughter of Wm. Porden, Esq., Architect, 
 of Berners Street, London; and secondly, 5 Nov. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 448. 
 
 f See * A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, 
 performed in H.M. Ships Dorothea and Trent, under the 
 command of Capt. David Buchan, in 1818.' By Capt. F. W. 
 Beechey, Ii.N. 8vo. Lend. 1843. 
 
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 FRANKLIN-FRANKLING— FEANKLYN-FRASER. 
 
 1828, the second daughter of John Griffin, Esq., 
 ot Bedford Place. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FRANKLIN. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 John Franklin passed his examination 14 June, 
 1836 ; was for some time employed in South Ame- 
 rica as Mate of the Obestes 18, Capt. Peter Samp- 
 son Hamhly; obtained his commission 7 March, 
 1842; and was appointed, a few days afterwards. 
 Additional Lieutenant of the Queen 110, flag-ship 
 of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen, in the Mediterranean, 
 where, from 11 June in the same year, until Oct. 
 1844, he further served in the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Walter Bourohier Devereux. He has been attached, 
 since 8 Feb. 1847, to the Amphion steam-frigate, 
 Capt. Woodford John Williams. 
 
 FEANICLING. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 F-p., 21; H-p., 33.) 
 
 Feux Fkankling entered the Navy, 14 Aug. 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Falcon sloop, Capt. 
 Jas. Bissett, of which vessel, stationed in the Chan- 
 nel and North Sea, he became Midshipman 17 Dec. 
 following. After serving for some time off New- 
 foundland, as Midshipman of the Active 3S, Capt. 
 Thos. WoUey, he accompanied that officer, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate of the Arethusa 38, to the West Indies ; 
 where he appears to have assisted at the reduction 
 of Ste. Lucie in May, 1796, also in quelling an in- 
 surrection among the inhabitants of St. Vincent and 
 Grenada, and at the capture of Trinidad in 1797. 
 On 10 Aug. in the latter year he further aided in 
 talcing La Gaiete corvette, of 20 guns. He ob- 
 tained a Lieutenancy, 1 March, 1800, in the Tromp 
 arTne'e en flute, Capt. Terence O'Neill, which vessel 
 he subsequently commanded for a short time as a 
 prison-ship at one of the Leeward islands. At the 
 commencement of the peace of Amiens we find him 
 serving in the Hornet, Capt. John Nasli. He next 
 held an appointment for 10 months iu the Sea Fen- 
 cibles at Southampton ; was then employed from 
 May, 1804, to Nov. 1807, on board the Amelia and 
 Thalia frigates, Capts. Lord Proby and Jas. Wal- 
 Icer, in the West Indies, East Indies, and North 
 America ; and, on the date last mentioned, assumed 
 command of a Signal station, which he retained 
 until 16 March, 1816. Having been on half-pay 
 since that period, he at length accepted the rank of 
 Retired Commander, on the Junior List, 7 Jan. 
 1833. His promotion to the Senior List toolc place 
 2 Sept. 1844. 
 
 Commander Frankling has a daughter married 
 to Chas. Stark, Esq., Mathematical Instructor in 
 H.M.S. Excellent. 
 
 FRANKLYN. (Lieutenant, 1807.) 
 
 George Franklyn entered the Navy, in the au- 
 tumn of 1798, as A.B., on board the Eling schooner, 
 Lieut.-Commander Wm. Peake, on the Home sta- 
 tion ; became Midshipman, in 1801, of the London 
 98, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and Geo. Murray, 
 attached to the fleet in the Baltic ; and after serving 
 for some time with Capt. Otway in the Edgar 74, 
 and again with Lieut. Peake in the Escort gun- 
 brig, joined the Lively 33, Capts. Graham Eden 
 Hamond and Geo. M'K.inley. On 5 Oct. 1804 the 
 latter vessel assisted at the capture of three Spanish 
 frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of 
 a fourth, off Cape St. Mary ; and, on 29 May, 1805, 
 she sustained a very spirited skirmish with a Spa- 
 nish 74. Mr. Franklyn, who obtained a Lieute- 
 nancy, 7 Nov. 1807, in the Royalist 18, Capt. John 
 Maxwell, was afterwards employed on the North 
 Sea, Mediterranean, and American stations, in the 
 Victorious 74, Capts. G. E. Hamond and Sir John 
 Talbot — under the latter of whom, if we mistake 
 not, he assisted at the capture of the French 74-gun 
 ship RmoU. He went on half-pay in 1814; but has 
 been in command, since 5 July, 1836, of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 22 Jan. 1820, Barbara, daughter of 
 the late John Duthman, Esq. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 FRANKLYN. (Liedt., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 John Franklyn died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Colossus 74, Capts. Jas. 
 NicoU Morris and Thos. Alexander; in the boats 
 of which ship, after serving on the Lisbon and Me- 
 diterranean stations, he was taken prisoner in a 
 gallant attack on an enemy's flotilla off Isle d'Aix, 
 27 Deo. 1811. On his release, in 1814, he joined 
 the Salvador del Mdndo, and next, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant and Admiralty-Midshipman, the Mar- 
 tial 12, Capt. Henry Forbes, and Hyperion 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby, on the Cork and Lisbon 
 stations. From the receipt of his commission, which 
 bore date 25 Feb. 1815, Lieut. Franklyn, who was 
 then serving on board the Telegraph 12, Capt. 
 Scriven, remained on half-pay. 
 
 He married, and had issue. 
 
 PHASER. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 23; h-p., 23.) 
 Charles Fraser entered the Navy, 2 May, 1801, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Prince George 98, 
 Capt. John Tremayne Rodd, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton ; removed successively, 
 in 1802-3, to the Aurora 38, Capt. Micajah Malbon, 
 and RussEL 74, Capt. Robt. Williams ; then re- 
 joined Sir C. Cotton in the San Josef 110; and on 
 11 July, 1808, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Argo 44, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby. In com- 
 mand of the boats of the latter ship we find him, on 
 10 March, 1809, cutting out, in the most cool and 
 gallant manner, and with a loss of 7 men wounded, 
 the Josef French felucca, of 3 guns and 53 men, 
 under a heavy fire of grape and musketry from the 
 vessel herself, as well as from a whole range of 
 batteries on the island of St. Domingo.* In the 
 course of the same year he became attached to the 
 Shark sloop, and Polyphemus 64, bearing each the 
 flag of Vice- Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley ; 
 after which he served, from 7 Aug. 1812 until 5 
 July, 1816, in the Stag and Spartan frigates, both 
 commanded by Capt. Phipps Hornby, vrith whom 
 he visited the Cape of Good Hope and Mediterra- 
 nean. His last appointments, as Lieutenant, were — 
 7 April, 1818, to the Bulwark 76, flag-ship at 
 Chatham of Sir John Gore— and, 24 May, 1819, to 
 the command of the Mermaid Revenue-cruizer. 
 He assumed his present rank 29 Sept. 1823; and, 
 since 10 Sept. 1844, has been conducting the Packet 
 service at Holyhead, as Additional-Commander of 
 the RovAL Sovereign yacht. 
 
 He married, 25 July, 1832, Miss Mary Elizabeth 
 Fraser, of Chichester, by whom he has issue. 
 Agests — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 FRASER. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 22; H-p., 15.) 
 
 George Eraser is youngest son of the late Gen. 
 J. H. Fraser, of Ashling House, near Chichester, 
 CO. Sussex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1810, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir 
 John Gore ; under whom (vrith the exception of an 
 interval of a few months in 1813, when we find his 
 name borne on the hooks of the Elizabeth 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower) he continued to serve, 
 latterly in the Revenge 74, until July, 1814 ; during 
 which period he assisted in the boats of the last- 
 mentioned ship at the cutting out of a French pri> 
 vateer from the mole of Palamos, 8 Nov. 1813. 
 Until July, 1816, he was next employed, also in the 
 Mediterranean, on board the Crocus 10, Capt. 
 John Stoddart, and Spartan 38, Capt. Phipps 
 Hornby. In April, 1818, he rejoined Sir John Gore 
 in the Bulwark 76, at Chatham; and from the 
 close of the same year until his promotion, 1 Nov. 
 1821, he further served, on the South American 
 and West India stations, in the Hyperion 42, Cant. 
 Thos. Searle, and Sybille 48, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley. ■ He then joined the Pyramus 42, Capt. 
 Iras. Newcome, but invalided home 26 Sept. 1822; 
 and was subsequently appointed— 23 Nov. 1826, to 
 the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 787. 
 
FRASER— FRAZER-FREDERICK— FREELAND. 
 
 379 
 
 Sir Eobt. Moorsom--3 Jan. 1829, to the Victoky 
 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, guard-ship at Ports- 
 mouth— 1 May, 1830, and 18 Feb. 1831, to the St. 
 Vincent 120. and Asia 84, both commanded by 
 Capt. Hyde Parker, whom he left in Sept. 1831 — 
 and, 30 Nov. 1839, to the command of the Sema^ 
 
 Ehore station at Compton Down, Petersfield, which 
 e still retains. 
 
 He married, 10 Deo. 1825, Emmeline, daughter 
 of Mr. Bedford, of Bedford Eow, London, and has 
 issue. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 FEASEE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 24; h-p., 18.) 
 John Fraser entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt. 
 Kich. Dalling Dunn, with which ojfBcer he conti- 
 nued to serve, in the EoyAx George, flag-ship of 
 Sir John Duckworth, San Josef 110, Hibeknia 110, 
 and Armide 33, until Aug. 1812. He took part, on 
 board the Acasta, in the action off St. Domingo, 
 6 Feb. 1806 ; was in the Eoyal George at the pas- 
 sage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807; and, while 
 attached to the San Josef, served with the flotilla 
 in the expedition to the Walchercn in 1809, and 
 co-operated in the defence of Cadiz, where, in 
 April, 1810, he beheld the fall of Fort Matagorda. 
 Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 1 Jan. 1813, in 
 the San Juan, flag-ship at Gibraltar of Eear-Ad- 
 miral Sam. Hood Linzee, he next served, from Aug. 
 1814 to Oct. 1815, in the Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Furlong Wise, off Lisbon, and was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, on the West India and Mediterranean 
 stations— 21 March, 1821, to the Glasgow 50, Capt. 
 Bentinck Cavendish Doyle — 10 Aug. 1826, to the 
 Barham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis— and, 15 May, 
 1828, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hon. Dun- 
 cdmbe Pleydell Bouverie. As Commander, a rank 
 he assumed 22 Feb. 1831, Capt. Fraser served, from 
 21 Sept. 1835 until 22 Aug. 1839, in the Nimrod 20, on 
 the West India station. He acquired his present 
 rank 23 Nov. 1841, but has not since been employed. 
 He married, 29 Dec. 1838, Catherine, daughter 
 of J. Edwards, Esq., Keceiver-General at Jamaica. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 TEASER. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 17.) 
 . Thomas Fraser, bom in May, 1796, is youngest 
 son of the late Vice-Admiral Alex. Fraser, Equerry 
 to H.E.H. the Duke of Cambridge, by Helen, 
 eldest daughter of John Bruce, Esq., Advocate, 
 and Collector of the Customs in" Shetland ; and 
 brother of Lieut. John Fraser, who was lost in 
 H.M.S. Magnet in Sept. 1812. He is lineally de- 
 scended, on his father's side, from Alexander, fifth 
 Lord Lovat, and derives, through his mother, from 
 the first Marquess of Hamilton. 
 
 This ofilcer entered the Eoyal Naval College 7 
 Feb. 1809; and embarlced, 11 Nov. 1811, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Hotspur 36, Capt. Hon. Josce- 
 line Percy, whom he accompanied to South Ame- 
 rica. After a subsequent attachment of a few 
 months to the Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest, and 
 EocHFOBT 80, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, 
 both at Portsmouth, he joined, in July, 1816, the 
 Leander 50, bearing the fiag of Eear-Admiral 
 David Milne, and, on 27 Aug. 1816, was present in 
 that ship at the bombardment of Algiers. Being, 
 in consequence, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 by commission dated 5 Sept. in the same year, Mr. 
 Fraser was next in succession appointed — 29 April, 
 1818, to the Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Eamsden, bn the 
 Mediterranean station — 20 March, 1822, to the 
 Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, lying at Deal — 
 and, 26 March, 1823, to the Larne 20, Oapts. Fred. 
 Marryat and Wm. Burdett Dobson. As a reward for 
 liis " conspicuously exemplary zeal and gallantry," 
 his "steady offlcer-like conduct," his "unremitting 
 exertions," his " zeal and activity," and his "steady 
 bravery and good conduct " throughout the whole 
 of the war in Ava, where he had the sole charge 
 and conduct of many important operations, and 
 was incessantly in contact with the enemy, Mr. 
 
 mander 22 July, 1826, but he continued to serve as 
 Lieutenant in the Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. xlrthur 
 Murray, until 18 April, 1827.* From 28 Feb. 1837, 
 until promoted to the rank of Captain, 23 Nov. 
 
 1841, he commanded the Sappho 16, on the West 
 India station. Since the latter date he has been 
 on half-pay. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 FEAZER. (COMMANDEK, 1841.) 
 
 George Alexander Frazer entered the Navy 
 18 March, 1817 ; passed his examination in 1824 ; 
 and obtained his first, commission 6 April, 1827. 
 His ensuing appointments were — 29 July, 1830, to 
 the Eoyal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Edw. Galwey, 
 on the Irish station — and 1 May, 1833, and 5 Sept. 
 1835, to the San Josef and Eoyal Adelaide, flag- 
 ships at Plymouth of Sir Wm. Hargood. He ac- 
 quired his present rank 13 Oct. 1841 ; and has 
 since assumed the successive command, 15 July, 
 
 1842, and 12 Feb. 1844, of the Comet and Lucifer 
 steam-surveying vessels, in the latter of which he 
 is now serving on the coast of Ireland. 
 
 Commander Frazer is married, and has issue. 
 
 FREDEEICK. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 17.) 
 
 Charles Frederick was bom 7 May, 1797. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the TiMERAiRE 98, Capt. 
 Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, flag-ship oflr Cadiz 
 and in the Mediterranean of Eear-Admiral Fras. 
 Pickmore, whom he accompanied, in Dec. 1811, 
 into the Eoyal George 100. From Oct. 1812, 
 until July, 1817, we find him officiating as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, under Sir John 
 Louis, of the Aigle, Semibamis, and Edrotas 
 frigates ; in the first of which he saw much boat- 
 service, was at the capture and detention of a 
 convoy at Porto Maurizio, and witnessed the fall 
 of Genoa. On leaving the Forth, which ship had 
 for some time borne the flag at Bermuda of Eear- 
 Admiral Edw. Griffith, Mr. Frederick rejoined Ad- 
 miral Pickmore, in the Sir Francis Drake 36, at 
 Newfoundland, where he continued until promoted, 
 20 April, 1818. His appointments, as Lieutenant, 
 were— 4 Jan. 1823, to the Trinculo 18, Capt. Eod- 
 ney Shannon, on the Cork station— and, 27 July, 
 1826, as First, to the Alacrity 10, Capts. Geo. Jas. 
 Hope Johnstone and Joseph Nias. For his gallant 
 conduct in boarding and capturing, when in a boat 
 belonging to the latter sloop, a piratical mistico, on 
 which occasion he received a gunshot wound in 
 the head, and had 4 of his men hurt, Mr. Frederick 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander 6 May, 
 1829.t He procured an Inspectorship in the Coast 
 Guard 29 March, 1837 ; and on next obtaining com- 
 mand, 15 Nov. 1841, of the Apollo troop-ship, 
 sailed for India and China. In consideration of his 
 services in the Tang-tse-Kiang, where he was pre- 
 sent at the capture of the city of Chin-Kiang-Foo, 
 and at the pacification of Nanking, Capt. Frederick 
 was rewarded with Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842.1 He 
 has not since been employed. 
 
 FREELAND. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 John Osmond Freeland entered the Navy 3 
 July, 1825 ; served at Navarin as Midshipman of 
 the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney • 
 passed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained his 
 commission 28 June, 1838. His appointments have 
 since been— 26 Jan. 1839, to the Presidest 50, flag- 
 ship in South America of Eear-Admiral ChiS 
 Bayne Hodgson Eoss- 18 July, 1840, to the Strom- 
 BOLi steamer, Capt. Woodford John Williams 
 under whom he took part in the operations on the 
 coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St 
 Jean d'Acre-20 April, 1841, as First, to the Bea- 
 con surveying-vessel, on the Mediterranean station 
 —and, 10 May, 1845, to the Coast Guard, in which 
 service he is still employed. Agent^J. Hinxman. 
 
 * 5^e Gaz. 1825, pp. 325, 498, 1493, I9(>7, 2277, 2278. 
 
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 FREELING-FREER-FREESE-FREESTUN-FREMANTLE. 
 
 FREELING, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Sir Francis Freelisg was bom 11 Dec. 1816, 
 and died 14 Sept. 1845. He was eldest son, by 
 Jane, daughter of Eobert Lang, Esq., of Moor 
 Park, CO. Surrey, of the late Sir Geo. Henry Free- 
 ling, a Commissioner of the Customs, whom he suc- 
 ceeded as third Baronet in Nov. 1841. 
 
 This oiEcer entered the Navy 22 June, 1831; 
 passed his examination 6 Jan. 1836 ; and at the pe- 
 riod of his promotion, which took place 10 Feb. 
 1842, was serving in the Mediterranean, as Mate, 
 on board the Howe 120, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Mason. 
 He was afterwards appointed — 16 April, 1842, to 
 the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge 
 Thompson, on the South American station — and, 
 28 Oct. 1843, to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean. He 
 returned to England in 1844, and remained thence- 
 forward on half-pay.. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 FREER. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.) 
 
 Thomas Freer entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1807, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Wrangler gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander J. B. Pelter, employed in the 
 North Sea and Baltic ; on which stations he served 
 as Midshipman, from Sept. 1809, to June, 1814, in 
 the Nymphen 36, Capts. Keith Maxwell and John 
 Hancock, Dictator 64, Capt. Robt. "Williams, and 
 Gloucester 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John 
 Ferrier. During the next two years and a half he 
 appears to have been employed on Lake Ontario 
 underSir Jas. Lucas Yeo andSir Edw.W.C. R. Owen. 
 He afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 19 July, 1821, served, as Admiralty Mid- 
 shipman and Acting-Master, on the Home and Me- 
 diterranean stations, in the Vengedr 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, and Spey 20, commanded by various 
 ofBcers. He became First-Lieutenant, 19 Sept. 
 1843, of the Hydra steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio 
 Beauman Young, on the coast of Africa, and, on 
 7 Sept. 1844, joined the Madagascar 44, Capt. 
 John Fbote, on the same station. Mr. Freer, since 
 10 March, 1845, has been employed as Admiralty 
 Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 FREESE. (LlEUTfiNANT, 1842.) 
 
 AucHMUTY TyLden Freese entered the Navy 
 19 Sept. 1830; passed his examination 5 April, 
 1837 ; and for his services on the coast of China, 
 wherehe served, as Mate, on board the Hon. E.LC.'s 
 steamer Nemesis, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Hutcheon 
 Hall, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 
 Dec. 1842.* His next appointments, we find, were 
 —12 July, 1843, to the Conway 26, Capt. Robt. 
 Fair, at the Cape of Good Hope— and, 9 Sept. 1844, 
 to the OsPREY 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, under whom 
 he was wrecked oif New Zealand in 1846.. Since 1 
 March, 1847, this officer has had charge of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FREESTUN. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.) 
 Humphrey May Freestun entered the Navy, in 
 June, 1803, as Fat.-cl. Vol., on board the Maria, 
 Lieut.-Commander Joseph Whitby, on the Irish 
 station ; and (with the intervention of a few months 
 in 1809-10, when he appears to have acted as Lieu- 
 tenant of the Lyra 10, and Armide 38, Capts. 
 Robt. Southeyj Robt. Bloye, and Lucius Ferdinand 
 Hardyman) serVed as Midshipman, from May, 1804, 
 to Sept. 1810, In the K^volutionnaire 38, and De- 
 fiance 74, both commanded by Hon. Henry Ho- 
 tham. During that period he shared, in the Rivo- 
 LUTIONNAIKE, in Sir Rich. Strachan's action 4 Nov. 
 1805 ; was on board the Defiance when that ship, 
 besides being much cut up in her masts aild rigging, 
 sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 wounded, at 
 the destruction of three French frigatea under the 
 batteries of Sable d'Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809 ; and as- 
 sisted, in the Lyra, at the destruction of an armed 
 vessel and convoy under the batteries of Quiberon. 
 * FtAGaz. 1842,p. 3881. 
 
 While subsequently attached to the Scipion 74, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Robt. ■ Stopford, Mr. Freestun 
 served on shore at the storming of Fort Cornelia 
 and the reduction of Java in Aug. 1811. He then 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Harpy 18, Capts. 
 Henderson Bain and Sam. Here; and from that 
 vessel, to which he was confirmed 2 Jan. 1812, he 
 subsequently removed to the Lion 64, flag-ship at 
 the Cape of Rear-Admirals Hon. R. Stopford and 
 Chas. Tyler. Invaliding home in June, 1813, he 
 was next appointed, 15 April, 1815, to the Dee 24, 
 Capt. John Wm. Andrew, with whom he made a 
 voyage to Hudson's Bay. Lieut. Freestun has been 
 on half-pay since 28 Feb. 1816. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 FREMANTLE. (Captain, 1826. f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 15.) 
 
 Charles Howe Fremantle, bom 1 June, 180 
 is second son of Tioe-Admiral the late Sir Tho^ 
 Fras. Fremantle, G.C.B.,* by Elizabeth, daughterX 
 and co-heir of Rich. Wynne, Esq., of Falkingham,| 
 CO. Lincoln ; brother of the present Sir T. F. Fre- 
 mantle, Bart., and of Capt. S. G. Fremantle, R.N. ; 
 brother-in-law of Lord Wto. Hervey, second son of 
 the Marquess of Bristol ; nephew of Colonel John 
 Edwards Fremantle, of the Coldstream Guards, who 
 died in 1798— of Colonel Stephen Fras. Wm. Fre- ' 
 mantle, who died in 1794— of the Right Hon. Sir 
 Wm. Henry Fremantle, K.G.H., Treasurer of the 
 Household, and Ranger of Windsor Great Park — 
 and of the late Vice- Admiral Wells ; and uncle of 
 the present Sir Jas. Geo. Fitzgerald, Bart., of Castle 
 Ishen, CO. Cork. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1812, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Ramillies 74, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Sir Chas. Ogle ; 
 under the first of whom he served at the blockade 
 of New London, assisted in occupying the islands 
 in Passamaquoddy Bay, witnessed the bombard- 
 ment of Stonington, and joined in the attack on 
 New Orleans. In the course of 1815 he became 
 successively attached to the Wye 24, bearing his 
 father's flag off Jersey, Challenger 16, Capt. 
 Henry Forbes, and Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley 
 Deans Dundas. On 4 Nov. 1818 Mr. Fremantle re- 
 joined his father, whose flag was then flying in the 
 Mediterranean on board the Kochfort 80. In that 
 ship, of which he was coniirmed a Lieutenant 11 
 Nov. 1819, he continued, we believe, to serve, lat- 
 terly as Signal officer to Sir Graham Moore, until 
 advanced to the rank of Commander, 23 April, 1822. 
 He was afterwards employed in the Coast-Guard 
 service at Lymington, but resigned that appoint- 
 ment on being invested with the command, 24 June, 
 1824, of the Jasper 10, in which sloop he visited 
 Mexico. Acquiring his present rank, 4 Aug. 1826, 
 Capt. Fremantle was next selected to command, 5 
 Nov. 1828, the Challenger 28, first at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, and then in the East Indies, whence 
 he returned to England and was paid off 12 June, 
 1833. Since 20 May, 1843, he has been employed 
 as Captain of the Inconstant 36, in the Mediterra- 
 nean. 
 
 He married, 8 Oct. 1836, Isabella, daughter of 
 David Lyon, Esq., and relict of Jas. Wedderbum, 
 Esq., of Portland Place. Agents — Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 FREMANTLE. (Captainj 1842. f-p., 15; 
 
 H-p., 9.) 
 Stephen Grenville Fremantle, bom 30 Aug. 
 1810, is youngest brother of Capt. Chas. Howe 
 Fremantle, R.N. 
 
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Tlios. Fras. Frertantle, G.G.B., 
 K..M.T., K.S.F., and a Baron of tlie Austrian Empire, dis- 
 tinguislied himself aa Captain of the Inconstant 36, in 
 Hotham's action, u March, 1195; was wounded while in com- 
 mand of the StAHORsE 38, at Teneriffe, 24 JUly, 1797 ; after- 
 wards commanded the Ganoes 74, and Neptune 98, in the 
 battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar, and, with his Hag on 
 board the Mii.yoRD 74, conducted the Naval operations at tlie 
 redaction of Trieste in Oct. 1812. He died Commander-in- 
 
 <-.!,. „fi„ ,!,„ Mo,Ht„„anMn 19 nac..l819. 
 
FRENCH— FRERE-FRICKER— FRIEND. 
 
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 This otBoer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 June, 1823 ; and embarked, 26 June, 1824, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Sebingapatam 46, Capt. 
 Chas. Sotheby, on the Mediterranean station. Until 
 hie promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Oct. 
 1829, he next served on board the Chaliengek 28, 
 and Pallas 42, both commanded by Capt. Adolphus 
 FitzClarenoe, Briton 42, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, 
 and VojLAGE 28, Capt. Lord Colchester. He was 
 afterwards appointed, on the South American, 
 Home, and "West India stations — 9 Aug. 1830, to 
 the Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow— 13 Oct. 1831, 
 to the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde- 
 grave— 1 Nov. 1832, to the Comds 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Price Hamilton— 17 Dec. 1832, to the Vernon 50, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockbum — in July and Aug. 
 1833, to the command of the Skipjack and Pincher 
 schooners— and, 16 July, 1834, to the President 52, 
 bearing/also the flag of Sir G. Cockbum. Ascend- 
 ing tl« next step in his profession 22 Deo. 1836, 
 CaptyTremantle mrther joined, at the Cape of Good 
 Hon6— 24 May, 1839, the Clio 16—12 Aug. 1841, as 
 AMing-Captaln, the Southampton 50. flag-ship of 
 Edw. Durnford King— and, 6 Nov. 1841, the 
 Wanderer 16. He was elevated to the rank he 
 iiow holds 26 Feb. 1842, but did not leave the 
 Wanderer until 31 July, 1842, previously to which 
 lie appears to have made a visit to China. Since 
 11 Jan. 1847 Capt. Fremantle has been in command 
 of the Kaleigh 50, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Sir Thos. Herbert on the S.E. coast of America. 
 
 He successively ofl&ciated as Private Secretary, 
 during Sir Robt. Peel's administration, to the Se- 
 cretary at War and the Chief Secretary for Ire- 
 land. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 FRENCH. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 John Tracev William French obtained his 
 commission 30 March, 1837. He was appointed, 12 
 May following, to the Hazard 18, Capt. Jas. Wil- 
 kinson, on the Mediterranean station, where he 
 joined, 27 Deo. 1838, the Carysfort 26, Capt. 
 Henry Byam Martin. He went on half-pay in 1839, 
 but since 8 Jan. 1847 has been employed as First 
 of the Dasher steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. 
 Louis Sheringham. 
 
 FRERE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 John James Bartholomew Edward Frere was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 May, 1838. 
 His appointments in that capacity were — 8 May, 
 1838, to the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of 
 Sir Robt. Stopford, under whom, in 1840, he served 
 throughout the operations on the coast of Syria, in- 
 cluding the bombardment of St. Jean d'Aore — and, 
 31 Dec. 1841, to the CARVsroRT 26, CaptsJ Lord 
 Geo. Paulet and Geo. Henry Seymour, of which 
 vessel, stationed in the Pacific, he ultimately became 
 First-Lieutenant. Since his advancement to the 
 rank of Commander, 9 Nov. 1846, he has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He married, 4 Feb. 1846, Anne, third daughter of 
 Geo. Frere, Esq., of Bedford Square. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 FEICKER. (Retired Commander, 1833.) 
 Robert Fricker died 12 Aug. 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1775, on board 
 the Atalanta, and was afterwards employed, until 
 Aug. 1786, part of the time as Midshipman, in the 
 CouRACEUX, Flirt, and Assistance, Capts. Mul- 
 grave, Nath. Brunton, Wm. Lake, and Sir Chas. 
 Douglas, on the West India, Home, and North 
 American stations. From the date of his re-em- 
 barkation, 2 Aug. 1790, until within a few weeks of 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, Which 
 took place 13 May, 1795, he served, on the Home 
 station, in the Alfred, Capts. Henry Harvey 
 and Thos. West, Romulus, Capt. Thos. Lennox 
 Fredterlck, Sandwich, Capt. Mosse, and Arrogant 
 74) Cant. Jas. Hawkins Wnitshed. He then accom- 
 panied the latter officer into the Namur 98, end, 
 
 fliirinn- fi (innt.iniin.Tir.n nf npnTlv aiv vian.ra in ihnt 
 
 ship, was present in the action off' Cape St. Vincent, 
 14 Feb. 1797. His succeeding appointments were 
 — 20 Dec. 1800, to the Formidable 98, Capt. Rich. 
 Grindall, with whom he made a .voyage to the West 
 Indies— 19 Jan. 1804, to the Signal station at New 
 Biggin Point — 14 Oct. 1805, to the Charles armed 
 ship, commanded in the North Sea by Capt. Davis 
 — 3 March, 1806, to the Majestic 74, bearing the 
 flag there of Vice- Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell 
 —and lastly, 18 April, 1809, to the Signal station at 
 Kerry Head, where he continued until 26 Sept. 1813. 
 He became a Retired Commander on the Junior 
 List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 13 Sept. 1833. 
 
 FRIEND. (LiEOT., 1812. F-P., 10 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Charles Friend, bom 16 Sept. 1793, at Rams- 
 gate, is brother of Lieut. M. C. Friend, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Dec. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camel store-ship, Capt. 
 John Joyce, from which, after visiting Gibraltar 
 and the Rio de la Plata, he was transferred, as 
 Midshipman, in Nov. 1807, to the Grampus 50, Capt. 
 Jas. Haldane Tait, then at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 In the boats of the Active of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. 
 Alex. Gordon, whom he joined, 22 July, 1809, Mr. 
 Friend, on 29 June, 1810, contributed to the cap- 
 ture of a convoy in the harbour of Groa. He next, 
 on 12 Feb. 1811, assisted in bringing out another 
 from Ortona, although encountered by the most 
 fearful obstacles ; and, on 27 July in the same year, 
 he was officially reported in the highest terms for 
 his instrumentality, as Master's Mate, in capturing 
 and destroying 28 sail of merchantmen, defended, 
 in a creek of the island of Ragosniza, by 3 gun- 
 vessels and a body of 300 troops.* On 13 March, 
 1811, Mr. Friend was further present in the memo- 
 rable action off Lissa, when a British squadron, 
 carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, com- 
 pletely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a 
 loss to the Active of 4 killed and 24 wounded, a 
 Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted 
 to 284 guns and 2655 men ; and, on 29 Nov. en- 
 suing, he shared in a hard-fought combat of an 
 hour and a half, which, in rendering the Active 
 captor of the Pomone, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50 
 of whom were killed and wounded, occasioned her 
 a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded, including Capt. 
 Gordon, who lost a leg. As a reward for his con- 
 duct off Lissa, Mr. Friend, on his passing certificate 
 reaching the Admiralty, was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant by commission dated 12 June, 1812 ; 
 and, on 5 Oct. following, he was appointed to the 
 Eclipse 18, Capt. Henry Lynne, in the West In- 
 dies. From 21 April until 9 Dec. 1815, he served 
 on board the Hardy 14, Capt. Jas. Athill ; but he 
 has not, since the latter date, been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Friend holds the appointment of Govern- 
 ment Agent for Emigration at Cork. He married, 
 24 Sept. 1829, Eliza Malpas, eldest daughter of Geo. 
 Weatherall, Esq., of Brompton, co. Kent. Agents 
 — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 FRIEND, F.E.S. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 Matthew Curling Friend is brother of Lieut. 
 C. Friend, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 July, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Argo 44, Capt. Stephen 
 Thos. Digby, with whom he continued to serve, in 
 the Theban and Cornwallis, on the African and 
 West and East India stations, nearly the whole 
 time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until Oct. 
 1814. He thbn successively joined the Monmouth 
 64 and NAMUii 74, flag-ships in the Downs of Sir 
 Thos. Foley aiid Sir Thos. WilUams; and while 
 afterwards serving in the We6t Indies, as Admi- 
 ralty-Midshipman of the BombAt 74, Capt. Henry 
 Bazely, he was promoted to his present rank 16 
 Feb. 1815. On 6 June, 1815, he was appointed to 
 the Bucephalus 32, Capts. Geo. Wm. Hughes 
 D'Aeth and Amos Freeman Westropp, with whom 
 
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 FUGE-FULFORD-FULLARTON-FULLER-FURBER. 
 
 he served off St. Helena until Aug. 1816. He has 
 not since been employed. 
 
 He holds a civil situation at Van Digmen'a Land. 
 Agents— Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 FUGE. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Editakd Phillott FnGE passed his examina- 
 tion 23 June, 1836 ; and after serving for some 
 time as Mate of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at 
 Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore, and Savage 10, 
 Lieut. -Commander John Harrison Bowker, on the 
 Mediterranean station, obtained a commission 
 dated 8 Nov. 1844. Since 18 of the following Dec. 
 he has been serving in the Mediterranean, on board 
 the Fantome 16, Capts. Sir Fred. Wm. Erskine Ni- 
 cholson and Thos. Philip Le Hardy, latterly as First- 
 Lieutenant. 
 
 FULFOKD. (Commander, 1840. r-p., 22; 
 H-p., 4.) 
 
 John Fclfokd, bom 16 Feb. 1809, is third son of 
 Baldwin Fulford, Esq., of Great Fulford, co. Devon, 
 Lieut.-Colonel of the Devon Militia, by Anna 
 Maria, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Adams, 
 Esq., of Bowdon, Totness, M.P. for that borough. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 Dec. 1821 ; and embarked, 10 Oct. 1823, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Tamah 26, Capt. Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer, with whom he proceeded to the 
 East Indies. After an attachment of three years, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, to the Chal- 
 lenger 28, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence, and 
 "Wasp 18, Capts. Rich. Dickinson, Hon. Wm. 
 Wellesley, Chas. Basden, Edw. Hoste, and Bruns- 
 wick Popham, on the Home and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 14 Nov. 
 1830, of the Bbmannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pul- 
 teney Malcolm. He |returned to the Wasp in a 
 similar capacity 3 Dec. following ; and being offi- 
 cially promoted 29 July, 1831, was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, chiefly in the Mediterranean — 14 Feb. and 
 8 May, 1833, to the Donegal 74 and Britannia 
 120, bearing each the flag of Sir P. Malcolm — 20 
 Aug. 1834, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. JSs. Rich. 
 Dacrcs — 30 Nov. 1835, to the Orestes 18, Capts. 
 Henry John Codrington, Jidius Jas. Farmer Newell, 
 and Wm. Holt— 8 Sept. 1838, to the Princess' 
 Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford — 
 and, 25 Oct. following, to the Talbot 28, Capt. 
 H. J. Codrington. For his services as Senior Lieu- 
 tenant of the latter frigate at the bombardment of 
 St. Jean d'Acre, he was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 4 Nov. 1840 ; in which capacity his 
 appointments have since been — 31 May, 1841, to the 
 Benbow 74, Capt. Houston Stewart, also in the 
 Jlediterranean — 27 May, 1842, to the Camperdown 
 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace at Sheerness — 3 
 July, 1844, to the Coast Guard at Hastings — and 29 
 Oct. 1845, to the President 50, flag-ship at the 
 Cape of Good Hope of his old Captain, Kear-Ad- 
 miral J. R. Dacres, with whom he is now serving. 
 
 He married, 6 June, 1844, Isabella, eldest daugh- 
 ter of John Russell, Esq., Principal Clerk of Session 
 in Scotland, by whom he has issue. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 FULLAETON. (Liehtenant, 1828. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 14.) 
 
 John Campbell Fdllarton was bom 2 Oct. 
 1802, at Fairfield, in Ayrshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1815, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Larne 20, Capt. Sir 
 John Gordon Sinclair, on the Home station, where 
 he next joined the Nimrod 18, Capts. John Mao- 
 pherson Ferguson and John Windham Dalling. 
 From 1 Feb. 1819, until 2 Oct. 1821, on which date 
 he passed his examination, he further served on 
 board the Vengedr and Genoa 74'b, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Fred. Lewis Maltland— in the 
 former of which ships he visited South America 
 and the Mediterranean. During the next six years 
 we find him successively officiating as Mate, on 
 various stations, of the Impregnable 98, flag-ship 
 
 of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Jupiter 60, Capt. 
 Geo. Aug. Westphal, Lifpey 50, Capt. Chas. Grant, 
 Asia 84, Capt. Mark John Currie, Ganges 84, Capt. 
 Patrick Campbell, and Doris 42, Capt. Sir J. G. 
 Sinclair. In the Jupiter Mr. Fullarton escorted 
 Lord Amherst to India in 1822. On 27 Nov. 1827 
 he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Menai 26, 
 Capts. Chas. Gordon and Thos. Bourchier, in South 
 America. Being confirmed while in that vessel by 
 commission dated 29 March, 1828, he was after- 
 wards appointed on the same and East India sta^ 
 tions— 4 June, 1831, to the Samarang 28, Capt. 
 Chas. Henry Paget— 11 Aug. 1832, as FirstrLicute- 
 nant to the Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, in 
 which sloop he continued until 17 June, 1833 — 17 
 July, 1837, in a similar capacity, to the Wellesley 
 74, flag-ship of Sir F. L. Maitland— and, 11 March, 
 1818, to the Zebra 18, Capt. Robt. Contart M'Crea. 
 He has been on half-pay since 27 Oct. 1838. 
 
 Lieut. Fullarton married, 3 Feb. 1835, Rosa, only 
 daughter of — Sherwood, Esq., of Chichester. 
 
 FULLER. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 Rose Henry Fuller is youngest son of the late 
 John Trayton Fuller, Esq., of Ashdown House, co. 
 Sussex, by Anne Eliott, daughter of Geo. Augustus 
 Eliott, who was created Baron Heathfield for his 
 memorable defence of Gibraltar. He is collaterally 
 descended from the great Sir Eras. Drake, and is 
 brother of Augustus Eliott Fuller, Esq., M.P. for 
 East Sussex — of the present Sir Thos. Drake, Bart., 
 of Nutwell Court, co. Devon — and of Commander 
 Wm. Stephen Fuller, B.N., who died 10 Sept. 1815. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 180^ as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Lapwing 28, Capts. Fras. Wm. 
 Fane and Clotworthy Upton, in which frigate he 
 cruized among the Western Islands and on the Cork 
 station until the summer of 1805, when he rejoined 
 Capt. Fane on board the Hind 28. In June, 1808, 
 he followed the same officer into the Cambrian 40, 
 commanded afterwards by Capt. Chas. Bullen ; and, 
 on 13 Dec. 1810, he appears to have been twice 
 wounded, as Master's Mate, while serving in her 
 boats, with those of a squadron, at the destruc- 
 tion, in the Mole of Palamos, of a large convoy pro- 
 tected by two batteries, on which occasion, out of 
 600 British officers and men, upwards of 200 were 
 killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. Obtaining 
 his first commission 21 March, 1812, Lieut. Fuller, 
 on 12 Aug. 1812, was appointed to the Swiftsure 
 74, Capts. Jeremiah Coghlan and Edw. Stirling 
 Dickson ; and in the boats of that ship he was again 
 very severely wounded, 26 Nov. 1813, at the cap- 
 ture, by boarding, of the CharlematiTie privateer, of 
 8 guns and 93 men, whose fire, besides wounding 
 14 of the Swiptsdre's people, killed 5 of their 
 number.* Since his last promotion, which took 
 place 15 June, 1814, Commander Fuller, who for 
 his wounds receives a pension of 1502., has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He married, in Nov. 1831, Margaretta Jane, sister 
 of the present Sir Robt. Sheffield, Bart., of Nor- 
 manby, co. Lincoln, by whom he has issue. 
 
 FULLER. (Liedtenant, 1827.) 
 
 William Fuller entered the Navy 1 Uov. 1809 ; 
 passed his examination in 1824 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 31 Dec. 1827 ; joined tlie Coast Guard 28 
 June, 1841; and, since 7 Feb. 1844, has been in 
 command of the Dolphin Revenue-vessel. 
 
 He married, 25 Sept. 1828, Elizabeth Mary, eldest 
 daughter of the late Wm. Bampton, Esq., of Clarc- 
 mont Square, London, and has issue. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 FURBER. (C0MMANDEK,1824. f-p.,21;h-p.,31.) 
 Thomas Forber had a brother who was Signal 
 Officer, on board the Blenheim, to Sir Thos. Trou- 
 bridge, when that ship was lost in 1807. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1795, on 
 board the Undaunted 40, Capts. Henry Roberts 
 and B'**-JiuiiJtliroD. bearing the broad pendant 
 
FUUNEAUX-GABRIEL. 
 
 383 
 
 for some time of Commodore John Thos. Duck- 
 worth, in which frigate, after assisting at the cap- 
 ture of Demerara and Ste. Lucie, he was wrecked 
 on the Morant Keys 27 Aug. 1796. Until advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Oct. 1801, he next suc- 
 cessively served on board the Alfred 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Drury and Thos. Totty, Scipio, Capt. Davies, 
 VAKODAnD 74, flag-ship of Sir Horatio Nelson, 
 Cruizer 18, Capt. Chas. WoUaston, Ardent 64, 
 Capt. Thos. Bertie, and De Ruyter 64, Capt. Rich. 
 Dacres. During that period he contributed to the 
 capture of Trinidad, and, as aide-de-camp to Capt. 
 Totty, commanded the seamen employed on shore 
 in the unsuccessful attack on Puerto Rico in 1797 — 
 was present in the Crdizer at the taking of six 
 French privateers, carrying in the whole 68 guns 
 and 282 men — and had charge of the Ahdent's 
 signals in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. 
 In May, 1802, Mr. Furber, who had been promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant on 7 of the preceding 
 Oct., joined the Blenheim 74, Capts. Thos. Graves 
 and Wm. Ferris, stationed in the West Indies, 
 where, with two of that ship's boats under his 
 orders, he boarded and carried, in a most spirited 
 manner, after a puU of an hour and a half in the 
 heat of the sun, and under a fire of grape and mus- 
 qu'etry, La Fortunes French privateer, of 2 guns, 
 6 swivels, and 29 men, 15 Sept. 1803.* On 16 of 
 the following Nov. we find him eliciting the warmest 
 praise of Capt. Graves for his gallant conduct at 
 the cutting out from the harbour of Marin, Mar- 
 tini(iue, not without mutual loss, of the Harmonie, a 
 notorious privateer, of 8 guns and 66 men ;t after 
 which, on the night of 4 March, 1804, he further 
 acquired the approbation of Capt. Ferris, and was 
 severely wounded over the left eye in a dashing 
 although unsuccessful attack made by him with 
 two boats and 50 men on the French national and 
 desperately-defended schooner Curieuse, lying chain- 
 moored close under a fort at the town of St. Pierre, 
 whose fire, conjointly with that from the shore, 
 killed and wounded more than half of her brave 
 assailants-l After acting for two months as Cap- 
 tain of the Blenheim, Mr. Furber, on 8 May, 1805, 
 was appointed to the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus Otway 
 Bland, as First Lieutenant of which frigate he 
 again took command of two boats, and, on 25 Nov. 
 1806, succeeded by his exertions in capturing, off 
 Oporto, after rowing for six hours, the Spanish 
 privateer El Espedarte, of 6 guns, 6 swivels, and 
 41 men.§ The Flora being unfortunately wrecked 
 off the coast of Holland, 19 Jan. 1808, Mr. Furber, 
 who had previously been in acting-command of that 
 ship for the space of a month, was, on 12 of the 
 following June, after a short captivity, appointed 
 to the CnEROKEE 10, Capt. Rich. Arthur, with 
 whom he continued until 10 Oct. in the same year, 
 when he joined the Lively 38, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley. 
 In March, 1809 (having fitted out and ballasted a 
 schooner for that purpose in four Jiours), he was sent 
 home with the despatches relative to the fall of 
 Vigo and Santiago, after delivering which he re- 
 joined the Lively, and continued, as he had pre- 
 viously done, to officiate as her First Lieutenant 
 until again wrecked, off Malta, in Aug. 1810. From 
 22 March, 1811, until 21 Feb. 1814, he subsequently 
 served, also as Senior, on board the Elizabeth and 
 Bellona 74's, Capts. Edw. Leveson Gower and G. 
 M'Xiinley, chiefly off the coasts of Portugal, France, 
 and Spain. At length, on 1 Sept. 1824, after having 
 held a Lieutenant's commission for 23 years, 10 of 
 which had been passed os First Lieutenant of fri- 
 gates and line-otbattle ships, he was promoted, 
 from the Isis 50, Capt. Thos. Forrest (to which ship 
 }ie had been appointed 5 July, 1823), to the com- 
 mand, in consequence of a death vacancy, of the 
 Helicon sloop. In that vessel he returned home 
 from Carthagena in July, 1825, with Colonel Hamil- 
 ton, the Senior Commissioner, on board, bringing 
 at the same time the first treaty of commerce be- 
 tween Great Britain and Columbia. He was then 
 paid off, and has not since been employed, 
 
 In consideration of his gallantry at the capture 
 of the Hai-manie, Commander Furber, in 1804, was 
 presented by the Patriotic Society with a sword 
 valued at bOl. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 • V. Gnu. l«n<, p. .1. 
 J V. Gaz. 1804,^.630. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1804, pp. no, 111. 
 j y. (laz. 180(i, p. 1608. 
 
 FUENEAUX. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 James Holmes Fdrneaux passed his examina- 
 tion 29 Aug. 1839 ; and served, as Mate, on board 
 the Southampton 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good 
 Hope of Sir Edw. Dumford King, Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, 
 Mdtine 12, Capt. Rich.; Borough Crawford, fit- 
 ting at Devonport, and Excellent again, Capts. 
 Sir T. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads. For a 
 few months subsequent to his promotion, which 
 took place 30 Dec. 1845, Mr. Furneaux was em- 
 ployed at the Cape of Good Hope, as Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the President 50, bearing the flag of 
 Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres ; and, since 3 Oct. 
 1846, he has been again serving with Capt. Chads 
 in the Excellent. 
 
 FUENEAUX. (Capt., 1829. f-p., 17 ; h-p.,25.) 
 John Fdrneaux, born 27 April, 1793, at Swilly, 
 Stoke Damerel, is third son of the late Rev. Jas. 
 Furneaux ; grandson of Jas. Furneaux, Esq., R.N., 
 many years First-Lieutenant to Hon. Rich. Byron ; 
 and grand-nephew of Capt. Tobias Furneaux, R.N., 
 who commanded the Adventure, and accompanied 
 Capt. Cook. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta, 40, Capt. Rich. 
 Dalling Dunn, and, after sharing in the pursuit of 
 'Jerome Buonaparte, and participating in the action 
 off St. Domingo, successively joined, as Midship- 
 man, the Royal George 100, and San Josef 1 10, 
 bearing each the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, 
 under whom, in the Royal George, he received a 
 severe wound in the left jaw at the passage of the 
 Dardanells, 19 Feb. 1807.* On quitting the San 
 Josef, from which ship he had been for some time 
 lent to the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, Mr. 
 Furneaux, in May, 1810, accomplinied Sir John 
 Duckworth, who had been appointed Commander- 
 in-Chief at Newfoundland, into the Antelope 50 ; 
 and of that ship he was created a Lieutenant 13 
 June, 1812. After a servitude of 16 months in the 
 Pomone 38, Capts. Eras. Wm. Fane and Philip Car- 
 teret, on the Home station, he obtained command, 
 19 July, 1814, of the Cephalds 18, in which sloop 
 he co-operated with the Royalists on the coast of 
 France, and up the Gironde, during the war of a 
 Hundred Days, and was otherwise employed until 
 paid off 24 Sept. 1815. His next appointment, we 
 find, was, 26 May, 1818, to the Carron 20,t fitting 
 for the East India station, where he was unfortu- 
 nately wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, and with 
 difficulty saved, 6 July, 1820. On next assuming 
 command, 15 Sept. 1825, of the Hind 20, Capt. Fur- 
 neaux returned to India ; whence he brought home 
 the Andromeda, a new 46-gun frigate, towards the 
 close of 1829— on 16 March in which year he had, 
 been promoted to Post-rank. He has not since been 
 employed. 
 
 Capt. Furneaux, in consideration of the wound he 
 received on board the Royal George, obtained a 
 gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. Agents— Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 G. 
 
 GABEIEL, K.H. (Captain, 1831. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 James Wallace Gabriel, bom 5 April, 1783, 
 at Hamwortb, co. Middlesex, is third son of the 
 late Rev. Robt. Burd Gabriel, D.D., Rector of Has- 
 lington and Hamworth. His eldest brother, Burd, 
 is a Colonel in the Army, a C.B. and K.H. ; an- 
 other, John, was a Major in the Hon. E. I. Go's 
 
 * fide Gaz. 1807, p. 557. 
 
 t The Carron, on her passage out, conveyed Sir Ralph 
 Darling, as Governor, to the Isle of France. 
 
384 
 
 GABRIEL— GAGE. 
 
 service, and died in India in 1815 ; and a third, 
 Tere, died while First-Lieutenant of H.M.S. Active 
 in 1824. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in the early part 
 of the French Revolutionary war, as a Boy, on 
 hoard the Komnet 50, Capt. Frank Sotheron, bear- 
 ing the flag at Newfoundland of his godfather. Sir 
 Jas. Wallace ; the former of whom he accompanied 
 into the Latona 38. He was promoted to a Lieu- 
 tenancy, 17 March, 1800, in the Aiecto 16, Capts. 
 Lenox Thompson and llobt. O'Brien, and was after- 
 wards appointed — 1 June, 1802, to the Phcebe 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel — and, in 1805-6, as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the BBiLtiANT 28, and Pomone 
 38, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Barrie. On 14 
 July, 1803, Mr. Gabriel appears to have been shot 
 through the body and to nave had his thigh dread- 
 fully lacerated by a pike during a sanguinary conflict 
 which terminated in the Phoebe's boats obtaining 
 temporary possession of a large fully-manned ship 
 near Civita Veochia. For his gallantry and exertions 
 on this occasion the Patriotic Society presented 
 him with a sword valued at 50/., and also with the 
 sum of 501. While under Capt. Barrie, with whom 
 he continued until vprecked, on the Needles Point, 
 14 Oct. 1811, Lieut. Gabriel obtained the official 
 thanks — of Sir Rich. Keats for his zealous exertions, 
 in 1807, in burning H.M. brig Atalaste, in face 
 of the enemy, when on shore among the breakers 
 on Isle St. Martin, after the boats of the Penelope 
 had failed in the attempt, as also for his merito- 
 rious exertions to save the crew of H.M. cutter 
 Pigmy, during a tremendous gale and the most in- 
 tensely cold weather, off He de Re — of Sir Rich. , 
 Strachan and Lord Gardner (the latter of whom 
 strongly recommended him to the Admiralty for 
 promotion) for his able and gallant conduct in cap- 
 turing and destroying, with the boats of the Po- 
 mone, 14 of the enemy's vessels under Sable 
 d'Olonne, 5 June, 1807* — and of Lord Henry Paulet 
 and Lord Collingwood for his gallant conduct in 
 cutting out a large French brig from under the guns 
 of the batteries yf Oneglia.f He was also publicly 
 thanked for his spirited behaviour, on 11 May, 
 1810, in capturing, with the boats of the Pomone, 
 the French privateer Le Jupiter, of 12 12-pounders 
 and 68 men; and on 1 May, 1811, he was again 
 very highly lauded for the share he took in a 
 valiant action of an hour and a half in Sagone Bay, 
 where the Pomone, in company vrith the tlNiTi; 36 
 and Scout 18, effectually destroyed, after incurring 
 an individual loss of 2 men killed and 19 wounded, 
 the two armed store-ships Giraffe and Nourrice, 
 ■ each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and protected 
 by a 5-guu battery, a martello tower, and a body of 
 about 200 regular troops.J He attained the rank 
 of Commander 21 March, 1812, but was unable to 
 procure employment until 2 June, 1830, when he 
 commissioned the Coldmbine 18, fitting for the West 
 India station ; where he was posted, 2 July, 1831, 
 into the Magnificent receiving-ship. After cre- 
 ditably conducting the port duties for a short time 
 at Port Royal, he returned to ^England, and has 
 not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Gabriel was awarded a pension of 1501. for 
 his wounds 2 Dec. 1815, and nominated a K.H. 1 
 Jan. 1837. He married, in 1815, Maria, sister of 
 Commander Thos. Holbrook, R.N., by whom he has 
 issue a son and daughter. , 
 
 GAGE, Kt., G.C.H. (Admiral of the Blde, 
 1846. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 32.) 
 SiE William Hall Gage, born 2 Oct. 1777, is 
 youngest son of General the late celebrated Hon. 
 Thos. Gage, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 
 North America, by Margaret, daughter of Peter 
 Kemble, Esq., President of the Council of New 
 Jersey ; brother-in-law of Admiral Sir Chas. Ogle, 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 838. 
 
 f As a mark of tneir admiration, Lord Henry Paulet and 
 his crew, who witnessed this affair, refused to participate in 
 tlieir sliare of tlie capture. 
 
 t F. Gaz. ISU.p. 1249. 
 
 Bart, and of the Earl of Abingdon ; and uncle of 
 the present Viscount Gage. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1789, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, guard-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Capt. Eras. John Hartwell ; and, on 
 1 Sept. 1790, became Midshipman of the Captain 
 74, Capt. Arch. Dickson. Until 19 Jan. 1796, he 
 next served, on the Home, West India, and Medi- 
 terranean stations, in the Colossus 74, Capt. Henry 
 Harvey, Pkoserpine frigate, Capt. Jas. Alms, 
 Amekica, Capt. Hon. John Rodney, Egmont 74, 
 Capt. A. Dickson, Pkincess Rotal 98, flag-ship (in 
 the actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795) of Viee- 
 Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall, Bedford 74,* 
 Capt. Augustus Montgomery, and Victobf 100, 
 flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. On leaving the Vic- 
 tory, Mr. Gage (whose confirmation took place 11 
 March, 1796) was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the MiNERVE, of 42 guns and 286 men, Capts. Geo. 
 Henry Towry, Chas. Ogle, and Geo. Cockbum, 
 bearing the broad pendant latterly of Commodore 
 Nelson, by whom he was awarded every praise that 
 gallantry and zeal could entitle him to for his con- 
 duct, on 20 Deo. 1796, at the capture, in face of the 
 Spanish fleet, of the Sabina of 40, and defeat of the 
 Matilda of 34 guns— the former of which did not 
 surrender to the Minerve (whose loss altogether 
 amounted to 7 men killed and.44 wounded) until after 
 a combat of three hours and an individual loss of 14 
 killed and 44 wounded, f Mr. Gage, who had pre- 
 viously assisted at the capture of L'Etonnant na- 
 tional corvette, of 18 guns, next witnessed the eva- 
 cuation of Porto Ferrajo, and, on 14 Feb. 1797, was 
 present in the action off Cape St. Vincent. He 
 also, on 28 May, 1797, served with the boats of the 
 Minerve and Lively, and particularly distin- 
 guished himself at the capture, close to the to?ra of 
 Santa Cruz, after a loss to the British of 15 men 
 wounded, of La Mutine French national corvette 
 of 14 guns, which was brought out notwithstanding 
 a smart fire of musketry from the crew, 113 in 
 number, and a heavy discharge of artillery and 
 small arms from the shore, as also the fire of a 
 large ship at anchor in the road. J Attaining the 
 rank of Commander 13 June following, Capt. Gage, 
 on 26 July in the same year, was made Post into 
 the Terpsichore 32. While in that frigate he as- 
 sisted in seizing several French vessels lying at 
 Tunis, served at the blockade of Malta until Feb. 
 1799, then escorted the King of Sardinia from Leg- 
 horn to Sardinia, captured on 23 of the ensuing 
 June the San Antonio^ a Spanish brig-of-war, of 14 
 guns and 70 men,§ and in July, 1800, contributed 
 to the detention of the Freija Danish frigate, in 
 consequence of a refusal on the part of her Com- 
 mander to allow the British to search a convoy 
 under his orders. Capt. Gage's subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — 5 March, 1801, to the Ubanie 
 38, on the Channel station, where he elicited the 
 warmest thanks of his senior officer, Capt. Chas. 
 Brisbane, for his judicious arrangement of his 
 boats previously to the cutting out, by them and 
 those of the Doris and Beaulieu, of the French 
 national ship La Chevrette, of 20 guns and 350 men, 
 one of the most brilliant exploits of the kind ever 
 performedll— 20 July, 1805, after an interval of three 
 years, to the Thetis 38, employed in the North Sea 
 and also in the Mediterranean, which ship, on his 
 return home with Sir Arthur Paget, who had been 
 on an embassy to the Ottoman Porte, he left, in 
 1808— and, 5 Feb. 1813, to the Indus 74, part of Sir 
 Edw. Pellew's fleet in his partial action with the 
 French off Toulon 13 Feb. 1814. He again went 
 on half-pay on 14 Sept. in the latter year ; and, as- 
 suming the rank of Rear-Admiral, 19 July, 1821, 
 was afterwards employed as Commander-in-Chief 
 of H.M. ships in the East Indies from 13 Dec. 1825, 
 to 9 Jan. 1830— of a squadron in the Downs from 
 10 May to 13 July, 1833— and of the Naval force 
 
 * The Bedford was in company with the Censeur 74, 
 when that ship and several merchantmen were captured l»y 
 the French Admiral Riohery, 7 Oct. 1795. 
 
 + Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 200. 1 V. Gaz. 1797, p. 644. 
 
 5 r.Gaz. I799,p.741. || V. " -" 
 
 .Gay.. 1801, p. 919. 
 
GAHAN-GALE-GALLAWAY-GALLICHAN. 
 
 385 
 
 on the Lisbon station, from 9 April, 1834, to 17 Dec. 
 1837. 
 
 Sir Wm. Hall Gage, who has not since been 
 afloat, and had been knighted and nominated a 
 G.C.H. 19 April, 1834, became a Vice-Admiral 10 
 Jan. 1837, and a full Admiral 9 Nov. 1846. From 
 3 Feb. 1842, until 1846, he occupied a seat at the 
 Board of Admiralty. 
 
 GAHAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 21.) 
 
 George Gahas, born 12 Aug. 1794, at Plymouth, 
 is of an Irish family of very ancient descent, and 
 nearly allied to many of the nobility of the present 
 day. His father, an old oificer in the Navy, was 
 Master's Mate of the Irresistible in Bridport's 
 action, afterwards commanded the William and 
 Lucy gun-vessel at Plymouth for several years, and 
 was on board the Delight in Jan. 1808, when that 
 sloop was destroyed by the enemy on the coast of 
 Calabria, on which occasion he was taken prisoner. 
 His grandfather served as an Ensign under George 
 II. at the battle of Dettingen in 1743, and died 
 Commandant of the Isles of Soilly in 1785. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1805, as 
 L.M., on board the Hornet, guard-ship at Scilly, 
 Lieut.-Commander Chas. Williams ; joined, in May, 
 1807, the Salvador del Mundo, bearing the flag 
 at Plymouth of Admiral Wm. Young; and while 
 next attached, from Aug. 1809 to June, 1812, to the 
 Jalouse sloop, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, assisted 
 at the capture, 29 Jan. 1810, of .Le Charles privateer, 
 of 14 guns and 90 men, and was much employed in 
 escorting convoys to the West Indies. He then 
 removed to the Childers 18, Capts. John Bedford 
 and John Brand Umfreville, with whom he succes- 
 sively served until Aug. 1815 ; during which period 
 he appears to have seen much active service, and 
 on 15 Sept. 1814 to have taken part in an unsuc- 
 cessful attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile, where the 
 Hermes, one of the British sijuadron, was destroyed. 
 Wo also find Mr. Gahan frequently officiating as 
 prize-master of captured merchantmen. In Dec. 
 1815, being then on board the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland, at Plymouth, he was promoted 
 for his services to the rank he now holds by com- 
 mission dated back to 5 of the previous Oct., the 
 day after that on which he had passed his exa- 
 mination. He joined the Coast Blockade, as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74, Capts. 
 Hugh Pigot and David Colby, 9 July, 1830. In 
 consequence of injury brought on by his zeal, acti- 
 .vity, and perseverance in the suppression of smug- 
 gling, he was obliged, on 16 Nov. 1832, to resign an 
 appointment in the Coast Guard, to which service 
 he had been transferred, and enter a naval hospital, 
 where he was confined for the space of nine months. 
 He was, however, re-appointed 22 Sept. 1835, and 
 in Sept. 1837 was invested with a three years' com- 
 mand of the Dove Revenue-vessel. Since 3 Jan. 
 1843 he has again been in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Gahan, who bears a very high character 
 for successful activity, has been presented with a 
 silver medal from the Royal Humane Society for 
 his exertions in saving the lives of three men who 
 had been cast away near Winterton. He married, 
 first, in 1819, his cousin, Elizabeth Gahan, by whom 
 he had one daughter, now living ; and, secondly, 18 
 May, 1838, Honor Cole, third daughter of Wm. 
 Cornish, Esq., of Merazion, a Magistrate and De- 
 puty-Lieutenant for CO. Cornwall, grand-niece of 
 the late Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, R.N., K.C.B., 
 and sister-in-law of Lieut. Jas. Clayton, R.N., by 
 whom he has issue two sons. 
 
 Colins Deacon, nearly the whole time as Midship- 
 man, until 1815. He then successively joined the 
 FuRiEusE 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Primrose 18, 
 Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, and Bermuda 10, 
 Capt. John Pakenham ; which latter vessel, while 
 on her passage from the Gulf of Mexico, was lost 
 near Tampico Bar, 16 Nov. 1816. From the occur- 
 rence of that event, and until again wrecked in 
 Kingstown Harbour, DubUn, 3 March, 1824, Mr. 
 Gale further served, on the Home, West India, and 
 Mediterranean stations, in the Tigris 36;^ Capt. 
 Robt. Henderson, Spartan 38, Capt. Wm. Furlong 
 Wise, Ptramds 42, Capt. Fras. Newoombe, Severn 
 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, andDwARF, Capt. Nicholas 
 Gould. During the period of his being borne on 
 the books of the Severn, from 1820 to 1822, he ap- 
 pears to have been employed in the Coast Block- 
 ade. During the latter months of 1824 we find him 
 serving on board the Meteor and Bramble, Capts. 
 Jas. Scott and Thos. Favell. He was then pro- 
 moted by commission dated back to 21 Jan. in that 
 year. Since 2 July, 1840, he has been in command 
 of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 GALE. (Lieutenant, 1824. p-p., 23; h-p., 16.) 
 Charles Gale entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. Wm. 
 Lukin, Jas. Ivaton, John Surman Garden, and Henry 
 Raper, bearing the flag at first of Rear-Admiral 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats, on the Baltic station ; where, 
 and on the coasts of Spain, Portugal, and America, 
 he continued to serve, in the same ship and in the 
 NioBE 38, Capts. Wm. Augustus Montagu andllcnry 
 
 GALLAWAY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Alexander Gallaway, born 28 May, 1792, at 
 Gisborough, co. York, is son of a Boatswain in the 
 Royal Navy. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1800, as a 
 Boy, on board the Topaze frigate, Capt. Geo. 
 Church, and in the following May became Fst.-cl. 
 Vol. of the Renown 74, fiag-ship in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean of Sir John Borlase Warren. 
 While next attached, from May, 1805, to Nov. 1808, 
 to the Thunderer 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, John 
 Stockham, and John Talbot, he assisted, as Mid- 
 shipman, in Sir Robt. Calder's action, was wounded 
 at the battle of Trafalgar,* served at the siege of 
 Gaeta, was again wounded at the passage of the 
 Dardanells, and attended the expedition to Egypt. 
 Until officially promoted, 21 March, 1812, he after- 
 wards, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, served, on 
 the Home and Jamaica stations, in the Cordelia, 
 Capt. Thos. Fprtescue Kennedy, Hound, Capt. 
 Nicholas Lockyer, Cordelia again, Capt. T. F. 
 Kennedy, (under whom he served during the expe- 
 dition to the Walcheren,) Podargus, Capt. Wm. 
 Hellard, Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral 
 Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Racoon, Capt. Wm. 
 Black, and Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Mait- 
 land. From 15 March, 1813, to 18 April, 1815, he 
 officiated as Lieutenant, on the Baltic and Ja- 
 maica stations, of the Thracian sloop, Capt. John 
 Carter. He has since been employed in the Mer- 
 chant Service. 
 
 Lieut. Gallaway was pecuniarily rewarded for 
 his wounds by the Patriotic Society. He married, 
 28 July, 1812, and has issue four children. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GALLICHAN. (Lieut., 1810. p-p., 12; h-p., 37.) 
 James Gallichan entered the Navy, 7 April, 
 1798, as L.M., on board the Belliqueux 64, Capts. 
 John Inglis and Rowley Bulteel, under the latter 
 of whom, in Aug. 1799, he attended the expedition 
 to the Holder. During the last two years of the 
 French revolutionary war he served, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, in the Act-«:on brig ; and on 
 next joining the Kite, Capt. Philip Pipon, he co- 
 operated in the bombardment of Granville in Sept. 
 1803. He was afterwards employed for five years 
 in the Cesar 80, Capts. Sir Rich. John Strachan, 
 Thos. Geo. Shortland, Chas. Richardson, and Wm. 
 Granger. He was consequently present at the cap- 
 ture of the four line-of-battle ships which had 
 efiected their escape from Trafalgar, 4 Nov. 1805 ; 
 the destruction, oif Cape Henry, of the 74-gun ship 
 L' Impe'tueitx, 14 Sept. 1806 ; the destruction also of 
 three French frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonne, and of the shipping in Aix Roads, in 1809 ; 
 and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the expedition to the 
 Walcheren. Since his official promotion, which 
 » Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 1484. 
 
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386 
 
 GALLOWAY-GALLWEY-GAMBIER. 
 
 took place 4 May, 1810, Lieut. Galliohan has been 
 on halt-pay. 
 
 GALLOWAY. (Commander, 1806. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 3.3.) 
 
 James Gallovfat died 12 Aug. 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Berwick 74, Capt. Sir John 
 Collins, and during the six following years served, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Bsitan- 
 MiA 100, flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Hotham, Tartar 
 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elpliinstone, Queen 98, flag- 
 ship of Sir Hyde Parker, and Ceres 32, Capts. 
 Eobt. Waller Otway and R. Pearson. During that 
 period he officiated as Signal-Midshipman of the 
 Britaknia in the actions of 14 March and 13 July, 
 1795 ; was wrecked in the Tartar, off St. Domingo, 
 in April, 1797 ; and was on board the Ceres at the 
 evacuation of Port-au-Prince in May, 1798. Being 
 promoted to a Lieutenancy, 24 July, 1799, in the 
 IlOEBUCK 44, Capt. John Buchannan, he attended 
 the ensuing expedition to Holland ; after which he 
 joined the Success 32, Capt. Shuldham Peard, and 
 on 13 Feb. 1801 was captured in the Mediterranean 
 by a French squadron under M. Ganteaume. On 
 being released a few days afterwards, he went on 
 board the Hector 74, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Keith ; for his services under whom, during the 
 expedition to Egypt, lie received the Turkish gold 
 medal. At the cessation of hostilities we find 
 Mr. Galloway paying off, as First-Lieutenant, the 
 FouDROYANT 80, to whicli Ship Lord Keith had 
 transferred his flag. From 1803 until advanced to the 
 rank of Commander, 22 Jan. 1806, he further served 
 with the latter nobleman, as his Flag-Lieutenant, 
 in the Monarch and Edgar 74's, on the Mediter- 
 ranean and Home stations. In 1809 he obtained a 
 command in the Sea Fencibles at Killybegs, in Ire- 
 land; and he was afterwards appointed— 24 May, 
 1810, to the Princess guard-ship at Liverpool — 19 
 Dec. 1812, to the Despatch 18, in which sloop he 
 appears to have been very actively employed at the 
 blockade of Santona and San Sebastian in 1813,* 
 and at the destruction of Stonington, in America — 
 in Oct. 1814, 7?ro tern, to the Narcissus 32, off New 
 London — and, in DeCi following, to the Penelope 
 frigate, amwe en fi-ute^ which he had the misfortune 
 to lose in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 30 April, 1815. 
 He was not afterwards employed. 
 
 Commander Galloway obtained the out-pension 
 of Greenwich Hospital 11 Feb. 1830. He married 
 Jane Athol, youngest daughter of Wm. Duthie, 
 Esq., of Cambusbarron, Stirlingshire, N. B. 
 
 GALLWEY. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Henry John Windham Sherbrook Payne 
 Gallwey entered the Navy 1 April, 1824 ; passed 
 his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his first 
 commission 6 June, 1834. His appointments, as 
 Lieutenant, were, on the Cape of Good Hope, Home, 
 and Mediterranean stationa— 8 Sept. 1834, to the 
 Thalia 46, Capt. Eobt. Wauchope— 21 Jan. 1835, 
 to the Pelorus 16, Capt. Rich. Meredith — 5 April, 
 1836, to the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Sam. Jackson — 
 15 March, 1837, to the Revenge 78, Capt. Wm. 
 Elliott— 30 Nov. 1837, to the Volage 28, Capt. 
 Henry Smith— 19 Dec. 1837, to the Howe 120, flag- 
 ship of Sir Robt. Waller Otway— and, 25 Nov. 1839, 
 to the Pique 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer. Besides com- 
 manding the boats of the latter frigate at the cap- 
 ture of the towns of Caiffa and Tsour, on the coast 
 of Syria — on the former of which occasions he was 
 officially spoken of in the highest termsf- he served 
 on board of her at the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d' Acre. He was advanced to his present rank 23 
 
 * On 1 Sept. 1813, Commander Galloway was sent witli a 
 division of boats, as was Commander Robert Bloye, of the 
 IjYba , to make a demonstration on the back of the rock of 
 iSt. Sebastian — an operation which, although conducted under 
 a heavy fire from the enemy's batteries, had the successful 
 effect of diverting a large proportion of the garrison fVom the 
 defence of the breach which had been created in the walls of 
 
 the town, and of thereby enabling the British to enter Vide 
 
 Gaz. IS13, p. 1825. 
 
 t Vide Giz, ISfO, p. 2601. 
 
 Nov. 1841 ; and, from 27 Dec. 1845 until superseded 
 in March, 1847, had command of the Rapid 10, on 
 the coast of Africa. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 GALLWEY. (Retired Captain, 1844.) 
 
 Thomas Gallwey entered the Navy, 1 June, 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plover 18, 
 Capts. Edw. Galwey and Matthew Forster, chiefly 
 employed on the West India station, where he at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman 5 May, 1802. In 
 May, 1803, he joined the Melpomene 44, Capts. 
 Robt. Dudley Oliver, Christopher Laroche, arid 
 Peter Parker, and, on 22 Sept. 1807 (after an inter- 
 mediate servitude in the North Sea, Channel, and 
 Mediterranean, latterly in the Amphion 32, Capt. 
 Wm. Hoste), was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. During the next two years and a half we 
 find him employed, on the Home station, in the 
 Shannon 38, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke ; after 
 which he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the 
 Menelaus 38, Capt. Peter Parker, and assisted at 
 the capture of the Isle of France in Deo. 1810. 
 His advancement to the rank of Commander took 
 place 17 March, 1812, at which period he was serv- 
 ing on board the Lion 64, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. 
 Stopford. He joined the Water-Guard service 11 
 Aug. 1819 ; obtained a three years' command in 
 the Ordinary at Chatham, 3 Feb. 1831 ; and retired 
 with the rank of Captain 27 Aug. 1844. 
 
 Capt. Gallwey is at present H.M. Consul at Naples. 
 He is married and has issue. Age>ts — Messrs. 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GAMBIER. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 15; h-p., 24.) 
 George Cornish Gambier is brother of Capt. 
 Robt. Gambier, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1808, as 
 Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Thisbe 28, Capt. Wm. 
 Rogers, bearing the flag in the river Thames of 
 Hon. Hen. Edwin Stanhope; served, as Midship- 
 man, from 20 Oct. 1809, to 14 Nov. 1811, of the 
 Unicorn and Acasta frigates, both commanded by 
 Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, in the Bay of Biscay ; then 
 joined the Malta 80, bearing the flag in the Medi- 
 terranean of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell ; and, 
 on 6 March, 1815, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His next appointments were, on the 
 East India station, to the Orlando 36, Capt. John 
 Clavell, Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and 
 TopAZE 46, Capt. John Rich. Lumley. He assumed 
 command, 7 Dec. 1819, of the Curlew sloop, and 
 on 4 June, 1821, was posted into the Dauntless 24. 
 He was paid off, on his return from India, towards 
 the close of 1823, and since that period has been 
 on half-pay. Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 GAMBIER. (©aptailt, 1814.) 
 
 Robert Gambier, bom 3 Aug. 1791, at Water- 
 ingbury, co. Kent, is son of the late Commissioner 
 Sam. Gambier, R.N., who died 11 May, 1813, by 
 Jane, youngest daughter of Dan. Mathew, Esq., 
 of Felix Hall, oo. Essex; brother of Capt. G. C. 
 Gambier, R.N., and of Sir Edw. John Gambier, 
 Judge of Madras ; nephew of Admiral Lord Gam- 
 bier, G.C.B. ;"■ and second-cousin of Capt. R. F. 
 Gambier, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lively 38, Capt. Graham 
 
 * Lord Gambier was born at tlie Bahamas 13 Oct. 1756. 
 He commanded the THnNDiK bomb when that vessel was 
 captured by the Comte d'Estaing in 177B ; served on shore 
 with the naval brigade, while Captain of the Raleiob 32, at 
 the reduction of Cliarlestown, in 1780; commanded the 
 Defence 74, on 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794, on which 
 latter occasion he was the ftrst to out through the enemy's 
 line ; became Governor and Commander-in-Chief at flew- 
 foundland in 1802 ; co-operated with Lieut.-General Lord 
 Catlioapt, and was created a Baron of the United Kinjidom 
 for his seizure of the Danish fleet, in 1807 ; and was Com- 
 mander-in-Chief of the Channel fleet when Ijord Cochrane 
 made his celebrated attack on the French shipping in Aix 
 Roads in April, 1809. On 30 July, 1814, his Lordship was 
 nominated the head of a commission for negociating a treaty 
 of peace with the plenipotentiaries duly authorized for that 
 purpose on the part of the United States of America. He had 
 previously for many years fllled a seat at the Board of Ad- 
 '-■ "-•'=-J »^"-ir,l oftho Fleet 19 April, 1833. 
 
GAMB1EB,-GAPE- GARDINER. 
 
 387 
 
 Eden Hamond, lying in the river Thames, and from 
 the following Sept. until the receipt of his first 
 commission, dated 5 Sept. 1810, served, in the same 
 capacity, and as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the Weymouth, Capt. John 
 Draper, Diadem 64, Commodore Sir Home Popham, 
 Sampson 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, Sukveillante 38, 
 Capt. Sir Geo. Kalph Collier, and Salvador del 
 MuNDo and Namur, flag-ships of Admirals Wm. 
 Young and Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope. Of 
 these ships, the Diadem assisted at the reduction 
 of the Cape, Buenos Ayres, and Maldonado, in 1806, 
 and the Sorveillante, besides contributing- to the 
 fall of Copenhagen, in Sept. 1807, effected the cap- 
 ture of Le Milan French national corvette, of 18 
 guns, off Ushant, 30 Oct. 1809. As Lieutenant, Mr. 
 Gambler's appointments, we find, were, to the Ca- 
 ledokia 120, flag-ship of Lord Gambler, Loire 38, 
 Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, and Edikburgh 74, 
 Capt. lU)bt. lioUes, on the Channel, Baltic, and 
 Mediterranean stations. He assumed command, 30 
 Sept. 1812, of the Pelorus sloop, and, being pro- 
 moted to Post-rank, 6 Jime, 1814, was afterwards 
 employed as Captain, from 25 April, 1815, to 19 
 Nov. 1818, of the Myrmidon 20, and, from 18 June, 
 1825, until July, 1826, of the Pyramus 42. In Dec. 
 1820, Capt. Gambler also obtained an appointment 
 in the Water Guard. While in the Myrmidon he 
 was employed, under Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, 
 in blockading the Maumusson passage until the sur- 
 render of Buonaparte, when he accompanied the 
 BsLLEROPnoN to England, bringing with him seve- 
 ral French officers, &c., belonging to the Emperor's 
 suite. He then sailed for the Mediterranean. In 
 the Pyramus Capt. Gambler conveyed to Vera Cruz 
 Mr. Morier, H.M. Commissioner to the republic of 
 Mexico, and at the same time afforded a passage to 
 Sir Kobt. Ker Porter, Consul-General at Columbia. 
 He accepted the lletirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, 27 Oct. 1815, CaroUne, fourth daugh- 
 ter of Major-General Gore Browne, Lieutenant- 
 ■ Governor of Plymouth and Commandant of the 
 western district. Agents— Collier and Snee. 
 
 ■ GAMBIEK. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 19.) 
 lloBERT Fitzgerald Gambiee, bom 21 Nov. 
 1803, at Lisbon, is second son of Sir Jaa. Gambler, 
 F.R.S., H.M. Consul-General in the Netherlands; 
 grandson of the late Vice- Admiral Gambior, whose 
 nephew, James, was the late Admiral Lord Gam- 
 bier, G.C.B., and second-cousin of Capt. K. Gam- 
 bior, R.N. One of his brothers, Mark, is an ofBcer 
 in tie Army ; and another, Ferdinand, served on 
 board the Philomel at tbe battle of Navarin. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1816, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mvkmidon 20, com- 
 manded by his relative, Capt. Robt. Gambler, on 
 the Mediterranean station. In Dec. 1818 he be- 
 came Slidsliipman for some months of the Bul- 
 wark 76, flag-ship of Sir John Gore in the river 
 MedWay ; after which we find him serving in South 
 America and the East Indies, on board the Owen 
 Glendower42, Capt. Hon. Robt, CavendishSpencer, 
 Dauntless 24, Capt. Geo. Cornish Gambler, Lir- 
 IX I- 50, Commodore Chas. Grant, and Tees 26, Capt. 
 Thos. Coe, of which latter vessel he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant 1 April, 1823. Being officially pro- 
 moted 22 Oct. following, he was appointed, 7 June, 
 182-t, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Lord Byron, under 
 whom he was employed in conveying the remains of 
 tlie late King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands to 
 Otaheite ; and, 6 Oct. 1826, to the Asia 84, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington. After partici- 
 pating in the battle of Navarin, Mr. Gambler was 
 jiresented by the latter officer with tlie extra com- 
 mission placed at his disposal, dated 21 Oct. 1827. 
 H e obtained command, 2 Aug. 1845, of the Sappho 
 16, at the Capo of Good Hope ; and, on 9 Nov. 1846, 
 was advanced to the rank he now holds. He is at 
 present on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Gambler married, 18 Jan. 1838, Hester, 
 only daughter of Thos. Butler, Esq., of Berry Lodge, 
 Hants. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GAPE. (Captain, 1841. i-p., 19 ; h-p., 25.) 
 
 Joseph Gape is the son of a clergyman and ma- 
 gistrate of St. Alban's, co. Herts. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romney 50, Capt. Wm. 
 Brown, on following whom, after an intermediate 
 servitude on the West India station, into the Ajax 
 74, he bore a part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 
 July, 1805. On 21 Oct. following we find him pre- 
 sent in the same ship, under Lieut. John Pilfold, at 
 the battle of Trafelgar. In May, 1806, he became 
 Midshipman of the Smius 36, Capt. Wm. Prowse ; 
 subsequently to which he joined the Madras 54, 
 and Juno 32, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Marsh 
 Schomberg, and Amphion 32, Capt, Wm. Hoste. 
 While in the latter frigate Mr. Gape, on 12 May, 
 1808, shared in a very spirited engagement of many 
 hours with several batteries in the Bay of Rosas, in 
 an attempt to cut out the French frigate-built 800- 
 ton store-ship Balline, mounting from 26 to 30 guns, 
 with a crew of 150 men. He also, on 27 Aug. 1809, 
 served with a detachment under Lieut. C. G. R. 
 Phillott at the storming of the strong fort of Cor- 
 telazzo, near Trieste, the capture of which occa- 
 sioned the simultaneous surrender, within sight of 
 the Italian squadron off Venice, of six of the enemy's 
 gun-boats and a large convoy of merchant traba- 
 colos anchored for protection under its walls.* On 
 29 June, 1810, Mr. Gape further landed, near the 
 town of Groa, and, after defeating a large body 
 of French troops, assisted at the capture and de- 
 struction of a convoy of 25 veSsels.f He was ulti- 
 mately promoted to a Lieutenancy, 19 March, 1811, 
 in the Achille 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, 
 with whom he continued to serve in the Mediter- 
 ranean until 1812 ; between which period and his 
 promotion to the rank of Commander, 16 Feb. 1814, 
 he officiated, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the Alonzo, 
 Escort, and Shark, to Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, 
 on the Guernsey and Jamaica stations. He after- 
 wards, from 18 Feb. 1814, to 15 Dec. 1815, and from 
 24 April, 1830, to 11 March, 1834, commanded the 
 Snake and Pelican sloops, on the West India and 
 Blediterranean stations. Capt. Gape, whose next 
 appointment was to an Inspecting Commandership, 
 4 Oct. 1837, in the Coast Guard, acquired his pre- 
 sent rank 23 Nov. 1841. He has not since been 
 employed. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 GARDINER. (Commandek, 1826. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 
 Allen Francis Gardiner is youngest son of 
 Sam. Gardiner, Esq., of Coombe Lodge, co. Oxford. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 May, 1808, and embarked, 23 June, 1810, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the ForthnJee 36, Capt. Henry 
 Vansittart, in which ship he proceeded to the Me- 
 diterranean with Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle. On next joining the Ph<ebe, of 44 guns 
 and 271 men, he contributed, 20 May, 1811 (while 
 cruizing off Madagascar in company with the As- 
 TEEA and Galatea, frigates nearly equal in force 
 to the Phcebe, and 18-gun brig Racehorse), to the 
 capture — after a long and trying action with the 
 French 40-gun frigates RenomrMe, Chrinde, and 
 Nmide, in which the Ph(ebe had 7 men killed and 
 24 wounded — of the Rmammee. On 25 of the same 
 month he was further present at the surrender of 
 the Ne're'ide, and of the settlement of Tamatave ; 
 and in the following summer he co-operated in the 
 reduction of the island of Java. Proceeding sub- 
 sequently to the Pacific, the Phiebe, whose force 
 then consisted of 46 guns and 300 men, succeeded, 
 in company with the 18-gun sloop Cherhb, in effect- 
 ing the capture, 28 May, 1814, off Valparaiso, of the 
 American frigate Essex, of 46 guns and 265 men, 
 who only struck her colours at the close of a warm 
 action of two hours, in which the Phcebe lost 4 men 
 killed and 7 wounded, and the enemy 24 killed and 
 45 wounded. Mr. Gardiner (whose conduct on the 
 occasion was the cause of his being officially recom- 
 mended by his Captain to the notice of the Admi- 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907. f V- Gas. 1810, p. I8j8. 
 
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388 
 
 GARDINER-GARDNER-GARFORTH. 
 
 ralty*) appears, in the capacity of Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, to have assisted in conducting the prize to 
 England, and was confirmed by the Admiralty on 
 13 Dec. in the same year. He was afterwards ap- 
 pointed — 29 July, 1819, to the Leander 60, flag- 
 ship in the East Indies of Hon. Sir Henry Black- 
 wood— 11 May, 1820, to the Dauntless 24, Capt. 
 Hon. Valentine Gardner, on the same station — 6 
 Feb. 1824, to the Jupitbk 60, Capts. David Dunn 
 and SirWm. Saltonstall "Wiseman, at Halifax— and, 
 30 May, 1825, to the command of the Clinker 12, 
 which vessel he paid off on his return from the 
 latter station in Aug. 1826. He was advanced to 
 the rank of Commander 13 Sept. 1826, but has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 Commander Gardiner married, first, in July, 1823, 
 Julia Susanna, second daughter of John Keade, 
 Esq., of Ipsden House, co. Oxford, by whom (who 
 died 23 May, 1834) he had issue ; and secondly, 7 
 Oct. 1836, Elizabeth Lydia, eldest daughter of the 
 Kev. E. Marsh, Minister of Hampstead. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 GARDINEK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 William Gardiner entered the Navy, 12 July, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Naiad 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Dundas, with whom h« became attached, as 
 Midshipman, in Oct. 1809, to the Ganges 74, on the 
 Baltic and Channel stations. In April, 1811, he 
 joined the Fame 74, Capt. "Walter Bathurst, in the 
 Mediterranean, where he removed, 9 March, 1814, 
 to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth. 
 He was promoted (from the Prince Frederick, 
 receiving-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Rich. Pridham) 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Feb. 1815 ; and since 
 that period has been on half-pay. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 GARDNER. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Alan Henry Gardner, born 25 Aug. 1817, is 
 second son of Major-General Hon. "Wm. Henry 
 Gardner, by Elizabeth Lydia, daughter of the late 
 Lieut.-General Fyers; grandson of Admiral the 
 first Lord Gardner, who distinguished himself, with 
 his flag on board the Queen 98, in the action of 1 
 June, 1794, was afterwards second in command in 
 Lord Bridport's action, 23 June, 1795, and died 
 1 Jan. 1809 ; nephew of Admiral (Alan Hyde) se- 
 cond Lord Gardner, who died 27 Dec. 1815, and of 
 Rear- Admiral Francis Farington Gardner, who died 
 in 1821 ; and first-cousin of the present nobleman — 
 as also of Commander John Cornwall, R.N. Lieut. 
 Gardner has one brother, William Bethell, in the 
 Royal Artillery, and two others, Edward Cornwall 
 and Herbert Calthorpe, in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s ser- 
 vice. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 Sept. 1832 ; 
 passed his examination 4 Oct. 1836; served for 
 some time, as Mate, on board the Dido 18, Capt. 
 Lewis Davies, on the Mediterranean station ; and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 30 Oct. 
 1841. He joined, 8 Nov. 1841, the Aigle 24, Capt. 
 Lord Clarence Edw. Pa,get, on the Mediterranean 
 station ; and since 30 April, 1846, has been em- 
 ployed with the Channel squadron as First of the 
 Polyphemus steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Johnstone 
 M'Cleverty. 
 
 GARDNER. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 George Henry Gardner entered the Navy 2 
 April, 1829; passed his examination 2 Dec. 1835; 
 and, during the last two years of his Mateship, 
 served on the South American station in the Cuka- 
 50A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones. His appointments, 
 since his promotion, which took place 10 Nov. 1842, 
 have been— 20 March, 1843, to the Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings 
 — 29 June, 1843, to the Eurydice 26, Capt. Geo. 
 Elliott, on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion — and 11 Aug. 1846, as Senior, to the Sidon 
 steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, 
 with whom he is now employed on Home service. 
 
 • VUe Gaz. 1814, p. M85. 
 
 GARDNER. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 18; h-p., 24.) 
 George Johnson Gardner entered the Navy, 1 
 July, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Argos sloop, 
 Capt. Edw. Kittoe; on removing with whom to the 
 Sabrina 18, commanded afterwards by Capt. Abra^ 
 ham Lowe, he visited the Mediterranean and South 
 America, and served as Midshipman in the expedi- 
 tion against Walcheren in Aug. 1809. Until the 
 receipt of his commission, dated 10 March, 1815, he 
 was subsequently employed, on the North Sea, Lis- 
 bon, East and West India, North American, and 
 Home stations, in the Venerable 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Thos. Williams, Stirling Castle 74, Capt. Sir 
 Home Popham, Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby 
 Thos. Lake, Florida 20, Capt. Nathaniel Mitchell, 
 and Argo 44, and Antelope 50, bearing each the 
 flag of Rear-Admirals Matthew Henry Scott and 
 John Harvey. He obtained an appointment in the 
 Coast Guard 31 May, 1838, but resigned in 1840, 
 and since 19 Jan. 1842 has been employed as Ad- 
 miralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 GARDNER. (Retired Commandeb, 1832. r-p., 
 27; H-p., 38.) 
 
 James Anthony Gardner died 24 Sept. 1846, in 
 his 76th year. He was son of Capt. Fras. Geary 
 Gardner, R.N., who died at St. Lucie in Sept. 1780; 
 brother of the late Capt. Gardner, R.M. ; and cousin 
 of Sir Fras. Geary Gardner Lee, who died Senior 
 Lieutenant-Colonel R.M. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy, in May, 1782, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Panther 60, Capts. Thos. 
 Piercy and Robt. Swinnerton ; in which ship he 
 assisted in saving a portion of the crew of the 
 Royal George, and took part, after the reUef of 
 Gibraltar, in Lord Howe's action with the com- 
 bined fleets of France and Spain, 20 Oct. 1782. 
 During the ensuing peace he served, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, on the Newfoundland and Home 
 stations, of the Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Vice- 
 Admiral John Campbell, Orestes 18, Capt. Manley 
 Dixon, Edgar 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Hon. 
 John Leveson Gower and John Peyton, Barfleuk 
 98, bearing the successive flags of Admirals Rod- 
 dam, Hon. Sam. Barrington, Sir John Jervis, Elliot, 
 and Jonathan Faulknor, and Queen 98, Capt. John 
 Hutt. After a further attachment of nearly two 
 years, chiefly in the Mediterranean, to the Ber- 
 wick 74, Capts. Sir John Collins, Wm. Shield, Geo. 
 Campbell, and Geo. Henry Towry, Gorgon 44, 
 Capt. Jas. WaUis, and Victory 100, Capt. John 
 ICnight, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 12 Jan. 
 1795, m the Hind 28, Capts. Rich. Lee and John ^ 
 Bazely, in which vessel he visited North America, 
 and then proceeded to the Irish station, whence, in 
 J an. 1797, he was sent into Plymouth in charge of 
 La Favorite privateer, of 8 guns and 60 men.*' His 
 next appointments were— 8 March, 1798, to the 
 Blonde 32, Capt. Daniel Dobree, under whom he 
 assisted in conveying troops to Holland during the 
 expedition against Holland in Aug. 1799—13 April, 
 1801, to the Brunswick 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell 
 Stephens, in which ship he returned home from the 
 West Indies, and was paid off, in July, 1802— and, 
 29 Jan. 1806, to the command of the Signal-station 
 at Fairlight in Sussex, where he continued until 7 
 Dec. 1814. Having been on half-pay since that pe- 
 riod, he at length accepted rank as a Retired Com- 
 mander on the Junior List, 26 Nov. 1830. His pro- 
 motion to the Senior List took place 31 July, 1832. 
 
 Commander Gardner married, first, 11 Deo. 1798, 
 the daughter of Wm. Pugh, Esq., of the city of 
 London ; and, secondly, in 1834, Ellen Mary, only 
 daughter of S. Johnson, Esq., of Marlborough-place, 
 Kent-road. By his former marriage he has left is- 
 sue six children. Agents— Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 GARPORTH. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.) 
 William Garpoeth entered the Navy, 19 Feb. 
 1806, as a Volunteer, on board the Medusa 32, 
 Capt. Hon. Dunoombe Pleydell Bouverie, with 
 whom he continued to serve, in the same frigate, 
 * f^ide Gai. 1797, p. 02. 
 
GARLAND-GARNHAM-GARNIER-GARRETT. 
 
 389 
 
 for more than seven years. During that period he 
 participated in all the operations in the llio de la 
 Plata, from Oct. 1806 until the Meddsa's return 
 home with Lieut.-General Whitelocke on the 
 final evacuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807, 
 including the capture of Maldonado and of the 
 island of Gorriti; assisted in taking several pri- 
 vateers ; was for three months exposed to consi- 
 derable hardships during a fruitless pursuit of two 
 French frigates to the coast of Labrador ; and co- 
 operated much with the patriots on the north coast 
 of Spain. He also, on the night of 4 June, 1812, 
 served in the boats under Lieut. Josiah Thompson 
 at the capture and destruction, in the harbour of 
 Arcasson, of La Dorade, of 14 guns and 86 men, 
 after a desperate struggle, in which the assailants 
 had 5 men wounded, and the enemy, who had hailed 
 the latter in their approach and were in every way 
 prepared for the attack, 63 killed and drowned. Mr. 
 Garforth — who obtained a Lieutenancy, 25 Oct. 
 1813, in the Sabrina 20, Capt. Alex. Kich. Mac- 
 kenzie — was paid off from that vessel on her return 
 from the Mediterranean, 28 Dec. 1815. He has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 GARLAND, (ffastain, ISIS. f-p., 12 ; H-p., 40.) 
 Joseph Gulston Garland was bom 23 April, 
 1781. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1795, on 
 hoard the Raisonnable 64, commanded by the late 
 Sir Wm. Parker, in the West Indies ; where, and on 
 the Lisbon, Cadiz, and American stations, he served 
 the whole of his time under the same officer, in the 
 above ship, and in the Swiftsure 74, Blenheim 74, 
 Prince George 98, and America 64. He was then, 
 by commission dated 2 May, 1801, promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Cleopatra 32, Capt. Israel 
 Pellew, with whom he returned home and was paid 
 off 6 March, 1802. From 4 Nov. 1803, until July, 
 1804, he served as Flag-Lieutenant, in various 
 ships, to Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, 
 on the Yarmouth station; after which he com- 
 manded the Escort gun-brig, until 22 Jan. 1806, 
 when he attained Commander's rank. His ensuing 
 appointment was, on 7 Oct. 1813, to the Alert 18 ; 
 and in that sloop he continued, on the North Sea 
 station, until posted, 19 -iug. 1815. He accepted 
 the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agents— Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 GARLAND. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Garland entered the Navy, 17 July, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bulwark 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, off Cadiz ; 
 cruized, from June, 1808, to July, 1810, latterly as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in tlie Hind 28, 
 Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent and John Rich. Lumley, 
 on the Mediterranean station ; tliere joined the Bel- 
 LEROPHON 74, flag-ship in the North Sea of Bear- 
 Admiral John Ferrier ; and from Sept. 181 1, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb. 1815, 
 again served with Capt. Lumley, in the Crocodile, 
 Narcissds, and Pomone frigates, on the Guernsey 
 and North American stations. Since the latter 
 date he has been on half-pay. 
 
 GARNHAM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 John Garnham was born 14 Feb. 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in Yarmouth Roads of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. On 29 
 May following he became Midshipman of the 
 Stately 64, Capts. Geo. Parker and Wm. Cumber- 
 land ; in which ship and the. Princess Caroline 
 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and Hugh Downman, 
 he served very actively, on the North Sea, Baltic, 
 and Channel stations, the four last years as Master's 
 Mate, until Jan. 1813. He then proceeded to the 
 West Indies as Midshipman of the Vengeur 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Dundas ; and after a further servitude 
 <if ayear and nine months as Master's Mate, on the 
 Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, of the Volom- 
 
 TAiRE 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, 
 was invested with the rank he now holds 18 Feb. 
 1815. H e has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Garnham married, in Jan. 1824, Miss Eliza- 
 beth Sparke Edgar, of Buxhall Vale, near Stow- 
 market, co. Suffolk, sole heiress of Thos. Edgar, Esq. 
 
 GAENIER. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Brownlow North Garnier is second son of the 
 late Rev. Wm. Gamier, of Rookesbury, Hants, 
 Prebendary of Winchester, and Rector of Drox- 
 ford, by Henrietta, eldest daughter of Brownlow 
 North, Bishop of Winchester, and sister of the Earl 
 of Guildford. He is brother of the present Wm. 
 Garnier, Esq., of Rookesbury. His uncle, Thomas, 
 married a sister of Capt. SirWm. Edw. Parry. R.N., 
 F.R.S. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Feb. 1817 ; passed 
 his examination in 1823 ; and was promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy, 4 Feb. 1826, in the Wellesley 74, 
 Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, in South America. He 
 was next appointed, 23 Feb. 1827, to the Hussae 
 46, Capt. Edw. Boxer, on the Halifax station, but 
 left that frigate in the following May, and has not 
 since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Garnier married, 3 Dec. 1835, Henrietta 
 Maria, second daughter of Thomas, fourth Lord 
 Walsingham. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 GiVREETT. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Charles Garrett entered the Navy, 6 March, 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board -the Aurora 28, of 
 which ship, on the West India station, he became 
 Midshipman 25 July following. After an attach- 
 ment of a few months to the Namur 74, bearing 
 the flag, at the Nore of Vice-Admiral Thos. Wells, 
 he removed, in June, 1811, to the America 74, 
 Capt. Josias Rowley ; and while in that ship he 
 witnessed the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, and 
 the surrender of Genoa, in 1813-14. From Dec. in 
 the latter year, until the receipt of his commission 
 dated 21 Jan. 1824, he further served, as Ma.ster's 
 Mate and Admiralty Midshipman, on the Channel, 
 Cape of Good Hope, Home, and East India stations, 
 in the Ph<ebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Jupiter and 
 Newcastle 60's, both commanded by Capt. Henry 
 Meynell, Andromache 38, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Shirreff, Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. 
 Clifford, and Liffey 50, Commodore Chas. Grant. 
 Lieut. Garrett, since his promotion, has been on 
 half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 GARRETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Edward Garrett (6) entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 
 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Explosion 
 bomb, ^Capt. Edw. Ellicott, under whom he was 
 wrecked, off Heligoland, 10 Sept. 1807. He then 
 joined the Majestic 74, bearing the flag in the 
 North Sea and Baltic of Vice-Admiral Thos. Mac- 
 namara Russell ; and on his return from China, 
 whither he had proceeded with convoy, in the 
 Grampus 50, Capt. Wm. Hanwell, became attached, 
 in Jan. 1812, to the Royal Oak 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Pulteney Malcolm. When afterwards on the coast 
 of America Mr. Garrett, as Master's Mate, assumed 
 command of a tender, in which we find him co-ope- 
 rating in the attack on New Orleans in 1814-15. 
 On 16 Feb. in the latter year he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, and placed in charge of the 
 Express cutter. He left that vessel, however, in 
 the following Sept., and has since been unemployed. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 F-P., 17; 
 
 GARRETT. (Commander, 1809. 
 
 HP., 36.) 
 
 Edward William Garrett was born in 1781. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1794 as 
 Ordinary, on board the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Geo. 
 Duff, and, until promoted, 19 Sept. 1801, further 
 served with that officer, as Midshipman in the 
 Glenmore 36, and Vengeance 74, on the North 
 Sea, Irish, Baltic, and Channel stations. He ap- 
 
390 
 
 GARRETT. 
 
 peaxs to have been then appointed to the Amethtst 
 as Capts. Henry Rich. Glynn and Alex. Campbell, 
 and afterwards, in 1803-4-8, to the Windsor Castle 
 • i, Capts. John Wells and Davidge Gould, Mabs 
 74, Capts. Geo. Duff, Robt. Dudley Oliver, and Wm. 
 Lukin, and Osix sloop, Capt. Chas. Gill. While in 
 the Mars he was wounded at the battle of Tra- 
 falgar, 21 Oct. 1805*— assisted, in 1806, at the cap- 
 ture of Le Shin of 44 guns, and also of La Gloire 
 46, and L'lnfatigabk 44, two out of four French 
 frigates that had been pursued and brought to ac- 
 tion by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood— and dur- 
 ing the expedition of 1807 against Copenhagen was 
 employed in landing troops, and in fitting out the 
 Danish ships preparatory to their being sent to 
 England. On 1 Jan. 1809, being at the time First 
 of the O.NTX, of 10 guns and 75 men, Mr. Garrett 
 aided, and was strongly recommended for his 
 valuable conduct, at the capture, after a severe 
 action, in which the enemy lost 5 men killed and 6 
 wounded, and the British only 3 wounded, of the 
 Dutch brig Manly, of 16 guns and 94 men.f He 
 subsequently, with the assistance of only a boat's 
 crew, succeeded in conducting the prize with all 
 the prisoners into port ; and, being rewarded for 
 his gallantry by commission dated 16 of the same 
 month, was next appointed, 22 Oct. 1810, to the 
 Hope 10, on the Channel station, where he cap- 
 tured, 23 June, 1813, an American lugger privateer, 
 armed with swivels and small arms, and manned 
 with 31 men. He was placed on half-pay 14 July 
 following ; and, on 6 Feb. 1844, was admitted into 
 Greenwich Hospital. 
 
 Commander Garrett obtained a grant from the 
 Patriotic Society in consideration of the wound he 
 received at Trafalgar. He married, in 1815, the 
 only daughter of the late John Burrell, Esq., Hon. 
 E. I. C.'s service, and sister of Wm. Burrell, who 
 was lost when Alidsfaipman of H. M. S. Saldanha 
 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham, 4 Dec. 1811. 
 
 GARRETT. (Vice-Admiral of the White, 
 1840. r-p., 46; h-p., 15.) 
 
 Henry Garrett was bom in 1774, and died 11 
 April, 1846. He was son, we believe, of the late 
 Daniel Garrett, Esq., of Portsmouth ; and uncle of 
 the present Capt. John Brett Purvis, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1785, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Trimmer sloop, 
 Capt. Chas. Tyler, on the Irish station ; and, during 
 the after-part of the peace, served, chiefly as iMid- 
 shipman, in the Hebe frigate, Capt. Edw. Thorn- 
 brough, Bellona 74, Capt. Fras. John Hartwell, 
 Hebe, again, Capt. Alex. Hood, and Romnet 50, 
 bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Rear- 
 Admiral Sam. Cranston GoodaU. Being promoted, 
 under the latter officer, to a Lieutenancy, 24 June, 
 1793, in the Princess Royal 98, he served on shore 
 at the occupation of Toulon, assisted at the reduc- 
 tion of Corsica, and participated in the actions of 
 13 March and 14 July, 1795 ; after which he suc- 
 cessively assumed command of the VisuvE and 
 Trial ; and in the latter vessel, a cutter of 12 guns, 
 took, near Portland, 25 July, 1797, a French brig 
 privateer, Le Courrier de Mer, of similar force,t be- 
 sides energetically contributing, off Havre, to the 
 destruction, 1 May, 1798, of La Conflante frigate, 
 and a republican cutter.§ He was promoted to the 
 command, 27 Dec. 1798, of the Alecto fire-ship ; 
 afterwards commanded the Calypso sloop, and 
 Pdissant hulk ; attained Post-rank 16 Sept. 1799 ; 
 officiated as Captain, during the early part of the 
 peace of Amiens, of the Texel 64, and Endymion 
 40; and from 21 Sept. 1805, until 1 Aug. 1808, com- 
 manded the Kent 74, and also the Yille de Paris 
 and Royal Sovereign, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral 
 Thornbrough. On 31 Dec. in the latter year 
 Capt. Garrett was appointed Agent for Victualling 
 at Deptford, where he continued until nominated 
 Governor, 24 Feb. 1820, of Haslar Hospital. The 
 
 * ride Gaz. 1806, pp. 1411, H8<. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1809, p. 47. 
 
 J v. Gm. nS'i p. fiS®- i '• ^^- 1798> P- i"^. 
 
 latter appointment he held until April, 1838. He 
 was created a Eear-Admiral 6 Oct. 1833, and a 
 Yice-Admiral 12 Nov. 1840. 
 
 By his wife, who died 26 Aug. 1812, he had issue. 
 His eldest son died Acting-Lieutenant of the Cob- 
 lew, at Bombay, in Nov. 1819 ; and another son, in 
 the Hon. E. I. C.'s Civil service, married, 29 
 June, 1835, Sarah, third daughter of Capt. John 
 Clavell, R.N. 
 
 GARRETT. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 28; h-p., 20.) 
 Henry Gabrett was bom 19 Dec. 1786, at Ham- 
 bledon, co. Southampton. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1799, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lmpregnaele 98, 
 Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, under whom, on 19 Oct. 
 following, he was wrecked, as Midshipman, between 
 Langstone and Chichester. He then joined the 
 Puissant, at Spithead, and, while afterwards at- 
 tached, from Jan. 1801, to Jan. 1806, to the Belle- 
 isle 74, Capts. Wm. Domett, Chas. Boyles, John 
 Whitby, and Wm. Hargood, accompanied Lord 
 Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the com- 
 bined fleets of France and Spain, and took part in 
 the battle of Trafalgar. On subsequently joining 
 the CuLLODEN 74, bearing the flag in the East In- 
 dies of Sir Edw. Pellew, he was there appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant, 18 April, 1807, of La Bellone 
 28, Capt. John Bastard ; in which capacity he fol- 
 lowed the latter officer into the DicAiGNEUSE 36, 
 and next removed to the Psyche 36, Capts. John 
 Edgecombe and Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing. Mr. 
 Garrett, who commanded the boats of the latter 
 vessel at the attack on a fort and the destruction 
 of several vessels at Rutterah, during a rebellion 
 among the natives of Travancore, on the Malabar 
 coast, was not, however, confirmed by the Admi- 
 ralty until 21 Aug. 1809 ; at which period he had 
 been fulfilling for eight months the duties of First- 
 Lieutenant of a frigate. In 1810-11, being still 
 Senior of the Psyche, he assisted at the reduction 
 of the Mauritius and of the island of Java. ' As 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Rhin 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Malcolm, he afterwards, during the summer 
 of 1812, served on shore in co-operation with the 
 patriots on the north coast of Spain, and was 
 wounded while in command of a battery at Santan- 
 der. His next appointments, we fimd, wxre — 11 
 Deo. 1813, to the Medway 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Tyler at the Cape of Good Hope — and, 7 Feb. 1815, 
 to the Harpy 18, Capt. Geo. Tyler, with whom he 
 returned home and was paid off in March, 1816. 
 From 8 March, 1832, to 8 March, 1837, he appears 
 to have had charge of the Semaphore station at 
 Holder Hill, co. Sussex. Since 10 Dec. 1841, he 
 has been similarly employed at Petersfield, co. 
 Hants. 
 
 Lieut. Garrett married, 10 Oct. 1816, a daughter 
 of the late Mr. Goldsmith, of Southampton. 
 Agents — ^Messrs. Chard. 
 
 GARRETT. (Commander, 1833. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 18.) 
 
 John Garrett is second son of the late John 
 Garrett, Esq., of Ellington, near Ramsgate, co. 
 Kent; and brother of Lient.-Colonel Garrett, K.H., 
 commanding the 46th Regiment. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hamadryad 36, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Staines, in which ship he visited St. 
 Helena and cruized on the Irish station until June, 
 1812, when he followed the same Captain, as Mid- 
 shipman, into the Beiton 38. On his return from 
 the Pacific m Aug. 1815, he joined the Niger 38, 
 Capt. Peter Rainier; and then the Granicos 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. After sharing, as a 
 passed Midshipman, in the battle of Algiers, 27 
 Aug. 1816, Mr. Garrett became successively at- 
 tached, on the Irish, American, and Home stations, 
 to the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, 
 Spartan 46, Capt. Wm. F. Wise, Wolf 14, Capt. 
 Bernard Yeoman, and Valorods 26, Capt. J as. 
 Murray. He was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 26 
 
UAilRICK— GARVEY-GASCOYNE-GAUSSEN-GAYTON-GEALE. 
 
 391 
 
 March, 1822, in the Euryalus 42, Capt. Augustus 
 Wm. Jas. CliiFord, on the Mediterranean station, 
 and was afterwards appointed— 18 Sept. 1828, to 
 the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement— 19 March, 
 1829, to the Sianey 20, Capt. Joseph O'Brien— 22 
 March, 1830, to the Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. "Wm. 
 Conway Courtenay— and, 5 July, 1831, to the Race- 
 horse 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams ; all em- 
 ployed in the West Indies, where, on 18 of the latter 
 month, he assumed the acting-command of the 
 Falcon 10, in which ship he continued, latterly on 
 the North Sea station, until 9 Dec. 1831. He ac- 
 quired his present rank 19 Nov. 1833 ; and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 GAKRICK. (Retired Commander, 184.5. 
 F-p., 14 ; H-p., 42.) 
 
 William Garrick died 22 April, 1846, aged 77. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1790, as 
 A.B., on board the Alfred 74, Capt. Henry Harvey, 
 but was discharged from that ship in the following 
 Dec, and did not again go afloat until July, 1793, 
 when ho embarked, as Quartermaster, on board 
 the Marlborough 74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Cranfield 
 Berkeley and Ross Donnelly. In June, 1795 (hav- 
 ing previously borne a part in Howe's action of 1 
 June, 1794), he rejoined Capt. Berkeley, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Formidable 98, commanded after- 
 wards by Capts. Robt. Williams, John Irwin, Jas. 
 Hawkins Whitshed, and Edw. Thornbrough. On 
 17 Nov. 1800, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Xemeraire 98, and in that ship, under the flags 
 of Rear-Admirals J. H. Whitshed and Geo. Camp- 
 bell, he continued to serve, on the Channel and 
 West India stations, until 5 Oct. 1802. He was 
 afterwards, for a few months in 1804, employed in 
 the Channel on board the Gloey 98, Capts. Geo. 
 Martin, Wm. Champain, and Chas. Craven; and 
 from 4 June, 1807, to 28 Feb. 1810, he held an ap- 
 pointment in the Sea Fencibles at Chatham. He 
 became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 
 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior, 1 July, 1845. 
 
 GARVEY. (Lieut., 1816. e-p., 10; h-p., 30.) 
 George Garvey entered the Navy, 14 March, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Hart and Thos. Harvey, bearing the 
 flag for some time of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macna^ 
 niara Russell. In Sept. following he witnessed the 
 surrender of Heligoland, and, while afterwards em- 
 ployed in escorting convoys through the Great Belt, 
 was in constant collision, as Midshipman, with the 
 Danish gun-boats.- From March, 1810, until Sept. 
 1815, we find him serving under the late Sir Geo. 
 Burlton as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, on the Home, Mediterranean, and 
 East India stations, in the Rodney 74, Vxlle de 
 Paris 110, Boyne 98, and Cobnwallis 74. During 
 that period he was employed, while in the Rodney, 
 with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz in 1810-11 ; 
 bore a warm part, in the Boyne, in Sir Edw. 
 Pellew's two skirmishes with the Toulon fleet, 5 
 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814; and in the following 
 April was detached from the same ship to serve on 
 shore at the capture of Genoa. On leaving the 
 CoRNWALLis, Mr. Garvey immediately became 
 Acting-Lieutenant also of the Wellesley 74, 
 Capts. John Harper, Robt. O'Brien, and John 
 Bayley. He was confirmed by the Admiralty 19 
 March, 1816; and since the following June has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 GASCOYNE. (Retired Captain, 1840. p-p., 
 18; H-P., 45.) 
 
 John Gascoyne died 16 Jan. 1845. He was son 
 of the late Bambor Gascoyne, Esq. ; and brother of 
 General Gascoyne, M.P. for Liverpool. 
 
 Tills officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1782, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Assistance, Capt. Jas. 
 Worth, and, on his return from a voyage to Quebec, 
 became successively attached, on the West India 
 and Home stations, to the Lato.\a, Capts. Thos. 
 
 Boston, Chas. Sandys, and Velterers Comewall 
 Berkeley, Perseus, Capt. John Gibson, and Royal 
 George, bearing the flag of Hon. Sam. Barrington. 
 He was promoted from the latter ship to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 17 Nov. 1790, and in that capacity 
 was afterwards employed in the Alfred 74, Capt. 
 John Bazely, Vestal 28, Capt. John M'Dougal, 
 and Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. Wilson. He obtained 
 command, in the Leeward Islands, of the Pelican 
 brig, 27 May, 1797 ; exchanged, in Jan. 1798, into 
 the Thorn ship-sloop, for the purpose of returning 
 to England for the recovery of his health, which 
 had suffered much from yellow fever; left that 
 vessel, after escorting some traders from Liverpool 
 to the Orkneys, and from Cuxhaven home, in Jan. 
 1799 ; was next appointed, 31 May, 1808, to the 
 Sea Fencible service on the coast of Kent, in which 
 he continued until 1810 ; and, during the latter part 
 of the war, commanded the Impress service at 
 Limerick and Swansea. He retired with the rank 
 of Captain 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Gascoyne married, 24 Sept. 1799, Charlotte, 
 daughter of the late Rev. C. E. De COetlogon, 
 Rector of Godstone, co. Surrey. 
 
 GAUSSEN. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Thomas Lovette Gadssen entered the Navy in 
 1832 ; passed his examination 27 Sept. 1838 ; served 
 for some time as Mate, on the Cape of Good Hope 
 and Home stations, of the Isis 44 and Rodney 92, 
 Capts. Sir John Marshall and Edw. Collier ; and 
 obtained his commission 9 Dec. 1845. Since 13 of 
 the latter month he has been employed in the Pa- 
 cific on board the Calypso 20, Capt. Henry John 
 Worth. 
 
 GAYTON. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Gayton entered the Navy 26 July, 
 1811 ; and was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 30 
 Dec. 1824, in the Rifleman 18, Capts. Wm. Carle- 
 ton and Wm. Webb, on the Halifax station. He 
 was afterwards appointed— 24 July, 1827, to the 
 Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir 
 Robt. Moorsom and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood— 1 
 May, 1830, to the St. Vincent 120, in which and 
 other ships he officiated for three years as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Foley at Portsmouth— 1 
 Sept. 1835, to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag 
 at the same place of Sir Thos. Williams— 1 May, 
 
 1836, to the Royal Adelaide 104, flag-ship at Ply- 
 mouth of Lord AmeUus Beauclerk— and, 13 Feb. 
 
 1837, to the command in the Mediterranean of the 
 Scorpion 10. He was promoted from the lattrr 
 vessel to the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841 ; anti, 
 since 8 April, 1843, has been employed as an In- 
 specting Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 GEALE. (Lieutenant, 1815. p-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Daniel Geale entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the FoRTONiE 36, Capt. 
 Henry Vansittart, with whom he continued to 
 serve, on the Irish, Mediterranean, and Home sta- 
 tions, until 1814— the last two years as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate of the Clarence 74. While in 
 the FoRTUNEE he conveyed Rear-Admiral Thos. 
 Eras. Fremantle to the Mediterranean in 1810, and 
 assisted at the capture, 11 Oct. 1811, of the famous 
 French ship privateer Le Vke-Amiral Martin, of 18 
 guns and 140 men. After an attachment of some 
 months to the Tay 24, Capts. Wm. RobilUard and 
 Robt. Bloye, he was awarded a commission dated 
 6 March, 1815. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 GEAREY. (Lieutenant, 1823.) 
 
 William Henry Geakey was promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy, 22 March, 1823, in the Surinam 18 
 Capt. Chas. Crole, on the West India station, 
 whence he afterwards invaUded. He next joined 
 22 Nov. 1826, the Acorn 18, Capt. Alex. Ellice, em- 
 ployed on Particular Service ; but, since the period 
 of his leaving that vessel, has not been afloat. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
392 
 
 GEARY-GEDDES-GEDGE. 
 
 GEARY. (Commander, 1831. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Geary, born 8 Sept. 1787, at St. Margaret's, 
 CO. Kent, is member of a family eminently naval, 
 enumerating amongst its ancestral connexions the 
 late Admiral Fras. Geary, the celebrated Capt. 
 Percy, who flourished in the reign of Queen Eliza- 
 beth, and also Sir Cloudesley Shovel. His three 
 brothers, Wm. Charles, Fras. Daniel, and Joseph 
 Vincent, all died Lieutenants in the Navy; as did 
 his maternal uncles, John and Nicholas Tucker, 
 the latter of whom had been for 18 years attached 
 to the Military Department of Greenwich Hospital. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Deo. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scokpion 16, Capts. 
 Horace Pine and John Tremayne Kodd, on the 
 Home station, where he assisted at the capture of a 
 Dutch brig-of-war of equal force, and served until 
 April, 1802, latterly as Midshipman, in the Cam- 
 PERDOWN prison-ship, Lieut.-Commander M*Gee, 
 and RoBT and Texel 64's, Capts. Alan Gardner, 
 Rich. Incledon, and Henry Garrett. In 1804-5 we 
 find him employed in the East Indies on board the 
 Trident 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Peter Rai- 
 nier, and Centurion 50, Capt. John Sprat Rainier ; 
 after which, on joining the Revenge 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Moorsom, he took part and was wounded in 
 the battle of Trafalgar, as Master's Mate of the 
 Monarch 74, Capt. Rich. Lee (to which ship he 
 had been transferred from the Resolution 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Burlton). Mr. Geary was again wounded, 
 while serving with a detachment of boats at the 
 capture, 15 July, 1806, in face of a desperate and 
 well-concerted resistance, at the entrance of the 
 river Gironde, of the French corvette Le Cesar, 
 mounting 16 guns, with a complement of 86 men, 
 who, with a loss to themselves of 14 killed and 
 wounded, occasioned the British one altogether of 
 9 killed and 39 wounded. On 25 Sept. following he 
 appears to have been a third time wounded at the 
 capture, by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, of 
 four heavy French frigates, ofi' Rochefort ; on which 
 occasion the Monarch enacted a very conspicuous 
 part, compelled La Minerve, of 44 guns and 650 men, 
 to surrender, and experienced a total loss of 4 killed 
 and 25 wounded.* Mr. Geary, who was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy, 29 May, 1810, in the Champion 
 24, Capts. Kenneth Mackenzie, Jas. Coutts Craw- 
 ford, and Robt. Henderson, and who, while in that 
 vessel, escorted Admiral Seniavin and the men of 
 his fleet to Russia, afterwards commanded the 
 Shade gun-brig, and Mullet schooner, on the 
 river Elbe and in the Channel, from June to Nov. 
 1810. He then, until paid off, 24 Aug. 1815, became 
 successively attached, nearly the whole time as 
 Senior-Lieutenant, to the Neptune 98, Capt. Volant 
 Vashon Ballard, Audacious 74, Capt. Donald Camp- 
 bell, TiiRACiAN 13, Capts. Henry Hart, Joseph 
 Symes, and John Carter, and Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. 
 Henderson. Previously to joining the latter frigate 
 he had had his right leg dreadfully fractured while 
 in command, in July, 1813, of No. 1 gun-boat on the 
 river Elbe, where he had been endeavouring with 
 the boats of a squadron to get off a vessel which had 
 been run on shore by the enemy. From 15 April, 
 1818, Mr. Geary next, until Oct. 1819, officiated as 
 First-Lieutenant, on the Home and East India sta- 
 tions, of the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon ; 
 in which capacity he joined, in Sept. 1828, the Ma- 
 dagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish 
 Spencer. On the death of that gallant officer he 
 became Acting-Captain of the ship, and for his 
 great exertions in subsequently saving part of H.M. 
 90th Regt., who had been wrecked in the Countess 
 OF Hakcourt on the coast of Sicily, was honoured 
 with the thanks of the Governor, Sir F. Ponsonby. 
 He was advanced to his present rank 17 Feb. 1831, 
 but did not leave the Madagascar until the fol- 
 lowing April ; since which period he has not been 
 employed. 
 
 Commander Geary, who for the two first wounds 
 he received during the war was at the time re- 
 warded by the Patriotic Society, stands at the head 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1806, p. 1306. 
 
 of the list of Commanders of 1831. During the 
 term of his official servitude he had the good for- 
 tune on different occasions to save the lives of 
 three persons who had fallen into the sea by jump- 
 ing overboard after them ; and he has since com- 
 manded several East Indiamen and private steam- 
 ships. He married, 29 March, 1808, Catherme, 
 second daughter of the late Jas, M'Arthur, Esq., of 
 Stoke Damerel, co. Devon, and sister of Capt. John 
 M'Arthur, R.M., Governor of Port Essington, N. S. 
 Wales, of Lieut. Jas. Earle M'Arthur, of H.M. 
 14th Regt., and of Hanibal Hawkins M'Arthur, 
 Esq., of Vineyard, Sydney, Member of Council in 
 the government at that place. He has had issue 
 ten children, of whom the second son, Wm. Chas., 
 is a Lieut. R.N. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GEARY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Charles Geary is second son of Com- 
 mander John Geary, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 20 June, 1839; 
 and served, as Mate, in the Mediterranean, of the 
 Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell and Robt. 
 Smart, flag-ship for some time of Sir Fras. Mason, 
 and Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves. 
 He obtained his commission 9 Jan. 1846 ; and, since 
 20 Feb. 1847, has been employed on board the Vo- 
 lage, another surveying-vessel, Lieut.-Commander 
 Thos. Abel Bremage Spratt, on the Home station. 
 
 GEDDES. (LiECT., 1819. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 John Geddes entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Astrea of 42 guns and 
 271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg; and, on 
 20 May, 1811, contributed (while cruizing off Mada- 
 gascar, in company with the Ph<ebe and Galatea, 
 frigates about equal in force to the Astrea, and 
 18-gun brig Racehorse) to the capture— after a 
 long and trying action with the French 40-gun 
 frigates Renommee, Clorinda, and Wereide, in which 
 the Astrea had 2 men killed and 16 wounded — of 
 the ReTtomme'e. On 25 of the same month he was 
 further present at the surrender of the Ne're'ide, and 
 of the settlement of Tamatave. After a prolonged 
 servitude with Capt. Schomberg, as Midshipman, 
 in the Nisus 38, Mr. Geddes removed, in 1814, to 
 the Liverpool 40, Capt. Arth. Farquhar, whom 
 he accompanied home from the Cape in 1816. Until 
 promoted to his present rank, 9 April, 1819, he ap- 
 pears to have been next employed in the Vengedr 
 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, and, for two years, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Leander 50, flag-ship of Sir 
 David Milne, on the Portsmouth and North Ame- 
 rica stations. He then joined the Grasshopper 18, 
 Capts. Henry Forbes and David Buchan, and since 
 his return to England, in the following June, has 
 been on half-pay. Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 GEDGE. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 John Gedge entered the Navy, 10 Sept. 1790, as 
 A. B., on board the Aquilon 32, Capt. Robt. Mon- 
 tagu, on the Mediterranean station, in which ship 
 and the Formidable 98, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Hon. John Leveson Gower, he served 
 until 22 Sept. 1791. In July, 1793, he became Mid- 
 shipman of the D^DALUs 32, Capt. Sir Chas. Henry 
 Knowles ; and, on his return from a voyage to Ha- 
 lifax, he joined, in July, 1794, the Diana 38, Capt. 
 Jonath. Faulknor, under whom, on 7 of the follow- 
 ing Aug., he assisted at the destruction, near the 
 Penmarcks, of the French 36-gun frigate VoUmtaire. 
 Removing next to the Penguin of 16 guns and 124 
 men, Capts. J ohn King Pulling and Bendall Robt. 
 Littlehales, Mr. Gedge, on 21 Aug. 1797, further 
 contributed, after a running fight of an hour and 40 
 minutes, to the capture, on the Irish station, of 
 L' Oiseau privateer of 16 guns and 119 men, and of 
 her prize the Express, late of Dartmouth. Wliile 
 yet in the Penguin, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant by commission dated 10 July, 1798; 
 and, on leaving that sloop, he joined, 3 Dec. 1799, 
 the Galatea 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, with whom 
 he s«rved until July, 1802. He was afterwards ap- 
 
GENNYS-GEORGE, 
 
 393 
 
 pointed— 22 July, 1803, to the Penelope 36, Capt. 
 Wm. Kobt. Broughton— 28 Feb. 1804, to the Ro- 
 MULDS, Capt. Woodley Loeack — in the course of the 
 same year to the Sea-Fencible Ber^rice at North 
 Yarmouth— and, 25 June and 27 Sept. 1805, to the 
 command of the Cakkieb cutter, and Locost gnn- 
 brig. On 10 Noy. 1811, being in company, in the 
 latter vessel, with the Skylark sloop, Lieut. Gedge 
 effected the capture of one and destruction of an- 
 other of a flotilla of 12 vessels, undera heavyflre of 
 four hours from the enesny's batteries and mus- 
 ketry, near Calais; and, for hi? conduct on that 
 occasion, which was officially reported as deserving 
 the highest praise and recommendation, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander on 5 of the same 
 month.* He had previously, on 26 Feb. 1811, taken, 
 close in with Dunkerque, a Frencli national apmed 
 vessel carrying 2 long 12-pounder9 with small arms.t 
 His next appointment was, 7 June, 1814, to the 
 Cadmus 10, on the North Sea station, where he 
 served until paid off in Dec. 1818. He attained 
 Post-rank 19 July, 1821 ; and accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. 
 Capt. Gedge is married, and has issue, 
 
 GENNYS. (COMMANDEE, 1845.) 
 
 John Henn Gennys entered the Navy (from the 
 Koyal Naval College), in 1824, ^8 a Volunteer, on 
 board the Cambrlan 48, Capt. -GawenWm. Hamil- 
 ton, under whom, after participating, as Midship- 
 man, in the battle of Navarin, as also in the capture 
 of numerous pirates, he was wrecked, during an at- 
 tack on a nest of those marauders at Carab^sa, 31 
 Jan. 1828. He then joined the Pylades 18, Capt. 
 Pat. Duff Henry Hay ; and, from 1829 until hjs first 
 promotion, 19 Feb. 1838, served, as Mate, on the 
 Mediterranean, North America, West India, ^nd 
 Lisbon stations, of the Favourite 18, Capt. Joseph 
 Harrison, Winche^e^p 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Griffith Colpoys, ISorth Star 28, Capts. Hon. Geo. 
 RoUe Walpole Trefusis and Lord Wm. Paget, i)<j- 
 NEOAL 78, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, Royalist 1^, 
 Lieut.-Commander Ghas, 4-nBtruther Barlow, and 
 Vanguard 80, Capts. Hon. Djmcontbe Pleydell 
 Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fello,wes. During his ser- 
 vitude in tl)e North Star, in 1832, he appears to 
 have been employed on shore with a detachment of 
 men for the protection of Montqgo Bay, at the pe- 
 riod of the rebellion in Jamaica ; and, when in the 
 Royalist, in 1835, he took part in the operations 
 against the Carlists on the North Coast of Spajn. 
 In the course of 1838, Jlr. Gennys assumed com- 
 mand, in the Mediterranean, of the Confiance 
 steamer, and he next became ^ucoe??ively attached 
 to the Princess Caroline ,104, flag-ship of Sir 
 Robt. Stopford, an^EoDNEY 92, Capt. Hyde P^ker. 
 In 1840-1 he served at Plymouth, on board the 
 Belleisle 72, Capt. John Tonp Nicolas; and, on 
 19 Jan. 1844, he was appointed to the Camperpown 
 104, as Flag-Lieutenant at the Nore to Vioe-Ad- 
 miral Sir John Chambers White. Since his attain- 
 ment of his present ranjc, 17 ApriL 1845, Connnander 
 Genpys has been oii half-pay. 
 
 GENNYS. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 William Uenn Gennys entered the Navy 2 July, 
 1826 ; passed hia examination in 183^ ; and, ifor his 
 services On the coast of Syria, where he assisted in 
 theCARysFQjtj''8 barge ait the attack upon Torto?a,t 
 and witnessed the fall ^f St. Jean d'Acre, was pro- 
 mpted to tjie rank of I^ieqteqant 5 Nov. 1840. His 
 appointments have «ince \ieea — 1 Dec. 1840, to the 
 Talbot 26, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford, in the 
 Mediterranean— and, 29 April, 1843, to the Castor 
 36, Capt. Chn». Grahoin, under jrhom he is now 
 serving in the' East Indies as First-Lieutenant. 
 
 GEORGE. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 F-p., 21 ; H-p., 33.) 
 Georoe George entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1793, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol.j on board the Globy 98, Capt. Fras. 
 
 • Vide Oaz. 1811, p. .2193. f V. Gaz. 1«I1, p. 205. 
 
 J riife G(U. 1«40, p. 2607. 
 
 Pender, bearing the broad pendant in the Channel 
 of Hon. Geo. Murray, whom he accompanied, the 
 year following, to North America, as Midshipman 
 of the Resolution 74. From that ship, after serv- 
 ing for some time also on board the Cleopatba 32, 
 Capts. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose and Chas. Rowley, 
 he was promoted to an Acting-Lieutenancy, in May, 
 1797, in the Lynx 16, Capt. Robt. Hall ; under whom 
 he assisted at the capture, 27 June, 1798, after a 
 running fight of several hours, of Le Mentor priva- 
 teer of 14 guns and 79 men. On leaving the Lynx, 
 which vessel he had had the good fortune to preserve 
 from destruction during a violent hurricane, Mr. 
 George was confirmed, by commission dated 26 
 Nov. 1799, into the Boston 32, Capt. John Erskine 
 Douglas. While in command, during the following 
 year, of a boat belonging to that frigate, he suc- 
 ceeded in capturing off St. Domingo, both on the 
 same day, a French schooner of 6 guns, and a Dutch 
 sloop mounting 4 swivels. He afterwards, when on 
 his passage home, towards the close of 1802, in the 
 Chichester troop-ship, Capt. Joseph Spear, again 
 proved instrumental, through great presence of 
 mind, in saving that vessel from being lost on the 
 rocks near the Isle of Wight. After assisting, as 
 First-Lieutenant of the same ship, at the reduction, 
 in June, 1803, of the islands of Tobago and Ste. 
 Lucie, Mr. George was successively appointed — 5 
 July, 1804, as Senior, to the Aleacoee sloop, Capt. 
 Major Jacob Henniker, on the Guernsey station — 
 in the course of 1806, to the Ocean, Queen, and 
 Prince 98's, Capts. Fras. Pender and Wm. Lech- 
 mere — and, 25 Oct. 1808, to the command of a 
 Signal Station. On 8 Oct. 1804, while in the Al- 
 bacore, Mr. George induced, and obtained the high 
 approbation of his Captain for the very animated 
 part he bore in, an attack which led to the destruc- 
 tion of five armed luggers, under a heavy fire from 
 the enemy's battery and vessels near Grosnez de 
 Flamanville.* He subsequently fitted out the Ocean 
 at Spithead, as her First-Lieutenant, and, for the 
 activity he di^l^ed on that occaraon, received the 
 thanks of the Port-Admiial; Six Geo. Montagu. 
 The subject of this memou", who haa been on half- 
 pay since 1816, assumed the rank of Retired-Com- 
 mander on the Senior List 31 May, 1844. 
 
 GEORGE- (LlEDT., 1812. F-p., 10 ; H-p., 32.) 
 James Geoege was bom 25 Dec. 1786. 
 This officer entered tie Navy (into which he was 
 impressed), 29 March, 1805, as A. B., on board the 
 Ariadne 20, Capt. Hon. Edw. King ; and, on 7 
 July following, became Midshipman of the Lucifer 
 bomb, Capts. Robt. Elliot and Robt. Hall. After 
 assisting, as Master's Mate, at the passage of the 
 Dardai^ells, and participating in other services, he 
 successively joined, as- Acting-Master, in the course 
 of 1809-10, the Hesfer, Blanche, and Cornwallis, 
 ajl commanded by Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, and 
 Illustrious 74, Capts. Wnk Robt. Broughton, Robt. 
 Worgan Geo. Festing, and Robt. MaonseU. In the 
 two latter ships he appears to have been employed 
 at the blockade of the Isle of France, and, as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, at the reduction of Java. He was 
 confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 8 May, 1812, in the 
 BARRAcpDTA 18, Capts. Chas. Rayley and Chas. 
 Hawkey; and, while in that sloop, was actively 
 engaged i^ the suppression ot piracy in the Java 
 sea and on the coast of Borneo. He has not been 
 afloat since 16 Nov. 1814. 
 
 Lieut. George is at present employed as Assistant 
 Superintendent of Quarantine at Mllford Haven. 
 He married, first, in Sept. 1816, and again in 1829 ; 
 and has issue seven children. Agents — Holmes 
 and Folkard. 
 
 GEORGE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Thomas Gethy George entered the Navy 6 
 April, 1809; passed his examination in 1815; and 
 was made Lieutenant 24 July, 1825, into the Fly 
 18, Capts. Fred. Augustus Wetherall and Follett 
 Walrond Pcnnell, on the Fast India station. Since 
 * WifcGai. 1804, p. 1284. 
 
 3E 
 
394 GEORGES-GERARD-GERRARD-GIBBONS— GIBSON- GIFFARD. 
 
 the paying off of that Tessel he has been unem- on the junior list 5 April, 1831 ; and on the senior 
 ployed. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 23 Nov. 1836. 
 
 GIBSON. (Lieutenant, 1844.) _ 
 Paul Weli-ington Gtbson died in 1846. 
 This officer passed his examination 1 June, 1836 ; 
 and, during the last three or four years of his Mate- 
 ship, served on board the Thdndekeb 84, Capt. 
 Dan. Pring, and Helena 16, Capt. Comwallis Rick- 
 etts. He acquired the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb. 
 1844 ; joined, 1 March following, the Winchester 
 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon. 
 Josceline Percy ; and, from 8 July, 1845, until the 
 period of his death, served there on board the 
 Cleopatea 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill. 
 
 GEORGES. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Henry St. John Georges was promoted to the 
 command, as Lieutenant, of the Harpy 10, on the 
 North America and West India station, 18 Jan. 
 183S. His appointments were, afterwards — 14 May, 
 1839, to the Eevenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde- 
 grave, fitting at Portsmouth— 24 Sept. 1840, to the 
 Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at 
 Plymouth— 15 Dec. 1841, to the St. Vincent 120, 
 flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington — 
 8 March, 1842, to the Resistance 42, Capt. Chas. 
 Geo. Edw. Patey, employed on Particular Service 
 —31 May, 1843, as First, to the Racer 16, Capt. 
 Arch. Reed, on the South American station — and, 
 22 Nov. 1843, as Additional, to the Growler steam- 
 sloop, Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle, on the 
 coast of Africa. He assumed his present rank 25 
 July, 1845, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 GEEARD. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Henry Gerard entered the Navy 28 Dec. 1807 ; 
 passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained his 
 commission 27 May, 1825. We are not aware that 
 he has been since employed. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 GERRARD. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 23.) 
 William Collikson Gerrard entered the Navy, 
 14 July, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ven- 
 geor 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, and, after visiting 
 the West Indies, became Midshipman, 22 Nov. 1813, 
 of the Madagascar 38, Capt. Lucius Curtis, off 
 Brest. From July, 1814, until Nov. 1815, he served 
 in the Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack, on the 
 Newfoundland and West India stations ; subse- 
 quently to which we find him employed, at home 
 and on the coast of North America, in the Qdeen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, 
 Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Phaeton 46, 
 Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Wm. Augustus Mon- 
 tagu, and Apollo and Royal George yachts, Capts. 
 Hon. Sir Chas. Paget and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. 
 He acquired the rank he now holds 6 Sept. 1823, 
 and was next appointed, 4 April, and 31 July, 1824, 
 to the Britannia 120, and Ocean 98, flag-ships at 
 Plymouth and off Lisbon of Sir Jas. Saumarez and 
 Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Since 18 Oct. in the 
 latter year he has not been afloat. Agents — Hal- 
 lett and Robinson. 
 
 GIBBONS, (Ketirbd Commander, 1836. f-p., 
 16; H-P., 42.) 
 
 William Gibbons is second son of the late Sir 
 Wm. Gibbons, Bart., LL.D., by Rebecca, eldest 
 daughter of Vice-Admiral Chas. Watson (who died 
 Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 15 July, 
 1757) ; brother of Capt. Geo. Gibbons, who fell at 
 Albuera, 16 May, 1811; grand-uncle of Sir John 
 Gibbons, Bart., of Stanwell Place, co. Middlesex; 
 and first-couan of Sir Chas. Wager Watson, Bart., 
 of Falmer, co. Bucks. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1789, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the Pegasus 28, Capt. 
 Herbert Sawyer, off Newfoundland, and during the 
 six following years served as Midshiprian, chiefly 
 on the Home station, in the Porcupine, Capt. Geo. 
 Martin, Spitfire, Capts. Geo. Woodley and Philip 
 Chas. Durham, Maqicienne, Capt. G. Martin, Hind, 
 Capt. P. C. Durham, Santa Margarita, Capt. 
 Eliab Harvey, and Victory, flag-ship of Lord Hood. 
 Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 9 Feb. 1796, he 
 became attached in succession to the Jason, Capt. 
 Chas. Stirling, and Diana, Capt. Jonathan Faulk- 
 ner, and commanded at intervals between the years 
 1799 and 1803, the Queen, Drake, and Joseph 
 cutters, in the latter of which he took, 8 Sept. 1803, 
 VEspoir priva,teer, of 6 guns and 52 men. His 
 last employment was as Commander, from March, 
 1808, to Oct. 1811, of the Alphea schooner, in the 
 English Channel. He became a fietired Cc„ ^-- 
 
 GIFFARD. (Captain, 1845.) 
 
 George Giffakd, bom in 1815, is third son of 
 the late Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giflard, Kt., Chief 
 Justice of Ceylon, by Harriet, daughter of Lovell 
 Pennell, Esq., of Lyme Regis ; nephew of Lieut. 
 Wm. Giffard, of the 82nd Regt., who was murdered 
 by the rebels in Ireland in May, 1798 ; and brother- 
 in-law of the late Sir Wm. Webb FoUett, Her Ma- 
 jesty's Attorney-General. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 June, 1827; 
 passed his examination in 1834 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 30 Oct. 1835. His appointments, as 
 Lieutenant, were— 1 Nov. 1835, and 14 Feb. 1&38, 
 to the Cruizer 16, and Medea steamer, Capts. 
 Wm. Alex. Willis and John Neale Nott, on the 
 North America and West India station— and, 27 
 Nov. 1839, to the Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio 
 Thos. Austin. In the following year he bore a 
 very active part in the operations on the coast of 
 Syria, and particularly distinguished himself by 
 the able assistance he afforded his Captain in an 
 attack on the strong tower of Gebail, 12 Sept. 1840, 
 on which occasion he formed one of a party that 
 very gallantly landed and advanced to the walls, 
 although ultimately compelled to retire with loss.* 
 For his services throughout the campaign he was 
 awarded a Commander's commission, dated 4 Nov. 
 1 840. His next appointment, we find, was, 5 Jan. 
 1843, to the Vixen steam-sloop, attached to the 
 force in the East Indies, during his continuation 
 on which station he destroyed a nest of pirates, of 
 his own accord ; and, on 19 Aug. 1845, bore the 
 flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, the Commander- 
 in-Chief, pending an attack made by the boats of 
 his squadron upon a formidable settlement at Mal- 
 loodoo, on the north end of the island of Borneo, 
 where he was subsequently employed in accomplish- 
 ing the ruin of the remaining pirates.t He was 
 promoted, in consequence of those performances, 
 to the rank of Captain, 26 Dec. 1845, and he is now 
 on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GIFFARD. (Captain, 1841. b-p., 17; h-p., 6.) 
 Henry Wells Giffard is son of Admiral Giffard. 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1824; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his first 
 commission 4 March, 1831 ; and, on 14 May, 1833, 
 and 26 Sept. 1837, waS appointed to the Volage 28, 
 Capts. Geo. Bohun Martin and Peter Richards, and 
 Hyacinth 18, Capt. Wm. Warren. In those ships 
 he was successively employed on the Mediterranean 
 and East India stations, chiefly in the capacity of 
 Senior Lieutenant, until some months after his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Commander, which took 
 place 22 Feb. 1838. Being appointed, on 10 May, 
 1839, to the Cruizer 16, Capt. Gifiiard, in 1840, ac- 
 companied the expedition to China, and in the 
 course of the same year was present, with great 
 zeal and alacrity, at the capture of Chusan,| and 
 also at the blockade of Ningpo. On his return with 
 Sir Hugh Gough, after having been sent with de- 
 spatches to Calcutta, we find him, on 13 March, 1841, 
 ably supporting Capt. Herbert at the capture of 
 the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton ; 
 and in the following Slay, the period of the second 
 
 • FtifeGai. 1840.pp. 82.?3-4. + f'. Gra. 1845, p. 6034. 
 ■ t V. Gaz. 181U, p. 2991. 
 
GIFFARD— GIFFORD-GILBERT. 
 
 395 
 
 capture of that city, again eliciting the best thanks 
 of the same officer for his conduct at the destruc- 
 tion of the whole line of defences extending about 
 two miles from the British factory.* On 8 June, 
 1841, Capt. Giffard was in consequence rewarded 
 with a Post-commission. Continuing, howeyer, to 
 serve in the Crdizer, he was further present in 
 her in the ensuing operations of Aug. and Oct. 
 against Amoy, Chusan, and Chinghae. At each of 
 those places he was entrusted with the debarkation 
 of the troops ; and when at Amoy he was attached 
 to the army during the whole period of its stay. 
 In the performance of the duties which were thus 
 imposed upon him Capt. Giffiird was quite inde- 
 fatigable, and acquitted himself as much to the 
 satisfaction of Sir Wm. Parker, the Naval Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, as of the General. On every op- 
 portunity, indeed, his ardour and activity were 
 eminently displayed.! He left the Cruizer in the 
 early part of 1842 ; and, since 13 Oct. 1846, has been 
 in command of the Peneiope steam-frigate, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the 
 coast of Africa. 
 
 Capt. Giffard married, 19 March, 1846, Ella Ame- 
 lia, fourth daughter of the late Major-General Sir 
 Benj. C. Stevenson, G.C.H., and niece of the Rev. 
 Sir Henry Kivers, Bart. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 GIFFAED. (LlEtTTENANT, 1814.) 
 
 James Giffabd died aboat the commencement 
 of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1807, as 
 Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the T£m£raire 98, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Hamilton, flag-ship afterwards in the 
 Baltic and Mediterranean of Bear- Admirals Manley 
 Dixon and Eras. Pickmore, In Dec. 1811, he be- 
 came Midshipman of the Ville de Paris, 110, 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton, on the latter station, where, 
 until his promotion, 6 July, 1814, he continued to 
 serve, in the Blossom, Capt. Wm. Stewart, Swal- 
 low and Kite sloops, Capts. Geo. Canning, Kow- 
 land Mainwaring, and Thos. Forster, San Josef 110, 
 flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, Endymion prize-brig, 
 Capt. Cornish, and Rainbow 26, Capt. Jas. Wemyss. 
 From 3 Jan. to 31 May, 1815, he cruized on the 
 Irish station in the Menai 24, Capt. Watkin Owen 
 Pell ; after which he obtained an appointment in 
 the Water Guard, 14 Dec. 1820, and was invested 
 with the command, 16 Dec. 1825, of the Dolphin 
 Revenue-cutter. From the date of his quitting the 
 latter vessel Mr. Gifflixd remained, we believe, un- 
 employed. 
 
 Post by Sir John Jervis into La Mxgnonne, of 32 
 guns, 19 Oct. 1796, Capt. Giffard, we find, was sub- 
 sequently appointed— 29 Dec. 1796, to La Maho- 
 nesa 40, off Lisbon and Cadiz— 23 Sept. 1800, to 
 the Active 38, off Cherbourg, where he took, 26 
 Jan. 1801, Le Quinola privateer, of 14 guns and 48 
 men— 23 Feb. 1801, to the Magnificent 74, in which 
 ship he was the instrument, early in the month of 
 April, 1802, of suppressing a dangerous insurrec- 
 tion of the 8th West India Regt., then in garrison 
 at Fort Shirley, Dominica— 23 April, 1803, to the 
 Prince of Wales 98, lying at Portsmouth— 7 June, 
 1803, to theDKYAD 36, on the Cork station, whither 
 he conveyed Lord Gardner— 8 Oct. 1805, to L'Athe- 
 NiENKE 64, in which ship he assisted at the defence 
 of Gaeta^and, 27 Sept. 1806, to the Zealous 74, 
 on the Mediterranean station. From 23 March, 
 1807, until his attainment of Flag-rank, 12 Aug. 
 1819, Capt. Giffard was next employed as Lieutenant- 
 Governor of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. 
 He became a Vice- Admiral 22 July, 1830, and a full 
 Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Admiral Giffard married, 20 Nov. 1802, a daughter 
 of the late Sir John Carter, Kt., of Portsmouth, and 
 has, with other issue, a son, the present Capt. Henry 
 Wells Giffard, R.N., and a daughter, married to 
 Capt. Geo. Evans, R.N. 
 
 GIFFAED. (Admiral OF THE White, 1841. f-p., 
 34 ; H-p., 330 
 John Giffard entered the Navy, 25 April, 1780, 
 as a Boy, on board the Canada 74, Capts. Sir Geo. 
 Collier and Hon. Wm. Comwallis; and while in 
 that ship was present, as Midshipman, at the relief 
 of Gibraltar in 1781, the ensuing capture of the 
 Spanish frigate Leocadia, of 36 guns, also in Sir 
 Sam. Hood's action off St. Kitt's, and in Rodney's 
 actions with the Comte de Grasse, 9 and 12 April, 
 1782. He next joined in succession the Dragon 
 74, Capt. Lee, Ardent 64, Capt. Henry Harwood, 
 Trimmer sloop, Capt. Chas. Tyler, Victory 100, 
 flag-ship of Lord Howe, and Crown 64, bearing the 
 broad pendant in the East Indies of Commodore 
 Hon. Wm. Comwallis, by whom he was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy, 20 Oct. 1790, in the Vestal 28, 
 Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, and afterwards re- 
 moved to the Crown and Minekva. Mr. Giffard, 
 whose proximate appointments were, 14 Nov. 1793, 
 and 12 July, 1794, to the Theseds 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Calder, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Earl 
 Howe, was advanced, after participating under Sir 
 Andw. Snape Douglas in Lord Bridport's action, 
 to the command, 1 Feb. 1796, of the Raven sloop, 
 for his conduct in which vessel, in safely escort- 
 ing a large convoy into Lisbon, he received the 
 thanks of the Board of Admiralty. Being made 
 
 * fide Gtx. 1841, pp. 1503-4, 2506. 
 t r. G«z. 1S48, pp. 82, 383, 385, 388, 393-5-6. 
 
 GIFFOED. (Eear-Admibal, 1846. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 45.) 
 James Gifford (whose name had been pre- 
 viously borne for upwards of three years, as 
 Captain's Servant, on the books of the Hannibal 
 and Agamemnon, both commanded by Capt. Benj. 
 Caldwell) entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1783, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Assistance, Capt. Wm. Beu- 
 tinck, bearing the broad pendant on the Halifax 
 station of Commodore Sir Chas. Douglas. Until 
 the receipt of his first commission, 22 Oct. 1793, he 
 served, latterly in the West Indies, Channel, and 
 Medi'terranean, on board the Weazlb and Juno, 
 Capt. Sam. Hood, Colossus 74, Capt. Henry Har- 
 vey, Robust 74, Capt. Rowland Cotton, and St. 
 George 98, flag-ship, during the occupation of 
 Toulon, of Rear-Admiral John Gell. He then 
 joined the Lutine 32, Capts. Jas. Macnamara and 
 Wm. Haggitt ; and on 7 Oct. 1795, was in company 
 with the Censeur 74, when that ship was cap- 
 tured by a French squadron under M. Richery, 
 from whom the Lutine herself with difficulty ef- 
 fected her escape. As Lieutenant, Mr. Gifford' s 
 subsequent appointments were — to the Pomp^e 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Vashon, and Prince and Prince George 
 98's, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Chas. Cotton. 
 Being properly qualified, by commission dated 7 
 May, 1802, he subsequently, after officiating for a 
 few months as Acting-Captain of the Braave fri- 
 gate, assumed command, 8 May, 1804, 16 May, 1808, 
 and 17 Feb. 1812, of the Speedy, Sarpen, and 
 Sheldrake sloops, on the Channel and Baltic sta- 
 tions. He attained Post-rank 12 Aug. 1812 ; and on 
 1 Oct. 1846, became a Rear-Admiral. Agents— 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GILBERT. (Commander, 1822. e-p., 27; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 
 Edmund Williams Gilbert, bom in 1787, is 
 fourth son of the late Rev. Edm. Gilbert, Vicar of 
 Constantino, and Official of the Archdesiconry of 
 Cornwall (grandson of Admiral Edm. Williams of 
 Plymouth), by Anne, daughter of Henry Garnett, 
 Esq., of Bristol; brother of Lieut. Henry Garnett 
 Gilbert, R.N., who was lost at sea in H.MS 
 Hawke in May, 1805, of Major-General Walter 
 Raleigh Gilbert, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, and of 
 Capt. Eras. Yarde Gilbert, R.E. ; and brother-in- 
 law of Sir Walter Roberts, Bart., and of Lord Robt. 
 Kerr. Commander Gilbert, who belongs to one of 
 the oldest families in the co. of Devon, is a collate- 
 ral descendant of the celebrated Sir Walter Raleigh 
 and lineally derives from Sir Humphrey Gilbert, a 
 seaman noted for his discoveries in the northern 
 
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 OltCHRIST--GILfiS. 
 
 seas during the r«ign of Qaefen lilizibelh, iind for 
 the establishment of the colony of Newfoundland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fisgakd, of 46 guns and 
 281 men, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin ; under whom 
 he assisted in taking, 22 Oct. 1800, La Venus French 
 frigateof 32 guns, wasjiresent at the capture of alarge 
 number of privateers, and Saw much boat service. 
 The Fisgakd being paid Off at the peace, Mr. Gil- 
 bert, on the renewal of hostilities, became succes- 
 sively attached, as Mklshipman, to the Mii^BEOOK 
 schooner, Lieut.-ConAander M. A. N. De Starck, 
 and, with the late Sir Thos. Louis, to the Coir- 
 QDEKOR 74, Leopard 50, a,nd Cahopus 80. While 
 in the Leopard he served in a fire-boat at the 
 bombardment of the Boulogne flotilla in 1804 ; arid 
 on his removal to the Canopus, he aceomjpatii'ed 
 Lord Nelson to the "West Indies in his celebrated 
 pursuit of the combined fleets in 1805, took part in 
 the action off San Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, was pre- 
 sent, as Acting-Lieutenant, at the ca,pture of Le 
 President French frigate, landed and assisted, after 
 passing the Dardanells, in dislodging sOme Turks 
 from the island of Prota, 27 Feb. 1807, fend then 
 attended the expedition to Egypt, where he wit- 
 nessed the unsuccessful attack on Rosetta. Being 
 confirmed in the Casopus, by oommissioii dated 29 
 Sept. 1808, Mr. Gilbert, after serving for some 
 months under the flag of the present Sir Geo. 
 Martin, successively joined — 5 Deo. 1809, and 13 
 Aug. 1810, as Senior Lieutenant, the Apelles and 
 Tykijin sloops, Capts. Thos. Oliver and Heilry 
 Davies, on the Home station — 4 Jan. 1811, the Akgo 
 44, Capt. Fred. Warren— 1 May, 1811, the REVENGi; 
 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, 
 under whom he served at the defence of Gamz, 
 assisted in cutting out an American vessel from 
 beneath a heavy battery, and was constantly' un- 
 der fire— 6 Jan. 1813, and 5 Juty, 1815, again as 
 First, the DoKis 36 and GRAMtns 50, CaptS. Robt. 
 O'Brien and Fras. Augustus fcoUier, on the East 
 India station — 4 July, 1816, as a Voluhteeir, the 
 Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Ahthony Maitlattd ; during 
 his attachment to which ship he received a splinter- 
 wound across his chest #hile in command of hei: '. 
 fire-boat at the battle of Algiefs, 27 Aug. 1816—21 : 
 July, 1817, to the command of S, Re venue-oruizer.^ i 
 and, 8 Soft. 1817, as Senior, to his former ship, the ; 
 Glasgow, Capt. Hon. A. Maitland, oh the Meditter- i 
 ranean station. Attaining his t)resent rank 26 Deb. 
 1822, he subsequently, on 8 Dec. l827, and 30 Oct. 
 1828, assumed cofflniand of the Isfernal bomb 
 and ZEBkA 18. On 4 Aug. 1841, he joined the Coast 
 Guard ; and, since 9 Oct. 1846, he has been in com- 
 mand of the Andromeda store-ship. 
 
 Commander Gifford married, in 1822, Mary, 
 daughter of J. Simpson, fesq., and niece of the late 
 wealthy Mr. ArkWright, by whom he has issue four 
 children. Agents — Messrs. Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GILCHRIST. (Ketibed Commandeb, 1843. 
 F-P., ^6 ; HJp., 37.) 
 
 Willlam Gilchrist was born 5 May, 1775. His 
 father was also in the Service. 
 
 This officer entered the Nayy, 2 May, 1784, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board Wie Ftite 14, Capts. 
 Wm. Luke and Percy Brett, on the Home station, 
 where, until 1791, he continued to serve, in the 
 same vessel, and in the Fame 74 and Impregnable 
 98, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Philip Cosby. He 
 re-embarked, 30 June, 1793, on board the Sceptre 
 64, Capts. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Wm. ESsington, Thos. 
 Alexander, and Valentine Edwards ; under the two 
 first of whom he witnessed the attack on Cape 
 Tiburon and Port au Prince, St. Domingo, in 1794, 
 and the capture of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha 
 Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. While detached, on one occa- 
 sion, in a captured Indiaman, he had the misfor- 
 tune to be wrecked ; on another, he discovered a 
 conspiracy which but for him would have resulted 
 in the surrender to the French of a British Squadron 
 of seven sail by their own crews ; and for his sub- 
 sequent exertions in securing the ScEPTRE'e 2"!>o 
 
 during a hUrribane, he was i-eceited, 16 Ja6. 1798, 
 on board the Tkemendods 74, bearing the flag at 
 the Cape of Rear-Admiral Thos. Pringle— by whose 
 successor. Sir Hugh Clobferry Christian, he was ap- 
 pointed, as a reward for his presence of mmd m 
 saving that ship from being driven on a bed of 
 Moks, to a Lieutenancy, 1 Aug. following, in thd 
 Hoi?E sloop, Capt. Augustus Brine. When next m 
 L'OisEAt 36, Capt. Sam. Hood Lihzee, to which 
 ship he was confirmed by commission dated 22 
 June, 1799, Lieut. Gilchrist, in command of three 
 boats, cut out a privateer and a laden brig from 
 under a battery at St. Denis, Bourbon ; and on an- 
 other occasion, in only a six-oared cuttet, he took 
 two boats with 12 men under a desperate fire from 
 numerous batteries and field-pieces in a harbour of 
 the Isle of France. In the course of the same year 
 he also bore part in an engagement of several hours 
 with two French frigates ; some time after the close 
 of which he contrived by his owa personal exertions 
 to prevent L'OiseAu, whose masts and rigging had 
 been greatly damaged, from being lost on the Bel- 
 lair's Rock. His subsequent appointments wer&, 
 on the East India and Home stations, frequently as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the Rattlesnake 16, Capt. 
 Roger Curtis, Ihoi»EDE 50, Capt. Sam. Stottley, 
 Lancaster 64, bearing the flag of Sir Roger Curtis, 
 La Concorde 36, Capts. John Wood and John 
 Cramer, Wetmouth 36, Capt. John Drape*, to the 
 command of the El Corso receiving-ship, Maida 
 74, Capt. S. H. Linzee, and to the command of the 
 Irresistible prison-ship, and Utile 16 — of these 
 ships he had the good fortune of also preserving 
 from destruction the Rattlesnake, Concorde, and 
 Wetmouth, as he likewise did, on her passage 
 home, the Knm Prindtz Prederick, one of the Danish 
 74's token in 1807 at Copenhagen, at the siege of 
 which place he had assisted as First of the Maioa* 
 Having been on half-pay since 1813, he at length 
 became a Retired Commander on the Junior List, 
 26 Nov. 1830, from which he was promoted to the 
 Senior, 1 Aug. 1843. 
 
 Commander Gilchrist, when in the Impregnable, 
 fell from the mizen-top, fractured his skuU, tore 
 the calf of his left leg, and greatly injured his arm ; 
 and in consideration of his sufferings he obtained a 
 pension from the chest of Chatham. The injuries 
 he experienced on other occasions have been nu- 
 merous and extreine. 
 
 GILES. {LlECTENANOS 1841.) 
 
 Henrv John Giles entered the Navy 2 April, 
 1824 ; served as Midshipman of the Genoa 74, 
 Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin, 
 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination 2 Feb. 1831 ; 
 served as Mate, latterly, of the Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore ; and 
 obtained his comUaission 14 Dec. 1841. He was re- 
 appointed, 18 Oct. 1842, to the Caledonia 120, then 
 flag-ship of Sir David Milne. He has not been 
 employed since 1844. 
 
 H« married, 14 March, 1844, Mary, only daughter 
 of the late Mr. T. Webb, of Darley, near Lifikeard, 
 Cornwall. 
 
 GILES. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 William Giles was born 22 Sept. 1787. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1805, as 
 Midshipman, On board the I'rincess Roval 98, 
 Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds ; on removing from 
 which ship to the Inflexible 64, Capt. Joshua 
 Rowley Watson, he attended the expedition to 
 Copenhagen in Aug. 1807, served on shore vrith the 
 naval brigade throughout the whole of the siege, 
 and subsequently assisted in fitting out the Danish 
 shipping. After serving for some months as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, on the Home station, of the Vdltdre 
 18 and Hope 10, both commanded by Capt. Joseph 
 Pearce, he rejoined Capt. Watson on board the At- 
 FRED 74, in time to unite in the operations of 1809 
 against the island of Walcheren, where he com- 
 manded a magazine-boat. During his continuance 
 in the Alfred, Mr. Giles further served with the 
 
GILL. 
 
 397 
 
 brigade of seamen/ittached to the army at the re- 
 duction of the islands of Guadeloupe, St. Martin's, 
 and St. Eustatius— was employed for four months 
 with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz, during 
 which he appears to have been engaged upwards of 
 forty times with the enemy's batteries and forces, 
 and to have received two flesh-wounds in the 
 right leg— and assisted in removing the dead and 
 wounded after the battle of Barrosa. In April, 
 1811, he removed with Capt. Watson to the Im- 
 placable 74, attached to the fleet off Toulon, and 
 during the last two years of the war he served in 
 the Impetdecx, Stately, and KoDNEr, flag-ships of 
 Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin, on the Lisbon station. 
 Having passed his examination 19 June, 1811, he 
 was at length promoted to his present rank by com- 
 mission dated 3 Feb. 1815 ; since which period he 
 has not been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Giles married first, 25 Nov. 1817, Sarah, 
 daughter of Thos. Kosewell, Esq., of Emsworth, co. 
 Hants ; and, secondly, 13 April, 1843, Sarah, daugh- 
 ter of Mr. John Rogers, of Everton, near Lyming- 
 ton, in the same county. He has issue by both 
 marriages. 
 
 GILL. (LiEnTENAST, 1828.) 
 
 Hakbt Gill entered the Navy, 5 Sept. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kaisonnable 64, lying 
 at Sheerness, and during the latter part of the war 
 served on the North American and West India 
 stations in the Albion and Scepthe 74' s, both com- 
 manded by Capt. John Ferris Devonshire, and 
 Araxes 38, Capt. Geo. Miller Bllgh. In 1816 he 
 joined the Bulwark 74, flag-Ship of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley at Chatham ; and from 1819, in which year 
 he passed his examination, be was next employed, 
 until the date of his promotion, 11 Sept. 1828, aa 
 Mate, on the West India, Halifax, Cape of Good 
 Hope, East India, and Home stations, of the Salis- 
 bury 50, flag-ship of Rear- Admirals Donald Camp- 
 bell and Wm. Chas. Fahie, Samarang 28, Capt. 
 David Dunn, Java 52, and Boadicea 46, both 
 commanded by Capt. John Wilson, and Ligbtning 
 steamer, Capt. Geo. Evans. He has had charge, 
 since 8 Nov. 1836, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 27 Oct. 1842, Sarah Jane, eldest 
 daughter of Lieut. Wm. Coleman, R.N. 
 
 GILL. (CoMMANDEft, 1842. P'P,, 18; H-P., 24.) 
 Joseph Collings Gill has lost several near rela^ 
 tives in the service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1805, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Aohille 74, Cants. Rich. 
 King, John Hayes, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence 
 Dundas, and Aiskew Paffard HoUis; with whom, 
 "successively, he continued to serve, latterly as Lieu- 
 tenant (commission dated 21 March, 1812) until 
 Jan. 1814. During that period he fought, as Mid- 
 shipman, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 ; 
 was with a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood at the 
 capture of four French frigates off Rochefort, 25 
 Sept. 1806 ; commanded the second boat that 
 effected a landing on the island of Walcheren dur- 
 ing the hostile operations of 1809; and, for upwards 
 of eight months, in 1810-11, was day and night em- 
 ployed with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz. 
 He also took part in a variety of other hazardous 
 services ; and being intrusted, in 1813, at a period 
 when the plague was raging at Malta, with the 
 charge of the shore duty on that island, contracted 
 a disease which nearly terminated his existence. 
 Lieut. Gill's subsequent appointments were — 3 
 May, 1814, as Senior, to the Goldfinch 10, Capt. 
 Edm. Waller, in the Channel— 7 Oct. 1815, to the 
 RocHFORT 80, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, 
 at Portsmouth, where he was paid off 26 Aug. 1818 
 —29 Oct. 1823, and 2 April, 1824, to the command 
 of the Kite and Vandeledh Revenue-vessels— 31 
 Aug. 1837, as First, to the President 52, flog^ship 
 in the Pacific of Kear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodg- 
 son Ross— 1 July, 1839, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Electra 20, Capt. Edw. R, P. Mainwaring, on the 
 same station-^l Wov. 1839j to the command .there 
 
 of the Basilisk 6 — and, 27 Nov. 1841, again to the 
 President, in which he returned home and was 
 paid off 14 May, 1842. During the period of his 
 servitude in the Pacific Mr. Gill appears to have 
 been the oldest Lieutenant employed in a sea-going 
 ship. He conducted, while in the Basilisk, various 
 services of secrecy and importance ; and during the 
 revolution he received the thanks of the French 
 Consul, who placed himself and the French ma- 
 rine under his protection. Since his last promotion, 
 19 Aug. 1842, Commander Gill has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 GILL. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 37.) 
 
 Thomas Gill, bom 19 Feb. 1782, is descended in 
 a direct line from the Rev. Alex. Gill, D.D., who 
 flourished at the commencement of the sixteenth 
 century. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1794, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Swan 18, Capt. 
 Hugh Pigot, under whom he assisted, among other 
 services, at the ensuing capture of Port-au-Prince, St. 
 Domingo. Until the peace of Amiens he was further 
 employed on the West India and Home stations, a 
 great part of the time as Midshipman, in the Suc- 
 cess 28, Capt. H. Pigot, Royal William, Capt. 
 Wm. Lechmere, Conquest gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander W. Green, Magnanime 44, Capt. W. "Taylor, 
 and Cambridge 80, Capt. C. H. Lane. He then 
 joined the Racoon 18, Capt. Austin Bissell ; and in 
 the early part of July, 1803, succeeded, while in 
 command, as prize-master, of a merchant schooner, 
 having on board 2 six-pounders and only 6 men, in 
 capturing, after a gallant struggle of 10 minutes, a 
 French national cutter, armed also with 2 six- 
 pounders, besides svrivels, musketry, &c., and 
 manned with 33 able-bodied seamen, in addition to 
 whom were a Lieut.-Colonel, two subalterns, several 
 soldiers, and other passengers. On 11 of the same 
 month, having rejoined the Racoon, Mr. Gill, whom 
 we find his Captain officially describing as " a very 
 worthy promising young man," took part in a very 
 warm action of 40 minutes, which terminated in the 
 capture, in Leogane Roads, of the French corvette 
 Le Lodi, of 10 guns and 61 men.* On that occa- 
 sion, although the only person hurt, he lost his left 
 arm close to the shoulder ; he had previously been 
 deprived of a finger, and had received three other 
 very painful wounds, but had heroically refused to 
 leave his quarters. On 17 of the following Aug. 
 we discover the Racoon effecting the destruction, 
 off the island of Cuba, of the national brig La Mv- 
 tine, of 18 guns ; after which, on 14 Oct. with but 
 42 men on board, ^she most gallantly brought to 
 action, and compelled to strike their colours, in 
 spite of a desperate resistance, a French gim-brig, 
 cutter, and sohdoner, carrying altogether between 
 300 and 400 men. For his conduct on the latter 
 occasion Mr. Gill, whose wounds were still open, 
 but who did not quit the deck for 27 hours, was 
 presented with 50 guineas by the Patriotic Society, 
 and was a few days afterwards promoted by the 
 Commander-in-Chief to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Creole 38, to which frigate his Captain had also 
 been transferred. We had almost neglected to re- 
 cord that, having been sent in the preceding March 
 to demand from the Spaniards at Truxillo, on the 
 Spanish Main, the restoration of a merchant-vessel 
 which had been unlawfully detained, Mr. Gill had 
 been seized and confined for twenty days on board 
 a ship in the harbour, whence he was only rescued 
 by a signal effort of judgment and valour, first 
 in contriving to despatch a boat during a dark 
 night to the Racoon, which vessel was at the time 
 at Honduras, and then by keeping the enemy at 
 bay until her arrival. To return to the Cheole 
 That ship, being shortly afterwards ordered to Eng- 
 land, unfortunately foundered on her passage, and 
 would mevitably have consigned all on board to a 
 watery grave, had not the Cumberland 74, miracu- 
 lously hove in sight at the eleventh hour, and with 
 great difficulty effected their rescue. Mr. Gill 
 • fide Gaz. 1803, p. I SS9. 
 
398 
 
 GILL-GILLMOR— GILMORE— GILMOUR. 
 
 ■whose promotion was confirmed on his arrival home 
 hy commission dated 8 May, 1804, subsequently 
 served, until promoted to the rank of Commander 
 at the conclusion of the war, 15 June, 1814, in the 
 Pkihce 98, Capt. Kich. Grindall, Combatant 20, 
 Capt. A. Bissell, Auroka 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, 
 Kingfisher 18, Capt. Wm. Hepenstall, Medwat 
 74, Capt. Augustus Brine, and Semiramis 36, Capt. 
 Chas. Richardson. He also for short periods, in 
 1804-6-9, commanded the Tartak Revenue-cutter, 
 the Aurora (as Acting-Captain), and the Panther 
 prison-ship. While Lieutenant of the Aurora, 
 under Capt. Elliot, he participated in an action of 
 three hours with some Spanish'gun-boats nearTarifa, 
 three of which were captured. He likewise either 
 conducted in person, or bore a prominent share in, a 
 variety of boat operations on the coast of Italy, and 
 on every occasion disi^layed a gallant and charac- 
 teristic bearing, particularly in the month of De- 
 cember, 1806, when, in command of two boats be- 
 longing to the Kingfisher, he chased an armed 
 felucca on shore, then landed at the head of a party 
 of 40-:officers, seamen, and marines, secured the 
 prize, plundered a neighbouring village, and ulti- 
 mately brought off the spoil, although the enemy 
 had rallied, and had brought together a force of 
 500 men to oppose him. On 27 June, 1808, he was 
 again wounded at the capture, after a smart action of 
 nearly 30 minutes, of the letter-of-marque Le HermU, 
 of 12 guns and 57 men, which vessel he subsequently 
 conducted into Malta. Capt. Gill's appointments, 
 after his promotion to the rank of Commander, 
 were, we find— 28 April, 1829, to the Spakkowhawk 
 19, on the West India station— and, 22 July, 1830, 
 as Acting-Captain, to the Magnificent, receiving- 
 ship at Port Royal, Jamaica, whence he invalided 
 19 Feb. 1831. He was promoted to the rank he 
 now holds 10 Jan. 1837 ; and has since been imem- 
 plOTed. 
 
 Capt. Gill married, 16 Aug. 1816, and has issue, 
 with six daughters, three sons, of whom the eldest 
 Thos. Cadman Roberts, is a Mate, R.N. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GILL. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 William Young Gill entered the Navy 17 Sept. 
 1808 ; served as Mate of the Albion 74, Capt. John 
 Coode, at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816 ; and 
 obtained his commission 13 July, 1824. He was 
 afterwards appointed— 26 July, 1830, to the Coast 
 Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 15 Oct. 
 1831, to the Coast Guard— 2 July, 1840, to the Vic- 
 toria Revenue-vessel — and, 4 March, 1843, as 
 Eirst, to the Stvx steamer, Capt. Alex. Thos. 
 Emerie Vidal, employed in surveying the Azores. 
 He has been on half-day since 1845. 
 
 Lieut. Gill is married, and has issue. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GILLMOR. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 39.) 
 
 CiOTwoETHT GiLLMOR, bom 5 April, 1773, is 
 youngest son of Wm. Gillmor, Esq., who was High 
 Sheriff for co. Sligo in 1789. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1794, as 
 A.B., on board the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Geo. Duff, 
 with whom he served, in the same ship, and in the 
 Glenmore 36, on the North Sea and Irish stations, 
 until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 13 Feb. 1801, in 
 the Serpent 16, Capt. Thos. Roberts. On the 30 
 Oct. in the latter year he joined for a few months 
 the San Fiorenzo 40, Capt. Chas. Wm. Paterson, 
 and we afterwards find him serving, from 8 April, 
 1803, to 27 Jan. 1806, on board the Texel 64, Ma- 
 labar 50, and Belliqoedx 64, all commanded by 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, under whom, in the last- 
 mentioned ship, he assisted at the capture of the 
 Cape of Good Hope. After an attachment of some 
 months in 1807 to the Zealand, flag-ship at the 
 Nore of Vioe-Admiral Thos. Wells, Mr. Gillmor 
 joined the Maklbokodgh 74, Capt. Graham Moore ; 
 and while in that ship, ho escorted the Royal Fa- 
 
 mily of Portugal to the Brazils, and attended the 
 expedition of 1809 to the WalcHeren. Being next 
 appointed, 14 July, 1810, to the Melpomene fngate, 
 Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, he for some time 
 commanded the Naval Brigade, consisting of 500 
 men, employed in co-operation with the army under 
 the Duke of Wellington at the lines of Torres Ve- 
 dras, and materially assisted in battering the town 
 of Santarem, and in destroying all the boats with 
 which General Massena's army was to have crossed 
 the Tagus. The subject, of this memoir, who has 
 not been employed since the summer of 1811, be- 
 came a Retired Commander on the Junior List 1 
 Dec. 1830, and on the Senior 17 Nov. 1845. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. His son, the Rev. 
 Clotworthy Gillmor, M.A., is Vicar of Dartford, 
 CO. Kent; and his youngest daughter is the wife 
 of Capt. C. H. Thomas, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service. 
 
 GILMORE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p.," 9 ; h-p., .32.) 
 
 JoHK GiLMOEE entered the Navy, in July, 1806, 
 as A.B., on board the Prince George 98, Capt. Geo. 
 Losack, and, on his return from a visit to the West 
 Indies, successively joined, in 1807-8, the Enchan- 
 tress gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Paisley, and, as 
 Midshipman, the Tribune 36, Capt. Geo. Reynolds. 
 On 12 May, 1810, we find the latter frigate very gal- 
 lantly beating off, on the coast of Norway, after a 
 smart action of two hours and a quarter, in which 
 she lost 9 men killed and 15 wounded, four Danish 
 man-of-war brigs, carrying altogether 74 guns. Mr. 
 Gilmore, who continued to serve in the Tribune 
 until July, 1813, then joined the Impregnable 98, 
 and, next, the Tonnant 80, flag-ships of Admirals 
 Toung and Sir Alex. Cochrane, under the latter of 
 whom he saw much active service on the coast of 
 North America. Among other operations he ap- 
 pears, on 14 Dec. 1814, to have served with the 
 boats of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, 
 of five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, 
 which did not surrender until the British, after a 
 desperate conflict, had been occasioned a loss of 
 17 men killed and 77 wounded. From Dec. 1814 
 until 4 June, 1815, he commanded, as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, the Harlequin and Firebrand gim-vessels, 
 in the Gulf of Mexico. He then assumed his pre- 
 sent rank by commission dated back to 28 Peb. 
 1815, and since that period has been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GILMOUR. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 
 33 ; H-P., 35.) 
 Alexander Gilmour entered the Navy, in 1779, 
 as A.B., on board the Fortune cutter, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Brown and Rich. Donell; on his trans- 
 ference from which vessel to a Midshipman's berth 
 in the St. Fermin, Capt. Jonathan Faullcnor, he 
 was captured, in April, 1780, and detained for 14 
 months a prisoner of wai in Spain. From the 
 period of his release, until promoted to a Lieute- 
 nancy, 4 Dec. 1795, in the Impregnable 98, Capt. 
 John Thomas, he then served, on the Home and 
 West India stations, in the Dragon, Edrydice, 
 Proselyte, Triumph, Orestes, Advice,* Spitfire, 
 Marie Antoinette, and Swan. His after appoint- 
 ments, until 1807, were, to the Juste 80, Orion 74, 
 Glory 98, Castor frigate, and Diomede 50. In 
 the Orion, commanded by Sir Jas. Saumarez, he 
 participated in the glories of 14 Feb. 1797, and 1 
 Aug. 1798 ; and, in the Diomede, Capts. Joseph 
 Edmonds and Hugh Downman, he witnessed the 
 capture of the Cape in Jan. 1806, and of Monte 
 Video in Feb. 1807. We subsequently find him 
 commanding the Vengeance and Suffolk, prison- 
 ships at Portsmouth, from 19 Jan. 1808 to Nov. 
 1812, and, for some months in 1814, the Signal 
 station at Beechey Head. Not having been since 
 employed, he at length accepted the rank of Re- 
 tired Commander on the Senior List '26 Nov. 1830. 
 
 • The AnviCE cutter, Lieut. Commander Edwitrd Tvrrel, 
 was wrecked in the Bay of Honduras, in Dec. 1793. "Crew 
 saved. 
 
GILSON— GITTINGS-GLADSTONE-GLAIRE— GLANVILL— GLANVILLE. 399 
 
 His promotion to the Senior took place 28 April, 
 1836. 
 
 Commander Gilmore married, 4 Aug. 1832, Mrs. 
 Harding, widow of Sam. Harding, Eaq^., formerly of 
 tile Victualling Yard, Portsmouth. 
 
 GILSON. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Thomas Andeew Gilson entered the Navy 21 
 May, 1812; passed his examination in 1818; ob- 
 tained his commission 16 Jan. 1829 ; and since 3 
 April, 1333, has been in the Coast Guard. He is 
 the Senior Lieutenant of 1829. 
 
 GITTINGS. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Henrst Gittinos (4) entered the Navy, 2 Dec. 
 1810; and passed his examination in 1821. Since 
 his promotion, which took place 5 Sept. 1830, he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in May, 1830, Hannah, only daughter 
 of Longley, of Gillingham, co. Kent. 
 
 GLADSTONE. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 11; 
 
 H-P., 16.) 
 
 John Neilson Gladstone is third son of John 
 Gladstone, Esq., of Fasque, co. Kincardine, N. B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1820 ; 
 and passed his examination in 1826. Obtaining his 
 first commission 7 July, 1827, he was afterwards 
 appointed— 22 Jan. 1829, and 14 Oct. 1830, to the 
 Wahspxte 76, and Dkuid 46, Capts. Wm. Henry 
 Shirreff and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, on the South 
 American station— and, 15 Jan. and 7 Feb. 1834, to 
 the Kainbov and Tvne 28's, both commanded, the 
 latter in the Mediterranean, by Viscount Ingestrie. 
 He was placed on halt-pay 30 June, 1835, and has 
 not since been employed. The commission he now 
 holds bears date 26 Feb. 1842. 
 
 Commander Gladstone is M.P. for Ipswich. He 
 married, 7 Feb. 1839, Elizabeth Honoria, second 
 daughter of Sir Eobt. Bateson, Bart., M.P., and has 
 issue. Agents- Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GLAIEE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., U ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Glaire entered the Navy, 4 May, 1804, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Nahtilos 18, Capts. 
 Geo. Oldham, John Sykes, and Edw. Palmer, which 
 vessel (whose Captain and 62 of the crew were de- 
 stroyed by famine) was wrecked on Cerigotto, a 
 barren rock in the Levant, 4 Jan. 1807. In July 
 following he became Midshipman of the Adbora 
 28, Capt. Geo. Fras. Seymour ; and we afterwards 
 find him serving on board the Pallas 32, com- 
 manded by the same officer, and by Capts. Hon. 
 Geo. Cadogan, Edwards Lloyd Graham, and Geo. 
 Paris Monke, under the latter of whom, after wit- 
 nessing the destruction of the French shipping in 
 Basque Koads, and attending the expedition to 
 Flushing, he was again wrecked, off Edinburgh 
 Frith, 18 Dec. 1 810. Between that period and his 
 attainment of the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Feb. 1815, 
 Mr. Glaire served as Master's Mate, chiefly on the 
 Home station, of the Port Mahon 18, Capts. Vil- 
 liers Fras. Hatton and Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, Bbune 
 38, armee enfiute^ Capt. Wm, Stanhope Badcock, and 
 Mekoubius 16, Capt. Thos. Renwick. He has not 
 since been employed. Aqent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 GLANVILL. (Ebtikbd Commander, 1843. 
 F-p., 18; H-p., 39.) 
 
 George Glanvill entered the Navy, 3 June 
 1790, as L.M., on board the Winchelsea, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Carpenter, on the Channel station, from 
 which ship he was discharged in the following De- 
 cember. Be-embarking, in Nov. 1793, as Midship- 
 man, on board the Fortitude 74, Capts. Wm. 
 Young and Thos. Taylor, he witnessed the ensuing 
 evacuation of Toulon, assisted at the reduction of 
 the island of Corsica, took part in Hotham's two 
 actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795, and on 7 
 Oct. in the latter year was in company with the 
 Censeur 74, when that ship was captured by a 
 French squadron under M. Kichery. After a fur- 
 
 ther servitude of three years and a half with Capt. 
 Taylor in the Fame 74, and with Capts. Jas. Young 
 and Philip Wilkinson in the Unicorn 32, Mr. Glan- 
 vill was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 13 July, 1799, 
 in the Cynthia 18, Capts. Mioajah Malbon, John 
 Dick, and John Wesley Wright ; under the two first 
 of whom he attended the expeditions. to Holland, 
 Ferrol, and Egypt. For the services he performed 
 on the latter occasion he was presented. with the 
 Turkish gold medal. Being next appointed, 13 
 Oct. 1803, to the Malta 80, Capts. Sir Edw. Buller, 
 Wm. Shield, and Robt. Waller Otway, the subject 
 of this memoir, who continued to serve in that ship 
 for the space of five years, had the fortune to parti- 
 cipate in Sir Robt. Calder's action 22 July, 1805, 
 and also to assist at the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of 
 the French frigate Le President. We afterwards 
 find him commanding, from Nov. 1808 to Aug. 1809, 
 the RowENA and Ann hired brigs, on the Channel 
 station, whence he was then sent to serve with the 
 flotilla at the siege of Flushing. His last appoint- 
 ments were, 13 April, 1811, to the Christian VH. 
 80, flag-ship of Admiral Young in the North Sea — 
 and, 13 Feb. 1813, to the Spitfire sloop, Capt. John 
 Ellis, on the coast of Africa, whence he invalided, 
 in July, 1814. He assumed the rank of Retired 
 Commander, on the Junior List, 26 Nov. 1830 ; and 
 on the Senior, 14 Oct. 1843. 
 
 GLANVILLE. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 10.) 
 William Fanshawe Glantille is son, we be- 
 lieve, of Fras. Glanville, Esq., of Catchfrench, co. 
 Cornwall, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 that county, and formerly M.P. for Malmesbury, by 
 Elizabeth, second daughter of Robt. Fanshawe, 
 Esq., Commissioner of Plymouth Dockyard; and 
 nephew of Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, E.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1821 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 15 Deo. 1827. He was 
 afterwards appointed— 28 Aug. 1828, to the Pallas 
 42, Capts. Adolphus FitzClarence and Manley Hall 
 Dixon, employed on Particular Service — 7 Nov. 
 1832, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Robt. Tait, in 
 South America— 25 Nov. 1836, to the Dido 18, 
 Capt. Lewis Davies, on the Mediterranean station 
 —6 Jan. 1839, to the Princess Charlotte 104, 
 bearing the flag there of his uncle Sir Robt. Stop- 
 ford— 29 April, 1839, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Collier — and, 6 March, 1840, again to the Princess 
 Charlotte. For his services as Flag-Lieutenant 
 of the latter ship at the capture of St. Jean d'Acre 
 (where, besides the duties he had to perform in the 
 signals, he was actively employed in the boats com- 
 municating with the different ships along the hue 
 of the two divisions as necessity required, and was 
 in consequence personally recommended to the no- 
 tice of the Admiralty*) he was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander by commission dated 4 Nov. 
 1840. He afterwards served, from 10 Jan. 1843 
 until Nov. 1845, as Second-Captain of the St. Vin- 
 cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley at Ports- 
 month ; and on 9 Nov. 1846, was advanced to his 
 present rank. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 7 July, 1841, his cousin Mary Anne, 
 youngest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Bed- 
 ford, of Stonehall. 
 
 GLASCOCK. (Capt., 1833. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 23.) 
 William Nugent Glascock entered the Navy, 
 in Jan. 1800, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Glen- 
 more frigate, Capt. Geo. Duif ; on removing with 
 which officer to the Vengeance 74, he is reported 
 to have commanded a launch at the battle of Co- 
 penhagen, 2 April, 1801. Being paid off' on his re- 
 turn from a voyage to the West Indies, in 1802, he 
 next, on the renewal of hostilities, became succes- 
 sively attached, as Midshipman, to the Colossus 74, 
 Barfleur 98, and Foetonee 36, Capts. Geo. Mar- 
 tin and Henry Vansittart ; under' the first of whom, 
 in the Barfleur, he officiated as Signal-Mate in Sir 
 Robt. Calder's action 22 July, 1805 ; and also wit- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 3988. 
 
400 GLASCOCK— GLASGOW— GLASSCOTT—GLASSE-GLENNIE—GLINN, 
 
 tieseed Admiral Cornwallis' ensuing pursuit of the 
 French fleet into Brest. He obtained a Lieute- 
 nancy, 8 Nov. 1808, in the Dahnemabk 74, Capt. 
 Jaa. Bissett, and was afterwards successively ap- 
 pointed, chiefly on the Home, but latterly on the 
 Mediterranean and Newfoundland stations — 17 Jan. 
 1810, to the Theban 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby 
 —23 April, 1811, to the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie— 1 July, 1812, to the 
 CtAKENCE 74, Capt. H. Vansittart— 5 July, 1814, to 
 the TiBEK 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres— 24 Nov. 
 1815, and 24 Oct. 1816, ,to the Madagascar and 
 M^ANDEK frigates, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon — 1 
 April, 1817, to the Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. 
 Cavendish Spencer— and 4 May, 1818, to the Sib 
 Francis Drake 38, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Hamilton. 
 "While in the Dannemark, Mr. Glascock appears 
 to have suffered much from Walcheren fever during 
 the operations of Aug. 1809 ; and by his coolness 
 and presence of mind he was greatly instrumentai 
 in saving the M.a:ANDER, when that vessel struck 
 on the Garbard Sand^ near Orfordness, in a gale of 
 wind, 19 Dec. 1816. Being conflrmed in .the com- 
 mand, 31 Dec. 1818, of the Carnation 18, Capt. 
 Glascock continued to serve both in that sloop and 
 in the Drake 10, uatil Dec. 1819, when he was 
 compelled to invalid. His next appointment, we 
 find, was, on 10 March, 1831, to the Orestes 18 ; a 
 vessel whose arduous services in the river Douro 
 procured her Commander, who there acted as Senior 
 Officer for nearly twelve months of a small squa^ 
 dron employed for the protection of British com- 
 merce during the hostilities carried on between 
 Pedro and Miguel, a Post-commission dated 3 June, 
 1833. Capt. Glascock was subsequently, from 18 
 April, 1843, until Jan. 1847, employed in the Tyne 
 26, on the Mediterranean station. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 This officer is well known in the literary world as 
 the author of the 'Naval Sketch Book,' 'Talcs of 
 a Tar,' ' Land-Sharks and Sea-GuUs,' ' Sailors and 
 Saints,' &c. He was appointed, immediately after 
 the paying-off of the Tyne, to act as one of the In- 
 spectors of Relief in Ireland ; and he has since re- 
 ceived the thanks of the French Government for 
 his conduct in having, when on his passage home in 
 the Tyne, rescued from destruction, during a hurri- 
 cane in the Bay of Biscay, the French bark Marie 
 et Pauline, on board of which was a cargo worth 
 20,000?. 'The bark, it appears, was in such a perilous 
 condition, that the Tyne was obliged to remain by 
 her for five days and nights. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 Bissett and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, on the North 
 American station. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 27 March, 1814, to the Bakfledr 98, Capt. 
 John Maitland, oflF Toulon— 13 May, 1815, to the 
 Falmouth 20, Capt. Geo. Wm. Henry Knight, on 
 the coast of France— 18 Sept. 1815, to the Tiber 
 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the Newfoundland 
 station— 13 Sept. 1816, for passage home, to the 
 Hazard sloop, Capt. John Cookesley— and, 11 July, 
 1818, to the Favorite, Capt. "W. Robinson, off St. 
 Helena. Since the period of his quitting the latter 
 vessel he has been on half-pay. 
 
 The Earl is Deputy-Lieutenant for the counties 
 of Bute and Renfrew. He married, 4 Aug. 1821, 
 Georgiana, daughter of the late Edw. Hay Mac- 
 kenzie, Esq., of N«w Hall and Cromarty. 
 
 GLASGOW, Eabl of, formerly VisconijT Kev 
 bdrne. (Liedt., 1814. ii-:e., 10 ; H-p., 30.) 
 The Right Honourable James, Earl of Glas- 
 gow, born 10 April, 1792, is second son of the late 
 Earl of Glasgow, G.C.H., F.R.S., by Augusta, 
 daughter of James, 14th Eail of ErroU ; brother of 
 the late Yiscount Kelburne, an officer in the Navy, 
 who died in 1818 ; and brother-in-law of Lord Fred. 
 FitzClarence. His Lordship succeeded his father, 
 as fifth Earl, in July, 1843. 
 
 This officer (then Hon. Mr. Boyle) entered the 
 Navy, 17 May, 1807, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Alcmene frigate, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, under whom 
 — with the exception of an attachment of a few 
 months in 1810-11 to the Ganymede 26, and Hot- 
 spur 36, Capts. Robt. Cathcart and Hon. Josceline 
 Percy — he continued to serve, the greater part of 
 the time as Midshipman of the Belle Poule'38, 
 ■and Pembroke 74, until 12 Dec. 1812. During that 
 period, besides contributing to the capture of other 
 smaller vessels, he assisted in the Belle Poule at 
 the taking of Le Var of 26 guns, laden with corn 
 for the relief of the French garrison at Corfu, 15 
 Feb. 1809, and was also present at the reduction, 
 in 1809-10, of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and 
 Sta. Maura. Until confirmed in his present rank 
 by commission dated 8 Jan. 1814, Mr. Boyle was 
 ■further employed, for some time as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Bqyal Sovereign 100, Cart?. J9« 
 
 GLASSCOTT. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Adam Giffobd Glasscott entered the Navy 12 
 Oct. 1821; passed his examination 5 Aug. 1829; 
 and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He 
 has not since been employed. 
 
 GLASSE. (Captain, 1846. r-p., 20; h-p., 9.) 
 
 Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse, bom 11 
 April, 1806, is only son of the late Rev. Geo. Henry 
 Glasse, A.M., Rector of Hanwell, co. Middlesex, 
 Chapl<ain to the Duke of Cambridge, and a Magis- 
 trate for Middlesex, by his second wife, Harriet, 
 daughter and heiress of Thos. "Wheeler, Esq., R.M., 
 of "Waterford ; and half-brother of the present Geo. 
 Henry Elliot, Esq., of Binfield Park, Berks. His 
 mother married, secondly, Commodore Sir Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 20 Nov. 1818 ; and 
 passed his examination in 1825. Obtaining his first 
 commission 20 Feb. 1826, he was afterwards ap- 
 pointed — 28 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 7 Sept. 1829 and 1 May, 
 1830, to the St. Vincent and Caledonia, flag-ships 
 at Plymouth — and, 28 Aug. and 11 Nov. 1833, to the 
 command, on the Home, Lisbon, and African sta^ 
 tions, of the Magpie 4, and Rolla 10. He paid 
 the latter vessel ofl" towards the close of 1837 ; at- 
 tained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838 ; 
 served from 28 June, 1841, until put out of commis- 
 sion at the close of 1844, in the Nimkod 20, on the 
 East India station ; and was awarded a Post-com- 
 mission 9 Nov. 1846. He is now unemployed. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 GLENNIE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 "William Glennie entered the Navy 14 Aug. 
 1812; passed his examination in ISl*; and attained 
 his present rank 14 Jan. 1825. He has not, we be- 
 lieve, been since employed. 
 
 He married, 26 Nov. 1833, Elizabeth Catherine, 
 eldest daughter of H. A. Barker, Esq., of Wil- 
 bridge, Gloucestershire, by whom he has issue. 
 Agents — ^Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 GLINN. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Chakles James Pbice Glinn entered the Navy 
 2 Oct. 1829 ; passed his examination 11 Nov. 1836; 
 and served for some time, as Mate, in the Gorgon 
 steam-vessd, Capt. "Wm. "Wilraott Henderson, and 
 Camperdown 104, flag.ship at the Nore of Sir Edw. 
 Brace. While in the Gorgon he commanded a 
 boat during the operations of 1840 on the coast of 
 Syria. His appointments, since his promotion, whicji 
 took place 21 Sept. 1842, have been— 17 Nov. 1842, 
 again to the Camperdown— 13 Deo. 1843, to the 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Hear- Admiral "Wm. 
 Bowles, employed on Particular Service— 30 Jan. 
 1844, to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, at 
 Portsmouth— 11 March, 1845, as Senior, to the Cy- 
 clops steam-frigate, Capt. "Wm. Fred. Lapidge, on 
 the S.E. coast of America— and, 6 Feb. 1847, as 
 Additional, to the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheer- 
 ness, m whose tender, the Feabless, he is now 
 •erving. Agents— Messrs. StilwcU. 
 
GLINN-GLYNN— GODBY— GODDARD. 
 
 401 
 
 GLINN. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 CoNSTANTiNE George Glinn possed his examina^ 
 tion 29 May, 1837. During the last four years of 
 his Mateshlp he appears to have served on board 
 the Cyclops steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Aus- 
 tin, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast- 
 ings, and Vestal 28, Capt. Chas. Talbot; while in 
 the first of which, he landed and took part in an 
 attaclc on a convoy on the coast of Syria in 1840. 
 He attained his commission 6 Jan. 1844 ; and, on 15 
 of the same month, was appointed to the Hyacinth 
 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, on the North America and 
 West India station, where he continued until 15 
 Jan. 1845. His appointments have since been — 4 
 April, 1845, to the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm. 
 Badcliffe, employed on Particular Service — and, 3 
 July, 1845, as First, to the Vesuvius steam-sloop, 
 Capts. Geo. Wm. Douglas O'Callaghan and Ashley 
 La Touche ; with the latter of whom he is at present 
 on the West India station. 
 
 He married Margaret, eldest daughter of the late 
 John Kearney, Esq., co. Kilkenny. 
 
 GODBY. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Charles Godby died 23 Jan. 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the/Navy 3 Jan. 1812 ; passed 
 his examination in 1818; and was promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy, 2 Dec. 1829, in the Briton 46, Capt. 
 Geo. Fras. Seymour, which ship was paid off 27 
 April, 1830. He was not afterwards employed. 
 Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 GLYNN. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Edmund Anthony Glynn is sou, we believe, of 
 Admiral H. K. Glynn. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1825 ; passed 
 his examination in 1831 ; and acquired the rank he 
 now holds 6 Nov. 1840. His appointments, we find, 
 have since been, on the North America, "West In- 
 dia, Home, and African stations — 19 Jan. 1841, to 
 the ■Winchester 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. 
 Harvey— 21 Aug. 1841, to the Pique 36, Capt. 
 Henry Forbes — 2 March, 1842, as First, to tlie Vo- 
 LAGE 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson— 17 Oct. 1842, to' 
 the Caledonia 120, fiag-ship of Sir David Milne — 
 and, 25 May, 1844, as First, to the Cygnet sloop, 
 Capts. Henry Layton, Fred. Wilmot Horton, and 
 Fred. Byng Montresor, with the latter of whom he 
 is at present serving. 
 
 GLYNN. (Admiral of the Blue, 1846. 
 F-p., 16; H-p., 51.) 
 
 Henry Richard Glynn entered the Navy, 19 
 May, 1780, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Bellona 
 74, Capt. Kich. Onslow, whom he accompanied, as 
 Midshipman, to the West Indies. From 1783 until 
 the receipt of his first commission, dated 28 Oct. 
 1790, he served, at Portsmouth, Jamaica, and Ha- 
 lifax, in the Pegase, Capt. Sam. Marshall, Camilla, 
 Capt. John Hutt, and Adamant, flag-ship of Sir 
 Richard Hughes ; and he then successively joined — 
 17 Sept. 1791, the Syren, Capt. John Mauley — and, 
 24 Feb. 1794, the Royal George 100, bearing the 
 flag of the late Lord Bridport, under whom he took 
 part in the actions of 1 June, 1794, and 23 June, 
 1795. Attaining the rank of Commander 29 June, 
 1795, Capt. Glynn, on 3 Oct. 1796, procured an ap- 
 pointment to the Scourge 16, in which sloop he 
 captured, 21 Feb. 1797, Le Furet French privateer 
 of 10 guns and 50 men. As Post-Captain, a rank he 
 attained on 10 April in the latter year, his appoint- 
 ments appear to have been — 21 Sept. 1801, for about 
 12 months, to the Amethyst frigate, on the Channel 
 station — and lastly, 27 Jan. 1809, to the Vanguard 
 74, in which he served in the Baltic until Dec. 1811. 
 Ho became a Rear-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; a Vice- 
 Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; and a full Admiral 9 Nov. 
 1846. 
 
 This officer was Mayor of Plymouth in 1838. He 
 is a widower ; and has a family. _ 
 
 GLYNN. (Lieutenant, 1836.) 
 
 Henry Richard Glynn is eldest son of Ad- 
 miral Glynn. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1828 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 9 May, 1836; served from 
 that period until 1839 in the Coast Guard ; was af- 
 terwards attached for a short time, in 1839-40, to 
 the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey 
 in North America and the West Indies ; and, for a 
 few months in 1844, was again employed in the 
 Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 GODBY. (daptain, 1814. e-p., 17 ; h-p., 36.) 
 
 John Hardy Godby is son of the late John 
 Godby, Esq., Steward of the Royal Hospital, Green- 
 wich, by a daughter of Josiah Hardy, Esq. (grand- 
 son of Josiah Burchett, Esq., many years Secretary 
 of the Admiralty), H.M. Consul at Cadiz, and for- 
 merly Governor of the Jerseys, North America. 
 He is cousin of Capt. John Duff Markland, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 23 June, 1794, on 
 hoard the Monarch 74, Capt. John Cooke, bearing 
 the flag at Newfoundland of Sir Jas. Wallace. On 
 next joining, as Midshipman, the Hebe 38, Capt. 
 Paul MincMn, he assisted. In company with the 
 Melampus, at the capture, 3 July, 1795, of six out 
 of 13 French vessels, laden with military stores, and 
 convoyed by a ship of 26 guns, a lugger, and also 
 by two armed brigs, one of which. La Ve'suve^ was 
 likewise taken. Until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1800, we next find Mr. Godby 
 successively serving in the Touetehelle, Capt. 
 John Cooke, Seahorse 38, Capt. John Peyton, La 
 Nymphe 36, Capts. J. Cooke and Percy Fraser, 
 Royal George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport, and 
 Amethyst 36, Capt. J. Cooke. La Nymphe, during 
 the period of his attachment to her, took, in com- 
 pany with the San Fiorenzo 36, the French frigates 
 La Resistance of 48, and La Constance of 24 guns, 9 
 March, 1797. After serving for nearly five years, 
 as Lieutenant, on the Mediterranean, Newlound- 
 land, and Home stations, in the Experiment, Capt. 
 John Saville, Athenienne 64, Capt. Sir Thos. Li- 
 vingstone, Lapwing frigate, Capts. Alex. Skene and 
 Fras. Wm. Fane, and Boadicea 38, Capt. John 
 Maitland, Lieut. Godby was promoted to Com- 
 mander's rank by commission dated 25 Sept. 1806. 
 His subsequent appointments were, in 1808-9, to the 
 RoLLA, Trompeuse, and Prospeko sloops ; in the 
 latter of which he destroyed a Danish privateer 
 cutter, of 2 guns and 25 men, near Christiansand, on 
 the coast of Norway, 17Feb. 1811. He continued in 
 the Peospero until his advancement to Post-rank 
 27 June, 1814; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he accepted the 
 Retirement. 
 
 Capt. Godby msirried, 24 April, 1832, Catherine, 
 daughter of the late John Andrews, Esq. Agents- 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 GODDAKD. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 17; h-p., 29.) 
 George Goddard entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1801, 
 as A. B., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. Sam. Sut- 
 ton, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson in the Downs ; 
 and, in March, 1802, became Midshipman of the 
 Magicienne 32, Capts. Ogilvie and Henry Vansil- 
 tart. From the following October, until his pro- 
 motion to the rank he now holds, 3 Sept. 1810, he 
 appears to have served a great part of the timeVs 
 Master's Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and Acting-Mas- 
 ter, in the Snipe, Lieut.-Commainder Chas. Cham- 
 pion, Ruby 64, Hon. Capt. Gardner, Galykiieid, 
 Capts. Gardner and Wooller; Leopard 50, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas, Ruby again, Capt. 
 Chas. Rowley, Antelope 50, Capts. Henry Bazely 
 and Edw. Galwey, flag-ship for some time of Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith, Challenger sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Bamham Rider, Polyphemus 64, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, and 
 Sparrow, Capt. Joshua Ricketts Rowley, — on the 
 Home, East India, Mediterranean, and West India 
 stations. His after-appointments, we find, were — 
 26 Nov. 1810, and 29 April, 1811, to the Sappho and 
 Pelorus brigs, commanded by various officers, in 
 
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 GODDARD-GODDEN-GODENCII-GODFREY. 
 
 the West Indies— 30 May, 1815, to the Hydra troop- 
 ship, Capts. Joseph Digby and Dan. Koberts, with 
 whom he served, on the North America and "West 
 India stations, until 26 Not. 1817— and 26 Nov. 
 1823, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Kamilmes 74, Capt. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch. Since the period of his quitting the latter 
 service Lieut. Goddard has been on half-pay. 
 
 GODDAED. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 William Henry Goddard passed his examina- 
 tion in 1818 ; vras promoted to a Lieutenancy, 20 
 July, 1827, in the Helicon 10, Capt. Chas. Dylie 
 Acland, at the Cape of Good Hope ; obtained an 
 appointment, 19 Feb. 1830, in the Coast Blocliade, 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Talaveba 74, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot ; served in the Coast Guard from 
 9 Nov. 1831 until 1836 ; became attached for three 
 years, 7 July, 1840, to the Poictiebs 72, Capt. "Wm. 
 Henry Shirreff, guard-ship at Chatham ; and on 31 
 Aug. 1843 rejoined the Coast Guard. He has not 
 been employed since the early part of 1846. 
 
 GODDEN. (Lieut., 1827. r-P., 17 ; h-p., 20.) 
 
 Geoege Henky Godden, born 17 July, 1795, at 
 Fortsea, Hants, is brother of Lieut. J. S. Godden, 
 K.N. 
 
 This oiiicer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Apollo 38, Capt. Bridges 
 "Watkinson Taylor, under whom he assisted, as Mid- 
 shipman, at the capture, 13 Feb. 1812, of the French 
 frigate-built store-ship Merinos of 20 guns and 126 
 men, beneath the batteries of Corsica, and also at 
 the reduction, 29 Jan. and 3 Feb. 1813, of the islands 
 of Augusta and Curzola. From Aug. 1814, until pro- 
 moted, through the interest of Sir Herbert Taylor, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 April, 1827, Mr. God- 
 den served, the last 11 years as Mate, in the Tiber 
 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the Irish station, 
 and Queen Charlotte and Victory, flag-ships at 
 Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Tholnbrough, Sir Geo. 
 Campbell, Sir Jas. Hawkins "Whitshed, and Sir Geo. 
 IMartin. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, first, 17 Aug. 1827, Miss Elizabeth 
 Batchelor, of- Portsmouth, who died 16 Nov. 1831 ; 
 and, secondly, 10 Dec. 1833, Elizabeth, only daugh- 
 ter of Capt. Burgess, formerly of the 6th Begt. 
 
 GODDEN. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 33; h-p., 11.) 
 Joseph Shaw Godden, born about 1791, is bro- 
 ther of Lieut. G. H. Godden, R,N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John 
 Irwin, lying at Spithead; and, from July, 1804, 
 until Feb. 1812, served, nearly the whole time as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Avenger 
 18, Capts. Thos. White and Urry Johnson. During 
 that period he assisted in sinking Le Hazard priva- 
 teer of 14 guns and 70 men, and witnessed the cap- 
 ture, in May, 1809, of the island of Anholt. He was 
 afterwards employed, as Acting-Master, Midship- 
 man, and Master's Mate, in the Wanderer 24, 
 Capt. Eras. Newcombe, Gorgon 44, Capt. Alex. 
 Milner, Kainbow 28, Capt. Geo. Henry Guion, 
 S PAEROWHAWK 18, Capt. Jas. Pringle, Barpledr 98, 
 Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and John Maitland, and 
 Quebec, Lieut.-Comraander Kobt. Scallon. In the 
 Barfleur Mr. Godden participated in Sir Edw. 
 Pellew's two actions with the French fleet oif Tou- 
 lon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814. His promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant taking place 3 Feb. 1815, 
 wa next find him, while officiating, from 1824 to 
 1829, as Agent for Transports Afloat, supplying the 
 squadron in the Pacific with provisions, then bring- 
 ing home Mr. Ricketts, H.M. Consul at Peru, and 
 altogether acquiring a very enviable reputation. 
 On 8 June, 1831, he rejoined the Transport Ser- 
 vice, but left it again in Jan. 1832. With the ex- 
 ception of a command, from 4 Sept. 1838 to Oct. 
 1843, of the Stag Revenue-oruizer, during which 
 period he efiected the capture of not fewer than 17 
 smuggling-vessels, Lieut. Godden has been employed 
 in the Coast Guard ever since 24 Oct. 1834. 
 
 He married, 3 Sept. 1816, Harriet, daughter of 
 Thos. Radcliffe, Esq., late Builder's Assistant at 
 Portsmouth Dockyard, by whom he has issue five 
 children. 
 
 GODENCH. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Francis Godench entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 
 1800, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Prince of 
 Wales 98, Capt. Wm. Prowse, bearing the flag in 
 the Channel of Sir Robt. Calder, under whom he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman 1 March, 1801. 
 Being paid off at the peace, on his return from a 
 voyage to the West Indies, he next, in March, 1803, 
 joined the Grampus, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez 
 on the Guernsey station, but, rejoining the Prince 
 OF Wales in the following June, continued to 
 serve in that ship, under Admirals Sir R. Calder, 
 Billy Douglas, Sir Edw. Thombrough, Sir J. Sau- 
 marez, and Lord Gambler, until Sept. 1807, and 
 was consequently present in the action of 22 July, 
 1805, and in the attack upon Copenhagen. He 
 then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Fearless 
 gun-brig, Lieat.-Commanders John Williams and 
 Abraham Garland, and, being confirmed in the 
 rank he now holds, by commission dated 25 March, 
 1809, was afterwards appointed, in succession, to 
 ■the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. TJssher, Inflexible 
 64, Capt. Thos. Brown, Horatio 38, Capt. Geo. 
 Scott, Bedpolb 10, Capt. Colin Macdonald, Ac- 
 tion brig, Capts. Bertie Cornelius Cator, Wm. 
 Jackson, and John Ross, and Rifleman 16, Capt. 
 Geo. Bennett Allen. "While in the Inflexible 
 and Bedpole, we find him visiting Halifax, the 
 Baltic, Bermuda, New Providence, the Chesapeake, 
 and Norway. Since 18 May, 1843, Lieut. Godench, 
 who had not been employed for a period of 27 years, 
 has been officiating as First of the Victory 104, 
 guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Wm. Wihnott 
 Henderson, Geo. Moubray, and John Pasco. Agents 
 — HaJlett and Robinson. 
 
 GODFREY. (Lieut., 1806. r-p., 27 ; h-p., 29.) 
 GpoRGE Robert Godfrey was born in May, 1775 
 or 6, and died, after a protracted illness of five 
 years, 10 April, 1845- He was son of Robt. Godfrey, 
 Esq. ; nephew qf Geo. Godfrey, Esq., at one time 
 Purser of H.M.S. Andromeda, who married a 
 sister of Admiral Sir John Duckworth, G.C.B. ; 
 a,nd cousin of Admiral John Child Purvis. 
 
 •This officer entered the Navy, in 1789, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board La Prudente 38, Capt. Henry 
 Trollope, and afterwards made two voyages round 
 the world with Capt. Ellis in the Stodrmount and 
 Eliza. In Oct. 1794 he became Midshipman of the 
 Experiment lugger, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Hayes, 
 on the Home and Mediterranean stations, where, 
 until Sept. 1803, he also served, latterly as Master's 
 Mate, in the Mahonesa 34, Capts. Devonshire and 
 John Giffard, Achille 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Ed- 
 win Stanhope, Geo. Murray, Edw. BuUer, and Jas. 
 Wallis, Amelia frigate, Capt. Lord Proby, and 
 Utrecht 64, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thombrough. 
 He then joined the Prince of Orange 74, bearing 
 the flag of Admiral Drury, from whom (having 
 passed in 1800) he received an order to officiate as 
 Acting-Lieutenant 1 Nov. 1804. After a continued 
 servitude in that capacity, both in the Princess of 
 Orange and in La FlSche, Capt. Thos. White, 
 Mr. Godfrey was at length formally promoted on 
 24 April, 1806, and appointed First-Lieutenant 23 
 Aug. following of the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers. 
 On 13 Dec. 1810 he received a very severe wound 
 while serving, as FirstrLicutenant, with the boats 
 of that ship and a squadron, under Capt. Fras. Wm. 
 Fane, at the destruction, in the mole of Palamos, of 
 a large convoy, protected by two batteries— on 
 which occasion, out of 600 British officers and men, 
 upwards- of 200 were killed, wounded, and taken 
 prisoners.''' My. Godfrey, whose exertions through- 
 out were conspicuous, continued in the Kent until 
 the early part of 1813. He then joined the Viao 
 74, bearing the flag in the Baltic of Rear- Admiral 
 • Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 229. 
 
GODFREY-GODWrn-GOLDFINCH-GOLDlE. 
 
 403 
 
 Jas. NiooU Morris, and, on 3 Sept. 1814, was ap- 
 pointed Senior of the Aquilon 32, Capts. Thos. 
 Burton and Kich. Budd Vincent, on the Mediterra- 
 nean station. He went on half-pay 30 April, 1816 ; 
 and was not afterwards employed. 
 
 The subject of this memoir, who obtained the 
 out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 9 Jan. 1843, 
 gufiered much in the service of his country. He 
 was often under the enemy's iire, was much bat- 
 tered in liis person from the effects of numerous 
 wounds, and had the misfortune to be deprived in 
 action of the faculty of hearing. He married a Miss 
 Swaycr. 
 
 GODFREY. (Lieut., 1815. F-p., 22; h-p., 22). 
 
 John Race Godfrey, born 11 March, 1790, is son 
 of the late John Godfrey, Esq., of Bath, by Sarah, 
 daughter of the late Wm. Wigget, Esq., and sister 
 of the late General Bulwer, of Heydon Hall, co. 
 Korfolk. 
 
 This ofiScer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1803, as Fst.- 
 cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98, bearing 
 the flags in succession of Admirals Sir Kobt. Calder, 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez, Edw. Thombrough, and Lord 
 Gambier ; while in which ship he took part, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the action of 22 July, 1805, and served 
 on shore throughout the operations connected with 
 the attaclc on Copenhagen. After the latter event 
 he served, until his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 15 March, 1815, in the Sdiwan 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Griffith, Lavinia 44, Capt. John Hancock, 
 Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, 
 President 58, Capt. Sam. Warren, and Acasta 40, 
 Capt. Alex. Eobt. Kerr. During the four years of 
 his continuance in the latter ship, Mr. Godfrey, who 
 had previously visited the Mediterranean and Cape 
 of Good Hope, assisted at the re-capture of the 20- 
 gun ship Levant, and also at the taking of five pri- 
 vateers, carrying in the whole 61 guns and 439 men. 
 In 1820 he obtained an appointment in the Coast 
 Guard; after 12 years' retention of which he was 
 placed on half-pay. He has not since had any offi- 
 cial occupation. 
 
 Lieut. Godfrey married, 7 July, 1817, Augusta 
 M&ria, daugliter of the late John Marsh, Esq., of 
 Thornbury, Gloucestershire, by whom he has issue 
 six children. 
 
 and Home stations, in the Pigmy trig, Capt. Wm. 
 Mltchel, Triumph 74, Capt. Rich. Onslow, Flirt 
 brig, Capt. 3aa. Norman, Pbudeste 38, Capt. Henry 
 Trollope, Active frigate, Capt. Edm. Nagle, and 
 Royal George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport. He 
 then joined the Bellerophon 74, Capts. Wm. Hope 
 and Lord Cranstoun, and was afterwards appointed 
 to the Commerce de Marseilles, Capt. Child, and 
 to the Prince Georce, Glory, Thunderer, and 
 Teemendoos, flag-ships, latterly at the Cape of Good 
 Hope and in the East Indies, of Sir Hugh Cloberry 
 Christian. In the capacity of Commander, a rank 
 he attained 15 Jan. 1802, Capt. Godwin next, on 23 
 June, 1803, joined the Trompedse sloop, in which 
 he cruized off the south-west coast of Ireland until 
 30 Sept. 1804. Having been promoted to Post-rank 
 on 8 of the preceding May, he was then superseded ; 
 and since that period he has not been employed. 
 He became a Flag-Officer 17 Aug. 1840. Agents— 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 GODFREY. (Liectenant, 1841.) 
 
 Peter M'Kenzie Godfrey is nearly related, we 
 believe, to Edw. Godfrey, Esq., of Old Hall, co. 
 Suffolk, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 that county. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 June, 1831 ; passed 
 his examination 26 Oct. 1838 ; and, during the latter 
 period of his servitude as Mate, was employed in 
 the Mediterranean on board the Powerful 84, Capt. 
 Geo. Mansel. Obtaining his commission 30 Aug. 
 1841, he was afterwards appointed, on the same 
 station — 6 Oct. 1841, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Bourchier Devereux— .11 June, 1842, to the 
 Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn— and, 23 Oct. 
 1843, to the Warspite 50, Capt. Prove Wm. Parry 
 Wallis. He returned to England in 1846 ; and, 
 since 28 Deo. in that year, has been employed in 
 the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham, on the coast of Af- 
 rica. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GODWIN. (Reab-Admiral of the Red, 1840. 
 r-P., 18; H-p., 49.) 
 
 Matthew Godwin was bom 25 Deo. 1766. 
 
 This oiiicer entered the Navy, 17 May, 1780, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Foudroyant 84, Capt. 
 John Jervis, and, on 21 April, 1782, assisted, as 
 Midshipman, at the capture, after a gallant action 
 of nearly an hour, attended, however, with no ca- 
 sualty to the British, of the French 74-gun ship Pe- 
 ffose, whoso loss, besides being seriously damaged, 
 amounted, out of a crew of 700 men, to 80 killed 
 and wounded. From May in the same year, until 
 the receipt of his first commission, 1 Aug. 1794, Mr. 
 Godwin, with intervals, served, on the West India 
 
 GOLDFINCH. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 George Goldfinch entered the Navy 26 June, 
 1807; and passed his examination in 1815. He 
 afterwards, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Sophie 18, 
 Capt. Geo. Fred. Kyves, contributed by his zealous 
 exertions and cool intrepidity to the successful re- 
 sult of various operations undertaken by the British 
 during the Burmese war. On 7 Oct. 1824 he ap- 
 pears to have been highly spoken of by Capt. Chads 
 for his conduct in a brilliant and decisive attack on 
 the village of Than-ta-bain. He also, on 4 Dec. 
 following, proved himself a valuable officer, and 
 worthy of the highest praise, for the gallant part he 
 took in an attack made by the boats under Lieut. 
 Augustus Henry Kellett upon an enemy's flotilla ; 
 on which occasion he succeeded in personally cap- 
 turing the vessel which carried the flag of the Bur- 
 man chief.* His conduct, in the course of the 
 same month, was again most conspicuous during 
 the investmentby the enemy of the strong fortress 
 of Kemmerdine ; and on the 15th he was once more 
 recommended in consequence of the spirit he dis- 
 played in an action fought between a small British 
 force and 200 of the enemy's, boats on the Lyne 
 river, which terminated in the latter being defeated 
 with great loss. On 6 Feb. 1825 we find his name 
 mentioned in connection with the capture of a large 
 36-gun stockade at Than-ta-bain ;f and at all times 
 do we observe him spoken of in the strongest 
 terms.} As a reward for these services, he was 
 confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 25 July, 1825, in the 
 Lahne 20, Capt. Wm. Burdett Dobson ; but, his 
 health soon obhging him to invalid, he returned 
 home and remained unemployed until 17 April, 
 1831, when he joined for a few months the Pearl 
 20, Capt. Robt. Gordon, then engaged on Particu- 
 lar Service. His succeeding appointments were — 
 18 Dec. 1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington 
 Reynolds, in the Mediterranean — 10 Dec. 1842, as 
 First, to the Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry 
 Wallis, off Lisbon— 25 Feb. 1845, as Senior, to the' 
 Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, part of the 
 Channel squadron — and, 6 July, 1846, in the capa- 
 city of Additional-Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 
 120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, lying at Devonport. 
 He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and is 
 now on half-pay. 
 
 GOLDIE. (Commander, 1839. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 5.) 
 
 Alexander Taubman Goldie, born 24 Jan. 
 1811, is third son of General Alex. John Goldie, of 
 the Nunnery, Isle of Man. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Deo. 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brazen 26, Capt. Geo. 
 AVickens Willes, in which frigate, and in the Ganges 
 84, and Druid 46, Capts. Sam. Hood Inglefleld and 
 Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he served the whole of his 
 time on the African and South American stations. 
 He obtained his first commission 30 May, 1832 ; was 
 
 125, p. 723. f r. Gai. 1825, p. H93. 
 
 ± V. Ga-i. 1825, p. 2277. 
 
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 GOLDIE-GOLDSMITH— GOOCH. 
 
 afterwards appointed, 23 April, 1833, and 3 Fet. 
 1838, to the Volage and Akdkomeda 28's, Capta. 
 Geo. Bohun Martin, Peter Richards, and Koht. 
 Lambert Baynes, on the Mediterranean and North 
 America and "West India stations ; acquired his pre- 
 sent rank 9 May, 1839 ; and, from 23 March, 1841, 
 until 1846, was employed as an Inspecting Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Commander Goldie married, 14 July, 1841, Mary, 
 youngest daughter of Rich. Simpson, Esq., of the 
 Clifie, Isle of Man, by whom he has issue two 
 daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GOLDIE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 John Goldie (i) entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1803, 
 as Ordinary, on board the St. Albans 64, Capt. 
 John Temple, bearing the flag in the North Sea of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, by whom 
 he was awarded the rating of Midshipman 1 Oct. 
 following. From Aug. 1805, imtil March, 1812, 
 we find him serving on board the Dictator 64, 
 Capts. Jas. Macnamara, Donald Campbell, Rich. 
 Harrison Pearson, and Robt. Williams. In Aug. 
 1807 he accompanied, as Master's Mate, the expe- 
 dition sent against Copenhagen ; and on that occa- 
 sion, being the first officer who efiected a landing, 
 he was sent for by the British Minister, and was by 
 him minutely interrogated on various particulars 
 connected with the land and sea forces. After 
 the fall of Copenhagen, Mr. Goldie appears to have 
 been much engaged with the enemy's gun-boats in 
 the Great Belt, and in one instance he assisted at 
 the cutting out, by the boats of the Dictatok and 
 Edgak, 01? three schooners from under the protec- 
 tion of a battery. He also witnessed the capture 
 of the island of Anholt in May, 1809. During the 
 last two years of the war he served with Capts. R. 
 Williams and Edw. Boys, latterly as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Gloucester 74 and Donika 38, 
 chiefly on the West India station. He was ofiicially 
 promoted 8 July, 1814, but was paid off' in the fol- 
 lowing Sept. ; and has not since been employed. 
 
 He married, first, Elizabeth Rae, eldest daughter 
 of Louis FuUarton, Esq., of Kilmichael, Island of 
 Arran, N. B. ; and se'condly, Mrs. Elizabeth M'Ken- 
 zie. He has issue nine children. 
 
 GOLDSMITH. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Charles Goldsmith entered the Navy 6 July, 
 1806 -, passed his examination in 1814 ; and obtained 
 his commission 10 Jan. 1825. He has been nearly 
 ever since employed either in command of a Re- 
 venue-vessel (he served in the Lapwing, Dolphin, 
 and Shamrock) or in charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 4 Sept. 1844, Mrs. Williams, of Stone- 
 house. 
 
 GOLDSMITH. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 8.) 
 
 George Goldsmith is son of John Goldsmith, 
 Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. (1795), who 
 served in that capacity, on board the Amazon, at 
 Copenhagen in 1801, in the same vessel at the cap- 
 ture in 1806 of the 80-gun ship Marengo and 40-gun 
 frigate Belle Poale, and in the Superb 74 at Algiers, 
 and who is now attached to the William and 
 Mary yacht. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 1821, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Martin 18, Capts. 
 Christ. Craokenthorp Askew and Henry Eden, sta^ 
 tioned in the Mediterranean, where he became Mid- 
 shipman, 16 May, 1824, of the Phaeton 46, Capt. 
 Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt. While next borne on 
 the books, from 18 Oct. 1825 until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 8 Aug. 1828, of the Hyperion 
 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 
 he was lent to the Royal George yacht, and served 
 in her tenders, the Calliope and Onyx, as he did 
 in the Royal Sovereign, when that yacht bore the 
 flag of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence as Lord High 
 Admiral. Mr. Goldsmith's ensuing appointments 
 
 were— 29 Sept. 1828, and 1 March and 26 Aug. 
 1829, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Roht. 
 Cavendish Spencer, Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fan- 
 shawe Martin, and Madagascar again, Capts. Hon. 
 Sir R. C. Spencer and Edm. Lyons, all on the Me- 
 diterranean station— 16 May, 1834, as Senior, to the 
 Childees 16, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, succes- 
 sively employed on the south-east coast of Spain 
 and on the African station — and in April, 1839, in 
 a similar capacity, to the Druid 44, Capts. Henry 
 John Spencer Churchill and Henry Smith. While 
 in the latter ship, during 'the China war, we find 
 him commanding her boats at the capture of 
 Tycooktow, 7 Jan. 1841 ; also present, on 26 Feb., 
 at the takiiig of the forts in the Boca Tigris ; and 
 next displaying the character, when in charge of 
 her launch, of a judicious and gallant officer in the 
 operations which led to the second fall of Canton.* 
 Being awarded a second promotal commission 6 
 May, 1841, and invested with the command, on 14 
 Aug. in the same year, of the Hyacinth 18, Capt. 
 Goldsmith obtained the recommendation of Sir 
 Wm. Parker for his further conduct at the capture 
 of Chinghae 10 Oct. following.t He was promoted 
 for his services to the rank he now holds 16 Sept. 
 1842; paid the Hyacinth off' on 24 of the next 
 month ; and has since been unemployed. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GOOCH. (Commander, 1824. f-p., 12; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 
 George Thomas Gooch, horn 27 Jan. 1797, at 
 Saxlingham Rectory, co. Norfolk, is third son of 
 the late Venerable John Gooch, Archdeacon of 
 Sudbury, by Barbara, daughter of Ralph Sneyd, 
 Esq., of Keele Hall, co. Stafford, and granddaughter 
 of Sir Walter Bagot, Bart., father of the first Lord 
 Bagot. One of his brothers, Henry Edward, who 
 served at Waterloo, is a field-officer in the army. 
 He is first-cousin of the present Sir Thos. Sherlock 
 Gooch, Bart. ; and is also closely related to Com- 
 mander Thos. Lewis Gooch, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 June, 1810, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Amelia, of 48 guns, Capt. 
 Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, with whom he served on flie 
 Channel and African stations, the last few months 
 as Midshipman, until May, 1813. On 7 Feb. in that 
 year he appears to have been wounded, off' the lies 
 de Los, during a desperate conflict of more than 
 three hours and a half with L'Arethuse French fri- 
 gate, of 44 guns and 340 men, which terminated in 
 the separation of the combatants, after a loss to the 
 enemy of 105 killed and wounded, and to the Bri- 
 tish, out of an original force of 300, of 141 men 
 killed and wounded. On next joining the Rippon 
 74, Capt. Sir Christ. Cole, we find Mr. Gooch as- 
 sisting at the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of Le Wiser of 
 44 guns. He afterwards served on the Mediterra- 
 nean and St. Helena stations, in the M^iander 38, 
 Capt. John Bastard, and Conqueror 74, flag-ship of 
 Rear- Admiral Robt. Plampin; and, attaining the 
 rank of Lieutenant 14 JiUy, 1818, was next ap- 
 pointed — 18 Sept. following and 12 Nov. 1819, to 
 the Racoon 26, Capt. Jas. Wallis, and Vigo 74, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Roht. Lambert, both on 
 the St. Helena station-^and, 17 March, 1823, to the 
 Ranger frigate, as Flag-Lieutenant of Sir Chas. 
 Hamilton at Newfoundland. Since his advance- 
 ment to his present rank, 8 July, 1824, Commander 
 Gooch has been on half-pay. 
 
 GOOCH. (Commander, 1842. b-p., 14 ; h-p„ 13.) 
 Thomas Lewis Gooch Is a near relative of Com- 
 msinder Geo. Thos. Gooch, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1820 ; passed 
 Ins examination in 1826 ; and acquired the rank of 
 Lieutenant 28 April, 1827. He was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, on the Mediterranean and Home stations 
 —9 June, 1827, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Leonard 
 Chas. Rooke — 29 May, 1828, to the Wellesley 
 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland — 1 Feb. 1839, 
 
 • -Tilfe'GiM. 1841, pp. 1164, 2507, 2510. 
 t f..Gaz. 1842, p. 2388. 
 
GOODE-GOODING-GOODLAD-GOODRIDGE-GOOLD. 
 
 405 
 
 to the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey— and, 
 12 Feb. 1842, to the command of the Kite steamer. 
 He attained the rank he now holds 7 May, 1842 ; 
 and from 27 Oct. 1843, until the commencement of 
 1847, had command of the Sealakk 16, on the 
 coast of Africa. Agest — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 GOODE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Sephas Goode entered the Navy, 13 May, 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Madras 54, Capt. 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg, stationed in the Medi- 
 terranean ; where, until the conclusion of hostilities, 
 he also served in the Active 48, Capt. Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, Cebberus 32, Capts. Henry Whitby and 
 Thos. Garth, and Kevenoe 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Gore. On 13 March, 1811, he had the fortune to 
 enact a part in the memorable action off Lissa, 
 when a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 
 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a con- 
 flict of six hours, and a loss to the Cerberus (in 
 which frigate he was at the time serving) of 13 
 killed and 41 wounded, a Franco-Venetian arma- 
 ment consisting of 284 guns and 655 men ; and he 
 appears to have been subsequently very severely 
 burnt while endeavouring to extinguish a fire on 
 board La Corona, one of the priaes taken on that oc- 
 casion.* After an attachment of a few months to 
 the Tamar 38, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, and Prince 
 98, flag-ship at Spithead of Sir Kioh. Bickerton, Mr. 
 Goode was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by 
 commission dated 16 Feb. 1815. He has not since 
 been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Goode is at present Deputy-Postmaster in 
 Canada. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GOODING. (Retibed Commander, 1838. f-p., 
 26 ; H-p., 26.) 
 James Glassford Gooding entered the Navy, 
 in Dec. 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Lion 64, 
 Capts. Edm. Crawley and Manley Dixon. On 15 
 July, 1798, being off Carthagena, he took part in a 
 brilliant action between the Lion and four Spanish 
 frigates of 42 guns each, which terminated in the 
 surrender of one of the latter, the Saxta Dorothea. 
 During the afterpart of the French Revolutionary 
 war Mr. Gooding served under Capt. Dixon in the 
 Gen^reux and Alexander 74's, also on the Medi- 
 terranean station. On the renewal of hostilities in 
 1803 he joined the Centaur 74, bearing the broad 
 pendant off Martinique of Sir Sam. Hood, by whom, 
 in Oct. of the same year, he was appointed to the 
 command, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of 
 the Berbice schooner. In that vessel, to which he 
 was confirmed 20 Nov. 1805, he continued to serve 
 until May, 1806. He then removed to the North- 
 umberland 74, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane, but being soon afterwards again invested 
 with the command of a schooner, the FLriNO Fish, 
 he joined in a successful expedition against a nest 
 of privateers located at Batabano, in Cuba, and was 
 likewise a participator in the Bueno-Ayrean opera- 
 tions of 1807. In June, 1809, Mr. Gooding was ap- 
 pointed to the Dannemabk 74, Capt. Jas. Bissctt, 
 under whom he accompanied the expedition to the 
 Walchcren, whence, after the reduction of Flush- 
 ing, he invalided. His last appointments were — be- 
 tween 1810 and 1813, to the Kosario 10, Capt. Booty 
 Harvey, and to the First-Lieutenancy of several 
 line-of-battle ships, bearing the flag on the Baltic 
 and Brazilian stations of his old Captain, Eear-Ad- 
 miral Manley Dixon— and, 28 Nov. 1823, to the 
 command of the Cygnet packet, which he retained 
 until paid off' 18 Oct. 1832. He assumed the rank 
 of Retired Commander 18 April, 1838. 
 
 GOODLAD. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 16; fi-p., 27.) 
 Edward Goodlad entered the Navy, 2 March, 
 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Neptune 98, 
 Capts.Wm. O'Brien Drury, Sir Thos. Williams, and 
 Thos. Fras. Fremantle, under the latter of whom 
 he fought, as Midshipman, at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 
 
 1805. In Dec. 1806 he removed to the St. George 
 98, Cajit. Thos. Bertie, and while afterwards at- 
 
 • VideGta.. 1811, p. S95. 
 
 taohed, from 1808 to 1810, to the Neptune and 
 PoMP^E, flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he assisted 
 at the reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe. 
 During the remaining portion of the war we &id 
 him successively serving, on the Home and Medi- 
 terranean stations, in the Blonde frigate, Bellona 
 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Standard 64, 
 Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, Bulwark 74, Capt. 
 Joshua Sidney Hprton, Milford 74, flag-ship of 
 Rear- Admiral T. F. Fremantle, and, as Lieutenant 
 (commission dated 22 Jan. 1814), in the Edinburgh 
 74, Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas. 
 Under the latter officer Mr, Goodlad, in 1813-14, 
 witnessed the capture of Port d'Anzo, the unsuc- 
 cessful attack on Leghorn, the reduction of the for- 
 tress of Santa Maria, and of the enemy's other forts 
 and defences in the Gulf of Spezia, and the fall of 
 Genoa. He was afterwards employed in the Boynb 
 98, Queen Charlotte 100, and Hyacinth 20, 
 Capts. Fred. Lewis Maitland, Chas. Inglis, and 
 Alex. Renton Sharpe, on the Cork and Home sta- 
 tions ; and, being then placed on half-pay, was not 
 again employed until appointed, 23 June, 1823, to 
 the Cambridge 82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, in 
 which ship he served on the South American sta- 
 tion, until paid off in June, 1827. Since that pe- 
 riod (with the exception of two years, from 14 
 April, 1836, to 10 April, 1838, during which he ofl- 
 ciated as Agent for Transports Afloat) Lieut. Good- 
 lad has not been employed. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 GOODKIDGE. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 18; h-p., 21.) 
 Richard Goodridge entered the Navy, 26 July, 
 1808, as Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the TiMEHAiRE 98, 
 Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, bearing the flag after- 
 wards, in the Baltic and off the Port of Cadiz, of Rear- 
 Admirals Manley Dixon and Fras. Pickmore, in 
 which ship he continued to serve, the last 18 months 
 as Midshipman, until March, 1811. Joining then 
 the Unite, 36, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, 
 he took part, on 1 of the following May, and was 
 wounded, in a very gallant action of an hour and a 
 half in Sagone Bay, where that frigate, in company 
 with the PoMONE 38, and Scout 18, effectually de- 
 stroyed the two armed store-ships Giraffe and 
 Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and 
 protected by a 5-gun battery, a martello tower, and 
 a body of about 200 regular troops. He also, on 
 29 Nov. in the same year, assisted in capturing, 
 after a severe running fight of four hours, the 26- 
 gun store-ship La Persanne, who, until the moment 
 of her surrender, had been taken for a frigate. In 
 Jan. 1813, Mr. Goodridge removed for a few months 
 tothe Pylades sloop, Capt. Jas. Wemyss, but then 
 rejoined the Unit^, and continued to serve in that 
 frigate until transferred, in Oct. 1814, to the Menai 
 24, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell. On his return home 
 from North America, in Jan. 1817, he joined the 
 Coast Blockade, as Midshipman of the Severn 40, 
 Capt. Wm. M'Culloch; under whom he remained 
 until promoted 16 Aug. 1819. Mr. Goodridge— who 
 appears to have been again employed in the same 
 service, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, from 12 May, 
 1829, to Sept. 1830, of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye— has been in charge, since 6 Dec. 
 1841, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 GOOLD. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Hugh Goold, born 31 March, 1786, is only son of 
 Hugh Goold, Esq., Purser, R.N., who served in 
 that capacity on board the Buffalo 60, Capt. John 
 HoUoway, at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782, was 
 afterwards the first to establish the Navy Agency 
 business at Portsmouth, and ultimately died in the 
 year 1787. 
 
 This ofBoer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1800, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Beaakhel 54, Capt. 
 Geo. Clarke, bearing the fls^ at Portsmouth of 
 Rear- Admiral John Holloway ; and, on next joining 
 the Isis 50, Capt. Jas. Walker, took part in the 
 battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. From the 
 following Joly until Oct. 1806 wo find him serving 
 
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 GOOSE— GORDON. 
 
 ■with the latter officer and with Capts. John Perkins 
 and Edw. Hawker in the Taktak 32 ; during which 
 period he witnessed the capture, 25 June, 1803, of 
 the 74-gun ship Duqiiesne, and schooner Oi^eau, and 
 was present at the blockade of Cape Franfois, and 
 the ensuing surrender of a Frencli scLuadron with the 
 remains of General Eochambeau's army on board. 
 He also on one occasion, when in charge of a prize, 
 succeeded in suppressing a desperate attempt made 
 by the prisoners to regain their vessel, but not until 
 he had been personally engaged in a deadly struggle 
 of nearly an hour's duration with the chief of his 
 assailants. So great indeed was the admiration en- 
 tertained of Mr. Goold's conduct in this desperate 
 affair, that the Captain, officers, and crew of the 
 Taetak united in presenting him with the sum of 
 a hundred guineas. After serving for some time 
 with Capt. Hawker in the Melampcs 36, he was at 
 length appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in 1807, of til e 
 Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, on the 
 Halifax station ; where, and in the Channel, he 
 commanded the Vesta and Pokget schooners, from 
 March, , 1808, to June, 1810— his promotion being 
 confirmed during that period by commission dated 
 16 June in the former year. Mr. Goold, who ap- 
 pears to have been employed in the Walcheren ex- 
 pedition, was afterwards attached for four years to 
 the Cadiz flotilla, part of the time as divisional 
 officer. On 1 March, 1811, while in the execution 
 of his duty, he had the misfortune to have one or 
 two of his fingers broken and his hand otherwise 
 fearfully lacerated, but he refused to resign the 
 command of his gun-boat, and altogether con- 
 ducted himself in such a manner as to draw forth 
 the, warm approbation of the present Sir Geo. 
 Cockburn. In 1815-16 Mr. Goold next served on 
 board the Contest and Childers sloops, Capts. 
 Jas. Kattray and Rich. Wales, on the Home and 
 "West India stations ; and he was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 16 Dec. 1826, to the Transport service — 
 and, in 1828-9-30, to the Senior-Lieutenancy of the 
 Britannia, St. Vincent, and Caledonia, flag- 
 ships at Plymouth of Lord Northesk and Sir Manley 
 Dixon. . He attained the rank of Commander 22 
 July, 1830 ; and since 27 Aug. 1846 has been offici- 
 ating as Second-Captain of the Ocean 80, and Vic- 
 TOitr 104, guard-ships at Sheerness and Portsmouth. 
 It is right that we should here record the fact 
 that this officer has never been able to procure 
 the slightest compensation for his wound, although 
 he still acutely feels its effects. He married, 1 July, 
 1819, Harriet, only daughter of Jas. Knight, Esq., of 
 Landport Terrace, Southsea, Portsmouth, by whom 
 he has issue six sons and one daughter. One of the 
 former, Hugh Hamilton, is a Eirst-Lieutenant, K.M. 
 Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 GOOSE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 1 9.) 
 WiELiAM Go06e entered the Navy, 29 April, 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. 
 Jas. Lillicrap ; as Midshipman of which vessel, and 
 of the KenommAe frigate, Capt. Sir Thos. Living- 
 stone, he appears to have been frequently engaged 
 with the enemy's flotilla and batteries in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Boulogne. The Renomm^e afterwards, 
 on 4 April, 1806, captured, under Fort Callartes, 
 near Cape de Gata, the Spanish man-of-war brig 
 Vigilante, of 18 guns and 109 men. During the 
 last seven years of the war, Mr. Goose successively 
 served, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, 
 in the Bombay 74, Capt. "Wm. Cuming, Perlen 38, 
 Capts. Joseph Swabey Tetley and John Allen, Rod- 
 ney 74, Capt. Edw. Durnford King, Maes 74, Capt. 
 Henry Raper, Soakboeough and Namur 74's, flag- 
 ships of Rear-Admirals John Ferrier and Sir Thos. 
 Williams, and Merope 10, Capt. Wm. Benj. Suck- 
 ling. The Peblen, on 22 Nov. 18U, was pursued, 
 and for several hours endured a close running-fight 
 with a French line-of-battle ship and frigate from 
 Toulon ; yet she succeeded in gallantly effecting her 
 escape. Mr. Goose, who attained. his present rank 
 8 Feb. 1815, was afterwards employed in the Coast 
 Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, from Dec. 
 
 1827 to Oct 1828, of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye. He has been in command, since 23 
 Jan. 1835, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Alexander Crombie Gordon, born 3 Deo. 1818, 
 is third son of John Gordon, Esq., F.S.A.S., of 
 Caimbulg, co. Aberdeen, one of the Deputies of the 
 Vice-Admiral of Scotland, and a Director of the 
 Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland; by 
 Catharine Anne, daughter of the late Sir Wm. 
 Forbes, fifth Baronet of Craigievar, by the Hon. 
 Sarah Sempill, daughter of John, 12th Lord Sem- 
 pill. One of his brothers, John, is a Lieutenant in 
 the 6th Eegt. of Bengal Native Infantry ; another, 
 William, is a Lieutenant in the 17th Regt. of Foot ; 
 and a third, Charles, is a Lieutenant in the 92nd 
 Highlanders. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 31 May, 1831 ; passed 
 his examination 3 Jan. 1838 ; and after serving for 
 some time as Mate, on the North America, West 
 India, and Mediterranean stations, in the Cleopa- 
 tra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill, and Queen 110, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, was promoted 
 to the rank he now holds 17 Sept. 1842. Since 18 
 of the following month he has been employed on the 
 Station last mentioned in the Inconstant 36, Capts. 
 Fred. Thos. Michell and Chas. Howe Fremantle, of 
 which frigate he is now Second-Lieutenant. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Alexander Duff Gordon is yoimger brother of 
 Lieut. D. M. Gordon, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1832 ; passed his 
 examination 12 Feb. 1840 ; was employed as Mate, 
 in 1842-3, on board the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; then joined 
 the Illustrious 72, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Adam on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion ; and, within a few months after the paying-off 
 of that ship, was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant — his commission bearing date 6 Dec. 1845. 
 He has been serving, since 12 Jan. 1846, in the 
 Electra 14, commanded, on the same station as 
 was the Illustrious, by Capts. Wm. Heriot Mait- 
 land and Wm. Fred. Pleydell Bouverie. 
 
 GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1836.) 
 
 Augustus Gordon passed his examination iil 
 1830 ; and obtained his commission 16 Feb. 1836. 
 His appointments have since been — 18 March, 1836, 
 to the Talaveka 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and 
 Wm. Bowen Mends, on the Mediterranean station — 
 1 Oct. 1840, after a few months of half-pay, to the 
 Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Robt. 
 Smart, and Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for some time of 
 Sir Fi-as. Mason, also in the Mediterranean, whence 
 he returned home and was paid off in 1843 — and, 30 
 Oct. 1844, as Senior, to the Thunder surveying- 
 vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, with whom he is now 
 serving on the North America and West India star 
 tion. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 GORDON, C.B. (Eear-Admirai, of the Blue, 
 1841. r-p., 19 ; H-p., 36.) 
 
 Charles Gordon (a) is younger brother of Kear- 
 Admiral Henry Gordon. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 19 
 Dec. 1792; and embarked in June, 1796, as Mid" 
 shipman, on board the C^sar 80, Capt. Chas. Edm. 
 Nugent, stationed in the Channel. In June, 1799, 
 after having further served on the Baltic and East 
 India stations, in the Impetceux 74, Capt. John 
 Willet Payne, Virginie frigate, Capt. Anthony 
 Hunt, and Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Peter Rainier, he was appointed Acting- 
 Third-Lieutenant of La Forte 44, Capt. Lucius 
 Ferdinand Hardyman ; in which ship he was 
 wrecked, in Jedda Harbour, on the Red Sea, in 
 June, 1801. Being confirmed a Lieutenant, 11 
 March, 1802, in the Diamond frigate, Capt. Edw. 
 Griffith, Mr. Gordon was next, until the receipt of 
 
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 407 
 
 his second promotal commission, dated 20 May, 
 1806, employed in tliat capacity in tlie same, ship, 
 and in the Venerable 74, Capt. John Clarke Searle, 
 and Dbeadnodght 98, and Viile de Paris 110, 
 both flag-ships of Hon. Wm. Comwallis, and all at- 
 tached to the fleet in the Channel, where for three 
 years ha ofUciated as Signal-officer to the last-named 
 Admiral. He then assumed command of the St. 
 LociA sloop, off Antigua, and continued to be em- 
 ployed in that vessel until May, 1807 ; at which pe- 
 riod, we believe, he had the misfortune to be cap- 
 tured by the enemy. He was promoted from the 
 Eclair to the Captaincy, on 21 Dec. in the latter 
 year, of the Caroline 36, one of a squadron em- 
 ployed at the destruction, during the month of Nov. 
 1809,' of more than 80 piratical vessels at Kas-al- 
 Khyma and other ports in the Persian Gulf, where 
 the assistance he afforded to Capt. John Wain- 
 wright, the senior officer, was of the most effectual 
 nature.* Capt. Gordon's next appointment we find 
 was to the command, in April, 1810, of the Cetlon 
 adopted Indiaman ; which frigate, having at the 
 time 40 guns and 295 men, including Major-General 
 Abercromby and staff, on board, was taken off the 
 Isle of France, on 18 of the following September, 
 after a violent intermittent night-actipn of three 
 hours, and a loss of 10 killed and 31 (among whom 
 was Capt. Gordon severely) wounded, by the French 
 ships Venus of 44 guns and 380 men, and Victor of 
 16 guns. The latter vessel joined in at the tail of 
 the fight, when both the other combatants were 
 partially disabled, and induced the British frigate 
 to strike to her ; t an honour, it appears, she would 
 not have achieved, had she not, by carrying three 
 masts instead of two, conveyed an idea of her being 
 equal in force to the Vimis. The Ceylon was, how- 
 ever, retaken in the course of the same day by the 
 BoADiOEA 38, in company with the Otter brig. 
 Her Captain, whose Court-martial acquitted him 
 and his officers of all blame in the catastrophe, went 
 on half-pay on 10 of the next December, and has not 
 since been employed. He was nominated a C.B. 4 
 July, 1840; and advanced to Flag-rank 23 Nov. 
 1841. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 20 Nov. 1818, Anne, 
 eldest daughter of Lieut.-General Lord Blayney. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 GORDON. (Captain, 1828.) 
 Charles Gordon (4) entered the Navy, 19 June, 
 
 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hdssar 38, Capts. 
 Alex. Skene and Jas. Coutts Crawford, part of the 
 force employed at the reduction of Java in Sept. 
 
 1811. He continued to serve with Capt. Crawford 
 in the East Indies, latterly as Midshipman of the 
 MoDESTE frigate, until his return to England in the 
 spring of 1813, when he joined for a brief period the 
 TnisBE 28, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton in 
 the river Thames. The after-part of the French 
 and American wars was passed by Mr. Gordon on 
 the Newfoundland, Home, and Chesapeake sta- 
 tions, in the Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Sir Kich. 
 Goodwin Keats, Kotal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir 
 Edw. Berry, and Erebus rocket-ship, Capts. John 
 Forbes and David Ewen Bartholomew. While un- 
 der the latter officer, he was actively employed in 
 the brilliant expedition conducted by Sir Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon against Alexandria in Aug. 1814, during the 
 operations connected with which the Erebus sus- 
 tained a loss of 3 men killed and 14 wounded ; and 
 he also shared in the attack upon Baltimore. Until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 14 July, 1818, 
 Mr. Gordon next served in the East Indies and Me- 
 diterranean on board the Larne 20, Capt. Sir John 
 Gordon Sinclair, Challenger and Zebra sloops, 
 both commanded by Capt. Henry Forbes, and Ga- 
 NVMEOE 26, Capt. Hon. Kobt. Cavendish Spencer. 
 He was then successively appointed, on the Medi- 
 terranean and Cape of Good Hope stations, in Aug. 
 1818, to the Tagos 42, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans 
 Dundas— 12 Jan. 1819, to the Active 46, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon— and 29 JIarch, 1822, to the 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1023. f V- G>z- 1811, p. 864. 
 
 Ariadne 26, Capts. Constantine Richard Moorsom. 
 and Isham Fleming Cbapman. Assuming the rank 
 of Commander 6 Jan. 1826, he next, on 17 April, 
 1827, joined the Cadmus 10, stationed in South 
 America. He returned home on the receipt of his 
 Pflst-commission, bearing date 17 April, 1828, and 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 GORDON. (LiEiTT., 1813. F-p., 15; H-p., 27.) 
 Charles Rumbold Gordon entered the Navy, 
 8 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Zealand 
 64, Capt. Hen. Lidgbird Ball, lying at the Nore; 
 and afterwards, until promoted to the rahk of Lieu- 
 tenant 13 Dec. 1813, served as Midshipman, on the 
 Home, Baltic, and North American stations, in the 
 Calypso 18, Capts. Matthew Barton Bradby and 
 Matthew Forster, Malabar, Capt. John Temple, 
 Zealand again, Capt. Robt. Devereux Fancourt, 
 AiMABLE 32, Capts. Lord Geo. Stuart and WooU- 
 combe, Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. RoUes, Han- 
 nibal 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral P. C. Durham, 
 Christian Vn. 80, Capt. H. L. Ball, and Bulwark 
 and St. Domingo 74'a, bearing the respective flags 
 of Admirals Philip Charles Durham and Sir John 
 Borlase Warren. Of the above ships, the Calypso, 
 on 18 July, 1805, bore a part, and particularly dis- 
 tinguished herself, in a very gallant attack made 
 upon a division of the enemy's flotilla under the 
 powerful batteries on Cape de Gris Nez. Another 
 of them, the Aimable, effected the capture, on 3 
 Feb. 1809 (with a loss to herself during a shbrt 
 running fight of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy 
 of 2 killed and 8 wounded), of L'Iris, French na- 
 tional ship, pierced for 32 guns, but only mounting 
 24, the fire from w^ich also materially damaged the 
 Aimable in her masts, spars, sails, and rigging. 
 Mr. Gordon, who served for several months imme- 
 diately consecutive on his promotion in the Co- 
 lumbia sloop, Capt. Hen. Ducie Chads, on the 
 North America and West India station, was after- 
 wards employed on the Coast Blockade as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant, from 22 Dec. 1824, until April, 
 1829, of the Ramillies, Hyperion, and Ramillies, 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and 
 Hugh Pigot. He has not since held any appoint- 
 ment. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 David Macdowall Gordon is second son of 
 Thos. Gordon, Esq:, of Park House, co. Banff (Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel of the Inverness and Banff Militin, 
 a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, and Convener 
 of Banffshire since 1812), by the eldest daughter of 
 David Macdowall Grant, Esq., of Arndilly. His 
 eldest brother, Lachlan Duff, is a Captain in the 
 20th Regt. ; and his youngest, Alexander Duff, is a 
 Lieutenant R.N. One of his imcles, Mr. Alex. 
 Duff, Master's Mate of the Mars 74, was killed on 
 board that ship at Trafalgar. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1832 ; passed his 
 examination 6 Feb. 1839 ; and served as Mate, on 
 the Mediterranean, Home, East India, and North 
 America and West India stations, in the Thunderer 
 84, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley 
 and Dan. Pring, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings, and Agincoubt and Illustrious 
 72's, flag-ships of Sir Thos. John Cochrane and Sir 
 Chas. Adam. On obtaining his promotion, 24 March, 
 1845, Mr. Gordon rejoined the Agincourt as an Ad- 
 ditional-Lieutenant. Since 27 Feb. 1846 he has 
 been in command, also in the East Indies, of the 
 Young Hebe tender, and Royalist brig. 
 
 GORDON, K.S.F. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 George Thomas Gordon entered the Navy 5 
 March, 1818 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; and 
 on obtaining his first commission, 6 May, 1829, 
 joined the Revenge 76, commanded in the Medi- 
 terranean by Capt. Norborne Thompson. His sub- 
 sequent appointments were, on the same, and on the 
 North America and West India, Home, and Lisbon 
 stations— 4 May, 1830, to the Erebus 10, Capt. 
 
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 GORDON. 
 
 Philip Broke— 5 Oct. 1832, to the Ehadamanthus 
 steam-vessel, Capt. Geo., Evans— 9 Sept. 1835, as 
 First, to the Phcenix, another steamer, Capt. Wm. 
 Honeyman Henderson, his services under whom on 
 the coast of Spain and at the siege of Bilbao pro- 
 cured him the first class of the Order of San Fer- 
 nando— 7 Jan. 1837, as Additional, to the William 
 AND Maky yacht, Capt. Sir John Louis— and, 1 
 July, 1837, to the command of the Comet steamer. 
 He was promoted from the latter vessel to the rank 
 he now holds 1 Aug. 1840; and, since 11 April, 1843, 
 has been In command of the Coemokant steam- 
 sloop, on the Pacific station. His Post-commission 
 bears date 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 GOEDON. (Keab-Admikai, of the Red, 1840. 
 r-p.; 19; H-p., 37.) 
 
 Henry Gordon is second son of Capt. Fras. 
 Grant Gordon, R.N. (who died in 1803), by Mary, 
 daughter of Sir Willoughby Aston, Bart. ; brother 
 of Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Jas. "Wil- 
 loughby Gordon, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H., Colonel of 
 the 23rd Foot and Quartermaster-General of the 
 Forces, and of Rear-Admiral Chas. Gordon, C.B. ; 
 and brother-in-law of the late Sir Robt. Wemyss. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1791, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Robust 74, Capt. Row- 
 land Cotton, on the Home station, -^here, and in 
 the West Indies, he was afterwards employed, until 
 Dec. 1796, in the Edgak and Ganges 74's, both 
 commanded by Capt. A. J. P. MoUoy, and Cjesar 
 80, and Beaulieu frigate, bearing the flags of Hon. 
 Wm. CornwaUis and Sir John Laforey. He then 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Malabak 54, 
 Capt. John Parr, and on 13 July, 1798, was con- 
 firmed into the Matilda 24, Capt. H. Mitford, 
 both likewise stationed in the West Indies. Joining 
 next, 22 Nov. 1799, the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas. 
 Alms, Mr. Gordon continued to serve in that ship 
 until 10 March, 1800, on which date he had the 
 misfortune to be wrecked on a sunken rock near 
 Ushant, and taken prisoner. On regaining his liberty 
 a few months afterwards he joined the Princess of 
 Orange 74, fiag-ship in the North Sea of Admiral 
 Dickson, under whom he appears to have been 
 serving at the time of his promotion to the rank of 
 Commander, 29 April, 1802. On 24 March, 1804, 
 while on his passage to Newfoundland with a con- 
 voy of 8 merchantmen in the Wolverene, a flimsy 
 sloop of 13 guns and 76 men, to which he had been 
 appointed 19 Oct. 1803, Capt. Gordon fell in with 
 and was captured, after a furious and most noble 
 resistance of 50 minutes, by the French frigate- 
 built privateer Blonde, of 30 guns and 180 men, 
 6 of whom only were wounded, while the British 
 sustained a loss of 5 killed and 10 wounded. The 
 gallantry of the Wolverene in prolonging the fight 
 until she was actually going down enabled the 
 greater part of the convoy to accomplish their 
 escape. Her intrepid Captain was rewarded with 
 a Post-commission dated 8 April, 1805 ; and he 
 had the further gratification, on his return to Eng- 
 land in Nov. 1811, of being most honourably ac- 
 quitted by a Court-Martial. He has not since, how- 
 ever, been afloat. His promotion to Flag-rank took 
 place 17 Aug. 1840. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 18 Deo. 1826, Char- 
 lotte, daughter of the late Sir John Wrottesley, 
 Bart., and widow of the Rev. John Heylar. Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 GORDON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Henry Cranmer Gordon entered the Navy, 26 
 Dec. 1806, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Meleager 
 36, Capts. John Broughton and Fred. Warren, in 
 which frigate he visited the latitude of Greenland, 
 and was ultimately wrecked, as Midshipman, on 
 Barebush Key, near Port Royal, Jamaica, 30 July, 
 1808. After that catastrophe Mr. Gordon served 
 for nearly six years with Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby in 
 the Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bar- 
 tholomew Sam. Rowley, and Hyperion 36. During 
 
 that period he witnessed the surrender of the town 
 of St. Domingo to the British and Spanish arms in 
 July, 1809 ; made a voyage to Davis Strait, where 
 he cruized during the whole of the summer of 1812 
 for the protection of the whale-fishery; then es- 
 corted convoy from Newfoundland to Barbadoes; 
 was afterwards frozen up in St. John's Harbour ; 
 and was further actively employed in the Channel. 
 He next became attached for a period of six months 
 to the Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, and 
 then sailed for the East Indies in the Cornwallis 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton. He there acted 
 for a short period as Lieutenant of the Wellesley 
 74, Capt. John Harper, but since the receipt of his 
 commission, which bears date 4 Feb. 1815, has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 GORDON. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 14; h-p., 31.) 
 James Gordon (a) entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 
 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Akgo 44, Capt. 
 Benj. Hallowell, one of the ships employed in the 
 following year under Sir Sam. Hood at the reduc- 
 tion of the islands of Ste. Lucie and Tobago. Ac- 
 companying Capt. Hallowell, as Midshipman, in 
 Aug. 1804, into the Tigre 80, he next, in the course 
 of 1805, revisited the West' Indies with Lord Nel- 
 son in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France 
 and Spain, and in 1807 took part, we believe, in the 
 expedition to Egypt. In July of the latter year he 
 became Master's Mate of the Moselle 18, Capt. 
 Alex. Gordon, with whom he served on the Jamaica 
 station until within a short period of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 12 Dec. 
 1808. Between that period and the conclusion of 
 hostilities in 1815, Mr. Gordon appears to have 
 been further employed, chiefly on the Home station, 
 in the Osprey 18, Capt. Timothy Clinch, Gany- 
 mede 26, Capts. Alex. Robt. Kerr and Robt. Oath- 
 cart, Rattler sloop, Capt. Alex. Gordon, Ebky- 
 DicE 24, Capt. Jas. Bradshaw, Circe 28, Capt. Edw. 
 WooUcombe, Nymphen 36, Capt. Matthew Smith, 
 and RoTAL Sovereign and 'Tonnaht, flag-ships of 
 Sir Benj. Hallowell. His last appointment was, 28 
 July, 1819, to the Leander 60, flag-ship in the East 
 Indies of Hon. Sir Hen. Blackwood, under whom 
 he was serving as First Lieutenant at the time of 
 his promotion to the rank of Commander, 29 Jan. 
 1821. 
 
 GORDON. (Commander, 1834. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 9.) 
 James Gordon (4) was bom 5 Aug. 1795. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rattler 16, Capt. Alex. 
 Gordon, stationed ofi' the coast of North America, 
 where, until Aug. 1813, he further served with 
 great activity in, among other ships, the Maid- 
 stone 36, Capt. Wm. Skipsey, Narcissus 32, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, and Akbar 50, Capt. 
 Chas. Bullen. He was next employed for upwards 
 of three years in the Vengeok and Queen Char- 
 lotte, guard-ships at Portsmouth, and then succes- 
 sively joined the Rochfort and Revenge 74's, flag- 
 ships in the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Fremantle, 
 Sir Graham Moore, and Sir Harry Burrard Neale. 
 While on the latter station he commanded a tender, 
 the Express schooner, from Sept. 1821 until his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 June, 1826, 
 and was employed for five months of 1824 at the 
 blockade of Algiers. On the receipt of his com- 
 mission Mr. Gordon removed to the Medina 20, 
 Capt. Timothy Curtis, in which vessel he returned 
 home and was paid ofi" in 1827. He afterwards 
 served, from 2 April, 1828, until 16 April, 1831, on 
 board tlie Pearl 20, commanded on the Cork sta- 
 tion by Capt. Geo. Chas. Blake. He attained his 
 present rank 6 June, 1834, and has been twice in- 
 vested with a command in the Coast Guard, first at 
 Fowey, in Cornwall, and next at Whitby, in York- 
 shire. The former appointment he held for three, 
 and the other for five, years. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
GORDON". 
 
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 GORDON. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 James Gordon (a) entered the Navy, 6 May, 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Akibl sloop, Capt. 
 Joseph Oliver; of which vessel, stationed in the 
 North Sea, he became Midshipman 13 Deo. 1807. 
 After a servitude of about 12 months in the river 
 Thames on board the Thisbe 28, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Royal Sovereign 
 yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale, he joined, in 
 July, 1809, the Mtsa bomb, Capts. Wm. Godfrey, 
 Peter Lawless, and John Bowker, part of the force 
 employed in the ensuing expedition to the "Walche- 
 ren. Until Jan. 1816 he appears to have next served 
 in succession on the Home, North American, and 
 Mediterranean stations, in the Thisbe and Belvi- 
 DERA, bearing the respective flags of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Edwin Stanhope and Sir Herbert Sawyer, Melam- 
 pus 36, Capt. Edw. Hawker, Guehri^re 38, Capt. 
 Jas. Rich. Dacres, Earl of Moira tender, I.ieut.- 
 Commander John Pitman, Salvador del Mdndo, 
 flag-ship of Sir Wm. Domett, and Asia 74, Capt. 
 Alex. Skene. He then went on half-pay, having 
 been awarded a commission dated 3 March, 1815 ; 
 and has not since been afloat. Agent— Joseph 
 AVoodhead. 
 
 GORDON, K.C.B. (Eear-Admiral of thk Red, 
 1837. r-P., 30 ; H-P., 24.) 
 
 Sir James Ale.\ander Gordon is eldest son of 
 the late Chas. Gordon, Esq., of Wardhouse, co. 
 Aberdeen, by a daughter of the late Major Jas. 
 Mercer, of Auchnacant, in the same shire ; and 
 uncle of Commander Thos. Fred. Birch, R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1793, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Arrogant 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, employed on the Home 
 station ; where, and in the Mediterranean, he after- 
 wards served, part of the time as Midshipman, in 
 the Invincible, Ramillies, and Defence 74's, 
 Capts. Hon. Thos. Fakenham, Sir Rich. Bickerton, 
 and Thos. Wells, Eukydice and RivoLUTiONNAiRE 
 frigates, both commanded (the latter in Bridport's 
 action) by Capt. Fras. Cole, Namur 98, Capt. J. H. 
 Whitshed, Goliath 74, Capt. Thos. Foley (one of 
 the victorious fleet in the battle oif Cape St. Vincent, 
 14 Feb. 1797), and EorAL William, flag-ship of 
 Admiral Milbanke. Being promoted to a Lieute- 
 nancy, 27 Jan. 1800, in Le Bodrdelois, of 24 guns 
 and 195 men, Capts. Thos. Manby and John Hayes, 
 he particularly signalized himself in that ship, on 
 28 Jan. 1801, at the capture, after a close cannonade 
 of half an hour, of the French national brig La 
 Curieuse, of 18 guns and 168 men, about 50 of whom 
 were killed and wounded, while the British only 
 sustained a loss of 1 man killed and 7 wounded. 
 Towards the end of 1802 Mr. Gordon became First- 
 Lieutenant of the Racoon 18, Capts. Wilson Rath- 
 borne and Austin Bissell ; by the latter of whom 
 we find his conduct on many occasions described as 
 highly exemplary and praiseworthy, but especially 
 lauded in a very warm action of 40 minutes, which, 
 on 11 July, 1803, led to the capture, in Leogane 
 Roads, of the French corvette Le Lodi, of 10 guns 
 and 61 men.* Succeeding Capt. Bissell, on 3 March, 
 1804, in the command of the Racoon, Capt. Gordon 
 had the good fortune, during his continuance in 
 that sloop, to make prize of many of the enemy's 
 vessels, and, among others, of the French national 
 transport L'Argo, of 6 guns and 30 men, and the 
 privateers L'Aventure, of 1 gun and 28 men, and 
 L' Alliance, of 6 ^uns and 68 men. He was posted, 
 16 May, 1805, into the Diligentia, afterwards 
 Legera, employed, as was the Racoon, on the 
 Jamaica station, but resigned the command in a 
 few months, and was next appointed, 18 June, 1807, 
 to the Mercury 28. After visiting Newfoundland 
 with convoy, he proceeded off Cadiz, where, in 
 company with the Alceste 38, and Grasshopper 18, 
 he took a distinguished part, 4 April, 1808, in a 
 gallant action of two hours and a half, which ter- 
 minated in the defeat, under the batteries of Rota, 
 and in the teeth of 11 French and Spanish line-of- 
 • r'iileGaz. 1803, p. 1229. 
 
 battle ships, of 20 of the enemy's gun-boats, having 
 a fleet of merchantmen under their charge.'* During 
 a subsequent command, from 27 June, 1808, to 11 
 June, 1812, of the Active, of 46 guns and 300 men, 
 Capt. Gordon, whose prompt and zealous co-opera- 
 tion in thp different services on which he was em- 
 ployed appears to have raised his name to a high 
 pitch, planned several cutting-out affairs, and on 
 the occasion of one which took place at Ortano, 12 
 Feb. 1811, won the particular thanks of Capt. Henry 
 Whitby, his senior otficer, for the judicious manner 
 in which he placed his ship and prevented any body 
 of the enemy from forming in the rear of the men 
 detached on the expedition.t On 13 March in the 
 same year he had the fortune to render himself 
 conspicuous by his valour in the memorable action 
 off Lisbon, when the Active and three other fri- 
 gates, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, 
 completely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and 
 a loss to the former of 4 killed and 24 wounded, a 
 Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted 
 to 284 guns and 2655 men-I A few months subse- 
 quent to the latter event, on 29 Nov., the Active, 
 whose complement had been reduced to about 218 
 men, again distinguished herself in becoming the 
 captor of ia Ptmone, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50 of 
 whom were killed and wounded. The British did 
 not sustain a loss of more than 8 killed and 27 
 wounded ; among the latter of whom, however, was 
 the gallant Gordon himself, " an officer whose 
 merits," as expressed by Capt. Murray Maxwell, of 
 the Alceste, who had witnessed the action, and 
 been simultaneously engaged with La Pauline, ano- 
 ther of the enemy's frigates, "are known to his 
 country, and who lives in the hearts of all who 
 have the happiness to know him."§ A 36-pounder 
 took his leg clean off, just at the knee-joint, while 
 he was standing on a shot-rack, and leaning on the 
 capstan. Capt. Gordon's next appointment was, on 
 14 Sept. 1812, to the Seahorse 38, in which frigate, 
 after cruizing for some time in the Channel, making 
 a voyage also to South America, and effecting the 
 destruction, 13 Nov. 1813, of Le Suhitile privateer, 
 of 16 guns and 72 men, he joined Sir Alex. Cochrane 
 in the Chesapeake. On 17 Aug. 1814 Capt. Gordon, 
 with a squadron under his orders consisting, besides 
 the Seahorse, of the Euryalos 36, Devastation, 
 JEtna, and Meteor bombs, Erebus rocket-vessel, 
 and Anna Maria tender, entered the river Poto- 
 mac. After ten days of unequalled labour, during 
 which the British were constantly impeded by 
 shoals and contrary winds, and every ship in the 
 squadron grounded not less than 20 times, they 
 reached and attacked Fort Washington ; the which, 
 together with a battery on the beach, a martello 
 tower, and a battery in the rear, containing in the 
 whole 21 heavy cannon and 6 field-pieces, fell into 
 their possession. The city of Alexandria, having 
 thus lost its only defence, was, on the next day, the 
 29th, forced to capitulate on the most humiliating 
 terms. On the 31st the conquerors, animated vrith 
 the success they had encountered, retired in charge 
 of 21 of the enemy's vessels, laden with all kinds of 
 merchandize ; the whole of which they brought 
 down in triumph, notwithstanding that the Ame- 
 ricans, to the natural difficulties with which their 
 invaders had previously had to contend, how added 
 all the obstacles that the most determined spirit of 
 opposition could suggest. The loss endured by the 
 squadron fbrtunately did not exceed 7 killed and 35 
 wounded ; yet some idea of the operations may be 
 formed when it is asserted that during the 23 days 
 they lasted the hammocks of the men were down 
 but for two nights. The issue, indeed, of the enter- 
 prise was stated by Sir Alex. Cochrane to have sur- 
 passed his most sanguine expectations. || Capt. Gor- 
 don afterwards accompanied the expedition against 
 New Orleans, and throughout all its details afforded, 
 as officially recorded, his unwearied and cheerful 
 assistance to Rear-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm.^ 
 The importance of his services met a just reward, 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1808, p. 570. f ^. <'>'■■ ISIl, p. 99T. 
 
 t V. Gai. 1811, pp. 893-4. 5 y. Gaz. 1812, pp. 450, 506. 
 (I r. Gul. 1814, pp. 1940, 2080. ^J F. Gax. 1815, p. 450. 
 
 3G 
 
410 
 
 GORDON. 
 
 on 2 Jan. 1815, by the oonferrence upon him of the 
 K.C.B, Hia after-appointments were— 7 Not. 1815 
 and 24 Oct. 1816, to the Madagascar and Me- 
 ander frigates, the latter of which was all but lost, 
 off Orfordness, in Dec. 1816—11 Jan. 1819, to the 
 Active 46, employed on the Halifax and Mediter- 
 ranean stations— and, in July, 1832, to the superin- 
 tendentship of Chatham Dockyard, where he re- 
 mained, with his name part of the time on the 
 books of the Chatham yacht, until his promotion 
 to Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837. He has been Lieutenant- 
 Governor, since 1 July, 1840, of the Royal Hospital 
 at Greenwich. 
 
 Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon was presented by the 
 Board of Admiralty in 1812 with a gold medal, de- 
 scriptive of the action off Lissa, to be worn with his 
 uniform in the usual manner; and he has been in 
 the receipt, since 31 July in that year, of a pension 
 of 300/. In 1817 he was presented with the freedom 
 of Aberdeen. He married, 27 Aug. 1812, the 
 youngest daughter of John Ward, Esq., of Marlbo- 
 rough, CO. Wilts, by whom he had issue an only son, 
 the late Commander J. A. Gordon, K.N. 
 
 GORDON. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 James Alexander Gordon was born 19 March, 
 1816, and died 6 Jan. 1847. He was only son of 
 Reai'-Admiral Sir Jas. A. Gordon, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 March, 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 6 May, 1835 ; and obtained 
 his first commission 27 June, 1838. His appoint- 
 ments, as Lieutenant, were — 17 Sept. 1838, as Addi- 
 tional, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, 
 on the Lakes of Canada — 23 Oct. 1839, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Donegal 78, flag-ship off Lisbon of 
 Sir John Acworth Ommanney — and (after several 
 months of halfway), 18 Aug. 1841, as Senior, to the 
 Wakspite 50, Capt. Lord John Hay, on the North 
 America and West India station. He attained the 
 rank of Commander 15 Oct. 1842 ; and, from 17 Jan. 
 1845 until the period of his death, which took place 
 as above off Labuan, on the coast of Norway, com- 
 manded the Wolf sloop, of 18 guns. Agents — 
 Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 GORDON. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 12; h-p., 31.) 
 James Alexander Gordon (a) entered the Navy, 
 16 April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville 
 DE Paris 110, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, 
 •bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the Channel, where he attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 1 Nov. following. Re- 
 moving, in Nov. 1806, to the Rotal Sovereign 100, 
 flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Vice-Admiral 
 Edw. Thornbrough, he there served for four years, 
 principally at the blockade of Toulon. He then 
 returned to England in the Montagu 74, Capt. John 
 Halliday, and after a brief attachment to the Eg- 
 mont 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, fitting at Sheer- 
 ness, joined the Lahrestinus 24, Capts. Hon. Wm. 
 Gordon and Thos. Graves ; in which ship, having 
 first visited the Rio de la Plata, and escorted con- 
 voy to Halifax, he took a wai-m part, as Master's 
 Mate, in the hostilities against the Americans in 
 the Chesapeake, and was present in the attack upon 
 Crany Island. The LAHRESTiNts being in the end 
 wrecked, on the Silver Keys, off the Bahamas, on 
 the night of 21 Aug, 1813, Mr. Gordon came home 
 in the Diomede troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Montagu 
 Fabian, but sailed soon after his arrival for Ber- 
 muda as Admiralty-Midshipman of the Asia 64, 
 flagship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane ; by whom he 
 was appointed, 1 April, 1814, Lieutenant of the 
 Manly 14, Capts. Henry C. Merser, Nagle Lock, 
 and Chas. Simeon. His promotion being confirmed 
 by commission dated 26 May in the same year, he 
 continued to serve in the Manlv until paid off in 
 Sept. 1815, and had thus an opportunity of being 
 again employed in the Chesapeake, and of accom- 
 panying the expedition to New Orleans. He has 
 since, however, been on half-pay. 
 
 GORDON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 James Edward Gordon entered the Navy, 16 
 April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville db 
 Paris 110, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, flag- 
 ship in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, by 
 whom he was soon awarded the rating of Midship- 
 man. Between 25 Nov. 1806 and 5 May, 1811, he 
 served, on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations, in 
 the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Edw. Thornbrough, Malta 84, Capt. Robt. 
 Waller Otway, Ville de Paris again, flag-ship at 
 the time of Lord Collingwood, and Barfleur 98, 
 bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley. 
 He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Vestal, 
 Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, and 
 on 17 of the same month had the fortune to be con- 
 firmed by the Admiralty. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — on the North Sea and American sta- 
 tions— 16 Nov. 1811, to the Valiant 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Dudley Oliver— 21 Dec. 1812, to the Lace- 
 D.a:MONiAN 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson— and 16 Nov. 
 1814, to the command of the St. Lawrence schooner, 
 of 12 12-pounder carronades, 1 long 9-pounder, and 
 51 men. In the latter vessel Mr. Gordon had the ill 
 luck, while proceeding with despatches from Rear- 
 Admiral Cockbum relative to the peace between 
 Great Britain and the United States, to be captured, 
 after a desperate and sanguinary action, by the Ame- 
 rican privateer brig Chasseur, of 6 long 9-pounders, 8 
 18-pounder carronades, and 115 men, 26 Feb. 1815.* 
 Being shortly afterwards, however, retaken, the St. 
 Lawrence, in compliance with the orders of Sir 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon, was commissioned afresh at the 
 Havana by her late Commander, who nevertheless 
 went on half-pay on 23 of the following April, and 
 has not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Gordon sat for some time as M.P. for Dun- 
 dalk. He married, 25 Oct. 1836, Barbara, daughter 
 of the late Sam. Smith, Esq., of Berkeley Square, 
 London, and of Woodnall Park, Herts. Agents— 
 Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 GORDON. (Commander, 1815. p-p., 17; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 James Gabriel Gordon entered the Navy, 19 
 Aug. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vengeance 
 74, Capt. Geo. Duff, of which ship, successively sta- 
 tioned in the Channel and West Indies, he became 
 Midshipman 5 Sept. following. During the years 
 1802-3 he appears to have been employed at Ports- 
 mouth on board the Neptune 98, Capts. Eras. 
 Wm. Austen and Wm. O'Brien Drury, Topaze 38, 
 Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, and Puissant 74, 
 Capt. John Irwin. Joining, then, the Illustriods 
 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Michael Seymour, 
 Wm. Shield, and Wm. Robt. Broughton, he com- 
 manded the barge belonging to that ship at the 
 cutting out of a brig from Vivero Harbour, was also 
 present at the attack on the French fleet in Aix 
 Roads, and had further charge of a gun-boat 
 during the expedition to the Walcheren, where he 
 was severely wounded. We are informed that on 
 18 Dec. 1809 Mr. Gordon, while in the Freija fri- 
 gate, witnessed the capture, at Guadeloupe, of the 
 two French frigates Loire and Seine. He shortly 
 afterwards joined the Pompee 80, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Alex. Cochrane, by whom, on 22 Jan. 1810, 
 he was promoted, in consequence of a death va- 
 cancy, to a Lieutenancy in the Guadeloupe sloop, 
 Capt. Michael Head, part of the force employed at 
 the ensuing reduction of the island bearing that 
 name. Being confirmed by the Admiralty 3 Oct. 
 following, Mr. Gordon nextjoined— on6ofthesame 
 month, the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore— and 
 in 1812-14, the Egmoxt, Porcupine, and Queen, 
 flag-ships on the Home and Mediterranean stations 
 of Rear-Admirals Sir Geo. Hope and Chas. Vini- 
 combe Penrose, under the latter of whom, after 
 sharing in the operations connected with the forcing 
 
 • Mr. James, in his Naval History, has erronfously attri- 
 buted the command of the St. Lawkence to Lieut. Henry 
 Crnnmer Gordon, an account of whose services y, e have rfven 
 above. * 
 
GORDON. 
 
 411. 
 
 of the Gironde in April, 1814, he officiated as Flag- 
 Lieutenant until the receipt of his second promotal 
 commission bearing date 20 July, 1815. With the 
 exception of a three years* command in the Ordi- 
 nary at Sheerness, which he held from 28 April, 
 1827, until 1830, he remained on half-pay till 31 
 Dec. 1846 ; since which period he has been in com^ 
 mand of the Oceak 80, guard-ship at Sheerness. 
 Agents— Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 GORDON. (Eeak-Admibal of the Blue, 1846. 
 FP., 14 ; H-p., 39.) 
 
 James Murray Gokdo.v, born 6 March, 1782, is 
 son of the late Thos. Gordon, Esq. ; and brother of 
 the late Lieut.-Colonel Thos. M'm. Gordon, of the 
 Fusileer Guards. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1794, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Bbitansia 100, 
 Capt. John HoUoway, bearing the flag in the Medi- 
 terranean of Admiral Wm. Uotham, in whose en- 
 suing action of 13 July with the French fleet we 
 believe he was a participator. After serving for 
 rather more than five years as Midshipman, on the 
 same, and on the Home and East India stations, in 
 the Tarlton, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and 
 ViRGiNiE, Capts. Anth. Hunt and Geo. Astle, Mr. 
 Gordon became Acting-Lieutenant, 18 July, 1800, 
 of the Vulcan bomb, Capts. Jeremiah Skelton, Peter 
 Heywood, and Chas. Jas. Johnston, also stationed 
 in the East Indies ; where he removed in a similar 
 capacity to the TniNcOiMAiEE 13, and Dbdaignedse 
 frigate, both commanded by Capt. Heywood; to 
 which latter vessel he was confirmed by commission 
 dated 25 Feb. 1803. He assumed the acting-com- 
 mand, on 26 May, 1805, of the Albatross sloop, 
 and, being officially appointed to that vessel 1 Feb. 
 1806, continued to serve in her in the East until 28 
 Feb. 1807. He then returned to England, but was 
 soon again ordered to India in the Prooris 18, of 
 which vessel he assumed command on 19 of the fol- 
 lowing Oct. As a Post-Captain, a rank he attained 
 15 Feb. 1808, Capt. Gordon was further employed 
 on that station, in the Terpsichore frigate, from 
 28 April in the same year, until 28 July, 1809. We 
 do not find that he has since held any appointment. 
 His promotion to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Gordon married, 10 Dec. 1810, 
 Sarah Almeria, daughter of Archdeacon Caulfeild, 
 and relict of Capt. Charlton, E. I. Co.'s Service. 
 By that lady, who died 21 Deo. 1821, he had issue 
 two sons and two daughters. The second son, 
 James, Lieutenant in the 92nd Highlanders, died in 
 1841. Agents— Pettet and Newton. 
 
 GORDON. (CTHptai'n, 1818. f-p., 12; h-p., 30.) 
 The Honourable JohnGordonIs youngest bro- 
 ther of Rear-Admiral Hon. Wm. Gordon, E.N., M.P. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1805, as 
 L. M., on board the Mebusa 38, Capt. Sir John 
 Gore, with whom, after accompanying the late Mar- 
 quess Cornwallis to India, and returning home with 
 the remains of that distinguished nobleman, he re- 
 moved, as Midshipman, in Feb. 1806, to the Re- 
 venge 74, and furtner served for a period of two 
 years and nine months in the Channel and off' Cadiz, 
 lie then successively joined the Ardent 64, bearing 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, Conqueror 
 74, Capt. Edw. Fellowes, Peacock 38, Capt. Wm. 
 Peake, Nymphe 36, Capts. Hon. Josceline Percy 
 and Edw. Sneyd Clay, and Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Bowles, all employed on the Home station, wh,ere, 
 ill the NvMPHK, he was wrecked, at the entrance of 
 the Frith of Forth, 18 Dec. 1810. Being promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 21 March, 1812, Mr. 
 Gordon's appointments in that capacity, we find, 
 were, to the Ri6voi.otionnaire and Seahorse fri- 
 gates, commanded on the Western Island and North 
 American stations by Capts. John Chos. WooU- 
 combe and Sir Jas. Alox. Gordon ; the latter of 
 wfiich ships he left a few days subsequently to his 
 advancement to the rank of Commander 15 June, 
 1814. After a ten months' command of the Cau- 
 nat;o.v 18, on the Newfoundland station, Capt. 
 
 Gordon was there appointed, on 20 Nov. 1818, Act- 
 ing-Captain of the Tamar 26. He was confirmed 
 in Post-rank 31 Dec. following, but does not appear 
 to have been invested with any further employment 
 until appointed, 22 Feb. 1844, to the America 50. 
 He resigned the command of that ship, after having 
 intermediately served in her on the Pacific and 
 Mediterranean stations, for the purpose of accept- 
 ing the Retirement, 1 Oct. 1846. Agents— Pettet 
 and Newton. 
 
 GORDON. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 25.) 
 Robert Gordon, born 7 Sept. 1796, is third son 
 of the late David Gordon, Esq., of Abergeldie, co. 
 Aberdeen (a direct descendant of Alexander Lord 
 Gordon, who was created Earl of Huntly in 1449), 
 by Anne, third daughter of Michael Biddulph, Esq., 
 of Ledbury, co. Hereford; and next brother of 
 Michael Eras. Gordon, Esq., now of Abergeldie, a" 
 Magistraite and Deputy-Lieutenant for Aberdeen- 
 shire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 May, 1810, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Ph<ebe of 44 guns and 
 271 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar; in which frigate, sub- 
 sequently to the reduction of the Isle of France, he 
 contributed, 20 May, 1811 (while cruizing ofi'Mada- 
 , gascar in company with the Astrea and Galatea, 
 ' frigates nearly equal in force to the Phiebe, and 
 18-gun brig Racehorse), to the capture — after a 
 ; long and trying action with the French 40-gun fri- 
 gates Renomrme, Clorinde^ and Kereide, and a loss to 
 the Ph<ebe of 7 men killed and 24 wounded — of 
 the RenommAe. On 25 of the same month he was 
 further present at the surrender of the Nereide, and 
 of the settlement of Tamatave ; and in the follow- 
 ing summer he co-operated in the conquest of the 
 island of Java. Removing, as Midshipman, in Jan. 
 1813, to the Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers 
 White, Mr. Gordon cruized in that ship on the North 
 Sea and Channel stations, until again transferred, 
 in Jan. 1814, to the Tonnakt 80, bearing the suc- 
 cessive flags, on the North American and Cork sta- 
 tions, of Sir Alex. Cochrane and Sir Benj. Hallowell, 
 under the former of whom he took part in many 
 operations against the American enemy, and was 
 present in the attack upon New Orleans. He left 
 the ToNNANT in July, 1816, for the purpose of join- 
 ing the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord 
 Exmouth, who, investing him soon with the rank 
 of Acting-Lieutenant, enabled him to share in that 
 capacity in the ensuing bombardment of Algiers. 
 He was accordingly awarded an Admiralty com- 
 mission dated 16 of the following Sept. ; but he did 
 not again go afloat until 6 Sept. 1819. He then 
 obtained an appointment to the Ipiiigenia frigate, 
 Capt. Hjfde Parker, on the Jamaica station, where 
 he next joined, 3 June, 1820, the Ontario 18, Capt. 
 Whitworth Lloyd, and where, on 13 of the following 
 month, he assumed the acting-command of the Con- 
 FiANcE 18. The latter sloop, to which he appears 
 to have been confirmed 3 Oct. 1820, Capt. Gordon 
 paid off 28 Sept. 1821. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were— 20 Nov. 1830, for a period of two 
 months, to the Herald yacht, lying at Portsmouth 
 —and, 22 Nov. 1831, to the Pearl 20, on the West 
 India station, which vessel was put out of commis- 
 sion 20 Dec. 1834. Capt. Gordon, who has not since 
 been employed, attained Post-rank 10 Jan. 1837. 
 He is one of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity 
 House. ' 
 
 GORDON, M.P. (Eeab-Admiral of the Blue 
 1846. F-P., 18; H-p., 32.) 
 The Honourable William Gordon is second 
 son of George Lord Haddo (who died in Oct. 1791) 
 by Charlotte, youngest daughter of 'Wm. Baird' 
 Esq., of Newbyth ; and next brother of the Earl of 
 Aberdeen, late Secretary of State for Foreign Af- 
 fairs. He is brother, also, of Capt. Hon." John 
 Gordon, R.N. ; as likewise of Sir Alex. Gordon 
 K.C.B., an officer of rank in the Army, and Aide- 
 de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington, who was killed 
 at Waterloo— of Liout.-Colonel Sir Chas. Gordon, 
 
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 GORDON-GORE. 
 
 who died in 1835— and of Sir Rett. Gordon, G.C.B., 
 Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- 
 tentiary at Vienna. Capt. Gordon's sister-in-law, 
 the Countess of Aberdeen, is the mother, by a 
 former marriage, of Lady Harriet Hamilton, wife of 
 Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, K.N., Second Secretary 
 of the Admiralty. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Romulus 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Hope, whom he successively followed, on the Lisbon 
 and Mediterranean stations, into the Alcmene 32 
 and Majestic 74. Between Dec. 1799 and Sept. 
 1803 he served, chiefly on the Home station, in 
 the iMMOETAMTfe 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, 
 Dryad 36, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, 
 Leda 38, Capt. Geo. Hope, Minotaur 74, Capt. 
 John Louis, and 1?isgard and Naiad 38's, both 
 commanded by Capt. Jas. "Wallis. "While under the 
 latter officer he contributed to the cutting out, by 
 the Naiad's boats, on the evening of 4 July, 1803, 
 of the Prench national schooner La Providence^ of 2 
 guns and 22 men, laden with timber and cannon, 
 and lying near Brest ; a service which was effected 
 ■without casualty, notwithstanding a great rapidity 
 of tide, and the difficulties offered by a number of 
 rocks and shoals with which the enemy's vessel was 
 surrounded.* In Sept. 1804 Mr. Gordon joined the 
 Trident 64, bearing the flag of Admiral Rainier, 
 Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies ; where he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 July, 
 1804, and further served, until Feb. 1806, in the 
 Arrogant 74, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, and 
 CuLLODEN 74, flag ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. After 
 a brief attachment, towards the commencement of 
 1807, to the Clyde 38, bearing the broad pendant 
 oS' the coast of France of Commodore Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen, he obtained command, 24 April, 1807, of the 
 Charwell sloop, in which vessel he visited South 
 America, and then proceeded to the Cape of Good 
 Hope. Being there posted, from the Sapphire into 
 the Minerva hired armed ship, 12 March, 1810, 
 Capt. Gordon, in the following autumn, visited the 
 Isle of France. His after-appointments afloat were 
 —23 June, 1811, to the Laukestinds 24, on the 
 South American station — 21 Aug. 1812, to the Ma- 
 GiciENNE 36, which frigate, after having captured 
 the Thrmlier American privateer, of 14 guns and 
 80 men, and witnessed the fall of St. Sebastian, he 
 left, 20 July, 1814— and, 5 March, 1827, to the 
 Briton 46. "The latter ship was employed on va- 
 rious particular services, and was ultimately paid 
 off 27 April, 1830. 'Flag-rank was conferred upon 
 Capt. Gordon 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 The Rear- Admiral, who has for many years re- 
 tained a seat in Parliament as Member for Aber- 
 deenshire, held ofiice as a Lord of the Admiralty 
 from 1841 until 1846. 
 
 GORDON. (Captain 1841. f-p., 12;h-p., 31.) 
 William Gordon entered the Navy, in July, 
 1804, as Ffit.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumber- 
 land 74, Capt. Jas. Oswald, bearing the flag, off 
 Ferrol, and then in the "West Indies, of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Hon. Alex. Cochrane. Being appointed Mid- 
 shipman, in Aug. 1805, of the KiNGMSbER 18, Capt. 
 Nathaniel Day Cochrane, he shared in that vessel 
 in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806 ; after 
 which he served under the present Earl of Dun- 
 donald in the Pallas and Imperieuse frigates, and 
 figured in all the glittering scenes which we have 
 described in his Lordship's memoir as having been 
 enacted between 6 April, 1806, and 4 Aug. 1809. 
 Continuing to serve in the Imperieuse under Capts. 
 Alex. Skene and Thos. Garth, Mr. Gordon accom- 
 panied the latter officer in the expedition to the 
 Walcheren. During the two years and a half im- 
 mediately prior to his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 21 March, 1812, he 
 appears to have been further employed, on the 
 Baltic, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the 
 Hussar 3S, Capts. Alex. Skene and Jas. Coutts 
 Crawford, Argo 44, Capt. Fred. Warren, and Ca- 
 * T'idc Gaz. 1803, p. 840. 
 
 ledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. His 
 next appointments were to the Pylades 18, Capt. 
 Jas. Wemyss, Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, 
 Bucephalus troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Wm. Hughes 
 D'Aeth, and Seahorse 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon ; in the two last-mentioned of which ships 
 he took part in the operations connected with the 
 attack upon New Orleans. The Pylades and 
 Blake were employed on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion. Having obtained his second promotion 13 
 June, 1815, and been in command, from 8 Jan. 1823 
 until 27 July 1825, of the Pandora 18, on the New- 
 foundland station, Capt. Gordon was ultimately, on 
 23 Nov. 1841, presented with a Post-commission. 
 He is now on half-pay. Agents — Messrs, Stilwell. 
 
 GORDON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 William Everard Alphonso Gordon entered 
 the Navy 29 April, 1830 ; passed his examination 
 7 Dec. 1836 ; and after serving for some time as 
 Mate in the Cambridge 78, commanded in the 
 Mediterranean by Capt. Edw. Barnard, and also in 
 the Dmo, 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1842. 
 His appointments have since been — 7 March, 1842, 
 to the Winchester 50, flag-ship at the Cape of 
 Good Hope of Hon. Josceline Percy — on 26 of the 
 same month to the Vindictive 50, Capt. John Toup 
 Nicolas, on the East India station — 15 Dec. 1842, 
 to the Driver steam-sloop, Capts. Sam. Fielding 
 Harmer and Courtenay Osbom Hayes, also em- 
 ployed in the East— 2 Sept. 1844, and 22 Jan. 1845, 
 to the Firebrand steam-frigate, Capt. Jas. Hope, 
 and Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, both 
 attached to the Channel squadron — and 15 June, 
 1846, as First, to the Inflexible steam-sloop, Capt. 
 John Cochrane Hoseason, in which vessel he is 
 now serving in the East Indies. 
 
 GOEE. (Commander, 1828. r-p., 12; h-p., 25.) 
 The Honourable Edward Goke, born 14 May, 
 1797, is fourth son of the second Earl of Arran, K.P., 
 by his third wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Rich. Un- 
 derwood, Esq. ; brother of Col. Hon. Chas. Gore, 
 C.B., K.H., Deputy Quartermaster-General in Ca^ 
 nada, and of Her Grace the Duchess of Inverness; 
 half-brother of Col.Wm. John Gore, who died in Jan. 
 1836 ; uncle, through that gentleman, of the present 
 Earl of Arran, and of Commander Hon. Robt. Gore, 
 R.N. ; and first-cousin of Retired Commander Ralph 
 Gore, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1810, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Revenge 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Chas. Paget and John Nash ; under the former of 
 whom he witnessed an attack made, 15 Nov. 1810, by 
 Capt. Chas. Grant, of the Diana, upon the two French 
 frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the fire 
 of several strong batteries, near Cherbourg. Quit- 
 ting the Revenge in May, 1811, Mr. Gore, during 
 the next six years and a half, served, principally as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, on board the 
 Royal George, flag-ship of Sir Thos. WiUiams, 
 Royal Oak 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, Vene- 
 rable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, Superb 74 
 (commataded at first by Hon. Chas. Paget, then em- 
 ployed as flag-ship of Hon. Henry Hotham, and 
 afterwards commanded by Capt. Chas. Ekins), 
 Fury boJnb, Capt. Constentine Rich. Moorsom, 
 and Egeria 24, Capt. Robt. Rowley. While in 
 the Venerable on tibe north coast of Spain, he was 
 present at the capture of several towns and forts, 
 including those of Lequeytio, Bermeo, Plencia, Ga^ 
 lea, Algorta, Bagona, El CampiUo las Quersas, Xe- 
 biles, Castro, and St. Ano. Among the boat-services 
 participated in by Mr. Gore while employed in the 
 Superb on the North American station, we may 
 enumerate the destruction, 13 June. 1814, of the 
 Fair Trader of 444 tons, fitting as a letter-of-marque ; 
 —next, of the Independent of 300 tons, pierced for 
 14 guns, and about to be launched as a privateer ; 
 —also, of 1778 tons of merchant-shipping;— and of 
 a cotton-manufactory, near Wareham, valued, with 
 its stores, at half a million of dollars. He »us pre- 
 
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 sent, besides, in a rocket-boat, at the bombardment 
 of Stonington, 11 Aug. 1814; and, when in the 
 Fury, he fought at Algiers. After having acted for 
 two months, Mr. Gore was confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 9 Deo. 1817, in the Flt sloop, Capt. John Baldwin ; 
 which vessel, in Feb.l818,hadto cut her way through 
 the ice at St. John's, Newfoundland, for the purpose 
 of bringing home the remains of Vice-Admiral 
 Pickmore, and was afterwards all but lost on her 
 passage. Mr. Gore's next appointments were — 
 26 April, 1819, to the Tamar 26, Capt. Hon. John 
 Gordon— in the course of 1827, to the Fairy 10, 
 Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Melville 74, 
 Capt. Henry Garrett, and Victory 104, Capt. Geo. 
 ElUot — and 10 June, 1828, to the KoY al Sovereign 
 yacht, as Flag-Lieutenant to the Lord High Ad- 
 miral. He was promoted to his present rank on 
 8 of the following Aug. ; and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Commander Gore married in 1797, and has issue 
 a son and two daughters. Agents— Hallett and 
 Bobinson. 
 
 GOEE. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p., 15; h-p., 0.) 
 
 George Edward Knox Gore entered the Navy, 
 12 March, 1832, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Con- 
 way 28, Capt. Henry Eden, employed, until Oct. 
 1835, on the West India, Home, Lisbon, and Soutli 
 American stations. After serving next for short 
 periods in the Scout 18, Howe 120, and Hercdles 
 74, he appears to have been three years employed 
 off the coast of Spain, and on the North America 
 and West India station, on board the Pique 36, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry John Rous and Edw. Boxer. 
 Removing in June, 1839, to the Druid 44, Capts. 
 Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill and Henry 
 Smith, Mr. Gore, we find, served in that ship 
 throughout the whole of the campaign in China ; 
 where he commanded her launch at the taking 
 of the Macao barrier in Aug. 1840, was present at 
 the subsequent capture of the Bogue forts and of 
 the city of Amoy, and was constantly employed on 
 boat-service. He was promoted, soon after the 
 paying off of the Druid, to his present rank, by 
 commission dated 20 Sept. 1843. His appointments 
 have since been — 18 Oct. 1843, to the Stromboli 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Hon. Edw. Plunkett, employed 
 on particular service — and 7 May, 1844, to the Col- 
 lingwood 80, now flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir 
 Geo. Fras. Seymour. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GORE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Graham Gore entered the Navy 27 April, 1820; 
 served, as Midshipman of the Albion 74, Capt. 
 John Aoworth Ommanney, at the battle of Na- 
 varin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in 
 1829 ; and obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 
 1837. His appointments as Lieutenant, we find, 
 were— 22 Nov. 1837, to the Modestb 18, Capt. 
 Harry Eyres, lying at Woolwich— 23 Jan. 1838, to 
 the VoLAGE 28, Capt. Henry Smith, in which ship 
 he assisted at the capture of Aden in 1839, and of 
 the Bogue forts and Chusan in 1840—28 Oct. 1840, 
 to the Heeald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, on the East 
 India station, whence he returned home and was 
 
 fjaid off in the early part of 1843—11 Dec. in the 
 atter year, as First, to the Cyclops steam-^gate, 
 Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, employed on particular 
 service — and, 8 March, 1845, tp the Erebus disco- 
 very-ship, Capt. Sir John Franklin, with whom he 
 sailed on a North-west Passage explorative oxpe- 
 dition. He was advanced to the rank he now holds 
 9 Nov. 1846, but is still serving in the Erebus. 
 Commander Gore was also for a considerable time 
 First-Lieutenant both of the Volage and Herald. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 While next attached, from July, 1791, until Sept. 
 1793, to the Assistant armed tender, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Nathaniel Portlock, we find him engaged, 
 in company with H. M. S. Providence, in carrying 
 the bread-fruit plant to the West Indies. From the 
 latter date, until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 19 Aug. 1795, he served, on the Home station, 
 in the Resolution, Arrogant, and Defence 74's, 
 Capts. Cumming, Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and 
 'I'hos. Wells, and in the Namue 98, Capt. J. H. 
 Whitshed. His subsequent appointments were, on 
 the Channel, West India, and South American sta- 
 tions— 19 Aug. 1795, to the Minerva frigate, Capt. 
 Thos. Peyton— 27 Dec. 1796, to the Ramillies 74, 
 Capts. Sir Rich. Bickerton and Bartholomew Sam. 
 Rowley— in the course of 1799, to the Formidable 
 98, Capt. J. H. Whitshed, Melampus 36, Capt. 
 Graham Moore, and T4meraihe 98, flag-ship of 
 Admirals J. H. Whitshed, Sir John Warren, and 
 Geo. Campbell — 11 July,, 1803, after nine months of 
 half-pay, to the Indefatigable 44, Capts. Graham 
 Moore and John Tremayne Rodd — and, 29 Oct. 
 1805, and 30 July, 1807, to the Fame and Marlbo- 
 rough 74's, both commanded by Capt. G. Moore, 
 under whom, in the last-mentioned ship, he escorted 
 the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils. When 
 with the same officer in the Indefatigable, Mr. 
 Gore appears to have contributed to the capture of 
 three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the 
 destruction of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 
 1804 ; and to have been recommended in the 
 strongest manner for his conduct on that occasion.* 
 He attained the rank of Commander 23 June, 1808, 
 but did not again go afloat until appointed, 13 Feb. 
 1818, to the Dotterel 18, on the St. Helena station, 
 where he served until promoted to Post-rank, 19 
 July, 1821. Capt. Gore accepted the Retirement 1 
 Oct. 1846. Agents— Pettet and Newton. 
 
 GORE, (flrnptttiii. 1821. F-p., 22; H-p., se.) 
 
 John Gore (a) entered the Navy, 3 June, 1789, 
 as A. B., on board the Guardian, Lieut.-Com- 
 inandcr Edw. Riou, of which ship, employed in 
 conveying provisions to N cw South Wales, he suc- 
 cessively oecame Midshipman and Master's Mate. 
 
 GORE. (Captain, 1825. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 John Gore (b) entered the Navy, in Sept. 1797, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Santa Margarita 
 36, Capt. Geo. Parker, on the Irish station. He 
 came home in 1802, after visiting the West Indies, 
 in the Porcupine 24, Capt. Bridges Watkinson 
 Taylor, and, prior to his return thither in 1804, 
 served, further, in the Oiseau, Capt. Phillips, Ne- 
 mesis 28, Capt. Somerville, and Chlloden 74, and 
 San Josef 110, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Pellew and 
 Sir Chas. Cotton. Being confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 on 10 Oct. in the latter year, in the Clorinde fri- 
 gate, Capt. M'Donald, Mr. Gore was next employed 
 in that capacity, on the Channel, North Sea, Baltic, 
 and Jamaica stations, in the Aimable 32, Capt. 
 Sir Wm. Bolton, Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker, 
 Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Gambler, Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, and Shark sloop, 
 Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court. After the reduction 
 of Copenhagen, where he had been present on 
 board the Prince or Wales, he brought home, in 
 Oct. 1807, the Nijaden, one of the enemy's captured 
 frigates. From 1 March until 17 July, 1809, he 
 acted as Commander of the Thrush and Griffon 
 sloops, in the latter of which he was engaged at the 
 blockade and surrender of the city of St. Domingo. 
 He then returned to the Polyphemus, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Admiral Rowley, and was afterwards 
 employed, still on the Jamaica station, in the Hebe, 
 Capt. John Fyffe, Sapphire, Capt. Henry Haynes, 
 and Shark, Capt. Morrison. He was confirmed 
 (after having acted for upwards of seven months) 
 in the command of the latter sloop, by commission 
 dated 10 Oct. 1812. He left the Shark in July, 
 1814, for the purpose of joining the Emulous ; the 
 command of which vessel he resigned 3 Feb. 1815. 
 Capt. Gore's last appointment was, on 18 Aug. 1815 
 to the Saracen 16, employed on the American sta- 
 tion, whence he returned home and was paid off in 
 Dec. 1818. He acquired Post-rank 27 July, 1825; 
 and was placed upon the list of Retired Captains 
 1 Oct. 1846. Agents- Pettet and Newton. 
 
 • I'ide Gaz. 1804, p. 1310. 
 
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 GORE-GOSLIN. 
 
 GORE. (Retired CoMMAKDEB, 1835. p-p., 23; 
 H-P., 29.) 
 
 Ealph Gore, bom 15 May, 1781, is son of the 
 Hon. Paul Gore, of Wexford (brother of the second 
 Earl of Arran, K.P.), by Anne, daughter ofWm. 
 Leonard, Esq. ; uncle of Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Gore ; 
 and first-cousin of Commander Hon. Edw. Gore, 
 E.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Nayy, 15 May, 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Meiamfos of 42 guns 
 and 267 men, Capts. Sir Kioh. John Straohan and 
 Graham Moore ; under the former of whom, when 
 off St. Maloes, in company with the Hebe 38, he 
 assisted at the capture, 3 July following, of six out 
 of 13 French vessels, laden with military stores, 
 and convoyed by a ship of 26 guns, and also by two 
 armed brigs, one of which. La Vesuve, was likewise 
 taken. While employed under Capt. Moore, we find 
 him contributing to the further capture of the 
 French national ships Etonnant of 18 guns, JKtna of 
 20 guns, Voloffe of 22 guns and 195 men, and Hesolue 
 of 40 guns and 500 men, including troops. The 
 latter frigate was taken on 14 Oct. 179S, and was 
 one of a squadron of ships that had been previously 
 defeated under Commodore Bompart during an 
 action in which the Meeampcs had had but 1 man 
 wounded. After leaving the latter vessel, Mr. Gore 
 joined a 50'gun ship, whose name has escaped us, 
 and was for some time employed, as Master's Mate, 
 in the conveyance of Russian troops from Bevel to 
 Holland. Bemoving, in 1800, to the Cerberus 32, 
 Capt. J as. Macnamara, he served, dunng the re- 
 mainder of the war, in that ship on the Jamaica 
 station, where, on 14 April, 1802, he was > engaged 
 in the capture of a pirate. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant, 15 Oct. following (after having acted 
 for nearly three months as such), in the Shark 
 sloop, Capt. J. B. Heron; and was subsequently 
 appointed — in 1803, for a short time, to the Belle- 
 ROPHON 74, Commodore John Loring, under whom 
 he witnessed the surrender of Cape Fran5oi3, St. 
 Domingo — 6 Dec. 1804, to the Proselyte 24, Capt. 
 Geo. Sayer, also on the West India station, whence 
 he returned home, as First of L'Alexandke ship 
 of the line— 21 Nov. 1806, as Senior, to the De- 
 cade 38, Capt. Stewart, in the Channel — in 1809 
 to the Sea Fencibles — in 1812, after two years of 
 half-pay, to the Deptford tender, which he com- 
 manded, on Impress service, until Aug. 1816— and, 
 in 1820, to the Coast Guard. He left the latter ser- 
 vice in 1826, and accepted his present rank 15 April, 
 1835. 
 
 Commander Gore appears to have been employed 
 for some time previously to Dec. 1841 in the lioyal 
 Hospital at Chelsea. He married, 4 Feb. 1809, 
 Frances, daughter of Major Alex. Hay, Esq., of 
 Dublin, and has issue two sons. Agents — Case and 
 Loudonsack. 
 
 GOEE. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Ealph Goke (b) entered the Navy 26 Sept. 1808; 
 obtained his commission 15 May, 1824; and was 
 employed, from 27 May, 1830, until paid off, 23 
 March, 1832, in the Ganges 84, Capts. Edw. Stir- 
 ling Dickson and Geo. Burdett, on the Mediterra- 
 nean station. He does not appear to have been 
 since afloat. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 GORE, M.P. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 The Honourable Egbert Gore, boi'n in 1810, is 
 fourth son of Colonel Hon. Wm. John Gore, by 
 Caroline, youngest daughter and co-heir of the late 
 Sir Thos. Pym Hales, Bart. ; brother of the present 
 Earl of Arran, also of Capt. Hon. Wm. John Pym 
 Gore, and of Hon. Chas. Alex. Gore, Commissioner 
 of Woods and Forests ; and uncle of Commander 
 Hon. Edw. Gore, E.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 13 June, 1832. His appointments, 
 as Lieutenant, were— 25 Nov. 1832, to the Mel- 
 ville 74, Capt. Henry Hart, on the East India sta- 
 tion— 1 Dec. 1834, to the Akdrcmache 28, Capt. 
 
 Henry Ducie Chads, in the boats of which frigate- 
 he was frequently engaged in action with the Malay 
 pirates— and, 5 Feb. 1838, to the command, in North 
 America and the West Indies, of the Chartbdis 3. 
 Ascending the next step in his profession 9 May, 
 1839, Capt. Gore was immediately appointed to the 
 Serpent 16, also on the North America and West 
 India station, where he served the time required to 
 qualify him for the receipt of Post-rank, to which 
 he was advanced 9 Nov. 1846. He is at present on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Gore is M.P. for New Eoss, co. Wexford. 
 Agents — Hallett and Eobinson. 
 
 GORE. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 16; h-p., 26^) 
 Robert Goke entered the Royal Naval College 
 in April, 1805 ; and embarked, in Dec. 1808, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Sir Henry Blackwood, with whom he served, until 
 March, 1813, on the Home and Mediterranean sta^, 
 tions. After a further attachment to the Defiance 
 and Vigo 74's, flag-ships in the Baltic of Sir Geo. 
 Hope and Sir Graham Moore, he was there con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 6 Dec. 1813, in the Orion 74, 
 Capt. Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson. He subse- 
 quently joined— 26 Jan. 1814, the Horatio 38, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Dillon, successively employed, until 
 paid off in Jan. 1817, in escorting convoy to New- 
 foundland, protecting the whale-fishery at Green- 
 land against the Americans, cruizing off "the coast 
 of France for the interception of Buonaparte after 
 
 the battle of Waterloo, and in a voyage to China 
 
 29 April, 1818, to the Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Kams- 
 den, on the Mediterranean station— and, 6 Aug. 
 1819, to the Leander 60, flag-ship in the East In- 
 dies of Hoii. Sir H. Blackwood. He was promoted 
 on that station to the command, 23 July, 1821, of 
 the Satellite 18. He ultimately invalided home, 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 GOSLIN. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 9.) 
 
 William Henry Goslin is of Norman extraction, 
 and immediately descends from Wm. Goslin (or 
 Gosselin), an officer of rank in the army of Crom- 
 well, from whom he obtained a large tract of land 
 in CO. Kilkenny. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1S08, as. 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110, 
 Co.pt. John Surman Garden, in the boats of which, 
 ship he assisted at the embarkation of the army 
 after the battle of Corunna. He subsequently re- 
 moved for a short time with Capt. Garden to the 
 Ocean 98, and was next employed as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, until the general peace of 1815,' 
 in the Weasel 18, Capt. Henry Prescott, Fee- 
 derickstein 32, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, Fylla 22, 
 and Ebidands 36, both commanded by Capt. H. 
 Prescott, Resolute 10, Capt. J. Green, Orestes 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Rich. Smith, and Aggressor 12, Lieut- 
 Commander Jas. Morgan, on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations. He assisted during that pe- 
 riod, while in the Weasel, at the capture, besides 
 other armed vessels, of VEole privateer, pierced 
 for 20 guns, but mounting only 14, with a comple- 
 ment of 140 men, which surrendered, on 25 Dec. 
 1809, after a gallant resistance of one hour and 
 thirtyjninutes, a loss to herself of 5 men killed and 
 9 wounded, and to her antagonist of only 1 man 
 killed and another wounded. He was also con- 
 stantly engaged in the same sloop with the French 
 batteries and flotilla on the Calabrian shore during 
 Murat's meditated invasion of Sicily ; and, when 
 with Capt. Beaufort in the Frederiokstein, he as- 
 sisted in the survey of the coast of Karamania, 
 and contributed in the boats to the capture and 
 destruction of a Greek pirate, carrying 1 gun and 
 40 men, who landed and defended themselves on 
 a barren island in the Archipelago. Between Oct. 
 1815 and the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 28 April, 1827, Mr. Goslin served, as 
 Admiraltjr-Midshipman, Second-Master, ond Mate, 
 on the Irish, Newfoundland, Channel, East India^ 
 and Portsmouth stations, in the Picton 12 Lieut - 
 
GOSNOLD— GOSSELIN. 
 
 415 
 
 Commander Jas. Morgan, Sir Fbancis Dkake 36, 
 Capt. John Bowker, Flt 18, Capt. John Baldwin, 
 Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Searle, Hasty 12, Lieut.-Commander 
 Lewis Fitzmaurice, Alligator 28, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, Liffet 50, Capt. Thos. Coe, and Vic- 
 tory 104, Capt. Chas. Inglis. He obtained an ap- 
 pointment in the Coast Guard 17 Oct. 1833; re- 
 moved, 12 Sept. 1840, to the command of the Dol- 
 phin Revenue-cruizer ; and, since 17 Nov. 1843, has 
 again been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 Lieut. Goslin's services to the Revenue have been 
 very effective. He was instrumental, in 1835, to 
 the condemnation of V Eugene smuggler, at the Isle 
 of Man ; and in the course of the same year he seized 
 three American traders having a quantity of illicit 
 goods on board. On 23 May, 1837, he had the good 
 fortune to effect the similar capture of three smug- 
 gling yawls and of 21 men. He also, on one occa- 
 sion, towed two water-logged vessels Into Galway 
 Roads, thereby saving the crews, together with pro- 
 perty valued at 13,000/. ; and on another he suc- 
 ceeded in rescuing from the wrecks of four vessels 
 goods amounting to 8900/. On 5 Dec. 1843 he pre 
 served from destruction the barque Margarette of 
 New Brunswick, and property worth 5000/. 
 
 Lieut. Goslin was honoured, 28 Feb. 1839, with a 
 letter of thanks from the Royal National Shipwreck 
 Institution, for his conduct on 27 of the previous 
 Nov. in having saved the lives of 17 persons at the 
 imminent hazard of his own. Agent — Fred. Du- 
 faur. 
 
 Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, in which frigate he 
 returned to England. 
 
 GOSNOLD. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 31.) 
 James Gosnold entered the Navy, 16 June, 1802, 
 as Sec.-ol. Boy, on board the Cruizer 18, Capts. 
 John Hancock and Pringle Stoddart, with whom he 
 served, before the mast, until Jan. 1811. On 16 
 May following he was present in a gallant attack 
 on a division of the enemy's ilotilla, consisting of 59 
 sail, passing alongshore from Flushing to Ostend, in 
 which the above vessel had 1 man killed and 4 
 wounded ; and indeed he appears, during that and 
 the following year, to have been not less than 104 
 times in action, either with the enemy's flotilla or 
 land-batteries. In 1807 he further attended the 
 expedition against Copenhagen. On leaving the 
 Cruizer he was appointed Midshipman of the Bri- 
 tomart 10, Capt. Wra. B. Hunt, from which vessel, 
 stationed in the North Sea, he removed, in Feb. 
 1812, to the Algehine 10, Lieut.-Commander Dan. 
 Carpenter; under whom, on 8 Feb. 1813, he was in 
 an action in which the British had 3 men killed and 
 7 or 8, including himself, wounded. The Algerine 
 being lost off the Bahamas, 20 May, 1813, Mr. Gos- 
 nold was next appointed, as Master's Mate, to the 
 Alexandria store-ship, Master-Commander Josiah 
 Oake, employed on the American coast. Since the 
 receipt of his commission, which bears date 4 Jan. 
 1816, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 GOSSELIN. (Lieutenant, 1810.) 
 
 Joshua Carteret Gosselin, born 19 July, 1789, 
 is second and youngest son of the late Joshua Gos- 
 selin, Esq., by Mary, daughter of Thos. Priaulx, 
 Esq., of Guernsey ; and nephew of Admiral Thos. 
 Le Marchant Gosselin. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1804, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Latona 38, Capt. Thos. Le 
 Marchant Gosselin ; on accompanying whom as 
 Master's Mate into the Audacious 74, he was em- 
 ployed on the services detailed in the ensuing me- 
 moir. He afterwards, wo find, joined the Victory 
 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Owen Glen- 
 dower 36, Capt. Wm. Selby, Ph«ebe 36, Capt. Jas. 
 Hillyar, and Victory again, all on the Baltic sta- 
 tion ; where, on 22 Sept. 181Q, he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant in the Ruby 64, bearing the flag of Ad- 
 miral Manley Dixon. His last appointments were 
 — 26 March, 1811, to the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex. 
 Robt. Kerr, on the North American station— and 
 10 June, 1813, for a short time, to the Spartan 38, 
 
 GOSSELIN. (Admiral of the Eed, 1841. 
 F-p., 29 ; H-p., 40.) 
 
 Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin, born 7 May, 
 1765, is second son 'of Joshua Gosselin, Esq., Co- 
 lonel of the North Regiment of Militia, by Martha, 
 daughter of Thos. Le Marchant, Esq., of Guernsey. 
 He is brother of General Gerard Gosselin, of Mount 
 Ospringe, co. Kent, and also of Lieuts. Corbet and 
 Chas. Gosselin, of the Navy and Army, both of 
 whom died at Trinidad in 1803. His nephew, Lieut. 
 J. C. Gosselin, is a Lieut. R.N. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1778, on 
 board the Action 44, Capt. P. Boteler, with whom 
 he removed, in June of the following year, to the 
 Ardent 64. That ship being captured on 16 Aug. 
 1779, by the combined fleets of France and Spain, 
 he remained for three months a prisoner at Alen9on, 
 in Normandy. He next joined the Babfleur 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, in which ship, 
 after witnessing the reduction of the Dutch island 
 of St. Eustatius, he fought in the action with the 
 Comte deGrasse off Martinique, 29 April, 1781, and 
 in those of 25 and 26 Jan. 1782, off St. Kitt's. Re- 
 moving then to the Champion, commanded by Capt. 
 Hood, Mr. Gosselin took further part in the memo- 
 rable operations of 9 and 12 April, 1782, as also in 
 the capture, on 19 of the same month, of two French 
 line-of-battle ships, a frigate, and a corvette, the 
 latter of which struck to the Champion after a few 
 broadsides. After an additional servitude in the 
 Aimable 32, Carnatio 74, Nautilus 16, Grampus 
 50, Triumph 74, and Barfledr 98, on various sta- 
 tions, he was promoted, 1 Deo. 1787, to the rank of 
 Lieutenant ; his appointments in which capacity 
 were, it appears, to the Atalanta 16, Crown 64, 
 and Minerva 38, all on the East India station ; 
 where he was invested with the command, 20 April, 
 1793, of the Despatch sloop. Capt. Gosselin, whose 
 next appointment was, 19 March, 1794, to the King- 
 fisher 18, subsequently assisted the Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis in the capture of a small convoy off 
 Belleisle, and compelled a French frigate to cast off 
 a large store-ship she had in tow.'* Being confirmed 
 to Post-rank 23 July, 1795, in the Brunswick 74, he 
 further obtained command, on 22 April and 25 July, 
 1796, of the Diamond 38, and Syren 32. At the 
 conclusion of the mutiny at Spithead in 1797 (pre- 
 viously to which he had captured the Sans Peur 
 French cutter privateer, carrying 2 swivels, some 
 small arms, and 18 men) Capt. Gosselin proceeded 
 in the latter frigate, with the Pearl 32, and 20- 
 gun ships Dart and Arrow, under his orders, to 
 the relief of Sir Rich. Strachan off St. Marcon. In 
 March, 1798, he sailed in charge of a large convoy 
 for Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, carrying out 
 at the same time Major-General Bowyer, the Go- 
 vernor-General, and Staff; and on this occasion the 
 Masters of the merchantmen presented him with a 
 very valuable sword, as a mark of their respect and 
 esteem. After contributing, in Aug. 1799, to the 
 reduction of the Dutch colony of Surinam, Capt. 
 Gosselin returned to England with another convoy. 
 He was next employed for three months during the 
 summer of 1800 in attendance upon George III. at 
 Weymouth. In Feb. 1801 we again find him escort- 
 ing the trade to the West Indies, where he conti- 
 nued until the peace. The Melampus, to which 
 frigate Capt. Gosselin had been removed in the 
 previous Oct., being paid off 23 June, 1802, he 
 did not again go afloat until 2 Feb. 1804, on which 
 date he was appointed to the Ville de Paris 110 
 bearing the flag of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis off 
 Brest; where, on being appointed in the following 
 summer to the Latona 38, he so distinguished him- 
 self by his energy in command of the in-shore squa- 
 dron of frigates as to attract the successive thanks 
 of the above oflicer and of Lord Gardner and Sir 
 Chas. Cotton. From the Latona Capt. Gosselin 
 (who had captured m her the Amphim Spanish pri- 
 • f^ide Gm. IT95, p. 655. 
 
416 
 
 GOSSET— GOSTLING. 
 
 vateer of 12 guns and 70 men) removed, on 4 Feb. 
 1306, to the AoDAcions 74. In that ship, after 
 having gone to the West Indies in pursuit of Jerome 
 Buonaparte, and been dismasted in a hurricane, he 
 appears to have been employed, first in escorting 
 the army under Sir John Moore to and from Got- 
 tenborg, next in conveying that oificer and Lieut.- 
 Generals Sir Harry Burrard and Sir John Hope to 
 the shores of Portugal, whither he took charge also 
 of the transports, and finally in superintending the 
 embarkation of the army after the battle of Corunna. 
 Capt. Gosselin's unremitted exertions on the latter 
 occasion procured him the thanks of Sir John Hope, 
 whom he brought home, and also of both Houses of 
 Parliament.* He had previously, when ordered to 
 Sweden, carried out Major-General Sir Edw. Paget 
 and Sir John Murray ; and he had had the honour, on 
 his return from that country, of affording a passage 
 to Sir John Moore and the above-named Sir John 
 Hope. He left the Audacious in March, 1809. 
 Although subsequently appointed to the Ckessy 74, 
 his health prevented him from joining, and he has 
 since been on half-pay. He became a Rear- Admiral 
 4 June, 1814; a Vice- Admiral 27 May, 1825; and a 
 full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.^ 
 
 Admiral Gosselin, a Magistrate for Hertfordshire, 
 married, 18 March, 1809, Sarah, daughter of Jere- 
 miah Rayment Hadsley, Esq., of Ware Priory, in 
 that CO., by whom he has issue a son and three 
 daughters. The son is married to the eldest 
 daughter of Capt. Sir John Marshall, R.N., C.B., 
 K.C.H. 
 
 GOSSET. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 10; h-p., 27.) 
 
 Charles Gosset entered the Navy, 12 May, 1810, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apollo 38, Capt. 
 Bridges Watkinson Taylor ; while under whose com- 
 mand he assisted as Midshipman at the capture, 13 
 Feb. 1812, of the French frigate-built store-ship 
 Merinos, at 20 guns and 126 men, under the bat- 
 teries of Corsica, and was further present at the 
 reduction of the Tower of St. Cataldo, and of the 
 islands of Cin'zola, Paxo, and Anti-Paxo. From 
 March, 1814, until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 26 March, 1819, he served, on the Adri- 
 atic, Home, West and East India, and South Ame- 
 rican stations, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the Revenge 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore, Slanet 
 20, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andw. 
 Kin g, Elk 18, Capt. Lardner Dennys, Amphion 32, 
 Commodore Wm. Bowles, Icabus 10, Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, Amphion again, Commo- 
 doreiBowles, Tyne 26, Capts. Gordon Thos. Falcon 
 and Hon. C. O. Bridgeman, and once more in the 
 Amphion, Capt. Wm. Bateman Dashwood. He was 
 then employed for some time in the Favorite 26, 
 Capt. H ercules Robinson, on the Brazilian station. 
 Since the paying off of that vessel, however, be has 
 not been afloat. 
 
 GOSSET. (Captain, 1829. p-p., 17 ; h-p., 21.) 
 Henry Gosset is son of Matthew Gosset, Esq., 
 by Grace, youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Thos. 
 Frankland, Bart. ; and first-cousin both of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Wm. Bowles, C.B., M.P., and of Capt. Edw. 
 Augustus Frankland, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eueyalus 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Ueneage Lawrence Dundas. After at- 
 tending the ensuing expedition to Flushing he pro- 
 ceeded to the Mediterranean, where he frequently 
 came into contact with divisions of the Toulon fleet, 
 and where, on his removal with Capt. Dundas to 
 the Edinbitbgh 74, he witnessed, as Midshipman, in 
 1813-14, the capture of Port D'Anzo and Via Reggio, 
 the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, the occupation 
 of Santa JIaria and of the enemy's other forts in 
 the Gulf of Spezia, and the taking of Genoa. Being 
 subsequently appointed to the Havannah 36, Capt. 
 Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he took part in many of the 
 anti- American operations in the Chesapeake— was 
 present during the hostilities against Baltimore — 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 90. 
 
 and on one occasion, while in the Havannah's' 
 barge, assisted in boarding and carrying the armed 
 schooner Franklin, in charge at the time of a Lieu- 
 tenant and 34 seamen belonging to the U.S. frigate 
 Constitution. He afterwards, on returning to Eu- 
 rope, contributed to the cutting out, 18 July, 1815, 
 of a convoy and several armed vessels lying under 
 the protection of a fort at Corrijou, near Brest. 
 Towards the close of the same year Mr. Gosset 
 escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to 8t. Helena, where 
 he served for some time under Sir Geo. Cock- 
 bum in the Northumberland 74. On 18 March, 
 1816, he joined the Naval Establishment on the 
 island of Ascension, in the capacity of Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant. His first commission was dated on 30 of 
 the following Dec, but he did not quit Ascension 
 until July, 1817 ; subsequently to which period he 
 became attached, on the Cork and Jamaica stations 
 —22 July, 1821, to the Harlequin 18, Capts. Chas. 
 Christ. Paiker and John Weeks — and, 22 March, 
 1823, to the Hussar 46, Capt. Geo. Harris. He 
 was advanced to the command, 10 July, 1826, of 
 the Ferret sloop, also employed in the West Indies, 
 and was next appointed on that station to the 
 EsFiEGLE and Valorous. He was confirmed to 
 Post-rank, 1 Jan. 1829, in the Mersey 26, but in- 
 valided home immediately afterwards, and has not 
 since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Gosset is Senior of 1829. 
 
 GOSTLING. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Philip Gostling is third son of Nathaniel Gost- 
 ling, Esq., of Doctor's Commons, a Proctor and# 
 Registrar in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. 
 His grandfather and uncle each held the office of 
 Admiralty Proctor and Registrar ; and his brother, 
 Francis, who was ultimately killed in a gallant 
 affair off the coast of Manfredonia, fipeqnently dis- 
 tinguished himself while serving as a Lieutenant 
 with the late Sir Wm. Hoste in H.M.S. Bacchante. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius 
 Ferdinand Hardyman ; previously to accompanying 
 whom into the Armide 38, he participated, as Mid- 
 shipman, in many boat operations of great spirit on 
 the coast of France, assisted in embarking the 
 army after the battle of Corunna, and witnessed 
 Lord Cochrane's destruction of the French shipping 
 in Aix Roads. While in the Armide, commanded 
 latterly by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Mr. Gostling 
 was earnestly employed in intercepting the enemy's 
 coasting-trade, and on one occasion we find him 
 succeeding to the command of the boats in an 
 attack upon an armed lugger, in consequence of 
 the death of Lieut. Townley, his cousin, who was 
 killed while in the act of boarding. From Oct. 
 1810, until promoted by the Admiralty to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 25 April, 1815, he was employed, 
 on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the 
 Lavinia 38, Capts. Thos. Garth and Geo. Digby, 
 Raisonnable 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay; Sj>s 
 Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and Puis- 
 sant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page ; of which ships the 
 Lavinia appears to have taken part in reducing 
 the Castle of Medas, in the Bay of Rosas, and the 
 San Josef to have shared in Sir Edw. Pellew'a 
 partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, 
 with the Toulon fleet. Being then appointed to 
 the Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, 
 Mr. Gostling, in the following summer, attended a 
 most successful expedition up the Gironde, which 
 terminated in the royal colours being hoisted on 
 the Castle of Bordeaux, and in all the surrounding 
 districts. He afterwards, on accompanying Capt 
 Aylmer into the Severn 50, contributed to the 
 famed demolition-of the Algerine fortifications, 27 
 Aug. 1816. Being paid off in Feb. 1817, he subse- 
 quently joined— 6 Feb. 1821, and 18 Jan. 1823, the 
 Impregnable 104, and Britannia 120, flag-ships 
 of Sir Alex. Cochrane and Lord De Saumarez at 
 Plymouth, where, after officiating for a short time 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to the former officer, he was in- 
 vested with the command of the Partridge tender 
 
GOUGH— GOULD-GOULLET. 
 
 417 
 
 —18 April, 1826, as First, the Raleigh 18, Capt. 
 John Windham Balling, in the Mediterranean — 
 and, 6 April, 1827, in a similar capacity, the Hussar 
 46, bearing the flag in North America of Sir Chas. 
 Ogle. He was promoted by the latter officer to 
 the rank of Commander in the same ship, in con- 
 sequence of a death vacancy, 2 March, 1828, and in 
 that capacity he continued to serve with him until 
 paid oft", on the return of the HussAn to England, 
 26 July, 1830. Capt. Gostling, whose next appoint- 
 ment was, 25 June, 1841, to the Electea 18, on 
 the "West India station, was advanced to his present 
 rank on 23 of the following Nov. Since March, 
 1842, when he was superseded in the Electka, he 
 has been unemployed. Agents— Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 GOUGH. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 ^ Frederick William Gocgh passed his examina^ 
 tion 15 April, 1844 ; and after an intermediate ser- 
 vitude as Mate, on the Home and Cape of Good 
 Hope stations, in the Excellent gunnery-ship, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and President 50, bear- 
 ing the flag of Kear-Admiral Jas. Kich. Dacres, 
 was made Lieutenant, 18 April, 1846, into the 
 Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill, also at 
 the Cape. Since 19 Deo. 1846 he has been em- 
 ployed in the East Indies on board the Dido 18, 
 Capt. John Balfour Maxwell. 
 
 GOULD, G.C.B. (Admiral of the Eed, 1825. 
 F-p., 27 ; H-p., 48.) 
 
 Sir Davidge Gould was born in 1758, at Bridge- 
 water, 00. Somerset, and died, 23 April, 1847, at 
 Hawkshead, Herts. He was son of Kich. Gould, 
 Esq., of ShariJham Park, in the same shire ; and 
 nephew of Sir Henry Gould, one of the Judges of 
 the Court of Common Pleas. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1772, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Alarm, Capt. Stott, 
 stationed in the Mediterranean, where, and on the 
 coast of North America, he afterwards served as 
 Midshipman, imtil the date of his first promotion, 
 7 May, 1779, in the Winchelsea, Capt. Wilkinson, 
 and Phcenix, Capt. Hyde Parker. During an at- 
 tacliment of four years to the latter ship Mr. Gould 
 took an active part in the earlier operations of the 
 American war, and was much engaged in attacking 
 the enemy's batteries, cutting out their vessels, and 
 contesting, not without loss, with their boats up 
 the North River. He then joined the Ulysses, 
 Bristol, and Conqhekor, the two former com- 
 manded by Capt. Thos. Dumaresq, and the latter 
 by Capt. Balfour, under whom he fought in the 
 van division on the memorable 12 April, 1782. On 
 13 of the following June, after having further 
 served as First of the Formidable, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Douglas, he was promoted to the command of the 
 Pachahuntek sloop, on leaving which vessel he 
 successively joined, on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations, the Pylades 18, and Ferret, another 
 sloop-of-war. The Pylades, during 13 months that 
 she was commanded by Capt. Gould, appears to 
 have won considerable reputation as an anti-smug- 
 gler. Acquiring Post-rank 25 March, 1789, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, who had been on half-pay for a 
 period of four years, immediately obtained com- 
 mand of the Brune frigate, on the West India 
 station. He subsequently commanded the Cyclops 
 at the reduction of Corsica in 1794 ; the Bedford 
 74, in the two actions of 14 March * and 13 July, 
 1795, on the former of which occasions he came 
 into close and severe contact with the Censeur 74 
 and Ca Ira 80, whose fire killed 9, and wounded 17 of 
 his 'men ; and the Audacious 74, at the bombard- 
 ment of Cadiz,t the battle of the Nile, | and the 
 blockade of Malta and Genoa. The latter ship 
 being paid off on her return home with convoy to- 
 wards the close of 1800, after having witnessed the 
 capture of a French squadron under Kear-Admiral 
 Perre'e,§ Capt. Gould, by whom she had been com- 
 
 ' rVrfcGaz. 1795, p.-'OS. t f'. Oaz. 1797, p. 717 
 
 t r. Ga7.. 17Sf, p. 916. } r. Gai. 1800, J. 297. 
 
 manded seven years, was next, in the spring of 1801, 
 appointed to the Majestic 74, employed on the 
 Home and West India stations. He went on half- 
 pay in 1802, and, with the exception of a brief 
 command, in 1803-4, of the Windsor Castle 98, 
 attached to the fleet in the Channel, which his 
 health obliged him to resign, did not again go 
 afloat. He was created a Rear-Admiral 2 Oct. 
 1807 ; a Vice-Admiral 31 July, 1810 ; and a full 
 Admiral 27 May, 1825. He was honoured with a 
 medal for his valour at the Nile ; and on 7 June, 
 1815, and 24 Jan. 1833, he was successively invested 
 with the dignity of a K.C.B. and G.C.B. He ob- 
 tained the Good-Service Pension 28 Aug. 1840. 
 
 Sir Davidge Gould, who was the last of the Nile 
 Captains, died Vice-Admiral of the United King- 
 dom. He married, in 1803, Harriet, eldest daughter 
 of the late Archdeacon Willes, son of the Bishop of 
 Bath and Wells, and nephew of the Lord Chief 
 Justice Sir John Willes. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 GOULD. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 19; h-p., 23.) 
 William Gould was bom 4 Sept. 1790. ' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1805, as 
 First-cl. Vol., on board the Endymiok 40, Capts. 
 Hon. Chas. Paget and Edw. Durnford King, ffom 
 which frigate, after assisting at the siege and eva- 
 cuation of the strong fortress of Gaeta, he removed, 
 in Aug. 1806, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. John 
 Stewart. Joining soon afterwards the Liberty 14, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Codd, he proceeded to the 
 West Indies, where he served at the capture of 
 Marie-galante in March, 1808, and commanded one 
 of the boats of a squadron in an unsuccessful at- 
 tempt to cut out a French corvette moored to the 
 shore at St. Pierre's, Martinique. After contribut- 
 ing, in the Neptune 98, to the reduction of the 
 latter island, Mr. Gould rejoined Lieut. Codd in the 
 Liberty, and he afterwards served with him in 
 the EsnioLE 18, on the Plymouth station, until 
 transferred, in Jan. 1811, to the Foxhound, Capt. 
 John Parish, also employed on Home duty. From 
 Dec. 1814 until 11 Feb. 1815 he appears to have 
 been confined as a patient to Haslar Hospital. He 
 was promoted on the latter date to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, and, on 25 Nov.' 1834, was appointed 
 to the Coast Guard. He left that service in the 
 early part of 1836, but has been again emploved in 
 it since 21 Nov. 1839. 
 
 Lieut. Gould served at Salisbury as a Special Con- 
 stable during the riots of 1830, and was strongly 
 recommended to Government for the active part 
 he took in their suppression. 
 
 GOULLET. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 18; h-p., 24.) 
 Charles Goullet, born in 1792, at Sowerby in 
 Yorkshire, is son of the late Peter Goullet, Esq.' of 
 Heavitree, co. Devon. His grandfather was a Ma- 
 gistrate for CO. York. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1805 as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capt. after- 
 wards Kear-Admiral, Sir Rich. John Strachan • 
 under whom, in the course of the same year, he 
 joined, as Midshipman, in Cornwallis' pursuit of 
 the French fleet into Brest, and contributed to the 
 capture of the four French line-of-battle ships which 
 had effected their escape from Trafalgar. He next 
 in 1809, when under the flag of Hon. Robt. Stop- 
 ford, witnessed the destruction of three of the 
 enemy's frigates near Sable d'Olonne, and also of 
 the shipping in Basque Roads. The CiESAR beins 
 then ordered to re-hoist the flag of Sir R J 
 Strachan, for the purpose of attending the expe' 
 dition to the Walcheren, Mr. Goullet accordinglv 
 accompanied that officer to the river Scheldt, where 
 he was intrusted with the command of No 70 gun 
 boat. In April, 1810, he became Master's' Mate of 
 the Semiramis 36, Capt. Chas. Richardson sta- 
 tioned off Lisbon, and on there removing in Jan 
 J^^"'«'?j *5^ Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo! 
 Cranfield Berkeley, he appears to have been for 
 some time employed in command of a boat up the 
 river Tngus. On his return to England in the 
 
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 GODRLY. 
 
 C^SAK in the following July, Mr. GouUet obtained 
 a Midshipman's berth on board the Nijaden 36, 
 Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, with whom, after 
 having effected a masterly escape from five French 
 line-of-battle ships, and simultaneously prevented 
 three large Indiamen from being taken by them, he 
 was transferred, in May, 1812, to the Nymphe 38. 
 Being ordered in that ship to the coast of North 
 America, he assisted for a considerable time, as 
 Master's Mate, in blockading the port of Boston, 
 W'here was lying the powerful U. S. frigate Consti- 
 tution. On 15 Aug. 1813, while detached in a boat, 
 he had the fortune, by an exercise of great zeal and 
 of the most persevering and spirited conduct, to 
 effect the capture, although the Nymphe at the 
 time was hull-down in the distance, of the Paragon 
 letter-of-marque (pierced for 14 guns), carrying 4 
 long twelves and 25 men, which did not surrender 
 until after a chase and running fight of eight hours.* 
 He was subsequently attached for a period of four 
 months to the St. Domihgo, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Borlase "Warren, but being then, in March, 1814, 
 permitted to rejoin the Nymphe, was speedily in- 
 vested with the command of her tender ; in which 
 vessel he rendered himself so obnoxious to the 
 enemy in consequence of the large number both of 
 coasters and towns he captured and ransomed, that 
 a price was actually set on his head. On one occa- 
 sion his gallantry led him to enter the port of Bos- 
 ton in a boat with six other persons for the purpose 
 of destroying the Independence ship of the line, then 
 but recently launched. Although the enterprise 
 was not crowned with the success its boldness de- 
 served, still was every danger that the most glowing 
 triumph could have demanded fully met and over- 
 come. Having pulled past a whole tier of heavy 
 batteries, the Uttle band of adventurers entered the 
 inner harbour, where they boarded a schooner, which 
 they quickly fitted out as a fire-ship, and then sent 
 blazing in thedirection of the Independence. Day now 
 dawning, and the enemy being in a state of commo- 
 tion, they were obliged to make off with all speed, 
 pursued by a number of boats, from whom, as well 
 as the batteries, they contrived to escape in safety. 
 Mr. Goullet's previous conduct in capturing the 
 Paragon having been rewarded with a commission 
 dated 29 Sept. 1814, he was next appointed to the 
 Newcastle 50, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, with whom 
 he returned home and was paid offin Sept. 1815. He 
 joined the Coast Guard 11 Oct. 1837, and continued 
 to be employed on that service until the close of 
 1839, when he was obliged to retire for two years in 
 consequence of a severe sprain received in both 
 legs while in the execution of his duty. Since 10 
 Aug. 1841 he has again been in charge of a Coast 
 Guard station. 
 
 Lieut. GouUet married, 8 Feb. 1825, Emma, 
 daughter of Thos. Britten, Esq., of Forrest Hill, co. 
 Kent, and has issue eight children. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 GOURLY. (ffaptam, 1817. f-p., so ; h-p., 36.) 
 
 John Goukly entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1781, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Beljce Podle 38, Capt. Philip 
 Patton, and on 5 of the following Aug., after having 
 assisted, in company with the Berwick 74, at the 
 capture of the Cologne French privateer, of 32 guns 
 and 215 men, commanded by the famous Luke Ryan. 
 was present in Sir Hyde Parker's action with Admiral 
 Zoutman, off the Dogger Bank. In Nov. 1782 he re- 
 moved to the SelPio, Capts. Mann and Fitzgerald, on 
 the Home station, where, and in the West Indies, 
 he was further employed during the peace, as A.B., 
 Midshipman, and Master's Mate, in the Dictator 
 64, Capt. Wm. Parker, Elizabeth 74, Capt. Bour- 
 master, Goliath 74, Capt. Arch. Dickson, Chi- 
 chester, Capt. Chas. Craven, Victory 100, flag- 
 ship of Lord Hood, Bedford 74, Capt. Sir Andrew 
 Snape Hamond, and Duke 98, Capt. Geo. Murray. 
 At the commencement of the war in 1793 he sailed 
 for the Mediterranean in the Alcide 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Linzee; shortly after his re-transference 
 * Vide Gar.. Is;.?, p. 2167. 
 
 from which ship to the Victoey, he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, by cominission dated 13 
 Sept. in the same year, and sent to command a 
 floating battery, mounting 4 long 24-pounders and 
 a 10-inch how itzer, stationed above all the shipping 
 in the N.W. arm of the harbour of Toulon. He 
 then opened his fire upon a neighbouring encamp- 
 ment^ and with so much effect, that the enemy, in 
 order to get rid of him, threw up three field- 
 batteries, and continued to cannonade the vessel, 
 until, having received about 40 shot under water, 
 and more than 60 above, she went down with her 
 colours nailed to the head of her tottering mast. 
 After cruizing in command of the Vigilant, of 10 
 guns, and co-operating in the reduction of St. Fio- 
 renza and Calvi, Mr. Gourly joined the Britannia 
 100, bearing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Wm. Hotham, 
 by whom, on 8 Nov. 1794, he was invested with the 
 command of the Vannead armed-brig, recently 
 captured from the French, and employed in carry- 
 ing despatches to various parts of Italy. In June, 
 1796, when Buonaparte took possession of Leghorn, 
 the Lieutenant contributed by his exertions to the 
 rescue of the British Factory, with property of con- 
 siderable value ; and on 10 of the following month 
 he witnessed the surrender of Porto Ferrajo, in 
 Elba, to the forces under Commodore Nelson and 
 Major Duncan, B.A., the latter of whom had sailed 
 from Corsica under the protection of the Vannead. 
 He also, in the ensuing Sept., bore an important 
 part in the capture of the island of Capraja, where 
 his zeal and intelligence rendered him most con- 
 spicuous. The Vanmead being shortly afterwards 
 wrecked on a sunken and previously uiilaiown rock, 
 near Porto Ferrajo, Mr. Gourly was next appointed, 
 in March, 1797, to L'Aurore, Capt. Geo. Clarke, 
 from which vessel, lying at Gibraltar, he was 
 speedily removed to the command of theTnuNnER 
 bomb. In July of the same year we find him earn- 
 ing the commendations of Sir Horatio Nelson by 
 the effectiveness of his aid at two consecutive bom- 
 bardments of Cadiz. He invalided home about the 
 close of the year, but after a few months of relaxa- 
 tion was appointed, 27 June, 1798, to the Forti- 
 tude, we believe a prison-ship at Portsmouth, the 
 charge of which he retained until April, 1802. 
 While next in command, from 5 April, 1803, until 
 Jan. 1805, of the Mary tender, Mr. Gourly was 
 presented by the owners of some Greenland ships, 
 resident at Leith, with a gold watch, for the care 
 with which he had attended to them on their voy- 
 age outward ; and on one occasion he was treated 
 in the most handsome and flattering manner by the 
 Dutch Admiral Verdroon, in compliment to the 
 seamanship and perseverance he had exhibited in 
 entering the Isieuwe Diep, under circumstances of 
 the greatest difliculty and danger. On leaving the 
 Mary he joined the Texel, bearing the flag in the 
 North Sea of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, to whom, 
 on 13 Sept. 1806, he became Signal-Lientenant. 
 Returning, about the end of 1807, to the Mediter- 
 ranean in the Trident 64, Capt. Campbell, Mr. 
 Gourly, on the arrival of that ship at Malta, was 
 sent by the Governor, Sir Alex. Ball, to the coast 
 of Barbary, in command of the Tuscan brig. On 
 his return from that mission he received, dated 14 
 Sept. 1808, an Admiralty commission promoting 
 him to the command of the San Juab, formerly a 
 Spanish 74, then lying at Gibraltar, without guns 
 and with only men enough for a single boat's 
 crew belonging to her. On 9 Nov. 1808 Capt. 
 Gourly removed to the Acting-Captaincy of the 
 Atlas 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John 
 Child Purvis, whom he assisted in equipping the 
 Spanish men-of-war at Cadiz, and in removing them 
 out of the reach of the invading French aimy. In 
 March, 1809, he went back to Gibraltar, where he 
 soon completed the crew of the San Jdan, and also 
 fitted out a small frigate for the Emperor of Morocco. 
 He further undertook the superintendence of the 
 dockyard, the victualling office, and other naval 
 establishments on the rock; restored 20 decayed 
 gun-vessels to a serviceable state ; and, indeed, did 
 all that the most indefatigable exertions could ac- 
 
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 oomplish. His health obliging him to invalid in 
 June, 1810, he remained on half-pay from that pe- 
 riod until Feb. 1812. He then, acting under the 
 orders of the Admiralty, raised for the service 
 about 200 men and boys from among those em- 
 ployed in the Scotch fisheries ; and he afterwards, 
 from 16 Sept. 1814 until paid off, 2 Sept. 1815, com- 
 manded the Pelokhs 18, on the coast of Ireland. 
 He acquired Post-rank 1 Jan. 1817, and accepted 
 the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 A short time previous to his junction of the Pe- 
 i-onns, Capt. Gourly elicited the encomiums of the 
 civil authorities of Aberdeenshire for the aid he 
 had rendered in the suppression of two very serious 
 riots. He published in 1838 a work ' On the great 
 Evils of Impressment.' His only son, Lieut. John 
 Gourly, E.N., was drowned, 18 Dec. 1815, while 
 endeavouring to save the life of a boy in Loch End, 
 near Edinburgh. 
 
 GOVETT. (Lieut., 18 !.'■>. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Govett entered the Navy, 1 April, 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tioee 74, Capt., after- 
 wards Rear-Admiral, Benj. Hallowell, whom, in 
 Aug. 1811, he accompanied, as Midshipman, into 
 the Malta 80. The latter rating he had attained 
 in May, 1810. From the Malta, Mr- Govett, the 
 whole of whose servitude appears to have been on 
 the Mediterranean station, was transferred, as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, on 5 Oct. 1814, to the Wizard 18, 
 Capts. Edw. Boxer and Walter Croker. He was 
 superseded on the occasion of his official promotion, 
 23 March, 1815, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 GRACE. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 16; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Pekcy Grace is third son of the late Rich. 
 Grace, Esq., M.P., of Boley, Queen's County (the 
 representative of a family of considerable antiquity, 
 seated in Ireland since the days of Strongbow), by 
 Jane, daughter of Hon. John Evans, of Bulgaden 
 Hall, grandfather of John Evans Freke, sixth and 
 present Lord Carbery. He is younger brother of 
 SirWm. Grace, Bart., of Grace Castle, oo. Kilkenny; 
 and also of Sheffield Grace, Esq., D.C.L., F.S.A., 
 K.H., of Knole House, co. Sussex, a gentleman 
 well known in the literary and antiquarian world 
 for his profound and accomphshed writings. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 March, 1801, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capts. Thos. 
 Fras. Fremantle and Geo. M'Kinley, under the 
 former of whom he fought, on 2 of the following 
 April, at the battle of Copenhagen. In Dec. 1804, 
 after having further served, as Midshipman, on the 
 Home, West India, American, and Irish stations, 
 Mr. Grace removed from the Ganges to the Grey- 
 hound 32, Capts. Chas. Elphinstone and Edw. Thos. 
 Troubridge, in which frigate he cruized for some 
 time off Cherbourg, and then sailed for the East 
 Indies, where, on his return to Poulo-Pinang from 
 Calcutta, whither he had been ordered to conduct 
 a large recaptured vessel, he was received on board 
 the Blenheim 74, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. 
 Troubridge, to await an opportunity of rejoining 
 the Greyhound ; which, however, did not present 
 itself until after the former ship had taken the 
 
 f round and been nearly lost at the entrance of the 
 traits of Malacca, in April, 1806. In the beginning 
 of the following July, his removal to the Greyhound 
 having been at length efieoted, Mr. Grace assisted 
 at the destruction of a Dutch armed-brig under the 
 Fort of Manado, and also at the capture of a similar 
 vessel ofif the island of Tidore ; and, on 26 of the 
 same month, he proved himself an officer deserving 
 of promotion by his conduct in a smart action with 
 a Dutch squadron, which terminated in the sur- 
 render, to the Greyhodnd and Harrier sloop, of 
 the Pallas frigate, and two armed and richly-laden 
 Indiamon.*' The Greyhound, of which he had 
 been nominated a Master's Mate in Nov. 1806, and 
 an Acting-Lieutenant in June, 1807, being wrecked 
 in Oct. 1808 off' the coast of Luconia, Mr. Grace 
 and his companions had to perform a fatiguing 
 * VideGaz. 18or, p. 423. 
 
 march of 12 days over mountains and through 
 rivers and woods hitherto unpassed by European, 
 in a state of utter destitution. They then became 
 captives of the Spanish at Manilla, where they were 
 detained for a period of three months ; but it was 
 not until after a further and most cruel imprison- 
 ment of eight months at Batavia, whither they were 
 taken by two French frigates, with whom they had 
 unluckily fallen in while on their passage, en parole, 
 from Manilla to Prince of Wales Island, that they 
 were fully restored to liberty. Being then, in Sept. 
 1809, allowed to depart in the Pibdmontatse fri- 
 gate, Capt. Chas. Foote, Jlr. Grace, whose promo- 
 tion had been confirmed by the Admiralty on 28 of 
 the preceding Feb., was shortly afterwards, on 30 
 of the same month, placed in command of the boats 
 of that ship, and sent to reconnoitre a flotilla of 20 
 Malay pirates, two of whom he succeeded in cap- 
 turing, although not without a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 20, including himself severely, wounded. The 
 effects of the injury he received he still feels, but 
 no compensation, has ever been granted to him. 
 Proceeding subsequently to Madras, he thence took 
 a passage, in the Sarah Christiana Indiaman, to^ 
 England, where he arrived in Dec. 1810. On 16 of 
 the following March we find him joining the Se- 
 MiRAMis 36, Capt. Chas. Eichardson, in command 
 of one of the boats of which frigate he had the 
 good fortune, on 24 of the ensuing Aug., to contri- 
 bute to the capture of five French vessels anahored 
 four miles up the Gironde. On the morning of 
 25 of the same month he similarly assisted in 
 taking Le Pluvier corvette, of 16 guns and 13G men, 
 under the batteries of Royan, and on that occasion 
 his handsome conduct obtained him the official 
 thanks of his Captain.* After an unemployed in- 
 terval of eight months, Mr. Grace, on 12 Aug. 1812, 
 was appointed to the San Domingo 74, hearing the 
 flag on the coast of North America of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, under whom he witnessed the 
 attack upon Crany Island, &c., and served until 
 promoted to the rank of Commander, 15 June, 1814. 
 His last appointment was, on 17 Jan. 1822, to the 
 Cyrene 20, fitting for the African station, where 
 he cruized, between the river Gambia and the 
 Bights of Benin and Bianfra, until 14 Deo. 1823, at 
 which period he sailed for England, where he 
 arrived 7 Feb. 1824, after having encountered a 
 hurricane so violent that it had been found neces- 
 sary to throw 11 of the ship's guns overboard. The 
 Cyrene, who during the summer of the preceding 
 year had conveyed Sir Chas. M'Cartliy from the 
 Gold Coast to Bathurst, a new settlement on St. 
 Mary's Island, in the river Gambia, was next 
 ordered to the Mediterranean, on which station she 
 arrived in time to form part of the force employed 
 before Algiers under Sir Harry Neale, prior to the 
 settlement of the dispute then existing between 
 Great Britain and the Dey. In Nov. 1824 Capt. 
 Grace became Senior officer in the Levant. He 
 attained Post-rank 1 Feb. 1825, and on 20 Aug. in 
 the same year was paid off". 
 
 Capt. Grace is Senior of 1825. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson, 
 
 GRAEME. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 19.) 
 Alexander John Graeme, bom in March, 1799, 
 is a younger son of Colonel Graeme, of Inchbrahie, 
 in Perthshire (who at the period of his death was 
 the oldest officer who had served throughout and 
 survived the famous siege of Gibraltar), by Mar- 
 garet Oliphant, of Condie, N.B. He belongs to the 
 ancient family now represented by the Duke of 
 Montrose, being a direct descendant from WilUam, 
 the first Earl, so created in 11504-5. His father was 
 heir-presumptive to the Earldom after the late 
 Duke's brother. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Qdeen Charlotte 100, 
 Capt. Robt. Jackson, bearing the flag off Brest of 
 his relative Lord Keith. Proceeding in Aug. 1814 
 to the Mediterranean as a passenger in the Gbani- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1752. 
 
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420 
 
 GRAHAM. 
 
 cus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, he there became 
 Midshipman of the Elizabeth 74, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, under whom he con- 
 tinued until April, 1815. From that period until 
 promoted to tile rank of Lieutenant, 5 Dec. 1822, 
 he was successively employed, part of the time 
 as Master's Mate, on the Gibraltar, Lisbon, Ports- 
 mouth, St. Helena, and Jamaica stations, in the 
 MiNSTREi, 26, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, Gkanicds 
 again, Capt. W; F. Wise, Vengeub 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Coch- 
 rane, Racoon and Falmouth sloops, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Vengedr again, 
 Capt. Alexander, Parthian brig, Capt. Wilson 
 Braddyll Bigland, and Serapis 4, Lieut.-Commander 
 Geo. Vernon Jackson. He then joined the Pyra- 
 MDS 42, Capt. Fras. Newcombe, also in the West 
 Indies, whence he returned home in the Gloucester 
 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen, and was paid off 10 June, 1825. Soon after 
 this, in consequence of the weakened circulation 
 produced by the great variety of climate under 
 which Lieut. Graeme had served, and the exposure 
 to which he had been subjected, he had the misfor- 
 tune, during a moderately frosty day, to lose, from 
 the effects of cold, the last two joints of the four 
 fingers of his left hand ; and, indeed, slight expo- 
 sure since that time has often caused alarming 
 numbness and discoloration of his ears and nose. 
 Being thus prevented from energetically pursuing 
 his profession, he remained unemployed until 13 Jan. 
 1840, when he was appointed to the Victory 104, 
 guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch. 
 He was promoted, shortly after his removal to the 
 First-Lieutenancy of the Queen 110, to the rank he 
 now holds in honour of Her Majesty's visit to that 
 ship when on the eve of sailing from Spithead with 
 the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, by commission 
 dated 7 March, 1842; sihoe which period he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Graeme married, in 1826, Eleanora, 
 daughter of John Johnson, Esq., of Liverpool. 
 
 GKAHAM, C.B. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 20: 
 
 H-p., 17.) 
 Charles Graham entered the Navy, 9 June, 
 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, 
 Capt. John Erskine Douglas, stationed in the North 
 Sea, whence, in 1812, he accompanied the same 
 officer to the Mediterranean, as Midshipman of the 
 Prince of Wales 98. On his rejunction of the 
 latter ship, after having witnessed in the Imperi- 
 EDSE 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, the capture of 
 Porto d'Anzo, and the operations against Leghorn 
 and Genoa, he returned home and was paid off in 
 July, 1814. Until 26 Oct. 1816 he further served, on 
 the Home and Jamaica stations, in the Glasgow 50 
 Capt. Hon. H. Duncan, Romney 50, Capt. John 
 Mackellar, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral 
 J. E. Douglas, Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. 
 Rodney Phillott, and Salisbury again, Capt. John 
 Mackellar. He then became successively Acting- 
 Lieutenant, also in the West Indies, of the Active 
 and Pique frigates, Capts, Philip Carteret and J. 
 Mackellar; and, on 9 July, 1817, was confirmed into 
 his former ship, the Primrose 18, still commanded 
 by Capt. Phillott. Having returned to England in 
 Aug. 1818 on board the Rifleman brig, Capt. Nor- 
 wich Duff, Mr. Graham next joined— 15 Sept. 1819 
 the Tartar 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Geo. Ralph Collier on the coast of Africa— and 14 
 Dec. 1822 and 11 March, 1823, the ImpregnaLle 
 104, and Britannia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief at Ply- 
 mouth. In the capacity of Commander, a rank he 
 attained 17 April, 1824, Capt. Graham was subse- 
 quently, 16 June, 1829, appointed to the Philomel 
 16, on the Mediterranean station. He was promoted 
 to the command, 4 Nov. 1830, of the Rattlesnake 
 28, attached to the force in South America, whence 
 he returned home and was paid off' 10 Nov. 1833 
 He has been employed on the East India station 
 since 28 April, 1343, as Captain of the Castor 36. 
 
 In Dec. 1845, while Senior officer of the squadron 
 at New Zealand, he there landed in command of 
 about 340 officers, seamen, and marines, for the 
 purpose of co-operating with a body of troops under 
 Colonel Despard in the reduction of a pah belong- 
 ing to a rebel chieftain named Kawiti, and situated 
 in a thick forest on a mountain 14 miles inland 
 from the head of the river Kawakawa. After more 
 than three weeks of indefatigable labour and exer- 
 tion, during which the British, notwithstanding 
 great wetness in the weather, were constantly em- 
 ployed in cutting roads through the woods and over 
 the hills of a hitherto untraversed country, in 
 erecting batteries near the pah, in then breaching, 
 shelling, and rocketing it, and had moreover to live 
 under what shelter they could temporarily contrive 
 out of the bush, the enemy's stronghold was assault- 
 ed and carried in triumph. For this service Capt. 
 Graham was nominated a C.B. 27 July, 1846.* 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 GRAHAM. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 George Tempest Graham passed his examina- 
 tion 26 Feb. 1841 ; and served as Mate, on the 
 North America and West India, Mediterranean, 
 South American, East India, and Cape of Good 
 Hope stations, in the Electra 18, Capt. PhiHp 
 Gostling, Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, 
 Satellite 18, Capts. Robt. Fitzgerald Gambler 
 and Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, and Pre- 
 sident 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres. He obtained his commission 2 June, 1846, 
 and, since 19 Aug. in that year, has been serving 
 in the East Indies on board the CBiLnERS 12, Capt. 
 John Chas. Pitman.' 
 
 GRAHAM. (CTaptain, 1825. r-p, U; h-p., 24.) 
 
 John George Graham entered the Navy, 24 
 April, 1809, as A.B., on board the Victory 100, 
 Capt. Philip Dumaresq, of which ship, bearing the 
 flag in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he became 
 Midshipman 30 June following. From May, 1810, 
 until the receipt of his first commission, which 
 bears date 20 Sept. 1815, he was successively em- 
 ployed, on the Home and Cape of Good Hope 
 stations, in the Solebay 32, Capt. Hon. Granville 
 Leveson Proby, Malacca frigate, Capt. Wm. But- 
 terfield. Victory again, Capt. Dumaresq, Bellero- 
 phon and Scabborodgh, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral 
 John Ferrier, Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, 
 and Harpy sloop, Capt. Geo. Tyler. He afterwards 
 joined, in the capacity of Lieutenant — 3 June, 1818, 
 the Carron 20, Capt. John Furneanx, under whom 
 he was wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, 6 July, 1820 
 —and, 6 April, 1821, the Hyperion 42, Capt. Jas. 
 LiUicrap, at the Cape of Good Hope. He was pro- 
 moted to the command, 16 June, 1823, of the Ic.4.rds 
 10, on the Jamaica station ; was invested with Post- 
 rank 3 Oct. 1825 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 accepted the 
 Retirement. 
 
 GKAHAM. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 
 Philip Graham, born at Stonehouse, co. Devon, 
 is son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Rich. Graham, 
 R.M. ; and only brother of the present Capt. For- 
 tescue Graham, R.M. He is a relative of the Mar- 
 chioness of Thomond. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Rambler sloop, Capt. Thos. 
 Innes, employed on the Home station. On his re- 
 turn from a subsequent voyage with convoy to 
 Quebec, whither he had gone as Midshipman of 
 the Uranie 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert, he 
 joined the Prince of Wales 98, successive flag- 
 ship of Admirals Edw. Thornbrough, Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez, and Jas. Gambler, under the latter of whom 
 he attended the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen. 
 He then returned to Portsmouth on board the 
 Waldanaar, one of the captured 80's, commanded 
 by Capt. Andw. King, but, soon rejoining Lord Gam- 
 bier, continued to serve with that officer, in the 
 * F. Gai. 1846, pp. 2345. 2347. 
 
GRAMSHAW— GRANDY. 
 
 421 
 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, and Caledonia 120, until 
 after the destruction of the French shipping in Aix 
 Koads in April, 1809. During the proximate siege 
 of Flushing, we find Mr. Graham, who had just 
 passed his examination, employed as a volunteer 
 with the Scheldt flotilla. Being next ordered to 
 Lisbon, he there, as Acting-Lieutenant, assumed 
 the command, 28 Feb. 1810, of the Triton hospital- 
 ship, an appointment which the Admiralty con- 
 firmed by commission dated on 14 of the following 
 April. In the autumn of the same year, shortly 
 after his removal to the Zealous 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Boys, he took voluntary command of several armed 
 boats, and was sent up the Tagus to co-operate with 
 the British troops at Alhandra, where he served 
 with the present Capt. M. F. F. Berkeley, from the 
 very day on which "Wellington first occupied the 
 lines of Torres Vedras until Massena had retreated 
 to Santarem. His subsequent appointments, after 
 further cruizing In the Zealous on the North Sea 
 and Baltic stations, were — 17 June, 1813, to the 
 Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam. "Warren, whom he accom- 
 panied to the Mediterranean — 27 Aug. 1814, to the 
 N AMUK 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. "Williams at Sheer- 
 ness — 29 Oct. 1814, to the CoMus 22, Capt. John 
 Tailour, which ship, after assisting at the capture, 
 in,spite of a desperate resistance, of seven Spanish 
 and Portuguese slavers on the coast of Africa, he 
 left 1 Nov. 1815— and, 14 Sept. 1818, to the Coast 
 Blockade, in which service he officiated, as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 50, andRAMiL- 
 LiEs 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, 
 until May, 1825. He was promoted to his present 
 rank 29 July following, but does not appear to have 
 been since employed. 
 
 Commander Graham, in 1830, was presented with 
 the gold medallion of the Royal Institution for Pre- 
 serving Lives from Shipwreck, for his intrepidity in 
 having saved the master and part of the crew of 
 the brig Mountaineer, wrecked near Deal, on her 
 voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to London. 
 Agents — Copland and Burnett. 
 
 GEAMSHA"W. (Rktired Commander, 1839. 
 F-P., 16; H-p.,33.) 
 
 Joseph George Hijlzen Gramshaw is the grand- 
 son of an old Post-Captain. He is brother-in-law of 
 Commander G. A. Seymour, K.N. ; and a relative 
 of the late Lieut. Jas. Henry Garrety, R.N., who 
 lost an arm, and was captured, while in command 
 of the Plumper gun-brig, after a brave defence, by 
 seven French gun-vessels, off the port of Granville, 
 16 July, 1805. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. SirWm. 
 Sidney Smith, under whom, after assisting at the 
 defence of Acre, and witnessing the defeat of the 
 Turks at Damietta, he served on shore in the expe- 
 dition of 1801 to Egypt. The Tigre being paid off 
 in Sept. 1802, he next, in March, 1803, rejoined Sir 
 Sidney Smith, as Midshipman, on board the Ante- 
 lope 50 ; in the boats of which ship and of the 
 Magicienne, commanded by Lieut. Jas. Boxer, he 
 took part, 31 March, 1804, in the cutting out, after 
 a very sanguinary and obstinate conflict of three- 
 quarters of an hour, of the Sclirik guard-vessel of 6 
 guns and 94 men. On 16 of the following May Mr. 
 Gramshaw appears to have been further present in 
 a gallant attack made by a squadron, under the or- 
 ders of Sir Sidney Smith, upon a division of the 
 enemy's flotilla passing alongshore from Flushing 
 to Ostend. Towards the close of 1805 we find him 
 appointed, with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, to the 
 command of a rocket-boat, for the purpose of join- 
 ing in an attack (afterwards postponed) on the ene- 
 my's flotilla at Boulogne. Attaining the full rank 
 of Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806, he was appointed, 
 in that capacity— 28 March, 1806, to the Bonetta 
 14, Capts. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman and Jas. 
 Kobt. Philips, successively employed in affording 
 protection to the North Sea convoys, and in con- 
 tributing to the reduction of Copenhagen, where 
 she led the fleet to its anchorage, and then as- 
 
 sisted at the debarkation of the troops — 13 Sept. 
 1807, as First, to the AValdemaae 80, Capt. Andw. 
 King, which ship, one of those taken on the latter 
 occasion, he assisted in navigating to England — 11 
 March, 1808, after having aided in clearing the 
 Danish prizes, when brought to Portsmouth, of 
 their lading and stores, to the Barfledr 98, Capts. 
 Donald M'Leod and Sam. Hood Linzee, bearing the 
 flag for some time of the late Sir Chas. Tyler, in 
 which ship, besides escorting the Russian Rear- Ad- 
 miral Seniavin's squadron from Lisbon to England, 
 and visiting Vigo, he assisted in embarking Sir 
 John Moore's army after the battle of Corunna, on 
 which occasion he brought off Marshal Beresford, 
 who was the last man to leave the shore — 14 May, 
 1809, to the Ganges 74, Capts. Peter Halkett and 
 Thos. Dundas, part of the force employed in the 
 ensuing expedition to the Scheldt, where she was 
 stationed off Bergen-op-zoom to watch the move- 
 ments of the enemy's flotilla— 6 May, 1811 (on the 
 return of the Ganges from the Baltic, whither she 
 had been next sent to act as an escort to the trade 
 passing through the Great Belt), to the Armada 74, 
 Capts. Adam Mackenzie, John Ferris Devonshire, 
 and Chas. Grant, the latter of whom he accompa- 
 nied to the Mediterranean— and, 2 Oct. 1812, to the 
 HiBEHNiA 120, bearing the flag on that station of 
 his old Captain, Sir W. S. Smith. On 18 Aug. 1813 
 he served with distinguished bravery in the boats 
 of a small squadron, under Capt. Thos. Ussher, in a 
 very gallant attack made on the batteries at Cassis, 
 where, after sustaining a loss of 4 men killed and 16 
 wounded, the British, in four hours, succeeded in 
 capturing three heavy gun-boats, and 26 vessels 
 laden with merchandise.'*' Not having been em- 
 ployed since the peace, Mr. Gramshaw, on 5 Jan. 
 1839, accepted the rank of Retired Commander. 
 
 His son, Frederick Gramshaw, in the R.N., was 
 lately surveying with Capt. Bullock in the Porcu- 
 
 GRANDY. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 John Samuel "William Grandt entered the 
 Navy 26 April, 1823; passed his examination in 
 1831 ; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 
 12 Dec. 1839 ; and on 1 Jan. 1842 was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. Continuing to serve in the 
 Coast Guard, he had the good fortune, in Jan. 1845, 
 to render much assistance to the Pelican sloop, 
 when that vessel, with 250,000i. of specie on board 
 took the ground between Stoke's Bay and Fort 
 Monckton. Mr. Grandy has been in command 
 since ] April, 1845, of the Active Revenue-cruizer. 
 He is the Senior Lieutenant on the List of 1842. 
 
 GRANDY. (Commander, 1837.) 
 
 Samuel Geandt entered the Navy, in Feb. 1795 
 as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Lion 64, Capts. Geo' 
 Palmer, Edm. Crawley, and Manley Dixon, employed 
 on the Home station ; and, on subsequently joinina 
 the OvEEYSSEL 64, Capt. John Bazely, attended thi 
 expedition to Holland in Aug. 1799. During the 
 latter part of the war he served in the Mediterra- 
 nean, as Midshipman of the Diadem 64, Capt. John 
 Larmour. From the renewal of hostilities in March 
 1803, until July, 1807, he appears to have been em! 
 ployed, on the Home and Baltic stations, chiefly 
 as Master's Mate, in the Thunderer 74, Capt "Wm 
 Bedford, HiBERNiA 110, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Gardner, Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Chas. Aid- 
 ham, and Pkinoe OF TV^LES 98, flag-ship of Admi- 
 rals Edw. Thornbrough and Jas. Gambler. After 
 participating, as Sub-Lieutenant of the Forward 
 gun-bng, Lieut.-Commander Daniel Shields in the 
 operations against Copenhagen, he became succes- 
 sively Actmg-Lieutenant, in 1808, of the Lightning 
 sloop, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, Vultuhp 
 Capt. Joseph Pearce, and Alaakt ^6 ' Capt Jas' 
 Tillard ; which latter vessel, on 10 Aug. 1809 was 
 aken, at the close of a very obstinate resistancrof 
 two hours, by two Danish brigs of war and a^vUion 
 
 •GreSaS?" ""' "• '»"' '^""^ '^e name is mi.pe.t 
 
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 GRANGER— GRANT. 
 
 of 15 gun-boats, near Fredericksvaen, on the coast 
 of Norway. Mr. Grandy, whose appointment to 
 the Alaart had been confirmed on 25 of the ^re- 
 vious March, subsequently joined — 6 Nov. 1809, the 
 Echo 18, Capts. Kobt. Keen, Arden Adderley, John 
 Haswell, and Thos. Peroival, under the first of 
 whom he contributed to the capture of the Capri- 
 cieux privateer of 16 guns, near Dieppe, 11 March, 
 1810—30 July, 1812, the Pkimeosb 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Geo. Rodney ]?hillott, in which vessel he served, on 
 the Home, north coast of Spain, West India, and 
 American stations, until Oct. 1815—14 Sept. 1818, 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, the Severn, Coast 
 Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch— 22 Jan. 1822, 
 the Coast Guard— 10 Feb. 1824, the Kamillies 74, 
 Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, under whom he again served, 
 as a Supernumerary, jn the Coast Blockade — 20 
 March and 23 June, 1829, the Fasoy and Harpy 
 Revenue-vessels, which he successively commanded 
 until April, 1832— and again, on 3 May in the latter 
 year, the Coast Guard. He left that service on ad- 
 vancement to his present rank, 2 Jan. 1837 ; but, 
 returning to it, as an Inspecting Commander, 5 May, 
 1812, continued to officiate in that capacity untU 
 1846. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Grandy is Senior of 1837. Agent — 
 Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 GRANGER. (Vice-Admirai, of the Eed, 1837. 
 r-p., 19; H-p., 43.) 
 
 William Grauger was born about 1769. 
 
 ibhis officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 178.5, as 
 A. B., on board the HY.a:NA 24, Capt. Pat. Sinclair, 
 employed off the coast of Ireland. From Jan. 
 1787, until March, 1793, he served, as Midshipman, 
 on the same, and on the Channel and West India 
 stations, in the Triumph, flag-ship of Lord Hood, 
 Sqoikrel, Capt. John Drew, Bedne, Capt. Davidge 
 Gould, AoROEA, Capt. John Sutton, Bombay Castle, 
 Capt. John Thos. Duckworth, Nemesis, Capt. Alex. 
 John Ball, and Sandwich, Capt. Jas. Robt. Mosse. 
 He then sailed for the Mediterranean in the FoR- 
 TiTiiDE 74, Capts. Wm. Young and Thos. Taylor, of 
 which ship he was created a Lieutenant by com- 
 mission dated 7 Oct. 1793. After assisting at the 
 reduction of Corsica in 1794, and being for a short 
 time attached to the Fame 74, Capt. Thos. Taylor, 
 he was appointed, at the Cape of Good Hope, 27 
 Jan. and 16 July, 1796, to the Crescent 36, Capt. 
 Edw. BuUer, and Monarch 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. 
 Keith Elphinstone ; under the former of whom he 
 witnessed the surrender of the Dutch squadron in 
 Saldanha Bay. He was promoted, on the latter sta- 
 tion, to the command, 10 May, 1797, of the Hope 
 sloop ; from which vessel he removed, 8 Nov. 1797, 
 to the Rattlesnake 16. On 16 Sept. 1799, Capt. 
 Granger was made Post into the Jupiter 50, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant, also at the Cape, of Commo- 
 dore Geo. Losack. In that ship, on 11 of the fol- 
 lowing Oct. during the absence of the Commo- 
 dore, he brought to close action, after a long run- 
 ning fight, the French frigate La Preneuse of 40 
 guns and 300 men. Being, however, unable, in con- 
 sequence of the boisterous state of the weather, to 
 open her lower-deck ports, the Jdpiter was ulti- 
 mately obliged to discontinue the action, in order 
 to repair her damages ; and the enemy accordingly 
 effected his escape. Capt. Granger's subsequent 
 appointments were, after an interval of 12 months 
 — 1 Jan. 1801, to the HYiENA 24, employed, until 
 Jan. 1802, in the Baltic and Channel— 3 Jan. 1805, 
 for rather more than two months, to the Malta 80, 
 on the coast of Spain— and lastly, 11 Aug. 1808, and 
 21 April, 1810, to the Semieamis 36, and Caesar 80, 
 both on the Lisbon station, where he continued 
 until 25 May, 1811. He became a Rear-Admiral 22 
 July, 1830; and a Vice- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 GRANT. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Aetiiue Grant passed his examination in 1829 ; 
 and obtained his first commission 9 May, 1836. His 
 appointments, as Lieutenant, were — on 18 of the 
 same month, to the Dublin SO, flag-ship in South 
 
 America of Sir Graham Eden Hamond— 22 Jan. 
 1839, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Stephen Lushing- 
 ton, on the North America and West India station 
 —16 Nov. 1839, as First, to the Andromache 26, 
 commanded at the Cape by Capt. Robt. Lambert 
 Baynes— and, 25 May, 1843, in a similar capacity, 
 to the FiSGAED 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, sta- 
 tioned in the Pacific. He attained his present rank 
 9 Jan. 1846 ; and since 17 of the following Dec. has 
 been employed as Second-Captain of the Supekb 80, 
 Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 GRANT. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Duncan Brooks Gordon Grant passed his ex- 
 amination in 1824 ; and obtained his commission 22 
 Oct. 1827. His appointments have since been — 26 
 Nov. 1830, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the 
 Hyperion 42, Capt, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, under 
 whom he served on the Coast Blockade until March, 
 1831—9 May, 1837, to the Victoby 104, bearing the 
 flags of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland and Hon. Dun- 
 combe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superintendents 
 at Portsmouth, where he continued the usual period 
 of three years — and, 25 June, 1840, to the Coast 
 Guard, in which service he is now employed. 
 
 GRANT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Edward Grant entered the Navy, 15 April, 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. 
 John Halliday, Jas. Johnstone, Henry Lidgbird 
 Ball, and Valentine Collard ; in which ship he be- 
 held, as Midshipman, the destruction of the French 
 squadron in Basque Roads in April, 1809. In June, 
 1810, he removed to the Courageux 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Butterfield, stationed off the coast of France, wherej 
 in the following month, he again joined the Gib- 
 raltar, then commanded by Capt. Robt. Plam- 
 pin. From April, 1811, until Oct. 1813, he served 
 in the Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin, under 
 whom, after assisting at the siege of St. Sebastian, 
 he escorted the French garrison to England, and 
 on 23 of the ensuing month, Oct. 1813, contri- 
 buted, we believe, to the capture of La Trave, of '14 
 guns and 321 men, which frigate, although disabled 
 in a previous action, did not surrender until she had 
 sustained a close conflict of 15 minutes. On the fol- 
 lowing day Mr. Grant was nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Cyane 22, Capt. Thos. Forrest, and, 
 while in that vessel, he was present, in Jan. 1814, at 
 the capture, off Madeira, of the French 40-gun fri- 
 gates Iphigenie and Alcmene. Being then succes- 
 sively appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the 
 Newcastle 50, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, and ToN- 
 NANT 80, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he took 
 part, under the latter ofllcer, in the expedition 
 against New Orleans. He was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant, 29 March, 1815, in the Regulus troop-ship, 
 Capt. Fras. Truscott, but since the following Nov., 
 when he returned to England and was paid off, has 
 been unemployed. Agents — Coplands and Bur- • 
 nett. 
 
 GRANT. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Henry James Grant passed his examination 5 
 Jan. 1842 ; and after serving for some time in North 
 America and the West Indies on board the Tweed 
 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Cameron Douglas, was ap- 
 pointed Mate, 15 May, 1844, of the Collihgwood 
 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Sey- 
 mour. He attained his present rank 13 June, 
 1846. 
 
 GRANT. (Commander, 1835. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 24.) 
 John Grant entered the Navy, in May, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tribune frigate, Capt. 
 Thos. Baker, whom he accompanied as Midshipman, 
 in 1807, into the Vanguard 74, commanded after- 
 wards by Capt. Henry Rich. Glynn. In 1811, hav- 
 ing hitherto served on the Home and Baltic stations, 
 latterly as Master's Mate of the Christlan VII. 80, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, he sailed with 
 tliat officer for the Mediterranean on board the 
 
GRANT-GRANTHAM. 
 
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 Caledonia 120. Being promoted, 25 June, 1812, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Milforo 74, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, he assisted, 
 in the course of 1813, at the capture of Fiume, Ro- 
 vigno, Piran, Capo d'lstria, and Trieste ; and on 5 
 Aug. in the same year ho commanded the boats, 
 under Capt. Jas. Black, at the capture, on the island 
 of Ragosniza, of a battery mounting 6 24-pounders 
 and 2 71-inch mortars, and the destruction of a 
 newly-erected signal-tower. Between 1814 and May, 
 1816, Mr. Grant next served, in the Adriatic, and 
 on the Home and Jamaica stations, in the Revenge 
 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore, Edbtdice 24, Capt. 
 Hon. Valentine Gardner, Romney 50, Capt. John 
 Mackellar, and Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas. He was 
 afterwards appointed First-Lieutenant, 21 Sept. 
 1829, and 18 Oct. 1832, of the Ganges 84, and Spar- 
 TiATE 76, commanded on the Mediterranean and 
 South American stations by Capts. Geo. Burdett 
 and Robt. Tait — the latter as flag-ship for some 
 time of Sir Michael Seymour. He attained his pre- 
 sent rank 10 Dec. 1835, and — with the exception of 
 two years' command, from 30 March, 1838, until 
 paid oif in the early part of 1840, of the Talavera 
 72, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, on the Mediterranean 
 station — has since been on half-pay. 
 
 GRANT, Kt. (Capt., 1828. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Sir Richard Grant, bom in 1783, is son of the 
 late Rich. Grant, Esq., Proctor at Jamaica. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in July, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100, 
 Capt. "Wm. Bedford, successive flag-ship in the 
 Channel of the late Lord Gardner and Sir Henry 
 Harvey. He became Midshipman, in July, 1801, 
 of the Revoldtionnaiee 44, Capts. Thos. Twysden, 
 Hon. John Murray, Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, Wal- 
 ter Lock, and Hon. Henry Hotham, with whom he 
 continued to serve until Sept. 1804; when, on his 
 return from a voyage to Jamaica, he rejoined Lord 
 Gardner in the Trent, off Cork. In the early part 
 of 1805 he returned to the West Indies as Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Elk sloop, Capts. R. M'Donnell 
 and Jas. Rich. Dacres. His official promotion tak- 
 ing place on 5 Oct. in the same year, he shortly 
 afterwards joined, in the capacity of Lieutenant, the 
 Penguin, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, also stationed 
 in the West Indies, where, in June, 1806, and May, 
 1807, he became attached to the Wolfe, Capt. Hall, 
 arid Veteran, flag-ship of Vioe-Admiral Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres. His next appointments were, on the Home, 
 Baltic, Cape of Good Hope, Mediterranean, and 
 Irish stations— 30 Sept. 1809, to the Solebay 32, 
 Capt. Edw. Henry Columbine— 8 March, 1809, to 
 the BELLEROriioN 74, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Gardner— 8 Sept. 1810, and 17 June, 1813, to the 
 President 38, and Blenheim 74, both commanded 
 by Capt. Sam. Warren, under whom, in the former 
 ship, he assisted at the reduction of Java in Sept. 
 1811 — 15 April, 1815, after six months of half-pay, 
 to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Edw. Pelham 
 Brenton— and, 7 June following, to the Tonnant 
 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell. He attained 
 the rank of Commander 7 Nov. 1818; was nomi- 
 nated Second Captain, 17 May, 1827, of the Hussar 
 46, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir Chas. Ogle ; 
 and on 17 May, 1828, was there posted into the 
 Tyne 28. Having paid that vessel off in June, 
 1830, he subsequently joined— 2 Jlay, 1832, for a 
 period of four months, the Castor 36, lying at 
 Chatham — 15 Feb. 1837, the Cornwallis 72, as 
 Flag-Captain to Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, on the North 
 America and West India station, whence he re- 
 turned in the spring of 1839— and, 7 Nov. 1845, to 
 the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir 
 Chas. Ogle. He resigned the latter appointment in 
 1846 ; and is now on half-pay. 
 
 Sir Rich. Grant, who had been Knighted on the 
 presentation of a civic address in 1820, married, 29 
 July, 1846, Lydia, widow of Jas. Lambert, Esq., of 
 Fowlers, Hawkhurst, Kent. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 GRANT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 
 William Grant was born 14 May, 1789, at Taun- 
 ton, in Somersetshire, and died 1 Dec. 1845. He 
 was son of Capt. John Grant, who obtained a medal 
 for his services in the 40th Regt. during the first 
 American war, and who afterwards, when belonging 
 to the Prince of Wales' or Leicestershire Fencibles, 
 fought in Ireland during the rebellion of 1798. One 
 of his cousins, Wm. Cottell, Lieutenant R.M., was 
 mortally wounded on board the Robust 74, at the 
 defeat, in the latter year, of a squadron under Com- 
 modore Bompart ; and another, the late Capt. Jas. 
 Cottell, R.M., who died in 1842, served in the Ton- 
 nant at Trafalgar. He has left a brother, a Surgeon 
 in H.M. 10th Regt., now at Calcutta. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 13 Sept. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Quebec 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, with whom he 
 continued to be employed, in the same ship, and in 
 the EuRYALus 36, and Edinburgh 74, until May, 
 1814. He frequently came into contact, while in 
 the EuRYALOs, with divisions of Spanish and Danish 
 flotillas. He saw, also, an immense deal of boat- - 
 service ; conveyed Sir John Moore to the shores of 
 Portugal, the Duke of AngoulSme to Gottenborg, 
 and other members of the French royal family from 
 the latter place to Harwich ; assisted, during the 
 Walcheren expedition, in forcing the passage of the 
 batteries between Flushing and Cadsand ; was for 
 eight months employed, without once dropping an 
 anchor, with the in-shore squadron off Toulon ; par- 
 took, while so stationed, of various encounters with 
 the French fleet ; contributed, in the boats, to the 
 capture of a large number of armed and other ves- 
 sels ; was often in warm collision with the Italian 
 batteries ; and frequently landed for the purpose of 
 destroying the enemy's stores. On his removal to 
 the Edinburgh, Mr. Grant, in Oct. 1813, com- 
 manded the storming-party from that ship at the 
 capture of the defences at Port d'Anzo ; and he 
 further served on shore in the unsuccessful attack 
 on Leghorn, at the capture of Santa Maria and 
 other strongholds in the Gulf of Spezia, and finally 
 at the reduction of Genoa. On the latter occasion 
 he was sent to take possession of the Sphynx cap- 
 tured sloop-of-war. From the Edinburgh, which 
 had been recently commanded by Capt. John Lam- 
 pen Manley, he was transferred, in Dec. 1814, to 
 the Boyne 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, flag- 
 ship afterwards of Lord Exmouth, under whom he 
 served at the siege of Gaeta. He went on half-pay 
 in Sept. 1815, having been promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant on 11 of the preceding Feb., and did not 
 again go afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Grant married in 1837. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 man. 
 
 GEANTHAM. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 36.) 
 Charles Grantham (a), bom 4 Dec. 1790, is son 
 of the late Thos. Bennett Grantham, Esq., Captain 
 in the 15th Regt., by Margaret, daughter of Capt. 
 Arthur Webber, R.N. He is brother of Capt. Thos. 
 Grantham, of the Royal Artillery, and of Arthur 
 Grantham, Esq., of the R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Feb. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alcm&ne 32, Capts. J ohn 
 Styles, Jas. Brisbane, and Wm. Henry Brown Trem- 
 lett ; in the boats of which frigate, stationed off tlie 
 coasts of France and Spain, he appears to have been 
 frequently employed, the greater part of the time 
 as Midshipman, until wrecked off Nantes, while 
 blockading two of the enemy's frigates, 29 April, 
 1809. Being confirmed, 23 Oct. following, to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming, he subsequently, while on 
 the books of that ship, served with the flotilla at 
 the siege of Cadiz, and was instrumental to the de- 
 fence of Fort Matagorda during its siege by the 
 French. In Oct. 1810 he exchanged, at Vera Cruz, 
 into the Helder frigate, Capt. John Serrel, and 
 returned to England. Since March, 1811, in the 
 course of which month he went on half-pay, Lieut. 
 Grantham has been unemployed. 
 
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 GRAVE— GRAVES— GRAY. 
 
 This gentleman, in 1844, was High Sheriff for co. 
 Rutland. He married, 25 July, 1811, the Hon. 
 Emily Grace Fortescue, youngest daughter of the 
 late Eight Hon. Jas. Fortescue, M.P., of Ravens- 
 dale Park, CO. Louth, and niece of the late Earl of 
 Claremont. 
 
 GRAVE. (LiEDT., 1818. F-P., 9 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 John Castellow Grave entered the Navy, 6 
 Aug. 1809, as L.M., on board the Nebeds 36, Capt. 
 Peter Heywood, with whom, after bringing home 
 from the Mediterranean the remains of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Lord Collingwood in April, 1810, he proceeded 
 as Midshipman to South America. In July, 1813, 
 he accompanied Capt. Heywood into the Montagh 
 74 ; which ship, bearing the flag for some time of 
 Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas. Foote, appears to have 
 been employed, fU'St with the force off Flushing, 
 next in escorting Louis XVIII. to France, after- 
 wards in conveying part of the British army from 
 Bordeaux to England, and finally as one of the fleet 
 in the grand naval review held at Portsmouth on 
 the cessation of hostilities. From Dec. 1814 until 
 Feb. 1817 we find Mr. Grave serving in the East 
 Indies on board the Coknwallis 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Geo. Burlton, and Tyne 24, Capts. John Allen and 
 another. He then joined the Cadmus 10, Capt. 
 John Gedge, on the Home station ; and on 20 Jan. 
 1818, while employed as Admiralty-Midshipman of 
 the Amphion 32, bearing the broad pendant in 
 South America of Commodore Wm. Bowles, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. "We are not 
 aware that he has been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Grave is Senior of 1818. He married, in 
 Dec. 1835, Mary, widow of the late J. Treacher, 
 Esq^., of Chiselhurst, co. Kent. 
 
 GRAVES. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Graves entered the Navy 9 March, 
 1816 ; passed his examination in 1823 ; and obtained 
 his first commission 30 April, 1827. He joined, 14 
 Aug. following, the Adventobb surveying-vessel, 
 Capt. Philip Parker King, on the South American 
 station; and on 11 May, 1832, and 2 Aug. 1836, was 
 successively invested with the command of the 
 Mastiff and Meteor, alias Beacon, vessels em- 
 ployed in the survey of the Mediterranean. He 
 obtained a second promotal commission, 22 Feb. 
 1841, but did not leave the Beacon until appointed, 
 2 April, 1846, to the Ceylon receiving-ship at Malta. 
 He was advanced to his present rank 3 Aug. fol- 
 lowing ; and is now on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Graves married, 29 Feb. 1839, Frances 
 Sarah, daughter of Major C. A. Bayley, Lieut. -Go- 
 vernor of Gozo. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GRAY. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Edward Evans Gray passed his examination 
 in 1821 ; and obtained his first commission 13 Nov. 
 1827. He was afterwards appointed — 19 Sept. 1834 
 and 25 April, 1837, as First, to the Raleigh and 
 Ringdove sloops, Capts. Michael Quin, Horatio 
 Stopford Nixon, and Hon. Keith Stewart, on the 
 East India, and North America and West India 
 stations— and, 13 Jan. 1842 and 8 Dec. 1845, to the 
 successive command of the Bonetta and Viper 
 brigantines, employed off the coast of Africa, and 
 in North America and the West Indies. He left 
 the last-mentioned vessel on attaining his present 
 rank, 9 Nov. 1846. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GRAY. (LiEOT., 1814. F-p., 20; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Francis Gray has lost three brothers in the 
 Navy, all of whom had attained the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, viz. George, who fell in the Defiance at 
 Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, aged 26— Richard, who, 
 after having captured, in command of the Active 
 schooner, a Spanish polacre of very superior force, 
 died, from the effects of a tropical climate, while 
 on his passage home on board LaPromptb, in May, 
 1801, at the age of 18— and William, who obtained 
 a pension for wounds, and died in 1835. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl. 
 
 Boy, on board the PicASE, Lieut.-Commander 
 Edw. Crouch ; and on becoming Midshipman, in 
 1805, of the Orion 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, offi- 
 ciated as that oflScer's sole Aide-de-Camp at the 
 battle of Trafalgar. Continuing to serve in the 
 Obion, under Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, 
 until Dec. 1813, he next accompanied the expedi- 
 tions of 1807 and 1809 to Copenhagen and the Wal- 
 cheren. He was ordered, after the surrender of 
 the Danish shipping, to assist Lieut. Geo. Hilton 
 in navigating to England the JPerien of 44 guns ; 
 and during the siege of Flushing he was arduously 
 employed on board a gun-vessel. On the Orion 
 being paid off, Mr. Gray took a passage from Ply- 
 mouth in the Fortune hoy, for the purpose of 
 joining the Venekable 74, then fitting at Ports- 
 mouth for the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. 
 Durham, but he was unfortunately wrecked during 
 the voyage, on the Shag-stone, when, out of about 
 70 persons who were on board, not more than 11 
 were saved. On that occasion, perceiving that the 
 only chance of escape was in keeping the vessel on 
 the reef, Mr. Gray nobly refused a place in the boat 
 he had assisted in launching, that he might remain 
 on board, and afford to those who were left the 
 benefit of his advice and exertions towards effect- 
 ing that object. As a reward for this singularly 
 intrepid act of humanity, he was rewarded by being 
 placed first upon Rear-Admiral Durham's list for 
 promotion. He had previously distingmshed him- 
 self in the month of Oct. 1809, in jumping over- 
 board when the Orion was refitting in Portsmouth 
 Harbour, and rescuing the life of a boy named 
 Edw. Simmons, who had fallen overboard, and could 
 not swim. Shortly after joining the Venerable, 
 and when off Madeira, we find Mr. Gray contribut- 
 ing to the capture, on 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of the 
 French 40-gun frigates Iphigenk and Alcmene — the 
 latter of whom he was among the first to board. 
 On 7 of the following June, having passed Ms exa- 
 mination nearlj' five years, he was appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony 
 Maitland, to which frigate the Admiralty confirm- 
 ed him on 26 of the next Aug. The Pique, sta- 
 tioned in the West Indies, being placed out of com- 
 mission in Aug. 1815, he remained unemployed 
 until 6 June. 1831, when he joined the Ordinary at 
 Chatham. During his continuance in that service, 
 which he did not quit until 1 Oct. 1834, he appears 
 to have been twice deputed to assist Capt. John 
 Marshall in the conduct of the Quarantine Esta- 
 blishment at Standgate Creek. From 11 Jan. 1834 
 until Nov. 1835, he next had the direction of the 
 Police department of Chatham Dockyard. He then 
 went on half-pay for the purpose of joining the 
 merchant-service, and has not been since officially 
 employed. 
 
 Lieut. Gray is married, and has issue two sons 
 and three daughters. 
 
 GRAY. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Herbert Blachford Gray entered the Navy 
 18 Feb. 1816; was wounded, 20 Oct. 1827, at the 
 battle of Navarin, while serving on board the Genoa 
 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst ; * passed his examinar 
 tion 4 Nov. 1829 ; procured an appointment in the 
 Coast Guard 4 Dec. 1839 ; and obtained his com- 
 mission 5 Jan. 1844. He has since joined— 2 Feb. 
 1844, the Penelope steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones, 
 on the coast of Africa — 16 July, 1844, the Hydra 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, on the 
 same station— 3 March, 1846, the Tortoise store- 
 ship at Ascension, Capt. Arthur Morrell— and 2 
 Dec. 1846, as Senior, the Resistance troop-ship, 
 Capt. Geo. Lowe. Lieut. Gray is. Senior of 1844. 
 
 GRAY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Matthew (Philpot Beery) Gray, bom 13 Dec. 
 1793, at Ballinrobe, co. Mayo, is son of the late 
 Capt. Owen Wynne Gray, of the 6th Dragoon 
 Guards. He is brother of Lieut. Chas Gray, of 
 the 30th Regt., who was killed at the storming of 
 * Fide Gaz. 182r, p. 2Ui. 
 
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 Badajoa ; of Capt. Wm. Gray, who died of wounds 
 received in Canada ; of Major Owen Wynne Gray, 
 of the 62nd, who fell in action ; and of Hugh Gray, 
 who lost his life during the Burmese war. He is 
 uncle of the present Governor of South Australia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1805,- as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Isis 50, Capt. John Ac- 
 worth Ommanney, bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus 
 Gowor, Governor of Newfoundland, from which 
 place he returned to England in March, 1807. He 
 re-embarked (having been intermediately employed 
 in the study of navigation), 3 Jan. 1807, on board 
 the Bkilliamt 28, Capt. Thos. Smyth, and during 
 the next two years was actively engaged on the 
 . coast of France, where, besides blockading the ports 
 of Cherbourg and St. Malo, he joined in many cut- 
 ting-out affairs, contributed much to the obstruction 
 of the enemy's coasting-trade, and assisted at the 
 capture of a privateer. Becoming Midshipman, 
 then, of the Thalia 36, Capts. Thos. Manby and 
 Jas. Giles Vashon, Mr. Gray presently accompanied 
 the former officer in supposed pursuit of two French 
 frigates to Davis Strait. On his return to Europe, 
 after a fruitless exposure of several weeks to many 
 severe hardships, and a prolonged stay on the coast 
 of Labrador, he accompanied the expedition to the 
 Waloheren, and, on 11 Aug. 1809, assisted in forcing 
 the passage between the batteries of Flushing and 
 Cadsand. Prior to sailing in the Thalia for the 
 West Indies, Mr. Gray next, in one of that frigate's 
 boats, and while in attendance on the King off 
 Weymouth, assisted in saving the royal barge ; an 
 occasion on which the late Sir Harry Neale lost his 
 son. In Feb. 1810, having arrived in the West 
 Indies, he there joined the Hebe 32, Capt. John 
 Fyffe, and (with the exception of a brief attachment, 
 in the autumn of 1811, to the Thisbe 28, guard-ship 
 in the river Thames) he continued to serve on that 
 station, both in the Hebe and in the Akethdsa 38, 
 bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Stirling, Poly- 
 phemus 64, Capt. Douglas, and Vakiable 6, Lieut. - 
 Commander Rich. Augustus Yates, until June, 1813. 
 During the period of his servitude in the latter 
 vessel, Mr. Gray was thrice placed in charge of 
 prizes of great value, the whole of which he suc- 
 ceeded in conducting through the difficult and dan- 
 gerous navigation which leads into Nassau, New 
 Providence. On his return home with Vice-Ad- 
 miral Stirling, in the Bedfohd 74, he was ordered 
 to join the Asia 74, bearing the flag in North 
 America of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, by whom he 
 was invested, 29 July, 1814, with the command, as 
 Sub-Lieutenant, of the Anna Makia advice-vessel. 
 After witnessing the ensuing capitulation of Alex- 
 andria, we Aid him leading Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon's 
 sqtedron down the Potomac, and effecting the de- 
 struction, during the descent, of one of the enemy's 
 forts. Having further attended the expedition to 
 Baltimore, he was next employed in covering a 
 foraging party at Windmill Point, where he laYided 
 and, with only 24 men, defeated a large detachment 
 of American militia, but not without receiving a 
 slight sword-wound on the elbow, and two buck- 
 shot in the leg. In reward for the zeal, diligence, 
 and activity he had displayed in the performance 
 of these services, he was promoted by Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane to the rank of Lieutenant 3 Sept. 1814. 
 After the attack upon Cumberland Island Mr. Gray, 
 who had previously shared in the operations against 
 Crany Island, . proceeded to Bermuda with de- 
 spatches for the Governor, Sir Jas. Cockbum. 
 While there he had the good fortune to recover 
 the Countess of Harcourt East Indiaman, which had 
 been abandoned by the persons in charge of her, 
 and which, with the assistance of the Coqdette, 
 who subsequently came up, he brought into port. 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane, after this, appointed him to 
 the command, 22 April, 1815, of the St. Lawrence 
 14, on leaving which vessel he successively joined 
 the GoREE 16, Capt. John Willson, and Niger 38, 
 Capt. Sam. Jackson. He returned home from North 
 America in Aug. 1816, on board the Buffalo, having 
 been officially promoted by commission dated 9 Feb. 
 1815, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 8 March, 1820, Anne, eldest daughter 
 of Thos. Lennon, Esq., of Colehill House, late High 
 Sheriff for co. Longford, and has issue two sons and 
 two daughters. His youngest son is a Midshipman 
 in the K.N. 
 
 GRAY. (LlEDTENANT, 1830. F-p., 13 ; H-P., 21.) 
 RioHABD Gray entered the Navy, 10 March, 
 1813, as F8t.-cl. Vol., on board the Plantagenet 
 74, Capt. Kobt. Lloyd, employed in North America 
 and the West Indies. From May, 1815, until the 
 summer of 1820, when he passed his examination, 
 he officiated, as Midshipman, on the Home, North 
 American, and West India stations, in the Havock 
 10, Capt. Geo. Truscott, Dee 24, Capt. Sam. Cham- 
 bers, and Pyeamus 36, Capt. Eras. Newcombe. 
 He continued from the latter date to serve in the 
 Pyramos, as Mate, until May, 1821, and then joined 
 the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Thos. Gill. In the 
 summer of 1829, after an interval of nearly four 
 years, he returned to the West Indies on board the 
 Grasshopper 18, Capt. Chas. Deare. He was there 
 appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 4 April, 1830, of the 
 Barham 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphrn- 
 stone Fleeming, but left that ship on the occasion 
 of his official promotion, which took place 12 July 
 following, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 He married, 28 Oct. 1830, Eleanor Charlotte, 
 daughter of the late W. A. Pengree, Esq., of 
 Lloughor, Glamorganshire. 
 
 GEAY. (LlEDTENANT, 1815. F-P., 12 ; H-p., 28.) 
 Thomas Gray (6) was born 5 Nov. 1787, and 
 died 18 Sept. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1806, as 
 A.B., on board the Elector 16, Capt. Geo. Trol- 
 lope. After cruizing for some time in the North 
 Sea he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he 
 became Master's Mate of the Delight 16, Capts. 
 John Brett Purvis and Lord Balgonie, with the 
 latter of whom, and with Capts. G. W. H. Knight 
 and Sir Thos. John Cochrane, he served, from 
 Aug. 1810 until 8 May, 1815, in the Romdltis 36, 
 and Surprise 38, latterly on the American station. 
 He then went on half-pay, having been advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 10 
 Feb. 1815 ; and, with the exception of a servitude, 
 from 7 Feb. 1829, until 31 Deo. 1830, in the Coast 
 Guard, was not afterwards employed. 
 
 Lieut. Gray has left a family of seven children. 
 Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 GRAY. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 William Gray (b) was bom 9 April, 1793. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 April, 1808, aa 
 Midshipman, on board the Zebra bomb, Capt. 
 Thos. Rich. Toker, stationed in the Baltic, where 
 he accompanied the same officer into the Cruizer 
 18. In Feb. 1813 he joined tjie Lacedemonian 38, 
 Capt. Sam. Jackson, employed off the coast of North 
 America ; and, in June, 1815, the month in which 
 he passed his examination, he became Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Pique 36, commanded in the West 
 Indies by Capts. Fanshawe, Tait, and Mackellar. 
 Between Sept. 1818 and the early part of 1825, 
 Mr. Gray was employed, chiefly as Mate, in the 
 Sybille and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships at Ja- 
 maica and Portsmouth of Sir Home Popham and 
 Sir Geo. Campbell, Owen Glendowee 42, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Sir Robt. Mends on the west 
 coast of Africa, Pylades 18, Capt. Fras. Fead, 
 stationed in the Channel, and Esk 20, Capt. Wm. 
 Jardine Purchas, on the African coast. On 1 July, 
 
 1825, he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Maidstone 36, Commodore Chas. BuUen, employed 
 on the station last mentioned, where, as he had 
 done while belonging to the Owen Glendower, he 
 commanded, a tender at the capture of a slave- 
 vessel. He has been on half-pay since 6 April 
 
 1826. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. ' 
 
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 GRAYDON- GREATHED-GREEN. 
 
 GEAYDON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 James Newenham Gratdon entered the Navy, 
 3 March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Axc- 
 MENE 32, Capts. Jas. Brisbane andWm. Hen. Brown 
 Tremlett, in which frigate he served off the coasta 
 of France and Spain, latterly as Midshipman, until 
 wrecked, off Nantes, while blockading two of the 
 enemy's frigates, 29 April, 1809. In June following 
 he joined the Milfokd 74, Capt. Broughton, sta- 
 tioned off L'Orient ; and he was next successively 
 employed, between Aug. 1810 and June, 1814, to- 
 wards the close of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 in the Dove cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Rich. Cross- 
 man and Jas. Allen, and Chargek and Imogeke 
 brigs, Capts. Jas. Askey and Wm. Ross Bamber, 
 on the Cadiz, Mediterranean, and Home stations. 
 He then became attached, in the capacity last men- 
 tioned, to the Tartards 20, Capt. John Pasco, and 
 Banterer brig, Capt. Chas. Warde. Since the re- 
 ceipt of his commission, which bears date 13 March, 
 1815, he has been on half-pay. Agents — Pettet 
 and Newton. 
 
 GEEATHED. (Liectenabt, 1846.) 
 
 George Herbert Harris Greathed passed his 
 examination 16 May, 1840, and served as Mate, on 
 the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Indus 
 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and Qdeen 110, For- 
 midable 84, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ships of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. B. Owen and Sir Chas. Ogle. He ob- 
 tained his commission 7 Feb. 1846, and has been 
 since serving, again in the Mediterranean, on board 
 the HABtEQDiN 12, Capt. John Moore. 
 
 GEEEN, Kt., K.C.H., K.S.S. (Captain, 1814. 
 F-p., 22 ; H-p., 32.) 
 Sir Andrew Pellet Green entered the Navy, 
 14 April, 1793, as Midshipman, on board the Illcs- 
 triods 74, Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick, under 
 whom, after serving at the investment of Toulon, 
 also at the reduction of Bastia, and in Hotham's 
 first action, he was wrecked, during a gale, near 
 Avenza, 18 March, 1795. On 7 of the following 
 October, having intermediately joined the Censedr 
 74, armee-enr-flute, Capt. John Gore, he had the fur- 
 ther misfortune to be captured, after a brave de- 
 fence of 40 minutes, by a French squadron under 
 M. Bichery. On his restoration to liberty, in March, 
 1796, he became Midshipman of the Thunderer 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian, 
 Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, where he 
 beheld the reduction of Ste. Lucie, the destruction 
 of the French frigate Hanmmie^ and the evacuation 
 of St. Domingo. From the Thunderer, of which 
 ship he had been nominated Acting-Lieutenant 22 
 June, 1799, he removed in that capacity, 16 April, 
 1800, to the Brunswick 74, Capt. Jas. Wallace. 
 Being ofBcially promoted on his return to England, 
 by commission dated 8 Aug. 1800, Mr. Green next 
 joined in succession — 17 Septjrin the same year, the 
 Ganges 74, Capts. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Baker, 
 and Geo. M'Kinley, under the first of whom, pre- 
 viously to sailing for America and the West Indies, 
 he served at the battle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 
 — 9 Sept. 1803, to the Eurydice 24, Capts. Nicholas 
 and Wm. Hoste, in command of the boats of which 
 vessel, on her arrival in the Mediterranean from 
 the coast of Africa, he acquired great praise for his 
 gallantry in an attack made, 6 Oct. 1805, on the 
 Mestuo la Solidad Spanish privateer of 6 guns, and 
 a convoy of which the latter had charge * — imme- 
 diately after the latter event, to the Neptune 98, 
 Capt. T. F. Fremantle, one of the victorious fleet 
 in the ensuing action off Trafalgar, and part of the 
 force next employed at the siege of Danzig — and, 
 after 15 months of half-pay, 23 March, 1807, and 
 23 July, 1808, to the command, on the Baltic, Home, 
 Mediterranean, and American stations, of the Fa- 
 vobite and Gleaner cutters. Obtaining a second 
 promotal commission 1 Feb. 1812, Capt. Green sub- 
 sequently joined the Shamrock and Harrier sloops. 
 In the former of those vessels he distinguished hun- 
 • Vide Gai. 18C5, p. 1376. 
 
 self at the capture of Cuxhaven;* and he was 
 further present, as a volunteer, at the reduction of 
 Gluckstadt.t He acquired Post-rank 12 April, 1814, 
 and was afterwards appointed — 16 May, 1815, and 
 25 Aug. 1818, to the Wye 24, and Kochtort 80, as 
 Flag-Captain to Sir T. F. Fremantle, on the Jersey 
 and Mediterranean stations. He left the Wye in 
 March, 1816 ; and, since the paying off of the RocH- 
 fort in 1820, has again been on half-pay. 
 
 Sir Andw. Pellet Green, who had been created a 
 K.H. and K.S.S. for his services at Cuxhaven and 
 Gluckstadt, received, in 1832, the honour of Knight- 
 hood and the K.C.H. He is also a Knight of the 
 Order of the Iron Crown of Austria. He was ap- 
 pointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to William IV. (whose 
 funeral he attended in that capacity) 8 July, 1837, 
 and to Her present Majesty 23 Nov. 1841. He is 
 now Senior Captain of 1814. Agent — J. Chippen- 
 dale. 
 
 GEEEN. (Lieutenant, 1809.) 
 
 John Green served as Midshipman on board the 
 CouRAGEUX 74, Capt. Sam. Hood, in the expedition 
 of Aug. 1800 to Ferrol ; and, in July, 1801, having 
 accompanied the same officer into the Venerable 
 74, was next present in Sir Jas. Saumarez' actions 
 off Algeciras and Cadiz. He afterwards commanded 
 a boat belonging to the Eclair at the cutting out 
 of a vessel from under the enemy's batteries at 
 Martinique. He also saw a good deal of boat-ser- 
 vice off St. Eustatius and on the Spanish Main; 
 was in a boat of the Galatea 32, Capt. Geo. Sayer, 
 at the taking of several armed vessels in the har- 
 bour of Barcelona in 1806 ; and, on 21 Jan. 1807, 
 led, as Master's Mate, the five boats of that frigate, 
 carrying altogether 75 officers, seamen, and marines, 
 the whole under command of Lieut. Wm. Coombe, 
 at the boarding and capture, after a pursuit (part 
 of the time under a vertical sun) of eight hours, a 
 sharp contest of a quarter of an hour, two repulses, 
 and a loss of 9 men killed and 22 (including himself 
 twice) wounded, of the Frencli national corvette 
 Le Lynx, of 16 guns and 161 men, 14 of whom were 
 slain and 20 wounded. For their zeal and gallantry 
 in the consummation of this desperate exploit, Mr. 
 Green and the other surviving officers were each 
 presented with a sword by the Patriotic Society. 
 During his continuance in the Galatea the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, who, previously to the latter 
 event, had served in her boats at the capture, 12 
 Nov. 1806, of ia Beumon schooner, of 10 guns, fur- 
 ther witnessed the surrender of the Danish West 
 India islands in Dec. 1807 ; and on one occasion, 
 while in command of a tender, armed with a light 
 caxronade and 20 men, he captured a vessel of very 
 superior force, after an action in which he was 
 again wounded. He had the misfortune, however, 
 to be soon taken prisoner by a national cutter of 
 14 guns. He ultimately attained the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant by commission dated 1 1 Aug. 1809 ; and, on 
 subsequently joining the MusQurro, succeeded in 
 capturing an armed vessel at the mouth of the river 
 Oost. His last appointment appears to have been, 
 on 20 Aug. 1826, to the Coast Blockade, in which he 
 served for some time as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. 
 
 Lieut. Green married, 22 May, 1827, Caroline, 
 youngest daughter of the late Edw. Golding, Esq., 
 of Maiden Eligh, co. Berks, by whom he has issue. 
 Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 GEEEN. (Lieut., 1806. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 30.) 
 William Pbingle Green died in Nov. 1846, at 
 
 the age of 61. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1796, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resolution 74, Capt. 
 
 Fras. Pender, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Geo. 
 
 Murray on the Halifax station, where, towards the 
 
 close of the same year, he became Midshipman of 
 
 the Cleopatra 32, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. 
 
 While next attached, from Aug. 1797 until Oct. 
 
 1801, to the TopAZE 36, Capt. Stephen G. Church, 
 
 he appears to have seen mu(^ active boat-service in 
 • Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2«MS. -f V. Gai.lBM, p. 126. 
 
GREENAW AY-GREENE. 
 
 427 
 
 ihe West Indies ; to have been al80 in action, off 
 the Havana, with a Spanish ship of the line, as well 
 as with the batteries in Gibraltar Bay ; and to have 
 accompanied the Duke of Kent from Halifax to 
 England as his Naval Aide-de-Camp. On leaving 
 the TopAZE Mr. Green successively joined the 
 CiBCE frigate, Capt. Isaac WoUey, and Sans Pa- 
 REiL 80, and Trent 36, both commanded, the former 
 as flag-ship to Kear-Admiral Robt. Montagu, by 
 Capt. Jas. Katon, and all stationed in the West 
 Indies, whence, after having passed throtigh scenes 
 of awful mortality, and been employed for 14 
 months as Master's Mate, he returned to England 
 in June, 1803. He was then at once draughted into 
 the CoNQUEROB 74, Capt. Israel Pellew, under whom, 
 in the capacity last mentioned, he cruized for some 
 time in the Channel, and ultimately shared, on his 
 return with Lord Nelson from a pursuit of the com- 
 bined fleets to the West Indies, in the glories of 
 Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. The CoNanEEon, on that 
 day, had the honour of taking possession of the 
 Bvtentaure, the French Commander-in-Chief's ship ; 
 and Mr. Green, we are informed, had command of 
 the boats, which were twice sunk in their attempt 
 to take the prize in tow. On 8 Jan. 1806 this officer, 
 whom the exigencies of his_| profession had deprived 
 of an opportunity of passing his examination 
 earlier than 1805, was promoted, for his conduct at 
 Trafalgar, to a Lieutenancy in the Formidable 98, 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 28 Nov. 1807, 
 through the interest of the Duke of Kent, to the 
 Decade frigate, commanded on the Home station 
 by Capt. John Stewart— 4 June, 1808, as First, to 
 the EuBTDioE 24, Capt. Jas. Bradshaw, employed, 
 during the American embargo of that year, as a 
 ship of observation on the American lines adjoining 
 Nova Scotia— 11 June, 1812, again through the 
 Duke of Kent, to the command of the Kesoldte 14, 
 in which vessel, stationed until Oct. 1815 ofi' the 
 coasts of Ireland and Scotland, he put into practice 
 a mode of training the crew afterwards adopted 
 throughout the whole Navy— 16 Deo. 1826, to the 
 Transport service, in which he officiated as Agent 
 Afloat until 21 March, 1827—19 Aug. 1829 to the 
 AsTBiEA packet, Capt.Wm. King, on the Falmouth 
 station— 3 Nov. 1829 to the command of the Fbolic, 
 another Falmouth packet, in which he continued 
 until paid off, 26 Nov. 1832— and 10 May, 1842, to 
 the ViCTORr 104, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, 
 guard-ship at Portsmouth. He was superseded in 
 the latter appointment in the spring of 1843, and 
 not afterwards employed. 
 
 Lieut. Green was an officer of great mechanical 
 powers. Although his exertions, rewarded in gene- 
 ral with the most blasting iU-luck, seldom fructified 
 into good to himself, he nevertheless unflinchingly 
 devoted the greater portion of his life to the pro- 
 motion of inventions and improvements connected 
 with the service, many of which indeed are so valu- 
 able as to have been universally introduced into the 
 Navy. In 1808 he suggested to Sir John Borlase 
 Warren, then Commander-in-Chief on the North 
 American station, the expediency of a change in 
 the construction, armament, and discipline of British 
 ships of war, in order that they might be rendered 
 capable of more equally copmg with the enemy. 
 He afterwards submitted to the Navy Board a plan 
 for lowering and Adding topmasts, an imitation of 
 which, at a later period, procured another person, 
 we understand, a reward from the Admiralty of 
 5000/. The Society of Arts, in 1823, presented him 
 with a silver medal for his improvements in rigging 
 ships ; as they subsequently did for his " tiller for 
 a disabled rudder," and his "gun-carriage and 
 jointed ramrod for naval use." In 1837 he took 
 out a patent for an "invention of improvements 
 in capstans and machinery employed in raising, 
 lowermg, and moving ponderous bodies and mat- 
 ters." He had previously, in 1833, published a 
 work, entitled 'Fragments on Electricity, Mag- 
 netism, Aerolites, &c. Lieut. Green, who died Se- 
 nior of 1841, has left a widow with three sons and 
 seven daughters. His second son, John, is a Clerk 
 
 of the Victory ; and his youngest, Gilbert Elliot, 
 Second Master of the Dragon steam-frigate. 
 Agent- J. Woodhead. 
 
 GREENAW AY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 11 
 H-p., 33.) 
 Richard Grebnawav entered the Navy, in July, 
 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Ruby 64, Capt. 
 Fras. Farington Gardner, flag-ship afterwards of 
 the late Sir Edw. Thombrough, in which he 
 served, on the North Sea, Cadiz, and Lisbon sta- 
 tions, the last three years as Master's Mate, until 
 transferred in that capacity, in April, 1809, to the 
 Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley. While under the 
 latter officer he attended the expedition of 1809 to 
 the Walcheren, co-operated in the defence of Cadiz 
 in 1810, assisted at the capture, 27 Nov. 1811, of La 
 Corceyre frigate, carrying 28 guns, together with 170 
 seamen and 130 soldiers, and beheld the fall, in 1813, 
 of Fiume, Trieste, and other places in the Adriatic. 
 He also, on 8 June, 1813, partially commanded the 
 boats at the destruction, close to Omago, of a 2-gun 
 battery and the capture of four scuttled vessels 
 loaded with wine ;* and on 8 of ^e following month 
 he led the storming party which took and annihi- 
 lated the fortress of Farasina, mounting 5 long 18- 
 pounders.j' After further escorting Louis XVIII. 
 to France, Mr. Greenaway, who had been created a 
 Lieutenant 13 Dec. 1809, and had been a long time 
 First of the Eagle, was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander by commission dated 26 May, 1814. 
 He has not since been afloat. 
 
 He married, 8 Nov. 1837, Catherine, youngest 
 daughter of the late John Cookson, Esq., of Clap- 
 ham. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 GRPJENE. (LranTENANT, 1842.) 
 
 AuGDSTns Percival Greene died, we believe, in 
 January, 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 23 June, 1831 ; 
 passed his examination 7 May, 1838 ; and, for his 
 services during the war in China, where he officiated 
 as Mate of the Cobnwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. 
 Parker, and served on shore in the operations 
 against Chapoo and Woosung, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.t His last appoint- 
 ment was, 8 July, 1843, to the Ploveb surveying- 
 vessel, commanded in the East Indies by Capt. Rich. 
 Collinson, with whom he continued until the period 
 of his death. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GREENE. (COMMABDEB, 1814. F-p., 13; H-P., 33.) 
 Chables Gbeene is son of the Rev. Doctor 
 Greene. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 Dec. 1801 ; and embarked, 2 Nov. 1805, as A.B., on 
 board the EnRYALcs 36, Capts. Hon. Hen. Black- 
 wood and Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, 
 employed off Cadiz. In April, 1806, he joined the 
 Ajax 74, Capts. John Pilford and Hon. H. Black- 
 wood ; on the accidental destruction of which ship 
 by fire off the Dardanells, 14 Feb. 1807, he became 
 attached to the Active 38, Capt. Rich. Hussey 
 Moubray, and immediately accompanied Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth in the passage of those straits, 
 where he assisted at the destruction of the Turkish 
 squadron off' Point Pesquies. Rejoining the Hon. 
 H. Blackwood, in Feb. 1808, on board the War- 
 spite 74, he continued to serve with that officer, as 
 Midshipman, in the North Sea and Mediterranean, 
 until nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 6 Feb. 1810 of 
 the Tjgbe 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell. He was con- 
 firmed, 4 May following, into the Atlas 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Sanders, off Cadiz; and next appointed, 15 Feb. 
 
 » Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2010. 
 
 f In the preceding April he had commanded the boats of 
 the Eaole, in conjunction with those of the Elizabeth 74 
 under Lieut. Mitchell Roberts, and had assisted, much to his 
 credit, at the capture of one, and destruction of another of 
 an armed convoy who had run themselves on shore into a 
 tremendous surf, under the protection of a galling fire from a 
 
 2-gun battery, two schooners, and three settee eun-boats 
 
 FT Gal. 1813, p. 1793. ' ' 
 
 t K Gaz. 1842, pp. 3400, 3694, 3821. 
 
 3 12 
 
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 GREENE-GREENING— GREENSWORD-GREENWAY. 
 
 1811, to the Ladeei, 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Row- 
 ley, in which frigate he was wrecked, on the Govivas 
 rock, in the Teigneuse passage, under a heavy fire 
 from the French batteries, 3l' Jan. 1812. Being 
 sent on shore on that occasion to solicit assistance 
 from the enemy, and to request the French com- 
 mandant to cease his cannonade, he was detained 
 prisoner ; nor did he succeed in procuring his en- 
 largement until the conclusion of hostilities in May, 
 1814. He was then successively appointed to ,the 
 Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of H.E.H. the 
 Duke of Clarence, and Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon. 
 "Wm. Gordon ; and on 23 of the following July was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander. He has not 
 been since employed. Agents — Messrs. Halford. 
 
 GREENE. (CoMMANDEK, 1833. f-p.,23; h-p., 12.) 
 Thomas Greene entered the Navy, in Jan. 1812, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Tonnamt 80, Capt. Sir 
 .John Gore, stationed in the Channel. In June fol- 
 lowing he became Midshipman of the Fawn 20, 
 Capt. Thos. Fellowes, in which ship, we believe, 
 after accompanying a convoy to the West Indies, he 
 assisted at the recapture of the Perthshire letter- 
 of-marque, of 14 guns, and destruction of the 
 Rosamcmd, a notorious American privateer, of 8 
 heavy guns and 105 men. From Oct. 1813 until 
 June, 1817, he was employed, on the Home station, 
 in the Eridands 36, Capts. Hen. Prescott, Wm. 
 Paterson, and Wm. King ; and between the latter 
 date and March, 1823, he further served, on the 
 Cork, West India, Home, and South American sta- 
 tions, in the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. 
 Hallowell, Tribdne 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah Wil- 
 loughby, Tartar frigate. Commodore Sir Geo. 
 Ralph Collier, Bulwark and Gloucester 74's, 
 bearing each the flag of Sir B. HalloweU, and 
 Beaveb 10, Capts. Arch. M'Lean and Thos. Bour- 
 chier. He was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 7 June, 
 1823, in the Doris 42, Capts. Fred. Edw. Venables 
 Vernon, Thos. Bourehier, and Wm. Jas. Hope 
 Johnstone, under the latter of whom he was for 
 some time employed ofi" the port of Pernambuco for 
 the protection of British property. His next ap- 
 pointment, we find, was to the Semiramis 42, Capt. 
 Kobt. Rowley, in which frigate he served on the 
 Cork station until May, 1827. He attained his 
 present rank 2 July, 1833 ; and he subsequently, 
 from 9 Oct. 1834 until the autumn of 1837, and 
 again from 27 Sept. 1838 until the same period in 
 1843, officiated as an Inspecting-Commander in the 
 Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 GREENE. (Captain, 1834. r-p., 17 ; h-p., 20.) 
 William Burnabt Greene Is son of Capt. Pitt 
 Bumaby Greene, R.N. (1811), who died in 1837. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 27 
 Jan. 1810 ; and embarked, 3 May, 1812, as Midship- 
 man, on board the Ganymede 26, Capt. John Brett 
 Purvis, under whom he appears to have been em- 
 ployed until Sept. 1814 on the coast of Spain, where 
 he frequently came into action with the enemy and 
 saw much active hoa1>service. During the next 
 four years we find him successively joining the 
 Bonne Citotenne 20, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. 
 Clifford, Astr^a 36, Capt. Edw. Kittoe, Furieuse 
 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Challenger 16, Capt. 
 Hen. Forbes, Falmouth 20, Capt. Robt. Worgan 
 Geo. Festing, Phaeton 46, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, and 
 RorAL Sovereign and Royal George yachts, 
 Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen and Hon. Chas. 
 Paget. In all of those ships, with the exception of 
 the Falmouth and Phaeton, in which he visited 
 St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Greene 
 served on the Home station. Obtaining his first 
 commission 9 Nov. 1818, he was next appointed, in 
 the capacity of Lieutenant— 22 May, 1821, to the 
 Rose 18, Capt. Thos. Ball Clowes, in which vessel, 
 on proceeding to the Mediterranean, he had the 
 misfortune to be severely wounded — 8 July, 1822, 
 to the William and Mary yacht, Capt. Chas. Mal- 
 colm, lying at Dublin— and, 25 Nov. 1823, to the 
 
 Revenge 76, bearing the flag on the Mediterranean 
 station of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He was pro- 
 moted, 30 Deo. 1826, to the command of the Medina 
 20, which sloop he paid off' in 1827 ; and he next, 
 from 22 July, 1830, until put out of commission 13 
 Dec. 1821, officiated as Second-Captain, again in the 
 Mediterranean, of the Kent 78, Capt. Sam. Pym. 
 He was advanced to the rank he now holds 6 June, 
 1834 ; but has not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Greene married, 21 April, 1829, Catherine, 
 eldest daughter of the late Sam. Powell, Esq. (of 
 Hammerton and Brandlesome Halls, cos. Tork and 
 Lancaster, and of Barley Street, London), and 
 sister of Capt. Hen. Folliott Powell, of the Ceylon 
 Rifle Regt, by whom he has issue; 
 
 GREENE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 William Pomeroy Greene died in the autumn 
 of 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 March, 1810; 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; and obtained his 
 commission 30 Jan. 1826. We do not believe he 
 was afterwards employed. 
 
 GREENING. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 Richard Greening was bom 20 Oct. 1783. 
 This officer (who had been previously employed 
 for flve years in the merchant-service) entered the 
 Navy, into which he was impressed, 7 Nov. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Hero 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Alan Hyde Gardner and John Poo Beresford. In 
 that ship he fought and was slightly wounded in 
 Sir Robt. Calder's and Sir Rich. Strachan's actions, 
 22 July and 4 Nov. 1805 ; and on 13 of the following 
 March he further witnessed the capture of the 
 French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In 
 the summer of 1807, after a brief attachment with 
 Capt. Beresford to the Ville de Paris 110, he 
 sailed for the Mediterranean as Master's Mate of 
 the Minstrel 18, Capts. John HoUinworth, Ralph 
 Randolph Wormeley, and John Campbell ; in which 
 sloop, besides assisting at the capture, 16 July, 1808, 
 of the national schooner Ortenzia, pierced for 16, 
 but carrying only 10 guns, he was present, 13 Dec. 
 1810, at the destruction of a large convoy protected 
 by two batteries in the Mole of Palamos, where the 
 boats, commanded by Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, sus- 
 tained a loss, out of 600 officers and men, of upwards 
 of 200 killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. Mr. 
 Greening, who also participated while in the Min- 
 strel in many boat-sldrmishes in the Adriatic, 
 next, in 1813, proceeded to the East Indies in the 
 Salsette 36, Capt. John Bowen. He was there 
 appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 19 June, 1815, of the 
 MiNDEN 74, Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay; and on 
 his return home for the purpose of being paid off" in 
 March, 1816, he found that he had been officially 
 promoted by commission dated 20 Sept. in the same 
 year. He has not since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Greening married, in 1831, Miss Frances 
 Bruton. 
 
 GREENSWORD. (Retired Commander, 1842.) 
 Edward Nathaniel Greessword died 17 June, 
 1845, at Boulogne-sur-Mer, aged 71. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been previously 
 borne for upwards of seven years on the books of 
 the Brune and London) embarked, 2 July, 1795, on 
 board the Coromandel, Capt. John Inglis, under 
 whom, on removing to the Belliqoedx 64, he bore 
 a part in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. 
 He was promoted, 8 Oct. 1798, to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Woolwich, arme'e-en-flute, Capt. Michael Halli- 
 day, from which vessel, after visiting the Cape of 
 Good Hope, he was sent, sick, to Haslar Hospital, 
 24 Feb. 1800. He became a Retired Commander, 
 on the Junior List, 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior, 
 5 Jon. 1842. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GREENWAY. (Lieut., 1814. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 George Codrtenay Greenway entered the 
 
 Navy, 2 Oeti 1806, as Fst,-ol. Vol., on board the 
 
GREENWAY—GREER-GREET— GREGORY. 
 
 429 
 
 AcHiLLE 74, Capts. Sir Rich. King and Aislcew 
 Paffard Hollia. After serving for some time in the 
 Bay of Biscay, and co-operating in the reduction of 
 Flushing, he joined, as Midshipman, in the defence 
 of Cadiz, where he was lent to the Spanish 74-gun 
 ship Neptune. On his return home in 1811 on board 
 the San Josef 110, late flag-ship in the Mediterrar 
 nean of Sir Chas. Cotton, he became successively 
 attached to the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, 
 York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, and Macedoniam, of 
 48 guns and 254 men, Capt. John Surman Carden. 
 'While in the latter ship he commanded her cutter, 
 in company with another boat under Lieut. Geo. 
 Kich. Pechell, at the capture, 7 Aug. 1812, of a 
 French lugger, lying aground within musketrshot of 
 the formidable batteries on Be d' Aix ; and on 25 
 Oct. 1812 he was present and severely wounded in 
 a desperate action of two hours and 10 minutes, 
 which rendered her a shattered prize, after experi- 
 encing a loss of 36 men killed and 68 wounded, to 
 the American frigate United States, of 56 guns and 
 474 men, 12 of whom only appear to have been 
 killed and wounded.* The injury he received on 
 tlie occasion was produced by a grape-shot, weigh- 
 ing 14 ounces, which entered the left side under the 
 centre of the dorsal vertebrae, and, cutting away 
 the right shoulder-blade, took an oblique direction 
 and lodged immediately over the fifth and sixth 
 ribs, whence it was extracted. Joining next, in 
 April, 1813, the Dragon 74, Capt. Kobt. Barrie, 
 Mr. Greenway was by that officer detached for a 
 period of six months in the Erie, of 2 guns and 30 
 men, for the purpose of harassing and destroying 
 the enemy's trade in the Chesax^eake and Penobscot.' 
 He afterwards came into frequent contact with 
 Commodore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, and 
 assisted also in the attacks on St. Mary's, Bangor, ' 
 and other places. He came home in April, 1815, 
 having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 
 
 11 of the previous October; and was next, from 
 Sept. in the same year until July, 1817, employed 
 at Plymouth on board the St. George 98, Impreg- 
 nable 98, Berwick 74, and Impregnable again, all 
 flag-ships of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He has 
 not held any further appointment. 
 
 Lieut. Greenway has been in the receipt, since 
 
 12 Aug. 1816, of a pension for his wound of 91Z. 5s. 
 
 GREENWAY. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 8; h-p.,39.) 
 Richard Croft Greenway entered the Navy, in 
 Jan. 1800, as A.B., on board the Syren 32, Capt. 
 Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, with whom, after an 
 attendance of three months on George III. off 
 Weymouth, and a voyage with convoy to the West 
 Indies, he removed, as Midshipman, in Aug. 1801, 
 to the Melampus 36. That frigate being paid off 
 in June, 1802, he next, in Aug. 1803, joined the 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, bearing the flag in the Channel 
 of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; of which ship he was 
 created a Lieutenant 8 March, 1805. Continuing 
 to serve in the Ville de Paris until June, 1806, 
 Mr. Greenway, on 22 of the Aug. following his pro- 
 motion, had an opportunity of sharing in Cornwallis' 
 pursuit of the French fleet into Brest. His last ap- 
 pointment, we believe, was to the Avon sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Thrush, in which vessel he served in the 
 Channel and West Indies until May, 1808, at which 
 period ho invalided. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 GEEER. (Retiiied Commander, 1840. r-p., 16; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 John Miers Greer, born 4 April, 1778, is sixth 
 son of the late John Greer, Esq., of Grange M'Gre- 
 gor, CO. Tyrone, a Justice of the Peace, and Deputy- 
 Governor of COS. Armagh and Tyrone for upwards 
 of 50 years, by Catherine, daughter of John Cup- 
 page, Esq., of Garden Hill, co. Antrim. 
 
 This offloer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1793, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Pakenham, one of Lord Howe's victo- 
 rious fleet in the action of 1 June, 1794. In 1796, 
 after having further served with the same ofiioer in 
 • I'ideGni. 1812, p. ?596. 
 
 La Jdste 80, he became Midshipman, in the Medi- 
 terranean, of , the Amphiteite frigate, Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Herbert; on subsequently accompanying 
 whom into the Amelia 38, he was present at the 
 defeat of Commodore Bompart's squadron off the 
 coast of Ireland in Oct. 1798. After that event he 
 removed to the Royal George 100, bearing the 
 flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport, by whom he 
 was soon appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Nep- 
 tune 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon. He was confirmed, 20 
 Sept. 1799, into La Suffisante sloop, Capts. Jonas 
 Rose and Christ. John Williams Nesham, employed 
 on the Plymouth station, where he continued until 
 the peace. His next appointments were — 12 April, 
 1803, to the Grampus 50, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulr 
 feild, on the East India station, whence he invalided 
 in June, 1804—22 July, 1805, to the Espoir brig, 
 Capts. Joseph Edmonds, Wm. King, and Hen. Hope, 
 in which vessel, after assisting at the reduction of 
 the Cape of Good Hope, he proceeded to the Medi- 
 terranean — 8 July, 1808, to the Podargus, Capts. 
 Wm. HeUard and John Lloyd, from which vessel 
 he was superseded about 1811— and, 21 Feb. 1829, 
 to the command of the Plumper 12, on the coast of 
 Africa. He invalided from the latter station in 
 Jan. 1830 ; and, on 14 March, 1840, he accepted the 
 rank he now holds. 
 
 Commander Greer was admitted to the out-pen- 
 sion of Greenwich Hospital 10 Aug. 1832. 
 
 GREET. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 William Greet is son of the late Alex. Greet, 
 Esq., and nephew of Thos. Young Greet, Esq., many 
 years Mayor and Chamberlain of the borough of 
 Queensborough, Isle of Sheppey; and stepson of 
 Lieut. Jas. Tilley, R.N. 
 
 This oflcer entered the Navy, 29 Nov. 1825 ; 
 passed his examination in 1832 ; and obtained his 
 commission 20 Aug. 1840. He became, 1 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, Additional-Lieutenant of the Camperdown 
 104, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Henry Digby and 
 Sir Edw. Brace; and since 1 Jan. 1843 has been 
 in command of the Perseus, off the Tower. 
 
 Lieut. Greet is married and has issue. 
 
 GREGORY. (Retired Commander, 1831. r-p., 
 19; H-p., 42.) 
 Arthur Thomas Gregory entered the Royal 
 Naval Academy 26 Feb. 1786 ; and embarked, 3 
 May, 1790, as A.B., on board the Fury, Capt. Berke- 
 ley. In the following Aug. he became Midship- 
 man of the Thames 32, Capt. Thos. Troubridge, on 
 the East India station, where, in Aug. 1792, he 
 joined.the Phcenix 36, Capt. Rich. John Strachan. 
 On the return of the latter frigate to England about 
 the close of 1793, he removed in succession to the 
 Alexander 74, Capt. West, and Royal George 
 100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport ; and from 
 the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 4 Aug. 1794, until 1799, he was next employed, 
 also on the Home station, in the Glory, CoSmerce 
 DE Marseilles, Alexander, Dart, and Irresist- 
 ible. His subsequent appointments were — 19 Sept. 
 1800, to the Zealand 64, flag-ship at the Nore — in 
 1803 to the Sea Fencibles at Folkestone— 30 May, 
 1805 and 17 April, 1806, to the Utrecht 64, and 
 Glatton 54, both employed in the Downs — and 
 6 Sept. 1806, to the Impress service at Dover, where 
 he continued until 1810. He accepted the rank of 
 retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 
 1830; and on the Senior 29 June, 1831. 
 
 GREGORY. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10 ; h-p., 
 32.) 
 Cave Gregory entered the Navy, 10 April, 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alert 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Johnstone, employed in watching the Boulogne 
 flotilla. After serving for some time also mth the 
 same officer in the Curieux 18, off Lisbon; he re- 
 moved, in March 1806, to the Pomone38; in which 
 frigate he continued to be employed, under Capts. 
 Wm. Grenville Lobb and Robt. Barrie, on the 
 Channel and Mediterranean stations, chiefly as 
 
430 
 
 GREGORY— GRENFELL-GRESHAM. 
 
 Midshipman, until wrecked, while on his passage 
 home, on the Needles Point, 14 Oct. 1811. During 
 his servitude with the last-mentioned officer, he 
 appears, independently of a participation in many 
 cutting-out aftairs, to have assisted, in company with 
 the Unite 36, and Scoot 18, at the destruction, 
 on 1 May, 181 1, after a gallant action of an hour 
 and a half in Sagone Bay, where the Pomone in- 
 curred a loss of 2 men julled and 19 wounded, ot 
 the two armed store-ships Giraffe and JVourrice^ each 
 mounting from 20 to 30 guns', and protected by a 
 5-gun battery, a martello-tower, and a body of about 
 200 regular troops. In Dec. 1811, Mr. Gregory 
 joined the Cephalds 18, Capt. Augustus "Wm. 
 Jas. Clifibrd ; and in the course of the following 
 year we find him engaged, in company with the 
 EuKYALDS frigate and Pilot brig, in a five hours' 
 attempt to destroy a convoy and some land batte- 
 ries on the coast of Calabria, on which occasion the 
 Cephalus had her First-Lieutenant, Mr. Jenkins, 
 killed, and 19 men wounded, besides sufiering con- 
 siderably in her masts and rigging. In consequence 
 of this event he was for a short time invested with 
 the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. Until officially 
 promoted 8 Feb. 1815, he afterwards served, on 
 the Mediterranean, Channel, and Cork stations, in 
 the Ajax 74, Capt. Sir Kobt. Laurie, Hokatio 38, 
 Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, Caledonia 120, flag-ship 
 of Sir Edw. Pellew, and Bonne Citotenne20, Capt. 
 A. W. J. Clifford, under whom he again officiated 
 as Acting-Lieutenant. He has not since been afloat. 
 Lieut. Gregory married, 17 Oct. 1840, Louisa, 
 daughter of the late Kev. T. Sheepshanks, of Wim- 
 pole, CO. Cambridge. Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 GREGORY. (Retired Commaudek, 184.5. f.p., 
 17 ; H-p., 35.) 
 
 John Ghegobt was bom 28 Sept. 1774, at Bide- 
 ford, CO. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 April, 1795, as 
 A.B., on board the Defiance 74, Capts. Geo. Kep- 
 pel. Sir Geo. Home, and Theophilus Jones, of which 
 ship, employed in the North Sea and Channel, he 
 became Midshipman 15 June following. On remov- 
 ing, in April 1797, to the Royal William, he had 
 the honour of acting as Aide-de-camp to Admirals 
 Earl Howe and Sir Peter Parker on the occasion 
 of the meeting held on board that ship vrith the 
 delegates from the mutinous fleet at Spithead. 
 From the following July, until captured, 13 Feb. 
 
 1801, by a French squadron under M. Ganteaume, 
 we find him serving, on the Channel, Irish, and 
 Mediterranean stations, in the Sdccess 32, Capts. 
 Philip 'Wilkinson and Shuldham Peard ; under the 
 latter of whom he assisted at the blockade of flWalta, 
 and the capture, 18 Feb. and 24 Aug. 1800, of the 
 French 74r-gun ship Le Getiereux, and 40-gim frigate 
 La Diane, He also, during his continuance in the 
 Success, commanded one of her boats at the cut- 
 ting out, 9 June 1799, from under the fire of a bat- 
 tery and musketry In the port of Seva, of the Bella 
 Aurora Spanish polacre, of 10 guns and 113 men, a 
 vessel whose desperate resistance occasioned the Bri- 
 tish a loss of 3 men killed and 10 badly wounded. 
 In June, 1801, on his release from captivity, Mr. 
 Gregory joined the Mermaid 32, Capt. Robt. Dud- 
 ley Oliver, and he afterwards, until paid ofi' in July, 
 
 1802, served with Lord Keith on board the Fou- 
 DROYANT 80. Ke-embarking, 7 May, 1805, as Mas- 
 ter's-Mate, in the Weasel 18, Capts. Peter Parker, 
 John Clavell, and Henry Prescott, he again sailed 
 for the Mediterranean, and thence proceeded to the 
 Adriatic, where, among other operations, he con- 
 tributed, in 1807, to the reduction of one of the 
 enemy's forts. On 16 April, 1808, Mr. Gregory, 
 who appears for some months to have discharged 
 the duties of Acting-Lieutenant in the last-named 
 vessel, was officially promoted, from the Ocean 98, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, to a death- 
 vacancy in the Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship off 
 Toulon of Vice-Admiral Edw. Thornbrough. He 
 invalided from the Mediterranean July 1811. He 
 was subsequently, from 28 Oct. 1813 until Jime 
 1814, employed in a prison-ship at Portsmouth, and 
 
 from 6 July, 1820, until 1823, In the Ordinary at 
 Plymouth. He accepted his present rank 18 J an. 
 1845. Agent— J. Chippendale. 
 
 GREGORY. (Commander, 1833. r.p.,21 ; h-p., 23. 
 Thomas Gregory entered the Navy, 1 July, 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Texel 64, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Byng, with whom he continued to serve, in 
 the same ship, and in the Malabar 50, and Belli- 
 QOEux 64, on the Home and East India stations, 
 latterly as Lieutenant (commission dated 20 July, 
 1810), until Aug. 1811. During his attachment to 
 the Belliqubox we find him assisting at the reduc- 
 tion of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806 ; the 
 capture and destruction, on 27 Nov. following, of a 
 Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war, and about 20 
 armed and other vessels, lying in Batavia roads; 
 and the occupation, in 1809, of the Island of Rodri- 
 guez. His subsequent appointments were — 30 Sept. 
 1811, to the Dauntless sloop, Capt. Daniel Barber, 
 on the Cork station — 13 Sept. 1813 to the Ntmphen 
 36, Capts. John Hancock and Matthew Smith, em- 
 ployed, until 28 Aug. 1815, in the North Sea and 
 Channel — in Aug. 1818, to the Revolutionnaibe 
 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pel- 
 lew, with whom he served in the Mediterranean 
 until paid oflF about June, 1822—13 Dec. 1824, and 
 14 May, 1826, to the Rose 18, and Cambrian 48, 
 Capts. Hon. Chas. Abbot and Gawen Wm. Hamil- 
 ton, on the same station, where he commanded the 
 boats of the latter ship at the capture of a piratical 
 vessel — and, 22 Nov. 1830, after three years of 
 half-pay, as First, to the Sapphire 28, Capts. Hon. 
 Wm. Wellesley and Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Tre- 
 fusis, attached to the force in the West Indies. 
 Since the attainment of his present rank, 7 Jan. 
 1833, Commander Gregory has not held any official 
 employment. He is the Senior officer of his rank on 
 the List of 1833. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GRENFELL. (Commasdeb, 1840.) 
 
 Sidney Gbenfell entered the Navy 25 June, 
 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; and obtained 
 his first commission 20 May 1833. His appoint- 
 ments, as Lieutenant, were — 18 Dec. 1833, to the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. 
 Hastings — 27 Feb. 1835, as Additional, to the Win- 
 chester 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Thos. 
 Bladen Capel — 19 Aug. 1835, to the Thalia 46, com- 
 manded at the Cape of Good Hope by Capt. Robt. 
 Wauchope — 23 April, 1839, again to the Excellent 
 — and, 26 Nov. in the same year, as Senior, to the 
 Cyclops steam-vessel, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, 
 For his services on the coast of Syria, where his 
 name was officially mentioned In connection with 
 the bombardment of the strong castle of Gebail 
 and the storming of Sldon, Mr. Grenfell was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank by commission dated 5 
 Nov. 1840. On the former occasion he had gone 
 back with a seaman (when the British had in the 
 first Instance been compelled to retire), and had 
 rescued, amidst the cheers of the ships, an EngUsh 
 flag which had been accidentally left on a garden- 
 wall, under a most destructive fire ; and on the latter 
 he had again landed In command of the boats, and 
 had effected the capture of 36 bags of barley and of 
 four camels, on their way from Sldon to Beyrout.* 
 He has been employed, since 15 July, 1842, as an 
 Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents 
 —Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GRESHAM. (Lieut., 1843. p-p., 11; h-p., 0.) 
 Thomas Gresham is only survivmg son of "Thos. 
 Gresham, Esq., of Doncaster, co. York, a lineal de- 
 scendant of Sir Thos. Gresham, the celebrated 
 founder of the Royal Exchange. One of his sisters 
 is married to a son of the late General Skelton, 
 E.LC.S. 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 July, 1836; 
 
 Eassed his examination 7 May, 1843 ; and obtained 
 is commission 7 June following. His appointments 
 have since been — 1 Sept. 1843, to the Fobmidable 
 84, Capt. Sir Chas. SuUivan, flag-ship afterwards of 
 * Vide Gai. 16<0, pp. 2252, 260S. 
 
GRETTON— GREVILLE-GREY. 
 
 431 
 
 Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion— 13 May, 1845, as Additional, to the Vernon 
 50, bearing the flag in South America of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Sam. Hood Inglefield— and, 19 March, 1846, 
 to the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Camp- 
 bell, with whom he is at present serving on the 
 latter station. Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 GRETTON. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.) 
 Walthall Gretton, born 1 Feb. 1799, is son of 
 the late Rev. Walthall Gretton, Vicar of Audlem, 
 Cheshire, by Ann, second daughter of Marshall 
 Wright, Fort-Major of Dartmouth Castle. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 May, 1810, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir 
 Peter Parker, under whom he took part in the en- 
 suing reduction of the Isle of France, and after- 
 wards in different skirmishes with the enemy's fleet 
 off Toulon. Removing, as Midshipman, in the early 
 part of 1813, to the Uibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith, he continued to serve for a 
 considerable time at the blockade of that port, 
 where, on 5 Nov. in the same year, and on 13 Feb. 
 1814, he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's two actions. 
 He subsequently joined — in 1814, the Cyrus 20, 
 Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, employed in the 
 Bay of Biscay and off the coast of Ireland — in 1819 
 (three years previously to which period he had 
 passed his examination), the Owen Glendower 42, 
 Capt. Hon. Bobt. Cavendish Spencer, whom he ac- 
 companied to South America and Copenhagen — in 
 1822, the Phaeton 46, commanded on the West In- 
 dia and Mediterranean stations by Capt, Henry 
 Evelyn Pitfield Sturt— in 1824, the Doris 42, Capt. 
 Sir John Gordon Sinclair, in which frigate he re- 
 turned to South America^and, in 1827, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, the VoLAGE 28, Capts. Robt. Tait and 
 Michael Seymour, also on the South American sta- 
 tion. He came home in 1829 on board the latter 
 ship, of which he had been confirmed a Lieutenant 
 3 March, 1828. His last appointment was to the 
 Coast Guard, in which service he was employed 
 from 1 May, 1838, until 1841. 
 
 Lieut. Gretton married, 9 Jan. 1834, Sarah, 
 youngest daughter of the late Rev. Henry Peach, 
 of Derby. 
 
 GREVILLE. (Captain, 1832. f-p., 17; h-p., 24.) 
 Henry Francis Greville, born ,24 Aug. 1794, 
 at Ebberston, co. York, is second son of the late 
 Lieut.-Colonel Henry Francis Greville, by Cathe- 
 rine, second daughter of Sir Bellingham Graham, 
 Bart. He is grandson of Fulke Greville, Esq., En- 
 voy Extraordmary and Minister Plenipotentiary to 
 the Court of Bavaria ; nephew of Capt. Wm. Fulke 
 Greville, R.N., who died in 1837 ; and first-cousin 
 of the late Viscountess Combermere. His great- 
 grandfather, who married a granddaughter of the 
 Duke of Beaufort, was the second son of the fifth 
 Lord Brooke, ancestor of the present Earl of Brooke 
 and Warwick ; and his only brother, George Mac- 
 arteney, died a Major in the Army, in India, in 1834. 
 One of his uncles married Lady Charlotte Bentinck, 
 daughter of the third Duke of Portland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, early in 1806, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Renown 74, Capt. Philip 
 Chas. Durham, employed off Cape Finisterre and 
 in the Mediterranean. On next joining the Are- 
 thusa 38, Capt. Robt. Mends, he took part, as Mid- 
 shipman, in many active operations on the north 
 coast of Spain, where on one occasion he was shot 
 through the leg in a boat affair. After witnessing 
 the capture, 6 April, 1809, of the French 40-gun 
 frigate Le Niemm, and serving for a short time on 
 board the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Cotton, Mr. Greville became attached to the Vo- 
 LAGB 22, Capt. Phipps Hornby ; under whom, on 13 
 March, 1811, he shared in the memorable action off 
 Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the 
 whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, 
 after a battle of six hours, and a loss to the Volage 
 of 13 killed and 33 wounded, a Franco-Venetian 
 armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 
 
 2655 men. He subsequently removed in succession 
 to the Naiad and Junon 38's, and St. Domingo 74, 
 in the two former of which ships, under Capts. 
 Philip Carteret and Jas. Sanders, he saw much ser- 
 vice on the Boulogne and North American stations ; 
 as he also did on the Chesapeake and up the Poto- 
 mac, in command of the Abeona, tender to the St. 
 Domingo, Sir John Borlase Warren's flag-ship. 
 Being appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 20 July, 1813, 
 of the Woolwich 44, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan, he 
 continued to be employed with that officer until 
 wrecked, on the north end of the island of Bar- 
 buda, during a violent hurricane, 6 Nov. following. 
 After a sojourn of four months at the latter place, 
 Mr. Greville, whose first commission bears date 4 
 Jan. 1814, retiimed to England on board the Dia- 
 dem 64. His subsequent appointments were — for a 
 short period in 1814, to the Minerva and Abaxes 
 frigates— 31 July, 1820, as First, to the Menai 26, 
 Capt. Fairfax Moresby— and, 6 July, 1821, to the 
 Vigo 74, Capt. Thos. Brown. While borne on the 
 books of the two latter ships, he appears to have 
 had command of the Wizarix tender, in which he 
 carried despatches to Calcutta, and cruized with 
 success against the slave-trade on the east coast of 
 Africa. He was promoted to the command, 19 July, 
 1822, of the Heron 18, on the St. Helena station, 
 whence he returned to England, and was paid off in 
 Feb. 1823. He next, from June, 1824, until March, 
 1827, officiated as Inspecting Commander of the 
 Norfolk district of Coast Guard ; and he was lastly, 
 from 1 May, 1827, until put out of commission 15 
 Jan. 1831, employed in the Espom 10, on the Cape 
 station, whither he was sent with treasure. He ac- 
 quired his present rank 27 Aug. 1832. 
 
 Capt. Greville held the office, in 1817, of Private 
 Secretary, and Captain of Charles Fort, Barbadoes, 
 under Gen. Viscount Combermere. He married, 
 in June, 1816, Harriet, only child of the late Gen. 
 Despard, by Harriet Anne, sister of Sir Thos. Dal- 
 rymple Hesketh, Bart., of Rufford Hall, co. Lan- 
 caster, by whom he has issue one son, a Lieutenant 
 in the Royal Artillery, and five daughters. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GREY. (Commander, 1842. P-p., 13 ; H-p., 5.) 
 
 Charles Conrad Grey, born 2 Jan. 1817, is se- 
 cond son of Lieut.-Col. Hon. Wm. Grey (brother of 
 the late Premier), who died 10 Aug. 1817, by Maria, 
 daughter of General Wm. Shirreff; and first-cousin 
 of Capt. Hon. Wm. Fred. Grey, B.N., C.B. His 
 brother, Wm. Thos. Grey, Esq., is married to a 
 daughter of the present Rear-Admiral Wm. H. 
 Shirreff. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 April, 1829, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Forte 44, Capt. Jeremiah 
 Coghlan, stationed in South America, where, until 
 Aug. 1832, he further served, latterly as Midship- 
 man, in the Tribune 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, 
 and Seeingapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde- 
 grave. During the next three years we find him 
 employed in the North Sea and Mediterranean, on 
 board the Malabar 74, and Canopds 84, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, and Endy- 
 MiON 60, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts. He then, in the 
 Cleopatra 26, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, returned to 
 South America, on which station he passed his exa^ 
 mination 28 Jan. 1836, and served vmtil Nov. 1838. 
 Obtaining his first commission 10 May, 1839, Mr. 
 Grey was next appointed — 18 June following, as 
 Additional, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bear- 
 ing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt. Stop- 
 ford — on 10 Aug. and 3 Nov. in the same year, to 
 the Vanguard 84, and Daphne 18, Capts. Sir Thos. 
 Fellowes and John Windham Dalling, also in the 
 Mediterranean— and, in the latter part of 1841, to 
 the Queen 1 10, and St. Vincent 120, as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth. He 
 was promoted to his present rank on the occasion of 
 Her Majesty's visit to that place, 7 March, 1842 ; 
 and, since 12 Nov. 1846, has been in command of 
 the Columbine 16, in the East Indies. 
 
 Commander Grey married, 23 April, 1844, Caro- 
 line Nesbit, daughter of the late Major Turner Mo- 
 
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 GREY— GRIERSON— GRIEVE 
 
 can, of Carriff, co. Armagh. Agents— Hallett and 
 Kobinson. 
 
 GREY, C.B. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 8.) 
 The Honourable Fkedekick William Gkest, 
 bom 23 Aug. 1805, is third son of the late Earl 
 Grey (who held the office of Prime Minister from 
 1830 until 1834), by Mary Elizabeth, only daughter 
 of Lord Ponsonby. He is brother of the present 
 Earl Grey, H. M.'s Secretary of State for the Co- 
 lonies ; also of Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Chas. Grey, 
 M.P. ; and of Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, R.N. One 
 of his uncles, the Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, Bart., K.C.B. 
 Capt. R.N., who died in 1828, was Resident Com- 
 missioner of Portsmouth Dockyard, and Marshal 
 in the island of Barbadoes. His first cousin, Chas. 
 Conrad Grey, is a Commander R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1819 ; and 
 while serving as Midshipman of the Naiad 46, Capt. 
 Hon. Eobt. Cavendish Spencer, contributed in the 
 boats under Lieut. Michael Quin, to the brilliant 
 destruction, on the night of 23 March, 1824, of a 
 16-gun brig moored in a position of extraordinary 
 strength alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona, 
 in which was a garrison of 400 soldiers, who, from 
 cannon and Imusket, kept up a tremendous fire al- 
 most perpendicularly on the deck. He was pro- 
 moted, immediately on passing his examination, to 
 a Lieutenancy, 7 April, 1825, in the Sybille 48, 
 Capt. Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell, stationed in 
 the Mediterranean ; whence we believe he returned 
 home in the following Aug. on board the Cthene 
 20, Capt. Percy Grace. His next appointment was, 
 on 26 Sept. 1825, to the Volage 28, Capt. Hon. 
 Rich. Saunders Dundas, with whom he sailed for 
 South America ; on which station he obtained com- 
 mand, 17 April, 1827, of the Heeon 18. He ac- 
 quired Post-rank 19 April, 1828, and was subse- 
 quently appointed — 25 Nov. 1830, to the Action 
 26, which frigate, after an intermediate servitude 
 in the Mediterranean, he paid oS 4 Sept. 1834 — 
 21 Aug. 1835 to the Jopiter 38, fitting for the East 
 Indies, whither he took out .the present Earl of 
 Auckland as Governor-General — and (the latter 
 ship having been put out of commission 27 Sept. 
 1836), 30 Oct. 1840, to the Endtmion 44. For his 
 services in that ship during the war in China (where, 
 in the attack upon Chin-Kiang-Foo, 21 July, 1842, 
 he elicited the best thanks of Major-Gen. Schoedde 
 for the manner in which he superintended the de- 
 barkation of the troops under the orders of that 
 officer, whom he accompanied as a volunteer through- 
 out the day*), Capt. Grey, who paid her ofi' to- 
 wards the close of 1843, was nominated a C.B. He 
 is at present unemployed. 
 
 He married, 20 July, 1846, Barbarina Charlotte, 
 daughter of the Rev. i'. Sullivan. Agests — H allett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 GREY. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 20; h-p., 5.) 
 
 The Honookable George Grey, born 16 May, 
 1809, is fourth son of the late Earl Grey; and next 
 brother of Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, R.N., C.B. 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 July, 1822; 
 passed his examination in 1828; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1829, into the Windsor 
 Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bou- 
 verie, attached to the force in the Mediterra^ 
 nean ; where, after sharing in a particular ser- 
 vice performed by the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. 
 Maunsell, he was successively invested with the 
 command, 3 Sept. 1831, and 10 Dec. 1833, of the 
 18-gun sloops ScYLLA and Scoot. Being advanced 
 to the rank he now holds 14 July, 1834, he was next 
 employed, from 12 Aug. 1835 until the autumn of 
 18.38, and from 28 Aug. 1841 until the spring of 
 1845, latterly on the Mediterranean station, in the 
 Cleopatra 26, and Bblvidere 38. In the former 
 ship he escorted the Countess of Durham and suite 
 to St. Petersburg, then sailed for South America, 
 and ultimately, conveyed the Marquess of Clanri- 
 carde as Ambassador to the former Court. 
 On 29 Sept. 1846, Capt. Grey was appointed Cap- 
 t Fide Gaz. 1642, pp. 3391, 3402. 
 
 tain of the port of Gibraltar, and, on 16 of the fol- 
 lowing Oct., officer in charge of the naval stores 
 belonging to the Dockyard at that place. He mar- 
 ried, 20 Jan. 1845, Jane Frances, second daughter 
 of Lieut.-General Hon. Sir P. Stuart, Governor of 
 Malta. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GKIERSON. (Retired CoMMANDEK, 1838. f-p., 
 16 ; H-p., 34.) 
 James Geierson entered the Navy, in Oct. 1797, 
 as a Boy, on board the Ibis 32, Capt. Geo. Brisac, 
 with whom, and with Lieut. Rice of the Chakger 
 brig, he served on the North Sea station until Oct. 
 1802. On 20 Sept. 1805, after a further employment 
 of exactly two years, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Northumberland 74, bearing the flag 
 off Ferrol and in the West Indies of the late Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, and appointed First of the Princess 
 Charlotte 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin ; in which ship, 
 on 5 of the following month, he bore a part, off 
 Tobago, in a severe action, of an hour's duration, 
 with La Cyane of 26, and La Naiade of 16 guns, the 
 former of whom was captured. Continuing in the 
 same ship until Nov. 1810, Mr. Grierson was further 
 employed in her in affording protection to different 
 convoys, and also for some time on the Irish sta- 
 tion. His last appointments were — 21 Jan. 1811, 
 and 25 March, 1812, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Dictator 64, commanded in the Baltic by Capt. 
 Robt. Williams, and Gloucester 74, bearing the 
 flag off the coast of Holland of Rear-Admiral John 
 Ferrier. He went on half-pay 22 Oct. 1814; and 
 accepted his present rank 10 Aug. 1838. Agekt — 
 J. Chippendale. 
 
 GRIERSON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 36). 
 John Geieeson entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1797, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Iris 32, Capt. Geo. Brisac, 
 on the Home station ; where, from July, 1801, until 
 Sept. 1802, he next served in the Charger brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander Kice. In May, 1804, he re-em- 
 barked, as Midshipman, on board the Mart tender, 
 Lieut.-Commanders John Gourly and Mat. Smith ; 
 from which vessel he removed, in Aug. 1805, to 
 the Lynx sloop, Capt. John WiUoughby Marshall ; 
 under whom we find him, from 4 Jan. until 9 July, 
 1808, and again from 17 July, lfe09, until 6 March, 
 1810, discharging the duties of Acting-Lieutenant on 
 the North Sea and Baltic. stations. On 29 Nov. in 
 the latter year, after having been attached for short 
 periods to the Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez, and, again as Acting-Lieutenant, to the 
 Edgar 74, Capt. Stephen Poyntz, he was confirmed 
 to his present rank in the Princess Caroline 7't, 
 Capt. Hugh Downman, also stationed in the Baltic. 
 He left that ship in Sept. 1811 ; and was afterwards 
 employed in command, from 5 March, 1813, until 9 
 May, 1814, of the Isabella and Anna tenders. He 
 has since been on half-pay. Agent — J. Chippen- 
 dale. 
 
 GRIERSON. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Charles Grierson passed his examin-. 
 ation 8 Sept. 1837 ; and served, as Mate, from the 
 close of 1842 until his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 20 Jan. 1845, in the Queen 110, and 
 Formidable 84, flag-ships in the Mediterranean of 
 Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He joined, on 19 May in 
 the latter year, the Styx steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Windham Hornby, on the coast of Africa; and, 
 since 8 of the following Oct., has been employed 
 in the Pacific on board the Juno 26, Capt. Patrick 
 John Blake. 
 
 GRIEVE. (Retired Commander, 1843.) 
 
 Adam Grieve was born 25 April, 1770, at Leith, 
 and died about Sept. 1845, at Weymouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1797, as 
 Master's Mate, on board the Kite 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Brown, and, after an intermediate employment in 
 the North Sea, assumed charge, 3 May, 1798, of the 
 Olive Branch fire-ship, lying at Woolwich. Re 
 
GUIFFIN— GRIFFITH. 
 
 433 
 
 turning to the Kite in the following Sept., he con- 
 tinued to serve in that vessel, under the command 
 of Capt. Chas. Lydiard, on the same station as 
 before, until Jan. 1801, at which period he became 
 attached to the Leda 38, Capt. Geo. Hope. We 
 subsequently find him, in 1802, 3, and 4, joining the 
 PiQHE 36, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, TJtkecht 64, 
 and Prince of Orange 74, both commanded by 
 Capt. Thos. Rogers, and Daut 28, Capt. Wm. 
 Brownrigg, all on the Home station; and, on being 
 next removed to the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, 
 particularly distinguishing himself by his exertions 
 at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. When in 
 the Leda Mr. Grieve appears, in consequence of an 
 accident, to have had several of his teeth knocked 
 out, and to have lost some large pieces of his jaw ; 
 and, when in the Dart, to have officiated as Act- 
 ing-Master in an operation against the enemy off 
 Calais. On his eventual return from a voyage to 
 the Cape, whither he had gone with Capt. Hope in 
 the Theseos 74, he was promoted, 30 June, 1807, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Klizabeth 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Curzon. His subsequent appointments were 
 —17 Aug. 1808, to the Spakrow 16, Capt. Edw. 
 Burt, in the West Indies— 18 Sept. 1810, to the 
 Abercrombt 74, Capt. Wra. Chas. Fahie, off Lisbon 
 — and, 17 April, 1812, to the command of a Signal 
 station on the island of Alderney. He went on 
 half-pay 4 June, 1814, and, unable from the state 
 of his health to seek further employment, accepted 
 the rank of Retired Commander 6 April, 1843. 
 
 Commander Grieve married, 22 July, 1811, Miss 
 Elizabeth Terrell, and by that lady has left issue 
 two sons and three daughters. His eldest son, 
 Adam John Geo. Grieve, commands the Rob Roy 
 Revenue-vessel. 
 
 GRIFFIN. (Captain, 1842. p-p., 25 ; h-p., 10.) 
 
 William Griffin is son of W. GrifiSn, Esq., of 
 Norwich, co. Norfolk ; and brother of Commander 
 Chas. Wm. Griffith Griffin (1843), who died 15 
 Aug. 1844. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hobatio 38, Capt. Lord 
 Geo. Stuart, employed in the North Sea, where he 
 was taken prisoner by the French in 1813, while 
 engaged on a detached service. Rejoining the same 
 nobleman, as Midshipman, in March 1814, on board 
 the Newcastle 50, he proceeded to the coast of 
 North America, on which station, during the con- 
 tinuance of the war with the United States, he bore 
 a part in many active operations. After an attach- 
 ment of some months in 1815-16 to the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, and Boyne 98, flag-ships at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Mr. Griffin, on 
 12 July in the latter year, removed to the Minden 
 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, with whom, after sharing 
 in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, he proceeded 
 to the East Indies, and there served, until Nov. 
 1820, ^art of the time as Master's Mate, under the 
 flag of Sir Rich. King. Wo next find him (having 
 passed his examination in Aug. 1818) employed 
 as Admiralty-Midshipman, again at Portsmouth, on 
 board the Impregnable 104, and Britannia 120, 
 flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane. In Feb. 1824 he 
 became Master's Mate of the Maidstone 42, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant on the coast of Africa of the 
 present Sir Chas. BuUen; and on 12 Jan. 1825 he 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant in the same ship. Re- 
 turning home in Dec. 1825, he was next appointed — 
 4 Aug. 1827, to the command, for a period of nearly 
 three months, of the Eclipse, a Falmouth packet 
 — 1 Au^. 1829, to the Gloucester 74, Capt. Henry 
 Stuart, in the Mediterranean— 28 June, 1831, to the 
 Talavera 74, Capts. David Colby, Thos. Brown, 
 and Edw. Chctham, of which ship, on again pro- 
 ceeding to the latter station, he became First Lieu- 
 tenant—and, 15 Sept. 1835, to the Asthma, another 
 Falmouth packet, Capt. John Clavell. He was pro- 
 moted from that vessel to the rank of Commander 
 28 June, 1838 ; and on 26 of the ensuing Oct. was 
 appointed Second Captain of the Ganges 84, Capt. 
 Barrington Reynolds, in whicli ship, during the 
 
 year 1840, he served on the coast of Syria and at 
 the blockade of Alexandria. Capt. Griffin, who 
 was paid off from the Ganges 18 April, 1842, aijd 
 who has not since been employed, was rewarded 
 for his Syrian services by a Post-commission dated 
 18 Oct. in the same year. 
 
 He married, 26 Sept. 1842, Mrs. Borlase, daugh- 
 ter of T. Gryles, Esq., of Bosahan, co. Cornwall. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GRIFFITH. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 20.) 
 Henky Allan Griffith is fourth son of the late 
 Rich. Griffith, Esq., of Milleoent, co. Kildare, M.P. 
 for Askeaton during the Irish Parliament, by Mary, 
 third daughter of the late Lord Chief Baron Hussey 
 Burg, of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1811, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Bowles, in which ship, previously to sailing for 
 South America, he served at the blockade of the 
 Texel, and escorted Lord Cathcart as Ambassador 
 to St. Petersburg, besides being occasionally em- 
 ployed in boat a&airs in the North Sea and Baltic. 
 In 1814, on his return to England with Capt. Bowles 
 in the Ceres frigate, he became Midshipman of the 
 Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres ; and he after- 
 wards joined in succession the Havannah 36, Capt. 
 Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Rivou 74, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Ogle, and Grecian schooner, Lieut.-Commander 
 Henry Jewry — the two latter vessels employed at 
 Portsmouth. During his servitude in the Havan- 
 nah Mr. Griffith contributed, in the boats of that 
 ship and a squadron, to the cutting-out, 18 July, 
 1815, of a convoy and several armed vessels lying 
 under the protection of a fort at Corrijou, near 
 Brest ; and he next proceeded in her to St. Helena, 
 in escort of Napoleon Buonaparte. From Nov. 
 1817, in the course of .which month he passed his 
 examination, until 1820, he appears to have been 
 employed in the East and West India merchant- 
 service. He then rejoined the Navy by becoming 
 Mate of the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton, under whom, with the exception of 18 
 months spent in the Hind 20, Capt. Lord John 
 ChurchlU, he continued to be employed, on the 
 Mediterranean station, latterly as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, until his removal in that capacity, in March, 
 1826, to the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. John Brooke 
 Pechell. While in the Hind, in 1824, Mr. Griffith 
 volunteered into H.M.S. Meteor, for the purpose 
 of co-operating in the attack then meditated upon 
 Algiers. Shortly after his confirmation to the 
 Sybille, which took place 5 June, 1826, we find 
 him participating in a desperate action with some 
 pirates off Candia, where the British sustained a 
 loss of 12 men killed and 29 wounded. The Sybille 
 being paid off in Nov. following, he subsequently 
 joined— 24 July, 1827, the Prince Rehent 120, flag- 
 ship at the Nore of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood 
 
 30 Nov. in the same year (through the recommend- 
 ation of the latter officer, and with a promise 
 from the Lord High Admiral of promotion), to the 
 Mersey 26, Capt. Alex. Barclay Branch, fitting 
 for the West Indies— 11 Jan. 1829, to the Magni- 
 ficent receiving-ship at Port Royal, Capts. Abra- 
 ham Crawford and Jas. Thome— next, to the com- 
 mand of the Nimble schooner, which vessel, al- 
 though incomplete in her rigging, and destitute of 
 stores, provisions, and ammunition, he contrived, 
 on a sudden emergency, to place in a sea-going 
 state in the space of one night— and, subsequently 
 (after having successfully cruized in suppression of 
 the slave-trade), to the Victor and Spakrowhawk 
 sloops, Capts. Keane and Gill. He has been on 
 half-pay since July, 1830. 
 
 Lieut. Griffith married, in Nov. 1830, Mary, third 
 daughter of the Rev. Dr. Buck, Rector of Clono. 
 and Demtereat, co. Tyrone. 
 
 GRIFFITH. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 32 ; h-p , 3 ■) 
 Smyth Griffith entered the Navy, 6 Nov 1812 
 asThird-cl. Boy, on board the Malta 84, Cant' 
 Sam. Hood Inglefield, bearing the flag in the Medi- 
 
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 GRIFFITHS. 
 
 terranean of Eear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell. To- 
 wards the close of 1815 he sailed for St. Helena as 
 Slidshipman of the Phaeton 38, Capt. Fras. Stan- 
 fell, under whom — with the exception of a servi- 
 tude of a few months in 1818 on board the Koch- 
 roKT 80, and Liffey 50, commanded at Portsmouth 
 and Chatham hy Capts. Sir Archibald Collingwood 
 Dickson and Hon. Henry Duncan — ^he continued to 
 be there employed, in the same ship, and in the 
 CoNQUEBOK 74, until Oct. 1820. He then joined 
 the Stbille frigate, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley on the Jamaica station, where, on 16 June, 
 1823, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Suri- 
 nam 18, Capt. Chas. Crole. His appointments have 
 since been— 12 Aug. 1824, 24 Oct. 1824, and 17 
 March, 1825, to the Eden 26, Isis 50, and Thkacian 
 18, Capts. John Lawrence, Thos. Forrest, and Andw. 
 Forbes, stationed in the "West Indies and South 
 America— 23 Feb. 1827, to the Tyne 28, Capt. Sir 
 Eich. Grant, employed, until June, 1830, on Par- 
 ticular Service— 25 Nov. 1831, and 9 July, 1836, to 
 the successive command of the Swallow and Mag- 
 net Falmouth packets — 22 July, 1842, to the Coast 
 Guard — and, 14 March, 1846, to be Admiralty Agent 
 on board a contract mail steam-vessel, in which 
 capacity he is now serving. 
 
 Lieut.' Griffith married, 29 March, 1834, Ellen, 
 eldest daughter of Thos. Galloway, Esq., Surgeon 
 R.N. (1801). Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 GRIFFITHS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 28.) 
 Edward Griffiths was born 22 Nov. 1792, at 
 Plymouth, co. Devon, 
 
 ' This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1803, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Gladiator, Lieut. - 
 Commander John Bell Connolly, bearing the flag at 
 Portsmouth of Rear- Admiral John HoUoway ; from 
 which ship he soon afterwards removed to" the Mag- 
 nificent 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, forming part 
 of the in-shore squadron off" Brest, where he was 
 wrecked during a gale of wind on the Black Rocks in 
 March, 1804. Between 21 June, 1804, and 17 Feb. 
 1814, he was employed in succession with Capt. 
 Chas. Dashwood on board the Bacchante 20, Fran- 
 chise 36, Pyramus 38, and Cressy 74, chiefly as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate. In addition to the ser- 
 vices detailed in our memoir of that officer, Mr. Grif- 
 fiths, in 1806, while serving in theFRANCHisE, fought 
 and was wounded by a musket-ball passing through 
 his right thigh in an action with four Spanish armed 
 brigs off the Havana. Shortly after leaving the 
 Cressy he joined the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag 
 of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, under whom, besides 
 participating in many active operations in the 
 Chesapeake, he attended the expedition against 
 New Orleans, where he was attached to the Rocket 
 Brigade, and assisted in taking the enemy's fort on 
 the left bank of the Mississippi. Attaining the rank 
 of Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1815, he next, from 18 March to 
 24 June following, served in that capacity on board 
 the Majestic 58, Capt. John Hayes. From 27 July, 
 1825, until Sept. 1827, and from 14 July, 1843, until 22 
 Feb. 1844, wefind him employed both in the Coast 
 Blockade and in the Transport service. Between 18 
 April, 1845, and May, 1847, Mr. Griffiths was again 
 engaged in the latter department of the Navy. 
 
 While employed on the Coast Blockade he re- 
 ceived two letters of thanks from the Admiralty 
 and the French Consul-General for his exertions 
 in saving the hull and cargo of vessels driven on 
 shore in gales of wind off Winchelsea. 
 
 GRIFFITHS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Herbert Lloyd Griffiths is eldest son of Com- 
 mander Joseph Griffiths, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 11 May, 1828; 
 passed his examination 5 Jan. 1833 ; obtained an 
 appointment in the Coast Guard 25 June, 1840; and, 
 on 7 March, 1842, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His appointments have since been — 
 5 April, 1842, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72, 
 flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of 
 Sir Chas. Adam— 31 Dec. 1842, to the Electra 18, 
 Capt, Arthur Darley, on the same station— 18 Oct, 
 
 1843, to the Imaum 72, receiving-ship at Jamaica, 
 Capt. Alex. Kenton Sharpe— 22 Deo. 1844, to the 
 ScYLLA 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, also employed in 
 North America and the West Indies— and 14 April, 
 1846, as First, to the Wanderer 12, Capt. PhiUp 
 Hodge Somerville, with whom he is now serving on 
 the coast of Africa. 
 
 GRIFFITHS. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 28; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 Joseph Griffiths was born in Dec. 1776. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1788, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Royal Charlotte 
 yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, whom he soon ac- 
 companied into the BRnHS\YicK 74. In June, 1790, 
 he removed as Midshipman to the Windsor Castle 
 98, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Herbert Saw- 
 yer in the Channel, whence, towards the close of 
 the same year, he proceeded to North America 
 and the West Indies in the Winchelsea 32, Capt. 
 Rich. Fisher. On his return home, at the com- 
 mencement of the French Revolutionary war, he 
 joined the Sheerness 44, and next the Repulse 64, 
 both commanded by Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax; 
 with whom he continued until promoted to a Lieu- 
 tenancy, 19 Aug. 1795, in the Calcutta 54, Capt. 
 Wm. Bhgh. He was subsequently appointed, on 
 the Home, Mediterranean, and West India stations 
 — 4 Jan. 1796, to the Director 64, also commanded 
 by Capt. Bligh— 10 March, 1797, to the Formi- 
 dable 98, Capt. Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley — 3 
 Nov. 1797, to the Barfleur 98, Capt. Jas. Rich. 
 Daores— in Dec. 1798 and June, 1799, to the FoD- 
 droyant 80, and Vanguard 74, in wliich ships, 
 each commanded by Capt. Wm. Brown, he served 
 at the siege of St. Elmo, and throughout the opera- 
 tions under Lord Nelson in the Bay of Naples — 31 
 March, 1800, to the Magnificent 74, Capts. Edw. 
 Bowater and John Giffard, in partial command of 
 whose boats he ably supported those of the Mon- 
 tagu 74, at the cutting-out, 12 Oct, following, of 
 12 French merchantmen from under the heavy fire 
 of a battery in the port of Danenne, near L'Orient* 
 — 17 Oct. 1803, after an interval of 17 months, to 
 the Sea Fencibles at Barnstaple — and, 15 Sept. 1806, 
 11 Dec. 1807, and 10 June and 10 Sept. 1815, to the 
 successive command, on the Baltic, North Sea, 
 Channel, and Irish stations, of the Rook schooner, 
 Mariner gun-brig, Sylvia cutter, and Musquedo- 
 BET schooner, in the two former of which vessels 
 he attended the expeditions to Copenhagen and 
 the Walcheren. Having paid off the Mdsquedobet 
 in Dec. 1818, he was advanced, 12 Aug. 1819, to the 
 rank he now holds. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Commander Griffiths, who married in April, 1804, 
 has issue four sons and one daughter. His eldest 
 son, Herbert Lloyd Griffiths, is a Lieutenant R.N. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GRIFFITHS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 32.) 
 William Griffiths entered the Navy, in 1802, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Spitfire sloop, Capt. 
 Robt. Keen, employed on the Cork station ; and 
 from 1804 until March, 1812, served, the last six 
 years as Midshipman, in the Thrasher gun-brig, 
 commanded in the Downs by Lieuts. Jas. Milne, 
 Sam. Knight, B. Forfar, and Josiah Dornford. He 
 then successively joined the Gloucester 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Williams, and Brune 38, arme'e-en-fute, Capt. 
 Wm. Stanhope Badcock ; and, after a servitude of 
 more than two years in the North Sea and Baltic, 
 and also on the coast of North America, where he 
 participated in many active operations, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Nov. 1815. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 GRIFFITHS. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 10; h-p., 26.) 
 William Nelson Griffiths entered the Navy, 
 9 April, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salva- 
 dor del Mundo, Capt, Nash, lying at Plymouth. 
 Between 13 May and 6 Nov, in the same year, he 
 successively served, on the Mediterranean station, 
 * ride (iaz. 1800, p. 1205, 
 
GRIFFITHS-GRINDRED-GRINT— GROOM. 
 
 435 
 
 in the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 Fame 74, Capt. "Walter Bathurst, Unite 36, Capt. 
 Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, Cekberds 32, Capt. 
 Henry Whitby, and Cambrian 40, Capt. Chas. 
 BuUen. In April, 1812, he rejoined Capt. Whitby on 
 board the Briton 38, at Chatham, whence he almost 
 immediately sailed for North America, as Midship- 
 man, in the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, under 
 whom we find him, in Jan. 1815, witnessing the 
 capture of the U. S. frigate President. From Oct. 
 in the latter year until Feb. 1818, Mr. Griffiths, 
 with the exception of a few months at Portsmouth, 
 was employed, at Plymouth, on board the Ramil- 
 LiES 74, Mai/ta 84, and KivoLi and Melville 
 74's, Capts. Chas. Ogle, Aiskew PafFard HoUis, 
 and Henry Chas. Pemberton. He then proceeded 
 to the West Indies in the Drake sloop, Capt. Henry 
 Shiffner; and was afterwards, during the years 
 1819-23, attached to Capt. Parry's polar expeditions, 
 in the Griper brig, Lieut.-Commander Matthew 
 J/iddon, and Heola bomb, Capt. Geo. Eras. Lyon. 
 Since the attainment of his present rank, 13 Nov. 
 1823, Lieut. Griffiths has been on half-pay. 
 
 GRIFFITHS. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William Tomlin Griffiths is son of the late 
 Lieut.-Gen. J. Griffiths. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 Jan. 1814; 
 passed his examination in 1821 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 16 Aug. 1825. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were— 17 Dec. 1826 and 12 April, 1830, 
 to the Rifleman 18, and Samarano 28, Capts. 
 Fred. Thos. Miohell and Wm. Eanshawe Martin, 
 on the Mediterranean station— 2 April, 1833, after 
 an interval of more than two years, to the Donegal 
 78, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, off Lisbon— 8 May, 
 1833, and 21 MEirch, 1834, to the Britannia 120, 
 Capt. Peter Rainier, and Barham 50, Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot, again in the Mediterranean, whence he came 
 home shortly after joining the latter ship — 13 Jan. 
 1837, again to the Britannia, bearing the flag at 
 Portsmouth of Sir Philip Chas. Durham, with whom 
 he served until the summer of 1838— and 29 June, 
 1843, to the Penelope steam-vessel, Capt. Wm. 
 Jones, employed on particular service. He was 
 superseded in the following Sept. ; and, on 9 Nov. 
 1846, was advanced to his present rank. 
 
 Commander Griffiths married, 17 Nov. 1831, 
 Louisa Catherine, daughter of the late J. Griffiths, 
 Esq., of Argyll Street, London. Agents— Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
 Lieut. Grindred has not been afloat since his pro- 
 motion. Agents— Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 GRINT. (Commander, 1818. r-p.,14; h-p., 33.) 
 William Grint entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1800, 
 as Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Zephyr 14, Capts. 
 Wm. Burgundy Champain and Clotworthy Upton, 
 of which vessel, stationed in the Baltic and N orth 
 Sea, he soon became Midshipman. We are informed 
 that on 2 April, 1801, he fought at Copenhagen on 
 board the Amazon 38, Capt. Henry Riou. In Oct. 
 1803, after having served for exactly two years, on 
 the Home and West India stations, in the Glatton 
 54, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire, and the Achille 
 and CoDRAGEOx 74's, in the latter of which he a,p- 
 pears to have witnessed the surrender of Ste. Lucie, 
 he joined the Britannia 100, Capt. (afterwards 
 Rear-Admiral) the Earl of Northesk, under whom 
 he was wounded at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 
 1805.* Removing, as Master's Mate, in May, 1806, 
 to the Latona 38, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, Mr. Grint 
 was next present at the celebrated capture of Cura- 
 90a, 1 Jan. 1807, on which occasion he was invested 
 with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. He was con- 
 firmed, 27 July following, into the Anson 44,t Capts. 
 Fred. Langford and Chas. Lydiard, and afterwards 
 appointed, on the Channel and Cadiz stations — 10 
 March and 28 Sept. 1808, to the Vulture and Hope 
 sloops, both commanded by Capt. Joseph Pearce — 3 
 Nov. 1810, to the Pompee 74, Capt. J. A. Wood — 
 20 Nov. 1811, to the Zenobia sloop, Capts. Alex. 
 Rich. Mackenzie and Rich. Foley— and, in July, 
 1814, to the command, for a few weeks, of No. 1 
 gun-boat. He attained the rank of Commander 7 
 Dec. 1818; but has not since been employed. 
 
 Commander Grint has had the honour of receiv- 
 ing a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 GRINDRED. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 John Grindred entered the Navy, 28 June, 1805, 
 as A.B., on board the Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym, 
 under whom, after serving for some time with the 
 flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he fought in the^ 
 action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. In July of 
 that year he joined the Colossus 74, bearing the 
 flag off Lisbon of Earl St. Vincent; and he next, 
 from Jan. 1807 until Oct. 1811, performed the duties 
 of Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Terrible 
 and Namur 74's, flag-ships of Lord Collingwood and 
 Sir Rich. John Strachan, off Cadiz, Toulon, and 
 Sheemess. Until confirmed in his present rank, 
 28 Sept. 1815, Mr. Grindred was subsequently em- 
 ployed, alternately asMaster's Mate and Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Trinculo sloop, Namur again, Capt. 
 Alex. Shippard, Raleigh, Namdr, and Rifleman, 
 flag-ships in the North Sea of Rear-Admiral Thos. 
 Williams, and Star, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario. In Aug. 
 1814, while detached from the latter vessel, he ob- 
 tained the particular mention of Capt. Alex. Dobbs, 
 his commanding officer, for his gallant conduct at 
 the capture on Lake Eric of the American armed 
 schooners Ohio and Somers, and his skill in carrying 
 one of them into the Niagara, through shoals and 
 rapids, and under a constant and heavy fire.* The 
 British on this occasion, who numbered only 75, 
 and were altogether inferior in force to the enemy, 
 sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 4 wounded. 
 • fliteOaz. 18H, p. 20Sli. 
 
 GROOM. (Lieut., 1823. r-P., 13 ; h-p., 24.) 
 
 John Groom was bom in April, 1797. He is ne- 
 phew, maternally, of the late Roger Sutton, Esq., 
 uncle of Admiral Sir John Sutton, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vengeance 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Brown, flag-ship in the Channel and off Lis- 
 bon of the late Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke. He next 
 joined in succession the Bulwark 74, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir "Rich. King, and, as Midship- 
 man, the Loire 38, Capt. Brown. In the autumn of 
 1814, while absent in a prize — the second with 
 which he had been intrusted — Mr. Groom had the 
 misfortune to he himself captured by the Ameri- 
 cans, who detained him a prisoner until the end of 
 the war. He then joined the Tonnant 80, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane, and before long 
 sailed for China in the Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Dillon. Passing his examination in Jan. 
 1817, he next served, between April, 1818, and the 
 date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 22 
 Oct. 1823, on the East India, Home, and West India 
 stations, part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the Phaeton 46, Capts. W. H. Dillon, Sir Wm. 
 Augustus Montagu, and Henry Evelyn Pitfield 
 Sturt, Bustard 10, Capt. Rawdon Maclean, and 
 Eden 26, Capt. John Lawrence. He continued to 
 be employed in the latter ship until Jan. 1825. He 
 then invaUded, and has since been on half-pay. On 
 25 July, 1834, he was nominated First of the Mala- 
 bar 74, Capt. Sir W. A. Montagu ; but, his health 
 at the time preventing the possibility of his joining, 
 the appointment was cancelled. 
 
 Lieut. Groom, prior to his promotion, appears to 
 have been in the enjoyment of a small pension for 
 injuries received in the service. Agent — J. Chip- 
 pendale. 
 
 • VideGnz. 180.0, p. 1484. 
 
 t Tlie Anson was totally wrecked in Mount's Bay in Dec. 
 1807, but Mr. Grint, on the occa.sion of the catastrophe, had 
 the good fortune to be absent in a prize. 
 
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 GROSE-GROSETT— GROTE— GROUBE. 
 
 GKOSE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Aethuk Grose entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the AtcMiNE frigate, Capt. 
 Jas. Brisbane, with whom he contmued to serve, in 
 the same ship, and in the Belle Poole 38, and 
 'Pembroke 74, on the Irish, Channel, and Mediter- 
 ranean stations, until 1814. During that period, 
 besides contributing to the capture of other smaller 
 vessels, he assisted in the Belle Poule at the tak- 
 ing, 15 Feb. 1809, of Le Var of 26 guns, laden with 
 corn for the relief of the French garrison at Corfu ; 
 the reduction, in 1809-10, of the islands of Zante, 
 Cephalonia, and Sta. Maura ; and the destruction, 
 5 May, 1811, under a heavy hostile fire in the har- 
 bour of Parenza, of a French 18-gun-brig.* In the 
 Pembkoke, Mr. Grose took part in Sir Edw. Pel- 
 lew's skirmish with the Toulon fleet, 5 Nov. 1813 ; 
 and he was also present in the same ship at the cap- 
 ture of a large convoy under the guns of Porto 
 Maurizio, 11 April, 1814. After witnessing the 
 surrender of Genoa, he was sent home from that 
 place in a prize. He was next for a short time em- 
 ployed on the coast of Africa, in the CoMus 22, 
 Capt. John Tailour. His promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant took place 27 Feb. 1815 ; and his ap- 
 pointment to the Victory guard-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, where he is now serving, 12 Nov. 1846. 
 
 GROSETT. (Reak-Admirai,, 1846. f-p., 23; 
 H-P., 45.) 
 
 Walter Grosett is uncle of John Rock Grosett, 
 Esq., formerly M.P. for Chippenham. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1779, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Sandwich 90, 
 Capt. "Walter Young, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. 
 Bridges Rodney. In Jan. 1780, while on his pas- 
 sage to the relief of Gibraltar, he assisted at the 
 capture of a 64-gun ship in charge of a large con- 
 voy, and was also present in the action with Don 
 Juan de Langara. In Sept. following, after having 
 further participated in the three actions with M. 
 de Guiohen, ofi' Martinique, he became Midshipman 
 of the Boreas 32, Capt. John Rodney, whom he 
 subsequently followed into the Sybil 28 (one of the 
 repeating-frigates in the action of 12 April, 1782), 
 and Anson 64. From 1784 until 1787 he was em- 
 ployed in the Thisbe 28, bearing the broad pend- 
 ant on the North American station of Commodore 
 Herbert Sawyer. Re-embarking early in 1794, as 
 Master's Mate, on board the- Boyne 98, flag-ship in 
 tlie West Indies of Sir John Jervis, he frequently 
 distinguished himself while serving on shore with 
 the army at the ensuing sieges of Martinique, Stc. 
 Lucie, and Guadeloupe. He was promoted, on 25 
 Oct. in the same year, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Quebec 32, Capts. Josiah Rogers, Jas. Carpenter, 
 and John Cooke, and next appointed, on the Lisbon, 
 Mediterranean, and Channel stations, to the Success 
 32, Capt. Philip Wilkinson, Hector 64, Capt. Peter 
 Aplin, Mahonesa 32, Capt. John Gifikrd, Centaue 
 74, Capt. John Markham, Ville de Paris 110, flag- 
 ship of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, 
 and Queen Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Bur- 
 rard Neale. While in the Quebec, Mr. Grosett ap- 
 pears to have received the thanks of the President 
 and Council of Granada for his able and gallant 
 conduct in having landed with a detachment of 150 
 seamen and marines on that island, and materially 
 contributed to its tranquillity and preservation ; 
 and on another occasion, 16 Feb. 1799, we find him, 
 in command of the Centaur's boats, destroying the 
 guns of a battery near the Spanish town of Cam- 
 brelles, where he' burnt five settees, and brought out 
 a similar number.f Obtaining a second promotal 
 commission 6 Oct. 1801, he was next appointed to 
 the command — in Aug. 1802, of the Poet Mahon 
 brig, on the Guernsey station — and, 18 June, 1803, 
 of the Trent 32, armen-en-flute, successive flag-ship 
 at Cork of Admiral Lord Gardner, Rear-Admiral 
 Wm. O'Brien Drury, and Vice-Admirals Jas. Haw- 
 kins Whitshed and Edw. Thombrough. He was 
 
 « r;* Gaz. 181 1, p. i6ir. t v: da. \~n, p. ass. 
 
 posted from the latter vessel 21 Oct. 1810 ; and on 
 1 Oct. 1846 was advanced to his present rank. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Grosett, on his supercession from 
 the Trent, was presented with the freedom of the 
 city of Cork, and the unanimous thanks of the Com- 
 mittee of Merchants for the great attention he had 
 exhibited to their interests. His conduct, during 
 the term of his previous servitude under Lord St. 
 Vincent, so met the approval of that nobleman as 
 to have obtained from him the gift of a medal. The 
 Rear-Admiral is married and has issue. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 GROTE. (Lieut., 1823. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 20.) 
 
 Joseph Geote, bom 5 Feb. 1801, is fourth son of 
 the late Geo. Grote, Esq., a Justice of the Peace 
 for COS. Kent and Oxford, by Selina Mary, daughter 
 of the Rev. Dr. Peckwell. He is brother of Geo. 
 Grote, Esq., M.P. for the city of London, the emi- 
 nent banker ; also of Wm. Henry Grote, Esq., late 
 Major in the 33rd Foot ; and of Andw. and Arthur 
 Grote, Esqs., of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Civil Service, 
 Bengal. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1814, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Eurotas 38, Capts. 
 Hon. Edm. Sexten Pery Knox, Robt. Bloye, and 
 Jas. Lillicrap ; in whicli ship, after conveying the 
 Due de Berri to Cherbourg, and Admiral Fleemiug 
 to Gibraltar, he served, until Dec. 1815, on the 
 Home station, and was employed for some time in 
 that year in guarding Napoleon Buonaparte during 
 his detention at Plymouth. Until his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 March, 
 1823, just three years after he had passed his exa- 
 mination, Mr. Grote was next successively em- 
 ployed; as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the 
 West India, Cork, and Newfoundland stations, in 
 the Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, Tonnant 80, 
 and SiE Francis Drake 38, flag-sMps of Sir Benj. 
 Hallowell and Sir Chas. Hamilton, DrakI: 10 (which 
 vessel, on 23 June, 1822, was totally wrecked in St. 
 Shott's Bay), Capts. Octavius Venables Vernon and 
 Chas. Adolphus Baker, and Clinker 12, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Eagar. For his exertions on the 
 occasion of the wreck of the Drake, Mr. Grote, 
 who was left the senior surviving officer, had the 
 satisfaction to be presented, immediately after the 
 sitting of the consequent Court-martial, with a 
 commission dated as above, appointing him to the 
 NiEMEN 28, commanded on the Halifax station 'by 
 Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly. On 18 Oct. 1824 he 
 joined the Boadicea 46, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Sir Jas. Brisbane in the East Indies ; where, 
 from July, 1825, until the cessation of hostilities, he 
 took an active part in the Burmese war. He was 
 employed in command, during that period, of a divi- 
 sion of boats on the river Irawady, beingfive months 
 in the ship's pinnace without once sleeping out of 
 her, and 800 miles away from the ship. Since the 
 paying-off' of the Boadicea in 1827, Lieut. Grote 
 has remained unemployed. 
 
 GROUBE. (Captain, 1814. r-p., 19 ; h-p., 35.) 
 Thomas Geoube entered the Navy, in June, 1793, 
 as A.B., on board the Leviathan 74, Capt. Lord 
 Hugh Seymour, and in the course of the same year 
 was present at the investment of Toulon. In Feb. 
 1794, he became Midshipman of the Aeethusa 38, 
 Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew ; under whom, when in com- 
 pany with other ships, he successively witnessed the 
 rapture of La Ponuyne of 44 guns and 341 men, Le 
 Babet of 22 guns and 178 men, L' Evgageante of 38 
 guns and 300 men, and La Eaiolutiontmire of 44 
 guns and 351 men. On his removal with the same 
 officer to the Indefatigable of 46 guns, he further 
 assisted at the capture of L' Unite of 38 guns and 
 265 men, and La Virginie of 44 guns and 340 men; 
 besides contributing, in company with the Amazon 
 36, to the destruction, vrith a loss to the Indefatig- 
 able of 19 men wounded, of Les Droits de V Homme 
 74. On 21 Aug. 1799, a few months after he had 
 accompanied Sir Edw. Pellew into the Impetoeux 
 74, Mr. Groubc was appointed a Lieutenant of that 
 
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 ship, and he continued to he home on her hooks 
 until April, 1802; previously to which period he 
 had heen taken by a French privateer, while in 
 charge of a prize-hrig, but not until after a brave 
 defence. He subsequently, on 11 March, 1803, re- 
 joined his patron on board the Tomnant 80, com- 
 manded afterwards by Capt. Wm. Henry Jervia, 
 with whom he served until his health obliged him 
 to invalid in Feb. 1805. In the following Oct. he 
 was appointed to the Woolwich 44, armee-en-flute, 
 and sailed for the East Indies, where he was nomi- 
 nated, 13 Aug. 1806, First-Lieutenant of the Cul- 
 toDEN 74, then flag-ship of his friend Sir Edw. Pel- 
 lew, and where, on 27 of the ensuing Nov., he 
 commanded a division of boats at the capture and 
 destruction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war, 
 and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels 
 Ij'ing in Batavia Roads. In the course of 1807 we 
 find him successively placed by his Admiral in com- 
 mand of the Psyche and Dover ships-of-war, and 
 Victor sloop ; in which latter vessel he co-operated 
 in the further annihilation of the dockyard and 
 stores at Griessee, in the island of Java, and of all 
 the naval force remaining to Holland in the East 
 Indies. From Oct. 1808 until Jan. 1811, he next 
 had charge of the Marine Hospital at Madras ; after 
 which, having been officially advanced to the rank 
 of Commander, by commission dated 31 July, 1809, 
 he joined, 29 June, 1812, the Calypso brig, sta^ 
 tioned in the Baltic. For his services in that vessel, 
 particularly at the siege of Danzig in 1813, Capt. 
 Groube, whom we previously find conveying Lord 
 Walpole to St. Petersburg, was promoted to Post- 
 rank 7 June, 1814. His acceptance of the Retire- 
 ment took place 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, 17 March, 1810, Mrs. Watson, daugh- 
 ter of the late Jas. Dudson, Eso[. 
 
 GROVE. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 17; h-p., 17.) 
 Francis Grove, born in 1799, is second son of 
 Edw. Grove, Esq., D.C.L., of Shenstone Park, co. 
 Stafford, a Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire, by his 
 first wife, Caroline, third surviving daughter of the 
 VeryKev. Baptist Proby, Dean of Lichfield, youngest 
 brother of John, first Lord Carysfort. His great- 
 grandfather, Wm. Grove, Esq., D.C.L., represented 
 the city of Coventry in Parliament from 1741 to 
 1761. One of his brothers, Wm. Grove, Esq., is a 
 Police Magistrate ; and another, Edm. Sneyd Grove, 
 Esq., an officer in the R.N. His first-cousin, Mary 
 (daughter, by one of his father's sisters, of Thos. 
 Lister, Esq., of Armitage Park, co. Stafford), who 
 died in 1838, was the successive wife of Thos. Lord 
 Ribblesdale, and of the present Lord John Russell. 
 Her Iiadyship's sister is now a maid of honour to 
 the Queen. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Djedalus 38, Capt. 
 Murray Maxwell, and on 2 of the following July 
 was wrecked near Ceylon. From that date until 
 his return to England in July, 1815, he continued 
 to be employed in the East Indies, chiefly as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Sam. Hood, Theban 36, Capt. Sam. Leslie, Vo- 
 LAQE 22, Capt. Joseph Drury, and Malacca 36, 
 Capt. Geo. Henderson. His name was then placed 
 for very short periods on the books of the Manly 
 12, Capt. Chas. Simeon, and Hyacinth 20, Capt. 
 Alex. Ronton Sharpe, both lying at Portsmouth ; 
 whence, on being appointed to the Leander 50, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne, he 
 sailed for Algiers. After assisting at the bombard- 
 ment of that place, 27 Aug. 1816, Mr. Grove pro- 
 ceeded to the coast of North America, where he 
 remained until the summer of 181 9. He then, on 
 his return to England, joined the Queen Char- 
 lotte, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Camp- 
 bell, but in the following Dec. was again ordered 
 abroad, having been appointed Mate of the Vigo 74, 
 flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral 
 Robt. Lambert. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 29 Nov. 1821 (upwards of two years after he had 
 passed his examination), in tlie Beaver 10, Capts. 
 
 Archibald Maclean and Thos. Bourchier, on the 
 South American station, and next appointed Senior 
 —9 March, 1824, of the Brisk 10, Capt. Chas. Hope, 
 employed on Home duty — 1 Jan. 1828, of the Chal- 
 lenger 28, commanded on paarticular service by 
 Capts. Joseph Harrison and Chas. Howe Fremantle 
 —and 26 Oct. 1830, of the Tyne 28, Capt. Chas. 
 Hope, with whom he returned to South America. 
 He went on haif-j)ay 2 Sept. 1832 ; and was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Commander Grove married, first, 9 Dec. 1825, 
 Emily, only daughter of the late Geo. Ure, Esq., 
 of the Bengal Medical Establishment; and, se- 
 condly, 10 Sept. 1839, Mary, eldest daughter of the 
 late Wm. Roberts, banker, of Glasgow. He has 
 issue, by his first marriage, four sons and two daugh- 
 ters ; and, by his second, two sons. 
 
 GROVE. (Eetibed Commander, 1846. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Henry Leslie Grove entered the Navy, 9 June, 
 1795, as a Volunteer, on board the Narcissus fri- 
 gate, Capt. Percy Eraser, whom he accompanied to 
 the Bahama Islands. From 1796 until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Aug. 1801, he served 
 as Midshipman, on the Home station, in the Por- 
 cupine, Capt. John Draper, London 98, flag-ship 
 of the late Sir John Colpoys, La Nymphe 36, Capt. 
 P. Eraser (one of Lord Bridport's ships in the 
 action of He de Groix, 23 June, 1795), Namdr 98, 
 Capt. Hon. Michael De Courcy, and Narcissus 
 again, Capt. P. Eraser. He was then successively 
 intrusted with the command, until July, 1802, of 
 the William and Constant gun-brigs. Independ- 
 ently of a further command, from Nov. 1803 to 
 April, 1804, of the Hope cutter, stationed off Havre, 
 Mr. Grove was employed, between June in the 
 former year and Jan. 1806, in the Beaver 10, 
 Capt. Chas. Pelly, Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, 
 Pallas frigate, Capt. Lord Cochrane, and Impb- 
 TUEUX 74, Capts. John Erskine Douglas, Thos. 
 Byam Martin, and John Lawford. Being in May 
 1807 appointed an Agent for Transports, he visited 
 in that capacity Copenhagen, Gibraltar, Cadiz, and 
 Lisbon ; after which we find him officiating, between 
 1809 and 1815, as agent for prisoners of war at Got> 
 tenborg, and again, in the Transport service, as 
 Resident Agent at Deptford, Guernsey, and Cork. 
 He was invested with the rank of Retired Com- 
 mander on the Junior List 19 Oct. 1831 ; and on the 
 Senior 12 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Commander Grove holds the appointment of Col- 
 lector of the Customs at Exeter. 
 
 GROVE. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 34.) 
 William Grove entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1799, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impetueux 74, Capt. 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, whom he accompanied in the ex- 
 peditions of 1800 to Quiberon and Ferrol. Being 
 paid off in April 1802, he next, in the following 
 Dec, joined the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, 
 fitting for the East Indies, where he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman 1 Jan. 1804, and where, in 
 Feb. 1806, he rejoined Sir E. Pellew, whose flag was 
 then flying on board the Culloden 74. On 10 June 
 1807, after having assisted at the capture and de- 
 struction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war 
 and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels' 
 lying in Batavia roads, Mr. Grove was appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Dasher sloop, Capts. 
 Nevinson De Courcy and Robt. Worgan Geo. Fes- 
 ting. He invalided home in April, 1809, and, be- 
 tween Nov. in that year and June, 1811, was next 
 employed in the Channel, and again in the East 
 Indies, on board the Orestes brig, Capt. John Ri- 
 chards Lapenotiere, Scipion 74, Capt. Chas. Philip 
 Butler Bateman, Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Mal- 
 colm, and Hecate sloop, Capt. Hen. John Peachey 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 4 March, 1812 iii 
 the Primrose, 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phil- 
 lott, on the Home station ; where, and in the Medi- 
 terranean, he subsequently joined— 30 July 18!-:' 
 the Echo sloop, Capt. Thos. Percival— 12 Feb I8I3' 
 
438 GROVES-GCNNELL-GUNNING-GURLEY-GUTZMER-GUYON. 
 
 the Indds 74, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, part of Sir 
 Edw. Pellew's force in his action of 13 Feb. 1814 
 with the Toulon fleet— and 26 Sept. 1814, the Hope 
 10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey. Since the period 
 of his leaving the latter vessel, 24 June, 1815, Lieut. 
 Grove has been on half-pay. 
 
 GROVES. (Lieut., 1827. f^iP., 17; h-p., 31.) 
 
 John Geoves was born 29 March, 1795, at God- 
 manstone, co. Dorset. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1809, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Akgo 44, Capt. Stephen 
 Thos. Digby, with whom, until the peace of 1815, 
 he continued to serve, a great part of the time as 
 Midshipman, in the same ship, and in the Theban 
 36, CoKuwAiiis 74, and Hybea 38. While on her 
 passage out with convoy, the Theban, at noon on 
 8 Sept. 1812, being at the time in the China Sea, 
 was caught in a typhoon, and before midnight had 
 nothing standing but the foremast and bowsprit. 
 During his attachment to the Hydea, Mr. Groves 
 attended the expedition to New Orleans, where 
 constant exposure to wet and cold in an open boat 
 deprived him for some time of the use of his Umbs. 
 In Jan. 1816, shortly after he had passed his exa- 
 mination, he was appointed Mate of the Newcastle 
 50, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm at St. Helena, 
 from which station he returned to England and 
 was paid off 10 Sept. 1817. Ee-entering the service 
 in Dec. 1818, he joined the Ebvolutionnaire 46, 
 Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, 
 whom he soon afterwards accompanied, as Admi- 
 ralty-Midshipman, to the Mediterranean. On 18 
 May, 1821, we find Mr. Groves serving, under Lieut. 
 Arthur Morrell, in one of two boats belonging to 
 the latter ship, and assisting at the capture, in the 
 harbour of St. Jean, in the Gulf of Patras, of two 
 Greek pirate-boats, together with two others sup- 
 posed to be their prizes; on which occasion the 
 British sustained a loss of 1 man killed and 3 slightly 
 wounded. While next borne on the books, from 
 May 1823 until March, 1825, of the Bulwark 74, 
 and William and Maky yacht, Capts. Thos. Dun- 
 das and Chas. Malcolm, he was part of the time 
 employed in the British and Irish Channels on board 
 the Falcon and Tigek tenders. He was ultimately, 
 on 28 April, 1827, advanced to his present rank, 
 while serving in the Victokt 104, flag-ship at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Geo. Martin. Since that period he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Grove, whose first marriage took place 
 25 Sept. 1827, wedded, secondly, 16 April, 1838, 
 Harriet, daughter of the late Mr. Levi Groves, of 
 Minterne, co. Dorset. Two children are the sur- 
 viving issue of his first marriage. 
 
 GUNNELL. (LlEtlTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 EcMnND Hall Gunnell entered the Navy 21 
 Jan. 1826 ; parsed his examination 28 Aug. 1832 ; 
 and was promoted, while serving in the East Indies, 
 as Mate of the Bndtmion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Wm. Grey, to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841. 
 His appointments have since been — 23 Nov. 1841, 
 and 29 JuAe, 1842, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship 
 of Sir Wm. Parker, and Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Keppel, both on the above station — and 1 March, 
 1845, to the Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin. 
 Of that ship, which has been successively employed 
 on the south-east and north coasts of America, he 
 is now Senior Lieutenant. 
 
 VEREiGN 100, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Plymouth, where 
 he was speedily transferred with the same officers 
 to the Tonnant 80. Between 1816 and the date 
 of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Sept. 
 1821, we find him employed, on the St. Helena, 
 Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Ra- 
 coon 18, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Liffet 50, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Duncan, and REVOLnTioNNAiHE 46, 
 Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. 
 He subsequently joined, in the course of 1823, the 
 Meksey 26, Capt. John Macpherson Ferguson, and 
 Isis 50, and Spabtiate 76, both commanded by 
 Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, and all employed on 
 the coast of South America^20 Nov. 1825, the 
 Wellbsley 74, also commanded by the latter offi- 
 cer—and 18 Sept. 1829, the Ganges 84, Capt. John 
 Hayes. He assumed command, 26 Feb. 1830, of the 
 Wasp 18, from which vessel, on 30 April in the 
 same year, he removed to the Infernal bomb. He 
 was paid off on his return from the Mediterranean 
 11 June following, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Commander Gunning married, 22 June, 1830, 
 Mary Dora, fourth daughter of the late Rear-Ad- 
 miral Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., by whom he has 
 issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 GURLEY. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 John Gurlet passed his examination in 1816 ; 
 and obtained his commission 14 June, 1827. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 This officer Is at present, we believe, a Stipendi- 
 ary Magistrate at Jamaica. Agent — J. Chippen- 
 dale. 
 
 GUTZMER. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 John Gutzmek entered the Navy 22 Aug. 1814 ; 
 passed his examination in 1821 ; and was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy, 14 July, 1829, in the Mersey 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, employed on 
 the Jamaica station, where he successively removed, 
 on 31 July following, and 21 March, 1831, to the 
 Harpy 10, Capt. Joseph P. D. Lawson, and Mag- 
 nificent receiving-ship, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Paget. H e left the latter vessel, in consequence of 
 her establishment being reduced, in Dec. 1832 ; and, 
 since 1 Feb. 1837, has been in charge of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. Agent— J. Hinxmau. 
 
 GUNNING. (Commander, 1830. f-p., U ; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 
 Orlando George Sutton Gunning, born 12 May, 
 1799, is fourth son of the late Sir Geo. Wm. Gun- 
 ning, Bart., by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry, first 
 Lord Bradford. He is brother of the present Sir 
 Robt. Henry Gunning, Bart., of Horton, co. North- 
 ampton ; also of Lieut. Geo. Orlando Gunning, of 
 the 10th Hussars, who fell at Waterloo ; and of Oc- 
 tavius Wm. Gunning, Esq., a Captain in the Army. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College), in 1815, on board the Rotal So- 
 
 GUYON. (Lieutenant, 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 6.) 
 John Frederick Guton was born 21 Nov. 1807. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tribune 42, Capt. Gar- 
 diner Henry Guion, in the boats of which frigate 
 he served at the capture of several piratical vessels 
 in the Grecian Archipelago. In the course of 1826 
 he successively joined the Gloucester 74, com- 
 manded at Sheerness by Capt. Joshua Sydney Hor- 
 ton, and Ganges 84, fitting for the flag of Sir Robt. 
 Otway, then about to assume the direction of naval 
 affairs in South America. In Sept. 1829, a few 
 months after he had parsed his examination, Mr. 
 Guyon returned to England. He subsequently 
 joined, in the capacity of Mate— 10 June, 1830, the 
 Ganges again, Capts. Edw. Stirling Dickson and 
 Geo. Burdett, attached to the force in the Mediter- 
 ranean— 21 April, 1832, the Trinculo 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Rich. Booth, off the coast of Ireland— 9 Nov. fal- 
 lowing, the Malabar 74, Capt. Hon. Josceline 
 Percy, with whom he returned to the Mediterra- 
 nean, and there served, latterly in the Canopos 84, 
 until Feb. 1837— and 9 Aug. 1837, the Rhadaman- 
 THUS steam-vessel, Capt. Arthur Wakefield, em- 
 ployed on the same station. His appointments, as 
 Lieutenant, which rank he attained 28 June, 1838, 
 were, also in the Mediterranean — 25 July, 1838, 
 to the Barbam 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry — 19 
 Nov. 1839, to the Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio 
 Thos. Austin, in which vessel he participated In the 
 capture of the castle of Gebail, the town of Sidon, 
 and other places on the coast of Syria— and, 3 Feb. 
 1841, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence. He 
 has been on half-pay since Feb. 1842. 
 
GWYN— GWYNNE— HACKETT. 
 
 439 
 
 GWYN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p.,8; h-p.,31.) 
 "William Gwyn, a gentleman of ancient Welsli 
 extraction, is fourth and youngest son of the late 
 Hamond Gwyn, Esq., by Frances, daughter of John 
 Pigge, Esq. ; and brother of the present Anthony 
 Gwyn, Esq., of Baron's Hall, Fakenham, co. Nor- 
 folk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., in the Racehorse 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Fisher, with whom he served at the Cape of Good 
 Hope and in the East Indies, part of the time as 
 Midshipman of the Coknwallis 50, until Feb. 1811. 
 He then returned home in the Bakbadoes 28, Capt. 
 Brian Hodgson, and, after a continued attachment 
 of a short period to the same vessel off Cherbourg, 
 where she was commanded by Capt. Edw. Kush- 
 worth, was employed, between Deo. 1811 and Aug. 
 1815, in the Niobe 38, Capts. John Wentworth Lo- 
 ring and Wm. Augustus Montagu, and Madagas- 
 car 36, Capts. Lucius Curtis and Bentinck Caven- 
 dish Doyle. In the latter ship, besides participating 
 in other operations of the last American war, he 
 attended the expeditions against Washington and 
 Baltimore ; and on one occasion he served in her 
 boats with those of the Havannah at the capture, 
 after a spirited action, of the Franklin American 
 schooner of war. On 9 May, 1816, Mr. Gwyn, who, 
 on leaving the Madagascab, had taken up a com- 
 mission bearing date 6 March,|1815, joined the Dee 
 24, Capt. Sam. Chambers, on the Halifax station. 
 He returned home in June, 1817, and has since been 
 unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Gwyn is a Magistrate for the county of 
 Norfolk. He married Mary, daughter of Edw. 
 Kudge, Esq., by whom he has issue five sons and 
 seven daughters. One of the former, Hamond 
 Weston Gwyn, Esq., First-Lieutenant K.M. (1845), 
 is now serving on board the Tbafalgab 120. 
 
 GWYNNE, LL.D. (Eetired Commander, 1836. 
 E-p., 8 ; H-p., 50.) 
 Lawrence Gwynne entered the Navy, in Oct. 
 1789, as Admiral's Servant, on board the Tbusty 
 50, Capt. John Drew, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Laforey in the West Indies, where he served, lat- 
 terly as Midshipman, for nearly four years. In 
 Aug. 1793 he became attached to the Caeyspobt 
 28, Capt. Francis Laforey, stationed in the North 
 Sea and Baltic ; and, on removing to the Ramillies 
 74, Capts. Henry Harvey and Sir Rich. Bickerton, 
 of which ship he successively officiated as School- 
 master and Master's Mate, he fought in Lord 
 Howe's action, 1 June, 1794. Returning subse- 
 quently to the West Indies, he there rejoined Sir 
 John Laforey on board the Majestic 74; from 
 which ship, on 30 Oct. 1795, he was promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy in L' Aimable 32, Capts. Chas. Sydney 
 Davers and Jemmet Mainwaring. While serving 
 with the last-mentioned officer, we find him, on 23 
 July, 1796, taking part in a very warm and gallant 
 action with the French 36-gun frigate La Pensee, 
 whose loss on the occasion is stated to have 
 amounted to 90 men killed and wounded, while 
 that of the British ship did not exceed 2 wounded. 
 Mr. Gwynne's last appointment was to the Marl- 
 borough 74, Capts. Henry NichoUs and Joseph 
 EUison, with whom he served in the Channel and 
 off Brest from Feb. to Sept. 1797. He became a 
 Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 
 1830; and on the Senior 7 March, 1836. 
 
 This officer, a member, we understand, of the 
 EngUsh Bar, was lately Mathematical Master at 
 Christ Church. He married Miss Strangways. 
 
 H. 
 
 HACKETT. (Lieut., 1818. p-p., 10; h-p., 28.) 
 Edward Hackett was born 1 Dec. 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1809, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magicienne 36, Capt. 
 
 Lucius Curtis, stationed off the Isle of France. 
 
 Between the following year, when he returned to 
 
 England as Midshipman of the Leopard 50, Capt. 
 Jas. Johnstone, and the period of his examination, 
 which he passed in the summer of 1815, he served 
 on the Channel and West India stations, chiefly as 
 Master's Mate, in the Vengeuk 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke, Ttrian 10, Capt. Augustus 
 Baldwin, Warrior 74, bearing the flag of Kear- 
 Admiral John ErsMne Douglas, and Shark re- 
 ceiving-ship, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Strangways. 
 From the latter date) until officially promoted, 15 
 May, 1818, Mr. Hackett was further employed, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, also in the West indies, on 
 board the Carnation 18, Capt. Geo. Bentbam, 
 Jdnon 38, Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait, Active 38, 
 Capt. Philip Carteret, Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Geo. Rodney Phillott, Larne 20, Capt. Abraham 
 Lowe, PiQOE 36, Capt. John Mackellar, and Beaver 
 10, Capt. Robt. Rochford Felix. He returned home 
 soon afterwards in the Semiramis frigate, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, who died 
 on the passage ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hackett has been upwards of 13 years Go- 
 vernor of the County Gaol of Berkshire. He mar- 
 ried 22 May, 1830. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 HACKETT. (Captain, 1838. e-p., 16; h-p., 32.) 
 John Hackett entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1799, 
 as A. B., on board the Raisonnable 64, Capts. 
 Chas. Boyles, John Dilkes, and Wm. Hotham, in 
 which ship, after participating, as Midshipman, in 
 the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, he cruized 
 on the Downs station until Jan. 1805. On next 
 joining, in May, 1806, the Argo 44, Capt. Stephen 
 Thos. Digby, he proceeded to the coast of Africa, 
 and thence to the West Indies, where, in March, 
 
 1808, having removed to the Cerberus 32, Capt. 
 Wm. Selby,Jhe witnessed the capture of the islands 
 of Marie-galante and Desirade. Soon after his re- 
 turn to England Mr. Hackett, on 26 Sept. in the 
 latter year, was promoted, from a Master's Mate- 
 ship in the Semiramis 36, Capt. Wm. Granger, to 
 an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Ned Elven brig, 
 Capt. Rich. Jas. Lawrence O'Connor, with whom 
 he served, in the North Sea and Baltic, until March, 
 
 1809. Obtaining a similar appointment, 1 May fol- 
 lowing, in the Renard sloop, Capt. Hew Steuart, 
 he had an opportunity of attending the ensuing ex- 
 pedition to the Walcheren; but it was not until 11 
 May, 1811, that, after a re-employment, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, in the Charger brig, and 
 CiESAR 80, commanded in the Channel and off Lis- 
 bon by Lieut. Jas. Askey and Capt. Wm. Granger, 
 as also in the Barflbuh 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. 
 Cranfield Berkeley, he succeeded in procuring his 
 first Admiralty commission. He then served for a 
 very brief period in the Diadem 64, Capt. John 
 Phillimore, and was next appointed, 18 Aug. 1812, 
 and 16 Jan. 1814, to the Success troop-ship, Capt. 
 Thos. Barclay, and Epervier of 18 guns and 117 
 men, Capt. Rich. Walter Wales, employed on the 
 North America and West India station. The latter 
 vessel, on 29 April, 1814, had the misfortune, after a 
 desperate engagement of an hour, in which, besides 
 being fearfully damaged, she sustained a loss of 23 
 men killed and wounded, to be taken by the U. S. 
 sloop Peacock of 22 guns and 185 picked seamen, 2 
 only of whom were hurt.* Among the Epervieh's 
 wounded on the occasion was Mr. Hackett, who, 
 about the middle of the action, had his left arm 
 shattered, and received a severe splinter-wound in 
 the hip, but whose gallantry would hardly suffer 
 him to be carried below. He was ultimately, at 
 the expiration of a short servitude in the Glouces- 
 ter 74, Capts. Joshua Sydney Horton and Henry 
 Stuart, promoted to the rank of Commander by 
 commission bearing date 2 Sept. 1828. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 4 Nov. 1833, to the Jaseur 16, 
 which sloop he paid off, on her return from the 
 Mediterranean, in the spring of 1837. His services, 
 as connected, during a portion of that period, with 
 the civil war in Spain, were rewarded with the first 
 
 * The Epekvieb had previously, on 23 Feb., effected the 
 capture of the American privateer Alfred^ of 16 guns and 
 
440 HADAWAY-HAGAN-HAGGARD-HAINES-HAINS-IIALAHAN-HALE. 
 
 class of the order of Charles III. He attained his 
 present rank 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Capt. Hackett is in the receipt of a pension for 
 his woimds of I82t. 10s. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 HADAWAY. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Cdmbebland Hadaway entered the Navy 14 
 April, 1810 ; passed his examination in 1816 ; and 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 5 Feb. 1828, in the 
 Heeon 18, Capts. John Alex. Duntze and Jas. Bur- 
 ney, stationed in South America, whence he re- 
 turned home and was paid off in March, 1830. His 
 subsequent appointments were — 27 Oct. 1840, to the 
 Impkegnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, of which 
 ship, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, he 
 served for a considerable time as First-Lieutenant 
 —25 Sept. 1843, in the latter capacity, to the Pene- 
 lope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore "Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa, 
 where he continued until the early part of 1845 — 
 and, 20 Oct. 1845, again as Senior, to the Albion 
 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, forming part of the 
 Channel squadron. He attained his present rank 9 
 Nov. 1846 ; and is now on half-pay. 
 
 HAGAN,Kt. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 27; h-p., 13.) 
 Sir Robert Hagan, born 3 Nov. 1794, at Mag- 
 herafelt, co. Londonderry, is fifth son of the late 
 John Hagan, Esq., of that place, a descendant of 
 the princely house of O'Neill. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1807, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Shrveillante 38, 
 Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, of which frigate he 
 became Midshipman 2 Sept. 1809, and Master's 
 Mate 1 March, 1813. During the six years of his 
 attachment to her, he made a voyage to Brazil, and 
 was very actively employed, after conveying Sir 
 Arthur Wellesley to Portugal, in the Bay of Bis- 
 cay (where he assisted at the capture, 30 Oct. 1809, 
 of the national corvette Le Milan of 18 guns), and 
 also on the north coast of Spain. "While on the 
 latter station Mr. Hagan was present at the reduc- 
 tion, in 1811-12-13, of several of the enemy's towns 
 and forts, including those of Lequeytio, Bermeo, 
 Galea, Algorta, Bagona, El Campillo las Quersas, 
 Xebiles, Castro St. Ano, Guetaria, Santander, Santa 
 Clara, and St. Sebastian. Removing, in Dec. 1813, 
 to the PoRonpiNE 22, 'bearing the flag of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, he witnessed, in 
 the early part of the following year, the celebrated 
 entrance into the Adour of a British flotilla sent to 
 co-operate with Lord Wellington's army in its in- 
 vestment of Bayonne ; as he further did, in the 
 Gironde, the destruction of a French line-of-battle 
 ship, three brigs of war, and several smaller vessels, 
 together with all the enemy's forts and batteries 
 on the north side of that river. From Nov. 1815, 
 Mr. Hagan (who during the last sixteen months 
 had been officiating as Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Porcupine), until May, 1819, commanded the Prin- 
 cess Charlotte and Prince Regent Colonial ves- 
 sels on the coast of Africa, where he was officially 
 promoted by commission dated 25 Oct. 1816. In 
 the last-mentioned brig he appears to have been 
 wounded, and to have gained distinction by his 
 conduct in capturing the Paz, a piratical vessel 
 superior to him in force. "While in subsequent com- 
 mand, from May, 1819, until his advancement to the 
 next superior rank in his profession, 15 May, 1823, 
 of the "Thistl? gun-brig, he contrived, without col- 
 lateral assistance of any sort, to capture 40 sail of 
 vessels, and rescue 4000 persons from bondage. 
 Previously to his departure from the scene of his 
 surprising exertions, the members of Council and 
 foreign Judges at Sierra Leone addressed a letter 
 of thanks to him, accompanied by a piece of plate 
 as a mark of their esteem ; and the mercantile com- 
 munity equally manifested the feelings with which 
 he had impressed them by presenting him with a 
 similar address and a sword valued at 100 guineas. 
 "With the exception of a period of two years in 
 1836-8, Capt. Hagan was afterwards, from 10 Oct. 
 1829, until elevated to his present rank, 11 Jan. 1843, 
 
 employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Irish 
 Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Sir Robt. Hagan, upon whoin the honour of 
 knighthood was conferred in 1835, married, in 1819, 
 the only daughter of Capt. Henry Levitt Hall, of 
 Park Hall, Notts, by whom he has issue. Agents— 
 Collier and Snee. 
 
 HAGGARD. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Tachell Haggard passed his examin- 
 ation 6 Sept. 1841 ; and served as Mate, on the 
 Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, in the 
 Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, St. Vincent 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, Sappho 16, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Hope, and Winchester 50, bear- 
 ing the flag of Hon. Josceline Percy. He was pro- 
 moted, 8 June, 1846, to a Lieutenancy in the Cro- 
 codile 8, commanded on particular service by Capt. 
 GowerLowe ; with whom, since 18 of the following 
 Nov., he has been employed on board the Resist- 
 ance troop-ship. 
 
 HAINES. (Commander, 184.5.) 
 
 Berry Haines entered the Navy 18 Aug. 1812 ; 
 passed his examination in 1819 ; and was made a 
 Lieutenant, 25 Aug. 1826, into the Bustard 10, 
 Capt. Chas. Elliot, on the Jamaica station, where 
 he had command for some time of the TJsioN ten- 
 der. His subsequent appointments were — 20 Aug. 
 1831, to the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, em- 
 ployed on particular service — 15 Oct. 1832, as Se- 
 nior, to the Serpent 16, Capt. John Chas. Symonds, 
 fitting at Portsmouth — 22 Jan. 1835, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Victor 16, Capt. Rich. Crozier, 
 with whom he served on the East India station 
 until the early part of 1839— and, 11 May, 1841, 
 again as First-Lieutenant, to the Ddblin 50, bear- 
 ing the flag in the Pacific of Rear- Admiral Rich. 
 Thomas, He was promoted, on returning home 
 from the latter station, to his present rank, by com- 
 mission dated 25 July, 1845, but has not since been 
 afloat. 
 
 Commander Haines married, 3 March, 1840, Eli- 
 zabeth, widow of John Parker, Esq., of BUdeston, 
 CO. Suffolk. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HAINS. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 John Hains served as Master's Mate of the 
 Standard 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, and was wound- 
 ed at the passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. 
 His appointments, since his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, which took place 2 Feb. 1815, hav« 
 been — 26 May, 1827, to the Coast Blockade, in which 
 service he was employed, until Nov. 1830, as Super- 
 numerary of the Ramilljes and Talavera 74'sv 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot— 24 May, 1831, to the Coast 
 Guard — 2 July, 1840, to the command l)f the De- 
 fence revenue-vessel — and 18 June, 1845, again to 
 the Coast Guard, in which he is at present employed. 
 Lieut. Hains* services in the last-mentioned depart- 
 ments of the Navy extend over a period of more 
 than 20 years. 
 
 HALAHAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Halahan entered the Navy, at the com- 
 mencement of 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Redwing 18, Capts. Thos. Ussher, Edw. Augustus 
 Down, and Sir John Gordon Sinclair, stationed in 
 the Mediterranean, where, during a servitude of 
 six years in that vessel, he figured, part of the time 
 as Midshipman, in a variety of brilliant operations. 
 He was subsequently employed with Capt. Ussher 
 and Sir John Poo Beresford, latterly as Master's 
 Mate, in the Undaunted 38, and Duncan 74, on 
 the same and the Brazilian stations. He has not 
 been afloat since his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, which took place 27 Feb. 1815. Agent 
 
 J. Hinxman. 
 
 HALE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Jeffrey Hale entered the Navy 9 May, 1815 : 
 passed his examination in 1822 ; and obtained his 
 commission 8 June, 1826. He has not been since 
 employed. 
 
HALFORD-HALKETT-HALL. 
 
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 HALFOED. (LiEDT., 1812. f-p.,14; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Charles Halford entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 
 1801, as A.B., on board the C^sar 80, Capts. Jah- 
 leel Brenton and Hugh Downman, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Joe. Saumarez, under whom, in July follow- 
 ing, he foUght as Midshipman in the actions off 
 Algeciras and Cadiz. In Nov. 1802, after having 
 been for a short time transferred to the Heecdie 
 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, lying at Portsmouth, he 
 f ejoined Capt. Brenton, as Master's Mate, in La 
 MiNEBVE of 48 guns ; and on 2 July, 1803, he had 
 the misfortune to be on board that frigate when 
 she took the ground under the batteries of Cher- 
 bourg, and was compelled, in spite of a desperate 
 and sanguinary resistance, to strike her colours. 
 He was accordingly detained a prisoner in France 
 until May, 1811, at which period, having been de- 
 prived of his parole, he succeeded in effecting his 
 escape from the citadel of Verdun, where he had 
 been placed in close and rigorous confinement. He 
 was promoted to the rank he now holds 21 March, 
 1812 ; and from 15 of the ensuing April until 2 Aug. 
 1815, was employed in the Valtant 74, bearing the 
 flag of the late Sir Manley Dixon on the North Sea 
 and American stations. He has since been on half- 
 pay. Agehts — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 HALKETT, Bart. (Commander, 1837.) 
 
 Sir John Halkett, born in Jan. 1805, is eldest 
 son of Admiral of the Blue Sir Peter Halkett, Bart., 
 G.C.H. (who commanded the Circe frigate in the 
 action off Camperdown, and died in Oct. 1839), by 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Todd, Esq. One of 
 his uncles, John Halkett, Esq., was late Governor 
 of the Bahamas, and First Commissioner of West 
 India Accounts ; and a second. Sir Alex. Halkett, 
 K.C.H., a Lieut. -General in the Army. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1825 ; was 
 made Lieutenant, 20 Oct. 1827, into the Challenger 
 frigate, Capt. Joseph Harrison ; served next, from 
 Nov. 1828 until Deo. 1829, in the Ariadne 28, com- 
 manded in the Atlantic by Capt. Fred. Marryat ; 
 and, on 15 Feb. 1836, was appointed to the Mel- 
 ville 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to his father, on the 
 West India station. He has not been employed 
 since his promotion to the rank of Commander, 
 which took place 4 Aug. 1837. 
 
 Sir John Halkett, a Deputy-Lieutenant for oo. 
 Fife, married, in April, 1831, Amelia Hood, daughter 
 of Colonel Conway, by whom he has issue. Agents 
 — Collier and Snee. 
 
 HALKETT. (Lieutenant, 1 842.) 
 
 Peter Alexander Halkett passed his examin- 
 ation 6 Sept. 1840, and was employed as Mate on 
 board the Hy^tcinth and Modeste sloops, Capts. 
 Wm. Warreft, Geo. Goldsmith, and Bundle Burges 
 Watson. Joining, under the latter oificer, in the 
 hostilities on the coast of China, he assisted, on 
 10 March, 1842, in towing four fire-rafts clear of 
 the shipping off Ningpo during an attack made by 
 the Chinese ; and on 18 of the following May he 
 served on shore at the capture of Chapoo.* He 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 
 1842, and next appointed— 27 Aug. 1844, to the 
 Eclair steam-sloop, Capt. Walter Grimston Buck- 
 nail Estcourt, fitting at Portsmouth— 19 Dec. 1844, 
 to the AcTJEON 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, lying at 
 Devonport— 20 Jan. 1845, to the Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings 
 —and, 1 July, 1845, to the Crocodile 26, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Hugh Pigot at Cork. He has been 
 serving, since 22 Nov. in the latter year, in the 
 Stromboli steam-sloop, Capt. Thos. Fisher. 
 
 HALL. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 22.) 
 Charles Hall entered the Navy (into which he 
 was impressed, being at the time Mate of a fine 
 West Indiaman), 8 Aug. 1804, as A.B., on board the 
 Champion 24, Copt. Kobt. Howe Bromley, stationed 
 in the Downs. Becoming Master's Mate, in June, 
 * fide Gia.. 1842, pp. 2:i««, 30114. 
 
 1805, of the Orion 74, Capts. Edw. Codrington and 
 Sir Arch. Dickson, he fought in the ensuing action 
 off Trafalgar, and in 1807 accompanied the expe- 
 dition against Copenhagen. In Dec. 1808, and Dec. 
 1811, he was successively appointed Acting-Master 
 and Acting-Lieutenant of ,the Prometheus sloop, 
 Capts. Thos. Forrest and Hercules Kobinson, in 
 command of whose cutter he succeeded in totally 
 destroying, off Pillau, in the Baltic, a French pri- 
 vateer. La Messalina, of 6 guns and 38 men, although 
 protected by the fire of a body of troops on the 
 beach, 2 Aug. 1810. After serving for some time 
 on the Jamaica station, where disease swept off all 
 his messmates, Mr. Hall was superseded from the 
 Prometheus, and, in Aug. 1812, appointed Mid- 
 shipman of the Warspite 50, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Blackwood, employed in Basque Roads. In April, 
 1814, he removed, as a Supernumerary, to the Han- 
 nibal 74, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, with whom 
 he again sailed for the West Indies. On his arrival 
 on that station he was once more, on 19 July, in- 
 vested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, and. 
 appointed to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Philip Durham ; but, the vacancy not proving a 
 legitimate one, he remained unconfirmed tiU the 
 general promotion, 7 Feb. 1815. He officiated, 
 during the seven following months, as First of the 
 Columbine sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, also 
 on the West India station ; and was subsequently 
 appointed— 1 Jan. 1824, to the Coast Blockade, as 
 Supernumerary Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, 
 Capt. Wm. M'CuUooh— 27 July, 1826, as Senior, to 
 the Jasper 10, Capt. Henry Martin Blackwood, on 
 the Mediterranean station, whence he invalided in 
 Nov. 1826—10 July, 1835, and 1 Aug. 1836, to the 
 Ordinary at Sheemess and Plymouth, in which ser- 
 vice he continued, with his name part of the time 
 on the books of the T^MiRAiEE 104, and San Josef 
 110, Capts. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Rich. 
 Thomas, for upwards of three years — and, 20 Sept. 
 1838, to the command of the Rolla 10, on the coasts 
 of Spain and Africa, where (with the exception of 
 a few months, from 23 Nov. 1840 until 15 June, 
 1841, passed in acting-command of the Persian 16) 
 he continued to serve, in the same vessel, until paid 
 off 18 Aug. 1842. Commander Hall, who had been 
 promoted to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, has 
 been employed, since 31 March, 1846, as Second 
 Captain of the Caledonia 120, fiag-ship of Sir John 
 Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport. 
 
 A son of this gentleman, Chas. O. B. Hall, is a 
 Mate in the Navy. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HALL. (Ret. Capt., 1846. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 40.) 
 
 Edward Hall entered the Navy, in Nov. 1786, 
 as a Boy, on board the Cygnet sloop, Capt. NichoUs, 
 with whom, and with Capt. Manley Dixon of the 
 Orestes, and Lieut. Jas. Hill of the Pilote, he 
 served, on the Channel and Irish stations, until 
 Jan. 1789. Re-embarking in Aug. 1793 on board 
 the Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, he proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean, and in Jan. 1794 was present in 
 that ship when she effected a memorable escape 
 from the inner harbour of Toulon, into which she 
 had entered in ignorance of the previous evacuation 
 of the place by the British. In Jan. 1795, after 
 having assisted at the siege of Bastia as Midship- 
 man of the Illustrious 74, Capt. Thos. Lennox 
 Frederick, he became attached to the Berwick 74, 
 Capt. Adam Littlejohn, under whom, who fell in 
 the action, he was captured by the French fleet, 
 notwithstanding a brave defence, 7 March following. 
 Being soon afterwards, however, restored to liberty, 
 he rejoined Capt. Frederick on board the Blen- 
 heim 74, and had thus an opportunity of witnessing 
 the evacuation of Corsica, and of sharing, 14 Feb. 
 1797, in the action off Cape St. Vincent. He re- 
 moved, immediately subsequent to the latter event, 
 to the Victory 100, and V ille de Paris 1 10, suc- 
 cessive flag-ships of Earl St. Vincent ; before he 
 had been long under whom he was appointed, I 
 May, 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the Namur 98, 
 Capt. Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, stationed off the 
 
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 HALL. 
 
 port of Cadiz, where he wag confirmed, on 10 June 
 in the same year, into his former ship, the Victory, 
 Capts. Thos. Sotheby and Wm. Cuming. During 
 the last four years of the French revolutionary war 
 we find him further employed, on the last mentioned, 
 and on the Mediterranean, Channel, and West India 
 stations, in the BLENHjGiiM and Princess Rotal, 
 both flag-ships of his old Captain, then Rear- Admiral 
 Frederick, and Jdste 80, Capts. Sir Henry TroUope, 
 Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle. Having spent 
 a few months of the short-lived peace in the Afbi- 
 CAiNE 38, commanded in the North Sea by Capt. 
 Thos. Manby, Mr. Hall was subsequently appointed 
 — in Dec. 1803, to the charge of a Signal Station at 
 North Yarmouth— 3 July, 1805, as Senior, to the 
 Zeeka sloop, Capt. Wm. Standway Parkinson, em- 
 ployed in the Downs— 8 Oct. 1805, to the command 
 of the Speculator lugger, on the same station — 
 22 May, 1806, and 18 Oct. 1807, again as First, to 
 the, Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell, and Pbisce 
 OF Wales 98, bearing the flag of Lord Gambler, 
 in the former of which ships (besides commanding 
 her boats, in conjunction with those of the Mos- 
 quito, at the cutting-out and destruction of several 
 vessels at Ebeltofi", in Jutland) he contributed to 
 the reduction of Copenhagen — 30 Nov. 1807, to the 
 command of the Eijeeren, a Danish prize lying in 
 the river Medway — 20 May, 1808, again to the 
 Nassau, Capt. E. Campbell, attached to the force 
 in the North Sea — in Jan. 1809, to the Impress ser- 
 vice at Dundee, where he remained until Nov. 1810 
 —and, 16 April, 1811, as First, to the Tremendous 
 74, commanded by his friend Capt. Campbell, on 
 the Baltic and Channel stations. He obtained a 
 second promotal commission 12 Aug. 1812; and ac- 
 cepted his present rank 5 Nov. 1846. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 HALL. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Edward Hall entered the Navy, 6 April, 1806, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Tkustv 50, Capt. 
 Brian Hodgson, in which ship, with the exception 
 of a few months passed in 1806 in the MnsqoiTO 
 sloop, Capt. Sam. Jackson, he served until March, 
 1808, when, having previously attended the expe- 
 dition to Copenhagen, and participated in several 
 skirmishes with the batteries and flotilla on the 
 French coast, he joined the Ranger 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Acklom. During a continuance of nearly six years 
 in that vessel he made surveys of dift'erent ports 
 and harbours in the Kattegat, Baltic, Sound, Great 
 and Little Belt, &c., all of which were transmitted 
 to the Hydrographical Office at the Admiralty by 
 Sir Geo. Hope, the Captain of the Fleet. On one 
 occasion he came into contact with the Danish gun- 
 boats at Fladstrand, and in 1809 he was present at 
 the capture of the island of Anholdt. In the sum- 
 mers of 1811 and 1812 we find him cruizing in 
 command of a tender off' the ports of Pillau and 
 Danzig against the enemy's privateers, from which 
 service he was removed for the express purpose of 
 surveying the river Dwina, preparatory to the em- 
 ployment of English and Russian gun-boats at the 
 defence of Riga, where, during the absence of tlie 
 Flag-Lieutenant, he officiated on shore as aide-de- 
 camp to the present Sir Thos. Byam Martin, who 
 recommended him in consequence to the notice of 
 the Admiralty. In the winter of 1812-13, after an 
 officer superior to him in rank had failed in the 
 attempt, Mr. Hall was selected from the squadron, 
 then frozen up at Carlskrona, to be the bearer of 
 despatches from Mr. Thornton, the British Minister 
 at Stockholm, to Lord Cathcart, who was at the 
 time at the Imperial head-quarters of the Russian 
 army in Poland. The Earnest gun-brig having 
 been cut out of the ice to coiivey him across the 
 Baltic, he landed on the coast of Prussia, and, after 
 travelling by a circuitous route through 500 miles 
 of country, occupied in many parts by the enemy, 
 into whose hands he was in continual danger of 
 falling and being treated as a spy, he succeeded in 
 five days in accomplishing the object of his mission. 
 On his return with despatches from Lord Cathcart 
 to Mr. Thornton he was again officially recom- 
 
 mended both by that nobleman and by his Commo- 
 dore, Capt. Acklom. During the remaining nine 
 months of 1813 he acted as aide-de-camp to H.R.H. 
 the Duke of Wurtemberg at the siege of Danzig^ 
 with a view of keeping up the communication be- 
 tween the Russian army and the Anglo-Russian 
 squadron blockading that port. The services he 
 performed during that period procuring him a fur- 
 ther recommendation from Lord Cathcart and Capt. 
 Acklom, as well as from the Duke and from the 
 Russian Admiral, he was promoted on his return 
 to England to a Lieutenancy, 15 Dec. 1813, in the 
 Rattler 18, Capt. Henry Bourne, with whom he 
 served on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion until 25 Jan. 1815. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hall (who appears to have been employed 
 on many important missions by his late Majesty 
 when Duke of Clarence) married, 21 Sept. 1826, 
 Sarah Miles, daughter of the late John Smith, Esq., 
 of Liverpool. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 HALL. (Retired Commander, 1841.) 
 
 George Hall entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1800, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Ville de Paris 110, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Troubridge, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Earl St. Vincent ; and, from Aug. 1802 
 until June, 1 806, was employed, on the Home and 
 West India stations, in the Unicorn and Etha- 
 LioN frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas. 
 Stuart. He then joined the Northumberland 74, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, who, on 11 
 of the following Sept., appointed him Lieutenant 
 of the Port d'Espagne 14, Capt. Jas. Pattison 
 Stewart — an act which the Admiralty confirmed by 
 commission dated 29 Oct. in the same year. While 
 cruizing in the latter vessel in the Gulf of Paria, 
 Mr. Hall, on being detached in a prize schooner 
 with 25 men, succeeded, in a very cool and brave 
 manner, in boarding and carrying, on 6 June, 1807, 
 although not without a mutual loss, the Mercedes 
 privateer, mounting 2 carriage-guns and 2 swivels, 
 and having on board a crew of 30 men (an exploit 
 for which he was highly recommended to notice) ; 
 and on 12 of the ensuing Sept. he had joint charge 
 of the boats with Lieut. Cotgrave, when they cap- 
 tured JSl Rosario schooner, of 1 gun and 34 men.* 
 Invaliding home from the West Indies in Nov. 1807, 
 he afterwards served, from Jan. 1808 until Dec. 
 1811, and from July, 1812, until Sept. 1813, on board 
 the Audacious 74, Capts. Thos. Le Marchant Gos- 
 selin and Donald Campbell, and Adamant 50, bear- 
 ing the flag at Leith of Kear-Admiral Wm. Albany 
 Otway. In the former ship he was employed em- 
 barking the army after the battle of Corunna, and 
 next in the expedition to the Walcheren. His last 
 appointment was, in April, 1820, to the Coast Guard 
 service. He accepted his present rank 3 Aug. 
 1841. 
 
 HALL. (Lieutenant, 1812. p-p., 10 ; H-p., 32.) 
 Henkt John Hall entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Moorsom, bearing the flag afterwards 
 of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell in the 
 North Sea and Baltic. Although the Majestic, 
 upon whose books he was borne until Jan. 1809, 
 formed part of the victorious fleet in the action off 
 Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, we do not believe this officer 
 had the good fortune to be present in her on the 
 occasion. He subsequently, however, in 1807, as- 
 sisted at the capture of Heligoland. From the 
 period of his quitting the Majestic until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, Mr. 
 Hall was employed on the Guernsey, Madeira, 
 Newfoundlanc^ and West India stations, in the 
 Albacore sloop, Capts. Corbet Jas. D'Auvergne 
 and Hen. Thos. Davies, Bahbadoes frigate, Capt. 
 Rush worth, and Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey. He was then successively appointed, 5 
 May, 1812, 14 Jan. 1813, and 2 Sept. 1814, to the 
 Ringdove sloop, Albacoke again, and Nekeds 32, 
 • VideQa.7,. 1807, pp. 1126, 1747. 
 
HALL. 
 
 443 
 
 Capts. Wm. Dowers, H. T. Davies, Jag. Boxer, and 
 Manley Hall Dixon, employed on the North Ame- 
 rican, African, and Brazihan stations. He has been 
 on half-pay since U Jan. 1815. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 HALL. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 18.) 
 Henky Watson Hall entered the Navy, 6 March, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Culloden 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Hen. Lane, on the Home station, where 
 he successively removed, in the course of the same 
 year, to the Salvador del Mundo and Monakch, 
 flag-ships of Sir John Colpoys and Lord Keith. 
 Being discharged in Oct. 1804 he did not again go 
 afloat until Jan. 1810, when he re-embarked on 
 board the Emekald 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait- 
 land, whom he soon afterwards accompanied to the 
 Cape of Good Hope. During the years 1812-13 we 
 find him cruizing in the Channel and off Newfound- 
 land, as Midshipman, in the Pheasant 18, Capt. 
 John Palmer. He then rejoined Lord Keith on 
 board the Queen Chaklotte 100 ; and, obtaining 
 his commission 16 Aug. 1814, was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 18 Dec. 1814, for a period of seven months, 
 to the Khin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, off the coast 
 of France— 25 Deo. 1819, to the Tamar frigate, 
 Capts. Arthur Stow and Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wise- 
 man, in which he served on the Jamaica station 
 until his health obliged him to invalid — 27 April, 
 1830, to the Coast Guard— and, 14 March, 1834, to 
 the Directorship of Police at Portsmouth Dockyard, 
 a situation he still holds. 
 
 HALL. CLiEUTENANT, 1811. F-P., 13 ; H-P., 31.) 
 John Hall (a) entered the Navy, 7 June, 1803, 
 as A.B., on board the Cekeeeds 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Selby, and in the following Sept. assisted at the 
 bombardment of Granville. Proceeding, imme- 
 diately after the latter event, to the West Indies, 
 he there, on 2 Jan. 1807, served as Master's Mate, 
 and was extolled for his unsurpassable bravery, at 
 the cutting out of two of the enemy's vessels, de- 
 fended by a most tremendous fire from the batteries 
 near Pearl Bock, Martinique, which killed 2 men 
 and wounded 10 ;* and he further, we believe, wit- 
 nessed the capture, in March, 1808, of the islands of 
 Marie-galante and Desirade. In July of the latter 
 year he joined the Leviathan 74, Capts. John 
 Harvey and Donald Campbell, with whom he served 
 off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean (where he 
 beheld the self-destruction, 26 Oct. 1811, of the 
 French ships of the line Robuste and Lion) until ap- 
 pointed Acting-Lieutenant, 1 Aug. 1811, of the 
 York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton ; to which vessel he 
 was confirmed on 26 of the ensuing Sept. He was 
 afterwards, from 4 Sept. 1812 until 31 Aug. 1815, 
 employed on the West India and North American 
 stations in the Suhprise 38, Capt. Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane ; but has not, that we are aware, been 
 since afloat. Agents- Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HALL. (LlEDTENANT, 1843.) 
 
 Kobekt Hall entered the Navy 27 May, 1833; 
 passed his examination 3 June, 1839 ; and, after 
 serving for some time as Mate, in the Pacific and at 
 ■ the Nore, of the Dublin 50, and Campekdown 104, 
 flag-ships of Kear-Admiral Rich. Thomas and Sir 
 Edw. Brace, was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 28 Nov. 1843. His appointments have since 
 been— 2 Feb. and 15 July, 1844, and 30 Jan. 1845, to 
 the Campekdown again. Queen 110, and Trafal- 
 gar 120, bearing the flags at Sheerness of Sir John 
 Chambers White and Sir Edw. Durnford King— 
 and, 19 Nov. 1845, to the Grampus 50, Capt. Hen. 
 Byam Martin, with whom he is now employed in 
 the Pacific. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HALL. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 26.) 
 Roger Hall entered the Navy, in May, 1801, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Princess Charlotte, 
 Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, with whom, 
 until Sept. 1805, ho successively served, on the Irish 
 • Vide Gaz. isor, p. 304. 
 
 and Channel stations, in the same ship, the Ruay, 
 and Galtkheid, and again in the Princess . Char- 
 lotte. In May, 1806, he joined the Theseus 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Hope, and on the following Oct., after 
 an intermediate cruize in the Atlantic, he removed 
 to the Imperiedse 38, Capts. Lord Cochrane, Thos. 
 Garth, and Hon. Hen. Duncan ; during his attach- 
 ment to which frigate he appears to have fallen into 
 the hands of the enemy, and to have been confined 
 for a considerable time in a French prison. On 9 
 Aug. 1811 Mr. Hall was noininated Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, sta- 
 tioned in the Mediterranean, where he was con- 
 firmed on 26 of the following month, and next ajj- 
 pomted, 23 June, 1812, and 4 July, 1816, to the 
 Berwick 74, and Impregnable 104, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Edw. Brace, under whom he co- 
 operated in the reduction of the towns of Genoa 
 and Gaeta in 1814-15, and in the bombardment of 
 Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He afterwards, on 30 Dec. 
 1816, joined the Egeria 26, Capt. Robt. Rowley, 
 from which vessel, employed off Newfoundland, he 
 was promoted, 11 Sept. 1819, to the acting-command 
 of the Carnation sloop. He was confirmed, 10 
 Nov. following, into the Drake; but, since the 
 autumn of 1821, has been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HALL. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 28; n-p., 11.) 
 Thomas Samuel Hall entered the Navy, 26 
 Sept. 1808, as a Volunteer, on board the Aketiiusa 
 38, Capt. Robt. Mends, under whom he took part in 
 many active operations on the north coast of Spain, 
 and witnessed the capture, 6 April, 1809, of the 
 French 40-gun frigate Le Niemen. He afterwards, 
 between May, 1810, and May, 1815, served, chiefly 
 as Midshipman, in the Hazard sloop, Capts. Wm. 
 EUiot and John Cookesley, Vigo 74, Capt. Hen. 
 Manaton Ommanney, Antelope 50, Capt. Sam. 
 Butcher, Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, 
 Emulous brig, and Arachne 18, both commanded 
 by Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, Warrior 74, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, 
 and Shark receiving-ship, Capt. Houston Stewart, 
 on the Newfoundland, Baltic, Home, and Jamaica 
 stations. He was then successively nominated Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, in the West Indies and South Ame- 
 rica, of the North Star 20, Capt. Thos. Coe, Emu- 
 lous, Capts. Thos. Wren Carter arid Caleb Jackson, 
 and Forester 16, Capt. Wm. Hendry. Being offi- 
 cially promoted by commission dated 1 Jan. 1816, 
 he was subsequently appointed — 5 March, 1825, to 
 the Coast Blockade, in which service he continued, 
 with his name successively on the books of the 
 Bamillies and Talavera 74's, Capts. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch and Hugh Pigot, until its abolition in March, 
 1831 — on 31 of the latter month, to the Coast Guard 
 — 12 Oct. 1836, to the Ranger Revenue-vessel, the 
 command of which he retained until superseded in 
 Nov. 1839—18 Aug. 1840, again to the Coast Guard 
 — 3 Sept. 1841, to the Victory 104, guard-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson — and, 
 12 Dec. 1845, to an Admiralty agency in a contract 
 mail steam-vessel. He has been on half-pay since 
 the spring of 1846. 
 
 Lieut. Hall is Senior of 1816. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 HALL. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18; h-p., 32.) 
 William Hall entered the Navy, 1 Dec. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boadicea 3% Capt. 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats ; previously to accompanying 
 whom, as Midshipman, into the Superb 74, he wit- 
 nessed, 2 July, 1799, an attack made by Rear-Ad- 
 miral Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish squadron 
 lying in Aix Roads. On his removal to the last- 
 mentioned ship he was afforded an opportunity, in 
 July, 1801, of sharing in Sir Jas. Saumarez' cele- 
 brated actions off Algeciras and Cadiz. On his 
 ultimate return to England from the Mediterranean 
 as a passenger m the Kent 74, Capt. John Cham- 
 bers White, he was successively appointed Acting 
 and Sub-Lieutenant, in 1804-5, of the Musquito 18 
 
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 HALL. 
 
 Capt. Sam. Jackson, stationed in the North Sea and 
 Downs. Between the date of his promotion to the 
 full rank of Lieutenant, 1 May, 1807, and of his 
 elevation to that of Commander, 29 July, 1814, he 
 was next employed in the Fame 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Hen. Alex. Bennett, Active 38, Capt. Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, Sdpere 
 again, and T4mebaiee 98, bearing each the flag of 
 Kear- Admiral R. G. Keats, Atlas 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Sanders, Milford 74, Hiberkia 120, Centaur 74, 
 all flag-ships of Sir R. G. Keats, Lacedemonian 38, 
 Capt. Sam. Jackson, and Bellehophon 74, bearing 
 the flag again of Sir R. G. Keats. Besides visiting 
 the Mediterranean and Newfoundland, Mr. Hall 
 served (while in the Sdperb) and was earnestly re- 
 commended to notice for his exertions in a battery 
 before Flushing ; * and he had charge (during his 
 attachment to the Temeraire and Atlas) of the 
 BoHNCEE gun-brig at the defence of Cadiz, where 
 he was severely wounded. He afterwards, from Oct. 
 1814 until Jan. 1816, commanded the Sabine and 
 Jalouse sloops, on the Halifax and Jamaica stations; 
 but has not, since the latter date, been afloat. 
 
 Commander Hall married, in 1816, Ann, youngest 
 daughter of Peter Churchill, Esq., of Dawlish, co. 
 Devon. 
 
 HALL. (COMMANDEK, 1840.) 
 
 William Hathurst Hall entered the Navy 25 
 Sept. 1813; passed his examination in 1820; and, 
 on 23 Dec. 1826, was awarded a commission by the 
 Admiralty in acknowledgment of his meritorious 
 conduct during the war in Ava, where, in the course 
 of the same and the preceding year, he had contri- 
 buted, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, to the 
 destruction of a large 36-gun stockade at Than-ta^ 
 bain, the annihilation of numerous fire-rafts and 
 canoes on the river Irawady, and the capture of the 
 formidable fortresses of Donoobew and Mellone. 
 His gallantry at the storming of the stockade at 
 Than-ta-bain, which he was one of the very first to 
 enter, was so conspicuous, that it obtained him the 
 particular notice of the Governor-General of India 
 in Council. Mr. Hall, whose health had latterly 
 become seriously affected, joined, at the period of 
 his promotion, the Slanev 20, Capt. Sam. Thornton, 
 with whom he returned to England and was paid 
 off' in May, 1827. His subsequent appointments 
 were— 31 Dec. 1829 and 19 Feb. 1830, to the Ra- 
 MiLLiES and Talavera 74's, both commanded on 
 the Coast-Blockade service by Capt. Hugh Pigot — 
 4 March, 1830, to the Curlew 10, Capts. Geo. 
 WooUcombe and Hen. Dundas Trotter, stationed at 
 the Cape of Good Hope, whence he invalided in 
 Feb. 1833—18 March, 1836, again to the Talavera, 
 Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends, 
 under whom he served the greater part of four 
 years on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, 
 nearly the whole time as First-Lieutenant — and, 19 
 March, 1840, also as Senior, to the Thunderer 84, 
 Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley. He 
 was promoted, for his services in the latter ship at 
 St. Jean d'Acre, 4 Nov. 1840; but has not been 
 since afioat. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HALL, F.E.S. (Captain, 1844. r-p., 29; h-p.,7.) 
 William Hutcheon Hall entered the Navy, 24 
 Oct. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warrior 
 74, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng (afterwards Viscount 
 Torrington) and John Tremayne Rodd. While in 
 that ship, of which he became Midshipman 20 Oct. 
 1813, he assisted at the blockade of various ports in 
 the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic, contributed to 
 the capture of several armed and other vessels, es- 
 corted the Prince of Orange to Holland in Nov. 
 1813, and experienced a furious hurricane in which 
 the Warrior was dismasted, received 11 feet water 
 in her hold, and all but foundered. In Nov. 1815 
 he became attached to the Lyra 10, Capt. Basil 
 Hall, and on his return home in Nov. 1817, after 
 having attended Lord Amherst's expedition to 
 China, he successively joined the Falmouth 18, 
 * Vide Ga.z. 1803, p. 1327. 
 
 Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Dwarf cutter, Iphigenia' 
 36, bearing the broad pendant on the coast of Alrica 
 of Sir Robt. Mends, and, as Master (warrant dated 
 in 1822 or 3), the Moegiana 18, Capt. Christ. 
 Knight, on the same station. During the term of 
 his servitude in the Iphigenia, Mr. Hall volun- 
 tarily conducted the navigation of a squadron of 
 boats, which effected the capture, although op- 
 posed, of a well-armed Portuguese schooner, full 
 of slaves, several of whom were killed ; and when 
 in the Mobgiana he took part in the capture of 
 two other slave-vessels. On 30 May, 1823, he ob- 
 tained an appointment to the Parthian 10, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Barrington,'under whom he made a voyage 
 with despatches to Vera Cruz, and took, in the Bay 
 of Campeachy, the San Jose, a noted Spanish pi- 
 ratical schooner. Soon after the latter event, which 
 occurred on 18 June, 1824, he nearly lost his life 
 by intrepidly jumping overboard to the rescue of 
 Mr. Price, Captain's Clerk, who by s6me means 
 had fallen into the sea. The Parthian being paid 
 off' 25 Sept. 1825, he was subsequently appointed — 
 7 June, 1826, to the Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron, 
 in which frigate he went on a special mission to 
 Bermuda — 7 March, 1827, to the Briton 46, Capts. 
 Geo. Fras. Seymour and Hon. Wm. Gordon, em- 
 ployed on various particular services — next, for a few 
 months, to the Herald yacht, Capt. Robt. Gordon — 
 23 Feb. 1831 to the Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, 
 in which ship, under the flag of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Hotham, he witnessed the establishment of King 
 Otho on the throne of Greece, and was afterwards, 
 when off' Alexandria, presented, in common with 
 the other officers on board, with , a sword by Me- 
 hemet All— and, in Aug. 1834, to the St. Vincent 
 120, lying at Portsmouth, where he continued until 
 the close of 1836. During the next two years Mr. 
 Hall employed himself in studying steam at Glas- 
 gow, and in making passages from the Clyde to Ire- 
 land, as he also did on the river Mersey . He likewise, 
 for the purpose of obtaining a competent knowr 
 ledge of ocean steaming, went as an amateur in the 
 British Queet^ to North America, where he spent 
 some time in voyaging in U. S. steamers on the 
 Hudson and Delaware rivers. In Nov. 1839 he 
 procured command of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s iron war- 
 steamer Nemesis, and, as the brilliancy of his ser- 
 vices in that vessel was officially recognised, and 
 made the subject of future extraordinary reward, 
 we have no hesitation in here introducing tliem, 
 especially as their omission would involve an exclu- 
 sion of some of the most important of those achieve- 
 ments which contributed to the ultimate humiliation 
 of the Chinese. In March, 1840, the Nemesis sailed 
 from Portsmouth for the East Indies, on her passage 
 whither, however, and while endeavouring to double 
 the Cape of Good Hope, the first time indeed the 
 act had ever been attempted by an iron steamer, 
 she was encountered by a succession of terrific 
 gales, and had the misfortune to split amidships 
 on both sides. Escaping destruction by a mere 
 miracle, she eventually arrived in China, where, on 
 7 Jan. 1841, she commenced her distinguished 
 career by a conspicuous attack on the enemy's 
 forts atChuenpee, and the annihilation of 11 power- 
 ful war-junks, the flower of the Celestial Navy. In 
 the course of the following day she joined in 
 action with the largest of the Anunghoy forts in 
 the Boca Tigris ; and on 26 of the same month, 
 with Capt. Elliot, H. M. plenipotentiai-y, on board, 
 she was the first steamer that entered the Canton 
 river, preparatory to the several meetings with 
 the High Commissioner Keshen, at all of which 
 her Commander was present.* On 23 Feb. we find 
 Mr. HaU attracting the attention of Capt. Herbert, 
 who was on board the Nemesis at the time, by his 
 co-operative conduct at the destruction of a 20-gun 
 battery at the back of the island of Anunghoy, and 
 by the quick and eff'ectual manner in which he as- 
 
 • Mr. HaU, not long afterwards, was fired at while await- 
 ing despatches from the Chinese authorities at the Bogue, a 
 circumstance we are induced to mention, as it was the first 
 act of overt hostility committed after the formal conference 
 with Keslien. 
 
HALL. 
 
 445 
 
 sisted in hauling up the stakes and partially clear- 
 ing the water-passage at Sammonhow.* Two days 
 after that event, while proceeding with 100 soldiers 
 to assist a body of artillery in erecting a mortar- 
 battery on South "Wantong Island, he came into 
 warm collision with the enemy, to whose incessant 
 fire, on reaching the latter place, he was for a 
 whole night exposed. On 26 the Nemesis was next 
 found signally figuring in the operations connected 
 with the celebrated attack on the Bogue forts ; of 
 the last remaining one of which, Little Tycocktow, 
 Mr. Hall (having landed with Lieut. W. H. Mait- 
 land and a party of seamen and marines belonging 
 to his own ship and the Wellesley) took possession, 
 spiking at the same time its guns, and destroying 
 a neighbouring encampment. During an attack" 
 made on 27 by a squadron under Capt. Herbert 
 on the enemy's camp, fort, and ship Cambridge, 
 bearing the Chinese Admiral's flag, at their position 
 below Whampoa Reach, where 98 guns were in the 
 whole destroyed, the Nemesis, who had previously 
 led the British force and signalled the soundings, 
 gained particular notice by the excellent and effi- 
 cient nature of her fire.f Her Commander, on that 
 occasion, besides being among the first to board 
 the Cambridge, again landed, and had the satisfac- 
 tion of planting Her Majesty's flag on the fort. 
 After -further contributing, on 3 and 6 March, to 
 the capture of Howqua and Napier Forts, above 
 Whampoa, we find him frequently acquiring the 
 warmest praise of Capt. Jas. Scott, whom he had 
 on board, and reported by that officer worthy of 
 every reward that could be bestowed on him, for 
 his cool, unwearied, and zealous performance of his 
 duties in forcing the inner passage from Macao to 
 "Whampoa ; during her advance on which place his 
 vessel, in conjunction with the boats of the Sa- 
 UABANG, destroyed, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 
 4 P.M. on 15 March, five forts, one battery, two 
 military stations, and nine war-junks, in which col- 
 lectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.J After par- 
 ticipating in an action with Bird's-nest and Shaming 
 Forts, as also with several war-junks, on^ 16, and 
 sharing in the general attack made on the Canton 
 batteries on 18 of the same month, Mr. Hall, who 
 on the latter occasion had commenced the conflict, 
 immediately landed and displayed the British co- 
 lours from the window of the factory ; but, while on 
 his way back to the boats, he was assailed with his 
 party by a body of the enemy's troops, whom how- 
 ever he quickly routed.§ Joining, in the follow- 
 ing May, in the second series of operations against 
 the same city, this meritorious officer, although 
 wounded, added afresh to his already well-earned 
 fame by a continued display of that enterprising 
 and never-flinching spirit which had hitherto cha- 
 racterised all his actions. On 21 and 22 of that 
 month he received a large tribute of praise for his 
 exertions in defeating an attack of fire-rafts, and 
 destroying a fleet of more than 30 war-junks and 
 fishing-vessels — a success which led to a discovery 
 of the most desirable place for landing the troops. || 
 On 26 he next, in conjunction with a detachment 
 of the 18th, 37th, and 49th Begts., under Lieut. 
 John Grant, landed in command of half of the 
 crew belonging to the Nemesis, and of a party of 
 seamen from H.M. ships Sulphcr, WEtLESLEY, and 
 Blonde, at Tsingpoo, near Canton, where he over- 
 threw 500 of the enemy, who for some time kept 
 up a heavy fire of grape, and drove them, with the 
 loss of their field-pieces, into the town. In the at- 
 tack made on 26 Aug. on the citadel of Amoy, Mr. 
 Hall, having disembarked Sir Hugh Gough and the 
 18th Koyal Irish, joined in the common assault, and 
 was the first to mount the walls, whence he un- 
 furled the British flag.t He subsequently elicited 
 the high official commendation of Sir Wm. Parker 
 for his conduct in alone entering the port of Sheipoo, 
 where, in the course of an arduous day's labour, he 
 landed at the head of his men and annihilated three 
 forts, mounting in the whole 13 heavy guns, besides 
 
 + V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501. 
 i V.r ■' 
 
 • VideGax. 1841. p. 149T. 
 t V. Gnz. IH'il, pp. 1507-9. 
 Il V. Gaz. 1841, p. 2511. 
 
 . Gaz. 1841, p. 1505. 
 ll V. Gaz. 1842, p. 83. 
 
 causing the destruction of three war-junks, one of 
 which carried 14 guns. Towards the close of the 
 same month he once more obtained the flattering 
 notice of his Commander-in-Chief in consequence of 
 the admirable precision of his fire in resenting one 
 which had been opened on the Nemesis by the 
 batteries at Chusan. On 1 Oct. he united in the 
 reduction of the last-mentioned place, and during a 
 portion of the operations had the honour of bearing 
 the Admiral's flag ; not many days after which event 
 he again signalised himself by his zeal at the taking 
 of Chinghae.* Ascending the Ningpo river, in 
 Jan. 1842, with the Naval and Military Com- 
 manders-in-Chief on board, the Nemesis, on 10 of 
 that month, assisted, in company with the Phle- 
 gethon, in destroying the government-buildings 
 belonging to the town of Fungwah. Her Captain 
 afterwards, on 9 March, landed, with the present 
 Capt. Richard CoUinson and only 66 men under 
 his orders, and defeated a body of 500 Chinese 
 troops on the island of Taishan, near Chusan. Pre- 
 paratory to the attack on Tsekee, 15 March, Mr. 
 Hall there debarked Sir Wm. Parker and Sir Hugh 
 Gough ; and he next, on 15 April, succeeded by his 
 alacrity in ruining 13 out of a numerous flotilla of 
 fire-boats intended for the destruction of H.M. 
 shipping in the harbour of Tinghae.t "Within four 
 days of that affair he destroyed several other fire- 
 vessels fitting out in the neighbourhood of Chu- 
 san. At the reduction, on 18 May, of Chapoo, at 
 which place his exertions materially facilitated the 
 landing of the troops, Mr. Hall made a despe- 
 rate, although unsuccessful attempt, to dislodge 
 a body of Tartar soldiers from a house in which 
 they had taken refuge. Two of his men were on 
 the occasion shot dead by his side. In the famous 
 battle fought with the Chinese at Woosung, 16 
 June, the Nemesis, being the advanced ship, ap- 
 pears to have again distinguished herself by cap- 
 turing 11 out of 14 of the enemy's war-junks ;t 
 five of which vessels presented the singular appear- 
 ance of being worked by wheels, two on each side. 
 Mr. Hall, who next shared in the reduction of 
 Shanghae, 19 June, 1842, and was in the Yang-tsc- 
 Kiang during the operations against the city of 
 Chin-Kiang-Foo,§ wound up his China services by 
 witnessing the pacification of Nanking. Fully im- 
 pressed with the importance of his services, the Ad- 
 miralty had, in the mean while, applied for an Order 
 in Council to empower his receiving the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, which was accordingly conferred on him by 
 commission dated 8 Jan. 1841. The fame of his 
 deeds increasing, they obtained a similar authority 
 for enabling his after-time in the Nemesis to count 
 as if it had been actually passed on board a Queen's 
 ship ; and, on 10 June, 1843, they promoted him to 
 the rank of Commander. Being shortly afterwards, 
 on 1 July, appointed Second-Captain of the Vic- 
 toria AND AiBEKT steam-yaoht, Capt. Adolphus 
 FitzClarence, he was only allowed to continue in 
 that vessel until 22 Oct. 1844, when, as a further 
 mark of favour, he was advanced to the rank he 
 now holds. He was nominated Additional Captain 
 of the William and Makt yacht 3 March, 1847 ; 
 and has since been in command of the Tekkible 
 and Dbagon steam-frigates. 
 
 On finally leaving the Nemesis, at Calcutta, in 
 1843, Capt. Hall was invited to a splendid dinner 
 in the Town-hall, by his officers, who presented him 
 with a pair of Post^Captain's epaulettes ; and his 
 crew availed themselves of the same opportunity to 
 present him with an elegant sword. In token of 
 their gratitude for the fearless manner in which, at 
 the hazard of his life, he had plunged into the 
 Clarence Dock at Liverpool, 17 Jan. 1840, and had 
 saved the fife of Robt. Kelly, one of their number, 
 the engineers and firemen of the Nemesis had 
 united, soon after their arrival at Canton^ in pre- 
 senting him with a piece of plate. The Captain is 
 the inventor of the iron bilge-tanks for large and 
 small vessels now in use in the Royal Navy, and also 
 of "Hall's Patent Anchor." In the early part of 
 
 ■• Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 393-6. + V. Gaz. 1842, p. 2393. 
 
 t r, Gaz. 1842, p. 339SJ. j F. Gaz. IN4S, p. 34U4. 
 
446 
 
 HALL— HALLETT—HALLIDAY— HALLO WES. 
 
 1847 he was elected a F.E.S. He married, 30 April, 
 1845, the Hon. Hilare Caroline Byng, third daughter 
 of the late Vice-Admiral Viscount Torrington 
 (under whose orders he first went to sea),' and 
 sister of the present Viscount Torrington, Governor- 
 General of Ceylon, as likewise of Lieut. Hon. J. 
 M. K. Byng, R.N. Agemts — Collier and Snee. 
 
 HALL. (LlEUTKNANT, 1841.) 
 
 William King Hall entered the Navy 22 Sept. 
 1829 ; passed his examination 1 March, 1837 ; and 
 was subsequently nominated Mate of the Benbow 
 72, Capt. Houston Stewart. For his services in 
 that ship on the coast of Syria, where he com- 
 manded her launch at the attack made on the town 
 of Tortosa 25 Sept. 1840,* and further assisted at 
 the bombardment of St. J ean d'Acre, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 July, 1841, and 
 appointed, the same day, Additional of the Bri- 
 TANMiA 120, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean 
 of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. From 17 Sept. 
 in the latter year, until paid off in the early part of 
 1844, he was employed, on the same station, in 
 the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling ; and on 18 of 
 the following Sept. he was appointed for a short 
 time First of the Pantaloon 10, Capt. Edm. Wil- 
 son, fitting at Portsmouth. He has been serving, 
 since 7 Jan. 1845, in the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of 
 Sir Fras. Wm. Austen on the North America and 
 West India station. Agents — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 HALLETT. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 CiiAKLES William Hallett entered the Navy 
 22 July, 1829 ; passed his examination 23 Jan. 1836 ; 
 and was. for some time employed as Mate in the 
 Wanderer 16, Capt. Hon. Joseph Denman, on the 
 coast of Africa. His appointments, since his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 
 3 Sept. 1841, have been— 2 May, 1842, and 12 May, 
 1844, to the Malabar 72, and Wahspite 50, Capts. 
 Sir Geo. Kose Sartorius and Provo Wm. Parry 
 Wallis, both on the Mediterranean station — and 
 24 Aug. 1846, as First, to the Hound 6, Capt. Gran- 
 ville Hamilton Wood, in which vessel he is again 
 serving on the African coast. 
 
 HALLETT. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Edward Knatchedll Hdghes Hallett was 
 born 20 May, 1808. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 
 1 Feb. 1821 ; and embarked in Feb. 1823, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Tribdne 42, Capt. Gardiner 
 Henry Guion, employed in the Mediterranean. In 
 1827, after having served for some time in the East 
 Indies in the Java 52, and Boadicea 46, both com- 
 manded by Capt. John Wilson, he passed Ms exa- 
 mination ; and between that period and the receipt 
 of his first Admiralty commission, bearing date 
 16 Oct. 1830, he discharged the duties of Mate and 
 Acting-Lieutenant, on the North America and West 
 India station, in the Hussar 46, and Winchester 
 52, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Edw. Grif- 
 fith Colpoys, and Sparrowhawk 18, Cai)t. Thos. 
 Gill. Mr. Hallett, who next, from 19 Deo. 1831, 
 until paid off' 28 July, 1834, served off Lisbon in 
 the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. 
 Parker — was lastly, on 14 April, 1836, appointed to 
 the Bellerophon 80, Capts. Samuel Jackson and 
 Chas. John Austen. Returning in the latter ship 
 to the Mediterranean, he ultimately, in 1840, com- 
 manded her boats in the attacks on Gebailf and 
 Sidon; and he also fought at the siege of Acre. 
 Having paid the Bellekophon off, as her First-Lieu- 
 tenant, in Juno, 1841, he was promoted, on 23 of the 
 following Nov., to the rank he now holds. He has not 
 since been afloat. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 tlALLIDAY. (LlElITENANT, 1841.) 
 
 George Richard Halliday entered the Navy 
 (from the Royal Naval College) 24 June, 1830; 
 passed his examination 7 Jan. 1835 ; was promoted, 
 while serving on board the Britannia 120, flag- 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607. f K Gaz. 1640, p. 2253. 
 
 ship in the Mediterranean of Sir John Acworth 
 Ommanney, to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 
 1841 ; and afterwards joined— 3 Dec. 1841, as Ad- 
 ditional, the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Commodore John Brett Purvis — and 24 Oct. 
 1843, the Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow. He 
 returned home from the Pacific (where he had been 
 employed ever since Ms appointment to the Al- 
 fred) in the early part of 1846; and is now on 
 half-pay. 
 
 HALLIDAY. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Lionel Haluday died about the commence- 
 ment of 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 May, 1812 ; and 
 obtained Ms commission 6 May, 1828. His last ap- 
 pointments afloat, were, 5 Aug. 1831, and 21 Dec. 
 1832, to the Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Welles- 
 ley, and Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Thos. Maitland, 
 both stationed in the West Indies. He paid the 
 latter vessel off, as First-Lieutenant, in the spring 
 of 1833. 
 
 Lieut. Halliday married, in 1833, Sophia Noel, 
 granddaughter of the late Lord Wentworth. 
 
 HALLOWES. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 12; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 Francis Hallowes entered the Navy, 16 July, 
 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, 
 Capt. John Clarke Searle, bearing the flag in the 
 Downs of Lord Keith, whom he followed as Mid- 
 sMpman, in Aug. 1805, into the Edgar 74. In 
 Feb. 1806, after a short attachment to the Revenge 
 74, commanded at Portsmouth by Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming, he joined the Ph(ebe 36, 
 Capts. Jas. Oswald, Hassard Stackpoole, and Jas. 
 Hillyar, with whom he successively served in the 
 North Sea, Channel, Mediterranean, and Baltic. 
 On Ms return home from the latter station in Nov. 
 1809, in the Monkey gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 Fitzgerald, he was received on board the Namur 
 74, bearing the flag at the Nore of Vice-Admiral 
 Wells. In the following summer he sailed for the 
 Mauritius as Master's-Mate in the Menelaus 38, 
 Capt. Peter Parker ; from which ship, after as- 
 sisting at the reduction of the above island, he 
 was removed, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Ac- 
 TJ30N brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, then on 
 the point of returning to England with the intelli- 
 gence of the event. Resuming, in March, 1811, his 
 former duties in the Menelaus, he proceeded to 
 the Mediterranean, where Sir Edw. Pellew, the 
 Commander-in-Chief, appointed him Lieutenant, 
 25 June, 1812, of the Aleked 74. That ship being 
 however ordered to England before he could join, 
 Mr. Hallowes was obliged to serve for some time 
 as a Supernumerary on board the Imp4tueux 74, 
 and Stately 64, flag-ships at Lisbon of the present 
 Sir Geo. Martin, who, on 26 May, 1813, gave Mm 
 an order to act as Lieutenant of the Zenobia brig, 
 Capts. Rich. Foley and Nich. Chas. Dobree — an 
 appointment which the Admiralty confirmed on 14 
 of the following June. He was transferred from 
 the Zenobia in May, 1815, to the Ville de Paris 
 110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith at Plymouth, 
 where he remained until the following Aug. He 
 then went on half-pay, and has not since been afloat. 
 Agent — J. Woodliead. 
 
 HALLOWES. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 21 ; h-p, 
 
 23.) 
 
 John Hallowes is second son of the late Col. 
 John_ Hallowes, of Glapwell Hall, co. Derby. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1803, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Ranger 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Coote. That vessel being unfortunately captured 
 by the Rochefort squadron 17 July, 1805, he was 
 sent a prisoner to Verdun, and there detained for 
 a period of nearly five years and a half. On his 
 release in Dec. 1810, he joined the Helder 36, 
 Capt. John Serrell, stationed in the Baltic, where, 
 on 10 July, 1811, wo find him serving in a boat with 
 the present Lieut. Wm. Henry Dixon at the cutting 
 
HALLOWES— HALLYBURTON-HALSTED. 
 
 447 
 
 out of four Danish vessels from under the protec- 
 tion of a 6-gun battery and two gun-boats in Kioge 
 Bay. In May, 1813, after a brief attachment to 
 the Ceees 32, flag-ship at Chatham of Rear-Admi- 
 ral Thos. Surridge, Mr. Hallowes was invested with 
 the command of No. 5 gun-boat, in which he co- 
 operated with Capt. Arthur Farquhar in an attack 
 made on 30 Nov. following upon the strong bat- 
 teries that defended Cuxhaven, and in the ensuing 
 and very arduous siege of Gluckstadt.* Being pro- 
 moted for the latter service, by commission dated 
 
 22 Jan. 1814, he was subsequently appointed, in the 
 capacity of Lieutenant — 28 March, 1814, to the 
 PiMCHER brig, Capt. Jas. Wallis, in the Downs — 
 7 April, 1815, to the Redpole 10, Capt. Edm. Den- 
 man, employed off the coasts of France and Hol- 
 land — 2 June, 1815, to the command, for a short 
 period, of No. 25 gun-boat, again in the Downs — 
 
 23 Nov. 1822, to the Dolphin Revenue-cutter, of 
 which he retained command until 1826— and 25 Sept. 
 1830, 4 April, 1833, and 21 Aug. 1834, as Senior, 
 to the Welleslet 74, Serpemt 16, and Malabar 
 74, Capts. Sam. Campbell Rowley, John Chas. Sy- 
 ilionds, and Sir "Wm. Augustus Montagu, on the 
 Home, Lisbon, West India, and Mediterranean sta^ 
 tions. He was promoted from the latter ship to 
 the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837 ; and after- 
 wards employed as Second-Captain, from 4 Dec. 
 1841 until the receipt of his Post-commission, bear- 
 ing date 5 Dec. 1842, of the St. Vincent 120, flag- 
 ship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Hallowes married Margaret, only daughter 
 of the late Col. Nich. Ramsay, by whom he has 
 issue seven sons and two daughters. Agent — John 
 P. Muspratt. 
 
 HALLOWES. (LiECT., 1815. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Thomas Hallowes entered the Navy, 8 Jan. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Jackson, bearing the flag in the Downs of 
 Lord Keith ; and while next attached, from May in 
 tlie same year until Jan. 1814, to the Resistance 
 38, and Invincible 74, both commanded by Capt. 
 Chas. Adam, was very actively employed, particu- 
 larly in co-operating with the patriots on the coast 
 of Spain, where, in 1811-12-13, he witnessed, as Mid- 
 shipman, the defence of Tarragona, the reduction 
 of the town of Almeria, and the capture of the fort 
 of St. Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer. He after- 
 wards served for short periods, on the Home station, 
 in the Dublin 74, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, and 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord Keith ; and 
 on 3 Aug. 1815 was advanced to his present rank. 
 H e has not been since employed. Agent — John P. 
 Muspratt. 
 
 HALLYBUETON, formerly Gordon, G.C.H., 
 M.P. (Captain, 1836.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Lord John Frederick 
 Gordon Halltbcrton, born 15 Aug. 1799, is third 
 son of the Marquess of Huntley, by Catharine, 
 daughter of Sir Chas. Cope, Bart. ; brother of Lords 
 Cecil and Fras. Arthur Gordon, of the Army ; and 
 nephew of the late Dukes of Richmond, Manchester, 
 and Bedford, as also of the second Marquess Corn- 
 wallis. He assumed the name of Hallyburton in 
 1843. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indus 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Hall Gage, under whom, on proceeding to the Me- 
 diterranean, he witnessed, as Midshipman, Sir Edw. 
 Pellew's partial action with the Toulon fleet, 13 Feb. 
 1814. During the seven following years we find him 
 successively employed, on the Home, South Ameri- 
 can and again on tlie Mediterranean station, in the 
 EuROTAS 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. LiUicrap, 
 CuRACOA 36, Capt. John Tower, Euphrates 36, 
 Capt. Robt. Preston, Ampiiion 32, Commodore Wm. 
 Bowles, and Laene sloop, Capts. Henry Forbes and 
 Robt. Tait. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 13 
 Deo. 1821, in the Rochfort 74, bearing the flag in 
 • VideGm. 1814, p. 127. 
 
 the Mediterranean of Sir Graham Moore ; rose to 
 the rank of Commander 6 Aug. 1828 ; paid off the 
 Pandora sloop, on his return from the East Indies, 
 in Feb. 1830 ; and acquired the rank he now ^olds 
 4 Aug. 1836. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 His Lordship, who is M.P. for Forfar, was nomi- 
 nated a G.C.H. 22 Aug. 1836. He married, 24 Aug. 
 1836, Lady Augusta Kennedy Erskine, relict of the 
 Hon. John Kennedy Erskine, and sister of Lord 
 Adolphus FitzCIarence, Captain R.N. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HALSTED. (Capt., 1842. f-p., .19; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Edward Pellew Halsted is son, we believe, 
 of the late Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, 
 G.C.B.,* by Emma Mary, eldest daughter of the 
 first Lord Exmouth, and sister of Rear-Admiral 
 Hon. Sir F. B. R. Pellew, Kt., K.C.H. The late 
 Capt. Geo. Halsted, R.N., was his uncle. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 March, 1821; 
 passed his examination in 1828 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 28 Jan. 1829. He was subsequently 
 appointed — 15 Oct. 1829, to the Nimeod 20, Capt. 
 Sam. Radford, on the Irish station — and 28 Jan. and 
 25 Feb. 1831, and 26 March, 1834, to the Asia 84, 
 St. Vincent 120, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships in 
 the Mediterranean of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham and 
 Sir Josias Rowley. He was promoted to the rank 
 of Commander 6 Dec. 1836 ; and from 8 April, 1839, 
 until the close of 1842, was next employed, on board 
 the Childers 16, in the East Indies, and also in 
 China, where he served in the Yang-tse-Kiang dur- 
 ing the operations against the city of Chin-Klang- 
 Foo 21 July, 1842.t He then went on half-pay, hav- 
 ing been advanced to his present rank on 15 of the 
 preceding April; and has not since been afloat. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 HALSTED. (Ketiked Captain, 1840. p-p., 
 14 ; H-P., 44.) 
 
 George Halsted died 25 March, 1846. He was 
 brother of Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, 
 G.C.B. ; and uncle of Capt. E. P. Halsted, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1788, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Sir Roger 
 Curtis, on the Home station, where, and for a short 
 time in the West Indies, he afterwards, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 May, 1796, 
 served, in the Wasp, Capt. J. K. Mosse, Magnifi- 
 cent 74, Capt. Rich. Onslow, Edgar 74, Capt. J. 
 A. P. Molloy, Beaulied and Andromeda frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. Lord Northesk, Theseus 
 74, Capt. Robt. Calder, and London and Queen 
 Charlotte, flag-ships of Sir John Colpoys and 
 Earl Howe. He then joined, for a few weeks, the 
 Plover sloop, Capt. John Chesshyre, lying at Sheer- 
 ness ; was next, from 28 Juhe, 1796, until the spring 
 of 1800, employed in the Channel and Mediterranean 
 on board the Phcenix 36, commanded by his bro- 
 ther, Capt. L. W. Halsted ; and served lastly, ^rom 
 May in the latter year until 1801, and from 4 Feb. 
 1807 until advanced to the rank of Commander 21 
 Jan. 1809, in the Alkmaar and Royal William, 
 hearing the flags on the Mediterranean and Home 
 stations of Admirals John Holloway and Geo. Mon- 
 tagu. H e was superannuated with the rank of Cap- 
 tain 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 • Sir L. W. Halsted (whose father, Capt. W. A. Halsted, 
 R.N., died about 1778) was born 2 April, 1764, and entered 
 the Navy in 1776. He served as midshipman of the St. 
 Albans 64, in Admiral Harrington's two actions with the 
 Comte d'Estaing ; was in tlie same ship at the reduction of 
 Ste. Lucie; fought in the Bei.lona 74, at the capture, 30 
 Dec. 1780, of the Dutch 54-gun ship Princess Caroline; and 
 officiated as third Lieutenant of the Canada in Rodney's 
 actions, 9 and 12 April, 1782. On 12 May, 1796, he com- 
 manded the Phcenix, of 44 guns and 271 men, at the taking 
 of the Dutch frigate Argo, of 36 suns and 237 men ; and he 
 was afterwards presented with a medal for his conduct as 
 Captain. of the Namuk 74, in Sir Richard Strachan's action 
 4 Not. 1805. From 1834 until 1827 he commanded in chief 
 on the Jamaica station. At the period of his death, which took 
 place 22 April, 1841, he was an Admiral of the White, and 
 in the receipt of the Good-Service pension. 
 
 + Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3404. 
 
448 
 
 HALSTED-HAM-HAMBLY-HAMBY. 
 
 Capt. Halsted has left a son, the present Com- 
 mander Geo. Anthony Halsted, B.N. 
 
 HlLSTED. (COMMANDEB, 1827. F-p., 19; 
 H-P., 12.) 
 
 George Anthony Halsted is son of the late 
 Capt. Geo. Halsted, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 7 
 March, 1816, and embarked, 18 Feb. 1819, as Fst.- 
 cl. Vol., on board the Revoldtionnaire 46, Capt. 
 Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. After 
 serving for five years on the Mediterranean station 
 in that frigate,'- and in the Rose sloop, Capt. Thos. 
 Ball Clowes, and Rochpoet 80, flag-ship of Sir 
 Graham Moore, he sailed for the West Indies in the 
 Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hngh Patton, and was there 
 promoted to a Lieutenancy, 25 Feb. 1824, in the 
 IcAKUS 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham. On 24 Dec. 
 1825, having been further employed in the Sekapis 
 schooner, and Hcssar and Dartmouth frigates, 
 Capts. Jackson, Geo. Harris, and Henry Dundas, 
 he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Isis 50, to his 
 uncle, Sir L. W. Halsted, then Commander-in-Chief 
 on the same station. He was in consequence ad- 
 vanced to his present rank by commission dated 13 
 June, 1827. "With the exception of some months in 
 1837-8, and again in 1843-4, he has been employed 
 in the Coast Guard ever since 18 March, 1834. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 HALSTED. (LiEDT., 1841. f-p., U ; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Lawrence George Halsted died suddenly, 7 
 Nov. 1846, while serving, as below, on board the 
 Spitefdi,. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1834; passed 
 his examination in 1840 ; and for his performances in 
 China, where he was mentioned in the despatches as 
 having served on shore as Mate of the "Welleslet 
 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, at the capture of Amoy 
 and Chinghae,* was promoted, towards the close of 
 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated back to 8 Oct. 1841. He afterwards, from 23 
 Sept. 1843, until the period of his death, served in 
 the Spiteful steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Maitland, on 
 the East India station; where, during an expedi- 
 tion conducted in July, 1846, by Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane against the Sultan of Borneo, he com- 
 manded the pinnace, and assisted at the destruc- 
 tion, on 8 of that month, of the enemy's forts and 
 batteries in the river Brune.f Agent — J. Hinx- 
 man. 
 
 HAM. (Lieutenant, 1815. e-p., 9; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Ham entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1806, 
 aS' A.B., on board the Cuba 36, Capt. John Parish, 
 on the Jamaica station ; and in Sept. following be- 
 came Midshipman of the Diomede, bearing the 
 flag off Guernsey of Sir Jas. Saumarez; with whom, 
 from March, 1808, until Dec. 1812, he further served 
 in the Baltic as Master's Mate of the Victory 104. 
 He then, in a similar capacity, joined the Orion 74, 
 Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, from which 
 ship, after a continued servitude of more than 12 
 months on the same station, he removed to the 
 Cressy 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. He subse- 
 quently cruized ofi' the Western Islands and in the 
 Mediterranean on board the Bombay 74, Capt. 
 Henry Bazely; but since the receipt of his com- 
 mission, which bears date 20 March, 1815, has been 
 unemployed. 
 
 HAMBLY. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Peter Sampson Hambly entered the Navy, 1 
 Dec. 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Ville de 
 Paris 110, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, bearing the flog 
 off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean of Earl St. 
 Vincent. Removing, subsequently, to the Emerald 
 36, Capt. Thos. Moutray Waller, he assisted in that 
 ship, in company with the Leviathan 74, and was 
 slightly wounded, at the capture, 7 April, 1800, of 
 the two Spanish frigates Carmen and JFlwentinaj 
 each laden with 500 quintals of quicksilver, for the 
 * Vide Gai. 1842, pp. 82, 396. f f'- Gaz. 1846, p. 3442. 
 
 use of the mines at Lima. Independently of that 
 service, he was frequently employed in the Emer- 
 ald's boats, off the port of Cadiz, was instrumental 
 to the capture of several privateers, and was » 
 second time wounded. While next attached, as 
 Master's Mate, between the summers of 1800 and 
 1802, to the Florentina 36, Capt. John Broughton, 
 he served at the landing of the troops in Egypt, 
 and received a sabre-cut in the right wrist, 21 
 March, 1801, in the battle in which Sir Ralph Aber- 
 cromby was killed. In April, 1803, after he had 
 been for a short period borne on the books of the 
 ToNNANT 80, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, he joined the 
 Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, under whom he 
 fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. At the close of 
 the conflict, Mr. Hambly was sent on board the 
 Spanish 130-gun ship Santissima Trinidad, and he 
 remained until within a short time of her going 
 down, the water, when he left, having reached 
 above her lower deck. Being promoted, in honour 
 of the victory, by commission dated 24 Dec. in the 
 same year, he was next appointed — 27 March, 1806, 
 to the Morgiana sloop, Capts. Robt. Raynsford 
 and Wm. Landless, on the Mediterranean station — 
 18 Dec. 1806, to the Queen 98, Capts. Eras. Pender, 
 Wm. Shields, Chas. Inglis, and Thos. Geo. Short- 
 land, employed off Cadiz, the Dardanells, &C.- — 11 
 July, 1808, to the Defence 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, 
 by whom, after assisting at the blockade of Flushing 
 and Kronstat, he was intrusted with the erection 
 and command of a battery on an island in the Gulf 
 of Finland, for the purpose of obstructing the move- 
 ments of the Russians — and, in Oct. 1810, to the 
 command of part of the flotilla employed at the de- 
 fence of Cadiz, where, and at Tarifa, he continued 
 in almost daily collision with the enemy, until the 
 autumn of 1813, when be invalided.* In June, 1814, 
 he joined the flotilla on the river St. Lawrence, and 
 when the 100-gun ship of that name was ready for 
 launching he was appointed her First-Lieutenant. 
 By the time she was nearly equipped for sea, he 
 was sent to take the command on Lake Cham- 
 plain, where he remained until the month of Dec. 
 He then became Senior of the Psyche 32, Capt. 
 Peter Fisher, from which ship, stationed on Lalce 
 Ontario, he removed to the acting-command, 11 
 July, 1815, of the Star sloop. From 12 of the fol- 
 lowing Oct. until 30 Nov. 1816, we next find him 
 superintending the naval establishment on Lake 
 Huron. He obtained a second promotal commis- 
 sion 12 Aug. 1819 ; and from 3 Aug. 1838, until his 
 Post-promotion, 23 Nov. 1841, was employed in 
 command of the Orestes 18, on the South Ameri- 
 can station. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Hambly, we believe, has been twice mar- 
 ried — the second time, 17 Nov. 1842, to Caroline, 
 second daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Maule. 
 He has four sons. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HAMBLY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Tocker Hambly passed his examination 
 2 Sept. 1844 ; became Mate, 17 April, 1345, of the 
 Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, sta- 
 tioned on the south-east coast of America; and 
 attained the rank of Lieutenant 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 HAMBY. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Thomas Hamby entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1804, 
 as A.B., on board the Ruby 64, in which ship, un- 
 der Capts. Chas. Rowley, John Acworth Omman- 
 ney. Temple Hardy, John Draper, and the flag of 
 Rear- Admiral Manley Dixon, he continued to serve, 
 on the Cadiz, North Sea, Lisbon, and Baltic sta- 
 tions, nearly the whole time as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, until June, 1811 ; during which pe- 
 riod, in 1807-8, he shared vrith Capt. Draper in the 
 bombardment of Copenhagen and the blockade of 
 the Russian squadron in the Tagus. The remaining 
 years of the war were passed by Mr. Hamby on 
 
 • On one occasion a shot passed tlirough the side of Mr. 
 Hambly's gun-boat, and it was with the greatest difficulty she 
 could be kept afloat; and on another she had a marine killed 
 during an attack on the batteries at St. Mary's, the guns in 
 one ol" which were spiked. 
 
HAMILTON. 
 
 449 
 
 board the Vigo and Montagu 74'8, both flag-ships 
 for some time of Rear- Admiral Dixon at liio Ja- 
 neiro ; on his return whence in the Mostagu, he 
 was employed, as Acting-Lieutenant, off Flushing, 
 under Capt. Peter Heywood, who, during six months 
 of 1813, caused him to be occupied on shore at South 
 Beveland. He was promoted, after attending on 
 the Allied Sovereigns in the Royal Sovereign 
 yacht, Capt. Sir i;dw. Berry, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, by commission dated 27 June, 1814 ; and next 
 employed, from 14 May, 1816, until 13 Nov. 1818, in 
 theScAMANDEB 36, Capt. Wm. Elliott, on the West 
 India station. He has since been on half-pay. Agent 
 —J. 'Woodhead. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Alexander Hamilton entered the Navy 14 Aug. 
 1830 ; passed his examination 19 Pcb. 1836 ; and, 
 after serying for some time in the Mediterranean, 
 as Mate of the Powerf)]i. 84, Capts. Gep. Mansel 
 and Michael Seymour, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1842. His apppintments have 
 since been — 15 J)j}yj 1842, as 4.dditional, to the 
 .QufE^ 110, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Siy 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen— 4 April, 1843, as First, to 
 the Geyser steamisloop, Capt. Edw. John Car- 
 penter, on tjje same station, whence he returned 
 towards the close of 1845— and, 14 Feb- 1846, tp 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Henry Ducie Chads, with whom he is now serving. 
 AopNT?— Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 HAMILTON, (ffaptain, 1816. f-p., 13;k-p.,84.) 
 
 Arthdr Philip Hamilton entered the Navy, ia 
 Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on "board La To»aze 
 36, Capts. Stephen G. Church and Robt. Hpnyman, 
 .stationed in the West Indies, where he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in Sept. 1801. Returning 
 hO:me at the peace on board the Raven brig, Capt. 
 Edm. Saunders, he joined for a short period the 
 Endymion 40, Capts. H.enry Garrett and John Lar- 
 mour, lying at Portsmouth. He then served for 
 two yeai'S on t^e Newfoundland and Chauiiiel s1^ 
 tions in the Isis 50, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral jas. 
 Gambler ; and, while next attached, froni Jupe, 
 1804, to Oct. 1806, to the Athenienne 64, Capts. 
 Fras. Fayerman and John Giifard, visited China, and 
 also the Mediterranean, where he assisted, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, at the defence of Gaeta. On 26 Dec. 
 1806, after an intermediate servitude with Capt. 
 Giffard in the Zealohs 74, off Cadiz, Mr. Hamilton 
 bepame Acting-Lieutenant of the A..tax 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood, in which ship he conti- 
 nued, until she was burnt, off' the Dardanells, 14 
 Feb. 1807. Being officially promoted on 28 of the 
 following April, he was next ^.ppointed, on 18 July 
 in the same year, and 16 Aug. 1809, to La Syeille 
 38, Capt. Clotworthy Upton (under whom he con- 
 tributed to the capture, 16 Aug. 1808, of the French 
 18-gun sloop Espiegle), and Caledonia 120, bearing 
 the flag, on the Cork,^Channel, Cadiz, and Basque 
 Roads stations, of Admirals Lord Gambier, Fras. 
 Pickmore, and Sir Harry Burrard Neale. While 
 First of the lat,ter ship, he took command of her 
 boats, and of those of the VUeiant 74, and Armide 
 38, .and, on 28 Sept. 1810, had the good fortune, by 
 dint of a well-conducted, gallant, and successful 
 attack, to capture two brigs, and destroy a third, 
 lying under the protection of a strong battery at 
 Pointe du Che, near Rochelle.* He was advanced . 
 to the rank of Commander on 21 of the following 
 month, and, from 6 Nov. 1813, until ppsted 31 May, 
 1816, was employed in the Ceylon troop-ship on the : 
 North American and St. Helena stations. He ao-' 
 cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 . Capt. Hamilton married, 26 Feb. 1828, Caroline, 
 only child of the late Lieut.-Colonel Cook, of Ching- 
 fordj CO. Essex. Agents— Messrs. Oramanney. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 4.3.) 
 Augustus Barki.ngton Price PoivEr.L Hamil- 
 'I'O.N', born 22 May, 1781, is second sou of the late 
 • KtdeGaz. 1810, p. ia;)7. 
 
 Chas. Powell Hamilton, Esq., Admiral of the Red, 
 who died 12 March, 1825 ; brother of Hamilton 
 Chas. Jas. Hamilton, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary 
 and Minister Plenipotentiary at Brazil ; and great- 
 grandson of James, fourth Duke of Hamilton. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 April, 1796, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, commanded 
 by his father in the Channel. On next joining the 
 London 98, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral John 
 Colpoys, he was an eye-witness in that ship of the 
 mutiny at Spithead in 1797 ; after which event he 
 became successively attached to the MELpoBiiiNE 
 and Phaeton frigates, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton 
 and Jas. KicoU Morris. In the boats of the latter 
 ship, after escorting the Earl of Elgin as Ambassa^ 
 dor to Constantinople, Mr. Hamilton assisted, under 
 the orders of Lieut. Fras. Beaufort, in cutting out, 
 28 Oct. 1800, after an obstinate engagement, the 
 Spanish polacre-rlgged ship San Josef, carrying 14 
 brass guns, 34 seamen, and 22 soldiers, moored un- 
 der the protection of 5 guns in the fortress of Fuen- 
 girola, near Malaga. The enemy in this very spirited 
 affiiir sustained a loss of 19 men wounded, and the 
 British of 1 killed and 4 wlunded, including among 
 the latter Mr. Hamilton himself, who, although shot 
 through the thigh in the onset, gallantly boarded 
 with the rest, and was highly spoken of for his 
 conduct.* Between the date of his quitting the 
 Phaeton, 2 Feb. 1802, and his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, which took place 8 Oct. follow- 
 ing, he appears to have been next occupied for 
 short periods in the Latona 38, Capt. Frank So- 
 theron, Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. Philip 'Wode- 
 house, and Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir 
 Harry Neale. He then joined the KivOLUTiON- 
 NAiRE frigate, Capt. LocJi, and was afterwards, be- 
 tween April and Aug. 1804, employed in the Medi- 
 terranean on board the Victory 104, flag-ship of 
 Lord Nelson, and Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker. 
 He has not, we believe, been since afloat. 
 
 lieut. Hamilton married, 2 April, 1805, Maria 
 Catherine, daughter of tlie late John Hyde, Esq., 
 and granddaughter of Lord Francis Seymour, by 
 whom he has had issue eight sous and three daugh- 
 ters. His eldest surviving son, Charles Henry, is a 
 Commander R.N. 
 
 HAMILTON, Bart, K.C.B. (Admibai, of the 
 Red, 1830. F-p., 36 ; h-p., 35.) 
 
 Sir Charles Hamilton, born 25 May, 1767, is 
 eldest son of Capt. Sir John Hamilton, R.N. (who 
 was created a Baronet 6 July, 1776, for the import- 
 ant part he had borne, as Commander of H.M.S. 
 Lizard, at the defence of Quebec in the preceding 
 yes^r), by Cassandra Agnes, daughter of Edw. Cham- 
 berlayne, Esq., of Maugersbury, co. Gloucester. He 
 is brother of the present Admijral Sir Edw. Hamil- 
 ton, Bart.j K.C.B. ; first-cousin of Commander John 
 Chamberlaype, R-N. ; and a relation of the Mar- 
 quess of Abercorn. He succeeded his father in the 
 Baronetcy 24 Jan. 1784. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of 
 1776, as Captain's Servant, on board the Hector 74, 
 commanded by his father, from which ship he was 
 transferred, about the middle of 1777, to the Royal 
 Academy at Portsmouth, where he remained for a 
 period of two years. He then rejoined Sir John 
 Hamilton, as Midshipman, in -the Hector, and, after 
 sharing with him in Cornwallis' action in 1780, re- 
 moved in succession to the Pelican ajjd Lowestoff, 
 both commanded by Capt. Haynes, Ramillies 74, 
 Capt. Cooling, and Hinchinejiook, flag-ship of Sir 
 Peter Parker — all stationed in the West Indies, 
 where he became Lieutenant, in Oct. 1781 and Feb. 
 1782, of ithe Tojbago, Capts. Mark Robinson and 
 Geo. Martin, and Badger, _Capt. Hill. On his re- 
 turn to England in -the latter year in the Flora, 
 Capt. Sam. Marshallj Mr. Hamilton was appointed 
 to the Geafton, commanded by .his lather; which 
 ship, being dismasted on her passage to the Ea^t 
 Indies, ihe left in March, 1783. In Dec. 1789, having 
 been the last two years re-employed in the West 
 * VideiixL. 1800, p. 1260. 
 
 3 M 
 
450 
 
 HAMILTON. 
 
 Indies, on board the Jupitee 50, Commodore Wm. 
 Parker, he there obtained command of the Scor- 
 pion sloop ; and, on 22 Sept. 1790, he was adTanoed 
 to Fost-ranlt. Sir Chas. Hamilton's succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— in April, 1793, to the Dido 28— 
 in July and Sept. 1794, to the St. Fiorehzo 36, and 
 KoMNEY 50— in April, 1795, to the JMELPOMisE 38 
 —in Not. 1803, to the Illustkious 74 — in July, 
 1805, to the Sea Fencibles at Harwich — and in 
 March, 1807, and Dee. 1809, to the TiMiKAiKE 98, 
 and ToNNANT 80. While in the first-named of those 
 ships, he acquired, after cruizing in the North Sea, 
 the official acknowledgments of Lord Hood for his 
 meritorious conduct and steady perseverance in 
 maintaining, under manifest difficulties, the station 
 assigned him olF Calvi,* during the operations of 
 1794 against Corsica, where he commanded the 
 Dido and Atmable, in unison with 300 of the na- 
 tives, in attack on the out-post of Girilata, which 
 -surrendered at the close of a siege of 10 days. 
 During the nearly seven years and a half of his con- 
 tinuance in the Melpomene, Sir Chas. Hamilton 
 captured upwards of 40 of the enemy's vessels, in- 
 eluding La Revanche of^l8 guns and 167 men, UEe- 
 pie0le armed lugger of SO men, and Le ^i^' priva- 
 teer of 16 guns and 69 men. He also, as second in 
 command under Sir Andw. Mitchell, accompanied 
 the expedition to the Helder in 1799, on which oc- 
 casion he had charge of a division of about 80 sail 
 of transports, the whole of which he conducted in 
 safety to a place of debarkation, although encoun- 
 tered by many sev«re difficulties. He was then for 
 geven weeks employed in the blockade of Amster- 
 'dam, where, ovving to the insufficiency of water for 
 so large a ship as the Melpomene, his officers and 
 crew were all removed into schuyts and boats. f 
 On his return to England he was presented with 
 the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. In April, 
 1800, having assumed the command on the coast of 
 Africa, Sir Chas. Hamilton, with only his own frigate, 
 the Ruby 64, and Magnanime, of 48 guns, under his 
 ■orders, contrived, by a bold front, and the stratagem 
 of dressing the crews of several merchantmen in his 
 charge with red shirts, for the purpose of imparting 
 to the latter the appearance of transports, to obtain 
 possession of the island of Gor^e. He afterwards, in 
 the same ship, captured the French letter-of-marque 
 ^■u^ust^, of 10 guns and 50 men ; and prior to the 
 peace he acted for some time as Commissioner of 
 the Naval Yard at Antigua. The Illustbiocs, 
 Temeraire, and Tomnant were commanded by Sir 
 Chas. Hamilton oi\ the Home, West India, and 
 North American stations. In 1809 he was nomi- 
 nated a Colonel of Marines ; and from the period of 
 his promotion to Flag-rank, 31 July, 1810, until his 
 receipt of a Vice-Admiral's commission bearing 
 dp.te 4 June, 1814, we find him oiBciating as Com- 
 jnander-in-Chief on the river Thames with his flag 
 in tjie Thisbe 28. His last employment was that 
 pf Gbverpp^ and Commander-in-Chief at New- 
 foundland, the duties of which office he filled from 
 13 May, 1818, until 5 July, 1824. During that 
 pe)?iod"he had the gratification of receiving a very 
 flattering address from the princjpai inhabitants 
 iof St. John's. He became a fuU Admira,l 22 July, 
 1830, and a K.C.B. 29 Jan. 1833. 
 
 Prioj: to the French revolutionary war Sir Chas. 
 Hamilton held a seat in Parliament for the borough 
 of St. German'.s, co. Cornwall; and he was after- 
 wards returned for Honiton in Devonshire, and 
 Dungannon, eo. Tyrone. He married, 19 April, 
 180.3, Henrietta Martha, only daughter of the late 
 Geo. Drummond, Esq., of Stanmore, co. Middlese:;, 
 ■the well-known banker, of Charing Cross, London. 
 His only son, Chas. John Jas., is a Captain in the 
 Scotch Fijsileer Guards. Agen*s— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Henry Hamilton, born 7 Oct. 18Q8, Js 
 eldest surviving son of the present Lieut. A. B. P. 
 P. Hamilton, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 Oct. 1822; 
 passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained his 
 
 ' Vide Gaz. 1794, p. 887. f K-Ga?. 1799, p. 995. 
 
 first commission 9 July, 1831. From 28 Aug. 1833 
 until the close of 1835, at which period he invalided, 
 he served in North America and the West Indies 
 on board the Cbuizer 16, Capt. John M'Causland ; 
 and he was afterwards appointed, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station— 8 Dec. 1836, to the Dido 18, Capt. 
 Lewis Davies— 5 April, 16 Aug. and 1 Nov. 1837, to 
 the Caledonia and Princess Charlotte, flag-ships 
 of Sir Kobt. Stopford, and Bellerophon 80, Capts. 
 Sam. Jacfcson and Chas. John Austen — and, 21 Oct. 
 1839, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds, 
 under whom he took part in the operations on the 
 coast of Syria, and assisted at the blockade of Alex- 
 andria. Since the attainment of his present rank, 
 23 Nov. 1841, Commander Hamilton has been on 
 half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 CosPATRicK Baillie HAMILTON, bom 27 Feb. 
 1817, is youngest brother of Capt. W. A. B. Hamil- 
 ton, R.N., Second-Secretary of the Admiralty. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal 
 Naval College, 24 Deo. 1831 ; passed his examinaA 
 tion in 1836 ; and, on attaining the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 25 June, 1840, joined the Melville 72j Capt. 
 Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, under whom, among 
 other early operations of the China war, he assisted, 
 7 Jan. and 26 Feb. 1841, at the capture of Tycock- 
 tow and the forts at the Boca Tigris. He after- 
 wards joined — 2 Oct. 1841, the Queen 110, fitting 
 at Portsmouth for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean — 
 and 22 Feb. 1842, the Winchester 50, in which 
 ship he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Jos- 
 celine Percy, at the Cape of Good Hope, until ad- 
 vanced to his present jank 10 Feb. 1844. He ob- 
 tained command, on 8 April in the latter year, of 
 the Frolic 16, which sloop, after having been for 
 three years employed on the Brazilian and Pacific 
 stations, he brought home with a freight of more 
 than 1,500,000 dollars, and paid off, in June, 1847. 
 
 HAMILTON, Bart, Kt.,K.C.B., M.A. (Abmikai, 
 of the Blue, 1846. r-P,, 30 ; h-p., 38.) 
 
 Sir Edward Hamilton, born 12 March, 1772, 
 is younger brother of Admiral Sir Chas. Hamilton, 
 Bart., K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1779, as 
 Midshipman, on hoard the Hector 74, then under 
 the command of his father. Sir John Hamilton, 
 with whom, in 1780, he partook of an action fought 
 between the French fleet and a force under the late 
 Admiral Cornwallis. With the exception of an at- 
 tachment of a few months in 1781-2, to the Ramil- 
 LiES 74, Capt. Jas. Moutray, he continued to serve 
 in the Hector until Jan. 1784. He re-embarked, 
 in Oct. 1787, on board the Standard 64, Capt. 
 Chamberlayne, and between April, 1788, and the 
 date of his first commission, 9 June, 1793, was 
 employed, with intervals, in the Calypso, com- 
 manded on the Jamaica station by Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Mitchell, Melampus, Capt. Chas. Morioe Pole, ofi' 
 Ushant, and Victory and Queen Charlotte, flag- 
 ships in the Channel of Lords Hood and Howe. 
 Joining, then, the D&o 28, commanded by his 
 brother, he soon had the good fortune, in a boat 
 with only 8 men, to effect the capture of Le Vrai 
 Poiriote privateer, of 13 guns and a crew of 45 men, 
 13 of whom, after they had betaken themselves 
 to the shoye, he compelled to surrender. In the 
 eariy part of 17H after assisting at the reduction 
 of Bastja, Mr. Hamilton commfinded a party of 
 Britjsh apd Corsicans at the sjege of Girilata, a 
 strong post near Calvi. against which he erected 
 batteries within point-bWk shot, and kept up an 
 incessant fire until the enemy yielded. In July fol- 
 lowing he becajns First of the Victory 100, bearing 
 the successive flags of Lord Hood, Rear-Admiral 
 Eobt. Maijn, and Sir John Jervis, with whom he 
 continued to serve (participating intermediately in 
 Admiral Hotham's partial action of 13 July, 1795) 
 until promoted to the command, 11 Feb. 1796, of 
 the Comet fire-ship. After serving for 12 months 
 
HAMILTON. 
 
 451 
 
 in the West Indies, where he captured two pri- 
 vateers, Capt. Hamilton, on his arrival with de- 
 spatches at Lisbon, was posted, II June, 1797, into 
 the San Josef 110, from which ship he soon ex- 
 changed into the Sukprise, of 32 guns and 197 men. 
 In July, 1798, having been previously employed in 
 escorting the trade to and from Newfoundland, he 
 was ordered with convoy to Jamaica. While on 
 that station he took and destroyed upwards of 80 
 armed and other vessels, of which those that were 
 preserved sold for no less a sum than 200,0OOZ. On 
 one occasion he chased a privateer and her prize 
 into Laguna, on the north side of the island of 
 Cuba, and, after having effected their destruction, 
 was two days and nights in constant action with the 
 batteries, the baffling winds and light airs prevent- 
 ing his clearing the port. On the night of 24 Oct. 
 1799 Capt. Hamilton achieved an exploit unsur- 
 passed, if ever paralleled, in the mightiest efforts of 
 British valour— namely, the actual boarding and 
 capture, with three boats and about 50 men, of a 
 Spanish (formerly British) frigate, the Hermione, of 
 44 guns and 365 men, moored head and stern be- 
 tween two strong batteries at the entrance of the 
 harbour of Puerto Cabello, said to mount nearly 
 200 guns.* It was not until after a bloody struggle 
 of nearly an hour, in which the enemy had 119 
 killed and 97 wounded, and the British the compa^ 
 ratively trifling number of 12 wounded, that the 
 former were completely divested of the power of 
 further resistance. By that time, her stern and 
 bower cables having, with the assistance of two 
 other of the Sukprise's boats, been cut, the prize 
 was standing out of port, under, however, a furious 
 cannonade from the batteries, whose fire occasioned 
 her considerable damage. Although the loss of the 
 assailants was trivial, it yet included the chivalrous 
 conductor of this most noble enterprise, the gallant 
 Capt. Hamilton. He first received a tremendous 
 blow from the butt-end of a musket, which broke 
 over his head and knocked him senseless on the 
 deck ; and he next received a severe sabre-wound 
 on the left thigh, another wound by a pike on the 
 right thigh, and a contusion on the right shin-bone 
 by a grape-shot. One of his fingers was also much 
 ■cut, and his loins and kidneys were so much bruised 
 that he still at times suffers considerable pain. Not- 
 withstanding all this, he refused a pension of 300/., 
 which Earl Spencer, the First Lord of the Admi- 
 ralty, had afterwards ordered to be settled on him 
 for life ; and he even declined an offer made by the 
 same nobleman of adding to his armorial bearings. 
 The King, however, created him a Knight by letters 
 patent under the Great Seal, and conferred on him 
 the Naval Gold Medal of Merit, besides ultimately 
 nominating him a K.C.B., 2 Jan. 1815, and elevating 
 him to the dignity of a Baronet, 20 Oct. 1818. The 
 House of Assembly at Jamaica also voted him an 
 elegant sword valued at 300 guineas ; and on his 
 return to London he was invited by special invita- 
 tion to dine at the Mansion House, and presented 
 on the occasion with the thanks of the Corpora^ 
 tion, and the freedom of the city in a gold box 
 worth fifty guineas. Previously to his arrival, 
 however, and while on his passage home, in the 
 Jamaica packet, for the cure of his wounds. Sir 
 Edw. Hamilton was captured by a French privateer, 
 and taken to Paris, where, during a sojourn of six 
 weeks, he was much noticed by Buonaparte, who in 
 the end allowed him to be exchanged for six Mid- 
 shipmen. His last appointments were — 23 Oct. 
 1800, to the Trent 36, employed, until Jan. 1802, 
 off the coast of France, where he occasionally com- 
 manded a small squadron at the blockade of Havre 
 de Grace, Cherbourg, and St. Maloes— and 19 June, 
 1806, and 7 Dec. 1815, to the Mary and Prince 
 Kegent yachts, which he successively commanded, 
 on the river Thames and at Portsmouth, until Jan. 
 1819, at which period he resigned. He became a 
 Rear-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; a Vice-Admiral 10 
 Jan. 1837 ; and a full Admiral 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Sir Edw. Hamilton is a Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 CO. Brecon. He married, 1 Nov. 1804, Frances, 
 * Vide Gaj. laoo, p. 61. 
 
 daughter of John Macnamara, Esq., of Langoed 
 Castle, CO. Brecon, by whom (who died 27 March, 
 1840) he has issue a son and daughter. 
 
 HAMILTON. (COMMANDEK, 1834. F-p., 10 ; 
 H-P., 15.) 
 
 Henry George Hamii/ton is second son of W. 
 K. Hamilton, Esq. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Oct. 1822 ; passed 
 his examination in 1828; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 26 Aug. 1829 ; joined, 30 Jan. 1832, the Chil- 
 DERS 18, Capt. Robt. Deans, employed on particular 
 service ; became Flag-Lieutenant, 7 Dec. 1832, to 
 Sir Geo. Cockburn, in the Vernon 50, on the North 
 America and West India station ; and was promoted, 
 in consequence of a death vacancy, to the command, 
 12 Aug. 1834, of the Tweed 20. He was paid off 22 
 Nov. following, and has not since been employed. 
 
 Commander Hamilton married, 7 June, 1845y 
 Fanny Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Rev. 
 Chas. Tower, of Shengfield Place, Essex. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1821. r-p., 8; h-p., 25.) 
 James Hamilton, born in Nov. 1799, is son off 
 the late Wm. Hamilton, Esq., of Bangour, co. Ayr, 
 by Anne, daughter of Edw. Lee, Esq., of Tramore 
 Lodge, CO. Waterford. His great-grandfather, Wm. 
 Hamilton, joining in the last attempt made to re- 
 store the house of Stuart to the throne, fought at 
 the battle of Culloden in 1745, and, after the issue 
 of that memorable conflict, fled to France, where he 
 died in 1754. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Feb. 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leander 50, Capt. Sir 
 Geo. Ralph Collier, on the North American station ; 
 removed in Aug. following, for a short period, to 
 the Iris 36, receiving-ship at Greenwich, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Shirreff ; and from Feb. 1816, until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Jan. 1821, was next 
 employed, on the American, Channel, and Mediter.* 
 ranean stations, in the Edrotas and Forth frigates, 
 both commanded by Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Cykene 
 20, Capt. Aaron Tozer, and Active 46, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon. He then, until paid off in the 
 following Nov., served with Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Duncan, on board the Liffey 50, but has not been 
 since afloat. 
 
 Mr. Hamilton is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieu- 
 tenant for CO. Ayr. He married, in Oct. 1824, 
 Mary, daughter of Lord Panmure. 
 
 HAMILTON. (CoMMANBZR, 1827. F-P., 14; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 John Hamilton entered the Navy, 17 July, 1812, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98, 
 Capt. John Erskine Douglas, stationed in the Medi- 
 terranean, where he attained the rating of Midship- 
 man 29 Feb. 1814. He next served for a few 
 months in the Bermuda 10, commanded in the 
 Channel by Capt. Wm. Wolrige ; and between Feb. 
 1815 and March, 1820, was chiefly employed on the 
 Jamaica station, part of the time as Master's Mate, 
 in the Tanais 38, Capt. Joseph James, Royalist 
 and Rifleman sloops, both commanded by Capt. 
 Houston Stewart, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral J. E. Douglas, Florida 24, Capt. Chas. 
 Sibthorp John Hawtayne, and Wasp sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Wren Carter. He then became Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Sapphire 26, Capts. Henry Hart and 
 Alex. Montgomerie, and, being confiimed by com- 
 mission dated 11 Sept. in the same year, 1820, was 
 subsequently appointed — 13 March and 31 May, 
 1823, to the Severn and Bamillies Coast Block- 
 ade ships, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch— and 29 Oct. 1825 
 to the Brisk 10, Capts. Chas. Hope and Hon. Wm. 
 Anson. He was promoted, for his conduct as First 
 of the latter vessel at the battle of Navarin, to the 
 rank of Commander 22 Oct. 1827, and has since 
 been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 HAMILTON. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 John Hamilton (a) entered the Navy, 25 March, 
 
 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Bonetta sloop' 
 
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 HAMILTON. 
 
 Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, and, after serv- 
 ing for some time in the North Sea, proceeded off 
 Lisbon, where he removed with the same officer 
 to the Gannet 16, commanded subsequently by 
 Capt. Jas. Stevenson. Being discharged from the 
 latter vessel in April, 1808, he was next, between 
 June, 1809, and the date of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1815, employed, on the 
 Channel, Mediterranean, and West India stations, 
 in the Nstmphe 38, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percys 
 Gkowler gun-l^rig, Lieut.-Commander John "Weeks, 
 Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, 
 San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and 
 SwiFTSUKE 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley. While 
 in the Magnificent, in 1812, Mr. Hamilton was 
 much employed in co-operation with the patriots 
 on the north coast of Spain, where he witnessed 
 the reduction of Castro, Puerta Galletta, Guetaria, 
 St. Alio, &0. He has not been afloat since his pro- 
 motion. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 John Fane Charles Hamii/ton is son, we be- 
 lieve, of Colonel John P. Hamilton, by Charlotte, 
 daughter of John Fane, Esq., of Wormsley, LL.t)., 
 an eminent agriculturist, and many years M.P. for 
 CO. Oxford. His uncle, Rear-Admiral Fras. Wm. 
 Fane, died 28 March, 1844. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 28 Aug. 1835 ; and 
 in 1841-2, while attached to the Blonde 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Bourchier, was present, either in the boats or 
 on shore, at the taking of Amoy, the storming of 
 Chinghae, the attack on the Chinese entrenched 
 camp on the heights of Segoan, the capture of 
 Chapoo, and the engagement with the enemy's bat- 
 teries at Woosung.* He also, on 10 March, 1842, 
 served in the boats under Capt. Geo. Goldsmith at 
 the destruction of 10 fire-vessels with which the 
 Chinese had attempted to annih^ate the liritish 
 shipping and transports at their anchorage off 
 Chinghae. t Having passed his examination ip 
 Nov. 1841, and been further employed, as Mate, in 
 the Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, 
 and St. Vincent 120, flag-sMp of Sir Chas. Rowley, 
 on the Lisbon and Portsmouth stations, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 March, 1844, and 
 subsequently appointed, 24 May and 1 Aug. 1844^ 
 to the America 50, and Racer 16, Capts. Hon. John 
 Gordon and Archibald Reed, both on the South 
 American station. He left the latter vessel in the 
 summer of 1846. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Commander, 1828.. f-p., 18; 
 H-P., 16.) 
 
 Joseph Hamilton died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1811, aS 
 a Supernumerary, on board the Phipps gun-brig, 
 Capt. Christ. Bell, from which vessel he almost im- 
 mediately removed to the Caledonia 120, bearing 
 the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Pellew. 
 After participating, as Midshipman, in the partial 
 action of 5 Nov. 1813 with the Toulon fleet, he be- 
 came attached to the Alcm^ine 38, Capt. Jeremiah 
 Coghlan, under whom, in 1814-15, he witnessed the 
 capture of a large convby under the guns of Porto 
 Maurizio, as also the surrender of Genoa and 
 Naples. Rejoining Lord Exmouth in Oct. of the 
 latter year On board the Bovne 98, he continued to 
 serve with that nobleman, latterly in the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, until after the battle of Algiers, 
 27 Aug. 1816. He then went back to the Bothe, 
 in which ship, and again in the Qdeen Charlotte, 
 we find him for two years employed at Portsmouth 
 under the flags of Sir Edw. Thombrough and Sir 
 Geo. Campbell. After a further servitude of three 
 years on the Home station in the Lifpey 50, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Duncan, and of a few weeks in the 
 Andromache frigate, Capt. Joseph Nourse, he ob- 
 tained a commission dated 29 Jan. 1822. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — chiefly in the West 
 Indies— 1 Feb. 1822, to the Helicon 10, Capts. Wm. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 307, 3400, 3694. 
 t V. Gaz. 1812, p 3388. 
 
 Robt. Dawkins and Thos. Tucker— 8 Feb. 1825, to 
 the Rattlesnake 28( Capts. Hugh Patton and 
 John Leith— and, 2 July, 1827, to the Babilam 50, 
 Capt. Sir John Louis. He attained the rank of 
 Commander 4 Oct. 1828, but was not afterwards 
 employed afloat. 
 
 Comiriander Hamilton was for some time, we un- 
 derstand, a Commissioner of Taxes and Stipendiary 
 Magistrate at British Guiana. Agents — Goode 
 and Lawrence. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Peter William HAMiivroN entered the Navy 19 
 Nov. 1825 ; served as Midshipman of the Brisk 10, 
 Capt. Hon. Wm. Anson, at the battle of Navafin, 
 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed hiS examination in 1833 ; and, 
 obtaining his first commission 2 March, 1838, was 
 subsequently appointed, on the East India station 
 —16 Aug. 1838, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph 
 Nias— 16 June, 1839, to the Volage 26, Cia.pt. Henry 
 Smith— and, 13 Oct. 1840, as First, to th* Colum- 
 bine 16, Capt. Thos. Jordaine Clarke. He served 
 in the VolaBE in an attack made in 1839 on a fleet 
 of Chihese war-junks ; and, in 1841, he was attached 
 to the Coldmei.ve during the first and second series 
 of operations against Canton, where he appears to 
 have had commaiid of that vessel's boats, and td 
 have been spoken of in the highest terms.* H6 
 was, in consequence, promoted to his present rank 
 8 Oct. 1841. t 
 
 Comnlahder Hamilton has for several 3'ears been 
 Vice-Consul at Boulogne. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 HAMILTON. (LiEOT., 1825. F-P., 34; h-p., 1.) 
 Thomas Hamilton was born 1 Aug. 1801i 
 This ofRcer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1812, as 
 A.B., on board the Barbara 12, Lieut.-Commander 
 Jas. Morgan, under whom be shared in many dash^ 
 ing affairs with the enemy's armed vessels off the 
 coast of France and in the Baltic. On one occasion) 
 in particular, he came into destructive conflict 
 with a flotilla of seven gun-boats off Fladstrand ; 
 and, on another, he assisted in cutting out 10 sail 
 from Randers Fiord. After further serving off St. 
 Sebastian, and witnessing the embarkation of the 
 British troops in the Garonne, Mr. Hamilton ac- 
 companied the expedition against New Orleans, and 
 bore an active part in all the harassing operations 
 connected Vrith it. At the commencement of 1816> 
 having been for short periods employed in different 
 vessels on the Home station, he proceeded to Sti 
 Helena and the Cape, where for three years he 
 served, as Midshipman, in the Griffon 14, Capts. 
 Geo. Hewson, JaS. Arthur Murray, and Wm. Elliot 
 Wright, Spey 20, Capt. J. A. Murray, and Favor- 
 ite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson. He next, on his 
 return to England, joined the Queen Charlotte 
 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, and Camelion 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and, in 1819, a year or two 
 after he had passed his examination, he became at- 
 tached to the Severn frigate, Capt. Wm. M'CuI- 
 loch, under whom, with his name latterly on the 
 books of the Ramillies 74, he was for a consider* 
 able time employed on the Coast Blockade. In 
 consequence of certsiin acts performed by Mr. 
 Hamilton at Dymchurch while in the execution of 
 his duty, he was imprisoned for U day s in the black- 
 hole at that place, and afterwards conveyed to Lon- 
 don, and thence to Maidstone. He was ultimately 
 however, on 7 Aug. 1823, honourably acquitted, 
 and had the satisfaction of being highly compli- 
 mented by his judge, as well as by Capt. M'CuUoch 
 and the Blockade officers. On the occasion of a 
 subsequent and very fierce affray with a band of 
 smugglers, many of whom were killed. Mr. Hamilton 
 was so desperately wounded as at the moment to 
 be oimsidered lifeless. His arm, jaws, and one of 
 his fingers were broken, and, independently of 
 injuries inflicted on his left eye and breast, he 
 received three sabre-wounds in the head. He was 
 advanced to his present rank 14 Feb. 1825; and 
 since 3 of the following Oct. has been employed in 
 » Vide Gai. 1841, pp. ISOS, 2506. f F.'Gaz. 1841, p. 2539. 
 
HAMILTON. 
 
 453 
 
 the Coast Guard — the last four years as an Inspeot- 
 ing-Lieutenant. 
 
 Lieut. Hamilton married, 2S Dec. 1830, Ann, 
 daughter of John Miller, Esq., of Rossyvolan House 
 and Ballintree, co. Donegal, a lady connected with 
 many of the principal families in the north of Ire- 
 land, by whom he has issue four sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.) 
 "William Hamilton entered the Navy, in Aug. 
 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resoldtion 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Mitchell and Alan Hyde Gardner, of 
 which ship, successively stationed in the Channel 
 and West Indies, he became Midshipman 17 Dec. 
 
 1800. In Feb. 1803, having been unemployed since 
 the preceding July, he joined the Hound, Capt. 
 Keith Maxwell, with whom, on returning to the 
 West Indies after visiting the Baltic, he removed 
 to the Shaek sloop, and next to the Tartar fri- 
 gate. While attached, between Sept. 1804 and Sept. 
 1808, to the Franchise 36, Capts. Hon. John Mur- 
 ray and Chas. Dashwood, Mr. Hamilton bore hie 
 full share in a variety of active services. On the 
 night of 6 Jan. 1806, in particular, he proved instru- 
 mental to the achievement of an exploit of more 
 than ordinary gallantry, nothing less than the cut- 
 ting-out, jn Campeachy Bay, of a Spanish corvette 
 JSl Hapma, carrying 12 guns and 75 men, besides 
 swivels and cohorns ; which vessel, after an obsti- 
 nate conflict of 10 minutes' duration, and a loss to 
 the enemy of f> men killed and 26 wounded, was 
 boarded and carried by the British, who, in three 
 boats with 64 men, of whom only 7 were wounded, 
 had also to contend against a brig of 20 guns, a 
 schooner of 8 guns, and 7 gun-vessels. On leaving 
 the Franchise, Mr. Hamilton successively became 
 Acting-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1808 and 6 Jan. 1809, 
 of the PoLYPHEMDS 64, nag-ship of Admiral Bar- 
 tholomew Sam. Eowley, and D.s:dalds frigate, 
 Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield. In Sept. of the latter 
 year he went back, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Franchise, and continued in that ship on the Ja- 
 maica station until confirmed 20 Jan. 1810. He 
 then joined the Rose sloop, commanded in the 
 Baltic by Capt. Thos. Mansell, and, invaliding from 
 that vessel in Sept. 1812, was next (appointed — 27 
 March, 1813, to the Doterbl 16, Capt. Wm. West- 
 cott Daniel, on the Jamaica and Halifax stations — 
 and, 1 Oct. 1814, to the command there of the 
 Sheleurne schooner, in which he remained until 
 June, 1816. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hamilton holds the appointment of Branch 
 Pilot at Nassau. He has received a gratuity, we 
 are informed, from the Patriotic Fund. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Captaik, 1828. p-p., 13; h-p.,18,) 
 William Alexander Baillie Hamilton, born 
 6 June, 1803, at Normanby, co. York, is third son of 
 the late Ven. Chas. Baillie Hamilton, Archdeacon 
 of Cleveland, by Lady Charlotte Home, youngest 
 daughter of the ninth, and aunt of the present. Earl 
 of Home; brother of Sir Geo. Baillie Hamilton, 
 K.C.H., H.M. Minister at the Court of Tuscany, 
 and of Commander Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, 
 R.N. ; first-cousin of Capt. Thos. Baillie, R.N. (to 
 whose family connections rifer) ; and second-cousin of 
 the present Earl of Haddington, late Lord Privy 
 Seal. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 1816, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eochfort 80, command- 
 ed at Portsmouth by Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood 
 Dickson, with whom he served until his removal, in 
 April, 1817, to the Royal Naval College. In Oct. 
 1819 he again embarked on board the Vigo 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Brown, fitting for the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Robt. Lambert, but was soon afterwards 
 transferred to the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, in which we find him visiting the Mediter- 
 ranean, and, in Aug. 1821, attending George IV. to 
 Ireland. After a further attachment of nearly two 
 years to the Eueyalhs 42, Capt. Aug. Wm. Jas. 
 Clillbrd, and Revenue 78, flag-ship of Sir Harry 
 
 Burrard Neale, both on the Mediterranean station, 
 Mr. Hamilton was promoted, 1 Dec. 1823, to a 
 Lieutenancy in his old frigate, the Active, Capt. 
 Andrew King, then off' Lisbon. He was subse- 
 quently appointed— 26 Jan. 1824, to the Blanche 
 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, in which ship he 
 conveyed Vice- Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk to 
 the Tagus, and next proceeded to South America — 
 2 Dec. 1824, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. 
 Hugh Downman, lying at Plymouth— 26 July, 1825, 
 to the Dbdid 46, Capt. Sam. Chambers, forming 
 part of an experimental squadron — 1 March, 1826, 
 to the Ganges 84, fitting for the flag of Ecar-Ad- 
 miral Robt. Waller Otway— and, lastly, to the 
 Blonde 46. In that frigate he immediately pro- 
 ceeded to Bermuda with despatches for the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral WUloughby Thos. 
 Lake, by whom, on his arrival, he was placed in 
 command of the Doterel sloop. His promotion 
 meeting with official sanction, 17 Nov. 1826, Capt. 
 Hamilton was next, 2 July, 1827, appointed to the 
 Pelican 18, in the Mediterranean ; previously, how- 
 ever, to joining which vessel he appears to have 
 elicited the approbation of Sir Edw. Codrington, 
 while employed by that Admiral in communicating 
 with the officer in command of the Turkish forces 
 in the Morea. He afterwards watched the harbour 
 of Navarin, until at length enabled to report to the 
 Commander-in-Chief at Malta the intelligence of 
 its evacuation by the remains of the enemy's fleet ; 
 and, in Oct. 1828, he witnessed the final departure 
 of Ibrahim Pacha's army from the Morea. Capt. 
 Hamilton, who, during his cruize off' that peninsula, 
 as well as with Sir Thos. Staines at Grabusa, had 
 been very efficaciously employed in the suppression 
 of piracy, and had been advanced to Post-rank by 
 commission dated 9 Aug. 1828, resigned the com- 
 mand of the Pelican on 1 Dec. in the same year. 
 He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Hamilton was appointed, in 1841, Private 
 Secretary to his relative. Lord Haddington, then 
 First Lord of the Admiralty, and after acquiring, in 
 the discharge of the duties of that delicate and im- 
 portant post, the affection and esteem of the Service 
 to an extent, we believe, unparalleled, was selected, 
 in Jan. 1845, to succeed Sir John Barrow, Bart., in 
 the Second-Secretaryship of the Admiralty.* He 
 married, 15 Aug. 1836, Lady Harriet Hamilton, 
 sister of the Marquess of Abercom, and daughter 
 of the late Viscount Hamilton, by Harriet, grand- 
 daughter of the 15th Earl of Moreton, who, on the 
 Viscount's death, married, secondly, the present 
 Earl of Aberdeen, late H.M. Secretary of State for 
 Foreign Affairs. Capt. Hamilton has issue a son 
 and two daughters. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 HAMILTON. (Captain, 1836. i^P., 16; h-p., 21.) 
 William Price Hamilton died 21 May, 1847, at 
 Belair, near Plymouth, in the 46th year of his age. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scipion 74, Capts. Philip . 
 Chas. Butler Bateman and Jas. Johnstone, bearing 
 the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford, whom he accompa- 
 nied to the Cape of Good Hope. Being there lent 
 to the Harpy 18, Capt. Henderson Bain, he joined 
 in the operations of 1811 against the island of Java, 
 where he appears to have been very actively em- 
 ployed in the erection of batteries. On returning, 
 as Midshipman, in Jan. 1812, to the Scipion, he 
 proceeded in that ship with Capt. Hen. Heathcote 
 to the Mediterranean, and was for some time en- 
 gaged at the blockade of Toulon. In Jan. 1816, 
 after a voyage to the Brazils in the Centaur 74, 
 Caipt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and a second visit to 
 the Cape, Mr. Hamilton was received on board the 
 Geanicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, by whom, 
 for his conduct when stationed in the fore-top of 
 that ship at the ensuing battle of Algiers, he was 
 recommended in a very strong manner to Hon. 
 Sir Hen. Blackwood, on that officer assuming the 
 chief command in the East Indies. From Oct. 
 
 • In 1835, when Lord Haddington BUed the office of Lord 
 Lieutenant of Ireland. Captain Hamilton had also acted as 
 his Lordsliip's private secret/iry. 
 
454 
 
 HAMLEY. 
 
 1817, in the course of which month he passed 
 his examination, until July, 1819, he was next 
 employed as Admiralty-Midshipman, on the Irish 
 and South American stations, in the Pandoea 18, 
 Capts. Hon. Fred. Noel and Geo. Matthew Jones, 
 and Favoeite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson. He 
 then removed to the Leandee 50,. bearing the flag 
 in the East Indies of Sir H. Blackwood, who pro- 
 moted him to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Aug. 1820, 
 and on 3 March following made him his Signal 
 officer. In July, 1821, he was appointed by the 
 same Admiral i'irst-Lieutenant of the Topaze 46, 
 Capt. Chas. Richardson, and ordered to China, 
 where, in the course of the same year, owing to an 
 unprovoked and barbarous attack made by the 
 natives on an unarmed part of the crew who were 
 peaceably employed on shore, he was imperatively 
 called upon to adopt measures which proved fatal 
 to several of the assailants. He afterwards went 
 back to the Leandek and continued to officiate as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Sir H. Blackwood until nomi- 
 nated, in Oct. 1822, to the acting-command of the 
 Heron 18 — an appointment, however, which was 
 not confirmed. On his return to England Mr. Ha- 
 milton, in Nov. 1823, was brought to a court-martial 
 for having occasioned the death of the persons above 
 alluded to; but so honourably was he acquitted, 
 and so highly complimented for his zealous, meri- 
 torious, and otiicer-iike conduct, that the Admiralty, 
 on receipt of the sentence, forwarded him by return 
 of post a Commander's commission, bearing date 13 
 of the same month. Capt. Hamilton's next and 
 last appointment was to the command, 31 Oct. 1832, 
 of the CoMUS 18, attached to the force in North 
 America and the "West Indies. "While on that sta- 
 tion he was more than once selected by Sir Geo. 
 Cockburn, the Commander-in-Chief, to conduct 
 secret and confidential services of a more than ordi- 
 narily arduous nature ; of all of which he most cre- 
 ditably acquitted himself. On the ultimate passage 
 home of the Comus, via Tampico, we find her Cap- 
 tain, during a short stay at that place, affording 
 effective protection to the British merchants and 
 their property. So favourable was the Port-Ad- 
 miral's account of the efficiency and discipline of 
 his ship on her being paid off at Portsmouth in Aug. 
 1836, that Capt. Hamilton was presented with a 
 Post-commission 28 Oct. following. 
 
 He married, in Nov. 1831, Harriet, only daughter 
 of the late R. H. Faulconer, Esq., formerly of 
 Lewes, co. Sussex, by whom he has left issue. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 HAMLEY, K.L.A. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 21; 
 H-p., 27.) 
 
 William Hamlet, born in July, 1786, at Bod- 
 min, CO. Cornwall, is second son of the late "Wm. 
 Ilamley, Esq., of that place (a lineal descendant of 
 Osbertus, youngest grandson of Sir John Hamley, 
 Kt., who, in the 12th of Edw. III., was chosen 
 High Sheriff of Cornwall, and subsequently elected 
 a Member of Parliament for the same co.), by Sarah, 
 daughter of John Pomeroy, Esq. His ancestor, 
 Espire Hamley, wasM.P. for the borough of Bodmin 
 in 1308 ; and his youngest brother, "Wymond, is now 
 a Commander R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pomone 40, Capt. Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds, with whom, and Capt. Kobt. 
 Cuthbert, he continued to serve, in the same ship 
 and in the Okion 74, on the Home and "West India 
 stations, latterly as Midshipman, until the summer 
 of 1802. After a further employment of more than 
 three years in the Heecdle 74, as Aide-de-Camp at 
 Jamaica to Sir John Tho3. Duckworth and "vice- 
 Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, he was appointed Sub- 
 Lieutenant, 1 Jan. 1806, of the Pitt schooner, 
 Lieut.-Commander Michael Fitton. Being offici- 
 ally promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by com- 
 mission dated 20 Jan. 1807, Mr. Hamley was next, 
 from Oct. in that year until Jan. 1814, employed, 
 chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in the Crocodile, Pal- 
 las, and Havannah frigates, all commanded by 
 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan. Besides conveying Sir 
 Arthur AVellesley in the Crocodile to Portugal, 
 and attending in the Pallas the expedition to the 
 Walcheren, he took part, when in the Havannah, 
 in a variety of important detached services, and 
 acquitted himself with a degree of skill and gal- 
 lantry that redounded much to his credit. In com- 
 mand of the boats of that frigate he in the first 
 place, on 6 Sept. 1811, spiked 3 12-pounder guns 
 mounted on a battery on the S.'W. side of the 
 Penmarcks, whence he brought out a schooner and 
 five chasse-marees, principally laden with wine and 
 brandy.* He next, with only a division of the 
 ship's boats, and a loss of a Master's Mate killed 
 and 2 men wounded, attacked and carried, 6 Jan. 
 
 1813, a gun-boat, No. 8, greatly his superior in 
 force, carrying 1 long 24-pounder and 35 men, pre- 
 pared in every respect, and su^jported by musketry 
 from the shore, where she was made fast.f On 7 
 of the follomng month Mr. Hamley had the good 
 fortune, with the boats and marines, to capture and 
 destroy, without any casualty whatever, four Franco- 
 Venetian gun-vessels, 21 transports laden with ord- 
 nance stores, and a 7-gun battery, on the coast of 
 Manfredonia. He again, on 22 March, effected the 
 capture of a large trabacolo of 3 9-pounders and 
 small arms, and the destruction by fire of a similar 
 vessel laden with oil, under the town of Vasto ; and 
 four days afterwards he took, in face of a strong 
 opposition, five armed trabacolos, and five feluccas 
 laden with salt, near the town of Fortore.| "With 
 a loss of only 3 men slightly wounded, he further 
 contrived to capture an armed convoy, consisting of 
 10 sail (laden with oil), close in with Vasto, where, 
 although the enemy had assembled in force and 
 had taken every possible precaution to prevent 
 their vessels being got off, he landed, drove them 
 from their guns, 8 in number, and ultimately 
 effected his purpose.§ He finally served on shore 
 in command of the batteries and of a force of 60 
 men at the reduction, in Nov. and Deo. 1813, of the 
 strong fortress of Zara, mounting 110 pieces of 
 brass cannon, 7 large mortars, and 11 howitzers, 
 and garrisoned by 2000 veteran troops ; and on 
 every occasion he won the admiration of his Cap- 
 tain, and was strongly recommended by him for 
 promotion for his uniform skill and gallantry. On 
 leaving the Havannah, as above, Mr. Hamley, 
 who had received a very handsome letter from the 
 Emperor of Austria, returned to England, and on 
 his arrival found himself promoted to the rank of 
 Commander by commission bearing date 15 June, 
 
 1814. He was subsequently, 9 April, 1823, appoint- 
 ed to the Pelorus sloop, on the Irish station, where, 
 during a servitude of three years, he captured more 
 smuggling-vessels than any other cruizer, and seized, 
 at various times, not less than 62,000 lbs. of tobacco. 
 On the paying oif of the Peloeds, all her officers 
 were promoted, with the exception of Capt. Hamley, 
 who, on 10 June, 1830, next obtained command of 
 the Wolf 18, in the East Indies. He was paid off, 
 on his return from that station, 10 May, 1834, and 
 on 20 Oct. following was advanced to Post-rank. 
 He has not been since employed. 
 
 Including the occasions alluded to above, Capt. 
 Hamley, we may observe, commanded the Havan- 
 nah's boats in 10 successful attacks on the enemy's 
 batteries, gun-boats, and other armed vessels, the 
 fruit whereof was the capture and destruction of 
 100 pieces of cannon and upwards of 100 sail of 
 shipping. In 1815 he obtained the royal licence 
 and authority to accept and wear the insignia of the 
 order of Leopold, with which the Emperor of Aus- 
 tria had been pleased to honour him, as a testimony 
 of the high sense which his Imperial Majesty enter- 
 tained of the services rendered by him at Zara. 
 Capt. Hamley, who appears to have been wounded 
 in the course of his professional career, married 
 Barbara, eldest daughter of Chas. Ogilvy, Esq., of 
 Lerwick, Shetland, by whom he has issue. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 • Firfe Gaz. 1811, p. 1829. + r. Gaj. 1813, p. IMS. 
 
 t r. Gaz. 1813, p. 1481. ^ V. Gaz, 1813, p. 2010. 
 
HAMLEY—HAMMET— HAMMOND- HAMOND. 
 
 455 
 
 HAMLEY. (Commander, 1846.") 
 
 Wymond Hamley is yonneest brother of Capt. 
 Wm. Hamley, R.N. 
 
 , This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1811 ; 
 passed his examination in 1817 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 29 June, 1826. His subsequent 
 appointments were, 30 Sept. 1837, and 20 Aug. 
 1841, as First Lieutenant, to the Edisburgh and 
 Malabar, of 72 guns each, Capts. Wm. Wilmott 
 Henderson and Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, in the 
 former of which ships he participated in the opera- 
 tions of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He was paid 
 ofl' from the Malabar in the early part of 1844 ; 
 and on 9 Nov. 1846 was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 HAMMET. (Lieutenant, 1846.) • 
 
 Lacon Ussher Hajiimet passed his examination 
 28 Feb. 1840; served as Mate of the Belleropiion 
 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, at the bombardment 
 of St. Jean d'Acre in Nov. 1840; and from the 
 close of 1841 until the attainment of his present 
 rank, 7 Feb. 1846, was employed on the North 
 America and "West India station in the Illustrtous 
 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, and Eurydice 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Elliot. He has been attached, since 30 
 of the following March, to the Spartan 22, com- 
 manded in the Mediterranean bj CaptfcThos. Mat- 
 thew Chas. Symonds. 
 
 HAMMOND. (Lieut., 1S05. f-p., 18; h-p„ 32.) 
 Charles Hammond entered the Navy, 10 May, 
 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Havock, Capt. 
 Philip Bartholomew, lying in Hamoaze ; and, from 
 the close of the same year until the summer of 
 1802, was employed, on the African, Home, and 
 West India stations, in the Hornet 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Nash. In 1803, on his return from the West Indies, 
 where he had continued to serve, as Master's Mate, 
 in the Excellent 74, Commodore Hon. Robt. Stop- 
 ford, he joined the Topaze 36, Capts. Willoughby 
 Tbos. Lake, Anselm John Griffiths, Henry Hope, 
 and Edw. Harvey, to which frigate he continued 
 attached, on the Cork and Mediterranean stations, 
 the greater part of the time as Lieutenant (com- 
 mission dated 23 March, 1805), until Jan. 1812. 
 During that period, among other dashing services, 
 Mr. Hammond, on 12 March, 1809, took part, near 
 Corfu, in a very spirited action which terminated 
 in the beating off by the Topaze of the two French 
 40-gun frigates Danae and Flore; and about the 
 same period he received a severe woiind, which 
 nearly deprived him of the use of his right hand, 
 at the cutting out of two vessels on the coast of 
 Italy. Notwithstanding this misfortune, he again, 
 on 31 of the following May, took command of the 
 boats, and, by dint of sterling gallantry, succeeded, 
 with a loss of only 1 man killed and another 
 wounded, although encountered by a galling fire 
 from the enemy and many severe obstacles, in 
 capturing nine vessels lying at anchor in the road 
 of Demata, behind a reef of rocks under the fort- 
 ress of Santa Maura. The prizes on the occasion 
 were loaded with timber and brandy on Govern- 
 ment account, and were bound to Corfu, where 
 their cargoes were much needed. They consisted, 
 besides four trabacolos, of a xebec of 8 carriage- 
 guns, 6 swivels, and a crew of 55 men ; of one cut- 
 ter of 4, and one felucca of 3 guns ; and of two 
 gun-boats of 1 gun each. So great was the admi- 
 ration entertained of this exploit by Capt. Griffiths, 
 that we find him recommending Mr. Hammond, 
 who was at the time his First Lieutena|||^in the 
 very strongest manner to notice.'* The next occa- 
 sion on which we perceive mention of our valiant 
 but ill-rewarded officer was on 31 Oct. 1809, when he 
 took charge of the boats of the Topaze, and, in 
 unison with those of a squadron under Lieut. John 
 Tailour, contributed to the capture and destruction, 
 in the Bay of Rosas— despite a fierce opposition 
 from the crews, and a fire from the batteries in- 
 • rWcGaz. 1608, p. 1!3«. 
 
 flictive of a loss on the British of 15 men killed and 
 55 wounded— of the French armed store-ship Lam- 
 proie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Vicloire 
 and Grandeur, armed xebec Normande, and a con- 
 voy of seven merchantmen.'*' His last appointment 
 was, 11 Aug. 1812, to the Nimrod sloop, Capts. 
 Nathaniel Mitchell, Vincent Newton, and Geo. Hil- 
 ton, stationed oflT the coast of North America, 
 whence he returned in May, 1815. On 21 of the 
 ensuing June he again presents himself to our no- 
 tice as commanding the boats of the Topaze, and 
 effecting the capture, in conjunction with those of 
 the Alceste under Lieut. Andw. Wilson, of two 
 vessels in the Bay of Martino, in the island of 
 Corsica, where a 3-gun battery which protected 
 the entrance of the bay was carried by a detach- 
 ment of seamen and marines, and the guns rendered 
 unserviceable ; the enemy in the affair being occa^ 
 sioned a loss of several men killed and wounded, 
 and the British 1 man killed and 2 wounded.:)^ 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HAMMOND. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Robeet Hammond served on board the Hebrhs 
 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, at the forcing of the 
 Gironde in 1814. He passed his examination in 
 1818 ; was made Lieutenant, 23 June, 1827, into 
 the Glasgow 50, commanded in the Mediterranean 
 by Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude ; and, on 23 
 Aug. following, removed to the Gannet sloop, 
 Capts. Lord Ingestrie and Hon. Wm. Edwardes. 
 That vessel being paid off in 1828, he next joined, 
 24 Jan. 1835, the Dublin 50, bearing the flag in 
 South America of Sir Graham Eden Hamond. He 
 was superseded at his own request 12 April, 1836, 
 and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Hammond married, in 1836, Sophia, daugh- 
 ter of John Musters, Esq., of Colwick Hall, co. 
 Nottingham (a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for that shire), by Mary, only daughter and co- 
 heiress of Wm. Chaworth, Esq., of Annesley, Notts. 
 
 HAMOND. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Andrew Snape Hamond, born 3 Oct. 1811, is 
 eldest son of Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, 
 Bart., K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1824 ; 
 served as Midshipman of the Talbot 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Fred. Spencer, at the battle of Navarin, 20 
 Oct. 1827; passed his examination in 1830; and, 
 obtaining his first commission 25 May, 1831, was 
 successively appointed- 30 Sept. 1831, to the Mei^ 
 viLLE 74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir John 
 Gore— and, 2 Oct. .1834, to the Dublin 50, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to his father, on the South American 
 station. He was presented with a second promotal 
 commission 19 May, 1838, and, on 24 June, 1842, 
 was invested with the command of the Salamander 
 steam-sloop in the Pacific. He has been on half- 
 pay since the attainment of his present rank, 8 
 June, 1846. 
 
 Capt. Hamond married Mary, second daughter 
 of Edw. Miller, Esq., co. Cambridge, and niece of 
 General Miller, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul- 
 General for the islands in the Pacific. 
 
 HAMOND, Bart., K.C.B., K.C.T.S. (Admiral 
 OF THE Blue, 1847. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Sir Graham Eden Hamond, born 30 Dec. 1779, 
 in London, is only son of the late Sir Andw. Snape 
 Hamond, Bart., F.R.S., Captain R.N.,| by Anne, 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907. + T. Gal. ISlO.p. Ja05. 
 
 J Sir Andrew Snape Hamond was born in 1738, and en- 
 tered the Navy in 17.^3. He served as Lieutenant of the 
 Maonanime 74, in the action off Quiberon, 20 Nov. 1759 • 
 was in the same ship throughout a great part of the SeveiJ 
 Yeais' War ; attained Post-ranH 7 Dec. 1770 ; and, for the dis- 
 tinguished nature of his conduct as Captain of the Rosbuok 
 44, during the hostilities witli America, was awarded the 
 honour of Knighthood in 1778. Prom 1780 until 17K3, to- 
 wards tlie close of which year he was created a Baronet l>e 
 officiated as Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief 
 of Nova Scotia, and Commodore and Resident Commissioner 
 at Halifax. He afterwards, between 1785 and 17S8, rtis- 
 charged the duties of Commodore and Commander-in-Chief 
 
456 
 
 I-IAMOND. 
 
 daughter and heiress of Henry Graeme, Esq., of 
 Hanwcfll, co. Middlesex, a Major in the Army, who 
 was severely wounded at the battle of Minden, 
 when a Captain in the 37th Kegt., in 1759, and died 
 Lieutenant-Governor of St. Helena in 1786. He is 
 uncle of the present Viscount Hood ; and succeeded 
 his father as second Baronet 12 Sept. 1828. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1785, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Irkesistible 74, 
 on the books of which ship, bearing the broad pend- 
 ant of his father in the river Medway, his name 
 appears to have been borne until March, 1790. In 
 Jan. 1793, after a further servitude with Sir A. S. 
 Hamond, as Midshipman, in the Vangcakd and 
 Bedford 74'8, and Duke 98, he joined the Phaeton 
 ■38, commanded by" his cousin Sir Andw. Snape 
 Douglas, on the Channel station, where, in the 
 «oursc of the same year, he assisted at the capture 
 of JLe Gen&ral Dumourier^ of 22 guns and 196 men, 
 having on board 2,040,000 dollars ; her prize, the St. 
 Jayo, laden with a cargo worth nearly 300,000^. ; La 
 Prompte, frigate, of 28 guns and 180 men ; another 
 privateer, of 16 guns and 60 men ; and La Blonde 
 national corvette, of 24 guns. Accompanying the 
 last-mentioned officer, in April, 1794, into the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Earl Howe, Mr. Ha^ 
 mond, besides witnessing the capture of H.M. late 
 ship Castor, and of other vessels, had an opportu- 
 tunity of sharing in the triumph achieved by the 
 British on 1 of the ensuing June. In June, 1795, 
 having previously acted for a short period as Lieu- 
 tenant of the Aqoilon 32, Capt. Kobt. Barlow, and 
 Zealous 74, Capt. Christ. Mason, he proceeded 
 overland to the Mediterranean, and there got on 
 board the Britaknia 100, bearing the flag of Ad- 
 miral Wm. Hotham, just in time to behold the de- 
 struction of L'Alcide, a 74-gun-ship taken in the 
 action of 13 July. Being confirmed a Lieutenant in 
 the Britannla, by commission dated 19 Oct. iu the 
 same year, he subsequently joined, in that capacity, 
 20 July, 1796, and 11 March, 1797, the Aiule 38, 
 bearing the flag, also in the Mediterranean, of Sir 
 Hyde Parker, and Niger 32, commanded on the 
 Lisbon and Home stations by Capt. Edw. Jas. 
 Foote. While afterwards in the Echo 18, of which 
 sloop he ohtaiiied command 20 Oct. 1798, Capt. 
 Hamond destroyed a French cutter privateer, con- 
 tributed to the capture of 30 large Dutch fishing- 
 vessels, conveyed Prince Prederick of Orange from 
 Yarmouth to Cuxhaven, was for some time em- 
 ployed at the blockade of Havre, and was intrusted 
 on different occasions with the charge of convoys. 
 After a continuance of about 12 months in tlie 
 Echo, he was made Post, 30 Nov. 1798, into the 
 CHAMnON of 24 guns ; in which ship we find him 
 successively engaged in convoying a fleet of mer- 
 chant-vessels to the Elbe ; guarding the mouths of 
 that river, and the Weser, to prevent the enemy's 
 ■gun-boats from entering; cruizing off Norway; 
 carrying specie from the river Thames to the Bri- 
 tish army in Holland ; and watching the return 
 of the trade from Archangel. He likewise, on 28 
 June, 1799, efl^ected the capture of L'Anacre'on, a 
 notorious French privateer, of 16 guns and 125 men, 
 and was employed during the early part of 1800 in 
 convoying to Minorca the officers and crew of the 
 captured French ship of the line Le Gvillavme Tell^ 
 as also at the blockade of Malta, where he occa- 
 sionally served on shore at the siege of La Valette. 
 In July of the latter year, owing to the state of his 
 health, Capt. Hamond exchanged into the Lion 64, 
 and returned with despatches to England, but he 
 had scarcely arrived when he was a,ppointed to 
 commission ithe Blanche 36 ; iu which frigate, pre- 
 viously to participating in the battle of 2 April, 
 1801, he embarked at Copenhagen Mr. Drummond, 
 H. B. Majesty's Minister, and the whole British 
 
 on the river Medway ; and in 1793-4 was suocessively ap- 
 pointed ii CominissioneT of the Navy Board and Deputy 
 Comptrolleriand Comptroller of the Navy. He resigneu-the 
 latter post with a retiring pension of 1500^. per annum in 
 1806. He died at Lynn, co. Norlollf, in the 90th year of bis 
 ■ age, 12 Sept. 1828 ; at which period, had his previous tenure 
 of office permitted his acceptanceofFlag-runlt, lie would have 
 been Admiral of ■the Fleet. 
 
 Factory. On the Sunday following the action, 
 Capt. Hamond had the peculiar satisfaction of 
 holding the Prayer-Book from which Lord Nelson 
 read thanks to Almighty God for the signal victory^ 
 the British had obtained over their enemies. The. 
 Blanche ultimately returned to England with the 
 flag of Sir Hyde Parker, but was not paid off until 
 22 Sept. 1802, by which period she had been further 
 employed with activity in the Channel,^ and had 
 been for many weeks in attendance on George III. 
 off Weymouth. From 21 Feb. to 12 Nov. 1803, 
 Capt. Hamond next commanded the Plantageset 
 74, in which ship he contrived to capture Le Courier 
 de Terre Neuve, a French brig privateer of 16 guns 
 and 54 men, and three days afterwards L'Atalante, 
 a beautiful corvette of 22 guns and 120 men. After 
 an interval of half-pay, occasioned by ill health, he 
 joined, 30 July, 1804, the Lively 38. In that fri- 
 gate, on 5 of the following Oct., he distinguished 
 himself, and had 2 of his men killed and 5 wounded, 
 at the capture, off Cape St. Mary, of three Spanish 
 frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction 
 of a fourth.* During a subsequent cruize off Cape 
 St. Vincent, Capt. Hamond captured, on 7 Dec, 
 the San Miguel, a Spanish merchant-ship having on 
 board 196,639 dollars, four cases of M-rought plate, 
 2064 bales of indigo, and other valuable property ; 
 and in the course of the same day he was in com- 
 pany with the Polyphemus 64, at the taking of the 
 Santa Gertruyda, a frigate of 36 gniis, laden, besides 
 a cargo of the most costly merchandise, with 
 1,215,000 dollars in specie. All this treasure being 
 however disposed of as droits of Admiralty, not 
 more than a fourth of their proceeds was given to 
 the captors. In March, 1805, the whole of the 
 specie and bullion that had been taken, amounting 
 to 5,000,000 dollars, was intrusted to the sole charge 
 of Capt. Hamond, who brought it all in safety to 
 England, but unfortunately just at a period when 
 the payment of freight-money had been suspended ; 
 and he consequently received no remuneration 
 whatever for the tremendous responsibility to which 
 he had been subjected. Not long after this, being 
 off Cadiz, the Lively, on 29 May, 1805, alone, and 
 of her own accord, endured a very spirited skirmish 
 with the Spanish 74-gun ship Glorioso, whom she 
 sorely galled. She next, towards the close of 18p3, 
 embarked Gen. Sir Jas. Craig, and accompanied 
 an expedition having for its otject the defence of 
 Naples against the threatened and eventually suc- 
 cessful invasion of the French. Quitting the 
 Lively in June, 1806, Capt. Hamond was subse- 
 quently appointed — 22 Dec. 1808, to the Victori- 
 ous 74, the command of which ship, after she hiid 
 assisted at the reduction of Flushing, he resigned 
 in Sept. 1809—14 May, 1813, to the RivoLi 74, em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean, whence he invalided 
 in March 1814— and 30 March, 1824, to the Wel- 
 LESi.EY 74, stationed at first as a guard-ship at 
 Portsmouth, and next employed in conveying to the 
 Brazils the present Lord Stuart de Kothesay. 
 Being advanced to the rank of Eear-Admiral, while 
 on the latter station, by commission dated 27 May, 
 1825, he was ordered home in the Spaktiate 74, 
 charged with the delivery, en rovte, of the treaty 
 of separation between Brazil and Portugal to the 
 King of Portugal, who, on its reception, created 
 him a K.C.T.S. ; an order, however, which, as it 
 was not obtained for war-service, he has not been 
 permitted to wear. In 1828 Sir Graham Eden 
 Hamond was selected by the Lord High Admiral 
 to succeed the then Commander-in-Chief in the 
 East Indies, but the resignation of office of H.K.H. 
 did not allow the arrangements to mature. His 
 last eilpioyment was on tie South American station, 
 where, with his flag successively in the Spartiate 
 76, and Dublin 50, he commanded in chief from 
 16 Sept. 1834, until 17 May, 1838. His attainment 
 of the rank ofVice-Admiral took place 10 Jan. 1837, 
 and of that of Admiral 22 Jan. 1847. 
 
 Sir Graham Eden Hamond (a Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for CO. Norfolk and the Isle of Wight) was 
 nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and a K.C.B. 13 
 * Firfe Gaz. 1804, p. ISl 9. 
 
IIAMOND— HANCOCK. 
 
 457 
 
 Sept. 1831. He married, 30 Deo. 1806, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of John Kimber, Esq., of Fowey, co. 
 Cornwall, by whom he has had issue two sons (the 
 present Capt. A. S. Hamond, K.N., and the late 
 Commander G. E. "W. Hamond, R.N.) and three 
 daughters, of whom the second is married to her 
 first-cousin Lieut.-Col. Hon. Eras. Grosvenor Hood, 
 of the Grenadier Guards. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 HAMOND. (Commander, 1843. f-p.,14; h-p.,5.) 
 Gkaham Eden William Hamond was born 3 
 March, 1814, at Fowey, co. Cornwall, and died 23 
 Jan. 1847, at 'Woolwich, while in command of the 
 Medea steam-sloop. He was second and youngest 
 son of the present Admiral Sir Graham Eden Ha^ 
 mond, Bart., K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1828, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. 
 Lyons, to whom, in the following Oct., after having 
 for some time blockaded the port of Navarin, he 
 ofiBciated as Aide-de-Camp at the bombardment and 
 storming of the Morea Castle. In the summer of 
 1829 he accompanied Sir Robt. Gordon as British 
 Ambassador to Constantinople, where, during an 
 audience with the Sultan, he was presented with a 
 cloak by that potentate. He next visited the 
 Black Sea, and in the spring of 1830 was em- 
 ployed in partially surveying and wholly sounding 
 of the Bosporus, the Golden Horn of Constan- 
 tinople, and many places in the Sea of Marmara. 
 In Feb. 1831, shortly after he had escorted Sir 
 John Malcolm from Alexandria to Malta, Mr. Ha^ 
 mond became Midshipman of the Madagascak 
 46, also commanded by Capt. Lyons, in which ship 
 he had an opportunity, in May, 1832, of witnessing 
 Ibrahim Pacha's bombardment of St. Jean dAcre. 
 We subsequently find him, in the early part of 1833, 
 attending King Otho and the Bavarian Regency 
 from Trieste to Greece, and for several months in 
 that year employed in tine Madagascar's barge as 
 steersman to His Majesty. On the paying off of 
 the latter frigate in Jan. 1835 Mr. Hamond (who, 
 previously to passing his examination in Feb. 1834,, 
 had had charge of a watch for 12 months) sailed for 
 South America in the Action 26, Capt. Lord Bdw. 
 Russell, for the purpose of joining the flag-ship of 
 his father, by whom be was transferred to the 
 Rapid 10, Lieut. -Commander Fred. Patten. Being 
 awarded the rank of Lieutenant by commission 
 dated 1 Feb. 1835, he was afterwards appointed in 
 that capacity— 29 June, 1835, to the Nokth Star 28, 
 Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt, under whom he 
 surveyed in part several harbours on the N.W. 
 coast of North America— 23 July, 1836, to the 
 Blonde 46, bearing the broad pendant in the Pa^ 
 cific of Commodore Eras. Mason— 4 July, 1837, to 
 the Imogene 26, Capt. Hen. Wjm. Bruce, employed 
 among the South Sea Islands — 17 Jan. 1838, to the 
 RovEK 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, in which sloop he re- 
 turned to England in the following summer — 23 Feb. 
 1839, to the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, 
 attached to the force in the Mediterranean, whence 
 he invalided in May, 1840— and, 13 Jan. 1842, to the 
 Howe 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Eras. Mason, 
 on the same station. He attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 5 June, 1843, and was lastly appointed, 5 
 Nov. 1846, to the Medea steam-sloop. He died as 
 above. 
 
 Commander Hamond married, 7 Dec. 1843, Lucia, 
 only daughter of Luke Dodds, Esq., of Hythe 
 House, Hythe, near Southampton, co. Hants, by 
 whom he has left issue. Agents— Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 HANCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 George Hancock entered the Navy 3 March, 
 1834 ; passed his examination 12' Deo. 1840 ; and 
 after an intermediate servitude as Mate, in the 
 Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Veknon 
 50, and Excellent gunnery-ship, Capts. Wm. Wal- 
 poie and Sir Thos. Hastings, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 1 July, 1844. He has been em- 
 
 ployed, since 5 of the following Nov., in the Eagle 
 50, Capt. Geo. Bnhun Martin, bearing the flag at 
 first of Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the 
 S.E. coast of America, and now stationed in North 
 America and the West Indies. 
 
 This officer obtained his commission as a reward 
 for having passed the best examination at the 
 Royal Naval College. 
 
 HANCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 James Kinneeh Hancock is son of the late 
 Rear-Admiral Rich. Turner Hancock. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 
 June, 1832 ; and embarked, in 1834, as a Volunteer, 
 on board the North Stab 28, commanded in South 
 America by Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt. Be- 
 coming Midshipman, in Nov. 1836, of the Sama- 
 RANG 26, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott, he 
 eventually, after a continued servitude on the latter 
 stajson, where he passed his examination in the 
 sununer of 1839, proceeded to China. He came 
 home in Aug. 1841, but being again ordered to 
 China towards the close of the same year in the 
 Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. JohnKingcome, arrived 
 there in time to witness the final operations in the 
 Yang-tse-Kiang. For a short time previous to the 
 receipt of his commission, which bears date 20 Sept. 
 1843, and which was given to him in consequence 
 of the recommendation of Capt. Kingcome, we find 
 Mr. Hancock successively employed in the Star- 
 ling , surveying-vessel, Capt. Hen. Kellett, and 
 CoRNWALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. He 
 then Joined the Minden, Capt. Michael Quin, 
 Hospital-ship at Hong Kong, whence he returned 
 to England in Jan. 1845 on board the Pelican 16, 
 Capt. Philip Justice. He has been serving on the 
 coast of Africa since 26 May, 1845, as First of the 
 Hecate steam-sloop, Capt. Joseph West. 
 
 HANCOCK. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 18; h-p., 34.) 
 John Hancock (a) entered the Navy, 8 April, 
 1795, as A.B., on board the Britannia 100, Capt. 
 John HoUoway, bearing the successive flags of Ad- 
 mirals Lord Hotham, Sir Hyde Parker, Chas. 
 Thompson, and Sir Peter Parker ; in which ship he 
 participated in the actions of 13 July, 1795, and 14 
 Feb. 1797, otf Capes Rioux and St. Vincent. In 
 Feb. 1798 he removed to the Alarm 32, Capts. 
 Edw. Fellowes and Robt. RoUes, on the West India 
 station, where, during a continuance of three years, 
 he appears to have been instrumental to the capture 
 of a large number of the enemy's vessels. He then 
 became Master's Mate of the Galgo 14, Capts. 
 Rich. Hawkins and Michael Dodd, employed in the 
 Channel and off Newfoundland, but, being dis- 
 charged in Deo. 1802, he did not again go afloat 
 untU Jan. 1806, when he joined, in a similar capa- 
 city, the Lion 64, commanded at first by Capt. 
 RoUes, and afterwards by Capt. Hen. Heathcote, 
 with whom he served in the East Indies until the 
 early part of 1808. In April, 1809, after an inter- 
 mediate attachment to the Coquette, Capt. Kobt. 
 Forbes, and Royal William, Capt. Hon. Courte- 
 nay Boyle, Mr. Hancock was nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Rhodian 10, Capts. Geo. Mou- 
 bray and John Geo. Boss. His appointment to 
 that sloop being confirmed by commission dated 24 
 April, 1811, he continued to serve in her on the 
 West India station — participating intermediately in 
 the capture of two French privateers and of up- 
 wards of 20 American merchantmen — until wrecked, 
 off' Port Royal, Jamaica, in Feb. 1813. His subse- 
 quent appointments were — 15 Oct. 1813, to the 
 Dasher sloop, Capt. Wm. Henderson, also in the 
 West Indies, whence he invalided in March, 1815 — 
 and, 24 Feb. 1829, to the Coast Blockade, in which 
 service, with his name on the books of the Ramil- 
 LiES and Talavera 74's, Capt. Hugh Pigot, he re- 
 mained until 1830. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HANCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John Hancock (J) entered the Navy 1 Feb. 1827' 
 passed his examination in 1833 ; and was promoted' 
 
 3N ' 
 
45S 
 
 HANCOCK— HAND— HANDLEY—HANHAM. 
 
 for his services on the coast of China, to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 6 May, 1841. His appointments hare 
 since been— 28 May, 1841, as Additional, to the 
 ■Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, in the East 
 Indies — 17 March, 1842, to the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 27 
 April, 1843, to the Piqde 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu 
 Stopford, attached to the force in North America 
 and the West Indies— and, 25 Nov. 1844 and 28 
 April, 1845, a.gain as Additional, to the Illdstkious 
 72, and Vindictive 50, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Adam 
 and Sir Fras. "Wm. Austen, on the same station, 
 where he is now employed in surveying. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HANCOCK. (Eeak-Admiral of the Blue, 
 1841. F-P., 29 ; H.P., 38.) 
 
 Richard Turner Hancock was bom 23 June, 
 1764, and died 5 March, 1846, at Weymouth. , 
 
 Tliis officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1779, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Formidable 98, Capt. 
 John Stanton, in which ship, under the flag of Sir 
 Geo. Kodney, he took part in the actions of 9 and 
 12 April, 1782. Keturning home from the West 
 Indies in the course of the same year in the Ardent 
 64, Capt. Kioh. Lucas, he next, until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 26 Aug. 1789, served, in the 
 Channel and at Portsmouth, on board the Orestes, 
 Capt. Jas. Elhs, Expedition cutter, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Chas. C. Crooke, and Triumph and Bar- 
 FLEDR, bearing the flags of Admirals Lord Hood 
 and R, Roddam. His first commission was pre- 
 sented to him in consequence of his having been 
 sent to attend on George III., on the occasion of a 
 visit made by that monarch to Weymouth. His 
 succeeding appointments, we find, were — 11 May, 
 1790, to the Saturn 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, in the 
 Channel— 21 Feb. 1792, to the Hussak 28, Capts. 
 Rupert George, John Poo Beresford, Chas. Wemyss, 
 and Chas. Rowley, on the Halifax station — 7 Oct. 
 1796, to the Unite 38, commanded in the Channel 
 and West Indies by Capts. C. Rowley, Wm. Shield, 
 and J. P. Beresford — and, 5 Jan. 1800, to the Prince 
 OF Wales 98, bearing the flag on the latter station 
 of Lord Hugh Seymour. In all but the first of 
 those ships Mr. Hancock officiated as Senior-Lieu- 
 tenant ; and while in the HnssAR he contributed, in 
 company with the Thetis 36, to the defeat, 17 May, 
 1795, of five sail, two of which, ia Frevoyante of 24, 
 and La Raison of 18 guns, were captured after a 
 close action of more than an hour's duration. He 
 also, when in the Unite, assisted at the reduction 
 of the Devil's Islands, near Cayenne. Being at 
 length (on the earnest and repeated application of 
 Capt. Beresford, under whom he had served on the 
 two latter occasions) awarded a Commander's com- 
 mission, dated 4 Sept. 1800, Capt. Hancock was 
 next appointed, 27 May, 1803, to the Plover 18, in 
 which sloop he cruized on the Channel station until 
 posted 25 Sept. 1806. He afterwards served as 
 Flag-Captain, in the 80-gun ships Tonnant and 
 Foudroyant, to Hon. Michael De Courcy, from 
 July, 1807, until Dec. 1812; during which period, 
 besides pursuing a French squadron to the West 
 Indies, he escorted the army home after the battle 
 of Corunna, and was for a long time employed on 
 the Brazilian station. While there Don John, the 
 Regent, offered to invest him with a Portuguese 
 order of knighthood ; but, as Capt. Hancock did 
 not conceive he had performed any military service 
 deserving of the honour, it was modestly declined. 
 The Regent, persisting, however, in his resolution 
 of conferring on the Captain some mark of his re- 
 gard, presented him with his portrait set with dia^ 
 monds in a valuable gold box. Rear- Admiral Han- 
 cook, who had not been afloat since the period of 
 his leaving the Foudroyant, attained Flag-rank 23 
 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, first, 1 Jan. 1813, Jane Love, daughter 
 of Rear-Admiral Kinneer ; and secondly, 21 Sept. 
 1826, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of the late 
 John Harwood, Esq., who died 11 Dec. 1843. By 
 his first marriage the ReartAdmiral has left issue 
 
 three children, one of whom, James Kinneer, is a 
 Lieut. R.N. 
 
 HAND. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 George Sumner Hand entered the Navy 1 Feb. 
 1821 ; and bore a part in the hostilities in Ava, 
 where, in 1825, he commanded a boat at the capture 
 of the formidable fortress of Donoobew, and the 
 Alligator's two cutters at the taking of Melloone.* 
 He passed his examination in 1827 ; obtained his 
 first commission 14 July, 1829 ; and was afterwards 
 appointed — 8 Aug. in the same year, to the Shan- 
 non 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, in the West Indies — 
 13 Sept. following, to the Grasshopper 18, Capt. 
 John Elpbinstone Erskine, in which sloop he re- 
 turned to England, and was paid off 6 Sept. 1831 — 
 and 20 Jan. 1834, and 23 Nov. 1838, as Senior, to 
 the Racehorse 18, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, 
 and Vestal 26, Capts. Thos. Wren Carter and John 
 Parker, both on the North America and West India 
 station. He attained his present rank, while serv- 
 ing in the latter ship, 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 14 
 Dec. 1844, has been in command of the Espoir 10, 
 on the coast of Africa. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HANDLEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 John William Henry Handley entered the 
 Navy, 2 March, 1805, as Third-cl. Vol., on board 
 the Puissant 74, ;Capt. John Irwin, lying at Ports- 
 mouth ; and on 4 of the following Nov., having 
 joined the Namur 74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, 
 was present in Sir John Strachan's action off Ferrol. 
 After that event he served, until July, 1807, in the 
 West Indies, and on the African and American sta^ 
 tions. He then removed, as Midshipman, to the 
 Valiant 74, Capts. Young, Alex. Robt. Kerr, John 
 Bligh, John Nash, and Robt. Dudley Oliver; in 
 which ship, under Capt. Bligh, he assisted at the 
 destruction of the French squadron in Aix Roads 
 in April, 1809, and at the capture, near Belleisle, 3 
 Feb. 1810, of the French 40-gun frigate Cannoniere, 
 laden with the spoil of the principal prizes which 
 the enemy ha'd taken in the East Indies during the 
 three preceding years. He also, while borne on the 
 books of the Valiant, commanded a gun-boat dur- 
 ing the operations of 1809 against the island of 
 Walcheren. On leaving the last-mentioned ship, 
 Mr. Handley, in Dec. 1811, joined the Bellero- 
 PHON 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John 
 Ferrier off the Texel, where he served unt^ Nov. 
 1812. Becoming Master's Mate, in March, 1813, of 
 the San Josef 1 10, flag-ship in the Mediterranean 
 of Sir Rich. King, he there, on 5 Nov. in the same 
 year, and 13 Feb. 1814, witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew*s 
 two actions with the Toulon fleet; after which, 
 on being transferred to the Cvane, of 32 guns 
 and 171 men, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, he was 
 on board that vessel when captured, 20 Feb. 181,'), 
 together with her consort, the Levant, of 20 guns 
 and 131 men, by the United States frigate Constitu- 
 tion, of 54 guns and 469 men, at the close of a des- 
 perate conflict in which the Cyane sustained a loss 
 of 6 men killed and 13 wounded. He was soon, 
 however, restored to liberty, and, on his arrival in 
 England, found that he had been promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by commission bearing date 7 
 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HANHAM. (Liect., 1818. f-p., 9; H-p.,29.) 
 
 William Hanham entered the Navy, 29 Aug. 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. VoL, on board the Royal William, 
 Capt. John Irwin, bearing the flag of Sir Roger 
 Curtis, at Spithead, where, in April, 1810, he accom- 
 panied the same officers into the Puissant 74. In 
 Aug. 1811, after serving for some time on the Jer- 
 sey station with Capt. Corbet Jas. D'Auvergne of 
 the Albacore sloop, he joined the Nijaden 36, 
 commanded by Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, 
 with whom, and latterly with Capt. Hugh Pigot, he 
 continued actively employed, oft' the coasts of Por- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1825. 
 
HANKEY—HANMER—HANNANT— HANSARD— HARCOURT. 
 
 459 
 
 tugal and America, and also in the "West Indies, on 
 board the same frigate and the Nymphe 38, until 
 Aug. 1815. He then removed in succession to the 
 Prince and Qdebn Chaklotte, flag-ships at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, but being soon 
 again ordered to the West Indies, was there ap- 
 pointed Acting-Lieutenant, 24 March, 1816, of the 
 Salisbohy 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 John Erskine Douglas. In May, 1817, he was trans- 
 ferred, in the latter capacity, to the Rifleman brig, 
 Capts. Robt. Rochfort FeUx and Norwich Duff, in 
 which vessel (being confirmed to her by commission 
 dated 15 May in the following year) he remained 
 until paid off in Aug. 1818. He has not been since 
 employed. Agents— Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 HANKEY. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 4.) 
 Frederick Thomas Barnard Hankev, born 3 
 April, 1813, is third son of John Barnard Hankey, 
 Esq., of Fetcham Park, co. Surrey, by the Hon. 
 Elizabeth De Blaquiere, daughter of John, first 
 Lord De Blaquiere. He is brother of Lieut. Henry 
 Barnard Hankey, R.N. ; nephew of General Lord 
 De Blaquiere ; and a connexion of Sir Hugh Dillon 
 Massy, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1826, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 84, Capt. Sam. 
 Hood Inglefield, bearing the flag in South America 
 of Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller Otway; became Mid- 
 shipman, in the autumn of 1829, of the Winchester 
 52, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Edw. Griffith 
 Colpoys ; and from Aug. 1831 until the receipt of 
 his first commission, bearing date 11 April, 1833, 
 was employed in the Mediterranean, the last twelve 
 months as Mate, on board the Alfred 60, Capt. 
 Robt. Maunsell, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. He continued to 
 serve for some months, on the latter station and off 
 Oporto, in the Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. 
 Saunders Dundas, and was afterwards appointed — 
 9 June, 1834, to the Orestes 18, Capts. Henry John 
 Codrington, Julius Jas. Farmer Newell, and Wm. 
 Holt, which sloop, also attached to the force in the 
 Mediterranean, he fitted, during a violent gale, with 
 a temporary rudder, and by that means enabled her 
 to proceed 200 miles under close-reefed sails— 2 Feb. 
 1839, as First, to the Acorn 16, Capt. John Adams, 
 with whom he served for three years on the coast 
 of Africa — and 7 Stay, 1844, in a similar capacity, 
 to the CoLLiNGVfooD 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of 
 Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. During the period of his 
 continuance in the Acorn, Mr. Hankey was instru- 
 mental to the liberation of about 1500 negroes, and 
 the condemnation of about 3300 tons of shipping. 
 On one occasion he was strongly recommended 
 to Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren, the Acting-Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at Plymouth, for his conduct in 
 having intrepidly boarded, with a party of volun- 
 teers, during a passage made by the Acorn to Eng- 
 land, and in the midst of a heavy gale, a schooner 
 which had been utterly abandoned, and to which, 
 having lost her own, he fitted a new rudder. He 
 subsequently, on 6 July, 1841, after a running-fight, 
 assisted in capturing the Gabriel^ a notorious pirati- 
 cal vessel, well armed, and equally well defended. 
 His previous services as interpreter during a nego- 
 ciation carried on between his Captain and the Go- 
 vernor-General of Mozambique, had obtained Mr. 
 Hankeya very complimentary letter from the-latter 
 personage, as well as a flattering appeal in his behalf 
 to the British and Portuguese Governments. He 
 ultimately left the Acokn in consequence of fever 
 contracted on board a slave-vessel of which he had 
 been placed in charge. He was promoted to his 
 present rank, while serving in the Collingwood, 
 26 June, 1846 ; and is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Haukey, we must not omit to record, 
 had distinguished himself when a Lieutenant in the 
 Orestes, by voluntarily going ashore for assistance 
 in the jolly-boat, during a tempest which had dis- 
 masted that vessel in the Mole of Malaga. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HANKEY. (LlEDTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 Henry Barnard Hankey is a younger brother 
 of Commander F. T. B. Hankey, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1832 ; passed his 
 examination 6 March, 1839 ; and, after serving as 
 Mate in the Britannia 120, and, for three years, in 
 the Agincourt 72, flag-ships of Sir John Acworth 
 Ommanney and Sir Thos. John Cochrane, on the 
 Mediterranean and East India stations, was pro- 
 moted, 2 July, 1845, to a Lieutenancy in the Hazard 
 18, Capts. Fras. Philip Egerton, under whom he is 
 still employed. During an expedition conducted 
 in July, 1846, by Sir T. J. Cochrane, against the 
 Sultan of Borneo, Mr. Hankey officiated as Beach- 
 Master, and assisted at the capture and destruction 
 of the enemy's forts and batteries up the river 
 Brune.* 
 
 HANMEK. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 David Hanmer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Lord 
 Garlics, Christopher Laroche, and Wm. Brown, one 
 of Sir Robt. Calder's fleet in the action of 22 July, 
 1805. From the following Sept. until Dec. 1808, he 
 served in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon in 
 the Apollo frigate, and Conqueror 74, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Edw. Fellowes ; and he was after- 
 wards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 
 April, 1813, employed, off the coasts of Portugal, 
 France, and America, chiefly as Master's Mate, in 
 the Semiramis 36, Capt. Wm. Granger, Unicorn 32, 
 Capts. Alex. Kobt. Kerr and Geo. Burgoyne Salt, 
 AcASTA 40, Capt. A. R. Kerr, and St. Domingo 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren. He then 
 joined the Statira 38, Capts. Hassard Stackpoole 
 and Spelman Swaine, also attached to the force on 
 the American station, whence he returned home 
 and was paid off in April, 1815. He has not been 
 since afloat. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HANNANT. (Liedtenant, 1842.) 
 
 Henry Hannant entered the Navy 13 Sept. 1828; 
 passed his examination 13 Feb. 1837 ; was for some 
 time employed as Mate in the Termagant brigan- 
 tine, Lieut.-Commander Henry Frowd Seagram, on 
 the coast of Africa ; and on 16 Sept. 1842, was pro- 
 moted to his present rank. His appointments have 
 since been — 18 May, 1843, to the Racer 16, Capt. 
 Arch. Reed, on the Brazilian station — and 1 Aug. 
 1844, to the America 50, Capts. Hon. Wm. Gordon 
 and Sir Thos. Maitland, with whom he has been 
 successively employed in the Pacific and Mediter- 
 ranean. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HANSARD. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Alfred Ogle Hansard passed his examination 
 4 Oct. 1836 ; and was for a long time employed in 
 the Mediterranean on board the Implacable 74 
 Capt. Edw. Harvey, and Geyser steam-vessel, Capt. 
 Edw. John Carpenter. He obtained his commission 
 19 Deo. 1844; and since 11 March, 184.5, has been 
 serving on the coast of Africa in the Flying Fish 
 12, Capt. Peche Hart Dyke. 
 
 HAKCOUET, formerly Vernon. (Captam, 
 1814.) 
 
 Frederick Edward Vernon Harcourt, born in 
 1790, is fourth son of the Right Hon. Edw. Har- 
 conrt, D.D., D.C.L., P.C., Archbishop of York, Pri- 
 mate of England, and Lord High Almoner to the 
 Qneen, by Anne, third daughter of Granville, first 
 Marquess of Stafford. He is brother of G. G. V. 
 Harcourt, Esq., M.P. for the co. of Oxford ; of the 
 Rev. L. V. Harcourt, Chancellor of York ; of Capt. 
 O. V. Harcourt, R.N. ; of H. V. Harcourt, Esq., a 
 Lieut.-Colonel in the army ; and of Lieut.-Colonel 
 Fras. Harcourt, of the Grenadier Guards, Equerry 
 to the Duchess of Kent. He is cousin of the pre- 
 sent Lord Vernon ; and is closely ^connected with 
 the Earls of Lucan, Oxford, Liverpool, Harcourt, 
 and Leicester. 
 
 ' -Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3441-42. 
 3N2 
 
460 
 
 HARCOURT-nAKDING. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Calcdtta 50, armee en 
 flute, Capt. Dan. 'Woodriff. On his return from a 
 voyage round the world, performed by that ship in 
 the short period of 10 months and three days, he 
 joined, in July, 1804, the Latona 38, Capt. Thos. 
 Le Marchant Gosselin, with whom, on removing 
 to the AnDACiOHS 74, he went in pursuit of Je- 
 rome Buonaparte to the "West Indies. Being ulti- 
 mately promoted, from the Centadk 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, to a Lieutenancy, 29 
 April, 1809, in the Implacable 74, commanded in 
 the Baltic by Capts. Thos. Byam Martin and Geo. 
 Cockburn, he tooli: part in the boats of that ship in 
 numerous detached services under Lieut. Joseph 
 Hawkey, and on 7 of the enduing July was espe- 
 cially mentioned for his highly exemplary conduct 
 in a brilliant cutting-out affair, the particulars of 
 which have been detailed in our narrative of the 
 present Capt. Chas. Allen.* He was in consequence, 
 as soon as he had completed his two years' servi- 
 tude as Lieutenant, advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander, by commission dated 29 April, 1811. Pre- 
 viously, however, to the consummation of that 
 event, iie appears to have been further employed in 
 making a voyage to the Havana, and assisting at 
 the defence of I'lsla de Leon. In Sept. 1813, Capt. 
 Harcourt, who had assumed command, on 25 of the 
 preceding May, of the Challenger 16, took part 
 in the siege of St. Sebastian ; and on 13 of the fol- 
 lowing Oct. we find him contributing to the cap- 
 ture of ie FUbustier French national brig, mounting 
 16 guns, a brass howitzer, and 4 swivels, and laden 
 with treasure, arms, ammunition, and salt provi- 
 sions. He next, in March, 1814, co-operated with 
 the force under Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe 
 Penrose in forcing the passage of the Gironde. At- 
 taining Post-rank on 7 June in the same year, he 
 was afterwards employed in command of the Blos- 
 som 24, and DoKis frigate, on the South American 
 station. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Harcourt married Martha, daughter of the 
 late Vice-Admiral John Richard Delap Tollemache 
 (grandson of Lionel, third Earl of Dysart), by Lady 
 Elizabeth Stratford, daughter of John, third Eai'l 
 of Aldborough. H« has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 HARCOURT, formerly Veknon. (Captain, 
 1827. I-P., 18 ; H-p., 23.) 
 
 OoTAViDS Vernon Harcourt, born 25 Dee. 1793, 
 at Rose Castle, co. Cumberland, is eighth son of the 
 Archbishop of York; and brother of Capt. F. E. V. 
 Harcourt, R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tigke 74, Capt. Benj. 
 Hallowell, and, on attending the expedition of 1807 
 to Egypt, witnessed the surrender of Alexandria, 
 and was much employed on boat-service up the 
 river Nile. After assisting at the blockade of Tou- 
 lon, and contributing to the destruction, towards 
 the close of Oct. 1809, of the French ships of tlie 
 Kne Robuste and Lion, he accompanied Capt. Hallo- 
 well, on his promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral, 
 into the Malta 80, and continued to serve with 
 him in that ship, on the Mediterranean station, un- 
 til the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 
 1 1 Jan. 1814 — co-operating intermediately with the 
 troops on the south-eas{ coast of Spain, and serving 
 in the batteries at the siege of Tarragona. Be next 
 joined the Mulgrave 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, 
 and, while cruizing in that ship off the coast of 
 Italy, landed with a party of seamen and marines 
 near Piombino, where he captured a martello tower, 
 and brought out or destroyed a convoy anchored 
 under its protection. During the war of a Hundred 
 Days, Mr. Harcourt, then belonging to th« Amelia 
 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Proby, served at the 
 blockade of Elba, and, on the- intelligence arriving 
 of the surrender of Buonaparte after the battle of 
 yftXetloo, he was sent with a Major of the Tuscan 
 army to summon the town of torto Ferrajo. Quit- 
 ' Vide Qaz. 1809, p. 1210. 
 
 ting the latter vessel in 1816, he remained on half- 
 pay until appointed, 2 Feb. 1818, to the Sir Francis 
 Drake, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Hamilton at New. 
 foundland; where he obtained command, 3 Feb. 
 1820, of the Drake sloop, and, for a short time in 
 the same yeaj-, of the Carnation 18. He after- 
 wards joined, 5 June, 1824, and 30 May, 1825, the 
 Britomart 10, and Primrose 18, both employed 
 in the "West Indies, from which station he returned 
 to England, with upwards of a million of dollars, in 
 July, 1827. He was promoted to his present rank 
 on 7 of the following month', and, about the same 
 period, was selected by the Lord High Admiral to 
 act as his Aide-de-Camp, in the Royal Sovereign 
 yacht, on the occasion of a visit of Inspection to the 
 various seaports. Capt. Harcourt's last appoint- 
 ment was, 26 March, 1834, to the North Star 28, 
 in which vessel he took out H. Hamilton, Esq., the 
 British Minister, to Buenos Ayres, was then em- 
 ployed in surveying the coast of central America 
 and California, and ultimately returned home with 
 a large freight. He has been on half-pay since 27 
 Oct. 1836. 
 
 Capt. Harcourt, during the year 1820, discharged 
 the duties of Surrogate at Newfoundland. He mar- 
 ried, 22 Feb. 1838, Anne Holwell, daughter of "Wm. 
 Guter, Esq., and relict of "Wm. Danby, Esq., of 
 Swinton Park, Yorkshire. 
 
 HARDING. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 15.) . 
 
 Francis Harding, born 28 April, 1799, is fifth 
 son of the late "Wm. Harding, Esq., of Baraset 
 House, Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, a gentle- 
 man of the Privy Chamber to George HI. ; and bro- 
 ther-in-law of Capt. Geo. Baker, R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 24 Jan. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 38, commanded 
 in the Channel by his patron, the present Sir Wm. 
 Parker. Removing, in a few weeks, to the North- 
 umberland 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, he as- 
 sisted, on 22 May in the same year, at the destruc- 
 tion, near L'Orient, of the 40-gun frigates L'Ariemie 
 and L' Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouek, 
 whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy 
 battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the British. 
 On being afterwards ordered to the Mediterranean, 
 in the Pembroke 74, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, he shared, 
 5 Nov. 1813, in a partial action, witli the Toulon 
 fleet, and, in the course of the next April, was pre- . 
 sent at the capture of a large convoy under the 
 guns of Porto MauriAio, and also at the surrender 
 of Genoa. Between Aug. 1814 and Aug. 1821, Mr. 
 Harding (who passed his examination in 1818) was 
 successively employed, as Midshipman and Mate, on 
 the South American, Home, Newfoundland, and 
 East India stations, in the Valiant 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Manley Dixon, Albion 74, Capts. Philip Soraer- 
 ville and Jas. Walker, Perseus 22, and Tamar 28, 
 both commanded by Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, 
 Dauntless 26, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner, Li- 
 verpool 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, and 
 Leander 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Blackwood. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the TopAZE 46, Capts. Chas. Richardson and Price 
 Blackwood, and in that vessel (being confirmed to 
 her by commission dated on 30 of the following 
 March) he continued to serve until Oct. 1822. His 
 next appointment was, 7 April, 1824, to the Griper 
 discovery-ship, Capt. Geo. Fras. Lyon, whom he 
 accompanied in the same year in a disastrous at- 
 tempt made to reach Repulse Bay, an enterprise, 
 tlie harassing and distressing nature of which nearly 
 ruined the constitutions of all those who were con- 
 nected with it. He went on half-pa.y at the close of 
 1824, and remained thenceforward unemployed un- 
 til 22 May, 1827, when he joined the Espoik 10, 
 Capt. Henry Fras. Greville, and sailed for the Cape 
 of Good Hope. In Nov. 1809 he assumed the act- 
 ing command of the Hecla surveying-vessel, va- 
 cant by the death of Capt. Thos. Boteler, who, with 
 the greater part of his crew, had been swept away 
 by African fever. Immediately on his arrival home 
 in the latter vessel, with such hands as had been 
 
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 461 
 
 left to navigate her, Capt. Harding was confirmed, 
 23 July, 1831, into the Jasedk 18, in which sloop he 
 returned to the Cape. He was transferred, 16 Sept. 
 following, to the Second-Captaincy of the Wahspite 
 76, bearing .the flag in South America of Sir Thos. 
 Baker, with whom he remained until paid off in 
 March, 1833. He was lastly, from 21 Jan. 1837 until 
 Aug. 1839, employed in command of the PEiORns 16, 
 on the East India station ; during which period we 
 find his services eliciting the thanks of the Gover- 
 nor-General in Council, also of Sir Jas. Stirling, the 
 Governor of Western Australia, and of Sir John 
 franklin, the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. At 
 the expiration of the above period, nine months 
 whereof he had acted as Senior naval officer in the 
 Australian colonies, Capt. Harding's health obliged 
 him to seek a temporary cessation from the active 
 duties of his profession. He acquired his present 
 rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Harding married, 23 Oct. 1833, Davidona 
 Eleanor, daughter of Gen. Chas. Dallas, Governor 
 of St. Helena, by whom he has issue one son and 
 one dajjghter. 
 
 HARDING. (LiECT., 1815. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 10.) 
 Geokge Hakding entered the Navy, 5 March, 
 1806, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt. 
 John Laugharne, successive flag-ship at Newfound- 
 land of Vice- Admirals Sir Erasmus Gower and John 
 Holloway. He afterwards, on removing to the 
 Stork 18, Capt. Geo. Le Geyt, contributed, as Mid- 
 shipman, to the capture and destruction, 12 and 13 
 Deo. 1808, of Le Cygne corvette of 18 guns, and two 
 schooners, near St. Pierre, Martinique. Quitting 
 the latter vessel in Jan. 181 1, he next, between that 
 period and March, 1816, served, on the North Sea, 
 Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, Channel, and 
 Leith stations, in the Edimbcegh 74, Eurtalus, 
 Thames, Laurel, and Stag frigates, Swiftsure 74, 
 and Driver 16, Capts. Robt. Eolles, Rowland Main- 
 waring, Jeremiah Coghlan, John Strutt Peyton, 
 Hon. Granville Proby, Phipps Hornby, Wm. Henry 
 Webley, and John Ross. While attached with Capt. 
 Proby to the Thames, Mr. Harding served on shore 
 with the patriots at the siege of Tarragona in 1813. 
 He was presented, on leaving the Driver, with a 
 commission dated back to 20 March, 1815 ; and, 
 since 28 Feb. 1826, has been employed in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 HAEDING, (CoMMANDEK, 1846. F-P., 23; 
 H-P., 19.) 
 John Harding entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 1805, 
 on board the FooDRorANT 80, Capt. John Cham- 
 bers White, in which ship, until Nov. 1812, he con- 
 tinued, chiefly as Midshipman, to serve, on the 
 Home, Lisbon, and Brazilian stations, under the 
 successive flags of Admirals Sir John Borlase War- 
 ren, Albemarle Bertie, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and 
 Hon. Michael De Courcy. Returning then to Eng- 
 land he joined the Djedalus 38, Capt. Murray 
 Maxwell, under whom, on eventually arriving in 
 the East Indies, he was wrecked, off the island of 
 Ceylon, 2 July, 1813. In consequence of that cata- 
 strophe he was received on board the Minden 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, in which ship he 
 remained until Sept. 1814, when he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Hecate 18, Capt. John Allen. 
 Being confirmed, 11 Feb. 1815, into the Sphynx 10, 
 Mr. Harding, during a continuance of a few months 
 in that vessel, and prior to the arrival of the proper 
 Captain, the Hon. Arthur Tnrnour, appears to have 
 discharged the duties of sole commander. He was 
 subsequently appointed— 7 Jan. 1824 and 5 March, 
 1825 to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, and Hyperion 42, 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUoeh and Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 21 
 April, 1832, to the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. 
 Edw.Galwey, lying at Dublin— 29 Sept. 1832 and 5 
 Sept. 1835, to the San Josef 110, and Royal Ade- 
 laide 104, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir Manley 
 Dixon and Sir Wm. Hargood— U Dec. 1842 (after 
 seven years of half-pay), to the command of the 
 
 Columbia steam surveying-vessel, employed, until 
 the close of 1844, on the North American station — 
 4 April, 1845, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. 
 Wm. Fred. Lapidge, on the S. E. coast of America 
 —and, 1 Deo. 1845, to the Crocodile 8, Capt. 
 Gower Lowe. With the exception of the Colum- 
 bia, Mr. Harding was attached as an Additional- 
 Lieutenant to all the above ships, and was employed 
 the whole time on surveying service. Since his 
 promotion to the rank of Commander, which took 
 place 9 Nov. 1846, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 HARDMAN. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Henry Bowman Hardman passed his examina- 
 tion 1 June, 1839 ; and from the latter part of 1841 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 Dec. 
 1845, was employed as Mate, on the Mediterranean 
 and East India station, in the Formidable 84, 
 Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Geo. Fred. Rich, flag- 
 ship latterly of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Es- 
 piiGLE 12, Capt. Thos. Pickering Thompson. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HAKDWICK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 31.) 
 John Haedwick died 8 March, 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 180?, as 
 Fet.-ol. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt. John 
 Laugharne, in which ship, and the Antelope 50, 
 bearing each the flag of Vice- Admiral John Hollo- 
 way, he served at N ewfoundland, the greater part 
 of the time as Midshipman, until May, 1810. 
 During the next two years we find him continuously 
 employed with Capt. John Allen, in the Franchise 
 36, Rodney 74, and Peklen 38, on the Greenland, 
 Mediterranean, and Channel stations. He was then 
 transferred to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake, and in the course of the fol- 
 lowing summer was very actively employed in co- 
 operation with the patriots on the north coast of 
 Spain, where he witnessed the reduction of Castro, 
 Puerta Galletta, Quetaria, St. Ano, &c. He was 
 promoted, after making a voyage in the same ship 
 to the West Indies, to the rank of Lieutenant by 
 commission dated 8 March, 1815 ; but he .'did not 
 again go afloat. 
 
 HAKDWICKE, Earl of. (Captain, 1825. 
 
 F-p., 15 ; H-p., 19.) 
 The Right Honourable CharlesPhilipTorke, 
 Earl of Hardwicke, bom 2 April, 1799, is son of 
 the late Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke,* 
 K.C.B., M.P. (whose father and- grandfather were 
 each Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain), by 
 his first wife, Elizabeth Weake, daughter of Jas. 
 Rattray, Esq., of Atherstone ; and nephew of the 
 Right Hon. Chas. Philip Torke, who filled the office 
 of First Lord of the Admiralty from Nov. 1809 to 
 March, 1812. One of his grand-uncles, the late 
 Lord Dover, K.B., held high rank in the Army, and 
 acted as Aide-de-Camp to H.R.H. tlie Duke of Cum- 
 berland at the battle of Fontenoy ; and another, 
 James, died Bishop of Ely in 1808. His Lordship 
 succeeded to his titles on the demise of his uncle 
 Philip Yorke, third Earl of Hardwicke, formerly 
 Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 18 Nov. 1834. 
 
 • Sir J. S. Yorke was born 6 June, 1768. Entering the 
 Navy 15 Feb. 17S0, he acted as Aide-de-Camp to .Sir George 
 Rodney in the actions of 9 and 12 April, 17R2 ; and he after- 
 wards, between the period of his Post-promotion, 4 Feb. 1793, 
 and of his ad van cement to Flag-rank, 31 July, 1810, commanded 
 in succession the Circe 28, Stag 32, Jason 3fi, Canada 74, 
 Prince Geobqe andBAEFi.EUR98's, and Christian VII. 80 ; 
 in the second-named of which ships, the Stag, he captured 
 22 Aug. 1795, after a close and spirited action, the Dutch 
 86-gim frigate Alliance. In 1811 we find him command- 
 ing a squadron and escorting a large body of troops in trans- 
 ports to the Tagus for the reinforcement of Lord Wellington's 
 army. He had been awarded, in the preceding year, a seat 
 at the Board of Admiralty, and he continued to hold it until 
 April 1818. From 1790 until drowned, in consequence of 
 the upsetting of a yacht in Stokes Bay 5 May, 1830, Sir J, S. 
 Yorke, with the exception of an interval of two years in 
 1810-12, had the honour of being uninterrupted representative 
 in Parliament for the towns of Reygate, St. Germans, Sand- 
 wich, and, again, for Reygate. He was nominated a K.C.B. 
 in 1815, and died an Admiral of tlie Blue. 
 
462 
 
 HARDY— HARE. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 4 
 Feb. 1813, and, after carrying off the second medal, 
 embarked, 15 May, 1815, as Midshipman, on board 
 the Pbince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, flag-ship at Spit- 
 head. In the course of the same and the following 
 year he successively joined the Spabkowhawk 18, 
 and Leviathan 74, commanded in the Mediterra- 
 nean by Capts. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne and Thos. 
 Briggs, the QoEEN Charlotte 100, flag-ship of 
 Lord Exmouth, by whom he was intrusted with the 
 charge of a gun-boat at the bombardment of Al- 
 giers, and the Leandek 60, bearing the flag of Sir 
 David Milne on the North American station, where 
 he appears to have had command of the Jane, a 
 Etaall vessel employed in carrying despatches be- 
 tween Halifax and Bermuda. After acting for a 
 few months as Lieutenant of the Grasshopper 18, 
 Mr. Yorke was confirmed in that rank by commis- 
 sion dated 14 Aug. 1819 ; and on 29 of the following 
 Oct. he joined the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus 
 Montagu ; in which frigate he served, on the Hali- 
 fax station, until advanced another step in his pro- 
 fefisaoa 18 May, 1822. His next appointment was, 
 S Aug. 1823, to the command of the Alacrity 10, 
 fittjng for the Mediterranean, where, prior to the 
 receipt of his Post-commission, which bears date 6 
 Jaajne, 1825, we find him very actively employed in 
 the suppression of piracy, and in watching the 
 movements of the Turco-Egyptian forces. While 
 subseqaently ofiiciating as Captain, from 20 Nov. 
 1828 until the summer of 1831, of the Alligator 28, 
 on the same station, Capt. Yorke further assisted 
 in settling the affairs of Greece. He lastly, in 
 iS44-5, assumed the command, for short periods, of 
 the BI.ACK Eagle steam-yacht, and St. Vincent 
 120 ; in the former of which he conveyed the Em- 
 peror of Kussia from England, and was presented 
 on the occasion with a snuii-box, bearing a highly- 
 Ifinished portrait of His Imperial Majesty, studded 
 with a profusion of brilliants, valued at 1000 
 graineas. 
 
 The Earl of Hardwicke, who was lately a Lord- 
 5n-Waiting on the Queen, is Lord-Lieutenant and 
 'Gustos Rotulorum of co. Cambridge. He married, 
 4 Oct. 1833, Susan, sixth daughter of Lord Ravens- 
 worth,- and by that lady has issue three sons and 
 four daughters. 
 
 HARDY. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Edward Hardy entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1824; 
 passed his examination 28 Aug. 1832 ; and after 
 serving for some time as Mate, in the Mediterra- 
 nean, of the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and 
 AiGLE 24, Capt. Clarence Edw. Paget, was presented 
 with a commission dated 16 Feb. 1843. He then, 
 for a brief period, became Additional-Lieutenant of 
 the Queen 110, bearing the flag on the same station 
 of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen; whom, however, he 
 rejoined, 23 April, 1844, on board the Formidable 
 84. *Since 30 Dec. 1845 he has been serving in the 
 Vernon 50, flag-ship in the East Indies of Rear- 
 Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield. 
 
 he attended the expedition to New Orleans. He 
 has not since been afloat. Agent— Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 HARDY. (LlEtTTENANT, 1815. F-p., 9 ; H-P., 32.) 
 Robert William Hale Hardy entered the 
 Navy, 8 June, 1806, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the 
 Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, lying at Ports- 
 mouth, where he shortly afterwards joined the 
 Royal William, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu. 
 Between Sept. 1807 and Sept. 1813 we find him 
 serving on the East India station, chiefly as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Monmodth 64, and Rhssel 74, 
 bearing each the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. O'Brien 
 Drury, Caroline 36, Capt. Christopher Cole, and 
 BncEPHALus 32, Capt. Barrington Reynolds. While 
 in the Caroline he appears to have assisted at the 
 celebrated capture of Banda Neira, in Aug. 1810, as 
 also, in Aug. 1811, of the island of Java. He after- 
 wards, from Jan. 1814 until his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1815, served in the 
 Asia 74, Capt. John Wainwright, and Tonnant 80, 
 flag-ship of Sir Alex. Cochrane, both on the North 
 American station, where, among other operations, 
 
 HARDY. (Lieutenant, 1821. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Thomas Hardy entered the Navy, in May, 1807, 
 as L.M., on board the Conqueror 74, Capts. Israel 
 Pellew and Edw. Fellowes, successively employed 
 ill the Channel and in blockading the Russian Rear- 
 Admiral Seniavin's squadron in the Tagus. In 
 Aug. 1808, two months after he had attained the 
 rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Planta- 
 GBNET 74, Capts. Wm. Bradly and Thos. Eyles, 
 with whom he actively served on the Lisbon and 
 Baltic stations until 1811; in the course of which 
 year he joined the Stromboli, commanded in the 
 Downs by Capts. Thos. Cuthbert Hichens and Sam. 
 Grove, and Arethdsa 38, Capt. Fras. Holmes 
 Coffin. On his return in June, 1813, from the West 
 Indies, where he had been serving two years, and 
 had been twice engaged in boat-actions with the 
 enemy's privateers, Mr. Hardy became attached to 
 the Kangaroo 16, Capt. Wm. Sumner Hall, and in 
 that sloop he was continuously employed in the 
 protection of convoys in the Baltic and Channel 
 until Aug. 1S15. The next six years were passed 
 by this officer on the East India, Plymouth, West 
 India, and Irish stations, as Adrairalty-jMidshipman, 
 Acting-Lieutenant, and Chief Mate, in the Bac- 
 chus 1 6, Capts. Wm. Hill and John Peiigelly Parkin, 
 Favorite 20, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, 
 Spencer 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, Raleigh 
 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, and Castle 
 CoOTE Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Elwin. During a servitude of more than a year 
 and a half in the latter vessel he contributed to the 
 capture of two smuggling schooners ; and on 20 Sept. 
 1820, while pursuing in the boats a Dutch lugger of 
 12 guns and 42 men, he had the misfortune to have 
 his eyes severely injured by the flash from a blun- 
 derbuss fired by one of his men close to him. He 
 received in consequence the thanks of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at Cork, and of the Collector of 
 Customs for Londonderry. Attaining the rank of 
 Lieutenant 19 July, 1821, he was next appointed, 
 18 Dec. 1824 and 18 March, 1836, to the Genoa 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Walter Bathurst, and, 
 as First, to the Cornwallis 74, Capt. Robt. Wor- 
 gan Geo. Festing. He was superseded from the 
 former ship at his own request in Oct. 1826 ; and 
 he left the Cornwallis, in consequence of the im- 
 paired state of his sight from the injury above 
 alluded to, in the Oct. following his appointment to 
 her. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hardy married, 31 July, 1821, Miss Eliza 
 Phillips, of Kinsale, in Ireland. 
 
 HAKE. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 15; h-p., 31.) 
 Charles Hare is son of Capt. Rich. Hare, R.N., 
 who commanded the Vulcan fire-vessel, with dis- 
 tinction, at the destruction of the French shipping 
 at Toulon in 1793, and died in 1801 while command- 
 ing the Madras. He is brother-in-law of the late 
 Admiral Alexander ; and cousin of the present Ge- 
 neral of that name, a very gallant officer, who served 
 as Aide-de-Camp to the late Lord Lynedoch. Mr. 
 Hare, who has lost two brothers of his own rank in 
 the Navy, is also cousin of Lieut. Rich. Hare, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Madras, commanded by 
 his father, Capt. Chas. Hare, whom he attended in 
 the ensuing expedition to Egypt. In Feb. 1803, 
 after having served for some time in the Minotadb 
 74, and Amphion 32, Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. 
 Bennett, Alex. Frazer, and Thos. Masterman Hardy, 
 he joined La Minerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel 
 Brenton ; and, on 2 July, 1803, he was on board 
 that frigate when she took the ground under the 
 batteries of Cherbourg, and was compelled, in spite 
 of a desperate and sanguinary resistance, to strike 
 her colours. Being in consequence taken prisoner, 
 he remained in captivity until 1809, when, con- 
 triving to escape, he was received on board the 
 
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 463 
 
 RoTAL Oak 74, Capt. Lord Araelius Beauolerk. 
 During the early part of 1810, we next ;find him 
 (with his name successively on the books of the 
 CiBCE, Atlas, Ville de Paris, and San Josef) 
 employed at the siege of Cadiz. On 8 June in the 
 same year, having for a few weeks acted as Lieu- 
 tenant of the Cyane 20, Capt. Thos. Forrest, he 
 was confirmed to that rank in the Porcupine 24, 
 Capt. Robt. Elliot, stationed in the River Plate. 
 He removed, in Nov. 18U, to the Bakbadoes 28, 
 Capts. Edw. Rushworth and Thos. Huskisson, sta- 
 tioned in the Channel and West Indies ; and was 
 lastly, from Oct. 12 until Sept. 1815, employed in 
 command of the Bream and Manly schooners, and 
 PicTON brig. In those vessels he appears to have 
 cruized with great activity in the Bay of Fundy, 
 where he effected the capture of several privateers 
 of superior force. On 9 June, 1811, in particular, 
 when off Cape Forchu, in the Bream, he fell in 
 with the American private armed sloop JFasp, 
 mounting 2 6-pounder carriage-guns, with a crew 
 of 33 men, which did not surrender until after a 
 chase of seven hours and a half and a smart running 
 action.* Agents— Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 HARE. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 17; h-p., 22.) 
 Marcus Theodore Hare died in 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nymphe 36, commanded 
 by his cousin, Capt. Conway Shipley, with whom he 
 continued until the death of the latter in a gallant 
 but unsuccessful endeavour to cut out an enemy's 
 vessel in the river Tagus in April, 1808. He then 
 joined the Centaur 74, bearing the flag in the 
 Baltic of Sir Sam. Hood, and, after attending the 
 expedition to the Walcheren, he successively fol- 
 lowed that officer into the Hieernia 120, Tighe 74, 
 Owen Glendower 36, and Illustrious 74, and was 
 employed with him, latterly as Midshipman, on the 
 Mediterranean, Home, and East India stations. In 
 Nov. 1812 he removed to the Malacca 36, Capt. 
 Donald Hugh Mackay, also in the East Indies, 
 where, on accompanying the same Captain into the 
 Minden 74, he received an order, 1 March, 1815, to 
 act as Lieutenant of that ship. He was confirmed 
 to her by commission dated on 20 of the following 
 Sept., and, being paid ofi' in the early part of 1816, 
 was next appointed— 22 Dec. 1817, to the Erne 20, 
 Capt. Timothy Scriven, which vessel was wrecked 
 off the Cape de Verde Islands 1 June, 1819—31 Oct. 
 1823, to the Pelobus 18, Capt. Wm. Hamley, sta- 
 tioned, until 1826, off the coast of Ireland — 7 June, 
 1828, to the CeocodilE 28, Capt. John Wm. Mon- 
 tagu, in the East Indies— in Dec. 1830 (in conse- 
 quence of his having been placed on the Lord High 
 Admiral's list for promotion), to the acting-com- 
 mand of the Southampton 52, flag-ship on the same 
 station of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen— and, 12 May, 
 1831, to the acting-command of the Satellite 18. 
 He brought that sloop home and paid her off in 
 May, 1832, but, a change of ministry having in the 
 mean time taken place, he was, to his great morti- 
 fication, allowed to remain unpromoted. He did 
 not again go afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Hare married, 24 Sept. 1833, Lucy, daugh- 
 ter of Lord Stanley of Alderley, and by that lady 
 has left issue three children. 
 
 HAEE. (LiEnTENANT, 1814. r-p., 9 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Richard I^re, born 20 Nov. 1793, in the parish 
 of St. Pancrad7 CO. Middlesex, is son of Rich. Hare, 
 Esq., of the same place ; and first-cousin of Lieut. 
 Chas. Hare, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 March, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Dunoombe Pleydell Bouverie, and removed soon 
 afterwards to La Chiffonne 36, Capt. John 
 Wainwright, in which frigate he was occasionally 
 in action with the Spanish batteries and gun-boats 
 in the Jlediterranean, and, on proceeding to the 
 East Indies, accompanied an expedition against the 
 pirates of the Persian Gulf, where he assisted, as 
 * Vide Ghz. 1813, p. 1990. 
 
 Midshipman, at the destruction of the strong town 
 of Ras-al-Khyma, and of more than 80 vessels In 
 Nov. 1810 he was transferred to the Bellkjueux 
 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, then at China; and, ea 
 his subsequent return to England in La Chifkonne, 
 he further joined, in Aug. 1811 and Dec. i813, the 
 Bulwark and Venerable 74's, flag-shiiis of the 
 late Sir Philip Durham in the Channel and West 
 Indies. On his passage to the latter station, Mr- 
 Hare contributed, in company with the Cyrenk 
 sloop, to the capture, not without opposition, of the 
 French 44-gun frigates Jphigenie and Alanine, 16. 
 and 20 Jan. 1814. On 28 of the following month 
 he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Spider. 
 12, Capt. Robt. Jas. Gordon, employed off Antigua;, 
 and, on 16 Sept. in the same year he was confirmed 
 into the Oeontes36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, 
 also in the West Indies. He has been on half-pay 
 since March, 1815. 
 
 Lieut. Hare married, 18 June, 1835, Mary Combe, 
 daughter of John Maddison, Esq., of Bath, for- 
 merly of Little Grimsby, co. Lincoln, by whom he 
 has issue two sons and a daughter. Agents — Cop- 
 lands and Burnett. 
 
 HARE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 25.) 
 Thomas Hare entered the Navy, 25 Jan. 180.5, 
 as A.B., on board the Fervent 12, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John Edw. Hare, whom he accompanied to 
 the Mediterranean. He there removed, as Midship- 
 man, in Nov. 1806, to the Morgiana sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Landless ; and he next, from Aug. 1807 until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Feb. 1815, 
 served uninterruptedly on the Home station in the 
 Snake, Capt. Thos. Young, Namur, Capt. Rich. 
 Jones, Starling, Lieut. -Commander Chas. Fred. 
 Napier, Exertion, Lieut.- Commander Jas. Murray, 
 Raisonnable 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, and Im- 
 pregnable, flag-ship for some time of Admirals 
 Wra. Young, and of H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence, 
 and afterwards commanded by Capts. John Went- 
 worth Loring, Robt. Hall, and Jas. Nash. On 2 
 Aug. 1811, while Sub-Lieutenant of the Exertion, 
 Mr. Hare assisted in the boats of a squadron, 10 in 
 number, and carrying 116 men, under the command 
 of Lieut. Sam. Blyth, at the cutting-out, from with- 
 in the island of Mordeney, near the 'Texel, of four 
 Danish gun-vessels, each armed with 1 long-12, 
 and 2 long 6 or 8 pounders, and 25 men, includ- 
 ing 5 soldiers, and commanded by a Lieutenant-de- 
 Vaisseau of the French Navy ; an exploit that was 
 not accomplished until the enemy had sustained a 
 loss of 4 men killed and 12 wounded, and the Bri- 
 tish, after an exposure to a fire of grape and canis- 
 ter, and a hard struggle, of 2 killed and 9 wounded, 
 independently of 19 persons who were killed and 
 wounded in the early part of the contest by an ac- 
 cidental explosion on board one of the gun-boats. 
 Mr. Hare subsequently, when in the Impregnable 
 under the Duke of Clarence, escorted the Emperor 
 of Russia and the King of Prussia to England. He 
 was lastly employed in command, from 26 Oct. 1836 
 until 1844, of a station in the Coast Guard. Agent 
 — J. Hinxman. 
 
 HAKGOOD. (Captain, 1837. r-p., 16; h-p., 18.) 
 
 William Hargood, born 22 June, 1801, is nephew of 
 
 the late Admiral Sir Wm. Hargood, G.C.B., G.C.H.,* 
 
 • Sir Wm. Hargood bore a part, when a Lieutenant of the 
 Magnificent 74, in Sir Geo. Rodney's action with tlie Comte 
 de Grasse 12 April, 1782. He commanded the Hyjena 24, 
 when that vessel was captured by the French in May, 1793 ; 
 and between 1794 and his attainment of Flag-ranic 31 July*, 
 1810, he successively officiated as Captain of the Iris frigate,* 
 Leopakd 60, Nassau and Intrepid 64's, Belleisle 80 (part 
 of the victorious fleet in the action off Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805), 
 and NoRTHDMBEBLAND 74. In April, 1808, he was appointed 
 a C:olonel of Marines. From the close of 1810 until made 
 a Vice-Admiral in 1814, we find him discharging the duties 
 of Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth, and of Com- 
 mander-in-Chief on the Jersey and Guernsey station ; in 
 which latter capacity he was subsequently employed at Ply- 
 mouth from April, 1833, until April, 183fe. He was created a 
 K.C.B. in 1815, and in 1831 a G.C.B. and G.C.H. He died 
 at Bath, an Admiral of the White, 12 Dec. 1839. 
 
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 HARLEy—HARNAGE— HARNESS. 
 
 and is descended in the male line from the ancient 
 and noble family of Harcourt, the last of whose Earls 
 died in 1830, at which period the title became ex- 
 tinct. Capt. Hargood's father, a gentleman in the 
 law, was an elder brother of the Admiral. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 June, 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fylla 22, Capt. Wm. 
 Shepheard, bearing the flag of his uncle on the 
 Jersey and Guernsey station, where he accompanied 
 the Admiral into the Alonzo sloop, and continued 
 until June, 1814. During the next three years we 
 find him employed as a student at the Royal Naval 
 College. On leaving that institution he re-em- 
 barked, as a Volunteer, on board the Blossom 24, 
 Capts.,Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Vernon, and 
 sailed for South America, where he appears to have 
 been employed, the last 20 months as Midshipman, 
 until Sept. 1820. He then joined the SrBiLLE 44, 
 of which ship, bearing the flag in the "West Indies 
 of Sir Chas. Rowley, he was created a Lieutenant 
 5 Oct. 1822. Being paid off' in June, 1823, Mr. Har- 
 good was next appointed — 6 Dec. following, to the 
 Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, with whom he was 
 once more ordered to South America— 27 Oct. 1825 
 (after seven months of half-pay), to the Hyperion 
 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, lying at Newhaven 
 for the purposes of the Coast Blockade — and, 5 
 Dec. 1826, again to the Sybille, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier on the coast 
 of Africa, where, on one occasion, while officer of 
 the watch, he received so severe a contusion of the 
 fore-finger of the left hand as to render its imme- 
 diate amputation necessary. He remained in the 
 Sybille until promoted to the rank of Commander 
 15 Jan. 1828 ; after which he procured an appoint- 
 ment, 20 July, 1832, to the Scoht 18. In that sloop 
 he proceeded to the North Sea, whence, in the fol- 
 lowing year, after having been intermediately em- 
 ployed in imposing an embargo on the ships belong- 
 ing to the subjects of the King of the Netherlands, 
 he was ordered to the Mediterranean. Exchanging, 
 in Dec. 1833, into' the Scslla 16, Capt. Hargood 
 soon afterwards returned to England, and on 8 
 March, 1834, was paid off. He has not been since 
 afloat. His present rank was conferred on him 10 
 Jan. 1837. 
 
 Capt. Hargood married, 1 Oct. 1828, Catherine, 
 eldest daughter of Henry Harison, Esq., of Seaford, 
 CO. Sussex, by whom he has issue two sons and two 
 daughters. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 HARLEY. (Retired Commandek, 1837. f-p., 
 26 ; H-P., 39.) 
 
 Edward Hakley died in Aug. 1846, in the 71st 
 year of his age. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1781, as A.B., 
 on board the "Warspite 74, Capt. John Reynolds, 
 lying at Portsmouth, where, in the following year 
 and in 1785-6, he became Midshipman of the Dili- 
 GENTE and Queen, flag-ships of Sir Thos. Pye and 
 Admiral Montagu, and Hector, Capt. Sir John 
 Collins. Between 1787 and Nov. 1794^ he was em- 
 ployed, on the "West India and Home stations, as 
 Midshipman, in the Aleut, Capt. Geo. Burden, 
 Active, Capt. Peter Rainier, Vanguakd and Bed- 
 ford, both commanded by Sir Andrew Snape 
 Hamond, and Ddke, Glory, and Resolution, bear- 
 ing each the broad pendant of Commodore Geo. 
 Murray. He was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the TmsBE, Capt. John Okes Hardy, on the 
 Halifax station, and in Jan. 1795 he removed in a 
 similar capacity to L*Esperance sloop, Capt. Jonas 
 Rose, also employed off the coast of America. 
 Being confirmed in the latter vessel by'commission 
 dated 8 Oct. 1796, Mr. Harley was subsequently 
 appointed— in Jan. 1798, to the Isis 50, Capt. 'Wm. 
 Mitchell, with whom he made a voyage to St. He- 
 lena — 1 Aug. 1799, to the Andromache frigate, 
 Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, employed, until Feb. 1804, 
 on the North American and Jamaica stations — 14 
 Oct. 1807, to the Cestukion 50, Capt. Chas. 'Webb, 
 in which ship he proceeded to Gibraltar — 2 June, 
 1808, to the Gorgon 44, Capt. Robt. Brown Tom, 
 successively stationed at Woolwich and the Nore — 
 
 and, 9 July, 1808, to the command of the Ilde- 
 FONSO, at Spithead. He went on half-pay in July, 
 1814; and became a Retired Commander on the 
 Junior List 26 Nov. 1830. His promotion to the 
 Senior List took place 26 Dec. 1837. Agents— 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HARNAGE, Bart., formerly Blackman. (Com- 
 mander, 1820. r-p., 12; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Sir George Harnagb, bom 19 July, 1792, is 
 eldest son of the late Sir Geo. Hamage, Bart., by 
 Mary, eldest surviving daughter of Henry Hamage, 
 Esq., of Belswardyne, co. Salop, Lieut.-Colonel in 
 the Army, who served as Major of the 62nd Regt., 
 under General Burgoyne, during the first American 
 war, and was severely wounded at the battle of 
 Freeman's Farm 19 Sept. 1777. Sir George (whose 
 brother, Capt. John Lucie Blackman, of the Cold- 
 stream Guards, fell at Waterloo) assumed the name 
 of Hamage in 1821 ; and succeeded his father, as 
 second Baronet, 19 Nov. 1836. 
 
 This oiScer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1807, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Hibernia 120, flag-ship 
 in the Channel and off* Brest of Sir Jas. Saumarez. 
 Removing, in July following, to the Penelope 36, 
 Capt. John Dick, he was for some time employed 
 at the blockade of Ferrol ; after which he visited 
 North America and the West Indies, and in Feb. 
 1809 was present at the capture of Martinique. 
 Having been further attached for three years to 
 the Defiance 74, commanded in the North Sea 
 and Baltic by Capt. Rich. Raggett, he had the 
 fortune, on 12 Aug. 1813, to be awarded a Lieute- 
 nant's commission. His subsequent appointments 
 were — 4 Feb. 1814, to the Hamadktad 36, Capt. 
 Edw. Chetham, stationed off Newfoundland, where, 
 in the following Sept., that vessel suffered so se- 
 verely from the effects of a hurricane as to neces- 
 sitate her being in a few months broken up — 11 
 April, 1815, to the Boyne 98, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Israel Pellew, Captain of the TMediterranean 
 fleet, in which capacity he officiated until 29 June, 
 1816 — and, 4 Aug. 1818, to the Salisbury 58, bear- 
 ing the successive flags in the Leeward Islands of 
 Rear-Admirals Donald Campbell and Wm. Chas. 
 Fahie. While in the latter ship, in Sept. 1819, Mr. 
 Blackman, being at the time at anchor in the har- 
 bour of the island of St. Thomas, was again present 
 in a hurricane of so fearful a nature that on the 
 following morning the wrecks of 96 vessels were 
 counted, independently of numerous others which 
 had foundered — the Salisbury, indeed, out of 115 
 sail, being the only ship left afloat. He obtained 
 command of the Raleigh sloop 16 Aug. 1820, and 
 continued to serve in the West Indies until the 
 close of 1821, when he returned to England with a 
 freight of 320,000 dollars. He was paid off 14 Jan. 
 1822, and has not since been afloat. 
 
 Sir Geo. Hamage married, 26 Jan. 1826, Caroline 
 Helena, youngest daughter of Bartlett Goodrich, 
 Esq., of Saling Grove, Great Saling, oo. Essex, and 
 by that lady has issue an only son. Agent— J. 
 Chippendale. 
 
 HARNESS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 9; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Richard Stephens Harness, born in July, 1792, 
 at Wickham, co. Hants, is son of the late Dr. John 
 Harness, F.L.S., many years a Commissioner of the 
 Transport Board ; a gentleman who ipis twice mar- 
 ried, the second time to the widow of Admiral 
 Robt. Linzee. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diadem 64, Capt. Sir 
 Home Riggs Popham, and in the course of 1806 at- 
 tended the expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope 
 and Buenos Ayres. In Dec. of the latter year he 
 became Midshipman of the Sampson 64, Capt. Wm. 
 Cuming, from which ship, on her return to Eng- 
 land, he removed to the Inflexible 64, Capt. 
 Joshua Rowley Watson, part of the force employed 
 at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807. 
 After, that event he joined the Volontaire 33, 
 
HARPER. 
 
 465 
 
 Capts. Chas. BuUen and Joseph Nourse, and pro- 
 ceeded to the Mediterranean ; where, on the night 
 of 31 Oct. 1809, he served with the boats of a 
 squadron at the capture and destruction, in the 
 Bay of Rosas — despite a fierce opposition from the 
 crews, and a galling fire from the batteries, in- 
 flictive on the British of a loss of 15 men killed 
 and 55 wounded — of the armed store-ship Lamproie, 
 of 16 guns and 116 men, with three armed and 
 seven merchant vessels.* In the course of 1809 he 
 appears to have been also present in the Volon- 
 taike's boats under Lieut. Isaac Shaw at the capture 
 —with a loss to the enemy of 5 men killed and 8 
 wounded, and to the English of 2 wounded— of Fort 
 Kioux, near Cape Croisette, mounting 14 guns ; and, 
 under Lieut. Dalhousie Tait, at the destruction, near 
 Marseilles, of the fort of Cassis, and the bringing 
 out thence of several merchant-vessels, in July and 
 Oct. 1811. Mr. Harness next joined the CnMEEE- 
 tAND 74, Capt. Kobt. Waller Otway, and Malta 
 84, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell. On 
 the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 18 
 Feb. 1812, he removed to the Fame 74, Capt. Walter 
 Bathurst, with whom he continued to serve (as- 
 sisting intermediately, in 1813, at the defence of 
 Tarragona) until advanced to his present rank, 27 
 Aug. 1814. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Harness is a widower with two 
 children. 
 
 HARPER. (LiEnTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Fkanois Henry Harpek entered the Navy 1 
 June, 1826; passed his examination 11 Sept. 1833; 
 and on 23 Nov. 1841 (while serving as Mate, in the 
 Mediterranean, of the Rodnef 92, Capt. Robt. 
 Maunsell) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 31 Jan. 1842, 
 to the Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, 
 in the Mediterranean — 4 June, 1842, to the Talbot 
 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, lying 
 at Sheerness — 23 July, 1842, again to the Daphne, 
 Capt. John Jas. Onslow, whom he accompanied to 
 the Pacific— and, 20 June, 1844, to the SATBLLrrE 
 18, Capt. Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, sta- 
 tioned on the south-east coast of America. He left 
 the latter vessel in Aug. 1846. AoENi^Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 HAKPEE. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 George Harper passed his examination in 1830 ; 
 and obtained his commission 6 June, 1837. His 
 appointments have since been — on 12 of the same 
 month, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — 14 April, 1838, to the 
 Malabar 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, on the North 
 America and West India station — 1 Feb. 1839, to 
 the Implacable 72, commanded in the Mediterra- 
 nean by Capt. Edw. Harvey— and, 3 June, 1842, as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Raikes Trigge Thompson, attached to the force in 
 the Pacific, whence he returned in 1847. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HARPEK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 24.) 
 
 James Harper entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active 38, Capt. 
 Rich. Hussey Moubray; with whom, in the same 
 ship, and, as Midshipman, in the Montagu and Re- 
 pulse 74's, he continued to serve, on the Cork, and 
 Mediterranean stations, until June, 1814. He was 
 present during that period, in the Active, at the 
 passage of the Dttrdanells and the destruction, of 
 the redoubt at Point Pesqjiies in Feb. 1807 ; on 
 shore, while belonging to the Montagu, at the re- 
 duction of Santa Maura in April, 1810; and, in the 
 Repulse's boats, in conjunction with those of the 
 VoLONTAiRE and Undaunted frigates, at the anni- 
 hilation of two important batteries and the capture 
 of a convoy near the port of Morjean 2 May, 1S13. 
 He next, on leaving the Rei'Ulse, joined the La». 
 tona 38, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope at 
 Leith, where he remained until promoted to the 
 * Vide Gaz. 180P, p. 1307. 
 
 rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1815. From the latter 
 date Mr. Harper remained unemployed until 12 
 Jan. 1839, when he was appointed to the Niagara 
 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, in which ship, stationed 
 on the lakes of Canada, he continued to serve, the 
 greater part of the time as First-Lieutenant, until 
 the early part of 1843. While so attached he ap- 
 pears to have had charge of a steamer in action 
 with the rebels at Prescott, in Upper Canada. He 
 has been in successive command, since 16 Dec. 1843 
 and 1 Aug. 1846, of the Experiment and Minos 
 steam-vessels, on Lakes Huron and Erie. Agent — 
 Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 HARPER, C.B., K.L.A. (CTaptatn, 1814. f-p., 
 35; H-p., 31.) 
 John Harper, born 18 Sept. 1772, at Chatham, 
 CO. Kent, is son of an ofl&cer in the Navy, who was 
 mortally wounded on board the Britannia, in 
 Lord Howe's partial action with the combined 
 forces of France and Spain, ofi" Cape Spartel, 20 
 Oct. 1782. His younger brother attained the rank 
 of Lieutenant at an early age, and was drowned in 
 La Lutine frigate 9 Oct. 1799. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1781, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Bellona 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Onslow, and, on removing in the following 
 year to the Britannia 100, bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Sam. Barrington, fought in that ship in the action 
 in which his father received his death-wound. 
 During the six first years of the ensuing peace he 
 appears to have been successively employed on the 
 Portsmouth station, chiefly as Midshipman, in the 
 Edgar 74, Capt. Chas. Thompson, and Triumph 
 74, and Barfleur 98, flag-ships of Sir Sam. Hood. 
 He then proceeded to the coast of Africa in the 
 Pomona 28, Capt. Henry Savage ; and in Nov. 1793, 
 after a further servitude in the Channel on board 
 the Duke 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Robt. 
 Roddam, Sprightly cutter, and Edgar 74, Capt. 
 Albemarle Bertie, he was ordered to the West In- 
 dies in the Boyne 98, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. 
 For his conduct at the proximate reduction of Mar- 
 tinique, where he had command of a flat-bottomed 
 boat, Mr. Harper was promoted, 21 Feb. 1794, to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Avenger 20, Capts. R. Grifliths 
 and Chas. Ogle. Soon after that event, while rowing 
 guard one night in a six-oared boat ofi' the Carcnage, 
 during the siege of Ste. Lucie, he entered the har- 
 bour and, under the veil of a shower of rain, 
 boarded, carried, and brought out a French schooner 
 privateer, mounting 10 guns, fully manned, and 
 perfectly ready for sea. He subsequently, on the 
 surrender of Ste. Lucie, landed and co-operated 
 with the army in the reduction of Guadeloupe. 
 Removing, in Oct. of the same year, to the De- 
 fence 74, Capts. Thos. Wells, John Peyton, and 
 Lord Henry Paulet, Mr. Harper, during a conti- 
 nuance of five years under those oflicers, was pre- 
 sent in Hotham's partial action 13 July, 1795, arid, 
 as Second Lieutenant, in the battle of the Nile, 1 
 Aug. 1798, besides participating in much boat- 
 service ofi' Cadiz in the summer of 1797. He once, 
 from having volunteered, while watering at Syra- 
 cuse, to superintend the performance of that fa- 
 tiguing duty, contracted, in consequence of alter- 
 nate exposure to the sun and dews, a fever so 
 severe that his life was for a long time despaired 
 of. On leaving the Defence in Dec. 1799, he 
 joined the Gloky 98, Capt. Thos. Wells, with whom 
 he served in the Channel until April, 1802. In the 
 summer of 1803 he was placed by Rear-Admiral 
 Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Commander-in-Chief 
 at _ the Nore, to whom he had been recently ap- 
 pointed Flag-Lieutenant, in charge of the-AnMiRAL 
 Mitchell l^red cutter, and sent on a secret ser- 
 vice of importance to the coast of France, where 
 his gallant conduct, in an almost immediate action- 
 with the Boulogne flotilla, procured him the thanks 
 of Rear-Admiral Robt. Montagu. After command- 
 
 I ing for many months the Duke of Clarence, an- 
 other hired cutter, on the Jersey and Guernsey 
 
 I station, Mr. Harper was further appointed— 27 Oct 
 
 30 
 
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 HARRIES— HARRIOTT. 
 
 1804, to the Wasp 18, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. 
 Aylmer and John Simpson, which vessel, in A«g. 
 
 1805, effected a very wonderful escape from a pur- 
 suing squadron of French ships— 4 Oct. in the latter 
 year, to the Stak 18, commanded by Capt. Simpson, 
 on the coast of Portugal, where, with two boats 
 containing about 20 men, he boarded and captured, 
 in Jan. 1806, a Spanish lugger privateer, of 1 long 
 6-pounder, 6 swivels, and 45 men — and, 28 Jan. 
 1807, to the Excellent 74, Capts. Thos. West and 
 K. GriflBthfi, under the former of whom he assisted 
 at the defence of the citadel of llosas, when be- 
 sieged by the French in Nov. 1808. During the 
 period of his attachment to the Exoellekt, Mr. 
 Harper saw a great deal of detached service, and 
 on every occasion he displayed the character of a. 
 most experienced and enterprising officer. He par- 
 ticularly, however, on 29 July, 1809, excited the ad- 
 miration of his beholders by the prompt, gallant, 
 and determined manner in which, under a covering 
 fire from the Acohbt and Bustard sloops, he boarded 
 and carried, with the Excellent's boats, six ItaUan 
 gun-vessels, armed with long 18 and 24-pounders, 
 and each manned with 20 men ; the whole of them, 
 together with a convoy of 10 laden trabacolos, 
 being broaght out, with but trifling loss to the 
 British, from the harbour of Duino, near Trieste.* 
 In the following Sept. he again presents himself to 
 our notice as destroying, with only two boats under 
 his orders, a large armed schooner lying aground 
 under some heavy batteries in the neighbourhood 
 of Brindisi. He soon after this received the thanks 
 of the Admiralty for his valorous conduct in the 
 affair at Duino -, but it was not until 17 April, 1810, 
 that he had the satisfaction of being promoted by 
 their lordships to the rank of Commander. On 19 
 Aug. 1812, Capt. Harper obtained command of the 
 Saracen 18, in which sloop he remained for a pe- 
 riod of two years, and performed a train of brilliant 
 services. In the first place, he contrived, on 23 of 
 the month following his appointment, having at the 
 time but his marines and a few harbour-duty men 
 on board, to capture, near Beachy Head, one of two 
 fugitive privateers, Le Coureur, mounting 14 guns, 
 with a crew of 50 men, commanded by an able and 
 experienced Captain. f He next, in the early part 
 of 1813, proceeded to the Adriatic, where, on the 
 night of 17 June following, he landed with his boats, 
 containing 40 men, in a storm on the island of 
 Zupano, of which, after a difficult march of three 
 miles, he succeeded in obtaining possession, al- 
 though the whole of his ammuniUon had been ren- 
 dered unserviceable, and he had to contend with a 
 garrison of about 60 men.J Encouraged by this 
 good fortune, Capt. Harper, in the course of the 
 next month, determined, in unison with Capt. Jas. 
 Black of the Weasel sloop, to make a similar at- 
 tempt on the adjoining island of Mezzo ; and in 
 this instance also the same bappy issue crowned his 
 endeavours; the castle, after an investment of 
 several days, being compelled to surrender, and 
 the troops taken prisoners of war.§. As a reward for 
 these achievements he was intrusted by the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief with the entire direction of the 
 blockade of Ragusa and Boco di Cattaro, where his 
 activity and vigilance kept the whole coast in a 
 constant state of alarm. On one occasion, in Sept. 
 1813, he landed near the former place with his 
 Master, Boatswain, and 20 men (all he had on 
 board, the rest of the crew being employed on de- 
 tached service), and intercepted a convoy of 50 
 oxen, the whole of which were embarked in fishing- 
 boats, and brought safe alongside the Saracen. 
 In Oct. 1813, the Bacchante frigate, Capt. Wm. 
 Hoste, having arrived off Kagusa, Capt. Harper 
 handsomely volunteered the command of her launch 
 and barge, together with two Sicilian gun-vesseig 
 and the boats of his own sloop ; with which force 
 he not only took four heavy gun-boats lying be- 
 tween the island of St. Giorgio and the town of 
 Cattaro, but also gallantly made himself master of 
 the former place, the Commandant and garrison 
 
 • FirfeGaz. 180!), p. 1931, -j- f'. Gai. 1812, p. 1937. 
 
 J F. Gaz. 1813, p. aoio. } F. Gaz. 1813, p. 2340. 
 
 (139 in number) surrendering at discretion. The 
 capture of St. Giorgio was an event of the utmost 
 importance, and was so highly esteemed by Capt. 
 Hoste, that he declared himself unable in too warm 
 terms to characterize the conduct which had led to 
 it.* Its subjugation was followed by that of Castel- 
 nuovo and ;Fort Espagnol, mounting 6 brass guns, 
 19 iron ditto, and 7 swivels, and garrisoned by 299 
 officers and men. Capt. Harper afterwards, by his 
 indefatigable zeal, contributed in a very signal 
 manner to the arduous reduction of the towns of 
 Cattaro and Ragusa, both which places fell in Jan. 
 1814.t His successful career in the Adriatic closed 
 with the blockade and surrender of Venice. He 
 attained Post-rank 7 June, 1814, and was subse- 
 quently appointed, in the course of that year and 
 of 1815-16, to the command, on the East Lndia and 
 North American stations, of the Tthe 24, Welles- 
 ley 74, Doris 36, and Wve 28. He went on half- 
 pay in Dec. 1818 ; and accepted the Retirement 1 
 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Harper was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815. 
 He had been previously presented by the Emperor 
 of Austria with the Order of Leopold, as a reward 
 for his distinguished conduct at Cattaro and Ra^ 
 gusa. He has been twice married — the second time, 
 30 Oct. 1834, to Susannah Maria, widow of the late 
 H. Young, Esq., of Soldens, co. Surrey. His eldest 
 son, John Horatio Harper, was educated at the 
 Koyal Naval College, and perished on board the 
 Arab. 
 
 HAERIES. (Lieutenant, 1833.) 
 
 Edward Thornborodgh Harries was bom 5 
 June, 1804, and died towards the close of 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 Jime, 1815, and, 
 between that period and his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, which took place 11 March, 1833, 
 nine years after he had passed his examination, 
 served on board the Ferret 12, Phaeton 36, Ra- 
 MiLLiES 74, Tamar 24, Queen Charlotte 100, 
 Starling cutter, and Hvperion 42. He was ap- 
 pointed, 9 Nov. following, to the Sparrowhawk 16, 
 Capt. Chas. Pearson, under whom he was employed 
 for nearly three years on the South American sta- 
 tion ; and he lastly, from 23 June, 1837, until the 
 period of his death, commanded a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Harries married, first, Anna Maria, young- 
 est daughter of Hercules Jenkings, Esq., of Bra- 
 ganza Lodge, co. Cornwall ; and, secondly, 17 Nov. 
 1840, Elizabeth Ann, only daughter of John Hill, 
 Esq., of the same county. He has left issue two 
 children. 
 
 HARRIOTT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 37.) 
 Thomas Harriott is brother of Wm. Harriott, 
 Esq., Master R.N. (1828), now Superintendent of 
 Convicts at Bermuda. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, on board 
 the Hannibal 74, Capt. Solomon Ferris, which ship, 
 having grounded under the enemy's batteries, was 
 compelled, after a long and •deadly resistance, in- 
 flictive on her of a loss of 81 men killed and 62 
 wounded, to strike her colours, in the action off Al- 
 geciras, 6 July, 1801. Being soon, however, restored 
 to liberty, Mr. Harriott returned to England, and 
 in the following Nov. was discharged. He re-em- 
 barked, in Oct. 1803, on board the Terrible 74, 
 Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, fitting at Portsmouth ; 
 and in May, 1804, and March, 1805, we find him 
 joining the Tigre and Renown 74's, Capts. Benj. 
 Hallowell and Sir Rich. John Strachan; in the 
 last-mentioned of which ships he came home from 
 the Mediterranean, immediately after his removal 
 to her, and was paid off. He did not again go 
 afloat until Jan. 1808, when he succeeded in ob- 
 taining a berth on board the Erebus 18, Capts. 
 Wm. Autridge, Henry Lyford, Geo. Brine, John 
 Forljes, and David Ewen Bartholomew, under 
 whom he thenceforward served, on the Home, Bal- 
 tic, and North American stations, until Sept. 1814. 
 • Vide Gaz. 18H, p. 83. + V. Gai, 1814, p. 700. 
 
HARRIS. 
 
 467 
 
 During the closing portion of that period Mr. Har- 
 riott bore a warm part in the different Potomac 
 operations connected with Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon's 
 brilliant expedition against Alexandria, in the 
 course of which the Eeebds particularly signalised 
 herself and incurred a Joss of 17 men killed and 
 wounded. He was afterwards employed for nearly 
 12 months, latterly on, the coast of France, in the 
 EuETALUs 36, Capts. Chas. Napier and Thos. Hus- 
 kisson. He then took up a commission bearing 
 date 28 Feb. 1815, and has since been, on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Harriott is married and has issue three 
 children. 
 
 tower, and a body of about 200 regular troops ; and 
 on 29 Nov. he contributed to the capture, after a 
 severe running-fight of four hours, of the 26-gun 
 store-ship La Persanne, supposed, until the moment 
 of her surrender, to be a frigate. Mr. Harris, who 
 i subsequently participated in many boat affairs in 
 the Adriatic, and witnessed the Unite's capture of 
 three Turkish ^ips, was transferred, in Oct. 1814, 
 to the Dee 24, Capt. John Wm. Andrew, on the 
 Leith station, and advanced, 1 March, 1815, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. "With one slight interval, he 
 has been continuously employed in the Coast Block- 
 ade and Coast Guard since March, 1826. 
 
 HARRIS,. M.P. (Captain,. 184U r-p., 13; 
 H-p., 13.) 
 
 The Honouhaele Edward Alfred John Har- 
 ris, born 20 May, 1808, in London, is second son of 
 Jas. Edw., second Earl of Mahnesbury, by Harriet 
 Susan, daughter of Fras. Batemau Dashwood, Esq., 
 of Well Vale, oo. Linoohi. He is brother and heir- 
 presumptive to the present Earl of Malmesbury ; 
 and brother of the Hon, and Rev. Chas. Amyand 
 Harris, Prebendary of Salisbury. 
 
 This oificer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 Sept. 1821 y and embarked, in March, 1823; as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Isis 50, Capt. Gordon Thos. 
 Falcon, fitting for the flag of Sir Geo. Eyre, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in Souih America; where, until 
 1827, he further served with the Admiral in the 
 Spaetiatb 76, and with Capts. John Macpherson 
 Ferguson and Henry Presoott in the Mersey 26, 
 and Adrora 46. In the course of the latter 
 year, in the June of which he passed a distin- 
 guished examination, Mr. Harris cruised experi- 
 mentally in the Pyramus 42 and Galatea 46, 
 Capts. Geo. Rose Sartorius .and Sir Chas. Sullivan. 
 He then rejoined the Isis, commanded at the time 
 by Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, and, after attending an 
 expedition against the pirates of Grabnsa in the 
 Grecian Archipelago, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 28 Feb. 1828, Between that period and 
 the attainment of the next step in his profession 
 21 Nov. 1833, Mr. Harris was successively em- 
 ployed, on the Mediterranean, Home, and Lisbon 
 stations, in the Ocean 80'; as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Edw. Codrington, in the Asia 84 ; for some time 
 as First-Lieutenant in the Peucan 18, Capts. Wm. 
 Alex. Baillie Hamilton and Geo. Hutchison; and 
 in the Stag 46, Capt. Nich. Lockyer. His last ap- 
 pointment was to the command, 29 April, 1839, of 
 the Racehorse 18, in which sloop he served in 
 North America and the West Indies until March, 
 1841. He was advanced to the rank he now, holds 
 on 23 Nov. in the latter year. 
 
 Capt. Harris has been in Parliament,, since 1.844; 
 as member for Christchurch. He married, 4 Aug. 
 1841, Emma Wylly, youngest daughter of the late 
 Capt. Sam. Chambers, R.N., by whom he has issue 
 two sons. 
 
 HAEEIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 12.) 
 
 Francis Harris is half-brother of Retired Com- 
 mander John Read Bindon, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1805, as 
 Fst-ol. Yol., on board the TfcaiRAiRE 98, Capts. 
 Eliab Harvey and Sir Chas. Hamilton, in which ship 
 he fought in the ensuing battle of Trafalgar, and 
 (with an exception of 15 months in 1896-7) was 
 afterwards employed, under the flags of Rear- Ad- 
 mirals Manley Dixon and Fras. Pickmore, on the 
 Baltic and Mediterranean stations, and at the de- 
 fence of Cadiz, until Feb. 1811— two years and four 
 months of the time as Midshipman. He then joined 
 the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Joseph Spear, 
 and on removing to the Unite 36, Capt. Edwin 
 Henry Chamberlayne, assisted at the capture, 31 
 March, 1811, of the French 80Won store-ship Bro- 
 madaire. On 1 of the following May he was further 
 present in the same frigate, and in company with 
 the PoMONE 38, and Scout 18, at the destruction 
 of two vessels of the like description, the Giraffe 
 and Noum'ce, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, 
 and both protected by a 5-gun battery, a marteilo- 
 
 HAKEIS. (Ketibed Commander, 1845. i-p., 12 ; 
 H-P., 36.) 
 Henry Harris entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1799; 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. 
 Jas. Bradley, with whom, after serving for some 
 time in the North Sea, he removed to the Andro- 
 meda frigate, and proceeded to the West Indies, 
 where he continued to serve under Capts. Edw. 
 Durnford King and Chas. Fielding, latterly as Mid- 
 ' shipman, until Oct. 1802. In March, 1803, a few 
 days after he had been appointed Midshipman of 
 the Dbterm.in4e 24, arme'e en flute-, Capt. Alex. Be- 
 cher, he had the misfortune to be wrecked off the 
 island of Jersey; owing to which event he next 
 joined the Dreadnought 98, flag-ship off Brest of 
 the Hon. Wm. Comwallis, commanded subsequently 
 by Capt, John Child Purvis, and also by Capt. Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds, whom we find him accompany- 
 ing into the Princess Royal 98. Proceeding in 
 1805 to the East Indies on board the Greyhound 
 32, Capt. Chas. Elphinstone, Mr: Harris, in July of 
 the following year, assisted at the destruction of a 
 Dutch armed brig under the fort of Manado, as 
 also of a similar vessel off the island of Tidore^and 
 on 28 of the same month he participated in a sharp 
 action which terminated in- the surrender, to the 
 Greyhound and Harrier sloop, of the Pallas fri- 
 gate and two armed and richly-laden Indiamen. 
 On 10 Jan. 1807, having been for the last four 
 months Master's-Mate of the Blenheim 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Thos. Troubridge, he was nominated 
 Sub-Lieutenant of the Harrier brig, Capt. Justice 
 Finley ; which vessel, on 5 of the ensuing month, 
 was in company with the Blenheim and Java fri- 
 gate in the hurricane which, it is supposed, proved 
 so fatal to those ships. Prior to his official pro- 
 motion, which took place 16 Aug. 1808, Mr. Hoaris 
 appears to have been further employed, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Malabar, Capt. John Temple, 
 and DEriA.\CE 74, Capt. John M'Kerlie. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 12 Sept. 1808, to the 
 Arethusa 38, Capt. Robt. Mends, in the Channel 
 —11 Jan. 1809 and 2 June, 1810, to theViRGiNiE 38, 
 and Endymion 40, commanded on the Irish station 
 by Capts. Edw. Brace, Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, 
 and Sir Wm. Bolton— and, 2 Feb. 1813, to the Ha- 
 madryad 36, Capt. Edw. Chetham, employed in 
 the Baltic. He went on half-pay 18 Feb. 1814; and 
 accepted his present rank 6 i\ov. 1845. Agents — 
 Messrs. StilWell-. 
 
 HARRIS. (Eetired Commander; 1845. e-p., 13 ; 
 H-P., 34.) 
 Isaac Harris entered the Navy, 1 Jan, 1800, as 
 A.B., on board the Bravo,, commanded on the Jer- 
 sey station by Capt. Philip d'Auvergne, Due de 
 Bouillon^ In the following year he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Insolent gun-brig, Lieut--Com- 
 monders Bevon, Kortwright, Smith, and Morris ; 
 from which vessel, sucae.ssi.vely employed off tlie 
 coasts of Wales and Bermuda he removed, in 1805, 
 to the Pike, Lieut.-Commander Duncan M'Donald, 
 and sailed for Jamaica ; where, towards the close 
 of the same year; he joined the Veteran 64, Cap*. 
 Andrew Fitzherbeit Evans, flag-ship subsequently 
 of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Daeres. He attained 
 the rank of Lieutenant 5 June, 1808, and was next 
 appointed — on 12 of the same month, to the Bebe 
 frigate, Capt. John Fyffe— 11 July, 1809, as First, 
 
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 HARRIS. 
 
 to the Favorite sloop, Capt. Benj. Clement, under 
 whom, while soon afterwards returning with the 
 Jamaica trade to England, he was nearly lost in a 
 hurricane— and, 14 Sept. 1810, in a similar capacity, 
 to the Helena sloop, Capts. Jas. Andrew "Worth, 
 Henry Haynes, and Henry Montresor, in which 
 vessel he thrice escorted convoy to the "West Indies. 
 Having been on half-pay since 1813, at which period 
 the state of his health had caused him to inva- 
 lid, Commander Harris, on 30 April, 1845, was 
 induced to accept the rank he now holds. Agent 
 — J. , Chippendale. 
 
 HARRIS. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 James Harris, bom 15 April, 1791, is second 
 son of Joseph Harris, Esq., solicitor, of Leomin- 
 ster, CO. Hereford, by Elizabeth, daughter of "Wm. 
 Hooper, Esq., a descendant of the celebrated Bishop 
 of that name. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La "ViRGiNiE 38, Capt., after- 
 wards Admiral, Sir John Poo Beresford, in which 
 ship, until she was paid off in Aug. 1804, he was em- 
 ployed cruizing in the North Sea and Downs, and 
 was on one occasion all but lost during a three 
 weeks' gale. From Dec. in the latter year until 
 advanced to the rank of Commander 23 June, 1815, 
 Mr. Harris further served, under the command of 
 Sir J. P. Beresford, on the Halifax, "West India, 
 Home, and North and South American -stations, in 
 the Cambrian 38, Theseus and Poictiers 74's (of 
 which latter ship he was created a Lieutenant 26 
 Feb. 1810), and, as Signal-officer, in the Duncan 74. 
 "While in the Cambrian, Mr. Harris assisted at the 
 capture of three privateers carrying in the whole 40 
 guns and 225 men ; and on one occasion, while serv- 
 ing in the boats, he was not only wounded,' but so 
 distinguished himself as to be noted for early pro- 
 motion. He subsequently, when in the Theseus, 
 commanded the pinnace belonging to that ship, and 
 was employed covering the retreat of the officers 
 and men who had been engaged in the attack on 
 the French squadron in Aix Roads, 11 April, 1809. 
 During the operations of the following day against 
 the enemy, Mr. Harris, then on board the Theseus, 
 received a splinter-wound in the left leg ; the injury 
 he had formerly received having been in the right 
 onfi. The Theseus being next attached to the force 
 at the siege of Flushing, our officer, on the surrender 
 of that place, was sent on shore, with the carpenter 
 and :a party of shipwrights and seamen, for the pur- 
 pose of completing a frigate and two brigs, and of 
 taking to pieces the frame of a 74. In the Poic- 
 tiers, after having participated in many boat- 
 attacks on the coast of France, Lieut. Harris pro- 
 ceeded off the Tagus ; up which river he was sent, 
 in command of that ship's bajge and two cutters, as 
 tax as Alhandra, the extreme right of Lord "Wel- 
 lington's army, then at the lines of Torres Tedras, 
 where he remained until Marshal Massena's retreat ; 
 on which occasion he followed the troops to San- 
 tarem, and rendered much valuable service. He 
 •subsequently, when on the North American station, 
 commanded the Poictier's Isiunch in an attack 
 •made in 1812 on Lewis Town, at the entrance of 
 Delaware river^; rand a few daysafter that event he 
 had the good fortune, with a single boat's crew, to 
 effect the capture of an East Indiaman of 20 guns, 
 ■which within a week was ransomed at 45,0001 
 Com-mander Harris has not been afloat since the 
 •attainment of his present rank. 
 
 He married, 31 July, 1821, Elizabeth Anne, only 
 daughter of the Rev. Henry Beavan, Rector of 
 ■Whitton, 00. Radnor, ¥ioar of LlanguuUo, and 
 Rural Dean of the Diocese of St David's, by whom 
 he has issue one son. 
 
 gustus "Wm. Jas. Clifford, and in the course of the 
 year 1824 was employed at the blockade of Algiers. 
 In June, 1825, after having served for a few months 
 in the Algekine 10, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stopford, 
 he joined the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen "Wm. 
 Hamilton, under whom we find him enacting a part 
 in the battle of Navarin, sharing also in the capture 
 of numerous pirates in the Grecian Archipelago, and 
 ultimately suffering shipwreck during . an attack on 
 a nest of those marauders at Carabusa, 31 Jan. 1828. 
 In Jan. 1829, on his return to England, Mr. Harris 
 was received, as Mate, on board the Ferret 10, 
 Capt. Thos. Hastings, through whose agency he 
 soon succeeded in obtaining an appointment to the 
 Royal George yacht, Capts. Geo. Mundy and Lord 
 Adolphus FitzCIarence. During the four years his 
 name was borne on the books of that vessel, he ap- 
 pears to have been continuously employed, as officer 
 in charge of a watch, on board the Onyx and Pam- 
 TALooN tenders, in which vessels he visited South 
 America, the "West Indies, and the coasts of Spain 
 and Portugal, "was employed in surveying the coast 
 of Ireland, and cruized in the Channel. Attaining 
 the rank of Lieutenant 21 May, 1833, he subse- 
 quently joined— 28 Dec. 1833, theExcELLENT, Capt. 
 I'hos. Hastings, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, where 
 his scientific attaiuments procured him the highest 
 awardable certificate— and 19 Jan. 1836, the Mel- 
 viLLi! 72, Capts. Peter John Douglas and Hon. Rich. 
 Saunders Dundas, in which ship, bearing the flags 
 for some time of Sir Peter Halkett and Hon. Geo. 
 Elliot, he served for four years as Gunnery-Lieu- 
 tenant in North America and the "West Indies, at 
 the Cape of Good Hope, and on the China coast. 
 "While on the latter station, Mr. Harris, besides par- 
 ticipating in the capture, 26 Feb. 1841, of the forts 
 at the Boca Tigris, commanded a rocket-boat in the 
 operations against the various defences in the Can- 
 ton river, between the "First Bar" and Napier's 
 Fort. He was advanced, in consideration of the 
 action at the Boca Tigris, to the rank of Commander 
 8 June, 1841. In the following Aug. he was paid off. 
 His last appointment was, 7 Sept. 1844, to the Fly- 
 ing Fish 12, fitting for the coast of Africa, whence 
 he returned in May, 1846. 
 
 Commander Harris, who has acquired a know- 
 ledge of steam machinery, was employed as a stu- 
 dent at the Royal Naval College from Jan. to Dec. 
 1842. In 1841, on his return from China, he pub- 
 lished, under the title of ' Remarks on Heaving- 
 down a 72-gun Ship,' an account of the peculiar cir- 
 cumstances which had attended that operation as 
 regarded the Melville, when at Chusan ; touching 
 at the same time upon some nautical subjects pre- 
 viously but little noticed. This work attracted the . 
 favourable notice of the Admiralty, and was ordered 
 to be supplied to the different seamen's libraries. 
 Its author married, 10 Jan. 1843, Priscilla Sophia, 
 daughter of Capt. Peuruddocke, of the FusiUer 
 Guards, and granddaughter of the late Chas. Pen- 
 ruddooke, Esq., of Compton Park, M.P. for North 
 Wilts. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HARRIS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 19; h-p., 6.) 
 Robert Harris, born 9 July, 1809, is son of Jas. 
 
 Haraie, Esq., of "Wittersbam Hall, co. Kent; and 
 
 grandson of Mrs. Trimmer, the authoress. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1822, as a 
 
 "Fohinteer, -on board the Euryalus 42, Capt. Au- 
 
 HARRIS. (Lieut., 1811. p-p., 25 ; h-p., 22.") 
 
 "William Clark Harris entered the Navy, 6 
 Jan. 1800, as a Volunteer, on board the Alarm 
 frigate, Capt. Robt. RoUes, on the Jamaica station, 
 where, from the following Oct. until Feb. 1806, he 
 served, as Midshipman, in the Apollo frigate, 
 Capt. Peter Halkett, Hunter and Goelan sloops, 
 Capts. Sam. Hood Inglefield and John Aysoough, 
 and Pitt schooner, Lieut.TCommander Michael Fit- 
 ton. He then, for the purpose of returning home. 
 Joined Le Brave, Capt. Edm. Boger, which ship, 
 however, one of those taken in the action off St. 
 Domingo, unfortunately foundered during her pas- 
 sage in a gale between the "Western Islands and the 
 banks of Newfoundland, 12 April, 1806, just afford- 
 ing time for her officers and crew to be rescued by 
 the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, then in 
 company. Owing to the consequent loss of his cer- 
 tificates and other papers, and to the Pitt's books 
 not being sent to England, Mr. Harris, although he 
 had served his time, was unable to pass his examina- 
 
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 469 
 
 tion at Somerset House until the summer of 1808, 
 by which period he had been further employed for 
 two years, chiefly as Master's Mate, and on various 
 stations, in the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, and 
 HiBERNiA 120, flag-ship of Sir Cha«. Cotton. From 
 the latter date, until oflicially promoted, 18 April, 
 1811, we find him successively officiating as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, of the HiNDOSTAN 50, armee en flute, Capts. 
 Geo. Skinner and John Pasco, Merope, Capts. John 
 Houstoun and Edw. Flinn, Pelorus 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Huskisson, Thaua 36, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, 
 and Shark receiving-ship, Capt. Nicholas Pates- 
 hall. He was afterwards re-appointed to the Shark, 
 but, being obliged to invalid in Feb. 1812 from a se- 
 vere aifection of the eyes, was next employed, from 
 13 of the following Oct. until 4 Oct. 1814, in the 
 Kron Princessinn Maria, prison-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Burdwood, and 
 Enterprize, Impress service-ship, on the river 
 Thames, Capt. Thos. Kiohbell. His appointments 
 have since been — 3 Sept. 1825, to the command of 
 the Dove Revenue-vessel — 15 July, 1829, to be 
 Agent for Transports Afloat, the duties of which 
 office he continued to fill, with the exception of a 
 few months in 1830, until 1834— and 21 May, 1842, 
 again to the Transport service, in which he is still 
 employed. Agents— Pettet and Newton. 
 
 HARRISON. (Lieutenant, 1834.) 
 
 George Harrison entered the Navy 21 July, 
 1816; passed his examination in 1824; and obtained 
 his commission 6 Jan. 1834. He has since been on 
 half-pay. Lieut. Harrison, the Senior of his rank 
 on the List of 1834, is a Magistrate at Van Dieman's 
 Land. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 HARRISON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 21; h-p., 22.) 
 John Harrison entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1804, 
 as L. M., on board the Ieflexible 64, Capt. Thos. 
 Bayley, stationed in the Downs. He became Mid- 
 shipman, in June, 1805, of the Elephant 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Dundas, and in Sept. 1807, after an interme- 
 diate servitude in the North Sea and West Indies, 
 he was Appointed Master's Mate of the Statiba 38, 
 Capt€. Kobt. Howe Bromley and Edwin Henry 
 Chamberlayne, under whom he cruized on the 
 American and Spanish coasts until Feb. 1809. 
 Joining, then, the Valiant 74, Capts. John Bligh, 
 Thos. Geo. Shortland, and Kobt. Dudley Oliver, he 
 witnessed the ensuing attack on the French ship- 
 ping in Basque Koads, and was present, in the 
 course of the same year, at the siege of Flushing. 
 The Valiant being ultimately ordered to North 
 America, Mr. Harrison there removed, in Aug. 1813, 
 to the St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren. He obtained his commission 27 
 June, 1814, four years after he had passed his exa- 
 mination, and was subsequently, from 1817 until 
 1827, employed in command of diiJerent Telegraph 
 stations on the Chatham and Portsmouth lines. He 
 has not since held any ofllcial occupation. 
 
 HARBISON. (CoMMANDEK, 1842. F-p., 19; 
 H-P., 5.) 
 
 John Gustavus Harbison, born 19 Nov. 1810, 
 Is son of the Rev. Wm. Harrison, Vicar of Fare- 
 ham, and Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 March, 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kamillies 74, com- 
 manded on the Home station by Capt. Edw. Brace, 
 with whom he was afterwards employed for some 
 time in the West Indies as Midshipman of the 
 Ganges 84. While next attached, from Nov. 1824 
 until Jan. 1827, to the Boadicea 42, Commodore 
 Sir Jas. Brisbane, we find him serving in the East 
 Indies and participating in many of the operations 
 connected with the Burmese war. He then for a 
 few months joined the Java 52, bearing the fla^ of 
 Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage, on the same station ; 
 where, until the close of 1829, he further served in 
 the Rainbow 28, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, and 
 again in the Java, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. 
 
 In Feb. 1830, immediately on passing his examina- 
 tion, Mr. Harrison was appointed Mate of the Vic- 
 toby 104, flag-ship at Plymouth of Hon. Sir Robt. 
 Stopford. He was next transferred in succession to 
 the St. Vincent 120, and Asia 84, bearing each the 
 flag of Sir Thos. Foley, Commander-in-Chief at 
 Portsmouth; and for several months of 1831 he 
 cruized in the Channel on board the Brisk 3, Lieut.- 
 Commander Edw. Harris Butterfield. During the 
 four following years he appears to have been again 
 employed in the East Indies, for twelve months of 
 the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Melville 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir John Gore. Being at length pro- 
 moted (from the Britannia 120, bearing the flag at 
 Portsmouth of Sir Philip Durham) to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, by commission dated 3 April, 1837, he 
 was appointed, on 10 of that month, to the Larne 
 18, Capt. Patrick John Blake, and again ordered to 
 the East Indies. H e afterwards took part in the 
 hostilities on the coast of China, where, in command 
 of the Larne's pinnace, he contributed, with much 
 credit to himself, to the capture, 7 Jan. 1841, of the 
 enemy's forts at Chuenpee, and the destruction of 
 11 powerful junks, forming the flower of the Celes- 
 tial Navy — a service for which he was recommended 
 to the notice of the Admiralty.* Mr. Harrison's 
 next and last appointment was, 16 Oct. 1841, to the 
 First-Lieutenancy of the Calliope 26, Capt. Au- 
 gustus Leopotd Kuper, in which vessel he shared in 
 the operations of 1842 up the Yang-tse-Kiang. His 
 advancement to the rank he now holds took place 
 on 23 Dec. in the latter year. It was made the re- 
 ward of his services in China. -f- 
 
 Commander Harrison married, first, in 1836, Jane, 
 daughter of the late W. Hindmarch, Esq., of Bishop- 
 wearmouth; and, secondly, 19 July, 1843, a daughter 
 of the late J. Pooke, Esq., of Fareham. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HARRISON. (Captain, 1832. f-p., 24; h-p., 24.) 
 Joseph Harbison is son of thejate Lieut. Har- 
 rison, R.N., who died Agent for Transports at Ply- 
 mouth in 1808. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 July, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spider, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Rich. Harrison, of which vessel, succes- 
 sively stationed in the Channel and Mediterranean, 
 he became Midshipman 1 Jan. 1800. During se- 
 veral months of the short-lived peace we find him 
 again employed in the Channel on board the Oiseau, 
 Capt. John Philips. He afterwards, in March, 
 1803, joined the Aurora frigate, Capts. Micajah 
 Malbon and John Wentworth Loring, with whom 
 he served on the Newfoundland station until trans- 
 ferred, in Jan. 1805, to the Pallas 42, Capt. Lord 
 Cochrane. Proceeding subsequently to the West 
 Indies in the Merlin sloop, Capt. John Parkinson, 
 he was there, after ashort attachment to the Nobth- 
 UMBEELAND 74, fiag-sMp of Hon. Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane, appointed Sub-Lieutenant, 11 Sept. 1806, of 
 the Grodpeb gun-brig. Attaining the full rank of 
 Lieutenant 10 May, 1807, he afterwards joined, in 
 that capacity — 11 May, 1808, the Epeevjee brig, 
 Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, John Bowker, 
 Thos. Tudor Tucker, Alex. Nesbitt, Thos. Barclay, 
 and Jas. Pattison Stewart, also in the West Indies 
 —16 Nov. 1809, the Achille 74, Capts. Sir Rich. 
 King, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and 
 Aiskew Paffard Hollis, during an attachment of 
 nearly six years to which ship, besides commanding 
 a Spanish gun-vessel at the defence of Cadiz, he 
 served ofi' Toulon, on the coast of Sicily, in the 
 Adriatic, off' Cherbourg, and on the South American 
 station— and, 22 Sept. 1815, and 23 Oct. 1817, to the 
 Inconstant and Semieamis frigates, respectively 
 employed oS' the coast of Africa and at Portsmouth, 
 and both commanded by Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. On the 
 occasion of his promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander 14 Sept. 1818, Capt. Harrison was invested, 
 pro tern., with the charge of the Challenger 28. 
 He afterwards obtained command, 6 May, 1829, of 
 the Favobite sloop, fitting for the coast of Africa, 
 » Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 122I-a. f F. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
470 
 
 HARROP— HARROW— HARSTON- HART. 
 
 whence he returned home and was paid off in Aug. 
 1833— having heen elevated to Post-rank on 9 of 
 the previous Oct. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. Harrison married, 15 ApriJ, 1820, Catherine, 
 daughter of Mr. Mottley, of Portsmouth. 
 
 HARROP. (LiEOT., 1815. F-p., 14 ; H-p., 25.) 
 
 David Hareop entered the Navy, 9 Jan. 180S, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sultan 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Grifath, einployed off Cadiz and in the Mediterra^ 
 nean ; and in Aug. 1809 became Midshipman of the 
 Formidable 98, Capts. Fras. Fayerman and Jas. 
 Nicoll Morris. In Dec. 1811, after having served 
 for some time on the Baltic and North Sea stations, 
 in the latter ship and in the Cheistiah VII. 80, 
 bearing the flag of Admiral Wm. Toung, he joined 
 the Manilla 36, Capt. John Joyce, in which fri- 
 gate he had the misfortune, on 28 of the following 
 January, to be wrecked, on the Haak Sands, near 
 the Texel. He was in consequence detained a pri- 
 soner of war until the peace of 1814, when, on his 
 return to England, he was received on board the 
 Impkegnablb 104, flag-ship at the time of H.R.H. 
 the Duke of Clarence, but subsequently commanded 
 ofi' Lisbon by Capt. John Wentworth Loring. Mr. 
 Harrop was next transferred in succession to the 
 NiOBE 40, armee en Jiute, Capt. Henry Collins Dea^ 
 con, and Centurion 50, and Bulwa^ 74, bearing 
 each the flag of Kear- Admiral Edw. Griflath on the 
 Halifax station ; where, being created a Lieutenant 
 of the lasf^mentioned ship, by commission dated 1 
 May, 1815, he continued to serve until paid off in 
 Aug. of the same year. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 19 Oct. and 4 Dec. 1818, to the Bei- 
 TOMART and Wolf sloops, both commanded by Capt. 
 Bernard Yeoman, under whom, in 1821, he escorted 
 George IV. to Ireland— early in 1822, to the Heli- 
 con 10, Capt. Wm. Robt. Dawkins, in which vessel 
 he sailed for the West Indies— and, 4 Feb. 1824, to 
 the Valoeods 26, Capt. Jas. Murray. Since the 
 paying off of the latter vessel, on her return from 
 Jamaica to England, Mr. Harrop has been unem- 
 ployed. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 HARROW. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Heney Haerow entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capts. 
 John Stiles, John Fyffe, and Micajah Malbon, of 
 which vessel, successively employed on the African 
 and West India stations, he soon became Midship- 
 man. From Dec. 1807 until Oct. 1813, we find 
 him serving, chiefly in the West Indies, Baltic, and 
 Channel, on board the Goelan and Favorite 
 sloops, both commanded by Capt. Benj. Clement, 
 Kover 18, Capt. Justice Finley, Crescent frigate, 
 Capt. John Quilliam, and Boyne 98, and Ville de 
 Paris 110, bearing each the flag of Sir Harry Bur- 
 rard Neale. During his attachment to the Favor- 
 ite, a period of nearly two years, he appears to 
 have been very arduously employed, and to have 
 passed through scenes of great mortality. On one 
 occasion, we believe, he assisted by his indefa- 
 tigable exertions in subduing an alarming fire which 
 had broken out at Falmouth, on the north side of 
 the island of Jamaica; and he was afterwards, 
 while returning with convoy to England, present in 
 a desperate hurricane, in which the same vessel lost 
 her topmasts and sustained considerable injury. 
 On leaving the Ville de Paris, as above, he was 
 appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Feeret brig, 
 commanded on the north coast of Spain by Capt. 
 Wm. Kamsden, but he went back to the former 
 ship in Feb. 1814, and continued to serve in her 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 J une 
 following. Mr. Harrow, who was subsequently em- 
 ployed for 10 months in the West Indies and Chan- 
 nel on board the Swiftshee 74, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Webley, has been on half-pay since Aug. 1815. 
 
 He married, in April, 1834, Ann, youngest daugh- 
 ter of the late E. D. Bridger, Esq., of Barton 
 Farm. 
 
 HARSTON. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Henrt Cooke Haeston entered the Navy 16 
 Aug. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; and, 
 on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 
 1840, was appointed to the Albeet steamer, Capt. 
 Henry Dundas Trotter, employed on an expedition 
 up the river Niger. Quitting the latter vessel to- 
 wards the close of 1841, he was subsequently ap- 
 pointed First, 15 April, 1842, and 25 Jan. 1845, of 
 the Philomel surveying-vessel, and Eclaie steam- 
 sloop, commanded on the Brazilian and African 
 stations by Capts. Bartholomew Jas. Sulivan and 
 Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt. Having the 
 good fortune to survive the ravages of the fearful 
 disease which, in Sept. 1845, swept away the Cap- 
 tain and nearly the whole of the crew belonging to 
 the Eclair, Mr. Harston, on his arrival home, was 
 promoted to his present rank by commission bear- 
 ing date 6 Deo. in the same year. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 HART. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Benjamin Hart entered the Navy, 9 Jan. 1807, 
 as Clerk, on board the Peterel sloop, Capt. John 
 Lambom, employed on the Jamaica station, whence 
 he returned in Nov. 1808. Becoming Midshipman, 
 in April, 1809, of the Minotaue 74, Capt. John 
 Barrett, he continued to serve under that officer, on 
 the Baltic station, until 22 Dec. 1810, when he had 
 the misfortune to be wrecked, on the Haak Sands, 
 near the Texel, and taken prisoner. On his release 
 from captivity in May, 1814, he joined the Levia- 
 than 74, Capts. Adam Drummond and Thos. Briggs, 
 in which ship we find him employed, off Lisbon and 
 Cork and in the Mediterranean, until Nov. 1815. 
 He then took up a commission, dated on 6 of the 
 previous March, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HART. (Commander, 1830.) 
 
 Francis Hart died in March, 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Niobe 40, Capts. John 
 Wentworth Loring and Wm. -Augustus Montagu, in 
 which frigate he served on the coasts of Ireland, 
 Spain, Portugal, and France, also in the West In- 
 dies, and off Greenland and the Western Islands, 
 until Dec. 1813 ; participating during that period, 
 as Midshipman, in an attack made, 15 Nov. 1810, by 
 Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana, upon the two 
 French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by 
 the fire of several strong batteries near Cherbourg, 
 as likewise in the subsequent destruction of one of 
 the same ships, near Barfleur, 25 March, 1811. 
 Joining, next, the San Josef 110, bearing the suc- 
 cessive flags of Rear-Admirals Edw. Jas. Foote and 
 Sir Rich. King, he witnessed, on proceeding to the 
 Mediterranean, the two partial actions with the 
 Toulon fleet of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814. To- 
 wards the close of the latter year he sailed for the 
 East Indies in the Cornwallis 74, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Geo. Burlton, from which ship, commanded 
 latterly by Capt. Robt. O'Brien, he removed, 9 
 April, 1816, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Leda 36, 
 Commodore Geo. Sayer. He was officially pro- 
 moted 20 Jan. 1818, and subsequently appointed — 
 6 Oct. and 3 Dec. following, to the Minden 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Rich. King, and Conway 26, Capt. Edw. 
 Barnard, also in the East Indies— 3 Dec. 1821, to 
 the Semieamis frigate, bearing the flag at Cork of 
 Lord Colville— 22 Sept. 1825, to the Volage 28, 
 Capts. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas and Michael 
 Seymour, on the South American station— and, 22 
 Aug. 1829, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Chas. Philip 
 Yorke, in the Mediterranean. He attained the rank 
 of Commander 26 Nov. 1830, but was not after- 
 wards employed. Agents— Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 HART. (Lieut., 1827. i^P., 11 ; h-p., 16.) 
 
 George Vadohan Hart is son of the late Gen. 
 G. V. Hart, M.P. for co. Donegal, and Military 
 Governor of Londonderry and Culmore forts. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1820, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Roohfort 80, Capt. Chas. 
 
HART— HARVEY. 
 
 471 
 
 Marsh Schomberg, bearing the flag of Sir Graham 
 Moore on the Mediterranean station, where, until 
 1825, he also served in the Medixa 20, Capt. Hawk- 
 ins, and Dispatch 18, Capt. Edw. Hinton Scott. 
 He then became attached to the Bkisk 10, Capt. 
 Chas. Hope, and, after cruizing for some time in 
 the North Sea, was appointed to the Calliope 10, 
 Lieut. -Commander John Powney, tender to one of 
 the Royal yachts, in which vessel, we believe, he 
 attended the Lord High Admiral and his consort in 
 their visit to the dift'erent dockyards in 1827. Being 
 in consequence promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 on 11 Aug. in the same year, he afterwards served 
 in that capacity on board the Gloucester 74, Capt. 
 Henry Stuart, Prince Kegent 120, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Poulett, and Victor 18, commanded on the Lisbon 
 station by Capt. Alex. EUice. He has been on 
 half-pay since 1832. 
 
 Lieut. Hart is a Magistrate for co. Donegal. He 
 married, in 1835, his cousin, Jane Maria, daughter 
 of the Rev. G. V. Hart, Rector of Castlebar, and 
 granddaughter of the late Very Rev. Dean Hume, of 
 Derry, by whom he has issue six children. Agents 
 ^Messrs. Ommanuey. 
 
 HART, Kt., K.C.H. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. 
 
 F-p., 21 ; H-p., 30.) 
 Sir Henrv Hart, born in 1781, is son of Rich. 
 Hart, Esq., of Uckfield, co. Sussex, and belongs to 
 an ancient and very respectable family, being a 
 descendant of Sir Percival Hart, of Lullingstone 
 Castle, CO. Kent, and a distant relative of the pre- 
 sent Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart., of the same 
 place. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capt. 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, and on 13 of the following Jan., 
 being at the time in company with the Amazon 36, 
 took part in a very gallant engagement of 10 hours, 
 which ended in the loss of the French 74-gun ship 
 Les Droits de I' Homiiu:, whose opposition had had 
 the effect of wounding 19 of the Indefatigable's 
 people. Being next transferred with Sir Edw. 
 Pellew to the Impetuehx 74, he had an opportunity 
 of distinguishing himself during the blockade of 
 Belleisle, besides attending the expedition of 1800 
 to Ferrol, where he commanded a flat-bottomed 
 boat, and assisted at the cutting out from under 
 the batteries in Vigo Bay of La Guepe, a vessel of 
 22 guns, desperately defended. On 2 April, 1802, 
 having just completed his time, Mr. Hart was ap- 
 pointed by ord Keith to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Medusa 32, Capt. Sir John Gore— an act which the 
 Admiralty confirmed on 12 of the next June. On 
 becoming Senior of that frigate we find him making 
 prize, in one of her boats, of a French privateer off 
 Gibraltar ; and afterwards contributing to the cap- 
 ture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, 
 and the destruction of a fourth, near Cape St. 
 Mary, 5 Oct. 1804; as also, in Nov. following, to the 
 detention of the Matilda 36, a ship laden with a 
 cargo of quicksilver worth 200,000?. He ultimately 
 accompanied Lord Cornwallis, as Governor-General, 
 to India, where, in July, 1805, he became Flag- 
 I,ieutenant, in the Culloden 74, to his old friend 
 Sir Edw. Pellew ; by whom, in the course of 1807, 
 he was successively appointed Acting-Captain of 
 the Terpsichore, Duncan, Caroline, and Fox 
 frigates. While in the Caroline, Capt. Hart (in- 
 dependently of the cutting out from the coast of 
 Java, in open day, of a Dutch sloop-of-war of 14 
 guns and 75 men) was instrumental to the annihila- 
 tion at Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and 
 stores, and of all the men-of-war remaining to 
 Holland in the East Indies ; being on that occasion 
 intrusted with the duty of landing the troops and 
 of commanding the seamen on shore. He subse- 
 quently, in the same frigate, partook of an engage- 
 ment with the batteries and gun-boats at the en- 
 trance of Manilla Bay. Being superseded in the 
 Fox in 1808, Capt. Hart, whose second promotal 
 commission had been dated 12 Oct. 1807, was next 
 appointed, in 1810, to the command of the Thba- 
 
 ciAN 18, in which sloop he cruized off Cherbourg 
 until posted 1 Aug. 1811. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were— 10 Deo. 1813, to the Cvrijs 20, in the 
 Mediterranean — for some months in 1814, to the 
 Revenge 74, bearing the flag of his former Captain, 
 Sir John Gore— 27 Aug. 1818, to the Sapphire 26, 
 in which vessel, prior to invaliding in Aug. 1820, 
 we find him watching, with high credit to himself, 
 the British interests at Porto JBello, at a time when 
 that place was attacked by a force under Sir Gregor 
 M'Gregor in unison with the Mexican patriots, and 
 next intrusted with a mission to the Governor-Ge- 
 neral of South America, who had been driven from 
 Mexico to Carthagena — and, 30 Sept. 1831, to the 
 Melville, 74, again as Flag-Captain to Sir J. Gore, 
 then just appointed Commander-in-Chief in the 
 East Indies. While on that station Capt. Hart was 
 placed in temporary command of the Imogene 28, 
 and specially deputed to conduct an important ne- 
 gotiation with the Imaum of Muscat ; on the happy 
 issue of which he went to Bombay with a ship of 74 
 guns, intended as a present from that potentate to 
 William IV., who added her to the British Navy 
 under the name of Imadm. The Melville returned 
 to England with the Earl of Clare, and was paid 
 off 22 July, 1835 ; a few months after which period, 
 on 25 Jan. and 23 Feb. 1836, Capt. Hart, in acknow- 
 ledgment of his services, was invested with the in- 
 signia of a K.C.H., and awarded the honour of 
 Knighthood. ' He obtained the Captain's Good-Ser- 
 vice Pension 12 April, 1842 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he 
 accepted the rank he now holds. 
 
 The Rear- Admiral was appointed, in 1845, a Com- 
 missioner of Greenwich Hospital. He married, in 
 1808, a daughter of Andrew Williams, Esq., of 
 Southampton, sister of the present Lady Page 
 Turner. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 HARVEY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16 ; h-p., sry.) 
 Charles Bernhard Harvey entered the Navy, 
 in March, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dia- 
 mond 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and Sir 
 Rich. John Strachan ; the former of whom, after a 
 servitude of more than two years in the Channel, 
 he rejoined, in July, 1798, as Midshipman, in the 
 TiGRE 74, on the Mediterranean station; where, 
 during a continuance of four years, he witnessed 
 the defence of Acre, and attended the expedition to 
 Egypt. While next attached, between the summer 
 of 1802 and the spring of 1806, to the Meddsa 32 
 (of which vessel, commanded by the late Sir John 
 Gore, he was confirmed a Lieutenant 13 Jan. 1803), 
 Mr. Harvey, besides much active service in the Gut 
 of Gibraltar, and ultimately escorting Lord Corn- 
 wallis as Governor-General to India, assisted at the 
 capture of three Spanish frigates laden with trea- 
 sure, and the destruction of a fourth, near Cape St. 
 Mary, 5 Oct. 1804 ; as he also did at the detention, 
 in the following month, of the Matilda 36, a frigate 
 laden with a cargo of quicksilver worth 200j000?. 
 He subsequently, on leaving the Meddsa, joined, 
 for a short period, the Aimable 32, Capt. Clotwor- 
 thy Upton, lying at Portsmouth, and then the 
 PoMPEE 74, in which ship, under the successive flags 
 of Sir W. S. Smith and Hon. Hen. Edwin Stanhope, 
 he attended the expeditions of 1807 to the Darda>- 
 nells (where he contributed to the destruction of 
 the Turkish shipping at Point Pesquies) and Copen- 
 hagen. With the exception of an interval in 1809- 
 10, and of a few months in 1811 and again in 1812, 
 during which he served with Capts. Hon. Anthony 
 Maitland and Leveson Gower in the Pique 36 and 
 Elizabeth 74, Mr. Harvey was further employed 
 with Sir W. S. Smith, from Feb. 1808 until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 19 July, 1814, in 
 the FooDROTANT 80 and Hibersia 120, on the 
 Brazilian and Mediterranean stations — participat- 
 ing, in the latter ship, in Sir Edw. Pellew's partial 
 actions with the Toulon fleet of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 
 Feb. 1814. He has since been on half-pay. Agents 
 —Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
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 HARVEY. 
 
 HARVEY. (Captain, 1811. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Edwakd Hakvei, born 3 March, 1783, is third 
 and youngest son of Capt. John Harvey, R.N. (who 
 was mortally wounded in command of the Bruns- 
 wick 74 on the glorious 1 June, 1794, and whose 
 services are recorded by a public monument in 
 Westminster Abbey), by Judith, daughter of Hen. 
 Wise, Esq., of Sandwich, co. Kent. He is brother 
 of the late Admiral Sir John Harvey, K.C.B. ;* 
 brother-in-law, as well as iirst-cousin, of the late 
 Tice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey, K.C.B. ; and uncle 
 of Commanders Thos., Hen., and John Harvey, 
 K.N., and of Commander Hen. Boteler, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1793, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Brunswick 74, commanded by 
 his father, on the books of which ship his name con- 
 tinued until 1794. Ke-embarking, in April, 1796, 
 on board the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag 
 of his uncle, Rear- Admiral Hen. Harvey, and com- 
 manded by his brother, Capt. John Harvey, he pro- 
 ceeded to the West Indies, where, in Feb. 1797, we 
 find him assisting, as Midshipman, at the capture of 
 Trinidad, and the seizure and destruction of four 
 line-of-battle ships and a frigate in Chaguaramas 
 Bay. On his ensuing return to England in the 
 Zebra sloop, Capt. John Hurst, he was received on 
 board the Beaulieu 40, Capt. Eras. Fayerman, 
 under whom, on 11 Oct. in the same year, he shared 
 In the action off Camperdown. In 1798 he rejoined 
 his brother in the Southampton 32, and, proceeding 
 again to the West Indies, was present in that frigate, 
 of which he soon became Acting-Lieutenant, at the 
 reduction of the Danish and Swedish islands in 
 March, 1801. He was confirmed, shortly after ac- 
 companying his relative into the Amphitritb 28, 
 by commission dated 24 July, 1801, and afterwards 
 appointed — 14 Oct. following, to the Iris 32, Capts. 
 Hon. Philip Wodehouse and David Atkins, stationed 
 in the North Sea— 21 Nov. 1802, to the Apollo 36, 
 Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, which frigate, with 
 her Captain and 60 of the crew, was lost on the 
 coast of Portugal 1 April, 1804, the remainder of 
 the men being in a great measure saved through 
 the instrumentality of Mr. Harvey — next, to the 
 Amethtst 36 and Amaranthe 18, Capts. John 
 AVm. Spranger and Edw. PeUiam Brenton, on the 
 Home station — 17 Aug. 1805, to the Intrepid 64, 
 Capt. Hon. P. Wodehouse, under whom he com- 
 manded a detachment of seamen and marines at 
 the capture of the island of Capri, and was also 
 present at the defence of Gaeta — and, 24 Nov. 1807, 
 to the Trident 64, Capt. Campbell, lying at Chat- 
 ham. Being promoted to the command, 7 Jan. 1808, 
 of the Cbphalus 18, and re-ordered to the Medi- 
 terranean, Capt. Harvey there succeedied in cap- 
 turing four privateers and several small merchant- 
 vessels, and, while, co-operating in the defence of 
 Sicily, came frequently into contact with the gun- 
 boats on the Calabrian shore. After having acted 
 for a short time in command of the Cumberland 
 74, he was officially posted, 18 April, 1811, into the 
 ToPAZE 36, which frigate he brought home from 
 the Mediterranean and paid off 30 Jan. 1812. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 3 Nov. 1830, to the 
 Undaunted 46, successively employed, until put 
 out of commission in Eeb. 1834, on the Cape of 
 Good Hope, African, and East India stations, during 
 
 • Obtaining bis first -commission in 1790, Sir .Tohn Harvey 
 served as a Lieutenant of the Iphioekia 32, at the liard'- 
 wrought capture, by tlie latter ship and the Penelope 32, of 
 the French 36-gun frigate InconstanU 25 Nov. 1793. He 
 commanded L'ACTIF sloop when that vessel foundered in 
 Nov. 1794, and, being shortly afterwards posted, in honour of 
 his father's valour in the action of the 1st of June, he subse- 
 quently officiated as Captain of the Phince of Wales 98 
 (employed, as above,'at the 'reduction of Trinidad), South- 
 ampton 32, AoAMEMNoN 64 (one of Sir Robert Calder's 
 most distinguished ships in the action of 22 July, 1805), 
 Canada 74, Leviathan 74 (part o'f the squadron under Sir 
 George Martin at the destruction, in Oct. 1809, of the Byhusie 
 80 and lAon 74), and Royal Sovereign 100. As a Rear- 
 Admiral, which rank lie attained in Dec. 1813, he com- 
 manded in chief in the Leeward Islands from 1810 until 
 1819. lie was nominated a K.C.B. 6 June, 1833, and died 
 an Admiral of the Bhie, at Upper Deal, 17 Feb. 1837, in the 
 •^5th year of his at^e. 
 
 which period he commanded a squadron at the 
 time of an insurrection in the Isle of France— 14 
 Feb 1838, to the Malabar 74, attached to the 
 force in North America and the West Indies--and, 
 1 Feb. 1839, to the Implacable 74 in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where his services in 1840, on the coast of 
 Syria and at the blockade of Alexandria, procured 
 him a gold medal, sabre, and decoration from the 
 Grand Turk. He has not been afloat since he was 
 paid off, 31 Jan. 1842. 
 
 Capt. Harvey married Miss Cannon, of Sandwich, 
 and by that lady has had issue six children. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HARVEY. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 17.) 
 Edward Harvev was born 7 April, 1801. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1815, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompee 74, commanded 
 in the Mediterranean by Sir Jas. Athol Wood ; and 
 from the close of the same year until June, 1821, 
 when he passed his examination, was chiefly em- 
 ployed as Midshipman in the Childers 16, Capts. 
 Rich. Wales and Amos Freeman Westropp, and in 
 the WvE and Dover, of 26 guns each, Capts. Geo. 
 Wickens Willes and Arthur Batt Bingham, on the 
 West India and Home stations. He next, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Oct. 1826, 
 served off the coast of Ireland, at Plymouth, and in 
 the West Indies, on board the Sappho 18, Capts. 
 Hen. Wm. Bruce, Hon. Hen. John Rous, and Jen- 
 kin Jones, Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, Diamond 38, Capt. Lord Napier, and 
 Dartmouth and Hussar frigates, Capts. Hon. Jas. 
 Ashley Maude and Geo. Morris. He continued for 
 a further period of 12 months in the West Indies 
 on board the Bkitomart 10, Capt. Fred. Chamicr ; 
 and was lastly, from April, 1833, until April, 1838, 
 employed in the -Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Harvey married, in 1836, Jane, daughter 
 of the Rev. Jas. Morewood, of co. Antrim, by whom 
 he has issue four children. 
 
 HARVEY. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 GiLLMORE Harvev entered the ' Navy 5 March, 
 1817 ; passed his examination in 1823 ; and was 
 promoted to a Lieutenancy, 27 Aug. 1828, in the 
 Druid 46, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton. He inva- 
 lided from that frigate in 1829, and afterwards 
 joined, on the Mediterranean station — 23 Nov. 1836, 
 the MiNDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe — 26 
 Aug. 1840, as First, the Medea steam-sloop. Capt. 
 Fred. Warden — and 19 June, 1845, in a similar 
 capacity, the HiBERirtA 104, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Wm. Parker. He served in those ships for a period 
 of nearly 10 years, and on 9 Nov. 1846 was advanced 
 to his present rank. Commander Harvey is now on 
 half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 HARVEY. (Commander, 1841. f.p., 16 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Henry Harvev, born 28 April, 1812, is a younger 
 brother of Commander Thos. Harv«y, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1822, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, bearing 
 the broad-pendant of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen 
 on the West India station, where, previously to his 
 return home in Jan. 1825, he was for some time 
 lent, we believe, to the Hyperipn 42, Capt. Geo. 
 Fred. Rich. In Oct. 1826, after having been at- 
 tached for three months to the Prince Regent 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom at the Nore, he 
 joined the Asia 84, bearing the successive flags of 
 Sir Edw. Codrington and Sir Pulteaey Malcolm, 
 under the former of whom he officiated as Signal- 
 Midshipman at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. 
 Removing in Nov. 1830 to the Undaunted 46, Capt. 
 Edv?. Harvey, he served for upwards of two years 
 in that frigate at the Cape of Good Hope and on 
 the coast of Africa— the last nine months (havin" 
 passed his examination 9 May, 1831) as Mate in 
 charge of a watch. We next, from March to Aug. 
 1833, find him acting in a similar -capacity on board 
 the Favorite 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison, also on 
 the African station. He obtained his first com- 
 
HARVEY. 
 
 473 
 
 mission 26 Feb. 1834, and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 30 April, and 20 Dec. 1834, to the Sala- 
 mander steamer and Victor 16, Capts. Wm. Lang- 
 ford Castle and Rich. Crozier, from the latter of 
 which vessels he invalided, at Sydney, N.S. "Wales, 
 in Feb. 1837—15 Jan. 1838, to the Coast Guard— 
 and 18 March, 1839, to the ■Winchester 50, bearing 
 the flag of his father, Sir Thos. Harvey, on the 
 North America and West India station. He was 
 sent home from Halifax towards the close of 1840, 
 in acting-command of the Serpent 16, but then 
 went back to the Winchester, and continued in 
 that ship as Additional and Flag-Lieutenant until 
 promoted to the rank he now holds 28 May, 1841. 
 He has since been unemployed. 
 
 Commander Harvey married, 19 July, 1838, Jane, 
 daughter of Dr. Denison, of Margate. He was 
 left a widower 9 May, 1842. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 HARVEY. (LranTENANT, 1834.) 
 
 Henry John Harvey is second son of Major- 
 Gen. Sir John Harvey, K.C.B., Governor of New- 
 foundland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1824 ; served 
 as Midshipman of the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Spencer, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; 
 passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his 
 commission 6 Jan. 1834. He was appointed, 5 July 
 following, Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Win- 
 chester 52, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Ca- 
 pel, on the East India station ; where, from 12 April, 
 1836, until paid ofii at the close of 1838, he further 
 served, in the Raleigh 18, Capt. Michael Quin. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Harvey has 'been for a long time private 
 secretary to his father. He married, 1 Sept. 1842, 
 Ella Louisa, eldest daughter of the Right Rev. 
 Aubrey George, then Bishop of Newfoundland, and 
 now of Jamaica. 
 
 HARVEY. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Henry Wise Harvey is youngest brother of 
 Commander John Harvey, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1811, as 
 Fst,-cl. Vol., on board the Belleeophon 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Halsted, bearing the flag in the North Sea of 
 Kear-Admiral John Ferrier, with whom he was 
 transferred, in Feb. 1813, to the Scarborough 74. 
 In March, 1814, he became Midshipman of the 
 Spencer 74, commanded in North America by Capt. 
 Rich. Raggett ; and he next, from Sept. 1815, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 April, 1819, 
 served in the Antelope 50, flag-ship of his uncle 
 Rear- Admiral John Harvey on the West India sta^ 
 tion. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 He married first, in July, 1821, Alice Holness, 
 only daughter of Jas. 'Simpson, Esq., of London; 
 and, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Geo. 
 Leith, E8q.,of Walmer, CO. Kent. Agents— Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 HARVEY. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 
 John Harvey, born 31 Dec. 1793, is eldest son 
 of Henry Wise Harvey, Esq., of Harnden, co. Kent, 
 whose father, the gallant Capt. John Harvey, R.N., 
 was mortally wounded in command of the Brens- 
 WICK 74, in the action of 1 June, 1794. He is bro- 
 ther of Lieut. H. W. Harvey, R.N. ; nephew of the 
 present Capt. Edw. Harvey, R.N. ; and brother-in- 
 law of Commander Geo. Hilton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Sept. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, com- 
 manded by his uncle Capt John Harvey. In Sept. 
 1805, after having served on the north coast of 
 Spain, and participated in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 
 he accompanied his relative into the Canada 74, 
 and sailed for the West Indies, where he remained, 
 until transferred, about Jan. 1808, to the Orion 74, 
 commanded in the Baltic by Sir Archibald Colling- 
 wood Dickson. From June, 1809, until Dec. 1811, 
 he again served with Capt. Harvey in the Levia- 
 
 than 74, and Royal Sovereign 100, both attached 
 to the force in the Mediterranean ; on which station 
 he aided in the Leviathan in causing the self- 
 destruction of the French ships-of-the-line Rohuste 
 and XioM, between Cette and Frontignan, 25 Oct. 
 1809. Until Sept. 1813, we next find Mr. Harvey 
 employed on the North Sea and North American 
 stations in the Sceptre and Marleoroogh 74's, 
 Capts. Thos. Harvey and Robt. Honyman, and St. 
 Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren. 
 He was then appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Success 32, armee en flute, Capt. Thos. Barclay, to 
 which vessel the Admiralty confirmed him by com- 
 mission dated 13 Nov. 1813. Joining next the 
 Epervier, of 18 guns and 117 men, Capt. Rich. 
 Walter Wales, Mr. Harvey continued to serve on 
 the American coast until 29 April, 1814, when that 
 vessel, after a severe action of an hour, and a loss 
 of 23 men killed and wounded, became a shattered 
 prize to the United States sloop Peacock, of 22 gims 
 and 185 picked seamen, two only of whom appear 
 to have been hurt. On regaining his liberty he 
 was appointed, 22 Aug. 1815, to the Astr.«a 36, 
 Capt. Edw. Kittoe ; and from 22 Aug. 1815, until 
 advanced to his present rank, 2 April, 1819, he fur- 
 ther served in the Antelope 50, as Flag-Lieute- 
 nant to his uncle Rear-Admiral John Harvey, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands. He has 
 since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Omman- 
 ney. 
 
 HARVEY. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Robert Beazley Harvey entered the Navy 2 
 March, 1827 ; passed his examination 27 July, 1833; 
 and obtained his first commission 23 Nov. 1841. 
 He has been serving since 10 June, 1842, in the 
 Wolf 18, Capts. Courtenay Osborn Hayes, Arthur 
 Vyner, Geo. Evan Davis, and Jas. Alex. Gordon, 
 on the East India station. Agents — Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 HARVEY. (Commander, 1840. f-p. 17; 
 H-p., 8.) 
 
 Thomas Harvey, born in Dec. 1810, at Walmer, 
 CO. Kent, is eldest son of the late Vice- Admiral of 
 the White Sir Thos. Harvey, K.C.B.,* by Sarah, 
 youngest daughter of his grand-uncle Capt. John 
 Harvey, R.N., who was mortally wonnded in com- 
 mand of the Brunswick 74, in the action of 1 June, 
 1794. He_is grandson of the late Admiral Sir 
 Henry Harvey, K.B. ; f brother of Commander 
 Henry Harvey, R.N. ; nephew, maternally, of Capt. 
 Edw. Harvey, R.N. ; and first-cousin of Commander 
 John Harvey, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1822, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, bearing 
 the broad pendant in the West Indies of Sir Edw. 
 W. C. K. Owen. He continued to serve on that 
 station, part of the time in the Tyne 28, and He- 
 licon 10, Capts. John Walter Roberts and Wm. 
 Robt. Dawkins, until Feb. 1824 ; and from the fol- 
 lowing May until Dec. 1825, he was employed 
 as a student at the Koyal Naval College. Re-em- 
 
 * Sir Thomas Haivey served as Master's Mate of the Ra- 
 MiLLlES 74, in Lord Howe's action I June, 1794, and as 
 Lieutenant of the Pkince of Wales in Lord Briilport's en- 
 gagement 23 June, 1795. Immediately after the reduction 
 of Trinidad, where he had commanded the Pelican sloop, 
 he was advanced to Post-rank 27 March, 1797 ; aubseqiientfy 
 to which he officiated as Captain of^ the Pkince of Wales 
 9H, Concorde, Lapwing, and Unite frigates, Standard 64, 
 and Majestic, Sckptre, and Northumberland 74's. He 
 was present in the Phincb of Wales at the attack on Puerto 
 Rico in April, 1797 ; in the Lapwino in the expedition of 
 1799 against the Duti-h colony of Surinam; in the Unite at 
 the reduction of the Danish and Swedish islands in 1801 • 
 and in the Standard at the passage of the Dardanells in 
 Feb. 1807. He was nominated a C.I3. in iMl."), a Colonel of 
 Marines and a Rear- Admiral in \S-i\, a K.C.B. in 1833, and 
 a Vice-.ldmiral in lii37. He died Commander-in-Chief on 
 the North America and West India station 2s May, 1841, in 
 his 66th year, and was buried at Bermuda. 
 
 t Sir Henry Harvey commanded the Ramillies 74, on 
 the 1st of June, 1794 ; captured, in conjunction with' Sir 
 Ralph Ahercromby, the Spanish island of Trinidad in Feb 
 1797; and died an Admiral of the White 28 Dec. 1810. 
 
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474 
 
 HARWARD— HASKOLL— HAST. 
 
 barking, then, as Midshipman, on board the Dbtad 
 42, Capts. Hon. Robt. Rodney and Hon. Geo. Al- 
 fred Crofton, he proceeded, after cruizing for a 
 period on tlie Channel and Irish stations, to the 
 Mediterranean, where, and in South America, he 
 further, until Deo. 1829, served on board the Isis 
 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Staines, Camelion 10, 
 Capt. Christ. Wyvill, Philomel 10, Capt. Edw. 
 Hawes, Seeingapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde- 
 grave, and Warspite 76, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Thos. Baker. On 24 of the month last-mentioned 
 we find him promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Tki- 
 BUNE 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, with whom he 
 served, latterly in the North Sea, until paid off in 
 Dec. 1831. He subsequently joined— 4 Dec. 1833, 
 the AsLA 84, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Parker, off 
 Lisbon, whence he returned in June, 18.34—28 July, 
 1835, the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, 
 employed on the latter station, and also in the Me- 
 diterranean, where, on one occasion, he took charge 
 of the Ariadne from Malta to Alexandria, and on 
 another was lent to the Portland 50, Capt. David 
 Price — and, in the course of 1839, the Ihcon- 
 STANT 36, and "Winchester 50, as Flag-Lieutenant, 
 in each ship to his father, on the North America 
 and West India station. He was there promoted 
 to the command, 6 Nov. 1840, of the Racer 16, in 
 which sloop he remained until put out of commis- 
 sion in Oct. 1842. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Commander Harvey married, 9 April, 1844, Chris- 
 tian Bargreve, eldest daughter of Wm. Bridger, 
 Esq., of Eastry Court, co. Kent. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 HARWARD. (Capt,, 1809. f-p., 14; h-p., 36.) 
 Richard Hakward i^ied 2 May, 1845, at Geneva. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1795. as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cesar 80, Capts. Chas. 
 Edm. Nugent and Roddam Home, of which ship, 
 successively employed in the Channel and North 
 Sea, he soon became Midshipman. Proceeding in 
 1798 to the Mediterranean in the Perseus, Capts. 
 Jas. Oswald and Henry Compton, he assisted in the 
 following year at the bombardment of Alexandria, 
 and served in the ship's launch in action with an 
 enemy's flotilla in the Bay of Naples. He subse- 
 quently became Acting-Lieutenant of the Blanche 
 36, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, and, on 3 Sept. 
 1801, after participating in the victory gained by 
 Lord Nelson at Copenhagen, was offioially promoted. 
 His next appointments were — 26 March, 1803, to 
 the Plantacenet 74, Capts. E. Hamond, Hon. 
 Michael De Courcy, and Eras. Pender, on the Home 
 station— 17 Sept. 1804, to the Endymion 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Paget— in 1805, to the command of the 
 Netley schooner and Swinger gun-brig, in the 
 former of which vessels he conveyed despatches to 
 the West Indies— and, in Nov. 1805, to the North- 
 umberland 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Hon. Alex. Cochrane. For his conduct as First- 
 Lieutenant of the latter ship in the action off St. 
 Domingo, Mr. Harward was promoted to the rank 
 of Commander 2 April, 1806. He subsequently 
 joined, 2 March, 1808, the Delphinen 18, but, that 
 sloop being unfortunately vreecked off the coast of 
 Holland 4 Aug. following, he was next appointed, 
 in Oct. of the same year, to the Parthian 10 ; in 
 which vessel we find him capturing La Nomelle 
 Girondej a notorious privateer of 14 guns and 58 
 men,* and ultimately attending the expedition to 
 the Walcheren. Capt. Harward, whose Post-com- 
 mission bore date 31 July, 1809, was lastly em- 
 ployed, from June, 1810, to June, 1812, as Flag- 
 Captain to Sir Edw. Pellew in the Christian TIL 
 80, and Caledonia 120, on the Mediterranean 
 station. 
 
 Capt. Harward was Deputy-Lieutenant for co. 
 Gloucester. He married, first, 11 Jan. 1810, Julia, 
 youngest daughter of Admiral the late Lord Ex- 
 mouth ; and, that lady dying in 1831, secondly, in 
 1834, Julia, daughter of Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm. 
 Halsted, G.C.B., and granddaughter of the above 
 nobleman. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 669. 
 
 HASKOLL. (CoMMANDEK, 1841. F-p., 16; 
 HP., 22.) 
 
 William Haskoll was born 9 Oct. 1792. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capts. 
 Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, under 
 whom he served on the Home, Mediterranean, and 
 North American stations, chiefly as Midshipman, 
 until Aug. 1814. He attended, during that period, 
 the expedition to the Walcheren; was much em- 
 ployed against the enemy's flotilla and batteries at. 
 the defence of Sicily, where, on 18 Sept. 1810, a 
 large body of troops having landed and been de- 
 feated near Stefano, he succeeded in the ship's pin- 
 nace in capturing, after some resistance, a boat with 
 15 soldiers besides the crew ; partook, next, of many 
 active operations in the Adriatic, omitting however 
 the celebrated capture of the French 74-gun ship 
 RivoU, at which period he was in temporary charge 
 of a Signal station on the island of Lissa; com- 
 manded, on proceeding to the American station, a 
 tender in Hampton Roads and up James River; 
 was captured in a prize by a privateer, in May, 
 1814, and detained for a short time in captivity; 
 and on one or two occasions was very nearly 
 wrecked. From Aug. 1814 until Jan. 1817, Mr. 
 Haskoll further served, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Sdltan 74, Capt. John West (which 
 ship lost her mizenmast, fore and main topmasts, 
 mainyard, and quarter and stern boats, in a heavy 
 gale on the south bank of Newfoundland 16 Feb. 
 1815), and Horatio 38, commanded on the Channel, 
 and East India stations by Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon. 
 His health then obliging him to remain on shore, 
 he did not again go afloat until April, 1824, when 
 he rejoined his old Captain, Ifamond, in the Wel- 
 lesley 74. In the early part of 1825 he was trans- 
 ferred to the Owen Glendower 42, bearing the 
 broad pendant at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear- 
 Admiral Hood Hanway Christian, by whom, on 20 
 June, 1826, he was invested, .as Acting-Supernume- 
 rary-Lieutenant, with the command of the colonial 
 brig Wizard, in which vessel we find him cruizing 
 on the coast of Madagascar and among the Sey- 
 chelle Islands. He was subsequently lent for a short 
 time to the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Jas. Polking- 
 home, employed on the same station ; and, on 18 
 Dec. 1826 (upwards of 11 years after he had passed 
 his examination), he was officially promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. On leaving the Owen Glen- 
 dower, about April, 1828, Mr. Haskoll served for a 
 term of five months, until be was again compelled 
 to invalid, on board the Helicon 10, Capt. Robt. 
 Henry Stanhope. His next and last appointment 
 was, 17 Feb. 1838, as First, to the Cruizek 16, 
 Capts. Rich. Henry King and Henry Wells Giffard, 
 fitting for the East India station, where, besides at- 
 tending an expedition to the, mouths of the Indus, 
 he assisted at the capture of Aden. He afterwards, 
 in 1840, accompanied the armament to China, and 
 in the course of the same year was present at the 
 capture of Chusan and the blockade of Ningpo. 
 On the return of the Cruizer with Sir Hugh 
 Gough to China, after having been sent in charge 
 of despatches to Calcutta, Mr. Haskoll, it appears, 
 commanded the second division of boats at the 
 taking of Fort Macao 13 March, 1841, and assisted 
 in the two series of operations against Canton — 
 having charge, during the second, of the gun-boats 
 at the capture, on 25 May, of the fort below the 
 Folly.* He invalided 30 June, 1841, and on his 
 arrival in England found that he had been pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander by commission 
 dated 8 of that month. Agent — W. H. B. Barwis. 
 
 HAST. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 18; H-p., 10.) 
 
 Philip Hast entered the Navy 11 April, 1819; 
 passed his examination in 1825 ; and was promoted, 
 
 10 July, 1826, to a Lieutenancy in the Pylades 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson, on the West 
 India station. His subsequent appointments were, 
 
 11 Aug. 1827, to the Procris 18, Capts. Hon. Wm. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1S41, pp. 1503-6, 2506. 
 
HASTINGS. 
 
 475 
 
 ■Waldegrave and Chas. Henry Paget, employed off 
 the coast of Ireland — 16 March, 1830, to the Welles- 
 LEr 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maltland — 16 Aug. 
 1831, to the Warspite 76, Capt. Chas. Talbot, in 
 South America — 4 June, 1832, to the Kattlesnake 
 28, Capt. Chas. Graham, in which vessel he came 
 home from the latter station and was paid off in 
 Nov. 1833—17 Nov. 1834 and 20 April, 1835, as 
 First, to the Pique 36, and Champion 18, Capts. 
 Hon. Henry John Rous, Robert Fair, and Geo. St. 
 A'^incent King, employed off Lisbon and in the West 
 Indies— and, 18 July, 1837, to the command of the 
 Pickle schooner, on the North America and West 
 India station. He was superseded from the last- 
 named vessel in March, 1839, and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hast has for several years been in com- 
 mand of a steamer belonging to the Royal West 
 India Mail Packet Company. He married, 22 Aug. 
 1840, Mary, daughter of John Warrington, Esq., by 
 whom he has issue. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 HASTINGS. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 21.) 
 Francis Decimus Hastings entered the Navy, 
 19 Aug. 1807, as Third-cl.'Vol., on board the Teme- 
 KAiRE 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton and Edw. 
 Sneyd Clay, successively stationed in the Channel 
 and Baltic. In June, 1809, having attained the 
 rating of Midshipman a few months previously, he 
 removed to the Amethyst 36, Capt. Jacob Walton, 
 with whom he appears to have been employed on 
 Home service until wrecked in Plymouth Sound 
 16 Feb. 1811. He then joined, for a short period, 
 the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr ; after 
 which we find him, until Aug. 1815, employed, on 
 the Spanish, North American, Jamaica, and Home 
 stations, latterly as Master's Mate, in the Iris 38, 
 Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, St. Domingo 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir John Borla^e Warren, Emulous brig, 
 Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, and Argo 44, and 
 Vxllede Paris 110, bearing the flags of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Wm. Brown and Lord Keith. With the ex- 
 ception of a few months in 1818-19, and until offi- 
 cially promoted on 18 Nov. in the latter year, Mr. 
 Hastings next served, alternately as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant and Admiralty Midshipman, on board the 
 Charwell sloop, Capt. Allen Otty, Icarus 10, 
 Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, and Car- 
 nation 18, Capts. Henry Shiffner, Wm. Nugent 
 Glascock, and Roger Hall. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were, as First-Lieutenant — 14 April, 1831, to 
 the Stag 46, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and 
 Nich. Lockyer, on the Lisbon station, where he re- 
 mained until superseded in Aug. 1834— and 31 Jan. 
 1835, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings. Being awarded a 
 second promotal commission 10 Jan. 1837, he was 
 nominated, 25 July following, Second-Captain of 
 the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, 
 with whom, after again serving with the force off 
 Lisbon, he proceeded to the Mediterranean. For 
 his conduct in the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 where he displayed the greatest coolness and gal- 
 lantry in command of the boats of the latter ship 
 and of the Hastings 72, in an attempt made to re- 
 move the powder from the castle at Beyrout, and 
 was slightly wounded at the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d'Acre, Capt. Hastings was advanced to the 
 rank he now holds 4 Nov. 1840.* He has since 
 been unemployed. 
 Capt. Hastings was left a widower 31 July, 1846. 
 
 HASTINGS. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 5.) 
 The Honourajle George Fowler Hastings, 
 bom 28 Nov. 1813, is second son (by Frances, third 
 daughter of the Rev. Rich. Chaloner Cobb, Rector 
 of Great Marlow, co. Bucks) of Hans Francis, 1 1th 
 Earl of Huntingdon, a Captain in the R.N. (1824), 
 who was for some time Governor of Dominica, and 
 died 9 Dec. 1828. He is brother of the present 
 Earl; and brother-in-law of Commanders Henry 
 Parker and Chas. Calmady Dent, R.N. 
 • Fide Gaz. 1840, pp. 2609, 8901. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Sept. 1824 ; passed 
 his examination 7 Jan. 1832 ; and was promoted, 7 
 Jan. 1833, to the rank of Lieutenant. His appoint- 
 ments in the latter capacity were— 25 June, 1833, 
 to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, 
 Capt. Thos. Hastings— 13 May, 1834, to the Re- 
 venge 74, commanded in the Mediterranean by 
 Capt. Wm. Elliott— and, 8 Sept. 1837, as First, to 
 the Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Capt. Arthur 
 Wakefield, on the same station. Obtaining a second 
 promotal commission 30 June, 1838, he was nomi- 
 nated, 5 Jan. 1839, to an Inspectorship in the Coast 
 Guard, and, 16 Aug. 1841, to the command of the 
 Harlequin 16. While in that sloop, Capt. Hast- 
 ings, besides sharing in the closing operations of the 
 Chinese war, acquired the public thanks of the 
 Commander-in-Chief for his conduct in leading her 
 boats, in conjunction with those of the Wanderer 
 and Diana, in an attack on the piratical towns of 
 Murdoo and Quallo Batto, in the island of Sumatra. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Captain, on the 
 paying off of the Harlequin, 31 Jan. 1845; and 
 has since been unemployed. Agents — Coplands 
 and Burnett. 
 
 HASTINGS, Kt. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 32; 
 H-p., 12.) 
 
 Sir Thomas Hastings, born 3 July, 1790, is eld- 
 est son of the Rev. Jas. Hastings, Rector and Im- 
 propriator of the living of Martley, and Patron of 
 Areley Regis, co. Worcester. His femily, of which 
 the celebrated Warren Hastings was the head, is a 
 branch of that of Hastings of Dalesford, in the lat- 
 ter shire, and of Yelford Hastings, co. Oxford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Roval 98, 
 commanded in the Channel by Capts. Jas. Vashon, 
 Herbert Sawyer, Dan. Oliver Guion, and Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds ; and, froin Oct. 1804 until Sept. 
 1807, served, as Midshipman, on the latter and on 
 the north coast of Spain, Cadiz, and West India sta- 
 tions, in the Illustrious 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Ha- 
 milton, Michael Seymour, Wm. Shield, and Wm. 
 Robt. Broughton. His name, during the two fol- 
 lowing years, was successively borne on the books 
 of the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Isaac WoUey, 
 lying at Plymouth, Texel and Ardent 64's, flag- 
 ships at Leith of his former Captain, the late Ad- 
 miral Vashon, and Letden 64, Capt. Thos. Ussher. 
 As a reward for his conduct in command of a gun- 
 boat at the siege of Flushing, Mr. Hastings was 
 promoted, 17 Jan. 1810, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Badger 10, Capt. John Lampen Manley, under 
 whom we understand he assisted, as First of 
 that vessel, in causing the destruction, off the 
 river Ems, of the French privateer La Comtesse 
 d'Emerieau of 11 guns and 110 men. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 7 June, 1811, to the 
 Hyacinth 26, Capts. Thos. Ussher and Alex. Ren- 
 ton Sharpe — 7 April, 1813, to the Undaunted 38, 
 Capts. Thos. Ussher and Chas. Thurlow Smith, in 
 which frigate he continued until Nov. 1815 — 28 
 Junn. 1817, to the Icarus 10, Capt. Hon. Chas. Or- 
 lando Bridgeman, fitting for the South American 
 station, whence he invalided in Jan. 1819— and 27 
 Oct. 1821, as Senior, to the Eubyalus frigate, Capt. 
 Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, attached to the force 
 in the Mediterranean. On the night of 29 April, 
 
 1812, we find Mr. Hastings commanding the Hya- 
 cinth's pinnace, under Capt. Ussher, -and acquiring 
 the greatest praise for his undaunted courage, in a 
 brilliant boat-attack on the enemy's privateers and 
 batteries in the mole of Malaga; an enterprise 
 which, although partially successful, terminated in 
 a loss to the British, out of 149 officers and men, of 
 15 killed and 53 wounded. He also, in the course 
 of the following month, assisted at the reduction of 
 the strong castle of Almunecar ; and, on 18 Aug. 
 
 1813, he served in the boats of the Undaunted and 
 of a small squadron in a very gallant attack made 
 on the batteries at Cassis, where, after sustaining a 
 loss of 4 men killed and 16 wounded, the British, in 
 four hours, succeeded in capturing three heavy 
 gun-boats, and 26 vessels laden with merchandise 
 
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476 
 
 HAS WELL. 
 
 On 9 Nov. 1813 he was again in the hoats at the 
 taking of a vigorously-defended tower at Port Nou- 
 velle, and the destruction of 7 French vessels lying 
 there under the protection of several batteries ; 
 after which, in April, 1814, he participated, as First- 
 Lieutenant, in the honour of conveying Napoleon 
 Buonaparte from Frejus to Elba. On the latter 
 occasion, and when within four or five miles of the 
 harbour of Porto Ferrajo, Mr. Hastings went on 
 shore with the foreign ministers, as one of the 
 commissioners for talcing possession of the island, 
 and making the proper arrangements for the recep- 
 tion of its future sovereign. During the war of a 
 Hundred Days this officer further presents himself 
 to our notice by his conspicuous exertions in the 
 Undaunted's boats in preventing supplies from 
 being thrown into Ancona ; in destroying different 
 armed towers ; in capturing a Neapohtan flotilla, 
 consisting of two schooners and nine gun-boats, pro- 
 tected by the fortress of Barletta ; and in erecting, 
 with wonderful celerity, a battery on the island of 
 Tremiti, in the Adriatic, which his prompt and 
 skilful measures soon forced to surrender. When 
 subsequently in the Eukvalus, Mr. Hastings was 
 employed at the blockade of Algiers, preparatory 
 to the concessions made by the Dey to Sir Harry 
 Burrard Neale in 1824. On 9 May, 1825, having 
 earned a reputation for merit of a very high order, 
 he was at length advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander ; and on 4 Nov. 1828 he was appointed to 
 the Fekret sloop ; in which vessel he appears to 
 have been again employed for a period of 10 weeks 
 off Algiers, with the view of observing and report- 
 ing to the British Government the proceedings of 
 the French in their j)reparations for the attack and 
 capture of that place ; a delicate and important ser- 
 vice, of which he acquitted himself to the high sa- 
 tisfaction of his Commander-in-Chief, Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm. Capt. Hastings, who continued in the 
 Ferket until posted, 22 July, 1830, afterwards,' 
 from 13 April, 1832, until Aug. 1845, commanded 
 the E.\CEi:,LE>T gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, where, 
 during the last six years, he simultaneously dis- 
 charged the duties of Captain Superintendent of 
 the Royal Naval College. 
 
 In compliment to the professional and scientific 
 attainments of Capt. Hastings, the honour of Knight- 
 hood was, at the request of the Admiralty, con- 
 ferred on him 5 June, 1839. On leaving the Excbl- 
 lENT he was appointed Storekeeper to the Ord- 
 nance ; and he is also a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for CO. Hereford. He married, 12 
 May, 1827, Louisa Elizabeth, sister of the Dean 
 of Exeter, and daughter of Thos. Humphrey Lowe, 
 Esq., of Bromsgrove, by Lucy, eldest daughter and 
 co-heir of Thos. Hill, Esq., of Court of Hill, co. Sa- 
 lop, M.P. for Leominster. Agemts — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 HASWELL. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Charles Symes Haswell passed his examination 
 In 1821 ; obtained his commission 4 April, 1827 ; 
 and was appointed, 7 Aug. following, to the Bust- 
 ard sloop, commanded in the West Indies by Capt. 
 Geo. Sidney Smith. With the exception of a com- 
 mand, from 6 Oct. 1840 until Sept. 1845, of the Fox 
 Kevenue-vessel, Mr. Haswell has had charge, since 
 13 Sept. 1832, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 HASWELL. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., U; h-p., 31.) 
 Edward Haswell entered the Navy, in Feb. 
 1805, as Ordinary, on board the Centaok 74, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant in the West Indies of Sir 
 Sam. Hood. Being appointed Midshipman, in the 
 early part of the following year, of the Inuefati- 
 GABiE 46, Capts. John Tremayne Rodd, Henry Edw. 
 Reginald Baker, John Broughton, and Edw. Tucker, 
 he continued to serve in that frigate, on the Bay of 
 Biscay and Channel stations, until June, 1812 ; in 
 the course of which, and of the following year, he 
 was successively transferred with Capt. Tucker to 
 a Master's Mateship in the Cornwall 74, and In- 
 
 constant 36— the latter ship attached to the force 
 in South America. He became Acting-Lieutenant, 
 18 June, 1814, of the Elk 18, Capt. John Bartholo- 
 mew Hoar Curran, on the East India station, where 
 he was confirmed 10 Feb. 1815. He went on half- 
 pay in 1816, and has not been since afloat. 
 
 HASWELL. (Lieut., 1815. r-P., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Dawes Haswell entered the Navy, 15 July, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dreadnohght 
 98. Capts. Edw. Brace, John Child Purvis, Kobt. 
 CartheW Reynolds, Geo. Reynolds, Edw. Rother- 
 ham, and John Conn, flag-ship for some time of 
 Admirals Hon. Wm. Cornwallis and Cuthbert Col- 
 lingwood, in which he fought at Trafalgar in the 
 capacity of Midshipman. Between Aug. 1806 and 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Feb. 
 1815, he served, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the 
 Revoldtionnaire 38, Capt. Chas. Fielding, Defi- 
 ance 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, Royal George 
 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Duckworth, San 
 Josef 110, Hibernia 120, Armide 38, and Dublin 
 50, all commanded by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, 
 and Statira 38, Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brovni, 
 on the Channel, Spanish, and Halifax stations. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HASWELL. (Commander, 1830.) 
 
 William Henry Haswell is son of Mr. Haswell, 
 R.N., who died suddenly, in the 77th year of his 
 age, 5 Jan. 1831. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1800, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Royal William, guard- 
 ship at Spithead, and in the course of the following 
 year was employed off Cadiz in the Dreadnought 
 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon. In Nov. 1802, after an em- 
 ployment of nearly 12 months, as Midshipman, 
 in the Hydra 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, he 
 joined the Ph<ebe 36, Capts. Hon. Thos. Bladen 
 Capel and Jas. Oswald, under the former of whom 
 it was his fortune to be present at the battle of 
 Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. Removing, in March, 1806, 
 to the Endymion 40, Capts. Edw. Dumford King, 
 and Hon. T. B. Capel, he accompanied the expedi- 
 tion of 1807 to the Dardanells, where, we believe, 
 he was taken prisoner, and detained on board the 
 Turkish Admiral's ship until he had participated in 
 two general actions with the Russian fleet, by which 
 he was re-captured. He was ultimately, on 28 Feb. 
 1809, promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Impetdeux 
 74, Capt. John Lawford, and, being shortly after- 
 wards appointed to the Revenge 74, Capts. Hon. 
 C. Paget and Jolm Nash, was attached to the force 
 sent against Flushing ; during the operations con- 
 nected with the siege of w'hich place he appears to 
 have had charge of an armed transport. We after- 
 wards, until Aug. 1814, find him commanding the 
 Landrail, and serving, again with Capt. Paget, on 
 board the Superb 74, off the coasts of Ireland, 
 France, and America. He obtained an appointment 
 in the Coast Guard 1 Nov. 1820 ; the command of 
 the Bramble 10 May, 1827 ; the rank he now holds 
 22 July, 1830 ; a three-years' Inspectorship in the 
 Coast Guard 20 March, 1832 ; and the command, 31 
 Oct. 1846, of the Poictiers 72, guard-ship at Chat- 
 ham — an appointment he still enjoys. 
 
 Commander Haswell has been twice married — 
 the second time, 9 Feb. 1839, to Frances Maria^ 
 third daughter of Lieut. Wm. Taylor, R.N. (1794), 
 of Greenwich Hospital, who died in 1835. He has 
 issue. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HASWELL. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Henry Haswell entered the Navy in 
 1830 ; passed his examination 2 May, 1838 ; and 
 served, as Mate, on the Mediterranean, Home, and 
 South American stations, in the Talbot 26, Capt. 
 Hon. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford (under whom he 
 was slightly wounded at the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d'Acre, 3 Nov. 1840'*), Agincourt 72 (fitting 
 for the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane), St. Vin- 
 cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Dolphin 
 ■• F.Gaz. 1840, p. 8901. 
 
HATHORN— HATTON— HAULTAIN. 
 
 477 
 
 brigantine, Lieut.-Commanders "Wm. O'Bryen Hoare 
 and Beginald Thos. John Levinge. He was ap- 
 pointed, on being advanced to tbe rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 8 Aug. 1845, Additional of the Vekijon 50, 
 bearing the flag on the station last named of Rear- 
 Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield ; and, since 3 Aug. 
 1846, has been employed on the coast of Africa in 
 the Devastation and Penelope steamers, Com- 
 modore Sir Chas. Hotham. 
 
 HATHORN. (Captain, 1840.) 
 
 George Hathorn, bom 17 Nov. 1803, is son of 
 Geo. Hathorn, Esq., of Brunswick Square, London, 
 and is of the family of Hathorn, of Castle Wigg, co. 
 Wigtoun, N.B. He is brother-in-law of Commander 
 Matt. Dixon, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1817, on 
 board the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon ; 
 passed his examination in 1824; obtained his first 
 commission 30 April, 1827 ; and was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, 22 Jan. 1829, and 25 Nov. 1833, to the Van- 
 GDARD 76, Capts. Wm. Henry Shirreff, Sam. Bur- 
 gess, and Chas. Talbot, and Canopus 84, Capt. Hon. 
 Josceline Percy, on the South American and Medi- 
 terranean stations. Having officiated for a consi- 
 derable time as First-Lieutenant of those ships, he 
 was advanced, 10 Jan. 1837, to the rank of Com- 
 mander ; and, on 9 April, 1839, he was nominated 
 Second-Captain of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston 
 Stewart ; his services in which ship on the coast of 
 Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre 
 procured him a Post-commission dated 4 Nov. 1840. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Hathorn married, 28 Sept. 1843, Mary Isa- 
 bella, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. M'Douall, 
 Vicar of Luton and Canon of Peterborough, and 
 grand-niece of the late Earl of Dumfries, by whom 
 he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HATTON, M.P. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 11; 
 
 H-p., 37.) 
 ViLMERS Francis Hatton, born 20 Aug. 1787, 
 at Dromana, co. Waterford, is eldest son of Geo. 
 Hatton, Esq., formerly M.P. for Lisbuxne, co. An- 
 trim, by Lady Isabella Rachel Seymour Conway, 
 sixth daughter of Francis, first Marquess of Hert- 
 ford. He is brother of Commander Henry John 
 Hatton, R.N. (1815), a Gentleman Usher of the 
 Privy Chamber, who died 21 Dec. 1831 ; nephew of 
 the late Major-General John Hatton ; and cousin of 
 the present Marquess of Londonderry. His uncle, 
 the late Henry Hatton, Esq., of Clonard, oo. Wex- 
 ford, married the eldest daughter of the second Earl 
 of Arran ; which lady espoused, a second time, the 
 first Marquess of Abercorn. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1799, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Sans Pakeil 80, Capt. Chas. 
 Vinicombe Penrose, bearing the flag in the Channel 
 and West Indies of his uncle, Lord Hugh Seymour. 
 In 1801 he removed, as Midshipman, with Capt. 
 Penrose to the Carnatic 74 ; and he next, between 
 1802 and 1805, served, on the Home and East India 
 stations, in the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capt. Joseph 
 Bingham, and Trident 64, flag-ship of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Peter Rainier, by whom he was then ap- 
 pointed Lieutenant of the Grampus 50, Capt. Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild. Returning home shortly after 
 his official promotion, which took place 31 Jan. 
 1805, he joined, on 3 Oct. in that year, the Seagull, 
 of 16 guns and 94 men, Capt. Robt. Cathcart, and 
 proceeded to the North Sea station, where he dis- 
 played gi'eat zeal for the public service, and often 
 cruized, for days at a time, in an open boat for the 
 suppression of smuggling. On 19 June, 1808, being 
 at the time First of the Seagull, Mr. Hatton par- 
 ticipated, off the coast of Norway, in a desperate 
 and heroic action of two hours and a half, which, 
 after the British had sustained a loss of 8 men killed 
 and 20 wounded, and had been actually reduced to 
 a sinking state, terminated in the surrender of that 
 vessel to the Danish sloop Lougen, of 20 guns and 
 160 men, and six gun-boats, each armed with 2 long- 
 24-pounder3, and manned with from 60 to 70 men. 
 
 During the contest Mr. Hatton lost an arm, and 
 received two other wounds, one of which, in the 
 knee, nearly deprived him of the use of his right 
 leg ; yet, although he was so dangerously wounded, 
 he continued to give his support and encourage- 
 ment to the last.* So distinguished indeed was bis 
 conduct that it not only called forth the highest 
 approbation of the court-martial which assembled 
 to try the officers and crew of the Seagull for the 
 loss of their ship, but procured for him a Com- 
 mander's commission dated back to the day of the 
 action. From 3 March, 1810, until posted, 7 Feb. 
 1812, Capt. Hatton served in the Port Mahon 
 brig, on the Portsmouth station and on the north 
 coast of Spain. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. Hatton, who is M.P. for co. Wexford, en- 
 joys a pension of 300^. in consideration of his 
 wounds. He married, 24 May, 1817, Harriet, se- 
 cond daughter of the Right Hon. David La Touche, 
 M.P. for CO. Carlow, by Lady Cecilia Leeson, 
 daughter of the first Earl of Miltown ; and by that 
 lady has issue one son, in the Army, and two 
 daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HAULTAIN, K.H. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 
 13 ; H-P., 33.) 
 Charles Hadltain was bom, in Dec. 1787, in 
 Loudon, and died 4 June, 1845, at Fairford, co. 
 Gloucester. He was eldest son of Lieut.-Colonel 
 Theodore Haultain, of the Commandry, in the city 
 of Worcester, who served as Captam of the 37th 
 Begt. at the battles of Minden, Warburg, Filling- 
 hausen, &c., and saw much other service, both in 
 Germany and North America. He was brother of 
 Capt. Fras. Haultain, of the Royal Artillery; of 
 Capt. Arthur Haultain, of the Hon. E. L Co.'s 
 service ; and of Fred. Haultain, Esq., a Midship- 
 man B.N., who died on board the Thetis frigate, 
 in the West Indies, of yellow fever, in 1809. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Jan. 1800, as 
 A. B., on board the Aoincourt 64, Capts. John 
 Bligh and Geo. Fred. Ryves, bearing the flag of 
 his patron, the late Sir Chas. Morice Pole, in which 
 ship, after serving for some time at Newfoundland, 
 he proceeded to the North Sea, and ultimately con- 
 veyed the 25th Regt. to Egypt. In 1801-2, having 
 previously attained the rating of Midshipman, he 
 successively joined the Bonne Citoyenne and 
 ViNCEJO sloops, both commanded in the Mediterra- 
 nean by Capt. Jas. Prevost ; after which, on re- 
 moving to the Cerberus 32, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez, he assisted at the bombardment of 
 Granville 14 Sept. 1803. On leaving the latter ship, 
 Mr. Haultain became attached to the Speedwell 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander W. Robinson, Thisbe 
 28, arTne'e-en-flite, Capt. Lewis Shepheard, and 
 Glory and Ocean 98's, flag-ships of Sir John Orde, 
 Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, and Lord Colhng- 
 wood, under the second-named of whom he was 
 present, in the Glory, in Sir Robt. Calder's action 
 22 July, 1805. On 26 April, 1806, we find him pro- 
 moted to a Lieutenancy in the Prince 98, Capt. 
 Wm. Lechmere, off Cadiz, where, until 1809, he 
 further served in the Queen 98, Capt. Fras. Pender 
 Excellent 74, Capt. John West, and Queen again' 
 Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland. He then cruized for 
 a short period on the Irish station as Senior of the 
 Decade 36, Capt. John Stuart ; and in the course 
 of the same year, 1809, he proceeded to the Adriatic 
 in the Active 38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon. On 29 
 June, 1810, Mr. Haultain commanded the ship's 
 launch, and assisted at the capture and destruction 
 of a convoy of 25 vessels near the town of Groa. 
 He took part in many other boat operations, and 
 was employed on so much harassing service that his 
 health in the end became seriously affected, and he 
 was in consequence obliged to invalid. His next 
 appointments were, 3 Sept. 1811, and 23 May, 1812 
 to the San Josef 110 and Egmont 74, flag-ships of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton and the late Sir Geo. Hope ; under 
 the latter of whom he escorted a Russian fleet from 
 the Baltic to England. Volunteering about June 
 * Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 1285. 
 
478 
 
 HAWES—HAWKE— HAWKER. 
 
 1813, to serve with the force employed on the Ger- 
 man rivers under the command of Capt. Arthur 
 Farquhar, Mr. Haultain was nominated for that 
 purpose the Senior officer of a flotilla of 12 gun- 
 boats ; in discharging the duties of which post he 
 underwent for several months many very severe 
 hardships. During that period he frequently came 
 into close contact with the enemy, but especially on 
 one occasion in the month of Sept., when he made 
 a vigorous, although, from unforeseen circura- 
 .stances, an unsuccessful attack on eight Danish 
 vessels lying at Busum, a small and intricate har- 
 bour near the mouth of the Elbe— a service which 
 procured him the thanks of Capt. Farqaihar. He 
 afterwards co-operated and displayed great merit 
 at the reduction of the strong forts of Blexen and 
 Bremerlehe in the Weser, and of Cuxhaven in the 
 Elbe ;* besides serving as a volunteer at the head- 
 quarters of the Crown Prince of Sweden ; and sub- 
 sequently on shore at the siege of Gliickstadt-t As 
 a reward for his conduct fin the latter occasion he 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander 15 June, 
 
 1814, and, in 1819, presented with the Swedish gold 
 medal. The K.H. was conferred on him 1 Jan. 
 1833, but he was never able to procure further em- 
 ployment. 
 
 Commander Haultain was 'the originator and 
 compiler of the ' New Navy List' — the editorship 
 of which, since his decease, has passed into the 
 hands of the talented Mr. Allen, of Greenwich Hos- 
 pital. He married, 13 Aug. 1814, Eliza, daughter 
 of — Saward, Esq., of Thorp Ball, PrittleweU, co. 
 Essex. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 HAWES. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 20; h-p., 19.) 
 Edwakd Hawes entered the Navy, 15 July, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alonzo sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Buckley Hunt, fitting at Deptford. In the following 
 month he removed with the same officer to the 
 Bhitomart 10, and in that vessel (with the excep- 
 tion of an attachment of a few months in 1813-14 
 .to the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dick- 
 son) he continued to serve, latterly with the present 
 Capt. Eobt. RiddeU Carre, until Oct. 1816. During 
 that period Mr. Hawes, who at the early age even 
 of 13 was intrusted with the charge of a prize, at- 
 tended as Midshipman the expedition to the Scheldt, 
 and saw a vast deal of active service on the North 
 ■Sea and Baltic stations. Among the numerous de- 
 tached operations in which he bore an active and 
 prominent part, we may enumerate the destruction 
 of several privateers and gun-vessels, in the Vlie 
 Passage, in May, 1810 ; the proximate cutting out, 
 by two of the Britomart's boats, of L Intrepick 
 privateer of about 8 guns and 40 men, from under 
 the fire of an enemy's battery, and within sight of 
 several armed ships ; and the boarding and carry- 
 ing, off' Heligoland, 17 July, 1812, oiL'Eole, ano- 
 ther privateer, pierced for 14, but carrying only 6 
 guns, with a complement of 31 men, which vessel 
 did not surrender until she had sustained a loss of 2 
 slain and 7 wounded, and had killed 3 and wounded 
 10 of the crews belonging to the British boats. In 
 the summer of 1811 we find Mr. Hawes, while in 
 the execution of his duty, receiving so severe an 
 injury in the right eye that its effects have since 
 nearly deprived him of the sight. For his subse- 
 quent services, as Master's Mate, at the battle of 
 Algiers he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 by commission dated 16 Sept. 1816 ; and he was 
 afterwards appointed — 1 Nov. 1821, to the Andro- 
 mache frigate, bearing the broad pendants at the 
 Cape of Good Hope of Commodores Joseph Nourse 
 and Constantine Richard Moorsom — 6 Oct. 1825, to 
 the Beagle 10, Capt. Pringle Stokes, attached to 
 the force in South America, whence he invalided 
 in Aug. 1826— and 9 March, 1827, as Senior, to the 
 Weasel 10, Capts. John Burnet Dundas, and Hon. 
 Wm. Wellesley, on the Mediterranean station. 
 While under Commodore Moorsom Mr. Hawes was 
 despatched from the Cape in charge of the York, 
 a small tender of only 30 tons, for the purpose of 
 • Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2437. f V. Gaz. 1814, p. 126. 
 
 ascertaining'the fate of a party vrho had gone some 
 time before to form a settlement on the east coast 
 of Africa, and who had not since been heard of. 
 By dint of steady perseverance, and the exercise of 
 the most seamanlike conduct, he overcame the ob- 
 stacles offered to his progress by a succession of 
 south-east gales, accompanied by heavy seas and 
 strong currents, and contrived, in his mere epitome 
 of a ship, fully to carry out the object of his mis- 
 sion — having the good fortune ultimately to find 
 those of whom he had been sent in quest at Port 
 Natal, where, owing to the loss of their vessel, they 
 had been cut off' from all means of communication. 
 The York then returned to the Cape, which she 
 reached in safety, long after every hope had dis- 
 appeared of her having been able to survive the 
 tempestuous weather she had encountered. The 
 Andromache was at the time on the eve of sailing 
 for England, and the vacancy supposed to have 
 been occasioned by the death of Mr. Hawes had 
 actually been filled up. On 18 Aug. 1828 our officer 
 was promoted to the command of the Philomel 10, 
 in which sloop he served in the Mediterranean 
 until paid off, 15 June, 1829. From the latter date 
 he appears to have remained unemployed until 23 
 April, 1842, when we find him receiving the ap- 
 pointment of Principal Agent for Transports in 
 China ; the harassing, and in some cases the deli- 
 cate duties attached to which office (until the 
 transport shipping had been all finally disposed of) 
 he continued to discharge, with a zeal for the ser- 
 vice, and a degree of activity, prudence, and judg- 
 ment, that elicited the warmest thanks of bis Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, Sir Thos. John Cochrane. He re- 
 turned to England in Sept. 1843, and since 21 May, 
 1844, has been Superintendent of the Packet" Ser- 
 vice at Portpatrick, with his name on the books of 
 the EoTAL Sovereign yacht. 
 
 Commander Hawes married, 6 Oct. 1829, Mary 
 Ann Cornelius, daughter of his old Captain, Wm. 
 Buckley Hunt, who died in Nov. 1812, by vrfiom he 
 has issue five children. Agents — HaUett and Ko- 
 binson. 
 
 HA'WKE. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Bladen Edward Hawke, bom 14 March,' 1820, 
 is second and youngest son of the Hon. Martin 
 Bladen Edw. Hawke, by Hannah, only daughter of 
 Thos. Nisbet, Esq., of Mersington ; and first-cousin 
 of the present Lord Hawke. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1833 ; passed 
 his examination 18 Nov. 1839 ; studied next for 
 many months at the Koyal Naval College ; and from 
 the early part of 1842, until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 24 Feb. 1844, served as Mate of the 
 TnALiA 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, on the East India 
 station. He then, until the following summer, 
 officiated as Additional of the Agincourt 72, flag- 
 ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane ; but has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 HAWKER. (Eeab-Admikal of the Eed, 1837. 
 
 Edward Hawker is son of Capt. Jas. Hawker, 
 R.N., who commanded the Hero 74, and was with 
 the squadron under Commodore Johnstone when 
 attacked by M. de Suffrein, at Porto Prava, in 
 1781. •'^ 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne since 
 28 May, 1786, on the books of the Pegasus 28, com- 
 manded by H. R. H. Prince Wm. Henry, Power- 
 FOL 74, and Impregnable 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Byard) 
 successively became Midshipman, in 1793, of the 
 Pegasus, and of the Swiptsure 74, each commanded 
 by Capt. Chas. Boyles, imder whom he was nomi- 
 nated, 14 July, 1796, Lieutenant of the Raison- 
 nable 64. His other appointments, in the latter 
 capacity, were— 22 July. 1799, and 2 Oct. 1800, to the 
 Spitfire sloop, Capt. Michael Seymour, and Gar- 
 land 28, Capt. Eobt. Honyman, both on the Chan- 
 nel station— 13 June, 1801, as Senior, to the Thames 
 32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, in which frigate, 
 after witnessing, we believe. Sir Jas. Saumarez' ac- 
 tion of 12 and 13 July following in the Gut of Gib- 
 
IIAWKER-HAWKEY-HAWKINS. 
 
 479 
 
 Taltar, and commanding her iDoats at the very spi- 
 rited capture, 21 Sept. 1801, of a Spanish privateer 
 called the Sparrow, carrying 2 4-pounders, 2 brass 
 swivels, and 31 men,* he visited the shores of Egypt 
 — 30 June, 1803, to the command of the Swifd 
 cutter, employed off Martinique and Jamaica — and, 
 22 Aug. in the same yeai, again as First, to the 
 Bellbbophon 74, Capt. John Loring. He was pro- 
 moted, on 29 of the latter month, to the command 
 of the Port Mahon brig, also on the Jamaica sta- 
 tion, where he was shortly afterwards transferred 
 to the MiGSONNE. Attaining Post-rank, 6 June, 
 1804, he joined, on 15 of the following month, the 
 Theseus 74, bearing the flag of llear-Admiral Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres ; from which ship, after experiencing 
 a very dreadful hurricane, he removed, in the next 
 Dec, to the Tartar 32. In that vessel Capt. 
 Hawker cruized for nearly two years in the West 
 Indies and off the coast of America, and captured, 
 on 9 Jime, 1806 (in company with the Bacchus 
 cutter), L' Observateur, French national brig, of 18 
 guns and 104 men. -I* The Tartar being then or- 
 dered to England, in consequence of the damages 
 she had sustained in a recent hurricane, he ex- 
 changed into the Melampus 36 ; in which frigate 
 we find him, in Jan. 1809, convoying a fleet of trans- 
 ports from Halifax to Barbadoes; and, on 16 of that 
 month, capturing Le Colihri, a French brig-of-war 
 mounting 16 guns, with a complement of 92 men, 
 having on board 570 barrels of flour and a large 
 quantity of gunpowder for the relief of St. Do- 
 mingo. t On 14 of the ensuing Dec. he intercepted 
 tie Seauhamais, of 16 guns and 109 men, laden with 
 flour and warlike stores, from Bayonne bound to 
 Guadeloupe ; § after assisting at the reduction of 
 which island, and capturing, in company with the 
 Driver sloop-of-war, La FantSme, French letter-of- 
 marque, pierced for 20 guns, with a complement of 
 74 men, he returned to the Halifax station, where 
 he continued until Jan. 1812. From 6 March, 1813, 
 to Dec. 1815, he appears to have next commanded 
 the Bellerophon 74, and Salisbury 58, bearing 
 each the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats at New- 
 foundland ; on his passage whither in the former 
 ship he captured Le Genie French privateer, of 16 
 guns and 73 men. His last appointments were, 30 
 April, 1827, and 7 Sept. 1829, to the Britannia and 
 St. Vincent 120's, flag-ships at Plymouth of the 
 Earlof Northesk. He went on half-pay 30 April, 
 1830 ; and attained Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837. 
 The Rear- Admiral is married, and has issue. 
 
 HAWKER. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Henbv Samuel Hawker obtained his first com- 
 mission 6 March, 1838 ; and then joined for a short 
 period the Pearl 20, Capt. Lord Clarence Edw. 
 Paget, lying at Sheemess. He was afterwards ap- 
 pointed — 14 Aug. 1839, to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. 
 "Wm. Wilmott Henderson, in which ship (besides 
 commanding her launch and covering in a very ex- 
 cellent manner a party who had landed for the pur- 
 pose of destroying a train which had been laid be- 
 tween the town and one of the castles at Beyrout 
 containing 200 barrels of gunpowder ||) he witnessed 
 the fall of St. Jean d.'Acre, 3 Nov. 1840—7 Sept. 
 1841, to the AiGLE 24, Capt. Lord C. E. Paget, on 
 the Mediterranean station — and, 11 Deo. 1845, to 
 the Sampson steam-frigate, Capt. Thos. Henderson, 
 attached to the force in South America, whence he 
 came home in the spring of 1846. He was promoted 
 to his present rank on 9 of the following Nov., and 
 is now on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Oramanney. 
 
 HAWKEY. (LiEnTENANT, 1843.) 
 
 Charles Hawkev entered the Navy 31 Aug. 
 1831; passed his examination 4 June, 1838; and, we 
 are informed, served as Mate on board the Stkom- 
 BOLi steam-vessel, Capt. Woodford John Williams, 
 in the operations of 1840 against Beyrout, Sidon, 
 
 * riic Gaz. 1801, p. 1339, 
 
 1 V. (jas. ISOa, p. 326. 
 * Iff-" 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1806, p. 362. 
 <j V. Gaz. 1810, p. 176. 
 Gaz. 1840, p. 2609. 
 
 and Acre. He afterwards rejoined the latter vessel 
 when she was commanded by Capt. Wm. Louis ; 
 and, obtaining a commission 20 Nov. 1843, was next 
 appointed, 27 Dec. following, to the Hegate steam- 
 sloop, Capt. Jas. Paterson Bower, employed, until 
 
 1845, in the execution of various particular services. 
 He has been successively attached, since 13 April, 
 
 1846, to the Retribution steam-frigate, and Ven- 
 geancb 74, both commanded by Capt. Stephen 
 Lushington. 
 
 Lieut. Hawkey married, 9 June, 1844, the Hon. 
 Christabella De Moleyns, eldest daughter of Lord 
 Ventry. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HAWKINS. (Capt., 1835. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Abraham Mills Hawkins, bom at Kingsbridge, 
 CO. Devon, is second son of Rich. Hawkins, Esq., of 
 that place, and enumerates amongst his ancestors 
 the celebrated Sir John Hawkins, who was knighted 
 for the conspicuous part he had enacted, as Rear- 
 Admiral, in the defeat of the Spanish Armada ; and 
 Sir Rich. Hawkins, his son, an oflicer also distin- 
 guished in the naval annals of those days. Queen 
 Elizabeth, in consideration of the important ser- 
 vices rendered to his country by Sir John Hawkins, 
 granted honourable augmentations to the family 
 arms, which are still borne by Capt. Hawkins. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 March, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the BABrtBUR 98, Capt. Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres, employed in the Channel and off Ca^ 
 diz ; and in Jan. 1799 became Midshipman of the 
 Peince 98, bearing the flag of Sir Roger Curtis, 
 whom he soon accompanied to the Cape of Good 
 Hope in the Lancastee 64. He there removed for 
 a few months in 1800 to the Rattlesnake, Capt. 
 Roger Curtis, but afterwards rejoined the Lancas- 
 tee, and continued to serve in that ship until Nov. 
 1803. He was then transferred to the Tbident 64, 
 flag-ship of Admiral Rainier on the East India sta- 
 tion; where, from July, 1804, until his retium to 
 England towards the close of 1806 in the Woolwich 
 armee-en-ftute, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, he was further 
 employed, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Vic- 
 tor sloop, Capt. Jas. Johnstone, Sheerness 44, 
 Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart (under whom he was 
 wrecked, in a, gale of wind, off Trincomalee, 7 Jan. 
 1805), Psyche frigate, Capt. Wm. WooMdge, and 
 Duncan 38, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart. On being 
 officially promoted, U June, 1807, Mr. Hawkins 
 was appointed to the Aimable 32, in which frigate, 
 and the Horatio 38, both commanded by the last- 
 mentioned officer, he served on the North Sea sta^ 
 tion, principally as First-Lieutenant, until Sept. 
 1812. While in the former ship he assisted at the 
 capture, on 3 Feb. 1809, of L'Iris French national 
 ship, pierced for 32 guns, but mounting only 24, 
 after a short running-fight in which the latter sus- 
 tained a loss of 2 men killed and 8 wounded, and 
 the Aimable (besides being materially damaged in 
 her masts, spars, sails, and rigging) of 2 wounded ; 
 and in the course of the following July we find him 
 earning the thanks of his Captain for his indefati- 
 gable exertions at the reduction of the batteries of 
 Cuxhaven and Bremerlehe, and the expulsion of the 
 enemy from Gessendorf. On 2 Aug. 1812, being 
 then in the Horatio, he took command of four 
 boats belonging to that ship, and, in a manner in- 
 describably gallant, succeeded, at the end of a most 
 sanguinary combat, in which the assailants suffered 
 a loss of 9 men killed and 16 wounded, and their 
 opponents of 10 killed and 13 wounded, in capturing 
 a Danish schooner and cutter, mounting 10 guns 
 between them, lying at anchor in a position of ex- 
 traordinary strength near a village on an arm of 
 the sea, 35 miles inland, on the coast of Norway.* 
 He unfortunately, however, received a severe wound 
 in the right hand while advancing to the attack, and 
 another in the left arm when in tte act of boarding • 
 in consideration whereof he was awarded a pension 
 of 150/., and presented with a gratuity from the Pa- 
 triotic Society. The valour of his exploit was also 
 acknowledged by a Commander's commission dated 
 • Vide Ga/. 181?, p.l7l0. 
 
480 
 
 HAWKINS-HAWKSHAW— HAWTAYNE. 
 
 on 12 of the following Dec. Capt. Hawkins' subse- 
 quent appointments were— 18 March, 1814, to the 
 Conflict sloop, in which vessel he served on the 
 Home station until Sept. 1815—30 Aug. 1819, to a 
 five-years' Inspectorship in the Water Guard— and 
 13 July, 1830, to the Kaleigh 18, fitting for the Me- 
 diterranean, whence he returned and was paid off 31 
 May, 1834. He was advanced to his present rank 6 
 Feb. 1835, but has not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Hawkins married, in 1819, Mary TVise, only 
 daughter of Christopher Savery, Esq., of South 
 EfFord, 00. Devon, and by that lady has issue two 
 sons, of whom the eldest is an of&cer in the Army. 
 
 HAWKINS. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Charles Hawkins entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 
 1797, as A.B., on board the Chapman hired armed 
 ship, Capt. Robt. Keen, with whom he continued 
 to serve, principally as Midshipman, in the same 
 vessel, and in the Spitfire sloop, until April, 1803 ; 
 being much employed in the former in co-operation 
 with the King's troops, in the neighbourhood of 
 Wexford, during the rebellion of 1798. On leaving 
 the Spitfire he joined the Pickle schooner, of 10 
 guns and 35 men, Lieut.-Commanders John 
 Kichards Lapenotiere and Daniel Callaway, in which 
 vessel he had an opportunity of rendering much as- 
 sistance to the Magnificent 74, when that ship was 
 wrecked, near Brest, 25 March, 1804 ; of also par- 
 ticipating in the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, 
 with the despatches announcing the glorious result 
 of which the Pickle was sent home ; and of par- 
 ticipating, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the capture, 3 Jan. 
 1807, of La Favorite privateer, of 14 guns and 70 
 men. Mr. Hawkins, who on the latter occasion re- 
 ceived a slight wound, and distinguished himself 
 by his activity and exertions in boarding and after- 
 wards getting the prize clear, was for his conduct 
 made Lieutenant, by commission dated on 7 of the 
 same month, into the Hombee armed ship, Capt. 
 John Hill.* He afterwards joined— 26 Nov. 1807, 
 the Hekcule 74, Capt. Hon. John Colville, off Lis- 
 bon— 8 Nov. 1808, the Nokge 74, Capt. Joh'n Sprat 
 Bainier, which ship, employed on the same and 
 Cadiz stations, he left in Aug. 1811—11 Sept. 1812, 
 the Cordelia 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy, 
 attached to the force in the Downs— and, 21 July, 
 1813, the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, sta^ 
 tioned in the North Sea, whence he invalided in 
 Feb. 1814. He assumed command, 12 Aug. 1839, 
 of the KoMNEY receiving-ship at the Havana ; and 
 since 9 Oct. 1841 has been in charge of a Semaphore 
 station. 
 
 HAWKINS. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Frank Keene Hawkins served as Midshipman 
 of the Pique 36, during the operations of 1840 on 
 the coast of Syria, and was mentioned in the high- 
 est terms by his Captain, Edw. Boxer ;t passed his 
 examination 7 July, 1841 ; and served as Mate, on 
 the Mediterranean and American stations, in the 
 Queen 1 10, and Formidable 84, flag-ships of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. K. Owen, Warspite 50, Capt. Provo 
 AVm. Parry Wallis, and Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bo- 
 hun Martin. He obtained his commission 9 Dec. 
 1845 ; joined, a few days afterwards, the Gladiator 
 steam-frigate, Capt. John Eobb, lying at Woolwich ; 
 and since 8 May, 1846, has been successively em- 
 ployed with Capt. Woodford John WiUiams in the 
 Avenger and Amphion steam-frigates, on the Home 
 station. 
 
 HAWKINS. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Henry C^sar Hawkins, born 19 March, 1809, 
 is second surviving son of the present Sir John 
 Cffisar Hawkins, Bart., by Charlotte, eldest daughter 
 of Wm. Surtees, Esq., of Hedley, co. Northumber- 
 land. One of his brothers is a Captain in the In- 
 dian, and three others are officers in the Queen's, 
 Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 2 May, 1822; 
 passed his examination in 1828 ; was employed on 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 34. f ^- Gal. 1840, p. 2001. 
 
 shore in Oct. of that year in constructing batteries 
 and otherwise co-operating with the French army 
 during the siege of Morea Castle ;* and obtained his 
 first commission 6 Sept. 1838. Being appointed, 
 11 April, 1839 (after a short servitude as Additional- 
 Lieutenant in the Donegal 78, flag-ship at Lisbon 
 of Sir John Acworth Ommanney), to the Blen- 
 heim 72, Capts. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse 
 and Sir Thos. Herbert, he ultimately proceeded to 
 China, where he went through the whole campaign, 
 including the storming of Chinghae,t on which oc- 
 casion he served on shore in command of a party of 
 seamen. He was in consequence advanced to his 
 present rank 23 Dec. ] 842,| but has not been since 
 employed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 H.'^.WKSHAW. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 12; h-p., 25.) 
 Hugh Hawkshaw is son of the late Rev. Rich. 
 Hawkshaw, Rector of Fahan, co. Londonderry. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foutunee 36, Capt. 
 Henry Vansittart, on the Home station, where he 
 assisted at the capture, 11 Oct. 1811, of Le Vice- 
 Amiral Martin, a notorious privateer, of 18 guns 
 and 140 men, and where he afterwards followed 
 the same Captain into the Clarence 74. While 
 next attached, between Sept. 1813 and Feb. 1817, 
 to the Pactolus 38, and Severn 50, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, we find 
 him accompanying the Duke of Cambridge to Cux- 
 haven and his late Majesty to the Scheldt, serving 
 for some time also on the North American station, 
 and (besides attending an eminently successful 
 expedition sent in the summer of 1*815 to the Gi- 
 roude in support of the French king) enacting a 
 part in the memorable battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 
 1816. He was subsequently for nearly twelve months 
 employed on the African and West India stations 
 in the Semiramis 42, Capts. Sir Jas. Lucas Teo 
 and Joseph Harrison; after which he successively 
 joined the Severn 50, Newcastle 60, and Leander 
 50, commanded on the Home and Bermuda stations 
 by Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch, Arthur Fanshawe, and 
 Edw. Chetham. He was promoted, 12 July, 1819, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Newcastle, bearing the 
 flag at the time of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, 
 Commander-in-Chief at Halifax ; but since the 
 paying off of that ship in 1822 has not been afloat. 
 Lieut. Hawkshaw, who is an Inspector of the Car- 
 low Constabulary Force, married Catherine Eliza, 
 fourth daughter of Robt. Miller, Esq., of Black- 
 heath Park, CO. Kent. 
 
 HAWTAYNE. (Eeak Admirai, of the White, 
 1841. F-p., 18; h-p., 36.) 
 
 Charles Sibthorpe John Hawtayne is second 
 son of the Rev. Wm. Hawtayne, 34 years Rector 
 of Elstree, co. Hertford, in the early part of his 
 life an Ensign in the 3rd Regt. of Foot Guards ; 
 and brother of the Rev. John Hawtayne, D.D., 
 Archdeacon of Bombay. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1793, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Defence 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Gambler, of which ship his father was then 
 Chaplain. In Oct. 1794, after having shared in the 
 action of 1 June, he accompanied Capt. Gambler 
 into the Prince George 98, commanded subse- 
 quently by Capt. Sir John Orde, in the river Med- 
 way. With the exception of an attachment of a 
 few months in 1798-9 to the Ze.m,and 64, flag-ship 
 at the Nore, he next, from April, 1795, until Aug. 
 1799, served with Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb, on 
 the Home and West India stations, in the Martin 
 and Babel sloops, and Aimable and Crescent 
 frigates. Being made Lieutenant, on 24 of the 
 latter month, into the EspiSgle sloop, Capts. Jas. 
 Boorder and Jas. Slade, Mr. Hawtayne attended 
 the ensuing expedition to Holland. He was after- 
 wards appointed— U July, 1800, to the Greyhound 
 32, Capts. Chas. Ogle and Wm. Hoste, on the Me- 
 diterranean station, where his services under tlie 
 
 • riifc Gaz. 1828, p. 2201. + V. Gaz. 1842, p. 396. 
 J V. Gaz. 1842, p.S821. 
 
HAY. 
 
 481 
 
 former officer on the coast of Egypt procured him 
 the Turkish gold medal— and 18 May, 1803, and 26 
 May, 1804, to the Isis 50, and Culloden 74, flag- 
 ships at Newfoundland and in the East Indies of 
 Vice-Admiral Gamhier and Sir Edw. Pellew. In 
 the early part of 1805, we find him successively no- 
 minated Acting-Captain of the Doncan frigate, 
 and Governor, pro tempore, of the Royal Naval Hos- 
 pital at Madras ; the latter of which posts he re- 
 signed about Sept. in the same year. On 31 Jan. 
 1806, Mr. Hawtayne was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander, and in that capacity he was next ap- 
 pointed, 6 May, 1807, to the Cepbalus 18^ in which 
 sloop he conveyed Mr. Gambler, as Consul-General, 
 to Lisbon, and then proceeded to the Mediterra- 
 nean. He was posted, at the request of Lord Gam- 
 bier, on 13 of the following Oct., but he does not 
 appear to have again gone afloat until March, 1810, 
 when he succeeded in obtaining an appointment to 
 the Quebec 32, on the North Sea station, where he 
 captured the privateers V Imperatrice of 14 guns 
 and 60 men, ie Renard of 6 guns and 24 men 
 (taken in company with the Kite sloop), and 
 L' Olympia, of 10 guns and 78 men. The Quebec 
 being paid off in Feb. 1812, Capt. Hawtayne next 
 joined, 15 Jan. 1816, the Scamamdek 42, fitting for 
 the "West India station. He exchanged, however, 
 in the ensuing April, into the Flokida 24, and until 
 placed out of commission in 3>ec. 1818, was chiefly 
 employed in superintending the Revenue-cruisers 
 in the North Sea. This was his last service afloat. 
 He attained Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 The Kear-Admiral married, first, Elizabeth, se- 
 cond daughter of the late Geo. Griffin Stonestreet, 
 Esq., of Clapham, High Sheriff' for co. Surrey, in 
 1800; and secondly, in Feb. 1820, Anne, sister of 
 the present Rear-Admiral Henry Hope, C.B. He 
 was again left a widower in 1825. 
 
 HAY. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 George James Hay is second son of the late 
 Lieut.-General Hay, Lieut.-Governor of Edinburgh 
 Castle. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thames 32, Capt. Bridges 
 ■Watkinson Taylor, with whom, and with Capt. Ed- 
 wards Lloyd Graham, he continued to serve, in the 
 same ship and the ApoiiLO 38, on the West India 
 and Mediterranean stations, principally as Midship- 
 man, until July, 1814. He assisted, in the latter 
 vessel, in capturing, 13 April, 1812, the French fri- 
 gate-built store-ship Merinos^ of 20 guns and 26 
 men, under the batteries of Corsica, and, on 20 of 
 the following Sept., the ;National xebec Ulyase, of 6 
 guns. Participating also in nearly every one of the 
 numerous affairs in which the Apollo's boats were 
 engaged when in the Adriatic, he was in conse- 
 quence present at the reduction of the islands of 
 Augusta and Curzola 29 Jan. and 3 Feb. 1813 ; the 
 capture, on 11 April, of the Devil's Island, near the 
 north entrance of Corfu; and the cutting-out, 13 
 days later, after a body of the enemy's troops had 
 been defeated, of a felucca from under the batteries 
 of St. Cataldo. On 6 July, 1815, while next serv- 
 ing on board the Eukotas 38, Capts. Jas. LiUicrap 
 and liobt. Bloye, Mr. Hay was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. Being appointed, on 7 of the 
 following Nov., to the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray 
 Maxwell, he sailed in that ship with Lord Amherst 
 for China, and continued in her until wrecked, in 
 the Straits of Gaspar, on her passage home, 18 Feb. 
 1817, soon after the occurrence of which disaster 
 he appears to have acquired honourable mention 
 for his gallant conduct in pursuing with a single 
 boat, and capturing, a Malay proa, whose crew de- 
 fended themselves with so much desperation, that 
 the vessel went down as soon as she had been taken. 
 Mr. Hay's succeeding appointments were— 24 AprU, 
 1819, to the Menai 26, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, by 
 whom his exertions on proceeding to the coast of 
 Africa were often noticed, particularly when in 
 command of the Wizard tender, and once when 
 cutting-out in the boats the piratical slaver Industry 
 
 from under the batteries of Zanzibar— 10 Dec. 1823, 
 to the Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Commodore Chas. Bullen, also on the African 
 station, whence, although on the Admiralty List 
 for promotion, his health obliged him to invalid — 
 and, 4 Dec. 1827, to the command of the Meteor 
 steam-vessel. He obtained a second promotal com- 
 mission 18 Sept. 1828, but did not again go afloat 
 until 14 Dec. 1844, when he obtained command of 
 the Racehorse 18, and sailed for the East Indies. 
 In Dec. 1845, being at the time at New Zealand, he 
 landed in command of a detachment of seamen and 
 marines, and on the 11th of the following month, 
 after having participated for three weeks in a series 
 of the most trying operations (more fully alluded 
 to in our memoir of Capt. Chas. Graham), during 
 which his zeal and exertions were very conspicuous, 
 stormed and carried, notwithstanding a desperate 
 resistance of four hours, a strongly fortified pah, 
 belonging to a rebel chieftain, named Kawiti.'* -He 
 was in consequence advanced to his present rank by 
 commission bearing date the day of the action, 11 
 Jan. 1846, and nominated a C.B. 27 July following. 
 He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Hay married, 24 June, 1830, Georgiana 
 Middleton, fourth daughter of Sir John R. White- 
 ford. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 HAY. (Captain,, 1819. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Hay is son of the late Jas. Hay, Esq., of 
 Belton; great-grandson of John, first Marquess of 
 Tweeddale ; and a distant relative of the present 
 Lord John Hay, Capt. ILN. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson 44, Capt. Philip 
 Chas. Durham, on the Home station, where, until 
 Nov. 1804, he further served with the same Captain, 
 as Midshipman, in the Endymion 40, and with 
 Capts. Jas. Athol Wood and Jas. Oswald in the 
 Acasta 40. He then rejoined Capt. Durham in 
 the Defiance 74, and on 1 March, 1806, after hav- 
 ing participated in that ship in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action, and in the battle of Trafalgar, was promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Electra 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Barne Trollope, on the Leith station. Being next 
 appointed, 11 May, 1807, to the Amaranthe 18, 
 Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, he proceeded to the 
 West Indies, where, on 13 Dec. 1808, he took com- 
 mand of the boats of a small squadron, and much 
 distinguished himself by the gallant manner in 
 which, although under a heavy fire 'from the enemy's 
 batteries and troops on the beach, he boarded and car- 
 ried the French 18-gun brig Le Cigne, lyiftg aground 
 to the northward of St. Pierre's, Martinique.! On 
 the subjugation of the latter island, during the 
 operations connected with which he acted as Com- 
 mander of the Amaranthe, in consequence of Capt. 
 Brenton's absence on shore, Mr. Hay became Sig- 
 nal-Lieutenant to the present Sir Geo. Cockburn in 
 the Belleisle 74, and immediately returned to 
 England. On again proceeding to the West Indies, 
 in the Racoon, he joined the Glommbn sloop, Capt. 
 Chas. Pickford, under whom he continued until 
 wrecked, and saved by the Gloire frigate, in Car- 
 lisle Bay, Barbadoes, in N ov. 1809. He was nomi- 
 nated, on 29 of the following Dec, to the Acting 
 command of the Papillon 16, and in that vessel 
 (being confirmed to her by commission dated 2 May, 
 1810) we find him uninterruptedly employed, on 
 the West India, Cadiz, and Lisbon stations, until 
 24 April, 1815. He attained his present rank 12 
 Aug. 1819, and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 Capt. Hay is a Lieutenant of Yeomanry Cavalry, 
 and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Haddington. He is 
 married and has issue three sons and one daughter. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HAY. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 14.) 
 
 James Beckfokd Lewis Hay, bom 25 Nov. 1797 
 is son of Capt. John Baker Hay, R.N. (1798) who 
 fought under Lord Rodney in his various actions, 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 2346, 2348. 
 t V. Gaz. 1809, p. 146. 
 
 3Q 
 
482 
 
 HAY. 
 
 and was Midshipman of his flag-ship in the battle 
 of 12 April, 1782 ; who was afterwards present as a 
 Lieutenant in the actions of 29 May, and 1 June, 
 1794, and in the mutiny at the Nore in 1797 ; and 
 who ultimately died while commanding the Queen 
 Chaklotte, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. 
 Hawkins Whitshed, 13 May, 1823, in his 63rd year. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Poissant 74, Capt. John 
 Irwin, lying at Spithead. From the following June 
 until June, 1814, we find his name successively borne 
 on the books of the Clyde 38, Inconstant 36, and 
 Cornwall 74, all commanded, principally on the 
 Home station, by Sir Edw. Wm. CampbeU Kich 
 Owen, by whom, during four months in the winter 
 of 1813-14, he was employed on shore with the army 
 at South Beveland, -where, on one occasion, six 
 French brigs were driven aground by a battery 
 mounting only one 18-pounder. "While next cruiz- 
 ing in the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Lennock, 
 Mr. Hay participated in the capture of the Sine 
 qva jion American privateer, and in a smart action, 
 ofi' Teneriffe, with two other American vessels, the 
 Grampus and Terpsichore. In Oct. 1815 he removed 
 to the Bulwark 74, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir 
 Chas. Rowley ; and on his being subsequently trans- 
 ferred to the QoEEN Chaklotte 100, bearing the 
 flag of Lord Exmouth, he assisted, as a passed Mid- 
 shipman, at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 
 1816 ; after which event he served for a short period 
 in the Prometheus sloop, Capt. Wm. Bateman 
 Dashwood, and for two years as Master's Mate in 
 the Conqueror 74, flag-ship at the Cape of Good 
 Hope of Rear- Admiral Robt. Plampin. Being con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant 10 April, 1819, in the Tees 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Rennie, Mr. Hay, who continued to serve 
 in that vessel on the station last-mentioned until 
 Aug. 1821, was further, until April, 1831, employed, 
 at home and in the West and East Indies, on board 
 the Ramillies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, GLOnoESTER 
 74, Commodore Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Tyne 28, 
 Capt. John Walter Roberts, Gloucester again, 
 Arachne 18, Capt. Wm. Robt. Ashley Pettman 
 (in which sloop he served as First-Lieutenant from 
 Nov. 1826 until Jan. 1828), Monkey and Nimble 
 schooners, commanded by himself, and Southamp- 
 ton 52, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, 
 under whom he ofiiciated as Signal-Lieutenant for 
 upwards of two years. When First of the Tyne, 
 of which ship he acted for some time as Captain, 
 Mr. Hay, in 182.3, was recommended by his patron 
 Sir E. Owen, to the Admiralty for his conduct dur- 
 ing a successful expedition against the pirates of 
 Cuba. The same officer ultimately, in April, 1831, 
 appointed him to the command of the Cruiser 18, 
 and, in the course of the following month, of his 
 own flag-ship, the Southampton, to which the Ad- 
 miralty confirmed him by commission dated 14 Oct. 
 1832. He went on half-pay in Jan. 1833, and on 
 23 Nov. 1841, a few weeks after his rejunction of 
 his friend in the Queen 110, was advanced to the 
 rank he now holds. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. Hay married, 14 Dec. 1842, Clotilda Hen- 
 rietta, second daughter of Rear- Admiral Edw. Wallis 
 Hoare, K.N. 
 
 HAY, LoBD, C.B., G.C.C. (Captain, 1818. 
 
 F-P., 23 ; H-P., 20.) 
 The Right Honourable Lord John Hay, born 
 1 April, 1793, is third son of Geo., seventh Marquess 
 of Tweeddale, by Lady Hannah Charlotte Mait- 
 land, daughter of Jas., seventh Earl of Lauderdale. 
 His eldest brother, the present Marquess of Tweed- 
 dale, K.T., a Major-General in the Army, and Lord- 
 Lieutenant of CO. Haddington, served as Aide-de- 
 camp to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular 
 War, and was wounded in that capacity at the 
 battle of Busaoo, 27 Sept. 1810. Two other of his 
 brothers, Lords Jas. and Edw. Geo. Hay, are offi- 
 cers of high rank in the Army. His Lordship, who 
 is a distant relative of the present Capt. Jas. Hay, 
 R.N., is brother-in-law of John Henry Ley, Esq., 
 Clerk to the House of Commons ; and of Sir John 
 
 Cam Hobhonse, Bart., President of the Board of 
 Control. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Dec. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. John 
 Clarke Searle, bearing the flag in the Downs of 
 Lord Keith, whom he followed, in Aug. 1805, into 
 the Edgar 74. After a further servitude on the 
 Home station in the Egyptienne frigate, and Re- 
 venge 74, both commanded by Hon. Chas. Elphin- 
 stone Fleeming, Phoebe 36, Capt. Jas. Oswald, and 
 Puissant 74, Capt. John Irwin, he joined, in Dec. 
 1806, the Seahorse, of 42 guns and 281 men, Capt. 
 John Stewart, attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean, where he continued until June, 1811. 
 During that period Lord John Hay, besides being 
 in attendance on various diplomatic personages, 
 bore an ample part in many gallant operations 
 against the enemy. Among other services, he was 
 employed in the boats, and lost his left arm at the 
 cutting out of some vessels in Hieres Bay ; and on 
 the night of 5 July, 1808, he contributed to the 
 capture, after a memorably furious engagement, 
 and a loss to the Seahorse (30 of whose crew were 
 absent) of 5 men killed and 10 wounded, of the 
 Turkish man-of-war Sadere Zc^er, mounting 52 
 guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom 170 
 were slain and 200 wounded. The Alis Fezan, ojf 
 26 guns and 230 men, a ship which had been also 
 opposed to the Seahorse, was at the same time put 
 to flight. Obtaining a commission 1 May, 1812, 
 Lord John Hay was next appointed, 1 June follow- 
 ing, and 31 May, 1814, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland, and Venerable 74, bearing 
 the flag of the late Sir Philip Durham, both on the 
 West India station. On 15 Nov. in the latter year, 
 having been advanced to the rank of Commander on 
 15 of the previous June, his Lordship joined the 
 Bustard 10, off Lisbon, and he next, in the course 
 of 1815, obtained command of the Opossum 10, in 
 which sloop he served on the Channel and North 
 American stations until paid ofi' 5 Aug. 1818. He 
 attained Post-rank 7 Dec. following, and was subse- 
 quently appointed, 24 Sept. 1832, 19 Nov. 1836, and 
 8 March, 1837, to the Castor 36, Phcenix steamer, 
 and North Star 28, which vessels he commanded 
 until 1840. He had charge of a battalion of marines, 
 during that period, and acted as Commodore of a 
 small squadron on the north coast of Spain, where 
 the importance of his services as connected with 
 the civil war, especially at the siege of Bilbao, pro- 
 cured him, in 1837, the Grand Cross of the Order 
 of Charles III., and the Companionship of the Bath. 
 Lord John Hay, who next, from 17 Aug. 1841 until 
 Oct. 1843, commanded the Warspite 50, on the 
 coast of North America (whither he conveyed Lord 
 Ashburton) and in the West Indies, was succes- 
 sively appointed in 1846, Acting-Superintendent of 
 Woolwich Dockyard, Chairman of the Board of 
 Naval Construction, and a Lord of the Admiralty 
 — which latter office he still retains. 
 
 His Lordship, a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Had- 
 dington, sat in Parliament for that shire in 1826 and 
 30. In 1833, he received a large silver medal from the 
 "Society for the Encouragement of Arts," &c., for 
 his invention of a telescope-holder for the use of a 
 person with only one hand. Agents— Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 HAY. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 8.) 
 
 John Hay, born 23 March, 1804, is second son, 
 we believe, of Jas. Hay, Esq., of Seggieden, co. 
 Perth, and of Killicranky Cottage, in the pass of 
 Killicranky, a Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire, by 
 Margaret, daughter of John Richardson, Esq., of 
 Pitfour. One of his brothers, Jas. Richardson, is a 
 Captain in the Army; and another, Patrick, is a 
 Lieutenant in the Bengal Native Infantry. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Jan. 1817, and embarked 12 Oct. 1819, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Phj:eton 46, Capts. Wm. Henry 
 Dillon and Sir Wm. Augustus Montagu, of which 
 frigate, employed on the Home and Halifax stations, 
 he soon became Midshipman. On his removal, in 
 1822, to the Redwing 18, Capt. Hon. Gfeo. RoUe 
 
HAY. 
 
 483 
 
 Walpole Trefusis, we find him sharing in the boats 
 of that sloop in an expedition against the pirates in 
 the West Indies, and compelled, during a period of 
 eight days, to subsist on the provisions of two. He 
 afterwards served for about four years in South 
 America, latterly as Mate, on board the Mersey 26, 
 Capt. John Maopherson Ferguson, Jasedr 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Martin, and Cambridge 80, Capt. Thos. Jas. 
 Maling ; and he next, in 1827-8, joined the Prince 
 Kegent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Kobt. 
 Moorsom, Martial 14, commanded on the coast 
 of Scotland by Lieut. Kobt. M'Kirdy, and Blonde 
 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons ; under whom, towards the 
 close of 1828, he was employed on shore in con- 
 structing batteries, and otherwise co-operating with 
 the French army during the siege of Morea Castle.* 
 Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 12 Nov. 1829, Mr. 
 Hay, until June, 1831, served in that capacity on 
 board the Meteor bomb, Capt. David Hope, Bri- 
 tannia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Mal- 
 colm, and Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe 
 Martin. His next appointment was, 27 March, 1837, 
 to the Talavera 74, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, 
 stationed, as were the three ships last-mentioned, 
 in the Mediterranean; on his return whence he 
 became, 4 Jan. 1840, First-Lieutenant of the Py- 
 LADES 18, Capt. Talavera Vernon Anson. Proceed- 
 ing in that vessel to China, he there commanded 
 her boats, 29 July, 1840, in a severe action with 
 three piratical junks, one of which he succeeded in 
 capturing after a loss of 2 men killed and 8 wounded. 
 With the exception of the attack on the forts at 
 the Boca Tigris, Mr. Hay afterwards shared, and 
 was particularly recommended for the ability he 
 displayed in all the operations which led to the first 
 and second capture of the city of Canton ;t and on 
 one occasion he rendered himself particularly con- 
 spicuous by his exertions at night in cutting through 
 a raft which had been moored across the river, and 
 had efiectually obstructed the passage of the ship- 
 ping. He was advanced to his present rank by 
 commission dated 6 May, 1841 ; and since 15 May, 
 1844 (some months previously to which period he 
 had been admitted a student at the Boyal Naval 
 College), has been in command of the Prometheus 
 steam-sloop, on the coast of ^Africa. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 HAY. (LlEOTENANT, 1814. F-p., 9 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 John Hay (a) is second son of the late John Hay, 
 Esq., of Morton, by Jane, daughter of Provost 
 Wyllie, of Glasgow. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Dec. 1806, as 
 L. M., on board the Texel 64, Capt. Donald Camp- 
 bell, bearing the flag at Leith of Bear- Admiral Jas. 
 Vashon. On his removal, as Midshipman, in 1807, 
 to the Dictator 64, also commanded by Capt. 
 Campbell, he attended the expedition of that year 
 to Copenhagen j after which we find him, while 
 stationed in the Great Belt, sharing, 26 June, 1808, 
 in an action with several Danish gun-boats, whose 
 flre killed 1 and wounded 2 of the Dictator's 
 people. In Aug. 1809, having followed the same 
 Captain into the Audacious 74, Mr. Hay assisted, 
 as Master's Mate, at the bombardment of Flushing. 
 On the evacuation of the Waloheren he returned to 
 England in one of the prizes, but he subsequently 
 rejoined the Audacious, and, proceeding off the 
 Tagus, was sent up that river with a flotilla, com- 
 manded by the present Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitz- 
 hardinge Berkeley, for the purpose of co-operating 
 with the troops occupying the lines of Torres Ve- 
 dras. Between Nov. 1811 and the date of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 July, 1814, he 
 further served, on the North Sea and Mediterranean 
 stations, in the Warrior and Kivoli 74's, Capts. 
 Hon. Geo. Byng and Graham Eden Hamond. With 
 the exception of an attachment, from 8 Oct. 1823 
 until June, 1824, to the Prince Regent 120, flag- 
 ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell at the Nore, he has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Hay married, 1 June, 1824, his cousin, 
 • Fide Gil. 1828, p. 2201. 
 + r. Gai. 1841, pp. 1503, 1606, 2605, 2510. 
 
 Marion, eldest daughter of the late David Carrick 
 Buchanan, Esq., of Drumpilear, Lancashire, by 
 whom he has issue. 
 
 HAY. (LlEDTENANT, 18.32. F-p., 26 ; H-P., 9.) 
 
 John Hay (i), born 22 March, 1802, is brother of 
 Lieut. Wm. Hay, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Union 98, Capt. Sam. 
 Hood Linzee and Kobt. RoUes, in which ship he 
 served at the blockade of Toulon and the reduction 
 of Genoa. In Aug. 1815, after having been em- 
 ployed for a period of 12 months on the coasts of 
 Ireland and France in the Scylla 18, Capt. Allen, 
 and PiKEBE 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, he was nomi- 
 nated Midshipman of the Podahgus 14, Capt. Jas. 
 WalUs, under whom he further served, at the Cape 
 of Good Hope, latterly in the Racoon 26, until Dec. 
 1818. In July, 1820, we next find him joining the 
 Pigmy schooner, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Hills, in 
 which vessel he cruized for three years with much 
 success against the smugglers of the Channel, the 
 greater part of the time as a passed Midshipman. 
 He then, in Aug. 1820, became attached to the Su- 
 perb 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, in whose tender, 
 the Lyra 10, he was for many months employed ; 
 and he subsequently, from March, 1825, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 April, 1832, offi- 
 ciated as Chief Mate of the Rose, Dolphin, and 
 Harpy Revenue-cutters, Lieut.-Commanders 'Thos. 
 Strong, Jas. Giffard, John Roche, and Sam. Grandy. 
 Mr. Hay's commission was presented to him at the 
 especial recommendation of the Board of Customs, 
 for the daring conduct he had evinced in the pre- 
 vious October, in taking a hawser on board H.M. 
 steamer Echo, and thereby enabling that vessel to 
 be hove off from a perilous position under the Hoe 
 at Plymouth, where she had been driven on shore 
 in the night during a violent gale. His last appoint- 
 ments were— 10 Oct. 1832, to the Coast Guard, in 
 which service he continued until 1838 — and, 5 Nov. 
 1840, to the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen 
 Pell and Robt. Smart, flag-ship for some time of Sir 
 Fras. Mason, on the Mediterranean station. He 
 has been on half-pay since March, 1843. 
 
 Lieut. Hay married, 26 Aug. 1824, Miss Mary 
 James Lawrence, and by that lady has issue three 
 children. 
 
 HAY. (Captain, 1842.) 
 
 John Baker Porter Hay entered the Navy, 28 
 Dec. 1811; and, obtaining his first commission 24 
 April, 1824, was afterwards appomted Lieutenant — 
 12 March, 1827, of the Romney 50, ari'ne'e en flute, 
 Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, which ship was paid off 12 
 Oct. following— in 1828, of the Wasp 18, Capts. 
 Rich. Dickinson, Hon. Wm. Wellesley, Thos. Edwd. 
 Hoste, Orlando Geo. Sutton Gunning, and Bruns- 
 wick Popham, on the Mediterranean station, whence 
 he invalided 15 June, 1831 — 4 May, 1836, of the 
 CoRNWALLis 74, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing, 
 Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, and Sir Rich. Grant,' 
 stationed at first off Lisbon, but afterwards em- 
 ployed as flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in North America and the West 
 Indies. On the death of the totter officer, Mr. Hay, 
 who for upwards of three years had officiated as 
 First of the Cornwallis, was advanced to the 
 command, by commission dated 30 Jan. 1839, of the 
 Snake 16, which sloop he brought home and paid 
 off towards the close of the same year. His last 
 appointment was, 26 Nov. 1841, to the Second-Cap- 
 taincy of the Queen 110, fitting for the flag of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; in honour of Her Majesty's 
 visit to which ship, when lying at Spithead, and on 
 the eve of her departure for the Mediterranean, he 
 was advanced to his present rank 7 March 1842. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. ' 
 
 HAY. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 John Charles Dalrymple Hay served as Mid- 
 shipman of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart 
 during the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria' 
 where, previously to assisting at the bombardment 
 
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 HAY— HAYCOCK— HAYDON. 
 
 of St. Jean d'Acre, he commanded a boat, and was 
 officially reported as deserving of every credit for 
 his spirited conduct in the attack on Tortosa.* 
 Passing his examination 17 Feb. 1841, he subse- 
 quently, until hjs attainment of the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 15 Aug. 1844, officiated as Mate, on the 
 Mediterranean and East India stations, of the same 
 ship, and of the AaiNconRT 72, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Thos. John Cochrane, and Spitefdi. steam-sloop, 
 Capt. "Wm. Maitland. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 12 Nov. 1344, again to the Agincodrt, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant— and, 1 March, 1846, to the Yestal 
 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, also in the East Indies. He 
 attained his present rank on 28 Aug. in the latter 
 year. 
 
 HAY. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 16; h-p., 26.) 
 
 Patrick Ddff Henry Hat entered the Navy, 16 
 June, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roebuck 
 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, on the Leith station ; and, 
 in the early part of 1806, became attached, in the 
 North Sea and at Halifax, to the Majestic 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara 
 Kussell, and Milan 38, Capt. Sir Kobt. Laurie j in 
 which frigate he attained the rating of Midship- 
 man, 2 July, 1808, and continued to serve until 
 Sept. 1810. In Deo. of the latter year he joined 
 the Barfleor 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield 
 Berkeley on the Lisbon station, whence, in June, 
 1812, he returned to England as Acting-Liejitenant 
 of the Regdlos, vrmie en flute, Capt. John Tailour. 
 Being eonflrmed on 31 of the next month, Mr. Hay, 
 towards the close of 1812, was appointed a Lieute- 
 nant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Master- 
 man Hardy, under whom, on proceeding to North 
 America, he served at the blockade of New London, 
 the capture of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, 
 and the bombardment of Stonington. As a Com- 
 mander, a rank he attained 31 Aug. 1815, Capt. 
 Hay appears to have joined — 10 Nov. 1820, and 3 
 Dec. 1821, the Redpole and Medina sloops, both 
 on the Mediterranean station— and, 6 March, 1828, 
 the Pylades 18, which vessel he paid off 21 May, 
 1831. He attained the rank he now holds 15 Nov. 
 1833, but has not since been employed. Agents — 
 Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 HAY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 22 ; H-p., 24,) 
 Peter Hay entered the Navy, about April, 1801 , 
 as A. B., on board the Cambridge 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Lane, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Thos. 
 Pasley. In Oct. following he became Midshipman 
 of the Centaur 74, Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales, 
 stationed in the Channel ; where, in April, 1803, 
 after an unemployed interval of 12 months, he 
 joined the Spitfire sloop, Capt. Robt. Keen. While 
 next attached, between June in the latter year and 
 Nov. 1812, to the Foudroyant 80, successive flag- 
 ship, on the Home, Lisbon, and Brazilian stations, 
 of Admirals Sir Thos. Graves, Sir John Borlase 
 "Warren, Albemarle Bertie, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, 
 and Hon. Mich. De Courcy, we find Mr. Hay, wh6 
 during a great portion of the period bore the rating of 
 a Master's Mate, assisting at the capture, 13 March, 
 
 1806, of the JUarenc/o ^0, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Pcmle ; and next, in 
 
 1807, witnessing the departure for South America of 
 the Royal Family of Portugal. He subsequently, from 
 Dec. 1812 until within a few weeks of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 Sept. 
 1815, served under Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the Ca- 
 nadian lakes, and participated in many acts of hos- 
 tility with the American enemy. His after-ap- 
 pointments were — 2 March, 1827, to the Coast 
 Blockade, in which service he remained, with his 
 name on the books of the Ramihies and Talavera 
 74's, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot, until 
 Noy. 1830— and, 1 Nov. 1833, to an Agency for 
 Transports afloat. He resigned the duties of the 
 latter office in the spring of 1834, but, resuming 
 them in Oct. 1835, continued in discharge of them 
 until the close of 1839. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 184U, p. 2607. 
 
 HAY. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 23; h-p., 12.) 
 
 Robert Sinclair Hay is second son of Robt. 
 Hay, Esq., of Charterfield, East Lothian, N.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Anth. Maitland, and sailed for the West Indies, 
 where, we believe, he attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman 20 Dec. 1813, and served until Aug. 1815. 
 From 1816 until 1818 we next find him employed, 
 in the Mediterranean, on board the Satellite 16, 
 Capt. Jas. Murray, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Anth. Maitland. In Ma,y, 1820, he became Master's 
 Mate of the Bochfort 74, flag-ship on the same 
 station of Sir Graham Moore. He was promoted, 4 
 Oct. 1823, to a Lieutenancy in the Cambrian 48, 
 Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, and he subsequently, 
 in the course of the same month, and on 6 Sept. 1825, 
 joined the Rose 18, Capt. Henry Dundas, and Tal- 
 bot 28, Capt, Hon. Fred. Spencer. Being Senior of 
 the last-mentioned ship at the battle of Navarin, 
 where he was slightly wounded,* Mr. Hay was ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Commander, by commission 
 dated 22 Oct. 1827. He afterwards, from 28 March, 
 1832, until 1835, and again from 24 June, 1836, until 
 1839, officiated as an Inspecting Commander in the 
 Coast Guard ; in which capacity he has been re-em- 
 ployed since 29 Dec. 1841. 
 
 Commander Hay married, in Jan. 1831, Jane, 
 eldest daughter of Andw. Knox, Esq., of Prehen, 
 CO. Derry. 
 
 HAY. (Lieutenant, 1830,) 
 
 William Hay is brother of Lieut. John Hay (V), 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1809 ; passed 
 his examination in 1817 ; and was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 22 July, 1830. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 22 July, 1831, to the Coast 
 Guard, which he left in 1834, and rejoined 26 April, 
 1837—16 Jan. 1841, as First, to the Pelican 16, 
 Capt. Chas. John Elers Napier, fitting at Ports- 
 mouth — 16 Aug. 1841, again to the Coast Guard — 
 and, 2 July, 1844, to the command of the Lively 
 Revenue-cutter, in which he is still serving. 
 
 HAYCOCK. (LiEDT., 1813. P-P,. 10; H-p„ 31.) 
 Charles Haycock entered the Navy, 18 May, 
 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diligence sloop, 
 stationed in the North Sea ; served next, from May, 
 
 1807, until April, 1811, chiefly as Midshipman, in 
 the Cossack 24, commanded in the Great Belt, off 
 the north coast of Spain, and in the Mediterranean, 
 by Capts. Geo. Digby and Thos. Garth ; rejoined 
 Capt. Digby, then, in the Lavikia frigate, on the 
 latter station ; and, after having acted for 11 months 
 as Lieutenant of the Onyx 10, Capts. Philips, Squire, 
 Cobb, and Julian, and for a short time also in com- 
 mand of the Vesta schooner, off Cadiz and Lisbon, 
 was confirmed, 6 Dec. 1813, into the San Juan, 
 flag-ship at Gibraltar of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood 
 Linzee. He was lastly, from 22 June, 1814, until 4 
 Dec. 1815, employed in the Mediterranean, on board 
 the VoLONTAiRE 38, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave. 
 
 HAYDON. (LiEDT., 1810. F-p, 17; H-p., 27,) 
 
 Charles Haydon was born 30 June, 1793, "at 
 Shute House, near Axminster, Devon, the seat of 
 Sir John Wm. Pole, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumberland 74, 
 Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Hon. Alex. Inglis 
 Cochrane, with whom he was for several months 
 employed in watching a French squadron in the 
 port of Ferrol. He then accompanied the same 
 officer to the West Indies, where, in 1805, he joined 
 Lord Nelson in his celebrated pursuit of the com- 
 bined fleets. Removing, in Sept. of the latter year, 
 to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Eras. Pickmoro, he wit- 
 nessed, as Midshipman of that ship, the capture, 13 
 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of 
 Admttal Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Pcmle; 
 after which, on being transferred, in 1807, to the 
 * Vide Gaz. 1827, p. 2320. 
 
HA.YDON. 
 
 485 
 
 Epervier brig, Capta. John Bowker and Thoa. 
 Tudor Tucker, he saw a good deal of boat-service, 
 and assisted at the reduction of the islands of 
 St. Thomas and Ste. Croix. "While next employed 
 with Capt. Tucker, as Master's Mate and Acting- 
 Lieutenant, from Nov. 1808 to Sept. 1809, in the 
 Cherdb 18, Mr. Haydon, besides contributing to 
 the cutting-out of an American sloop protected by 
 a very heavy fire from the enemy's batteries at 
 Martinique, and participating in the destruction of 
 one of those means of defence, served on shore at 
 the capture of the above island, and was present in 
 the Cherub's yawl in a frustrated attempt made, 
 in May, 1809, to annihilate the French frigates Fvr 
 rieuse and Fe'Ucite, lying in Basseterre, Guadeloupe. 
 On leaving the Cherub, our officer, whose conduct 
 in that sloop had been marked by a very conspi- 
 cuous degree of gallantry, zeal, and energy, became 
 successively Master's Mate of the Neptune 98, and 
 PoMPEE 74, bearing each the flag of his old Com- 
 mander, Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, under whom, 
 previously to sharing in the operations which led to 
 the surrender of Guadeloupe, he beheld the de- 
 struction, 18 Deo. 1809, of the 40-gun frigates Loire 
 and Seine, laden with stores and provisions, moored 
 in Ance la Barque, and defended by numerous bat- 
 teries. Being ultimately obliged, from the im- 
 paired state of his health, to return to England in 
 the CoRiBUX sloop, Capt. Colin Campbell, Mr. Hay- 
 don had the satisfaction, on his arrival, of being 
 presented, as a reward for his services, with a com- 
 mission bearing date 28 Deo. 1810. He almost im- 
 mediately afterwards sailed, in the Stately 64, 
 Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, for Cadiz, where, 
 with a view to, assisting in its defence, he joined 
 the flotilla, and was for nearly two years incessantly 
 employed in a gun-boat. During that period, one 
 of more than ordinary fatigue and excitement, he 
 frequently landed for the purpose of storming the 
 enemy's batteries, under whose immediate fire he 
 appears to have been not less than 16 times per- 
 sonally in action. For many days at a time he was 
 compelled to subsist upon raw salt meat ; and, al- 
 though an extraneous fact, it may not be uninter- 
 esting to add^that he was instrumental to the em- 
 barkation of the mortar which now stands, an object 
 of curiosity, in St. James' Park. Proceeding, in 
 Dec. 1812, to the Mediterranean, in the Barfleuh 
 98, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, Mr. Haydon was there 
 successively appointed, in the course of 1813, to the 
 Tremendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, Prince of 
 Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, and Gua- 
 deloupe 16, Capts. Arthur Stow, Chas. Hole, and 
 Chas. Pengelly ; which latter vessel, after having 
 served as her First-Lieutenant at the reduction of 
 Genoa and its dependencies, he left in Aug. 1S14. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 26 June, 1815, 
 to the Cephalus 18, Capt. John Furneaux, under 
 whom, during the war of 100 days, he was em- 
 ployed in co-operation with the Royalists, on the 
 coast of France and up the Gironde — 6 Nov. 1815, 
 to the Ramillies 74, flag-ship at Leith of Sir Wm. 
 Johnstone Hope— and, 5 June, 1818, to the Carron 
 20, commanded by his former Captain, J. Furneaux, 
 at whose especial request, it appears, he was se- 
 lected to fill the office of First-Lieutenant. He 
 proceeded in the latter vessel to the East Indies, 
 escorting eti route Sir Ralph Darling, Governor of 
 the Mauritius, and continued to serve on that sta- 
 tion until wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, and with 
 difficulty saved, 6 July, 1820. He then, after en- 
 countering many perils, Inflictive of serious injury 
 to his health, returned to England, and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Haydon has for many years resided at 
 Axminster, and the.re discharged, with credit, the 
 various duties of Churchwarden, Overseer, Col- 
 lector of Taxes, Assessor, Guardian, &c. He mar- 
 ried, 12 March, 1822, Miss Sarah Lincoln, of Crin 
 Chard, Chard, co. Somerset, and by that lady has 
 issue two sons and three daughters. Aoents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 H.A.YDON. CLiEtJT,, 1807. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 George Haydon is brother of Capt. Wm. Hay- 
 don, R.N. 
 
 This ofiloer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as a 
 Boy, on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. 
 Domett, stationed in the Channel. In Feb. 1801 
 he became Midshipman of the Belleisle 74, com- 
 manded by the latter officer, and subsequently by 
 Capts. Chas. Boyles, John Whitby, and Wm. Har- 
 good ; under the latter of whom, on proceeding to 
 the Mediterranean, he fought at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 
 1805. On 9 June, 1807, after having been for 18 
 months employed on the coasts of Ireland and of the 
 north of Spain on board the Amethyst 36, and 
 Warrior 74, both commanded by Capt. John Wm. 
 Spranger, Mr. Haydon was promoted to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Rosamond sloop, Capt. Jas. Whitley 
 Deans, and Benj. Walker, on the North Sea station. 
 His last appointment was, 1 Feb. 1808, to the Me- 
 dusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, 
 in which frigate, besides assisting at the capture of 
 three heavy privateers, he experienced great hard- 
 ships during a fruitless pursuit of two French fri- 
 gates to the coast of Labrador, and was actively 
 employed in 1812 in co-operation with the patriots 
 on the north coast of Spain. He left the Medusa 
 30 May, 1813. 
 
 HAYDON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 38.) 
 William Haydon is brother of Lieut. Geo. 
 Haydon, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1793, as 
 Admiral's Servant, on board the Royal George 
 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag on the 
 Channel of the late Lord Bridport ; and, from the 
 following Sept. until his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 26 Sept. 1799, was successively em- 
 ployed on the Home station in the Niger, Latona, 
 and Cambrian frigates, all commanded by Capt. 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge ; under whom, in the 
 Niger, one of Vice- Admiral Graves' repeaters, he 
 officiated as Signal-Midshipman in the action of 
 1 June, 1794. Until he invalided in Nov. 1801, Mr. 
 Haydon next served on the Irish and West India 
 stations in the Hazard 18, and Cerberus 32, Capts. 
 Wm. Butterfleld and Jaa. Macnamara. He waa 
 subsequently, on 4 April, 1803, appointed First of 
 the Mercury 28, in which frigate, and in L' Aimable 
 32, and Medusa, of similar force, he uninter- 
 ruptedly served for five years with Capt. Hon. Dun- 
 combe Pleydell Bouverie. He was at first employed, 
 during that period, on the Jersey and Guernsey 
 station ; next, under Lord Nelson in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; and ultimately in South America, where, 
 in Feb. 1807, he served on shore with a brigade of 
 seamen and marines under Capt. Ross Donnelly, 
 and obtained the high eulogiums of Sir Sam. Auch- 
 muty for his conduct at the storming of Monte 
 Video. On the return of the Medusa to England, 
 Mr. Haydon was sent with a strong recommenda^ 
 tion to Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, then at Rio de Ja- 
 neiro, where, in July, 1808, he was invested by that 
 officer with the command of the Hospital Island, 
 and the rank of Commander. The Admiralty, 
 however, refusing to confirm the appointment, he 
 returned to England, and was not promoted until 
 1 Aug. 1811, from which period, with the exception 
 of three months' acting-command (from Dec. 1811 
 to March, 1812), of the Ckane 18, he remained on 
 half-pay until nominated, 15 May, 1828, Second 
 Captain of the Windsor Castle 76, flag-ship in the 
 Mediterranean of his friend Hon. D. P. Bouverie. 
 In May, 1830, his private aflTairs requiring his pre- 
 sence in England, Capt. Haydon was obliged to re- 
 sign his appointment ; and he has not since been 
 afloat. His elevation to the rank he now holds 
 took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 HAYDON. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 12; h-p., 32). 
 William Phippard Haydon entered the Navy 
 12 April, 1803, as Master's Mate, on board i^e 
 WiNCHELSEA, Lieut.-Commander Pope, lying at 
 Sheerness. &i Aug. following he removed to the 
 
486 
 
 HAYE— HAYES. 
 
 RoMNET 50, Capts. Wm. Brown and Hon. John Col- 
 TiUe, under the latter of whom, on his return from 
 a voyage to the coast of Africa, he was wrecked, 
 m a fog, on the Haaks, near the Texel, 19 Nov. 
 1804. He was then received on board the Vestai, 
 28, Capt. Stephen Thos. Djgby, and after partici- 
 pating, during the summer of 1805, in many warm 
 engagements with the enemy's flotilla and batteries 
 near Calais, he accompanied that officer into the 
 Argo 44, and again sailed for the African station. 
 In the course of 1808 we find him successively trans- 
 ferred to the Belleisle 74, and Neptune 98, bear- 
 ing each the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, by 
 whom, subsequently to the fall of Martinique, he 
 was nominated, 29 June, 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the AtcMiNE frigate, Capt. Wm. Maude. He was 
 confirmed, 8 Dec. following, into the GuADEtonpE 
 16, Capt. Michael Head, also attached to the force 
 at the "West Indies; on his return whence, he 
 joined, 6 Sept. and 20 Nov. 1810, the Hibernia 120, 
 and Centaur 74, both commanded by Capt. John 
 Chambers White. In the latter ship Mr. Haydon, 
 after serving for some time with the inshore squa- 
 dron off Toulon, co-operated in the defence of Tar- 
 ragona, and, in April, 1814, witnessed the destruc- 
 tion, up the Gironde, of a French line-of-battle ship, 
 three brigs of war, several smaller vessels, and of 
 all the ports and batteries on the north side of the 
 river. He was superseded from the Centadh at 
 his own request 24 Dec. 1814, and has since been 
 on halt-pay. 
 
 HAYE. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 20; h-p., 26.) 
 
 George Haye was born 15 April, 1788, at Cal- 
 Ijngton, CO. Cornwall. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Herodlb 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Luke, stationed in the Channel. From May, 1802, 
 until April, 1807, he was next employed, as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, chiefly in the East 
 Indies, in the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capts. Joseph Bing- 
 ham, Johu Batt, Henry Lambert, and Geo. Nicholas 
 Hardinge. He then rejoined Capt. Bingham for a 
 short time on board the Sceptre 74, and was after- 
 wards, between July, 1807, and his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Aug. 1808, transferred in 
 succession to the Grampus 50, Capt. Jas. Haldane 
 Tait, St. Albans 64, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, and 
 Iphigenia 36, Capt. Henry Lambert. In the latter 
 frigate he made a voyage to Quebec; on his re- 
 turn whence he was appointed, 11 Feb. and 26 
 June, 1809, to the Vulture 16, Capt. Martin White, 
 and Active 46, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon. Accom- 
 panying the last-mentioned officer to the Adriatic, 
 Mr. Haye there, on 3 Feb. 1811, commanded the 
 barges of his own frigate and of the Cerberus, at 
 the capture of four Venetian trabaccolos, under a 
 heavy fire of musketry from a body of troops quar- 
 tered at Pestichi ; nine days after which event we 
 find him conspicuously assisting in the boats of the 
 same ships, under Lieut. Jas. Dickinson, at the cut- 
 ting-out, near the town of Ortano (where two im- 
 portant magazines were at the same time destroyed), 
 and in the face of a teasing fire, which was kept up 
 for five hours, of a convoy of 10 sail, protected by 
 a trabaccolo of 6 guns.* On 13 of the following 
 March Mr. Haye had the fortune to participate in 
 the memorable action ofi' Lissa, where a British 
 squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 
 men, completely routed, after a conflict of six hours, 
 and a loss to the Active of 4 men killed and 24 
 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, "whose force 
 amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. At the close 
 of the action he was placed on board the Corona, 
 one of the prize-frigates, and for his exertions in 
 extinguishing a fire which soon afterwards threa- 
 tened the destruction of that ship, he appears to 
 have elicited the warmest thanks of Capt. Wm. 
 Hoste, the senior officer of the British squadron, 
 and to have been strongly recommended by him to 
 the Commander-in-Chief t On 27 July, 1811, Mr. 
 Haye, who had been severely burnt on the latter 
 • Vide Gai. I8U, p. 997. f V. Gaz. 1811, pp. 893-7. 
 
 occasion, and had not yet recovered, very hand- 
 somely volunteered to assist, which he accordingly 
 did, at the capture of a convoy of 28 merchant- 
 men, defended, in a creek of the island of Ragos- 
 niza, by 300 troops and three gun-vessels.* He 
 subsequently, on 29 Nov. in the same year (Capt. 
 Gordon and the First-Lieutenant, Mr. Wm. Bate- 
 man Dashwood, having been put hors-de-cambat), 
 succeeded to the command of the Active, and was 
 himself slightly hurt in the course of a hard-fought 
 action of an hour and 40 minutes, which in rendering 
 that frigate captor of La Pomone, of 44 guns and 
 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, oc- 
 casioned her a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded, t As 
 a reward for his highly-lauded gallantry in these 
 and other Instances, Mr. Haye was ultimately, on 19 
 May, 1812, promoted to the rank of Commander.. 
 His last appointments were, 17 Feb. 1814, to the 
 Pelter 12, employed, until Sept. 1815, on the 
 North American station — 1 Jan. 1821, to the Coast 
 Guard service in Ireland, where his conduct in soon 
 after efiecting the destruction of the Dandy, a large 
 smuggling cutter, , procured him the particular no- 
 tice of the Lords of the Treasury— 8 Dec. 1827 
 (having left the Coast Guard in the previous Jan.), 
 to the Erebus bomb, attached to the force in the 
 Mediterranean — and, 8 July, 1828, to the Raxeigh, 
 18, on the same station. He returned to England 
 on being advanced to his present rank 4 March, 
 1829. 
 
 Capt. Haye married, 15 May, 1834, Nanny, young- 
 est daughter of Wm. Davey, Esq., of Redruth, co. 
 Cornwall, by whom, who died 6 June, 1843, he has 
 issue two sons and one daughter. Agents — Cop- 
 lands and Burnett. 
 
 HAYES. (Captato, 1846.) 
 
 Courtenay Osborn Hayes is eldest son of that 
 distinguished seaman and able naval architect the 
 late Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B.,J who died 7 
 April, 1838 ; brother of Commander John Montagu 
 Hayes, R.N. ; and nephew of Capt. Geo. Hayes, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Nov. 1826; 
 passed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 17 Feb. 1835. His appointments 
 as Lieutenant were — 13 April and 28 Nov., in the 
 latter year to the Pelorus 16, Capt. Rich. Mere- 
 dith, and Hastings 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall 
 Gage, on the African and Lisbon stations — and, 2 
 Sept. 1836, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. John Hayes 
 (his father), and Dan. Pring, employed on Particu- 
 lar Service. Attaining the rank of Commander 20 
 Sept. 1839, he afterwards, from 8 June, 1842, until 
 the receipt of a Post commission bearing date 9 
 Nov. 1846, served in the East Indies on board the 
 Wolf 18 and Driver steam-sloop. 
 
 Capt. Hayes married, 14 May, 1840, Caroline 
 Anne, only daughter of the late Alfred Slocock, 
 Esq., of Donnington Cottage, Berks, by whom he 
 has issue. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HAYES. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 George Hayes, born 13 May, 1769, is grand- 
 nephew of the late Adam Hayes, Esq., Master Ship- 
 wright of Deptford Dockyard ; brother of the late 
 Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B. ; and uncle of 
 Capt. C. O. and Commander J. M. Hayes, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1784, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thisbe 28, Capt. Geo. 
 Robinson, on the Newfoundland station, whence he 
 returned in March, 1786. He was next, between 
 1787 and the early part of 1793, employed in the 
 Channel with Capts. Rowley Bulteel and John 
 Salisbury, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, in the Termagant 18, Narcissus 
 20, and Andromeda 32 ; in the boats belonging to 
 which frigates he appears to have arduously cruized, 
 and not unsuccessfully, for the protection of the 
 Revenue. On leaving the Andromeda he was for 
 
 • r;&Ga..lRll p.2193. t r'-.Gai. 1818, pp. 566-7. 
 
 I lUai^Admiral Hayes was the cnnstractor of the 36-fun 
 frigate Inconstant, now on the list of the Navy. " 
 
HAYES. 
 
 487 
 
 a short time borne on the books of the Cambeidge, 
 puard-ship at Plymouth, for the purpose of inspect- 
 ing the building of the Experiment lugger. On 25 
 May, 1793, Mr. Hayes was made Lieutenant into 
 the Adventdke 44, Capt. Edw. BuUer, from which 
 ship we find him removing to the command, in the 
 following June, of the above-named Experiment. 
 In that vessel, one of 10 guns, he accompanied Sir 
 John Borlase "Warren on his expedition of 1795 to 
 Quiberon Bay in support of the Koyalist cause. 
 After a subsequent attendance of some time on 
 TVilliam Pitt, off Walmer Castle, and experiencing 
 several skirmishes with the enemy's gun-boats in 
 the Channel, Mr. Hayes proceeded, off Toulon, with 
 despatches ibr Sir John Jervis, by whom he was 
 sent with others for Sir Gilbert Elliot, the Vice- 
 roy of Corsica. On his passage to that island he 
 had the gallantry to beat off a French brig of 12 
 guns, together with two gun-boats, mounting each 
 1 gun — an exploit whose importance procured him 
 a very flattering testimonial from the Viceroy. 
 When afterwards on his way to England, again in 
 charge of despatches, the Experiment had the mis- 
 fortune, on 2 Oct. 1796, to be captured by a Spanish 
 fleet in a calm off the Cape de Gata. On being ex- 
 changed, in Jan. 1797, for the Captain of the Ma- 
 honesa, a frigate which had been recently taken by 
 Capt. Kich. Bowen of the Terpsichore, Mr. Hayes, 
 whose pecuniary loss by the above catastrophe had 
 been great, joined the Lively 32, Capt. Lord Garlies, 
 under whom, on 14 of the next Feb., he fought in 
 the action off Cape St. Vincent. His subsequent 
 appointments were to the command, on the Home 
 station — 10 April, 1798, of the Kedbridge schooner 
 —11 Dec. 1800 and 6 Feb. 1803, of the George 
 cutter and Aggressor gun-brig, which vessels he 
 respectively left in Oct. 1801 and Dec. 1803—19 
 Nov. 1805, of the Daring gun-brig, part of the 
 force employed in the expedition to the Walcheren, 
 where he exhibited a conspicuous degree of courage 
 and conduct, and obtained a vigorous letter of re- 
 commendation from Capt. Philip Carteret, who 
 commanded the gun-boats, to Commodore Owen, 
 not only for his distinguished share in the siege of 
 Flushing, but also for the means he had been of 
 saving the Reynard and Cracker brigs-of-war 
 from destruction, after they had grounded within 
 point-blank shot of the enemy — 11 Dec. 1810, for 
 eight months of the Braave, prison-ship at Ply- 
 mouth — and, 5 Jan. 1813, of the Whiting schooner. 
 Obtaining a second promotal commission 15 June, 
 1814, Capt. Hayes was next, from 1817 to 1824, em- 
 ployed as an Inspecting Commander in the Water 
 Guard ; the very arduous and harassing duties at- 
 tached to which office he discharged with so much 
 zeal, activity, and ability, that upon being super- 
 seded, he received from the Comptroller General a 
 spontaneous offer of recommending his merits to 
 the notice of the Admiralty. His last appointment 
 was, 4 Dec. 1826, to the Wolf 18, the command of 
 which sloop he retained, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion, until Feb. 1830. He then went on half-pay, 
 having been advanced to his present rank on 2 of 
 the preceding Dec. 
 
 During the term of his servitude as Lieutenant, 
 Capt. Hayes was employed for six months in the 
 Sea Fencibles at Exmouth ; for five months with a 
 boat's crew at the Isle of Wight for the purpose of 
 detecting deserters from the fleet ; and for a year 
 and five months at Torpoint, in command of a party 
 of Marines for the apprehension of deserters and the 
 entering of men for the Service. He married, 4 
 March, 1802, Phoebe, relict of Lieut. Chas. Henry 
 Haswell, E.N., daughter of Capt. Wm. Starr, of 
 Dover, and daughter-in-law of the late Admiral 
 Eobt. Haswell. By that lady he has~issue two sons 
 (one, the present First-Lieutenant Geo. Jas. Hayes, 
 E.M.) and two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 HAYES. (Commander, 1841. f-p.. 13; h-p., 5.) 
 John Montagu Hayes, bom 23 March, 1816, is 
 brother of Capt. C. O. Hayes, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1829, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melville 74, Capt. Alex. 
 Wilmot Schomberg, stationed in the Mediterra- 
 nean ; removed as Midshipman, in July, 1830, to 
 the Dryad 42, commanded on the western coast of 
 Africa by his father, Capt. John Hayes; and at the 
 commencement of 1833 sailed for South A.merica in 
 the Spahtiate 76, successive flag-ship of Sir Michael 
 Seymour and Sir Graham Eden Hamond. Being 
 lent in July, 1834, to the Sparrowhawk 16, Capt. 
 Chas. Pearson, he made a voyage from Kio de Ja- 
 neiro to Falkland Islands, and on 9 Aug. anchored 
 in Berkeley Sound. On 6 Sept. he was thence sent 
 with Lieut. Sam. Fielding Harmer and four men in 
 a whale-boat for the purpose of endeavouring to 
 save the crew of a merchant brig, which had been 
 wrecked on the western point of the East Falkland 
 Island, a distance of nearly a hundred miles along a 
 most dangerous coast. Owing to contrary winds 
 and stormy weather, sixteen days elapsed before 
 the boat reached the point near which the wreck 
 lay. At the end of that period, being unfortunately 
 caught in a heavy snow-storm, she upset and was 
 lost, together with 1 mau and the whole of her pro- 
 visions and arms, a misadventure which rendered 
 it necessary for the survivors, now in a state of 
 perfect destitution, to trace their way back to 
 Berkeley Sound, as best they could, across a diffi- 
 cult and unknown country, and in the most incle- 
 ment weather. The hardships and sufferings they 
 underwent it is not easy to describe. The first two 
 days were passed without food of any kind ; on the 
 third they contrived to catch a wild calf, whose raw 
 flesh for ten days formed their scanty and only sub- 
 sistence. Lieut. Harmer and two of the men by 
 that time had become so weak that they were un- 
 able to proceed; and it was not until after a further 
 lapse of^ six days that Mr. Hayes and his only re- 
 maining companion, supported en route by the car- 
 cass of a half-starved dog, were enabled in a death- 
 like state to reach the settlement, and despatch as- 
 sistance to their wretched associates, all of whom, 
 as was subsequently the case with the crew of the 
 merchantman, were found and happily preserved 
 from what had long appeared inevitable destruc- 
 tion. In Nov. 1834 Mr. Hayes, whose health con- 
 tinued for many months in a very impaired state, 
 rejoined the Spartlate, and on 12 of the following 
 May he passed his examination. He was ultimately, 
 after having further served for two years in the Me- 
 diterranean as Mate of the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a com- 
 mission bearing date 21 Oct. 1837. Being next ap- 
 pointed, 13 Feb. 1838, to the Cruizer 16, Capts. Rich. 
 .Henry King and Henry Wells Giffard, he sailed in 
 that sloop for the East Indies, where, besides attend- 
 ing an expedition to the mouths of the Indus, he 
 assisted at the capture of Aden. He afterwards, in 
 1840, accompanied the armament to China, and in 
 the course of the same year was present at the cap- 
 ture of Chusan and the blockade of Ningpo. On 
 the return of the Cruizer with Sir Hugh Gough to 
 China, after having been sent in charge of de- 
 spatches to Calcutta, Mr. Hayes, we find, was in 
 the boats at the capture of several of the forts in 
 the Canton river, and had charge of one of those 
 forming the western division in the first attack on 
 the outworks of that city. During the second se- 
 ries of operations against it, he was successively 
 employed, in a manner that gained him the highest 
 praise, on board the brig, then in the boats, and 
 ultimately on shore at the capture of the French 
 Folly.* On 26 Aug. 1841 he was in acting-com- 
 mand of the Cruizer at the capture of Amoy, and 
 in the course of the next Oct. he served in the 
 boats and with the small-arm men at the re- 
 capture of Chusan, and was also present at the 
 storming of Chinghae and the occupation of Ningpo. 
 From 1 Nov. in the same year until 20 Jan. 1842, 
 Mr. Hayes was again entrusted with the charge of 
 the Cruizer. He then returned home, having been 
 rewarded for his services by a Commander's com- 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1605-2505. 
 
488 
 
 HAYMES-HAYTER— HEA-HEAD— HEALES. 
 
 mission dated 8 Oct. 1841 ;* and has since been on 
 half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HAYMES. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 14 ; h-p,, 30.) 
 Philip Geobge Hatmes entered the Navy, 1 
 June, 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Romdhis, 
 Capt. Woodley Loeack, and after serving for some 
 time with the same officer as Midshipman in the 
 Helena sloop on the Home station, joined, in 1806, 
 the Pkince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, and 
 sailed for the West Indies. Between 1807 and 1812, 
 he was next employed, on the Guernsey, Baltic, and 
 Mediterranean stations, in the Diomede 50 and 
 VicTonr 100, flag-ships of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Ph(ebe 
 36, Capts. Hassard Stackpoole and Jas. Hillyar, and 
 San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton. 
 He then rejoined Sir Jas. Saumarez on board the 
 Victory, and on 23 July in the same j^ear, 1812, 
 was appointed, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, 
 to the command of a gun-boat, in which we find 
 him co-operating with the Russian flotilla in the 
 defence of Riga, and participating in a successful 
 expedition against the French and Prussians at 
 Mittau, on the river Aa. Being rewarded for his 
 services with a commission dated on 20 of the fol- 
 lowing Nov., Mr. Haymes was subsequently, after 
 an intermediate attachment to the Russian Admi- 
 ral's flag-ship, appointed, 30 Dec. 1812, to the Royai. 
 Oak 74, bearing the successive flags, on the Home 
 and American stations, of Lord Amelius Beauclerk 
 and the late Sir Pulteney Malcolm. On 13 March, 
 1815, having acted as Naval Aide-de-Camp to Major- 
 Generals Ross and Gibbs during the expeditions 
 against Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans, he 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander. Capt. 
 Haymes' only appointment in the latter capacity 
 appears to have been, 18 Dec. 1841, to the Fan- 
 tome 16, in which sloop he returned home from 
 South America, and was paid off towards the close 
 of 1843. He attained Post-rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Haymes is married and has issue. Agents 
 ^Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 HAYTEE. (Liedt., 1818. F-P., 14 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Benjamin Hatter entered the Navy, 7 June, 
 
 1803, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Magnificent 
 74, Capt. Wm. Hen. Jervis, under whom he was 
 wrecked, on a sunken rock, near Brest, 25 March, 
 
 1804. From that period he remained a prisoner in 
 France until the peace of 1814, when, being restored 
 to hberty, he joined the Scipion 74, Capt. Hen. 
 Heathcote, in which ship, and in the Slanev 20, 
 Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius, he served on the Medi- 
 terranean and Home stations until Aug. 1815 — 
 witnessing, in the latter vessel, the surrender of 
 Napoleon Buonaparte. Joining, next, the Impreg- 
 nable 98, he fought in that ship under the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral David Milne at the bombardment of 
 Algiers. Being, however, discharged in Oct. 1816, 
 Mr. Hayter did not again go afloat until nominated 
 Admiralty-Midshipman, in Jan. 1818, of the Drake 
 sloop, Capt. Hen. Shiffner. He returned to England 
 in Feb. 1819, having been advanced to the rank of 
 Lieutenant by commission bearing date 19 of the 
 previous Sept., and has not been since employed. 
 
 HEA. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Robert Hea entered the Navy, 25 April, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boadicea 38, Capt. John 
 JMaitland, with whom, and with Capt. John Hatley, 
 lie continued to serve, in the same ship, and in the 
 Baisonnable 64, on the Cork, Newfoundland, 
 iChannel, and Cape of Good Hope stations, princi- 
 pally as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until July, 
 1810. He then became attached, for a short period, 
 as a Supernumerary, to the Namhb 74, flag-ship at 
 the Nore of Vice- Admiral Thos. Wells ; after which 
 he fierved, until Dec. 1815, in the Crane sloop, 
 iCapt. Jas. Stuart, Seine frigate, Capt. John Hatley, 
 and Horatio 38, and Newcastle 60, both com- 
 manded by Lord Geo. Stuart. He was employed, 
 in the first mentioned of those vessels, on the West 
 • ndeGa.7.. ISll.p. S5S9. 
 
 India station; and was present, in the Horatio, 
 after re-visiting the Cape, at the capture of the 
 islands of Schouwen and Tholen, in the North Sea. 
 While in the Newcastle, of which ship he was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant 11 March, 1815, he cruized 
 with activity on the North American station. Since 
 Dec. of the latter year he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hea has for a long time held the office of 
 Inspector of Convicts at Norfolk Island. Agents — 
 Collier and Snee. 
 
 HEAD. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 22; h-p., 25.) 
 Richard John Head was born at Helston, co. 
 Cornwall. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 May, 1800, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Conquest gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Green, attached to the force in the 
 Channel, where, on his removal to the Pelican 18, 
 Capt. John Thicknesse, he was in the following 
 winter cast away. He then, until the peace of 
 Amiens, served on board the Hebcole 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Luke ; on leaving which ship he successively 
 joined the Childers and Dasher sloops, both com- 
 manded by Capt. J. Delafons ; whom, in the latter 
 vessel, he accompanied to the East Indies. Being 
 there confirmed, 12 June, 1807, a Lieutenant (after 
 having acted as such for a period of nine months) 
 in the Sin Francis Drake 32, Capt. Hon. Pownoll 
 Bastard Pellew, he had the misfortune, during a 
 continuance of three years in that ship, to be twice 
 severely wounded, once at the destruction of six 
 pirate vessels in the straits of Malacca, and again 
 when beating off an attack made by the French 
 frigate Piedmcmtaise on the Sir Francis Drake 
 and a convoy of Chinamen. Returning to England 
 in 1810, Mr. Head was next, until Aug. 1814, em- 
 ployed, on the Channel, Baltic, and Mediterranean 
 stations, in the Dreadnougbt 98, Capt. Sam. Hood 
 Linzee, and Venerable, Mars, and Pembroke 
 74's, Capts. Sir Home Popham, Hen. Raper, and 
 Jas. Brisbane. While in the last-mentioned ship 
 he participated, 5 Nov. 1813, in a partial action 
 with the Toulon fleet, and in the course of the fol- 
 lowing April, besides commanding the boats at the 
 capture of a large convoy under the guns of Porto 
 Maurizio, served at the reduction of Genoa and the 
 taking of Corsica. From Sept. 1814, until his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Commander 15 May, 1819, he 
 was employed in the Queen and Albion 74's, 
 chiefly as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Vinioombe 
 Penrose, by whom he was sent on a secret service 
 to Rome, whence he brought away and delivered to 
 the British Government aU the valuable papers of 
 the Cardinal de York, the last of the Stuart family. 
 Commander Head's only other appointment was to 
 the Coast Guard, in which service he continued 
 from 1824 to 1827. On his retirement he was en- 
 tertained at a dinner given to him by the officers of 
 his district, who at the same time presented him 
 with a snuff-box, of heart of oak, manufactured 
 from a beam of St. Mawe's Castle, of 200 years 
 standing, suitably ornamented, with an inscription 
 commemorative of their feelings of respect and 
 attachment to him. 
 
 He married, 16 Oct. 1832, Sarah Vigurs, daughter 
 of the Rev. F. L. Bluett, Vicar of Mullion, by whom 
 he has issue three sons. 
 
 HEALES. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 16; h-p., 22.) 
 
 Thomas Heales was bom 23 April, 1794^ and 
 died 22 Nov. 1846 at Dalston, co. Middlesex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1809, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Rota 38, Capt. Philip 
 Somerville. In the boats of that frigate, after at- 
 ^tending the expedition to the Walcheren, he served 
 at the siege of Cadiz, and assisted, 22 May, 1812, at 
 the capture, vrtth great loss to the British, of L'Es- 
 pardon privateer, of 3 guns and 45 men. He subse- 
 quently, during a cruize off the Western Islands, 
 participated, as Midshipman, in an unsuccessful 
 attempt made on 26 Se^t. 1814 to cut out from the 
 road of Fayal the American privateer General Arm- 
 strong, a vessel whose resistance killed 34, and 
 
HEALY-HEARD-HEARLE-HEASLOP— HEASTEY. 
 
 489 
 
 wounded 86 of her assailants, consisting originally 
 of about 180 seamen and marines. In the course 
 of 1815 Mr. Heales joined the Albion and Queen 
 74's, Capts. P. Somerville and Jas. Walker ; from 
 the latter of which ships he volunteered, in July, 
 1816, into the Infernal homb, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Peroival, for the purpose of attending the expedi- 
 tion against Algiers, where he fought as Master's 
 Maije, having at the time the charge of a Lieute- 
 nant's watch. For his conduct on the occasion Mr. 
 Heales was to have been promoted, but the com- 
 mission, we understand, which had been actually 
 intended for him being by some fatahty given to 
 another person, a Mr. Geo. Hales, he did not suc- 
 ceed in effecting his advancement until after a lapse 
 of nearly 11 years; during which period he appears 
 to have been employed, on the North and South 
 American, St. Helena, Irish, East India, and Home 
 stations, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in succession, 
 of the Pactolus 38, Capt. Hugh Dobbie, Blossom 
 18, Capts. Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Vernon, 
 Brazen 18, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, Alligator 28, 
 Capt. Thos. Alexander, Prince Regent 120, flag- 
 ship of Sir Kobt. Moorsom, and Ramillies Coast- 
 Blockade-ship, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He was then at 
 length created a Lieutenant by commission bearing 
 date 28 April, 1827 ; and in that capacity he after- 
 wards, from 10 Jan. 1838 until Feb. 1839, served at 
 Sheemess on board the Howe 120, and Ocean 80, 
 Capts. Chas. Hen. Paget and Sir John Hill. 
 
 Lieut. Heales married Maria, daughter of Mr. 
 Butler Wm. Mountain, coach proprietor, of the 
 Saracen's Head, Snow Hill, London, and of Whet- 
 stone House, Whetstone, near Barnet, co. Middle- 
 sex, by whom he has left issue. 
 
 HEALY. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 John Healt died 27 April, 1846, at Bordeaux, 
 aged 70. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1797, as 
 A. B., on board the Monmouth 64, Capts. Lord 
 Northesk, Jas. Walker, Robt. Deans, and Geo. Hart, 
 and on 1 1 of the following Oct. fought as Midship- 
 man in the action off Camperdown. After attend- 
 ing the expedition of 1799 to the Holder, he again, 
 from Aug. 1800 until April, 1802, served with Capts. 
 Walker and Lord Northesk, in the Prince 98. 
 Proceeding then to the Cape of Good Hope in the 
 Imogene 18, Capt. Hen. Vaughan, Mr. Healy served 
 on that and the Indian stations for a period of five 
 years on board the Lancaster 64, Centurion 50, 
 and Trident 64, bearing the flags of Sir Roger 
 Curtis and Vice-Admiral Rainier, Geampds 50, 
 Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild (of which ship he was 
 created a Lieutenant 26 Feb. 1805), and Sceptre 
 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham. He was lastly, from 
 Aug. 1808 until he invalided in Oct. 1812, employed, 
 at home and in the West Indies, chiefly as First- 
 Lieutenant, in the Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Williams, Latona frigate, Capts. Jas. Athol Wood 
 and Hugh Pigot, York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, 
 Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Saunders, Aboukib 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Parker, and Vestal 28, arme'e en flute^ Capt. 
 Sam. Bartlett Deeckar. He accepted the rank of 
 Retired Commander 12 Sept. 1839. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HEARD. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Thomas Heard entered the Navy 9 April, 1826; 
 passed his examination in 1832 ; and on 4 Nov. 1840 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant as a reward 
 for the services he had rendered on the coast of 
 Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. 
 His appointments have since been— 15 Dec. 1840, to 
 the Powerful 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Napier, Geo. 
 Mansel, and Michael Seymour, in the Mediterranean 
 — 25 May, 1842, as First, to the Albatross 16, 
 Capt. Reginald Yorke, fitting at Portsmouth— 29 
 Nov. 1842, to the Samarang 26, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Belcher, employed as a surveying-vessel in the East 
 Indies — next, as a Supernumerary, to the Agincourt 
 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Com- 
 
 mander-in-Chief on the latter station, where it 
 appears he had charge of a gim-boat and was 
 wounded at the capture and destruction, 19 Aug. 
 1845, of Maloodoo, a strong fortification in the pos- 
 session of Scheriff Osman, a rebel Borneo chieftain* 
 —and, 27 Nov. 1845, as Senior, to the Wolf 18, 
 Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, in which sloop he still 
 serves in the East Indies. Agents — Messrs. Chard, 
 
 HEAELE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 26; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Robert Hearle entered the Navy, in 1791, as 
 A.B., on board the Flt sloop, Capt. Jas. Drew, on 
 the Newfoundland station; served, next, in the 
 Hannibal 74, commanded at Plymouth bjr Capt. 
 John Colpoys; and in July, 1792, became Midship- 
 man of the Porcupine 24, Capts. Edw. BuUer and 
 Robt. Barlow, employed ofi' the coast of Ireland and 
 in the Channel. From July, 1793, until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 9 May, 1797, he further 
 served with Capt. Barlow on the Home station, the 
 last two years as Master's Mate, in the Pegasus 28, 
 Aquilon 32, and Ph(ebe 36. He then joined the 
 Pomona armed brig, Capt. Joseph Eyles, and, in 
 Feb. 1798, the Nemesis 28, Capts. Robt. Dudley 
 Oliver, Thos. Baker, Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and 
 Philip Somerville; under the second named of 
 whom he shared, 25 July, 1800, in a smart conflict 
 of 25 minutes, which terminated in the capture of 
 the Danish frigate Freija. From Aug. 1802, the 
 date of his quitting the Nemesis, until 1817, Mr. 
 Hearle commanded a cutter under the Board of 
 Customs. He was placed on the Junior List of Re- 
 tired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 
 14 Jan. 1840. 
 
 Commander Hearle was left a widower 21 June, 
 1837. One of his daughters is married to the pre- 
 sent Lieut. B. Hooper, R.N. 
 
 HEASLOP. (Commander, 1817. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 31.) 
 John Colpots Heaslop entered the Navy, in 
 April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragon 
 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith, one of Sir Robt. Calder's 
 fleet in the ensuing action of 22 July. In 1807 he 
 successively became Midshipman of the Topaze 38, 
 Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, and Sultan 74, com- 
 manded by his former Captain, Griffith, under 
 whom, on 26 Oct. 1809, he assisted in causing the 
 self-destruction, between Frontignan and Cette, of 
 the French ships of the line R^huste and Lion. 
 While afterwards serving with Capt. Chas. Bullen 
 in the Volontaire and Cambrian frigates, Mr. 
 Heaslop was much employed in co-operation with 
 the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, particularly 
 at the capture of Palamos and the siege of Tarra- 
 gona. On 6 Nov. 1813, having been further at- 
 tached for short periods to the Bulwark, Queen, 
 and Bellona 74's, Capts. Thos. Brown, Lord Col- 
 ville, and Geo. M'Kinley (in the latter of which 
 ships he had made a voyage to St. Helena), he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant ; a capacity in 
 which he subsequently joined — 4 May, 1814, the 
 Dladem 64, Capt. John Martin Hanohett, on the 
 American station, where, previously to invaliding in 
 the following Sept., he accompanied the boats of a 
 squadron up St. Mary's river, and was present in 
 the attacks on Washington and New Orleans — 28 
 Oct. 1815, the Akbar 50, bearing the flag at Hali- 
 fax of his patron,. Rear-Admiral Griffith — 21 June, 
 1816, the Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson— and, in 
 Nov. of the same year, the Forth frigate, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Griffith. He attained 
 his present rank 24 June, 1817 ; but has not been 
 since afloat. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 HEASTEY. (LiEDT., 1810. p-p., 14; h-p., 32.) 
 
 George Heastey was born 19 June, 1788, at De- 
 vonport. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1801 as 
 
 A.B., on hoard the Ville de Paris 110, bearing' 
 
 the flag in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Comwallis • 
 
 proceeded to the Mediterranean in 1802 as Midshipl. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 6536. 
 
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490 
 
 HEATH— HEATHCOTE. 
 
 man of the BellbisiiE 74, Capts. John Whitby and 
 Wm. Hargood; r^oined the Ville de Paris in 
 1805 (after having gone in pursuit of the Franco- 
 Spanish fleet to the West Indies) ; and between 
 Nov. 1806 and Oct. 1S08, was again employed in the 
 Mediterranean on board the Koyal Sovekeign 100, 
 and Ocean 98, flag-ships of Vice-Admirals Edw. 
 Thombrough and Lord Collingwood. Being then 
 appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Montagd 74, 
 Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and John Halliday, 
 he was much employed in the boats of that ship up 
 the Adriatic, and commanded a battery at the re- 
 duction of Santa Maura in April, 1810. He was 
 officially promoted on 4 May in the latter year, but 
 he did not leave the Montagu until May, 1811 ; on 
 25 Sept. in which year we find him joining the Re- 
 cruit 18, Capts. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, John 
 Evans, Geo. Rich. Pechell, Thos. Sykes, and John 
 Lawrence, on the North American station, where, 
 prior to his being paid off in Jan. 1815, he served as 
 First-Lieutenant at the taking of Washington, and 
 of other places in the Chesapeake. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 28 Feb. 1818, to the Carnation 18, Capts. 
 Hon. John Gordon and Wm. Nugent Glascock, 
 with whom he served as Senior on the Newfound- 
 land and Halifax stations, until Sept. 1815, at which 
 period he invalided. 
 
 Lieut. Heastey married, 23 Aug. 1821, and has 
 issue four children. Agent — J. Hiuxman. 
 
 HEATH. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Leopold George Heath entered the Navy, 24 
 Dec. 1831; passed his examination in 1836; and 
 obtained his commission 22 Dec. 1840. He then 
 joined the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, 
 on the Mediterranean station ; and on 19 Oct. 1843, 
 he was appointed to the Iris 26, Capt. Geo. Rodney 
 Mundy, whom he accompanied to the East Indies. 
 During an expedition conducted in July, 1846,. by 
 Sir Thos. John Cochrane against the Sultan of Bor- 
 neo, we find Mr. Heath, on 8 of that month, assist- 
 ing, as second in command of the rocket-party, at 
 the capture and destruction of the enemy's forts 
 and batteries on the river Brune. On the ensuing 
 ascent of a branch of that stream, by a force under 
 Capt. Mundy, he led the boats, and by his efficient 
 command of a body of pioneers proved of the 
 greatest utility in clearing the passage of the many 
 overhanging trees and other obstructions with 
 which ite navigation was beset. After the disem- 
 barkation of the British at the village of Mallout, 
 he accompanied them in their arduous and fruitless 
 pursuit of the Sultan to a place called Damuan, and 
 again performed va.luable service.* He has been in 
 acting-command, since Jan. 1847, of the Wolf 18, 
 on the same station. 
 
 terly as Senior Lieutenant— 19 March, 1840, to the 
 President 50, flag-ship in South America of Kear- 
 Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Boss— 25 Feb. 1841, 
 and 27 June, 1844, to the Electra 18, Capts. Edw. 
 Reeves Philip Mainwaring, Philip Gostling, and 
 Arthur Darley, and Eurvdice 26, Capt. Geo. Elliot, 
 both on the North America and West India station 
 —and 8 July, 1846, to the Constance 50, Capt. Sir 
 Baldwin Wake Walker, with whom he is now serv- 
 ing in the Pacific. 
 
 He married, in 1844, Elizabeth Lucy, eldest 
 daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Law, K.H., command- 
 ing the Royal Newfoundland Companies. 
 
 HEATH. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 William Andrew James Heath entered the 
 Navy in 1832 ; passed his examination 4 Dec. 1839 ; 
 and served for nearly five years, on the Mediter- 
 ranean and North American stations, as Mate of 
 the PiQOE 36, Capts. Edw. Boxer; Rich. Augustus 
 Yates, Henry Forbes, and Hon. Montagu Stopford; 
 under the first-named of which officers (by whom 
 his conduct was mentioned in the highest terms f) 
 he took part, during the operations of 1840 on the 
 coast of Syria, in the capture of Caitia and Tsour, 
 and the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. H« ob- 
 tained his commission 26 Nov. 1844; was appointed, 
 13 Dec. following, Additional-Lieutenant of the II- 
 ldstrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North 
 America and the West Indies; and since 27 Jan. 
 1845, has been employed on the same station in the 
 Hyacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott. 
 
 HEATHCOTE. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Edmund Heathcote entered the Navy 19 Dec. 
 1828; passed his examination in 1833; and attained 
 his present rank 10 Jan. 1840. His appointments 
 have since been, at first as Additional, but lat- 
 
 * yide Gai. 1846, pp. 3441, 3444, 3446. 
 t f. Gaz. 1840, p. 2601. 
 
 HEATHCOTE. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 George Henry Heathcote was born 13 May, 
 1798. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in the vpinter of 
 1812, on board the Medina 20, Capt. Henry Bour- 
 chier, whom he accompanied to Newfoundland. In 
 1813 he proceeded, with the consent of Sir Josiah 
 C. Coghill, to the West Indies in the Ister 36 ; and 
 we afterwards, in 1815, find him employed at St. 
 Helena on board the Conqdehok 74, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin. In Aug. 1816, he 
 fought and was wounded at Algiers in the Glas- 
 gow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. The next 
 ship he joined was, we believe, the Liffey 50, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Duncan, fitting at Chatham. From 
 1820 until within a short period of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 31 March, 1824, Mr. 
 Heathcote was lastly employed, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, in the Revolutionnaire 46, Capt. 
 Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and 
 BocHFORT 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HEATHCOTE, Kt. (Admikal of the Blue, 
 1846. F-P., 18; H-P.,39.) 
 
 Sir Henry Heathcote, born 20 Jan. 1777, is 
 fourth son of the late Sir Wm. Heathcote, Bart., of 
 Hursley Park, near Winchester, M.P. for co. Hants, 
 by Frances, daughter and co-heir of John Thorpe, 
 Esq., of Embley, oo. Hants ; and brother of the late 
 Capt. Gilbert Heathcote, R.N. (1806). 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 July, 1790, on 
 board the Captain 74, Capt. Arch. Dickson, sta- 
 tioned in the Channel, where, and in the West In- 
 dies and Mediterranean, he was employed, during 
 the six following years, in the Colossus 74, Capt. 
 Henry Harvey, Proserpine frigate, Capt. J as. 
 Alms, America 74, Capt. Hon. John Rodney, In- 
 constant 36, Capt. Augustus Montgomery, Eg- 
 mont 74, Capt. Arch. Dickson, Princess Royal 98, 
 flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sam. Cranston Goodall, 
 Cyclops frigate, Capt. Wm. Hotham, Windsor 
 Castle 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. 
 Mann, Amphion 32, Capt. Israel Pellew, Goliath 
 74, Capt. Sir Chas. Henry Knowles, and Victory 
 100, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. He served on 
 shore, while in the Egmont, at the reduction of 
 Corsica in 1794; and on 14 March and 13 July, 
 1795, he was present, as Midshipman of the Prin- 
 cess Royal, and Master's JIate of the Cyclops, 
 in Admiral Hotham's partial actions. On 19 Sept. 
 1796 Mr. Heathcote was confirmed a Lieutenant in 
 the Britannia 100, Capt. Thos. Fbley, in which 
 ship, and the Meleager frigate, he further served 
 in the Mediterranean, until nominated, 5 June, 
 1797, Acting-Commander of the Alliance store- 
 ship — an appointment sanctioned by the Admiralty 
 on 11 of the following Aug. From the latter vessel, 
 then at Lisbon, he was removed, 7 Nov. 1797, to 
 the Captaincy, by an order from his Admiral, of 
 the Romulus 36, which frigate he paid off shortly 
 after his official advancement, 5 Feb. 1798, to Post- 
 rank. Capt. Heathcote's subsequent appointments 
 were— 4 April, 1803, to the Galatea 32, employed 
 at first on the coast of Ireland, and then in convoy- 
 ing a fleet of 150 sail to the West Indies, where, 
 during a continuance of many months, he performed 
 much valuable service, and gave proofs not only of 
 great seamanship, but of more than ordinary gal- 
 
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 lantry, always seeking oppoTtunitics of distinction, 
 and on one occasion actually bidding defiance to 
 two first-class French frigates, lying in Basseterre, 
 Guadeloupe — 19 April, 1805, by exchange, to the 
 l>£Siii]^E 36, for a passage to England, whither he 
 escorted a convoy of 101 sail— 21 March, 1807, to 
 the Sea Fencibles in the Isle of Wight— and, 13 
 Feb. 1808, and 28 April, 1812, to the Lion 64, and 
 SciPiON 74. In the former of those ships he imme- 
 diately sailed, in charge of 14 Indiamen, for Bengal 
 and China, and in many instances during his so- 
 journ in the East did he again display the character 
 of an efficient and spirited officer. On his first 
 arrival there, after having parted company with 
 the Bengal division of the convoy, he volunteered 
 to conduct the remainder to their destination, not- 
 withstanding that a French squadron, consisting of 
 three sail of the line, had been reported (although, 
 as it was subsequently discovered, erroneously) to 
 have just before passed through the straits of Ma- 
 lacca into the China sea. After remaining for some 
 time at Chuenpee with two frigates under his or- 
 ders, and arranging, by his firmness, a dispute which 
 had arisen between the natives and a select com- 
 mittee of Hon. Company's supercargoes, Capt. 
 Heathcote returned with the trade to England. As 
 soon as his ship had been re-fitted, he was again 
 ordered to India, and directed to convey to Persia 
 their Excellencies Sir Gore Ouseley and Mirza Ab- 
 dul Hassan, the Persian ambassador. When after- 
 wards at Bombay, in June, 1811, Capt. Heathcote, 
 owing to the absence of Commodore Broughton, 
 the Commander-in-Chief, on the expedition to Java, 
 was induced to open a set of despatches from Eng- 
 land, from whose contents he learnt that a large 
 force from France might reasonably be expected to 
 be on its way to Java, for the purpose of defeating 
 any attack on that settlement. From a feeling of 
 zeal for the public service, which was subsequently 
 approved by court-martial, Capt. Heathcote at once 
 left his station for the purpose of communicating 
 the intelligence to Commodore Broughton, and, in 
 so doing, actually surrendered his right to a freight 
 from China to India, worth the sum to him of at 
 least 10,0002. On his return to England, after the 
 subjugation of Java, and his appointment to the 
 ScipiON, our officer joined the fleet in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where, in the autumn of 1813, he assumed 
 command of the in-shore squadron off Toulon, and 
 conspicuously participated, on 5 Nov. in that year, 
 in Sir Edw. Pellew's skirmish with the enemy's 
 fleet. On the conclusion of the war he was sent 
 with four sail of the line to Marseilles, for the pur- 
 pose of thence conveying the British prisoners of 
 war to Port Mahon. He was paid off in Oct. 1814, 
 and has not been since employed. He became a 
 Rear- Admiral 27 May, 1825; a Vice-Admiral 10 
 Jan. 1837 ; and a full Admiral 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Sir Henry Heathcote (upon whom, at the joint 
 request of the diplomatic personages he had for- 
 merly conveyed to Persia, the honour of Knight- 
 hood was conferred 20 July, 1819) had the satisfac- 
 tion, during the term of his career afloat, frequently 
 to receive the thanks of the Directors of the Hon. 
 E. I. Co., the Governor in Council of Bombay, the 
 West India merchants, and the Committee at Lloyd's. 
 In 1823 he took out a patent for an improvement of 
 the stay-sails between the masts of ships and other 
 square-rigged vessels, and the better security of 
 the masts ; and in 1824 he published a treatise on 
 the subject, which was by permission dedicated to 
 the King. The plan, we understand, was tried on 
 board two frigates, and reported to the Admiralty 
 as worthy of its acceptance. Sir Henry Heathcote 
 married, 10 Nov. 1799, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Thos. Guscott, Esq., many years Naval Storekeeper 
 afloat at Sheerness, by whom he has issue, living, 
 three sons (the eldest in the army) and seven 
 daughters. His second son, Henry, a Major in the 
 88th Foot, died in 1829. Agents — Coplands and 
 Burnett. 
 
 HEDDINGTON. (Commander, 1806.) 
 
 Thomas Heddington entered the Navy, pre- 
 viously to the year 1786, as a Boy, on board the 
 Invincible 74, and, after an intermediate servitude 
 in the Pegase and Castor frigates, Capts. Sam. 
 Marshall and John Sam. Smith, became Midship- 
 man, in Feb. 1791, of the Chatham, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Wm. Eobt. Broughton and Peter Puget, 
 under whom he made a voyage of discovery round 
 the world, and was lior a considerable time engaged 
 in surveying the coast of America. He was pro- 
 moted, on his return home, to a Lieutenancy, 6 
 Nov. 1795, in the Kangaroo 18, Capt. Hon. Cour- 
 tenay Boyle ; and, between July, 1796, and the 
 early part of 1802, he was next employed, on the 
 Channel and Irish stations, in the Deyad 36, Capt. 
 Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Havock, Capt. Philip 
 Bartholomew, Satdkn 94, Capts. Jacob Waller 
 and Thos. Totty, Venus frigate, Capt. Thos. 
 Graves, and Okion 74, Capt. Eobt. Carthew Rey- 
 nolds. Attaining the rank of Commander, after 
 having for two years and a half had charge' of a 
 Signal-station at Hawkesley Point, 25 Sept. 1806, 
 he was subsequently, between Feb. 1808 and April, 
 1814, employed at various places as Regulating Cap- 
 tain, and Agent for Prisoners of War. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 HELBY. (Commander, 1847. r-p., 38 ; h-p., 2.) 
 John Hasler Helby entered the Navy, 1 June, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Success 32, Capt. 
 John Ayscough ; during an attachment of nearly 
 four years to which frigate he cruized off Havre de 
 Grace, attended the expedition of Dec. 1807 to 
 Madeira, afforded protection for some time to the 
 Greenland fisheries, assisted in 1809 at the reduc- 
 tion of Ischia and Procida, and co-operated, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the defence of Sicily against the threat- 
 ened invasion of Murat. He also, among other 
 boat-services, contributed, 4 April, 1810, to the de- 
 struction, with a loss to the British of 2 men killed, 
 of two vessels laden with oil, and protected by a 
 heavy fire of great guns and musketry, on the 
 beach, near Castiglione ; and, on 25 of the same 
 month, he assisted at the capture of an armed ship 
 and three barks, under the castle of Terracina. 
 On the Success being ordered to England in 1811, 
 Mr. Helby volunteered to continue in the Mediter- 
 ranean, and he was therefore received on board the 
 Cerberus 32, Capts. Henry Whitby and Thos. 
 Garth. By those officers he appears to have been 
 again employed on many cutting-out affairs, some 
 of them of a very dashing nature, on the coasts of 
 Corfu and Italy. On one occasion, however, while 
 absent in a prize, he had the misfortune to be 
 wrecked on the Calabrian shore, and taken pri- 
 soner, although he was happily not detained beyond 
 a period of three months. He ultimately, in July, 
 1814, returned to England and was paid off, but, 
 before he had been many weeks at home, he again 
 sailed for the Mediterranean, in the Ph<enix 36, 
 Capt. Chas. John Austen ; under whom, after hav- 
 ing been very actively employed, in particular at 
 the port of Pavos, where he had served in the boats 
 in a sharp action which had preceded the capture 
 of two pirate vessels, he was once more wrecked, 
 near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816. On the occurrence of 
 the latter catastrophe, Mr. Helby, we find, distin- 
 guished himself in an especial manner by his daring 
 conduct in swimming on shore through a violent 
 surf with a hauling-line, for the purpose of receiv- 
 ing a hawser to save the ship's company. Volun- 
 teering again to remain in the Mediterranean, our 
 officer there became successively attached to the 
 BoYNE 98, and Queen Charlotte 100, both flag- 
 ships of Lord Exmouth, whose favourable notice he 
 had the good fortune to attract by the extreme gal- 
 lantry of his behaviour at the ensuing battle of Al- 
 giers. Towards the close of 1816 he joined the 
 Conqueror 74, bearing the flag of Eear-Admiral 
 Kobt. Plampin at St. Helena, where, on 19 Sept 
 1818, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Eurydice 24, Capt. Eobt. Wauchope. He 
 
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 HELLARD— HELPMAN— HEMER— HEMMANS. 
 
 however, superseded in the next December, and in 
 a fortnight afterwards was compelled from the state 
 of his health to invalid. In May, 1819, he obtained 
 an appointment, as Admiralty-Midshipman, to the 
 Albion 74, commanded at Portsmouth by Capt. 
 Kich. Eaggett, with whom he continued until Sept. 
 1821, when he was nominated to a similar rating in 
 the IPHiGENiA 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Kobt. Mends on the coast of Africa. He was there 
 again, on 4 March, 1822, appointed an Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Pheasant 18, Capt. Douglas Chas. 
 Clavering, to which sloop the Admiralty at length 
 confirmed him on 1 of the following July. Since 
 his return to England in Feb. 1823, Mr. Helby's 
 appointments appear to have been — 19 Oct. 1824, and 
 5 March, 1825, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to 
 the Ramillies and Hyperion, Capts. Wm. M-Cul- 
 ioch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, employed on the Coast 
 Blockade— 5 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Guard— 18 
 March and 20 May, 1835, to the successive command 
 of the Hound and Camelion Revenue-vessels- and, 
 15 June, 1838, again to the Coast Guard, in which 
 he continued until advancedjto the rank he now 
 holds 1 Jan. 1847. 
 Lieut. Helby is married, and has issue. 
 
 HELLAED. (Capt., 1839. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 16.) 
 Samoel HEI.I.ARD entered the Navy, 7 Sept. 1798, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Dikectok 64, Capt. 
 "Wm. Bligh, from which ship, on his return from a 
 voyage to St. Helena, he removed to the Gladia- 
 TOH, Lieut.-Commander John Bell ConoUy, lying 
 at Portsmouth. Joining, in 1802, the Blenheim 
 74, Capts. Henry Matson, Thos. Graves, Wm. Fer- 
 ris, and Loftus Otway Bland, bearing the broad- 
 pendant at first of Sir Sam. Hood, he proceeded to 
 the West Indies, where, on 16 Nov. in the following 
 year, he assisted at the cutting-out, from the har- 
 bour of Marin, Mai-tinique, of the Harmonie, a no- 
 torious privateer, of 8 guns and 66 men, after a 
 gallant conflict in which the enemy had 2 men 
 killed and 14 wounded, and the British, out of 74, 
 1 lulled and 5 wounded. In the spring of 1805, he 
 accompanied Capt. Bland, as Midshipman, into the 
 FiiOSA 36, in the boats of which frigate, commanded 
 by Lieut. Thos. Furber, we find him contributing, 
 off Oporto, to the capture, 25 Nov. 1806, at the end 
 of a row of six hours, of the Spanish privateer El 
 JSspedarte, of 6 guns, 6 swivels, and 41 men. The 
 Flora being wrecked on the coast of Holland 19 
 Jan. 1808, Mr. Hellard next, in the course of the 
 same and of the following year, joined the Ma- 
 jestic 74, flag-ship in the North Sea of Vice- Ad- 
 miral Thos. Macnamara Russell, Podakgds sloop, 
 commanded in the Downs and off Lisbon by Capt. 
 Wm. Hellard, and Castor 32, Capt. Wm. Roberts. 
 While in the latter frigate he took part, as Master's 
 Mate, in a gallant action which preceded the cap- 
 ture, 17 April, 1809, of the French 74-gun ship 
 D^Haupoult; was present as Acting-Lieutenant, on 
 18 of the following Dec, at the destruction of the 
 40-gun frigates Loire and Sdne, laden with stores 
 and provisions, moored in Ance la Barque, Guade- 
 loupe, and defended by numerous strong batteries ; 
 and in Feb. 1810, commanded a detachment of sea- 
 men on shore at the reduction of Guadeloupe. 
 After serving for a few months as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant also of the Neptune 98, Capt. Volant Vashon 
 Ballard, he was officially promoted by commission 
 dated 29 Oct. 1810, and re-appointed to the Podar- 
 Gus 14, Capts. John Lloyd, John Bradley, George 
 Rennie, and Wm. Robilliard ; under the latter of 
 whom, when in company with the Dictator 64, 
 Caltpso 18, and Flamer gun-brig, he shared, as 
 First-Lieutenant, 6 July, 1812, in the capture and 
 destruction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the 
 Norwegian coast, of a Danish squadron, consisting 
 of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the LaUind^ Samsoe^ and 
 Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats. The Pooargus, 
 whose loss on the latter gallant occasion amounted, 
 we find, to 9 men wounded, was subsequently pre- 
 sent at the relief of Danzig. Quitting her in Dec. 
 1813, her First-Lieutenant next, until April 18, 
 
 served, on the West India and Home stations, in 
 the Besbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Peaison, and 
 Scout 18, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray ; after which 
 he successively joined— 31 Oct. 1820, and 31 May, 
 1823, the Severn and Ramillies Coast Blockade 
 ships, both commanded by Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch— 
 28 April, 1824, the Dover 28, Capt. Sam. Cham- 
 bers, lying at Leith— 9 Dec. 1824, the Ramillies 
 again, Capts. W. M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot— and 
 
 15 Sept. 1829, the Talavera 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, 
 also attached to the Coast Blockade service. At- 
 taining the rank of Commander 22 July, 1830, he 
 was afterwards employed in that capacity in the 
 Coast Guard from 13 April, 1831, until 1836, and 
 again from 1 March, 1838, until advanced to his 
 present rank 1 Jan. 1839. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Hellard is Senior of 1839. 
 
 HELPMAN. (LlEDTENANT, 1841.) 
 Benjamin Francis Helpman entered the Navy 
 
 16 Dec. 1829 ; passed his examination 3 Jan. 1831 ; 
 and was promoted from the Welleslev 72, bearing 
 the broad pendant on the China station of Sir Gor- 
 don Bremer, to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1841. 
 He has not been since officially employed. 
 
 Lieut. Helpman has been in command for a con- 
 siderable time of the Champion Colonial schooner, 
 in Western Australia. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 HELPMAN. (Commander, 1842.) 
 Philip Augcstus Helpman entered the Navy, 
 
 19 July, 1821 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; 
 obtained his first commission 26 March, 1839 ; be- 
 came, 3 Jan. 1840, Additional-Lieutenant of the 
 Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitlaud, on the East 
 India station ; and on 19 Jan. 1841, was there ap- 
 pointed to the Columbine 16, Capts. Thos. Jordaine 
 Clarke and Wm. Henry Anderson Morshead. For 
 his services during the campaign in China, where, 
 besides sharing in the hostilities of May, 1841, 
 against Canton, he served on shore in those of 
 March, 1842, against Tsekee, and further partici- 
 pated in the attack of 16 June on the batteries at 
 Woosung, Mr. Helpman was advanced to the rank 
 of Commander on 23 Dec. in the same year.* Since 
 
 20 Feb. 1846, he has been employed in the Coast 
 Guard. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 HEMEE. (Lieut., 181.5. r-p., 27; h-p., 15.) 
 
 Robert Hemer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Acting-Capt. 
 John Pilfold, under whom he fought at the ensuing 
 battle of Trafalgar. In Dec. 1806, after having 
 served for some time off Cadiz as Midshipman of 
 the Prince 98, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, he accom- 
 panied the latter officer into the Dreadnought 98, 
 bearing afterwards the flag of Rear- Admiral Thos. 
 Sotheby, in the Channel, where he continued imtil 
 26 July, 1809 ; on which date he was taken prisoner 
 in an attempt to cut out a brig lying inside the He 
 d'Aix. On his restoration to liberty at the peace 
 of 1814, he joined the Telegraph 12, Capt. Timo- 
 thy Scriven, and cruized for a period of nearly 12 
 months on the Channel and American stations. 
 In the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he attained 
 9 Feb. 1815, Mr. Hemer's appointments, we find, 
 were, in succession — 20 Sept. 1827, to the Coast 
 Blockade, as a Supernumerary of the Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 19 Sept. 1829, to the 
 Coast Guard- 13 June, 1839, to the command of 
 the Lively Revenue vessel— and 2 July, 1844, again 
 to a station in the Coast Guard. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 HEMMANS. (Lieutenant, 1813.) 
 
 Samuel Hood Hemmans entered the Navy, 10 
 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boreas 22, 
 Capt. Robt. Scott, which vessel, after having effected 
 the capture of La Victoire privateer, of 8 swivels 
 and 28 men, was lost, together with her Commander 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2506, and Gaz. 1842, pp. 8391, 3400, 
 
HEMPSTED-HEMSWORTH— HENDERSON. 
 
 493 
 
 arid all but 68 of her crew, on the Hannois rocks, 
 near Guernsey, 5 Dec. 1807. Mr. Hemmans, who 
 previously to that catastrophe had attained the 
 rating of Midshipman, was subsequently, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Feb. 1813, em- 
 ployed, on the Home, Baltic, and Mediterranean 
 stations, in the Resolution and Pomp^e 74's, Capts. 
 Geo. Burlton and Geo. Hope, Victory 100, flag- 
 ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Volage 22, and Re- 
 sistance 36, Capts. Philip L. J. Rosenhagen, Chas. 
 Hole, Wm. Hamilton, and Hon. Fleetwood Brough- 
 ton Reynolds Pellew. Being then appointed to the 
 Undaunted 38, Capts. Thos. Ussher and Chas. 
 Thurlow Smith, he assisted in that frigate in con- 
 veying Napoleon Buonaparte from Frejus to Elba 
 in 1814, and was present in her at the capture of the 
 Tremiti islands in 1815. He afterwards joined— 
 22 Sept. 1815, the Bulwark 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Chas. Rowley in the river Medway— 27 Feb. 
 1818, the Curlew 10, Capts. Wm. Walpole and Geo. 
 Cornish Gambler, vmder the former of whom he 
 was actively employed, in Jan. 1820, against the 
 pirates of the Persian Gulf, where Ras-al-Khyma, 
 their principal resort and head-c[uarters, was taken, 
 the fortifications destroyed, all their vessels burnt 
 or sunk, and a large quantity of treasure seized — 
 7 Feb. 1824, the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen 
 Mends, fitting for the South American station, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off 
 25 Oct. 1827— and 6 April, 1829, the Herald yacht, 
 Capt. Geo. Berkeley Maxwell, which vessel, em- 
 ployed in attendance on various diplomatic per- 
 sonages, be left about Aug. 1830. He has not been 
 since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Hemmans has for some time, we believe, 
 filled the post of Emigration Agent at Greenock. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 HEMPSTED. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Edmund Hempsted entered the Navy in 1831 ; 
 passed his examination 2 May, 1838 ; and was em- 
 ployed, as Mate, on the Mediterranean, Home, and 
 Pacific stations, in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin 
 Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and Thos. Forrest, bearing 
 the flag for some time of Sir Fras. Mason, Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and 
 America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon. He ob- 
 tained his commission 1 Dec. 1845, and has been 
 since serving, also in the Pacific, as Additional of 
 the CoLLiNGWooD 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour. 
 
 HEMSWOETH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 William Glassford Hemswobth entered the 
 Navy, 1 Nov. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Formidable 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, with whom 
 he bruized in the Channel and West Indies until 
 Sept 1802. He re-embarked, 22 May, 1805, on 
 boE^d the Brilliant 28, Capts. Robt. Barrie, Rich. 
 Budd Vincent, and Smyth, in which vessel he 
 served for two years and a half on the Irish and 
 Guernsey stations, and was on one occasion wounded 
 while in charge of some French prisoners. From 
 Nov. 1807 until Aug. 1808, Mr. Hemsworth offi- 
 ciated, we find, as Midshipman of the Neptune 98, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, both in the Channel and 
 West Indies. In June, 1809, he joined the Ajax 
 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway, Robt. Clephane, 
 and Sir Robt. Laurie, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where (besides commanding, as Master's Mate, a 
 boat in an attack on a French brig of war in the 
 Piombino passage, and participating in a very gal- 
 lant skirmish, in which the British with a slender 
 force beat back a powerful division of the French 
 Toulon fleet) he received a slight injury in a spi- 
 rited but unfortunate attempt made by the boats 
 of a squadron under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane upon 
 the enemy's shipping in the Mole of Palamos, on 
 which occasion the British sustained a loss, out of 600 
 teamen and marines, of at least 200 killed, wounded, 
 and taken prisoners. He also, we understand, con- 
 tributed to the capture, 31 March, 1811, of Le Dro- 
 
 madaire store-ship, of 20 guns and 150 men. Being 
 discharged from the Ajax in Dec. 1811, Mr. Hems- 
 worth, during the next two years served, in the 
 Mediterranean, off Lisbon, and at Spithead ■ and 
 Plymouth, on board the York 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Barton, Andromeda 24, Capt. Rich. Arthur, and 
 Puissant and Saturn 74's, Capts. Benj. Wm. Page 
 and J. Nash. He then proceeded to the East In- 
 dies in the Minden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. 
 Hood, and on 28 Feb. 1815, after having further 
 served for a short time on board the Hecate 18, 
 Capt. John Allen, was there appointed Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of theWELi.ESLEY 74, Capt. Mich. Matthews. 
 He was officially promoted on 20 of the following 
 Sept., and in July, 1816, he returned home in the 
 Salsette 36, Capt. John Bowen. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — in 1840, to an Agency for 
 Transports Afloat— 17 Nov. 1842, to the post of Ad- 
 miralty Agent on board a contract mail steam- 
 vessel — and, 9 July, 1844, to the command of the 
 Crescent receiving-ship at Rio de Janeiro, where 
 he is at present employed. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 HENDERSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 David Henderson entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Speedy brig, 
 Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, on the Newfonndlaiid 
 station ; removed, in March, 1808, to the Thetis 
 38, Capt. Geo. Miller, with whom he visited St. 
 Helena, and cruized in the Bay of Biscay ; became 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in March, 1809, 
 and April, 1813, of the Comet sloop, Capts. R. H. 
 Muddle, Wm. Sbepheard, and Geo. Wm. Blarney, 
 again at Newfoundland ; and was next, in March, 
 1814, transferred to the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 Rich. Bickerton at Spithead. He went on half-pay 
 on the receipt of his commission, which bears date 
 3 March, 1815, and he has not been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Henderson married, 23 Feb. 1819, Anne, 
 daughter of the late G. Brettell, Esq., of Baker 
 Street. He was left a widower 18 July, 1836. 
 
 HENDERSON. (Eear-Admbbai., 1846. f-p., 
 14; H-p., 39.) 
 
 George Henderson is son of the late John Hen- 
 derson, Esq., many years Secretary to Admiral 
 Lord Bridport ; and brother-in-law of Capt. W. W. 
 Henderson, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1794, as 
 part of the Admiral's retinue, on board the Royal 
 George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, on the books of 
 which ship, bearing the flag in the Channel of the 
 late Lord Bridport, then Sir Alex. Hood, he was 
 borne until Dec. 1795. In May, 1799, he rejoihed 
 the Royal George, still the flag-ship of his patron, 
 Lord Bridport, from which, in Nov. 1800, he re- 
 moved, as Midshipman, to the Belleisle 74, Capts. 
 Wm. Domett and Chas. Boyles, bearing the flag 
 afterwards of Hon. Wm. Comwallis. Proceeding, 
 in the summer of 1802, to the West Indies as Mas- 
 ter's Mate of the Ulysses 44, Mr. Henderson served 
 in that frigate, under the broad pendant of Sir 
 Sam. Hood, at the capture of Tobago, 1 July, 1803. 
 On rqoining the last-mentioned officer, after having 
 gone to England for the purpose of passing his exa- 
 mination, he was promoted by him to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 28 Jan. 1804, and appointed to the Alli- 
 gator 28, arme'e-enr-flute, Capt. Chas. Richardson, part 
 of the force employed at the ensuing reduction of 
 the Dutch colony of Surinam, where he was severely 
 wounded.* During the year 1805 Mr. Henderson 
 presents himself to our notice as serving with Capt. 
 Murray Maxwell, on board the Centaur 74, and 
 Galatea and Hy^na frigdtes, in the first named 
 of which ships he accompanied Rear-Admiral Hon. 
 Alex. Cochrane in his pursuit of the celebrated 
 Rochefort squadron. On his rejunction, in the 
 early part of 1806, of Sir Sam. Hood in the Centaur, 
 he cruized for some time off Rochefort, where, on 
 * Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 759. 
 
494 
 
 HENDERSON. 
 
 25 Sept. 1806, he assisted, in company with the 
 Mars and Monarch 74's, at the capture of four 
 heavy French frigates, whose resistance was not 
 overcome until the Commodore had lost an arm. 
 Mr. Henderson, who was sent with the despatches 
 announcing the latter event to the fleet oS Brest, 
 next accompanied Lord Gambler's expedition to 
 Copenhagen. On the surrender of Madeira in Dec. 
 1807, being at the time the Centaur's First-Lieu- 
 tenant, he was again entrusted with Sir Sam. Hood's 
 despatches,* and sent with a strong recommenda- 
 tion to England, where, on his arrival, he was pre- 
 sented with a Commander's commission bearing 
 date 22 Jan. 1808. After an interval of half-pay he 
 was appointed, 13 July, 1809, to thefire-vessel division 
 of the expedition then fitting for the "Walcheren, 
 during the operations connected with which we find 
 him frequently distinguishing himself, in particular, 
 however, by the highly satisfactory nature of his con- 
 duct, at the destruction, under Capt. Nicholas Tom- 
 linson, of the basin, arsenal, and sea-defences of 
 Flushing on its evacuation by the British. f Capt. 
 Henderson, it appears, next, in the course of 1810, 
 joined the Eclipse and Hecate sloops, and Ne- 
 B^iDE frigate ; the latter of which vessels he brought 
 home, after having assisted at the reduction of the 
 Isle of France, and put out of commission in May, 
 1811. Attaining Post-rank on 1 of the following 
 Aug., he was further appointed, on the East India 
 station— 23 June, 1813, to the Acorn 20—20 April, 
 1814, to the MiNDEN 74, bearing the flag of his 
 friend Sir Sam. Hood — and 14 Jan. 1815, to the 
 Malacca 42. The latter ship, the last he com- 
 manded, he paid off in the ensuing July. He ac- 
 cepted Flag-rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, first, 26 Nov. 1817, 
 Frances, eldest daughter of Edm. Walcott, Esq., of 
 Winkton, near Christchurch, Hants, and sister of 
 Capt. J. E. Walcott, R.N., by whom (who died 1 
 Deo. 1836) he has issue four sons and two daugh- 
 ters ; and, secondly, in 1842, Rachel, relict of R. P. 
 Cazalet, Esq., and only daughter of the Rev. H. 
 Davies, of Singwood. 
 
 HENDERSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10; 
 
 H-P., 31.) 
 John Henderson («) entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 
 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Hart, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Thos. Macnamara Russell on the North Sea station, 
 where, and on the Baltic, he served in the same 
 ship, chiefly as Midshipman, until Jan. 1810. He 
 then in succession joined the Imp^rieuse 38, Capts. 
 Thos. Garth and Hon. Henry Duncan, Rodney 74, 
 and ViLLE DE Paris 110, both commanded by 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton, Cossack 22, Capts. Thos. Garth 
 and Geo. Price, Vigo 74, flag-ship of Sir Jas. NicoU 
 Morris, Illustrious 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, Prince 
 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, Ariel 16, Capt. Dan. Ross, 
 and St. Lawrence 98, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Sir Edw. W. C. B. Owen, on the Mediterranean, 
 Baltic, Portsmouth, African, and Canadian Lake 
 stations. He was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 10 March, 1815, and on leaving the St. Law- 
 rence was appointed to the Prince Regent 56, in 
 which vessel, commanded by Capt. Wm. Fitzwil- 
 liam Owen, he remained on the Lakes of Canada 
 until Nov. 1816. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HENDERSON. (LieotenaKt, 1822. f-p., 16; 
 H-P., 24.") 
 John Henderson (d) entered the Navy, 23 Oct. 
 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Experiment 
 packet, Lieut.-Commander Fegen, employed on the 
 Falmouth station. On being appointed, early in 
 1809, Midshipman of the Mercurids sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Renwick, we find him, in the course of that 
 year, cruizing in the North Sea and Baltic, then 
 visiting the north coast of Spain, and finally at- 
 tending the expedition to the Walcheren. From 
 Feb. 1810 until Sept. 1815 Mr. Henderson, besides 
 making a voyage to Rio de Janeiro and the Cape of 
 
 • Fide Gai. 1808, 102. f V. Gaz. 1809, p. 2006. 
 
 Good Hope, served on the stations above alluded 
 to, principally as Master's Mate, in the iMPisTUEUx 
 74, Capts. John Lawford, David Milne, Chas. Inglis, 
 and Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, and Niger 38, 
 Capt. Peter Rainier. He was then employed for 
 nearly two years in North America as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman of the Pactolcs 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh 
 Dobbie, and was afterwards appointed, in a similar 
 capacity— 10 Aug. 1817, to the Ramillies 74, Capt., 
 Thos. Boys, on the Home station— 12 Sept. 1818, to 
 the Severn frigate, Coast Blockade depot, Capt. Wm. 
 M'Cullooh— and, 11 Feb. 1821, to the Fury bomb, 
 Capt. Wm. Edw. Parry, whom he accompanied in 
 his second north-west passage explorative mission, 
 returning with him to England in the autumn of 
 1823. Since that date Mr. Henderson, who had 
 been advanced to his present rank on 26 Deo. in the 
 preceding year, has been on half-pay. 
 
 HENDERSON. (Capt., 1840. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 10.) 
 Thomas Henderson, bom in June, 1795, in Scot- 
 land, is brother of Jas. Henderson, Esq., Master- 
 Attendant at Plymouth Dockyard. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1810, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Pomone 38, Capt. Robt. 
 Barrie, under whom, prior to being wrecked on the 
 Needles Point, 14 Oct. 1811, we find him sharing, 
 as Midshipman, in a gallant action of an hour and 
 a half in Sagone Bay, where the Pomone, in com- 
 pany with the UNiTi 36, and Scout 18, effectually 
 destroyed, after incurring an individual loss of 2 
 men killed and 19 wounded, the two armed store- 
 ships Giraffe and Nourriee, each mounting from 20 
 to 30 guns, and protected by a 5-gun battery, a 
 martello tower, and a body of about 200 regular 
 troops. We may add that he was also present at 
 the capture, among other vessels, of one from Salem, 
 the Hercules, on board of which were Lucien Buo- 
 naparte and his family. Joining next the Furieuse 
 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Mr. Henderson served, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate of that frigate, at 
 the blockade of Toulon, the reduction of the island 
 of Ponza and of the town of Via Reggio, the un- 
 successful attack upon Leghorn, the occupation of 
 Santa Maria and of the enemy's other forts in the 
 Gulf of Spezia, and the capture of Genoa and its 
 dependencies. Among the numerous boat affairs 
 in which it was his fortune to participate we may 
 enumTate the cutting-out of a bombard from Sa- 
 gone Bay ; of a xebec, mounting 2 six-pounders, 
 from under the tower and batteries of Orbitello, 
 7 May, 1813 ; and, 4 Oct. following (with a loss to 
 the British of 12 men killed and wounded) of a 
 large convoy, protected by the galling fire of two 
 gun-vessels and several batteries in the harbour of 
 Marinelo. The Furieose being ultimately ordered 
 to North America, Mr. Henderson had the ill luck 
 to be there captured, while detached in a small 
 schooner in the Bay of Fundy, and detained a 
 prisoner-of-war during the winter of 1814-15. In 
 Aug. of the latter year, a few months after he had 
 rejoined the Furieuse, he was received by his old 
 Captain, Robt. Barrie, on board the Dragon 74, 
 from which ship, however, he almost immediately 
 removed to the Rochfort 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Dick- 
 son, lying at Portsmouth, where he continued until 
 he was enabled, in June, 1816, to pass his exaraintC- 
 tion. He then served for three months in the 
 Channel, as Mate of the Snapper cutter, Capt. 
 Rich. Steel, on leaving which vessel in the following 
 Oct. he joined, in a similar capacity, and was for 
 more than 13 years employed in, the Prince of 
 Wales Revenue-vessel, Capt. Benj. Oliver. As a 
 reward for the activity of his services during that 
 period, both in the Prince op Wales herself, and 
 in her tender and boats, Mr. Henderson, in Dec. 
 1829, was appointed, on promotion, to the Win- 
 chester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys 
 on the North America and West India station. He 
 was accordingly advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 
 on 2 of the next April, and appointed, about the 
 same period, to the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Cle- 
 ment, attached to the force in the West Indies, 
 
HENDERSON. 
 
 495 
 
 whence, however, he invalided in the ensuing month 
 of July. On that occasion he took a passage home 
 in the Prospect merchantman, of London, and was 
 wrecked in her in the Gulf of Florida. After an 
 interval of half-pay he succeeded, on 16 March, 1831, 
 in obtaining an appointment to the Coast Guard, 
 during his continuance in which service he once, on 
 22 Feb. 1832, came into conflict with an armed party 
 of smugglers, and was severely wounded. From 
 27 June, 1832, until the spring of 1834, he succes- 
 sively commanded the Victokine, Sylvia, and 
 Speedy Revenue-cutters, and while in the second 
 named of those vessels he was employed on the 
 river Suir, and obtained the acknowledgments of 
 the Lord-Lieutenant for his exertions in suppressing 
 a combination which had been entered into by the 
 lightermen for the purpose of preventing the col- 
 liers from proceeding above the bridge of Water- 
 ford. Being advanced, for his services and wounds 
 in the Customs department of the Navy, to the 
 rank of Commander 12 Feb. 1834, and appointed, 
 2 June following, to the Columbine 18, Capt. Hen- 
 derson sailed for the Mediterranean, and in the 
 early part of 1835 accompanied the Euphrates ex- 
 pedition, under Lieut.-Colonel Chesney, from Malta 
 to the mouth of the river Orontes. "While engaged 
 in superintending its debarkation, his boat upset on 
 the bar of the stream, and, the strength of the 
 current carrying him into the surf beyond all power 
 of assistance from the shore, he was compelled to 
 swim to sea, in the hope that the ships at anchor 
 outside might have observed the accident, and have 
 sent their boats to his rescue, which providentially 
 proved to be the case. The Columbine being paid 
 off in April, 1838, on her return from a successful 
 anti-slavery cruize on the coast of Africa, Capt. 
 Henderson was next appointed, 31 Aug. 1840, to 
 the Vesuvius steam-vessel, and again ordered to 
 the Mediterranean, whither he proceeded, carrying 
 out a detachment of troops to Gibraltar and Malta. 
 For the part he subsequently took in the bombard- 
 ment of St. Jean d'Acre he was advanced to Post- 
 rank by commission dated 4 Nov. 1840, but he did 
 not resign the command of the Vesuvius until 
 25 March, 1841, previously to which period he had 
 further rendered himself useful to the Commanders 
 of the British and Turkish forces by his transport- 
 ance of their troops, guns, and stores, and by the 
 assistance he had afforded in filling up the breaches 
 formed in the battlements of Acre. He had also, 
 during the same period, it appears, been of signal 
 aid to the Pique when dismasted off' Caiffa, and had 
 conveyed to Malta the despatches announcing the 
 evacuation of Syria by the Egyptians. Since 8 Dec. 
 1845 Capt. Henderson has been in command of the 
 Sampson steam-frigate, in the Pacific. 
 
 He married, first, Jane, only daughter of the late 
 John M'Cormick, Esq., of the firm of Stirling and 
 Sons, Glasgow, by whom he has issue one daughter ; 
 and secondly, 30 Oct. 1841, Frances Maria, eldest 
 daughter of the late Jas. Way, Esq., Captain in the 
 Royal Horse Artillery. By the latter lady Capt. 
 Henderson also has issue. Agents — Coplands aiid 
 Burnett. 
 
 HENDERSON, C.B., K.S.F. (Captain, 1838. 
 F-p., 26 ; H-P., 13.) 
 
 William Honyman Henderson is son of the 
 late Alex. Henderson, Esq., of Sempster, Caithness, 
 N. B. 
 
 This oflScer entered the Navy, 25 Deo. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hero 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Newman Newman, employed on the North Sea and 
 Baltic stations, where, and in South America, he 
 afterwards, until Oct. 1814, served, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, in the Ardent 64, Capt. Kobt. 
 Honyman, and Aquilon and Ceres frigates, Capts. 
 Wm. Pakenham and Wm. Bowles. He was then 
 for some time employed at Newfoundland in the 
 Plover sloop, Capt. John Skekel; after which he 
 joined the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane, and on 14 Dec. 1814, previously 
 to participating in the expedition against New Or- 
 leans, assisted in the boats of that ship and of a 
 
 squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five 
 American gun-boats under Commander Jones, who 
 did not surrender until, in a severe conflict, he had 
 occasioned the British a loss of 17 men killed and 
 77 wounded. Between June, 1815, and Jan. 1820, 
 Mr. Henderson, we find, was next employed, on 
 the Home, and again on the South American sta^ 
 tions, as Master's Mate and Admiralty Midshipman, 
 in the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Broughton, 
 Childeks 16, Capt. Rich. Wales, Rivoli 74, Capts. 
 Chas. Ogle and Aiskew Paffard HoUis, Dover 28, 
 Capts. John Ross and Chas. Hope Reid, Creole 42, 
 Capts. Wm. Bateman Dashwood and Wm. Bowles, 
 and Superb 74, Capt. Thos. White. On leaving 
 the latter ship he rejoined Capt. Bowles as Acting- 
 Lieutenant on board the Creole, which frigate, 
 however, he quitted soon after his oficial promo- 
 tion, which took place on 10 of the following May. 
 His next appointments were — in the course of 1824, 
 to the Seringapatam frigate, Albion 74, and Tri- 
 bune frigate, Capts. Chas. Sotheby, Sir Wm. Hoste, 
 and Gardiner Henry Guion, on the Portsmouth and 
 Lisbon stations— 20 Feb. 1826, to the Forte 44, 
 Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan — 22 March, 1826, to the 
 Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron, in the Pacific— 14 
 Sept. 1827, to the Columbine sloop, Capts. Chas. 
 Crole and John Townshend, on the Halifax station, 
 whence he returned home and was paid off 1 June, 
 1830— in March, 1831, to the Barham 50, Capt. 
 Hugh Pigot — and 7 May, 1831, as First Lieutenant, 
 to the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, 
 with whom he served, again in South America, 
 until 1834, on 2 Oct. in which year the Dublin was 
 put out of commission. Being advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 19 Dec. following, Capt. Hen- 
 derson, on 9 Sept. 183.5, was placed in charge of the 
 Phcenix steamer, and immediately ordered to the 
 coast of Spain, where the importance of his services 
 during the civil war was ultimately acknowledged 
 by his investiture with the second class of the 
 order of San Fernando. He was superseded from 
 the Ph<enix on being awarded a Post-commission, 
 dated 27 June, 1838. His next appointment was, 19 
 June, 1839, to the Gorgon, another steam-vessel, in 
 which he was for three years employed in the Me- 
 diterranean — participating during that period in 
 the operations on the coast of Syria, including those 
 against Sidon and St. Jean d'Acre.*' He was in 
 consequence nominated |,a C.B. 18 Dec. 1840. He 
 has been in command, since 25 Aug. 1846, of the 
 SiDON steam-frigate. 
 
 Capt. Henderson married, 4Sept. 1844, Elizabeth 
 Martha, relict of his old Captain, Lord Jas. Towns- 
 hend. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 HENDERSON, C.B., K.H. (Captain, 1815. 
 F-p., 24 ; H-p., 24.) 
 
 William Wilmott Henderson is brother of 
 Lieut. John Henderson, R.N., who was lost in com- 
 mand of the Maria schooner in a hurricane among 
 the Leeward Islands, 16 Oct. 1807 ; of Benj. W. 
 Henderson, Esq., Admiralty-Midshipman of the 
 Leven, who died on board that ship's tender, in 
 Delagoa Bay, while employed in surveying the east 
 coast of Africa, in March, 1823 ; and of Lieut. Rich. 
 Wilmott Henderson, R.N. (1823), who died in 1836. 
 He is nephew, further, of the gallant Capt. David 
 Wilmot, R.N., who was eight times wounded in 
 battle, and closed a distinguished career at St. Jean 
 d'Acre, where he fell in command of the Alliamce 
 36; and cousin of Lieut. John Blackmore, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1799, on 
 board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Bridport • 
 removed, in Oct. 1800, to the Ville de Paris lio' 
 flag-ship on the Mediterranean station of his patron 
 Earl St. Vincent ; was subsequently employed for 
 three years and a^half on board the Belleisle 74 
 Capts. John Whitby and Wm. Hargood, under the 
 latter of whom he accompanied Lord Nelson to the 
 West Indies in pursuit of the combined squadrons 
 and, on his return to the Mediterranean, fought at 
 Trafalgar ; and on 26 March, 1806, was promoted, 
 * fide Gaz. 1840, p. 2603. 
 
496 
 
 HENDRY— HENN. 
 
 from the Hieeenia 110, bearing the flag of Lord 
 St. Vincent, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Kiobe 
 40, Capt. John Wentworth Loring— to which vessel, 
 after having assisted at the capture of Le Nearque 
 national brig, of 16 guns and 97 men, he was con- 
 firmed on 1 1 of the following April. On the capture 
 of Oporto by the French in March, 1809, Mr. Hen- 
 derson, who had been sent thither with despatches, 
 and for the purpose of superintending the landing 
 of supplies, unfortunately fell into their power. He 
 was accordingly placed in confinement, and ulti- 
 mately obliged to accompany them in their retreat 
 as far as the vicinity of Amaranta, where, however, 
 he succeeded, on 16 May, in efl'ecting his escape. 
 Having contrived to get back to Oporto, in spite of 
 many severe difficulties and privations, he there 
 took a passage home in the Nadtilds brig, Capt. 
 Thos. Bench; and on his arrival he was immediately 
 appointed First of the Active 46, Capt. Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon. Continuing to serve under that officer, 
 principally in the Adriatic, until 1 Aug. 1811, Mi:. 
 Henderson, besides assisting at the capture of many 
 of the enemy's vessels, was present, on 13 March, 
 18U, in the celebrated action off Lissa, where a 
 British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns 
 and 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of 
 six hours, and a loss to the Active of 4 men killed 
 and 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, 
 whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. 
 As a reward for his gallantry, which was described 
 by Capt. Gordon in the warmest terms, Mr. Hen- 
 derson had the satisfaction of being promoted to 
 the rank of Commander by a commission ante-dated 
 tq the day of victory. Prior, however, to the re- 
 ceipt of the intelligence, we again, on 27 of the en- 
 suing July, find him signalizing and recommend- 
 ing himself in the strongest manner to notice, 
 by his conduct at the capture and destruction of a 
 convoy of 28 sail, defended, in a creek in the island 
 of Eagosniza, by 300 troops and 3 gun-vessels ; on 
 which occasion, while the boats were left to attack 
 the enemy from without, he landed with the small- 
 arm men and marines, stormed and carried a hill 
 which commanded the creek, and, having put the 
 military to flight with great loss, annihilated in a 
 great measure the difficulties of the enterprise. 
 "When subsequently on his voyage home in the Po- 
 MONE 38, Capt. Robt. Barrie, Capt. Henderson, it 
 appears, had the misfortune to be wrecked, on a 
 sunken rook, near the Needles Point, 14 Oct. 1811. 
 He was next, on 3 April, 1812, appointed to the Ro- 
 SAKio brig, from which vessel, after cruizing for 
 some months in the Downs, and conveying the 
 Duke of Brunswick Oels from Harwich to the Elbe, 
 he removed, 7 June, 1813, to the Dashek sloop. In 
 the following Oct. he accompanied the outward- 
 bound trade to the West Indies, and during his con- 
 tinuance on that station he co-operated in the re- 
 duction of Guadeloupe in Aug. 1815. He attained 
 Post-rank on 9 Oct. in the same year, but did not 
 leave the Dasher * until May, 1816, and on 13 Jan. 
 1835, was created a K.H. Capt. Henderson's last 
 appointments were, 25 July, 1837, and 2 Sept. 1841, 
 to the Edinbuhgh 72, and Victory 104, on the Me- 
 diterranean and Portsmouth stations ;, his services 
 in the former of which ships in the operations on 
 the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d' Acre were acknowledged by his nomination 
 to the C.B. 18 Dec. 1840. He was superseded in 
 the command of the Victory in Sept. 1844. 
 
 Capt. Henderson married, in June, 1817, a sister 
 of the present Eear-Admiral Geo. Henderson, R.N. 
 
 HENDRY. (CTaptatlt, 1822. r-p., 25 ; h-p., 27.) 
 "William Hemdey was born 16 Aug. 1777, at 
 
 Paisley, N. B. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 April, 1795, as 
 
 Midshipman, on board the Alcm^ne 32, Capt. "Wm. 
 
 Brown, with whom, in the same frigate, and in the 
 
 Defence 74, be served, in the' North Sea and off 
 
 • It is due to Capt. Henderaon to state, that during the two 
 years and a half the Das|1£b remained on the West India, 
 station she did not lose a single man from the effects of the 
 climate. 
 
 Lisbon and Cadiz, until May, 1798. He then re- 
 moved to the ViLLE DE Paris 110, bearing the flag 
 of Eari St. Vincent, by whom, we believe, he was 
 appointed, in Feb. 1799, Acting-Lieutenant ot the 
 Transfer brig, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the Medi- 
 terranean station. In the following -Aug. he re- 
 joined Capt. Brown, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Vanguard 74, in which ship, and in the Adrora 
 28, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Robust 74, 
 and Hussar 38, both commanded by his friend 
 Capt. Brown, he further served, on the Lisbon,* 
 Newfoundland, Channel, and Irish stations, until 
 promoted, immediately on passing his examination, 
 to a Lieutenancy, 11 July, 1801, in the Hazard 
 sloop, Capts. "Wm. Butterfield and Rich. John Neve. 
 Joining next (after a prolonged employment of four 
 years off the coast of Ireland and in the Channel) 
 the Hero 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, Mr. 
 Hendy fought in that ship in Sir Rich. Strachan's 
 action off Ferrol 4 Nov. 180.5, and was also present, 
 13 March, 1806, at the capture of the French 80-gun 
 ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Linois, and 40-gun frigate Selle Poule. In the 
 course of the latter year, he was again placed under 
 the orders of Lord St. Vincent, in the Hibernia 
 110; and while next attached, between Aug. 1807, 
 and March, 1810, to the Statiba 38, Capts. Kobt. 
 Howe Bromley, Chas. Worsley Boys, and Geo. Paris 
 Monke, he attended, as First-Lieutenant, the expe- 
 dition to the "Walcheren (where, with the frigate- 
 squadron under Lord "Wm. Stuart, he assisted in 
 forcing the passage between the batteries of Flush- 
 ing and Cadsand), and co-operated in the reduction 
 of Guadeloupe. From the period of his leaving the 
 Statira until that of his advancement to the rank 
 of Commander, 27 April, 1814, Mr. Hendy succes- 
 sively officiated as Senior and Flag-Lieutenant, in 
 the "West Indies and at home, on board the Blonde 
 38, Capt. Thos. Huskisson, Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir 
 John Gore, and Ulysses and Aego 44's, flag-ships 
 of Rear-Admiral "Wm. Brown. Being appointed, 
 on 19 of the ensuing July, to the Forester 18, our 
 officer, who retained command of that vessel on tlie 
 Jamaica station until Aug. 1816, had the good for- 
 tune, although four other Captains had failed in the 
 attempt, to obtain the liberation at Santa Martha of 
 the officers and crews belonging to some vessels 
 which had been confiscated by the authorities of 
 Carthagena. Capt. Hendry's only other appoint- 
 ments were, 5 Jan. 1819, and 21 July, 1821, to the 
 RosARio 10, and Doterel 18, on the St. Helena 
 and North American stations, from the former of 
 which he was selected to carry home, in the Heron 
 18, Capt. Job Hanmer, the despatches annoimcing 
 the death of Napoleon Buonaparte. On the morn- 
 ing immediately after the decease of the unfortu- 
 nate Emperor, 6 May, 1821, Capt. Hendry appears 
 to have formed one of the three naval Captains who 
 were admitted to view the body.* He attained 
 Post-rank 19 July, 1822, and accepted the half-pay 
 of Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 On the first opening, in 1829, of the College in 
 Portsmouth Dockyard for the instruction of officers 
 in subjects connected with their profession, Capt. 
 Hendry was the Senior of those admitted. The 
 Frolic 16, a sloop constructed by him, was launched 
 23 Aug. 1842. 
 
 HENN. (Lieut,, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 Richard Henn was born in March, 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1806, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Centauk 74, Capt. "Wm. 
 Henry "Webley, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Sam. Hood. On 25 of the following Sept. he as- 
 sisted, in company with the Mars and Monarch 
 74's, at the capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy 
 French frigates, whose complete subjugation was 
 not effected until Sir Sam. Hood had lost an arm ; 
 and he subsequently, it appears, besides attending 
 the expedition against Copenhagen, and witnessing 
 the surrender of Madeira, contributed, in conjunc- 
 tion with the Implacable 74, to the taking, 26 
 
 • Vide Gaj. 1821, p. 1409. 
 
HENNAIi—HENNING— HENRI. 
 
 497 
 
 Aug. 1808, in sight of the whole Kuesian fleet near 
 Kogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a elose 
 and furious conflict in which the CBSTAnn lost 3 
 men killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 
 killed and wounded. From 1810 until 1812 we find 
 Mr. Henn serving under the successive flags of Sir 
 S. Hood and Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate of the Hieernja 120, on 
 the Mediterranean station. In 1813, being at the 
 time in the StirIjIng Castle 74, Capt. Sir Home 
 Popham, he escorted the Marquess of Hastings as 
 Governor-General to India, where, on his arrival, 
 he rejoined Sir S. Hood, who had been recently 
 nominated Commander-in-Chief, on board the MiN- 
 DEN 74. On 27 Sept. 1814 he was appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Salsette 36, Capt. John Bowen, 
 with whom he continued to serve until paid off, on 
 his return to England, in July, 1816. Mr. Henn, 
 whose commission bears date 2 March, 1815, has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 He is married, and has issue a son and one daugh- 
 ter. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 HENNAH. (LlE0T., 1821. P-J';,14; a-P., 19.) 
 
 Edward Hennah, born 12 Aug. 1800, is only 
 son of Capt. Wm. Hennah, R.N., C.B. (1806), who 
 died in 1832; grandson of the Rev. Rich. Hennah, 
 Vicar of St. Austle, and Rector of St. Michael Pen- 
 kirell, both in the county of Cornwall, and domestic 
 Chaplain to Viscount Falmouth ; and cousin of the 
 Rev. Wm. Veale Hennah, Retired Chaplain, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1814, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Rippon 74, comtoanded 
 in the Channel by Capt. Sir Christopher Cole. 
 From Sept. 1814 until July, 1815, he was em- 
 ployed on the American coast in the Bedpord 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Walker ; and he afterwards, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1821, 
 served, on the Home, Halifax, and Mediterranean 
 stations, in the Pdissant, Albion, Queen, and 
 Northumberland 74's, Capts. Benj. Wm. Page, 
 Philip Somerville, and Jas. Walker, and Active 46, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon. He then received an 
 appointment to the Ordinary . on the Canadian 
 Lakes, under Capt. Sir Robt. Barrie, but, returning 
 home in the spring of 1822, was not again employed 
 until 1841, on 27 Aug. in which year he joined the 
 Coast Guard, in which service he still continues. 
 
 Lieut. Hennah married, 28 Oct. 1825, Anne, 
 daughter of Sam. Jewel, Esq., Surgeon, of Tregony, 
 CO. Cornwall, a descendant of John Jewel, Bishop 
 of Salisbury, the celebrated Anglican Reformer. 
 By that lady he has issue five children. 
 
 HENNAH. (LlEDTENANT, 1829.) 
 
 Frederick Hennah died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in Jan. 1821 ; passed 
 his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 8 Aug. 1829. He then obtained command of 
 the Speedwell schooner, on the Jamaica station, 
 and was afterwards appointed— 26 Oct. 1830, to the 
 Revenge 78, Capts. J as. Hillyar and Donald Hugh 
 Mackay, employed on particular service and on the 
 Lisbon station— 30 Oct. 1832, to the Spabtiate 76, 
 flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour in South America 
 — 5 Sept. 1835, for a few days, to the Pvlades 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Langford Castle, fitting for the Cape of 
 Good Hope— 18 March, 1836, 26 Sept. 1839, and 31 
 Oct. 1840, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Ball 
 Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends, Pembroke 72, 
 Capt. Fairfax Moresby, and Monarch 84, Capt. 
 Sam. Chambers, all oh the Jamaica station, where, 
 with the exception of a few months in the last men- 
 tioned year, he served until the close of 1843— and 
 27 April, 1844, to the command of a station in the 
 Coast Guard, which he retained until the period of 
 his death. 
 
 HENNING. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Alexander Henning entered the Navy, 17 May, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl.' Vol., pn board the Christian VII. 
 80, Capts. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Woodley Lo- 
 sack, and Rich. Ilarward, of which ship, employed 
 
 on the Home station, he became Midshipman 7 Aug. 
 following. While in her he served for some time 
 under the flag of Sir EdW. Pellew ; and on two 
 separate occasions, 20 Jan. and 13 Feb. 1810, he was 
 employed in boat affairs of considerable gallantry; 
 assisting, on the first, at the capture and destruction 
 of part of a convoy of 30 sail, under a heavy fire of 
 grape and musketry, and within a stone's throw of 
 the batteries, in the IWaumusson passage ; and, on 
 the second, at the destruction, with a loss to the 
 British of 2 men killed and 3 wounded, of three 
 deeply-laden chasse-marees, which had grounded on 
 a reef between Roohelle and He d'Aix, and were 
 protected by nine French boats, each carrying a 12- 
 pounder carronade and 6 swivels, and rowing from 
 20 to 30 oars. The British, who in the latter in- 
 stance succeeded in capturing one and dispersing 
 the rest of the boats, were in both cases commanded 
 by Lieut. Gardmer Hen. Guion. From Sept. 1810 
 until May, 1814, Mr. Henning again, we find, served 
 with Capt. Woodley Losack, chiefly as Master's 
 Mate, in the Galatea 42, on the Cape of Good 
 Hope, Channel, and West India stations ; during 
 which period he shared, 20 May, 1811 (while 
 cruizing off' Madagascar, in company with the As- 
 TREA and Ph(ebe, frigates about equal in force to 
 the Galatea, and 18-gun brig Racehorse), and 
 was slightly wounded in the left arm, in a long and 
 trying action with the French 40-gun frigates i2e- 
 nommee, Chrinde, and Nereide, in which the Gala- 
 tea, besides being cut to pieces in her hull, masts,- 
 and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men killed and 
 46 wounded.* Between the date of his discharge 
 from the Galatea and that of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 11 Sept. 1815, Mr. Henning 
 was lastly employed in the West Indies on board 
 the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip 
 Chas. Durham, and Spider sloop, Capt. Robt. 
 Caulfeild. 
 
 He married, 11 Dec. 1838 (while in command of 
 the Earl of Sardwicke Indiaman), Melina, only sur- 
 viving daughter of the late E. W. Smith, Esq. 
 
 HENRI. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 41 ; h-p., I.) 
 Alphonso Henri entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Astrea 32, 
 Capt. Jas. Carthew ; in which frigate, and in the 
 Crescent 36, commanded by the same officer, he 
 was for many months employed with the in-shore 
 squadron off Brest, and off the Texel. In Aug.. 
 1807 he was sent, as Midshipman, with only 1 man, 
 to navigate into Yarmouth Roads a prize under 
 Kniphausen colours, on board of which were 15 
 prisoners, who, on the wind suddenly shifting, and 
 blowing hatd on the Dutch coast, rose and retook 
 their vessel. The- latter being soon, however, 
 chased by a British cruizer, ran on shore and was 
 wrecked, owing to which catastrophe several of the 
 crew were drowned. Mr. Henri, we may add, was 
 himself saved by the intrepidity of a gendarme, 
 who, witnessing his peril, swam off' on hoiseback to 
 his rescue. After nine months of imprisonment he 
 joined, 27 May, 1808, the Roebuck 44, flag-ship at 
 Yarmouth of Vice- Admiral Billy Douglas, but re- 
 moving in a few days to the Gloire 38, commanded 
 by his old Captain, Jas. Carthew, he was for some 
 time employed in that frigate at the blocluide of 
 Cherbourg, and then at the reduction of Martinique. 
 Immediately after the latter event Mr. Henri was 
 appointed Master's Mate of the Frolic 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Whinyates, part of the force engaged in the 
 ensuing capture of the Saintes. Rejoining the 
 Gloire, a few months subsequently, he assisted at 
 the taHng of Guadeloupe in Feb. 1810, and conti- 
 nued to be borne on her books until June, 1811. 
 During that period, while Mr. Henri had charge of 
 an American prize, the watch below, it appears^ 
 subjected themselves to the stupifijoation of opium, 
 and thereby aff'orded the enemy an opportunity of 
 making an attack upon the watch on deck, and,, 
 after a fierce struggle, of regaining their ascend- 
 ancy. Being allowed the option of either going to 
 • Vide Guz. 1811, p. 2191. 
 
 3 S 
 
498 
 
 HENRY. 
 
 America or of taking his chance in the long-boat, 
 Mr. Henri accepted the latter, and, accompanied by 
 some others, had the good fortune, with no other 
 shelter than that yielded by a blanket, to make the 
 island of Barbuda, and in the end reach Antigua, 
 where lay the Gloire. He was ultimately, while 
 in the Dkagon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, 
 promoted, 20 Dec. 1811, three days after he had 
 passed his examination, to an Acting-Lieutenancy 
 in the Amabanthe 18, Capt. Geo. Pringle. He was 
 superseded at Antigua 30 June, 1812, bnt on his 
 ensuing return to England found that, by a strange 
 coincidence, he had been that very day promoted 
 iiy the Admiralty. His appointments have since 
 been — 13 Dec. 1812, to the Combekland 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Baker, with whom he again sailed for the 
 West Indies— 27 Jan. 1813, to the Gbampds 50, 
 bearing the flag on that station of Sir F. Laforey — 
 14 Feb. 1813, to the Tribune 36, Capt. Geo. Rey- 
 nolds— 18 Sept. 1813, to the Eaten 16, Capts. Geo. 
 Gustavus Lennock and Edw. Lloyd, during his 
 continuance in which vessel he was employed on a 
 branch of the Scheldt in the campaign of 1813-14, 
 and commanded a division of boats on special ser- 
 vice up the Gulf of Paria— 27 Oct. 1815, to the Hope 
 10, Capt. Hen. Fyge Jauncey, employed in the 
 Channel, where he served until snperseded at his 
 own request in March, 1817—17 Feb. 1818, to the 
 Kamillies 74, flag-ship at Leith of Sir Wm. John- 
 stone Hope— 11 Sept. 1818, to the command of the 
 Viper cutter, in which he cruized very successfully 
 against the Channel smugglers, and was on one 
 occasion so nearly murdered that the Treasury 
 offered a reward of 200/. for the apprehension of 
 the offenders- and, 17 Dec. 1821, to the Coast 
 Guard, ia which service he still continues. 
 
 "While on the books of the Hope, but detached in 
 some other vessel, Lieut. Henri was wrecked on the 
 coast of Devon, on which occasion, out of eight 
 persons, himself and another, whom he had the 
 good fortune to rescue, were the only persons 
 saved. He has been in the compiission of the 
 peace for eo. Mayo since Dec. 1834. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HENEY. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p.,15; h-p., 1.) 
 Arthur Robert Henry entered the Navy, 20 
 Feb. 1831, as a Volunteer, on board the Pallas 42, 
 Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, with whom he served in 
 the West Indies, latterly as Midshipman, until May, 
 1834. In the following Sept. he joined the Tyne 28, 
 Capt. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, on the Mediterra- 
 nean station, where, for some months in 1837, he 
 was further employed on board the Rodney 92, 
 Capt. Hyde Parker. Having passed his examina^ 
 tion on 15 Aug. in the latter year Mr! Henry, in 
 May, 1839, was appointed Mate of the Chilbers 16, 
 Capt. Edw. Pellew Halsted, and ordered to India, 
 whence he ultimately, in June, 1841, carried, in the 
 capacity of temporary Commander, the Plover 12 
 to China. During his continuance in that vessel, 
 which was latterly commanded by Capt. Rich. Col- 
 linson, he assisted at the reduction of Amoy, was 
 present at the re-capture of Chusan, witnessed the 
 storming of the fortified heights and citadel of 
 Chinghae, commanded a party on shore in the 
 attack on Chapoo, and co-operated in the reduction 
 of Chin-Kiang-Foo. He was promoted for his ser- 
 vices to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842,* and 
 has been since appointed— 18 March, 1843, to the 
 Pylades 18, Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, with 
 whom he returned to England from the East Indies, 
 and was paid off in the following Oct. — 18 Dec. 1844, 
 to the Ranger 6, Capt. Jas. Anderson, fitting for 
 the coast of Africa— and, 17 March, 1845, to the 
 Racehorse 18, Capts. Geo. Jas. Hay and Edw. 
 Southwell Sotheby, in which vessel he is now again 
 serving in the East Indies. In Dec. 1845, being at 
 the time at New Zealand, Lieut. Henry landed in 
 command of a division of small-arm men, and on 11 
 of the following month, after having most usefully 
 participated for three weeks in a series of the most 
 * Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
 trying operations (more especially alluded to in our 
 biography of Capt. Chas. Graham), assisted, and 
 was officially mentioned for his conduct, at the 
 storming and capture, not^i'ithstanding a desperate 
 resistance of four hours, of a strongly fortified pah, 
 belonging to a rebel chieftain named Kawiti.* 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HENRY. (Commander, 1841- f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Geoboe Augustus Henry, born 6 Oct. 1809, in 
 Dublin, is brother of Capt. Hastings R. Henry, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Aug. 1823, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Prince Regent 120, Capt. 
 Wm. Hen. Webley Parry, flag-ship at the Nore of 
 Sir Benj. Hallowell. In 1825, having previously 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, he joined the 
 Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in the 
 boats belonging to which frigate he appears to have 
 been very often employed in the suppression of 
 piracy in the Mediterranean ; where, on removing 
 to the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, he 
 bore a part in the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. 
 Passing his examination in 1829, he was next, for 
 upwards of two years, employed again at Chatham, 
 and then in South America, on board the Prince 
 Regent 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Hen. Blackwood, 
 and Druid 46, Capt. G. W. Hamilton. Attaining 
 the rank of I^ieutenant 24 Jan. 1832, Mr. Henry 
 was in that capacity appointed — 27 Feb. and 23 
 Nov. 1832, to the Warspite 76, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Thos. Baker, and Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. On- 
 slow, both on the station last mentioned, whence he 
 returned home and was paid ofl" in Jime, 1833 — 6 
 June, 1834, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. Bladen Capel in the East Indies, where he 
 remained about four years — and, 16 May, 1840, as 
 First, to the Southampton 50, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Edw. Durnford King, at the Brazils and Cape 
 of Good Hope. He acquired his present rank 23 
 Nov. 1841, and is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Henry for four months held the 
 acting-command of the Lily 16, on the coast of 
 Africa. He married, 30 Oct. 1845, Etheldreda Lucy 
 Emily, only daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel 
 Ferris, Treasurer 'of the Island of Mauritius. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HENRY. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Hastings Reginald Henry, born in March, 1808, 
 is son of the late John Joseph Henry, Esq., of 
 Straffan, co. Kildare, by the Lady Emily Elizabeth 
 Fitzgerald, daughter of the late and sister of the 
 present Duke of Leinster. Capt. Henry, whose 
 brother, Geo. Augustus, is a Commander R.N., has 
 several other relatives in the service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. 
 John Brooke Pechell, and, proceeding to the Medi- 
 terranean, was present, 18 June, 1826, in a desperate 
 action with some pirates ofi' Candia, in which the 
 British sustained a loss of 12 men killed and 29 
 wounded. He afterwards served on the Home 
 station, as Midshipman and Mate, in the Columbine 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Symonds, Undaunted 46, Capt. 
 Augustus Wm. Jas. CliflFord, and St. Vincent 120, 
 Capt. Hyde Parker ; and, subsequently to his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 
 18 Dec. 1830, was appointed— 7 Sept. 1831, to the 
 Asia 84, flag-ship off Lisbon of Rear-Admiral Wm. 
 Parker— and, 20 Dec. 1834, to the Rattlesnake 28, 
 Capt. Wm. Hobson, on the East India station. 
 Capt. Henry, whose second promotal commission 
 bears date 28 June, 1838, next joined in succession, 
 between 14 Sept. 1840 and his advancement to Post- 
 rank 5 Sept. 1843, the Salamander, Styx, and 
 Devastation steamers, and, as Acting-Captain, 
 the Queen 110, and Aigle 24, on the Channel and 
 Mediterranean stations. Since the latter date he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Henry married, in 1845, the Dowager Mar- 
 chioness of Hastings, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 2346. 
 
IIENRY-HENSLEY-HENSLOW— HERBERT. 
 
 HENRY. (LlECTENANT, 1823. F-P.,2l ; H-P., 18.) 
 John HENRy entered the Navy, 8 June, 1808, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Iphigenia ■36, Capt. 
 Hen. Lambert, in which ship, after making a voyage 
 to Quebec, he proceeded to India, where he wit- 
 nessed the conq,ue8t of lie Bourbon in July, 1810, 
 and in the course of the following month assumed a 
 share, as Midshipman, in a series of gallant but un- 
 fortunate operations, which, by the 28th, terminated 
 in the self-destruction of the British frigates SiBins,. 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sam. 
 Pym, and Magicienne, the capture of the Neseide, 
 and the surrender to a powerful French squadron 
 of the Iphigenia herself, after incurring an indi- 
 vidual loss of at least 5 men killed and 13 wounded, 
 at the entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France. 
 From the date last mentioned Mr. Henry remained 
 subject to the horrors of a loathsome captivity, 
 until released at the subsequent reduction of the 
 Mauritius, when he was re-appointed to the Iphige- 
 nia, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, with whom, he 
 returned to England and was paid off in May, ISll. 
 He then served for three years in the Baltic' and 
 Channel, part of the time as Master's Mate, on 
 board the Pyramus 36, Capts. Chas. Dashwood 
 and Jas, "Whitley Deans Dundas; which frigate, to- 
 wards the close of 1812, brought Sir Jas. Saumarctt 
 from Gottenborg to England. Between May, 1814, 
 and Aug. 1824, Mr. Henry was employed, oa the 
 West India, Mediterranean^ Home, and African 
 stations, in the Suktan 74, Capt. John "West, Eu- 
 phrates 36, Capt. Kobt. Preston,, TajGhs 38,. Capt. 
 J. W. D. Dundas, Active 46, Capt. Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, Bajuillies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, Owem 
 Glendower 42, Commodore Sir Kobt. Mends, and 
 Driver sloop, Capt. Chas. Bowen. "While in the 
 latter vessel, of which he was confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant 22 Oct. 1823, we find him co-operating with 
 the troopa engaged in the Ashantee war. His last 
 appointment afloat was, 6 Nov. 1828, to the Chai.- 
 lenger 28, Capt. Chas. Howe Eremantle, with 
 whom he served in the East Indies, as First Lieute- 
 nant, until he returned home and was paid off 12 
 June^ 1833. 
 Lieut. Henry, who has long officiated as an Emi- 
 
 f ration Agent, is now employed in that capacity at 
 >ublin. 
 
 HENRY. (Lieut., 1815. f-P:, 14; h-p., 26.) 
 
 "William Henry entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the- Neptune 98, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. "Williams, bearing the flag afterwards of 
 Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, with whom he also served 
 for some time in the Pompee 74, and Statiea 38. 
 During the term of his attachment to the two for- 
 mer of those ships he assisted as Midshipman at 
 the redaction of Martinique and the Saintes, aided 
 on shore at the- taking of Guadeloupe, witnessed 
 the capture of the French 74-gan ship D'HaupouU, 
 and was at the destruction of the 44-gun frigates 
 Lohre and SeiTw, in L'Ance la Barque. In Feb. 
 1811, after having served for a short time with Sil: 
 Fras. Laforey in the Dragon 74, Mr. Henry joined 
 the Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, and proceeded 
 to the Mediterranean, where, on 23 June, 1813, he 
 contributed, in the boats, to the cutting-out, from 
 under the protection of a strong fort, on the coast 
 of Catalonia, of La Fortune, French privateer, of 2 
 guns, 2 swivels, and 48 men— an exploit which oc- 
 casioned the British a loss of 4 men killed and 9 
 wounded. In 1814 Mr. Henry, we find, participated 
 in another affair of the same description. Quitting 
 the Castor' in April, 1815, he next, for short pe- 
 riods, joined the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, and Koyal Sovereign 100; and 
 on 13 of the following June he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. Since 21 Dec. 1841 he has 
 been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 Capt. Kobt. CampbelL After serving for some 
 time at the blockade of the Texel, and attending,, 
 as Midshipman, the expedition to Copenhagen, he 
 assisted, 22 March, 1808 (on the Nassau's hard- 
 wrought extrication from a mass of ice in which 
 she had been blocked up during the whole winter), 
 at the. capture and destruction, when in company 
 with the Stately 64, of the Danish 74-gun ship. 
 Prindts Chistian. Frederic— an achievement accom- 
 plished at the close of a long running fight in which 
 the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 16. 
 wounded. "While next attached, between Nov. 
 1809 and Aug. 1813^ to the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Rowley, Mr. Hensley served with great activity on 
 the Mediterranean and Adriatic stations, contri- 
 buting, during that period, to the capture, 27 Nov- 
 1811, of La Cwcei/re French frigate, pierced foe 
 40 but mounting only 28 guns, and the reduction,, 
 in July, 1813, of the town of Fiume. On leaving 
 the Eagle he became Master's Mate of the Union 
 98, Capt. Kobt. Rolles, in which ship (being conr 
 firmed to her by commission dated 20. Oct. 1813) he- 
 further served in the Mediterraneaa until July,, 
 1814. His last appointment was, 4 May, 1815, to 
 the TowEY 24, Capt. Hew Steuart, with whom,, 
 during a continuance of three months in, that ship,, 
 he served at Falmouth and oflT Havre de Grace. 
 
 HENSLOW, K."W. (Lieutenant,. 1829,) 
 
 Frederick John Francis Henslow entered the 
 Navy 22 Aug. 1811;. passed his examination in, 
 1819 ; and was made Lieutenant, 16 March, 1829, 
 into the Java 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of 
 Rear- Admiral "Wm, Hall Gage, with whom, in 1830, 
 he returned to England. From 19 Sept. 1833 until 
 Oct. 1836f he commanded the Rose, Revenue-vessel j 
 and in 1841 he was appointed one of the Naval 
 Knights of "Windsor. Agents— Goode and Law- 
 rence. 
 
 HENSLEY. (LiEtTT., 1813. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Charles Hensley entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 
 1806, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Nassau 64, 
 
 HERBERT. (Lieutenant-, 1846.> 
 
 Douglas HERBERT.served for some time as Mid- 
 shipman of the Edinburgh 72, Capt. "Wm. Wilmott 
 Henderson, on the- Mediterranean station, where> 
 including the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he 
 shared in the operations of 1840 on the coast of 
 Syria, and was officially mentioned for his services.* 
 Having passed his examination, 6 Oct. 1843, he was 
 promoted, after an employment of some months, as 
 Mate, on board the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. 
 Henry Dncie Chads, and Victoria and Albert 
 steam-yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitaCIarence, to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 7 Oct. 184& He has sUiee 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 HERBERT. (Lieut., 1844.. f-p., 13; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Frederick Charles Herbert, born 25 Feb. 
 1819, at Spofforth, near Wetherby, co. York, Js 
 second son of the Hon. and Very Rev. "Wm. Herbert, 
 LL.D., Dean of Manchester, by Letitia Dorothea, 
 second daughter of Joshua, fifth Viscount Allen ; 
 nephew of the late, and first-cousin of the present, 
 Earl of Carnarvon; and nephew of Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Herbert, R.N., a gallaa,t seaman who was ac- 
 cidentally drowned in 1808. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 4 
 Aug. 1831 ; and embarked, 17 Aug. 183S, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Forte 44, Capt. "Watfcin Owen 
 Pell, with whom, latterly as Midshipman, he served 
 on the North America and West India station, until 
 Aug. 1836. He then Joined the Pinchbr schooner, 
 Lieut.-Commander Geo. Byng, and, after an em- 
 ployment of some months in that vessel on the 
 coast of Africa, removed successively, on the Home 
 station, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Lord 
 Amelius Beapclerk, Modeste 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, 
 and Royal Adelaide 104, bearing the flag again 
 of Lord A. Beauclerk. His health obliging him to 
 leave the latter ship in Aug. 1838, he remained on 
 shore for a period of 10 months, and became an 
 under-graduate at Trinity College, Cambridge. H e 
 re-embarked, in June, 1839, onboard the Howe 120, 
 * Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2610. 
 
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 HERBERT. 
 
 bearing the flag at' Sheemess; of Sir Robt. Waller 
 Otway; and on passing his examination 27 Sept. 
 1839, proceeded, in the Fikeflt steamer, Lieut.- 
 Commander "Wm. Winniett to the Canadian Lakes, 
 where, until his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 2 March, 1844, he served with great activity, 
 chiefly on board the Niagaha 20, Capt. Williams 
 fiandom, Mohawk steam-vessel, Lieut. -Commander 
 John Wm. Bedford, and Montkeal schooner, com- 
 manded by Lieut. John Tyssen, and, for some time 
 also, by himself. Since 9 Sept. 1844 Mr. Herbert 
 has been occupied on the Home and on the North 
 America and West India stations in the Daring 12, 
 Commanders Henry Jas. Matson and Wm. Peel. 
 
 HERBEET. (Commandek, 1828. f-p., 25 ; 
 H-p., 19.) 
 
 George Flower Herbert is eldest son of Joseph 
 Herbert, Esq., President of the island of Mont- 
 serrat. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Fras. Fremantle, of which ship, employed on the 
 India station and off Ferrol, he almost immediately 
 became a Midshipman. Between Deo. 1804 and Jan. 
 1811 he served, on the Home, Cadiz, and West India 
 stations, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Bar- 
 FLBDH, Neptdne, andDREADN0UGHT98's, Capts.Geo. 
 Martin, T. F. Fremantle (under whom he fought in 
 the Neptdne at Trafalgar, and took part, while for 
 a time detached, in several actions with the Spanish 
 gun-boats near Gibraltar), and Wm. Leohmere, 
 RovAL George 100, and San Josef 110, flag-ships 
 of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Nijaden 36, Capt. 
 Fred. Cottrell, Neptune 98, and Statira 38, bear- 
 ing each the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Inglis Cochrane, 
 and Port d'Espagne 18, Capt. Geo. Grey Burton. 
 On 28 Feb. 1811 (after having been for a few weeks 
 borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the 
 Dragon 74, Eear-Admiral Sir Fras. Laforey) he 
 rejoined the Nijaden, in the capacity of Acting- 
 Lieutenant; and, being confirmed to her 16 May 
 fpllowing, was sijbsequently, in March, 1812, pre- 
 sent, when, under Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, 
 she contrived, during her passage home from Lis- 
 bon, to effect an escape from a pursuing squadron 
 of five French line-of-battle ships. Mr. Herbert's 
 subsequent appointments were — 30 April, 1812, with 
 Capt. Epworth, to the Ntmphe 38, from which ves- 
 sel, fitting at Portsmouth, an attack of illness ob- 
 liged him at once to invalid— 21 April, 1813, to the 
 San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in the 
 Mediterranean, where he witnessed, 5 Nov. 1813 
 and 13 Feb. 1814, two partial actions with the 
 Toulon fleet, and was present at the capture of 
 Genoa in April, 1814—28 Sept. 1814, to the Ulysses 
 44, Commodore Thos. Browne, on accompanying 
 whom to the coast of Africa, he assisted at the de- 
 struction of a slave-factory — in the course of 1816, 
 to the Impregnable, Berwick, and Impregnable 
 agaiuj flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth and Lord Exmouth— 6 April, 1820, after 
 17 months of half-pay;- to the command of the 
 Harpy Revenue-cutter — 25 Oct. 1824, to the 
 Herald yacht, Capt. Henry Jphn Leeke — 7 June, 
 1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Om- 
 manney, lying at Portsmouth— and 22 Aug. 1825, 
 4 Aug. J826, and 18 Jan. 1827, to the Wabspite 76, 
 BoADicEA 46, and Java 52, all flag-ships in the 
 East Indies of Rear- Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He 
 attained his present rank 7 July, 1828 ; and, vrith 
 the exception of a command, from 18 May, 1837, 
 until Aug. 1840, of the TiMERAiRE 104, Ocean 80, 
 and PoicTiERS 72, guard-ships at Sheemess and 
 Chatham, has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Herbert married Mary, youngest 
 daughter of the late Capt. Harding, R.N., and 
 niece of Rear-Admiral Jas. Bowen, formerly a Com- 
 missioner of the Navy. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HERBERT. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 12; h-p., 30.) 
 John Fletcher Herbert entered the Navy, 15 
 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thun- 
 derer 74, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, John Stockham 
 
 (Acting), and John Talbot ; which ship, after serv- 
 ing in Sir Robt. Calder's action, and the battle of 
 Trafalgar, passed the Dardanells With Sir John 
 Duckworth in Feb. 1807, and assisted on that occa- 
 sion at the destruction of a Turkish squadron near 
 Point Pesquies. In Nov. 1808 Mr. Herbert be- 
 came Midshipman of the Cheerful cutUer, Lieut.- 
 Commander Carpenter, with whom he cruized off 
 Yarmouth and in the Baltic until April, 1810. He 
 was then for three years employed in the Theseus 
 74, Capt. Wm. Prowse, both in the North Sea and 
 at St. Helena ; and, from April, 1816, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 June, 1819, he 
 further served, the last two years and a half as 
 Master's Mate, on board the Martial gun-brig, 
 commanded at Leith by Lieut. Robt. M'Eardy. He 
 has since been on halt-pay. 
 
 HERBERT, K.C.B. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 24.) 
 
 Sir Thomas Herbert, born in Feb. 1793, is son 
 of the late Rich. T. Herbert, Esq., of Cahernan, co. 
 Kerry, where the Herbert family has been seated 
 since the reign of Charles II. Among the early 
 ancestors of Sir Thomas we discover the name of 
 Sir Rich. Herbert, of Coldbrook, who, with his 
 brother William, Earl of Pembroke, was beheaded 
 at Banbury, the day after the battle of "Danes 
 Moor," 26 July, 1469. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt. 
 Frank Sotheron, and, on proceeding to the Medi- 
 terranean, was there invested with the rating of 
 Midshipman 1 Jan. 1804. After assisting at the 
 defence of Gaeta and the capture of Capri, he re- 
 moved to the Blonde 38, Capt. Volant Vashon Bal- 
 lard, whom he accompanied to the West Indies, on 
 which station we find him witnessing the reduction, 
 in Dec. 1807, of the Danish West India Islands, and 
 contributing to the capture of five privateers, car- 
 rying in the whole 58 guns and 515 men. On 1 
 Aug. 1809, as a reward for the conduct he had in 
 particular exhibited as prize-master of L' Alert of 
 20 guns and 149 men, Mr. Herbert, on the recom- 
 mendation of his Captain, was nominated by Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane to a Lieutenancy in his flag-ship 
 the Neptune 98. Being officially promoted on It) 
 of the following Oct., he was next, between March, 
 1810, and June, 1814, employed, as a Lieutenant, in 
 the PoMi'EE 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, on the 
 West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations. 
 He then became First of the Euryalus 36, Capt. 
 Chas, Napier, in which frigate he served until the 
 close of the American war, and obtained the official 
 mention of Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon for the ability 
 and the conspicuous exertions he displayed through- 
 out the operations on the river Potomac, including 
 the capture of Fort Washington, and of the city of 
 Alexandria.* On 19 Oct. 1814, Mr. Herbert, who 
 by that period had been upwaids of 20 times en- 
 gaged with the enemy, in cutting-out affairs and 
 otherwise, and had been thrice wounded, was ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Commander. He did not, 
 however, take up his commission until Feb. 1815 ; 
 from which period he appears to have remained on 
 half-pay until 6 Sept. 1821. He then obtained an 
 appointment to the Ioards 10, fitting for the Jar 
 maica station, where he removed, 6 May, 1822, to 
 the Carnation 18, and was posted, 25 Nov. follow- 
 ing, to a death vacancy in the Tamar 26. Conti- 
 nuing to serve in the latter vessel until paid off in 
 Aug. 1823, Capt. Herbert succeeded during that 
 period in destroying three piratical vessels on the 
 coasts of Cuba and Yucatan. On 10 Nov. 1837, not 
 having been afloat for a period of 14 years, he was 
 next appointed to the Calliope 26, and ordered to 
 the Brazils. Until the arrival there from the Pacific 
 of Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan, Capt. Herbert, 
 we find, conducted in person the duties of Senior 
 Officer. He was subsequently directed to assume 
 tlie command of the naval force in the Rio de la 
 Plata for the protection of the British interests at 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 2081. 
 
HERBERT-IIERRICK. 
 
 501 
 
 Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, during the block- 
 ade of the former place by a French squadron ; 
 and, while in discharge of the duties which were 
 thus imposed upon him, he had the satisfaction of 
 being twice officially assured of the entire approba^ 
 tion of the Admiralty at his proceedings. In Jan. 
 1840 Capt. Herbert went round Cape Horn, and 
 joined Bear- Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Boss at 
 Valparaiso, whence, in the ensuing June, he sailed 
 for China via St. Bemardin's Passage, encountering 
 en route, while among the Philippine Islands, a ty- 
 phoon, which the Calliope was only enabled to 
 surviye through the extreme exertions of her officers 
 and crew. Arriving in the Canton river on 10 
 Oct., Capt. Herbert immediately assumed, and, 
 until the advent of Rear- Admiral Hon. Geo. Eliot 
 on 20 Nov., retained, the command of the block- 
 ading force. The important nature of his ser- 
 vices, as one of the chief actors in the scenes of 
 hostility that followed, demands our particular at- 
 tention. On 7 Jan. 1841, having been placed by 
 the Kear-Admiral in charge of the advanced squa^ 
 dron off the Boca Tigris, he conducted the attack 
 made on the enemy's ibrts at Chuenpee, where were 
 annihilated 11 powerful junks, the flower of the 
 Chinese navy ;* and on 23 Feb., being at the time 
 on board the Nemesis, he effected the destruction 
 of a 20-gun battery at the back of the island of 
 Anunghoy.f Three days after the latter event we 
 find him, in the Calliope, heading the operations 
 against the celebrated Bogue Forts, and on the 
 27th (with the Calliope, Herald 26, Alligator 
 26, MoDESTE 18, Sulphur 8, and Nemesis and Ma- 
 dagascar steamers, under his orders), attacking 
 the enemy's camp, fort, and ship Camiridf/e, bearing 
 the Chinese admiral's flag, at their position below 
 Whampoa Beach, where 98 guns were on the whole 
 destroyed.! After capturing, on 13 March, the last 
 fort protective of the approaches to Canton, Capt. 
 Herbert's squadron advanced towards the city, and 
 on the 18th attacked all the batteries and flotilla in 
 its immediate vicinity ; the former of which, in the 
 course of two hours and a half, were in succession 
 destroyed, and the latter either burnt or dispersed ; 
 thus enabling the British to plant the Union-Jack 
 on the walls of the factory, and placing totally in 
 their power the huge capital of Quang-tong.§ On 
 the renewal, in the following May, of the hostilities 
 against Canton, the Chinese, on the night of 21 
 of that month, made a vigorous attack, with fire- 
 rafts and armed boats, and from several masked 
 and newly raised batteries, on the British shipping 
 there located, and still commanded by Capt. Her- 
 bert. They were, however, totally defeated, and 
 on the next day their batteries were dismantled, 
 and their floating armament ruined. On 26 the 
 water-defences between the Factories and Howqua's 
 fort, mounting 64 guns, were levelled, and forcible 
 possession taken of their naval arsenal and war- 
 junks.ll In the month of June Capt. Herbert, who 
 until then had directed, as we have stated, the 
 movements of the advanced squadron on the Can- 
 ton river, succeeded, owing to the death of Sir 
 Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, to the command of 
 the whole force employed on that stream. On the 
 arrival, a few weeks afterwards, of Bear-Admiral 
 Sir Wm. Parker, as Commander-in-Chief, he was 
 removed to the Blenheim 72 ; in which ship, in the 
 course of the following Aug. and Oct., he assisted, 
 vrith great distinction, at the capture of Amoy, the 
 retaking of Chusan, and the reduction of Ching- 
 hae.Tf On the latter occasion, after the necessary 
 breachings hadjbeen accomplished, he landed in 
 command of the light column of attack, consisting 
 of a body of upwards of 700 seamen, marines, and 
 troops, and stormed and carried the citadel, situ- 
 ated on the left bank of the Tinghae river ; while 
 the General, Sir Hugh Gough, with the laud forces, 
 made himself equally master of the extensive and 
 formidable works on the right bank. Capt. Her- 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. lies, 1282, 1424, 1496. 
 
 t F. Gaz. 1841, p. 1498. J K Gaz. 1841, p. 1500 
 
 i r. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1603-4-5. || T. Gaz. 1841, pi. 2502-5. 
 
 ^ r. Gaz. 184S, pp. 82, 389, 393, 395, 396. 
 
 bert, who was next present at the surrender of 
 Ningpo, and subsequently accompanied several re- 
 connoitring parties up the Tinghae, returned to 
 Hong-Kong from off Ningpo and Chusan in Feb. 
 1842, and resumed command of the squadron in the 
 Canton river. In the month of July he left Hong- 
 Kong in a steamer, for the Yang-tse-Kiang, for the 
 purpose of visiting Nanking, where he remained 
 until H. M. Plenipotentiary, in Oct., took leave of 
 the Imperial Commissioner. Sir Thos. Herbert, 
 whose brilliancy of service had been rewarded, 14 
 Oct. 1841, with the dignity of a K.C.B.,* returned 
 to England by the Cape of Good Hope — thus ac- 
 complishing a circumnavigation of the globe — and 
 paid the Blenheim off in March, 1843. Since 11 
 Jan. 1847 he has been employed on the south-east 
 coast of America, with a broad pendant in the Ka- 
 leigh 50. 
 
 Sir Thos. Herbert, a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for Kerry, was High Sheriff for that co. 
 in 1829. 
 
 HERBEKT. (Lieut., 1845. f-p., 12; h-p., 0.) 
 William George Herbert entered the Navy in 
 1835 ; acquired official mention for his services as 
 Midshipman of the Edinbokgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wil- 
 mott Henderson, during the operations of 1840 on 
 the coast of Syria ; passed his examination 20 Jan. 
 1841 ; and (until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 1 Dec. 1845) served, as Mate, on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations, in the Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Queen 110, 
 and Formidable 84, bearing each the flag of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He rejoined the Excellent 
 17 Jan. 1346 ; and since 9 of the following May has 
 been employed, with the Channel squadron, in the 
 Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier. 
 
 HEREICK. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 21 ; h-p., 21.) 
 Edward Hekkick is brother of Commander Wm. 
 Henry Herrick, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, Capts. Robt. 
 Moorsom, Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, John 
 Gore, Hon. Chas. Paget, and John Nash. After 
 participating, as Midshipman, in the action off Tra- 
 falgar, witnessing also Lord Cochrane's destruction 
 of the French shipping in Basque Roads, and serv- 
 ing in the batteries during the operations against 
 Flushing, he sailed in 1811 for the East Indies, on 
 board the Dromedabt store-ship, Master-Com- 
 mander Pritchard. On his arrival on that station 
 he joined the Illustrious 74, bearing the broad 
 pendant first of Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton 
 and the flag afterwards of Rear-Admiral Sir Sam. 
 Hood. He returned to England in March, 1813, in 
 the MoDESTE 38, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford, and, 
 between May, 1814, and June, 1815, was next em- 
 ployed, latterly as Master's Mate, in the President 
 frigate, Capt. Arch. Duff, on the Cork station. He 
 then took up a commission bearing date 3 Feb. 1815, 
 but did not again go afloat until appointed, 6 Aug. 
 1830, to the Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker in the river Tagus. The 
 latter ship being paid off 21 Feb. 1832, he subse- 
 quently joined— 29 June, 1832, as First-Lieutenant, 
 the Champion 18, Capt. Hen. Arthur Duncombe, 
 with whom he served in the Mediterranean until 16 
 Dec. 1834—18 March, 1836, in a similar capacity, 
 the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, frcm 
 which ship, fitting at Plymouth, he was immedi- 
 ately superseded— 13 July, 1838, the Astrjsa 6, 
 Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, employed as a 
 packet on the Falmouth station— and, 4 Jan. 1840 
 the Express, another Falmouth packet, which he 
 himself commanded, with the exception, we believe 
 of some months in 1843-4, until June, 1846. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Herrick married, in 1836, Charlotte, only 
 daughter of the late Capt. Thos. Alexander, R.N., 
 
 Jun "' '""' ^^'' "°™"*'*'' " '^■^- "" Sa of 'he previous 
 
502 HERRICK -HERRINGHAM-HESELTINE-HETHERINGTON. 
 
 C.B., and niece of Commander Nicholas Alexander, 
 R.N. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 F-P., 15; 
 
 HEREICK. (Commander, 1813. 
 
 H-p., 34.) 
 William Henut Heerick, born 13 Feb. 1784, is 
 eldest son of the late Thos. Bousfield Herrick, Esq., 
 of Shippool, near Inni^hannon, co. Cork, by Anne, 
 only daughter of Henry Moore, Esq., of Frankfort 
 House, CO.' Cork ; brother (with the present Lieut. 
 Edw. Herrick, R.N.) of Capt. Henry Moore Herrick, 
 of the 45th Regt., who was killed at the storming of 
 Badajos ; and brother-in-law of the late Capt. Rich. 
 Plnmmer Davies, R.N. His grand-uncle, Edw. Her- 
 rick, Esq., Lieutenant R.N., himself a nephew of 
 the first Sir Riggs Falkiner, Bart., of Anne Mount, 
 CO. Cork, was killed on board the Dorsetshire in 
 Sir Edw. Hawkes' action 20 Sept. 1759. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 May, 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Dryad 36, Capt. Lord Amelias 
 Beauclerk, under whom he very soon attained the 
 rating of Midshipman. With the exception of a 
 few months during the peace of Amiens, he was 
 next, until the autumn of 1805, employed in the 
 Doris, Fortdnee, and Aigle frigates, Capts. Lord 
 Viscount Ranelagh, Lord A. Beauclerk, and Geo. 
 Wolfe, Majestic 74, Capt. Lord A.. Beauclerk, and 
 Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman. Mr. Herrick, 
 who had hitherto served on the Irish and Channel 
 stations, and had been frequently engaged with 
 the boats in destroying the enemy's convoys on the 
 coast of France, was then appointed Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Diadem 64, Commodore Sir Home 
 Fopham, to which ship, after assisting on shore at 
 the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, he was 
 confirmed by commission dated 5 Feb. 1806. In 
 the course of the same and of the following year he 
 presents himself to our notice, while attached to 
 the Diadem and to the Raisonnable, another 64, 
 Capt. Josias Rowley, as further employed with the 
 land forces in the operations against Buenos Ayres, 
 Maldonado, and Monte Video. At the period, how- 
 ever, of the re-capture of the former place by the 
 Spaniards in Aug. 1806, he was in the temporary 
 command of the Dolores, an armed schooner, and 
 obtained the favourable notice of Sir Home Pop? 
 ham for the very creditable manner in which he 
 worked out of the harbour, and thereby escaped cap- 
 ture.* Mr. Herrick, whose conduct, indeed, during 
 the whole term of his sojourn in South America 
 appears to have been much above the average, at- 
 tracted the attention also of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Murray, by the infinite service he rendered in pilot- 
 ing the squadron, immediately prior to the unfor- 
 tunate attempt made by Lieut.-General Whitelocke 
 to regain possession of Buenos Ayres in June, 1807. t 
 His appointments, on leaving the Raisonnaele, 
 were, on the East India station— 23 Feb. 1808, to 
 the Procris sloop, Capt. Jas. Murray Gordon, of 
 which vessel he acted as Commander for nearly 
 eight months— 25 Jan. and 28 Feb. 1809, to the 
 MoDESTE 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, and Russell 
 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien 
 Drury — 1 March, 1810, to the acting-command, for 
 upwards of two months, of the Blanche 28 — then 
 again, we presume, to the Russell — 28 Feb. 1812, 
 to the Hecate sloop, Capt. Henry John Peachy — 
 and, 4 Aug. 1812, to the acting-command of the 
 Arrogant guard-ship at Bombay, whence he in- 
 valided home in Jan. 1813. He was advanced to 
 his present rank on 17 Aiig. in the latter year, and 
 has not been since afloat. 
 
 Commander Herrick is in the Commission of the 
 Peace for co. Cork. He married, 8 Sept. 1814, 
 Mary, only daughter of Robt. de la Cour, Esq., of 
 Bear Forest, by whom he has issue four sons and 
 five daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 after having served oS Dungeness and Boulogne, 
 into the CoLOSSDS 74, he fought, as Midshipman, 
 and was wounded, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 
 1805.* Joining then the Adamant 50, Capta. John 
 Stiles, John Fyffe, and Micajah Malbon, he escorted 
 in that ship a valuable fleet of Indiamen to the 
 Cape of Good Hope, accompanied another home 
 from St. Helena, and was subsequently, until the 
 autumn of 1808, employed on the African and Ja- 
 maica stations. The time which intervened between 
 the date last mentioned and that of his official pro- 
 motion, 2 Nov. 1810, was passed by Mr. Herring- 
 ham in the Mediterranean and Channel, latterly in 
 the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, on board the 
 Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegraye, 
 and Caledonla 120, flag-ship of Admirals Lord 
 Gambler, Fras. Pickmore, and Sir Harry Burrard 
 Neale. On 30 Sept. 1811, he joined the York 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Barton, with whom he served, again in 
 the Mediterranean and on the North Sea station, 
 until next appointed, 17 Aug. 1812, to the Java, of 
 46 guns and 377 men; as Second-Lieutenant of 
 which frigate he had the misfortune, on 29 of the 
 following Dec, to be captured, while on his passage 
 to India, by the American ship Cmistitution, of 55 
 guns and 480 men, after a close and fierce action 
 sustained by the British for a period of 3 hours and 
 40 minutes, and until they had had 22 of their men 
 killed and 102, including their Captain, Henry Lam- 
 bert, mortally, wounded. On his restoration to 
 liberty Mr. Herringham (whose able exertions du- 
 ring the conflict had obtained for him the highest 
 commendation of his commanding officer)f was ap- 
 pointed, 8 Oct. 1813, to the Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. 
 Henderson, under whom he served for four years 
 on the Irish, West India, and Channel stations. 
 Attaining the rank of Commander 16 Jan. 1818, he 
 was subsequently, on 8 Sept. 1831, and 12 June, 
 1833, nominated to the Second Captaincy of the 
 Talaveea 74, commanded on particular service 
 by Capts. David Colby and Thos. Brown, and of 
 the Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, employed 
 on the North America and West India station. He 
 left the former ship, for the recovery of his health, 
 in Dec. 1832, and was paid off from the Forte a 
 few weeks after his advancement, 10 Jan. 1837, to 
 Post-rank. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Capt. Herringham, in consideration of his wound, 
 was presented, after the battle of Trafalgar, with 
 a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. In 1817 he 
 had the honour of steering H.R.H. the Duke of 
 Gloucester when on a visit to the flag-ship at 
 Plymouth. 
 
 HESELTINE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Albert Heseltine passed his examination in 
 1832; obtained his first commission 28 Sept. 1837; 
 and on 14 of the following Nov. joined the Electra 
 18, Capt. Wm. Preston, fitting for the South Ame- 
 rican station, where he became, 3 April, 1839, First 
 Lieutenant of the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth. 
 He was afterwards appointed, in the latter capacity, 
 on the Brazilian and the Cape of Good Hope sta- 
 tion~19 July, 1840, to the Stag 46, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan — 
 22 March, 1843, after nearly two years of half-pay, 
 to the Sappho 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Hope— and, 12 
 Mai-ch, 1844, to the Conway 26, Capt. Wm. Kelly. 
 He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, 
 and has since been unemployed. 
 
 Commander Heseltine, in the earlier part of his 
 career, served in the Andromeda frigate, in the 
 East Indies, and was frequently engaged in her 
 boats against the pirates of Malacca. He married, 
 28 Sept. 1840, Georgina, only daughter of Lieut. 
 J. O'Reilly, R.N. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HERRINGHAM. (Cap/ 1837. p-p.,18; h-p.,26.) 
 
 William Allan Herringham entered the Navy, 
 
 6 Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leopard 
 
 50, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, on accompanying whom, 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1807, p. 113. f V. Gaz. 1607, p. 1210. 
 
 HETHERINGTON. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 
 10; H-p., 34.) 
 
 Richard Hetherington entered the Navy, in 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Montagu 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. During five years of 
 
 • V, Gaz. 1805, p. 1464. t f. Gaz. 1813, p. 771. 
 
HEWES-HEWETT. 
 
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 servitude in that ship he assisted at the blockade 
 of the enemy's ports from Brest to the Dardanells ; 
 ■was present, 22 Aug. 1805, in Admiral Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis' attack on the French fleet close in with 
 Brest harbour, on which occasion the Mostagu 
 exchanged fire with L^ Alexandre^ of 80 guns; aided, 
 in the winter of 1807, at the evacuation of Scylla, 
 a fortified rock in the Faro of Messina, the garrison 
 of which was embarked under a smart &e from 
 the enemy on the Calabrian shore ; and co-operated 
 with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. Iji 
 1808 he removed with Capt. Otway to the Malta 
 80, off Toulon ; and in the course of 1809 we find 
 him joining the Ville de Paris 110, and Neptdne 
 98, flag-ships in the Mediterranean and "West Indies 
 of Lord CoUingsvood and Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. 
 On 8 Nov. 1810, nearly four months after he had 
 been appointed to act as Lieutenant, Mr. Hether- 
 ington was confirmed to that rank in the Bellette 
 18, Capt. David Sloan, under whom he continued 
 to serve, still in the West Indies, until 1 May, 1811, 
 when, we believe, he was taken prisoner in a cut- 
 ting-out afiair. His subsequent appointments, it 
 appears, were — 30 Oct. 1811, to the Princess Caro- 
 line 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, employed in cruiz- 
 ing among the Western Islands— 14 Sept. 1812, to 
 the Arab sloop, Capts. John Wilson, Kobt. Standley, 
 and Geo. Elliott, from which vessel, successively 
 stationed in the West Indies and off Passages, he 
 invalided in March, 1813— and 31 Jan. 1814, to the 
 Martial 12, Capts. Edw. Collins and Henry Forbes, 
 lying at Plymouth. He went on half-pay in the 
 following Aug., and has not been since employed. 
 
 killed and 16 wounded.* Lieut. Hewes, who left 
 the Edgar in Dec. 1810, acquired the rank of 
 Commander 1 Aug. 1811, and accepted that he now 
 holds 10 Feb. 1842. 
 
 HEWES. (Retired Captain, 1842. f.p., 16; 
 H-P., 37.) 
 Thomas Oldaores Hewes entered the Navy, 2 
 Sept. 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rdbt 64, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, John Wm. 
 Spranger, and Jacob Waller, in which ship he was 
 present, as Midshipman, at the detention of five 
 Dutchmen-of-war, and of a large convoy, in Plymouth 
 Sound, 19 Jan. 1795 — also at the reduction of the 
 Cape of Good Hope— and, on 17 Aug. 1796, at the 
 surrender of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay. 
 From Aug. 1797, until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1800, Mr. Hewes served, chiefly 
 with Capt. Stanhope, although likewise with Sir 
 Erasmus Gower and Capt. Geo. Murray, in the 
 Neptune 98, and Achille 74, on the Home station. 
 He was then employed for upwards of three years 
 on board the Snake sloop, Capts. John Mason Lewis, 
 Chas. Tinling, and Wm. Roberts, in the Channel, 
 off the coast of Africa, and in the West Indies ; 
 after which he served, until Oct. 1808, with Capt. 
 Zachary Mudge, in the Blanche and Pbosnix fri- 
 gates,' on the Jamaica station, and again in the 
 Channel. While in the former of those vessels Mr. 
 Hewes, on 19 July, 1805, participated, as First Lieu- 
 tenant, in an action of 45 minutes, which terminated 
 in her surrender, after a loss of 8 men killed and 
 15 wounded, and when on the verge of sinking, to a 
 powerful French squadron, consisting of La Tapaze 
 frigate, of 44 guns and 410 men, one ship of 22 guns 
 and 236 men, a corvette of 18 guns and 213 men, 
 and a brig of 16 guns and 123 men. His last ap- 
 pointments were— 10 April, 1809, to the Heroine 
 32, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, part of the Wal- 
 oheren expeditionary armament, and one of the 
 10 frigates which, under Lord Wm. Stuart, forced 
 the passage between Flushing and Cadsand— and, 
 2 March, 1810, as First, to the Edgar 74, Capt. 
 Stephen Poyntz. On 7 of the following July he 
 took command of the boats of the Edgar and Dic- 
 tator, and captured three Danish row gun-boats, 
 each mounting 1 long gun and 4 brass howitzers, 
 with a complement of 28 men— an exploit which 
 so won the approbation of Rear-Admiral Manley 
 Dixon that to one of the prizes he gave the name 
 of Hewes. The British on the occasion sustained 
 a loss of 1 man killed and 3 wounded ; the enemy, 
 who were under the protection of a fire of guns and 
 musketry from the shore near Granna, of 6 men 
 
 HEWETT. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Graham Hewett entered the Navy 22 Feb. 1808 ; 
 passed his examination in 1814; obtained his first 
 commission 27 May, 1825 ; and was afterwards ap- 
 pointed — 10 June, 1826, to the Coast Blockade, in 
 which he was for upwards of three years employed 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot— and 18 Feb. 1832, to the Coast 
 Guard. He left the latter service on advancement 
 to his present rank, 16 Jan. 184.5, and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 HEWETT. (Ketired Commander, 1843. f-p., 
 16; H-p., 34). 
 
 James Hewett is the son of a Captain in the 
 Navy, and has many relations in both services. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 July, 1797, as 
 A.B., onboard the Plumper, Lieut.-Commander M. 
 T. Hewett; served next for a year and a half with 
 Capt. David Milne in the Seine 36, on the coast of 
 Africa and in the West Indies ; and on 8 July, 1800, 
 was appointed Midshipman of the Queen 98, Capt. 
 ManDobson. Between the close of the latter year 
 and the peace of Amiens, he was further employed 
 under the flag of Sir Hyde Parker on board the 
 Royal George 100, and London 98, and during 
 that period was present in the latter ship at the 
 battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. In 1802 he 
 sailed in the Glatton 50, Capt. Jas. Colnett, for 
 New Holland, on his return whence, in 1803, he suc- 
 cessively joined the Utrecht 64, Capt. John Went- 
 worth Loring, Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry Vansit- 
 tart, and Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dick- 
 son. On the night of 7 March, 1804, immediately 
 previous to the capture of the African island of 
 Goree, we find Mr. Hewett assisting in the boats of 
 the last-mentioned frigate at the cutting-out of a 
 ship under a heavy fire from its batteries, which, 
 however, although it sank one of the boats, wounded 
 but one man. In Nov. 1804, he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant of L'Aimaele 32, Capts. Clotworthy 
 Upton, Hon. Duncomhe Pleydell Bouverie, and 
 Lord Geo. Stuart, under whom (his appointment 
 being confirmed by a commission dated 8 March, 
 1805) he continued successively to serve until April, 
 1809. He was chased, during that period, by a 
 French squadron under M. Richery, when proceed- 
 ing to join Lord Nelson's fleet off Cadiz, and (after 
 having escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley's army from 
 Cork to Vimeira, and been an eye-witness, as we 
 understand, of the battle of Vimeira) was present 
 at the capture, on 3 Feb. 1809, of IJIris French 
 National ship, pierced for 32, but mounting only 
 24 guns, which did not surrender until she had her- 
 self sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 8 wounded, 
 and the Aimable, besides being materially damaged 
 in masts, spars, sails, and rigging, of 2 wounded. 
 Removing, in April, 1809, to the Sceptre 74, Capts. 
 JosephBinghamandSam. Jas. Ballard, Lieut. Hewett 
 accompanied the ensuing expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren, and on being ordered to the West Indies 
 contributed, antecedently to a participation in the 
 operations against Guadeloupe, to the destruction, 
 18 Dec. 1809, of the French 40-gnn frigates Loire 
 and Seine, lying under the protection of several 
 strong batteries in L'Ance la Barque. Quitting the 
 Sceptre in March, 1811, he next and lastly, in the 
 course of 1812, joined the Asia 74, Capt. Geo. Scott, 
 and Crocodile 28, Capt. Wm. Elliott. He inva- 
 lided home from the Mediterranean in 1814 ; and 
 accepted the rank he now holds 18 April, 1843— ex- 
 actly a week after he had been admitted to the out- 
 pension of Greenwich Hospital. 
 
 Commander Hewett is agent for Beachy Head 
 Lights. 
 
 * VideGe.1.. 1810, p. Ilea. 
 
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 HEWETT— HEWITT— HEWLETT-HEWSON. 
 
 HEWETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Hewett (c) died 16 Feb. 184.5, at Exe- 
 ter. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 July, 1803, aS 
 Midshipman, on board the ImpItueux 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Byam Martin, John Lawford, and David 
 Milne, bearing the flag afterwards of Vice-Admiral 
 Geo. Martin, in which ship he served for nearly 10 
 years — the last four as Master's Mate. Besides 
 attending the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, 
 he was much employed, during that period, off Brest, 
 Ferrol,and Corunna, as also in the Baltic and IV 
 gus. In the course of 1813 he successively accom- 
 panied Vice-Admiral Martin into the Stately and 
 KuBT 64's, also on the Lisbon station ; and on l7 
 June, 1814, he was promoted from the San Juan 74, 
 flag-ship at Gibraltar of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone 
 Fleeming, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Papil- 
 LON 16, Capt. Jas. Hay. He returned home from 
 the Mediterranean on the occasion of his official 
 promotion, 1 April, 1815, and did not afterwards go 
 afloat. 
 
 HEWITT. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 27.) 
 Thomas Hewitt was born 10 Jan. 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1809, as 
 rst.-ol. Vol., on board the Ftlla 20, Capt. Hon. 
 Edw. Rodney, with whom, after an intermediate 
 servitude in the Channel, he ultimately proceeded 
 to the East Indies, as Midshipman of the Apri- 
 CAINE 38. On his return to England in the early 
 part of 1816, he passed his examination, but in the 
 following year, being unable to procure an appoint- 
 ment in any way desirable, he joined the Merchant 
 service, and again sailed for India, where he re- 
 mained until the close of 1823. In March, 1824, 
 having applied for re-employment in the Navy, he 
 was appointed Admiralty-Mate of the Prince Re- 
 gent 120, flag-ship at the Nore. On 24 of next 
 June he removed to the Brisk 10, Capt. Chas. 
 Hope, and on being subsequently transferred to 
 the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair^ he 
 was ordered to South America, whence he invalided 
 home in March, 1826, on board the Briton 46, 
 Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell. Between the ensuing 
 Aug. and Nov. 1828, we find Mr. Hewitt employed 
 on the Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, 
 in the Victory 104, Terror bomb (which vessel 
 was wrecked on the coast of Portugal), and Ocean 
 80, Capt. Patrick Campbell. He was then nomi- 
 nated by Sir Pulteney Malcolm Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo: Hayes— an appointment 
 which the Admiralty confirmed. He left the Me- 
 diterranean, an invalid, in June, 1829, and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hewitt married, 25 Nov. 1829, Miss Bai- 
 low, and by that lady has issue four childxen. 
 
 HEWLETT. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Richard Strode Hewlett is son of John Valen- 
 tine Hewlett, Esq., of Barnstaple, Devon, by Ad- 
 monition, youngest daughter of Rich. Strode, Esq., 
 of Boterford and N ewnham Park, in the above shire. 
 He is nephew of the present Geo. Strode, Esq., of 
 Newnham Park, a magistrate and Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for Devon, who served as High Sheriff of the 
 CO. in 1825. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1829 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837. His 
 appointments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were 
 — 27 Jan. 1837, to the Asia 84, commanded in the 
 Mediterranean by Capt. "Wm. Fisher— 3 April, and 
 16 Aug. 1837, as Additional^ to the Caledonia 120,, 
 and Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flags of 
 Sir Josias Rowley and Hon. Robt. Stopford, on the 
 same station — 9 Oct. 1837, again in the Asia, still 
 commanded by Capt. Fisher, under whom he parti- 
 cipated in the operations of 1840 on the coast of 
 Syria, and served at the blockade of Alexandria^ 
 and 10 Aug. 1841, to tlje Illustrious 72, flag-ship in. 
 North America ai!d the West Indies of Sir Chas. 
 Adam. He was advanced, a few months after he 
 had been paid off, to the rank of Commander, by 
 
 commission dated 23 Sept. 1845, and, since 7 Jan. 
 1846, he has been officiating as Second Captain ot 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Henry Ducie Chads. 
 
 HEWLETT. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 William Hewlett, born 1 J'an. 1795, iS son ot 
 the late Wm. Hewlett, Esq., Master R.N. (1799). . 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 July, 1807 ; and 
 while attached to the Ulysses 44, commanded in 
 succession by Capts. Christ. John Williams Nesham, 
 Wm. Maude, and Hon. Warwick Lake, was present, 
 in 1808-9, at the reduction of Marie-galante,- De- 
 seada, Martinique, and Flushing. He passed his 
 examination in 1814, and was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, while serving in the Coast Blockade, 
 10 Jan. 1825. His appointments since that period 
 have been to the command — 29 Aug. 1833, of^a star 
 tion in the Coast Guard — 17 March, 1835, to the 
 Sprightly Revenue-vessel — 17 March, 1838, again 
 to a Coast-Guard station— 6 Oct. 1840, of the Cheer- 
 FDL, another Revenue-cruizer — and 21 July, 1842, 
 once more of a station in the Coast Guard, which 
 he still retains. 
 
 Lieut. Hewlett married, in June, 1829, Rebecca, 
 only daughter of W. Atkins, Esq., of Gosport, Hants, 
 by whom he has issue three sons and three daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 HEWSON. (raiitatn, 1817. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 37.) 
 George Hewson, born 26 July, 1776, is second 
 son of the late Rev. Fras. Hewson, M. A., of Wood- 
 ford, near Listowel, co. Kerry, by Margaret, daugh- 
 ter of Lancelot Sandes, Esq., of Kilcavan, Queen's 
 Co. He is brother of John Fras. Hewson, Esq., of 
 Ennismore, a Deputy-Lieutenant for Kerry, and 
 of the present Lieut. Maurice Hewson, R.N. ; first- 
 cousin of the Right Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald, the 
 Knight of Kerry ; and second-cousin of Lord 
 Monteagle. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1788,, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Racehorse 18, Capts. 
 Thos. Foley and Mackay, under whom he served 
 for four years on the Home station, latterly as 
 Midshipman. In Nov. 1792 he became attached to 
 the Kingfisher 18, Capt. Thos. Graves, lying at 
 Portsmouth ; and on 19 March, 1793, he rejoined 
 Capt. Foley, on board the St. George 98, bearing 
 tlie flag of Bear-Admiral John Gell, and fitting for 
 the Mediterranean, on his passage whither he wit- 
 nessed the capture of Le General Dumourier pri- 
 vateer, and her prize the St. logo, a galleon, with 
 treasure on board to the value of a million sterling.. 
 On the occupation of Toulon by Lord Hood, Mr. 
 Hewson was employed on shore with a party of sea- 
 men at Fort Mulgrave ; after which we find him 
 uniting in the operations of 1794 against Corsica,, 
 and — immediately on passing his examination, which, 
 he did before Nelson— appointed (through the in- 
 strumentality of Sir Hyde Parker, who had suc- 
 ceeded Rear-Admiral Gell) to the Britanni.4 100,. 
 bearing the flag of Admiral Hotham ; from which 
 ship, subsequently to that officer's first partial 
 action with the French fleet, he was promoted, 16 
 March, 1795, to the rank of Lieutenant, and placed 
 on board Le Censeur 74, Capt. Thos. Boys, one of 
 the prizes taken on that occasion. His next ap- 
 pointments were— 18 April, 1795, to the Inconstant 
 36, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, also in the Medi- 
 terranean, where he assisted at the capture, 20 
 April, 1796, of the French 28-gui> frigate Vnite'-^ 
 in Oct. 1797, to tlie ImpStueox 74, Capt. John 
 Willet Payne, in i|^e Channel— 1 March, 1799, as 
 First, to the Boadicea 38, Capts. Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats and Chas,, Rowley, by whom, as he had been 
 by Capt. Payne, he was frequently employed on 
 boat expeditions, on one of which occasions, we are 
 informed, he contributed to the destruction of a 
 convoy in the passage du Razj and on another was 
 ; officially noticed fojj his conduct at the cutting-out 
 of a lugger of 6 guns from under the batteries of St. 
 Matthew— 13 June and 19 Oct. 1803, also as First,, 
 to the Rdby and Gelvkheid 64's, Capts. Hon. Fras. 
 Farington Gardner and Isaac Wolley, both on the 
 
HEWSON. 
 
 505- 
 
 Home station— 28 Feb. 1805, as Second, to the 
 EoTAL Sovereign 100, Capts. Mark Robinson and 
 John Conn, flag-ship for some time of Sir Rich. 
 Hussey Bickerton on the east coast of Spain — 11 
 Oct. 1805, to the Dkeadsoijght 98, Capt. Conn, 
 under whom he fought at Trafalgar, virtually we 
 believe as First-Lieutenant, bnt was left unpro- 
 moted, owing to the circumstances of his position 
 not being known at the Admiralty, and to bis in- 
 ability to enter into an explanation — and, 17 June, 
 1806, again as Senior, to the Shpeeb 74, commanded 
 by his friend Capt. Keats. Being at length, after 
 having attended the expedition to Copenhagen, pre- 
 sented with a second promotal commission bearing 
 date 13 Oct. 1807, he further joined, in the capacity 
 of Commander — 15 July, 1809, La Fl^che 14, in 
 which vessel be assisted at the reduction of Flush- 
 ing, and, on its evacuation by the British, covered 
 their retreat— 22 Oct. 1810 (having lost La Fl4che 
 off the mouth of the river Elbe on 24 of the pre- 
 vious May) the Coqdette 18, employed at Ports- 
 mouth and Leith until Jan. 1812 — and 7 June, 1814, 
 the Grifeon 14, in the Downs, where he served 
 until his health obliged him to invalid in May, 1816. 
 Capt. Hewson attained Post-rank 1 Jan. 1817 ; and' 
 accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, in 1808, Grace, daughter of W. Mar- 
 shall, Esq., of Great Grimsby, co. Lincoln, second- 
 cousin of the Duke of St. Albans, and first-cousin 
 of Sir J. M. Braokenbury, late Consul at Cadiz, 
 and of Colonel Sir Edw. Brackenbury, K.T.S. By 
 that lady he has issue three sons, all in the medical 
 profession, and one daughter. 
 
 HEWSON. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Maurice Hewson, born 5 Nov. 1786, is youngest 
 
 brother of Capt. Geo. Hewson, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 May, 1796, as 
 A. B., on board the Savage sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Winckworth, in which vessel, and in the OvERrssEi, 
 64, bearing each the flag of Admiral Peyton, he 
 served for twelve months in the Downs, latterly as 
 Midshipman. He was then obliged to invalid from 
 an attack of fever, and, when afterwards on his pas- 
 sage to Ireland in a merchant-vessel, he was cap- 
 tured by one of the enemy's row-boats and taken 
 to Calais, whence, however, through the generous in- 
 terference of the Prussian Consul, who claimed him 
 as a relative, he was soon allowed to return home. 
 Re-embarking, 18 March, 1798, on board the Neme- 
 sis 28, Capts. Kobt. Dudley Oliver and Thos. Baker, 
 he made a voyage with convoy to Quebec, and was 
 for some time employed in watching the movements 
 of the enemy off Boulogne and Calais. On his 
 subsequent rejunction of Capt. Oliver in the Mer- 
 maid 32, we find him visiting the Mediterranean, 
 where, after many months of active boat and other 
 service off Toulon, and assisting at the capture of 
 La Cruelle French brig of war, he accompanied 
 Lord Hutchinson, the conqueror of Egypt, to va- 
 rious places in Sicily and Naples. On the return 
 of the Mermaid with that nobleman to England, 
 Mr. Hewson* who for sixteen months had held the 
 rating of Master's Mate, was received on board the 
 Diamond 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, with whom 
 he served on the Home station until shortly after 
 the renewal of hostilities, when he was sent into 
 port in charge of a prize. "While next awaiting off 
 Brest, in the PioKtE schooner, Lieut.-Commander 
 John Richards Lapenotiere, an opportunity (which, 
 however, never presented itself) of rejoining the 
 Diamond, he was at times intrusted with the sole 
 management of that vessel, and often commanded 
 her boats in operations against the enemy's coast- 
 ing trade— a species of service in which he so at- 
 tracted the attention of Rear-Admiral Collingwood 
 as to obtain from him a promise of early recom- 
 mendation to the Admiralty. On the evening of 
 4 Sept. 1803, the boats of the Emerai,d frigate 
 having been placed under his orders by direction 
 of the Admiral, for the purpose of procuring intel- 
 ligence from Brest in regard to a report then afloat 
 of a counter-revolution at Paris, Mr. Hewson, while 
 the rest of his force took the direction of Ushant, 
 
 landed with one boat's crew on a projecting rock 
 in Le Goulet passage. While engaged in recon- 
 noitring his position, the keepers whom he had 
 left in charge of the boat deserted with it, and, 
 being thus cut off from all chance of escape, he had 
 no alternative but to surrender himself and his men 
 as prisoners of war. After five years of captivity, 
 during which he had once escaped from Verdun, 
 but had been recaptured, and had undergone all 
 the sufferings that tyranny could suggest and bar- 
 barity enforce, he contrived, in company with the 
 present Capt. Donat Henchy O'Brien and two 
 others, to effect a miraculous flight from the re- 
 nowned fortress of Bitche— the details of which 
 have been published by the latter gentleman. On 
 ultimately arriving at Trieste, after having tra- 
 versed on foot more than 3000 miles of country, 
 and been exposed for a month to a series of the 
 most trying privations, Mr. Hewson and his com- 
 panions, in March, 1808, contrived to get on board 
 a boat belonging to the Amphion Mgate, Capt. 
 Wm. Hoste, which had been sent inshore on the 
 look-out under the command of Lieut. Geo. Matthew 
 Jones. Previously, however, to reaching the ship, 
 it was his fortune to participate in a desperate at- 
 tack made by that officer on two powerful vessels, 
 whose successful resistance killed 2 and wounded 5 
 of the boat's crew. Lieuts. Jones and O'Brien 
 being among the latter, the command of the boat 
 was thereupon conferred on Mr. Hewson, who soon 
 afterwards obtained a passage in the Speedy to 
 Malta, where he eventually, in Jan. 1809, joined 
 Lord Collingwood on board the Ocean 98. On 11 
 of the following April (having passed his examina- 
 tion 25 Jan. 1803) he was nominated Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Magnificent 74, Capt. Geo. Eyre — an 
 appointment which received the sanction of the 
 Admiralty by a commission dated 15 July in the 
 same year. When again off Malta, during a violent 
 gale which occurred soon after he had taken up his 
 quarters on board the last-mentioned ship, Mr. 
 Hewson was intrusted by his Captain, who hap- 
 pened to be a total stranger to the harbour of 
 Valetta, with the sole duty of conducting her into 
 port. In Oct. 1809 we find him contributing to the 
 reduction of Zante, Cephalonia, &c. ; and in March 
 and April, 1810, serving on shore in command of 
 the naval brigade during nearly the whole of the 
 arduous operations which preceded the fall of Sta. 
 Maura. Owing to the paucity of officers on board 
 the Magnificent he was recalled a few hours only 
 previous to the surrender 'of the fortress— a cir- 
 cumstance which had the mortifying effect of pre- 
 cluding his name from appearing as it otherwise 
 would in the Gazette announcii^ the conquest. 
 While subsequently attached, between July, 1812, 
 and June, 1814, to the Clarence 74> Capt. Henry 
 Vansittart, he was very actively employed off the 
 coast of France, and on one occasion, when in com- 
 mand of the boats, he displayed so much skill and 
 gallantry in an affair with a powerful division of 
 the enemy's gun-vessels, that on his return to the 
 ship the Captain oh the quarter-deck presented 
 him, in testimony of his regard, with a sword which 
 had been given to himself on his first going to sea. 
 He was frequently also sent on shore with flags of 
 truce for the purpose of sounding the loyalty of 
 the authorities, and of inducing them to join the 
 standard of Louis XVHI. ; and in every instance 
 he had the satisfaction of seeing his exertions 
 crowned with the most flattering and complete 
 success. The only other appointment which Mr. 
 Hewson was ever able to procure was, on 29 May,' 
 1815, to the Prometheds sloop, Capt. Wm. Bate- 
 man Dashwood, which vessel, on Napoleon Buona- 
 parte's surrender, formed part of his escort into 
 Plymouth. He left her 9 Sept. 1815. 
 
 Lieut. Hewson, we believe, was the very first 
 person who established the practicability of a 
 double-engine to the purposes of steam navigation, 
 as he was also to navigate a steam-vessel on the 
 Atlantic. He married Anna, daughter of John 
 Hunt, Esq., of Dublin, Barrister-atrlaw. 
 
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 HEXT— HEYLAND. 
 
 HEXT. (Captain, 1841, r-p., 22 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 WttMAM Hext, born 5 July, 1780, at Bodmin, co. 
 Cornwall, is second and only surviving son of the 
 late Fras. John Hext, Esq., Attomey-at-law, of Tre- 
 dethy, by Margaret, daughter of EUas Lang, Esq., 
 Surgeon, of Plymouth. One of his brothers, Samuel, 
 a Major in the Army and a C.B., served with dis- 
 tinction, both in Egypt xmder Abercromby, and 
 throughout the peninsular war, and died 24 July, 
 1822, aged 40 ; and another, George, Lieutenant of 
 H.M.S. Baekosa, was killed by a rifle-shot while 
 leading a boat-attack in the Chesapeake in 1813, 
 aged 29. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1791, on 
 board the Scodt 14; and in Aug. 1793 joined the 
 BcssELL 74, Capts. John Willet Payne and Thos. 
 Larcom, part of the force under Lords Howe and 
 Bridport in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 
 June, 1794, and 23 June, 1795. "With the exception 
 of a year in 1797-8, during which he was lent to the 
 Phaeton 38, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, he next, 
 between Oct. 1796 and the peace of Amiens, served 
 with Capts. Payne, Sampson Edwards, and Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, on board the Impetcedx 74, of which ship, 
 employed on the Home station, he was created a 
 Lieutenant, 8 Aug. 1799, as a reward for the con- 
 duct he had displayed on the occasion of a recent 
 mutiny. In June, 1802, Mr. Hext became Second 
 of the Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour, under whom 
 he shortly afterwards conveyed Sir John Borlase 
 Warren as British Ambassador to St. Petersburg, 
 whence he had the honour of being sent home in 
 personal charge of his Excellency's despatches. In 
 Jan. 1803 he was sent with an armed boat into the 
 port of Leith for the purposes of impressment, and, 
 although exposed for many hours to the attacks of 
 a furious mob, he succeeded in fully effecting the 
 service with which he had been entrusted. The pru- 
 dence and forbearance manifested in this instance 
 by Mr. Hext, notwithstanding the severe bruizes 
 inflicted upon him and many of his men by the 
 volley of stones incessantly kept up by the populace, 
 were so marked as to elicit the warm plaudits of 
 his Captain. In the following Nov. we find the 
 CtTDE employed in removing from Cronstadt the 
 valuables (estimated at about 300,000^.) belonging 
 to the King, which had been saved from the palace 
 at Hanover when entered by the French. On her 
 passage to England she took the ground, and re- 
 mained in a state of jeopardy until at length righted 
 through the instrumentality of Mr. Hext, who, 
 having been sent for assistance, seized a British 
 barque, and anchored her in such a position as en- 
 abled her to heave the frigate oflf. In the early 
 part of 1804, while detached in a six-oared cutter, 
 our officer appears, on his own responsibility, and 
 with much difficulty and danger, to have detained 
 and brought out from the river Ems a neutral laden 
 with masts supposed to be for the use of the enemy. 
 On reaching his ship the next day he had the satis- 
 faction of learning that his Captain had just re- 
 ceived orders for the apprehension of the very same 
 vessel. In May, 1804:, he assumed command of the 
 Sheerness hired cutter, off Brest, from which sta- 
 tion he was ultimately driven in a violent gale, 
 which occasioned the necessity of all his guns being 
 thrown overboard, and of his making the best of 
 his way to Ireland, where he only arrived after a 
 week of .consummate exertion. On leaving the 
 Sheekness in Jan. 1805, Mr. Hext was appointed 
 Senior of the Santa Makgarita 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Kathbome, under whom, on 4 of the ensuing Nov., 
 he fought in Sir Rich. Strachan's action off Ferrol. 
 During the long chase which preceded the battle, 
 the Santa Margarita, from the unwearied atten- 
 tion bestowed by her First-Lieutenant on the trim- 
 ming of her sails, left the British squadron far 
 astern. On the achievement of the victory the 
 Commodore, while hailing Capt. Rathborne, availed 
 himself of the opportunity of making particular 
 mention of Mr. Hext, and in so especial a manner 
 as to lead the latter to imagine that immediate pro- 
 motion awaited him. This however he did not ob- 
 tain until 28 April, 1809, by which time he had 
 
 further served on the East India station in the 
 Bakbacocta 18, Capt. Geo. Harris, Cdlj:.oden 74, 
 and Blanche frigate, both commanded by Capt. 
 Geo. Bell, Culloden again, Capt. Hon. PownoU 
 Bastard Pellew, and, as Acting-Commander, in the 
 WiLHELMiNA hospital-ship at Poulo-Pinang, where 
 his exertions in suppressing two fires which endan- 
 gered the public stores procured him the thanks of 
 the Governor. Being superseded in the Wilhel- 
 MiNA by her proper Captain in Feb. 1810,j Capt. 
 Hext returned home in an Indiaman, and was not 
 again employed until June, 1813, when he obtained 
 an appointment to the Vesuvius bomb, but was 
 ordered to assume the command, pro tempore^ of the 
 Unicorn 32, and to assist Capt. John Hancock, of 
 the Ntmphen 36, in escorting the outward-bound 
 trade to Portugal ; after which he proceeded, with 
 some merchantmen under his convoy, to Gibraltar. 
 When off St. Andero, on the north coast of Spain, 
 in the Vesuvius, Capt. Hext, at the commencement 
 of 1814, had the fortune, although at great personal 
 risk, of saving the crew of a Spanish merchantman, 
 and also a transport with Spanish troops on board. 
 During the subsequent operations in the river Gi- 
 ronde he behaved in a very conspicuous manner, 
 and was for several days engaged, amidst great diffi- 
 culties of situation, in throwing shells into the for- 
 tress of Blaye. His services, in the whole, called 
 forth the warm acknowledgments of Admiral Pen- 
 rose. Capt. Hext, who left the Vesuvius in Sept. 
 1814, and has since been on half-pay, was not ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank until 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 The subject of the foregoing narrative is a Ma- 
 gistrate, as was also his father, for co. Cornwall. 
 He married, 15 Sept. 1812, Barbara, youngest 
 daughter and last-surviving child of the late Jas. 
 Read, Esq., M.D., of Tremear, near Bodmin, and 
 sister of Lieut. John Read, R.M., who was killed in 
 Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo's attack on Cayenne in 1809. 
 By that lady he has issue two sons (the eldest of 
 them, Fras. John, a Lieutenant in the 83rd Regt.) 
 and one daughter. 
 
 HEYLAND. (Lieut., 1814. f-p.,11; h-p., 31.) 
 James Heyland, bom 29 Sept. 1790, is son of a 
 gentleman (himself the son of the Rev. Robt. Hey- 
 land, D.D., Rector of Coleraine) who lost his right 
 leg when Midshipman of H.M.S. Thetis — was after- 
 wards attached to the Ordnance service in Ireland 
 — and in 1798 was killed by the rebels while com- 
 manding a division of gun-boats for the relief of 
 New Ross. He is first-cousin of the present Capt. 
 Wm. Cuppage, R.N. — that gentleman's father, 
 Lieut.-General Cuppage, having married his pater- 
 nal aunt. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 May, 1805, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Helena sloop, Capts. 
 Woodley Losack and Jas. Andrew Worth, in which 
 vessel he served for nearly five years on the Cork 
 station, and was instrumental to the capture, during 
 that period, of many of the enemy's privateers and 
 merchantmen. From the early part of 1810 until 
 the summer of 1812 he was next activdy employed 
 with Capt. Fras. Beaufort, as Midshipman, in the 
 Blossom sloop, Ville de Paris 1 10, and Frede- 
 rickstein frigate, chiefly on the Mediterranean 
 station, where he took part in the survey of the 
 coast of Karamania. He then joined the Salsette 
 and Endymion frigates, both commanded by Capt. 
 Henry Hope, under whom he served, latterly on the 
 coast of North America, until Nov. 1814. The 
 number of prizes he there assisted in making was 
 extremely great. He was also for some time en- 
 gaged in the blockade of New London ; and on one 
 occasion, 8 April, 1814, he served in the boats under 
 Capt. Rich. Coote, at the gallant destruction, near 
 Pettipa^e Point, on the Connecticut River, with 
 but trifling loss to the British, of 27 of the enemy's 
 vessels, three of which were heavy privateers, and 
 the aggregate burden of the whole upwards of 5000 
 tons. He left the Endymion, as above, having 
 been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant by com- 
 mission dated 19 July, 1814, and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
HEYSHAM— HIATT— HIBBS-HICKES. 
 
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 Lieut. Heyland married, 19 April, 1819, Miss 
 Mary Matilda Barrett, and by that lady has issue a 
 son and daughter. Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 HEYSHAM. (Lieut., 1827. e-p., 17; h-p., 18.) 
 James Heysham entered the Navy 17 May, 1812, 
 and was for 15 years employed as Fst.-ol. Vol., 
 Midshipman, and Mate, on board the Pmkce of 
 Wales 98, Bombay and Beewiok 74's, and other 
 ships, on the North Sea, Mediterranean, Western 
 Island, West India, English Channel, South Ame- 
 rican, and African stations. Having passed his ex- 
 amination in 1818, he was at length, on 4 May, 1827, 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His last ap- 
 pointments were— 21 April, 1831, to the Peael 20, 
 Capts. Wm. Broughton and Kobt. Gordon, at first 
 employed in protecting the British interests in the 
 AVestern Islands, during the disputes between Don 
 Pedro and Don Miguel, and then attached to the 
 force in the West Indies— and, 29 Oct. 1832, to the 
 Winchester 52, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, on the 
 latter station. He invalided home 15 March, 1833. 
 
 until the end of the war. He accepted the rank he 
 now holds 25 Jan. 1834. 
 
 Commander Hiatt married, 'first, Ann, eldest 
 daughter of Hugh Fishley, Esq., Master-Builder 
 of H. M. Dockyard, Jamaica, by whom he had 
 issue; and, secondly, 11 March, 1843, Elizabeth, 
 eldest daughter of John Avery, Esq., of the Cus- 
 toms, Southampton, and sister of the Kev. John 
 Symons Avery, of Efford House, Cornwall. 
 
 HIATT. (Retibed Commander, 1834. f-p., 
 19 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 John Hiatt was born 3 April, 1784, at Portsea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Namuk 98, Capts. Jas. 
 Hawkins Whitshed, Thos. Sotheby, and Wm. Luke. 
 After serving as Midshipman in the action off Cape 
 St. Vincent, and for some time at the blockade of 
 Cadiz, he rejoined his former Captain, then Rear- 
 Admiral Whitshed, in July, 1799, on board the 
 Barfletjk 98, and in the course of the same year 
 followed him into the T^meraike 98, flag-ship sub- 
 sequently of Rear-Admiral Geo. Campbell, with 
 whom he served on the Channel and Irish stations 
 until March, 1802. On 29 of the following month, 
 in consideration of his having been thrown down 
 the fore cockpit during a mutiny, and as a reward 
 for his general services, he was promoted to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh. Soon 
 after the commencement of hostilities, being then 
 in the West Indies, Mr. Hiatt, in command of the 
 boats of the latter ship and of the Tartar 32, cut 
 out .from the port of Jeremie, St. Domingo, with 
 but little loss to the British, not fewer than three 
 ships, two brigs, and 11 schooners— a service for 
 which the thanks in general orders of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief were on the quarter-deck commu- 
 nicated to him. He also assisted at the capture of 
 Le Jhiquesne 74, and of La Creole, of 44 guns, with 
 the French General, Morgan, and 530 troops on 
 board ; was present at the reduction of Port Dau- 
 phin, where two forts, and a 28-gun-ship, La Sa^iesse, 
 were taken from the enemy ; witnessed the capture 
 of a French squadron with the remains of General 
 Ilochambeau's army from Cape Francois ; and took 
 part in the unsuccessful attack upon Cura^oa. Mr. 
 Hiatt's subsequent appointments, we find, were — 8 
 April, 1804, to the Fortunee 36, Capt. Henry Van- 
 sittart, during his continuance in .which vessel he 
 made frequent descents upon the island of Cura9oa, 
 and succeeded in the boats in capturing several pri- 
 vateers — 16 June, 1805, to the Reindeer of 18 guns 
 (16 32-pounder carronades and 2 long sixes), Capt. 
 John FyiFe, under whom, on 24 March, 1806, he par- 
 ticipated, off Puerto Rico, in a single-handed and 
 very gallant action of many hours with the French 
 corvettes Phaeton and Voltigeur, of 16 long 6- 
 pounders and 115 men each — next, to the command 
 of the Ladeone 4, fitted as a tender, which vessel, 
 while in the conveyance of despatches from Cura9oa 
 to Jamaica, was boarded and taken, 28 Oct. 1806, 
 by a large French privateer, after a conflict of four 
 hours and a half, and carried into Santiago de Cuba, 
 where she sank a few hours subsequently to her 
 arrival— 8 March, 1808, to the Sea Fencibles at 
 Poole, in Dorset — 18 June, 1810, to the Experi- 
 ment 44, Capt. Jas. Slade, on the Falmouth station 
 —and in July, 1811, to the command of a Signal- 
 station near Mount Edgecumbe, which he retained 
 
 HIBBS. (Libdtenant, 1796. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Robert John Hibbs entered the Navy, 22 Nov. 
 1788, as a Volunteer, on hoard the Porcupine 24, 
 Capts. Brabazon, Geo. Martin, and Edw. Buller. 
 With the exception of an attachment of three 
 months, towards the close of 1790, to the Nassau 
 64, Capt. Andw. Sutherland, he continued to serve, 
 in the above vessel, on the Channel and Irish sta- 
 tions, until 1793, when, accompanying Capt. Buller 
 into the Adventdee 44, he proceeded with him to 
 Quebec and Halifax, and was afterwards nearly 
 captured by a French squadron while in escort 
 home of a valuable fleet of merchantmen. On his 
 ultimate arrival with the same officer at the Cape 
 of Good Hope as Acting-Lieutenant of the Cres- 
 cent 35, Mr. Hibbs there joined in succession the 
 Monarch 74, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Keith 
 Elphinstone (under whom he witnessed the surren- 
 der of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay), Mo- 
 selle sloop, Capt. Chas. Brisbane, and Stately 64, 
 Capts. Billy Douglas, Patrick Campbell, and John 
 Osborne— of which latter ship he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 29 Dec. 1796. He continued to serve 
 on the Cape station, in L'Oiseau 36, Capt. Sam. 
 Hood Linzee, and Jupitee 50, Capt. Geo. Losack, 
 until the end of the French revolutionary war. He 
 then returned home in the Diomede 50, and, after 
 serving for some time in that ship on the Jersey 
 and Guernsey station under the flag of Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez, was further employed, between 1803 and 
 1809, in the Malta 84, Capt. Edw. Buller, Ajax 
 74, Capt. Lord Viscount Garlies, San Josef 110, 
 flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton, La Fl4che sloop, 
 Capt. Thos. White, and Defiance and Bulwark 
 74's, Capts. Chas. Ekins and Hon. Chas. Elphin- 
 stone Fleeming — off Cadiz and Ferrol, in the Chan- 
 nel, off Cherbourg ond Madeira, and in the Medi- 
 terranean. Until Dec. 1813, Lieut. Hibbs next 
 held an Admiralty appointment at Greenock. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 This officer, who is the Senior of his rank in the 
 Navy, was admitted to the out-pension of Green- 
 wich Hospital 11 Feb. 1830. Agents — Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 HICKES. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Augustus Thomas Hickes entered the Navy, 16 
 Aug. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 
 74, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Hon. Henry 
 Hotham. During a continuance of nearly six years 
 in that ship, he served, in 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action and the battle of Trafalgar, and, on 24 Feb. 
 1809, at the destruction of three French frigates 
 under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, on which oc- 
 casion the Defiance, besides being much cut up in 
 her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men 
 killed and 25 wounded. He was also much em- 
 ployed in co-operation with the patriots on the 
 north coast of Spain. After a further attachment 
 of some months with Capt. Hotham to the North- 
 umberland 74, and a short servitude in the Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, bearing the flog at Lisbon of Hon. Geo. 
 Cranfield Berkeley, he was promoted, 8 March, 
 181 1, to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed, for 
 passage home, to the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. 
 NicoU Morris. He next, from 8 of the following 
 Oct. until April, 1815, served in the Bay of Biscay 
 and at the Cape of Good Hope on board the Dan- 
 NEMARK 74, Capts. Jas. Bissett and Henry Edw. 
 Reginald Baker; and he was lastly appointed, 17 
 April, 1818, to the Falmouth sloop, Capt. Geo. Fred. 
 Rich, successively stationed in the North Sea and 
 
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 HICKLEY— HICKMAN— HICKS. 
 
 off the coast of Iceland. He has been on half-pay 
 since March, 1819. Agent— Joseph "Woodhead. 
 
 HICKLEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 TicTOB Gkant Hickley passed his examination 
 18 Aug. 1842 ; served for some time in North Ame- 
 rica and the West Indies as Mate of the Vindic- 
 tive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen ; and 
 obtained his commission 2 Jan. 1846. He continued 
 to serve in the Vindictive, as Additional-Lieute- 
 nant, until the receipt, 3 Oct. following, of his pre- 
 sent appointment in the Vesdvius steam-sloop, 
 Capts. Geo. Wm. Douglas O'Callaghan and Ashley 
 La Touche, in which vessel he is still employed on 
 the above station. 
 
 HICKMAW. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 24.) 
 John Hickman, born in Jan. 1787, at Islington, 
 CO. Middlesex, is son (and one of 11 children) of the 
 late Geo. Hickman, Esq., a gentleman who origin- 
 ally possessed considerable landed property, but 
 afterwards endured great losses. 
 
 .This officer (having cut and run from the mer- 
 chant service, after three years of wearisome em- 
 ployment in it) entered the Navy, in March, 1804, 
 on board the Deptfokd tender, Lieut.-Commander 
 Geo. Antram, lying in the river Thames. Becom- 
 ing Midshipman, in April, 1805, of the Kamillies 
 74, Capts. Fras. Pickmore and Robt. Tarker, he 
 witnessed, 13 March, 1806, the capture of the French 
 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Kear- 
 Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belh JPoule, be- 
 sides aiding in the boats at the cutting-out, in the 
 course of the same year, of a schooner protected by 
 a battery at Martinique, and serving on shore, in 
 Dec. 1807, at the reduction of the Danish West In- 
 dia islands. Towards the close of 1808 he sailed in 
 the Cornelia 36, Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell, for 
 the East Indies, where, in 1810, he joined the Rns- 
 SELL 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. 
 O'Brien Drury, and became Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Emma armed ship, Capt. Benj. Street. In 1811, 
 having been slightly wounded in the arm during 
 the operations connected with the capture of He 
 de Bourbon and the Isle of France, at the latter of 
 which he was the officer who landed and first 
 hoisted the British colours on Fort Cannonier, Mr. 
 Hickman returned home on board the Entrepre- 
 NANTE brig, Capt. Edw. Brazier. Being, however, 
 unable to procure his commission, he was under the 
 necessity of again going afloat as Midshipman, in 
 which capacity, and that of Master's Mate, he was 
 for a further period of 17 months borne on the 
 books of the Onyx sloop, Capt. Hamilton, Thunder 
 bomb, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, and Revenge 74, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. As a reward 
 for the services he had during that period rendered 
 in command of a gun-boat at the defence of Cadiz, 
 he was then advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 
 by commission dated 21 Nov. 1812. He continued 
 off Cadiz, in the Stately 64, Capt. Philip Chas. 
 Butler Bateman, until May, 1813 ; between which 
 period and Aug. 1814, we find him serving with the 
 flotilla in the North Sea, and attached to the Illds- 
 TRioos 74, and Redwing 18, Capts. Alex. Skene, 
 and Sir John Gordon Sinclair, on the Portsmouth 
 and Mediterranean stations. He next, from 5 
 April to 12 Aug. 1815, held command of a gun-boat 
 in the Downs ; and he was afterwards appointed — 10 
 Oct. 1829, to the Coast Blockade, in which service, 
 with his name on the books of the Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, he continued until March, 
 1831^12 July, 1832, to the Ordinary at Sheernoss, 
 where he remained until 2 Aug. 1835— and 9 March, 
 1843, to the Victory 104, bearing the flag at Ports- 
 mouth of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker. Since the 
 summer of 1846 he has been again on half-pay. 
 
 While in the Coast Blockade in 1831 Lieut. Hick- 
 man's exertions in extinguishing a fire which had 
 broken out in a rick-yard proved so valuable that 
 they were reported to the Admiralty. He married, 
 in 1814, Miss Mary Boyle Holt, of Islington, by 
 whom he has issue two sons (William and George, 
 
 both Clerks in the R.N.) and two daughters. 
 Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 HICKS. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Edward Buller Hicks was bom, 15 Sept. 1792, 
 in Devonshire, and died 9 Feb. 1845, at Newport, 
 Isle of Wight. He was youngest son of the late 
 Admiral Thos. Hicks ; brother of the late Com- 
 mander Thos. Bickerton Ashton Hicks, R.N. ; and 
 godson of Vice-Admiral Sir Edw. BuUer, Bart. 
 Paternally he was descended of an old Gloucester- 
 shire family ; and through his mother he claimed 
 kindred with Lord Chancellor Hyde. Among his 
 ancestors was the distinguished Capt. Jasper Hicks, 
 who, in conjunction with the equally gallant Capt. 
 Jumper, in the barges of their respective ships, 
 attacked and took the Mole of Gibraltar. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Foddeoyant 80, com- 
 manded by his brother-in-law, Capt. Edw. Kendall, 
 with whom, until the following Oct., he served in 
 the Channel under the flag of Sir Thos. Graves. In 
 June, 1806, he re-embarked on board the Malta 
 84, Capt. Bdw. BuUer, in which ship, after witness- 
 ing the capture, on 27 of the next Sept., of the 
 French 44-gun frigate Le President, he proceeded 
 to the Mediterranean ; where, in the summer of 
 1807, he removed to the Queen 98, bearing the flag 
 of Bear-Admiral Geo. Martin. Between Oct. 1808 
 and Aug. 1812 we find him successively employed 
 at home, off Cadiz (during the siege of which place 
 he aided in the boats at the defence of Fort Mata- 
 gorda), again in the Mediterranean, and at New- 
 foundland, on board the Salvador del Mondo 
 and San Josef, flag-ships of Admirals Wm. Young 
 and Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Hibernia 110, 
 Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, and Antelope 50, bear- 
 ing also the flag of Sir J. T. Duckworth. He then 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the EleotSa sloop, 
 Capt. Wm. Gregory, in which vessel (being con- 
 firmed to her by commission dated 2 Dec. 1812) he 
 continued to serve on the Newfoundland station 
 until April, 1814, contributing during that period 
 to the capture, after a short running fight, of the 
 American privateer Growler, of 5 guns and 60 men. 
 His last appointments were, in July and Sept. 1815, 
 to the TiGRE and Spencek 74'b, Capts. John Halli- 
 day and Wm. Robt. Broughton, both lying at Ply- 
 mouth. The latter ship was paid off 31 Aug. 1818. 
 Lieut. Hicks married, 1 June, 1820, Sarah, only 
 daughter of the late Thos. Atkinson, Esq., of Berry 
 House, CO. Hants. 
 
 HICKS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 John Hicks was born 6 Nov. 1792. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1805, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Powerful 74, Capts. Robt. 
 Plampin, Rich. Buck, Fleetwood Broughton Rey- 
 nolds Pellew, and Chas. Jas. Johnston. Proceeding 
 in that ship to the East Indies, he there (besides 
 assisting at the capture of the privateers La Hen- 
 riette, of 20 guns and 124 men, and La Bellone,* of 
 30 guns and 194 men) served as Midshipman in the 
 boats at the capture and destruction, 27 Nov. 1806, 
 of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20 
 armed and other merchant-vessels lying in Batavia 
 Roads. On 11 Dec. 1807 he similarly contributed 
 to the annihilation, at Griessee, of the dockyard 
 and stores, and of all the men-of-war remaining to 
 Holland in the East Indies. On his ultimate return 
 to Europe Mr. Hicks accompanied the expedition 
 to the Walcheren, where, during the bombaidment 
 of Flushing, he commanded a gun-boat under the 
 very walls of that city, and was in the end towed 
 out with the loss of his mast, and of 1 man killed 
 and 1 wounded. His conduct on the occasion, we 
 may add, was deservedly marked by the approba- 
 tion of his Captain. From Oct. 1809 to Feb. 1812 
 he again served with Capt. Plampin on board the 
 
 * La Beltme wag not taken undl after a running Bght of 
 considerable length, in which 1 of her men was killed and 
 6 or 7 wounded. The PowEKruL on the occasion had 2 killed 
 and 61 wounded. 
 
HICKS— HIGGINS—HIGGINSON. 
 
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 CoHRAGEDx 74, and Gibraltar 84 ; and while in 
 the latter ship he was for nearly two years con- 
 stantly employed as a volunteer in her boats in 
 operations against the enemy's coasting trade, and 
 was in frequent action with their hatteries and 
 gun-vessels. In March, 1812, he joined the Stir- 
 ling Castle 74, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, lying at 
 Chatham, hut before he had been many weeks in 
 that ship he was appointed Master's Mate of the 
 Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker, and ordered to 
 North America. While on the latter station he 
 assisted at the capture of some of the finest priva- 
 teers belonging to the United States, and in parti- 
 cular of U Invincible NapoU(m^ of 16 guns, which he 
 cut out, when in command of the frigate's boats, 
 from under the heights of Gloucester, near Cape 
 Anne, in Boston Bay, in April, 1813, although ex- 
 posed to a most galling fire from the enemy's field- 
 pieces and musketry. As a reward for his conduct 
 in this afifair Mr. Hicks was ultimately, on 27 May, 
 
 1814, appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Victori- 
 ous 74, Capt. John Talbot, with whom he made a 
 voyage to Davis Strait, and remained until the fol- 
 lowing Aug. He was offtoially promoted 21 Feb. 
 
 1815, but has not been since afloat. 
 He married 10 May, 1826. 
 
 HICKS. (Lieutenant, 181 5. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 22.) 
 William Hicks entered the Navy, 10 May, 1805, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Theseus 74, Capt. 
 Fras. Temple, on the Jamaica station. While next 
 attached, between the following Sept. and Oct. 1809, 
 to the Powerful 74, Capts. Plampin, Buck, Pellew, 
 and Johnston, he went through much active service 
 in the East Indies, where he assisted in the boats 
 at the destruction of a Malay pirate, and co-operated 
 (as illuded to in our memoir of Lieut. John Hicks) 
 in the capture and destruction of La Henriette and 
 La Bellone, the shipping in Batavia Roads, and the 
 dockyard, &c., at Griessee. He was also present, as 
 Master's Mate, at the bombardment of Flushing. 
 After that event he joined the Milford 74, com- 
 manded at first, as a private ship, by Capt. Hen. 
 Wm. Bayntun, and next employed under the flag of 
 Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, with whom he for some 
 time participated in the defence of Cadiz, and then 
 proceeded to the Mediterranean. From Aug. 1811 
 until July, 1812, Mr. Hicks further served on the 
 latter station with his former Captain, Buck, on 
 board the Franchise frigate. In the spring of 
 1813 he joined the Wolfe 24, hearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Teo on Lake Ontario, 
 where, in May of the same year, he took part in an 
 attack made by that officer and Sir Geo. Prevost 
 upon the Americans at Sacket's Harbour. He sub- 
 sequently commanded a division of gun-boats at 
 the defeat of the American army at La Cole ; and 
 officiated as Acting-Lieutenant in command of the 
 Finch schooner in an attack on the squadron at 
 Plattshurg. He returned to England in Aug. 1815, 
 having been confirmed in the rank he now holds on 
 15 of the previous March ; and since 12 July, 1837, 
 has been employed in command of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 HIGGINS. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Thomas Higgins entered the Navy, 16 May, 1807, 
 as Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capt. Chas. 
 Kichardson, successive flag-ship of Rear-Admirals 
 Sir Rich. John Strachan, Hon. Robt. Stopford, and 
 Wm. Albany Otway. In the course of 1809, previ- 
 ously to which he had made a voyage to the Medi- 
 terranean, we find him assisting in the destruction 
 of three heavy French frigates under the batteries 
 of Sable d'Olonne, also of the shipping in Basque 
 Roads, and in the expedition to Flushing. In April, 
 1810, he removed with Capt. Richardson to the 
 Semikamis frigate, and was for upwards of two 
 years employed in that ship on the Lisbon and 
 Channel stations. During the rest of the war he 
 served, on the coast of North America, in the 
 Ardent 64, Capt. Bell, and St. Domingo 74, bear- 
 
 ing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren. He ob- 
 tained his commission 3 June, 1814; but has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 HIGGINSON. (Lieutenant, 1839.) 
 
 Francis Higginson entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 
 1813 ; and on 25 Feb. 1814, while serving, as we 
 are informed, on board the Eurotas, of 46 guns 
 and 320 men, Capt. John Phillimore, was present in 
 an engagement of two hours and 10 minutes, which 
 rendered captive to that ship, after she had incurred 
 a loss of 20 men killed and 40 wounded, the French 
 frigate La Clorinde, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass 
 swivels, with a complement of 360 picked men, of 
 whom 120 were killed and wounded. He subse- 
 quently (when in the Severn 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Wm. Aylmer) shared in the bombardment of Al- 
 giers, 27 Aug. 1816; and on 1 Jan. 1839, having 
 passed his examination in 1828, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. He obtained an appoint- 
 ment in the Coast Guard 27 Feb. following; hut 
 has been on halt-pay since the autumn of 1845. 
 
 Lieut. Higginson, who is Senior of 1839, has been 
 presented with a medal by the Royal Humane So- 
 ciety. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 HIGGINSON. (Eetired Commander, 1835. 
 
 F-p., 23 ; H-P., 40.) 
 George Montagu Higginson entered the Royal 
 Naval Academy in 1784 ; and embarked, in 1787, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Adventure 44, Capts. 
 Parry and John Nicholson Inglefield. After two 
 years of servitude on the coast of Africa in that 
 vessel, he was next, until the commencement of the 
 French revolutionary war, employed, on the Home 
 and West India stations, in the Chichester store- 
 ship, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Papps Price, Triton 
 20, Capt. Geo. Murray, and Hector 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Montagu. Under the latter ofiicer he witnessed the 
 unsuccessful attack of 1793 upon Martinique. He 
 then became Master's Mate of the Alert 16, Capt. 
 Chas. Smith, and in May, 1794, while on his passage 
 out to America, he had the misfortune to be cap- 
 tured by the French 36-gun frigate Unite, after an 
 action of an hour and 40 minutes, in which the 
 British vessel sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 
 15 wounded. On his arrival at Rochefort Mr. Hig- 
 ginson, by a decree of the National Convention, 
 was sentenced to death, together with the rest of 
 his companions. They were thereupon all com- 
 mitted to a bare hulk, and for the space of three 
 weeks were forced to subsist upon an allowance of 
 one pound of black bread and a pint of sour wine 
 each arday, with the addition of some horse-bean 
 broth, and of 14 ounces, per man, of meat in 10 
 days. Their sentence being at the expiration of 
 that time commuted, they were marched to Cognac, 
 without any alteration, however, being made in 
 their rations. Medical aid, too, was totally denied 
 to them, and in the course, in consequence, of 13 
 months, a full third of their number fell helpless 
 victims to the ravages of sickness. Mr. Higginson 
 himself was so inveterately attacked by fever that 
 the upshot was a liver complaint, whose effects, 
 continuing to be felt for many years, frequently in- 
 capacitated him from service. In July, 1795 
 having at length effected his escape, he joined the 
 Prince 98, bearing the flag at Spithead of Admiral 
 Harvey ; from which ship he was soon, on 1 Sept. 
 in the same year, promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 
 TopAZE 36, Capt. Stephen G. Church. When after- 
 wards on the coast of North America, Mr. Higgin- 
 son, about the close of 1797, was compelled, owing 
 to injury received in the execution of his duty, to 
 go to sick-quarters at Norfolk, in Virginia, where 
 he suffered a relapse of his liver complaint. He 
 ultimately found himself under the necessity, at a 
 personal expense of 30/., of returning to England. 
 During a few months in 1798, and again of a few 
 in 1799, we find him employed at the Nore and in 
 the Meditenanean on board the Hecla bomb and 
 Defiance 74, Capts. Jas. Oughton and Thos. Eevell 
 Shivers, appointments which his health obliged him 
 
510 
 
 HIGGON— HIGGS— HIGMAN. 
 
 in each case to resign. At the commencement of 
 the late war, being at the time in France for change 
 of air, he was a second time made prisoner of war, 
 and detained for a period of 14 months at Valenci- 
 ennes, from which place he then had the fortune to 
 contrive a flight. His ne.xt and last appointments 
 were— in 1804-5, to the command of the Happy 
 Eetuhn and Fly hired cutters, and Enchanteess 
 10, on the Channel station— 29 March, 1806, to the 
 KoYAL William, bearing the flag of Admiral Mon- 
 tagu at Spithead— and, 23 June, 1806, to the com- 
 mand of the Pigmy 14, which vessel, through the 
 ignorance of her pilot, and at a moment when he 
 himself was confined by illness to his bed, he lost, 
 off' lie d'Ole'ron, 2 March, 1807. He remained 
 thenceforward a captive in France until the peace 
 of 1814. Unable afterwards to procure employment, 
 our unlucky ofiicer accepted the rank of Ketired 
 Commander on the Junior List 17 Jan. 1831 ; and 
 on 19 March, 1835, he was promoted to the Senior 
 List. Agent — J. liinxman. 
 
 HIGGON. (LiEDT., 1828. F-P., 28 ; H-p., 8.) 
 Henry Miller Higgon was bom 22 Jan. 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1811, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Abercromey 74, Capt. 
 "Wm. Chas. Fahie, stationed in the Channel ; and 
 was next, between Feb. 1814 and Sept. 1821, em- 
 ployed, chiefly in the "West Indies, on board the 
 Halcyon sloop, Capt. John Houlton Marshall, 
 Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, Lakne 20, Capt. 
 Abraham Lowe, and Sapphire 26, Capt. Henry 
 Hart. He then joined the Bann 20, Capt. Chas. 
 Phillips, and sailed for the western coast of Africa, 
 where that vessel cruized with success against the 
 slave-trade, and lost, when at Ascension in 1823, the 
 greater part of her crew from the effects of the 
 climate. In Oct. 1823 Mr. Higgon, who had passed 
 his examination in Jan. 1818, and had for the last 
 six months acted as First-Lieutenant, was super- 
 seded from the Bann ; nor was he promoted until 
 6 April, 1828, by which period he had further served 
 for four years and a half as (Admiralty) Midship- 
 man, almost continuously on the African coast, in 
 the Jasper 10, Capt. Alex. Dundas Young Arbuth- 
 nott, Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, Blonde 
 42, Capt. Lord Byron, and Syeille 48, Commodore 
 Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. He returned to Eng- 
 land in May, 1828, after having been fmrther at- 
 tached for a few weeks to the North Star 28, 
 Capt. Septimus Arabin ; and, with the exception of 
 a period of two years in 1840-2, has been employed 
 in the Coast Guard since 7 Oct. 1833. 
 
 Lieut. Higgon, during his servitude afloat, was 
 eight times attacked with yellow fever and once 
 with cholera. His testimonials for character and 
 conduct are of a very high order. 
 
 HIGGS. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 24.) 
 
 William Henry Higgs entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 
 1796, as a Volunteer, on board the Daphne hired 
 armed lugger, employed in keeping up a communi- 
 cation with the French Royalists on the coast of 
 Normandy. From Sept. following imtil April, 1797, 
 he served on the Jersey station, onboard the Bravo 
 16, Capt. D'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon : and he 
 then became in succession Midshipman of the Mo- 
 narch 74, Capt. John Elphinstone and Qdeen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Keith. In June, 
 1798, he joined the Maidstone frigate, Capt. Ross 
 Donnelly, attached to the force in the West Indies, 
 where, during a continuance of rather more than 
 two years, he was thrice attacked by the yellow 
 fever. Arriving in the Mediterranean, about the 
 commencement of 1801, in the Chichester store- 
 ship, Capt. John Stephens, Mr. Higgs was there re- 
 ceived, first on board the Salamine brig, Capt. 
 Thos. Briggs, and then in the Foddroyant 80, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Keith, and, as Master's 
 Mate, in the Peterel sloop, Capts. Chas. Inglis and 
 John Lambom. While in the latter vessel, which 
 he left in March, 1802, he participated, as he like- 
 wise did in the Foddkoyant, in the operations of 
 
 the Egyptian campaign ; but it was not until 7 May, 
 1804 (by which period he had further served, chiefly 
 on the Home station, in the Cambrikge 80, flag- 
 ship of Sir Thos. Pasley, Hcntee sloop, Capts. Geo. 
 Jones and Sam. Hood Inglefleld, Conqheeoe 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Louis, and Monarch 74, bearing the 
 flag of his friend Lord Keith), that he succeeded in 
 obtaining his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 He then joined the Sulphur bomb, Capts. Donald 
 M'Leod and Matt. Forster, in which vessel he wit- 
 nessed, 2 Oct. 1804, the celebrated " Catamaran " 
 attack made upon the Boulogne flotilla ; and he was 
 next, it appears, appointed — in the course of the 
 same month, to the Cygnet sloop, Capts. D. M'Leod 
 and Kobt. Bell Campbell, with the latter of whom 
 he again proceeded to the West Indies — in Aug. 
 1806, as First, to the Alligator 26, Capt. R. B. 
 Campbell, in which ship he returned to England — 
 in the spring of 1807, to the Barfleor 98, Capt. 
 Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, employed in the Channel 
 — and, in June of the same year, as Senior, to 
 L'EsPOiR sloop, commanded, on the Mediterranean 
 station, by Capts. Henry Hope, Robt. Mitford, and 
 Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and occasionally, 
 pro tempore, by himself. During nearly seven years 
 of employment in L'Espoir, Mr. Higgs saw a 
 great deal of active service in the Mediterranean, 
 where he assisted, in 1809, at the reduction of the 
 islands of Isohia and Procida ; in April, 1810, at the 
 capture and destruction of several Neapolitan ves- 
 sels on the coast of Italy ; and on 8 Aug. 1813, at 
 the taking, in a gallant attack on the town of Cassis, 
 near Toulon, of flve land-batteries, three heavy 
 gun-boats, and 25 sail of merchant-vessels. On 25 
 July, 1814, five months after he had left L'Espoir^ 
 the subject of this narrative, who had acquired the 
 highest reputation for his ability and zeal as an of- 
 ficer, became First-Lieutenant to Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Duncan, in the Glasgow 50, in which ship he cruized 
 in the Western Ocean until paid off at Chatham, 1 
 Sept. 1815. He rejoined Capt. Duncan, 27 June, 
 1818, in a similar capacity, on board the Litfet 50 ; 
 and on 11 Oct. 1819, after having made a voyage to 
 the Mediterranean, he was at length promoted to 
 the rank of Commander, in honour of the Prince 
 Regent's visit to that ship. His next and last ap- 
 pointments were — 11 Jime, 1831, to the Second- 
 Captaincy of the Revenge 78, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, 
 an appointment he was induced to resign on 20 of 
 the same month — and, 5 Feb. 1839, as Additional- 
 Commander, to the Royal Sovereign yacht, for 
 the purpose of superintending the Packet Service at 
 Pembroke, where he remained until June, 1845. 
 His elevation to Post-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 We may here add that Capt. Higgs' appointments 
 to the Cygnet, Alligator, Espoir, Glasgow, and 
 Liffey were all made at the especial request of 
 their respective Captains. Agents — Collier and 
 Snee. 
 
 HIGMAN. (eraptaill, 1817. r-p., 18; h-p., 35.) 
 Henry Higman entered the Navy, 28 Dec. 1794, 
 as A. B., on board the Chakon, hospital ship, Capt. 
 Walter Locke, attached to the Channel fleet. In 
 Sept. 1795, after having participated in Lord Brid- 
 port's action, he removed, as Midshipman, to the 
 Tridmph 74, Capts. Sir Erasmus Gower, Wm. 
 Essington, and Thos. Seccombe, with [whom he 
 served for upwards of four years in the Channel, 
 North Sea, and Mediterranean, latterly under the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Cuthbert CoUingwood. He 
 consequently had an opportunity of sharing with 
 Capt. Essington in the glories of Camperdowu 11 
 Oct. 1797, on which occasion he performed the 
 duties of Master's Mate. On leaving the Tridmph, 
 Mr. Higman joined the Raisonnable 64, Capt. 
 Chas. Boyles, at Chatham, for the purpose of await- 
 ing a passage to the West Indies, where, on his ar- 
 rival in the following June, in the Severn 44, Capt. 
 John Whitby, he was received by Lord Hugh Sey- 
 mour, to whom he had been recommended by Sir 
 Erasmus Gower, on board his flag-ship the Sans Pa- 
 reil 80. In Aug. of the same year— seven months, 
 
HILL. 
 
 ill 
 
 indeed, before he had passed his examination — he 
 ■was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Caltpso 
 sloop, Capts. Joseph Baker and Kobt. Barrie, on 
 the Jamaica station ; and in Dec. 1801 he joined, in 
 a similar capacity, the Goliath 74, to which ship, 
 commanded at first by Capt. Wm. Essington, and 
 afterwards by Capts. Chas. Brisbane and Robt. 
 Barton, he was in the end confirmed by commission 
 dated 3 Sept. 1803. Mr. Higman (who on 28 June 
 in the latter year had contributed, while in escort 
 of a homeward-bound convoy, to the capture of La 
 Miffnonne French coryette, of 16 guns and 80 men) 
 subsequently took command of the boats of the 
 Goliath, and in a very seamanlike manner brought 
 out a gun-brig from under a most destructive fire 
 of the batteries at Sable d'Olonne, on the coast of 
 Prance. Being next, on 28 May, 1805, allowed, on 
 the application of Capt. Brisbane, to rejoin that 
 officer, as his First-Lieutenant, in the Arethusa 
 38, he assisted, in company with the Anson 44, at 
 the capture, 23 Aug. 1806, near the Havana, after a 
 spirited action, in which the Akethosa had 2 men 
 killed and 32 wounded, of the Pomtma Spanish fri- 
 gate, of 38 guns and 347 men, laden with specie and 
 merchandize, and defended by a castle mounting 11 
 36-pounders, and a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, all of 
 which were destroyed. A slight wound received 
 by Mr. Higman on the occasion procured him a 
 pecuniary grant from the Patriotic Society.* He 
 was promoted, as a reward for the share he had 
 borne at the brilliant reduction of Curajoa, to the 
 rank of Commander, 23 Feb. 1807; subsequently 
 to which we find him joining — 18 Aug. 1809, the 
 Kattlee 16, on the Newfoundland station — 13 Jan. 
 1810, the Gluckstadt 18, employed in the convey- 
 ance of despatches to and from Gottenborg and 
 Heligoland— 11 Feb. 1811, the Fly 16, which vessel, 
 through the obstinacy of her pilots (although Capt. 
 Higman's exertions were so great as to elicit the 
 plaudits of the subsequent court-martial), was lost 
 on a reef near the island of Anholt 29 Feb. 1812 — 
 and, 6 Deo. 1813, the Brisk 16. In the latter sloop 
 he served for some time on the Irish station, where 
 he contrived by stratagem to recapture a prize be- 
 longing to the American privateer Prince de JVevf- 
 chatel. He then proceeded with convoy to the 
 coast of Africa, on which station he cruized for 
 nearly twelve months, and took four slavers having 
 between 700 and 800 negroes on board. Owing, 
 however, to a suspension in the payment of the 
 ordinary bounty, neither the officers nor crew of 
 the Brisk (the first vessel that felt the effects of 
 the regulation) received any reward for their exer- 
 tions; and in consequence Capt. Higman was de- 
 prived of nearly 4000i. He was paid off 31 Aug. 
 1815, but it was not until 1 Jan. 1817 that he was 
 advanced to Post-rank. Unable from that period 
 to procure employment, he at length, on 1 Oct. 
 1846" accepted the half-pay of Retirement. 
 
 Capt. Higman i« a widower with five sons, the 
 eldest of whom, a Midshipman ll.N., was lately 
 serving with Capt. Glascock on board lie Tyne 26. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 HILL. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Chables Him. entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plantagenet 74, Capts. 
 Wm. Bradley, Thos. Eyies, and Robt. Lloyd, in 
 which ship he was for six years and a half em- 
 ployed, chiefly on the Home station. During that 
 period, however, he witnessed the departure, in 
 1807, of the royal family of Portugal for the Brazils, 
 and was for some time prior to the convention of 
 Cintra engaged in blockading the Russian squadron 
 in the Tagus. From March, 1812, until Oct. 1814, 
 he was ne.xt employed, in the Baltic and Mediter- 
 ranean, as Midshipmanj- and Master's Mate, on board 
 the Bristol troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Kent, John 
 Thompson, and Geo. Wyndham, besides serving in 
 a gun-boat at Cadiz. He was ultimately promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Feb. 1815, while at- 
 » Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 1535. 
 f A rating he had attained in Oct. 1806, 
 
 tached to the Lightning 20, Capt. Geo. Kennie, on 
 the Irish station ; but he has not, to our knowledge, 
 been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Hill's eldest daughter is married to a son 
 of Lieut. John Skinley, R.N. 
 
 HILL. (Lieutenant, 1833. f-p., 19; h-p., 19.) 
 Charles Thomas Hill, bom 4 July, 1796, is 
 fourth and eldest surviving son of the late West 
 Hill, Esq., M.D., Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, 
 who accompanied Lord Comwallis to America, was 
 at the head of the Medical Staff during several 
 campaigns in the War of Independence, and died 
 in 1834 in the 93rd year of his age. Three of the 
 Lieutenant's brothers. West Tertius, John Hilde- 
 brand, and Justly, died officers in the Army ; the 
 first being a Lieutenant in the 5th Regt. Madras 
 N.I. — the second a Captain and D. A. A. General 
 in H. M. 27th — and the third a Lieutenant R.A. 
 His youngest brother, Henry, is now serving in 
 India as a Captain of the 57th. Lieut. Hill is first- 
 cousin of the present Vice-Admiral Hill. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol. (under the auspices of his last-named 
 relative), on board the CjESar 80, Capt. Chas. 
 Richardson, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. 
 Albany Otway ; and, on attending the ensuing ex- 
 pedition to the Walcheren, was employed on shore 
 with the Naval Brigade during the bombardment 
 of Flushing. He subsequently became Midshipman 
 of the Naiad 38, commanded at first by Capt. Hill 
 and afterwards by Capt. Philip Carteret, under 
 whom he participated, 20 and 21 Sept. 1811, in two 
 actions with divisions of the Boulogne flotilla. On 
 the last-mentioned occasion the Naiad sustained a 
 loss of 2 men killed and 14 wounded, but succeeded 
 in taking one of the enemy's prames. La Ville de 
 Lt/on ; which vessel, of whose people upwards of 30 
 were either slain or wounded, Mr. Hill was the 
 second officer to board. After further assisting at 
 the capture and destruction of three privateers, he 
 removed, in 1812, to the Impregnable 98, succes- 
 sive flag-ship of Admirals Wm. Young and H.R.H. 
 the Duke of Clarence on the Home station, where, 
 in June, 1814, he served in attendance on the Allied 
 Sovereigns during their visit to England. He was 
 next for two years employed in the West Indies 
 and America on board the Abaxes 38, Capt. Geo. 
 Miller Bligh, and Takais, of similar force, Capt. 
 Joseph James; and he subsequently (having passed 
 his examination 7 Nov. 1815) officiated as Admi- 
 ralty-Midshipman, on the Plymouth, Mediterranean, 
 and Portsmouth stations, of the Sealabk schooner, 
 Capt. Philip Helpman, Rochfort 80, flag-ship of 
 Sir Thos. Eras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore, 
 Glasgow 50, bearing the broad pendant of Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland, Racehorse 18, Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Abbot, and Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste. 
 In 1823 Mr. Hill, when at Portsmouth, volunteered 
 to fit out a small schooner of 28 tons, designed as a 
 tender to the flag-ship at Newfoundland ; for his 
 conduct and exertions in further navigating her to 
 which place he elicited the approbation of the Ad- 
 miralty. After an interval of eight years he re-em- 
 barked, in 1831, onboard the Victory 104, in which 
 ship he served at Portsmouth under the flags of 
 Sir Thos. Foley and Sir Thos. Williams, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 Aug. 1833. 
 His after appointments afloat were — 14 Feb. and 27 
 Aug. 1834, to the President 52, and Vernon 50, 
 both commanded by Capt. John M'Kerlie, at Hali- 
 fax and in the Mediterranean— 20 July, 1835, to the 
 command of the Alban steam-vessel, on the latter 
 station— and, for a short time at the commence- 
 ment of 1836, to the Howe 120, Capt. Alex. Ellice, 
 lying at Sheemess. With the exception of a few 
 months spent in 1841-2 in raising volunteers at 
 Glasgow and Greenock, he has not held any addi- 
 tional employment. 
 
 Lieut. Hill married, 16 June, 1828, Mary Romman, 
 third daughter of John Holmes, Esq., an opulent 
 merchant of Kingston-upon-Thames, by whom he 
 has issue three sons and one daughter. 
 
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 HILL. 
 
 HILL. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Edward Hill (a) entered the Navy, 12 Nov. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aimaele fri- 
 gate, Capt. "Wm. Bolton, stationed in the North 
 Sea and Channel. In 1805 he removed to the Mek- 
 CDKY 28, Capt. Chas. Felly, and, on his return from 
 a voyage with convoy to Quebec, he proceeded off 
 Lisbon. From 1806 to 1809 he again served in the 
 Channel, the last two years as Midshipman, on 
 board the Pallas frigate, Capt. Geo. Miller, and 
 Champion 24, Capts. Kenneth Mackenzie, Jas. 
 Coutts Crawford, and Kobt. Henderson. He then 
 joined the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, with 
 whom, after attending the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren and cruizing for some time in the latitude 
 of the Western Islands, he proceeded to the Medi- 
 terranean, where, among other performances, he 
 witnessed, 27 Nov. 1811, the capture of La Corceyre 
 French frigate, pierced for 40 guns, but mounting 
 only 28, with a complement of 170. seamen and 130 
 soldiers, laden with 300 tons of wheat and a quan- 
 tity of military and other stores. Between 1813 
 and the date of his official promotion, 11 Feb. 1815, 
 Mr. Hill was next employed, as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 in the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, and Laurel 
 and Amelia frigates, both commanded by Capt. 
 Hon. Granville Proby, in South America (whither 
 he escorted convoy), at the Cape of Good Hope, off 
 the coast of Africa, and at home. He has been in 
 charge, since 14 July, 1838, of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 HILL. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Edward Hill (6) is youngest son of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Hill. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 Aug. 1833; 
 passed his examination 21 May, 1840 ; and served as 
 Mate on board the Herald 26, Capt. Jos. Nias, 
 Childers 16, Capt. Geo. Greville Wellesley, and 
 CoRNWALLis '72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker— all 
 on the East India station, where he fought during 
 the war in China. He obtained a commission 16 
 Sept. 1843; and from 11 April, 1844, until paid off, 
 on his return to England, in the autumn of 1845, 
 was employed, still in the East Indies, in the Cam- 
 brian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. Since 28 Nov. 
 1845 he has been serving on the coast of Africa 
 in the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. 
 
 HILL. (Vice-Admibal of the Eed, 1841. f-p., 
 22 ; H-p., 38.) 
 
 Henet Hill, bom about 1775, is son of the late 
 Colonel Wm. Hill, of St. Boniface, in the Me of 
 Wight, who served during the German war asAide- 
 de-Camp to Count de Lippe, and was afterwards 
 for some time Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed. 
 He is brother of Lieut.-Colonel Chas. Fitzmaurice 
 Hill, who commanded the 10th Regt. of Foot, and 
 died in 1811 ; and firs1>cousin of the present Lieut. 
 Chas. Thos. Hill, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Nov. 1787, as a 
 Volunteer (under the auspices of Sir John Jervis), 
 on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Sir Rich. John 
 Strachan, with whom he proceeded on an embassy 
 to China, and removed as Midshipman, about Aug. 
 1791, to the Phcenix 36. On 19 of the following 
 Nov., while cruizing off the Malabar coast, he took 
 part, in company with the Perseverance frigate, 
 in an obstinate action (produced by a resistance on 
 the part of the French Captain to a search being 
 imposed by the British upon two merchant-vessels 
 under his orders) with La lUsolue^ of 46 guns, whose 
 colours were not struck until she had herself sus- 
 tained a loss of 25 men killed and 40 wounded, and 
 had occasioned one to the PhIenix of 6 killed and 
 11 wounded. On his return to England in the 
 autumn of 1793, Mr. Hill joined the Boyne 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, through whom 
 he was promoted, on 17 Dec. in the same year, to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Zebra bomb, Capts. Robt. 
 Faulknor, Geo. BoVen, Geo. Vaughan, and Lan- 
 celot Skynner. In 1794 he was present in every 
 distinguished operation connected with the reduc- 
 
 tion of the French West India islands, and in par- 
 ticular at the capture of Fort Royal, Martinique, 
 where,. landing with Capt. Faulknor, he participated 
 in the heroic attack which, to the admiration of all 
 who witnessed it, accomplished the premature fall 
 of that stronghold. In March, 1795, he was again 
 sent on shore, with a detachment of seamen and a 
 6-pounder, to co-operate with the British forces on 
 the island of St. Vincent in their endeavours to sup- 
 press an insurrection which had there broken out 
 among the Charibs. On the 14thj the insurgents 
 having taken possession of Dorchester Hill, an emi- 
 nence immediately commanding the town of Kings- 
 ton, which they were preparing to cannonade, Mr. 
 Hill suggested the propriety of driving them from 
 their position ; and accordingly, at midnight, his 
 plan being adopted, he placed himself at the head 
 of a storming-party, commanded by Capt. Skynner, 
 and, commencing a furious assault, succeeded in 
 utterly routing the enemy — thereby restoring con- 
 fidence to the inhabitants of the colony, and saving 
 its fall. In this brilliant affair, however, so despe- 
 rate a wound was inflicted on his right shoulder, 
 that he was obliged, as soon as the victory had been 
 achieved, to retire to his ship, and soon afterwards 
 to return home. Previously to his final departure 
 from the island Mr. Hill had the satisfaction of 
 receiving the thanks of the Governor and the House 
 of Assembly, together with the most marked atten- 
 tion and the strongest expressions of gratitude 
 from all classes. He was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander on 24 of the following July ; and in 
 Feb. 1797 he had the further honour of being men- 
 tioned with Capt. Skynner in a letter of thanks 
 from the agents for the colony of St. Vincent. 
 Continuing long to feel the effects of his wound, 
 Capt. Hill remained on half-pay until the spring of 
 1798i when he was appointed to the Sear-Fencibles 
 in the Isle of Wight. From 27 June, 1799, until 
 posted, 1 Jan. 1801, he commanded the Gorgon 44, 
 arme'e-en-jiute, in the Mediterranean; and also the 
 Meg^eba fire-vessel on the Channel station, where 
 he had a narrow escape from capture while recon- 
 noitring the French fleet in Camaiet Bay, with a 
 view to ascertaining the praotibility of burning it. 
 His next appointments were— 3 Jan. 1801, for a very 
 brief period, to the Princess Royal 98—8 March, 
 and 14 June, 1802, to the Ruby 64, and Camilla 24, 
 in the latter of which ships he went to Newfound- 
 land — 29 April, 1803, to the Orpheus 32, employed 
 at first in escorting convoy to Newfoundland, and 
 then in very successfully cruizing on the coast of 
 France— ,14 Dec. 1805, to the Agincodkt 64, sta- 
 tioned in the North Sea and off St. Helena — and 1 
 Sept. 1809, after. 18 months of half-pay, to the 
 Naiad 38. In the latter ship Capt. HiJl, besides 
 visiting the West Indies, was much employed, until 
 superseded in the summer of 1811, in blockading 
 the enemy's ports on the French coast. On"one 
 occasion, when in a gale off Cherbourg, the pilot, in 
 attempting to pass through the Monkey Passage, by 
 the island of Aldemey, failed, and, by his igno- 
 rance, placed the Naiad in a state of great jeo- 
 pardy, from which she was only extricated by dint 
 of the greatest exertion and skill, and by a hitherto 
 unknown outlet being found in the rocks called the 
 Casketts. This accident occurred in 1810 ; in the 
 course of which year the Naiad appears to have 
 been in constant action with the enemy's batteries, 
 and to have destroyed much of their coasting-trade. 
 Capt. Hill's last appointments were, 20 Dec. 1825, 
 and 31 March, 1826, to the Superb 78, guard-ship 
 at Portsmouth, and Melville 74 ; in the latter of 
 which he served, on the coast of Portugal and at 
 Gibraltar, until shortly previous to her being paid off, 
 28 Feb. 1829. He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 
 1830 ; and attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 In every ship commanded by the Vice^Admiral 
 when afloat he won the approbation of the Admi- 
 ralty. In the Melville he was particularly for- 
 tunate in eliciting that of H.R.H. the Lord High 
 Admii-al. On 26 Feb. 1845 he was granted the 
 Good Service pension ; and he is also in the receipt 
 of a pension of 250Z. for his wound. 
 
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 513 
 
 He married, first, Anne, daughter of the late Eev. 
 Jas. Worsley, of Gatoombe, in the Isle of 'Wight ; 
 and secondly, Caroline, daughter of the late Joseph 
 Bettesworth,. Esq., of Ryde, in the same i^and. 
 He has issue, with four daughters, six sons, all of 
 whom are in the service of their country — the eldest, 
 Henry Worsley, a Commander, and the youngest, 
 Edward, a Lieutenant, K.N. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 HILL. (Lieutenant, 1825. f-p., 24; h-p., 17.) 
 Henry Joseph Hill, bom 3 Sept. 1780, is eldest 
 son of the late Thos. Hill, Esq., of Gough Square, 
 Fleet Street, London. 
 
 This officer (who had previously been in the Hon. 
 E. I. Co.'s service) entered the Navy, 8 July, 1806, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Speedwell 14, Lieut.- 
 Commander "Wm. Robertson, on the Home station, 
 where, on 24 of the following Dec, having been 
 appointed Prize-Master of a Danish brig, he was 
 captured by a French privateer and sent to Calais. 
 He did not in consequence regain his liberty until 
 the peace of 1814, when he returned to England 
 and joined the guard-ship at Plymouth. He was 
 soon afterwards removed into the Resolute 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander Wm. Pringle Green ; while serv- 
 ing with whom he passed his examination, 2 Nov. 
 in the same year. From Jan. 1815 until Feb. 1818, 
 Mr. Hill served at Liverpool, Gibraltar, and Ports- 
 mouth, a great part of the time as Admiralty Mid- 
 shipman, in the Princess, Capt. Wm. Simpson, 
 Serapis store-ship, Capt. Wm. Lloyd, Queen Char- 
 lotte 108, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thombrough, and 
 KocHFORT 80, Capt. Sir Archibald CoUingwood 
 Dickson ; and he was next for upwards of seven 
 years employed, as Chief Mate, in the Hawke Re- 
 venue oruizer, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Ward. He 
 at length attained his present rank 27 May, 1825, 
 and, after three years and four months' servitude 
 in the Coast Guard, was appointed, 26 Nov. 1830, to 
 the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. 
 He was paid off in March, 1831, and has not been 
 since able to procure employment. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HILL. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Henry Worsley Hill is eldest son of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Henry Hill. 
 
 This oflioer entered the Navy 24 March, 1810 ; 
 obtained his first commission 13 July, 1824; and 
 was afterwards appointed^ — 20 Dec. 1825, and 31 
 March, 1826, to the Superb 78, and Melville 74, 
 both commanded by his father — 18 Jan. 1828, to the 
 Tribune 42, Capts. John Wilson' and John Alex. 
 Duntze, employed on the South American station, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off 
 16 Dec. 1831—21 Sept. 1833, as First, to the An- 
 dromache 28, Capts. Bernard Yeoman and Henry 
 Ducie Chads, in which vessel he sailed for the East 
 Indies — 1 Dec. 1834, to the Melville 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir John Gore, with whom he came home 
 and was put out of commission in July, 1835 — and 
 14 April, 1837, to the command of the Saracen 10, 
 on the coast of Africa, where he served until a few 
 months after his promotion to the rank he now 
 holds, which took place 15 March, 1841. 
 
 Commander Hill, since 6 March, 1843, has filled 
 the office of Lieut.-Governor of Her Majesty's 
 Foi'ts and Settlements on the Gold Coast. He 
 married, 1 July, 1845, Amelia Jane, eldest daughter 
 of Henry Pytches Boyce, Esq., and the late Lady 
 Amelia Sophia Boyce, daughter of George third 
 Duke of Marlborough. Agents— Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 HILL, Kt. (Captain, 1815. r-p., 51; h-p., 15.) 
 Sir John Hill entered the Navy, 25 Sept. 1781, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Infernal bomb, Capt. 
 Jas. Alms, on the books of which vessel he was 
 borne until March, 1783. On 20 April, 1788, he 
 joined the Nautilus sloop, Capt. Thos. Boulden 
 Thompson, stationed at Newfoundland ; and he 
 
 next, between 1789 and his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 28 July, 1794, served in the Channel 
 and West Indies, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 on board the Goliath and Bedford 74's, Capts. 
 Archibald Dickson and Robt. Mann, and Porcu- 
 pine 24, Capt. Jas. Alms. In the course of the 
 latter, and the following year, he was successively 
 appointed to the Invincible 74, and Juste 80, both 
 commanded by Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, on the 
 Channel station, where, for a few months in 1797, 
 he again served with Capt. Alms, in the Repulse 
 64. He then joined the Princess Royal 98, bear- 
 ing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir John Orde, 
 with whom he remained until transferred, in May, 
 1798, to the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, part 
 of the victor-fleet at the ensuing battle of the Nile ; 
 for his conduct as Senior Lieutenant on which oc- 
 casion, he was advanced to the rank of Commander 
 by commission dated 8 Oct. in the same year. 
 From 2 Feb. 1800, to 6 March, 1802, and from 31 
 March, 1804, until 27 Oct. 1808, we next find Capt. 
 Hill commanding the Heroine, andHuMBER, in the 
 Mediterranean and Channel. On 24 March, 1813, 
 he was appointed to an Agency for Transports — 
 the duties of which post he continued to discharge, 
 in the Baltic, and on the coasts of Holland and 
 France, for a period of nearly six years. Having 
 attained Post-rank 28 Oct. 1815, he was subse- 
 quently, from 1820 until 1838, employed as Captain- 
 Superintendent of Deptford Victualfing Yard. He 
 was appointed, on 9 March in the latter year. Super- 
 intendent of the Dockyard at Sheemess ; and, 
 since 11 Dec. 1841, be has been again officiating in 
 a similar capacity at Deptford. 
 
 The honour of Knighthood was conferred on Capt. 
 Hill 31 Aug. 1831. His only son is a Captain in the 
 Army ; and one of his daughters, now deceased, 
 was the wife of the present Capt. W. L. Castle, 
 R.N. 
 
 HILL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 John Hill (a) entered the Navy, 6 March, 1798, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Europa 50, Capt. Jas. 
 Stevenson, under whom he attained the rating of 
 Midshipman 1 Jan. 1799, and continued to serve, in 
 the same ship, and inL'EoYPriENNE 50, and L'Afri- 
 CAiNE 38, on the Channel and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, until Feb. 1802. Attending, during that pe- 
 riod, the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, he served in 
 a launch with a carronade, and had two men wound- 
 ed, while engaged, on 8 March, in covering the de- 
 barkation of the troops ; and he was afterwards for 
 six months employed on shore with the army. In 
 May, 1803, he re-embarked on board the Leyden 
 64, Capt. John Seater, lying in the river Thames, 
 whence, however, he soon sailed for the West In- 
 dies, with Capt. John Ayscough, in the Camel 
 store-ship. In the course of 1804-5 Mr. Hill there 
 accompanied the same Captain in the Reynard, 
 Shark, and Goelan sloops ; in the first and last 
 mentioned of which we find him frequently coming 
 into contact with the enemy's privateers. From 
 the Goelan, which during the last two years and 
 four months had been commanded by Capts. Arth. 
 Lysaght, Benj. Clement, and Fred. Hoffman, he 
 removed, in June, 1808, to the Hebe frigate, Capt. 
 John Fyffe. On 4 April, 1809, he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Pelican 18, Capt. Edw. Henry 
 A'Court, also attached to the force in the West In- 
 dies, where, being confirmed to that vessel by com- 
 mission dated 4 May, 1810, he continued to serve 
 for a further period of 17 months. During nearly 
 the whole of 1811 Mr. Hill was employed off North 
 Cape in the Thinculo sloop, Capt. Alex. Rennie. 
 His subsequent appointments were, to the command 
 —26 Aug. 1812, of the Landrail 10, in which vessel 
 he performed a service of some importance con- 
 nected with the restoration of Louis XVIII.— in 
 June, 1814, of the Pioneer 10, on the Newfound- 
 land and Downs stations — 18 May, 1816, after a few 
 months of half-pay, of the Surly 10, employed, 
 until paid off in Sept. 1818, on Home duty— 2 March, 
 1829, of the Kinaldo Fahuouth packet, which he 
 
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 HILL— HILLDRU P— HILLIER. 
 
 put out of commission 19 Aug. 1834— and, 20 Aug. 
 1839, of the Ckane, another packet, also on the 
 Falmouth station. On 11 of the following Sept., 
 while fitting at Woolwich, Lieut. Hill had the ho- 
 nour, owing to the absence on leave of the Captain- 
 Superintendent, of receiving their Majesties the 
 Queen and Queen Dowager, the King and Queen of 
 the Belgians, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg, and 
 conveying them oa board the Lightning steamer, 
 on the occasion of the departure of the latter per- 
 sonage from this country. He had likewise, a few 
 days .previously, received the King and Queen of 
 the Belgians on their arrival in the Veloce French 
 steamer. He has been on half-pay since May, 1842. 
 Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HILL. (Lieutenant, 181.5. f-p., 34; h-p., 17.) 
 John Hill (6), bom 5 Oct. 1789, is a relative of 
 John Hill, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, K.N. (1808). 
 This of&cer entered the Navy, in 1796, on board 
 the Goliath 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Henry Knowles 
 and Thos. Foley. After sharing in the action ofi' 
 Cape St. Vincent, and in the battle of the Nile, he 
 accompanied Capt. Foley, in Dec. 1799, into the 
 Elephant 74, in which ship, commanded latterly 
 by Capt. Geo. Dundas, he fought at Copenhagen 
 2 April, 1801, and served, in the Channel and "West 
 Indies, until Jan. 1804. He then became Midship- 
 man in succession of the Racoon and Diligence 
 sloops, both under the orders of Capt. Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, with whom he continued on tlie West India 
 station until appointed Master's Mate, in Sept. 1805, 
 of the Savage 16, Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, at- 
 tached to the force on the coast of Ireland. He 
 next, towards the close of 1806, joined the Snake 
 18, Capt. Edw. Crofton, from which vessel, how- 
 ever, he was soon transferred to the Linnet 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Tracey, part of the arma- 
 ment employed in 1809 in the expedition to the 
 Waloheren. From Jan. 1810 until March, 1813, 
 Mr. Hill ofBoiated, on the Home station, as Mid- 
 shipman, and alternately as Acting-Lieutenant and 
 Master's Mate, in the Tkomp 12, Lieut.-Commander 
 Michael M'Carthy, Experiment 12, Capt. Jas. 
 Slade, Fylla 20, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, Mon- 
 modth 64, bearing the flag of Admiral Foley, Phipps 
 14, Capt. Thos. Percival, Cadmds 10, Capt. Thos. 
 Fife, MoNMODTH again, and Cordelia 10, Capt. 
 Thos. Fortescue Kennedy. For five months of 
 1813, he was next employed with Sir Jas. Lucas 
 Yeo on the Canadian Lakes. Between Jan. 1814 
 and Aug. 1815, we further find him employed on the 
 Home and East India stations in the Experiment, 
 Capt. Jas. Slade, once more in the Monmouth, and 
 in the Termagant 20, Capt. Chas. Shaw.* He lastly 
 served— in 1828, in the Coast Guard — from 2 March, 
 1830, to March 1833, in command of the Camelion 
 and Badger Revenue-oruizers — and from 26 Aug. 
 1834 until 1845, again in the Coast Guard. 
 
 HILL. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Joseph Augustus Witham Hill entered the 
 Navy 10 Dec. 1811 ; passed his examination in 1818; 
 obtained his commission 4 Oct. 1825 ; and from 
 that date until June, 1827, was employed mth Capt. 
 Hugh Patton in the Iris frigate. His last appoint- 
 ments afloat were — 23 July, 1832, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Rover 18, Capt. Sir Geo. Young — and, 
 2 Sept. 1833, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Joseph Gape, 
 both on the Mediterranean station, whence he re- 
 turned home and was paid ofi' in March, 1834. 
 
 The Lieutenant, who has been for some time em- 
 ployed under the Commissioners of Public Works, 
 married, 23 July, 1831, Mrs. Heslop, vridow of Capt. 
 Heslop, formerly of the 60th Regt., and daughter 
 of Jacob Owen, Esq., of Landport. 
 
 HILL. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 6; h-p., 36.) 
 
 Samuel Hill entered the Navy, in Oct. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in Yarmouth Roads of 
 Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. In Jan. 1806, 
 
 * He then took up a commission, dated 7 Feb. 1815. 
 
 he became Midshipman of the Stately 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Parker, under whom, when in company with 
 the Nassau 64, he assisted at the capture and de- 
 struc'tion, after an obstinate running fight, andji 
 loss to the Stately of 4 men killed and 28 wounded, 
 of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Frederic 
 off the coast of Zealand, 22 March, 1808. He was 
 next, between May, 1809, and Aug. 1812, employed, 
 at first with Capt. Parker, and then with Rear-Ad- 
 miral Thos. Byam Martin, on board the Aboukir 
 74, on the Baltic and Channel stations. Until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1812, Mr. 
 Hill further served with the flotilla at the siege of 
 Riga. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HILL. (Lieutenant, 1833.) 
 
 Thomas Sharp Hill died in 1845, on board the 
 Inconstant. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 22 May, 1822; 
 passed his examination in 1828 ; and obtained his 
 commission 21 Nov. 1833. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were— 15 Feb. 1834, as First, to the Sala- 
 mander steam-vessel, Capt. Wm. Langfprd Castle, 
 employed on Home service — 2 March, 1835, as a 
 Supernumerary, to the Thalia 46, Capt. Robt. 
 Wauchope, at the Cape of Good Hope — 11 Feb. 1836, 
 as Senior, to the; Pylades 18, Capt. W. L. Castle, 
 an active anti-slaver— 29 Oct. 1838, in a similar ca- 
 pacity, to the Rose 18, Capt. Peter Christie, em- 
 ployed on the Spanish and Brazilian stations — 21 
 Aug. 1841, to the Acting command of the South- 
 ampton 50, which ship, after having borne the flag 
 at the Cape of Sir Edw. Dumford ICing, was paid 
 off in Dec. 1842— and 5 Oct. 1843, again as First, 
 to the Inconstant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, 
 attached to the force in the Mediterranean, where 
 he died, as above. Agents — Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. . 
 
 HILLDEUP. (Lieut., 1815. r-P., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Hilldrup entered the Navy, 23 June, 1807, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Mediator 32, Capts. 
 Wm. Furlong Wise and Jas. Rich. Daores, on the 
 Jamaica station; served from the following Dec. 
 until March, 1809, in the Talbot sloop, Capt. Hon. 
 Alex. Jones, off Oporto ; and was employed during 
 the next two years in the Baltic and off the coast 
 of Africa as Midshipman and Master's Mate of the 
 Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris. After a further 
 attachment of 11 months to the Namur 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Thos. Williams at the Nore, he returned 
 to the Baltic and there served, between Feb. 1812, 
 and Sept. 1813, on board the Daphne 20, Capts. 
 Philip Pipon and Jas. Green. He then sailed with 
 Capt. Pipon to South America in the Tagus 36, in 
 which ship, when subsequently cruizing among 
 the Cape de Verde Islands, in company with the 
 Niger 38, he assisted at the capture, 6 Jan. 1814^ of 
 the French 40-gun frigate Ceres. He obtained his 
 commission 21 Sept. 1815, but has not been since 
 afloat. 
 
 HILLIER. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 22; h-p., 
 35.) 
 
 Curry William Hillier, born 6 Jan. 1778, is 
 the son 'of a superannuated Warrant-officer who 
 died at Devonport, 13 March, 1829, aged 89. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as a Ser- 
 vant, on board the Alfred 74, Capts. Harvey and 
 John Bazely, under the latter of whom he fought 
 as Midshipman in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794. 
 While next attached, during a period of three years, 
 to the Blenheim 98, successively commanded by 
 Capts. Bazely, Thos. Lennox Frederick, and Wm. 
 Bowen, we find him participating in one of Ho- 
 tham's engagements in 1795, sharing also in the 
 victory gained by Sir John Jervis off Cape St. Vin- 
 cent 14 Feb. 1797, and witnessing the ensuing bom- 
 bardment of Cadiz by Sir Horatio Nelson. After 
 further figuring in many boat encounters with the 
 enemy's flotilla at the latter place, he removed, in 
 Sept. 1797, to the Emerald 36, Capts. Lord Proby 
 andThos. Moutray Waller, on the Mediterranean 
 station, whore he was for a long time employed at 
 
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 515 
 
 the blockade of Alexandria and Malta, and -where, 
 on 3 Sept. 1798, he managed, in one of the ship's 
 boats, to rescue the Captain and 7 men belonging to 
 the French cutter L'Animma from the fury of the 
 Arabs, who put to death all the remainder of the 
 crew, originally 60 in number. Once, while on 
 detached service in the Crucifix, an armed tender, 
 Mr. Hillier had the misfortune to be wrecked, on 
 the Maltese coast. For his subsequent conduct as 
 Master's Mate of the Pompee 74, Capt. Chas. Stir- 
 ling, in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action oif Algeciras 6 
 July, 1801, on which occasion he received a severe 
 wound,* he was eventually promoted to an Acting- 
 Lieutenancy in the San Antonio 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, one of the prizes 
 taken in the battle fought six days afterwards in 
 the Gut of Gibraltar. Being confirmed, 8 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, into the VASGnARD 74, he served for four 
 years in that ship on the West India station under 
 Capts. Sir Thos. "Williams, Jas. Walker, Lord Wm. 
 FitzRoy, Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, and Jas. New- 
 man Newman — two years of the time as First-Lieu- 
 tenant. He was consequently present at the cap- 
 ture, in 1803, of the French 74-gun ship Le Du- 
 quesne, and of ia Creole, of 44 guns, with the French 
 General Morgan and 530 troops on board ; and he 
 was for some time employed on shore at St. Marc's, 
 St. Domingo, whereGeueraldeHonen and 1100 troops 
 surrendered to him. On landing the latter at St. 
 Nicolas Mole, he was sent with the General and a 
 few prizes to Jamaica. On 4 June, 1806, Mr. Hil- 
 lier was appointed to the Akgo 44, Capt. Stephen 
 Thos. Digby, in whose boats, during a servitude of 
 nearly two years on the Coast of Africa, he was 
 very constantly engaged. In May, 1808, on his 
 arrival at Jamaica, he was under the necessity of 
 going to the hospital at Port Koyal, from which he 
 was soon invaUded and sent to England, where for 
 a prolonged period of 10 weeks he was confined to 
 the hospital at Deal. On his recovery, he was ap- 
 pointed, 21 Feb. 1809, First of the Koyalist 18, 
 Capts. John Maxwell and Geo. Downie ; in the boats 
 of which vessel, after attending the expedition to 
 the Walcheren, he served off Calais, Boulogne, Es- 
 taples, Dieppe, and Havre, and proved instrumental 
 to the capture of not fewer than 11 privateer lug- 
 gers and a cutter. The manner in which he once, 
 in Dec. 1811, destroyed a gun-boat, procured him 
 the mention of Capt. Downie in two official letters. 
 So extreme was the exertion undergone by Mr. 
 HiUier while in the Royalist, that in the month 
 of June, 1812, he was again obliged to be sent to 
 the hospital. During the three years and a half he 
 had been employed in her, she had had as many as 
 six Second-Lieutenants, nearly all of whom had 
 been obliged to leave from the same cause as was 
 ultimately himself; and both her Captains, for ser- 
 vice in which he participated, were promoted to 
 Post-rank. His next and last appointments were 
 to the command— 29 April and 30 Dec. 1813, of the 
 Ei, CoRSO and Defiance, lying (the latter "as a pri- 
 son-ship) at Graveaend and Chatham. His advance- 
 ment to the rank he at present holds took nlace 
 7 June, 1814. 
 
 Commander Hillier's health during the war be- 
 came so shattered, that ho hag never since ceased 
 to feel the efiects of what he then underwent. 
 During the whole term of his career afloat, he was 
 never off duty, except when actually compelled to 
 1)0 so by illness. He was left a widower 19 June, 
 1844. Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 HILLIER. (Commander, 1824. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 42.) 
 Georoe Hillier is brother of Commander C. W. 
 Hillier, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1787, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Alfred 74, Capts. West, 
 Harvey, and Bazely, employed on the Home station, 
 where, on 1 June, 1794, he was present, as Midship- 
 man, in Lord Howe's action. Removing in the fol- 
 lowing Aug. to the liEcraiON 36, commanded in the 
 North Sea by Capt. Jas. Alms, he took part in that 
 * Fii/cGm, 1801, p. 931. 
 
 ship, when in company with several others, in an 
 obstinate fight, wliich terminated in the capture, 
 22 Aug. 1795, of one of three Dutch vessels — the 
 Alliance 36. He continued to serve on the German 
 Ocean in the Ardent 64, Capts. Rich. Rundell 
 Burgess (under whom, who was killed, he shared in 
 the glories of Camperdovra) and Thos. Bertie, until 
 Jan. 1798, on 16 of which month he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the 
 Alliance, arme'e-en-fiute, Capts. Davis, John Baker 
 Hay, and David Wilmot. After participating with 
 much credit in the defence of St. Jean d'Acre he 
 became, 7 June, 1799, First Lieutenant of the Tigre 
 80, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith.* On the 8th, 13th, and 21st of March, 1801, 
 Mr. Hillier was attached to the army under Gene- 
 ral Abercromby, and on those occasions he con- 
 ducted himself to the entire satisfaction of Sir 
 Sidney, who was in command of the seamen on 
 shore. At the close of the Egyptian campaign he 
 was presented with the Turkish gold medal. In 
 March, 1803, having quitted the Tigre in the pre- 
 vious Sept., he rejoined Sir W. S. Smith, again as 
 Senior, on board the Antelope 50, stationed in the 
 North Sea, where, on 16 May, 1804, he was present 
 in a gallant attack made by a British squadron 
 upon a division of the enemy's flotilla passing along 
 shore from Flushing to Ostend. Although at the 
 time he was in an ill state of health, he affdrded Sir 
 Sidney, on the quarter-deck, all the assistance and 
 support in his power. t He continued in the Ante- 
 lope until June, 1805, and was lastly employed, as 
 a Volunteer, with the fire-ships under Capt. Nicho- 
 las Toralinson in the expedition of 1809 to the 
 Scheldt. His promotion to the rank of Commander 
 did not take place until 21 Jan. 1824. 
 
 HILLS. (Csjtain, 1814. r-p., 23 ; H-p., 32.5 
 
 George Hills, born 8 Nov. 1777, is only sur- 
 viving son of Lieut. Wm. Hills, R.N., of Buckland, 
 CO. Kent, who perished when in command of H.M. 
 cutter Mdtine, in a heavy gale of wind, in Dec. of 
 the same year; grandson of the late Admiral John 
 Barker; and nephew of Capt. John Hills, R.N., 
 who lost his life from yellow fever, at Jamaica, in 
 1794, while commanding the Hermionb 32. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1792, as 
 Captain's Servant (under the auspices of his uncle, 
 Capt. John Hills), on board the Bulldog 16, Capt. 
 Geo. Hope, on the Mediterranean station. Accom- 
 panying the same Captain, in Aug. 1793, into 
 L'EcLAiR 18, commanded next by Capt. Geo. Henry 
 Towry, he served in that vessel at the ensuing oc- 
 cupation of Toulon ; after which we find him (untU 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 17 July, 1798) 
 employed for a few months in the Leviathan 74, 
 Capt. Lord Hugh Seymour, and for four years, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Ranger 18, 
 commanded on the Home station by Capts. Jas. 
 Hardy and Chas. Campbell. He then joined L'Ata- 
 LANTE 18, Capts. Digby Dent and Anselm John 
 Griffiths, and was afterwards appointed, on the 
 Channel, Irish, and Halifax stations— 6 May, 1799 
 to the Amethyst 36, Capts. John Cooke, Henry 
 Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell, John Wm. Spranger, 
 and Thos. Alexander— in the autumn of 1804 to 
 the Dkyad 36, Capts. John Giffard and Adam 
 Drummond— 7 Dec. 1807, to the Swiftsuke 74 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren— and' 
 28 Jan. 1808, to the Atalante 18, Capt. John 
 Evans. During an attachment of more than five 
 years to the Amethyst, Mr. Hills (besides assisting 
 at the debarkation of the troops in the expedition 
 of 1800 to Ferrol, and being employed in the con- 
 veyance of royal and diplomatic personages) con- 
 tributed to the capture of three privateers, carrvinff 
 34 guns and 270 men, and was present at the takini? 
 28 Jan. and 9 April, 1801, of the French 36-gun 
 tngate ia Bedaiffneuse, and national corvette ie 
 
 * In June, 1800, Jjent. Hillier accompanied Sir W S 
 .ZlZ IT\ 'l "'' ?°'5' CSty. A jo^al of his exiur: 
 s.on from Jaffd to Jerusalem is given in the 'Naval Chron- 
 icle,' vol. xxni., p. 297 et seq. -"vai i^uron- 
 
 t Fide Gaz. 1804, p. 641. 
 
 3 IT 3 
 
516 
 
 HILLS— hillyar; 
 
 General Brune, of 14 guns. He also, on the night 
 of 29 Aug. 1800, fought in the boats of a squadron, 
 20 in number, commanded by Lieut. Henry Burke, 
 at the cutting-out, close to the batteries in Vigo 
 Bay, of La Guepe prlTateer, of 18 guns and 161 
 men, which vessel, 25 of whose people were killed 
 and 40 wounded, was In 15 minutes boarded and 
 carried, with a loss to the British of 3 seamen and 
 1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 seamen, and 5 
 marines wounded, and 1 seaman missing. "When 
 in the Deitad, in 1806-7, Mr. Hills was for six weeks 
 employed, in company with H.M.S. Diana, in a 
 fruitless quest of two French frigates among the 
 ice-bergs on the coast of Greenland and in Davis' 
 Strait. He was ultimately advanced, 20 April, 1808, 
 to the command of the Coiumbine sloop, on the 
 North American station, whence he returned home 
 and was paid off in March, 1810. He attained Post- 
 rank 7 June, 1814, and was last employed as an 
 Inspecting Commander in the Preventive Water- 
 Guard, from Dec. 1820 to Nov. 1825. He accepted 
 the half-pay of retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. HiUs married, 10 March, 1815, Diana, third 
 daughter of the late Thos. Hammersley, Esq., by 
 whom he has issue eight children. Agents— Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 HILLS. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 36; h-p., 3.) 
 John Hills entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northdmberland 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Hargood ; and during the two following 
 years was often under the fire of the enemy's bat- 
 teries in the Adriatic. From Aug. 1310 until Dec. 
 1814 he was employed in the Channel, off the north 
 coast of Spain, and on the Brazilian station, as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, in the Ikis 36, Capts. 
 Thos. Geo. Shortland and Hood Hanway Christian. 
 While on the Spanish coast he was frequently en- 
 trusted with the hazardous duty of landing arms for 
 the use of the Guerillas. He figured also as a volunteer 
 in two cutting-out expeditions, and, besides otherwise 
 coming into contact with the enemy, assisted in the 
 bombardment and capture of Bermeo and Castro. 
 On leaving the Ikis Mr. Hills, who had passed his 
 examination 7 June, 1814, successively joined the 
 Namuk 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, and Forth 44, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, in which latter ship he es- 
 corted the Duchesse d'Angouleme from Portsmouth 
 to Dieppe, and on the occasion of her arrival and 
 departure was each time selected to attend her at 
 the side of the vessel. Between Sept. 1815 and 
 Dec. 1817 we find him serving on board the Di- 
 siREE and Active frigates, commanded in the West 
 Indies by Capt. Philip Carteret, and Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at 
 Portsmouth. After a subsequent servitude of six 
 years in the Coast Blockade as Admiralty Midship- 
 man and Mate of the Severn frigate, and Ramil- 
 LIES 74, both under the command of Capt. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch, Mr. Hills at length obtained a commis- 
 sion dated 21 Jan. 1824. Rejoining the Coast Block- 
 ade, however, in the following April, he continued 
 in it until its abolition in March, 1831, from which 
 period until advanced to the rank of Commander, 
 23 Nov. 1841, he officiated as a Chief Officer in the 
 Coast Guard. Since 15 May, 1844, he has been 
 again employed in that service. 
 
 During the term of his original servitude in the 
 Coast Blockade and Coast Guard, Commander Hills 
 was five times engaged in conflict with smugglers. 
 In one of them his arm was broken, and in some of 
 the others he had the misfortune to receive per- 
 manent injury. 
 
 HILLS. (Lieutenant, 1806.) 
 
 Thomas Hills entered the Navy, in Dec. 1794, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 100, Capt. 
 John Kjiight, in which ship he was present under 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. Mann in Hotham's 
 action of 13 July, 1795, and under that of Sir John 
 Jervis in the battle fought off Cape St. Vincent 
 14 Feb. 1797. He continued to serve with the last- 
 mentioned officer as Midshipman of the Yille de 
 
 Paris 110, on the Mediterranean and Channel sta- 
 tions, until Jan. 1801, between which period and 
 the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 7 Nov. 1806, he was further, it appears, employed 
 on board the Eueydice 24, Capts. Walter Bathurst 
 and Chas. Malcolm, Seahoksb and Amphithite 
 frigates, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Courtenay 
 Boyle, Bellona 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and 
 John Erskine Douglas, and Hibernia 110, bearing 
 the flag of Earl St. Vincent. He made a voyage in 
 the EuRYDicE to the East Indies, and on his return 
 to the Mediterranean in the Seahorse he served in 
 the boats at the destruction of a convoy in Hyeres 
 Bay in 1804. From 28 Nov. 1806 until 27 May, 
 1811, Lieut. Hills was employed on board the Phi- 
 lomel sloop, Capts. Geo. Crawley, Geo. Downie, 
 Geo. Davies, Spelman Swaine, and Gardiner Henry 
 Guion, under the first named of whom, besides 
 witnessing the surrender, in 1809, of the island of 
 Ithaca, he assisted, on 31 Oct. in that year, in 
 covering the boats of a squadron during a despe- 
 rate and successful attack made by them on a con- 
 voy in the Bay of Rosas. In Sept. 1811 he was 
 appointed to the Leyden 64, armee-en-flute, Capts. 
 Edw. Chetham and John Davie, also in the Medi- 
 terranean, where he remained until Deo. 1814. He 
 afterwards assumed command, in Feb. 1818 and 
 June, 1820, of the Industry Revenue-cutter, and 
 Pigmy schooner, on the Home station; and, since 
 8 March, 1837, he has been in charge (with a brief 
 interval between 9 Oct. and 13 Dec. 1841) of the 
 Semaphore Station at Holder Hill, Mildhurst. 
 Lieut. Hills is married and has issue. 
 
 HILLYAE. (Liedtenant, 1842.) 
 
 Chakles Farrell Hillyar is son of the late 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Jaa. Hillyar, K.C.B., K.C.H. ; * 
 brother of Lieut. H. S. Hillyar, R.N. ; and nephew 
 of Capt. Wm. Hillyar, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 18 March, 1831 ; 
 passed his examination 17 March, 1837 ; served for 
 some time in South America as Mate of the Presi- 
 dent 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton ; and was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 24 March, 1842. He was 
 then employed for several months at Portsmouth on 
 board the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David 
 Milne; and from 12 May, 1843, until paid off at the 
 commencement of 1847, he officiated as a Lieutenant 
 of the Tyne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, on 
 the Mediterranean station. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 HILLYAE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Henry Shank Hillyar is brother of Lieut. C. 
 F. Hillyar, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 24 Dec. 1831 ; passed 
 his examination 14 May, 1838 ; and was employed, 
 as Mate, during the latter part of the hostilities in 
 China, on board the Coenwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Parker. He attained his present rank 23 
 Dec. 1842; and since 18 March, 1843, has been 
 serving in the Wolf 18, Capt. Arthur Vyner, and 
 Wolverene 16, Capts. Wm. John Cavendish CUf- 
 
 * Sir James Hillyar was created a Lieutenant 8 March, 
 1794, and a Ckjmmander 16 April, 1800. He soon afterwards 
 distinguished himself, when in command of tlie Niozr troop- 
 ship, by liis gallantry, in cutting out, with the boats of that 
 vessel and the Minotaur 74, two Spanish corvettes, lying in 
 the road of Barcelona; and in 1801 he bore a conspicuous 
 part in the operations of tlic Egyptian campaign. On the 
 recommendation of Lord Nelson, and in consideration of his 
 services, he was advanced to Post-rank 29 Feb. 1804. When 
 subsequently in command of the Phcebe frigate, he contri- 
 buted to the reduction of the Isle of France in Deo. 1810; 
 participated, off Madagascar, in an action fought 20 May, 
 1811, between a British squadron under Commodore Charles 
 Marsh Schomberg, and a French force under Commodore 
 Frangois Roquebert ; co-operated next in the capture of the 
 island of Java ; and on 28 May, 18H, succeeded, in company 
 with the Cherub sloop, in making prize of the American 
 frigate Bssea:, of 46 guns and 265 men. In acknowledgment 
 ot the importance of his professional career Capt. Hillyar 
 was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1816 ; a K.C.H. 1 Jan. 1834 j 
 and a K.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He acquired Flag rank 10 Jan. 
 1837 ; and died a Rear-Admiral of the White, at Tor House. 
 Torpoint, 10 July, 1843, aged 73. 
 
HILLYAR— HILTON. 
 
 517 
 
 ford and John Chas. Dalrymple Hay, both on the 
 East India station. On 19 Aug. 1845, as Senior of 
 the latter vessel, he took command of her pinnace, 
 and served with the boats of a sq^uadron, carrying 
 altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the 
 destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the pirati- 
 cal settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the 
 island of Borneo, where the British encountered a 
 desperate opposition, and sustained a loss of 6 men 
 killed and 15 wounded.* Agests— Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 HILLYAR. (Captain, 1836. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 26.) 
 William Hillyar, born 3 June, 1788, is son of 
 Jas. Hillyar, Esq., Surgeon K.N. ; brother of the 
 late Rear-Admiral Sir Jas. HiUyar, K.C.B., K.C.H., 
 and of the present Dr. Kobt. Purkis Hillyar, K..H., 
 K.T.S., Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets, who 
 served as Surgeon of the Boebdck and Apollo in 
 the expeditions of 1801 and 1807 to Egypt, and was 
 Surgeon of the Albion 74, at the battle of Navarin ; 
 and uncle of Lieuts. C. E. and H. S. HiUyar, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38, Capts. Hon. 
 Kobt. Stopford and Jas. N. Morris, of which frigate 
 his brother, the late Sir Jas. Hillyar, was then Se- 
 cond-Lieutenant. During the five following years 
 he presents himself to our notice as being very ac- 
 tively employed— a great part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman — oft" the coast of France, also in cruizing 
 to the westward, and ultimately in the Mediterra^ 
 nean, where he co-operated for several months with 
 the Austrian army on the northern shores of Italy, 
 and beheld the surrender of Genoa. Towards the 
 close of 1800 he joined the Nigek troop-ship, un- 
 der the orders of his brother, with whom he con- 
 tinued uninterruptedly to serve, chiefly on the Me- 
 diterranean station, until Jan. 1808. On the 18th 
 of Aug. 1803, while at the blockade of Genoa, Mr. 
 Hillyar was sent with a prize felucca and a small 
 boat, under the command of Lieut. Jones, to eftect 
 the capture of a large Greek ship steering for that 
 port. Determined, apparently, to reach their des- 
 tination, and availing themselves of a light breeze 
 which had sprung up and retarded the advance of 
 the British, the enemy maintained a stern and fierce 
 resistance. Lieut. Jones, at the commencement of 
 the conflict, was mortally wounded, but, although 
 they were at first repulsed, the crew of the felucca, 
 now led by Mr. Hillyar, returned to the charge, and 
 in a few minutes gained possession of the ship's 
 deck, the Greeks being compelled either to run be- 
 low or jump overboard. To evince his estimation 
 of this exploit. Lord Nelson, on the 27th of the 
 same month, promoted Mr. Hillyar to the vacancy 
 created by the death of Lieut. Jones, and as he had 
 but just accomplished his 15th year, his Lordship 
 further obtained an Order in Council to confirm 
 this mark of extraordinary favour. Of the Niger, 
 which ship was afterwards employed for a long 
 time, as an active frigate, at the blockade of Toulon 
 and Cadiz, our officer eventually became First- 
 Lieutenant. His appointments on leaving her were 
 —18 March and 18 Nov. 1808, to the Woolwich 
 armee-en-fldte, and Hind 28, Capts. Eras. Beaufort 
 and John Rich. Lumley, also in the Mediterranean, 
 where he officiated for 20 months as Senior Lieute- 
 nant of the last-mentioned vessel — and 16 Aug. 
 1810 and 8 May, 1811, to the Christian VII. 80, 
 and Caledonia 120, bearing each the flag, off the 
 Scheldt and again in the Mediterranean, of the late 
 Lord Exmouth, under whom, besides witnessing the 
 partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, with 
 the Toulon fleet, he was again, in April, 1814, pre- 
 sent at the fall of Genoa — we believe as First-Lieu- 
 tenant. Being advanced to the rank of Commander 
 by commission dated 27 Aug. 1814, Capt. Hillyar 
 was subsequently appointed in that capacity— 6 
 July, 1824, to the Coast Guard at Merazion, where 
 he remained three years— and, 14 March, 1834, to 
 the Revenge 78, Capt. Wm. Elliott, in which ship, 
 successively employed on the Lisbon and Mediter- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1845, p. 6536. 
 
 ranean stations, he remained until posted 20 Jan. 
 1836. During the preceding year he had been or- 
 dered to observe and report upon the sailing-trials 
 between H.M. ships Vernon, Barham, and Colum- 
 bine, and so completely did the report he made win 
 the approbation of the Sea Lords of the Admiralty, 
 that in the June following his promotion he was 
 nominated Secretary (in the Bellerophon 80) to 
 Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, for the purpose of making 
 all the observations and reports required in a series 
 of experimental cruizes then about to take place. 
 He left the Bellerophon in Dec. 1836 ; and was 
 lastly employed, from 15 May, 1840, until he re- 
 signed 7 Aug. 1841, on board the Sodthampton 50, 
 as Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. Durnford King, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 Capt. Hillyar is married and has issue. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HILTON. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 19; h-p.,.33.) 
 George Hilton, bom 18 Feb. 1782, is brother 
 of Retired Commander Stephen Hilton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromache 32, Capt. 
 Chas. John Moore Mansfield, with whom he served, 
 in the same ship, and in the Drvad 36, until April, 
 1801. While in the Andromache, he participated, 
 as Midshipman, in three sharp encounters with the 
 enemy — the first time, on 31 Jan. 1797, when, in a 
 mistaken engagement of 40 minutes with an Alge- 
 rine of similar force, 66 of whose people were killed 
 and 50 badly wounded, the British sustained a loss 
 of 3 men killed and 6 wounded ; the second, in an 
 action fought, in the same year, off Cadiz between 
 the Andromache and three British ships on the 
 one side, and a Spanish 74 on the other ; and the 
 third, in an affair with some Spanish gun-boats 
 near the batteries of Algeciras, in which the An- 
 dromache, while in escort of a convoy, had 4 men 
 killed and 19 wounded. When in the Dryad, in 
 the summer of 1800, Mr. Hilton assisted in taking 
 captive a small Swedish frigate, the Vila Fersen, 
 a step rendered necessary by opposition the latter 
 had offered to being detained. He was ultimately 
 (while serving in the Channel on board the Ville 
 DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Comwallis) 
 made Lieutenant, 29 July, 1801, into the Royal 
 George 100, Capt. John Child Purvis, with whom 
 he continued until paid off in April, 1802. On 23 
 of the following July he rejoined the Dryad, then 
 commanded by Capt. Robt. Williams, on the Irish 
 station. On the renewal of hostilities in 1803, Com- 
 modore Wm. Domett having hoisted his broad pen- 
 dant on board that frigate, Mr. Hilton was sent by 
 him in a Revenue-cutter for the purpose of raising 
 seamen, of whom the Navy was at the time in great 
 need. Having put into a small harbour, to the 
 south-west of the Cove of Cork, he landed with a 
 party of men and proceeded towards Skibbereen 
 with a view to the impressment of some sailors 
 known to be at that place. On his way, however, 
 he sustained a furious attack from a body of pea^ 
 santry, who, besides more or less beating his men, 
 inflicted upon him two severe cuts in the head, and 
 all but deprived him of life. Being again, in Aug. 
 1804, placed under the orders of Admiral Comwallis 
 in the Ville de Paris, Mr. Hilton had an oppor- 
 tunity, on 22 Aug. 1805, of joining in that officer's 
 pursuit of the French fleet into Brest, and of after- 
 wards acting for five months as his First-Lieutenant. 
 His next appointment, we find, was, in Feb. 1807, to 
 the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, 
 whom he accompanied in the ensuing expedition to 
 Copenhagen, whence, on the surrender of the Danish 
 shipping, he was sent home in command of the Pek- 
 LEN, one of the largest of the enemy's frigates. 
 While subsequently attached, between July, 1808, 
 and May, 1810, in the capacity of First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Atlas 98, bearing the flag of his old Cap- 
 tain, Purvis, he witnessed many of the operations 
 connected with the defence of Cadiz, and was for 
 a considerable time charged, in addition to his 
 other duties, with the province of translating all 
 
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 HILTON-HINDE-HINDMARSH. 
 
 the public, as well as private, Spanish correspond- 
 ence. In Oct. 1810, Mr. Hilton became First of 
 the Africa 64, bearing the flag of the late Sir 
 Herbert Sawyer on the Halifax station ; where, 
 from 14 Sept. 1813, until 7 June, 1814, he further 
 served as Flag-Lieutenant to the same ofScer in 
 the Trent 36. He was then invested with the 
 command of the Nimrod 18, which he retained, 
 on the North American and Cork stations, until 
 paid off in Sept. 1815. He has not been since 
 afloat. 
 
 Commander Hilton married, 23 April, 1816, Eliza- 
 beth, eldest sister of the present Commander John 
 Harvey, E.N., and was left a widower 25 Feb. 1819. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HILTON, K.F.M. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 John Hilton entered the Navy, 12 July, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hecla sloop, Capt. Peter 
 Turner Bover, part of the force employed in the 
 ensuing expedition to the Helder. After further 
 serving for a short time with the same oflBcer as 
 Midshipman in the Meg^ha fire-vessel, he joined 
 Sir Andrew Mitchell, in Sept. 1800, on board the 
 "Windsor Casti.b 98, in which ship and in the 
 Blenheim 98, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral 
 Manley Dixon, he did duty, in the Channel and 
 North Sea, until Nov. 1802. Between April, 1803, 
 and Deo. 1805, we find him employed off the coast 
 of Ireland, and again in the Channel, on board the 
 Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford, and Hibernia 
 110, flag-ship of Lord Gardner ; and participating, 
 during that period, in the capture, by the Thun- 
 derer and other vessels, of the French frigate ha 
 Franchise, of 36 guns. In Feb. 1806 he became 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Topaze frigate, Capts. 
 Wm. Luke and Anselm John Griffiths, attached to 
 the force on the coast of Ireland, where he re- 
 mained until the period of his official promotion, 
 which took place 15 Aug. following. His subse- 
 quent appointments were — 15 Oct. 1806, to the 
 Gloht 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, off Cadiz — 
 21 Oct. 180? and 15 Feb. 1808, to the Sultan 74, 
 and Chiffonne frigate, Capts. Edw. Griffith and 
 John Wainwright, fitting at Woolwich and Ports- 
 mouth—and, 6 June, 1808, 16 Nov. 1811, and 7 
 June, 1813, to the Bustard 10, Ganymede 26, and 
 Minstrel 20, Capts. John Duff Markland, John 
 Brett Purvis, and Robt. Mitford, all on the Medi- 
 terranean station. On 24 July, 1809, he received 
 four wounds while attempting to burn an armed 
 felucca under Cape del Arme ; and, on 23 Sept. 
 1811, he obtained the royal authority to accept and 
 wear the insignia of a XC.F.M., which his Sicilian 
 Majesty had been pleased to confer on him " as a 
 testimony of his royal approbation of the great cou- 
 rage and intrepidity displayed by him in various 
 actions with the enemy's vessels near Messina." 
 His promotion to the rank of Commander took 
 place 15 June, 1814 ; since which period he has not 
 been employed. Agents— Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 HILTON. (Eetiked Commander, 1839. f-p., 21; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 Stephen Hilton, born 9 Aug. 1785, is brother of 
 Commander Geo. Hilton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1795, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Bristol, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Hutchison, lying at Chatham ; and, from 
 July, 1796, until Jan. 1798, was borne at Sheerness 
 on the books of the Grana, Lieut.-Commander 
 Dixon. Re-embarking, in Aug. 1799, on board the 
 Pearl 32, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, he proceeded 
 to the Mediterranean, where, during a continuance 
 of two years, he participated as Midshipman in va- 
 rious cutting-out affairs in the vicinity of Toulon, 
 and attended the expedition of 1801 to Egypt. Be- 
 tween Feb. 1802 and March, 1805, he served on the 
 Home station in the Acasta 40, Capts. Edw. Fel- 
 lowes and Jas. Athol Wood, Revolutionnaire 
 frigate, Capt. Walter Lock, and Queen 98, Capts. 
 Thos. Jones and Manley Dixon. He then became 
 
 Master's Mate of the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. 
 John Moore Mansfield, and, after sharing in the 
 glories of Trafalgar, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806. Being appointed, on 14 
 of the foUovidng June, to the Revenge 74, Capts. 
 Sir John Gore, Hon. Chas. Paget, and Alex. Robt. 
 Kerr, he witnessed, 25 Sept. in the same year, the 
 capture of four heavy French frigates by a squa- 
 dron under Sir Sam. Hood, off Rochefort, and was 
 further present, in 1809, at the destruction of the 
 French shipping in Basque Roads, and the siege of 
 Flushing. On the latter occasion he was sent on 
 shore with a party of 80 seamen, and while em- 
 ployed in a battery was slightly wounded by the 
 explosion of a cartridge, which killed 3 of his men 
 and seriously injured a Midshipman.* His subse- 
 quent appointments were, always as First-Lieute- 
 nant— in 1810-11, to the Primrose 18, Capts. Thos. 
 Burton and Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, Sophie 18, 
 Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, and Pique 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland, on the Home station — 14 March, 
 1812, to the Leopard 50, armee en flute, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Dillon, under whom he was actively em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean and on the coast of 
 Spain in the conveyance of troops and provisions 
 for Lord Wellington's army — 28 April, 1814, to the 
 Desiree 36, Capt. Wm. Woohridge, in which frigate 
 he made a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, and 
 was next stationed in the Downs and off the Scheldt 
 —and, 19 Sept. 1815 and 11 March, 1816, to the 
 Spencer 74, and Malta' 80, Capts. Wm. Kobt. 
 Broughton and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, guard-ships 
 at Plymouth. He went on half-pay 28 Feb. 1817; 
 and accepted the rank he now holds 7 Jan. 1839. 
 
 Commander Hilton married in 1818, and has issue 
 nine children. 
 
 HINDE. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Edwin Thomas Hinde entered the Navy 24 
 July, 1829 ; and in 1831, while Midshipman of the 
 Dryad 42, Capt. John Hayes, was officially reported 
 for the conduct he displayed in her tender, the 
 Black Joke, at the capture, by boarding, of a 
 slave-vessel of superior force. He passed his exa- 
 mination 6 July, 1836 ; was employed, from 1841 
 until the close of 1843, in the Mediterranean, as 
 Mate of the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers ; 
 obtained his commission 10 June, 1844 ; and since 
 9 Sept. 1844, has been stationed in the East Indies 
 on board the Chuizek 16, Capts. Edw. Gennys Fan- 
 shawe, Wm. Maclean, and Edw. Peirse. 
 
 HINDMARSH, K.H. (Captain, 1831. f-p., 22; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 John Hindmarsh entered the Navy, in May, 
 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellerophon 
 74, Capts. Thos. Pasley, Wm. Hope, Lord Crans- 
 toun, John Loring, and Henry D'Esterre Darby, in 
 which ship he was employed for the long period of 
 seven years, and was consequently present in Lord 
 Howe's action of 1 June, 1794, in Cornwallis' re- 
 treat of 16 and 17 June, 1795, and at the battle of 
 the Nile, besides sharing, as Midshipman, in most 
 of Nelson's boat-operations off Cadiz in 1797, and 
 contributing, in 1799, to the capture of the forts at 
 Naples and Gaeta. During the action off the Nile 
 he was for some time the only person left on the 
 Bellerophon's quarter-deck, and being so at the 
 moment her opponent, L' Orient, caught fire, he or- 
 dered the cable -to be cut and the spritsail to be set, 
 a measure which, in the opinion of Capt. Darby 
 (who returned to the quarterdeck from the Sur- 
 geon's hands immediately afterwards), saved the 
 ship from destruction. For his conduct on that 
 glorious day Mr. Hindmarsh had the honour of 
 eliciting the public thanks of Lord Nelson, to whom, 
 as subsequently to Earl St. Vincent, and to all the 
 Nile Captains, he was personally presented by Capt. 
 Darby. Although, on the occasion, he received so 
 severe a contusion as ultimately to lose the sight 
 of an eye (a misfortune for which he never obtained 
 
 • FWeGai. 1809, p. 1327. 
 
HINGSTON-HIPPISLEY-HIRE. 
 
 519 
 
 any pension), yet, to his honour be it recorded, no- 
 thing could induce him to leave his station. Ac- 
 companying Capt. Darby, in May, 1800, into the 
 Spencer 74, he had an opportunity, in July, 1801, 
 of sharing both in the action off Algeciras, and in 
 the victory gained by Sir Jas. Saumarez in the 
 Gut of Gibraltar ; where he also came into fre- 
 quent boat-contact with the Spaniards, and was 
 once in particular engaged in repelling a serious 
 attack made by their flotilla upon H.M.S. North- 
 umberland, of 74 guns. The Spencer being paid 
 off in Sept. 1802, on her return from a voyage to 
 the West Indies, Mr. Hindmarsh next, in April, 
 1803, joined the Victory 100, bearing the flag in 
 the Mediterranean of Lord Nelson, through whose 
 influence he waa promoted, on 1 of the following 
 Aug., to a Lieutenancy in the Phcebe 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos- Bladen Capel. During a servitude of 
 more than two years in that frigate, he commanded 
 her boats at the capture of many of the enemy's 
 vessels, and in one instance, having successfully 
 stormed some batteries in the neighbourhood of 
 Toulon, he brought out a ship which had been lying 
 under their protection. After participating in the 
 battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, he contributed, at 
 its close, to the preservation of two of the prizes, 
 the Smiftmre and the Balutma, and was subsequently 
 placed in charge, first of the JFouguettx, and then of the 
 JBaluzma. On leaving the Phgsbe he was appointed, 
 in Nov. 1805, Senior of the Beagle 18, Capts. Geo. 
 Digby and Fras. Newcombe, under whom he was 
 for a long time employed on the coast of France, 
 and proved instrumental to the capture of many 
 very heavy privateers. During the operations con- 
 nected with the destruction of the French squadron 
 in Aix Roads, in April, 1809, the Beagle, with a 
 degree of gallantry that procured her general ad- 
 miration, took up a position between H. M. ships 
 and the enemy, and remained on the quarters of 
 the Aquilon 74, and Ville de Varsotiie 80, until they 
 successively struck their colours. She then fol- 
 lowed the Ocean 120, up the river Charente, and, 
 having moored across the stern of that ship, con- 
 tinued in hot action with her for a period of five 
 hours, when the turning of the tide compelled her 
 to desist. After assisting at the reduction of 
 Flushing, Mr. Hindmarsh was nominated First- 
 Lieutenant of the Nisus 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, 
 and ordered to the Isle of France, where he ar- 
 rived in time to aid in its subjugation, and to 
 command a large detachment of boats sent to take 
 possession of its coast batteries. He next, in Sept. 
 1811, beheld the fall of Java, and in May, 1813, 
 he invalided home. His promotion to the rank of 
 Commander took place 15 June, 1814, but it was 
 not until 8 March, 1830, that he succeeded in ob- 
 taining another appointment. He was then placed 
 in command of the Scylla 18, fitting for the Me- 
 diterranean, from which station, on advancement 
 to Post-rank 3 Sept. 1831, he returned home. On 
 21 April, 1836, Capt. Hindmarsh (who had been al- 
 lowed, previously to joining the Scylla, to study 
 at the Koyal Naval College) was next appointed to 
 the Bdpfalo 6, for the purpose of founding the 
 colony of South Australia— a settlement of which 
 he became the first Governor. He left the Buffalo 
 in June, 1837, and has not since helii any employ- 
 ment afloat. 
 
 On 4 May, 1836, Capt. Hindmarsh had the honour 
 of being invested with the insignia of a K.H. His 
 nomination to the Lieutenant-Governorship of Heli- 
 goland, which he still retains, was effected on 28 
 Sept. 1840. Capt. Hindmarsh's only son, John, now 
 a Barrister, was formerly in the Navy, having en- 
 tered the College in 1833 (where he continued two 
 years and carried off the first medal) and been sub- 
 sequently employed for six months with Capt. Thos. 
 Brown in the Caledonia 120. One of his daugh- 
 ters, Mary, is married to G. M. Stephen, Esq., son of 
 Judge Stephen, and brother of Sir Alfred Stephen, 
 Chief Justice of New South Wales ; and another, 
 Jane, is the wife of A. M. Mundy, Esq., Colonial 
 Secretary for South Australia, nephew of Admiral 
 Sir Geo. Mundy, G.C.B., brother of E. M. Mundy, 
 
 Esq., M.P., of Shipley Hall, co. Derby, and brother- 
 in-law of the Duchess of Newcastle. 
 
 KINGSTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 George Hingston entered the Navy 28 April, 
 1807 ; passed his examination in 1814 ; and obtained 
 his commission 10 Jan. 1825. He has not been since 
 employed. 
 
 HIPPISLEY. (Liedt., 1836. r-p., 30 ; h-p., 6.) 
 Charles James Hippisley, born 23 Sept. 1798, 
 is third son of the late Gustavus Mathias Hippisley, 
 Esq., by Ellen, third daughter of Thos. Fitzgerald, 
 knight of Ghn, of Ghn Castle, co. Limerick ; and 
 grandson of the late Robt. Hippisley Trenchard, 
 Esq., of Abbot's Leigh Court, co. Somerset, Cut- 
 teridge, co. Wilts, and Mount Trenchard, Ireland. 
 One of his brothers, Robt. Fitzgerald Hippisley, 
 now deceased, was also a Lieutenant in the Navy. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. 
 Donald Campbell, stationed in the North Sea, and 
 from the following Dec. until July, 1814, was em- 
 ployed in the Prince of Wales 98, Capts. Thos. 
 Burton and John Erskine Douglas, on the Medi- 
 terranean station, where, in April of the latter year, 
 he was present, as Midshipman, at the capture of 
 Genoa. Prior to Oct. 1815, he next, we iind, served 
 in the West Indies on board the RiNALiio 10, Capts. 
 Arch. Tisdall and John Undrell, but, being then 
 paid off, he did not again go afloat until April, 1822, 
 on 14 of which month he was nominated Master's 
 Mate of the Pigmy 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos. 
 Hills, with whom he cruized on the Channel and 
 Irish stations until March, 1823. His name was 
 then borne for two years on the books of the Bul- 
 wark 76, from which ship, commanded at Plymouth 
 and Portsmouth by Capt. Thos. Dundas, he was 
 lent as Mate in July, 1824 (having passed his exa- 
 mination on 4 of the preceding Feb.) to the He- 
 rald yacht, Capt. H. J. Leeke, for the purpose of 
 making a voyage to St. Petersburg. After a further 
 employment of 2 years at Plymouth and off Lisbon 
 in the Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman 
 and Edw. Durnford King, Mr. Hippisley, in June, 
 1827, was appointed Chief Mate of the Hornet 
 Revenue cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Henry Nevill 
 Eastwood, Henry Crocker, and Dan. M'Neale 
 Beatty, on the coast of Ireland. In July, 1831, 
 and May, 18.32, he successively removed to the 
 Sprightly and Hakpy, other Revenue vessels, 
 commanded, on Channel service, by Lieut. Thos. 
 HoUoway Holman and Edw. Youel. He left the 
 Harpy on the ultimate attainment of his present 
 rank, 15 Jan. 1836, and since 9 of the following 
 March has been in charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Hippisley, who is Senior of 1836, is in pos- 
 session of testimonials that do him much credit. 
 He married, 14 Deo. 1826, Mary Eliza Temple, se- 
 cond daughter of the late John Wills, Esq., Purser 
 and Paymaster, R.N. (1797.) 
 
 HIRE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 36; h-p., 6.) 
 
 Frederick Hire was bom 15 Jan. 1796, and died 
 in 1846. He was brother of the present Lieut. Henry 
 Hire, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard L'Aiglb 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Wolfe. He was present, in the course of the same 
 year, in Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis' pursuit of 
 the French fleet into Brest, and also in an action off 
 Vigo, in which the British frigate captured one and 
 defeated the rest of a flotilla of nine gun-boats by 
 whom she had been attacked. In March, 1808, he 
 enacted a Midshipman's part, and was wounded in 
 a very gallant engagement fought by L'Aigle with 
 two Erenoh frigates and the enemy's batteries on 
 He de Groix, where, besides having 3 of her guns 
 split and dismounted, a bower-anchor cut in two, 
 and her mainmast and bowsprit irreparably iiyured 
 the former ship had two-and-twenty of her people 
 more or less severely hurt. One of her antagonists 
 
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 HIRE— HIRTZEL. 
 
 was compelled to take shelter under a fort ; and the 
 other to run on shore on Pointe des Chats. In 
 April, 1809, immediately prior to the destruction of 
 the shipping in Aix Boads, Mr. Hire served in the 
 boats under Lieut. Rich. Devonshire at the destruc- 
 tion of the works on the Boyart Rock, a hazardous 
 achievement, which elicited the thanks of Lord 
 Gambler; and he subsequently, on becoming at- 
 tached to the Walcheren armament, assisted in 
 forcing the passage between Flushing and Cadsand ; 
 on which occasion L' Aigle, in consequence of a shell 
 bursting in her after-gun-room, sustained a loss of 5 
 men wounded, and had her stem-frame greatly da- 
 maged. Continuing in the same ship until Nov. 
 1810, our officer had an opportunity, during a cruize 
 to the westward, of contributing to the capture of 
 Le Phoenix privateer, of 18 guns and 120 men. In 
 Feb. 1811 he joined the Prince Frederick 64, 
 Capt. Peter Fisher, lying at Plymouth, where he 
 remained until the ensuing Oct. ; between which 
 period and the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 11 Feb. 1815, he presents himself to our 
 notice as employed on the Channel, Mediterranean, 
 and Irish stations, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the 
 Pelorus 18, Capts. Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Hon. 
 Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Robt. Gambier, Lord 
 Algernon Percy, Chas. Hole, and John Gourly ; and 
 as assisting at the capture, during that period, of a 
 convoy off Rochefort in Jan. 1811, and of Genoa 
 and its dependencies in April, 1814. From 8 May to 
 31 Dec. 1815, Mr. Hire was again employed under 
 the orders of Capt. Gambier on board the Myr- 
 midon 20, which vessel, being part of the squadron 
 present at the surrender of Napoleon Buonaparte, 
 was charged with the conveyance to England of a 
 portion of the unfortunate Emperor's suite. His 
 subsequent appointments were — for a short time in 
 1818, to the Water Guard— 4 July, 1823, to the same 
 service — 10 Feb. 1824, to the Coast Blockade, in 
 which he continued, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, until its aboli- 
 tion in March, 1831 — on 16 of the latter month, to 
 the Coast Guard — 23 March, 1835, to the command 
 of the Adelaide Revenue cutter — and, 17 March, 
 1838, again to the Coast Guard, in which service he 
 died. 
 
 Lieut. Hire married a daughter of the late Capt. 
 Wm. Stephens, H.N., by whom he has left issue. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 HIKE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 George AnoKSTus Hire passed his examination 
 4 Jan. 1831 ; obtained an appointment in the Coast 
 Guard 4 Dec. 1839 ; and continued in that service 
 until advanced to his present rank, 1 July, 1846. 
 He has since been on halt-pay. 
 
 Donald Campbell, on the North Sea station. On 
 leaving that ship he served mth great activity, 
 from March, 1810, to Aug. 1813, in the Naetilds 
 18, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. 
 Thos. Dench {whom see) ; and he then cruized for 
 15 months with Capts. Benj. Crispin and Jas. Ar- 
 thur Murray in the Scout 18, also in the Mediter- 
 ranean. We believe he has been in command, ever 
 since Oct. 1823, of the Convict ship at Bermuda. 
 
 Lieut. Hire is married and has issue. One of his 
 children, Henry William, is a Lieutenant, R.N. ; 
 and another. Unity Isabella, the wife of John Scott 
 Tucker, Esq., third son of the late Joseph Tucker, 
 Esq., Surveyor of the Navy. Agents— Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 HIRE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henry William Hire is son of Lieut. Henry 
 Hire, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 9 Feb. 1830 ; passed 
 his examination 6 April, 1836; and, during the 
 latter portion of his servitude as Mate, was em- 
 ployed in North America and the West Indies on 
 board the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. Ramsay. Being 
 made Lieutenant, 15 Sept. 1841, into the Race- 
 horse 18, Capt. John Coghlan Fitzgerald, attached 
 to the force on the same station, he there continued 
 to serve, both in the last-mentioned vessel and in 
 the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill, until the 
 spring of 1842. His next appointments, it appears, 
 were, in the Mediterranean — 20 June, 1842, as Ad- 
 ditional, to the QcEEN 110, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. B. Owen— and, 21 Jan. 1843 and 25 
 Oct. and 16 Nov. 1844, as First, to the Snake 16, 
 Bonetta surveying-vessel, and Hecla steatn-sloop, 
 Capts. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, Thos. 
 Saumarez Brock, John Dufflll, and Chas. Starmer. 
 He has been employed, since 13 March, 1847, in the 
 Rattler steam-sloop, Capt. Rich. Moorman, on 
 Particular Service. 
 
 HIRE. (Lieutenant, 1808.) 
 
 Heney Hire is brother of the late Lieut. Fred. 
 Hire, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 July, 1801, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Prince George 98, Capt. 
 John Tremayne Rodd, bearing the flag in the Chan- 
 nel of Sir Chas. Cotton, with whom he continued 
 until April, 1802. Re-embarking, in Feb. 1803, on 
 board the Boadicea 38, Capt. John Maitland, he 
 took part, in the following Aug., while on his re- 
 turn from Ferrol, in a sel^sought and very gallant 
 skirmish fought by that frigate with the French 74 
 Le Duguay Trouin. Towards the close of the same 
 year he rejoined Sir C. Cotton in the San Josef 
 110, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in 
 which he remained until June, 1807. He then re- 
 moved to the ViLLE DE Paris 1 10, bearing the flag 
 of Lord Gambier, but in May, 1808, was again 
 placed under the orders of Sir C. Cotton, on board 
 the HiBERNiA 110, part of the force employed on 
 the Lisbon station, where, on 16 of the following 
 Oct., he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Prim- 
 rose 18. He removed soon afterwards to the Adda- 
 cious 74, Capts. Thos. Le Marchant Gosseliu and 
 
 HIRTZEL. (Commander, 1842. r-p., 22; 
 
 H-p., 13.) 
 George John Hirtzel, born at Exeter, is son of 
 the late Geo. Hirtzel, Esq., of that place. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Andromeda 24, Capt. 
 Rich. Arthur, vrith whom he served on the Lisbon 
 and Mediterranean stations, for some time as Mid- 
 shipman, until Deo. 1815. Until Jan. 1821 he was 
 next employed in the Comds 22, Capt. Thos. Tudor 
 Tucker, also in the Berwick 74 and Impregnable 
 104, both flag-ships at Plymouth, and in the Spar- 
 tan 46, commanded on Particular Service by Capt. 
 Wm. Furlong Wise. While under the latter officer 
 he passed his examination, 4 June, 1819 ; and on 
 leaviiig him he was for upwards of ten years conti- 
 nuously employed in North America and the West 
 Indies on board the Niemen 28, Capt. Edw. Rey- 
 nolds Sibly, Jdpiter 50, Capts. David Dunn, Sir 
 Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, and Wm. Webb, Hdssak 
 46, and Winchester 52, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Ogle 
 and Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys (under the latter of 
 whom he officiated as Acting-Signal-Lieutenant from 
 May to Oct. 1830), and Grasshopper 18, Capt. John 
 Elphinstoue Erskine. After he had also acted for 
 nine months as Lieutenant of the latter sloop, Mr. 
 Hirtzel was at length officially promoted by com- 
 mission dated 7 June, 1831. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were— 8 July, 1836, to the Dublin 50, 
 bearing the flag at the Brazils of Sir Graham Eden 
 Hamond— 28 Deo. 1836, as Senior, to the Harrier 
 18, Capt. Wm. Henry Hallowell Carew, of which 
 vessel, stationed until 1839 in the Pacific, he acted 
 for some time as Commander— and, 1 Dec. 1841, as 
 First, to the Alfred 50, fitting for the broad 
 pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis. He 
 was promoted to his present rank in honour of Her 
 Majesty's visit to Portsmouth, 7 March, 184^ but 
 has not been since afloat. 
 
 When a Mate in North America, Commander 
 Hirtzel appears to have had frequent charge of 
 small vessels. He is married and has issue. 
 
HITCHINS-HOAR— HOARE. 
 
 521 
 
 HITCHINS. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 
 IC; H-p., 34.) 
 Joseph Hitchins entered the Navy, in Aug. 
 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Royai, George 
 100, Capt. John Draper, bearing the flag off Cadiz 
 of Sir John Orde. In June, 1799, he joined La 
 LoiKE frigate, Capt. Jas. Newman Newman ; and 
 after a servitude of nearly two years and a half 
 with that officer in the Channel he removed, in 
 Nov. 1801, to the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, 
 and sailed for the "West Indies, where, on 4 Nov. 
 1803, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 
 J3oLDS frigate, Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert Evans. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 3 July, 1804, 
 to the Veteran 64, Capts. J. N. Newman and A. F. 
 Evans, also in the West Indies— 29 July, 1806, and 
 6 Feb. 1807, to the Blonde 38 and Leyden 64, 
 Capts. Volant Vashon Ballard and Wra. Cumber- 
 land, on the Home station — 21 March, 1807, to the 
 Sdrveillante 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Kalph Collier, 
 with whom he accompanied the expedition to Co- 
 penhagen and then made a voyage to the Brazils — 
 in Oct. 1809 and May, 1810, to the Echo 18, Capt. 
 Robt. Keen, and Fylla 20, Capts. Hon. Edw. 
 Rodney and Henry Prescott, both in the Channel — 
 and, 29 Sept. 1812, to the Doncan 74, Capts. Robt. 
 Lambert, Smith, and Thos. Ussher. He left the 
 latter ship on her return home from the Mediterra^ 
 nean in Aug. 1814 ; and on 4 May, 1836, accepted 
 the rank of Retired Commander. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 HOAR. (LiBDTEN ANT, 1803. F-P., 1.5 ; H-P., 36.) 
 Balch Nun Hoar entered the Navy, in Oct. 
 1796, as A. B., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Larcom. In that ship, which afterwards bore the 
 flag of Sir Roger Curtis, he continued to serve as 
 Midshipman on the Channel, North Sea, and Irish 
 stations, until 1798, when he removed to the Incen- 
 diary 14, Capt. Geo. Barker, and sailed for the 
 Mediterranean. In 1799 he rejoined Sir Roger 
 Curtis at the Cape of Good Hope on board the 
 Lancaster 64, from which vessel he was promoted, 
 6 Jan. 1803, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Tre- 
 mendous 74, Capt. John Osborn — an appointment 
 officially sanctioned on 15 of the following April. 
 On 21 April, 1806, while on her passage with a 
 homeward-bound convoy from India, where she had 
 been employed for upwards of three years, the latter 
 ship pursued and fought a close action of an hour 
 and a quarter with the French 40-gun frigate Can- 
 7ioniere, who in the end elFected her escape, with a 
 loss, besides being greatly damaged, of 7 men killed 
 and 25 wounded. Mr. Hoar's appointments, after 
 he left the Tremendous, were— 9 Aug. 1806, to the 
 Illustrious 74, Capt. Wm. Shield and Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton, in the Mediterranean — 8 Aug. 1808, to 
 the Pelorus sloop, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King — 7 
 April, 1809, to the Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, 
 for passage to the East Indies — 11 July, 1809, to 
 the Lion 64, Capt. Henry Heathcote, at St. Helena 
 —18 May, 1810, to the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, 
 under whom he witnessed the earlier operations 
 connected with the reduction of Java — and lastly, 
 17 May, 1813, after one-and-twenty months of half- 
 pay, to the Grasshopper sloop, Capt. Henry Robt. 
 Battersby, again on the Mediterranean station, 
 whence he invalided in Jan. 1814. 
 
 For many years prior to 1838 Lieut. Hoar was one 
 of the Naval Knights of Windsor. Since 28 June 
 in that year he has been on the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital. 
 
 HOARE. (Captain, 1810. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 36.) 
 
 Edward Wallis Hoare, born 4 May, 1779, in 
 the city of Cork, is son of the late Sir Edw. Hoare, 
 Bart., of Annabelle, M.P. for Carlow, and a Captain 
 of Dragoons, by Clotilda, second daughter and co- 
 heir of Wm. Wallis, Esq., of Ballycrenan Castle. 
 He is brother of the present Sir Joseph Wallis 
 Hoare, Bart., and uncle of Commander Wm. O'B. 
 Hoare, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1790, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol. (under the auspices of Sir John Col- 
 
 S)ys), on board the Squirrel 24, Capt. Wm. O'Brien 
 rury, employed at first on the Irish station, and 
 then off the coast of Africa, where, in 1793 or 4, he 
 took part, as Midshipman, in an engagement with 
 a Portuguese fort on the island of Pines. In May 
 of the latter year he removed to the Ruby 64, Capt. 
 Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton ; and on next joining 
 Sir John Colpoys in the London 98 (of which ship 
 he was confirmed a Lieutenant 4 Aug. 1796), he 
 shared, 23 June, 1795, in Lord Bridport's action with 
 the Frencli fleet off the lie de Groix. During the 
 famous mutiny at Spithead in 1797, Mr. Hoare, who 
 was at the time Signal-Lieutenant of the London, 
 was condemned to death by the delegates. In Dec. 
 of the same year, a few months after he had been 
 transferred to the Nymphe 36, Capt. Percy Eraser, 
 he had the misfortune to be wounded and taken 
 captive by the enemy, in an attempt to obtain pos- 
 session of a cutter on the coast of France. While 
 filling next, from April, 1798, to Sept. 1802, the 
 post of Senior Lieutenant on board the Northum- 
 berland 74, Capt. Geo. Martin, he served at the 
 reduction of Malta — was present, during its block- 
 ade, at the surrender of the French 74-gun ship 
 Le Gmereux and frigate La Diane — and attended 
 the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, where he assisted 
 at the landing of the troops. In June, 1803, Mr. 
 Hoare rejoined Capt. Martin as his First-Lieutenant 
 in the Colossus 74; and on 25 Oct. 1804, while offi- 
 ciating in a similar capacity on board the Glory 
 98, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, he was at 
 length advanced to the rank of' Commander. His 
 succeeding appointments appear to have been, 29 
 July, 1806, 19 May, 1807, and 18 Aug. 1809, to the 
 Goshawk 16, Amsterdam 20, and Hesper 18 ; in 
 which vessels we find him continuously employed 
 on the African, Irish, and East India stations, until 
 nominated, 5 March, 1810, Acting-Captain of the 
 Blanche frigate. In the following summer he was 
 further invested with the acting-command of the 
 Cornwallis 50, and Russel 74 ; which latter ship, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral W. O'B. Drury, 
 was employed in the earlier portion of the operations 
 that preceded the fall of the Isle of France. Capt. 
 Hoare, whose promotion to Post-rank was confirmed 
 16 Oct. 1810, next, on 31 Jan. 1811, joined the Min- 
 den 74. In the ensuing spring he was despatched 
 from Madras to the coast of Java, with two com- 
 panies of troops on board, in order to await the 
 arrival of the expedition then fitting out at the dif- 
 ferent ports of £idia for the attack of that island. 
 After performing much arduous service in the Strait 
 of Sunda, he landed on the 5th of June, and, with 
 not more than 200 seamen and soldiers, succeeded in 
 utterly routing a chosen body of the enemy's troops, 
 500 strong, whose close and desperate mode of fight- 
 ing occasioned the gallant British a loss of 2 men 
 killed and 23 wounded. The enemy had upwards of 
 50 killed and 100 wounded.* Capt. Hoare has been 
 on half-pay since 13 Aug. 1812. 
 
 He married, in June, 1803, Mary, third daugh- 
 ter of Col. Robt. Uniacke Fitzgerald, M.P. for 
 CO. Cork, by whom he has issue two daughters, 
 one of whom is married to Lieut. Thos. Burton 
 Maynard, B.N., and the other to Capt. J. B. L. 
 Hay, R.N. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HOARE. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 17; h-p., 25.) 
 
 Richard Hoare, born 1 Sept. 1793, is third son 
 of the late Sir Henry Hugh Hoare, Bart., F.S.A., 
 F.B.S., of Stourhead, co. Wilts, by Maria Palmer, 
 daughter of Arthur Acland, Esq., of Fairfield, co. 
 Somerset. He is brother of the present Sir Hugh 
 Rich. Hoare, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 July, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tribune frigate, Capt. 
 Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, with whom he served 
 in the Channel and North Sea until compelled by 
 sickness to be sent on shore in Jan. 1806. Re-em- 
 barking, 25 July, 1807, on board the Powerful 74, 
 bearing the flag of the late Lord Gambler, he ac- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 2406. 
 
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522 
 
 HOARE— HOBART-HOCKIN-HOCKINGS. 
 
 companied that officer in the ensuing expedition 
 to Copenhagen ; on liis return whence, he was for 
 four years employed with Capt. Edw. Fellowes 
 in the Apollo 38, and Conqoekok 74, chiefly on 
 the Mediterranean station. Between Feb. 1812, 
 and July, 1813, he served in the Channel on board 
 the San Josef 110, and Queen Charlotte 100, 
 flag-ships of Lord Keith, by whom he was then 
 appointed Lieutenant of the Spabkow sloop, Capt. 
 John Campbell. While employed, soon afterwards, 
 in rowing guard in a 6-oared cutter oif St. Jean de 
 Luz, Mr. Hoare, in spite of all the resistance he 
 could offer, was captured by four French gun-boats 
 and taken to Bayonne. On his exchange and re- 
 turn to England, he was at once, by a commission 
 dated 13 Nov. 1813, officially advanced to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, and on 30 of the same month nomi- 
 nated to the Dragon 74, Capt. Kobt. Barrie, under 
 whom he enacted a prominent part in the after- 
 scenes of the American war. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 30 Aug. and 27 Oct. 1815, to the 
 Madagascar and Phaeton frigates, commanded 
 by Capt. Fras. Stanfell, at Sheerness and at the 
 Cape of Good Hope— 7 June, 1818, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, to the Blossom 26, Capts. Fred. Hickey and 
 Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon, in South America — 
 and 9 Feb. 1821, in a similar capacity, to the Nie- 
 MEN 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, fitting for ser- 
 vice at Halifax. He was promoted, on the latter 
 station, to the command, 19 July, 1822, of the 
 DoTEREL 18, which sloop he brought home and paid 
 off in 1825. He acquired his present rank 7 July, 
 1827, but has not been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. Hoare married, first, 15 March, 1823, Mary 
 Offley, youngest daughter of the late Admiral Sir 
 Wm. Chas. Fahie, K.G.B., by whom (who died 27 
 Sept. 1826) he had issue; and secondly, in 1834, 
 Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Wm. Praed, Esq., of 
 Tyringham, Bucks, and of Trewithon, Cornwall. 
 
 HOAEE. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 12; h-p., 14.) 
 William O'Brten Hoare, born 23 March, 1807, 
 is second son of Sir Joseph Wallis Hoare, Bart., of 
 Annabelle, co. Cork, by Lady Harriet O'Bryen, 
 sister of the present Marquess of Thomond, Vice- 
 Admiral of the Red, G.C.H. He is brother of John 
 Willoughby H oare, Esq., of the 13th Bombay Native 
 Infantry; nephew of Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, 
 R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Commander Matthew 
 Chas. Foster, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 23 Feb. 1821 ; 
 passed his examination in 1827 ; obtained his first 
 commission 30 Aug. 1828 ; and was afterwards ap- 
 pointed — 6 Nov. 1829, to the Drdid 46, Capt. 
 Gawen Wm. Hamilton, in South America — 14 April, 
 1831, to the Stag 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Trou- 
 bridge, employed on particular service, which vessel 
 he left in January, 1832 — and 25 May, 1843, to the 
 command of the Dolphin brigantine, on the Bra- 
 zilian station, where he continued until superseded 
 in Feb. 1845. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 
 1846, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Hoare married, 2 May, 1834, Caro- 
 line, daughter of John Hornby, Esq., of the Hook, 
 Hampshire, by whom he has issue. 
 
 HOBART. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Augustus Charles Hobart entered the Navy 
 in 1835 ; passed his examination 28 Dec. 1842 ; and 
 served, as Mate, on board the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings — 
 also in the Dolphin brigantine, commanded on the 
 Brazilian station by Lieut. Wm. O'Bryen Hoare — 
 and in the Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, 
 Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarenoe. He obtained 
 his commission 25 Sept. 1845; joined, 11 Nov. fol- 
 lowing, the Rattler steam-sloop, Capts. Henry 
 Smith and Rich. Moorman, on the Channel station ; 
 and since 11 March, 1847, has been borne, as Ad- 
 ditional-Lieutenant, on tl;e books of the Hibernia 
 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, Commander-in- 
 Chief in the Mediterranean. 
 
 HOCKIN. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Luxmore Hockin passed his examina- 
 tion in 1831 ; attained the rank of Lieutenant 2 
 March, 1838 ; was employed in the Mediterranean, 
 from 8 of the following May until paid off in the 
 summer of 1841, on board the Dido 18, Capt. Lewis 
 Davies; and on 18 Oct. 1842 was appointed Senior 
 of the Wasp 16, Capts. Andrew Drew, Henry Ba- 
 got, and Sidney Henry TJssher. After serving for 
 nearly four years in the latter vessel on the North 
 American, West India, and African stations, he 
 was advanced to the rank he now holds 5 Aug. 
 1846. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HOCKIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Henbv Hockin was born 21 April, 1794. His 
 father was a banker; and his mother a sister of 
 the late Sir Wm. Adams. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capt. (subse- 
 quently Rear- Admiral) Rich. Goodwin Keats, under 
 whom, after serving at the blockade of Rochefort, he 
 attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and 
 Sept. 1807, was present at the embarkation from 
 Nyeborg of the Marquis de la Romana and his army, 
 11 Aug. 1808, and assisted as Midshipman at the 
 bombardment of Flushing in Aug. 1809. He was 
 next, from Nov. 1809 to Aug. 1810, borne at Spit- 
 head on the books of the Puissant 74, Capts. Robt. 
 Hall and John Irwin ; after which he rejoined Rear- 
 Admiral Keats on board the Milford 74, and con- 
 tinned to serve with him in that ship and in the 
 Hibernia 120, at the defence of Cadiz (where he 
 participated in the duties of the flotilla) and off 
 Toulon, until Sept. 1812. During the two following 
 years we find him attached to the Franchise 36, 
 Capt. Rich. Buck, by whom, with a view to co-ope- 
 rating with the Spanish patriots, he was intrusted 
 with the command of a boat, armed with a brass 
 6-pounder, for the purpose of annoying the French 
 land-convoys on their way from the foot of the Py- 
 renees to Barcelona. On leaving the Franchise, 
 Mr. Hockin successively joined the Meander 38, 
 Capt. John Bastard, and Elizabeth 74, bearing the 
 flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, on the 
 Gibraltar and Cadiz stations. In June, 1815, after 
 having cruized for five months off Lisbon as Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Jasper 10, Capt. Thos. Carew, 
 he took up a commission dated on 17 of the previous 
 Feb. With the exception of an appointment in the 
 Coast Guard, which he held from 13 Nov. 1833 un- 
 til 1841, he has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hockin married Miss Elizabeth Dodd, of 
 Cheshire, and by that lady has issue one son. 
 
 HOCKINGS. (flTaptatn, 1821. r-p., 19; h-p., 38.) 
 Robert Hockings, bom 1 May, 1776, at Gibraltar, 
 is eldest son of the late Thos. Hockings, Esq., a gen- 
 tleman who held an appointment for nearly fifty 
 years in the Civil department of the Ordnance at 
 that place, and was severely wounded during its 
 siege. He is nephew of Major Rich. Hockings, who 
 died of yellow fever at Trinidad while commanding 
 the Royal Engineers ; brother of Lieut. Geo. Hock- 
 ings, of the 10th Begt., who lost a leg in Egypt un- 
 der Sir Ralph Abercromby, and ultimately died of 
 fever at Gibraltar ; and uncle of Robt. Hockings, 
 
 Esq., First-Lieutenant R.M., of Hockings, 
 
 Esq., of the 40th Regt., and of Thos. Hockings, Esq., 
 Purser and Paymaster R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1790, as 
 A.B. (under the auspices of H. B. H. the late Duke 
 of Kent), on board the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Robt. 
 Devereux Fancourt, stationed in the Mediterranean, 
 where, until Feb. 1793, he further served, part of 
 the time as Midshipman, in the Ecrydice 24, Capt. 
 Geo. Lunisdaine, Zebra 18, Capt. Wm. Brown, 
 Pearl 32, Capt. Geo. Wm. Augustus Courtenay, 
 MuTiNE cutter, Lieut.-Commander Henry We§t, and 
 RoMNEY 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sam. 
 Cranston Goodall. During the next four years he 
 was employed in the Channel, and agun in the Me- 
 diterranean, on board the Lapwing 28, and Pallas 
 32, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon, 
 
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 under whom, in the latter frigate, he shared in 
 Comwallis' celebrated retreat of 16 and 17 June, 
 1795. The Pallas having on one occasion cap- 
 tured a merchant-brig, Mr. Hockings wad sent with 
 her as Prize-Master to Elba. 'While on his way 
 thither, and when in the Piombino Passage, he was 
 attacked by two large row-boats containing about 
 50 or 60 men, whom, however, he beat off after a 
 conflict of an hour, although he had but 5 hands 
 on board, and only 2 rusty 4-pounder guns. This 
 achievement was considered so gallant that on reach- 
 ing Porto Ferrajo, where lay the Blakche frigate, 
 Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, he was highly comph- 
 mented by that officer, and recommended by him to 
 Earl St. Vincent, the Commander-in-Chief, by whom 
 he was received on board his flag-ship the Ville de 
 Paris 110, and at once appointed, 29 April, 1797, 
 First-Lieutenant of the Hamadkyad 36, Capt. 
 Thos. Elphinstone — an act which the Admiralty 
 confirmed by a commission dated on 10 of the fol- 
 lowing June. Being wrecked on 25 Dec. in the 
 same year during a violent gale in the Bay of Algiers, 
 Mr. Hockings, who on the occurrence of the cata- 
 strophe was so seriously bruised that he still feels 
 the efi'eots, became First of the Adroka 28, Capts. 
 Menry Digby, Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Micajah 
 Malbon. With those oflioers he served uninterrupt- 
 edly on the Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Newfoimd- 
 land stations until March, 1803 ; participating inter- 
 inediately in the capture of many privateers, also in 
 several cutting-out affairs (in one of which he was 
 slightly wounded), in the destruction, too, of the 
 French 20-gun ship Egalite, and in the land-operations 
 at the reduction of Minorca. On 12 June, 1803, he 
 was appointed Senior of the Phaeton 38, Capts. Reo. 
 Cockburn and John "Wood, and ordered to North 
 America in escort of Mr. Merry, the British Minis- 
 ter Plenipotentiary. He then proceeded to the East 
 Indies, and, while on a subsequent cruize in the 
 China Seas, he shared in an action with the French 
 frigate Semillante, and in the capture of a ship of 
 immense value on her annual passage from Manilla 
 to Lima. In Jan. 1807 Mr. Bookings' health com- 
 pelled him to invalid, and he in consequence re- 
 turned home, where, in May and Aug. 1808, he suc- 
 cessively became Signal-Lieutenant to Lord Gam- 
 bier in the ViLLE DB Paris 110, and Caledonia 
 120. As a reward for his subsequent conduct in 
 command of a fire-ship during the celebrated attack 
 made by the gallant Cochrane on the enemy's ship- 
 ping in Basque Hoads, ho was presented with a se- 
 cond promotal commission dated 11 April, 1809 — 
 previously to which period, as has been seen, he 
 had been for nearly ten years First-Lieutenant of a 
 frigate. Although not included in the hst of the 
 wounded on the last-mentioned occasion, Capt. 
 Hockings was severely hurt by the explosion of his 
 vessel. Not vrishing to remain idle on shore, he 
 obtained permission soon after his promotion to re- 
 join the Caledonia, then the flag-ship of his friend 
 Sir Harry Neale, with whom he served as a volun- 
 teer until the close of 1810. From 25 May, 1811, 
 until driven home by the effects of the yellow fever 
 in Oct. 1812, we find him in command of the DoMi- 
 HICA 14, in the Channel and West Indies, and on 11 
 Sept. in the latter year effecting the capture of the 
 Providence American privateer schooner, of 4 guns 
 (pierced for 12) and 60 men. Capt. Hockings' next 
 and last appointment was, 26 Dec. 1820, to the Me- 
 dina 20, in which sloop he appears to have aflTorded 
 protection to the European consuls and merchants 
 at Smyrna during the fearful outrages which were 
 there perpetrated by the populace in June, 1821. 
 lie was advanced to Post-rank on 19 of the fol- 
 lowing month ; and on 1 Oct. 1846, awarded, at his 
 own request, the half-pay of Retirement. 
 
 Capt. Hockings married, 13 March, 1821, Mag- 
 dalena, eldest daughter of the late Gerard Mon- 
 tagu, Esq., formerly of Burlingham, co. Norfolk, 
 grandniece of Admiral John Montagu, and a rela- 
 tive of the Duke of Manchester. By that lady he 
 has issue two daughters. Agents— Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 HOCKLEY. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 John Baker Hockley passed his examination 
 in 1831 ; obtained his commission 21 July, 1837 ; 
 and on 29 of the same month was appointed Ad- 
 ditional-Lieutenant of the Princess Charlotte 
 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford on the 
 Mediterranean station, where he removed, 1 Dec. 
 foUowing, to the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry 
 Corry. With one or two slight interruptions he 
 has been employed in the Coast Guard since 19 
 Nov. 1838. 
 
 HODDEE. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Michael Hodder— born at Founfainstown, co. 
 Cork, the seat of his father— is brother of Lieut. 
 Peter Hodder, B.N. ^ ,o„. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the D^dalds .32, Capt. 
 Fred. Warren, whom he accompanied with convoy 
 to the West Indies. He then proceeded to Ber- 
 muda in the Ladra, Lieut.-Commander Robt. Yates, 
 and on his arrival at that place he took a passage 
 home in the Prince George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack. 
 From Sept. in the same year until Dec. 1813 he was 
 employed, in the capacity of Midshipman, chiefly on 
 the Home and Baltic stations, in the Alexandria 
 32, Capts. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, John Quilham, 
 and Robt. Cathcart. During that period, besides 
 being at the blockade of many ports on the coast ot 
 Holland, he served in a boat at the cutting out of a 
 Dutch guard-vessel from the river Elbe, was pre- 
 sent at the capture of two armed vessels and of a 
 convoy of 27 sail in a calm at sea, came frequently 
 into contact with the enemy's gun-boats, and was 
 concerned in the cutting out on diff'erent occasions 
 of at least 150 vessels, many of them well armed. 
 In most cases Mr. Hodder had the personal com- 
 mand of a boat. On the return of the Alexandria 
 from Greenland, where she had arrived just in time 
 to prevent the British whalers from falling into the 
 hands of the American Commodore Rodgers, he. 
 rejoined Capt. Cochrane on hoard the Orontes 36, 
 and went with him in protection of a large convoy 
 to the West Indies. On the Orontes being recom- 
 missioned by the same Captain in the spring of 
 1815, Mr. Hodder, whose promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant took place on 18 Feb. in that year, was 
 again appointed to her. Continuing on her books 
 until paid off' in March, 1817, he was first employed 
 in forwarding troops to Flanders, next in bringing 
 the wounded and prisoners over after the battle of 
 Waterloo, then in carrying out an Austrian commis- 
 sioner to St. Helena for the security of Buonaparte, 
 and finally in the suppression of the slave-trade at 
 Madagascar. Since the date last named the Lieu- 
 tenant has not held any official occupation. 
 
 HODDER. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 35.) 
 
 Peter Hoddee is son of Geo. Hodder, Esq., of 
 Fountainstown, co. Cork, an extensive landed pro- 
 prietor ; and brother of Lieuts. Michael and Robt. 
 Hodder, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst 36, in which 
 ship, and in the Warrior 74, both commanded by 
 Capt. John Wm. Spranger, he served on the North 
 Sea, Irish, Channel, and Mediterranean stations, 
 until April, 1811. He held, during the four last 
 years, the rating of Midshipman, and in Oct. 1809 
 he was consequently present in that capacity at the 
 surrender of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, &c. 
 On leaving the Warrior he joined the Colossds 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Alexander, stationed off the coast of 
 France, where, on 27 I)eo. 1811, he was taken pri- 
 soner in an attack on a flotilla near the lie d'Aix. 
 His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 
 21, March, 1812, since which period— with the ex- 
 ception of an attachment of a few months in 1815 to 
 the Levant 20, commanded on Home service "by 
 Capts. Jonathan Christian and John Theed— he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
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 HODDER-HODGE-HODGKINSON-HODGSKIN. 
 
 HODDER. (Lieut., 1817. f-p., 8; h-p., 30.) 
 
 KoBERT HoDDEK IB brother of Lieut. Peter H od- 
 der, R.N., and ninth son of Geo. Hodder, Esq., of 
 Fountainstown. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 June, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jamaica 26, Capt. Ar- 
 thur Lysaght, stationed at Newfoundland. In Nov. 
 1810 he joined the SonTHAMPTON 32, Capt. Jas. 
 Lucas Yeo, lying at Spithead ; and in the following 
 Feb. he removed to the Defiance 74, Capt. Kioh. 
 Eaggett. During his servitude in the latter ship, 
 which bore the flag for some time of Rear-Admiral 
 Geo. Hope, we find him employed at the blockade 
 of Flushing and the Texel, and superintending the 
 transport of troops from Carlskrona to Swedish 
 Pomerania. Between Oct. 1813 and June, 1814, he 
 was borne on the books of the Devonshire 74, Capt. 
 Koss Donnelly, and Harlequin 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Kempthorne, both fitting at Sheerness ; and in the 
 next Nov. he was received on board the Ethalton 
 36, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie. On a subsequent 
 occasion, while in escort of a convoy from Gibraltar 
 to Cork, he very courageously volunteered, in com- 
 pany with Mr. Lane, another Midshipman, to take 
 charge of one of the merchantmen which had been 
 dismasted in a gale and abandoned by her master 
 and crew. He accordingly went on board the vessel 
 with his friend, and, having rigged jury-masts, re- 
 tained possession of her for a period of 12 days, 
 when they were both burnt out by the effects of a 
 spontaneous combustion which took place in the 
 hold. In Oct. 1815 Mr. Hodder was appointed 
 Master's Mate of the Congo sloop, Capt. Jas. Hing- 
 ston Tuckey, for the purpose of exploring the river 
 of that name on the coast of Africa. Being ulti- 
 mately the only officer spared by the ravages of the 
 climate, he assumed, in Oct. 1816, the rank of Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, although he had not yet passed his 
 examination. He brought the Congo home from 
 Bahia in the spring of 1817, and on 24 May in that 
 year, as soon as he had passed, was officially pro- 
 moted. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Hodder has been employed in the Customs 
 since Aug. 181^. He married, in March, 1834, Ellen 
 Jane, eldest daughter of Capt. "Wm. Henry Craig, 
 K.M. 
 
 HODDER. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Thomas Eyre Hodder is third son of the late 
 Wm. Henry Moore Hodder, Esq., of Hoddersfield, 
 CO. Cork, by Harriet, daughter of the Right Hon. 
 Henry Theophilus Clements, brother of the first 
 Earl of Leitrim. He is grandson of the late Capt. 
 Henry Moore, of the 48th Foot ; and brother of the 
 present Wm. Henry Moore Hodder, Esq., of Hod- 
 dersfield, Colonel of the North Cork Militia, and a 
 Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for that county. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 26 Jan. 1811 ; was 
 made Lieutenant, 19 June, 1824, into the Eden 26, 
 Capt. John Lawrence, on the West India station ; 
 and from 24 April, 1828, until paid off in April, 
 1829, was employed, on Home service, in the Clio 
 sloop, Capt. Kobt. Deans. With the exception of a 
 brief attachment in 1836 to the Vanguard 80, Capt. 
 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, fitting at Ports- 
 mouth, he has not been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Hodder is at present Emigration Agent 
 at Liverpool. 
 
 HODGE. (Commander, 1846. r-p., 33 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Stephen Hodge was born 12 Jan. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1805, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Autumn sloop, Capt. Thos. 
 Searle ; and in the course of the same year he par- 
 took, as Midshipman, of an action with the Boulogne 
 flotilla. He next joined the Regulus 44, Capt. 
 Chas. Worsley Boys, with whom he served, on the 
 Home station, until April, 1806, when he was again 
 placed under the orders of Capt. Searle, in the Fury 
 bomb. On subsequently accompanying ■ the same 
 officer to the Mediterranean in the Grasshopper, 
 of 18 guns and 120 men, he shared, 11 Dec. 1807, in 
 a gallant action with three Spanish vessels-of-war, 
 
 carrying in the whole 30 guns and 226 men, thft 
 largest of which, the San Josef, of 12 24-pounders 
 and 99 men, was in 15 minutes compelled to strike 
 her colours. He was also, on 4 April, 1808, present, 
 in company with the Mercdby frigate, in a success- 
 ful attack made off the town of Rota upon a Sj)amsh 
 convoy passing alongshore unde» the protection of 
 about 20 gun-boats, and a numerous train of flying 
 artillery on the beach; on which occasion the 
 Grasshopper, who sustained very serious damage, 
 actually silenced the batteries at the above place, 
 and attracted general admiration by her noble con- 
 duct. Nineteen days after the latter event we 
 find him participating in the capture, at the end 
 of a severe action of two hours and a half, fought 
 among shoals and within grape-shot distance of 
 a battery, of two Spanish vessels laden with car- 
 goes worth 30,0OOZ. each, and further protected by 
 four gun-boats, two of which were forced to surren- 
 der, and the remainder driven on shore. The col- 
 lective loss of the Grasshopper in the three en- 
 gagements above recorded amounted to 1 man 
 killed and/ 10 wounded. In Sept. 1809 (the Grass- 
 hopper having been latterly commanded by Capt. 
 Henry Fanshawe) Mr. Hodge rejoined Capt. Searle 
 for a short time as Master's Mate on board the 
 Fredbrickstein 32. He next served for 18 months 
 on the Channel station in the Coquette 18, Capts. 
 Robt. Forbes and Geo. Hewson ; and on then re- 
 moving to the Druid 32, Capts. Thos. Searle, 
 Eras. Stanfell, and Wm. King (of which vessel he 
 was created an Acting-Lieutenant 17 July, 1811), 
 he was successively employed at the defence of 
 Cadiz and Tarifa. On the night of 17 Sept. in the 
 latter year he was severely wounded during a 
 mutiny of his boat's crew in Cadiz Harbour, where 
 he was stripped of his clothes, and thrown over- 
 board in a state of insensibility. On recovering 
 his senses in the water, he swam a distance of 
 nearly four miles, and was ultimately picked up by 
 some Spanish fishermen on the beach in a state of 
 great exhaustion. He was confirmed in the rank 
 of Lieutenant 16 Feb. 1813, and, leaving the Druid 
 in the ensuing July, was next appointed, 5 Oct. 
 1813, and 18 Oct. 1814, to the Wolverene and Bit- 
 tern sloops, Capts. Chas. Kerr and Geo. Augustus 
 Hire, both in the Channel. After nearly six years 
 of half-pay Mr. Hodge, on 3 Oct. 1821, obtained an 
 appointment to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Li- 
 vingstone; in command of a tender belonging to 
 which ship it fell to his lot to form part of George 
 IV.'s escort, on the occasion of His Majesty's vi- 
 sit to Ireland. Having been in the Coast Guard 
 since 19 March, 1823, he was at length advanced 
 to the rank of Commander 5 Jan. 1846. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Hodge married, in June, 1821, Miss 
 Trout, of East Looe, Cornwall, and by that lady 
 has issue five children. 
 
 HODGKINSON. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Thomas Hodgkinson entered the Navy 18 Dec. 
 1828; passed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained 
 his commission 4 May, 1841. His appointments 
 have since been— 30 Aug. 1841, to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast- 
 ings— 14 June, 1842, to the Pique 36, Capts. Henry 
 Forbes and Hon. Montagu Stopford, in which 
 frigate he served for two years on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station — 23 May, 1845, as Ad- 
 ditional, to the Caledonia 120, Capt. Manley Hall 
 Dixon, lying at Devonport — and, 29 Jan. 1847, as 
 Senior, to his former ship, the Excellent, Capt. 
 Henry Ducie Chads, with whom he is now serving. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HODGSKIN. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 13; 
 
 H-p., 7.) 
 James Archibald Hodgskin is son of the late 
 John Arundel Hodgskin, , Esq., Lieutenant R.N. 
 (1793.) 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1827, as 
 A.B., on board the Albion 74, Capt. John Ac- 
 worth Ommanney, After participating in the 
 
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 battle of Navarin, he joined, iit March, 1828, the 
 Chanticleer 2, Capt. Henry Foster, with whom 
 he served, on a scientiflo mission, as rst.-cl. Vol. 
 and Midshipman, until Dec. 1829, when, being in 
 the West Indies, his health ohliged him to return 
 to England. In April, 1831, he joined the Dublin 
 50, Capt. Lord J as. Townshend, fitting for the 
 South American station, whence he returned home 
 in the capacity of Mate in Oct. 1834. Between Feb. 
 1835 and Oct. 1837, and again between April, 1838, 
 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 23 Nov. 1841, we find Mr. Hodgskin em- 
 ployed in the Medea steam-frigate, Capt. Horatio 
 Thos. Austin, and Andromache 26, Capt. Robt. 
 Lambert Baynes, on the Mediterranean, North 
 America and West India, and Cape of Good Hope 
 stations. His last appointments were, 28 March, 
 1843, and 8 Sept. 1846, to the Cyclops and Devas- 
 tation steamers, Capts. H. T. 'Austin and Sir C. 
 Hotham, to which vessels, stationed off the coasts 
 of Ireland and Africa, he was but for a very short 
 time attached. 
 
 HODGSKIN. (Ketibed Commander, 1846. 
 
 P-P., 12 ; H-p., 35.) 
 Thomas Hodgskin entered the Navy, in March, 
 1800, as a Volunteer, on board the Active 38, Capts. 
 Chas. Sydney Davers and Kioh. Hussey Moubray, 
 in which frigate he served for upwards of six years 
 on the North Sea and Mediterranean stations. The 
 next five years and a half were passed by this 
 ofiicer, as Lieutenant, in the Star sloop, Capt. 
 John Simpson, Ntmpiie frigate, Capts. Edm. Hey- 
 wood, Conway Shipley, and Hon. Josceline Percy, 
 Saturn 74, Capt. Cumberland, Nemesis 28, Capt. 
 Wm. Ferris, and Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter 
 Parker. While in the Nymphe, besides attending 
 the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, he took 
 partial command of the boats of that frigate, and 
 on the night of 23 April, 1808, participated in a 
 valorous but unsuccessful attack made by Capt. 
 Shipley (who was killed in the act of boarding) upon 
 a French corvette, La Gavotte, of 22 guns and 150 
 men, lying at anchor in a bight above Belem Castle, 
 in the river Tagus. In the same ship, "under Capt. 
 Percy, we find Mr. Hodgskin escorting General 
 Junot to Rochelle, after the convention of Cintra. 
 He subsequently, when in charge of the boats of 
 the Nemesis, in company with those of the Belve- 
 DERA 36, contributed to the spirited capture, on the 
 coast of Norway, of two Danish gun-vessels, the 
 Bolder and Thar , (carrying each 2 long 24's, 6 6- 
 pounder howitzers, and 45 men), and the destruction 
 of a third, 23 July, 1810.* If we mistake not, he 
 was present in the Menelaus, at the reduction of 
 the Isle of France. He was placed on half-pay 25 
 April, 1812 ; and awarded the rank of Retired Com- 
 mander 27 Jan. 1846. 
 
 HODGSON. (Eear-Admiral of the Eed, 
 
 1838. F-P., 27; H-P., 33.) 
 Brian Hodgson entered the Navy, in 1787, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salisbury 60, Capt. 
 Erasmus Gower, on the Newfoundland station, 
 where he continued until 1789. From 13 Dec. 1794 
 until Oct. 1802 he served uninterruptedly with Capt. 
 Edw. Jas. Foote in the Niger 32, and Seahorse, of 
 46 guns and 292 men ; in the former of which ships 
 he assisted, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, at 
 the capture of a French convoy, near Granville, 9 
 May, 1795— the destruction, 27 April, 1796, ofi' the 
 Penmaroks, of L' Eeureuil national corvette, of 18 
 guns and 105 men— and the battle off Cape St. Vin- 
 cent 14 Feb. 1797. When in the Seahorse, of 
 which frigate he was created a Lieutenant 11 Dec. 
 1799, Mr. Hodgson, besides witnessing the capture 
 of LeBelliqueux privateer, of 18 guns and 120 men, 
 was present, off the island of Pantellaria, at the 
 taking, 27 June, 1798, after a close action of eight 
 minutes, a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 16 
 wounded, and to the enemy of 18 killed and 37 
 * VideGm. 1810, p. 1348. 
 
 wounded, of the French frigate La Sensible, of 36 
 guns and 300 men. In 1799, during the absence of 
 Lord Nelson, we find the Seahorse blockading the 
 Bay of Naples; and, in July of the same year, es- 
 corting their Sicilian Majesties from Palermo to 
 the latter place. Being shortly afterwards driven 
 on shore in a violent gale near Leghorn, she was 
 under the necessity, from the injuries she received, 
 of returning to England, whence, in May, 1800, she 
 was again ordered to the Mediterranean with Rear- 
 Admiral Sir Rich. Bickerton and Sir Ralph Aber- 
 cromby on board. During the ensuing summer she 
 was employed in attendance upon the King and 
 Queen off Weymouth ; after which she was sent in 
 escort of 10 sail of Indiamen to Calcutta. While 
 on the Indian station her ofiicers and crew suc- 
 ceeded by great exertion in rescuing the stores of 
 La Semible, a frigate that had been wrecked a 
 few miles to the southward of the MoUiwally shoal. 
 The Seahorse being paid off in Oct. 1802, Mr. 
 Hodgson was next, in Jan. 1805, appointed to the 
 TopAZE 38, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, on the 
 Cork station, where he remained until appointed, 
 in Jan. 1805, Flag-Lieutenant to Lord Gardner, in 
 the Hibernia 110, part of the Channel fleet. He 
 obtained his second promotal commission on 8 of 
 the following April ; and, on 22 Jan. 1806, after 
 having commanded, for very short periods, the In- 
 spector and Pylades sloops, he was made Post 
 into the Trusty 50. In that ship, in Aug. 1807, he 
 accompanied the expedition sent against Copen- 
 hagen. He left her in May, 1809, and was lastly, 
 in April, 1810, and July, 1811, appointed to the com- 
 mand of the BARBAD0ES24, and Owen Glendowee 
 42, both on the East India station. The latter ship 
 returned to England in May, 1816; and, on 28 
 June, 1838, her Captain was advanced to Flag-rank. 
 Rear- Admiral Hodgson, who has issue, was left a 
 widower 11 Nov. 1824. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 HODGSON. (LiEtTT., 1842. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 1.) 
 
 George Henry Hodgson entered the Navy, 14 
 June, 1832, as Midshipman, on board the Revenge 
 78, Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay, employed off Lis- 
 bon. In the summer of 1834 he proceeded to South 
 America in the North Star 28, Capt. Octavius 
 Vernon Harcourt. On his return to England, to- 
 wards the close of 1836, he joined the Dido 18, Capt. 
 Lewis Davies, in which sloop, and in the Pembroke 
 74, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, we find him, until Feb. 
 1840, employed on the Mediterranean station— the 
 last 16 months in the capacity of Mate. In Oct. 
 1840 he was appointed to the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and 
 in June, 1842, he sailed for China, on board the 
 CoRNWALLis 72, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker. 
 Joining subsequently in the hostilities in progress 
 against the Celestial empire, Mr. Hodgson partici- 
 pated in the attack on the enemy's entrenched 
 camp on the heights of Segoan (where he displayed 
 very spirited conduct and was slightly wounded in 
 a personal encounter with a Chinese), and was pre- 
 sent at the capture of Chapoo, Woosung, Shang- 
 hae, and Chin-Kiang-Foo, as also at the pacification 
 of Nanking.* At Chin-Kiang-Foo, having landed, 
 he distinguished himself by the manner in which 
 with three other officers, he rushed into the Impe- 
 rial Canal for the purpose of ascertaining its forda- 
 bility.t Being rewarded for his services with a 
 commission bearing date 23 Dec. 1842,t and ap- 
 pointed to the Wanderer 16, Capt. Geo. Henry 
 Seymour, he served in the boats of that sloop in 
 company with those of H.M.S. Harlequin, and 
 Hon. E. I. Co.'s steamer Diana, in an attack 
 upon some pirates at Murdoo, on the Pedir coast 
 12 Feb. 1843. On 27 Nov. 1844, five months after 
 he had returned to England, he obtained a re-ap- 
 pointment to the Excellent. Since 4 March 1845 
 he has been employed on board the Terror disco- 
 very-ship, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, in 
 
 * FideGia. 1S«, pp. 2336, 2390. 3400, 3405, 3694 
 t r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3389. J y. Qaz. 1842, p. 3881. 
 
526 HODGSON-HOFFMAN -HOFFMEISTER-HOGGE-HOGHTON. 
 
 a renewed attempt to explore the N.W. passage 
 through Lancaster Sound and Behring Strait. 
 
 HODGSON. (Retired Commandeb, 1843. f-p., 
 16; H-p.,48.) 
 
 James Hodgson was born 24 Oct. 1766. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (into which he was 
 impressed from the merchant-service), in 1783, on 
 board the Mohawk sloop, Capts. R. Tripp and J. 
 Sutton, from which ship, on her return from the 
 West Indies, he was paid off. In Oct. 1793 he was 
 again impressed, and placed on board the Bellona 
 74, Capts. Geo. Wilson and Thos. Boulden Thomp- 
 son. Under the former of those officers we find 
 him present, as Master's Mate, at the capture, in 
 Jan. 1795, of Le Duras, a French ship of 20 guns, 
 having on board 400 troops ; and also of Xe Dvquesne 
 frigate of 44 guns. In Feb. 1797 he further served 
 with Capt. "Wilson at the reduction of Trinidad by 
 the forces under Rear- Admiral Harvey and Lieut.- 
 General Sir Ralph Abercromby ; and in the follow- 
 ing April be was likewise with him in the unsuc- 
 cessful attack made by those commanders on Puerto 
 Rico. Obtaining, 11 April, 1799, a Lieutenancy in 
 the Nekeide 36, Capts. Fred. Watkins, Henry 
 Wm. Bayntun, and Robt. Mends, he assisted in 
 that frigate at the capture, 2 and 3 March, 1800, of 
 La Vengeance privateer of 16 guns and 174 men, 
 and of an American ship with a cargo on board 
 worth 30,000/. In the next Sept. he was present in 
 her at the surrender of Cura9oa, where the character 
 he had won for zeal, bravery, and ever-steady con- 
 duct, so gained him the confidence of his Captain, 
 that the latter was induced to place him in com- 
 mand of the principal fortress commanding the 
 town. He had previously been of the utmost ser- 
 vice in a newly-erected battery in annoying the 
 enemy, and had been a principal cause of their re- 
 treat.* On II Aug. 1801, a few weeks after his 
 junction of the Lowestoffe 32, Capt. Robt. Plam- 
 pin, Mr. Hodgson had the misfortune to be wrecked 
 on the island of Heneaga. His last appointment 
 Was, 15 May, 1804, to the Barryhead Signal station, 
 in Ireland, the charge of which he retained until 
 superseded, at his own request, 9 April, 1812. He 
 accepted the rank of Retired Commander on the Se- 
 nior List 8 May, 1843. 
 
 Commander Hodgson is married, and has issue. 
 
 HOFFMAN. (Retired Captain, 1840. r-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 40.) 
 Frederick Hoffman entered the Navy, 18 Oct. 
 1793, as Midshipman, on board the Blonde 32, 
 Capt. John Markham, with whom, after co-operat- 
 ing in the reduction of the French "West India 
 islands, he removed, in 1794, to the Hanhibal 74, 
 commanded subsequently by Capts. Joseph Bing- 
 ham, Lewis, and Edw. Tyrrell Smith. In that ship 
 he was present with Capt. Markham at the capture, 
 11 April, 1795, of the French frigate La Geniille of 
 42 guns, and also of several privateers. In 1798 he 
 joined the Queen 98, bearing the flag of Sir Hyde 
 Parker, by whom, on 17 Oct. in the following year, 
 .he was appointed to a Lieutenancy in the "V"olage 
 frigate, Capt. Fras. Vesey. At the peace of Amiens 
 Mr. Hoffman, after many years of servitude in the 
 "West Indies, returned to England. His next ap- 
 pointments were — 14 March, 1803, to the Minotaur 
 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, from which 
 ship, employed off the coast of France and in the 
 Channel, he soon invalided— 28 Feb. 1805, to the 
 Tonnant 80, Capt. Chas. Tyler, under whom he 
 fought and was wounded at Trafalgar — and, 8 
 March, 1806, to the Diamond 38, Capt. Geo. Argles, 
 employed off Havre de Grace and the coast of 
 France. He was promoted, 22 Feb. 1808, to the 
 command of the Favourite sloop, in which vessel, 
 and in the Goelan, he again served on the West 
 India station until the ensuing Oct. Capt. Hoff- 
 man's last appointment was, 19 Dec. 1810, to the 
 Apelles, another sloop. In that vessel, at the com- 
 mencement of May, 1812, he was unfortunately run 
 * rWeGaz. 1800, p. 1331. 
 
 on shore to the westward of Boulogne, where him- 
 self and 19 of his people were obliged to surrender 
 as prisoners of war. The remainder of his officers 
 and crew contrived to effect their escape. He ac- 
 cepted his present rank 12 Sept. 1840. 
 
 In consideration of the wound he received at Trar 
 falgar, Capt. Hoffman was at the time presented 
 with a gratuity by the Patriotic Society. 
 
 HOFFMEISTER. (Lieutenant, 1841. r-p., 18; 
 H-p., 2.) 
 
 Charles John Hoffmeister was bom 31 March, 
 1813, at Portsmouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. "V"ol., on board the Victort 104, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Elliot, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Hon. 
 Sir Robt. Stopford. In Feb. 1828 he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Revenge 78, Capt. Norborne Thomp- 
 son, on the Mediterranean station, where, until the 
 close of 1833, he continued to serve, In the Action 
 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey. He then joined 
 the Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. Borough Strong, 
 fitting for the West Indies ; on which station he 
 removed, in Nov. 1834, a few months after he had 
 passed his examination, to a Mateship in the Flt 
 18, Capt. Peter M'Quhae. Joining, next, in Nov. 
 
 1835, the Quail cutter, Lieut.-Commander Philip 
 Bisson, he was Se>nior Mate of that vessel in April, 
 
 1836, when she was dismasted 50 leagues S.W. of 
 Ushant, lostH? of her men, and was reduced to so 
 pitiable a condition, that nine days of the greatest 
 privation and suffering elapsed before the surviving 
 crew were enabled to get her into Jersey. Being 
 appointed, soon after the catastrophe, to the Pem- 
 broke 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, Mr. Hoffmeistfer 
 served off Lisbon until Aug. 1837, when his heal^ 
 obliged him to invalid. While next borne on the 
 bboks, from Oct. 1837 until June, 1839, of the Meit- 
 viLLE 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Elliot at 
 the Cape of Good Hope, we find him lent in succesr 
 sion to various small vessels for service on the coast 
 of Africa. During the 11 months immediately an- 
 tecedent to his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, Mr. Hoffmeis- 
 ter presents himself to our notice as employed, on 
 the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Im- 
 pregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest. He was then 
 appointed to the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John 
 Kingcome, and ordered to China, where he arrived 
 in time to witness the storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo, 
 and to participate in the different operations on the 
 "Jang-tse-Kiang, terminating with the pacification 
 of Nanking. He returned to England, an invalid, 
 in Oct. 1842; and, on 5 June, 1843, was appointed 
 to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, with whom he served for 
 a period of 19 months. He has been employed, 
 since 13 Nov. 1844, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in 
 the Amazon 19, Capt. Jas. John Stopford, part of 
 the force stationed in the Mediterranean. Agents 
 —Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HOGGE. (Liedtenant, 1841.) 
 
 Edward Martin Hogge entered the Navy 9 
 April, 1823 ; passed his examination 5 May, 1829 ; 
 and, while serving, as Mate, in the Seaflower 
 cutter, Lieut.-Commander Nicholas RobiUiard, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Aug. 1841. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 31 Aug. 1841, 
 to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the 
 Mediterranean — 14 Oct. 1842, to the Impregnable 
 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, on the same station— 29 
 March, 1843, to the Howe 120, also commanded by 
 Capt. Forrest, with whom he returned to England 
 —11 Aug. 1843, to the Coast Guard— and, 19 April, 
 
 1845, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the 
 Home station. He has been on half-pay since Sept. 
 
 1846. . ^ 
 Lieut. Hogge is married, and has issue. 
 
 HOGHTON. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., ll ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 AViLLiAM HoGiiTON entered the Navy, 20 May, 
 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., On board the ST. Albans 64, 
 
HOLBECH-HOLBERTON-HOLBROOK. 
 
 627 
 
 Capt. Johii Temple, lying in the Downs, where, in 
 the following Aug., he accompanied the same officer, 
 as Midshipman, into the Utrecht 64. He was af- 
 terwards employed for several years in the Medi- 
 terranean; on board the Glattos 50, Capt. Thos. 
 Seccombe, and Spideb, Lieut.-Commander Wm. 
 Olliver. With the latter and another officer he 
 further seryed, from Dec. 1811 to Sept. 1812, in 
 the Marshal 12, on the Channel station. He then 
 sailed for the West Indies in the Istbr 36, com- 
 manded by the present Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, 
 and, until his return to England in the summer of 
 1815, was there employed, as Master's Mate and 
 Acting-Lieutenant. On the paying off of the Ister 
 at the latter period, he took up a commission bear- 
 ing date 24 Feb. 1815 ; but he has not been since 
 afloat. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 HOLBECH. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 
 George Holbech, bom 24 Dec. 1793, is son of 
 the late Wm. Holbech, Esq., of Molllngton, M.P. 
 for Banbury from 1792 to 1796, by Anne, daughter 
 of Wm. Woodhouse, Esq., M.D., of Lichfield ; and 
 uncle of the present Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., 
 M.P., of Walton, near Stratford-on-Avon. One of 
 his brothers, Edward, is an officer in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Captain 
 (afterwards Kear-Admiral) Hon. Kobt. Stopford. 
 In Aug. 1807, on his return from the Cape of Good 
 Hope, he accompanied the expedition to Copen- 
 hagen; and from Jan. 1809 (11 months previously 
 to which period he had attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman) until Nov. of the same year we find him 
 stationed oft' the north coast of Spain in the Amazon 
 38, Capt. Wm. Parker. He then rejoined Kear- 
 Admiral Stopford on board the Scipjon 74, and, 
 continuing to serve with that officer for upwards of 
 three years in the same ship, and in the Lion 64, 
 and President 38, was present with him, in the 
 former, at the reduction of Java in 1811. From 
 July, 1813, until Aug. 1814, he was further employed 
 on board the Stately 64, and Kodney 74, bearing 
 each the flag of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin on the 
 Lisbon station, where he was created a Lieutenant 
 of the last-mentioned ship by commission dated 16 
 June, 1814. His succeeding appointments were — 
 in Oct. 1814, to the Clorinde 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. 
 Pechell, fitting for the purpose of attending the 
 Princess of Wales during her visit to the Mediter- 
 ranean, whence he returned in July, 1816— and, 9 
 Nov. 1823, to the Menai 26, Capt. Houston Stewart, 
 with whom he served on the Halifax station until 
 paid off; about Jan. 1827. He assumed his present 
 rank 22 July, 1830, but has not been since afloat. 
 
 Commander Holbech married, 2 June, 1846, Ellen 
 Catherine, eldest daughter of Chas. M. Bicketts, 
 Esq., of Alverton, Stratford-on-Avon. 
 
 HOLBERTON. (Lieutenant, 1816.) 
 
 John Holbebton entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1809, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Byam Martin, lying at Plymouth. In Feb. 
 1810 he joined the Scipion 74, bearing the flag of 
 lion. Robt. Stopford, with whom, after sharing in 
 the reduction of Java, he removed as Midshipman, 
 in Jan. 1812, to the Lion 64. From 1813 to July, 
 1816, he was employed on board the Ajax 74, C'apts. 
 Kobt. Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy ; and he as- 
 sisted, during that period, at the siege of St. Sebas- 
 tian, also at the capture of V Ahyon corvette, of 16 
 guns and 120 men, and in many active operations 
 in the Mediterranean, where he visited Algiers, 
 Tunis, and Tripoli, for the purpose of obtaining the 
 liberation of the Christian slaves in bondage at 
 those places. For his subsequent conduct at the 
 battle of Algiers in the Impregnable 104, flag-ship 
 of Kear-Adnjiral David Milne, Mr. Holberton was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission 
 dated 16 Sept. 1816; but, with the exception of 
 some time passed in the Coast Blockade as a Super- 
 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Kamillies 74, Capt. 
 Wm. M'CuUoch, he has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HOLBEOOK. (Commander, 1842. r-p., 19; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 Charles Holbrook, born in 1795, is brother of 
 Commander Thos. Holbrook, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Ed- 
 wards Lloyd Graham, with whom, after witnessing 
 the first trial made with the Congreve rockets 
 against the Boulogne flotilla^ and being very actively 
 employed on the Home and Newfoundland stations, 
 he removed, in May, 1810, to the Pallas 32, com- 
 manded subsequently by Capt. Geo. Paris Morike. 
 Previously, however, to joining that frigate we find 
 him assisting, in particular, at the capture, 19 Nov. 
 1809, of L'lntrepide, French brig-ot-war, pierced 
 for 20 guns. He afterwards, during a cmi2e off 
 the Naze of Norway, contributed, in the boats of 
 the Pallas, to the capture of four Danish priva- 
 teers. Of one of these, which had offered a spirited 
 resistance, Mr. Holbrook was constituted Prize- 
 Master, and sent with her into Leith. On his pas- 
 sage he encountered a severe gale, and, as his vessel 
 was minus an anchor, he found himself under the 
 necessity, when in the Frith of Forth, of supplying 
 its place with two of her guns. The Pallas being 
 wrecked off St. Abb's Head, 18 Dec. 1810, he was 
 next, in Jan. and Feb. 1811, received on board the 
 Southampton 32, and Alcm^ne 38, commanded by 
 his friend Capt. Graham. On arriving in the Adri- 
 atic Mr. Holbrook there saw much detached service ; 
 and on one occasion, 22 May, 1812, he was present 
 in a most gallant but sanguinary attabk made by 
 four boats under Lieut. Edw. Saurin upon an ene- 
 my's convoy, the result of which was the capture 
 of one of their principal vessels, after nearly the 
 whole of the crew had been either killed or wounded. 
 The slaughter on the part of the British was like- 
 wise dreadful — the pinnace alone sustaining a loss 
 of at least 20 officers and men killed and wounded. 
 Among the latter was Mr. Holbrook, who received 
 a shot through the body, and suffered in conse- 
 quence a protracted illness of four months. On 
 being eventually transferred with Capt. Graham to 
 the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Lord Ex- 
 mouth, he shared in the partial action fought with 
 the French fleet off Toulon 13 Feb. 1814 ; and during 
 the ensuing siege of Genoa he was employed with 
 a battering-party on shore. After serving for a 
 few months at Plymouth on board the Prince 
 Frederick receiving-ship, and Malta 84, Capts. 
 Kich. Pridham and Wm. Chas. Fahie, he was pre- 
 sented with a commission dated 16 Feb. 1815. ]jn 
 the summer of 1827 Lieut. Holbrook joined the 
 Blonde 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, from which 
 frigate, after cruizing for a short time in the At- 
 lantic, he was transferred to the command of the 
 Cockburn schooner, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Robt. Barrie on the Canadian Lalces 
 where he continued for the long period of seven 
 years, during 18 months of which, owing to the 
 absence of the latter officer in England, he had'the 
 supreme direction of naval affairs. He ultimately 
 in Sept. 1834, returned home, in consequence of the 
 establishment on the lakes being broken up ; but it 
 was not until after a lapse of another seven years 
 namely, on 7 Feb. 1842, that he succeeded in ob' 
 f aining the rank of Commander. During the three 
 years immediately preceding that event he had 
 been further employed onboard the San Josef 110 
 beanng the flag of Kear-Admiral Fred. Warren' 
 Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth. In 1839' 
 during the conflagration which broke out in the 
 dockyard at that place, his exertions proved of pre 
 emment utility— the preservation, indeed, of two 
 hne-of-battle ships, the Minden and Canopds, beine 
 alone attributable, as officially asserted to. the 
 energetic conduct he displayed, and to tiie iuds- 
 m?nt with which he placed and usedthe fngines of 
 which he had charge. His promotion was at lensth 
 conferred upon him in consideration of his having 
 
528 
 
 HOLBROOK— HOLBURNE. 
 
 been in command of the state barge in which the 
 King of Prussia embarked at Woolwich on the 
 occasion of His Majesty's departure &om England. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In reference to the wound Commander Holbrook 
 received while belonging to the ALCMi:NE, it may 
 be further remarked, as indicative of its severity, 
 that the ball entered before the left shoulder, pass- 
 ing under the shoulder-blade and out at the spine, 
 and injuring, in its course, the clavicle bone— that, 
 four years afterwards, the wound broke out afresh, 
 and many pieces of bone were extracted from it — 
 that an extraneous substance, frequently productive 
 of pain, has been, in consequence, deposited in his 
 left breast — and that the free use of his left arm 
 has been lastingly affected. Not only has he never 
 received any pay or remuneration for his sufferings, 
 but even was his application refused for the repay- 
 ment of his surgical expenses. Commander Hol- 
 brook is married, and has numerous issue. 
 
 HOLBROOK. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 24.) 
 James Holbrook entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1799, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Abundance store- 
 ship, Master-Commander "Wm. Price ; and in June, 
 1801, on his return from the Cape of Good Hope, 
 he removed to the TJnicoks 32, Capts. Chas. We- 
 myss and Chas. Stuart, attached to the force on the 
 Home station ; where, between Jan. 1803 and May, 
 1805, we find him employed on board the Etha- 
 LioN and Melampus frigates, Capts. Chas. Stuart 
 and Stephen Poyntz. In the course of the latter 
 year he proceeded to the East Indies in the Wooi- 
 wicH 44, armee-en-Jlute, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, with 
 whom, we believe, he remained until April, 1807. 
 From Nov. 1809, until Jan. 1813, he served on board 
 the Magnificent 74, Capts. Geo. Eyre and Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake, in the Mediterranean, and 
 also on the north coast of Spain, where, in co-ope- 
 ration with the patriots, he assisted at the reduc- 
 tion of Castro, Puerta Galletta, Guetaria, St. Ano, 
 &c. Until Sept. 1814, Mr. Holbrook was further 
 occupied on the Channel station, in the "Whiting 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Hayes, and In- 
 solent brig, Capts. Edw. Brazier and Wm. Kelly. 
 He obtained his commission 15 Feb. 1815, but, with 
 the exception of an appointment in the Coast Block- 
 ade, which he held as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, from 
 4 Sept. 1826, until Aug. 1827, he was not again em- 
 ployed until 27 Jan. 1837 ; since which period he 
 has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 HOLBROOK. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 16; 
 H-p, 25.) 
 
 Thomas Holbrook, bom in Dec. 1792, at Led- 
 bury, CO. Hereford, is son of Wm. Holbrook, Esq., 
 a solicitor at that place ; brother of Commander 
 Thos. Holbrook, R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Capt. 
 J. W. Gabriel, K.N., K.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ocean 98, Capt. Fras. 
 Pender, in which ship, and the Ville de Paris 
 110, bearing each the flag of Lord Collingwood, he 
 served off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, until 
 April, 1809— the last 20 months in the capacity of 
 Midshipman. After further attachment with Capt. 
 John Rich. Lumley to the Hind frigate,he joined, in 
 April, 1810, the Pomone 38, Capt. Robt. Barrie, under 
 whom, until wrecked, on the Needles Point, 14 Oct. 
 1811, he cruized with activity, also on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, where — besides assisting at the de- 
 struction of L'Etourdie national brig of 18 guns 
 and 200 men, and being on many occasions em- 
 ployed in the boats — he participated, 1 May, 1811, 
 in a gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone 
 Bay, in which the Po.mone, in company with the 
 Unite 36, and Scout 18, accomplished the annihi- 
 lation, with a loss to herself of 2 men killed and 
 19 wounded, of the two armed store-ships Giraffe 
 and Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, 
 
 and defended by a 5-giin battery, a marteUo tower, 
 and a body of about 200 regular troops. Being 
 appointed, soon after the loss of the Pomone, to the 
 Alcmene 38, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, he 
 proceeded in that ship to the Adriatic ; on which 
 station, in the course of 12 months, he came at least 
 10 times into conflict with the enemy, either in the 
 boats or on shore. On 22 May, 1812, while the boats 
 under Lieut. Saurin, as alluded to in our memoir of 
 Commander Chas. Holbrook, went in pursuit of an 
 armed convoy, the subject of the present narrative 
 was left with the launch at a neighbouring island 
 for the protection of some prizes already taken. 
 Immediately on hearing the report of firing he 
 hastened to the assistance of his friends, and was 
 of great service in securing their dearly-purchased 
 capture, in towing her during the night, and in 
 attending to the wounded. On 23 Sept. 1812, a 
 few months after he had been appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Alcmene, Mr. , Holbrook was 
 nominated to a death-vacancy in the Eagle 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Rowley. In the following April he 
 obtained warm mention for his conduct in the boats 
 of that ship and the Elizabeth 74, at the capture 
 of one and destruction of another of an armed 
 convoy, who had run themselves on shore into a 
 tremendous surf, under the protection of a galling 
 fire from a 2-gun battery, two schooners, and three 
 gun-boats, near Goro.* He also, on 8 June, 1813, 
 contributed to the destruction, close to Omago, of 
 a battery of 2 guns, and the bringing off of four 
 scuttled vessels, loaded with wine ; and he was next, 
 between the latter period and May, 1814, present 
 at the reduction of Fiume, Trieste, Boca Re, and 
 nearly all the towns and forts on the coast of Istria, 
 and at the mouths of the Po. During his con- 
 tinuance in the Eagle, Mr. Holbrook was likewise 
 concerned in the capture and destruction of about 
 150 sail of the enemy's vessels. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — 25 July, 1814, to the Wanderer 
 20, Capts. Fras. Newcombe, John Palmer, and Wm. 
 Dowers, with whom he served in the Channel until 
 Dec. 1815 — 5 Sept. 1818, as Senior Lieutenant, to 
 the Fly 18, Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and John Towns- 
 end Coflin, in which sloop he was employed for 
 three years and a half on the West India and Irish 
 stations, where he contributed to the capture of 
 several contraband traders— and, 22 Aug. 1825, to 
 the Dryad 42, Capts. Hon. Robt. Rodney and Hon. 
 Geo. Alfred Crofton. During the protracted ill- 
 ness of the former of those officers, he thrice had 
 command of the Dryad at sea; and on his demise 
 he again had temporary charge of her on the west- 
 em coast of Ireland. In Dec. 1827 we find him 
 escorting Mr. Stratford Canning, H. M.'s Ambassa- 
 dor at Constantinople, from the Dardanells to 
 Vorla, Corfu, ;and Ancona. He was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander, on the representation made 
 of his services by the last-mentioned personage, 
 6 May, 1828 ; but he has not been since employed. 
 
 Commander Holbrook was a student at the R. N. 
 College, from the summer of 1829 until Dec. 1831. 
 He married, in 1832, Mary, widow of the late Lieut. 
 Wm. Stock, R.N. (1807). 
 
 HOLBURNE, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 
 10 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Sir Thomas William Holbdrne is only surviv- 
 ing son of the late Sir Fras. Holbume, Bart, (whom 
 he succeeded as fifth Baronet 13 Sept. 1820), by 
 Alicia, daughter of Thos. Brayne, Esq., of co. 
 Warwick ; grandson of Fras. Holbume, Esq., Ad- 
 miral of the White, Rear-Admiral of Great Bri- 
 tain, Governor of Greenwich Hospital, and M.P. 
 tor Plymouth ; and cousin of Sir Alex. Holbume, 
 Bart., a Captain in the R.N., who died 22 Jan. 1772. 
 His elder and only brother, Francis, an officer in 
 the 3rd Foot Guards, died of a wound he received 
 before Bayonne, 14 April, 1814. 
 
 This officer e.itered the Navy, in July, 1805, as 
 Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Orion 74, Capts. Edw. 
 Codrington and Sir Archibald Collingwood Dick- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1793. 
 
HOLE— HOLLAND. 
 
 529 
 
 son, under the former of whom he fought at Tra- 
 falgar. In Feb. 1807, after having been for some 
 time employed at the blockade of Toulon, he be- 
 came Midshipman of the Tonnant 80, bearing the 
 flag of Hon. Michael de Couroy; in which ship 
 we find him, in 1808, accompanying Sir John Duck- 
 worth to the West Indies in pursuit of a French 
 squadron from Rochefort ; and, in Jan. 1809, assist- 
 ing at the embarkation of the army after the battle 
 of Corunna. Until Nov. 1812 he next presents 
 himself to our notice as serving with Rear- Admiral 
 De Courcy on the Brazilian station in the Fod- 
 DKorANT 80. He was made Lieutenant, 5 Feb. 1813, 
 into the Stromboli bomb, Capts. John Stoddart 
 and Rich. Croker, with whom he cruized in the 
 Mediterranean until the autumn of 1814 ; and he 
 was lastly, from April to Oct. 1815, employed in the 
 Channel on board the Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt. 
 Preston. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HOLE. (Kear-Admibal, 1846. F-p., 17; h-p., 
 37.) 
 
 Lewis Hole, born 16 Jan. 1779, at Strodeley, in 
 Devonshire, is son of the late Rev. W. Hole, of 
 Kuscott HiU, Surrogate of Barnstaple, by a lady 
 descended from Sir John Berry, Knt., who was a 
 ■Captain in the R.N. in 166.'5. He is brother of 
 Capt. Henry Hole, R.M. (1812), who died in 1838 ; 
 and of Commander Chas. Hole, R.N. (1812), a very 
 excellent officer, who died 8 Sept. 1844, in his 64th 
 year. One of his nephews, Wm. Hole, is a Lieute- 
 nant R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, at the commence- 
 ment of 1793, as A.B., on board the Sampson 64, 
 Capt. Geo. Montagu; and was soon afterwards 
 ordered to Quebec in the Severn 44, Capt. Paul 
 Minchin. Being next, on his return, appointed 
 Midshipman of the Belliqueux 64, Capt. Jas. Brine, 
 he assisted in that ship at the capture of Port-au- 
 Prince, 4 June, 1794 ; after which event, and until 
 promoted ;to the rank of Lieutenant 6 July, 1798, 
 he served on the Home station in the Sandwich, 
 Capt. Moss, Camilla 20, Capts. Dacres, Rotheram, 
 and' Poyntz, Astrjea frigate, Capt. R. Dacres, and 
 Kent 74, Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope. He was 
 then employed for two years on board the Explo- 
 sion bomb, in the Channel ; and at the expiration 
 of that time he joined the Ramillies 74, Capts. 
 Rich. Grindall, John Wm. Taylor Dixon, Sam. Os- 
 bom, and Henry Nicholls, bearing the flag for 
 some time of Sir Chas. Morice Pole. Continuing 
 in the latter ship until 1802, he accompanied the 
 expedition sent in 1801 to act against the Northern 
 Confederacy. Previously to the attack made upon 
 the Danish line of defence before Copenhagen, he 
 had the fortune to be placed in command of a (ivi- 
 sion of boats attached to Lord Nelson's squadron ; 
 and on the memorable 2 April he served as a vo- 
 lunteer on board the PoLvrHEMus 64. Mr. Hole's 
 next appointments were, 9 March, 1804, and 18 April, 
 1805, to the Trusty, 50, and Revenge 74, Capts. 
 Geo. Argles and Robt. Moorsom. In the former 
 ship he cruized off Boulogne ; and in the Revenge 
 he was fiercely engaged, as First-Lieutenant, at 
 Trafalgar; for his conduct on which occasion he 
 was promoted to the rank of Commander 24 Dec. 
 1805. The ships he last joined were— 2 Dec. 1807, 
 the HiNDOSTAN 50, lying at Plymouth — 10 March, 
 1 808, the Egeria, in which sloop he served on the 
 Channel and Leith stations until Aug. 1812— and 
 21 A,pril, 1813, the Bacchus 16, on the coast of 
 Ireland. While in the Egehia, he captured the 
 Naesois privateer, of 10 guns and 26 men, the Aal- 
 harg cutter, of 6 guns and 25 men, and the Alvor 
 privateer, of 14 guns and 38 men. He became a 
 Post-Captain 4 Dec. 1813; left the Bacchus in the 
 following Feb. ; and assumed his present rank 1 Oct. 
 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Hole married a daughter of the 
 late Wm. Finch, Esq., Bai-rister-at-Law, and Mas- 
 ter of the Grocers Company, by whom he has issue 
 
 HOLE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 30; h-p., 12.) 
 William Hole, bom 10 Nov. 1793, is only son 
 of the late W. B. Hole, Esq., of the island of Ja- 
 maica; and nepliew of Rear-Admiral Lewis Hole. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stab sloop, Capt. John 
 Simpson ; on accompanying whom, after an active 
 servitude on the Lisbon, Channel, and Newfound- 
 land stations, into the Wolverene 18, he co-ope- 
 rated as Midshipman in the reduction of Marti- 
 nique in Feb. 1809. While next attached, between 
 March in the latter year and June, 1811, to the 
 Bacchus schooner, Lieut. Commander Chas. Day- 
 man Jermy, he commanded one of the boats of a 
 squadron at the cutting-out, 12 Dec. 1809, of Le 
 Nisus, a French 16-gun brig-corvette, lying, vigo- 
 rously defended, under the protection of a fort in 
 the harbour of Hayes, Guadeloupe^shared, also, in 
 a gallant action, in which the BAgcHus, with a loss 
 of 5 men badly wounded, beat off two French 
 schooner-privateers — and contributed, in Feb. 1810, 
 to the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe. H6 
 was likewise twice engaged with French row-boats 
 who had designedly approached the Bacchus ; and 
 was on more than one occasion invested with the 
 navigation of prizes into port. In June, 181 1, Mr, 
 Hole, who had been for nearly two years in dis- 
 charge of the duties of Acting-Master, was trans- 
 ferred, as Master's Mate, to the Ganymede 26, 
 Capts. Robt. Preston and John Brett Purvis. Dur- 
 ing the two following years we find him employed 
 both in the West Indies and Mediterranean ; at 
 the expiration of which period he assumed the 
 charge of a watch on board the Bacchus sloop, 
 con^manded by his uncle, Capt. Lewis Hole, on the 
 Cork station. Being subsequently, in April, 1814, 
 appointed to the Trave arrme-en^Jlvte, Capts. Row- 
 land Money and John Codd, he proceeded in that 
 vessel to North America, where, after having com- 
 manded a boat at the destruction of Commodore 
 Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, he landed and 
 served with the army in the attack upon Baltimore. 
 On 14 Dec. 1814 he next commanded one of the 
 boats of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, 
 of five American gun-boats under Commodore 
 Jones, which did not surrender until the British, 
 after a stem conflict, had endured a loss of 17 men 
 killed and 77 wounded. Joining then in the hosti- 
 lities against New Orleans, he iigain had charge of 
 a boat, an 8-oared cutter, on the river Mississippi, 
 and bore an active part in all the scenes which were 
 there enacted, including the storming and capture 
 of a heavy battery. During six whole weeks he 
 was in consequence exposed, in his unsheltered 
 boat, to the inclemency of the season which then 
 prevailed, undergoing the greatest hardships, and 
 being often, with his men, severely frost-bitten. 
 Having passed his examination in Sept. 1812, Mr. 
 Hole was at length, on 3 Feb. 1815, rewarded with 
 a Lieutenant's commission. Since 3 March, 1827, 
 he has been continuously employed in the ,Coast 
 Guard — a service in which his exertions have been 
 of a very signal nature, as testified by numerous 
 high testimonials from his superior officers, as well 
 as by various letters of thanks addressed to him 
 by Lloyd's for salvage of property in cases of ship- 
 wreck. He has been instrumental, we understand, 
 in the conviction of an extraordinary number of 
 smugglers. 
 
 Lieut. Hole married, 28 Oct. 1816, Eliza, daugh- 
 ter of the late Rich. Mallard Herbert, Esq., of 
 CO. Somerset, by whom he has issue a son and 
 a daughter. 
 
 HOLLAND. (Commander, 1840.) 
 
 Edward Holland entered the Navy 31 Jan. 
 1814; passed his examination in 1820; and from 26 
 July, 1826, the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, until he invalided in Dec. 1830, was in 
 successive command, on the West India station of 
 the Monkey schooner. Nimble cutter, and Union 
 Minx, and Firefly schooners. He became Flae- 
 Lieutenant, 31 March, 1836, to Hon. Chaa. Elphin- 
 
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 HOLLAND-HOLLINWORTH— HOLLOWAY— HOLMAN. 
 
 stone Fleeming, on board the Howe 120, at Sheer- 
 ness ; was transferred, 8 Oct. following, to the com- 
 mand, on particular service, of the Scorpion brig, 
 in which vessel he remained for a period of three 
 months ; from 2 Aug. 1838 until the spring of 1840 
 commanded the Dolphin brigantine, of 36 guns, on 
 the coast of Africa, whence he removed early in 1840 ; 
 and on 3 of the next July was advanced to his present 
 rank. Hehas been employed in the Coast Guard since 
 10 July, 1845. Agents— Hallett and Kobinson. 
 
 HOLLAND. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Frederick Holland obtained his first com- 
 mission 13 Aug. 1836 ; joined, on 24 Oct. following, 
 the Satellite 18, Capt. John Kobb, on the North 
 America and West India station ; and on 9 March, 
 1839, was there removed to the command of the 
 Pickle schooner. He was superseded from the 
 latter vessel in Dec. 1840 ; and advanced to the 
 rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846. He is at present 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Holland married, first, 14 Sept. "1842, 
 Susan, eldest daughter of Sam. Christian, Esq., of 
 Malta; and (having been left a widower 11 July, 
 1844) secondly, 18 Aug. 1846, Anne, fifth daughter 
 of Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of 
 Queen's Bench. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 HOLLINWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Henry Augustds Hollinworth entered the 
 Navy 14 Feb. 1834 ; passed his examination 15 July, 
 1840; served on board the Thdnderer 84, Capt. 
 Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, during 
 the proximate operations on the coast of Syria, 
 including the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre ; 
 and on proceeding to China as Mate of the Corn- 
 WALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir "Wm. Parker, was there 
 employed in 1842, at the capture of Chapoo, Woo- 
 sung, and Chin-Kiang-Foo.* He acquired his pre- 
 sent rank, on his return to England, 20 Sept. 1843 ; 
 since which period his appointments have been — 
 28 Dec. 1844, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 .Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry 
 Duoie Chads— and 29 Jan. 1847, as Additional, to 
 the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Louis, 
 Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport. 
 
 HOLLINWOETH. (Reak-Admirai,, 1846. f-p., 
 15;h-p., 37.) 
 
 John Hollinworth is son of M. Hollinworth, 
 Esq., many years a clerk of the Admiralty ; and 
 brother of Thos. Hollinworth, Esq., formerly Naval 
 Storekeeper at Devonport. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, in June, 1795, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Geo. Fairfax, employed on the Home station, where 
 he removed, in March, 1797, to the D^dalds 32, 
 Capt. Hall. Towards the close of the same year he 
 sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in the Garland 
 28, Capts. John Clarke Searle and Jas. Athol Wood ; 
 under the latter of whom he had the misfortune to 
 be wrecked, while in pursuit of an enemy's vessel, 
 off Madagascar, 26 July, 1798. On his return to 
 England, in 1799, on board the Sphtnx 20, Capt. 
 Lord Augustus Fitzroy, he became attached in suc- 
 cession to the Temeraire, Barpleur, and Teme- 
 kaiee again, 98's, in which ships we find him serv- 
 ing until May, 1800, in the Channel, under the flag 
 of Rear- Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whitshed. Joining, 
 then, the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, 
 he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where — being 
 appointed on his arrival Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Vestal arm^e-en-flute, Capt. Valentine CoUard — he 
 accompanied the expedition to Egypt in 1801. On 
 10 June, 1802, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the 
 Cark^re, Capt. Maitland. Between Feb. 1803 and 
 April, 1806 (on 22 Jan. in which latter year he was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander), he presents 
 himself to our notice as next serving, in the Channel 
 and West Indies, on board the Venerable 74, fl!»g- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Cuthbert CoUihgwood, Mer- 
 maid 32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollia, and Heb- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1S4S, pp. 3iOO,,3iflS, 36il4. 
 
 cuLE 74, bearing the flags of Sir John Duckworth 
 and Kear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. His suc- 
 ceeding and last appointments were, on the Medi- 
 terranean station— 25 March, 1807, to the Minstrel 
 18,. in which sloop he captured, 16 July, 1808, the 
 Italian schooner Orteazia, pierced for 16 guns, but 
 carrying only 2 long 24-pounders, 6 long 9-pounder 
 and 2 3-pounder swivejs, with a complement of 56 
 men, who effected their escape-*- and, 22 Nov. 1809, 
 and 7 April and 12 July, 1810, to the Acting-Cap- 
 taincy of the Invincible 74, and Resistance and 
 Salsettb frigates. He returned to England soon 
 after his official advancement to Post-rank, which 
 took place 3 April, 1811 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he 
 became a Kear-Admiral. 
 
 He married, in 1808, a daughter of John Jackson, 
 Esq., Master-Attendant at Portsmouth ; by whom 
 he has, Vith other issue, a daughter, Marianne, who 
 married, in 1844, a son of Colonel Shadforth. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HOLLINWOETH. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 John Hollinworth entered the Navy 21 Nov. 
 1818; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837; and 
 from 4 of the following March until paid off in the 
 summer of 1842 was employed, a great part of the 
 time as First-Lieutenant, in the Sappho 16, Capts. 
 Thos. Eraser and Edw. Iggulden Parrey, on the 
 North America and West India station. He has 
 not been since afloat. Agents— Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 HOLLOWAY. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Holloway entered the Navy, in Jan. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, 
 Capt. Thos. Seccombe. With that officer, after 
 having served a few months in the Downs under 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral John Holloway, he re- 
 moved to the Glatton 50, and proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean, where, until the close of 1808, he 
 was actively employed with Capt. Robt. Waller 
 Otway on board the Montagu 74, and Malta 84. 
 During the next 12 months we find him serving, on 
 the Downs and Newfoundland stations, in the Isis 
 50, Capts. Laugharne and D. M'Leod, and Ante- 
 lope 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Holloway. He 
 then rejoined Capt. Otway in the Ajax 74, and on 
 20 July, 1810, was on board that ship in a very gal- 
 lant skirmish, in which the British, with a slender 
 force, beat back a powerful division of the French 
 flotilla. After an attachment of some time to the 
 Cumberland 74, commanded on the Home station 
 by Capt. Thos. Baker, Mr. Holloway was made 
 Lieutenant, 10 March, 1812, into the Fame 74, 
 Capt. Walter Bathurst, under whom he long ,co- 
 operated with the patriots on the coast of Spain, 
 and came into frequent contact with the French. 
 Since he was paid off, in Oct. 1814, he has not been 
 afloat. 
 
 HOLMAN, K.W., F.E.S. (Lieutenant, 1807.) 
 James Holman is brother of Capt. Wm. Holman, 
 R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 7 Dec. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rotal George 100, Capt. 
 Chas. Morice Pole, bearing the flag in the Channel 
 of Lord Bridport; served, from Sept. 1799 until 
 April, 1805, in the Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge, Geo. Henry Towry, Wm. 
 Bradley, and John Poo Beresford, on the Home 
 and North American stations ; then joined in suc- 
 cession the Leander 50, Capts. John Talbot and 
 Henry Whitby, and Cleopatra 32, of which fri- 
 gate, commanded by Capts. John W"ight, Love, and 
 Simpson, he was created a Lieutenant 27 April, 
 1807 ; and from Oct. 1808 to Nov. 1810, when he 
 invalided, was employed in the GuERRiiRE frigate, 
 Capts. Alex. Skene, Robt. Lloyd, and Sam. John 
 Pechell, stationed, as was also the Cleopatra, on 
 the coast of North America. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Holman (who is totally deprived of sight, 
 and whose extensive peregrinations have procured 
 
 * rirfeGai. 1808, p. 1S56. 
 
nd(LMAN-HOLMES. 
 
 531 
 
 him the title of the "Blind Traveller") has been a 
 Naval Knight of Windsor since the commencement 
 of the peace. He is the author of ' A Narrative of 
 a Journey taken in the years 1819-20-21 through 
 France, Italy, Savoy, &o.,' published in 1822 ; and 
 also of 'A Voyage round the World, including 
 Travels in Africa, Asia, Australia, and America,' 
 published in 1834-5, in 4 volumes. 
 
 HOLMAN. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 19; h-p., 28.) 
 Robert Holman is brother of Capt. Wm. Hol- 
 man, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eoyal George 100, 
 Capts. Wm. Domett and Kobt. Waller Otway, bear- 
 ing the flag for some time of Sir Hyde Parker in 
 the Channel. On accompanying that Admiral, as 
 Midshipman, in Feb. 1801, into the London 98, he 
 witnessed the ensuing memorable conflict oflF Co- 
 penhagen; after which event he was for three 
 years and a half employed with Capt. John Han- 
 cock on board the Cruizek sloop. He assisted, 
 during that period, at the capture, 14 June, 1803, 
 when in company with L'Immortalite 36, and 
 Jalohse 18, of the French gun-brigs L' Inabordable 
 and La Commode, after an hour's engagement with 
 the batteries on the east side of Cape Grisnez; 
 participated also in a skirmish fought by the 
 Cbuizer, in March, 1804, with 13 armed vessels full 
 of troops, which had come out of Flushing appa- 
 rently for the purpose of carrying her by boarding ; 
 and on 16 May, 1804, was present in a gallant action 
 of six hours and a half with a division of the French 
 flotilla, consisting of 59 sail, passing alongshore 
 from Flushing to Ostend, whose fire occasioned the 
 Ckdizer a loss of 1 man killed and 4 wounded. 
 He further shared, 23 Oct. following, in the Cruizer's 
 close action with a praam, which was completely 
 silenced in less than an hour and a half; and he 
 contributed to the destruction, among other priva- 
 teers, of a very notorious one, Le Contre Amiral de 
 Magon, of 17 guns and 84 men, 17 Nov. 1804. On 
 22 July, 1805, having joined the Prince op Wales 
 98, we find Mr. Holman acting as Aide-de-camp to 
 Sir Robt. Calder in his action with the combined 
 squadrons off Cape Finisterre. He subsequently, in 
 Jan. 1806, rejoined Capt. Otway on board the Mon- 
 tagu 74, in which ship, on his return from a visit 
 to the West Indies, he proceeded to the Mediterra^ 
 nean ; where, in Feb. 1808 (nearly 12 months after 
 he had passed his examination), he served in the 
 boats at the evacuation of Scylla, a fortified rock in 
 the Faro of Messina, the garrison whereof was em- 
 barked under a heavy fire from the enemy on the 
 Calabrian shore. While on the books of the Mon- 
 tagu, Mr. Holman succeeded on one occasion, when 
 in charge of two boats, in cutting out, close in with 
 the town of Reggio, a vessel laden with wine, in 
 tow of a gun-boat. On being removed to the Ca- 
 Nopus 80, bearing the flag of ReaivAdmiral Geo. 
 Martin, he had an opportunity, in 1809, besides 
 witnessing the annihilation of a flotilla of gun-boats 
 on the coast of Italy, of aiding in the capture of the 
 islands of Ischia and Procida, and of joining in the 
 pursuit which led to the self-destruction of the 
 I'rench ships of the line Robuste and Lion. From 
 Nov. 1809 to July, 1812, he was employed as Acting- 
 Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 11 
 Aug. 1810) in the Bombay 74, Capts. Wm. Cuming 
 and Norborne Thompson. In the boats of that 
 ship, which was stationed the whole time in the 
 Mediterranean, Lieut. Holman, in the year 1811, 
 had the fortune and gallantry, at noonday, to bring 
 out several vessels laden with wine from under 
 Fort Trinidad, in the Bay of Rosas. With the ex- 
 ception of a cruize, during the latter months of 
 1813, off Cherbourg, in the Eridancs 36, Capt. 
 Henry Prescott, he was uninterruptedly employed 
 at Plymouth, from Sept. 1812 until Nov. 1819, on 
 board the Salvador del Mundo, Impregnable, 
 St. George, Impregnable again, Berwick 74, and 
 a third time in the Impregnable, under the flags 
 of Sir Eobt. Calder, Sir Wm. Domett, and Sir John 
 
 Tho^. Duckworth. In Oct. 1814, on the occasion 
 of an ofdcial visit made by the Lords of the Admi- 
 ralty to the above port, it was the honourable lot 
 of Lieut. Holman, then in temporary command of 
 the Impregnable, to hoist their Lordships' flag. 
 He has been on half-pay since 1819. 
 
 In June, 1838, he was appointed Superintendent 
 of the Plymouth Police— a post he still continues to 
 fill. He married, 2 Nov. 1824, Mary, daughter of 
 the late Wm. Holman, Esq., of Hayne House, co. 
 Devon, and by that lady, who died 4 Nov. 1840, has 
 issue six children. Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 HOLMAN. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Thomas Holloway Holman is first-cousin of 
 Capt. Wm. Holman, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Feb. 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tisiphone sloop, Capt. 
 Wm. Williams Foote, employed on the Home sta- 
 tion ; and on removing, in May, 1806, to the The- 
 seus 74, Capts. Geo. Hope, Rich. Turner Hancock, 
 and John Poo Beresford, was for some time em- 
 ployed at the Cape of Good Hope and on the coast 
 of Spain. While afterwards attached, between 
 May, 1808, and March, 1812, to the Egeria sloop, 
 Capt. Lewis Hole, he served on the Channel and 
 Leith stations, and assisted at the capture of three 
 privateers, carrying altogether 30 guns and 89 men. 
 Being then appointed Master's Mate of La Mi- 
 nerve frigate, Capt. Rich. Hawkins, we find him 
 cruizing, during the next two years, in the West 
 Indies and along the American shores. He then 
 joined for a few months the Namur 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Thos. Williams at the Nore ; and between 
 Aug. 1814 and his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 6 Feb. 1815, he served, in the Channel and 
 among the Western Islands, on board the Leyden 
 64, arme'e-en-Jlute, Capts. John Davie and Henry 
 Bazely. On 9 April, 1832, having previously had 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard, Mr. Holman 
 obtained command of the Harpy Revenue-vessel. 
 He returned to the Coast Guard 30 June, 1834, and 
 continued in that service until advanced to his 
 present rank 15 Jan. 1841. Since 16 Feb. 1842 he 
 has been again attached to it in the capacity of 
 Inspecting-Commander. 
 
 HOLMAN. (Retired Captain, 1844.) 
 
 William Holman is brother of Lieuts. Jas. and 
 Robt. Holman, R.N. ; and first-cousin of Commander 
 T. H. Holman, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 30 Deo. 1790, and 
 was Midshipman of the Royal George 100, flag- 
 ship of Lord Bridport, in the action off He de Groix 
 23 June, 1795. Having attained the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant by commission dated 26 Sept. 1797, and 
 been appointed to the Regolus 44, Capt. Geo. Eyre 
 we find him, in the course of that year, serving in 
 the boats at the capture of several vessels fiom 
 under the fort of GuadiUa, on the island of Puerto 
 Rico ; and again, on 11 July, 1798, ably contributing 
 to the cuttmg-out of three others, beneath an in- 
 cessant fire from the batteries in Aguada Bay on 
 the same island.* When afterwards in the London 
 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker, Mr. Holman was 
 present at the victory achieved off Copenhagen 2 
 April, 1801. He obtained his second promotal com- 
 mission 20 Feb. 1812, and accepted the rank of 
 Captain 26 March, 1844. 
 
 Capt. Holman is married and has issue. His 
 second daughter, Emily, is married to J. Kersey 
 Esq;, of the Madras Medical Service. Agents-- 
 Pettet and Newton. 
 
 HOLMES. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Edward Holmes entered the Navy 20 Aug 1826 • 
 passed his examination 28 Jan. 1833; and at the 
 penod of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 
 which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving on the 
 North America and West India station as Mate of 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1798, p. 947. 
 
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 HOLT— HOME 
 
 -HONf: 
 
 MAN. 
 
 the Eacehoese 18, Capt. John Coghlan Fitzgerald. 
 His appointments have since been — 26 Dec. 1841, 
 again to the Kacehokse, Capt. Edm. Peel— 14 Sept. 
 1843 (after about 12 months of half-pay), as First, 
 to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, fitting at 
 Sheemess— 19 Oct. 1843, and 14 June, 1844, to the 
 WiHCHESTER 50, flag-sMp of Hon. Josceline Percy, 
 and Bittern 16, Capt. Edm. Peel, both at the Cape 
 pf Good Hope— and, 23 July, 1845, to the Calliope 
 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley, with whom he is now serv- 
 ing in the East Indies. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HOLT. (Captain, 18-38. f-p., 18; h-p., 26.) 
 
 William Holt entered the Navy, 4 July, 1803, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the San Josef 110, Capts. 
 John Tremayne Rodd and Tristram Robt. Kicketts, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton off Brest. On 
 removing, in Jan. 1806, to the Mineeva frigate^ 
 Capt. Geo. Ralph Collier, stationed off Cape Finis- 
 terre, he frequently distinguished himself in the 
 boats against the enemy, particularly on one occa- 
 sion, 3 Oct. 1806, when, led by Capt. Collier in 
 person, they boarded and carried, after a row of 
 seven hours, a Spanish gun-boat, mounting 1 long 
 24-pounder and 2 short brass 4's, with a comple- 
 ment of 30 men, besides soldiers, together with a 
 launch armed with a brass 4-pounder.* In Aug. 
 1807, having followed the same Captain into the 
 SoEVEiLLANTE 38, he accompanied the expedition 
 against Copenhagen, during the bombardment of 
 which city he was more than once intrusted with 
 the command of a rocket-boat. On 7 Nov. 1810, 
 after he had acted for some time as Lieutenant of 
 the Nautilus sloop, Capt. Thos. Dench, and Bae- 
 ELEUB and San Josef, flag-ships in the Tagus and 
 Mediterranean of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley 
 and Sir Chas. Cotton, we find him appointed First 
 of the Blossom sloop, Capt. Wm. Stewart. During 
 an attachment of three years to that vessel, from 
 which he was lent for a short period at the close of 
 1811 to the Temekaiee 98, flag-ship of Admiral 
 Fras. Pickmore at Port Mahon, Mr. Holt assisted 
 at the capture of upwards of 20 French and Ame- 
 rican merchantmen in the neighbourhood of Mar- 
 seilles, where he also came into frequent affray with 
 the enemy's batteries and naval force. At the 
 commencement of Sept. 1811 he served on shore at 
 the reduction of a French fort on the smaller Medis 
 Island, mounting 1 mortar, 2 long 18-pounders, and 
 2 sixes — an achievement performed in the presence 
 of a formidable force assembled on Cape Begu, on 
 the coast of Catalonia. He next, on 23 Feb. 1812, 
 aided at the capture of a schooner privateer, Le 
 Jean Bart, of 7 guns and 106 men ; and, on 29 of 
 the following April, he commanded the boats of 
 the Blossom, in conjunction with those of the Un- 
 daunted and VoLONTAJRE frigates, in an attack 
 upon 26 vessels near the mouth of the Rhone, 7 of 
 which were brought oiit, and 12, including a na^ 
 tional schooner of 4 guns and 74 men, left stranded 
 on the beach. When subsequently in the San Josef, 
 with Sir Rich. King, Mr. Holt presents himself to 
 our notice as co-operating, in April, 1814, in the 
 reductioii of Genoa. On 18 July in the following 
 year, having become First-Lieutenant of the Feeeet 
 sloop, Capt. J as. Stirling, he served with the boats 
 of that vessel and it squadron, and enacted a dis- 
 tinguished part, at the cuttiug-out of a convoy and 
 several armed vessels lying under the protection of 
 a fort at Corrijou, near Brest. On that occasion 
 his exertions called forth the warmest approbation, 
 especially the promptness he displayed in taking 
 possession of a ]?rench man-of-war brig, and bring- 
 ing her to an anchor when she attempted to run 
 for the rocks. Equally conspicuous was his conduct 
 in the following year, when the Feeeet, with only 
 8 12-pounder carronades mounted, captured, after 
 a running fight of two hours, and a loss of 3 men 
 killed and 2 wounded, the American-built brigan- 
 tine Dolores, having on board nearly 300 slaves, 
 armed with 1 long 32-pounder on a pivot, 4 long 
 9-pounders, and 2 12-pounder carronades, a vessel 
 • Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1373. 
 
 by whom she had been at first attacked. Quitting 
 the Feeeet in June, 1816, Lieut. Holt next, on 2 
 April, 1823, joined the Hussar frigate, Capt. Geo. 
 Harris, fitting for the West India station, where 
 his gallantry and perseverance in exterminating 
 (during 67 days of absence from the ship in operi 
 boats) a horde of pirates who had taken possession 
 of the Isle of Pines procured him the rank of Com- 
 mander by commission dated 20 Aug. 1824. His 
 succeeding and last appointments were, on the Me- 
 diterranean station.— 21 July, 1834, to the Scout 18, 
 which sloop he paid off 8 Oct. 1835— and, 22 March, 
 1836, to the Second-Captaincy of the Asia 84, Capt. 
 Wm. Fisher. He continued in the latter ship until 
 advanced to his present rank 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Capt. Holt, who has several children, was left a 
 widower in 1839. 
 
 HOME, Bart., C.B., F.K.S. (Captain, 1837.) 
 
 Sie James Eveeaed Home, born 25 Oct. 1793, 
 in London, is son of the late Sir Everard Home, 
 Bart., F.R.S., Sergeant-Surgeon to the King, and 
 Physician to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, by 
 Jane, daughter and heiress of Jas. Tunstall, Esq., 
 D.D., and viddow of Stephen Thompson, Esq. ; 
 nephew of Capt. Wm. Home, E.I.C.S., and of John 
 Hunter, Esq., Surgeon-General to the Army ; and 
 brother-in-law of Capt. Henry Forbes, E.N., and of 
 the late Capt. Bernard Yeoman, R.N. He succeeded 
 his father, as second Baronet, 31 Aug. 1832. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1810, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Eueyalus frigate, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dnndas. Proceeding 
 in that ship to the Mediterranean, he there joined, 
 in Aug. 1812, the Malta 80, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Benj. Hallowell, with whom, subsequently to 
 the peace, he served at Cork on board the Tonnant 
 80. On his ultimate arrival in the West Indies in 
 the SrniLLE frigate, bearing the flag of Sir Home 
 Popham, he was promoted, 14 July, 1814, to a Lien- 
 tenancy in the Laene 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe, 
 and next appointed to the Pique 36, Capt. John 
 Mackellar. After a further servitude of eight months 
 on the Home station in the Helicon 10, Capt. Wm. 
 Robt. Dawkins, he succeeded in obtaining a second 
 promotal commission, dated 28 Jan. 1822, but he 
 did not again go afloat until Feb. 1834, on 1 of 
 which month we find him assuming command of 
 the Racehorse 18i fitting for the West Indies.* 
 He acquired his present rank soon after he had been 
 paid ofi; 5 Dec. 1837 ; and he was lastly, from 30 
 Aug. 1841, until the summer of 1846, employed iik 
 the East Indies on board the Noeth Star 26. 
 During the period he commanded the latter ship 
 Sir Jas. Everard Home contributed to the capture 
 of Woosung and Shanghae, and participated in the 
 operations on the Tang-tse-Kiang-|' — services for 
 which he was nominated a C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. In 
 Dec. 1845, when Senior Naval Officer at New Zea- 
 land, he originated the instructions which were 
 afterwards adopted by Capt. Chas. Graham, during 
 whose siege of Kawiti's stronghold, as detailed in 
 our memoir of that officer, he was intrusted with, and 
 behaved with unwearied zeal, exertion, and attenr 
 tion at, the defence of a pah situated at the point of 
 debarkation, six miles up the river and 12 from the 
 pah destroyed.! 
 Sir J. E. Home was elected a F.R.S. in 1825. 
 
 HONYMAN. (Admiral op the Blue, 1847. 
 F-p., 29 ; H-p., 36.) 
 Robert Hontman is son of the late Patrick 
 Honyman, Esq. (a descendant of Robert, first Earl 
 of Orkney, natural son of James V. of Scotland), 
 by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Patrick 
 Sinclair, Esq., of Durwin ; half-brother of the late 
 Lord Armadale, one of the Lords of Session, and 
 Justiciary in the Supreme Courts of Scotland; and 
 
 '^ The Racehojise took an active part in the siege of 
 Pana in 1835, and was for several days in contest with the 
 batteries, in company with a Brazilianaquadron. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 3391, 3404, 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1846, pp. 2345, 234". 
 
HOOD. 
 
 533 
 
 uncle of the present Sir Ord Honyman, Bart., Lieut.- 
 Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, who married a 
 daughter of Admiral Geo. Bowen, of Coton Hall, 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1782, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Queen, Capt. 
 Patrick Sinclair, stationed in the North Sea, where 
 he removed, with the same Captain, to the Tek- 
 MAGANT sloop. In Sept. 1783, after he had served 
 for six months with Capt. Benj. Archer in the 
 Unicoen 32, he rejoined him as Midshipman on 
 board the Hy.s;na 24, on the Irish station ; and he 
 was next, from Oct. 1785 until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 21 Oct. 1790, employed, chiefly 
 at home, in the Powerfdl 74, Capt. Andrew Suth- 
 erland, LoWESTOFFE frigate, Capt. £dm. Dod, Orios 
 74, Capts. A. Sutherland and Chas. Chamberlayne, 
 Iphigenia frigate, Capt. P. Sinclair, and Kegtjltjs 
 44, Capt. Wm. Mitchell. On the renewal of hostili- 
 ties in 1793 he obtained an appointment to the 
 Diadem 64, Capts. A. Sutherland and Wm. Smith, 
 and sailed for the Mediterranean, where, after wit- 
 nessing the occupation of Toulon, he removed in 
 succession to the Berwick 74, Capts. A. Sutherland 
 and Wm. Smith, and St. George 98, flag-ship of 
 Sir Hyde Parker, under whom he was wounded in 
 Hotham's first partial action, 14 March, 1 795.* Being 
 awarded (while serving in the Channel on board 
 the Defiance 74, Capt. Theophilus Jones) a second 
 promotal commission 13 Aug. 1796, Capt. Honyman, 
 on 4 May, 1797, assumed command of the Tisiphone 
 sloop, in which, in the course of the same year, he 
 captured the French privateers Xe Prospered of 14 
 guns and 73 men, and Le Ceif Volant^ of 14 guns, 
 6 swivels, and 63 men. He attained Post-rank in 
 the DoRTRECHT, On the Home station, 10 Dec. 1798, 
 and was subsequently appointed — 16 Oct. 1800, to 
 the Garland 28, in which ship he conveyed Kear- 
 Admiral Robt. Montagu to Jamaica — 19 Oct. 1801, 
 to the ToPAZE frigate, employed on the latter sta- 
 tion, whence he returned towards the close of 1802 
 —21 Dec. 1802, to the Leda 38—14 March, 1809, 
 to the Ardent 64, attached to the force in the 
 Baltic, on which station he continued until April, 
 1812 — 1 Jan. and 28 June, 1813, to the Sceptre 
 and Marlborough 74's, both in North America — 
 and, 11 June, 1814, to the office of Regulating Cap- 
 tain at Portsmouth. When in the Leda, at the 
 commencement of the late war, we find Capt. Hony- 
 man stationed on the coast of France, with a small 
 squadron under his orders, for the purpose of ob- 
 structing the progress of the enemy's flotilla from 
 the eastward towards Boulogne. On 29 Sept. 1803 
 part of his force attacked a division of gun-boats, 
 and drove two on shore, where they were bilged ; 
 and on 24 April, 1805, having discovered 26 of the 
 enemy's vessels rounding Cape Grisnez, he suc- 
 ceeded, during an engagement of about two hours, 
 in cutting off seven schuyts, carrying altogether 
 18 guns, 1 howitzer, and 168 men, from Dunkerque, 
 bound to Ambleteuse.t The Leda afterwards as- 
 sisted in a conspicuous manner at the reduction of 
 the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806 % — was present 
 at the o&pture, 21 Feb. and 4 March following, of 
 the Holla brig and Volxmtaire frigate in Table Bay 
 — took an active and zealous share, on accompany- 
 ing Sir Home Popham to the Rio de la Plata, in all 
 the operations which preceded the evacuation of 
 Spanish America in 1807 §— formed part of the 
 ensuing expedition to Copenhagen — effected the 
 capture, 4 Dec. 1807, of VAdolphe privateer, of 18 
 guns and 70 men— and was finally wrecked, near 
 the entrance of Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. The 
 subject of the present narrative, whom a court- 
 martial acquitted of all blame in the catastrophe, 
 and who has been unemployed since Jan. 1816, be- 
 came a Rear- Admiral 27 May, 1825, a Vice-Admiral 
 10 Jan. 1837, and a full Admiral 19 Feb. 1847. 
 
 Admiral Honyman was elected M.P. in 1802 for 
 the shires of Orkney and Shetland. He is married. 
 
 Vide Gaz. 17ff6, p. 306. + V. Gaz.1805, p. S54. 
 
 J V. Ghz. 1806, p. 258. 
 } V. Gaz. 1807, pp. 112, 113, 126. 
 
 HOOD. (Liedtenant, 1846.) 
 
 AKTH0R William Acland Hood, bom 14 July, 
 1824, is second son of Sir Alex. Hood, Bart., of Tid- 
 lake, CO. Surrey, by Amelia Anne, youngest daugh- 
 ter and co-heir of Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart., of 
 Hartington Hall, co. Derby ; grandson of the gal- 
 lant Capt. Alex. Hood, B.N., who accompanied 
 Capt. Cook in one of his voyages round the world, 
 and, after much distinguished service, fell in com- 
 mand of the Mars 74, during a tremendous yard- 
 arm-and-yard-arm conflict which preceded the sur- 
 render to the latter ship of the French 74 L'Her- 
 cuh, 21 April, 1798; and grand-nephew of that 
 excellent officer, the late Vice-Admiral Sir Sam. 
 Hood, K.B., K.F.M.* His elder and only brother, 
 Alex. Bateman Periam Hood, is a Lieutenant in the 
 Royal Horse Guards. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 2 Aug. 1843 ; 
 and, after serving for nearly two years, as Mate, in 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings, and for a short time in the 
 President 50, fitting for the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Jas. Rich. Dacres, was promoted to the rank he 
 now holds 9 Jan. 1846. He was then re-appointed 
 to the President, in the capacity of Additional- 
 Lieutenant, and is at present serving in her at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 HOOD. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.) 
 Silas Thomson Hood, born in 1789, at Devon- 
 port, is elder and only brother of Captain W. J. T. 
 Hood, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Suffisante 14, Capts. 
 Joseph Whitman, Jonas Rose, and Christopher John 
 Williams Nesham, attached to the force in the 
 Channel, where he served until Aug. 1802, and as- 
 sisted at the capture of several privateers and 
 merchantmen. In March, 1803, he re-embarked on 
 board the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Graham Eden 
 Hamond, Hon. Michael de Courcy, Fras. Pender, 
 and Wm. Bradley, in which ship he was for five 
 years actively employed on the Channel, St. Helena, 
 and Lisbon stations, chiefly as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate. Being then, in March, 1808, ap- 
 
 * Sir Samuel Hood 'was born in 1762, and entered the 
 Navy at the age of 14, on board the Couraoeux 74, com- 
 manded by his father's first-cousin, the lirst Viscount Hood. 
 He commanded the Ren.4RD sloop on the glorious 12 April, 
 1782 ; and in 1784 he was advanced, for his services, to Post- 
 rank. In Dec. 1793, being then in the Juno frigate, he en- 
 tered Toulon, unapprized of its evacuation, but succeeded, 
 with consummate skill and presence of mind, in ejecting 
 his escape . He was next employed at the reduction of Corsica, 
 and in command of a small squadron in the Archipelago. As 
 Captain of the Zealous 74, he accompanied Nelson to Tene- 
 riffe in 1797, and fought with him at the Nile, where he 
 captured Ze Giterrier 74, and, until called off by signal, was 
 singly in combat with four French ships. His valour on the 
 occasion procured him the thanks of Parliament, and a sword 
 from the City of London. In 1799 his conduct in expelling 
 the French from Naples was acknowledged with the order of 
 St. Ferdinand and Merit from the King of the Two Sicilres. 
 He subsequently commanded the Courageux 74, in Sir John 
 Borlase Warren's expedition to Ferrol ; enacted a conspicuous 
 part in the Venerable 74, in Sir James Saumarez' actions 
 of 6 and 12 July, 1801, off Algeciras and in the Gnt of 
 Gibraltar ; and in 1803, on being appointed Commodore of 
 the West India squadron, with his broad pendant in the 
 Centaur 74, won the distinction of a K.B. for his capture 
 of the Dutch settlements of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. 
 In Sept. 1806, being still in the Centaur, and in command 
 of a squadron off Rochefort, Sir Samuel Hood made prize of 
 four heavy French frigates. Having on that occasion lost 
 his right arm, he was awarded, in consideration of the wound 
 and of his numerous services, a pension of 500/. In 1807 he 
 was elected M.P. for Westminster, and in the ensuing Oct., 
 on his return with Lorrl Gambler from Copenhagen, he was 
 promoted to Flag-rank. In Dec. of the same year we find 
 him obtaining possession, with Major-General Beresford, of 
 the island of Madeira ; and next, when in company with the 
 Implacable 74, eflecting the destruction, in Aug. 1808, of 
 the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a close and furious contlict 
 fought in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Kogerswick. 
 In 1809 he received the thanks of Parliament for his services 
 at Corunna. He was created a Baronet on 13 of the following 
 ■April ; and on 24 Dec. 1814, a few months after his assump- 
 tion of the rank of Vice-Admiral, died, on the East India 
 station, where he had been appointed Commauder-in-Chief. 
 
534 
 
 HOOD. 
 
 pointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Conflict 12, Lieut.- 
 Commander Joseph B. Batt, he witnessed Lord 
 Cochrane's destruction Tof the French shipping in 
 Basque Roads in April, 1809 ; and on one occasion, 
 when in command of a single boat belonging to that 
 vessel, had the good fortune and gallantry to effect 
 the capture, during a heavy gale of wind, of La 
 Grande Decidee letter-of-marque, armed with 1 long 
 18-pounder and 2 nines, and having on board a crew 
 of 45 men. As a reward for this service, as also for 
 the conduct he displayed in cutting out two sloops 
 laden with naval stores from under the battery of 
 St. Nicholas, near Sable d'Olonne, Mr. Hood was 
 appointed, 28 July, 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Dkeadkocght 98, to which ship, bearing the flag 
 in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, he 
 was confirmed by commission dated on 19 of the 
 next Dec. During his continuance in her we find 
 him, on the night of 8 Sept. 1810, commanding one 
 of her boats, under Lieut. Kobt. Pettman, at the 
 re-capture of the Maria Antonia Spanish merchant- 
 man among the rocks on the west side of Ushant, a 
 desperate exploit, which was not achieved without 
 a loss to the British of 6 men Isilled, 31 wounded, 
 and 6 missing. The behaviour manifested in this 
 affair by Mr. Hood led to his being appointed, in 
 Dec. 1811 (after many months of servitude in the 
 Valiant 74, Capt. Kobt. Dudley Oliver), Second- 
 Lieutenant of the Bacchante 38, Capts. Wm. 
 Hoste and Fras. Stanfell. On 18 Sept. 1812, the 
 Bacchante having chased a convoy of 18 sail be- 
 tween the islands of Tremiti and Vasto, he was sent 
 with her boats, six in number, containing 72 officers 
 and men, the whole under the orders of Lieut. Do- 
 nat Henchy O'Brien (whom he most ably seconded), 
 to assist in bringing them out.* Although the mer- 
 chantmen had been hauled on shore, and lay under 
 the protection of eight armed vessels, carrying in 
 all 8 long 12-pounders, 6 swivels, and 104 men, yet 
 were they unable to withstand the impetuosity of 
 the valiant seamen, who, rushing like lions to the 
 attack, pushed through a heavy fire of grape and 
 musketry, and boarded and carried each opponent, 
 driving the crews over the sides in every direction ; 
 while the marines, under Lieut. Wm. Haig, land- 
 ing, forced the fugitives from a neighbouring wood, 
 where they would have had complete command of 
 the coast, and thereby secured possession of the 
 whole of the convoy and armed vessels. On 6 Jan. 
 1813 he was further present in the boats with Lieut. 
 O'Brien at the capture of five gun-vessels near 
 Otranto';"!" and, on the consequent promotion of that 
 officer, he became the Bacchante's First-Lieute- 
 nant. On 14 of the following month we find him 
 receiving a severe contusion, by a fall, while com- 
 manding the barge of the same ship, at the capture 
 of L* Alcljiovs, a national vessel mounting 2 long 24- 
 pounders, with a complement of 45 men — his own 
 party not consisting of more than 23. The injuries 
 he then received were so severe as to result in the 
 loss of the use of both his legs, for which, in 1815, 
 he was granted a pension of 2001. On 15 May, 1813, 
 having somewhat recovered, Lieut. Hood was en- 
 abled to land with a detachment of seamen, and 
 blow up the castle of Karlebago, whence, after de- 
 stroying all the public works, he brought off 2 12- 
 pounders, 4 nines, and 2 brass sixes. J His next 
 achievement was the capture, 12 June, 1813, from 
 under the town of Gela Nova, on the coast of 
 Abnizzo, of seven large gun-boats, mounting each 1 
 long 18-pounder in the bow, three smaller gun-ves- 
 sels, with a 4-pounder in the bow, and 14 sail of mer- 
 chantmen, four of which also had guns in the bow. 
 The British, as they advanced, were exposed to a 
 heavy fire of grape and musketry ; and it was not 
 until they were fairly alongside the gun-boats that 
 the crews of the latter slackened their fire : they 
 were then driven from their vessels with great loss. 
 The shore astern of the assailed was at the com- 
 mencement lined with 100 troops, who, however, 
 fled on the first fire, leaving behind them two field- 
 pieces, whicli were destroyed by the marines under 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 164. f V. Gaz. 1813, p, 626. 
 
 J r. Gan. 1813, p. 1793. 
 
 Lieut. Haig. In performing this brilliant exploit 
 the boats of the Bacchante sustained a loss of 2 
 seamen and 1 marine killed, and 5 seamen and 1 
 marine wounded.* The gallant conductor of the 
 enterprise was justly recommended by Capt. Hoste 
 in the strongest manner to the notice of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief. After witneBsing the reduction, 
 in the early part of 1814, of the fortress of Cattaro 
 and the town of Ragusa, he proceeded to North 
 America, where he served at the capture of Castine, 
 Belfast, and Machias. He was at length made Com- 
 mander, 27 April, 1815, into the Poktia 14, in which 
 vessel he was employed, chiefly off Bermuda, until 
 April, 1816, when he invalided. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 In reviewing Commander Hood's services in the 
 Bacchante, it may be observed that, in the space 
 of two years, he assisted in making at least 1000 
 prisoners, and in capturing 27 national gun-vessels, 
 87 sail of merchantmen, and one privateer. He mar- 
 ried, in Feb. 1822, Catharine, eldest daughter of the 
 late Kev. Wm. Hamilton, D.D., Rector of Clondava- 
 dog, 00. Donegal, and a Magistrate, who lost his life 
 in the service of his country in 1797. 
 
 HOOD. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Henkt Hood passed his examination 
 27 Feb. 1840 ; and, after officiating for some time 
 as Mate of the Vulcan Revenue-steamer and Sea- 
 flower cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Crispin 
 and Nicholas Robilliard, was appointed to a station 
 in the Coast Guard 28 Feb. 1842. He left that ser- 
 vice, on advancement to his present rank, 21 May, 
 1846 ; and, since 17 of the following June, has been 
 employed on the coast of Africa in the Contest 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander Arch. M'Murdo. 
 
 HOOD. (Captain, 1843.) 
 
 William John Thompson Hood was bom 6 Nov. 
 1794. He is younger brother of Commander S. T. 
 Hood, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 April, 1805. He 
 served on board the Achille 74, Capt. Rich. King, 
 at the battle of Trafalgar ; was in the Daphne 20, 
 Capt. Fras. Mason, at the capture of Monte Video 
 in Feb. 1807, and during the operations on the Rio 
 de la Plata ; assisted, when in the Plovek and Shel- 
 drake sloops, at the capture of several privateers, 
 and the blockade of the French and Danish coasts ; 
 and, on being appointed Master's Mate of the 
 Malta 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Benj. 
 Hallowell, commanded the Spanish gun-boat No. 5, 
 in co-operation, during the latter part of the war, 
 with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. Being 
 advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 25 Feb. 1815 
 (nearly two years after he had passed his examina- 
 tion), he was successively appointed Senior — 24 May, 
 1821, of the Helicon 10, Capt. Wm. Robt. Dawkins, 
 stationed in the Channel— and, 24 July and 24 Dec. 
 1824, of the Romnet and Hyperion Coast Blockade 
 ships, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Commander in the 
 Hyperion, 9 Jan. 1828, and continued on the books 
 of that frigate imtil paid off in Dec. 1829. His next 
 and last appointment was, 27 April, 1842, to the 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at 
 Plymouth, where he remained imtil advanced to his 
 present rank 25 Sept. 1843. 
 
 Independently of the thanks of the Board of 
 Longitude, Capt. Hood, on 26 May, 1824, received 
 from the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, 
 &c., its gold Vulcan medal for his improved screen- 
 glasses for quadrants and sextants for naval use. 
 He has also been voted the silver medal of the same 
 body for his invention of an ice-saw, for facilitating 
 the progress or escape of ships navigating the high 
 Polar latitudes, when surrounded by field-ice. In 
 1828 he obtained a similar honorary reward for his 
 method of constructing a floating bridge, from the 
 materials to be found on board all ships of war and 
 vessels generally. In 1830 he agajn received the 
 Society's medal for his invention of an improved 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1795. 
 
HOOKEY-HOOPER. 
 
 635 
 
 rocket-shaft. Capt. Hood has also invented a ro- 
 tatory lifting and forcing pump. He married, 16 
 Dec. 1830, Sophia Janet, second daughter of the 
 late Bobt. Henderson, Esq., Physician and Inspector 
 of the Forces. Agents— IVTessrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HOOKEY. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 16.) 
 
 James Hookey, bom 31 Dec. 1798, at Portsea, is 
 son of Wm. Hookey, Esq., late Timber Master of 
 H.M. Dockyard at Deptford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Newcastle 60, Capts. 
 Lord Geo. Stuart, Sam. Roberts, and Henry Mey- 
 nell, in which ship we find him employed, on the 
 North America and "West India stations, half the 
 time as Midshipman, until Jan. 1816. From the 
 following Aug. until Sept. 1817 he served on Lake 
 Erie in the Confiance, Capt. Dan. Pring. He was 
 next, during the summer-months of 1818, engaged 
 on Home duty, in the Weymodth 12, Master-Com- 
 mander Turner ; after which he was borne, be- 
 tween May, 1819, and Jan. 1823, on the books of 
 the Swan 6, Lieut.-Commanders Thos. Dilnot Stew- 
 art and Benj. Aplin. In 1822 he elicited the thanks 
 of Capt. John Toup Nicolas, the Senior officer, and 
 of the Mayor of N ewcastle-upon-Tyne, for his con- 
 duct in command of the boats of that vessel during a 
 severe dispute which had there broken out between 
 the keelmen and the shipmasters and shipowners. 
 After a servitude of three years on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations on board the Tribune 42, 
 Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, Mr. Hookey, in Feb. 
 1826, joined the Prince Regent 120, bearing the 
 flag at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom. Early in 
 the following year he became Admiralty Midship- 
 man of the Barham 50, bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming in the West Indies, 
 where (having passed his examination in March, 
 1822) he was constituted, 14 Sept. 1828, First-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Slanby 20, Capt. Joseph O'Brien. 
 He invalided home in May, 1829, but, returning to 
 the same station in the next Dec, was further ap- 
 pointed to the Magnificent receiving-ship at Port 
 Royal, Jamaica, Capts. Smith and Gill. On 21 March, 
 1831, he was transferred to the command of the 
 Kangaroo schooner. He came home and was paid 
 off in Aug. 1833, and has not been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Hookey was presented, in 1827, by the 
 " Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c.," with 
 a large silver medal for his invention of an improved 
 log-ship. He married, 15 Jan. 1839, Mary, third 
 daughter of John M'Coy, Esq., of the Royal Artil- 
 lery, and sister of Capt. John M'Coy, of the same 
 corps. Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 HOOPER. (Lieut., 1809. f-p.,37; h-p., 12.) 
 
 Benjamin Hooper was bom 18 Feb. 1789, at 
 Torpoint, co. Cornwall. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foudroyant 80, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Byard. In that ship, after witnessing the 
 capture, in the following Oct., of a French squadron 
 under Commodore Bompart, destined for the inva- 
 sion of Ireland, he sailed with the flag of Lord 
 Keith for the Mediterranean; where, on Lord 
 Nelson shifting his flag to the Foddroyant, he was 
 employed in affording escort to King Ferdinand and 
 the N eapolitan Court ; and, in particular, in per- 
 sonally ministering, with Messrs. W alpole and Smith, 
 Midshipmen, to the entertainment of the young 
 princes on board. Continuing attached to the 
 same ship under Sir Edw. Berry, Mr. Hooper, while 
 at the blockade of Malta, assisted, as Midshipman, 
 at the capture, on 18 Feb. 1800, of ic Genereux 74, 
 and Ville de Marseilles armed store-ship, and on 31 
 March, after a desperate conflict, in which the Fon- 
 DEOTANT (then in company with the Lion 64, and 
 Penelope 36) sustained a loss of 8 men killed and 
 64 wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and 
 1000 men, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral Decres. He 
 came home with Sir Edw. Berry at the commence- 
 ment of 1801 in the Princess Charlotte frigate, 
 but, returning to the Mediterranean on the renewal 
 
 of hostilities in 1803 on board the Canopus 80, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. Campbell, 
 was for some time engaged at the blockade of 
 Toulon, off which port he once participated in a 
 brush with a powerful division of the enemy's fleet. 
 Being again ordered to England in 1805 in the Di- 
 ligent store-ship, Master-Commander Wm. Lloyd, 
 he was appointed, on his arrival, to the London 98, 
 Capts. Sir Robt. Barlow, Robt. RoUes, Sir Harry 
 Burrard Neale, Edw. Oliver Osborn, and Thos. 
 Western; in which ship, under Sir H. B. Neale, we 
 find him, on- 13 March, 1806, aiding, in company 
 with the Amazon 38, at the capture of the French 
 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, whose fire, 
 in the course of a long running action, occasioned 
 the London a loss of 10 men killed and 22 wounded. 
 In Sept. 1808, after having accompanied the Royal 
 Family of Portugal to the Brazils, and been for 
 several months employed on that station, Mr. Hooper 
 became Sub-Lieutenant of the Alban cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander Henry Weir, with whom he returned 
 home and then proceeded to the Baltic, where he 
 appears to have seen a good deal of boat service, 
 and to have carried into Prussia secret despatches 
 from the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Jas. Saumarez. 
 On 27 Oct. 1809 he was appointed an Acting, and 
 on 13 of the following Dec. a confirmed. Lieutenant 
 of the Princess Caroline 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley 
 Pater and Hugh Downman. In 1810, during a cruize 
 in the Gulf of Finland, he was intrusted with the com- 
 mand of the boats employed among the rocks and 
 small islands inshore ; and in 1811 we again discover 
 him serving in the boats, and sharing in a cutting- 
 out affair off the island of Zealand, in which they 
 endured a loss of 1 man killed and 1 severely wound- 
 ed. Rejoining Capt. Weir, in Oct. ISll, on board 
 the Calypso 18, he had an opportunity, on 6 July, 
 1812,of enacting a part, in company with the Dic- 
 tator 64, PODARGUS 14, and Flamer gun-brig, at 
 the gallant capture and destruction, mthin the 
 rocks of Mardoe, on the coast of Norway, of an 
 entire Danish squadron, consisting of the Nayaden, 
 of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe, and Kiel sloops, and 
 several gun-boats, at the close of a long conflict, 
 productive of a loss to the Calypso of 3 men killed, 
 1 man wounded, and 1 missing, and to the enemy of 
 300 killed and wounded. Although Capt. Weir 
 was made Post for this exploit, and the First-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Dictator was advanced to the rank 
 of Commander, Lieut. Hooper, who was himself 
 Senior of the Calypso, and was officially praised 
 for his exertions,* received no reward — an act of 
 neglect he the more felt from the fact of the Acting- 
 Lieutenant on board the latter vessel, and of course 
 his inferior, being confirmed to the vacancy created 
 in the Dictator. To add to his mortification he 
 was even superseded in his post as First-Lieutenant, 
 and another officer appointed over him. Continu- 
 ing in the Calypso under Capts. Thos. Gronbe 
 and Chas. Hope Reid until Aug. 1814, he was fur- 
 ther employed in conveying Lord Walpole to St. 
 Petersburg, and in co-operating in the siege of 
 Danzig. On the occasion of the Grand Naval Re- 
 view held at Portsmouth in 1814, he was again 
 Senior of the Calypso. His last appointment 
 afloat was, 20 Jan. 1815, to the Penelope 36, armee 
 en flute, Capt. Jas. Galloway, which vessel was lost, 
 with part of her crew, in the gulf of St. Lawrence, 
 on 30 of the ensuing April. Since 10 April, 1826, 
 Lieut. Hooper has been in charge of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, first, in 1829, Miss M. Webb, daughter 
 of a naval officer ; and secondly, 5 Jan. 1831, a 
 daughter of Commander Robt. Hearle, R.N. By 
 his first wife the Lieutenant has issue three chil- 
 dren, and by his second he has had a further family 
 of six children. 
 
 HOOPER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 31.) 
 John Sackett Hooper was bom 27 Dec. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1809, as 
 * Fide Gaz. 1812, p. 1362. 
 
536 
 
 HOOPER-HOOPS— HOPE. 
 
 Midshipman, on board the Standakd 64, Capt. 
 Thoa. Harvey, with whom he was for some months 
 employed in the Majestic 74, on the Baltic station ; 
 where, in the course of 1810, he joined the Kuby 
 and DiCTATOB 64' s, both commanded by Capt. Eobt. 
 "Williams. During the action of 6 July, 1812, with 
 the Danish squadron, alluded to in our narrative of 
 Lieut. Benj. Hooper, he is represented to have been 
 on board the latter ship, whose loss on the occasion 
 amounted to 4 persons killed and 24 (including 
 himself*) wounded. The three years preceding 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 20 Sept. 1815, were passed by Mr. Hooper on 
 the North Sea, North American, West India, and 
 Newfoundland stations, in the Sceptre and Marl- 
 borough 74's, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Robt. 
 Honyman, and Perseos 22, Capt. Edw. Henry 
 A'Court. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HOOPER. (Lieut., ISIO. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.) 
 
 EiCHAED Hooper entered the Navy, in 1800, as 
 L.M., on board the Severs 44, Capts. John Whitby 
 and Geo. Barker, employed in the West Indies; 
 where, and in the Channel, he served, from Deo. 
 1803 until Aug. 1809, as A.B., Midshipman, Mas- 
 ter's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Port 
 Mahon brig, Capt. Sam. Chambers. During the 
 three first years of that period he assisted at the 
 capture, re-capture, and destruction of at least 50 
 vessels ; among which were El Galgo Spanish 
 packet, the Aranzana letter-of-marque, and Et 
 Courier privateer. In 1808 the Port Mahon took 
 two other privateers — Le Furet, of 16 guns and 47 
 men, and Le General Paris, of 3 guns and 38 men. 
 After an attachment of nearly 12 months to the 
 San Josef 110, under the flags of Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth and Sir Chas. Cotton, Mr. Hooper was 
 made Lieutenant, 4 July, 1810, into the Tem^raire 
 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore in the 
 'Mediterranean. His last appointments were — 10 
 Sept. 1812, to the Insolent 14, Capts. Edw. Brazier 
 and Wm. Kelly, with whom he served in the Chan- 
 nel and Baltic until compelled by illness to invalid 
 in Sept. 1814— and, 3 Feb. 1816, to the Dee 24, 
 commanded by Capt. Sam. Chambers on the Halifax 
 station. The latter vessel was paid off 8 Dec. 1818. 
 
 HOOPER. (Ltedt., 1824. p-p., 11; h-p., 25.) 
 
 William Hooper (5) entered the Navy, 3 May, 
 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fisgakd frigate, 
 Capt. Fras. Mason ; and on removing, after serving 
 for some time in the Baltic, to the Niobe 40, Capts. 
 John Wentworth Loring and Wm. Augustus Mon- 
 tagu, sailed for North America. In 1813 he became 
 Midshipman of the President 38, Capts. F. Mason 
 and Archibald Duff, in time, we believe, to witness 
 the fall of St. Sebastian. Between Oct. 1815 and 
 April, 1816, he was employed in the North Sea on 
 board the Florida 20, Capts. Wm. Elliott and 
 Chas. Sibthorpe .John Hawtayne. He then pro- 
 ceeded to the West Indies, where, for a period of 
 two years and a half, he served under Capt. Elliott 
 in the Scamander 36. In 1820 he returned to the 
 same station in the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane ; on quitting which ship he successively 
 joined, in 1822-3, the Phaeton 46, Capt. Henry 
 Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, Gloucester 74, Commodore 
 Sir Edw. Owen, and 'Tine, Capt. Roberts. He ob- 
 tained his commission 12 Jan. 1824, and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hooper married Elizabeth, youngest 
 daughter of the late Thos. Gardiner Bramston, ESj., 
 of Skreens, M.P. for co. Essex ; and sister of the 
 present Thos. Wm. Bramston, Esq., of Skreens, 
 who married a daughter of the late Admiral Sir 
 Eliab Harvey, G.C.B., M.P. He was left a widower 
 6 Aug. 1839. 
 
 HOOPS. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Richard Hoops entered the Navy 11 June, 1823 ; 
 passed his examination in 1829 ; and for his ser- 
 vices on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment 
 * rideGllz. 1812, p. 1363. 
 
 of St. Jean d'Aore was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His appointments have 
 since been— 15 Dec. 1840, as Additional, to the 
 Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship in the Mediter- 
 ranean of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford— 24 Jan. 1841, 
 to the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the 
 same station— and, 2 Feb. 1844, to the Tortoise 12, 
 Capts. Wm. Finlaison, Arthur Morrell, and Fred. 
 Hutton, store-ship at Ascension, where he is at 
 present employed. 
 
 HOPE. (Captain, 1826. r-p., 20; h-p., 16.) 
 
 Charles Hope, born in 1798, is second son of 
 the Right Hon. Chas. Hope, Lord President of the 
 Court of Session in Scotland, by Charlotte, daughter 
 of John, second Earl of Hopetoun; nephew of 
 Lieut.-General Sir John Hope, G.C.H,, and of Vice- 
 Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Johnston Hope, 
 G.C.B. ;* brother of Wm. Hope, Esq., a Major in 
 the Army and Captain in the 7th Foot ; and fir^t- 
 cousin of the late Capts. Wm. James, Chas. Jas., 
 and Geo. Jas., Hope, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1811, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Sarpedon 10, Capt. Jas. 
 Green, on the Leith station, where he removed, ijx 
 the following Nov., to the Adamant 44, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. In Apri]^ 
 1812, he became Midshipman of the Semiramis 36, 
 Capt. Chas. Richardson, bearing the flag afterwards 
 of Rear-Admiral Chas. Tyler at the Cape of Good 
 Hope. On his return home in Aug. 1814 he joined 
 the Chatham 74, Capt. David Lloyd, lying at 
 Portsmouth, whence, towards the close of the same 
 year, he sailed for North America in the Erne 20, 
 commanded by the late Lord Napier. In the course 
 of 1815 he was successively received on board the 
 Endymion, Tagds, and Alceste frigates, Capts. 
 Henry Hope, Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, and 
 Murray Maxwell ; under the latter of whom he ac- 
 .companied Lord Amherst on his embassy to China, 
 and was wrecked, while returning home with that 
 nobleman, in the Straits of .Caspar, 18 Feb. 1817. 
 Obtaining his first commission on 20 of the follow- 
 ing Oct., he was next, 22 Feb. 1818, appointed Lieu- 
 tenant of the LiFFEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, 
 in which ship he visited the Mediterranean and 
 cruized for some time off Lisbon. After serving 
 with Capt. Chas. Adam in the Royal Sovereign 
 yacht he was invested, 15 Oct. 1822, with the rank 
 of Commander, and on 28 Feb. 1824 nominated to 
 the Brisk 10. In the month of Sept. following he 
 captured, off Flamborough Head, a large smuggling 
 lugger, with a cargo of considerable value. Capt. 
 Hope, whose advancement to Post-rank took place 
 26 Jan. 1826, was subsequently appointed — 21 Oct. 
 1830, to the Tyne 28, a vessel in which he served on 
 the South American station, and, prior to being 
 paid off in Jan. 1834, passed over 82,000 miles, a 
 greater distance than had been traversed by any 
 vessel since the war — 24 Jan. 1835, to the Dublin 
 50, fitting at Plymouth, where he was superseded in 
 the ensuing July — and, 28 Aug. 1841, to the Thalia 
 42. He was employed in the latter frigate on the 
 East India and Pacific stations until the close of 
 1845, when she returned to England and was put 
 out of commission. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Capt. Hope married, 12 Sept. 1826, Anne, eldest 
 
 * Sir W. J. Hope was born 16 Aug. 1766, and entered the 
 Navy in 1776. He cominanded the Bei^lebophon 74, as 
 Flog-Captain to Rear-Admiral Thomas Paaley, and obtained 
 a gold medal fop his services, in the actions of 28 and 29 
 May and 1 June, 1794. He afterwards served on board the 
 Kent 74, bearing the flag of Lord Sancan, during the expe- 
 dition to Holland in 17!)9. With the despatches announcing 
 tlie results of tliat enterprise he was sent to England ; and 
 he was in consequence presented with a purse of 500i. in 
 Dec. 1 son, being still in the Kent, he conveyed Sir Ralph 
 Abercromby from Gibraltar to Egypt. He was nominated a 
 Colonel of Marines in 1811 ; advanced to the rank of Rear- 
 Admiral in 1812 ; appointed to the chief command at Leith 
 in Nov. 1813; created a K.C.B. in 181S j re-appointed. to 
 Leith inl8l6; made a Vice-Admiral in 1819; invested ^ith 
 the dignity of a G.C.B. in 1 825 ; and sworn a Privy Ronncillop 
 about the close of 1 830. Sir W. J. Hope, who was for a long 
 time one of the Lords of the Admiraltv, and sat for many 
 years in Parliament tor Dumfries, died 2" May, 1831. 
 
HOPE. 
 
 537 
 
 daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Wm. Henry 
 Webley Parry, C.B., by whom, who died 24 Deo. 
 1836, he has issue. Agents — Uallett and Robinson. 
 
 HOPE. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 David Hope, born 9 Jiily, 1787, in Edinburgh, 
 ia third son of Wm. Hope, Esq., of Newton, near 
 that city, and descends from Sir Thos. Hope, 
 Bart., of Edminstone and Cauld Coats, in co. Mid 
 Lothian. One of his brothers, James, a Lieu- 
 tenant in H.M. 1st Regt. of Foot, was severely 
 wounded in Holland, and died from extreme fatigue 
 during the campaign in Egypt ; and another, Wil- 
 liam, an officer in the 19th Regt. of Foot, was mas- 
 sacred at Candy, in the island of Ceylon. A third 
 brother of Capt. Hope was in the 89th. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kite sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Brown, and in May, 1798, accompanied, as Midship- 
 man, an expedition under Sir Home Popham, having 
 for its object the destruction of the locks and sluice- 
 gates of the Bruges Canal, during the operations 
 connected with which he was employed on shore. 
 After witnessing, in the Tisiphone sloop, Capt. 
 Chas. Grant, the surrender to Sir Andrew Mitchell 
 of the Dutch fleet under Rear-Admiral Story, Mr. 
 Hope proceeded to the West Indies, where he suc- 
 cessively followed Capt. Grant, as Master's Mate, 
 into the AnEKGAVENNy 54, and Quebec 32. Between 
 Nov. 1802 and June, 1803, we find him employed 
 on the Irish station in the Dhvad frigate, Capts. 
 Robt. Williams and Wm. Domett ; and on his re- 
 moval to the Pbince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 Robt. Calder, sharing in the action with the com- 
 bined squadrons of France and Spain, ofi' Cape 
 Finisterre, 22 July, 1805. Being confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant, 30 Aug. 1806, in the Sin Fkancis Deake 
 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and PownoU Bastard 
 Pellew, on the East India station, he continued in 
 that frigate until Marcft, 1807, when he joined the 
 WiLHEMiiNA, Capt. Chas. Foote, whom, it appears, 
 he accompanied, as his First-Lieutenant, into the 
 PiEDMONTAiSE. Towards the close of 1808 he in- 
 valided home on board the PowEKrni, 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Jas. Johnstone. In Sept. 1809, a few months 
 after his arrival, he had the fortune to be appointed 
 to the Feeija frigate, Capt. John Hayes, fitting 
 for the West Indies, where, in the next Deo. and 
 Feb., he witnessed the destruction of the French 
 44-gun frigates Loire and Seine, in L'Ance-la-Barque, 
 and the surrender of Guadeloupe. During the 
 operations which led to the latter event Lieut. 
 Hope commanded the boats of a small squadron at 
 the capture and destruction of all the sea batteries 
 on the N.W. side of the island; and on the night 
 of 20 Jan. 1810,* with four of the ship's boats, and 
 83 officers, seamen, and marines under his orders, 
 he entered Bay Mahaut under a most galling fire 
 from the enemy in every direction, and, besides 
 making prize, by boarding, of a brig mounting 
 6 guns, and setting fire to two other vessels, one of 
 them a fine national schooner, pierced for 16, but 
 carrying only 12 guns, stormed and took two bat- 
 teries. The first of these was found to consist of 
 1 24-pounder, in addition to 6 howitzers, which had 
 been dragged to the beach to oppose the landing of 
 the British ; and the second, of 3 24-pounders. To 
 add to the lustre of this valorous exploit, successful 
 in its every detail, it was efiected with no greater 
 loss than 3 persons wounded. Among them, how- 
 ever, was the gallant leader, whose conduct im- 
 pressed the Commander-in-Chief with so high a 
 sense of his bravery and merit as to elicit from him 
 a declaration that he was deserving the notice of 
 the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. On 
 24 Nov. 1810 Lieut. Hope was appointed First of 
 the Macedonian, of 48 guns and 254 men, Capts. 
 Lord Wm. FitzRoy, Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and 
 John Surman Carden, in which frigate he was very 
 actively employed on the coasts of Portugal and 
 France, and came often into contact with the bat- 
 teries in the neighbourhood of He d'Aix. On 25 
 • Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 388. 
 
 Oct. 1812 it was his lot to be on board the Mace- 
 donian, when, after a glorious resistance of 2 hours 
 and 10 minutes, in which she had been reduced to 
 a perfect wreck, with a loss of 36 of her crew killed 
 and 68 wounded, she was forced to strike to the 
 American ship United States, of 56 guns and 474 
 men, of whom the killed and severelywouuded do 
 not appear to have exceeded the united amount 
 of 12. At the commencement of the conflict Lieut. 
 Hope was severely wounded in the leg, and towards 
 the close he was still more seriously injured in 
 the head, and taken below ; but he was soon again 
 upon deck, displaying that greatness of mind aild 
 exertion which, though it may be equalled, can 
 never be surpassed.* At the subsequent trial, in- 
 deed, of the surviving officers and crew of the 
 Macedonian, the Court declared itself unable to 
 dismiss Lieut. Hope without expressing its highest 
 approbation of the support given by him to his 
 Captain, and of his courage and steadiness during 
 the contest. In June, 1813, within a few days of 
 this honourable acquittal, he was appointed by Sir 
 John Borlase Warren to the command of the Shel- 
 BUKNE schooner, of 14 guns. In the course of the 
 next 12 months he drove on shore and destroyed a 
 number of the enemy's small privateers and mer- 
 chantmen ; and on 20 April, 1814, he was the in- 
 strument, through great exertion, of rendering the 
 U.S. sloop-of-war Frolic a captive to the British 
 frigate OnPHEns. Continuing in the same vessel 
 until Dec. 1814, Capt. Hope, whose commission as 
 Commander was at length signed on 15 June in 
 that year, was for about four months employed in 
 blockading New Orleans, and in occasionally afford- 
 ing assistance to our allies, the Creek Indians, on 
 the Apalachicola river. In Oct. 1814 we find him, 
 with a zeal for the service highly honourable to 
 him, voluntarily relanding a large sum of money 
 which had been consigned to him for conveyance 
 from New Providence to the Havana, for the sole 
 purpose of affording to a newly-arrived squadron 
 under Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon the benefit of his ex- 
 perience in navigating the Gulf of Florida. On 
 leaving the Shelbukne he assumed the duties of 
 aide-de-camp to Sir Alex. Cochrane on board the 
 ToNNANT 80, and proved of much assistance to him 
 throughout the arduous campaign against New Or- 
 leans. On one occasion, while so employed, he was 
 near losing his hfe by jumping into the Pearl river 
 to save a soldier of the 95th Regt., who would have 
 been drowned but for his humane efforts. Capt. 
 Hope, who left the Tonnant in March, 1815, did 
 not again go afloat until 12 Jan. 1828, when he ob- 
 tained an appointment to the Tekrob bomb, in 
 which he sailed with stores for the Mediterranean, 
 but was wrecked on his passage out, under very 
 awful circumstances, on the coast of Portugal, near 
 Villa-Nova-de-mille-fuentes, 19 Feb. following. Al- 
 though a survey held by the officers of a frigate 
 and brig sent to the assistance of the Terror an- 
 nounced it as impossible for her to be saved, and 
 recommended her being sold, she was nevertheless 
 got off by the extraordinary exertions of her officers 
 and crew, and placed in a condition to return to 
 England. On her arrival the Senior Lieutenant, 
 Chas. Hotham, and Midshipman Robt. Cleugb, were 
 rewarded for their labours by immediate promotion, 
 and Capt. Hope himself, to whom every prospect 
 of early advancement was held out by the Lord 
 High Admiral, was at once, 26 July, appointed to 
 the Meteor, another bomb. In that vessel he was 
 at first employed in blockading the port of Tangier, 
 for the purpose of obtaining the restoration of two 
 merchantmen captured by Barbary cruizers. He 
 returned home from the Mediterranean, on attaining 
 his present rank, 4 Feb. 1830, and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 HOPE. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 17; h-p., 6.) 
 
 TnE Honourable George Hope, born 12 April, 
 1811, is fourth son of John, fourth Earl of Hopcj 
 toun (a General Officer in the Army, Colonel of the 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 2595. 
 
 3Z 
 
538 
 
 HOPE. 
 
 42nd Eegt., and a G.C.B.), by his second wife, 
 Louisa Dorothea, third daughter of Sir John Wed- 
 derbum, Bart. He is brother of Hon. Jas. Hope 
 "Wallace, of Featherstone Castle, co. Northumber- 
 land, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd Foot 
 Guards, and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Linlithgow ; 
 and vuicle of the present Earl of Hopetoun. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1824, and 
 obtained his first commission 20 Nov. 1830. His 
 appointments as Lieutenant were — 25 Nov. 1830, 
 to the AcTa;oN 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, 
 on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned 
 home and was paid off in Sept. 1834 — and, 5 April, 
 15 July, and 2 Sept. 1836, to the Bellekophon 80, 
 Capt. Sam. Jackson, Inconstant 36, Capt. John 
 Hayes, and Fly 18, Capts. Eussell Elliott and Gran- 
 . ville Gower Loch. In the latter vessel he served 
 for nearly four years in South America, and on her 
 being put out of commission was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 26 Oct. 1840. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 18 March, 1843, to the Sappho 16, 
 on the Cape station, where he continued until within 
 a short period of his advancement to Post-rank, 
 24 July, 1845. 
 
 Capt. Hope married, 23 April, 1845, Katherine 
 Frances, daughter of Wm. Leveson Gower, Esq. 
 Agents — Hallett and Kobinson. 
 
 HOPE. (COMMANDEK, 1828.) 
 
 Geokge Hope, born in 1801, is youngest brother 
 of Eear-Admiral Henry Hope, C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1813, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Latona 38, Capt. An- 
 drew Smith, bearing the flag at Leith of his cousin, 
 the late Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope. In Aug. 1814 
 he became a Student at the Koyal Naval College at 
 Portsmouth, where he remained until June, 1816. 
 He then re-embarked on board the Granicus 36, 
 Capt. "Wm. Furlong Wise, and, after serving for a 
 short time in the Channel, joined the Leandek 60, 
 bearing the flag of Sir David Milne at Halifax, from 
 which station he returned to England in July, 1819. 
 Until Sept. 1821 Mr. Hope, who had attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in Feb. 1817, was next em- 
 ployed on Home duty in the Lipfet 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Duncan, and Kotal Sovereign yacht, Capt. 
 Chas. Adam. He acquired the rank of Lieutenant 
 29 Jan. 1822, but did not again go afloat until 23 
 June, 1823, when he procured an appointment to 
 the Spaktiate 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, and 
 sailed for South America. He there removed, 14 
 May, 1825, to the Jasedk sloop, Capts. Thos. Mar- 
 tin and Edw. Handfield, and on 5 March, 1828, was 
 advanced to his present rank. 
 
 Commander Hope married, in 1833, Charlotte, 
 daughter of Vice-Admiral Delap ToUemache, and 
 by that lady, who died 14 April, 1837, has issue. 
 
 HOPE, C.B. (Eear-Admiral of the Blue, 1846. 
 r-p., 17; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Henkt Hope, born in 1787, is eldest son of the 
 late Commissioner Chas. Hope, E.N. (son of Hon. 
 Chas. Hope Vere, by Ann Vane, eldest daughter of 
 Henry, first Earl of Darlington, and grandson of 
 the first Earl of Hopetoun), by Susan Anne, daugh- 
 ter of Admiral Herbert Sawyer. He is brother of 
 Fred. Hope, Esq., a Major in the Army, and of the 
 present Commander Geo. Hope, E.N. ; brother-in- 
 law of Eear-Admiral C. S. J. Hawtayne ; nephew of 
 Henry Hope, Esq., who was Lieut.-Govemor of 
 Canada, and died in 1789 ; and cousin of the late 
 Eear-Admiral Sir Geo. Hope, K.C.B,, and the late 
 Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Johnstone 
 Hope, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1798, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Augusta 
 yacht, employed on the river Thames. Being dis- 
 charged, as Midshipman, in May, 1800, into the 
 Kest 74, commanded by his relative Capt. Wm. 
 Johnstone Hope, he proceeded to the Mediterra- 
 nean, where we find him, in the following Dec, 
 escorting Sir Ralph Aberoromby from Gibraltar to 
 Egypt. After serving at the blockade of Alexan- 
 dria, he removed to the Swipisube 74, Capt. Benj. 
 
 Hallowell, and on 24 June, 1801, was on board that 
 ship in a desperate engagement of more than an 
 hour's duration, which reduced her to a wreck, and 
 rendered her a prize to a French squadron of four 
 sail of the line under Kear-Admiral Ganteaume. 
 In the ensuing Sept., on his restoration to Uberty, 
 Mr. Hope joined the Leda frigate, Capts. Geo. 
 Hope, Thos. Masterman Hardy, and Eobt. Hony- 
 man, with whom he served on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations until June, 1803 ; between which 
 period and his attainment of Lieutenant's rank, 3 
 May, 1804, he was further employed with Capts. 
 George and Wm. J. Hope, in the North Sea, on 
 board the Defence and Atlas 74's. After he had 
 next cruized with Capt. Geo. Burlton in the Ada- 
 mant 50, and had aided, in the Narcissus 32, Capt. 
 Eoss Donnelly, at the reduction of the Cape, Lieut. 
 Hope was promoted, 22 Jan. 1806, to the command 
 of the EspoiR sloop ; in which vessel he served in 
 the Channel and Mediterranean, and off the coast 
 of Portugal, until made Post, 24 May, 1808, into the 
 GtATTON 50. His subsequent appointments were — 
 17 Nov. 1808, 4 May, 1809, and 17 May, 1810, to the 
 Leonidas, Topaze, and Satellite * frigates, all on 
 the Mediterranean station, where he assisted Capt. 
 Hallowell, in Oct. 1809, in making the preparations 
 which led to the capture and destruction of a con- 
 voy in the Bay of Rosas, as detailed in our memoir 
 of Sir Augustus Clifford— and, 18 May, 1813, to the 
 Endtmion, of 48 guns and 319 men. In that frigate 
 Capt. Hope won perpetual fame by his ardour in 
 pursuing, his intrepidity in bringing to close action, 
 and his undaunted spirit in maintaining for two 
 hours and a half a conflict with the American ship 
 President, of 56 guns and 465 men, who at length 
 hauled down her colours, after a loss to herself of 
 35 killed and 70 wounded, and to the British of 11 
 killed and 14 wounded.f Previously to this bril- 
 liant affair, which took place 15 Jan. 1815, Capt. 
 Hope had taken the Perry letter-of-marque, had 
 also served at the blockade of New London, and 
 had contributed, during an expedition up the 
 Penobscot, to the capture of the town of Castine, 1 
 Sept. 1814. On reaching Bermuda, after the cap- 
 ture of the President, the magistrates, merchants, 
 and inhabitants, deputed a committee to wait upon 
 him with a complimentary address, and with a request 
 that he would accept a piece of plate as a token of 
 their esteem ; they also presented his officers with a 
 goblet, to " be considered as attached to that or 
 any future ship which might bear the gallant name 
 of Endtmion." On arriving with his prize at Spit- 
 head, Capt. Hope was presented by the Admiralty 
 with a gold medal in acknowledgment of his gallant 
 conduct ; and on 4 June, 1815, be was nominated a 
 C.B. He was put out of commission in the fol- 
 lowing Sept., and has since been on halt-pay. His 
 advancement to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 During the fifteen years immediately previous to 
 his last promotion Eear-Admiral Hope filled the 
 appointment of extra and full Aide-de-Camp to 
 William IV. and to Her present Majesty. He mar- 
 ried, 21 July, 1828, Jane Sophia, youngest daughter 
 of Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer, K.C.B., which ladv 
 died in 1829. 
 
 HOPE, C.B. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 9.) 
 James Hope, bom 8 March, 1808, is son of Eear- 
 Admiral Sir Geo. Hope, K.C.B., by his first wife. 
 Lady Jemima Hope Johnstone, fifth daughter of 
 James, third Earl of Hopetoun ; brother-in-law of 
 Sir Harry Verney, Bart. ; and cousin of the present 
 Eear-Admiral Henry Hope, C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the R. N. College 1 Aug. 1820 ; 
 embarked about June, 1822; and, after serving in 
 the West Indies and Mediterranean on board the 
 Forte and Cambrian frigates, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 9 March, 1827. His next 
 
 • The Satellite, on 21 April, 1812, effected the capture 
 of La CooiJte privateer, of two IS-pounders and 45 men ; and 
 on 13 of the following Nov. she took, on her passage home, 
 Le Mercure, a similar description of vessel, carrying 16 guns 
 and 70 men. 
 
 t TtieGaz. 1815, p.281-2. 
 
HOPE-HOPKINS. 
 
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 appointments were, 16 Sept. and 3 Oct. 1827, to the 
 Maidstone 42, Capt. Wm. Skipsey, andUsDAUNTED 
 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, in the latter 
 of which ships he escorted Lord Wm. Bentinck 
 as Governor-General to India, and hrought home 
 Major-General Bourke, late Lieut.-Govemor of the 
 Cape. He became, in Aug. 1829, Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Lord Northesk, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth ; 
 and, obtaining a second promotal commission 26 
 Feb. 1830, Capt. Hope was, from 13 July, 1833, 
 until paid off in 1838, employed on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station in command of the 
 Kacjbr 16. He acquired his present rank on 28 
 June in the latter year; and, since 13 Dec. 1844, 
 has been Captain of the Firebrand steam-frigate, 
 on the south-east coast of America. On 20 Nov. 
 1845, Capt. Hope enacted a conspicuous part in the 
 battle of the Parana, where a hard day's fighting re- 
 sulted in the destruction, by the combined squadrons 
 of England and France, of four heavy batteries be- 
 longing to General Rosas at Punta Obligado, also of 
 a schooner-of-war carj'ying 6 guns, and of 24 vessels 
 chained across the river. On that occasion, having 
 volunteered, he gallantly pulled up in his boat and 
 cut the chain which impeded the upward progress 
 of the allies. At the close of the action he landed 
 as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Chas. Hotham, the Senior 
 British officer, and assisted in giving the coup-de- 
 ffrace to the defeat of the enemy, whose numbers 
 originally consisted of 3500 men, in cavalry, in- 
 fantry, and artillery, and whose batteries had 
 mounted 22 pieces of ordnance.* As a reward for 
 his conduct he was nominated a C.B. 3 April, 1846. 
 Capt. Hope is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for CO. Linlithgow. He married, 16 Aug. 1838, 
 the Hon. Frederica Kinnaird, daughter of Charles, 
 eighth Lord Kinnaird. Agents — Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 HOPE. (Captain, 1840. p-p., 22; h-p., U.) 
 
 Sackett Hope is brother of the present John 
 Minter Hope, Esq., Paymaster and Purser, K.N. 
 (1814) ; and of Lieut. Thos. Hope (a), R.N. (1825), 
 an officer who entered the service in 1809, and was 
 in almost constant employment from that period 
 until 1838, when he was lost in command of H.M. 
 schooner Pincher, with all on board, while working 
 into Spitbead. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Icarus 10, Capt. Thos. 
 Barker Devon, which vessel^ after serving in the 
 Channel, escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to St. He- 
 lena, and was then sent with despatches to the Isle 
 of France and Calcutta. On joining the Liver- 
 fool 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, he accompa- 
 nied an expedition sent, in 1819, against the pirates 
 of the Persian Gulf, where he assisted at the bom- 
 bardment and destruction of Ras-al-Khyma, their 
 principal stronghold, and was very actively em- 
 ployed both in the gun-boats and on shore. After 
 visiting China and various parts of India^ and pass- 
 ing through scenes of great mortality, he returned 
 to England in 1822 on board the Ganges 84, a new 
 teak-built ship. Having passed his examination in 
 Nov. of the previous year, he was then appointed 
 Mate of the GtoocESTER 74, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the West 
 Indies, on which station we find him cruizing in a 
 tender, off the island of Cuba, for the suppression 
 of piracy and the slave-trade. On his arrival home, 
 Mr. Hope attended the Duke of Clarence on a 
 summer cruize in the Royae Sovereign yacht, 
 Capt. Chas. Adam, and went with the Lords of the 
 Admiralty on a visit of inspection to Plymouth. 
 While next attached, during a period of a few 
 months, to the Brisk 10, Capt. Chas. Hope, he 
 served in the North Sea and Channel, and was oc- 
 casionally detached in the boats of that vessel for 
 the suppression of smuggling. Between Feb. 1825 
 and Oct. 1826, he again served in the West Indies 
 on board the Ferret and Scylla sloops, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Wm. Hobson. In the boats of 
 
 • ri'ife Gaz. 1846, pp. 816-17. 
 
 the former vessel he once assisted in taking a 
 slaver ; and he was in her at a period of so much 
 sickness that 12 out of 75 were all who were en- 
 abled to remain on board. During the whole term 
 of his attachment to the ScYttA, a period of seven 
 months, Mr. Hope had charge of a watch, and was 
 twice invested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant. 
 On 11 Dec. 1826, shortly after his rejunction to the 
 Ferret, he was promoted to be her First-Lieute- 
 nant^a rank in which he was afterwards appointed 
 —25 May, 1828, to the Arachne 18, Capt. Henry 
 Smith— 30 Aug. in the same year, to the Ferret 
 again, Capt. Chas. Deare, with whom he returned 
 home from the West Indies, much impaired in 
 health, and was paid off in the following Nov.— 11 
 July, 1832 (after many ineffectual attempts to pro- 
 cure employment) to the Beacon surveying-vessel, 
 Capt. Rich. Copeland, on the Mediterfanean station 
 —and, 15 July, 1836, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. 
 John Hayes and Dan. Pring. In April, 1833, Lieut. 
 Hope took command of, the boats of the Beacon, 
 manned by 36 officers and men, and of a gun-boat 
 with 5 Turks on board, and contrived to effect the 
 capture, near the island of Thasos, not, however, 
 without opposition, of 140 out of a notorious band 
 of 200 armed pirates, who had become the terror of 
 the Grecian Archipelago. Prize was at the same 
 time made of seven of their vessels. In consequence 
 of the detention of Capt. Copeland at Malta from ill 
 health, Lieut. Hope, in the spring of 1836, was en- 
 trusted with the duty of navigating the Beacon to 
 England. On his arrival he was immediately or- 
 dered to Greenock to volunteer men for the fleet. 
 After that service had been accomplished he was 
 paid off 4 June, 1836 ; and on the next day he re- 
 ceived instructions to recommission the Beacon. 
 On his removal, as above, to the Inconstant, we 
 find him employed in experimentally cruizing, also 
 in performing Particular Service, and in carrying 
 troops to North America. In Dec. 1838, having at- 
 tained the rank of Commander on 28 of the pre- 
 vious June, he went on half-pay, on which he con- 
 tinued until appointed, 10 May, 1839, Second Cfip- 
 tain of the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wafde- 
 grave. In that ship he was at first stationed off 
 Lisbon, and then sent to the Mediterranean, where 
 he partook of the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre. He was in consequence advanced to Post- 
 rank 4 Nov. 1840 ; and, since Jan. 1841, when he 
 left the Revenge, has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Hope is in the receipt of a pension of 6/. 
 per annum for a very severe injury he sustained in 
 the left hand, attended with the loss of a finger, 
 while endeavouring, in H.M.S. Liverpooi., to clear 
 a seaman, who by some accident had been jammed. 
 
 HOPE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Thomas Hope, bom 10 July, 1810, is third son 
 of Sir John Hope, Bart., of Craighall, co. Fife, by 
 Anne, fourth daughter of the late Sir John Wedr 
 derbum, Bart., of Blackness and Ballindean ; bro- 
 ther of Lieut. Wm. Hope, of the 71st Regt., and 
 of Jas. Wedderburn Hope, Esq., an officer in the 
 26th Bombay Native Infantry; and nephew of Wm. 
 Hope, Esq., Master- Attendant at Calcutta, who died 
 in 1837. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 Feb. 1825 ; passed 
 his examination in 1831 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 6 July, 1832 ; and was successively appointed — 
 20 Feb. 1833, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the 
 Melville 74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir 
 John Gore— 9 Oct. 1833, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. 
 Fras. Price Blackwood, on the same station — and 14 
 March, 1837, as First, to the Sappho 16, Capt. Thos. 
 Fraser. He served in the latter sloop in North 
 America and the West Indies until promoted to his 
 present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; but has not been since 
 employed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HOPKINS. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., IS; h-p., 18.) 
 
 Charles Hopkins (6) was bom 7 July, 1796, at 
 Milford, CO. I'embroke. 
 
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 HOPKINS— HOPKINSON—HORE. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 April, 1811, as a 
 Boy, on board the Niemen 38, Capt. Sir Michael 
 Seymour, employed in the Bay of Biscay, where, 
 accompanying the same officer as Midshipman in 
 May, 1812, into the Hahnibal 74, he assisted, in 
 March, 1814, at the capture, we Jbelieve, of the 
 French 40-gun frigate Sult&ne. Soon after that 
 event he rejoined the Niemen, then commanded by 
 Capt. Sam. Pym; and cruized until May, 1815, on 
 the North American station. During the next six 
 months we find him employed off the coast of Ire- 
 land in the Myrtle 20, tjapt. Arthur Batt Bingham. 
 He then served for a period of three years with 
 Capt. Jas. Kioh. Dacres of the Tiber 38, on the 
 Channel and Newfoundland stations ; after which 
 he became in succession attached to the Noktbdm- 
 EEKLAND 74, Capts. Sir Michael Seymour and Thos. 
 Harvey, Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CulIoch, North- 
 CMBEKLAND again, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Thos. 
 Jas. Maling, and Briton, Blonde, and Sybille 
 38's, Capts. Murray Maxwell, Lord Byron, and 
 Fras. Augustus Collier. The three latter ships were 
 employed on the South American, Pacific, and Afri- 
 can stations; the others on the Home. On 30 
 April, 1827, Mr. Hopkins, who had passed his exar 
 mination in June, 1817, and had served for a consi- 
 derable time in the capacities of Admiralty-Mid- 
 shipman and Mate, was at length promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant ; but he did not leave the Sy- 
 bille until the following Oct. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 23 April, 1830, to the Prince Regent 
 120, bearing the flags of Admirals Hon. Sir Henry 
 Blackwood, Sir John Poo Beresfcrd, and Wm. 
 Parker. In that ship he served at the Nore, then 
 took part in an experimental cruize under Sir Edw. 
 Codrington, and eventually proceeded off Lisbon, 
 whence he returned home and was paid off in Feb. 
 1832. 
 
 Lieut. Hopkins married, 18 Dee. 1832, Miss Sarah 
 Ledsam, of Birmingham, co. Warwick. 
 
 HOPKINS. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Edward Jebvis Hopkins entered the Navy 26 
 Sept. 1809 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; was 
 made Lieutenant, 10 July, 1826, into the Tweed 28, 
 Capt. Fred. Hunn, on the Jamaica station, whence 
 he invalided; and on 18 Sept. 1828, joined the 
 Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, from which ship 
 he was superseded at his own request. 
 
 He married, in 1838, Elizabeth, widow of the late 
 Isaac Field, Esq. Agent— J. Chippendale. 
 
 HOPKINS. (Lieut., 1842. r-p., 17; h-p., 1.) 
 
 KoBEET Hopkins entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 20 Aug. 1835; and, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Oct. 1842, 
 served as Mate on board the Castor 36, and North 
 Star 28, both commanded by Lord John Hay, Sa- 
 vage 10, Lieut.-Commander John Harrison Bowker, 
 Caledonia 120, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir 
 Graham Moore, and Wakspite 50, Capt. Lord John 
 Hay. He was employed in the three former ships 
 on the coast of Spain, during the operations con- 
 nected with the civil war in 1835-40; and in the 
 Wabspite, he was attached to the force in North 
 America and the West Indies. His appointments, 
 subsequently to his promotion, were, on the last 
 
 mentioned and the Mediterranean stations 29 
 
 April, 1843, and 24 July, 1844, as Additional Lieu- 
 tenant, to the Illdstbiods 72, and Formidable 84, 
 flag-ships of Sir Clias. Adam and Sir Edw. W. C. 
 K. Owen— 1 Oct. 1845, as Senior, to the Sieen 16, 
 Capt. Harry Edm. Edgell— and 10 April, 1846, to 
 the Tyne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock. He 
 was paid off from the latter vessel in the early part 
 
 HOPKINSON. (Commandek, 1821. f-p., 22; 
 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Simon Hopkinson entered the Navy, in June, 
 
 1791, as A.B., on board the Magnificent 74, Capt. 
 
 Eich. Onslow, lying at Spithead, from which ship 
 
 he was discharged in the following Seirt. In June, 
 
 1795, he re-embarked on board the Lynx 20, Capt. 
 Cbas. Kowley, with whom, after serving, as Master's 
 Mate, in the Kaison and Hussar, he sailed for the 
 West Indies in the Unite 38. From that frigate, 
 on the books of which his name was borne for four 
 years, he removed, in Sept. 1800, with Capt. John 
 Poo Beresford, who had latterly commanded her, to 
 the Diana 38, also on the West India station, where, 
 subsequently to the reduction of St. Bartholomew, 
 St. Martin, &c., he joined the Leviathan 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He was 
 made Lieutenant, 18 July, 1801, into the Hawk sloop, 
 Capt. Benj. Walker, and, leaving her in Sept. 1802, 
 was afterwards appointed — 16 Aug. 1803, to the St. 
 Albans 64, Capt. John Temple — 14 Sept. 1804, to 
 the Ruby 64, Capts. Chas. Rowley, John Temple, 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy, John Draper, and Robt. 
 Hall, in which ship he served off the ports of Cadiz 
 and Lisbon, attended the expedition to Copenhagen, 
 and, until he invalided in April, 1810, was further 
 employed in the Baltic, under the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Manley Dixon — 27 Aug. 1810, to the Ven- 
 GEDB 74, Capt. Thos. Brown, attached to the force 
 in the Channel — 28 Deo. 1810, to the command of 
 the Tickler cutter, off Flushing, where he conti- 
 nued until Aug. 1815 — and 13 Aug. 1818, to the 
 Pike. He retained the command of the latter ves- 
 sel, on the Home station, until advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank, 19 July, 1821 ; and has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Commander Hopkinson has a daughter, Caroline, 
 who married, 29 Aug. 1836, Lieut.-Colonel Bowyer, 
 C.B. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 HOEE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Cavendish Beadstreet Hore is youngest son 
 of Walter Hore, Esq., of Harperstown, Wexford 
 (who is a magistrate for that county, and served the 
 office of High Sheriff in 1828), by the Hon. Mary 
 Ehzabeth Thornton Ruthven, daughter of the late 
 Lord Ruthven. Two of his brothers, William and 
 Walter, are officers in the Royal and Indian armies ; 
 and his uncle, Samuel Bradstreet Hore, a Commanr 
 der E.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 7 Feb. 1843 ; 
 and after an intermediate servitude, on the North 
 American, West India, and Channel stations, on 
 board the Illustkiods 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Adam, and Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens 
 WiUes, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 
 Jan. 1846. Since 25 of the following month he has 
 been employed.iA the Pacific on board the Cabys- 
 POET 26, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour. 
 
 HOEE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Edward George Hoee, born 17 Sept. 1823, is 
 second son of Commander Herbert Wm. Hore, R.N. 
 (1814), who died 10 Jan. 1823, by Eliza, daughter 
 and co-heir of Geo. Curling, Esq., of West Hatch, 
 CO. Essex. He is brother of the present Herbert 
 Fras. Hore, Esq., of Pole Hore, co. Wexford, and 
 is the descendant of a very ancient family. 
 
 This officer (who was officially noticed for his ser- 
 vices on the coast of Syria, where, as Midshipman 
 of the Castoe 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, he assisted in 
 planting the Ottoman flag, and in destroying the 
 guns on the ramparts of Caiffa*) passed his examina- 
 tion in Aug. 1842. Between that date and his pro- 
 motion to the rank he now holds, which took place 
 15 Jan. 1846, we find him employed as Mate, on the 
 Mediterranean and North America and West India 
 stations, in the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. 
 C. R. Owen, Devastation steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Hewgill Kitchen, and Vindictive 50, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. He continued in the 
 Vindictive, in the capacity of Additional Lieute- 
 nant, until appointed, 13 Oct. 1846, to the Viper 
 brigantine, which vessel he is now commanding on 
 the station last-mentioned. 
 
 He married, 17 June, 1847, at Barbadoes, Maria 
 second daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Reid, Governor 
 of the ^Yindward Islands. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2G01. 
 
HORE. 
 
 541 
 
 HORE. (LiEDT., 1811. F-p., 15 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Henrt Cavendish Hoke, bom 31 March, 1790, 
 is brother of Commanders S. B. and J. S. Here, 
 11.N. 
 
 This officer enter'ed the Koyal Naval Academy, 
 in July, 1803, and, having gone through a distin- 
 guished course of studies, embarked, in March, 
 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Diamond 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Elphinstone. Kemoving, in the follow- 
 ing month, to the Naiad 38, Capt. Thos. Dundas, 
 he served in the boats of that frigate on two 
 successful cutting-out affairs; after which, while 
 under the late Sir Kobt. Stopford in the Spencer, 
 Cjesar, and Scipion, ships-of-the-line, he attended 
 the expedition to Copenhagen, witnessed the de- 
 struction of the French fleet in Aix Roads, served 
 on shore during the operations against Flushing, 
 and ultimately proceeded to the Cape of Good 
 Hope; where, a few days after his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, which took place 29 March, 
 1811, he removed to the Habpy sloop, Capt. Hen- 
 derson Bain. In the proximate attack upon the 
 island of Java we find him commanding a detach- 
 ment, and receiving a slight wound in the left knee, 
 at the storming and capture of Fort Comelis. Be- 
 tween Jan. 1812 and March, 1814, he again served 
 at the Cape as First of the Lion 64, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admirals Stopford and Chas. Tyler. His next 
 appointment was, in Oct. of the latter year, to the 
 Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, on the West In- 
 dia station, whence, after he had for some time offi- 
 ciated as Aide-de-Camp to Lieut.-General Sir Jas. 
 Leith, the military Commander-in-Chief, he came 
 home and was paid off in Sept. 181.5. In 1821, Lieut. 
 Hore entered the Water Guard Service, in which 
 he continued three years, and particularly signalized 
 himself by his efforts in the cause of the Kevenue. 
 His health at the expiration of that period being 
 materially impaired from the effects of over-exer- 
 tion, he resigned his appointment. He has not been 
 since employed. 
 
 He married, 15 Sept. 1835, Clarissa Isabella, 
 daughter of John Christopher Beauman, Esq., of 
 Hyde Park, co. Wexford, and niece of Rear-Admi- 
 ral Fras. Beauman, by whom he has issue three 
 children. 
 
 HORE. (Commander, 1828. p-p., 18; h-p., 21.) 
 James Stoppokd Hore, born in April, 1795, is 
 brother of Commander S. B. and of Lieut. H. C. 
 Hore, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1808, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Meepom^ne 38, Capt., 
 afterwards Sir Peter, Parker, and was present in a 
 desperate action in the Belt, in which that frigate 
 beat off a flotilla of 19 Danish gun-boats by whom 
 she had been attacked. Among the numerous cut- 
 ing-out affairs in which he bore a part, during his 
 continuance in the Melpomene, was the brimant 
 capture, 7 July, 1809, of the six Russian gun-vessels 
 mentioned in our history of the services of Capt. 
 Chas. Allen, Between Oct. in the latter year and 
 May, 1810, he cruized on the Irish station in the 
 Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville ; and he was then 
 re-employed for upwards of four years with Sir Peter 
 Parker in the Menelahs 38. On proceeding in that 
 ship to the Mediterranean, after having assisted in 
 her at the reduction of the Isle of France, and been 
 there employed in one of the blockading boats, Mr. 
 Hore again contributed to the cutting-out of many 
 of the enemy's vessels, one of them a brig pierced 
 for 14 guns, and conducted four prizes in safety into 
 port. In May, 1812, he was on board the Menelahs 
 when she pui'sued a frigate and brig close in with 
 the batteries of Toulon, and then effected a masterly 
 retreat from the French fleet, by passing through 
 their line a-head of one 74, and astern of another. 
 On being ordered to America, with the rating of 
 Master's Mate, he frequently went on shore with 
 armed parties of seamen and marines for the pur- 
 pose of dislodging the enemy and destroying their 
 stores, and on every occasion he evinced the greatest 
 gcaj and gallantry— qualities wliich were in parti- 
 
 cular displayed on 30 Aug. 1814, when a detachment 
 of the British, 134 in number, having landed at Bel- 
 lair, near Baltimore, succeeded in gallantly routing 
 an overwhelming number of the Americans, whose 
 resistance, however, occasioned the former a loss 
 of 14 killed, including Sir Peter Parker, and 27 
 wounded. About the close of 1814, Mr. Hore be- 
 came Acting-Lieutenant of the Thais 20, Capt. 
 Henry Weir, by whom he was soon afterwards, 
 when off Madeira, sent home in charge of a French 
 ship for adjudication, with discretionary power to 
 hberate her or not, as might prove expedient from 
 the state of hostilities at the time with France. On 
 reaching Lisbon, deeming it unwise to risk a longer 
 detention, he accordingly released the prize, and 
 returned himself to England on board L'Aigle fri- 
 gate. He was officially promoted on his arrival by 
 commission dated 7 March, 1815, and was after- 
 wards appointed — in April, ',1818, to the Phaeton 
 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, whom he accompanied 
 to the East Indies— 25 Dec. 1819, to the Tamar 26, 
 Capts. Arthur Stow, Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, 
 John Theed, and Thos. Herbert, on the Jamaica 
 station, where he obtained the honourable official 
 mention of the last-mentioned officer for his con- 
 duct in the ship's boats in effecting the capture and 
 destruction of four piratical vessels — and 2 Sept. 
 1824, to the Owen Glendower 42, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Hood Hanway Chris- 
 tian at the Cape of Good Hope. He was promoted, 
 on being paid off, to the rank of Commander 28 
 Aug. 1828 ; but has not been since afloat. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HORE. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 17; h-p., 30.) 
 Samuel Bkadstreet Hore, bom in April, 1791, 
 is third son (by Eleanor Catherine, daughter and 
 heiress of Sir Simon Bradstreet, Bart., and niece of 
 the Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish, Bart.) of 
 Wm. Hore, Esq., of Harperstown, High Sheriff in 
 1788, and a Ma^strate for co. Wexford, who was 
 killed during the rebellion of 1798 while serv- 
 ing with the militia on the bridge of Wexford. He 
 is brother of Commander Jas. Stopford, and of 
 Lieut. Henry Cavendish, Hore, both of the R.N. ; 
 also of Major Wm. Hore, of the 67th Foot, who died 
 in 1830, and of Capt. Thos. Hore, of the R.E. ; and 
 uncle of Lieut. Cavendish Bradstreet Hore, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Santa Margahita 36, 
 Capt. Geo. Parker, on the North American station ; 
 became Midshipman, in March, 1801, of the Excel- 
 lent 74, Capt, afterwords Rear-Admiral, Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford ; and (with the exception of a brief 
 attachment, in 1803, to the Endtmion 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Paget) continued to serve with that 
 officer, until July, 1807, in the Castor frigate, and 
 Spencer 74. The latter ship, during the time he 
 was in her, formed part of Lord Nelson's force in 
 his pursuit of the combined squadrons to the West 
 Indies, and of Sir John Duckworth's in the action 
 off St. Domingo. On being appointed Master's 
 Mate of the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag 
 of Admiral Gambler, Mr. Hore accompanied the 
 expedition to Copenhagen, where he served with 
 the flotilla, and was appointed Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland. He 
 was confirmed, on 19 Oct. in the same year, in his 
 old ship the Spencer, in which he continued with 
 Rear-Admiral Stopford until Dec. 1808. On again 
 joining his friend in the C^SAH 80, we find him 
 present at the destruction of three heavy French 
 frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and 
 also of the shipping in Basque Roads. In the sum- 
 mer of 1809, he assumed command of a gun-boat, 
 and shared in all the operations connected with the 
 Walcheren expedition. Being subsequently ap- 
 pointed Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Stopford 
 in the Scipion 74, Mr. Hore proceeded with him to 
 the Cape of Good Hope ; on his return from which 
 station, after having participated in the reduction 
 ?Q,„ t "If""^ °^ •f*'^*' ^^ ^"^ promoted, 26 Jan. 
 1812, to the acting-command of the Habpy sloop. 
 
542 
 
 HORNBY. 
 
 On the breaking out of war with the tinited States, 
 he conveyed the despatches announcing that event 
 to the Mauritius — encountering on his passage a 
 very fearful hurricane, which rendered it neces- 
 sary for his guns to be thrown overboard. Com- 
 mander Hore, who left the Hakpt in March, 1813, 
 and was ofSoially promoted on 13 of the following 
 May, held an appointment in the Coast Guard from 
 1821 to 1825. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Hore has been 25 years a Magistrate 
 for cos. "Wicklow and "Wexford. He married, 8 
 Sept. 1821, Jane Caroline, daughter of Eich. Solly, 
 Esq., of Walthamstow, by Frances, only daughter 
 of Sir Fred. Flood, Bart., LL.D., M.P. 
 
 HORNBY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Fkederick John Hobnby passed his examina- 
 tion 5 May, 1841 ; and, until March, 1845, was em- 
 ployed, as Mate, in the Belleisie 72, andTiNDic- 
 TiVE 50, both commanded by Capt. John Toup 
 Nicolas, Magniticent 72, Commodore Hon. Henry 
 Dilkes Byng, and Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas. 
 Sullivan and Geo. Fred. Rich, flag-ship for some 
 time of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen— on the Home, 
 Jamaica, and Mediterranean stations. He has been 
 since serving in the Terror discovery-ship, Capt. 
 Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, in an attempt to as- 
 certain the existence of a north-west passage 
 through Lancaster Sound and Bering Strait. His 
 commission bears date 21 May, 1846. 
 
 HORNBY, C.B. (Rear-Admibal of the Blue, 
 1846. F-P., 34; H-P., 16.) 
 Phipps Horhbv, born 27 April, 178.5, is fifth son 
 of the Rev. Geoffrey Hornby, Rector of Winwick, 
 Lancashire, by the Hon. Lucy Stanley, sister of 
 Edward, 12th Earl of Derby; brother of Lieut.- 
 Colonel Charles Hornby, of the Scots Fusileer 
 Guards; brother-in-law of the present Earl of 
 Derby; and uncle both of Capt. W. W. Hornby, 
 R.N., and of Edm. Geo. Hornby, Esq., late M.P. 
 for Warrington, who married a cousin of the Right 
 Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Latona frigate, Capt. 
 John Bllgh, bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. Walde- 
 grave at Newfoundland, where, removing succes- 
 sively to the RoMNEY 50, and Agincourt 64, he 
 served with the same officers until 1800. He next 
 cruized for several months in the Channel on board 
 the Active frigate, Capt. John Giffard, and on 
 then rejoining Capt. Bligh in the Theseus 74, was 
 for upwards of two years employed with him in 
 the West Indies, on which station we find him 
 repeatedly engaged in cutting out armed and other 
 vessels from the enemy's different ports and har- 
 bours in St. Domingo. In July, 1803, he returned 
 home in the Santa Margarita 36, Capt. Wilson 
 Rathbome, and in the spring of the following year 
 he sailed in the Leviathan 74, Capt. Henry Wm. 
 Bayntun, for the Mediterranean, where, on 1 Aug. 
 1804, he was promoted from the Victory 100, flag- 
 ship of Lord Nelson, to an Acting Lieutenancy in 
 the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron — an ap- 
 pointment which the Admiralty confirmed by a 
 commission dated on. 16 of the ensuing Nov. In 
 May, 1806, besides serving on shore at the defence 
 of Gaeta, Mr. Hornby was entrusted with the com- 
 mand of the seamen and marines during the opera- 
 tions connected with the capture of the island of 
 Capri. He soon afterwards joined the Swiftsure 
 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, and on 15 Aug. 
 1806 was promoted to the command of the Dochess 
 or Bedpord of 16 guns. In that vessel, when in the 
 Gut of Gibraltar, he succeeded in beating off two 
 Spanish privateers who had endeavoured to carry 
 her by boarding. Capt. Hornby's next appointment 
 was, about Feb. 1807, to the Minorca 18, in which 
 sloop, previously to visiting the Adriatic, he came 
 into frequent contact with the enemy's gun-boats 
 and batteries, both in the vicinity of Cadiz and 
 while employed in the blockade of Ceuta, a port on 
 
 the coast of Morocco. On 31 March, 1810, he was 
 appointed (having been advanced to Post-commis- 
 sion on 16 of the preceding month) to the temporary 
 command of the Fame 74, off Toulon. On his proxi- 
 mate removal to the Volagb 22, he co-operated for 
 some time in the defence of Sicily against the 
 threatened invasion of Murat; and on 13 March, 
 1811, he had the honour of enacting a conspicuous 
 part in the celebrated action off Lissa, when a 
 British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns 
 and 879 men, gloriously defeated, after a shattering 
 battle of six hours, and a loss to the Volage of 13 
 killed and 33 wounded, a Franco- Venetian arma- 
 ment, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 
 men.* The brave and gallant conduct displayed on 
 the occasion by Capt. Hornby, who himself received 
 a slight wound, was rewarded by the Admiralty with 
 a gold medal. He continued in the Volage until 
 Oct. 1811, and was next, on 6 Aug. 1812, and 3 Dec. 
 
 1814, appointed to. the command of the Stag 36, 
 and Spartan 38. In the former of those frigates 
 he made a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope ; and 
 on returning, in the latter, to the Mediterranean, 
 he was employed as Senior officer, in conjunction 
 with a Tuscan land-force, to secure the accomplish- 
 ment of a treaty stipulative of the surrender to 
 Tuscany of the island of Elba by the French. For 
 this service Capt. Hornby was presented by the 
 Tuscan Government with the Cross of the Imperial 
 Order of St. Joseph of Wurtzbourgh. He paid the 
 Spartan off in July, 1816, and from that period 
 remained unemployed until 1832, when he was 
 appointed Superintendent of the Royal Naval Hos- 
 pital and Victualling Yard at Plymouth. He re- 
 moved, 6 Jan. 1838, to the command of the Wil- 
 liam AND Mary yacht, and the superintendentship 
 of the Dockyard at Woolwich ; and from 16 Dec. 
 1841, until promoted to flag-rank, 9 Nov. 1846, he 
 filled the office of Comptroller-General of the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 
 
 1815. He married, 22 Nov. 1814, Sophie Maria, 
 eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. General Bur- 
 goyne, by whom he has issue eight children. His 
 second daughter, Caroline Lucy, is married to Lieut. 
 W. T. Denison, R.E. Agents — Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 HORNBY. (LlEDTENANT, 1825.) 
 
 William Hornby entered the Navy 21 Aug. 
 1811 ; passed his examination in 1818 ; and obtained 
 his commission 4 Oct. 1825. He does not appear 
 to have been since employed. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 HORNBY. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 15; h-p.,7.) 
 
 William Windham Hornet, born 23 July, 1812, 
 at Huyton, in Lancashire, is eldest son of the Rev. 
 Geoffrey Hornby, Rector of Bury, in that co., by 
 the Hon. Georgiana Byng, sister of the late Vice- 
 Admiral Viscount Torrington; and nephew of 
 Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 
 Deo. 1825 ; and embarked, in June, 1827, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Sullivan, with whom he was for some time employed 
 on particular service. On proceeding in 1828 to 
 the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Rattle- 
 snake 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgcman, he 
 assisted at the blockade of Navarin, and took part 
 in several boat affairs with pirates. In 1831, after 
 an attachment vrith Capt. Bridgeman to the Re- 
 venge 78, he joined the Gannet 18, Capt. Mark 
 Halpen Sweny, and sailed for the West Indies, 
 where he was present at Jamaica during the insur- 
 rection of 1832. Passing his examination in the 
 course of that year, he became Mate of the Ranger 
 28, Capt. Manley Dixon. Prior to his advance- 
 ment to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 
 9 Sept. 1833, Mr. Hornby was further employed in 
 the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. Smart, at the block- 
 ade of the Dutch coast, and in the Caledonia 180, 
 » r'tifeGaz. 1811, p. 894. 
 
HORNSBY-HORTON— HOSEASON. 
 
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 flag-ship of Sir Josias Kowley in the Mediterranean. 
 His next appointments were — 25 Nov. 1833, and 
 20 Aug. 1836, to the Canopus 84, Capt. Hon. Jos- 
 celine Percy, and Beacon surveying-vessel, Lieut. 
 Commander Thos. Graves, hoth on the latter sta- 
 tion, whence his health obliged him to return in 
 June, 1838—10 April, 1839, to the Benbow 72, Capt. 
 Houston Stewart, from which ship also in the Medi- 
 terranean, he was again under the necessity of in- 
 validing in Jime, 1840— and 21 Aug. 1841, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the "Warspite 50, Capt. Lord John 
 Hay, fitting at Portsmouth. He obtained a second 
 promotal commission 23 Nov. following ; and on 
 9 Nov. 1846, having been in command from 7 Feb. 
 1845 until April of the former year, of the Styx 
 sloop, on the coast of Africa, he was promoted to 
 Post rank. He is at present on half-pay. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 HOKNSBY. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.) 
 "William Hobnsby entered the Navy, in Sept. 
 1799, on board the Experiment 44, arTite'e en fliUe, 
 Capts. John G. Saville and Geo. Chas. Mackenzie ; 
 to which ship (attending intermediately the expe- 
 dition of 1801 to Egypt) he continued attached 
 until the close of 1805. He afterwards joined the 
 Meg^ra fire-vessel, Capt. Arch. Duff, and Bose 
 18, Capts. Lucius Curtis and Philip Pipon, in the 
 Channel ; served, from June, 1807, to July, 1810, in 
 the Resolution and Rodney 74's, each commanded 
 by Capt. Geo. Burlton, under whom he was present, 
 as Midshipman of the Resolution, at the bombard- 
 ments of Copenhagen and Flushing ; then became 
 Acting-Lieutenant, for a short time, of the Ton- 
 NANT 80, Capt. Sir John Gore ; and, after a further 
 employment, off Havre and Lisbon, in the Cyane 
 22, and Abercromby 74, Capts. Fras. Augustus 
 Collier and Wm. Chas. Fahie, was officially pro- 
 moted, 26 Sept. 1811, into the Canopus 80, Capt. 
 Chas. Inglis. His last appointments were — to the 
 Rose 18, Capt. Roht. Maunsell, and VimiE de Paris 
 110, and BoYNE 98, both under the orders of Capt. 
 Burlton. He served in the Rose on the Baltic sta^ 
 tion ; and was a participator, in the Boyne, in Sir 
 Edw. PeUew's partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 
 Feb. 1814, with the Toulon fleet. He has been on 
 half-pay since Sept. of the latter year. 
 
 HOKTON. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 2.) 
 
 Frederick Wilmot Hokton is a relative of Sir 
 Eobt. J. W. Horton, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1832 ; passed 
 his examination in 1838 ; obtained his commission 9 
 May, 1839 ; and was successively appointed — on 22 
 of the same month, to the Jaseur 16, Capt. Fred. 
 Moore Boultbee, stationed in the Mediterranean — 
 and, 31 Oct. 1840, and 29 Aug. 1842, to the Endy- 
 MION 44, and, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Dido 18, 
 Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey and Hon. Henry Kep- 
 pel, both in the East Indies. For his spirited and 
 zealous exertions in command of the boats of the 
 latter vessel at the destruction of the forts and set- 
 tlements belonging to the pirates in the Sarebus 
 river, on the coast of Borneo, he obtained the ex- 
 pressed approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, 
 Sir Wm. Parker, and of the Board of Admiralty, 
 and was promoted to the rank of Commander 6 
 Jan. 1844. He was appointed, 17 Feb. 1846, to the 
 Cygnet 6, on the African station, where, since 24 of 
 the following April, he has been serving in the 
 KiNcnsHEB 12. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HORTON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 WittiAM HoRTON is son (by Grace, daughter of 
 — — Treacher, Esq., and widow of Henry Whor- 
 wood, Esq., of Headington House, co. Oxford) of 
 Joshua Sydney Horton, Esq., Kear-Admiral of the 
 "White (1830), who died 24 Nov. 1834, at Boulogne- 
 sur-mer, aged 67. His grandfather's first wife was 
 a daughter of Geo. Clarke, Esq., Lieut.-Govemor of 
 New York ; and hia uncle, the late Thos. Horton, 
 
 Esq., of Howroyde, co. York, married the Lady 
 Mary Gordon, youngest daughter of George, third 
 Earl of Aberdeen. The Lieutenant is nephew of 
 Geo. Wm. Horton, Esq., a Lieut.-Colonel in the 
 Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Deo. 1832 ; passed 
 his examination 13 Dec. 1839 ; and served, as Mate, 
 on board the Talbot 26, Capts. Henry John Co- 
 drington and Robt. Fanshawe Stopford (under the 
 former of whom he participated in the bombard- 
 ment of St. Jean d'Acre), and Queen 110, and St. 
 Vincent 120, flag-ships at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. 
 Codrington. He obtained his commission 7 March, 
 1842, but, rejoining the St. Vincent soon after- 
 wards, continued in that ship until appointed, 6 
 Dec. following, to the Gorgon steamer, Capt. Chas. 
 Hotham, on the South American station. On 25 
 Nov. 1844, after about 12 months of half-pay, he 
 went back to the St. Vincent, then bearing the 
 flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, with whom, however, he 
 continued but a few months. Lieut. Horton, whose 
 next appointment was, 25 July, 1846, to the Queen, 
 Commodore Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, has been 
 attached, since 14 Oct. in that year, to the Thetis 
 36, commanded by his former Captain, Codrington. 
 He married, 18 Feb. 1846, Agnes Jane, second 
 daughter of the late J. Jeddere Fisher, Esq., of 
 Great Culberden, Tunbridge Wells. 
 
 HOSEASON. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Andrew Hoseason died about the commence- 
 ment of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1809, as 
 A. B., on board the Strenuous gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Nugent, employed on the Leith 
 station. Removing, in the next Dec, to the Leda 
 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, he sailed in that ship with a 
 convoy for the East Indies, where we find him, in 
 Aug. 1811 and Jan. 1813, assisting, as Master's 
 Mate, at the reduction of Java, and in a very des- 
 perate attack made upon the pirates of Sambas, in 
 the island of Borneo. In the spring of 1816 he was 
 for a short time transferred to the Philomel 10, 
 Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, but he then went 
 back, in a similar capacity, to the Leda, and conti- 
 nued in her until confirmed by a commission dated 
 on 30 Dec. in the same year. 
 
 HOSEASON. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 John Cochrane Hoseason entered the Navy 20 
 July, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1837. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 12 Jan. and 24 
 April, 1837, and 18 Jan. 1838, to the Dublin 50, 
 flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Rover 18, 
 Capt. Chas. Eden, and Imogene 26, Capt. Henry 
 Wm. Bruce, all on the South American station, 
 whence he returned to England, and was paid off 
 at the close of 1839— and, 3 Feb. 1840, to the Cam- 
 bridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, with whom he 
 served for nearly two years, and was present in the 
 operations on the coast of Syria, and at the blockade 
 of Alexandria. He acquired the rank he now holds 
 6 Sept. 1844 ; and, since 10 June, 1846, has been in 
 command of the Inflexible steam-sloop, on the 
 East India station. Agents — Hallett and Rohin- 
 
 HOSEASON. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William Hoseason entered the Navy 24 May, 
 1811; passed his examination in 1818; and was 
 made Lieutenant, 28 Dec. 1826, into the Bustard 
 10, Capt. Chas. Elliot, on the Jamaica station. He 
 returned home in 1827, on board the Primrose 18, 
 Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt; and was after- 
 wards appointed — 17 Feb. 1831, to the Nimrod 20, 
 Capt. Sam. Radford, on the Cork station — 14 April, 
 1832, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — 15 Oct. 1833, to the 
 Thunderer 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, in the 
 Mediterranean— and, 31 May and 4 Aug. 1837, 26 
 Oct. 1839, and 9 April, 1846, to the successive com- 
 mand of the Pigmy, Peospero, Axecto, and Torch 
 
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 HOSKEN— HOSKINS-HOSTE-HOTCHKIS-HOTHAM. 
 
 steamers. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 
 1846 ; and is now on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. 
 StUwell. 
 
 HOSKEN. (Lieut., 1828. p-p., 24; h-p., 15.) 
 
 James Hosken entered the Navy 23 Feb. 1808 ; 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; and, between that 
 period and 1824, was employed on the West India 
 and Home stations, in the Piqde 36, Capts. Fan- 
 shawe, John M'Kellar, and Jas. Haldane Ttdt, Woir 
 sloop, Capt. Bernard Teoman, and Bolvtahk 74, 
 Capt. Dundas. On 9 Aug. 1828, as a reward for 
 four years of very active servitude, as Mate of the 
 ScoDT Kevenue-outter, Lieut.-Commanders Cook 
 and Fitzmaurice, he was promoted to his present 
 rank. He was then, until paid off in May, 1830, 
 employed on the Mediterranean station in the 
 Mtsa bomb, Capt. Stephen Lushington; and he 
 afterwards, until put out of commission in Oct. 
 1832, had charge of the Princess Elizabeth and 
 Ttbian packets, in the West Indies and South Ame- 
 rica. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 On leaving the Tykian, Lieut. Hosken took com- 
 mand of a merchant-ship ; and, in July, 1836, he 
 assumed that of the celebrated steamer the Great 
 Western, in which he made 33 voyages, or 66 pass- 
 ages to and from New York. In Jan. 1844 he was 
 appointed to that leviathan of the deep the Great 
 Britain steam-ship. 
 
 HOSKINS. (Commandeb, 1814. f-p., 11 ; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Samuel Hoskins entered the Navy, 10 July, 1803, 
 as A.B., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. 
 Parker. Continuing to serve with that officer for a 
 period of nearly seven years, he in consequence 
 commanded a boat at the cutting-out of a brig from 
 under the batteries of Palma — accompanied Lord 
 Nelson in his celebrated pursuit of the combined 
 squadrons to the West Indies — assisted, on 13 
 March, 1806, in company with the London 98, at 
 the capture, after a long running fight, and a loss to 
 the Amazon of 3 men killed and 6 woimded, of the 
 French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of 
 Hear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule 
 —and co-operated with the patriots on the coast of 
 Gallicia, where many of the enemy's batteries were 
 destroyed. On 4 April, 1810, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant in the Rota 38, Capt. Philip 
 Somerville ; in the boats belonging to which frigate 
 he appears to have been wounded at the capture of 
 a privateer, off the island of Ushant, in 1812. He 
 was advanced — aftijr having officiated for 18 months, 
 on board the San Joan 74, as Flag-Lieutenant at 
 Gibraltar to Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee — to 
 the rank of Commander 4 July, 1814 ; but he has 
 not been since afloat. 
 
 Commander Hoskins married, in 1820, Mary Anne, 
 youngest daughter of the late Commander Folliott, 
 B.N. (1790), and by that lady has issue. 
 
 HOSTE, Babt. (Commandek, 1843. f-p., 14; 
 
 H-p, 3.) 
 SiK William Legge Geokge Hoste, born 19 
 March, 1818, is son of that distinguished officer, the 
 late Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, Bart., K.C.B.,* by Har- 
 riet, third daughter of Horatio, second Earl of Or- 
 
 • Sir Wm. Hoste entered the Navy at the commencement 
 of the French revolutionary war, waa with Nelson at Tene- 
 rilfe in 1797. and attained Post-rank m 1802. On 13 March, 
 181 1, being at the time in the Amfhion 32, and in command 
 (including that ship) of four frigates, carrying, in the whole, 
 156 guns and 879 men, he effected the brilliant defeat, after 
 a battle of six hours, and a loss to the Amphion of 15 killed 
 and 47 wounded, of a Franco- Venetian armament, whose 
 force amounted to 284 guns and S6&5 men. When in the 
 Bacchante, in ims, he commanded the Naval force em- 
 ployed at the reduction of the important fortresses of Cattaro 
 and Ragusa. For the above and other dashing services, Capt. 
 Hoste was raised to the dignity of a Baronet in 1814. In the 
 same year he obtained an honourable augmentation to the 
 family arms; and in ISl.^i he was nominated a K.C.B. In 
 consideration of his services at Cattaro and Kagusa, the.-Em- 
 peror of Austria also conferred on him the insignia of a K.M.T. 
 He died Dec. ItiSS. 
 
 ford; and nephew of Sir Geo. Chas. Hoste, C.B., 
 Colonel of the Royal Engineers. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1830, as a 
 "Volunteer, on board the Bbiton 46, Capt. John 
 Duff Markland, employed on the Home station; 
 became Midshipman, in Feb. 1833, of the Victoky 
 104, Capt. Edw. Rich. Williams, guard-ship at Ports- 
 mouth; and proceeded soon afterwards to South 
 America, in the Coswat 28, Capt. Henry Eden. 
 Between March, 1834, and his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1838, we find him em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean, the last 15 months as 
 Mate, on board the Thunderer 84, Capt. Wm. 
 Furlong Wise, Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, and 
 Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Sir Bobt. Stopford. Being then, however, reap- 
 pointed to the latter ship, he continued attached to 
 her, on the same station, until Nov. 1839. He sub- 
 sequently, from 12 April, 1841, until paid off" in Dec. 
 1842, served in the Southampton 50, under the flag 
 of Sir Edw. Dumford King, Commander-in-Chief 
 at the Cape of Good Hope and Brazils, and assisted 
 during that period in taking possession of Port Na- 
 tal. Being next, on 1 July, 1843, appointed to the 
 Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus 
 FitzClarenoe, Sir Wm. Hoste was present in the 
 ensuing Sept. at the meeting which took place at 
 Treport between the Sovereigns of France and 
 England. He was advanced to his present rank, at 
 the request of H.R.H. Prince Albert, 5 Nov. 1843; 
 and, since 17 Dec. 1845, has been in successive com- 
 mand of the Ringdove and Spiteedl steam-sloops, 
 on the East India station. 
 
 Sir Wm. Hoste received in 1845 the appointment 
 of Gentleman Usher to the Queen Dowager. 
 
 HOTCHKIS. (Eethusd Commander, 1833. f-p., 
 9 ; H-P., 60.) 
 
 John Hotchkis was born 28 Aug. 1766. One 
 of his brothers, Adam, was killed in India, in the 
 Medical Service of the Company, in 1780 ; another, 
 Alexander, a Lieutenant of Marines, perished in 
 the same year on board the Stirling Castle 64, 
 on the coast of America ; and a third, David, lost 
 his left leg while serving as a Lieutenant of the 
 Preston 50, in the action off the Dogger Bank in 
 1781. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1778, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Crescent 28, Capt. 
 Chas. Hope, with whom he continued to serve as 
 Midshipman of the Iphigenia 32, and Leocadia 38, 
 on the Home and Newfoundland stations, until the 
 peace of 1783. Re-embarking, in 1793, as Master's 
 Mate, on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Thos. 
 Mackenzie and John Pakenham, he had an oppor- 
 tunity, under the former officer, of witnessing Lord 
 Howe's action of 1 June, 1794, on which occasion 
 he was sent into port as Acting-Master of the 
 Northumberland 74, one of the prizes taken by 
 the British. On proceeding to the Mediterranean 
 Mr. Hotchlcis was there promoted, 17 June, 1795, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Oa Ira 80, Capt. Chas. 
 Dudley Pater. He remained in that ship until 
 burnt out, in consequence of her having acoidentr 
 aUy caught fire, in San Fiorenza Bay, U April, 
 1796 ; after which we find him employed, from 26 
 Sept. in the same year until May, 1797, on board 
 the Monmouth 64, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, in 
 the North Sea. He then invalided, from badness 
 of sight, and did not again go afloat. He became 
 a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 
 1830, and on the Senior 21 Dec. 1833. 
 
 Commander Hotohlds married, first, 9 Nov. 1800, 
 Mary, daughter of Rich. Pcarce, Esq., co. West- 
 meath. That lady dying in 1830, he espoused, 
 secondly, in 1832, a daughter of Thos. Hart, Esq., 
 a Major in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, by whom he 
 has issue one sou. 
 
 HOTHAM, K.C.B. (Captain, 1833. p-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 10.) 
 Sin Charles Hotham, born in 1806, is eldest son 
 of the Rev. Fras. Hotham, Prebendary of Rochester 
 
HOTIIAM. 
 
 345 
 
 (second son of the second Lord Hotham, one of the 
 Barons of the Court of Exchequer), by Anne Eliza- 
 beth, eldest daughter of Thos. Hallett Hodges, Esq., 
 of Hemsted Place, Kent; and first cousin of Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Fred. Hotham, R.N. Sir Charles, who 
 is brother-in-law of Lieut.-Colonel Grieve of the 
 75th Regt., has also a brother, Augustus Thomas 
 Hotham, in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1818 ; and 
 on the night of 23 May, 1824, when Midshipman of 
 the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, 
 served in the boats under Lieut. Michael Quin at 
 the gallant destruction of a 16-gun brig, moored in 
 a position of extraordinary strength alongside the 
 walls of the fortress of Bona, in which was a gar- 
 rison of about 400 soldiers, who, from cannon and 
 musket, kept up a tremendous fire, almost perpen- 
 dicularly, on the deck. He was made Lieutenant, 
 17 Sept. 1825, into the Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale in the Mediterranean ; and 
 next appointed — 15 May, 1826, to the Medina 20, 
 Capts. Timothy Curtis and Wm. Burnaby Greene, 
 on the same station — and, 8 Deo. 1827, and 26 July, 
 1828, as First, to the Terror and Meteor bombs, 
 Capts. "Wm. Fletcher and David Hope. As a re- 
 ward for his distinguished exertions on the occasion 
 of the wreck of the Terror, more particularly 
 alluded to in our memoir of Capt. Hope, Mr. 
 Hotham was promoted by the Lord High Admiral 
 to the rank of Commander 13 Aug. 1828. After 
 an interval of half-pay he obtained an appointment, 
 17 March, 1830, to the Cordelia 10, and returned 
 to the Mediterranean, whence he ultimately came 
 home and was paid off in Oct. 1833— having been 
 raised to Post-rank on 28 of the preceding June in 
 compliment to the memory of his uncle the late 
 Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, G.C.B., 
 G.C.M.G. His next appointment was, 25 Nov. 1842, 
 to the Gorgon steam-sloop, stationed on the S.E. 
 coast of America. In Nov. 1845, having assumed 
 command of a small squadron, he ascended the 
 river Parana, in conjunction with a French naval 
 force under Capt. Trehouart, and on 20 of that 
 month, after a hard day's fighting, succeeded in 
 effecting the destruction of four heavy batteries 
 belonging to General Rosas at Punta Obligado, also 
 of a schooner-of war carrying 6 guns, and of 24 
 vessels chained across the river. Towards the close 
 of the action he landed with 180 seamen and 145 
 marines, and accomplished the defeat of the enemy, 
 whose numbers had originally consisted of at least 
 3500 men, in cavalry, infantry, and artillery, and 
 whose batteries had mounted 22 pieces of ordnance, 
 including 10 brass guns, which latter were taken off 
 to the ships, the remainder being all destroyed. 
 The loss of the British in this very brilliant affair 
 amounted to 9 men killed and 24 wounded. In 
 acknowledgment of the gallantry, zeal, and ability 
 displayed throughout its various details by Capt. 
 Hotham, he was recommended in the most fervent 
 terms of admiration by his Commander-in-Chief, 
 Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield, in his despatches 
 to the Admiralty, and he was in consequence nomi- 
 nated a K.C.B. 9 March, 1846. Since 13 May in 
 that year he has been employed as Commodore on 
 the coast of Africa, with his broad pendant succes- 
 sively flying in the Devastation and Penelope 
 steamers. 
 
 While Sir Chas. Hotham was in the Goegon, that 
 vessel was blown far on shore in a hurricane at 
 Colonia, and it was only by the most indomitable 
 and procrastinated exertion on the part of himself 
 and his crew that she was saved. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. (who 
 died Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean in 
 1833, aged 56), and of Admiral Sir John Sutton, 
 K.C.B. ; and cousin both of the present Admiral 
 Sir Wm. Hotham, G.C.B., and of Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Hotham, K.C.B. 
 
 This ofScer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumberland 74, 
 commanded by his uncle Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham. 
 On 22May, 1812, when in company with theGROWLEK 
 gun-brig, we find him contributing to the gallant 
 destruction, at the entrance of L'Orient, of the 
 French 40-gun frigates L'Arienne and L'Andro- 
 maque, and 16 gun-brig Mamebmch, whose united 
 fire, conjointly with that of a destructive battery, 
 killed 5 of the Noethumberland's people, and 
 wounded 28. Becoming Midshipman, in Jan. 1813, 
 of the Ramillies 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy and Chas. Ogle, he sailed for the coast of 
 North America, where he continued until the ter- 
 mination of hostilities, and, independently of the 
 blockade of New London, participated in the opera- 
 tions against Moose Island, Baltimore, and New 
 Orleans. After a brief re-employment under the 
 orders of his uncle in the Sdperb 74, stationed off 
 the coast of France for the interception of Napoleon 
 Buonaparte, Mr. Hotham, in Oct. 1815, joined the 
 Pactolos 38, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer and 
 Wm. Hugh Dobbie, the latter of whom he accom- 
 panied into the Severn 40. On next joining the 
 MiNDEN 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, he assisted in that 
 ship at the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, 
 and then sailed for the East Indies, on which station 
 he served until after his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 7 Deo. 1819. On 22 
 Oct. 1821, he obtained an appointment to the EuRr- 
 ALus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, fitting 
 for the Mediterranean, whence he returned to Eng- 
 land on his advancement to the rank of Commander 
 25 March, 1822. On 16 May, 1828, Capt. Hotham 
 had the misfortune, when off' the coast of Egypt, to 
 lose the Parthian 10, a sloop of which he had 
 been awarded the command 28 April,- 1827. He 
 attained the rank he now holds 7 June, 1828, and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Hotham married, 12 Aug. 1824, Lady Susan 
 Maria O'Bryen, eldest daughter of William, second 
 Marquess of Thomond, by whom he has issue. 
 
 HOTHAM. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 12; h-p., 25.) 
 The Honourable George Frederick Hotham, 
 bom 20 Oct. 1799, is son of the late Hon. Beaumont 
 Hotham (eldest son of the second Lord Hotham, 
 one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer), by 
 Philadelphia, daughter of Sir John Dixon Dyke, 
 Bart. Capt. Hotham, who is only brother of the 
 present Lord Hotham, is nephew of Vice-Admiral 
 
 HOTHAM. (LiEDO^NANT, 1832.) 
 
 John William Hotham, bom in 1809, is. third 
 son of Admiral Sir Wm. Hotham, G.C.B., by his 
 first marriage. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1830, and 
 was made Lieutenant, 13 March, 1832, into the 
 Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station. He was paid off on his return to 
 England 28 July, 1834, and has since been un- 
 employed. 
 
 Lieut. Hotham married, 29 April, 1838, Sarah 
 Eliza, eldest daughter of Wm. Hawkesley, Esq., of 
 the Circus, Bath. 
 
 HOTHAM, G.C.B. (Admikai, of the Eed, 1837. 
 F-P., 22 ; H-p., 46.) 
 
 Sir William Hotham, bom in Feb. 1772, is 
 second son of Geo. Hotham, a General in the Army, 
 and Colonel of the 14th Regt. of Foot, by Diana, 
 youngest daughter of Sir Warton Pennyman, Bart. ; 
 brother-in-law of the late Lord Edw. O'Bryen, 
 Capt. R.N. ; and nephew of the first Lord Hotham, 
 who commanded the Bdgae 74, at the relief of 
 Gibraltar in 1782, fought the well-known actions of 
 14 March and 13 July, 1795, with the French fleet, 
 was raised for his services to the peerage, and died 
 2 May, 1813. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne on the 
 books of different ships since 21 Dec. 1779) went to 
 sea from Westminster School, in the autumn of 
 1785, on board the Gra.mpiis .50, Capt. Edw. Thomp- 
 son. On his return home from the African station 
 in the following spring, he entered the Royal Naval 
 Academy at Portsmouth, but he re-embarked in 
 
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 HOTHAM. 
 
 Sept. 1786 on board the Sglebay 32, Capt. John 
 HoUoway, and sailed for the Leeward Islands, 
 where he remained until the close of 1789. In 1790 
 we find him cruizing in the Channel in the Hebe 
 36, Capt. Alex. Hood, and also in the Pkincess 
 KoFAL 98, bearing the flag of his uncle Rear-Ad- 
 miral Hotham. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 
 on 27 Oct. in the same year, and being shortly 
 afterwards appointed in that capacity to the Alli- 
 gator 28, Capt. Isaac Coffin, he proceeded to Hali- 
 fax, whence, in 1791, he returned home with Lord 
 Dorchester, the Governor-General. In 1792 he was 
 again ordered to Halifax, in the "Wjnchelsba 32, 
 Capt. Fisher ; and in June, 1793, subsequently to 
 his removal to the Ddke 98, Commodore Geo. 
 Murray, he shared in the unsuccessful operation 
 against Martinique. In January, 1794, on his ar- 
 rival off Toulon in the Inconstant .36, Capt. Augustus 
 Montgomery, Mr. Hotham was appointed Seventh 
 Lieutenant of the Victory 100, bearing the flag of 
 Lord Hood, by whom, during the siege of Bastia, 
 he was allowed to serve on shore as a Volunteer 
 with the brigade of seamen employed under the 
 orders of Capt. Nelson. On 11 Aug. 1794, when 
 before Calvi, which place also surrendered to the 
 British arms, he was invested (being at the time First 
 of the Victory) with the command of L'Eclair 
 sloop ; and on 7 Oct. in the same year he was made 
 Post into the Cyclops 28, previously to his actual 
 junction of which frigate he acted for a short time 
 as Captain of the Bedford 74, lying in Leghorn 
 Boads. After she had spent some time in block- 
 ading the port of Smyrna, in unison with a force 
 under Capt. Sam. Hood, the Cyclops went to Gib- 
 raltar, and was thence ordered with despatches to 
 England, where, on her arrival after an extra- 
 ordinary passage of six days, she was paid off in 
 March, 1796. Owing to this unexpected departure 
 from the Mediterranean, Capt. Hotham appears to 
 have lost the command of La Minerve, one of the 
 finest frigates in the service, to which the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, we are informed, had in ignorance 
 of his absence appointed him. With the exception 
 of the command, held for a very brief period, of 
 La RioNiON 36, he did not succeed in again pro- 
 curing employment until Jan. 1797, when he re- 
 ceived instructions to join the Adamant 50. In 
 that ship, which, to the credit of her Commander, 
 was the only two-decker that preserved its loyalty 
 intact during the mutiny at the Nore, Capt. Hotham 
 was stationed with Lord Duncan off the Texel, and, 
 besides occasionally bearing the flag of that noble- 
 man, was with him in the memorable victory 
 achieved over the Dutch, off Camperdown, 11 Oct. 
 1797. On that occasion he took charge of the 
 Haerlem, a captured 64, and succeeded, after a 
 great deal of blowing and unsettled weather, in 
 carrying her through the Cockle Gatway into Yar- 
 mouth Roads. The share borne by Capt. Hotham 
 in the engagement was recompensed with a gold 
 medal, and his First-Lieutenant was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander. After several months of 
 employment on the coast of France, the Adamant 
 proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope, and was ulti- 
 mately sent on a cruize off the Isle of France. On 
 11 Dec. 1799, being at the time in company vrith 
 the Themendods 74, she drove the French frigate 
 La Preneiise on shore, under a heavy fire from the 
 batteries in the neighbourhood of Port Louis, which 
 harbour, with his own ship, and the Lancaster, 
 Rattlesnake, and Euphrosyne under his orders, 
 Capt. Hotham was subsequently sent to blockade. 
 Having returned with convoy to England, and been 
 paid off, Capt. Hotham, in March, 1803, procured 
 command oi the Raisonnable 64. He at first 
 served off the Dutch coast, and for a short time 
 carried the flag of Admiral Thornbrough, as he 
 afterwards did, in the Downs, of Admiral Montagu. 
 He was also engaged in watching the movements 
 of the enemy off Boulogne, at a moment when an 
 invasion of England was anticipated ; and during 
 a very tempestuous winter, in which the York 64, 
 was lost, he was stationed in the North Sea. His 
 health obliging him to resign the command of the 
 
 Raisonnable in 1804, ne remained on half-pay 
 until appointed to the Liverpool district of bea 
 Fencibles, which, however, he only joined a short 
 time previously to the disbandment of the corps in 
 1810. He then acquired command of the Royal 
 Sovereiqn yacht, and remained in that vessel until 
 advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral 4 Dec. 
 1813. He has since been on half-pay. He was 
 created a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815; a Vice-Admiral 19 
 July, 1821; a full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837; and a 
 G.C.B. 4 July, 1840. 
 
 Sir AVm. Hotham married, first, in June, 1804, 
 Anne, daughter of Sir Edw. Jeynes, Kt., of Glou- 
 cester, and sister-in-law of the late Admiral Sir 
 Edw. Thornbrough, G.C.B., who died in 1827 ; and 
 secondly, in 1835, Jane Seymour, widow of Roger 
 Pettiward, Esq., formerly of Great Finborough, 
 Suffolk. By his first marriage he had issue, with 
 one daughter, four sons, of whom the eldest, Au- 
 gustus, is in the Army, and the third, John "Wil- 
 liam, a Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 HOTHAM, K.H. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 13; 
 
 H-P., 31.) 
 
 William Hotham, born in 1794, is eldest son of 
 Lieut.-Colonel Geo. Hotham (elder brother of Ad- 
 miral Sir Wm. Hotham, G.C.B.), by his first wife, 
 Caroline, daughter of Robt. Gee, Esq., of Bishop 
 Burton ; and brother-in-law of Sir John Wm. Lnb- 
 bock, Bart., the eminent banker. One of Capt. 
 Hotham's brothers, George, is a Captain in the 
 Royal Engineers ; a second, Charles, Prebendary of 
 York; and a third, John, an officer in the East 
 India Company's Artillery. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1803, on 
 board the Raisonnable 64, commanded by his 
 uncle, Capt. Wm. Hotham, in the North Sea. With 
 the exception of a few weeks towards the close of 
 1811, during which he served as Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Unite 36,* Capt. Edwin Henry Chamber- 
 layne, he appears to have been continuously, fromi 
 1804 until 1814, employed under the orders of Capt. 
 Chas. Rowley, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and 
 Lieutenant (commission dated 12 Feb. 1812), on 
 board the Rdby 64, and Eagle 74. While in the 
 latter ship he assisted at the defence of Gaeta, and 
 the storming of Capri in 1806 ; attended the expe- 
 dition of 1809 to the Walcheren ; was employed at 
 the siege of Cadiz in 1810; and participated, in 
 1813, in the operations against Finme, Rovigno, and 
 Trieste, during the siege of the citadel at which 
 latter place he served on shore, and manifested an 
 admirable degree of courage and activity.! He 
 also, on 8 June, 1813, had partial command of the 
 boats at the destruction, close to Omago, of a 2-gnn 
 battery, and the capture of four scuttled vessels 
 loaded with wine ; and on 7 of the following month 
 accompanied a party that stormed, carried, and 
 levelled the fortress of Farasina, mounting 5 long 
 18-pounders.J From Aug. 1813 until Jan. 1814 
 Lieut. Hotham commanded a flotilla employed, in 
 the River Po, in co-operation with the Austrian 
 army ; and honourable mention is made of him in 
 several official letters from Capt. Rowley to Admiral 
 Fremantle, as well as in a despatch from Count 
 Nugent to Earl Bathurst, then H.M. Secretary of 
 State for the War Department. The Eagle formed 
 part of the squadron which accompanied Louis 
 XVni. to France in April, 1814 ; and was paid off 
 at Chatham in the course of the following month. 
 A few days after his promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander, which took place 15 June, 1814, we find 
 Capt. Hotham appointed to the Fervent sloop. 
 After witnessing the grand naval review held before 
 the Allied Sovereigns at Spithead, he proceeded to 
 Bermuda and the West Indies. In June, 1815, the 
 Fervent was put out of commission; and on 27 
 April, 1824, Capt. Hotham obtained command of 
 
 * While in this ship, Mr. Hotham was creditably noticed 
 for his cool and steady conduct at tlie capture, after a severe 
 running fight of four hours, of the 26-gun store-ship, Persannet 
 who, until' the moment of her surrender, had been taken for 
 a frigate.— Fide Gaj. 1812, p. 567. 
 
 + Fide Gai. 1813, p. 2478. J V. Gaz. 1803, p. 2010. 
 
IIOUGH-IIOUGHTON. 
 
 547 
 
 the Sappho 18, fitting for the Halifax station, 
 whence he returned on his advancement to Post- 
 rank 4 April, 1825. He accepted the half-pay of 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Hotham was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 
 1836. 
 
 HOUGH. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 28.) 
 John James Hough was born about Feb. 1785. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capt. John 
 Monckton, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon. 
 Geo. Cranfield Berkeley. He served next, from 
 Jan. 1801 to Aug. 1805, part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Anson 44, Capt. Wm. Edw. Cra- 
 craft, on the Mediterranean station ; then joined, 
 for short periods, the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord Ame- 
 lius Beauclerk, Kent 74, Capt. Henry Garrett, and 
 Hibernia 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent, all en- 
 gaged on Home service ; and on 2 Oct. 1807 was 
 nominated Acting-Lieutenant, after an unemployed 
 interval of 17 months, of the Bellona 74, com- 
 manded at Halifax by Capt. John Erskine Douglas, 
 to which ship he was confirmed by commission 
 • dated 19 Nov. following. His next appointments, 
 until paid off in Aug. 1814, were, on the last men- 
 tioned, and on the Lisbon, West India, and Home 
 stations — 18 Nov. 1808, to the Horatio, of 46 guns 
 and 270 men, Capt. Geo. Scott— 27 Nov. 1810, to 
 the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris— 9 
 March, 1811, to the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag 
 of Hon. G. C. Berkeley— 27 July, 1812, to the Asia 
 74, Capt. Geo. Scott— and, 5 Feb. 1814, to the Eg- 
 MONT 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham. Of the above 
 ships the Hokatio appears, when in company with 
 the Latona 38, and Supekieuke and Driver sloops, 
 to have effected the capture, 10 Feb. 1809, off the 
 Virgin Islands, of La Junon French frigate, of 46 
 guns and 323 men, after a close and sanguinary 
 action of nearly three hours, a loss to herself of 7 
 men killed and 33 wounded, and to her antagonist 
 of 130 killed and wounded. We also, on 21 Feb. 
 1810, find her making prize, at the close of a long 
 chase, and of a running fight of one hour, of La 
 ^ecessitSy pierced for 40 guns, but not mounting 
 more than 28, with a complement on board of 186 
 men, and laden with naval stores and provisions 
 from Brest bound to the Isle of France. Mr. 
 Hough, who on the latter occasion ofiiciated as the 
 Horatio's First-Lieutenant, was in both instances 
 the officer sent to take possession of the French 
 ships, and he each time likewise conducted the 
 prizes into port. He subsequently, on joining the 
 Egmont, served in that ship under the flag of Kear- 
 Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose at the forcing of 
 the passage of the Gironde, in the spring of 1814. 
 His last naval appointments were to the command, 
 3 May, 1817, 1 March, 1824, and 21 March, 1826, of 
 the Active, Basilisk, and Cracker cutters ; in 
 which vessels he effected the capture of several 
 smugglers, twice conveyed large amounts of specie 
 from London to DubUn, sailed on two occasions 
 with squadrons of observation under the flag of 
 H.K.H. the Duke of Clarence, and was employed 
 as Senior officer in protecting the fisheries off 
 Jersey. He attained his present rank 29 Sept. 
 1827. 
 
 In May, 1834, Commander Hough was nominated 
 one of the six stipendiary magistrates appointed at 
 Barbadoes under the Slavery Emancipation Act ; 
 and when he resigned that situation in Oct. 1838 he 
 was presented with a sum for the purchase of a 
 piece of plate, as a mark of the satisfaction he had 
 afforded by the just and impartial manner in which 
 lie had administered its duties. He was afterwards 
 employed in the Indian Navy, as Captain, from 7 
 April, 1840, until 29 July, 1846, of the Proserpine 
 war-steamer. During the operations of 21 July, 
 1842, against Chin-Kiang-Foo, he was stationed on 
 the Yang-tse-Kiang and blockaded an entrance to 
 the Grand Canal.* He married, 28 Aug. 1815, a 
 daughter of Geo. Thos. Traoey, Esq., Purser and 
 
 Paymaster R.N. (1805), and sister of Lieut. Benj. 
 Wheatley Trafeey, R.N. By that lady he has issue 
 a son and three daughters. Agent— Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 HOUGHTON. (Retired Commander, 1838. 
 r-p., 11; H-p., 39.) 
 
 Charles Evelyn Houghton, bom 20 Sept. 1784, 
 is eldest son of Major Houghton, of the 69th Regi- 
 ment, who lost his life in exploring the interior of 
 Africa; grandson of Capt. Wm. Houghton, of the 
 3rd Light Infantry, who was wounded at the battle 
 of Bunker's Hill; and great-grandson of Sir Wm. 
 Houghton, Bart., of Hoghton Tower, Lancaster. 
 Maternally, Commander Houghton is nephew of 
 the present Sir Hugh Evelyn, Bart., of Wotton 
 Place ; grand-nephew of the late Gen. Wm. Evelyn, 
 Colonel of the 29th Kegt., .and M.P. for Helston, in 
 Cornwall; and a descendant of the learned and 
 distinguished John Evelyn, F.R.S., who was a Com- 
 missioner of the Navy, also Treasurer of Green- 
 wich Hospital (to which institution he was a donor 
 of 3000?.), and the last joint Sheriff for cos. Surrey 
 and Sussex. One of the Commander's brothers, 
 Frederick, a Lieutenant R.N., avas lost with Capt. 
 F. Moore Maurice in the Magnet sloop, in 1812 ; 
 and another, Ralph, a Lieutenant in the Army, died 
 in the West Indies. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Standard 64, Capts. 
 Thos. Parr and Thog. Revell Shivers, stationed in 
 the North Sea; removed, in April, 1798, to the 
 Blonde 32, armee-ea-flute, commanded by Capt. 
 Dan. Dobree, in the Baltic, off the Texel, and on 
 the Irish coast; and in Nov. 1799 rejoined Capt. 
 Shivers on board the Defiance 74, flag-ship after- 
 wards of Rear-Admiral Thos. Graves. Under the 
 latter officer he bore a warm part, as Midshipman, 
 in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 ; and at 
 its close, when the Dannebrog, bearing the Danish 
 Admiral's flag, caught fire, and was drifting towards 
 the Defiance, he was sent with the boats to tow 
 her head round, and had actually hold of the tow- 
 rope at t'ne moment she blew up. Between Oct. 
 1801 and Jan. 1805 Mr. Houghton was employed, on 
 the West India, Home, and Mediterrane.an stations, 
 in the Audacious 74, Capt. Shuldham Peard, Juno 
 32, Capt. Henry Richardson, Triumph 74, Capt. 
 Sir Bobt. Barlow, and Drake 10, Capt. Drury. 
 Having passed his examination in 1804, and been 
 for six months in charge of a watch, he was then- 
 appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Locust gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Lake; which vessel, in 
 Feb. 1805, took the ground off Boulogne, while en-' 
 deavouring to cut off a boat, and lay exposed for 
 some time to a very heavy fire from 11 of the 
 enemy's batteries, and several thousands of their 
 troops. Although the sails and rigging of the 
 Locust were cut to pieces, and she was otherwise 
 damaged, the only person hurt on board was Mr. 
 Houghton, who received a musket-ball in the right 
 leg. On 24 of the following April we find the same 
 vessel uniting with the Railleur and Starling 
 gun-brigs in an attack upon a powerful division of 
 the invasion flotilla. Six schuyts were on that occa- 
 sion captured, after a spirited resistance; and in 
 boarding one of them Mr. Houghton was again 
 wounded by a bayonet under the left arm. He 
 was made full Lieutenant, on 14 Sept. in the same 
 year, into the Regulus 44, armee-en-fi'ute, Capt. 
 Boys, lying at Portsmouth, but continued only a few 
 weeks in that ship, and was lastly, from 3 July, 1807, 
 until 26 Feb. 1810, employed, in the Channel, off 
 the coast of Portugal, and in the North Sea and 
 Baltic, on board the Plastagenet 74, Capts. Wm. 
 Bradley and Thos. Eyles. He accepted his present 
 rank 17 Jan. 1838. 
 
 Commander Houghton married, in 1806, Char- 
 lotte, youngest daughter of the late Fras. Dancer, 
 Esq., of the Treasury, and of Wealdstone House, 
 Harrow, co. Middlesex, by whom he has issue 
 three sons and two daughters. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
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 IIODLTON—HOUSTOUN— HOWARD— HOW AT— HOWE. 
 
 HOULTON. (Retired Commander, 1840. 
 F-P., 10; H-P., 47.) 
 
 Robert Houlton is second son of the late Joseph 
 Houlton, Esq., of Farley Castle, oo. Somerset, a 
 Captain in the Army, by Dorothea Sarah, daughter 
 of Chas. TorrianS, Esq., Capt. K.A. ; and brother 
 (with the present Sir Geo. Houlton, Kt., late Capt. 
 43rd Regt.) of John Houlton, Esq., Colonel of the 
 1st R6gt. of Somerset Militia, and a Deputy-Lieu- 
 tenant for that CO., who died 17 Feb. 1839— of 
 Lieut. Joseph Houlton, of the 40th Regt. of In- 
 fantry, who died in 1795— and of Capt. Sam. Houl- 
 ton, of the 11th Regt. of Native Infantry, who died 
 at Dinapore, in the East Indies, in 1827. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Fras. 
 John Hartwell, guard-ship at Spithead, and after 
 serving with Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, in the Swan 
 and Atalanta sloops, joined, in 1792, the Coura- 
 GEox 74, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave. After that 
 ship had assisted in the occupation of Toulon, and 
 had been disabled in an engagement at Corsica, 
 Mr. Houlton, while she was being hove down, was 
 sent in the Moselle sloop to Gibraltar for ammu- 
 nition. On his return to Toulon he was unfortu- 
 nately captured by the enemy, who detained him 
 in France until 1796. He was then appointed Mas- 
 ter's Mate of the Glenmoke 36, Capt. Geo. Dufi', 
 stationed in the North Sea; and on 18 May, 1797, 
 he was made Lieutenant into the Triton 32, Capt. 
 John Gore, attached to the force on the French 
 coast. Invaliding, however, in the following year, 
 he did not again go afloat until Dec. 1805, on 15 of 
 which month he obtained an appointment to L'Im- 
 piTDEHX 74, Capt. John Lawford, off Brest. In 
 1806 he joined the Irish Sea Fencibles ; and in 1807 
 he assumed charge of a Signal tower in co. Donegal. 
 The latter, his last appointment, he held but a few 
 months ; a serious attack of asthma compelling him 
 to invalid. He became a Retired Commander on 
 the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 18 
 Jan. 1840. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 HOUSTOUN. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 18 ; 
 H-p., 5.) 
 
 Wallace Hodstodn entered the Navy 2 Dec. 
 1824 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his 
 first commission 3 March, 1832 ; and was appointed 
 —8 Dec. 1832, to the Childers 18, Capt. Robt. 
 Deans — 10 Jan. 1833, to the Spartiate 76, flag-ship 
 of Sir Michael Seymour in South America — 10 
 March, 1834, to the Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden, 
 with whom he returned to England and was paid 
 off in Oct. 1835—9 June, 1836, to the Macagascar 
 44, Capts. Sir John Strutt Peyton and Provo "Wm. 
 Parry Wallis, in which ship he served on the North 
 America and West India station, latterly as First- 
 Lieutenant, until put out of commission in the 
 summer of 1839—23 July and 27 Oct. 1840, to the 
 Impregnable 104, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships 
 of Sir Graham Moore at Plymouth — and, 17 Aug. 
 1841, to the Illustriods 72, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Chas. Adam, in North America and the West 
 Indies. Attaining his present rank 7 May, 1842, he 
 was invested with the command, 3 Aug. following, 
 of the Pilot 16, on the station last named ; and on 
 4 March, 1843, was transferred to that of the Imaum 
 72, bearing the broad pendant at Jamaica of Com- 
 modore Alex. Ronton Sharpe. He has been on 
 half-pay since June, 1844. 
 
 HOWARD, M.P. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 12; 
 H-p., 12.) 
 The Honourable Edward Granville George 
 Howard, born 23 Dec. 1809, is fourth son of the 
 present Earl of Carlisle, K.G., by Georgiana, eldest 
 daughter of William, fifth Duke of Devonshire, 
 K.G. ; brother of Lord Morpeth, M.P., Chief Com- 
 missioner of Woods and Forests, of Hon. C. W. G. 
 Howard, M.P., and of Hon. Fred. Geo. Howard, 
 an officer in the Army, who was accidentally killed 
 in Nov. 1834 ; brotherJn-law of the Duke of Suther- 
 land and of the Earl of Burlington ; and nephew of 
 
 Hon. Fred. Howard, Major of Hussars, who was 
 killed at Waterloo, and of the late Duchess of Rut- 
 land. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy 5 April, 1823 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 19 Sept. 1829 ; and, from 
 15 April, 1830, until promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander, 3 June, 1833, served in the Mediterranean 
 on board the Pelican 18, Capt. Joseph Gape. His 
 next appointments were, 24 Sept. and 13 Oct. 183G, 
 to the Serpent and Wolverene, of 16 guns each; 
 in the latter of which sloops he was again employed 
 on the Mediterranean station until advanced to the 
 rank he now holds 27 Deo. 1838. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Howard has been in Parliament, since 1840, 
 as Member for Morpeth. He married, in 1842, 
 Diana, only daughter of Hon. Geo. Ponsonby, and 
 niece of the present Viscount Ponsonby, G.C.B., 
 and of the late Major-General Sir Wm. Ponsonby, 
 K.C.B. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HOWARD. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.) 
 Richard Howard entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1810, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diana 38, Capts. 
 Chas. Grant and Wra. Ferris, employed on Channel * 
 service. In May, 1812, he became Midshipman of 
 the Coi.ossos 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, also on 
 the" Home station ; and between Dec. 1813 and 
 June, 1815, he was employed in North America on 
 board the Saturn 56, Capt. Jas. Nash. Until the 
 early part of 1817 he again served at home in the 
 Surprise 38, and Malta 84, Capts. Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild. Towards 
 the close of 1818 he joined the Coast Blockade, in 
 the capacity of Admiralty-Mate, having passed his 
 examination in Oct. 1816 ; and after an attachment 
 of three or four years to it he was successively ap- 
 pointed, with the same rank, to the Rifleman 18, 
 Capts. Jas. Montagu, Wm. Webb, and Wm. Carle- 
 ton, Briton 46, Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and 
 Hon. Wm. Gordon, and Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. Codrington, on the Halifax and Mediterra^ 
 nean stations. He was made Lieutenant, 5 June, 
 1828, into the Ocean 98, Capt. Patrick Campbell ; 
 but since May, 1830, when he returned from the 
 Mediterranean, and was put out of commission, has 
 been unemployed. 
 
 HO WAT. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William How at passed his examination in 1820 ; 
 and was made Lieutenant, 13 Nov. 1826, into the 
 CvREui 20, Capt. Alex. Campbell, on the East 
 India station, whence he came home with that officer 
 in the Bombay 84, in Sept. 1828. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 4 Jan. 1832, to the Talavera 
 74, Capts. Thos. Brown and Edw. Chetham, with 
 the latter of whom he returned to England from 
 the Mediterranean and was paid oflT 12 Feb. 1835 — 
 25 March, 1836, to the Pembroke 74, Capts. Sir 
 Thos. Fellowes and Fairfax Moresby, in which ship 
 he was for nearly four years employed, part of the 
 time as Midshipman, on the Lisbon and Mediter- 
 ranean stations — 27 Nov. 1841, in the latter capa- 
 city, to the Vanguard 80, ofi' Lisbon, where he 
 continued until the summer of 1S43— and, 14 Feb. 
 1845, again as Senior, to the same ship, then com- 
 manded by Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes as part of 
 the Channel squadron. He attained his present 
 rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and is now on half-pay. 
 
 HOWE. (Lieut., 1803. f-p., 35; h-p., 17.) 
 
 Alexander Borgoyne Howe, born 30 June, 1783, 
 is second son of Alex. Howe, Esq., of Annapolis 
 Royal, Nova Scotia; and grandson of Edw. Howe, 
 Esq., of Annapolis, who was treacherously murdered 
 while under a flag of truce and in parley with a 
 French officer in New Brunswick in 1752. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Jan. 1795 (under 
 the patronage of H.R.H. Prince Edward) as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Aprica 64, Capt. Roddam 
 Home ; and in March, 1796, was present in the un- 
 successful attack made by the forces under Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Parker and Major-General Forbes on 
 
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 549 
 
 the town of Leogane, St. Domingo. After serving 
 for upwards of three years in the Channel and on 
 the coast of Ireland in the TJNiTi frigate, Capt. 
 Chas. Rowley, and C^sak 80, Capts. R. Home and 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez, Mr. Howe joined the America 
 64, which ship, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker, 
 struck, 13 Dec. 1800, upon the Formicas rocks, and 
 was rendered unfit for further service. He then 
 became attached in succession to the St. Albans 
 64, Capt. John Okes Hardy, flag-ship at HaUfax, 
 and Pheasant 16, Capt. Henry Caxew ; and in the 
 latter vessel he was employed throughout the sum- 
 mer of 1801 in blockading an enemy's ship, Le her- 
 ceau, lying in the port of Boston. From May, 1802, 
 until Dec. 1805, we find him serving on board the 
 Leviathan 74, at first under Sir John Duckworth in 
 the "West Indies (where he beheld the capture of 
 the national vessels, La Migiimnte and La Superieure), 
 and then under Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun in the 
 Mediterranean ; on which station he had the for- 
 tune to participate in the battle of Trafalgar. In 
 Jan. 1806 Mr. Howe, who had been promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 28 May, 1803, was ap- 
 pointed to the Renown 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Dur- 
 ham. Towards the close of the same year, having 
 been intermediately employed in blockading the 
 port of Rochefort, he returned to the Mediter- 
 ranean, and was there very actively employed until 
 March, 1810. In Oct. 1809 he united in the pursuit 
 which led to the self-destruction, near Cape Cette, 
 of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion. 
 On leaving the Renown, Lieut. Howe became First 
 of the Theseus 74, Capt. Wm. Prowse, under whom, 
 with the exception of a voyage made to St. Helena 
 for the purpose of bringing home an East India 
 convoy, he served on the North Sea station until 
 Dec. 1813. The ship he next joined was the New- 
 castle 50, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, stationed off 
 the coast of North America, where he further 
 served as Senior Lieutenant, from Feb. 1814 until 
 compelled to invalid from the effects of rheumatism 
 in Jan. 1815. His last appointments were — 2 Oct. 
 1827 and 27 March, 1828, to the successive com- 
 mand of the Spkightly and Gheyhoond Revenue- 
 vessels, the latter of which he left in Oct. 1830—16 
 Sept. 1831, to the command of the Onyx, on the 
 Cork station, where he remained until paid off in 
 Nov. 1832— and 13 Nov. 1833, to an Agency for 
 Transports Afloat. He left the latter service in 
 June, 1844. 
 
 Lieut. Howe married, 15 April, 1815, Elizabeth, 
 relict of Robt. Carpenter, Esq., of Bradford, co. 
 Somerset, by whom he has issue two sons and one 
 daughter. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HOWELL. (CoMMANDEK, 1816. F-P., 16 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Joseph Benjamin Howeli, is brother-in-law of 
 Capt. Wm. Blight, R.N. 
 
 This oflioer entered the Navy, in April, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Success 32, Capt. Shuld- 
 ham Peard. Continuing in that frigate until cap- 
 tured, 13 Feb. 1801, by a French squadron under 
 M. Ganteaume, he was for nearly the whole of 
 the time employed at the blockade of Malta, 
 and assisted at the taking, 18 Feb. and 24 Aug. 
 1800, of the French 74-gun ship Le Ge'ncreux, and 
 40-gun frigate La Diane. On his release from cap- 
 tivity in March, 1801, he was nominated Midship- 
 man of the Heotok 74, Capts. Thos. Elphinstone 
 and Wm. Skipsey, and after participating in the 
 operations connected with the Egyptian expedition, 
 he successively joined the Woolwich 44, Capt. 
 Rich. Bridges, Gladiatok, flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 miral John Holloway, Blenhei.m 74, Capt. Bou- 
 verie, and Pkevoyante store-ship, Master-Com- 
 mander Wm. Brown ; and he was next, between 
 May, 1803, and Sept. 1805, employed rinder Lords 
 Northeak and Gardner, in the Britannia 100, Hi- 
 bernia 1 10, and Trent frigate, on the Channel and 
 Irish stations. On 21 Oct. 1805 Mr. Howell was 
 confirmed to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in the 
 Turbulent gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos. 
 Spearing Osmer, lying at Plymouth. The 22 of 
 
 the following Jan. was marked by his promotion to 
 a full Lieutenancy in the Gibraltar 80, Capts. 
 Wm. Lukin, Willoughby Thos. Lake, John HalUday, 
 Jas. Johnstone, and Henry Lidgbird Ball, with 
 whom we find him continuously serving on the 
 Channel statioii until appointed, 27 April, 1808, to 
 the Dryad 36, Capts. Adam Drummond and Edw. 
 Galwey. During the whole of the siege of Flush- 
 ing in 1809, he ofiiciated on shore in command of a 
 party of seamen attached to General Houston's bri- 
 gade. On that occasion he superintended the erec- 
 tion of a battery of 6 24-pounders, and while in 
 command of it had one Master's Mate and more 
 than half his men killed. The exertions of Mr. 
 Howell on this service were so conspicuous as to 
 obtain for him an earnest recommendation to no- 
 tice.* When afterwards on the north coast of 
 Spain, he was detached for a period of 21 days in 
 an open Spanish boat with 25 men, for the purpose 
 of stopping the enemy's supplies. While on the 
 same station he contrived, with the boats of a squa- 
 dron under his orders, to efiect the destruction of 
 20 large guns mounted on different batteries. On 
 26 Feb. 1814 he witnessed the capture of the French 
 frigate La Clorinde, of 44 guns. The Dryad, of 
 which he had been three years First-Lieutenant, 
 being paid off in April, 1814, he was next, in Oct. 
 1815 and March, 1816, appointed in a similar capa- 
 city to the Eridanus 36, and Minden 74,. both 
 commanded by Capt. Wm. Paterson. The part 
 taken by Mr. Howell in the latter ship at the bom- 
 bardment of Algiers, was rewarded with a Com- 
 mander's commission dated 16 Sept. 1816. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Howell married, 1 Oct. 1823, Pa- 
 tience Blackburrow, youngest daughter of the 
 Rev. Wm. George, M. A., Vicar of North Petherton, 
 CO. Somerset, by whom he has issue two sons and 
 three daughters. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 HOWES. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 6.) 
 George Howes entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in the North Sea of 
 Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. Between 
 the following summer and March, 1809, we find 
 him cruizing, part of the time on the Baltic sta- 
 tion, in a small vessel commanded by Lieuts. C. C. 
 Dobson and Thos. Mitchell. He was then em- 
 ployed for nine months off Greenwich under the 
 flag of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope ; and from 
 Dec. 1809 until Aug. 1814, he again served in the 
 North Sea, as Midshipman of the Prospeko sloop. 
 The two following years were passed by Mr. Howes 
 (whose first commission bears date 24 Feb. 1815) in 
 theWest Indies, as Master's Mate, Acting-Master, and 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant, on board the Forester 
 18, Capt. Wm. Hendry. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were — 9 June, 1821, 31 May, 1823, and 13 
 Feb. 1829, in the capacity last-mentioned, to the 
 Severn, Ramillies, and Hyperion Coast Blockade 
 ships, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch, Hugh Pigot, and Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye— 16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard 
 — and 22 Jirne, 1843, and 17 Jan. 1846, to the com- 
 mand of the Mermaid and Ranger Revenue-ves- 
 sels. He was advanced to his present rank 1 Jan. 
 1847 ; and is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Howes is married and has issue. 
 
 HOWNAM. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.) 
 Joseph Robert Hownam entered the Navy, 13 
 March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Afbi- 
 CAixE 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, stationed in the 
 North Sea ; and in the early part of 1804 became 
 Midshipman of the Lively 38, Capt. Graham Eden 
 Hamond. On 5 of the follovring Oct. the latter 
 frigate had 2 of her men killed and 5 wounded, at 
 the capture, off' Cape St. Mary, of three Spanish 
 frigates, laden with treasure, and the destruction of 
 a fourth ; and in the course of 1805 we find her sus- 
 taining a self-sought and very spirited skirmish 
 with the Spanish 74-gun ship Glorioso. On next 
 * fide Gnv. ISO?, p. 1327. 
 
550 
 
 HUBBARD^HUDSON. 
 
 joining the Centaue 74, bearing the hroad pendant 
 of Sir Sam. Hood, Mr. Hownam was present, 25 
 Sept. 1806, at the capture, by that ship and the 
 Mars and Monaech 74's, of four heavy French 
 frigates from Kochefort, on which occasion the 
 British Commodore lost his arm. He also attended 
 the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, and in Deo. 
 of the same year was at the surrender of Madeira. 
 After an attachment of more than 12 months to 
 the Bakfledk 98, flag-ship off Lisbon of Rear- 
 Admirals Wm. Albany Otway and Chas. Tyler, 
 and Lavisia 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, he was 
 made Lieutenant, 4 May, 1809, into the Resistance 
 38, Capts. Chaa. Adam, Philip L. J. Rosenhagen, 
 and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, sts/- 
 tioned in the Mediterranean ; where, from 22 July, 
 1813, until he invalided in Jan. 1814, he Was further 
 employed, as Senior, in the TjNDAnNTED 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Ussher. On 9 Nov. 1813 Mr. Hownam com- 
 manded a detachment of seamen and marines, and 
 distinguished himself by the gallant manner in 
 which he effected the capture of a vigorously de- 
 fended tower, 30 feet high, together with several 
 batteries in the harbour of Port Nouvelle, where 
 lay seven French vessels, whose destruction was at 
 the same time accomplished.* Since he left the 
 TJndadnted he has been on half-pay. 
 
 HUBBAED. (CoMMAKDEK, 1838.) 
 
 William Hubbakd entered the Navy, 24 April, 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tbiomph 74, 
 Capt. Sir Thoa. Masterman Hardy, in which ship, 
 and as Midshipman, in the Bakfleur 98, he served 
 with the same otiicer, on the American and Lisbon 
 stations, until March, 1811. Being then appointed 
 Master's Mate of the Manilla 36, Capts. Geo. 
 Fras. Seymour 'and John Joyce, he was in that fri- 
 gate wrecked, on the Haak sand, near the Texel, 
 28 Jan. 1812; from which period until the peace of 
 1814, it was his misfortune to be detained a prisoner 
 of war. After again serving for a few months with 
 Sir T. M. Hardy in the Ramillies 74, Mr. Hubbard 
 took up a commission dated 4 March, 1815. His 
 succeeding appointments were — in July, 1816, and 
 Feb. 1817, to the Perseus 22, and Tamak 28, both 
 commanded by Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, on the 
 Newfoundland station — about April, 1822, to the 
 Ariadne 26, Capts. Constantino Rich. Moorsom 
 and Isham Fleming Chapman, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope— 25 Feb. 1826, to the Prince Regent 120, 
 flag-ship of SirRobt. Moorsom at the Nore, where 
 he was paid off in July, 1827—9 Oct. 1829, as Se- 
 nior Lieutenant, to the Volage 28, Capt. Lord 
 Colchester, under whom he escorted the ex-Empe- 
 ror and Empress of Brazil to Cherbourg in April, 
 1831, and was employed during the winter of 1832 
 in enforcing the Dutch embargo — and 28 Jan. 1837 
 (after four years of half-pay), in a similar capacity, 
 to the Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Augustus Mon- 
 tagu, off Lisbon. He was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 28 June, 1838 — a few months after the 
 latter ship had been put out of Commission — but 
 has not been since afloat. 
 
 HUBBARD. (LlECTENANT, 1828.) 
 
 William Hubbard (6) entered the Navy 1 Jan. 
 1810; passed his examination in. 1817; and was 
 made Lieutenant, 13 Nov. 1828, into the Rattle- 
 snake 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, 
 on the Mediterranean station, whence he invalided 
 in Feb. 1829. His next and last appointments were 
 — 18 Nov. 1834, to the charge of the Semaphore 
 station on Putney Heath— and, 23 Nov. 1835, to the 
 Directorship of Police at Chatham Dockyard. He 
 has been on half-pay since Sept. 1841. 
 
 Lieut. Hubbard was granted, 10 April, 1829, a 
 pension of 103/. 5s. for wounds. 
 
 HUDSON. (Commander, 1831. f-p., 23; h-p., 
 13.) 
 John Hudson is second son of the Rev. J. Hud- 
 son, late Vicar of Stanwie. 
 
 * Vide Git. 1814, p. 124. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in Aug. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the America 74, Capt. Josias 
 Rowley. He soon removed to the Alfred 74, Capt. 
 Joshua Sydney Horton, employed at the time at the 
 siege of Cadiz, where he was transferred to the 
 Druid 32, Capts. Thos. Searle and Fras. Stanfell. 
 While in that frigate, besides actively co-operating 
 in a flat-bottomed boat in the defence of Tarifa, he 
 visited Egypt, and thence escorted the Prince of 
 Morocco to Tangier. Following Capt. Stanfell, as 
 Midshipman, in Deo. 1812, into the Cossack 22, he 
 sailed with convoy for Jamaica, and was employed 
 for many months off that island in cruizing against 
 the American enemy. In June, 1814, having re- 
 turned to the Mediterranean, lie was for a short 
 period appointed to the Indus 74, Capt. Wm. Hall 
 Gage ; after which ■ we find him serving for 12 
 months in the Channel on board the Sheldrake 16, 
 Capt. Geo. Brine ; and again with the same officer 
 from Sept. 1815 to Nov. 1818, as Master's Mate, in 
 the Mosquito 18, on the African and South Ameri- 
 can stations. During the latter period he cruized 
 with much success against the slave trade, part of 
 the time in command of a tender ; and he was for 
 nine months stationed off St. Helena for the security 
 of Buonaparte. In Nov. 1820, Mr. Hudson, who had 
 passed his examination in 1817, again proceeded to 
 the coast of Africa, where, as Master's Mate of the 
 Tartar 42, Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he 
 assisted in the boats in effecting the capture of nu- 
 merous vessels up the different rivers. Volunteer- 
 ing, on the return home of the Tartar in June, 
 1821, to continue on the same station, he joined the 
 Pheasant 18, Capt. Benedictus Marwood Kelly, 
 with whom he remained until appointed Acting- 
 Lieutenant, 4 Dec. following, of the Myrmidon 20, 
 Capt. Henry John Leeke. In Feb. 1822, on the ar- 
 rival from England of Commodore Sir Eobt. Mends 
 in the Iphigenia 42, he was superseded and nomi- 
 nated Admiralty Midshipman of the latter frigate. 
 During a cruize of six weeks in the Bights of Biafra 
 and Benin, he contributed to the taking of many 
 more slave-vessels ; and on one occasion, when in 
 the river Bonny, he distinguished himself in the 
 boats of the Iphigenia and Myrmidon, under Lieut. 
 G. W. St. J. Mildmay, at the capture, after a des- 
 perate resistance, of five vessels, having on board 
 upwards of 1800 negroes. For this service he was 
 promoted by the Commodore to a Lieutenancy, 14 
 June, 1822, in the Bann 20 — an act which the Ad- 
 miralty confirmed by a commission signed on 26 of 
 the next Aug. Invaliding home in May, 1823, Lieut. 
 Hudson was subsequently appointed — 20 April, 1826, 
 to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of^the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigol^and 16 
 June, 1829, and 26 Jan. 1831, to the Philomel 10, 
 and Rattlesnake 28, both commanded by Capt. 
 Chas. Graham on the Mediterranean station, whence 
 he returned to England, and was paid off in April, 
 1831. He attained his present rank on 5 Dec. in 
 the same year ; and was afterwards, from 6 June, 
 1833, until 1836, and again from 13 July, 1838, until 
 1843, employed on the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Hudson, since 1843, has been Gover- 
 nor of the Queen's Bench Prison. He married, 12 
 April, 1832, Emily, only child of the late Rev. Par- 
 trick Keith, Rector of Ruckinge and Stalisfield, co. 
 Kent, by whom, who died 9 Oct. 1844, he has issue 
 six children. 
 
 HUDSON. (Lieut., 1813. p-p., 14; h-p., 30.) 
 
 John Hudson entered the Navy, 6 April, 1803, 
 as A.B., on board Ihe Dryad 36, Capts. Wm. Do- 
 mett, John Giffard, and Adam Drummond, stationed 
 off the coast of Ireland. In July, 1805, he removed 
 to the Orion 74, Capts. Edw. Codrington and Sir 
 Arch. CoUingwood Dickson, in which ship he fought 
 at Trafalgar, assisted at the capture of Copenhagen, 
 and was altogether for more than seven years em- 
 ployed, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the 
 Mediterranean and Baltic stations. He next, in 
 Oct. 1812, joined the Barfleue 98, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Berry; o,nd on 31 March, 1813, having returned to 
 the Mediterranean, he was there made Lieutenant 
 
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 551 
 
 into the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Mouhray. 
 He was paid off, on his arrival home with convoy, 
 in June, 1814 ; and was lastly employed in command, 
 from 22 Oct. 1828 until Oct. 1831, of the SKYtAEK 
 Revenue-vessel, on the coast of Ireland. 
 
 HUDSON. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 Philip Hudson passed his examination 28 Sept. 
 1840 ; and served, as Mate, in the Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, Champion 18, Capt. 
 Rich. Byron, Dolphin and Spy hrigantines, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Philip Bisson and Sam. Otway Wool- 
 dridge, and St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Chas. Ogle— on the Plymouth, South American, 
 African, and Portsmouth stations. He obtained 
 his commission 31 Jan, 1846 ; and since 2 of the 
 following month has been employed in the Mediter- 
 ranean on board the Hakleqdin 12, Capts. Douglas 
 Curry and John Moore. 
 
 HUGGINS. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 18; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 Jambs Edward Hdgoins was bom in Aug. 1782, 
 at Nevis. 
 
 This officer (who had previously been in the East 
 India Company's service) entered the Navy, in Nov. 
 1796, as A.B., on board the Vindictive frigate, 
 Capts. Dan. Oliver Guion, Gardner, and Aiskew 
 Paffard HolUs, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope ; 
 and on his return to England in 1798, appears to 
 have been employed for upwards of seven months 
 ofi:' Woolwich as Midshipman in command of the 
 Experiment fire-vessel. After an attachment of 
 some time to the Zealand 74, flag-ship at the Nore 
 of Vioe-Admirals Slcefflngton Lutwidge and Sir 
 Andw. Mitchell, he joined the Amazon 38, Capt. 
 Edw. Riou, under whom he was severely wounded 
 on the occasion of that ship running foul of Le 
 Sourgainville French 18-gun privateer, in Feb. 1800. 
 From the following April until April, 1802, he again 
 served vrith Capt. Guion, on board the EuKUS 36, 
 and Tbdstit 50. In the former of those ships he 
 attended,the expeditions to Ferrol and Cadiz, and 
 also the one to Egypt, where he was in command of 
 a flat-boat during the battles of 8, 13, and 21 March, 
 1801, at the destruction of Rosetta Castle, and at the 
 surrender of Grand Cairo and Alexandria. On the 
 night of 29 Aug. 1800, he had served with the boats 
 of a squadron, 20 in number, commanded by Lieut. 
 Henry Burke, at the cutting-out, close to the bat- 
 teries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe privateer, of 18 
 guns and 160 men; which vessel, 25 of whose people 
 were killed and 40 wounded, was boarded and car- 
 ried in 15 minutes, with a loss to the British of 3 
 seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 sea- 
 men, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 seaman missing. 
 From June, 1802, to Oct. 1803, we find Mr. Huggins 
 serving at Newfoundland as Admiralty-Midshipman 
 of the Camilla 20, Capts. Edw. Brace, Henry Hill, 
 and Bridges Watkinson Taylor. In March, 1804, 
 having joined, as Master's Mate, the Inconstant 36, 
 Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, he assisted at the re- 
 capture of the African island of Gore'e ; with the 
 despatches relative to which event he was sent to 
 England. He was then, after having passed his ex- 
 amination, ordered to the West Indies, where he 
 frequently distinguished himself in command of the 
 tenders of the Heecdlb and Veteran flag-ships — 
 particularly when in the Ghacieose, in which vessel, 
 while in the act of boarding a French national 
 schooner, off St. Domingo, he received a wound so 
 severe as to deprive him of the entire use of his 
 arm, and to elicit the presentation of a sword from 
 the Patriotic Society.* In March, 1806, in conse- 
 quence of the injury he had sustained, he was sent 
 home to Haslar Hospital ; but in the summer of the 
 following year he returned to the West Indies, and 
 joined the Wolf 16, Capt. Wm. Sumner Hall. Be- 
 tween May, 1808, and the date of his oflicial promo- 
 tion, which took place 27 Sept. 1810, Mr. Huggins 
 was further employed on the same 'station, chiefly 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Shark, Griffon, Elk, 
 • Vide Gaz. 1805. 
 
 and Pert sloops, Capts. Edw. Henry A'Court, H. 
 S. Jones, Jeremiah Coghlan, and W. S. Hall. In 
 the Griffon, he also for some months discharged 
 the duties of Acting-Commander. Obtaining an 
 appointment, 16 Oct, 1810, to the Rover 18, Capt. 
 Justice Finley, he served in that vessel in co-opera- 
 tion with the patriots on the north coast of Spain 
 until Aug. 1812, when he was again obhged to be 
 sent to Haslar in consequence of a serious hurt he 
 had received while engaging the batteries at Bilboa. 
 He next, on 3 March, 1813, joined the Majestic, a 
 cut-down 74, Capt, John Hayes, under whom, dur- 
 ing a cruize in the North American station, he con- 
 tributed, 3 Feb, 1814, to the capture, after a running- 
 fight of two hours and a^half, of the Terpsichore 
 French frigate, of 44 guns. Since his advancement 
 to his present rank, 15 June, 1814, Commander 
 Huggins has been unable to procure employment. 
 
 He was awarded a pension of 150Z, for his wounds, 
 28 May, 1816. Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 HUGHES. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 John, Constantine Hughes passed his examina- 
 tion 5 June, 1833 ; was employed for some time, as 
 Mate, in the Badger Revenue-cruizer, Lieut,-Com- 
 mander Rich. Percival ; obtained an appointment in 
 the Coast Guard 8 June, 1842; and continued in 
 that service until advanced to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 3 July, 1846, He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 HUGHES. (Ebtjbed Commander, 1842. r-p., 
 17; H-p., 33.) 
 Robert Hughes entered the Navy, 1 Dec. 1797, 
 as A.B,, on board L'Aiglb 38, Capt, Chas. Tyler, 
 and on 18 July, 1798, was wrecked, near Tunis, 
 on which occasion he suffered many severe hard- 
 ships. In the ensuing Sept. he became Midshipman 
 of the Marlborough 74, Capt, Thos. Sotheby ; but 
 that ship being also lost, off Belleisle, 4 Nov. 1800, 
 he next, in Jan. 1801, joined the Trent 36, com- 
 manded at first by Sir Edw. Hamilton, and after- 
 wards by Capt, Chas, Brisbane, whom he succes- 
 sively followed, as Master's Mate, into the Goliath 
 74, and Akethdsa 38 ; assisting, in the Goliath, at 
 the capture, 28 June, 1803, of La Mignonne French 
 national corvette of 16 guns and 80 men. In June, 
 1805, he removed to the Astrea 32, Capt. Jas. Car- 
 thew, at the Nore ; and on 25 Aug. in the same year, 
 he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Com- 
 batant sloop, Capt. Alex. Robt, Kerr, in the Downs. 
 In about a month afterwards, however, he went 
 back to the Arethusa, still commanded by Capt. 
 Brisbane ; in which ship we find him present at the 
 capture, 23 Aug. 1806, near the Havana, after a spi- 
 rited action, in which the Arethusa had 2 men 
 killed and 32 wounded, of the Pomona Spanish fri- 
 gate, of 38 guns and 347 men, laden with specie and 
 merchandize, and defended by a castle, mounting 11 
 36-pounders, and a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, all of 
 which were destroyed. After further sharing in 
 the memorable capture of Cura90a, Mr. Hughes was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 23 Feb. 1807. With the exception of a brief 
 command, in June and July, 1812, of the Merope 
 10, he next, from Aug. 1808 until May, 1813, served 
 with the same Captain and the present Sir Edw. 
 Codrington on board the Blake 74. He took, dur- 
 ing that period, a warm part in the hostilities of 
 1809 in the Scheldt, served at the siege of Cadiz, 
 and, among other operations on the coast of Spain, 
 united in the defence of Tarragona. On the night 
 of 26 Sept. 1812, some time after the latter place 
 had fallen into the hands of the French, we find 
 Mr. Hughes, who was then First of the Blake, as- 
 suming command of her boats, and sweeping the 
 mole of all the vessels and boats which had there 
 sought protection, notwithstanding an angry dis- 
 charge of shot and shells from the town. In the 
 execution of this service, which was conducted si- 
 multaneously with a land-operation under the Baron 
 d'Eroles, he greatly acquired the approbation of his 
 Captain, Codrington.* His last appointment was, 
 * Vide Gaz, 1812, p, 2296. 
 
552 
 
 HUGHES— HUGO. 
 
 20 Sept. 1813, to the Rippon 74, Capt. Sir Christo- 
 pher Cole, on the Channel station, where he assisted 
 in capturing, 21 Oct., the French frigate Le Weser, 
 of 44 guns, and, in Feb. 1814, a Spanish treasure- 
 ship of immense value. He went on half-pay in 
 Aug. of the latter year ; and accepted his present 
 rank 4 Feb. 1842. 
 
 HUGHES. (LlEOTENANT, 1815.) 
 
 KoBERT Andrew Hughes obtained his commis- 
 sion 2 March, 1815; and has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 HUGHES. (EetikedCommanbek, 18.39.) 
 
 Thomas Hughes died 29 Jan. 1845, at Brompton, 
 CO. Jliddlesex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1796, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Madras 54, Capt. John 
 Dilkes, in which ship he continued to serve as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, on the West India, 
 Mediterranean, and Home stations, until Feb. 1804. 
 He then removed to the Agincourt 64, Capt. Thos. 
 Briggs ; and on 22 Jan. 1806, after a servitude of 
 some months, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the Mercator, 
 Capt. Jas. Welch, and Snipe, Lieut.-Commander 
 Champion, he was presented with a commission 
 conferring on him the rank of full Lieutenant. He 
 joined, about the same period, the Spitfire sloop, 
 Capt. Henry Sam. Butt, employed in the North Sea 
 and Channel, but in Oct. following was obliged to 
 go on shore in consequence of a wound in the side. 
 In the course of 1807 he obtained appointments 
 to the Belleeophon and Elizabeth 74'8, Capts. 
 Edw. Rotherara and Hon. Henry Curzon, under the 
 latter of whom he served for a short time at the 
 blockade of Lisbon. He again went on half-pay in 
 Deo. 1807, and owing to the effedts of his wound, 
 was unable, we believe, to accept further employ- 
 ment afloat. During a few months in 1815-16, and 
 for some time subsequent to Oct. 1822, he appears 
 to have had charge of the Telegraph at Chelsea 
 Hospital. He became a Retired Commander 5 Jan. 
 1839. 
 
 HUGHES. (Ketiked Captain, 1840. r-p., 16 ; 
 H-P., 36.) 
 
 William James Hughes, born 15 Aug. 1783, at 
 Halifax, Nova Scotia, is son of Mr. Hughes, who 
 died Builder of the Naval Yard at that place. His 
 eldest brother died Purser of a line-of-battle ship ; 
 and two others, also deceased, were Lieutenants in 
 the R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 April, 1795, as 
 A.B., on board L'Esperance 18, of which sloop, 
 commanded on the Halifax station by Capt. Jonas 
 Rose, he became Midshipman 10 June, 1796. Re- 
 moving, in June of the following year, to the Rover 
 18, Capt. Geo. Irvine, he assisted, under that officer, 
 at the capture of Le Jean JSart, a noted privateer, 
 and continued with him until wrecked, in the Gulf 
 of St. Lawrence, in Aug. 1798. He then joined the 
 Asia 74, bearing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Vande- 
 put, from which ship he was transierred, in Oct. 
 1799, to the Cleopatra 32, Capt. Israel Pellew. 
 He was afterwards detached in charge of a prize- 
 schooner, and when in the Gulf of Mexico had the 
 misfortune to be captured by a Spanish letter-of- 
 marque. On being retaken by the Acasta frigate, 
 he was received, in April, 1801, on board the Sans 
 Pabeil 80, flag-ship at Jamaica of Lord Hugh Sey- 
 mour ; who, on 31 Aug. following, appointed him 
 Lieutenant of the Tisiphone sloop, Capts. John 
 Hayes and John Thompson— an act which the Ad- 
 miralty confirmed 24 Feb. 1802. Soon after the re- 
 newal of hostilities, being at the time on leave of 
 absence at Halifax, Mr. Hughes took a passage for 
 England on board the Labv Hobart. That vessel 
 having, three days subsequently to her departure, 
 effected the capture of a I'rench fishing-schooner, 
 he volunteered, with five others, to navigate her 
 into Liverpool, and he accordingly went on board, 
 leaving all his effects, for better security, in the 
 Lady Hobart. The latter, however, was unluckily 
 
 wrecked, the very next morning, on an island of ice, 
 and he thus, as he had before done in the Rover 
 and the Cleopatra's prize, lost everything he pos- 
 sessed. Reaching England in safety, he was ap- 
 pointed, 12 Aug. 1803, to the Scourge 18, Capt. 
 Wm. Woolridge; as Senior Lieutenant of which 
 vessel we find him, with 2 boats and 20 men, dis- 
 tinguishing himself at the boarding and recapture, 
 in Jan. 1804, of a large English ship, of 20 men, 
 mounting 8 guns, and lying close under the batteries 
 in the Vlie Passage.'* He invalided in March, 1804, 
 but was appointed, for a short time in the same year, 
 to the Swift 18, Capt. John Wright, and on 2 July, 
 1806, to tie command of the Phosphorus fire-brig, 
 of 4 12-pounder carronade^ and 24 men. On 14 of 
 the ensuing Aug., Lieut. Hughes displayed a very 
 high degree of valour in beating off a French lugger 
 privateer, L'Elize, mounting about 12 guns, with a 
 crew of between 70 and 80 men, after a brave and 
 determined action on the part of the British of an 
 hour and 10 minutes ; 45 minutes of which period 
 the enemy, who attempted to carry the Phos- 
 phorus by boarding, lay close alongside. Among 
 the wounded on the occasion, eight in number, was 
 Lieut. Hughes himself.f The gallantry of his ex- 
 ploit, indeed, was so fully appreciated, that, besides 
 attracting the notice of H. R. H. the Duke of Kent 
 and eliciting a letter of approbation from the Lords 
 of the Admiralty, it obtained for him a sword from 
 the Patriotic Society valued at lOOZ., also the same 
 sum in money, and, more than all, a Commander's 
 commission dated 25 Sept. 1806. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 11 June, 1807, to the office of 
 Agent for Prisoners of War and "Transports at Ja^ 
 maica — 4 July, 1808, to the command of the Ephira 
 10, in the North Sea and Downs, on which stations 
 he continued until May, 1809—19 March, 1813, to 
 the duties of Transport Agent in a secret expedi- 
 tion to the Baltic under Rear-Admiral Hope — 21 
 Mayj 1813, to act as Port-Admiral at Carlskrona — 
 and in Sept. 1813 (after having brought a body of 
 Russian seamen from Kronstadt to England), to the 
 Governorship of the Naval Hospital at Halifax. 
 The latter appointment he accepted under the im- 
 pression that it was a permanent one ; an error he 
 only discovered in June, 1816, when he was super- 
 seded, and found that it had only served to debar 
 him from such chance as the war might have afforded 
 of his obtaining further promotion. Unable to 
 procure re-employment, he suffered his name to be 
 added to the list of Retired Captains 10 Sept. 1840. 
 Capt. Hughes, in consideration of his wound, 
 which was in the left hand and considered equiva- 
 lent to the loss of a limb, obtained a pension of 150/. 
 2 Dec. 1815. He married, 7 March, 1804, Elizabeth 
 Frances, daughter of the late Thos, Clay, Esq., a 
 merchant In London, and granddaughter of the late 
 Capt. Adler, in the Swedish service ; by whom he 
 has issue 10 children. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 HUGO. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.) 
 George Hugo, born 13 Jan. 1789, at Newton, 
 is sixth son of the late Rev. Thos. Hugo, Rector of 
 Newton, Dunohidiock, and Shillingford, all in oo. 
 Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 April, 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Foudroyant 80, Capt. 
 Peter Spicer, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves 
 in the Channel, where, and in the Baltic and Medi- 
 terranean, he served — for two years in the Dis- 
 patch 18, Capt. Edw. Hawkins— for three years 
 and eight months in the St. George 98, flag-ship 
 of Rear- Admirals Eliab Harvey and Fras. Pickmore 
 — and for two years and nine months in the San 
 JosEf no, bearing the flags of Sir Chas. Cotton and 
 Lord Keith. In March, 1813, Mr. Hugo, who had 
 passed his examination in Feb. 1810, and had been 
 for the last two months employed under Lord Keith 
 on board the Queen Charlotte 100, at Plymouth, 
 sailed with Sir Jas. I-ucas Yeo in the Woolwich 
 44, Capt. Thos* Ball Sullivan, for the Lakes of Ca- 
 nada. In the foUovring May he accompanied the 
 • Vide Gai. 1804, p. 112. f V. Gaz. 1806, p. 1065. 
 
HULL-HUME-HUNGATE-HUNGERFORD. 
 
 553 
 
 unsuccessful expedition to Sackett's Harbour ; and 
 in July of the same year we find him commanding 
 one of several gun-boats in an action with the 
 enemy at Goose Creek. On that occasion he re- 
 ceiyed a rifle-ball through the left elbow, which 
 destroyed the joint and disabled two fingers. He 
 was also present, 28 Sept. 1813, in a partial action 
 fought with the Americans on Lake Ontario ; and 
 on 6 May, 1814, at the capture of Fort Oswego. 
 During the remainder of the war he was employed, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant of the Chaewell, in convey- 
 ing troops from one part of the lakes to another, 
 and in serving on shore with them. When Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen superseded Sir J.L. Yeo, Mr. 
 Hugo was sent to Quebec for the purpose of raising 
 men to supply the places of those whose time had 
 expired. On the breaking up of the establishment 
 on the lakes in Oct. 1816, he was ordered to take 
 command of the Diana, a merchant-ship laden with 
 spars for the Dockyard at Portsmouth, and to re- 
 turn with a party of men to England. He was 
 placed on half-pay in Feb. 1817, having been 
 awarded a commission dated 20 Sept. 1815, and has 
 not been since employed. 
 
 On his arrival in England, Lieut. Hugo was pre- 
 sented by the Patriotic Society with a sword, va- 
 lued at 50^, in consideration of his wounds. He is 
 married, and has issue two daughters. 
 
 HULL. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.) 
 William Hollamby Hull entered the Royal 
 Naval College 23 May, 1804 ; and embarked, 3 June, 
 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Nioee 40, Capt. 
 John Wentworth Loring. After participating in 
 an attack made, 15 Nov. 1810, by Capt. Chas. Grant 
 of the Diana, on the two French frigates Am<i- 
 zone and Eliza^ under the fire of several formidable 
 batteries in the neighbourhood of Cherbourg, he 
 joined the Milford 74, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats off Cadiz — with the flotilla at 
 the defence of which place he was for some time 
 employed. In July, 1811, having been advanced to 
 the rank of Lieutenant on 1 of the previous May, 
 he removed in that capacity to the Comus 22, Capts. 
 Matthew Smith and Fras. Geo. Dickins. He served 
 in the latter vessel on the Mediterranean and Chan- 
 nel stations until May, 1814; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 HUME. (LlEDTENANT, 1813. F-P., 10; H-P., 31.) 
 Joseph Hume entered the Navy, in April, 1806, 
 as a Volimteer, on board the Theseus 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Hope, whom he accompanied to the Cape of 
 Good Hope. From June, 1807, until Oct. 1812, we 
 find him successively employed with Capt. Henry 
 Hope, as Midshipman, in the Espoib sloop, Glat- 
 TON 50, and Leonidas, Topaze, and Satellite fri- 
 gates, all on the Mediterranean station ; where, 
 until he invalided in March, 1814, he further served 
 in the Goshawk sloop, Capt. Napier, Stbomboli, 
 Capt. Stoddart (of which vessel he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1813), and Alcm^ne frigate, 
 Capts. Edwards Lloyd Graham and Jeremiah Cogh- 
 lan. On the night of 31 Oct. 1809, while in the 
 Topaze, he assisted in her boats, with those of a 
 squadron ui^der Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture 
 and destruction, after a desperate struggle and a 
 loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, 
 of the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 
 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and 
 armed xebec ^ormande, with a convoy of seven 
 merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong 
 batteries in the Bay of Rosas.* In the Alcm^ne, 
 Mr. Hume, in Deo. 1813, contributed to the capture 
 of La Fleche national schooner, of 12 guns and 99 
 men. His last appointments were, 16 June, 1815, 
 and 19 Feb. 1816, to the Eurotas and Firth fri- 
 gates, Capts. Jas. LiUicrap and Sir John Louis. 
 He returned home from North America in July, 
 1817, having been superseded at his ovm request. 
 Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907. 
 
 HUNGATE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 William Hungate was born 7 Sept. 1786. He 
 was presented to William IV. by the Earl of Den- 
 bwh, as a Baronet, 27 April, 1831. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1803, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Pique 36, Capts. Wm. Cum- 
 berland and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross. In the 
 course of the same year he witnessed the evacu- 
 ation of Aux Cayes, St. Domingo, the capture, 
 with other vessels, of Le Goekm 18, and the sur- 
 render of three French frigates with the remains 
 of General liochambeau's army from Cape Fran- 
 cois on board. He was also, in Jan. 1804, present 
 in the unsuccessful attack on the island of Cura5oa ; 
 and in Dec. 1804 and Feb. 1805, we find him assist- 
 ing at the capture of the Spanish ships of war Dih- 
 gentia and Orquijo. On 26 March, 1806, he further 
 contributed to the taking of the French corvettes 
 Phaeton and VoUigeur of 16 guns and 115 men each ; 
 the former of which vessels offered so fierce a re- 
 sistance that 9 of the British were killed, and 14 of 
 them (including Mr. Hungate in the knee) wounded, 
 while in the act of boarding. For their gallantry 
 on the occasion the officers were each presented by 
 the Patriotic Society with the sum of \<X)l. for the 
 purchase of a sword, and the men with 201. a-piece. 
 In Aug. 1807, on his return with a large convoy to 
 England, Mr. Hungate removed to the Elizabeth 
 74, Capts. Hon. H. Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Edw. 
 Leveson Gower. In that ship, in which he served 
 as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Second Master, 
 until June, 1812, he witnessed the departure of the 
 Koyal Family of Portugal for the Brazils, aided in 
 blockading the Russian Rear-Admiral Seniavin's. 
 squadron in the Tagus, was employed in embarking 
 the troops after the battle of Corunna, and was for 
 some time stationed in South America. From June, 
 1812, until Feb. 1816, Mr. Hungate officiated as 
 Second Master of the Minden 74, bearing the flag 
 at flrst of Sir Samuel Hood, and afterwards com- 
 manded by Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay, on the 
 East India station. He then, having passed hia 
 examination in Dec. 1809, took up a commission 
 bearing date 2 March, 1815 ; and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hungate married, 27 Aug. 1818, Jane, 
 daughter of the late Lieut. Wm. Avery, K.N., and. 
 by that lady, who died 21 June, 1845, has issue six 
 sons and four daughters. Agents — Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 HUNGEEFORD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 
 John Hdngebford entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 
 1804, as Master's Mate, on board the Sandwich, 
 Lieut.-Commander Emanuel Hungerford, lying in 
 the river Medway ; where, and in the North Sea, 
 Baltic, and Channel, he served, from Sept. 1805, 
 until Nov. 1811, in the Virginie 38, Capt. Edw. 
 Brace, Imogene sloop, Capt. Thos. Garth, Sand- 
 wich again, Procbis 18, Capt. Fras. Beauman (in 
 which vessel he attended the expedition of 1807 to 
 Copenhagen), Sandwich once more, Waespite 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, Peincess of Orange 
 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, and St. Domingo 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan. Prior 
 to the receipt of his first commission, which bears 
 date 4 Feb. 1815, he was further employed on board 
 the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, under 
 whom, besides serving on the coast of Holland, he 
 escorted convoy to and from the West Indies and 
 the Cape of Good Hope. With the exception of 
 the command of the Hound Revenue-vessel, which 
 he held from 20 March, 1829, until April, 1832, 
 Lieut. Himgerford, since 1815, has been on half-pay. 
 
 HUNGEEFORD. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Thomas Hungerford entered the Navy, in 1809, 
 on board the Fobtunee 36, Capt. Henry Vansit- 
 tart. In the boats of that ship, during a cruize on 
 the coast of Ireland, he united in an attack upon 
 an enemy's schooner, in which the British were 
 
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 HUNN— HUNT. 
 
 repulsed with a loss of 21 men killed and wounded. 
 Towards the close of 1810 he escorted Rear-Ad- 
 miral Thos. Fras. Fremantle to the Mediterranean ; 
 and on 11 Oct. 1811, after having returned with an 
 Algerine JAmbassador to England, he assisted at 
 the capture of a most notorious privateer, Le Vice- 
 Amiral Magon, of 18 guns and 140 men. During 
 the last two years of the war, Mr. Hungerford fur- 
 ther served with Capt. Vansittart on board the 
 Clakence 74, at the blockade of the Texel, Brest, 
 and Rochefort. He then joined the Trent, flag- 
 ship of Sir Herbert Sawyer at Cork ; where he re- 
 mained until paid off in Nov.' 1815. In 1819 he 
 entered the Coast Guard ; and in 1823, as a means 
 of procuring his promotion, he again went afloat, in 
 the Haeleqoin 18, Capt. John Weeks. His com- 
 mission was at length signed on 27 March, 1826 ; 
 from 29 Nov. in which year until the close of 1843, 
 he again served in the Coast Guard. He has not 
 since been employed. 
 
 Lieut. Hungerford married, in Sept. 1835, Caro- 
 line, daughter of the late W. H. Trotter, Esq., of 
 Downpatrick, and niece of a gentleman who was 
 formerly private sesretary to the Right Hon. Chas. 
 Jas. Fox. He has issue three children. Agent — 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 HUNN. (fflaptain, 1822. r-p., 18; h-p., 26.) 
 
 Frederick Hunn is son of the late Mr. Hunn, 
 formerly of Exeter, by a lady nearly related to the 
 Sheridan family, who had been twice before mar- 
 ried — the first time to Geo. Canning, Esq., Barris- 
 ter-at-law, the father of the future Prime Minister. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dolphin sloop, Capt. 
 John Shortland, with whom he continued to serve 
 in the Trompedse and Squirrei,, on the Irish, 
 African, and North American stations until Nov. 
 1808. After cruizing for 12 months in the Channel 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate of the Shrveil- 
 LANTE 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he joined 
 the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Fras. Pickmore off Cadiz, where, on 2 May 
 and 1 June, 1810, he was successively appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Zealous and Aohille 
 74's, Capts. Thos. Boys and Sir Rich. King. In 
 Jan. 1811 he removed in a similar capacity to the 
 Lavinia frigate, Capt. Geo. Digby, stationed in 
 the Mediterranean; and on 5 April, 1811, he was 
 confirmed into his former ship, the Aohille, then 
 commanded by Capt. Aiskew Faffard Hollis, under 
 whom we find him employed for 18 months at the 
 blockade, in Venice, of three line-ot-battle ships 
 and a frigate ready for sea. His next appointment 
 was, 10 April, 1813, to the Roval George 100, 
 bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Pickmore, also 
 on the Mediterranean station. Obtaining a second 
 promotal commission 27 Aug. 1814, Capt. Hunn, on 
 14 Aug. 1818, and 25 June, 1822, was awarded the 
 command of the Redwing and Pandora sloops, of 
 18 guns each, on the St. Helena, Cork, and New- 
 foundland stations. He acquired Post-rank 26 Dec. 
 1822 ; and from 28 Nov. 1823, until May, 1827, had 
 the further command of the Tweed 28, on the 
 South American, Irish, and Jamaica stations; on 
 which last he captured, in 1826, a fine schooner with 
 276 slaves on board. He accepted the retirement 
 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Hunn married, in Oct. 1814, Emma, only 
 daughter of Vice-Admiral Pickmore. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 HUNT. (LiEDT., 1830. F-p., 18 ; h-p., 19.) 
 
 Edward Hunt entered the Navy, 8 June, 1810, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leveret 10, Capts. 
 Jas. Andrew Worth, Geo. Wickens Willes, and 
 Jonathan Christian, on the books of which vessel 
 he was borne until Aug. 1815. He came frequently 
 into contact, during that period, with the enemy's 
 batteries on the coast of Norway and Denmark; 
 assisted at the capture of four privateers, carrying 
 in all 27 guns and 117 men ; was in the gale in which 
 the Hero, St. Geobge, and Defence were lost; 
 
 and, in the severe winter of 1813-14, saw a good 
 deal of active night-service in the boats while en- 
 gaged in protecting the fleet stationed in the Scheldt 
 under Admiral Young from being attacked by the 
 enemy's fire-rafts. He was also ifrequently sent in 
 charge of captured vessels into port; and on the 
 first of those occasions he was of such tender age 
 and diminutive stature as to attract the peculiar 
 notice and praise of the Commander-in-Chief. 
 After having taken part in the grand naval review 
 held at Spithead at the termination of hostilities 
 in 1814, the Leveret proceeded with convoy to 
 Gibraltar, and soon after her arrival anchored, in 
 company with the San Josef 110, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Rich. King, off Ceuta, on the coast of Mo- 
 rocco. While there Mr. Hunt, as Midshipman in 
 charge of a boat's crew, proceeded on shore, accom- 
 panied by the Second-Lieutenant, Master, Purser, 
 and Mate, for the purpose of bathing and of pro- 
 curing a supply of sand for the use of the ship. On 
 landing, the British were suddenly, and without 
 parley, assailed by a large party of Moors, who, rid- 
 ing down, opened a murderous fire upon such as 
 had approached within a few paces with a view of 
 speaking them ; and indeed their evident intention 
 of sacrificing the whole party was only arrested by 
 the appearance of an aged man, unarmed, who was 
 seen rushing down a hill calling upon them to de- 
 sist. By this time, however, Mr. Hunt had re- 
 ceived numerous wounds in the head, body, and 
 arms, and several stabs from their scimitars and 
 daggers. He was in consequence sent to the hos- 
 pital at Gibraltar, where he remained until careful 
 treatment had enabled him to recover. Rejoining 
 the Leveret at Portsmouth in Feb. 1815, he was 
 employed in that vessel during the war of 100 days 
 in conveying despatches and specie for the use of 
 tlie army in Belgium ; and, being at Ostend when 
 the British army advanced from Brussels to meet 
 the French at Waterloo, he had an opportunity of 
 accompanying home the despatch which reported 
 that fact, and announced the commencement of the 
 glorious battle of the 18th of June. In Nov. 1815 
 he joined the Falmouth 20, Capt. Robt. Wergan 
 Geo. Festing, which vessel appears, in the early 
 part of 1816, to have co-operated with the fleet 
 under Sir Edw. Pellew in procuring the release of 
 the Christian slaves in bondage at Algiers, and to 
 have been assigned an honourable post in the order 
 of battle instituted before Tunis pending the ac- 
 complishment of the negotiations instituted for the 
 same object at that place. On being ordered to the 
 St. Helena station, Mr. Hunt assisted, in the Fal- 
 mouth, in establishing a settlement at Tristan d'A- 
 cunha ; as he did, on his temporary removal to the 
 Racoon sloop, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, on the island 
 of Ascension. Passing his examination in 1817,inthe 
 course of which year he returned to England and 
 left the Falmouth, Mr. Hunt was subsequently 
 employed as Mate— from Aug. 1820 to April, 1822, 
 of the Severn, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. 
 M'CuUooh— from April, 1822, vmtil July, 1825, of 
 the Protector, Capt. Wm. Hewett, engaged as a 
 surveying-vessel on the east coast of England, 
 where, in Oct. 1824, she was extricated from a 
 perilous position on a lee-shore during a violent 
 storm, which proved fatal to all the ships and their 
 crews in the vicinity— from July, 1825, until Nov. 
 1829, of the Badger, Revenue cruizer, on the Irish 
 station— and, from Nov. 1829 until Jan. 1831, of the 
 Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Col- 
 poys, and Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, in the 
 West Indies. He then took up a commission dated 
 22 July, 1830; and has since been on half-pay. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 HUNT. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Samuel Hunt passed his examination in 
 1832 ; obtained his first commission 10 Dec. 1835 ; 
 and was appointed— 13 Jan. 1836, to the Racer 18, 
 Capt. Jas. Hope, on the North America and West 
 India station— 14 June, 1839, as First, to :the Cmo 
 16, Capt. Stephen Groaville Fremantle, iu South 
 
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 America— 25 Sept. 1839 and 26 Oct. 1840, to the 
 Okestes 18, Capt. Peter Sampson Hambly, and 
 President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, both on the 
 same station — and, 26 Nov. 1841, to the command 
 of the Basilisk 6, which vessel, employed in the 
 Pacific, he left towards the close of 1845. He was 
 advanced to his present rank 10 March, 1846 ; and 
 is at present on half-pay. 
 
 HUNT. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 1.) 
 James Host was bom 27 Oct. 1817, at Oxford. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1833, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wasp 18, Capts. Jas. 
 Burney and John Sam. Foreman, stationed in the 
 West Indies, whence, in April, 1836, he returned 
 home as Midshipman of the Pkesidest 52, flag-ship 
 of Sir Geo. Cockbum. In the following Sept. he 
 joined the Heuohles 74, Capts. Maurice Fred. 
 Fitzhardinge Berkeley and John Toup Nicolas, with 
 whom he cruized experimentally, and served on the 
 coasts of Spain and Portugal until transferred, in 
 April, 1838, to the Nautilus 10, Lieut.-Commander 
 Geo. Beaufoy, on the African station. Joining, in 
 Aug. 1840, after an interval of four months, the 
 Stkomboli steamer, Capt. Woodford John Williams, 
 Mr. Himt shared in that vessel in the whole of the 
 ensuing operations on the coast of Syria, including 
 the storming of Sidon and the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d'Acre. On the former occasion he evinced a 
 degree of zeal, activity, cool determination, and 
 courage, most animating to the men, and not to be 
 surpassed. He was intrusted with the colours, and 
 ran a complete race with an Austrian officer as to 
 who should be the first to display his national flag 
 on the walls of the Castle — an honourable rivalry 
 in which he had the good fortune to come off suc- 
 cessful. From April to June, 1841, Mr. Himt served 
 in the Mediterranean on board the Bellerophon 
 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen ; and on 12 of the fol- 
 lowing Aug., immediately after he had passed his 
 examination, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. His next appointment being, 2 Sept. 1841, 
 to the Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, he sailed 
 in that sloop for China, where he beheld the cap- 
 ture of Woosung and Shanghae, and the other ope- 
 rations on the Yang-tse-Kiang. On 21 May, 1843, 
 when off Point Datou, on the coast of Borneo, in 
 command of a native-built boat armed with a brass 
 6-pounder and 2 swivels, and manned with 18 
 officers, seamen, and marines, he simultaneously 
 effected the destruction of one, and the utter defeat 
 of another, of two piratical proas, each carrying 
 about 2 guns and 50 men, by whom he had been at- 
 tacked. His spirited and zealous exertions in this 
 affair drew forth letters of approbation both from 
 the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Wm. Parker, and 
 from the Board of Admiralty. He continued on 
 the books of the Dido until he invalided in Feb. 
 1845 ; but appears, previously to that date, to have 
 been allowed, from 1 Aug. to 1 Oct. 1843, to com- 
 mand the Starling surveying-vessel, and to have 
 been lent, from 6 June, 1844, to 15 Oct. 1844, to the 
 Driver steamer, Capt. Courtenay Osborn Hayes. 
 He has been employed, since 12 Nov. 1845, on the 
 south-east coast of America, as First of the Alecto 
 steam-sloop, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen and Vincent 
 Amcotts Massingberd. 
 
 the Impress service at Hull. He became a Retired- 
 Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on 
 the Senior, 15 Dec. 1842. Agents— Halford and Co. 
 
 HUNT. (Retired Commandeb, 1830.) 
 
 William Hdnt entered the Navy, 9 May, 1790, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Otter sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Williams, employed in the North Sea, where, 
 in the course of the same month, he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Speedy sloop, Capt. Geo. Maude, and 
 afterwards of the Lord Mulgkave 20, Capt. Kobt. 
 BoUes, and Superb 74, Capt. John Sutton — of which 
 latter ship he was created a Lieutenant 24 Jan. 1799. 
 Prior to the peace of Amiens he further served on 
 the Home station on board the Sally armed ship, 
 Capt. Wolfe, Vengeance and Irresistible 74's, 
 Capts. Geo. Duff and Wm. Bligh, and Agamemnon 
 64, Capt. Robt.- Devereux Fancom-t. On the re- 
 newal of hostilities be obtained an appointment in 
 
 HUNTER. (COMMANDEK, 1844.) 
 
 George Martin Hdnter is fourth son of Gene- 
 ral Sir Martin Hunter, G.C.M.G., G.C.H., of 
 Medomsley, co. Durham, and Anton's Hill, co. Ber- 
 wick, a Deputy-Lieutenant for the latter shire, and 
 Governor of Stirling Castle, by Jean, only daughter 
 and heiress of Jas. Dickson, Esq., of Anton's Hill. 
 One of his brothers, James, is a Major in the 
 Army ; and two others, Robt. M'Keller and Thos. 
 Harvey, are officers in the Military Service of the 
 Hon. E. I. Co. 
 
 This officer was made Lieutenant, 8 Deo. 1828, 
 into the Harpy sloop, Capt. Chas. Rich ; and after- 
 wards appointed— 3 Aug. 1831, to the Racehorse 
 18, Capts. Chas. Hamlyn Williams and Fras. Vere 
 Cotton, in the West Indies— 1 May, 1834, to the 
 Portland 52, Capt. David Price, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station— and, 7 Nov. 1838, to the command 
 of the Camelion 10, employed in South America 
 and the East Indies. He paid the latter vessel off 
 towards the close of 1843 ; and has since been on 
 half-pay. His promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander took place 3 May, 1844. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 HUNTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Hugh Hunter entered the Navy, 25 March, 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achates 10, Capt. 
 Hugh Cameron ; on accompanying whom into the 
 Hazard 18, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the cap- 
 ture, in Jan. and April, 1809, of the French 40-gun 
 frigate Tqpazc, the Saintes Islands, and the D'Hau- 
 pouU ship of the line. He also, on 17 Oct. in the 
 same year, served in the boats of the Hazard and 
 Pelorus, under Lieut. Jas. Robertson, when they 
 succeeded, after having incurred a loss of 6 men 
 killed and 9 wounded, in gallantly blowing up a 
 privateer, of 1 gun and 2 swivels, lying within 10 
 yards of 2 field-pieces and a long line of musketry 
 on the beach, defended too by a heavy fire of grape 
 from a battery, and moored to the shore with a 
 chain from the mast-head and from each quarter ; 
 and on 18 of the following Dec. we find him contri- 
 buting in the boats of a squadron under the per- 
 sonal command of Capt. Cameron, who was killed, 
 to the destruction, in L'Ance la Barque, of the 40- 
 gun frigates Lcdre and Seine, laden with stores, and 
 protected by numerous batteries. After witnessing 
 the fall of Guadeloupe, Mr. Hunter successively 
 joined the Pompee, Neptune, and Statira, flag- 
 ships of Hon. Alex. Cochrane ; and in Dec. 1810, 
 the Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes. On 23 June, 
 
 1813, being still in the latter ship, he served in her 
 boats, under the directions of Lieuts. Bassett, Love- 
 less, and Edwyn Fras. Stanhope, at the boarding 
 and bringing out from under the protection of a 
 strong fort, on the coast of Catalonia, of La For- 
 tune French privateer of 2 guns, 2 swivels, and 48 
 men ; a service in the performance of which the 
 British had 4 men killed and 9 wounded. In May 
 
 1814, Mr. Hunter proceeded to North America in 
 the Pylades sloop, Capt. John Chas. Gawen Ro- 
 berts, and on arriving on that station joined the 
 Tonnaht 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 from which, on 9 of tiie ensuing Nov., he was trans- 
 ferred, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Rota 38, Capts. 
 Philip Somerville and John Pasco. The boats of 
 the latter ship he commanded at the taking of St. 
 Mary's, on the coast of Georgia. He went on half- 
 pay in Aug. 1815, having been officially promoted on 
 24 of the previous Feb. ; and has since been unem- 
 ployed. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 HUNTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 James Hunter was born 21 July, 1794. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1807 as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thalia frigate, Capt 
 Jas. Walker, with whom, in the same ship and in 
 the Bedford 74, he continued to serve for the 
 
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 HUNTER— HUNTLEY. 
 
 space of eight years, principally as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, on the Home, South American, 
 North Sea, West India, and North American sta/- 
 tions. Towards the close of 1807 he escorted the 
 Koyal Family of Portugal to the Brazils ; and on 14 
 Dec. 1814 he served with the boats of a squadron 
 at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American 
 gun-hoats under Commodore Jones, which did not 
 surrender until the British, after a desperate 
 struggle, had sustained a loss of 17 men killed and 
 77 wounded. On the occasion Mr. Hunter, while 
 in the act of boarding one of the enemy's vessels, 
 received a musket-baU through his left hand, a 
 grape-shot wound in his right cheek, and one over 
 the left eye.* In consideration of his gallantry and 
 suiferlngs he was appointed to act as Lieutenant 
 and Commander of one of the prizes, the Harlequin, 
 which, with the remainder, was paid off at Bermuda 
 in the following June. He has not since been em- 
 ployed. His commission bears date 27 Feb. 1815. 
 
 Lieut. Hunter never obtained any gratuity for his 
 wounds. Since the peace he has had a command in 
 the Merchant Service. He married 14 Dec. 1832 ; 
 and has issue four children. 
 
 HUNTER. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 23; h-p., 31.) 
 KoEERT HuHTER, born 2 Dec. 1779, is a relative 
 of the late Admiral "W. Hunter. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1793, as a Boy, 
 on board the Santa Mabgaeita 36, Capt. Eliab 
 Harvey, and in 1794 assisted at the reduction of 
 the French West India Islands. Being discharged 
 from the service in 1795, at which period he was 
 employed in the Mediterranean in the Saturn 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Douglas, he re-entered it, in April, 1802, 
 as A.B. on board the VeiSds 32, Capts. Thos. Graves 
 and Henry Matson. After an attachment of twelve 
 months to the Nimkod sloop, Capts. Orde and 
 Bennett, he removed, in Sept. 1805, to the Unicorn 
 32, Capts. Lucius Ferdinand Hardy man and Alex. 
 Kobt. Kerr, in which frigate he continued for four 
 years, and was employed on shore during that pe- 
 riod in the operations against Buenos Ayres and 
 Monte Video, besides witnessing Lord Cochrane's 
 destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads. 
 On rejoining Capt. Hardyman, on board the Ah- 
 MiDE 38, he was frequently sent in the boats to co- 
 operate with the patriots on the coast of Spain, 
 where in effecting on one occasion the capture of 
 several chasse-Tnarees, he received a severe splinter- 
 wound in the breast, and by extreme exertion 
 brought on a violent hemorrhage, with which he 
 has ever since been periodically affected. He was 
 next transferred, for short periods, to the St. Do- 
 mingo and MiiFORD 74'b, flag-ships in the Downs 
 and off Cadiz of Sir Rich. Strachan and Sir Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats ; and from Dec. 1810 imtil confirmed, 
 26 Sept. 1811, we find him discharging the duties of 
 Acting-Lieutenant on board the TnnNDER bomb, 
 Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, and the Milfoed and 
 HiBEENiA, bearing each the flag of Sir R. G. Keats. 
 He continued in the latter ship under Sir Wm. Sid- 
 ney Smith imtil Oct. 1812 ; after which he served, 
 from Feb. 1813 to Feb. 1814, on board the Resist- 
 ance 36, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds 
 Pellew, and from July, 1830, until April, 1839, in 
 the Coast Blockade and Coast Guard — the latter of 
 which services he left from ill health. He has since 
 been unemployed. 
 
 Being at Paris when Buonaparte arrived there 
 from Elba in 1815, Lieut. Hunter brought to Eng- 
 land the despatches communicating that event. He 
 was then repeatedly charged by Mr. Hamilton, one 
 of the Under Secretaries of State, with the convey- 
 ance of despatches to and from France ; which 
 service he continued to perform in a private vessel, 
 at a period when no other British ship would ven- 
 ture, until the said vessel was at last detained at 
 Havre, whence she was only liberated after the 
 battle of Waterloo. For the loss he thus incurred, 
 Lieut. Hunter declined receiving any compensation 
 from the Admiralty other than his mere expenses, 
 
 • J'ideGxi. 1815, p. 448. 
 
 in order that he might thereby establish a claim 
 (which has never been met) to future consideration. 
 He married, in 1810, Miss Caroline Burton, and by 
 that lady has issue four children. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 HUNTER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Valentine Peter Hunter was bom 21 Aug. 
 1794. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Raisonnable 64, Capts. 
 Wm. Hotham, Robt. Barton, Josias Rowley, and 
 John Hatley ; in which ship, under Capt. Rowley, 
 he participated in Sir Robt. Calder's action, was 
 present at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, 
 of Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video, served at the 
 blockade of the Isles of France and Bourbon, and 
 assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture of the town 
 of St. Paul's. Returning home in July, 1810, he 
 was next, in March, 1811, received on board the 
 Laurei, 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley. In the 
 following May he rejoined Capt. Josias Rowley in 
 the Ameeica 74, and, continuing to serve with him 
 until Oct. 1814, was most actively employed during 
 that period on the Mediterranean station, where, 
 besides enacting a part in numerous cutting-out 
 affairs, and other detached services against the 
 enemy's towns and batteries, he witnessed the un- 
 successful attack upon Leghorn, and co-operated in 
 the reduction of Genoa. Proceeding in the autumn 
 of 1814 to New Orleans in the Vengeuh 74, Capt. 
 Tristram Robt. Ricketts, he served on shore with 
 the army, and was wounded in the legs in the 
 battle which proved so disastrous to the British. 
 He was also present at the capture of Fort Bowyer, 
 Mobille, on which occasion he took the American 
 Colonel, Lawrence, a prisoner to Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 and had the honour, we believe, of firing the last 
 shot of the war. In April, 1815, he received a com- 
 mission dated on 7 of the previous Feb. ; and he 
 was afterwards, with the exception of an interval of 
 three months in the autumn of 1832, employed, from 
 27 Dec. 1830 until 31 May, 1839, in the Coast Block- 
 ade (as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Tala- 
 veea 74, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby) and 
 Coast Guard. He has since been unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Hunter married Miss M. Gibbs, by whom 
 he has issue a son and four daughters. 
 
 HUNTLEY, Kt. (Commandeb, 18-38. r-p., 23; 
 H-p., 15.) 
 
 Sir Henet Veke Huntley is third son of the 
 late Rev. Rich. Huntley, A.M., of Boxwell Court, 
 Gloucestershire, by Anne, daughter and sole heiress 
 of the Venerable Jas. Webster, LL.B., Archdeacon 
 of Gloucester ; and brother of Major Wm. 'Warbur- 
 ton Huntley, who fought at Waterloo, was after- 
 wards Captain of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and died 
 in 1844, while serving in India with the 9th Lancers. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 March, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thalia 36, Cajit. Jas. Giles 
 Vashon, of which ship, stationed in the West Indies, 
 he became Midshipman 17 Sept. following. From 
 Aug. 1812 until the receipt of his first commission, 
 10 Oct. 1818, he served, part of the time as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Victoeious 74, Capt. Sir John 
 Talbot, Albion and Noethumbeeland 74's, flag- 
 ships of Sir Geo. Cookbum (under whom, after 
 serving on the coast of North America, he escorted 
 Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena), Havannah 
 36, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Spet 20, Capt. 
 John Lake, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at 
 Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Campbell. He then joined 
 the Forth frigate, Capt. Sir John Louis, at Hali- 
 fax, and was afterwards appointed — 10 Nov. 1820, 
 to the Redpole 10, Capt. Pat. Duff Henry Hay— 28 
 March, 1826, as Senior, to the Paetihan 10, Capts. 
 Henry Byam Martin and Hon. Geo. Fred. Hotham, 
 on the Mediterranean station, where he actively co- 
 operated in the suppression of piracy, and was 
 eventually wrecked, off the coast of Egypt, 15 May, 
 1828— in 1829-30, to the Childers 18, and Ganges 
 80, Capts. Wm. Morier and John Hayes— 24 May, 
 
HURDIS— HURST— HUSKISSON. 
 
 557 
 
 1830, again as First, to the Dryad 42, bearing the 
 broad pendant of the last-named officer on the coast 
 of Africa — and, 23 Sept. 1833, to the command, on 
 the same station, of the Lynx brigantine of 3 guns. 
 While in the Dbyad, Mr. Huntley had successive 
 charge of the Seaflower, Fair Rosamond, and 
 Black Joke tenders, in the second of which, 
 mounting but 1 gun, and having only 21 effective 
 men on board, he very gallantly took, on 10 Sept. 
 
 1831, the Megulo and jkapido slavers, carrying be- 
 tween them 13 guns and 140 men. In the Lynx, 
 which vessel he paid off in 1837, we also find him 
 making several captures. Since the attainment of 
 his present rank, 28 June, 1838, he has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Sir Henry Vere Huntley, who afterwards re- 
 ceived the honour of Knighthood, 9 Oct. 1841, 
 ■very ably assisted Capt. Kobt. Craigie, R.N., in 
 conducting a difficult negotiation with the King 
 and Chiefs of Bonny in the early part of 1837, on 
 which occasion he was sent home with intelligence 
 of the proceedings. In 1839 he was appointed 
 Lieut.-Governor of the settlements on the river 
 Gambia ; and, while there, he repelled an irruption 
 made into Cartabar by the barbarous chiefs of 
 Dunkasseen. Since Aug. 1841 Sir Henry has fiUed 
 the office of Lieut.-Governor of Prince Edward's 
 Island. He married, 20 Sept. 1832, Anne, eldest 
 daughter of the late Lieut.-General John Skinner, 
 and sister both of Lieut.-Col. Thos. Skinner, C.B., 
 of the 31st Regt., who figured in Affghanistan, and 
 died from the effects of the hardships he there un- 
 derwent, and of the late Capt. Jas. Skinner, chief 
 Commissariat officer at Cabul, who had the good 
 fortune, through his interest with Akbar Khan, to 
 preserve Lady Sale and her friends from destruc- 
 tion in the disastrous retreat from Affghanistan. 
 He has issue two sons and a daughter. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 HUEDIS. (Ebtihed Captain, 1840. f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 44.) 
 
 George Clarke Hurdis is son of the late Jas. 
 Hurdis, Esq. of Seaford, co. Sussex ; and brother- 
 in-law of Lieut. John Reddie Black, E.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, I Nov. 1783, on 
 board the Griffin cutter, Lieut.-Commander Jas. 
 Cook, from which vessel, employed in the Channel, 
 he was discharged 12 July, 1786. On 4 May, 1791, 
 he re-embarked, as Midshipman, on board the II- 
 tosTKions 74, Capt. Chas. Slorice Pole ; and, from 
 the following Sept., until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 16 tfune, 1795, he served with Capts. 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats, Edw. Jas. Foote, and Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge, in the Niger and Latona 
 frigates, on the Home station ; where, while lent, 
 we believe, to the Brunswick, he was wounded in 
 Lord Howe's action,* and escorted, in the Latona, 
 the Princess Caroline of Brunswick to this country. 
 He then joined the Leander 50, Capt. Thos. Boul- 
 den Thompson, under whom he accompanied Sir 
 Horatio Nelson's expedition to Teneriffe, and then 
 visited the North Sea, Baltic, and Mediterranean ; 
 and on 27 April, 1798, and 15 March, 1801, he was 
 appointed to the Diomede 50, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming, and Wilhelmina, Capt. 
 Jas. Lind, both on the East India station. He at- 
 tained the rank of Commander 29 April, 1802 ; was 
 employed in that capacity in the Galway district of 
 Sea Fencibles from March, 1804, to March, 1810 ; 
 and accepted his present rank 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 HUEST, K.W. (LiEDT.,1810. F-p., 17; h-p., 32.) 
 George Hdrst entered the Navy, in Dec. 1798, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Diana 38, commanded 
 at Cork by Capts. Jonathan Faulknor and Alex. 
 Fraser ; proceeded to Lisbon, towards the close of 
 1799, as Midshipman of the Impregnable 98, Capt. 
 J. Faulknor ; and, from Oct. 1799, until June, 1802, 
 served, on the Home station, in the Glory 98, Capt. 
 Thoa. Wells, and Achille 74, Capts. Sir Edw. 
 Buller and John Okes Hardy. He then accompa- 
 • Viie Gai. 1704, p. 567. 
 
 nied Capt. Hardy into the Couragecx 74, in the 
 boats of which ship he assisted at the reduction of 
 Ste. Lucie in 1803; and he was subsequently, until 
 July, 1807, employed, in the Channel, and off Cork 
 and Cadiz, in the Britannia 100, Captain (after- 
 wards Rear- Admiral) the Earl of Northesk, Virgi- 
 nie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, and Atlas 74, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis. The next 
 three years were passed by Mr. Hurst, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Illdstriods 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton, Minorca 18, Capt. Phipps Hornby, and 
 Excellent and Bombay 74's, Capts. John West 
 and Wm. Cuming, chiefly on the Mediterranean 
 station. In Nov. 1808 we find him serving on shore 
 in command of a party of the Excellent's seamen, 
 and uniting in tbe defence of Rosas, a citadel on 
 the north-eastern extremity of Spain. Being con- 
 firmed 4 Dec. 1810, and appointed a few days after- 
 wards to the Guadeloupe of 16 guns and 102 men, 
 Capts. Joseph Swabey Tetley, Geo. Rose Sartorius, 
 and Arthur Stow, he served in that vessel, on 27 
 June, 1811, in a close and spirited action of an hour 
 and 35 minutes, fought by her, off the town of 
 Vendre, with the French corvette Tactique of 18 
 guns and at least 150 men, and armed xebec Guepe 
 of 8 guns and 65 or 70 men ; both of whom were in 
 the end beaten off with great slaughter to them- 
 selves, and with a loss to the British (who for some 
 time had been simultaneously opposed by the fire 
 of two heavy batteries) of 1 man killed and 12 or 
 13 wounded. On 9 Nov. 1813 Mr. Hurst commanded 
 the boats of the Guadeloupe, in conjunction with 
 those of the Undaunted, and distinguished himself 
 by the gallant manner in which he aided at the 
 capture of a vigorously defended tower, 30 feet 
 high, together with several batteries in the harbour 
 of Port Nouvelle, where lay 7 French vessels, whose 
 destruction was fully effected.* After further con- 
 tributing, in the boats of the same sloop and of the 
 Salsette frigate, to the capture of a French priva- 
 teer in the Archipelago, he removed, 24 Nov. 1813, 
 to the Ganymede 20, Capts. John Brett Purvis and 
 Wm. M'CuUooh, with whom he served, as First- 
 Lieutenant, in the Mediterranean and at Bermuda, 
 until 5 Aug. 1815. He was next employed, in a 
 like capacity, from. 15 Oct. 1832 until he invalided 
 in March, 1833, on board the Rhadamanthos 
 steamer, Capt. Geo. Evans, with whom, during that 
 period, he served in the North Sea, and made a 
 voyage to Lisbon. He has not since been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Hurst was appointed a Naval Knieht of 
 Windsor in 1838. 
 
 HUSKISSON. (Capt., 1811. p-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Hdskisson was bom 31 July, 1784, at 
 Oxley, near Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, and died 
 21 Deo. 1844. He was brother of Geo. Huskisson, 
 Esq., formerly an officer of the Royal Marines, who 
 died Collector of the Customs at the island of St. 
 Vincent in Feb. 1844, having held that appointment 
 since 1820; and half-brother of the late Right Hon. 
 Wm. Huskisson, one of H.M. Principal Secretaries 
 of State, as also of Major-General Sam. Huskisson. 
 One of his sisters married the Rev. Jas. Walhouse, 
 uncle to the present Lord Hatherton. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 July, 1800 (un- 
 der the patronage of Admiral Mark Milbanke), as 
 A.B., on board the Beaveb sloop, Capt. Christo- 
 pher B. Jones, lying at Portsmouth; and, on re- 
 moving, in the following Oct., to the Romney 50, 
 Capt. Sir Home Popham, proceeded to the Red Sea, 
 where he was detached, as Midshipman, during a 
 few months of 1802, in a small hired brig, to assist 
 in surveying the coast of Arabia. After visiting 
 other parts of India he returned home, and joined 
 in June, 1803, the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. Hope' 
 under whom we find him enacting a warm part in 
 the action off Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. Being 
 next transferred to the Foudroyant 80, successive 
 flag-ship of Admirals Sir John Borlase Warren and 
 Albemarle Bertie, he had an opportunity, on 13 
 March, 1806, of witnessing the capture of the Mar- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 124. 
 
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 IIUSSEY-HUTCHESON. 
 
 rengo of 80 guns, having Rear-Admiral Linois on 
 board, and 40-gun frigate Belle Pmile. On 9 Aug. 
 in the same year Mr. Huskisson was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Focdkotant; an ap- 
 pointment which the Admiralty sanctioned by a 
 commission signed on 15 of the ensuing Nov. In 
 July, 1807, he was ordered to join the Pkince of 
 Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Gambler, to 
 whom he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant during the 
 operations which led to the subsequent fall of Co- 
 penhagen. In Jan. 1808 he obtained an appoint- 
 ment to the Htpekion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie, 
 fitting at Chatham, whence, in the spring, he sailed 
 for Jamaica in the Melpomene 38, with Tioe-Ad- 
 miral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, who, on their ar- 
 rival, placed him in charge, on 5 July, of the Fledk 
 DE LA Mek schooner, in which vessel he appears to 
 have been for some time employed at the blockade 
 of St. Domingo. Being advanced, 18 Jan. 1809, to 
 the command of the Pelokus 18, Capt. Huskisson, 
 on 17 Oct. in that year, distinguished himself by 
 the very gallant style in which he supported Capt. 
 Hugh Cameron ot the Hazard 18, at the destruc- 
 tion of a battery near Pointe-§,-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 
 while the boats of the two sloops were effecting the 
 annihilation of a privateer in tlie manner alluded to 
 in our memoir of Lieut. Hugh Hunter. The loss of 
 the Pelokhs on this occasion amounted to 2 men 
 killed and 6 wounded. After assisting at the re- 
 duction of Guadeloupe, Capt. Huskisson was ap- 
 pointed Acting-Captain of the Blonde frigate, and 
 directed to escort home a valuable fleet of mer- 
 chantmen. The vacancy which he had been selected 
 to fill not being of a nature to entitle hira to con- 
 firmation, he rejoined the Peloros, and continued 
 to serve in her, on the Jamaica station, until posted, 
 14 March, 1811, into the Garland 28. In June, 
 1812, being still in the West Indies, he was removed 
 by Vioe-Admiral Chas. Stirling to the Barbadoes 
 24; in which ship he succeeded, while in protection of 
 a convoy, in capturing, at the close of a seven hours' 
 chase, the tJ. S. Kevenue-cruizer James Maddison, 
 pierced for 14, but carrying only 10 guns, with a 
 complement of 65 men. A few days after this event 
 the Barbadoes was separated from the convoy in 
 a violent gale, during which she lost her top-masts 
 and main-yard. Having refitted at Bermuda, Capt. 
 Huskisson took charge of three small vessels bound 
 to Halifax, and was proceeding thither with 60,000 
 dollars on board for the dockyard, when, on the 
 night of 28 Sept. 1812, the Barbadoes and two of 
 her consorts were unfortunately wrecked on the 
 W.W. bar of Sable Island. The specie, however, 
 was saved by being thrown overboard with a buoy 
 attached to each of the cases ; and at the expira- 
 tion of 12 days the sufi'erers were released from 
 their unpleasant position by the advent of a frigate 
 and schooner sent to their assistance. Capt. Hust 
 kisson, who was most fully acquitted by court-mar- 
 tial of all blame for the loss of his ship, was next 
 employed, from 12 June to 28 Nov. 1815, in the 
 EuKYALus 42, and Perseus 22 ; in the former of 
 which ships he cruized in command of a small 
 squadron off Havre and the mouth of the Seine, 
 until the surrender of Napoleon Buonaparte. Ke- 
 joining the Ehetalds in July, 1818, he sailed in 
 that frigate for the West Indies, where, on 18 Nov. 
 1819, in consequence of the death of Rear-Admiral 
 Donald Campbell, he became Senior officer of the 
 squadron in the Caribbean seas, and hoisted a 
 broad pendant. On the arrival of Kear-Admiral 
 Fahie from England in May, 1820, Capt. Huskisson 
 was instructed to repair to Jamaica, and place him- 
 self under the orders of Sir Home Popham ; and on 
 16 June, eight days only after he had reached his 
 destination, he again hoisted a broad pendant, and 
 assumed the chief command on the station, owing 
 to the health of the Admiral necessitating his re- 
 turn to England. On being relieved by Sir Chas. 
 Rowley in Dec. 1820, Capt. Huskisson himself in- 
 valided. His last appointment afloat was to the 
 Semiramis 42, flag-ship at Cork of Lord John Col- 
 ville, the command of which he retained from 1 
 Sept, 1821 until superseded, at his own request, in 
 
 March, 1822. He was admitted into Greenwich 
 Hospital 15 Oct. 1830. 
 
 Capt. Huskisson filled the office of Paymaster of 
 the Navy from 28 March, 1827, until its abolition 
 in Oct. 1830. He married, 22 Aug. 1813, Miss E. 
 Wedge, daughter of an agriculturist eminent in the 
 west of Staffordshire, by whom he had three sons 
 and two daughters. His eldest son, Thomas, died 
 at Malta, 16 May, 1833, while serving as Midship- 
 man of H.M.S. Cordelia. His second son, Wm. 
 Milbanke, holds an appointment in the Foreign Of- 
 fice ; and his youngest, John, is a First-LieUtenant, 
 R.M. 
 
 HUSSEY. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 35 ; h-p., 4.) 
 Richard Hussey was born 24 Oct. 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Peruvian sloop, Capts. 
 Fras. Douglas, Berkeley, Dickinson, Bobt. Win- 
 throp, and Geo. Kippen, stationed at first in the 
 Channel, and next in the West Indies, where he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman in Sept. 1810, 
 and continued to serve until Nov. 1814. He then 
 accompanied Capt. Kippen into the Djomede troop- 
 ship, and on 14 Deo. following served with the boats 
 of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of 
 five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, 
 whose capture was not accomplished until the 
 British, after a severe conflict, had sustained a loss 
 of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. In the summer 
 of 1815 he successively joined the Havock sloop, 
 and PiQDE frigate, Capts. Geo. Truscott and Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland, on removing vrith the latter of 
 whom to the Glasgow 50, it was his fortune to 
 share, as Master's Mate, in the bombardment of 
 Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. During the next seven years 
 Mr. Hussey, we find, served as Admiralty Midship- 
 man and Mate in the Prometheus 22, Capt. Con- 
 stantino Rich. Moorsom, Queen Charlotte 100, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Spet 20, Capt. 
 Jas. Kearney White, and Ganymede 26; and Hy- 
 perion 42, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Bobt. 
 Cavendish Spencer, on the Home, Mediterranean, 
 and South American stations. On 26 Dec. 1822, he 
 was created a Lieutenant in the Sparrowhawk 18, 
 Gapts. Edw. Boxer, Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, 
 and Robt. Stuart, which sloop, after having for a 
 length of time had charge of her, he brought home 
 from the Mediterranean (she had previously been 
 on the Halifax station) and paid off in 1825. Lieut. 
 Hussey's next appointments were, 29 April, 1828, 
 and 1 March, 1829, to the Samabang 28, and Mada- 
 gascar 46, Capts. Wm. Fanshawe Martin and Hon. 
 Sir R. C. Spencer, also in the Mediterranean. He 
 invalided in Aug. 1829 ; and, since 3 April, 1831, 
 has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, in Dec. 1825, Sophia, third daughter 
 of Jas. Cockrell, Esq., by whom he has issue four 
 children. 
 
 HUTCHESON. (Captain, 1841.) 
 
 Francis Deane Hutcheson entered the Navy 
 13 Oct. 1813; and, while serving on board the 
 America 74, Capt. Josias Rowley, was present at 
 the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn, also at the 
 occupation of Santa Maria, and of the enemy's 
 other forts in the Gulf of Spezia, and at the reduc- 
 tion of Genoa and its dependencies. In 1815, being 
 at the time in the Undaunted 38, he assisted at 
 the_ capture of a convoy at Barletta, and at the 
 taking of the Tremiti islands. When afterwards 
 with Rear-Admiral David Milne in the Impreg- 
 nable 98, Mr. Hutcheson had an opportunity of 
 sharing in the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 
 1816. He was made Lieutenant, 19 Jan. 1822, into 
 the Pyramus 42, Capt. Fras. Newoombe, on the 
 West India station, and next appointed, 15 June, 
 1826, and 8 Dec. 1827, to the Hyperion 42, Coast 
 Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Mtsa. 
 bomb, Capts. Thos. Edw. Hoste and Stephen Lush- 
 ington, on the Mediterranean station. He was 
 promoted, 9 Aug. 1828, to the command Of the 
 Pelican sloop, and, having paid that vessel off 14 
 
HUTCHINSON. 
 
 559 
 
 April, 1830, was lastly, from 20 March, 1832, until 
 1836, employed in the Coast Guard. His advance- 
 ment to Post-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 "We are informed that Capt. Hutcheson, in Oct. 
 1828, co-operated with the French Army in the 
 reduction of the Morea Castle. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 man. 
 
 HUTCHINSON. (Commander, 1814. f-p. 17 ; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Chahi/ES Hutchinson entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tkent 36, Capt. 
 Sir Edw. Hamilton, stationed in the Channel ; pro- 
 ceeded, towards the close of 1801, to Madeira, in 
 the Arethosa 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley ; and served, 
 from Jan. 1802 until July, 1806, on the Jamaica 
 station, chiefly as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 in the ^otus frigate, Capts. John Wm. Spranger 
 and AndrewFitzherbert Evans, VANcnARD 74, Capt. 
 A. F. Evans, and Veteran 64, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth. He then came home with con- 
 voy in the Pengcin sloop, Capt. Smith, and on 16 
 April, 1807, was confirmed a Lieutenant in the 
 Valiant 74, Capts. Jas. Young, Alex. Kobt. Kerr, 
 John Bligh, John Nash, Thos. Geo. Shortland, and 
 Kobt. Dudley Oliver, in which ship we find him 
 assisting at the bombardment of Copenhagen, wit- 
 nessing Lord Cochrane's destruction of the French 
 shipping in Basque B^ads, and attending the expe- 
 dition to Flushing. From 3 May, 1811, until within 
 three weeks of his promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander 21 July, 1814, Mr. Hutchinson further served 
 on the Home station as Flag-Lieutenant to Admirals 
 Wm. Toung and to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence 
 in the Christian VH. 80, Impregnable 98, and 
 Magicienne 36. He was consequently on board 
 the Impregnable when she brought the Allied 
 Sovereigns to England, and likewise at the grand 
 naval review held on the occasion at Spithead. 
 His next and last appointment was to the Coast 
 Guard, in which he continued from 6 July, 1831, 
 until 1834. 
 
 Commander Hutchinson is married and has issue. 
 
 5 Nov. 1814, and from 26 June, 1815, until 20 Feb. 
 1816, employed as Agent for Prisoners-of-'War at 
 Chatham and Plymouth. He accepted his present 
 rank 10 Sept. 1840. Agent— J. Hinxmau. 
 
 HUTCHINSON. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 
 26 ; H-P., 39.) 
 
 Edward Hutchinson was born 16 March, 1771. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1782, as 
 a Servant, on board the Nin.iiLK, Lieut.-Commander 
 Gabriel Bray, on the Home station, where, and in 
 the East Indies, he continued to corve until March, 
 1793, chiefly as Midshipman and Mate, in the Cleo- 
 patra 32, Capt. Henry Harvey, Speedwell 14, 
 Lieut.-Commander Bich. Willis, and Bdsy 14, Scoot 
 16, and Swan and Atalanta i8's, all commanded 
 by Capt. John Elphinstone. He then joined the 
 Berwick 74, Capts. Sir John Collins, Wm. Shield, 
 Geo. Campbell, Geo. Henry Towry, Chas. Tyler, 
 and Wm. Smyth, attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean, on which station, after a brief servitude 
 in the Britannia 100, bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Wm. Hotham, he was successively ap- 
 pointed Acting-Lieutenant, at the commencement 
 of 1795, of the St. George 98, flag-ship of Sir Hyde 
 Parker, and Inconstant 36, Capts. Thos. Fras. 
 Fremantle and Geo. Oakes. On 13 March in the 
 latter year, the day preceding Admiral Hotham's 
 first partial action with the French fleet, the In- 
 constant particularly distinguished herself by the 
 gallant manner in which she attacked, raked, and 
 harassed one of the enemy's line-of-battle ships, 
 the Ca Ira, of 80 guns. Mr. Hutchinson, who on 
 the occasion performed the duties of Senior Lieu- 
 tenant, did not obtain his first commission from 
 the Admiralty until 30 Dec. 1796. He was, how- 
 ever, on 14 Oct. 1797, a few weeks after he had left 
 the Inconstant,* promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander. He was lastly, from 1 June, 1803, until 
 
 * TliG Inconstant took, 20 April, 1796, the corvette 
 X' Unite, of 84 guns and S18 men. The enemy had made an 
 attempt to set her on fire, but by the exertions of Lieut. 
 Hutchinson it was soon extinguished.— .rit/e Gaz, 1796, p. 
 iii. 
 
 HUTCHINSON. (Lieut., 1833. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Joshua Hutchinson is son of a veteran naval 
 officer, now deceased, who had been wounded in 
 the service of his country; and only brother of 
 Wm. Hutchinson, Esq., R.N., who died while em- 
 ployed under Capt. Wm. FitzwilUam Owen in the 
 survey of the coast of Africa. One of his uncles. 
 Commander Joshua Kneeshaw, K.N. (1814), lost his 
 right arm in the service, received a gold medal for 
 the capture of Gliickstadt, and died 1 Nov. 1843, 
 aged 70 ; and another, the late Lieut. Sam. Knee- 
 shaw, R.N., died while Agent of a Transport on 
 the African coast. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Kegent 120, 
 Capt. Wm. Henry Webley Parry, guard-ship at 
 Chatham, and in the following year proceeded to 
 the West Indies as Midshipman of the Bustard 10, 
 Capt. Williams Sandom. After having there served 
 for a short time with Capt. Hugh Patton on board 
 the Isis 50, he returned home in Jan. 1827, and 
 rejoined the Prince Kegent, then commanded by 
 Capt. Constantine Kich. Moorsom. He was next, 
 for upwards of three years, employed in the Espoib 
 10, Capt. Henry Fras. Greville, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope ; and in Feb. 1831, having passed his exami- 
 nation on 20 of the previous Oct., he was appointed 
 Mate of the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship in the Medi- 
 terranean of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. Removing, 
 in Nov. of the same year, to the Philomel 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Smith, Mr. Hutchinson, on 4 of the ensuing 
 March, had the misfortune to be very severely 
 wounded by two musket-balls passing through his 
 left hand and arm while he was in the act of board- 
 ing, from a boat, a Spanish smuggler near Gibraltar. 
 He continued in the Philomel until Nov. 1832; 
 and, on 11 Feb. 1833, as a reward for the gallantry 
 he had evinced in the above affair, he was presented 
 with a Lieutenant's commission. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 6 Juno, 1834, to the Talbot 
 28, Capt. FoUett Walrond Pennell, with whom he 
 served on the South American and East India sta- 
 tions until June, 1837—26 Jan. 1839, as Senior, to 
 the Zebra 16, Capt. Kobt. Fanshawe Stopford, on 
 the Mediterranean station — and, 5 Oct. 1839, to the 
 Bellerophon 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen. During 
 the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, Lieut. 
 Hutchinson volunteered with another officer to guard 
 a mountain pass of great importance, called the 
 Dog River, a very arduous service, which imposed 
 upon him the necessity of being on the alert from 
 sun-set to sun-rise for the purpose of burning blue 
 lights in the event of an attempt made by the 
 Egyptian troops to pass the bridge. His zeal, at- 
 tention, and abihty in this, and in every other 
 instance throughout the campaign, including the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, gained him the 
 warm plaudits of Capt. Austen, as did his seaman- 
 like conduct on the occasion of the Bellerophon 
 being caught, 2 Dec. 1840, in a dreadful tempest, 
 on a lee shore and iron-bound coast. He was paid 
 ofi" in June, 1841, and has not since been employed. 
 Lieut. Hutchinson is Senior of 1833. He married, 
 in Aug. 1837, Hannah, daughter of J. Lacy, Esq., 
 of Upleatham, Yorkshire. 
 
 HUTCHINSON. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 24 ; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 William Hutchinson (6) entered the Navy, in 
 Aug. 1790, as A.B., on board the Nassau 64, Capt. 
 Andrew Sutherland, from which ship, after serving 
 in the Channel, he was discharged, as Midshipman, 
 in Feb. 1791. Between the commencement of the 
 French revolutionary war in 1793 and Aug. 1804, 
 he appears to have been employed on the Home 
 station, chiefly_ as Master's Mate, Second Master, 
 Pilot, and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Belleeofhon 
 74, Capt. (afterwards Kear-Admiral) Thos. Pasley 
 
560 
 
 HUTCHISON. 
 
 (one of Lord Howe's victorious fleet on the memor- 
 able 1 June), Caboline gun-brig, Capt. Benj. But- 
 ler, Garland 28, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, 
 Robert gun-brig, and Union schooner, each com- 
 manded by himself, 'Woolwich, Lieut.-Commander 
 John Cox, Galikheid 64, bearing the flag of Kear- 
 Admiral Edw. Thombrough, and Kuby 64, and 
 Eagle 74, both under the orders of Capt. David 
 Colby. He was oflioially promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, and appointed to the command of the 
 El Coeso, 9 Feb. 1805 ; and he was afterwards em- 
 ployed—in 1807, as an Agent for Transports in the 
 North Sea and Baltic, on the coasts of Spain and 
 Portugal, and in the Mediterranean — from Oct. to 
 Dec. 1809, in command of the Brevdeageren 12, 
 off Heligoland — from 14 May to 5 June, 1810, as 
 Eirst^Lieutenant, in the Thisbe 28, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope in the river Thames — 
 during the next 13 months in command of various 
 small vessels on the rivers Elbe, 'Weser, and Ems — 
 from Aug. 1811 until Aug. 1814, and from April to 
 Oct. 1815, in command of the Hope, Pigmy, and 
 Earnest gun-brigs, on the Irish, Channel, Baltic, 
 Mediterranean, and North Sea stations — from 21 
 March, 1816, until March, 1819, in the Ordinary at 
 Chatham — and, we believe, from 14 Sept. 1820 until 
 advanced to his present rank 1 Dec. 1827, in com- 
 mand of the Plumper gun-brig, on the Cork station. 
 His last appointments were— 21 July, 1829, to the 
 Coast Guard, in which he served for a period of 
 nearly three years— and, 20 Oct. 1840, to the com- 
 mand of the Victory 104, Capts. Eras. Erskine 
 Loch and Wm. Wilmott Henderson, guard-ship at 
 Portsmouth. He has been on half-pay since Oct, 
 1843. 
 
 HUTCHISON. (Commandek, 1821. f-p., 22; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 George Hutchison entered the Navy, 1 March, 
 1796, as Midshipman, on board a small vessel lying 
 at Sheerness under the command of Lieut. Thos. 
 Hutchison ; removed for a short period in 1798 to 
 the Nassau 64, Capts. Wm. Hargood and Geo. 
 Tripp, stationed at the Nore ; and during the four 
 following years was employed in the Baltic, North 
 Sea, and Mediterranean, under Admiral John Pey- 
 ton and Capt. John Larmour, with the latter of 
 whom, in the Diadem 64, we find him attending 
 the expedition of 1801 to Egypt. Erom June, 1802, 
 until the same month in 1806, he served with Sir 
 Bich. John Strachan in the Donegal and Kenown 
 74' s, and C^sar 80; and he was thus afforded an 
 opportunity of assisting at the Donegal's capture, 
 in 1804, of the Spanish 44-gun frigate Amjitrite, and 
 of a ship with a cargo on board worth 200,000?., 
 and of contributing in the Cssar to the capture, 
 4 Nov. 1805, of the four line-of-battle ships which 
 had effected their escape from the battle of Tra- 
 falgar. He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after 
 having acted for nearly five months as such) in the 
 Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, 11 Nov. 
 1806, and was afterwards appointed — 12 Jan. 1807, 
 to the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy, in the Chesapeake, whence he returned in 
 March, 1808—30 March, 1809, to the Defiance 74, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Bich. Kaggett, 
 employed on the coasts of Spain and France, and 
 in the North Sea — 19 Oct. 1811, to the St. Domingo 
 74, flag-ship on the latter and on the North Ameri- 
 can stations of Sir J. Strachan and Sir John Borlase 
 Warren — 31 Aug. 1814, to the Briseis 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Rush Jackson, which vessel he left in May, 
 1815— and, 10 April, 1818, and 18 May, 1821, to the 
 Vengeub and Genoa 74's, Capts. Thos. Alexander 
 and Fred. Lewis Maitland, on the Home and South 
 American stations. He assisted, while in the Bel- 
 LONA, at the destruction, 14 Sept. 1806, off Cape 
 Henry, of the French 74-gun ship L' Impetumx ; 
 co-operated, in the Defiance, with the patriots on 
 the north coast of Spain, and partially commanded 
 her boats at the cutting-out of three chasse-marees 
 laden with wine and rosin from under two batteries 
 at Bclleisle, and the fire of some field-pieces and 
 
 armed vessels, in 1810;* and commanded for some 
 time the Dolphin and Highflyeb, tendersf to the 
 St. Domingo, on the coast of America, where he 
 was taken prisoner 30 March, 1814. He attained 
 his present rank 9 Nov. 1821, and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 HUTCHISON. (LtEUT.,1813. f-p., 21 ; b-p., 26.) 
 William Hutchison entered the Navy, 3 May, 
 1800, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Windsor Castle 
 98, Capts. Albemarle Bertie and Jas. Oughton, in 
 which ship, bearing for some time the flag of Sir 
 Andrew Mitchell, he continued to serve as Mid- 
 shipman, on the Channel and Irish stations, until 
 April, 1804. From June, 1805, imtil taken prisoner 
 in Jan. 1808, he performed the duties of Master's 
 Mate in the Mediterranean and Channel on board 
 the BosE 18 ; and on regaining his liberty in March, 
 1811, he joined the Norge 74, Capts. John Sprat 
 E-ainier and Wm. WaUer. Being promoted from 
 the St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, to a Lieutenancy, 28 May, 1813, in 
 the Mohawk 16, Capts. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng 
 and Henry Litchfield, he appears to have been 
 much employed in that vessel up the rivers and 
 along the shores of North America, and to have 
 commanded a boat at the capture of the United 
 States schooner Asp, mounting 1 long 18-pounder 
 gun, and 2 18-pounder carronades, with swivels, &c., 
 and having 25 men, which vessel, although she had 
 been hauled close to the beach under the protec- 
 tion of a large body of militia, was boarded and 
 carried with cool and determined bravery, the 
 British sustaining a loss of 2 men killed and 6 
 wounded, and the enemy of their Commander (a 
 Lieutenant) killed and several men drowned.J Mr. 
 Hutchison, who invalided home in Dec. 1813, was 
 lastly employed — from 5 Sept. 1822 until Sept. 1826, 
 in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary Lieutenant 
 of the Severn and Ramillies, Capts. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch and Hugh Pigot — and, from 24 July, 1829, 
 until the early part of 1834, in the Coast Guard. 
 
 HUTCHISON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 William Hutchison (i), bom 26 May, 1793, in 
 Dublin, is youngest son of the late Ephraim Hutchi- 
 son, Esq. (great-grandson of an oflicer who served 
 as Major of Cavalry at the battle of the Boyne, and 
 to whose famUy liing William HI. made a grant of 
 the extensive district of Cooliskrane, otherwise 
 Quinsborough, in the Barony of Ophaly, in co. Kil- 
 dare, free from quit and crown rent), by Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Redmond Morres, Esq., a King's Coun- 
 sel, and for many years M.P. for the city of Dublin 
 in the Irish Parliament, and sister of the first Vis- 
 count Frankfort de Montmorency. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Delight 16, Capt. Philip 
 Cosby Handfield, and in the course of the follow- 
 ing year was employed as Midshipman in scouring 
 the Calabrian shore, and destroying the enemy's 
 coasting-trade. On 30 Jan. 1808, the Delight, in 
 an endeavour to re-capture four Sicilian gun-boats, 
 unfortunately took the ground near Reggio, and 
 was obliged to surrender, after losing, from an ex- 
 posure of 15 hours to a galling fire from the enemy's 
 batteries and troops, two-thirds of her crew, toge- 
 ther with her Commander and Capt. Thos. Secombe 
 of the Glatton, who was serving on board at the 
 time. Escaping in .the boats, Mr. Hutchison got 
 on board the Bittern sloop, from which, in a short 
 period, he was transferred to the Malta 84, Capt. 
 Wm. Shield. In May of the same year, he again 
 joined a sloop named the Delight, commanded by 
 Capt. John Brett Purvis, with whom he remained 
 until Jan. 1810, when he was received on board the 
 Atlas ,74, bearing the flag off Cadiz of Rear- Admi- 
 ral John Child Purvis. After assisting in the boats 
 of the latter ship at the defence of Fort Mata- 
 gorda, Mr. Hutchison removed to the Apollo 38, 
 Capts. Bridges Watkinson Taylor and Edwards 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 858. + V. Gaz. 18U, p. I33S. 
 
 J F.Gaz. 1813, p. 1767. 
 
BUTTON— HYDE. 
 
 561 
 
 Lloyd Graham, to wliieh frigate he continued at- 
 tached, in the capacities of Master's Mate and Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, until June, 1814 — a period of rather 
 more than four years. On 29 Jan. and 3 Feb. 1813, 
 we find him serving with credit at the reduction of 
 the islands of Augusta* and Curzola; and on 28 
 of the following May uniting in a brilliant attack 
 made by four of the boats belonging to the Apollo 
 and Cekbekhs, under Lieuts. John Wm. Montagu 
 and Wm. Henry Nares, upon a convoy, protected 
 by 11 gun-boats, near Otranto, where the cUfi'swere 
 covered with French troops. Upon this occasion, 
 Mr. Hutchison, who commanded the Apollo's gig, 
 and had only seven men with him, actually boarded 
 and carried a gun-vessel mounting one 12 and two 
 4-pounders, vrith a complement of 40 men, besides 
 similarly making prize of four armed merchant- 
 men.t In the month of June he further assisted 
 at the capture of a gun-boat mounting 2 long guns, 
 and the driving of another vessel on shore. | He 
 attained his present rank 18 Feb. 1815, nearly three 
 years after he had passed his examination ; and was 
 next, from 6 of the foUovring May until 30 Nov. 1816, 
 employed on the Channel and West India stations, 
 in the Plumpek, Bbisejs, and Sabine sloops, Capts. 
 Geo. Domett and Geo. Campbell. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Hutchison has for many years filled, with 
 pre-eminent zeal and spirit, the post of Harboiir- 
 Master at Kingstown, Dublin. His exertions in 
 the preservation of life at different periods have 
 been of a singularly humane and intrepid charac- 
 ter. The first instance of the kind was on 23 April, 
 1818, when he was the means of saving H.M. sloop 
 Pandora from destruction, during a violent gale 
 and tremendous sea, by his voluntary efforts and 
 example in manning a fife-boat for the purpose of 
 enabling pilots to be put on board — a service which 
 procured him the approbation of the Admiralty, 
 and the sum of 100/. from the Navy Office. The 
 heroic manner in which he afterwards, under the 
 most awful circumstances, rescued the crews of the 
 schooner Curmin of Carlisle, and the brigs Ellen 
 of Liverpool and Duke of Maryport, was such as 
 to obtain the thanks of the Ballast-Office at Dub- 
 lin, the presentation from the Corporation of a piece 
 of plate of the value of 50 guineas, a recommenda- 
 tion in his favour to the Admiralty from the Vice- 
 roy of Ireland, the Duke of Northumberland, and 
 the gold medallion of the London Shipwreck Insti- 
 tution. On 25 Jan. 1838, during a heavy gale from 
 the east, he received a very severe wound, which 
 totally deprived him of the sight of one eye, while 
 in the act of bringing to anchor an Indiaman which 
 he had boarded outside the harbour. The Lieute- 
 nant married, 25 Nov. 1818, Elizabeth, daughter of 
 the late John Knox, of Warringsford, co. Down, 
 by whom he has issue six sons and four daughters. 
 
 BUTTON. (Captaik, 1844. f-p., 29 ; H-P., 5.) 
 
 Fbedertck Hutton, born in 1801, is son of the 
 Rev. Jas. Harriman Hutton, Vicar of Leckford, co. 
 Hants. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1813, on 
 board the Salseti'e 36, Capt. John Bowen, em- 
 ployed in the East Indies; served from 1816 until 
 1818 on the Home station in the Ekidanus 36, 
 Capt. Wm. King, and Kochfort 80, Capt. Sir Ar- 
 chibald ColUngwood Dickson ; then sailed for South 
 America in the Creole 42, Capt. Wm. Bateman 
 Dashwood, for the purpose of hoisting the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Wm. Bowles; became Mate, 
 in 1821, of the Starling 10, Lieut.-Commander 
 John Keeve, on the Guernsey station ; and was next 
 employed for a considerable time in the South 
 Seas and East Indies on board the Tees 26, Capt. 
 Thos. Coe, and Liffet 50, bearing the broad pend- 
 ant of the same officer. After acting for some 
 months as Lieutenant in the Sophie 18, Capt. Geo. 
 • At Augusta he had nharge of one of sevewl boats which 
 were mentioned for tlieir great exertions in drawing upon 
 themselves the fire of a fort and battery.— Ttde Gaz. 1S13, p. 
 1307. '^ 
 
 ■ t r. Gai. 1S13, p. 1795. J V. Gaz. 1S13, p. 1795. 
 
 Fred. Ryves, he went back to the Tees, to which 
 vessel, commanded at the time by Capt. Fred. Mar- 
 ryat, he was confirmed by commission dated 17 
 May, 1825. He was shortly afterwards, while at 
 Rangoon during the Burmese war, placed in com- 
 mand of the armed transport Satellite, and sta- 
 tioned at Panlang on the river Irawady. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 19 Aug. 1826, to the 
 Despatch 18, Capt. Bobt. White Parsons, with 
 whom he chiefly served as First-Lieutenant on the 
 African, Irish, and Lisbon stations, until paid off in 
 1829— in the early part of 1831, to the command of 
 the Meteor steamer, for the purpose of escorting 
 the Duchess and Princess of Saxe-Weimar to the 
 Continent— 20 July, 1831, to the Magicienne 24, 
 Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, again in the East 
 Indies— and, 13 April, 1835, as Senior, to the Bar- 
 ham 50, Capt. Armai Lowry Corry. In the capa- 
 city of Commander, a rank he attained 28 June, 
 1838, Capt. Hutton was, from 10 Dec. 1838, until 
 finally put out of commission in Aug. 1843, re-em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean and Tagus on board 
 the Vanguard 80, Capts. Sir Thos. Fellowes and 
 Sir David Dunn, under the latter of whom we find 
 him assisting at the blockade of Alexandria during 
 the' Syrian campaign. He attained his present 
 rank 3 July, 1844 ; and since 12 Nov. 1846, has been 
 employed as Governor of the Ascension and Cap- 
 tain of the Tortoise store-ship. 
 
 Capt. Hutton was presented by the Queen of 
 Portugal with the Order of the Tower and Sword, 
 for his exertions, with a party of the Vanguard's 
 people, on the occasion of a fire whilh broke out 
 at Lisbon in 1843, and destroyed the Military 
 Schools. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HYDE. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 George Hyde entered the Navy, 27 July, 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capts. John 
 Knight and Fras. Pender, bearing the flag after- 
 wards of Lord CoUingwood in the Mediterranean 
 and off Cadiz. He came home in 1807 in the Juno 
 frigate, Capt. Hon. Granville Proby, but remained 
 unemployed from that period until Sept. 1810, when 
 he was ordered to the West Indies. On his return 
 from the latter station, where he had been inter- 
 mediately employed as Midshipman, in the Dragon 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Star sloop, 
 Capt. Fras. Kearny White, he joined in Oct. 1811 
 the Belle Poule 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, whom 
 he ultimately followed into the Pembroke 74. He 
 was again, in Dec. 1812, placed under the orders of 
 Capt. White, in the Thistle 12, in which vessel he 
 cruized off the coast of North America until Oct. 
 1813. He then marched with Capt. Edw. CoUier 
 from Halifax to Kingston, in Upper Canada, and 
 on his arrival was appointed to the Charwell 14, 
 Capt. Alex. Dobbs. In Aug. 1814, having assisted 
 in transporting the gig belonging to the latter ves- 
 sel from Queenstown to Frenchman's Creek, a dis- 
 tance of 20 miles, and thence, with the addition of 
 five batteaux, through the woods to Lake Erie, a 
 further distance of eight mUes, he served with a 
 detachment of 75 seamen and marines at the cap- 
 ture of the Samers and Ohio, two out of three fine 
 American schooners, whose aggregate force amount- 
 ed to 92 lbs. weight of metal and 105 men, while 
 the British were perfectly destitute of artillery. 
 The enemy on the occasion had 1 man killed and 
 7 womided ; the assailants 2 killed and 4 wounded. 
 For his gallant conduct in the attack, and the skill 
 he displayed in afterwards navigating one of the 
 prizes through shoals and rapids, and under a con- 
 stant and heavy fire, into the river Niagara, Mr. 
 Hyde obtained the particular mention of Capt! 
 Dobbs.* About the same period, however, he was 
 unfortunately taken prisoner, and he was in con- 
 sequence detained in the United States until March 
 1815. After he had again served for three months in 
 the Chakwell, commanded by Capt. Edw. Rowley 
 on Lake Ontario, he returned to England on board 
 a transport, and on 20 Sept. 1815 was promoted 
 * Fide Gaz. 18U, p. 2036. 
 
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562 
 
 HYDE— H YETT- HYNE— HYNSON- IMPEY— IMRIE. 
 
 (from the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. 
 Boger) to the rank of Lieutenant. With the ex- 
 ception of a servitude of some time in the Tyne 26, 
 commanded by his former Captain, White, on the 
 Halifax station, Mr.Hydehas since beenon half-pay. 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 HYDE. (Leeutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Richard Dawbkey Hyde obtained his commis- 
 sion 5 Dec. 1824 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He holds the appointment of Dock-Master on the 
 Glamorgan Canal. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 HYETT. (Lieut., 181.5. p-p., 16; h-p., 26.) 
 
 Joseph Htett entered the Navy, 28 March, 1805, 
 as Third-el. Vol., on board the Royai. William, 
 Capts. John Wainvrright and Hon. Courtenay Boyle, 
 bearing the flag of Admiral Montagu at Ports- 
 mouth ; and after a further servitude on the Home 
 station in the Ospeet sloop, Capt. Timothy Clinch, 
 and, as Midshipman, in the Ckown 64, Lieut. -Com- 
 mander Jas. Rose, sailed in March, 1809, for the 
 West Indies in the Khodian 10, Capt. Geo. Mou- 
 bray. From May, 1812, until Aug. 1815, we find 
 him employed with the last-mentioned officer, and 
 with Capts. Henry Litchfield and John Moberly, 
 on board the Moselle 18— the latter part of the 
 time as Acting-Master, Acting-Lieutenant, and 
 Master's Mate. He joined, therefore, in the at- 
 tacks upon Norfolk and Hampton ; saw a good deal 
 of detached service in the Chesapeake ; was in the 
 boats when .they cut out a 600-ton merchantman 
 from under the forts in Charleston Bay; received, 
 on 29 June, 1814, a musket-ball through the lower 
 jaw in a boat-engagement with a pirate in the Gulf 
 of Mexico ; and was most severely frost-bitten in 
 the legs during the expedition to New Orleans, 
 where he was constantly away from his ship on 
 boat-duty. On leaving the Moselle, as above, he 
 took up (Tie had passed his examination in June, 
 1812) a commission dated 10 Feb. 1815; and he 
 was lastly, from Dec. 1826, until Jan. 1831, em- 
 ployed as an Agent for Transports afloat. In con- 
 sideration of the wound he had received in his 
 cheek, involving the loss of hearing in one ear, and 
 of the injuries he had sustained at New Orleans, 
 which, after occasioning him much suffering, re- 
 sulted in the amputation, 28 June, 1846, of the 
 right leg high above the knee, Lieut. Hyett was 
 admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 
 13 Oct. following. 
 
 HYNE. (Lieutenant, 1822. I^p.,11; h-p., 25.) 
 Thomas Madge Hyne entered the Navy, 13 
 April, 1811, as Ordinary, on board the Royal 
 Gbokge 100, Capt. John Clavell, with whom, after 
 a brief attachment to the Laceistinus 24, he was 
 for six years employed on the Mediterranean, North 
 American, and East India stations, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, in the Orlando 36. He then, 
 in 1817, returned to England with Capt. ChaS. 
 Henry Pemberton in the Melville 74; and be- 
 tween the month of Sept. in the following year and 
 his official promotion, which took place 4 June, 
 1822, he was employed on the West India, Home, 
 and African stations, latterly in the capacity of 
 Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Bann 20, Capt. 
 Andrew Mitchell, Shearwater 10, Capt. Douglas 
 Cox, Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Thos. Briggs, 
 Severn 40, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Cul- 
 looh, and Iphigenia 42, Commodore Sir Robt. 
 Mends, by whom he was intrusted for a short time 
 with the command of the ShappJir, a small vessel. 
 He left the Iphigenia in the course of the month 
 last mentioned ; and (with the exception of a re- 
 employment for about twelve months in 1829-30 in 
 the Coast Guard as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye) has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 HYNSON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Joseph Hynson entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. 
 Hallowell, in which ship he accompanied Lord 
 
 Nelson to the West Indies in his celebrated pursuit 
 of the combined squadrons. In Nov. 1812, Capt. 
 Hallowell having hoisted his flag as Kear-Admiral 
 on board the Malta 84, he joined him as Master's 
 Mate in that ship. He continued with him until 
 made Lieutenant, 23 Dec. 1814, into the Partridge 
 sloop, Capt. John Miller Adye; and since Sept. 
 1815 has been on half-pay. Agents— Coplands and 
 Burnett. 
 
 IMPEY. (Eeab-Admiral of the Red, 1840.) 
 John Impby is son of the late Sir Elijah Impey. 
 This offlcjer entered the Navy, 28 April, 1785, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Victory 100, Capt. John 
 Knight, bearing the flag of Lord Hood at Forts- 
 mouth ; and on his return from a voyage to Ota- 
 heite, whither he had been sent for the produce of 
 the breadfruit-tree as Master's Mate of (the Pro- 
 vidence store-ship, Capt. Wm. Bligh, was received 
 on board the Boyne 98, lying at Spithead under the 
 flag of Sir John Jervis. On being advanced to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1793, he joined the 
 Vesdvihs bomb, Capt. Chas. Sawyer, on the West 
 India station ; and he was next appointed in that 
 capacity — 17 March, 1795, to the Cumberland 74, 
 Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, part of Admiral 
 Hotham's fleet in the action fought off the Hyerea 
 Islands 13 July following— 9 March, 1797, to the 
 Syres frigate, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, 
 employed in the Channel— and, 27 April, 1799, 4 
 Jan. 1800, and 21 April, 1801, to the Prince or 
 Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Harvey, 
 Unitb frigate, Capt. John Poo Beresford, and Le- 
 viathan 74, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, 
 all on the West India station. He was confirmed, 
 15 Jan. 1802, in the command of the Fairy sloop, 
 likewise in the West Indies ; on his return whither 
 in the Eperviek 16, after having for some time 
 commanded the Alonzo on Home service, we find 
 him effecting the capture, 26 Jan. 1805, of V Elisa- 
 beth schooner privateer, of 4 guns and 34 men. He 
 attained Post-rank 22 Jan. 1806, and in the follow- 
 ing Feb. was ordered to England in the Alexandre 
 80, one of the prizes taken in the action off St. Do- 
 mingo. He has since been on half-pay. He became 
 a Rear- Admiral on the Retired List 28 June, 1838 ; 
 and, on 17 Aug. 1840, his name was added to the 
 roll of active flag-officers. 
 
 IMRIE. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 26; h-p., 28.) 
 John Imrie was born 23 Nov. 1784, at Rochester, 
 CO. Kent. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1793, as 
 Boatswain's Servant, on board the Robust 74, Capts. 
 Hon. Geo. Keith Elphinstone, Edw. Thombrough, 
 Geo. Countess, Wm. Brown, and Wm. Henry Jervis. 
 Continuing in that ship for upwards of eight years 
 he served in consequence at the occupation of 
 Toulon in Aug. 1793 — escorted to England the ships 
 that were there taken — bore a part in Lord Brid- 
 port's action 23 June, 1795 — attended the ensuing 
 ill-fated expedition to Quiberon in support of the 
 French Royalists — and on 12 Oct. 1798 was present 
 as Midshipman with the force under Sir John Eor- 
 lase Warren at the defeat of Commodore Bom- 
 part's squadron, when the Hoche 74 struck to the Ro- 
 bust, after a very severe action, in which the latter 
 sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 40 wounded. 
 In Sept. 1801 Mr. Imrie was discharged into the 
 Edgar 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, which ship 
 being paid off on her return from the West Indies 
 in July, 1802, he shortly afterwards, on passing his 
 examination, joined the Port Mahon 18, Capta. 
 Walter Grosett and Martin Neville, and, in May, 
 1803, as Master's Mate, the Plover 18, Capt. Rich. 
 Turner Hancock. From April, 1804, until May, 
 1808, we find him serving, chiefly in the capacity 
 last mentioned, on board the Couragedx 74, Capts. 
 Chas. Boyles, Rich. Lee, and Jas. Bissett ; and par- 
 ticipating during the period in Sir Rich. John 
 Strachan's action 4 Nov. 1805, as also in the cap- 
 
INCE-INCLEDON— INGESTRIE— INGLEFIELD. 
 
 563 
 
 ture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing 
 the flag of Hear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate 
 Selle Fouk. He then proceeded to the Mediter- 
 ranean in the Hvperion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. 
 Brodie, through whose recommendation and that 
 of his former Captain, Bissett, he was ordered, on 
 his arrival home with convoy towardp the close of 
 1809, to the West Indies for the purpose of joining 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane as Admiralty Mate on promo- 
 tion. After he had accordingly served with that 
 oificer for six months in the Pompeb 74, and Nep- 
 tune 98, he was nominated, 16 July, 1810, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Frolic 18, Capt. Thos. Whin- 
 yates. ^It was not, however, until he had again 
 served as Master's Mate in the Dkagon 74, flag- 
 Ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and once more as Acting- 
 Lieutenant in the Soeinam sloop, that he succeeded 
 in obtaining ofiicial promotion. His commission 
 bears date 10 Sept. 1811. After twelve months of 
 half-pay Mr. Imrie was next, in Sept. 1812, ap- 
 pointed to the BoxEK 12, Capt. Sam. Blyth, fitting 
 at Portsmouth, where, in the following month, he 
 removed to the Bakham 74, Capt. John Wm. 
 Spranger, with whom he cruized in the Channel 
 until March, 1813. Joining, 1 July following, the 
 Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, he was first 
 employed at the blockade of Bochefort, and after- 
 wards, in April, 1814, under the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, during the opera- 
 tions up the Gironde, where he witnessed the de- 
 struction of a French Une-of-battle ship, three brigs 
 of war, several smaller vessels, and of all the forts 
 and batteries on the north side of the river. He 
 left the Egmont 28 June, 1814; and was lastly, 
 from 13 Nov. 1841, until the early part of 1846, em- 
 ployed as an Agent for Transports Afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Imrie married 27 Sept. 1812 ; and has issue 
 10 children. 
 
 INCE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 John Matthew Robert Ince entered the Navy 
 14 Dec. 1828; passed his examination 24 April, 
 1835 ; and at the period of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, 
 was serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of the 
 Locust steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Lunn. 
 He was appointed on 30 of the same month to the 
 Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, also^in the 
 Mediterranean ; and from 7 March, 1842, until paid 
 off on his return to England in 1846, was employed 
 in the East Indies on board the Flt 18, Capt. Fras. 
 Price Blackwood. Commander Ince, who attained 
 his present rank on 9 Nov. in the latter year, is at 
 present on half-pay. 
 
 INCLEDON. (Commander, 1813. E-p., 17; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 Robert Incledon entered the Navy, in June, 
 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spitfike sloop, 
 Capts. Michael Seymour and Robt. Keen, on the 
 Channel station, where he continued to serve as 
 Midshipman, latterly in the Namur 98, Capt. Hon. 
 Michael De Courcy, until paid off at the peace. In 
 the summer of 1802 he proceeded to the Mediter- 
 ranean as Master's Mate in the Raven 18, Capt. 
 Spelman Swaine ; and on that vessel being wrecked, 
 near Mazara, in Sicily, in Jan. 1804, he joined the 
 Kent 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton. 
 Proceeding in the course of the same year to the 
 East Indies in the Culloden 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, he was there, in March, 1805, ap- 
 pointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Duncan, after- 
 wards Dover, 38, Capts. Chas. Sibthorpe John 
 Hawtayne, Clement Sneyd, Lord Geo. Stuart, Wm. 
 Warden, Henry Hart, Thos. Groube, Wm. Wells, 
 and Edw. Tucker; to which frigate (being con- 
 firmed to her by commission dated 28 Sept. 1807) 
 he continued attached until again wrecked in 
 Madras Roads 2 May, 1811. In Feb. 1810 Mr. 
 Incledon, then First-Lieutenant of the Dover, was 
 Btrongly recommended by his Captain, Edw. 
 Tucker, to the notice of the Commander-in-Chief, 
 for the very great support he had afforded him in 
 . his operations against the island of Amboyna ; and 
 
 in the following Aug. he acquired the further praise 
 of the same officer for his conduct at the reduction 
 of the important island of Ternate.* On his arrival 
 home in Aug. 1814, after he had been employed 
 for a prolonged period of three years in the East 
 Indies on board the Piedmontaise and Phcenix 
 frigates, Capts. Dawson, John Bowen, and Wm. 
 Henry Webley, he found that he had been promoted 
 to the rank of Commander on 4 May in the previous 
 year. He is the senior ;officer of his rank on the 
 List of 1813. 
 
 INGESTRIE, Viscount, C.B., K.S.L, K.S,A., 
 
 K.E.G., M.P. (Captain, 1827.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Henrv John Chet- 
 WYND, Viscount Isgestrie, born 8 Nov. 1803, is 
 eldest surviving son of Earl Talbot, K.G., K.P., 
 formerly Viceroy of Ireland, by Fras. Thomasine, 
 eldest daughter of Chas. Lambert, Esq., of Beau 
 Pare, CO. Meath. His Lordship is uncle of the 
 Marquess of Lothian and of Viscount Lewisham. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Feb. 1817 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 1 Jan. 1824; joined, 7 
 June following, the Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron ;. 
 and was promoted, 18 Oct. 1826, to the command 
 of the Philomel 10. For his vahant services in 
 the latter vessel at the battle of Navarin, with the 
 despatches relative to which he was sent home, he 
 was advanced to the rank of Captain,t by com- 
 mission dated 22 Oct. 1827, and invested with the 
 orders above indicated. His last appointments 
 were, 9 and 30 Jan. 1834, to the Rainbow and Ttne 
 28's, in the latter of which ships he again served in 
 the Mediterranean. He has been on half-pay since 
 1837. 
 
 The Viscount, who is Lieut.-Colonel of the 
 Queen's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia, 
 formerly sat in Parliament for the borough of 
 Hertford and the city of Dublin, and now represents 
 South Staffordshire. He married, 8 Nov. 1828, 
 Sarah Elizabeth, only surviving daughter of Henry, 
 second Marquess of Waterford, and has issue three 
 sons and four daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 INGLEFIELD. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 13 ; 
 H-P., 2.) 
 
 Edward Augustus Inglefield, bom in March, 
 1820, is son of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield, 
 C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 Oct. 1832; and embarked, 11 Oct. 1834, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the jEtna 6. He removed, in 
 the course of the following month, to the Action 
 26, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell ; was next, from the 
 early part of 1835 until the close of 1839, employed, 
 chiefly as Midshipman, in the Dublin 50, flag-ship 
 of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, and Imogene 26, 
 Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, on the South American 
 station; became Mate, in March, 1840 (having 
 passed his examination in the previous Nov.), of 
 the Thunderer 84, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fit^ar- 
 dinge Berkeley ; and after participating in the ope- 
 rations on the cosst of Syria, where he formed one' 
 of the storming party at the capture of Sidon, and 
 assisted at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 
 was employed, from Oct. 1841 until June, 1842 (the 
 last three months of the time as Acting- Lieutenant), 
 in the Illustrious 72, bearing tile flag of Sir Chas. 
 Adam, and Pique 36, Capt. Henry Forbes, both on 
 the West India station. He was invested (after 
 having attended Her Majesty on the occasion of 
 her visit to Scotland in the Rotal George yacht, 
 Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence) with the rank 
 of Lieutenant 21 Sept. 1842 ; and next appointed' — 
 25 Nov. 1842, to the Samarang 26, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Belcher, employed as a surveying-vessel in the East 
 Indies— 6 March, 1845, to the Eagle 50, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to his father on the S.B. coast of Ame- 
 rica, where he removed with him to the Vernon 50 
 — and, a few months afterwards, to the acting- 
 command of the CoMus 16. In that vessel it waS) 
 » Vide Gaz. 1810, p. HSS, and Gaz. 1811, p. 1199. 
 t V. Gaz. 1887, p. 2382. 
 
 4 2 
 
564 
 
 INGLEFIELD. 
 
 his fortune to be present in the battle of the Parana, 
 where the combined squadrons of England and 
 France effected the destruction, after a hard day's 
 fighting, of four heavy batteries belonging to General 
 iKosas at Punta Obligado, as also of a schooner-of- 
 war mounting 6 guns, and of 24 vessels chained 
 across the river. He was in consequence confirmed 
 in the rank of Commander by commission dated 
 18 Nov. 1845.* Agents— Hallett and Robinson.. 
 
 INGLEFIELD, C.B. (Eeab-Admiral of the 
 White, 1841. r-p., 28; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Samuel Hood Inglefield, born in 1783, at Sin- 
 glewell, in Kent, is son of the late Capt. John 
 Nicholson Inglefield,t K.N. ; and brother-in-law of 
 the late Admiral Sir Benj. Hallowell Carew, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Sept. 1791, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 50, bearing the 
 broad pendant of his father on the coast of Africa; 
 and from April, 1793, until Jan. 1798, served, 
 chiefly as Midshipman, in L'Aigle 40, also com- 
 manded by Capt. Inglefield, Victokt 100, flag-ship 
 of Lord Hood, L'Aimable 32, Capt. Sir Harry 
 Burrard, SouTHAMPTorr, Capt. O'Brien, Cumber- 
 land 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Kowley, and 
 again in L'Aigle, as likewise in the Zealous 74, 
 both under the orders of Capt. Sam. Hood. He 
 was present during the above period in L'Aimable 
 at the reduction of Calvi, and at the capture, after 
 a running fight, of La Moselle corvette of 18 guns, 
 23 May, 1794 ; and, besides being actively employed 
 in the Zealous, off Toulon, witnessed in that ship 
 the evacuation of St. Fiorenza, officiated as Aide- 
 de-camp to Capt. Hood at the destruction of the 
 tower of Mortella, and accompanied the expedition 
 under Nelson to Teneriffe. In Jan. 1798 he was 
 nominated by Earl St. Vincent to the command, 
 with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Spit- 
 riRE gun-vessel, in which it appears he came into 
 very frequent and warm conflict with the enemy's 
 flotilla off Algeciras. In Dec. 1798, having been 
 confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant by commission 
 dated 26 of the previous July, he was appointed to 
 the Theseus 74, Capt. Ealph Willett Miller, under 
 whom, during the operations connected with the 
 defence of St. Jean d'Acre, he much distinguished 
 himself; and on one occasion in particular, 21 
 March, 1799, when he shared in a gallant and san- 
 guinary, although unsuccessful, attempt made to 
 cut out from the port of Caiffa four djerms, or sail- 
 ing lighters, which had got in there on the 18th 
 from Alexandria, with supplies for the French 
 !(rmy.| While in personal charge of the ship's 
 boats Lieut. Inglefield had the fortune to capture a 
 variety of vessels In the very teeth of the enemy's 
 batteries ; and when with onlj' the barge under his 
 command he contrived to take a French national 
 settee, mounting 4 brass 4-pounders, and having 20 
 soldiers on board besides her own crew. From 
 Sept. 1800 (in the course of which year he had also 
 served at the siege of Genoa), until a few weeks 
 after his advancement to the rank of Commander, 
 which took place 29 April, 1802, we find him serving 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Kich. Bickerton and 
 Lord Keith in the Swiftsure and Kent 74'«, Ma- 
 dras 54, and Foddkoyant 80; and in 1801 receiv- 
 ing the Turkish gold medal for the part he had 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 815, 861. 
 
 t Capt. Inglefield attained the rank of Lieutenant in 1768 ; 
 and that of Post-Captain in 1780. He commanded the Bab- 
 FLEUR 98, bearing the flag of Sir Samuel Hood, in the partial 
 action with the Comte de Grasse, 29 April, 1781 ; the Centaur 
 74, in the battle of 12 April, 1782, on which occasion he cap- 
 tured Le CSsar 80 ; and subsequently the Adventure 44, 
 Medusa 50, and Aigle 40. After he had assisted in drawing 
 up the articles of tlie capitulation by which Bastiawas sur- 
 rendered to the British arms, he was appointed in the spring 
 of 1794 to succeed Sir Hyde Parker as Captain of the Medi- 
 terranean fleet ; and towards the close of the same year he 
 leturned to England with Lord Hood in tile Victory 100. 
 He was successively employed, from that period until the 
 summer of 1811, as a resident Commissioner of the Navy at 
 Corsica, Malta, Gibraltar, and Halifax. 
 
 J F. Gaz. 1799, p. €10. 
 
 borne in the Egyptian campaign. Being appointed,' 
 16 Sept. 1802, to the Hunter 18, Capt. Inglefield in 
 the early part of 1803 was sent to Jamaica with 
 despatches for Kear-Admiral Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth and Lieut.-General Nugent, the naval and 
 military Commanders-in-Chief, announcing the re- 
 newal of hostilities with France. During his con- 
 tinuance in the West Indies he distinguished him- 
 self as a most zealous and active cruizer. In Aug. 
 1803 he accomplished the destruction of La Mutine, 
 a national brig of 18 guns, which had been driven 
 on shore in the neighboijrhood of Cumberland 
 Harbour, in the island of Cuba; and he further 
 effected the capture of the following French and 
 Spanish privateers; — in July, 1803, of La Selle 
 Verms, of 1 gun and 4 swivels, off Cape Dame Marie, 
 St. Domingo, where the crew effected their escape — 
 10 June, 1804, of La Liberie, of 3 guns and 37 men, 
 off the N.E. end of Jamaica — 7 March, 180.5, of the 
 Saxta Rosa, of 3 guns and 90 men (captured in 
 company with the Keindeer sloop), off the north 
 side of Jamaica— 5 Oct. 1805, of a schooner of 5 
 guns and 65 men (taken in company with the Suc- 
 cess 32), off Point Maysi, island of Cuba— 21 Sept. 
 1806, of the San Jose y Animas, of 1 gun and 13 men, 
 off the Isle of Pines— 25 Jan. 1807, of the Isabella, 
 of 3 guns and 64 men (taken after an arduous chase 
 of eight hours and much labour at the sweeps), 
 off Negril Point, Jamaica^and, 28 July, 1807, of 
 L'Esperance, armed with blunderbusses and small 
 arms, and mannedwithl8 men, off Cape Dame MSrie. 
 Capt. Inglefield also, on 13 April, 1804,j when off 
 St. Jago de Cuba, chased and drove under the guns 
 of the Moro Castle a French privateer of 14 guns, 
 and a smaller one full of men, crippling them to 
 such an extent in their sails and rigging as to pre- 
 vent their proving of annoyance to a homeward- 
 bound convoy then on the eve of its departure 
 from Jamaica. On another occasion, 4 Feb. 1805, 
 we find him capturing a Spanish frigate-built ship, 
 the Piedad, of 600 tons, pierced for 24 guns, having 
 20 in her hold and 6 mounted, and laden with jerk 
 beef, from Valparaiso bound to the Havana. Inde- 
 pendently of the above capture he had the good 
 fortune to obtain possession at different periods of 
 20 of the enemy's merchantmen. He once too, on 
 29 July, 1805, contrived to bring out an American 
 brig, prize to a French privateer, after having 
 silenced the fire (under which she lay) of a battery 
 in Lagoon Harbour, near Baracoa, in the island of 
 Cuba. During Capt. Inglefield's command of the 
 Hunter he was twice (the first time in 1803, the 
 next in 1807) charged with the duty of protecting 
 the British settlements in the bay of Honduras; 
 and for his conduct in both instances he had the 
 satisfaction of receiving a letter of thanks from the 
 merchants of the colony. In Aug. 1807 Capt. In- 
 glefield was appointed by Vice- Admiral Dacres to 
 the command of the Bacchante 20, a post-ship, to 
 which the Admiralty confirmed him on 6 of the 
 following Oct. Continuing his successful exertions, 
 he took, on 13 Sept. in the same year, when in com- 
 pany with the Reindeer, the Amor de la Patria 
 Spanish privateer, of 3 guns and 73 men, off Port 
 Morant, Jamaica ; also, on 10 Jan. 1808, off the 
 west end of Cuba, the ISl Carmen letter-of-marque, 
 of 9 guns and 43 men, valuably laden ; next, after a 
 spirited action fought (in company with the Elk 
 sloop-of-war) with several gun-vessels near the 
 Havana, of one of a convoy under their protection ; 
 and, 11 May, 1808, at the close of an action of 30 
 minutes, preceded by a long chase, of Le Griffon 
 French national brig, of 16 guns and 105 men.' In 
 Dec. 1808, a few months after his assumption of the 
 command of the DjiDALUs 32, Capt. Inglefield co- 
 operated with a force under Capt. Chas. Dashwood 
 in the reduction of the fort and tower of Samana, 
 St. Domingo, almost the last port of refuge on the 
 station for the enemy's privateers. About this 
 period the Daedalus fell in with a Haytian squa- 
 dron, consisting of the Lord Mulgrave, of 22 guns 
 and 300 men, two brigs of 18 and 16 guns, and three 
 large armed schooners ; the w hole under the com- 
 mand of an Englishman, styling himself Admiral • 
 
INGLEFIELD— INGLIS. 
 
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 Goodall, whom, with his flag-ship the Lord Mulgrave, 
 Capt. Inglefield thought it his duty to detain and 
 send to Port Boyal. The ship, from motives of 
 policy, was restored to the Haytian government, 
 but the Admiral was taken a state-prisoner to Eng- 
 land. For his conduct in this affair the Captain of 
 the D^DALUS received the approbation of tho 
 Commander-in-Chief. He was at length, in the 
 summer of 1810, ordered home in charge of a fleet 
 of 133 valuable merchantmen ; the whole of which 
 he conducted in perfect safety to the Channel. 
 The D^DALus* being paid off in Sept. 1810, Capt. 
 Inglefield was next, on 28 Oct. 1811, ordered to 
 commission the Malta 84, as Flag-Captain to his 
 brother-in-law, Rear-Admiral Hallowell, whom he 
 accompanied to the Mediterranean, where, during 
 the remainder of the war, he was occasionally em- 
 ployed with the in-shore squadron off Toulon, and 
 in co-operation with the British army on the east 
 coast of Spain. When preparations were made, in 
 June, 1813, for the investment of Tarragona, he 
 commanded the boats! at the debarkation of the 
 troops ; and during the siege 600 seamen were put 
 under his orders for the arduous purpose of placing 
 the guns and howitzers in the breaching batteries, 
 erected within 500 yards of the town works. He 
 further assisted, in the course of the operations, in 
 directing the fire of the gun-vessels, and on the 
 siege being raised he was charged with the duty of 
 bringing off the spare guns and military stores, and 
 of ire-embarking the troops. At the subsequent 
 evacuation of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de 
 Balaguer, Capt. Inglefield, at the head of 1000 sea^ 
 men from the fleet, was employed in dismantling 
 and effecting the destruction of that fortification, in 
 conjunction with the Chief Engineer of the Army, 
 Major Thaokery. For this he received the thanks 
 in public orders both of Sir Edw. Pellew, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, and of Rear-Admiral Hallowell. 
 Being superseded from the Malta in Jan. 1815, 
 for the purpose of attending as a witness the court- 
 martial assembled at Winchester to try Lieut- 
 General Sir John Murray for the failure of the 
 attack upon Tarragona, Capt. Inglefield did not 
 succeed in obtaining re-employment until appointed, 
 1 March, 1826, to the Ganges 84, flag-ship of Sir 
 Bobt. Waller Otway, Commander-in-Chief in South 
 America. In June, 1828, the Koyal Marines of the 
 squadron present at Rio Janeiro were placed under 
 his command and landed for the protection of the 
 Emperor Don Pedro's person, in consequence of a 
 serious mutiny which had broken out among the 
 German troops (about 1700 in number, joined by 
 nearly 2000 Irish recruits) in the service of His Im- 
 perial Majesty ; who, in acknowledgment of the 
 important part Capt. Inglefield on the occasion 
 acted in subduing the riots, presented him with the 
 Second Class of the Order of the Southern Cross. 
 The Ganges, after she had completed her term of 
 servitude, returned to England and was paid off in 
 Sept. 1829. In 1837 the subject of the present nar- 
 rative was awarded the Captain's Good-Service pen- 
 sion ; he was nominated a C.B. 18 April, 1839 ; and 
 on 23 Nov. 1841 he was advanced to the rank of 
 Rear-Admiral. Being appointed, 5 March, 1845, to 
 the chief command on the S.E. coast of America, 
 he sailed thither with his flag in the Eagle 50. 
 He afterwards shifted it to the Veknon of similar 
 force ; and since 24 June, 1846, has had the supreme 
 direction of naval affairs in the East Indies. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Inglefleld married, 21 Oct. 1816, 
 Priscilla Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Vice- 
 Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. By tjiat lady, who 
 died 18 June, 1844, he has, with one daughter 
 (Hannah Georgina Elizabeth, married, 5 March, 
 1846, to Capt. Augustus De Butts, Madras Engi- 
 
 • The D;tvDat.us, on 3 Aug. 1809, had been dismasted in 
 a violent liurricane off the Island off Puerto Rico, and obliged 
 in consequence, although with gteat hazard and difficulty, to 
 be taken to Port Royal, Jamaica, where she remained l(i 
 weeks refitting, owina to the extreme weakness of the dock- 
 yard artificers from sickness ; yet during all that time, through 
 tile sanitary arrangements of Capt. Inglefield, she herself only 
 lost I man and 1 boy from the fever. 
 
 neers, eldest son of Lieut.-General Sir Augustus De 
 Butts, R.E., K.C.H.), six sons, of whom the eldest, 
 Edw. Augustus, is a Commander R.N., and the 
 second a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 INGLEFIELD. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Valentine Otway Inglefield obtained his com- 
 mission 3 Feb. 1846 ; and since 16 of the following 
 April has been attached to the Vehnon 50, now 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield in 
 the East Indies. 
 
 INGLIS. (C0MMANDEB,1829. F-p., 20 ; H-p., 20.) 
 Charles Inglis is eldest son of Commissioner 
 Chas. Inglis, R.N. (Captain, 1802), who distinguished 
 himself, as Lieutenant of the Jason 38, at the cap- 
 ture of the French frigate La Seine in 1798 ; ob- 
 tained the rank of Commander for his gallantry in 
 the Penelope at the capture of the 80-gun ship 
 Guillaume Tell in 1800; was afterwards for many 
 years Flag-Captain to the late Sir Geo.iMartin ; and 
 died at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, 27 Feb. 1833. His 
 brother, Patrick, is a Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1807, as 
 Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, commanded 
 by his father, with whom he continued to serve as 
 Midshipman, chiefly under the flag of Admiral 
 Martin, in the Canopus 60, Impetuedx 74, Stately 
 64, and Rodney 74, until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 1 July, 1814. He was in consequence 
 stationed for a long time off Sicily and Lisbon, and 
 was on board the Canopus at the pursuit and de- 
 struction, in Oct. 1809, of the French ships of the 
 line Rohuste and Lion. In Sept. 1814 Lieut. Inglis 
 took charge of a frigate-rigged boat named the 
 Frederick William, and was sent with her as a 
 present from the Prince Regent to the King of 
 Prussia. He afterwards joined— 18 Nov. 1814, the 
 Chesapeake frigate, Capt. Fras. Newcombe, at the 
 Cape of Good Hope— 19 Sept. 1815, the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, in which ship and the Boyne 98, 
 bearing each the flag of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, he 
 served at Portsmouth until May, 1818—24 May, 
 1819, and 5 April, 1822, the Larne 18, Capts. Henry 
 Forbes and Robt. Tait, and Rocbtort 80, flag-ship 
 of Sir Graham Moore, both in the Mediterranean — 
 22 June and 20 Sept. 1824, the Champion sloop, 
 Capt. John Fitzgerald Studdert, and Victory 104, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth 
 —and, 7 May and 26 June, 1827, to the Royal 
 Charlotte and William and Mary yachts, both 
 commanded by Capt. John Chambers White. He 
 attained the rank he now holds 23 April, 1829, but 
 has not since been employed. 
 
 Commander Inglis married, 10 April, 1828, Joanna 
 Harriet, second daughter of the late John Chas. 
 Lucena, Esq., Consul-General from Portugal. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 INGLIS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., U; h-p., 31.) 
 
 George Inglis, horn about July, 1787, is son of 
 the late Admiral John Inglis. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 27 Aug. 1805, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Texel 64, Capt. Donald 
 Campbell, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. 
 Vashon, at Leith ; and was soon lent, for a cruize 
 off the coast of Norway and the Shetland islands, 
 to the Amaranthe 18, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton. 
 Becoming Midshipman, in May, 1806, of the Ganges 
 74, Capt. Peter HaUcett, he assisted in that ship at 
 the capture, 27 Sept. following, of the French 44- 
 gun frigate Le President, and, after escorting Gene- 
 ral Crawford's brigade of troops to the Cape de 
 Verde Islands, and cruizing for some time in that 
 vicinity with a squadron commanded by Sir Sam. 
 Hood, served under the broad pendant of Commo- 
 dore Rich. Goodwin Keats in the expedition to 
 Copenhagen. On his return to England with the 
 2nd battalion of the 32nd Regt., in the Princess 
 Sophia Frederica, one of the Danish prizes, he joined 
 the Cambrian 40, Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent' and 
 Fras. Wm. Fane, and proceeded oft' the east coast of 
 
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 INGLIS- INGRAM. 
 
 Spain, where he was much employed in co-opera- 
 tion with the patriots, and assisted, on 31 July, 1808, 
 in reducing the Castle of Mongat. Subsequently to 
 his removal to the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alex- 
 ander, we find Mr. Inglis uniting, in Oct. 1809, in 
 the chase which preceded the self-destruction, near 
 the mouth of the Rhone, of the French ships of the 
 line Rob-uste and Lion. After a servitude of more 
 than two years at the blockade of Flushing and 
 Brest in the Marlborough 74, Capts. Graham 
 Moore and Matthew Henry Scott, and on the Leith 
 station in the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Ffarington, he 
 successively joined, in 1812, as a passed Midship- 
 man, the Africa 64 and St. Domisgo 74, bearing 
 the respective flags of Admirals Herbert Sawj'er 
 and Sir John Borlase Warren on the coast of North 
 America. On 25 March, 1813, Mr. Inglis was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to 
 the RoTAL George, Capt. "Wm. Howe Mulcaster, 
 on, we believe. Lake Erie, where he partook, soon 
 afterwards, of an action in which two schooners 
 were taken from the Americans. On 10 Sept. in 
 the same year, having removed to the Detroit 19, 
 Capt. Root. Heriot Barclay, the senior officer of a 
 small, miserably equipped squadron of six sail, car- 
 rying altogether 63 guns (yielding a broadside 
 weight of 478 lbs.) and 345 men, the greater part of 
 them nondescripts, he was further present in a most 
 desperate action which terminated in the capture 
 of the whole by an American force under Commo- 
 dore Perry, consisting of nine excellently appointed 
 vessels, carrying 54 guns (throwing 928 lbs. in 
 broadside weight of metal) and 580 picked men. 
 Shortly previous to the fatal issue of the battle, in 
 which the British it appears lost 41 men killed and 
 94 wounded, and the enemy 27 killed and 96 wounded, 
 the command, owing to the disablement of Capt. 
 Barclay, devolved upon Lieut. Inglis, who, with a 
 degree of calm intrepidity that reflected high credit 
 upon him, continued the action until further resist- 
 ance became impossible.* His late appointments 
 were, for very brief periods, to the Bothe 98, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, Piqde 36, Capt. Hon. An- 
 thony Maitland, and Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. 
 M'Culloch. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 INGLIS. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 James Inglis entered the Navy 29 April, 1810 ; 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; and obtained his 
 commission 14 Deo. 1826. His appointments have 
 since been — 8 Aug. 1839, to the Edinbdrgh 72, 
 Capt. Wm. Wihnott Henderson, under whom he 
 served in the operations on the coast of Syria, and 
 at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, in 1840 — 
 30 Nov. 1841, to the Victokt 104, bearing the suc- 
 cessive flags at Portsmouth of Admiral-Superin- 
 tendents Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and 
 Hyde Paiker— and, 29 Dec. 1845, to be Admiralty- 
 Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel, in which 
 capacity he is now employed. 
 
 Lieut. Inglis is married, and has issue. 
 
 INGLIS. (LiEnTENANT, 1827.) 
 
 Patrick Inglis is brother of Commander Chas. 
 IngUs, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 Dec. 1812; 
 passed his examination in 1819 ; attained the rank 
 of Lieutenant 26 Jan. 1827 ; served at Portsmouth, 
 as Lieutenant of the Victory 104, Capts. Thos. 
 Monok Mason and John Wilson, from 23 Feb. 1828 
 until 30 April, 1830 ; and was employed for about 
 twelve months in 1843-4 in the Coast Guard. He is 
 now on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Inglis — the Senior of his rank on the list 
 of 1827— married, 24 Oct. 1833, Mary Ann, only 
 daughter of the late J. G. Cocks, Esq., R.N. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 served from the following Sept. until Sept. 1819, on 
 the Mediterranean and Leith stations, chiefly as 
 Midshipman, in the Ister and HrPERiON frigates, 
 Capts. Thos. Forrest and Thos. Searle ; then sailed 
 for the East Indies on board the Leander 50, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood ; and on 4 June> 
 1821, was there confirmed a Lieutenant, if we mis- 
 take not, in the Dauntless 24, Capt. Geo. Cornish 
 Gambier. His last appointments were, 8 Jan. 1824 
 and 6 Feb. 1828, to the Jupiter 60, Capts. David 
 Dunn and Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, and Mel- 
 ville 74, Capts. Henry Hill, Alex. Wilmot Sohom- 
 berg, and Christ. John Williams Nesham, on the 
 Halifax and Mediterranean stations. He has been 
 on half-pay since 29 Sept. 1831. 
 
 INGRAM. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 AuGnsTos Henrv Ingram entered the Navy 13 
 Feb. 1821 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; acquired 
 the rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1837 ; received an 
 appointment, two days afterwards, to the Dublin 
 50, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond in South 
 America ; was employed during the earlier portion 
 of 1839 on particular service in the Hercules 72, 
 Capt. Edw. Barnard; and on 29 Nov. 1839, joined 
 the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier. He was re- 
 warded for his conduct in the latter ship at the 
 taking of Canton (where, during the operations of 
 March, he had been employed in the boats*) with a 
 Commander's commission dated 8 June, 1841 ; and 
 since 5 Nov. 1846 he has been in command of the 
 Birkenhead steam-frigate. 
 
 Prior to the receipt of his present appointment 
 Commander Ingram was employed as a Student at 
 the Royal Naval College. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 INGRAM. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Herbert Frederick Winnington Ingram passed 
 his examination 12 Oct. 1840; was employed for 
 several years in the Mediterranean as Mate of the 
 Talbot 26 and Aigle 24, Capts. Robt. Fanshawe 
 Stopford and Lord Clarence Edw. Paget ; obtained 
 his commission 30 Dec. 1845 ; and, since 12 Feb. 
 1846, has been serving on the south-east coast of 
 America on board the Raleigh 50, Commodore 
 Sir Thos. Herbert. 
 
 INGLIS. (Lieutenant, 1821.) 
 
 Stewart Nash Inglis entered the Navy, 20 May, 
 1815, as a Volunteer, on board the Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, fitting at Chatham ; 
 » riifeGaz. 1814, p. 331. 
 
 INGRAM. (CoMMANDEK,1829. F-p., 13 ; H-P., 36.) 
 Robert Ingram entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1798, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capt. 
 Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, stationed in the Channel. 
 In the following Nov. he joined the Thiton 32, 
 Capt. John Gore, with whom he continued to serve, 
 as Midshipman, in the Medusa" 32, on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1802 ; wit- 
 nessing, in the former ship, her capture, 18 Oct. 
 1799, when in company ofi' Cape Finisterre with the 
 Naiad 38 and Alcmene 32, of the Santa Brigida, a 
 Spanish 36-gun frigate, having on board 1,400,000 
 dollars, besides a cargo of equal value ; and partici- 
 pating, in the Medusa, in an attack made by Lord 
 Nelson during tlie year 1801 on the Boulogne flo- 
 tilla. After an intermediate servitude in the Me- 
 diterranean on board the Cyclops and Termagant 
 sloops, commanded by various ofiicers, Mr. Ingram 
 rejoined Capt. Gore, in Feb. 1804, in the Medusa, 
 and on 5 Oct. following was present at the farther 
 capture of three Spanish frigates laden with trea- 
 sure, and the destruction of a fourth, off Cape St. 
 Mary. In the course of the following year he suc- 
 cessively became Sub-Lieutenant of the Fervent 
 and Rebuff gun-brigs, and also of the Favourite 
 sloop, Capt. John Davie, stationed on the coast of 
 Africa, where we find him displaying an eminent 
 degree of zeal and perseverance in towing and 
 sweeping the latter vessel during an arduous chase 
 of three days, which terminated in the capture, iii 
 Dec. 1805, of Le General Blanchm-d, privateer of 16 
 guns and 130 men.f He was made full Lieutenant,' 
 1 Sept. 1806, into the Princess of Orange 74, flag- 
 ship in the Downs of Vice- Admiral John Holloway ; 
 * Vide Gai. 1841, pp. 1904-S. + V. Gaz. 1806, p. 448. 
 
INMAN-INNES-INSKIP-IRBY. 
 
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 •and in May, 1807, after he had been for a short 
 time re-attached to the Favorite, Capt. John 
 Naime, on the Guernsey station, he was appointed 
 to the Mdtine sloop, Capt. Hew Steuait, part of 
 the force employed in the ensuing expedition to 
 the Waloheren. Quitting the latter vessel in April, 
 1808, Mr. Ingram did not again go afloat until July, 
 1826 ; on 27 of which month he received an ap- 
 pointment to the Gloucester 50, Capts. Joshua 
 Sydney Horton and H. Steuart, with whom, it ap- 
 pears, he served until advanced, 28 Oct. 1829, to 
 the command of the ./Etna bomb. He paid that 
 vessel off 26 May, 1830 ; and has not since been em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Commander Ingram married, 7 Sept. 1806, Miss 
 Wilmot, of Oyster Street, Portsmouth. 
 
 INMAN. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 10; h-p., 23.) 
 
 Robert Inman died 2 June, 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 4 
 Feb. 1813 ; and embarked, 21 May, 1815, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Rotal Sovereign 100, Capt. 
 Edw. Pelham Brenton, bearing the flag of Sir Benj. 
 Hallowell, whom he soon followed into the Tonnant 
 80 — both ships lying in Plymouth Sound. From 
 Aug. in the same year until Dec. 1818 he served on 
 the St. Helena and Cape stations, as Admiralty 
 Midshipman, in the Racoon sloop, Capts. John 
 Cook Carpenter, Geo. Fred. Rich, Robt. Worgan 
 Geo. Festing, Jas. Wallis, and Geo. Brine ; and he 
 next, until May, 1822, officiated in the same capa- 
 city, on the Channel and Halifax stations, on board* 
 the Camelion brig, Capt. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 
 Phaeton 38, Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Wm. 
 Augustus Montagu, and Newcastle 60, Capt. Ar- 
 thur Fanshawe. He then became Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Atholl 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier, in 
 which vessel (being confirmed to her on 29 of the 
 following Aug.) he continued until Jan. 1823. He 
 did not afterwards go afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Inman married, 16 June, 1839, Anne, eldest 
 daughter of Jas. Upton, Esq., of Okey Lodge, Sed- 
 bergh, co. York. 
 
 INNES. (LiECT., 1813. F-p., 27; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Robert Wintle Innes is brother of the late Re- 
 tired Commander Wm. John Innes, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Favoette sloop, Capts. 
 John Nairne and Fred. Hoffman, employed at first 
 off the coast of Africa, and then in the West Indies, 
 where he accompanied Capt. Hoffman into the Goe- 
 tAN 18. Proceeding in 1808 to the East Indies in 
 the Cornelia frigate, Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell, 
 he there, in 1810-11, served on shore, as Midship- 
 man, at the taking of the Isle of France, and simi- 
 larly assisted at the storming of Fort Cornells dur- 
 ing the operations connected with the reduction of 
 Java. He returned home in 1812 with Capt. Edgell 
 on board the Piedmontaise 38 ; and on 6 Dec. 1813, 
 after he had further served on the Home station in 
 the TnisBE 28, Capt. Thos. Dick, and San Josef 
 and Queen Charlotte flag-ships of Lord Keith 
 and Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments 
 were— 22 Feb. 1814, to the Harrier 18, Capts. 
 Andw. Pellet Green, John Forbes, and Sir Chas. 
 Thos. Jones, employed off the Canary Islands —in 
 1815, to the Rifleman 18, and Pique 36, Capts. 
 Henry Edw. Napier and Hon. Anthony Maitland— 
 21 Feb. 1816, to the Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. A. 
 Maitland, under whom he fought at Algiers— in 
 April, 1821, to the command of the Ionia colonial 
 vessel— 13 Dec. 1827 and 2 March, 1829, to the In- 
 ternal bomb, Capts. Edm. WilUams Gilbert and 
 Brunswick Popham— and Madagascar 46, Capt. 
 Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, both on the Me- 
 diterranean station — for a short time in 1832 to the 
 Vernon 50, Capt. SirFras. Augustus Collier, fitting 
 at Woolwich— and 5 March, 1836, to the command 
 of the Pandora packet on the Falmouth station. 
 He has been on half-pay since Jan. 1842. Agents 
 — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 INNES. (Eetibed Commander, 1845. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 William John Innes died 24 March, 1847, at 23, 
 Oxford-terrace, Hyde Park, in his 58th year. He 
 was brother of the present Lieut. R. W. Innes, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Feb. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98, 
 Capt. Jas. Oughton, bearing the flag in the Channel 
 of Sir Andw. Mitchell; with whom, from May, 1802, 
 until Aug. 1806, he served, as Midshipman, in the 
 Leandee 50, on the North American station ; 
 where, after he had been further employed on 
 board the Milan frigate, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, 
 Vesta schooner, Lieut.-Commander Atkin Hayman, 
 and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Indian sloop, 
 Capt. Chas. John Austen, he was confirmed, 30 
 March, 1808, into the Atalantb, Capt. Fred. 
 Hickey. Continuing in North America until Oct. 
 
 1811, he commanded, from June, 1809, to Dec. 1810, 
 the Chekdb schooner, and served, during the rest 
 of the period, in the Belvideea frigate, Capt. 
 Rich. Byron. His last appointments were, 30 Jan. 
 
 1812, and 6 May, 1813, to the Queen 74, and Vo- 
 LONTAiRE 38, Capts. Lord Colville and Hon. Geo. 
 Waldegrave, on the Home and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions. He was paid off from the latter ship 4 Dec. 
 1815 ; and on 18 Jan. 1845, he accepted the rank of 
 Retired Commander. Agents — Case and Loudon- 
 
 INSKIP. (Lieutenant, 1834.) 
 
 Peter Palmer Inskip entered the Navy 9 Dec. 
 182 1 ; served as Midshipman on board the Genoa 
 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin, 
 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 27 Aug. 1834 ; and (with the 
 exception of a command from 13 June, 1839, until 
 Oct. 1842, of the Roial George Revenue-vessel) 
 has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard 
 smce 25 Feb. 1836. 
 
 His exertions in the preservation of life from 
 drowning have been acknowledged by the presenta- 
 tion of a medal from the Royal Humane Society. 
 Agents— Pettet and Newton. 
 
 IRBY. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 The Honourable Charles Leonard Ieey was 
 bom 9 Oct. 1789, and died 3 Dec. 1845. He was 
 youngest son of the second Lord Boston, by Chris- 
 tiana, only daAighter of Paul Methuen, Esq., of 
 Corsham House, Wilts; and brother of Rear- Admi- 
 ral of the Red Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, C.B., who 
 commanded the Amelia 38 in a desperate action 
 with the French 40-gun frigate L'Aretkuse, off the 
 lies de Los, 7 Feb. 1813, and died 24 April, 1844, 
 aged 65. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Narcissus 32, Capts. 
 Percy Eraser and Ross Donnelly. In that frigate, 
 after cruizing in the North Sea, and also in the 
 Mediterranean, where he assisted at the capture, 8 
 July, 1803, of the French corvette L'Aloion, of 16 
 guns and 96 men, he accompanied the expedition to 
 the Cape of Good Hope in 1805 ; on her passage 
 whither the Narcissus, besides effecting the cap- 
 ture of Le Prudent privateer of 12 guns and 70 men, 
 retook the English merchant-ship Horatio Nelson, 
 mounting 22 guns, and drove on shore the Napokm 
 privateer of 32 guns and 250 men. Subsequently to 
 the reduction of the Cape, and the capture of the 
 46-gun frigate Volontaire, Mr. Irby proceeded to the 
 Rio de la Plata, whence we find him returning to 
 England with the despatches announcing the con- 
 quest of Buenos Ayres. Being again ordered out, 
 however, with Capt. Donnelly in the Ardent 64 
 he joined in the operations of Feb. 1807 against 
 Monte Video, and was slightly wounded while serv- 
 ing on shore in the advanced battery.* After the 
 place had surrendered to the British, he took a pas- 
 sage home on board the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Ho- 
 nyman ; and prior to his advancement to the rank 
 • Vide Gm. 1807, p. 473. 
 
568 
 
 IRVINE. 
 
 of Lieutenant, 13 Oct. 1808, be was further employed 
 for periods of a few months in the Theseus and In- 
 vmciBLE 74'b, Capts. John Poo Beresford and R. 
 Donnelly, off Ferrol and Flushing. He then joined 
 the Syeios 36, Capt. Sam. Pym, under whom, on 
 returning to the Cape station, he assisted at the 
 hlockade of the Mauritius, and contributed to the 
 capture, 21 Sept. 1809, of St. Paul's, in the He de 
 Bourbon. Between May, 1810, and June, 1814, we 
 find Lieut. Irby serving on the Cape, Newfound- 
 land, Channel, Irish, and Halifax stations, in the 
 Leopakd 50, Capt. Jas. Johnstone, Nakcissds 32, 
 Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Conqcestador 74, 
 Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, Sybille 38, Capt. Clot- 
 worthy Upton, and Armide 38, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Thos. Troubridge. On 7 of the month last men- 
 tioned our officer (who in the Armide had shared 
 in the capture of an American privateer of 17 guns 
 and 100 men, and a French letter-of-marque of 16 
 guns and 60 men) was promoted to the command of 
 the Thames 32, arme'e enflUie, in which ship he con- 
 tinued (attending intermediately the expedition 
 against New Orleans) until superseded at his own 
 request, for the recovery of his health, in May, 
 1815. His next appointment was, 8 Aug. 1826, to 
 the Pelican 18, fitting for the Mediterranean, 
 where he cruized with great anti-piratic activity 
 until Sept. 1827, when (having been advanced to 
 Post-rank on 2 of the previous July) he removed to 
 the Ariadne 26. He came home in the Genoa 74, 
 which ship he paid off at Plymouth 21 Jan. 1828 ;' 
 and did not again go afloat. 
 
 Capt. Irby was the author, in conjunction with 
 Mr. Jas. Mangles, of a work entitled 'Travels in 
 Egypt, Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor, in 1817-18,' 
 published in 1823. He married, 8 Feb. 1825, 
 Frances, second daughter of John Mangles, Esq., 
 of Hurley, co. Berks, by whom he has left issue a 
 son and daughter. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 lEVINE. (Eetired Captain, 1840. f-p.,12; 
 H-P., 46.) 
 Charles Chambehlayne Irvine entered the 
 Navy, in Aug. 1789, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Orion 74, Capt. Chas, Chamberlayne, from which 
 ship, after having made a voyage to the West In- 
 dies, he was discharged in April, 1790. Rejoining 
 the same officer in Oct. 1794, as Master's Mate, in 
 the Bombay Castle 74, he proceeded to the Medi- 
 terranean, where he had an opportunity of sharing 
 in Admiral Hotham's partial action of 13 July, 1795. 
 On 7 Oct. following, having in the mean while re- 
 moved to the Censedr 74, Capt. John Gore, he was 
 in that ship when she was taken, after a gallant de- 
 fence, by a French squadron under Admiral Kichery. 
 On his exchange taking place, Mr. Irvine was re- 
 ceived, in the spring of 1796, on board the Porcu- 
 pine, a small frigate, commanded by Capt. John 
 Draper. In 1797, on his return from a second visit 
 to the "West Indies, during her passage whence the 
 Porcupine had been dismasted in a hurricane, it 
 was his lot to be one of the officers proscribed by 
 the mutineers at Spithead, in opposing whom he in- 
 curred an injury which greatly crippled his right 
 hand. During three months of the ensuing sum- 
 mer, Mr. Irvine, it appears, commanded a gun-brig, 
 named the Brothers, lying at Plymouth, He then 
 successively joined the Pomone frigate, Capt. Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds, employed in cruizing with the 
 western squadron, and the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 fiag-ship in the Mediterranean of Lord Keith ; and 
 on 30 Aug. 1799, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy 
 in the Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Lennox Frederick. Being next ap- 
 pointed to the Melpomene 38, Capt. Sir Chas. Ha- 
 milton, he served with the expedition to the Texel, 
 and in April, 1800, was present at the surrender of 
 the African island of Goree. On the latter~occa- 
 sion he was placed in charge of the Goree schooner 
 of 10 guns, and sent on a cruize off' Senegal. This 
 vessel, in the course of a month, being condemned 
 as unfit for service, he obtained acting-command of 
 the ship-sloop Goree of 16 guns, in which he fur- 
 
 ther cruized in the same vicinity until compelled 
 to invalid in Feb. 1801. Mr. Irvine, who also offi- 
 ciated for a short time as Lieut.-Governor of Goree 
 itself, subsequently, in Oct. 1804, assumed command 
 of the Tickler gun-brig, off the coast of France. 
 Between June, 1805, and April, 1808, he served, on 
 the West India and Mediterranean stations, in the 
 Dolphin, Capt. Isaac Ferrieres, Ocean 98, Capt 
 Eras. Pender, Endymion 40, Capt. Edw. Durnford 
 King ; and, as First-Lieutenant, in the Eagle 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Rowley. On the date last mentioned 
 he became Acting-Captain of the Glatton 54; and 
 on 24 of the proximate month he was made Com- 
 mander into the Duchess of Bedford armed ship 
 of 18 guns. He came home with convoy in 1809 in 
 the Lord Eldon 18 ; was then paid off; and, not 
 having since been employed, accepted his present 
 rank 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Irvine married Susan, daughter of the late 
 Sir John Reade, Bart., and aunt of the present Sir 
 John Chandos Beade, Bart., of Shipton Court, co. 
 Oxford. 
 
 lEVINE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Irvine entered the Navy, 17 Jime, 1807, 
 as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Paget, and, after serving at the capture 
 of Copenhagen, removed to the Eclair sloop, Capt. 
 Chas. Kempthome Quash. From Oct. 1808 (during 
 the three months immediately antecedent to which 
 period he had been attached, off Flushing and the 
 Texel, to the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Black- 
 wood) he joined L'Aimable 32, in which frigate, 
 and in the Horatio 38, both commanded by Lord 
 Geo. Stuart, we find him continuously employed, as 
 Midshipman, until Feb. 1811. He was in conse- 
 quence present in the former ship at the blockade 
 of the Elbe, and at the capture, 3 Feb. 1809, of 
 L'Iris French national ship, pierced for 32 guns, 
 but mounting only 24, after a short running fight, 
 in which the latter sustained a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 8 wounded, and L'Aimable (besides being ma^ 
 terially damaged in her masts, spars, sails, and rig- 
 ging) of 2 wounded ; and in the Horatio, on her 
 return from the Cape of Good Hope to the North 
 Sea, at the reduction of the islands of Schouwen 
 and Tholen in Dec. 1813. In March, 1814, Mr. Ir- 
 vine was transferred to the Tonnant 80, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane on the coast of North 
 America, where, from 1 Oct. following until 7 June, 
 1815, he performed the duties of Acting-Lieute- 
 nant on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett. 
 He then took up a commission dated on 8 March in 
 the latter year ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 IKVINE. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Johnson Irvine entered the Navy, 30 
 Sept. 1805 (under the auspices of H.R.H. the Duke 
 of Clarence), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 
 74, commanded by the late Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats, in which ship he fought under the flag of 
 Sir John Duckworth in the action off St. Domingo, 
 6 Feb. 1805, and attended, in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman, the expeditions to Copenhagen and Flush- 
 ing. He was also present, in Aug. 1808, at the em- 
 barkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish army under 
 the Marquis de la Bomana, to whom he acted on 
 the occasion as Aide-de-Camp. In July, 1810, after 
 he had cruized for a short time off Brest in the 
 Poictiers 74, Capt. John Poo Beresford, he rejoined 
 SirR. G. Keats on board the Milford 74, employed 
 at the^ defence of Cadiz, where he assumed a com- 
 mand in the flotilla, and assisted in storming several 
 of the enemy's batteries. He continued, until Nov. 
 1813, to serve with the last-mentioned oflioeron the 
 Mediterranean, Homo, and Newfoundland stations, 
 in the Hibeenia 120, Centaur 74, and as Lieute- 
 nant (commission dated 20 June, 1813) in the Bel- 
 leeophon 74. While belonging to the Hibeenia, 
 Mr. Irvine twice jumped overboard, and had each 
 time the happiness of saving the life of a man. He 
 was lastly, from 8 Feb. 1826 until 31 Dec. 1827, cm- 
 ployed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary- 
 
IRVING-IRWIN-ISAACSON. 
 
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 Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. 'Wm. Jas. 
 Mingaye. 
 
 Lieut. Irvine has taken out a patent for certain 
 improvements in pacldng-cases, boxes, trunks, port- 
 manteaus, and other articles for containing goods, 
 which improvements may be made applicable to the 
 preservation of life at sea. He is married, and has 
 issue. Agents— Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 lEVING. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 John Irving entered the Navy 25 June, 1828 ; 
 passed his examination 24 June, 1834 ; and, at the 
 period of hia promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 23 March, 1843, had been serving 
 for some time in the East Indies, on board the Fly 
 surveying-vessel, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood, and 
 Favourite 18, Capt. Thos. Ross Sulivan. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 10 Aug. 1843, to the 
 VOLAOE 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, employed on 
 Particular Service— 14 Dec. 1844, to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast- 
 ings—and, 13 March, 1845, to the Terror disco- 
 very-ship, Capt. Fras. Kawdon Moira Crozier, under 
 whom he is at present engaged in a renewed at- 
 tempt to explore the North-West passage through 
 Lancaster Sound and Bering Strait. 
 
 lEWIN. (Lieutenant, 1827. p-p., 19; h-p., 16.) 
 James Irwin is son of Commander Jas. Irwin, 
 K.N. (1802), who was a Midshipman of the Eoyal 
 George when that ship went down at Spithead in 
 1782, was afterwards Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis, distinguished himself in 1807, as Agent 
 for Transports before Buenos Ayres, and died in 
 1825. He is nephew of Capt. John Irwin who com- 
 manded the Prince George 98, as Flag-Captain to 
 Rear- Admiral Wm. Parker, in the action off Cape 
 St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797 ; and cousin of Capt. Geo. 
 Wickens Willes, R.N., now commanding the Van- 
 guard 80, and of Capt. Jas. Irwin Willes, R.M. 
 ■ This officer entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1812, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Achille 74, Capt. Aiskew 
 Faffard Hollis ; became Midshipman, in April, 1813, 
 of the MiLFORD 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Thos. Fras. Fremantle ; and from May, 1814, 
 until March, 1818, served with Capt. Fras. Stan- 
 fell in the Bacchante, Madagascar, and Phae- 
 ton frigates. While attached to the Milford (he 
 had been employed in the Achille at the blockade 
 of Venice) he commanded a 10-oared cutter at the 
 reduction of the towns of Fiume, Bocca Rea, &c., 
 assisted at the capture of the fort of Ragosniza, 
 took part in a successful engagement with a battery 
 in the neighbourhood of Capo d'Istria, and served 
 in the batteries at the siege of Trieste. When on 
 the American station, in the Bacchante, we find 
 him present at the blockade of the American fri- 
 gates Constitution and ConffresSj the capture of the 
 towns of Castiue and Belfast in Penobscot Bay, and 
 the taking of Machias. In Aug. 1818, Mr: Irwin, 
 who had passed his examination in the previous 
 March, and had been since borne on the books of 
 the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at Portsmouth 
 of Sir Geo. Campbell, obtained a Mateship in the 
 Rochfort 80, bearing the successive flags of Sir T. 
 F. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore, on the Me- 
 diterranean station ; where he commanded from 
 March, 1823, to Aug. 1825, the Racer tender ; and 
 where, until the summer of 1829, he further served 
 (with but two slight interruptions in 1826 and again 
 in 1827) on board the Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale, Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Staines, and, as Lieutenant (commission dated 31 
 Deo. 1827) in the Philomel 10, Capts. Hon. Wm. 
 Keith and Edw. Hawes. During his servitude in 
 the Rochfort he had the misfortune to receive a 
 compound fracture of the right leg ; and while in 
 command of the Racer he endured a brush with 
 several A'gerine gun-boats. His last appointment 
 was, 11 Oct. 1834, to the Coast Guard, in which 
 service he remained until the autumn of 1836. 
 
 IRWIN. (Lieutenant, 1814. r-p., 35; h-p., 6.) 
 Joseph Irwin, born 27 Feb. 1792, is third son of 
 the late Thos. Irwin, Esq., of Justustown, near Car- 
 hsle, by Jane, second daughter of John Senhouse, 
 Esq., of Calder Abbey. He is brother of the pre- 
 sent Thos. Irwin, Esq., of Justustown and Calder 
 Abbey, a Captain on half-pay of the Enniskillen 
 Dragoons, and a Magistrate for Cumberland, for 
 which county he served as High Sheriff in 1836 ; 
 and of Lieut. John Irwin, of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s 
 service, who died 21 Sept. 1824. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol. (under the auspices of Admiral Skef- 
 fington Lutwidge), on board the Thetis 38, Capts. 
 Wm. Hall Gage and John Miller, under whom he 
 was actively employed, part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman, on the coasts of Spain and France, and on 
 various parts of the Mediterranean until Feb. 1808. 
 He then became attached to the Royal William, 
 Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle ; and in the following 
 April he joined the Undaunted 38, Capts. Thos. 
 Jas. Maling and Geo. Chas. Mackenzie. After he 
 had cruized for nearly three years in that ship off 
 the Western Islands, in the West Indies, and again 
 on the Mediterranean station, he was received, in 
 March, 1811, on board the Fame 74, Capt. Walter 
 Bathurst, and sent to co-operate with the patriots 
 on the Spanish coast, where, having attained the 
 rating of Master's Mate, he assumed command of a 
 division of small-arm men, and frequently came 
 into contact with the enemy, particularly at Xavia 
 and Denia. On the issue of the unsuccessful attack 
 made by General Donkin on the latter fortress, Mr. 
 Irwin, who hkd been employed on shore throughout 
 the operations, took charge of a boat and brought 
 off the last half company of the 81st Regt., under a 
 destructive fire from the French garrison, who had 
 advanced to the very beach. So gallant was his 
 conduct in this instance, that on reaching the Fame 
 he was publicly thanked by Capt. Bathurst on the 
 quarter-deck, as likewise by the General in public 
 orders. He afterwards commanded a gun-boat 
 with a Midshipman and 16 men under his orders at 
 the siege of Tarragona ; and it was his fortune like- 
 wise to co-operate in the reduction of the strong 
 fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaquer. The 
 representations that were in consequence made in 
 his favour to Lord Exmouth induced the latter, in 
 May, 1814, to afford him a berth on board his 
 flag-ship the Caledonia 120. On 1 of following 
 Sept. he had the gratification of being promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant ; and in the course of the 
 next Nov. he received an appointment to the Opos- 
 sum 10, Capts. Sir John Chas. Richardson and Lord 
 John Hay ; in which vessel, prior to her being paid 
 off in Sept. 1815, we find him engaged in affording 
 assistance to the French Royalists in La Vendee. 
 Since Dec. 1821 Lieut. Irwin has been uninter- 
 ruptedly employed as an Inspecting Commander in 
 the Coast Guard — a service from the heads of 
 which he has had the satisfaction of eUcitlng strong 
 testimonials. 
 
 He married, 1 Sept. 1826, Emily, second daughter 
 of John Dixon, Esq., of Dublin, by whom he has 
 issue six sons and four daughters. His second son 
 is a Midshipmnn in the R.N. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 ISAACSON. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Charles Augustus Isaacson died in Sept. 1845, 
 on board the Eclair steamer sloop, a victim, with 
 nearly all the officers and crew, to African fever of 
 the most inveterate description. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 6 July, 1836 ; 
 served for about three years in the Mediterranean 
 as Mate of the Malabar 72, and Formidable 84 
 Capts. Sir Geo. RosC' Sartorius, Sir Chas. Sullivan' 
 and Geo. Fred. Rich, latterly under the flag of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; obtained his commission 10 
 July, 1844 ; became, 3 Sept. following, Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 David MiUie on the Home station ; and, on 21 Oct. 
 in the same year, received his ill-fated appointment 
 
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 JACK— JACKSON. 
 
 to the Eclair, Capt. "Walter Grimstbn Buoknall 
 Estcourt. 
 
 J. 
 
 JACK. (Eetiked Commander, 1840. f-p., 18 ; 
 H-P., 31.) 
 Leigh Spabk Jack entered the Navy, 7 May, 
 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Powekfdi. 74, 
 Capt. Wm. O'Brien Drury, employed off Cadiz and 
 in the Mediterranean ; and in the following July 
 attained the rating of Midshipman. He continued 
 to serve on the station last named from Jan. 1800 
 until Aug. 1804 in the Cyclops sloop, Capt. John 
 Fyffe ; after which we find him employed for five 
 years on board the Pheasant 18, Capts. Robt. Paul, 
 Kobt. Henderson, and John Palmer ; being during 
 that period successively created, on 2 Nov. 1804 
 and 28 Aug. 1806, an acting and a confirmed Lieu- 
 tenant. In the latter capacity, after he had en- 
 dured a servitude of two years in the West Indies, 
 Mr. Jack accompanied the expedition to the Kio de 
 la Plata under Sir Sam. Achmuty, and was in con- 
 sequence present at the capture of Monte Yideo in 
 Feb. 1807. He then served for some time on the 
 coast of Africa, and ultimately on the Home sta- 
 tion; where, off the Western Islands, and at the 
 Cape of Good Hope, he was next, from Aug. 1809 
 until April, 1816, employed on board the DESmiE 
 36, and Livehpool 40, both commanded by Capt. 
 Arthur Farquhar. In the former ship he distin- 
 guished himself by his activity as Senior Lieutenant 
 at tbe blockade of the German rivers, and at the 
 reduction of Cuxhaven and Gliickstadt, in Dec. 1813 
 and Jan. 1814; and when on his return to England 
 in the Livehpool, after having been engaged at the 
 blockade of He de Bourbon, he appears to have 
 been nearly lost off Dover, in consequence of that 
 frigate having taken the ground at the foot of 
 Shakspeare's Cliff, from which perilous position she 
 was only extricated by cutting away all her masts 
 and spars, and throwing overboard her guns, provi- 
 sions, and stores. Mr. Jack, who had been on 
 half-pay since 1816, accepted his present rank 21 
 April, 1840. 
 
 JACKSON. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Caleb Jackson, born 3 Jan. 1791, in oo. Surrey, 
 is a younger brother of the present Capt. Geo. 
 Vernon Jackson, R.N. 
 
 This ofScer entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fame, Lleut.-Commander 
 Witherston, lying in Portsmouth Harbour. In 
 March, 1801, he joined the Vengeance 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Duff; and in that ship, until paid off in July, 
 1802, he served in the Baltic, Bay of Biscay, and 
 West Indies. He re-embarked, in March, 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Edgak 74, bearing the 
 flag at first of Lord Keith in the Downs, and after- 
 wards commanded in the Baltic by Capt. Jas. Mac- 
 namara, with whom he continued until removed, in 
 May, 1809, to the Antelope 50, Capt. Donald 
 M'Leod, fitting for the flag of Vice-Admiral John 
 HoUoway, Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland^ 
 where he was soon invested with the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, and appointed, in that capacity, to the 
 Comet sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle. On 
 leaving the latter vessel (to which he had been con- 
 flrmed by commission dated 11 Dec. 1810) Lieut. 
 Jackson, in the early part of 1812, joined the 
 Valiant 74, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, lying at 
 Portsmouth, and Herald 18, Capts. Geo. Jackson 
 and Clement Milward, employed on the West India 
 station. After serving for a short time in the 
 Anoo 44, bearing the flag at Jamaica of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Wm. Brown, he became, in the autumn of 
 1814, Acting-Commander of the Shark receiving- 
 ship at Port Royal. On his return to the West 
 Indies in April, 1815, id the Warrior 74, bearing 
 the flag of Rear- Admiral John Erskine Douglas, he 
 rejoined the Shark, commanded at the time by 
 Caft. Houston Stewart, and next by Capt. Alex. 
 
 Campbell and himself. In Nov. of the same year 
 and Feb. 1816 he was successively nominated to the 
 acting-command of the Carnation 16, and Emu- 
 lous 16; the latter of which sloops he brought 
 home and paid off in June, 1816. He was not, how- 
 ever, officially promoted until 12 Aug. 1819 ; since 
 which period he has not held any appointment. 
 
 Commander Jackson married, in 1828, Ursula; 
 widow of Capt. Andrew Dudie, H.M. 44th Infantry. 
 
 JACKSON. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., 0.) 
 
 Charles Keats Jackson is eldest son of the late 
 Rear-Admiral Sam. Jackson, C.B., a history of 
 whose services we have recorded in the proper 
 place. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Royal Naval College 2 
 March, 1832 ; and embarked, in 1833, as a Volunteer, 
 on board the Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. Borough 
 Strong. On Ms return home in 1837 from the West 
 Indies, where he had been for a long time employed 
 as Midshipman, he sailed, in the Ttne 26, Capt. 
 John Townshehd, for the Mediterranean, for the 
 purpose of joining the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, 
 under whom, it appears, he shared in the operations 
 of 1840 oh the coast of Syria, and was present at 
 the blockade of Alexandria. Proceeding next to 
 China as Mate (he had passed his examination 12 
 June, 1839) in the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Parker, he served on shore in a distinguished 
 manner with the rocTcet brigade under Lieut. Jas. 
 Fitzjames, and was woun'ded in the attack on the 
 heights of Segoan and Tsekee 15 and 16 March, 
 1842;* and he was present, in the course of the 
 same year, at the taking of Chapoo, the destruction 
 of the batteries at Woosung, the storming of Chin- 
 Kiang-Foo,f and the pacification of Nanking. Being 
 in consequence promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 by commission dated 23. Dec. 1842,J he was in that 
 capacity appointed, 18 March, 1843, to the Siren 16, 
 Capt. Wm. Smith, with whom he remained in the 
 East Indies until ordered home to be paid off at the 
 close of 1844. Since 9 April, 1845, he has been 
 serving on board the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir 
 John West at Devonport. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 JACKSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 27.) 
 Charles Scott Jackson entered the Navy, 12 
 April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, 
 commanded in the Channel by Capts. Theophilus 
 Jones and Manley Dixon ; served from Aug. J804 
 to Aug. 1805, on the Mediterranean station, in the 
 Conqueror 74, Capt. Israel Pellew, and AMPHrrnrrE 
 frigate, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle ; and was next 
 employed, between June, 1806, and Dec. 1809, on 
 board the Captain 74, Capts. Geo. Cockbum, 
 Isaac Wolley, Jas. Athol ,Wood, and Christopher 
 John Williams Nesham. In the latter ship we find 
 him present at the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of Le 
 President French frigate, of 44 guns ; at the bom- 
 bardment, in 1807, of Copenhagen ; and, in 1808-9, 
 at the reduction of Marie-galante, Martinique, and 
 the Salntes. In Nov. 1810, after his name had been 
 borne for nearly 12 months as a Supernumerary on 
 the books of the Royal William, flag-ship at Spit- 
 head, he joined the Helena sloop, Capt. Henry 
 Haynes, on the Cork station ; whence, we believe, 
 he accompanied the same officer in 1811 to the 
 West Indies on board the Sapphire ; from which 
 vessel, in Dec. 1814, he was transferred to a Master's 
 Mateship in the Chesapeake 38, Capt. Fras. New- 
 combe, at the Cape of Good Hope. He was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 Deo. 1815; and 
 afterwards appointed— in Aug. 1818 and July, 1819, 
 to the Sapphire again, Capt. Henry Hart, and 
 Bann 20, Capts. Jodrell Leigh, Wilson Braddyll 
 Bigland, and John Ralph Blois, both on the Jamaica 
 station— and, 9 Oct. 1828 and 19 Feb. 1830, to the 
 Ramillies and Talavera Coast-Blockade ships, 
 each commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot. He has 
 been on half-pay since the close of the latter year. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1S42, pp. 23P6, 2390, 2391. 
 t y. Gas. 1842, p. 3405. J V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
JACKSON. 
 
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 JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1836.) 
 
 Cyril Jackson, bom 23 Feb. 1812, is son of the 
 late Wm. Ward Jackson, Esq., of Uormanby Hall, 
 CO. York (N. R.). 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College in 
 1825 ; and embarked, in 1827, on board the Hussar 
 46, Capt. Edw. Boxer, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Ogle in North America. In 1831 he became Mate 
 of the Usdahnted 46, commanded at the Cape of 
 Good Hope by Capt. Howard Harvey. On his re- 
 moval from that ship, in 1833, to the Belvideba 42, 
 Capt. Chas. Borough Strong, he proceeded to the 
 West Indies ; and he subsequently, we find, took an 
 active part in quelling some disturbances which 
 had broken out at Para, where the ringleaders were 
 pursued into the interior of the coimtry and cap- 
 tured. On obtaining his commission, 28 Nov. 1836, 
 Mr. Jackson was appointed Additional-Lieutenant 
 of the Melville 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. 
 Paget on the North America and West India station. 
 His next appointment was, 1 June, 1837, to the 
 Wolvekene 16, in the Mediterranean, whence he 
 returned in 1839 ; and his last, for a short period in 
 1840, to the Howe 120, Capt, Sir Watkin Owen 
 PeU. 
 
 JACKSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 George Jackson died 24 Nov. 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1803, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John 
 Irwin, lying at Spithead ; and in May, 1804, became 
 Midshipman of the Wasp 18, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. 
 Aylmer'; which vessel, when in convoy of a ship 
 from Gibraltar in Feb. 1805, was attacked by a fleet 
 of Spanish gun-boats, and only escaped capture by 
 a breeze springing up and enubling her to bring 
 her guns to bear on the enemy, two or three of 
 whom were sunk. In the following Aug. the Wasp 
 was chased by the celebrated Eochefort squadron ; 
 from which however she contrived to free herself 
 by an elFort of gallant perseverance, so marked that 
 the Captain, John Simpson (the successor of Capt. 
 Aylmer), his officers, and crew, received the public 
 thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, and the strong 
 approbation of the Admiralty. In Oct. 1808, Mr. 
 Jackson, who until then had continued to serve 
 with the last-named Captain in the Stab and Wol- 
 verene sloops, on the Newfoundland and Halifax 
 stations, obtained command of the Cdttle schoo- 
 ner, and was sent to Boston to await the Presi- 
 dent's Message after the well-known aifair of the 
 Leaneer and Chesapeake. Joining next in the 
 operations which led to the capture of Martinique 
 in Feb. 1809, he was one of the first that landed on 
 that island, where, it appears, he wrested a musket 
 from the hands of a sentinel and hoisted the Bri- 
 tish flag. After the conquest he successively joined 
 the Martin, Halifax, and Observatedk sloops, 
 Capts. John Evans, Alex. Fraser, and Wm. Simpson, 
 under the last mentioned of whom we find him 
 sharing in an action with a French corvette, who 
 made ofi' during the night. Immediately on passing 
 his examination, on which occasion, 8 Feb. 1811, he 
 produced certificates of his having had charge of a 
 watch three years previously, Mr. Jackson was or- 
 dered on board the Aqdilon 32, Capts. Hon. Wm. 
 Pakenham and Wm. Bowles, employed at first off 
 Leith, and then in the Channel. Towards the close 
 of the same year he joined the Akethdsa 38, flag- 
 ship of Vice-Admiral Chas. Stirling, for a passage 
 to the West Indies ; on which and the North Ame- 
 rican station he served until 1815, as Mate and Act- 
 ing Lieutenant, in the Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Byam, Brazen sloop, Capt. Jas. Stirling, Amelia 
 38, Capt. Hon. Fred!'. Paul Irby, Rivoli 74, Capt. 
 Graham Eden Hamond, Niemen 38, Capt. Sam. 
 Pym, Mohawk sloop, Capt. Henry Litchfield, and 
 Cockchafer schooner, of 5 guns (4 12-pounder car- 
 ronades and 1 long 12-pounder) and 22 men. While 
 in the latter vessel, the command of which was 
 given to him in March, 181^, ie was employed in 
 the performance of much valuable service. He 
 was in the first place sent to Nassau, New Provi- 
 
 dence, for the purpose of affording protection to 
 the coasting-trade, and of escorting convoys to the 
 Havana and the Gulf of Mexico. He was also em- 
 ployed m negotiating with the Creek, Chocktaw, 
 and other tribes of Indians at Pensacola, whom he 
 induced to join the British against the Americans, 
 conducting several of their chiefs to the officer in 
 command at Apalatchabola, and thence back again 
 with arms and ammunition, and a British agent 
 appointed to organise them, to Pensacola. He was 
 then sent with despatches for the Commander-in- 
 Chief in the Chesapeake, and on his arrival there 
 he was ordered up the Potomac to assist the British 
 in their descent of that river, after the capture of 
 Alexandria. He subsequently led the starboard 
 division in the attack upon Baltimore, on which 
 occasion he took the soundings that are now laid 
 down in Anthony Demain's Chart. These ope- 
 rations over, Mr. Jackson returned to his station 
 off New Providence, taking with him a brig laden 
 with valuable government stores and presents for 
 the Indian Chiefs. He afterwards had the good 
 fortune, while yet in the Cockchafer, to effect the 
 capture of six of the enemy's vessels, two of which, 
 were greatly his superiors, namely, the letters of 
 marque Aurora of 10 long 9-pounders and 28 men, 
 and Java, of 8 long nines and 22 men. In May, 
 1815, he took up a commission dated on 8 of the 
 previous Slarch, but he did not again go afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Jackson married, 15 Aug. 1839, Ann, 
 daughter of the late John Shaw, Esq., of Id,enshall 
 Hall, CO. Cheshire. 
 
 JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 George Melville Jackson entered the Navy 
 in 1831 ; passed his examination 21 April, 1838 ; 
 served in the Mediterranean, from 1840 until paid 
 off in 1844, as Mate on board the Indus 78, Capt. 
 Sir Jas. Stirling ; then joined in succession the St. 
 Vincent 120, Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120, 
 flag-ships at Portsmouth and Sheemess of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley and Sir John Chambers White ; and on 24 
 March, 1845, was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. He has been since serving on the S.E. coast 
 of America in the Grecian 16, Capts. Alex. Leslie 
 Montgomery and Louis Symonds I'indal. 
 
 JACKSON. (Capt., 1841. p-p., 26 ; h-p., 20.) 
 
 George Vernon Jackson, horn 13 July, 1787, at 
 Chalwood, co. Surrey, is eldest son of the late Geo. 
 Jackson, Esq., of the Isle of Wight ; and brother 
 of the present Commander Caleb Jackson, R.N. 
 Three of his brothers lost their lives in the service, 
 viz., Thos. Vernon, who died Lieutenant of the 
 Isis in 1809, from over exertion in bringing home 
 despatches from Portugal ; — William, who was lost 
 off the Isle of France, when Purser of the Delight, 
 in Feb. 1824; — and Chas. Reynolds, Midshipman 
 of the Redwing, who was murdered on the coast 
 of Africa in Nov. 1825. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne, since 
 5 May, 1795, on the books of the Trident, Mi- 
 nerva, Princess Augusta, and -Maidstone) first 
 embarked, in 1801, as Midshipman, on board ithe 
 Trent 36, Capt. Sir Edw. Hamilton. After serv- 
 ing for some time in the Lapwing 28, Capt. Edw. 
 Rotheram, in one of whose boats he narrowly es- 
 caped destruction, he joined, in Nov. 1802, the 
 Cabtsfort 28, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, who, on their 
 arrival with convoy in the West Indies, caused a 
 Lieutenant's commission to be made out for Mr. 
 Jackson, but was dissuaded from handing it to him 
 by reason of his extreme youth. In June, 1804, on 
 leaving the hospital at Antigua, our officer— one 
 of the only two survivors out. of 14 who had entered 
 it together— was received on board the Ste. Ldcie 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth. When 
 next in the Bust 18, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam, he 
 happened to be on duty at the fore-topmast-head 
 of that brig when both topmasts were carried away, 
 and again at the mast-head when she rolled her 
 mainmast over the side. While attached, between 
 May, 1805, and Nov. 1808, to the Cleopatra 32, 
 
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572 
 
 JACKSON. 
 
 Capts. John Nairne, John Wight, Wm. Love, and 
 Kobt. Simpson, it was his lot to be twice sent away 
 in prizes. On the first occasion, after having been 
 for three days without water, the crew mutinied 
 and attempted to throw him overboard, but his pre- 
 sence of mind enabled him to seize the ringleader, 
 and subdue the remainder. When in the second 
 vessel (on board of which were himself, two sea^ 
 men, and a Lieutenant), the topmast being carried 
 away in a heavy gale, he ascended to the mast- 
 head for the purpose of reaching the wreck, and 
 had scarcely done so, when by a sudden jerk he was 
 pitched into the sea, many yards to leeward. In 
 March, 1808, we find Mr. Jackson appointed to the 
 command, with the rank of Acting Lieutenant, of 
 a schooner, mounting 4 guns, from which however, 
 as he had not passed his examination, he was super- 
 seded in the next June, and sent back to the CiEO- 
 PATRA. In Nov. of the same year, in consequence 
 of the recommendation of two captains, he was ap- 
 pointed by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir John Bor- 
 lase Warren, Master's Mate of his flag-ship the 
 SwiFTSHEE 74. He was soon again placed in charge 
 of a prize, a French West Indiaman ; from which 
 vessel, on her being taken in tow by the Swiftsuhe, 
 he intrepidly jumped overboard and, nearly at the 
 cost of his own life, rescued a seaman who had 
 fallen from the latter. As a reward for this act of 
 humanity Sir John Warren immediately sent him 
 with the prize and despatches to England, and dur- 
 ing his absence nominated him, 20 April, 1809, 
 Second-Lieutenant of the Junon 38 — an appoint- 
 ment which the Admiralty confirmed by commis- 
 sion dated on 18 of the following Aug. It was Mr. 
 Jackson's consequent misfortune, on 13 Dec. in the 
 same year, to be on board the Junon off Guade- 
 loupe when she was captured, after an heroically 
 desperate resistance of 45 minutes, and a loss of 20 
 men killed and 40 wounded, by a French squadron, 
 consisting- of the 40-gun frigates Senomme'e and Clo- 
 rinde^ and ai-mees-en-Jlute Loire and Seine, carrying 
 each 20 guns— with the two former of whom she 
 sustained a yard-arm and yard-arm conflict until 
 on the verge of sinking. In Jan. 1810, he arrived 
 a prisoner at Brest, and from that place he was sent 
 under an escort of soldiers to Verdun. During 
 the march he succeeded with, a fellow-captive,' Mr. 
 F. Whitehurst, in effecting his escape, and after 
 vainly endeavouring for 14 months to get off the 
 coast, he at length, with his companion, found 
 means of launching a flat-bottomed boat, with a 
 sheet for a sail, in which he put to sea, followed 
 however by some fishermen, 11 in number, who re- 
 took him. Lieut. Jackson was then imprisoned in 
 the citadel of Verdun, whence with four others he 
 again got away. Being discovered two days after- 
 wards through the imprudence of his associates, he 
 was placed in close confinement in the Porte Chaus- 
 see ; from which place he twice attempted to es- 
 cape, but was foiled, the first time by his companion 
 breaking his thigh, and the second by the mal- 
 adroitness of others. He was now conducted, part 
 of the way in chains to the strong fortress of Bitche, 
 situate one dajjj^ourney from the Rhine. Here 
 he remained many months a close prisoner, but, his 
 daring spirit and ingenuity never forsaking him, he 
 in the end formed a plan by which both himself and 
 Lieut. L'Estrange of the 71st Regt. were enabled 
 to break their bonds. After travelling together a 
 distance of 40 leagues, the two, from prudential 
 motives, parted company — Lieut. Jackson making 
 his way to the coast of Normandy.* He there, on 
 
 • Lieut. L'Estrange succeeded in reaching Bordeaux, where 
 he took a boat and got on board the Hannibal 74, Capt, 
 Sir Michael Seymour, who immediately wrote a strong letter 
 in his favour to liead-quarters. On his arrival in England, 
 three months after Lieut. Jackson, he was received at the 
 Horse Guards by the Duke of York in the most gracious 
 manner, was allotted three years retrospective rank as Cap- 
 tain, with many indulgences, and in two years attained his 
 majority. Lieut. Jackson, however, to whose plans and ex- 
 ertions he had been entirely indebted for his escape, on 
 waiting on the Port- Admiral at Portsmouth, had not the 
 satisfaction of being greeted with even a word of approbation, 
 nor; on repairing to the Admiralty, could he obtain cither an 
 
 a Saturday in April, 1812, embarked, alone and un- 
 seen, in a small boat, and on the following Monday 
 was picked up off the Owers in a state of great ex- 
 haustion by the Mutise sloop. His subsequent 
 appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, we 
 find, were— 9 July, 1812, to the Indefatigable 44, 
 Capt. John Fyffe, employed for nearly four years 
 on the Home, Brazilian, and South Sea stations — 
 3 July, 1816, as Senior, to the Hecla bomb, Capt. 
 Wm. Popham, under whom he fought at Algiers, 
 and continued to serve until the following Nov. — 
 9 Oct. 1817, to the Stbille 38, flag-ship of Sir 
 Home Popham in the West Indies, whence he inva- 
 lided in July, 1818 — and 24 Dec. in the latter year, 
 to the command of the Sekapis receiving-ship at 
 Port Royal, Jamaica. During a period of nearly 
 seven years that Capt. Jackson remained in the 
 Seeapis (in which he was made Commander by 
 commission dated 13 July, 1824) he served with 
 credit under, and occasionally bore the flags of, five 
 successive Commanders-in-Chief, Sir Home Pop- 
 ham, Commodore Thos. Huskisson, Sir Chas. Row- 
 ley, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Sir Lawrence 
 Wm. Halsted. After his name had been borne for 
 short periods, as Supernumerary-Commander, on 
 the books of the Pyeades, Primrose, and Brito- 
 MART sloops, he was confirmed, 16 Sept. 1825, in 
 the command of the Pylades ; in which vessel he 
 was for six months Senior officer off the Havana, 
 and in one instance gained the approbation of the 
 Commander-in-Chief for his conduct in detaining a 
 steam-vessel clandestinely carrying slaves. He at 
 length, in Feb. 1328, returned to England with a 
 valuable freight of dollars and cochineal; and on 
 his arrival he received from the Bishop of Jamaica, 
 to whom he had afforded a passage, a very flatter- 
 ing letter, accompanied by a piece of plate. He 
 was then paid off, and has not been since able to 
 procure employment. His advancement to the 
 rank he now holds took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Jackson, since he has been on h&lf-pay, 
 has been offered the command of a line-of-battle 
 ship in the service of the Pacha of Egypt, of whicli 
 however the existing regulations prevented his 
 acceptance. Several ingenious improvements and 
 contrivances as connected with shipping have at 
 various times been submitted by him to the Admi- 
 ralty. He married, in 1842, Jane Oldham Johnson, 
 of Kirby, Lancashire. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 JACKSON. (Retired Commandek, 1845. r-p., 
 20; H-P., 30.) 
 John Jackson (a) entered the Navy, in Aug. 1797, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Veteran 64, Capts. 
 Geo. Gregory, Jas. Robt. Mosse, and Sir Archibald 
 Collingwood Dickson, under the last mentioned of 
 whom he was present in the action off Copenhagen 
 2 April, 1801. Joining next, in 1802, the Centaur 74, 
 Capt. Bendall Robt. Litthales, he sailed for the AVest 
 Indies, where he served for upwards of ten years— 
 at first with Capt. Conway Shipley in the Ste. Lu- 
 cie, Cyane, and Hippomenes— then again with Sir 
 Sam. Hood in the Centaur, as also with Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Cadogan in the Cyane, and with Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane in the Northumberland 74— for a short 
 time with Capt. Wm. Hargrove, as Acting Lieute- 
 nant (order dated 11 Oct. 1805) in his former ship 
 the Cyane— and finally, as Acting-Lieutenant and 
 Lieutenant, in command, from Jan. 1806, to Oct. 
 1812, of the Mozambique schooner, and Netley 
 brigantine. He assisted, during the period of his 
 original attachment to the Centaur, at the reduc- 
 tion of Ste. Lucie in June, 1803 ; and when in com- 
 mand of the Mozambique (in which vessel, mount- 
 ing 14 guns, he was confirmed a Lieutenant by 
 commission dated 16 June, 1808) he was the gaUant 
 cause, although in company with the Lilt 18, and 
 Express 4, of the capture, on 21 April in that year, 
 of the Jean Jacques French privateer of 6 guns.'* 
 His last appointments afioat were — 27 July, 1813, to 
 
 interview with the first Lord, or the slightest notice, from any 
 one in authority, of his manifold sulTerings and privations. 
 • Vide Gay.. 1808, p. 872. 
 
JACKSON. 
 
 573 
 
 the command, at Portsmouth, of the Spkightit 
 cutter— 7 Feb. 1814, to the Spencer 74, Capt.Rich. 
 llaggett, off the coast of North America^-and 1 Oct. 
 1814, and 25 Aug. 1815, to the command of the St. 
 Lawrence and Whiting schooners, on the latter 
 and Plymouth stations. He went on half-pay in 
 Oct. 1816, and after having been further employed 
 in the Coast Guard from 28 Jan. 1835, until the 
 close of 1836, was invested, 30 April, 1845, with 
 the rank of Retired Commander. Agents— Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
 JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 John Henry Jackson entered the Navy 27 July, 
 1808 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained his 
 commission 29 July, 1825 ; and from 28 May, 1839, 
 until 1846, was employed in the Coast Guard. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 John Milbourne Jackson is son of an old Post- 
 Captain, who died from the effects of service in the 
 West Indies. 
 
 This officer passed a very distinguished exami- 
 nation, 24 July, 1840 ; was for some time employed, 
 as Mate, in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and served from 
 1842, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 31 
 Jan. 1846, on board the Daphne 18, commanded in 
 the Pacific by Capt. John Jas. Onslow. He was 
 then appointed Additional of the Collingwood 80, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour; but since the 
 early part of 1847, has been on half-pay. 
 
 Feb. 1812, to Aug. 1815, in the San Josef, Queen 
 Charlotte, and Ville de Paris. He became a 
 Rear- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; and a Vice- Admiral 
 8 March, 1847. Agent— John P. Muspratt. 
 
 JACKSON. (Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 1847. 
 F-p., 24; H-p., 42.) 
 EoBERT Jackson entered the Navy, 20 April, 
 1781, as Ordinary, on board the Santa Margarita 
 36, Capt. Elliot Salter, employed on the American 
 station, where, in the following year, he assisted, as 
 Midshipman, at the capture of the French frigate 
 Amazone. Between March, 1784, and his promo- 
 tion to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Nov. 1790, he 
 served at Newfoundland, in the Santa Leocadia, 
 Capt. Alex. Udgar, Winchelsea, Capt. Edw. Pel- 
 lew, and Salisbort flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Mil- 
 hanke ; and he was afterwards appointed in succes- 
 si<^ — 1 April, 1791, to the Savage sloop, Capt. 
 Alex. Fraser, under whom he was at the capture of 
 the town and garrison of Ostend in April, 1793 — 
 1 July, 1793, 25 March, 1794, and 25 June, 1795, to 
 the Kose 18, and Beaulieu and Aimable frigates, 
 Capts. Edw. Riou and Chas. Sidney Davers, all on 
 the West India station, where he contributed, in 
 the Rose, to the reduction of Martinique in 1794 — 
 in Sept. 1795, to the Doris frigate, Capt. Lord Vis- 
 count Ranelagh, off the coast of Ireland — and in 
 1797-8-9, to the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of 
 Lord Keith, Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. Hawkins 
 Whitshed, and Foudrovant, Bakfleur, and Queen 
 Charlotte again, each bearing the flag of Lord 
 Keith. On the destruction of the last-mentioned 
 ship by fire in Leghorn Roads in March, 1800, Lieut. 
 Jackson (who in the course of the same year be- 
 held the fall of Savona* and the surrender of Malta) 
 assumed the acting command of the Camelion sloop, 
 as he did, in May following, of the Bonne Citoy- 
 ENNE corvette ; in which vessel he captured, 31 Dec. 
 1800, the Spanish privateer Fives of 10 guns and 80 
 men, and gained, in 1801, the Turkish gold medal 
 as a reward for his services during the campaign in 
 Egypt. Two days after his official advancement 
 to the rank of Commander, which did not take place 
 until 6 Oct. 1801, Capt. Jackson was appointed by 
 the Commander-in-Chief to the Tigre 74 — an act 
 sanctioned by the Admiralty 29 April, 1802. He 
 returned to England in the ensuing June, and was 
 lastly employed as Flag-Captoin to Lord Keith, on 
 the North Sea and Channel stations, from Jan. 1806 
 to June, 1807, in the Edgar 74, and again (with 
 the exception of a few months in 1814-15) from 
 
 • Vida Gaz. 1800, p. fiso, where it will be seen he distin- 
 guished himself by the extent of his perseverance. 
 
 JACKSON, C.B. (Rear-AdmibaloftheBlue, 
 1841. F-P., 31; H-p., 24.) 
 
 Samuel Jackson was bom in 1775, and died 16 
 Jan. 1845, at Bognor in Sussex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1790, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Kite cutter, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander B. Mitchell, in which vessel he served, 
 principally against the smugglers on the Irish sta- 
 tion, until the commencement of the war in 1793, 
 when he was appointed Master's Mate of the Ro- 
 mulus 36, Capt. John Sutton, and ordered to the 
 Mediterranean. After witnessing the occupation 
 of Toulon, commanding a boat also at the destruc- 
 tion of a nest of privateers in the island of Corsica, 
 and uniting in an attack upon the forts and batte- 
 ries of Bastia, he accompanied Capt. Sutton, in 
 May, 1794, into the Egmont 74, and was thus af- 
 forded an opportunity of sharing in Hotham's 
 actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795 (on the for- 
 mer of which occasions he was wounded), and of 
 assisting in command of the Egmont's barge at the 
 cutting-out from Tunis Bay, 9 March, 1796, of the 
 French vessels Nemesis of 28, and Sardine of 22 guns, 
 together with a polacre mounting 20 guns. On 
 3 Nov. 1796, Mr. Jackson, whose name had been 
 for a short time borne on the books of the Victory 
 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, was made 
 Lieutenant into the Alliance store-ship, Capt. 
 Wm. Cuming. Rejoining the Egmont almost im- 
 mediately afterwards, he had the singular good 
 fortune, in Dec. of the same year, to be the means 
 under Providence of saving the whole of the ofB- 
 cers and crew belonging to the Bombay Castle 74, 
 when wrecked at the entrance of the Tagus. His 
 most extraordinary and intrepid "exertions, in col- 
 lecting the boats of the squadron, then in leading 
 them to the rescue, and in finally consummating 
 the work of humanity by jeopardising his own life, 
 called forth the thanks of the Court-Martial which 
 subsequently assembled to try the Captain and 
 crew of the Bombay Castle. After sharing in the 
 battle off Cape St. Vincent, we find Lieut. Jackson 
 assisting in the Egmont's barge in a gallant attack 
 made upon the Cadiz flotilla under Don Miguel 
 Tynason, who had come out with a large force in 
 order to cut off the Thunder bomb, during her 
 retreat from before the walls of that city ; on which 
 occasion he had the honour of boarding the Don's 
 desperately-defended vessel on one quarter, while 
 the immortal Nelson did so on the other. On the 
 Egmont being paid off in the early part of 1798, 
 Lieut. Jackson was appointed Senior of the Superb 
 74, commanded at first by Capt. Sutton and after- 
 wards by Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, to whom he 
 rendered able and active assistance in the action 
 fought in the Gut of Gibraltar 12 July, 1801, and 
 at its close was sent to take possession of the St. 
 Antoine 74, prize to the Superb.* As a reward for 
 his valour in the conflict he was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander on 18 of the ensuing Aug. His 
 next appointment was, 10 May, 1803, to the Au- 
 tumn 16 ; and in the course of the sapie year, by 
 order of Rear-Admiral Robt. Montagu, he assumed 
 the direction of a small squadron stationed off Ca- 
 lais, for the purpose of preventing the gun,vessels 
 in that port from forming a junction with the Bou- 
 logne flotilla, a service then of the utmost import^ 
 ance. His first operation was an attack of several 
 hours, made on 27 Sept., upon the enemy's gun- 
 boats in Calais pier, which provoked a heavy fire 
 from the French in all directions, and gained the 
 high approval of the Commander-in-Chief Lord 
 Keith. f The second affair appears to have been 
 at the commencement of 1804, when the Autumn 
 had 1 man killed and 6 others wounded, in an at- 
 tempt upon a division of the enemy's flotilla, several 
 of which, although under the protection of formi- 
 
 • riie Gaz. 1801, p. 946. + K Gaz. 1803, p. 1323. 
 
574 
 
 JACKSON. 
 
 dable landL-batteries, were driven on the beach ; — 
 the third, on the evening of the 19th and the morn- 
 ing of the 20th July, when the decisive promptness 
 exhibited by Capt. Jackson, in annoying a detach- 
 ment of the enemy, and thereby preventing its 
 reaching its destination in safety, again elicited the 
 approbation of Lord Keith, and of the Lords of the 
 Admiralty;* — and the last, during the celebrated 
 catamaran expedition against the Boulogne flotilla, 
 on which occasion he was intrusted with the charge 
 of one of the principal explosion- vessels, and evinced 
 a wonderful degree of gallantry and presence of 
 mind-t During a subsequent command (which he 
 held from Oct. 1804 until the summer of 1807) of 
 the MosquiTO 18, we successively discover Capt. 
 Jaclsson effecting the capture, 13 April, 1805, of the 
 French privateers Orestes and Pylades, of 1 gun, 
 6 swivels, and 33 men each — escorting, towards the 
 close of the same year, a fleet of transports with 
 5000 troops, &c., for Lord Cathoart's army in Ha^ 
 nover — commanding a detachment on the Calais 
 and Boulogne stations, where the MosQurro in one 
 instance fell in with five of the enemy's armed 
 schooners, two of which were driven on shore and 
 destroyed — directing a number of rocket-boats in 
 an attack made in Oct. 1806, upon the flotilla at 
 Boulogne — and ultimately accompanying the expe- 
 dition to Copenhagen, during the operations con- 
 nected with which he was stationed in the Belt to 
 prevent supplies being thrown into the island of 
 Zealand. On the surrender of the Danish fleet, he 
 was appointed Acting-Captain of the Surveil- 
 lANTE 38, in which frigate he returned to England. 
 His ofiicial promotion to Post rank taking place 
 5 Nov. 1807, Capt. Jackson, on 8 of the following 
 month, was appointed to the Sdpbkb 74, bearing 
 the flag of his former Commander, Rear- Admiral 
 Keats. Continuing in that ship until paid of in 
 Oct. 1809, he went, in consequence, to the Medi- 
 terranean in pursuit of a French squadron which 
 had effected its escape from Rochefort— superin- 
 tended the embarkation from Nyeborg, in Aug. 
 1808, of the Spanish army under the Marquis de la 
 Romana| — was in the Superb when, frozen up at 
 Gottenborg in Jan. 1809, she was only extricated 
 by a canal being cut through four miles of ice — and 
 in the following Aug. accompanied the force sent 
 to the Walcheren. Capt. Jackson's subsequent ap- 
 pointments were— 14 Jan. 1812, to the Poictiers 74, 
 in which he prevented a French squadron from 
 entering the port of Brest — 21 Dec. 1812, to the 
 Lacedemonian 38, stationed off the coast of North 
 America, whence, after blockading the enemy's 
 ports and rivers between Cape Fear and Amelia 
 Island, co-operating in the attacks on fort St. Petre 
 and the town of St. Mary's, and participating in 
 the capture of property calculated at more than half 
 a million sterling, he returned to England in June, 
 1815—29 Aug. 1815, to the Niber 38, in which fri- 
 gate he first conveyed Hon. Chas. Bagot as Ambas- 
 sador to the United States, then escorted Sir John 
 Sherbrooke, Governor of Canada, from Halifax to 
 Quebec, and served as Senior officer on the coast 
 of Nova Scotia until Sept. 1817, when, owing to her 
 being found unserviceable, he returned home with 
 his officers and crew in a transport — 29 Oct. 1822, 
 to a three years' command of the Ordinary at Sheer- 
 ness — 5 April, 1836, to the Bellerophon 80, fitting 
 for the Mediterranean, where he remained for about 
 twenty months — and 19 Feb. 1838, to the command 
 of the Royal Sovereign yacht, and the Superin- 
 tendentship of Pembroke Dockyard. He was su- 
 perseded in the latter appointment on his attain- 
 ment of Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841, and not again 
 employed. 
 
 Roar-Admiral Jackson was nominated a C.B. 
 8 Dec. 1815. He married, 6 Deo. 1817, Clarissa 
 Harriet, daughter of Capt. Madden, Agent for the 
 Portsmouth division of Royal Marines, and niece 
 of Major-General Sir Geo. Madden, Kt., K.T.S., 
 by whom he has left issue two sons, Chas. Keats, 
 a Lieutenant R.N., and Geo. Edw. Owen, Second- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1804, p. Silo. + V. Gaz. 1S04, p. 1337. 
 
 t V. Gaz. ISOti, p. 1 150. 
 
 Lieutenant R.M., 1842. His youngest son, Outram 
 Montagu, who had been educated at Addiscombe, 
 died in the East Indies 17 March, 1844, a few months 
 only after he had been appointed an Ensign of the 
 26th Native Infantry. Agents— Messrs. Ommaifc 
 ney. 
 
 JACKSON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Robert .Smimhs Jackson, bom 29 Nov. 1793, 
 is son of Robt. Jackson, Esq., of Hampton, Ja- 
 maica, who was Supreme Judge of the Court of 
 Justiciary and Member of the House of Assemblyy 
 and in the Maroon war commanded a brigade or 
 3000 nien. He is brother of Major John Serocold 
 Jackson, late of the 22nd Regt. of Foot, and for 
 many years Brigade-Major at Plymouth; and of 
 Capt. Jas. Irving Jackson, of the 6th Foot, Aide- 
 de-Camp to Prince William of Gloucester, who died 
 in 1809. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malta 84, commanded 
 in the Mediterranean by Capts. Edw. Buller and 
 Wm. Shield ; and in Sept. 1807 attained the rating 
 of Midshipman. Removing in Oct. 1808 to the 
 Montagu 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, he 
 served in one of the boats of that ship at the re- 
 duction of Sta. Maura in April, 1810 ; after which 
 we find him, from May, 1811, until Aug. 1815, em- 
 ployed, on the Home, north coast of Sp^n, Cork, 
 and West India stations, latterly as Master's Mate, 
 in the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, Insolent 
 14, Capt. Edw. Brazier, and Tigre 74, Capt. John 
 Halliday. During the term of his attachment to 
 the Insolent Mr. Jackson co-operated, in 1812, in 
 the reduction of the Spanish town of Santander. 
 He was frequently also placed in the command of 
 prizes; and on one of tliose occasions, in Oct. 1813, 
 while he was conducting a Norwegian boat from off 
 Flekeroe to Gottenborg, he was benumbed in the 
 right thigh from extreme exposure to the cold, and 
 so injured that he was ultimately for many years 
 rendered incapable of the least exertion, and is even 
 now scarcely able to bend the knee — effects which 
 we believe were accelerated, if not aggravated, by 
 his endeavours to stop a leak in the stern-plank of 
 a Danish sloop, with which he was shortly ^fterr 
 wards sent to Yarmouth. On leaving the Tigre, 
 as above, Mr. Jackson, who had passed his .exami- 
 nation 7 Oct. 1812, took up a commission da!ed 
 1 March, 1815. His last appointment was to the 
 Coast Guard, in which he served from 12 Jan. 1835, 
 until July, 1843. 
 
 He married, 24 Dec. 1816; and has issue six 
 children. 
 
 JACKSON. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Thomas Jackson (a) entered the Navy, in March, 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Marlborough 
 74, Capt. Thos. Sotheby, stationed in the Channel, 
 In the following Nov. he removed to the Superb 74, 
 commanded at first by Capt. John Sutton, next by 
 the late Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, and finally by 
 Capt. Donald M'Leod, with whom he continuously 
 served until Oct. 1807; participating during that 
 period in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action of 12 July, 1801 
 —in Nelson's celebrated pursuit of the combined 
 fleets to the West Indies— in Sir John Duckworth's 
 action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, on which occa- 
 sion he was slightly wounded*— and in the expedi- 
 tion to Copenhagen. He then became Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell, 
 which ship (on being extricated with much difficulty 
 from a mass of ice in which she had been blocked 
 up during the whole winter) effected, in company 
 with the Stately 64, the capture and destruction, 
 22 March, 1808, on the coast of Zealand, of the 
 Danish 74, Prindts Christian Frederic, after a run- 
 ning fight of great length and obstinacy, in which 
 she (the Nassau) sustained a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 16 wounded. Mr. Jackson, whose confirmation 
 in the rank of Lieutenant took place on 17 of the 
 ensuing May, assumed voluntary command, 6 Sept. 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 373. 
 
JACKSON-JAOOBS-JACOMB— JAGER. 
 
 575 
 
 1809, of one of four boats, and assisted in boarding 
 iind carrying Le Jean Bart, of 4 guns and 25 men.* 
 His succeeding appointments were— 22 Nov. 1809, 
 to the CoRDEUA 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy, 
 stationed in the Downs— 26 April, 18U, to the Co- 
 quette, Capt. Geo. Hewson, with whom he served 
 on the Leith station until paid off in Jau. 1812 — 
 and, 10 Feb. 1813, to the Wasp sloop, Capts. Thos. 
 Evferard, John Fisher, and Wm. Wolrige. He 
 served in the latter vessel, on the North American 
 and Mediterranean stations, until put out of com- 
 mission in Sept. 1818 ; and has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 In consideration of the wound alluded to above, 
 Lieut. Jackson received at the time a pecuniary re- 
 ward from the Patriotic Society. Agents — Cop- 
 lands and Burnett. 
 
 JACKSON. (LiEDT., 181.5. F-P., 27 ; h-p., 14.) 
 Thomas Jackson (6) entered the Navy, 9 July, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, 
 Capts. J. Hanwell, Henry Hart, Valentine CoUard, 
 Nathaniel Forster, and Fred. Watkins, in which 
 ship, bearing the flag at iirst of Vice-Adtniral Thos. 
 Macnamara Kussell, he witnessed the surrender of 
 Heligoland, and continued to serve, as Midshipman, 
 on the North Sea and Baltic stations, until March, 
 1809. He then joined the Standard 64, Capt. 
 Aiskew PaflFard Hollis, in time to participate in the 
 reduction of the island of Anhold ; and on becoming 
 attached, in March, 1811, to the Fearless gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commamders Geo. Le Blanc, Chas. Basden, 
 Jas. Guy Osborn, and Hehry Lord Richards, he co- 
 operated in the defence of Cadiz and Tarifa. While 
 next on the books of the San Juan 74, bearing the 
 ifiag of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee, we find 
 him much employed with the Gibraltar gun-boats. 
 In 1814 he escorted convoy to the West Indies in 
 the Sultan 74, Capt. John West ; and from March 
 to Sept. 1815 he discharged the duties of Master's 
 Mate in the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the 
 Mediterranean station. Mr. Jackson then took up 
 a commission dated 28 Feb. 1815. He obtained 
 command, 31 March, 1829, of the Dolphin Kevenue- 
 vessel ; and since 17 April, 1832, has been employed 
 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Travers Forbes Jackson served as 
 Midshipman of the Wellesley and Blenheim 72's, 
 during the operations on the coast of China ; and 
 was mentioned as having served on shore at the 
 capture of Amoy and Chinghae.f He passed his 
 examination 22 Oct. 1842 ; was employed for two 
 years and a half, as Mate, in the Camperdown 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace, and Inconstant 36, 
 Capt. Chas. Hovre Fremantle, on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations ; obtained his commission 
 15 Jan. 1846 ; and has been since attached, as Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant, to the HiBERNiA 104, flag-ship of 
 Sir Wm. Parker, also in the Mediterranean. 
 
 JACOBS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Jacobs entered the Navy, in July, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald fri- 
 gate, Capt. Jas. O'Bryen, stationed in the West In- 
 dies ; became Midshipman, in 1804, of the Galatea 
 32, Capt. Henry Heathcote, whom he accompanied 
 to the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the D4- 
 siREE 36 ; was transferred, in 1805, to the Orion 
 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, off' the port of Cadiz ; 
 joined in succession, towards the close of 1806, the 
 St. George and Prince George 98's, Capts. Thos. 
 Bertie and Geo. Losack, on the St. Helena station ; 
 and from Feb. 1807 until confirmed in his present 
 rank, 6 Oct. 1813, was again employed in the West 
 Indies, occasionally as Master's Mate, Sub-Lieute- 
 nant, and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Heoeeux 24, 
 Capt. John Ellice Watt, Circe and Latona frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot, Pompbe, 
 Neptune, and Statira, flag-ships of Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, Dragon 74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. 
 • Fide Gaz. 1809, p. 1439. + V. Gaz. 1842, pp. 88, 396. 
 
 Laforey, Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, Dragon 
 once more. Liberty 14, Lieut.-Commander Geo. 
 M'Guire, and Bulwark 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. 
 He assisted in the Circe at the reduction of the 
 island of Marie-galante in March, 1808 ; and at the 
 capture, 31 Oot. following, under the fire of a bat^ 
 tery which Idlled and wounded 2 of the British, of 
 the Palineur, French national brig of 16 guns and 
 70 men, 7 of whom were slain and 8 wounded. In 
 the Latona he was severely wounded while recon- 
 noitering, at the commencement of 1809, off Guade- 
 loupe, the French 44-gun frigate La Jtmon, previ- 
 ously to her capture. His last appointments were, 
 24 Dec. 1813 and 13 May, 1815, to the Bulwark 
 again, Capts. David Milne and Farmery Predam 
 Epworth, and for a short time to the Borer, Capt. 
 Wm. Rawlins, both on the North American station. 
 Agents— Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 JACOMB. (Eetiked Commander, 1842. f-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 Robert Jaoomb entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1800, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fisgard 36, Capts; 
 Thos. Byam Martin and Michael Seymour, on the 
 Home station ; where^ until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 12 March, 1807, he further served in 
 the Kite brig, Capt. Philip Pipon, Impetuedx 84, 
 Capts. T. B. Martin and John Erskine Douglas, 
 and Dragon 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew 
 Henry Scott. He then proceeded to the Rio de la 
 Plata and the Cape of Good Hope in the Cormo- 
 rant, Capt. Wm. Hughes ; and was afterwards, 
 until July, 1814, employed, on the Irish, Channel, 
 Cape, and P^mouth stations, in the Decade, Capt. 
 J. Stewart, Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, 
 ScipioN, Lion, and President, flag-ships of Sir 
 Robt. Stopford (under whom he co-operated in the 
 reduction of the island of Java), and, as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Rear-Admiral T. B. Martin, in the Prince 
 Frederick. The latter was his last appointment. 
 He accepted his present rank 29 Dec. 1842. Agents 
 ' — Halford and Co. 
 
 J-i-GER. (Retired Commander, 1842. F-p., 21; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 Thomas Jagee entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1798, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Southampton 32, 
 Capt. John Harvey, stationed in the West Indies, 
 whence, after assisting as Master's Mate at the re- 
 duction of the Virgin Islands, he returned to Eng- 
 land with the same Captain in 1801 in the Amphi- 
 trite. He then Joined in succession the Iris 32, 
 Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse aind David Atkins, 
 and Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. P. Wodehouse ; and 
 on the latter ship being wrecked off Cape St. Vin- 
 cent, 31 May, 1803, he further served, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1807, 
 on board the Termagant 18, Capt. Robt. Petler 
 (by whom he was employed at the cutting out, near 
 Bastia, of the national armed xebec Podesta), Guer- 
 RiER, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Knight 
 (during his attachment to which ship he shared, in 
 1805, in some gun-boat service at Gibraltar), Eury- 
 DicE frigate, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, and Dread- 
 nought 98, Capt. Wm. Leohmere. His succeeding 
 appointments were, on the Home and North Ame- 
 rican stations, to the Hesper, Capt. Geo. Acklom 
 Barracouta, Capt. Geo. Harris, Agincourt 64* 
 armee-en-flute, Capt. Wm. Kent, Lauhestinus 24* 
 Capt. Thos. Graham, Nymphen 36, Capt. Matthew 
 Smith, and Statira 38, Capt. Spehnan Swaine 
 Among the above ships the Agincourt formed part 
 of the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809 ; and the 
 Laurestinus and Statira were each wrecked ■ the 
 former (after having served in the Chesapeake,' and 
 witnessed the attack upon Crany Island, StcS off 
 the Silver Keys, Bahama Islands, 22 Oct. 1813 ; and 
 the latter on a sunken rock, off the island of Cuba, 
 26 Feb. 1815. In June and Aug. 1816 Lieut. Jager 
 successively assumed command of the Hawke Md 
 liGER Revenue-vessels. He was superseded from 
 the Tiger in June, 1819, and was lastly employed 
 in the Coast Blockade, as Supernnmerary-fieute- 
 
576 
 
 JAGO— JAMES. 
 
 nant, from June, 1828, to March, 1831, of the Hype- 
 KION 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. His present 
 rank was conferred on him 19 July, 1842. 
 
 JAGO. (Lieutenant, 1816. p-p., 10 ; h-p., 30.) 
 John Sampson Jago entered the Navy, 20 April, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 
 44, Capts. John Tremayne Redd, Henry Edw. Re- 
 ginald Baker, and John Broughton, in which ship, 
 after witnessing Lord Cochrane's destruction of the 
 French shipping in the Basque Roads, he proceeded 
 with convoy to China. In July, 1812, having re- 
 turned home, he accompanied Capt. Broughton into 
 the Cornwall 74, commanded subsequently by Sir 
 Edw. Tucker ; with whom, and with Sir Jas. Lucas 
 Yeo, he served, from March, 1813, iintil Oct. 1815, 
 on board the Inconstant 36, on the Brazilian and 
 Portsmouth stations. He shortly afterwards joined 
 the BoYNE 98, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth ; 
 and, on being transferred with that gallant Admiral 
 to the Queen Charlotte 100, he shared as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, and was slightly wounded, in the battle 
 of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816.* He was in consequence 
 confirmed in his present rank by commission dated 
 on 5 of the ensuing Sept. ; but he has not been since 
 employed. 
 
 JAMES. (Lieut., 1829. p-p., 20; h-p., 15.) 
 Henry James was born 1 Aug. 1799. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompbe 74, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Athol "Wood, with whom he served in the Me- 
 diterranean until 1815, latterly as Midshipman. He 
 then successively joined the Berwick and Impreg- 
 nable, flag-ships of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at 
 Plymouth, where he was further employed under 
 the orders of Lord Exmouth, inclusive of a short 
 period passed in the Fox and Wolf cutters, until 
 1818. The next four years were spent by Mr. James 
 again in the Mediterranean, on board the Bevolu- 
 TiONNAiRE 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Fleetwood Broughton 
 Reynolds Pellew. In 1822 he proceeded to the 
 Brazils and Pacific in the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. 
 Brown ; and on his retui-n in that frigate to Rio de 
 Janeiro he removed to the flag-ship of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, Sir Geo. Eyre. ' On his arrival in 
 England in 1826 Mr. James made a trip to Lisbon 
 with Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. In July, 1827, 
 he joined the Victory 104, lying at Portsmouth, 
 whence he soon sailed, in the Fairy sloop, for the 
 West Indies, and was there, it appears, transferred 
 to the Skipjack schooner. On 3 July, 1829, being 
 at the time in the Bahham 50, the flag-ship on the 
 latter station of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, 
 he waB promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Harle- 
 quin 18. He came home in the course of the same 
 year in the Deuid 46 ; and he was lastly appointed, 
 7 Oct. 1834, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Win- 
 CHESTEK 52, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen 
 Capel, and, 7 July, 1835, to the Wolf 18, Capt. 
 Edw. Stanley, both on the East India station. He 
 invalided home in 1838 on board the Zebra sloop. 
 Lieut. James married, 27 Aug. 1833, Mary, 
 daughter of the late Thos. Ridley, Esq., of Chester 
 Square, London, by whom he has issue three child- 
 
 JAMES. (Commander, 1841. p-p., 24; h-p., 19.) 
 Horatio James entered the Navy, 28 Deo. 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jason 32, Capts. Wm. 
 Burgundy Champain and Thos. John Cochrane; 
 under the former of whom he assisted at the cap- 
 ture, 13 Oct. 1805, near Tobago, of the Nalade cor- 
 vette of 16 guns, 4 swivels, and 170 men. Under 
 Capt. Cochrane he was present as Midshipman off 
 the coast of Surinam at the capture, 27 Jan. 1807, 
 of La Favorite French national ship of 29 guns and 
 150 men ; and in the course of the next Dec. he 
 witnessed the surrender of the Danish West India 
 islands. In the autumn of 1808, shortly after his 
 removal with the same Captain to the Ethalion 38, 
 he further served in an action with the French 40- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1792. 
 
 gun frigate AmpMtrite, as he did, in 1809, at the 
 reduction of Martinique and the Saintes. The 19 
 months which immediately preceded his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, were em- 
 ployed by Mr. James on the Home and Brazilian 
 stations in the Donegal, Marlborough, and Poic- 
 tiers 74's, Capts. Pulteney Malcolm, Graham Moore, 
 and John Poo Beresford, and Foodroyant 80, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Michael De Courcy. His subsequent 
 appointments were— 21 April, 1813, to the Royal 
 Sovereign 100, Capts. Jas. Bissett and Thos. Gor- 
 don Caulfeild, employed in the Channel and Medi- 
 terranean — 29 March, 1814, as Senior, to the Sara- 
 cen sloop, Capts. John Harper and Alex. Dixie, in 
 which he proceeded from the Adriatic to the Chesa- 
 peake — 22 Aug. 1815, to the Antelope 50, bearing 
 the flag of Rear- Admiral John Harvey in the West 
 Indies — 9 Sept. 1822, to the Eden, Capt. John Law- 
 rence, on particular service — 12 Nov. 1823, to the 
 Surinam 18, Capt. Chas. Crole, again on the West 
 India station — 29 May, 1828, to the Coast Blockade 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the H yperion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— and 22 July, 1830, 15 
 June, 1831, and 27 Aug. 1834, to the command of 
 the Surly cutter. Viper schooner, and Tartarus 
 steam-vessel. Commander James, who has not 
 been afloat since he was paid off in the early part 
 of 1837, assumed his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He is married and has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 JAMES. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 48 ; h-p., 1 9.) 
 James James was born, 9 Aug. 1760, at Liver- 
 pool, and died 13 Nov. 1845. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1779, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Duke 90, Capts. Sir 
 Chas. Douglas, Sir Walter Stirling, and Alan Gard- 
 ner, in which ship he participated in Rodney's 
 actions of 9 and 12 April, 1782, and on one of those 
 occasions was severely wounded in the* left leg. 
 Between June, 1783, and his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 16 Nov. 1790, he successively served 
 on the Home station in the Scipio 64, Capt. John 
 Nicholson Inglefield, Irresistible, Capt. Sir Andrew 
 Snape Hamond, Scipio again, Director, Capt. Thos. 
 West, and Courageux 74, Capt. Sir A. Gardner. 
 After an employment of three years on the coast of 
 Ireland in the Medusa, Capt. Jas. Newman New- 
 man, he obtained an appointment, in July, 1794, in 
 the Transport service, and was sent to the West 
 Indies. On 24 May, 1797, as a reward for the con- 
 duct he had exhibited in the Prince 98, flag-ship 
 of Sir Roger Curtis, during the never-to-be-forgotten 
 mutiny, Mr. James was nominated to the command 
 of the Hasty gun-brig. He afterwards, in Feb. 
 1798, and May, 1803, assumed charge of the Eagle 
 and Matilda prison and hospital ships at Gilling- 
 ham and Woolwich ; and, from 1 Aug. 1804 until 
 the receipt of his second promotal commission, bear- 
 ing date 1 July, 1828, he commanded the Argonaut 
 hospital-ship at Chatham. The remainder of his 
 life was passed on half-pay. 
 
 Commander James married, first, in 1789, Miss 
 liucy Gifford : and secondly, in 1800, Miss Margaret 
 Copp. He has left two children by each marriage. 
 
 JAMES. (Lieutenant, 1821, p-p., 22 ; h-p., 13.) 
 Thomas James is son of the late John James, 
 Esq., of Truro, Cornwall. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 May, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Baeham 74, Capt. John 
 Wm. Spranger, stationed in the North Sea; and 
 from the following Nov. until the conclusion of the 
 war was employed in the Channel and West Indies, 
 the latter part of the time as Midshipman, in the 
 Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. He next served for 
 SIX years on the African station in the Orontes 36, 
 Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Podargus 14, Capts. 
 Jas. Walhs, Henry John Rous, and Jas. Cairnes, 
 Racoon 26, Capt. Jas. Wallis, Myrmidon 20, Capt. 
 §'',°7/'„^^'^^' Tartar 42, Commodore Sir Geo. 
 Ralph Collier and Pheasant 18, Capt. Benedictus 
 Marwood Kelly. In Sept. 1821, after having acted 
 
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 577 
 
 for six months as Lieutenant of the latter vessel, ^''''k P'''-'^ 1« ^t- 1815 he wa, ser^ang ^a S«per_ 
 
 he took up a commission dated 28 of the previous °""|'*/5Xi if assumed c^^^^^^ 1824, 
 
 April. His appointments have since been-3 May, mot Schomher^. He assumed '^"^^g^'l^ ^„ j 
 
 1833, to theCoLt Guard-24 July, 1833, to the com- ^''^J'^^^rt penod, we h^he 
 
 maud of the Pigeon Falmouth packet-25 Jan. 1843 ^e h*^„ '^"yi^HO ™a^^^^ the North Ame- 
 
 (after a few months of half-pay), to be Admiralty \ 1839, of the J!;CHO/t«™/f ^^'' "" 
 
 mand of the Pigeon Falmouth packet— 25 Jan. 1843 
 Bw months of half-pay), to be Admiralty 
 Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel — and, 26 June, 
 1846, to the command of the Express brig, in which 
 he is again employed on the Falmouth station. 
 
 He married, in 1833, Emma, daughter of the late 
 H. P. Andrews, Esq., of Bordean, Cornwall, by 
 whom he has issue. Agents— Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 JAMES. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Thomas Edward James entered the Navy, 3 
 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hibehnia 
 120, Capt. Tristram Eobt. Bicketts, in which ship 
 he served under the flags of Earl St. Vincent, Sir 
 "Wm. Sidney Smith, and Sir Chas. Cotton, on the 
 Channel, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, until 
 Nov. 1810-nearly the whole time in the capacity 
 of Midshipman. He had an opportunity, thereforCj 
 of witnessing, while with Sir W. S. Smith, the de- 
 parture of the Koyal Family of Portugal for the 
 Brazils in 1807. In Deo. 1810, after he had further 
 served for a shoirt time with Sir Chas. Cotton in the 
 San Josef 110, he joined the Nautilus 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Bench, under whom, during a continued em- 
 ployment of nearly four years in the Mediterranean, 
 he participated, among other performances, in the 
 capture of three armed vessels, carrying in the 
 whole 23 guns and 235 men. From Nov. 1814 until 
 Aug. 1815 Mr. James, whose commission bears date 
 20 Feb. in the latter year, served in the North Sea 
 and Channel as Master's Mate of the Alert sloop, 
 Capt. Joseph Gulston Garland. His subsequent 
 appointments were— 26 Oct. 1820, to the Lee sloop, 
 Capt. Stewart Blacker, lying at Plymouth — 17 Jan. 
 and 22 March, 1822, to the Cybene and Arab, 
 Capts. Percy Grace and Wm. Holmes, from the 
 latter of which vessels he was superseded at his 
 own request— and, 1 July, 1834, to the Coast Guard. 
 He left that service in 1844, and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 JAMES. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 29.) 
 William James entered the Navy, 12 Feb. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl Vol., on board the Experiment packet, 
 Capt. Jas. Manderson, on the Falmouth station. 
 After serving off Guernsey as Midshipman of the 
 Uranie 38, Capt. Christopher Laroche, he joined, 
 in Aug. 1807, the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming, off Cadiz ; and he was next, 
 from May, 1808, until March, 1814, employed in 
 the Mediterranean on board the Espoik 18, Capts. 
 Bobt. Mitford and Hon. Bobt. Cavendish Spencer. 
 During that period, besides witnessing the sur- 
 render of the islands of Ischia and Procida, and 
 participating in the capture, 26 June, 1809, of 18 
 French gun-boats, as also in an action with the 
 French 40-gun frigate Cere's, Mr. James, on 4 April, 
 1810, assisted at the destruction, by the boats of 
 the EspoiH and Success 32, under Lieut. Geo. Bose 
 Sartorius, of several vessels well protected on the 
 beach abreast of Castiglione. On another occasion 
 he contributed, in the boats of the same sloop and 
 of the Spartan 38, to the capture of other craft 
 from beneath the fire of a battery and musketry 
 at Terracina; and, on 18 Aug. 1813, we find him 
 serving in the boats of a small squadron under Capt. 
 Thos. Ussher in a very gallant attack on the bat- 
 teries at Cassis, where, after sustaining a loss of 
 4 men killed and 16 wounded, the British, In four 
 hours, succeeded in capturing 3 heavy gun-boats 
 and 26 vessels laden with merchandize. In March, 
 1814, having returned to England and removed 
 with Capt. Spencer to the Cabron 20, Mr. James 
 sailed for Gibraltar. In the course of the same 
 year he further joined the Caledonia 120, and 
 Prince Frederick, bearing the flags in the Medi- 
 terranean and at Hamoaze of Lord Exmouth and 
 Bear-Admiral Thos. Byam Martin. At the period 
 of bis promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which 
 
 he had lastly the command, from S 
 1839, of the Echo steam-vesf-' " 
 rica and West India station. 
 
 JAMESON. (Ketibed Commandeb, 1837. f-p-i 
 18; H-P., 51.) 
 Walter Jameson entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 
 1778, as L.M., on board the Janus, Capts. Bom"?' 
 Glover, — Dixon, and Horatio Nelson, on the West 
 India station, where, and in North America and 
 the Channel, he continued to serve, chiefly as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Niger frigate, Capt. John Brown, 
 and again in the Janus, Capts. W. H. O'Hara and 
 Eobt. M'Evoy, until Sept. 1783. On the renewal ot 
 hostilities in 1793, after having been for nearly 10 
 years employed in the merchant-service, he joined 
 the Illustrious 74, Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick, 
 attached to the force in the Mediterranean. In the 
 course of 1795 he there removed in succession to 
 the Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship of Bear-Admiral 
 Bobt. Linzee, and Blenheim 98, commanded by 
 his former Captain, Frederick; and in the early 
 part of 1796 he was appointed by Sir John Jervis, 
 in whose flag-ship, the Victort, he had been for a 
 short time serving, to a Lieutenancy in a sloop 
 under the orders at the time of Capt. Bobt. Sauce. 
 His official promotion took place on 28 July in the 
 same year; after which period he was employed, 
 we find, from March, 1797, to Dec. 1798, in the 
 Naiad and MfiLPOMiNE 38's, Capts. Wm. Pierre- 
 pont and Sir Chas. Hamilton— from Nov. 1799 until 
 July, 1800, in the Thames 32, Capt. Wm. Lukin— 
 from Aug. 1800 until 18(B, in command of a Signal 
 station on Black Castle Hill, Lammermuir, N. B. — 
 and, from July, 1804, until 1808, in the SeaFencible 
 service in Scotland. While in command of the 
 boats of the Thames, and in the act of boarding 
 two of the enemy's vessels in Quiberon Bay, Lieut. 
 Jameson received a musket-ball in the shoulder, 
 which, although his back has been cut open in the 
 attempt, has never been extracted. He became 
 a Betired Commander on the Senior List 27 Oct. 
 1837. 
 
 JAMISON. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 William Papillon Jamison entered the Navy 
 27 April, 1827 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; 
 and obtained his commission 23 March, 1840. His 
 succeeding appointments appear to have been— 30 
 May, 1840, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Win- 
 chester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey in North 
 America and the West Indies — 7 March, 1841, to 
 the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. Bamsay, on the same sta- 
 tion— 29 Nov. 1842, to the Thunderbolt steam- 
 vessel, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel Broke, under whom 
 he served at the Cape of Good Hope, for some time 
 as First-Lieutenant— 2 Sept. 1845, to the President 
 50, fitting at Portsmouth for the flag of Bear-Ad- 
 miral Jas. Bich. Dacres— and, 4 Feb. 1846, again 
 as Senior, to the Thunderbolt, Capt. Alex. Boyle, 
 in which vessel he was wrecked in Algoa Bay in 
 Feb. 1847. 
 
 JANNS. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p., 11 ; 
 H-P., 36.) 
 Charles Janns entered the Navy, 29 July, 1800, 
 as a Supernumerary, on board the Puissant 74, re- 
 ceiving-ship at Spithead, Capt. Symes ; removed, 
 in the course of the same year, to the Suffisant, 
 
 Capts. Jonas Bose, Whitman, and Christopher 
 
 John Williams Nesham, stationed in the Channel; 
 served, from Oct. 1801 until Nov. 1806, at Home 
 and in North America, on board the Jamaica 24, 
 Capts. Jonas Bose and John Dick ; then rejoined 
 Capt. Bose in the Agamemnon 64, lying at the 
 Nore ; and on 24 March, 1807, was made Lieutenant 
 into the Alligator, Capt. Campbell. In the fol- 
 lowing Aug., having received an appointment to 
 the Inflexible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson 
 
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 JAUNCEY-JAY-JEAYES. 
 
 he accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen. 
 He afterwards served — from Feb. 1808 until he in- 
 valided in Jan. 1811— on the Channel, Bay of Bis- 
 cay, and Mediterranean stations, in the Eclaik 
 sloop ; which vessel, during the illness of her proper 
 Captain, Chas. Kempthome Quash, he personally 
 commanded at the defence of Sicily in 1810. The 
 latter was his last appointment. He accepted his 
 present rank 19 July, 1842. Agents— Hallett and 
 Kobinson. 
 
 JAUNCEY. (CoMMiNDER, 1843. F-P., 23; H-p., 8.) 
 Horatio Jauncey is eldest surviving son of 
 Capt. Henry JFyge Jauncey, R.N.* (1821), who died 
 in July, 1834. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1816, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Hope 10, commanded by 
 his father in the Channel ; and, from Oct. 1818 
 until July, 1822, served on the Irish and West India 
 stations in the Tribune 42, Capt. Nesbit Josiah 
 Willoughby. He then joined the Gloucester 74, 
 flag-ship at Chatham of Sir Benj. Hallowell; and 
 in the following Dec, after having passed his exa- 
 mination, he sailed for South America in the 
 Bkiton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell. Beturning 
 to England in Sept. 1826, Mr. Jauncey was next, in 
 March, 1827, nominated to a Mateship in the Hossar 
 46, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Ogle at Halifax, 
 where he continued until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 26 Feb. 1830. His appointments in the 
 latter capacity were- 10 Deo. 1833, to the Endv- 
 MiON 50, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, on the I/isbon and 
 Mediterranean stations— and, 28 Dec. 1836, 3 Nov. 
 1840, and 17 Jan. 1843, as Senior, to the Snake 16, 
 Capts. Alex. Milne and John Baker Porter Hay, 
 Veknon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, and Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, on the West 
 India, Mediterranean, and Plymouth stations. He 
 was advanced to his present rank in honour of a 
 visit paid by Her Majesty to the Caledonia 25 
 Sept. 1843; and has been employed, since 16 Nov. 
 1846, as Second-Captain of the Albion 90, part of 
 the Channel squadron. Agents- Messrs. Ilalford 
 and Co. 
 
 JAY. (CoMMANnER, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Hawse Jay entered the Navy, 1 May, 
 1801, as A. B., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Hart, under whom (we except an attachment 
 of a few months in 1803-4 to the Amphion 32, Capt. 
 Sam. Sutton) he continued to serve, on the Medi- 
 terranean and North Sea stations, the greater part 
 of the time as Midshipman, until May, 1805. He 
 was then borne for a few months, as a Supernume- 
 rary, on the books of the Winchelsea frigate, Capt. 
 Wm. Cockraft, lying atSheerness, whence, towards 
 the close of the same year, he returned to the Me- 
 diterranean in the Standard 64, Capt. Thos. Har- 
 vey. After Assisting at the passage of the Darda- 
 nells in Feb. 1807, on which occasion he was slightly 
 wounded,t Mr. Jay, on Capt. Aiskew Paifard HoUis 
 succeeding to the command of the Standard, pro- 
 ceeded to the Baltic. Arrived on that station, he 
 removed, in Jan. 1810, to the Snipe cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander Chas. Champion, and was there ac- 
 tively employed until June, 1811. During the next 
 two years he presents himself to our notice as 
 serving atSheerness on board theRAisoNNABLE 64, 
 Capts. Thos. New, Chas. Hewitt, and Edw. Sneyd 
 Clay ; and from July, 1813, until July, 1814, we find 
 him in command, the last six months with the rank 
 of Acting-Lieutenant, of the gun-boats Nos. 14 and 
 19, on the north coast of Spain. On his return to 
 Sheerness Mr. Jay was received as a Supernumerary 
 on board the Namuh 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Wil- 
 liams. During the few months immediately ante- 
 cedent to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 
 6 Feb. 1815, he served, it appears, in the Vene- 
 
 * Capt. Jauncey, when Second- l^ieutenant of the Kthai.ion 
 frigate, Capt. James Younj^, assisted, in Oct. 1799, at the 
 capture of a Spanish {galleon so valuable that his own share 
 alone amounted to 5000/. 
 
 f Vide GJ.Z.. 1807, p. .507 
 
 RABLE 74, bearing the flag in the West Indies of the 
 late Sir Philip Durham. His next appointments 
 were— 15 July, 1818, to the Ontario 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Gosling, fitting at Plymouth— and, 13 Sept. 1822, 
 and 31 May, 1823, to the Severn and Bamillies 
 Coast-Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and 
 Hugh Pigot. He has held the oifice, since 26 June, 
 1828, of Superintendent of Semaphores at the Ad- 
 miralty. The commission he at present holds bears 
 date 22 Oct. 1841. 
 
 Commander Jay, in consideration of the wound 
 he received at the Dardanells, obtained a pecuniary 
 grant from the Patriotic Society. He is married, 
 and has issue. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 JEAYES. (LiEDT., 1825. F-p., 25 ; H-p., 9.) 
 
 John Jeates, born 25 Dec. 1799, at Coventry, is 
 son of the late Henry Jeayes, Esq., of that city ; 
 step-son of the late, and step-brother of the present 
 Capt. John Masoal, B.M. ; and brother-in-law of 
 Rich. Rodney Bligh Hopley, Esq., Surgeon R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1813, as 
 Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Asia 74, Capts. Geo. 
 Scott, John Wainwright, and Alex. Skene ; in which 
 ship we find him present, as Fst--cl. Vol., in the 
 attacks on Washington, Alexandria, Fort Bowyer, 
 Baltimore, and New Orleans. Having attained 
 the rating of Midshipman 1 Sept. 1815, he joined, in 
 Feb. 1816, the Ramillies 74, Capt. Thos. Boys, 
 with whom he served for two years and seven 
 months on the Home station ; after which he ap- 
 pears to have been employed on the coast of Africa 
 from 28 May, 1819, until 10 Aug. 1823, nearly the 
 whole time as Master's Mate, in the Snapper brig, 
 commanded in succession by various Lieutenants. 
 During that period Mr. Jeayes was twice in action 
 with pirates. He assisted also at the destruction 
 of several slave-factories in the river Pongo ; and, 
 in Aug. 1821, having volunteered his services, he 
 succeeded, in a boat with only 14 hands, in cutting 
 out from Duke's Town the Portuguese schooner Con- 
 ceicao of 6 guns and 36 men, with 256 slaves on 
 board — for his skill in navigating which vessel to 
 Sierra Leone, although making three feet water per 
 hour, he received the thanks of his Commander, 
 Lieut. Christopher Knight. In Sept. 1822 Mr. 
 Jeayes (who had passed his examination in the pre- 
 vious Feb.) was again sent in charge of a prize to 
 Sierra Leone, during the last nine days of his pass- 
 age whither he suffered great privations, being re- 
 duced to half a pint of water and a pint of Indian 
 corn a-day. On the return to England of the Snap- 
 per in Aug. 1823, he voluntarily joined the Prince 
 Regent colonial brig, for the purpose of co-operat- 
 ing with the troops in the Asliantee war. Succeed- 
 ing soon to the command of that vessel, Mr. Jeayes, 
 among other important and particular services, ef- 
 fectually covered the retreat of Lieut. Erskine and 
 149 of his men, after the death of Sir Chas. M'Car- 
 thy at the battle of Assamacow, and, by his exer- 
 tions in procuring fresh provisions, had the good 
 fortune of preventing the garrison of Capo Coast 
 Castle from delivering themselves into the hands of 
 their ferocious enemy. He likewise on one occa- 
 sion, in 1824, proceeded with the boats from Sierra 
 Leone off the lies de Los, a distance of about 70 
 miles, and captured Les Deux Sceurs with 136 slaves 
 on board. In consequence, however, of the great 
 fatigue endured by him in the performance of that 
 service, having been exposed in an open boat for 
 eight days and nights, he was for two months laid 
 up with an attack of African fever. On being'sent 
 home with despatches for the benefit of his health, 
 he was at length, through the strong recommenda- 
 tion of Major-General Chas. Stuart, Governor of 
 Sierra Leone, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 by commission dated 17 Oct. 1825. Returning again 
 to his former station, as second in command of the 
 African steamer, he there assumed the successive 
 Captaincy, 3 April and 16 May, 1826, of the colo- 
 nial vessels Susan and Revenge. In the following 
 Aug. Mr. Jeayes was once more compelled to in- 
 valid. His subsequent appointments were— 23 Fob. 
 
JEFFERIES— JEFFERIS-JEFFERSON. 
 
 579 
 
 1830, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Talaveea 74, Capts. Hugh Pigot 
 and David Colby— 18 April, 1831, to the Coast 
 Guard— 1 Aug. 1836, to the Victory 104, flag-ship 
 at Portsmouth of Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland— 18 
 May, 1839, again to the Coast Guard— and, 4 Feb. 
 1840, and between Feb. 1843 and 14 Aug. 1844, to 
 the successive command of the African, Alban, 
 Pluto, and AtBAN steam-vessels, on the West India 
 and Home stations. He then again invalided ; but, 
 since 29 Sept. 1846, has held a second appointment 
 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Jeayes married, 8 Feb. 1826, Josephina, 
 eldest daughter of the late John Wm. Alston, Esq., 
 of Edinburgh, hy whom he has issue a son and five 
 daughters. 
 
 JEFFEKIES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 38 ; h-p., 3.) 
 John Head Jeffesies entered the Navy, 12 Feb. 
 1806, as A.B., on board the Captain 74, commanded 
 in the Channel by Capt. Stevens. He became Mid- 
 shipman, in the following July, of the Ocean 98, 
 bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Lord Col- 
 lingwood ; removed, in July, 1809, to the Milfokd 
 74, Capts. Henry Wm. Bayntun and Edw. Kittoe, 
 stationed in the Channel and ofl' Cadis ; joined, in 
 Aug. 1811, the Franchise frigate, Capt. Kich. 
 Buck, again in the Mediterranean ; and was next, 
 from Sept. 1814 until Aug. 1816, employed on the 
 East India station, chiefly as Master's Mate and 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the Favorite 20, Capt. 
 Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, Camelion 10, Capt. Lovr, 
 Leda 38, Capt. Geo. Sayer, and Philomel 10, Capt. 
 Jas. Hanway Plumridge. Lieut. Jefferies, whose 
 commission bears date 8 June, 1815, has been in 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard ever since 17 
 March, 1820. 
 
 JEFFERIS. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 13; h-p., .33.) 
 Charles Jefferis entered the Navy, 19 Feb. 
 1801, as Fat.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, 
 Capts. Sir Thos. Boulden Thompson and Thos. 
 Bertie, under the former of whom he shared in the 
 action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801, and then vi- 
 sited Cadiz and the West Indies. In the course of 
 1802 he successively joined the Childers and 
 Dasher sloops, both commanded by Capt. John 
 Delafons, on whose death, in the East Indies, in 
 1804, he removed to the Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph 
 Bingham. Besides participating in that ship in an 
 engagement with a French frigate and the batteries 
 in St. Paul's Bay, He de Bourbon, he was frequently 
 employed in her boats against the enemy, and was 
 once reduced to such extremity as to be compelled 
 to subsist for several weeks, upon two ounces of bad 
 biscuit a-day. In Nov. 1808 he was promoted from 
 the CuLLODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pel- 
 lew, to the rank of Acting-Lieutenant in the Rat- 
 tlesnake 18, Capt. Jas. Jbhn Gordon Bremer— an 
 act which the Admiralty sanctioned by commission 
 dated 22 May, 1809. On 7 Sept. following, the firm- 
 ness and humanity of Mr. Jefferis were strikingly 
 displayed in the circumstance of his taking com- 
 mand, during a heavy gale, of the boats of the 
 Rattlesnake, and persevering in his efforts to 
 succour a ship under convoy, whereby 68 persons 
 and a large amount of treasure were rescued from 
 destruction. On that occasion he went on board 
 and remained until every soul had been safely 
 taken off, he himself leaving a few minutes only 
 before the vessel foundered. A few days after the 
 occurrence &f tiiis event we find Mr. Jefleris join- 
 ing the Dover 38, Capt. Edw. Tucker, an officer 
 whose warm approbation it was his frequent for- 
 tune to elicit. Being on one occasion sent in com- 
 mand of a watering party to the island of Engono, 
 he was there attacked by a band of armed savages, 
 to whom, had it not been for the skill and deter- 
 mination he evinced, the whole of the British must 
 have fallen a sacrifice. He afterwards saw much 
 boat-service oil' the island of Java; and in Feb. 
 18l0 he greatly signalized himself throughout the 
 operations which led to the capture of the island of 
 
 Amboyna, where, it appears, he was tlie senior 
 naval oflicer landed from the squadron, and where, 
 although wounded by a spent grape-shot at the 
 storming of the second battery, he continued to 
 afford his valuable assistance until the last.'* After 
 the surrender of the island Mr. Jefferis was often 
 detached in the command- of armed vessels for the 
 purpose of defending it against the pirates. He 
 also, when in charge of an armed brig, co-operated 
 with the Dover in the capture of the Dutch settle- 
 ments of Gorontello, Manado, and Kema. In Aug. 
 1810, having rejoined his ship, he was again em- 
 ployed on shore in command of the seamen at the 
 taking of the island of Temate, and on his return 
 on board, after the storming of Fort Kyo-Merah, he 
 exerted himself, greatly to the satisfaction of his 
 Captain, in the attack on Fort Orange and several 
 of the enemy's batteriea.f When subsequently on 
 his way with despatches in the Mandarin, a cap- 
 tured sloop of war, from Amboyna to Madras, Lieut. 
 Jefferis was unfortunately wrecked, by his vessel 
 striking on an unknown reef off Bed Island, in the 
 Straits of Singapore, where, with his crew, who were 
 saved from immediate destruction solely through 
 the instrumentahty of his own great exertions, he 
 was picked up in a state of utter exhaustion by 
 H.M.S. Chiffonne, then most providentially pass- 
 ing through. Lieut. Jefferis, who contrived, how- 
 ever, to save the despatches, was actually on board 
 the Mandarin at the very moment she went down. 
 He soon afterwards took a passage back to Am- 
 boyna in the Phoinix frigate, and served, en route, 
 as a volunteer in a boat expedition against the 
 Dutch settlement of Palemhang. On his re-junction 
 of the Dover, he had the ill luck, on 2 May, 1811, 
 to be again wrecked in Madras Roads, on which 
 occasion, in common with the rest of the officers 
 and crew, he endured the greatest misery, being 
 lashed to the ship from 11 p.m. until 8 in the fol- 
 lowing morning, with a tremendous surf breaking 
 over him at intervals of every four or five minutes. 
 In consequence of this disaster he sustained a con- 
 siderable loss of prize property, and, as he happened 
 to be in command of the Dover at the time, was 
 detained in India nearly 12 months at his own ex- 
 pense, not being allowed any pay until after the 
 court-martial, which took place at Portsmouth in 
 July, 1812, and which not only fully acquitted him 
 of all blame, but complimented him for his conduct. 
 It had indeed been everything that could be ex- 
 pected from a skilful, expert, and excellent seaman. 
 After having further served for nearly two years 
 and a half with eminent credit, as First-Lieutenant, 
 on the Cork, Brazilian, and West India stations, of 
 the Bacchus sloop, Capts. Lewis Hole, Geo. Wickens 
 Willes, and Wm. Hill, Mr. Jefferis was paid off in 
 Oct. 1815. Since that period he has not been able 
 to procure either employment or promotion. 
 
 The Lieutenant, whose testimonials of service 
 are of a brilliant character, married, 28 Dec. 1824, 
 Maria, daughter of the late John Pearson, Esq., of 
 Rutland Place. 
 
 JEFFERSON'. (Lieut., 1807. F-p., 15; h-p., 33.) 
 Francis Jefferson entered the Navy, in Sept. 
 1799, as Midshipman, on board the Director 64, 
 Capt. Wm. Bligh ; and in Aug. 1800, on his return 
 from a voyage to St. Helena, joined the Grey- 
 hound 32, Capts. Chas. Ogle, Alex. Campbell, and 
 Wm. Hoste, stationed in the Mediterranean ; where, 
 after attending the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, he 
 removed, as Midshipman, in Oct. 1802, to the Mon- 
 mouth 64, Capt. Geo. Hart. From May, 1804, until 
 his, return to England in Oct. 1806, we find him 
 serving in the West Indies, chiefly as Master's 
 Mate, Suh-Ijeutenant, and Acting-Lieutenant, on 
 board the Beaulieu 44, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Netley 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Carr, and Dol- 
 phin 44, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Daniel 
 Tandy. He then joined, in the capacity last men- 
 tioned, .the Weymouth 18, Capt. Martin White, of 
 which vessel, successively stationed at "Woolwich 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1810, p. 14S3. 
 
 t F. Gaz. ISn.p. T196. 
 4 E 2 
 
580 
 
 JEFFERY— JEFFREYS— JENKIN-JENKINS. 
 
 and Plymouth, he was confirmed a Lieutenant by 
 oommission dated 12 June, 1807. After he had 
 been employed for a further period of two years on 
 the Home station in the Dreadnought 98, Capts. 
 W"m. Lechmere and Geo. Burgoyne Salt, flag-ship 
 for some time of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, he 
 was appointed, in April, 1803, First of the Cadmus 
 10, Capts. E. Wynter, J. "Williams, and Thos. Fife. 
 When at Vigo, in June of the same year, Lieut. 
 Jefferson volunteered to take command of a gun- 
 boat, and, in unison with three others, manned by 
 Spaniards, to attack two batteries which the French 
 had lately erected in the vicinity.* A short time, 
 however, after the commencement of the operations 
 the Spaniards were observed retreating from the 
 conflict, in consequence whereof the British were 
 under the necessity of firing ball-cartridges over 
 their heads, and of thus compelling them to return 
 to their duty. Nothing, on the other hand, could 
 exceed the valour and good conduct of the men 
 under the command of Lieut. Jefferson, who, after 
 they had expended all their cartridges, cut up their 
 jackets, shirts, and stockings, for the purpose of 
 making bags for the loose powder, and, when they 
 victoriously rejoined their ship, were almost in a 
 state of nudity. Struck with admiration at their 
 conduct, the Cadmus had telegraphed to the LivEur 
 frigate, Commodore Geo. M'Kinley, then within 
 signal-distance, the words — "our boat doing glo- 
 riously." Besides receiving a strong letter of ap- 
 probation from the latter officer, Mr. Jefierson had 
 the satisfaction of being mentioned in Lord Gam- 
 bier's despatches as deserving his highest praise. 
 Previously to the above affair he had volunteered 
 to go in-snore with the boats at Corunna, and had 
 brought off a brig from under the batteries. On 24 
 Dec. 1809 he effected the similar capture, with but 
 one boat under his orders, of two of the enemy's 
 vessels in Quiberon Bay — an exploit which obtained 
 him a letter of thanks from the Commander-in- 
 Chief, Rear-Admiral Hon. Bobt. Stopford. On 
 4 Jan. 1810 he further took two vessels off' the river 
 Eenerve ; as, on 17 of the same month, he did three 
 others in the Valeine. Illness at length, induced by 
 severe duty and continual night-service in the boats, 
 obliged him to invalid in Aug. 1810; from which 
 period he remained on half-pay until appointed, 24 
 Nov. 1825, to the office of Agent for Transports 
 Afloat. In April, 1830, on the night previous to his 
 leaving the ship in which he had been employed as 
 Agent, he hastened on shore, with the whole of his 
 crew, in consequence of the danger which existed 
 of the dockyard at Deptford being set on fire, and 
 removed everything of a combustible nature from 
 the threatened side. For this service he received 
 the thanks of the Navy Board. He has had the 
 command, since 1836, of Her Majesty's yachts on 
 the Virginia "Water, at "Windsor. 
 
 Lieut. Jefferson married in 1812, and has issue six 
 children. 
 
 JEFFERY. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 5.) 
 
 Bartholomew jEFPERxisnephewof Commander 
 John Molesworth, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1820 ; passed his 
 examination 1 Nov. 1826 ; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 10 Jan. 1837. His appointments have since 
 been— 8 Sept. 1837, to the Thunder surveying-ves- 
 sel, Lieut.-Commanders Bird Allen and Edw. Bar- 
 nett, on the North America and "West India station 
 ^27 Oct. 1838, to the Magnificent receiving-ship 
 at Jamaica, Commodore Peter John Douglas— for a 
 few months in 1840-1, to the Transport Servite— 
 and 3 Jan. 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which ser- 
 vice he is now employed. 
 
 Lieut. Jeffery, who had been left a widower with 
 three children, married, secondly, 25 April, 1845, 
 his cousin Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the 
 late John and Hon. Jane Stephenson, and niece of 
 the late General Sir Benj. C. Stephenson, K.C.G. 
 
 JEFFKEYS. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 George Barbor Jeffreys entered the Navy 27 
 March, 1828; passed his examination in 1834; and 
 was for some time Mate of the Pylades 18, Cap*. 
 Talavera Vernon Anson. "While so attached, he 
 shared in the principal operations in China, where 
 (besides commanding a boat at the capture of one 
 out of three piratical junks) he served with the flo- 
 tilla at the taking of several rafts and of the last 
 fort protecting the approaches to the city of Can- 
 ton, 13 March, 1841 — was similarly employed at the 
 capture of that city on 18 of the same month— and, 
 during the second series of operations against it, 
 was again employed in the boats at the destruction 
 of the whole line of defences extending about two 
 miles from the British factory.* Being rewarded 
 for these services by commission dated 6 May, 1841, 
 and successively appointed to the Welleslet 72, 
 Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, and Blonde 
 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, he further assisted at 
 the capture of Amoy, Chusan, and Chinghae. He 
 subsequently joined— 22 Jan. 1842, the "Wellesley 
 again, Capt. Thos. Maitland — 20 Sept. 1842, the Al- 
 fred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore 
 John Brett Purvis on the South American station — 
 11 May, 1844, after an interval of a few months, 
 the same ship — 1 Aug. 1844, as First-Lieutenant, 
 the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, 
 in the Pacific— and 13 June, 1846, the Talbot 26, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, with 
 whom he returned to England in 1847. 
 
 JEFFREYS. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Richard Gunning Jeffreys entered the Navy 
 28 Nov. 1812; passed his examination in 1819; ob- 
 tained his commission 30 April, 1827 ; served from 
 that period until Feb. 1830, in the Alligator 28, 
 Capts. "Wm. P. Canning and Chas. Philip "Torke, 
 on, we believe, the East India and Mediterranean 
 stations ; obtained an appointment in the Coast 
 Guard 6 Dec. 1836 ; removed, 7 May, 1840, to the 
 Lucifer steam-vessel, Capt. Fred. "Wm. Beechey, 
 on the coast of Ireland ; and went back to the 
 Coast Guard 18 Sept. following. He has been on 
 half-pay since the close of 1841. Agents — Messi's. 
 Chard. 
 
 JENKIN. (Commander, 184G.) 
 
 Charles Jenkin entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1814; 
 passed his examination in 1823 ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 24 Dec. 1829, into the Barham 50, 
 Capt. Sir John Louis. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were, to the command — 1 Nov. 1832, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard — 13 May, 1837, of the 
 EOMNEY receiving-ship at the Havana — 9 Sept. 1841, 
 of the Avon steamer, at "Woolwich— 2 July, 1842, 
 of the Griffon brigantine, on the North America 
 and West India station— and 23 Deo. 1845, of the 
 Myrmidon steamer, employed on particular ser- 
 vice. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; 
 and is at present on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Jenkin married, in 1832, Henrietta 
 Camilla, daughter of the Hon. Bobt. Jackson, of 
 the island of Jamaica. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1006. 
 
 JENKINS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Henry Jenkins entered the Navy, 10 May, 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98, 
 Capts. Davidge Gould and Chas. Boyles; under 
 the latter of whom he participated in Sir Robt. 
 Calder's action 22 July, 1805, witnessed the sur- 
 render of four French frigates to a squadron under 
 Sir Sam. Hood off' Rochefort 25 Sept. 1806, and 
 passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807. Removing in 
 Sept. 1808 to the Pallas 32, Capt. Geo. Fras. Sey- 
 mour, he was present, in the course of the following 
 year, at the destruction of the French shipping in 
 Basque Roads, and also at the bombardment of 
 Flushing; after which, it appears, he served for 
 about 12 months with the same Captain in the Ma- 
 nilla frigate, on the Lisbon and African stations. 
 Being made Lieutenant, 27 Sept. 1810, into the 
 * Vide Gai. 1811, pp. 1503, 1505, 2.i05. 
 
JENKINSON-JENNER-JENNINGS. 
 
 581 
 
 Imp^tuedx 74, Capts. John Lawford, David Milne, 
 and Chas. Inglis, he further served in that ship off 
 the coasts of Portugal and Africa, as also in the 
 Baltic and Channel, part of the time under the flag 
 of the present Sir Geo. Martin, until Dec. 1812. 
 His subsequent appointments were— 12 Nov. 1813, 
 to the Myrmidon 20, Capts. Wm. Paterson and 
 Eobt. Gambier, with whom he cruized in the 
 Channel and off Madeira and Teneriffe until Oct. 
 1815—26 Aug. 1818 and 29 March, 1820, to the 
 KocHFORT 80, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Fras. 
 Fremantle, and Liffev 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Dun- 
 can, both on the Mediterranean station, whence he 
 returned in the latter ship to England in the summer 
 of 1821—27 Feb. 1827, to the Dartmouth 42, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Fellowes, from which frigate he invalided 
 in the following May— 17 Sept. 1842, to the San 
 Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Plymouth 
 —and, 22 May, 1845, as Senior, to the Caledonia 
 120, Capt. Manley Dixon, lying at the same port. 
 He has been on half-pay since the close of the 
 latter year. 
 
 JENKINSON. (firajtain, 1814. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Henby Jenkinson is eldest son of Lieut.-General 
 John Jenkinson. 
 
 This otBcer (who had been for three years a 
 student at the Koyal Naval Academy) first em- 
 barked, in Oct. 1806, as a Supernumerary Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Koyal William, flag-ship of 
 Admiral Montagu at Spithead. He removed soon 
 afterwards to the Decade 36, Capt. John Stuart, 
 with whom he cruized on the Bermuda, Channel, 
 and Irish stations, the greater part of the time as 
 Midshipman, until June, 1809. On 11 of the fol- 
 lowing Dec, after having accompanied the expedi- 
 tion to the Walcheren in the Venerable 74, Capt. 
 Andrew King, Mr. Jenkinson was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. He was employed, during the 
 next two years and a half, chiefly on the North Sea 
 and Lisbon stations, in the Clyde and Inconstant 
 frigates, bearing each the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Impbtueux 74, 
 flag-ship of Vice Admiral Geo. Martin; was made 
 Commander, 13 Aug. 1812, into the Jasper sloop ; 
 and after commanding that vessel for nearly two 
 years was advanced to Post-rank 7 June, 1814. 
 His acceptance of the Retirement took place 1 Oct. 
 1846. 
 
 Capt. Jenkinson married, 25 Aug. 1823, EUzabeth 
 Lucy Theresa, youngest daughter of the late Sir 
 Thos. Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P. for North Devon. 
 
 JENNEK. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 George Jenner was bom 21 Nov. 1791, in Suf- 
 folk. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Milan 38, Capt. Eobt. 
 Laurie, in which frigate he was employed in escort- 
 ing convoy to Halifax, blockading the Chesapeake, 
 and conveying troops and stores to Lisbon. On 23 
 Sept. 1810, a few days after he had been paid off, 
 he became Midshipman of the Desieee 36, Capt. 
 Arthur Farquhar, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea, where he served for some time off the 
 Texel, and assisted at the capture, among other 
 vessels, of the Velociftre, French privateer of 14 
 guns and 56 men. From the DisiREE, in whose 
 boils he had been more than once employed, Mr. 
 Jenner removed, in Oct. 1811, to the Ajax 74, Capts. 
 Sir R. Laurie, llobt. "Waller Otway, and Geo. 
 Mundy. Continuing in that ship until Oct. 1814, 
 he was at first stationed off Toulon and Sicily. He 
 afterwards cruized in the Bays of Biscay and Qui- 
 beron, and, besides witnessing the fall of St. Se- 
 bastian in Sept. 1813, was present at the taking, 17 
 March, 1814, of L'Alct/on, national brig of 16 guns 
 and 120 men. In the boats of the Ajax he proved 
 instrumental to the capture of several merchant- 
 men ; and on one occasion in 1812 he had the satis- 
 faction of being complimented by Ids Captain, 
 Otway, for his conduct at the capture of the Ned 
 American schooner. Since the attainment of his 
 
 present rank, 20 March, 1815, Lieut. Jenner (who, 
 prior to leaving the Ajax, had made a voyage with 
 troops to Quebec) has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 22 Feb. 1822, Sarah, daughter of 
 Thos. Youngs, Esq., of Mendham, Suffolk. 
 
 JENNER. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 Robert Jenner is third son of the Right Hon. 
 Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, D.C.L., Dean of the 
 Arches, and Judge of the Prerogative Court of 
 Canterbury, by the youngest daughter of the late 
 General Laseelles ; and first-cousin and brother-in- 
 law of the present Robt. Fras. Jenner, Esq., ol 
 Wenvoe Castle, co. Glamorgan. 
 
 This ofacer entered the Navy 19 June, 1826; 
 passed his examination in 1832 ; obtained his first 
 commission 26 Oct. 1840 ; was then appointed Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant of the Pkincess Charlotte 104, 
 flag-ship in the Meditereanean of Hon. Sir Robt. 
 Stopford ; and afterwards joined— 17 Feb. 1841, the 
 Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed on the 
 latter station and in attendance on the Queen off 
 Walmer Castle— 3 Dec. 1843, the St. Vincent 120, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley at Portsmouth 
 —and, 26 Sept. 1845, the Excellent gunnery-ship, 
 Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, of which he became 
 First-Lieutenant. He attahied his present rank 27 
 Jan. 1847. 
 
 The Commander married, in 1843, Selina Helen, 
 youngest daughter of the late Jas. Jameson, Esq., 
 of Calcutta, by whom he has issue. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 JENNINGS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 23; h-p., 19.) 
 Edward Jennings, bom 28 Aug. 1793, at Kelve- 
 don, 00. Essex, is eldest son of David Jennings, 
 Esq., of Ballingrove, Ireland, a Captain in the Army, 
 by Mary, eldest daughter of Colin Campbell, Esq., 
 of Jamaica. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Aug. 1805 ; and embarked in Jan. 1809, as Midship- 
 man, on board the Valiant 74, Capts. John Bligh, 
 Thos. Geo. Shortland, John Nash, and Robt. Dudley 
 Oliver. After witnessing Lord Cochrane's destruc- 
 tion of the shipping in Aix Roads, sharing also in 
 the attack upon Flushing, and serving off Roche- 
 fort and L'Orient, he successively joined, in 1811-12, 
 the Christian VII. and Impregnable, both flag- 
 ships in the North Sea of Admiral Wm. Young, 
 and the Inconstant 36, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Commodore Edw. W. C. R. Owen. During a 
 winter-cruize of three months in the latter ship 
 among the Western Isles, in 1812-13, Mr. Jennings, 
 who had passed his examination in Sept. 1812, had 
 charge of a watch, and was employed, with the 
 Dublin 74, in search of an American squadron. On 
 27 May, 1813, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Calliope 10, Capt. John M'Kerlie, under 
 whom we find him stationed in the river Elbe 
 during the occupation of Hamburg and Cuxhaven 
 by the French. In the following Sept. he joined 
 the Richmond 12, Capt. Edw. O'Shaughnessy, into 
 which vessel, it appears, he had been confirmed by 
 commission bearing the same date as his actingorder. 
 Mr. Jennings' next appointment was, 27 March, 
 1814, to the NioBE 38, commanded at first by Capt. 
 •Wm. Augustus Montagu as an active frigate on the 
 Lisbon station, and afterwards as an hospital and 
 troOp ship by Capt. Henry Colins Deacon; under 
 whom he conveyed the sick of the Russian Imperial 
 Guards to Cronstadt, and, independently of a par- 
 ticipation in several particular services, assisted at 
 the reduction of Guadeloupe in 1815. The Niobe 
 being paid off in March, 1816, he was afterwards 
 employed in command— from 24 Nov. 1823 until 
 June, 1828, again from 6 June, 1834, until Feb. 
 1839, and from the latter date until March, 1842— 
 of the Plover, Tyrian, and Alert packets, on the 
 Mediterranean, North and South American, West 
 India, and Lisbon stations. 
 
 Lieut. Jennings is the author of a nautical work 
 of great practical utility, teeming with instruction 
 to ofiioers of all ages, stamped with the approbation 
 
582 
 
 JEPHSON-JERNINGHAM-JERRARD— JERVIS. 
 
 of the Lords of the Admiralty, and adapted as well 
 to the merchant as the naval service.* He married, 
 17 Dec. 1818, Mary Jane, eldest daughter of Lieut. - 
 Col. J. C. Tufnell, of Bath, by whom he has issue 
 three sons and two daughters. 
 
 JEPHSON. (LiEDT, 1824. p-p.,12; H-p., 20.) 
 James SaumarezJephson was bom 15 Feb. 1802. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 March, 1815, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Contest 12, Capt. Jas. 
 Kattray, on the Home station, where he continued 
 to serve until Aug. 1818 in the Childeks 16, Capts. 
 Eattray and Rich. "Wales, Madagascar and M.^- 
 ANDER frigates, both commanded by Sir Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, and Impregnabij: 104, flag-ship of Lord 
 Exmouth. He was then employed for nearly four 
 years in the Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Ri- 
 volutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Brough- 
 ton Reynolds Pellew ; and on 25 March, 1824, after 
 having acted for several months in the Owen Glen- 
 dower 42, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, and Cv- 
 bene 20, Capt. Percy Grace, he was confirmed in 
 the rank of Lieutenant. His last appointment was, 
 on 18 Oct. in the latter year, to the Britannia 120, 
 flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Jas. Saumarez, with 
 whom, if we mistake not, he served until paid off in 
 1827. 
 
 Lieut. Jephson is Secretary to the Carlton Club. 
 He is married and has issue. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 JERNINGHAM. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22; 
 HP., 2.) 
 
 Arthur William Jerningham, bom 26 Feb. 
 1807, is second son of the late Wm. Chas. Jerning- 
 ham, Esq., an officer of rank in the Austrian service, 
 by Anne, eldest daughter of Thos. Wright, Esq., of 
 Fitzwalters, co. Essex ; brother of Fred. Wm. Jer- 
 ningham, Esq., late of the 29th Regt. ; and nephew 
 of the present Lord Stafford. One of his sisters is 
 married to the eldest son of Viscount Gormanston. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mersey 26, Capt. John 
 Macpherson Ferguson, stationed in South America, 
 where he exchanged into the Flv 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Fanshawe Martin. On being paid off in 1825 he 
 became Mipshipman of the Victory 104, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth ; and he 
 afterwards, until Dec. 1829, served in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean on board the Galatea 42, 
 Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, and Pelican and Raleigh 
 sloops, Capts. Alex. Wm. Baillie Hamilton, Fras. 
 Deane Hutcheson, Geo. Haye, and Sir Wm. Dick- 
 son. In Jan. 1830 we find Mr. Jerningham, who 
 had passed his examination in the previous Sept., 
 joining the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, also on the Mediterranean station, where, 
 on 28 Feb. 1832, after having served as Mate with 
 Capts. Hugh Berners and Wm. Smith in the Phi- 
 i,OMEL 10, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, while employed under Hon. Sir Henry 
 Hotham in the St. Vincent 120. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 27 July, 1833, to the Raleigh, 
 16, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, with whom he 
 returned to England in the early part of 1834 — 17 
 Nov. 1835, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — and 23 June, 1837, to 
 theWELLESLEY 74, bearing the successive flags of 
 Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer and Hon. Geo. Elliot. 
 For his services as Gunnery and First Lieutenaiit 
 in the latter ship during the early portion of the 
 China war, he was advanced to his present rank 
 by commission dated 22 Feb. 1841. He has been 
 employed in the Coast Guard since 4 of the fol- 
 lowing Aug., at first as an Inspecting Commander and 
 latterly as Inspector of small-arm exercise to that 
 service, with his name on the books of the Excel- 
 lent. 
 
 Commander Jerningham married, 19 April, 1836, 
 Sophia Mary, eldest daughter of Rich. O'Farrell 
 
 •_* Practical Hints addressed to Seamen, for preventing 
 Accidents on board Ship, and especially for guarding against 
 Hunieanes, Collision, Fire, i^c.' Lon'd. kvo. K. B. Hate, 
 1844. 
 
 Caddell, Esq., of Harbourstown, oo. Meath, by the 
 Hon. Paulina Southwell, sister of the present Vis- 
 count Southwell. By that lady he has issue. 
 
 JEERAED. (LiEDT., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Michael Jebrard entered the Navy, 1 March, 
 1805, as Midshipman, on board the PuTO sloop, 
 commanded, we believe, by Capt. Rich. Gaire Jan- 
 vrin, on the Channel station ; whence, in 1809, he 
 sailed for the coast of Africa in the Hawk 16, Capt. 
 Henry Bourchier. With his name on the books of 
 the Revenge 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Arthur 
 Kaye Legge, we find him actively employed in com- 
 mand of a gun-boat at the defence of Cadiz in 
 1811 and 12. He afterwards served for about 
 12 months as Master's Mate of the same ship 
 in the Mediterranean under Sir John Gore; and 
 on 30 Dec. 1813 he was there made Lieutenant into 
 the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Fras. Pickmore. He has been on half-pay 
 since July, 1814. Agent — J.Chippendale. 
 
 JERVIS, Bart. (Lieut., 1814. r-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 Sir Henry Meredyth Jervis White Jebvis, 
 born 20 Nov. 1793, is eldest son of the late Sir John 
 Jervis White Jervis, by Jane, daughter of Henry 
 Nisbett, Esq., of Ashmore, co. Longford. He suc- 
 ceeded his father, as second Baronet, in 1830. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Rogers, of which ship, stationed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, he became Midshipman in Jan. 1808. FVom 
 Nov. 1809 until Feb. 1813 he served off Lisbon, 
 and again in the Mediterranean, on board the La- 
 viNiA 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and Geo. Digby ; 
 and while so attached he assisted, in 1811, at the 
 capture, under a heavy fire from a division of 
 Suchet's army, of a well-defended island in the Bay 
 of Rosas, which had long been a place of refuge for 
 French privateers. On 26 Aug. 1814, after having 
 witnessed (in the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir 
 Rich. King) the two partial actions fought by Sir 
 Edw. Pellew with the Toulon fleet. Sir Henry was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant in the Blenheim 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Warren, with whom he returned to England. 
 His last appointment was, on 16 of tlie ensuing Sept., 
 to the Pelorcs 18, Capts. Chas. Hole and John 
 Gourly. In that vessel he served for 12 months 
 on the Cork and Channel stations. 
 
 He married, 16 Dec. 1818, Marian, third daughter 
 of Wm. Campbell, Esq., of Fairfield, in jl.yrsliire, 
 by Catherine, his second wife, daughter of Capt. 
 Geo. Gunning, of the Guards. By that lady he has 
 issue four sons and three daughters — of the former, 
 one, Henry, is a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery; 
 and another, Joscelyn, a Midshipman R.N. 
 
 JERVIS. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 William Henry Jervis entered the Navy 16 
 April, 1816; passed his examination in 1823; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 2 March, 1828, into the Hos- 
 SAR 46, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir Chas. 
 Ogle, who transferred him, in the following May, 
 to the Ringdove 18, Capt. Chas. English. After 
 nine months of half-pay he obtained an appointment, 
 3 Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. Griffith Colpoys on the North America and 
 West India station. He was nominated, 25 June, 
 1831, Flag-Lieutenant, in the Prince Regent 120, 
 to Rear- Admiral \\m. Parker, off Lisbon, where he 
 continued to serve, in the same capacity, on board 
 the Asia 84, until promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 16 July, 18.34. He was subsequently, with 
 the exception of a few months in 1839-40, employed 
 in the Coast Guard from 26 March, 1836, until July, 
 1843 ; and from the latter date until superseded in 
 Oct. 1845 he commanded the Ploto 16, in the East 
 Indies. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, 
 and is now on half -pay. 
 
 Capt. Jervis married, 12 Jan. 1835, Susan Ara- 
 bella, third daughter of the late John Starr, Esq., 
 
 I Member of the Provincial Parliament at Halifax 
 
 I for CO. King's, and has issue. 
 
JERVOIS-JESSE-JESTON-JEWELL-JEWERS-JOACHIM. 5S3 
 
 JERVOIS. (Commander, 1827. r-P.,18; h-p.,28.) 
 Sampson Jervois entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1801, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Princess Chaklottb 
 38, Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Gardner at Cork. He subsequently 
 cruized with the same Captain on the North Sea 
 station in the Gaitkheid and Rdbt 64's, and, on 
 re-aocompanying him in 1804 into the Pkincess 
 Charlotte 33, sailed for the West Indies, where 
 he assisted at the capture of several valuable Spanish 
 merchantmen and of a French privateer brig, Le 
 Regulus, of 14 guns and 84 men. Joining next, in 
 Sept. 1805, the Ramihies 74, Capt. Fras. Fickmore, 
 Mr. Jervois witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1808, 
 of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate 
 Beik Poule, as, in Dec. 1807, he did of the Danish 
 islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and Sta. Croix. 
 After a brief servitude in the Belleisle 74, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he was nominated, 
 16 May, 1803, Acting-Lieutenant of the Demarara 
 sloop, Capt. Henry Bourchier, and in the course of 
 the same year of the Asp 18, Capts. Kobt. Preston 
 and Wm. M'CulIoch, to which vessel he was con- 
 firmed by commission dated 24 Dec. 1809. "While 
 in her he witnessed the capture, 10 Feb. 1809, of 
 the French frigate La Junon, and had the command 
 of her boats during the operations against Guade- 
 loupe in Jan. and Feb. 1810. He returned home in 
 June of the latter year, and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 11 May, 1812, to the Talbot 20, Capt. 
 Spelman Swaine, in the Channel — 15 Nov. 1813, to 
 the Martial sloop, Capt. Geo. Elliot — 3 Jan. 1816, 
 and 12 Feb. 1817, as First, to the Perseus 22, Capt. 
 Thos. Kich. Toker, and Sir Francis Drake 38, 
 flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Fras. Piokmore, both at 
 Newfoundland — 18 Nov. 1818, in a similar capacity, 
 to the Dauntless 26, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner, 
 fitting for the East Indies— 29 Dec. 1823, three 
 months after liis return home, to the Brisk 10, 
 Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence— and, 3 March, 1824, 
 to the Eedvving 18, commanded by the same Cap- 
 tain in the North Sea, where he served until paid 
 oflF in 1825. He attained his present rank 26 April, 
 1827, but has not been since employed. 
 
 Commander Jervois married, in Oct. 1828, Elizar 
 beth, daughter of John M'Clary, Esq., and by that 
 lady has issue. 
 
 JESSE. (LlECTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Richard Jesse entered the Navy 12 Dec. 1826 ; 
 passed his examination 7 Oct. 1835 ; and obtained 
 his commission 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments 
 have since been— 18 May, 1843, to the Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Devonport— 
 and, 13 Deo. 1845, to the Gladiator steamer, 
 Capt. John Robb, now employed with the Channel 
 squadron. 
 
 He married, in 1842, Emily, second daughter of 
 the late Rev. G. C. Tenyton, D.C.L., Rector of 
 Somersby,, co. Lincoln. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 1805.* On his removal, in Oct. 1807, to the Bed- 
 ford 74, Capts. Jas. Walker and Adam Mackenzie, 
 Mr. Jewell accompanied the Royal Family of Por- 
 tugal to the Brazils. In the course of 1809, 10, and 
 11° being still on the South American station, he 
 was there successively appointed Acting-Sub-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Nanct gun-brig, Lieut-Commander 
 Edw. Killwick, Porcupine 24, Capt. Robt. Elliot, 
 and Nancv again, Lieut.-Commander Killwick. 
 After a continued servitude at the Brazils as Mas- 
 ter's Mate of the Foudboyant 80, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Michael De Courcy, he was at length promoted to 
 the full rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 
 6 Nov. 1812. His last appointment was, 6 Nov. 
 1813, to the Chatham 74, in which ship he served, 
 on the Home station and among the Western Islands, 
 under the flag of Rear-Admiral Matthew Henrj- 
 Scott, until Aug. 1815. 
 
 In consideration of the wound he received at 
 Trafalgar, the Lieutenant was presented with a 
 pecuniary reward by the Patriotic Society. He 
 married, 9 April, 1840, Miss Weavers. Auest — 
 W. H. B. Barwis. 
 
 JESTON. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Humphrey Jeston entered the Navy 9 June, 
 1808; passed his examination in 1814; was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1825 ; and 
 since 28 Sept. 1841 has been in charge of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 JEWELL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 37.) 
 
 William Nunn Jewell entered the Navy, in 
 Deo. 1796, on board the Grampus, Capt. Kobt. 
 Philpot, on the Jamaica station, where he served 
 with the same officer, and with Capts. Parker and 
 John Thicknesse, in the Pelican sloop, until July, 
 1800. He re-embarked, in May, 1804, as Midship- 
 man, on board the Bkuizer gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Thos. Smithers, lying in the Downs ; and 
 on next joining the Bellerophon 74, Capts. John 
 Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. Rotheram, sailed 
 for the Mediterranean, and was wounded, under 
 Capt. Cooke, at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 
 
 JEWERS, K.W. (Lieutenant, 1809. i^p., 11; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Richard Francis Jewebs entered the Navy, in 
 June, 1803, as A.B., on board the Matilda hosijital- 
 ship at Woolwich, Lieut.-Commander Jas. James ; 
 and from July, 1804, until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 5 July, 1809, served as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate in the Cleopatha 32, and Milas 
 38, both commanded by Sir Robt. Laurie, Cam- 
 BEiAN 40, Capts. John Poo Beresford and Hon.. 
 Chas. Paget, and Theseus 74, Capt. J. P. Beresford, 
 on the North American and Home stations. He 
 was in consequence in the Cleopatea when cap- 
 tured, 17 Feb. 1805, after a brilliant and self-sought 
 action of nearly three hours, and a loss of 20 killed 
 and 38 wounded, by La ViUe de Milany of 46 guns; 
 and 350 men, 10 of whom were slain ; and also when 
 retaken, a few days subsequently, by the Leandeic 
 50, Capt. John Talbot. While on the books of the 
 Theseus Mr. Jewers was severely wotmded in the 
 head and hands in a fire-ship in Lord Cochrane'» 
 attack upon the French shipping in Aix Roads im 
 April, 1809. t He continued to serve with Capt. 
 Beresford on the stations above named in the The- 
 seus and PoiCTiERS 74' s, until Feb. 1814, and was. 
 present in the latter ship at the capture of four 
 American vessels, carrj'ing in all 55 guns, and at 
 the retaking of the British brig-of-war Frolic. 
 The Lieutenant, who has since been on half-pay, la 
 now one of the Naval Knights of Windsor. 
 
 The wound he received in 1809 was compensated 
 by a grant from the Patriotic Society. 
 
 JOACHIM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 33; h-p., 10.) 
 Richard Joachim had two brothers in the Navat 
 service, who died in the West Indies in the earlj- 
 part of the late war. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug. 1804, as. 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Argo 44, Capt. Geo. 
 Parker, under whom (with the exception of about 
 12 months passed in 1811-12 on board the Dragon 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Lafcrey in the 
 West Indies) he continued to servBj as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, in the Stately 64, and Aboueir 
 and Bombay 74's, on the North Sea, Baltic, and 
 Mediterranean stations, until Joncj. 18.14. When 
 in the Stately, in company with the Nassau 64, 
 we find him assisting at the capture^ after an obsti- 
 nate running fight, and a loss to the former of 4 
 men killed and 28 wounded, of the Danish 74-gun 
 ship Prindts Christian Frederic, oS the coast of Zea- 
 land, 22 March, 1808. He remained in the Bombay 
 with Capt. John Bazely until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 7 Feb. 1815, an event that took place 
 rather more than three years after he had passed 
 his examination. He joined the Coast Blockade, 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Htpebion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 14 Nov. 1825, »nd since 
 » Vide Gaz. 1805, p. I4S4. f V. Gal. 1S09, p. 63i). 
 
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 JOHNSON. 
 
 its abolition in March, 1831, has been employed in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Joachim married, 23 Aug. 1832, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Thos. Beard, Esq. 
 
 JOHNSON. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Chaki.es Richardson Johnson entered the Navy 
 27 Oct. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1834 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 19 Feb. 1840; and on 6 of 
 the following March joined the Princess Charlotte 
 104, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, to 
 whom he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant for a few 
 months at the commencement of 1841. During the 
 operations on the coast of Syria he commanded the 
 boats in the attack upon Gebail,* served a good 
 deal on shore, assisted at the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d'Acre, and, subsequently to the fall of that 
 city, was contused by the explosion of a magazine. 
 His appointments have since been — 11 May, 28 Aug., 
 and 12 Nov. 1841, to the Ganges 84, Powerful 84, 
 and RoDKEy 92, Capts. Harrington Reynolds, Geo. 
 Mansel, and Robt. Maunsell, all in the Mediterranean 
 —17 Oct. 1842, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. 
 Barnard, with whom he returned to England — 23 
 Feb. 1843, to the Coast Guard— 3 Sept. 1844, as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the Eclair steam-sloop, Capt. 
 Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, fitting for the 
 coast of Africa —25 Jan. 1845, to the Ardent, another 
 steamer, on the same station — 21 Nov. 1845, to the 
 Trafalgar 120, Capt. John Neale Nott, attached 
 to the Channel squadron — and, 29 June, 1846, to 
 the command of the Comet steamer, of 80-horse 
 power, in which he is now employed on particular 
 service. 
 
 He married, at Malta, 17 Oct. 1842, Jnlia, daughter 
 of Major-General Bredin, of the Royal Artillery, by 
 whom he has issue. 
 
 JOHNSON. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 19; 
 
 H-p., 34.) 
 Edward Johnson was bom, 12 Oct. 1777, at 
 Lame, co. Antrim. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1794, as 
 A.B., on board the Botne 98, Capt. Geo. Grey, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis in the West 
 Indies. During the operations connected with the 
 ensuing reduction of Martinique he was successively 
 employed in erecting batteries on shore previously 
 to the bombardment of Fort Bourbon — in a gun- 
 boat under Lieut. T. Sparks at the bombardment of 
 Fort Royal — and in personal command of a boat at 
 the gallant cutting-out of the 28-gun frigate Sien- 
 venue, the storming of Fort Royal, the debarkation 
 of the troops at St. Pierre, and at the bringing out 
 thence of the Avengewr sloop. On being transferred 
 to the latter vessel, and placed under the command 
 of Capt. Edw. Griffith, we find him affording assist- 
 ance, as Midshipman, to the capture of Guadeloupe 
 and Ste. Lucie. He came home with Capt. Griffith 
 in the course of the same year in the Undaunted 
 frigate, and was next, until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 4 April, 1801, employed on the North 
 Sea, Mediterranean, and Baltic stations, in the Asia 
 64, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Pringle, 
 Edgar 74, Capts. John M'Dougall and Edw. BuUer, 
 and San Josef 110, and St. George 98, flag-ships 
 of Lord Nelson, under whom he served as a volun- 
 teer on board the Elephant 74, in the action off 
 Copenhagen. He then joined the Dart 20, Capts. 
 John Ferris Devonshire and Wm. Bolton, with 
 whom, it appears, he further served on the Home 
 station until Sept. 1802. In Aug. 1805, after he 
 had been for two years attached to the Sea Fen- 
 cible service in Ireland, Lieut. Johnson obtained 
 an appointment to the London 98, Capts. Sir Robt. 
 Barlow, Robt. Rolles, Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 
 and Edw. Oliver Osborn, under the third-named of 
 whom he assisted, in company with the Amazon 
 33, at the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the French 
 80-gun ship Marengo^ bearing the flag of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Linois, and 40-gun frigate BellePoule, after a 
 long running fight, in which the London sustained 
 • T'ide Gai. 1 SiO, p. 2243. 
 
 a loss of 10 men killed and 22 wounded. On 11 of 
 the following June he assumed command of the 
 Magpie 8, in which vessel he continued until driven 
 on shore, 19 Feb. 1807, during a violent gale, on the 
 coast of France, where himself and the whole of his 
 crew were made prisoners-of-war. Being honour- 
 ably acquitted on his return from captivity, in 1814, 
 of all blame in the disaster, he was in consequence 
 promoted to the rank of Commander by commission 
 dated 27 Aug. in that year ; but he has not been 
 since able to procure employment. 
 
 He married, in Aug. 1803, Sarah, second daughter 
 of Hugh Mountford, Esq., of Belfast, co. Antrim, 
 by whom, who died in 1823, he had issue two sons 
 and four daughters, now living. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 JOHNSON, F.E.S. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 13; 
 H-P., 27.) 
 
 Edward John Johnson is youngest son of the 
 late Rev. Henry Johnson, of Bywell, Northumber- 
 land. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1807, as 
 Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Campbell. In that ship he attended the ensuing 
 expedition to Copenhagen, and (on her subsequent 
 extrication from a mass of ice in which she had 
 been blocked up during the whole winter) was pre- 
 sent, 22 March, 1808, in company with the Statelt 
 64, at the capture and destruction, on the coast of 
 Zealand, of the Danish 74 Prindts Christian Frederic^ 
 after a running fight of great length and obstinacy, 
 in which the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 16 (including himself slightly) wounded.* The 
 latter vessel being paid off in Nov. 1809, he was 
 next, until June, 1815, employed, as Midshipman 
 and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Solebay 32, Capt. 
 Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, Malacca 36, Capt. 
 Wm. Butterfield, Ethalion 36, Capt. Edm. Hey^ 
 wood, Endtmion 44, Capt. Henry Hope, St. Do- 
 mingo, Asia, and Tonnant, flag -ships of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren and Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Dra- 
 gon 74, Capt. Robt. Barrie, on the Home, Baltic, 
 and North American stations. While in the Etha- 
 lion, Mr. Johnson served in various cutting-out' 
 affairs, and on more than one occasion was sent into 
 port as prize-master ; and, when in the Tonnant, 
 we find him co-operating on shore in the attacks 
 upon Washington and Baltimore, and employed in 
 the boats during the expedition against New Or- 
 leans. Being presented, on leaving the Dragon as 
 above, with a commission dated 28 Feb. 1815, he 
 obtained, 16 May, 1818, an appointment to the 
 Shamrock surveying-vessel, Capt. Martin White, 
 with whom he did duty in the Channel and off the 
 coast of Ireland until Feb. 1820. On 4 March, 
 1829, shortly after he had joined the William and 
 Mary yacht. Commodore Sir John Chambers 
 White, he was promoted to the command of the 
 Britomart 10, in which vessel he remained, chiefly 
 on the Lisbon station, until paid off in 1831. He 
 was then ordered by the Admiralty to complete the 
 survey of the Faerbe Islands— a service he had 
 commenced at his own expense when last on half- 
 pay. His advancement to the rank he now holds 
 took place 27 Deo. 1838. 
 
 Capt. Johnson, in Oct. 1835, was appointed by 
 the Admiralty to conduct certain magnetic experi- 
 ments on iron steam-vessels in the river Shannon;! 
 and on 10 May, 1836, he was elected a Fellow of 
 the Royal Society. He was nominated a member 
 of the Magnetic Compass Committee of the Admi- 
 ralty in 1838 ; and invested, 14 March, 1842, with 
 the superintendence, which he still retains, of the 
 Compass department of the Royal Navy. Agent 
 — Fred. Dufaiar. 
 
 JOHNSON. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 George Johnson entered the Navy, 13 Sept. 
 1824 ; passed his examination in 1831 ; was pro- 
 
 * Vifle Gaz. IPOfl, p. 536. 
 ,. t ?? H_ *^ *"*'"■ "f * paper on the above subject, pub- 
 lished m the Philosophical Transactions of the Rovai Society; 
 and or articles in other scientific journals. 
 
JOHNSON. 
 
 f,85 
 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, as a reward for 
 his services on the coast of Syria, 4 Nov. ISW; 
 became attached, a few weeks afterwards, to the 
 Princess Chaklotte 104, flag-ship in the Medi- 
 terranean of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford ; served on 
 the East India station from 17 Sept. 1841 until hjs 
 return home in 1846, chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in 
 the North Star 36, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home; 
 and on 9 Nov. in the latter year was advanced to 
 his present rank. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Johnson married, 5 Aug. 1841, Geor- 
 giana Margaretta, daughter of Vioe-Admiral Chas. 
 Carter, but has been a widower since 6 Feb. 1842. 
 
 and since 31 Dec. 1846 has been employed in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 JOHNSON. (LiEDT., 1841. F-P., 13 ; H-P., 7.) 
 
 George Charles Jefeeryes Johnson was bom 
 26 March, 1814. 
 
 This officer entered thoRoyalNaval College 6 Sept. 
 1827, and embarked, 27 June, 1829, as Fst.-ol. Vol., 
 on hoard the Philomel 10, Capts. Chas. Graham, 
 Hugh Berners, and Wm. Smith, attached to the 
 force in the Mediterranean, where he remained 
 until the summer of 1833. In May, 1834, eight 
 months after he had passed his examination, he 
 returned to the latter station, as Mate, in the Port- 
 land 52, Capt. David Price, under whom he served 
 for » period of exactly four years. Joining next, 
 in March, 1839, the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Harvey, he bore a part in that ship in the operations 
 on the coast of Syria in 1840; in Dec. of which 
 year he removed to the Thunderer 84, Capts. Mau- 
 rice Fred. Fitshardinge Berkeley and Daniel Pring. 
 He eontinued in the Mediterranean until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841 ; and has 
 since been on half-pay. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 JOHNSON. (LlEOTENANT, 1844) 
 
 John Oemsby Johnson entered the Navy 20 Sept. 
 1835 ; passed his examination 16 Nov. 1841 ; and 
 while holding a Mateship in the Blonde 42, Ca,pt. 
 Thos. Bourchier, was employed on shore in the 
 operations against Tzekee in China, 15 and lb 
 March, 1842.* After further serving at Ports- 
 mouth and in the Mediterranean in the St. Vin- 
 cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Incon- 
 stant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, he was pre- 
 sented with a Lieutenant's commission dated ^a 
 June, 1844. He then became attached to the Il- 
 lustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in North 
 America and the Weat Indies; and from 16 Jan. 
 1845 until paid off in 1847 was employed on the same 
 station in the Hyacinth 18, Capt. i'ras. Scott. 
 
 JOHNSON. (LlEPT., 1809. F-p., 15 ; h-p., 34.) 
 George Child Johnson entered the Navy, 28 
 June, 1798, as L. M., on board the Northumber- 
 land 74, Capt. Geo. Martin, under whom he wit- 
 nessed the capture, 18 Feb. 1800, of the French 
 74-gun ship Le Genereux, served at the blockade 
 and surrender of Malta, and attended the expedi- 
 tion of 1801 to Egypt. Between Sept. in the latter 
 year and April, 1805, we find him officiating, still 
 in the Mediterranean, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate of the Aginoourt 64, Capts. Geo. Fred. Ryves 
 and Thos. Briggs ; and afterwards joining the Me- 
 diator 44, Capt. John Searle, Dolphin and North- 
 umberland, flag-ships in the West Indies of Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, Seine frigate, Capt. David Atkins, 
 and iETNA bomb, Capt. Wm. Godfrey. While in 
 the latter vessel, in which (after having officiated in 
 her for 18 months as Sub and Acting Lieutenant) 
 he was confirmed in his present rank 31 Jan. 1809, 
 Mr. Johnson served under Lord Gambier at the 
 bombardment of Copenhagen, and the destruction 
 of the shipping in Basque Roads. He left the 
 jExNA in J une, 1809, and during the rest of the war 
 waa successiveljr employed on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations in the Ajax 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Waller Otway, Raven sloop, Capt. Geo. (Justavus 
 Lennock, Bristol arme'e-en^ute, Capt. Wm. Kent, 
 Echo sloop, Capt. Thos. Percival, Christian VII. 
 80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Salvador del 
 MuNDO flag-ship of Yioe-Admiral Wm. Domett, 
 and NiOBE anne'e-enrflvtef Capt. Henry Colins Dea- 
 cou. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 JOHNSON. (LiEPT., 1815. F-p., U; h-p., 81.) 
 John Johnson entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1886, 
 as Third-«1. Vol.,, on board the Santa Margarita 
 36, Capt. Wilson Rathborne, stationed in the Chan- 
 nel and ofi' the coast of Ireland ; and from Deo. 
 1807 until Nov. 1815 served as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate in the Ranger 18, Capt. Geo. Ack- 
 lom, Flamer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders John 
 Cameron and Thos. Cowper Sherwin, and Oberon 
 and Derwent sloops, Capts. Geo. Manners Sutton 
 and Thos. Williams, principally in the Downs, ofi' 
 the north coast of Spain, and at Newfoundland. 
 He then took up a commission dated 25 Feb. 1815, 
 
 JOHNSON. (Capt., 18*46. f-p., 16; h-p., 24. ) 
 
 John Samuel Willes Johnson, born 3 July, 
 1793, at South Stoke, near Bath, is eldest son of 
 the Rev. Chas. Johnson, Prebendary of Wells, Rec- 
 tor of South Stoke, and Vicar of South Brent and 
 Berrow, co. Somerset, by Miss Willes, daughter of 
 the late Archdeacon of Wells, and granddaughter 
 of the late Bishop of Bath and Wells. He is ne- 
 phew of the late Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, 
 G.C.B.; and brother-in-law of the late Capt. Geo. 
 Gosling, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Ed- 
 wards Lloyd Graham, in which ship he was em- 
 ployed for nearly two years on the Home and 
 Newfoundland stations. In Nov. 1809, being then 
 a Master's Mate, he was placed in charge of the 
 Fortitude, a re-captured English merchantman, and 
 sent, with the intelligence of the Vestal having 
 fallen in with an enemy's squadron, to Lisbon and 
 Cadiz ; on his passage whither, although without a 
 gun on board, he succeeded by a bold ruse-de-ffuerre 
 in inducing an enemy's armed vessel, by whom he 
 must have been otherwise inevitably taken, to sheer 
 off. After delivering his despatches to the flag- 
 officer in the Tagus, Mr. Johnson proeeeded to 
 England, and on his arrival was received for three 
 months on board the Port Mahon sloop, Capt. Vil- 
 liers Eras. Hatton. In Aug. 1810 he rejoined Capt. 
 Graham in the Pallas 32, then on the eve of her 
 departure for the coast of Norway, where, it ap- ' 
 pears, he assisted at the capture of four Danish pri- 
 vateers and of several sail of merchantmen, one of 
 the former of which he was ordered to conduct to 
 Leith roads. Accompanying the same Captain in 
 succession into the Southampton 32, and ALCMiNE 
 38, Mr. Johnson proceeded in the latter frigate to 
 the Adriatic, where he bore a part in several boat 
 affairs. On one of those occasions, 22 May, 1812, a 
 Franco-Venetian trabacolo, of 4 guns and 30 men, 
 was captured near the island of Lessina, after a 
 sanguinary conflict in which most of the enemy's 
 crew were killed and all the remainder wounded ; 
 while on the part of the British 4 were slain and 
 22 wounded, 1 of the former and 3 of the latter 
 in the boat commanded by Mr. Johnson, whose 
 conduct was officially mentioned in the highest 
 terms of commendation. On leaving the Alcmkne 
 in Deo. 1813, he Joined the Pylades sloop, Capt. 
 James Wemyss, from which vessel, on the occasion 
 of the surrender of Genoa, 18 April, 1814, he was 
 transferred, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Cale- 
 donia 120, hearing the flag of the late Lord Ex- 
 mouth— an appointment sanctioned by the Admi- 
 ralty on 18 of the ensuing month. He went on 
 haJt-pay in Sept. 1814, but, being again placed, in 
 Apri^ 1815, under the orders of the same noble- 
 man, continued to serve with him, in the Boyne 98, 
 and QuEBN Charlotte 100, until Oct. 1816 — visit- 
 ing, in the former ship, Naples, Marseilles, and the 
 Barbary States ; and participating, in the Queen 
 Charlotte, in the battle of Algiers. After an 
 • Fide Oit. lUfl, p. 2391. 
 
 4F 
 
586 
 
 JOHNSON— JOHNSTON. 
 
 interval of half-pay he was nominated, 13 Sept. 
 1817, Flag-Lieutenant to his Lordship in the Im- 
 PEEGNABLE 104, at Plymouth, where he remained 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander 6 Feb. 
 1821. His subsequent appointments were — 22 Sept. 
 1835, to the Coast Guard, in which he continued 
 for a period of nearly three years — and 16 Dec. 1841, 
 to the command of the Wolverene 16, fitting for 
 China, where he arrived in time to witness some 
 of the closing operations of the war. Capt. John- 
 son, who was superseded in the latter vessel in Aug. 
 1842, and has not been since employed, acquired 
 his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 In 1827 the Captain published ' A Journal of a 
 Tour through parts of France, Italy, and Switzer- 
 land, in the years 1823-4.' He married, 14 May, 
 1821, Eliza, only daughter of John De Windt, Esq., 
 of the Island of Ste. Croix, and of Gloucester Place, 
 London, by whom he has issue. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 JOHNSON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 11; h-p., 35.) 
 "William Johnson entered the Navy, in Jan. 
 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aghille 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Murray and Edw. Buller, stationed in 
 the Channel, where he served as Midshipman until 
 April, 1802. Ke-embarking, in July, 1803, on board 
 the Cereekus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, he served in 
 that frigate at the ensuing bombardment of Gran- 
 ville, and was present in her as Master's Mate at 
 the reduction of the islands of Marie-galante and 
 De'sirade, in March, 1808. In the course of the 
 latter year he successively joined the Cherokee 
 10, Capt. Rich. Arthur, and Venekaele 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Rich. John Strachan, both on the Home 
 station ; and on 10 May, 1809, he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring- 
 ton. While in that ship, to which he was confirmed 
 by commission dated 4 May, 1810, he accompanied 
 the expedition to Flushing, assisted at the defence 
 of Cadiz, and was much employed in co-operation 
 with the patriots on the coast of Spain, particularly 
 -at Tarragona. He has been on hali-pay since 
 April, 1813. 
 
 JOHNSON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 William Ponsonby Johnson passed his exami- 
 nation 22 Aug. 1837 ^ served during the operations 
 on the coast of China in the Blenheim 72, Capts. 
 Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse and Sir Thos. 
 Herbert, and Coenwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. 
 Parker^ was in consequence promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842:;* and oiiiciated in that 
 ■capacity, from 11 Dec. 1844 until the early part of 
 1847, in the Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, 
 on the American station. 
 
 JOHNSON. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 19.) 
 William Ward Percival Johnson entered the 
 Navy, 2 July, 1803, as a Supernumerary, on board 
 the Prevoyant store-ship, Master-Commander 
 Brown, in which he took a passage to the Mediter- 
 ranean, for the purpose of joining the Victory 100, 
 Capt. Sam. Sutton, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, 
 with whom he served until transferred as Midship- 
 man, in Aug. 1804, to the Childers sloop, Capt. 
 Sir Wm. Bolton. With the latter officer he conti- 
 nued employed off Gibraltar, and on the Channel 
 and Cork stations, in the Guerrier, Edrydice, and 
 Drdid frigates, until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 18 Oct. 1809. Joining, soon afterwards, the 
 CnRA90A 36, Capt. John Tower, he proceeded in 
 that frigate to the Gape of Good Hope, and then 
 again to the Mediterranean, where he co-operated 
 •with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and as- 
 sisted at the capture of the Marsouin and Venus 
 J)rivateer8, each mounting 14 guns, and carrying in 
 the whole 127 men. In Aug. 1812, being" at the 
 .time in charge of a prize, he had the mi^brtune to 
 be made prisoner by the French, who detained him 
 in captivity until the peace. His succeeding ap- 
 jiointments were— 16 Aug. 1814, to the PoMPiE 74, 
 • VideGu?.. \H3, p. 2961. 
 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, fitting for the Mediter- 
 ranean, whence he returned in Nov. 1815—25 June, 
 1828, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 28 
 July, 1830, as First, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Da^ 
 vid Colby and Thos. Brown, employed on particular 
 service— and 26 Dec. 1831, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Melville 74, bearing the flag in the East In- 
 dies of Sir John Gore. On 19 Sept. 18315, about 
 three months after the latter ship had been paid 
 off, Lieut. Johnson was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander. He obtained an appointment, 20 Feb. 
 1836, in the Coast Guard, from which service, on 
 18 March, 1839, he was removed to the Second-Cap- 
 taincy of the Winchester 50, flag ship of Sir Thos. 
 Harvey, on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion. He was superseded on the occasion of his 
 elevation to the rank he now holds, 14 Dec. 1841, 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Johnson married, in 18.30, Elizabeth, eldest 
 daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Thos. Harvey, 
 C.B. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 JOHNSTON. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 31; 
 H-p., 13.) 
 Charles Alexander Johnston is son of Lieut. 
 Chas. Johnston, R.N., who died in 1804. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1803, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Teibdne 36, Capts. Geo. 
 Henry Towry and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, in 
 which ship he assisted at the capture and destruc- 
 tion of several of the enemy's vessels, came fre- 
 quently into contact with the Cherbourg batteries 
 while employed in blockading the Minerve frigate 
 in that port, and contributed at the commencement 
 of the war with Spain to the capture of four ships 
 laden with specie and colonial produce. Becoming 
 Midshipman, in Sept. 1805, of the Agamemnon 64, 
 Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and Jonas Rose, he had an 
 opportunity of sharing in the battles fought off Cape 
 Trafalgar and St. Domingo, of witnessing the cap- 
 ture of a national corvette {La Imtine) and two 
 schooners, and (independently of a participation in 
 various particular services) of attending the expedi- 
 tion to Copenhagen. On arriving with the Danish 
 prizes at Spithead, Mr. Johnston was under the ne- 
 cessity of entering Haslar Hospital, in consequence 
 of a severe injury he had received in the foot. On 
 20 June, 1809, having rejoined the Agamemnon, he 
 had the misfortune to be wrecked in the Rio de la 
 Plata ; whereupon he was received on board the 
 FouDROYANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. Michael De 
 Courcy, who retained him under his orders on the 
 South American station until Nov. 1812. The next 
 three years were passed by Mr. Johnston in the 
 Baltic, W-est Indies, Channel, and Mediterranean, 
 on board the Vigo 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Jas. Nicoll Morris, Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Harrison Pearson, Snap 12, Capt Geo. King, and 
 Pompee 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. On his 
 passage to the West Indies in the Benbow he was 
 placed in charge of an American prize, and sent 
 with her to Barbadoes. In Sept. 1815 he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission 
 ante-dated to 8 Feb. in the same year ; but he did 
 not again procure employment until 8 Feb. 1825, 
 when he joined the Coast Blockade, a service to 
 which he continued attached, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera 74's, 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch, Hugh Pigot, and David 
 Colby, until transferred to the Coast Guard, 18 
 April, 1831. He tvrice during that period elicited 
 the special approbation of the Lords of the Admi- 
 ralty and of H. R. H. the Lord High Admiral— the 
 first time, for the singularly gallant manner in 
 which, with only 3 seamen, he compelled a gang of 
 150 armed smugglers to retreat, leaving behind 
 them 1 of their number a prisoner, whose apprehen- 
 sion led to the complete suppression of the rest ; 
 and the second, for his successful intrepidity in cap- 
 turing, in a small galley, with not more than 4 
 hand6,in spite of a desperate resistance, the French 
 lugger La Jeune JRitsalie^ of 13 men, and two tub- 
 
JOHNSTON. 
 
 587 
 
 boats. These exploits indeed were so highly esti- 
 mated both by Capt. Pigot and by the Commander- 
 in-Chief, Sir John Poo Beresford, that they each re- 
 commended him for promotion. This, however, did 
 not take place until 5 Jan. 1844, when, after having 
 been employed in the Coast Guard for a further 
 period of nearly thirteen years, and been instru- 
 mental to the seizure of 60 vessels and boats, with 
 their crews, he was at length invested with the rank 
 of Commander. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 JOHNSTON. (Kear-Admiral of the White, 
 1841. F-p., 23; H-p., 37.) 
 Charles James Johnston entered the Navy, 
 about 1787, as Captain's Servant, on board the Sa- 
 vage sleop, Capts. Rich. R. Burgess and Dickinson, 
 with whom he served on the Greenock station until 
 transferred, as Midshipman, in 1790, to the Fok- 
 MiDABLE 98. In the course of the same year he- 
 removed to the Scorpion sloop, Capt. Benj. Hal- 
 lowell, and, after an attachment of two years to that 
 vessel on the African and West India stations, he 
 successively joined the Svren frigate. Stately 64, 
 and Excellent 74, the two latter bearing the flag 
 of Sir Rich. King and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis at 
 Newfoundland and in the Channel. In the latter 
 ship he continued until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 26 Feb. 1795 ; four months subsequently 
 to which period we find him appointed to the Rdbv 
 64, Capt. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, part of the 
 force employed at the ensuing reduction of the 
 Cape of Good Hope. Exchanging, after that event, 
 into the Arrogant 74, Capts. Rich. Lucas and Edw. 
 Oliver Osborn, Lieut. Johnston witnessed the sur- 
 render of Columbo 15 Feb. 1796 ; and, on 9 of the 
 following Sept., when off the coast of Sumatra, par- 
 ticipated, in company with the Victorious 74, in a 
 long conflict of nearly four hours with six heavy 
 French frigates under M. Sercey, which terminated 
 in the separation of the combatants, after each had 
 been well crippled, and the Aeeogant occasioned a 
 loss of 7 men killed and 27 wounded. In July, 1800, 
 our ofBcer, who had for a long time discharged the 
 duties of First-Lieutenant of the latter ship, and 
 had assisted at the capture and destruction of many 
 armed vessels and valuable merchantmen, off Bata- 
 via, and in other parts of the Java seas, joined the 
 Suffolk 74, bearing_ the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 who (besides intrusting him with the government, 
 for a short time in 1802, of the Naval Hospital at 
 Madras) successively appointed him to the com- 
 mand, between May, 1801, and June, 180.5, of the 
 D^DALus frigate, Vulcan bomb, Victor sloop, 
 Trident 64, Dedaigneuse frigate, and Cornwal- 
 Ljs 50. His official promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mUnder took place while he was serving on board 
 th(J Victor, 18 Jan. 1803 ; and to that of Captain 
 while in the Cornwallis, 5 Sept. 1806. In the 
 course of the latter year Capt. Johnston appears to 
 have several times engaged the enemy's formidable 
 batteries on the Isle of France; and on 11 Nov. he 
 made a dash with Capt. Bingham, of the Sceptre 
 74, into St. Paul's Bay, He de Bourbon, and opened 
 a fire upon the shipping there at anchor, consisting 
 of the Semillante French frigate, three armed ships, 
 and 12 sail of merchantmen which had been cap- 
 tured from the British. Had it not been that the 
 breeze soon subsided and impeded the manoeuvres 
 of their assailants, the enemy on this occasion 
 would in all probability have incurred great loss. 
 The Cornwallis was afterwards, in 1807, the first 
 regular man-of-war that ever, we believe, passed 
 between New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. 
 Capt. Johnston's next and last appointments were 
 18 Feb. 1808, and 23 Dec. 1813, to the Powerful 
 and Scarborough 74's ; the former of which ships, 
 after having brought her home from India, and 
 then accompanied the expedition to the Waloheren, 
 he paid off 11 Oct. 1809. In the Scarborough, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Ferrier in the 
 North Sea, he served until 5 May, 1814. His ad- 
 v.inoement to Flag-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 The Rear-Admiral is married, and has issue. 
 
 JOHNSTON. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Frederick Erskine Johnston is second son of 
 the Right Hon. Sir Alex. Johnston, F.R.S., of Carn- 
 salloch, CO. Dumfries (late Chief Justice and Presi- 
 dent of Her Majesty's Council in the island of Cey- 
 lon), by Louisa, only daughter of the late Lord 
 Wm. Campbell, Captain R.N., son of John, fourth 
 Duke of Argyll. The Commander is nephew of 
 Major-General Fras. Jas. Johnston, C.B. ; and great- 
 grandson of Francis Lord Napier. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1828; passed 
 his examination in 1834 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 28 June, 1838 ; and was successively appointed 
 —25 July, 1838, and 6 Jan. 1841, to the Ttne 26, 
 Capt. John Townshend, and (as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Chas. Napier) to the Powerful 84, both in the 
 Mediterranean — 28 Aug. 1841, to the Formidable 
 84, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, fitting at 
 Sheerness-2 Oct. 1841, and 23 April, 1844, to the 
 Queen 110, and again to the Formidable, bearing 
 each the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen on the 
 Mediterranean station — and, 18 Dec. 1845, as Senior, 
 to the Terrible steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, 
 attached to the Channel squadron. He attained 
 his present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 JOHNSTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Gabriel Johnston entered the Navy 12 Aug. 
 1826 ; passed his examination 1 Oct. 1832 ; and at 
 the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving at 
 the Cape of Good Hope, as Mate, on board the 
 Fawn brigantine, Lieut.-Commander John Foote. 
 His appointments have since been— 3 Dec. 1841, to 
 the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Dum- 
 ford King on the same station- 7 March, 1842, to 
 the Acorn 16, Capt. John Adams, on the coast of 
 Africa, whence he returned early in 1843—19 April, 
 1844, to the Stromboli steam-sloop, Capt. Hon. 
 Edw. Plunkett, employed on particular service— 
 25 Jan. 1845, to the Beaoon surveying-vessel,- Capt. 
 
 Thos. Graves, stationed in the Mediterranean 
 
 and, 20 Feb. 1847, after a few months of half-pay, 
 to the Volage 26, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Abel 
 Bremage Spratt, under whom, he is again engaged 
 on surveying-duty. AoENTS^Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 JOHNSTQN. (Lieut:, 1826. f-p., 20; h-p, 18) 
 Henry Johnston, born 2 Dec. 1795, is second 
 son of the late Henry Johnston, Esq., merchant by 
 his wife Henrietta Ogilvie, of Dundee, N.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Feb; 1809 as 
 Fst.-cl'. Vol., on board the Nightingale 16, Capts 
 Wm. Wilkinson, John Eveleigh, and Christopher 
 Nixon, stationed in the North Sea, where, and in 
 the Baltic, he served, as Midshipman, from 1812 to 
 1814, in the Gloucester 74, Capt. Robt. Williams 
 Towards the close of the latter year, after he had 
 been again employed for a few months under the 
 orders of Capt. Wilkinson, in the Monmouth 64 on 
 the Downs station, he joined the Tvne 24, Capt 
 John Harper, with whom, on arriving in the East 
 Indies, he removed, as a passed Midshipmani to the 
 Wellesley 74. Returning to England with Capt 
 John Bayley m the last-named ship in June 1816 
 ,; ,^.?^,'™ ^'^ immediately appointed Admi- 
 ralty-Midshipman of the Leandeb 5&, Capt. Edw 
 Chetham, and was thus aftbrded an opportunitv of 
 shanng m the bombardment of Algiers. He was 
 afterwards employed, from April, ISl-7, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 March 1826 in 
 JJ^I'^T^'" "■"'^ ""^"""^ frigates, commanded,' on 
 the North American and Channel stations, bv Cants 
 Wm. Hugh Dobbie and Robt. Henderson, Ramii- 
 LiES 74, and Queen Charlotte 100; both lying in 
 Portsmouth harbour, and Severn and Ramillies 
 again, each commanded, for the purposes of th» 
 Coast Blockade, by Capt. Wm. M'Sch Hit 
 succeeding appointments were— 9 Oct. 1828 to iht 
 Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, underwhom 
 
 I'J'llls' Z' T' °° '1' Coaltilockade, untTi 
 Deo. 1829-for a few months in 1834, as Supernu- 
 
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 JOHNSTON— JOHNSTONE. 
 
 jnerary and First-Lieutenant, to the Thalia 46, 
 dnd RA1..EIGH 16, Capts. Bobt. Waucbope and Mich. 
 Cain, fitting at Chatham and Sheerness — and, 9 
 May, 1837, to the TiM^BAiEE 104, Capts. Thos. 
 Fortescue Kennedy and Sir John Hill, guard-ship 
 at the latter place. He has been on half-pay since 
 1838. 
 
 Lieut. Johnston married, in 1835, Louisa Drusilla 
 Sidney, youngest daughter of the late Jas. Cum- 
 mings, Esci., K.N. 
 
 JOHNSTON. (LiEDT., 1827. f-p., 17; h-p, 13.) 
 James Charles Johnston, born in Nov. 1803, is 
 maternal grandson of the late Sir Geo. Richardson, 
 Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1817, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Semieamis 42, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Teo on the 
 coast of Africa ; was next employed, between Oct. 
 1818 and March, 1825 (in the course of which month 
 he passed his examination), in the Yengedk 74, 
 Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Adeoka 46, Capt. 
 Henry Prescott, chiefly as Midshipman, on the 
 Home, Mediterranean, and South American sta- 
 tions; and, in Nov. of the latter year, became Mate 
 of the Philomei 10, Capts. Lord Wm. Paget and 
 Viscount Ingestrie, similarly employed. He was 
 promoted for his services in the Asia 84, flag-ship 
 of Sir Edw. Codrington, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 by commission dated 22 Oct. 1827 ; and was subse- 
 quently appointed — 1 1 May, 1833, to the Donegal 
 78, Capt. Arthur FanShawe, oif Lisbon— 24 Feb. 
 1835 (after several months of half-pay), to the 
 "Winchester 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of 
 Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel— 20 Oct. 1836, to the 
 Hercules 74, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge 
 Berkeley, John Toup Nicolas, and Edw. Barnard, 
 employed until Nov. 1839 on the Channel, Lisbon, 
 West India, and Halifax stations— 10 Oct. 1840, to 
 the Campeedown 104, flag-ship of Sir Henry Digby 
 at the Nore— 11 Sept. 1841, as First, to the Thalia 
 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, fitting for Chatham— and, 13 
 Dec. following, to the Waespite 50, Capt. Lord 
 John Hay. He invalided home from the North 
 America and West India station in June, 1842, and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Johnston married, 25 April, 1843, Jane 
 Dunlop, daughter of the late Capt. Thos. Hamilton, 
 of Dowan, and granddaughter of the late Sir Geo. 
 Louis Augustus Colquhoun, Bart. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 JOHNSTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p,, 12; h-p., 32.) 
 Jahes Henet Johnston entered the Navy, 16 
 April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spae- 
 tiate 74, Capts. Geo. Murray, John Manley, and 
 Sir Fras. Laforey. In that ship, after serving, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, off Ferrol and 
 Kochefort, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and 
 on 21 Oct. 1805 was present in the battle of Tra- 
 falgar. He removed, in Oct. 1809, to the Ocean 98, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, who, on 4 of 
 the next Dec, nominated him Lieutenant of the 
 Canopds 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin 
 — an act wliich the Admiralty confirmed by com- 
 mission dated 16 Feb. 1810. Being superseded from 
 the Canopus in Nov. of the latter year, Mr. John- 
 ston was subsequently appointed — 23 Sept. 1811, to 
 the Kite sloop, Capts. Benj. Crispin and Geo. Can- 
 ning, employed off the Texel and in the Mediterra- 
 nean—in Jan. 1813, to the coi£mand of the Quail 
 schooner, stationed in the Archipelago under the 
 orders of Capt. John Clavell — in Aug. 1813, again 
 to the Kite, Capts. Rowland Mainwairing and Thos. 
 Forster, off the coast of Syria— and, 3 Deo. 1814, 
 to the Leveeet 10, Capt. Jonathan Christian, in the 
 Downs. He has been on half-pay since July, 1815. 
 
 JOHNSTON. (I.IEUT., 1815. F-P., 9 : h-p., 31.) 
 KoBEBT Johnston entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malabar 74, 
 Capt. John Temple ; attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman in Nov. of the same year ;■ and, between 
 
 June, 1808, when he returned home from a voyage 
 to the Brazils and the Cape of Good Hope, and J uly, 
 1814, was successively employed, in the Invincible 
 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, Se!Hira.mis 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Granger, Norge 74, Capts. John Sprat Rainier and 
 Wm. Waller, and Asia 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, on the Home, Lisbon, Cadiz, Mediterra- 
 nean, and Bermuda stations. He then assumed 
 command, with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, of the 
 Jane advice-vessel, in which he served, on the 
 American coast and in the West Indies, until the 
 close of the war with the United States. He was 
 promoted to his present rank in his former ship, 
 the AsLi, Capt. Alex. Skene, 15 Feb. 1815; and in 
 Feb. 1816, after having re-visited the Mediterra* 
 nean and West Indies, was placed on half-pay. He 
 has not been since employed. Agent — Fred. 
 Dufaur. 
 
 JOHNSTONE. (Lieutenant, 1818. f-p., 10; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 
 Henrt Hope Johnstone entered the Navy, 24 
 June, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rifleman 
 18, CSpt. Joseph Pearce, and, after serving for 
 some time on the Home station, proceeded to the 
 coast of North America, where he was present with 
 the squadron in Penobscot Bay at the capture of 
 the town of Castine and the destruction of the 
 U. S. frigate John Adams, in Sept. 1814. Becoming 
 Midshipman, soon afterwards, of the Royal Oak 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he attended 
 in that ship the ill-fated expedition against New 
 Orleans ; and, on her return to England in the sum- 
 mer of 1815, he became attached, as a Supertiume- 
 rary, to the Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, lying at 
 Spitbead. In July, 1818, after he had been em- 
 ployed for a period of more than two years and a 
 half in the North Sea and West Indies, in the Pe- 
 lican 18, Capts. Robt. Lisle Conlson and Edw. 
 Curzon, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Pique 36, Capt. John Mackellar, to which fri- 
 gate he was confirmed on 20 of the following Nov. 
 He was paid off 21 Dec. 1818 ; and was lastly, 
 from 6 Dec. 1824 until about the close of 1826, em- 
 ployed in the Ramillies 74, Coast Blockade ship, 
 Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot. 
 
 Lieut. Johnstone is married, and has issue. 
 
 JOHNSTONE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 10.) 
 Henet Wedderburn Johnstone entered the 
 Navy 29 June, 1824; passed his examination in 
 1830 ; obtained his first commission 18 Aag. 1831 ; 
 and was subsequently appointed — 23 Jan. and 8 
 May, 1833, to the Donegal 78, and Britannia 120^ 
 flag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Mediter- 
 ranean — 16 July, 1834, to the Endtmion 50, Capt.. 
 Sir Sam. Roberts, with whom he returned home 
 from Lisbon and was paid off in Nov. 1836 — 30 Jan. 
 1837, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings— 7 Dec. 1837, as Se- 
 nior-Lieutenant, to the Racehorse 18, Capt. Heniy 
 Wm. Craufurd, fitting for the North America and 
 West India station, where he was superseded a few 
 months afterwards— a.nd, 9 Aug. 1841, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Aedent steam-vessel, Capt. John 
 Russell, lying at Chatham. He was advanced to 
 his present rank on 23 of the following Nov., but 
 has not been since afloat. 
 
 JOHNSTONE. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 7 ; 
 
 H-p., 32.) 
 Robert Ballard Johnstone entered the Navy, 
 in April, 1808, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Resistv 
 ANCE 38, Capt. Chas. Adam, with whom he conti- 
 nued to serve, in the same ship and, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, in the Invincible 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Adam, until Jan. 1814— witnessing, in the 
 former, the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 
 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 
 40-gun frigate Belle Poule; and assisting, in the 
 Invincible (independently of a participation in 
 many particular services), at the defence of i'arra- 
 
JOHNSTONE-JOLLIFFE-JOLLY— JONES. 
 
 589 
 
 gona, the destruction of the castle of St. Elmo, and 
 the capture of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col 
 de Balaguer. He then joined in succession the 
 Queen ChablOtte and Impresnable, flag-ships of 
 Ijord Keith and the Duke of Clarence ; and, on 27 
 June, 1814, after having escorted the Allied Sove- 
 reigns to England, and taken part in the grand 
 naval review held at Spithead, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. During the latter part of 1814, 
 and again for some months in 1815, we find him 
 employed, on the Downs and Irish stations, in the 
 Bermuda 10, Capt. Wm. Wolrige, and Nymphen 
 36, Capt. Matt. Smith. Being next, in July, 1816, 
 appointed to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, he 
 sailed with the expedition against Algiert, where, 
 on the day of the bombardment, he commanded 
 gun-boat No. 24. He soon afterwards returned to 
 England with Lord Exmouth in the Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 JOHNSTONE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22; 
 H-P., 14.) 
 
 William Johnstone was born in 1795, at Edin- 
 burgh. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, S Nov. 1811, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Nightinoale 16, Capt. 
 Christopher Nixon, in which vessel he served in 
 the North Sea and Channel, latterly as Midship- 
 man, until Aug. 1815. He was next, between Nov. 
 1815 and Sept. 1818, employed in the Newcastle 
 50, Capts. Sam. Roberts and Henry Meynell, fitting 
 at Woolwich, and in the CvRCS 20, Capt. Wm. Fair- 
 brother Carroll, on the coast of Ireland ; after 
 which (having passed his examination in March of 
 the latter year) he served, from July, 1820, to Nov. 
 1823, part of the time as Admiralty-Midshipman, in 
 the Martial 10, Lieut. -Commander llobt. M'Kirdy, 
 Tees 26, Capt. Thos. Coe, and Liffey 50, Commo- 
 dore Chas. Grant, on the Home and East India sta- 
 tions. He then officiated for about 18 months as 
 Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission 
 dated 10 May, 1824) of the Satellite 18, and Asia 
 84, both commanded by Capt. Mark John Currie, 
 with whom he returned to England. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were— 24 Jan. 1827, to the Alert 
 18, Capts. Sam. Burgess and John Coghlan Fitzge- 
 rald, on the South American station— 13 Feb. 1832, 
 as Senior, to the Conway 28, fitting for the Pacific, 
 whence he returned home and was paid off in Oct. 
 1835— and, 18 Oct. 1838, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds. He 
 served in the latter ship, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion (where he was present at the blockade of Alex- 
 andria), until advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 
 1841 ; and has not been since employed. 
 
 JOHNSTONE. (Captain, 1823.) 
 
 William James Hope Johnstone, born 28 July, 
 1798, is second son of the late Vice-Admiral the 
 Right Hon.SirWm. Johnstone Hope,* G.C.B., M.P., 
 Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Royal Hos- 
 pital at Greenwich, by his first wife. Lady Anne 
 Hope Johnstone, eldest daughter of James, third 
 Earl of Hopetoun ; and brother of the late Capts. 
 Chas. Jas. Hope Johnstone and Geo. Jas. Hope 
 Johnstone, both of the R.N. By his father's second 
 marriage he is connected with the noble families of 
 Athlone, Auckland, and Henley. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 181 1, as 
 Seo.-ol. Vol., on board the SARrEnoN brig, Capt. 
 Jas. Green, on the Leith station, where he removed, 
 in Sept. following, to the Adamant 50, fiag-ship of 
 Vice-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. Joining next, 
 in April, 1812, the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home 
 Popham, he assisted, in the course of that year, at 
 the reduction of Lequeytio and Castro, on the north 
 coast of Spain ; also in the attacks made upon Puerta 
 Galetta, Guetaria, and Santander; and at the de- 
 struction of the fortifications of Borneo, Plencia, 
 Galea, Algorta, Begona, El Carapilln las Quersas, 
 and Xobiles. On his return to England in June, 
 1814, Mr. Hope .Tohnstone, after having escorted 
 * Vide Note, p. 636 
 
 Earl Moira to India in the Stirling Castle 74, 
 Capt. Sir H. Popham, joined the Latona 38, bearing 
 his father's fiag at Leith. During the three years 
 immediately antecedent to his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, which took place 2 May, 1818, 
 we find him employed in the Channel, at Ports- 
 mouth, in the Mediterranean, and again at Leith, 
 on board the Endymion 44, Capt. Henry Hope, 
 Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, Sa- 
 tellite sloop, Capt. Jas. Murray, and Ramillies, 
 bearing the flag of his father. On 3 June, 1819, he 
 obtained an appointment to the VengeuIi 74, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, which ship, it appears, con- 
 veyed Lord Beresford from Rio de Janeiro to tht 
 river Tagus, and the King of the Two Sicilies from 
 Naples to Leghorn, in 1820. Being presented on 9 
 Sept. in that year with a Commander's comnlissioil, 
 which had been placed at the disposal of Sir Home 
 Popham on his return from the chief command at 
 Jamaica, Capt. Hope Johnstone, on 28 Feb. 1823, 
 was invested vrith the command of the Eclair 
 sloop, and ordered to South America, where, in the 
 same vessel, and in the Doris 42 (into which fri- 
 gate he was posted 21 Oct. 1823), he was employed 
 in affording protection to the British interests at 
 Pemambuco, and on other parts of the Brazilian 
 coast, frequently under very trying circumstances, 
 until the close of 1824. He paid the DoEis off 12 
 Jan. 1825 ; and officiated, lastly, as Flag-Captain, 
 from 6 June, 1828, until Oct. 1831, to Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, in the Asia 84, and Britannia 120, On 
 the Mediterranean station, and from 6 May, 1845, 
 until 1847, to Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in the Agin- 
 CODHT 72, on the East India station. During an 
 expedition conducted, in July, 1846, by the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief against the Sultan of Borneo, Capt. 
 Hope Johnstone assumed command of the whole of 
 the seamen and of the field-piece and rocket-partie^, 
 and on 8 of that month assisted at the capture and 
 destruction of the enemy's forts and batteries in 
 the river Brune.* 
 
 He married, in 1826, Eleanor, eldest daughter of 
 the late Sir Thos. Kirkpatriok, Bart., and has issue'. 
 
 JOLLIFFE. (Liectenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Kynaston Jolliffe passed his exami- 
 nation 20 May, 1835 ; and at the period of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 
 30 Deo. 1845, had been serving for about 18 months 
 in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Flamer steam- 
 vessel, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jas. Postle. He 
 was appointed, 9 Feb. following, to the Virago 
 steam-sloop, Capt. John Lunn, on the same station ; 
 and has been there employed, since 1 Oct. 1846, as 
 Senior of the Piicenix, another steamer, Capt. Jas. 
 Sam. Akid Dennis. 
 
 JCLLY. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Archibald Douglas Jolly entered the Navy 
 21 Aug. 1829 ; passed his examination 6 Dec. 1836 ; 
 and, as we are informed, served as Mate in the 
 boats of the Pluto at the destruction of some slave- 
 factories at the Gallianos Islands in 1842; on 23 
 July in which year he was p^lmoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His .succeeding appointments were— 
 29 April, 1843, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72 
 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam in North Ame- 
 rica and the West Indies— 30 Dec. 184.3, to the Ring- 
 dove 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, on the coast of 
 Africar-and in 1844-5, to the Scylla 16, Capt. 
 Robt. Sharpe, Imaum 72, Commodores Alex, llenton 
 Sharpe and Damiel Pring, and Hyacinth 18, Capt. 
 Fras. Scott, all on the North America and West 
 India station, whence he returned home and was 
 paid off in the early part of 1847. Ages't— Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 JONES. (CAPTAIlSf, 1811. F-p., 19; H-P., 38.) 
 
 The Honourable Alexander Jones, born 9 
 
 March, 1778, is youngest son of Charles, fourth 
 
 Viscount Ranelagh, by Sarah, only daughter of 
 
 Ihos. Montgomery, Esq.; brother of Charles, fifth 
 
 * ^ideGaz. 1646, pp. .3441-2. 
 
590 
 
 JONES. 
 
 Yisoount, who died a Captain R.N. in 1800; and 
 uncle and heir-presumptive to the present noble- 
 man. One of Capt. Jones' brothers, Benjamin, 
 was a Lieutenant-Colonel, and two others, Richard 
 and John, were Majors, in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Echo sloop, commanded by his 
 brother, then Hon. Chas. Jones, whom he succes- 
 sively followed into the Kingfisher and Andro- 
 mache, on the Channel and Newfoundland stations. 
 Being discharged, in 1794, into the Providence 16, 
 Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, he sailed in that ves- 
 sel on a voyage of discovery, and continued in her 
 until wrecked among the Japan Islands 16 May, 
 1797 ; whereupon he took a passage home in the 
 Camatic Indiaman. On his arrival however at the 
 Cape, he volunteered to serve with the Commander- 
 in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Thos. Pringle, who, on the 
 occasion of a mutiny breaking out on board his 
 flag-ship, the Tremendous 74, made him the instru- 
 ment of communication between himself and the 
 refractory seamen, by whom the Captain and all 
 the officers had been put on shore. As a reward 
 for this service Mr. Jones was immediately ap- 
 pointed, 14 Deo. 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Sceptre 64, Capt. Valentine Edwards, in which 
 ship he remained until she was lost, with 291 of her 
 crew, in Table Bay, 5 Nov. 1799. Joining, about 
 the period of his official promotion, which took 
 place 15 May, 1800, the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. 
 Inglis Cochrane, he attended, in the course of the 
 same year, the expeditions to Belleisle and Ferrol ; 
 and was the means, when at the latter place, of 
 saving H.M.S. Tartarus, during a heavy gale, and 
 after she had been abandoned by her officers and 
 crew. In consideration of the intrepidity and judg- 
 ment he had evinced on the occasion, Lieut. Jones 
 was sent by his Captain to the Commander-in- 
 Chief, Sir John Borlase Warren, and ordered to 
 report himself as the officer who had achieved the 
 performance. After witnessing (in the Minerve 
 frigate, Capt. beo. Cookbum) the capture, 2 Sept. 
 1801, of the Succes and JBravoure, of 42 guns each, 
 Lieut. Jones, until he was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 22 Jan. 1806, served on various stations 
 in the Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour, Champion 
 24, Capt. Robt. Howe Bromley, Thisbe 28, Capt. 
 Shephard, Naiad 38, Capt. Jas. Wallis, and Lively 
 38, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond. In the latter 
 frigate we find him present at the capture, 5 Oct. 
 
 1804, of three Spanish frigates, and the destruction 
 of a fourth, oif Cape St. Mary ; and on 29 May, 
 
 1805, participating in her single-handed and self- 
 sought skirmish with the Spanish 74-gun ship Gh- 
 rioso. He was also in the Lively in several en- 
 counters vfith the enemy's gun-boats in the Gut of 
 Gibraltar, and was further employed in her on the 
 Italian coast. Assuming command, 6 Oct. 1807,, of 
 the Talbot sloop, Capt. Jones, who continued in 
 that vessel until posted, 1 Aug. 1811, assisted, dur- 
 ing the period, at the blockade of Oporto, came 
 also into frequent contact with the batteries on the 
 coasts of Portugal, Spain, and Norway, and effected 
 the capture (including the Loven of 2 guns and 11 
 men) of three private^s, besides a large number of 
 other vessels. For his conduct .at Oporto, where 
 he was for some time employed on shore, he was 
 placed by Sir Chas. Cotton, at the period of the 
 Convention of Cintra, in temporary charge of a 
 Portuguese frigate. His last appointment was to 
 the command, for a short period in 1814, of the 
 Levant 20. 
 
 Capt. Jones married, 2 Aug. 1807, Caroline, 
 daughter of Thos. Palmer, Esq., of Hambledon, 
 Hants, and niece of General Sir Wm. Myers, Bart., 
 formerly Commander-in-Chief in Ireland and the 
 West Indies, by whom he has issue three sons and 
 two daughters. His second son, Robt. Molesworth 
 Jones, is a Clerk in the Admiralty at Whitehall. 
 
 Midshipman, on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Jas. Walker, under whom— if we except an attach- 
 ment, from Oct. 1798 until April, 1800, to the Vic- 
 tor sloop, Capt. Jas. Bennie, part of the force em- 
 ployed under Sir Andrew Mitchell in the expedition 
 to the Texel — he continued to serve in the Veteran 
 64, Braakel 56, Prince George and Prince 98's, 
 Isis 50, Tartar 32, and Vanguard 74, until Jan. 
 
 1804. He was in consequence wounded, in the Isis, 
 at the battle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 ;* and 
 was on board the Vanguard, in 1803, at the cap- 
 ture, besides a variety of smaller vessels, of Xe 
 Duquesne 74, and La Creole of 44 guns, with the 
 French General, Morgan, and 530 troops on board ; 
 as also in the same ship at the surrender of the 
 town of St. Marc, St. Domingo ; the garrison of 
 which place, amounting to about 1 100 men, were 
 brought off by the Vanguard and her prizes to 
 rescue them from the vengeance of the black Ge- 
 neral Dessalines. He left the Vanguard, which 
 had been latterly commanded by Capt. Andrew 
 Fitzherbert Evans, in Oct. 1804 ; and on 5 April, 
 
 1805, after having acted for four months as Lieu- 
 tenant of the GoELAN sloop, and Desiree 36, Capts. 
 Wm. Templar and Henry Whitby, was confirmed 
 into the Thesebs 74, Capt. Fras. Temple. Return- 
 ing to England with convoy in the following Sept., 
 he next, between that period and Dec. 1807, served, 
 on the Home and Baltic stations, in the Powerfui. 
 74, Capt. Robt. Plampin, Boadicea 38, Capt. John 
 Maitland, and Vanguard 74, Capt. Alex. Fraser, 
 under whom he accompanied Admiral Gambler's 
 expedition against Copenhagen. He was then em- 
 ployed for two months in command of a cartel on 
 the coast of Holland ; after which he had charge, 
 from May, 1808, to Feb. 1810, and from Aug. in 
 the latter year to Aug. 1814, of the Indignant and 
 Rebuff gun-brigs, on the North Sea and Mediter- 
 ranean stations — participating, in the Indignant, 
 in the operations of 1809 against Walcheren. His 
 last appointment was, 1 April, 1822, to the Ordinary 
 at Sheemess. The rank of Retired Commander 
 was conferred upon him 23 Oct. 1837. 
 
 He was married, and has left issue. 
 
 JONES. (Retired Commandek, 1837.) 
 Charles Jones died 19 Jan. 1847, aged 65. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1797, as 
 
 JONES, Kt. (ffajtain, 1819. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Sir Charles Thomas Jones, bom in 1778, is 
 representative of the Jones' of Frontraith, co. 
 Montgomery, a family seated there since 1608. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1791, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Vulcan fire-ship, 
 Capt. Solomon Ferris, lying at Spithead ; and in 
 the course of the same year removed, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., to the Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape 
 Douglas, stationed in Portsmouth Harbour. Dur- 
 ing the first five years of the French revolutionary 
 war we find him serving with Lord Hugh Seymour 
 in the Leviathan 74, and Sans Pareil 80 ; in the 
 former of which ships he witnessed the occupation 
 of Toulon in Aug. 1793, and was wounded in Lord 
 Howe's action 1 June, 1794 ; and in the latter par- 
 ticipated as Midshipman in the action fought off He 
 de Groix 23 June, 1795. He was made Lieutenant, 
 16 Oct. 1798, into the Fairy 18, Capt. Joshua Syd- 
 ney Horton, on the coast of Africa ; and was after- 
 wards appointed— 26 Aug. 1799, to the Neptune 
 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, flag-ship for some time of 
 the late Lord Gambler in the Channel— in 1802, 3, 
 and 5, to the Concordf, Lancaster, and Hindos- 
 TAN, Capts. John Wood, William Fothergill, and 
 Alex. Fraser, all on the East India station— and 
 16 May, 1807, to the Trent frigate, bearing the 
 flag at Cork of Vice-Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whit- 
 shed. In the capacity of Commander, a rank he 
 attained 15 Aug. 1810, Capt. Jones was employed, 
 from 16 June, 1814, until paid off in Deo. 1818, in 
 the Harrier sloop, among the Canai-y Islands, off 
 the coast of France, and on the Halifax station. 
 He attained Post-rank 12 Aug. 1819, and accepted 
 the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Sir Chas. Thos. Jones,, upon whom the honour 
 of Knighthood had been conferred in 1809, mar- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 401. 
 
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 ried, in 1817, Miss Salton, daughter of Gilbert Sal- 
 ton, Esq., Collector of Customs at Bermuda. 
 
 JONES. (Lieutenant, 1827. r-p.,17; h-p.,17.) 
 Edward Leslie Jones, bom 30 Dec. 1800, Is 
 fifth son of the late John Jones, Esq., of Woolley, 
 near Bradford, Wilts ; and nephew of the late Co- 
 lonel Leslie Grove Jones, of the Grenadier Guards. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 July, 1813, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Medosa 32, Capt. Geo. 
 Bell, employed in the blockade of Cherbourg ; and 
 after conveying the 27th Kegt. to Quebec in the 
 ■Waespite74, Capt. Lord Jas. O'Bryen, joined the 
 Mai/ta 80, Capt. Wm. Chas. Eahie, on the Medi- 
 terranean station, where he assisted, as Midshipman, 
 at the reduction of the strong fortress of Gaeta 
 in 1815. He served during the next three years on 
 the coast of Africa in the 20-gun ships Bann and 
 Chekdb, Capts. Wm. Fisher and Geo. Wiokens 
 Willes ; on accompanying the latter of whom into 
 the Wye 26, commanded afterwards by Capt. Peter 
 Fisher, he was employed for a similar period in 
 the suppression of smuggling in the North Sea and 
 Channel, and was for upwards of two whole months 
 engaged in cruizing in an open boat. In Jan. 1823, 
 having passed his examination in Feb. 1820, he 
 rejoined Capt. Willes, as Mate, in the Brazen 26, 
 and sailed with him for the South American sta^ 
 tion, whence he returned to the coast of Africa, 
 and was there made Lieutenant, 12 May, 1827, into 
 the Maidstone 42, Commodore Chas. BuUen. After 
 tour years of hall-pay, Mr. Jones was next, on 
 15 Aug. 1831, appointed to the Isis 50, Capts. Geo. 
 FCennie and Jas. Polkinghorne, under whom he 
 , again served on the African coast until the close of 
 1834. His last appointment was, 19 May, 1835, to 
 the Carron steamer, Capt. Edw. Belcher, in which 
 vessel he was for about seven months occupied in 
 surveying the Irish Channel. His health (impaired 
 by his long servitude, of nine years, on the African 
 station, where he passed a great part of the period 
 on board slave-vessels, and underwent great hard- 
 ships) has since prevented his seeking active em- 
 ployment. 
 
 He married, 26 May, 1840, Mary, second daughter 
 of the late Eev. Rich. Thos. Whalley, Prebendary 
 of Wells, and Rector of Ilchester and Y eovilton, co. 
 Somerset, and niece of the late John Paine Tred- 
 way, Esq., M.P. for Wells. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 JONES. (LlEDTENAMT, 1814.) 
 
 Henbt Paget Jones was born in June, 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Egyftienne frigate, 
 Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, and on the evening of 8 
 March following served in the boats, under Lieut. 
 Philip Cosby Handfield, at the cutting-out, beneath 
 an incessant fire from two batteries, <'f the French 
 frigate-built privateer L'Alcide, pierced for 34 guns, 
 and moored to the beach in the harbour of Muros, 
 in Spain. He next, in the course of 1807, joined 
 the HiBERNiA 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent, 
 Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and Cam- 
 brian 40, commanded by his former Captain, Paget, 
 under whom he accompanied the expedition against 
 Copenhagen. In Aug. 1808, after he had been 
 attached for a few months to the Spencer 74, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Robt. Stopford, and Leviathan 74, 
 Capts. Paget and Thos. Harvey, he was further 
 received by Capt. Paget on board the Revenge, 
 another third-rate, and was thus aflbrded an oppor- 
 tunity of sharing in the prominent part borne by 
 that ship on the occasion of Lord Cochrane' s cele- 
 brated attack on the «nemy as they lay at anchor 
 in Basque Roads in April, 1809. He continued to 
 serve in the Revenge under th« flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, latterly at the 
 defence of Cadiz, until April, 1812, from which 
 period until the following Oct. he acted as Lieute- 
 nant of the .St. Albans 64, Capt. John Ferris De- 
 vonshire. In March, 1813, we find him resuming 
 the duties of Midshipman on board th* Rippon 74, 
 
 Capt. Sir Christ. Cole, stationed oflT Rochefort, and 
 in about 12 ^nths after that period transferred to 
 the Venerable 74, bearing the flag in the West 
 Indies of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, who, 
 on 19 July, 1814, caused him to be again invested 
 with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant— an appoint- 
 ment which the Admiralty sanctioned by a com- 
 mission dated on 26 Sept. in the same year. His 
 succeeding appointments were — for a few months 
 in 1815, to the Heron sloop, Capt. Fras. Chas. An- 
 nesley, in which vessel he returned to England and 
 was paid off— 13 Nov. 1821, to the Brazen 26, Capt. 
 Wm. Shepheard, on the Irish station— 11 March, 
 1823, to the Sdpehb 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, 
 with whom he served in the West Indies, and off 
 Bermuda and Lisbon, until the close of 1825— and, 
 in 1826, to the command, we believe, of the Otter 
 steamer, which he retained until 1844. 
 
 Lieut. Jones, who is at present Commissioner of 
 Pilotage at Holyhead, married, 13 Oct. 1837, Mar- 
 garet, daughter of Norris M. Goddard, Esq., for- 
 merly Agent for conducting the Packet Service at 
 that place. By that lady he has issue three child- 
 
 JONES. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 25; h-p., 18.) 
 Herbert John Jones entered the Navy, 24 
 March, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Qdeen 
 98, Capts. Theobald Jones, Manley Dixon, and Fras. 
 Pender, employed at first in the Channel and after- 
 wards in the Mediterranean under the flags of Rear- 
 Admirals John Knight and fcir Rich. Bickerton. 
 On his return with Capt. Pender to England in Jan. 
 1806, as Midshipman of the Roval Sovereign 100, 
 he joined the Renown 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Dur- 
 ham, with whom he continued to serve for upwards 
 of four years off Rochefort and again in the Medi- 
 terranean, where, in Oct. 1809, he joined in the 
 pursuit which terminated in the self-destruction of 
 the French ships-of-the-line Bobuste and Lion. After 
 a further attachment, for very brief periods, to the 
 St. Domingo 74, and Dictator and Khbt 64's, 
 bearing each the flag in the Downs and Baltic of 
 Rear-Admiral Dixon, Mr. Jones was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 23 
 Nov. 1810. His subsequent appointments were — 
 14 Dec. 1810, to the Jasper sloop, Capt. John 
 Eveleigh, on the Portsmouth and Lisbon stations — 
 12 March, 1812, to the Sultan 74, Capt. John West, 
 employed, we believe, in Basque Roads, where he 
 continued until April, 1813—8 March, 1814, to the 
 Conflict sloop, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, 
 which vessel, stationed off Lisbon, he left in April, 
 1815—1 May, 1830, and 26 Nov. 1831, to the Cale- 
 donia 120, and San Josef 110, flag-ships at the 
 Nore of Sir Manley Dixon, under whom he served 
 until paid off in April, 1833—12 July, 1836, to the 
 Coast Guard— and, 22 May, 1845, again to the Cale- 
 donia 120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, lying at De- 
 vonport. Since the attainment of his present rank, 
 9 Nov. 1846, Commander Jones has been on half- 
 pay. 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 JONES. (LieutenaSt, 1815. F-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 James Jones entered the Navy, 8 May, 1805, as 
 A.B., on board the Raisonnablb 64, commanded 
 by the late Sir Josias Rowley, in which ship he 
 served as Master's Mate in Sir Robt. Calder's action 
 at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, in all 
 the operations in the Rio de la Plata, and at the 
 capture of the town of St. Paul's in the He de 
 Bourbon. In the course of 1810, having followed 
 Capt. Rowley into the Boadicea 38, he was further 
 present at the conquest of the latter island itself 
 ,th^ recapture of the Africaine 38, the taking' 
 after a spirited action of 10 minutes, a loss to the 
 Boadicea of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 
 9 killed and 15 wounded, of La Venus, of 44 guns 
 and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Hamelin, and of her prize the Ceylon 32 
 and the successful operations against the Isle of 
 France. After his name had been borne for about 
 
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 JONES. 
 
 five months on the books of the Africaine and 
 KoYAL William, flag-ships at the Cape of Good 
 Hope and at Plymouth of Vice-Admi!^ls Albemarle 
 Bertie and Sir Roger Curtis, Mr. Jones, in May, 
 1811, rejoined Capt. Kowley on board the America 
 74, and was afforded an opportunity, in consequence, 
 of witnessing the unsuccsssful attack upon Leg- 
 horn in Deo. 1813, and of participating in the en- 
 duing capture of Genoa and its dependencies. Ke 
 continued in the Mediterranean in the Queen 74, 
 and Impregnable 98, under the flags of Kear-Ad- 
 mirals Chas. Vinicombe Penrose and his friend 
 Sir J. Kowley, until Aug. 1815; then took up a 
 commission dated on 21 of the previous Feb. ; and 
 has since been on half-paj-. 
 
 JONES. (Ketibbd Commandeb, 1832. f-p., 18; 
 H-P., 3.5.) 
 John Jones (a) entered the Navy, in Dec. 1794, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., ,an board L'EspiioLE sloop, Capt. 
 Bartholomew Koherts, employed in the North Sea; 
 and, from Feb. 1796 until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 14 Oct. 1801, served as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate in the Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship 
 of Admiral Kobt. Mann, Saturn 74, 'Capt. Jas. 
 Douglas, MoNAHCB 74, bearing the flag of Sir Kich. 
 Onslow, Crescent 36, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb 
 (under whom, when in company with the Calypso 
 sloop, he assisted at the oaptiire, 15 Nov. 1799, in 
 sight of a Spanish Une-of-battle-ship and frigate, of 
 tine corvette El <}(ilffO, of 16 guns), and Sans Pareil : 
 80, and Carnatic li, bearing the flags of Lord 
 Hugh Seymour and Admiral Kobt. Montagu on 
 the Mediterranean, Home, and Jamaica stations. 
 He thea rejoined the Sans Pareil as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to the last-namedoificer, with whom, in 1802, 
 he returned home in a similar capacity on board 
 the Melampus frigate. Towards the close of the 
 same year we find him appointed to the Autumn 
 sloop, Capt. Richardson; and in June, 1804 (after 
 having again ofSciated as Signal-Lieutenant to Ad- 
 miral Montagu in various ships on the Downs sta- 
 tion), ordered to jojn the Isis 50, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Erasmus Gower at Newfoundland. While 
 next attached, between Feb. 1805 and April, 1811, 
 to the PoMONE 38, Capts. W. G. Lobb and Robt. 
 Barrie, he presents himself to our notice as actively 
 employed w the Channel and JMediterranean ; and 
 on one occasion, 5 June, 1807, displaying great 
 judgment and gallantry in safely obtaining posses- 
 sion, near Sable d'Olonne, of an enemj's vessel, al- 
 though his boat in the attempt was pierced through 
 iind through by grape from the shore and from 
 three armed brigs.* His last appcantments were, 
 between Feb. 1812 and Aog. 1815, to the Strom- 
 soli bomb, Capt. John Stoddart, CuKAgoA frigate, j 
 Capt. John Tower, Royal George 100, flag-ship ', 
 iof VicerAdmiral Fras. Pickmore, .and Dragon 74, ' 
 '.Capt. Robt. Barrj.e, again on the Mediterranean 
 .and Home stations. He accepted his present rank 
 a July, 1832. 
 
 JONES, (Ketibed Commander, L835, r-p., 16 ; 
 H-P, 38.) 
 John Jones (6) entered lie Na^y, 1 July, 1793, 
 ^s A.B., on board the Goelan sloop, Capts. Thos. 
 WoUey and Geo. Hopewell Stephens, imder the 
 ■former of whom he assisted in soon afterwards 
 taking possession of Jeremie and of Cape Nicolas 
 Mole, both on the islandof St. Domingo. He next, 
 from Sept. 1794 until Sept. 1801, served as .A.B., 
 Jtlidshipman, Master's Mate, ^nd Acting-Lieutenant^ 
 in the D^dalus, of 38 gan«, Capts. Thos. Williams, 
 Geo. Countess, Henry Ledgbird Ball, and Chas. 
 Jas. Johnston, on the Channel, North Sea, Coast of 
 Africa, and West and East India stations. On 9 
 Feb. 1799, while under Capt. Ball, he contributed 
 to the capture, after an ^action of more than an 
 hour's duration, of the French frigate La Pmdenta, 
 .of 30 guns and 301 men, 27 of whom were killed 
 ,-and 22 wounded, with a loss to the British, out of 
 212 men,pf not more than 2 killed and 12 wounded. 
 • Vide G^z. 1 809, p, -838. 
 
 In the following Aug., being at the time in the Gulf 
 of Suez, we find him participating in a three" days* 
 bombardment of the Egyptian town of Kosseir, gar- 
 risoned by a number of French troops. On leaving 
 the D.a:i>ALUs Mr, Jones became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Intrepid 64, Capt. Wm. Hargood, to which 
 ship, also stationed in the East Indies, he was con- 
 firmed by commission dated 27 July, 1802. In Jan. 
 1804, a few months after his return to England, he 
 joined the Foddkoyant 80, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Thos. Graves in the Channel, where, and among the 
 Western Islands, he served from Dec. 1805 until he 
 invalided in Nov. 1809 on board L'lMpfeTOEux 74, 
 Capt. John Lawford. This was his last appoint- 
 ment. He accepted his present rank 6 Jan. 1835, 
 
 JONES, (Lieutenant, 1809, r-p„ 31 ; h-p., 19.) 
 John AVilliam Jones entered the Navy, in 1797, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Edgar 74, Capt. 
 M'Doiigall, with whom he served for about thrpe 
 years in the Mediterranean and Channel, chiefly in 
 the capacity of Midshipman. He then removed to 
 the AcHiLLE 74, Capt. Edw. Buller; and, after a 
 short employment under that officer on the coast 
 of France, became Master's Mate of the Imogene 
 sloop, in the West Indies. From 1802 until con- 
 firmed in his present rank, 28 Feb. 1809, he served 
 again in the Achille, as also in the Malta 80, 
 both commanded by Capt. Buller, and in the Con- 
 fiance sloop, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo, Indignant 
 gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Petley, Orion 74, Capt, 
 Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson (part of the 
 force employed in the expedition to Copenhagen), 
 Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, 
 and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Prometheus sloop, 
 Capt. Thos. Forrest. H e then joined the Diligence * 
 18, Capt. Abraham Lowe, employed, as had been 
 some of the ships last named, in the Baltic. He 
 was afterwards appointed— 16 Aug. 1811, to the 
 TiGRE 74, Capt. John Halliday, stationed off' Brest 
 and Rochefort — 2 Nov. 1814, to the Crescent 36, 
 Capt. John Quilliam, with whom he returned home 
 fjrora the West Indies and was paid off in Sept. 1815 
 —and, 26 Jan. 1821, to the Coast Guard, in which 
 service he continued until 1834. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 JONES, (Captain, 1840, p-p,, 30; h-p,, 9,) 
 
 Lewis Tobias Jones, born in Dec. 1799, is second 
 son of Capt. L. T. Jones, formerly of the 14th Regt., 
 who wrote and published a history of the Duke of 
 York's campaign in H olland in 1793, 4, and 5, having 
 served under H.R.H. during that period in the 57th 
 Regt. His family, originally of Denbigh, in Wales, 
 has been seated since the Commonwealth at Ardna- 
 glass, CO. Sligo. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 18D8, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Thrasher gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander Josiah Dornford, which vessel 
 formed part of the force sent to the Walcheren in 
 1809. In May, 1812, he removed to the Stirling 
 Castle 74, commanded at first by his relative Sir 
 Jahleel Brenton off' Brest, and afterwards by Capt. 
 Augustus Brine, whom he successively followed into 
 the Belleropbon and Medway 74's. The latter 
 ship, it appears, sailed in Jan. 1814 with Lord Chaa. 
 Somerset for the Cape of Good Hope, and on her 
 arrival on that station hoisted tlie flag of Sir Chafi. 
 Tyler. During a subsequent cruize in the neighs 
 bourhood of St. Helena she contrived to effect the 
 capture, after a long chase, of the American sloop- 
 of-war Syren, of 16 guns. On leaving her Mr. 
 Jones, m Nov. 1815, became for a short time Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Ariel sloop, Capt. Dan. Ross. 
 He subsequently officiated for upwards of six years 
 as Admiralty Midshipman, on the Mediterranean, 
 Home, West India, and North American stations, 
 of the Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, 
 Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, Spahtah 
 ^^Sate, Capt. W. F. Wise, Newcastle 60, flag-ship 
 of Sjr Edw, Griffith Colpoys, and Jasedr slooi?, 
 Capt^ Henry Edw. Napier. He received, when in 
 tlie Granicus, a wound in each knee at the batUe 
 
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 of Algiers, the effects of which still continue ; and 
 on his junction of the Spahtan he accompanied 
 the Duke of Gloucester on a trip along the coast 
 of France from Brest to Bordeaux. Being made 
 Lieutenant, 29 Aug. 1822, into the Atkol 28, Capt. 
 Henry Bourchier, Mr. Jones remained in that vessel 
 until 1824, when he returned to England with Lord 
 Dalhousie, Governor-General of Canada. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 3 Oct. 1827, to the 
 CoRDEiiA 10, Capts. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay, 
 Courtenay Edm. Wm. Boyle, and Chas. Hotham, 
 in which vessel he served for six years, chiefly as 
 First-Lieutenant, on the North Sea, Lisbon, West 
 India, Newfoundland, and Mediterranean stations 
 — and, 31 Oct. 1833 and 9 Feb. 1837, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres, and Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of 
 Sir Kobt. Stopford, both also in the Mediterranean. 
 He was promoted to the Second-Captaincy of the 
 latter ship by a commission dated 28 June, 1838 ; 
 and, continuing in her until Jan. 1841, was in con- 
 sequence present in the operations of 1840 on the 
 coast of Syria, where, in the month of Sept., 
 he landed with the Anglo-Turkish battalions at 
 D'Journi, and served on shore, during the occupa^ 
 tion of the encampment, as officer in charge of the 
 beach department and of the issue of arms and 
 ammunition to the mountaineers of Lebanon. On 
 4 Nov. 184^ as a reward for his services at the 
 capture of St. Jean d'Acre, Capt. Jones was ad- 
 vanced to the rank he now holds. He has not, 
 however, been afloat since the period he left the 
 Princess Charlotte. 
 
 In 1844 Capt. Jones was a student at the B. N. 
 College. 
 
 JONES. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Maurice Jones passed his examination 1 Feb. 
 1843 ; and after an intermediate servitude as Mate 
 in the Caledonia 120, and Collingwood 80, flag- 
 ships of Sir David Milne and Sir Geo. Fras. Sey- 
 mour at Devonport and in the Pacific, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Aug. 1846. He has 
 been attached, since 12 of the following Nov., to 
 the Sampson steam-frigate, Capt. Thos. Henderson, 
 on the station last mentioned. 
 
 JONES. (LlEnTENANT, 1839.) 
 
 Oliver John Jones, born 15 March, 1813, is 
 second son of the late Major-General Oliver Jones, 
 who commanded the 18th Hussars under Sir John 
 Moore in the Peninsula, by his second wife, Maria 
 Antonia, youngest daughter of the late Henry Swin- 
 burne, Esq., of Homsterly, co. Durham, and grand- 
 daughter of Sir John Swinburne, Bart., of Caphea- 
 ton, CO. Northumberland. His only brother is the 
 present Kobt. Oliver Jones, Esq., of Fonmon Castle, 
 CO. Glamorgan, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for that shire, who served as High Sheriff' in 1838. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Sept. 1826 ; passed 
 his examination in 1832 ; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 21 Deo. 1839. His appointments have since 
 been— 6 July, 1840, to the SouTHAMriON 50, flag- 
 ship of Sir Edw. Durnford King at the Brazils and 
 Cape of Good Hope — 8 Jan. 1842, to the Calcutta 
 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Koberts, off Lisbon— 5 July, 
 
 1842, as First, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter 
 Bourchier Devereux, in the Mediterranean — 21 Jan. 
 
 1843, as Additional, to the Queen 1 10, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen, on the same station — 
 and, 11 Aug. 184.3, again as Senior Lieutenant, to 
 the Pilot 16, Capts. Wm. Henry Jervis and Geo. 
 Knyvett Wilson, under the latter of whom he is at 
 present employed in the East Indies. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 JONES. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 PniLiP Button Jones passed his examination in 
 1820 ; and was made Lieutenant, 16 Nov. 1827, into 
 the Arachne 18, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courte- 
 nay, on the West India station, whence he soon 
 afterwards invalided. He has not been since em- 
 ployed. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 JONES. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Bicharo Jones died 7 May, 1847, at Southsea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1811, as Sec.-cl. 
 Boy, on board the Orlando 36, Capt. John Clavcll, 
 in which frigate, after serving on the Mediterra- 
 nean and North American stations, he proceeded, as 
 Midshipman, to the East Indies, whence he returned 
 to England with the same Captain, in the Mala- 
 bar 74, in 1819. In July, 1820, he assumed the 
 duties of Master on board the Morgiana sloop, 
 Capt. Wm. Finlaison, on the African station, where, 
 it appears, he subsequently officiated as Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the same vessel, and as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman of the Owen Glendower 42, Commo- 
 dore Sir Bobt. Mends, until within a short period 
 of his being confirmed, 26 May, 1823, into the Bann 
 20, Capt. Chas. Phillips. He invalided home, after 
 having acted for some months as Commander of 
 the Bann, in Oct. 1823; and was next appointed — 
 18 May, 1824, and 5 March, 1825, as a Supernume- 
 rary, to the Bamillies 74, and Hyperion 42, Coast 
 Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'Cullooh and Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye— 26 June, 1829, to the Coast Guard— 
 27 June, 1837, to the command of the Defence Be- 
 venue-vessel — U June, 1840, again to the Coast 
 Guard— and, 27 July, 1844, to the Victory 104, 
 flag-ship of the Admiral-Superintendent at Ports- 
 mouth, Bear-Admiral Hyde Parker. Being the 
 only Lieutenant on board the latter ship on the 
 occasion of Her Majesty's visit, he was in conse- 
 quence promoted to the rank of Commander by 
 commission dated 22 Oct. 1844. 
 
 He has left five motherless sons in a state of des- 
 titution. 
 
 JONES. (Eetibed Commandee, 1844. f-p., 21; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 BicBARD Jones (a) entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Wilson, with whom, and with Sir Thos. Boulden 
 Thompson, he continued to serve, as Midshipman, 
 on the Channel, West India, and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 
 March, 1800. He assisted, in consequence, at the 
 defence of Fort Matilda, Guadeloupe, in 1794 ; con- 
 tributed, in Jan. 1795, to the capture of the French 
 frigates Le Ducas of 20, and Le Duquesne of 44 
 guns ; was present at an attack on a French squa- 
 dron at St. Eustacia, Puerto Bico, and at the re- 
 duction of Trinidad, in 1797 ; commanded a tender 
 in the course of the latter year, and fought an ac- 
 tion against a very superior force, in which he lost 
 an arm, and was otherwise severely wounded ; and, 
 on 19 June, 1799, witnessed the capture of Bear- 
 Admiral Perree's squadron of three frigates and 
 two brigs, from Jaffa, hound to Toulon. For his 
 services in Egypt in the Fury bomb, Capts. Bich. 
 Curry and Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, to which vessel 
 he was attached from 6 April, 1800, until 13 July, 
 1802, Lieut. Jones obtained the Turkish gold medal. 
 He was next, in March, 1803, appointed to the 
 Malta 80, Capt. Edw. BuUer, one of Sir Bobt. 
 Calder's ships in his action with Admiral ViUe- 
 neuve 22 July, 1805. He left her in April, 1806, 
 and was lastly employed in command of a Signal 
 station, which he held from March, 1807, to Feb. 
 1815. He became a Betired Commander on the 
 Senior List 5 Nov. 1844. 
 
 He enjoys a pension for his wounds of 91Z. 5s. 
 
 JONES. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 BoBERT Jones entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1804, as 
 A.B., on board the Sheerness receiving-ship at 
 Hull, where he was employed for a period of four 
 years and a half under the command of Lieut. Geo. 
 Fox, nearly the whole time in the capacity of Mas- 
 ter's Mate. He next, in the course of 1809 and 10, 
 joined, in succession, the Ariel sloop, Capts. Thos. 
 White and John and Daniel Boss, and Victory 100, 
 flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, on the Baltic and 
 Lisbon stations ; after which, obtaining a commis- 
 sion dated 11 Feb. 1812, he was employed on Home 
 duty, us Lieutenant, between June in the same 
 
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 JONES. 
 
 year and Aug. 1814, in the Prince William armed 
 ship, Capt. Andw. Mott, and Ceylon and Porpoise, 
 hoth commanded by Capt. Peter Rye. Since the 
 latter date he has been on half-pay. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 JONES. (Eetiked Commander, 1840. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 EoBEBT Parker Jones was born 30 April, 1786. 
 
 This oiBcer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1796, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Agincourt 64, Capt. John 
 "Williamson and John Lawford, under the former of 
 whom he bore a part, as Midshipman, in the battle 
 fought off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. In Feb. 1798 
 he removed to the Nautilus sloop, Capt. Henry 
 Gunter, which vessel was wrecked, off Flamborough 
 Head, 2 Feb. 1799. Joining then the Hakpt 18, 
 Capts. Henry Bazely, Wm. Birchall, and Chas. 
 TVorsley Boys, he was afforded an opportunity of 
 witnessing in that vessel the capture of the French 
 frigate Pallas, and of participating in the action 
 off Copenhagen 2 Apri^ 1801. He was next em- 
 ployed for a period of three years, on the Irish, Af- 
 rican, and West India stations, in the Princess 
 Charlotte frigate, Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington 
 Gardner, Penguin 18, Capt. Geo. Morris, and In- 
 constant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson ; after 
 which he proceeded in the Weymouth to India^ and 
 was there (having passed his examination in July, 
 1803) appointed, 25 Dec. 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier. Being eon- 
 iirmed to that ship 30 Aug. 1806, he continued in 
 her until he returned to England in June, 1809.* 
 His succeeding appointments were, in March and 
 Dec. 1810, and in Feb. 1812, to the Edgar, Tre- 
 mendous, and Cresst 74's, Capts. Stephen Poyntz, 
 Robt. Campbell, Chas. Dudley Pater, and Chas. 
 Dashwood, employed on the Baltic, Channel, and 
 West India stations. The Cressy, of which he had 
 been for upwards of two years First-Lieutenant, he 
 left in May, 1814. He accepted his present rank 9 
 July, 1840. 
 
 Commander Jones married, 23 July, 1819, Jane, 
 second daughter of the late Lieut-General Lewis, 
 of the Royal Artillery. 
 
 JONES, M.P. (Capt., 1828. r-p., 17; h-p., 27.) 
 Theobald Jones, born in 1790, is second son of 
 the late Rev. James Jones, of Merrion Square, 
 Dublin, Rector of Urney, in the diocese of Derry, 
 by his first wife, Lydia, daughter of Theobald 
 Wolfe ; grandson of the Right Hon. Theophilus 
 Jones, M.P., who married a daughter of the Earl 
 of Tyrone ; and nephew of the late Vice-Admiral 
 Theophilus Jones. His father's second wife was 
 a daughter of Sir Robt. Blackwood, Bart., by the 
 Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye, and relict of the 
 Very Kev. John Ryder, Dean of Lismore, son of 
 John, Archbishop of Tuam. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melpomene frigate, 
 Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, and in the course of 
 the following year was twice engaged, as Midship- 
 man, in the bombardment of Havre. In Nov. 1805 
 he removed to the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Blackwood, with whom, on 14 Feb. 1807, he was on 
 board the Ajax 74 when that ship took fire and 
 blew up near the island of Tenedos. Being then 
 received into the Endymios 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. 
 Bladen Capel, he served at the ensuing passage of 
 the Dardanells ; after which, on his return to Eng- 
 land in May, 1808, he rejoined Capt. Blackwood on 
 board the Wapspite 74, and continued to serve 
 with him, as Lieutenant (commission dated 8 July, 
 1809), until Feb. 1814, in the North Sea and Chan- 
 nel, and also in the|Mediterranean, where, in July, 
 1810, he shared in a very gallant skirmish with the 
 Toulon fleet. In Feb. 1815, on his arrival home, 
 after having gone with convoy to the Cape of Good 
 
 * On her passage home the Albion encountered a dreadful 
 hurricane, which proved fatal to three East Indiamen under 
 her convoy. It was with the greatest difficulty that she her- 
 self could be kept afloat during the remainder of the Voyage. 
 
 Hope, in the DisiEEE 36, Capt. Wm. Woolridge, 
 Mr. Jones found that he had been promoted to the 
 rank of Commander on 19 of the previous July. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 26 Feb. 1819, 
 to the Cherokee 10, of which vessel he retained 
 command, on the Leith station, for a period of more 
 than three years— and, 12 May, 1827, to the Second- 
 Captaincy of the Prince Regent 120, Capts. Con- 
 stantino Rich. Moorsom and Hon. Geo. Poulett, 
 flag-ship for some time of Hon. Sir H. Blackwood 
 at the Nore. He was advanced to his present rank 
 25 Aug. 1828, but has not been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. Jones has sat ia Parliament for co. Lon- 
 donderry since 1830. 
 
 JONES. (Ketibed Commander, 1844. f-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Thomas Jones (a) died 27 Sept. 1845, in his 60th 
 year, at Lewisham, in Kent. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, in July, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hornet sloop, Capt. 
 John Nash, stationed in the Channel, where, from 
 1799 until paid off in 1802, he served, part of the 
 time as Midshipman, in La Juste 80, Capts. Sir 
 Henry Trollope, Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle. 
 In 1804 he re-embarked on board the Hini>qstan 
 50, Capt. Alex. Frsiser, with whom he made a voy- 
 age to the East Indies ; and, on 4 June, 1808, after 
 having served for some time on the Mediterranean 
 station, in the Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayer- 
 man, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 His last appointments were — 25 Nov. 1808, to the 
 Aboukir 74, Capt. Geo. Parker, in the North Sea — 
 and, 2 Dec. 1809, and 27 July, 1811, to the Ranger 
 and Bbiseis sloops, Capts. Geo. Acklom, Chas. 
 Thurlow Smith, and John Ross, both in the Baltic. 
 On the night of 19 June, 1812, Lieut. Jones per- 
 formed a signal act of gallantry in cutting out from 
 Pillau roads, with the pinnace of the last^mentioned 
 vessel, containing a Midshipman and 18 men, under 
 his orders, the (lately British) merchant-ship Ura- 
 nia, mounting 6 carriage-guns and 4 swivels, then 
 in the possession of some French troops, who, not- 
 withstanding a spirited resistance, were driven off 
 the decks into their boats, which were on the oppo- 
 site side, with no greater loss to the assailants than 
 1 man killed and the Midshipman and 1 man 
 slightly wounded.* He went on half-pay in the 
 early part of 1813, and retired with the rank of 
 Commander 22 Oct. 1844. 
 
 JONES. (LiEOT., 1827. F-p., 17; h-p., 21.) 
 
 Thomas Jones (b) entered the Navy, 20 July, 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, 
 Capts. Andw. King and Sir Home Popham, which 
 ship formed part of the ensuing expedition to 
 the Walcheren. Between 1811 and 1815, in Dec. 
 of which year he passed his examination, we find 
 him employed, on the Mediterranean and North Sea 
 stations, as Midshipman of the Comus 22, Capts. 
 Matthew Smith and Fras. Geo. Diokins, Havre 
 gun-brig, and Mercurius 18, Capt. Thos. Renwick. 
 The time which intervened between the latter date 
 and that of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 28 April, 1827, was passed by Mr. Jones in the ca- 
 pacities of Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate, on 
 board the Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, Blos- 
 som 20, Capts. Fred. Hickey, Fred. Edw. Vernon 
 (now Harcourt), and Arch. M'Lean, Blonde 42, 
 Capt. Lord Byron, aai Arachne 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Robt. Ashley Pettman, on the Home, South Ame- 
 rican, St. Helena, Pacific, and West India stations. 
 Since he left the Arachne he has been on half- 
 
 pay. 
 
 JONES. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Valentine Herbert Jones entered the Navy, 
 19 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar 
 38, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, under whom he assisted at 
 the bombardment of Copenhagen, and further 
 served, as Slidshipman, in the GoEBRiiiiE 38, and 
 SwiFTSUEE 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, 
 • Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 1364. 
 
JONES. 
 
 595 
 
 on the 'West India and North American stations, 
 until April, 1811. He then removed to the Edin- 
 BUKGH 74, Capts. Robt. RoUes and Hon. Geo. He- 
 neage Lawrence Dundas, and, after a cruize among 
 the Western Islands, proceeded to the Mediterra- 
 nean, where, in 1813-14, he successively witnessed 
 the capture of Port d'Anzo, the unsuccessful attack 
 upon Leghorn, the reduction of the fortress of 
 Santa Maria, and of the enemy's other forts and 
 defences in the Gulf of Spezia, and the fall of Ge- 
 noa. In the course of 1814 he joined the Apollo 
 38, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, and Conflict 
 12, Capt. Abraham Mills Hawkins, respectively em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean and Channel ; and he 
 next, between Sept. 1815, and the receipt of his 
 commission, bearing date 19 July, 1821, served, as 
 Admiralty-Midshipman, on the Cape of Good Hope 
 and Newfoundland stations, in the Obontes 36, 
 Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Sik Francis Drake, 
 flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Eras. Pickmore, Egeria 
 26, Capt. Henry Shiffner, Favorite 26, Capt. Her- 
 cules Robinson, and Sir Francis Drake again, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton. His sub- 
 sequent appointments were — 27 July, 1831, to the 
 Coast Guard— 12 Oct. 1836, and 17 March, 1838, to 
 the command of the Rose and Spkightli Revenue- 
 vessels— 18 May, 1839, a second time to the charge 
 of a station in the Coast Guard — 6 July, 1840, to 
 the office of Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel 
 — and, 24 June, 1842, once more to the Coast 
 Guard. He has been on half-pay since 1843. 
 
 JONES. (Captain, 1828. r-p., 23 ; h-p., 18.) 
 
 William Jones died 24 May, 1846, at Haslar 
 Hospital, from the effects of disease contracted on 
 the coast of Africa. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 June, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus 
 Otway Bland, with whom (including two years and 
 a half spent on the Lisbon station) he served until 
 wrecked, as Midshipman, off the coast of Holland, 
 where he was taken prisoner, 19 Jan. 1808. In the 
 following July, having been released, he joined the 
 Aboukir 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Alan Hyde 
 Gardner in the North Sea and Baltic, where, from 
 March, 1809, until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 24 July, 1811, we find him employed, again 
 with Capt. Bland, as also with Capts. Keith Max- 
 well and John Hancock, as Master's Mate, in the 
 Africa 64, and Nympben 36. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 16 Aug. 1811, to the Pique 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, stationed in the 
 Channel — 1 June, 1812, to the Cossack 22, Capts. 
 Wm. King, Eras. Stanfell, Lord Algernon Percy, 
 and Hon. Kobt. Rodney, under whom he was em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean and North America 
 till July, 1815—12 Sept. 1819, to the Hind 20, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Burrard, lying at Portsmouth— 29 Juncj 
 1821, and 20 March, 1822, to the Bulwark and 
 Glodcbster 74's, bearing each the flag of Sir BenJ. 
 Hallowell in the river Medway— and 23 Nov. 1822, 
 to the command of the Mermaid Revenue-vessel. 
 He was made Commander into the Orestes 18, on 
 the HaUfax station, 1 May, 1826 ; attained the rank 
 of Captain 18 Aug. 1828; and was subsequently 
 appointed — 6 May, 1833, to the Vestal 26, in which 
 vessel he served for a period of four years and a 
 half on the North America and West India station 
 — and 27 June, 1843, to the Penej.ope steam-frigate. 
 He continued in that ship on the coast of Africa, 
 latterly with the broad pendant of Commodore, 
 until within a short time of his death. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 JONES. (LlEtiT., 1809. F-p., 10 ; h-p., 36.) 
 William Jones (a), bom 21 Aug. 1783, is third 
 
 son of the Rev. H. Wynne Jones, Prebendary of 
 
 Penymunidd, Anglesey. 
 This officer (who had previously been in the Hon. 
 
 E. I. Co.'s service) entered the Navy, about Oct. 
 
 1801, as A.B., on board theRoMNBy 50, commanded 
 
 in the East Indies by Capt. Sir Home Popham ; and 
 
 on next joining the Sensible 36, arme'e-en-flute, Capt. 
 
 Robt. Sauce, was cast away on a quicksand off Cey- 
 lon, 2 March, 1802. On being taken off the island 
 seven weeks afterwards by the Trincomalee sloop- 
 of-war, he became Midshipman of the Victorious 
 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, bearing the flag of the 
 late Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier. In Aug. 1803 
 he removed to the Windsor Castle 98, Capts. Al- 
 bemarle Bertie, Davidge Gould, Thos. Wells, and 
 Chas. Boyles, with the latter of whom, after enact- 
 ing a part in the action off Ferrol 22 July, 1805, and 
 witnessing Sir Sam. Hood's capture of four French 
 frigates near Roohefort 25 Sept. 1806, he proceeded 
 to the Mediterranean, where, having first served in 
 a boat at the destruction of the Turkish squidron 
 off Point Pesquies, he was slightly wounded at the 
 repassage of the Dardanells in March, 1807.* Re- 
 turning to England in April, 1808, for the purpose 
 of passing his examination, he joined, in the ensu- 
 ing Dec, the Sybille 44, Capt. Clotworthy Upton, 
 stationed off the coast of Ireland. He was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 16 May, 1809, in the EspiioLE 
 sloop, Capts. Henry Gage Morris and Arthur Atchi- 
 son ; and in the course of the same year he was 
 transferred to the Jalodse sloop, also commanded 
 by Capt. Morris, with whom he was for two years 
 employed, again on the Irish station. His last ap- 
 pointment was to the First-Lieutenancy, 27 Jan. 
 1813, of the Stork sloop, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coul- 
 son. In that vessel he continued for a period of six 
 months. Lieut. Jones was presented with a pecur 
 niary grant from the Patriotic Society in consider- 
 ation of the wound he received at the Dardanells. 
 
 He married, 3 Nov. 1811, Maria Ellen, daughter 
 of Major Geo. Goodman, by whom he has issue a 
 son and nine daughters. 
 
 JONES. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 William Jones (6) entered the Navy, 8 June, 
 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Captain 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, Geo. Cockbum, 
 Isaac Wolley, Jas. Athol Wood, and Christ. John 
 Williams Nesham; and, during a period of four 
 years and a half that he continued in that ship, 
 assisted at the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of the French 
 frigate Le President of 44 guns, was present in 1807 
 at the reduction of Copenhagen and Madeira, and 
 served at the taking of Martinique in Feb. 1809. Re- 
 moving in Deo. of the latter year to the Dictator 64, 
 Capts. Rich. Harrison Pearson and Robt. Williams, 
 he was for 16 months employed under those offi- 
 cers on the Baltic and Leith stations ; after which, 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Feb. 
 1815, he served, off the coasts of France and Spain, 
 among the Western Islands, and in North America, 
 as Midshipman, in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. 
 Ballard, Constant gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 John Stokes, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane. With the exception of some 
 time passed in the Coast Guard as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant, subsequently to Nov. 1824, of the Ra- 
 MiLLiES 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, he has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 JONES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 William Jones (c) entered the Navy, 13 March 
 1807,asFst.-cl.Vol., on board the Speedy sloop, Capt. 
 Henry Rich. Muddle. With that officer he continued 
 to serve as Midshipman, and for a short time as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, in theCoMET and Columbine sloops, 
 on the Newfoundland, Cadiz, Lisbon, and Leeward 
 Island stations, until Oct. 1815. He then took up a 
 commission bearing date 15 March in that year, 
 and has since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs 
 Stilwell. 
 
 JONES. (LlEnx., 181.5. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 WiLLLAM Charles Jones is second son of the 
 late Rev. Rich. Jones, A.M., Rector of Charfield, 
 Gloucestershire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragon 74, Capt. Mat- 
 • Viie Gaz. )807, p. 597. 
 
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 JUDD- JULIAN- JUL YAN- JUSTICE. 
 
 thew Henry Scott, stationed in the Channel and 
 Bay of Biscay ; and, after serving for a period of 
 more than two years in that ship, became Midship- 
 man of tlie ACHII.I.E 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King, under 
 whom we find him accompanying the expedition to 
 the Walcheren, and then employed for three months 
 in a gun-boat at the siege of Cadiz, where he co- 
 operated in the defence of Fort Matagorda. In 
 April, 1811, on his return from the Mediteri'anean, 
 he rejoined Capt. Scott on board the MAittBOKODGH 
 74, otf Flushing. He proceeded, in the course of 
 the same year, to the East Indies in the ItLnsTEi- 
 oos 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, whom 
 he there followed into the Minden, of similar force. 
 He was lent from the latter ship, in 1814, as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, to the Hesper sloop, Capt. Chas. 
 Biddulph; and on H Feb. 1815 he was oflcially 
 constituted First of the Victor, Capt. Robt. Hall. 
 He returned to England and was paid off in the 
 following Sept., and has not been since afloat. 
 AgentS' — Messrs. Ommanney, 
 
 JUDD. (Retired Captain, 1840. f.p., 19 ; 
 H-P., 51.) 
 Robert Hatlet Judd entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 
 
 1777, as Captain's Servant, on board the Bali. 
 armed ship, Capt. Hill, on the West India station. 
 He removed, in 1778, to a vessel commanded in 
 the Channel by Capt. Cromwell; served next in 
 the East Indies as Midshipman, from 1780 to 1784, 
 of the Monmouth 64, Capt. Jaa. Alms ; and on 30 
 Oct. 1794, soon after he had joined the Qdeen 98, 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner, 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Sandwich, 
 flag-ship of Admiral Dalrymple, Commander-in- 
 Chief at the Nore. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 24 Feb. 1795, to the Fokmidable 98, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, in the Channel — 
 3 Nov. 1797, to the Baeflede 98, Capt. Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres, whom he accompanied to the Mediterra- 
 nean— 30 Dec. 1798, and 14 March, 1799, to the 
 Prince 98, and Maks 74, flag-ships of Sir Roger 
 Curtis and Hon. G. C. Berkeley, on the Home sta- 
 tion — and 12 June, 1801, to the Formidable again, 
 Capt. Rich. Grindall, in which ship he proceeded 
 to the West Indies. He obtained a second pro- 
 motal commission 29 April, 1802 ; and was lastly 
 employed in command, from 3 April, 1804, until 
 Dec. 1807, of the Hbee armed ship, on the Leith 
 station. He retired with the rank of Captain 10 
 Sept. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Judd's eldest son died 13 Feb. 1835, at 
 Sierra Leone, in his 22nd year, while serving as 
 Midshipman of H.M. brig Peloeus, Capt. Rich. 
 Meredith. Agents— Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 JULIAN. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 HuMPHEEY John Julian entered the Navy, 
 8 April, 1824; passed his examination in 1831 ; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 27 April, 1840, into the Wol- 
 VEEENE 16, Capt. Robt. Tucker, attached to the 
 force on the coast of Africa, where we soon after- 
 wards find him employed in the boats at the de- 
 struction pf a slave-factory at Corisco. He returned 
 to England and was paid off in the summer of 1841 ; 
 and has been since appointed — 1 Dec. 1841, to the 
 MiNDEN 20, Capt. Michael Quin, fitting for the 
 East Indies— 29 Aug. 1843, to the Coenwallis 72, 
 flag-ship on that station of Sir Wm. Parker — and, 
 1 March, 1845, as First, to the Hieeenia 104, bear- 
 ing the flag of the same officer in the Mediterra- 
 nean, where he is now serving. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 JULYAN. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 22; h-p., 32.) 
 Robeet Julyan entered the Navy, 4March, 1793, 
 as a Boy, on board the Diadem 64, Capts. Andrew 
 Sutherland and Chas. Tyler, in which ship he served 
 at the occupation of Toulon in the following Aug., 
 and in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July, 
 1795. After witnessing, in the Moselle sloop, 
 Capts. Chas. Brisbane and Wm. Essington, the sur- 
 render of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay 17 
 
 Aug. 1796, and serving for two years and a half in 
 the Channel on board the Roval George 100, 
 flag-ship of Lord Bridport, he became, 8 May, 1799, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Robust 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Countess. He was confirmed, 3 June in the same 
 year, into the Penguin sloop, Capt. Bendall Robt. 
 Littlehales, on the Irish station; and was subse- 
 quently appointed— 13 Oct. 1800, to the Defence 74, 
 Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, with whom (having first 
 shared in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801) 
 he proceeded to Cadiz and then to the West Indies 
 — 17 Oct. 1803, to the Sea Fencibles on the north 
 coast of Cornwall, where he remained nearly six 
 years and a half— and 11 Aug. 1810, to the San 
 Juan sheer-hulk, bearing the broad pendant at first 
 of Commodore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, and the 
 flag afterwards of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, at 
 Gibraltar. During three years that he was borne 
 on the bucks of that ship, Lieut. Julyan held at 
 different times the acting-command of the Rich- 
 mond, Stsomboli, and Onyx gun-brigs ; in the 
 boats belonging to the former of which vessels he 
 destroyed two French privateers under a battery 
 near Malaga in .1811. He also held a responsible 
 appointment at the defence of Tarifa. He was 
 promoted, 7 June, 1814, to the command of the 
 ROLLA sloop, but W£is paid off, after having visited 
 the coast of France, Halifax, and New York, 2 Dec. 
 1815, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Julyan has been for some time Har- 
 bour-Master at Quebec. Agent — Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 JUSTICE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Fkancis Wall Justice entered the Navy 13 
 Feb. 1811; passed his examination in 1817; and 
 obtained his commission 4 Oct. 1825. He has not 
 been since employed. Agents— Goode and Law- 
 rence. 
 
 JUSTICE. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.) 
 Philip Justice is brother, we believe, of the 
 present Henry Justice, Esq., of Hinstock, co. Sa- 
 lop, who served as High Sheriff for that shire in 
 1842; and also of Lieut. Robt. Justice, R.N. 
 
 This oflScer entered the Navy, 25 March, 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. VoL, on board the Shannon 38, Capt. 
 Philip Bowes Vere Broke, with whom he served 
 during a period of five years and a half, and was 
 present at the surrender of Madeira amd the cap- 
 ture of a great number of the enemy's armed and 
 other vessels. In Sept. 1813, rather more than two 
 years after he had attained the rating of Midship- 
 man, he removed, as Master's Mate to the Africa 
 64, bearing the flag of the late Sir Herbert Sawyer 
 on the North American station. On 5 Aug. 1813, 
 after having served for a few months in the North 
 Sea and Mediterranean on board the Scarborough 
 74, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships of Admirals John 
 Ferrier and Sir Edw. Pellew, Mr. Justice was no- 
 minated Acting-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Capt. 
 Thos., Forster — an appointment which the Admi- 
 ralty confirmed. He was afterwards, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 6 Dec. 1824, em- 
 ployed, on the Home, Brazilian, and Mediterranean 
 stations, in the M^iandee and Madagascae fri- 
 gates, Capts. John Bastard, Arthur Fanshawe, and 
 Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, Supebe 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Eldns, Raleigh ^^, Capt. W. A. Baumgardt, Nau- 
 tilus 18, Capt. Isham Fleming Chapman, Alaceity 
 sloop, Capt. Henry Stanhope, Active 46, Capt. 
 Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, and Apollo and Royal 
 Geoege yachts, Capts. Sir Chas. Paget and Hon. 
 Thos. Bladen Capel. He obtained command, 11 
 Nov. 1841, of the Pelican 16, on the East India 
 station, whence he returned home with specie to 
 the amount of 250,000^. on board, and was paid off, 
 in Jan. 1845. He acquired his present rank 2 July, 
 1846. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 JUSTICE. (Lieut., 1816. r-p., 12 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 RoBEET Justice, born 27 July, 1795, is, we imor 
 gine, brother of Capt. Philip Justice, R.N. 
 
KAINS-KANE-KATON. 
 
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 This officer entered the R. N. College 8 Aug. 
 1808, and embarked, 9 Aug. 1811, as Midshipman, 
 on board the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen. 
 After serving for two years and four months in 
 that ship, on the North Sea and Baltic stations, he 
 successively joined the Pkesident and Mjeandek 
 frigates, Capts. Fras. Mason, Archibald Duff; and 
 John Bastard, under whom he served, off the coasts 
 of Ireland and Portugal and in the East Indies, 
 until Jan. 1816. Having passed his examination in 
 the previous Oct., he was shortly afterwards ap- 
 pointed Mate of the Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Pater- 
 son, with whom, subsequently to the battle of 
 Algiers, he proceeded to India, where he officiated 
 as Signal Officer to Sir Rich. King until May, 1820. 
 He then returned to England with a broken consti- 
 tution, as Acting-Lieutenaut, in the Sekikgasatam 
 46, Capt. Wm. Walpole ; and, on his arrival home 
 in the following Oct., found that for his conduct at 
 Algiers he had been promoted, four years previously, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, although his commission, 
 bearing date 16 Sept. 1816, had not, in consequence 
 of some mistake, been forwarded to him. His health 
 has not permitted him to serve since. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 K. 
 
 KAINS. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 John Kains was bom 21 Jan. 1788. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been home, since 
 1798, on the books of the Northumberland, For- 
 titude, and St. Domingo 74's) embarked, in 1800, 
 as Sec.-ol. Boy, on board the Theseus 74, Capts. 
 John Bligh, Edw. Hawker, Fras. Temple, and Bar- 
 rington Dacres. Proceeding in that ship to the 
 West Indies, he there, in 1803-4, assisted, as Master's 
 Mate, at the blockade of St. Fran9ois, St. Domingo 
 — the reduction of Port Dauphin, where two forts 
 and a 28-gun ship. La Saffesse, were taken from the 
 enemy — the capture of the French squadron with 
 the remains of General Kochambeau's army from 
 Cape Fran9ois — and the unsuccessful attempt upon 
 Cura^oa. He was also, while at St. Domingo, em- 
 ployed in cutting out merchant- vessels from most of 
 the harbours in that island. Quitting the Theseus 
 in Sept. 1805, he joined the Ruby 64, Capt. Chas. 
 Rowley, stationed in the North Sea, where, with 
 the exception of a few weeks passed as Acting- 
 Lieutenant in the Amaranthe 18, Capt. Edw. Pel- 
 ham Brenton, he further served, from Dec. in the 
 same year until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 1 July, 1807, on board the Majestic 74, flag-ship of 
 "Vice- Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. Being then 
 appointed to the Thais 18, Capt. Isaac Ferrieres, 
 he was present in that sloop at the ensuing reduc- 
 tion of the Danish West India islands, and also, on 
 his return from a visit to South America and the 
 Cape of Good Hope, in the operations of 1809 
 against the island of Waloheren. After he had 
 been attached for a short period, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Wm. Saunders, Mr. 
 Kains joined, in a similar capacity, 5 Feb. 1810, the 
 Grampus 50, Capt. Wm. Hanwell, and sailed with 
 a fleet of Indiaraen for China. During his absence 
 from England, and when in the Java Sea, he took 
 command of the boats and disarmed a Malay pira- 
 tical proa. His last subordinate appointment was, 
 23 Oct. 1811, to the Senior Lieutenancy of the 
 Wahbiok 74, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, afterwards 
 Viscount Torrington, whose highest praise, as well 
 as that of the Commander-in-Chief, we find him 
 eliciting by his cool and gallant conduct, on 13 July, 
 1813, in boarding and capturing, with the boats of 
 the latter ship and the JEtna bomb under his 
 orders, the Danish national lugger Teigeren, mount- 
 ing 3 6-pounders, and defended by a heavy fire 
 of musketry from the shore, whither the crew, on 
 the approaoli of the British, had effected their es- 
 cape. To add to the excellence of the achievement, 
 it was performed in the proximity of three of the 
 enemy's gun-boats, at a moment, too, when the 
 vessel, having been fired by her crew, was in a 
 
 perfect blaze, with the flames raging on her maga- 
 zine-chest, and with every indication of an instant 
 explosion. On 30 Nov. following Lieut. Kains had 
 the honour of steering the boat which conveyed 
 II.S.H. the Prince of Orange from the Warrior to 
 the Dutch shore. He attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 8 Jan. 1814, and was afterwards employed 
 —from 6 June, 1833, until July, 1836, in the Coast 
 Guard— from 18 April, 1837, until Feb. 1839, in the 
 Ordinary at Chatham, as Commander of the Brume 
 22, and Poictiers 74— and, from 5 Feb. 18.S9 until 
 Oct. 1844, as Superintendent, with his name on the 
 books of the Royal Sovereign yacht, of the Packet 
 Service at Holyhead. He acquired his present rank 
 9 Nov. 1846, and is now on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Kains married, 2 Feb. 1814, Miss Gold, of 
 Gillingham, co. Kent. 
 
 KANE. (LlEOTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Colin Campbell A. Kane entered the Navy 
 5 Sept. 1834 ; passed his examination 3 Oct. 1840 ; 
 and, while Mate of the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. 
 Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, was employed in the 
 operations of May, 1841, against Canton, where he 
 landed and assisted at the destruction of the whole 
 line of defences, extending about two miles from 
 the British factory, and mounting in the whole 64 
 pieces of cannon.* He assumed the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 8 Oct. 1841, and was afterwards appointed — 
 22 Oct. 1842, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 David Milne at Plymouth— 14 Feb. 1843, to the 
 Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed on 
 particular service — 4 May, 1843, to the Lily 16, 
 Capt. Geo. Baker, at the Cape of Good Hope— in 
 1843-4, to the Corhwallis 72, and Agincourt 72, 
 flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker and Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane on the East India station — and, 9 June, 
 1845, as First, to the Ospbey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, 
 in which vessel he was wrecked on the western 
 coast of New Zealand in Slarch, 1846. 
 
 KATON. (Vtce-Admibal of the Blue, 1841. 
 F-p., 21 ; H-p., 42.) 
 
 James Katon was born 5 July, 1770, and died 
 14 Deo. 1845, at Gosport. He was son of Lieut. 
 Edw. Katon, R.N., who died in 1779, and brother- 
 in-law of the late Capt. Henry Vaughan, R.N. Two 
 of his brothers, both in the Royal Marines, fell 
 victims to the yellow fever in the West Indies ; and 
 a third died a Captain of that corps and Barrack- 
 Master of the Portsmouth division. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 July, 1783 (under 
 the auspices of Lord Hood), as Midshipman, on 
 board the Princess Royal 98, Capt. Jonathan 
 Faulknor, whom he followed into the Triumph 74, 
 both guard-ships at Portsmouth. He was next, be- 
 tween May, 1786, and Sept. 1791, employed, on the 
 Newfoundland, Channel, and West Cidia stations, 
 in the Echo, Falcon, and Orestes sloops, Capts. 
 Robt. Carthew Reynolds, Thos. Laugharne, and 
 Thos. Revell Shivers, and Maelboroogh 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Cornish. Joining Commodore Linzee, in Dec. 
 1792, on board the Alcidb 74, he served in 1793 
 at the occupation of Toulon, and was present in the 
 early part of the following year at the siege of St. 
 Fiorenza, where he landed with a detachment of 
 men under Capt. Edw. Cooke, and assisted at the 
 storming of Convention Hill, preparatory to the 
 evacuation of the town by the enemy's troops. On 
 14 March, 1794, having been promoted on 18 of the 
 previous month to a Lieutenancy in the Coorageux 
 74, Capts. Benj. Hallowell, Wm. Waldegrave, Chas. 
 Elphinstone, and Augustus Montgomery, he shared 
 in the conspicuous part home by that ship in Vioe- 
 Admiral Hotham's partial action off' Genoa; after 
 which he again served with his old Commander, 
 then Rear-Admiral Linzee, on board the Windsor 
 Castle 98, and Victory 100— also with Capt. Shuld- 
 ham Peard in the St. George 98- once more with 
 Rear-Admiral Linzee In the Princess Royal 98— 
 for 20 months with Sir Roger Curtis in the Prince 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2512. 
 
598 
 
 KATON— KAY— KEANE. 
 
 98— and for two years and a half with Earl St. Vin- 
 cent in the Ville de Paris 110. In Jan. 1801 he 
 was appointed by the latter nobleman Acting-Cap- 
 tain of the Pkincess Kotal, and also of the Cum- 
 berland 74, from which ship, on his arrival in the 
 following April at Jamaica, whither he had gone in 
 quest of a French squadron under Admiral Gan- 
 teaume, he was removed by Lord Hugh Seymour to 
 the command of the Lark sloop — an appointment 
 which the Admiralty, we believe, ratified on 7 May. 
 He was confirmed a Post^Captain, 23 Oct. 1801, in 
 the Carnatic 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. 
 Montagu, with whom he soon removed to the Sans 
 Pakeil 80. In March, 1802, previously to the de- 
 parture of the latter oflicer from Port Royal, he 
 presented Capt. Katon with a sword, as a token of 
 his regard and approbation. In the same spirit Lord 
 St. Vincent, in the preceding year, had awarded 
 him a medal. He returned to England in June, 1803, 
 as Captain of the Trent frigate ; and afterwards 
 held the temporary command, from 13 Jan. 1809 to 
 4 May, 1810, of the Mars 74, and, from 16 April to 
 9 Sept. 1811, of the Niobe 40. While in the former 
 ship he received the thanks of the Admiralty for 
 his protection of the Baltic trade ; and when in the 
 NiOEE he visited the coasts of Spitzbergen and 
 Greenland, for the purpose of afibrding security to 
 the British fisheries. He became a Rear-Admiral 
 on the Retired List 22 July, 1830 ; was transferred 
 to the Active List 17 Aug. 1840 ; and rose to the 
 rank of Vice- Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, 28 Feb. 1804, Adeliza Arabella, 
 second daughter of Geo. Moubray, Esq., of Cock- 
 aimey, co. Fife, sister of Capt. Geo. Moubray, 
 R.N., and cousin of the late Admiral Sir Rich. 
 Hussey Hussey, K.C.B., by whom he has left issue 
 a son, the present Commander J. E. Katon, R.N., 
 and five daughters. 
 
 KATON. (CoMMANDEi!,1845. E-p., 21; h-p., 3.) 
 Jambs Edward Katon, born 18 Nov. 1810, is 
 only son of the late Vice-Admiral Jas. Katon. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Nov. 1823 ; and embarked, 25 Sept. 1825, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Pyramds 42, Capts. Robt. 
 Gambler and Geo. Rose Sartorius. In that ship, 
 after accompanying Mr. Morier, the British Com- 
 missioner, to Mexico, and serving for some time 
 under the flag of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy on 
 the Home station, he was employed in conveying 
 troops to Malta, Gibraltar, and also to Lisbon, where 
 we find him present at the period of Don Miguel's 
 first occupation of the throne. Joining next, in 1828, 
 the Pallas 42, Capts. Chas. Howe Fremantle, Adol- 
 phus FitzClarence, Manley Hall IMxon, and Wm. 
 "Walpole, he continued attached to her on various 
 stations until June 1834 — the last four years in the 
 capacity of Mate. He accordingly assisted, under 
 Capt. FitzClarence, in escorting Lord Dalhousie 
 and the Bishop of Calcutta from Portsmouth to 
 Bengal, General Viscount Combermere from India 
 home, and Colonel Fox from Halifax. After a 
 further servitude of nearly two years and a half in 
 the Ocean 80, and Howe 120, flag-ships of Hon. 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming at Sheerness (where he 
 had command for some time of a dockyard lighter), 
 he was presented with a commission dated 15 Feb. 
 1837. His succeeding appointments were — 4 April, 
 1837, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in the 
 Mediterranean — 11 May, 1839, to the Britannia 
 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. C. E. Fleeming at 
 Portsmouth — 1 Feb. 1840, to the Cambridge 78, 
 Capt. Edw. Barnard, under whom he participated 
 in the operations on the coast of Syria, and was 
 present at the blockade of Alexandria — and, 20 
 Aug. 1841, to the Illdsthioos 72, bearing the flag 
 in North America and the West Indies of Sir Chas. 
 Adam, to whom he became Signal-Lieutenant 17 
 June, 1842. He was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander on being paid off, 31 May, 1845, and has 
 not been since afloat. Agents — Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 KAY, F.R.S. (Lieutenant, 1839.) 
 
 Joseph Henry Kat entered the Navy 18 Dec. 
 1827 ; passed his examination in 1834 ; obtained his 
 commission 6 Aprils 1839 ; and, from 15 of the fol- 
 lowing May until his return to England in 1843, 
 was employed on an explorative mission to the 
 Antarctic regions in the Terror, Capt. Fras. Raw- 
 don Moira Crozier, part of an expedition conducted 
 under the orders of the present Sir Jas. Clark 
 Ross. 
 
 Lieut. Kay, a Fellow of the Koyal Society, is now 
 Director of H.M. Magnetic Observatory at Hobart 
 Town. He married, 6 Nov. 1845, Maria, daughter of 
 Geo. Meredith, Esq., of Cambria, Great Swan Port. 
 
 KEANE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 22.) 
 
 Edward Keane entered the Navy, 11 July, 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Royal 98, 
 commanded in the Channel by Capt. Robt. Carthew 
 Reynolds ; and on removing, in 1807, to the Leyden 
 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, accompanied the expe- 
 dition to Copenhagen. While next attached, between 
 Nov. in the latter year and Oct. 1810, to the Amelia 
 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, he assisted, as 
 Midshipman, at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of 
 three French frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonne, and was much employed in co-operation 
 with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. In 
 Nov. 1813, after he had served for three years, on 
 the Lisbon, Home, and American stations, in the 
 Poictiers 74, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, and 
 had aided in the capture of several of the enemy's 
 vessels, among which were the Wa^, of 20 guns, 
 and the late British brig-of-war Frolic, Mr. Keane 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Diomede troop- 
 ship, Capt. Chas. Montague Fabian, whom he fol- 
 lowed, in a similar capacity, in Aug. 1814, into the 
 Orpheus 36. He left the latter vessel in the en- 
 suing Nov., and in May, 1815, joined, again as Mid- 
 shipman, the Chatham 74, Capt. Edw. Lloyd, on 
 the Channel station, where he cruized for a period 
 of three months. He then took up a commission 
 bearing date 7 March, 1815. His appointments have 
 since been — 4 Jan. 1837, to the Coast Guard — 5 Dec. 
 1839, 30 March, 1840, and 5 Feb. 1842, to the com- 
 mand of the Diligence Revenue-vessel, and Pros- 
 PERO and Merlin steam-packets — and (on leaving 
 the latter), 6 Feb. 1847, as Additional-Lieutenant; 
 to the Redwing, another packet, in which he is now 
 serving at Liverpool, under the orders of Capt. 
 Thos. Bevis. 
 
 He married, in 1834, Sarah, eldest daughter of 
 John Peake, Esq., then Master-Shipwright at Ports- 
 mouth Dockyard, by whom he has issue. 
 
 KEANE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 The Honourable George Disney Keane, born 
 26 Sept. 1817, is third son of Lieut.-General Lord 
 Keane, G.C.B., G.C.H., Colonel of the 43rd Begt., 
 and late Commander-in-Chief in India (who was 
 raised to the Peerage in 1839, as a reward for the 
 brilliant expedition he had conducted against Affi 
 ghanistan, and died in 1844), by his first wife, 
 Grace, second daughter of Lieut.-General Sir John 
 Smith, R.A. His eldest brother, the present Peer, 
 is a Major in the Army, and Captain in the 37th 
 Regt. ; his second, also an officer in the Army ; and 
 his third, a Lieutenant R.E. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 Oct. 1831 ; passed 
 his examination in 1837 ; obtained his first commia- 
 sion 26 Dec. 1840 ; then joined the Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings: 
 was next, from 25 Aug. 1841 until the close of 1843, 
 employed in the Mediterranean, on board the For- 
 midable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge 
 and Sir Chas. Sullivan; and, on 9 Nov. 1846, after 
 having served for exactly 1 1 months in the Channel, 
 as First-Lieutenant of the Scourge steam-sloop, 
 Capt. Jas. Crawford Caffin, was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander. He is at present on half-pay. 
 
KEATLEY-KEATS-KEELE. 
 
 599 
 
 KEATLEY. (Liedtenant, 18280 
 
 John Savell Keatley entered the Navy 4 Feb. 
 1812; passed his examination in 1818; and was 
 made Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1828, into the Bdstard 10, 
 Capt. Geo. Sidney Smith, on the West India sta- 
 tion, whence he invalided in the course of the same 
 year. He was afterwards appointed — 27 April, 1830, 
 to the Coaat Guard— 14 Oct. 1833, to the command 
 of the RovAL Charlotte Revenue-vessel — 5 Feb. 
 1836, again to the Coast Guard — 20 June, 1836, 
 to the command of the Royal George, another 
 Revenue-cruizer— and, 13 June, 1839, a third time 
 to the Coast Guard. He has been on half-pay since 
 the early part of 1841. 
 
 Lieut. Keatley is married, and has issue. 
 
 KEATS. (Captain, 1826. f-p., 14; h-p., 28.) 
 
 William Keats is nephew of the late Admiral 
 Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, G.C.B.* 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capt. R. G. 
 Keats, bearing the flag at first of Sir John Thos. 
 Duclcworth, under whom he bore a part in the ac- 
 tion off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. After attending 
 the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, and witness- 
 ing the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish 
 troops under the Marquis de la Romana, he served 
 i»ntU July, 1813, as Midshipman, on the Home, Ca- 
 diz, and Mediterranean stations, in the Puissant 
 74, Capt. Irwin, Milfohd 74, and Hibernia 120, 
 bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Keats, and 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. In 
 Aug. of the latter year he became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Paktridge sloop, Capt. John Miller Adye, 
 to which vessel (being confirmed to her by commis- 
 sion dated 6 of that month) he continued attached 
 
 • sir R. G. Keats was born 16 Jan. 1757, and entered the 
 Navy 25 Nov. 1780, on hoard the Bellona 74, Capt, John 
 Montagu. He served, at the commencement of the American 
 war, at the burning of Norfolk, in an attack upon Hamptou, 
 Virginia, and at the capture of New York, Fort Washington, 
 and Rhode Island. As a Lieutenant, a rank he acquired in 
 1777, he was on board the Ramillies in the action between 
 Keppel and D'OrviUiers 27 July, 1778, also at the defeat of 
 Don Juan de Langara 16 Jan. 1780, and at ttie ensuing relief 
 of Gibraltar. In Jan. 17H2, as a reward for the skilful manner 
 in which he had conducted the naval part of an expedition 
 against tlie enemy's small craft at New Brunswick, he was 
 made Commander into the Rhinoceros sloop of war. In 
 Sept. 1783, being at the time in the Bonetta, another sloop, 
 Capt. Keats bore a conspicuous part at the capture of the 
 French 40-gun frigate VAigte, Attaining Post-rank in 1 789, 
 he successively commanded, between that period and 1807, 
 the Southampton 32, Nioeb 32, London as, Galate.4 36, 
 BoADicEA 38, and, for upwards of six years, the Superb 74. 
 In the Galatea he attended the expedition to Quiberon, 
 and participated in the capture and destruction of several of 
 the enemy's frigates and other vessels. He was a long time 
 employed, in the Boadicea, in watching the port of Brest, 
 and on 2 July, 1799, commanded part of the force under Rear- 
 Admiral Chas..Morice Pole in an attack on a Spanish squadron 
 in Aix Roads; and in the Supebb he acquired fame in Sir 
 James Saumarez' action with the Franco-Spanish squadron in 
 the Gut of Gibraltar 1 2 July, 1801; accompanied Lord Nelson 
 to the West Indies, in 1805, in pursuit of tlie combined fleets ; 
 fought as Flag-Captain to Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the 
 action otf St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and was in consequence 
 presented with a sword valued at 100 guineas ; and commanded 
 a flying squadron of line-of-battle ships in the Bay of Biscay 
 in the early part of 1807. In Aug. 1807, having lioisted a 
 broad pendant on board the Ganoes 74, he sailed with the 
 expedition under Admiral Gambler against Copenhagen. In 
 Oct. of the same "year he became a Rear- Admiral ; and in 
 Aug. of the following year he was the instrument, w^th his 
 flag on board his old snip, the Superb, of emancipating from 
 French thraldom the Spanish troops stationed In the Danish 
 provinces under the Marquis de la Romana — a service for his 
 able management of whicn he was created a K.B. He after- 
 wards held the chief command in ttie Baltic ; served in 1809 
 under Sir Rich. Strachan during the operations against 
 Walcheren; assumed charge, in 1810, of the squadron em- 
 ployed at the defence of Cadiz ; became second in command, 
 in 181 1 , of the fleet in the Mediterranean ; and enjoyed, from 
 1813 untill816, the government and command at Newfound- 
 land. Sir Rich. Keats, who had been appointed to a Colonelcy 
 in the Royal Marines in Nov. 1805, and promoted to the rank 
 of Vice-Admiral in 1810, was nominated Major-General of 
 Marines in 1818, and made a full Admiral in 1825. From 
 1821 until the period of his death, which took place 5 April, 
 1834, he held tlie Governorship of Greenwich Hospital. He 
 died an Admiral of the White. 
 
 until Oct. 1814. He next, from 23 March to 9 Dec. 
 1815, ofliciated as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir R. G. 
 Keats, in the Salisbury 50, at Newfoundland ; and, 
 on 17 April, 1816, after having been intermediately 
 employed m the Albion 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley at Sheerness, he was promoted to the rank 
 of Commander. He obtained command, 7 Oct. 1822, 
 of the Cherokee 10, on the Leith and Cork sta- 
 tions; but has not been since employed. His eleva- 
 tion to his present rank took place 27 March, 1826. 
 Capt. Keats married, first, 10 April, 1833, Cathe- 
 rine Jane, eldest daughter of Jas. Pitman, Esq., of 
 Dunchideock House, Devon, who was drowned a 
 few weeks after her marriage by the upsetting of a 
 boat ; and, secondly, 6 July, 1835, Augusta Maria, 
 daughter of Giles King Lyford, Esq., of Win- 
 chester. 
 
 KEELE. (Captaik, 1843. f-p., 16; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Charles Keele, born 19 Feb. 1795, at South- 
 ampton, is fourth son of John Keele, Esq., many 
 years a surgeon at that place ; and brother of Mr. 
 Edw. Keele, R.N., who was mortally wounded on 
 board the Java, when captured by the American 
 ship Constitution^ at the age of 13. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SupiBiEURE 10, com- 
 manded by his relative Capt. Edw. Rushworth, 
 whom he accompanied with convoy to the West 
 Indies. In the following Oct., after his name had 
 been borne for four months on the books of the 
 Prince George, Tisiphone, and Princess of 
 Orange, he rejoined Capt. Rushworth, as Midship- 
 man, in the Satellite 16, and again sailed with 
 the West India trade. Between the latter part of 
 1808 and the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 24 Sept. 1814, we find him employed on 
 various stations in the Tisiphone, Capt. Foote, Ca- 
 ledonia 120, and Boyne 98, bearing each the flag 
 of Sir Harry Neale, Barbadoes 28, Capt. E. Rush- 
 worth, Thetis 36, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam, Java 
 of 46 guns and 377 men, Capt. Henry Lambert, and 
 RivOLi and Edinburgh 74's, Capts. Graham Eden 
 Hamond, Edw. StirUng Dickson, and John Lampen 
 Manley. When in the Caledonia, Mr. Keele served 
 in her boats at the defence of Cadiz. He was on 
 board the Barbadoes in Sept. 1811, when, being at 
 the time in company with the Hotspur frigate and 
 Goshawk sloop, she made a successful attack on 
 seven French gun-brigs in the neighbourhood of Cal- 
 vados ; and on 29 Dec. 1812 it was his lot to be in the 
 Java on the occasion of her capture, after a close 
 and dreadful action of three hours and 40 minutes, 
 and a loss of 22 men killed and 102 (including the 
 Captain mortally, and himself severely) wounded, 
 by the American ship Constitution of 55 guns and 
 480 men, many of whom also sufiered.* Soon after 
 his promotion, as above, Lieut. Keele went back to 
 the RivOLi, and was on board of her, as a Super- 
 numerary, when she intercepted the Melpomene 
 French frigate, in 1815. In the short and spirited 
 action which preceded that event he received a 
 severe blow in consequence of one of the gun- 
 breeohings giving way. Being paid oft' on his return 
 from the Mediterranean in Feb. 1816, the Lieute- 
 nant did not again go afloat until 24 Nov. 1823, 
 when he was appointed First of the Arachne 18, 
 commanded by his friend Capt. Henry Ducie 
 Chads, fitting for the East Indies. On his arrival 
 on that station he was immediately ordered to 
 Ava, for the purpose of co-operating in the hostili- 
 ties then in force against the Burmese. On 21 and 
 24 Sept. 1824 we accordingly find him (the Arachne 
 having reached Rangoon on 15 of that month) as- 
 suming command of a division of gun-vessels and 
 row-boats, and assisting at the destruction of eight 
 stockades, on the Panlang river. He subsequently . 
 commanded the naval part of an expedition, con- 
 sisting of six gun-vessels, one mortar-boat, seven 
 row-gun-boats, and an armed transport, sent to co- 
 operate with a small body of troops under Lieut - 
 Colonel Henry Godwin in the reduction of the city 
 of Martaban. After the destruction had been ac- 
 * ViieQia. 1813, p. 772. 
 
600 
 
 KEELING— KEITH— KELLETT. 
 
 complished of atout 30 of the enemy's war-boats, the 
 defences of the plaqe, although of amazing strength, 
 and resolutely defended by between 3000 and 4000 
 men, were stormed and carried with the most de- 
 termined gallantry by not more than 220 of the 
 British, conspicuous among whom was Lieut. Keele, 
 who, with Capt. Borrowes of the 41st Begt., was 
 the first on the occasion to enter a battery mount- 
 ing 2 guns. His exertions throughout the whole of 
 the affair were unremitting, and he elicited both 
 the praise of his coadjutor and the acknowledg- 
 ments of the Governor-General of India in Council. 
 In Jan. 1825, shortly after his return from Marta- 
 ban, we find him, with 48 officers and men under 
 bis command, accompanying Lieut.-Colonel Elring- 
 ton to the attack of a strong hill-fort, situated on 
 the left bank of the Pegu river, about eight miles 
 from Kangoon, and the pagoda of Syriam, five miles 
 in the interior. Previously to the immediate assault 
 of the former, it was necessary for the party, sol- 
 diers and seamen, who had landed, to cross a deep 
 unfordable nullah, the bridge over which had been 
 removed purposely to check their progress. A new 
 one being, however, soon constructed, under a gall- 
 ing fire, which killed and wounded 30 of the Bri- 
 tish, inclusive of 6 belonging to the Navy, the 
 enemy were in an instant put to flight. In the suc- 
 cessful attack made the next morning on the Sj'- 
 riam pagoda the sailors assisted in manning the 
 scaling ladders, and Lieut. Keele was the first over 
 the outer stockade. In the words, indeed, of Lieut.- 
 Colonel Elrington, the naval part of this expedition 
 he nobly conducted. The warmest thanks of Com- 
 modore Coe, the Commander-in-Chief on the star 
 tion, were in conseq^uence conveyed to him. On 6 
 Feb. 1825 he led one of three divisions of boats 
 against Than-ta-bain, a large and imposing stock- 
 ade, mounting 36 guns, and garrisoned by 2000 
 fighting men ; and on that occasion he was again 
 mentioned as being the first, with Lieut. Hall of 
 the AitiGATOR, to enter the enemy's position. Bis 
 characteristic gallantry again obtained the applause 
 of the Supreme Government. In the course of the 
 same month he destroyed several boats and fire- 
 rafts up the Lyne river; and he was afterwards 
 attached to the light division of the flotilla in the 
 operations against Donoobew in March, 1825.* He 
 ultimately, on his arrival at Portsmouth with Capt. 
 Chads, as First-Lieutenant of the Alligator 28, 
 about Jan. 1827, found that be had been advanced 
 to the rank of Commander by commission dated 22 
 July, 1826. His subseq^uent appointments were — 
 26 March, 1836, to a three-years' Inspectorship in 
 the Coast Guard — and, 13 March, 1841, to the Kover 
 18, on the West India station, whither he sailed, 
 after only 48 hours' notice, in the Tweed 20. He 
 was promoted, a few months after he had been paid 
 ofi; to the rank of Captain, 19 July, 1843. He has 
 not been since able to procure employment. 
 
 KEELING. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 32; h-p., 11.) 
 John James Keelikg entered the Navy, in May, 
 1804, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Montagu 74, 
 Capt. Bobt. Waller Otway. During the period he 
 continued in that ship he was present as Midship- 
 man in 1805 in Admiral Cornwallis' attack on the 
 French fleet close in with Brest Harbour, on which 
 occasion the Montagu exchanged fire vrith L'Akx- 
 andre, a French 80-gun ship. He also assisted at 
 the evacuation of Scylla in 1808, and co-operated 
 with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. After 
 he had further served with Capt. Otway in the 
 Malta 80, and with Bear- Admiral Hon. Bobt. Stop- 
 ford in the Spencek 74, he joined, in Jan. 1809, the 
 VicTOKioDS 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and 
 John Talbot. In the course of the same year we 
 find him accompanying the expedition to the Wal- 
 cberen. He was next employed on boat-service 
 in the Faro of Messina ; and on 21 Feb. 1812, the 
 Victorious being at the time in company with the 
 Weasel 18, he shared, as Master's Mate, and at- 
 tracted the notice of Capt. Talbot by his conduct, 
 • Fide Gaz. 1825, pp. 501, 690, 1434, 1967, 2277. 
 
 in a most gallant conflict of four hours and a half, 
 which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the 
 former ship of 27 men killed and 99 wounded, and 
 to the enemy of 400 killed and wounded, of the 
 French liRivoli, whose consorts, three brigs and 
 two gun-boats, were at the same time defeated.* 
 Being re-appointed to the Victorioos, 10 Aug. 
 1812, Mr. Keeling (who had left her when pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant on 13 of the pre- 
 vious May) commanded her tender in the attacks 
 upon Crany Island and New Hampton in 1813. 
 From 4 Oct. 1814 until Feb. 1815, and from 27 Aug. 
 in the latter year until he invalided 4 May, 1816, 
 he presents himself to our notice as serving in the 
 Channel and East Indies on board the Amaranthe 
 18, and Challenger 16, Capts. Bich. Augustus 
 Yates and Henry Forbes. His appointments have 
 since been — 7 July, 1826, to the Coast Guard — 29 
 Sept. 1832, to the command of the Shamrock Be- 
 venue-vessel — 24 Sept. 1835, a second time to the 
 Coast Guard — 10 Oct. 1838, again to the Shamrock 
 --and 20 June, 184-3, once more to the Coast Guard, 
 in which service he is at present employed. 
 
 Lieut. Keeling, we understand, enjoys a pension 
 of 91i. 5s. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KEITH. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 22.) 
 
 The Honodrable William Keith was bom 
 16 Dec. 1799, and died 5 Jan. 1846, at Monkrigg, 
 Haddington, N. B., aged 46. He was second and 
 yoimgest son of William, sixth Earl of Kintore, by 
 Maria, daughter of Sir Alex. Bannerman, Bart., of 
 Kirkhill. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Adam, and, besides assisting in boat and other 
 operations on the coast of Spain, was present, in 
 June, 1813, at the reduction, after a siege of five 
 days, of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de Ba- 
 laguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12 pieces of ord- 
 nance, including 2 10-inch mortars and 2 howitz- 
 ers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men. After 
 he had been for a short period Midshipman of the 
 Ddblin 74, flag-ship at Plymouth of Lord Keith, 
 he became attached, in April, 1814, to the Rotal 
 Oak 74, bearing the flag of the late Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, under whom he was employed in the ex- 
 peditions against Baltimore and New Orleans. From 
 Aug. 1815 until about the commencement of 1820, 
 Mr. Keith further served on the Home and New- 
 foundland stations in the Taetards, also the flag- 
 ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Madagascar and 
 Mjeander frigates, both commanded by Sir Jas. 
 Alex. Gordon (under whom, in the Meander, he 
 narrowly escaped being wrecked, off' Orfordness, in 
 Dec. 1816), and Egeria 26, Capts. Eobt. Bowley 
 and Henry Shiflher— of which latter ship he was 
 created a Lieutenant 10 Nov. 1819. His next ap- 
 pointments were to the Blonde 42, and Dart- 
 mouth 42, Capts. Lord Byron and Thos. Fellowes. 
 Under the former of those officers he accompanied 
 from this country the remains of the late king and 
 queen of the Sandwich Islands. He was promoted, 
 14 Aug. 1827, to the command of the Philomel 10, 
 one of the vessels present, on 20 of the following 
 Oct., at the battle of Navarin. Strange to record, 
 however, he was not permitted to join her until 
 after the action, being compelled on the occasion 
 to perform Lieutenant's duty on board the Dart- 
 mouth. He attained Post-rank IS Aug. 1828, and 
 remained from that period on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Keith married, 24 June, 1830, Louisa, 
 daughter of the late Wm. Grant, Esq., of Congal- 
 ton, by whom he has left issue a son and daughter. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 KELLETT. (Commander, 1839.) 
 
 Arthur Kellett is cousin of Capt. Henry Kel- 
 lett, B.N., C.B. ■' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 24 June, 1811 ; 
 passed his examination in 1819 ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 16 Dec. 1825, into the ESk 20, Capt. 
 * FtrfeGaz. 1812, p. 85S. 
 
KELLETT— KELLO CK. 
 
 601 
 
 Wm. Jardine Furchas, on the coast of Africa, 
 whence he returned to England in May, 1828. He 
 attained his present rank, after having had com- 
 mand, from 20 Dec. 1837 until July 1839, of the 
 Brisk brigantiue,'on the station last named, 7 Nov. 
 1839; and was lastly, from 2 Sept. 1841 until the 
 close of 1846, employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, in 1834, Maria Lucinda, eldest daugh- 
 ter of the late Major Hanna, 56th Kegt. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 KELLETT, C.B. (Captaik, 1842.) 
 
 Henhy Kellett, horn 2 Nov. 1806, is cousin of 
 Commander Arthur Kellett, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Jan. 1822, and 
 from 1823 until 1826 served in the West Indies on 
 board the Ringdove. Towards the close of the 
 latter year, after having accompanied a body of 
 troops to Lisbon in the Glodcesteb 74, Capt. 
 Joshua Sydney Horton, he joined the Edes 26, 
 Cajjt. "Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, under whom he was 
 again emplcwed on the coast of Africa (whither he 
 proceeded for the colonization of Fernando Po) 
 until his return to England in the summer of 1831 
 — the last three years as First-Lieutenant (commis- 
 sion dated 15 Sept. 1828). He had command dur- 
 ing part of that time of the Coenema tender, and 
 was on board the Eden at a period of dreadful 
 sickness, when 46 men were laid up with fever 
 without a surgeon, and only 2 officers besides him- 
 self were left to perform duty. Being next ap- 
 pointed, 7 Nov. 1831, to the iETNA surveying-ves- 
 sel, Capts. Edw. Belcher, Wm. Geo. Skyring, and 
 Wm. Arlett, he returned to his former station, 
 where, at the time that Capt. Skyring was mur- 
 dered, he held the post of First-Lieutenant, and 
 was afterwards detached in charge of the Kaven, 
 an assistant to the JEtsa.. On 29 Oct. 1835, shortly 
 after the latter vessel had been paid off, Lieut. 
 Kellett assumed command of the Stabling cutter, 
 of 105 tons, and was ordered upon surveying-ser- 
 vice to the west coast of South America. While 
 there, he held the acting-command, from July, 1836, 
 until Feb. 1837, of H.M.S. Sdlphdk, during the 
 interval which elapsed between the resignation of 
 Capt. Beechey and the advent of Capt. Belcher. 
 He then went back to the Starling, and in that 
 small vessel, on his return to the Pacific after a 
 voyage round Cape Horn, he proceeded to China, 
 visiting era route the Marquesas and Tahiti, and 
 touching at the New Hebrides, Salomon Islands, 
 Borneo, &c. Arriving at his destination in Dec. 
 1840, Lieut. Kellett (whose vessel on her passage 
 had been struck by lightning and dismasted) joined 
 in the warfare then commencing against the Chi- 
 nese, in which, as will be seen, he bore a very emi- 
 nent part. On 7 Jan. 1841 we find him uniting in 
 the operations against the enemy's forts at Chuen- 
 pee ; and in the course of the same day serving with 
 the Nemesis and the boats of the Calliope under 
 Capt. Belcher, by whom he was spoken of in terms 
 of high commendation, at the destruction of 11 out 
 of 13 large war-junks, an exploit which was achieved 
 in admirable style.* He next, on 26 Feb., acquired 
 the thanks of Sir Gordon Bremer for his gallantry 
 and zeal in the action which preceded the capture 
 of the forts at the Boca Tigris. f During the ope- 
 rations of March against Canton he acquired every 
 favourable consideration for his useful exertions 
 in sounding, conjointly with Lieut. Kich. Collin- 
 son, and Mr. Rich. Browne, Master of the Cal- 
 liope, the various inlets through which the ships 
 had to pass, and conducting them in safety to an 
 anchorage off that city. In the discharge of these 
 duties Mr. Kellett was indeed indefatigable. | At 
 one period, in addition to his own vessel, the Al- 
 GEKiNB, and the YoDNG Hebb and Louisa tenders, 
 were simultaneously placed under his order^ In 
 May, 1841, when the British renewed hostilities 
 against Canton, our officer, whose promotion to the 
 rank of Commander took place on 6 of that month, 
 
 * fllfeGan. 1841, pp. 1102, 1222. t r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1438, 
 J F. Gaj. 1841, pp. 1S04-5. 
 
 again found opportunity of distinction.* Proceed- 
 ing afterwards to the northward, he succeeded, on 
 the night previous to the attack upon Chapoo, 18 
 May, 1842, in thoroughly sounding (with the assist- 
 ance of Capt. Collinson) between the anchorage of 
 the ships and the shore, and thus enabled the Cokn- 
 WALLis, Blonde, and Modeste, while the troops 
 were landing, to take up excellent positions against 
 the sea-batteries-t In the ensuing June he appears 
 to have again, with much zeal and perseverance, 
 co-operated with Capt. Collinson in surveying the 
 channel before Woosung.| After the fall of Shang- 
 hae, to her position in front of which place he had 
 piloted the Noeth Stab 26, Capt. KeUett pro- 
 ceeded with Capt. Bourchier 30 miles up the river 
 into the interior, and contributed to the destruc- 
 tion, on 20 June, of two batteries mounting 5 guns 
 each.§ He, was also present in all the operations 
 up the Yang-t8e-Kiang,|| where he led the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief's ship to Nanking. As a further 
 reward for his particularly useful services Capt. 
 Kellett was advanced to Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842,^ 
 and nominated, the next day, a C.B.** He ob- 
 tained leave to return to England in Aug. 1843 ; 
 but since 8, Feb. 1845 has been again afioat, as Cap- 
 tain of the Herald 26, now engaged in surveying 
 the Pacific. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KELLOCK. (Liedt., 1824. F-P., 23; H-P., 24.) 
 Heney Geat Kellock is son of an old Warrant 
 officer who was presented with a service of plate 
 for his distinguished conduct on board the Queen 
 98, Rear-Admiral Gardner's flag-shipin Lord Howe's 
 action 1 June, 1794, and died Master-Rigger of 
 Sheemess Dockyard. His grandfather and his four 
 uncles also held warrants in the Navy. The only 
 one of the latter now living, Robert, has retired 
 on a pension. Mr. Kellock's elder brother, James, 
 a Lieutenant R.N., was drowned at sea in com- 
 mand of a merchant-ship. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1800, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Soveeeign 100, 
 Capt. Gardner, with whom he served in the Chan- 
 nel until April, 1802. Re-embarking, 27 Nov. 1803, 
 on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Rich. Rag- 
 gett, bearing the flag afterwards of Hon. Wm. Com- 
 wallis, he was present as Midshipman in that offi- 
 cer's pursuit of the French fleet into Brest, and 
 skirmish with the enemy's batteries, 22 Aug. 1805. 
 When next in the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine 
 Douglas, we find him witnessing the destruction 
 of the French 74-gun ship L' Impetueux, near Cape 
 Henry, 14 Sept. 1806. After a servitude of three 
 years and eight months on the Halifax, North Sea, 
 and Baltic stations, as Midshipman, in the Nemesis, 
 Capt. Philip Somerville, Leveret and Kite sloops, 
 both commanded by Capt. Benj. Crispin, and Dar- 
 ing 10, Lieut.-Commander Campbell, he joined, in 
 Feb. 1812, the Ranger sloop, Capt. Geo. Acklom, 
 and was for some time employed at the siege of 
 Danzig, where he was twice lent to the Meteoe 
 bomb. In Feb. 1814, having left the Ranger in 
 the preceding June, Mr. Kellock, who shortly after- 
 wards passed his -examination, was received on 
 board the Espoir sloop, Capts. Bobt. Russell and 
 Norwich Duff. During the remainder of the war 
 with the United States he was actively employed 
 in the Chesapeake, part of the time in a tender, 
 in carrying troops to the attacks upon Washington 
 and Alexandria. From 23 Sept. 1815, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 Jan. 1824, he 
 served uninterruptedly, as Admiralty Midshipman 
 and Chief Mate, in the Alban 10, and Griper and 
 Scoot Revenue-cruizers, Lieut.-Commanders Hugh 
 Patton, Wm. Smith, Cook, and Chas. Cromer. He 
 twice shared, during that period, in the annual 
 bounty awarded to the Vessel which had convicted 
 
 * fiifeGaz. 1841,p. 2510. f f. Gaz. 1842, p. 3692 
 
 J r. Gai. 1842, p. 3397. « r. Gm. 1842, p. 3401" 
 
 \\ r. U«z. 1842, p. 3404. ^ V. Ga2. 1842, pp. 3821-3864 
 ** To enable Capt. Kellett to receive Poat-rank the Stae- 
 LiNa had been rated a sloop-of-war. 
 
 4H 
 
602 
 
 KELLY. 
 
 the greatest nilmber of smuggl^rg. Since he left 
 the ScoDT the Lieuteilant has been on half-pay^ 
 
 He U now Agent for Lloyd's at Southpol-t, Orms- 
 Mrk, Lancashire ; and is mdi-ried and has issue. 
 
 KELLY. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 17; h-r, 32.) 
 _ ' Beuedictus Makwood Kelly, born 1 Sept. 1790, 
 is second son of Benedictus Miirwood Kelly, Esq., 
 Attorney-at-Iaw, of Holsworthy, co. Devon, by 
 Mary, daughter of ArsoottCoham, Esq., of the same 
 piMfe. He is brother of Commander Wm. Kelly, 
 R-N., and of the late Lieut. John Tucker Kelly, 
 of the Horse-Artillery at Madras ; and first-cousin 
 of the present Arthur Kelly, Esq., of Kelly, Devon.' 
 One bf hii uncles, Francis John, was a Ctlptaih in 
 the l8th, or Koyal Irish Regt. ; another, William H an- 
 cock, died a Vice-Admiral bf the Blue 2 May, 1811, 
 aged 60, leaving a son, the hite Lieut. Magnus 
 Mortoii Kelly, R.N, (1808) ; and a third, Capt. 
 Lewis Robertson, of the Veteran 64, fell at the 
 head of a brigade of seamen while serving on shore 
 at the storming of Pointe-fi-Pitre, Guadeloupe, in 
 1794. The eldest son of Capt. Fras. John Kelly, 
 now deceased, wis a Captain in the Royal African 
 Corps. 
 
 ■This officer entered the Navy, 19 Oct. 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Niger 32, Capt. Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse, on the Guernsey station ; and in the 
 following Nov., after having accompanied the same 
 officer into the Voeags 28, joined the GibraltaH 
 80, commanded at first by his uncle; Capt. W. H. 
 Kellyj and next by Capt. Geo. Fred. Ryves. Dur- 
 ing a continuance of nearly six years in the latter 
 ship, he assisted at the capture, 19 June, 1799, of 
 Rear-Admiral Perree's squadron of three frigates 
 and two brigs, attended the expeditions of 1800 
 and 1801 to Ferrol and Egypt, and was wounded 
 while serving in the boats in a successful attack 
 made upon the French while they were besieging 
 the town of Porto Ferrajo in the island of Elba. 
 In Oct. 1804, Mr. Kelly, who had been borne for 
 short periods on the books of the Eoval William, 
 flag-ship at Spithead of Admiral Geo. Montagu, and 
 SwiJETSURE 74, Capt. Mark Robinson, rejoined his 
 relative on board the Tbmeraire 98, in which ship 
 he continued to be employed under Capt. Eliab 
 Harvey, until made Sub-Lieutenantj 12 Jan. 1805, 
 into the ElIng schooner, Lieut.-Commander Wm. 
 Archbold. Being promoted to a full Lieutenancy, 
 31 Jan. 1806, inthS Adamant 50, Capt. John S'tiles, 
 he sailed with an East India convoy for the Cape 
 of Good Hope, and on 6 Of the" ensuing May was 
 present, during the passage, at the capture of the 
 Spanish frigate-built privateer La S^aradora, of 
 30 guns and 315 men. From the Adamant, which 
 ship had been latterly cruizing very productively 
 on the coast bf Guinea, and a,lso ofi' the Havana, 
 where she appears to haVe been employed in block- 
 ading a Spanish ship of the line, Lieut. Kelly re- 
 moved, in Aug. 1807, to the VmbAlvs 32, Capts. 
 Fred. Warren, Wm. Ward, and Sam. Hood Ingle- 
 field. Under the latter offlxjer, in company with a 
 small squadron comihanded by Capt. Chas. Dash- 
 wood, he bontribiited, in Dec. 1808, to the reduction 
 of the fort and town of Samana, St. Domingo, al- 
 most the la«t port of rSfuge on the station for the 
 enemy's privateers. The officers and crews of the 
 latter having on the occasion efiected their escape, 
 Mr. Kelly was placed in charge of the boats of the 
 D.a2DALus and AueoRA frigates, and sent in pursuit 
 of them. After a search of four days and nights 
 under an incessant rain, which afterwards proved 
 fatal to most of the persons employed, they were 
 traced up a small river, and found in ambuscade on 
 its banks behind a breastwork, which had been 
 thrown up as a means of defence. This however 
 was instantly charged in face of a ga:lling 'Sie of 
 musketry, and the whole of the enemy made pri- 
 soners. In March, 1810, Mr. Kelly became First of 
 the PoltpHeMus 64, bfearing the flag of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley; upon the obcir 
 sion of \vho8e death he was sent with despatches, in 
 the BramSble, Lieut.-Commander Johh Fleming, to 
 England, where, on his arrival, he was 'advanced to 
 
 the rank of Commander by commission dated 28 
 iSfov. 1811. From that period, although incessant 
 in his applications for employment, and ofiering to 
 serve as a volunteer during the American war, and 
 again with Lord Exmouth at Algiers, Capt. Kelly 
 remained on half-pay until appointed, 28 Sept. 1818, 
 to the command of the Pheasant, of 22 guns. In 
 that sloop he was employed on the coast of Africa 
 Until Feb. 1822, during the greater part of which 
 period he was senior officer of the squadron on the 
 fetation. As a reward for his zeal, activity, and 
 vigilance, he was presented with a Post-bommission 
 dated 19 July, 1821. Since he left the Pheasant, 
 tis above stated, in Feb. 1822, Capt. KeUy has again 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 31 Aug. 1837, Mary Anne, only 
 daughter and heir of Richard Price, Esq., of High- 
 field Park, CO. Sussex, and was left a widower 14 
 July, 1838. 
 
 KELLY. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Edward Kelly entered the Navy 2 Nov. ISIO; 
 passed his examination in 1817 ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 21 Dec. 1825, into the Owen Glen- 
 Sower 42, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, stationed 
 at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he ultimately 
 invalided. He has since been on half-pay^ 
 
 Since May, 1847, the Lieutenant has been Har- 
 bour-Master fl.t the Mauritius. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwelh 
 
 kELLY. (Lieutenant, 1812. p-p., 28; h-p., 15.) 
 Ricbakd Nugent KeLlt entered the Navy, 14 
 Jan. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Inconstant 
 S6, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, successively em- 
 ployed, until April, 1808, bn the African, Jamaica, 
 b,nd Home stations — for some time under the flag of 
 Sir jas. Saumarez. During the earlier portion of 
 his attachment to that frigate he witnessed the sut- 
 tender of the island of Goree, and was on one oC'Ca- 
 teion taken prisoner by the FanteSs, an African 
 tribe, after a contest in Which the whole bf his 
 Iparty bad been killed. In April, 1808, he became 
 llidshipman Of the Bareleue 98, Successive flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admirals Wm. Albany Otway, Chas. 
 Tyler, and Sir Sam. Hood, on the Lisbon station, 
 whence, after serving in the TfeinMPH 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Hood Linzee, he returned home, in Jan. 1810, 
 on board the UenoVn 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Dur- 
 ham, for the purpose of passing his examination. 
 Between the following Sept. and the date of his 
 promotion tb the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 
 1812, we again find him serving on the Lisbon sta^ 
 tion, as also in the Baltic and at Spithead, in the 
 Drsadnought 98, Capt. S. H. LinZee, Barfledr, 
 flag-ship of Son. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Dkead- 
 NottGHT, commanded as before, and Victory 100, 
 Capt. Philip Dumaresq. His appointments have 
 since been— in March and May, 1813, to the Union 
 98, Capts. S. H. Linzee, Wm. Kent, and Eobt. 
 RoUes, and San Juan 74, fla'g-Ship of Rear-Admiral 
 S. H. Linzee, both on the Mediterranean station— 
 20 Sept. 1813, to the office of Acting Resident- 
 Agent for Transports and Prisoners of Wa* at 
 Gibraltar, where he remained until Feb. 1814^20 
 July, 1837, to the Coast Blockade, in which service 
 he was employed as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the Ka1hil!lies and TaXaveba 74's, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Hugh Plgot, until Nov. 1830— 
 and, 10 June, 1831, to a station in the Coast Guard, 
 the bomttiand whereof. With the exception of about 
 two years in 1838-40^ he has ever since retained. 
 Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 KELLY. (Captain, 1844. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 13.) 
 William Kelly entered the Navy, early in 1808, 
 as Fs|p.cl. Vol., on board the Lively 38, Capt. Geo. 
 M Kinley, in which frigate, after participating in 
 various operations in the river Tagus, and witness- 
 ing the deduction of Vigo and Santiago, he was 
 wrecked, as Midshipman, ofi' the island of Malta, in 
 Ang. IBIO. Prom Nov. in the latter year until 
 June, 1815, when he took up a commission dated on 
 
KELLY-KELSALL-KEMEALL^I^EMBLE. 
 
 603 
 
 8 of the previous Mareh, we find him uninterrupt- 
 edly employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate 
 in the Leonidas 38,* Capts. Ansehn John Griffiths, 
 Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Geo. Fras. Seymour, and 
 Wm- King, on the Mediterranean, Irish, West India, 
 and North American stations. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 5 April, 1816, to the Kosakio 10, 
 Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, with whom he served in 
 the Channel until Dec. 1818—28 May and 25 June, 
 1822, to the Jupiter 60, Capt. Geo. Augustus West- 
 phal, and Pandoka 18, Capts. Fred. Hunn and 
 Wm. Gordon, in the latter of which vessels he pro- 
 ceeded to Newfoundland -=-10 Dec. 1823, to the 
 Tweed 28, Capt Hunn— next, to the Aukoea 46, 
 Capt. Henry Preseott— 23 Nov. 1826, after 21 months 
 of half-pay, to the Gloijcjster 74, Capt. Joshua 
 Sydney Horton — 2 May, 1828, to the Phihce Kehent 
 120, Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett— and, 11 Nov. follow- 
 ing, to the Pallas 42, Capt. Adolphus FitzClarence. 
 Under the latter officer Mr. Kelly was employed in 
 conveying the Earl of Dalhousie and the Bishop gf 
 Calcutta from Portsmouth to Bengal, General Vis- 
 count Combermere from India home, and Colonel 
 Fox from Halifax. He obtained a second promptal 
 commission 85 April, 1831, and was next employed — 
 from 23 Jan. 1835 until 1838, in the Coast Guard— 
 and from 7 March, 1842, until advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank 5 April, 1844, as Second-Captain of the 
 Winchester 50, flagrship of Hon. Josceline Percy 
 at the Cape of Good Hope. He has since been in 
 command of the Conway 26, on the last-named 
 station. Agehts— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KELLY. (Commander, 1811. f-p.,17; h-p., 38.) 
 William Kelly, bom 27 Feb. 1782, is elder 
 brother of Capt. B. M. Kelly, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1792, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the St. George 98, com- 
 manded by his uncle, Capt. Wm. Hancock Kelly, 
 ■ vrith whom he continued to serve in the Windsor 
 Castle 98, Solebay 32, and Veteran 64, until 
 Sept. 1706 — the Ijst two years as Midshipman. 
 While in the Solebay we &id him assisting at the 
 reduction of the French West India Islands in 1794, 
 where he was employed in the batteries as Aide-de- 
 Camp to Lord Garlics, and to his uncle Capt. Kelly, 
 at the siege of Fort Bourbon, and again on shore, as 
 Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Lewis Kobertson, who was 
 killed at the storming of Pointe-a-Pitre, Guade- 
 loupe. In March, 1798, after he had ifurther served 
 in the Royal Sovereign 100, and Ville de Paris 
 110, flag-ships of Sir Alan Gardner and Lord St. 
 Vincent, he was nominated, by the latter nobleman, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Hector 74, Capt. Peter 
 Aplin, as a reward for his previous conduct at the 
 destruction of a convoy of market-boats, together 
 with their protectors, thiee gun-vessels, at the en- 
 trance of Cadiz Harbour. He was confirmed, 4 
 July, 1798, into the Incendiary &e-ship, Capts. 
 Geo. Barker and Rich. Dalling Dunn, on the Medi- 
 terranean sttition, and during the latter portion of 
 the VTBiT was there employed on board La Minerve 
 42, commanded by the present Sir Geo. Cockburn, 
 at whose express desire he bad been appointed. 
 Besides numerous boat and other affairs he was in 
 conseq^uence present at the capture and destruction, 
 2 Sept. 1801, of Le Suci^s of 32, and Le JBraeoia-e 
 of 42 guns ; oif which occasion, being at the time 
 First-Liei;itenant, his Captain reported his conduct 
 in the handsomest manncr.f His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — 16 Dec. 1803, to the Montagu 74, 
 Capt. Kobt. Waller Otway, statioited in the Channel 
 —28 Oct. 1804, to the Princs 98, jCapts, Rich. 
 GrindaU and Wm. Lechmere, of which ship, after 
 participating in the battle of Trafalgar,! he became 
 3?irst-Liouteuant— 30 Dec. 1806, and 27 May, 1807, 
 
 • The Lkonidas effected the capture, 23 May, 1813, of the 
 Paul Junes American privateer, of 16 guns and '85 men. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 1895. 
 
 J At the close of tlie action Lieut. Kelly was placed in 
 char^re, as Prize-Master, of the Santmima Tvinidad, .of 130 
 guns, in which he remaineij two (lays and nights; when, by 
 order of Lord ColUngwood, he removed his men and sank 
 her. ■ ' 
 
 in the latter capacity, to the Deeadnodght 98, 
 Capt. Wm. Lechn^ere, and Ville de Paris 110, 
 flag-ship of Lori} Gardner— and, 8 Aug. 1808 and 
 14 May, 1811, to the Caledonia 120, and Royal 
 George 100, bes,ring each the flag of Lord Gambier, 
 to whom, subsequently to Lord Cochrane s memo- 
 rable fichievement in Basque Roads, on which oc- 
 casion he was intrusted with the command of the 
 Caledonia's boats, he became Signal-Lieutenant. 
 He attained his present rank on Lord Gambler 
 striking his flag, 23 Aug. 1811 ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Kelly is th^ only officer of his rank 
 on the List of 1811. 
 
 KELSALL. (Lieut., 1819. ?-?., 10; h-p., 28,) 
 John Thedphilus Kelsall entered the Navy 
 3 Oct. 1809, as Midshipman, Di> board the Valiaijt 
 74, Capt. John Bligh. Removing in the following 
 May to the Menelaos 38, Capts. Sir Peter Parker 
 and Edw. Dix, he assisted at the proximate reduc- 
 tion of the Isle of France, and afterwards visited 
 the Mediterranean and Chesapeake. He was pre- 
 sent on the former station when the Menblaus 
 gallantly pursued the Frenc)i 40-guii frigate Pauline 
 and 16-gun^brig Scureuil under the batteries in the 
 neighbourhood of Toulon, and then gffpcted a mas- 
 terly retreat from the French fleet, which had come 
 out to their protection, 28 May, 1812; and on pro- 
 ceeding to the Chesapeake he was on board when 
 Sir Peter Parker was killed in a land operation at 
 Bellair, near Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814. Quitting 
 the Menelads in May, 1815, Mr- Kelsall was next 
 (until promoted to the rank he now holds 2 April, 
 1819) employed on the East India station, part of 
 the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Coenwallis 
 74, Capt. Andrew King, and Challenger and 
 Trincomalee, both commanded by Capt. Philip 
 Bridges. He has since, we believe, been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 He married, 3 March, 1827, Elizabeth Anne, 
 daughter of the late Vice-AdmiraJ Stephens. 
 
 KEMBALL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.) 
 William Heney Kemeall entered the Navy, 8 
 Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northum- 
 berland 74, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, bear- 
 ing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane on the 
 West India station ; where, from June, 1807, until 
 the close of 1810, he served with Capt. Volant Va- 
 shoH Ballard, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Blonde 
 and Statiea frigates, and Neptune 98, assisting, 
 during that period, at the capture of five privateers, 
 carrying in the whole 58 guns and 515 men, as also 
 at the destruction, previously to the fall of Guade- 
 loupe, of the French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, 
 together with a heavy battery by which they were 
 defended, in Anse la Barque. He was next, be- 
 tween Dec. 1810 and Jan. 1814, employed in the 
 Channel on board the Sceptke 74, Capt. Sam! Jas. 
 Ballard, and Boyne 88, and Ville de Paris 110, 
 both flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He 
 then rejoined Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Tonnant 
 80, and, continuing with him until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 18 Feb. 1815, bore an active 
 part in consequence in the hostilities with America, 
 and was present in the operations against New Or- 
 leans. He has not been afloat since the general 
 peace. 
 
 KEMBLE. (Commander, 1845. r-p., 16: h-p., 2.) 
 Frederick Kemble was bom 17 Sept. 1815. ' 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Sqit. 1829, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Ganges 84, Capts. John 
 Hayes, Edw. Stirlmg Dickson, and Geo. Burdett 
 on the Home station. From Feb. 1831 until Nov! 
 1836 he served in the Mediterranean, latterly as 
 Mate, in the St. Vikcest 120, and Caledonia 120 
 flag-ships of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham and Sir Josias 
 Rowley ; after which we find him, until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 13 Nov. 1841, employed 
 on the South American and Worth America and 
 West India stations, in the Stab 46, Commodone 
 
 4H2 ■ 
 
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 KEMP— KEMPE—KEMPSTER—KEMPTHORN— KENDALL. 
 
 Thos. Ball Sulivan, and Winchester 52, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 21 Jan. 1842, to the Rover '18, 
 Capt. Chas. Keele, on the station last named — 31 
 Jan. 1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— and, 20 March 
 following, to the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant 
 to Sir David Milne, Commander-in-Chief at Ply- 
 mouth. He attained his present ranlt 29 April, 
 1845, and has since been on half-pay. Agent — 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 KEMP. (LlEtlTENANT, 1827.) 
 
 James Kemp died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 July, 1809 ; passed 
 his examination in 1815 ; obtained his commission 
 28 April, 1827 ; and, from 16 Nov. 1832 until the 
 period of his death, was uninterruptedly employed 
 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 KEMPE. (LiETJT., 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 6.) 
 
 John KEMrE is grand-nephew of the late Admiral 
 Kempe. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Deo, 1820, as 
 Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dovek 28, Capts. Arthur 
 Batt Bingham and Sam. Chambers, on the Leith sta^ 
 tion. Prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, which took place 13 Nov. 1828, he was fur- 
 ther employed, as Midshipman and Mate, at home 
 and in South America, in the Martial 12, Lieut.- 
 Commander M'Kirdy, Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron 
 (under whom he escorted from this country the re- 
 mains of the late King and Queen of the Sandwich 
 Islands), and Britannia 120, and Ganges 84, flag- 
 ships of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Sir Roht. "Waller 
 Otway. He served during the next two years, still 
 in South America, on board the Beagle surveying- 
 vessel, Capt. Robt. FitzRoy ; and, from 1 Jan. 1833 
 until the summer of 1843, he had charge of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 He married, 23 May, 1831, Susannah Rundle, 
 daughter of J. Prynne, Esq., of H.M. Customs, 
 Fowey, by whom he has issue three children. 
 
 KEMPSTER. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 14; h-p.,28.) 
 Ralph Richard Tomkin Kempster entered the 
 Navy, 15 Jan. 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the 
 Princess floating-battery, Capt. Sam. Martin Col- 
 quitt, lying in the River Mersey. Quitting the 
 latter vessel in the following July, he served, 
 during the remainder of the war, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, chiefly on the Home, West 
 India, and Mediterranean' stations, in theBoADicEA 
 38, Capts. John Maitland and John Hatley, Satel- 
 lite sloop, Capts. Robt. Evans and Hon. Willoughby 
 Bertie, Dannemark 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, Rodney 
 74, Capt. Edw. Dumford King, and Prince 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton. In 
 April, 1815 (after he had been also borne, as a Su- 
 pernumerary for passage, on the books of the 
 Snake, Tigre, and Tanais, Capts. Joseph Gape, 
 John Halliday, and Joseph James, he was nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Onyx 10, Capts. 
 Smith Cobb and Chas. Strangways, then at Jamaica. 
 On his return home for the purpose of being paid 
 off in July, 1816, he found a commission awaiting 
 him dated 1 Feb. 1815. His next and last appoint 
 ment was, 27 Feb. 1823, to the Clio sloop, com- 
 manded by the officer last mentioned, with whom 
 he was for three years employed in the North Sea. 
 
 KEMPTHOEN. (Lieut., 1813. r-p.,24; h-p.,16.) 
 Charles Henry Kemptiiorn, born 12 Oct. 1792, 
 is son of the late Capt. T. Kempthorn. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1807, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Hoste> with whom he served, nearly the whole time 
 as Midshipman, until paid off in Aug. 1811. He 
 was consequently present in that frigate on 12 May, 
 1808, in a very spirited engagement of many hours 
 with several batteries in the bay of Rosas, in an 
 attempt tx) cut out the French 800-ton store-ship 
 
 Baleine, mounting from 20 to 30 guns, with a crew 
 of 150 men. H e also, on 23 April, 1809, served with 
 the boats of the Amphion, Spartan, and Mercury, 
 under Lieut. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, at the 
 capture of 13 valuable merchantmen lying in the 
 mole of Pesaro ; and on 27 Aug. following he was 
 employed with a detachment, commanded by the 
 same officer, at the storming of the strong fort of 
 Cortelazzo, near Trieste, the capture of which oc- 
 casioned the simultaneous surrender, within sight 
 of the Italian squadron off Venice, of six of the 
 enemy's gun-boats and a large convoy of merchant- 
 trabaocolos anchored for protection under its walls.* 
 Besides participating in similar affairs at Biseglia, 
 Umago, and other plapes, it was Mr. Kempthorn's 
 lot to be Senior Midshipman of the Amphion in the 
 famous action of 13 March, 1811, off Lissa, where a 
 British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns 
 and 879 men, completely routed, after a battle of 
 six hours, and a loss to the above ship of 15 men 
 killed and 47 wounded, a Franco-Venetian arma- 
 ment, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 
 men. On leaving the Amphion he joined the Py- 
 LADES 18, Capt. Geo. Ferguson, likewise in the 
 Mediterranean, where, becoming Signal-Mate of the 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, he 
 served in that capacity in the partial action fought 
 with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813. He attained 
 the rank of Lieutenant on 25 Dec. in the latter year, 
 and in the course of 1814, after having served on 
 shore as Naval Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir 
 Henry Montressor during the operations against 
 Genoa, joined the Bacchante 38, Capt. Fras. Stan- 
 fell, on the North American station, whence he 
 returned home and was paid off in July, 1815. 
 Since 7 July, 1831, he has been in charge of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 KENDALL. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Edward Nicholas Kendall died 12 Feb. 1845, 
 at Southampton, in his 45th year. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 26 Oct. 1814; and 
 passed his examination in 1822. He served in se- 
 veral expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, 
 including the one to the Polar Sea under Sir John 
 Franklin in 1825-7, on which occasion he was the 
 companion of Dr. Richardson in that branch of it 
 which discovered and delineated the northern coast 
 of America lying between the Mackenzie and Cop- 
 permine Rivers. He was awarded a commission 
 dated 30 April, 1827, but does not appear to have 
 been further officially employed. 
 
 At the period of his death Lieut. Kendall was 
 Superintendent of the Peninsula and Oriental Steam- 
 Packet Company. He married, in May, 1832, Mary 
 Anne, eldest daughter of Joseph Kay, Esq., of 
 Greenwich Hospital, and of Gower Street, Bedford 
 Square, by whom he has left issue four children. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 KENDALL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Kendall entered the Na^-y, 1 April, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capt. 
 Fras. Pender, with whom he afterwards served in 
 the Royal Sovereign 100, Ocean 98, and Queen 
 again, which latter ship bore the flag for some time 
 of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin on the Mediterranean 
 station. Becoming Midshimnan, in Oct. 1808, of 
 the Castor 32, Capts. Wm. Roberts and Hon. Vsr 
 lentine Gardner, he proceeded to the West Indies, 
 where, after having assisted at the capture of the 
 French ship of the line D'HaupouU, and the de- 
 struction, in Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, of the 
 frigates Loire and Seine, he removed, in July, 1810, 
 to the Neptune 98, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard. 
 Between the close of the latter year and Sept. 1814 
 Mr. Kendall served in the Mediterranean, as Mid- 
 shipman, Acting-Lieutenant, and Master's Mate, on 
 board the Standard 64, and Aciiille 74, both 
 commanded by Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, Cale- 
 donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, Tremen- 
 dous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, and Caledonia 
 • ride Gaz. 1809, p. 10O7. 
 
KENDALL-KENDERDINE— KENMURE-KENNEDY. 
 
 605 
 
 120, bearing the flag, as before, of Sir E. Pellew, 
 under whom he participated in the actions of 5 
 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814 with the Toulon fleet. 
 He was promoted (from the Phisce Frederick 
 prison-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Rich. Pridham) to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 8 Feb. 1815 ; but has not 
 been since employed. 
 
 KENDALL. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Walter Kendall entered the Navy 29 Nov. 
 1327 ; passed his examinatian in 1834 ; and served, 
 as Mate of the Nimrod 20, Capt. Chas. Anstruther 
 Barlow, during the operations of March and May, 
 1841, against Canton, where he gained the character 
 of being a very deserving officer, but had the mis- 
 fortune to lose a leg.* Being in consequence pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission 
 dated 8 June in the latter year, he was afterwards 
 appointed, in that capacity — 10 Oct. 1842, to the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings— and, 31 Jan. 1843, to the Caledo- 
 nia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Devonport. 
 He attained his present rank 13 March, 1845, and 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents— Case and 
 Loudonsack. 
 
 KENDERDINE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 7; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 John Kendebdine entered the Navy, 22 July, 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Caro- 
 line frigate, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater, on accom- 
 panying whom, as Midshipman, into the Cressy 74 
 (commanded afterwards by Capt. Chas. Dashwood), 
 he was in company with theST. George andDEFENCE 
 when those ships were lost on their passage home 
 from the Baltic during a violent gale in Dec. 1811. 
 He continued in the Cbessy, on the West India and 
 Home stations, until Feb. 1814 ; between which 
 period and Aug. 1815 we find him employed, at 
 Portsmouth, in North America, and at Plymouth, 
 part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Pois- 
 sant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Tonnant 80, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Diadem 64, Capt. 
 John Martin Hanchett, and St. George 98, bearing 
 the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He then 
 toolc up a commission dated 7 March, 1815, and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in 1827, Elizabeth Harriet, daughter 
 of Mr. Brutton, Governor of the County Prison, 
 Stafibrd. 
 
 KENMURE, Viscount. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 
 12; H-p., 31.) 
 The Right Honourable Adam Gordon Vis- 
 count Kenmure, born 9 Jan. 1792, at Drungan 
 Lodge, near Dumfries, N.B., is son of the late Hon. 
 Adam Gordon, by his first wife. Miss Harriet Da- 
 vies. His eldest brother, John, died a Lieutenant 
 In the R.N. 31 Dec. 1813; and his youngest, Ed- 
 ward Maxwell, a Lieutenant in the 22nd Infantry, 
 lost his life at Jamaica 14 Deo. 1827. The Viscount 
 succeeded his uncle in the Peerage 21 Sept. 1840. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Lord 
 Garlies, Christopher Laroche, Wm. Brown, and 
 John Pilfold, in which ship we find him sharing, in 
 the course of 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 
 also in Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' pursuit of the French 
 fleet into Brest, and in the battle of Trafalgar. 
 Removing, in April, 1806, to the ^Seahorse of 42 
 guns, he was present, on the night of 5 July, 1808, 
 when that ship, with only 251 men on board, put to 
 flight the Turkish frigate Alis-Fezan of 26 guns 
 and 230 men, and captured, after a memorably fu- 
 rious engagement, and a loss to the British of 5 
 men killed and 10 wounded, her consort, the Badere- 
 Zqffer, mounting 52 guns, with a complement of 
 543 men, of whom 170 were killed and 200 wounded. 
 During his continuance in the Seahorse Mr. Gor- 
 don was often engaged with the enemy's batteries 
 and gun-boats at Cadiz ; he assisted, too, in reduc- 
 
 • VUe Gaz. 1841, pp. 1S03, 1S06, 2501, 8513. 
 
 ing the islands of Gianuti and Pianosa ;* and in one 
 of several boat afiiiirs on- the coast of Italy he re- 
 ceived a slight contusion. Being unfortunately, on 
 21 Oct. 1809, taken prisoner in a prize, oif Sardinia, 
 by the Lette'ros letter-of-marque, he was carried to 
 Genoa, and subsequently to Verdun, where it was 
 his lot to be detained en parole until 1814. He then 
 sailed for Quebec in the Psyche, Capt. Peter 
 Fisher, for the purpose of joining the Canadian 
 Lake service, to which he continued attached, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (order and com- 
 mission respectively dated 9 April and 1 July, 1815), 
 until he invalided in Aug. 1816. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Viscount Kenmure is Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 Kirkcudbrightshire. He married, 2 Nov. 1843, Mary 
 Anne, daughter of the late Jas. Wildey, Esq., of 
 the Oxford Militia. 
 
 KENNEDY. (Commander, 1809. f-p., 16; 
 
 H-p., 33.) 
 Alexander Kennedy (a) entered the Navy, 24 
 Oct. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magna- 
 NiME frigate, Capt. Hon. Mich. De Courcy, with 
 whom he served on the Irish, Channel, and Medi- 
 terranean stations, latterly as Midshipman of the 
 Canada 74, until April, 1800. Removing then to 
 the Thames 32, Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew 
 PaArd HoUis, he witnessed Sir Jas. Saumarez' ac- 
 tion of 12 July, 1801, in the Gut of Gibraltar, and 
 was present, in the course of the same year, at the 
 cutting out of a gun-boat and convoy from the Bay 
 of Estapona. The Thames being paid ofi' in Jan. 
 1803, he next, in the following April, joined the 
 Plahtagenet 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, 
 under whom he assisted at the capture of ie Courier 
 de Terre Neuve privateer of 16 guns and 60 men, 
 and L'Atalante, a beautiful corvette of 22 guns and 
 120 men. In 1804 we find Mr. Kennedy sailing in 
 the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, for the East 
 Indies, where, after an attachment of a short period 
 to the Concoede 36, commanded by the present Sir 
 Josiah Coghill, he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 2 
 April, 1806, in the Sceptee 74, Capt. Joseph Bing- 
 ham; which ship, on 11 of the ensuing Nov., made 
 a dash, with the Cobnwallis 50, into St. Paul's 
 Bay, lie de Bourbon, and opened a fire upon the 
 shipping there at anchor, consisting of the Semil- 
 lante French frigate, three armed ships, and 12 sail 
 of merchantmen, the whole protected by seven bat- 
 teries, mounting upwards of 100 pieces of cannon. 
 On his return home in 1808, Lieut. Kennedy was 
 appointed to the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Cockburn, 
 and ordered to the West Indies ; on his arrival on 
 which station he was invested with the acting- 
 command, on 28 Oct. in the same year, of the Port 
 d!EspagrK sloop, in which, we under.5tand, he con- 
 tributed to the reduction of Martinique. At the 
 period of his official promotion to the rank he now 
 holds, which took place 2 June, 1809, our officer 
 had charge of the St. Pieeee sloop. In the course 
 of 1810 he obtained successive command of the Pe- 
 LORos, Surinam, and Forester, all on the Halifax 
 station ; where, and again in the West Indies, he 
 served until April, 1814. He has since been unem- 
 ployed. The Forester, on 5 May, 1813, assisted, 
 in company with the Sapphire sloop, in capturing 
 the Mary Ann American privateer of 2 guns and 30 
 men. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 KENNEDY. (Commander, 1822. f-p., 15- 
 H-p., 30.) ' 
 
 Alexander Kennedy (6) entered the Navy in 
 Nov. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 
 80, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, employed off the coast 
 ot Spain ; and m 1804, on that officer hoisting his 
 flag in the Colloden 74, sailed with him for the 
 East Indies. In Dec. 1805 he became Midshipman 
 of the Concorde 36, commanded by the present Sir 
 Josiah Coghill, but, rejoining the Colloden in 
 Deo. 1806, was afforded an opportunity of witness- 
 ing the destruction, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard 
 * Vide Capt. Thos. Bennett. 
 
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 KENNEDY. 
 
 and stores at Griessee, in tlie island of Java, and of 
 all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in India. 
 Between Jan. 1808 and his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 25 July, 1811, Mr. Kennedy served 
 in various ships, principally on the Home station ; 
 after which we find him, until 1815, employed in 
 the Mediterranean, on board the Centaok 74, Capt. 
 Thos. White, Bainbow 26, Capts. Gardiner Henry 
 Guion and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Botne 98, flag- 
 ship of Lord Exmouth, and Aboukik 74, Capt. 
 Norborne Thompson. When in the IIainbow he 
 took command of her boats, and captured, oif the 
 island of Corsica, a lateen-rigged vessel, laden with 
 oak-planks.* On 24 May, 1819, he assumed charge 
 of the Hound Revenue-cruizer, as he also did, for 
 some time, in 1821, of the Stlvia, a similar vessel. 
 He attained his present rank 9 Oct. 1822, and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Kennedy married, 2 Feb. 1821, Eli- 
 zabeth RoUeston, niece of A. Boyd, Esq., of Gostler, 
 CO. Donegal. Agemts — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 KENNEDY. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 23; 
 H-P., 16.) 
 
 Andrew Kenned r was born 24 Aug. 1787, at 
 Devonport. His father was 55 years in the Service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1808, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Penelope 36, Capt. John 
 Dick, under whom he served, as Midshipman, at 
 the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809.t Until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1815, he 
 was further actively employed on the Halifax and 
 Newfoundland stations, chiefly as Master's Mate, in 
 the .SloLus 32, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, and 
 Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats. Between April and Sept. of the latter year 
 we find him doing duty at Portsmouth in the Prince 
 98, bearing the successive flags of Sir Rich. Bicker- 
 ton and Sir Edw. Thombrough. He next, from 
 June, 1824, until July, 1827, served on the North 
 American and West India stations, as First of the 
 Niemen 28, Capts. Wallis, Canning, and Simeon. 
 He was subsequently appointed to the command — 
 in Sept. 1828, of the African, the first Government 
 steamer stationed between Corfu and Ancona, in 
 which he was employed in carrying despatches re- 
 lative to the war between Turkey and Russia, and 
 also in communicating with the Pacha of Egypt on 
 the subject of steam with India— 24 June, 1830, of 
 the Hermes, another steam-vessel, also stationed in 
 the Mediterranean— 27 Nov. 1832, and 4 June, 1834, 
 of the Alban and Spitfire Falmouth packets — and, 
 27 Nov. 1838, of the Acheron steamer. In the 
 Alban, the first steam-vessel that returned to Eng- 
 land from the West Indies, Lieut. Kennedy went 
 208 miles up the river Orinoco, as far as Angostura, 
 where no British man-of-war had ever before been. 
 He proved, in the Spitfire, what had been before 
 doubted, namely, the ability on the part of a 
 steamer to resist the effects of a hurricane ; and 
 when in the Acheron, in which vessel he remained 
 until Dec. 1841, he conveyed to Sir Robt. Stopford 
 the despatches directing the attack upon St. Jean 
 d'Acre, and afforded a passage to the British am- 
 bassador from Constantinople to Malta, and thence 
 to Naples. He was advanced to his present rank 
 27 May, 1842, but has not been since employed. 
 
 Commander Kennedy married Maria, daughter 
 of Dennis Pinnoek, Esq., of the island of Jamaica, 
 by whom he has issue six children. 
 
 KENNEDY. (L,iect„ 1838. p-p.,22; h-p., 1.) 
 Arthur Kennedy was bom in March, 1811. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 June, 1824, on 
 ■board the Jaseur 18, Capt. Thos. Martin, and was 
 Boon afterwards severely hurt by a fall from aloft 
 while on duty. The Jaseor being ordered to South 
 America, he was aflbrded an opportunity of there 
 witnessing the revolutionary proceedings in Brazil, 
 Chili, and Peru. In 1828, on his arrival in the Medi- 
 
 * FirfcGaz.lSH.p. 1411. 
 
 + While in the PE.vEr.0PE Mr. Kennedy lost the tops of 
 three fingers of 1h8 right haud. i 
 
 terranean in the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, lie 
 was present, it appears, at the reduction of tlje 
 Morea Castle. In the course of 1830 Mr. Kennedy 
 successively joined the Donegal 76, Capt. Sir Jah- 
 leel Brenton, and Cordelia 10, Capt. Chas. Hotham, 
 of which latter vessel, on his return to the Medi- 
 terranean, after having visited the West Indies and 
 North America, he was created, in 1831, an Acting- 
 Lieutenant by Sir Henry Hotham— the last appoint- 
 ment of the kind ever conferred by that Admiral. 
 During this second sojourn in the Mediterranean, 
 we find Mr. Kennedy affording protection to the 
 trade against the pirates of Smyrna, and employed 
 in the boats in cruizing against those in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Grabusa. The Cordelia being Mid 
 off in 1834, he was at once appointed to the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. 
 Hastings. He next, in 1835, proceeded to South 
 America in the Blonde 46, Commodore Fras. Mason, 
 who, upon the death of the Commander-in-Chief, 
 Sir Michael Seymour, again gave him an order, as 
 a reward for his services and conduct, to act as 
 Lieutenant, although at the time there were 11 
 Mates on the station senior to him. About this 
 period Mr. Kennedy was often engaged on shore 
 with a party of men for the protection of British 
 property during the civil commotions in Peru and 
 Chili. He continued to serve in South America on 
 board the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. Smart, and 
 again in the Blonde, until the return of the latter 
 ship to England in 1837, when he immediately joined 
 the Britannia 120, bearing the flag at Portsmouth 
 of Sir Philip Chas. Durham. His appointments 
 since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which 
 took place 6 Sept. 1838, have been— 26 June, 1839, 
 to the Stag 46, Commodore Thos. B^U Sulivan, on 
 the South American station — 25 Sept. 1839, to the 
 Clio 16, Capt. Stephen Grenville Fremantle, em- 
 ployed in cruizing for slaves off Rio de Janeiro and 
 other places — 28 April, 1841, to the Acorn 16, Capt. 
 John Adams, on the coast of Africa, where, among 
 a host of other captures, he assisted in taking, at 
 the close oif a running fight of nine hours, the pirar 
 tioal slave-brig Gabriel, a vessel 10 feet longer than 
 the Acorn, noted for its injury to cpmmerce and 
 the frequency of its insults to the British flag ; ^s 
 also, after a boatrchase of seven hours, the Mit^erva, 
 having 550 slaves on board — and, 27 May, 1842 
 (four months after his health had obliged him to 
 invalid), to the command of a station in the Coast 
 Guard, which he still retains. 
 
 Lieut. Kennedy married, 25 Deo. 1840, Miss C. 
 Jenkins, only • daughter of A. Jenkins, Esq., of 
 Navany, co. Donegal, by whom he has issue two 
 children. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KENNEDY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Dotle Buckley Kennedy passed his 
 examination 28 July, 1841 ; and served, as Mate, in 
 the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, Hecate 
 steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton Ward, St. Vin- 
 cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, Daring 
 12, Capt. Henry Jas. Matson, and Locust steamer, 
 Lieut.-Commander Henry Eden, chiefly on the 
 Mediterranean station. He obtained his commis- 
 sion 2 June, 1846, and has been since employed 4s 
 First-Lieutenant of the Ceylon receiving-ship at 
 Malta, Capt. Thos. Graves. 
 
 KENNEDY. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 14; h-p., 0,) 
 John Jai«es Kennedy, bom in April, 1821, at 
 Waterford, js son of the Venerable Jas. Kennedy, 
 Archdeacon of that place. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 June, 1833, and embarked, in June, 1835, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Magicienne 24, Capt. Geo. Wm. 
 St. John Mildmay, employed off the coasts of Spain 
 and Portugal. Becoming Midshipman, in Nov. 1837, 
 of the Favorite 18, Capt. Walter Croker, he pro- 
 ceeded in that vessel to the East Indies, where, in 
 Oct. 1839, he joined the Wellesley 72, Capt.T?ho8. 
 Maitland. Uniting afterwards in the operations 
 against) Chin?, BJr, Kennedy satyei, W Mjite, either 
 
KENNEDY-KENNETT-KENNEY. 
 
 607 
 
 in the boats or on shord, at the &st capture of 
 Chusan ; the attack vipon the enemy's forts at Chu- 
 enpee and the Bogue, as also upon their camp, fort, 
 and ship Cambridge, hearing the Chinese Admiral's 
 flag, below Whampoa Reach, where 98 gnnS were 
 in the whole destroyed ; the towing of H.M.8. Sbl- 
 TnuH from under the fire of a masked battery ; the 
 storming of the heights above Canton in May, 1841 ; 
 and the reduction of Amoy, the recapture of Chusan, 
 the storming of Chinghae (where he commanded 
 the barge), "^ and the occupation of Ningpo. He 
 attained his present rank 8 Oct. 1841 ; returned to 
 England at the conclusion of tlie war in the Blen- 
 heim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert; and, from 12 
 June, 1843, until paid off in the summer of 1847, 
 was employed at the Cape of Good Hope as Second 
 and First Lieutenant of the Conwa* 26, Capt, Wm. 
 Kelly. 
 
 ■ Lieut, Kennedy holds testimonials of the highest 
 description from Sir Gordon Bremer, Sii' Thos. 
 Maitlamd, and Sir Thos. Herbert, the former of 
 whom had bis broad pendant on board the Wei/- 
 i/ESLEt ; and he has been awarded a first-olasS oeiv 
 tificate fot his proficiency in naval gunnery. 
 
 KENNEDY. (Capt., 1813. r-p., 25 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Foktescue KeJinedy was bom 9 Nov. 
 1774, and died 15 May, 1846. He was son of the 
 late Dr. Kennedy; Physician to George IV. when 
 Prince of Vfales, and Inspector-General of Army 
 Hospitals, who died in April, 1795, from the effects 
 of excessive fatigue in the performance of his duties 
 oji the Contiiient under the Duke of Tork, by the 
 third daughter of the late Thos. Chattiberlaine, £^q., 
 of Wardington, co. Oxford. One of his brothers, a 
 Captain in the 19th Foot, died at Ceylon in 1801 ; 
 and another, Sir Kobt. Hugh Kennedy, Kt,, was at 
 the head of the Commissariat department of the 
 Army Under the Duke of WeUington during the 
 whole of the Peninsular war. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1789 
 (under the patronage of Lord Hood), as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Colossus 74, Ga,pts. Hugh Clo- 
 Berry Christian and Henry Harvey, gUard-Ship at 
 Portsmouth; and, on being lent to the Pomona 
 frigate, Capt. Henry Savage, sailed on a voyage to 
 Africa and the West Indies. He next, between 
 Sept. 1790 and the commencement of the French 
 revolutionary war, served on the Home and New- 
 foundland stations, as Midshipman, in the Cbescent 
 frigate, Oapt. Wmi. Young, Alcide 74, Capt. Sir 
 Andrew Snape Douglas, and Bonetta sloop, Capts. 
 Wm. Elliot and Graham Moore ; , after which he 
 joined the Terrible 74, Capts. Skefflngton Lutwidge 
 and Geo. Campbell, and proceeded to the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he served oft shore with the army 
 during the occupation of Toulon, and obtained great 
 praise from Sir Hyde Parker, the Cafitain of the 
 fleet, for his exertions in embarking and bringing 
 off' more than 60 unfortunate emigrants, chiefly 
 females, at the Very moment When their blood- 
 thirsty countrymen were rushing into the town. 
 In 1794 Mr. Kennedy returned to England in La 
 Svbille frigate, Capt. Edw. Cooke. He was then 
 detached for a short period into the LiVelv 36, 
 Capts. Lord Garlics and Geo. Burlton, at the expi- 
 tation of which he rejoined La Stbille, and con- 
 tinued to serve in that frigate, as Lieutenant (com- 
 mission dated 5 July, 1796), until April, 1798. In 
 Jan. of the latter year he captured, with the ship's 
 barge and only 13 men, a gun-boat, in the Bay of 
 Manilla, carrying 5 guns, besides swivels, and a 
 complement of SO men. He was in consequence 
 invested witti the command of his prize, which he 
 retained until she was broken up subsequently to an 
 attack made a few days afterwards by La Sybille, 
 in company with the Fox frigate, on the settlement 
 of Samboangon, in the island of Magindanao. His 
 next appointment was, 16 Nov. 1798, to the Triumph 
 74, Capts. Wm. Essingfcon, Thos. Seccombe, Eliab 
 Harvey, and Sir Kobt. Barlow, under whom, and 
 for some time under the flag of Kear-Admlral Cutll- 
 
 • Viie Gai. 1842> p, 897. 
 
 bett Collingwood, he served on the Channel and 
 Mediterranean stations until Jan. 1803— from 5 Oct. 
 to 15 Nov. in which year he commanded the Eliza 
 AND Jane tender, employed in conveying impressed 
 men from Dublin to Plymouth. He then, at the 
 request of Capt. Eliab Harvey, became that officer's 
 First-Lieutenant in the Tem^raibe 98, which ship 
 was next astern of the Victory, and bore a most 
 distinguished share, in the action off Cape Trafalgar 
 21 Oct. 1805. As a reward for the part he had 
 taken in the battle Lieut. Kennedy was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander by commission dated 24 
 Dec. in the same year. He did not, however, again 
 go afloat until 29 Aug. 1808, from which period 
 until posted, 4 Dec. 1813, he had command of the 
 Cordelia 10. In that sloop, we understand, he ac- 
 companied the expedition to the Walcheren, effected 
 the capture of three privateers and several mer- 
 chantmen, and commanded a squadron of eight 
 brigs at the blockade of two 40-gun frigates in the 
 Port of Dunkerque, where he remained until the 
 latter were dismantled and laid up. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 24 June, 1834, to the Superintendent- 
 ship of Sheemess Dockyard, which he held, part of 
 the time as Captain of the Temebaire 104, until 
 March, 1838. 
 
 Capt. Kennedy married, first, 2 Sept. 1806, Louisa, 
 second daughter of Colonel Adlam, K.M. ; and 
 secondly, 2 Oct. 1834, Hannah Sarah, now deceased, 
 daughter of Dr. Hope, and relict of Dr. Kennedy, 
 M.D., of Gillingham, Kent. By his former wife he 
 has left issue two sons, George, a Captain in the 
 K.A., and Hugh, a Lieutenant in the R.M. Agent 
 — J. Hinxman. 
 
 KENNEDY. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William Hogh Kennedy entered the Navy 27 
 June, 1828; passed his examination in 1834; ob- 
 tained his first commission 15 Dec. 1838; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 9 March, 1839, to the Ser- 
 pent 16, Capt. Hon. Eobt. Gore, employed in North 
 America and the West Indies, whence he returned 
 towards the close of 1840—13 Aug. 1841, to the 
 Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, with 
 whom he served for upwards of three years on the 
 same station — 10 Nov. 1845, to the Queen 110, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir John West at Devonporfr— and, 
 24 April, 1846, as First-Lieutenant, to the Constance 
 50, Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, fitting for the 
 Pacific. He attained his present rank on 4 July 
 in the latter year ; and since 29 of the following 
 Sept. has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 1 April, 1841, Georgiana, fourth 
 daughter of the late Admiral Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, 
 and niece of the Marquess of Anglesey. Agent— 
 J. Hinxman. 
 
 KENNETT. (Lieutenant, 1839.) 
 
 Edward Hoile Kennett entered the Navy 15 
 July, 1826 ; passed his examination in 1832 ; obtained 
 his commission 12 Nov. 1839 ; and, with the excep- 
 tion of a few months at the commencement of 1841, 
 was employed, from 13 Noy. 1839 until the latter 
 part of 1846, in the Satellite 18, Capt. John Kobb, 
 and Pique 36, Capts. Rich. Augustus Tales, Henry 
 Forbes, and Hon. Montagu Stopford, on the North 
 America and West India station. He is now on 
 half-pay. 
 
 KENNEY. (Commandes, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.) 
 Edward Herbert Kenney entered the Navy 
 1 Oct. 1823; and was promoted, immediately on 
 passing his examination, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 by commission dated 30 Oct. 1829. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 16 Dee. 1831, to the Mada- 
 gascar 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, in the Mediterranean 
 — 15 April, 1835, to the Excellent gunnery^ship 
 at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos, Hastings— 29 July, 1836, 
 to the Misden 74, Capt. Alex. Kenton Sharpe, from 
 which ship, employed on particular service he soon 
 afterwatds invalided— 8 Sept. 1837, to the Her- 
 cules 74, Capts. John Tonp Nicolas and Edw. 
 Barixard, with whoMi he served, chiefly on the Lis- 
 
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 KENNICOTT— KENT. 
 
 bon station, until the close of 1839 — 7 Dec. 1840, as 
 First-Lieutenant, to his old ship the Excellent — 
 and, 27 May, 1841, to the Dublin 50, flag-ship in 
 the Pacific of Kear-Admiral Bich. Thomas. He 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander on 23 of 
 the following Not., and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 KENNICOTT. (Commandek, 1846. f-p., 24; 
 H-p., 20.) 
 
 Gilbert Kennicott was bom in 1789. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Reynolds, bearing the flag in the Channel of his 
 friend and patron the late Lord Collingwood, whom 
 he successively followed, as Midshipman, into the 
 Cdlloden 74, Prince 98, Venerable again, Dread- 
 MooGHT 98, Royal Sovereign 100, and Ocean 98. 
 In the Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar he received 
 nearly 40 wounds and lost the sight of his right eye ;* 
 in consequence whereof he was allowed a pension of 
 10/. so long as he should continue a petty officer, 
 and was presented by the Patriotic Society with 
 the sum of 501. In Oct. 1807, a few months after 
 he had been appointed Master's Mate of the Hind 
 frigate, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, Mr. Kennicott had 
 the misfortune, while in charge of a small detained 
 Greek vessel, to be wrecked off the island of Cyprus. 
 He fell in consequence into the hands of the Turks, 
 and was by them held a prisoner until late in 1809. 
 He then joined the Seahorse 38, Capt. John Stewart, 
 and, on 28 Jan. 1810, he was nominated by Lord 
 Collingwood to a Lieutenancy in his ovrn ship, the 
 ViLLE DE Paris— an act which the Admiralty con- 
 firmed by commission dated 22 Aug. in the same 
 year. Removing, not long afterwards, to the Mi- 
 norca 18, Capt. Ralph Randolph Wormeley, Lieut. 
 Kennicott, in Nov. 1810, was again placed in com^ 
 mand of a detained (American) vessel, whose crew, 
 of themselves equal in number to the British, con- 
 joined with one-half of the latter, and succeeded in 
 re-capturing and carrying her into Marseilles. A 
 second time thus a prisoner-of-war, the Lieutenant, 
 after he had been for some time confined in a com- 
 mon gaol, was conducted to Verdun, and there kept 
 en parole until the conclusion of the war. His next 
 appointments were, in April and Sept. 1815, to the 
 MosQDiTO 18, Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and Geo. Brine, 
 and Leveret 10, Capt. John Theed ; in the latter 
 of which vessels he remained on the St. Helena 
 station until obliged to invalid, for the benefit of 
 his health, 3 June, 1817. From 17 Sept. 1836, until 
 advanced to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846, 
 he was employed in the Coast Guard, and on more 
 than one occasion rendered good service to the 
 revenue. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Kennicott was re-awarded, 20 Sept. 
 1817, a pension for his wounds of 91/. 5s., together 
 vrith two years' arrears. He is married, and has 
 issue two daughters, one of whom, Sophia Elizabeth, 
 became the wife, in Nov. 1841, of Capt. W. Calder, 
 late of the 8th Begt. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 KENT. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Charles Kent passed his examination 4 June, 
 1845 ; and after serving as Mate on board the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Henry Duoie Chads, 
 Spartan 26, Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas. Symonds, 
 and DiBO 18, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, on the 
 Home and East India stations, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 9 June, 1847. He has been since 
 employed as Additional of the Vernon 50, flag-ship 
 in India of Rear- Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield. 
 
 KENT. (Commander, 1822. f-p., 22; h-p., 25.) 
 Henry Kent, bom at Glasgow, is youngest bro- 
 ther of Commander Wm. G. C. Kent, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fortitude prison-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Lieut.-Commander John Gourly, 
 from which he was discharged in Aug. 1801. He 
 re-embarked, in April, 1803, on board the Salva- 
 dor DEL MuNDO guard-ship at Plymouth, bearing 
 * rirfe Gaz. 1805, pp. 1411-1484. 
 
 the flags of Sir John Colpoys and Sir Wm. Toung, 
 under whom he continued until appointed Midship- 
 man, in March, 1804, of the Goliath 74, Capts. 
 Chas. Brisbane, and Robt. Barton. In Feb. 1806, 
 after he had been intermediately employed in the 
 Channel and off the coast of Ireland, he joined the 
 Rbvolutionnaibe frigate, Capt. Chas. Fielding, 
 stationed off the coast of Spain; on his removal 
 from which ship to a Master's Mateship in the 
 Hussar 38, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, he accompanied the 
 expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, and then pro- 
 ceeded to the West Indies and North America. In 
 June, 1809, Mr. Kent was promoted, from the 
 SwiFTSURE 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, 
 to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Horatio 38, Capt. 
 Geo. Scott. He next, in Nov. 1809, and April, 1810, 
 joined, again in the capacity of Midshipman, the 
 PoMriE 74, and Neptdne 98, flag-ships of Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane in the Leeward Islands. On 14 March, 
 1811, it was Mr. Kent's fortune to be confirmed a 
 Lieutenant in La Fantome sloop, Capt. John Law- 
 rence. In that vessel, which was at first stationed 
 in the North Sea and on the Spanish coast, he ulti- 
 mately proceeded to the Chesapeake, where, in dif- 
 ferent attacks made upon the enemy's works, he 
 distinguished himself as a brave and meritorious 
 officer. In Jan. 1814, with a degree of zeal highly 
 creditable to him, Lieut. Kent started from Halifax 
 as a volunteer, at the head of upwards of 100 
 officers, seamen, and marines, for the purpose of 
 proceeding to Lake Ontario, there to join the force 
 under Sir Jas. Lucas Te<j. After traversing a dis- 
 tance of nearly 1000 miles across an uninhabited 
 country, covered with snow and woods, he at length, 
 in the month of March, reached Kingston, where 
 he was immediately appointed First-Lieutenant of 
 the Princess Charlotte frigate, Capt. Wm. Howe 
 Mulcaster, then on the stocks, but which his officer- 
 like, active, unremitting, and strenuous exertions 
 were the main cause of being ready to join in 
 the expedition of May against Oswego. On the 
 occasion of the attack he had the personal command 
 of the Princess Charlotte, owing to the absence 
 of her Captain ; and his conduct, we are informed, 
 was zealous, brave, and intelligent in the extreme. 
 Continuing in Canada, he assumed command, in 
 June, 1814, of a division of the flotilla on Lake On- 
 tario, as he did, in Aug. 1815 and Nov. 1816, of the 
 Tecumseh and New ash schooners on Lakes Erie 
 and Huron. In June, 1817, he was appointed Su- 
 perintendent of the Naval Dep6t on the eve of con- 
 struction at Penetenguishne, on the lake last men- 
 tioned. In 1819, in consequence of a severe attack 
 of fever and ague, which lasted eight months, and 
 reduced him to a mere skeleton, he removed to the 
 establishment on Lake Champlain, where he re- 
 mained until Oct. 1822. He then returned home'with 
 his officers and men after an absence of 10 years, 
 during which period he had undergone hardships 
 of no ordinary character ; and on 26 Dec. in that 
 year he was at last promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In Nov. 1834 Commander Kent was appointed a 
 Stipendiary Magistrate at Jamaica, a post he still 
 retains. He married, 24 Aug. 1824, his first-cousin, 
 Eliza, relict of the late Jas. Chas. Grant, Esq., of 
 Burton Crescent, London, and eldest daughter of 
 Capt. Wm. Kent, R.N., who died in command of 
 theljNiON 98, on the Mediterranean station. By that 
 lady he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KENT. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 15; h-p., 34.) 
 William George Carlile Kent, bom about 
 1788, in Lanarkshire, N.B., is second son of the late 
 John Kent, Esq., who, after having served for up- 
 wards of 20 years as a Purser in the Navy, was ap- 
 pointed, in 1803, Steward of the Royal Naval Hos- 
 pital at Plymouth, where he died in 1827; and 
 brother (with the present Commander Henry Kent, 
 R.N.) of Lieut. John Kent, R.N. (1809), formerly 
 Senior of the Thais 20, who died from the effects 
 of over-exertion in his 'profession in Jan. 1816, as 
 also of Commander Bartholomew Kent, R.N. (1815), 
 
KENYON— KEPPEL. 
 
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 who served at the 'bomhardineiit of Copenhagen in 
 1807 in the GuekeiJibe when captured by the U.S. 
 ship Constitution in Aug. 1812, and on shore at New 
 Orleans in 1814-15, and died in Feb. 1835, aged 55. 
 His paternal grandfather married the eldest sister 
 of the late Vice- Admiral John Hunter, many years 
 Governor of New South Wales, and grand-niece of 
 the Lord-Provost Drummond, of Edinburgh. One 
 of his father's brothers, William, died Captain of 
 the Union 98, oif the mouth of the Rhone, in 
 Aug. 1812 ; and another, Henry, Commander of 
 the Dover 44, arvn/e-en-flute, died on the coast 
 of Egypt in 1801. Of his maternal uncles, one, 
 Eobt. Wright, a Colonel of the Koyal Regiment of 
 Artillery, commanded that corps in Scotland, and 
 served as Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Kent in 
 Nova Scotia and at Gibraltar ; a second, Peter, a 
 Captain in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Infantry, died of 
 wounds received in battle at Ceylon ; and a third, 
 George, became a Colonel in the R.E. His cousins, 
 Bartholomew and Mark Kent, were both Lieu- 
 tenants in the R.N.; the former was killed in a 
 boat affair, in 1803, while First of the Goliath 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Brisbane; and the latter died at sea 
 in 1828. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board Le Tigre 80, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith, under whom, after visiting Constan- 
 tinople and the coast of Egypt, he served on shore 
 at the defence of St. Jean d'Acre. In March, 1800, 
 having previously witnessed a variety of operations 
 on the Egyptian coast, he removed to the Theseus 
 74, Capt. John Stiles, and was for some time em- 
 ployed at the blockade of Genoa. On his return 
 home, towards the close of the same year, he joined 
 the Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones, stationed in 
 the Channel ; and we next, from Jan. 1802 until 
 Jan. 1807, find him discharging the duties of Mid- 
 shipman, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant in 
 the Buffalo store-ship, commanded in the East 
 Indies and at New South Wales by Capts. Wm. 
 Kent, Philip Gidley King, and John Houston. On 
 the date last mentioned he became Acting-First- 
 Lieutenant of the Porpoise store-ship, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Bligh, in which 
 he continued until invested with the command of 
 the Lady Nelson armed brig, then about to be em- 
 ployed in removing the settlers from Norfolk Island 
 to the Derwent and Port Dalrymple. In April, 
 1803, Mr. Kent, whose confirmation in the rank of 
 Lieutenant did not take place until 17 May, 1809, 
 rejoined the Pokpoise in the capacity of Acting- 
 Commander. In Jan. 18U, on his return to England, 
 after having endured a long and rigorous imprison- 
 ment on board the Porpoise "at New South Wales 
 by order of Commodore Bligh, he was brought to a 
 court-martial upon certain charges preferred against 
 him by that officer, of all of which, however, he 
 was acquitted, being at the same time compli- 
 mented for the conduct he had evinced under the 
 extreme and extraordinary difficulties in which he 
 had been placed. His last appointments were — 
 25 April and 19 Deo. 1812, to the Union 98, Capts. 
 Sam. Hood Linzee, Wm. Kent, and Robt. RoUes, 
 and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Sparrowhawk 
 sloop, Capt. Thos. Ball Clowes, both on the Medi- 
 terranean station ; where, in the latter vessel, he 
 had the misfortune to encounter an accident which 
 caused liim excruciating torture, and to be confined 
 to his bed for a considerable length of time, blind 
 of both eyes, and without surgical assistance. In 
 Sept. 1814 he took up a Commander's commission 
 dated on 15 of the previous June. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 30 Deo. 1830, Susannah EUzabeth, 
 third daughter of the late John Rankin, Esq., mer- 
 chant, of Greenock, N.B., by whom he has issue. 
 
 KENYON. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 17; h-p., 7.) 
 George Kesyon, born 10 March, 1811, is fourth 
 son of the Hon. Thos. Kenyon, of Pradoe, near 
 Shrewsbury, Clerk of the Outlawries in the Court of 
 Queen's Bench, by Louisa Choxlotte, second daugh- 
 
 ter of the Rev. John Robt. Lloyd, of Aston Hall, 
 Shropshire ; and nephew of the present Lord Ken- 
 yon. His eldest brother, Lloyd, is a Captain in the 
 Royal Horse Guards ; and his next, William, is in 
 the Hon. E. I. Co.'s military service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl, Vol., on board the Jasper 10, Capt. Alex. 
 Dundas Young Arbuthnott, whom he followed into 
 the Redwing 18, and Terror bomb— visiting St. 
 Petersburg in the former vessel, and Algiers in the 
 latter. Between Sept. 1824 and May, 1828, he 
 served uninterruptedly, as Midshipman, on the 
 Home, South American, and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, in the Bulwark 74, Capt. Dundas, Wellesley 
 74 and Spaetiate 76, both commanded by Capt. 
 Graham Eden Hamond, and Ariadne, Capt. Adol- 
 phus FitzClarence. In May, 1829, having passed the 
 last 12 months in study on shore, he joined the Vic- 
 tory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot ; and, towards the 
 close of the same year, he returned to South Ame- 
 rica in the Volage 28, Capt. Lord Colchester. In 
 that frigate, of which he became Mate 1 Oct. 1830, 
 Mr. Kenyon escorted the ex-Emperor and Empress 
 of Brazil to Cherbourg in April, 1831, and was em- 
 ployed during the winter of 1832 in enforcing the 
 embargo on the coast of Holland, whence, in Dec. 
 of that year, he brought to England, under circum- 
 stances of great difficulty, the Ondermening, a de- 
 tained Dutch vessel. He next, until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 1 Dec. 1837, served, off 
 Lisbon, in the Mediterranean, at Devonport, and 
 again off Lisbon, in the Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. 
 Rich. Saunders Dundas, San Josef and Royal Ade- 
 laide, both fiag-ships of Sir Wm. Hargood, and 
 Hercules 74, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge 
 Berkeley and John Toup Nicolas. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 15 Feb. 1838, to the Sala- 
 mander steamer, Capts. Sidney Colpoys Dacres 
 and Hastings Reginald Henry, in which vessel he 
 was at first employed on the north coast of Spain 
 under Lord John Hay, then in crujzing after the 
 unfortunate Fairy, and finally in making a voyage 
 to St. Petersburg— and 20 Oct. 1841, to the Mada- 
 gascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of 
 Africa. Soon after his arrival on the latter station 
 Lieut. Kenyon assumed the temporary command of 
 the BoNETTA brigantine. On rejoining the Mada- 
 gascar he assisted in capturing five slave-vessels, 
 and in effecting the release of 1400 negroes ; and 
 on one occasion, while in command of the ship's 
 boats, 60 miles up the Congo river, he destroyed all 
 the baracoons on its banks, and entered into a treaty 
 with the native chiefs for the suppression of the slave- 
 trade. On being subsequently placed in charge of 
 a prize, he destroyed several other baracoons, and 
 succeeded in rescuing 120 slaves after a contest 
 with a very superior number of the natives, and a 
 loss to the British of 4 men killed and wounded. In 
 Aug. 1842 Lieut. Kenyon was sent to St. Helena 
 with a Brazilian prize, but in consequence of the 
 leaky condition of the vessel he was under the ne- 
 cessity of leaving her at Fernando Po, where he 
 took command of the Soudan, a small flat-bottomed 
 steamer, built for the navigation of the Niger, and 
 with only stowage-room for a week's fuel, in which 
 he proceeded to Sierra Leone. Owing to the pre- 
 valence of calms, and to the cause last named, he 
 did not reach his destination until after a length- 
 ened voyage, during which the greatest distress was 
 occasioned by a failure both in water and provisions. 
 He invalided home from severe and nearly fatal ill- 
 ness in April, 1843, and on 1 of the following July 
 was advanced to his present rank. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 KEPPEL. (Captain, 1837. r-P., 18 ; h-p., 7.) 
 The Honourable Henry Keppel, born 14 June, 
 1809, is fourth son of the Earl of Albemarle, by 
 Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, fourth daughter of Ed- 
 ward Lord de Clifford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1822 ; passed 
 his examination in 1828; obtained his first com- 
 mission 29 Jan. 1829; joined, 11 Feb. 1830, and 20 
 
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 KERR. 
 
 July, 1831, the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, 
 and Maoicienne 24, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge 
 — the latter on the East India station ; was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 30 Jan. 1833; 
 served from 16 May, 1834, until the spring of 1838, 
 in the Childers 16, in the Mediterranean and at 
 the Cape of Good Hope ; attained his present rank 
 5 Dec. 1837 ; and, from 30 Aug. 1841 until his return 
 to England in 1845, commanded the Dido 18. He 
 served, in the latter vessel, at the capture of Woo- 
 sung and Shanghae, and in the operations on the 
 Yang-tse-Kiang, in 1842;* and in Aug. 1844, with 
 only the Dioo and Hon. E. I. Co.'s steamer Phle- 
 GETHON under his orders, he attacked a large pira- 
 tical settlement on the island of Borneo ; where, while 
 the loss of the British amounted to 32 men killed 
 and 30 wounded, the enemy had five of their towns 
 destroyed, 250 men killed, some thousands of 
 houses and 200 or 300 proas of various descriptions 
 burnt, and 70 brass guns and 13 flags taken. Since 
 he was paid off Capt. Keppel has been unemployed. 
 He married, 25 Feb. 1839, Katherine Louisa, 
 daughter of the late General Sir John Crosbie, 
 G.C.H., of Watergate, co. Sussex. Agent — Jo- 
 seph Woodhead. 
 
 KERR, Lord. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Lord Frederick Herbert Kerr, born 30 Sept. 
 1818, is third son of WiUiam, sixth Marquess of 
 Lothian, K.T., by his second wife, Harriet, daugh- 
 ter of Henry, third Duke of Buccleuch. His lord- 
 ship, who is half-uncle of the present Marquess, is 
 brother of Lord Chas. Lennox Kerr, an officer in 
 the 42nd Regt., and Aide-de-Camp to the late Lord 
 Lieutenant of Ireland, and of Lord Mark Ralph 
 Geo. Kerr, a Captain in the Army ; brother-in-law 
 both of Lord Clinton and of Sir John Stuart Forbes, 
 Bart. ; and first-cousin of Commander Hon. M. 
 Kerr, R.N., as also of Lieut. H. A. Kerr, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 June, 1831 ; 
 passed his examination in 1837 ; and was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 21 Oct. 1840, into the Gorgon steamer, Capt. 
 Wm. Honyman Henderson, on the Mediterranean 
 station, where he removed, 16 Jan. 1841, to the 
 Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart. The latter 
 ship being paid off in the spring of 1842, he was 
 next appointed, 7 Feb. 1843, and 18 April, 1844, to 
 the Thondereolt steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Natha- 
 niel Broke, and Winchester 50, bearing the flag of 
 Hon. Josceline Percy, in which ships he was for 
 three years employed at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 He attained his present rank 3 July, 1846, and has 
 since been on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 KERR. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 George Kerr passed his examination 22 May, 
 1837 ; and was employed as Mate in the Hastings 
 72, Capt. John Lawrence, Agincoort 72, and Cam- 
 perdown 104, fiag-ships of Sir Thos. John Cochrane 
 and Sir Edw. Brace, and Pluto steam-vessel, Lieut.- 
 Commander Wm. Pearson Crozier, on the Mediter- 
 ranean and Home stations. He attained his present 
 rank 14 Aug. 1844, and on 9 of the following Sept. 
 was appointed to the Flying Fish 12, Capt. Robt. 
 Harris, fitting at Portsmouth. He was almost im- 
 mediately afterwards superseded, and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 KERE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 George Collier Kerr entered the Navy in 
 1831 ; passed his examination 15 Feb. 1839 ; and 
 after serving for nearly three years as Mate of the 
 Agincodrt 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir 
 Thos. John Cochrane, was made Lieutenant, 15 Jan. 
 1845, into the Plover surveying-vesselj'Capt. Rich. 
 CoUinson, with whom he returned home from the 
 East Indies and was paid off at the close of 1846. 
 
 KERR. (Lieutenant, 1844.)' 
 
 Henry Ashburton Kerr, bornin 1821, is third son 
 of the late Lord Robt. Kerr, a Lieutenant-Colonel 
 * ride Gaz. 1842, pp. S400, 3404. 
 
 in the Army, by Mary, daughter of the Kev. Edm. 
 Gilbert, of Windsor House, Cornwall ; and grand- 
 son of William John, fifth Marquess of Lothian, 
 His eldest brother, Wm. Walter Raleigh, is Assist- 
 ant Auditor-General at the Mauritius; and his 
 youngest, Robt. Dundas, is an officer in the R.E. 
 The Lieutenant (whose first-cousin, Lord Fred. 
 Herbert Kerr, is a Commander in the Navy) is 
 brother-in-law of Lieut-General Sir Wm. Maynard 
 Gomm, K.C.B., and of Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Henry 
 Cornwall, of the Coldstream Guards. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 26 May, 1841 ; 
 and from the early part of 1842 until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 19 Deo. 1844^ was employed 
 in the Pacific as Mate of the Caeysfort 26, Capt. 
 Lord Geo. Paulet. He has been serving since 16 
 Aug. 1845 in the President 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, at the Cape_ of Good 
 Hope. 
 
 KERR. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 James Kerr was born 30 March, 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseos 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Hope, employed at the Cape of Good Hope. In 
 Nov. 1807, after he had been for a short time at- 
 tached to the Ganges 74, commanded in the Baltic 
 by Capt. Peter Halkett, he rejoined Capt. Hope as 
 Midshipman in the Pompee 74, then lying at Chat- 
 ham. From March, 1808, until Oct. 1811, we again 
 find him in the Baltic on board the Victory 100, 
 flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Tartar frigate, 
 Capt. Joseph Baker. He was then received into 
 the Namur 74, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir 
 Thos. Williams ; on leaving whom, in May, 1812, he 
 went back to the Victory. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant, 20 Nov. 1812, in the Plover sloop, Capt. 
 Colin Campbell ; and was subsequently, on his re- 
 turn from a voyage to Quebec, appointed — 24 Dec. 
 1813, and 3 Hay, 1814, to the Scarborodgh and 
 AcHiLLE 74's, flag-ships in the North Sea and at 
 the Brazils of Admirals John Ferrier and Manley 
 Dixon — and, 28 Aug. 1815, to the Alert 18, Capt. 
 John Smith, on the Home station. He has been. on 
 half-pay since 1816. 
 
 Lieut. Kerr married, 1 Jan. 1833, Helen, eldest 
 daughter of the late Adam Smith, Esq., of Stock- 
 bridge ; and has issue one son. 
 
 KERR. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 John James Kerr entered the Navy 6 July, 1813 ; 
 and was Midshipman of the Impregnable 98, flag- 
 ship of Rear- Admiral David Milne, at the battle of 
 Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816: He passed his examination 
 in 1819 ; obtained his commission 13 Aug. 1830 ; and, 
 with the exception of a period of rather more than 
 three years (from 28 Jan. 1837 until the spring of 
 1840) employed in the Coast Guard, has since been 
 on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KERE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 The Honourable Mark Kerr, born 3 April, 
 1814, is second surviving son (by Charlotte, late 
 Countess of Antrim, third daughter of Randall, late 
 Marquess of Antrim) of the late Lord Mark Robt. 
 Kerr, Vice-Admiral of the White.* He is grand- 
 son of Wm. John, fifth Marquess of Lothian, K.T., 
 Colonel of the 11th Regt. of Dragoons; brother of 
 the present Earl of Antrim ; brother-in-law of the 
 Earl of Abingdon ; and first-cousin of Lord Fred. 
 Herbert Kerr, Commander R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1834 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 10 Oct. 1837 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 29 April, 1838, to the 
 Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, in which ship 
 
 • Lord Mark Robert Kerr w.os horn in 1776. He was Mid- 
 shipman of the Lion 04 in Lord Macartney's expedition to 
 China in 1702 ; Lieutenant of the Sans Pareil 80 in Loid 
 liridport's action in 1795 ; and Capt. of the Cormorant 20 at 
 the reduction of Minorc \ in 1798. On the renewal of hos- 
 tilities in 1 803 his Lordship obtained command of the Fisqard 
 frigate. He became a Rear-Admiral in 1821, attained the 
 rank of Vice-Admiral in 1837, and died 9 Sept. 1840. . 
 
KERR-KEVERN-KEY. 
 
 611 
 
 he served under Sir Gordon Bremer during the 
 war in China— 9 Feb. 1842 and 15 April, 1844, to 
 the FoitMiDABLE 84 and Queen 110, both com- 
 manded by Sir Chas. Sullivan on the Mediterranean 
 station— and 21 Aug. 184.5, to the President 50, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Kich. Dacres at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. He attained his present rank 
 12 Jan. 1846 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 KEER. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 14; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Patkick Kekr entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1809, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dbsiree 36, Capt. 
 Arthur Farquhar, employed off the Texel ; and from 
 Aug. 1810, until April, 1815, served on the North 
 Sea and American stations, chiefly as Midshipman, 
 in the San Domingo 74 and Cleopatra frigate, 
 both commanded by Capt. Chas. Gill — the former 
 as flag-ship to Sir Kich. Strachan and Sir John Bor- 
 lase Warren. He then returned to England in the 
 ToNNANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane ; 
 and in Oct. 1815, after his name had been borne for 
 short periods on the books of various ships, he re- 
 moved to the TowET 24, Capts. Hew Steuart and 
 Wm. Hill, fitting for the East Indies, where he was 
 employed for a period of three years. He next, in 
 April, 1819, joined the Dover 28, bearing the flag 
 at Leith of Hear- Admiral liobt. Waller Otway, with 
 whom he remained until Nov. 1821 . In the early 
 part of 1822 we again find him sailing for the East 
 Indies in the Liffey 50 ; of which ship, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant, he was 
 created an Acting-Lieutenant 23 Dec. in the same 
 year. He was confirmed, 7 March, 1823, into the 
 Madagascak frigate, Capt. Evan Nepean; but 
 since his arrival home in the following Oct. has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 KERR. (Commander, 1838.) 
 
 Robert Kerr entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1819 ; 
 passed his examination in 1826 ; and on the occa- 
 sion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 
 Aug. 1828, was appointed to the Abachne 18, in 
 which vessel he served with Capts. Nixon, Erskine, 
 and Deare, on the West India station. Until the 
 summer of 1830. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 17 Feb. 1832, to the Conway 28, Capt. Henry 
 Eden, employed at first in the North Sea, and after- 
 wards in the Tagus and South America— and 6 May, 
 1837, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the 
 Mediterranean station. He attained his present 
 rank 28 June, 1838 ; and since 11 Oct. 1842 has been 
 employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 KEVERN. (Retired Commander, 1827. p-p., 
 19; H-p., 43.) 
 Richard Kevern entered the Navy, in 1785, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Irresistible 74, 
 Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, guard-ship at 
 Chatham, where he served for a period of four 
 years. He was next, until Nov. 1794, employed on 
 the Newfoundland station, part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Pegasus, Capts. Herbert Sawyer 
 and Wm. Domett, Assistance, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 King, and Tbepassey cutter, Lieut.-Commander 
 Jahleel Brenton — of which latter vessel he was 
 created a Lieutenant 24 Oct. 1793. His succeeding 
 appointments .were, on the Home station — 7 Jan. 
 1795, to the Cjesar 80, Capts. Chas. Edra. Nugent 
 and Roddam Home — 2 June, 1798, to the Cjesar 
 80, Capt. Collis— 5 April, 1799, to the St. George 
 98, Capt. Sampson Edwards— in 1801, to the San 
 Josef 110, Capt. Wm. Wolseley, which ship was 
 paid off in the following year— 6 March, 1804, to the 
 Jamaica 24, Capt. Jonas Rose— 21 May, 1805, to 
 the command of the Exertion gun-brig— 11 Jan. 
 1806, to the Sea Fencibles at Weymouth— and 26 
 April following, as Senior, to the Sheldrake 16, 
 Capt. John Thicknesse. On 12 Oct. 1806 Lieut. 
 Kevern took part in an action of an hour and a 
 quarter, fought in the Bay of Erqui, between a 
 British squadron, consisting of the Sheldrake, 
 Constance 22, Strenuous gun-brig, and Britannia 
 
 cutter, on the one hand, and, on the other, a French 
 force, amounting to the Salamandre of 26 guns and 
 80 men, a 2-gun battery planted on a hill, and one 
 or two field-pieces, together with a few troops, on 
 the beach ; the termination whereof was the sur- 
 render of the enemy's ship, after a loss to herself 
 of about 29 men killed, independently of several 
 wounded, and to the British of 10 killed and 23 
 wounded. The assistance afforded by Lieut. Kevern 
 on the occasion was particularly noticed by Capt. 
 Thicknesse, who, in his letter to the Admiralty, de- 
 scribed him as a most meritorious and able officer, 
 and recommended him in consequence to their lord- 
 ships' favourable attention.* He left theSHELDRAKE 
 in a state of ill health in the following Nov., and 
 accepted his present rank 3 Dec. 1827. 
 
 He is married, and has issue a son, the present 
 Lieut. Rich. C. Kevern, R.N. 
 
 KEVERN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Richard Charles Kevern, bom 20 July, 1811, 
 is son of Retired Commander Rich. Kevern, R.N. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1825, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 120, Capt. 
 Philip Pipon, lying in Hamoaze ; and after a servi- 
 tude of nearly twelve months in the Channel on 
 board the Camelion 10, Capt. Michael Seymour, 
 became Midshipman, in Aug. 1826, of the Windsor 
 Castle 74, Capt. Edw. Durnford King. Removing, 
 in Feb. 1828, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, 
 he was for upwards of three years employed in that 
 ship on the Mediterranean station ; after which we 
 find him doing duty as Mate, off Lisbon, again in 
 the Mediterranean, as also in the West Indies and 
 in China, on board the Ro-mney troop-ship, Master- 
 Commander Chas. Brown, Thunderer 84, Capt. 
 Wm. Furlong Wise, Crocodile 28, Capt. Jas. 
 Polkinghorne, and Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Hum- 
 phrey Le Fleming Senhouse. For his services in 
 the latter ship during the early part of the hosti- 
 lities with the Chinese he was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841, but he did not receive 
 his commission until the middle of the following 
 Oct., by which period he had further assisted at the 
 capture of Amoy and Chinghae.f He then became 
 First of the Larne 18, Capt. Patrick John Blake, 
 with whom he returned home and was paid off' in 
 July, 1842. His last appointments were for short 
 periods — 9 Sept. 1844, to the Cruizer 16, Capt. 
 Edw. Gennys Fanshawe, fitting at Chatham— 21 
 Oct. 1845, as Additional, to the Penelope steiim- 
 frigate, Commodore Wm. Jones, on the coast of 
 Africa — and, 3 March, 1846, to the Pantaloon 10, 
 Capts. Edm. Wilson and Henry John Douglas. He 
 came from the West Indies at the commencement 
 of 1847, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 KEY. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 1.) 
 
 AsTLEY Cooper Key entered the Navy 2 Aug. 
 1833; passed his examination 19 Aug. 1840; and 
 after an intermediate servitude as Mate in the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 22 Dec. 1842. His succeeding appointments 
 were, 28 Feb. 1843 and 9 Feb. 1844, to the CURA50A 
 24, Capt. Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, and Gorgon 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Chas. Hotham, both on the South 
 American station. On 20 Nov. 1845 it was his lot 
 to command the Fanny tender, and to be slightly 
 wounded, during the battle of the Parana ; on which 
 occasion the combined squadrons of England and 
 France effected the destruction, after a hard day's 
 fighting, of four heavy batteries belonging to Gene- 
 ral Rosas at Pimta Obligado, also of a schooner-of- 
 war mounting 6 guns, and of 24 vessels chained 
 across the river.J He was in consequence promoted 
 to his present rank by commission dated 18 Nov. 
 1845 ;§ and since 3 May, 1847, has been in command 
 of the Bulldog steam-sloop, of 500 horse-power, on 
 the coast of Portugal. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1364. + V. Ga?,. 1842, pp. 82, 307. 
 t r. Gaj. 1846, pp. 8I.% 818. } T. Gai. 1846, p. 861. 
 412 
 
612 
 
 KEYS-KIDDLE— KING. 
 
 KEYS. (Retieed Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Datid Keys entered the Navy, in 1786, as Ordi- 
 nary, on board the Dictator 64, Capt. Wm. Parker, 
 lying at Sheerness, where he remained but a short 
 period. He served next, for some months in 1790, 
 and again in 1792-3, in the Brune frigate, Capt. Da^ 
 vldge Gould, as also in the Centdhion 50, Capt. 
 Sam. Osborne, on the West India station; after 
 which he was for about four years employed on the 
 Home station, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 in the Comet, Capt. Wm. Bradley, Hebo, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Thomson, and Prisce, flag-ship 
 of Sir Roger Curtis. He was confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant, 21 July, 1798, in the Centaur 74, Capt. John 
 Markham, under whom he was present at the sur- 
 render of the island of Minorca, the destruction of 
 the Spanish frigate El Guadahvpe of 40 guns, and 
 the capture of a French squadron of three frigates 
 and two brigs commanded by Rear- Admiral Perree. 
 He left the Centaur in July 1798, and was after- 
 wards appointed— 3 April, 1804, to the Roebdck 44, 
 flag-ship at Leith and at Plymouth of Rear-Admirals 
 Jas. Vashon and Billy Douglas— 6 Dec. 1805, for a 
 brief period, to the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Camp- 
 bell, lying in the river Thames— 5 Sept. 1822, to the 
 Coast Guard, in which service he continued until 
 the close of 1833— and 3 March, 1834, to the Ordi- 
 nary at Plymouth, where he remained for about 
 three years and a half. He became a Retired Com- 
 mander on the Senior List 12 Oct. 1841. 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 KIDDLE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 26; h-p., 15.) 
 
 John Kiddie entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. \Vm. 
 Lukin, Jas. Katon, John Surman Carden, and Henry 
 Raper, in which ship, after attending Admiral Gam- 
 bier's expedition to Copenhagen, he continued to 
 serve as Midshipman, on the Channel and Lisbon 
 stations, until Feb. 1813. He then joined the Bel- 
 jlerophon 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats ^t Newfoundland, where, shortly after his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 29 July, 1814, he removed to the Challenger 
 16, Capts. Fred. Edw. Vernon and Henry Forbes. 
 His appointments, since the paying off of the latter 
 vessel in Sept. 1815, have been — 15 Oct. 1830, to the 
 Talavera Coast Blockade ship, Capts. Hugh Pigot 
 and David Colby— 16 April, 1831, to the Coast 
 Guard — 11 June, 1833, to the command of the Fox 
 Revenue-vessel — 22 June, 1836, to the Coast Guard 
 ■ — 29 Jan. 1844, to the command of the Harpy, an- 
 other Revenue-cruizer — and 22 April, 1847, again 
 to the Coast Guard, in which he is at present 
 serving. 
 
 KING, Kt, K.C.H. (Vice-Admibal of the Red, 
 1841. F-p., 24; H-p., 37.) 
 
 Sir Edward Dhrnford King is son of the late 
 "Wm. King, Esq., of Southampton, and of Harbest 
 and Brockley, co. Suffolk, by Hannah, daughter and 
 co-heiress of Anthony Isaacson, Esq., of Fenton, co. 
 Northumberland; and brother of the late Capt. 
 Andw. King, R.N.* 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne, from 24 
 March, 1786, until 1788, on the books of the Irre- 
 sistible 74, guard-ship at Chatham, Capt. Sir Andw. 
 Snape Hamond) embarked, in June, 1789, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Director 64, Capt. Thos. 
 ■West, and was next, between Nov. 1790 and Feb. 
 1793, employed, on the Home, American, and New- 
 
 * The above officer was Midshipman of the Beller^hon 
 in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, \794, He served 
 as Senior Lieutenant of the Andromeda frigate at the de- 
 struction of a French squadron in Dunherque harbour 7 July, 
 1799 ; was First also of La DislREE in the action off Copen- 
 hagen 2 April, 1801 ; and, as Fourth of the Victory, par- 
 ticipated in the glories of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. In 1807 
 he commanded the Heb e armed ship at the siege of Copen. 
 hagen ; as lie did the Venerable 74 in the attack upon 
 Flushing in 1 809, and the Iphioe ma frigate at the reduction 
 of Genoa in 1814. His promotion to Post-rank took place 
 13 Oct. 1807. He died Superintendent of the Packet Esta- 
 blishment at Falmouth 30 June, 18.35. j 
 
 foiindland stations, in the Eotne 98, Capt. Geo. 
 Bowyer, Carnatic 74, Capt. John Ford, Belloha 
 74, Capt. Fras. John Hartwell, Resistance, Capt. 
 John O'Brien, Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andw. Snape 
 Douglas, and Assistance, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 King. He then successively joined, in the capa- 
 city of Master's Mate, the Prince, Barfleor, and 
 Glory 98's, the latter commanded by Capt. Bour- 
 master, and the two former by Capt. Cuthbert Col- 
 lingwood, Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Bowyer, 
 through whose recommendation of his conduct on 
 board the Barfleur in the actions of 29 May and 
 1 June, 1794, he was promoted, on 5 Sept. in that 
 year, to a Lieutenancy in the Robust 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Thombrough. Being appointed, 30 June, 
 1795, to the Dryad of 44 guns and 251 men, Capts. 
 Rohit. Forbes and Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Mr. 
 King, as First-Lieutenant to the latter officer, as- 
 sisted at the capture, 13 June, 1796, after a close 
 and spirited action of 45 minutes, attended with a 
 loss to the British of only 2 men killed and 7 
 wounded, of the French frigate La Proserpine^ of 
 42 guns and 348 men, 30 of whom were slain and 45 
 wounded. Being recommended by his Captain on 
 the occasion as an officer truly deserving the notice 
 of the Lords Commissioners,* and being in conse-, 
 quence rewarded with a Commander's commission 
 hearing date 23 of the same month, he was ap- 
 pointed, 21 June, 1798, to the command of the 
 Gaiete sloop-of-war, employed at first in the North 
 Sea, and then in the West Indies, where he co-ope- 
 rated, as senior officer of a squadron in the Gulf of 
 Paria, in the protection of Trininad, cruized with 
 much success off the island of Guadeloupe, and was 
 often under the fire of the enemy's batteries. On 
 28 Sept. 1800 Capt. King was nominated Acting- 
 Captain of the Leviathan 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Thos- Duckworth — an appointment which the Ad- 
 miralty confirmed 8 Jan. 1801. In the following 
 June, after he had assisted at the reduction of the 
 French island of St. Martin, and of the Danish and 
 Swedish islands of Ste. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. 
 Bartholomew, and had gained the approbation of 
 the Commander-in-Chief for the manner in which, 
 in conjunction with Brigadier-Generals Maitland 
 and Fuller, he had settled the terms of capitula- 
 tion,t he removed to the Andromeda frigate, also 
 on the West India station, whence, in Nov. of the 
 same year, he invalided. His next appointment was, 
 16 April, 1805, to the Endymion 40, in which frigate 
 we find him, until the ensuing September, employed 
 in the blockade of Cadiz. On 19 Aug., being on 
 the look-out off Cape St. Mary, Capt. King fell in 
 with the combined fleets, of France and Spain, c.on- 
 sisting of 26 sail-of-the-line and nine frigates, whom, 
 although he was chased by two of the former and 
 one of the latter, he contrived to watch J into the 
 port of Cadiz. He then, having closely reconnoitred 
 the enemy, repaired with the intelligence of their 
 situations, and of their partially dismantled state, to 
 Vice-Admiral ColUngwood, at the time off the Gut 
 of Gibraltar with only four ships-of-the-line, who 
 thereupon immediately returned to Cadiz and re- 
 sumed the blockade. Impressed with a full sense of 
 Capt. King's zeal and ability, the Vice-Admiral 
 afterwards selected him to follow the enemy, in the 
 event of their quitting Cadiz, and communicate to 
 the government at home, and the squadrons to the 
 northward, the circumstance of their approach and 
 probable destination— a service of the utmost im- 
 portance. Napoleon being at the period in anxious 
 expectation of their arrival in the Channel in order 
 to enable him to carry into execution his long-pro- 
 jected descent upon England. The Franco-Spanish 
 fleet, however, as is well known, remained in Cadiz 
 until the arrival of the force Under Lord Nelson, 
 shortly after which the battle of Trafalgar for ever 
 checked its career. At that particular epoch Capt. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1796, p. 579. 
 
 t K Gaz. 1801, pp. 516, ."119, 521. 
 
 t He even, by a ruse de fjuerret deterred them from con- 
 tinning the pursuit they had commenced of the few ships 
 subsequently alluded to as being under the command of 
 Vice-Admiral Collingwood. 
 
KING. 
 
 613 
 
 King was absent on a special service at Gibraltar, 
 and he was in consequence deprived of an oppor- 
 tunity of sharing in the triumph that was then 
 achieved. He continued in the Endymion until 
 Aug. 1806, and was subsequently appointed — 23 
 March, 1807, to the Monmouth 64, in which ship, 
 on his arrival with a valuable convoy in India, he 
 assisted at the capture of Tranquebar — 24 Sept. 
 1811, after three years of half-pay, to the Rodney 
 74, part of the force employed at the blockade of 
 Toulon, where he continued until Nov. 1812 — 14 
 Nov. 1814, to the Coknwallis 74, fitting for the 
 East Indies, the command of which ship his health 
 obliged him to resign 21 Dec. following— and 27 
 May, 1825, to the Windsor Castle 74, stationed 
 at first as a guard-ship at Plymouth, and next at- 
 tached to an expedition to Lisbon, whence he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off in May, 1828. 
 On 22 July, 1830, our officer was advanced to the 
 rank of Rear- Admiral ; and in Jan. 1833 he was 
 knighted and created a K.C.H. He afterwards 
 commanded-in-chief, at first on the Brazil and Cape 
 of Good Hope stations, and then on the Cape station 
 alone, from 29 July, 1840, until the close of 1842 ; 
 and since 18 April, 1845 (his promotion to the rank 
 of Vice- Admiral having taken place 23 Nov. 1841), 
 he has had the chief command at the Nore. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommauney. 
 
 KING. (COMMANDEK, 1814. F-P., 11 ; H-p., 32.) 
 George King (a) entered the Navy, 1 May, 1804, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Utrecht 64, Capts. 
 John Wentworth Loring, Fras. Pickmore, and 
 Henry Inman, lying in the Downs ; and from Jan. 
 1805, until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 3 Sept. 1810, was employed under the present Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen, latterly as Master's Mate, in 
 the iMMORTAtiTi and Clyde frigates. He was con- 
 sequently present in several affairs with the enemy's 
 flotilla ; also in the attack made with Congreve's 
 rockets on the town of Boulogne in Oct. 1806, and 
 in the operations against Flushing in 1809. On the 
 occasion of his promotion as above, Mr. King joined 
 the Ariel sloop, Capt. Daniel Ross, and sailed for 
 the Baltic. From March, 1812, until within a few 
 days of his attainment of the rank of Commander, 
 15 June, 1814, he served off the mouth of the Scheldt 
 in the Inconstant 36 and Cornwall 74, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Owen. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Commander King is a Magistrate at Van Die- 
 men's Land. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 KING. (Commander, 1821.) 
 
 George Morison King entered the Navy, in 
 June, 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Theseos 74, 
 commanded by the late Sir John Poo Beresford, and 
 was for some time employed in the Channel and off 
 Ferrol. Sailing next for the East Indies in the 
 Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, he witnessed the 
 capture of tlie Isle of France in Dec. 1810; after 
 which he returned to England in the Iphigenia 36, 
 Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and in 1812, having 
 rejoined Sir J. P. Beresford on board the Poic- 
 TiERS 74, proceeded to the Chesapeake, where he 
 saw a good deal of boat-service and assisted at the 
 bombardment of Louis Town. In 1813 he was pro- 
 moted by Sir John Borlase Warren to a Lieutenancy 
 in the Ringdove 18, Capt. Wm. Dowers, also on the 
 North American station, whence, owing to some in- 
 formality which had there occurred in his examin- 
 ation, he was under the necessity of returning to 
 England, and of undergoing a second probationary 
 ordeal. His official promotion did not in conse- 
 quence take place until 22 Oct. 1814. He after- 
 wards became Flag-Lieutenant to Lord Exmouth 
 in the Boyne 98, and, on accompanying that officer 
 into the Queen Charlotte 100, it was his fortune 
 to participate in the same capacity in the battle of 
 Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion he was 
 wounded in the leg.* In July, 1821, after he had 
 been for a period on half-pay, he was ordered to 
 * rirfoG«7,.lsl6, p. 1972. 
 
 join the Royal George yacht, on the King's staff, 
 two Lieutenants not being at the time allowed, and 
 one having been already appointed. While in that 
 vessel he attended His Majesty (George IV.) on the 
 occasion of his visit to Ireland, and he was always 
 present in the boat in which the royal personage 
 landed and re-embarked. He was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander by a commission bearing date 
 14 Dec. 1821 ; and he was lastly, from Feb. 1823 
 until 1832, employed in the Coast Guard ; on leav- 
 ing which service the officers and men late under 
 his superintendence presented him with a handsome 
 snuft-box "as a testimony of their respect and 
 esteem." 
 
 He married, 27 June, 1825, Anne Sarah, relict of 
 Fras. Hoey, Esq., of Dunganstown, co. Wicklow, 
 and sister of Matthew Forde, Esq., M.P. for co. 
 Down. By that lady he has issue. 
 
 KING. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 13; h-p'., 12.) 
 
 George St. Vincent King, bom 15 July, 1809, is 
 second son (by his first wife, Sarah Anne, only 
 daughter of Admiral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, 
 G.C.B.) of the late Vioe-Admiral Sir Rich. King, 
 Bart., K.C.B.,* whose second wife was a daughter 
 of Admiral Sir Chas. Cotton, Bart. Capt. King is 
 brother of the present Sir Rich. Duckworth King, 
 Bart., of Belle Vue, co. Kent ; brother-in-law of 
 Sir Jas. S. Lake, Bart. ; and nephew, by marriage, 
 of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, G.C.B. His 
 grandfather. Admiral Sir Rich. King, Bart., who 
 died in 1806, distinguished himself in India during- 
 the conflicts between Sir Edw. Hughes and Admiral 
 de Sufii-ein in 1782-3. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 8 
 Feb. 1822, and embarked in 1824, as Midshipman, 
 on board the Revenge 76, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, 
 bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Harry 
 Burrard Neale, with whom he continued until 1827. 
 In 1828 he joined the Java 52, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Hall Gage in the East Indies, whence 
 he returned to England on the occasion of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Jan. 1830. 
 His next appointments were, 2 June, 1830, and 29 
 Dec. 1831, to the Columbine 18 and Pallas 42, 
 Capts. Jas. Wallace Gabriel, Manley Hall Dixon, 
 and Wm. Walpole, both on the West India station. 
 He left the Pallas in Deo. 1833, and, obtaining a 
 second promotal commission 8 Aug. 1834, was lastly 
 employed in command, from 25 Jan. 1837 until paid 
 ofi'at the close of 1838, of the Champion 18, on the 
 West India station. He acquired his present rank 
 28 Aug. 1841. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KING. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 18; h-p., 34.) 
 Henry King entered the Navy, 28 Dec. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nam or 98, Capt. Jas. 
 Hawkins Whitshed, with whom, and latterly with 
 Rear- Admiral Geo. Campbell, he continued to serve, 
 as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, in the Barfleuk and TiM^RAIRE 98's, on the 
 Home, Mediterranean, and West India stations, 
 until Oct. 1802. His first commission bears date 
 18 of the latter month. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 13 April, 1803, to the Canopus 80, 
 bearing the flag of the last-mentioned officer in the 
 Mediterranean — 27 March, 1805, to the Ambuscade 
 32, Capt. Wm. D'Urban, with whom he was for four 
 years employed as Senior-Lieutenant on the same 
 station— 26 Sept. 1809, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Unit^ 36, Capts. Patrick Campbell and Edwin 
 Henry Chamberlayne, also in the Mediterranean, 
 whence (after having taken part in a very gallant 
 
 * Sir Rich. King was bom iu Nov. 1774. and in May 1794 
 was made a Post-Captain. He commanded the SlRiua 36 
 at tlie capture of the Dutch ships fVaahzcmlieid of 2fi guns 
 and 100 men, and Furie of 36 guns and 153 men, 24 Oct. 
 1798 ; was in the same ship, in company with L'Qiseau 36 
 at the taking, 27 Jan. IPOl, of the French fWgate La Dedaign- 
 euse of 36 guns ; and commanded the Achille 74 at the 
 battle of Trafalgar. He became a Rear-Admiral in 1812- 
 was nominated a K.C.B. in 1815; held the chief command 
 in the East Indies from 1816 to 1820 ; acquired the rank of 
 Vice- Admiral in 1821 ; and died Commander-in-Chief at the 
 Norc 4 Aug. 1834. 
 
614 
 
 KING. 
 
 action of an hour and a half in Sagone Bay, where 
 that frigate, in company with the Pomone 38, and 
 ScoDT ■ 18, effectually destroyed the armed store- 
 ships Giraffe and Nburrice, 'each mounting from 20 
 to 30 guns, and protected by a 5-gun hattery, a 
 martello tower, and a body of about 200 regular 
 troops) he invalided in Aug. 1811. — 1 May, 1812, to 
 the TiGEE 74, Capt. John Halliday, in the Channel 
 — and, 14 Sept. following, as First, to the Seahorse 
 38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon. In Aug. 1814, Lieut. 
 King (who had made a voyage to South America, 
 and had been for some time actively employed in 
 the Chesapeake) accompanied the brilliant expedi- 
 tion up the Potomac, where he assisted at the de- 
 struction of Fort Washington and witnessed the 
 capitulation of Alexandria. Such was his eagerness 
 to participate in the hardships and dangers encoun- 
 tered by the British during their subsequent descent 
 of the river that he actually left a sick bed for the 
 purpose of commanding at his quarters ; and the 
 two first guns he pointed each disabled a gun of the 
 enemy.* Proportionately great, therefore, was the 
 official praise bestowed upon him by Capt. Gordon. 
 He was in consequence promoted to his present 
 rank on 19 of the following Oct., but has not been 
 since afloat. 
 
 Commander King is a Police Magistrate at New 
 Zealand. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KING. (COMMANBEB, 1846.) 
 
 Henry King (6) passed his examination 18 June, 
 1839; served as Mate of the Weliesley 72, Com- 
 modore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, at the capture of 
 Canton and Chinghae, t in 1841 ; and was for some 
 time employed in the same capacity on board the 
 CoKNWALLis 72, Hag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, and 
 Herald 26, Capt. J.oseph Nias. "We are informed 
 that Mr. King, whose first commission bears date 8 
 Oct. 1841, was Lieutenant of the Ai<3EEIne at the 
 attack upon Chapoo and Woosung, and in the ope- 
 rations on the Yang-tse-Kiang in 1842. He after- 
 wards, from 7 Nov. 1843 until the summer of 1845, 
 served in the Apoi.lo troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Mao- 
 lean and Wm. Eadcliffe ; and on 9 Nov. 1846 he 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander. He has 
 since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KING. (Lieutenant, 1818. p-p., 10; h-p., 28.) 
 Henky King (a) entered the Navy, 21 May, 1809, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts. 
 Andrew King and Sir Home Popham, in which 
 ship, after attending the expedition to the Walche- 
 ren, he served in co-operation with the patriots on 
 the north coast of Spain until unfortunately taken 
 prisoner in a land affair at Guetaria 17 July, 1812. 
 On his return to liberty he joined, in May, 1814, the 
 Stirling Castle 74, commanded at first by Sir H. 
 Popham, and afterwards by Capt. Wm. Butterfield ; 
 and in the follovring Aug. he removed to the M.E- 
 ANDER 38, Capt. John Bastard, stationed off Lisbon 
 and Gibraltar. From June, 1815, until May, 1816, 
 we find him employed on board the Iris, flag-ship in 
 the Thames of his friend Sir Home Popham. In 
 Oct. 1817 he accompanied that officer, in the Sy- 
 BiLLE frigate, to the West Indies, where, on 29 Jan. 
 1818, he was nominated by him to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Rifleman 18, Capt. Norwich Duff — an act 
 Which the Admiralty confirmed by a commission 
 dated 30 April in the same year. Mr. King's next 
 appointments were to the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Geo. Bodney Phillott, Beaver sloop, Capts. Wm. 
 Popham and Rich. Saumarez, Iphigenia frigate, 
 Capt. Hyde Parker, and Sybille again, Capt. Wm. 
 Popham. He has been on half-pay, we believe, 
 since 1820. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 KtNG. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Bartlett King was Midshipman of the 
 Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, during the operations 
 of 1840 on the coast of Syria. He passed his exa- 
 inination 12 April, 1842; served as Mate in the 
 Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, Excellent 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1814, p. 2081. •(■ V. Gaz. 1842, p. 398. 
 
 gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Cboizee 
 16, Capt. Edw. Gennys Fanshawe, on the Pacific, 
 Home, and East India stations; obtained his com- 
 mission 7 Feb. 1846; and on 11 of the same month 
 was appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the Agin- 
 coDRT 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, also 
 in the East Indies. While in the Ckuizer we find 
 him assisting at the destruction, 19 Aug. 1845, by a 
 force under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the piratical set- 
 tlement of Malloodoo, the fiercely-defended strong- 
 hold of a Borneo chieftain named Scheriff Osman. 
 
 KING. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 James King passed his examination 11 July, 
 1840 ; and was for several years employed on the 
 Mediterranean, East India, and other stations, as 
 Mate, in the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nico- 
 las, Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, Childers 
 16, Capt. Geo. Greville Wellesley, and Apollo 
 troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Maclean and Wm. Radcliffe. 
 He obtained his commission 6 April, 1846, and is 
 still serving in the Apollo. 
 
 KING. (Eeae-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 33.) 
 The Honourable James William King is sixth 
 son of Robert, second Earl of Kingston, by Cathe- 
 rine, only daughter of Rich. Fitzgerald, Esq., of 
 Mount Ophaley, co. Kildare. He is brother of the 
 late Capt. Edw. King, R.N., as also of the late 
 Major-General Sir Henry King, K.C.B. ; brother- 
 in-law of the late Earl of Mountcashel ; and uncle 
 of the present Earl of Kingston. His nephew, 
 Lieut. Rich. Fitzgerald King, R.N. (1832), died 
 Senior of the Persian sloop, on the coast of Africa, 
 in 1840. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 .4.ug. 1797, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Sans Pareil 80, Capt. 
 Wm. Browell, bearing the flag of Lord Hugh Sey- 
 mour, at first in the Channel, and afterwards in the 
 West Indies, where, subsequently to the reduction 
 of Surinam, he became Midshipman, in 1801, of the 
 Carnatic 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. 
 Quitting the latter ship in 1802, he was next, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 March, 1804, 
 employed, on the Home station, in the Bittern 
 sloop, Capt. Robt. Arlett, Jamaica 24, Capt. Jonas 
 Rose, Unicorn and Ethalion frigates, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Chas. Stewart, and Minotaur 74, 
 Capt. Chas. John, Moore Mansfield. In the follow- 
 ing April he joined the Vanguard 74, Capts. 
 Andrew Fitzherbert Evans and Jas. Newman New- 
 man, with whom he served, again in the West 
 Indies, until 1805. In Dec. of that year we find 
 him appointed to the JEolvs 32, Capt. Lord Wm. 
 FitzRoy, on the Irish station. Being advanced, 15 
 Aug. 1806, to the command of the Melville sloop, 
 Capt. King was once more ordered to the West 
 Indies, where, in Dec. 1807, he assisted at the re- 
 duction of the Danish islands. While on the same 
 station he was removed, 29 July, 1808, to the Pelo- 
 Eus 18, and was posted, 18 Jan. 1809, into the Alc- 
 MENE frigate. His last appointment was, on 2 June 
 in the latter year, to the Jason 32 ; which frigate, 
 after having been employed at Newfoundland and 
 off Flushing, bore the flag of the Duke of Clarence 
 when H.R.H. escorted Louis XVIH. to the French 
 shore in April, 1814. Capt. King subsequently 
 conveyed the Emperor Alexandria, the King of 
 Prussia, and the Duchess of Oldenburgh to Calais, 
 on their return from England. He paid the Jason 
 off 14 Nov. 1814; and acquired his present rank 9 
 Nov. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 28 Nov. 1815, Caro- 
 line, second daughter of the late Most Rev. Euseby 
 Cleaver, Archbishop of Dublin, and has issue two 
 sons and three daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 KING. (Commander, 1825. r-p., 17; h-p., 24.) 
 John King was born 12 Sept. 1793. He belongs 
 
 to an old and very respectable family. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1806, as 
 
KING. 
 
 615 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess of Orange 74, 
 Capts. Joshua Sydney Horton and Fras. Beauman, 
 on the Downs station ; served in the Channel and 
 Mediterranean, from Aug. 1808 until July, 1810, as 
 Midshipman of the Sparkowhawk 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Pringle ; and then joined the Alceste 38, Capt. 
 Murray Maxwell. While in the latter ship he 
 aided, in company with the Belle Poule 38, in 
 destroying, 5 May, 1811, a French national brig 
 lying in the harbour of Parenza, and defended by a 
 galling cross-fire from two batteries; and, inde- 
 pendently of many dashing boat-services, he bore a 
 part, 29 Jfov. 1811, in an action of two hours and 20 
 minutes, fought with consummate gallantry, between 
 the Alceste and the Active 38 on one side, and 
 the French 40-gun frigates Pauline and Pamone on 
 the other, which terminated in the capture of the 
 Pomone and escape of the Pauline, after a loss had 
 been occasioned to the Alceste of 7 men killed and 
 13 wounded. Kemoving with Capt. Maxwell, in 
 Sept. 1812, to the D^dalus 38, Mr. King continued 
 to serve with that officer until wrecked, off Ceylon, 
 2 July, 1813, He then joined the Minden 74, flag- 
 ship in the East Indies of Sir Sam. Hood, who, in 
 Oct. 1814, sent him to England in charge of the 
 Hunter, of Boston, a valuable American prize. On 
 his arrival, in May, 1815, he was received on board 
 the Ramillies 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy and Chas. Ogle ; and in the following Aug. 
 he took up a commission dated on 3 of the preceding 
 March. Unable to procure immediate employment 
 in his profession, Lieut. King soon afterwards as- 
 sumed command of a merchant-vessel trading to 
 the coast of Africa, where it was his fortune on 
 more than one occasion to prove of service to Sir 
 Geo. Collier and other officers by affiarding them 
 information relative to the Bights of Benin and 
 Bianfra ; in consideration whereof, we understand, 
 he was brought under the favourable notice of the 
 Admiralty. On 19 Nov. 1821 he at length suc- 
 ceeded in procuring an appointment, as Senior- 
 Lieutenant, to the Driver sloop, Capts. Thos. Wol- 
 rige and Chas. Bowen. Continuing in that vessel 
 on the African station throughout the whole period 
 of her being in commission, he had constant charge 
 of her boats, and conducted them up nearly all the 
 rivers on the coast. On one occasion he contrived, 
 with only two of them, to cut out a Portuguese 
 brig mounting 6 guns, and having on board a crew 
 of 38 men, together with a cargo of 189 slaves. In 
 July, 1823, when the King of Ashantee was ad- 
 vancing with his hosts upon the British settlements 
 at Cape Coast, Lieut. King volunteered to serve on 
 shore with Major Chisholm, the Governor, who ac- 
 cordingly placed under his orders a body of .3000 
 men, consisting of the militia, troops in the employ 
 of the native chiefs connected with British interests, 
 and volunteers. Marching with these into the inte- 
 rior of the country, where he remained four months, 
 the Lieutenant succeeded, in unison with a force 
 under Capt. Laing, of the Royal Cape Coast Light 
 Infantry, distant two or three days' march on his 
 right, in cutting the enemy off from all communica- 
 tion with the sea, and in obliging them to retreat 
 to their capital. In the execution of the duties he 
 had thus of his own accord brought upon himself, 
 he underwent all the hardships and privations at- 
 tendant upon a campaign carried on in the midst of 
 a barbarous people, under a tropical sun, and in a 
 climate notoriously ruinous. He had the misfor- 
 tune, too, to receive a severe wound in the calf of 
 the right leg, which entailed so much pain as to 
 produce an attack of the fever common to the 
 country. He was therefore under the necessity of 
 returning to Cape Coast Castle for the benefit of 
 medical aid. Reinforcements having by that time 
 arrived from England, and the Driver being on 
 the eve of her departure for Rio de Janeiro, Lieut. 
 King resumed his avocations afloat. On the return, 
 however, of his ship in May, 1824, he again joined 
 the army, and on 21 of that month was twice 
 wounded in a great battle, in which, although the 
 enemy were repulsed, the British and their black 
 allies had 88 men killed, 678 wounded, and 88 miss- 
 
 ing.* He was promoted for his services to the rank 
 of Commander 25 April, 1825; and from 13 July, 
 1838, until 5 July, 1843, was employed in the Coast 
 Guard. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander King is a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for CO. Monmouth. He married, 5 April, 
 1831, Margaret, daughter of the late Joseph Harris- 
 son, Esq., of Tydd Mansion, Cambridge, and sister 
 of Everson Harrisson, Esq., of Tolethorpe Hall, 
 Rutlandshu-e ; and was left a widower 25 Nov. 
 1841. 
 
 KING, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 
 19; H-p., 21.) 
 
 Philip Parker King, born 13 Dec. 1793, in Nor- 
 folk Island, in the Pacific, is son of Capt. Philip 
 Gidley King, R.N., many years Lieutenant-Go- 
 vernor, and for six years Governor, of New South 
 Wales, who died 3 Sept. 1808, at Lower Tooting, 
 CO. Surrey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diana frigate, Capt. 
 Chas. Grant ; whose First-Lieutenant, the late 
 Capt. Robt. Heriott Barclay, he well supported in 
 an attack made by the ship's boats in the following 
 year upon a French convoy passing between Nantes 
 and Rochefort. On the night of 2 Dec. 1809 he 
 was again noticed for his gallantry in the boats 
 under Lieut. Daniel Miller at the cutting-out of 
 three schuyts moored to the shore at Odenskirk, 
 and provided with heavy ordnance. f In Sept. 
 1810 (he had attained the rank of Midshipman 18 
 May, 1808) he proceeded, as Master's Mate of the 
 Hibernia 110, Capt. John Chambers White, to the 
 Mediterranean, where he followed the latter officer 
 into the Centadr 74, and joined, in Aug. 1811, the 
 Cdmberland 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Gtway and 
 Thos. Baker. Towards the close of the same year 
 he was received on board the Adamant 50, flag- 
 ship at Leith of Admiral Wm. Albany Otway. After 
 he had again served for 18 months with Capt. Grant 
 in the Armada 74, on the Mediterranean Itation, he 
 was there, in Jan. 1814, transferred to the Cale- 
 donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, through 
 whom he was promoted, 28 Feb. following, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Trident 64, guard-ship at Malta, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Laughame. He 
 next, from July, 1814, until July, 1815, served on 
 board the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Edw. Leveson 
 Gower, flag-ship part of the time of Rear-Admiral 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleoming at Gibraltar, and in 
 Feb. 1817 he was intrusted with the conduct of an 
 expedition having for its object a survey of the 
 coasts of Australia; a service on which he continued 
 employed, in the Mermaid cutter and Bathdrst 
 sloop (to the command whereof he was promoted 
 by commission dated 17 July, 1821), until his re'turn 
 to England in 1823. The results of the undertaking 
 are contained in a ' Narrative of the Survey of the 
 Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia,' and 
 in an Atlas, both compiled by Capt. King, and pub- 
 lished, the former by Murray, and the latter by the 
 Hydrographical Office at the Admiralty. In Sept. 
 1825, from the feeling of confidence with which he 
 had impressed the Admiralty in the discharge of 
 his late duties, he was appointed to the Adventdre 
 sloop, and ordered to survey the southern coast of 
 America, from the southern entrance of the Rio 
 Plata round to Chiloe, and of Tierra del Fuego. He 
 was paid ofi" on his arrival in England, 16 Nov. 
 1830, and has not been since employed. His Post- 
 commission bears date 25 Feb. 1830. 
 
 In 1832 Capt. King published, as the partial fruit 
 of his recent voyage, a volume entitled ' Sailing 
 Directions to the Coasts of Eastern and Western 
 Patagonia, including the Straits of Magalhaen and 
 the Sea-Coast of Tierra del Fuego.' J: Besides being 
 a F.R.S. and a F.L.S., the Captain is a Member of the 
 Royal Asiatic Society of London, and a Correspond- 
 ing Member of the Zoological Society. He married 
 Harriet, daughter of Christopher Lethbiidge, Esq., 
 
 * Fide Ga?,. 1824, pp. lOU, 1273. + V. Gaz. 1805, p. S057. 
 X v., also, Capt. Uobert FitzUoj, note, p. 365. 
 
616 
 
 KING— KINGCOME— KINGDON. 
 
 of Launoeston, co. Cornwall, by whom he has nu- 
 merous issue. Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 KING. (Caitain, 1839. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 21.) 
 
 RiCHABD Henky King is sixth son of the late 
 Rev. John King, A.M., Rector of Witnesham, near 
 Ipswich, by Elizabeth Sarah, only daughter of the 
 Rev. Thos. Bishop, Rector of Trimley St. Martin 
 and Ash-by-Campsey in Suffolk, and Perpetual Cu- 
 rate of St. Mary-at-Tower and St. Mary-at-Elms in 
 Ipswich. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dhbid 32, Capt. Philip 
 Bowes Vere Broke, employed on the Irish station, 
 where he assisted, we find, at the capture of Le 
 Pri-nce Murat privateer of 18 guns, and Le PaTidour 
 national brig of similar force. Following Capt. 
 Broke, in Sept. 1806, into the Shaknon frigate, he 
 continued to serve uninterruptedly with him on 
 the Downs, Greenland, and Halifax stations until 
 8 March, 1813. He then became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Sylph sloop, Capt. Browne. He was con- 
 firmed into his old ship the Shannon 12 July, 1813, 
 and was afterwards appointed — 25 Feb. 1814, to the 
 Alekt 18, Capt. Joseph Gulston Garland, in the 
 Downs — 13 Oct. 1815, to the Bermuda 10, Capt. 
 John Pakenham, on the Jamaica station, whence 
 he returned in the early part of 1817 — 28 June, 1820, 
 to the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, 
 under whom he served at Halifax and in the West 
 Indies, attendedGeorgelV. toScotland, and brought 
 home a large amount of specie from Vera Cruz and 
 the Havana — and 5 Nov. 1824, to the Owen Glen- 
 dower 42, bearing the broad pendant at the Cape 
 of Good Hope of Commodore Hood Hanway Chris- 
 tian. On the return of the latter ship to England 
 in 1828, Lieut. King was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander by a commission bearing date 27 Aug. 
 in that year. His last appointment was, 12 Feb. 
 1838, to the Crdizek 16, fitting for the East Indies, 
 where he attended an expedition to the mouths of 
 the Indu^ and assisted at the capture of Aden. He 
 was advanced, as a reward for his conduct on the 
 latter occasion, to the rank he at present holds 
 1 May, 1839 ; but he has not been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. King married, 4 May, 1830, Mary, daughter 
 of the late Sam. Twyford, Esq., of Trotton, co. 
 Sussex. 
 
 KING. (Commander, 1834.) 
 
 William George Nash King embarked (we pre- 
 sume from the R. N. College) 12 March, 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1828 ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 15 Feb. 1830, into the Tribune 42, 
 Capt. John Alex. Duntze, stationed in the Pacific, 
 whence he returned to England, in the course of 
 the same year, in the Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry 
 Dundas. His next appointments were, 28 Feb. and 
 29 July, 1831, to the Windsor Castle 76, Capt. 
 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, and Dublin 
 50, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, in which ships he 
 served in the Mediterranean and again in South 
 America until ordered home for the purpose of 
 being paid off in 1834. He was promoted to his 
 present rank on 13 Oct. in that year ; and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander King married, in 1837, Sarah, daugh- 
 ter of the late T. Bulkeley, Esq., of Montagu 
 Square. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 KINGCOME. (Captain, 1838.) 
 
 John Kingcome entered the Navy, 28 May, 1808, 
 as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald 36, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, with whom he continued to 
 serve as Midshipman, on the Channel, Irish, and 
 Cape of Good Hope stations, until Dec. 1813. He 
 was in consequence present at the destruction of 
 the French shipping in Aix Roads in April, 1809 ; 
 and had an opportunity of witnessing the capture 
 of a large number of the enemy's vessels, armed 
 and otherwise. On leaving the Emerald, as above, 
 he was received on board the Tigke 74, Capt. John 
 
 Halliday, stationed in tie Channel, where he re- 
 mained until again placed, in May, 1813, under the 
 orders of Capt. Maitland, at that time commanding 
 the Goliath 74, on the coast of North America. 
 In July, 1814, he became Master's Mate of the St. 
 Lawrence, bearing the broad pendant On Lake 
 Ontario of Sir Jas. Lucas Tec, who nominated him, 
 9 March, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the Princess 
 Charlotte, Capt. Rich. O'Connor — an appoint- 
 ment which the Admiralty confirmed by commis- 
 sion dated 1 July in the same year. In Oct. 1815, 
 after having served for some time with Capt. Peter 
 Sampson Hambly in the Star sloop, he obtained 
 command of the Confiance schooner on Lake 
 Huron ; and from Oct. 1816 until July, 1817, he 
 was again employed on Lake Ontario, in the Net- 
 let 10, Capt. Fras. Brace. His next appointment 
 was, 29 July, 1822, to the Tees 26, Capts. Thos. 
 Coe and Fred. Marryat, the former of whom, on 
 becoming Senior officer in India, appointed him to 
 the command, in 1824, of the Larne sloop; which 
 vessel, he being at the time engaged in the Bur- 
 mese war, and she at New South Wales, he was not 
 able to join until 15 April, 1825. While in her, we 
 find him conveying Lady Brisbane (wife of Com- 
 modore Sir Jas. Brisbane) and her two daughters 
 from Madras to Pinang, and the Archdeacon Scott 
 from Sydney to Van Diemen's Land ; and after- 
 wards visiting New Zealand, Norfolk and Melville 
 Islands, Batavia, and Singapore. Being superseded 
 on his return to Madras in the following July, 
 Lieut. Kingcome was next appointed to the Pan- 
 dora sloop, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise. From 
 that vessel, he removed, in 1826, to the Warspite 
 76, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Brisbane. 
 Attaining the rank of Commander 8 Jan. 1828, 
 Capt. Kingcome served in that capacity in the 
 Coast Guard from 24 Oct. 1835 until appointed, 
 18 June, 1837, to the Wellesley 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir F. L. Maitland on the East India station, 
 whence he returned on attaining his present rank 
 28 June, 1838. On 23 Oct. 1841 it was his fortune 
 to be appointed to the Belleisle troop-ship, in 
 which he sailed for China, and arrived there in 
 time to witness the closing operations on the Yang- 
 tse-Kiang.* He paid the Belleisle off at the close 
 of 1843, but since 24 March, 1846, has again had 
 the command of her. 
 
 One of Capt. Kingcome's children was drowned 
 while serving with him as a Midshipman in Jan. 
 1847. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KINGDON. (LiEDT., 1812. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 33.) 
 John Kingdon entered the Navy, 9 March, 1796, 
 as L.M., on board the Shannon 32, Capt. Alex. 
 Fraser, stationed in the North Sea ; and from Aug. 
 1798 until Sept. 1801 was employed, chiefly as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, in the Chapman armed 
 ship, Capts. Robert Keen and Thos. Browne, at New- 
 foundland and in the Dovnis. During the next 
 three years we find him discharging the duties of 
 Acting-Master in the Rosario sloop, Capts. Rich. 
 Byron and Wm. Mounsey, on the West India, Home, 
 Mediterranean, and Irish stations. After a further 
 servitude of some months, as Master's Mate, in the 
 HiEERNiA 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord 
 Gardner, he was successively appointed Sub-Lieu- 
 tenant, 21 Sept. 1805, and 1 April, 1806, of the 
 Pickle and Inveterate gun-brigs, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders John Richards Lapenotiere, Daniel Callar 
 way, and Geo. Norton ; the former of which vessels 
 had the fortune, while participating in the battle 
 of Trafalgar, to save a great part of the crew of the 
 French 74-gun ship L'Achille when in flames, and 
 was afterwards sent home with the despatches an- 
 nouncing the victory. The Inveterate being 
 wrecked near St. Valery-en-Caux 18 Feb. 1807, 
 Mr. Kingdon had the misfortune to be detained a 
 prisoner in France until the peace of 1814. He has 
 not been since afloat. His commission bears date 
 20 Nov. 1812. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3404. 
 
KINGSTON-KINSMAN— KIRBY. 
 
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 KINGSTON. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Arthur Buerard Kingston entered the Navy 
 19 July, 1827 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 3 July, 1840, into the Wol- 
 verene 16, Capt. Wm. Tucker, on the coast of 
 Africa. Since the paying-oflF of the latter vessel in 
 1841 (with the exception of a short time passed to- 
 wards the close of 1843 in the Volage 26, Capt. 
 Sir Wm. Dickson) he has not been employed. 
 Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 KINGSTON. (LiEOT., 1820. p-p., 11 ;h-p.,27.) 
 James Kingston entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1809, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Muros brig, Capt. 
 Clement Sneyd, on the Guernsey station ; removed, 
 in Aug. 1810, to the Hibernia 110, Capt. John 
 Nash, lying in Portsmouth Harbour ; and from the 
 close of the same year until April, 1812, was em- 
 ployed at the defence of Cadiz in the Revenge 74, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. He then 
 joined the MtrtiiE sloop, commanded at &st by 
 Capt. Sneyd, and afterwards by Capt. Henry Bour- 
 chier, off Lisbon, whence, on his removal with the 
 latter officer, in 1813, to the Medina 20, he pro- 
 ceeded to Newfoundland. Returning home in Jan. 
 1816, he next, in April, 1817, joined the Rochfort 
 80, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson. In 
 Oct. 1818 he was placed on board the Iphigenia 
 42, Capt. Hyde Parker, of which ship he was cre- 
 ated a Lieutenant 25 July, 1820. While in her he 
 visited Jamaica, and was employed in the North 
 Sea and Mediterranean. He was paid off 12 June, 
 1821 : and has not been since afloat. 
 
 KINGSTON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.) 
 Robert Kingston entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1805, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Aurora 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Elliot, with whom, after having inter- 
 mediately served in the Mediterranean, he removed, 
 in Oct. 1806, to the Modeste 36, and sailed for the 
 East Indies ; where, in Oct. 1808, he assisted at the 
 capture of La Jena French national corvette of 18 
 guns and 150 men, at the end of a running fight of 
 nearly an hour, in which the Modebte had her 
 Master killed and 1 man wounded. On his return 
 to Europe in' 1809, in the Albion 74, Capt. John 
 Ferrier, he joined the Active of 46 guns and 300 
 men, Capt. jfas. Alex. Gordon, under whom he saw 
 much service in the Adriatic. In March, 1811, in 
 particular, having been left in charge of one of two 
 prizes in the port of Lissa, he actually, in conjunc- 
 tion with Mr. Jas. Lewe, a Midshipman, who had 
 been placed in command of the other, successfully 
 summoned a body of 200 French seamen and troops 
 to surrender, who had escaped thither ' after the 
 famous battle of the 13th of that month. These 
 two spirited young men also at the same time res- 
 cued from capture a Sicilian privateer brig of 14 
 guns, besides beating off a Venetian schooner of 1 
 gun, and preserving the British and Venetian ves- 
 sels in the bay from being destroyed by her.* After 
 a servitude of nearly three months with the late 
 Sir Wm. Hoste, in the Amphion 32, Mr. Kingston 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a com- 
 mission bearing date 17 Sept. in the same year. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 23 Oct. 1811, 
 and 30 Jan. 1813, to the Imferieuse 38, and Re. 
 PULSE 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Duncan and Rich. 
 Hussey Moubray, both in the Mediterranean, where, 
 in the former ship, he witnessed the destruction of 
 a French convoy under the batteries of Languelia 
 and Alassio, and shared in a spirited skirmish with 
 a powerful Neapolitan sijuadron in the Bay of Naples 
 —and, in Nov. 1815, to the Vengeub 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, lying at Portsmouth. While in the lat- 
 ter ship, Lieut. Kingston was for some time em- 
 ployed in cruizing in the Channel in command of 
 her tender, the Hawk. He has been on half-pay 
 since Sept. 1818. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KINSMAN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Hugh Mallett Kinsman is son of the late Major 
 Kinsman, R.M. 
 
 • ViieGax,. 1811, p. 897. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 10 Deo. 1833 ; 
 served for some time, as Mate, in the Belleisle 72, 
 Capt. John Toup Nicolas ; obtained his commission 
 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from Dec. 1841 until paid off 
 in 1846, was employed in the Mediterranean, on 
 board the Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry 
 WaUis. Since 30 April, 1847, he has been First- 
 Lieutenant of the Avenger steam-frigate of 650 
 horse-power, Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres. 
 
 He married Josephine, daughter of Capt. John 
 Pasco, B.N. 
 
 KINSMAN. (Lieutenaut, 1846.) 
 
 James Bybn Kinsman, whose commission bears 
 date 21 Jan. 1846, was appointed, on 25 March in 
 that year, to the Wanderer 12, Capt. Philip Hodge 
 Somerville, on the African station. He has been 
 attached, since 14 Feb. 1847, to the Tortoise store- 
 ship at the Ascension, Capt. Fred. Hutton. 
 
 KIRBY. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Thomas Kirbt, bom 2 Nov. 1790, is third son of 
 the Rev. John Kirby, Vicar of Mayfield, co. Sussex. 
 His younger brother, WiUiam, was promoted for 
 his services as Acting-Lieutenant of the Cherub at 
 the capture of the American frigate Essex in 1814, 
 and afterwards died from the effects of the fatigue 
 he had undergone in bringing some prizes home 
 from the South Sea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 May, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday, in which 
 ship he was employed for upwards of seven years, 
 chiefly as Midshipman and Master's Mate. He was, 
 in consequence, present in Sir Robt. Calder's action 
 22 July, 1805 ; at the capture of the Marengo of 80 
 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40- 
 gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 March, 1806 ; at the 
 taking, 27 Sept. following, of Le Pre'sident French 
 frigate ; at the passage of the Dardanells, and de- 
 struction of the Turkish squadron at Point Pes- 
 quies, in Feb. 1807 ; at the siege of Flushing in 
 Aug. 1809; and, on 30 Aug. 1810, when the Re- 
 pulse, in gallant style, rescued the Philomel sloop 
 from capture, by interposing herself between that 
 vessel and an advanced division of the Toulon fleet, 
 which she compelled to put back. In Aug. 1811 
 Mr. Kirby became Acting-Lieutenant of the Imo- 
 CENE 16, Capt. Wm. Stephens, with whom (the ap- 
 pointment being confirmed on 17 of the following 
 Oct.) he continued to serve until 30 Nov. 1813— 
 witnessing in the interim the reduction of the 
 islands of Angusta and Curzola. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in Jan. 1831, Louisa, eldest daughter 
 of Robt. Becher, Esq., of Tunbridge Wells, by 
 whom he has issue two sons and two daughters. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 KIEBY, K.H. (Commander, 1830. p-p., 17; 
 H-p., 7.) 
 
 Walter Kirby, born 14 Nov. 1791, is son of the 
 late W. Kttby, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., and belongs to 
 a respectable Norfolk family. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Oct. 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dart sloop, Capts. W. C. 
 Brownrigg, Thos. Tudor Tucker, Mich. De Courcy, 
 and Joseph Speai ; and, until the early part of 
 1805, was constantly employed with the inshore 
 squadron on the coast of France, where he came 
 into frequent colhsion with the enemy at Boulogne 
 and Calais, and was engaged in the celebrated ca- 
 tamaran expedition of Oct. 1804. In March, 1807, 
 the Dart being at the time in the West Indies, ie 
 there removed to the Venus 32, Capt. Henry Mat- 
 son. On next joining the Astrjea 32, Capt. Edm. 
 Heywood, he had the misfortune to be wrecked, 
 near the island of Anagada, 24 May, 1808. During 
 the 12 ensuing months we find him serving with the 
 present Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in the Jason 32, 
 and Etbalion 38 ; and, while in the latter of those 
 ships, sharing in a skirmish with the French 40-gun 
 
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 KIRKES—KIRKWOOD—KISBEE— KITCHEN. 
 
 frigate Amphitrite, employed on shore at 'the storm- 
 - ing of Fort Edward, Martmique, and affording his 
 aid to the capture of the Saintes and tlie French 
 74-gun slrip I)' HaupmiU. In June, 1809, he joined 
 the Undaiinted 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. Malony, under 
 "whom be took part, in the following year, in the 
 defence of Cadiz. Keturning to the West Indies in 
 the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, he 
 was promoted on that station to a Lieutenancy, 6 
 Feb. 1811, in the Fhomo 18, Capt. Thos. Whin- 
 yates ; in command of the boats of which sloop he 
 succeeded, in the course of the same year, in bring- 
 ing out a French schooner from off the shoals of 
 Cuba. Lieut. Kirby, who left the FitOLic in March, 
 1812, was subsequently appointed — 2 Nov. in that 
 year, to the^SATELLiiE 18, Capt. John Porteous, in 
 South America — 9 Feb. 1814, after nine months of 
 half-pay, to the Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison 
 Pearson, attached to the force in the "West Indies, 
 whence he returned in the ensuing Nov. — 28 July, 
 1815, for a few weeks, to the Rota 38, Capt. John 
 Pasco, on the Home station — 10 June and 12 Aug. 
 1825, to the Gloucestek and 'Windsor Castle 74' s, 
 Capts. Joshua Sydney Horton and Edw. Dumford 
 King, employed at Shoemess, at Plymouth, and off 
 Lisbon — and (the latter ship having been paid off 
 in May, 1828), 22 Jan. 1829, as First, to the 'War- 
 spite 76, bearing the flag of R«ar-Admiral Thos. 
 Baker in South America, He attained his present 
 rank 22 July, 1830 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 In Jan. 1828, being at the time in the 'Windsor 
 Castle, Commander Kirby elicited the approbation 
 of the Lord High Admiral for the manner in which, 
 on 12 of that month, he effected the preservation of 
 the Union 104, when adrift and^on shore during a 
 violent storm. On 13 Jan. 1835 he was nominated a 
 K.H. He married, 24 Deo. 1814, Hannah, daughter 
 of Jas. Smith, Esq., of Langford, co. Essex, by 
 whom he has had issue two sons and two daughters. 
 His second son, Sidney, died, while a Gentleman 
 Cadet, at the Royal Military Academy at "Wool- 
 wich. Agents— Pettet and Newton. 
 
 KIKKES. (LiEnTENANT, 1840.) 
 
 Martin Stockdale Kirkes died 9 Feb. 1845, at 
 Glasgow, aged 31. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 April, 1829 ; 
 passed his examination in 1835 ; and was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, as a reward for his ser- 
 vices on the coast of Syria and at the Ijombard- 
 ment of St. Jean d'Acre, 4 Nov. 1840. He did not 
 afterwards go afloat. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 KIEKWOOD. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Charles Kirkwood entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tkibdnb frigate, 
 Capts. Geo. Henry Towry and Rich. Henry Alex. 
 Bennett ; in which ship, and in the Fame 74, com- 
 manded at first by Capt. Bennett, and afterwards 
 by Capts. Hornby and Ferris, he continued to 
 serve, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations, until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Aug. 1810. He was 
 then employed for several months in the gun-boat 
 service at the defence of Cadiz a^d Tarifa ; and, on 
 8 Sept. 1811, having joined the Hotspdr 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Josceline Percy, he was present in an attack 
 made by that officer on seven of the enemy's gun- 
 brigs off Calvados, on which occasion the Hotspue 
 took the ground, lay exposed for four hours to a 
 heavy fire from the vessels, a battery, and some 
 field-pieces, and sustained a loss of 5 men killed and 
 22 wounded. He has been on half-pay since Nov. 
 1815, when the Hotspur was put out of commission. 
 Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 KISBEE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Thomas Kisbee entered the Navy 22 June, 1808 ; 
 passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 27 March, 1826 ; and on 7 of the following 
 July was appointed to the Coast Guard, in which 
 service he was employed for a period of 15 years. 
 Being nominated, 7 Sept. 1841, First-Lieutenant of 
 
 the Driver steam-sloop, of 280 horse-power, Capts. 
 Sam. Fielding Harmer and Courtenay Osbom 
 Hayes, he continued so to officiate on the East India 
 station until the early part of 1847, when he returned 
 home and was paid ofi'. He is now unemployed.' 
 
 KITCHEN. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Henry Kitchen entered the Navy 17 Sept. 1807 ; 
 passed his examination in 1814 f obtained his com- 
 mission 10 Jan. 1825 ; and was for some time em- 
 ployed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieatenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. 'Wm. Jas. 
 Mingaye. Since he left that service he has been 
 on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 KITCHEN. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 17.) 
 'William Hewgill Kitchen was bom in June, 
 1787. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Feb. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Kobt. Mosse, and, on 2 April, 1801, after having 
 served for some time in the North Sea, under the 
 flag of Sir Arch. Dickson, was present in the action 
 off Copenhagen. During the remainder of the war 
 we find him employed with Sir Hyde Parker, as 
 Midshipman, in the London 98. Joining next, in 
 Sept. 1802, the Argo 44, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, he 
 commanded a tender belonging to that ship at the 
 reduction of Ste. Lucie and Tobago in 1803. On 
 becoming Master's Mate of the Speedy sloop, Capt. 
 Jas. Gifford, he received, in 1804, a contusion of 
 the right knee while firing at the enemy's flotilla 
 off Ostend ; and in 1805, being at the time in com- 
 mand of a rocket-boat under Sir Sidney Smith off 
 Boulogne, he was severely burnt in both hands. 
 Prior to the receipt of his first commission, which 
 bears date 12 May, 1808, he was for nearly two 
 years employed, chiefly as Sub and Acting Lieute- 
 nant, in the Dauntless 20, Capts. Hugh Pigot and 
 Chas. Jones, Sparkler 12, Lieut.-Commander Jas. 
 Sam. Akid Dennis, Alligator, Capt. Hugh Pigot, 
 Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane, Dominica 16 (commanded at first by Lieut. 
 "Wm. Dean, and then by himself), and Melville 
 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. 'Wm. King. "While Sub-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Dominica, Mr. Kitchen, with her gig 
 and cutter under his orders, captured, on 4 Oct. 
 1806, the French national schooner La Chiffonne, 
 carrying 17 men, and having on board a French 
 General and his suite on their passage from Guade- 
 loupe to Martinique. On another occasion, during 
 his attachment to the same vessel, he was shghtly 
 wounded in the leg at the cutting-out of four of the 
 enemy's vessels from under a battery on the former 
 island. 'When in the Melville, Mr. Kitchen as- 
 sisted at the reduction of the Danish 'West India 
 islands in Dec. 1807. Between the date of his pro- 
 motion, as above, and Jan. 1813, we find him serving, 
 on the West India, Home, and Lisbon stations, in 
 the Wolverene, Asp, and Beagle sloops, Capts. 
 Fras. Augustus Collier, Bobt. Preston, Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch, and Wm. Brooking Dolling, Bellona 74, Capt. 
 John Erskine Douglas, and Zenobia 16, Capt. R. 
 Mackenzie. As Senior of the Asp, he served, in 
 1809-10, at the taking of Martinique, the capture of 
 the French frigate La Junan, and in the boats at 
 the destruction of the forts and magazines of Port 
 St. Louis, Guadeloupe. Under Capt. Dolling of the 
 Beagle he was employed in the dangerous service 
 of landing papers on the French coast. His ap- 
 pointments, after leaving the Zenobia, were, in the 
 capacity of First-Lieutenant— 8 Oct. 1813, to the 
 Tyrian 10, Capts. Augustus Baldwin and Wm. 
 Popham, with whom he was for five years employed 
 in the Channel and West Indies— 16 Jan. 1819, to 
 the Wye 26, Capts. Geo. Wickens Willes and Peter 
 Fisher, on the Home station— 11 Nov. 1820, to the 
 Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, fitting 
 for the West Indies, whence he invalided in 1822— 
 and, 13 April, 1824, to the Terror bomb, Capt. 
 Alex. Dundas Young Arbuthnott, part of the force 
 employed in the ensuing expedition against Algiers. 
 On 13 April, 1825, he assumed command of the 
 
KNAPMAN— KNEVITT. 
 
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 Nightingale cutter in the Channel, where he 
 cruized until some time in 1826. Obtaining a se- 
 cond promotal commission 2 March, 1827, Capt. 
 Kitchen, on 6 July, 1830, was appointed to a three- 
 years' Inspectorship in the Coast Guard at Har- 
 wich. In the following winter he so distinguished 
 himself by his exertions in suppressing riots and 
 extinguishing incendiary fires, that he elicited the 
 thanks of the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
 partment, of the Duke of Grafton, Lord-Lieutenant 
 of Suffolk, of Lord Maynard, Lord-Lieutenant of 
 Essex, and of the Magistrates of Suffolk and Essex. 
 The Duke of Grafton, indeed, and Lord Maynard 
 were so Impressed with the value of his services, 
 that they strongly recommended him to the notice 
 of Lord Minto, then First Lord of the Admiralty ; 
 who, however, retired from ofiice without confer- 
 ring upon Capt. Kitchen the promotion which, we 
 understand, he had been in consequence induced to 
 promise. His last appointments were — 9 March, 
 1842, to the Second-Captaincy of the Queen 110, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Edw. "W. C. K. Owen in the 
 Mediterranean— and, 17 Feb. 1844, to the command 
 of the Devastation steam-sloop on the same sta^ 
 tion, whence he returned home and was paid off at 
 the close of 1845. He acquired his present rank 9 
 Nov. 1846, and is now unemployed. 
 
 He married, in 1820, Miss Bell, of Shields, co. 
 Durham. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 KNAPMAN. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 22.) 
 Edward Knapman, born in 1794, is brother of 
 Lieut. John Knapman, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magnanime 44, Capt. 
 John Broughton. In 1804, after he had assisted at 
 the bombardment of I-Iavro de Grace, he removed, 
 as Midshipman, to the Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir 
 Fras. Laforey, under whom he fought and bled at 
 Trafalgar, being there wounded in the leg and arm, 
 and in consequence presented with a gratuity from 
 the Patriotic Fund.* With the exception of a few 
 months passed, in 1810-11, in the Dictator 64, 
 Capts. Bich. Harrison Pearson and Robt. "Williams, 
 on the Baltic station, where he served in the boats 
 at the capture of three Danish luggers, Mr. Knap- 
 man continued with Sir F. Laforey in the Spar- 
 tiate, and in the Dragon, another 74, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, 
 latterly in the West Indies ; previously, however, 
 to proceeding whither he assisted, in the former 
 ship, at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and 
 Procida in 1809. His appointments have since been 
 —11 Feb. 1813, to the Eoyal Sovereign 100, Capts. 
 Jas. Bissett and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, by the 
 former of whom he was placed in command of gun- 
 boat No. 16, and sent to co-operate in the siege of 
 St. Sebastian — 11 April, 1814, to the Achates sloop, 
 Capts. Isaac Hawkins Morrison and Thos. Lambe 
 Polden Laugbame, with whom he cruized in the 
 Bay of Biscay and Channel until paid off in Nov. 
 1815— .5 Dec. 1826, to the Windsor Castle 74, 
 guard-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Edw. Dumford King, 
 of whose tender, the Leveret 10, he was intrusted 
 with the charge — 20 Dec. 1827, to the Erebus 
 steamer, Capt. Geo. Haye, from which vessel, sta- 
 tioned in the Mediterranean, he was superseded at 
 his own request — 7 July, 1836, to the Ordinary at 
 Plymouth, where he was for three years employed 
 with his name on the books of the San Josee 110, 
 Capts. Bich. Thomas, John Hancock, and Joseph 
 Needham Tayler— and, 6 April, 1841, to the Coast 
 Guard, in which service he is now employed. 
 
 He married, 22 Aug. 1822, the second daughter 
 of K. Burgoyne Watts, Esq., of Treburifoot, co. 
 Cornwall, by whom he has issue five sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
 KNAPMAN. (Lieutenant, 1809.) 
 
 John Knapman is brother of Lieut. Edw. Knap- 
 man, K.N. 
 
 This oiBcer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1801, as 
 • Vide GaJ. 1805, p. H84. 
 
 Midshipman, on board the Prince of Wales 98, 
 Capt. Wm. Prowse, bearing the flag of Sir Bobt. 
 Calder in the Channel, where, in 1802, he joined 
 the SiBius 36, also commanded by Capt. Prowse. 
 In 1803 he removed to the TiMinAiKE 98, Capt. 
 Eliab Harvey, and from that ship, after he had 
 fought at Trafalgar, he was draughted, in March, 
 1806, into the Achille 74, Capt. Rich. King. On 
 25 of the following Sept. we find him present at the 
 capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French frigates 
 by a squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. Hood. 
 He was next, between 1807 and his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 14 Sept. 1'809, employed, off 
 Cape Finisterre, Cadiz, and Toulon, in the Tonnant 
 80, and Ocean 98, flag-ships of Admirals E. Harvey 
 and Lord CoUingwood. During the remainder of 
 the war he served on the Mediterranean and Home 
 stations in the Nettjino (afterwards Cretan), Fa-i 
 vouBiTE, Electba, and Albacore sloops, and 
 Cressy 74, Capts. Chas. Fred. Payne, Benj. Cle- 
 ment, H. Gregory, Henry Thos. Davies, and Chas. 
 Dashwood. Under Capt. Davies of the Albacore, 
 Lieut. Knapman took part, 18 Dec. 1812, in a gal- 
 lant action, in which that vessel, when in company 
 with the 14-gun schooner Pickle, 12-gun sloop 
 Borer, and 4-gun cutter Landrail, beat off the 
 French 40-gun frigate La Gbire, with a loss to her- 
 self of 1 Lieutenant killed and 6 or 7 men wounded. 
 Through the influence of his late Majesty he ob- 
 tained, 20 Nov. 1827, an appointment in the Coast 
 Guard, which he retained until 18 Dec. 1832. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 KNEVITT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 25.) 
 Thomas Lepard Kmevitt was born 16 Feb. 1780. 
 His only brother, a Midshipman of the Bulwark 
 74, was drowned in Cawsand Bay in 1813. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Penguin 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Morris, with whom he continued to serve in the 
 Elk, Renard, and Magnet sloops, on the Jamaica 
 and Baltic stations, nearly the whole time as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, until wrecked on the 
 ice, 11 Jan. 1809. He then joined the Sceptre 74, 
 Capts. Joseph Bingham and Sam. Jas. Ballard, and 
 while in that ship was employed in the expedition 
 to the Waloheren, where, in a gun-boat, he assisted 
 at thp landing of the troops. Proceeding next to 
 the West Indies, he there, on 18 Dec. 1809, served 
 in the boats of a squadron under Lieut. John Wy- 
 born at the destruction of the two French 40-gun 
 frigates Loire and Seine, and of the batteries in 
 L'Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, by which they had 
 been protected. During the operations which led 
 to the reduction of the latter island Mr. Knevitt 
 landed with 100 seamen under the orders of Lieut. 
 Elliot ; but that oflicer being killed at the onset, 
 the command devolved upon him, and he retained 
 it until the island was thoroughly conquered. In 
 March, 1811, a few months after he had passed his 
 examination, he removed to the Vengedk 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Joseph Sydney Torke off Cherbourg; 
 and in the following Deo. we find him joining the 
 Bulwark 74, bearing at first the broad pendant of 
 Sir Rich. King, and afterwards the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, on the Home station. 
 On 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, being at the time on his 
 passage to the West Indies with the last-mentioned 
 officer in the Venerable 74, we find him contri- 
 buting to the capture, not without opposition, of the 
 French frigates Iphigenie and Alcmene, of 44 guns 
 each.* On the latter occasion he led the boarders, 
 and received the French Captain's sword ; and on 
 28 of the ensuing month, as a reward for his dis- 
 tinguished conduct, he was promoted to an Acting- 
 Lieutenancy in the Palma 38, Capt. Jas. Andrew 
 Worth. He was officially promoted 1 Feb. 1815, 
 and was afterwards appointed— 19 Oct. 1824, to the 
 Coast Blockade, in which service he continued, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, 
 and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm . 
 * Vide Ga.7.. 1814, p. 440. 
 
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 KNIGHT. 
 
 Jas. Mingaye, until superseded in Sept. 1826, in 
 consequence of a wound he had received from a 
 spring-gun when in pursuit of a party of smugglers 
 —and, 8 March, 1827, to the command of the Sema- 
 phore station at Holder Hill. He has been on half- 
 pay since March, 1832. 
 
 Lieut. Knevitt's testimonials are of a very flatter- 
 ing character, proving his gallantry to have been 
 most exemplary, and his conduct at aH times worthy 
 of the highest commendation. He married, first, in 
 Jan. 1820, Amelia, daughter of Capt. Thos. Morris ; 
 and secondly, in Dec. 1822, Miss Elizabeth Williams 
 Price. He has issue nine sons and two daughters. 
 
 by his own act he saved the whole of the crew, 
 consisting of 40 persons, he was nominated a K.H. 
 1 Jan. 1837. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 KNIGHT, K.H. (Commandek, 1822. f-p., 20 ; 
 H-P., 21.) 
 Christophek Knight entered the Navy, 25 Deo. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotauk 74, 
 Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, successive flag- 
 ship of Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton and "Wm. Essing- 
 ton, under the latter of whom he served as Mid- 
 shipman in the expedition of 1807 against Copen- 
 hagen. Joining next the Foddkotant 80, bearing 
 the flag of Sir "Wm. Sidney Smith, he was present 
 under that officer ofi" Lisbon when the Royal Family 
 of Portugal took its flight to the Brazils. H e after- 
 wards proceeded himself to South America, and 
 continued there, in the Pkesident 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Marsh Schomberg, until ordered home in 1810 in 
 the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon. To- 
 wards the close of the same year, having rejoined 
 Capt. Schomberg on board the Astr^a, of 42 guns 
 and 271 men, he proceeded to the Cape of Good 
 Hope ; and, on 20 May, 1811, when in company, ofi' 
 Madagascar, with the Ph(Ebe and Galatea frigates, 
 similar in force to the Astrjea, and 18-gun brig 
 Racehorse, he assisted, after a long and warmly- 
 contested action with the French 40-gun frigates 
 MeTiommse, Chrinde, and N&reide, and a loss to the 
 A8tr;ea of 2 killed and 16 wounded, at the capture 
 of the Rmommee, and, on 25 of the same month, of 
 the Nereide and the settlement of Tamatave. On 
 the former of those occasions Mr. Knight received 
 two contusions. Returning to England, in Sept. 
 1812, on board the Galatea 36, Capt. Woodley 
 Losack, he was employed during the next two years 
 on the Home and Canadian stations in the Thisbe 
 28, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Hamilton, El Corso 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander Curry Wm. Hillier,QnEEN Char- 
 lotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Keith, and Princess 
 Charlotte 42, Capt. Edw. Collier. In Sept. 1814, 
 being still in Canada, he was nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Prince Regent 56, Capt. Davies 
 — an appointment which the Admiralty confirmed 
 on 19 Deo. in the same year. In the summer of 
 1815 he came home with Capt. Wm. Walpole in the 
 Thames 32; and in July, 1816, after he had been 
 for nearly 12 months on halt-pay, he became attached 
 to the Impregnable 104, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral David Milne. Continuing in that ship for 
 a period of nearly four months, he was in conse- 
 quence present in the battle of Algiers, and on that 
 occasion he had the misfortune to be contused in 
 three places. Being next, in June 1818, appointed 
 to the Tartar 42, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, 
 the Lieutenant sailed for the coast of Africa, where, 
 on 8 June, 1821, he assumed command of the Snap- 
 per gun-brig, in which vessel he proceeded, without 
 a pilot, 60 miles up the old Calabar river in search 
 of slave-vessels — a greater distance, we believe, than 
 accomplished by any other man-of-war before or 
 since. In Nov. 1822, having been promoted to the 
 command of the Mokgiana sloop on 3 of the pre- 
 vious June, he returned home and paid that vessel 
 ofi'. His last appointments were, 1 Sept. 1828, 
 and 18 March, 1834, to the Coast Guard, in which 
 service he was each time employed for a period of 
 three years. While so engaged he was very suc- 
 cessful in the capture of smuggling-vessels and their 
 crews ; and in one instance, when in the execution 
 of bis duty, he broke his collar-bone. For his sin- 
 gular exertions on the occasion of the wreck of the 
 HoDND Revenue-cruizer, in Weymouth Bay, when 
 
 KNIGHT. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 13.) 
 John Ellis Knight was bom 11 Sept. 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 March, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Trompeuse corvette, 
 Capt. Wm. Brooking Dolling, successively employed 
 in the North Sea, ofi' Lisbon, and in the Downs. 
 During the expedition of 1809 to the Scheldt we 
 find him engaged on shore in the defence of the 
 fort of Balthz, when in vain attacked by a flotilla 
 under the orders of the French Rear-Admiral 
 Massiessy. Previously to the evacuation of the 
 Waleheren he accompanied Capt. Dolling into 
 the Beagle sloop, commanded afterwards by Capt. 
 John Smith, with whom he continued until Oct. 
 1813, assisting during that period at the cutting 
 out of two gun-boats under Cape Grisnez, the de- 
 struction of part of a convoy near Calais, the cap- 
 ture of three armed and other smugglers (services 
 for which Capt. Dolling and a Master's Mate were 
 each promoted), and the reduction and fortification, 
 during the investment of St. Sebastian, of the im- 
 portant island of Sta. Clara. From Nov. 1813 
 until Aug. 1815 Mr. Knight was further employed, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Lightning 
 20, Capts. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle and Geo. 
 Rennie, on the Channel and Cork stations. Being 
 then awarded a commission dated on 1 of the pre- 
 vious March, he was appointed, 5 Jan. 1827, to the 
 Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, from which, how- 
 ever,, he was obliged, in Oct. 1829, to retire, in con- 
 sequence of a severe rupture of the left groin, re- 
 ceived in the execution of his duty, but for which 
 he has never been able to obtain remuneration. 
 Since 22 April, 1831 (unable to procure other em- 
 ployment), Lieut. Knight has been in command of 
 a station in the Coast Guard. His exertions in that 
 service, as exhibited by numerous strong testimo- 
 nials, have been most suocessessful. On 8 of the 
 Oct. following his appointment he had the good 
 fortune, at Atherfield, in the Isle of Wight, to save 
 the lives of 19 of the crew and passengers belonging 
 to the ship Baiiibridge, of Halifax, which had been 
 wrecked in a heavy gale. 
 
 He married, 7 Aug. 1816, Miss S. Mason, of 
 Tealmpton. 
 
 KNIGHT. (Retired Commander, 1844.) 
 
 AViLLiAM Knight died 6 May, 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1790, as 
 a Boy, on board the Arrogant 74, Capt. John 
 Harvey, from which ship, lying at Portsmouth, he 
 was paid off in the following year. Rejoining Capt. 
 Harvey, in 1793, on board the Brunswick 74, he 
 took part, we believe, in the action of 1 June, 1794; 
 after which he served for five years as Midshipman 
 in the Robust 74, Capt. Edw. Thombrough, and 
 was ultimately promoted from the Royal George 
 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport, to a Lieutenancy, 
 26 Aug. 1799, in the Fanny 18, Capt. Joshua Syd- 
 ney Horton. While in the Robust Mr. Knight, 
 besides accompanying the unfortunate expedition 
 of 1795 to Quiberon, was present with the force 
 under Sir John Borlase Warren at the defeat of 
 Commodore Bompart's squadron 12 Oct. 1798, on 
 which occasion that ship compelled the Hoclie 74 
 to strike, and sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 
 40 wounded. On 6 Feb. 1800, being then in the 
 Fairy, and in company with the Loire 38, Dana4 
 20, Harpy 18, and Railleur 16, we find him wit- 
 nessing the capture, 6 Feb. 1800, of the Pallas, of 
 46 guns and 362 men, with which frigate the Fairy 
 and Harpy had previously sustained a very warm 
 and spirited action of an hour and three-quarters, 
 attended with a loss to the former of 4 men killed 
 and 8 wounded. His subsequent appointments were 
 — in 1800, to the Cambridge 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. Pasley, and Naiad 38, Capt. Philip Wilkin- 
 son, both on the Home station — in Jan. 1802, to the 
 
KNIGHT— KNIGHTON-KNOCKER. 
 
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 command, for three months, of the Ticklek gun- 
 brig— in April, 1803, to the Impress service at Lynn, 
 in Norfollc, where he remained until Nov. 1812— in 
 April, 1813, to the Experiment receiving-ship at 
 Falmouth, Capt. Jas. Slade— and subsequently to 
 the Ordinary at Chatham. He became a Retired 
 Commander on the Junior List 28 Nov. 1833, and 
 on the Senior 6 Feb. 1844. 
 
 KNIGHT. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 "William Knight (c) entered the Navy, in Dec. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galgo 16, Capt. 
 Michael Dod, stationed in the North Sea. Joining 
 next, in Nov. 1804, the Atlas 74, Capt. Sam. Pym, 
 he served in that ship in the action off St. Domingo 
 6 Feb. 1806 ; after which we find him employed for 
 upwards of four years in the Channel and Mediter- 
 ranean on board the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. NicoU 
 Morris, and, on 28 Nov. 1810, promoted from the 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship on the latter station 
 of Kear- Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, to an Act- 
 ing-Lieutenancy in the Alfred 74, commanded off 
 Cadiz by Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson. He was 
 coufirmed in his present rank 19 Jan. 1811, and be- 
 tween the close of the same year and April, 1814, 
 he endured a further servitude in the Devastation 
 bomb, Capt. Wm. Taylor, Calliope 10, Capt. John 
 M'Kerlie, York 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, 
 and Rapid sloop, Capt. John Foote, chiefly on the 
 Home station. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agent — J. Hinxm^n. 
 
 KNIGHTON. (Retired Commander, 1843. 
 F-P., 21 ; H-P., 34.) 
 
 Charles Knighton is a near relative of Lieut. 
 C. Knighton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1792, as 
 A.B., on board the Fury bomb,. Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 Paget, attached to the force in the Mediterranean. 
 Removing as Midshipman, in March, 1794, to the 
 Centurion 50, Capt. Sam. Osborne, he witnessed, 
 we believe, the capture, 5 May following, of the 
 French 74-gun ship Duguay Trceuin^ off the Isle of 
 France. He also, on 22 of the next Oct., partook 
 of a stiff action fought in the same neighbourhood 
 between the Centurion and DiOMiOE 44 on the 
 one side, and, on the other, a French squadron con- 
 sisting of the 40-gun frigate Ci/bele, 36-gun frigate 
 Prudente, 20-gun corvette Jean Jiart, and 14-gun 
 brig-corvette Courier^ terminating in the flight of 
 the enemy, with a loss to the Centurion of 3 men 
 killed and 24 wounded. In 1797, after he had fur- 
 ther contributed to the reduction of Trincomalee 
 and of the islands of Amboyna and Banda, Mr. 
 Knighton was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Victorious 74, Capt. Wm. Clark. He was con- 
 firmed, while officiating in a similar capacity on 
 board the Carysfort frigate, 27 March, 1799; and 
 was afterwards appointed — 11 xVug. 1800, and 14 
 July, 1803, to the Cumberlard and Leviathan 
 74'3, Capts. Thos. Graves and Henry Wm. Bayn- 
 tun, on the Channel, "West India, and Mediterra- 
 nean stations— in Sept. 1805, to the Sea Fencible 
 service in Ireland, where he continued until the 
 corps was disbanded in May, 1810—24 Feb. 1813, 
 to the command of a Signal station, which he re- 
 tained until June, 1814— and 26 March, 1823, for 
 three years, to the Ordinary at Plymouth. He 
 became a Retired Commander on the Senior List 
 7 April, 1843. 
 
 KNIGHTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Knighton (i) is closely related to Re- 
 tired Commander Charles Knighton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 Nov. 1826; 
 passed his examination 5 June, 1833 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving, on the 
 Brazils and Cape of Good Hope station, as Mate of 
 the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were— 15 Deo. 1841, as Addi- 
 tional, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at Plymouth 
 of Sir Graham Moore— next, to the Jaseur 16, 
 
 Capt. Wm. Alex. Willis, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion— 17 July, 1843, again as Additional, to the 
 Winchester 60, bearing the flag at the Cape of 
 Hon. Josceline Percy— and 6 March, 1844, to the 
 Conway 26, Capt. Wm. Kelly, with whom he con- 
 tinued employed on the station last named until 
 ordered home, for the purpose of being paid off, in 
 1847. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KNOCKER. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.) 
 
 John Bedingfield Knocker, born 1 April, 1793, 
 at Dover, co. Kent, is brother of Lieut. Wm. 
 Knocker, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PoMPiE 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Dacres, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith; and in the following July, 
 having removed to the Aurora 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Elliot, was present at the bombardment and cap- 
 ture, notwithstanding a very firm resistance, of a 
 battery mounted on Cape Licosa, in Spain. Re- 
 joining the PoMPEE soon afterwards, he served in 
 that ship under the flag of Hon. Henry Edwin Stan- 
 hope in the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen, 
 whence he assisted in bringing home the Christian 
 VII. 80, one of the Danish prizes. In Nov. of the 
 latter year he obtained a berth on board the Diana 
 38, Capts. Chas. Grant and John Cramer, under 
 whom, on his return from a visit to the Brazils, we 
 find him, from Oct. 1809 until the commencement 
 of 1810, employed with the advanced squadron up 
 the Scheldt. During that particular period he was 
 constantly absent on boat service, and on the night 
 of 2 Dec. assisted, with much gallantry, in cutting 
 out three sehuyts, moored to the shore at Odens- 
 kirk, and provided with heavy ordnance.* In Nov. 
 1810 he participated, as Master's Mate, in an attack 
 made on the two French frigates Amazone and 
 JSliza^ lying aground under the protection of several 
 strong batteries in the neighbourhood of La Hogue. 
 On 23 of the ensuing month the latter vessel (the 
 other having effected her' escape) was effectually 
 destroyed by two of the Diana's boats— one of 
 them commanded by Mr. Knocker, to whom a 
 Lieutenant's commission was in consequence sent, 
 but which, as he had not served his time, he was of 
 course unable to retain. During his attachment 
 to the Diana, he was once struck with violence 
 by a splinter on the occasion of a vessel being 
 driven under the fire of some batteries on the 
 French coast ; and in Aug. 1811 he was sent home 
 in charge of a fine schooner, of which he had him- 
 self effected the capture under the walls of St. Se- 
 bastian while in command of the ship's boats. 
 With the exception of a few months, from Nov. 
 1812 to March, 1813, during which he was confined 
 to the Naval Hospital at Port Mahon, Mr. Knocker 
 continued to serve with Capt. Grant in the St. Al- 
 ban's 64, and Armada 74, off Cadiz and Toulon, 
 until nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 9 April, 1813, 
 of the Royal George 100, Capt. Thos. Fras. Chas. 
 Mainwaring. He was confirmed to that ship 10 
 July following, and was lastly, in Nov. of the same 
 year, appointed to the Hibesnia 120, flag-ship of 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. He returned home from 
 the Mediterranean and was paid off in July, 1814. 
 
 He married, 14 Oct. 1822, Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Anthony Cox, Esq., Banker, of Harwich, co. Essex, 
 by whom he has issue 14 children. 
 
 KNOCKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 30.) 
 William Knocker was born 18 Dec. 1794. He 
 is brother of Lieut. John B. Knocker, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Wm. 
 Albany Otway, employed in the Channel and off 
 Cadiz; removed, in July, 1807, to the Niger 32, 
 Capt. Jas. Hillyar, on the Mediterranean station; 
 and in April, 1808, became Midshipman of the Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, Capts. Donald M'Leod and Sam. Hood 
 Linzee. While in that ship we find him, after the 
 convention of Cintra, escorting the Russian Kear- 
 * Vide GxL. 1809, p. 2067. 
 
622 
 
 KNOLLES— KNOTT— KNOX. 
 
 Admiral Seniavin's squadron from lisbon to Eng- 
 land, then visiting Vigo, and, in Jan. 1809, assisting 
 at the embarkation of Sir John Moore's army after 
 the battle of Corunna. In the course of the latter 
 year, having joined the Thalia 36, Capt. Jas. Giles 
 Tashon, Mr. Knocker made a voyage to Quebec, 
 and accompanied, as Midshipman, the expedition to 
 the Walcheren. He next, it appears, joined the 
 Princess of OnAiGi 74, commanded in the Do^™s 
 by Capt. Fras. Beauman, and Tartar 32, Capt. 
 Jos. Baker, on the Baltic station. On the occasion 
 of the latter ship being wrecked, 18 Aug. 1811, it 
 was Mr. Knocker's fortune to be absent in a prize. 
 He was afterwards, until Aug. 1815, employed in 
 the IS'aiad 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, Impregnable 
 98, flag-ship of Admiral Vm. Young, Babrosa 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, Amaeastble 18, Capt. 
 Rich. Augustus Tales, and Astr^^a 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Kittoe. He served, during that period, with Ad- 
 miral Young, at the blockade of the Scheldt^ was 
 present with Capt. Shirreff in many active opera- 
 tions in the Chesapeake, and went with him to the 
 AVest Indies, where, while on duty aloft, he met an 
 accident from the eflects of which he has never re- 
 covered — and was sent in the Astr^a to Prance, 
 during the war of 100 days, on a mission of peculiar 
 delicacy and hazard. On the date above mentioned 
 Mr. Knocker, who then took up a commission dated 
 8 March, 1815, received an appointment to the He- 
 ron 18, Capts. Timothy Scriven, Geo. Bentham, and 
 Herbert Brace Powell, under the second of whom 
 he fought at Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was super- 
 seded at his own request in Feb. 1817, for the pur- 
 pose of recruiting his health, and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 From 1819 until 1832 Lieut. Knocker had com- 
 mand, on the Harwich station, of the Dover packet, 
 under the direction of the Post-office. He has been 
 in charge, since, of different private steamers.* He 
 married, 10 Sept. 1821, Augusta Ann, daughter of 
 Capt. Thos. Bridge, and by that lady, who died in 
 1839, has issue nine children. 
 
 KNOLLES, K.T.S. (Liehtenant, 1824.) 
 
 Henry Ksolles entered the Navy in 1808; and 
 served for nearly four years with Admiral Hon. 
 Michael De Courey, under whom, in the Tonnant 
 80, he assisted in embarking the army after the 
 battle of Corunna, and was for a long time em- 
 ployed, in the Foodroyant 80, on the Brazilian 
 station. In Sept. 1813 we find him employed at 
 the siege of St. Sebastian in the Revoldtionnaire 
 38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe. He passed his 
 examination in 1814; and after an intermediate 
 servitude in various ships, part of the time on the 
 Cape station, was promoted, 3 June, 1824, to a 
 Lieutenancy in the "Windsor Castle 7-1, Capt. 
 Chas. Dashwood, at the particular request of Don 
 John of Portugal, upon whose fugitive family, 
 while Mate of that ship, he had been in especial 
 attendance during the height of the rebellion. As 
 a further mark of favour, the same monarch created 
 him a K.T.S. He has been on half-pay since 1825. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 KNOTT. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Nathaniel Sydenham Knott passed his exami- 
 nation in 1828 ; obtained his commission 28 June, 
 1838; and was subsequently appointed — 20 Nov. 
 1839, to the President 50, flag-ship in the Pacific 
 of Kear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross — 26 
 Feb. 1841, to the Action 26, Capt. Robt. Rus- 
 sell, with whom he returned home from the latter 
 station and was paid off in the summer of 1842 — 
 and 22 March, 1845, to the Vernon 50, flag-ship 
 of Kear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the south- 
 east coast of America. Since 1846 he has again 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 KNOTT. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Owen Phibbs Knott entered the Navy 1 Sept. 
 1823; passed his examination in 1830; and on the 
 occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 26 Oct. 1840, was appointed to the Sodthampton 50, 
 fiag-ship of Sir Edw. Dumford King on the Brazils 
 and Cape of Good Hope station, whence he returned 
 to England and was paid off towards the close of 
 1842. On 5 July, 1843, he became Additional of 
 the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Rich. Thomas in South America, where, from 29 
 Nov. 1843, until promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 9 Nov. 1846, he officiated as First-Lieute- 
 nant of the CDRA90A 24, Capts. Sir Thos. Sabine 
 Pasley and Wm. Broughton. He is now on half- 
 
 pay- 
 
 KNOX. (Eeab-Admibai., 1846. f-p., 12; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 The Honoorable Edmund Sexton Pery Knox, 
 bom in 1787, is second son of Thomas, first Earl of 
 Ranfurly, by Diana Jane, eldest daughter and co- 
 heir of Edmund Viscount Pery, Speaker of the 
 Irish House of Commons in the Parliaments of 1771, 
 1776, and 1783. He is brother of the present Earl 
 of Ranfurly. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ethalion 38, Capt. John 
 Clarke Searle, and on 25 of the following Dec. was 
 wrecked on the Penmarck rocks. In May, 1800, he 
 joined the Seahorse 38, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote, 
 under whom we find him escorting Rear-Admiral 
 Sir Rich. Bickerton and General Sir Ralph Aber- 
 cromby to the Mediterranean, the latter back again 
 to England, and 10 sail of Indiamen to Calcutta, 
 besides being for some time employed in attendance 
 upon the King and Queen oif"Weymouth. From 
 Oct. 1802 until F.eb. 1806 Mr. Knox served in the 
 Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Jnso 32, Capt. 
 Henry Richardson. He then became attached for 
 short periods to the Halcyon 16, Capt. Henry 
 Whitmarsh Pearse, Queen 98, flag-ship of Lord 
 Collingwood, and Entreprenaktb cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander Robt. Benj. Young ; and on 1 Sept. in 
 the same year, 1806, he was made Lieutenant into 
 the AcASTA 40, Capts. Rich. DaUing Dunn and 
 Philip Beaver, lying at Plymouth. His succeeding 
 appointments were — on 18 of the latter month, to 
 the Narcissus 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, stationed 
 in the Channel — 16 Jan. 1808, to the Princess 
 Charlotte 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin, with whom he 
 was for eight months employed on the coast of Ire- 
 land — and 5 July, 1809,* to the acting-command of 
 the PuLTUSK sloop in the West Indies, whence he 
 invalided in the ensuing Aug. On 24 Feb. 1810 
 Capt. Knox, who had been confirmed in the rank of 
 Commander by commission dated 2 June, 1809, was 
 appointed to the Castilian sloop off DeaL Con- 
 tinuing but two months in that vessel, he next, on 
 3 Aug. 1810, obtained command of the St. Fiorenzo 
 troop-ship. He attained Post-rank 28 Feb. 1812; 
 and was lastly, from 22 March until 21 Jime, 1814, 
 employed as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admirals Hon. 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Sam. Hood Linzee, 
 in the Eurotas 38, off Cadiz and Gibraltar. He 
 accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 3 July, 1813, Jane 
 Sophia, fifth daughter of Wm. Hope Vere, Esq., and 
 sister of Jas. Hope, Esq., of Craigie Hall^ West 
 Lothian, N. B. By that lady he has issue one son 
 (an officer in the Army) and three daughters. 
 
 * In.one way or another, Lieut. Knocker, with the short 
 exception of eighteen months in 1817-18, has been constantly 
 afloat ever since he first went to sea in 1806. 
 
 KNOX. (Lieu-tenant, 1840.) 
 
 Marcus Knox entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1824 ; 
 passed his examination in 1831; and, including the 
 civU war in 1834, was for many years employed on 
 the north coast of Spain in the Castor 36, and 
 North Star 28, both commanded by Lord John 
 Hay. He obtained his commission 1 Aug. 1840; 
 served for nearly two years as Lieutenant in the 
 
 * He had been appointed Supernumerary-Lieutenant, a 
 few weeks , previously, of the Neptune 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane. '^ 
 
KNOX— KOOySTRA.-KORTRIGHT-KUPER— KYLE. 
 
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 Phcesix steamer, Capt. John Kichardson, on the 
 Mediterranean station ; and since 22 Nov. 1842 has 
 been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 KNOX. (Captain, 1842.) 
 
 Thomas Owen Knox entered the Navy 14 Feb. 
 1816; and was made Lieutenant, 24 April, 1824, 
 into the SrAKTiATE 76, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Eyre 
 in South America. His next appointments were — 
 5 June, 1824, to the Eclair 18, Capt. Thos. Bour- 
 chier, on the same station — 7 July, 1828, to the 
 Pyramcs 42, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius— 30 Aug. 
 1828, to the Pallas 42, Capts. Adolphus FitzCla- 
 rence and Manley Hall Dixon, under the former of 
 whom we find him accompanying Lord DaUiousie 
 and the Bishop of Calcutta from Portsmouth to 
 Bengal, General Viscount Combermere from India 
 home, and Col. Fox from Halifax— and 10 Aug. 
 1831, as First, to the Magicienne 24, Capt. Jas. 
 Hanway Plumridge, on the East India station, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off in 
 March, 1835. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 15 
 Feb. following, he was successively nominated, 29 
 March, 1836, and 13 May, 1840, Second-Captain of 
 the MiNDEN 72 and Kodney 92, Capts. Alex. Renton 
 Sharpe and Robt. Maunsell, both on the Mediterra- 
 nean station. He has been on half-pay since the 
 receipt of his Post-commission, which bears date 14 
 June, 1842. Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 KOOYSTRA. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Justus Bartholomew Koovstra entered the 
 Navy 25 July, 1812 ; passed his examination 8 Jan. 
 1819 ; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 
 9 Oct. 1840 ; and was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 23 Nov. 1841 . His appointments have since 
 been— 2 Aug. 1842, as Additional, to the Mada- 
 gascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of Africa 
 —2 Nov. 1842, to the Persian 16, Capt. Thos. Kod- 
 ney Eden, on the same station — 22 June, 1843, again 
 to the Madagascar— 7 Feb. 1844, to the Hydra 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, also on 
 the African coast — 2 Dec. 1844, to the Tortoise 
 store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Arthur Morrell— 
 18 Dec. 1845, to the Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope, 
 stationed as were the above vessels — and 16 Sept. 
 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service he has 
 been nearly ever since employed. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 KORTEIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Alfred Koktright entered the Navy 18 May, 
 1822; and obtained his commission 11 Sept. 1828. 
 His appointments have since been — 28 Nov. 1828, 
 to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieute- 
 nant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye 
 — 22 Nov. 1831, to the JETTfA surveying-vessel, 
 Capt. Edw. Belcher, employed on the coast of 
 Africa, whence he returned in Aug. 1832— for a 
 few months in 1835, to the San Josep 110, and 
 Royal Adelaide 104, bearing each the flag of Sir 
 Wm. Hargood at Plymouth— 4 May, 1842, to the 
 command of the Columbia surveying-vessel, on the 
 North American station, where he was superseded 
 in Oct. of the same year — and 28 April, 1845, to the 
 Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Wm. 
 Austen, under whom he is now employed on sur- 
 veying service on the North America and West 
 India statibn. 
 
 Lieut. Kortright is married and has issue. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 KUPEK, C.B. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 17 ; 
 
 H-P., 7.) 
 
 Augustus Leopold Kuper, born 16 Aug. 1809, is 
 son of the Rev. Wm. Kuper, D.D. and K.H., Chap- 
 lain to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir 
 Geo. Eyre in South America, where he continued to 
 serve until the summer of 1827, the greater part of 
 the time as Midshipman, in the Spartiate 76, Capt. 
 Thos. Gordon Falcon, Meksey 26, Capt. John Mac- 
 
 pherson Ferguson, and Cambridge 80, Capt. Thos. 
 Jas. Maling. He was then, until within a short 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 20 Feb. 1830, employed on the 
 Channel and Mediterranean stations, in the Royal 
 Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir "Wm. Hoste, Isis again, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, and Raleigh 18, Capt. Sir 
 "Wm. Dickson. His succeeding appointments were 
 —17 Oct. 1831, to the Savage 10, Capt. Lord Edw. 
 Russell, on the Irish station — 9 April, 18.32, to the 
 NiMROD 20, Capts. Lord E. Russell and John 
 M'Dougall, employed off the coasts of Spain and 
 Portugal— 30 March, 1836, to the Minden 74, fitting 
 for service off Lisbon — and 12 July, 1837, as Senior 
 Lieutenant, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Sir Jas. 
 John Gordon Bremer, whom he a,ided in forming 
 the settlement of Port Essington in North Australia. 
 On 27 July, 1839, Mr. Kuper was nominated to the 
 acting-command of the Pelorus 18,* an appoint- 
 ment which the Admiralty afterwards confirmed. 
 He became Acting-Captain of the Alligator 5 
 March, 1840; and from 14 June, 1841 (on 8 of which 
 month he was officially posted), until 15 March, 
 1843, he commanded the Calliope 26. In the 
 former ship it appears he obtained mention for his 
 zeal and alacrity at the capture of Chusan in July, 
 1840.t In Feb. 1841 it was his fortune to elicit the 
 thanks of the Commander-in-Chief for his conduct 
 in the action with the Bogue forts ; as he again did 
 for the gallant and able support he afforded Capt. 
 Thos. Herbert in an attack upon the enemy's camp, 
 fort, and ship Cambridge^ bearing the Chinese 
 Admiral's flag, at their position, below Whampoa 
 Reach, when 98 guns were in the whole destroyed. J 
 On 13 March Capt. Kuper was once more men- 
 tioned in terms of praise for the assistance he ren- 
 dered at the capture of the last fort protecting the 
 approaches to Canton.§ At the taking, a few days 
 afterwards, of the city itself, he commanded the in- 
 vesting force on the east side, and by his unremit- 
 ting attention effectually guarded the approaches 
 in that quarter.]] During the second series of ope- 
 rations against Canton his prompt and decisive con- 
 duct had the happy result of repelling an attack 
 made by the Chinese with fire-rafts, chained in 
 pairs, upon the Alligator, as she lay off Howqua's 
 Folly.t In July, 1842, being then in the Calliope, 
 Capt. Kuper accompanied Sir 'Win. Parker up the 
 Yang-tse-Kiang.*"* As a reward for his services he 
 was nominated a C.B. 21 Jan. 1842. 
 
 He married, 19 June, 1837, Emma Margaret, 
 eldest daughter of Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, 
 K.C.B. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 KYLE. (Retired Commander, 1837. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 George Kyle entered the Navy, 22 June, 1796, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Viper sloop, Capts. 
 John Scoffln and H. H. Parker, on the Cork station ; 
 and from Sept. in the same year until Oct. 1800 
 was employed on Channel service, the last three 
 years as Master's Mate, in the Chapman armed 
 ship, Capts. Wm. Cumberland, Robt. Keen, and 
 Thos. Browne. He then joined the Elephant 74 
 Capts. Thos. Foley and Geo. Dundas, in which ship,' 
 after participating under Lord Nelson in the action 
 off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, he proceeded to the 
 West Indies, where, in 1803, he assisted at the 
 blockade of Cape Fran5ois, St. Domingo, and wit- 
 nessed the capture of a squadron with the remains 
 of General Rochambeau's army on board. Remov- 
 ing next to the Hercule 74, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth, Mr. Kyle, in Jan. 1804, 
 served on shore with the seamen and marines in 
 the unsuccessful attempts upon Cura^oa. On 7 of 
 the following July, after having acted for nearly 
 
 • While Capt. Kuper was in the Pelohi/s that vessel was 
 driven high and dry on her beam-ends during a violent hur- 
 licane in Port Essington ; and it was onlv after she had been 
 for 86 days on shore that she was with difficulty hove off 
 
 t rilfe Gaz. 1840, p. 2991. 
 
 t F. Qaz. 1841, pp. 1498, 1500, 1501. 
 
 r.Gaz. I841,p. 1503. II r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1604. 
 
 IT f. Gaz. 1841, p. 2502. ** F. Gaz. 1842, p. 2504. 
 
624 KYNASTON— LACON— LACY— LADD— LAFARGUE— LAFFER. 
 
 four months as Lieutenant, he was confirmed in that 
 rank in the Vigilahte alias Sdffisante sloop, 
 Capts. Wm. Croft and Henry Laroche. His last 
 appointments were, 16 Jan. 1806 and 24 Oct. 1811, 
 to the Kangaroo sloop, Capts. H. Laroche, John 
 Baker, John Bradley, and John Lloyd, and Aboukir 
 74, Capts. Geo. Parker, Thos. Browne, and Norbome 
 Thompson. During his attachment to the Kas- 
 CAROo, besides cruizing in the Channel, he attended 
 the expedition to the Walcheren, and was employed 
 in escorting convoys to Spain, Portugal, and the 
 "West Indies ; and while in the Aboukir he com- 
 manded a gun-boat on the rivers Dwina and Aa 
 during the defence of Kiga in 1812, and was present 
 at the siege and capture of Genoa in 1814. He 
 went on half-pay in Sept. 1815, and accepted the 
 rank he now holds 25 Jan. 1837. 
 
 Commander Kyle married, 4 Nov. 1817, Bliss 
 Mary Irwin, and has issue two children. 
 
 KTNASTON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Augustus Frederick Kynaston entered the Navy 
 30 Sept. 1830; passed his examination 27 April, 
 1837; and served as Mate in the Vanguard 80, 
 Capt. Sir David Dann, Phcenix steamer, Capt. John 
 Kichardson, Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 John Cochrane, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings, and Shearwater steamer, Capt. 
 John Washington, on the Mediterranean and Home 
 stations. He obtained a commission 10 Nov. 1842; 
 was appointed, on 28 of the same month, to the 
 Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on the African 
 station ; and since 24 July, 1844, has been employed 
 in the Pacific on board the Collingwood 80, flag- 
 ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 L. 
 
 L.ACON. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 5.) 
 Henrt Jajies Lacon, bom 27 Nov. 1810, is third 
 son of the late Sir Edm. Knowles Lacon, Bart., of 
 Ormesby House, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, by 
 Elinor Dixon, eldest daughter and co-heir of Thos. 
 Beecroft, Esq., of Saxthorpe Hall, co. Norfolk. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Nov. 1823 ; and embarked, 22 June, 1825, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John 
 Gordon Sinclair, with whom he was for four years 
 employed, part of the time as Midshipman, on the 
 South American station. He then joined the 
 Childers 18, Capt. Wm. Morier, attached to the 
 force in the North Sea, where he cruized until Nov. 
 1829, in the course of which month he passed his 
 examination. Between Jan. 1830 and his promo- 
 tion to the rank of Lieutenant 21 March, 1835, Mr. 
 Lacon served on the West India, Home, and Medi- 
 terranean stations, in the North Star 28, Capt. 
 Lord Wm. Paget, Firefly schooner, Lieut. -Com- 
 mander John M'Donell, Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. 
 Clement, Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden, Vestal 26, 
 Capt. Wm. Jones, and Portland 52, Capt. David 
 Price. His succeeding appointments were — 28 Sept. 
 1835 and 20 Jan. 1837, to the Castor 36 and 
 North Star 28, both commanded by Lord John 
 Hay, under whom he served for five years on the 
 north coast of Spain, and was constantly employed 
 on shore with the Naval Brigade— 5 April, 1841, to 
 the Cornwallis 72, fitting for the fiag of Sir Wm. 
 Parker, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies— 
 and, 22 Jan. 1842, as Senior, to the Blonde 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Bourchier. For his services in the 
 latter ship at the capture of Chapoo and in all the 
 operations to the northward of that place he was 
 advanced to the rank he now holds 23 Dec. 1842.* 
 He has officiated, since 13 Nov. 1846, as Second- 
 Captain of the Vanguard 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens 
 Willes, and is at present in the Mediterranean. 
 
 Commander Lacon married, 9 July, 1844, Caro- 
 lina Louisa Bartlett, second daughter of the late J. 
 * Fide Gaz. 1843, p. 2950. 
 
 Roberts, Esq., of Buckingham. Agents— Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 LACY. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Edward Lacy entered the Navy in 1833 ; passed 
 his examination 5 June, 1839 ; and served as Mate 
 in the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, Cal- 
 cutta 84, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and for two 
 years and a half in the Cormorant steam-sloop, 
 Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon, on the Mediterranean, 
 HomCj and South American stations. He obtained 
 his commission 13 Dec. 1845, and has been ever 
 since attached to the Collingwood 80, flag-ship in 
 the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. 
 
 LADD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 25; h-p., 17.) 
 Charles Pybus Ladd, bom 17 June, 1790, at 
 Dover, co. Kent, is son of the late Edw. Ladd, Esq., 
 who, in conjunction with his brother Henry, raised, 
 during the first American war, and partly equipped, 
 a volunteer corps of Light Artillery for the defence 
 of their native town. The latter gentlemaij (who 
 was for many years Captain of Archcliffe Fort, and 
 died at the age of 93) received a silver salver from 
 the then Duke of Richmond, as an acknowledgment 
 of the services he rendered on the occasion. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. Thos. 
 Seccombe, bearing the flag in the Downs of Vice- 
 Admiral John Holloway ; and, from May, 1806, until 
 Oct. 1809, was employed on the Channel and Medi- 
 terranean stations, chiefly as Midshipman, in the 
 Glatton 50, commanded at first by Capt. Seccombe, 
 and afterwards by Capts. John Clavell, Henry 
 Hope, and Geo. Miller Bligh. We next find him, 
 until confirmed in his present rank 7 Feb. 1815, 
 serving in 12 different vessels on the Home station ; 
 during which period he six times performed the 
 duties of Acting-Lieutenant. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 5 Aug. 1831, to the Skylark 
 packet, the command of which he retained, on the 
 Falmouth station, for upwards of nine years— 8 
 Sept. 1841, to the Redwing steam-packet, Capt. 
 Thos. Bevis, under whom he was for three years 
 and a half employed at Liverpool— and, 21 May, 
 1845, to the command of the Zephyr steamer, in 
 which vessel, stationed as a packet between Holy- 
 head and Kingstown, Dublin, hje still serves. 
 Lieut. Ladd married in 1823, and has issue. 
 
 LAFAEGUE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Augustus Lafargue passed his exami- 
 nation 4 July, 1821 ; obtained an appointment in 
 the Coast Guard 2 June, 1842 ; and was advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 25 June, 1845. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 LAFFEE. (Eetiked Commander, 1847. f-p., 
 15; H-p., 34.; 
 
 Nathaniel Laffer was born in 1781. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1798, as 
 Second-cl. Boy, on board the Cambridge 80, guard- 
 ship at Plymouth, Capt. Poger. Removing in 
 April, 1799, to the MELPOMisE 38, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Hamilton, he served in that ship in the ensuing ex- 
 pedition to the Helder, and was present in her at 
 the capture of the African island of Goree in April, 
 1800. In the course of the latter year he succes- 
 sively became Midshipman of a schooner and armed 
 ship, bearing each the name of Goree, and com- 
 manded, the first by Lieut. Chas. Chamberlayne 
 Irvine, and the second by Capt. Thos. Tidy, with 
 whom he served on the coast of Africa and in the 
 West Indies until Dec. 1801. During the next 
 seven years he presents himself to our notice as em- 
 ployed on the Home and South American stations 
 in the Pdissant 74, Capt. "W^m. Syme, Clyde 38, 
 Capt. John Larmour, Reindeer 18, Capt. John 
 Fyffe, Lapwing 28, Capt. Clotworthy Tipton, and 
 London 98, Capts. Sir Harry Neale and Thos. 
 Western. While in the latter ship he contributed, 
 in company vrith the Amazon 38, to the capture, 13 
 
LAKE. 
 
 625 
 
 March, 1806, of the Marengo of 80 guns, hearing the 
 flag of Admiral Llnois, and 40-g:ua frigate BeUe 
 Poule, after a long running fight in which the Lon- 
 don sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 22 
 ■wounded. He also, in 1807-8, escorted the Koyal 
 Family of Portugal to the Braails. On leaving 
 the London, as above, Mr. Lafier was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Agamemnon 64, Capt. 
 Jonas Kose, from which ship he was confirmed, 10 
 May, 1809, into the President 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Marsh Schomberg. H e invalided home from South 
 America in April, 1810, and was next appointed — 
 8 April, 1811, to the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Eyles, under whom, during a servitude of 21 
 months in the Baltic, he came frequently into con- 
 tact with the Danish gun-boats — and, 22 Nov. 1813 
 and 26 Sept. 1814, to the Royal Sovekeign 100, and 
 G6LDFINCH 10, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild and 
 John Foote, on the Mediterranean and Channel 
 stations. He went on half-pay in May, 1815, and 
 accepted his present rank in July, 1847. Agents— 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LAKE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Edward Lake is second son of the late Sir Jas. 
 Sam. Wm. Lake, Bart., by Maria, daughter of Sam. 
 Turner, £s(^. ; and nephew of the late Admiral Sir 
 Willoughby Thos. Lake, K.C.B. His brother, the 
 present Sir Jas. Samuel Lake, married the eldest 
 daughter of the late Yice-Admiral Sir Bich. King, 
 Bart., K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1820; 
 passed his examination in 1826 ; obtained his first 
 commission 20 Aug. 1827 ; and was subsequently 
 appointed — 24 June and 29 Sept. 1828, to the Gloh- 
 OESTER 74, and Madagascar 46, Capts. Henry 
 Stuart and Hon, Sir Bobt. Cavendish Spencer, both 
 in the Mediterranean — 1 March, 1829, to the Rat- 
 tlesnake 28, Capts. Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley and 
 Chas. Graham, on the South American station — 
 1 Aug. 1831, to the Blanche 46, bearing the broad 
 pendant in the West Indies of Commodore Arthur 
 Farquhar, to whom he acted for some time as Flag- 
 Lieutenant — 12 June, 1833, to the Caledonia 120, 
 Capt, Thos. Brown, attached to the force in the 
 Mediterranean — 2 June, 1835, after 12 months of 
 half-pay, to the Canofus 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline 
 Percy, also on the latter station, whence he re- 
 turned in the early part of 1837— and 27 June, 
 1839, to the Coast Guard. He attained his present 
 rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and from 3 July, 1844, until the 
 summer of 1847 was again employed in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 Commander Lake married, in Sept. 1839, Clara, 
 third daughter of the late SirWm. Johnston, Bart., 
 of Hilltown House, near Aberdeen. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LAKE. (COMMANDEB, 1827. F-p., 14; H-p., 23.) 
 WiLLOUGHBY Lake is son of the late Admiral Sir 
 Willonghby Thos. Lake, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 18 
 Aug. 1810; and embarked, 5 April, 1813, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Magnificent 74, commanded 
 by his father, whom he accompanied to the West 
 Indies. He afterwards, between Aug. 1815 and 
 Feb. 1821, served, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the Taods 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, 
 and Superb 78, Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy, on the Mediterranean and South American 
 stations. He was officially promoted 18 May, 1821, 
 and was lastly employed, from 14 April, 182^ until 
 within a few days of his advancement to the rank 
 of Commander 20 Aug. 1827, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 his father, in the Superb 74, on the Halifax station. 
 He has since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appointments have 
 since been— 10 May and 25 Oct. 1841, to the Bit- 
 tern 16, Capt. Hon. B. C. F. P. Cary, and Alfred 
 50, Commodore John Brett Purvis, on the African 
 and Brazilian stations, from the latter of which he 
 returned home in the early part of 1845— and 21 
 Jan. 1847, to a station in the Coast Guard, the com- 
 mand whereof he still retains. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 LAKE. (LlEDTENANT, 1840.) 
 
 Willodghby J. Lake entered the Navy 3 April, 
 1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and for his 
 services on the coast of Syria, and at the bombard- 
 ment of St, Jean d'Acre, was promoted to the rank 
 
 LAKE, K.C.B. (Admiral of the White, 1841. 
 F-p., 29 ; H-p., 38.) 
 
 Sir Willohghbt Thomas Lake was born about 
 1773, and died 18 Feb. 1847, at Blackheath, co. 
 Kent. He was second son of Sir Jas. Winter Lake, 
 Bart., by Joyce, daughter of John Crowther, Esq., 
 of Bow ; and uncle of the present Commander £dw. 
 Lake, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1780, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Roebuck 44, Capt. 
 Andrew Snape Hamond, under whom and the late 
 Sir Andrew Snape Douglas he continued to serve 
 (with the exception of an interval between May, 
 1783, and Dec. 1785) in the Chatham and Irre- 
 sistible 74's, SooTHAMPTON 32, and Goliath, Bed- 
 ford, and Vanguard 74's, on the North American, 
 Mediterranean, and Home stations, chiefly as Mid- 
 shipman, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 22 Nov. 1790. In Sept. 1793, after he had been for 
 a short time attached to the Rdssel 74, Capt. John 
 Willet Payne, he was invested with the command 
 of the Charlotte armed cutter, employed off Os- 
 tend and Flushing. On leaving that vessel in the 
 following Nov., Mr. Lake officiated for four months 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear- Admiral John Macbride 
 in the Flora, Cumberland, Eurydice, and For- 
 midable, on the Home station, where, in March, 
 1794, he became his First-Lieutenant in the Mino- 
 taur 74. On 25 Nov. in the same year he was 
 promoted to the command of the Weasel sloop, 
 stationed between Yarmouth and Flamhorough 
 Head; and in April, 1795, he removed to the Rat- 
 tler 18, employed as a Channel cruizer. Being 
 made Post, 11 Jan. 1796, into the Proserpine 28, 
 Capt. Lake, while in that frigate, succeeded in cap- 
 turing, 3 Aug. 1797, the Dutch privateer Unity, of 
 10 guns and 50 men, in the neighbourhood of Shet- 
 land. He went on half-pay a short time afterwards, 
 and was subsequently appointed — 4 April, 1803, to 
 the ToPAZE 38, on the Irish station, where he took 
 the privateers Napoleon, of 14 guns and 180 men, 
 Minerve, of 14 guns and 111 men, Genital Augereau, 
 of 14 guns and 88 men, and El Fenin, of 14 guns 
 and 85 men— 16 June, 1806, to the Gibraltar 80, 
 in which ship he was intrusted with the command 
 of a small squadron off L'Orient, for the purpose of 
 watching the enemy's vessels then ready for sea in 
 that port— 3 April, 1807, to the Sea Fencibles on the 
 coast of Sussex, where he continued imtil the corps 
 was disbanded in 1810— and, 29 Feb. 1812, to the 
 Magnificent 74. While in the latter ship Capt. 
 Lake, being ordered to co-operate with the force 
 imder Sir Home Popham on the north coast of 
 Spain, assisted at the reduction of Castro, and in 
 the attacks upon Puerta Galletta, Guetaria, &c. He 
 also commanded a detachment of seamen and ma- 
 rines, to which was added the Guerilla regiment of 
 Campillo, landed to act against the castle of St 
 Ano. During his pursuit of the French from that 
 place to Santander, on their road whither the British 
 were exposed to an incessant and galling fire from 
 numerous small houses, walls, and hedges, Capt. 
 Lake received a musket-ball in his right arm' 
 and on his way back he was further wounded in 
 the head, and for a time deprived of his senses. 
 In consequence of these severe injuries he was 
 for four months unable to discharge the active 
 duties of his profession. He at length, however 
 rejoined his ship, which had been commanded, pro 
 tern., by Capt. John Hayes, and continued in her 
 until paid off 8 Aug. 1815. During that period he 
 effected the capture, 30 Oct. 1813, of an American 
 letter-of-maique, W^Amiabk, of 6 guns and 21 men 
 
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626 
 
 LAMB— LAMBART- LAMBERT. 
 
 and was sent with the trade to the West Indies, 
 where he arrived at the period Sir Alex. Cochrane 
 was proceeding on the expedition against New Or- 
 leans, and was left by him to carry on the duties of 
 Senior officer on the Jamaica station. In 1815 the 
 Magnificent returned with another convoy to 
 England. On 12 Aug. 1819 Capt. Lake, who had 
 been appointed a Colonel of Marines 4 June, 1814, 
 and nominated a C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, was advanced to 
 the rank of Kear- Admiral. He commanded-in-chief, 
 subsequently, on the Halifax station, with his flag 
 .in the Superb 74, from 18 May, 1824, until 15 Aug. 
 1827 ; became a Vioe-Admiral 27 May, 1825 ; was 
 created a K.C.B. 17 Nov. 1830; and attained the 
 rank of full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Sir Willoughby Thos. Lake married, in 1795, 
 Charlotte, daughter of Admiral Macbride, by wljom, 
 who died 5 Sept. 1836, he has left, with other issue, 
 a son, the present Commander Willonghby Lake, 
 B.N., and a daughter, Emily, married to Capt. Wm. 
 "Webb, R.N. His third son, Edward, now deceased, 
 was a Major in the Madras Engineers, and had dis- 
 tinguished himself in India, where he had been 
 twice wounded. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LAMB. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., ! 1 ; h-p., 28.) 
 James Thomas Lamb entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 
 1808, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Amethvst, of 42 
 guns and 222 men, Capt. Michael Seymour ; and on 
 6 April, 1809, took part in a severe intermittent 
 action of about four hours, which terminated in the 
 capture, with a loss to the Amethyst of 8 men 
 killed and 37 wounded, of the French frigate Le 
 Niemeiiy of 46 guns and 339 men, of whom 47 were 
 slain and 73 wounded. After attending the expe- 
 dition to Flushing he accompanied Capt. Seymour 
 into his prize, which had been added to the Navy 
 as a 38-gim frigate. He continued with him in that 
 ship, on the Channel and Irish stations, until the 
 spring of 1812, when he again followed him, as Mid- 
 shipman, into the Hannibal 74. In March, 1814, 
 being then on a cruize off Cherbourg, Mr. Lamb 
 was present at the capture of the iS-gan frigate 
 Sultane. We then find him proceeding to the West 
 Indies, where, in the course of the same year, he 
 successively joined the Bedtord and Venerable 
 74's, Capts. Jas. Walker and Geo. Pringle — the 
 latter bearing the flag of Sir Philip Chas. Burham, 
 by whom he was at first sent on a cruize in the 
 Adams tender, and then nominated Acting Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Grecian schooner. He was 
 made Lieutenant, 1 March, 1815, into the Faibt 18, 
 Capt. Henry Loraine Baker, part of the force pre- 
 sent at the ensuing surrender of Guadeloupe, with 
 the despatches relative to which she returned to 
 England ; and he was next, from 29 of the following 
 Sept. until superseded at his own request 27 March, 
 1817, employed on the Irish station in the Helicon 
 and Martin sloops, both commanded by Capt. 
 Andrew Mitchell. His last appointment was, 29 
 Aug. 1833, to the Coast Guard, in which service he 
 remained until the early part of 1836, 
 
 We understand that on one occasion, while in 
 command of a merchant-ship, Lieut. Lamb per- 
 formed service which was acknowledged by a re- 
 ward from Lloyd's. 
 
 LAMB. (Ketired Commandeb, 1846. f-p., 12 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 John Lamb entered the Navy, in 1801, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Port Mahon sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Buchanan, on the Mediterranean station, where, in 
 the course of the same year, he became Midshipman 
 of the Northumberland 74, Capt. Geo. Martin. 
 Between 1803 and the date of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 20 June, 1808, he presents him- 
 self to our notice as serving in the Channel and off 
 the coast of Ireland in the St. Axban's 64, Capt. 
 John Temple, Warrior 74, Capts. Wm. Bligh, 
 Sam. Hood Linzee, and Michael Seymour, and 
 Amethyst, of 42 guns and 261 men, Capt. M. Sey- 
 mour. While in the latter ship we find him contri- 
 buting to the capture, 11 Nov. 1808, off L'Orient, 
 
 of the French frigate La Thetis, of 44 guns and 
 436 men, including troops, which was boarded and . 
 carried at the close of a furious contest of more 
 than three hours, in which the British lost 19 men 
 killed and 51 wounded, and the enemy 135 killed 
 and 102 wounded. His last appointments were — 23 
 June, 1808, to the Leviathan 74, Capt. John Har- 
 vey, under whom, after serving off Flushing and 
 Cadiz, he witnessed the self-destruction, in Oct 
 1809, of the French ships of the line Sobuste and 
 Lion, off Cape Cette — in 1810, to the Pbrlen fri- 
 gate, Capt. Norbome Thompson, in the Wejt Indies 
 — 11 Oct. 1811, to the Fantome brig, Capt. John 
 Lawrence— 27 April, 1812, to the Union 98, Capts. 
 Sam. Hood Li zee, Wm. Kent, and Robt. Rolles, in 
 which ship he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's partial 
 actions of 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814, with the 
 Toulon fleet— and, 29 March, 1814, to the HibebiJia 
 120, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. He 
 returned to England in the following Aug., and 
 accepted his present rank 7 May, 1846. 
 
 During his servitude afloat Commander Lamb was 
 presented, we are informed, with s,' gratuity from 
 the Patriotic Fund. He married, in March, 1823, 
 Emma, daughter of J. Robinson, Esq., of Holloway, 
 CO. Middlesex. 
 
 LAMBAET. (Liedt., 1844. P-P., 10 ; H-p., 0.) 
 The Honoobable Oliver William Matthew 
 Lambart, bom 26 Aug. 1822, is youngest son of 
 Richard, seventh Earl of Cavan, K.C., a general 
 officer in the Army, and Colonel of the 45th Regt. 
 of Foot, by his second wife, Lydia, second daughter 
 of Wm. Arnold, Esq., of Slatswood. He is half- 
 imcle of the present Earl of Cavan. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jime, 1837, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hazard 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Wilkinson. In that vessel, after visiting the coast 
 of Africa, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, 
 where, until 1839, he served as Midshipman in the 
 Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, Talaveea 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, and Wasp 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Dudley Worsley Anderson Pelham. Sailing then 
 for China in the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, 
 he took part in the chief operations of the war, in- 
 cluding the first and second attacks upon Canton, 
 the reduction of Amoy, the re-taking of Chusan, 
 the capture of Chinghae, Ningpo, and Chapoo,* the 
 battle of Woosung,t the storming of Chin-Kiang- 
 Foo,J and the various hostilities on the Yang-tse- 
 Kiang terminating with the pacification of Nanking. 
 At Chin-Kiang-Foo, 21 July, 1842, Mr. Lambart 
 was employed in the boats under Lieut. Edw. 
 Crouch when they sustained, in an attempt to land 
 the artillery-guns, a loss of 17 out of 24 persons 
 wounded, including the officer last mentioned, whom 
 he consequently succeeded in the command. In 
 March, 1843, on his return to England, he joined 
 the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley 
 at Portsmouth, where he passed his examination 6 
 Sept. following, and was for some time employed as 
 Mate in the Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. 
 Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He obtained his 
 commission 11 Oct. 1844, and since 19 Feb. 1845 (a 
 few days previously to which period he had been 
 appointed to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier) 
 has been serving in the Vangdard 80, Capt. Geo. 
 Wickens Willes, on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations. 
 
 Lieut. Lambart married, 26 Nov. 1844, Anne Eli- 
 zabeth, second daughter of Capt. G. W. Wales, K.N. 
 
 LAMBERT. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Charles Lambert was bom 28 June, 1790. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip 
 Somerville, stationed in the Channel. In the course 
 of 1805 he successively joined the Dreadnought 98, 
 and Royal Sovereign 100, bearing each the flag of 
 Lord Collingwood, under whom, after serving at 
 the blockade of Cadiz, he fought in the latter ship 
 at the battle of Trafalgar. From Nov. in the same 
 
 * Ptde Gaz. 1842, pp. 396, 2388, 3694. 
 t r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3400. J V. Gil. 1848, p. 3405. 
 
LAMBERT. 
 
 627 
 
 year, 1805, until the spring of 1810, we find Mr. 
 Lambert employed on the Channel and Cape of 
 Good Hope stations, principally as Midshipman, in 
 the Bbllerophon 74, and Leopard 50, flag-ships of 
 the late Sir Albemarle Bertie. He then became 
 attached to the Nereide 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah 
 ■Willoughby, under whom, we are informed, he took 
 part in the boats in a gallant attack made on the 
 enemy's batteries and troops at Jaootel, in the 
 Mauritius. He also assisted, in July, 1810, at the 
 capture of lie de Bourbon; and on 17 Aug. he 
 landed, we believe, at the storming of a fort on 
 Pointe du Diable, in the Isle of France. He wit- 
 nessed, next, the capture of He de la Passe ; was on 
 board the Nereide when she compelled the enemy's 
 sloop Victor to surrender, and exchanged broadsides 
 with the 40-gun frigate Minerve ; and was slightly 
 wounded during a series of unhappy although heroic 
 operations, which, by 28 Aug., terminated in the 
 self-destruction, in Port Sud-Est, of the British 
 frigates Magicienne and Sirids, and the capture, 
 by a French squadron, of the Nekeide and Iphi- 
 GENiA — the former after being reduced to a mere 
 wreck, and incurring a loss of nearly her whole 
 crew. Being restored to liberty on the fall of the 
 Isle of France in the following Dec, Mr. Lambert 
 returned to England in La Manchb frigate, Lieut.- 
 Commander Edw. Grimes. In Nov. 1812, having 
 been for the last 15 months employed in the Favo- 
 rite and Stork sloops, Capts. Kobt. Forbes and 
 Robt. Lisle Coulson, on the Plymouth and Cork 
 stations, be was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Peacock, of 18 guns and 122 men, Capt. Wm. 
 Peake ; which sloop (of whose crew 5, including the 
 Commander, were killed, and 33 wounded) was 
 sunk, at the close of a desperate action of 25 minutes, 
 by the American ship Hornet, of 20 guns and 165 
 men, 1 only of whom was killed and 2 wounded. 
 On his release from captivity in May, 1814, Mr. 
 Lambert found that he had been promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Euryalus 36, Capt. Chas. Na- 
 pier, by commission dated 6 Dec. 1813. In the fol- 
 lowing Aug., being still in that ship, he accompa- 
 nied Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon's brilliant expedition 
 up the Potomac, and was in consequence present at 
 the capture of Fort Washington, the capitulation of 
 Alexandria, and the destruction of the American 
 batteries on the banks of the river. During these 
 operations he was again slightly wounded. He in- 
 valided from the Euryalus in the month ensuing, 
 and was lastly, from July to Sept. 1815, employed 
 on the Leith station in the Fincher 12, Capt. T. 
 Smith. 
 
 He married 24 March, 1816, and has issue six 
 children. Agents — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 LAMBERT. (Lieutenant, 1846.') 
 
 Edward Henry Gaoe Lambert passed his exa- 
 mination 7 Sept. 1844; anfl at the period of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 9 Nov. 1846, was serving on the south-east 
 coast of America as Mate of the Raleigh 50, Com- 
 modore Sir Thos. Herbert. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 LAMBERT. (Capt., 1825. f-p., 15; h-p., 2.3.) 
 George Robert Lambert, a son of Robt. Lam- 
 bert, Esq., many years a Captain B.N., is brother 
 of the late Vice-Admiral Robt. Lambert,* and the 
 late Capt. Henry Lambert, R.N.,t and of two gen- 
 tlemen holding high rank in the Army. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1809, as 
 
 * Vice- Admiral Lambert attained the rank of Tjieutenant 
 in 1791, and served in that capacity on board the Barfleur 
 9S in Lord Howe's action I June, 1794. In 1795-6 he acted 
 a$ Flag-Captain to ReaT-Admiral Rainier, in the Suffolk 74, 
 at tiie reduction of Ceylon, Amboyna, Banda, &c, ; and in 
 1801, beinff at the time in the Saturn 74, he accompanied 
 the expedition under Sir Hyde Parker to the Baltic. He 
 became a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819'; commanded in chief 
 on the St. Helena station, for the secure detention of Buo- 
 naparte, from 1820 to 1822; was constituted a Vice-Admiral 
 22 July, 1830 ; and died about Sept. 1S36. 
 .f A' partial sketch of the services of Capt. Henry Lambert 
 may be found in our memoir of Oapt. Hen. Ducie Chads. 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Rowley. Continuing in that ship for a period of 
 five years, he attended in consequence the expedi- 
 tion to the Waloheren, co-operated in the defence 
 of Cadiz in 1810, assisted at the capture, 22 Nov. 
 1811, of La Carceyre frigate, carrying 28 guns, to- 
 gether with 170 seamen and 130 soldiers, and be- 
 held the fall, in 1813, of Fiume, Trieste, and other 
 places in the Adriatic. After a further servitude 
 of eleven months in the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Duncan, on the Channel station, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 May, 1815, and 
 appointed to the Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest. 
 Quitting the latter frigate in Jan. L817, he next, from 
 1 Jan. 1820, until within a few days of his promotion 
 to the rank of Commander, 19 Jan. 1822, officiated as 
 Flag-Lieutenant, in the Vigo 74, to his brother, Bear- 
 Admiral Robt. Lambert, on the St. Helena station. 
 On 23 Feb. 1824 Capt. Lambert was awarded com- 
 mand of the Camelion sloop, in which we find him 
 employed on particular service until advanced to 
 Post-rank, 8 Aug. 1825. His appointments have 
 since been— 23 Sept. 1831, to the Alligator 28, 
 fitting for the East Indies, whence he returned 
 home and was paid off 27 Aug. 1835—8 Dec. 1845, 
 to the Endymiom 44, on the North America and 
 West India station— and 23 Jan. 1847, to be Com- 
 modore at Jamaica, where he is now serving with 
 his broad pendant in the Imaum 72. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 LAMBERT. (Retired Commander, 1845. 
 F-p., 11; H-p., 36.) 
 
 William Lambert was bom in the early part of 
 1788, and died at the commencement of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1800, as 
 A. B., on board the Furious gun-brig, Lieut-Com- 
 mander Wm. Froth, with whom he served in the 
 North Sea and Baltic tmtil April, 1802. From Jan. 
 1803 until May, 1804, we find him employed as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol. and Midshipman, in the Princess 
 Charlotte 38, and Ruby and Galykheid 64's, all 
 commanded by Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gard- 
 ner, on the Irish and North Sea stations. During 
 the next three years he presents himself to our 
 notice as again attached to the Princess Char- 
 lotte, commanded at first by Capt. Gardner, but 
 afterwards by Capt. Geo. Tobin, under whom, be- 
 sides being occasionally employed in escorting con- 
 voys, he saw a good deal of boat service on the 
 coast of Cuba, and took part, as Master's Mate, 5 
 Oct. 1805, in a severe action of an hour, near To- 
 bago, with La Cyane of 26 and La Ndt'ade of 16 
 guns, the former of which then surrendered. In 
 the course of 1807 Mr. Lambert successively joined 
 the HiBERNiA 110, Capt. Wm. Bedford, Ville de 
 Paris 110, bearing the flag of Lord Gardner, and, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, the Dreadnouobt 98, Capts. 
 Wm. Lechmere and Geo. Burgoyne Salt, to which 
 ship he was confirmed by commission dated 7 May, 
 1808. His subsequent appointments were — 1 Sept. 
 1810, to the MuTisE 18, Capts. Chas. Montagu 
 Fabian and Nevinson De Courcy, on the Brazilian 
 station, whence he invalided 18 Feb. 1811 — 20 Jan., 
 1812, for three months, to the Conqdestador 74, 
 Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, employed on the coast of 
 France— 29 April, 1813, to the Medway 74, Capt. 
 Augustus Brine, with whom he proceeded to the 
 Cape of Good Hope— 22 May, 1814, to the Hakpv 
 18, commanded by Capt. Thos. Griffith Allen, and 
 also, for five months, by himself, off' the Isle of 
 France— and lastly, 7 Feb. 1815, again to the Med- 
 WAT, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Tyler at the 
 Cape, whence he returned to England in April, 
 1816. In July, 1814, while First of the Harpt, Mr. 
 Lambert took command of her boats and, at great 
 peril, rescued the crew of L* Eugenie schooner, who 
 had been wrecked, on 19 of the previous April, on 
 Sandy Island, while on their passage from the 
 Seychelles to the Manritins. The Master and one 
 seaman belonging to the Harpy were on the occa- 
 sion drowned by the upsetting of a boat. "The sub- 
 ject of the foregoing narrative accepted the rank of 
 Retired Commander 30 April, 1845. 
 
 4 L 2 
 
628 
 
 LAMBERT-LAMBRICK-LAMONT-LANCASTER. 
 
 He was in the commission of the' peace for co. 
 Cork ; and married, 29 March, 1832, Anne, daughter 
 of the late Adam Carr, Esq^. By that lady he has 
 left issue. 
 
 LAMBERT. (Liedtenant, 1842.) 
 
 William Leigh Lambert entered the Navy 12 
 Sept. 1828 ; passed his examination 10 May, 1837 ; 
 served for some time as Mate on the Mediterranean 
 and North America and West Lidia stations, in the 
 Ttne 26, (Japt. John Townshend, and ItLnsTRiona 
 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam ; and was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 19 June, 1842, into the Volage 22, Capt. 
 Sir Wm. Dickson. His appointments have since 
 heen— 13 Oct. 1843, as Additional, to the Cobn- 
 WALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the East 
 Indies— 5 Nov. 1844, and 2 April, 1845, to the Driver 
 steam-sloop and Vestal 26, Capts. Courtenay Os- 
 born Hayes and Chas. Talbot, both on the same sta- 
 tion—and 13 Nov. 1846, to the Castor 36, Capt. 
 Chas. Graham, in which frigate be is still serving in 
 the East Indies. 
 
 LAMBEICK. (Retired Commander, 1837. 
 F-p., 15 ; H-p., 49.) 
 John Lambrick entered the Navy, in 1783, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Fairy sloop, Capt. W. 
 Thomas, and was for three years employed in that 
 vessel in the Channel. For several months in 1788, 
 and from 1790 until the commencement of the 
 French revolutionary war, we find him serving on 
 the Newfoundland and Home stations, as A. B. and 
 Midshipman, in the Echo, Capt. Robt. Carthew 
 Reynolds, Termagant, commanded by an officer 
 whose name has escaped us, Ntmphe, Capt. Geo. 
 Campbell, and Spider, a small vessel commanded 
 by a Lieutenant. During the next four years Mr. 
 Lambrick was uninterruptedly employed in the 
 Mediterranean on board the Leda, Berwick, and 
 Terrible, all under the orders of Capt. Campbell, 
 Britannia 100, flag-ship of Admiral Hotham, Dol- 
 phin, Capt. Rich. Retalidk, and Inconstant, Capts. 
 Thos. Fras. Fremantle and G. Oakes. Of the Dol- 
 phin he was confirmed a Lieutenant 23 May, 1796. 
 After serving for two years on the North Sea sta- 
 tion in the Agamemnon, Capt. Fancourt, he ob- 
 tained command of the Signal station at the Lizard ; 
 and he was lastly, between the years 1801 and 1803, 
 employed off Cadiz and in the Channel on board 
 the Addacioos 74, Capt. Shuldham Peard, and 
 Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Rich. Curry. He be- 
 came a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 
 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 4 July, 1837. 
 
 LAMONT. (Retired Commander, 1838. 
 r-p., 10 ; H-P., 39.) 
 
 James Lamont entered the Navy, 28 Deo. 1798, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repdlse 64, Capt. 
 Jas. Alms, lying at Portsmouth ; and in the course 
 of 1799 joined the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Chas. Thompson, and Charon 44, 
 Capt. John Mackellar ; in which latter ship, on his 
 return from a visit to the Mediterranean, he as- 
 sisted at the evacuation of the Holder. Becoming 
 Midshipman, in Jan. 1800, of the Hebe, Capts. Wm. 
 BirohaU and Geo. Reynolds, he accompanied the 
 expedition of 1801 to Egypt ; after which he was 
 for more than two years employed in the North Sea 
 in the ClyivE 38, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase 
 Warren, and for nearly one, as Master's Mate, in 
 the Mediator and RENOMMfes; both commanded 
 by Sir Thos. Livingstone on the Channel station. 
 He was then, in Aug. 1805, appointed Sub-Lieute- 
 nant of the Staunch gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 Benj. Street; and on 16 of the following Oct. he 
 was confirmed a full Lieutenant of the Moselle 18, 
 Capts. John Surman Carden and Alex. Gordon, em- 
 ployed at first in the Mediterranean and next in 
 the West Indies. In 1808 it was Mr. Lament's lot 
 to be very severely wounded while boarding an 
 enemy's vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, for which he 
 received a gratuity of 80/. lis. 6d. He was obliged 
 in consequence to invalid in June of that year. 
 
 Unable to procure further employment, he accepted 
 his present rank 18 April, 1838. 
 
 LANCASTER. (Lieutenant, 1813. r-p., 10; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 Henry Lancaster, bom 12 May, 1791, is young- 
 est son of the Rev. Thos. Lancaster, Rector of Mer- 
 
 ■fhis officer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., under the especial patronage of Lord 
 Nelson, on board the Victory 100, Capt. Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy, bearing the flag of that distin- 
 guished nobleman, under whom he was present m 
 the ensuing action off Cape Trafalgar. After a 
 servitude of two years with Lord Collingwood as 
 Midshipman in the Ocean 98, he joined the Thames 
 32 in which frigate and the Apollo 38, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, we 
 find him employed, chiefly on the Mediterranean 
 station, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 20 Oct. 1813. While in the latter ship Mr. Lancas- 
 ter served in her boats, with those of a squadron 
 under Lieut. John Tailour, on the night of 31 Oct. 
 1809, at the capture and destruction, notwithstand- 
 ing a fearful struggle and a loss to the British of 15 
 men killed and 55 wounded, of the French store- 
 ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards 
 Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Normande, 
 with a convoy of seven merchant-vessels, defended 
 by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas."" 
 He assisted also in capturing, 13 Feb. 1812, the 
 French frigate-built store-ship Merinos, of 20 guns 
 and 26 men, imder the batteries of Corsica, and, on 
 20 of the following Sept., the national xebec Ulffsse 
 of 6 guns.t He was further, it appears, present at 
 the reduction, in Jan. and Feb. 1813, of the islands 
 of Angusta and Curzola, as well as on shore, as a 
 volunteer, in 1813, at the siege of Trieste, where 
 he was slightly wounded, and, by his conduct, ob- 
 tained the thanks of Rear- Admiral Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle, and a particular letter of introduction from 
 that officer to Sir Sidney Smith, to whose flag-ship 
 he had been appointed. During the term of his 
 attachment to the Apollo Mr. Lancaster, we must 
 too record, was twice the instrument of preserving 
 life by his intrepidity in jumping overboard, once 
 in the Adriatic, and another time, at night^ near 
 Malta. In Nov. 1813, a short time after he had 
 joined Sir Sidney Smith, our officer found himself 
 appointed to the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas ; in which ship he had an oppor- 
 tunity of sharing in Sir Edw. Pellew's second par- 
 tial action with the Toiilon fleet, and of witnessing 
 the fall of Genoa and Savona. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 10 Sept. 1814, to the Myrtle 18, Capt. 
 Arthur Batt Bingham, with whom he served at 
 Cork until 30 Nov. 1815. 
 
 He married, in May, 1823, and has issue. Agents 
 — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 LANCASTER. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 20; h-p., 31.) 
 Robert Dahiell Lancaster was born 6 Oct. 
 1783 or 1784. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Duke 98, Capt. John 
 HoUoway, and was afterwards, until Sept. 1802, em- 
 ployed with the same Captain and with Capts. Samp- 
 son Edwards, Geo. Parker, Erasmus Gower, and 
 Bridges Watkinson Taylor, chiefly as Midshipman, 
 in the St. George 98, Santa Margarita 36, and 
 Porcupine 22, on the Channel, Mediterranean, and 
 West India stations. He next, in April, 1803, and 
 Nov. 1804, joined the San Josef 110, bearing the 
 flag off Brest of Sir Chas. Cotton, and Nimrod 18, 
 Capt. Orde, attached to the force in the West Indies, 
 where, on 26 Feb. 1805, he was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, and appointed to the command of the 
 Nelly schooner, in which vessel he was shortly 
 afterwards sent home with despatches. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 10 April, 1805, to the 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907. 
 
 + In Jan. 1812 Mr. Lancaster narrowly escaped drowning, 
 being on board a prize that foundered an hour after lier capture. < 
 
LANE. 
 
 629 
 
 Malabar 50, CaptB. EoM. Hall, John Ayscough, 
 end Geo. Scott, stationed in the North Sea and 
 West Indies— 16 Aug. 1806 and 27 Feb. 1809, to the 
 command of the Phosphorus fire-brig, and Ltka 
 Impress- tender, employed off Boulogne and at North 
 Shields and Sheemess— in 1812 or 13, to the Basi- 
 lisk 12, Capt. Geo. French, lying at Hamoaze— 21 
 June, 1814, and 27 Nov. 1818, to the command of 
 the Lakdrail schooner and Serapis convalescent 
 ship— and, lastly, 26 March, 1819, to the Ordinary 
 at Plymouth, where he remained until April, 1822. 
 ■While in the Malabar, Mr. Lancaster served, in 
 the boats of that ship and the Wolf 18, at the de- 
 struction, on the coast of Cuba, 2 Jan. 1806, of the 
 two French privateers Le Megulatem and NapoUon, 
 of 5 guns each, and a crew united of 146 men, after 
 a well-contested action of an hour and three-quar- 
 ters. During his command of the Lyra he made 
 suggestions to the Admiralty relative to the Impress 
 service which caused a saving in one port alone of 
 3000/. per annum, and for wMch he obtained their 
 Lordships' thanks. On 12 July, 1814, being then 
 in the Landrail, which vessel carried only 4 
 12-pounder carronades and 19 men, Mr. Lancaster 
 had the misfortune to be captured by the Ameri- 
 can privateer-schooner Syren (mounting 1 long 18- 
 pounder on a travelling-carriage, 4 long 6-pounders 
 and 2 18-pounder carronades, with a crew of 75 
 men), at the end of a running fight of one hour and 
 10 minutes, and a close action, within pistol-shot, 
 of 40 minutes, in all 2 hours. This strenuous and 
 most gallant resistance on the part of the Landrail 
 was the occasion of a loss to herself of 7 men 
 wounded, and to her antagonist of 3 men killed 
 and 15 wounded. Her brave commander was in 
 consequence detained a captive in America until 
 the conclusion of the war. 
 
 Mr. Lancaster is the Senior Lieutenant of 1805. 
 His eldest son, John James Lancaster, Esq., M.D., 
 is a Surgeon in the E.N. (1835). Agents— Hallett 
 and Bobinson. 
 
 LANE. (LlEnTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Dennts Lane died in 1846. He was third son 
 of the Bev. Rich. Lane, of Coffleet and Bradley, 
 CO. Dev(m, by Lucy, daughter of Nicholas Dennys, 
 Esq., of Ashley, near Tiverton ; and brother-in-law 
 of Sambornc Stuckley Palmer, Esq., of Timsbury 
 House, CO. Somerset. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 24 May, !832; 
 passed his examination 11 Aug. 1838 ; attained the 
 rank of Lieutenant, while serving as Mate on board 
 the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in 
 the East Indies, 27 Oct. 1841 ; and was appointed, 
 31 March and 17 Nov. 1842, to the Modeste 18, and 
 North Stab 26, Capts. Bundle Burges Watson and 
 Sir Jas. Everard Home, both on the same station, 
 whence he returned home and was paid off in the 
 summer of 1846. 
 
 LANE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., IJj h-p., 29.) 
 
 John Edward Lane entered the Navy, in 1801, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 74, Capt. 
 Lane, lying at Hamoaze, where, in May, 1802, he 
 joined the Centaur 74, bearing the flag of Bear- 
 Admiral Jas. Bich. Dacres. Between June in the 
 same year and June, 1807, we find him serving, as 
 Midshipman, on the Mediterranean and Home sta- 
 tions, in the Spider, Lieut.-Commander Harding 
 Shaw, Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Eobt. Barlow, Dryad 
 36, Capt. Adam Drummond, Barfleur 98, Capt. 
 Jos. Sydney Yorke, and Success 32, Capt. John 
 Ayscough. During the next two years he acted as 
 Lieutenant of the Belle Poole 38, Capt. Jas. Bris- 
 bane, under whom, besides contributing to the cap- 
 ture of other smaller vessels, he assisted in taking, 
 13 Feb. 1809, ie Var of 26 guns, laden with corn 
 for the relief of the French garrison at Corfu. 
 From the following July until Sept. 1810 he again 
 served as Midshipman in the Ville de Paris and 
 San Josef llO's, flag-ships of Lord Collingwood 
 and Sir Chas. Cotton. He was then a second time 
 invested with the rank of Lieutenant, in the Vo- 
 
 LONTAiRE 38, Capts. Chas. BuUen, Abel Ferris, 
 Henry Evelyn Pitfleld Sturt, and Joseph Nourse, in 
 which frigate he continued, co-operating interme- 
 diately with the patriots on the coast of Spain, until 
 at length confirmed, 17 Jan. 1811, into the Trident 
 64, Capt. Bich. Budd Vincent, stationed at Malta. 
 His last appointments were — 4 Nov. 1811, to the 
 Frederickstein frigate, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, also 
 in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in Oct. 
 1812—8 Oct. 1813, to the Telegraph 12, Capt. 
 Timothy Soriven, in which vessel he was for nearly 
 two years employed on the Channel and North 
 American stations — and 25 June, 1831, to the com- 
 mand of the Swan cutter of 10 guns, on the Home 
 station, where he remained until paid off in 1835. 
 He has not been since afioat. 
 
 He married, 16 May, 1832, Lauretta Maude, 
 daughter of the late W. Blewett, Esq., of Halton 
 Court, Cornwall. 
 
 LANE. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 John William Lane entered the Navy 8 June, 
 1809; and from that period until Dec. 1814 was 
 employed on the Home and American stations in 
 the Agincourt 64, Capt. Wm. Kent, Unicorn 32, 
 Capt. Alex. Bobt. Kerr, Amethyst 36, Capt. Mich. 
 Seymour, Venerable 74, Capt. Andw. Kjng, San 
 Domingo 74, Capt. Chas. Gill, Cje'sar 80, Capt. 
 Chas. Bichardson, Namur 74, Capt. Alex. Ship- 
 pard, Chanticleer 10, Capt. Bich. Spear, Paz 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander Dan. Pring, Ephira 
 10, Capt. John Strutt Peyton, and Edinburgh 74, 
 Capts. Bobt. BoUes, Bowland Mainwaring, Hon. 
 Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and John Lam- 
 pen Manley. During his attachment to the Ve- 
 nerable he accompanied the expedition to the 
 Waloheren in Aug. 1809 ; and when in the Edin- 
 burgh he witnessed, in 1813-14, the capture of Port 
 d' Anzo, the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, the re- 
 duction of the fortress of Santa Maria and of the 
 enemy's other forts and defences in the Gulf of 
 Spezia, and the fall of Genoa. On 17 June, 181.5, 
 being then in the Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup Nico- 
 las, Mr. Lane, who had previously served for a short 
 time in the Boyne 98, Capts. Fred. Lewis Maitland 
 and Jas. Brisbane, contributed to the defeat, near 
 Cape Corse, of the French corvette Legere, of 28 
 guns, who made off at the close of a gallant conflict 
 in which the British vessel sustained a loss, besides 
 being otherwise disabled, of 1 man killed and 15 
 wounded, and the Frenchman of 22 killed and 79 
 wounded. He left the Pilot in June, 1816, and, 
 passing his examination in the following Oct., was 
 afterwards, between Jan. 1821 and 13 Dec. 1828, 
 employed, as Admiralty-Midshipman, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, and Admiralty-Mate, in the Medina 20, 
 Capts. Eobt. Bookings, the Earl of Huntingdon, B. 
 Anderson, and Patrick Duff Henry Hay, Tweed 24, 
 Capt. Fred. Hunn, Semiramis 42, bearing the flag 
 of Vice-Admiral Bobt. Plampin, Badger 10, Capt. 
 Chas. Crowdy, Despatch 18, Capt. Eobt. White 
 Parsons, and Tribune 42, Capt. John Wilson, on 
 the Mediterranean, Cork, Lisbon, and South Ame- 
 rican stations. He was then made Lieutenant into 
 the Thetis 46, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, also in 
 South America, whence he invalided 17 Aug. 1829. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 LANE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p. 25; h-p., 17.) 
 
 William Lane (6) entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wolverene 
 sloop, Capts. Thos. Smith and Fras. Augustus Col- 
 lier, with the latter of whom he further served in 
 the CiHCE 32, Star sloop, and Peloros 18, on the 
 West India station, until July, 1809. He assisted 
 in consequence, at the capture of several of the ene- 
 my's privateers and armed vessels, took part also in 
 a successful attack made in Dec. 1808 by the Cyane 
 and a small squadron on some batteries, a corvette 
 and two schooners near the town of St. Pierre, Mar- 
 tinique, ond co-operated in the Star in the reduc- 
 tion of the latter island in Feb. 1809. During the 
 remainder of the war we find Mr. Lane employed • 
 
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 LANG-LANGDON-LANGFORD-LANGLEY— LANGTON. 
 
 latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Gdachapis, 
 Lieat.-Commander Wm. Weoland, Elizabeth 74, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Curzon and Thos. Searle, The- 
 SEDs 74, Capt. Wm. Prowse, Nakcissds 32, Capt. 
 John Bich. Lumley, Tbibdse 36, flag-ship of Sir 
 Fras. Laforey, and Grampus 50, Capt. F. A. Col- 
 lier, on the Home, West India, and China stations. 
 On leaving the latter ship in Aug. 1815, he toolt up 
 a commission dated on 13 of the previous March. 
 His appointments have since been — 8 Nov. 1815, to 
 the Alban 12, Capt. Hugh Fatten, from which ves- 
 sel, employed in the Solway Frith, he was super- 
 seded at his own request 29 Jan. 1817 — 17 Jan. 1828, 
 and 29 March, 1829, to the Wasp and BAiiEiGH 
 sfoops, Capts. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, Thos. Edw. 
 Hoste, and Sir Wm. Diclsson, attached to the force 
 in the Mediterranean, whence he returned home, 
 and was paid off in Dec. 1829—19 June, 1833, to the 
 Coast Guard, in which he continued for a period of 
 11 years— and 8 June, 1846, to the Caledonia 120, 
 Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, with whom he is now 
 serving in the Channel. 
 
 LANG. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Edward Wollaston Lang entered the Navy 
 (from the Royal Naval College) 13 Jan. 1833 ; passed 
 his examinatiqp 5 April, 1837 ; and was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant while serving as Mate in the 
 SoHTHAMPTON 50, flag-sUp at the Cape of Good 
 Hope of Sir Edw. Dumford King, 12 May, 1842. 
 He was then appointed to the Fantome 16, Capt. 
 Philip Geo. Haymes, on the South American sta- 
 tion ; and since 16 May, 1843, has been employed In 
 the Pacific on board the Fisgahd 42, Capt. John 
 Alex. Duntze. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 LANGDON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 William Langdon was born 6 Nov. 1790, at 
 Montacute Vicarage, co. Somerset. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 April, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Weymouth 44, Capt. 
 John Draper, and after serving for 'a year and a 
 half, the chief part of the time as Midshipman, on 
 the East India and Brazilian stations, removed, in 
 April, 1806, to the Monarch 74, Capts. John Clarke 
 Searle and Bich. Lee. On 15 of the following July 
 we find him employed with a detachment of boats 
 at the cutting out, in face of a desperate and well- 
 concerted resistance, at the entrance of the river 
 Gironde, of the French corvette Le Cesar, mounting 
 16 guns, with a complement of 86 men, who, with a 
 loss to themselves of 14 killed and wounded, occa- 
 sioned the British one altogether of 9 killed and 39 
 wounded. He was also, on 25 Sept. in the same 
 year, present at the capture, by a squadron under 
 Sir Sam. Hood, of four heavy French frigates off 
 Eochefort; on which occasion the Monarch en- 
 acted a very conspicuous part, compelled La Mi- 
 nerve, of 44 guns and 650 men, to surrender, and 
 experienced a total loss of 4 killed and 25 wounded. 
 In the Champion 24, Capts. Jas. Coutts Crawford 
 and Robt. Henderson, to which vessel he removed 
 in Aug. 1807, Mr. Langdon came frequently into 
 contact with the batteries on the coast of France, 
 and contributed to the capture of a French pri- 
 vateer near St. Maloes. Removing, as Master's 
 Mate, in Jan. 1810, to the Badger 10, Capt. John 
 Lampen Manley, he served for 14 months in that 
 vessel in the North Sea and in the rivers Elbe, Ems, 
 and Weser. In Aug. 1811, after he had been for 
 five months borne as a Supernumerary on the books 
 of the Dragon 74, bearing the flag in the West In- 
 dies of Sir Fras. Laforey, he became Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Bingdove 18, Capt. Wm. Dowers— to 
 which vessel he was confirmed by commission dated 
 29 of the ensuing Oct. He invalided in May, 1812, 
 and was lastly, from the next Oct. until Sept. 1814, 
 employed in the Bermdda 10, Capts. Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer and Wm. Wolrige, on the Downs 
 station (where he was often in action with the Bou- 
 logne batteries, and assisted in making several cap- 
 tures), and also off Gottenborg and the north coast 
 of Sweden. 
 
 Lieut. Langdon married Anne, daughter of Wm. 
 Elliott, Esq., of CO. Somerset, by whom, who died 20 
 May, 1844, he has issue an only child, Anne Elliott, 
 now the wife of Sir Thos. Howland Roberts, Bart., 
 of Brightfieldstown, co. Cork. Agents— Pettet and 
 Newton. 
 
 LANGFOKD. (Commander, 1829.) 
 
 Thomas Nethebton Langford, bom in 1805, is 
 second son of Edw. Langford, Esq., of Trungle, co. 
 Cornwall, Captain in the Royal Cornwall Militia, 
 and late of H.M. 49th Regt. of Foot, by Mary, 
 eldest daughter of Henry Whltmarsh, Esq., of Batt's 
 Place, near Taunton, J. P. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Oct. 1818 ; passed 
 his examination in 1824 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 30 Nov. 1826 ; and was successively appointed 
 — 15 Feb. 1827, to the Badger 10, Capt. Chas. 
 Crowdy, in the North Sea— 18 March, 1828, to the 
 Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry Dundas, in South Ame- 
 rica^and, 13 Nov. 1828, to the Ganges 84, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Sir Robt. Waller Otway, on the same 
 station. He was promoted, on being paid off, to 
 his present rank 19 Sept. 1829 ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Langford married, 11 Feb. 1835, 
 Caroline, eldest daughter of the late Hon. and Rev. 
 Jas. St. Leger, brother of Viscount Doneraile, and 
 by that lady has issue. Agents— Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 LANGLEY. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 William Langley entered the Navy, 2 April, 
 1805, as Master's Mate, on board the Sib Edward 
 Hughes 38, Capts. Hood Hanway Christian, Gilbert 
 Heathcote, and Edw. Ratsey, attached to the force 
 in the East Indies. Removing, in Oct. 1807, to the 
 Cumberland 74, he was for five years employed 
 in that ship on the Mediterranean and North Sea 
 stations under the orders of Capts. Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse, Eliab Harvey, Robt. Clephane, Robt. 
 Waller Otway, and Thos. Baker ; after which we 
 find him, from Oct. 1812 until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 3 Feb. 1815, serving on board the 
 Imp4tueux 74, flag-ship off Lisbon of the late Sir 
 Geo. Martin, Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 Gordon (under whom he witnessed the fall of St. 
 Sebastian in Sept. 1813), and Prince 98, and Mon- 
 tagu 74, commanded at Spithead and Cork by 
 Capts. Geo. Fowke and Peter Heywood. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 LANGTON. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 1 5.) 
 Thomas William Langton was bom in the au- 
 tumn of 1796 at Leicester. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Dec. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Hoste, stationed in the Adriatic. While in that 
 frigate, besides participating in much boat-service, 
 it was his fortune to be present, 13 March, 1811, in 
 the celebrated action off Lissa, where a British 
 squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 
 men, completely routed, after a battle of six hours, 
 and a loss to the Amphion of 15 killed and 47 
 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force 
 amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. On that oc- 
 casion Mr. Langton was one of only three out of 10, 
 composing the Midshipman's berth, who escaped 
 without injury. When subsequently with the same 
 Captain in the Bacchante 38, he commanded a 
 boat under Lieut. Silas Thomson Hood, and was 
 spoken of in the highest possible terms for his con- 
 duct at the capture, 12 June, 1813, from under the 
 town of Gela-Nova, on the coo^t of Abruzzo, of 
 seven large gun-boats mounting each 1 long 18- 
 pounder in the bow, 3 smaller gun-vessels with a 
 4-pounder in the bow, and 14 sail of merchantmen, 
 four of which also had guns in the bow. The Bri- 
 tish, as they advanced, were exposed to a heavy fire 
 of grape and musketry ; and it was not until they 
 were fairly alongside the gun-boats that the crews 
 of the latter slackened their fire : they were then* 
 driven from their vessels with great loss— one, thfr 
 
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 !argest of them, falling a prize to Mr. Langton. 
 The shore astern of the assailed was at the com- 
 menoement lined with 100 troops, who, however, 
 fled on the first fire, leaving two field-pieces hehind 
 them.* Our officer, who afterwards landed with 
 Capt. Hoste near Trieste, under a tremendous fire 
 from the citadel, continued in the Bacchante, 
 which was latterly commanded by Capt. Fras. Stan- 
 fell, untiljuly, 1815; in the course of which year 
 we find him passing his examination, and succes- 
 sively joining the Seahorse 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, and Bdlwakk 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Kowley at Chatham. In May, 1818, he removed as 
 Admiralty Midshipman to the Liffey 50, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Duncan, in which ship he was for 
 nearly three years and a half employed in the Chan- 
 nel. He next, in Oct. 1821, joined the Hind 20, 
 Capts. Sir Chas. Burrard and Hon. Henry John 
 Kous, with the latter of whom he ultimately went 
 to the Mediterranean, where, after having acted 
 for three months, he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 25 April, 1823, in the Chanticleer 10, Capt. Bur- 
 ton Macnamara. In the following June he inva- 
 lided. His appointments have since been — 10 June, 
 1825, to the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney 
 Hortcn, lying at Sheerness — in Nov. 1825, to the 
 Coast Guard in Scotland, in which service he con- 
 tinued until Oct. 1830— and 8 April, 1843, to he 
 Admiralty Agent In a contract mail steam-vessel, 
 a capacity in which he is now employed. 
 
 Lieut. Langton, while in the Coast Guard, was 
 presented with a silver medal by the Royal Humane 
 Society, and with a stock of wine by the owners, 
 for his exertions in saving a vessel which had struck 
 on the sands near Aberdeen. He married, in 1826, 
 a daughter of the late Walter Mansell, Esq., of 
 Woodperry House, Oxfordshire. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 LANGTEY.'(CoMMANBER, 1842. f-p. 21 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Joseph Millar Langtry is third son of the 
 late Joseph Langtry, Esq., of Bishop's Waltham, 
 Hants, and of Townabraohe, co. Antrim ; and 
 elder brother of the late Wm. Henry Langtry, Esq., 
 Master K.N. (1842), who entered the Navy in 1825, 
 served as Master's Assistant of the Dartmouth 42 
 at the battle of Navarin, was for five years and 
 three months Acting-Master and Master of the 
 Clio sloop on the East India station, took part 
 during that period in the operations on the coast 
 of China and up the Yang-tse-Kiang, and died in 
 1846. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1818, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Slanev 20, Capts. Donat 
 Henchy O'Brien and Henry Stanhope, in which 
 vessel and the Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, 
 he served on the South American station, part of 
 the time as Midshipman, until Feb. 1822. He then 
 became Mate of the Albion 74, Capts. Sir Wm. 
 Hoste and John Acworth Ommanney ; and, on pro- 
 ceeding to the Mediterranean, took part in the 
 battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. On that occasion 
 he boarded and hauled down the colours of an 
 Egyptian frigate, but was soon afterwards under 
 the necessity, from her having caught fire, of cut- 
 ting her cables for the purpose of allowing her to 
 (irift clear of the Albion, a work in which he was 
 assisted by Rich. Harris, A. B. As a reward for 
 his conduct, Mr. Langtry, on the recommendation 
 of his Captain, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant by commission dated 22 Oct. 1827. He then 
 served for nearly four months in the Lyra 10, 
 Capt. John Harvey Boteler, off Lisbon ; and was 
 afterwards appointed — 10 Oct. 1829, and 19 Feb. 
 1830, to the Ramillies and Talavera 74's, Coast 
 Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot — 5 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard service, 
 In which he continued until March, 1833 — 7 Aug. 
 1835, to the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. Langford 
 Castle, fitting at Plymouth, where he soon after- 
 wards invalided— 25 March, 1835, to the Hercules 
 74, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, 
 • VideGti. 1813, p. 17B5, 
 
 which ship, stationed in the Channel, his health, in 
 the following Oct., also obliged him to leave — 2 
 Oct. 1837, and 13 Oct. 1840, to the Donegal 78, 
 and, as Flag-Lieutenant, to the Britannia 120, 
 bearing each the flag of Sir J. A. Ommanney on the 
 Lisbon and Mediterranean stations— and 23 Sept. 
 1841, to the Powerful 84, Capt. Michael Seymour, 
 with whom he returned home in Dec. of the same 
 year. He attained his present rank 4 Jan. 1842 ; 
 and since 8 May, 1847, has been employed in the 
 Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 LANGWORTHY. (Lieutenant, 1832.) 
 John Langworthy entered the Navy 14 April, 
 
 1811 ; passed his examination In 1822; and obtained 
 
 his commission 27 March, 1832. He has since been 
 
 on half-pay. 
 He married Mary, daughter of — Langworthy, 
 
 Esq., of Exeter. 
 
 LANPHIEE. (Eetieed Commander, 1846. 
 P-p., 13 ; H-p., 35.) 
 
 Yernon Lanfhier entered the Navy, In the 
 spring of 1799, as Midshipman, on board the Ter- 
 rible 74, Capt. Wm. Wolseley, in which ship he 
 went to the Mediterranean and back in pursuit of 
 a French fleet. He was next, between Feb. 1800, 
 and Nov. 1801, employed off the coasts of France 
 and Spain in the Triton 32, Capts. Sir John Gore 
 and Robt. Lewis Fitzgerald, and San Josef 110, 
 Capts. W. Wolseley and Jas. Carpenter; after 
 which we find him, from Jime, 1803, until Aug. 
 1808, serving on board the Spartiate 74, Capts. 
 John Manley and Sir Fras. Laforey. . During that 
 period he assisted in chasing a French squadron to 
 the West Indies, returned with Lord Nelson to 
 Europe in quest of the combined fleets of France 
 and Spain, aided in blockading the enemy in Cadiz 
 harbour, and shared in the glories of Trafalgar. 
 On leaving the Spartiate, as above, Mr. Lanphier 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Leonidas 
 38, Capts. Jas. Dunbar and Anselm John Griffiths ; 
 in which frigate (being confirmed to her by com- 
 mission dated 26 Nov. 1808) he ^continued to serve, 
 off Toulon, in the Adriatic, and on the Irish station, 
 until May, 1812. While in the Adriatic he saw a 
 good deal of boat-service, contributed to the cap- 
 ture of a variety of vessels, and co-operated in the 
 reduction. In Oct. 1809 and April, 1810, of Cephar 
 Ionia and Santa Maura, on which latter occasion he 
 was slightly wounded.* His last appointment was, 
 1 Dec. 1813, to the Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram 
 Robt. Ricketts, with whom he served on the coasts 
 of France and America until Oct. 1814, when his 
 health obliged him to invalid. He accepted his 
 present rank 13 April, 1846. Agents- Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 LAPENOTIERE. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 John Good Lapenotiere entered the Navy 5 
 Aug. 1819; passed his examination in 1825; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 17 March, 1827, into the Py- 
 LADES 18, Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson, on the Ja- 
 maica station, whence he returned to England In 
 Feb. 1828. Since 21 April, 1847, he has been em- 
 ployed In the Coast Guard. 
 
 Having lost his first wife, 8 Feb. 1840, Mr. La- 
 penotiere married, secondly, 12 Dec. following, 
 Harriette Maria, daughter of John Booth, Esq., of 
 Whitchurch. 
 
 LAPIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Charles Horace Lapidge was promoted, 31 
 Aug. 1824, to a Lieutenancy in the Scout 18, Capt. 
 Jas. Wigston, which vessel returned home from the 
 West Indies and was paid off in the summer of 
 1825. His subsequent appointments were — 19 Dec. 
 1837, as First, to the Lily 16, Capt. John Reeve, 
 on the African station— 10 July, 1838, as Addi- 
 tional, to the Stag 46, Capt. Thos. Ball SuUvan, 
 employed in South America, where he continued 
 until 1839— and 24 Nov. 1841, to the command of 
 • KWeGaz. 1810,p.ll37. 
 
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 LAPIDGE-LARCOM-LARKE-LAROCHE. 
 
 the Pantaloon 10, on the coast of Africa, whence 
 he returned in 1844. He has not been since afloat. 
 He was left a widower 21 June, 1846. Agent — 
 J. Chippendale. 
 
 LAPIDGE, K.I.C., K.S.F. (Captain, 1837. 
 F-P., 32; H-P., 12.) 
 
 William Feedekick Lapidge entered the Navy, 
 10 Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plan- 
 TAGENET 74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, Fras. 
 Pender, and Wm. Bradley, in which ship, with the 
 exception of a voyage to St. Helena, he served on 
 the Channel station until July, 1807. After at- 
 tending the expeditions to Copenhagen and the 
 "Walcheren as Midshipman of the Dictator 64 and 
 Addacioos 74, both commanded by Capt. Donald 
 Campbell, he joined, in Nov. 1809, the Imperieuse 
 38, Capts. Thos. Garth and Hon. Henry Duncan, 
 andfproceeded to the Mediterranean, where he re- 
 mained employed, chiefly as Master's Mate, Acting- 
 Master, and Acting-Lieutenant of the same ship, 
 and as Lieutenant (commission dated 9 April, 1814) 
 of the Franchise 36, and Florida 20, until the 
 summer of 1816. He was on board the Imperieuse 
 at the destruction, 27 June, 1812, of a French con- 
 voy under the batteries of Languelia and Alassio ; 
 and he was in her, on 17 of the ensuing Aug., in a 
 spirited skirmish with a Neapolitan squadron in 
 the Bay of Naples. After he left the Florida, 
 Mr. Lapidge's appointments in the capacity of 
 Lieutenant were — 23 Oct. 1819, to the Raleigh 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, whom he accom- 
 panied to the West Indies— 27 June, 1822, and 23 
 Oct. 1823, to the Superb 74, and Ocean 80, guard- 
 ships at Plymouth, Capts. Adam Mackenzie, Lucius 
 Ferdinand Hardyman, and John Sykes — 9 Jan. 
 1827, to the Spartlate 78, Capt. Fred. Warren— 
 and in 1830-1, to the successive command of the 
 Messenger and Cakron steamers, Vigilant ketch, 
 and Leveret brig. In the last vessel he appears 
 to have been employed during the civil war in Por- 
 tugal. Being awarded a second promotal commis- 
 sion 2 Oct. 1833, Capt. Lapidge, on 21 of the follow- 
 ing Nov., obtained command of the Ringdove 16. 
 The services performed by him in that vessel on 
 the north coast of Spain,'particularly at the defence 
 of Portugalete and the siege of Bilbao in Nov. and 
 Dec. 1836, were acknowledged by the Queen Re- 
 gent, who created him a Commander of Isabella la 
 Catolica, and presented him with the second class 
 of San Fernando. He attained Post-rank 6 Jan. 
 1837, but did not leave the Ringdove until the fol- 
 lowing April. His last appointment was, 23 Nov. 
 1843, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, in which we 
 find him employed on particular service, and on 
 the S.E. coast of America and Channel stations, 
 until paid oif at the commencement of 1847. 
 
 Capt. Lapidge married, in 1817, a sister of the 
 late Capt. Sir Wm. Elliott, B.N., C.B. Agents— 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LAKCOM. (Captain, 1841. p-p., 20; h-p., 19.) 
 Joseph Pafford Dickson Larcom, born 14 Sept. 
 1795, is son of Commissioner Joseph Larcom, of 
 Malta Dockyard, who had been promoted to the 
 rank of Commander for his conduct as First of the 
 Thunderer 74 in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794, 
 and died at Gibraltar, on his way to England, 17 
 Feb. 1818 ; and nephew of the present Vioe-Admiral 
 Geo. M'Kinley, and of the late Vice- Admiral A. P. 
 Hollis, and the late Capt. Thos. Larcom, K.N., who 
 commanded the Russel 74 in Lord Bridport's ac- 
 tion in 1795, and was afterwards Flag-Captain to 
 Rear-Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton and Cuthbert Col- 
 Ungwood, in the Prince 98, and Triumph 74. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 13 
 Feb. 1808 ; and embarked, 22 June, 1810, as a Su- 
 pemumerary, on board the San Josep 110, Capt. 
 R. J. Neve, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cot- 
 ton, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean; 
 where, from the following Sept. until the close of 
 1817, he was successively employed on board the 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, C^t. Fros. Beaufort, Satel- 
 
 lite sloop, Capt. Walter Bathurst, Frederickstein 
 frigate, Capt. F. Beaufort, Thames 32, and Eury- 
 ALDS 36, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Napier, 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, Castor 
 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, Aboukir 74, Capt. Norborne 
 Thompson, Paulina sloop, Capt. Rowland Mainwar- 
 ing, WooDLARK 10, Capt. Wm. Cutfield, Satellite 
 again, Capt. Jas. Murray, and Albion 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. In May, 
 1813, being then Midshipman of the Euryalus, Mr. 
 Larcom served in the boats of that ship, and the 
 Berwick 74, at the capture and destruction of La 
 Fortune xebec of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 95 men, 
 and of 22 vessels collected under the batteries in 
 the harbour of Cavalaoie. The 26 Sept. 1814 was 
 marked by his promotion to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Castor. His appointments, after he left the Al- ' 
 BiON, were — 28 Nov. 1820, to the Atholl 28, Capt. 
 Henry Bourchier, fitting for the Halifax station, 
 whence he returned in 1824 — 7 March, 1825, to the 
 Aurora 46, Capts. John Maxwell and Chas. John 
 Austen, employed off Lisbon and in the West In- 
 dies—and, in 1828-9, to the Druid 46, Mersey 26, 
 and Icarus 10, Capts. Williams Sandom, Geo. Wm. 
 Conway Courtenay, and Hon. Thos. Best, all on the 
 Jamaica station. He was there promoted, 8 Aug. 
 1829, to the command of the Harpy 10, which 
 vessel he paid ofi' 11 June, 1831 ; and from 10 Jime, 
 1841, until advanced, 23 Nov. following, to Post- 
 rank, he had command of the Scout 18, on the Medi- 
 terranean station. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Larcom married, 17 Sept. 1844, his cousin, 
 Westmoreland Jane, youngest daughter of Vice- 
 Admiral M'Kinley. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 LAEKE. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 William Larke entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1796, 
 as A.B., on board the Hebe 38, Capt. Matt. Henry 
 Scott, and sailed for the West Indies, where, in the 
 course of the same year, he assisted, as Midship- 
 man, at the re-conquest of Ste. Lucie, and the sup- 
 pression of an insurrection in the islands of St. 
 Vincent and Grenada. On his return to Europe, in 
 the following Nov., he joined the Prince George 
 98, successive flag-ship of Admirals Wm. Parker 
 and Sir Chas. Thompson, under the former of whom 
 he took part in the action off Cape St. Vincent 14 
 Feb. 1797. After a servitude of four years with 
 Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Comwams, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in the Ville de Paris 110, and of two 
 months with Capt. JohnWm. Spranger, as a Super- 
 numerary, in the .Xolus, on the Mediterranean, 
 Channel, and West India stations, Mr. Larke was 
 nominated, 2 March, 1802, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Brunswick 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens. He 
 was officially promoted 1 July following, and, in 
 May, 1804, after an intermediate employment, for 
 short periods, in the Magnificent 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Jervis, and in the Sea Fencibles at Cromer, 
 in Norfolk, he was invested with the Governorship 
 of the R.N. Hospital at North Yarmouth, where he 
 continued until 30 Sept. 1814. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 7 July, 1834. 
 
 LAROCHE. (Captain on Retired Half-pat, 
 1800. F-p., 22 ; H-p., 43.) 
 
 Christopher Laroche is second son of the late 
 Henry Laroche, Esq., of Halburton, Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1782, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Trusty 50, Capt. 
 Jas. BradlCT, on the Home station, where, and in 
 the West Indies and Mediterranean, he further, 
 until Sept. 1793, served, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Alexander and Powerfdl 74's, both 
 commanded by Capt. Thos. Fitzherbert, Eoeopa 
 50, flag-ship of Admirals Gambler and Innes, Por- 
 cupine sloop, Capt. Herbert Sawyer, Orion, Power- 
 ful, and Orion again, Capts. Hyde Parker, Andw. 
 Sutherland, and Chas. Chamberlayne, Berwick 74, 
 Capts. H. Parker and Roger Curtis, and Victory 
 100, bearing the flag of Lord ;Hood. While in the 
 latter ship, Mr. Laroche, whose promotion to the 
 
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 rank of Lieutenant took place 11 Sept. 1793, was 
 intrusted, during the investment of Toulon, with 
 the command of a floating battery, in which, ren- 
 dering intermediately the most important services, 
 he remained until that implement of destruction 
 was nearly knocked to pieces, and he himself se- 
 verely wounded. He was then sent to direct a 
 battery on shore. His appointments, subsequently 
 to the evacuation of Toulon, appear to have been — 
 in Jan. 1794, to the Podlette 28— in April follow- 
 ing and Jan. 1796, to the St. Geoege 98, and Bri- 
 tannia 100, bearing each the flag of Sir Hyde 
 Parker, under whom he took part in Hotham's par- 
 tial actions in 1795—30 Aug. 1796, as First, to the 
 Satdrh 74, Capt. Jas. Douglas— in Jan. 1797, to 
 the PnosBLTTE 32, Capt. John Loring, for passage 
 to thp West Indies — in April following,, again as 
 Senior, to the Queen 98, bearing the flag on that 
 station of his friend Sir H. Parker— and in the 
 course of 1798 (so great was the confidence reposed 
 in him by the latter ofiicer) to the acting-command 
 of theDsAKE 16, Pelican 18, Phoseltte 32, Swal- 
 low 18, Adventure 44, and Stoek 18. From the 
 Jast-mentioned vessel (to which he had been con- 
 firmed by commission dated 18 Aug. 1798) Capt. 
 Laroche was promoted, 11 Nov. 1799, to the acting- 
 captaincy of the Abergavenny 64, on the Jamaica 
 station, where, on 29 Jan. 1800, he was officially 
 posted into the Surprise 32. He returned to Eng- 
 land in June, 1801, and was afterwards appointed — 
 25 Aug. 1804, to the Texel 64, flag-ship at Leith of 
 Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon — 24 Mov. in the same 
 year (during the temporary absence of Capt. Robt. 
 Dudley Oliver), to the Melpomene 38, in which 
 ship, while commanding a squadron of observation 
 off Havre de Grace, he received the thanks of Lord 
 Keith for effecting the capture of two privateers, 
 each of 17 guns, which had hitherto, to the great 
 prejudice of trade, baflled the vigilance of the Bri- 
 tish cruizers — 1 March, 1805, for a very short pe- 
 riod, to the Ajax 74, in which ship he proceeded to 
 join Sir Eobt. Calder off Ferrol— and, 27 Dec. fol- 
 lowing, to the TJeanie 38. In that frigate, an old 
 one of very inferior pretensions, whose long 18- 
 pounders had been exchanged, for a battery of long 
 12-pounders, Capt. Laroche was at first employed 
 in cruizing among the Channel isl&nds and on the 
 north-west coast of France. It being afterwards 
 understood that the enemy had fitted out at Cher- 
 bourg and equipped for sea a frigate, La Mancke, 
 rated at 40, and a brig-corvette, Le Cigne, mounting 
 16 guns, our officer was deputed, on 30 April, 1807, 
 to keep a rigid blockade on that dangerous and 
 intricate port. Such were the energy and perse- 
 verance he evinced in the execution of this onerous 
 and responsible duty, that he frustrated every at- 
 tempt on the part of the French to escape, nor 
 woudd they ever allow him to entice them out of the 
 reach of their batteries. Nevertheless, on returning 
 to Spithead in July, to report, the officers applied 
 for a court-martial on their Captain, on the ground 
 that he had not done his utmost to bring the enemy 
 to action, particularly on 15 May and 22 June. In 
 regard to the former of those days, 15 May, it was 
 assorted that La Manclie, with the brig and five 
 launches, had been discovered standing out and steer- 
 ing towards the Uranie. Although, however, Capt. 
 Laroche protested that he never saw the vessels, 
 ■ — notwithstanding, too, that the ship at the time 
 was enveloped in fog, and in spite of very conflict- 
 ing evidence on the side of his accusers — the court 
 was of opinion that the charge had been in part 
 proved, and in consequence sentenced him to be 
 dismissed from the command of his ship. Now, as 
 far as concerns the charge we have here detailed, it 
 very fortunately happens that we have it in our 
 power to refute the whole of it on the authority of 
 two official documents which have passed through 
 our hands, the first, bearing date Cherbourg, 23 
 March, 1841, signed by M. Kedon, surveyor of the 
 port, and authenticated both by the Kear-Admiral 
 Superintendent, Martineng, and the French Minis- 
 ter of Marine, Admiral Duperre, declaring the fact 
 that the frigate La Marwhe (so far from making to- 
 
 wards the Uranie) was Jying in the roads of Cher- 
 bourg on 15 May, 1807, and did not sail until 15 of 
 the following Nov. ; and the second (dated Cher- 
 bourg, 21 July, 1842, and authenticated by the sig- 
 nature of M. Parsenof, then Kear-Admiral Superin- 
 tendent) proving, from further research into the 
 archives of the port, that not only was the French 
 frigate in the roads on the day in question, but that 
 a man was actually sent on shore to the hospital, 
 and that several embarkations and debarkations 
 took place. It thus is manifest that, unless Capt. 
 Laroche had had the rashness to enter Cherbourg, 
 it was perfectly impossible for him to have come to 
 an engagement. The hght now therefore thrown 
 on the testimony by which the gallant officer was 
 convicted of the first part of the charge brought 
 against him gives so very doubtful an appearance 
 to all the consecutive evidence, that, had the fact 
 been earlier known, he would neither, we may pre- 
 sume, have been suffered to pass the remainder of 
 his days in inactivity, nor have been deprived of 
 his flag. 
 
 In 1841 (prior, unfortunately, to the arrival of the 
 documents above quoted) Capt. Laroche's case was 
 brought before Parliament by the then Member 
 for Hertford; but so strong were the objections 
 entertained by Ministers to any control being exer- 
 cised in the House over the decisions of courts- 
 martial, especially after such a lapse of time, that 
 the motion was withdrawn. Capt. Laroche served 
 as an Esquire at the installation of Sir Thos.Graves, 
 16 May, 1803. While afloat, we may add, he made 
 capture of a more than ordinary number of priva- 
 teers and other vessels. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LASCELLES. (Lieutenant, 1828. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 20.) 
 
 John LAsoEtLES, born 25 Aug. 1798, is son of the 
 late Colonel, and grandson of the late General, Las- 
 celles. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1811, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Ultsses 44, Capt. Henry 
 Edw. Reginald Baker, stationed off Jersey. He 
 afterwards followed the same Captain, as Midship- 
 man, into the Dannemark 74, in which ship, and 
 in the San Josef 110, and Florida 20, Capts. 
 Jeffry Raigersfeld and Wm. Elliott, he continued 
 employed, as Midshipman, until the spring of 1816. 
 He then served for nearly three years and a half in 
 the West Indies, latterly as Mate, in the Scamandee 
 36, also commanded by Capt. Elliott ; and he after- 
 wards joined— 8 Sept. 1819, the Coast Blockade, as 
 Midshipman of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch— 8 April, 1822, the Britannia 100, flag-ship of 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane at Plymouth — 23 May, 1824, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant (a rank he held for more _than 
 three years), the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bbwen 
 Mends, in South America — and, 12 July and 13 
 Aug. 1827, as Admiralty-Mate, the Asia 84, flag- 
 ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, and Brisk 10, Capt. 
 Bruce, both in the Mediterranean. He was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 19 April, 1828, in the Came- 
 LioN 10, also on that station, but was superseded, at 
 his own request, in the following Sept., and has not 
 been since employed. 
 
 Since he has been on half-pay, Lieut. Lascelles 
 has for upwards of three years had command of a 
 steam-packet. 
 
 LASCELLES. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 12; 
 
 H-p., 35.) 
 John Francis Lascelles, bom 22 March, 1787, 
 at Northallerton, co. Tork, is second surviving son 
 of the Rev. Lascelles Sturdy Lascelles, by Jane, 
 eldest daughter of Simon Bntterwiok, Esq., of 
 Thirsk, in that county. His father was the sole 
 heir and representative of the late Colonel Thos. 
 Lascelles, Chief Engineer of Great Britain. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Syren 32, Capt. Thos., 
 Le Morchant Gosselin, and, after being for some 
 time in attendance on George HI. off Weymouth 
 accompanied the same Captain to the West Indies 
 
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 LASH-LASTON-LA TOUCHE-LAUGHARNE. 
 
 ■with convoy as Midshipmftu of the Melampus 36, 
 which frigate returned home and was paid off 23 
 June, 1802. In the following Nov. he joined the 
 Leda 38, Capts. Jas. Hardy and Kobt. Honyman, 
 under whom he served as Midshipman, Master's 
 Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and Lieutenant (order 
 and commission respectively dated 27 Sept. 1806 
 and 28 April, 1807), until wrecked, near the entrance 
 of Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. He consequently, 
 during that period, came into frequent contact with 
 the Boulogne flotilla— assisted at the reduction of 
 the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806 — was present 
 at the capture, 21 Feb. and 4 March following, of 
 the Rolla brig and Vohntaire frigate, in Table Bay 
 — attended Sir Home Popham's ensuing expedition 
 to the Rio de la Plata— served in the same year with 
 the boats at the destruction of a brigantine off 
 Monte Video- — participated in the operations of 
 1807 against Copenhagen — and was at the taking of 
 L' Apropos French privateer of 16 guns and 70 men. 
 In May, 1808, Mr. Lascelles received an appoint- 
 ment to the VENERAEtE 74, Capt. Andrew King, 
 lying in the Downs. He was next, for several 
 months of 1810, employed in the Saturn 74, Capt. 
 "Wm. Cumberland, on the Baltic station, whence 
 excessive fatigue obliged him to invalid; and he 
 lastly, from 10 Sept. 1812, until advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 27 Aug. 1814, served in the 
 Channel and Mediterranean on board the MuL- 
 GEAVE 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling. 
 
 He married, 30 Nov. 1830, Henrietta, second 
 daughter of Sam. Higham, Esq., of Torrington 
 Square, London, by whom he has issue one daugh- 
 ter. 
 
 LASH. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 James Lash entered the Navy 31 Jan. 1810; 
 passed his examination in 1817, and obtained his 
 commission 29 Jan. 1828. He has since been on 
 hall-pay. 
 
 He married, 28 Deo. 1839, Elizabeth Sarah, 
 daughter of the late J. Harris, Esq., of Pentonville, 
 and was left a widower 27 June, 1841. 
 
 LASTON. (Ljeht., 1815. f-p., 25; h-p., 16.) 
 
 Samuel Hoknigold Laston entered the Navy, 
 in Sept. 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Spaktan 
 38, Capts. Geo. Castle and Jahleel Brenton. Con- 
 tinuing in that ship until April, 1809, he served in 
 her boats at the cutting out of a vessel under the 
 batteries of Civita Vecchia, participated in an at- 
 tempt made to cut off a convoy under the batteries 
 of Leghorn, and was present in an attack upon a 
 disguised armed poiacre off Nice, on which occasion 
 he brought off the barge and pinnace "vrith only 
 three men, and received a severe contusion. On 
 leaving the Spaktan Mr. Laston became Master's 
 Mate of the Bdstakd 10, Capts. John Duff Mark- 
 land, Chas. Borough Strong, and Lord John Hay, 
 with whom, it appears, he was for a period of six 
 years employed on the Mediterranean, "West India, 
 and Lisbon stations. While so attached he assisted, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, at the capture and destruction 
 of some gun-boats under the Castle of Diiino, co- 
 operated in the defence of Sicily, and was often 
 engaged with enemy's gun-vessels in the Faro of 
 Messina. His official advancement to the rank he 
 now holds took place 15 Feb. 1815. He shortly 
 afterwards joined the Bombay 74, flag-ship in the 
 Mediterranean of Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose; 
 and in the following year, we are informed, he was 
 present at the bombardment of Algiers. His last 
 appointments were- — in 1824 and 1830, as a Super- 
 numerary, to the Ramillies and Talaveba, Coast 
 Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh 
 Pigot — and, 18 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in 
 which he remained until the close of 1839. Agents 
 — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 Comwallis "Viscount Hawarden. His grandfather, 
 the Right Hon. David La Touche, of Marlay, co. 
 Dublin, was for many years Member in the Irish 
 Parliament for his own borough of Newcastle and 
 other places. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1825 ; served 
 as Midshipman of the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, 
 at the bombardment of the Morea Castle in 1828 ; 
 and passed his examination in 1832. Becoming 
 Mate of the Imogene 28, Capt. Price Blackwood, 
 he proceeded in that ship to China, where he as- 
 sisted, in 1834, in forcing the passage of the Boca 
 Tigris. For his services on the coast of Syria and 
 at St. Jean d'Acre in the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Waldegrave, Mr. La Touche was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appoint- 
 ments haye since been, on the North America and 
 West India station— 21 April, 1841, as Additional, 
 to the WiNCBESTEK 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey 
 —27 Aug. 1841, to the Vestal 26, Capt. John Parker, 
 with whom he returned home and was paid off in 
 1842—19 Sept. 1843, again as Additional, to the 
 Illusthious 72, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam 
 — 1 Jan. 1844, as First, to the Scylla 16, Capt. 
 Robt. Sharpe— and, 17 Nov. 1844, in a similar capa- 
 city, to the Imaum 72, bearing the broad pendants 
 of Commodores Alex. Ronton Sharpe, Dan. Pring, 
 and Geo. Robt. Lambert at Jamaica, where he is 
 still employed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LA TOUCHE. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Ashley La Touche is one of the 14 children of 
 the late Peter La Touche, Esq., of Bellevue, co. 
 Wioklow, by the Hon. Charlotte Maude, daughter of 
 
 LAUGHARNE. (Capt., 1832. p-p., 24; h-p., 25.) 
 Thomas Lamb Polden Laughahne was bom in 
 June, 1786. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Van Tkomp 50, Capt. 
 Rich. Hill, on the Irish station ; removed, as Mid- 
 shipman, in March, 1799, to the Agincouet 64, flag- 
 ship at Newfoundland of Hon. Wm. Waldegrave ; 
 and, from 1800 until April, 1805, served on the 
 Home and Halifax stations in the Active 38, Capt. 
 John Giffard, Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, and 
 Cambrian 40, Capts. Wm. Bradley and John Poo 
 Beresford. He then became Acting-Lieutena,nt of 
 the Bermuda 10, Capt. Keilly, and, after a servi- 
 tude of seven months in that vessel, proceeded in 
 the Driver sloop, Capt. John Simpson, to the West 
 Indies, where, on joining the Northumberland 74, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Alex. Cochrane, he took part in 
 the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. In the 
 course of the following month he received an order 
 to act as Lieutenant of the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius' 
 Ferdinand Hardyman, in which frigate (being con- 
 firmed to her on 8 of the following Aug.) he con- 
 tinued to serve until June, 1809, witnessing during 
 that period the siege of Monte Video, the embark- 
 ation of the army after the battle of Corunna, and 
 the destruction of the French shipping in Basque 
 Roads. Sailing next for the Cape of Good Hope 
 in the Camel store-ship, Mr. Laughame there, in 
 Nov. 1809, joined the Nereide 36, Capt. Nesbit 
 Josiah Willoughby, under whom, it appears, he was 
 present in a dashing attack made on the enemy's 
 batteries and troops at Jacotel, in the Mauritius, 
 1 May, 1810, as also at the capture, in the folloTrang 
 July, of the He de Bourbon. On 13 Sept. 1810, 
 being then Senior of the Boadicea 38, Capt. Josias 
 Rowley, we find him recommended to the favourable 
 notice of the Commander-in-Chief for the steadiness 
 and zeal he manifested at the re-capture of H.M.S. 
 Africaine in the presence of two French frigates ; 
 and on 21 of the same month he presents himself 
 to our notice as contributing to the capture, after 
 a spirited action of 10 minutes, and a loss to the 
 Boadicea of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 
 9 killed and 15 wounded, of La Venus, of 44 guns 
 and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Hamelin, and of her prize the Ceylon 32. 
 Being again strongly recommended for his able 
 assistance in taking charge of and conducting into 
 port both the Africaine and La Venus, Lieut. Laugh- 
 ame was promoted, U Oct. 1810, to the acting- 
 command of the Otter sloop, and ordered to Eng- 
 land with despatches announcing Vioo- Admiral Ber- 
 
LAUGHARNE-LAURIE. 
 
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 tie's intention of resuming the blockade of Port 
 Louis. His advancement to the rank of Commander 
 took place 12 Feb. 1811. After nearly 12 months 
 of half-pay Capt. Laugharne was next, 6 Feb. 1812, 
 appointed to the Alert sloop (formerly a Newcastle 
 oollier), mounting 14 18-pounder carronades and 
 2 long sixes, with a complement of 86 men. On 13 
 of the ensuingAug. this vessel, at the time in search 
 of the U.S. ship Hornet^ fell in with and most gal- 
 lantly bore down upon the Essex frigate, of 46 guns 
 and 328 men, by whom, however, she was in 15 
 minutes unfortunately taken captive, with seven feet 
 water in her hold and three of her men wounded. 
 By a court-martial which, on 8 of the proximate 
 Oct., assembled at Newfoundland, Capt. Laugharne 
 was of course most honourably acquitted of all 
 blame in the loss of his ship. His last appointment 
 afloat was to the Achates 18, in which sloop he 
 cruized in the Channel until Nov. 1815. He be- 
 came an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard 
 in Nov. 1823, and on 4 April, 1832, as a reward for 
 his exertions in that service, he was advanced to 
 Post-rank. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Laugharne has had his skuJll severely frac- 
 tured and trepanned in two places — the first time 
 through a fall in a gale of wind when Midshipman of 
 the Theseus 74, in Aug. 1802 ; and the second, in the 
 same part of the head, when cutting out, with the 
 Ukicorn's boats, in July, 1808, an armed schooner 
 from the harbour of St. Sebastian, on the north 
 coast of Spain. On the latter occasion he also lost 
 a great portion of the upper jaw. Among the 
 numerous other boat affairs in which Capt. Laugh- 
 arne took part, we may instance his capture of a 
 French national schooner when in command of the 
 boats of the Boadicea. In consideration of his 
 wounds he is allowed a pension of 91Z. 5s. He mar- 
 ried, in Feb. 1820, Mary Amelia, eldest surviving 
 daughter of Sir Stewkely Shuckburgh, Bart., of 
 Shuckburgh Park, co. Warwick, by whom he has 
 issue two children. 
 
 LAUGHAKNE. (Commandeh, 1814. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 "William Laughahne, born 21 Deo. 1785, at 
 Poole, CO. Dorset, is son of the late Capt. Thos. 
 Laugharne, R.N., and nephew of the late Vice-Ad- 
 miral John Laugharne. His only brother, Lieut. 
 Thos. Laugharne, perished in the J asedb brig when 
 crossing the Bay of Bengal, on his way to China, in 
 Aug. 1809. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bakeleuk 98, Capt. Jas. 
 Kich. Dacrcs, with whom he removed as Midship- 
 man, in the following Sept., to the Foudrovant 80, 
 commanded afterwards by Capts. Wm. Brown, Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy, and Sir Edw. Berry. While in 
 the latter ship, besides witnessing the surrender of 
 Naples, we find him, while at the blockade of Malta, 
 assisting at the capture, 18 Feb. 1800, of Le Gene- 
 rcux 74, and Ville de Marseilles armed store-ship, 
 and on 31 March, after a desperate conflict, in 
 which the Foudroyant (then in company with the 
 Lion 64, and Penelope 36) sustained a loss of 8 
 men killed and 64 wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell, 
 of 84 guns and 1000 men, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Decres. From Nov. 1800 until April, 1802, 
 Mr. Laugharne further served with Sir Edw. Berry 
 and Capt. Henry Hill in the Princess Charlotte 
 38, and Kunr 64, in the Mediterranean and in the 
 North Sea and Baltic. He then, in the Concorde 
 36, Capts. llobt. Barton and John Wood, proceeded 
 to the Cape of Good Hope, where, in Feb. 1803, he 
 joined the Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborne. 
 In March, 1805, being at the time in the Culloden 
 74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Corn- 
 wallts frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye. Being con- 
 firmed, 14 Nov. 1806, into the Kdssell 74, bearing 
 the flag of Kear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, he 
 was present in that ship at the ensuing destruction 
 of the Dutch force in Batavia Boads. His subse- 
 quent appointments were — 27 Sept. 1809, to the 
 
 Rattlesnake 18, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer, 
 with whom he returned to England— 2 Nov. 1810, 
 to the Southampton 32, Capts. Edwards Lloyd Gra- 
 ham and Jas. Lucas Yeo, stationed in the Channel 
 —31 Jan. 1811, to the AlcmAne 38, Capt. E. L. 
 Graham, in which frigate he again went to the 
 Mediterranean— and, 3 Dec. 1813 and 19 July, 1814, 
 to the Trident 64, and Swiftsube 74, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant at Malta to his uncle Kear-Admiral 
 Laugharne. He was advanced to his present rank 
 23 Sept. 1814, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Laugharne married, first, in Nov. 
 1818, Louisa, daughter of Retired Commander Peter 
 Tait (1800); and secondly, in June, 1825, Mary 
 Emilia, daughter of the late Sam. Kawlings, Esq., 
 of Charlton, oo. Kent. 
 
 LAURIE, Bart., K.C.B. (Admiral of the Blue, 
 1846. F-P., 30; H-P., 37.) 
 
 Sir Robert Laurie, bom 25 May, 1764, is son 
 of the late Lieut.-General Sir Robt. Laurie, Bart., 
 Knight-Marshal of Scotland, and for upwards of 
 30 years JI.P. for co. Dumfries, by Mary Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of the sixth Lord Kuthven, and 
 niece of the Earl of Bute. He succeeded his father 
 as sixth baronet in 1804. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1780, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Surprize, Capt. 
 Sam. Reeve, in which ship, and, as Midshipman, in 
 the Crown, he served with the same ofBcer on the 
 Newfoundland and Home stations until the autumn 
 of 1783. He afterwards, until confirmed in the 
 rank of Lieutenant 12 Nov. 1790, served at New- 
 foundland and Jamaica, part of the time as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Ad- 
 miral Campbell, Edgar 74, Capt. Adam Buncan, 
 Expedition and Eueopa, bearing each the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Alan Gardner, and Alert 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Burden. In Jan. 1793 he rejoined 
 Commodore (then Rear-Admiral) Gardner, on board 
 the Queen 98, in which ship he fought and was 
 wounded in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794.* 
 Being made Commander, 25 June, 1795, into the 
 Zephyr sloop, Capt. Laurie was for some time em- 
 ployed in that vessel on the North Sea station, 
 whence he ultimately returned to the West Indies, 
 capturing on his passage out, 8 Jan. 1797, La Re- 
 fle'chie, French privateer of 12 guns and 67 men, and 
 assisting, on his arrival, at the reduction of Trini- 
 dad. On 17 July in the same year Capt. Laurie was 
 advanced to Post-rank. His next appointment, we 
 therefore find, was to a frigate, the Andromache 
 32, the command of which he retained, on the West 
 India and American stations, from Nov. 1798 nntil 
 Feb. 1804. On one occasion during that period, 22 
 March, 1801, while cruizing off Punta de Mulas, on 
 the north-east coast of the island of Cuba, in com- 
 pany with the Cleopatba'32, Capt. Israel Pellew, he 
 took charge of the boats of both ships for the pur- 
 pose of capturing or destroying 25 Spanish vessels, 
 richly laden, and lying at anchor in the bay of 
 Levita under the protection of three armed galleys 
 or gnn-vessels, armed -nith long 24 and 18 pounders. 
 Soon after midnight the boats arrived within gun- 
 shot of the galleys, and were received, quite unex- 
 pectedly, with a heavy and destructive fire of 
 grape, langridge, and musketry. In spite of this 
 opposition the British gallantly pushed on, and 
 boarded several vessels, but from the heavy loss 
 they sustained (9 killed and 12 wounded) were only 
 able to bring off one of the galleys. Obtaining 
 command, 9 July, 1804, of the Cleopatra, of 38 
 guns and 200 men. Sir Robt. Laurie continued in 
 that frigate until 17 Feb. 1805 ; on which date he 
 had the misfortune to be captured, after a brilliant 
 and self-sought action of nearly three hours and a 
 loss to his own ship of 20 killed and 38 wounded, by 
 La Ville de Milan, of 46 guns and 350 men, 10 of whom 
 appear to have been slain. The latter frigate being 
 however so shattered in the combat as to be 
 scarcely able to protect herself, the two, on falling 
 in, SIX days afterwards, with the 50-gun ship Lean^ 
 * Vide Gaz. 17ii4, p. 557. 
 
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 LAUZUN-LAVIE-LAVINGTON. 
 
 DER, Capt. John Talbot, became easy prizes to that 
 officer.* In the following April Sir Robt. Laurie 
 had the satisfaction of being appointed to his late 
 antagonist, which had been added to the British 
 Navy as a 38-gun frigate, and named the Milan. 
 He continued in her until the summer of 1810, and 
 was lastly, towards the close of 1811, intrusted with 
 the successive command of the Brunswick and 
 Ajax 74's ; in the latter of which ships he served 
 in the Mediterranean until superseded 26 July, 1813. 
 He became a Kear-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; a Vice- 
 Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; and a fuU Admiral 9 Nov. 
 1846. 
 
 In consideration of the wound he received in 
 Lord Howe's action. Sir Robt. Laurie, was at the 
 time rewarded with a pecuniary grant from the 
 Patriotic Fund. Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 LAUZUN. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Francis Daniel Lauzijn entered the Navy, 14 
 Oct. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, 
 commanded by the Earl of Northesk, with whom he 
 served in the Channel until April, 1802. In June, 
 1803, after he had been for nearly five months em- 
 ployed on the Guernsey station in the Alcm^ne 32, 
 Capt. John Stiles, he rejoined the same nobleman 
 «n board the Britankia, and for his subsequent 
 conduct as one of jhis Aides-de-Camp at the battle 
 of Trafalgar he had the satisfaction of receiving his 
 Lordship's thanks. On the last-mentioned ship 
 being paid off in June, 1806, Mr. Lauzun Joined the 
 Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and John 
 Hancock, under whose orders he remained until 
 Nov. 1808. During that period, it appears, he was 
 much employed with the in-shore sq^uadrons off 
 Brest and Toulon, ^aw a good deal of arduous 
 boat-service on the shores of France, Spain, and 
 Italy, and was twice taken prisoner in a prize, the 
 first time by a Spanish privateer, and the second 
 by a national brig. Removing next to the Norge 
 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, Mr. Lauzun in Jan. 
 1809 proceeded to Corunna for the purpose of as- 
 sisting at the embarkation of the axmy under the 
 late Sir John Moore. While there, the pinnace, of 
 which oiff of&cer had the charge, was sunk by a 
 gun-shot at a moment when she was crowded with 
 soldiers, women, and baggage. Luckily, owing to 
 his presence of mind, and to the manner in which 
 he preserved his authority in the midst of so much 
 peril, not a soul was lost, the whole being rendered 
 able to get on board a neighbouring frigate, the 
 Unicorn 32. A full share of credit was of course 
 awarded to Mr. Lauzun for his conduct under such 
 very trying circumstances. In the following year we 
 find him employed on shore at Ferrol, and receiving 
 in common with others the thanks of the Regency 
 for his exertions in equipping several Spanish men- 
 of-war lying there dismantled, and in also Removing 
 the naval stores to prevent their falling into the 
 hands of the French. In April, 1810, being then 
 at Lisbon, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Ulysses 44, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, 
 fiag-ship afterwards of the Due de Bouillon off 
 Guernsey. Owing to some informality in the ap- 
 pointment, the Admiralty, although requested by 
 the latter officer, refused to confirm it, and in Nov. 
 of the same year Mr. Lauzim was accordingly super- 
 seded. He was however made Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 
 1811, into the Diadem anme-en^fiute, Capt. John 
 Phillimore, and was afterwards appointed — 19 Sept. 
 1811, again to the Ulysses, at first employed as be- 
 fore, but afterwards commanded, in the Baltic, by 
 Capt. Tbos. Browne — and, 15 Jan. 1814, to the 
 Dannemark 74, Capt. H. E. R. Baker, which ship, 
 after having escorted an East India convoy to the 
 Cape of Good Hope, returned home and was paid 
 off 29 April, 1815. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Dundas, lying at Plymouth, where he followed 
 the same officer into the Bulwark 74. From Sept. 
 1823 until Feb. 1827 we find him employed in 
 South America as Midshipman of the Spartiate 
 76, and Welleslev 74, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre. 
 During the next seven months he was again sta- 
 tioned at Plymouth, in the Britannia 120, and 
 Ocean 80, Capts. Philip Pipon and Patrick Camp- 
 bell. He then joined the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. Spencer, attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean, where, from July, 1828, until advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 6 April, 1830, he dis- 
 charged the duties of Mate on board the Asia 84, 
 Capts. Edw. Curzon and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone. 
 His succeeding appointments Were — 9 May, 1832, 
 and 6 Jan. 1834, to the Ariadne 28, and Comus 18, 
 Capts. Chas. Phillips and "Wm. Price Hamilton, both 
 on the West India station, whence he invalided in 
 May, 1835—27 Oct. 1836, to the Samarang28, Capt. 
 Wm. Broughton, with whom he served in South 
 America until Nov. 1839—20 Dec. 1841, to the Vin- 
 dictive 50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at Ports- 
 mouth—and 26 May, 1842; to the Calcutta 84, 
 Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts. He returned home from 
 Quebec in Nov. of the latter year, and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 LAVIE. (Commander, l«46. p-^., 17; h-p., 4.) 
 George Lavie, bom 24 July, 1813, is son of the 
 late Sir Thos. Lavic, K.C.B., who received the 
 honour of Knighthood in 1806, as a reward for his 
 conduct in having in the Blanche, of 46 guns and 
 265 men, effected the capture of the French frigate 
 Guemere of 50 guns and 317 men. He is brother 
 of Lieut. Augustus Lavie, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Nov. 1826; and embarked in Nov. 1828, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir 
 Robt. Cavendish Spencer. Proceeding in that ship 
 to the Mediterranean, he there became Midshipman, 
 in Nov. 1830, of the Windsor Castle 76, Capt. 
 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie ; and he was 
 afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 15 Dec. 1834, employed on the Home and South 
 American stations, latterly as Mate, in the Re- 
 venge 78, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Alligator 28, Capt. 
 Geo. Robt. Lambert, Algerine 10, CaptJ Hon. 
 John Fred. Fitzgerald de Roos, and Excellest 
 gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were — 26 Aug. 1835, again to the 
 Excellent— 30 Dec. 1836, to the Scylla 16, Capt. 
 Hon. Joseph Denman, on the Lisbon station — 11 
 May, 1839, to the Revenge again, Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 Waldegrave, in the Mediterranean — 12 July, 1842, 
 as Senior, to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John Marshall, at 
 the Cape of Good Hope, whence he returned in Jan. 
 184.5 — and, 31 Dec. in the latter year, to the Flamer 
 steam-vessel, stationed in the MecUterranean. He 
 was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and 
 still commands the Flamer. 
 
 LAVIE. (LiETJT., 1830. F-p., 15; H-P., 10.) 
 Augustus Lavie, bom 6 April, 1805, is brother 
 
 of Commander Geo. Lavie, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1822, as 
 * Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 540. 
 
 LAVINGTON. (Liedtenant, 1827.) 
 
 Thomas Lavington entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 
 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sove- 
 reign 100, Capt. Wm. Bedford, employed in block- 
 ading Basqxie Roads and Brest. Removing as Mid- 
 shipman, in Nov. 1813, to the MELPOMiNE troop- 
 ship, Capt. Robt. Rowley, he proceeded to North 
 America, where he commanded a boat up the Pa- 
 tuxent at the destruction of Commodore Barney's 
 flotilla, was present at the capture of Washington, 
 served on shore in the attack upon Baltimore, and 
 had charge of one of the boats of a squadron at 
 the capture, 14 Dec. 1814, on Lake Borgne, of five 
 American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which 
 did not surrender until the British, after a fierce 
 contest, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed 
 and 77 wounded. During the first three years of 
 the general peace Mr. Lavington was stationed in 
 South America on board the Hyacinth 20, Capt. 
 Alex. Ronton Sharpe. He then, in Oct. 1818, passed 
 his examination, and between that peripd sud 1822 
 
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 became in euccession attached to the Severs Coast- 
 Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'CuUooh, and Qdeen 
 CnAnLOTi'E 100, and Victory 104, commanded at 
 Portsmouth by Capts. John Baker Hay and Chas. 
 Inglis. On leaving the latter ship, he proceeded, as 
 Admiralty Midshipman of the Driver sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Wolrige, to the coast of Africa, but, being 
 soon compelled to invalid; he next, in 1823, joined, 
 in a similar capacity, the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. 
 Kobt. Cavendish Spencer, and sailed for the Medi- 
 terranean. Arrived on that station, he contributed, 
 31 Jan. 1824, to the complete defeat of the Tripoli 
 Algerine corvette of 18 guns and 100 men ; and on 
 the night of 23 May following, he aided in the boats 
 under Lieut. Michael Quin at the valiant destruc- 
 tion of a 16-gun brig moored in a position of extra- 
 ordinary strength alongside the walls of the fortress 
 of Bona, in which was a garrison of 400 soldiers, 
 who, from cannon and musket, kept up a tremendous 
 fire almost perpendicularly on the deck. We sub- 
 sequently ind him ordered to the East Indies in 
 the Wahspite 76, in which ship, bearing the flag at 
 first of Eear-Admiral "Wm. Hall Gage, he ulti- 
 mately returned to the Mediterranean, where, after 
 the battle of Navarin, he was promoted from the 
 Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington, 
 to a death-vacancy in the Rose 18, Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 Wellesley. His commission bears date 17 Dec. 
 1827. He returned to England in 1828 ; and with 
 the exception of a period of nearly three years, 
 between 1835 and 1838, ha3 been in the Coast Guard 
 since 1 Dec. 1829. 
 
 Lieut. Lavington married, 25 May, 1830, Anne, 
 eldest daughter of Wm. Eerris, Esq., of Lymington, 
 Hants, by whom he has issue six children. 
 
 LAWLESS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 22.) 
 
 Henry Lawless entered the Navy, in May, 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Procris 18, Capt. Eras. 
 Beauman, attached to the force in the North Sea ; 
 and between the close of the same year and the 
 date of Ms promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 
 April, 1814, was successively employed, chiefly as 
 Midshipman, in the Inflexibee 64, Capt. Joshua 
 Kowley Watson, Eclair sloop, Capt. Chas. Kemp- 
 thorne Quash, Princess of Orange 74, flag-ship of 
 Vice-Admiral Campbell, Perlen 38, and Bombay 
 74, both commanded by Capt. Norbome Thompson, 
 Barham 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, and Argo 
 44, Capts. Wm. Browne and Wm. Fothergill, on 
 the Home and West India stations. He then joined 
 the Statira frigate, Capt. Spelman Swaine, and, 
 continuing in that ship until Jan. 1815, was present 
 in her in the expedition against New Orleans. His 
 next appointments were — 17 Eeb. and 26 Nov. 1830, 
 to the Kamileies and Talavera Coast Blockade 
 ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot— and 
 15 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in which he 
 remained until the commencement of 1833. Since 
 7 March, 1843, he has been again employed in the 
 latter service. 
 S He married, 17 Jim. 1825, Miss Catherine Gask, 
 of Bury Street, St. James's. Agent — J. Chippen- 
 dale. 
 
 LAWEANCE. (Retired CJommander, 1836. 
 F-P., 13 ; H-p., 37.) 
 George Bell Lawrance died 9 April, 1846.' 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1797, as 
 Master's Mate, on board the El Corso 18, Capt. 
 Bartholomew James, with whom he served, in the 
 same vessel and the Canophs 80, on the Medi- 
 terranean and Lisbon stations, until Sept. 1799. 
 During the next three years and a half he was 
 employed off St. Helena and in the Downs and 
 West Indies on board the Director 64, Capt. Wm. 
 Bligh, and Leviathan 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth. He then, in March, 1803, be- 
 came Acting-Lieutenant of the Racoon 18, Capt. 
 Austen Bissell, and while in that sloop, to which he 
 was confirmed by commission dated 8 Sept. follow- 
 ing, we find him in the course of the same year 
 participating in a very warm action of 40 minutes, 
 
 which terminated in the capture, in Leogane Koads, 
 of the French corvette Le Lodi, of 10 guns and 61 
 men — contributing, also, to the destruction, off the 
 island of Cuba, of the national brig La Mutine, of 
 18 guns — and further present, with distinction, in 
 an action in which the Eacoon, with only 42 men 
 on board, most gallantly took, notwithstanding a 
 long and desperate resistance on the part of the 
 enemy, a French gun-brig, cutter, and schooner, 
 carrying altogether between 300 and 400 men.* In 
 
 1805, Lieut. Lawrance — who had for some time had 
 command of the Gipsy schooner of 10 guns, and 
 been also employed in the Echo sloop, Capt. Ed- 
 mund Boger — successively joined the Acasta 40, 
 Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Hercdle 74, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, and Theseus 
 74, Capt. Fras. Temple, all on the West India sta- 
 tion ; and he next, from 10 July 1806 until 15 July, 
 1808, served with the late Sir Sam. Hood on board 
 the Centaur 74. While in the Echo he cut out a 
 brig from the Bight of Leogane ; he captured, in 
 the Gipsy, a privateer of 4 guns off Trinidad ; and, 
 when in the Centaur, he assisted, in company with 
 the Mars and Monarch 74' s, at the defeat, 25 Sept. 
 
 1806, of four heavy French frigates off Rochefort, 
 on which occasion Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm — 
 accompanied, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, the expedition 
 to Copenhagen, where he was employed in taking 
 soundings during the siege — and was present in 
 Dec. of the same year at the surrender of Madeira. 
 His last appointment was, 5 June, 1810, to the Cad- 
 mus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, with whom he served on 
 the coast of France until 17 Dec. 1811. He retired 
 with the rank of Commander 4 May, 1836. 
 
 Commander Lawrance married, in 1814, a daugh- 
 ter of Rich. Bennett, Esq., of Lostwithiel, co. Corn- 
 wall, by whom he has left, with one daughter, a 
 son, the present Lieut. Geo. Bennett Lawrance, 
 R.N. 
 
 LAWKANCE. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 George Bennett Lawrance is only surviving 
 son of the late Retired Commander Geo. Bell Law- 
 rance, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 19 June, 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 6 Jan. 1836 ; and since his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 Feb. 1843, 
 has been in command, on the North America and 
 West India station, of the La rk surveying-vessel, 
 in which he had been previously employed for 
 many months in the capacity of Mate. 
 
 LAWRANCE. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 34; h-p., 5.) 
 Henry Lawrance was bom 4 Aug. 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1808, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Van Tromp, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Michael M'Carthy, lying at Falmouth ; and 
 from Feb. 1809 until June, 1816, was employed, on 
 the Home and Mediterranean stations, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, in the Nonpareil 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander Jas. Dickinson, Argo 44, Capt. 
 Fred. Warren, Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. He- 
 neage Lawrence Dundas, and Trident 64, Capt. 
 Rich. Budd Vincent. While in the latter ship, in 
 Aug. 1815, he passed his examination. Until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1826, he 
 appears to have further served, on the same stations 
 as above, as Admiralty Midshipman and Mate, in 
 the Calypso 18, Capt. Sam. Sison, Florida 20, 
 Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, Wye 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, Hind 20, Capts. Sir 
 Chas. Burrard, Hon. Henry John Rous, and Lord 
 John Churchill, and Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale. He then joined the Sering- 
 APATAM 46, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, also in the Medi- 
 terranean, whence he returned in Dec. 1827 ; and 
 since 1 Jan. 1833 he has been employed in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, in Jan. 1837, Mary, daughter of 
 Pierce Chute, Esq., of Tralee, co. Kerry. 
 
 • Vi4e Gaz. 1804, p. M2. 
 
638 
 
 LAWRENCE. 
 
 LAWRENCE. (Captain, 1816. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Daniel Lawrence has two brothers, we believe, 
 in the Koyal Marines, both of whom served with 
 great credit during the late war with America. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in March, 1798, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Grand Falconer hired 
 cutter, Lieut.-Commander John Chilcott, stationed 
 off the coast of France ; and on removing to the 
 Cynthia sloop, Capt. Micajah Malbon, was em- 
 ployed as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the 
 expeditions to Holland, Quiberon, Ferrol, and 
 Egypt. He continued to serve with Capt. Malbon 
 in the Adkoba 28, and Hebe 32, on the Newfound- 
 land, Home, and African stations, until April, 1806, 
 and, while in the latter ship, was often engaged with 
 the enemy's flotilla and batteries near Boulogne. 
 Proceeding next to the "West Indies, Mr. Lawrence, 
 after he had been there borne for short periods as a 
 Supernumerary on the books of the Dolphin, Ca- 
 nada, and Northumberland, flag-ships of Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, was successively nominated, in 
 June, 1806, and Jan. 1807, Sub and Acting Lieute- 
 nant of the Orinoco, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Alex. 
 Briarly, and Heureux 16, Capts. "Wm. Coombe and 
 John Watt. Being confirmed to the latter vessel by 
 commission dated 19 May, 1808, we find him, on 28 
 of the following Nov., accompanying three boats 
 under the personal command of Capt. Coombe in 
 an attempt to cut out seven vessels lying under the 
 protection of two batteries in the harbour of Ma- 
 haut, Guadeloupe. Having arrived at their destina- 
 tion after a row of about six hours, Lieut. Lawrence 
 — while Capt. Coombe, in the barge with 19 men, 
 was boarding a schooner of 2 guns and 39 men — 
 landed with the remainder of the party, amounting 
 to about 44 of&cers and men, and spiked the two 24- 
 pounders upon the nearest battery. He then suc- 
 ceeded in boarding a brig; but, before either the 
 schooner or the brig could be got off, the shore was 
 lined with musketry, and 3 field-pieces were brought 
 to bear upon the two captured vessels. These, hav- 
 ing the misfortune to ground on their way out, be- 
 came fixed objects for the enemy's fire, and were 
 ultimately abandoned, but not until Capt. Coombe 
 had been kiiled^ and Lieut. Lawrence wounded by 
 a musket-ball just above 'the wrist. Having dis- 
 tinguished himself in various other boat attacks, 
 our officer (to whom the Patriotic Society awarded 
 a gratuity for the injury we have alluded to) was 
 permitted, as soon as he had served the necessary 
 time, to ascend the next step in his profession, and 
 his commission as Commander accordingly bears 
 date 19 May, 1810. Previously, however, to his 
 promotion, Capt. Lawrence appears to have been in 
 acting-command of the Wanderer sloop at the re- 
 duction of Guadeloupe. His next and last appoint- 
 ments were, 28 May, 1814, and 21 Oct. 1815, to the 
 Alceste and Weser troop-ships, in the former of 
 which he attended the expedition to New Orleans. 
 He acquired his present rank 2 Sept. 1816, and ac- 
 cepted the Ketirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 LAWRENCE. (Liedt., 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 19.) 
 James' Lawrence entered the Navy, 22 July, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Colossus 74, 
 Capts. Jaa. NicoU Morris and Thos. Alexander, in 
 which ship he was for upwards of six years employed 
 off Lisbon and in the Channel and Mediterranean 
 — the last four as Midshipman. He next, in the 
 course of 1812-13, became in succession attached, on 
 the Channel, Baltic, and Irish stations, to the Sur- 
 prise 38, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Vigo, 
 flag-ship of Kear- Admirals J. N. Morris and Graham 
 Moore, and Ethalion 36, Capts. Edra. Heywood 
 and Wm. Hugh Dobbie. He obtained his commis- 
 sion 18 March,1815, and was afterwards employed — 
 from March to Aug. 1819, and again from 18 April, 
 1825, to May, 1828, in the Coast Blockade, as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 40, and Ramil- 
 LiES 74, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot— 
 and, from 31 Oct. 1828 until the early part of 1838, 
 in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 The Lieutenant married, 5 Oct. 1816, Mary Eliza, 
 daughter of Christopher Jennings, Esq., Clerk in 
 H. M. Dockyard at Portsmouth, by whom he has 
 issue seven children. 
 
 LAWRENCE. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 18.) 
 James Ross Lawrence entered the Navy, 17 
 July, 1812, as Midshipman, on board the Bittern 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Augustus Hire, and was employed 
 in that vessel, on Impress service, until Deo. 1815. 
 Joining next, in July, 1816, the Lxakder 50, Capt. 
 Edw. Chetham, he had an opportunity of partici- 
 pating in the ensuing bombardment of Algiers. 
 After a further servitude in the same ship, on the 
 Halifax station, he became, in Sept. 1819, Master's 
 Mate of the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. 
 Cavendish Spencer, and sailed for South America. 
 He left the Owen Glendower in Feb. 1822, having 
 been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 of 
 the previous Nov. ; and he was lastly, from 30 
 April, 1825, until the commencement of 1833, em- 
 ployed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 LAWRENCE, C.B. (Captain, 1817. f-p., 28 ; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 John Lawrenc? entered the Navy, 18 Feb. 1793, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Berwick 74, Capts. 
 Sir John Collins and Wm. Shield, and in the fol- 
 lowing Aug. was present at the occupatioii of 
 Toulon. Accompanying Capt. Shield as Midship- 
 man, in May, 1794, into the Sincere 20, he served 
 in that vessel at the sieges of Bastia and Calvi ; 
 after which, on joining the Windsor Castle 98, 
 flag-ship of the late Admiral Robt. Linzee, he took 
 part in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July, 
 1795. Towards the close of the same year, being 
 then with Capt. Jas. Macnamara in the Southamp- 
 ton 32, Mr. Lawrence assisted in compelling La 
 Vestale of 36 guns, one of several French men-of- 
 war that had just come out of the port of Genoa, to 
 strike her colours. Between April, 1796, and Feb. 
 1799, we find him serving on the Mediterranean, 
 Home, and Cadiz stations, in the Egmont 74 and 
 Princess Royal 98, flag-ships of Admiral Linzee, 
 Prince 98, bearing the flag of Sir Roger Curtis, 
 Lively 32, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, Ville de Paris 
 110, bearing the flag of Earl St. Vincent, Romdlos 
 frigate, Capt. Geo. Hope, and Lively again, Capt. 
 Jas. NicoU Morris. He then became Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Alexander 74, Capts. Alex. John 
 Ball and Manley Dixon, in which ship (being con- 
 firmed to her by commission dated 28 June in the 
 same year) he continued until Oct.. 1802. He was 
 in consequence present at the capture, 18 Feb. 1800, 
 of Le Genereux 74 and Ville de Marseilles store-ship ; 
 and he served also on shore at the sieges of Malta 
 and the Castle of St. Elmo, at Naples. His after- 
 appointments, as Lieutenant, were, on the North 
 American station — 4 Feb. and 6 Oct. 1803, to the 
 Lapwing and Boston frigates, Capts. Alex. Skene 
 and John Erskine Douglas— 30 June, 1804 and 19 j^ 
 Aug. 1806, to the Leander and Leopard 50's, 
 Capts. A. Skene, John Talbot, and Salusbury Pryce 
 Humphreys — and, 17 Sept. 1807, to the Bellona 74, 
 Capt. J. E. Douglas. Of the Lapwing Mr. Lawrence 
 was Senior when she effected an escape from a 
 French squadron : he was present, in the Lean dek, 
 at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of the Ville de Milan 
 of 46 guns, and retaking of her prize the Cleo- 
 patra 32 ; and, when in the Leopard, he witnessed 
 the surrender to that ship of the U. S. frigate 
 Chesapeake, 22 June, 1807. In Jan. 1808 our oflicer 
 was nominated Acting-Commander of the Observ- 
 ATEUR sloop, to which it was his fortune to be con- 
 firmed on 30 of the ensuing March. In 1809 he re- 
 moved to the Driver, another sloop, in which, 
 when in company with the Melampus 36, he as- 
 sisted in taking the French 20-gun ship Fanimie. 
 Being placed, in Aug. 1810, in command of the 
 prize, Capt. Lawrence, who continued in her until 
 Oct. 1814, was for some time, we understand, em- 
 ployed at the defence of Cadiz. In the early part 
 of May, 1813, having returned to' America, he took 
 
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 charge, at the particular request of Rear-Admiral 
 Cockburn, of an expedition against the town of 
 Havre de Grace, at the entrance of the Susque- 
 hanna_ river, and by the able and judicious manner 
 in which he there silenced a heavy battery, as well 
 as by the gallantry, zeal, and attention he showed at 
 the destruction of a neighbouring cannon-foundry, 
 one of the most valuable works of the kind in Ame- 
 rica, he called forth the Admiral's highest enco- 
 miums and acknowledgments.* From the Fan- 
 tome, which for a short time bore the flag of the 
 latter officer, and proved the captor, 5 Oct. 1813, of 
 a privateer, the Portsmouth Packet, of 5 guns and 4.5 
 men, Capt. Lawrence removed to the Kecruit 16. 
 He came home and was paid off in June, 1815; and 
 on 8 Dec. in that year, as a reward for his services, 
 was nominated a C.B. As a Post-Captain, a rank 
 he attained 1 Jan. 1817, his appointments appear to 
 have been— 31 Aug. 1822, to the Eden 26, fitting 
 for the West Indies, where, we believe, he remained 
 the usual period— and 4 June, 1839, to the Hastings 
 72, part of the force employed during the opera- 
 tions on the coast of Syria in 1840. Since the com- 
 mencement of 1842, at which period the Hastings 
 was put out of commission, Capt. Lawrence has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 His eldest daughter, Margaret Frances, was mar- 
 ried, in 1840, to Kich. S. Bimce, Esq., First-Lieute- 
 nant R.M. (1839). Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 LAWRENCE. (Retiked Commandeb, 1845. 
 F-P., 23; H-p., 30.) 
 
 Paul Sandby Lawrence has lost two brothers 
 in the Naval Service of their country. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 80, bearing 
 the flag at Plymouth of Sir Kich. King. He was 
 employed as Midshipman, during the five following 
 years, in various ships, on the Home and Mediter- 
 ranean stations ; was confirmed a Lieutenant (after 
 having acted for several months as such) in the 
 Resolution 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, 6 
 May, 1801 ; and served during the whole of the late 
 vfar, under different officers, in the Malta 80, 
 AsTREA frigate. Centurion 50, Primrose sloop, 
 Zealous 74, Barfleur 98, and Ramillies and 
 ScEFTRE 74's, on the Channel, Baltic, Mediterra- 
 nean, Lisbon, and American stations. By periling 
 his existence, Mr. Lawrence was the means, on one 
 occasion, of saving one of H.M. ships from destruc- 
 tion. His last appointment was, 5 June, 1833, to 
 the Ordinary at Plymouth, where he remained until 
 13 July, 1836. He became a Retired Commander 
 on the Senior List 25 Deo. 1845. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 LAWRENCE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Thomas Lawrence entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 
 1806, on board the Centaur 74, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir Sam. Hood. While in that ship he 
 assisted, in company with the Mars and Monarch 
 74's, at the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four heavy 
 French frigates from Rochefort, after an action in 
 which Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm. He also at- 
 tended, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, the expedition to 
 Copenhagen ; beheld, in Dec. of the same year, the 
 surrender of Madeira — aided, in conjunction with 
 the Implacable 74, at the taking, 26 Aug. 1808, in 
 sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, 
 of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, at the end of a close and 
 furious couflict, in which the Centaur lost 3 killed 
 and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and 
 wounded — and, in Aug. 1809, was engaged, under 
 Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, in the attack upon Wal- 
 oheren, where he had charge of a gun-boat. Be- 
 ,tween Nov. 1810 and Aug. 1812 Mr. Lawrence 
 officiated as Midshipman, in tho Mediterranean, of 
 the HiBERNiA 120, flag-ship of Sir S. Hood and Sir 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats. He then came home in the 
 Invincible 74, Capt. Watson ; and on 29 Dec. in 
 the same year, 1812, being then on his passage to 
 the East Indies as a Supernumerary (for the pur- 
 • rWoGaz. 18U, p. 1331. 
 
 pose of there joining Sir Sam. Hood) of the Java 
 of 46 guns and 377 men, he had the misfortune to 
 be captured by the American ship Constitutimi, of 
 55 guns and 480 men, after a desperate struggle and 
 a loss to the Java of 22 killed and 102 (including 
 her Captain, Henry Lambert, mortally) wounded. 
 Mr. Lawrence, whose commission bears date 29 
 Dec. 1813, ultimately reached India in the Acorn 
 20, Capt. Geo. Henderson, in the early part of 1814. 
 He remained on that station with Sir S. Hood in 
 the Minden 74, and with Capts. Robt. O'Brien and 
 John Harper in the Doris 36, until 1816 ; since 
 which period he has heen on half-pay. 
 
 LAWS. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 19; h-p., 19.) 
 
 John Milligen Laws, born 14 Feb. 1799, is son 
 of the late G. Laws, Esq., of Waltington, co. Nor- 
 folk, by Lydia, eldest daughter of the late Robt. 
 Seppings, Esq., and sister of the late Sir Robt. 
 Seppings, Surveyor of the Navy, and of the late 
 Lieut. John Milligen Seppings, for a long time 
 Comptroller of Revenue-cruizers. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sophie 18, Capt. Nicho- 
 las Lookyer, in which vessel he was for nearly two 
 years employed in the Channel. In Oct. 1812 he 
 became Midshipman of the Ramillies 74, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Chas. Ogle, at- 
 tached to the force on the coast of North America, 
 where, besides participating in many boat affairs, 
 and being frequently invested with the charge of a 
 prize, he landed, it appears, at Washington, Balti- 
 more, and Moose Island, and was wounded at New 
 Orleans. After a brief servitude in the Iphigenia 
 36, Capt. Andrew King, lying at Chatham, Mr. 
 Laws, in Oct. 1815, joined the Antelope 50, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Harvey in the 
 West Indies ; whence, in 1818, he came home as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Scamandee 36, Capt. 
 Wm. Elliott. On his arrival in England he was 
 confirmed by commission dated 11 Nov. in that 
 3'ear. His succeeding appointments were — 14 Oct. 
 1819, to the Spartan 46, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, 
 whom he accompanied to the West Indies and South 
 America— in 1821, to the Pyramus 42, Valorous 
 26, and Aurora 46, Capts. Fras. Newcombe, Jas. 
 Murray, and Henry Prescott, employed at Home 
 and again in South America — 7 May, 1824, to the 
 command of the Falmouth mortar- vessel, in which 
 he joined Sir Harry Neale off Algiers— and, next, to 
 the Wellesley 7^ Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, 
 under whom he accompanied Lord Stuart de Rothe- 
 say to the Brazils. Attaining the rank of Com- 
 mander, 1 July, 1825, Capt. Laws was next, 22 
 Nov. 1826, appointed in that capacity to the Sa- 
 tellite 18, employed at first as an experimental 
 cruizer, and then on service in the East Indies. 
 While on the latter station we find Capt. Laws 
 affording rehef to some settlers in New Holland 
 who had been hemmed in by the natives, and dis- 
 charging for fourteen months the duties of Senior 
 officer at Sydney. He also effected the capture of 
 a band of convicts who had turned pirates, and, be- 
 sides making a survey of the Society Islands and 
 New Zealand, demonstrated the necessity of fre- 
 quent visits to those parts. In Jan. 1831, after he 
 had extensively examined the east coast of the Bay 
 of Bengal, Capt. Laws was removed to the Cbuizer 
 18, and sent to Pondicherry for the purpose of ac- 
 knowledging the government of Louis Philippe. On 
 17 of the following April he became Acting-Captain 
 of the Southampton 52, bearing the flag on the 
 same station of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, with 
 whom he returned to England towards the close of 
 1832. He was then sent to join the fleet employed 
 under Sir Pulteney Malcolm off Antwerp during 
 the period of General Gerard's attack on the citadel 
 oi that place. On 7 Jan. 1833, in the course of 
 which month the Southampton was paid off Capt 
 Laws was confirmed in his present rank. He has 
 not been since employed. 
 
 Capt. Laws is the Senior Officer of his rank on 
 tho List of 1833. Ho married, 20 June, 1836, Mary, 
 
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 LAYE-LAYTON-LEACH-LEAN. 
 
 only daughter of Chas. MatMas, Esq., of Lamphey 
 Court, CO. Pembroke, by whom he has issue two 
 
 LAYE. (LlECTEKANT, 1836.) 
 
 HENKr Thomas Late entered the Navy, 26 April, 
 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tkincuio 18, 
 Capt. Rodney Shannon, on the Irish station ; and 
 was afterwards, until 1829, employed, as Midship- 
 man, in the Jasper 10, Capt. Henry Martin Black- 
 wood, JoprrER 60, flag-ship at Halifax of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Willoughby Thos. Lake, and 'Welleslet 74, 
 Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland — which latter ship, 
 when in company with a French 74, enforced the 
 evacuation of two places in the Mediterranean. 
 During the period which elapsed between the date 
 last mentioned and that of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 10 Sept. 1836, we find him 
 serving in the Mediterranean, North Sea, and East 
 Indies, as Mate, on board the Donegai. 78, Capts. 
 John Dick and Arthur Fanshawe, and Jopiter 
 again, employed at first as a troop-ship, under Mas- 
 ter-Commander Richmond Easto, and then in escort- 
 ing, under Capt. Hon. Fred Wm. Grey, the Earl 
 of Auckland as Governor-General to India. The 
 Donegal, we may add, bore the flag of Sir Pulte- 
 ney Malcolm during the siege of Antwerp. As 
 Lieutenant, Mr. Laye's only appointments appear 
 to have been — 12 Jan. 1837, to the Stag 46, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball 
 Sulivan in South America, where he was super- 
 seded in the early part of the following year — and 
 4 Nov. 1840, to the Endymion 44, commanded by 
 his former Captain, Hon. F. W. Grey, with whom 
 he continued until paid ofi' at the close of 1843. 
 During that period he visited the Persian Gulf, the 
 Red Sea, and China, and was in the Yang-tse-Kiang 
 previously to the pacification of Nanking. While 
 there he commanded a detached force that esca- 
 laded the walls of Chin-Kiang-Foo, and, owing to 
 the illness of the commanding officer, brought the 
 Rattlesnake 28 down the river. 
 
 LAYTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., U ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 BnxTON Latton entered the Navy, 27 May, 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ethalion frigate, 
 Capts. Chas. Stuart and Joseph Spear, employed at 
 first in the North Sea, and then in the West Indies, 
 where, in March, 1806, he became Midshipman of 
 the Amelia 38, Capt. Wm. Champain. From the 
 following Aug. until Dec. 1810, he appears to have 
 been again stationed in the North Sea, as also in 
 the Baltic, on board the Nassad 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Campbell, Edgar 74, Ca,pt. Stephen Poyntz, and 
 Stately 64, Capt. R. Campbell. While in the 
 Nassau, which ship was for a long time employed 
 in blockading the Texel, and formed part of the 
 expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807, 
 Mr. Layton (on her being extricated from a mass 
 of ice in which she had been blocked up during the 
 whole winter) assisted, 22 March, 1808, in company 
 with the Statelt 64, at the capture and destruc- 
 tion, on the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74-gun 
 ship Prindts Christian Frederic, after a running fight 
 of great length and obstinacy, in which the Nas- 
 sau sustained a loss of 2 men kUled and 16 wounded. 
 In Dec. 1810 he accompanied Capt. Campbell into 
 the Tremendous 74, and sailed for the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he remained with that officer until 
 May, 1815, participating intermediately in a va- 
 riety of important services. He then took up a 
 commission dated 10 Feb. 1815, and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 LAYTON. (Captain, 1846. p-p., 16 ; h-p., 19.) 
 Henry Layton, bom 2 Feb. 1799, at Chigwell, 
 CO. Essex, is second son of the Rev. Thos. Layton, 
 M.A., Vicar of that place and of Theydon Bois, 
 and a magistrate for the above co. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 May, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy, whom he followed aa Mid- 
 shipman in the ensuing Sept. into the Ramillies 
 
 74. While in that ship, besides serving at the cap- 
 ture of Washington, Baltimore, and Stonington, 
 and participating in the operations against New 
 Orleans, he assisted in the boats of a squadron at 
 the taking, 14 Dec. 1814, on Lake Borgne, of five 
 American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, 
 which did not surrender until the British, after a 
 violent conflict, had been occasioned a loss of 17 
 men killed and 77 wounded. From Nov. 1815, 
 when he left the Ramillies, until Dec. 1818, Mr. 
 Layton was employed on the Home station in the 
 Malta 80, and Rivoli 74, both commanded by the 
 present Sir Chas. Ogle, and Rosario 10, Capt. Thos. 
 Ladd Peake. He shortly afterwards passed his 
 examination ; and was then for nearly three years 
 and a half stationed in South America, once more 
 under Sir T. M. Hardy, in the Superb 78, Creole 
 42, and again in the Superb. He was during that 
 period promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by com- 
 mission dated 2 Nov. 1821. His next appointment 
 was, 9 June, 1824, to the Bulwark 76, Capt. Thos. 
 Dundas, guard-ship at ;Plymouth, where he was 
 paid off 28 Feb. 1825. Attaining the rank of Com- 
 mander 10 June following, Capt. Layton was in 
 that capacity employed in the Coast Guard at Kil- 
 lybegs and Gosport from 30 June, 1834, until 26 
 July, 1837 ; and on 19 April, 1844, appointed to the 
 Cygnet 6, in which sloop he sailed for the suppres- 
 sion of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa, car- 
 rying out Mr. Duncan, the African traveller, to 
 Cape Coast, on his way to the Niger, together with 
 presents for the chiefs of the Cameroon river. He 
 was superseded in Feb. 1846 ; was advanced to his 
 present rank on 9 Nov. in the same year ; and since 
 12 of that month has been in command of the Bel- 
 viDERA store-ship. 
 
 Capt. Layton married, 16 May, 1839, Charlotte 
 Elizabeth, second daughter of the Rev. Edw. Bar- 
 nard, Rector of Alverstoke, Hants. 
 
 LEACH. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p.,12.) 
 Charles Leach was born 12 Sept. 1800. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Wm. Wilkinson, flag-ship in the North Sea of the 
 late Sir Thos. Foley, fii the following month he 
 removed to the Forester 18, Capt. Wm. Hendry, 
 lying at Portsmouth ; and during the next seven 
 years we find him employed, on the Cape of Good 
 Hope, Home, African, and South American stations, 
 principally as Midshipman, in the Harpy 16, Capt. 
 Geo. Tyler, Malta 80, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caul- 
 feild. Inconstant and Semiramis frigates, bearing 
 each the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Tec, and 
 Alert 18, and Myrmidon 20, both commanded by 
 Capt. Henry John Leeke. He then, in Nov. 1821, 
 passed his examination, but it was not until 9 April, 
 1828, that he succeeded in obtaining a commission. 
 By that time he had further served, almost without 
 interruption, in the Fly 18, Capts. Geo. Tyler and 
 Edw. Curzon, Doris 42, Capts. Thos. Bourchier 
 and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, Prince Regent 
 120, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Moorsom at Chat- 
 ham, and Ranger 28, Capt. Lord Henry Fred. 
 Thynne — all which ships, excepting the Prince 
 Regent, were stationed in South America, where, 
 from the date of his promotion, as above, until the 
 early part of 1830, and again from 6 Oct. 1832, 
 until he invalided in March, 1834, he was further 
 employed on board the Cadmus 10, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Raikes Trigge Thompson, and Spartiate 76, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Michael Seymour. His last ap- 
 pointment was 28 July, 1834, to the Winchester 
 52, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel in the 
 East Indies, whence he returned home and was 
 paid oflF in June, 1838. He attained his present 
 rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 LEAN. (LlEDTENANT, 1810. F-P., 18; H-P., 31.) 
 James Sedgwick Lean entered the Navy, in 
 July, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kanga- 
 roo 18, Capt. Edw. Brace ; and in the following 
 Oct. was twice engaged, in a very gallant manner, 
 
LEARY-LEATHART-LECHMERE. 
 
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 with ha Loire of 46 guns (part of a force originally 
 under the orders of Commodore Bompart, and des- 
 tined for the invasion of Ireland), previously to the 
 surrender of that ship to the Kangaroo and her 
 consort the Anson 44. He continued in the same 
 vessel untU the close of 1800; and iI^^ept. 1804, 
 after an intermediate servitude in the Ciiannel and 
 North Sea on board the Clyde 38, Capts. Chas. 
 Cunningham and John Larmour, he joined, as 
 Midshipman, the Camel store-ship, Capts. Thos. 
 Garth and John Joyce, under the latter of whom, 
 having first visited the Mediterranean and Cape of 
 Good Hope, he commanded a gun-boat daring the 
 unfortunate attempt made to recover Buenos Ayree 
 in July, 1807. In the course of 1808 Mr. Lean 
 became in succession Master's Mate, on the Home 
 station, of the Invincible 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, 
 and.REDPOLE 10, Capts. John Joyce and Colin 
 M'Donald. While in the latter of those vessels we 
 find him serving in the Zephyr, fire-ship on the 
 occasion of Lord Cochrane's memorable attack on 
 the enemy's squadron in Aix Koads in April, 1809 ; 
 and, among other services, commanding a boat on 
 the river Scheldt during the siege of Flushing. 
 Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 4 Jan. 1810, he 
 served from that period until Dec. 1813 in the 
 Thracian 18, Capts. Jas. Grant, John Lawson, 
 Henry Hart, Joseph Symes, and John Carter, on 
 the Channel and Baltic stations. His next appoint- 
 ment was, 4 Sept. 1826, to the Coast Blockade, in 
 which service he continued for two years as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Ca^t. 
 "Wm. Jas. Mingaye. 
 
 Lieut. Lean at present holds the appointment of 
 Emigration Agent in London. 
 
 LEAEY. (LlEDT., 1821. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 17.) 
 
 George Alexander Leary died 31 Jan. 1845, a 
 victim to the climate of Sierra Leone. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1807, as 
 Schoolmaster, on board the Dictator 64, Capt. 
 Donald Campbell ; on accompanying whom, after 
 he had attended the expedition to Copenhagen, 
 into the Audacious 74, he took part, as Midship- 
 man, in the operations of 1809 against Walcheren. 
 From the period of his quitting the latter ship, in 
 Dec. 1811, until May, 1814, Mr. Leary, with the 
 exception of four months passed in 1813 on board 
 the Redwing 18, Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair, 
 served continuously with Capt. John Erskine Dou- 
 glas in the Prince of Wales 98, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, where he beheld Sir Edw. Fellow's 
 two partial actions with the Toulon fleet, and the 
 fall, in April of the latter year, of Genoa. During 
 the short period of his attachment to the Redwing, 
 Mr. Leary, besides sharing in a hostile operation 
 under the batteries of Morgean, near Marseilles, 
 assisted, we understand, in capturing, beneath those 
 of Cassis, a convoy of 26 sail, together with 2 heavy 
 gun-boats, after an opposition had been encoun- 
 tered which occasioned the British a loss of 4 
 men killed and 16 wounded. Removing, in May, 
 1814, to the FuBiEUSE 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, 
 he served during the next 15 months in that fri- 
 gate on the coast of North America; after which 
 we find him, until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 19 July, 1821, employed on the West India, 
 Mediterranean, and Home stations, in the Frim- 
 KOSE 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, Land- 
 rail 4, Master-Commander Anthony De Mayne 
 (under whom he was for a considerable time occu- 
 pied among the Bahama Islands as Assistant-Sur- 
 veying Master), Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Donald Campbell, Fly 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Tomkinson, Rochfokt 80, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Graham Moore, Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony 
 Maitland, Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. John Baker 
 Hay, and Rose 18, Capt. Thos. Ball Clowes. His 
 subsequent appointments were — 8 Oct. 1830, for 
 six months, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernume- 
 rary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Figot — 31 May, 1831, to the Coast Guard, which he 
 letl at the dose of 1832-16 Aug. 1837, to the Her- 
 
 cules 74, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, off Lisbon— 16 
 Juno, 1838, to the command of the Bullehog schoo- 
 ner on the Lakes of Canada^-next, as Senior, to the 
 Niagara 20, commanded there by Capt. Williams 
 Sandom, under whom he assisted, 16 Nov. 1838, in 
 defeating a band of rebels, on which occasion he 
 was sent with a flag of truce, and induced them to 
 surrender— 13 Jan. 1840 (having been superseded 
 from the latter ship in the previous Oct.), to the 
 command of the Asp, a Portpatrick steamer, wherein 
 he remained until May, 1841— and 28 Jan. 1843, to 
 the office (which he retained until his death) of 
 Agent on board the Glen Huntley emigration 
 transport. 
 
 LEATHAKT. (Lieut., 1833. f-p., 13; h-p.,11.) 
 Alfred Leathart entered the Navy, 13 June, 
 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 
 74, Capts. Chas. Dashwood, Hugh Downman, and 
 Edw. Durnford King, employed at first in the 
 Channel and off Lisbon, and then as a guard-ship 
 at Plymouth. In July, 1827 (he had attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in 1824) he removed to the 
 Vigilant 10, Lieut.-Commander Meredith; and 
 he was next, between July and Aug. 1828, em- 
 ployed, again in the Windsor Castle, Capt. Hon. 
 buncombe FleydeU Bouverie, on the Mediterranean 
 station ; where, in the Downs, and on the coast of 
 Portugal during the Pedro and Miguel disputes, he 
 further, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 27 Aug. 1833, served on board the Ramillies and 
 Talavera 74's, and Caledonia 120, Capts. Hugh 
 Figot, David Colby, and Thos. Brown. Mr. Leat- 
 hart, who had passed his examination 7 Oct. 1829, 
 was subsequently appointed — 21 Feb. 1834, to the 
 Coast Guard — and (on leaving the latter service) 
 13 Oct. 1836, to the Wolverene 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Edw. Howard. He invalided home from the Me- 
 diterranean about June, 1837, and has siuce been 
 on half-pay. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 LECHMEKE. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 Edmund Lechmere died 30 Jan. 1841, at Here- 
 ford. He was a relative of the present Lieut. John 
 Lechmere, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Wm. 
 Lechmere, stationed off Cadiz. Removing, in the 
 following Dec, to the Acasta 40, Capt. Philip 
 Beaver, he was for nearly three years employed in 
 that ship on the West India station, where, in Feb. 
 1809, he witnessed the reduction of Martinique. 
 After a short servitude in the Basque Roads on 
 board the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. Stop- 
 ford, he rejoined Capt. Beaver, in May, 1810, in the 
 NisBS 38, and in the following Dec. was present, as 
 Master's Mate, at the capture of the Isle of France, 
 as also, in 1811, in the operations against Java. 
 Quitting the Nisus, which had been latterly com- 
 manded by Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, in May, 
 1813, Mr. Lechmere next, for a few months in 1814, 
 served off Lisbon in the Rodney 74, flag-ship of 
 Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin. He attained the rank 
 of Lieutenant 3 Feb. 1815, and was lastly, from 
 April in that year until July, 1816, and from April, 
 1828, until March, 1829, employed in the Mediter- 
 ranean in the Spartan 38, Capt. Phipps Hornby, 
 and in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot. 
 
 LECHMERE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 John Lechmere, bom 9 Jan. 1793, is eldest sur- 
 viving son of the late Vice-Admiral Wm. Lechmere, 
 of Steeple Aston, co. Wilts, by Elizabeth Dashwood, 
 youngest daughter of Sir John Dashwood King, 
 Bart., of West Wycombe, co. Bucks ; younger bro- 
 ther of Commander Chas. Lechmere, R.N. (1815), 
 who died on board H.M.S. Leven 9 Nov. 1822 ; 
 brother-in-law of the present Lord de Saumarez ; 
 and a distant cousin of the late Lieut. JLim.. Lech- 
 mere, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Thunderer 74, oom- 
 
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 LECKIE— LECOUNT— LEE. 
 
 manded by his father ; after serving in which ship 
 in Sir Kobt. Calder's action he was lent, in time to 
 participate in the battle of Trafalgar, to the Okion 
 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington. In Sept. 1806, having 
 during the last few months been again employed 
 with Capt. Lechmere in the Pkince 98, and with 
 Capt. Bich. Balling Dunn in the Acasta 40, he 
 joined the Kotai. George 100, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth, with whom, in Feb. 1807, he 
 passed the Dardanells. In May, 1809, he followed 
 the same Admiral into the San Josef 110; and 
 between Oct. in that year and Dec. 1811 he served, 
 we find, on the Cape of Good Hope, Lisbon, and 
 Baltic stations, in the Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Stirling Dickson, Fokmidable 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll 
 Morris, and Ckesst 74, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater. 
 On 24 of the month last mentioned Mr. Lechmere 
 was on board the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry 
 Fanshawe, when that vessel, to avoid being lost, 
 as was her consort the Hebo 74, surrendered to the 
 Dutch fleet in the Texel. He accordingly remained 
 a prisoner until the peace of 1814, when he returned 
 to England, and, on 3 Feb. 1815, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. During the Hundred Days' 
 War we find him employed on board the AsTR.a;A 
 36, Capt. Edw. Kittoe, in which frigate he escorted 
 to La Vendee the celebrated Larochejaquelin, 
 with whom, owing to his knowledge of the French 
 language, h« was afterwards made the constant 
 medium of communication. Three days before his 
 death that personage did Mr. Lechmere the honour 
 ^jf extracting from him a musket-ball with his own 
 hands ; and he actually, in the presence of General 
 Eoget and other of his officers, promised him the 
 ■Cross of St. Louis— an intention his premature death 
 •unfortunately prevented him from realizing. On 
 one occasion, relying upon an assurance conveyed 
 to him from his Admiral, to the effect that the 
 latter would do all in his power towards procuring 
 him his promotion, Mr. Lechmere, although warned 
 from the same source that in so doing he exposed 
 himself to the probability of being hanged by the 
 Republicans as a spy, volunteered to land for the 
 purpose of ascertaining the correctness of a report 
 that the Koyalist party had been surprised and 
 entirely cut off. He accordingly went on shore, 
 and, having satisfied himself that such was not the 
 fact, returned on board with the pleasing intelli- 
 gence. He still, however, remains a Lieutenant. 
 His last appointment was, 19 Jan. 1816, to the Dee 
 24, Capt. Sam. Chambers, with whom he served on 
 jjhe Halifax station until Aug. 1817, when heinvalided. 
 Lieut. Lechmere is a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. 
 Oxford. He married, 3 March, 1823, Anna Maria, 
 youngest daughter of the late Hon. Andrew Foley, 
 M.F., of Newport House, co. Hereford, and Hately 
 Court, Oxon, and cousin of the present Lord Foley. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 LECKIE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Taylor Leckie is nephew of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Sir Chas. Malcolm. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy In 1834 ; passed his 
 examination 14 Dec. 1840; served as Mate, from 
 1842 until 1844, in the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, 
 -on the Pacific station; and next joined, in that 
 capacity, the Hibernla. 104, bearing the flag in the 
 Mediterranean of Sir Wm. Parker, who promoted 
 him, 12 Nov. 1845, to a death vacancy in the In- 
 constant 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, and, on 
 presenting him with his commission on the quarter- 
 deck of the HiBERNLi, informed him that he did so 
 on account of his invariably good conduct, and be- 
 cause he possessed qualities which would do honour 
 to the service. The Inconstant returned hom^ 
 and was paid off in 1847. 
 
 Midshipman, in the Colombine and Comet sloops 
 until 1812. While in the Thunder at the siege of 
 Cadiz in 1810 he appears to have been not less 
 than 45 times in acUon with the enemy, witnessing, 
 during that period, the destruction of Fort Mata.- 
 gorda— shajjing, also, in an engagement with Fort 
 Napoleon, when one of the prison-ships, filled with 
 d-'teniis, had broken from her moorings and drifted 
 under the enemy's fire, as likewise with Fort Cata- 
 lina in an attempt to afford assistance to a Spanish 
 74 which had grounded near it — serving, too, in 
 the boats when they were thrice beaten oflf in an 
 effort to board the Argomaut 80, another prison-ship 
 (ultimately burnt), which had got under the French 
 batteries — engaging the enemy, next, while they 
 were erecting a battery on the Trocadero — contri- 
 buting, further, to the bringing out of the American 
 schooner Priscilla, after the latter had been deserted 
 by her crew under Catalina — and present in an at- 
 tack made by the British flotilla on a strong detach- 
 ment of gun-vessels on their way from Rota to Port 
 Santa Maria. Among the numerous (many of them 
 fierce) cutting-out affairs in which Mr. Lecount took 
 part when in the Columbine, was the capture, by 
 three boats, after 40 had failed, of the Guadalquiver 
 privateer, near San Lucar, on which occasion he lost 
 the sight of his right eye and was slightly wounded 
 in the right foot and left arm. In a previous expe- 
 dition of the same nature every man in his boat 
 had been either killed or knocked overboard. From 
 1812 until Feb. 1816, in the course of which month 
 he .passed his examination, Mr. Lecoimt (who had 
 co-operated, we should state, in the defence of 
 Tarifa, and been present at the battle of Bar- 
 rosa) served with activity on the Home, Jamaica, 
 and Newfoundland stations, in the Circe 32, Capt. 
 Edw. Woolcombe, Ftlla 22, Capt. Wm. Shepheard 
 (in which ship he assisted at the capture, in Jan. 
 1814, of L'l-nconnu French privateer, of 15 guns 
 and 109 men). Harlequin 18, Capt. Wm. Kemp- 
 thorne,'and Afrioaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney. 
 He was subsequently appointed Admiralty-Midship- 
 man — in April, 1816, of the Meander 38, Capts. 
 John Bastard and Arthur Fanshawe, stationed in 
 the Channel— next, of the Infeknal bomb, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Jas. Percival, under whom he served at 
 the bombardment of Algiers — in Oct. 1816, of the 
 CoNQOEROE 74, bearing the flag of Eear-Admiral 
 Robt. Plampin at St. Helena — and, in Dec. 1820, of 
 the Queen Charlotte 100, Capts. Thos. Briggs, 
 John Baker Hay, and J. Nash, lying at Portsmouth. 
 On quitting the latter ship in April, 1824, Mr. Le- 
 count became Admiralty-Mate of the Prince Re- 
 gent 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir Robt. 
 Moorsom, who, at the expiration of his command, 
 most unexpectedly presented him, 6 Aug. 1827, 
 with the hauling-down commission at his ^sposal. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Lecount, a Civil Engineer, is the author, 
 among other works, of a pamphlet entitled ' A Prac- 
 tical Treatise on Railways,' being an article which 
 originally appeared under that head in the seventh 
 edition of the Ericyclopeedia Britannica; also of three 
 treatises on railway bearings ; and of one on the po- 
 larization and inflection of light. An important dis- 
 sertation, published by him in 1820, on Variable 
 Magnetism, led to his being elected a Fellow of the 
 Royal Astronomical Society while yet a Midship- 
 man, the only instance of the kind known. He held 
 an appointment for some time on the London and 
 Birmingham Railway. 
 
 LECOUNT, F.E.A.S. (Lieutenant, .1827. f-p., 
 18; H-p., 20.) 
 
 Peter Lecount was born 25 May, 1794. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Dec. 1809, as 
 L.M., on board the Thunder bomb, Capt. Wm. 
 Shepheard, under whom he continued to serve, as 
 
 LEE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 ^ William Alfred Rose Lee entered the Navy 
 in 1828 ; passed his examination 26 Deo. 1837 ; and 
 served as Mate, between 1840 and the early part of 
 1845, in the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Cameron 
 Douglas, Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings, and Hecla steam-sloop, Capt. John Duf- 
 fiU, on the North America and West India, Home, 
 and Mediterranean stations. He obtained his com- 
 mission 30 Aug. 1845 ; and, from 3 of the following 
 Sept. until the commencement of 1847, was employed 
 
LEE— LEECH-LEEKE. 
 
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 in the Kingfisher 12, Capts. Chas. Foreman Brown 
 and Fred. Wilmot Horton, on the coast of Africa. 
 
 LEE. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 10.) 
 
 William Valentine Lee, born 14 Feb. 1806, at 
 Reculvers, co. Kent, is son of Lieut. Wm. Lee, R.N. 
 (1796), who died 24 Feb. 1817, at the Telegraph, 
 West Square. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 June, 1821, as 
 Schoolmaster, on board the Wye 26, Capt. Peter 
 Fisher, stationed in theNorth Sea ; and, on removing 
 with that officer to the Kangek 28, visited North 
 America and the West Indies, and then the Medi- 
 terranean, where, in 1824, we find him employed as 
 Midshipman under Sir Harry Neale at the blockade 
 of Algiers. During the three following years he 
 presents himself to our notice as serving at Sheer- 
 ness, and again in the Mediterranean, on board the 
 Gloocestek 74, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. B. Owen 
 and Joshua Sydney Horton, Philomel 10, Capts. 
 Wm. Paget and Viscount Ingestrie, and Asia 84, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington. For his 
 conduct as Mate of the Hind, tender to the latter 
 ship, Lieut. -Commander John Kobb, at the battle 
 of Navarin, where he lost a leg, Mr. Lee was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank by commission dated 22 
 Oct. 1827. His next appointment was, 25 Oct. 1836, 
 to the Victory 104, Capts. Thos. Searle, Fras. Ers- 
 kine Loch, and Wm. Wilmott Henderson, under 
 whom, in succession, he was for nearly six years 
 and a half employed at Portsmouth. He has had 
 charge, since 20 June, 1844, of the Semaphore sta- 
 tion at Chelsea. 
 
 Lieut. Lee is in the receipt of a pension for his 
 wound of 45Z. 10s. He married, 4 Dec. 1828, Har- 
 riet, yoimgest daughter of John Pearce, Esq., of 
 Haslar Hospital, by whom, he has issue six children^ 
 
 LEECH. (Lieut:, 1811. F-p., 12 ; h-p.„32.) 
 
 lloBEBT Leech entered the Navy, 9 March,, 1803, 
 on board the Ethalion 36, Capts. Chas. Stewart 
 and Hon. Michael De Courcy, and, after serving for 
 some time in the North Sea, proceeded to the West 
 Indies; where, from March, 1806, until she was cap- 
 tured by two French privateers in April, 1807, he 
 served, as Master's Mate and Acting-Master, in the 
 St. Lboia16, commanded at first by Capt. De Courcy 
 and next by Capt. Chas. Gordon. Personally, Mr. 
 Leech escaped falling into the hands of the enemy 
 on the latter occasion through the providential cir- 
 cumstance of his having been, placed, the night be- 
 fore, in charge of a priae.* Although still clinging 
 to the rating of Midshipman, he further acted (on 
 an assurance from the Commander-in-Chief, Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane,, that he would receive him as such 
 on board his, flag-ship as soon as he had served his 
 time) as Master, for two years and three months, of 
 the PuLTusK 16, Capts. Chas. Napier, Geo. Pringle, 
 and David Sloan. During that period he assisted, 
 it appears, at the reduction of the Danish islands of 
 St. Thomas and Ste. Croix, was present in many 
 gallant boat affairs under Capt. Napier (whom he 
 aided in destroying a garda-costa on the Spanish 
 main), and co-operated in the capture of Martinique. 
 On one occasion, too, 12 Feb. 1809, he contrived, 
 with two small boats, to cut out a French letter-of- 
 marque brig, of 8 guns and 20 men, from under a 
 battery on the island of Guadeloupe; an exploit 
 which induced his Captain, Pringle, to forward a 
 recommendation in his favour to Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane. In the following July, as had been agreed, 
 he at length joined that officer, as a Supernumerary- 
 Midshipman, on board the Pomp^e 74 ; and on 14 
 Sept. in the same year he passed his examination. 
 After witnessing the destruction, in L'Ance la 
 Barque, of the 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, Mr. 
 Leech, in Feb. 1810, united in the operations against 
 Guadeloupe, where he served on shore in command 
 of a party of seamen, and was present at the storm- 
 ing of the forts of Matuba. In July, 1810, at the 
 rfquest of his former Captain, Sloan, our officer, 
 who had accompanied Sir Alex. Cochrane into the 
 * ]Fle hod, however, left all his elTects behind him. 
 
 NEPTmjB 98, was nominated Acting First-Lieute- 
 nant of the Bellette 18; from which sloop, on her 
 sailing, in the ensuing Oct., for England, he was re- 
 moved, in a similar capacity, to the Amaranthe 18, 
 commanded by another of his old Captains, Geo. 
 Pringle. The state of discipline into which he soon 
 brought that vessel was such that, on the occasion of 
 a visit of inspection from Sir Francis Laforey, the 
 new Commander-in-Chief, he had the satisfaction of 
 receiving the thanks of that Admiral— his Captain 
 generously acknowledging that to him alone was the 
 credit due. Continuing in the Amaranthe until 
 superseded in April, 1811, he proved himself a se- 
 cond time worthy of a strong recommendation from 
 Capt. Pringle for his behaviour during the latter 
 month in an arduous five days' chase of a national 
 brig, who had hitherto been the destruction of 
 British trade, but who, although she effected her 
 escape, was so battered as to be afterwards incapable 
 of further mischief. On leaving the Amaranthe, 
 as above, Mr. Leech returned, at his own expense, 
 to England, and on his arrival was immediately pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission 
 dated 26 July, 1811 . His next appointment was, 21 
 Sept.. following, to the Edinbhegh 74, Capts. Robt. 
 RoUes, Rowland Mainwaring, Hon. Geo. Heneage 
 Lawrence Dundas, and John Lampen Manley, with 
 whom he continued to serve, in the North Sea and 
 Mediterranean, until the close of 1814. While under 
 Capt. Dundas, we find him,.in 1813, commanding the 
 Edinburgh's boats at the capture of Port d'Anzo, 
 and of a large convoy under its batteries ; and also 
 at the destruction of the batteries at Via Bfeggio, 
 the reduction of Lucca, and the unsuccessful attack 
 on Leghorn, where, after landing the troops, he took 
 command of the Edinbdrgh's small-arm men. In 
 1814, being again in charge of the boats of the same 
 ship, Lieut. Leech destroyed all the batteries and 
 towers along the coast of Italy from Via Reggio to 
 the Gulf of Spezia. He next, when at Lerici, took 
 possession of the castle at that place, and suocessr 
 fully defended it against a party of French troops, 
 having previously blown up a large fort and de- 
 stroyed the arsenal. At the subsequent siege of 
 the fortress of St. Mary, the Lieutenant was there 
 invested with the command of a battery, and had 
 the honour of opening the first fire. On the ad- 
 vance of the squadron towards Genoa, Mr. Leech, 
 owing to the absence of Capt. Dundas and the First 
 and Second Lieutenants, was left in sole charge of 
 the ship, and while so intrusted waited upon Lord 
 Wm. Bentinck, the military Commander-in-Chiel^ 
 at the time on hoard the America 74, Capt. Josiah, 
 Rowley. For this hd obtained the thanks of Capt; 
 Dundas in his public despatches.''' The Edinburgh 
 returned to England after the fall of Genoa, and 
 was put out of commission in Dec. 1814 ;. since which 
 period, unable to procure employment, Lieut. Leech 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 LEEKE, Kt., KJI. (Captain, 1826. e-b., 17; 
 H-p., 27.) 
 
 Sir Henry John Leeke is son of Sam. Leeke; 
 Esq., a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. 
 Hants, who lost his Ufe from the effects of over- 
 exertion in the suppression of a riot ; and brother- 
 in-law of Rear-Admiral Sir Edw. Tucker, K.C.B., 
 and of Capt. W. B. Bigland, R.N., K.H. One of 
 his brothers was killed in command of a gun-boat 
 at the defence of Cadiz-,; and another carried the 
 colours of the 52nd Light Infantry at the battle of 
 Waterloo. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1803. 
 (under the auspices of his godfather Lord Henry 
 Paulet), as.Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Wil- 
 liam, Capt. John Wainwright, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Montagu at Spithead. In the course of 
 1806 he successively joined the Iris 32, Capt. John 
 Tower, Ville de Paris and Royal Sovereign^ 
 both commanded by Capt. Henry Garrett, and Ter- 
 rible 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet; as Midship- 
 man of which latter ship, and the Volontaire 38 
 Capt. Chas. Bullen, we find him continuously em- 
 • VideGs.1. 1814, p. 180. 
 
 4 N 2 
 
644 
 
 LEFEBVRE. 
 
 ployed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean until 
 January, 1810. Previously to leaving the Volon- 
 TAiKE, he had an opportunity, besides commanding 
 one of her boats at the destruction of a French 
 vessel near Marseilles, of serving with those of a 
 squadron which, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, cap- 
 tured and destroyed, after a fearful struggle and a 
 loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, 
 the French store-ship Lamproie^ of 16 guns and 116 
 men, bombards Victoire and Gnmdeur, and armed 
 sebec Namumde^ with a convoy of seven merchant- 
 vessels, lying under the protection of numerous 
 strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.* Between the 
 period of his advancement to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, which took place while he was serving with 
 Capt. Sam. Martin Colquitt on board the Persian 
 sloop, 24 Nov. 1810, and the receipt of his second 
 promotal conmiission, bearing date 15 June, 1814, 
 he was again employed in the Mediterranean, and 
 also at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Volontaike 
 and Cambrian frigates, each under the orders of 
 Capt. Chas. BuUen, Lion 64, flag-ship of the late 
 Sir Chas. Tyler, Hakpt sloop, Capt. Allen, and 
 Medway 74, bearing the flag of Sir C. Tyler. On 
 one occasion, while the Persian, with a host of 
 French prisoners on board, was off Cape Trafalgar 
 on her passage home, the latter, availing themselves 
 of the absence of the crew (who, worn out by fatigue, 
 had all, with the exception of Mr. Leeke, the Quar- 
 termaster, and two men, gone below), assembled 
 on the deck, and were in the act of making a rush 
 aft, when Mr. Leeke seized a cutlass, threw another 
 to the Quartermaster, and with much gallantry 
 succeeded in keeping them off until the alarm had 
 brought the ship's company to his assistance. On 26 
 March, 1819, after he had had the command for about 
 six months of the Alert sloop, and had served as the 
 ■senior officer of a small squadron ordered to escort 
 the Grand Duke Michael to Calais, Capt. Leeke 
 was appointed to the Myrmidon 20, on the western 
 coast of Africa, where he cruized with great activity 
 ^against the slave-trade, and either liberated, or con- 
 tributed to the release of, upwards of 3000 human 
 beings. In May, 1820, having the command at the 
 time of H.M. ships Myrmidon, Moroiana, Thistie, 
 and Snapper, he landed at the Pongas, in the 
 neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, and, at the head of 
 only 170 seamen and marines, added to 180 black 
 soldiers of the 2nd West India Regt., contrived to 
 bum eight towns, to demohsh a battery, and to 
 ■effect the utter defeat of a barbarian force of 5000 
 men, commanded by King Munga-Brama, a ruffian 
 who had murdered an officer, and several men be- 
 longing to the Thistle, and had retained three 
 others as prisoners. The combination, indeed, of 
 skill, perseverance, prudence, and bravery exhibited 
 by Capt. Leeke, proved the means of not only reco- 
 vering the captives, but of saving the colony itself 
 from much anarchy and bloodshed. Correspondent, 
 therefore, with the importance of the exploit were 
 the terms of gratitude on the one hand, and of ad- 
 miration on the other, with which its achievement 
 was hailed by Brigadier-General Sir Chas. M'Carthy, 
 the Governor of Sierra Leone, and Sir Geo. Ralph 
 Collier, the Commodore of the squadron employed 
 on that station. In Sept. 1820 Capt. Leeke sup- 
 pressed a mutiny which had broken out on board a 
 Brazilian sloop-of-war, Xes Trois Moyawnes [TniSj 
 and then restored the vessel to her Commander. 
 He next succeeded by his exertions in saving a Por- 
 tuguese schooner from being wrecked in the Sierra 
 Leone river; and on a subsequent occasion he car- 
 ried the Myrmidon over the fearful bar of the 
 river Bonny for the purpose of attacking two.slave- 
 vessels who had beaten off bis boats and had 
 •woimded two officers and several men. After he 
 had accomplished their capture, he compelled the 
 King of that part of the country to enter into a 
 treaty fixing the duty to be paid by British mer- 
 chants trading to the river for palm-oil — an ar- 
 rangement which in particular saved many thou- 
 sands per annum to the importers of Liverpool. 
 During the three years that he remained on the 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1908. 
 
 African station, Capt. Leeke surveyed the coast to 
 the extent of 600 miles. When afterwards in the 
 Herald yacht, to which vessel he was appointed 
 31 May, 1824, he made a voyage to St. Petersburg, 
 conveyed the Bishops of Jamaica and Barbadoes to 
 their respective sees, brought upwards of a million 
 of dollars home from the Havana, took the Earl of 
 Dalhousie out to Quebec, and landed the Marquess 
 of Hastings at Malta. He attained his present rank 
 27 May, 1826 ; and, on 18 Oct. 1845, after having 
 held for a short period the command of the Cal- 
 liope 26, was appointed to the Qdeen 110, in which 
 ship, now bearing the flag of Sir John West, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at Devonport, he has repeatedly 
 cruized with experimental squadrons. 
 
 Sir H. J. Leeke, a Magistrate for cos. Hants 
 and Sussex, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for the for- 
 mer, received the honour of Knighthood, as a re- 
 ward for his eminent services on the coast of 
 Africa, 1 April, 1835, and was nominated a K.H. 
 25 Jan. 1836. In acknowledgment of some good 
 offices he had the fortune to render the King of the 
 French when a Midshipman, he has been presented 
 by that monarch with a gold medal.; as he has also 
 been by the King of Prussia. Sir Henry married, 
 IS Nov. 1818, the second daughter of Jas. Dash- 
 wood, Esq., of Parkhurst, co. Surrey. Agents— 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LEFEBVRE. (Commander, 1838. r-p., 19; 
 
 H-P.,17.) 
 
 Nicholas Lefebvke entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 
 1811, as a Volunteer, on board the Victokt 100, Capt. 
 Philip Dumaresq, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Sauma- 
 rez in the Baltic ; and in the following Deo. was on 
 his passage home in company with the St. George 
 and Defence when those ships were lost. Becoming 
 Midshipman, in July, 1812, of the Ethalion36, Capts. 
 Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobie, he was, for 
 some time prior to Dec. 1814, employed on the 
 North American and Irish stations. He then re- 
 moved, as Master's Mate, to the Zekobia sloop, 
 Capt. Nicholas Chas. Dobree, and while in that ves- 
 sel had themisfortune, during the war of a hundred 
 days, to be taken prisoner by the French. Contriv- 
 ing soon to effect his escape, he rejoined the Zeno- 
 BiA, and was in her when she escorted Napoleon 
 Buonaparte to St. Helena. Previously to the return 
 of the latter vessel to England he landed, it appears, 
 at Ascension with a party of marines from the flag- 
 ship, and was for some length of time employed on 
 shore. We subsequently, from April, 181'6, until 
 Sept. 1818, and from Feb. 1819, to Jan. 1822, find 
 Mr. Lefebvre serving on the Leith and North Ame- 
 rican stations on board the Driver 18, Capts. John 
 Ross and Chas. Hope Keid, and Newcastle 60, flag- 
 ship of the late Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys. He next, 
 in July, a823, joined the Spabtiate 76, *nd, in Aug. 
 
 1825, the Wellesley 74, bearing each the flag of 
 Sir Geo. Eyre in South America; whence, in the 
 following Nov., he returned to England on board 
 the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown. On 3 Jan. 
 
 1826, nearly nine years after he had passed his ex- 
 amination, Mr. Lefebvre was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant. In the course of the ensuing month 
 he obtained an appointment to the Britannia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez at Plymouth, where 
 he remained until April, 1827 ; and he was lastly, 
 from 9 June, 1834, until paid off in Oct. 1838, em- 
 ployed, as First-Lieutenant, in the .Zebra 16, com- 
 manded by Capt. Robt. Contart M'Crea (whom see), 
 on the East India and South Sea stations. For his 
 gallant conduct during that period, and more espe- 
 cially for the zealous perseverance he exhibited in 
 the boats when in quest of pirates, Mr. Lefebvre, 
 on the earnest recommendation of the Commander- 
 in-Chief, Sir Thos. Bladen Capel, was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander by commission dated 27 
 Dec. 1838. 
 
 Commander Lefebvre has been presented by the 
 Royal Humane Society with a medal as a reward 
 for his conduct in having frequently saved the lives 
 of seamen. 
 
LE FEUVRE— LEGARD-LE GEYT. 
 
 645 
 
 LE FEUVRE. (Retiked Commander, 1839. 
 
 r-p., 14; H-P., 34.) 
 John Le Feuvre was born 16 April, 1786. i 
 This officer (whose name had been borne, from 
 24 April, 1794, to 3 Deo. 1795, on the books of the 
 RoTAt William, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir 
 Peter Parker) embarked, 12 July, 1799, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board La Juste 80, Capt. Sir Henry Trol- 
 lope ; and in July of the following year, being then 
 in the Andhomeda 32, Capt. Henry Inman, wit- 
 nessed the capture of the French Mgate La De'siree ; 
 to which, on her being soon afterwards added to the 
 British Navy, he was transferred, as Midshipman, 
 with Capt. Inman, under whom he took a waim part, 
 2 April following, in the action off Copenhagen. 
 Continuing to serve in La Desihee, with Capts. 
 Rich. Dacres, Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, and 
 Henry Whitby, until 1804, Mr. Le Feuvre (besides 
 assisting in the ship*s barge at the capture, on 21 
 Feb. in the latter year, of a French armed row-boat) 
 •was present, in 1803, »t the blockade of Cape Fran- 
 cois, the reduction of Port Dauphin, where two forts 
 and a 28-gun ship, La Sagesse, were taken from the 
 enemy, and the capture of the French squadron 
 with the remains of General Roohambeau"s army on 
 board from Cape Francois. Previously to the sur- 
 render of L-a Sciffesse he appears to have Bccompa^ 
 nied the First-Lieutenant on board that vessel in 
 the capacity of interpreter. In July, 1804, we find 
 him transferred to the Theseds 74, bearing the flag 
 of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Daores ; and, in the fol- 
 lowing Sept., present in a violent hurricane in which 
 the latter ship lost her three lower masts and tiller, 
 sprang her bowsprit, had all her boats stove or 
 washed away, parted with 13 of her guns, and sprang 
 so bad a leak that the officers even were obliged to 
 work at the pumps. On 7 Oct. 1805, being then with 
 Admiral Dacres in the Hercule 74, Mr. Le Feuvre 
 was appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Pitt schooner, 
 lieut.-Commander Michael Fitton; from which ves- 
 sel, however, he removed sa Acting-Lieutenant, on 
 30 of the same month, to the Veteran 64, Capt. 
 Andw. Fitzherbert Evans. Being confirmed in the 
 rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 31 March, 
 1806, he was subsequently appointed, in that capa- 
 city— 13 June, 1806, to the Fisgard 36, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Bolton, still in the West Indies, where, imme- 
 diately prior to the brilliant capture of Curacoa, he 
 was sent for (having been at the island before) by 
 Capt. Brisbane, and interrogated as to the strength 
 of Fort Amsterdam— 10 Dec. 1807 (after rather 
 more than seven months' half-pay), to the Rakger 
 18, Capt. Geo. Acklom, under whom he assisted at 
 the reduction of the Island of Anholdt in May, 1809 
 —30 Nov. 1809 and 14 May, 1810, to tlie Clto 10, 
 Capt. Thos. FolHott Baugh, and Adamant 50, flag- 
 ship of Kear-Admirals Sir Edm. Nagle and Wm. 
 Aibany Otway, both on the Leith station — and, 
 lastly, 6 July, 1813, to the Severn 40, Capt. Joseph 
 Nourse, which fcigate he left, after having made a 
 voyage from Deptford to Portsmouth, in the follow- 
 ing Nov. He accepted his present rank, 15 July, 
 1839. 
 
 LEGARD, K.T.S. Commander, 1838.) 
 
 James Anlaby Legard passed his examination 
 in 1825 ; and for his services at the battle of Nava- 
 rin was made Lieutenant, 22 Oct. 1827, into the 
 Brisk 10, Capt. Thos. Smith. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 2 March, 1829, to the Infernal 
 bomb, Capts. Popham and Orlando Geo. Sutton 
 Gunning, on the Mediterranean station — 30 Aug. 
 1832 (after two years of half-pay) to the JStna 6, 
 Capt. Edw. Belcher, employed in the river Douro 
 for the protection of British property during the 
 civil vi'ar — 14 May, 1833, as Senior, to the Volage 
 28, Capts. Geo. Bohun Martin and Peter Richards, 
 in which ship, with the exception of a short time 
 passed at the close of 1835 in the Caledonia 120, 
 under the flag of Sir Josias Rowley, he served in 
 the Mediterranean for three years and a half— and, 
 18 Jan. 1837, in a similar capacity, again to the 
 CaI/Edonia. He was paid offin the following sum- 
 
 mer ; and on 28 June, 1838, was advanced to his 
 present rank. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Legard, in 1844, obtained the royal 
 permission to accept and wear the Insignia of a 
 k.T.S. 
 
 LE GEYT, C.R (Ebak-Admibal, 1846, p-p., 
 21 ; H-P., 35.) 
 
 George Le Geyt, born 20 March, 1777, at Can- 
 terbury, CO. Kent, is son of the late Robt. Le Geyt, 
 Esq., of that place (first-cousin of the late Vice- 
 Admiral d'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon), by Jane, 
 daughter of the Rev. Wm. Byrch, Rector of St. 
 Mary's, Dover, and of Mongham, also in co. 
 Kent. His grandfather and great-grand-uncle both 
 held the office 'of Chief Civil Magistrate of the 
 Royal Court and President of the States of Jersey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1791, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Colossus 74, Capt. 
 Henry Harvey, lying at Spithead. Being disi- 
 charged in the following Aug., he next, in March, 
 1792, joined the Hussar 28, Capt. Rupert George, 
 and sailed for the Halifax station, where he assisted 
 at the capture of the two privateers iJ^'"*''"''™ *nd 
 Jou-jou. On the former of those vessels being 
 brought into the service, named the Prince Eih 
 ward, and the command given to Lieut. John G. 
 Saville, we find Mr. Le Geyt appointed to her as 
 Master's Mate, and in that capacity witnessing, 17 
 May, 1795, the capture, by a force under the orders 
 of Capt. Hon. Alex. Cochrane, of two French ships. 
 La ■FTffOQi/ante of 24, and La liaison of 18 guns^ 
 After their surrender, he went on board La Pre- 
 vo^ante, and aided in fitting her with jurymasts. 
 That frigate being subsequently added to the Bri- 
 tish Navy, Mr. Le Geyt continued in her under the 
 command of Capt. John Poo Beresford, until the 
 spring of 1796, and was twice sent into port in 
 charge of detained vessels. He then removed to 
 the lliESOLunos 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Geo. Murray, under whom he was further present, 
 28 Aug. 1796, at the capture of the French frigate 
 Elisabeth, On 5 of the following Nov. Mr. Le 
 Geyt wag nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Rover 16, Capt. Geo. Irvine, in which vessel (being 
 confirmed to her 27 Jan. 1797) he remained, assist- 
 ing intermediately at the taking of Le Jean Bart, 
 a noted privateer, until wrecked in a fog in the 
 Gulf of St. Lawrence in Aug. 1798. On his return, 
 immediately afterwards, to England in the Reso- 
 lution, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, our officer, who had 
 then been for upwards of six years on the Halifax 
 station, was at once, at the request of Capt. John 
 Holloway, of the St. George 98, appointed to that 
 ship. Removing as Second-Lieutenant, in March, 
 1799, to the Tamar, of 46 guns and 281 men, Capt. 
 Thos. Western, he proceeded soon with the flag of 
 Lwd Hugh Seymour, to the West Indies, where, be- 
 sides contributing to the reduction of Surinam, he 
 served at the capture, among numerous other ves- 
 sels, of ia Mepublicaine French national corvette, of 
 32 guns and 175 men (after a close action of about 
 10 minoites, a loss to the enemy of 9 killed and 12 
 wounded, and to the British of only 2 wounded) ; 
 also of Le Gmeral Massena, ship privateer, 
 of 16 guns (pierced for 18) and 150 men 5 and 
 of a -schooner privateer of 10 guns and 50 men. 
 Towards the close of 1801 (he had been the last 
 year and a half First-Lieutenant of the Tamar) Mr. 
 Le Geyt joined the Leviathan 74, bearing the 
 flag at Jamaica of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, who 
 promoted him, 28 May, 1803, to the command 
 of the Stork 18 — an act which the Admiralty 
 approved. While in that ■sloop, in which he con- 
 tinned upwards of nine years, Capt. Le Geyt 
 effected the capture, 24 Feb. 1804, of the French 
 national schooner Coquette of 2 guns and 95 men 
 after a chase of 265 miles,* and, on 30 of the ensuing 
 month, of L'HirondeUe privateer, of 3 guns and 44 
 men. In Aug. 1806 he was sent with a small sqna- 
 dron, consisting, besides his ovm vessel, of the 
 Sdpkriedke sloop, and Flying-Fish and Pike 
 schooners, to attack a number of small vessels lo- 
 * Vide Giu 1804, p. 618. 
 
646 
 
 LE HARDY— LE HUNTE. 
 
 Gated atBatabano, in the island of Cuba. Although 
 the Stork, from her draught of water, was unable 
 to approach within 30 leagues of the place, the ob- 
 jects of the expedition were nevertheless fully ac- 
 complished by the other vessels, aided by her boats, 
 under the command of Capt. Edw. Rushworth.* 
 In 1807 Capt. Le Geyt was ordered with convoy to 
 England, whence, in 1808, after he had been for 
 some months employed on the Guernsey station, he 
 took out the Pope's Nuncio to the Brazils. Keturn- 
 ing next to the West Indies, he united in the block- 
 ade of Martinique, and was so employed until its 
 surrender. While off that island, on 12 Dec. 1808, 
 he co-operated with the Circe 32, Capt. Eras. 
 Augustus Collier, and Mokne Eortunee gun-brig, 
 and displayed much coolness and intrepidity, in 
 silencing the fire of two batteries and of a body 
 of troops which protected an enemy's schooner 
 aground between the Pearl Rock and the town of 
 St. Pierre ; and he then, in company with the Cibce 
 and Express schooner, commenced an action with 
 four adjoining batteries, under which lay two other 
 vessels, one of whom, Le Cygne corvette, 16 guns, 
 was in the end destroyed.f In April, 1809, being 
 on a cruize with the Circe, then commanded by 
 Capt. Edw. WooUcombe, the Stork fell in with a 
 Erench squadron of three line-of-battle ships and 
 two frigates^ steering for the Saintes, With the 
 intelligence of this she was instantly despatched to 
 the Commander-in-Chief j the result whereof was 
 the capture of the 74-gun ship D'JSaupouU. On 12 
 Aug. 1812, Capt. Le Geyt, at that time on the Cork 
 station, was at length advanced to Post-rank. Un- 
 able, however, to procure further employment, he 
 accepted, 1 Oct. 1846, the rank he now holds. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral was nominated a C.B. 4 July, 
 1840. He married, in 1812, Rose Marie, daughter of 
 the late Rear-Admiral Heath, by whom he has issue 
 11 children. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LE HAKDY, K.S.F., K.I.C. (Commandeb, 1837. 
 F-P., 20 ; H-p., 9.) 
 
 Thomas Philip Le Hardy, born 1 May, 1803, is 
 a native of Jersey, where his family for many cen- 
 turies past has occupied a prominent position. 
 Three of his ancestors attained Flag-rank. One of 
 them was Sir Thos. Hardy, whose decisive conduct, 
 when in command of H. M.S. Pembroke, led to the 
 action off Vigo under Sir Geo. Rooke 11 Oct. 1702; 
 and another. Sir Chas. Hardy, who commanded the 
 Channel fleet, and died Governor of Greenwich 
 Hospital about 1780. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1818, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Confiance 18, Capt. 
 Alex. Montgomerie ; and sailed for the West Indies, 
 where, until 1823^ he served, the last three years as 
 Midshipman, in the SYBiLtE 48, Capt. Wm. Popham, 
 Ontario 18, Capt. Jodrell Leigh, and Syeille 
 again, Capt. Joshua Ricketts Rowley. From Dec. 
 1823 until May, 1827, we find him employed on the 
 South American, Irish, and Jamaica stations, as 
 Midshipman, Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant (he 
 passed his examination in April, 1825), on board 
 the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn. He was then 
 for four months engaged on home duty in the 
 Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill; and at the expi- 
 ration of that period he proceeded to the coast of 
 Africa as Mate of the Primrose 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Saville GrifBnhoofe. On his removal there, in Jan. 
 1829, to his old ship the Sybille, bearing the broad 
 pendant at the time of Commodore Fras. Augustus 
 Collier, Mr. Le Hardy was sent to cruize, as Senior 
 Mate, in the Black Joke tender, mounting but 1 
 gun, a long 18-pounder on a pivot, with a crew of 
 34 men, Lieut.-Commander Henry Downes. In 
 that vessel it was soon his fortune to participate in 
 a most brilliant exploit •, nothing less than the cap- 
 ture of the Spanish slaver JSl Almirante^ of 14 guns 
 (10 eighteens and 4 long nines) and 80 men, 
 after 11 hours had been absorbed in sweeping up, 
 and a close action endured of 80 minutes, in which 
 the British had 3 men killed and 7 wounded, and 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1537. f V. Saz. ISOS-j'^l U6. 
 
 the enemy 15 killed and 13 wounded. Mr. Le 
 Hardy, who was himself wounded, and who appears 
 to have shared in two other engagements, was re- 
 warded for his valour on the occasion by a commis- 
 sion dated 2 May, 1829. He did not, however, 
 succeed in obtaining a fresh appointment until 
 Nov. 1833 ; on 20 of which month he assumed com- 
 mand of the Sakacen brig, of 10 guns. Being 
 ordered at first to the coast of Portugal, we find 
 him serving for some time at Lisbon and off Oporto 
 during the contest between Pedro and Miguel ; and 
 afterwards sent to the north coast of Spain, where 
 he was actively employed with the squadron under 
 Lord John Hay, particularly on the Bilboa river. 
 For his conduct at the relief of that city in Dec. 
 1836, he not only received, in common with others, 
 the thanks of the Admiralty, but was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 6 Jan. 1837, and presented 
 by the Queen of Spain with the Third Class of the 
 Order of San Fernando, as also with the Compani- 
 onship of the Order of Isabella la CatoUea, and a 
 decoration commemorative of the event. He left 
 the Saracen in April, 1837 ; was employed, next, 
 in the Coast Guard, from 13 July, 1838, until July, 
 1843 ; and since 4 June, 1846, has been in command 
 of the Fantomb 16, in the Mediterranean. 
 
 Commander Le Hardy married, in Nov. 1833, 
 Louisa Jane, second daughter of Chas. de la Garde, 
 Esq., of Jersey. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 LE HUNTE, K.F.M. (Commander, 1814. 
 F-p., 11; H-p., 36.) 
 Francis Le Hdnte entered the Royal Naval 
 Academy 1 Nov. 1800, and, after a course of more 
 than four years' study at that institution, embarked, 
 18 April, 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Neme- 
 sis 28, Capt. Phihp Somerville, stationed in the 
 Channel, where, from Sept. 1806 to April, 1808, he 
 cruized as Master's Mate in the Narcissds 32, 
 Capt. Chas. Malcolm. The next nine months were 
 employed by this officer in the Pallas 32, Capt. 
 Geo. Eras. Seymour, on the coast of Spain. In 
 July, 1811, exactly two years after he had passed 
 his. examination, he received, with the rank of 
 Acting-Lieutenant, an appointment to the Sicilian 
 flotilla at Messina. His confirmation took place 26 
 Sept. following ; and on 15 Feb. 1813 we find him 
 serving on shore in command of a party of seamen, 
 and co-operating with the troops under Brigadier 
 Hall, in an attack upon a strong body of the enemy, 
 consisting of a complete battalion, with two troops 
 of cavalry and two pieces of artillery, located at 
 Pietra Nera, on the Calabrlan coast. On that oc- 
 casion he stormed and carried, in a very gaUant 
 style, several obstinately defended batteries, and by 
 his exemplary conduct attracted as well the admi- 
 ration of the Brigadier as the observation both of 
 soldiers and sailors.* He was afterwards sent with 
 a division of gun-boats to guard the island of 
 Ponza; and in March and April, 1814, being at- 
 tached to the expedition against Genoa and its de- 
 pendencies, he particularly distinguished himself 
 by his gallant and able conduct at the reduction of 
 the enemy's forts in the Gulf of Spezia.t During 
 the short war of 1815, Commander Le Hunte, who 
 had been advanced to his present rank on 15 June 
 in the preceding year, was selected to serve in the 
 river Scheldt with a brigade of seamen under the 
 orders of Capt. Chas. Napier. After the overthrow 
 of Napoleon he assumed command, 20 June, 1815, 
 of the Erebus 16, and retained it, in the Downs, 
 until 4 Sept. following. He has since been on half- 
 
 pay- 
 
 In consideration of the valour and intrepidity he 
 had displayed at Pietra Nera, Commander Le Hunte 
 was presented by the King of the Two Sicilies with 
 the insignia of the Small Cross of the Order of St. 
 Ferdinand and of Merit. Agent— Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 • The enemy al Pietra Nera had upwards of 150 men 
 killed and wounded, and 1C3 taken prisoners. The loss of 
 the British was very trifling.— ficfe Gaz. 1813, p. 726. 
 
 t.f. Gaz. 1814, p. 984. 
 
LEIGH -LEITH. 
 
 647 
 
 LEIGH. (Retired Commander, 1833. r-p., 24; 
 
 H-P., 40.) 
 
 Benjamin Leigh died 22 Feb. 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, as Fst.-cl. 
 Boy, on board La FoRTUNfeE, Capt. Hugh Cloberry 
 Christian, and cruized, until the peace of 1783, on 
 the coast of North America. He served next, from 
 1786 to 1792, part of the time as Midshipman, in 
 the Atalante sloop, Capts. Delgano, Schomberg, 
 Halsted, Foote, and Elphinstone, on the East India 
 station; and after a further attachment to the 
 AtciDE 74, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Spit- 
 fire sloop, was confirmed, 10 March, 1795, into the 
 Hornet sloop, Capts. Wm. Lukin and Kobt. Larkan, 
 in Vfhieh vessel he made a voyage to St. Helena. 
 His subsequent appointments were— 27 Dec. 1796, 
 to the Minerva frigate, Capt. Thos. Peyton, in the 
 Channel— 28 Sept. 1797, to the iNriEXiBLE, Capt. 
 Ferris, on the Downs station— 28 June, 1799, to La 
 JosTE 80, Capt. Sir Henry TroUope, which ship a 
 serious injury compelled him to leave in the follow- 
 ing year— for a short time in 1801, to the command 
 of the Crown prison-sWp at Portsmouth — and, in 
 1804, to the charge of a signal station in the Isle of 
 Wight, where he remained until 1814. He became 
 a Ketired Commander, on the Senior List, 10 Jan. 
 1833. 
 
 He was father-in-law of the present Commander 
 Geo. Caswell, E.N. 
 
 LEIGH. (One of the Junior Liectenants.) 
 
 Frederick George Leigh entered the Navy 16 
 Sept. 1831 ; passed his examination 2 Dec. 1835 ; 
 and, after having served as Mate in the Medea 
 steamer, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. 
 Fred. Warden, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Graham Moore at Plymouth, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 7 Feb. 1842. His succeeding 
 appointments were — 16 March, 1842, as Additional, 
 to the Driver steam-vessel, Capt. Sam. Fielding 
 Harmer, in the East Indies — 25 Aug. 1842, to the 
 Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Frederick, with 
 whom he returned to England in 1843— and, 5 Feb. 
 1845, to the Stromboli steam-sloop, Capt. Thos. 
 Fisher. On 25 Sept. following he was dismissed 
 his ship by sentence of court-martial, and placed 
 for two years at the bottom of the List of Lieute- 
 nants, for having over abused and punished the 
 stoker. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 LEIGH. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 26.) 
 
 Jodrell Leigh, baptized 27 Feb. 1790, at Goose- 
 trey, is third son of the late Egerton Leigh, Esq., 
 of the West Hall, High Leigh, co. Cheshire, by Eli- 
 zabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Fras. Jodrell, 
 Esq., of Yeardsley and Tremlow, in the same co. 
 He is brother-in-law of Lord Dunfermline, formerly 
 the Hon. Jas. Abercromby, M.P., Speaker of the 
 House of Commons ; and also of John Smith, Esq., 
 of Dale Park, co. Sussex, youngest brother of Lord 
 Carrington, and M.P., in 1833, for Buckingham- 
 shire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malta 80, Capt. Albe- 
 marle Bertie, attached to the Channel fleet. Be- 
 coming Midshipman, in 1802, of the Leander 60, 
 he continued to serve in that ship on the Halifax 
 station under Capts. Jas. Oughton, Fras. Wm. Fane, 
 Alex. Skene, John Talbot, and Salusbury Pryce 
 Humphreys, until AugA806; and was in conse- 
 quence present with Capt. Talbot at the taking, 23 
 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan French frigate, of 
 46 guns, and the simultaneous recapture of her 
 prize the Cleopatra 32. In Aug. 1806 Mr. Leigh 
 followed Capt. Humphreys into the Leopard 50; 
 and in April, 1807, he was nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Bermuda 18, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Byam ; in which vessel (being confirmed to her 29 
 Feb. following) he continued imtil wrecked on the 
 Memory Rook, Little Bermuda, 22 April, 1808. 
 His next appointment was, 22 Aug. in the same 
 year, to the Melami'us 36, Capt. Edw. Hawker, 
 under whom, during a servitude of three years and 
 
 a half, we find him assisting at the capture of the 
 French ships of war Le CoUbri, of 16 guns and 92, 
 men, and Le Beauhamais, of 16 guns and 109 men, 
 and co-operating in the reduction of Guadeloupe. 
 Quitting the Melampos in Feb. 1812, Mr. Leigh, 
 further served, between that period and March, 
 1820, on the Channel, Newfoundland, Cork, St. He- 
 lena, and Jamaica stations, in the Mars 74, Capt. 
 Henry Raper, Dryad 36, Capt. Edw. Galwey, 
 Bonhb CiTotENNE 20, Capts. Pitt Bumaby Greene 
 and Augustus Wm. Jas. Cliftbrd, Falmouth 20, 
 Capts. Eobt. Worgan Geo. Festing and Geo. Fred. 
 Rich, and Stbille 44, bearing the flag of Sir Home 
 Popham. He then assumed the acting-command 
 of the Bann 20, also in the West Indies, where, 
 soon after his official promotion, which took place 
 12 June following, he removed to the Ontario 18. 
 He returned to England, after a dreadfully tem- 
 pestuous passage, in Dec. 1821 ; and was lastly ap- 
 pointed, 28 Feb. 1829, to the Royal Charlotte 
 yacht, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy. He attained 
 his present rank 2 June in the same year. 
 
 LEIGH. (Commander, 1835. f-p., 22; h-p., 21.) 
 
 Thomas Leigh died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 June, 1803, as a. 
 Volunteer, on board the Consueroe 74, Capts- 
 Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew ; under the latter of 
 whom, after pursuing the combined squadrons of 
 France and Spain to the West Indies and back, he 
 shared in the action off Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct- 
 1805. Being discharged from the Conqueror in 
 Jan. 1806, he served during the next eight years, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Melampus 
 36, Capts. Stephen Poyntz and Edw. Hawker, PoR- 
 gey schooner, Lieut.-Commander Hugh Goold, 
 Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Pilot 
 18, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, Royal George 100, 
 flag-shjp of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, and Im- 
 PETOEUX, Stately, and Rodney, bearing each the 
 flag of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin, on the North 
 American, Home, Mediterranean, and Lisbon sta^ 
 tions. While in the Pilot, Mr. Leigh served, 25 
 July, 1810, in her boats, with those of the Thames 
 32, and Weasel 18, and was officially alluded to for 
 his conduct, at the very gallant capture and de- 
 struction, near Amanthea, notwithstanding a most 
 spirited opposition, of 31 transports, seven large 
 gun-boats, and five armed vessels.* He was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 26 Jan. 1814, in the Bristol 
 troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Wyndham, employed in the 
 Channel and off Lisbon, and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — in the course of 1815, to the Havock 12, 
 Capt. Geo. Truscott, Rifleman 16, Capts. Henry 
 Edw. Napier and Geo. Bennet Allen, and Vengedk 
 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, all on the Home station, 
 where he served, until superseded from ill health 
 in May, 1818— and, 4 Dec. 1827, to the Coast Guard. 
 He left that service, on attaining the rank of Com- 
 mander, 23 June, 1835 ; and remained thencefor- 
 ward on half-pay. Agents— Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 LEITH. (Captain, 1825- f-p., 20; h-p., 24.) 
 
 John Leith, born at Leith Hall, co. Aberdeen, 
 the seat of his father, is second son of the late 
 General Alex. Leith Hay, by Mary, daughter of 
 Chas. Forbes, Esq., of Ballogie; brother of the 
 present Sir Andw. Leith Hay, Kt., of Rannes and 
 Leith Hall, a Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, and M.P. 
 for the Elgin district of burghs; and nephew of 
 Lieut.-General Sir Jas. Leith, G.C.B., K.T.S., Grand 
 Cordon of the Order of Merit of France, Governor 
 of Barbadoes, and Commander-in-Chief of the forces 
 in the Windward and Leeward Islands, who died 16 
 Oct. 1816. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, U June, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lapwing 28, Capt. 
 Alex. Skene, which vessel, when soon afterwards 
 off the banks of Newfoundland, was so closely 
 chased for three days by the French 74-gun ship 
 Dvgvay Trouin and 40-gun frigate Gueiriere, that, 
 in order to effect her escape, she was under the ne- 
 * Fide Gaz. 1810, p. 1860. 
 
648 
 
 LEITH— LE MESURIER. 
 
 cessity of throwing overboard her guns, boats, all 
 her anchors and cables but one, and all but one 
 week's provisions and water. In Oct. of the same 
 year he removed with Capt. Skene to the Leandek 
 50, commanded next by Capts. John Talbot, Henry 
 Whitby, and Salusbury Pryce Humphreys ; and, on 
 23 Feb. 1805, he was present, under Capt. Talbot, at 
 the capture of La Ville de Milan French frigate oi 
 46 guns, and re-capture of her prize the Cleoi'ATra 
 32. Following Capt. Humphreys, in Aug. 1806, into 
 the Leopard 50, Mr. Leigh was in that ship on 22 
 June, 1807, when she compelled the U. S. frigate 
 Chesapeake to surrender, in consequence of a refusal 
 on the part of the latter to allow the British to 
 search her for deserters. In April, 1808, he joined 
 the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterraan Hardy, 
 and after serving, as Master's Mate, in the North 
 Sea and at the blockade of L'Orient, became at- 
 tached with that officer to the Barfleur 98, bear- 
 ing the flag off Lisbon of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berke- 
 ley, who, on 26 June, 1809, nominated him Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the NoRGE 74, Capts. £dm. Boger 
 and John Sprat Rainier. In the course of the same 
 summer we find Mr. Leith engaged in fitting out 
 some Spanish men-of-war at Ferrol, then threat- 
 ened by the French. In the following Oct., on 10 
 of which month he was confirmed a Lieutenant, he 
 went back to the Barfledr, and on the promotion, 
 in Dec. 1810, of the present Capt. Berkeley, suc- 
 ceeded him in the office of Flag-Lieutenant. Pre- 
 viously, however, to that event, he had been in- 
 vested with the command (which he retained until 
 the final expulsion of the French army under Mas- 
 sena from Portugal) of the telegraph posts on the 
 lines of Torres Vedras. During the last siege of 
 Badajos Mr. Leith, it appears, was present at the 
 head-quarters of Lord Wellington; and in April, 
 1811, he was there when it was stormed and carried. 
 The Barfledr being ordered home in 1812, he was 
 next (after an interval of a few months, the first he 
 had enjoyed since his entrance into the Navy) ap- 
 pointed, in April, 1813, to the Sceptre 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Geo. Cockbum ; previously to accompanying 
 whom into the Albion 74, he took part in the at^ 
 tack upon Hampton, the capture of Ocracoke and 
 Portsmouth islands (whence were brought off" the 
 Anaconda of 20, and Atlas of 12 guns), the occupa^ 
 tion of Kent Island, and other services. In June, 
 1814, he returned to England on hoard the St. Do- 
 mingo 74. He attained the rank of Commander 13 
 June, 1815, but was not again employed until Sept. 
 1822, on 4 of which month we find him appointed to 
 the BEHEirrE 18, fitting for the West Indies, where 
 he removed, 28 June, 1825, to the Ptlades 18, was 
 appointed, 28 June following, Acting-Captain of the 
 Isis 50, and was confirmed, 11 Nov. in the same 
 year, into the Rattlesnake 28. Being paid off on 
 his return home with the Duke of Manchester, late 
 Governor of Jamaica, in Sept. 1827, Capt. Leith 
 remained on half-pay until appointed, 6 Feb. 1837, 
 to the Seringa pat AM 46, in which frigate he was 
 again ordered to the West Indies, there to take 
 charge of the Barbadoes station. On his passage 
 out lie took with him the Romney 50, destined to 
 form a depot for liberated negroes at the Havana, 
 where he succeeded in installing her after encoun- 
 tering much opposition from the governor. With 
 the exception of a visit to Jamaica, on the occasion 
 of Sir John Strutt Peyton being sent home in 1838, 
 he remained senior officer at Barbadoes until July, 
 1841, when he sailed for Halifax to recruit his own 
 health and that of his crew. Before his departure, 
 however, he had the satisfaction of being presented 
 with an address and a piece of plate by the inhabit- 
 ants. He invalided at last from Halifax in Oct. 
 1841 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 Capt. Leith is married, and has issue. 
 
 LEITH. (LlBHTENANT, 1815. F-p., 10 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 LocKHART Leith entered the Navy, 24 July, 
 
 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Devastation 
 
 bomb, Capt. Ales. Milner, and, until discharged in 
 
 the following Dec, was employed oflT Boulogne and 
 in the Downs. Re-embarking, in July, 1806, on 
 board the Monarch 74, Capt. Rich. Lee, we find 
 bim, in company with a squadron under Sir Sam. 
 Hood, at the capture, 25 Sept. following, of four 
 heavy French frigates from Rochefort, on which 
 occasion the above ship enacted a very conspicuous 
 part, compelled La Minerve, of 44 guns and 650 men, 
 to surrender, and sustained a loss of 4 men killed 
 and 25 wounded. The Monarch, it appears, was 
 afterwards employed in blockading the Tagus, in 
 escorting, towards the close of 1807, the Royal Fa- 
 mily of Portugal to the Brazils, and in the expedi- 
 tion to the Walcheren in Aug. 1809. In Dec. 1811 
 Mr. Leith removed to the Mablbobough 74, Capt. 
 Matt. Henry Scott, stationed off Flushing and in 
 the Channel, where he served until Aug. 1812. In 
 the following month, the latter officer having hoisted 
 his flag in the Chatham 74, he rejoined him on 
 board that ship, in which he continued employed, 
 under Capts. Wm. Lukin and David Lloyd, on the 
 Home and Cork stations, until July, 1815. He then 
 took up a commission dated on 10 of the previous 
 March ; and has not been since afloat. 
 
 LEITH. (Commander, 1814. v-v., 16; h-p., 35.) 
 William Forbes Leith entered the Navy, IS 
 Deo. 1796, as A.B., on board the Peince George 
 98, Capt. Wm. Bowen, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Parker, with whom he continued to 
 serve, in the Channel, off Cadiz and Lisbon, and in 
 the Mediterranean, as Midshipman of the Blen- 
 heim 98, and again of the Pbinoe George, until 
 Sept. 1799. During the next three years and a half 
 we find him employed, on the Home station, in the 
 Amethyst frigate, Capts. Cook, Glynn, and Camp- 
 bell ; and, on 7 May, 1804, after having for a few 
 months acted as Lieutenant of the Malta 80, and 
 Ganges 74, Capts. Edw. BuUer and Thos. Fras. 
 Fremantle, formally promoted to that rank. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 19 June, 1804, to 
 the Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip Somerville, lying at 
 Plymouth — 16 April, 1805, to the Dbdid 32, in which 
 frigate, commanded by Capts. Broke, Astley, Ben- 
 nett, Mackay, Bolton, and Louis, he served for 
 nearly six years on tbe Cork and Cadiz stations, 
 and assisted at the capture of Le Pandour national 
 brig of 18 guns and 114 men — and 30 Sept. 1811, to 
 the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, at- 
 tached to the force in the Mediterranean, whence 
 he invalided in Jan. 1813. He attained his present 
 rank 15 June, 1814 ; and has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 LEMESUEIEE. (Liedtenant, 1815. p-p., 10; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 Edward Le Mesdrier entered the Navy, in 
 Sept. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Inconstant 
 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, in which ship and 
 in the Diomede 50, and VibTOBY 100, all flag-ships 
 of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he continued to serve as Mid- 
 shipman, on the Guernsey station, until April, 1810, 
 He then joined the Eurtalus 36, commanded off 
 Toulon by Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, 
 and after a short attachment to the Ville de Paris 
 110, Capt. John Duff Markland, was received, in 
 March, 1811, on board the TjNrri 36, Capt. Edwin 
 Henry Chamberlayne ; under whom, on 1 of the 
 following May, he assisted, in company vrith the 
 Pomone 38, and Scodt \^j^t the destruction, after 
 a gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone 
 Bay, of the store-ships Giraffe and Nourrice, each 
 mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and both protected by 
 a 5-gun batteiy, a martello tower, and a body of 
 about 200 regular troops. On 29 May in the same 
 year we find him further contributing to the cap- 
 ture, at the close of a severe running fight of four 
 hours, of the 26-gun store-ship La Petsamte, sup- 
 posed, until the moment of her capture, to be a fully 
 armed frigate. Removing, in July, 1814, to the 
 Undaunted 38, Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, Mr. 
 Le Mesurier was present, in that ship, during the 
 war of 100 days, at the reduction of the Tremiti 
 
LE MEStJRIER-LEMPRIERE— LE NEVE-LENNOCK. 
 
 649 
 
 isUnds and the cutting out of a convoy from Bar- 
 letta. On being paid oif in Oct. 1815, he took up a 
 commission dated on 24 of the preceding March. 
 His last appointment was, 19 March, 1816, to the 
 Florida 24, Capts. Wm. Elliott and Chas. Sibthorpe 
 ,Tohn Hawtayne, stationed in the North Sea, where 
 he was superseded at his own request 16 Oct. 1817. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 LE MESUEIEE. (Lieutenant, 1824. r-p., 16; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 Feedekick HENRy Le Mesurier, born 1 Sept. 
 1795, is brother of Lieut.-General Le Mesurier, late 
 Governor of Alderney. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Daphne 20, Capt. Philip 
 Fipon, stationed in the Baltic, where, in the same 
 ship, and as Midshipman in the Victory 100, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he served until 
 March, 1812. He then sailed for the East Indies in 
 the Theban 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, which 
 frigate, when in the China Sea in the following 
 Sept., had the misfortune to be dismasted in a 
 typhoon. On his return to England with Capt. 
 Digby in the Cornwallis 74, Mr. Le Mesurier, in 
 Oct. 1813, joined the Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pat- 
 tison Stewart and John Brett Purvis, and, until the 
 close of the American war, was employed at Ber- 
 muda. For a short period in the summer of 1815, 
 in May of which year he passed his examination, 
 we find him on duty at Portsmouth in the Prince 
 98, Capt. Edm. Boger. Being appointed, in July, 
 1816, A,dmiralty-Midshipman of the Fury bomb, 
 Capt. Constantine' Kich. Moorsom, he assisted in 
 that vessel at the bombardment of Algiers ; after 
 which, and until confirmed in his present rank, 12 
 Nov. 1824, he served in the same capacity, and also 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Severn 40, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt. 
 Gambler, Venoeub 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, 
 Niemen 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibley, Ramil- 
 dies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, Andromache frigate, 
 Capt. Joseph Nourse, and EspiAgle 18, Capt. Isham 
 Fleming Chapman — on the Home, Mediterranean, 
 American, and Cape of Good Hope stations. He 
 continued to officiate as Lieutenant of the latter 
 vessel until July, 1825, when, being at the time at 
 the Mauritius, he was compelled to invalid and re- 
 turn to England in consequence of the repeated 
 attacks of a severe complaint which for the last ten 
 years has completely lp,id him up. From 10 April, 
 1826, until May, 1827, Mr. Le Mesurier served at 
 Plymouth in the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez. 
 
 He married, 11 Sept. 1828, Jane Catherine, only 
 daughter of the late Thos. Cecil MaunselJ, Esq., of 
 Thorpe Malsor, co. Northampton, by whom he has 
 issue five sons. 
 
 LEMPKIERE. (©ajtailt. 1825.) 
 
 George Ourry Lempriere obtained his first 
 commission 25 May, 1807 ; was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 30 Jan. 1813; procured an ap- 
 pointment to the Trent hospital and receiving ship 
 at Cork 7 May, 1814 ; acquired the rank of Captain 
 27 May, 1825 ; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 
 1846. 
 
 Capt. Lempriere has been twice married — the se- 
 cond time, 10 Aug. 1833, to Frances, daughter of 
 Wm. Dumaresq, Esq., of Pelham Place, Hampshire. 
 He has issue. 
 
 LE NEVE. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Anselm Peter Le Neve entered the Navy, 25 
 Deo. 1806, as L. M., on board the Majestic 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Hart, Valentine CoUard, Matthew 
 Forster, Fred. Watkins, and Thos. Harvey. While 
 in that ship, which bore the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Thos. Maonamara Russell, we find him present as 
 Midshipman at the surrender of Heligoland in Sept. 
 1807, and afterwards employed in escorting the 
 trade through the Great Belt, where he constantly 
 came into collision with the Danish gun-boats. 
 
 Removing, in Feb. 1810, to the Grampos 50, Capt. 
 Wm. Hanwell, he accompanied a convoy in that 
 ship to China ; on his return whence, in Dec. 1811, 
 he joined the Maidstone 36, Capts. Geo. Burdett 
 and Wm. Skipsey, with whom, until Dec. 1814, he 
 served as Master's Mate on the North American sta- 
 tion. He then took up a commission bearing date 
 25 July in the latter year ; and was lastly, from 24 
 Nov. 1815 mitil 6 June, 1816, employed with Capts. 
 Wm. Skipsey and Edw. Chetham, in the Leandek 
 50, on Home service. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 LENNOCK. (Eetired Commander, 1845. f-p., 
 19 ; H-p., 35.) 
 Charles Adam Lennook entered the Navy, in 
 May, 1793, as Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Veteran 
 64, Capt. Chas. Edm. Nugent ; and sailed, towards 
 the close of the same year, with the expedition in- 
 tended for the reduction of the French West India 
 Islands. In Aug. 1794, being at the time in the 
 Santa Margarita 36, Capt. Eliab Harvey, we find 
 him assisting at the apparent destruction, near the 
 Penmarcks, of the French 36-gun frigate Vohntaire, 
 and corvettes Espion and Ahrt. After again serv- 
 ing with Capt. Nugent, as Midshipman, in the 
 CssAR 80, and Pompee 74, and with Capt. Eras. 
 Pickmore in the Royal William, Mr. Lennock, in 
 March, 1796, joined the Assistance 50, Capt. Henry 
 Mowat, on the North American station, where he 
 witnessed the capture, 28 Aug. following, of the 
 French frigate Elisabeth of 36 guns, and where he 
 continued to serve as Master's Mate in the Asia 64, 
 Capt. Robt. Murray, and as Acting-Lieutenant and 
 Lieutenant (order and commission respectively 
 dated 16 April and 29 Nov. 1800), in the St. Al- 
 bans 64, Capt. John Okes Hardy, until the peace 
 of Amiens. His subsequent appointments were— 28 
 Oct. 1802, to the Sea Fencibles— 14 Sept. 1804, to 
 the St. Albans again, Capt. John Temple, on the 
 Home station — 22 Aug. 1805, to the Standard 64, 
 Capts. Thos. Harvey, Aiskew Pafiard Hollis, and 
 Joshua Sydney Horton, in which ship, during a con- 
 tinuance of five years and a half, he assisted at the 
 passage of the Dardanells, and the reduction of the 
 island of Anholdt— 22 April, 1811, to the Bdlwark 
 74, also commanded by Capt. Horton, and employed 
 at the defence of Cadiz— and 7 Dec. following, to 
 the CoLRAGEDX 74, Capt. Philip Wilkinson, sta- 
 tioned in the Baltic, where he remained until May, 
 1813. He was placed on the Junior List of Retired 
 Commanders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior 11 
 Sept. 1845. 
 
 LENNOCK. ((ffaptain, 1814. r-p., 29 ; h-p., 29.) 
 George Gdstavcs Lennoce entered the Navy, 
 in April, 1789, as Captain's Servant, on board the 
 Blanche frigate, Capt. Robt. Murray, with whom 
 he was for three years employed in the West Indies, 
 latterly in the capacity of Midshipman. Returning 
 to the same station (after he had been for a short 
 time attached on Home service to the Juno 32, 
 Capt. Sam. Hood) in the Veteran 64, Capt. Chas. 
 Edm. Nugent, he there co-operated in the reduction 
 of the French Islands, and afterwards joined the 
 BoYNE 98, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. He was 
 made Lieutenant, 8 May, 1795, into the Shark 
 sloop, Capt. John O'Brien, at Newfoundland ; and 
 was subsequently appointed— 11 Nov. 1795, to the 
 Assistance 50, Capt. Henry Mowat, under whom 
 he witnessed the capture, 28 Aug. 1796, of the 
 French 36-gun frigate Elisabeth, off Cape Henry — 
 21 April, 1798, to the Resolution 74, bearing the 
 flag at Halifax of Vice-Admiral Vandeput — 11 Aug. 
 following, to the Asia 64, Capts. Robt. Murray and 
 John Dawson, employed, until the peace, on the 
 same station and in the Baltic and North Sea — 28 
 Sept. 1802, to the Ambuscade alias Seine 36, Capts. 
 Hon. John Colville and David Atkins, in one of 
 whose boats, on his return to the West Indies, he 
 was severely wounded in an attempt to cut a pri- 
 vateer out from St. Jago * — and in 1805-6, to the 
 
 * He obtained, in consequence, a gratuity from the Patriotic 
 Society. 
 
 40 
 
650 
 
 LEROUX— LESLIE. 
 
 acting-command of the Shahk, Drake, and Min- 
 NONNE sloops, on the Jamaica station. While in 
 the latter vessel Mr. Lennock was confirmed a Com- 
 mander by commission dated 6 Aug. 1806. He re- 
 turned to England, after having further had com- 
 mand of the MoSETTE and Moselle sloops, in Feb. 
 1809 ; and was next, in Oct. of that year, appointed 
 to the Raven 16, attached to the force in the North 
 Sea. On 3 July, 1812, in face of the enemy's fleet 
 at Flushing, and under the very guns of that enemy's 
 forts, Capt. Lennock made a dashing attack on 14 
 brigs (each armed with 3 or 4 long 24-pounders) 
 and drove three of them on shore. His .quickness, 
 indeed, in deciding upon this exploit, and his skill 
 and spirit in executing it, obtained him very high 
 approbation.* His last appointment was, 21 Jan. 
 1814, to the EsK corvette, of 20 guns; in which 
 vessel we find him continuously employed off the 
 Canary Islands, and in the Channel and South Ame- 
 rica, until paid off in Deo. 1818. During the ear- 
 lier part of that period Capt. Lennock (whose Post 
 commission bears date 4 June, 1814) effected the 
 capture of the Sine-qud-non American privateer, of 
 7 guns and 81 men, and fought a smart action, off 
 Teneriffe, with two other American vessels, the 
 Grampus and Terpsichore. He accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Lennock married, in 1829, Anna, eldest 
 daughter of J. Walker, Esq., of Crawford Town, 
 by whom he has issue. 
 
 LEROUX. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 
 17; H-p., 37.) 
 Fbedehick James Lerodx entered the Navy, in 
 Nov. 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Charon 
 hospital-ship, Capt. Geo. Countess, whom, after 
 sharing in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794, he suc- 
 cessively followed as A.B., Midshipman, and Mas- 
 ter's Mate, into the Pegasds 28, D.ffiDALDS 32, 
 Ethai.ion 38, and Robust 74. In those ships he 
 served on the North Sea, West India, Channel, and 
 Cork stations until the commencement of the year 
 1800 ; and, while in the Ethalion, was present, on 
 the coast of Ireland, at the capture, 12 Oct. 1798, of 
 the French 40-gun frigate La Bellone, after a sharp 
 conflict and a trifling loss to the British. On 25 
 April, 1800, being at the time a Supernumerary of 
 the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport, 
 Mr. Leroux was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 
 AsTR^A armee-en-fiute, Capts. Peter Ribouleau and 
 Alex. Campbell, imder the former of whom he won 
 the Turkish gold medal for his services in Egypt. 
 Quitting the AsTEiEA in Dec. 1801, he was subse- 
 quently appointed— 12 March, 1803, to the Utrecht 
 64, flag-ship on the Home station of Admirals Mon- 
 tagu, Fatten, and HoUoway — 31 Deo. 1804, to the 
 Ramillies 74, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, in which ship 
 he beheld the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Ma- 
 rengo 80, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 
 40-gun frigate Belle Foule— 17 Sept. and 3 Oct. 1808 
 (having invalided from the Eamillies in June, 
 1806), to the Cordelia 10, and Bombay 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Fortescue Kennedy and Wm. Cuming, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations— 5 Nov. 1809, to 
 the Fame 74, Capts. Bennett, Hornby, Ferris, and 
 Bathurst, also in the Mediterranean— and, lastly, 19 
 Nov. 1811 (eight months after his return to Eng- 
 land), to the command (which he retained until 6 
 June, 1814) of the Ganges prison-ship at Plymouth. 
 He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 
 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior 15 Nov. 1844. 
 
 LESLIE. (Reab-Admikal, 1846. r-p., 32 ; h-p., 
 22.) 
 Samdel Leslie, bom in March, 1779, at Rock- 
 field, CO. Antrim, is son of the late Ven. Edm. Leslie, 
 Archdeacon of Down, by his second wife, Eleanor, 
 daughter of Geo. Portis, Esq., of London ; and de- 
 scends from a noble Hungarian family who settled 
 in North Britain in 1067. His grand-aunt, Pene- 
 lope, wife of E. F. Stafford, Esq., was mother of the 
 first Viscountess Dungannon, and grandmother of 
 • yide Gaz. 1612, p. 1319. 
 
 the late Countess of Mornington, mother of the 
 Duke of Wellington. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1793, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Pomona 28, Capt. Henry 
 d'Esterre Darby ; and until the early part of 1794 
 was employed, chiefly in the capacity of Midship- 
 man, in annoying the enemy's coasting-trode, a ser- 
 vice which frequently brought him under fire of 
 the batteries on the French shore. During the 
 next three years we find him cruizing, at first with 
 Capt. Darby, and then with Capt. Wm. Hotham, in 
 the Adamant 50,'on the West India, Newfoundland, 
 and Lisbon stations. On next joining the Impe- 
 TUEDX 74, Capt. John Willett Payne, Mr. Leslie 
 served for many months at the blockade of Brest ; 
 after which, on being again placed under the orders 
 of Capt. Darby in the Bellerophon 74, he fought 
 as Master's Mate at the battle of the Nile 1 Aug. 
 1798. In the summer of 1799, as soon as he had 
 passed his examination, he was received on board 
 the FouDROYANT 80, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, 
 who, as a reward for his conduct in having volun- 
 teered in a heavy gale of wind to recover one of the 
 ship's boats which had broken adrift in Palermo 
 Bay, nominated him, in the following Nov., Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Success 32, Capt. Shuldham 
 Peard. While in that frigate, to which he was not 
 confirmed until 16 Oct. 1800, Mr. Leslie served at 
 the blockade of Malta, assisted at the capture, on 
 18 Feb. and 24 Aug. in the latter year, of the 
 French 74-gun ship Xe GeTiereux, and 40-gun frigate 
 La Diane, and was on board her when she was her- 
 self taken, 13 Feb. 1801, by a French squadron 
 under M. Ganteaume. Being soon exchanged, he 
 joined, in the ensuing May, the Haehlem 64, Capts. 
 Geo. Burlton, John Stuart, John Geo. Saville, and 
 — Northey, with whom he continued in the Medi- 
 terranean until the close of 1802. After a servitude 
 of two years and five months at Newfoundland and 
 among £|ie Western Islands, in the Camilla 20, Mr. 
 Leslie, in Sept. 1803, was appointed to La Chip- 
 PONNE 36, Capts. Patrick Campbell and John Wain- 
 wright; which frigate was at first employed in attend- 
 ance on George IH. off Weymouth, and afterwards 
 at the blockade of Cadiz, and in the Mediterra- 
 nean and East Indies. Previously to his depar- 
 ture for the latter station, Mr. Leslie, it appears, 
 took part in many cutting-out affairs, and on one 
 occasion had 2 men kiUed and 3 wounded in a boat 
 under his immediate orders. In Nov. 1809, being 
 then Senior of La Chipfonne, he accompanied an 
 expedition conducted by Capt. Wainwright and 
 Lieut.-Colonel Lionel Smith against the pirates of 
 the Persian Gulf. During the attack which was 
 there made upon Ras-al-Khyma, the stronghold of 
 the freebooters, he distinguished himself in a very 
 remarkable manner. In the first place, he burnt, 
 within twice her own length of the shore, the Mi- 
 nerva, an English ship, which had some time before 
 fallen into their hands.* Besides being very active 
 in the cannonade of the place, he also, with excel- 
 lent judgment and gallantry, executed, on the north- 
 ern end of the town, a feint, which had the effect 
 of facilitating the main attack on the southern end ; 
 and he then, while the operations of the troops 
 were in progress, performed much valuable service 
 with the gun-boats attached to his ship. In the 
 course of the same day, Nov. 13, he set fire to all 
 the dows which were afloat in the harbour, and was 
 of further essential assistance in the re-embarka- 
 tion of the military. The active and unwearied 
 nature of Mr. Leslie's services, indeed, was such as 
 to call forth, togetherwith awarm recommendation 
 on his behalf for promotion, the strongest expres- 
 sions of admiration and gratitude from the Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel, and a most glowing panegyric 
 from his own Captain. He was not, however, in 
 any way rewarded until Jan. 1811, when at length 
 the Commander-in-Chief promoted him into the 
 Wilhelmina hospital-ship at Poulo-Pinang — an 
 appointment which the Admiralty confirmed 1 
 March following. On 31 July, 1812, exactly four 
 months after he had been nominated Acting-Captain 
 • ride Gaz. \S10, p.lOSa. 
 
LESLIE— LESTER-LETCH. 
 
 651 
 
 of the SiE Fhancis Drake frigate, Capt. Leslie, 
 who afterwards assumed command of the Malacca 
 36, VoLAGE 22, and Thebas 36, was officially ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank. While In the Volaqe we find 
 him heading a party of seamen belonging to H.M.S. 
 HussAK, and co-operating, 28 June, 1813, with a de- 
 tachment of troops under Colonel Watson, in an 
 attack upon the defences of Sambas, a piratical 
 state on the western coast of Borneo, where, after 
 six hours' march in an almost impenetrable jungle, 
 five batteries were in succession assaulted and car- 
 ried with the utmost intrepidity. His zeal' and 
 gallantry in this instance also obtained for him the 
 congratulations of his senior officer, Capt. Geo. 
 Sayer, and the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, 
 Sir Sam. Hood. He was slightly wounded on the 
 occasion in each leg. In Sept. of the same year the 
 Captain, then under the orders of Hon. Geo. Elliot 
 of the Hussar, with whom was employed a body of 
 troops under Lieut. -Colonel Macgregor, proved a 
 chief instrument to the re-estabUshment of the 
 Nagor Ordeen on the throne of Palambang, pre- 
 cluding, by the greatness of his expedition and 
 efforts, and the completeness of the surprise he 
 produced on the enemy, the possibility of resistance. 
 Proportionate, of course, were the acknowledgments 
 of Sir Sam. Hood; to whom, on removing, in Jan. 
 1814, to the Theean, he became Flag-Captain. He 
 subsequently commanded a squadron in the Java 
 seas. He paid the Theban off in April, 1816 ; and 
 was lastly, from April, 1823, until April, 1832, em- 
 ployed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. His advancement to the rank he now holds 
 took place 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Kear-Admiral is a Magistrate for co. Down. 
 He married, in Sept. 1817, Martha, only daughter 
 of the late Geo. v aughan, Esq., the descendant of 
 an old English family. 
 
 LESLIE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 Walter Leslie entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. 
 R.J. Neve, stationed in the Channel ; and, in Nov. 
 1804, removed to the Niobe 40, Capts. Matthew 
 Henry Scott and John Wentworth Loring, under 
 the latter of whom, on 28 March, 1806, he witnessed 
 the capture of the French corvette Le Ne'arque of 
 16 guns and 97 men. Rejoining Capt. Scott, in the 
 following July, as Midshipman, in the Dragon 74, 
 he sailed in that ship for the West Indies ; on his 
 return whence, in Dec. 1808, he was received on 
 hoard the Achii,le 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King. After 
 co-operating in the defence (during the siege of 
 Cadiz) of Fort Matagorda, where he was wounded, 
 Mr. Leslie, in July, 1810, became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the TiM:fenAiRE 98, bearing the flag on that sta^ 
 tion of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore. He went 
 back, however, in the following Oct., to a Midship- 
 man's berth in the Achii>le ; and he was next, from 
 Feb. 1811 until March, 1813, employed in the North 
 Sea as Master's Mate of the Maelbokough 74, Capt. 
 M. H. Scott, and Christian VII. 80, and Impreg- 
 nable 9&, flag-ships of Admiral Wm. Young, by 
 whom, for a few weeks in the former year, he was 
 lent, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Britomart sloop, 
 Capt. Wm. Buckley Hunt. He then repaired to 
 the Canadian lakes, where he joined in an attack 
 on the enemy's army and flotilla, and continued to 
 serve as Lieutenant (commission dated 24 Aug. 
 1814) of the P.KiNoE Regent and St. Lawrence, 
 bearing the broad pendants of Commodore Sir Jas. 
 Lucas Yoo and Edw. W. C. K. Owen, until Sept. 
 1815. His last appointment was to the Penguin, a 
 Falmouth packet, the command of which he re- 
 tained from 5 Nov. 1841 until Nov. 1846. 
 
 LESTER. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 30; 
 H-p., 17.) 
 
 William Lester is brother of Lieut. Jas. Lester, 
 R.N. (1827), who died in 1844, while commanding 
 the Lapwing Revenue-vessel. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98, 
 
 Capts. Albemarle Bertie and Jas. Oughton, bearing 
 the flag for some time of Sir Andrew Mitchell in 
 the Channel, where he served until April, 1802 — 
 the last seven months in the capacity of Midship- 
 man. Re-embarking, in the following June, on 
 board the Bittern 18, Capt. Roht. Corbet, he was 
 at first employed in that vessel in cruizing against 
 the smugglers on the Yorkshire coast ; after which 
 he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and there as- 
 sisted at the capture, 10 Sept. 1803, and 28 April, 
 1804, of the French privateers La Caille, of 6 guns 
 and 60 men, and L' Hirondelle, of 14 guns and 80 
 men— the latter at the close of an arduous chase 
 with the sweeps during a calm of nearly two days. 
 After further serving for a short time with Capt. 
 Corbet in the AmpAitrite frigate, he removed with 
 him, in June, 1805, to the Seahorse, of 42 guns and 
 281 men, commanded subsequently by Capt. John 
 Stewart, under whom, on the night of 5 July, 1808, 
 we find him contributing to the capture, after a 
 signally furious engagement, and a loss to the Sea- 
 horse (30 of whose crew were absent) of 5 men 
 killed and 10 wounded, of the Turkish man-of-war 
 Badere Zcfi'er, moimting 52 guns, with a comple- 
 ment of 543 men, of whom 170 were killed and 200 
 wounded. The Alls Fezan, of 26 guns and 230 men, 
 a ship which had been also opposed to the Seahorse, 
 was at the same time put to flight. Being declared 
 by his Captain very worthy of promotion for his 
 conduct on the occasion,'* Mr. Lester was accord- 
 ingly awarded a commission bearing date 6 of the ' 
 same month, and appointed to the Nettuno 18, 
 Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne. In the early part of 
 1809, however, he rejoined the Seahorse, and while 
 in that ship, in which he remained until 1811, as- 
 sisted in taking several privateers, co-operated in 
 the reduction of the islands of Gianuti and Pianoza, 
 and commanded the boats at the capture of a large 
 armed merchant-ship on the Roman coast. When 
 afterwards in the Fdrieuse 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, 
 he witnessed the conquest of the island of Ponza 
 26 Feb. 1813— commanded her boats (having gal- 
 lantly volunteered to do so), in conjunction with 
 Tjieut. Walter Croker, at the cutting out, 4 Oct. 
 following, with a loss to the British of 2 men killed 
 and 10 wounded, of 14 out of a convoy of 19 vessels, 
 protected, in the harbour of Marinelo, by the galling 
 fire of 2 gun-boats, a fort of 2 long 24-pounders, 
 and a strong fortified tower and castlef — destroyed 
 a privateer under the batteries of Orbitello — was 
 again in charge of the boats daring the unsuccessful 
 attack upon Leghorn — beheld the occupation of 
 Santa Maria and of the enemy's other forts in the 
 Gulf of Spezia— and aided at the reduction of Genoa 
 and its dependencies in March and April, 1814. He 
 left the FuRiEUSE in Aug. 1815; and was lastly, 
 from 24 June, 1824, until Jan. 1839, employed as an 
 Agent for Transports afloat. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 6 Feb. 1846. 
 
 When Commander Lester was a Midshipman of 
 the Bittern, that sloop had her main-topmast and 
 mizen top-gallantmast carried away in a squall in 
 the Faro of Messina, in clearing away the wreck 
 of which he sustained an injury that procured him 
 on his arrival in' England a pension of 41. This 
 ceased on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 but was restored to him in 1843. We may add that 
 when in the Fubieuse he was on one occasion left 
 at the island of Milo in charge of 14 sail of prizes. 
 He is married. 
 
 LETCH. (Eetirkd Commander, 1837. r-p., le- 
 H-p., 33.) ' 
 
 Chabt.es Letch was born in Nov. 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragon 74, Capts. Geo. 
 Campbell, Fred. Lewis Maitland, John Aylmer, and 
 Edw. Griffith, in which ship he continued to serve 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Channel 
 and also m the Mediterranean (where he attended 
 the expedition of 1801 to Egypt), until nominated, 
 m Jan. 180d, Sub-Lieutenant of the Daring gun- 
 
 ' Vide Gaz. 1808, p. H38. 
 
 t V. Gaz. I8I4, p. 123. 
 402 
 
652 
 
 LETHBRIDGE-LETT— LEVELL. 
 
 trig, Lieut.-Commaiider Chas. C. Ormsby, then at 
 Portsmouth. He was made Lieutenant, 19 March, 
 1805, into the Albacoee sloop, Capt. Major Jacob 
 Henniker, but, exchanging back a few months after- 
 wards into the Dkagon, continued in that ship, 
 which was latterly commanded by Capt. Matthew 
 Henry Scott, until paid off at the close of 1808. H e 
 then became First-Ueutenant of the Plover 18, 
 Capt. Philip Browne, with whom (following him in 
 J.uly, 1811, into the Herales 20) we find him em- 
 ployed, on the Home .and South American stations, 
 until the end of the war. He assisted during that 
 period at the capture of many privateers, and was 
 in the Plover in the expedition to the Walcheren, 
 where he served under the broad pendant of the 
 present Sir Geo. Cockbnm, who, both personally 
 and by letter, expressed his acknowledgments for 
 the meritorious conduct he had displayed. He ac- 
 cepted his present rank 15 July, 1837. Agehts — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 LETHBEIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 19; 
 H-E., 19.) 
 
 John Lethbkidge was born 24 Nov. 1793. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 1809, as 
 Jst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fkedehickstein 32, Capt. 
 Joseph Nourse, on the Mediterranean station, where 
 he followed the same Captain as Midshipman into 
 .the VoLONTAiRE 38, and continued, latterly in the 
 HiBERNiA 120, Capt. Edw. Kittoe, until Aug. 1811. , 
 He then returned to England with Capt. Kobt. 
 Waller Otway in the Chmeerland 74 ; and towards 
 the close of ithe year, having been received on board 
 the Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin, proceeded 
 • off the north coast of Spain. While there he served 
 at the blockade of St. Sebastian, preparatory to its 
 ■reduction, and, on 23 Oct. 1813, assisted at the cap- 
 ture of La Trave, of 44 guns and 321 men, which ; 
 ■ ship surrendered, after a short but smart action, ' 
 and a loss of 1 man killed and 28 wounded. In the 
 ■spring of 1814 Mr. Lethbridge participated in the 
 operations up the Gironde, where, on shore and 
 afloat, we-find him concerned in the destruction of 
 a French line-of-bflittle-ship, three brigs of war, 
 •several smaller vessels, and all the forts and bat- 
 teries on the north side of the river. In July, 1814, 
 he removed to the Tana is 38, Capt. Joseph James, 
 and diu:ing the two following- years was stationed 
 in the West Indies. Having_ passed his examination 
 ■3 July, 1815, he was next, between -Oct. 1816 and 
 the period of his advancement to the. rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 28 April, 1827, employed at Portsmouth, 
 Plymouth, and the Cape of Good of Hope, and again 
 -on the Home station, as Admiralty-Midshipman and 
 Mate, in the Qdeen Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. 
 Soger, Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Tees 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Eennie, Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Ciil- 
 loch, Kacehobse 18, Capt. Wm. Besj. Suckling 
 (under whom he was wrecked on a reef of rocks, 
 off Langness Point, Isle of Man, 14 Deo. 1822), 
 Gannet 18, Capt. Wm. Simpson, and Ramillies 
 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot. At the period of his pro- 
 emotion Mr. Lethbridge, who has since.been on half- 
 jay, was the oldest Mate, as to age, in the service. 
 
 .LETHBRIDGE. (Lxeutenant, 1811. f-p., 11; 
 iH-P., 33.) 
 Robert Lethbridge entered the Navy, 5 Dec. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the. Princess Roval 
 :98, Capts. Jas. Vashon, Herbert Sawyer, and Robt. 
 Cartbew Reynolds ; of which ship;'stationed m the 
 Channel, he became Midshipman 7 April, 1804. 
 .Removing,. in May, 1805, to the UnitI 36,-Capts. 
 >Chas. Ogle and Pat. Campbell, he was for five 
 .years and a half employed under those officers on 
 the Mediterranean station, where — besides assisting, 
 in May, 1808, at the taking of IlRonco brig of war, 
 of 16 guns and 100 men, and, in Jime following, at 
 the simultaneous capture of the Neltuva and Toulie, 
 •of similar force — he commanded one of six boats 
 belonging to the Unite and Topaze in an affair 
 near Toulon, and w as officially commended for his 
 
 conduct in defending, in a 10-oared cutter, four 
 prizes, taken on the occasion, against the subse- 
 quent attacks of six armed boats. On 29 Oct. 1810, 
 and 17 Jan. 181 1, he was successively appointed an 
 acting and a confirmed Lieutenant of the York 74, 
 Capts. Robt. Barton and Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, 
 with whom we find him successively employed in 
 the Mediterranean and North Sea until May, 1813. 
 His last appointment was, on 9 Nov. in the latter 
 year, to the Conqhestador 74, Capt. Lord Wm. 
 Stuart, stationed at first in the Channel and then 
 in the West Indies, whence he ;returned in Sept. 
 1814. Agents— Pettet and Newton. 
 
 LETT. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Stephen Joshua Lett was born 2 Nov. 1801, at 
 Ennisoorth.y, co. Wexford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 July, 1815 ; 
 passed his examination in 1821.; and,. as a reward 
 for his meritorious services as Mate of the Arachne 
 18, Capt. Henry Duoie Chads, during the war in 
 Ava, was made Lieutenant, 26 Dec. 1826, into the 
 Larne sloop, Capt. Win. Burdett Dobson, with 
 whom he returned home and was paid off in April, 
 1827. He has been in charge, since 3 April, 1837, 
 of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 LEVELL. (Retiked Commandee, 1847. r-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 Thomas LEVELLwas bom 19 Jan. 1788, at Bildes- 
 ton, in Suffolk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Oct. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Excellent 74, Capts. 
 Hon. Robt. Stopford, Robt. Tucker, and John Nash, 
 with whom he served in the Channel and West In- 
 dies until May, 1803 — the-last two years in the ca- 
 pacity of Midshipman. After a short attachment 
 to the Topaze frigate, Capt. Willoughbj Thos. 
 Lake, he rejoined Capt. Stopford,.in the course of 
 the latter year, on board the Spencer 74, in which 
 ship, commanded subsequently by Capt. John Quil- 
 liam, he was for upwards of tfive ^years employed. 
 During that period we find him assisting at the 
 blockade of Ferrol, Corunna,.and Toulon; uniting 
 in Lord Nelson's pursuit of the combined fleets to 
 the West Indies and back ; participating in Sir John 
 Duckworth's search.atter the celebrated Rochefort 
 squadron ; present, 6 Feb. 1806,in the action-off St. 
 Domingo ; escorting General Crawford and. a body 
 of troops to the Cape of Good Hope-; : and serving 
 on shore, in the erection of batteries, at the siege of 
 Copenhagen. Having passed his examination 1 
 July, 1807, Mr. Levell was nominated, 14 Sept. 1808, 
 Sub-Lieutenant of the Attack gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Thos. Swain ; and on 27 Jan. 1809 was 
 promoted to the full rank of Lieutenant. .Being 
 then appointed to the Little Belt of 20 gunsand 
 121 men, Capts. John Crispo and Arthur Batt Bing- 
 ham, it was his fortune, on 16 May, 1811, to be on 
 board that sloop in the furious and well-knowmac- 
 tion fought between her and the American 44-gun 
 ' frigate president, whose fire in half an hour killed 
 and wounded 32 of the British. He was paid off 
 from the Little Belt in Sept. 1811 ; and was after- 
 wards appointed — 25 Jan. 1812, to the Osprey 18, 
 Capt. Tim. Clinch,iin the boats of which-sloop he 
 was occasionally, employed up the . river Elbe — 12 
 Jan. and 28 June,il813, to the Fervent 12, Capt. 
 Chas. Hope Reid, and Flamek, of. similar force, 
 ' Capts. John Baldwin and Job Hamner, with'.whom 
 he.served^until put out of commission dn Aug. '1814 
 —and, lastly, 8 May, 1815, to the command of a 
 Telegraph .station in the county of Surrey, where he 
 was relieved in the following March. While in the 
 Flamer, Mr. Levell was engaged in escorting con- 
 voys to Gottenborg ; and on one occasion, when off 
 the Skawe, look command of her boats, and drove 
 a Danish privateer cutter on shore. He accepted 
 the rank he now holds 3 Feb. 1847. 
 
 Commander Levell is married, and has issue three 
 sons and two daughters. 
 
LEVEN AND MELVILLE-LE VESCONTE— LEVINGE. 
 
 653 
 
 LEVEN AND MELVILLE, Earl of, formerly 
 Viscount Balgonie. (Kear-Admirai, 1846.) 
 
 The Right Honourable David Earl ofLeven 
 AND Melville, bom 22 June, 1785, is eldest son 
 (by Jane, daughter of John Thornton, Esq., of Lon- 
 don) of the late Earl, whom he succeeded, as eighth 
 Earl of Leven and seventh Earl of Melville, 22 Feb. 
 1820. 
 
 This ofSoer attained the rank of Lieutenant 8 
 Aug. 1806 ; and, while attached to the Ville de 
 Paris 110, bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, 
 was mentioned for his conduct in her boats with 
 those of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at 
 the capture and destruction, on the night of 31 
 Oct. 1809, of the French armed store-ship Lamproie 
 of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and 
 Grondeur, armed xebec Narmande, and seven mer- 
 chant-vessels, defended by numerous strong bat> 
 teries in the Bay of Rosas, after a desperate struggle, 
 and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 85 wound- 
 ed.* Although not aware, we believe, of the cir- 
 cumstance, his Lordship had been awarded a second 
 promotal commission on 16 of the preceding Sept. 
 He was posted,after having for some time had com- 
 mand of the Delight sloop in the Mediterranean, 
 28 Feb. 1812 ; and advanced to his present rank 1 
 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Earl married, 21 June, 1824, Elizabeth Anne, 
 daughter of Sir Arohd. Campbell, Bart., by whom 
 he has issue three sons and four daughters. 
 
 LE VESCONTE. (Commander, 1828.) 
 
 Henry Le Vesconte is brother of Commander 
 Philip Le Vesconte. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1790, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 74, Capt. 
 Boger, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Admiral 
 Graves. He was discharged, in the following Jan. ; 
 but re-embarked, in March, 1793, on board the 
 Duke 98, bearing the broad pendant in the West 
 Indies of Commodore Geo. Murray, and between 
 the close of that year and the receipt of his first 
 commission, bearing date 27 Oct. 1800, was em- 
 ployed on the Home, North American, and Cape of 
 Good Hope stations, in 12 different ships, in the 
 capacities of Volunteer, Midshipman, and Acting- 
 Lieutenant. Joining, then, the •Jamaica 24, Capts. 
 John Mackellar and Jonas Rose, he shated in that 
 vessel in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 ; 
 and on 21 of the following Aug. took command, in 
 conjunction vnih Lieut. J as. John Chas. Agassis, of 
 the boatS'Of a squadron, and gained the praise of 
 Lord Nelson for his gallantry and zeal at the cap- 
 ture and destruction, with but slight loss to the 
 British, of six flat-bottomed gun- vessels which had 
 been driven on shore near St. Valery, and were 
 protected by the fire of a body of military and five 
 field-pieoes.f He invalided from the Jamaica in 
 Jan. 1804, and was subsequently appointed — 16 
 June following, to the Naiad 38, Capts. Jas. Wallis 
 and Thos. Dundas, under the . latter of whom he 
 fought at Trafalgar, and on that occasion assisted 
 in extricating the Beeleisle 74. from a perilous po- 
 sition near the shoals, whither she was fast drifting 
 — 5 July, 1808, after seven months of half-pay, to 
 the Raven, sloop, Capt. Jas. Grant, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station— 1 Feb. 1809, and 18 March aftd 1 
 Aug. 1811, to the Ville de Paris 110, and, as 
 First-Lieuteiuint, to the Rodney and Milfokd 74's, 
 flag-ships in the Mediterranean of Admirals Lord 
 Collingwood and Thos. Fras. Fremantle— 1 Feb. 
 1812, to the acting-command, for a few weeks, of 
 the Epervier slooj), on the same station — and, af- 
 terwards, to the Queen 74, bearing the flag, also in 
 the Mediterranean, of the late Sir Chas. Vinicombe 
 Penrose. He attained his present rank 5 Jan. 1828 ; 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Le Vesconte is Senior of 1828. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 • ride Gai. 1803, p. 1907. f V.Olz. 1801, p. 1U37. 
 
 LE VESCONTE. (Lieutenant, 1841 .) 
 
 Henky Thomas Dundas Lb Vesconte entered 
 the Navy 19 May, 1829 ; passed his examination in 
 1836 ; and, joining (as Mate of the Calliope) in 
 the China war, assisted at the destruction of a 20- 
 gun battery at the back of the island of Anunghoy, 
 23 Feb. 1841*— served in the boats, on 13 March, at 
 the capture of several rafts and of the last fort pro- 
 tecting the approaches to Cantonf — was similarly 
 employed at the capture of that city on 18 of the 
 «ame monthj — and, during the second series of hos- 
 tilities against it, was afresh engaged in the boats 
 at the destruction, 26 May, of the whole line of 
 defences, extending about two miles from the Bri- 
 tish factory. In consequence of these performances 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by com- 
 mission dated 8 June, 1841;.S His appointments 
 have since been — 16 Oct. following, to the Hya- 
 cinth 18, Capt. Geo. Goldsmith, in the East Indies 
 —15 June, 1842, to the Clio 16, Capts. Edw. Nor- 
 wich Troubridge and Jas. Fitzjames, under whom 
 he was for upwards of two years employed on the 
 same station and off" the coast of Africa — 17 Dec. 
 1844, as Senior, to the Superb 74, Capt. Armar 
 Lowry Corry, attached to the Channel squadron — 
 and, 4 March, 1845, to the Ebebus discovery-ship, 
 Capt. Sir John Franklin, in which he is at present 
 concerned in a renewed attempt to explore the 
 North-west Passage through Lancaster Sound and 
 Bering Strait. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LE VESCONTE. (Commander, 1816. r-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Philip Le Vesconte is son of Philip Le Vesconte, 
 Esq., who lost a leg in Earl Howe's action 1 June, 
 1794, and died Purser of the RoYAi William, flag- 
 :ship at Spithead, 25 May, 1807. He is brother of 
 Commander Henry Le Vesconte, R.N. 
 
 This officer, entered the Navy, in 1794, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Saturn 74, Capt. Jas. Douglas, 
 and on 13 July, 1795, was present as Midshipman in 
 Hotham's partial action with the French fleet off the 
 Hyeres Islands. He removed, in 1797, to the St. 
 Alban's 64, Capt. Fras. Pender, and, after serving 
 for two -years in that ship on the 'Channel and Hali- 
 fax stations, .joined the Lynx sloop, Capt. Alex. 
 Skene, attached to the force in the North Sea. On 
 being received into the Monarch 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Robt. Mosse, Mr. Le Vesconte bore a part and was 
 wounded in the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 
 1801 ;|| -in consequence whereof he was promoted, 
 23 May following, to a Lieutenancy in the Glatton 
 50, Capts. Wm. Birchall, Wm. Nowell, and John 
 Ferris Devonshire, stationed in the Baltic, where he 
 remained until April, 1802. His next appointment 
 ■was, 6 Sept. 1803, to the Magnificent 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Jervis, in which ship, when forming 
 part of the in-shore squadron off Brest, it was his 
 misfortune to be wrecked, during a gale of wind, 25 
 .March, 1804. On being restored to liberty after 
 seven years of captivity, we.find him joining, in the 
 course of 1811, the Leopard 50, annee cm .^Kfe, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Dillon, and Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. 
 Wm. Austen. With the tetter officer he served in 
 the North Sea and Baltic until May, 1814 ; in Aug. 
 of 'Which -year he obtained an appointment to the 
 QuEEM 74, Capts. Lord John Colville and John 
 Coode, flag-ship for some time of Rear-Admiral 
 •Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. He returned home from 
 the Mediterranean in Dec. 1815 ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. His promotion to the rani; he now 
 holds took place 7 Nov. 1816. 
 
 Commander Le Vesconte is at present Vice-Con- 
 sul at L' Orient. He is married and has issue. 
 Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 LEVINGE. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Reginald Thomas John Levinge, bom 20 Oct. 
 
 1813, is third son of Sir Rich. Levinge, Bart., of 
 
 Knockdrin Castle, go. Westmeath, by Elizabeth 
 
 * firfe Gaz. 1841, p. 1497. + V. Gaz. 1841,-0. 1503 
 
 t y. Gaz. 1841, p. 1506. ^ v. Gaz. 1841, p. 2512. 
 
 B r. Gaz. ,1801, p. 404. 
 
654 
 
 LEWIN— LEWIS. 
 
 Anne, eldest daughter of Thos. Boothby, first Lord 
 Radcliffe. One of his brothers, Richard, the eldest, 
 is a Captain in the Army ; another, George, a Lieu- 
 tenant in the Koyal Horse Artillery; a third, Au- 
 gustus, a Lieutenant in the 71st Infantry; a fifth, 
 Charles, also in the Army ; and, a sixth, Vere Henry, 
 in the Hon. E. L Co.'s service. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy 7 Jan. 1827 ; passed 
 his examination in 1832 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 18 Oct. 1839 ; and was afterwards appointed — 
 24 Oct. 1839, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Mel- 
 ville 72, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot in the East 
 Indies— 12 Feb. 1840, to the Wolverene 16, Capt. 
 "Wm. Tucker, on the coast of Africa — 25 Aug. fol- 
 lowing, to the command of the Buzzard brigantine, 
 on the same station, whence he returned in 1842 — 
 17 Jan. 1844, as Senior, to the Volage 26, Capt. Sir 
 "Wm. Dickson, employed on particular service — and 
 7 Feb. 1845, to the command of the Dolphin bri- 
 gantine, of 3 guns, on the south-east coast of Ame- 
 rica. On 20 Nov. in the latter year we find him 
 present in the battle of the Parana, where a hard 
 day's fighting terminated in the destruction, by the 
 combined squadrons of England and France, of four 
 heavy batteries belonging to General Rosas at Punta 
 Obligado, as also of a schooner-of-war mounting 6 
 guns, and of 24 vessels chained across the river. 
 The little Dolphin on that day occupied a berth 
 better suited to a frigate, and was so much exposed 
 that the Commodore, the present Sir Chas. Hotham, 
 declared in his public despatch that he sometimes 
 trembled when he beheld the shower of shot, shell, 
 grape, and rockets flying over her. The gallantry 
 of Mr. Levinge was in consequence rewarded with 
 a Commander's commission dated 18 Nov. 1845.* 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 LEWIN. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 Elisha Lewin entered the Navy 19 April, 1807 ; 
 passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained his 
 commission 22 July, 1830. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 LEWIN, Kt. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 11 ; h-p.. 28.) 
 Sib Gregory Allnutt Lewin died 12 Oct. 1845, 
 at Exeter, aged 51. He was son of Rich. Lewin, 
 Esq., of Eltham, co. Kent. 
 
 'This officer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. 
 Hallowell, with whom, on the latter hoisting his flag, 
 he removed, in Aug. 1811, to the Malta 80, and 
 continued to serve, as Midshipman and as an Acting 
 and a confirmed Lieutenant (order and commission 
 respectively dated 7 Sept. and 23 Dec. 1814), until 
 Feb. 1815. In the former of those ships, after hav- 
 ing served in the North Sea, he united, in Oct. 1809, 
 in the chase which preceded the self-destruction, 
 near the mouth of the Rhone, of the French ships- 
 of-the-line liobvste and Lion ; and on becoming at- 
 tached to the Malta we find him co-operating 
 with the patriots on the east coast of Spain, where 
 he assisted at the siege of Tarragona, and at the 
 capture of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de 
 Balaguer. On his return to England in 1815, Mr. 
 Lewin attended as a witness the court-martial as- 
 sembled at Winchester to try Sir John Murray for 
 the failure of the attack upon Tariagona. He 
 was lastly, from April in the same year until paid 
 off in March, 1818, employed in the Royal Sove- 
 reign 100, and Tonnant 80, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Benj. Hallowell, during that period Commander- 
 in-Chief at Cork. 
 
 Sir G. A. Lewin, who was knighted while in the 
 Tonnant by the Viceroy of Ireland, Earl Talbot, 
 on the occasion of that nobleman visiting the naval 
 establishment at Cork, afterwards went to the bar, 
 and became a Queen's Counsel. He married, in 
 1824, Elizabeth Caroline, daughter of Wm. Buller, 
 Esq., of Maidwell Hall, Northamptonshire, and has 
 left issue two sons and three daughters. Agent — 
 r. Dufaur. 
 
 LEWIS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9 ; h-p.. 32.) 
 
 Benjamin Lewis entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1806, 
 as A.B., on board the Meleager 36, Capts. John 
 Broughton and Fred. Warren, employed at first in 
 the N orth Sea and off Greenland, and then on the 
 Jamaica station, where he was wrecked, while hold- 
 ing the rating of Master's Mate, 30 July, 1808. 
 After serving for nearly five years as Midshipman, 
 in the West Indies and at Newfoundland, uf the 
 POLYPHEMOS 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bartho- 
 lomew Sam. Rowley, Hyperion 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Pryce Cumby, and Antelope 50, and Bellekophon 
 74, bearing the flags of Sir John Thos. Duckworth 
 and Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, he was nominated, 7 
 June, 1813, Acting-Lieutenant of the MuROS 12, 
 Capts. Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, H. E. Gordon, 
 Fras. Wemyss, and Geo. Gosling, to which vessel 
 (being confirmed to her 19 July following) he con- 
 tinued attached on the South American and Lee- 
 ward Island stations until Dec. 1815. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 • Fide Gm. 1846, pp. 815, 817, 861. 
 
 LEWIS. (Captain, 1830. r-p., 29; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Francis James Lewis is son of the late Lieut- 
 General Lewis. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1789, as Lieute- 
 nant's Servant, on board the Andromeda Irigate, 
 Capt. Salusbury, on the books of which ship he was 
 borne until 17B0. Becoming Midshipman, in 1793, 
 of the Hectoe 74, Captain, afterwards Rear- Admi- 
 ral, Geo. Montagu, he took part in the unsuccessful 
 attack made, in June of that year, on the island of 
 Martinique. In July, 1794, we find him joining the 
 London 98, bearing the fiag of the late Sir John 
 Colpoys, under whom he was still serving at the 
 period of the Spithead mutiny. After an attach- 
 ment to various other ships, he was nominated, in 
 April, 1804, Acting-Lieutenant of the Wasp 18, 
 Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer and John Simp- 
 son ; on board which vessel it was his fortune to be 
 present in Aug. 1805, when she effected a most gal- 
 lant escape from the celebrated Rochefort squadron, 
 compelUng, on the occasion, by the excellent fire of 
 the only six guns her perilous position had not com- 
 pelled her to throw overboard, a large frigate and 
 brig, who for 40 minutes had been engaging her on 
 each quarter, to give up the pursuit. He was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant on 11 of the ensuing month ; 
 and between that period and May, 1814, he was in 
 succession employed, on the Home, East India, and 
 North American stations, in the Hibernia 120, 
 flag-ship of Admiral Douglas, Mars 74, Capts. 
 Robt. Dudley Oliver and Wm. Lukin, JEoLus 32, 
 Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, Decade frigate, Capt. 
 Stuart, Pallas 32, Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and 
 Hon. Geo. Cadogan, Argus sloop, Capts. Stuart and 
 Bott, Malacca 36, Capts. Wm. Butterfield and 
 Sam. Leslie, Modeste 36, Capt. Jas. Coutts Craw- 
 ford, and Satdun 56, Capt. Jas. Nash. While in 
 the Mars, he contributed to the capture, 28 July, 
 1806, of ie Rhinj of 44 guns and 318 men, and was 
 with Sir Sam. Hood's squadron on 25 Sept. in the 
 same year at the taking, off Rochefort, of four heavy 
 French frigates, two of which, the Gloire 46, and 
 Infatigahle 44, struck to the Mars. During his 
 servitude in the Pallas he witnessed Lord Coch- 
 rane's destruction of the French shipping in Basque 
 Roads, and co-operated in the siege of Flushing. 
 In Aug. 1814 he obtained an appointment to the 
 Albion 74, flag-ship in the Chesapeake of the pre- 
 sent Sir Geo. Cockburn ; upon being appointed 
 Signal-Lieutenant to whom in the Northumber- 
 land 74, we find him escorting Napoleon Buona- 
 parte to St. Helena; where, from March to Aug. 
 1816, he held the acting-command of the Julia 14. 
 He next, in Nov. 1819, joined the Vigo 74, flag-ship 
 on the Leith and St. Helena stations of Rear-Admi- 
 rals Robt. Waller Otway and Robt. Lambert, mth 
 whom he continued until advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 29 Jan. 1821. His last appointment 
 was, 12 May, 1827, to the Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell, then stationed as a guard-ship at Ply- 
 mouth, but afterwards employed in withdrawing the 
 
LEWIS. 
 
 655 
 
 British troops from Portugal, and finally attached 
 to the force in the Mediterranean, whence he re- 
 turned home and was paid off in May, 1830. Capt. 
 Lewis was advanced to Post-rank 22 July following. 
 He married, 3 Feb. 1831, Anne, second daughter 
 of the late Wm. Land, Esq., of Hayne House, Sil- 
 verton. 
 
 LEWIS. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 Frederick Lewis entered the Navy, 28 July, 
 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Discovery 
 bomb, Capt. John Dick, lying at Sheemess ; and on 
 removing, in the following Dec, to the Champion 
 24, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, was for some 
 time most actively employed in the North Sea, 
 where he assisted at the capture, 28 June, 1799, of 
 L'Anacre'on, a notorious French privateer, of 16 
 guns and 12.5 men. In Dec. of the latter year he 
 became Midshipman of the Pomp^e 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Stirling, under whom he was afforded an opportu- 
 nity of sharing in the action off Algeciras 6 July, 
 1801. He was next, for several months of 1802, 
 stationed in the West Indies on board the Magni- 
 ficent 74, Capt. John Giffard ; after which we find 
 him, in 1803, proceeding to the East Indies in the 
 BossELt 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, and on 9 March, 
 1805, promoted, from the Trident 64, flag-ship of 
 Kear-Admiral Peter Rainier, to an Acting-Lieute- 
 nancy in the Wilhelmina frigate, Capts. Hon. 
 Alex. Cochrane and Chas. Foote. From that vessel, 
 to which he had been confirmed 29 Jan. 1806, he 
 followed Capt. Foote, in May, 1808, into the Pii- 
 montaise 38. Ho invalided from India in Dec. 
 1809; and was subsequently appointed— 27 April, 
 1811, and 3 Feb. 1812, to the Hannibal 74, and 
 Christian VII. 80, flag-ships in the Baltic and 
 North Sea of Rear- Admiral PhiUp Chas. Durham — 
 17 April, 1813, to the Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. 
 Browne, under whom he escorted the army under 
 Sir Thos. Graham to the Scheldt and a convoy to 
 Jamaica— 8 Oct. 1814, to the Sybille 44, Capt. 
 Thos. Forrest, employed among the Western Islands 
 —in June, 1815, to the direction of the Telegraph 
 at the Admiralty— and, in May, 1816, to the com- 
 mand of the Hound Revenue-vessel, in which he 
 remained until superseded in May, 1819. He ac- 
 cepted his present rank 4 April, 1839. 
 The Commander is married, and has issue. 
 
 LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1832.) 
 
 George Wenham Lewis entered the Navy in 
 1815, on board the Swiptsdre 74; passed his exa- 
 mination in 1823 ; and was promoted to the rank he 
 now holds 8 Jan. 1832. He has not been since em- 
 
 ployed. 
 
 Lieut. Lewis is Senior of 1831. 
 P. Miuspratt. 
 
 Agent — John 
 
 LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.) 
 Henry Lewis (a) entered the Navy, 24 Sept. 
 1801, as A.B., on board the Diana 38, Capts. John 
 Poo Beresford and Thos. Jas. Maling, of which fri- 
 gate, successively stationed in the Mediterranean, 
 Channel, and West Indies, he became Midshipman 
 in the following Oct., and Master's Mate in May, 
 1805. On 3 Feb. 1806, being at the time prize- 
 master on board a detained American brig, he had 
 the misfortune to be taken prisoner by a French 
 privateer off the Scilly islands, and carried to 
 France. He effected his escape in Dec. 1809, and, 
 attaining the rank of Lieutenant 10 Feb. 1810, was 
 Afterwards appointed in that capacity— in the course 
 of the same month, to the Resolution 74, Capt. 
 Hardy, stationed in the Baltic— 12 Jan. 1811, to the 
 CONQUESTADOR 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, with 
 whom he was for two years employed in the North 
 Sea and Channel— and, 8 Oct. 1813, to the Orontes 
 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane. In the latter 
 ship he served on the Irish and West India stations, 
 and again in the Channel, until Sept. 1815. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Henry Lewis (4) entered the Navy, 27 April, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol, on board the Amethyst fri- 
 gate, Capts. Alex. Campbell and John Wm. Spran- 
 ger employed in the North Sea and Baltic ; and in 
 May, 1805, became Midshipman of the Diomede 50, 
 Capts. Hugh Downman and Joseph Edmonds. On 
 his return to England in the summer of 1807, after 
 having witnessed the reduction of the Cape of Good 
 Hope and the operations against Buenos Ayres and 
 Monte Video, he joined the Bkunswick 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Graves, and forthwith accompanied the ex- 
 pedition to Copenhagen under Admiral Gambler. 
 Between Dec. of the same year and the date of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Feb. 1815, 
 Mr. Lewis was successively employed, the latter 
 part of the time as Master's Mate, on board the 
 MiNOTAOR 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, 
 Africa and Stately 64's, Capts. Loftus Otway 
 Bland, Geo. Fred. Ryves, Edw. Stirling Dickson, 
 and Chas. Bateman, Impetueux 74, Capt. Bateman, 
 Eridahus 36, Capt. Henry Prescott, Cekes 32, 
 Capt. Jas. Prevost, and Scamandeb 36, Capt. Gil- 
 bert Heathcote. The Stately was attached to the 
 force engaged in the defence of Cadiz ; the other 
 ships occupied on the Home station. Since his 
 promotion Mr. Lewis has been on half-pay. 
 
 LEWIS. (Lieut., 1838. F-p., 28; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Richard Fellowes Lewis, bom 16 March, 1799, 
 is nephew of the late Lieut. John Lewis, R.N., a 
 protege of the Duke of Kent, who was First-Lieute- 
 nant of H. M. S. Ariadne in 1806, and lost his life 
 in the service of his country. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Babfleur 98, Capts. 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke, Donald M'Leod, Sam. Hood 
 Linzee, and Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. During 
 an attachment of nearly six years to that ship we 
 find him serving at the blockade of Lisbon, escort- 
 ing the Russian Rear-Admiral Seniavin's squadron 
 to England after the convention of Cintra, assisting 
 as Midshipman at the embarkation of the army 
 after the battle of Corunna, and employed on boat- 
 duty in the river Tagus during the occupation of 
 the lines of Torres Vedras by Lord Wellington's 
 army. He was next, between June, 1812, and Dec. 
 1815, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope and 
 St. Helena on board the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. 
 Skene, Lion 64, Capt. Henderson Bain, and Med- 
 WAY 74, Capt. Augustus Brine ; and while in the 
 last-mentioned ship he assisted at the capture, after 
 an eight hours' chase, of the United States brig 
 Syren of 18 guns. In Jan. 1816 Mr. Lewis was ap- 
 pointed Chief Clerk to the Master Attendant at the 
 Naval Arsenal at the Cape of Good Hope ; in which 
 capacity and that of Chief Clerk to the Comptroller 
 of Customs he continued to ofSciate until Nov. 1820. 
 Re-embarking in Feb. 1822, he served for four years 
 and ten months, on the Home and South American 
 stations, in the Pioneer schooner, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Thos. Favill, Northumberland 74, Spar- 
 tiate 76, and Cambridge 82, all commanded by 
 Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, and Gloucester 74, Capt. 
 Joshua Sydney Horton. He left the latter ship in 
 Dec. 1827, and, having passed his examination in 
 Jan. 1823, was employed during the ten following 
 years as Chief Mate in the Tartar and Camelion 
 Revenue-cruizers ; in which he proved instrumen- 
 tal to the capture of 967 tubs of spirits and to the 
 destruction of 2917 tubs, as also of eight ves- 
 sels and boats. When in pursuit, on one occasion, 
 of a smuggler, he was severely wounded in the right 
 hand. His zeal and activity at length procuring 
 him a commission dated 29 Jan. 1838, he was ap- 
 pointed, on 25 May in that year, to a Lieutenancy 
 in the Tribune 24, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams, 
 and ordered to the Mediterranean, where he had 
 the misfortune to be wrecked, near Tarragona, 28 
 Nov. 1839. He then returned home on board the 
 Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe ; and was 
 lastly, from 2 March, 1840, until superseded at his 
 own request in 1841, employed in the Coast Guard. 
 When in the Cambridge, on the South American 
 
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 LEWIS— LEWORTHY-LEY-LEYCESTER. 
 
 station, he saved at different times the lives of two 
 seamen, although at the hazard of his own. 
 
 From every Captain with whom he served Lieut. 
 Lewis had the satisfaction of receiving the most 
 flattering testimonials. He married, 12 June, 1830, 
 Miss Eliza Watson, and by that lady has issue a son 
 and three daughters. 
 
 LEWIS. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 23; h-p., 15.) 
 
 Thomas Arundel Lewis entered the Navy, 13 
 June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 
 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, stationed in the Baltic ; and 
 on becoming Midshipman of the Pallas 32, Capt. 
 Geo. Paris Monke, was wrecked in that frigate, off 
 St. Abb's Head, 18 Deo. 1810. He then joined the 
 Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, with 
 whom he served until again wrecked, on the Govi- 
 vas Rock, in the Teigneuse passage, 31 Jan. 1812. 
 After an attachment of two years to the Pomone 
 frigate, Capts. Fras. Wm. Fane and Philip Carte- 
 ret, on the Newfoundland and Lisbon stations, Mr. 
 Lewis, in Feb. 1814, was received on board the 
 TiLLE DE Paris 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale ; and towards the close of the 
 same year, having removed to the Bedford 74, 
 Capt. Jas. "Walker, he accompanied the expedition 
 to New Orleans. He was next, from Sept. 1815 to 
 Aug. 1818, employed on the coast of Africa in the 
 Inconstant and Semiramis frigates, bearing each 
 the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. During 
 the two years which immediately succeeded his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 June, 1821, 
 we find him borne on the books of the Bulwark 
 74, commanded in the river Medway by Capt. 
 Warren, and Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, 
 lying in the Downs. His appointments have since 
 been — 9 April, 1823, again to the Bulwark, Capt. 
 Thos. Dundas, stationed at the time at Plymouth — 
 27 Dec. 1825 and 31 March, 1826, to the Superb 78, 
 and Melville 74, guard-ships at Portsmouth, both 
 commanded by Capt. Henry Hill — 12 Sept. 1826, to 
 the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, with 
 whom, until paid off in Jan. 1829, he participated 
 in various services— and 9 May, 1842, to the com- 
 mand (which he still retains) of the Crane 6, on the 
 Falmouth station. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 LEWIS. (Retired Commander, 1837.) 
 
 William Lewis (b) entered the Navy, in the 
 summer of 1796, as A. B., on board the Overyssel 
 64, commanded in the Downs by Capt. Wm. Bowen, 
 with whom, until the peace of Amiens, he further 
 served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, In the 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, Blenheim and Prince George 
 98's, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker, and Caroline 
 frigate, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations. 
 After an employment of exactly two years, at home 
 and on the north coast of Spain, in El Corso, 
 Lieut.-Commander Joshua Kneeshaw, Illustrious 
 74, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, and Northumber- 
 land 74, flag-ship of Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane, 
 he was made Lieutenant, 23 March, 1805, into the 
 St. George 98, Capts. Hon. Slichael De Courcy and 
 Thos. Bertie, with whom he was employed, it ap- 
 pears, in the Channel until Jan. 1808. From the 
 following May until Jan. 1815 he officiated as 
 Agent for Transports Afloat on the Lisbon Embassy 
 station ; and he afterwards discharged the duties of 
 Agent at Cork. In 1809 Mr. Lewis assisted in fit^ 
 ting out the fire-ships intended for the destruction 
 of the French squadron in Basque Roads. He ac- 
 cepted the rank of Commander 23 Oct. 1837. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 was lastly, from 10 July, 1834, until the early part 
 of 1837, employed on that station in the Thunderer 
 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. 
 
 LEWOKTHY. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 35 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Henky Leworthy was born 23 Feb. 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 July, 1803, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Gkappler gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Abel Wantner Thomas ; and on 31 of 
 the following Dec. was wrecked on the Res de 
 Chausey, near Granville ; after sustaining a despe- 
 rate engagement with an overwhelming force sent 
 from which place to effect their capture, Mr. Le- 
 worthy and his companions were compelled to sur- 
 render and were taken prisoners to Verdun. In 
 consideration of the distinguished bravery they had 
 shown on the occasion. Napoleon Buonaparte in the 
 course of a short time ordered the swords of all the 
 officers to be restored to them, and that they should 
 be allowed to wear them during the remainder of 
 their captivity. After he had been for more than 
 ten years in bondage, and had undergone incon- 
 ceivable hardships in three thwarted attempts at 
 escape, Mr. Leworthy at length, in the early part 
 of 1814, succeeded in accomplishing a flight. He 
 was then for upwards of two years employed on the 
 American and Home stations in the Akbae 50, 
 Capts. Jas. John Gordon Bremer and John Pasco; 
 and on 14 Nov. 1816 he was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant. His appointments have since been 
 — 21 Oct. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernu- 
 merary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye — II July, 1831, to the command of the 
 Hawke Revenue-vessel — and 30 June, 1834, to the 
 Coast Guard Service, in which he still continues. 
 On 7 Dec. 1840, at the hazard of his life and of his 
 boat's crew, the Lieutenant rescued 8 persons from 
 the French brig L' £sperajice, which vessel was in 
 fifteen minutes dashed to pieces against the rocks 
 at the entrance of Salcombe Harbour. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 LEY. (Lieutenant, 1813.) 
 
 George Ley entered the Navy, in July, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfledr 98, Capt. 
 Joseph Sydney Torke, attached to the Channel 
 fleet. Removing as Midshipman, in June, 1807, to 
 the Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, he attended 
 the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen, and then re- 
 turned to the Channel ; where, and in the North 
 Sea, he served from May, 1808, until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Dec. 1813, on board the 
 Christian VII. 80, and Impregnable 98, flag-ships 
 of Sir Edward Pellew and Admiral Wm. Young. 
 While in the Christian VII., during the years 
 1809-10, we find him assisting at the destruction of 
 several convoys under the batteries on the coast of 
 France. His next appointments were — 14 Feb. 1814, 
 to the Hope 10, Capts. Edward Saurin and Henry 
 Fyge Jauncey, with whom he was employed on home 
 service until paid off in Oct. 1818 — and 18 April, 1829, 
 to the Ordinary at Sheemess, where he remained un- 
 til July, 1831. He is now on Quarantine duty. 
 
 LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 William Lewis (5) entered the Navy 5 Dec. 
 1810 ; passed his examination in 1817 ; and was 
 promoted, 18 Oct. 1826, into the Menai 26, Capt. 
 Houston Stewart, on the Halifax station, whence he 
 returned to England and was paid off in the follow- 
 ing Dec. On 18 Nov. 1833 he became Additional 
 Lieutenant of the Britannia 120, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean ; and be 
 
 LEYCESTER. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Edmund Mortimer Leicester is third son of 
 Geo. Hanmer Leycester, Esq., of White Place, co. 
 Berks, by Charlotte Jemima, youngest daughter of 
 the late Hans Wintrop Mortimer, Esq., of Caldwell, 
 CO. Derby, M.P. for Shaftesbury, who married a 
 granddaughter of the Duke of Hamilton. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 9 Oct. 1825; passed 
 his examination 2 July, 1834; and at the period of 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving in the Mediterra- 
 nean as Mate on board the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir 
 David Dunn. His appointments have since been, 
 on the same station — 30 Nov. 1841, to the Indus 78, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling— 21 Dec. 1843, to the Orestes 
 18, Capt. Edw. St. Leger Cannon— 13 Dec. 1845, as 
 Additional, to the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Parker — and, 4 June, 1846, to the Bonetta 
 surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, un- 
 
liardet; 
 
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 der whom he Is now employed. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 LIARDET. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 25;h-p., 13.) 
 Fkanois Liardet, born 14 June, 1798, at Chel- 
 sea, CO. Middlesex, is eldest son of John Liardet, 
 Esq., by the Lady Perpetue Catherine de Paul de 
 Lamanon d'Albe; and brother of Lieut. Wm. 
 Liardet, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 June, 1809, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Mercury 28, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Duncan, with whom he sailed for the Medi- 
 terranean. On next joining, in March, 1810, the 
 Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, he cruized for 
 some time off the coast of Africa ; and on being 
 then ordered to North America, was slightly 
 \vounded, as Midshipman, on the occasion of the 
 Belvidera's celebrated escape from a powerful 
 squadron under Commodore Rodgers, after a long 
 running fight and a loss of 2 men killed and 22 
 wounded, 23 June, 1812. Besides participating in 
 much active boat-service he beheld the subsequent 
 capture and destruction of the privateers Bunker's 
 Sill of 7, and Mars of 15 guns; and from the pay- 
 ing off of the Belvidera in Oct. 1814 until Oct. 
 1816, he served in the West Indies as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate of the Warrior 74, flag-ship of 
 Rear- Admiral John Erskine Douglas, and Forester 
 16, Capt. Wm. Hendry. After an unemployed in- 
 terval of three years and a half, Mr. Liardet, in 
 May, 1821, joined the Hyperion 42, Commodore 
 Jas. LilUcrap, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope ; 
 whence he ultimately returned to the West Indies, 
 and was there appointed, 30 Jan. 1823, Senior Mate 
 of the Union schooner, commanded at first by 
 Lieuts. Jas. Marriott and Wm. Henderson, and 
 then by himself. During the next 15 months we 
 find Mr. Liardet evincing a conspicuous degree' of 
 bravery, skill, and perseverance in the suppression 
 of piracy, and on one occasion, 25 July, 1823, re- 
 ceiving two severe gun-shot wounds ; long before 
 his recovery from which he resumed the active 
 duties of his profession. As a reward for these 
 services he was officially promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 18 March, 1824, and appointed to the 
 command of the Lion, another schooner. Con- 
 tinuing his zealous exertions in that vessel, he suc- 
 ceeded in destroying several piratical estabUsh- 
 ments on the coast of Cuba — retook (at the same 
 time that he captured nine piratical vessels) the 
 French ship Calypso, which was loaded and brought 
 off the shoals, under circumstances of the greatest 
 difficulty — and made prize of a slaver. He was 
 afterwards, as First-Lieutenant, appointed — 28 Feb. 
 1827, to the Peochis 10, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde- 
 grave, in which sloop he appears to have been in 
 attendance on the Duke of Clarence during two 
 successive summers — 24 Sept. 1828, to the Jasedr 
 18, Capts. John Lyons, Fras. Harding, and Archi- 
 bald Sinclair, under whom he served for four years 
 at the Cape of Good Hope— 16 March, 1833, to the 
 Snake 16, Capt. Wm. Robertson, employed for the 
 suppression of slavery on the South American sta- 
 tion — and 12 Aug. 1835, to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Grey, in which he escorted the Countess 
 of Durham and suite to St. Petersburg, then re- 
 turned to South America, and eventually conveyed 
 the Marquess of Clanricarde as Ambassador to the 
 former court. Having attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 28 .lune, 1838, Capt. Liardet, who did not 
 take up his commission until paid off in the follow- 
 ing Nov., was next, 12 Jan. 1839, appointed to the 
 Second-Captaincy of the Powerful 84, Capt. ClTas. 
 Napier. For his services during the war in Syria, 
 where he was in command of the Powerful during 
 the period of Sir C. Napier's absence on shore, and 
 assisted in the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 
 he was promoted to Post-rank 4 Nov. 1840. He 
 has been on half-pay since Jan. 1841. 
 
 The heroism displayed by Capt. Liardet in fre- 
 quently perilling his existence for the preservation 
 of others — a quality as indicative of a chivalrous 
 spirit as the proudest deed of arms — has rendered 
 
 him an ornament and a boast even to his own noble 
 profession. We offer no apology, therefore, for 
 pausing to record the following facts:— It was 
 late on an evening in Aug. 1816, the Forester 
 being at the time in Portsmouth Harbour, that the 
 cry was raised of " A man overboard ! " The next 
 instant, Mr. Liardet, plunging in, was by the 
 side of the drowning man : but so strong was the 
 tide then running, that 20 minutes elapsed before a 
 boat could reach them, by which time they had 
 both been carried under the side of a distant vessel, 
 and were on the verge of sinkinjg. On another 
 occasion, 12 Jan. 1829, being on his passage to the 
 Cape of Good Hope in the Jaseur, he again, in a 
 fresh breeze and heavy sea, sprang overboard, and 
 snatched from the deep a seaman who had fallen 
 from the maintopsail-yard. In the following Sept., 
 the same ship being IbO miles off the east coast of 
 Africa, going at the rate of seven knots an hour, 
 with studding-sails set, Mr. Liardet, although the 
 Jaseur had been surrounded with sharks during 
 the whole day, a third time dashed into the sea, to 
 the rescue of a Midshipman. A fourth, a fifth, and 
 even a sixth time, did this meritorious officer 
 equally distinguish himself. He was also in 1830, 
 as on other similar occasions, the chief instrument, 
 by his nautical skill and intrepid conduct, of saving 
 a French merchant-brig from almost inevitable de- 
 struction, near '1 amatave, in the island of Mada- 
 gascar. It is needless to add that his gallantry has 
 been deservedly rewarded by several medallions 
 from the Royal Humane Society ; and that he has 
 received the thanks of those who have benefited 
 by his single-minded and generous exertions. Capt. 
 Liardet married, 11 Oct. 1842, Caroline Anne, wi- 
 dow of the late Lieut. John Jervis Gregory, R.N., 
 and sister of the present Sir Edm. Fihner, Bart., 
 M.P. for the Western Division of Kent, by whom 
 he has issue two daughters and one son. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 LIARDET. (LiE0T., 1814. f-p., 12 f h-p., 29.) 
 William Liardet, born 29 Sept. 1794, is brother 
 of Capt. Fras. Liardet, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Nov. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Redwing 18, Capts. 
 Thos. Ussher, Edw. Augustus Down, and Sir John 
 Gordon Sinclair, under whom he successively served, 
 on the Mediterranean station, a great part of the 
 time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, until Aug. 
 1814. During that period he took part, 20 April, 
 1807, in a very spirited action with a division of 
 Spanish gun-boats and several batteries near Ca- 
 britta Point, in which the British lost 3 men killed 
 and 4 wounded ; and while absent, on one occasion, 
 in a detained vessel, he was taken prisoner. On 31 
 March, 1813, having rejoined the Redwing, he wit- 
 nessed the capture and destruction of two strong 
 batteries and 14 sail of vessels at Morjean; where, 
 in charge of a cutter, he subsequently, on 2 May, 
 co-operated with the boats of the Undaunted, Vo- 
 lontaiee, and Repulse, in cutting out a well-pro- 
 tected convoy. In the course of the following sum- 
 mer he commanded one of four boats at the capture 
 of a merchantman under some batteries near Mar- 
 seilles ; and he also, on 18 Aug., served, with the 
 Redwing's two cutters under his orders, in abrilliant 
 attack on the batteries at Cassis, where, after sus- 
 taining a loss of 4 men killed and 16 wounded, the 
 British succeeded in capturing two heavy gun-boats 
 and 26 vessels laden with merchandize, two of which 
 were brought out by Mr. Liardet himself. Indeed, 
 during the whole term of his attachment to the 
 Redwing, the last two yeors of which he had charge 
 of a watch, Mr. Liardet proved instrumental to 
 the capture of a large number of merchantmen and 
 privateers, was engaged in nearly every boat and 
 battery affair in which that ship was concerned, 
 and, in whatever service employed, always distin- 
 guished by a " degree of zeal and activity highly 
 creditable." We may add that, including the occa- 
 sion above alluded to, he twice fell into the hands 
 of the enemy, although in both instances he was 
 
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 LIBBY— LIDDELL— LIDDON. 
 
 speedily released. After he had further served, 
 still in the Mediterranean, as Admiralty Midship- 
 man of the Granicus 36, Capt. "Wm. Furlong Wise, 
 and Elizabeth 74, Capt. Gardner Henry Gulon, 
 he there became, 31 Oct. 1814, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Jaspek 10, Capt. Thos. Carew, to which 
 vessel he was confirmed 23 Dec. following. Invo/- 
 liding home in Feb. 1815, he was next, from 5 Jan. 
 1816 until 3 Oct. 1818, employed, latterly as First- 
 Lieutenant, on board the Perseus 22 and Tamar 
 26, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Kich. Toker, 
 on the Newfoundland station. He has been in 
 charge since 29 Sept. 1846 of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 He married, 13 Oct. 1836, Adeline Ehza, young- 
 est daughter of the late Thos. Pinnock, Esq., of 
 Jamaica, and has had issue two sons and one daugh- 
 ter. The eldest son, "William Francis, died at the 
 Royal Naval School, 22 April, 1846, in his ninth 
 year. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 LIBBY. (Eetibed Commander, 1839. f-p., 13 ; 
 H-p., 45.) 
 Edward Libbt entered the Navy, 21 May, 1789, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Cumberland 74, 
 Capt. John Macbride, and was employed, until Sept. 
 1791, on the Home and West India stations, chiefly 
 in the capacity of Midshipman. Re-embarking, 19 
 Dec. 1792, on board the Loivestoffe frigate, he 
 was for three years and a half in that vessel on the 
 Mediterranean station, under Capts. Wolseley, Cun- 
 ningham, Middleton, and Plampin ; after which 
 he joined the VicTORr 100, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Jervis, and on 8 Feb. 1797 was appointed 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Blenheim 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Lennox Frederick. For his conduct in the latter 
 ship in the action off .Cape St. Vincent, where he 
 was wounded,* he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 22 
 March following, in the Dolphin 44, Capts. Rich. 
 Retalick, Robt. Williams, Josiah Nisbet, Jas. Bay- 
 ley, Philip Beaver, and Jas. Dalrymple, with whom 
 he served on the Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Home 
 stations, until Dec. 1800. He then joined the 
 Athenxenne 64, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, in 
 which ship he returned to England from the Medi- 
 terranean at the peace ; and he was lastly, from 
 Nov. 1804, until the close of 1805, employed in the 
 Channel and North Sea on board the Sulphur 
 bomb, Capt. Matthews, and Namur 74, Capt. Law- 
 rence Wm. Halsted. In compensation of his wound 
 the Commander was presented with a grant from 
 the Patriotic Fund. He was placed on the Junior 
 List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on 
 the Senior 20 March, 1839. 
 
 LIDDELL. (LiEDT., 1822. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 22.) 
 James Liddell entered the Navy, 23 July, 1812, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clarence 74, Capts. 
 Henry Vansittart and Fred. Warren, attached to 
 the Channel Fleet; and in Oct. 1814 became Mid- 
 shipman of the Queen 74, bearing the flag of the 
 late Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; where, until May, 1819, he continued to 
 serve, in the Partridge sloop, Capt. John Miller 
 Adye, and Albion 74, Capt. John Coode. In the 
 last-mentioned ship he assisted at the bombard- 
 ment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816, and was again em- 
 ployed under the flag of Sir C. V. Penrose. In the 
 summer of 1821, after he had been for 18 months 
 borne on the books of the Bulwark 74, com- 
 manded at Chatham by Capts. Sam. Warren, Fras. 
 Newcombe, and Alex. Skene, Mr. Liddell sailed for 
 South America in the Aurora 46, Capt. Henry 
 Prescott. On his arrival on that station he was 
 nominated, in the following Sept., Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Alackitv sloop, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Spencer; of which vessel, in April, 1822, he became 
 Acting-Master. He went back, a few weeks after- 
 wards, to the Aurora, in the capacity of Acting 
 Second-Master ; w^as awarded a commission on 26 
 of the ensuing Aug. ; and, with the exception of 
 three months in the same year, during which period 
 * Fide Gaz. 1797, p. 212. 
 
 he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Mas- 
 terman Hardy, remained in the Aurora until her 
 return to England in Feb. 1825. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 LIDDON. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.) 
 Matthew Liddon entered the Navy, 3 May, 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Lily 18, Capts. Geo. 
 Morrison and Donald Campbell, and sailed for the 
 West Indies, where, when Midshipman in charge of 
 a prize, he had the misfortune to be captured by 
 two French privateers, and taken to Cumana. From 
 that place, however, he contrived in the dead of 
 night to effect his escape by swimming oflT with 
 10 or 12 companions to a schooner in the harbour, 
 the crew of which, after a struggle, were secured. 
 Having returned to England, and been, in Aug. 
 1806, received on board the Pheasant 18, Capt. 
 John Palmer, Mr. Liddon accompanied the expedi- 
 tion under Sir Sam. Auchmuty to the Rio de la Plata, 
 where, in Feb. 1807, he served on shore at the 
 storming of Monte Video. While next attached, 
 between Dec. 1808 and Feb. 1811, to the Thames 
 32, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, on the 
 Mediterranean station, he participated in a variety 
 of detached operations, and, on 25 July, 1810, was 
 oflicially alluded to for his conduct in her boats, 
 with those of the Pilot and Weasel sloops, at the 
 very gallant capture and destruction, notwithstand- 
 ing a most spirited opposition, of 31 transports, 7 
 large gun-boats, and 5 armed vessels.* On leaving 
 the Thames we find him acting for two months as 
 Lieutenant of the Herald 20, Capt. Geo. Jackson, 
 and during that period commanding her boats in 
 an expedition on the coast of Italy conducted under 
 the directions of Capt. John Toup Nicolas of the 
 Pilot. On the day on which the latter occurrence 
 took place Mr. Liddon saved the life of a man by 
 jumping overboard after him. Being confirmed in 
 the rank of Lieutenant 3 May, 1811, he took a pas- 
 sage home, as soon as he had received his commis- 
 sion, on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Waller Otway, from the poop of which ship, while 
 passing rapidly through the water, with all her can- 
 vass spread, he again dashed into the sea for the 
 same humane purpose as before. On 6 of the fol- 
 lowing Nov. he obtained an appointment to the 
 Maidstone 36, Capt. Geo. Burdett, with whom he 
 served at first in the Channel and then in North 
 America. On 8 Feb. 1813, being at the time in the 
 Chesapeake, he took command of the Maidstone's 
 barge, and assisted the boats of a squadron under 
 Lieut. Kelly Nazer in capturing, after a most de- 
 termined resistance, the Lottery letter-of-marque, 
 of 6 12-pounder carronades and 28 men — an exploit 
 which was acknowledged by the especial thanks of 
 Rear-Admiral Cockburn. He next, on 3 April fol- 
 lowing, accompanied a brilliant boat expedition 15 
 miles up the Rappannock river, where, acting, in 
 the Maidstone's launch, in conjunction with Lieut. 
 Geo. Bishop in the Statira's large cutter, he most 
 gallantly boarded and carried the Dolphin schooner, 
 of 12 guns and 98 men.t On 8 April, 1814, hav- 
 ing further accompanied a detachment of six boats 
 under Capt. Rich. Coote to the neighbourhood of 
 Pettipague Point, on the river Connecticut, he there 
 contributed to the destruction of 27 of the enemy's 
 vessels, three of which were heavy privateers, and 
 the aggregate burden of the whole upwards of 5000 
 tons. From the Maidstone, while in which ship 
 he had a third time intrepidly rescued a man from 
 drowning, Mr. Liddon exchanged, 11 Aug. 1814, 
 into La Hogue 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, 
 with whom he soon returned to England and was 
 paid off. His subsequent appointments were— in 
 1815-16, to the Albion, Queen, and Northumber- 
 land 74's, all commanded by Capt. Jas. AValker at 
 Sheerness, where he served until paid off in Sept. 
 1818— and, 29 Jan. 1819, to the command of the 
 Griper brig. In the latter vessel he accompanied 
 an expedition to the Arctic regions under the pre- 
 sent Sir Edw. Parry. He paid the Griper off 21 
 
 * r/iicGaz. IS'.O, p. I860. + r. Gaz. 1SI3, p. 995. 
 
LIDDON— LILBUllN-LILLICRAP. 
 
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 Dec. 1820, and has not been since employed. His 
 
 commission as Commander bears date 8 Not. 1821. 
 
 He married, in 1827, Anne, only daughter of the 
 
 late Sam. Bilke, Esq^., Stamford Street, Blackfriars. 
 
 LIDDON. (LlECTENANT, 1828.) 
 
 Matthew John Liddon entered the Navy 13 
 July, 1815 ; passed his examination in 1822 ; and 
 obtained his commission 23 May, 1828. His ap- 
 pointments have since been— 16 Sept. 1828, to the 
 ViCTOB 18, Capt. Eich. Keane, on the Jamaica sta- 
 tion, whence he returned to England in 1830 in the 
 Faiey 10, Capt. Eras. Blair— and 14 July, 1838, to 
 the Coast Guard, in which service he still con- 
 tinues. 
 
 LILBUKN. (LiEDT., 1829. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 6.) 
 
 James Kobeet Koddaim Lilburn, born 1 April, 
 1807, is son of Commander Jas. Lilburn, R.N. (who 
 was killed in a cutting-out affair under the Mole- 
 head batteries in the port of Malaga 29 April, 1812), 
 byPhillis, youngest daughter of Gilbert Selby, Esq., 
 of Holy Island. He is brother of the present Lieut. 
 Selby Lilburn, R.N. ; and nephew of Lieut. Robt. 
 Lilburn, R.N., who died while commanding a schoo- 
 ner in the West Indies. 
 
 This officer entered the R.N. College 3 Feb. 1820 ; 
 embarked 7 Feb. 1822, as a Volunteer, on board the 
 Active 46, Capt. Andrew King, lying at Ports- 
 mouth; and in the following Nov., after having 
 been borne as a Supernumerary on the books of 
 various ships, joined the Martin 20, Capts. Christ. 
 Crackenthorp Askew and Henry Eden, on the 
 Mediterranean station. He next, from Feb. 1825 
 until Oct. 1826, served in South America as Mid- 
 shipman on board the DoKis and Thetis frigates, 
 Capts. Sir John Gordon Sinclair and Sir John Phil- 
 limore ; and he was then for two years and a half em- 
 ployed as Mate, at home and in the Mediterranean, 
 in the Herald yacht, Capts. Henry Eden and Edw. 
 "Wm. Corry Astley, Prince Regent 120, flag-ship 
 of Sir Robt. Moorsom, Pearl 20, Capt. Geo. Chas. 
 Blake, and Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Mal- 
 colm. On 9 July, 1829, he was made Lieutenant 
 into the "Wellesley 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait- 
 land, also on the Mediterranean station, whence he 
 returned in Sept. 1830. His appointments have 
 since been — 6 April, 1831, for a ^w months, to the 
 Savage 10, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell, employed at 
 Lisbon and at Cork— 15 April, 1835, to the Magi- 
 CIENNE 24, Capt. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay, sta- 
 tioned off the coasts of Spain and Portugal — 19 Nov. 
 1838, and 3 Nov. 1839, to the Daphne 18, and Van- 
 GUAED 80, Capts. John Windham Bailing and Sir 
 Thos. FcUowes, again in the Mediterranean — and 
 6 Dec. 1841, to the Coast Guard, in which service 
 he continues. 
 
 When in the Doris, Wellesley, and Maoici- 
 enne, Lieut. Lilburn distinguished himself by 
 thrice jumping into the sea after persons who had 
 fallen overboard. He married, 19 Sept. 1843, 
 Christian, daughter of G. Markwell, Esq., of Holy 
 Island, by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 LILBURN. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Selby Lilburn is brother of Lieut. J. R. R. Lil- 
 burn, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 11 Nov. 1834; 
 and at the period of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 13 Aug. 1845, had 
 been serving for several years on the East India 
 and African stations in the Camelion 10, Lieut.- 
 Commander Geo. Martin Hunter, and Phometheds 
 steam-sloop, Capt. John Hay. He was appointed, 
 a few days afterwards, Additional-Lieutenant of 
 the Penelope steam-frigate. Commodore Wm. 
 Jones ; with whom he returned home in the spring 
 of 1846. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 LILLICEAP. (Reab-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 36; 
 H-r., 31.) 
 James Lillicka!', a native of Plymouth, is uncle 
 of Jas. Lillicrap Marchant, Esq., Purser and Pay- 
 
 master E.N., one of whose brothers died a Midship- 
 man, and another a Lieutenant, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Kavy, 5 Sept. 1780, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Cambridge 74, 
 Capt. Eras. John Hartwell, lying at Plymouth, 
 where his name, during several months in 1782-3, 
 was borne on the books of the Dunkirk, Capt. Mil- 
 ligan. Joining, in Sept. 1784, the Racehorse sloop, 
 Capt. Thos. Wilson, he was for two years and a half 
 employed in that vessel on the Halifax station, and 
 in the suppression of smuggling on the coast of 
 Scotland. On leaving her he became for a short 
 period attached to the Termagant, another sloop, 
 Capt. Rowley Bulteel ; and he was n^t, between 
 1788 and 1793, stationed at Home and ill the Medi- 
 terranean, as Midshipman, in the Cumberland 74, 
 Capt. John Macbride, Syren 32, Capt. John Man- 
 ley, St. George and Windsor Castle 98's, flag- 
 ships of Rear-Admiral Phillips Cosby, and Victory 
 100, bearing the flag of Lord Hood. On 30 Oct. in 
 the year last mentioned, after having served on 
 shore at the occupation of Toulon, Mr. Lillicrap 
 was promoted to a Lieutenancy in La Moselle 20, 
 Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett ; in which vessel 
 he continued until 7 Jan. 1794, when he had the 
 misfortune to be taken prisoner in the jolly-boat 
 while voluntarily reconnoitring the harbour at the 
 above place subsequently to its evacuation by the 
 British. Being exchanged in 1795, he embarked at 
 Marseilles, and proceeded to Genoa, whence he re- 
 turned overland to England via Cuxhaven, bringing 
 with him despatches from Mr. Drake, the British 
 Minister at Genoa. On his arrival he was ap- 
 pointed, 12 Oct. in the same year, to the Trusty 50, 
 Capts. John Osborne and Andrew Todd ; under 
 the former of whom he partook of a variety of ser- 
 vices in the North Sea and Channel, and assisted in 
 conveying Lord Macartney to the Cape of Good 
 Hope. During the mutiny which broke out on 
 that station in 1797, Mr. Lillicrap was placed by 
 Rear-Admiral Pringle in charge of the Rattle- 
 snake sloop ; which vessel he succeeded in placing 
 so close under the guns of the Amsterdam battery, 
 in Table Bay, that the ringleaders were obliged to 
 surrender. Returning to England in the early part 
 of 1799 on board the Trusty, he next, in the fol- 
 lowing April, joined the Venerable 74, Capts. Sir 
 Wm. Geo. Fairfax and Sam. Hood, and was thus 
 afforded an opportunity of sharing in an attack 
 which was soon afterwards made by Rear-Admiral 
 Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish squadron in Aix 
 roads, and of also participating in Sir Jas. Sanma- 
 rez' actions of 6 and 13 July, 1801, off Cadiz and in 
 the Gut of Gibraltar. In consideration of his dis- 
 tinguished conduct as the Veneeable's First-Lieu- 
 tenant on the latter occasion, and of the most able 
 manner in which he supported Capt. Hood,* Mr. 
 Lillicrap was rewarded with a Commander's com- 
 mission dated 18 Aug. 1801. His first appointment 
 in his new rank was, 2 April, 1804, to the Vesuvius 
 bomb, employed under Sir Wm. Sidney Smith on 
 the Boulogne station ; where, in Nov. 1805, he had 
 1 man killed and several wounded in an attack upon 
 the enemy's flotilla. While next in the Despatch 
 18, to which sloop he removed 25 Sept. 1806, Capt. 
 Lillicrap, in the course of 1807, sailed from the 
 Downs in command of a light squadron and -nith a 
 large fleet of transports under his protection, 
 having on board two divisions of the King's Ger- 
 man Legion. These his indefatigable exertions 
 and active measures enabled him to land in safety 
 on the island of Rugen, at a time when the French 
 army was besieging Stralsund, the capital of Swedish 
 Pomerania. After he had for some time discharged 
 the duties of Senior officer in Pert Bay, Capt. Lilli- 
 crap conducted the last division of troops under 
 Lord Rosslyn from Rugen to Zealand, where he 
 rendered good service by the mode in which he 
 superintended their disembarkation in Kioge Bay 
 During the operations against Copenhagen he was 
 the Senior Commander employed in the in-shore 
 squadron under Capt. Paget, and, until its surrender 
 was in constant action with the enemy. Although' 
 * Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 1104. 
 
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 LINCOLN— LIND-LINDSAY. 
 
 in the general promotion wliioli followed the capture 
 of the Danish fleet, 17 Commanders, all junior to 
 him, attained superior rank, Capt, Lillicrap, not- 
 withstanding that the important nature of his ser- 
 ■viees was set forth in the strongest manner by 
 Lord Cathoart, the Earl of Rosslyn, Sir Chas. Mo- 
 rice Pole, and the commanding officers of the Ger- 
 man Legion, was passed over, and not promoted 
 until three years afterwards ; two of which he 
 spent, generally in command of a detached squadron, 
 on the West India station, on his passage whither 
 he effected the capture, 2 Oct. 1808, of La Dorade 
 French privateer, of 1 gun and 20 men. On 24 
 Jan. 1815, Capt. Lillicrap, whose advancement to 
 Post-rank had at length taken place hy a commis- 
 sion dated 21 Oct. 1810, assumed command of the 
 Htperion 42 ; in which frigate he visited Lisbon 
 and escorted a large fleet of merchantmen home 
 from Oporto. Subsequently to his appointment, 8 
 April following, to the EnKOTAS 38, we find him, 
 while lying in ]?lymouth Sound, invested by Lord 
 Keith with the command of the boats of the fleet, 
 for the purpose of nightly guarding Napoleon Buo- 
 naparte, at the time on board the Belleeophon. 
 On his return to Plymouth, after witnessing the ex- 
 Emperor's removal to the NonTHDMSERLAND off 
 Berry Head, he was ordered to Malta, there to 
 deliver Generals Savary and Lallemand, with three 
 Colonels and several other officers, late belonging 
 to Buonaparte's suite, into the hands of Sir Thos. 
 JMaitland. The Eurotas being paid off 22 Jan. 
 1816, Capt. Lillicrap did not again go afloat until 
 re-appointed, 6 April, 1821, to the Hyperion. In 
 the following Sept. he sailed with Lord Chas. So- 
 merset for the Cape of Good Hope, where he had 
 no sooner arrived than he hoi-Sted a broad pendant. 
 He continued for about 12 months to fill the post 
 of Commodore on the same station ; during which 
 period, 10 June, 1822, the officers and seamen under 
 ■his orders were so thoroughly the means of saving 
 the Albion, an Indiaman of immense value, from 
 being lost in a gale in Simon's Bay, that the Hon. 
 Company awarded the sum of 500^. to be distributed 
 among them. Capt. Lillicrap was himself presented 
 viith the same amount.'" Proceeding, next, to the 
 "West Indies, he cruized for a time off Cuba with a 
 detachment under his orders for tlie suppression of 
 piracy, and on 24 Oct. 1823 was appointed to the 
 Gi/ODCESTER 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He returned home with 
 the latter officer in March, 1824, and was lastly, 
 from 6 April, 1830, until 4 June, 1833, employed as 
 Captain-Superintendent of the Ordinary at Ports- 
 mouth. He was admitted to the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 17 Feb. 1837 ; and advanced to 
 his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Lillicrap, while in the Ordinary at 
 Portsmouth, transmitted to the Admiralty a model 
 for rendering the numerous warping or transporting 
 buoys available to the preservation of life. The 
 plan was at once adopted ; and the Royal Humane 
 Society, to mark their appreciation of its utility 
 and excellence, forwarded him their medallion. 
 He married, 30 Dec. 1811, Frances Adams, youngest 
 daughter of Giles Welsford, Esq., of Plymouth, by 
 whom he has issue six sons and three daughters. 
 One of tb« former, Walter Welsford, is a First- 
 Lieutenant R.M. (1838). 
 
 LINCOLN. (Lieut., 1837. p-p., 12; h-p., 11.) 
 Henry Lincoln was bom 26 July, 1811. 
 This otBcer entered the Navy, 18 March, 1824, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. 
 Elliott, employed at first off Lisbon (where his par- 
 ticipation, as Midshipman, in the operations against 
 Don Miguel procured him the medal of the Tower 
 and Sword of Portugal), and -afterwards on the 
 West India, African, and Channel stations. Having 
 left the Xu'ELY in Deo. 1826, he next, in March, 
 1827, joined the Wellesley 74, Capts. Fred. Lewis 
 Maitland and Sam. Campbell Rowley, attached to 
 • Two Russian men-of-war were rescued from danger 
 during the same gale ; a service for which Capt. Lillicrap 
 received letters of thanks from their Captains. 
 
 the force in the Mediterranean, on which station 
 (with the exception of an interval between Jan. 
 1832 and Nov. 1833) he served, in the capacity of 
 Mate, from 1830 until within a short period of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Dec. 1837, 
 in the same ship and in the Favohbite 18, Capt. 
 Geo. Rodney Mundy, and Malabar 74, Capts. 
 Henry Shovell Marsham andWm. Augustus Mon- 
 tagu. His commission was awarded to him while 
 an invalid at Plymouth Hospital, whither he had 
 been sent in consequence of illness contracted in 
 the performance of duty at Cadiz; and which, 
 having produced lameness, has since kept him on 
 half-pay. 
 
 LIND. (Lieutenant, 181.'). f-p., 16; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Lind died 17 July, 1847. 
 
 This ofiBcer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1800, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Canada 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Michael De Courcy and Joseph Sydney Yorke, 
 stationed in the Channel, where he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman 2 July, 1801. Removing, in 
 March, 1802, to the Donegal 74, Capt. Sir Rich. 
 John Strachan, he was for upwards of three years 
 employed in that ship, chiefly at the blockade of 
 Cadiz; after which we find him, from Aug. 1804 
 until June, 1809, and from Aug. in the latter year 
 until April, 1815, serving, on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations, part of the time as Master's 
 Mate, in the Amboscade 32, Capt. Wm. D'Urban, 
 and Bombay 74, Capts. Wm. Cuming, Norbome 
 Thompson, Geo. Parker, and Henry Bazely. He 
 then took up a commission bearing date 7 Feb. 1815 ; 
 and remained thenceforward on half-pay. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 LINDSAY. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 Colin William Lindsay passed his examination 
 in 1827 ; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; 
 and was afterwards appointed — 8 Feb. 1837, to the 
 Rdssell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, employed 
 in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon — 8 April, 1839, 
 to the CoEASOA 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, fitting for 
 the South American station, whence he returned 
 home and w-as paid off at the close of 1842 — and, 
 23 Feb. 1844, to the America 50, Capt. Hon. John 
 Gordon, attached to the foroe in the Pacific. He 
 left the latter ship on her airival in England in 
 1846 ; and is at present on half-pay. 
 
 LINDSAY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p,, 12 ; h-p, 30.) 
 
 James Lindsay died 18 Sept. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1803, as 
 A.B., on board the Snake 18, Capt. Wm. Roberts, 
 on the West India station, whence he returned to 
 England with the same Captain in the summer of 
 1804, as Midshipman of La Veetu. He was then, 
 until Deo. 1810, employed on board the Mars 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Duff, Robt. Dudley Oliver, Wm. Lukin, 
 Jas. Katon, and John Surman Garden ; and while so 
 attached he took part, as Acting Second-Mate, in 
 the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805 — assisted in 
 taking, 28 July, 1806, Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 
 men — was present, 25 Sept. following, with Sir Sam. 
 Hood's squadron, at the capture, off Rochefort, of 
 four heavy French frigates, two of which, the Gloire 
 46 and Infatigable 44, struck to the Maes — at- 
 tended the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen — 
 and was actively employed in affording protection 
 to the Baltic trade. On leaving the Maes, Mr. 
 Lindsay joined the Bakfleur 98, bearing the flag 
 in the Thames of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, 
 with whom he served for a period of 13 months. 
 He then, in Jan. 1812, became Acting-Sub-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Heeeing, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Murray, and sailed for Halifax, where in July, 
 1813, he followed the latter officer into the Mus- 
 qhedchet 12. He came home in April, 1814; ob- 
 tained his commission 13 Feb. 1815 ; and was lastly, 
 from 27 March, 1828, until April, 1829, employed 
 in command of the Stork Revenue-vessel. Agents 
 — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
LINDSEY-LIPSCOMB-LIPSON-LITCHFIELD. 
 
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 LINDSEY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., U; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 John Lindset entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1803, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt. 
 John Tremayne Rodd, hearing the flag in the Chan- 
 nel of Sir Chas. Cotton ; and from Deo. 1806 until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 June, 1810, 
 was employed oflTL'Orient, and on the Lishon, Cork, 
 and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman, in the 
 Pallas 32, Capts. Geo. Miller, Henry Manaton 
 Ommanney, and Geo. Fras. Seymour, Hibebnia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir C. Cotton, Vikginie 38, Capt. 
 Edw. Brace, and again in the San Josef. He was 
 then appointed to the Achille 74, Capt. Sir Rich. 
 King, and he afterwards joined — 5 Jan. 1811, the 
 Impeeiehse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, also in 
 the Mediterranean — 1 May, 1812 (after an interval 
 of four months), the Coquette 20, Capt. John 
 Simpson, on the West India station — 23 Oct. 1813, 
 the Jason 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, employed 
 off Helvoetsluys — and 22 June, 1814, the Impreg- 
 nable 104, bearing the flag of H.R.H. the Duke 
 of Clarence, whom he accompanied to Bordeaux. 
 He was advanced to [his present rank 27 Aug. fol- 
 lowing ; and has since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 LIPSCOMB. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 25.) 
 Edwin Lipscomb, bom 24 Aug. 1796, is son of the 
 late Rev. "W. Lipscomb, Rector of "Welbury, York- 
 shire ; and nephew of the gallant Capt. John Cooke, 
 R.N., who fell at Trafalgar, in command of the 
 Bellekophon 74. 
 
 This ofBoer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Avenger 16, Capt. Thos. 
 "White, part of the force on the Newfoundland sta^ 
 tion. Becoming attached, in March, 1811, to the 
 Elizabeth 74, Capts. Edw. Leveson Gower and 
 Gardiner Henry Guion, he was for upwards of four 
 years employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate 
 of that ship off Lisbon, and also in the Mediterra^ 
 nean and Adriatic, where h* served in the boats at 
 the capture and destruction of many of the enemy's 
 armed vessels, and was present at the reduction, 
 in June and July, 1813, of the towns of Oraago, 
 Dignano, and Fiume. He next, in Oct. 1815,, joined 
 the Active 46, Capt. Philip Carteret, on the Ja- 
 maica- station, whence he returned to England in 
 Sept. 1817; and he was afterwards (he had passed 
 his examination in Aug. 1816) employed, between 
 Jan. 1819 and his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 3 May, 1826, on board the Newcastle 60, 
 flag-ship ot Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, Albion 
 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and Revenge 76, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Harry Burrard Neale — on the North 
 American, Home, and Mediterranean stations. He 
 then obtained an appointment to the Isis 50, flag- 
 ship at Jamaica of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, 
 with whom he returned to England in June, 1827. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 16 July, 1846, Mary, eldest daughter 
 of the late Dansey Dansey, Esq., of Brincep Court, 
 Herefordshire. 
 
 LIPSON. (Commander, 1619. r-p., 23 ; h-p., 31 .) 
 Thomas Lipson entered the Navy, in 1793, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98, 
 Capt. Sir 'I'hos. Byard, with whom he served in 
 that ship at the reduction of Corsica; in the Bed- 
 ford 74 in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, 
 and in the FonDROYANT 80 at the capture, in Oct. 
 1798, of a French squadron under M. Bompart, 
 destined for the invasion of Ireland. He continued 
 in the last-mentioned ship under the flags of Lord 
 Keith and Nelson until 1799— latterly on the Medi- 
 terranean station ; where, and in the North Sea, he 
 was during the rest of the war employed, as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, in the Princess CSae- 
 I.OTTE 38, Ruby 64, and Isis 50, Capts. Sir Edw. 
 Berry and Thos. Masterman Hardy. In 1803, after 
 his name had been borne for short periods on the 
 books of the Neptune 98, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, 
 Amphion 32, Ca,pt. T. M. Hardy, and Hydra 38, 
 
 Capt. Geo. Mundy, he joined the Montagu 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. During his continu- 
 ance in that ship he assisted at the blockade of the 
 enemy's ports from Brest to the Dardanells ; and 
 was present, 22 Aug. 1805, in Adm. Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis' attack on the French fleet close in with 
 Brest Harbour, on which occasion the Montagu 
 exchanged broadsides -vith L' Akxandre of 80 guns. 
 On 24 Jan. 1808 Mr. Lipson was nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Sabbina 18, Capt. Edw. Kittoe, 
 then off Cadiz. He was officially promoted 29 
 June, 1809, and was subsequently appointed— 29 
 Jan. 1810, as Senior, to the Bonne Citoyenne cor- 
 vette, Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene, in South Ame- 
 rica— 1 March, and 21 Sept. 1812, to the Laubes- 
 tinus 24, and Barflecr 98, Capts. Hon. Wm. Gor- 
 don and Sir Edw. Berry, on the Brazilian and 
 Mediterranean stations— in 1814-15, as First, to the 
 Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andrew King, Tonnant 80, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Royal 
 Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, em- 
 ployed on the coast of North America and at home 
 ^and, 20 Nov. 1816 (after several months of half- 
 pay), to the command of the Lapwing Revenue- 
 cutter, which vessel, in Jan. 1817, was driven from 
 her anchorage in Mill Bay, Plymouth, and went 
 ashore high and dry, over a ridge of rocks, with 
 comparatively httle injury. He attained his pre- 
 sent rank 4 March, 1819; and has not been since 
 afloat. 
 
 Commander Lipson is now Harbour-Master at 
 Adelaide, South Australia. He married, 30 July, 
 1812, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Took, Esq., of 
 Weymouth. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 LITCHFIELD. (CTajtam, 1826. f-p., 23; 
 H-p., 24.) 
 
 Henry Litchfield was born 7 Oct. 1786, at Great 
 Torrington, co. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1800, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Imi-etueux 74, Capt. Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, under whom he assisted in blowing up 
 Zi' Insolente in the Morbihan river, and accompanied 
 the expeditions to Quiberon, Ferrol, and Vigo. 
 While at the latter place, we find him, on the night 
 of 29 Aug. 1800, aiding in the boats of a squadron, 
 20 in number, commanded by Lieut. Henry Burke, 
 at the cutting-out, close in with the enemy's bat- 
 teries, of La Guepe privateer, of 18 guns and 161 
 men, which vessel, 25 of whose people were killed 
 and 40 wounded, was in 15 minutes boarded and 
 carried, with a loss to the British of 3 seamen and 
 1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 seamen, and 5 
 marines wounded, and 1 seaman missing. In the 
 course of 1802 Mr. Litchfield successively joined 
 the Courageux 74, Capt. Thos. Sotheby, and Pique 
 36, Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Chas. Bayne 
 Hodgson Ross ; under the latter of whom he was 
 employed, in 1803-4, at the blockade of Aux Cayes 
 and Cape Fran9ois, St. Domingo, and on shore in 
 the unsuccessful attack on Cura^oa. On the occasion 
 of General Rochambeau's evacuation of Cape Fran- 
 cois, he served, it appears, in a boat, and assisted 
 the present Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby in rescu- 
 ing the French 40-gim frigate La Chrinde, and 900 
 souls who were on board, from the destruction with 
 which they were threatened by the blacks under 
 General Dessalines, at the time in possession of Fort 
 St. Josef, on the rocks immediately beneath which 
 La Chrinde had grounded. On leaving the Pique 
 in Dec. 1804, Mr. Litchfield joined Le Kenard, of 
 18 guns and 121 men, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan ; as 
 Acting-Master of which vessel he contributed, 20 
 March, 1805, to the annihilation, after a brisk action 
 of 35 minutes, of Le Ge'neral Emovf French pri- 
 vateerof 20 guns and 160 men; as also, in May, 
 1806, to the capture, at the end of a chase of three 
 days and nights, of La Diligente national brig, of 16 
 guns and 125 men. On 12 Oct. 1806 Mr. Litchfield 
 was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Ferret 18, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan ; and on 24 March, 1807, 
 he became Acting First-Lieutenant of the Rein- 
 deer 18, Capts. John Fyffe and Peter John Douglas. 
 
662 
 
 LITTLE— LITTLEHALES. 
 
 In the latter sloop, to which he was confirmed 29 
 June following, he participated in the "Walcheren 
 operations of 1809. After again serving in the West 
 Indies, chiefly as Senior Lieutenant, in the Elk 18, 
 Capts. J. Coghlan and Clement Milward, Polyphe- 
 mus 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew 
 Sam. Rowley, Thetis 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam, 
 BiiAZEN sloop, Capt. Jas. Stirling, and Shark, bear- 
 ing the flag of Vice- Admiral Chas. Stirling, he was 
 there appointed, in March, 1813, Acting-Commander 
 of the Moselle 18. Being confirmed in the com- 
 mand, on 12 July in the same year, of the Mohawk 
 sloop of 8 guns, Capt. Litchfield, who continued in 
 her until Oct. 1814, was during that period most ac- 
 tively employed in the Chesapeake ; where, besides 
 co-operating in the attacks upon Crany Island and 
 Hampton, he commanded his own gig, at the cap- 
 ture, by the boats of the Mohawk and Contest, 
 under the orders of Capt. Jas. Rattray, of the 
 United States gun-vessel Asp, of 3 guns and 25 men, 
 hauled up close to the beach, under the protection 
 of a large body of militia, after an action in which 
 the British had 2 killed and 6 wounded, and the 
 enemy 10, including their Commander, killed and 
 wounded. His next appointment was, 10 Oct. 
 1817, to an Inspecting-Commandership in the Coast 
 Guard ; in which service he continued until in- 
 vested, 1 June, 1824, with the command of the 
 Orontes 18, employed at first as an experimental 
 vessel, and subsequently on the Halifax station ; 
 whence he returned on being promoted, as a reward 
 for his long and active services, to Post-rank, 20 
 Nov. 1826. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 
 1846. 
 
 Capt. Litchfield, in 1815-16, was Acting-Post- 
 master at Norwich. He married, 1 Jan. 1831, 
 Louisa Elizabeth, only daughter of Henry Chas. 
 Litchfield, Esq,, of the Treasury. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 LITTLE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Alexander Little passed his examination in 
 1834; obtained his first commission 26 Dec. 1837; 
 and was afterwards appointed — 14 Feb. and 22 
 Aug. 1838, to the Malabar 74 and Racehorse 18, 
 Capts. Edw. Harvey and Henry Wm. Craufurd, 
 both on the North America and West India station, 
 whence he returned in 1839 — 1 Feb. 1840, to the 
 Thunderer 84, Capt. Daniel Pring, employed in 
 the Mediterranean and in attendance on the Queen 
 at Walmer Castle— and 19 Oct. 1843, as Senior, to 
 the Iris 26, commanded in the East Indies by Capt. 
 Geo. Rodney Mundy. He was superseded from the 
 latter ship on attaining his present rank 9 Nov. 
 1846 ; and has since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 LITTLE. (COMMANBER, 1846.) 
 
 Edward Little passed his examination in 1832 ; 
 and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 30 Dec. 1837, was ordered to Join the 
 Donegal 78, Capt. John Drake, on the Lisbon sta^ 
 tion. His appointments have since been — 1 Oct. 
 1840, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship in the Medi- 
 terranean of Sir John Aoworth Ommanney — 2 March, 
 1842, to the Vindictive 50, Capt. John Toup Nico- 
 las, in South America— and 4 March, 1845 (after 18 
 months of half-pay), to the Terror discovery-ship, 
 Capt. Fras. Eawdon Moira Croaier, now employed 
 on a north-west passage explorative mission. He 
 acquired the rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 LITTLEHALES. (Vicb-Admibai, of the Eed, 
 1840. r-P., 26;h-p., 43.) 
 Bendall Robert Littlehales died in Aug. 
 1847, at Compton Bishop, Somersetshire, aged 82. 
 He was second son of Baker John Littlehales, Esq., 
 of Moulsey House, Surrey, by Maria, daughter and 
 sole heiress of Bendall Martyn, Esq. His brother, 
 Sir Edw. Baker, Bart., a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 
 Army, married a daughter of the second Duke of 
 Leinstcr. 
 
 This oflSoer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1778, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Vigilant 64, Capts. 
 Robt. Kingsmill and Sir Digby Dent ; and on 27 of 
 the ensuing month was present in the action between 
 Keppel and d'Orvilliers. Accompanying Sir Digby 
 Dent, as Midshipman, into the Royal Oak 74, he 
 next, 6 July, 1799, took part in Byron's action oif 
 Grenada; after which we find him, until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 Sept. 1790, employed, 
 on the Channel and Newfoundland stations, on 
 board the Cumberland and Repulse 74's, both 
 commanded by Sir D. Dent, and Portland and 
 Salisbury, flag-ships of Admirals John Campbell 
 and John aiilbanke. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 16 Aiiril, 1791, for a short period, to the 
 Duke 98, Capt. R. Kingsmill- 22 June, 1793, and 25 
 March, 1794, as Senior, to the Rose and Beaulieo 
 frigates, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Eiou— in 
 May and July, 1795, as First and Flag-Lieutenant, 
 to the Majestic 74 and Blanche frigate, bearing 
 each the flag of Vice-Admiral Benj. Caldwell in the 
 Leeward Islands— and 21 Nov. 1795, again as Senior, 
 to the Amazon 36, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds. 
 Attending, in the Rose, the expedition of 1794 
 against the French West India islands, Mr. Little- 
 hales was much employed there both on shore and 
 afloat, particularly at the reduction of Martinique, 
 where he served in one of the batteries on Pointe 
 Carriere, and assisted in storming Fort Louis, op- 
 posite to which they had been erected. His gal- 
 lantry, when in the Beaulieu, in voluntarily board- 
 ing and destroying a French ordnance store-ship, 
 mounting 18 guns, under a battery at St. Fran9ois, 
 Guadeloupe, won the admiration of every beholder, 
 and led to his being appointed by Vice-Admiral 
 Caldwell, under whose eye the exploit was achieved, 
 to his own flag-ship the Majestic, on promotion ; 
 although, unfortunately, no vacancy occurred prior 
 to the Admiral's supersession. In the Amazon, 
 when that frigate, in company at the time with the 
 iNDErATiGABLB 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, sus- 
 tained a loss of 3 men killed and 15 wounded in an 
 action of 10 hours with Les Droits de V Homme 74, 
 and was at its close wrecked, near He Bas, 14 Jan. 
 1797, Mr. Littlehales again distinguished himself, 
 and was in consequence recommended by his Cap- 
 tain to the notice and patronage of the Admiralty ; 
 who, on his returning from captivity, promoted him, 
 27 Sept. following, to the rank of Commander, and 
 soon afterwards, 8 Nov., invested him with the com- 
 mand of the Penguin sloop. In the latter vessel 
 Capt. Littlehales served on the Irish station until 
 about two months subsequently to his attainment of 
 Post-rank, 15 May, 1800. Being next, 14 Jan. 1801, 
 appointed, pro tempore, to the Centaur 74, in the 
 command of which ship he was ultimately con- 
 firmed, he cruized during the remainder of the war 
 off Brest and Rochefort, then hoisted the flag of 
 Vice-Admiral Dacres at Plymouth, and was after- 
 wards ordered to the West Indies, where he con- 
 veyed Lieut. -General Grinfield, the military Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, on a tour of inspection to the 
 different islands. In the summer of 1803, after 
 having displayed much assiduity and attention in 
 the attack upon Ste. Lucie,* on which occasion the 
 Centaub bore the broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood, 
 Capt. Littlehales was sent home by that ofiicer with 
 his despatches announcing the conquest, in the 
 MoRNE FoRTUNEE brig. Incapacitated at first, from 
 accepting, in consequence of illness contracted dur- 
 ing his sojourn in the West Indies, and lacking the 
 power afterwards to obtain, active emiJoyment 
 afloat, his only other appointments were— 6 May, 
 1808, to the Sea Fencibles at Liverpool, where he 
 remained until the corps was disbanded in 1810— 
 and 23 Aug. 1811, to the superintendence of ship- 
 payments at Plymouth, the duties attached to which 
 oflioe he continued to discharge until the peace. 
 He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830, and a 
 Vice-Admiral 17 Aug. 1840. 
 
 Vice-Admiral Littlehales married, in Aug. 180.3, 
 Mary Anna, daughter of Thos. Cleather, Esq., of 
 Plymouth, by whom he has left, with other issue, 
 * fiie Gaz. 1803, p. 918. 
 
LITTLEHALES—LITTLEWORT— LIVINGSTONE— LLOYD. 
 
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 a son, the present Commander Edw. Littlehales, 
 K.N. 
 
 LITTLEHALES. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Edwabd LiTTLEHAiiES is second son of the late 
 Vice-Admiral Littlehales. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1818 ; served 
 for some time in the Mediterranean as Midshipman 
 of the Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard 
 Neale; passed his examination in 1825; and was 
 made Lieutenant, 1 1 March, 1828, into the Success 
 28, Capts. Jas. Stirling and Wm. Clarke Jervoise. 
 In Nov. 1829 the latter ship was all but lost on a 
 reef, while making for Cockburn Sound, in Western 
 Australia ; on which occasion Mr. Littlehales' ex- 
 emplary conduct was of so signal a nature that he 
 not only received the warmest thanks of Capt. Jer- 
 voise, but was permitted by the Lords of the Ad- 
 miralty to succeed the present Captain Edmund 
 Yonge, whose own conduct on the occasion pro- 
 cured him promotion, in the post of First-Lieute- 
 nant, and to retain it until paid off 16 Deo. 1831. 
 His subsequent appointments" were — 8 April, 1834, 
 as Senior, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Henry Shiffner, 
 bearing the flag afterwards of Sir "Wm. Hall Gage 
 on the Lisbon station, whence he returned at the 
 close of 1837 — and, 2 March, 1840, to the command 
 of the Dolphin brigantine on the coast of Africa. 
 He attained the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 and since Jan. 1842 has been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 LITTLEWORT. (Liedt., 1817. f-p., 20 ; 
 H-P., 19.) 
 
 RiCHAKD John Pike Littlewokt, bom 5 Nov. 
 1792, is son of Lieut. Kich. Littlewort, R.N. (1777), 
 who was on board the Saiisbory 50, in 1779, lost 
 an eye in the service of his country, and died on 
 full-pay in 1798. • 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leviathan 74, com- 
 manded in the North Sea and Mediterranean by 
 his friend and patron Capt. John Harvey ; with 
 whom, after having witnessed, as Midshipman, the 
 destruction of the "two French line-of-battle ships 
 Robuste and Lirni near Cape Cette, he removed in 
 March, 1811, in the capacity of Master's Mate, to 
 the Royal Sovekeign 100. On leaving the last- 
 mentioned ship, which had been recently com- 
 manded by Capt. "Wm. Bedford, Mr. Littlewort was 
 successively employed between Aug. 1812 and Aug. 
 1815, part of the time as Acting-Master, in the 
 Helena 18, Capt. Henry Montresor, Indds 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, Cossack 22, Capts. Hon. 
 Algernon Percy and Hon. Robt. Rodney, and 
 Driver sloop, Capt. Hon. A. Percy — on the Cork, 
 North Sea, Mediterranean, Halifax, and Ports- 
 mouth stations. He then joined the Antelope 50, 
 bearing the flag in the West Indies of his former 
 Commander, Rear-Admiral Harvey, who procured 
 him a commission dated 1 Jan. 1817. He continued 
 in the Antelope until paid off in April, 1819 ; and 
 since 12 March, 1838, has been in command of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Previously to the receipt of his present appoint- 
 ment Lieut. Littlewort (who is Senior of 1817) was 
 for a long time employed in the Merchant service, 
 in which, we understand, he endured the heaviest 
 misfortunes. His eldest and only surviving son 
 was drowned in his arms when wrecked off the 
 coast of Portugal in 1831. He has one daughter 
 now living. He had married in May, 1823. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 LIVINGSTONE, Bart. (Vice-Admiral of the 
 Red, 1838. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 40.) 
 
 Sir Thomas Livingstone is son of the late Sir 
 Alex. Livingstone, Bart., by his first wife, Anne, 
 daughter of John Atkinson, Esq., of London. He 
 succeeded his father, as 10th Baronet, in 1795 ; 
 and is heir and representative of the attainted Earl 
 of Linlithgow. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1782, on- 
 
 board the Brune frigate, Capt. Rich. Husaey Bick- 
 erton, on the Home station; where, and in the 
 West Indies, he served, until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 22 Nov. 1790, in the D^dalos 32, 
 Capt. Thos. Pringle, Dictator 64, Capt. Wm. Par- 
 ker, Irresistible 74, Commodore Sir AndrewSnape 
 Hamond, Sybil frigate, Capt. R. H. Bickerton, and 
 BoYNE 98, Capt. Geo. Bowyer. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— for a few months in 1791, to the 
 Camel store-ship, Capt. Chas. Paton— 16 Jan. 1793, 
 to the Monarch 74, commanded by the late Sir 
 Jas. Wallace, under whom he vritnessed the unsuc- 
 cessful attack made in the following June upon 
 Martinique— and in April, 1795, and April, 1796, to 
 the AsLA and Tremendous 74's, flag-ships of Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Pringle in the North Sea and at 
 the Cape of Good Hope. On 26 Dec. 1796, after 
 having acted for four months on the latter station 
 as Commander of the Echo sloop. Sir Thos. Living- 
 stone was confirmed in his appointment to that 
 vessel. In Feb. 1797, in consequence of her being 
 condemned as unfit for service, he took a passage 
 home, and was next, 2 June, 1798, appointed to the 
 Expedition 44, armee-en-Jlutej in which vessel we 
 find him, in 1799, employed in conveying part of 
 the Russian contingent from Revel to England. 
 He was posted, 13 Jan. 1800, into the Diadem 64, 
 employed as a troop-ship in the expeditions to 
 Quiberon and Belleisle ; and he was subsequently 
 invested with the command — 10 Dec. 1800, of the 
 Athenienne 64, in which vessel, prior to her being 
 paid off in Oct. 1802, he accompanied Sir John 
 Borlase Warren to the coast of Egypt in quest of a 
 French squadron under M. Ganteaume — 17 July, 
 1804, and 23 Jan. 1805, of the Mediator and Re- 
 nommee frigates, stationed at first in the Downs 
 and off Boulogne, for the purpose of watching the 
 enemy's flotilla, and then in the Mediterranean, 
 where the Renommee, in effecting the capture, 
 4 April, 1806, under the fire of Fort Callaretes, of 
 the Vigilante Spanish brig of war of 18 guns and 
 109 men, sustained a loss of 2 wounded, and occa^ 
 sioned her antagonist one of 4 killed and wounded* 
 — and lastly, 3 Oct. 1821 (not having been afloat 
 since the Renommee was put out of commission in 
 June, 1808), of the Genoa 74, on the Lisbon sta- 
 tion. He became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; 
 and a Vice-Admiral 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Sir Thos. Livingstone, a Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 CO. Linlithgow, is Keeper of the Royal Palace of 
 Linlithgow and of the Castle of Blackness. He 
 married, in 1809, Janet, daughter of the late Sir 
 Jas. Stirling, Bart., of Mansfield, and was left a 
 widower in 1831. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 LLOYD, K.H., F.E.S. (Captain, 1821. f-p., 15 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Edward Lloyd entered the Navy, in Sept. 1798, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Dictator 64, Capt. 
 Jas. Hardy, under whom, besides sharing in a mul- 
 tiplicity of particular services, he attended the ex- 
 pedition of 1801 to Egypt, where he commanded a 
 boat at the debarkation of the troops in Aboukir 
 Bay on 8 March, witnessed the battles fought on 13 
 and 21 of the same month, and had the subsequent 
 charge of a djerm employed on the river Nile in 
 keeping up a communication between Rosetta and 
 the Anglo-Turkish shipping. While on the latter 
 service he was intrusted with the care of Madame 
 Menou, who was going to join her husband, the 
 French Commander-in-Chief, at Alexandria. He 
 continued in his djerm on Lake Mareotis until com- 
 pelled to return to the Dictator by the effects of 
 a severe contusion, which his zeal had prevented 
 his attending to when it first occurred. In March, 
 1802, Mr. Lloyd joined, for a short period, the 
 Hermes sloop, Capt. Jas. Watson ; and in the fol- 
 lowing Oct. he became Master's Mate of the Leda 
 38,t Capts. Jas. Hardy and Robt. Honyman. At 
 the commencement of the late war we find him in 
 
 • FiieGaz. 1806, p. 601. 
 
 t Mr. Lloyd had charge of a Lieutenant's watch during 
 nearly the whole period of his servitude in the Leda. 
 
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 LLOYD. 
 
 the constant voluntary command of a boat near 
 Boulogne, and on the night of 29 July, 1804, distin- 
 guishing himself, under Lieut. Neil M'Lean, who was 
 killed, in a most gallant but unsuccessful attempt to 
 cut a mortar-vessel, on which occasion only 14 out 
 of 38 of the British succeeded in effecting their 
 escape. Fortunately for him, Mr. Lloyd, although 
 wounded, was among the number that got off. In 
 consideration of the injury he received, and of his 
 gallant conduct, the Patriotic Society voted him a 
 pecuniary reward, and presented him with an hono- 
 rary testimonial. Among numerous other affairs 
 with the enemy's flotilla in which he took part, we 
 may instance the capture, 24 April, 1805, of seven 
 schuyts, armed with 18 guns and 1 howitzer, and 
 having on board 168 men. About the same period, 
 too, he volunteered his services in a catamaran ex- 
 pedition, and placed one of the explosion machines 
 in the precise position he had been directed. On 1 
 Nov. 1805 Mr. Lloyd, as ofiicer of the middle watch, 
 had the fortune, by means of a careful look-out and 
 timely exertion, of saving the Leda from destruc- 
 tion, at a moment when the King Georp'e transport and 
 Sritannia Indiaman were both totally lost by strik- 
 ing on the Roccas, near Fernando Norunha. After 
 assisting at the reduction, in Jan. 1806, of the Cape 
 of Good Hope, where he was employed in bringing 
 forward the field-pieces and howitzer belonging to 
 the division of the army that first effected a landing 
 under Brigadier-General Ferguson, he removed to 
 the Diadem 64, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Home Popham, who, on 10 of the ensuing March, 
 nominated him Acting-Lieutenant of the Volon- 
 TAiKE frigate, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy. Ex- 
 changing soon afterwards, in a similar capacity, into 
 the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Josias Rowley, to which 
 ship he was confirmed 14 Jan. 1808, Mr. Lloyd dis- 
 played, during an attachment to her of four years, 
 a considerable degree of zeal, courage, and ability, 
 and was foremost to volunteer his services on every 
 occasion of difficulty or danger. Landing at first 
 in the Rio de la Plata in command of a detachment 
 of seamen styled the " Royal Blues," he assisted in 
 the attacks upon Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, 
 and partook, latterly as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. 
 Rowley, in every military operation which preceded 
 the final evacuation of Spanish America in the 
 summer of 1807. When next at the blockade of 
 the Isles of France and Bourbon, he frequently ac- 
 companied the present Sir Nesbit Josiah "Willoughby 
 in boat expeditions alongshore ; and was frequently 
 employed in reconnoitring the strength of the 
 enemy's positions. He once, while so engaged, in a 
 ten-oared cutter, boarded, carried, and brought out, 
 under a heavy cross fire from two batteries, a large 
 armed ship named the Tadg Bax^ although moored 
 with springs and fully prepared for defence. Thir- 
 ty-two of the enemy were on the occasion taken 
 prisoners. On 21 Sept. 1809 Mr. Lloyd had the 
 misfortune to be a second time severely wounded, 
 when serving on shore as a volunteer in command 
 of the Raisonnable's small-arm men, at the cap- 
 ture of St. Paul's, in the He de Bourbon.* In July, 
 1810, having followed Capt. Rowley into the Boa- 
 i>icea frigate, he united in the attack upon Bourbon 
 itself, where his conduct obtained him the thanks 
 of Lieut.-Colonel Keating,! and had confided to 
 him the difficult task of placing a transport as a 
 breakwater to facilitate the landing of the troops. 
 After the conquest of the island he was left in 
 charge of the Signal-posts for the purpose of re- 
 porting the motions of a French squadron then 
 blockading it ; an arrangement which led to the re- 
 covery of H. M. ships Afkicaine and Ceylon, and 
 the capture of La Venus of 44 guns, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Haraelin, senior 
 ofiicer of the enemy's force in the Indian Ocean. 
 On 28 Nov. 1810, being at the time First-Lieutenant 
 of the Afkicaine, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Bertie, 
 Mr. Lloyd, previously to the first debarkation of the 
 army at the Mauritius, landed by himself, with the 
 view of ascertaining whether there lay any hostile 
 force concealed behind the sea-wall that girted the 
 • Vide Gar.. 1810, p. 215. f F. Gaz. 18:o, p. 1683. 
 
 island. During the operations that followed he 
 joined the naval brigade under Capt. Wm. Augustus 
 Montagu ; and was directed, in addition to his other 
 duties, to communicate the movements of the troops, 
 by telegraph, to the Admiral. In the advance on 
 Port Louis, Mr. Lloyd, who received the first flag of 
 truce sent out by Governor-General De Caen, had 
 charge of the guns with the leading column ; and 
 so signalized himself by his zeal, ability, and gal- 
 lantry, that he drew forth the high encomiums of 
 Capt. Montagu and the military Commander-in- 
 Chief, and was warmly recommended by Vice-Ad- 
 miral Bertie to the notice of the Admiralty. Being 
 invested, 6 Dec. 1811, with the acting-command of 
 the Hesper sloop, he was immediately selected by 
 Major-General Abercromby to convey him and his 
 staff to Bombay ; on his arrival at which place he 
 had the mortification to find himself superseded by 
 the present Capt. Barrington Reynolds, who had 
 been appointed by the then recently deceased Vice- 
 Admiral Drury. Unwilling to return home, he 
 continued as a passenger on board the Hesper 
 until her arrival at Malacca, where, meeting with 
 Lieut.-General Sir Sam. Auchmuty, he volunteered 
 to serve imder him during the Javese campaign. 
 Landing accordingly with that officer's staff at Chil- 
 lingching, he bore a part in the skirmish between 
 the advanced divisions of the British and Dutch 
 armies, which ended in the defeat of the latter and 
 the capture of the important post of Weltervreeden. 
 He was also present when the enemy made a sortie 
 from Meester Cornelis; where, it appears, he as- 
 sisted in storming their entrenched camp. On his 
 arrival home in Dec. 1811, in the Caboline frigate, 
 Capt. Christ. Cole, Capt. Lloyd had the satisfaction 
 of finding that he had been confirmed a Commander 
 • on 9 of the previous May. His next appointment 
 was, 21 Jan. 1814, to the Raven 16, in which vessel, 
 prior to her beijig paid off in Oct. 1815, he served 
 at the blockadeTif the enemy's flotilla at Ter Veere 
 during the occupation of the East Scheldt by the 
 fleet under Admiral Wm. Young — witnessed the 
 operations against Balthz — encountered on his pas- 
 sage to Halifax a hurricane, which compelled him 
 to throw half his guns overboard — received the 
 public thanks of Sir Ralph Woodford, Governor of 
 Trinidad, for his exertions in obtaining some ex- 
 clusive and important privileges for British mer- 
 chants trading to the Spanish Main — and succeeded, 
 while in charge of the Gulf of Paria, in putting a 
 stop to a system of bloodshed which political ani- 
 mosity, prior to his arrival, had carried to a fright- 
 ful extent. From the period the Raven was put 
 out of commission, Capt. Lloyd remained on shore 
 until appointed, 9 Aug. 1820, to the Esk 20, fitting 
 for the Leeward Islands. He was superseded on 
 being advanced to his present rank 19 July, 1821 ; 
 since which period, unsuccessful in his applications 
 for employment, he has remained on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Lloyd was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan. 1834. 
 He married, in Aug. 1816, Colin Campbell, youngest 
 daughter of the late Jas. Baillie, Esq., of Ealing 
 Grove, co. Middlesex, formerly M.P. for Horsham, 
 in Sussex ; by whom he has issue. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Edward Alexander Ttlden Lloyd entered the 
 Navy 7 June, 1833 ; passed his examination 20 Jan. 
 1841 ; served, as Mate, on the Mediterranean arid 
 Home stations, in the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. 
 Maunsell, Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, and 
 Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen ; and, in honour of Her Majesty's visit to the 
 latter ship when lying at Spithead, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 7 March, 1842. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were, again in the Mediter- 
 ranean — 16 March, 1842, as Additional, to the 
 Queen— 31 Oct. 1842, to the Vernon 50, Capt. Wm. 
 Walpole — 23 March, 1844, as Additional, to the 
 Geyser steam-sloop, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter — ■ 
 and, 31 Dec. 1844, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Edw. 
 St. Leger Cannon. He became attached, 3 Oct. 
 
LLOYD. 
 
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 1845, to the Excellent gurmery-sliip at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads; and, since 5 
 May, 1847, has been serving in the Dkagon steam- 
 frigate, Capt. Wm. Hutoheon Hall, now on the 
 Lisbon station. 
 
 LLOYD. (Captain, 1828. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 George Lloyd, born 13 Oct. 1793, is third son of 
 John Lloyd, Esq. (Major in the 46th Regt., and 
 Aide-de-Camp to Sir Henry Clinton during the 
 American war, in which he received three wounds, 
 the ultimate cause of his death), by Corbetta, daugh- 
 ter of the Rev. Geo. Holcombe, Archdeacon of 
 Caermarthen, and Rector of Pwllcrochon, in Pem- 
 brokeshire. He is brother (with Major Wm. John 
 Lloyd, R.A., who died at Brussels, 29 July, 1815, of 
 a wound received at Waterloo) of the present John 
 Wm. Lloyd, of Dan-yr-allt, co. Caermarthen, and 
 South Park, Penshurst, Kent, and also of Lieut. 
 Vaughan Lloyd, R.N. Capt. Lloyd, a distant rela- 
 tive of the late Admiral Wm. Lloyd, is nephew, by 
 marriage, of the late Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer, 
 K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy,. in the spring of 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Roval 
 98, Capts. Herbert Sawyer, Gardiner Henry Guion, 
 and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, stationed in the Chan- 
 nel, where, until Feb. 1808, he continued to serve, 
 as Midshipman, in the San Josef* and Hieeknia, 
 flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Earl St. Vincent, 
 and Plover sloop, Capt. Philip Browne. While 
 next employed, between the latter date and Jan. 
 1812, in the Volontaire 38, and Cambrian 40, 
 each commanded by Capt. Chas. BuUen, we find 
 him coming into frequent contact with the enemy 
 both on board those frigates and in their boats, 
 particularly at the defence of Tarragona, the de- 
 struction of the batteries at Palamos, the capture 
 of 19 merchantmen at Cadaques and of others at 
 Selva, and the cutting out of a French vessel from 
 under the Medas Islands. After he had been for 
 some time Master's Mate of the Africa 64, bearing 
 the flag in North America of Rear- Admiral Herbert 
 Sawyer, and had for a short period acted as Lieu- 
 tenant of the Rattler sloop, Capts. Alex. Gordon 
 and John Thomson (under whom, it appears, he as- 
 sisted at the capture of many vessels off New York 
 and up the Chesapeake), Mr. Lloyd was confirmed 
 to the latter vessel by commission dated 3 Nov. 
 1812. His next appointment was, 7 Dec. 1813, to 
 the Trent 32, flag-ship on the Cork station of his 
 friend Admiral Sawyer, who, on different occasions, 
 allowed him to act as Commander of the Castilian 
 18, Pelican 18, and also of the Trent. On 1 Sept. 
 1814 Capt. Lloyd, then in command of the Casti- 
 lian, fell in with the U. S. sloop Wasp of 22 guns, 
 just as the latter had reduced H.M. brig Avon to 
 the necessity of striking her colours. Having driven 
 the American off the field, he immediately, in con- 
 sequence of her repeated signals of distress, stood 
 towards the British vessel, who, such had been her 
 gallant resistance, went down almost before her 
 crew could be removed. t Being ofiicially promoted 
 to the rank of Commanders Nov. 1815, Capt. Lloyd 
 was in that capacity appointed, 22 Aug. 1827, to the 
 Victor 18, fitting for the Jamaica station, where he 
 made prize of Las Damas Argentinas, a notorious 
 piratical schooner of 2 guns and 40 men, 28 of whom 
 were hanged at St. Kitt's. Since the receipt of his 
 Post-commission, which bears date 26 Aug. 1828, he 
 has been on half-pay. Agents — Goode and Law- 
 
 LLOYD. (LlECTTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 Geoffyd Clayton Lloyd passed his examina- 
 tion 8 April, 1844 ; served, as Mate, from Feb. 1845 
 until Aug. 1846, in the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 
 • The San Josef formed part of the lleet: under Admiral 
 Cornwallia when that gallant officer pursued the French into 
 lirest 22 Aug. 1805. 
 
 f Mr. James, in his ' Naval History,' and Lieut. Marshall, 
 in his ' Naval Biography,' erroneously represent the Cas- 
 Tir.TAN to have been commanded, on the occasion, by Capt. 
 David Biaimer. 
 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads ; then joined 
 the Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt. Lord 
 Adolphus FitzClarence ; and on 7 Oct. in the same 
 year was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He 
 has been serving, since 30 of the following Dec, in 
 the Terrible steam-frigate of 800 horse-power, 
 Capt. Wm. Ramsay, and is now on the coast of 
 Portugal. 
 
 LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henry Lloyd entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1828 ; 
 passed his examination 26 Sept. 1834 ; and obtained 
 his commission 23 Nov. 1841. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — in the course of 1842, to the Il- 
 lustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, Thunder 
 surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, and Electra 
 18, Capt. Arthur Darley, all attached to the force 
 in North America and the West Indies — 17 Feb. 
 1844, again to the Thunder, as Senior-Lieutenant 
 — 11 Dec. 1844, as Additional, to the Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir David Milne— 11 
 Jan. 1845, to the Waterwitch 10, Capt. Thos. Fras. 
 Birch, on the coast of Africa — and, 24 Aug. 1845, 
 as only Lieutenant, to the Star 6, commanded on 
 the same station by Capts. Robt. John Wallace 
 Dunlop and Fred. Leopold Augustus Selwyn. He 
 returned to England and was paid off in 1847. 
 
 LLOYD. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 John Lloyd entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. Stew- 
 art, bearing the flag on the Downs of Lord Keith, 
 whom he followed, in Aug. 1805, into the Edgar 
 74. From Feb. 1806 until June, 1809, he again 
 served in the Monarch, commanded during that 
 period by Capts. John Clarke Searle and Rich. Lee ; 
 under the latter of whom (besides assisting, as Mid- 
 shipman, at Sir Sam. Hood's capture, 25 Sept. 1806, 
 of four heavy French frigates, on which occasion 
 the Monarch acted a very prominent part, com- 
 pelled La Minerve of 44 guns and 650 men to sur- 
 render, and sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 25 
 wounded) he was employed in blockading the Tagus, 
 and in escorting, towards the close of 1807, the 
 Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils. Joining, 
 next, the Alfred 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, 
 in which ship he continued until Sept. 1810, Mr. 
 Lloyd, previously to making a voyage to the West 
 Indies, accompanied the expedition to the Walche- 
 ren. In June, 1811, he was received on board the 
 San Juan 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, lying 
 at Gibraltar, where, and off Lisbon, he served, until 
 Jan. 1814, in the Sabhina 20, Capt. Mackenzie, and 
 Stately 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 22 July following, 
 in the San Juan, bearing the flag at the time of 
 Hon. Chas. Elphmstone Fleeming; and he was 
 lastly, from Aug. to Nov. In the same year, em- 
 ployed on gim-boat service in the Straits and at 
 Cadiz. Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1831.) 
 
 John Hughes Lloyd, born 7 July, 1803, is second 
 son of the late Rich. Hughes Lloyd, Esq., of Ply- 
 mog, Gwerclas, and Bashall, Major of the Royal 
 Merioneth Militia, by CaroUne, daughter of Henry 
 Thompson, Esq. This gentleman, whose family Is 
 of illustrious Welsh extraction, and who is a colla- 
 teral descendant of King Henry VII., is brother of 
 Capt. Edw. Salubury and Hugh-Hughes Lloyd, both 
 of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 June, 1815; 
 passed his examination in 1822 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 12 Sept. 1831 ; and, with the exception of a 
 servitude, from 23 Sept. 1834 until paid off 3 Oct. 
 1835, in the.S;TNA surveying-vessel, commanded on 
 the coast of Africa by Lieut. Wm. Arlett, has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 13 Feb. 1843, Mary, only child of 
 Lucas Yeo Ward, Esq., a scion of the Wards of 
 Northamptonshire. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
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 LLOYD. 
 
 LLOYD. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 19; h-p., 29.) 
 
 RicKAKD LtoTD, bom in Sept. 1790, is third son 
 of the late Rickard Lloyd, Esq., of BallinoolUg 
 Castle, CO. Cork ; and a near relative of Lieut.-Co- 
 lonel Lloyd, who fell at the head of his regiment, 
 the 84:th, at the battle of the Nive, 6 Dec. 1813. 
 Lieut. Lloyd, whose uncle was a Captain in the 
 Navy, has a brother in the Army, who has seen 
 nearly 30 years' full-pay service in every climate. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pomone 40, Capts. Kobt. 
 Carthew Reynolds and Edw. Leveson Gower. Con- 
 tinuing in that ship until 1803, he served in her in 
 the expedition to the Holder under Sir Andw. 
 Mitchell; and was present, on proceeding to the 
 Mediterranean, at the capture, 3 Aug. 1801, after a 
 stiff action of 10 minntes, in which the British en- 
 dured a loss of 2 killed and 4 wounded, of the Car- 
 rere of 40 guns and 320 men ; as also, on 2 of the 
 following Sept., of the frigates Sycces and Sravoure. 
 During a subsequent attachment to the Pique 36, 
 Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Chas. Bayne Hodgson 
 Ross, we find him witnessing the evacuation of Aux 
 Cayes, St. Domingo, the capture, with other vessels, 
 of Le Goelan 18, and the surrender of three French 
 frigates with the remains of General Rochambeau's 
 army from Cape Fran5ois on board. He was also, 
 in Jan. 1804, a participator in the unsuccessful at- 
 tack on the island of Curajoa ; and in Dec. 1804 
 and Feb. 1805 he assisted at the capture of the 
 Spanish ships of war Diligentia and Orquijo. On 26 
 March, 1806, he further contributed to the taking 
 of the French corvettes Phaeton and Voltigeur, of 16 
 guns and 115 men each ; the former of which ves- 
 sels offered so fierce a resistance, that 9 of the Bri- 
 tish were killed and 14 of them wounded while in 
 the act of boarding. For their gallantry on the 
 occasion the officers were each presented by the 
 Patriotic Society with the sum of lOOZ. for the pur- 
 chase of a sword, and the men with 20Z. a-piece. 
 Becoming Midshipman, in Aug. 1806, of the Peli- 
 can sloop, Capts. "Ward and Morrison, Mr. Lloyd, 
 while in that vessel, accompanied the expedition 
 against Copenhagen, where, it appears, he was lent 
 to the gun-boat service. In March, 1808, being then 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Pelicas, he landed and 
 carried the colours with the naval brigade at the 
 reduction of the island of Descada ; and in the 
 course of the same year he presents himself to our 
 notice as cutting out, with only two boats, a heavily- 
 laden merchant-brig, lying under the batteries of 
 Omoa, in the Bay of Honduras. Prior to the re- 
 ceipt of his commission, which bears date 22 Sept. 
 1810, Mr. Lloyd further acted for several months 
 as Lieutenant in the Dart and Sukinam sloops, 
 Capts. Bertie and Hodge, and Alfred 74, Capt. 
 Joshua Rowley Watson. In the Sdrinam he offi- 
 ciated as her Senior Lieutenant at the reduction of 
 Martinique and Guadeloupe ; and, with her boats 
 under his orders, he cut out an armed schooner 
 from beneath the batteries of St. Eustatius. Dur- 
 ing the remainder of the war Mr. Lloyd served on 
 the Home, Jamaica, and American stations, in the 
 Neptune 98, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard, Sceptre 
 74, Capt. Jas. Ballard, Fawn 20, Capt. Thos. Fel- 
 lowes. Alert 18, Capt. Joseph Gulston Garland, 
 RippoN 74, Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, and Nokge 
 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. While in the Sceptre, 
 besides assisting at the blockade of the French fleet 
 in Aix Roads, he was frequently employed on boat- 
 service, and on one occasion obtained the thanks of 
 Sir Harry Neale, the Commander-in-Chief, for cut- 
 ting off from an armed convoy a chasse-maree, not^ 
 withstanding a heavy fire which had been opened 
 upon him from the batteries at Belleisle. Among 
 the other ships above alluded to, the Fawn appears 
 conspicuous for her activity and success as a cruizer, 
 and the Alert for the frequency of her engage- 
 ments with the batteries in the neighbourhood of 
 Dunkerque and Calais. Accompanying the Norge 
 on the New Orleans expedition, Mr. Lloyd, in com- 
 mand of her barge, aided, with the boats of a squa- 
 dron, in capturing, on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, a 
 flotilla of five American gun-vessels under Commo- 
 
 dore Jones, which did not surrender until they had 
 inflicted on the British a loss of 17 men killed and 
 77 wounded. The casualties in Mr. Lloyd's boat 
 alone amounted to 2 of the former and 3 of the 
 latter. He was afterwards employed on shore with 
 the army in all its operations. The Lieutenant, who 
 had been on half-pay since 1815, was lastly, from 15 
 March, 1827, until March, 1830, employed in the 
 Ordinary at Portsmouth. 
 
 He married, 2 May, 1816, Susan, second daughter 
 of the late Edw. Heard, Esq., of Patna, co. Cork, a 
 Major in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Service, by whom he 
 has issue two sons and two daughters. The eldest 
 son is a Lieutenant in H.M. 36th Regt. 
 
 LLOYD. (Vice-Admiral of the White, 1837. 
 r-p., 24 ; H-p., 43.) 
 Robert Llotd was born 24 March, 1765, and died 
 17 Jan. 1846, at his seat, Tregayan, co. Anglesey. 
 He was eldest son of Robt. Lloyd, Esq., of Gunys, 
 CO. Caernarvon, by Margaret Edmunds, of Tre- 
 gayan, . only daughter of the Rev. Dr. Edmunds, 
 Rector of Aber, in the same shire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1779, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Valiant 74, Capt. 
 Goodall ; on removing from which ship to a Mid- 
 shipman's berth in the Fairy 18, Capts. Berkeley, 
 Keppel, and Brown, he was wounded in a sharp 
 action which preceded the capture of that sloop by 
 the French frigate Madame. After a captivity of 
 some time in France, he was exchanged about 
 March, 1781, and on his return to England was re- 
 ceived on board the Medway 74, Capts. Harwood 
 and Edgar. He next, between May, 1782, and July, 
 1787, served on the Channel station in the Hebe 
 frigate, Capts. Keppel and Edw. Thornbrough, and 
 on 22 Nov. 1790, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. Obtaining an appointment, in Dec. 
 1792, to the Latona 38, Capts. Thornbrough and 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Mr. Lloyd fought under 
 the former of those oflicers in the action of 1 June, 
 1794; and on rejoining him as Senior Lieutenant in 
 the RoBDST 74, he served in Lord Bridport's action, 
 and was severely wounded in the expedition to 
 Quiberon. On 6 Deo. 1796 we find him promoted 
 to the command of the Racoon sloop in the North 
 Sea ; where, after a short running fight, in which 
 the Racoon had 1 person, the Master, killed, and 4 
 wounded, he succeeded in taking, 11 Jan. 1798, Le 
 Policrate French privateer, of 16 guns and 72 men ;* 
 and, on 22 of the same month, La Pensee, of 2 guns, 
 9 swivels, and 32 men. Capt. Lloyd, who had pre- 
 viously captured Les Amis, of 2 guns, 6 swivels, and 
 31 men, made further prize, 20 Oct. following, at 
 the end of a running action of two hours, of ia 
 Vigilante, of 14 guns and 50 men.f Prior to his at- 
 tainment of Post-rank 6 Dec. 1799, he had the in- 
 creased good fortune to sink a French lugger, and 
 to eifect the capture of the privateers Le Vrai 
 Decide, of 14 gims, 4 swivels, and 41 men, and IJIn- 
 trepide, of 16 guns and 60 men, 13 of whom were 
 killed and wounded. | On the latter occasion he 
 unfortunately received a wound in the head from a 
 half-pike. His last appointments were — 12 Jan. 
 1801, to the Mars 74, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Thornbrough in the Channel, where he 
 remained until April, 1802—25 March, 1807, to the 
 IlussAK 38, in which ship, after assisting at the re- 
 duction of Copenhagen, he visited North America 
 and the West Indies— 31 May, 1809, and 25 Sept. 
 1810, to the GuERRiJiRE 40, and Swiftsdre 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, both on the North 
 American station — and, 11 Feb. 1812 (after ten 
 months of half-pay), to the Plantagenet 74. Con- 
 tinuing in the latter vessel until paid off in April, 
 1815, Capt. Lloyd was at first employed in the 
 Baltic, and afterwards again in North Americaj 
 where he captured a large number of coasters,§ 
 and accompanied the expeditions against Washing- 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 35. •}■ V. Gaz. 1798, p. 1026. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1799, p. 1266. 
 
 9 Between 8 Sept. and 17 Dec. 1813, Capt. Lloyd took not 
 less than 20 sail of vessels, measuring, in the whole, about 
 12J0 tans— Vide Gaz. 1614, p. 512. 
 
LLOYD— LOCH. 
 
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 ton and New Orleans. On his return to England 
 he brought with him the bodies of Generals Gibbs 
 and Pakenham. He became a Rear-Admiral 22 
 July, 1830 ; and a Vice- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 In 1790 Vice- Admiral Lloyd was High Sheriff for 
 Caernarvon ; as he was, in 1820, for Anglesey. At 
 the period of his death he was a Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for the latter county, and a Magistrate for both. 
 He married, first, in 1789, Elizabeth Charlotte, 
 daughter of Henry Gibbs, Esq., of Portsmouth, 
 Surveyor-General of Customs; and secondly, 28 
 Nov. 1839, Ellen, daughter of the late Thos. Roberts, 
 Esq., Surgeon, of Garth View, Bangor, NorthWales. 
 His only daughter was the wife of the late Capt. 
 Thos. Parry Jones Parry, R.N. 
 
 LLOYD. (LiECT., 1815. F-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 VAUGiL.i.N Lloyd, born 29 Jan. 1795, is brother 
 of Capt. Geo. Lloyd, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1809, as 
 Est.-ol. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capt. Robt. 
 "Waller Otway ; previously to accompanying whom, 
 in the summer of 1811, into the Cumbbbland 74, 
 he participated, as Midshipman, in a very gallant 
 skirmish in which the British with a slender force 
 beat back a powerful division of the French Toulon 
 fleet ; witnessed a disastrous yet most valorous 
 attack made by Capt. Eras. Wm. Fane on the 
 enemy's shipping in the mole of Palamos ; and con- 
 tributed to the capture, 31 March, 1811, of ie Dro- 
 madalre store-ship, of 20 guns and 150 men. On 
 leaving the Combeeland, in which ship, com- 
 manded the greater part of the time by Capt. Thos. 
 Baker, he had escorted convoy to the West Indies 
 and back, Mr. Lloyd, in June, 1813, rejoined the 
 Ajax, then again under the orders of Capt. Otway, 
 with whom he served at the reduction, in the fol- 
 lowing Sept., of the town of St, Sebastian, and at 
 the capture, 17 March, 1814, of UAlqjon French 
 corvette, of 16 guns and 120 men. After cruizing 
 for ten months on the Irish station as Master's 
 Mate of the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, 
 and for two more as Acting-Lieutenant of the Eu- 
 BYDicE 24, Capt. Rich. Spencer, he was confirmed 
 in his present rank by commission dated 20 Sept. 
 1815. His last appointments were, in 1816-17, to 
 the EuRYDicE again, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, Le- 
 veret 10, Capt. John Theed, and CoNQOEEon 74, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin — all on 
 the St. Helena station, whence he returned in Sept. 
 1820. 
 
 Lieut. Lloyd married Augusta, daughter of John 
 Adams, Esq., of Lydstep House, co. Pembroke. 
 
 LLOYD. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 William Llotd (a) entered the Navy, 1 May, 
 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Montagu 74, 
 Capt. John Knight, stationed in the North Sea ; 
 served as Midshipman, from Jan. 1798, until 
 wrecked 4 Nov. 1800, in the Maeleorohgh 74, 
 commanded in the Channel and Mediterranean by 
 Capts. Joseph Ellison and Thos. Sotheby; and in 
 Jan. 1801 joined the Sdpeeb 74, Capts. John Sutton 
 and Rich. Goodwin Keats. While under the latter 
 officer we find him sharing in Sir Jas. Saumarez' 
 action in the Gut of Gibraltar 12 July, 1801, accom- 
 panying Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back 
 in 1805 in pursuit of the combined squadrons of 
 France and Spain, and on 6 Feb. 1806 enacting a 
 part in the action off" St. Domingo. Immediately 
 after the latter event he returned to England as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Jupiter, Capt. Chas. Gill ; 
 and on 9 June in the same year he was officially 
 promoted. His succeeding appointments were — 25 
 July, 1806, to the Aedent 64, Capts. Geo. Eyre, 
 Ross Donnelly, and Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, 
 in which ship he beheld the attack on Jlonto Video 
 in Feb. 1807—28 April, 1808 (he hml left the Ar- 
 dent in the preceding Dec), .ind 7 Jan. 1809, to 
 the Zebra and Cruizee sloops, Capts. Geo. Barne 
 Trnllopo and Thos. Uirli. Toker, employed on the 
 Baltic and North Sea stations— and lastly, 12 Sept. 
 
 1814, after 10 months of half-pay, to the Kaxqakoo, 
 Capt. Hall, with whom he cruized in the Channel 
 and on the American coast until his return home 
 in Aug. 1815. He accepted his present rank 19 
 Aug. 1840. 
 
 Commander Lloyd is a Police-Magistrate at Port 
 Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 LLOYD. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 William Liotd (6) died 12 July, 1847, at Mon- 
 treal, of typhus fever, contracted while ministering 
 to the wants of the sick and destitute Irish immi- 
 grants. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1826 ; and 
 for his conduct as Mate of the Albion 74, Capt. 
 John Acworth Ommanney, at the battle of Navarin, 
 where he was wounded,' was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1827. He remained thence- 
 forward on half-pay. 
 
 LLOYD. (Lieut., 181.5. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 1 8.) 
 
 William Hatman Lloyd, bom in July, 1792, is 
 son of Wm. Lloyd, Esq., Surgeon, of London. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Deo. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cssae 80, Capt. Thos. 
 Geo. Shortland, to which ship, bearing the succes- 
 sive flags of Rear- Admirals Sir Rich. John Strachan, 
 Hon. Robt. Stopford, and Wm. Albany Otway, he 
 continued attached as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate until June, 1811. He was in consequence 
 present, during the year 1809, at the destruction of 
 three French frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonnc, in the attack also on the enemy's shipping 
 in Aix Roads, and in the operations against Wal- 
 cheren, where he served in an armed transport at 
 the bombardment of Flushing, and commanded a 
 gun-boat until its final evacuation by the British. 
 On leaving the CiESAE, Mr. Lloyd successively 
 joined the Venerable and Tigee 74's, Capts. Sir 
 Home Popham and John Halliday ; by the latter of 
 whom, during Lord Wellington's occupation of the 
 lines of Torres Vedraa, he was there intrusted with 
 the command of a signal station for five months. 
 The ship into which he was next received was the 
 Pembroke 74, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, under whom, it 
 appears, he beheld the fall of Genoa in April, 1814. 
 In the ensuing summer he went on a timber-getting 
 voyage to South America, as Second-Master of the 
 Sebafis store-ship, Master-Commander Wm. Lloyd ; 
 and on his return to England, in Aug. 1815, he 
 found that he had been awarded a commission 
 dated 6 Feb. in that year. From Dec. 1822 until 
 the close of 1833, and from 13 May, 1841, until the 
 summer of 1844, Lieut. Lloyd held appointments in 
 the Coast Guard. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 He married the only daughter of Lieut. Jas. 
 Nichols, formerly Resident Agent of Transports at 
 Gibraltar, by whom he has issue two sons and five 
 daughters. 
 
 LOCH. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 27; h-p., 21.) 
 
 Francis Eeskine Loch, bom in April, 1788, is 
 youngest son of Geo. Loch, Esq., of Drylaw, co. 
 Edinburgh, by Mary, daughter of John Adam, Esq., 
 of Blair, co. Kinross, sister of the Right Hon. Wm. 
 Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Scotch 
 Jury Court, and aunt of the present Vice-Admiral 
 Sir Chas. Adam, K.C.B., Governor of Greenwich 
 Hospital. Capt. Loch (whose grandmother was her- 
 self the grand-daughter of David, fourth Earl of 
 Buohan) is uncle of Capt. Granville Gower Loch, 
 R.N., and of Lieut. Geo. John Loch, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 Capt. Andrew Todd, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Keith ; and on 17 of the following March narrowly 
 escaped involvement in the destruction of that ship, 
 being on board when she took fire in Leghorn 
 Roads. After he had further served with Lord 
 Keith, as Midshipman, in the Audacious and Mi- 
 notaur 74's, and Foudroyant 80, and had assisted 
 in the Minotaur at the blockade of Genoa, he re- 
 moved to the Mondovi 14, Capt. John Stewart. 
 
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 LOCH. 
 
 While under that officer he landed as his Aide-de- 
 Camp at the island of Rhodes for the purpose of 
 accelerating the fitting out of the numerous gun- 
 boats intended for the conveyance of troops to 
 Egypt ; was employed in a boat at the debarkation 
 in Aboukir Bay ; assisted in cutting out a Greek 
 vessel from under the guns of the castle at that 
 place; was present in the battles of 13 and 21 
 March; and was for a long time again Aide-de- 
 Camp to his Captain on Lake Mareotis. In the 
 course of the same year Mr. Loch successively 
 joined the Africaine and Peael frigates; the 
 former commanded by Capt. Stewart, and the latter 
 by Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard ; under whom, while at 
 the blockade of Malta, he beheld the capture of ie 
 Carrere, of 40 guns, and was serving on shore with 
 the seamen and marines belonging to Sir John Bor- 
 lase Warren's squadron when they were repulsed 
 at Porto Ferrajo. On leaving the Pearl, in Nov. 
 1801, he returned, as Signal-Midshipman, to the 
 FouDEOYANT, Still On the Mediterranean station, 
 whence, in 1802, he came home in the Pkincess 
 Augusta yacht, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey. Being dis- 
 charged, in May, 1803, into La Chipfonne 36, com- 
 manded by his cousin, Capt. Adam, he cruized 
 with much success in that ship in the North Sea 
 and Channel until the summer of 1805 ; on 10 June 
 in which year La Cbiffonne (the Falcon sloop, 
 Clinkek gun-brig, and FeAnces armed-cutter in 
 company) drove on shore under the batteries of 
 Fecamp a division of the French flotilla, consisting 
 of two corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, carrying in all 
 51 gxms, 4 8-inch mortars, and 3 field-pieces, accom- 
 panied by 14 transports. In Dec. 1805, after he 
 had been for a short time stationed with Capt. 
 Adam off" the mouth of the Scheldt in the Resist- 
 ance 38, Mr. Loch was nominated Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Seagull 16, Capt. Robt. Cathcart. His ap- 
 pointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank 
 he attained 22 Jan. 1806, were, it appears — 5 Aug. 
 1806, to the Diadem 64, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Chas. Stirling — II Aug. 1808, to the Semi- 
 RAMis 36, Capts. Wm. Granger and Chas. Richard- 
 son — 8 May, 1811, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship 
 of Sir Edw. Pellew— and, in 1812, to the San Josef 
 110, and Queen Charlotte 100, bearing each the 
 flag of Lord Keith. During the operations of 1807 
 in the Rio de la Plata, Mr. Loch, then in the Dia- 
 dem, commanded a party of seamen attached to the 
 guns under Brigadier-General Auchmuty and Lieut.- 
 General Whitelocke at the capture of Monte Video 
 and in the unsuccessfiol attack upon Buenos Ayres. 
 On the fall of the former place he was intrusted 
 with the charge of 60 prizes taken in the harbour, 
 many of them vessels-of-war. When in the Semi- 
 ramis, in 1808, we find him escorting to Corunna 
 Mr. Frere, the British Minister, together with the 
 patriot general the Marquis de la Komana ; and, on 
 his appointment to the Caledonia, participating 
 in a skirmish between the British and French fleets 
 oif Cape Sepet. While Flag-Lieutenant in 1812 of 
 the Queen Ciiaelotte, he was sent in the hired- 
 cutter Fanny to reconnoitre Brest Roads ; and so 
 well did he carry out his instructions, that he suc- 
 ceeded in making a sketch of the position of .each 
 of the enemy's vessels ; not however without much 
 peril, as the Fanny was at first nearly sunk by the 
 batteries in Le Goulet, and next all'but captured 
 by a ship of the line. As a rewardfor this service, 
 Mr. Loch was, in Oct. 1812, invested by Lord Keith 
 with the acting-command of the Rover sloop, and 
 ordered to cruize between Ushant and lie de Bas, 
 where he forced an armed convoy to seek protection 
 among the rocks. Prior to his official promotion to 
 the rank of Commander, which took place 6 Jan. 
 1813, he had the fortune to capture the Experiment 
 American letter-of-marque, of 6 guns and 17 men, 
 laden with cotton and rice, from Charlestown bound 
 to Bourdeaux — the first vessel of .the kind that had 
 attempted a voyage to Europe since the declaration 
 of war. On then leaving the Rover (although he 
 had been in her so short a period) the oflieers and 
 crew united in presenting him with an elegant 
 Bword, accompanied by an equally handsome com- 
 
 plimentary address. Being next appointed, 16 Aug. 
 1813, to the Spareow 16, Capt. Loch was for some 
 time stationed at the mouth of the river Bidasoa ; 
 and on 10 of the following Nov., while Lord Wel- 
 lington's army was forcing the French lines along 
 the coast to St. Jean de Luz, we find him assisting 
 in a naval demonstration in the rear of Socoa, where 
 the Spaekow sustained some slight damage in her 
 hull and sails, and had 1 man wounded.* On 26 
 March, 1814, the latter vessel, when ofi' Brest, fell 
 in during thick weather with the two French fri- 
 gates Etoile and Sultane ; in closely reconnoitring 
 which she sustained further injury, and had her 
 Master killed and 1 man wounded. The Hebrus 
 36 heaving in sight while she was so engaged, and 
 the Hannibal 74 soon joining in the chase, the 
 enemy's ships were fortunately both captured. 
 Capt. Loch's conduct in this afiair procured him 
 the thanks of the Admiralty. In the ensuing sum- 
 mer the Spaeeow was employed in bringing to 
 England some of the Generals (among whom were 
 the famous Barclay de Tolly and Hetman Platofi) 
 attached to the suites of the Allied Sovereigns. 
 On the occasion of the grand naval review her 
 Captain was directed by the Admiral of the Fleet 
 to superintend the procession of boats which at- 
 tended the embarkation of the Prince Regent and 
 his royal visitors on board the Impeegnable. He 
 was then despatched to Genoa, in convoy of several 
 transports with Sardinians discharged from the 
 British army; and on 29 Sept. 1814, as soon as he 
 had accomplished the mission, he was made Post 
 into the Minsteel 26. In that ship, which he paid 
 off in Dec. 1815, Capt. Loch was employed, during 
 the war of a hundred days, in conveying arms and 
 ammunition to the adherents of the Due d'Angou- 
 leme on the coast of Spain ; and in blockading, 
 previously to the surrender of the island of Elba, 
 the harbour of Porto Ferrajo, where lay the French 
 frigate Alcmene and ^several gun-boats. Obtaining 
 command, 21 Marcii, 1818, of the Eden 26, he 
 equipped and sailed for the East Indies, and on his 
 arrival on that station was appointed, 16 Oct., Senior 
 officer in the Persian Gulf^ in which capacity he 
 contrived to capture or destroy nine piratical ves- 
 sels. In Nov. 1819 he became second in command 
 of an expedition sent under the orders of Capt. 
 Fras. Augustus ColUer to act against the head- 
 quarters and principal resort of the freebooters at 
 Ras-al-Khyma. At the commencement of the ope- 
 rations Capt. Loch conducted the debarkation of 
 the troops, 3000 in number ; and he then, landing 
 in person, performed the duties of Beach-Master, 
 and served in one of the breaching batteries. When 
 the bulk of the armament returned, he remained 
 with Major Colebrook to arrange any difierences 
 that might afterwards arise. His conduct through- 
 out the whole proceedings, we may add, afibrded 
 the highest satisfaction both to the Admiralty and 
 to the Government of India. f The Eden being 
 paid off in Aug. 1821, Capt. Loch did not again go 
 afloat imtil Jan. 1838; on 31 of which month he re- 
 ceived an appointment to the Hastings 72. In the 
 following April that ship took the Earl of Durham 
 to Quebec. On her return to England she sailed, 
 in the early part of Oct., for the Mediterranean 
 with the Queen Dowager, whom, after visiting 
 Gibraltar, Naples, Messina, and Syracuse, she landed 
 at Malta on 1 Dec. In April, 1839, Capt. Loch 
 again had the honour of receiving Her Majesty on 
 board, and of being ordered to conduct her to Eng- 
 land, where, having been driven back to Palermo 
 by stress of weather, and having touched on his 
 passage at Lisbon and Vigo, he arrived 24 May. 
 His health obliging him almost immediately to in- 
 valid, he was appointed, 19 Sept. following, to the 
 VicTOEY 104, ordinary guard-ship at Portsmouth. 
 Since Sept. 1841, about which period he left the 
 VicTOEY, he has been Superintendent of Quarantine 
 at Standgate Creek, in the river Medway. 
 
 On 4 May, 1847, Capt. Loch was appointed a 
 Naval Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty. He married, 
 17 June, 1822, Jesse, daughter of Major Robertson, 
 
 * Fide Gaz. I81.S, p. 2406. t ^- Gaz. 1820, p. 1672. 
 
LOCH— LOCK-LOCKYER. 
 
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 Barraok-Master-General for North Britain, and 
 niece of General Robertson, of Lawyers, Perthshire, 
 N.B., and by that lady has several children, of 
 whom two are in the Bombay Cavalry and one in 
 the Royal Navy. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LOCH. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 George John Loch is son of John Loch, Esq., 
 formerly M.P. for Hythe, a Director of the East 
 India Company, by Marion, daughter of Archibald 
 CuUen, Esq., K.C. ; and nephew of Capt. Fras. 
 Erskine Loch, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 16 April, 1842 ; 
 and served as Mate, on the East India, Home, North 
 America and "West India, and African stations, in the 
 Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship, Capt. SirThos. Hastings,lLi,tis- 
 TRious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, and Bit- 
 tern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope. He obtained his com- 
 mission 15 Jan. 1846 ; and since 20 of that month 
 has been serving, stiU'on the coast of Africa, in the 
 NiMROD 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. 
 
 LOCH. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 6.) 
 
 Granville Gower Looh, born in 1813, is second 
 eon of Jas. Loch, Esq., of Drylaw, co. Edinburgh, 
 an Advocate at the Scottish bar, and M.P. for Kirk- 
 wall, &c., by Ann, youngest daughter of P. Orr, 
 Esq., of Kincardineshire ; and nephew of Capt. 
 Fras. Erskine Loch, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 23 Feb. 1826; 
 passed his examination in 1832 ; obtained his first 
 commission 23 Oct. 1833 ; was appointed, 21 Aug. 
 1834 and 27 Aug. 1835, to the Ocean 80 and Howe 
 120, as Flag-Lieutenant at the Nore to Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming ; joined, 18 March, 1836, the 
 Vanguard 80, Capt. "Hon. Duncombe Pleydell 
 Bouverie, fitting for the Mediterranean ; ascended 
 the next step in his profession 28 Feb. 1837 ; and 
 was invested, 12 July, 1838, and 26 Dec. 1840, with 
 the command of the Fly 18 and Vesuvios steamer, 
 in which vessels (with the exception of a short pe- 
 riod which intervened between his paying ofi" the 
 one and his appointment to the other) he served, on 
 the South American and Mediterranean stations, 
 until advanced to his present rank 26 Aug. 1841. 
 
 On his return to England on the occasion of his 
 last promotion, Capt. Loch volunteered to join the 
 expedition in China, where, it appears, he acted as 
 extra Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hugh Gough at the 
 storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo 21 July, 1842,* and 
 was present with Sir Henry Pottinger in his negoci- 
 ations with the natives. In the course of 1842 he 
 published an able and very interesting work entitled 
 * The closing Events of the "War in China.' Agent 
 —John P. Muspratt. 
 
 LOCK. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Campbell Lock is son, we understand, of the 
 late Vioe-Admiral Walter Lock (who served as 
 Lieutenant of the Qdeen Charlotte in Lord 
 Howe's action, commanded the Charon hospital- 
 ship in the affair off He de Groix, and was for some 
 time Agent for Prisoners of War), by a sister of 
 Capt. Michael Head, R.N. His brother James, a 
 Lieutenant in the K.N., fell a victim to the climate 
 of the West Indies in 1808. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1806, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John 
 Irwin, lying at Spithead ; and from 14 Deo. 1808 
 until 19 Jan. 1811 served as Midshipman and Mas- 
 ter's Mate in the Aeethusa 38, Capt. Robt. Mends ; 
 under whom he witnessed the capture, 6 April, 1809, 
 of the French 40-gun frigate Le Niemen, and ac- 
 tively co-operated with the patriots on the north 
 coast of Spain, where, with the exception of Castro, 
 he assisted at the destruction, during the summer 
 of 1811, of all the batteries from S^ Sebastian to St. 
 Andero, upon which were found altogether about 
 100 pieces of cannon. On leaving the Arethusa 
 we find him successively joining, on the Home and 
 North American stations, thePoMPEE 74, Capt. Sir 
 • Fide Gaz. 1 842, p. 3404. 
 
 Jas. Athol Wood, Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham 
 Brenton, and Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 30 May, 1814, in 
 the MoRGiANA sloop, Capts. David' Scott and Vin- 
 cent Newton, stationed, until July, 1815, at HaUfax 
 and Bermuda; and he was lastly, from 1 Feb. 1827, 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander 17 July, 
 1828, employed in the Victory 104, guard-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot. 
 
 Commander Lock is married, and has issue. 
 Agent — J . Hinxman. 
 
 LOCKYEE, C.B. (Captain, 1815. f-p., 26 ; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 Nicholas Lockter died 27 Feb. 1847, while in 
 command of H.M.S. Albion, at Malta, aged 65. 
 He was brother of the present Colonel H. F'. Lock- 
 yer, Ji.C, commanding H.M. 90th Regt., now in 
 garrison at that place. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne from 
 1790 to 1792 on the books of the Syren 32, Capt. 
 John Manley) embarked, in 1799, as Master's Mate, 
 on board the Voltigeur sloop, Capts. Thos. Geo. 
 Shortland and Lennox Thompson, with whom he 
 served until 1801 in the Channel and at Newfound- 
 land. He then joined in succession La Constance 
 24, and Blanche 36, both commanded by Capt. 
 Zachary Mudge ; and on 17 Deo. 1803, after having 
 been for some time actively employed on the Lisbon 
 and West India stations, especially at the blockade 
 of St. Domingo, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy 
 in the Tartar 32, Capts. John Perkins, Keith 
 Maxwell, Edw. Hawker, and Stephen Poyntz. 
 While with Capt. Maxwell, Mr. Lockyer assisted, as 
 second in command of three boats under Lieut. 
 Henry Mullah, in boarding and carrying, on a reef 
 of rocks midway between the islands of Saona and 
 St. Domingo, L' Hirotidelle privateer, of 10 long 
 4-pounders and 50 men, notwithstanding that the 
 British in their advance, besides having to pull 
 against a strong sea-breeze, were assailed by a heavy 
 fire of grape and musketry, and on reaching the 
 vessel found the whole crew drawn up round the 
 deck. Although the victors in this very gallant 
 affair had but 2 men hurt, their opponents sus- 
 tained a loss of 9 killed and 6 wounded. The un- 
 daunted spirit and perseverance of the former were 
 most highly eulogized by Capt. Maxwell, who, in 
 regard in particular to Lieuts. Mullah and Lockyer, 
 declared himself unable to express the sense he 
 entertained of their brave and intrepid_ conduct.'*' 
 Obtaining a second promotal commission 25 Sept. 
 1806, the subject of the present narrative assumed 
 command, 25 March, 1807, of the Hound bomb; 
 which vessel, in Aug. 1808, bore the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Rich. Goodwin Keats, and assisted in em- 
 barking the Spanish troops under the Marquis de 
 la Romana from the vicinity of Nyeborg.-j- On 26 
 Oct. 1809 Capt. Lockyer removed to the Sophie 18 
 and in her he continued most actively and success- 
 fully employed on the Channel and HaUfax stations 
 for more than five years ; effecting the capture or 
 destruction during that period of one privateer (the 
 Pioneer) of 320 tons, 17 guns, and 170 men, of an- 
 other of 2 guns and 25 men, and of a merchant-ship, 
 two brigs, 10 schooners, and two sloops. The Sophie 
 also, while attached to the Chesapeake squadron, 
 proved instrumental to the taldng of numerous 
 merchantmen ; and, on 15 Sept. 1814, forming part 
 at the time of a small force under Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 Henry Percy, she endured a loss of 6 men killed and 
 16 wounded in an attack on Fort Bowyer. In com- 
 mand, 14 Dec. 1814, of the boats of a squadron, 45 
 in number, containing altogether about 980 persons, 
 Capt. Lockyer, after a tedious row of 36 hours on 
 Lake Borgne, attacked a flotilla of five gun-vessels, 
 under the American Commodore Jones, with such 
 judgment and determination,! that, in spite of the 
 enemy's formidable force (consisting of 16 long 
 guns, 14 carronades, 2 howitzers, 12 swivels, and 245 
 men), their advantage of a chosen position, and their 
 studied and deliberate preparation, they were all cap- 
 
 * J'ideGsa. 1804, p. 1282. f V. Gaz. 1808, p. '150. 
 J V. Gaz. 1815, p. 440. 
 
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 LOCKyER-LODDER-LODWICK— LOFTUS-LONEY. 
 
 tured in so serviceable a state as to afford the most 
 essential aid to the operations connected with the 
 expedition against New Orleans.* On at first clos- 
 ing with the enemy, Capt. Lockyer made for the 
 Commodore's vessel, in boarding which it was his 
 lot to be dangerously wounded. So stern was the 
 general resistance offered by the Americans, that, 
 before they were finally subdued, their own loss 
 amounted to not less than 6 killed and 35 wounded, 
 nor that of the British to less than 17 killed and 77 
 wounded. The prizes being collectively placed 
 upon the establishment of a 36-gun frigate, the 
 command of them was at once given to Capt. 
 Lockyer by Sir Alex. Cochrane, who in his public 
 despatch declared him justly entitled to the protec- 
 tion of the Admiralty. On 29 March, 1815, he was 
 in consequence confinned in Post-rank. His subse- 
 quent appointments, it appears, were — 26 June, 
 1816, to a command on Lake Ontario, which he re- 
 tained until 18 June, 1817—17 Dec. 1824, to the 
 RoMNET 50, avTme-en-jiute^ variously employed, until 
 paid off 12 Oct. 1827, in passages to Quebec, the 
 Tagus, the Mediterranean, and Sierra Leone — 12 
 Oct. 1832, to the Stag 46, stationed off the coast of 
 Portugal, whence he returned in Dec. 1835 — and 10 
 Nov. 1843, to the Albion 90. In that ship, in 
 which he continued until the period of his death, 
 Capt. Lockyer served at first as Flag-Captain to Sir 
 David Milne at Devonport, then on the Lisbon sta- 
 tion, and finally with the Channel squadron. 
 
 He had been nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and 
 awarded, about the same period, a gratuity for his 
 wounds of 301Z. 2s. dd. Agents— Messrs. Omman- 
 ney. 
 
 LOCKYER. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Nicholas Love Lockter entered the 
 Navy in 1832 ; passed his examination 2 Nov. 1838 ; 
 and after having been for some time attached, as 
 Mate, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, was employed in 
 that capacity in the Aigle 24, Capt. Lord Clarence 
 Edw. Paget, on the Mediterranean station, from the 
 close of 1841 until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 1 Sept. 1845. His appointments have since 
 been — on 15 of the latter month, as Additional, to 
 the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pen- 
 dant on the coast of Africa of Commodore Wm. 
 Jones— 26 Doc. 1845, to the Albion 90, Capt. Ni- 
 cholas Lockyer, part of the Channel squadron — and 
 6 May, 1847, again to the Excellent, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads, under whom he is at present serving. 
 
 Harvey on the same station— and, 19 March, 1842, 
 again as First, to the Gbowleb steam-sloop, Capt. 
 Claude Henry Mason Buckle, on the coast of Africa, 
 where he remained until promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 1 May, 1845. 
 
 LODDEE. (Lieutenant, 1846.3 
 
 Chakles Aktheb Louder served as Midshipman 
 of the Powerpul 84, Commodore Chas. Napier, dur- 
 ing all the operations on the coast of Syria, including 
 the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He passed 
 his examination 7 July, 1842 ; was employed in the 
 Mediterranean, as Mate, from the close of that year 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Juno, 
 1846, of the Orestes 18, Capt. Hon. Swynfen Thos. 
 Carnegie, and "Virago steam-sloop, Capts. Geo. 
 Graham Otway and John Lunn ; and since 22 Oct. 
 in the latter year has been serving in the Sidon 
 steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, now 
 on the coast of Portugal. 
 
 LODWICK. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 John Lodwick died in the summer of 1845. 
 This officer passed his examination in 1831 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 19 Jan. 1837 ; and was 
 appointed — 20 Jan. 1837, to the Phcenix steam-ves- 
 sel, Capts. "Wm. Honyman Henderson and Anthony 
 "Wm. Milward, with whom he was employed on par- 
 ticular service until paid oft' at the close of 1838 — 
 22 May, 1839, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Dee 
 steamer, Capt. Joseph Sherer, attached to the force 
 in North America and the "West Indies — 7 March, 
 1841, to the "WiNcnESTER 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 
 * An armed sloop was on the same occasion talten by a 
 division of Capt. Lockyer "s boats under the present Sir Samuel 
 Koberts. 
 
 LOFTUS. (Lieut., 1813. e-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Abthdr Loetus is second son of the Kev. Arthur 
 Loftus, by EUen, daughter of Sir Duke Gifford, 
 Bart., of Castle Jordan, co. Meath ; and brother of 
 the late Major Henry Duke Loftus, and the late 
 Capt. "Wm. Loftus, both in the Army. One of his 
 uncles, Thos. Loftus, was a M.P. and a Captain in 
 the 1st Horse Guards ; and another, "Wm. Loftus, of 
 Kilbride, co. "Wicklow, many years a Member of the 
 Irish and English Parliaments, was a General Officer 
 in the Army, Colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, 
 and Lieutenant of the Tower of London. Lieut. 
 Loftus— a first-cousin of the present Major-General 
 Loftus of Kilbride— is a direct descendant of Adam 
 Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin in the reign of Queen 
 Elizabeth, and Chancellor of Ireland, who had (with 
 seven daughters, all married to Knights) a family of 
 five sons ; three of whom received the honour of 
 Knighthood. One of the Prelate's two other sons, 
 Adam, a Captain in the Army, was killed in action 
 with the O'Byrnes of co. "Wicklow 29 May, 1599. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 March, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Milan 38, Capt. Sir Robt. 
 Laurie ; and from 5 of the following April until 5 
 Oct. 1810 was employed, chiefly as Midshipman, in 
 the Qdebec 32, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Lord "Vis- 
 count Falkland, Hon. Geo. Poulett, and Chas. Sib- 
 thorpe John Hawtayne. He assisted during that 
 period at the cutting-out (he had not at the time 
 been a fortnight in the ser^ce) of several vessels 
 on the coast of Holland— made two voyages to the 
 shores of Greenland — witnessed the surrender, in 
 Sept. 1807, of the island of Heligoland — was twice 
 nearly wrecked, on the coasts of Norway and Den- 
 mark (on the first occasion during a tremendous 
 gale which lasted three days) — ^joined (after having 
 been blocked up for a whole winter in the ice at 
 Gottenborg) in the Quebec's gallant pursuit of the 
 Danish 74 Prindts Christian. Frederic, a pursuit that 
 led to the capture of that ship, 22 March, 1808, by 
 the Nassau and Statelt 64's — accompanied the 
 expedition of 1809 to the Scheldt, where he obtained 
 the thanks of Sir Rich. Strachan for his conduct in 
 command of a launch, armed with a 12-pounder car- 
 ronade, in an attack on the island of South Beve- 
 land — served at the blockade of an enemy's force 
 in Cherbourg— and co-operated in the defence of 
 Cadiz. Becoming attached, in Feb. 1811, to the Sci- 
 piON 74, bearing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford, 
 Mr. Loftus contributed, in the course of the same 
 year, to the conquest of the island of Java. In 
 April, 1812, having returned to England, he passed 
 his examination ; but he was not promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant until 14 June, 1813 ; prior to 
 which period he had been further employed in the 
 ScipiON, under Capt. Henry Heathcote, on the Me- 
 diterranean station. After he had been lent for 
 brief periods to the Ocean 98 and Mulgrave 74, 
 Mr. Loftus received an appointment, 7 Oct. 1813, to 
 the Royal George 100, Capt. Thos. Francis Chas. 
 Mainwaring; under whom, it appears, he beheld Sir 
 Edw. Pellew's two partial actions with the Toulon 
 fleet, and saw some boat-service. Since the paying- 
 off of the Royal George, in Aug. 1814, he has not 
 been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Loftus, now a widower, married Anne 
 Abigail, only child and heiress of John Grey, Esq., 
 a lady belonging to a junior branch of the family of 
 Lord Grey de Groby, by whom he has issue a son 
 and daughter. The former is a Lieutenant in the 
 10th Hussars. 
 
 LONEY. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 25; h-p., 31.) 
 
 John Jenkins Loney, bom 8 Dec. 1783, is son 
 of the late Mr. J. Loney, a warrant-officer in the 
 Royal Navy, who served his country with credit 
 for nearly 50 years. 
 
LONEY— LONG. 
 
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 This officer entered the Navy, early in 1791, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Thorn sloop, Capt. 
 Taylor, on the Leith station. In the course of the 
 same year he became attached to the Peosekpine 
 frigate, commanded in the "West Indies by Capt. 
 Jas. Alms; and enjoining, for a short time in 1794, 
 the Latona 38, Capt. Edw. Thombrough, he fought 
 and was severely wounded in Lord Howe's famous 
 action. "With the exception of a few months in 
 1796-7, during which we find him serving at Home 
 on board the Cabnatic, Colossus, and Russell 74's, 
 all commanded by Capt. Kich. Grindall, he did 
 not again go afioat uritil May 1803, on 5 of which 
 month he was received into the ■Windsor Castle 
 98, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham, Albemarle Bertie, 
 and Davidge Gould. "With those ofiicers Mr. Loney 
 was for two years employed in the Channel, princi- 
 pally in the capacity of Midshipman. He then in 
 succession joined the Thunderer 74, Capt. "Wm. 
 Lechmcre, and Dart sloop, Capt. Brownrigg ; and 
 on 6 Feb. 1806, having returned to the "West Indies, 
 it was his fortune to be present in the action ofi" St. 
 Domingo on board the Northumberland 74, flag- 
 ship of the late Sir Alex. Cochrane ; by whom he 
 was nominated, 5 May, 1807, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Chichester store-ship, Capt. Tait. On leav- 
 ing that vessel, to which he had been confirmed 
 11 Aug. in the same year, Mr. Loney was appointed, 
 26 April, 1808, to the Thisbe 28, bearing the flag in 
 the Thames of Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope. Re- 
 moving, a month afterwards, to the Thrush 18, 
 Capt. Chas. "Webb, he was again ordered to the 
 "West Indies, where, in July, 1809, he witnessed the 
 surrender of St. Domingo. About the early part of 
 1810, being at the time engaged in the defence of 
 Cadiz, he was placed by Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats in 
 acting-command of the Thunder bomb, in which 
 vessel he remained until superseded on the arrival 
 from England of a Captain appointed by the Admi- 
 ralty. "While next in command (from Nov. 1810 
 until compelled by illness to resign in March, 1811) 
 of the Dart cutter, Mr. Loney was employed in the 
 conveyance of despatches between Cadiz and Lord 
 "Wellington's army in Portugal. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 12 Deo. 1811, to the Spider 16, 
 Capt. Frank Gore "Willock, on the "West India sta- 
 tion, whence he invalided 6 Feb. 1813— 4 Sept. 1826, 
 to be Agent for Transports afloat, which service a 
 severe injury received in the head during a heavy 
 gale obliged him to quit in the ensuing March — and 
 2 April, 1827, and 6 Feb. 1837, to the command, for 
 a period each time of five years, of the Semaphores 
 at Beacon Hill and Portsmouth. He has been on 
 half-pay since 1 April, 1842. 
 
 Lieut. Loney married, 20 April, 1808, the daughter 
 of a respectable Government Contractor, by whom 
 he has issue ten children. One of his sons, John 
 Felix, a Master in the R. N. (1845), is now serving 
 in that capacity on board the Poictiers 72, guard- 
 ship at Chatham. 
 
 LONEY. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 26.) 
 Robert Lonev entered the Navy, in Sept. 1797, 
 as a Boy, on board the Atlas 98, Capts. Matthew 
 Squire and Theophilus Jones, with whom he served 
 in the Channel until March, 1801. In March, 1803, 
 he became Fst.-cl. Vol. of the Salvador del 
 MuNDo, bearing the flags of Admirals Sir John 
 Colpoys and "Wm. Young at Plymouth, where he 
 continued to officiate as Midshipman, until trans- 
 ferred, in Feb. 1806, to L'Aigle 36, Capt. Geo. 
 "Wolfe. In March, 1808, we find him participating 
 in a very gallant engagement fought by L'Aigle 
 with two French frigates and the enemy's batteries 
 at lie de Groix, where, besides having 3 of her 
 guns split and dismounted, a bower-anchor cut in 
 two, and her mainmast and bowsprit irreparably 
 injured, the former ship had 22 of her people more 
 or less severely wounded. One of her antagonists 
 was compelled to take refuge under a fort, and the 
 other to run on shore on Pointe des Chats. In 
 April, 1809, immediately prior to the destruction of 
 the shipping in Aix Roads, Mr. Loney served in the 
 
 boats under Lieut. Rich. Devonshire at the destruc- 
 tion of the works on the Boyart Rock, a hazardous 
 achievement which elicited the thanks of Lord Gam- 
 bier ; and he subsequently, on becoming attached 
 to the "Walcheren armament, assisted in forcing the 
 passage between Flushing and Cadsand ; on which 
 occasion L'Aigle, in consequence of a shell bursting 
 in her after gun-room, sustained a loss of 5 men 
 wounded and had her stern-framo greatly damaged. 
 After a servitude of three months in the "West In- 
 dies on board the Pert sloop, Capt. "Wm. Hall, Mr. 
 Loney, in Aug. 1810, rejoined the Salvador del 
 MuNDo, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder at Ply- 
 mouth, where he remained a few weeks, and had 
 command during the period of the Admiral's tender. 
 Joining, then, the Scipion 74, he served as Second- 
 Master of that ship, under the flag of Hon. Robt. 
 Stopford, at the reduction of Java in Sept. 1811 ; 
 immediately after which event he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Madagascar frigate, 
 Capt. Chas. Sullivan. He was confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant 8 May, 1812 ; and on 16 of the ensuing Oct. 
 was appointed to the Reindeer 18, Capt. "Wm. 
 Manners, with whom he cruized until compelled 
 from ill health to invalid 21 June, 1814. His sub- 
 sequent appointments were to the command — 16 
 Dec. 1825, of the Nimble Revenue-cutter — 12 Aug. 
 1829 (four months after he had left the latter vessel), 
 of the "Vigilant ketch, on the Plymouth station, 
 where we find him employed until paid off 21 Nov. 
 1831— and 1 Nov. 1832, of the Savage 10, which 
 vessel was put out of commission 23 July, 1836. 
 For his services in the Savage off Oporto during 
 the civil war in Portugal, and the protection he 
 afforded to British interests during the revolution 
 in Venezuela, Lieut. Loney was rewarded with the 
 rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 LONG. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 James Long was born 17 April, 1774. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1797, as 
 A.B., on board the Svbille, of 48 guns, Capts. 
 Edw. Cooke, "Wm. "Waller, and Chajs. Adam ; and 
 was a Midshipman of that ship in Jan. 1798, when, 
 in company with the Fox 32, she entered the Spa- 
 nish harbour of Manilla under French disguise, 
 although three sail of the line and three frigates 
 belonging to the enemy were lying there, and suc- 
 ceeded, besides eliciting much information, in cap- 
 turing seven boats, about 200 men, numerous im- 
 plements of war, and a large quantity of ammuni- 
 tion. In the course of the same month, he joined 
 in an attack made by the Stbille and Fox on the 
 settlement of Samboangon in the island of Magin- 
 danao, where, in an action with a fort and battery, 
 the two ships sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 
 16 wounded. On 1 March, 1799, we find him pre- 
 sent, off the sand-heads of Bengal River, in a most 
 furious engagement of two hours and a half, which 
 terminated in the Syeille's capture of the French 
 frigate La Forte, of 52 guns and 370 men, after a 
 loss to the latter of 65 (including her Captain) 
 killed, and 80 wounded, and to the British, out of 
 371 men, of 5 killed and 17 (Capt. Cooke himself 
 being mortally) wounded. The damage done to 
 each ship was in proportion to her loss. Independ- 
 ently of a participation in other services, Mr. Long 
 assisted, while under Capt. Adam, at the capture 
 and destruction, 23 Aug. 1800, of five Dutch armed 
 vessels and 22 merchantmen in Eatavia Roads. He 
 further contributed, in the following Oct., to the 
 making prize of 24 Dutch proas, four of which 
 mounted 6 guns each ; and on 19 Aug. 1801 (when 
 off Mahe, the principal of the Seychelle Islands) 
 he aided in taking, with a loss to the Sybille (out 
 of 300 men) of 2 killed and 1 wounded, of ia Chif- 
 fonne of 42 guns and 296 men, 23 of whom were 
 killed and 30 wounded. This action, a very gallant 
 one of 20 minutes, was attended with the disadvan- 
 tage to the British of being fought among rocks 
 and shoals, and under the fire of an enemy's bat- 
 
672 
 
 LONGCHAMP— LORD— LORING. 
 
 tery. _ Following Capt. Adam, on his return to Eng- 
 land in 1803, into his prize La Chiffonne, which 
 had been added to the British Navy as a 36-gun 
 frigate, Mr. Long proceeded on a cruize to the 
 North Sea, where he next, it appears, joined the 
 MoNAKCH 74, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, 
 and Edgar 74, Capts. John Clarke Searle and 
 Robt. Jackson. He attained the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 7 Nov. 1806 ; and was subsequently appointed 
 — 26 Dec. 1806, to the Ottek sloop, Capts. John 
 Davis and Nesbit Josiah "WiUoughby, in which 
 vessel he witnessed the evacuation of Monte Video 
 in 1807, and ^the capture of St. Paul's, He de Bour- 
 bon, in Sept. 1809—21 Nov. in the latter year, to 
 the Sapphike sloop, Capt. Hon. "Wm. Gordon, with 
 whom he returned 'to England — 18 Dec. 1810, and 
 25 June, 1811, to the Phipps 14, and Mosqcito 18, 
 Capts. Christopher Bell and Jas. Tomkinson, sta- 
 tioned in the Downs and North Sea, where he 
 cruized until superseded in April, 1813 — 8 March, 
 1837, to the command of the Semaphore on Ports- 
 down Hill — and 25 Oct. 1841, to a Kendezvous for 
 seamen in the Isle of Man, which closed a month 
 afterwards. He accepted his present rank 11 Feb. 
 1842. 
 
 Commander Long married, 27 Oct. 1827, Jacob- 
 ina, youngest daughter of Jas. Young, Esq., of 
 Lanark, N.B., by whom he has issue five children. 
 
 LONGCHAMP. (Commander, 1822. P-p., 34; 
 
 H-p., le.) 
 ' John Longchamp entered the Navy, 18 July, 
 1797, as Midshipman, on board L'Espoir sloop, 
 Capt. Henry Inman ; continuing to serve with 
 whom in the Belliquedx 64, Andromeda 32, and 
 Desiree 36, he witnessed, in the Andromeda, an 
 attack made on a French squadron in Dunkerque 
 Roads 7 July, 1800, and was present, we believe, in 
 the D^siKEE in the action otf Copenhagen 2 April, 
 1801. In the course of the latter and the following 
 year he successively removed to the Princess of 
 Orange 74 and Leda 38, both commanded by 
 Capt. Geo. Hope, Acasta 40, Capt. Jas. Athol 
 Wood, and Princess Royal 98, Capts. Jas. Vashon, 
 Herbert Sawyer, and Robt. Carthew Reynolds. He 
 made a voyage, in the Leda, to the Mediterranean ; 
 and served on the Channel station, in the Princess 
 Royal, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 5 Dec. 1806. He then joined the Fdry bomb, Capt. 
 John Sanderson Gibson, attached to the force in 
 the Baltic, where he was taken prisoner in Oct. 
 1807 ; and he was subsequently appointed — 3 Jan. 
 1809 (three months after he had been exchanged), 
 to the Cordelia 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Ken- 
 nedy, lying in the Downs — 29 May following, to 
 the Pdissant 74, guard-ship at Spithead, Capts. 
 Irwin, Hall, and Patterson — 2 Nov. 1811, as Senior, 
 to the Tvkian 10, Capts. Fred. Burgoyne and Au- 
 gustus Baldwin, employed in the Channel — 18 Nov. 
 1814, to the BoYNE 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, 
 on the Irish station — 25 Aug. 1815, to the Iphi- 
 genia 36, Capt. Andrew King, with whom he cruized 
 for exactly three months in the North Sea — in July 
 and Oct. 1816, to the command of the Industry 
 and "Watchful Revenue-vessels — and 27 Maich, 
 1819, to the Coast Guard, in which service he con- 
 tinued to discharge the duties of Inspecting Com- 
 mander until the early part of 1832. He has since 
 been on half-pay. The commission he at present 
 holds bears date 26 Dec. 1822. Agents— Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 LORD. (Lieutenant, 1835.) 
 
 William Lord passed his examination in 1829 ; 
 obtained his commission 11 Aug. 1835; and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 The Lieutenant, who has been for a considerable 
 period Inspector of the River Mersey, married, 22 
 Nov. 1840, Fairlina Euphemia, only daughter of 
 Lieut. T. Anderson, of Stromness. 
 
 LORING. (COMMANDEK, 1845. F-p., 14; 
 H-p., 12.) 
 
 Hector Loring, born in Aug. 1808, at Fareham, 
 CO. Hants, is second and only surviving son of 
 Capt. John Loring, R.N., who commanded the 
 Bellerophon 74 at the blockade of St. Domingo 
 in 1803, and died 9 Nov. 1808; and first-cousin of 
 the present Vice-Admiral Sir John Wentworth 
 Loring, K.C.B., K.C.H. His elder brother, John, 
 a passed Midshipman in the R.N., died of yellow 
 fever at Bermuda on board the Ehrya-LUS frigate, 
 about 1820. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Aug. 1821, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Qdeen Charlotte 100, 
 Capt. John Baker Hay, bearing the fiag at Ply- 
 mouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed. Proceeding 
 towards the close of the same year to the East In- 
 dies in the Liffey 50, Commodore Chas. Grant, he 
 was afforded an opportunity, during the Burmese 
 war, of witnessing the capture of Rangoon, and of 
 participating, as Midshipman, in much boat-service 
 on the river Irawady. On his return to England 
 in Jan. 1326 he joined the Victory 104, flag-ship 
 of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth, where he re- 
 mained until the following Dec. ; in the course of 
 which month he was received on board the Chal- 
 lenger 28, Capts. Hayes, Joseph Harrison, and 
 Adolphus FitzClarence. After a further servitude 
 on the Home station in the latter ship and in the 
 Glodcestek 76, Capt. Henry Stuart, Mr. Loring 
 (whose examination was passed in Sept. 1827) again, 
 in 1829, sailed for the East Indies, as Mate of the 
 Southampton 50, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. 
 C. R. Owen, who appointed him Acting-Lieutenant, 
 in 1831-2, of his own ship, and of the Satellite 
 18, Capt. Marcus Theodore Hare, Cruizer 18, Capt. 
 John Parker, and CnRA90A 26, Capt. David Dunn. 
 He continued to officiate in the capacity last men- 
 tioned for upwards of four years ; and on 23 June, 
 1835, was at length confirmed in the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, a few weeks only before the Cura^oa was 
 paid off. His next appointments were — 4 Oct. 1835, 
 to the .a^TNA bomb, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric 
 Vidal, fitting for the coast of Africa — 13 Nov. 1835,- 
 as Additional, to the President 52, flag-ship of 
 Sir Geo. Cockburn in North America and the West 
 Indies — 25 Jan. 1836, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. John 
 Frazer, of which vessel, employed on the same 
 station, he soon became FirstrLieutenant — 1 Feb. 
 1840, to the Thunderer 84, Capts. Maurice Fred. 
 Fitzhardinge Berkeley and Daniel Pring, under the 
 former of whom he discharged the duties of Second- 
 Lieutenant in the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 including the storming of Sidon and bombardment 
 of St. Jean d' Acre— and 1 Feb. and 19 July, 1844, 
 and 30 Jan. 1845, as First-Lieutenant (a post he had 
 for a long time held in the Thunderer), to the 
 Camperdown 104, Queen 110, and Trafalgar 
 120, flag-ships of Sir John Chambers White at the 
 Nore. He attained his present rank 25 July, 1845, 
 and since 30 April, 1847, has been serving as Second- 
 Captain of the Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling. 
 
 Commander Loring married, in May, 1841, Char- 
 lotte Jessy, daughter of the late Jas. Jameson, Esq., 
 of the Bengal Medical Service, by whom he has 
 issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LORING, K.C.B., K.C.H. (Vice-Admiral of 
 THE White, 1846. F-p., 46; H-p., 12.) 
 Sir John Wentworth Loring, bom 13 Oct. 1775, 
 in America, is son of the late Joshua Loring, Esq., 
 permanent High Sheriff of the province of Massa- 
 chusetts previously to the Transatlantic War of In- 
 dependence ; grandson of Commodore Loring, who 
 commanded on the Lakes of Canada, also prior to the 
 struggle with America ; and first-cousin of the pre- 
 sent Commander Hector Loring, R.N. One of his 
 brothers, Henry Lloyd, died Archdeacon of Cal- 
 cutta in 1822 ; another, William, a Captain in the 
 Horse Artillery, served under Sir John Moore 
 during his celebrated retreat, from the fatigues of 
 which he never recovered, dying at Madeira in 
 1809 ; and a third, a Major in the Army, was Mill- 
 
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 tary Secretary to Lieut. -General Sir Gordon Drum- 
 raond, G.C.B., Governor of the Canadas during the 
 late war with America. 
 
 This officer, whose name had been borne from 
 24 April, 1783, until 13 Dec. 1785, on the books of 
 the Salisbury 50, embarked, in June, 1789, on 
 board that ship, then bearing the flag of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Milbanke at Newfoundland, whence he re- 
 turned in Dec. 1791. He then in succession be- 
 came Midshipman, on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations, of the Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape 
 Douglas, KoMNEY 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Sam. Cranston Goodall, Okestes 18, Capt. Lord 
 Augustus FitzRoy, Conflagkation fire-vessel, 
 Capts. Thos. Freeman, Edw. Brown, and John 
 Loring, and Victokt 100, flag-ship of Lord Hood. 
 While with the latter nobleman at the occupation 
 of Toulon, Mr. Loring served as a volunteer at 
 Fort Mulgrave, where, on the night of its assault 
 and capture by the republican troops, 17 Dec. 1793, 
 he received a severe wound by a musket-ball just 
 below the knee, which obliged him to proceed in 
 the Dolphin hospital-ship to Gibraltar for reco- 
 very.* Rejoining the Victory while yet lame, he 
 again acted as a volunteer at the reduction of 
 Bastia, and was intrusted during the operations 
 with the command of a gun-boat, in which he was 
 every night employed, from dark till dawn, in 
 watching the Mole-head. On the surrender of that 
 place, Mr. Loring was promoted, 24 May, 1794, to a 
 Lieutenancy in La FlJohe 16, Capt. John Gore. 
 Being soon afterwards transferred, at the request 
 of Sir Hyde Parker, to his flag-ship, the St. George 
 98, he had an opportunity of sharing in Hotham's 
 actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795. In the early 
 part of 1796 we flnd him accompanying the same 
 Admiral into the Britannia 100 ; and towards the 
 close of that year taking a passage to the West In- 
 dies in the Comet flre-ship, Capt. Edw. Hamilton, 
 for the purpose of there rejoining him in the 
 Queen 98. In June, 1798, Lieut. Loring was ad- 
 vanced to the acting-command of the Ratteer of 
 16 guns ; in which sloop he so ably co-operated with 
 Brigadier Sir Brett Spencer in superintending the 
 evacuation of the Cayemites Islands, near St. Do- 
 mingo, that he had the gratiflcation of finding him- 
 self removed, in the ensuing Sept., to the Lark 18, 
 a vessel superior to any other of her class on the 
 station. The appointment being confirmed, 3 Jan. 
 1799, Capt. Loring succeeded, during the period of 
 his command, in taking as many as 8 privateers 
 and 27 merchant-vessels ; and on one occasion, the 
 Lark having been totally dismasted in a hurricane, 
 he re-equipped her with such remarkable expedi- 
 tion, and in face of so many difficulties, that Lord 
 Hugh Seymour, the new Commander-in-Chief, not 
 only returned him his public thanks, but succes- 
 sively appointed him, in April and Oct. 1801, to the 
 Abergavenny of 54, and the Syren of 32 guns. 
 In March, 1802, while cruizing alone ofi' Cape Fran- 
 9ois, Capt. Loring, with a degree of coolness that 
 called forth the highest admiration and applause of 
 Sir John Thos. Duckworth (who had succeeded 
 Lord Hugh Seymour), contrived to quell a most 
 dangerous mutiny that had broken out on board 
 the Syren, the crew having combined to seize their 
 Captain and take possession of the ship. The strong 
 manner in which he was in consequence recom- 
 mended to the Admiralty caused their Lordships, on 
 receipt of the intelligence, to confirm him in Post- 
 rank by a commission ante-dated to 28 April, 1802, 
 the day prior to the general promotion which had 
 taken place in honour of the peace. The Syren 
 being paid off in the following Oct., Capt. Loring's 
 after-appointments afloat, it appears, were — 14 Sept. 
 1803, to the UTKEcnT 64, flag-ship in the Downs of 
 Rear-Admirals Robt. Montagu, Philip Patton, and 
 John HoUoway — 5 Jan. 1805, to the Aurora 28, in 
 which frigate he made a voyage to Bermuda and 
 back — 13 Nov. 1805, to the Niobe 40, an active 
 cruizer — and, 19 July, 1813, to the Impregnable 
 98, flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young, employed in 
 blockading the Scheldt. On 28 March, 1806, being 
 * Vide Gaz. 1791, p. it. 
 
 in the Niobe ofi' L'Orient, Capt. Loring observed 
 three large French frigates and a corvette standing 
 out to sea. Notwithstanding the great superiority 
 of the enemy, he immediately made sail in pursuit, 
 and in tlie course of the night, which fortunately 
 proved dark and rainy, contrived to come up with 
 the sternmost of their vessels, Le Nearque, of 16 
 guns and 97 men ; of which, by running close along- 
 side and dropping two boats' full of men from her 
 quarters, the Niobe took silent possession. This 
 neat action, as termed by Earl St. Vincent,* will be 
 further alluded to in our memoir of Capt. Barring- 
 ton Reynolds, the boarding officer. On 20 Oct. 1810 
 Capt. Loring captured V Hirondelle privateer of 4 
 guns and 30 men ; and in the course of the follow- 
 ing month he received the approbation of the Ad- 
 miralty for his zeal and gallantry in an attack made 
 in company with the Diana 38, Capt. Chas. Grant, 
 upon the two French 40-gun frigates ATnazone and 
 Eliza, who were driven under the batteries of La 
 Hogue, where the latter was ultimately burnt, f 
 While employed in alone watching the port of 
 Havre, whither the Amazone had efiected her escape, 
 the Niobe made prize, 4 March, 1811, of Le Loup 
 Marin privateer of 16 guns and 64 men. Towards 
 the close of the same month the Amazone, having 
 slipped in the night, was forced on shore near Cape 
 Barfleur by a squadron under the orders of Capt. 
 Jas. Macnamara of the Berwick 74, whom the 
 Niobe, with much judgment, there led in an attack 
 which ended with the self-destruction of the French 
 ship. From 21 March, 1816, until he resigned, 14 
 Oct. following, Capt. Loring was Superintendent of 
 the Ordinary at Sheerness. He became Lieutenant- 
 Governor of the Royal Naval College 4 Nov. 1819, 
 and continued in discharge of the duties of that 
 post until his attainment of Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Vioe-Admiral 9 
 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Sir John Wentworth Loring, who had been nomi- 
 nated a C.B. 4 June, 1815, and a K.C.H. 30 April, 
 1837, was created a K.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He mar- 
 ried, 18 July, 1804, Anna, second daughter of Vice- 
 Admiral Patton, who then held a seat at the Board 
 of Admiralty ; and by that lady has issue three sons 
 (the second, William, a Commander in the R.N.) 
 and three daughters. 
 
 LORING. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 William Loring is second son of Vice- Admiral 
 Sir John Wentworth Loring, K.C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This ofiBcer entered the Navy, in July, 1826, on 
 board the Undaunted 46, employed on particular 
 service ; was afterwards stationed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, at Home, and in the East Indies, in the 
 Alligator 28, Britannia 120, Melville 74, and 
 Wolf 18 ; obtained (having passed in 1832) his first 
 commission 26 Feb. 1836 ; and from 22 of the fol- 
 lowing Nov. until promoted to his present rank, 27 
 Aug. 1841, was again employed in the Mediterra- 
 nean, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the Carts- 
 fort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin. He has been 
 in command, since 5 Jan. 1846, of the Scout 14, on 
 the East India station. 
 
 LORY. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 13.) 
 
 William Lory was bom 24 Dec. 1794, in the 
 parish of St. Keverne, co. Cornwall, where his 
 father was the principal resident freeholder and 
 agriculturist. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius 
 Ferdinand Hardyman; with whom, after having 
 witnessed Lord Cochrane's destruction of the 
 French shipping in Aix Roads, he removed, 30 Aug. 
 following, to the Armide 38 ; in the boats of which 
 ship we find him frequently engaged in cutting out 
 the enemy's vessels and storming their batteries off 
 Rochefort, Rochelle, and the He de Rhe. With an 
 interval between March, 1812, and Feb. 1813, during 
 which he served with Capt. Edw. Galwey in the 
 Dryad 36, Mr. Lory was employed under Capt. 
 • Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 422. f V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1840. 
 
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 LOUDON— LOUIS. 
 
 Hon. Fred. 'Wm. Aylmer from Oct. 1810 to June, 
 1816, in the Nakcissds 32, FoBTUNiE 36, Pactoltis 
 38, and Sevekn 40. Participating, in the Pactolus, 
 in the operations on the coast of America, he there 
 commanded a boat at the capture and destruction 
 of many vessels, and assisted at the bombardment 
 of Stonington. In the summer of 1815, being still 
 in the same ship, he accompanied a most successful 
 expedition sent up the Gironde in support of the 
 French king. In Nov. 1818 Mr. Lory, who had 
 passed his examination in the summer of 1815, re- 
 joined the Severn, then commanded by Capt. Wm. 
 M'Culloch as a Coast Blockade ship ; on the books 
 of which, it appears, his name was borne as Admi- 
 ralty-Midshipman, Admiralty-Mate, and Lieutenant 
 (commission dated 14 Nov. 1821), until Oct. 1822. 
 His commission was given him as a reward for his 
 conduct, on 10 Nov. 1821, in an aifray on shore with 
 a large body of armed smugglers, from whom he 
 took a boat and part of her cargo, killing and 
 wounding at the same time several of their number. 
 On the occasion, however, it was his lot to be him- 
 self severely hurt by a ball through the right thigh, 
 and a painful contusion in the left breast, the effects 
 of which still continue. During a three-years' 
 command of the Stork Revenue-vessel, to which he 
 was appointed 11 July, 1831, Lieut. Lory, at the 
 time of the Dutch embargo, although he had only 
 
 2 guns and 25 men on board, detained on her pas- 
 sage from the East Indies the Dutch ship Priyice of 
 Orange of 1200 tons, armed with 12 guns and 48 
 men, which he conducted from off Beachy Head to 
 Portsmouth. In Feb. 1833 he captured the Sarah 
 of London, a smuggling smack that had been for 
 years successfully engaged in bringing over contra^ 
 band goods to the coasts of Kent and Sussex. The 
 manner in which the latter exploit was achieved 
 afforded the Inspecting-Commander of the district 
 to which Lieut. Lory was attached an opportunity 
 of reporting him to the OomptroUer-General as 
 "one of the most zealous and best officers in 
 His Majesty's service." He subsequently, from 
 
 3 May, 1837, until Feb. 1842, had charge of the 
 Delight Falmouth packet; as, since 9 Jan. 1847, 
 he has had of the Swift, a similar description of 
 vessel. 
 
 "We understand that before he joined the Stork 
 Lieut. Lory had for four years and a half been in 
 command of a station in the Coast Guard. He 
 married, 3 Sept. 1823, Miss Pearce, a lady belonging 
 to the same place as himself, by whom he has had a 
 family of 15 children, seven of whom are still living. 
 
 LOUDON. (Lieut,, 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 23.) 
 
 ■William Loudon entered the Navy, 25 June, 
 1804, as a Volunteer, on board the Adamant 50, 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton, stationed off Boulogne ; where, 
 and in the Baltic, he served, from the following 
 Sept. until July, 1809, chiefly as Second-Master, in 
 the Wranglek, Lieut.-Commanders Chaa. Burlton 
 and John Bentinok Pettet. After discharging for 
 twelve months the duties of Master's Mate in the 
 Temebaike 98, Capts. Clay and Chamberlayne, he 
 was successively appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 July, 1810, and Feb. and April, 1811, of the Hohnd 
 bomb, Capt. John Williams, and Bulwark 74, and 
 Standard 64, each commanded by Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming. During his attachment to 
 those ships he co-operated in the defence of Cadiz and 
 made a voyage to Lima. He was confirmed in his 
 present rank 18 Aug. 1812; and was lastly, from 
 July, 1813, to Oct. 1814, and from Jan. to July, 
 1815, employed in the Vesgeur 74, commanded off 
 Brest by Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram Kobt. 
 Kicketts, and Elizabeth 74, flag-ship at Gibraltar 
 of Hon. C. E. Fleeming. 
 
 LOUIS, Bart. (Eeab- Admiral of the Ked, 1838. 
 F-p., 30 ; H-p., 22.) 
 Sir John Louis is eldest son of the late Rear- 
 Admiral Sir Thos. Louis, Bart., K.F.M.,* by Jac- 
 
 •"Sir Thos. Louis entered the Navy in 1770; was Lieu- 
 tenant of the BiENFAiSANT in KeppeVs action with the 
 
 quetta, daughter of Sam. Belfield, Esq. ; and brother 
 of the present Lieut.-Colonel Matthew Louis, R.A., 
 and the late Commander Chas. Belfield Louis, K.N. 
 (1819), who died in Deo. 1834, at Chelston, near 
 Torquay. His nephew, Belfield Woolcombe, is a 
 Lieutenant in the K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, commanded 
 by his father in the Channel ; and, from Feb. 1797 
 until Aug. 1800, served as Midshipman in the In- 
 defatigable 46 and Impetueux 74, each under 
 the orders of Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, whom, in June 
 of the latter year, he accompanied in an expedition 
 to Quiberon. After an attachment of a few months 
 to the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane, 
 and Cambrian 40, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, he 
 again, in Feb. 1801, joined the Minotaur, of which 
 ship, still commanded by his father, he was created 
 a Lieutenant 21 April, 1801. While in her Mr. 
 Louis was employed in the expedition to Egypt. 
 Being next, in 1802, appointed to the Naiad 38, 
 Capt. Jas. Wallis, he took command, jointly with 
 Lieut. Wm. Dean, of the boats of that frigate, and 
 on the evening of 4 July, 1803, assisted in cutting 
 out the French national schooner La Providence, of 
 2 guns and 22 men, laden with timber and cannon, 
 and lying near Brest — a service which was effected 
 without casualty, notwithstanding a great rapidity 
 of tide and the difficulties offered by a number of 
 rocks and shoals with which the enemy's vessel was 
 surrounded. On 14 Dec. 1804, 12 months after he 
 had joined the Royal George 100, flag-ship in the 
 Mediterranean of Sir Kich. Bickerton, Mr. Louis 
 was there promoted to the acting-command of the 
 Childers sloop. He was confirmed a Commander 
 28 Feb. 1805 ; and on 22 Jan. 1806, several months 
 subsequent to his removal to the Bittern, he was 
 promoted to Post-rank. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments, it appears, were — 1 Aug. 1810, to the Druid 
 frigate, employed off the coast of Ireland and the 
 port of Cadiz — in April, 1811, to L'Aigle 36, star- 
 tioned in the Mediterranean and West Indies — 26 
 Aug. 1815, to the Scamander 36, lying at Sheemcss 
 —19 Feb. 1816, to the Forth 40, fitting for the 
 North American station, whence he returned home 
 and was paid off in July, 1819 — and, 30 Aug. 1826, 
 to the Barham 50, in which ship (put out of com- 
 mission 12 Aug. 1830) he served in the West Indies 
 as Flag-Captain to Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleem- 
 ing. During his command of L'Aigle Sir John 
 Louis earned a very high character, and was in 
 particular mentioned for the manner in which he 
 placed his ship, and the precision of her fire, on the 
 occasion of the capture and destruction of a French 
 convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio, 1 1 April, 
 1814. On 6 Jan. 1838 he was appointed Super- 
 intendent, with the rank of Commodore, of Malta 
 dockyard, where he continued during the usual 
 period of five years. Since 16 Dec. 1846 (he had 
 acquired Flag-rank 28 June, 1838) he has been in 
 discharge of the duties of Admiral-Superintendent 
 at Plymouth. 
 
 During the reign of William IV. Sir John Louis 
 was one of His Majesty's Naval Aides-de-Camp. 
 He married, 15 Oct. 1807, the eldest daughter of 
 Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Kirkpatrick, 8th Regt. Bengal 
 Native Infantry, by whom he has a son, William, 
 .a Captain in the K.N. ; and a daughter, Clementina, 
 married to Capt. Kobt. Spencer Robinson, R.N. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 Comte d'Orvilliera In 1778 ; and in 1780 fought in the same 
 ship in the action with Don Juan de Langara, of whose flag- 
 shiphe was constituted Prize-Master. Obtaining Post-rank in 
 1783, and the command, subsequently, of the Minotaur 74, 
 it was his fortune to be present in that ship at the battle of 
 the Nile 1 Aug. 1798. In 1804 he was advanced to the rank 
 of Rear-Admiral ; and in April, 1806, as a reward for his 
 conduct under Sir John Duckworth in the action off St. Do- 
 mingo, he was raised to the dignity of a Baronet. In Feb. 
 1807 Sir Thomas Louis was the companion of the latter 
 officer in the passage of the Dardanells. He died 17 May 
 following on board the Canopus 80, 'while in command o'f 
 the naval portion of the Egyptian expedition. 
 
LOUIS-LOVE— LOVELESS. 
 
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 LOUIS. (Captain, 1846. p-p., 15; h-p., 9.) 
 
 William Louis, born 21 May, 1810, is son of 
 Kcar-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 
 May, 1823, and embarked, 7 Deo. 1824, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Boadicea 46, Commodore Sir 
 Jas. Brisbane, previously to accompanying whom 
 into the Warspite 76 he took part in some of the 
 operations connected with the Burmese war. On 
 his return to England in 1827 he became for a short 
 period Midshipman of the Victoky 104, guard-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot ; after which, 
 and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant .30 
 May, 1829, we find him employed on the African, 
 Home, and West India stations, in the Primrose 18, 
 Capt. Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, Galatea 42, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Sullivan, Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, 
 and Barham 50, commanded by his father as Flag- 
 Captain to Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. He 
 continued to serve in the West Indies, until the 
 close of 1832, in the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, 
 Barham again. Grasshopper 18, Capts. Chas. Deare 
 and John Elphinstone Erakine, Winchester 52, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, and Hyacinth 
 18, Capt. Wm. Oldrey ; and he was next appointed 
 —5 July, 1833, to the Revenge 78, Capts. Donald 
 Hugh Mackay and Wm. Elliott, stationed off Lisbon 
 and in the Mediterranean — and, 6 Jan. 1838 (after 
 six months of half-pay), to the command of the 
 Ceylon receiving-ship, as Flag-Lieutenant to his 
 father at Malta. He was presented with a second 
 promotal commission 28 June, 1838; appointed, 11 
 June, 1841, to the command (which he retained 
 until June, 1843) of the Stromboli steam-vessel, in 
 the Mediterranean ; and advanced to his present 
 rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Louis married, 11 July, 1843, Mary, daughter 
 of J. Daniel, Esq., of Parson's Green, co. Middle- 
 sex. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 LOVE. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Henry Ommanney Love, born 1 March, 1793, is 
 eldest son of the late Commander Wm. Love, R.N.,* 
 by Harriet, youngest daughter of Gabriel Acworth, 
 Esq., Purveyor of the Navy, nephew of Sir Jacob 
 Acworth, Surveyor of the Navy from March, 1715, 
 until the period of his death in March, 1749. His 
 grandfather, Mr. Thos. Lovell, also in the B.N., 
 married a sister of Lovell Pennell, Esq., whoso 
 granddaughter became the wife of the Right Hon. 
 John Wilson Croker, M.P., late Secretary to the 
 Admiralty. One of Capt. Love's uncles, Thomas, 
 was Master's Mate of the Berwick 74 in Keppel's 
 action with D'Orvilliers, and Master of the Aleked 
 74 on the glorious 1 June, 1794. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 21 
 May, 1805, and embarked, 23 Dec. 1808, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Dannemark 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Bissett, part of the force employed in the expedi- 
 tion to the Walcheren. He removed, in Sept. 1809, 
 to the TisiPHONE sloop, commanded by his father 
 off Lymington, where he remained until June, 1810. 
 After serving for 18 months on the North American 
 and Leith stations in the Venus 32, Capts. Jas. 
 Coutts Crawford and Kenneth Mackenzie, he re- 
 joined the TisiPHONE, but had not been long in 
 that vessel before he was transferred to the Boyne 
 98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Harry 
 Burrard Neale, who, as a reward for his conduct in 
 having jumped overboard under very perilous cir- 
 cumstances and saved the life of a young Midship- 
 
 * Commander Wm. Love, a most meritorious officer, was 
 born in April, 1764. Entering the Navy in 1778 on board the 
 riv AiNA 2-1, he witnessed in that vessel the close of Byron's 
 action with D'Estaing in 1779 ; accompanied Sir George B. 
 Rodney to the relief of Gibraltar in 1780, and was present at 
 the defeat of Don Juan de I.angara. On the memorable 
 12 April, 1782, he was serving on board tlie PaoTHiiE G4, and 
 was wounded. He obtained his first commission in 1794; 
 was made Commander in 1807 ; had charge, during the after 
 part of the wiu:, of the Driver and Tisiphone sloops ; was 
 admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital in 1830; 
 and died at Yarmouth 17 April, 1839. His father, Mr. Tlios, 
 Lovell, alluded to above, was Ma-.teT of the Pro-thel, and 
 lost a leg, in the action of 12 April, 178.?. 
 
 man, and " as an encouragement to enterprise and 
 humanity," successively nominated him Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the TiGKE 74, Capt. Halliday, Boyne 
 and ViLLE DE Paris, his own flag-ships, and Spar- 
 row sloop, Capt. Eras. Erskine Loch. He was not, 
 however, confirmed until the Allied Sovereigns 
 visited the fleet at Spithead, when, being the Senior 
 passed Midshipman present (he had undergone his 
 examination in 1812), he received a comnussion 
 dated 27 June, 1814. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 11 April, 1821, to the Hyperion 42, Capt. 
 Jas. LiUicrap, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, 
 where, previously to proceeding to the West Indies, 
 he assisted in saving from destruction the AVimn, 
 an Indiaman of immense value, which had broken 
 from her moorings during a gale, and had drifted 
 to within a few feet of the rocks— 13 May, 1824, to 
 the Pyramos 42, Capt. Fras. Newoombe, on the 
 Jamaica station— and, towards the close of the same 
 year, to the command of the Union and Renegade 
 schooners, also in the West Indies, whence he in- 
 valided in the summer of 1825. He obtained a 
 second promotal commission 10 July, 1826 ; and 
 was lastly, from 2 July, 1831, until paid off 12 March, 
 1834, employed in command, again on the West 
 India station, of the Columbine 18. During the 
 whole of that period Capt. Love did not lose a 
 single man through sickness. When at Barbadoes, 
 in Jan. 1833, he had succeeded in getting a ship off 
 shore after 48 hours of incessant labour— an achieve- 
 ment which every experienced person in the island 
 had considered impracticable. On the Columeine 
 being put out of commission, the officers gave their 
 Commander a parting dinner, as " a token of their 
 respect and esteem." He was advanced to Post- 
 rank 5 Dec. 1837. 
 
 Capt. Love lays claim to having suggested the 
 use of paddles, instead of wheels, for steam-vessels. 
 Ho is at present Sub-Commissioner of Pilotage for 
 the Port of Southampton and Superintendent of 
 Lights, Buoys, and Beacons for the Isle of Wight 
 district, between Portland and Beachy Head, under 
 the Trinity Corporation. The Captain has been 
 three times Mayor of Yarmouth. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 LOVELESS. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Bassett Jones Loveless was bom, 19 Feb. 1785, 
 at Swansea, Glamorganshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1801, as 
 A.B., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. Shuldham 
 Peard, and on 6 and 12 July following was present 
 in the actions fought under Sir Jas. Saumarez off 
 Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. The Auda- 
 cious being paid off on her return from the West 
 Indies in Sept. 1802, Mr. Loveless next, in March, 
 1803, joined the Gannet 16, Capts. Edw. Bass and 
 Jas. Robt. Phillips, after cruizing for three years 
 and four months in which vessel on the Channel 
 station, he removed with Capt. Phillips, in July, 
 1806, to the Bonetta 18, and proceeded to the 
 Baltic, where, during the operations of 1807 against 
 Copenhagen, he came into frequent contact, as 
 Master's Mate, with the enemy's block-ships. On 
 leaving the Bonetta, which had been latterly com- 
 manded by Capt. Jas. Pringle, Mr. Loveless became 
 in succession attached to the Nautilus 18, Capt. 
 Matthew Smith, AsTBiEA 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, 
 and Eelleisle 74 and Neptune 98, flag-ships of 
 Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. Being wrecked in the 
 AsTR^A (at the time under the command of Lieut. 
 Edm. Potenger Greenlaw) on a coral reef off Ane- 
 gada 24 May, 1808, he was reduced to the necessity 
 of remaining for three months on that barren and 
 swampy island, where ho endured many privations 
 from the want of clothing and wholesome food. 
 While acting as Lieutenant, from Jan. 1809 to Oct. 
 1810, of the Fawn 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred 
 Crofton, we find him assisting at the reduction of 
 Martinique and Guadeloupe ; and on one occasion 
 (with but two small boats under his orders, carrying 
 each 5 men) effecting the capture, off Basseterre, 
 of an armed row-boat, manned with 21 men, together 
 
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 LOVELESS— LOVELL. 
 
 ■with her prize. In Nov. 1810 he was again ordered 
 to perform Midshipman's duty in the Dkagon 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey. He was, however, 
 confirmed a Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1811, in the Kosa- 
 MOND sloop, Capt. Dan. Camphell, also in the West 
 Indies, whence, on being appointed, 3 May follow- 
 ing, to the Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, he pro- 
 ceeded to the Mediterranean. On 23 June, 1813, 
 being off the coast of Catalonia, Lieut. Loveless 
 took command of the Castor's boats, in conjunction 
 with the present Sir Edwyn Fras. Stanhope, and, 
 after having had 4 of his men lulled and 9 wounded, 
 succeeded in bringing out from under the Castle of 
 Mongat the French privateer La Fortune, of 2 guns, 
 2 swivels, and 48 men. The vessel had been moored 
 in a very strong manner to the shore, and, when 
 attacked, was lying within pistol-shot distance of a 
 5-gun battery, of another mounting 2 howitzers, 
 and of a body of about 200 soldiers drawn up on 
 the beach for her protection. On 15 Jan. 1814 
 Lieut. Loveless succeeded in the large cutter with 
 15 men in making prize, off Barcelona, and close 
 under the guns of Monjui, of L'Heureux privateer, 
 of 1 12-pounder and 25 men. In this affair, how- 
 ever, besides having 1 of his men mortally wounded, 
 he had the misfortune to lose an arm at the shoulder- 
 joint,"' and he was in consequence obliged to in- 
 valid. Owing to an unsound cure he was for four 
 years subjected to severe suffering, and was under 
 the necessity of submitting to three painful opero^ 
 tiong. Being compelled to retire from active ser- 
 vice, he was appointed, 8 May, 1844, to the Koyal 
 Hospital at Greenwich. In addition to a pension 
 from Government of 91Z. 5s., the Patriotic Society 
 voted him a gratuity. 
 
 The benevolent and humane exertions of Lieut. 
 Loveless in allaying the ravages of cholera at Swan- 
 sea in 1832 were acknowledged in the presentation 
 to him of a piece of plate by the inhabitants. 
 
 LOVELESS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 22.) 
 James Loveless was born 12 Nov. 1791, at Ports- 
 mouth. 
 
 This ofllcer entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts. 
 Hon. Mich. De Courcy, Thos. Bertie, and Edw. 
 Sneyd Clay ; in which ship he went, as Midship- 
 man, to the West. Indies in pursuit of a French 
 squadron, and on his return to Europe, after hav- 
 ing been all but lost in a hurricane, was employed, 
 until July, 1808, on the Channel station. While 
 attached, from the latter date until March, 1811, to 
 the ToNNANT 80, commanded during that period by 
 various otiicers, he assisted in embarking the army 
 after the battle of Corunna, was engaged in nume- 
 rous cutting-out affairs under the enemy's batteries 
 on the coast of France, twice returned to Plymouth 
 in the capacity of Prize-Master, served for a month 
 on board the Nettuno Spanish block-ship at the 
 siege of Cadiz (where he nearly lost his right eye 
 by the bursting of a shell while voluntarily assist- 
 ing on shore at the defence of Fort Matagorda, 
 and where he was afterwards employed in a gun- 
 boat), and had charge, we believe, of the ship's 
 pinnace in the river Tagus for about two months 
 prior to the departure of the French from Santarem. 
 After serving for nine months, as Master's Mate, in 
 the Vestal troop-ship, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitz- 
 hardinge Berkeley and Sam. Bartlett Deeckar (by 
 the former of whom he was recommended for pro- 
 motion, and on one occasion sent in "(Sharge of an 
 American brig into Portsmouth), and for a short 
 period, as a Supernumerary, in the Royal William, 
 Capt. Kobt. Hall, Mr. Loveless, in Feb. 1812, joined 
 the Vigo 74, Capts. Henry Mauaton Ommanney and 
 Thos. White. During the period of his stay in that 
 ship we find him escorting a Russian squadron to 
 England ; and, on his return to the Baltic, intrusted 
 with the personal conveyance of despatches from 
 IMalmo to Gottenborg. Previously to quitting her 
 in April, 1813, he joined, further, in an attack on 
 Elsineur castle, and accompanied an immense fleet 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 483. 
 
 of merchantmen through the Sound. He then re- 
 turned to England on board the Courageux 74, 
 Capt. Philip Wilkinson ; and was next, from June, 
 1813, until Sept. 1814, actively employed in the Ai^ 
 BioN and Sceptre 74's, Capts. John Ferris Devon- 
 shire and Wm. Waller, chiefly on the North Ame- 
 rican station, where he assisted in blockading the 
 U. S. frigate President in Rhode Island, and was 
 again invested with the charge of a captured vessel. 
 At the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, which took place 8 Feb. 1815, Mr. Loveless 
 had been for upwards of four months a Supernume- 
 rary of the Namdr74, guard-ship at the Nore. His 
 next appointment being, 13 Aug. 1827, to the Ra- 
 MiLLiES Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Hugh Pigot, he 
 was allowed, until paid off in March, 1830, to com- 
 mand the Antelope tender, for the purpose of 
 raising volunteers for the service, and for the sup- 
 pression of smuggling. He rejoined the Blockade 
 Service 26 Nov. 1830, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, 
 for a few months, of the Talaveka 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot ; and, with the omission of an interval be- 
 tween Oct. 1839 and April, 1842, has been employed 
 in the Coast Guard since 26 Aug. 1834. 
 
 Lieut. Loveless married, first, in Oct. 1815, Miss 
 Osbom, of Deptford, who died in Jan. 1829 ; and, 
 secondly, Mrs. Quik, widow, of Gloucester. By his 
 former marriage he has issue a son and two daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 LOVELL, formerly Badcock, K.H. (fflaptain, 
 1815. P-P., 16; H-P., 32.) 
 
 William Stanhope Lovell, bom about 1788, is 
 second son of the late Thos. Stanhope Badcock, 
 Esq., of Little Missenden and Maplethorpe Halls,'a 
 Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, and formerly 
 High Sheriff, for co. Buckingham, by Anne, daugh- 
 ter of Wm. Buckle, Esq., of the Mythe House, 
 Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester ; and brother of Lieut- 
 Colonel Benj. Lovell, commanding the 15th Hus- 
 sars, an oificer who served with distinction in the 
 14th Dragoons in France, Spain, and Portugal, 
 and was wounded at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor. 
 His father was a Lieutenant in the 6th Regt. of 
 Foot during the war between Great Britain and her 
 colonies, and served as such in America and the 
 West Indies ; he afterwards held a commission in 
 the Royal Bucks Militia, and was with that corps in 
 Ireland during the rebellion of 1798. Capt. Lovell, 
 who is brother-in-law of Major-General Sir Jasper 
 NicoUs, K.C.B., assumed his present surname, in 
 lieu of his patronymic, in 1840. He is a descendant 
 of Sir Salathlel Lovell, one of the Barons of the Ex- 
 chequer. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy in May, 1799, on 
 board the Rotal William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, 
 lying at Spithead ; and in the following Oct. joined 
 the Renown 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Bor- 
 lase Warren. Continuing in that ship iintil 1804, 
 he saw much active service on the Home and Me- 
 diterranean stations, particularly in 1800 ; in June 
 and July of which year he assisted in the boats of 
 a squadron at the capture and destruction of La 
 The'rese national ship of 20 giins, seven other armed 
 vessels, nine sail of merchantmen laden with go- 
 vernment supplies, three land-batteries, and the 
 same number of magazines. On the night of 29 
 Aug. following he further (after having attended 
 the expedition to Ferrol) contributed in the boats, 
 20 in number, commanded by Lieut. Henry Burke, 
 to the cutting-out, close to the batteries in Vigo 
 Bay, of La Gwepe privateer, of 18 guns and 161 men, 
 which vessel, 25 of whose people were killed and 40 
 wounded, was in 15 minutes boarded and carried, 
 with a loss to the British of 3 seamen and 1 marine 
 killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 seamen, and 5 marines 
 wounded, and 1 seaman missing. On leaving the 
 Renown, Mr. Lovell (as we shall for convenience 
 name him) successively joined the Kent 74, Capt. 
 John Chambers White, and Bakfleur and Nep- 
 tone 98's, Capts. Geo. Martin and Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle. On 2 Nov. 1805, 12 days after the battle 
 of Trafalgar, in which he had had the fortune 
 
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 to be present, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Melpomene 38, Capt. Peter Parker. While 
 in that frigate, to which the Admiralty confirmed 
 him 29 Jan. 1806, he was struck by lightning in a 
 tempest almost fatal to the ship ; co-operated in the 
 defence of Gaeta, when besieged by 30,000 troops 
 under Marshal Massena ; made prize, in a six-oared 
 cutter (although with only four cutlasses and two 
 pistols among the nine persons under his orders) of 
 a French row-boat, whose crew, 16 in number, and 
 well-armed, rose and re-took their vessel ;* partici- 
 pated in various particular services ; commanded 
 the Melpomene's boats on numerous successful oc- 
 casions ; and assisted at Malta in re-capturing Fort 
 Ricozali, when in possession of Fubourg's mutinous 
 regiment. In 1807 Mr. LoveU rejoined Sir John 
 Borlase Warren in the Swiftsure 74, on the Halifax 
 station, where he continued until Feb. 1811 ; en- 
 countering during that period, 4 May, 1810, a very 
 severe accident, which deprived him, while doing 
 duty as First-Lieutenant, of five teeth, and caused 
 him a fracture of the jaw. In the course of 1811, 
 having been sent to Lisbon on promotion, he was 
 there placed by Admiral Berkeley in command of 
 the ToPAZE hospital-ship. He chanced, shortly af- 
 terwards, to be present on shore at the siege of 
 Badajos. On 11 June, 1812, he received an order 
 to act as Commander of the Bruwe 38, avntee en 
 flute; and, on 13 of the ensuing Aug., he had the 
 satisfaction of finding the appointment confirmed. 
 "While employed, at first, in the Mediterranean, 
 Capt. LoveU prevented a French foraging party, 
 300 strong, from levying contributions on the inha- 
 bitants bf Altea ; drove a small privateer on shore 
 near the town of Denia ; was mentioned for the 
 assistance he afibrded while attached to the army 
 at the siege of the Col de Balaguer ; and conveyed 
 Sir John Murray to Palermo after his retreat from 
 before Tarragona. The meritorious nature of his 
 conduct, indeed, throughout the whole of the ope- 
 rations on the coast of Catalonia had the effect of 
 procuring him the public thanks of Sir Edward 
 Pellew, Eear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell, and the pre- 
 sent Sir Chas. Adam. On his return with Lord 
 Mahon to England, Capt. LoveU was ordered with 
 a large body of troops to Holland, and then sent to 
 North America; where, among different services 
 incidental to a troop-ship, we find him blockading 
 Commodore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent — 
 commanding a subdivision of boats in the expedi- 
 tion to Washington, which occasioned his being 18 
 days and nights absent from his ship — serving also 
 on shore in the attack upon Baltimore, on the fail- 
 ure whereof, and the death of General Ross, he 
 conveyed in his own boat the body of that distin- 
 guished officer on board the Tonnant — accompa- 
 nying Capts. Kobt. Barrie and C. B. H. Ross, sub- 
 sequently, in expeditions up the Rapahannock and 
 St. Mary's rivers— and contributing to the destruc- 
 tion of the enemy's works on the coast of Georgia. 
 The activity, gallantry, and ability .manifested on 
 every occasion by Capt. LoveU procured him the 
 warm acknowledgments of Eear-Admiral Cock- 
 burn. He was promoted to Post-rank, on paying off 
 the Brune, 21 Aug. 1815 ; was nominated a K.H. 
 25 Jan. 1836 ; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 
 1846. 
 
 Capt. LoveU married, 2 Jan. 1822, Selina, youngest 
 daughter of the late Sir Henry Harpur Crewe, Bart., 
 of Caike Abbey, by whom, who died 30 March, 1838, 
 he has issue a son, a Lieutenant in the 16th Regt., 
 and three daughters. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 LOWCAY. (Commander, 1813. r-p., 22; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Henry Lowcay is son of Mr. Henry Lowcay, a 
 veteran warrant-officer, who was Master's Mate of 
 the Swallow sloop of war in a voyage of discovery 
 to the South Seas in 1766-9, and died 5 Feb. 1827, 
 at Portsmouth, aged 87 ; and brother of Retired 
 
 • In this affair, which took place 18 May, 1806, Mr. LoveU 
 was wounded in the hand and stunned in the head. He was 
 exchanged three months afterwards. 
 
 Commander WiUiam, and Lieut. Robt. Lowcay, 
 R.N. He had three other brothers, one of whom 
 died a Lieutenant R.N. ; a second, a First-Lieute- 
 nant R.M., from the effects of fever caught at the 
 BrazUs ; and the third, from the sufierings he had 
 endured when cast away, as Midshipman, on the 
 coast of Africa. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1791, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Duke 98, Capts. Robt. 
 KingsmiU, Robt. Calder, and John Knight, flag- 
 ship for some time of Admirals Roddam and Lord 
 Hood in the Channel. Removing, in Aug. 1792, to 
 the Jdno,32, Capt. Sam. Hood, he assisted at the 
 commencement of the war at the capture of many 
 of the enemy's vessels, and was on board that fri- 
 gate in Jan. 1794, when she effected an extraordi- 
 nary escape from the inner harbour of Toulon, into 
 which she had entered in ignorance of the previous 
 evacuation of the British. After witnessing the 
 surrender of the tower of Mortella and the capture 
 of FomeUi, in the island of Corsica, he foUowed 
 Capt. Hood, in March, 1794, into L'Aigle 36, and 
 in the course of the same year was present at the 
 sieges of Bastia and Calvi. When next with the 
 same Captain, in the Zealous 74, Mr. Lowcay united 
 in Nelson's attack upon Santa Cruz, TenerifFe, 24 
 July, 1797. At the commencement of the opera- 
 tions he took voluntary command of a boat, but 
 had not been long in her before she was sunk, and 
 had 1 of her men killed, by the enemy's shot. In 
 consequence of this disaster he was obliged to swim 
 on shore under a tremendous fire of round, grape, 
 and musketry, and through a very high surf. On 
 landing he joined Capt. Hood, and continued by 
 him as his Aide-de-Camp during the remainder of 
 the proceedings. In Dec. 1797, a few weeks after 
 his removal to the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of 
 Earl St. Vincent, he was nominated Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Cdlloden 74, Capt. Thos. Troubridge, 
 then off Cadiz, where, while engaged one night in 
 rowing guard, he pursued, and, notwithstanding 
 some resistance, captured an armed brig. On 1 
 Aug. 1798 it was Mr. Lowcay's fortune to be pre- 
 sent at the battle of the Nile ; subsequently to 
 which we find him making prize, with the ship's 
 boats under his orders, of a vast number of laden 
 market-boats between Alexandria and Rosetta, and 
 at the same time intercepting a large quantity of 
 church-plate taken at Malta. Being confirmed a 
 Lieutenant of the Culloden by commission dated 
 7 Jan. 1799, he officiated in the course of that year 
 as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Troubridge, and gained 
 great praise for his meritorious conduct, at the 
 sieges of St. Elmo and Capua, and in the various 
 operations which terminated with the expulsion of 
 the French from the Roman territory.* He was 
 then sent in an open country boat from Naples to 
 Palermo with despatches for Lord Nelson, and in 
 charge of all the colours that had been taken from 
 the enemy. The latter his Lordship deputed him 
 to present to the Sicilian King, who in return gave 
 him a valuable diamond ring, and made him the 
 bearer of another, as also of a snuff-box, for Capt. 
 Troubridge. After passing a fortnight as a guest 
 at Lord Nelson's house, Lieut. Lowcay went back 
 to the Culloden ; prior to the return of which ship 
 to England in the summer of 1800 he came into 
 further boat-contact with the enemy in the vicinity 
 of Cadiz, and saw good service along the Egyptian 
 and Italian shores. With the exception of a few 
 months in 1802-3, during which he served on board 
 the Pique 36, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, he presents 
 himself to our notice as attached, between Sept. 
 1800 and Feb. 1806, to the Prince of Wales 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder, under whom 
 he shared in the action off Cape Finisterre 22 July, 
 1805. He then performed the duties of Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant for upwards of two years to the late Sir Geo. 
 Martin, in the Gladiator, Montagu, Queen, and 
 Canopus, on the Portsmouth and Mediterranean 
 stations. In the summer of 1808, having returned 
 to England in the Biitern sloop, Capt. Thos. 
 Ussher, he obtained an appointment to the Sea 
 * Vide Gaz. 1799, p. 873. 
 
678 
 
 LOWCAY— LOWE. 
 
 Pencibles in the river Medway ; where he remained 
 until ordered, in June, 1809, to join the Namuk 74, 
 Capt, Kich. Jones, part of the force employed in 
 the ensuing expedition to the Scheldt. In June, 
 1810, he was again (in the Salvador dei. MnNDO) 
 placed under the orders of Sir Robt. Calder, then 
 Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, who successively 
 invested him, 9 Nov. 1812, and 20 Jan. and 29 
 March, 1813, with the charge of the Favorite, 
 Sealark, and Achates sloops. In the first-men- 
 tioned of those vessels he retook a West Indiaman 
 that had been only the night before captured by a 
 French frigate ; and conducted safely info Bristol 
 and Liverpool a convoy for which he had been sent 
 to cruize between the 44th and 47th degrees of West 
 longitude. He was confirmed in his present rank 
 on the occasion of Sir Robt. Calder hauhng down 
 his flag 29 Oct. 1813 ; and has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 During his career afioat Commander Lowcay was 
 at times employed at the blockade of Brest, Eoohe- 
 fort, Ferrol, Corunna, Cadiz, Minorca, Genoa, Tou- 
 lon, Alexandria, and Smyrna. He was for 11 months 
 ofiE" Rochefort, without once returning to port. He 
 married, 3 May, 1836, Miss E. B. Steere, of Ply- 
 mouth. 
 
 LOWCAY. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 Robert Lowcay is brother of Commander Henry 
 Lowcay, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98, 
 commanded in the Channel by Capts. Inglis and 
 Bedford ; and in the course of the same year be- 
 came Midshipman of the Protheus and Pearl, 
 Lieut.-Commanders Todman and Woodger, lying at 
 Portsmouth. He next, from Feb. 1807 to Sept. 
 1810, served on board the Dreadnought 98, Capts. 
 Wm. Lechmere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, and Valentine 
 CoUard, also on the Home station ; where, during a 
 period of nearly three years, he was further em- 
 ployed in the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Pop- 
 ham, Unicorn 32, Capt. G. B. Salt, Favorite sloop, 
 commanded by his brother, Capt. Henry Lowcay, 
 and Salvador del Mdndo, flag-ship of Sir Kobt. 
 Calder. Proceeding then to the Cape of Good 
 Hope in the Lion 64, bearing the flag of the late Sir 
 Chas. Tyler, he was by that oflcer nominated Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1814, of the Haept sloop, 
 Capt. Alleir, and on the occasion of his official pro- 
 motion, 7 Feb. 1815, received as his Signal-Lieute- 
 nant into the Medway 74. He returned home in 
 April, 1816; and was afterwards appointed — 5 Feb. 
 1820, to the Egeria 28, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, 
 fitting for the Newfoundland station— 11 Sept. 1823, 
 to the Cambridge 80, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, lying 
 at Sheerness— 16 Dec. 1823 and 31 Jan. 1824, to the 
 QoEEN Charlotte and Victory, Capts. Jas. Nash 
 and Chas. Inglis, both at Portsmouth — next, to the 
 Preventive Service — 25 April, 1834, to the Ordinary 
 at Portsmouth — 1 Aug. 1836, again to the Victory, 
 Capt. Thos. Searle — 13 Feb. 1837, to the command 
 of the Sparrow 10, in South America, where he 
 was superseded in Oct. 1839 — 27 Aug. 1841, as Se- 
 nior-Lieutenant, to the PoiCTiEES 72, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Shirrefi', guard-ship at Chatham — and, 16 
 March, 1844, in a similar capacity, to the Bonetta 
 surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, on 
 the Mediterranean station. Lieut. Lowcay has been 
 on half-pay since 20 Oct. in the latter year. 
 
 His eldest daughter is the wife of Commander 
 John H. Noroock, K.N. 
 
 LOWCAY. (Ketieed Commandek, 1847. f-p., 
 25; H-p., 26.) 
 
 William Lowcay, bom 21 Sept. ) 787, at Chatham, 
 CO. Kent, is brother of Commander Henry Lowcay, 
 K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1796, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Duke 98,* Capt. John 
 Holloway, under whom he continued to serve as 
 
 • The Duke was one of the refractory ships during the 
 mutiny at Spithead. 
 
 Midshipman, on the Channel station, until April, 
 1798. He re-embarked, in July, 1802, as Master's 
 Mate, on board the Pique 36, Capt. Wm. Cumber- 
 land ; and, in Jnly, 1804, after having been for 12 
 months attached to the Defiance 74, Capt. Phihp 
 Chas. Durham, he joined the Ajax 74, Capts. Lord 
 Viscount Garlics, Christopher Laroche, Wm. Brown, 
 and John Pilfold. He was in consequence present, 
 during the year 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 
 also in Admiral ComwaUis' pursuit of the French 
 fleet into Brest, and in the battle of Trafalgar. 
 After further serving vrith Capt. Laroche in the 
 Ubanie 38, and with Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gos- 
 selin in the Audacious 74, he was appointed, 21 
 Sept. 1807, and 3 March, 1808, Sub-Lieutenant of 
 the Contest and Encounter gun-brigs, Lieut.- 
 Commanders John Gregory and Jas. Hugh Talbot. 
 In the boats belonging to the former of those ves- 
 sels Mr. Lowcay was engaged in frequent attacks 
 on the enemy's convoys on the French coast ; and 
 on one occasion he was slightly wounded. Being 
 created a full Lieutenant, 25 March, 1809, of the 
 Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, he ac- 
 companied the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren, 
 where he was lent to the gun-boat service. On his 
 return he was successively, until the peace of 1814, 
 employed, always on the Home station, in the Crane 
 18, Capt. D. Winter, Salvador del Mundo, flag- 
 ship of Sir Robt. Calder, Clarence 74, Capt. Henry 
 Vansittart, Gladiator 44, flag-ship of Rear- Admi- 
 ral Wm. Hargood, and Teazer 14, Capt. Hargrave. 
 He served next, from 27 April to 15 June, 1815, in 
 the RoLLA 10, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. 
 Robt. Julyan ; and from 29 Nov. 1820 until 5 July, 
 1833, had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 He accepted his present rank 9 April, 1847. 
 
 Commander Lowcay married, 14 June, 1814, Mary 
 Anne, sister of Capt. John Lawrence, R.N., C.B., 
 and by that lady, who died 1 Dec. 1844, has issue 
 two sons and one daughter. 
 
 LOWE. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 20 ; H-P., 36.) 
 Abraham Lowe was born in July, 1771. 
 This officer (whose name had been borne from 
 1777 to 1779 on the books of the Levant, Capt. 
 Geo. Murray) embarked, in Jan. 1791, as Midship- 
 man (under the auspices of the late Sir Erasmus 
 Gower), on board the London 98, Capt. Geo. Blag- 
 den Westcott, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Sam. Cranston Goodall in the Channel. In the fol- 
 lowing Oct. he joined the Edgar 74, Capts. Anthony 
 Jas. Pye Molloy and Albemarle Bertie ; and on be- 
 coming Master's Mate, in 1792, of the Lion 64, com- 
 manded by his patron Sir E. Gower, he sailed with 
 Lord Macartney on his embassy to China, and while 
 there was intrusted with the charge of the Jackal 
 tender. Being promoted, on his return home, to a 
 Lieutenancy, 24 Nov. 1794, in the Triumph 74, 
 Capt. Sir E. Gower, he was present in that ship, 
 which bore the brunt of the enemy's attack, in 
 Cornwallis' celebrated retreat of 16 and 17 June, 
 1795. His succeeding appointments, it appears, 
 were— 22 June, 1797, to the Diamond 38, Capt. Sir 
 Rich. John Strachan, on the Channel station — 18 
 Dec. following to the Neptune 98, Capts. Sir E. 
 Gower and Jas. Vashon, in which ship he proceeded 
 to the Mediterranean — 31 July, 1800, as Senior, to 
 the Thames 32, Capts. Wm. Lukin and Aiskew Paf- 
 fard Hollis, under the latter of whom (after having 
 witnessed the capture of two privateers carrying 
 between them 32 guns and 287 men, and of L'Aurore 
 national corvette of 16 guns) he bore a part in Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez' action of 12 .Tnly, 1801, in the Gut of 
 Gibraltar — in Oct. of the latter year, to the Prin- 
 cess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Sir E. Gower in 
 the Channel— 31 Jan. 1804 (he had been for nearly 
 two years on half-pay), to the command of the Con- 
 flict gun-brig in the North Sea — 22 May, 1804, to 
 the Isis 50, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir E. 
 Gower, who in 1806 authorized him to act as Ma^ 
 gistrate and Surrogate for that island — and in July, 
 1807, to the Prince or Wales 98, bearing the flag 
 of the late Lord Gambler. Being First of the latter 
 
LOWE. 
 
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 ship in the ensuing attaclc upon Copenhagen, Lieut. 
 Lowe, at the conclusion of the operations, was no- 
 minated by his Admiral to the command, 13 Oct. 
 1807, of the Cdrlew sloop. This appointment the 
 Admiralty confirmed. From Dec. in the same year, 
 however, until June, 1809, Capt. Lowe remained un- 
 employed. He then yolunteered to serve in the ex- 
 pedition against Walcheren, and his offer being ac- 
 cepted he was intrusted by Sir Rich. Strachan with 
 the command of a division of the light flotilla en- 
 gaged at the bombardment of Camvere, and by his 
 conduct won the admiration of that officer. After 
 the surrender of Camvere and the reduction of the 
 fort of Bammekens, we find him employed in cut- 
 ting ofiF the communication between Flushing and 
 Cadsand ; and then assisting Sir Home Popham in 
 Bounding and buoying the channels of the West 
 Scheldt for the purpose of enabling the line-of-battle 
 ships and frigates to advance, and of thus aiding the 
 ulterior objects of the expedition — a service per- 
 formed with much judgment and correctness. Dur- 
 ing his stay in the Scheldt,* Capt. Lowe was in- 
 vested by Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway with 
 the charge, In Nov. 1809, of the Sabkina sloop. His 
 next appointments were— 12 Jan. 1810, to the Dili- 
 gence 16, attached to the force in the Baltic, where 
 he was most actively employed, and efiected the 
 capture of three or four Danish privateers — and 12 
 Aug. 1812, to the Jalouse 18. He served in the 
 latter vessel on the Cork and Jamaica stations until 
 posted 7 June, 1814; and with the exception of a 
 few months during the summer of 1815, had com- 
 mand, from 12 Jan. in that year until paid off 19 
 Jan. 1819, of the Larne 20, among the Western 
 Islands, and in the Channel and West Indies. He 
 accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Commander Lowe married, in 1802, a daughter of 
 R. Rogers, Esc[., of Beaulieu, near Southampton ; by 
 whom he has had, with other issue, two sons, the 
 present Commander Gower Lowe, R.N., and the 
 late Lieut. W. H. J. Lowe, R.N. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 
 LOWE. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 2.) 
 
 Arthur Lowe, born 26 July, 1814, at Corfton, 
 CO. Salop, is third son of the Rev. Thos. Hill Pere- 
 grine Furye Lowe, D.D. (of Court of Hill, Salop, 
 and Norbiton House, Surrey), Dean of Exeter, by 
 Ellen Lucy, eldest daughter of Geo. Pardee, Esq., 
 of Nash Court, Salop ; and nephew, by marriage, of 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, R.N., Kt. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 104, Capt. Chas. 
 Inglis, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. 
 Martin ; sailed soon afterwards for the Lisbon sta^ 
 tion in the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill ; was 
 employed in the Mediterranean as Midshipman, 
 from 1828 to 1832, in the Ferret 10, Capt. Thos. 
 Hastings, and Donegal 78, Capt. John Dick; then 
 rejoined Capt. Hastings in the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, where he passed his examina- 
 tion in July, 1833 ; and after a servitude of about 
 three years in the East Indies and on the north 
 coast of Spain in the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads, and Pikenix steamer, Capt. Wm. 
 Honyman Henderson, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 3 Sept. 1837. On 28 of the following 
 Nov. he obtained an appointment to the Volage 
 28, Capt. Henry Smith, fitting at Chatham ; and on 
 2 Feb. 1838 he joined the Hastings 72, Capts. Fras. 
 Erskine Loch and John Lawrence. In that ship he 
 served in the Mediterranean until advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 28 Aug. 1841. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 3 June, 1842, to the Second-Cap- 
 taincy of the Excellent, still commanded by his 
 uncle, with whom he continued until promoted to 
 his present rank 30 Aug. 1845. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 LOWE. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 21; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Frederick Lowe, born 30 Oct. 1811, is son of 
 Wm. Lowe, Esq., of the firm of J. and W. Lowe, 
 Attorneys, 2, Tanfield Court, Temple. 
 * Fi'rfe Gaz. 1809, p. 1298. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 
 March, 1825 ; and embarked, 2 Dec. 1826, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Columbine 18, Capts. Wm. 
 Symonds, Chas. Crole, and John Townshend, sta- 
 tioned at first in the Channel, and afterwards in 
 North America, where, in Sept. 1828, he removed 
 for a short time, as a Supernumerary, to the Hussar 
 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle. From the early 
 part of 1829 until 1831, in the course of which year 
 he passed his examination, we find him employed in 
 the Mediterranean on board the Madagascar and 
 Blonde frigates, Capts. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish 
 Spencer, Edm. Lyons, and Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley. 
 He then proceeded to South America in the Sama- 
 KANG28, Capt. Chas. Henry Paget; and in Aug. 
 1834, on the departure of that ship for England, he 
 accompanied an expedition sent from Lima to Para 
 under the orders of Lieutenant Smyth for the 
 purpose of exploring the Pachitca, Maranon, and 
 Ucayali rivers. On his arrival in England in the 
 spring of 1835, Mr. Lowe found that his name had 
 been allowed to remain until then on the books of 
 the Samarang. Sailing soon afterwards for the 
 East Indies in the Jupiter 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Wm. Grey, which ship carried out Lord Auckland 
 as Governor-General, he there joined the Winches- 
 ter 52, bearing the fiag of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen 
 Capel, by whom he was presented with a commis- 
 sion dated 17 Nov. 1837. He came home in June, 
 1838 ; and was next appointed — 14 Sept. following, 
 as Additional, to the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Sir Chas. Paget in North America and the 
 West Indies — 28 March, 1839, to the Dee steam- 
 vessel, Capt. Joseph Sherer, with whom he served 
 for two years on the same station, half the time as 
 First-Lieutenant— and in Aug. and Sept. 1841, in 
 the latter capacity, to the Styx and Devastation 
 steamers, commanded by Capt. Hastings Reginald 
 Henry at Home and in the Mediterranean. On 
 leaving the last-mentioned vessel, he assumed com- 
 mand, 23 Feb. 1843, of the Prometheus, as he has 
 since done, 10 Aug. 1844 (after nearly 12 months of 
 half-pay), and 21 June, 1845, of the Alban and 
 Pluto — all of them steamers. He is now employed 
 on particular service. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 LOWE. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Gower Lowe is son of Capt. Abraham Lowe, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1816, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Larne 20, commanded 
 by his father, with whom he served in the Channel 
 until Feb. 1817, in the course of which month he 
 entered the Royal Naval College. He re-embarked, 
 in April, 1819, as Midshipman, on board the Hind 
 20, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, and during the next 
 three years was actively employed in the suppres- 
 sion of smuggling. He then joined the Ranger 28, 
 Capts. Peter Fisher and Lord Henry Fred. Tbynne, 
 successively stationed at Nevrfoundland, and in the 
 North Sea, West Indies, Mediterranean, and Chan- 
 nel ; and in July, 1825, having passed his examina- 
 tion in 1823, he became Mate of the Harlequin 18, 
 Capts. Jas. Scott and Chas. Elliot. Of that vessel, 
 on her arrival in the West Indies, he was appointed, 
 in Feb. 1816, Acting First-Lieutenant. Being con- 
 firmed to her, 2 Dec. following, he continued in the 
 Harlequin until transferred, in Jan. 1829, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Harpy 10, Capts. Chas. 
 Rich and Joseph Pafford Dickson Larcom, also on 
 the West India station ; where, in the summer of 
 1830, he removed to the Slaney 20, Capt. Chas. 
 Parker. Returning to England in Jan. 1831, he 
 was next, 7 July, 1834, appointed First-Lieutenant 
 of the Rose 18, Capt. Wm. Barrow, with the boats 
 of which sloop under his orders he was twice, it 
 appears, engaged with pirates in the Straits of Ma- 
 lacca. In the autumn of 1837, Capt. Barrow having 
 invalided at the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Lowe was 
 sent home in personal command of the Rose. After 
 eight months of half-pay he became in succession 
 Senior, 11 July, 1838, and 11 May, 1839, of the Tri- 
 bune 24 and Revenge 76, Capts. Chas. Hamlyn 
 
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 LOM'E-LOWRY. 
 
 Williams and Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, employed on 
 the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations. For his 
 conduct in the latter ship during the operations on 
 the coast of Syria, where he commanded her hoats 
 at the landing of the troops at Gebail, again had 
 charge of them at the capture of Sidon, and served 
 at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank by commission dated 4 
 Nov. 1840. He continued in the Revenge, in dis- 
 charge of the duties of Second-Captain, until paid 
 off in Feb. 1842 ; and since 21 Nov. 1846 has been 
 in command of the Resistance 42, troop-ship. 
 
 LOWE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 25; hp., 13.) 
 Joseph Lowe died in 1845, in the Coast Guard. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1807, as 
 Clerk, on board the Sharpshooteh 14, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John Goldie ; of which vessel, successively 
 employed on the Guernsey, Halifax, and Downs sta- 
 tions, he became Midshipman, in July, 1809, and 
 Acting-Master in Nov. 1814. He continued in her 
 until Sept. 1815, and, while so attached, was twice, 
 in the course of 1808, engaged with the enemy's 
 gun-brigs and luggers in the vicinity of Granville — 
 assisted, on one occasion, in saving a merchant-ship 
 from destruction, a service for which Lloyds' be- 
 stowed a reward of 8001. — was instrumental to the 
 cutting-out, in 1810, of the Alcide of 4 guns, although 
 lying under the protection of the enemy's batteries 
 — took part in other affairs of the same description 
 — and was on board the Sharpshooter when sent 
 home from New London with the duplicate de- 
 spatches of the peace. In Nov. 1815, being at the 
 time Midshipman of the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge 
 Jauncey, Mr. Lowe was presented with a commis- 
 sion bearing date 15 March in that year. With the 
 exception of a few months in 1829, he served in the 
 Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the RAMiiLiES and Talavera 74's, Capts. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot, from 21 March, 1825, 
 until the spring of 1831 ; and he was lastly, from 13 
 Dec. 1834 until the period of his death, employed 
 in the Coast Guard. In 1829 he won the thanks of 
 the Corporation of the City of London Insurance 
 Office for saving the brig London Packet of London ; 
 he was nearly drowned, in Feb. 1830, in rendering 
 assistance to the ship Huskisson when on shore in a 
 heavy gale ; and in the following Nov. he afforded 
 every aid to the bewrecked crew and passengers of 
 the Surprize of Plymouth. In 1831 we find his ex- 
 ertions towards the preservation of life obtaining 
 him the thanks of the Royal Humane Society, the 
 National Shipwreck Institution, and the French Go- 
 vernment. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 LOWE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Henry John Lowe died in 1847. He 
 was son of Capt. Abraham Lowe, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Sept. 1821 ; passed 
 his examination 15 Dec. 1828 ; and at the period of 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 
 1841, was serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of 
 the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth 
 Ommanney. His succeeding appointments were — 
 11 Jan. 1842, to the Minden Hospital-ship, Capt. 
 Michael Quin, stationed in the East Indies, whence 
 he returned at the close of 1844— and, 9 Oct. 1845, 
 to the Alarm 26, Capts. Chas. Colville Frankland 
 and Granville Gower Loch, with whom he served in 
 North America and the West Indies until the period 
 of his death. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 LOWEY. (Commander, 1822. r-p., 26; h-p.,36.) 
 James Lowry was born 18 April, 1773. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1785, as Ordi- 
 nary, on board the Sprightly, Lieut.-Commander 
 Swan, with whom and with Capt. Salusbury of the 
 Termagant sloop, he served on theFalmouth station 
 until 1787. In Dec. 1795 he re-embarked, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Castor 32, Capt. Rowley 
 Bulteel ; and he was next, from Sept. 1796 until 
 
 Feb. 1806, uninterruptedly employed under the 
 orders of the late Sir Thos. Louis in the Minotaur 
 74 (of which ship he became an acting and a con- 
 firmed Lieutenant 10 Oct. 1798 and 28 Jan. 1802), 
 Conqueror 74, Leopard 50, Ambuscade 32, and 
 Canopus 80. During the term of his attachment 
 to the Minotaur he had charge of her forecastle at 
 the battle of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798— witnessed the 
 evacuation of Genoa by the French in June, 1800 — 
 commanded the ship's launch at the first debarka- 
 tion of the troops, and participated in all the after- 
 operations [of the campaign, in Egypt in 1801 — 
 and on 3 Sept. 1800 had under his orders one of 
 eight boats which brought out from Barcelona 
 Roads, after having sustained a loss of 3 men 
 killed and 5 wounded, the Spanish corvettes Esme- 
 ralda and Paz, of 22 guns each, although defended 
 by a heavy fire from four strong batteries, 10 gun- 
 boats, two schooners, armed between them with 4 
 long 36-pounders, and a fort upon Mount loni which 
 threw shells. In this affair the enemy had 3 men 
 killed and 21 wounded.* Besides being employed, 
 while on the books of the Leopard, in charge of a 
 fire-vessel in an attack on the Boulogne flotilla in 
 Oct. 1804,t Lieut. Lowry was present, when in the 
 Canopus, in Nelson's pursuit of the combined squa- 
 drons to the West Indies, and also in Sir John 
 Duckworth's action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. 
 On leaving the Canopus he joined the North- 
 umberland 74, bearing the flag in the West Indies 
 of Hon. Alex. Cochrane, who, in Aug. 1806, sent 
 him home in charge of a schooner with despatches. 
 From May, 1807, until Oct. 1811, we find him em- 
 ployed, chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in the Mon- 
 tagu 74, Malta 80, and Ajax and Cumberland 
 74's, all commanded by Capt. Kobt. Waller Otway, 
 who publicly acknowledged the assistance he de- 
 rived from him in the Ajax on the occasion of a 
 gallant affair in which the British with a slender 
 force beat back a powerful division of the French 
 Toulon fleet, 20 July, 1810.J His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — in April, 1812, to the Transport 
 service, in which he was for seven years employed 
 — 31 Jan. 1821, to the command of the Camelion 
 Revenue-vessel — and, 21 Feb. 1822, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, to the Apollo yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. 
 Paget, under whom he had the honour of escorting 
 George IV. to Scotland. He was in consequence 
 promoted to his present rank 12 Sept. 1822, but has 
 not been since afloat. 
 
 Commander Lowry married, 29 May, 1802, Miss 
 Jennings, by whom he has issue. His only son, 
 James, died a Lieutenant in the R.N. 
 
 LOWRY. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 James Lowry died 6 Feb. 1846. He was only 
 son of Commander Jas. Lowry, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1827 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 30 March, 1837 ; and was 
 afterwards appointed — 4 April, 1837, to the Spah- 
 RowHAWK 16, Capt. John Shepherd, on the Brazils 
 and Cape of Good Hope station, whence he returned 
 at the close of 1840—6 April, 1841, to the Impreg- 
 nable 104, commanded in the Mediterranean by 
 Capt. Thos. Forrest— and, 18 Jan. 1842, 8 July, 
 1843, and 28 Feb. 1844, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Stbomboli steamer, Edrydice 26, and Electra 
 18, Capts. Wm. Louis, Geo. Elliot, and Arthur 
 Darley, employed on the Mediterranean, and North 
 America and West India stations. The Electra 
 was paid off in 1845. 
 
 LOWRY. (Lieutenant, 1819. f-p., 8; h-p.,34.) 
 William Lowry is fifth and youngest son of the 
 late Robt. Lowry, Esq., of Pomeroy House, co. 
 Tyrone, by Eliza, daughter of Major Tighe ; and 
 grand-nephew of Galbraith Lowry, Esq., of Ahenis, 
 M.P. for Tyrone, father of Armar Lowry Corry, 
 first Earl of Belmore. Three of his brothers were 
 in the Army ; a fourth is the present Robt. Wm. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 1 158. f J^- Gaz. 1801, p. 1237. 
 t F. Gaz. 1810, p. 1510. 
 
LO WTHER-LOWTHIAN-LUARD— LUCE. 
 
 681 
 
 Lowry, Esq., of Pomeroy House, a Magistrate and 
 Deputy-Lieutenant, and in 1812 High-Sheriif, for 
 the above county, who married the only daughter 
 of Admiral Graves. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bamillies 74, Capts. 
 Fras. Piokmore and Kobt. Yarker. Continuing in 
 that ship for nearlyfthree years, he was in conse- 
 quence present, as Midshipman, at the capture, 13 
 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule; 
 and at tlie reduction, in Deo. 1807, of the Danish 
 islands of St. Thomas and Ste. Croix. He fell on 
 one occasion from the ship's side, and was so se- 
 riously injured that for many years he felt the 
 effects. Towards the close of 1808 we find him 
 proceeding in the Cornelia frigate, Capt. Henry 
 xolkes Edgell, to the Cape station, where, in Dec. 
 1810, he co-operated in the reduction of the Isle of 
 Prance. Returning home in the early part of 1811, 
 in consequence of ill health, in the Actjeon 16, 
 commanded by Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, who 
 was charged with the despatches announcing the 
 conquest, Mr. Lowry did not again go afloat until 
 July, 1813 ; between which period and Dec. 1815, he 
 served on the Home and Mediterranean stations, 
 part of the time as Admiralty Midshipman, in the 
 Blehheim, Namor, and Bombay 74's, and Malta 
 80, Capts. Sam. "Warren, Chas. John Austen, Geo. 
 M'Kinley, Henry Bazely, and "Wm. Chas. Fahie. 
 From the date last mentioned until July, 1819, he 
 remained a second time on shore. It was his for- 
 tune to be then appointed Admiralty Midshipman 
 of the Royal Geohge yacht, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Paget ; during the presence of the Prince Regent 
 on board which vessel, he appears to have had the 
 care of the royal barge, and to have had the honour 
 of steering the Duke of York. He was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission dated 
 11 Oct. 1819; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 One of his sons, Wm. J. Lowry, is a Midshipman 
 in the R.N. ; and another is Lieutenant in the 47th 
 Begt. of Foot. 
 
 LOWTHEK. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Mahccs Lowther entered the Navy in 1830; 
 passed his examination 8 June, 1838 ; and after serv- 
 ing as Mate of the Hastings 72, Capt. John Law- 
 rence, on the Mediterranean station, was employed in 
 that capacity, from 1842 until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 9 Aug. 1844, on board the Agincodrt 
 72, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Sir Thos. 
 John Cochrane. He was then re-appointed to the 
 same ship and continued attached to her until her 
 return to England in 1847. On 19 Aug. 1845 he 
 appears to have had charge of a gun-boat, and to 
 have served with the boats of a squadron, carrying 
 altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the 
 destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the pira- 
 tical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of 
 the island of Borneo, where the British encountered 
 a desperate opposition, and sustained a loss of 6 
 men killed and 15 wounded.* We also, in July, 
 1846, on the occasion of an expedition conducted 
 by the Admiral against the Sultan of Borneo, find 
 him commanding the third company of small-arm 
 men, and assisting at the capture and destruction 
 of the enemy's forts and batteries up the river 
 Brune.f 
 
 LOWTHIAN. (CoMMANDEB, 1813. r-p., 20 ; 
 
 H-p., 34.) 
 Robert Lowthian entered the Navy, 30 June, 
 
 1793, as .A.B., on board the Qdeen Charlotte 100, 
 Capt. Hugh Cloberry Christian, bearing the flag in 
 the Channel of Lord Hood. Removing, in March, 
 
 1794, to the Royal George 100, flag-ship of the 
 late Lord Bridport, he was afforded an oppor- 
 tunity of sharing in the ensuing action of 1 June, 
 and of also participating in the one fought off 
 the He de Groix 23 June, 1795. In Jan. 1797 he 
 sailed for the West Indies as Master's Mate of the 
 
 • me Gaz. 1845, p. 6536. f f^- Oiz. 1846, p. 3448. 
 
 York 74, Capt. John Ferrier. While in that ship, 
 of which he was confirmed a Lieutenant, after 
 having acted for 12 months as such, 2 Nov. 1799, 
 we find him engaged in numerous cutting-out 
 affairs at the islands of St. Domingo and Cuba. On 
 his return to the Downs he was the Senior Lieu- 
 tenant, it appears, employed from her in the boats 
 in the attack made by Lord Nelson on the Boulogne 
 flotilla in Aug. 1801. The York being put out of 
 commission in April, 1802, he was next, 3 June, 1803, 
 appointed to the Colossus 74, Capts. Geo. Martin 
 and Jas. NicoU Morris, with whom he served for 
 two years and 10 months in the Channel. He after- 
 wards became Senior Lieutenant — 22 April and 2 
 Sept. 1805, of the Trusty 50, and Inconstant 36, 
 commanded in the Downs and off Guernsey by 
 Capts. Geo. Argles and Edw. Stirling Dickson — 25 
 June, 1808, and 16 Aug. 1810, of the Brazen 18, 
 and Helder 32, Capts. Lewis Shepheard and John 
 Serrell, both on the Jamaica station — and, 15 Feb. 
 1811 and 29 Jan. 1813, of the Bellerophon and 
 Scarborough 74's, bearing each the flag off Flush- 
 ing of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier. He went on 
 half-pay in Jan. 1814, having been advanced to his 
 present rank on 4 of the previous month, and has 
 not been since able to procure employment. 
 
 LUAED. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Gaknham Luakd entered the Navy 
 8 Feb. 1833 ; passed his examination in 1840 ; and 
 was about the same period appointed Mate of the 
 Samarang 26, Capt. Jas. Scott. Joining soon after- 
 wards in the operations on the coast of China, he 
 there, by his zealous and promising conduct, drew 
 forth the repeated commendations of his Captain 
 — particularly by his gallantry at the storming of 
 the fort of Tycocktow 7 Jan. 1841, and by his sub- 
 sequent behaviour during the celebrated forced 
 passage, effected, between 3 a. m. on 13, and 
 4 p. M. on 15 March, by the Nemesis and the 
 Samarang's boats up the inner channel from Ma- 
 cao to Whampoa, a navigation never before tra- 
 versed by European boat or vessel, in the course of 
 which were destroyed five forts, one battery, two 
 military stations, and nine man-of-war junks, in 
 which collectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.* 
 As a reward for his services he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 6 May, 1841. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 13 Sept. 1841, to the Belle- 
 isle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at Ply- 
 mouth — 16 Nov. 1841, to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John 
 Marshall, with whom he was for three years em- 
 ployed at the Cape of Good Hope — 14 March, 1845, 
 to the Melampos 42, Capt. John Norman Camp- 
 bell, fitting at Devonport — and 14 April foUowlng, 
 as First, to the Grecian 16, Capt. Louis Symonds 
 Tindal, in which vessel he is now serving on the 
 S.E. coast of America. 
 
 LUCE. (LiEDT., 1814. F-p., 20 ; H-p., 20.) 
 
 William Luce entered the Navy, in Aug. 1807, 
 as A.B., on board the Pluto sloop, Capt. Rich. 
 Gaire Janvrin, stationed in the Channel; and in 
 Aug. 1808 joined the Christian VII. 80, Capt. 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke. In that ship, which shortly 
 afterwards hoisted the fiag of Sir Edw. Pellew, and 
 (with the same Admiral) in the Caledonia 120, he 
 continued to serve as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, on the North Sea and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, imtU nominated, after having shared in a 
 skirmish with the French Toulon fleet, Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in Jan. 1814, of the Prince of Wales 
 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, part of the force 
 employed in a second encounter with the enemy. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant 16 March, 1814, and 
 was subsequently appointed— 16 Dec. 1814, to the 
 Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. 
 Clifford, on the Irish station— for a few months in 
 1815 to the Favorite 20 and CnRA90A 36, Capts. 
 Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude and John Tower, both 
 employed on Home service— 25 June, 1828, and 19 
 Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 
 * Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1164, 1509. 
 
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 LUCKRAFT. 
 
 and Taiaveka Coast Blockade ships, Capt. Hugh 
 Plgot— 11 July, 1832 (after 15 months of half-pay), 
 as sole Lieutenant, to the Astk^a 6, Capts. Wm. 
 and Andrew King, on the Falmouth station — and 
 11 Sept. 1835, 22 Dec. 1836, and 24 July, 1838, to 
 the successive command of the Plovek, Pigeon, 
 and Penguin, all Falmouth packets. He has been 
 on half-pay since Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, 1 June, 1840, the widow of Lieut. 
 John Downey, B.N., formerly Commander of H.M. 
 packet Beiseis. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 LUCKRAFT, K.L.H., K.R.G. (Captain, 1838. 
 r-P., 24; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Alfred Luckraet, bom 2 April, 1792, is brother 
 of the present Capt. William, and half-brother of 
 the late Lieut. John Luckraft, R.N. 
 
 This oiEcer, whose name had been borne since 
 25 July, 1799, on the books of the Monarch 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Robt. Mosse, embarked in that ship in Jan. 
 1801, and on 2 of the following April was present, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., in the action oif Copenhagen. After 
 a servitude of 19 months in the Blenheim 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Archibald Dickson, Oiseau fri- 
 gate, Capt. Phillips, and Courageux 74, Capt. John 
 Okes Hardy, he joined, in April, 1803, the Maes 
 74, Capts. John Sutton, Geo. Duff, Robt. Dudley 
 Oliver, and "Wm. Lukin. "While in that ship, in 
 which he soon attained the rating of Midshipman, 
 we find him present and slightly wounded in the 
 leg at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805*— con- 
 tributing, next, to the capture, 28 July, 1806, of ie 
 Mhin, of 44 guns and 318 men — assisting also, 25 
 Sept. in the same year, at the taking, by a force 
 under Sir Sam. Hood, of four heavy French fri- 
 gates, two of which, the Ghire 46 and Infcdigable 
 44, struck to the Maes — and accompanying, in 
 1807, the expedition to Copenhagen. In consider- 
 ation of the wound he received at Trafalgar he was 
 presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. 
 He became Sub-Lieutenant, in March, 1808, of the 
 Steady gun-brig, Capt. Arthur Stow, and in the 
 course of the same year sailed for South America, 
 where, in Jan. and Feb. 1809, and May, 1810, he 
 was in succession nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Jonas Rose, Hyacinth 
 18, Capt. John Carter, and President 38, Capt. 
 Adam Mackenzie. On his return to England he 
 was confirmed, 3 Sept. 1810, to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Bellerophon 74, bearing the flag in the North 
 Sea of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, with whom he 
 continued to serve in the Scarboeodgh 74 until 
 May, 1814. From the following Sept. until Sept. 
 1815 we find him employed on the Home station as 
 Senior of the Foxhound sloop, Capts. John Parish 
 and Thos. Warrand. Being next, 4 Feb. 1828, ap- 
 pointed First to the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons, 
 he very highly distinguished himself, in Oct. of the 
 same year, during the operations conducted, in 
 unison with the French, against Morea Castle, the 
 last stronghold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus. 
 On that occasion, landing with a party of seamen, 
 he assumed command, supported by the present 
 Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres, of the central of five 
 breaching batteries, named George tlie Fourth's Bat- 
 tery. He remained in the trenches 12 days and 
 nights, during the three last of which he worked 
 his only 4 guns with such effect as to expend up- 
 wards of 1000 18-pound shot, and 6000 lbs. weight 
 of powder. The greatness indeed of Lieut. Luck- 
 raft's exertions not only procured a strong recom- 
 mendation in his behalf from his own Commander- 
 in-Chief Sir Pulteney Malcolm, hut had the effect 
 of eliciting the loud praise of the French Admiral 
 De Rigny, and of obtaining for him the insignia of 
 the Legion of Honour and of the Redeemer of 
 Greece. t His promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander did not, however, take place until 28 Oct. 
 1829; at which period he was invested with the 
 command of the Prockis sloop. He was after- 
 wards appointed^SO Nov. 1829, to the Camelion 
 10, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1805, p. Ull. f V. Gaz. 1828, p. 8201. 
 
 whence he returned in March, 1830—20 June, 1831, 
 to the Revenge 78, Capts. Jas. Hillyar and Donald 
 Hugh Mackay, employed, until March, 1834, on the 
 Lisbon station— and 13 July, 1835, to the Russell 
 74, Capt. Sir "Wm. Henry Dillon, again in the Me- 
 diterranean. He was superseded from the latter 
 ship on being advanced to his present rank 28 June, 
 1838, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 During the late war Capt. Luckraft was never a 
 single day on shore. He is married and has issue 
 two sons and two daughters. One of his sons, 
 Alfred, is a Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 LUCKRAFT. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Alfred Ldckkaft is son of Capt. Alfred Luck- 
 raft, B.N. 
 
 This of&cer passed his examination 21 April, 1841 ; 
 and from that period until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 15 Jan. 1846, was employed as Mate, on 
 the Mediterranean, Home, Brazilian, and Pacific 
 stations, in the Weasel 10, Capt. Wm. Edmond- 
 stone. Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings, and Fkolio 16, Capts. Wm. Alex. Willis 
 and Cospatriok Baillie Hamilton. He was then re- 
 appointed to the "Frolic, in which vessel he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off in 1847. 
 
 LUCKRAFT. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Maxwell Luckraft is son of the late 
 Lieut. John Luckraft, K.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 8 June, 1837 ; 
 and at the period of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 28 May, 1845, had 
 been serving for several years on the Mediterra- 
 nean and Home stations, as Mate of the Cambridge 
 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. 
 Maunsell, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 David Milne. He was then appointed to the Siren 
 16, Capt. Harry Edm. Edgell, fitting for the Medi- 
 terranean, where he is now serving as First of the 
 Harlequin 12, Capt. John Moore. 
 
 LUCKRAFT. (Lieot., 1802. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 42.) 
 John Luckraft was born 23 April, 1775, at Mil- 
 brook, in Cornwall, and died in 1846. He was half- 
 brother of the present Capts. Alfred and Wm. Luck- 
 raft, R.N. One of his own brothers, Adrian, died 
 Purser of H.M.S. Wolverene in the West Indies 
 in 1806 ; another, Frederick, also in the R.N., was 
 drowned at sea ; and a third, Robert, at one time 
 in the Navy, died in civil service in the West Indies 
 in 1823. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1786, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Leander 50, Capt. 
 Sir Jas. Barkley, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore (afterwards Rear- Admiral) Herbert Sawyer, 
 on the Halifax station, where, in the following year, 
 that ship was nearly lost by striking on a sunken 
 reef near Cape Despair. During the heaving-down 
 process which was in consequence rendered neces- 
 sary on her reaching port, Mr. Luckraft had the 
 misfortune to lose the total use of the index finger 
 of his left hand. The Leander being afterwards 
 ordered to the Mediterranean, he continued in her 
 on that station until April, 1791. He next, in July 
 and Dec. 1793, joined the Fury 16, and Oiseau 36, 
 Capts. Frank Sotheron and Robt. Murray, under 
 whom he was for two years and seven months em- 
 ployed on the Home and Halifax stations. Becoming 
 attached, in July, 1796, to La Nymphe 36, Capts. 
 John Cooke and Percy Fraser, he assisted, as Mid- 
 shipman of that vessel, at the capture, when in 
 company with the San Fiorenzo 36, of the French 
 frigates La Be'sislance of 4S, and La Constance of 
 24_guns, 9 March, 1797. Being immediately ap- 
 pointed second in command of the former ship, he 
 had the fortune to be the chief instrument of her 
 preservation under circumstances of a very trying 
 nature, in which he displayed so much ability that 
 he was greeted with the high encomiums both of 
 Capt. Cooke and the late Sir Harry Neale. In the 
 following month Mr. Luckraft was present in the 
 mutiny at Spithead. He was afterwards, in April, 
 
LUCKRAFT. 
 
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 1798, in company with the Mars 74, at the famous 
 capture of L'Hercule, a ship of similar force, on 
 which occasion he was sent on board the prize in 
 order to assist in clearing her decks of the dead, 
 the dying, and the general wreck. On leaving La 
 Nymphe in April, 1799, he was placed by his friend, 
 Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, in command, with the 
 rating of Master's Mate, of the Cakoline gun- 
 vessel ; and in the course of the same and the two 
 following years was successively appointed by him, 
 with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, to the Tekp- 
 siCHOKE 32 and Seagdll 18, Capts. Wm. Hall Gage 
 and Thos. Lavie, to the command of the Swan 
 liired-cutter (in which vessel he captured the lugger- 
 privateer Vengeance), and to the San Fioeenzo 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Chas. Paterson. While the latter ship 
 was on one occasion becalmed and engaged with 
 12 or 14 Spanish gun-vessels off Cabritta Point, Mr. 
 Luckraft was despatched in a boat to Gibraltar for 
 assistance, and in executing this mission he was ex- 
 posed, in going and returning, to the whole fire of 
 the enemy. In July, 1801, although he had been 
 performing First-Lieutenant's duty, and was strongly 
 recommended, as he had frequently been before, 
 for promotion, he was superseded from the San 
 FiORENZo, and again ordered to serve as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, at first in command of 
 the Experiment fire-vessel, and then on board the 
 KoYAii Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Sir Henry Har- 
 vey. On 29 March, 1802, however, at the joint 
 instance of the last-mentioned officer and of Sir 
 Thos. Pasley, he was at length officially promoted 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Ranger sloop, Capts. Rich. 
 Goddard and Chas. Coote.* In that vessel he served 
 in the North Sea and off Boulogne until Sept. 1803 ; 
 and in June, 1804, after having been for a few 
 months employed in the Meteor bomb, Capt. Jas. 
 Master, and Tigre 80, Capt. Dacres, he obtained 
 command of the Phcebe hired cutter, of 12 guns. 
 In the following Nov. his intrepidity in giving chase 
 to the notorious privateer Le Contre Amiral de 
 Magon, of 17 guns and 84 men, was the fortunate 
 means of the latter being captured by the Cruizer 
 18, Capt. John Hancock. When next, in the early 
 part of 1805, in the Harpy 18, Capt. Edm. Heywood, 
 Mr. Luckraft was in almost daily collision with the 
 enemy's flotilla in the neighbourhood of Boulogne, 
 where, in an action with seven of their schuyts, he 
 boarded and carried one of them at the head of a 
 few men from the main chains of the Harpy, who 
 then proceeded in pursuit of the remainder. On 
 30 May in the same year, a few weeks previously 
 to which he had joined the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus 
 Otway Bland, we find him assuming command of 
 the Pigeon schooner. He shortly afterwards re- 
 ceived from on board H.M.S. Tribune the Earl of 
 Harrowby, at the time on an embassy to Berlin, 
 and conveyed his Lordship and suite up the Elbe 
 to Hamburgh. Towards the close of Nov. 1805, 
 the Pigeon, through the ignorance of her pilot, was 
 unfortunately lost off the Texel, while on her pas- 
 sage with despatches for General Don at Bremer- 
 lehe, and her Commander and crew in consequence 
 became prisoners to the Dutch. Being set at liberty 
 in 1806, Mr. Luckraft soon proceeded for the benefit 
 of his health to the Mediterranean, where, although 
 on half-pay, he cruized for some time as a Super- 
 numerary in various ships. In Nov. 1808, while on 
 his passage home for the purpose of taking up an 
 appointment awarded to him, he fell into the hands 
 of the Turks, among whom lie remained a captive 
 until enabled, at the end of 1809, to effect his escape. 
 With the exception of a few months passed in 1815 
 in the Impress service at Deal, the Lieutenant was 
 not again employed until 1825, in April of which 
 year he was appointed to the office of Agent on 
 board the Vibilia transport, and ordered to Ja- 
 
 * The magazine of the Ranger having in one instance 
 caught fire by the ignition of some loose powder, Lieut. 
 Luckraft, in tlie moat undaunted manner, and with the 
 greatest presence of mind (while the major part of the crew 
 wa3 hastening away), rushed into tlie flames, removed all the 
 
 Sowder-casks with his own hands, and saved the ship from 
 estruction. 
 
 neiro. During the voyage, and when off the Cape 
 de Verde Islands, the latter vessel was fallen in with 
 and chased by a powerful pirate, who, however, 
 notwithstanding her overwhelming force, was foiled 
 in every attempt to board, and ultimately compelled 
 to strike her colours, although she contrived to 
 effect her escape. Not long after this gallant affair 
 Mr. Luckraft was thrown by a roU of the ship down 
 the after-hatchway, and fractured his right leg. 
 There being no surgeon on board, the wound was 
 so badly treated as to be the cause of eventual 
 paralysis of the leg and thigh. He was discharged 
 on the return home of the transport in Dec. 1825, 
 and did not again go afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Luckraft married, 30 April, 1800, Miss 
 Martha Wilson, of Torpoint, Cornwall, by whom he 
 has left issue (with one daughter married to Lieut. 
 Wm. Geo. Peame, R.N.) two sons, the elder, John 
 Pasley, a Master R.N., and the other, Chas. Max- 
 well, a Lieutenant. 
 
 LUCKRAFT. (Capt., 1840. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 23.) 
 William Luckraft is an eider brother of Capt. 
 Alfred Luckraft, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1796, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Asia 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Murray, and was for upwards of four years em- 
 ployed in that ship on the Halifax station, part of 
 the time in the capacity of Midshipman. He then 
 joined the Assistance 50, Capt. Rich. Lae, under 
 whom he was wrecked between Dunkerque and 
 Gravelines 29 March, 1802. Being set free after 10 
 days of captivity, he became in succession attached, 
 in the course of the same year, to the Brilliant 
 28, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, Suffisante 14, Capt. 
 Christopher John Williams Nesham, and Concorde 
 36, Capt. John Wood. In the latter ship we find 
 him proceeding to the East Indies, where, in 1805, 
 having previously assisted at the capture of La 
 Fortune, a very heavy privateer, he removed to the 
 Cdlloden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 and was by him appointed Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, and Rattle- 
 snake 18, commanded by Capts. John Bastard and 
 Wm. Warden, and for a short time by himself. As 
 a reward for the manner in which he subsequently, 
 with the sloop's boats under his orders, boarded 
 and carried Les Deux Sceurs privateer, of 14 guns 
 and 76 men, Mr. Luckraft, who had witnessed 
 the capture of La BelUme, a similar vessel, mount- 
 ing 30 guns, with a complement of 194 men, was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant 11 Dec. 1807. Having, 
 however, several months prior to the receipt of 
 his commission, rejoined the Culloden, he contri- 
 buted on the date last mentioned, as it chanced, 
 to the destruction at Griessee, in the island of Java, 
 of the dockyard and stores, and of all the men-of- 
 war remaining to Holland in the East Indies. Re- 
 turning to Europe in 1809, he was next, in Nov. 
 of that year, in Nov. 1811, and in March, 1814, 
 appointed to the Sheldrake 16, Meteor bomb, and 
 Bombay 74, Capts. Jas. Pattison Stewart, Peter 
 Fisher, and Henry Bazely — the two former on the 
 Baltic, the latter on the Mediterranean station, 
 where he served until Aug. 1816. In March, 1811, 
 he officiated as First-Lieutenant of the Sheldrake 
 at the defence of Ahholdt, when attacked by a 
 powerful Danish flotilla, and on that occasion was 
 instrumental to the capture of two of the enemy's 
 largest gun-boats. He was Senior of the Meteor 
 in the operations against South Beveland, at the 
 siege of Danzig, and at the blockade of the Scheldt. 
 During the six years immediately antecedent to his 
 promotion to the rank of Commander, which took 
 place 27 July, 1825, he was employed in the Channel 
 and West Indies as First of the Spartan 46, and 
 Pyramds 42, Capts. Wm. Furlong Wise and Fras. 
 Newcombe. His last appointment was, 17 July, 
 1838, to the Second-Captaincy of the Bellebophon 
 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, for his conduct under 
 whom in the operations on the coast of Syria, in- 
 cluding the bombardments of Beyrout and Acre 
 he was advanced to the rank he now hoMs 4 Nov! 
 1840. 
 
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 LUGG— LUNN-LUSCOMBE— LUSHINGTON. 
 
 Capt. Luokraft married, in 1815, Charlotte, only- 
 daughter of J. Camsell, Esq., of H.M. Brewery at 
 Weevil, near Gosport. He was left a widower in 
 Oct. 1827. 
 
 LUGG. (Eetired Commander, 1845. f-p., 22 ; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 WintiAM LuGG was born 17 March, 1774. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1796, as 
 Master's Mate, on board the Star 18, Capts. Hon. 
 John Colville and David Atkins. On his arrival in 
 that ship at the Cape of Good Hope he was ap- 
 pointed, in June, 1797, Acting-Master of the Hope 
 14, Capt. Wm. Granger, in which capacity, and 
 until his return to England in 1804, he continued 
 to officiate, on the same station and in the East 
 Indies, in the Rattx-eshake 16, also commanded 
 by Capt. Granger, and in the Sphynx 18, Capt. 
 Thos. AlexEinder, Bkaave 40, Capts. Josias Row- 
 ley, Lord Augustus FitzRoy, and T. Alexander, 
 DiOMEDE 50, Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleem- 
 ing and Sam. Mottley, and Tremendous 74, Capt. 
 John Osbom. Joining next, in April, 1805, the 
 Medusa frigate, Capt. Sir John Gore, he again 
 sailed for the East Indies with the late Marquis 
 Cornwallis ; and on his passage out and home, 
 although without the rating of Master's Mate, he 
 performed all the duties of Lieutenant, having con- 
 fided to him the management of the chronometers 
 and the lunar observations. Rejoining Sir John 
 Gore (after a short attachment to the Hibernja 
 110, flag-ship off TJshant of Earl St. Vincent) in 
 June, 1806, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the 
 Revenge 74, he was afforded an opportunity, on 25 
 of the following Sept., of witnessing the capture of 
 four French frigates by a squadron under Sir Sam. 
 Hood off Roohefort. He was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant, 8 Nov. in the same year, in the Hyaonth 
 18, Capt. John Davie, stationed in the North Sea ; 
 and was subsequently appointed — 10 June, 1807, to 
 the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. C. E. Fleeming, em- 
 ployed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, whence 
 he invalided in March, 1809 — 4 Oct. and 1 Deo. 
 following, to the Rapid 10, Capt. Mathew, and 
 Namur 74, bearing the flags at the Nore of Vice- 
 Admirals Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope and 
 Thos. Wells— 6 Feb. 1811, to the Prihcbss Caro- 
 line 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, under whom he 
 escorted convoy to Madeira, and then cruized off 
 Cherbourg until compelled by ill health to resign, 
 23 Jan. 1813 — and, 6 Aug. in the latter year, to the 
 Queen 74, Capt. Lord Colville, which ship, on her 
 return with the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey from the 
 West Indies, he left in June, 1814. From Oct. 1835 
 until May, 1836, again, from March, 1838, until 
 May, 1839, and from the following Oct. until Sept. 
 1843, Lieut. Lugg served as Agent for Transports 
 afloat. He was the Senior Agent employed under 
 Sir Wm. Parker during the campaign in China, 
 where we find him landing the troops at Amoy and 
 Chusan. He accepted his present rank 10 March, 
 1845. 
 
 From Oct. 1826 until May, 1831, Commander 
 Lugg had charge of the hired packet ^arfy Wel- 
 linfftcm, under the control of the Post-offlce. He 
 married in May, 1813, and has issue three sons and 
 two daughters. 
 
 LTJNN. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 John Lunn served as Midshipman of the Phcebe, 
 of 46 guns and 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, and was 
 in company with the Cherub 18 at the capture, 28 
 March, 1814, off Valparaiso, of the American frigate 
 Essex, of 46 guns and 265 men, who struck her 
 colours at the close of a warm action of two hours, in 
 which the Phcebe lost 4 men killed and 7 wounded, 
 and herself 24 killed and 45 wounded. In 1821, 
 having passed his examination in 1817, and been 
 appointed Mate of the Revolutionnaire 46, Capt. 
 Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellcw, he 
 assisted in the boats of that ship at the capture of 
 several pirates in the Mediterranean. His appoint- 
 ments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he at- 
 
 tained 12 June, 1829, were— 29 Nov. 1831, to the 
 Caledonia 120, Capts. Jas. Hillyar, Thos. Brown, 
 and Geo. Bohun Martin, in which ship he was for 
 nearly six years employed in the Mediterranean, 
 half the time under the flags of Sir Josias Rowley 
 and Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford— and, 10 Aug. 1838, 
 and 12 Oct. 1840, to the command of the Pluto and 
 Locust steamers. In those vessels, with the excep- 
 tion of a short period which intervened between 
 the paying off of the one and the commissioning of 
 the other, he served uninte'Truptedly on the North 
 America and West India and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, until advanced to his present rank 19 Dec. 
 1844. Since 20 May, 1846, he has been in command 
 of the Virago steam-sloop, of 300 horse-power, 
 again in the Mediterranean. Agent— Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 LUSCOMBE. (Lieut., 1810. r-P., 13; h-p., 30.) 
 Edward Luscombe, bom 6 Aug. 1791, at Efford 
 House, in the parish of Holbeton, Devon, is second 
 son of the Rev. John B. Luscombe. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1804, as 
 ■Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. 
 Robt. Jenner Neve, employed on the Home station, 
 where he became Midshipman, in May, 1806, of the 
 Sak Josep 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez, and, in June, 1807, joined the 
 Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 Jas. Gambier. After sharing in the hostilities 
 against Copenhagen, where he was frequently em- 
 ployed in the boats, he removed to the Implacable 
 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, under whom we find 
 him taking part, 26 Aug. 1808, in a gallant action 
 of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewohd, 
 which was completely silenced, and in the end, with 
 the assistance of the Centaur 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Sam. Hood, captured and burnt, in sight of the 
 whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, after a total 
 loss to the enemy of 303 men, and to the Impla- 
 cable, individually of 6 killed and 26 wounded. 
 He continued in the same ship, participating inter- 
 mediately in much boat-service in the Baltic, until 
 1810 ; in Feb. and April of which year he joined 
 the SciPioN 74, Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, 
 and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant by virtue 
 of a commission dated 3 Dec. 1810, he was next, 
 from Jan. 1811 until March, 1815, employed in that 
 capacity, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, 
 in the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife (in a boat be- 
 longing to which vessel he was severely frost-bitten 
 on the coast of France), Leopard 50, Capts. Wm. 
 Henry Dillon and Edw. Crofton, Horatio 38, Capt. 
 W. H. Dillon, Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 Williams, and Granious 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong 
 Wise. His last appointments were, 13 April, 1818, 
 and 20 Sept. 1819, to the Topaze 38, Capt. John 
 Rich. Lumley, and Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 King, both on the East India station, whence he 
 invalided in June, 1820. 
 
 Lieut. Luscombe married, 23 Nov. 1836, Emily, 
 relict of Chas. Murly, Esq., Solicitor, and youngest 
 daughter of Abraham Tucker, Esq. 
 
 LUSHINGTON, K.S.L., K.E.G. (Captain, 
 1829. r-P., 14; H-p., 17.) 
 
 Stephen Lushington, bom 12 Deo. 1803, is 
 second son of Sir Henry Lushington, Bart., of South- 
 Hill Park, CO. Berks, by Fanny Maria, eldest 
 daughter of Matthew Lewis, Esq., Under-Secretary 
 at War; and nephew of Stephen Lushington, Esq., 
 D.C.L., the eminent civilian. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1816, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. 
 Whitley Deans Dundas, stationed in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; where and in South America he appears, 
 from the spring of the following year until 1821, to 
 have served as Midshipman in the Ganymede 25 
 and Owen Glendower 42, both commanded by 
 Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer. He then returned 
 to the Mediterranean in the Hind 20, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry John Rous, in the boats belonging to which 
 
LUTMAN-XDTWIDGE. 
 
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 vessel we find him actively employed in the sup- 
 pression of piracy in the Archipelago until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 13 July, 1824. His next 
 appointments were— 5 Feb. and 7 Deo. 1825, to the 
 Zebra 18 and Cambkiam 48, Capts. Edw. Rich. 
 Williams and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, hoth in the 
 Mediterranean, where he again performed good 
 service against the pirates — and, 24 Oct. 1827, to 
 the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington on 
 the same station. Being advanced, 13 May, 1828, 
 to the command of the jEtna bomh, Capt. Lush- 
 Ington united in the following Oct. in the opera- 
 tions against Morea Castle, and so distinguished 
 himself by his exertions and skill as to obtain the 
 orders of St. Louis of France and the Redeemer of 
 Greece. On 28 Oct. 1829 he was further rewarded 
 with a Post-commission. His next appointment 
 was, 19 Jan. 1839, to the CiiEOPATUA 26, fitting for 
 the West Indies, whence, after nine months of 
 severe illness, he was ordered by Sir Thos. Harvey, 
 the Commander-in-Chief, to be invalided, in Nov. 
 1840. He has been in command, since 11 Oct. 1845, 
 of the Retbibdtion steam-frigate and Vengeabce 
 84, on the Home station. 
 
 Capt. Lushington married, 5 July, 1841, Henri- 
 etta, eldest daughter of Rear-Admiral Henry Pres- 
 cott, C.B., now a Lord of the Admiralty, by whom 
 he has issue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 LUTMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.) 
 CiiAKLES William Ldtman was born 20 Oct. 
 1790. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Royal George 100, 
 Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke, and in 1806 removed 
 to the Nakcissus 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, both 
 ships stationed in the Channel. Joining, next, the 
 Taktakus 18, Capt. Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring, 
 he served in that sloop at the bombardment of Co- 
 penhagen in 1807 ; and on 25 April, 1808, he as- 
 sisted in her boats, with those of^ the Daehne 20, 
 commanded by Lieut. Wm. Elliott, at the cutting 
 out, with a loss to the British of only 5 persons 
 wounded, of a convoy of 10 deeply-laden vessels, 
 moored close under the fort of a castle mounting 10 
 guns, in the harbour of Fladstrand, near the Skawe, 
 defended also by a heavy fire from another battery, 
 as well as from the crews of the vessels assembled 
 on the beach, and made fast to the shore by haw- 
 sers. While attached as Master's Mate, between 
 July, 1809, and July, 1811, to the Sheldrake 16, 
 Capts. John Thicknesse and Jas. Pattison Stewart, 
 we find him commanding a boat, in open day, at the 
 capture of a galliot under a fire of field-pieces and 
 musketry from the sand-hills on the Jutland beach ; 
 and also contributing in a very eminent manner, 
 when in the boats under Lieut. Watson, to the pre- 
 servation from capture of a valuable convoy of 
 transports. On one occasion, while endeavouring 
 to cut several vessels out from the coast of Jutland, 
 the boat he was in upset, and 5 men, with their 
 commanding officer, Lieut. Watson, were unfortu- 
 nately drowned. Mr. Lutman, who had supported 
 the latter until he was himself nearly exhausted, 
 afterwards succeeded, by swimming to the boat, in 
 saving three of his companions. TBeing all in the 
 end thrown on shore by the surf, they were made 
 prisoners, but were released on surrendering their 
 prizes. During the period which intervened be- 
 tween his discharge from the Sheldrake, as above, 
 and his confirmation in his present rank 18 Feb. 
 1815, Mr. Lutman was employed at Home and in 
 South America, for some time as Sub and Acting 
 Lieutenant, on board the Argonaut hosi)ital-ship, 
 Lieut.-Commander Jas. James, Montagu 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, Nancv 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander Wm. D'Aranda, Nebeus 42, 
 Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, Ceres 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Bowles, and Ajax 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray. 
 His succeeding appointments were— 31 March, 1815, 
 to the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, employed at 
 the siege of Gaeta, where for nearly 10 weeks he 
 had charge of a division of Sicilian gun-boats— 4 
 
 July, 1816, for four months, to the Impregnable 
 98, also commanded by Capt. Brace, under whom 
 he was slightly wounded at the battle of Algiers — 
 and, 20 June, 1823, and 23 March, 1827, to the 
 Ganges 74 and Ocean 80, Capts. Brace and Patrick 
 Campbell, principally employed on the Home sta- 
 tion. He has been on half-pay since April, 1828. 
 
 Independently of the instance above alluded to, 
 this officer has not less than five times displaj^ed the 
 intrepid humanity of his nature by his exertions in 
 rescuing others from a watery grave. The first ex- 
 ample of the kind was in 1810, when, chancing to 
 be on board the Hero 74, he dashed into the sea 
 and saved the life of Mr. Self, the Captain's Clerk ; 
 the second and third, in the course of the same 
 year, on which occasions, being Sub-Lieutenant of 
 the Nancy in South America, he similarly pre- 
 served from destruction the lives of the Assistant- 
 Surgeon (Mr. Bryson) and the Captain of the fore- 
 top, by jumping overboard after them at night; 
 the fourth, while in the Ganges at Portsmouth, 
 where, in his anxiety to save a drowning seaman, he 
 broke his arm ; and the last, during his servitude 
 in the Ocean. He plunged from that ship when at 
 sea, but, although he succeeded in his generous 
 efibrts and preserved the life of another man, Jas. 
 Leary, he underwent so much exertion that the 
 result was a severe attack of illness, which reduced 
 him to the necessity of invaliding. He married 12 
 Nov. 1838. 
 
 LUTWIDGE. (Retired Commander, 1845. 
 F-p., 22 ; H-p., 31.) 
 
 Henry Thomas Lutwidoe is third son of the late 
 Henry Lutmdge, Esq., of Holm Rook, co. Cumber- 
 land, by Jane, daughter of Rigby Mollneux, Esq., 
 of Preston; and nephew of Admiral Skeffington 
 Lutwidge, who commanded the Terrible at the 
 occupation of Toulon in 1793, and had his flag on 
 board the same ship at the reduction of Corsica in 
 1794. His grandfather, Thos. Lutwidge, Esq., an 
 officer in King William's army, and High-Sheriif for 
 Cumberland in the 12th of George I., married Lucy, 
 daughter of Sir Chas. Hoghton, Bart., of Hoghton 
 Tower, by his wife. Lady Mary Skeffington, eldest 
 daughter of Viscount Massereene. The Com- 
 mander's eldest surviving brother, the present 
 Skeffington Lutwidge, Esq., of Holm Rook, is a 
 Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Cumberland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1794, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Terrible 74, bear- 
 ing the flag in the Mediterranean of his uncle, 
 Rear-Admiral Lutwidge. Becoming Midshipman, 
 in March, 1795, of the Bahfleub 98, Capt. Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres, he served under that officer in the 
 actions fought, 23 June, 1795, and 14 Feb. 1797, off 
 lie de Groix and Cape St. Vincent; after which, 
 joining the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Thos. WilUams, 
 he co-operated with the King's troops in an attack 
 made in June, 1798, upon the town of Wexford, 
 where were destroyed 100 large boats and vessels, 
 which the rebels had collected for their escape. 
 He continued in the Endymion, cruizing interme- 
 diately with much activity, until July, 1800; and 
 on 6 of the following Sept., being at the time on 
 board the Royal William, flag-ship of Admiral 
 Milbanke at Spithead, he was made Lieutenant into 
 the Prevoyante store-ship, Capt. John Seater. 
 His next appointments were, in the following Oct., 
 and in May, 1801, and July, 1802, to the Lapwing, 
 Resistance, and Hussar frigates, Capts. Edw. Ro- 
 theram, Henry Digby, and Philip Wilkinson, all on 
 the Home station ; where, in the early part of 1804, 
 he was wrecked, off the coast of France. He was 
 in consequence detained a prisoner of war until 
 May, 1814 ; on 4 Aug. in which year he joined the 
 Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. He left that 
 frigate, after having served on the Irish and Lisbon 
 stations, in Oct. 1814, and was lastly, from 2 Aug. 
 1821 until 31 Aug. 1822, employed in the Water 
 Guard. He became a Retired Commander on the 
 Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 27 
 March, 1845. 
 
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 LYALL— LYDE— LYDIARD— LYE— LYELL. 
 
 Commander Lutwidge married Mary, daughter 
 of Taylor, Esq., of Osbaston HaU, co. Lei- 
 cester. 
 
 LYALL. (LiEBT., 1825. f-p., 13; h-p., 21.) 
 
 Geokge Ltall, born 6 Jan. 1799, is second son 
 of the late Capt. Wm. LyaU, R.N., who fell into 
 the hands of the enemy during his passage home in 
 a packet from Halilax, suffered a consequent capti- 
 vity of eight years, and died in June, 1814, three 
 days only after his return to England. His brother, 
 James, is a Purser and Paymaster K.N. (1833). 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 9 
 Dec. 1813 ; and embarked, 10 Dec. 1816, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham 
 Lowe, under whom he was for two years employed 
 in the West Indies, and was often sent away in the 
 boats for the purpose of cruizing after pirates and 
 slavers. Joining, in Jan. 1819, the Active 46, to 
 which ship, commanded by Capts. Sir Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon and Andrew King, he continued attached, 
 in the capacity of Admiralty-Midshipman, until 
 Sept. 1824, he partook of much special service, and 
 was for several months engaged at the blockade of 
 Algiers. On the date last mentioned (having 
 passed his examination in 1822) he removed, as 
 Mate, to the Dartmouth 42, Capts. Hon. Jas. 
 Ashley Maude and Henry Dundas, and was again 
 ordered to the "West Indies, where his conduct in 
 boarding and carrying, in a boat with only 11 men, 
 a piratical schooner oif the north coast of Cuba, on 
 which occasion he was slightly wounded in the left 
 leg, procured him a commission dated 1 July, 1825. 
 He remained in the Dartmodth until the following 
 Dec. ; and was then received as a Supernumerary 
 into the Eden 26, Capt. John Lawrence. He has 
 not been afloat since July, 1826. 
 
 The Lieutenant married, 6 Nov. 1827, Catherine, 
 youngest daughter of the late Kobt. Lindsay, Esq., 
 of Almeriecloss, Forfar, N.B., by whom he has 
 issue five children. 
 
 LYDE. (LlEnTENANT, 1814. F-P., 11; H-P., 33.) 
 
 George Lyde entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Prince of Wales 98, 
 Capt. Wm. Cuming, bearing the flag of Sir Roht. 
 Calder. After sharing in the action fought off 
 Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805, he successively fol- 
 lowed Capt. Cuming, in 1806, into the Isis 50, and 
 Sampson 64 — escorting Rear- Admiral Chas. Stirling, 
 in the latter ship, to the Rio de la Plata, and a con- 
 voy thence to the Cape of Good Hope. Returning 
 to Europe in the early part of 1807, he served from 
 May in that year until promoted to his present 
 rank 9 Sept. 1814, chiefly as Master's Mate, although 
 for a short time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the In- 
 flexible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, Eclair 
 18, Capt. Chas. Kempthorne Quash, Bombay 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Cuming, Norbome Thompson, and Geo. 
 Parker, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Lord Ex- 
 mouth, on the Home, Baltic, and Mediterranean 
 stations. He has since been on hall-pay. He had 
 served in the Bombay from 19 Oct. 1808 until 20 
 April, 1814, and had passed his examination in 
 1809. 
 
 Lieut. Lyde married, 14 Deo. 1830, Catherine, 
 youngest daughter of Commander Wm. West, R.N., 
 who died in 1811. He has issue six children. 
 
 LYDIAED. (Captain, 1842.) 
 
 George William Charles Lydiard entered the 
 Royal Naval College 22 Sept. 1815 ; and embarked, 
 17 Jan. 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth ; whence, 
 after having been for a short time borne on the 
 books of the Drake sloop, Capt. Henry Shiffner, he 
 proceeded to the Mediterranean in the Spbt 20, 
 commanded at first by Capt. Jas. Kearney White, 
 and next by Capts. Jas. Barnwell Tattnell and John 
 Donaldson Boswall. In May, 1821, and Aug. 1822, 
 being still on the station last named, he was there 
 received in succession into the RocnroRT 80, flag- 
 
 ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Laene sloop, Capt. 
 Robt. Tait. His appointments in the capacity of 
 Lieutenant, a rank he attained 20 March, 1823, ap- 
 pear to have been— 2 Sept. 1824, to the Owen Glen- 
 dower 42, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, fitting 
 for the Cape of Good Hope, whence he obtained 
 leave to return— 18 Sept. 1829, to the Ganges 84, 
 Capts. John Hayes, Edw. Stirling Dickson, and 
 Geo. Burdett, again in the Mediterranean — 7 Nov. 
 1833, as Senior, after 20 months of half-pay, to the 
 Blonde 46, Capt. Fras. Mason, fitting for South 
 America — 7 Oct. 1834, to the acting-command of 
 the Satellite 18, on the latter station— and, 19 
 Feb. 1835, again to the Blonde. He was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander, on that ship being put 
 out of commission, 5 Deo. 1837 ; and was lastly, 
 from 31 July, 1838, until paid off at the close of 
 1841, employed as Second-Captain of the Donegal 
 78, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir John Ac- 
 worth Ommanney on the Lisbon and Mediterranean 
 stations. He was posted 30 Aug. 1842. 
 
 LYE. (Rear -Admiral of the Bloe, 1841. 
 F-p., 18 ; H-p., 33). 
 
 William Jones Lye was bom 9 June, 1783, and 
 died 7 March, 1846, at Bath. He was brother of 
 Capt. Leigh Lye, who served throughout the Pe- 
 ninsular war and at Waterloo in the 11th Dragoons. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capts. 
 Berkeley and Murray, bearing the flag in the Chan- 
 nel of Sir Roger Curtis. In 1799, after he had 
 cruized with that Admiral off the coast of Ireland, 
 and off Cadiz and Gibraltar, as Midshipman of the 
 Prince 98, he sailed with him in the Lancaster 
 64, for the Cape of Good Hope, where, on 12 Sept. 
 1801, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of tiie 
 Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborn. While in that 
 ship, to which he was confirmed 15 Jan. 1802, w^e 
 find him commanding a boat at the destruction of a 
 vessel under the enemy's forts on the Isle of France. 
 On 19 March and 26 May, 1805, Mr. Lye succes- 
 sively assumed the acting-command of the Corn- 
 WALLis 44, and Rattlesnake 18 ; and on 22 May, 
 1806 (having been officially appointed to the latter 
 vessel on 31 of the preceding Jan.), he was posted 
 into the Bombay, alias Ceylon, 32.* Removing, in 
 April, 1810, to the Doris 36, he was intrusted, in 
 the course of that year, with the conduct of two 
 expeditions that sailed from Madras and Bombay 
 for the Mauritius and Bourbon ; and he afterwards, 
 in Dec. 1810 and Sept. 1811, took part in the opera- 
 tions which led to the reduction of the islands of 
 France and Java. On the former occasion he com- 
 manded a division of boats at the landing of the 
 army. At Java he had charge, at first, of a small 
 blockading squadron. After its subjugation he was 
 for some time Senior officer at Batavia. He re- 
 turned to England with Sir Sam. Hood's despatches 
 (having been upwards of 13 years absent on the 
 Cape of Good Hope and East India stations), and 
 was paid oflT in Dec. 1812. The latter was Capt. 
 Lye's last appointment. He attained Flag-rank 23 
 Nov. 1841. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 29 Jan. 1817, Eliza, 
 daughter of Benjamin Cobb, Esq., of New Romney, 
 CO. Kent, by whom ho has left issue four children. 
 His two eldest sons are in the East India Service. 
 
 LYELL. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Thomas Lyell is second son of Chas. Lyell, Esq., 
 of Kinnordy, co. Angus, a Magistrate and Vice- 
 Lieutenant of that shire, by Frances, only daughter 
 of Thomas Smith, Esq., of Maker Hall, Swaledale, 
 CO. York ; and elder brother of Capt. Henry Lyell, of 
 the 43rd Bengal Light Infantry. One of his aunts 
 married Capt. Gilbert Heathcote R.N., brother of 
 the present Admiral Sir Henry Heathcote, Kt. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 July, 1813 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 8 July, 1824 ; and was subse- 
 
 * The Bombay made prize, 10 July, 1807, of the French 
 national brig Le Jaseur of 12 guns and 55 men, after a chase 
 of nine hours. — Vide Gay. 1808, p. 71. 
 
LYNE— LYON— LYONS. 
 
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 quently appointed — 2 July, 1825, to the Despatch 
 sloop, Capt. Robt. "White Parsons— 14 Jan. 1826, to 
 the Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Chas. BuUen on the coast of Africa — 
 for a short time in the spring of 1830, to the post of 
 Flag-Lieutenant to the Earl of Northesk at Ply- 
 mouth— 20 May, 1831, to the Tweed 20, Capt. Allan 
 Bertram, in the West Indies— 22 Feb. 1832, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Gannet 18, Capt. Mark Halpen, 
 on the same station— and, 6 June, 1834, in a similar 
 capacity (after several months of half-pay), to the 
 ■Winchester 52, Capt. Edw. Sparshott, fitting at 
 Chatham. He was superseded from the latter ship 
 in the' following July, and has since been on hall- 
 pay. Agent — J. Hiuxman. 
 
 LYNE. (Eetieed Captain, 1840. r-p., 16; 
 H-P., 45.) 
 
 Thomas Lyne was born 17 Nov. 1768, at Ring- 
 wood. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1786, on 
 board the Thisbe 28, Capts. Isaac Coffin and Sam. 
 Hood, stationed at Halifax ; where, from 1789 until 
 1791, he served, as Midshipman, in the Dido 28, 
 Capt. Edw. BuUer. After an attachment for short 
 periods to various ships, he sailed for the Mediter- 
 ranean in the Alcide 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee, and 
 was present at the occupation of Toulon ; while in 
 command of a gun-boat at which place he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 Oct. 1793. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 29 Dec. in the lat- 
 ter year, for seven months, to the Gokgon, Capt. 
 Jas. Wallis, also in the Mediterranean— 16 Dec. 
 
 1794, to the Culloden 74, Capt. Thos. Troubridge, 
 under whom he bore a part in the actions of 13 July, 
 
 1795, and 14 Feb. 1797, off the Hyeres islands and 
 Cape St. Vincent — and, 15 March, 1797, as Senior, 
 to the Akgo 44, Capt. Jas. Bowen. In Nov. 1798 he 
 was present in the latter ship at the reduction of 
 Minorca ; and on 6 Feb. 1799 he assisted in taking 
 the Spanish frigate Santa Teresa of 42 guns and 530 
 men, including 250 soldiers. During the chase 
 which preceded the surrender of the enemy Mr. 
 Lyne, as officially declared by his Captain, displayed 
 great merit in keeping sight, and observing the dif- 
 ferent shifts, of the enemy, whereby great advan- 
 tage accrued to the Akgo. Much commendation 
 was also bestowed on his professional skill and 
 great exertions, after possession had been taken of 
 the prize, in saving the tottering mast from tum- 
 bling overboard. The Akgo, it appears, subse- 
 quently brought Earl St. Vincent home from the 
 Mediterranean, conveyed nine homeward-bound 
 Indiamen from St. Helena, and was for some time 
 employed on the coast of Africa. Her First-Lieu- 
 tenant attained the rank of Commander 29 April, 
 1802 ; and accepted that of Captain, on the Retired 
 List, 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 LYON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 22.) 
 Francis Lyon was born 24 Aug. 1794. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romulus frigate, arme'e 
 en flute, Capt. Thos. Burton, stationed in the Chan- 
 nel ; and from Aug. 1806, until wrecked on Sable 
 Island 3 Aug. 1812, was employed in the West In- 
 dies and on the coast of America, nearly the whole 
 time as Midshipman, in the Emulous 18, Capts. 
 Gustavus Stupart and Wm. Howe Mulcaster. He 
 assisted, during that period, in beating off, when in 
 the neighbourhood of Puerto Rico, 9 Nov. 1809, a 
 French frigate mounting 32 guns, after an action, 
 fought within pistol-shot, of an hour and 40 mi- 
 nutes, in which the Emulous was cut to pieces, and 
 sustained a loss of 10 killed and 20 wounded ; and, 
 on 26 Aug. 1811, and 30 July, 1812, he contributed 
 to the capture of L'Adele French letter-of-marque, 
 adcn with cotton, and the Gossamer American pri- 
 vateer of 14 guns and 100 men. During the whole 
 term of Capt. Mulcaster's command, a period of 
 nearly two years, he was in constant charge of a 
 watch, and was intrusted with the conduct into port 
 of every prize of the least value. On the occurrence 
 
 of the catastrophe above alluded to, he was turned 
 over with his Captain to the Nautilus brig, in 
 which vessel, it appears, he cruized with great acti- 
 vity and success. In April 1813, being then Master's 
 Mate, although performing the duties of Lieutenant, 
 of the Statiha 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, we 
 find him commanding one of the boats of a squa- 
 dron, containing 105 men, under the orders of Lieut. 
 Jas. Polkinghorne, at the dashing capture, 1 5 miles 
 up the Rappahannock river, of four schooners, carry- 
 ing in the whole 31 guns and 219 men, an exploit 
 which was productive of a loss to the British of 2 
 killed and 11 wounded, and to the enemy of 6 killed 
 and 10 wounded. After serving for a few months in 
 the St. Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase 
 Warren, and Prince Regent 56, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario, he 
 was, in June, 1814, nominated, at the earnest re- 
 commendation of his friend Capt, Mulcaster, Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Princess Charlotte 42, 
 commanded at first by that gallant officer, and next 
 by Capts. Edw. Collier and Rich. O'Conor, also on 
 the Canadian station ; where, being confirmed by a 
 commission dated 18 of the following Nov., he con- 
 tinued employed, in the same ship and the Psyche 
 32, Capt. Peter Fisher (participating in the mean 
 while in much valuable and important service), 
 until ordered home, in July, 1815, in the Calliope 
 10, Capt. Alex. Maconochie. From the latter date, 
 unable to procure an appointment, Lieut. Lyon re- 
 mained on half-pay until 1837 ; since 8 Feb. in 
 which year he has been in command of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 17 Feb. 1817, Miss Eliza Fawcett, of 
 Portarlington, and by that lady has issue five chil- 
 dren. 
 
 LYON. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Thomas Lyon, bom 28 Oct. 1825, is se- 
 cond son of Thomas Lyon, Esq., of Appleton Hall, 
 CO. Chester, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for COS. Lancaster and Chester, by Eliza, youngest 
 daughter of Geo. Clayton,* Esq., of Lostock Hall, 
 Lancashire. One of his uncles, John Lyon, also 
 in the R. N., died in 1821, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, aged 24. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 9 June, 1845 ; 
 was appointed Mate, 19 Feb. 1846, of the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads; attained his present rank 29 June, 
 1846 ; and, since 6 of the following Aug., has been 
 serving on board the Columbine 16, Capts. Jas. 
 Rich. Booth and Chas. Conrad Grey, now on the 
 East India station. 
 
 LYONS, Bart., G.C.B., K.C.H., K.S.L., K.C.R.G., 
 (Captain, 1814. f-p., 19; h-p., 27.) 
 
 Sir Edmund Lyons, born 21 Nov. 1790, is second 
 surviving son of the late John Lyons, Esq., of An- 
 tigua, and of St. Austen's House, Lymington, Hants, 
 by Catherine, daiighter of Joseph Walrond, Esq., 
 of Mountrath, co. Devon, and brother of Capt. John 
 Lyons, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Charlotte yacht, 
 Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale. In Jan. 1802 he 
 removed to the Maidstone frigate, Capt. Rich. 
 Hussey Moubray, with whom, in Aug. 1803, he was 
 transferred to the Active 38. After sharing in 
 much service on the Mediterranean station, and 
 enacting a Midshipman's part in Sir John Duck- 
 worth's expedition to the Dardanells, where he as- 
 sisted in demolishing the formidable redoubt on 
 Point Pesquies, he returned to England in 1807 on 
 board the Bergj^re sloop, Capt. G. B. Winyates. 
 Sailing towards the close of the same year for the 
 East Indies in the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw. Dum- 
 ford King, he was there, in June, 1808, three months 
 after he had joined the Russell 74, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, appointed Acting- 
 
 * By Dorothea, sister of Admiral the first Lord Gardner, 
 and widow of Robert Bairie, Esq., by whom she was mother 
 of Kear-Admiral the late Sir Robert Barrie, K.C.B., K.C.H. 
 
688 
 
 LYONS. 
 
 Lieutenant of the Caroline 36, Capt. Henry Hart. 
 In the following Aug. he became attached, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Bakacohta brig ; and to 
 that vessel, commanded by Capts. Wm. Wells and 
 "Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, he was confirmed by com- 
 mission dated 22 Nov. 1809. At the celebrated cap- 
 ture, in Aug. 1810, of the island of Banda Neira, 
 Mr. Lyons obtained mention as being among the 
 foremost to escalade the walls of the castle of Bel- 
 gica, an achievement for boldness in the design and 
 conduct in the execution rarely paralleled.* In 
 Dec. following, on the arrival of the Baracouta 
 with the news of the conquest at Madras, we find 
 him immediately appointed Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Eear-Admiral Drury in the Mikden 74. Conti- 
 nuing, on the death of the Commander-in-Chief, to 
 serve in the same ship under Capt. Edw. Wallis 
 Hoare, he proceeded in the spring of 1811 to the 
 coast of Java, there to await the arrival of an ex- 
 pedition fitting out at the different ports of India 
 for the subjugation of that island. "While stationed 
 in the Sunda Strait, Mr. Lyons' extreme zeal for 
 the service, and the gallantry of his nature, led him 
 to the performance of an exploit which so far sur- 
 passed all his Captain's ideas of possibility as to 
 elicit from him a declaration that it was beyond all 
 comment. This was nothing less than the storming 
 and capture, on the night of 30 July, 1811, with not 
 more than 35 men, and with but trifling loss, of the 
 strong fortress of Marrack, mounting 54 guns and 
 garrisoned by 180 soldiers and the crews of two 
 boats. f Previously to the latter event Mr. Lyons 
 had been of material assistance to Capt. Geo. Sayer, 
 of the Leda frigate, in reconnoitring and procuring 
 information relative to the force and position of the 
 enemy. During the operations which were shortly 
 afterwards regularly commenced, he was at first in- 
 trusted with the command of a flotilla of five gun- 
 boats recently captured by Capt. Robt. Maunsell 
 {whom see) ; and was then allowed to serve in the 
 batteries opposed to Fort Comelis. After the glo- 
 rious assaults on that stronghold his health became 
 so impaired from the exertions he had undergone 
 that he felt himself under the necessity of inva- 
 liding ; and he accordingly returned home in the 
 Caroline 36, Capt. Christ. Cole. Being awarded, 
 on his arrival, a second promotal commission, dated 
 21 March, 1812, Capt. Lyons was next, 5 April, 
 1813, appointed to the command of the Rinaldo 
 10 ; in which vessel, it appears, he escorted Louis 
 XVin. to France and the Allied Sovereigns to 
 England, besides affording a passage to Mr. Flanta, 
 the bearer of the treaty of Paris. Although ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank 7 June, 1814, he was not again 
 employed until 1828 ; on 18 Jan. in which year he 
 obtained command of the Blonde 46, fitting for the 
 Mediterranean. In the following Oct., after having 
 for some time blockaded the port of Navarin, we 
 find him directing the movements of the naval part 
 of an expedition ordered to co-operate with the 
 French in the siege of Morea Castle, the last hold 
 of the Turks in the Peloponnesus.]: During an ar- 
 duous service of twelve days and nights, in very 
 unfavourable weather, which preceded its uncondi- 
 tional surrender, he distinguished himself in an 
 especial manner, and, having landed, was almost 
 constantly in the trenches, exposed to a tremendous 
 fire of great guns and musketry. The greatness, 
 indeed, of Capt. Lyons' exertions, added to the 
 satisfaction afforded to the French by his cordial 
 behaviour towards them, led to his being invested 
 with the insignia of the order of St. Louis of France 
 and of a Knight Commander of the Order of the 
 Redeemer of Greece. In the summer of 1829 the 
 Blonde conveyed Sir Robt. Gordon as Ambassador 
 to Constantinople. She was afterwards the first 
 British man-of-war that ever entered the Black Sea ; 
 and in Jan. 1831 she took Sir John Malcolm from 
 Alexandria to Malta. Removing about the latter 
 period to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Lyons was 
 afforded an opportunity, in May, 1832, of witnessing 
 Ibrahim Pacha's bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre ; 
 
 • ride Gaz. 1811, p. 1196. + V. Gaz. 1811, p. 2407. 
 
 i r. Gaz. 1828, p. 8201. 
 
 and, in the early part of 1833, of attending King 
 Otho and the Bavarian Regency from Trieste to 
 Greece. He paid the Madagascar off 17 Jan. 
 1835, and has not been since afloat. In the course 
 of the month last mentioned he was nominated a 
 K.C.H., and received the honour of Knighthood. 
 
 Sir Edm. Lyons, who has filled the office of Mi- 
 nister Plenipotentiary at the court of Athens since 
 July, 1835, was created a Baronet for his civil ser- 
 vices in 1840, and a G.C.B. 10 July, 1844. He mar- 
 ried, 18 July, 1814, Augusta, second daughter of 
 the late Capt. Josias Rogers, R.N., who commanded 
 the Quebec frigate at the capture of the French 
 West India islands in 1794, and niece of the late 
 Kear-Admiral Thos. Rogers. By that lady he has 
 issue with two daughters (the one married to the 
 Baron Philip de Wurtzburg, the other to the Earl 
 of Arundel and Surrey) two sons, the elder of whom. 
 Rich. Bickerton Pemell, is an attaclie to the embassy 
 in Greece, and the younger, Edm. Moubray, a Com- 
 mander in the R.N. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 LYONS. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Edmund Moubray Ltons, born 27 June, 1819, is 
 second and youngest son of Capt. Sir Edm. Lyons, 
 Bart., G.C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 10 
 July, 1829 ; passed his examination in 1838 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 11 June, 1841 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed, always on the Mediterra- 
 nean station — in the course of the same year, as 
 Additional, to the Howe 120, flag-ship of Sir Fras. 
 Mason — 1 March, 1842, to the Rodney 92, Capt. 
 Robt. Maunsell — 11 Jan. 1844, again as Additional, 
 to the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. 
 W. C. R. Owen— 15 April, 1844, to the Aigle 24, 
 Capt. Lord Clarence Edw. Paget — 19 June, 1845, to 
 the Tyhe 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock— and, 10 
 April, 1846, as First, to the Siren 16, Capt. Harry 
 Edm. Edgell. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 
 1846 ; and is now on half-pay. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 LYONS. (Captain, 1830. r-p., 17; h-p., 32.) 
 
 John Lyons is brother of Capt. Sir Edm. Lyons, 
 Bart., G.C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the St. George 98, Capts. 
 John HoUoway, Sampson Edwards, Henry Nichols, 
 and Wm. Grenville Lobb ; in which ship, bearing 
 the flag for some time of Admirals Lord Nelson and 
 Chas. Morice Pole, he bore a part (previously to 
 visiting the Mediterranean) in the action off Copen- 
 hagen 2 April, 1801. He served during the peace 
 of Amiens, on the West India and Home stations, in 
 the Edgar 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, Childers 
 sloop, Capt. Delafons, and Apricaine 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Manby ; and on the renewal of hostilities in 
 1803 he joined the Magnificent 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Jervis, under whom, while attached to the 
 in-shore squadron off Brest, he was wrecked, on the 
 Black Rocks, in March, 1804. Being received, in 
 the following Sept. (after three months' servitude 
 with Capt. Jervis on board the Tonnant 80), into 
 the Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson, he was 
 afforded an opportunity, 21 Oct. 1805, of sharing in 
 the glories of Trafalgar. He was in consequence 
 promoted, while with Lord CoUingwood in the 
 Queen 98, to the rank of Lieutenant, 24 Dec. in the 
 same year ; and he was afterwards appointed — 17 
 Feb. 1806, to the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, in 
 which ship, we understand, he vritnessed the re- 
 duction of the island of Capri— 18 Aug. 1806, to the 
 Queen 98, Capt. Fras. Pender, stationed off Cadiz 
 —18 June, 1807, to the Montagu 74, Capts. Robt. 
 Waller Otway and Rich. Hussey Moubray, again 
 on the Mediterranean station, where he assisted at 
 the evacuation of ScyUa in the winter of 1807, and 
 commanded a detachment of seamen at the reduc- 
 tion of Santa Maura in April, 1810* — 23 Feb. and 1 
 Sept. 1811, to the Repulse 74, Capt. R. H. Moubray, 
 and Bombay 74, Capts. Wm. Cuming and Norbome 
 • Fide Gaz. 1810, p. 1136. 
 
LYONS— LYS—LYSAGHT—LYSTER. 
 
 689 
 
 Thompson, principally employed off Toulon— 21 
 May, 1813, after six mouths of half-pay, to the 
 Anaceeon sloop, Capt. John Davis, which vessel, 
 attached to the force on the Plymouth station, his 
 health obliged him to leave in the ensuing Aug. — 
 and, 29 Jan. 1814, to the Ville de Paeis 110, bear- 
 ing the flag in the Channel of Sir Harry Burrard 
 Neale. He attained the rank of Commander 27 
 June in the latter year; and from 26 Aug. 1828 
 until posted, 22 July, 1830, was employed in that 
 capacity at the Cape of Good Hope on board the 
 Jaseur 18. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Lyons, we believe, has been for some time 
 employed by the Government in Egypt. Agekt— 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 LYONS. (Lteotenant, 1825.) 
 
 WitLiAM Lyons entered the Navy 20 March, 
 1810 ; passed his examination in 1820 ; obtained his 
 commission 20 July, 1825; was appointed, 31 Oct. 
 following, to the Beaver sloop, Capt. "Wm. Geo. 
 Hyndham Whish ; and since 18 March, 1834, has 
 been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 LYS. (Lieutenant, 1818. r-P., 12; h-p., 25.) 
 
 Matthew Lys entered the Koyal Kaval College 20 
 Oct. 1810 ; and embarked, 24 June, 1812, as A.B.. on 
 board the Nekeds 36, Capt. Peter Heywood. With 
 that officer he continued to serve in the Montago 
 74, on the South American and Home stations until 
 Nov. 1814 ; assisting as Midshipman, during the 
 latter year, in the conveyance of the British army 
 from Bordeaux to England, and particularly in the 
 grand naval review held at Spithead. He then 
 sailed for the East Indies in the Cokhwallis 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton ; and on his return 
 to England in 1816 in the Thbban 36, Capt. Sam. 
 Leslie, joined the Minden 74, Capt. "Wm. Paterson. 
 After assisting at the bombardment of Algiers he 
 again proceeded to India, where, in March, 1817, he 
 was nominated by Sir Rich. King Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Chas. Pem- 
 berton. He was confirmed by the Admiralty on 
 his arrival home, 20 Jan. 1818, and was subse- 
 quently appointed — 29 Deo. 1820, to the Medina 
 20, Capt. Kobt. Hockings, on the Mediterranean 
 station — 22 March, 1821, to the Doris frigate, Capts. 
 Thos. Graham and Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon, 
 fitting for the Brazils, whence he invalided — and 
 2 Dec. 1823, to the Ocean 80, Capts. Lucius Ferdi- 
 nand Hardyman and John Sykes, flag-ship for some 
 time of Lord Amelius Beauclerk in the river Tagus. 
 He was paid off we believe in 1827, and has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 LYSAGHT. (Keae-Admibal or the White, 
 1841. F-P., 14;h-p., 38.) 
 
 Arthur Lysaght belongs to the family of Lord 
 Lisle. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 June, 1795, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board La Sybille of 48 guns, 
 Capts. Edw. Cooke and Lucius Ferdinand Hardy- 
 man, stationed at first in the Channel and after- 
 wards in the East Indies ; where, in Jan. 1798, he 
 was Midshipman of that vessel when, in company 
 with the Fox 32, she entered the Spanish harbour 
 of Manilla (notwithstanding that there were lying 
 there three ships of the line and three frigates), and 
 captured seven boats, 200 men, and a large quan- 
 tity of ammunition and implements of war. In the 
 course of the same month he was present in an 
 action with the enemy's batteries at Samboangon 
 in the island of Magindanao, whose fire occasioned 
 the two ships a collective loss of 6 killed and 16 
 wounded ; and on the night of 28 Feb. 1799 he 
 contributed to the capture, at the mouth of the Ben- 
 gal Biver, of the French frigate La Forte of 52 
 guns and 370 men, after a deadly action of two 
 hours and a half, in which the enemy had 65 of 
 their number (including the Captain) killed and 80 
 wounded, and the British, out of 371 men, 5 killed 
 and 17 (among whom was Capt. Cooke mortally) 
 wounded. On the prize being added to the British 
 
 Navy and placed under the orders of Capt. Hardy- 
 man, Mr. Lysaght joined her, in May, 1799, in the 
 capacity of Master's Mate. He continued in her 
 until she was wrecked, in the Red Sea, about June 
 1801 ; and then removed to the Fox 32, Capt. Henry 
 Stuart, whom, in the following Oct. he accomjia- 
 nied, as Acting-Lieutenant, into La Chiffonne 36. 
 Invaliding home in March, 1802, Mr. Lysaght, 
 whose official promotion took place 3 Aug. in that 
 year, was next, 23 March, 1803, and 5 July, 1805, 
 appointed to the MELroaiNE 38, and Malabar 74, 
 Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and Robt. H all, on the 
 Channel and West India stations. He obtained a 
 second promotal commission 22 Jan. 1806 ; assumed 
 command, 8 Feb. following of the Goelan sloop, 
 also in the East Indies ; acquired Post-rank 25 Sept. 
 in the same year ; and was lastly, from 20 May, 
 1807, until 19 Nov. 1810, employed as Captain of 
 the Jamaica 24, on the Channel, Lisbon, and New- 
 foundland stations. He was advanced to Flag- 
 rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, first, in 1813, Caro- 
 line, daughter of Thos. Cuming, Esq., of Camden 
 Place, Bath ; and, that lady dying in 1825, secondly, 
 22 Aug. 1831, Eliza Dorothy, eldest daughter of the 
 late Henry Percy Pulleine, Esq., of Crake Hall, co. 
 York, by whom he has issue three sons. 
 
 LYSAGHT. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 TnoMAS Henry Lysaght entered the Navy (from 
 the Royal Naval College) 11 Feb. 1830 ; passed his 
 examination in 1835 ; and, participating, while Mate 
 of the Samarang 26, Capt. Jas. Scott, in the opera- 
 tions on the coast of China, was in particular men- 
 tioned for his gallantry and zeal at the forcing of 
 the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa ; dur- 
 ing their advance on which place the boats of that 
 ship, in conjunction with the Nemesis steamer, de- 
 stroyed, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 4 p.m. on 15 
 March, 1841, five forts, one battery, two military 
 stations, and nine war-junks, in which collectively 
 were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.* He obtained a com- 
 mission 8 June following ; served, from 23 Aug. in 
 the same year until superseded in 1844, in the Spar- 
 tan 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone 
 Elliot, on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion ; and since 10 Nov, 1846 has been in command 
 of the Grappler steamer, of 220 horse-power, on 
 the coast of Africa. 
 
 LYSTEE. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 1 1 .) 
 Henry Lyster entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1811, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Merchey, Capt. Cle- 
 ment Milward, with whom he continued to serve as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Peruvian 
 16, and Herald 20, on the West India and North 
 American stations until Oct. 1815. He was then 
 for two years and a half employed on the coast of 
 Africa in the Inconstant and Semiramis frigates, 
 bearing each the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas 
 Yeo. On his arrival home in the autumn of 1818 
 he became for a few weeks attached to the Severn 
 Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch ; after 
 which he sailed for South America, and was there 
 retained on service in the Slaney 20, Capts. Donat 
 Henchy O'Brien and Henry Stanhope, until trans- 
 ferred, in June, 1822, to the Jupiter 60, Capt. Geo. 
 Augustus Westphal, [fitting for the conveyance of 
 Lord Amherst to Bengal. After having acted for 
 six months as Lieutenant, he was confirmed in that 
 rank, on the return of the Juptter to England, 20 
 Jan. 1824; and he was next appointed— towards 
 the close of the same year, to the Ferret sloop, 
 Capt. Wm. Hobson, on the Jamaica station, whence 
 he invalided in March 1826—4 July, 1831, as Senior 
 to the Imogene 28, Capt. Price Blackwood, in which 
 vessel, on proceeding to China, he assisted in forc- 
 ing the passage of the Boca Tigris 9 Sept. 1834— 
 18 March, 1836, to the Coenwallis 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Worgan Geo. Festing, fitting at Plymouth— 12 July 
 1836, as First, to the Royal Adelaide 104, flag- 
 ship at that port of Lord Amelius Beauclerk, under 
 • FidoGxi. 1841, p. 1509. 
 
 4T 
 
690 
 
 LYSTER-M'CLEVERTY— M'CLINTOCK. 
 
 whom he served for a period of nearly three years 
 — and 2 April, 1840, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, on the Me- 
 diterranean station. Obtaining a second promotal 
 commission 23 Nov. 1841, he was appointed, 3 March, 
 1842, to the Second-Captaincy of the Agincodkt 72, 
 fitting for the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, 
 Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. On 10 
 Aug. 1845, being at the time Acting-Captain of that 
 ship, he assumed charge, as second in command 
 under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the boats of a squad- 
 ron carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, and 
 marines, and hy his valorous conduct materially 
 contributed to the destruction of the piratical set- 
 tlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the island 
 of Borneo, where the British, owing to a desperate 
 opposition, experienced a loss of 6 men killed and 
 15 wounded. During the operations he was for 
 upwards of an hour undauntedly engaged, under a 
 well-sustained fire from 11 of the enemy's guns, not 
 200 yards distant, in endeavouring to effect an 
 opening through a remarkably well-constructed 
 boom which had been placed across the river to 
 obstruct the progress of the British ; and in which 
 he ultimately succeeded. He was in consequence 
 confirmed in his present rank by a commission dated 
 back to 30 of the previous June. He returned 
 home in 1846, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Lyster married, in April, 1831, at Wexford, 
 Elizabeth, second daughter of the late General 
 Hatton. 
 
 LYSTER. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 WiLLTAM DuKHAM Lystek passcd his examina- 
 tion 4 May, 1836 ; and after having been for some 
 time employed on the Mediterranean and East 
 India stations, as Mate, in the Geyser steam-vessel, 
 Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. 
 Maunsell, and Iris 26, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, 
 was promoted, 13 Dec. 1845, to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, and appointed Additional of the Agincourt 
 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. 
 He continued attached to the latter ship imtil her 
 return home from the East Indies in 1847. 
 
 M. 
 
 M'CLEVERTY. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 17 ; 
 
 H-P., 7.) 
 
 James Johnstone M'Cleverty, torn 21 June, 
 1810, is third and youngest son of Major-General 
 Sir Kobt. M'Cleverty, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., formerly 
 Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Marines at Wool- 
 wich, who died in 1838, by Elizabeth, youngest 
 daughter of Daniel Maude, Esq., of Wakefield, co. 
 York, and first-cousin of the present John Maude, 
 Esq., of Moor House, near Wakefield. The Com- 
 mander's two brothers, William Anson and Robert, 
 are both in the Army, the one a Major in the 48th, 
 the other a Captain in the 79th Kegt. His paternal 
 grandfather, Wm. M'Cleverty, was a Captain in 
 the R.N. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 6 July, 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar 46, Capt. Geo. 
 Harris, employed at first on the Home, and then 
 on the West India station, where, it appears, he 
 shared, as Midshipman, in the capture of numerous 
 piratical vessels. Becoming attached in Nov. 1826, 
 to the Asia 84, successive flag-ship in the Mediter- 
 ranean of Sir Edw. Codrington and Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, he was afibrded an opportunity of sharing, 
 under the former Admiral, in the action fought at 
 Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. He continued with Sir Pul- 
 teney Malcolm in the Britannia 120, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Nov. 1831 ; and 
 was next appointed — 2 May, 1832, to the Castor 
 86, Capts. Sir Rich. Grant and Lord John Hay, with 
 whom he served at home and off the coast of Por- 
 tugal until Sept. 1834— and 4 Oct. 1835, as First, to 
 the ^TNA 6, Capt. Alex. Thos, Emerio Vidal, em- 
 ployed as a surveying vessel on the coast of Africa, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off 
 
 in Nov. 1838. In Aug. 1841 Lieut. M'Cleverty ob- 
 tained command of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s war-steamer 
 PutEGETHON of 2 guns ; his services in which ves- 
 sel, as they led to his advancement to the rank he 
 now holds, we shall here state : — On 26, then, of 
 the month last-mentioned, he presents himself to 
 our notice as assisting at the capture of Amoy.* 
 He contributed, next, to the reduction of Chusan, 
 1 Oct. following ; and on 10 of the same month we 
 find him lauded in the despatches of Sir Wm. Par- 
 ker for the spirit of enterprise and zeal he dis- 
 played at the taking of Chinghae.f He subse- 
 quently, 10 March, 1842, obtained the thanks of 
 Capt. Kundle Purges Watson of the Modestb, the 
 senior officer present, for the valuable assistance 
 he afforded on the occasion of a night attack made 
 by the Chinese upon the British at Ningpo.]: In 
 the previous Jan. he had conjoined with the Ne- 
 mesis steamer in effecting the destruction of the 
 government buildings belonging to the town of 
 Fungwah. Preparatory to the attack made in the 
 ensuing May upon the enemy's fortifications at 
 Chapoo, he was employed with the same vessel in 
 making a very satisfactory reconnoissance of that 
 city.§ During the celebrated operations against 
 Woosung, the Phlegethon, having first towed the 
 Columbine to her proper position abreast of the 
 Chinese batteries, again united with the Nemesis, 
 and had the fortune to prove instrumental to the 
 annihilation of 13 wax-junks, each mounting 3 guns. [| 
 The activity of her Commander on the occasion 
 was exhibited as in all his other performances. He 
 afterwards beheld the fall of Chin-Kiang-Foo ; 
 and, prior to the pacification of Nanking, at which 
 he was also present, he was concerned in enforcing 
 (in company with the Starling sloop and Medusa 
 steamer) the silence of a 12-gun battery in the 
 Yang-tse-Kiang river.^ As a reward for the above 
 and other services, Mr. M'Cleverty, as already 
 intimated, was rewarded with a Commander's com- 
 mission dated 23 Dec. 1842.** Subsequently to his 
 return to England he was permitted by the Admi- 
 ralty to study at the R.N. College. He has been in 
 command, since 23 jVprii, 1846, of the Polyphemus 
 steam-sloop, and is now on the coast of Portugal. 
 
 Commander M'Cleverty married, 2 June, 1846, 
 Sophia, relict of Commander R. F. Cleveland, R.N., 
 and fifth daughter of the Rev. Hubert Oakeley, 
 D.D., of Oakeley, Shropshire. 
 
 M'CLINTOCK. (LlEDTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 Francis Leopold M'Clintock is second son of 
 the late Henry M'Clintock, Esq., formerly in the 
 3rd Dragoon Guards, Collector of Dundalk, by 
 Elizabeth Melisina, daughter of the late Venerable 
 Geo. Fleury, D.D., Archdeacon of Waterford ; first- 
 cousin of Commander W. B. M'Clintock Bunbury, 
 R.N., whose memoir immediately follows ; and 
 brother-in-law of the late Capt. Chas. Henry Paget, 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1831 ; passed 
 his examination 23 Oct. 1838 ; and after having 
 been for several years employed as Mate in the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings, and Gorgon steamer, commanded 
 on the south-east coast of America by Capt. Chas. 
 Hotham, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 29 July, 1845. Being appointed, 16 Aug. following, 
 to the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospatrick Baillie Hamil- 
 ton, he continued to serve in that vessel in the Pa- 
 cific until 1847, in the course of which year he 
 returned home and was paid off. 
 
 M'CLINTOCK, M.P., now Bdnbobt. (Com- 
 mander, 1835.) 
 William Bdneury M'Clintock Bdnburt, born 
 in 1800, is second son of John M'Clintock, Esq., of 
 Drumcar, co. Louth, Chief Serjeant-at-Arms for 
 Ireland since a period antecedent to the legislative 
 
 • rirteGaz. 1842, p. 83. f F. Gaz. 1842, pp. 394, 396. 
 ■^ f. Gai. 1842, p. 2389. 5 V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3692. 
 
 r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3399. ^T f^- Gaz. 1842, p. 3402. 
 
 ** K.Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
 I 
 
M'CLURE-M'CORMICK— M'CORNISIi— M'COY. 
 
 691 
 
 Union, and formerly M.P. for the borough of Ath- 
 lone, and for co. Louth, by his first wife, Jane, 
 only daughter of the late Wm. Bunbury, Esq., of 
 Moyle, M.P. for co. Carlow, and sister of the late 
 Thos. Bunbury, Esq., also M.P. for that co. The 
 Commander, a first-cousin of Lieut. F. L. M'Clin- 
 tock, K.N., is connected vpith the noble houses of 
 Anglesey and Beaufort, and nearly allied to many 
 others of distinction. One of his half-brothers, 
 Charles, died a Captain in the 74th Kegt. ; another, 
 George, is at present an ofBoer in the 37th Regt. 
 He assumed the name of Bunbury, in addition to 
 his patronymic, on the death of his uncle, Thos. 
 Bunbury, Esq., M.P., in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Kobt. 
 Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy, under the former 
 of whom we find him co-operating in the siege of 
 St. Sebastian and contributing, 17 March, 1814, to 
 the capture of L'Alcyon French corvette, of 16 
 guns and 120 men. Towards the close of the year 
 last mentioned, after he had been for a short time 
 employed on the American coast, he sailed for the 
 Cape of Good Hope in the Niger 38, Capt. Peter 
 Bainier. Quitting that ship in 181,5, he next, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 Sept. 1822, 
 served on the Home, Mediterranean, Brazilian, and 
 Newfoundland stations, chiefly as Midshipman, in 
 the Pactolus 38 and Severn* 40, both commanded 
 by Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Britomart 
 sloop, Capt. Hon. Geo. Jas. Perceval, Favorite 20, 
 Capt. Hercules Bobinson, Grasshopper sloop, Capt. 
 David Buchan, Qoeen Charlotte 100, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Jas. Hawkins "Whitshed, and Apollo 
 and Royal George yachts, each under the orders 
 of Hon. Sir Cbas. Paget. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were— 11 Sept. 1823, to the Tamar 26, Capt. 
 Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, fitting in the river 
 Thames— 2 Feb. 1824, to the Samarang 28, Capts. 
 Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman and David Dunn, 
 employed at Halifax and the Cape of Good Hope — 
 21 Aug. 1828, to the Procris 10, Capts. Chas. Henry 
 Paget and Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, stationed off 
 Cork and in the Mediterranean — and, 3 June, 1831, 
 again to the Samarang, Capt. C. H. Paget, in 
 which vessel he officiated for three years as First- 
 Lieutenant in South America. He was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander, on being paid off, 9 Feb. 
 1835, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In July, 1846, on the death of his uncle. Com- 
 mander Bunbury was elected M.P. for co. Carlow. 
 He was again returned in 1847. He married, 3 Nov. 
 1842, Pauline, second daughter of Sir Jas. Matthew 
 Stronge, Bart., of Tynan Abbey, co. Armagh. 
 
 M'CLURE. (LlEUTEKANT, 1837.) 
 
 Robert John Le Mesdhier M'CLnRE passed his 
 examination in 1830; and obtained his commission 
 30 Nov. 1837. His appointments have since been — 
 1 Feb. 1838, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Fras. Ers- 
 kine Loch, fitting at Portsmouth — 16 June following, 
 to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the 
 Lakes of Canada— 17 Aug. 1839, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. Ramsay, attached to the 
 force in North America and the West Indies— 18 
 June, 1842, to the command of the Bomney receiv- 
 ing-ship at the Havana, where he remained until the 
 early part of 1846— and, 29 Dec. in the latter year, 
 to the Coast Guard, in which service he is now em- 
 ployed. 
 
 JI'CORMICK. (Commandeb, 1841. f-p., 12; 
 
 H-p., 32.) 
 Shepherd M'Cormick was born in Jan. 1794. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday, to which 
 ship he continued attached in the capacities of 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate until Feb. 1811. 
 It was his fortune to be present, in consequence, in 
 Sir Robt. Calder's action 22 July, 1805 ; at the cap- 
 ture of the Marengo of 80 guns, bearing the flag of 
 * In the Severn he fought at Algiers. 
 
 Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, 13 
 March, 1806; at the taking, 27 Sept. following, of 
 Le President French frigate ; at the passage of the 
 Dardanells, and the destruction of the Turkish 
 squadron at Point Pesquies, in Feb. 1807 ; at the 
 siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809 ; and on 30 Aug. 
 1810, when the Repulse gallantly rescued the Phi- 
 lomel sloop from capture, by interposing herself 
 between that vessel and an advanced division of the 
 Toulon fleet, which she compelled to put back. In 
 Oct. 1811, after he had been for eight months em- 
 ployed with Capts. Halliday and Joseph Bingham 
 in the Montagu and Egmont 74's, he joined the 
 SwirrsuHE of similar force ; in the boats belonging 
 to which ship, when off the island of Corsica, we 
 find him assisting at the capture of a privateer, 
 whose resistance occasioned her assailants a heavy 
 loss. Being appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in March, 
 1813, of the Volcano bomb, Capts. Wm. Fairbro- 
 ther CarroU, David Price, and John Wyat Watling, 
 Mr. M'Cormick (whose promotion was confirmed 25 
 June following, and who continued in the same 
 vessel until Aug. 1815) was at first very actively 
 employed in co-operation with the army on the 
 coast of Catalonia, where he frequently landed and 
 was wounded during the ai^duous investment of the 
 fort of St. Philippe in the Cul de Balaguer, mount- 
 ing 12 pieces of ordnance, wiith a garrison of 101 
 officers and men. Proceeding subsequently to the 
 coast of America, he was afforded an opportunity, 
 previously to participating in the operations against 
 New Orleans, of serving with the boats of a squa- 
 dron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, 
 of five American gun-vessels, after a very desperate 
 struggle in which the British sustained a loss of 17 
 men killed and 77 wounded. On 31 of the preced- 
 ing Oct., the Volcano, at the time in charge of a 
 transport, had succeeded, with a loss to herself of 
 2 persons killed, in beating off the U. S. privateer 
 Saucy Jack, a vessel of far superior force, 7 of whose 
 people were slain and 14 wounded. During the in- 
 surrection of 1837 in Canada, Mr. M'Cormick re- 
 ceived five balls through the body and a sabre-cut 
 across the right loin while effecting the capture of a 
 piratical steamer, the Caroline. This led to his pro- 
 motion to the rank he now holds, 23 Nov. 1841. He 
 is at present on half-pay. 
 
 Commander M'Cormick is in the receipt of a pen- 
 sion of 9U. 5s. for his wounds. He married, in Dec. 
 1821, Miss Charlotte Roe, ». lady by whom he has 
 issue six children. AGENTS^^umett and Holmes. 
 
 M'CORNISH. (LiEUTENAN-^, 1827.) 
 
 James M'Cornish died in the early part of 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Malcolm. Continuing in that ship until paid off in 
 Aug. 1815, he oo-operated with the patriots on the 
 north coast of Spain, was for some time employed 
 in the West Indies, and cruized off the coast of 
 France during the war of 100 days. He passed his 
 examination 7 Feb. 1816, and between that period 
 and the date of his advancement to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 21 Nov. 1827, was employed in vessels 
 of different descriptions— from 1817 to 1820, as chief 
 officer, in a Revenue-oruizer. At the period of his 
 promotion he was with Capt. Malcolm in the Royal 
 Charlotte yacht. He did not afterwards go 
 afloat. 
 
 M'COY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 20; h-p., 33.) 
 Robert M'Coy is son of Daniel M'Coy, Esq., 
 Master R.N. : (1788), who djed in April, 1835, at 
 Southsea, aged 75. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, jn Nov. 1794, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Hannibal 74, 
 Capt. John Colpoys, attached to the force in the 
 Channel, whence, in 1794, he sailed for the West 
 Indies in the Ganges 74, Capt. Wm. Truscott. 
 Quitting that ship in June, 1795, he next, between 
 1797 and Oct. 1801, served on the Home and Medi- 
 terranean stations as Midshipman in the Jdste 80 
 Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, Royal William' 
 
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 M'CREA— M'DANIEL— MACDONALD. 
 
 bearing the flag of Sir Peter Parker, Snake sloop, 
 Capt. John Mason Lewis, Peakl 32, Capt. Sam. 
 Jas. Ballard, and FODDnoTANT 80, flag-sbip of Lord 
 K.eith, under whom he took part in the operations 
 connected with the expedition to Egypt. Being 
 confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for six 
 months as such in the West Indies on board the 
 Defence 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet) by com- 
 mission dated 3 July, 1802, Mr. M'Coy was subse- 
 quently appointed in that capacity — 22 Nov. 1803, 
 to the Kaisonnaele 64, Capts. "Wm. Hotham, 
 Robt. Barton, Chas. Malcolm, and Josias Rowley, 
 in which ship, prior to serving on shore at the re- 
 duction of the Cape of Good Hope, he fought in 
 Sir Robert Calder's action 22 July, 1805— in Feb. 
 1806, to the Kakcissus 32, Capt. Ross Donnelly, 
 under whom he witnessed the fall of Buenos Ayres 
 — 17 July, 1807 (after nine months of half-pay), to 
 the Resolution 74, Capts. Geo. Burlton and Temple 
 Hardy, part of the force employed in 1809 at the 
 destruction of the French shipping in Basque 
 Roads and at the capture of Flushing — 14 Aug. 
 1811, to the SwiFTSHKE 74, Capts. T. Hardy, An- 
 drew King, "Wm. Stewart, Jeremiah Coghlan, and 
 Edw. Stirling Dickson, stationed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he shared in one of Sir Edw. Pellew's 
 partial actions with the Toulon fleet — and, 16 July, 
 1814, to the Tkemendods 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell. 
 In the following Nov. Mr. M'Coy, who had been 
 altogether upwards of seven years First-Lieutenant 
 of the Nakcissds, Resoldtios, Swiftsube, and 
 Tremendous, took up a Commander's commission 
 dated 15 of the previous June. "With the exception 
 of an appointment held in the Coast Guard from 6 
 April, 1831, until the commencement of 1834, he 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 His only daughter is the wife of Capt. "W. L. 
 Castle, R.N. 
 
 M'CREA. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 18; h-p., 2G.) 
 Robert Contaet M'Ckea was bom 13 Jan. 1793. 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 23 Nov. 1803, as 
 Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the Decade frigate, com- 
 manded at the blockade of Cherbourg by Capt. 
 "Wm. Geo. Rutherford ; on accompanying whom as 
 Midshipman into the Swittsure 74, he went with 
 Lord Nelson in pursuit of the Franco-Spanish fleet 
 to the Yt'"est Indies, and took part, 21 Oct. 1805, in 
 the battle of Trafalgar. After again serving ioi a 
 few months off Cherbourg in the Thalia 36, Capt. 
 Thos. Manby, he successively joined, in March and 
 July, 1808, the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic 
 of Sir .las. Saumarez, and Salsette 36, Capt. 
 "Walter Bathurst. In the latter ship Mr. M'Crea 
 saw much active service, passed through scenes of 
 a very trying nature, and assisted, in 1809, at the 
 reduction of Flushing. He continued with Capt. 
 Bathurst in the Fame 74, latterly on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, until April, 1811 ; and in Jan. 1812 
 he was a second time placed under the orders of 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Victory, of which ship 
 it was his fortune to be confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 after having acted for five months in that capacity, 
 20 Nov. following. While next attached, between 
 6 May, 1813, and 27 April, 1815, to the Amphion 32, 
 Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, we find him on one 
 occasion, viith two boats under his orders, cutting 
 off' two sloops laden with provisions for the relief of 
 Fort Balthz, and driving a third on shore under 
 the enemy's batteries, in the East Scheldt ; and, on 
 another, officiating as third in command of five boats 
 in a desperate attempt made to cut out five French 
 brigs from under the walls of Fort Lillo. Assum- 
 ing charge, in the early part of 1818, of the Scourge 
 Revenue-cruizer, Mr. M'Crea, who continued in 
 that vessel until 1821, succeeded in effecting the 
 capture of not less than 13 smuggling luggers, 
 sloops, and cutters. On 4 June, 1824, 10 weeks 
 after he had been nominated Flag-Lieutenant, in 
 the Bkitannia 120, to Sir Jas. Saumarez, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at Plymouth, he was awarded a 
 second promotal commission ; but he did not again 
 go afloat until 1S31— on I June in which year he 
 
 obtained an appointment to the Zebra 16. "When 
 subsequently on the coast of New Holland that 
 sloop, it ai)pears, was thrown on her beam-ends and 
 compelled to part with her guns ; and she was also, 
 when in the Straits of Malacca, struck with light- 
 ning and dismasted. In April, 1837, her Com- 
 mander, who had been advanced to Post-rank on 
 10 of the previous Jan., succeeded in forcibly re- 
 moving the ex-Rajah of Quedah from his abode at 
 Bruas, on the coast of Perak, in the Straits of Ma^ 
 lacca, and carrying him a prisoner to Pinang. In 
 the performance of this service the boats of the 
 Zebra, under the personal direction of Capt. M'Crea, 
 had had to sustain a severe action of an hour and a 
 half with a brig and a powerful stockade, defended 
 by a numerous band of Malays, mqre than 60 of 
 whom are reported to have been killed and wounded. 
 The loss of the British was also very severe. Be- 
 fore they could reach the stockade it had been 
 necessary for them to ascend a narrow, tortuous 
 river, enfringed with jungle on both sides ; where, 
 had a few trees been felled and allowed to fall across, 
 they would have been perfectly hemmed in, and 
 their destruction have been inevitable. To mark 
 their estimation of Capt. M'Crea' s conduct, the East 
 India Company presented him with a piece of plate 
 of the value of 100 guineas. He paid the Zebra off 
 in Oct. 1838 ; and has not been since employed. 
 
 He married, 10 April, 1822, Charlotte, elder 
 daughter of the Rev. W.P. Dobree, Rector of a place 
 in Guernsey, by whom he has issue eight children. 
 
 MDANIEL. (LiEtTT., 1814. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Jeremiah M'Daniei. entered the Navy, 29 April, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Franchise 36, 
 Capt. Chas. Dashwood, with whom until Jan. 1814 
 he continued most actively employed as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate in the Pyeamos 38, and 
 Crbssy 74, on the Baltic, West India, and Mediter- 
 ranean stations. In the Franchise, in particular, 
 be was present at the bombardment of Copenhagen, 
 and at the capture of the tovra of Samaua, .St. Do- 
 mingo, almost the last port of refuge on the station 
 for the enemy's privateers. Joining, in July, 1814, 
 the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, he served, while in that ship, on shore at 
 the battle of Bladensburg, and was severely wounded 
 in the attack upon Washington.* He was in conse- 
 quence nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 2 Sept. in 
 the same year, of the SIajestic 56, Capt. John 
 Hayes; and on 19 of the following Oct. was con- 
 firmed into the Dispatch 16, Capt. Wm. Cobbe. 
 He went on half-pay in April, 1815, and has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 MACDONALD. (Eetibed Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Archibald Macdonald, born in Nov. 1786, in 
 CO. Linlithgow, N.B., is a younger son of John 
 Macdonald Kinneir, of Sander and Kinneir, and is 
 descended in a direct line from the second son of 
 John, Lord of the Isles. His brother. Sir John 
 Macdonald Kinneir, was Envoy in Persia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 March, 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Thos. 
 Bertie ; previously to accompanying whom into the 
 Bellona 74, he attended the expedition of 1799 to 
 the Helder, and was wounded in the action off Co- 
 penhagen 2 April, 1801. t In Feb. 1802, being then 
 in the West Indies, he removed to the Bellerophon 
 74, Capt. John Loring-, and during his attachment 
 to that ship he assisted at the capture, among other 
 vessels, of Le Duquesne 74, and La Creole of 44 guns, 
 with the French General Morgan and 500 troops 
 on board. After he had for a short time served in 
 the Cumberland 74, Capt. John Serrell, Mr. Mac- 
 donald was transferred, in July, 1803, to La Cp.iiole, 
 which had been added to the British Navy and 
 placed under the orders of Capt. Austin Bissell. 
 In Jan. 1804, however, the latter ship, during her 
 passage to England, unfortunately foundered, and 
 would have carried all on board to destruction had 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 1942. 
 
 t The Patriotic Society presented him, in consequence, 
 with a gratuity. 
 
MACDONALD. 
 
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 not the Cumberland miraculously hove in sight 
 at the elo\enth hour, and with great difficulty 
 effected tlieir rescue. In the following May (he 
 had been intermediately employed in the MoNTAon 
 74, Capt. Roht. Waller Otway, andViLLE de Paris 
 110, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. ComwaUis) Mr. Mac- 
 donald was placed, with the rank, we believe, of 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in command of the Capelin 
 schooner, on the JN ewfoundland station, where he 
 remained until Feb. 1807. He was then (having 
 been officially promoted on 22 of the preceding 
 Dec.) appointed a Lieutenant of the Tribune fri- 
 gate, Capts. Thos. Baker and Geo. Keynolds, with 
 whom, until he invalided in Nor. 1812, he served 
 in the Channel, Baltic, and West Indies. In April, 
 1807, we find him assisting, when in company with 
 the Isis, at the destruction of the greater part of a 
 convoy of 30 vessels passing from Ferrol to Bilbao 
 under the protection of several gun-boats. He was 
 also present, in 1809, in an action with some Danish 
 gun-boats in the Belt; and in the course of the 
 same year he chanced to be on board the Charger 
 gun-brig, in the Malmo Channel, when that vessel 
 preserved a convoy from capture. He had pre- 
 viously, we understand, been sent by Sir Rich. 
 Keats with despatches from off Gottenborg to Eng- 
 land in a small prize-boat of so crazy a description 
 that it was with the greatest difficulty he succeeded 
 in keeping her afloat, encountered as he was by 
 four days of the most desperate weather. On 12 
 May, 1810, being again on board the Tribune, Mr. 
 Macdonald partook of a gallant action of two hours 
 and a quarter, in which the latter, with a loss of 9 
 men killed and 15 wounded, beat off, on the coast 
 of Norway, four Danish brigs-of-war, carrying alto- 
 gether 74 guns. From Sept. 1813 to June, 1814, he 
 had charge of the Bienfaisant prison-ship at ]?ly- 
 mouth. Entering the Transport service in Jan. 
 1815, he superintended the debarkations of the 
 troops before and after the battle of Waterloo ; 
 and when at Antwerp in the following winter he 
 alone despatched upwards of 90 vessels with army 
 ordnance and stores to England. His last appoint- 
 ment afloat was to the command, in 1823, of the 
 Harpt Revenue-vessel, in which he cruized with 
 much success for a period of three years. He ac- 
 cepted his present rank 26 Jan. 1842. 
 
 Commander Macdonald has been for many j'ears 
 employed in the Quarantine service at Liverpool. 
 He married Miss Cox, of St. John's, Newfoundland, 
 and by that lady has had issue a large family. 
 
 MACDONALD, C.B. CWojltain, 1814. p-p, 20; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Colin Macdonald is second son of Colin Mac- 
 donald, second Laird of Boisdale, by his second 
 wife, Isabella, daughter of Capt. Robt. Campbell, 
 of Glenfalloch, whose family are next in succession 
 to the Breadalbane titles and estates. One of his 
 half-brothers, Alexander, served as Captain in the 
 71st Regt. during the American war ; and another, 
 Donald, on attaining, in 1796, the rank of Colonel, 
 raised a regiment of the line, called the Macdonald 
 Regiment, of which he was Colonel-Commandant. 
 Capt. Colin Macdonald is a younger brother of the 
 late Sir Reginald Macdonald, an Advocate and H.M. 
 Sheriff-Depute for co. Stirling, and also of the pre- 
 sent Lieut. -Colonel Robt. Macdonald, C.B., of Inch- 
 kenneth and Gribune, oo. Argyle. He is uncle of 
 Sir Henry Jas. Seton Steuart, Bart., of Allanton, 
 CO. Lanark, and of Lieut. Jas. Archibald Macdonald, 
 R.N. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1793, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Southampton 32, Capt. 
 Hon. Robt. Forbes, which vessel was attached to 
 the fleet under Lord Howe in the action of 1 June, 
 1794. In April, 1795, Mr. Macdonald, who on that 
 occasion had performed the duties of Midshipman, 
 removed to the Dryad, of 44 guns and 251 men, 
 commanded at first by Capt. Forbes, and afterwards 
 by Lord Amelius Beauclerk, on the coast of Ireland, 
 where he took part, 13 June, 1796, in a close and 
 spirited engagement of 45 minutes, which resulted 
 
 in the capture, with a loss to the British of 2 killed 
 and 7 wounded, and to the enemy of 30 killed and 
 45 wounded, of the French frigate La Proserpine, 
 of 42 guns and 348 men. On 3 June, 1799, at which 
 time he was serving on board the Andromache 32, 
 Capt. Robt. Laurie, Mr. Macdonald was made Lieu- 
 tenant into the Beaver sloop, Capt. C. B. Jones. 
 His next appointments were — 4 Jan. 1800, to the 
 Neptune 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon— 17 Nov. 1800, to 
 the Resolution 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, 
 whom he accompanied to the West Indies— 15 Jan. 
 1803 (after six months of half-pay), to the Con- 
 stance 24, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, employed 
 in the North Sea— 19 Oct. 1803, to the Hero 74, 
 Capt. Hon. A. H. Gardner, also on the Home sta- 
 tion—and, 8 June, 1804, and 3 Aug. 1805, to the 
 Monarch and Edgar 74's, flag-ships, again in the 
 North Sea, of Admiral Lord Keith. Obtaining a 
 second promotal commission 4 June, 1807, Capt. 
 Macdonald successively assumed command, 8 Aug. 
 in that year and 13 Aug. 1812, of the Redpolb 10 
 and ScYLLA 18. In the former of those vessels, 
 after having co-operated in the reduction of Flush- 
 ing, he made prize, 9 Dec. 1809, at the end of an 
 action of half an hour, fought oif Beachy Head, of 
 Le Grand Bodevr French privateer, of 16 guns and 
 80 men, 1 of whom was killed and 2 wounded ;* and 
 on 21 Sept. 1811 he contributed, in a very zealous 
 manner, to the capture, in the course of a valiant 
 contest with a division of the Boulogne flotilla, of 
 La Ville de Lyons praam, of 12 long 24-pounders 
 and 112 men.f When in the Scylla, and in com- 
 pany with the Royalist 18, Capt. Macdonald, after 
 a long chase, commenced a spirited action, which 
 lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes, and terminated in 
 the surrender, 21 Oct. 1813, on the approach of the 
 RippON 74, of the French frigate Le Weser, of 40 
 guns and 340 men, at the time under jury main 
 and mizen masts. The loss of the enemy appears 
 to have been 4 killed and 15 wounded ; and that of 
 the sloops, united, of 2 killed and 11 wounded. f 
 Capt. Macdonald attained Post-rank 7 June, 1814 ; 
 was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and accepted 
 the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 MACDONALD. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Gordon Gallib Macdonald entered the Navy 
 21 July, 1809; and was made Lieutenant, 15 Dec. 
 1824, into the Rattlesnake 28, Capts. Hugh Pat- 
 ton and John Leith. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 20 Deo. 1825, to the Prince Regent 120, 
 flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Robt. Moorsom — 13 Nov. 
 1828, to the Childers 18, Capts. Wm. Morier and 
 Robt. Deans, in which vessel, employed on various 
 services, he continued, latterly as First-Lieutenant, 
 until paid off in the early part of 1833 — 3 April, 
 1835, to the command (which he retained for nearly 
 four years) of the Basilisk ketch, on the South 
 American station — and 31 Oct. 1840, as Senior, to 
 the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, fitting for 
 the Mediterranean. He returned to England on 
 the receipt of his second promotal commission, bear- 
 ing date 23 Nov. 1841 ; and was lastly, from 28 Nov. 
 1842 until paid off in 1845, employed as Second- 
 Captain of the DoBLiN 50, flag-ship in the Pacific 
 of Rear- Admiral Rich. Thomas. He attained his 
 present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Macdonald married, 13 Dec. 1842, Maria, 
 relict of Wm. Gray, Esq., of the Inner Temple, and 
 daughter of the Rev. Wm. Oddie, M.A. He was 
 left a widower 4 Jan. 1846. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 MACDONALD. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 James Archibald Macdonald, bom 18 Jan. 
 1808, is third son of Lieut.-Colonel Robt. Macdo- 
 nald, C.B., of Inchkenneth and Gribune, co. Argyle, 
 a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire, 
 by Mary, third daughter of Thos. Douglas, Esq., 
 of Grantham. He is a younger brother of Capt. 
 Robt. Douglas Macdonald, late of the 42nd High- 
 landers, and of Capt. Chas. Kerr Macdonald, late 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 19-3. f r. Gaz. 1811, p. 1802. 
 
 J r. Gaz. 1813, p. 2102. 
 
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 MACDONALD— M'DONELL. 
 
 of the 42nd Regt. ; and a nephew of the present 
 Capt. Colin Macdonald, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, immediately on passing his examination, 
 8 Sept. 1827. His appointments have since been — 
 30 May, 1834, to the Wolf 18, Capt. Edw. Stanley, 
 fitting for the East Indies, where, in command of 
 the boats of that sliip, he came into contact in 1836 
 with 18 Malay piratical vessels of 2 guns each, and 
 where in 1837 (being at the time First-Lieutenant) 
 he destroyed several others off the island of Poulo 
 Linghy — 30 Jan. 1839 (a few months after the 
 "WoiiT had been paid ofiE) to the Coast Guard — 
 4 April, 1842, to the command (which he retained 
 for nearly 12 months) of the Chartbdis brigantine 
 in North America and the West Indies— 30 Oct. 
 1844, again to the Coast Guard — and 15 March and 
 12 June, 1845, to the successive command of the 
 Lizard and Meteor steamers, in the latter of 
 which vessels, of 140-horse power, he is now serving 
 in the Mediterranean. 
 
 Lieut. Macdonald married, in 1837, Martha, 
 daughter of — Greig, Esq., and niece of Lady RoUo, 
 by whom he has issue three daughters. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MACDONALD. (Kktired Commander, 1829. 
 F-p., 31 ; H-p., 37.) 
 
 John Macdonald died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1777, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Cdu,odes 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Balfour, and in 1780-1 was present in that ship 
 in several engagements with the French fleet in the 
 "West Indies. Removing, in the course of the latter 
 year, to the Bedford 74, Commodore Affleck, he 
 was afforded an opportunity of sharing in Rodney's 
 action, 12 April, 1782. During the peace he was 
 employed, chiefly in the capacity of Master's Mate, 
 in the Edgar, Capt. Adam Duncan, Pegase, Capts. 
 Marshall and Rich. Rodney Bligh, Adventdre, 
 Capts. Fras. Perry and John Nicholson Inglefield, 
 Fairi-, Capt. Thos. Spry, Elephant, Capt. Chas. 
 Thompson, and Barfledr, flag-ship of Admiral 
 John Elliot. On 29 Nov. 1793, a few days after he 
 had joined Lord Hood in the Victory off Toulon, 
 Mr. Macdonald found himself promoted to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in an armed ship, commanded by Capt. 
 Walter Serocold. His subsequent appointments 
 were— 15 Dec. 1794, to the Windsor Castle 98, 
 flag-ship of Admirals Philip Cosby, Robt. Linzee, 
 and Robt. Mann, under the second-named of whom 
 he shared in Hotham's actions 14 March and 13 
 July, 1795—23 March and 10 Nov. 1797, to the De- 
 fiance 74, Capt. Theophilus Jones, and Monarch 
 74, flag-ship of Admirals Sir Rich. Onslow and 
 Arch. Dixon, both on the Home station — 19 May, 
 1800 (after eight months of half-pay), to the Im- 
 press service at Exeter, where he remained until 
 Oct. 1801 — in 1804-5, to the successive command of 
 the Chance, Nancy, and Vigilant, in which ves- 
 sels we find him employed, on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations, until Jan. 1806 — and, 8 Aug. 
 1807, to the Transport service, in which he conti- 
 nued upwards of eight years. He became a Retired 
 Commander on the Senior List 14 Feb. 1829. 
 
 MACDONALD. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Reginald John James George Macdonald is 
 eldest son of Reginald Geo. Macdonald, Captain and 
 Chief of Clanranald, a Deputy-Lieutenant for In- 
 verness, by Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe, second 
 daughter of Richard, second Earl of Mount Edg- 
 cumbe. One of his sisters is married to Hon. Chas. 
 Cust, second son of the Earl of Brownlow ; and an- 
 other to the Hon. and Rev. Alfred Wodehouse, 
 yoimgest son of Lord Wodehouse. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 11 May, 1833; 
 passed his examination 8 May, 1839 ; and, after 
 having served in the Mediterranean, as Mate of 
 the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell and 
 Robt. Smart, flag-ship latterly of Sir Fras. Mason, 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Dec. 
 1842. His appointments have since been — 15 Feb. 
 
 1843, again to the Howe, commanded at the time by 
 Capt. Thos. Forrest — 3 Nov. 1843, to the Albion 
 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, off Lisbon — and, 30 
 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, Capt. R. Smart, 
 bearing the flag in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour, to whom he became Signal-Lieutenant 20 
 Jan. 1847. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 M'DONELL. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 25; h-p., 11.) 
 John M'Donell entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1811, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leveret brig, Capt. 
 Geo. Wickens Willes, stationed at first in the North 
 Sea, and afterwards in the Mediterranean ; where, 
 on becoming attached to the UNiTi 36, Capt. Edwin 
 Henry Chamberlayne, he was wounded in the boats 
 of that frigate at the capture of two of the enemy's 
 vessels in 1812. Removing, as Midshipman, in Oct. 
 1814, to the Ph(enix 36, Capt. Chas. John Austen, 
 he continued to serve in the Mediterranean until 
 wrecked in a hurricane near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816 ; 
 after which, and until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 6 Sept. 1823, we find him employed, six 
 years of the time as a passed Midshipman, in the 
 Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, MjSEIander 38, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Egeria 24, Capt. 
 Robt. Rowley, Active 38, Capt. Sir I. A. Gordon, 
 Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and Apollo and 
 Royal George yachts, Capts. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget 
 and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel — on the Home and 
 Newfoundland stations. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 9 Dec. 1S24, to the Pandora 18, 
 Capts. Wm. Gordon, Wm. Claxke Jervoise, and Hon. 
 John Fred. Gordon, with whom, until paid off in 
 Feb. 1830, he served at Newfoundland and in the 
 East Indies— 9 Nov. 1830, as First, to the Ariadne 
 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips, employed on particular 
 service — 9 Sept. 1831, in a similar capacity, to the 
 CDRA90A 26, Capt. David Dunn, on the East India 
 station — 26 June, 1832, again as Senior, to the 
 Ceuizer 18, Capt. John Parker, with whom he re- 
 turned home in the early part of 1833 — 25 March, 
 1836, still as First, to the Hercules 74, Capt. Mau- 
 rice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, on the Lisbon 
 station — and, 24 Jan. 1837, as only Lieutenant, to 
 the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus 
 FitzClareuce. He continued in the latter vessel 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander 28 June, 
 1838 ; and he afterwards, from 24 Aug. 1841 until 
 put out of commission in 1844, officiated as Second- 
 Captain of the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose 
 Sartorius, on the Mediterraneon station. He was 
 advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and is 
 now on half-pay. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 M'DONELL. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 John Julius M'Donell entered the Navy 16 Jan. 
 1S16; and while Midshipman of the Cambrian 
 Irigate was intrusted with the charge of a mer- 
 chantman, in which he succeeded in beating off two 
 piratical boats in the Negropont. He passed his 
 examination in 1823 ; obtained his first commission 
 13 Sept. 1826 ; and was afterwards appointed — 3 
 Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. Griffith Colpoys in North America and the 
 West Indies — 8 Dec. 1830, to the command of the 
 Firefly schooner, which vessel, employed on the 
 station last mentioned, he had the misfortune to 
 lose in 1835—8 July, 1S44, to the Coast Guard— 
 and 1 July, 1845, to the command of the Nautilus 
 10. He was employed in the latter vessel on Home 
 service until advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 
 1846 ; and is now on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in 1841, Louisa, relict of the late H. 
 Hyde, Esq., of London. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 M'DONELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Thomas M'Donell entered the Navy, 4 March, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Veteran 64, 
 Capts. Sir Rich. King, Jas. Newman Newman, and 
 Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, employed on the Home 
 and West India stations. On his return to Eng- 
 land in 1807, as Midshipman of the Hekcule 74, 
 Capt. Barrington Dacres, he cruized for several 
 
M'DOUALL-M'DOUGALL. 
 
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 months in the Narcissus 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, 
 and then rejoined Capt. Newman, as Master's Mate, 
 on board the IIeko 74. In Aug. 1809 he was sent 
 in command of a gun-boat to co-operate in the 
 attack upon Flushing. He attained the rank of 
 Lieutenant 18 July, 1810, and was employed, dur- 
 ing the last three years of the war, in the Opossom 
 10, ,Capt. Thos. Wolrige, and Valiant 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Dudley Oliver, on the West India and North 
 American stations. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 M'DOUALL. (COMMANDEB, 1814. F-p.,21; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 James M'Douall died 30 Deo. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Nayy, 27 July, 1795, as 
 A.B., on board the Zebra sloop, Capts. Norborne 
 Thompson, David M'lver, and John Hurst, in which 
 vessel, stationed in the West Indies, he continued 
 to serve, in the capacities of Midshipman, Master's 
 Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, until transferred, 25 
 April, 1797, to a Master's Mateship in the Intrepid 
 64, Capts. Kobt. Parker and Wm. Hargood. In 
 Sept. 1801, after having again acted as Lieutenant 
 in the ship last mentioned, Mr. M'Douall, then in 
 the East Indies, became Master's Mate of the Ar- 
 rogant 74, Capt. Edw. Oliver Osborne ; and on 11 
 of the following month he was appointed, a third 
 time, to the post of Acting-Lieutenant in the Tri- 
 dent 64, Capts. Thos. Surridge, Chas. Jas. John- 
 ston, Peter Rainier, and Benj. Wm. Page, bearing 
 the flag for a period of Vice- Admiral Rainier. Being 
 confirmed to the Trident by commission dated 
 22 April, 1802, he continued attached to her, on 
 the East India station, until Oct. 1805. While 
 cruizing next, for a few months in 1806, in the 
 Beli.eisle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, we find him 
 assisting at the destruction, off Cape Henry, on 
 the American coast, of the French 74-gun ship 
 L'Impetuaix. Between Aug. 1807 and his advance- 
 ment to the rank of Commander 12 Oct. 1814, he 
 served on the West India, Mediterranean, and Home 
 stations, in the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton, Vilie 
 DE Paris 1 10, flag-ship of Lord CoUingwood, North- 
 umberland 74, Capts. Wm. Hargood and Hon. 
 Henry Hotham, Asia and Barham 74's, both com- 
 manded by Capt. John Wm. Spranger, and San 
 Josef and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Lord 
 Keith. His last employments were, from 15 Nov. 
 1814 to 6 Sept. 1816, as Regulating Ofiicer and Com- 
 mandant of gun-boats at Greenock — and, from 21 
 March 1816 to 25 March, 1819, as Superintendent of 
 the Ordinary at Portsmouth. 
 
 M'DOUGALL. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 F-p., 20 ; H-p., 34.) 
 John M'Dougall entered the Navy, 1 April, 
 1793, as Captain's Servant, on board the Vestal 28, 
 Capt. John M'Dougall, attached to the force on the 
 Home station, where he further, until the receipt 
 of his first commission, bearing date 26 April, 1800, 
 served as Midshipman and Acting-Lieutenant in 
 the Asia 64, Capt. J. M'Dougall, Savage sloop, 
 Capt. G. Winokworth, and Edgar 74, Capts. J. 
 M'Dougall and Edw. Buller. He was then em- 
 ployed for several months at the blockade of Dun- 
 kerque in the Atalantb sloop, Capt. Anselm John 
 Griffiths ; on leaving which vessel he proceeded 
 to the West Indies, and there cruized, during the 
 remainder of the war, in the Crescent 36, Capts. 
 Wm. Grenville Lobb and Jas. Carthew. In July, 
 1804, after he had been for 14 months employed in 
 the Sea^Fencibles at Southend in Essex, Mr.M'Dou- 
 gall obtained an appointment to the Hecla bomb, 
 in which vessel, commanded by Capts. Sykes and 
 Scott, we find him assisting at the bombardment of 
 Havre in July and Aug. 1804. Joining next the 
 Cjesar 80, Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Sir 
 Rich. John Strachan, he was afforded an oppor- 
 tunity of participating in that ship in the action off 
 Ferrol 4 Nov. 1805. In Deo. 1806, his health com- 
 pelling him to invalid, he sailed from Halifax, Nova 
 Scotia, in a merchant-vessel, carrying with him Sir 
 
 R. J. Strachan's despatches. It was his misfortune 
 however, on 13 of the following month, to fall, when 
 off Scilly, into the hands of a French privateer, by 
 whom he was taken a prisoner to France, where he 
 remained in captivity until April 1814. Returning 
 then to England, he assumed, 11 May, 1815, the 
 command, which he held until 23 March, 1816, of 
 the Telegraph station at Beacon Hill in Kent. H e 
 became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 
 1 Deo. 1830 ; and on the Senior 9 Dec. 1844. 
 
 M'DOUGALL. (Captain, 1836. r-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 
 John M'Dougall, bom in 1790, at Edinburgh, is 
 eldest surviving son of the late Patrick M'Dougall, 
 Esq., of DunoUy Castle, co. Argyle, by Louisa Max- 
 well, youngest daughter of John Campbell, Esq., of 
 Achaladcr, in Perthshire, and sister of the late 
 Generals Sir Alex. Campbell, Commander-in-Chief 
 at Madras, and Archibald Campbell, Governor of 
 Fort Augustus, N.B. His elder brother, Alex- 
 ander, a Captain in the 5th Regt. of Foot, was killed 
 at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo in Jan. 1812 ; 
 and his next, Patrick, is now a Lieutenant-Colonel 
 in the Army. Capt. M'Dougall's family are the 
 undisputed hneal representatives of the M'Dougalls 
 Lords of Lorn, or of Argyle, and are the admitted 
 chiefs of that name. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cruizer 18, Capt. John 
 Hancock, and in the course of the following year 
 was five times in action with the enemy between 
 Calais and Flushing, once in particular, 14 June, 
 when the Cruizer, in company with the Immorta- 
 lity 36 and Jalodse 18, assisted at the capture of 
 the French gun-brigs Ulnabordable andXa Commode^ 
 after an hour's engagement with the batteries on 
 the east part of Cape Blanc-nez. In June, 1804, 
 after having been in frequent contact with the 
 enemy in the Doris 36, Capt. Patrick Campbell, he 
 became Midshipman of the Foodroyant 80, bearing 
 the flag in the Channel of Kear-Admiral Thos. 
 Graves. He went back, however, in the following 
 Dec. to the Doris, and was in that frigate in Jan. 
 1805 when she was set on fire and abandoned near 
 the mouth of the Loire, in consequence of her 
 having struck upon a sunken rock in the vicinity of 
 Quiberon, and sustained so much damage as to 
 render her preservation impossible. Joining then 
 the Hero 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, he 
 shared in the action fought by Sir Robt. Calder 
 with the combined fleets of France and Spain off 
 Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805 ; after which he 
 joined the Chiffonne 36, Capt. P. Campbell, Done- 
 gal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and, in June, 1806, 
 the Unite 36, Capt. P. Campbell. He commanded, 
 during his attachment to the latter ship, a boat at 
 the destruction of five vessels under a battery near 
 the town of Omago, in the Adriatic, 18 Oct. 1806; 
 assisted, ten days afterwards, at the storming of a 
 battery and the capture of several sail of merchant- 
 men near Point Salvooy ; was present at the reduc- 
 tion, 28 April, 1807, of the island of St. Piedro de 
 Niembo ; had charge, 12 June following, of a divi- 
 sion of boats at the capture of several vessels in the 
 river Po, and the annihilation of two signal posts ; 
 participated, in command of a boat, in a successful 
 attack made upon a French privateer near Ancona, 
 12 Jan. 1808 ; contrived, in an eight-oared cutter, 
 to take possession, 24 March in the same year, after 
 a sharp engagement, of another privateer, carrying 
 2 guns and 36 men ; contributed, 2 May ensuing, to 
 the capture of the Italian brig-of-war II Ronco, of 
 16 guns and 100 men ; aided, three days later, in 
 cutting out several vessels from under the batteries 
 at Paran ; enacted a part, on 1 June, at the simul- 
 taneous capture of the Nettuno and Toulie brigs, 
 equal in force to II Ronco ; took command of the 
 boats on 4 of the same month, and succeeded in 
 making prize, notwithstanding a desperate and mu- 
 tually destructive conflict, of three Turkish ships 
 and several coasting-vessels under Cape Palero; 
 was on board the Vmii. when she beat off, 18 Dec. 
 
696 
 
 MACDOUGALL— MTARLAND. 
 
 1808, a flotilla of 12 gun-boats, by -wboiii she bad 
 been attacked during a calm; conducted, 12 Jan. 
 
 1809, a virtually successful attack made on six 
 vessels lying under the protection of two batteries 
 in the harbour of Vieste, and secured by cables 
 from their mast-heads to the shore ; had charge of 
 the boats, on 23 April, in an attempt to cut off some 
 vessels full of troops from the island of Fano, near 
 Corfu, under a heavy fire of musketry from the 
 shore ; was similarly employed at the bringing out, 
 30 July ensuing, of two large merchantmen from 
 under a fort at Citta Nuova, where the boats suf- 
 fered considerably ; and, on the night of 31 Oct., 
 had command of one of the boats of a squadron 
 under Lieut. John Tailour at the capture and de- 
 struction, after a violent struggle, and a loss to the 
 British of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of the JFrench 
 armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, 
 bombards Victoire and Grondeur, with a convoy of 
 seven sail, defended by numerous strong batteries 
 in the Bay of Kosas.* For his conduct in the latter 
 affair, in which he was wounded, Mr. M'Dougall, on 
 the earnest recommendation of his Captain, was 
 nominated by Lord CoUingwood to a Lieutenancy, 
 25 Nov. 1809, in his own flag-ship the Ville de 
 Paris 110 — an act sanctioned at home by a com- 
 mission dated 3 Jan. 1810. In March, 1811, having 
 been latterly under the flag of Rear- Admiral Thos. 
 Eras. Fremantle, he removed to the Tighe 74, Capt. 
 Benj. Hallowell, but he had not been long in that 
 ship before he again, in the month of May, joined 
 the Unite, then commanded by Capt. Edwin Henry 
 Chamberlayne. On 4 of the ensuing July we once 
 more find him serving in the boats, and co-operat- 
 ing with Lieut. Joseph Wm. Crabb, at the cutting 
 out, from under a shower of grape from a 2-gun 
 battery near Port Hercule, on the Roman coast, of 
 the jS^. Francois de Paule, a vigorously-defended 
 brig, mounting 8 six and three-pounders. Towards 
 the close of the next Nov., while in charge of a 
 large detained Austrian ship, and on his way to 
 Malta, Lieut. M'Dougall fell in with three French 
 men-of-war, on perceiving whom he immediately, 
 with a judgment and zeal which did him infinite 
 credit,t put back for the purpose of communicating 
 the intelligence to the Senior ofl&cer in the Adriatic, 
 Capt. Murray Maxwell of the Alceste. The result 
 was the capture, by the latter ship, of the Fomone, 
 of 44, and, by the Unite, of La Persanne, of 26 
 guns. On 16 June, 1812, Lieut. M'Dougall, who 
 had rejoined his ship previously to the last-men- 
 tioned event, presents himself to our notice as 
 effecting, with the boats of a frigate squadron under 
 his orders, the capture and destruction of three 
 vessels and several field-pieces in a small port near 
 Cape Otranto. He invalided from the Unite in 
 Sept. 1812, and was next appointed— 22 Dec. 1813, 
 as Senior, to the Leander 50, Capts. Gordon Thos. 
 Falcon and Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, under the latter 
 of whom he came several times into action with the 
 enemy on the coast of North America — 12 Dec. 
 1815, to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, in which 
 ship he received two wounds at the bombardment 
 of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816^—23 June, 1818, as First 
 (after ten months of half-pay), to the Tartar fri- 
 gate, fitting for the broad pendant of Sir G. R. Col- 
 Uer — and, 4 Aug. following, as Flag-Lieutenant, in 
 the Salisbury 50, to Rear-Admiral Donald Camp- 
 bell on the West India station, where his conduct in 
 
 1819, in saving, during a hurricane at the island of 
 St. Thomas, the crew of a Danish vessel, after nu- 
 merous unavailing efforts had been made from the 
 shore, procured him the thanks of the King of Den- 
 mark, conveyed through the Lords of the Admiralty. 
 Obtaining a second promotal commission 9 Feh. 
 
 1820, Capt. M'Dougall did not again go afloat until 
 Aug. 1833, on 27 of which month he assumed com- 
 mand of the NiMROD 20. In that vessel he served 
 in the river Douro and on the coast of Spain and 
 Portugal during the revolutionary commotions, and 
 ultimately accompanied the Stag frigate, with Don 
 Miguel on board, from the neighbourhood of Lisbon 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1908. f V. Gaz. 1812, p. 566. 
 
 % V. Gaz. 1816, p. 1792. 
 
 to Genoa. He continued in the Nimrod* until 
 1835; and on 16 Aug. 1836, within a short period 
 of his appointment to the Salamander steamer, 
 was advanced to Post-rank. Since 15 Feb. 1845, 
 he has been in command of the Vdltuke steam- 
 frigate, of 470 horse-power, on the East India sta- 
 tion. 
 
 Capt. M*Dougall is a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for Argyleshire. He married, 22 Aug. 
 1826, Elizabeth Sophia, only daughter of the late 
 Retired Commander Chas. Sheldon Timins, R.N., 
 of Oriel Lodge, Cheltenham, by whom he has issue 
 six sons and three daughters. Agents — Collier and 
 Snee. 
 
 MACDOUGALL. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 John Macdocgall passed his examination in 
 1831 ; obtained his first commission 30 April, 1S37 ; 
 assumed command, 12 Sept. following, of the Dol- 
 phin 3, on the coast of Africa ; and served from 18 
 July, 1838, until paid off in the summer of 1846, the 
 last five years as First-Lieutenant., in the Pique 36, 
 Capts. Edw. Boxer, Rich. Augustus Yates, Henry 
 Forbes, and Hon. Montagu Stopford, on the North 
 America and "West India, Mediterranean, and again 
 on the North America and West India stations. 
 During the Syrian operations of 1840 he assisted 
 at the capture of the towns of Caiffa and Tsour 
 (at the former of which places he was severely 
 wounded by the discharge of one of the enemy's 
 guns at the moment he was in the act of strikmg 
 it|), and was also present at the bombardment of 
 St. Jean d'Acre. He attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 28 July, 1846. 
 
 M'FARLAND. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 
 28 ; H-p., 38.) 
 James M*Farland entered the Navy, 2 Dec. 
 1781, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Union 98, Capt. 
 John Dalrymple, attached to the Channel fleet; 
 and in the following Aug. became Midshipman of 
 the Harpv fire-ship, Capt. Sir Jas. Barclay. After 
 a short servitude in the Diligente, flag-ship at Spit- 
 head of Sir Thos. Pye, he joined, in Aug. 1783, the 
 Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Admiral Camp- 
 bell at Newfoundland, where he continued until 
 Dec. 1785. He served during the remainder of the 
 peace on the Home station in the Druid 36, Capt. 
 Joseph Ellison, Powerful and Okion 74's, both 
 commanded by Capt, Andw. Sutherland, Windsor 
 Castle and London 98's, flag-ships of Rear-Admi- 
 rals Herbert Sawyer and Sam. Cranston Goodall, 
 and Alcide and Hector 74's, Capts. Sir Andw. 
 Snape Douglas and Geo. Montagu. In March, 1793, 
 Mr. M'Farland joined the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Earl Howe ; for 
 his conduct as Acting-Lieutenant of which ship on 
 the memorable 1 June, 1794, he obtained a com- 
 mission dated 23 of that month. Continuing in her 
 under the orders of Sir A. S. Douglas until July, 
 1797, he was in consequence present in the action 
 fought by Lord Bridport with the French fleet off 
 the He de Groix. We afterwards find him ap- 
 pointed in succession to the Monarch 74, Prince 
 98, and Lancaster 64, flag-ships at Home and at 
 the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Sir Roger 
 Curtis. On 12 Sept. 1800, at which period he was 
 Senior of the Lancaster, he received a compound 
 fracture of the right arm, and was oflicially com- 
 mended for his conduct at the cutting-out, by the 
 boats of that vessel and the Adamant 50, of a ship 
 lying under the fire of two heavy batteries at Port 
 Louis in the Isle of France. He was confirmed in 
 the rank of Commander, after having had charge 
 for 13 months of the Penguin sloop at the Cape, 
 18 June, 1803 ; and was lastly, from the following 
 July until March, ISIO, employed in the Sea Fcn- 
 cible service. He accepted the rank of Captain 10 
 Sept. 1840. 
 
 • In Jan. 1834 the boatswain and twelve of the Nimrod's 
 crew were swamped in the 'barge while Capt. M'Dougall was 
 endeavouring, with the rest of his boats, to save the Spanish 
 frigate Lealtad from being lost off Santander. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2601, 
 
MACFARLANE— M'GLADERY— M'GOWAN— M'GREGOBr-M'GRIGOR. C97 
 
 MACFAKLANE. (Liedtexant, 1815.) 
 William Macfaklane died 14 Feb. 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 March, 1805, as 
 A.B., on board the SaiiVadok del Mundo, Capt. 
 Cooke, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral Young; 
 and, between the following July and Feb. 1806, was 
 employed in the Channel as Master's Mate of the 
 Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens. He 
 joined, next, the Meklin sloop, Capts. Wm. Stand- 
 way Parkinson, Buckland Stirling Bluett, and Wm. 
 Fisher, with whom he cruized for some time on the 
 West India and Home stations. In 1807 he returned 
 to the West Indies in the Dragon 74, Capt. Matthew 
 Henry Scott ; and he afterwards, from 1803 until 
 the autumn of 1815, served on the Home, North 
 American, and Mediterranean stations, latterly in 
 the capacity of Master, in the Imp^tueux 74, Capt. 
 John Lawford (part of the Walcheren expedition- 
 ary force), Marlborough 74, Capt. M. H. Scott, 
 Chatham of similar force, bearing the flag of the 
 last-named officer, and Zealous and PoMpiE 74's, 
 Capts. Jas. Anderson and Sir Jas. Athol Wood. 
 He then took up a commission dated 21 Feb. 1815. 
 His last appointment was, 6 April, 1844, to the post, 
 which he retained until the autumn of 1845, of 
 Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents — 
 Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 M'GLADERY. (Lieot., 1811. f-p., 43 ; h-p., 10.) 
 John M'Gladery was born in Dec. 1776, near 
 Dungannon, co. Tyrone. 
 
 This officer (who had been seven or eight years 
 in the Merchant service) was impressed, 28 Nov. 
 1794, into the Navy, from the wreck of the ship 
 Witdnian, of London, and rated A.B., on board 
 the CuLLODEN 74, Capt. Thos. Troubridge ; under 
 whom, it appears, he was successively present in 
 Hothara's action 13 July, 1795, in the battle off Cape 
 St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, at the ensuing attack 
 upon Santa Cruz, TenerifTe, in the action off the 
 Nile 1 Aug. 1798, and at the capture of Naples, 
 Kome, Genoa, &c. He received a splinter-wound 
 in the riglit eye in Hotbam's affair ; experienced a 
 similar injury in the St. Vincent achievement; 
 and, being one of the landed party at Santa Cruz, 
 was so severely hurt by a sabre-cut in the head as 
 to be reported among the slain. Removing in Aug. 
 1800 to La Victorieuse 12, Capt. John Richards, 
 he took part, in the capacity we believe of Quarter- 
 master, in most of the operations connected witli 
 the campaign of 1801 in Egypt, from the landing of 
 the troops in Aboukir Bay until the fall of Alexan- 
 dria, including the reduction of Marabout Castle 
 and a variety of boat skirmishes. In March, 1803, 
 Mr. M'Gladery, who had previously attained the 
 rating of Midshipman, was transferred to the Fou- 
 BROYANT 80, in which ship, bearing the flags of Ad- 
 mirals Sir Thos. Graves, Sir John Borlase Warren, 
 Albemarle Bertie, and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he 
 served for upwards of five years, on thg Home, 
 North American, Lisbon (whence he witnessed the 
 flight of the Royal Family of Portugal), and Brazi- 
 lian stations, lie was present, 13 March, 1806, at 
 the capture of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In 
 Sept. 1803, on his arrival at the Cape of Good Hope 
 in the Sylvia cutter, Lieut.-Commander Augustus 
 Vere Drury, he was nominated, having passed his 
 examination 5 Oct. 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Leopard 50, flag-ship of the above-named Admiral 
 Bertie. Exchanging, in May, 1810, into the Otter 
 sloop, Capt. Jas. Tomkinson, he witnessed, in the 
 following Sept., the re-capture of H. M. S. Afki- 
 CAiNE, and the capture of the French frigate La 
 Venus and her prize the Ceylon 32 ; and on re- 
 joining Admii'al Bertie, shortly afterwards, in the 
 Africaine, he co-operated in the reduction of the 
 Isle of France and its dependencies, being on the 
 occasion allowed to superintend the debai'kation of 
 the troops. Having unluckily mislaid his passing 
 certificate, he was not confirmed in the rank of 
 Lieutenant until 24 April, 181 1 ; from which period 
 he remained unemployed until the receipt of his 
 
 present appointment in the Coast Guard I Nov. 
 1821. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 M'GOWAN. (LlEDTENANT, 1827.) 
 
 Thomas M'Gowan entered the Navy 11 Nov. 
 1809; passed his examination in 1815; and obtained 
 his commission 28 April, 1827. We are not aware 
 that he has been since employed. 
 
 M'GREGOR. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 FiTZjAMES Stewart M'Gregor entered the 
 Navy 19 Nov. 1830; and was Midshipman of the 
 Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Duoie Chads, when 
 that vessel, in company with the Imogene28, forced 
 the passage of the Boca Tigris, in China, 7 and 9 
 Sept. 1834. He obtained a commisgion 14 Aug. 
 1838 ; and was afterwards appointed — 29 June, 1839, 
 to the Hydra steamer, Capt. Anthony Wm. Mil- 
 ward, in the Mediterranean— 21 Oct. 1839, to the 
 Bellekophon 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, under 
 whom he took part in the different operations on 
 the coast of Syria, terminating with the bombard- 
 ment of St. Jean d' Acre— 17 Sept. 1841, 21 Feb. and 
 26 March, 1842, and 5 April, 1843, to the North 
 Star 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Evcrard Home, Vindictive 
 50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, Agincourt 72, flag- 
 ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, and Bf.lleisle 
 troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, all on the East 
 India station— 23 May, 1844, as Senior Lieutenant, 
 to the Prometheus steam-sloop, Capt. John Hay, 
 on the coast of Africa— 24 Aug. 1844, to the Tor- 
 toise store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Arthur 
 Morrell — and, 2 Dec. 1844, again as Senior, to the 
 Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, 
 also on the African station. He has been on half- 
 pay since the commencement of Jan. 1846. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 M'GKIGOR. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Graeme M'Grigor passed his exami- 
 nation 16 July, 1840 ; served as Mate, on the East 
 India,- Home, and Pacific stations, in the Conway 
 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, Cy- 
 clops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, and 
 America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon ; obtained 
 his commission 4 May, 1846 ; was then appointed 
 Additional-Lieutenant of the Collingwood 80, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific ; 
 and since 30 Jan. 1847 has been employed on the 
 coast of Africa in the Mariner sloop, Capt. Chas. 
 Mitchell Mathison. 
 
 M'GWIRE. (Retiked Captain, 1840. f-p., 32 ; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 William M'Gwire, born 10 June, 1766, is third 
 son of the late Arthur M'Gwire, Esq., of Dawson 
 Street, Dublin, and Clonrea Castle, co. Waterford. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 14 April, 1779, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Egmost 74, Capts. 
 John Carter Allen and Robt. Fanshawe, under 
 whom he served as Midshipman until the close of 
 1781, witnessing during that period a hurricane 
 that spread desolation over the whole of the Carib- 
 bean Islands and Jamaica, and totally dismantled 
 the Egmont. In 1782 he joined the Proselyte 
 frigate, Capt. John Brovm, attached to the force 
 on the Home station ; and he was next, between 
 1783 and 1786, employed on the African and Ame- 
 rican coasts, and also in the North Sea, on board 
 the Racehorse sloop, Capt. Thos. Wilson. In Jan. 
 1792, after he had been for nearly three years on 
 the Jamaica station in the Centurion 50, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Philip Afiieck, he was there no- 
 minated to the command, with the rank of Acting- 
 Lieutenant, of the Advice cutter. He was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 18 March, 1793, in the Helena 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Charlton ; and on 18 of the fol- 
 lowing July he was transferred, from the Vestal 
 32, Capt. Jolm M'Dougall, in which ship he had 
 been again serving in the North Sea, to the Invin- 
 
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 M'GWIRE— M'HARDY— M'lLWAINE. 
 
 ciBZE 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham; -whom, 
 after having participated in the actions of 29 May 
 and 1 June, 1794, and risen to the post of First- 
 Lieutenant, he followed in that capacity, in Sept. 
 1795, into the Juste 80. From the period of his 
 promotion to the rank of Commander 22 May, 1797, 
 until the peace of Amiens, Capt. M'Gwire appears 
 to hare had under his orders the -whole of the gun- 
 hoats employed in protecting the coast of Ireland ; 
 where he further, from Sept. 1S0.3 until 1810, served 
 in the Sea-Fencible establishment between Cork 
 Head and Youghal. In Aug. of the latter year he 
 was appointed to the superintendence (which he 
 retained until Sept. 1814) of the Impress service at 
 "Waterford. He accepted his present rank 10 Sept. 
 1840. 
 
 Capt. M'Gwire married, in Nov. 1802, Mary, 
 eldest daughter of Sam. Hobson, Esq , Barrister-at- 
 Law, of Waterford and co. Cork, and sister of the 
 late Capt. "Wm. Hobson R.N., by whom he has 
 three sons and one daughter living. His eldest son 
 died of yellow fever at Jamaica, while serving with 
 Capt. Hobson as Midshipman in the Ferret sloop 
 of war. 
 
 M'HARDY. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 22; h-p., 13.) 
 John Bonch Bonnemaison M'Hardy was born 
 3 Dec. 1801. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Tartarus 32, Capt. John 
 Pasco, in which frigate, and in, the Rota 38, also 
 commanded by Capt. Pasco, he served as Midsliip- 
 man on the American, Irish, North Sea, and Lisbon 
 stations until paid off in Aug. 1815. Proceeding 
 next to the West Indies in a merchant-vessel at his 
 own expense, he there, in Nov. 1816, succeeded in 
 obtaining a vacancy in the Bermuda 10, Capt. John 
 Pakenham, under whom however he was almost 
 immediately wrecked near Tarapico Bar. He then 
 successively joined the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus 
 Lennock, and Landrail and Kangaroo surveying- 
 vessels, Master-Commander Anthony I>e Mayne, 
 all too on the West India station, where he remained 
 until the early part of 1821, at which period he 
 returned home for the purpose of passing his exa- 
 mination. As soon as that ordeal had been gone 
 through he was ordered a passage back in the Py- 
 KAMUS 42, Capt. Fras. Newcombe, and on his arrival 
 was received, first on board the Nautilus 18, Capt. 
 Isham Fleming Chapman, and next on board the 
 Sybille 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Kowley. On 23 
 Feb. 1823 we find him nominated Second in com- 
 mand, with the rating of Master's Mate, of the 
 Lion schooner, of 1 gun, Lieut.-Commander Wm. 
 Hobson, in order to assist in the suppression of 
 piracy on the coast of Cuba, where, it appears, he 
 participated in the capture of three schooners, and 
 came into contact with a very superior force on 
 shore. Towards the close of the same year, after 
 having been for a time attached to the Gloucester 
 74, Commodore Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and been 
 allowed to reside for the benefit of his health in 
 America, he joined the Icarus 10, Capt. John Geo. 
 Graham. Asa reward for his services both in that 
 sloop and in her boats, particularly in an affair 
 off the Isle of Pines, Mr. M'Hardy, in Feb. 1824, 
 was ordered by his Captain to act in the room of 
 Lieut. Laton, who, with 4 seamen, had been re- 
 cently murdered by the pirates. He continued to 
 ofRciate as Acting-Lieutenant of the Icarus until 
 19 Aug. 1824 ; and he was then, as an acknowledg- 
 ment fx>r his exertions on the above occasion, as 
 well as at the subsequent capture of two schooners, 
 two feluccas, and four row-boats, confirmed by 
 the Admiralty. Previously however to the receipt 
 of his comniission he took command of the boats, 
 carrying 34 men, under Lieut. Chas. Croker, and 
 contributed, on 20 of the month last mentioned, to 
 the capture, off the Havana, of, among other vessels, 
 the notorious piratical schooner Diabkto, mounting 
 6 guns, mth a complement of 55 men — an exploit 
 for which, as we should have recorded in our me- 
 moir of the now Commander Croker, those who 
 
 achieved it received the official approbation of the 
 Board. Being placed on half-pay in consequence of 
 his promotion, Lieut. M'Hardy, although the Com- 
 modore had recommended his being further em- 
 ployed in the West Indies, did not succeed in ob- 
 taining an appointment until Oct. 1827, on 18 of 
 which montli he received instructions to proceed, 
 in the Victor 18, Capt. Geo. Lloyd, to Jamaica, 
 there to join the Barham 50, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming, who, on 1 Jan. 1828, invested 
 him with the command of the Pickle schooner, of 
 3 guns, 30 men, and 6 boys. In that vessel it was 
 his fortune to effect the capture, 6 June, 1829, after 
 a severe action of an hour and 20 minutes, fought 
 within pistol-shot, of the famous slaver .Bofodera of 
 235 tons, pierced for 16 guns, mounting 2 long 18- 
 pounders and 2 long 12's, and manned, exclusive of 
 armed negroes, with a crew of 60 men, 10 of whom 
 were killed and 14 wounded — the loss of the Pickle 
 being confined to 1 person killed, and 10, three of 
 them mortally, wounded. For this very gallant 
 performance Lieut. M'Hardy deservedly received, 
 a second time, the official acknowledgments of the 
 Admiralty. On the Pickle being paid off at Ply- 
 mouth in Oct. 1830, the state of discipline and effi- 
 ciency in which she was found so attracted the 
 attention of the Commander-in-Chief Sir Manley 
 Dixon, that he was induced to bring his name in a 
 most favourable manner under the notice of their 
 Lordships ; and on 20 of the following Dec. he was 
 specially rewarded "for his meritorious services" 
 with the rank of Commander. On 8 March, 1831, 
 Capt. M'Hardy was appointed Inspecting-Com- 
 mander, for three years, of the Burnham (Norfolk) 
 district of Coast Guard ; on leaving which service 
 in 1834, the Lieutenants who had been employed 
 under his superintendence gave him a farewell din- 
 ner "in testimony of their esteem for so active and 
 enterprising an officer." He was re-appointed, 19 
 March, 1835, to the Cromer district, also on the 
 coast of Norfolk, whence he was removed, 1 July, 
 1836, to the Deal district. Owing to the increase 
 of smuggling in the Isle of Wight, Capt. M'Hardy, 
 in the ensuing Oct., was transferred to the district 
 at Ryde ; to which, on the expiration of his term of 
 command, he was again appointed 22 March, 1838. 
 He was selected, 1 Jan. 1840, to become the reci- 
 pient of the Captain's commission annually granted 
 for good service in the Coast Guard ; and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. M'Hardy, who is Senior of 1840, was elected 
 Chief Constable for co. Essex 11 Feb. in that year. 
 He married, 11 Dec. 1830, Horatia Victoria Ehza- 
 beth Aitchison, daughter of the present Rear-Ad- 
 miral Pasco, the officer under whose orders he first 
 went to sea. By that lady he has issue four sons 
 and three daughters. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 M'lLWAINE. (Commander, 1838.) 
 
 William M'Ilwaine entered the Navy 4 Jan. 
 1811, and, being made Lieutenant, 20 Aug. 1824, 
 into the Liffey 50, Capts. Chas. Grant and Thos. 
 Coe, was employed in that ship during the Burmese 
 war. His succeeding appointments were— 11 May, 
 1827, to the Wellesley 74, stationed off Lisbon — 
 6 July, 1832, to the Coast Guard— 17 May, 1833, to 
 the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley 
 in the Mediterranean -and 1 Nov. 1834 and 6 Dec. 
 1836, to the command of the Portsmouth yacht 
 and Volcano steamer, in which vessels he continu- 
 ously served (in the former as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 the Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth, Sir 
 F. L. Maitland, and in the latter on the Mediter- 
 ranean station) until advanced to his present rank 
 28 June, 1838. He was employed as an Inspecting 
 Commander in the Coast Guard from 4 July, 1839, 
 until July, 1844 ; and since 13 Feb. 1845 has again 
 been in that service. 
 
 Commander M'Ilwaine married, 14 April, 1842, 
 Ceciha, youngest daughter of the late Chas. Lam- 
 bert, Esq., of Fitzroy Square. 
 
MACKAY— MACKELLAll. 
 
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 MACKAY. (Rear-Admiral of the Ked, 1838. 
 F-p., 20; H-p., 35.) 
 The Honoueaele Donald Hugh Mackay, bom 
 31 Dec. 1780, is second surviving son of Hon. Geo. 
 Mackay, of Skibo, M.P.,iu 1754, for co: Sutherland, 
 and afterwards Master of the Mint of Scotland, by 
 Anne, third daughter of Eric Sutherland, only son 
 of the attainted Lord Duffus, who was at first a 
 Captain in the British, and then a Flag-ofl&cer in 
 the Russian Kavy. He is nephew of Lieut.-General 
 Hon. Alex. Mackay, appointed in 1780 Commander- 
 in-chief of the Forces in Scotland ; and brother of 
 the present Lord Keay. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 Jan. 1792; and embarked, in Oct. 1794, as Midship- 
 man, on board the D/Edalus 32, Capt. Thos. "Wil- 
 liams ; on accompanying whom into the Unicoun of 
 38 guns, he assisted at the capture of the Dutch brig 
 of war Comet of 18 guns, as also, we are informed, 
 after a severe action, of the French frigate La Tri- 
 bune of 44 guns and 339 men, 37 of whom were killed 
 and 15 wounded, with impunity to the Britisli. Af- 
 ter an active servitude of more than 18 months with 
 Sir Kich. Strachan, in the Melampus and Diamond 
 frigates, on the Home station, he was made Lieute- 
 nant, 27 March, 1798, into the Akiadne 20, Capt. 
 Jas. Bradley, in which ship, it appears, he accom- 
 panied an expedition under Sir Home Popham hav- 
 ing for its object the destruction of the locks and 
 sluice-gates of the Bruges Canal. He removed, 
 towards the close of the same year, to the Melpo- 
 mene 38_, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton ; and on next, 
 in 1799, joining the Isis 50, flag-ship of the late Sir 
 Andw. Mitchell, he witnessed the fall of the H elder 
 fortress and the surrender of the Texel squadron, 
 and commanded a tender at the capture of four 
 Dutch gun-vessels forming part of the flotilla col- 
 lected for the protection of Amsterdam. Prior to his 
 advancement to the rank of Commander, 29 April, 
 1802, Mr. Mackay further served with the Channel 
 fleet, in the Formidable 98, Capt. Edw. Thorn- 
 brough, and, again with Sir A. Mitchell, in the 
 "Windsor Castle of similar force. His ensuing ap- 
 pointments were, 20 April and 26 Sept. 1804, to the 
 command of the Pkince "William armed ship (em- 
 ployed in the escort of North Sea convoys) and 
 Scout sloop, on the Mediterranean station. He at- 
 tained Post-rank 22 Jan. 1806, and was afterwards 
 invested with the Captaincy — 20 June, 1807, of the 
 Druid frigate, on the coast of Ireland— 9 Aug. 1808, 
 for three months, of the Inflexible 64, fitting for 
 Halifax— 20 Sept. 1811, 13 Sept. 1812, and 4 Jan. 
 1815, of the VoLAGE 26, Malacca 42, and JIinden 
 74, all on the East India station, whence he returned 
 about April, 1816— and, 7 Nov. 1831, of the Ke- 
 VENciE 78, which ship, after having been interme- 
 diately attached to the force ofi" Lisbon, was put 
 out of commission in the early part of 1834. During 
 his command of the Volage, Capt. Mackay con- 
 veyed Sir Evan Nepean, Bart., to his government 
 at Bombay, and was actively employed, under the 
 orders of Sir Sam. Hood, in the Eastern .A-rchijie- 
 lago and China Seas, where his duties were of a 
 very arduous character. In the Malacca he co- 
 operated with a sqnadron under Capt. Geo. Sa3'er 
 in a serious attack made in June, 1813, upon the 
 piratical settlement of Sambas, in the island of Bor- 
 neo. He attained Flag-rank 28 June, 1838. Agent 
 — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 MACKELLAR. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Duncan Mackellar entered the Navy, 1 June, 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Porpoise store- 
 ship at New South "Wsries, Capts. "Wm. Geo. Carlile 
 Kent and John Porteous. On his return to Eng- 
 land, at tlie close of 1810, he became Midshipman, a 
 rating he had previously attained, of the Guade- 
 loupe of 16 guns and 102 men, Capts. Joseph Swa- 
 bey Tetley and Geo. Hose Sartoiius, fitting for the 
 Mediterranean; where he took part, 27 June, 1811, 
 in a close and spirited action of an hour and 35 
 minutes, fought by that vessel, ofi' the town of 
 Vendre, with the j?reuch corvette Tactique of 18 
 
 guns and at least 150 men, and armed xebec Guepe 
 of 8 guns and 65 or 70 men ; both of whom were in 
 the end beaten off" with great slaughter to them- 
 selves, and with a loss to the British (who for some 
 time had been simultaneously opposed by the fire 
 of two heavy batteries) of 1 man killed and 12 or 
 13 wounded. In Dec. 1811 Mr. Mackellar rejoined 
 Capt. Tetley on board the Perlen 38, in which 
 frigate, on Capt. John Allen succeeding to the com- 
 mand, he returned to England, in April, 1812. Be- 
 coming attached, then, to tlie Magnipicent 74, 
 Capt. "Willoughby Thos. Lake, he was at first em- 
 ployed in active co-operation with the patriots on 
 the north coast of Spain, and next on the "West In- 
 dia station, where he removed, in Aug. 1815, to the 
 Salisbury 50, Capt. John Mackellar, and obtained, 
 10 May, 1816, a Lieutenancy in the Variable 8, 
 Capt. John Sykes. He came home in the following 
 Aug., and has since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 MACKELLAR. (Admiral op the Blue, 
 
 1847. F-p., 25; H-P., 41.) 
 John Mackellar, born about 1768, at Minorca, 
 is eldest son (by Miss Elizabeth Basaline, of that 
 island) of the late General Patrick Mackellar, a Co- 
 lonel of the Royal Engineers, who served as Chief 
 Engineer under General "Wolfe at Quebec, assisted, 
 in a similar capacity, at the reduction of Marti- 
 nique, Guadeloupe, and the Havana, and closed a 
 most honourable and valuable life as Chief En- 
 gineer, at Minorca, in 1779. The Admiral's only 
 brother, Neil, also attained high rank in the Army. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1781, as 
 A.B., on board the Romney 50, Capt. Roddam 
 Home, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Johnstone ; and in the course of the same year was 
 wounded in the leg during an action with a French 
 squadron under M. de Suffrein, in Porto Praya Bay. 
 Removing, in April, 1782, to the Enterpbize 28, 
 Capts. John "Willet Payne and Hon. "Wm. Carnegie, 
 he assisted, as Midshipman of that vessel, at the 
 capture or destruction, in the West Indies, of two 
 valuable Spanish polacres, a, privateer of 16 guns 
 and 70 men," six other armed vessels, the Comte de 
 Grasse of 20 guns and 120 men, and the MoJiawk of 
 22 guns and 125 men. He was on one occasion sent 
 up a river in charge of one of several boats, which 
 effected the annihilation, after a party of native 
 militia had been defeated, of the store-houses be- 
 longing to two plantations ; and on another, he took 
 command of one of two boats, and aided in destroy- 
 ing a privateer of 16 guns, notwithstanding the re- 
 sistance offered by her crew, supported by some 
 military, and the presence of several French men- 
 of-war lying in Boston harbour. Subsequently to 
 the general peace we find the Enterprize taking 
 formal possession of Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitt's, 
 and Dominica, in consequence of those islands hav- 
 ing been restored to Great Britain by the treaty of 
 "Versailles. Between Sept. 1784 and the date of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Nov. 1790, 
 Mr. Mackellar was employed, on the Home and 
 Newfoundland stations, in the Edgar 74, Capt. 
 Adam Duncan, Hebe and Ph(enix frigates, Capts- 
 Edw. Thornbrough and John "Willet Payne, Alcidib 
 74, Capt. Bcnj. Caldwell, and Barfleur 98, Salis- 
 BURV 50, and Victory 100, flag-ships, the first and 
 last of Lord Hood, and the second of Vice- Admiral 
 Alilbanke. His next appointments were — 22 April,. 
 1791, to the CincE, Capt. Geo. Oakes, under whom 
 he cruized, in the Channel and offi.Cork, until the 
 following Oct. — 19 June, 1793, to the Assistance 
 50, Capts. Sir Rich. Bickerton and Henry Mowat, 
 in which ship, after having visited the Cape of 
 Good Hope, he contributed to the capture, 28 Aug. 
 1796, of the French 36-gun frigate EKsaheth, off 
 Cape Henry— and, 28 Jan. 1797, to the acting-com- 
 mand of the RovEB sloop. Being superseded in the 
 latter vessel in the ensuing May, he returned home 
 a passenger in the St. Albans 64, but had the satis- 
 faction on his arrival of being confirmed by a com- 
 mission dated 5 July in the same year. In Feb 
 
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 MACKENZIE— M'KENZIE. 
 
 1798 Capt. Mackellar obtained an appointment to 
 the MiNEKvA frigate, arme'e en flute, part of the force 
 sent three months afterwards, under Sir Home Pop- 
 ham, to destroy the locks and sluice-gates of the 
 Bruges Canal. In the execution of that service he 
 distinguished himself in a very remarkable manner, 
 and obtained the particular commendation of the 
 military Commander-in-Chief, Major-General Coote ; 
 ■with whom, and the troops under his orders, he had 
 the misfortune to be taken prisoner, owing solely 
 to the circumstance of his having voluntarily re- 
 mained on shore for the purpose of assuming com- 
 mand of a detachment of seamen who had unavoid- 
 ably been left without an officer of sufficient rank 
 to direct them, at a moment when the presence of 
 one was absolutely necessary. Regaining his liberty 
 in the course of the next Dec, Capt. Mackellar was 
 rewarded for his conduct — after having held com- 
 mand for 14 weeks of the Wolverene sloop and 
 Charon 44, on the Home and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions — by advancement to Post-rank 27 April, 1799. 
 He continued some months in the ship last men- 
 tioned, performing during that period various par- 
 ticular services, and assisting at the evacuation of 
 the Helder ; and he was next, in Sept. 1800 and 
 March, 1801, appointed to the Jamaica 26 and 
 Terpsichore 32. In the former of those vessels he 
 escorted a fleet of merchantmen to and from the 
 Baltic, made one or two captures, and compelled a 
 large privateer, commanded by the famous Blacke- 
 man, to lighten herself of her guns, &c., in order to 
 effect her escape. On his removal to the Terpsi- 
 chore, Capt. Mackellar was at first employed at 
 the blockade of Boulogne and Calais, and then in 
 the East Indies. While on that station in Dec. 
 '1801, he volunteered, at a period when the Terpsi- 
 chore was in a (^smantled state, to take charge of 
 an expedition, consisting of the Marqois Cor^- 
 WALLis of 48 guns, and several of the Hon. Com- 
 pany's vessels, for the purpose of conveying a re- 
 inforcement of 1000 troops to the Portuguese settle- 
 ments of Dcmaun and Diu. The able and successful 
 manner in which he accomplished the objects of the 
 mission elicited the high approbation and thanks of , 
 the Bombay Government. His exertions in subse- 
 quently conveying a body of 3000 men from Goa to 
 -the relief of the Governor of that Presidency, Hon. 
 Jonathan Duncan, when surrounded by his enemies 
 at Surat, again procured him similar acknowledg- 
 ments. He returned to England in 1802, having 
 been latterly emjiloyed at the blockade of Goa, and 
 was afterward* appointed — in May, 1804, to the 
 agency for prisoners of war and transports, and the 
 Governorship of the Naval Hospital at Halifax, 
 Kova Scotia, where he remained about six years — 
 2 Aug. 1815, to the lloMNEr 50, lying at Chatham 
 — 11 Dec. following, to the Salisbury 58, bearing 
 the flag at Jamaica of Rear-Admiral John Erskine 
 Douglas-and, 14 March, 1817, to the PiauE 36, on 
 the same station, whence he returned home (en- 
 countering on his passage an almost fatal hurricane) 
 and was paid off in'Dec. 1818. Previously to his de- 
 parture, Capt. Mackellar received an address signed 
 3by the Mayor and the heads of 49 commercial 
 •■houses, expressive of the sense they entertained of 
 the solicitude he had always evinced for the wel- 
 fare of the trade of the island. He became a Rear- 
 Admiral 27 May, 1825 ; > Vice- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; 
 ■and a full Admiral. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 MACKENZIE. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p^ 10; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 Alexander Mackenzie was born 30 June, 1790. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1804, as 
 Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Moorsora, stationed in the Channel ; and on becom- 
 ing Midshipman of the Neptune 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Fras. Fremantle, took part, 21 Oct. 1805, in the 
 battle of Trafalgar. In Nov. 1806 he removed to 
 the Phcebe 36, Capt. Jas. Oswald, in the boats of 
 which frigate, it appears, he was frequently em- 
 ployed in destroying the enemy's trade and signal- 
 
 posts along the French shores, and also saw much 
 service on the coast of Portugal. At the expirar- 
 tion of two years he next, in Nov. 1808, joined the 
 Lavinia40, Capt. LordWm. Stewart, under whom, 
 during the expedition of 1809 to the Waloheren, 
 he assisted in forcing the passage between the bat- 
 teries of Flushing and Cadsand, and participated in 
 all the boat operations on the East and West 
 Scheldt. After an attachment of 14 months to the 
 Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and Cum- 
 P.EKLAND 74, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, on the 
 Mediterranean station, where in the boats of the 
 last-mentioned ship he served for two months in 
 the Faro of Messina, and contributed to the capture 
 and destruction of a large convoy in face of a body 
 of troops in the Bay of St. Eufemia, Mr. Macken- 
 zie was nominated, in Jan. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Warrior 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, 
 and was for some time employed with the iiotilla at 
 the defence of Cadiz. He was officially promoted 
 27 April following, and was subsequently appointed 
 — 24 Aug. and 25 Sept. in the same year, to the 
 Dispatch 18 and Colossus 74, Capts. Aberdour 
 and Thos. Alexander, both on the Home station — 
 and 4 March, 1814, as Senior, after an interval of 
 six months, to the Ctane of 32 guns and 171 men, 
 Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon. On 20 Feb. 1815 it 
 was his fate to be on board the latter vessel when 
 taken, together with her consort, the Levant of 20 
 guns and 131 men, by the U. S. frigate ConMtution 
 of 54 guns and 469 men, at the end of a fierce con- 
 flict in which the Cyane, besides being cut to 
 pieces, sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 13, in- 
 cluding himself severely, wounded. We may add, 
 that the captives, after having been plundered of 
 all they possessed, were put on shore at Maranham, 
 on the coast of Brazil, and there left to find their 
 way home as best they could. Lieut. Mackenzie 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married a daughter of J. Worth, Esq., of 
 Worth House, co. Devon, and has issue two child- 
 
 M'KENZIE. (LiEOT., 1799. r-P.,22 ; H-p., 32.) 
 Charles M'Kenzie was born 1 Aug. 1773. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Quebec 32, Capt. Josias Rogers, 
 and, after visiting the coast of Holland, accompanied 
 the expedition under Vice- Admiral Sir John Jervis 
 and General Sir Chas. Grey against the French 
 West India islands, where he was wounded in the 
 left shoulder during the landing at Fort Royal, 
 Martinique. On hi« removal as Midshipman, in 
 April, 1794, to the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Thos. 
 Rogers, he co-operated in the reduction of Ste. Lucie 
 and Guadeloupe, and then returned with convoy to 
 England. He was next, for a period of nearly two 
 years, employed in the Channel, off the coast of 
 Africa, and again in the West Indies, on board 
 L'EspiioLE 16, Capt. Bcnj. Roberts, and Sheer- 
 NESS 44, Capt. Simon M'Kenzie ; after which we 
 find him, from Sept. 1796 nntil advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank 9 Dec. 1799, commanding, with the rating 
 of Master's Mate, the Success gun-brig, on the Ply- 
 mouth station. He joined, on the occasion of his 
 promotion, the Cambridge 80, bearing the flag in 
 the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Pasley; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 15 Sept. 1800, to the Pique 
 36, Capts. Jas. Young and Wm. Cumberland, under 
 the former of whom he assisted at the landing of 
 the troops in Egypt in 1801—29 Oct. 1803, nine 
 months after he had left the Pique, to the Malta 
 80, Capts. Edw. BuUer, Wm. Shield, and Robt. 
 Waller Otway, to which ship (with the exception 
 of a short time passed in 1807 with Capt. Shield, 
 as First-Lieutenant, in the Queen 98) he continued 
 attached until Nov. 1808, participating during that 
 period, and receiving a wound, in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action — on 16 of the month last-mentioned, as Senior, 
 to the Implacable 74, Capts. Geo. Chas. M'Kenzie 
 and Thos. Byam Martin, part of the force employed 
 in embarking the army after the battle of Corunna 
 —for a few months in 1814 (he had not been fJloat 
 
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 701 
 
 since Deo. 1809), to the Sparroit 16 and Mikstkel 
 26, both commanded by Capt. Fras. Erskinc Loch 
 in the Mediterranean, and, 21 Oct. in the same year, 
 to the charge of the San Juan guard-ship at Gib- 
 raltar, where he remained until 6 Nov. 1816. Lieut. 
 M'Kenzie was admitted into Greenwich Hosijital 
 19 Dec. 1844. 
 
 He married 22 June, 1826, and has issue two 
 sons and four daughters. Agent— Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 M'KENZIE. (LiEnTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Donald M'Leod M'Kenzie entered the Navy 
 (from the Koyal Naval College) 25 June, 1830; 
 passed his examination 24 Oct. 1834 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 23 Nov. 1841, was serving on the coast of Africa 
 as Mate of the Iris 26, Capt. "Wm. Tucker. His 
 appointments have since been— 18 Oct. 1842, to the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings— and, 3 May, 1843, to the Castor 
 36, Capt. Chas. Graham, now in the East Indies. 
 
 MACKENZIE. (Commander, 1847, p-p, 15 ; 
 H-p., 9.) 
 
 James George Mackenzie entered the Navy 
 23 Dec. 1823 ; served as Midshipman of the Phi- 
 lomel 10, Capt. Jjord Viscount Ingestrie, at the 
 battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827 ; and was promoted, 
 soon after passing his examination, to the rank of 
 lieutenant, 15 May, 1830. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments wore — 19 July, 1833, to the Caledonia 120, 
 Capt. Thos. Brown, on the Mediterranean station 
 — 5 Feb. 1834, to the command (as I'lag- Lieutenant 
 to Sir Thos. Briggs, Admiral-Superintendent of 
 Malta) of the Ceylon receiving-ship, in which he 
 remained until the summer of 1837 — and, 31 Oct. 
 1840, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting 
 for the Mediterranean, whence, after having offi- 
 ciated for two years and a half as First-Lieutenant, 
 he came liome and was paid off in 1844. He attained 
 his present rank 29 April, 1847; and has been em- 
 ployed, since 12 of the following May, as Second- 
 Captain of the Caledonia 120, Capt. Manley Hall 
 Dixon, at Devonport. 
 
 Commander Mackenzie married, 24 Sept. 1831, 
 Martha Catherine, third daughter of the late John 
 Kearney, Esq., of co. Kilkenny, Ireland, and sister- 
 in-law of Lieut. Wm. Breedon, R.N., by whom he 
 has issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MACKENZIE. (Lieutknant, 1846.) . 
 
 John Francis Camphell Mackenzie passed his 
 examination 30 Aug. 1841 ; was employed for a few 
 months in 1843 on particular service in the Thun- 
 derer 84, Capt. Daniel Pring; theu became at- 
 tached for a period of two years to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Has- 
 tings and Henry Ducie Chads ; and after having 
 further served for a short time in the Queen 110, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John West at Devonport, was 
 awarded a commission dated 26 June, 1846. He 
 has been borne as Additional-Lieutenant, since 
 9 April, 1847, on the books of the Vindictive 50, 
 flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of 
 Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. 
 
 MACKENZIE. (Lieutenant, ISIO. i^p., 20; 
 H-p., 27.) 
 
 Thomas Henry Mackenzie, born 1 Nov. 1782, 
 is son of His Excellency Sir Thos. Henry Macken- 
 zie, Kt., Itear-Admiral, and Commander-in-Chief 
 of all her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second's 
 forces by land and sea in the Crimea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1800, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Camel store-ship, Capt. 
 Matthew Buckle, on the Jamaica station, where he 
 continued to serve as Midshipman of the Juno fri- 
 gate, Capts. Dundasand Manby, until ordered home 
 at the peace of Amiens. In Oct. 1803 he re-em- 
 barked on board the Diamond 38, Capt. Thos. 
 Elphinstone, attached to the force in the Channel ; 
 and he was next, from Feb. 1804, until May, 1809, 
 
 employed, both on the Home and Jamaica stations, 
 in the BacchaktI: 20, Capts. Chas. Dashwood, Mac- 
 donald, Jas. Ward, Jas. Kich. Daores, Bell, and 
 Sam. Hood Inglefield. During that period, besides 
 contributing to the capture of a variety of the 
 enemy's armed and other vessels, including the 
 Daiipliin of 3, and the Griffon of 16 guns, he assisted 
 in gallantly storming the forts of Kio de la Hacha 
 and Samana {see Capt. Dacres), on the north side of 
 the island of St. Domingo. In the execution of the 
 latter service Mr. Mackenzie was unfortunately 
 very severely wounded in the face, and suffered a 
 fracture of the jaw ; in consequence whereof he was 
 presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. 
 On leaving the Bacchante, as above, he joined the 
 Repulse 74, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and 
 John Halliday ; on board which ship we find him 
 present 30 Aug. 1810 when she intjepidly rescued 
 the Philomel sloop of war from capture by inter- 
 posing herself between that vessel and an advanced 
 division of the Toulon fleet, whom she compelled to 
 put back. He was promoted (after having taken 
 part in several cutting-out affairs) to a Lieutenancy, 
 18 Aug. 1810, in the Bombay74, Capts. Wm. Cuming 
 and Norborne Thompson; and was subsequently 
 appointed— in the course of 1812, to the Crocus 
 brig, Capt. Arden Adderley, Bombay again, and 
 Thunder bomb, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, aU on 
 the Mediterranean station— 23 Deo. 1813, to the 
 Reynard 10, Capt. David Latimer St. Clair, under 
 whom he served on the north coast of Spain, and in 
 all the operations of 1814 up the river Gironde, 
 where he witnessed the destruction of a French 
 line-of-battle ship, three brigs of war, several 
 smaller vessels, and of the forts and batteries on 
 the north side of the river— 26 June, 1815, as Senior, 
 to the Bucephalus 32, Capt. Amos Freeman West- 
 ropp, in which ship he served off St. Helena and at 
 the Cape of Good Hope until Aug. 1816— and, 
 lastly, 8 March, 1827, to the command, for five years, 
 of the Semaphore station at Pewley Hill, Guildford. 
 He married 29 June, 1814, and has issue a son 
 and da-ughter. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 M'KERLIE. (Keab-Admibal, 1846. f-p., 20 ■ 
 H-p., 33.) ' 
 
 John M'Keulie, horn 7 June, 1774, is descended 
 from a Scottish warrior, who resided at Cruggleton 
 Castle, CO. Wigton, and was thence expelled by the 
 English for his faithful adherence to the renowned 
 Sir Wm. Wallace, who in consequence undertook 
 an expedition for the purpose of reinstating him. 
 
 This oflBcer entered the Navy, 23 April, 1794, as 
 A.B., on board the Arethusa 38, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Pellew ; under whom, when in company with other 
 ships, he successively witnessed the capture of Le 
 Bahet of 22 guns and 178 men, L' Engageante of 38 
 guns and 300 men, and La Itc'volutimnaire of 44 
 guns and 351 men. On his removal with the same 
 officer to the Indefatigable of 46 guns, he furtlier 
 assisted, as Midshipman, at the taking of L' Unite' 
 of 38 guns and 265 men, and La Virginie of 44 guns 
 and 340 men; besides contributing, in company 
 with the Amazon 36, to the destruction, with a loss 
 to the Indefatigable of K men wounded, of Les 
 Droits del'Homme 74. On the latter occasion Mr. 
 M'Kerlie lost his sight arm, and received a wound 
 in the thigh. Following Sir Edw. Pellew, next, into 
 the Impetoeux 74, he accompanied in 1800 an ex- 
 pedition sent to co-operate with the Royalists in 
 Quiberon Bay ; and, on the occasion of a successful 
 attack made, 6 June in that year, upon the enemy's 
 shipping in the Morbihan River, he aided in the 
 boats, under Lieut. John Pilfold, in boarding and 
 blowing up L'ImoIente, an 18-gun corvette. We 
 may add that in services of a similar nature he was 
 always a volunteer. Three weeks after the latter 
 event he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Thames 32, Capt. Wm. Lukin. He was confirmed 
 18 Aug. in the same year, in the MEGiERA fire-ship 
 Capts. Henry Hill and John Newhouse, with tlie 
 former of whom, during the peace of Amiens he 
 served at Newfoundland in the Camilla 24. Being 
 
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 M'KILLOP— MACKINNON. 
 
 appointed First-Lieutenant, 13 March, 1804, of the 
 Spartiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, Mr. M'Ker- 
 lie in the year following went with Lord Nelson to 
 the West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of 
 France and Spain, and on his return shared in the 
 battle of Trafalgar. Although advanced in conse- 
 quence to the rank of Commander, 24 Dec. 1805, 
 he did not succeed in procuring another appoint- 
 ment until 1808, in June and Aug. of which year 
 we find him assuming successive command of the 
 Diligence 12, fitting for service in the straits of 
 Gibraltar, and Calliope of 10 guns (8 18-pounder 
 carronades and 2 long sixes) and 75 men, destined 
 for the North Sea station. In that vessel Capt. 
 M'Kerlie accompanied the expedition to the Scheldt, 
 where, after the fall of Flushing, he was invested 
 with the charge of a division of gun-brigs, and gave 
 so much satisfaction that Sir Kich. Strachan gave 
 him the north coast of Holland and the neighbour- 
 hood of Heligoland for a cruizing-ground. On 25 
 Oct. 1810 he contrived, at the end of a runningfight 
 of an hour and a half, fought with much spirit, and 
 attended with a loss to the British of 3 persons 
 wounded, to make prize of a large privateer, the 
 Comtesse d'JIambourff schooner of 14 guns (8 12- 
 pounders and 6 8-pounders) and 51 men. In March, 
 1813, after having driven another privateer of 16 
 guns into the Vlie passage, Capt. M'Kerlie was ap- 
 pointed to the command of the naval force stationed 
 at Heligoland ; and in the ensuing April he was di- 
 rected to employ the sloops, gun-brigs, and other 
 vessels at his disposal as much in co-operation as 
 possible with the Allies in the rivers Ems, Elbe, 
 Weser, and Jade. In the month of May lie was the 
 senior officer off Cuxhaven when that place was re- 
 occupied by the French. He continued to com- 
 mand the Heligoland squadron until Oct. 1813, 
 when he was superseded by Capt. Arthur Farquhar, 
 who, it appears, directed him soon afterwards to 
 proceed, with a gun-boat and a strong division of 
 row-boats, up the Weser as far as Braak, for the 
 purpose of there seizing two 20-gun corvettes build- 
 ing, as well as all other vessels, naval stores, &c., 
 which could be found, belonging to the enemy.* 
 These orders he fully executed ; and when the cor- 
 vettes were ready for sea he was sent with them to 
 England ; on his arrival where, at the close of Dec. 
 1813, he had the satisfaction of learning that he 
 had been promoted to Post-rank on 4 of that month. 
 Capt. M'Kerlie's last appointments were, 14 Feb. 
 and 27 Aug. 1834, to the Pkesi dent 52 and Vernon 
 50. In the former of those ships he conveyed Sir 
 Colin Campbell, K.C.B., Governor-General of Nova 
 Scotia, to Halifax ; and in the latter, an experi- 
 mental ship, he served for two years and a half in 
 the Mediterranean, outsailing and beating during 
 that period every vessel that competed with him. 
 He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 In 1806 Rear-Admiral M'Kerlie (who is a Magis- 
 trate for Wigtonshire, and is in the receipt of a 
 pension of 300/. for the loss of his arm) was in- 
 structed by the Admiralty to assist Mr. T. Telford, 
 a Civil Engineer, in making a survey of the line of 
 communication between the north of England and 
 the north of Ireland, and also in surveying the 
 harbours on each side of the Channel. He married 
 Harriet, second daughter of Patrick Stewart, Esq., 
 of Cairnsmore and Burness, by whom he has issue 
 one daughter. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 M'KILLOP. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 John M'Killoi-, born in March, 1788, at Glen- 
 arm, CO. Antrim, is son of the late David M'Killop, 
 Esq., 50 years a Lieutenant in the R.N., and bro- 
 ther of the late Kich. M'Killop, who held the same 
 rank for a period of 18 years. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loikb 46, Capt. Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland, with whom he continued almost 
 uninterruptedly to serve, in the same ship, and in 
 the VoLOSTAiRE 38 and Emerald 36, until Sept. 
 1810. He was under the fire, during that period, 
 • rWe Gaj. 1813,p. 2302. 
 
 of the batteries in Muros Bay, when they were gal- 
 lantly stormed and carried,,and the privateers Con- 
 fiance and Belter taken, by the boats under the late 
 Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805 ; assisted, on 25 of 
 the same month, in capturing Le Vaillant of 30 
 guns ; was in company, 24 Dec. following, with 
 L'Egyptienne frigate, at the capture, after an ob- 
 stinate resistance, of La Libre of 40 guns ; convej-eil, 
 in July, 1806, to Sir Kich. Keats, ofi' L'Orient, in- 
 telligence which led to the capture of Le Rhin of 44 
 guns ; contributed further, in the course of 1807, to 
 the capture of many other vessels and the blockade 
 of Rochefort ; witnessed, on the night of 13 March, 
 1808, the destruction, in Vivero harbour, in face of 
 a desperate opposition, of a large French schooner, 
 L^ Apropos^ of 8 guns ^nd 70 men ; and was present, 
 as Midshipman, in April, 1809, at the destruction 
 of the French shipping in Basque Roads. Becoming 
 Master's Mate, in Sept. 1810, of the Astr;ea of 42 
 guns and 271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, 
 Sir. M'Killop proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope ; 
 and on 20 May, 1811, when in company, off Mada- 
 gascar, with the Ph(ebe and Galatea frigates, 
 similar in force to the Astr^a, and 18-gun brig 
 Racehorse, he assisted — after a long and warmly- 
 contested action with the French 40-gun frigates 
 Rejumtriwe^ Clorinde, and JVereide, and a loss to the 
 Astrjea of 2 killed and 16 wounded — at the capture 
 of the McTtmnme'e, and, on 25 of the same month, of 
 the Nereide and the settlement of Tamatave. As 
 a reward for his conduct on the occasion he was 
 nominated, 30 June following, .Vcting-Heutenant of 
 the AsTH.a;A. He was confirmed to her 8 May, 1812, 
 but went on half-pay on her return, under Capt. 
 John Eveleigh, to England in Sept. 1813, and has 
 not been since afloat. 
 
 He married Anne, eldest daughter of the late 
 Thos.^Dickey, Esq., of Ballymena, co. Antiim, by 
 whom he has issue five childjen. 
 
 MACKINNON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Lahchlan Bellingham MacKinnon, bom 21 
 April, 1815, is second son of Wm. Alex. Mackinnon, 
 Esq., a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for cos. 
 Middlesex, Hants, and Essex, JI.P. for Lyming- 
 ton, and Chief of the Clan Mackinnon in the West- 
 em Highlands of Scotland, by Emma, daughter and 
 sole heiress of Joseph Palmer, Esq., of Rush House, 
 CO. Dublin, and Palmerstown, co. Mayo. He is ne- 
 phew of Col. Dan. Blackinnon, of the Coldstream 
 Guards, and grand-nephew of Major-General Henry 
 Mackinnon, of the same corps, who fell at Ciudad 
 Kodrigo 19 Feb. 1812, and to whom a tablet has 
 been erected by the country in St. Paul's Cathedral. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct., 1829, on 
 board the Prince Regent 120, lying at Chatham, 
 and was afterwards employed, as Midshipman and 
 Mate, in the Columbine 18, Belvidera 42, Arrow 
 6, and Vanguard 80, on the West India, North and 
 South American, and Mediterranean stations. When 
 in the Belvidera in the West Indies, under Capt. 
 Chas. Borough Strong, he was lent in 1834 for a 
 period of 12 months to H.M. steam-vessel Flamer, 
 and was the only person on board during that time 
 who was not attacked by the yellow fever. In Nov. 
 1835, having made himself thoroughly acquainted 
 with the theory of the steam-engine, he volunteered 
 and took charge, in the capacity of engineer, of the 
 Meteor steamer, which he conducted from the 
 island of St. Thomas to English Harbour, Antigua, 
 and thence to Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes— again es- 
 caping the ravages of the yellow fever, although 
 most fatal in its effects to the officers and crew. 
 Having passed his examination in Feb. 1836, he was 
 promoted, 10 Feb. 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 His appointments have since been— 17 March, 1842, 
 for a few months, to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship 
 of Sir Edvv. Codrington at Portsmouth— 22 Aug. 
 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Formidable 
 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen in 
 the JMcditerranean— 17 Dec. 1844, to the Superb 80, 
 Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, fitting at Devonport — 
 12 Nov. 1845, to the Alecto steam-sloop, Capt. 
 
M'KINLEY. 
 
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 Fras. Wm. Austen, stationed on ttie south-east coast 
 of America— and, 1 Feb. 1847, to the Mastiff sur- 
 veying-vessel, Capt. Alex. Bridport Becher, now 
 employed in surveying the Orkneys. In June, 1846, 
 during an action which took place between the 
 combined squadrons of England and France and 
 the formidable batteries erected hy General Kosas 
 on the heights of San Lorenzo, in the river Parana, 
 Lieut. Macldnnon obtained tlie particular mention 
 of Commodore Sir Chas. Hotham for the slcill he 
 exemplified in the command of a rocket-party, 
 which had been obliged to remain two days and 
 nights concealed under the enemy's nose.* 
 
 He married, 9 Aug. 1842, Augusta, daughter of 
 the late John Entwisle, Esq., of Foxholes, M.P. for 
 Rochdale, by whom he has issue. 
 
 M'KINLEY. (Vicf.-Admiral of the White, 
 1841. F-P., 38; H-P., 36.) 
 
 Geokge M'Kinley, born at Devonport, is the 
 son of a Lieutenant in the R.N. One of his brothers, 
 Samuel, commanded the Comet galley, and died on 
 the American station ; and another, John, who 
 served as a Lieutenant under the late Sir Chas. 
 Morice Pole at the capture of the Santa Cataiina 
 Spanish frigate, died off St. Domingo in 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1773, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Albion 74, Capts. 
 Hon. Jas. Barrington and Hon. John Leveson. 
 Gower, to which ship, lying at Portsmouth, he con- 
 tinued attached until 1777, In Jan. 1778 he rejoined 
 the former officer, then a Rear-Admiral, on board 
 the Pkince of Wales 98, and sailed for the West 
 Indies, where, on being discharged at the close of 
 the same year into the Ceres sloop, Capt. Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres, he was captured, while holding the 
 rating of Midshipman, by the French frigate Iphi- 
 genie. Regaining his liberty in the early part of 
 1779, he served during the next three years, still on 
 the West India station, in the Surprize, Alcmj£;ne 
 frigate (which vessel he had assisted in taking from 
 the French), and Belliqueux 64, all commanded 
 by Capt. Jas. Brine (whom he fought under in the 
 latter ship in the actions of 29 April and 5 Sept. 
 1781, off Martinique and the Chesapeake), and also 
 in the Barfleuk 98, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. 
 Hood. On 14 Jan. 1782 Mr. M'Kinley was made 
 liieutenant into the Stormont sloop, but that vessel 
 being captured before lie could join her he went 
 bade to the Barfleur, and was in consequence 
 present in the actions of 9 and 12 April, and at the 
 capture, on 19 of the same month, of the enemy's 
 ships Jason, Caton, Almable, and Ceres, in the Mona 
 passage. On the date last mentioned he removed 
 to the CHAMinoN 24, Capt. Alex. Hood, with whom, 
 in July, 1783, he returned home from America in 
 L'AiMABLE frigate. We next, between April, 1784, 
 and Aug. 1791, find him serving on the Newfound- 
 land and Home stations in the Thorn sloop, Capt. 
 AVm. Leclnnere, Eugar 74. Capt. Adam Duncan, 
 Trimmer 16, Capt. Chas. Tyler, and Illustrious 74 
 and Formidable 98, bearing each the flag of Hon. 
 J. L. Gowcr. When in the Trimmer in 1787, Mr. 
 M'Kinley was sent in pursuit of a smuggler in the 
 jolly-boat, and during an absence of 30 hours with- 
 out food was caught in a heavy gale and all but lost. 
 His first appointment, on leaving the Formidable, 
 was, 1 Deo. 1792, to the Alcide 74, Captain (after- 
 wards Commodore and Rear-Admiral) Robt. Lin- 
 zee; previously to accompanying whom, in 1794, 
 into the Windsor Castle 98, he participated (the 
 second time on board the Fortitude 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Young) in two unsuccessful attacks upon the tower 
 of MortcIIa in the island of Corsica. Assuming 
 command, in March, 1795, after four montlis of 
 half-pay, of the Liberty cutter, he cruized for up- 
 wards of three years in that vessel on the Channel 
 station, and on 17 March, 1796, gained the particular 
 notice of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith by the gallant and 
 judicious manner in which, having entered the 
 harbour of Herqui in company with the Diamond 
 frigate and Aristocrat lugger, he went into action 
 * rideGaz. 1816, p. 3;;55. 
 
 with the corvette Etourdie, of 16 guns, preparatory 
 to her destruction.'* On 16 May, 1798, Mr. M'Kin- 
 ley was promoted to the command of the Otter 
 fire-ship. In the following year, being ordered to 
 accompany the expedition to Holland, he witnessed 
 the surrender of Rear-Admiral Storey's squadron 
 in the Texel, and was placed in charge, with a de- 
 tachment of marines, of the town of Enkuysen, 
 where he remained until the evacuation of the 
 Helder and the removal of the British naval force 
 from the Zuyder Zee. On 2 April, 1801, immedi- 
 ately after the battle of Copenhagen, on which oc- 
 casion the Otter had formed part of the light 
 squadron attached to Lord Nelson's division, Capt. 
 M'Kinley was nominated to the temporary command 
 of the Bellona 74, whose Captain, Sir 'I'hos. Boul- 
 den Thompson, had lost a leg in the action. As 
 soon as he had refitted that ship he was superseded 
 and sent in charge of the Ardent 64 to England, 
 whence, on 20 of the ensuing Oct., the very day he 
 was confirmed in P.ost-rank, he sailed for the West 
 Indies in the Pelican sloop with despatches rela- 
 tive to the treaty of Amiens. He removed, imme- 
 diately on his arrival, to the Abergavenny 54, and 
 was subsequently appointed — 23 July, 1802, to the 
 Ganges 74, in which ship he returned home via 
 HaHfax— 11 July, 1803, to the Roebock 44, em- 
 ployed at first as a guard-ship at Leith (where the 
 explosion of a powder-horn, while on duty, deprived 
 him of sight for several weeks), and then as flag- 
 ship to Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas in Yarmouth 
 Roads— 23 Jan. 1806, to the Quebec 32, stationed 
 off the coast of Holland — 20 May following, to the 
 Lively 38—19 April, 1811, to the San Josef UO, 
 bearing the flag in the Mediterranean and Channel 
 of Sir Chas. Cotton, with whom he continued until 
 his death in Feb. 1812—5 May in the latter year, to 
 the Bellona 74, in which ship he cruized off the 
 Scheldt, made a voyage to St. Helena, and served 
 with the Channel fleet— and (after an interval of 
 nine months), 21 Nov. 1814, and 26 Aug. 1815, to 
 the Namub and Bulwark 74's, as Flag-Captain to 
 Sir Chas. Rowley in the River Medway. During 
 his command of the Lively, Capt. M'Kinley was 
 for some time Senior officer on the Lisbon station, 
 where he rendered an essential service in bringing 
 away the British factory and all the English mer- 
 chant-vessels lying in the Tagus, at a time when 
 General Junot was rapidly approaching with a pow- 
 erful French army to take possession of the Portu- 
 guese capital. His conduct, indeed, afforded so 
 much satisfaction to the merchants that they united 
 in presenting him with a piece of plate. In Jan. 
 1808 the Lively conveyed Rear-Admiral Wm. Al- 
 bany Otway to the squadron employed in the block- 
 ade of Lisbon ; and then went on a cruize off the 
 Western Islands. After the convention of Cintra 
 her Captain was sent into the Tagus, with orders to 
 take charge of the naval arsenal, which he retained 
 until it was delivered over to the Portuguese au- 
 thorities. He subsequently cruized off Oporto, 
 and received the thanks of the merchants there for 
 his exertions in clearing the river Douro of all the 
 British shipping previously to the French entering 
 that city. In March, 1809, his assistance being soli- 
 cited by the inhabitants of Galicia, he repaired 
 tliither, and took an active part in the operations 
 which led to the capture of Vigo and Santiago.f 
 On the advance of Marshal Soult towards St. Payo, 
 Capt. M'Kinley was the means of saving it from 
 capture by effectually destroying the bridge. In 
 July, 1809, he convoyed a fleet from Lisbon to Eng- 
 land ; and on 18 Sept. in the same year he contri- 
 buted to the capture of L' Aurore French lugger- 
 privateer, of 16 guns and 69 men. After lying for 
 a time in the Downs as flag-ship of the late Sir Geo. 
 Campbell, the Lively, in April, 1810, conveyed Sir 
 Chas. Cotton to Cadiz. On her return she was 
 ordered to escort the outward-bound trade to Por- 
 tugal and the Mediterranean. After executing that 
 service she was unfortunately wi-ecked, 10 Au"-. 
 1810, on a reef of rocks near Point Coura, in tha 
 • Vide Gaz. 1796, p. 277. 
 t V- Gaz. 1800, pp. 404, 490, 1006. 
 
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 M'KIRDY-MACKWORTH-M'LEAN— MACLEAN. 
 
 island of Malta ; a disaster of any share in which 
 Capt. M'Kinley was by court-martial fully acquitted. 
 On afterwards leaving the Bulwakk, he was ap- 
 pointed, 16 Jan. 1818, a Captain of the Koyal Hos- 
 pital at Greenwich ; and in April, 1821, he was 
 nominated Superintendent of the Royal Naval Asy- 
 lum on the occasion of its incorporation with the 
 former institution. His services in the latter capa- 
 city were acknowledged in 18:^8 by a special increase 
 of 100/. per annum to his salary. He became a 
 Rear-Admiral 22 Jiily, 1830 ; and attained his pre- 
 sent rank 23 jS'ov. 1841. 
 
 Vice-Admiral M'Kiuley married a sister of the 
 late Vice-Admiral Aiskew Paffard Hollis, by whom 
 he has issue. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 M'KIKDY. (Retired Commander, 1837. f-p., 
 16; H-p., 3+.; 
 John M'Kiedt entered the Navy, in March, 1797, 
 as L.il., on board the Glenmore frigate, Capt. Geo. 
 Dufi; employed off the coast of Ireland ; and in 1798 
 became Midshipman of the Htjena 24, Capts. Hon. 
 Courtenay Boyle and David Lloyd, stationed at 
 first in the Channel, and then in the Mediterranean ; 
 where, in 1799, he joined the Santa Tekesa 32, 
 Capt. Robt. Campbell. While in that ship he com- 
 manded a boat under Lieut. John Chiene, and had 
 two of his men killed, in cutting out a vessel from 
 under a battery on the coast of Catalonia. He 
 assisted likewise at the capture, 19 June, 1739, of 
 Rear-Admiral Perree's squadron of three frigates 
 and two brigs, and served at the blockade of Malta 
 and in the operations on the coasts of Genoa and 
 Egypt. When next in the West Indies in the Blen- 
 heim 74, flag-ship of Sir Archibald Dickson, we find 
 him present, as Master's Mate, in one of two boats 
 commanded by Lieut. Thos. Furber, and aiding, in 
 a most spirited manner, at the boarding and carry- 
 ing, after a pull of an hour and a half in the heat of 
 the sun, and under a fire of grape and musketry, of 
 ia Fortune French privateer, of 2 guns, 6 swivels, 
 and 29 men, 15 Sept. 1803, On 16 of the following 
 Nov. he participated in another gallant exploit of 
 the same nature, also conducted by Lieut. Furber, 
 namely, the cutting out from the harbour of Marin, 
 Martinique, with loss to both parties, of the Sarmo- 
 nie, a notorious privateer of 8 guns and 66 men. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant, after having acted 
 for nearly five months as such, in the Heubeux 24, 
 Capts. Loftus Otway Bland, Geo. Younghusband, 
 and John Morrison, 8 May, 1804. He continued 
 actively employed in that vessel in the West Indies 
 until she was lost in 1806; and was subsequently 
 appointed— 4 Feb. 1807, to the Malabar 74, Capt. 
 John Temple, stationed in the North Sea — 14 Jlay, 
 1803, to the Ardent 64, flag-ship at Leith of Vice- 
 Admiral Jas. Vashon— 20 Jan. and 16 Nov. 1809, to 
 the Alcmkn-e 32* and Mcros brig, Capts. Wm. 
 Henry Brown Tremlett and Clement Sneyd, both on 
 the Channel station — 27 Aug. 1810, to the Hieer- 
 nia 120, Capt. John Nash, lying at Portsmouth— 14 
 Nov. following, to the Revenge 74, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, under whom he ofiiciated 
 as First-Lieutenant at the defence of Cadiz— and, 
 23 Dec. 1811, to the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Baker. He served in the ship last mentioned in the 
 North Sea and Channel until 22 April, 1314 ; and on 
 28 Feb. 1837, not having been further employed, he 
 accepted his present rank. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. 
 
 M'KIRDY. (LiEnTENANT, 1814.) 
 
 Robert M'Kirdit died about the commencement 
 of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (into which he was 
 impressed), 16 April, 1806, on board the Enter- 
 prize receiving-ship at the Tower. In the follow- 
 ing June, after he had for a short time been attached 
 to the Zealand, commanded at the Nore by Capt. 
 Henry Lidgbird Ball, he became Midshipman of 
 the Theseds 74, Capts. Geo. Hope and John Poo 
 
 • The Alcm tNE was wrecked off Nantes, wliile blockailing 
 two 01 the enemy*3 friyales, 2y Apiil, 1809. 
 
 Beresford, in which ship and the Poictiers 74, also 
 under the orders of Capt. Beresford, we find him 
 serving on the Home station, in the capacities of 
 Masters Mate and Second-Master, until July, 1812. 
 He was in consequence present, in the Theseos, at 
 the destruction of the enemy's shipping in Basque 
 Roads in April, 1809. On leaving the Poictiers 
 he sailed for the East Indies in the Minden 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Sam. Hood, who nominated him, 2 May, 
 1813, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cornwallis 74, 
 Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby. He went on half-pay 
 in Aug. 1314, having been officially promoted on 4 
 of the preceding Feb. ; and he was afterwards em- 
 ployed, for a long time, in command of the Tickler 
 cutter and Martial gun-brig. In the former 
 vessel he was engaged in superintending the herring- 
 fishery on the N.W. coast of Scotland. 
 
 MACKWORTH. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 Herbert Mackworth, bom 1 Oct. 1791, is se- 
 cond son of the late Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart., 
 by his first wife, Jane, only daughter of the Eev. 
 Matthew Deere; and brother of the present Sir 
 Digby Mackworth, Bart., K.H., a Lieut.-Colonel in 
 the Army, who served in the Peninsula, in France, 
 and at Waterloo, and was lately Aide-de-Camp to 
 Lord Hill, Commander-in-Chief. His father's se- 
 cond wife was a daughter of General Sir Jas. Affleck, 
 Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1303, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eobyalds 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood, and after a servitude of 
 17 months, on the Channel and Irish stations, was 
 transferred, in Sfay, 1805, to the Pearl, Lieut- 
 Commander Woodger, lying at Portsmouth. Pro- 
 ceeding in the summer of 1806 to the Mediterra- 
 nean in the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of 
 Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he there, in Oct. of 
 that year, rejoined Capt. Blackwood in the Ajax 
 74 ; on the destruction of which ship by fij-e near 
 the island of Tenedos, 14 Feb. 1807, he was received 
 into the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj, Hallowell, under 
 whom he took part in the ensuing operations on the 
 coast of Egypt. In April, 1808, he was again placed 
 under the orders of Capt. Blackwood in the War- 
 spite 74, also attached to the force in the Mediter- 
 ranean. He was confirmed a Lieutenant in the 
 Mdtine brig, Capt. Nevinson De Courcy, on the 
 Brazilian station, 29 April, 1811 ; and between Aug. 
 1812 and Nov. 1818 was successively employed in 
 the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine 
 Douglas, Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith, Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Chas. Thurlow 
 Smith, EuRYDicE 24, Capt. H on. Valentine Gardner, 
 ScAMANDER 36, Capts. Sir John Louis, Chas. Sib- 
 thorpe John Hawtayne, and Wm. Elliott, Brazen 
 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, and Severn, Coast Blockade- 
 ship, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch— on the Jlediterranean, 
 Cork, West India, and Home stations. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Mackworth was lately High Sheriff for 
 Trinidad. He married Miss Jesse Anderson, and 
 by that lady has issue two sons and four daughters. 
 Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 M'LEAN. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Charles Clayton M'Lean entered the Navy 
 24 March, 1810 ; passed his examination in 1818 ; 
 obtained his commission 6 Dec. 1826 ; and since 2 
 Aug. 1833 has been employed in the Coast Guard 
 service. 
 
 MACLEAN. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 Rawdon Maclean entered thoNavy,24 Oct. 1798, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terpsichore 32, Capt. 
 Wm. HaU Gage, employed in the Mediten-anean 
 and then in the Channel, where, from Oct. 1800 
 until April, 1802, he served as Midshipman in the 
 Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones. In Oct. 1803 
 he re-embarked on board the Leopard 50, Capt. 
 Jas. Nicoll Morris; on accompanying whom into 
 
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 the Colossus 74, he received, in the battle of Tra- 
 falgar, a wound so severe that he still feels its 
 effects.* A gratuity from the Patriotic Fund was 
 his consequent reward. He removed, in Dec. 1805, 
 to the Camilla 20, Capt. John Tower, but had not 
 been many months in that vessel before he was pro- 
 moted, 7 July, 1806, to the rank of Lieutenant, and 
 re-appointed to the Colossus, commanded at first 
 by Capt. Morris, and subsequently by Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander. In Nov. 1808 we find him serving on 
 shore under the present Earl of Dundonald, at the 
 celebrated defence of the fortress of Bosas, on the 
 north-eastern extremity of Spain. He commanded 
 a gun-boat also during the siege of Cadiz by the 
 French; and on 1 Dec. 1811 he assisted at the cap- 
 ture and destruction of part of an enemy's convoy, 
 protected by several armed vessels, near Rochelle. 
 His health at length obliging him to leave the Co- 
 lossus in Sept. 1813, after he had been altogether 
 for nearly nine years attached to her, he was next 
 appointed — 31 Jan. and 31 Oct. 1814, to the Roval 
 Sovereign 100, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, 
 Chaa. Thurlow Smith, and Roht. Lambert, and 
 Stokk sloop, Capt. Roht. Lisle Coulson, in which 
 vessels he served in the Mediterranean and North 
 Sea until 18 Sept. 1815— and, 26 Nov. 1822, as Se- 
 nior, to the Gloucester 74, bearing the broad 
 Eendant of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the West 
 idles. He was there promoted to the command, 1 
 July, 1823, of the Bustard 10. He removed, in 
 the following Oct., to the Carnation 18, and after 
 cruizing with activity in the suppression of piracy, 
 returned home and was paid off in July, 1825. He 
 has not been since employed. 
 
 From 1 Oct. 1841 until 1 Deo. 1843, Commander 
 Maclean was Superintendent of the Royal Mail 
 Steam Packet Company in the "West Indies. He 
 married in Sept. 1829, and has issue one son and a 
 daughter. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 M'LEOD. (Retired Commander, 1824. r-p., 
 24; H-p., 46.) 
 Alexander M'Leod (o) entered the Navy, 11 
 Nov. 1777, as Captain's Servant, on board the Va- 
 liant 74, Capts. Hon. John Leveson Gower and 
 Sam. Cranston Goodall. attached to the Channel 
 fleet. Between Sept. 1779 and May, 1783, he served 
 under various officers, chiefly in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman, in the Ajax, Vengeance, Diligente, and 
 Argo, on the "West India and Home stations ; where, 
 and in the Mediterranean, he was further, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Nov. 1790, em- 
 ployed on board the Solitaire, Capt. Robt. Mon- 
 tagu, Edgar 74, Capt. Adam Duncan, Kingfisher 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Lumsdaine, Magnificent 74, 
 Capt. Rich. Onslow, and Princess Royal 98, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral "Wm. Hotham. During the 
 French revolutionary war we find him in succes- 
 sion appointed to the Beaulieu, Capts. Hon. "Wm. 
 Carnegie and John Salisbury, Rose, Capt. Roht. 
 Faulknor, Ulysses, Capt. Rich. Morris, Hectoh, 
 Capt. Cuthbert Collingwood, Sampson, Capt. Thos. 
 Lewis, "Weymouth armed transport. Diadem, Capt. 
 John Dawson, Cynthia, Capt. Micajah Malbon, 
 and Cakysfort, Capts. Adam Drummond and Geo. 
 Mundy. The Cynthia formed part of the expedi- 
 tions to Holland and Vigo in 1799 and 1800 ; the 
 other ships appear to have been chiefly employed 
 in the "West Indies ; where, at the commencement 
 of 1794, Mr. M'Leod, we believe, assisted at the re- 
 daction of the French islands. After having had 
 command for upwards of three years of the Sultan 
 and Suffolk, on the Home station, and been de- 
 prived of part of his right hand, he was admitted 
 an out-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital 22 Sept. 
 1806. He accepted the rank he now holds 4 Oct. 
 1824. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 MACLEAN. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 16; h-p., 8.) 
 "William Maclean is ninth son of Colonel Alex. 
 Maclean, of Ardgour, by the Lady Margaret Hope, 
 daughter of John, second Earl of Hopetoun, and 
 granddaughter of Alexander, fifth Earl of Leven 
 and Melville. One of his brothers, Archibald, a 
 Captain in the R.N. (1822), died in 1832. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, early in 1823, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray 
 Maxwell, and sailed for South America, where, at 
 home, and in India, he continued to serve as Mid- 
 shipman in the same frigate, and in the Prince 
 Regent 120, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorsom, 
 Thetis 46, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, Ranger 
 28, Capt. Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, and Prince 
 Regent again and Southampton 52, flag-ships of 
 Sir Henry Blackwood and Sir Edw. "W. C. R. Owen, 
 until promoted, 10 Feb. 1830, to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Success 28, Capt. "Wm. Clarke Jervoiae, also on 
 the East India station, whence he came home in 
 Oct. 1831 in the Calcutta 84, Capt. Peter Fisher. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 7 Nov. 1833, to 
 the Blonde 46, Capt. Fras. Mason, fltting for South 
 America — 5 April, 1836 (soon after his return to 
 England), to the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Philip Chas. Durham at Portsmouth, where he re- 
 mained a period of three years— and, 27 Aug. 1841, 
 to the Howe 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Fras. 
 Mason in the Mediterranean. He attained the rank 
 of Commander 23 Nov. following; served in that 
 capacity, from 28 Sept. 1843 until Feb. 1845, on 
 board the Apollo troop-ship ; obtained command, 
 22 Dec. iti the latter year, of the Cruizer 16, on the 
 East India station ; and acquired his present rank 
 9 Nov. 1846. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Maclean married, 30 Aug. 1838, Elizabeth, 
 only daughter Of the late T. Melet Charter, Esq., 
 of Lynchfield House, co. Somerset, and grand- 
 daughter of the late Mrs. Freke Gunston, of Frethey 
 Cottage, near Taunton, by whom he has issue. 
 Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 M'LEOD. (LiEOT., 1823. F-P., 15; h-p., 23.) 
 Alexander M'Leod (c) died 8 March, 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 July, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Snake sloop, Capts. Thos. 
 Young and "Wm. Hellard, on the Leith station ; and 
 in Oct. 1811, while holding the rating of Master's 
 Mate, was driven in a prize into Norway during a 
 gale of wind, and there taken prisoner. On being 
 restored to liberty in 1812, he again (after he had 
 been for a short time borne as a Supernumerary on 
 the hooka of the Dictator 64 and Adamant 50, 
 Capts. "Wm. Autridge and Matthew Buckle) joined 
 the Snake ; in which vessel he continued to serve, 
 under the orders of Capts. H ellard and Joseph Gape, 
 on the "West India, Cork, and Channel stations, until 
 Oct. 1815. He subsequently became attached — 15 
 Dec. 1815, to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, 
 on the St. Helena station — 20 March, 1818, as Admi- 
 ralty-Midshipman, to the Vengeur 74, commanded 
 in the Channel by Capt. Thos. Alexander — and 3 Oct. 
 following, and 26 Sept. 1822, in the same capacity and 
 as Admiralty-Mate, to the Severn and Ramillies, 
 Coast Blockade ships, each under the orders of 
 Capt. "Wm. M'CuUoch. He obtained his commis- 
 sion 19 July, 1823 ; and (with the exception of a 
 few weeks again passed, in 1824, in the Ramillies) 
 remained thenceforward on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. M'Leod married, 19 Jan. 1841, Sarah Eliza- 
 beth, second daughter of B. Alder, Esq., of Brixton. 
 
 * Vide Gn-i. 1805, p. 1484. 
 
 MACLEOD. (LlECTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Robert Bruce .35neas MacLeod is eldest son of 
 Roderick Macleod, Esq., Lord Lieutenant of co. 
 Cromarty, Deputy-Lieutenant of Rosshire, and late 
 M.P. for CO. Sutherland, by Isabella, daughter of 
 Wm. Cunninghame, Esq., of Lainshaw, in Ayr- 
 shire; and grandson of the present Robt. Bruce 
 ^neas Macleod, Esq., of CadboU, co. Cromarty, 
 and of Invergorden Castle, in Rosshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1831 ; passed 
 his examination 19 Aug. 1837 ; and at the period of 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Aug. 
 1841, was serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of 
 the Thunderer 84, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhar- 
 dinge Berkeley. His appointments have since been 
 
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706 M'LEOD-M'MILLAN-M'MURDO— M'NAGHTEN-MACNAMARA. 
 
 —26 Feb. 1842, to the VANGCAno 80, Capt. Sir 
 David Dunn, on the Lisbon station, whence he re- 
 turned home and was paid off in the summer of 
 1843—10 Jan. 1S44, to the Resistance troop-ship, 
 Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey-and 3 Jan. 1846, 
 after a few months of half-pay, to the Calypso 20, 
 Capt. Henry John Worth, now in the Pacific. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 M'LEOD. rLiEUT., 1811. F-p., 13; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William M'Leod entered the Navy, 18 June, 
 1802, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Blenheim 74, 
 Capts. Peter Turner Bover, Henry Matson, and 
 Thos. Graves, on the Leeward Island station, where 
 he removed, in March, 1804, to the Ulysses 44, Capt. 
 Edwin Henry Chamberlayne. In Aug. 1806, after 
 he had been for ten months attached to the Eoyal 
 William, bearing the flag of Admiral Montagu at 
 Spithead, he became Midshipman of the Pigmy 14, 
 Lieut.-Commander Geo. Montagu Higginson, under 
 whom it was his fate to be wrecked, off the lie 
 d'Oleron, and taken prisoner, 2 March, 1807. Be- 
 ing restored to liberty in Dec. 1809, he next, during 
 several months of 1810, served in the West Indies 
 on board the Neptune and Statira, flag-ships of 
 Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. He was there, in April, 
 1811, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Pbklen 
 38, Capts. Norbome Thompson, Joseph Swabey Tet- 
 ley, and John Allen ; in which vessel, on proceeding 
 to the Mediterranean, he took part, under Capt. 
 Tetley, in a very gallant skirmish, which terminated 
 in her repulse, 22 Nov. 1811, of a French ship-of-the- 
 line and two frigates belonging to the Toulon fleet. 
 Mr. M'Leod, whose official promotion had taken 
 place on 10 of the preceding Sept., was next, 26 
 Aug. 1812, appointed to the Snap 16, Capts. Geo. 
 Rose Sartorius, Wm. Bateman Dashwood, and Geo. 
 King. While with Capt. Dashwood he assisted in 
 capturing, 1 Nov. 1813, ie jCiora privateer of 16 guns 
 and 69 men, after a close action of 10 minutes, fought 
 off the coast of France. In Jan. 1815 lie rejoined 
 Capt. Sartorius on board the Slaney 20. He cruized 
 in that vessel until the following Sept., and has since 
 been on half-pay. Agent — J. Uinxman. 
 
 M'MILLAN. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 36.) 
 Allan M'Millan entered the Navy, 25 Sept. 
 1791, as a Boy, on board the Bedford 74, Capt. Sir 
 Andw. Snape Hamond, in which ship, with the ex- 
 ception of an interval between Nov. 1795 and Jan. 
 1797, he continued to serve, under Capts. Robt. 
 Mann, Davidge Gould, Augustus Montgomery, and 
 Sir Thos. Byard, on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations, until May, 1798 — latterly in the capacity of 
 Midshipman. He was in consecLuence present in 
 1795 in Hotham's partial actions, and in company 
 with the Censeur 74, when that ship was taken by 
 a French squadron under M. Richery. On finally 
 leaving the Bedford, he joined the Foddroyant 
 80, bearing the successive flags of Lords Nelson and 
 Keith, and commanded, among other Captains, by 
 Sir Edw. Berry, under whom, while at the blockade 
 of Malta, he assisted at the capture, 18 Feb. 1800, 
 of Xe Genereux 74 and Viile de Marseilles armed 
 store-ship, and, 31 March following, after a despe- 
 rate conflict in which the Foudhoyant (in company 
 at the time with the Lion 64 and Penelope 36) 
 sustained a loss of 8 men killed and 64 wounded, of 
 Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Decres. Continuing 
 in the same ship until the peace of Amiens, Mr. 
 M'Millan was afforded an opportunity of sharing in 
 the operations in Egypt in 1801. Between Feb. 
 1803 and the date of his official promotion, 31 Oct. 
 1810, he served, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 in 13 different ships, under various distinguished 
 oflScers, on the Home and Baltic stations — com- 
 manding during that period the Convulsion mor- 
 tar-vessel, off Boulogne, for nearly 12 months in 
 1805-6, and accompanying, in the Skylark sloop, 
 Capt. Jas. Boxer, the expedition to the Walcheren 
 in 1809. His last appointments were— 12 Jan. 1811, 
 for nine months, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Arthur 
 
 Atchison, attached to the force in the Channel— 
 and, 20 April, 1812, to the Calliope 10, Capt. John 
 M'Kerlie. In that vessel, which he left in Jan. 
 1814, Lieut. M'Millan was actively employed off 
 Flushing, Heligoland, and the German rivers. 
 
 M'MUKDO. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 6.) 
 
 Archibald M'Mukdo, bom 24 Sept. 1812, is son 
 of Lieut.-Colonel M'Murdo, who lost his eyesight, 
 and in the end his life, from the effects of a wound 
 received in action in the West Indies. 
 
 This offtcer entered the Navy, 6 Oct. 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pylades 18, Capts. Fras. 
 Fead, Geo. Vernon Jackson, and John Leith, sta^ 
 tioned in the West Indies, where he removed, in 
 Sept. 1825, to the Bellette 18, Capt. Chas. Croker. 
 After serving for nearly two years at home, as Mid- 
 shipman of the Superb and Melville 74's, both 
 commanded by Capt. Henry Hill, and Britomaet 
 10, Capt. Russell Henry Manners, he proceeded in 
 1828 to the Mediterranean in the Blonde 46, Capt. 
 Edm. Lyons, under whom, in Oct. of that year, he 
 co-operated in the reduction of Morea Castle, the 
 last hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus. He 
 had been previously employed at the blockade of 
 Navarin. ' The Blonde being put out of commis- 
 sion in June, 1831, Mr. M'Murdo (who had passed 
 his examination in the preceding Nov.) was ap- 
 pointed Mate, a few months afterwards, of the Al- 
 ligator 28, Capt. Geo. Robt. Lambert, and ordered 
 to the East Indies, whence he returned home and 
 was paid off in Aug. 1835. For the services he had 
 during that period performed in recovering the 
 crew of a wrecked whaler from the natives of New 
 Zealand, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 15 Feb.^1836. His succeeding appointments were — 
 23 May, 1836, to the Terror bomb, Capt. Geo. Back, 
 whom he accompanied on a disastrous voyage of 
 discovery to the northward of Charles Island, in 
 Hudson's Bay, returning to England in the autumn 
 of 1837—2 Feb. 1838, to the Volage 28, Capt. Henry 
 Smith, from which vessel, on her arrival in the East 
 Indies, his health obliged him to invalid, 27 Oct. in 
 the same year — and, 23 Aug. 1839, again, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Terror, Capt. Fras. Rawdon 
 Moira Crozier, fitting for an explorative mission to 
 the Antarctic regions, where he remained until ill- 
 ness compelled him to return in Aug. 1842. He 
 was advanced, in consequence, to his present rank, 
 4 Oct. 1843 ; and since 11 June, 1846, has been in 
 command of the Contest 12, on the coast of Africa. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 M'NAGHTEN. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Alexander M'Naghten passed his examination 
 6 Sept. 1837 ; and served as Mate, on the East India, 
 Mediterranean, and Home stations, in the Blen- 
 heim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, 
 Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Geo. 
 Fred, Rich (flag-ship for some time of Sir Edw. W. 
 C. R. Owen), Waterwitch 10, Capt. Thos. Fras. 
 Birch, and Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. 
 He obtained his commission 1 Sept. 1845 ; and since 
 8 of the following Oct. has been serving in North 
 America and the West Indies in the Axarm 26, 
 Capts. Chas. ColviUe Frankland and Granville 
 Gower Loch. 
 
 MACNAMARA, Kt. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 18; 
 H-P., 21.) 
 
 Sir Burton Macnamara, born in 1794, is sixth 
 son of the late Fras. Macnamara, Esq., of Doolen, 
 CO. Clare, by Jane, daughter of Geo. Stamer, Esq., 
 of Camelly, in the same county ; and brother of the 
 present Wm. Nugent Macnamara, Esq., of Doolen, 
 a Major of Militia, and M.P., since 1830, for co. 
 Clare. He is a descendant of the ancient Admirals 
 of Munster, whose office is said to have originated 
 the name " Mac-na-mara," or " Son of the Sea." 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Macnamara ; previously to accompajiying whom, as 
 
MACNAMARA— M'NEALE-MACNEVIN-MACONOCHIE. 
 
 707' 
 
 TWidshipman, in March, 1810, into the Bekwtck 74, 
 he witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg of the 
 Marquis de la Komana and his patriot army, and 
 the capture, which attended it, of the Danish vessels 
 Fama of 18, and Sahrman of 12 guns. After assist- 
 ing, in the Bekwick, in causing the self-destruction, 
 near Barfleur, 25 March, 1811, of the French 40-gun 
 frigate L'Amazone, Mr. Macnamara successively 
 joined, in the course of that and the following year, 
 the San Fioeenzo armee-en-flute, Capt. Hon. Edm. 
 Sexton Pery Knox, San Domingo 74, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Rich. Strachan, and Statiea 38, Capt. 
 Hassard Stackpoole. While attached to the last- 
 mentioned ship we find him frequently employed in 
 her boats on the coast of North America, particu- 
 larly on one occasion, 3 April, 1813, when he served 
 with those of a squadron, containing 105 men, under 
 the orders of Lieut. Jas. Polkinghorne, at the dash- 
 ing capture, 15 miles up the Rappahannock river, of 
 four schooners, carrying in the whole 31 guns and 
 219 men — an exploit whose achievement proved in- 
 flictive of a loss to the British of 2 killed and 11 
 wounded, and to the enemy of 6 killed and 10 
 wounded. In May, 1813, Mr. Macnamara com- 
 manded a boat, under Rear-Admiral Cockburn, in 
 an attack upon the town of Havre-de-Grace, at the 
 entrance of the Susquehanna river, and assisted in 
 destroying a valuable cannon-foundry in its imme- 
 diate vicinity. He was similarly employed in an 
 expedition against Frenchtown. In Aug. 1814, hav- 
 ing returned to England and passed his examination, 
 he volunteered his services on the Canadian lakes. 
 Proceeding thither accordingly, he continued on 
 that station Until Deo. 1815 — the last nine months 
 as Acting-Lieutenant of the Piunce Regent, Capt. 
 Henry Thos. Davies, and Niagara, Capt. Edw. 
 Collier. He then took up a commission bearing 
 date 1 of the previous July; but he did not again 
 go afloat until July, 1820, on 25 of which month he 
 received an appointment to the Cambrian 48, Capt. 
 Gawen "Wm. Hamilton, 'fitting for the Mediterra- 
 nean, where he was advanced, 19 July, 1822, to the 
 command of the Chanticleer 10. During his con- 
 tinuance in that sloop, a period of two years, Capt. 
 Macnamara was actively employed, owing to the re- 
 volution in Greece, in protecting the British and 
 Ionian trade in the Archipelago against the vio- 
 lence of the contending parties. His exertions pro- 
 cured him the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, 
 Sir Graham Moore. His last appointment was, 1 
 June, 1825, to the Coast Guard, in which service he 
 remained, stationed we believe in co. Clare, until 
 the summer of 1832. In 1830, at a period of great 
 disturbance, he appears to have been very active in 
 the restoration of tranquillity. His Post-commis- 
 sion bears date 16 Nov. 1833. 
 
 Sir Burton Macnamara (who was knighted in 
 1839 by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, the Mar- 
 quess of Normanby) is a Magistrate for Clare, and 
 in 1841 was a candidate for the representation of 
 the borough of Ennis in Parliament. He married, 
 1 March, 1832, Jane, daughter of Daniel Gabbett, 
 Esq., of Strand, Limerick. Agents — Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 MACNAMARA. (Lieut., 1821. p-p.,21 ;h-p.,17.) 
 Timothy Macnamara entered the Navy, 26 
 April, 1809, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Edgar 
 74, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, stationed in the Baltic, 
 where he saw much boat-service. Removing, as 
 Midshipman, in March, 1810, to the Berwick 74, 
 commanded by the same officer, he took part, 25 
 March, 1811, in the operations which led to the self- 
 destruction, near Barfleur, of the French 40-gun 
 frigate L'Amazane. In the following Oct. he joined 
 the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halliday, under whom, it 
 appears, he served on the West India, St. Helena, 
 and Home stations, until Aug. 1815, and coalesced 
 at one time with the troops in an attack upon 
 Bergen-op-Zoom. During the first three years of 
 the peace Mr. Macnamara was employed on the 
 Ii'ish station in the Fit sloop, Capt. John Baldwin, 
 and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell. 
 He then, in Nov. 1818, joined the Coast Blockade, 
 
 as Midshipman of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch, and while in that service, in which he 
 continued until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 29 Jan. 1821, he received, in 1819, a severe contu- 
 sion in an encounter with a band of smugglers. He 
 has had charge, since 1 March, 1838, of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Macnamara has received a gold medal from 
 the Royal National Shipwreck Institution. He was 
 left a widower 18 Aug. 1838. Agents— HaUett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 M'NEALE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Malcolm M'Neale entered the Navy 1 April, 
 1814 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; and in the 
 following year, while Mate of the Cyrene 20, Capt. 
 Percy Grace, assisted in the boats of that vessel in 
 an attack on a slave-factory on the coast of Africa. 
 He obtained his commission 4 Oct. 1825, and was 
 subsequently appointed— 5 Oct. 1832, as Additional- 
 Lieutenant, to the Isis 50, Capt. Jas. Polkinghorne, 
 at the Cape of Good Hope— 27 June, 1833, to the 
 Curlew 10, Capt. Henry Dundas Trotter, on the 
 same station — and, after he had been a few months 
 on half-pay, 22 Dec. 1834 and 1 Sept. 1835, to the 
 Victory 104, and BnrrANNiA 120, flag-ships of Sir 
 Thos. Williams at Portsmouth, where he remained 
 until 1836. Agent— John P. Muspratt. 
 
 MACNEVIN. (Lieutenant, 1810.) 
 
 John Macnevin entered the Navy, 10 Aug. 1797, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Shannon 32, Capt. 
 Alex. Eraser, on the coast of Ireland. He served, 
 between 1799 and Aug. 1808, on the Mediterraneai i 
 and Home stations, chiefly in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman, in the Diana frigate, Capts. John Poi> 
 Beresford and Thos. Jas. Maling, and Heecule, 
 Superb,* Royal George, and Belleisle, flag-ships 
 of Admirals Dacres, Sir John Thos. Duckworth i, 
 and Sir Alex. Cochrane ; and on 31 Aug. 1810, after 
 having intermediately acted as Lieutenant of th e 
 Wolverene and Supebiedre sloops, he was con.- 
 firraed in that rank. His next appointments were 
 —24 Oct. 1810, to the Defiance 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Raggett, ofi'the Texel— 9 Dec. 1811, to the Spider: 
 brig, Capt. Frank Gore WiUock, in the West Indies 
 — 3 Nov. 1813, to the command of the Ballabou; 
 schooner, on the same station — and, 22 April, 1814, 
 to the Charybdis 16, Capt. Jas. Clephan, under 
 whom he accompanied the expedition against New 
 Orleans. He was paid off' from the last-mentioned 
 vessel in Aug. 1815 ; and, since 27 Nov. 1822, has 
 been in command of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, in Jan. 1836, Eliza, second daughter 
 of John M'Maion Blackball, of Kilcard, co. Clare, 
 Ireland. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 MACONOCHIE, K.H. (Commandeh, 1815. 
 F-p., 12; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Alexander Maconochie entered the Navy, in 
 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the North- 
 umberland 74, Captain (afterwards Rear- Admiral) 
 Hon. Alex. Cochrane, under whom he was for some 
 time employed off" Ferrol, and then proceeded to 
 the West Indies in pursuit of a French squadron 
 escaped from Rochefort. In Sept. 1805 he removed 
 as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in March, 
 1804) to the Seine 36, Capt. David Atkins, also on 
 the West India station, where, in Sept." 1806, he 
 again joined Sir A. Cochrane in the Belleisle 74. 
 During the next two years we find him chiefly serv- 
 ing on board the Dispatch, tender to the ship last 
 mentioned. He then became attached to the 
 Ardent 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Jas. Vashon in Leith Roads; -but, being a third 
 time, in March, 1809, placed under the orders of Sir 
 A. Cochrane, in the Pomp^e 74, was by that Ad- 
 miral nominated Lieutenant, 15 Sept. following, of 
 the Ethalion frigate, Capt. Thos. John Cochrane, 
 stationed at first among the Leeward Islands and 
 then off Cadiz — an act which the Admiralty con- 
 firmed. In Nov. 1810 Mr. Maconochie obtained an 
 
 * Part of the force emploved in the action off St. Dominsro 
 6 Feb. 1800. 
 
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 M'QUHAE— MADDEN-MADGE— MAGAN. 
 
 appointment to the (Jeasshopper 18, Capt. Henry 
 Fanshawe, in which vessel he continued until, in 
 order to avoid being lost, as was her consort the 
 Heko 74, she surrendered to the Dutch fleet in the 
 Texel24 Dec. 1811. The peace of 1814 restoring 
 him to liberty, he once more, in the course of the 
 same year, joined, on board the Tonnant 80, his 
 friend and patron Sir A. Cochrane, who, in Jan. 
 1815, invested him with the command of the Cai.- 
 LTOPE 10. He was officially promoted to the rank 
 he now holds 8 Sept. in the same year, and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Maoonochie was nominated a K.H. 
 4 May, 1836. He was formerly Secretary to the 
 London Geographical Society, and is now Secretary 
 to the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land.* 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 M'QUHAE. CCaptaik, 1835. f-p., 18; h-p., 26.) 
 Peter M'Qohae entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, 
 Capt. Frank Sotheron. In that ship, in which he 
 soon attained the rating of Midshipman, he served 
 for nearly three years in the Mediterranean, where 
 he took part in the defence of the Bay of Naples. 
 He was next, from Aug. 1806 until Nov. 1808, em- 
 ployed, chiefly on the Home statidn; in the Ph(eee 
 36, Capt. Jas. Oswald ; after which, becoming Mas- 
 ter's Mate of the Lavinia 40, Capt. Lord Wm. 
 ! 5tuart, he assisted, previously to the fall of Flush- 
 i ng, in forcing a passage between the batteries of 
 t hat place and Cadsand. In Jan. 1810, having 
 fl .ttained the rank of Lieutenant 7 Oct. 1809, and 
 1 (een for a short time attached to the Apelles 
 s loop, Capt. Thos. Oliver, he joined the Ptramds 
 i rigate, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and Jas. Whitley 
 1 Jeans Dundas, under whom he served with activity 
 i a the Baltic and Mediterranean, among the West- 
 e m Islands, and along the coast of France, until 
 ■\ pithin a short time of his advancement to the rank 
 of Commander, 15 June, 1814. From the latter 
 I'iate Capt. M'Quhae did not again go afloat until 
 1 5ept. 1831 ; on 17 of which month we find him ap- 
 pointed to the FtY 18, fitting for the West Indies, 
 trhence he returned home and was paid off in Oct. 
 1835. He was advanced to the rank he now holds 
 10 Dec. following ;' and since 11 Oct. 1844 has been 
 in command ot the D^sidalds 20, in the East Indies. 
 Capt. M'Quhae married (a second time), 19 Oct. 
 1831, Caroline, relict of S. Bloss Copping, Esq., of 
 Harleston, oo. Norfolk, by whom he has issue. 
 Agents — Hailett and Kobinson. 
 
 Indies. On that ship being paid off in Aug. 1815 
 Mr. Madden became in succession attached to th* 
 LACE0iEMONiAN and Niger frigates, in the latter 
 of which (they were both commanded by Capt. Sam, 
 Jackson) he escorted Hon. Chas. Bagot as Ambas- 
 sador to the United States, and Sir John Sherbrooke, 
 Governor of Canada, from Halifax to Quebec. In 
 Sept. 1818, after he had been for a period of 17 
 months on shore, and had passed his examination, 
 he joined the Tartar 42, fitting for the broad pen- 
 dant of Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, Commander-in- 
 Chief on the coast of Africa. On his return home 
 in June, 1819, he was transferred to the Syeille 
 frigate, bearing the flag at Jamaica of his early 
 friend Sir Home Popham, who promoted him, 23 
 Sept. following, to a death-vacancy in the Wasp 18, 
 Capt. Thos. Wren Carter. That sloop being paid 
 off in Aug. 1820, Mr. Madden's next appointments 
 were, again on the West India station— 3 Dec. 1822, 
 to the Ringdove 18, Capts. Geo. Frederick, and 
 Edwin Ludlow, Rich, in which vessel he was present 
 at Demarara during an insurrection of the negroes 
 in Aug. 1823—8 June, 1826, to the Valorous 26, 
 Capt. the Earl of Huntingdon— 29 Jan. 1828, to the 
 Magnificent 74, receiving-ship, Capts. Wm. Robt. 
 Ashley Pettman, Henry Gosset, Williams Sandom, 
 and Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay — in Nov. 1828, to 
 the temporary command of the Victor 18 — 14 Jan. 
 1829, to the Mersey 26, Capt. G. W. C. Courtenay 
 — and 1 June and 13 July following, to the acting 
 command of the Speedwell schooner and Harle- 
 quin 18. He came home in the ensuing Sept. on 
 board a transport, and on his arrival was confirmed 
 in his present rank by a commission bearing date 
 30 March, 1829. His last appointment was, 13 Nov. 
 1840, to the Coast Guard; in which service he re- 
 mained, as an Inspecting Commander, until 5 Jan. 
 1846. 
 
 MADDEN. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 20 ; 
 H-p., 16.) 
 
 ChAkIieS Madden is fifth son of the late Capt. 
 Wm. John Madden, R.M. (1780), Agent for the 
 Royal Marines at Portsmouth ; brother of Sir Fred. 
 Madden, Kt., Keeper of MSS. in the British Mu- 
 seum; nephew of the late Major-General Sir Geo. 
 Madden, Kt., C.B., K.T.S. ; and brother-in-law of 
 the late Rear-Admiral Sam. Jackson, C.B. 
 
 This ofllcer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1811, as 
 Thu'd-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts. 
 Sir Home Popham, Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, 
 and David Milne; under the first-named of whom 
 he assisted at the blockade of Brest, L'Orient, and 
 Cherbourg, and was actively employed in co-ope- 
 ration with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, 
 where, it appears) he witnessed, as Midshipman, 
 the reduction of Leqtieytio and Castro, the attacks 
 upon Puerta Galetta, Guetaria, and Santander, and 
 tile destruction of the fortifications of Bermeo, 
 Plencia, Galea, Algorta, Begona, El Campillo las 
 Quersas, and Xebiles. Rejoining Sir Home Pop- 
 ham in Feb. 1813 in the Stirling Castle 74, he 
 sailed soon afterwards with the Earl of Moira for 
 Calcutta ; on his return whence in the summer of 
 1814 he removed to the Magnificent 74, Capt. 
 Willoughby Thos. Lake, and proceeded to the West 
 
 * In 1818 he published a work entitled ' A Sammary 
 View of the Statistira and existing Uommerte of the Principal 
 Shores of the Pacilic Ocean,' &c. 
 
 MADGE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Robert Pepperel Madge entered the Navy, 
 1 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ada- 
 mant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying in the Downs ; 
 and from 27 of the same month until Nov. 1810, 
 served in the Bay of Biscay and Mediterranean, 
 the greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the 
 Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. 
 Bennett, Phipps Hornby, and Abel Ferris. After 
 a prolonged servitude on the same station in the 
 SalseTte 36, Capt. John Hollinworth, and Volage 
 22, Capt. P. Hornby, he proceeded in the latter 
 vessel, under Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, to 
 the East Indies, where, from Sept. 1812 until 1815, 
 he performed the duties of Master's Mate and Act- 
 ing-Master in the Malacca 36, Capts. Mackay and 
 Geo. Henderson. In Aug. 1815, at which period he 
 was officiating at Spithead as a Supernumerary of 
 the Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, we find him pre- 
 sented with a commission dated 21 Feb. in that 
 year. He last appointment was, 16 Dec. 1817, to 
 the Florida 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Haw- 
 tayne, with whom he served on the Home station 
 until paid off in Dec. 1818. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. 
 
 MAGAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Arthur Magan entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pearl, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Woodriff, lying at Spithead ; cruized, from 
 May 1808 to July 1809, in the North Sea and Chan- 
 nel, in the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Black- 
 wood ; and, between the latter date and Sept. 1814, 
 served with Capt. Geo. Burlton, chiefly in the ca- 
 pacities of Slidshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Resolution and Rodney 74's, Ville de Paris 110, 
 and BoYNE 98, on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations. The Resolution formed part of the force 
 employed at the destruction of the French shipping 
 in Basque Roads and at the siege of Flushing in 
 1809 ; and the Boyne, of the armament under Sir 
 Edw. Pellew in his partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 
 and 13 Feb. 1814 with the Toulon fleet. On leav- 
 ing that ship Mr. Magan took up a commission 
 
MAGIN-MAGUIUE-MAINGAY. 
 
 709 
 
 dated 16 June, 1814. He has since teen on half- 
 pay. 
 
 MAGIN. (EetibedCommandeb, 1844. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Joseph Magin, born about Christmas 1785, is 
 brother of Wm. Magin, Esq.jTirst-Lieutenant R.M. 
 (1805), who fought in that capacity on board the 
 ToNNANT 80, at the battle of Trafalgar ; and ne- 
 phew of Dr. John Magin, Surgeon R.N., who served 
 in the Monabch 74, flag-ship of Sir Kich. Onslow, 
 in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, and died 
 Head Surgeon of the Royal Marine Infirmary at 
 Stonehouse, Plymouth, in 1812. 
 
 This ofiioer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1800, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Peincess Royal 98, 
 Capt. Thos. Macnamara Russell, of which ship, sta- 
 tioned in the Channel, his uncle was at the time 
 Surgeon. In the course of 1801 he successively 
 joined the Alkmaar, Capt. Rich. Poulden, and 
 Blenheim 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of 
 Sir Archibald Dickson ; and on becoming, in 1803, 
 attached, as Midshipman, to the Seagull 18, Capt. 
 Henry Burke, he took part in a running flght of 
 12 hours which terminated in the capture, although 
 not without loss, of the Lord Nelson, East Indiaman. 
 Removing, in Deo. 1804, to the Amphion 32, Capts. 
 Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, Mr. Magin was on 
 board that frigate when, in Nov. 1805, she effected 
 the defeat, notwithstanding that she was simulta- 
 neously opposed by the fire of an immense battery, 
 of a division of about 30 Spanish gun-boats, which 
 had come out of Algeciras in the hope of capturiug 
 a British convoy. On 25 Sept. 1806, a few months 
 after he had passed his examination and been trans- 
 ferred to the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye 
 Legge, he witnessed the capture of Le President 
 French frigate ; and in Feb. 1807 we find him pre- 
 sent, in the same ship, at the passage of the Darda- 
 nells. On the occasion of the attack made upon the 
 Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies, Mr. Magin 
 volunteered and proceeded with two boats under 
 the orders of Lieut. Kidd for the purpose of setting 
 flre to the Admiral's ship. During the stay of the 
 party between decks, the boats, owing to the blaze 
 which had speedily resulted from their exertions, 
 were under the necessity of putting off; in conse- 
 quence whereof, the Lieutenant and his companions 
 were compelled to jump overboard, and were picked 
 up when the ship exploded. On his arrival home 
 Mr. Magin, in consideration of a wound he had 
 received in the operations, was presented by the 
 Patriotic Society with a gratuity of 30Z. He was 
 promoted (while serving in the Atlas 74, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, off Cadiz) to a 
 Lieutenancy, 4 Jan. 1808, in the Gazi Mdsrett 36, 
 Capt. Geo. M. Honey, one of the prizes recently 
 taken at Alexandria. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 6 Oct. 1808, as Senior, to the Apelles sloop, 
 Capt. ;Thos. Oliver, under whom he accompanied 
 the expedition to the "Walcheren, and commanded 
 the boats at the cutting-out of a vessel from under 
 a very severe fire of the enemy's batteries at Etaples 
 — 13 Jan. 1810, to the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford, in which he co-operated in the re- 
 duction of Java— and, 24 Nov. 1812, again as First- 
 Lieutenant (after six months of half-pay) to the 
 Gbifton sloop, Capt. Geo. Barne Trollope, sta- 
 tioned in the Downs, where he cruized until Dec. 
 1813. He accepted his present rank 13 Sept. 1844. 
 Commander Magin married, 6 April, 1815, Eli- 
 zabeth, daughter of Rich. Magin, Esq., of Green- 
 hill House, 00. Down, by whom he has issue five 
 children. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 MAGUIRE. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 RocHFOKT Magdire entered the Navy (from the 
 Royal Naval College) 12 Nov. 1830; passed his 
 examination in 1835 ; and in consideration of his 
 services as Mate of the Wasp 16, Capt. Geo. Man- 
 sel, during the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 Wlicre he was severely wounded at the capture of 
 
 Sidon, and behaved most gallantly,* was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 28 Sept. 1840. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 23 Jan. 1841, to the 
 Vebnon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean, whence he returned in the early 
 part of 1844— 30 Nov. in the latter year, as Addi- 
 tional, to the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 John Cochrane in the East Indies— and 10 Feb. 
 1845, as Senior, to the Herald 26, Capt. Henry 
 Kellett, now employed on Surveying-service in the 
 Pacific. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MAINGAY. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 
 Henry Maingay was bom 26 Oct. 1785, in 
 Guernsey, and died 22 Aug. 1846, at Stoke, Devon- 
 port. He ;was first son of the late John Maingy, 
 Esq., of th'e island of Guernsey, and cousin of the 
 present Commander Peter Maingay, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the C^sak 80, Capt. 
 Jahleel Brenton, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez, under whom he fought in the actions of 6 
 and 12 July, 1801, off Algeciras and in the Gut of 
 Gibraltar. The CiESAR being paid off in Aug. 1802, 
 he next, between the following Oct. and Feb. 1806, 
 served as Midshipman, in the Mediterranean and 
 Channel, on board the Revoeutionnaire and De- 
 cade frigates, Capts. Walter Locke and Wm. Geo. 
 Rutherford, Speedtcell, Lieut.-Commander Wm. 
 Robertson, and Charwell, Capt. Dnmaresq. He 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for 
 some months as such in the Cerberus, Tourte- 
 relle, and Sqoirrel, Capts. Selby, Marshall, and 
 Shortland, on the West India and Halifax stations) 
 17 Sept. 1806 ; and was subsequently appointed — 
 in the course of 1807, to the Mermaid 32, Capts. 
 Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and, as First-Lieutenant, to 
 the Primrose and Racehorse sloops, Capts. Jas. 
 Mein and Wm. Fisher— 28 March, 1808, to the Vic- 
 tory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Bal- 
 tic — 15 Jan. and 9 June, 1813, again as Senior, to 
 the Fylla 20 and Ekidanus 36, Capts. Henry 
 Prescott and Wm. Paterson, with whom he served 
 in the Channel until paid off in Oct. 1815—8 March, 
 1816, in a similar capacity, to the Spencer 76, which 
 ship, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. Wm. Ro- 
 bert Broughton, was put out of commission 31 Aug. 
 1818 — and, 5 July, 1821, still as First-Lieutenant, to 
 the Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. 
 Paget. On 14 of the ensuing Dec. Mr. Maingay, 
 after having' accompanied Geo. IV,. on his visits to 
 Ireland and Hanover, was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander. He did not again go afloat. 
 
 He married, 26 Oct. 1818, Harriet, fourth daugh- 
 ter of the Rev. W. Smith, formerly Rector of 
 Meavy, Devon. 
 
 MAINGAY. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 14; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Peter Maingay, born 16 Dec. 1784, at Newton 
 Bushel, CO. Devon, is son of Peter Maingy, Esq., 
 of the island of Guernsey ; and flrst-cousin of the 
 late Commander Jas. Maingay, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as 
 Midshipman, on board L'iMPiTOEUx 74, Capt. Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, in which ship he accompanied an ex- 
 pedition to Vigo, and was employed off Brest and 
 Rochefort until April, 1802; during the latter 
 months of which year we find him serving in the 
 Channel with Capt. Edw. Bass, of the Gannet 
 sloop. In March, 1803, he rejoined Sir E. Pellew 
 on board the Tonnant 80, and in the following 
 year, after having been engaged in the blockade of 
 Ferrol, he sailed with him in the Culloden 74 for 
 the East Indies, whence in 1805 he returned to 
 England in the Trident 64, flag-ship of Vioe-Ad- 
 miral Peter Rainier. He then became attached in 
 succession to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag 
 in the Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton, Audacious 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin (under whom he 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2604. 
 
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 MAINWARING. 
 
 went in pursuit of Jerome Buonaparte to the West 
 Indies, and was present in a hurricane which dis- 
 masted the ship), and San Josef again, commanded 
 by Capt. John Conn as Flag-Captain to Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez off Guernsey. In April and July, 1807, 
 Mr. Maingay was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Barfleur and Dreadnought 98's, Capts. Sir 
 Joseph Sidney Yorke and Wm. Lechmere ; and on 
 1 1 Sept. in the same year he was confirmed into the 
 Racehorse 18, Capt. Wm. Fisher, stationed, as 
 were the two ships last named, in the Channel. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 24 Dec. 1807, a 
 second time to the Audaciods, in which ship he 
 escorted the army under Sir John Moore to and 
 from Gottenborg, accompanied that officer and 
 Lieut.-Generals Sir Harry Burrard and Sir John 
 Hope to the shores of Portugal, and assisted in 
 embarking the army after the battle of Corunna 
 —21 April, 1809, as Senior, to La Ntmphe 36, Capts. 
 Hon. Josceline Percy and Edw. Sneyd Clay, under 
 the latter of whom he was wrecked in a gale at the 
 entrance of the Frith of Forth, 18 Dec. 1810—1 May, 
 1811, to the Argo 44, Capt. Fred. Warren, lying 
 at Spithead — 27 July following, and for a short 
 time in 1812, to the Swiftsdre 74, and Rainbow 26, 
 Capts. Temple Hardy and Gardiner Henry Guion, 
 both in the Mediterranean — 4 Sept. in the latter 
 year, to the Success 32, armee-en-Jiute^ Capt. Thos. 
 Barclay, stationed at first on the coast of Spain, and 
 then in the Chesapeake, where he had command of 
 the boats on an occasion in which they were cut up 
 by the musketry of the enemy, whose fire killed the 
 coxswain in his (Mr. Maingay's) own boat — 24 Nov. 
 1813, to the Harlequin 18, Capt. Wm. Kemp- 
 thorne, employed at Sheerness — 20 April, 1814, to 
 the Hermes 20, Capt. Hon. Henry Wm. Percy, 
 which vessel, after 25 of her men had been killed 
 and 24 wounded in an unsuccessful attack upon 
 Fort Bowyer, Mobile, was set on fire and destroyed 
 in order to prevent her falling into the hands of the 
 Americans, 15 Sept. 1814 — and 11 May, 1815 (hav- 
 ing previously united in the operations against New 
 Orleans), to the Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. 
 Ricketts, attached to the force off Brest. He was 
 advanced to the rank he at present holds on 13 of 
 the ensuing June ; and was next, from 6 July, 1830, 
 until 1833, employed as an Inspecting Commander 
 in the Coast Guard. He has not been since able 
 to procure an appointment. 
 
 Commander Maingay married, in March, 1818, 
 Emeline, fourth daughter of the late John Carne, 
 Esq., of Falmouth, co. Cornwall. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 MAINWARING. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 17; 
 H-P., 26.) 
 
 Benjamin Mainwaring, bom 5 April, 1794, is 
 brother of Capt. Edw. R. P. Mainwaring, R,N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1804, as 
 A.B., on board the T^meraiee 98, Capt. Eliab 
 Harvey, and on 21 Oct. 1805 was present in the 
 action off Cape Trafalgar, where that ship occupied 
 a position next astern of the Victory, and enacted 
 a most distinguished part. In March, 1806, he be- 
 came Midshipman of the Tonnant 80, bearing the 
 flag of the last-named officer, and afterwards of 
 Hon. Michael de Courcy, off Cadiz ; and he next, 
 between July 1808 and May 1814, served in the 
 St. George 98, successive flag-ship in the Baltic 
 and Channel of Rear- Admirals E. Harvey, Fras. 
 Pickmore, and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, Cordelia 
 10, commanded by Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy 
 on the Downs station, and Revenge 74, bearing 
 the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir John Gore. 
 During the period he continued in the latter ship 
 he served in her boats and assisted in cutting out 
 two privateers from under the enemy's batteries 
 on the coast of Catalonia.* He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant (after having acted for a few weeks as 
 such) in the Trident receiving-ship at Malta, Capts. 
 Rich. Budd Vincent and Chas. Hope Reid, 19 July, 
 1814. He came home in the early part of 1816, 
 
 • Vide G^z. 1814, p. 124. 
 
 and was lastly, from 26 July, 1831, until 1836, em- 
 ployed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Mainwaring married, 6 Jan. 1819, Miss 
 Mary Milbon. 
 
 MAINWARING. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 33 ; 
 H-P., 15.) 
 Edward Reeves Philip Mainwaring, bom 16 
 June, 1788, is eldest son of the late Edw. Main- 
 waring, Esq., who served as an officer during the 
 first American war, and who eventually obtained a 
 considerable grant of land as an acknowledgment 
 for the services he had rendered in raising a com- 
 pany of loyalists at his own expense. His family is 
 a branch of that of Mainwaring of "Whitmore, co. 
 Stafford, now represented by Capt. Rowland Main- 
 waring, R.N. He is brother of Lieut. Benj. Main- 
 waring R.N. Another of his brothers, Senior Ma- 
 jor of the 51st Regt., served in most of the Penin- 
 sular actions and was present at Waterloo ; a third, 
 a Captain in the 22nd Regt., saw much service in 
 the Persian Gulf, in Ava, and at Hyderabad, and 
 was twice wounded ; a fourth, Charles, a Captain 
 in the 47th Regt., died, from the effects of cholera, 
 at Calcutta ; and a fifth, Edwin, a Lieutenant in 
 the 1st Regt., died at Madras. One of his uncles, 
 Capt. Jemmett Mainwaring, R.N., commanded the 
 Babet 20 when that vessel foundered with all on 
 board in the West Indies in 1801 ; and another, 
 Lieut.-General Mainwaring, who died in 1842, 
 served in 1809 at the siege of Flushing, where, 
 with two companies of the 51st and two of the 82nd 
 Regt., he repulsed the French on the occasion of a 
 sortie made by them, taking 600 of their number 
 prisoners, and capturing 2 9-pounders. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the Roebock 44, 
 Capt. Wm. Buchannan, and after accompanying 
 the expedition to Egypt, where he was employed at 
 the landing of the troops, removed as Midshipman, 
 in Nov. 1801, to the Haerlem 64, commanded at 
 first by Capt. Buchannan and next by Capts. Jas. 
 Murray Northey and John G. Saville. He subse- 
 quently, between Jan. 1803 and Aug. 1S06, served 
 on the North Sea and Mediterranean stations in 
 the Caroline 36, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Raison- 
 NAELE 64, Capt. Wm. Hotham, and Queen 98, 
 Capts. Mauley Dixon and Fras. Pender, bearing 
 the flag latterly of Lord Collingwood. He then 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Espoir sloop, 
 Capt. Henry Hope, also in the Mediterranean ; and 
 on 11 June, 1807, he was confirmed into the Plan- 
 TAGENET 74, Capts. Thos. Eyles and Robt. Lloyd. 
 Continuing in that ship until paid off in April, 1815, 
 he served in her in the Baltic, and on the North 
 American and West India stations ; and on one oc- 
 casion, when off New York, was sent with two boats 
 in pursuit of a letter-of-marque, the Rapid, carry- 
 ing 1 long 24r-pounder, mth small arms and a crew 
 of 40 men, which vessel, after pulling for 11 hours 
 in a calm, he succeeded in capturing in so gallant a 
 manner as to elicit the thanks of the Commander- 
 in-Chief Sir John Borlase Warren. His succeeding 
 appointments were — 4 Nov. 1818,* as a Supernume- 
 rary, to the Severn Coast Blockade ship, Capt. 
 Wm. M'CuUoch, under whom he served until Sept. 
 1820-1 Aug. 1821, as First, to the Ra:.iillies 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Brace, lying at Portsmouth— and 31 
 May, 1823, to the Ganges 84,t to which ship (at 
 the particular request of her successive Captains, 
 E. Brace and Patrick Campbell, and of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Robt. Waller Otway, who hoisted his flag on 
 board her) he continued attached, in the capacity 
 last mentioned, on the West India, Home, and Bra- 
 zilian stations, until advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander 27 May, 1826. He was afterwards em- 
 ployed—from June 1827 until 1830, and again from 
 20 March, 1832, until 1835, in the Coast Guard ser- 
 
 * For some time prior to the above date he had had com- 
 mand of a West Inrtiaman. 
 
 t The Ganges, through Mr. Mainwaring's exertions, was 
 got ready for sea with so much rapidity, that Capt. Brace 
 was induced to bring his name in an especial manner imder 
 the notice of the First Lord of tlie Admiralty. 
 
MAINWARING. 
 
 711 
 
 vice — and from 7 April, 1839, until paid off in June, 
 18-11, in command of the Electka 18, in South 
 America. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 
 1841, but has not been since able to procure an ap- 
 pointment. 
 
 Capt. Mainwaring married, 1 Oct. 1827, Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of the Rev. M. Hill, Rector of Snail- 
 well, Cambridgeshire, and a descendant of the 
 Right Rev. Dr. Edm. Gibson, Lord Bishop of Lon- 
 don, by whom he has issue two sons and one 
 daughter. 
 
 MAINWARING. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 20 ; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Rowland Mainwaring, born 31 Dec. 1783, is 
 eldest surviving son of Rowland Mainwaring, Esq., 
 of Four Oaks, co. Warwick, a Field Officer, by Jane, 
 daughter of Capt. Latham, R.N. He is a cousin of 
 the present Rear-Admiral Mainwaring ; and is the 
 representative of an ancient Staffordshire family, 
 settled for many centuries at Whitmore Hall, near 
 Newcastle-under-Lyne. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1795, on 
 board the Jupitek, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, lying at 
 Sheerness ; and in the course of the same year be- 
 came Midshipman of the Scipio 64, Capt. Robt. 
 M'Doual, on the West India station, where, after 
 serving for a short time with Capt. Eras. Laforey 
 in the Beaolibu frigate and Ganges 74, he joined, 
 in the early part of 1796, the Majestic 74, Capts. 
 Geo. Blagden Westcott and Robt. Cuthbert, bear- 
 ing the flag at first of Sir John Laforey. Subse- 
 quently to the battle of the Nile, on which occasion 
 Capt. Westcott was killed, Mr. Mainwaring, in 
 Oct. 1798, removed to the Thalia 36, Capt. Lord 
 Henry Paulet, under whom he was further employed 
 in the Defence 74 on different European stations, 
 until within a short period of his being made Lieu- 
 tenant, 7 Deo. 1801, into the Habpi sloop, Capts. 
 Chas. Worsley Boys and Edm. Heywood. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 4 Aug. 1802, to the 
 Leda 38, Capts. Geo. Hope, Jas. Hardy, and Robt, 
 Honyman, by the latter of whom he was intrusted 
 with the command of a boat charged with an ex- 
 plosion-machine in an attack upon the Boulogne 
 flotilla — 8 Nov. 1804, to the Tekkiele 74, Capt. 
 Lord Henry Paulet, which ship was totally dis- 
 masted in a hurricane while in pursuit, in the West 
 Indies, of a French squadron under Jerome Buona- 
 parte — 7 Oct. 1806, as First-Lieutenant, to the Nar- 
 cissus 32, Capts. Chas. Malcolm and Hon. Fred. 
 Wm. Aylmer — and 16 Aug. 1811, in a similar capa- 
 city, after nearly eight months of half-pay, to the 
 Menblads 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker. In the 
 Narcissus Mr. Mainwaring assisted at the cap- 
 ture, 18 Aug. 1807, of the Spanish national ship 
 Cantela, pierced for 12 guns, besides witnessing the 
 reduction in April 1809 of the Saintes, near Guade- 
 loupe, and co-operating in 1810 with the patriots on 
 the north coast of Spain. During his servitude in 
 the Menelaos we find him repeatedly, in the course 
 of 1812, obtaining the official notice of Sir Peter 
 Parker — first, by the judgment and ability he ex- 
 hibited in capturing, without loss, the St. Josef, a 
 beautiful French brig, pierced for 16 guns, lying 
 within pistol-shot of one battery, flanked by ano- 
 ther, and also by musketry from the shore, near 
 the Bay of Frejus* — next, by the attention and 
 assistance he afforded on the occasion of the Me- 
 nelaus (together with the Havannah and Furi- 
 euse frigates and Pelohus brig) being chased by 
 the French Toulon fleet — a third time, by his ad- 
 mirable gallantry and good conduct when the Me- 
 nelaus, having pursued the French 40-gun frigate 
 Pauline and 16-gun brig Ecureuil under the bat- 
 teries in the vicinity of Toulon, once more effected 
 a masterly retreat from the fleet that had come out 
 to their protection, by passing through its line 
 ahead of one 74, and astern of another— again, by 
 the manner in which, under circumstances pecu- 
 liarly honourable to him, he boarded and brought 
 out the French xebec La Paix, mounting 2 long 
 * Vide Qaz 1812, p. 781. 
 
 6-pounder3, with a complement of 30 men, from 
 within pistol-shot of the towers of Terracina, under 
 a galling fire— a fifth time, by his highly creditable 
 behaviour in cutting out, under a heavy fire from 
 the batteries in the river Mignone, near Civita 
 Vecchia, the French letter-of-marque St. Esprit, 
 pierced for 12 guns, but with only 2 6-pounders 
 mounted*— and lastly, by his conspicuous gallantry 
 in burning the enemy's vessels in the port of Me- 
 jan, Marseilles. In acknowledgment of his valour 
 on so many occasions Mr. Mainwaring was awarded 
 a second promotal commission dated 13 Aug. 1812, 
 but he did not leave the Menelaus until the com- 
 mencement of the following Oct. ; between which 
 period and the autumn of 1813 he was successively 
 invested by Sir Edw. Pellew with the command of 
 the Edinbdrgh 74, Gorgon 44, hospital-ship at 
 Malta, Undaunted 38, Eubtalus 36, Caledonia 
 120, bearing that officer's own flag, and Kite and 
 Paulina sloops. While in command of the Kite 
 he was stationed for the protection of British trade 
 in the Archipelago, where he destroyed a French 
 privateer, rescued a valuable merchantman which 
 she had captured, and obtained from the Bey of 
 Salonica a promise that in future no vessels of the 
 same description should be equipped in his har- 
 bours. During his command of the Paulina Capt. 
 Mainwaring chased a large fast-sailing American 
 privateer into the harbour of Tripoli, and effectu- 
 ally prevented her escape for a period of six weeks, 
 until, indeed, the ratification of the treaty of peace 
 with theUnited States had placed it outof her power 
 to do further mischief. For this service he elicited 
 the thanks of Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Vinicombe 
 Penrose. He was paid oft' in N ov. 1815, and has not 
 been since afloat. On the accession of William IV. 
 to the throne he was selected by Lord Melville as 
 one of the old war-officers deserving of promotion, 
 and he was accordingly posted by commission dated 
 22 July, 1830. 
 
 Capt. Mainwaring (a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for Staffordshire) married first, 31 Dec. 
 1810, Sophia Henrietta, only daughter of Major Duff, 
 of the 26th Kegt., and step-daughter of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Geo. Tobin, by whom he had issue seven 
 sons and two daughters; secondly, 15 Nov. 1826, 
 Mary Ann, second daughter of John W. Clark, Esq., 
 of Preshute, Wilts, who (at her death in 1834) left 
 an only daughter ; and thirdly, 11 Nov. 1836, Laura 
 Maria Julia Walburga, only child of Colonel Flo- 
 rian Chevillard, formerly in the service of Napoleon 
 Buonaparte, who died of wounds received in the 
 battle of Leipzig. By the last-mentioned lady he 
 has issue four sons. His eldest son, Rowland, died 
 Midshipman of the Wakspite 76, at Port Jackson, 
 27 Oct. 1826 ; and his next, Edward Pellew, is mar- 
 ried to a sister-in-law of the Duke of Calabritto, 
 and the Hon. Constantino Dillon, brother of Vis- 
 count Dillon. 
 
 MAINWARING. (Rear- Admiral, 1846. 
 F-p., 17; H-p., 37.) 
 
 Thomas Francis Charles JIaihwaeing, born 
 in 1780, is eldest son of the late Chas. Henry Main- 
 waring, Esq., by Julia, daughter of the Rev. Philip 
 Wroughton ; and grand-nephew of Edw. Mainwar- 
 ing, Esq., of Whitmore Hall, co. Stafford, whose 
 grandson is the present Capt. Rowland Mainwaring, 
 K.N. His only brother, George, an officer in the 
 Royal Artillery, died in 18.38. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 in Feb. 1793 ; and embarked, 5 Nov. 1796, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cun- 
 ningham. After serving for three years on the 
 Home station he proceeded as Midshipman of the 
 Lancaster 64, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis, to the 
 Cape of Good Hope, where, having previously 
 acted for several months as Lieutenant, he was con- 
 firmed to that rank, 11 July, 1800, in the Adamant 
 50, Capt. Wm. Hotham. On his return to England 
 about Dec. 1801, he joined the Fisguard 38, Capts. 
 Michael Seymour and Jas. Wallis ; the latter of 
 • Fide Gaz. 1812, p. 2017. 
 
712 
 
 MAITLAND. 
 
 whom, in Sept. 1802, he accompanied into the 
 Naiad 38, commanded subsequently by Capt. Thos. 
 Dundas, and employed as one of Lord Nelson's 
 repeaters in the battle of Trafalgar. Being awarded 
 a second promotal commission 21 Jan. 1806, Capt. 
 Mainwaring assumed command, 23 Dec. following, 
 of the Tartakus fire-ship ; and in Aug. 1807 was 
 charged with the landing of the troops under Sir 
 Arthur "Wellesley in "Wibeck Bay, preparatory to the 
 investment of Copenhagen. In the early part of 
 1808 he removed to the Vangdabd 74, the first ship 
 of her class that ever wintered in the Baltic. After 
 he had commanded her for a period of six months 
 he went back to the Taktarus, in which vessel we 
 find him, in 1810, sinking two French privateers off 
 Pillau,* and then conveying Gustavus, the ex-King 
 of Sweden, from Riga to England, under circum- 
 stances of a particularly difficult and singular nature. 
 He was promoted for the latter service to the rank 
 of Captain 27 Nov. 1810; and was intrusted, dur- 
 ing the last two years of the war, with the command 
 of the RoTAii Geobge 100, on the Mediterranean 
 station. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 Rear- Admiral Mainwaring married, first, in 1811, 
 Mary Anne, daughter of Bacon Frank, Esq., of 
 Campsall, near Doncaster ; and (having been left a 
 widower in 1840) secondly, 14 Dec. 1841, Cecilia 
 Charlotte, only daughter of the late Dean of Dur- 
 ham and the Hon. Mrs. Hall. By his first wife he 
 has issue. 
 
 MAITLAND, K.C.M.G., C.B. (Keab-Admikai, 
 OF THE White, 1841. r-p., 19; h-p., 33.) 
 
 The Honodrable Sik Anthony Mattland, 
 bom 10 June, 1785, is second son of James, eighth 
 Earl of Lauderdale, K.T., by Eleanor, only daugh- 
 ter of Anthony Todd, Esq. ; brother (with Colonel 
 Hon. John Maitland, who died in 1839) of the pre- 
 sent Earl; nephew of Lieut. -General Hon. Sir 
 Thos. Maitland, G.C.B., Governor of Malta and the 
 Ionian Islands, who died in 1824 ; and cousin of the 
 present Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland, R.N., Kt., C.B., 
 and of Commanders James, Lewis, and "William 
 Heriot, Maitland, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1795, as 
 Admiral's Servant, on board the Victory 100, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Grey, on the books of which ship, bear- 
 ing the flag in the Mediterranean of the late Earl 
 St. Vincent, his name was borne until June, 1796. 
 In Oct. 1798 he became Midshipman, under the 
 same nobleman, in the Ville de Paris 110; and 
 he next, from Jan. 1801 until Dec. 1803, served 
 with Capt. Sir John Gore in the Triton and Me- 
 dusa frigates. In the latter vessel, which bore the 
 flag at the time of Lord Nelson, we find him particu- 
 larly distinguishing himself and severely wounded 
 in an attack made in Aug. 1801 on the Boulogne 
 flotilla.f On leaving the Medcsa he rejoined his 
 Lordship, as a Supernumerary, on board the Vic- 
 tory, then again in the Mediterranean, where, in 
 Aug. 1804, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Childers sloop, Capt. Sir "Wm. Bolton. He 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant 2 Feb. 1805, and after 
 officiating for some months in that capacity in the 
 Blenheim 74, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir 
 Thos. Troubridge, was made Commander, 6 May, 
 1806, into the Arkogant guard-ship at Bombay. 
 He attained Post-rank 25 Sept. in the same year ; 
 and was next appointed — 1 Aug. 1811, to the Pique 
 36, in which ship he was for four years and a half 
 employed on the Downs, Lisbon, Brazilian, and 
 West India stations, capturing, during that period, 
 the Hawk American privateer, of 5 guns and 68 
 men — and 19 Feb. 1816, to the Glasgow 50, part of 
 the force engaged under Lord'.Exmouth at the 
 bombardment of Algiers. J On 21 Aug. 1817, Capt. 
 Maitland, who had paid the Glasgow off in the 
 preceding Nov., recommissioned that ship. He 
 served in her in the Mediterranean until March, 
 1821, and has since been on half-pay. He acquired 
 flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 * r/ie Gaz. 1810, p.1663. 
 f V. Gaz. ISOl, p. inor,. J V. Gaz.l8I6, p. 1792. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral, who was nominated a C.B. 
 for his conduct at Algiers, 19 Sept. 1816, and in 
 1832 created a Knight of the Order of St. Michael 
 and St. George, sat for some time in Parliament 
 as member for co. Berwick ; of which shire he is 
 now a Deputy-Lieutenant. In Aug. 1830 he was 
 appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King WiUiam 
 IV. ; and he continued to hold the same office 
 under her present Majesty until the date of his 
 promotion. 
 
 MAITLAND. (Commander, 1836. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 13.) 
 
 James Maitland, born 18 April, 1806, is second 
 surviving son of the late Chas. Maitland, Esq., of 
 Rankeilour, co. Fife, by Mary, eldest daughter of 
 David Johnston, Esq., of Latheisk, in the same 
 shire. He is brother of Commander Lewis Mait- 
 land, E.N. ; nephew of the late Eear-Admiral Sir 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, K.C.B.,* who made him 
 his heir ; first-cousin of the present Commander 
 Wm. Heriot Maitland, R.N. ; and cousin also of 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, C.B., 
 K.C.M.G., and Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland, R.N., Kt., 
 C.B. His grandfather, Hon. Fred. Lewis Mait- 
 land, a Captain in the R.N., was son of Charles, 
 sixth Earl of Lauderdale, and had one brother, 
 Richard, a Colonel in the Army, and another, John, 
 a Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.M. He commanded 
 the Elizabeth 74 in Keppel and Rodney's actions, 
 and afterwards captured a French 64-gun ship. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1818, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland, and during the two following years 
 was employed on the North Sea, South American, 
 and Mediterranean stations. He then, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 July, 1826, 
 served as Midshipman and Mate, again in South 
 America, as also at Portsmouth and in the West 
 Indies, in the Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, 
 Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, and Alliga- 
 tor 28. He next cruized for some months on the 
 station last mentioned in the Ferret 10, Capt. 
 Henry Gosset, and was subsequently appointed — 
 18 Jan. 1828, to the Tribune 42, Capts. John Wil- 
 son and John Alex. Duntze, attached to the force 
 in the Pacific, whence he returned home at the 
 close of 1831—17 Oct. 1832, to the Portsmouth 
 yacht, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle. Sir F. L. 
 Maitland, Admiral-Superintendent at that port — 
 and 2 Sept. 1834, in a similar capacity, to the Tha- 
 lia 46, bearing the flag at the Cape of Good Hope 
 of Rear-Admiral Patrick Campbell. He went on 
 half-pay in the summer of 1835, and has not been 
 since afloat. He acquired his present rank 9 May, 
 1836. 
 
 Commander Maitland (the Senior of his rank on 
 the List of 1836) married, first, in March, 1836, 
 Emma, daughter of Thos. Magne Willing, Esq., of 
 Philadelphia ; and (that lady dying in June, 1838) 
 secondly, 20 Aug. 1840, Frances Harriet, daughter 
 of the late Rich. Sam. Short, Esq., of Ediington 
 Grove, Lincolnshire. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MAITLAND. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 3.) 
 Lewis Maitland, born 12 April, 1811, is brother 
 of Commander Jas. Maitland, R.N. 
 
 • Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland was born in 1776. He served 
 as Midshipman of the Southamvton 32 in Lord Howe's 
 action 1 June, 1794 ; was employed, while holding the 
 rank of Commander, in^the expedition to Egypt in 1801 ; 
 attained Post-rank in the course of that year ; and had com- 
 mand, during the late war, of the Loire and Emerald 
 frigates (see Capt. Charles Bertram), Goliath 58, Bottne 
 98, and Bellerofhon 74. In the ship last mentioned he 
 had the honour of receiving Napoleon Buonaparte when he 
 surrendered after the battle of Waterloo. Duiing the peace 
 he commanded the Vengeur, Genoa, and Wellesley 74'8. 
 He was nominated a C.B. in 1815; advanced to Flag-rank in 
 July, 1830 ; and created a K.C.B. in the following November. 
 He filled the oiliee of Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth 
 from June, 1832, until July, 1837 ; and that of Commander- 
 in-Cliief in the East Indies from the latter period uatil the 
 date ofhis death, 30 NoTi 1889. 
 
MAlTIiAND. 
 
 713 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 28 
 Dec. 1825; and embarked, in March, 1827, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Welleslei 74, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, at first 
 on the Lisbon, and then on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion, where, in July, 1830, two yeaocB after he had 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, he removed to 
 the Wasp 18, Capt. Brunswick Popham. Towards the. 
 close of 1831, after he had served for a few months 
 in the Channel and North Sea in the Imogene 28, 
 Capt. Price Blackwood, he sailed for the East Indies 
 in the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore. 
 On his return in 1832 with the flag of Sir Edw. 
 W. C. R. Owen in the Southampton 52, Capt. John 
 Milligan Laws, we find him employed off Antwerp 
 during the period of General Gerard's attack on 
 the citadel of that place. He next, in Jan. 1833 (in 
 March of which year he passed his examination), 
 joined the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay, with 
 whom he served off Lisbon and on the north coast 
 of Spain until Jan. 1836. On leaving the latter 
 vessel Mr. Maitland was placed under the orders of 
 Capt. Peter John Douglas in the Melville 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Peter Halkett in North 
 America and the West Indies ; and on again pro- 
 ceeding to the East Indies in the Welleslet 72, 
 flag-ship of his relative Sir F. L. Maitland, he was 
 by him nominated Lieutenant, in June, 1838, of the 
 Favokite 18, Capt. Walter Croker— an act which 
 the Admiralty sanctioned 15 Feb. 1839. Rejoining 
 the Welleslet in the course of the same year in 
 the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant, he served in 
 her, under the broad pendant of Sir Gordon Bremer, 
 at the capture of Chusan in July, 1840 ; after which, 
 on becoming attached to the Samarang 28, Capt. 
 Jas. Scott, he assisted in reducing the forts of the 
 Boca Tigris, and in demolishing the works on the 
 Canton river. He was also present, and gained the 
 public acknowledgments of his Captain for the gal- 
 lantry and zeal he displayed, at the forcing, by the 
 Nemesis steamer and the boats of the Samabang, 
 of the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa ; 
 during their advance on which latter place the 
 British, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 4 p.m. on 15 
 March, 1841, destroyed five forts, one battery, two 
 military stations, and nine war-junks, in which col- 
 lectively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.* On his 
 return to England in the following summer he took 
 up a Commander's commission dated 15 Feb. 1841. 
 He has been employed, since 3 July, 1844, in the 
 Coast Guard service. 
 
 He married, 23 Nov. 1841, Henrietta Louisa, 
 widow of the late W. Northage, Esq., jun., and 
 second daughter of the late Sir John H. Newbolt, 
 Chief Justice of Madras. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MAITLAND, Kt., C.B. (Captaik, 1837.) 
 
 Sir Thomas Maitland, born in 1803, is only 
 son of Hon. Wm. Mordaunt Maitland, a General in 
 the Army, by his first wife, Mary, widow of John 
 Travers, Esq., of Fir Grove, co. Cork, and daughter 
 of the Rev. Rich. Orpen, of Killowen. He is grand- 
 son of James, seventh Earl of Lauderdale, a Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel in the Army; and first-cousin of 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, C.B., 
 K.C.M.G. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy 22 Sept. 1816, and 
 was made Lieutenant, 16 May, 1823, into the Edrv- 
 ALUS 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford. His 
 next appointments were, 20 Dec. 1825, and 1 March, 
 1826, to the Superb 78, Capt. Henry Hill, guard- 
 ship at Portsmouth, and Ganges 84, fitting for the 
 flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, Commander-in- 
 Chief in South America. Obtaining a second pro- 
 motal commission 30 April, 1827, he successively 
 assumed command, 14 June, 1832, and 4 April, 1835, 
 of the Sparrowhawk 18 and Tweed 20. In the 
 former vessel, which he paid off 7 May, 1833, Capt. 
 Maitland brought home 589,405 Mexican dollars 
 and 42 bales of cochineal ; in the Tweed, the com- 
 mand whereof he retained until posted, 10 Jan. 
 1837, he served during the civil war on the north 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1607, 1509. 
 
 coast of Spain, and was in consequence presented 
 with the Cross of Charles III. On 19 June in the 
 year last mentioned we find him nominated Captain 
 of the Welleslet 72, in which ship he continued 
 employed under the flags of Sir Fred. Lewis Mait- 
 land and Sir Gordon Bremer, until paid off in the 
 summer of 1842. In 1838 he commanded the seamen 
 and marines landed for the purpose of quelling an in- 
 surrection on the coast of Malabar ; he participated, 
 in 1839, in the operations on the coast of Sinde and 
 in the Persian Gulf; and during the hostilitiesin 
 China he obtained mention for his zeal and alacrity 
 at the capture of Chusan in July, 1840, and for the 
 valuable assistance he afforded Sir Gordon Bremer 
 at the reduction of Tycocktow, 7 Jan. 1841*— was 
 present with H.M. Plenipotentiary at a formal meet- 
 ing which was held with the Chinese Commissioner 
 on 26 of the same month t — again acquired the 
 public thanks of Sir G. Bremer for the cordial aid 
 he afforded him in the action which preceded the 
 capture of the Bogue Forts, 26 Feb.^- had charge 
 of the Welleslet's boats during the original ad- 
 vance of the British towards Canton § — commanded 
 the first naval battalion, consisting of 11 officers and 
 172 of other ranks, at the storming of the heights 
 in the vicinity of that city during the operations 
 which led to its re-capture [| — elicited notice for 
 the admirable manner in which he placed the Wel- 
 LESLEY (within 400 yards of the principal battery) 
 in the attack upon Amoy, 26 Aug.^f — and in Oct^ 
 of the same year (1841) was further praised for his 
 skill, zeal, and ability at the reduction of Chusan 
 and Chinghae.** For these services Capt. Mait- 
 land was nominated a C.B. 29 June, 1841 ; and in 
 1843 invested with the honour of Knighthood. He 
 has been in command, since 10 Nov. 1846, of the 
 America 50, on the coast of Portugal. 
 
 Sir Thos. Maitland is a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. 
 Berwick. He married, 7 Feb. 1828, at Rio Janeiro, 
 Amelia, daughter of the late Wm. Young, Esq., and 
 by that lady has issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MAITLAND. (Commander, 1840.) 
 
 William Maitland died in Oct. 1846, in com- 
 mand of H.M. steam-sloop Spiteful. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Feb. 1819; passed 
 his examination in 1825 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 13 June, 1827 ; and was appointed, on the Me- 
 diterranean station — 16 March, 1831, to the Bar- 
 ham 50, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 21 March, 1834, to the 
 Britannia 120, Capt. Peter Rainier, which ship 
 was paid off in the early part of 1835 — and, 12 April, 
 
 1839, as First-Lieutenant, to the Benbow 72, Capt. 
 Houston Stewart. For his services in the latter 
 ship, at the attack upon Tortosa (where he landed 
 and obtained warm praise for his very gallant con- 
 duct ft) "nd the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 
 he was promoted to the rank of Commander 4 Nov. 
 
 1840. On 14 Dec. 1842 he assumed command of 
 the Spitefol steam-sloop, which vessel, in July, 
 1846, bore the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane during an expedition against the Sultan 
 of Borneo, whose forts and batteries in the river 
 Brune were all destroyed.!]; Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 MAITLAND. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 12 ; 
 H-p., 3.) 
 
 William Heriot Maitland, bom 3 July, 1819, 
 is second son of Jas. Maitland, Esq., of Rambrny, 
 by Margaret, daughter of Wm. Dalgleish, Esq., of 
 Scots-craig; and first-cousin of Commander Jas. 
 Maitland, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 1832, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Castor 36, Capt. Lord 
 John Hay, and in July, 1836, after having been em- 
 ployed on the Home station and off the north coast 
 of Spain during the civil war, removed as Midship- 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2991, and Gaz. 1841, p. 1162 
 + r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1496.. J T. Gaz. 1841, p. U98 
 
 } r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501. II F. Gaz. 1841, p. 2496. 
 
 IT y. Gaz. 1842, p. 82. *• r. Gaz. 1842, p. 393-6. 
 
 tt V. Gaz. 1840, p. 2605. ++ F. Gaz. 1846, p. 3438. 
 
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 MALCOLM. 
 
 man to the Vangdahd 80, commanded in the Me- 
 ditenanean by Capts. Hon. Buncombe Pleydell 
 Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes. Joining next, in 
 June, 1837, the Wellesley 72, bearing the flag of 
 his uncle, Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland, he served as 
 Mate of tliat ship at the taking of Currachee in 
 Feb. 1839, and in her boats in a skirmish at Bushelir, 
 in the Persian Gulf, in April of the same year. His 
 appointments as Lieutenant, a rank he attained on 
 6 of the month last mentioned, appear to have been 
 —10 July, 1839, to the Htacihth 18, Capt. Wm. 
 "Warren— 23 June, 1840, again to the Wellesley, 
 Capt. Thos. Maitland— 16 Oct. 1841, to the com- 
 mand of the AiGBRiNE 10— and, 20 Sept. 1842, to 
 the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier. In the 
 Hyacinth Mr. Maitland was in action with the 
 enemy's junks at Chuenpee ; and, when in the Wel- 
 lesley, he assisted in demolishing the enemy's for- 
 tifications at the latter place — landed, during the 
 attack on the Bogue forts, in command, with Mr. 
 "W. H. Hall of the Nemesis, of a party of seamen 
 and marines, and took possession of Little Tycock- 
 tovY, spiking at the same time its guns, and destroy- 
 ing a neighbouring encampment — and united in the 
 operations against Canton, Amoy, Chusan, Ching- 
 hae,''' and Ningpo. In the attack upon Amoy his 
 skull was fractured and he was otherwise much in- 
 jured. During his command of the Algerine we 
 find him particularly mentioned for his conduct at 
 the capture of Chapoo, where, after he had assisted 
 in landing the troops, he accompanied them on 
 their advance, and with his own hands slew two 
 mandarins. t He was also employed in the same 
 vessel in surveying the Yang-tse-kiang, and was 
 present in action with the Woosung batteries, and 
 at the pacification of Nanldng.J On his return to 
 England in the Blonde in March, 1843, Mr. Mait- 
 land found that his services had procured him a 
 Commander's commission dated 23 Dec. 1842. His 
 last appointment was, 31 Jan. 1846, to the command 
 of the Electka 14, fitting for the North America 
 and West India station, where he remained until 
 his health obliged him to invalid, in March, 1847. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MALCOLM, Kt. (Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 
 1847. F-P., 26 ; H-P., 30.) 
 SiK Charles Malcolm, born 5 Sept. 1782, is 
 tenth and youngest son of the late Geo. Malcolm, 
 Esq., of Burnfoot, co. Dumfries (a descendant of 
 the Malcolms of Lahore and Innertiel), by Mar- 
 garet, sister of Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, who held 
 a Rear-Admiral's command, and was raised to the 
 dignity of a Baronet for his gallantry, in the action 
 of 1 June, 1794. He is brother of Sir Jas. Malcolm, 
 K.C.B., Colonel of Marines, who was with Lord 
 Howe at the relief of Gibraltar, and earned distinction 
 during the late war in Spain and North America — of 
 Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.,§ 
 
 • Videiixl.. 1842, p. 396. 
 
 -f* In allusion to the conduct of Lieut. Maitland on the 
 occasion. Sir Wm. Parker, in his despatch, expresses himself 
 thus : — " He bids fair to rival the gallantry ot his lamented 
 uncle, that bright ornament of his profession, the late Sir 
 Frederic Maitland."— riite Gaz. 1842, p. 3693. 
 
 t Vtdr Gai. 1842, pp. 3397, 34114. 
 
 9 Sir Pulteney Malcolm was born 20 Feb. 1768, and en- 
 tered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1778, on board the Sydii- frigate, 
 commanded by his uncle, Capt. Pasley. He was promoted 
 (after having shared in an action between Commodore John- 
 stone and a French squadron under M, de Suifrein in Porto 
 Praya Bay) to the rank of Lieutenant 3 March, 1783 ; was 
 made Commander 3 April, 1794 ; and posted 22 Oct. in the 
 same year. Between the latter period and that of his ad- 
 vancement to Flag-rank, 4 Dec. 1813, he held command in 
 succession of the Fox 32, Sltffolk and Victorious 74's, 
 flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Rainier, Royal Sovereign 100, 
 Kent, Renown, Donegal, and Royal Oak 74's, and San 
 Josef 110. In those ships his general activity, and the skill 
 and judgment he exhibited on all occasions, gained him 
 much distinction. He commanded the Donkoal in Nelson's 
 pursuit of the combined squadrons to tlie West Indies ; also 
 in Sir John Duckworth's aciion (for which he obtained a gold 
 medal and a vase fiom the Patriotic Society, valued at 100/.); 
 and at the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads. 
 In the Kent he ofliciated as Captain of tne Fleet under Lord 
 Keith. Durin:^ the latter portion of the openitions on tlie 
 Coast of North America he held a Rear-Admiral's command. 
 
 —and of the late Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., a Gene- 
 ral Officer in the Army, who died in 1833. Another 
 of his brothers, George, a Lieutenant in the K.N., 
 died at St. Domingo in 1794. Sir Charles is first- 
 cousin of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G. 
 This officer (whose name had been borne from 10 
 Sept. 1791 until Aug. 1792 on the books of the 
 Vengeance 74, bearing the broad pendant of his 
 uncle. Commodore Pasley, and from April to Dec. 
 1793 on those of the Penelope 32, Capt. Bartholo- 
 mew Sam. Kowley) embarked, in April, 1795, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Fox 32, commanded by 
 his brother, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and fitting for 
 the East India station;* where, in Jan. 1798, he 
 was Master's Mate of that vessel, when, in company 
 with La Sybille 38, she entered the Spanish har- 
 bour of Manilla under French disguise, and (not- 
 withstanding that there were lying there three 
 ships of the line and three frigates) assisted in cap- 
 turing seven boats, 200 men, and a large quantity of 
 ammunition and implements of war. In the course 
 of the same month we find Mr. Malcolm present in 
 an action with the enemy's batteries at Samboan- 
 gon, in the island of Magindanao, in which the loss 
 sustained by the two ships amounted to 6 killed 
 and 16 wounded. Accompanying his brother in 
 June, 1798, into the Suffolk 74, bearing the flag 
 of Vice-Admiral Peter Rainier, he was promoted, 
 12 Jan. 1799, to a Lieutenancy in that ship. He 
 continued in her until nominated Acting-Com- 
 mander, 3 Oct. 1801, of the Albatross sloop — an 
 appointment which the Admiralty confirmed 28 
 May, 1802. On his arrival home in the spring of 
 1803, as Acting-Captain of the Eurydice 24, he 
 found that he had been officially posted on 29 of 
 the preceding Deo. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 6 April, 1804, for four months, to the Rai- 
 SONNABLE 64, Stationed in the North Sea — 17 Sept. 
 1806, to the Narcissus 32—17 June, 1809, to the 
 Rhin 38, in which ship he continued until Aug. 
 1815—15 Sept. 1817, to the Sybille 44, fittmg for 
 the flag of Sir Home Popham, Commander-in-Chief 
 in the West Indies, whence he invalided in Feb. 
 1819— and 8 July, 1822, and 30 June, 1826, to the 
 William and Mary and Botal Charlotte yachts, 
 Mng at Dublin for the purpose of attending on the 
 Lord Lieutenant, the Marquess Wellesley, a service 
 on which he continued until 28 Nov. 1827. On the 
 night of 30 Oct. 1807 Capt. Malcolm, then in the 
 Narcissus, made a desperate attack with four boats 
 on a convoy of 30 sail, lying in Couquet Roads, 
 near Brest, under the protection of several heavy 
 batteries, a cutter, and two gun-brigs, but was 
 eventually obliged to retire with a loss of 7 men 
 killed, and 16, including himself slightly, wounded. 
 Towards the close of the same year it was his for- 
 tune to be the chief instrument, as testified by an 
 address from the merchants, of preserving the pro- 
 perty of the British at Oporto from falling into the 
 hands of the French. So great was his anxiety on 
 the occasion to afford whatever assistance he could, 
 that, although on the point of starting on a cruize 
 which promised to be most productive, he relin- 
 quished that intention, and, when ordered to Eng- 
 land with a convoy of 49 sail, not only received on 
 board the plate and other valuable property belong- 
 ing to the merchants, but actually took charge of 
 180 pipes of wine — a service of which the Admiralty 
 
 and was employed in that capacity in the attack upon New 
 Orleans. In the summer of 1815, Sir Pulteney (wlio had 
 been nominated iti 1812 a Colonel of Royal Marines, and 
 in Jan. 1815 a K.C.B.) was appointed to the command of a 
 Naval force ordered to co-operate with the Duke of Wel- 
 lington and the allied armies. He next, from the spring of 
 1816 until the close of 1817, commanded in oliief on the St. 
 Helena station ; and, attaining the rank of Vice-Admiral 
 19 July, 1821, was further employed as CommandeMn-Chief 
 in the Mediterranean from June, 1828, until June, 1831, in 
 the Downs and on the coast of Holland with the combined 
 fleets of France aud Spain under llis orders in 1832, and again 
 in the Mediterranean from May, 1833, until April, 1834. He 
 was created a G.C.M G. in 1829, a G.C.B. in 1833, and a 
 full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837. He died 20 July, 1838. 
 
 * The Fox, in Nov. 1796, conveyed the present Duke of 
 Wellington, then Colonel Wellesley, of the 33rd Regt., from 
 the Cape of Good Hope to India. 
 
MALDEN. 
 
 715 
 
 marked its approbation. After much active em- 
 ployment in the Channel he sailed, in the early 
 part of 1809, for the West Indies, with intelligence 
 for Sir Alex. Cochrane of a French squadron having 
 proceeded thither; and in April of that year he 
 gained the warmest acknowledgments of Major- 
 General Maitland for his conduct on shore at the 
 capture of the Saintes islands.* After their subju- 
 gation the Narcissus returned home with General 
 Maitland, Governor of Grenada, and General Mont- 
 gomery, Governor of Dominica. In 1812-13, at 
 which time he had command of the Rhin, Capt. 
 Malcolm was employed in active co-operation with 
 the patriots on the north coast of Spain, under the 
 orders of Sir Geo. Collier and Sir Home Popham ; 
 particularly at the attack upon Lequeytio, during 
 which he had command of the island of St. Nicholas, 
 situated near that town j-f at Guetaria, where he 
 landed for the purpose of reducing the town, but 
 was compelled, by the sudden appearance of more 
 than 2000 French troops, to retire, with the loss of 
 3 Midshipmen and 29 men taken prisoners ;% also at 
 Santander, where he again went on shore, took pos- 
 session of a fort, and rendered much important ser- 
 vice ; and at the defence of Castro. In the spring of 
 1813 he was ordered with convoy to the West Indies ; 
 and in the course of the following year he was sent, 
 with the PiQOE 36 and Mosquito brig under his 
 orders, to cruize after an American squadron on the 
 Brazilian station. On 18 July, 1815, Capt. Malcolm, 
 who was at that time Senior officer on the coast of 
 Bretagne, and had been joined by the Menelaos and 
 Havannah frigates, performed a very neat exploit 
 in landing at the head of a body of seamen and 
 marines ftom the three ships at Corrijou, near 
 Abervrach, where he stormed and carried a fort, and, 
 with the assistance of the Fly and Feruet sloops, 
 who had followed, effected the capture of an armed 
 cutter, a praam-brig, and a gun-vessel, together with 
 a convoy reposing in the harbour under their pro- 
 tection. This affair was the last of the sort achieved 
 during the war. While in the Narcissus and Rhin, 
 Capt. Malcolm, who appears to have been in frequent 
 command of small flying squadrons, contrived to 
 take, independently of a whole host of merchant- 
 men, upwards of 20 privateers and other armed 
 vessels, carrying 168 guns and 1059 men.§ On leav- 
 ing the Roval Charlotte as above, Sir Chas. Mal- 
 colm (he had received the honour of Knighthood at 
 the hands of the Irish Viceroy) was appointed Su- 
 perintendent of the Bombay Marine ; the duties of 
 which important post he continued to discharge for 
 ten years, faithfully and zealously watching over 
 and advancing the interests of the honourable and 
 scientific corps under his command, and ably assist- 
 ing Government in his station. During that period, 
 as we gain from the general order issued by the Go- 
 vernor in Council on the occasion of his being suc- 
 ceeded by the present Sir Robt. Oliver, he proved 
 eminently successful in elevating the character of 
 the service, instituted many extensive and import- 
 ant surveys, was the means by his judicious instruc- 
 tions and suggestions of making numerous interest- 
 ing and valuable additions to geography and navi- 
 gation, and rendered himself conspicuous by his 
 exertions in the introduction and establishment of 
 steam-navigation in the Red Sea. Indeed he effected 
 a complete revulsion in the administration of naval 
 affairs, converting the system as it had pre-existed 
 into what is now recognised as the Indian Navy, a 
 name he was himself the first to impart. His pro- 
 motion to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place 10 
 Jan. 1837, and to that of Vice-Admiral 28 April, 1847. 
 Sir Chas. Malcolm married, first, 4 June, 1808, his 
 cousin, Magdalene, daughter of Chas. Pasley, Esq. ; 
 
 • rWe Gaz. 1809, p. 780. f V. Gaz, 1812, p. 1278. 
 
 J V. Gaii. 1812, p. 1441. 
 
 $ Including the Cantela Spanish man-of-war schooner, 
 pierced for 12 guns, but carrying only 6, with 25 men, cap- 
 tured 19 Aug. 1807 (Fiifc Gaz. 1807, p. 1126) ; the Avantura 
 letter-of-marque of 10 guns and 43 men ; and the privateers 
 Navnrrois of 16 guns and 132 men, San Jusi'ph of 14 guns 
 and es men, Xm Cumtesse de Montalivet of 14 guns and 57 
 men, La Courageuse of 14 guns and 70 men, and Decatur of 
 223 tons. 
 
 and, secondly, 11 April, 1829, Elmira Riddell, young- 
 est daughter of Major-General Shaw. By his first 
 marriage he has issue one daughter, and by his se- 
 cond three sons— the eldest of whom, George John, 
 a Midshipman R.N., entered the service in June, 
 1842, and was in the Firebrand with the present 
 Capt. Jas. Hope in the expedition up the Parana in 
 Nov. 1845. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MALDEN. (Lieut., 1818. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 24. 
 
 Charles Robert Malden was born, 9 Aug. 1797, 
 at Putney, co. Surrey. His father, a medical man 
 and general practitioner of repute, resided at Mai- 
 den, in Essex, a place from which his family, who 
 had been seated there for many generations, derives 
 its name. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 June, 1809, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Diligence Navy 
 transport, Master-Commander Alex. Black, in order 
 to await an opportunity of joining the Acasta 40, 
 Capt. Philip Beaver, from which latter vessel he 
 eventually, in Oct. of the same year, removed to the 
 SciPiON 74, bearing the flag in the Bay of Biscay of 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. Robt. Stopford. Being again, 
 in June, 1810, placed under the orders of Capt. 
 Beaver in the Nisus 38, and awarded the rating of 
 Midshipman, he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope 
 and the East Indies, and assisted, while on those 
 stations, at the reduction of the Mauritius and the 
 island of Java. Soon after the commencement of 
 the war with the United States, he was sent home 
 in a captured American Indiaman. On the Nisus 
 being paid off in May, 1814,* Mr. Maiden (he had 
 only rejoined her a short time previously, having 
 been intermediately employed on board the Prince 
 98, guard-ship at Spithead) became attached to the 
 Traave 38, arme'e enfvte, Capts. Rowland Money 
 and John Codd. In the following Sept. we find 
 him serving on shore as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. 
 Money in the attack upon Baltimore ; and in Dec. 
 of the same year accompanying the expedition 
 against New Orleans, where he suffered much from 
 exposure in open boats, and was for three weeks 
 deprived by the frost of the use of his feet — an in- 
 fliction of which he still feels the effects. We may 
 add that during a portion of the operations he again 
 officiated as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Money. Quit- 
 ting the Traave in Aug. 1816, Mr. Maiden (who 
 about that period passed his examination) next, in 
 March, 1817, joined the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whit- 
 ley Deans Dundas, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where the favourable report made by that oflicer 
 to the Admiralty of his proficiency in the science of 
 surveying led to his being confirmed a Lieutenant 
 (after he had acted for a few weeks as such on 
 board the Albion 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Vinicombe 
 Penrose) in the Aid surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Smyth, 1 Sept. 1818. He continued under the 
 latter officer until Jan. 1821, and was lastly appointed 
 — 14 Sept. 1823, to the Shamrock, another survey- 
 ing-vessel, commanded in the Channel and on the 
 coast of Ireland by Capt. Martin White — and in the 
 summer of 1824 (in the capacity of Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant and Head-Surveyor), to the Blonde 42, 
 Capt. Lord Byron, fitting for the Pacific, whither 
 he escorted the remains of the late King and Queen 
 of the Sandwich Islands. During the voyage an 
 island was discovered in lat. 4° 0' S., long. Uffi 0' 
 W., to which Lord Byron gave the name of Mai- 
 den, in compliment to the subject of the present 
 memoir; who, pending his sojourn among the Sand- 
 wich Islands, surveyed the south coast and harbour 
 of Honorura, and also an important harbour in the 
 island of Ha-wai-i (or Owhyhee) capable of contain- 
 ing five or six sail-of-the-line in perfect security, 
 which had entirely escaped the observation both of 
 Cook and Vancouver, and to which he affixed the 
 name of Bytot^s Bay. He was discharged on the 
 return of the Blonde to England in the spring of 
 1826. 
 
 Lieut. Maiden is the present proprietor and con- 
 
 * She was at the time commanded by Capt. Chas. Marsh 
 Schomberg. 
 
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 MALING— MALLARD-MALLOCK. 
 
 ductor of a respectableeducational establishment in 
 Montp'ellier Eoad, Brighton. He married, 8 April, 
 1828, Frances, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. 
 Hodgson Cole, Kefitor of West Clandtfn, and Vicar 
 of Wonersh, near Guildford, Surrey, by whom he 
 has issue seven sons and one daughter. 
 
 MALING. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Irwin Maling died 26 March, 1845, at sea, on 
 hoard the brig KoYAtiST, from Sierra Leone, aged 
 32, having Invalided at that place from H.M. steam- 
 frigate Penelope on 8 of the previous Feb. 
 
 This oflScer entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1823 ; passed 
 his examination in 1831 ; obtained his commission 
 16 Dec. 1839; and was appointed— on 20 of the 
 same month, as Additional, to the Princess Char- 
 lotte 104, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Hon. 
 Kobt. Stopford— 14 March, 1840, to the Hydra 
 steamer, of which vessel (commanded in the Medi- 
 terranean and in North America and the West 
 Indies by Capts. Robt. Spencer Robinson and Alex. 
 Murray) he became First-Lieutenant — and, 1 July, 
 1843, to the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on the 
 coast of Africa. 
 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 MALING. (Vice-Admiral of the Eed, 1841. 
 F-P., 27 ; H-p., 29.) 
 
 Thomas James Maling, born 15 July, 1778, is 
 son of Christopher Thompson Maling, Esq., J. P., , 
 of Hendon Lodge, co. Durham ; and brother-in-law 
 of the late Earl of Mulgrave, G.C.B., a General 
 Officer in the Army, and Colonel of the 31st Regt., 
 father of the present Marquess of Normanby. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1791, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Duke 98, Capt. 
 Robt. Kingsmill, lying at Spithead ; joined, next, 
 the Alcide 74, and Niger 32, Capts. Sir Andw. 
 Snape Douglas and Rich. Goodwin Keats ; and in 
 Aug. 1792 became attached to the Penelope 32, 
 Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, on the Jamaica 
 station, where he assisted at the capture, 16 April, 
 1793, of Le Goelan 14, the first republican vessel 
 taken during the war. In Dec. of the latter year 
 he became Midshipman of the Swiftsure 74, bear- 
 ing the flag at Cork of Rear-Admiral Kingsmill ; 
 and on being again, in the spring of 1795, placed 
 under the orders of Capt. Rowley in the Cumber- 
 land 74, he took part, 13 July in that year, in the 
 partial action fought by Admiral Hotham with the 
 French fleet off" the Hyeres Islands. In the course 
 of the ensuing Oct. Mr. Maling removed to the 
 Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, 
 by whom, after having officiated as his Aide-de- 
 Camp and Signal-Mate in the action off Cape St. 
 Vincent, he was nominated, in Feb. 1797, Lieute- 
 nant of La Minerve frigate, Capt. Geo. Cockbum. 
 Previously to his confirmation in the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, which took place 6 Oct. following, we find 
 him serving in the boats of the last-mentioned ship 
 and the Lively, and particularly distinguishing 
 himself at the capture, close to the town of Santa 
 Cruz, after a loss to the British of 15 men wounded, 
 of La Mutine French national corvette of 14 guns, 
 which was brought out, notwithstanding a smart 
 fire of musketry from the crew, 113 in number, and 
 a heavy discharge of artillery and small-arms from 
 the shore, as also the fire of a large ship at anchor 
 in the road.* Attaining the rank of Commander 24 
 Dec. 1798, Capt. Maling was immediately appointed, 
 in that capacity, to La Bonne Citoyenne 20 ; in 
 which vessel he had charge for many months of the 
 blockade of Malta, and was present at the capture 
 oi Le Genereux 74, La VilJe de Marseilles armed store- 
 ship, and Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000 
 men. He was nominated Acting-Captain of Le 
 Guillaume Tell U April, 1800; was oflicially 
 posted, on 6 of the next Sept., into the Alkmaar 
 54 ; and was subsequently appointed — 10 Oct. 1801 
 (after seven months of half-pay), to the Diana 38, 
 actively employed, during six years, on the Modi- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 644. 
 
 terranean, Cork, and North and South American 
 stations — 27 Oct. 1807, to the Undadnted 38, at- 
 tached to the force in the West Indies and Channel, 
 where he served until June, 1810—1 Sept. 1812, for 
 two years, to the Mdlgbave 74, in the Mediterrar 
 nean— and, 31 July, 1821, and 31 May and 23 June, 
 1823, to the Northumeerlakd 78, Spartiate 76, 
 and Cambridge 82, the two former on the Home, 
 the latter on the South American station, whence 
 he returned in 1827. It was his fortune, when in 
 command of the Diana, and in company with the 
 Pique 36, to eflTect the capture, in Dec. 1804, of the 
 Spanish ship of war Diligcntia of 28 guns ; as also, 
 18 Feb. 1807, of the French privateer La Charlotte 
 of 14 gims, pierced for 20, with a complement of 118 
 men. He conducted for a long time, too, the 
 blockade of Cura9oa, and, by taking possession Of 
 the island of Oruba, whence it had drawn its sup- 
 plies, succeeded in reducing it to the state in which 
 it was found by the late Sir Chas. Brisbane previ- 
 ously to its surrender. The Undaunted proved the 
 captor, 12 Feb. 1809, of the San Josephe privateer 
 of 14 guns and 96 men, and was for a time engaged 
 at the defence of Cadiz: the Mulgrave, besides 
 capturing two martello towers, was very successful 
 against the enemy's trade, and formed part of the 
 force under Sir Edw. Pellew in his action of 5 Nov. 
 1813 with the Toulon fleet. The subject of the pre- 
 sent narrative became a Rear-Admiral 22 July, 
 1830 ; and attained the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 
 1841. 
 
 The Vice-Admiral is a Magistrate for cos. Dur- 
 ham and Worcester, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 the latter. He married, first, 2 Dec. 1811, Harriet, 
 youngest daughter of the late celebrated Dr. Dar- 
 win, of the Priory, near Derby ; and, secondly, 29 
 July, 1828, Jemima, second daughter of the late 
 Colonel Bromley, of Abberley Lodge, co. Worcester, 
 by whom he has issue a sou and two daughters. 
 
 MALLARD. (Liedt., 1821. r-p.,14 ; h-p., 26.) 
 Charles Mallard entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Neptune 98, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, attached to the Channel 
 fleet; and from Nov. 1808 until March, 181S, was 
 employed as Midshipman in the Ethalion frigate, 
 Capt. Thos. John Cochrane (under whom he shared 
 in a slight encounter with the French 40-giin fri- 
 gate Amphitrite, and assisted at the reduction of 
 Martinique and the Salutes), Hannibal 74, Royal 
 George 100, and Hibernia 120, flag-ships of Ad- 
 mirals Sir Thos. Williams, Fras. Pickmore, and Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith, Blake and Rippon 74's, Capts. 
 Edw. Codrington and Sir Christopher Cole, and 
 Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane 
 on the West India, Lisbon, Mediterranean, Home, 
 and North American stations. In the Rippon he 
 witnessed the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of the French 
 44-gun frigate l,e Weser. He returned home from 
 America (after having acted for a short time as 
 Lieutenant of the President frigate) in Sept. 1815 
 on board the Vengeur 74 ; and between that pe- 
 riod and the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 29 Jan. 1821, served as Admiralty Mid- 
 shipman, chiefly on the South American station, in 
 the Hyacinth 20, Capt. Alex. Robt. Sharpe, Lee 
 20, Capt. Stewart Blacker, and Superb 78, Commo- 
 dore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. He has since 
 been on half-pay. AoEhTS- Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MALLOCK. (Lieut., 1830. f-p., 18; h-p., 16.) 
 Thomas Mallock, bom 11 June, 1799, is second 
 son of Kawlin Mallock, Esq., of Axminster, co. 
 Devon; and is closely related to the Mallocks of 
 Cockington Court. His family had the honour of 
 representing the borough of Lyme Regis in Parlia- 
 ment in the reigns of Edward 1., Mary, and Eliza- 
 beth. One of its members, a daughter of John 
 Mallock, Esq., of Axmouth, was the wife of the first 
 Baron Mountflorence. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Julj', 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capts. Robt. 
 Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy, in which ship he 
 
MALONE— MANCHESTEE-MANGIN. 
 
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 served in the Channel, and on the Tforth American 
 and Mediterranean stations, part of the time as 
 Midshipman, until April, 1816. He then joined the 
 Erne 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer, also in the Medi- 
 terranean ; as he afterwards did — in 1818, the Bol- 
 ■ffARK 74, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir John Gore — 
 in the course of the same year, the Vengedr 74, 
 bearing the flag at first of Rear- Admiral W. Otway 
 at Leith, but afterwards commanded by Capt. Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland in South America and the Medi- 
 terranean — in 1821, the Genoa 74, Capt. F. L. Mait- 
 land,. lying at Chatham — in 1822, as Mate (having 
 passed his examination 21 Dec. 1819), the Jupiter 
 50, Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphal, under whom he 
 escorted Lord Amherst, Governor-General of India, 
 to Bengal— in 1823 and 1827, the Minai 26, Capt. 
 Houston Stewart, and (as Admiralty Mate) the 
 HnsSAK 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle, both on the 
 North American station — and, in 1830 (in the ca- 
 pacity last mentioned), the Royal George yacht, 
 Capts. Geo. Mundy and Lord Adolphus FitzCla- 
 rence. During his attachment to the Jupiter Mr. 
 Mallock jumped overboard and had the good for- 
 tune to save the life of a boy, the son of the Purser, 
 Mr. Davies. In March, 182,5, he was sent with a 
 party of seamen from the Menai, then at Halifax, 
 to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, for the purpose of afibrd- 
 ing assistance to the Cheeuctoo Colonial Govern- 
 ment brig, which had been driven on shore during 
 a heavy gale and bilged. After contending for 
 three weeks with the greatest difficulties he suc- 
 ceeded in lifting the vessel from ofi' the rocks and 
 floating her between two schooners over the bar 
 into the harbour. This service had scarcely been 
 performed, when, another gale arising, the American 
 schooner Billmii was seen fast drifting towards the 
 very spot on which the Chebuctoo had been 
 bilged ; but she was luckily saved from wreck by 
 the prompt and decisive conduct of Mr. Mallock, 
 who instantly took a cable and anchor in boats 
 across the bar to her succour. In 1829 he was se- 
 lected by Sir C. Ogle to aid in fixing the geo- 
 graphical position of the most prominent points in 
 the Bay of Fundy. He was promoted from the 
 RoYAE George to the rank of Lieutenant 31 Dec. 
 M30 ; and was lastly, from 8 July, 1836, until paid 
 off in the early part of 1838, employed in the Ma- 
 tABAR 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Augustus Montagu, off 
 Lisbon. 
 
 He married, in 1838, Edith Stiles Paterson, 
 daughter of the late D. Goddard, Esq., and grand- 
 niece of the late Arthur Mills Raymond, Esq., of 
 Norfolk Street, Park Lane, London, and of the 
 Manor House, Ealing, co. Middlesex, by whom he 
 has issue four children. Agents — Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 M'ALONE. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 39; h-p., 8.) 
 
 Edmund Malone was bom in 1786, in co. West- 
 meath. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Sam. 
 Sutton, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Chas. 
 Cotton, under whom he continued to serve, in the 
 capacity of Midshipman, until May, 1801. Pro- 
 ceeding in 1803 to the East Indies in the Albion 
 74, Capt. John Ferrier, he there in succession 
 removed to the Russell 74, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, Arrogant 
 74, Capt. Wm. Flint, and Cetlon of 40 guns, Capts. 
 Wm. Jones Lye and Chas. Gordon— in which latter 
 ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant 18 Sept. 1809. 
 In May, 1803, we find him assisting at the capture, 
 by the Albion and other vessels, of the French 
 frigate La Franchise of 36 guns ; and, in 1808, wit- 
 nessing, as Mate of the Russell, the surrender of 
 the Danish settlement of Tranquebar. He was 
 also, when in the Ceylon, present, 18 Sept. 1810, in 
 a fierce intermittent night-action of four hours, 
 which terminated in the capture of that frigate 
 (after she had incurred a loss, out of 295 men, of 10 
 killed and 31 wounded) by the French ships Venus 
 of 44 guns and 380 men, and Victor of 16 guns. The 
 
 Ceylon being, however, retaken in the course of the 
 same day, Mr. Malone was aflibrded an opportunity of 
 officiating as her First-Lieutenant at the ensuing 
 reduction of the Mauritius. He invalided home in 
 Feb. 1811 ; and was next appointed, on the Home 
 station— 24 July following, to the Colossus 74, 
 Capt. ThoB. Alexander, in the boats of which ship 
 he was frequently employed under the enemy's bat- 
 teries on the coast of France in operations against 
 their trade— 30 May, 1814, to the Teazek 14, Capt. 
 Thos. Priekett— 3 May, 1815, to the Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis— and 9 Oct. 1815, to 
 the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander. On leav- 
 ing the ship last mentioned Mr. Malone obtained an 
 appointment, 2 March, 1818, to the Royal Naval 
 College at Portsmouth, where he remained for a 
 period of 19 years. He has been attached, since 8 
 March, 1842, to the Royal Hospital at Plymouth. 
 
 His son, Robt. Edmund Malone, is at present 
 acting as Purser and Paymaster of the Stromboli 
 steam-sloop. 
 
 MANCHESTER, DnKE of, formerly Viscotot 
 
 Mandeville. (Commander, 1822. r-p., 11; 
 
 H-p., 24.) 
 
 His Grace George, Duke op Manchester, 
 bom 9 July, 1799, is eldest son of 'WiUiam, fifth 
 Duke of Manchester (Governor of Jamaica, Col- 
 lector of the Customs for the port of London, and 
 Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of co. Hun- 
 tingdon), by Lady Susan Gordon, third daughter of 
 Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon. The Duke, 
 who succeeded his father 18 March, 1843, is brother- 
 in-law of the Marquess of Tweeddale, a General 
 Officer in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Feb. 1B12, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Antelope 50, Capt. Jas. 
 Carpenter, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth. In Feb. 1813 he joined the 
 San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in the 
 Mediterranean, where, in Jan. 1814, he became 
 Midshipman of L'Aigle 36, Capt. Sir John Louis, 
 with whom, it appears, he continued to serve in the 
 Scamander and Forth frigates, on the Home and 
 Halifax stations, until transferred, in Sept. 1818, to 
 the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe, then at Ja- 
 maica. He was promoted, 20 Nov. 1818, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Confianoe sloop, Capt. Alex. Mont- 
 gomerie, also in the West Indies, on which station 
 he removed, 2 Feb. 1819, to the Syeille 44, flag- 
 ship of Sir Home Popham. His last appointments 
 were, 22 March and 30 Oct. 1821, to the Medina 20 
 and RocHFORT 80, Capts. Robt. Hockings and Chas. 
 Marsh Schomberg. He attained his present rank 19 
 July, 1822. 
 
 Prior to his accession to the Dukedom his Grace 
 (who is Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Armagh) sat in 
 the House of Commons for Huntingdonshire. He 
 married, 8 Oct. 1822, Mellioent, only daughter and 
 heir of the late General Robt. Bernard Sparrow, of 
 Brampton, in Northamptonshire, by his wife, the 
 Lady Olivia Acheson, eldest daughter of Arthur, 
 first Earl of Gosford, and has issue four sons. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 MANGIN. (Eeab-Admikal of the Blue, 1841. 
 F-p., 10 ; H-p., 42.) 
 
 Reuben Caillaud Mangin was born 1 Nov. 
 1780, in Dublin, and died 20 July, 1846, at Kings- 
 town, near that city. He was son of Lieut.-Colonel 
 Sam. Henry Mangin, of the 12th Dragoons, and 
 grand-nephew of Brigadier-General John Caillaud, 
 of Aston House, co. Oxford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1794, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Impregnable 98, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Cotton; and from the following Dec. 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 Dec. 
 1800, served (with the exception of a short attach- 
 ment in 1799 to the Naiad frigate, Capt. Wm 
 Pierrepont) in La Pomone 44, Canada 74, TiME- 
 RAiRE 98, and Renown 74, all under the orders of 
 his patron Sir John Borlase Warren. He was a 
 participator, during that period, in the capture of 
 
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 MANGLES— MANICO— MA NN. 
 
 an extraordinary number of vessels ; was in the 
 PoMONE in the expedition to Quiberon in 1795 ; and 
 was present in the Canada at the defeat of Com- 
 modore Bompart's squadron, off the coast of Ire- 
 land, 12 Oct. 1798. His succeeding appointments 
 were, 16 July, 1801, 19 May, 1802, and 16 July, 1803, 
 to the MiNERVE,* San Fiorenzo, and Virginie fri- 
 gates, Capts. Geo. Cockbum, Joseph Bingham, and 
 John Poo Beresford, employed on the Mediterra- 
 nean, East India, and Home stations. Obtaining a 
 second promotal commission 8 May, 1804, Capt. 
 Mangin was invested, 26 March, 1807, with the 
 command of the Valorous praam. In that vessel 
 he co-operated in the defence of Danzig, and was 
 honoured with the thanks of the King of Prussia for 
 the assistance he afforded in rescuing the garrison 
 of Fort Weeickselmunde at the very moment it was 
 about to be occupied by a division of Marshal Le- 
 febvre's troops. He was advanced, at the recom- 
 mendation of Admiral Gambier, to Post-rank for 
 his conduct off Copenhagen, 13 Oct. 1807 ; and from 
 March to May, 1811, he held temporary command 
 of the Saldanha frigate on the Irish coast. This 
 was the last appointment he was able to procure. 
 He acquired Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 The Rear- Admiral married, 11 April, 1803, Mag- 
 dalene, daughter of the Rev. H. D'AbZac, formerly 
 Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, by whom, 
 who died 13 Aug. 1840, he had issue four sons and 
 two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 Commander Mangles published in Aug. 1823, in 
 conjunction with the late Capt. Hon. Chas. Leonard 
 Irby, R.N., a work entitled * Travels in Egj'pt, 
 Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor, in 1817-18.' He is a 
 F.B.S., and a Member of the London Geographical 
 Society. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 MANGLES, F.R.S. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 James Mangi.es entered the Navy, in March, 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Maidstone fri- 
 gate, Capt. Ross Donnelly ; previously to following 
 whom as Midshipman, in Nov. 1801, into the Nar- 
 cissus 32, he served off the coast of France, escorted 
 convoy home from Oporto, and made a voyage to 
 Quebec. In the Narcissdb, after cruizing in the 
 North Sea and also in the Mediterranean, where he 
 assisted at the capture, 8 July, 1803, of the French 
 corvette UAlcwti^ of 16 guns and 96 men, he accom- 
 panied the expedition to the Cape of Good Hope ; 
 on her passage whither the Nakcisshs, besides 
 effecting the capture of ie PrudeTit privateer, of 12 
 guns and 70 men, retook the English merchant-ship 
 Horatio JVelson, mounting 22 guns, and drove on 
 shore the Napoleon, privateer, of 32 guns and 250 
 men. Subsequently to the reduction of the Cape 
 and the capture of the 46-gun frigate Volontaire, 
 Mr. Mangles, who had been invested with the rank 
 of Acting-Lieutenant, proceeded to the Rio de la 
 Plata, whence we find him returning to England 
 ■with the despatches announcing the conquest of 
 Buenos Ayres. He had previously, 11 July, 1804, 
 served with the boats of the Nahcisscs, Seahorse, 
 and Maidstone^ 10 in number, under the orders of 
 Lieut. John Thompson, at the capture and destruc- 
 tion of 12 settees, lying at La Vandour, in the Bay 
 of Hieres, where the British, encountered by a tre- 
 mendous fire of grape-shot and musketry, as well 
 from the vessels themselves as from a battery and 
 the houfees of the town, sustained a loss of 4 men 
 killed and 23 wounded. His appointments, after he 
 left the Narcissus, Were— 26 Sept. 1806, to the 
 PEnKlOpe 36, CaptS. Wm. Bobt. Broughton and 
 John Dick, employed at first on the coast of Spain 
 and at Halifax, and then on the West India station, 
 where he aided at the reduction of Martinique in 
 Feb. 1809— in 1811-13, to the Boyke 98, and Vilee 
 BE Paris 110, flag-ships in the Channel of Sir Harry 
 Burrard Neale, Under whom he was latterly in dis- 
 charge of the duties of Signal-Lieutenant, and was 
 J)resent at the grand naval review held at Spithead 
 — 5 Sept. 1814, as First, to the Duncan 74, bearing 
 the flag in South America of Sir John Poo Beres- 
 ford — and, in Jan. 1815, to the acting-command of 
 the Racoon sloop, in which he returned to Plymouth, 
 after escorting part of the Brazilian trade to Bristol. 
 He was confirmed in his present rank 13 June, 1815, 
 but has not been since afloat. 
 
 • The MiNERvE effected the capture antl destruction, 
 S Sept. 1801 , of the Succls of 32, and Bravmre of 42 guns. I 
 
 MANICO. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.)' 
 Peter Smith Manico entered the Navy, 26 
 March, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ocean 
 98, Capt. Rich. Thomas, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Collingwood in the Mediterranean, where he soon 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, and continued 
 to serve, until Nov. 1815, in the Cambrlan 40, 
 Capts. Eras. Wm. Fane and Chas. Bullen, Un- 
 daunted 38, Capts. Rich. Thomas and Thos. Ussher, 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. PcUew, and 
 Undaunted again, Capts. T. Ussher and Chas. Thur- 
 low Smith, of which latter ship he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 16 March, 1814, after having for nearly 
 three months acted in that capacity. On 13 Dec. 1810, 
 being at the time in the Cambrian, he witnessed 
 the destruction of a large convoy protected by two 
 batteries in the Mole of Palamos, at which place the 
 British, out of 600 officers and men, who had been 
 employed in the boats of a squadron, sustained a 
 loss of upwards of 200 killed, wounded, and taken 
 prisoners. He was otherwise much engaged in the 
 same ship in co-operation with the patriots on the 
 coast of Catalonia; and, when Lieutenant of the 
 Undaunted, assisted in conveying Napoleon Buona- 
 parte from Frejus to Elba, and was present at the 
 capture of the Tremiti islands. His last appoint- 
 ments were — 6 July, 1821, to the Perseus receiving- 
 ship off the Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch — and, 13 Jan. 
 1824, to the Griper discovery-ship, Capt. Geo. 
 Fras. Lyon. In the course of the latter year he 
 joined in a disastrous attempt made to reach Re- 
 pulse Bay — an enterprise whose harassing and dis- 
 tressing nature nearly ruined the constitutions of 
 all connected with it. He was paid off in Dec. 
 1824, and has not been since afloat. 
 
 MANN. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Adrian Thomas Mann entered the Navy 11 
 Feb. 1814; served as Midshipman of the Swinger 
 12, in action with an American privateer off Su- 
 rinam in 1815; passed his examination in 1820; was 
 employed in a boat of the Cambrian frigate at 
 the capture of a pirate in the Archipelago in 1826 ; 
 and in 1827 (on 24 April in which year he attained 
 his present rank) took command of the boats of 
 the Camelion, and cut out a similar description of 
 vessel. His appointments, since his promotion, 
 have been — 20 June, 1831, to the Coast Guard — 
 26 Sept. 1837, to the command of the Stork Re- 
 venue-vessel— 6 Oct. 1840, again to the Coast Guiird 
 — 30 Dec. 1844, to the post of Agent on board a 
 contract mail steam-vessel — 19 June, 1846, to the 
 Redwing steam-packet, Capt. Thos. Bevis, lying 
 at Liverpool — and, 5 Feb. 1847, to the command of 
 the Merlin, another steam-packet, of 312 horse- 
 power. 
 
 Lieut. A. Mann married, in 1829, Sarah, daughter 
 of Jlr. Pearce, at that time chief officer of the 
 Coast Guard station at Hope, near Kingsbridge, by 
 whom he has issue. 
 
 MANN. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 James Saumarez Mann entered the Navy in 
 1835 ; passed his examination 8 June, 1842 ; and 
 after serving as Mate of the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and 
 Pantaloon 10, commanded on the coast of Africa 
 by Capt. Edm. Wilson, was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 21 Oct. 1845, and appointed Addi- 
 tional of the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the 
 broad pendant on the latter station of Commodore 
 Wm. Jones. He has been attached, since 15 Sept. 
 1846, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, now in 
 the Mediterranean. 
 
MANN— MANNERS— MANNING-MANSEL. 
 
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 MANN. (C0MMANDEK,1845. f-p., 33; H-P., 4.) 
 KoBEUT Mann* is first-cousin of Commander H. 
 W. Scott, R.N., Lieut. R. Y. M. Darracott, K.N., 
 and R. M. Read, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. 
 (1812.) His 11 paternal uncles (sons of Rotiert 
 Mann, Esq., of Barton, near Plympton, Devon, a 
 gentleman of property) were all swept away in the 
 Naval and Military service of their country. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1810, as 
 a Supernumerary (under the auspices of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Robt. Man, a distant relative), on board the 
 Salvador del Mundo, bearing the flag at Ply- 
 mouth of Admiral Wm. Young, for the purpose of 
 awaiting an opportunity to join the Royal George 
 100, commanded by Capt. Geo. Burgoyne Salt, with 
 whom, in April, 1811, he removed as Midshipman to 
 the Unicorn 32. Continuing in that frigate under 
 the orders of Capts. Wm. Hext and Sam. Geo. 
 Pechell until Oct. 1814, he served at the blockade of 
 Basque Roads, L'Orient, and Brest, co-operated much 
 with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, was 
 stationed off the coast of Holland during the severe 
 winter of 1813-14, escorted the Duke of Cambridge 
 from Hanover to England, and cruized for some 
 time off the coast of Norway. While on the latter 
 service he was sent in charge of a prize from Chris- 
 tiansand to Leith, but was compelled, in conse- 
 quence of the springing of a timber-head during a 
 gale of wind off Rattray Head, to run the vessel 
 ashore. On leaving the XInicobn we find him suc- 
 cessively joining — 11 Nov. 1814, the Goldfinch 10, 
 Capt. John Foote, whom he accompanied to the 
 West Indies— 13 Feb. 1816, the Malta 84, from 
 which ship, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild, he was lent, from April to Aug. 
 1816, to the Traave 38, arme'e-en-fiute, Capt. John 
 Codd— 23 Feb. 1818 (after he had been for 12 
 months on shore), the Harlequin 18, Capts. Ben- 
 nett, Parker, and Weeks, employed on the coast of 
 Ireland, where he served upwards of six years — 
 and, 16 June, 1824, the Ocean 80, bearing the flag 
 in the Tagus of Lord Amelius Beauclerk, who, in 
 Oct. 1824, and again in June, 1825, nominated him 
 (solely for conduct) Lieutenant of the Sdpeeb 74, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Staines. His promotion being con- 
 firmed by commission dated 6 July, 1825, he was 
 next, 28 Dec. 1829, appointed to the Coast Guard, 
 in which service he remained (stationed for two 
 years in Ireland, and for 14 at Hastings) until ad- 
 vanced, as a reward for meritorious behaviour, to 
 his present rank 16 Jan. 1845. Since 3 July follow- 
 ing he has been employed as Inspecting Commander 
 of the Coast Guard at Kilrush — an appointment he 
 received at the special recommendation of the Board 
 of Customs. 
 
 Commander Mann married, 21 Dec. 1826, Julia, 
 second daughter of Joseph Motton, Esq., of Teign- 
 mouth, by whom he has issue one son. 
 
 MANNERS. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 14; h-p., 20.) 
 RossELL Henry Manners entered the Royal 
 Naval College 6 May, 1813 ; and embarked, 6 March, 
 1816, as a Vohmteer, on board the Minden 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Paterson, in which ship, after assisting 
 we believe at the bombardment of Algiers, he pro- 
 ceeded to the East Indies, where he served, under 
 the flag of Sir Rich. King, until nominated Mid- 
 shipman, 1 July, 1818, of the Orlando 36, com- 
 manded by Capt. John Clavell, with whom, in 1819, 
 he returned to England in the Malabar 74. After 
 an intermediate employment on the Channel and 
 West India stations in the Spartan and Pybamus 
 frigates, Capts. Wm. Furlong Wise and Fras. New- 
 combe, he became, 29 July, 1822, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Tyne 26, Capt. John Edw. Walcott, to which 
 vessel the Admiralty confirmed him 19 Oct. follow- 
 ing. In May, 1823, he rejoined the 'Pybamus, still 
 commanded by Capt. Newcombe, under whom he 
 continued until awarded a second promotal commis- 
 sion 16 Aug. 1825. His last appointment was, 21 
 Oct. 1827, to the command of the Britoiiart 10, at 
 
 • The Commander's name, although spelt as above in his 
 baptismal certificate, is correctly * Man.* 
 
 Plymouth. He attained his present rank 4 March, 
 1829. 
 
 Capt. Manners married, 3 July, 1834, Louisa Jane, 
 daughter of Le Comte de Noe, a Peer of France, 
 by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 MANNING. (LlHJTENANT, 1824.) 
 
 George Manning is eldest son of Henry Man- 
 ning, Esq., of Wonford House, oo. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1814 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 20 Aug. 1824 ; and was ap- 
 pointed— 30 March, 1826, to the Spartlate 76, Capt. 
 Fred. Warren, employ ed off Lisbon and in the Medi- 
 terranean—and, 30 Sept. 1831, to the Melville 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Gore in the East Indies. 
 He has been on half-pay since June, 1833. 
 
 He married, 9 Dec. 1834, Emma Jane, daughter 
 of the late W. H. Jones, Esq., of Ashurst Park, co. 
 Kent. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 HANSEL, K.L.H. (Captain, 1840. p-p., 17; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 George Mansel entered the Navy, 30 May, 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venbeable 74, 
 Capts. Andw. King and Sir Home Popham, in which 
 ship, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan, 
 he accompanied the expedition of 1809 to the Wal- 
 cheren. After cruizing for some time in the Eliza 
 tender, Lieut.-Commander Nicholas Kortwright, he 
 became attached, in July, 1811, to the Sdkvbil- 
 LANTE 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, under whom 
 he served, in co-operation with the patriots on the 
 north coast of Spain, until transferred, as Midship- 
 man, about March, 1812, to the San Domingo 74, 
 successive flag-ship of Sir R. J. Strachan and Sir 
 John Borlase Warren in the North Sea and North 
 America. He continued on the latter station in the 
 CoLiBBi sloop, Capt. John Thomson, Nymphe 38, 
 Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, and Albion 74 
 and Tonnant 80, bearing the flags of Admirals Geo. 
 Cockbum and Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, until the 
 summer of 1815 ; and he then, for a few weeks, 
 joined the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton, on the Channel station. In July, 1816, 
 he sailed for the Mediterranean in the Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, who, 
 on their arrival, nominated him Lieutenant of the 
 Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, a capacity in 
 which he took part in the bombardment of Algiers. 
 He returned home shortly afterwards in the Queen 
 Charlotte, and was paid off; but he did not suc- 
 ceed in obtaining his ofiicial promotion until 29 
 Jan. 1821. His next appointment was, 24 July, 
 1824, to the Valorous sloop, Capt. the Earl of 
 Huntingdon, fitting for the Jamaica station, where 
 it was his fortune, 2 Deo. 1826, to be made Com- 
 mander into the Magnificent hospital and store- 
 ship at Port Royal. Returning home about the 
 commencement of 1828, Capt. Mansel, on a subse- 
 quent occasion, proceeded to the Mediterranean, 
 and there, during the operations of the French 
 against Algiers, performed such good service as to 
 lead to his being invested, 14 Nov. 1831, with the 
 order of the Legion of Honour. He afterwards, 20 
 April, 1840, assumed command of the Wasp 16; 
 and on 28 Sept. in that year, as a reward for his ser- 
 vices at the capture of Sidon * he was advanced to 
 Post-rank. In the following Nov. he witnessed the 
 fall of St. Jean d'Acre. His appointments have 
 since been — 9 Jan. 1841, to the Powerful 84, 
 also in the Mediterranean, whence he came home 
 in the following Sept.— and, 14 Dec. 1844, to the 
 ACT.EON 26, in which ship he is now on the coast of 
 Africa. 
 
 Agent — John Chippendale. 
 
 MANSEL. (Captain, 1834. p-p., 19; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Thomas Mansel entered the Navy, in 1798, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the HviENA24, Capts. Hon. 
 
 Courtenay Boyle and David Lloyd, stationed at 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2603. 
 
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 MANSELL. 
 
 first in the North Sea and afterwards in the Medi- 
 terranean. Removing as Midshipman, in 1800, to 
 the Elephant 74, Capts. Thos. Foley and Geo. 
 Dundas, he served in that ship under Lord Nelson 
 at the hattle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801, and on 
 proceeding to the "West Indies took part in the ope- 
 rations of 1803 against the French at St. Domingo. 
 Between the summer of 1804, on 16 Sept. in which 
 year he was confirmed a Lieutenant, and the date 
 of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 15 June, 
 1814, we find him serving, in every quarter of the 
 globe, in the Port Mahon sloop, Capt. Sam. Cham- 
 bers, Bakkacouta schooner, commanded by him- 
 self, Kacoon 18, Capt. Edw. Crofton, Avon 18, 
 Capt. Mauritius Adolphus Newton J)e Starck, 
 DnEADNOuGHT 98, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, Volon- 
 taire 38, Capt. Chas. BuUen, Hibernia 110, Capt. 
 R. J. Neve, Troubridge armed ship, under his own 
 orders, Dragon 74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey, and Bakham 74, Capt. John "Wm. Spran- 
 ger. He was wounded, during that period, in the 
 boats of the Racoon at the recapture of a merchant- 
 vessel off Cuba — was present in the Avon (after 
 having escorted a Russian ship of the line to the 
 Baltic, and Mr. Erskine, H. M. Minister, to the 
 "United States) in a gallant escape made by that 
 vessel from the French 74-gun ship Regulvs — aided, 
 when in the "V"olontaire, in conveying the present 
 King of the French to Malta, as also in capturing 
 the island of Pomegue, near Marseilles, and in de- 
 stroying Fort Rioux, mounting 14 guns, near Cape 
 Croisette — and commanded the Troubridge at the 
 reduction of the Isle of France. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 13 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in 
 which service he continued until posted 12 Feb. 
 1834. 
 
 MANSELL. (LlEiTTEKANT, 1841.) 
 
 Arthur Lukis Manseli, is son of Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Mansell, R.N., Kt., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy from the Royal 
 Naval College 8 Sept. 1831 ; passed his examination 
 in 1835 ; obtained his commission 14 Dec. 1841 ; 
 and from 23 March, 1842, until 1846, was employed 
 in the Mediterranean as Additional-Lieutenant of 
 the Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves. 
 
 MANSELL. (Retired Commander, 1847. 
 F-p., 14 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 BoNAMV Manseli., bom 13 Oct. 1786, at Guern- 
 sey, is brother of Capt. Sir Thos. Mansell, R.N., 
 Kt., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the London 98, commanded 
 in the Channel by Capt. John Child Purvis, whom 
 he there followed as Midshipman, in April, 1801, 
 into the Royal George 100. Joining next, in 1802, 
 La Dedaigneuse 36, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland, 
 Peter Heywood, and Chas. Jas. Johnston, he sailed 
 for the East Indies, where, in June, 1805, he ac- 
 companied the last-mentioned officer into the Corn- 
 WALLis 50. After participating, 11 Nov. 1806, in a 
 gallant attack made by that vessel, in company with 
 the Sceptre 74, on the Semillante French frigate, 
 three armed ships, and 12 sail of merchantmen, 
 the whole protected by seven batteries, mounting 
 upwards of 100 pieces of cannon, in St. Paul's Bay, 
 He de Bourbon, Mr. Mansell, in Jan. 1807, joined 
 the CuLLODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pel- 
 lew; under whom, on 11 of the ensuing Dec, he 
 witnessed the destruction of the dockyard and stores 
 at Griessee, in the island of Java, and of all the 
 men-of-war remaining to Holland in India. Being 
 successively, 28 May, 1808, and 7 March, 1809, con- 
 stituted an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant of 
 the Sapphire sloop, Capts. George Davies and 
 Bertie Cornelius Cator, we find liim, on 1 May in 
 the latter year, uniting with the Nerejde frigate, 
 Capt. Robt. Corbett, in a successful engagement 
 with two batteries near St. Rose, in the He de 
 Bourbon, where he was severely hurt in the leg by 
 the premature explosion of a magazine containing 
 100 barrels of powder, which took place while he 
 
 was in the act of pulling off from the shore with a 
 message to Capt. Corbett from Lieut. Arthur Batt 
 Bingham of the N ebeide, with whom he had landed. 
 He was subsequently concerned in the capture of 
 the French frigate Caroline and of other vessels in 
 St. Paul's Bay, He de Bourbon ; and he was then 
 removed vidth Capt. Cator to the Ottee sloop. His 
 last appointments were — 23 May, 1810, for passage 
 home, to the Leopard 50, Capt. Jas. Johnstone— 
 20 Dec. 1810, to the Ttrian 10, Capt. Henry Thos. 
 Davies, attached to the force in the Channel — 6 Sept. 
 1811 (having left the Ttrian in the previous May), 
 to the Heldee 36, Capt. John Serrell, stationed in 
 the Baltic — 13 Sept. 1813 (after eight months of 
 half-pay), to the Salvador del Mdndo, flag-ship at 
 Plymouth of Yice-Admiral "Wm. Domett — and 21 
 Nov. following, as First-Lieutenant, to the Saturn 
 56, Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brown, in which 
 ship, until 30 Nov. 1814, he was most actively em- 
 ployed on the coast of North America. During 
 the year 1812 Mr. Mansell, at the time in the Hel- 
 DER, succeeded, in the presence of a convoy of 300 
 sail, in setting fire, at noonday, to a galliot, defended, 
 on the beach, in the Great Belt, by a sharp fire from 
 3 or 4 field-pieces and musketry — an enterprise 
 which occasioned the boats under his orders a loss 
 of 2 Midshipmen and of at least 10 or 12 men killed 
 and wounded. He had also the good fortune, in a 
 boat of the same ship, in conjunction with another 
 belonging to the Bellette, to effect the capture 
 of a valuable merchantman laden with linen, and 
 afterwards sold we believe for 11,000Z. He accepted 
 his present rank 9 April, 1847. 
 
 MANSELL, Kt, K.C.H., K.S.S. (Captatn, 1814. 
 F-p., 20 ; H-P., 34.) 
 
 Sir Thomas Mansell, bom 9 Feb. 1777, is third 
 son of the late Thos. Mansell, Esq., of Guernsey; 
 and brother of Retired Commander Bonamy Man- 
 sell, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Crescent, Capt. Jas. 
 Saumarez, of 42 guns and 257 men, and on 20 of 
 the following Oct. assisted at the capture, after 
 a close action of two hours, of the French frigate 
 La Reunion, of 36 guns and 320 men, 120 of whom 
 were either killed or wounded, without any casu- 
 alty whatever to the British.* He afterwards 
 accompanied an expedition sent under the orders 
 of Earl Moira and Rear-Admiral M'Bride to co- 
 operate with the French Royalists on the coasts 
 of Normandy and Brittany ; and on 8 June, 1794, 
 he was present when the Crescent, by a bold and 
 masterly manoeuvre, effected her escape from a 
 French squadron, consisting of two cut-down 74's, 
 each mounting 54 guns, two frigates, and a brig. 
 Following Sir Jas. Saumarez, in March, 1795, into 
 the Orion 74, Mr. Mansell was afforded an oppor- 
 tunity of sharing in that ship in Lord Bridport's 
 action, as Master's Mate in the battle fought off 
 Cape St. Vincent (where he was wounded t), and 
 in a similar capacity in the victory of the Nile. 
 On 22 Oct. 1798, owing to the strong manner in 
 which he was recommended by his Captain to Lord 
 Nelson, he found himself nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of L'Aqoilon 74, Capt. Thos. Bowen. He 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant 17 April, 1799, and was 
 subsequently appointed — 12 Aug. following, to the 
 Impregnable 98, Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, under 
 whom he was WTecked between Langstone and 
 Chichester 19 Oct. in the same year — 11 Dec. 1799 
 and 5 Feb. 1801, to the London 98 and Royal 
 George 100, in the former of which ships (they 
 were both commanded by Capt. John Child Purvis) 
 he accompanied the expedition to Ferrol in Aug. 
 1800—5 April, 1803, after nearly 12 months of half- 
 pay, to the Cekberus 32, Capt. "Wm. Selby, on the 
 Guernsey station, where, during an attack made in 
 the month of Sept. on the town of Granville, he 
 took command of the carronade launch, and elicited 
 the applause of his Admiral for the manner in which 
 
 * As a reward for this achievement Capt. Saumarez re- 
 ceived the honour of Knighthood. 
 + Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 2 12. 
 
MANSELL— MANSFIELD 
 
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 he assisted in silencing the fire of nine gun-vessels 
 by whom the Cekberus had been assailed when 
 for three hours aground on a sand-bank * — 8 June, 
 1804, to the DioMEDE 50, Capts. Hugh Downman 
 and Joseph Edmunds, in which ship, bearing the 
 flag at first of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he superintended 
 the landing of the troops under Major-General (now 
 Lord) Beresford in the operations against the Cape 
 of Good Hope, and had charge of the seamen at- 
 tached to that officer's brigade at Saldanha Bay — 
 27 Jan. 1806, as First, to the Diadem 64, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Sir Home Popham — 11 March 
 ensuing, to the command of an armed transport, 
 for the purpose of conTeying home intelligence of a 
 French squadron under Jerome Buonaparte having 
 arrived in the vicinity of the Cape — and, 29 Aug. 
 in the same year, to the post of Flag-Lieutenant 
 under Sir Jas, Saumarez, with whom he successively 
 served in the Channel and Baltic on board the 
 DioMEDE, HiBEKNiA, and VicTOKT. Being con- 
 firmed, 17 Sept. 1808, in the command of the KosE 
 sloop, Capt. ManseU, while in that vessel, assisted 
 at the capture of the island of Anholdt, 18 May, 
 
 1809, and succeeded, with much gallantry and good 
 conduct, in beating oiT, near the Skawe, 28 April, 
 
 1810, a Banish flotilla, consisting of four gun-vessels, 
 with other rowing-boats, whose fire, although it but 
 slightly wounded five of the Kosb's people, proved 
 nevertheless, during upwards of an hour's continu- 
 ance, most destructive to her sails and rigging, car- 
 rying away also the wheel, besides lodging 19 shot 
 in the hull, and rendering the mainyard and main- 
 mast unserviceable. In 1812 Capt. Mansell was 
 presented by Viscoimt Cathcart, the British Am- 
 bassador at St. Petersburg, with a valuable diamond 
 ring, which his Lordship had been directed by the 
 Emperor Alexander to forward to him as a mark 
 of the high sense that monarch entertained of his 
 services, especially in safely conducting through 
 the Belt a Russian squadron under Vice-Admiral 
 Crown ; and in the course of the same year he was 
 honoured by King Charles XIH. with the insignia 
 of a Knight of the Royal Military Order of the 
 Sword, in testimony of the esteem in which his ser- 
 vices were likewise held by his Swedish Majesty. 
 The Rose being paid ofi'in April, 1813, he was next, 
 23 Aug. following, appointed to the Pelican brig, 
 of 18 guns, in which vessel we find him serving on 
 the Irish station and off the north coast of Spain 
 until his promotion to Post-rank, 7 June, 1814. 
 During the period he commanded the Rose and 
 Pelican, Capt. Mansell evinced a degree of zeal 
 and activity that did not fail to procure him the 
 approbation of every officer under whom he was 
 employed. He contrived, indeed, to make prize of 
 at least 170 vessels of various descriptions, and 
 among them, 13 June, 1814, the Siro, American 
 letter-of-marque of 225 tons, pierced for 16 guns, 
 mounting 12 long nine-pounders, with a complement 
 of 49 men.t Unsuccessful, after his advancement 
 to Post-rank, in his applications for further employ- 
 ment, he accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Sir Thos. Mansell (whom Wilham IV. nominated 
 a K.C.H., and invested with the honour of Knight- 
 hood, in 1837) married, in Nov. 1806, Catherine, 
 daughter of John Lukis, Esq., merchant, of Guern- 
 sey, by whom he has issue four sons and four 
 daughters. Of the former, the eldest, a M.D., is a 
 Surgeon R.N. (1840); the second, Arthur Lukis, 
 a Lieutenant R.N. ; the third, William Mansell, 
 First-Lieutenant R.M. (1846); and the fourth, 
 George Hope, a Mate R.N. (1847). 
 
 MANSELL. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 13; h-p., 25.) 
 William Mansell is son of the late Walter 
 Mansell, Esq., of Woodbury House, co. Oxford. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1S03, p. 1273. Mr. Mansell, who was for 
 some time First-Lieutenant of the Gebderus, had, in the 
 preceding Aug., commanded her boats in two cutting-out 
 affaira. He brought out, on the tirst occasion, a large fishing- 
 vessel from Concalle Bay, and on the second he captured, 
 with but two boats, not less than seven smacks, mounting 
 from IC to 18 guns each, in St. Cas Bav. — Vide Gaz. 1803, 
 p. 1050. 
 t V. Gaz. 1814, p. 232. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1809, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts. 
 Sir Home Popham and Andrew King, in which ship 
 he accompanied the ensuing expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren, escorted the Earl of Chatham thence to 
 England, and was all hut lost during a gale off the 
 coast of Holland. Between 1810and^Aug. 1815 we 
 find him serving, part of the time as Midshipman, 
 in the Orion and Sultan 74's, Capts. Sir Archibald 
 Collingwood Dickson and John West, and D4siree 
 36, Capt. Wm, Woobidge. The two former ships 
 were employed in the Baltic, Channel, and West 
 Indies; theDisiRiE in endeavouring to intercept 
 Napoleon Buonaparte after the battle of Waterloo. 
 After an employment of nearly three years on the 
 Home station in the Scamander 36, Capts. Chas. 
 Sipthorpe John Hawtayne and Wm. Elliott, and 
 Florida 24, also commanded by Capt. Hawtayne, 
 Mr. Mansell, having passed his examination in Dec. 
 1816, was appointed, in Jan. 1819, Admiralty Mid- 
 shipman of the MoRGiANA sloop, Capts. Chas. 
 Borough Strong, Alex. Sandilands, and Wm. Fin- 
 laison, in which vessel he sailed for the coast of 
 Africa, where, on 10 of the following Dec, he took 
 command of the gig and assisted- at the capture by 
 boarding, in open day, of the Spanish armed slave- 
 schooner Esperanfo, of greatly superior force. On 
 that occasion Mr. Mansell, followed by a marine 
 named Lord, was the first on the enemy's deck. 
 For the space of two minutes he and his brave 
 companion, from unavoidable circumstances, were 
 left unsupported in the presence of very fearful 
 odds, but they made ample use of their time, the 
 former attacking, wounding, and overcoming the 
 Captain of the slaver and another person ; and the 
 marine killing the man at the wheel. The loss of 
 the assailed in the affair amounted altogether to 
 
 2 men killed and 6 wounded : that of the British to 
 
 3 slightly wounded. Among the latter was Mr. 
 Mansell, who had been previously severely bruised 
 by cold shot thrown into the boats with a view of 
 sinking them during their approach. In consider- 
 ation of his gallant behaviour on the occasion he 
 was so strongly. recommended in the despatches to 
 the Admiralty, and his claim to promotion so 
 warmly pressed by the late Mr. Wilberforce, that, 
 on 14 Sept. 1821, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. Prior, however, to that event he ap- 
 pears, in May, 1820, to have landed at the Pongas, 
 near Sierra Leone, and to have united in a series of 
 operations conducted by the present Sir Henry 
 John Leeke, at the head of 170 seamen and marines 
 and 180 black soldiers of the 2nd West India Begt. ; 
 the result whereof was the destruction by fire of 
 eight towns, the demolition of a strongly stockaded 
 battery, mounting four guns, and the defeat of a 
 body of 5000 men commanded by King Munga 
 Brama, a barbarian who had murdered an officer 
 and several men belonging to H.M.S. Thistle, and 
 had retained 3 as prisoners. On this, as on other 
 occasions, Mr. Mansell again distinguished himself. 
 He continued in the Mobgiana as her First-Lieu- 
 tenant until Feb. 1822 ; and was lastly, from 2 Dec. 
 1825 until Aug. 1827, employed on the Coast Block- 
 ade service as a Supernumerary of the Bamillies 
 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot. 
 
 In 1838 Lieut. Mansell was appointed Secretary 
 to the Metropolitan Public Carriage Office ; and in 
 1843, Deputy-Registrar of Metropohtan Public 
 Carriages. He married, first, 9 Dec, 1830, Phillis, 
 only daughter of Joseph Horsford, Esq,, of Wey- 
 mouth ; and, that lady dying in 1834, secondly, 10 
 Aug, 1836, Susannah Maria, only daughter of John 
 Surman, Esq,, of the Lodge, Malvern, co. Wor- 
 cester. 
 
 MANSFIELD. (Lieutbnant, 1845. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 1.) 
 Walter George Mansfield, bom about 1818 
 is son of Walter H. Mansfield, Esq., of Yeomans- 
 town House, co. Kildare. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1832, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vernon 50, Capt. Sir 
 
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 MANX— MANTON— MAPLES. 
 
 Fras. Augustus Collier, and in the course of the 
 same year was employed with the squadron on the 
 coast of Holland. In 1833 he sailed for the West 
 Indies, where, it appears, he continued to serve in 
 the Vekhon, and in the President 52, PicKtE 
 schooner, and Snake 16, until 1839, in July of which 
 year he returned to England and passed his exa/- 
 mination at the R. N. College. He had passed for 
 seamanship 17 Sept. 1838. Joining next, in July, 
 1840, the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, he 
 proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he was af- 
 forded an opportunity of sharing in the ensuing ope- 
 rations on the coast of Syria. In 1843, being at the 
 time off Lisbon, Mr. Mansfield landed with a party 
 of seamen from the Vanguard and assisted in sub- 
 duing an alarming fire and disturbance which had 
 there simultaneously broken out. For this service 
 he was presented by the Queen of Portugal with 
 the Order of the Tower and Sword. After an at- 
 tachment of 12 months to the Queen 110 and Tra- 
 falgar 120, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Fan- 
 shawe Martin, whom he accompanied in various 
 experimental cruizes, he was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant by commission dated 1 Sept. 1845, 
 and appointed, a few days afterwards. Additional 
 of the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on the coast of 
 Africa. He has been serving since 26 of the fol- 
 lowing Dec. on the same station, in the Waterwitch 
 10, Capt. Thos. Fras. Birch. 
 
 MANT. (Ketired Commandek, 1837. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 51.) 
 
 Joseph Bingham Mant was born 15 July, 1768, 
 at Havant, in Hants, and died 2 March, 1845, at 
 Padstow, CO. Cornwall. He was brother-in-law, we 
 believe, of General Miller, K.M. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 3 Feb. 1779, and continued a student at that insti- 
 tution until Sept. 1782 ; on 12 of which month he 
 embarked as Midshipman on board the Atlas 98, 
 Capt. Geo. Vandeput, and proceeded off Gibraltar. 
 He next, from 1783 to 1786, and for a short time in 
 1791, served on the Halifax and Channel stations 
 in the Mercury and Marlborough, Capts. Stan- 
 hope and Bazely; and in 1794-5 he became in 
 succession attached to the Victorv 100, flag-ship 
 of Lord Hood, and Abethusa and Phaeton fri- 
 gates, Capts. Mark Robinson and Hon. Robt. Stop- 
 ford. On 6 Sept. 1796, Mr. Mant, who had acted 
 for a period as Lieutenant of the Arethusa, was 
 confirmed to that rank in the Firm gun-vessel. His 
 succeeding appointments were, chiefly on the Home 
 station, to the Cumberland 74, Capt. Rowley, 
 Shannon frigate, Capt. Alex. Fraser, Powerful 
 74, Capt. Wm. O'Brien Drury, Dromedary store- 
 ship, Capt. Thos. Leith, Valiant 74, Capt. John 
 Cochet, Ruby 64, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, 
 Atlas 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones, and Courageux 
 74, Capt. Chas. Boyles. He left the ship last men- 
 tioned in 1804 in consequence of ill health, and did 
 not again go afloat. He accepted the rank of Re- 
 tired Commander on the Senior List 26 Dec. 1837. 
 
 From 9 Oct. 1804 until July, 1812, Commander 
 Mant was a Poor Knight of Windsor. H c married, 
 14 Jan. 1813, Miss Jane Osborne, and by that lady 
 had iysue three sons and two daughters. His eldest 
 son was drowned in the merchant-service in 1834 ; 
 and his next, George, at present holds an appoint- 
 ment in the Excise. 
 
 MANTON. (Eetibed Commander, 1839. r-p., 
 19 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 John Manton was born 14 May, 1782, in London, 
 and died in July, 1846. He was son of John Man- 
 ton, Esq., of CO. Lincoln. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincourt 64, Capt. 
 John Williamson, and after enacting a Midshipman's 
 part in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, re- 
 moved to the RoMNEV 50, Capts. John Lawford and 
 Sir Home Popliam. Being lent on his arrival in 
 
 that ship at the Cape of Good Hope to the Spitfire 
 tender, it was his lot, after conveying despatches 
 to Bombay, to be wrecked in 1801 on a coral-reef in 
 the Indian Ocean ; in consequence whereof he was 
 subjected, with the rest of the ship's company, to 
 the severest privations for nearly a whole month 
 each person's allowance of water, during that pe- 
 riod, being restricted to half-a-pint a-day. The 
 advent of a vessel sent to their assistance at length 
 enabling them to be rescued, Mr. Manton rejoined 
 the RoMNEY, in which vessel he continued until 
 May, 1803. Prior to the latter date he appears, on 
 the occasion of a visit to the Red Sea, to have 
 landed, for the purpose of procuring a supply of 
 water, in the neighbourhood of Mount Felix, where 
 his party, 11 in number, was suddenly attacked by a 
 body of the natives, lying in ambush, who mur- 
 dered all but himself and a Midshipman, the pre- 
 sent Commander Wm. Savage. That officer was 
 severely wounded in the head, and only escaped by 
 being forcibly dragged to a boat by Mr. Manton, 
 who succeeded in keeping the enemy at bay until 
 they were both out of danger. In June, 1803, having 
 returned to England,'*' he was received on board the 
 Colossus 74, Capt. Geo. Martin ; and on 17 March, 
 1806, after a servitude of 18 months off the port of 
 Cadiz and in the Channel in the Polyphemus 64, 
 and Audacious and Impetueux 74'8, each under 
 the orders of Capt. John Lawford, he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant and appointed to the 
 command of the Alphea schooner on the Bermuda 
 and Newfoundland stations, where he continued 
 until Feb. 1808. During the remainder of the war 
 we find him employed, with intervals, in the Red- 
 pole 10, Capt. John Joyce, Impetueux 74, Capt. 
 John Lawford, and Amelia and Niger 3S's, Capts. 
 Hon. Fred. Paul Irby and Peter Rainier. He was 
 wounded, in the Redfole, in an action with a 
 French brig-of- war off _Bordeaux ; accompanied, in 
 the Impetueux, the expedition to the Walcheren ; 
 and when Senior of the Niger, and in company 
 with the Tagus 38, assisted, 6 Jan. 1814, at the 
 capture, among the Cape de Verde Islands, of the 
 French 40-gun frigate Ceres. His conduct on the 
 latter occasion afforded Capt. Rainier, who sent 
 him home in command of the prize, an opportunity 
 of recommending him to the notice of the Admiralty 
 as a deserving officer.f During a subsequent cruize 
 off the coast of Africa, Lieut. Manton was placed in 
 charge of a Portuguese slaver, whose crew, with 
 50 of the negroes, rose in the night, and, after in- 
 flicting on him eight wounds in the head and hands, 
 retook their vessel and carried the British prisoners 
 to Pernambuco, where they were for a short time 
 confined. His last appointment was, 7 April, 1820, 
 to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained 
 for a period of 21 months. He retired with the 
 rank of Commander 15 July, 1839. 
 
 He married, in 1808, Elizabeth, daughter of John 
 Wills, Esq., Government Contractor, of Plymouth , 
 by whom he has issue two daughters. 
 
 MAPLES, C.B. (Reab- Admiral, 1846. f-p., 
 29 ; H-p., 36.) 
 
 John Fordyce Maples died 12 May, 1847, at 
 the Priory, Kilburn, aged 79. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1782, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Triumph 74, Capt. 
 Peter Affleck, lying at Portsmouth ; served, from 
 Sept. 1784 to April, 1789, in the Hebe frigate, com- 
 manded in the Channel by Capt. Edw. Thorn- 
 brough ; and after an intermediate attachment, as 
 Master's Mate, on the West India station, to the 
 Blonde 32, Capt. Wm. Affleck, Centurion 50, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral P. Affleck, and Pene- 
 lope 32, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, was 
 there nominated, 7 May, 1794, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the EuROPA 50, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Ford. On 16 April, 1793, at which 
 period he was belonging to the Penelope, we find 
 
 * Before he left the East Indies Mr. Manton had the mis- 
 fortune to receive a CQUj'-de-solciL 
 t Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 881. 
 
MAPLETON. 
 
 723 
 
 him assisting at the capture of Le Goelan 14, the 
 first republican vessel taken during the war, 
 and in the following Sept. present at the occu- 
 pation of Jeremie, St. Domingo, and at the capture 
 of about 2000 tons of shipping laden with colonial 
 produce, two neutral vessels with cargoes, and an 
 armed schooner, in the bays near St. Louis. He 
 also, when in company with the Iphigenia 32, took 
 part, 25 Nov. in the same year, in a warm action of 
 half an hour, which terminated in the capture, with 
 a loss to the Penelope of 1 man killed and 7 
 wounded, of the French 36-gun frigate L'lncon- 
 stante. At the commencement of 1794 the Pene- 
 lope was employed in the blockade of Port-au- 
 Prince, and soon afterwards in covering the de- 
 barkation of the troops under Lieut.-Colonel White- 
 locke, near Cape Tiburon. She subsequently en- 
 gaged the batteries of Aux Cayes, and brought out 
 thence several loaded merchantmen. On his re- 
 moval to the EuKOPA Mr. Maples served for seve- 
 ral weeks in a fort at St. Nicolas Mole. After 
 witnessing the subjugation of Port-au-Prince, 4 
 June, 1794, he removed (he had been confirmed a 
 Lieutenant on 16 of the preceding May) to La 
 Magicienne 32, Capts. Geo. Martin, Kich. Hussey 
 Moubray, Wm. Henry Bicketts, and Wm. Ogilvy, 
 and was for some time employed in co-operating 
 with the army in a vain attempt to complete the 
 conquest of the French posts in St. Domingo. 
 Continuing in La Magicienne for a period of 
 nearly five years, he assisted in consequence at the 
 capture of a variety of the enemy's vessels, and, 
 among these, of Le Cerf Volant corvette of 18 guns, 
 JjU FortUTie privateer of 8 guns and 74 men, Le 
 Poisson Volant, of 12 guns and 80 men, and two Spa- 
 nish brigs laden with cocoa. In Jan. and Feb. 1797, 
 with the boats of the same ship under his orders, 
 Mr. Maples cut out two privateers and a Spanish 
 armed brig from different anchorages at the west 
 end of Puerto Kico ; and on 6 of the ensuing April, 
 in conjunction with those of the Kegulus 74, he 
 effected the destruction of 11 sail of merchantmen 
 in the harbour of Cape Roxo, spiked 4 guns on 
 shore, and brought out two vessels, without the loss 
 of a man. On the occasion of a spirited and well- 
 timed attack made on 23 of the latter month on the 
 enemy in Carcasse Bay by La Magicienne and the 
 Kegulus and Fortune schooner, Mr. Maples, who 
 had become Senior Lieutenant of the first^named 
 ship, boarded a 6-gun sloop and took her in tow 
 under a tremendous fire of round-shot, grape, and 
 musketry — a service in the performance of which 
 his boat sustained a loss of 4 men killed, and Mr. 
 Morgan, Master's Mate, and 10 men wounded. On 
 28 Sept. he had 2 men badly wounded in an unsuc- 
 cessful attack upon two small privateers at Porto 
 Paix. He further, on 22 Dec. in the same year, 
 1797, commanded the boats at the capture of a pri- 
 vateer mounting 2 guns near Cape Causedo ; and 
 on 27 he was present with a small squadron at the 
 taking, in Guadilla Bay, Puerto Rico, of Le Brutus, 
 of 9 guns, a merchant-ship, three brigs, and a 
 schooner. La Magicienne and her consorts were 
 next employed in dislodging a large body of bri- 
 gands who had established themselves in Platform 
 Bay. On 19 March, 1798, Mr. Maples landed with 
 100 seamen under his orders to do garrison-duty at 
 Irois ; on returning whence to the ship he was 
 slightly wounded by a musket-ball in the right leg, 
 and had one of his party killed close to him. In 
 the early part of 1799 he was again intrusted with 
 the conduct of several boat enterprises, and con- 
 trived to make many prizes. In the course of that 
 and the following year we find him joining the 
 Queen 98, Koyal George 100, and London 98, 
 flag-ships in the West Indies, Channel, and Baltic 
 of Sir Hyde Parker. On 2 April, 1801, he served 
 as a volunteer with Nelson's division in the action 
 off Copenhagen; and during the four following 
 months he had charge of the O'rrER fire-brig, also 
 stationed in the Baltic. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were to the 
 Ganges 74, Capts. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Joseph 
 Baker, and Geo. M'Kinley, Prince George 98, 
 
 Capt. Joseph Sydney Torke, Defence 74, Cajit. 
 Geo. Hope, Tigre 80, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, Naiad 
 38, Capt. Thos. Dundas, Mars 74, Ca^ts. Wm. 
 Lukin and Jas. ICaton, and Atlas 98 ; in which 
 ships he was principally employed on the Jamaica, 
 HaUfax, Home, and Mediterranean stations. He 
 fought in the Naiad at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 ; 
 and during the 16 months which preceded his ad- 
 vancement to the rank of Commander 21 Oct. 1810, • 
 was First-Lieutenant of the Mahs and Atlas. 
 Obtaining command, 30 Aug. 1811, of the JEtna 
 bomb, Capt. Maples was for some time employed in 
 that vessel at the defence of Isla de Leon— a service 
 of a very harassing nature. In Oct. 1812 he re- 
 moved to the Pelican, of 18 guns, yielding a broad- 
 side weight of 262 lbs. ; and on 14 of the following 
 Aug. he had the good fortune, during a cruize on 
 the Cork station, to capture, after a spirited and 
 highly-creditable action of 45 minutes, the Ame- 
 rican sloop Argus, of 20 guns and 122 men, throwing 
 a weight in broadside of 228 lbs., whose resistance 
 occasioned a loss to themselves of 6 killed and 18 
 wounded, and to the British, out of 101 men, of 2 
 killed and 5 wounded.'*' As a reward for his 
 promptitude, skill, and gallantry in this affair, Capt. 
 Maples was deservedly advanced to Post-rank by a 
 commission dated 23 Aug. 1813. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 14 Dec. 1814, to the command of the 
 Larnb 20, which however he only retained until 15 
 of the ensuing month. He was nominated a C.B. 
 4 June, 1815 ; and accepted the rank of Retired 
 Rear-Adrairal 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, in 1814, the widow of John Carthew, 
 Esq., Solicitor, of Woodbridge, co. Suffolk, and 
 niece of Vice-Admiral Jas. Carthew. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 MAPLETON. (CoMMANDEB, 1846.) 
 
 David Robert Buneuby Mapleton, born 4 Feb. 
 1810, is son of the late Commander David Mapleton, 
 R.N.,t of Newton Abbots, co. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 1822, and embarked in 1824, as a Volunteer, on 
 board the Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, 
 fitting at Portsmouth. After serving for some time 
 in the Chanticleek 10, Boadicea 46, and Pak- 
 THEAN 10, Capts. Hope Johnstone, Sir Jas. Brisbane, 
 and Hon. Geo. Barrington, he became Midshipman 
 of the Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, and sailed 
 for South America, where he continued, in the 
 Thetis and Bbiton frigates, Capts. Arthur Batt 
 Bingham and Hon. Wm. Gordon, until 1828. In the 
 following year, having returned to England and 
 passed his examination, he again proceeded to 
 Southern America in the Waespite 76, flag-ship of 
 the late Sir Thos. Baker, who, we believe, nominated 
 him Lieutenant of the Talbot 28, Capt. Rich. 
 Dickinson. He was not, however, officially pro- 
 moted until 10 Jan. 1837 ; previously to which 
 period he had been re-employed as Mate in the 
 Reindeer packet, Lieut.-Comraander Henry Percy 
 Dicken, and Wanderer 16, commanded on the 
 North America and West India station by Capt. 
 
 Thos. Dilke. His succeeding appointments were ■ 
 
 28 Feb. 1837, to the Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 
 Augustus Montagu, fitting for the Lisbon station 
 
 24 March, 1838, to the Fairy 10, Capt. Wm. Hewett, 
 engaged in the survey of the North Sea— 9 May,' 
 1839, to the command (which he retained until 17 
 June, 1841) of the Raven cutter, employed on par- 
 ticular service — 4 May, 1842, to the Coast Guard 
 
 31 May, 1843, to the command of the Avon steam- 
 
 • filfeGaz. 1813, p. 1664. 
 
 f Commander Mapleton entered the Navy in 1797, antl 
 obtained his first commission 10 May, 1804. He served for a 
 long time as Second and First Lieutenant under Lord Coch- 
 rane (whose high official praise he repeatedly elicited) in the 
 Pallas and iMPiiRiEUSE frigates ; was in upwards, during the 
 term of his career alloat, of 1 00 engagements with the enemy 
 —principally in cutting out vessels and storming forts ; and 
 was on several occasions wounded, especially at the takin<i of 
 Genoa, where he was the only officer mentioned by Lord 
 Wm. Bentinck. He attained the rank of Commander 17 
 May, 1814 ; and died 22 March, 1842, aged 61. 
 
 4 Z 2 
 
724 MARCH- MARCUARD-MARKETT— MAEKHAM— MARKLAND. 
 
 vessel, on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion, whence he returned in the following Sept. — 
 and, 27 April, 1844, and 1 Sept. 1846, to that of the 
 Sydenham and Tohch steamers, on the Mediterra- 
 nean and Home stations. He attained his present 
 rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Commander Mapleton married, first, in Jan. 1837, 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. David Braimer, R.N. 
 (1817) ; and, that lady dying in March, 1838, se- 
 condly, 21 July, 1840, Ann, daughter of David Com- 
 pigne, Esq., of Gosport, Hants, by whom he has 
 issue a son and two daughters. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 MAECH. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Charles March entered the Navy, 23 Deo. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hindostan store-ship, 
 Capt. Lewis Hole ; and in the following April, on 
 his return from a visit to the Tagus, became Mid- 
 shipman of the Egeria sloop, also commanded by 
 Capt. Hole, with whom he continued to serve in 
 the Channel, off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, 
 and in the North Sea (assisting intermediately at the 
 capture of the Ntesois privateer of 10 guns and 26 
 men, Aalbarg cutter of 6 guns and 25 men, and 
 Alvor privateer of 14 guns and 38 men), until trans- 
 ferred, 1 Aug. 1812, to the Coenwall 74, Capts. 
 John Broughton, Edw. Tucker, and Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen, employed off Flushing and with the Brest 
 fleet. In June, 1813, he rejoined Capt. Hole on 
 board the Baccbcs 16 ; and in Feb. and April, 1814, 
 he became in succession attached to the Salvador 
 DEL Mhndo, flag-ship at Plymouth of Vice- Admiral 
 "Wm. Domett, and Woodlark 10, commanded in 
 the Channel and Mediterranean by Capts. Robt. 
 Balfour and "Wm. Cutfield. Of the latter vessel he 
 was for a short time Acting-Lieutenant. Removing 
 as Admiralty-Midshipman, in July, 1816, to the 
 Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Mr. March was 
 afforded an opportunity of sharing in that ship in 
 th« battle of Algiers. He was in consequence ad- 
 vanced to his present rank by commission dated 16 
 Sept. in the same year ; but has not been since 
 afloat. 
 
 Lieut. March married, first, Mary, only daughter 
 of the late J. Byles, Esq., of Stow Market, co. Suf- 
 folk ; and (having been left a widower 22 Jan. 1842) 
 secondly, 11 June, 1843, Emma, daughter of T. 
 Ebbs, Esq., of Beccles, in the same shire. 
 
 MARCH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Jeremiah March entered the Navy, 13 Sept. 
 1806, as Ordinary, on board the Escort gim-brig, to 
 which vessel, commanded by Lieuts. Wm. Smith 
 and Geo. Vandeput Crosbe, he continued attached 
 on the North Sea, Channel, and North American 
 stations, until July, 1815 — the last five years and a 
 half in the capacity of Midshipman. In the follow- 
 ing Oct., after having been intermediately borne, at 
 Sheernesa and Portsmouth, on the books of the 
 Namur 74, Qdeen Charlotte 100, and Wasp 16, 
 Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Edmund Boger, and Wm. 
 Woolridge, he took up a commission bearing date 11 
 March in the same year, 1815. He has not been 
 since employed. Agents — Coplands and Burnett. 
 
 MAECUAKD. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Charles Richard Maecuard entered the Navy 
 19 Dec. 1828 ; passed his ejiamination in 1835 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 23 March, 1840; was then 
 appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the President 
 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, as he subsequently was, 
 26 Dee. 1841, of the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Rich. Thomas, both on the South American 
 station, whence he returned at the close of 1842 ; 
 and on 7 Nov. 1843, and 2 April, 1845, joined the 
 Vestal 26, and Driver steam-sloop, commanded in 
 the East Indies by Capts. Chas. Talbot and Cour- 
 tenay Osborn Hayes. The latter vessel was paid 
 off in 1847. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 MAEKETT. (Lieutenant, 1833.) 
 
 John Markett entered the Navy 12 April, 1814 ; 
 passed his examination in 1822 ; acquired the rank 
 of Lieutenant 31 May, 1833 ; was appointed, 1 June, 
 1837, to the Magsieicent receiving-ship at Ja- 
 maica, Capt. John Paget ; and since 14 July, 1838, 
 has been in command of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 MAEKHAM. (Lieut., 1824. r-P., 11; h-p., 26.) 
 John Markham, bom 6 June, 1797, is second 
 son of the late Wm. Markham, Esq., of Becca Hall, 
 near Aberford, co. York, private Secretary to War- 
 ren Hastings, by Elizabeth, daughter of the late 
 Oldfield Bowles, Esq., of North Aston, co. Oxford. 
 He is brother (with the Rev. David Fred. Mark- 
 ham, Canon of Windsor, and Rector of Great 
 Horkesley, co. Essex) of the present Wm. Mark- 
 ham, Esq., of Becca Hall, Colonel of the West York 
 Militia, and a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for the West Riding ; also of Capt. Warren Mark- 
 ham of the 72nd Highlanders, who died at the Cape 
 of Good Hope 15 Nov. 1831 ; and of Lieut.-Colonel 
 Chas. Markham, of the 60th Rifles, who died at 
 Jamaica 2 April, 1842. His eldest sister, Laura, 
 is married to Wm. Mure, Esq., of Caldwell, Colonel 
 of the Renfrewshire Militia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galatea frigate, Capt. 
 Woodley Losack ; and on his arrival in the follow- 
 ing year at the Cape of Good Hope in the C0RA50A 
 36, Capt. John Tower, joined the Scipion 74,* bear- 
 ing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford ; with whom 
 he removed to the Lion 64, and in 1812 returned 
 to England in the President 50. He afterwards, 
 until 1819, served on the Home, Mediterranean, 
 St. Helena, and Jamaica stations, chiefly in the 
 capacity of Midshipman, in the Albion 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Roger Curtis, Bellona and Devonshire 74* s, 
 Capts. Geo. M'Kinley and Ross Donnelly, Eukotas 
 38 and Elizabeth 74, bearing each the flag of Hon. 
 Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Volontaire 38, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Granville Waldegrave, and Newcastle 
 and Sybille flag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm and 
 Sir Home Popham. Returning home then as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, in the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus 
 Lennock, he next, after an interval of three years, 
 joined, in Dec. 1822, and June, 1823, the Tartar 
 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Creole, of similar 
 force, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Mas- 
 terman Hardy, both on the Brazilian station, where 
 he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 30 Jan. 1824, in the 
 Doris 42, Capts. Thos. Bourchier and Wm. Jas. 
 Hope Johnstone. He invalided home in the follow- 
 ing Aug. on board the Brazen sloop ; and has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 He married Miss Marianne Wood, and by that 
 lady has issue five sons. Agents — Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 MAEKLAND, C.B., K.L.A. (Reak-Admibal, 
 1846. I^P., 19 ; H-P., 33.) 
 
 John Ddff Markland, born 14 Sept. 1780, at 
 Leeds, is son of Edw. Markland, Esq., of that place 
 (a descendant of the Marklands of Wigan, co. Lan- 
 caster, located there as far back as the reign of 
 Edw. in.), by Elizabeth Sophia, second daughter 
 of Josiah Hardy, Esq., H.M. Consul at Cadiz, and 
 formerly Governor of the Jerseys in North Ame- 
 rica. He is nephew, by marriage, of Capt. John 
 Cooke, R.N., who fell in command of the Belle- 
 ROPHON 74 at Trafalgar ; first-cousin of Capts. G. 
 W. H. D'Aeth and J. H. Godby, also of the R.N. ; 
 and a relative of Commander T. P. Le Hardy, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 May, 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hebe frigate, Capt. Paul 
 Minohin, stationed in the Channel ; and in the fol- 
 lowing July became Midshipman of La Tourte- 
 eellb 28, commanded by his uncle Capt. Cooke ; 
 whom, after cruizing for eight months on the Cork 
 station in the Seahorse 33, Capts. John Peyton 
 
 * We believe he was present, in the Scipion, at the reduc- 
 tion of tile island of Java. 
 
MARLEY. 
 
 725 
 
 and Rott. Dudley Oliver, he rejoined, in Aug. 1796, 
 on board La Nymphe 36. On 9 of the following 
 March we find him assisting, in company with the 
 San Fiokenzo 36, at the capture of the French 
 frigates ha Hesistance of 48, and La Constance of 24 
 guns. On leaving La Nymphe, which ship had 
 been latterly commanded by Capt. Percy Fraser, 
 Mr. Markland, in April, 1798, joined the Royal 
 George 100, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of 
 Lord Bridport, with whom he remained until again 
 placed, in April, 1799, under the orders of Capt. 
 Cooke on board the Amethyst 38. "While cruizing 
 in that vessel in the Bay of Biscay and oflF the north 
 coast of Spain, he was afforded an opportunity of 
 contributing to the capture of i'^»«if are French 
 privateer of 14 guns and 75 men, Le Vaillant cutter 
 of 15 guns and 131 men, and Le Mars ship of 22 
 guns and 100 men ; and of witnessing the surrender 
 of La Dedaigneuse frigate of 36 guns and 300 men. 
 On 8 Jan. 1801 he was made Lieutenant into the 
 Mai/ta 80, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, on the Channel 
 station, where he served until April 1802. His 
 next appointment was, 29 Nov. in the latter year, 
 to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, under whom, 
 it appears, he aided in taking, off Brest, 28 May, 
 1803, Xa Franchise French frigate, and, in the Bay 
 of Bengal, in the following Jan., La Clarisse cor- 
 vette. In Dec. 1805, after he had been for nearly 
 two years First-Lieutenant of the Albion, he inva- 
 lided home on board the Tremendods 74, Capt. 
 John Osborne ; and on his arrival he had the satis- 
 faction of finding that he had been promoted to the 
 rank of Commander by commission dated 22 Jan. 
 1806. Obtaining an appointment, 12 April, 1808, to 
 the Bustard 16, Capt. Markland was at first em- 
 ployed in that vessel off Boulogne and was then 
 ordered to the Mediterranean. On 29 July, 1809, 
 being at the time in the Adriatic, he coalesced with 
 the Acorn sloop, and the boats of the Excellent 
 74, and elicited the highest admiration of Capt. 
 John West, the senior officer on the station, by the 
 masterly manner in which he led into the little- 
 known harbour of Duino, near Trieste, and by his 
 well-directed fire assisted in capturing six heavy 
 gun-boats belonging to the Italian marine, and 10 
 coasting traders, laden with brandy, flour, rice, and 
 wheat.* At the commencement of July, 1810, the 
 Bustard took and destroyed nine of the enemy's 
 vessels in a harbour on the east side of Calabria ; 
 and during the next three months her Captain was 
 intrusted with the command of the sloops of war 
 stationed in the Faro of Messina for the purpose of 
 protecting Sicily from the threatened invasion of 
 Joachim Murat, whose army, consisting of nearly 
 40,000 men, was encamped on the opposite shore, 
 and who had collected more than 80 gun and mor- 
 tar boats between Scylla and Reggio. He was 
 thrown in consequence into frequent action with 
 the enemy's land-batteries and flotilla, and rendered 
 such good servicef that he not only obtained the 
 repeated thanks of Rear- Admiral Geo. Martin, but, 
 on 5 Feb, 1811, a few days after his removal to the 
 Eclair 18, was nominated by the Commander-in- 
 Chief, Sir Chas. Cotton, although personally un- 
 known to him. Captain of the Ville de Paris 110, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, 
 whom he followed, in the course of the same year, 
 into the Rodney and Milford 74's. Capt. Mark- 
 land's confirmation to Post-rank took place while 
 he was in the Rodney, 18 April, 1811. Joining in 
 all the operations of 1813 in the Adriatic, he assisted 
 in reducing the town of Fiume, where, as soon as 
 the batteries had been silenced, he proceeded with 
 the armed boats and dislodged the enemy from 
 their last stronghold. He also landed at Porto Re ;| 
 was very active in exciting a spirit of revolt against 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1931. 
 
 f During llis command of the Bustard Capt. .Markland 
 toolt, in tlie wliole, 25 vessels, and destroyed 39, including 
 Sonne armed feluccas, which, witli tlie assistance of tlie Hal- 
 cyon sloop, were altogetlier annihilated under Cape del 
 Arme, where tliey were for a long time defended by their 
 crews, some soldiers, and the neighbouring peasantry. — V, 
 Gal. 1810, p. 1859. 
 
 X V.Gxl. 1813, p. 2000. 
 
 their oppressors among the inhabitants of the dif- 
 ferent islands at the head of the Adriatic ; beheld 
 the fall of Rovigno, Piran, and Capo d'Istria ; 
 landed, with Capt. Jas. Black of the Weasel sloop, 
 and, by a coup-de-main, took possession of the arse- 
 nal at Trieste, destroying its guns, and sawing into 
 many pieces the keel and stem-post of a large fri- 
 gate ; and, during the operations which led to the 
 surrender of the citadel at the latter place, was 
 again employed on shore, and called forth the 
 thanks of Rear-Admiral Fremantle for having in 
 every way exerted himself, particularly in the ar- 
 rangements of stores and provisions.* Resigning 
 command of the Milford 31 Oct. 1813, Capt. Mark- 
 land, in the ensuing Dec, returned to England with 
 despatches from the last-mentioned officer. He 
 was rewarded for his services by being nominated 
 a C.B. 4 June, 1815; and in 1816, " in testimony of 
 his Imperial Majesty's approbation of the distin- 
 guished services rendered by him at the capture of 
 Trieste, and the other operations in Italy during 
 the campaign of 1813," he was presented with the 
 Cross of the Order of Leopold of Austria. His last 
 appointment was, 28 April, 1830, to the command 
 (which he retained until paid off in Jan. 1833) of 
 the Briton 46, employed on particular service. He 
 obtained the Captains' Good Service pension 19 Feb, 
 1842, and accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 8 March, 1814, Helen 
 Ellery, eldest daughter of Lewis Dymocke Gros- 
 venor Tregonwell, Esq., of Cranbourn Lodge, co. 
 Dorset, by whom he has issue one son and three 
 daughters. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co, 
 
 MAELEY, (Lieut., 1809. r-p., 21 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Robert Roper Marley entered the Navy in 
 1792, as an Officer's Servant, on board the Power- 
 ful 74, in which ship, commanded by Capts. Thos, 
 Hicks, Wm. Albany Otway, Fisher, and Wm. O'Brien 
 Drury, he served, on the St. Helena, West India, 
 Channel, North Sea, and Mediterranean stations, 
 until 1800— the last five years in the capacity of 
 Midshipman. On 11 Oct. 1797 he was present in 
 the action off Camperdown. After a servitude of 
 20 months in the Proselyte, Capt. Geo. Fowke, 
 Mr. Marley, towards the close of 1802, at which 
 period he was in the West Indies, became attached 
 to the Leviathan 74, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth, with whom and with the late Vice- 
 Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres he continued employed in 
 the same ship and in the Hercdle 74 until 1806 ; 
 during which period he took part in the operations 
 against the French at St. Domingo, and was for a 
 time detached in the Geaciedse tender of 12 guns, 
 commanded by Mr. T. B. Smith, Midshipman. In 
 that vessel, after having assisted at the capture of a 
 large Spanish schooner, and exchanged fire with a 
 French sloop within gun-shot of the forts of the city 
 of St. Domingo, he shared in a very gallant conflict 
 which terminated in the destruction, 11 April, 1805, 
 of a schooner carrying 1 long brass 12-pounder, 
 mounted on a circle amidships, 2 long brass 4- 
 pounder carriage-guns, and 4 brass 3-pounder swi- 
 vels, with a crew of 96 men. A wound he received 
 on the occasionf procured him a grant from the 
 Patriotic Society. In April 1806 and Jan. 1807 he 
 was successively nominated Acting Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Pelican sloop, Capt. Wm. Ward, and Pike 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Ottley, also in 
 the West Indies, where, after he had again served 
 for nine months as Midshipman in the Veteran 64 
 flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Dacres, he became Aet^ 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Drake sloop, Capt. John 
 Fleming. He removed in a similar capacity, in 
 the following July, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Wm. 
 Westcott Daniel, stationed on the coasts of Spain" 
 France, and Portugal ; and on 31 Dec. 1809 he was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant in the Alfred 74, Capts 
 Joshua Rowley Watson and Joshua Sydney Hor- 
 ton. Being subsequently, on his return from a 
 second visit to the West Indies, ordered off Cadiz 
 he was there, in Feb. 1812, placed in command of 
 • Fide Gaz. 1813, p. 2478. f f- Gaz. 1805, p. 901. 
 
726 
 
 MARRETT- MARRIOTT— MARRY AT. 
 
 gun-boat No. 7, and employed in the defence of 
 that place. He went back to the Axfred in the 
 ensuing April, but left her in Sept. of the same 
 year ; and was lastly, from 6 Aug. 1813 to 7 July, 
 1814, stationed off the coast of Ireland in the Avon 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius. 
 
 He is in the receipt, for his wounds, of a pension 
 of 911. 5s. 
 
 MAKEETT. (Retired Captain, 1845. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 Joseph Mareett entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1793, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Chescent of 42 guns 
 and 257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez ; and on 20 of the 
 following Oct. was present at the capture of the 
 French frigate La Reunion of 36 guns and 320 men, 
 120 of whom were either killed or wounded, without 
 however any casualty to the British. In Dec. of 
 the same year he accompanied an expedition under 
 Earl Moira and Kear- Admiral M'Bride to the coasts 
 of Normandy and Brittany ; and on 8 June, 1794, 
 we find him in action with an enemy's squadron of 
 very superior force, from which the Crescent es- 
 caped by the most bold and masterly manoeuvres. 
 On afterwards accompanying Sir Jas. Saumarez 
 (who had been knighted for the capture of La Bd- 
 ■unicm) into the Orion 74, he shared in Lord Brid- 
 port's action, in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, and 
 in the victory of the Nile. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant of the Canopus 80, Capt. Bartholomew 
 James, after having acted for nearly five months in 
 that capacity, 5 April, 1799 ; and was subsequently 
 appointed — 12 Aug. 1799, to the Royai, Sovereign 
 100, flag-ship of Lord Gardner and Sir Henry Har- 
 vey in the Channel, where he served until Oct. 1801 
 — 19 Sept. 1803, to the EnRDS sloop, Capt. Alex. 
 Innes, on the Cork station — 24 Nov. 1804, and 8April, 
 1805, to the successive command of two gim-brigs, 
 in the latter of which, the Maetiai, he served in 
 the Channel and off the coast of Spain until com- 
 pelled by ill health to invalid in Nov. 1809 — and, 
 29 Sept. 1810, to the Ulysses 44 as Flag-Lieutenant, 
 on the Guernsey station, to the Due de Bouillon. 
 He was made Commander 26 May, 1812; and ac- 
 cepted his present rank 20 Oct. 1845. 
 
 Capt. Marrett's eldest daughter was the wife of 
 the late Lieut. Wakeman Edwards, R.N. (1810). 
 Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 MARRIOTT. (Lieut., 1842. r-P., 14; h-p., 2.) 
 George Marriott entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1831; 
 served for nearly six years and a half as Volunteer 
 and Midshipman on the West India station ; passed 
 his examination 5 Dec. 1837 ; and during the next 
 four years and a half was employed in the capacity 
 of Mate on the coast of Africa, where the valour he 
 exhibited in command of a boat belonging to the 
 RoiLA 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Hall, procured 
 him a commission dated 15 Aug. 1842. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 20 Oct. 1843, to the St. 
 Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley— 9 March, 1844, to the Peneeope steam- 
 frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa, whence he re- 
 turned in the summer of 1845— and 26 May, 1846, 
 to the Trafalgar 120, Capt. John Neale Nott, now 
 employed on particular service. Agest — Joseph 
 "Woodhead. 
 
 MAREYAT, C.B., F.R.S., F.L.S. (Captain, 
 1825. J-P., 15; H-P., 260 
 Frederick Marrtat, bom 10 July, 1792, in 
 London, is second son of the late Joseph Marryat, 
 Esq., M.P. for Sandwich, Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee at Lloyd's, and Colonial Agent for the island 
 of Grenada, by Charlotte, third daughter of the 
 late Fred. Geyer, Esq., a distinguished American 
 loyalist, who suffered much from the fervency of 
 his attachment to the Throne at the period of the 
 separation of Great Britain from her colonies. He 
 is brother of Joseph Marryat, Esq., formerly M.P. 
 for Sandwich ; and a descendant of Le Sieur Thos. 
 Marriatte, a Protestant native of Normandy, and an 
 
 officer in the Huguenot army, who, having escaped 
 the massacre of St. Bartholomew, 24 Aug. 1572, fled 
 to England vrith the loss of all his property. His 
 grandfather, Thos. Marryat, Esq., M.D., was the 
 author of a work entitled ' Therapeutics, or the Art 
 of Healing.' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1806, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Imp^rieose, 38, Capts. 
 Lord Cochrane and Thos. Garth, in which ship he 
 remained until Oct. 1809. "While under the gallant 
 Cochrane he contributed to the capture and de- 
 struction, within one month, of three French na- 
 tional transports and 12 merchant-vessels, and also 
 to the demolition of Fort Roquette, at the entrance 
 of Arcasson ; served in the boats when they incurred 
 a loss of 16 men killed and wounded in effecting 
 the capture of a Maltese privateer, supposed until 
 the moment of her surrender to be an enemy's ves- 
 sel, 15 Nov. 1807 ; was present at the cutting-out of 
 a Turkish ship from Port Valona, on the coast of 
 Dalmatia ; assisted, in the year 1808, during a cruize 
 of four months off the coast of Catalonia and among 
 the Balearic islands, in taking and destroying one 
 national brig, six gun-vessels, one privateer, and 
 about 50 sail of merchantmen ; aided, 31 July, 1808, 
 in reducing and levelling the castle of Mongat, by 
 which the road from Barcelona to Gerona, besieged 
 at the time by the French, had been completely 
 commanded ; participated in a variety of dashing 
 operations on the coast of France during the en- 
 suing months of Aug. and Sept. ; landed on return- 
 ing to the shores of Catalonia, and was particularly 
 mentioned for his conduct at the defence of Trini- 
 dad Castle, attached to the fortress of Rosas, against 
 a whole French army, 1000 of whose picked men 
 were completely repulsed by 80 of the British, sup- 
 ported by an equal number of Spaniards, on the 
 occasion of an assault made by the former, 30 Nov. 
 1808 ;* aided, 30 Dec. following, in obtaining pos- 
 session, in the harbour of Cadaques, after a short 
 action, of the enemy's batteries, two national ves- 
 sels, and 12 merchantmen, laden with wheat for the 
 garrison of Barcelona; and, besides acting a part 
 in other affairs of an equally spirited character, 
 served with credit in an explosion-vessel under 
 Lieut. TJrry Johnson in the memorable attack made 
 upon the French shipping in Aix Roads 1 1 April, 
 1809, and was on board the Imperiedse the next 
 day, when, unsupported, she approached the Cal- 
 cutta of 56 guns, and compelled that ship to strike 
 her colours. In Oct. 1809, at which period he was 
 with the Flushing expedition, Mr. Marryat took a 
 passage to England in the Victorioos 74, and on 
 his arrival joined the Centaur 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Sam. Hood, with whom he soon again sailed for the 
 Mediterranean. He returned towards the close of 
 the following year in the Atlas 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Sanders ; and was next, until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 26 Dec. 1812, employed, on the Home, 
 West India, and North American stations, in the 
 Namdr 74, Capt. Alex. Shippard, Aprica 64, Capt. 
 John Bastard, Chub schooner, Lieut.-Commander 
 Jas. Nisbett, .32oLns and Spartan frigates, Capts. 
 Lord Jas. Townshend and Edw. Pelham Brenton, 
 and Royal William, Capt. Geo. Fowke. On 30 
 Sept. 1811 we find him earning the general admi- 
 ration of the ship's company, and the high approval 
 of his Captain, for his courageous conduct, when 
 no other person would attempt it, in leading the 
 way aloft during a tremendous gale from the S.E., 
 which had laid the .SlOLUS on her beam-ends, and 
 had literally blown away her topmasts and mizen- 
 mast, for the purpose of cutting away the main- 
 yard, as the only means left of saving the mainmast 
 and righting the ship. In Aug. 1812, a few days 
 prior to his discharge from the Spartan, he appears 
 to have been engaged in two boat-attacks in Hay- 
 cos Harbour and Little River, the result of which 
 was the capture of six American armed vessels. In 
 the capacity of Lieutenant, Mr. Martyat was ap- 
 pointed— 8 Jan. 1813, to the EspiJ:gle sloop, Capt. 
 John Taylor, on the West India station, whence he 
 returned in the next April— and 31 Jan. 1814, to 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 307. 
 
MARRYAT-MARSII. 
 
 727 
 
 the Newcastle 58, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart. In 
 that ship he lent his aid to the capture of the pri- 
 vateers Ida of 10 guns and 65 men, and the Prince 
 de Neufchatel of 18 guns and 135 men ; and on 19 
 Dec. 1814 he took command of her barge and cut 
 out four vessels from Boston Bay, an exploit which 
 occasioned him a loss of 1 1 men killed and wounded. 
 Illness compelling him to leave the Newcastle in 
 Feb. 1815, he returned home a passenger in the 
 Conway 26 ; and on 13 of the following June was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were — 13 June, 1820, to the Bea- 
 ver sloop, in which vessel, after visiting Madeira, 
 Teneriffe, St. Jago, Trinidad on the Main, Tristan 
 de Cunha, and the Cape of Good Hope, he pro- 
 ceeded off St. Helena, where, on the morning after 
 the decease of Napoleon Buonaparte, 6 May, 1821, 
 he formed one of the three Naval Captains admitted 
 to view the body of the unfortunate Emperor* — 
 7 July, 1821, to the Eosario 10, part of the squad- 
 ron selected to escort the remains of Queen Caro- 
 line from Harwich to Cuxhaven — and, 31 March, 
 1823 (having paid the latter vessel off 7 Feb. 1822), 
 to the Larke 20, fitting for the East Indies. Join- 
 ing, in Hay, 1824, in the hostilities against Ava, 
 Capt. Marryat continued from that period until 
 the following Sept. to officiate as senior Naval Offi- 
 cer in co-operation with the expedition under Major- 
 General Sir Archibald Campbell, K.C.B., and won 
 considerable fame by the able, gallant, and zealous 
 manner in which he discharged the duties of that 
 conspicuous and responsible post. He subsequently, 
 during the months of Feb. and March, 1825, com- 
 manded an armament sent in conjunction with a 
 military force under Major Sale up the Bassein 
 River, where the services he rendered materially 
 operated in the general results of the campaign.f 
 His conduct from first to last, indeed, was so 
 marked that it procured him the repeated acknow- 
 ledgments of the Supreme Government and other 
 high authorities in India, and was the means of his 
 being included in a vote of thanks from both 
 Houses of Parliament, his rank proving the only 
 obstacle to his being personally named. In April, 
 1825, Capt. Marryat assumed acting-command of 
 the Tees 26, owing to a death vacancy ; but his 
 Post-commission was not signed until 25 July fol- 
 lowing. In the early part of 1826 he returned to 
 England and paid the Tees off. He was nominated 
 a C.B. 26 Deo. in the same year ; and was lastly, 
 from 10 Nov. 1828 until Nov. 1830, employed in the 
 Ariadne 28 on diplomatic service at Madeira and 
 the Western Islands, and in searching for supposed 
 dangers in the Atlantic. 
 
 In addition to the productions which have ren- 
 dered him famous as a novelist, Capt. Marryat is 
 the author of a work, published in 1822, entitled 
 * Suggestions for the Abolition of the present Sys- 
 tem of Impressment in the Naval Service,' a volume 
 in which he so clearly demonstrated the propriety 
 of all merchant^vessels carrying apprentices in pro- 
 portion to their tonnage, instead of "West Indiamen 
 only, as was then the case, that in a few months 
 Government adopted his views. He had previously 
 invented a code of signals for vessels in the mer- 
 chant-service, including a cipher for secret corre- 
 spondence, now in general use by our own and all 
 foreign navies.J On their being translated into 
 French, and supplied by ordjsmmance to the French 
 
 • VideGnz. 1821, p. 140!1. 
 
 t V. Gaa. 1824, pp. 1957, 1965 ; and Gaz. 1825, pp. 325, 
 327, 498, 1494, 2277. 
 
 X Not less than five times has Capt. Marryat generonsly 
 hazarded hia existence for the preservation of others. The 
 first instance of the kind occurred in 1807, when he jumped 
 from the ImpSrieuse and saved a midshipman, Mr. Henry 
 Cobbett; the second in 1810, in the course of which year, 
 belonging at the time to the Centaub he effected the rescue 
 of a man named Thomas Moubray, who had fallen from the 
 main-yard, while cruizing off Toulon ; the third in 1811, 
 when, running down the Trades at the rate of seven knots an 
 hour, he leaped from the Africa after another seaman, 
 James Walker, whom, however, his humane efforts failed to 
 benefit, being left nearly two miles astern of the ship, and 
 upwards of thirty minutes in the water before a boat arrived 
 to hia assistance ; the fourth in the same year, when he I 
 
 marine and merchant service, the King of the 
 French sent him the Croix d'Officier of the Legion 
 d'Honneur. In Dec. 1847 Capt. Marryat was awarded 
 the Good Service pension. He married, 21 Jan. 1819, 
 Catherine, youngest daughter of Sir Stephen Shairp, 
 of Kussell Place, formerly Charge' d' Affaires at the 
 Court of Russia, by whom he has, with other issue, 
 two sons, both in the ll.N. — the elder, Frederick, 
 a Lieutenant. 
 
 MARKYAT. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Frederick Makkvat is eldest son of Capt. Fred 
 Marryat, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1830 ; passed 
 his examination 8 Jan. 1841 ; and after a servitude 
 of more than three years in the East Indies as 
 Mate of the Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie 
 Chads, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 1 Sept. 1845. His appointments have since been — 
 5 Oct. 1846, to the Sphynx steam-sloop, Capt. John 
 Bettinson Cragg, his exertions in rescuing which 
 vessel, when aground in Brixstone Bay in Jan. 1847, 
 procured him the thanks of the Admiralty, but 
 nearly cost him his life —and, 9 April, 1847, to the 
 Avenger steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, Capt. 
 Sidney Colpoys Dacres, now on the Lisbon station. 
 On two consecutive evenings in the month of Oct. 
 1847 Lieut. Marryat intrepidly plunged into the 
 sea after a man who had each time fallen overboard. 
 On the last occasion, the drowning person having 
 convulsively clasped him round the neck, he would 
 have been inevitably lost had it not been for the pre- 
 sence of mind of the First-Lieutenant, Hugh Mallett 
 Kinsman, who, observing the danger in which his 
 shipmates were placed, instantly jumped in himself 
 and was the means of their both being saved. 
 
 MARSH. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 20.) 
 DiGEV Mabsh is third son of the Rev. Jeremy 
 Marsh, Rector of Rosenallis, Queen's County, by 
 Rachel, daughter of Colonel Montgomery, who was 
 murdered during the rebellion of 1798. He is a 
 direct descendant of Francis and Narcissus Marsh, 
 Lords Primate of Ireland and Dublin ; as also of 
 the celebrated Jeremy Taylor. Among his profes- 
 sional relatives are the present Capt. Joseph and 
 Lieut. Edw. Digby, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cL Vol., on board the Edrus store-ship, Capt. 
 Ennis ; and on 15 of the following month removed 
 to the Minerva frigate, commanded by the late 
 Sir Geo. Ralph Collier ; with whom he continued 
 to serve as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and for a 
 short time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Surveil- 
 lante 38, until Nov. 1813. He assisted, in the 
 Minerva, at the capture of Copenhagen in Sept. 
 1807 ; and was actively employed, in the Sur- 
 VEiLLANTE, in co-operation with the patriots on 
 the north coast of Spain, where he was severely 
 wounded in a breaching battery at the siege of St. 
 Sebastian in Aug. and Sept. 1813.* On the occasion 
 of the second assault on that place he volunteered 
 to conduct a column of Portuguese infantry over 
 the breach ; as he also did to recross it under a 
 heavy fire for the purpose of conveying a pencil de- 
 spatch from the commander of the storming party 
 ordering a reinforcement. This service was hand- 
 somely and warmly acknowledged by the late Sir 
 Alex. Dixon, then in command of the Artillery. 
 Mr. Marsh had previously served in a boat belong- 
 ing to the SoRVEiLLANTE at the capture of a French 
 merchant^brig between the batteries of St. Guildas 
 and St. Jacques, in Quiberon Bay, 5 Sept. 1810 ; t 
 
 saved one of the crew of the .ffioLns; and the last in Feb. 
 1813, on 8 of which month, although his efforts were un- 
 fortunately not successful, he dashed from L'Espieole in 
 a heavy sea, in the hope of succouring a sailor, Jacob Small 
 and was picked up a mile and a half distant from the sloop 
 in an exhausted and nearly senseless state. His gallant and 
 benevolent exertions could not, of course, do otherwise than 
 elicit the warmest thanks of the Royal Humane Society with 
 whose medal he was subsequently presented for his inven- 
 tion of a life-boat, described in its 47th Report. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, pp. ie06, 1S56. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1810, p. U88. 
 
728 
 
 MARSH— MARSHALL. 
 
 and had commanded one of two boats under Lieut. 
 O'Reilly at the capture of a French gun-vessel car- 
 rying troops to the relief of St. Antonio ; besides 
 having so successfully contributed to the defence 
 of two valuable prizes against the attacks of a 
 French and American privateer as to have induced 
 Sir Edw. Tucker, at the time in temporary com- 
 mand of the Sdrveiklahte, to present him with a 
 sum of money for the purchase of a sword. On 
 leaving the Surveillante as above he became 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Challenger 18, Capts. 
 Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Harcourt) and Henry 
 Forbes ; to which vessel (being confirmed to her 
 by commission dated 24 Deo. 1813) he continued 
 attached until Sept. 1815 — commanding her boats, 
 during that period, at the destruction, by a force 
 under Rear- Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, of a 
 French squadron and flotilla in the river Gironde. 
 He appears to have been in the same sloop when 
 she brought the Prince of Orange over to this 
 country on the eve of his intended marriage with 
 the Princess Charlotte. His next appointment was, 
 25 July, 1818, to the Tartar 42, fitting for the 
 broad pendant of his friend Sir G. R. Collier, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa ; where his 
 conduct, in twice preserving life under circimistances 
 of a very trying and hazardous nature, procured him 
 a strong recommendation to the Admiralty. On 
 the first occasion, a boat he had entered and had 
 been hastening to lower having broken at one end 
 from her holdings, he was precipitated into the 
 water, and in his endeavour to save himself lost all 
 the flesh off the inside of his hand. During his 
 continuance in the Tartar (he did not leave her 
 until 8 Oct. 1821) Lieut. Marsh succeeded in, her 
 boats in capturing several heavy-armed vessels, and 
 in one instance was nearly killed while in the act of 
 firing a brass 4-pounder, which broke from its car- 
 riage, struck him on the head, and, passing over, 
 severely wounded 2 of his men. He attained the 
 rank of Commander 5 Jan. 1822 ; but was not again 
 employed until 6 June, 1833, when he received a 
 three years' appointment in the Coast Guard. He 
 went back to that service 11 July, 1837, and conti- 
 nued in it until posted, 1 Jan. 1842. In admiration 
 of his Intrepidity in putting off in a boat during a 
 dark and stormy night in Nov. 1840, and rescuing 
 the crew of the brig Otterton of Sunderland, 
 wrecked on the beach between Blarshide and Black 
 Rock, CO. Cornwall, the Royal Humane Society pre- 
 sented Capt. Marsh with a gold medal. On the oc- 
 casion of his last promotion he was requested by 
 the officers of the Brighton district, over which he 
 had been latterly presiding, to accept at their hands 
 a pair of epaulettes, a compliment the existing re- 
 gulations of the service compelled him to decline. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Marsh (the Senior of 1842) married Ade- 
 laide, youngest daughter of John Rowley, Esq., of 
 the island of Tobago, by whom he has issue five 
 children. Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 Yates, on the Jamaica station. He has not been 
 since employed. 
 The Lieutenant is married and has issue. 
 
 MARSH. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 John Barling Marsh passed his examination in 
 1828 ; and was made Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1830, into 
 the Warspite 76, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Baker on 
 the South American station, whence he returned to 
 England and was paid off in the summer of 1833. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 6 Dec. 1834, as 
 Senior, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Brunswick Pop- 
 ham, under whom he was for three years employed 
 at the Cape of Good Hope and on the coast of 
 Africa — and, 4 Nov. 1840, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Endtmion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. "Wm. Grey. 
 In that ship, which was put out of commission at 
 the close of 1843, he took part in the hostilities 
 against China. He attained his present rank 20 
 May, 1844 ; but has not been since afloat. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 MAESH. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 RicriAnn John Maksh obtained his commission 
 12 Nov. 1824; and, from 21 Dec. 1825 until paid 
 off, served in the Espi^gle 18, Capt. Rich. Augustus 
 
 MARSHALL. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Edward Marshall entered the Navy 3 Jan. 
 1829 ; passed his examination 19 Dec. 1836 ; and 
 was for several years employed on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India and Home stations as Mate of 
 the Sappho 16, Capt. Edw. Iggulden Parrey, and 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne. His 
 appointments (since his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 7 July, 1843) have 
 been, on the Cape of Good Hope station — ^29 July, 
 1843, as Additional, to the Winchester 50, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Joscehne Percy — 16 June, 1845, to the 
 CoNWAT 26, Capt. Wm. Kelly— and 1 May, 1847, to 
 the NiMROD 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, with whom 
 he is now serving. 
 
 MARSHALL. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 21; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 
 George Edward Marshall is the son of an old 
 Commander in the R.N., who lost his health on the 
 coast of Africa, and was from that cause, as well 
 as from the effect of wounds, obliged to retire from 
 active service. His brother, Lieut. Thos. Marshall, 
 R.M., was killed in the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge, at the passage of the Darda- 
 nells, in Feb. 1807. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Feb. 18(J1, on 
 board the Invincible 74, Capt. John Rennie, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty in Yar- 
 mouth Roads ; and became Midshipman, soon after- 
 wards, of the Assistance 50, Capt. Rich. Lee, under 
 whom he was wrecked, between Dunkerque and 
 Gravelines, 29 March, 1802. During the five years 
 which preceded his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, Mr. Marshall, it appears, was employed on 
 the Newtbuudland and Channel stations in the 
 Falcon sloop, Capt. Henry Manaton Ommanney, 
 Goliath 74, Capt. Chas. Brisbane, and Phcenix 
 and Tribune frigates, both commanded by Capt. 
 Thos. Baker. In the Falcon, at the commence- 
 ment of the war, he assisted in taking possession of 
 the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon ; and in the 
 Ph<enix he was present, as Master's Mate, in Sir 
 Rich. Strachan's action, 4 Nov. 1805 ; on which 
 occasion he was sent on board one of the prize-ships 
 to aid in navigating her into port. While serving 
 in the Tribune, we find him contributing, 29 April, 
 
 1807, to the destruction, by that ship and the Iris, 
 of the greater part of a convoy of 30 vessels, pass- 
 ing from Ferrol to Bilboa under the protection of 
 several gun-boats. He was also a participator in 
 many boat affairs on the coast of France. On being 
 promoted, as above, he joined the Neptune 98, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, at the time in the Chan- 
 nel; and he was afterwards appointed — 18 Nov. 
 
 1808, to the AcASTA 40, Capt. Philip Beaver, under 
 whom he served as First-Lieutenant at the capture 
 of Martinique and the Saintes in 1809 — 25 June, 
 1810 (after seven months of half-pay), to the Ame- 
 lia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, attached to the 
 force in the Channel— 17 Aug. following, and 27 
 April, 1811, to theHANNiBAL'74*andRoTALGEORGE 
 100, flag-ships of Sir Thos. Williams off Lisbon and 
 in the Channel — 2 Jan. 1812, to the Namur 74, as 
 Signal-Lieutenant to the same officer as Sheemess — 
 4 April, 1813, to the acting-command, for nearly six 
 weeks, of the Hasty 14, on the Baltic station — 5 
 Jan, 1814, again to the Namur, in his former capa- 
 city — 9 March ensuing, to the Horatio 38, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Dillon, in which ship he was for about 
 twelve months employed off Newfoundland — and, 
 4 June, 1821, as Senior, to the Glasgow 50, Capt. 
 Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. In the last-mentioned 
 ship, which was paid off in No v. 1824, Mr. Marshall 
 
 * During the term of his servitude in the Hannibai., and 
 while acting as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. 'Williaras, he was 
 sent up the Tagus in command of a division of boats, and was 
 on that river when Lord Hill crossed it in sight of tlje 
 French armv at Santarem. 
 
MAKSIIALL. 
 
 729 
 
 assisted in conveying the remains of the late Queen 
 from Harwich to CujthaTen ; Sir Edward Paget and 
 family from Portsmouth to the East Indies ; and the 
 Marquess of Hastings from Calcutta to Gibraltar. 
 He attained his present rank 27 May, 1825; and 
 from 15 June, 1832, until the summer of 1835, was 
 employed in the Coast Guard in Ireland. He has 
 since been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and Eo- 
 binson. 
 
 F-P., 19 1 
 
 MARSHALL. (Commander, 1814. 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 Hekkt Masterman Marshai.1,, bom 15 June, 
 1784, at St. Stephen's, near Saltash, co. Cornwall, 
 is son of the late Rev. — Marshall, of Saltash ; 
 grandson of Mr. Masterman, many years a Purser 
 and Secretary in the K.N. ; nephew of the late 
 Superannuated Rear- Admiral Thos. Gaberion ; and 
 first-cousin of the present Lieut. Chas. Henry Mas- 
 terman, R.N. One of the Commander's brothers, 
 Thomas Gaberion, a Lieutenant R.N., served as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate of the Cdiloden 
 74 under the late Sir Thos. Troubridge ; was pre- 
 sent in that ship in the famous actions of 1 June, 
 1794, 14 Feb. 1/97, and 1 Aug. 1798 ; and was event- 
 ually killed in action in South America. Another 
 of his brothers, John, died a Midshipman in the 
 service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1795, as 
 A.B., on board the Camel store-ship, Capts. Edw. 
 Rotheram, Rich. Raggett, Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, 
 and John Lee ; and was present in that vessel at 
 the detention of five Dutch men-of-war and a large 
 convoy in Plymouth Sound, and also in the opera- 
 tions which preceded the surrender to the British 
 of St. Fiorenza, in the island of Corsica. Removing, 
 some months after he had attained the rating of 
 Midshipman, to the Swiftsoke 74, Capt. Benj. Hal- 
 lowell, Mr. Marshall, who continued in the same 
 ship under the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton until 
 the early part of 1801, saw a vastitude of active 
 service. While stationed at first off Cadiz (in the 
 vicinity of which place he came into frequent con- 
 tact with the enemy's gun-vessels) he so distin- 
 guished himself by the alacrity he exhibited in 
 being the first with his boat to take in tow the 
 Thalia frigate and Alexander 74, when those 
 ships lay becalmed under a torrent of shot and 
 shells from the enemy's flotilla and batteries, that 
 Earl St. Vincent was impelled to thank him on the 
 quarter-deck of his flag-ship, the Ville de Paris, 
 and to make him a promise of early promotion. 
 After sharing in the battle of the Nile, and assisting 
 at the capture of La Fortune corvette of 16 guns 
 and 70 men, we find him serving on shore as Aide- 
 de-camp to Capts. HaUowell and Troubridge at the 
 capture of Naples and its dependencies ; during the 
 proceedings connected with which he was constantly 
 employed, under a heavy fire, in carrying the de- 
 spatches of Lord Nelson and Capt. Alex. John Ball, 
 the second in command, to and from Naples and 
 the head-quarters before St. Elmo. He was not 
 unfrequently, too, selected to receive and re-oon- 
 duot a flag-of-truce. Besides participating in a 
 variety of boat-services along the Egyptian and 
 Italian shores, and lending his aid to the capture, 
 5 April, 1800, of the two Spanish 36-gun &igates 
 El Carmen and Florentina, each laden with 1500 
 quintals of silver, he was made, we may add, the 
 bearer of the celebrated coffin constructed out of 
 the mainmast of U Orient, the French Commander- 
 in-Chief's ship in the battle of the Nile, sent by 
 Capt. Hallowell as a present to Lord Nelson, whose 
 thanks Mr. Marshall had had the fortune of pre- 
 viously eliciting. Following Sir Rich. Bickerton 
 into the Kent 74, he was afforded an opportunity, 
 during the expedition to Egypt, of being present 
 at the landing of the troops, 8 March, 1801, and in 
 the actions of 13 and 21 of the same month. For 
 the important service he afterwards rendered in 
 piloting a number of frigates, brigs, and smaller 
 vessels into the western harbour of Alexandria, 
 where, it appears, he was intrusted with the charge 
 of all the prizes, he was nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 
 tenant of the Madras 54, into which ship Sir Rich. 
 Bickerton had shifted his flag. He was not, how- 
 ever, confirmed a Lieutenant until 30 Aug. 1803, 
 by which period he had again served with the last- 
 mentioned officer in the Kent 74, and with Capts. 
 Wm. Hancock Kelly and Geo. Fred. Ryves |in the 
 Gibraltar 80. We must not omit to record here 
 that his Egyptian services had procured him the 
 superior 'Turkish gold medal; and that for his 
 official promotion he was indebted to the early 
 promise of Lord St. Vincent. He continued in the 
 Gibraltak until Aug. 1804 ; then joined the Dkead- 
 NODGHT 98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Vice- 
 Admiral CoUingwood; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 27 July, 180.5, to the Hind 28, in which 
 ship, successively commanded by Capts. Fras. Wm. 
 Fane and Rich. Budd Vincent, for four months by 
 himself, and by Capts. John Simpson and Geo. 
 Miller Bligh, he returned to the Mediterranean — 
 18 Nov. 1808, to the Woolwich 44, Capt. Fras. 
 Beaufort, on the same station— 9 Aug. 1809, to the 
 command of the Veteran prison-ship at Portsmouth 
 —and 23 Nov. 1812, and 27 July, 1813, to the Rotal 
 William and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Prince 
 98, flag-ships at Spithead of his old friend Sir B. 
 Bickerton. During the operations of 1807 in Egypt, 
 Mr. Marshall, then in the Hind, was very actively 
 employed; and on the final evacuation of Alex- 
 andria was ordered by the senior naval officer, 
 Capt. Hallowell, to sink several ships laden with 
 stores, for the purpose of destroying the entrance 
 into t1ie harbour. He soon afterwards volunteered 
 to land at the island of Cyprus, for the purpose of 
 conveying letters to the Acting-Consul, instructing 
 him to prevent the further transmission of supplies 
 to Egypt — a most perilous service, in the perform- 
 ance of which he was compelled to use every pre- 
 caution to avoid falling into the hands of the Turks, 
 and was for three days under the necessity of lying 
 concealed. On one occasion, while cruizing in the 
 Archipelago he contrived, with the Hind's jolly- 
 boat and only four unarmed men under his orders, 
 to board and make prize of a Turkish brig of 4 
 guns, having on board the Governor of Candia and 
 his body-guard, armed in the usual manner with 
 sabres, pistols, muskets, and dirks ; and on another 
 he succeeded, in a punt belonging to a one-masted 
 felucca in which he had been sent to Majorca for 
 the purpose of effecting an exchange of prisoners, 
 in capturing a large three-masted felucca, carrying, 
 in addition to her crew and 4 guns, a valuable cargo, 
 and as many as 50 refugees proceeding from Tar- 
 ragona to Palma. In the achievement of the latter 
 exploit Mr. Marshall's boat was again manned with 
 but four persons, natives of Gibraltar, commonly 
 called " Rock Scorpions," and was totally destitute 
 of arms. In 1808 he assisted, and was second in 
 command under Capt. TroUope, at the evacuation 
 of Scylla, where, as had been the case during the 
 last series of operations on the coast of Egypt, he 
 was wounded by a musket-ball in the left leg. He 
 was advanced to his present rank in honour of the 
 grand naval review held before the AUied Sove- 
 reigns at Spithead, 27 June, 1814, and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Marshall is the author of ' An Appeal 
 to the British Nation on behalf of the Mercantile 
 Marine," published by Ridgway in 1836. He mar- 
 ried, first, 21 May, 1805, Ann, niece of the late Sir 
 Walter Ferguson, and also of Capt. Jas. Ferguson 
 R.N., who died Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich 
 Hospital, 14 Feb. 1793. By that lady he had issue 
 seventeen children, six only of whom, three sons 
 and three daughters, are now Uving. He married 
 a second time, 14 Feb. 1839, Ann, only daughter of 
 the late J. C. Bright, Esq., of Plaistow, Essex. 
 
 MARSHALL, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., K.S.G., K.SS 
 (Captain, 1814.) 
 Sir John Marshall, bom in 1785, is descended 
 trom a lamily of considerable antiquity. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1800, as 
 i'st.-cl. Vol., on board the Aurora 28, Capt. Thos 
 
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730 
 
 MARSHALL. 
 
 Gordon Caulfeild; and in the course of the next 
 month attained the rating of Midshipman. Ke- 
 moving in March, 1802, after an intermediate ser- 
 vitude on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, 
 to the Latona 38, Capt. Frank Sotheron, he was 
 for seven months employed in that ship in the 
 Channel and Baltic. Being again, in April, 1803, 
 placed under the orders of Capt. Caulfeild in the 
 Grampus 50, he cruized for some time on the Guern- 
 sey station, and then sailed for the East Indies, 
 vrhere, in Dec. 1805, he followed the same ofioer, 
 as Master's Mate, into the Rdssel 74. In Oct. 1806 
 Mr. Marshall was nominated by Sir Edw. Pellew 
 Acting-Lieutenant of his flag-ship the CDiLODEN 74, 
 in which, on 27 of the ensuing month, he contri- 
 buted to the capture and destruction of a Dutch 
 frigate, seven brigs of war, and about 20 armed 
 and other merchant-vessels in Batavia Koads. In 
 the spring of 1807 he went back, in the capacity 
 last mentioned, to his former ship the Rtjssel, still 
 commanded by Capt. Caulfeild, with whom he con- 
 tinued, latterly under the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. 
 O'Brien Drury, until compelled by ill health to in- 
 valid in Feb. 1809. His next appointment we find 
 was, 24 Oct. in the latter year, to the AsonKiR 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Parker, then attached to the Walcheren 
 expedition. On 24 Oct. 1812, up to which period 
 he had been serving in the North Sea and Baltic, 
 part of the time under the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Thos. Byam Martin, and latterly in charge of a 
 gun-boat at the defence of Riga, Mr. Marshall was 
 promoted to the command of the Peocris sloop, 
 on the East India station, whither he took a pas- 
 sage in the Java of 46 guns and 377 men, Capt. 
 Henry Lambert. It was his consequent misfortune 
 to be present on board that frigate 23 Dec. 1812, 
 when she was captured, after a close and terrific 
 action of three hours and 40 minutes, and a loss of 
 22 men killed and 102 (including the Captain mor- 
 tally) wounded, by the American ship Constitution 
 of 55 guns and 480 men, many of whom suifered. 
 His exertions and the advice he afforded through- 
 out the contest were particularly acknowledged in 
 the despatches of the senior surviving oflicer, the 
 present Capt. Henry Ducie Chads.* On 11 Nov. 
 1813 Capt. Marshall was invested vrith the com- 
 mand of the Shamrock brig ; and on joining that 
 vessel off Cuxhaven he was ordered higher up the 
 Elbe, with a detachment of gun-boats under his 
 orders, for the purpose of watching the enemy at 
 Gluckstadt until the arrival there of the Swedish 
 troops under the Baron de Boye. The zeal he 
 subsequently displayed in the arduous operations 
 which terminated in its surrender to the allied 
 forces called forth the official thanks of the late 
 Sir Arthiur Farquhar, who commanded the naval 
 force employed in the attack.f On 9 Jan. 1814, 
 four days after the event last mentioned had taken 
 place, the Shamrock entered the haven of Gluck- 
 stadt, and took possession of the Danish flotilla 
 found In it, consisting of one brig and seven gun- 
 boats. Her commander was then despatched to 
 Kiel, in order to establish the claims of the British 
 squadron to the enemy's vessels, naval stores, &c., 
 taken in the Elbe. He next assisted at the block- 
 ade of Hamburg and Haarburg. The importance 
 indeed of Capt. Marshall's services on the German 
 rivers was fully acknowledged by his being ad- 
 vanced to Post rank 7 June, 1814 ; created, in the 
 early part of 1815, a Knight of the highest Russian 
 Military Order of St. George and of the Swedish 
 Military Order of the Sword, and a C.B. 4 June 
 in the same year. In Jan. 1826 he was selected to 
 fill the oiBce of Superintendent of Lazarettos at 
 Milford ; and, about Jan. 1827, of the Quarantine 
 establishment at Standgate Creek. William IV., 
 in June, 1832, invested him with the insignia of a 
 K.C.H., and also conferred on him the honour of 
 Knighthood. His last appointment was, 18 Aug. 
 1841, to the Isis 44, fitting for the Cape of Good 
 Hope, whence he returned home and was paid off 
 at the commencement of 1845 ; in April of which 
 year he had the satisfaction of receiving a letter 
 * Fi'ifeGaz. 1813, p. 774. f F. Gslz. l&)4,-p. ISB. \ 
 
 of thanks from the Committee at Lloyd's for the 
 great attention he had paid during his recent com- 
 mand to the interests of the mercantile community 
 generally, but especially for the arrangements he 
 had made for the preservation of peace and the 
 furtherance of trade at Icheboe. 
 
 Sir John Marshall married, a second time, 17 
 Sept. 1828, Augusta Eliza, youngest daughter of 
 John Wynne, Esq., of Garthmeillo, c6. Denbigh, 
 and grand-daughter of the Rev. S. Parr, D.D., Pre- 
 bendary of St. Paul's. His eldest daughter, Fran- 
 ces Orris, is married to Martin Hadsley Gosselin, 
 Esq., only son of Admiral T. Le M. Gosselin ; and 
 his third, Louisa Phillips, to Capt. Geo. Black, of 
 the Royal Canadian Rifles. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. 
 
 MARSHALL. (Eetiked Commander, 1844.) 
 
 John Marshall (a) — whose name had been borne 
 in 1790 on the books of the Marlborough 74, 
 Capt. Cornish, and Qdeen Charlotte 100, bear- 
 ing the flag of Lord Howe — embarked, in 1793, sis 
 A.B., on board the Egmont 74, Capts. Archibald 
 Dickson and John Sutton ; in which ship he co- 
 operated in the reduction of Corsica, and was pre- 
 sent in Hotham's actions of 14 March and 13 July, 
 1795, and in the battle fought off Cape St. Vincent 
 14 Feb. 1797. He also, in 1796, assisted at the eva^- 
 cuation of the island above named. At the close 
 of 1799, after having further served with Capt. Sut- 
 ton in the Superb 74, with Lord Bridport in the 
 Royal George 100, and with Sir Thos. Boulden 
 Thompson as Acting-Lieutenant in the Bellosa 
 74, on the Home station, Mr. Marshall was unfor- 
 tunately obliged to be invalided and sent to the 
 hospital at Plymouth. Being, however, officially 
 promoted, 18 Feb. 1800, to a Lieutenancy in the Re- 
 NOMMBE irigate, Capt. M'Kellar, he was employed 
 in the course of that year in the expedition to 
 Egypt. His next appointment was, 17 Sept. 1802, 
 to the Port Mahon brig, Capts. Walter Grosett, 
 — Neville, — M'Donald, — Murray, and Sam. 
 Chambers, on the Jamaica station ; where, under 
 Capt. Chambers, he assisted at the capture, recap- 
 ture, and destruction of at least fifty vessels ; among 
 which were £Jl Galgo Spanish packet, the Ama- 
 ranza letter-of-marque, and JSl Courier privateer. 
 He further, 25 June, 1806, united in chasing the 
 San Jbse^ letter-of-marque brig (armed with 1 long 
 18-pounder on a pivot amidships, and 4 12-pounder 
 carronades and 2 long 4-pounders on her sides, with 
 swivels, pikes, and muskets, and 30 men), into the 
 intricate harbour of Banes, in the island of Cuba ; 
 and then, taking command of the boats of the Port 
 Mahon, succeeded with the utmost gallantry in 
 cutting her out without the loss of a man ; although 
 the vessel was protected by the fire from, and 
 moored by a line to, a tower mounting 2 heavy 
 guns, and notwithstanding too that in endeavouring 
 to conduct her out of the harbour she grounded 
 within pistol-shot of the battery, and was struck 
 by several shot from it.* He left the Port Ma- 
 hon, of which he appears to have been for some 
 time in charge, in 1807 ; and was afterwards em- 
 ployed in the Impress service at Poole, and in visit- 
 ing Quebec and other parts of North America in 
 the Woolwich 44, armee-en-flvte, Capt. Thos. Ball 
 Sulivan. Ill health, again, in Aug. 1813, compelled 
 him to leave his ship and to enter the hospital at 
 Bermuda. He became a Retired Commander on 
 the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830: and on the Senior 
 30 July, 1844. 
 
 MARSHALL. (Commander, 1845.) 
 William Marshall (6) was born in Jan. 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1805, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Tartar 32, Capt. Edw. 
 Hawker, employed on the Halifax station ; where 
 he continued to serve, until the conclusion of hos- 
 tilities, in the Melampus 36, also commanded by 
 Capt. Hawker, and in the Indian 18, Capt. Chas. 
 John Austen, Horatio 38, Capt. Geo. Scott, Ruet 
 * Vide Gaz, 1800, p. 1537. 
 
MAUSHALL— MARSHAM— MARSINGALL. 
 
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 64, Capt. Ferrier, GnERRiiRE of 48 guns and 244 
 men, Capt. Jaa. Kioh. Dacres, Belvidera 36, Capt. 
 Rich. Byron, Merope 10, Capt. Wm. Benj. Suck- 
 ling, and Wasp sloop, Capts. Peter Fisher and Wm. 
 Woolridge. He was on board the Hokatio at the 
 capture, 21 Feb. 1810, after a long chase and a run- 
 ning fight of one hour, of La Necessite, pierced for 
 40 guns, but not mounting more than 28, "with a 
 complement of 186 men ; and, as Midshipman, on 
 board the Gderhi^re, when taken, 19 Aug. 1812, 
 notwithstanding a struggle of nearly an hour and 
 three-quarters, attended with a loss of 15 killed 
 and 63 wounded, by the United States ship Consti- 
 tution^ of 56 guns and 460 men, 7 of whom at least 
 were killed and as many wounded. While attached 
 to the Belvidera he was afforded an opportunity 
 of seeing much boat-service. He remained in the 
 Wasp, on the Mediterranean station, latterly in 
 the capacity of Acting-Master, until the summer of 
 1818 ; and between that period and his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 July, 1825, was em- 
 ployed in the Coast Blockade as Midshipman and 
 Mate of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Cullooh. 
 He left the latter service, after having been fur- 
 ther borne on the books of the Ramillies and Ta- 
 LAVERA 74's, Capts. M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot, in 
 April, 1831; and was subsequently appointed — 15 
 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard— 30 June, 1834, to 
 the command of the Nimble Revenue-vessel — 27 
 June, 1837, again to the Coast Guard — and 22 Dec. 
 1841, to the command of the Adelaide, another 
 Revenue-cruizer. He acquired the rank he now 
 holds 16 Jan. 1845, and has since been on half-pay. 
 He married in 1821, and has issue five children. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 Indies on board the Droo 18, Capt. John Balfour 
 Maxwell. 
 
 MARSHALL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 33.) 
 William Marshall (a) entered the Navy, in 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wrangler gun- 
 brig, commanded in succession by two Lieutenants, 
 under whom he was for three years employed on 
 the Leith station. In 1802 he proceeded to the 
 West Indies in the Reynard sloop, Capt. Peter 
 Spioer; and he was next, between 1803 and 1807, 
 employed on the St. Helena and Home stations, 
 chiefly we believe in the capacity of Second Master, 
 in the Egyptienne frigate and Revenge 74, both 
 commanded by Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming ; 
 assisting, in the Egyptienne, at the capture of 
 L'Epervier of 16 guns and 90 men, L'Acte'on of 16 
 guns and 126 men, and La Chiffonette privateer of 
 14 guns and 80 men ; and sharing, in the same ship, 
 in Sir Robert Calder's action 22 July, 1805. In 
 June, 1807, he removed to the Edgar 74, Capts. 
 Jas. Maonamara and Stephen Poyntz ; in which 
 ship, it appears, he served off Rochefort, in the Bal- 
 tic, and off Flushing, until Dec. 1810. During his 
 stay in the Baltic we find him witnessing the em- 
 barkation, from Nyeborg, of the Spanish General 
 the Marquis de la Romana, and his patriot troops. 
 On leaving the Edgar he joined the Tremendous 
 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell. With that officer he 
 continued to serve, again in the Baltic, and also in 
 the Mediterranean, until May, 1815. He then took 
 up a commission dated on 10 of the previous Feb., 
 and has since been on half-pay. Agents— Goode 
 and Lawrence. 
 
 MARSHALL. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 WlLLOUGHBY CHARLES MARSHALL paSScd hiS 
 
 examination 30 Aug. 1837 ; and for several years 
 prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 1 Sept. 1845, was employed on 
 the South American station, as Mate, in the Ac- 
 tjeon 26, .Capt. Robt. Russell, Crescent receiving- 
 sliip, Lieut.-Commander Malachi Donellan, and 
 Gorgon steam-sloop, Capt. Chas. Hotham. He 
 was on board the latter vessel when she was driven 
 on shore in a hurricane at Colonia, and was con- 
 cerned in the long and arduous operations which 
 preceded her being got off. For several months of 
 1846 Lieut. JIarshall was employed in the East 
 
 MARSHAM. (Captain, 1833. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Henby Shovell Mabsham entered the Navy, 
 17 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 
 74, Capts. Donald M'Leod and Sam. Jackson, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Commodore Rich. Good- 
 win Keats. In that ship he went to the Mediter- 
 ranean in pursuit of a French squadron which had 
 effected its escape from Rochefort, witnessed the 
 embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish troops 
 under the Marquis de la Romana, and, previously 
 to accompanying the expedition to the Walcheren, 
 was in her when she was frozen up at Gottenborg 
 and only extricated by a canal being cut through 
 four miles of ice. After a servitude of three months 
 at Spithead in the Pdissant 74, Capt. Robt. Hall, 
 he became Midshipman, in March, 1810, of the 
 Defiance 74, commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Hotham, with whom he continued employed in the 
 Northumberland 74 iintil Jan. 1813; being in 
 consequence afforded an opportunity, in the latter 
 ship, of assisting, 22 May, 1812, when in company 
 with the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant destruc- 
 tion, at the entrance of L'Orient, of the French 40- 
 gun frigates L'Arienne and L' Andromaque, and 16- 
 gun-brig Mamelouci, whose united fire, conjointly 
 with that of a destructive battery, killed 5 of the 
 Northumberland's people and wounded 28. He 
 obtained his first commission while serving with 
 Sir John Borlase Warren on the coast of North 
 America in the San Domingo of 74 guns, 30 June, 
 1813 ; and was subsequently appointed — 1 July, 
 1813, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Master- 
 man Hardy, engaged in the blockade of New Lon- 
 don — 2 Sept. 1814, again to the Superb, bearing the 
 flag of Hon. H. Hotham on the coasts of America 
 and France — 26 Aug. 1818 (two years and seven 
 months after he had left the Superb), to the Roch- 
 FORT 80, Capts. Andrew Pellet Green and Chas. 
 Marsh Schomberg, to which ship, bearing the flags 
 in the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle 
 and Sir Graham Moore, he continued attached for 
 upwards of five years and a half — and 6 July, 1824, 
 as senior, to the Cambrian 46, Capt. Gawen Wm, 
 Hamilton, on the same station, where, in command, 
 in the Negropont Channel, of the boats of his own 
 ship and the Seringapatam, he contrived to board 
 and carry, in the most gallant manner, notwith- 
 standing a desperate resistance, two piratical ves- 
 sels, each with 1 gun and about 30 men, 31 Jan. 
 1825.* The terms of high commendation in which 
 his conduct on the occasion was reported procured 
 him a Commander's commission dated 21 of the 
 following April. His next appointments were — 10 
 Sept. 1829 and 25 Feb. 1831, to the Britannia 120, 
 Capt. Geo. Burdet, and St. Vincent 120, Capt. 
 Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean, where, at the period of his official 
 advancement to the rank of Captain, 24 Dec. 1833, 
 he was acting as such in the Malabar 74. Since 
 the paying off of the Malabar in July, 1834, he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Marsham married, in 1838, Maria, daughter 
 of W. Jones, Esq., of Ballinamore, co. Leitrim, and 
 Hayle Place, co. Kent. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 MARSINGALL. (Retired Commander, 1843. 
 FP., 13 ; H-p., 36.) 
 Samuel Mabsingall entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 
 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Lutine, Capt. 
 John Monokton ; whom he followed as Midship- 
 man, in April, 1799, into the Mars 74, bearing 
 the flag in the Channel of Hon. Geo. Cranfleld 
 Berkeley. In Jan. 1801 he removed to the St. 
 Fiorenzo of 42 guns and 253 men, Capts. C. w! 
 Paterson and Joseph Bingham ; and in June, I8O3! 
 on his arrival in the East Indies, he joined the Wil- 
 helmina arme'e-en-fute, Capt. Henry Lambert, car- 
 rying 21 guns and 134 men. In that ship it appears 
 * Fide Guz, 1836, p. 698. 
 
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 MARTEN— MAETIN. 
 
 he took part, 11 April, 1804, in a very gallant con- 
 flict of an hour and a half, which terminated in 
 her beating off, with a loss to herself of 10 men 
 wounded, the French frigate-built privateer Psyche 
 of 36 guns and 250 men, 11 of whom were Idlled and 
 33 wounded. Returning subsequently with Capt. 
 Lambert to the St. Fiohenzo he assisted, 14 Feb. 
 1805, at the capture, after a desperate action of se- 
 veral hours, of the above named Psyche, which had 
 been since added to the French navy, and whose 
 loss on the present occasion amounted, out of 252 
 men, to 57 Itilled and 70 wounded, while that of the 
 British did not exceed 12 killed and 36 (including 
 himself) wounded. On 12 March, 1806, at which 
 time he had been for nine months attached to the 
 Cdlloden 74, bearing the flag, still on the East 
 India station, of Bear-Admiral Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 Mr. Marsingall was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Grampus 50, Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait, to 
 which ship the Admiralty confirmed him 20 Aug. 
 1807. His last appointments were — 3 Nov. 1807, to 
 the Camel store-ship, Capt. John Joyce, for pas- 
 sage to England — 14 May, 1808, to the Tridmph 74, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, part of the Chan- 
 nel fleet— and 14 May and 4 Nov. 1809, to the Bak- 
 FEEDR 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, 
 and Myrtle sloop, Capt. Thos. Innes, both on the 
 Lisbon station. He invalided home in March, 1810 ; 
 and accepted his present rank 1 Nov. 1843. 
 
 The wound received by Commander Marsingall 
 at the capture of the Psyche was rewarded with a 
 gratuity by the Patriotic Society. Agemts — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 MARTEN. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Francis Marten, bom in 1814, is eldest son of 
 the late Geo. Sulivan Marten, Esc[., of Marshals 
 Wick near St. Alban's, Herts, by bis second wife, 
 Charlotte, daughter of Col. Tucker. He is half- 
 brother of the present Geo. Eobt. Marten, Esq., of 
 Marshals Wick, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for CO. Herts. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 28 Aug. 1837 ; 
 and between 1840 and his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1844, was employed as Mate in 
 the Ferret 10, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Sidney 
 "^l^homas, and Siren 16, Capt. Wm. Smith, on the 
 African and East India stations. His appointments 
 have since been — 18 Dec. 1844, to the Persian 16, 
 Capt. Henry Coryton, from which vessel, fitting at 
 Devonport, he was shortly afterwards superseded 
 — and 16 Aug. 1845, to the President 50, now flag- 
 ship of Rear- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres at the Cape 
 of Good Hope. 
 
 MARTIN. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 19; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Alexander Martin entered the Navy, in June, 
 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thidmph 74, 
 Capts. Sir Erasmus Gower and Wm. Essington, 
 under the latter of whom he fought in the action 
 off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. In Jan. 1799 he re- 
 moved to the Formidable 98, Capts. Jas. Hawkins 
 Whitshed, Edw. Thombrough, and Rich. Grindall ; 
 and in that ship he served in the Channel, Medi- 
 terranean, and West Indies until Sept 1802 — to- 
 wards the close of the period in the capacity of 
 Midshipman. Rejoining Capt. Grindall, in 1803, on 
 board the Prince 98, he was for upwards of three 
 years employed with him in the Channel and off the 
 Port of Cadiz, and was afforded an opportunity of 
 sharing in the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. 
 After an attachment of some months to the Glory 
 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, and Prince 98, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, both 
 stationed off Cadiz, he was nominated, about Dec. 
 1807, Acting- Lieutenant of the Terrible 74, Capt. 
 Lord Henry Paulet, part of the force employed in 
 the Mediterranean, where, in Feb. 1810, he joined, 
 in a similar capacity, the Alacrity 18, Capt. Nes- 
 bit Palmer. In May, 1811, that vessel was unfor- 
 tunately captured by the enemy, a catastrophe, 
 however, Mr. Martin escaped, from the circum- 
 stance of his being at the time absent in charge of 
 a Greek prize. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 
 
 29 Oct. in the same year ; and was lastly, from 2 of 
 the ensuing month until 18 Jan. 1815, employed on 
 the Leith station in the Nightingale 16, Capt. 
 Christopher Nixon. 
 
 MARTIN, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.S.J. (Admikai, 
 or THE Fleet, r-p., 32 ; h-p., 39.) | 
 
 Sir George Martin died 28 July, 1847, at his 
 house in Berkeley Square, in the 83rd year of his 
 age. He was third and youngest son of the late 
 Capt. Wm. Martin, R.N., by Arabella, daughter of 
 Sir Wm. Rowley, K.B., Admiral of the Fleet, and 
 sister of Rear-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, the first 
 Baronet of that name, father of the late Admiral 
 Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H., and father- 
 in-law of Admiral Sir Chas. Cotton, Bart. His 
 grandfather, Bennet Martin, was a M.D. ; one of 
 his grand-uncles, Wm. Martin, died Admiral of the 
 Fleet in 1756; and another, Roger Martin, also an 
 Admiral, died in 1780. Sir George was brother of 
 the present Wm. Martin, Esq., of Hemingston, co. 
 Suffolk ; and uncle of the present Capt. Geo. Bo- 
 hun Martin, R.N., C.B. His mother married, a 
 second time. Colonel Gibbs, of Horseley Park, Sus- 
 sex, father of Major-General Sir Sam. Gibbs, K. C.B., 
 who fell at New Orleans 8 Jan. 1815, and of Major- 
 General Sir Edw. Gibbs, Governor of Jersey, and 
 Colonel of the 68th Regt. 
 
 This ofiicer (whose name had been borne from 13 
 Dec. 1771 until 30 April, 1774, on the books of the 
 Maky yacht) embarked, 20 Nov. 1776, as Captain's 
 Servant, on board the Monarch 64, commanded 
 by his uncle Capt. Joshua Rowley, and was present 
 as Midshipman of that ship in Keppel's action with 
 the Comte d'Orvilliers 27 July, 1778. On next 
 joining theSoFFOLK 74, Capt. Hugh Cloberry Chris- 
 tian, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing in 
 Byron's action with d'Estaing 6 July, 1779 ; and on 
 16 July, 1780, after having participated in three 
 actions fought in the preceding months of April 
 and May between Rodney and De Gnychen, and 
 been for short periods employed in the Camelion, 
 Rover, and Alert sloops, Capts. Thos. Watson, 
 John 'Thos. Duckworth, and Jas. Vashon, he was 
 made Lieutenant into the Russel 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Hanwell. His succeeding appointments, it appears, 
 were, to the Princess Royal 98, Capt. J. T. Duck- 
 worth, Ulysses 44, Capt. John Thomas, and Sand- 
 wich, Capt. Silverius Moriarty. He was promoted, 
 9 March, 1782, to the command of the Tobago 
 sloop ; and on 17 March, 1783, was posted into the 
 Preston 50. In April, 1784, Capt. Martin, whose 
 services had hitherto been on the West India sta- 
 tion, returned to England. He was subsequently 
 appointed — 9 July, 1789, to the Porcupine 24, em- 
 ployed off the coast of Ireland until Aug. 1792 — 12 
 March, 1793, to the Magicienne 32, in the West 
 Indies — 9 Nov. 1795, to the Irresistible 74 — 15 
 July, 1798, to the Northumberland 74 — and (after 
 eight months of half-pay) 22 May, 1803, and 24 
 April and 21 Nov. 1804, to the Colossus 74, and 
 Glory and Barfleur 98' s, on the Channel station. 
 In the Irresistible Capt. Martin bore a conspicu- 
 ous part in the battle off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 
 1797, and towards the close of the action hoisted 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Nelson, whose 
 ship, the Captain, was completely disabled."* His 
 conduct on the occasion procured him a gold medal 
 and the thanks of Parliament. On 26 April in the 
 same year the Irresistible, in company with the 
 Emeraxd 36, pursued into Conil Bay, near Tra- 
 falgar, and, at the end of an hour's engagement, 
 succeeded in effecting the capture of the Spanish 
 frigates Ninfa and Santa Elena of 34 guns and 320 
 men each. The latter vessel, as soon as she had 
 struck, cut her cable and ran on shore ; her crew 
 effecting their escape. Although eventually got 
 off, she was found in too damaged a state to be kept 
 afloat ; and she accordingly went down. Part of 
 the Ninfa's crew also effected their escape to the 
 shore. The loss sustained by the two frigates 
 amounted to about 18 killed and 30 wounded : that 
 * Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 212. 
 
MARTIN. 
 
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 of the Irresistible to 1 man killed and 1 wounded. 
 The skill exhibited by Capt. Martin in having 
 rounded a dangerous reef of rocks, called the Laja 
 de Cape Kocha, a little to the northward of Conil, 
 and his decision in the ensuing attack, were declared 
 by Earl St. Vincent to have displayed one of the 
 most notable actions that had ever come under hia 
 observation.* In Feb. 1800 we find Capt. Martin, 
 then in command of the Northumberland, ac- 
 quiring the approbation of Lord Nelson for his 
 alacrity and good conduct at the capture of the 
 French 74-gun ship Gemreux ; f and in the ensuing 
 May succeeding Capt. Troubridge in the command 
 of the blockading squadron before Malta. In the 
 month of Aug. the Diane and Justice frigates made 
 their escape from the harbour of Valetta, but not 
 unperceived by the Northumberland, who, join- 
 ing the Success 32, went in immediate chase and 
 contrived to capture the Diane-X On 5 Sept. in the 
 same year Capt. Martin, whose perseverance in the 
 discharge of his blockading duties had been unre- 
 mitting, had the honour of signing the capitulation 
 in virtue of which the important island of Malta 
 became annexed to the Crown of England. § He 
 afterwards, in 1801, accompanied the expedition 
 under Lord Keith and Sir Ralph Abercromby to 
 Egypt, where his activity and exertions a second 
 time caused his being included in the thanks of 
 Parliament. In April 1804 he was nominated a 
 Colonel of Marines ; and on 22 July, 1805, at which 
 period, as above shown, he was in command of the 
 Barfleur, he distinguished himself in Sir Eobt. 
 Calder's action with Admiral Villeneuve. || At- 
 taining Flag-rank 9 Nov. 1805, Rear-Admiral Rlar- 
 tin, on 17 Jan, 1806, was appointed second in com- 
 mand at Portsmouth,' where, with his flag in the 
 Gladiator 50, he remained for a period of 10 
 months — during, we believe, the absence of Sir 
 Isaac Cofl&n on Admiralty leave. In May 1807 he 
 proceeded, in the Cumberland 74, off Cadiz, for 
 the purpose of watching the enemy's ships in the 
 harbour ; after which, entering the Mediterranean, 
 he continued on that station, with his flag in the 
 Montagu 74, Queen 98, and Canopds 80, until 
 some months subsequent to his promotion, 31 July, 
 1810, to the rank of Vice-Admiral. At first, he 
 was employed off the coast of Italy, and- in protect- 
 ing Sicily from the hostile designs of the French ; 
 and in June, 1809, he took possession of the islands 
 of Ischia and Procida.^ On the night of 23 Oct. 
 1809, being at the time off Cape St. Sebastian in 
 the Canopus, the Kear-Admiral was detached by 
 Lord CoUingwood with eight of his best sailing 
 ships (two of which accidentally parted company) 
 in pursuit of a division of the enemy's fleet, con- 
 sisting of three ships of the line and two frigates. 
 By noon on the 25th his intrepid perseverance had 
 compelled the Robuste 80 and Lion 74, to run them- 
 selves on shore, within pistol-shot of each other, at 
 a spot about six miles north-east of the harbour of 
 Cette, and near to the village of Frontignan ; and 
 had Induced the Bore'e 74, and Pauline frigate to 
 seek refuge in Cette harbour, although it scarcely 
 contained depth sufficient to float them. The two 
 former ships were fired and blown up by their own 
 crews.** In the summer of 1810, Vice-Admiral 
 Martin returned to his station off Sicily, and while 
 there was presented with the Order of St. Janu- 
 arius by the King of Naples, as a mark of his Ma- 
 jesty's approbation of the essential and zealous 
 services rendered by him to that kingdom. We 
 may add that the cordial and friendly co-operation 
 he at all times afforded the troops, did not fail to 
 call forth the public thanks of the military com- 
 mander Lieut.-General Sir John Stuart, K.B.tt In 
 May, 1812, being appointed to the chief command 
 on the Lisbon station, he hoisted his flag on board 
 the Impetueux 74, and sailed for his destination, 
 where he remained, latterly with his flag in the 
 Sabrina frigate and Kodnev 74, until June, 1814; 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 446. + T. Gaz. 1800, p. 2!)7. 
 
 t y. Gaz. 1800, p. 1156. } V. Gaz. 1800, p. 1155. 
 
 II r. Gaz. 1805, p. 982. ^ F. Gaz. 1809, pp. 1410, 1437. 
 •* r, Gaz. 1801, pp. 1901-8. ft ^. Gaz. 1810, p. 1834. 
 
 about which period he received the honour of 
 knighthood in commemoration of the King's visit 
 to the fleet at Spithead.* In Jan. 1815, he was 
 created a K.C.B. ; in Feb. 1821, a G.C.B. ; and on 
 19 July in the latter year an Admiral of the Blue. 
 His last appointment was, 27 March, 1824, to the 
 post of Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth ; where 
 his flag, which had been flying the whole time in 
 the Victory, was struck 30 April, 1827. Sir Geo. 
 Martin was raised to the dignity of Admiral of the 
 Fleet 9 Nov. 1846. He had been successively con- 
 stituted Rear and Vice-Admiral of the United 
 Kingdom in Jan. 1833 and April, 1834 ; f and a 
 G.C.M.G. in 1836. 
 
 He married, first, 3 April, 1804, the youngest 
 daughter of the late Capt. John Albert Bentinck, 
 R.N. (by Renira, Baroness de Twyell de Ceroos- 
 kerken), sister of Vice-Admiral Wm. Bentinck 
 (who married the only daughter o'f the first Earl 
 Manvers and died 21 Feb. 1813), sister-in-law of Sir 
 Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Bart., G.C.B., Admiral of 
 the Fleet, and grand-niece of the first Duke of Port- 
 land. That lady dying 15 Oct. 1806, he married a 
 second time, 2 June, 1815, Miss A. Locke, daughter 
 of Wm. Locke, Esq. of Norbury Park, co. Surrey. 
 He was again left a widower 1 Mar. 1842. 
 
 MARTIN, C.B., K.S.L., K.S.A., K.R.G. (Cap- 
 tain, 1828. F-P., 21 ; H-P., 14.) 
 
 George Bohun Martin is third and youngest 
 son of the late Henry Martin, Esq., of Colston 
 Basset, Notts, a Magistrate for the co., M.P. for 
 Kinsale, and one of the Masters in Chancery, by 
 Maria_Elizabeth, daughter of Fras. Edmunds, Esq., 
 of Worsborough, co. York. He is nephew of the 
 late Sir Geo. Martin, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Admiral 
 of the Fleet. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 3 
 April, 1812; and_ embarked, 11 April, 1815, as Mid- 
 shipman, on boar<i the Impregnable 98, Capt. Sam. 
 Campbell Rowley, bearing the flag of Sir Josias 
 Rowley in the Mediterranean ; where, in the fol- 
 lowing Oct., he removed to the Spartan 38, Capt. 
 Phipps Hornby. Quitting that ship in July, 1816, 
 he next, until the receipt of his first commission, 
 dated 17 March, 1821, served on the Channel, Me- 
 diterranean, and Cork stations, in the Madag,as- 
 CAR and Mjeander J frigates, both commandedr'by 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Ganymede 26, Capts. 
 Wm. M'CuUoch and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, 
 Wasp sloop, Capt. Wm. Woolridge, Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Searle, Newcastle 60, Capt. Arthur 
 Fanshawe, Cadmus and Brisk sloops, each under 
 the orders of Capt. Jas. Montagu, Spencer 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Josias Rowley, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 in the Sappho sloop, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge. 
 On the date of his official promotion, as above, Mr. 
 Martin was nominated Flag-Lieutenant, in the 
 Queen Charlotte 100, to Admiral Sir Jas. Haw- 
 kins Whitshed, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. 
 Obtaining a second promotal commission in conse- 
 quence, 24 April, 1824, he assumed command, 17 
 April, 1827, of the Musquito 10, and, returning to 
 the Mediterranean, was afforded an opportunity of 
 sharing, 20 Oct. following, in the battle of Navarin. 
 His conduct on that occasion procured him the ho- 
 nours above indicated, and was the cause of his being 
 advanced (as soon as he had served the necessary 
 time as Commander) to Post-rank, 19 April, 1828. 
 His next appointments were, 17 April, 1833, and 31 
 Oct. 1835, to the Volage 28, and Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley, both in the Mediter- 
 ranean, whence he returned in the autumn of 1837. 
 He has been in command, since 4 Nov. 1844, of the 
 Eagle 50 ; in which ship he at first conveyed Rear- 
 Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield to the south-east 
 coast of America, was then employed in North 
 America and the West Indies, and is now engaged 
 in the performance of a particular service. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1814, pp. 1320-3. 
 
 t He was reappointed Vice-Admiral of the U. K. 21 July 
 1837. ' 
 
 J The M.TANDER, during a violent gale, struck upon a 
 shoal oif Orfordness, and was all but lost, 19 Dec. 1816. 
 
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 MARTIN. 
 
 Capt. Martin married Isabella Harriett, daughter 
 of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G., by 
 whom he has issue. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 MAETIN, C.B. (Captaik, 1827. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-P., 15.) 
 
 Henry Btah Martin is second son of Admiral 
 Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B. 
 
 Tills officer entered the Royal Naval College, 8 
 Oct. 1816 ; and embarked, in Oct. 1818, as Midship- 
 man, on board the Liffet 50, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Duncan, with whom he was employed in the Chan- 
 nel and on particular service, until transferred, in 
 April, 1820, to the Kochfort 80 ; from which ship, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Graham Moore in the Medi- 
 terranean, he was lent for several months in 1821-2 
 to the Serikgapatam 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, 
 Chanticleer sloop, Capt. Henry Eden, and Eukv- 
 ALDS 42, Capt. Augustus Wra. Jas. Clifford. In 
 Feb. 1823, he joined the Eamillies 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Brace, lying at Portsmouth ; and on 20 of the ensu- 
 ing month he was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant ; his appointments in which capacity, it ap- 
 pears, were, 1 July, 1823, and 26 Deo. 1824, to the 
 Sybille frigate, Capt. John Brooke Pechell, and 
 Kevenge 76, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 
 on the Jamaica and Mediterranean stations. He 
 attained the rank of Commander 8 April, 1825 ; and, 
 after he had had command for about 12 mouths of 
 the Parthian 10, in the Mediterranean, was ad- 
 vanced, 28 April, 1827, to Post-rank. From the 
 latter date Capt. Martin did not again go afloat 
 until appointed, 21 Nov. 1836, to the Caevsfort26, 
 in which vessel he was for nearly five years again 
 employed in the Mediterranean, where his services 
 on the coast of Syria, including the attacks upon 
 Tortosa and St. Jean d'Acre, procured his enrol- 
 ment among the Companions of the Bath, 18 Deo. 
 1840. On the former occasion he received the grate- 
 ful acknowledgments of Capt. Houston Stewart, of 
 the Benbow, the senior officer present, for the sup- 
 port and assistance he afforded him, as well as for 
 the astonishing precision of his fire in covering the 
 boats and men employed on shore.* He has been 
 in command, since 15 Nov. 1845, of the Grampus 
 50, in the Pacific. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 MARTIN. (LiEOT., 1814. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Joseph Winthrop Martin entered the Navy, 28 
 Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Syeilee 
 frigate, Capt. llobt. "Winthrop, and after cruizing 
 among the Western Islands, si.-c months in the capa- 
 city of Midshipman, removed, in July, 1807, to the 
 TiiMfeRAiKE 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Edw. 
 Sneyd Clay, Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, Joseph 
 Spear, and Sam. Hood Linzee. In that ship, which 
 for some time bore the flags of Rear-Admirals Man- 
 ley Dixon and Fras. Pickmore, he was for four years 
 and eight months employed in the Channel and 
 Baltic, off Cadiz, in the Mediterranean, and at Ply- 
 mouth. He then followed Capt. Linzee into the 
 Union 98, but had not been long in her before he 
 was transferred to the Narcissus 32, Capt. John 
 Rich. Lumley ; with whom, it appears, he served in 
 the West Indies and North America until May, 
 1813. He obtained a commission 27 May, 1814 ; 
 and was lastly, from Oct. in the same year until 
 Aug. 1815, employed in the Tamab24, Capt. Chas. 
 Sotheby, and Valiant 74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral 
 Manley Dixon, on the North and South American 
 stations. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MAETIN. (Commander, 1825.) 
 
 Nathaniel Martin died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1799, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Diamond 38, Capt. Sir 
 Rich. John Strachan; under whom, on being re- 
 moved to the Captain 74, he assisted at the cap- 
 ture, 19 June, 1799, of Rear- Admiral Perree's squa- 
 dron of three frigates and two brigs, and attended, 
 as Midshipman, the expeditions of 1800 to Quiberon 
 and Ferrol. In May, 1802, at which period the 
 * Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607. 
 
 Captain, in command of Capt. Chas. Boyles, was 
 at Jamaica, he took a passage home in the Ven- 
 geance 74, Capt. Geo. Duff; rejoining Sir R. J. 
 Strachan, on his arrival, in the Donegal 80. Pre- 
 viously to leaving that ship, Mr. Martin was for 
 some time employed in blockading the port of Ca- 
 diz, and contributed to the capture, 25 Nov. 1804, 
 of the Spanish frigate Amfitrite of 44 guns. When 
 subsequently with Sir Richard in the C-5;sar 80, 
 we find him enacting a part in the action off 
 Ferrol 4 Nov. 1805. On 1 July, 1806, he was 
 nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Triumph 74, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, and again or- 
 dered to the West Indies ; after cruizing for three 
 or four months on which station, he went back to 
 the C^sar in the capacity last-mentioned, and con- 
 tinued in her (his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant being confirmed 19 March, 1807) under the 
 flags of Rear-Admirals Sir R. J. Strachan, Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford, and Wm. Albany Otway, under the 
 command of Capts. Chas. Richardson and Wm. 
 Granger, until May, 1811. He was in consequence 
 present, during the year 1809, at the destruction of 
 three French frigates near the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonne, in Lord Cochrane's attack upon the 
 French shipping in Basque Roads, and in the expe- 
 dition to the Walcheren. His last appointments 
 were— 3 Oct. 1811, to the Lyra 10, Capt. Robt. 
 Bloye, under whom he saw much active service on 
 the north coast of Spain — 12 Aug. 1812 and 2 Feb. 
 1813, to the Venerable and Stirling Castle 74' s, 
 in the latter of which ships (the Venerable had 
 been employed as the Lyra) he escorted Earl Moira 
 to India — 7 Nov. 1814, to the Martin sloop, Capt. 
 Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot, stationed, until Oct. 1815, on 
 the coast of Ireland — 18 Aug. 1818, to the command 
 of the Grecian cutter, in the Channel — and, 26 
 Sept. 1822, to the Ordinary at Portsmouth. The 
 rank of Commander was conferred on him 27 July, 
 1825. 
 
 He had been left a widower in March, 1820. 
 Agents — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 MARTIN. (Captain, 1826. r-p., 17; h-p., 31.) 
 Thomas Martin, born 11 Dec. 1787, is only sur- 
 viving son of the late John Nickleson Martin, 
 Esq., of WoUaton, co. Nottingham, a Captain in 
 the Army, by EUzabeth, daughter and heiress of 
 John Hutchinson, Esq., of Skirsgill, near Penrith, 
 and of Crossfield House, near Kirkoswald, co. Cum- 
 berland. His grandfather, George Martin, Esq., 
 was Surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital, London ; 
 and his maternal uncle, John Hutchinson, who died 
 on board the Edgar 74, off Madras Roads, in 1783, 
 was a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines. Capt. 
 Martin is a descendant of Harold de Vaux, Lord de 
 Vau3t, who at a very early period crossed over from 
 Normandy and settled in England. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Superb 74, Capt. John 
 Sutton, whom, after an intermediate servitude in 
 the Channel and Mediterranean, he followed, in 
 March, 1801, into the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. In Dec. 1801, he removed 
 to the iMMORTALiTi 36, commanded in the Channel 
 by Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen ; and in the summer of 1805 (having been 
 latterly employed, still on the Home station, in the 
 Mars 74, Capt. John Sutton, and, as Master's Mate, 
 in the Eevolotionkaire 44, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Hotham) he was successively nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the HiBERNiA 110, Capt. Wm. Bed- 
 ford, and Audacious 74, Capts. John Lawford and 
 Jas. Bissett. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 22 
 Jan. 1806, and was subsequently appointed Senior — 
 27 March, 1806, of the Penelope 36, Capts. Wm. 
 Robt. Brougbton and John Dick, stationed for some 
 time on the coast of North America, as also in the 
 West Indies, where he served on shore with a party 
 of seamen at the capture of Fort Trinite, prior to 
 the surrender of Martinique in Feb. 1809—3 Dec. 
 1810, of the Wolverene brig, Capt. Chas. Julius 
 Kerr, attached to the force in the Channel— and, in 
 
MARTIN. 
 
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 1811-12-13, of the Dragon 74, and Tribune 36, 
 flag-ships of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Grampus 50, 
 Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, in the West Indies. 
 He was promoted, 10 Aug. 1813, to the command of 
 the ^Surinam sloop, in which vessel he returned 
 home with convoy and was paid off in the following 
 Oct. ; and he was lastly, from 3 June, 1824, until 
 Jan. 1827, employed on the Jamaica station in com- 
 mand of the Jaseur 18. His Post-commission bears 
 date 2 Aug. 1826. 
 
 Capt. Martin married, 5 Aug. 1828, Ann, daughter 
 of John Miles, Esq., of London ; and by that lady 
 has had issue five sons and two daughters. Agents 
 — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 MARTIN, G.C.B., K.S.S. (Admibai, of the Eed, 
 1830. F-p., 27 ; h-p., 35.) 
 
 Sir Thomas Btam Martin is third son of the 
 late Sir Henry Martin, Bart., Comptroller of the 
 Navy, and M.P. for Southampton, by Eliza Anne, 
 daughter of Harding Parker, Esq., of Hilbrook, co. 
 Cork, and relict of Hayward Gillman, Esq., of Gill- 
 manville, in the same co. His half-uncle, Sam. Mar- 
 tin, Esq., M.P., several years Joint Secretary to the 
 Treasury, and Treasurer to the Princess Dowager 
 of "Wales, died in Nov. 1789 ; and his own uncle, 
 Josiah Martin, Esq., a Colonel in the Army, who 
 died in 1786, was Governor of North Carolina in 
 1770. One of her cousins, Sam. Martin, Esq., Co- 
 lonel in the 1st Regt. of Guards, was killed at St. 
 Sebastian; and another, Wm. Byam Martin, Esq., 
 was for some time Governor of Amboyna. His 
 father's grandmother, Lydia, daughter of Colonel 
 George Thomas, of Antigua (who commanded the 
 Barbadoes Regiment, and greatly distinguished him- 
 self at the capture of St. Christopher's in 1690), mar- 
 ried, a second time, Edw. Byam, Esq., Governor of 
 the Leeward Islands. 
 
 This officer, whose name had been borne from 23 
 June, until 31 Deo. 1782, on the books of the Fou- 
 PROYANT 80, Capt. John Jervis, entered the Royal 
 Naval Academy in Aug. 1785, and embarked, in 
 March, 1786, as Captain's Servant, on board the 
 Pegasus 28, commanded by H. R. H. Prince William 
 Henry, with whom he continued to serve in that 
 vessel, and, as Midshipman, in the Ani>romkda fri- 
 gate, on the North American and West India sta- 
 tions, until July, 1789. He was then in succession 
 employed, chiefly on Channel service, in the Colos- 
 sus 74, Capt. Hugh Cloberry Christian, Southamp- 
 ton 32, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, and Bakfleur 
 98 and Royal George 100, flag-ships of Admiral 
 Barrington; and on 22 Oct. 1790, he was made 
 Lieutenant into the Canada 74, Capts. Lord Hugh 
 Seymour and Erasmus Gower. After serving for 
 two years in the capacity last-mentioned on board 
 the Inconstant and Juno frigates, commanded in 
 the Channel by Capts. Geo. Wilson and Sam. Hood, 
 he was promoted, in May, 1793, to the command of 
 the TisirnoNE 12, fitting for the Mediterranean, 
 where, on 5 of the ensuing Nov., having witnessed 
 Lord Hood's occupation of Toulon, he was made 
 Post into the Modeste frigate. I-lis ensuing ap- 
 pointment was to the Artois, in which vessel, we 
 believe, he co-operated in the reduction of Bastia. 
 Obtaining command, next, of the Santa Marga- 
 KiTTA, of 40 guns and 237 men, Capt. Martin, be- 
 sides making prize, in that ship, of Le Jean Bart 
 corvette of 18 guns, and the privateers Xe Buona- 
 parte of 16 guns and 137 men, and Le Vengeur of 18 
 guns and 110 men, succeeded, 8 June, 1796, in effect- 
 ing the capture, after a close and gallant action of 
 20 minutes, of the Tamise, of 40 guns and 306 men, 
 of whom 32 were killed and 19 wounded, with a loss 
 to the British of only 2 slain and 3 wounded.* In 
 Dec. 1796, he removed to the Tamar 38, and, being 
 ordered to the West Indies, was present, in April, 
 1797, in the unsuccessful attack on Puerto Kico. 
 During the five following months he had the for- 
 tune to capture not less than nine privateers, carry- 
 ing in the whole 58 guns and 519 men.f In Oct. 
 
 • T'iile Gaz. 1790, p. 677. 
 
 t Le Puisson Volant of 4 guns and 40 men, Xfl Jalovse of 
 
 1798, at which period he had had command for 10 
 months of the Dictator 64, Capt. Martin removed 
 to the FiSGARD of 46 guns and 281 men. Continu- 
 ing in that frigate on the Channel station until Dec. 
 1801, he contrived, 20 Oct. 1798, when off Brest, to 
 capture the French ship ImmortaKte' of 42 guns and 
 580 men, including troops, at the close of an obsti- 
 nate conflict of great length, productive of a loss to 
 the enemy of 54 killed and 61 wounded, and to the 
 Fisgard of 10 killed and 26 wounded.* To add to 
 the merit of Capt. Martin in possessing himself of 
 the Tamise and ImmortaKte, we may record the fact 
 that in both instances his own ship was manned 
 with a young, raw, and inexperienced crew ; but in 
 neither case did his valour meet with the least re- 
 ward. On the night of 23 June, 1800, we find him, 
 in personal command of the boats of a squadron, 
 entering the Quimper river, and effecting, on its 
 banks, the destruction of three batteries, mounting 
 seven 24-pounders, together with their magazines.f 
 Prior to leaving the Fisgakd he further took Jm 
 Venus of 32 guns and 200 men, Le Dragon corvette 
 of 14 guns. La GjVonde privateer of 16 guns and 141 
 men, L'Alerte privateer of 14 guns and 84 men, El 
 Vivo national vessel of 14 guns and 100 men, and 
 three others mounting 18 guns. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— in March, 1803, to the iMriTUEUX 
 84, in which ship he served in the Channel until 22 
 Dec. 1805— in 1807 to the Prince op Wales 98, and 
 Implacable 74, on the Home and Baltic stations — 
 2 Sept. 1808, to the Victory 100, as Captain of the 
 Fleet under Sir Jas. Saumarez, Commander-in-Chief 
 in the Baltic— a short time afterwards, again to the 
 Implacable— and, about Aug. 1810, to the Royal 
 Sovereign yacht. On 26 Aug. 1808, Capt. Martin, 
 at the time in the Implacable, fell in with, and, 
 after a long chase, brought to close action, in a most 
 brave and gallant manner, the Russian 74-gun ship 
 Sewolod, whose fire he silenced in about 20 minutes, 
 being only prevented from capturing her by the ap- 
 proach of the whole Russian fleet, which bore up to 
 her support. She soon, however, grounded on a shoal 
 at the entrance of the port of Rogerswick, and in 
 that position was attacked by Eear-Admiral Sir 
 Sam. Hood, in the Centaur, who, although that 
 ship herself took the ground, compelled her to sur- 
 render, after an obstinate defence, in which and in 
 her engagement with the Implacable (6 of whose 
 people were slain and 26 wounded) she had 303 
 men killed, wounded, and missing. She was then 
 set on fire and destroyed ; the Centaur having been 
 previously hove off by the exertions of Capt. Martin, 
 who displayed so much professional ability on the 
 occasion as to call forth the thanks of Sir Sam. Hood. 
 In alluding to the conduct of the Implacable in her 
 antecedent action, Sir Samuel, in his official letter, 
 declares himself unable by any words of his to en- 
 hance the "merit of her brave, worthy, and excel- 
 lent commander ;" J upon whom the King of Swe- 
 den, as an acknowledgment, conferred the insignia 
 of a Knight of the Order of the Sword. On 6 July, 
 1809, Capt. Martin, in company with the Melpo- 
 MiNE frigate, entered the Gulf of Narva, and cap- 
 tured nine merchant-vessels. § Being advanced to 
 thq rank of Rear-Admiral 1 Aug. 1811, he hoisted 
 his flag, in April, 1812, on board the Aboukik 74, 
 and returned to the Baltic, where he took an ener- 
 getic part in the defence of Riga, and co-operated 
 with the Russian army under Prince Bagration 
 against the French troops under Davoust. In the 
 course of the same year he was appointed second in 
 command at Plymouth ; at which port he continued 
 (with the exception of a short time, passed in the 
 Creole 36, and Akbar 50, on the coast of Spain 
 and off the Scheldt) until 1815 ; his flag flying dur- 
 ing the period in the Prince Frederick 74, Im- 
 pregnable 98, and Ganges 74. In 1814 he re- 
 
 4 guns and 46 men, /-a Oalatee of 8 guns and 55 men, 
 VHeurp,use of 2 guns and 26 men, Le Pouson Volant of 4 
 guns and 38 men, l.a Barharossa of 8 guns and 61 men, /.p 
 Pont d'Arcule of 4 guns and 48 men, Le Renard of 10 guns 
 and 71 men, and L' Utile of 1 4 guns and 135 men. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 1012. f V. Gaz. 1800, p. 749. 
 
 J V. Gaz. 1808, p. 1282. { V. Gaz. 1809, p. 1209. 
 
736 
 
 MARTIN. 
 
 ceived the honour of Knighthood. He was created 
 alC.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815; a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819; 
 a G.C.B. 3 March, 1830; a full Admiral 22 July fol- 
 lowing ; and Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom 
 in 1847. 
 
 In Jan. 1815, Sir Thos. Byam Martin was ap- 
 pointed Deputy-Comptroller of the Navy, and in 
 the following year he succeeded Sir T. B. Thomp- 
 son as Comptroller of the Navy; the duties of 
 which post he continued to discharge for many 
 years. From 1818 until 1831 he sat in Parliament 
 as Memher for Plymouth. He is now one of the 
 Elder Brethren of the Trinity House ; and has been 
 a Director of Greenwich Hospital, a Commissioner 
 of the Board of Longitude, &c. At the funerals of 
 George IV. and William IV. the Admiral acted as 
 an assistant supporter of the canopy over the royal 
 body. He married Catherine, daughter of Capt. 
 Robt. Fanshawe, K.N.,* Resident Commissioner of 
 Plymouth Dockyard, sister of the present Capt. 
 Arthur Fanshawe, R.N., C.B., and sister-in-law of 
 Admirals Wm. Bedford, Sir John Chambers White, 
 K.C.B., and Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, G.C.B., by 
 whom he has had issue three sons and three daugh- 
 ters. His two elder sons, Wm. Fanshawe and Henry 
 Byam, are both Captains in the R.N. His youngest, 
 Lieut.-Colonel Robt. Fanshawe Martin, Deputy- 
 Adjutant-General of the Queen's Forces at Bom- 
 bay, died at Foonah 13 July, 1846. One of his 
 daughters is married to her cousin. Sir Henry Mar- 
 tin, Bart., of Lockynge, co. Berks. 
 
 MARTIN. (Commander, 1821. r.-p., 17; 
 
 H-P.,31.) 
 
 William Martin, born 3 Dec. 1783, at Glanmire, 
 CO. Cork, is third son of the late Thos. Martin, Esq., 
 of Springmount, near that place, who, as a Magis- 
 trate and the Commander of a corps of Yeomanry, 
 rendered good service in the rebellion of 1798. 
 One of his brothers, an officer in the 19th Light 
 Dragoons, was for a long time employed in India as 
 Aide-de-Camp to Lord Lake. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 15 Oct. 1799, under 
 the auspices of General Myers, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on 
 board the Dryad 36, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mans- 
 field, with whom he served until transferred, in 
 June, 1802, to the Hercdle 74, Capt. Solomon 
 Ferris, lying at Portsmouth ; assisting, during that 
 period, at the capture of ie Premier ConswZ privateer, 
 of 14 guns (pierced for 24) and 150 men, and of a 
 Swedish frigate mounting 34 guns. Rejoining Capt. 
 Mansfield, in 1803, on board the Minotaur 74, he 
 witnessed the surrender, on 28 May in that year, 
 of La Franchise^ French frigate of 36 guns, and was 
 present in the sair e ship in the battle of Trafalgar, 
 21 Oct. 1805. On Aug. 1806, at which period he 
 was serving with Lord CoUingwood in the Ocean 
 98, Mr. Martin was made Lieutenant to the Saturn 
 74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, under whom he 
 was for nearly 18 months employed in the Medi- 
 terranean. His succeeding appointments were — 
 18 Jan. 1808, to the Lion 64, Capt. Henry Heath- 
 cote, in command of the launch of which ship 
 he succeeded, in the vicinity of Manilla, in defeating 
 five large piratical boats, carrying between them 20 
 small guns and about 200 men, after a desperate 
 action of two hours, in which himself and the 
 greater part of his crew, only 20 in number, were 
 wounded— 20 March, 1810, to the Magnet sloop, 
 Capt. John Smith (a), stationed, for the protection 
 of the trade, oft' Heligoland and the German rivers 
 — 13 Dec. 1810, to the Aboukir 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Parker, employed in the blockade of Flushing — 
 11 Feb. 1812, to the Calliope 10, Capt. John 
 M'Kerlie, lying at Chatham — 16 April following, to 
 the Ardent 64, armee-en-flute^ Capt. Geo. Bell, under 
 whom, after conveying troops to Bermuda, he was 
 nearly lost in an awful gale in the Bay of Biscay, 
 during which his presence of mind and courage were 
 most conspicuous, leading liim aloft when no other 
 person on board could be found to attempt it — 
 3 March, 1813, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferris 
 Vide Note, p. 347. 
 
 Devonshire, fitting for service on the coast of 
 North America — 29 Jan. 1814, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Sceptre 74, in which ship, commanded by 
 the same oificer, he returned home in time to par- 
 ticipate in the grand naval review held at Spithead 
 — 29 July, 1818, in a similar capacity, to the Creole 
 36, Capt. Wm. Bateman Dashwood, with whom he 
 proceeded to the Rio de la Plata, where his nautical 
 skill in a great measure saved the ship from wreck 
 — 8 Jan. 1819 (on the latter vessel receiving the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Bowles, although 
 he had been given by the Admiralty to understand 
 that he was not to have been superseded), to the 
 Amphion 32, Capt. W. B. Dashwood, a leaky old 
 vessel, whose hand-pumps were obliged to be kept 
 going during the whole of her passage home — and, 
 18 Nov. 1819, to the command (six months after the 
 Amphion had been paid off) of the Clinker gun-brig. 
 While in that vessel on the Newfoundland station, 
 Lieut. Martin was in discharge, from Oct. 1820 to 
 April, 1821, of the important duties of Surrogate at 
 Harbour Grace, where his impartial administration 
 of justice in more than 300 cases that came before 
 him for adjudication, gave so much satisfaction, 
 that on his departure he was presented with a most 
 flattering address signed by all the principal inha^ 
 bitants. In the foUoviing summer he was ordered 
 by Sir Chas. Hamilton, Governor of Newfoundland, 
 to explore the Grand Esquimaux Inlet, and then to 
 proceed to the northward in order to find out and 
 communicate with the different stations of the Mo- 
 ravian missionaries on the coast of Labrador. 
 These instructions he carried into effect in a com- 
 plete and most successful manner. His conduct on 
 arriving among the missionaries, after encountering 
 many dangers and hardships, was such as to endear 
 him greatly to them, and to elicit the earnest 
 thanks of the " Church of the United Brethren " in 
 England. His advent took place during their 
 jubilee-year; and the occasion was the first of 
 their having been visited by a man-of-war. He 
 returned home in May, 1822, having been advanced 
 to his present rank on 19 of the previous July ; and 
 has not been since able to procure employment. 
 
 Commander Martin married first, in 1816, the 
 daughter of Robt. Henning, Esq., of Compton 
 Bishop, CO. Somerset ; and (that lady dying in 1825), 
 secondly, 19 Feb. 1829, at Bristol, Anna Maria, 
 eldest daughter of B. O. Donnoghue, Esq. By his 
 first wife he has issue. 
 
 MARTIN. (Captain, 1824. r-p., 18; h-p., 16.) 
 William Fanshawe Martin is eldest son of 
 Admiral Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Frederick 74, 
 Capt. Rich. Pridham, in which ship, and in the 
 Impregnable 98, and Akbar 50, each bearing the 
 flag of his father, he served at Plymouth and off 
 the Scheldt until April, 1815. He then became 
 in succession attached, for short periods, to the 
 Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, Spencer 
 74, Capt. Richard Raggett, Rochfobt 74,! Capt. 
 Sir Archibald CoUingwood Dickson, and Eridahus 
 36, Capt. Wm. Paterson, all on the Channel station ; 
 and on next, in Jan. 1816, joining the Alceste 38, 
 Capt. Murray Maxwell, he sailed in that ship with 
 Lord Amherst for China — continuing in her until 
 wrecked in the Straits of Gaspar, on her passage 
 home, 18 Feb. 1817. In the following Aug. Mr. 
 Martin was rated Midshipman of the Prince Re- 
 gent yacht, Capt. Sir Edw. Hamilton. He was 
 promoted (after nearly three years' servitude in 
 the Mediterranean in the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland) to a Lieutenancy, we believe, 
 in the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, 
 15 Dec. 1820 ; and, on 7 April, 1821, he joined the 
 Aurora frigate, Capt. Henry Presoott, fitting for 
 South America; where, on 8 Feb. 1823, he was 
 made Commander into the Flv sloop. He attained 
 Post-rank 5 June, 1824; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 15 Nov. 1826, to the Samarang 28, on 
 the Mediterranean station, whence he returned in 
 
MARTIN— MASON. 
 
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 the summer of 1831— and, 19 July, 1844, and 80 
 Jan. 1845, to the Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120, 
 flag-ships of Sir John Chambers White and Sir 
 Edw. Dumford King, at Sheemess. He has been 
 on half-pay since Oct. 1845. 
 
 Capt. Martin married, first, 24 July, 1826, Hon. 
 Anne Best, daughter of the late Lord Wynford, 
 Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 
 and sister of Capt. Hon. Thos. Best, R.N. That 
 lady dying in 1836, he married, a second time, 21 
 May, 1838, Sophia, second daughter of Kioh. Hurt, 
 Esq., of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. He has issue by 
 both marriages. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 MARTIN. (Lieutenant, 1821.) 
 
 "William Henry Martin entered the Navy, 26 
 May, 1809, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Antelope 
 50, Capt. Donald M'Leod, bearing the flag at New- 
 foundland of Admiral John HoUoway ; and in the 
 following Sept. became a Supernumerary Midship- 
 man of the PoMP^E 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane in the West Indies ; where he continued 
 employed, until the following July, in the Pdltdsk 
 and Wellington, both commanded by Capt. John 
 M*George. During the next four years and nine 
 months we find him serving on the Cadiz and Lisbon 
 stations in the Papillon sloop, Capt. Jas. Hay. 
 He was then, in 1815, borne for a short time on the 
 books of the Namuk 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley at the Nore ; after which he was succes- 
 sively, between May, 1816, and Dec. 1820, nomi- 
 nated Admiralty Midshipman of the Cadmus 10, 
 Capt. John Gedge, Pique 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane 
 Tait and John Maokellar, Iphigenia 42, Capt. 
 Hyde Parker, and Sybille 44, Capt. Joshua Rick- 
 etts Rowley, on the Home and Jamaica stations. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted 
 for a brief period as such in the Etjryalus 42, 
 Capts. Isham Fleming Chapman and Wilson Brad- 
 dyll Bigland) 6 March, 1821 ; and was subsequently 
 appointed — 22 March, 1822, to the Albion 74, Capts. 
 Rich. Raggett and Sir Wm. Hoste, lying at Ports- 
 mouth — and, 15 Nov. 1826, to the Thetis 46, Capts. 
 Arthur Batt Bingham and Sam. Burgess, under the 
 latter of whom he was, we presume, wrecked near 
 Cape Frio, 5 Dec. 1830. He has not been since 
 afloat. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 MASON, K.C.B. (Rear-Admieal op the Bed, 
 1838. r-P., 24 ; H-P., 30.) 
 
 Sir Francis Mason was born 10 Feb. 1779. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Rdssel 74, Capts. John Willet 
 Payne and Thos. Larcom, part of the force em- 
 ployed in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 
 1794, and 23 June, 1795. Previously to the latter 
 affair he had been lent to the Jupiter 50, on board 
 which ship his friend Capt. Payne had hoisted a 
 broad pendant, for the purpose of escorting H.S.H. 
 the Princess Caroline of Brunswick from Cuxhaven 
 to England. In the summer of 1796 he removed to 
 the Impetoeux 74, commanded at first by Capt. 
 Payne, and next by Capt. Sampson Edwards ; and, 
 on 8 July, 1799, at which period he had been for 
 ten months attached, as Master's Mate, still in the 
 Channel, to the Phaeton 38, Capt. Hon. Robt. 
 Stopford, he was made Lieutenant into the Alecto 
 sloop, Capt. Lennox Thompson, stationed ofiF Ly- 
 mington. After a servitude of three years in the 
 North Sea, Baltic, Red Sea (where he was much 
 employed in surveying), and East Indies, in the 
 Beaver sloop, Capt. Jones, and Romney 50, Capts. 
 John Lawford and Sir Home Popham, he took up in 
 Nov. 1802 a Commander's commission, bearing date 
 29 of the preceding April. On 30 Dec. 1803, Capt. 
 Mason received an appointment to the Rattler 
 sloop, mounting 24 guns; in which vessel he came into 
 very frequent and warm contact with the enemy in 
 the vicinity of Flushing. On one occasion in par- 
 ticular, 16 May, 1804, he united with the Crhizer 
 18, Capt. John Hancock, and by his conduct gained 
 the highest praise of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, in a 
 gallant attack upon a flotilla of praams, schooners. 
 
 &o., in all 59 sail, passing along shore from the 
 above place to Ostend.* Besides having the whole 
 of her lower masts disabled by shot, and her yards, 
 sails, and rigging much injured, the Battler in 
 the action sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 10 
 wounded. On 23 of the ensuing June she received 
 further damage while engaged with her consorts, 
 the Galgo and Inspector, in close conflict with 27 
 schnyts, whose fire was strengthened by that of 
 several land-batteries and a body of artillery ; and 
 in Oct. of the same year she was thrice in action 
 with the enemy's flotilla at Dieppe, and again, each 
 time, much exposed to the batteries. After having 
 twice visited Newfoundland, and been for a whole 
 winter frozen up in St. John's Harbour, Capt. 
 Mason, in July, 1806, was superseded from the 
 Rattler, in consequence of his promotion to Post- 
 rank, which had taken ^lace on 22 of the preceding 
 Jan. Being soon appointed to the Daphne 20, he 
 served in that vessel at the capture of Monte.Video, 
 and in all the operations which had preceded the 
 evacuation of Spanish America. He afterwards 
 proceeded to the Baltic, where, among other ves- 
 sels, he took, in Aug. 1807, the Danish national 
 schooner Acertif, pierced for 12 guns, but mounting 
 only 8, and at the same time drove on shore a 
 cutter of 4 guns. Resigning command of the 
 Daphne soon afterwards from ill health, he re- 
 mained on half-pay until Oct. 1809, in the course of 
 which month he was appointed to the Fisgard 38, 
 part of the force employed at the mouth of the 
 Scheldt, where his conduct obtained him the fullest 
 confidence of Sir Rich. Strachan, the Commander- 
 in-Chief, and induced the latter to intrust him 
 with the bringing off' of the rear-guard on the occa- 
 sion of the evacuation of the Walcheren.f Conti- 
 nuing in the Fisgard until paid off' in July, 1812, 
 Capt. Mason was for several months Senior officer 
 off the Scheldt, and succeeded at different times in 
 effecting the capture, with the aid of his boats, of 
 a large number of vessels, among which were the 
 Juliana Danish privateer of 6 guns, a schooner of 1 
 gun, and a French privateer of 2 guns, together 
 with 56 sail of merchantmen. He also destroyed 
 the Ziska Danish privateer of 6 guns and 40 men. 
 In Feb. 1811 he accompanied a squadron under Sir 
 Joseph Sydney Torke to the Tagus ; and, after con- 
 veying a Portuguese Amibassador to Revel, he 
 cruized for some time off' Cherbourg. While next 
 in command, from 27 March, 1813, until 5 May, 
 1814, of the President 38, we find him present at 
 the storming of St. Sebastian, and employed on the 
 Cork station. On 4 June, 1815, Capt. Mason was 
 nominated a C.B. ; and in Oct. and Nov. 1833 he 
 was successively appointed to the Blanche and 
 Blonde, each of 46 guns. In Feb. 1834 he sailed 
 for Port Royal, Jamaica, with the broad pendant 
 flying of a Commodore of the Second Class. Having 
 landed the Marquis of Sligo and family at that 
 place, he proceeded to South America, where, in 
 the month of July, owing to the death of Sir Mich. 
 Seymour, he assumed the duties of Commander-in- 
 Chief, and hoisted the red pendant; which, on 
 being superseded by Rear-Admiral Sir Graham 
 Eden Hamond, he exchanged, in Feb. 1835, for his 
 former or the blue pendant. He ultimately, in 
 Oct. 1837, returned to England, and in the following 
 month paid the Blonde off. Attaining Flag-rank 
 28 June, 1838, Rear-Admiral Mason was next, 23 
 Aug. 1841, appointed second in command on the 
 Mediterranean station, whither, on 8 Oct., he pro- 
 ceeded with his flag in the Impregnable 104. Pre- 
 viously to his departure he was raised, 24 Aug., to 
 the dignity of a K.C.B. On his arrival in the Me- 
 diterranean, 31 Oct., Sir Eras. Mason found himself 
 invested with the temporary command of the fleet, 
 consisting of 12 sail of the line, which he retained 
 until the advent, in April, 1842, of Vlce-Admiral 
 Sir Edw. Owen. He returned to England, in con- 
 sequence of a reduction in the Mediterranean force, 
 in May, 1843; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Previously to the receipt of his flag. Sir Fras. 
 Mason had been, in 1833 and 1837, nominated extra 
 
 • ride Gaz. 1804, p. 640. f V- Gm- 1809, p. 2056. 
 
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 MASON— MASSEY. 
 
 Naval Aide-de-Camp to his late, and to her present 
 Majesty; and he had likewise, in the year last 
 mentioned, been awarded the Captains' Good-ser- 
 vice Pension. He married, 16 April, 1805, Selina, 
 youngest daughter of Henry, second Viscount Hood, 
 and sister of Lieut.-Col. Fras. Wheler Hood, who 
 was killed in action on the heights of Aire, 2 March, 
 1814. By that lady, a near connexion of Admiral 
 Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., K.C.B., Sir 
 Francis has had issue twelve children, nine of 
 whom are still living. His eldest son, Charles, a 
 Midshipman R.N., was lost in the Arab sloop of 
 war in Dec. 1823. One of his daughters, Charlotte 
 Susannah, married, 14 April, 1832, Capt. Hood 
 Richards, h-p. 6th Dragoon Guards. 
 
 MASON. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 George Mason entered the Navy 1 Oct. 1809 ; 
 and was present, we are informed, at the reduction 
 of Guadeloupe (where he had previously witnessed 
 the destruction of the French frigates Loire and 
 Seine), and also in the operations against New Or- 
 leans. He passed his examination in 1815 ; obtained 
 his commission 28 April, 1827 ; was appointed, 19 
 June, 1828, and 19 Feb. 1830, Supernumerary-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Ramiz/Lies and Talavera Coast 
 Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot ; obtained charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard 4 April, 1831; and was removed, 21 Jan. 
 1847, to the command of a Revenue-vessel, the 
 Stag, in which he is now serving. 
 
 Lieut. Mason married, 1 June, 1831, Ann, eldest 
 daughter of W. Whitehead, Esq., of Teynham, co. 
 Kent. 
 
 MASON. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 11; h-p., 
 33.) 
 
 Henry Browne Mason, born 26 April, 1791, is 
 descended from Daniel Finch, second Earl of Not- 
 tingham and Winchelsea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. 
 Grindall, stationed in the Channel and off Cadiz. 
 After sharing in the battle of Trafalgar he removed, 
 in Nov. 1805, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, 
 on the Mediterranean station, where, in May, 1809, 
 he was captured in a prize by two French priva- 
 teers, and carried to Ancona. From that place he 
 was marched to Brian^on, and subsequently to 
 Verdun. In Aug. 1810, owing to misconduct on 
 the part of other midshipmen, he was deprived of 
 his parole, and placed in close confinement in the 
 citadel prison. Thence, in the following Nov., after 
 many ineffectual attempts, he contrived to escape ; 
 and on 1 Jan. 1811, having traversed Holland, he 
 had the good fortune to reach England. He was 
 in consequence promoted, on 2 Feb. in the same 
 year, to a Lieutenancy in the Dreadnought 98, 
 Capt. Sam. Hood Linzec, off Lisbon ; and he was 
 next appointed — 3 May and 18 Dec. 1811, to the 
 America and Kent 74's, Capts. Josias Rowley and 
 Thos. Rogers, on the Mediterranean station — and, 
 
 28 June, 1813 (after six months of half-pay), to the 
 Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton. He acquired his 
 present rank 13 June, 1815, but has not been since 
 employed. 
 
 Commander Mason, for upwards of 13 years, has 
 been in the Commission of the Peace for co. South- 
 ampton. He was left a widower, with six children, 
 
 29 Oct. 1843. 
 
 MASON. (LiEOT., 1815. F-p., 11 ; h-p, 30.) 
 
 Henri William Mason entered the Navy, 5 
 Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terrible 
 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet. In that ship, which 
 was at first employed off Cadiz, he saw a good deal 
 of active service in the Mediterranean, where he 
 assisted, as Midshipman, in driving two French 
 ships on shore, and commanded the jolly-boat at 
 the outting-out of an enemy's vessel. He left the 
 Terrible in June, 1810, and between that period 
 and Aug. 1815 was employed on the Lisbon, North 
 American, Mediterranean, Home, and Bermuda 
 
 stations in the Macedonian 38, Capts. Lord Wm. 
 Fitzroy, Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and John Surman 
 Garden, Conquestadoh 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, 
 Resistance 38, Capts. Cbas. Hole, Wm. Hamilton, 
 and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Thisbe 
 28, Acting-Capt. Rich. Weymouth, and Scamander 
 36, Capt. Gilbert Heathcote. He then took up a 
 commission, bearing date 27 Feb. 1815; and was 
 afterwards, from 5 Oct. in that year until 9 Oct. 
 1817, employed on the Home, Jamaica, and South 
 American stations, in the Dbsiree and Active fri- 
 gates, both commanded by Capt. Philip Carteret. 
 During the term of his attachment to the ship last 
 mentioned Lieut. Mason was placed in charge of the 
 Speedwell tender, and employed on the eastern 
 coast of England. Since he left the Active he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 In 1829 Lieut. Mason was Sheriff for Bucking- 
 hamshire. He is now a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for that CO. He married first, in 1822, 
 Mary, niece of the late Sir Wm. Heathcote, Bart. ; 
 and (that lady dying in 1825), secondly, in 1826, 
 Horatia, fourth daughter of Geo. Matcham, Esq., 
 of Ashford Lodge, Sussex, by Catherine, sister of 
 the immortal Nelson. By his second wife (who is 
 sister-in-law of Lieuts. John Bendyshe and John 
 Davies, and of the late Capt. Edw. Blanckley, R.N.), 
 the Lieutenant has had issue two sons and five 
 daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MASON. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Thomas Henry Mason entered the Navy 7 Nov. 
 1822 ; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his 
 first commission 21 July, 1837 ; and was appointed 
 —29 of the same month, as Additional Lieutenant, 
 to the Winchester 52, flag-ship in the East Indies 
 of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel— 11 March, 1838, to 
 the Wellesley 72, bearing the flag of Sir Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland on the same station — and, 26 
 March, 1839, to the command of the Algerine 10. 
 In that vessel he obtained mention for his zeal and 
 alacrity at the capture of Chusan in July, 1840 ;* 
 after which he was sent, in company with the Con- 
 way 28, and Todng Hebe tender, to examine the 
 entrance of the Tang-tse-Kiang. In the attack 
 made upon Canton in March, 1841, we find him en- 
 acting a very conspicuous part ;t as he subsequently 
 did in the operations renewed in the following May 
 against that place. Having, in the words of Sir 
 Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, won his promo- 
 tion by a series of gallant and brave services,! he 
 was accordingly, 8 June, 1841, advanced to the 
 rank of Commander. Continuing, however, in the 
 Algerine until Sept. 1842, he was afforded an op- 
 portunity of aiding in the capture of Amoy.§ He 
 has been in command, since 25 Jan. 1847, of the 
 Medea steam-sloop of 350 horse-power, in the East 
 Indies. 
 
 Commander Mason married, 14 July, 1846, Isa- 
 bella Susanna, third daughter of the late Edw. 
 Frere, Esq., of Bitton, Gloucestershire. 
 
 MASSEY. (Lieut., 1810. p-p., 10; h-p., 34.) 
 
 John Massey entered the Navy, 3 Nov. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plantagenet 74, Capts. 
 Hon. Michael De Courcy, Fras. Pender, and Wm. 
 Bradley. After a servitude of four years in the 
 Channel and among the Western Islands, half the 
 time in the capacity of Midshipman, he joined, in 
 Nov. 1807, the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of his 
 friend Hon. M. De Courcy; whom, in March, 
 1809 (having previously assisted in embarking the 
 remains of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna), he 
 followed, as Master's Mate, into the Foudroyant 
 80, of which ship he was successively created an 
 acting and a confirmed Lieutenant 3 Nov. 1809 
 and 9 April, 1810. He continued in her on the 
 Brazihan station until Nov. 1812; and was next, 
 from Nov. 1813 until Nov. 1814, employed off New 
 York m the Saturn 56, Capt. Nash. He has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 • Vide Ga7,. 1840, p. 2991. 
 t V.Gwr,. 1841, p. 2610. 
 
 t y. Gaz. 1841,p. 1605. 
 i V. Gaz. 1842, p. 83. 
 
MASSIE— MASSINGBERD. 
 
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 MASSIE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 
 15; H-p., 35.) 
 Henry Geokge Massie entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 
 1797, as A.B., on board the Nassau 64, Capts. 
 Herbert Sawyer and Edw. O'Bryen ; on accompa- 
 nying the latter of whom, as Midshipman, into the 
 Monarch 74, he was aJForded an opportunity of 
 sharing, under the flag of Vice-Admiral Rich. 
 Onslow, in the action off Camperdown, 11 Oct. in 
 the same j'ear, 1797. He continued in the Mo- 
 narch with Vice-Admiral Archibald Dickson, on 
 the North Sea station until March, 1800, and then 
 joined the Hsbe frigate, Capts. Wm. Birchall and 
 Geo. Reynolds, attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean, where, on his removal to the Foudroy- 
 ANT 80, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, he took 
 part in the operations of 1801 on the coast of 
 Egypt. In Dec. 1803, nearly five months after he 
 had left the ship last named, he was received on 
 board the Neptune 98, Capts. Wm. O'Brien Drury 
 and Sir. Thos. Williams ; in which ship, and in the 
 Monarch and Edgar 74's, bearing the flag of 
 Lord Keith, we find him continuously employed, 
 in the Channel, until there nominated, 7 July, 1806, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Daphne, Lieut. -Com- 
 mander Price. He was of&cially promoted 9 Sept. 
 following ; and was subsequently appointed — 13 
 Nov. 1806, to the Flying Fish, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Goodwin, from which vessel, after witness- 
 ing the unsuccessful attack upon Buenos Ayres, he 
 invalided in Sept. 1807—17 March, 1809, to the 
 Africa 64, Capts. Loftus Otway Bland and Geo. 
 Fred. Ryves, stationed in the Baltic — 14 Jan. 1811, 
 to the Royal William flag-ship at Spithead of Sir 
 Roger Curtis and Sir Rich. Bickerton — and, 6 Feb. 
 1813, to the Pkospero sloop, Capt. John Hardy 
 Godby, in the North Sea. He went on half-pay in 
 the following Sept., and accepted his present rank 
 5 Oct. 1840. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 MASSIE. (Lieutenant, 1838. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 2.) 
 John Bevis Massie, born 5 Sept. 1809, is brother 
 of Capt. Thos. L. Massie, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1823, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 commanded at Portsmouth by Capt. J. Nash ; and 
 from the following Nov. until Oct. 1825 was em- 
 ployed on particular service in the Phaeton 46, Capt. 
 Hen. Evelyn Pitfield Sturt. He then became Mid- 
 shipman of the Icarus 10, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walde- 
 grave, lying at Portsmouth ; but had not been 
 many weeks in that vessel before he was trans- 
 ferred to the PnocRis 10, commanded at first by 
 Capt. Waldegrave and next by Capts. Chas. Henry 
 Paget, Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, and John Thos. 
 Talbot ; with whom, it appears, he served on the 
 North Sea, Cork, and Mediterranean stations until 
 July, 1832 — the last three years in the capacity of 
 Mate. Being next, in April, 1833, received on 
 board the Malabar 74, Capt. Hon. Josceline 
 Percy, he returned to the Mediterranean, where he 
 continued employed under that officer in the Ca- 
 NOPDS 84, until Feb. 1837. In the ensuing Oct. we 
 find him joining the Donegal 78, flag-ship at 
 Lisbon of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. He at- 
 tained the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 1838; and 
 has been since appointed— 15 Nov. 1838, to the 
 Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, under 
 whom he partook of the operations of 1840 on the 
 coast of Syria— 15 July, 1842, and 15 April, 1844, to 
 the Queen 110, and, as Senior Lieutenant to the 
 Formidable, 84, bearing each the flag of Sir Edw. 
 W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean, whence he 
 returned and was paid off' at the close of 1845— and 
 22 Jan. 1846, also as First, to the Grampus 50, Capt. 
 Henry Byara Martin, now in the Pacific. Agent — 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 MASSIE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 9.) 
 
 Thomas Lecke Massie entered the Navy 28 Oct. 
 1818, as Midshipman, on board the Rochfort 80, 
 Capt. Andrew Pellet Green, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Thos. Fras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore in 
 
 the Mediterranean ; where he continued, until the 
 spring of 1828, to serve in the Redpole 10, Capt. 
 R. Anderson, Rochfort again, Capt. Chas. Marsh 
 Schomberg, Columbine 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Ab- 
 bot, Martin 18, Capt. Henry Eden, Rose 18, Capts. 
 Hon. C. Abbot and Lewis Davies, and Asia 84, 
 Capt. Sir Edw. Codrington. While in the Colum- 
 bine, which vessel was totally lost off Sapienza, uea 
 the Morea, 25 Jan. 1824 ; we find him employed in 
 several boat^attacks on the pirates in the vicinity of 
 Cape Matapan ; particularly on one occasion, when 
 he took command of the pinnace and assisted in 
 capturing one vessel and destroying another. He 
 was present in the Martin, in Sir Harry Neale's 
 demonstration before Algiers; and when in the 
 Rose during the Greek revolution, he was again 
 anti-piratically employed, and obtained mention for 
 his conduct in an attack upon several vessels at 
 Samothracia. As a reward for his behaviour in 
 the Asia at the battle of Navarin, Mr. Massie was 
 promoted to a death-vacancy in that ship, and his 
 commission dated 11 Nov. 1827. His subsequent 
 appointment, in the capacity of Lieutenant were — 
 25 June, 1828, and 19 Feb. 1830, as a Supernume- 
 rary, to the Ramillies and Talavera Coast 
 Blockade ships, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David 
 Colby— 7 April, 1831, to the Prince Regent 120, 
 Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, employed in the 
 Channel and under the flag of Reax-Admiral Wm. 
 Parker off Lisbon— 27 June, 1832, as Senior, for 
 the purposes of a trial- cruize, to the Vernon 50, 
 Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus ColUer— 8 Jan. 1833, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. 
 Smart, stationed in the North Sea with the force 
 off Antwerp, and in South America, where he 
 remained three years — 7 June, 1836, to the Van- 
 guard 80, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, 
 part of an experimental squadron — and, 22 Nov. 
 1836, again as First, to the Carysfoet 26, Capt. 
 Henry Byam Martin, in the Mediterranean. He 
 attained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838; 
 and, being appointed Second-Captain, 7 March, 
 1840, of the Thunderer 84, Capt. Maurice Fred. 
 Fitzhardinge Berkeley, was present in the course 
 of that year at the camp at D'Joumi, and at the 
 bombardment of Beyrout, the storming of Sidon, 
 and the capture of St. Jean d'Acre. On the fall 
 of Sidon Capt. Massie went on shore, and assisted 
 in organizing the police, and putting the place in a 
 state of defence — a service that procured him the 
 approbation of Capt. Berkeley. For his conduct at 
 Acre he was advanced (as soon as he had com- 
 pleted his term of servitude as Commander) to 
 Post-rank, by commission dated 17 March, 1841. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In 1839, Capt. Massie and several other officers 
 were sent out to assist in reconstructing the Turkish 
 fleet ; but, in consequence of some poUtical change, 
 they were under the necessity of returning at the 
 end of six months. Capt. Massie married, 8 Feb. 
 1844, Charlotte Hester, only daughter of E. V. 
 Towushend, Esq., of Wincham Hall, Cheshire. 
 
 MASSINGBERD. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 18 ; 
 H-p., 7.) 
 
 Vincent Amcotts Massingberd is a relative of 
 Algernon Langton Massingberd, Esq., of Gunby 
 Hall, CO. Lincoln, whose maternal grandfather, 
 Henry Massingberd, Esq., was a son (with Capt. 
 Thos. Massingberd, R.N., of Candlesby House, oo. 
 Lincoln) of Thos. Massingberd, Esq., by Elizabeth 
 Emerson, sister of Sir Walter Amcotts, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 June, 1822, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariadne 28, Capt. Cou- 
 stantine Rich. Moorsom, and sailed for the Cape 
 of Good Hope, where, in 1824, he exchanged, with 
 the same Captain, into the Andromache 46. In 
 Sept. 1825, having returned to England, he followed 
 Capt. Moorsom, as Midshipman, into the Prince 
 Regent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Moorsom 
 at Chatham. In the summer of 1826 he was dis- 
 charged into the Jasper 10, fitting for the Medi- 
 terranean, on which station he continued employed, 
 
 5 B 2 
 
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 MASTERMAN— MASTERS. 
 
 under Capts. Henry Martin Blackwood and Leonard 
 Chas. Rook, until wrecked, off Santa Maura, 11 Oct. 
 1828. Mr. Massingberd liad been previously, 11 
 Oct. 1827, wounded in a boat-engagement with pi- 
 rates. Having passed bis examination 20 June, 
 1828, be wag successively nominated Mate — in 
 Feb. 1829, of tbe Prince Beg est, flag-sbip at the time 
 of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood at Chatham — in Nov. 
 1829 of the Volage 28, Capt. Lord Colchester, under 
 whom he escorted the ex-Emperor and Empress 
 of Brazil to Cherbourg, and was employed during 
 the winter of 1832 in enforcing the Dutch embargo 
 — in Feb. 1834 (he had been on shore since Jan. 
 1833) of the Salamander steamer, Capt. "Wm. 
 Langford Castle, engaged on Home service — and 
 in Sept. 1835 (six months after the latter vessel had 
 been paid off), of the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, stationed in the Mediterranean, whence he 
 invalided in June, 1836. Being at length pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Jan. 1837, 
 Mr. Massingberd, on 21 of the same month, obtained 
 an appointment in that capacity to the Pelorus 16, 
 Capt. Eras. Harding ; which vessel, after a very 
 useful career in the East Indies, had the misfortune 
 to be wrecked, at Port Essington, 25 Nov. 1839. 
 For his subsequent services in China, as Senior- 
 Lieutenant of tbe Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Herbert, Mr. Massingberd, who remained in that 
 ship from 20 June, 1841, until paid oif in March, 
 1843, was promoted to the rank of Commander by 
 commission dated 23 Dec. 1842.* He has been in 
 command, since 17 Nov. 1846, of tbe Alecto steam- 
 sloop, of 200 horse-power, on the south-east coast 
 of America. 
 
 He married, 3 Sept. 1844, Julia, eldest daughter 
 of Moses Gutteres, Esq., of Belmont, near Sidmouth, 
 Devon. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MASTERMAN. (Liewtenant, 1815. f-p., 9; 
 H-P., 31.) 
 
 Charles Henry Masteeman was bom 20 Nov. 
 1791, at Chepstow, co. Monmouth. He is first-cousin 
 of Commander Henry Marshall, R.N. ; and has lost 
 three brothers in the service of their country. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1807, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Paget, lying at Portsmouth; and on 
 becoming Midshipman, soon afterwards, of the 
 Zebra bomb, Capt. "Wm. Bowles, accompanied the 
 expedition to Copenhagen, where he was for nearly 
 two months employed with the in-shore squadron. 
 In Nov. of the same year he rejoined Capt. Paget 
 on board the Cambrian, commanded next by 
 Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent and Fras. Wm. Fane. 
 After serving in the Channel and Mediterranean, 
 in that vessel and also in the Hind 28, Capts. R. B. 
 Vincent and Geo. Miller Bligh, and 'Woolwich 44, 
 Capt. Fras. Beaufort, he returned to England in 
 May, 1809, and in the course of the next month was 
 received into the Royal Oak 74, Capt. Lord Ame- 
 lius Beauolerk, and Stately 64, bearing tbe flag in 
 the Baltic of Rear- Admiral Thos. Bertie. In the 
 latter ship, when commanded, in 1811, by Capt. 
 Edw. Stirling Dickson, we find Mr. Masterman co- 
 operating in the defence of Cadiz, and assisting in 
 landing the troops previous to the battle of Barossa. 
 From Aug. in that year until his return home in 
 July, 1814, he again served with Capt. Bowles in 
 the Aquilon and Ceres frigates, on the Baltic and 
 South American stations. In the boats of the 
 former vessel, commanded by Lieut. Sam. Spar- 
 shott, he aided in destroying a convoy off the 
 Island of Rugen. On leaving the Ceres, he suc- 
 cessively joined, on the Home and "West India sta- 
 tions, the Nymphen 36, Capt. Matt. Smith, Mon- 
 TAGo 74, Capt. Peter Heywood, "Warrior 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral J. E. Douglas, Shark sloop, 
 Capt. Alex. Campbell, and Drake 10, Capt. Gregory 
 Grant. The Drake, of which vessel he had been 
 constituted an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant 
 26 May and 14 July, 1815, he left in Sept. of that 
 year. "With the exception of a short time passed 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1843, p. 2950. 
 
 about 1825 in the Coast Blockade, as Supernume- 
 rary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. "Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, he has not been since employed. 
 
 Lieut. Masterman is married, and has two sons 
 living. His third son, Samuel, died at the Upper 
 School, Greenwich, in 1839, aged 13. 
 
 MASTERS. (Retired Commander, 1841. i-p., 
 15; H-p., 33.), 
 James Masters entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1799, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Revell Shivers, attached to the Channel fleet ; 
 with which he continued to serve, as Midshipman 
 of the "Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship of Sir Andw. 
 Mitchell, and Malta 84, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, 
 until April, 1802; when he agam. joined Sir A. 
 Mitchell in the Cambrian 40, at Newfoundland. 
 In the following Dec. he removed to the Lean- 
 DER 50, Capts. Jas. Oughton, John Talbot, Alex. 
 Skene, and Henry Whitby ; and while in that ship, 
 under Capt. Talbot, be assisted at the taking, 23 
 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan French frigate of 
 46 guns, and the simultaneous recapture of her 
 prize, the Cleopatra 32. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant, after having acted for four months as 
 such, in the Halifax sloop, Capt. Jas. Townshend, 
 22 Sept. 1806 ; and was subsequently appointed— 19 
 Nov. 1808, to the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine 
 Douglas, employed on the Home station, where, in 
 April, 1809, he witnessed tbe destruction of the 
 shipping in Aix Roads— and, 21 Nov. 1810 and 14 
 April, 1813, as Senior, to the Lavinia and Niobe 
 frigates, Capts. Geo. Digby and Wm. Augustas 
 Montagu. In those vessels he served in the Medi- 
 terranean and off Cadiz and Lisbon until June, 
 1814. He accepted bis present rank 29 Jan. 1841. 
 
 MASTERS. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 35.) 
 
 Thomas James Poole Masters is son of Wm. 
 Masters, Esq., Solicitor, of Hampstead, co. Middle- 
 sex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. .'1803, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge ; and was employed during the 
 two following years, the greater part of the time as 
 Midshipman, in the North Sea and off Rochefort 
 and Ferrol, being afforded an opportunity during 
 that period of sharing in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 
 22 July, 1805. In Jan. 1806 he removed to the Iris 
 32, commanded by Capt. Thos. Lavie ; on accompa- 
 nying whom into the Blanche of 46 gims and 265 
 men, he assisted, 19 July in the same year, at the 
 capture, off the Faeroe Islands, of the Guerriere 
 French frigate of 50 guns and 317 men, after a 
 severe action, in which the British bad but 4 men 
 wounded, and tbe enemy 50 killed and wounded. 
 For his gallantry in achieving this exploit Capt. 
 Lavie received the honour of Knighthood. Mr. 
 Masters continued in the Blanche until wrecked, 
 off Ushant, on the night of 4 March, 1807 ; on which 
 occasion, after floating for many hours on a spar, he 
 was washed on shore, and taken prisoner. At first 
 he was placed en parole at Verdun ; whence, owing 
 to his having taken part with a British seaman, he 
 was removed to Givet, and there kept for many 
 months in solitary confinement, subjected the whole 
 time to very cruel treatment. He at length, how- 
 ever, 25 Nov. 1808, contrived to make his escape 
 from the Porte Chaussee, Verdun ; and in Jan. 
 1809 he had the good fortune to reach Trieste; 
 having in the meanwhile travelled not less than 
 1800 miles on foot, and in disguise, through France, 
 Germany, Svritzerland, Italy, and a small part of 
 Austria. He had also crossed the Alps, and had 
 all but perished in the snows on Mount St. Goth- 
 ard ; and, having no passport, had been twice taken 
 up on suspicion. On setting out he had but 18 Nar 
 poleons in his possession ; and he accomplished the 
 last 500 miles with but 25 francs ; eating bread but 
 once a-day, sleeping often in woods among the 
 wolves, and enduring all kinds of hardships and 
 privations. On arriving at Trieste, as above, he 
 contrived to get on board the Unite 36, Capt. Pat. 
 
MATHEWS— MATHIAS. 
 
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 Campbell ; and in the boats of that ship, in which 
 he continued a period of nine months, he assisted, 
 it appears, at the destruction of a convoy under the 
 protection of the enemy's batteries. He was made 
 a Lieutenant, 4 Nov. 1809, into the Neptune 98, 
 commanded in the West Indies by Sir Jas. Athol 
 Wood, with whoim he removed, in March, 1810, to 
 the PoMPEE 80. In the ensuing Sept. he became 
 Second Lieutenant of the Hohatio 38, Capt. Lord 
 Geo. Stuart, on the North Sea station ; and on 2 
 Aug. 1812 we find him serving with four boats 
 under Lieut. Abraham Mills Hawkins, whom he 
 supported in the most spirited and able manner in 
 a sanguinary combat, which terminated in the cap- 
 ture (with a loss to the British, out of about 80 
 officers and men, of 9 killed and 16 wounded, and 
 to their opponents of 10 killed and 13 wounded) of 
 a Danish schooner and cutter, carrying between 
 them 10 6-pounders and 52 men, lying at anchor in 
 a position of extraordinary strength near a village 
 on an arm of the sea, 35 miles inland, on the coast 
 of Norway.* So severely was Lieutenant Msisters 
 on the occasion wounded, that he for ever lost the 
 use of his right hand, and was under the necessity 
 of being sent to Yarmouth Hospital. His highly- 
 praised gallantry and the sufferings he endured 
 obtained him a pension of 911. 5s. and a reward of 
 50 guineas from the Patriotic Fund. He has not, 
 however, been since employed. Agents— Pettet and 
 Newton. 
 
 MATHEWS. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Edwakd MoKREiL Mathews died about the 
 close of 1846, on board H.M.S. Iris. He was son 
 of C. Mathews, Esq., of Wargrave, Henley-on- 
 Thames. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 Nov. 1828; 
 passed his examination in 1834; and, after much 
 creditable service, was made Lieutenant, 14 Oct. 
 1840, into the Modeste 18, Capts. Harry Eyres and 
 Bundle Surges Watson, under whom, prior to the 
 return of that ship to England in 1843, he took 
 part, if we mistake not, in all the operations on the 
 coast of China, including the storming of Chinghae.t 
 His last appointment was, 19 Oct. 1843, to the Iris 
 26, Capt. Geo. Kodney Mundy, fitting for the East 
 Indies, where, in July, 1846, on the occasion of an 
 expedition conducted by Sir Thos. John Cochrane 
 agamst the Sultan of Borneo, he took command of 
 the 5th company of small-arm men, and assisted at 
 the capture and destruction of the enemy's forts 
 and batteries up the river Brune.t In the course 
 of the same month we find him, with 136 seamen 
 belonging to the Ieis and Koyalist under his 
 orders, accompanying Capt. Mundy and a detached 
 force up diflFerent branches of the Borneo river, 
 and then penetrating deep into the country, in a 
 fruitless pursuit of the Sultan, supposed to be at a 
 place called Damuan. During nearly the whole 
 period of their march, which lasted several days, 
 the British were under a torrent of rain, and were 
 plunged knee-deep in swamp at every step. The 
 exertions, however, of Lieut. Mathews throughout 
 were such as to obtain him the thanks of Caot. 
 Mundy. § '^ 
 
 MATHEWS. (Lieut., 1810. e-p.,27; h-p., 21.) 
 Robert Bates Mathews was born 5 June 1785 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1799 as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Harpy 18, Capts. H.enry 
 Bazely and Wm. Birchall ; under the former of 
 whom, when in company with the Fairt 18 he 
 took part, 6 Feb. 1800, in a very gallant action of 
 an hour and three-quarters, which terminated in 
 the repulse, with a loss to the Harpy of 1 killed 
 and 3 wounded, of the French frigate PaUm of 46 
 guns and 362 men. In the evening of the same day 
 he was present in a second action, the upshot of 
 which was the surrender of the Fallas to the above 
 named sloops and their consorts, the Loire 38 
 Danae 20, and Kaiiledr 16. At the commence- 
 
 * FWcGaz. 1812, p. 1710 
 
 t r. Gaz. 1842, p. 396. i V. Gaz. 1846, p. 34(2. 
 
 9 V. Gai. 1846, pp. 3444-6-7. 
 
 ment of 1801 Mr. Mathews became Midshipman of 
 the Brunswick 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens ; 
 and, on his return from the West Indies in 1802, he 
 successively joined the Neptdne 98, flag-ship of 
 Admiral Milbanke at Spithead, and Apollo 36, 
 Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon. In the latter vessel 
 it was his misfortune to be wrecked, off the coast 
 of Portugal, 1 April, 1804; on which occasion the 
 Captain and 60 of the crew were lost ; himself and 
 the remainder being left for three days on the 
 wreck without sustenance, and only partially clothed. 
 So great was the shock to his constitution that he 
 has never recovered its effects. Joining next, as 
 Master's Mate, the Mackerel 4, Lieut.-Commander 
 R. Williams, he proceeded to Bermuda ; where, in 
 
 1805, while in the act of protecting an American 
 vessel, on the rocks, he received a wound which 
 greatly weakened his right hand, and disabled its 
 fore-finger. In 1806, having removed to the Mer- 
 CUKV 28, Capt. Chas. Pelly, Mr. Mathews was placed 
 in charge of a re-captured merchantman, which he 
 carried in safety to Lisbon, although surrounded 
 and chased on the passage by four Spanish priva- 
 teers. His conduct indeed was such as to procure 
 him mention in his Captain's ofBcial letter to Sir 
 Erasmus Gower, the Commander-in-Chief at New- 
 foundland, Having passed his examination, 5 June, 
 
 1806, and been intermediately employed in the 
 Mediterranean on board the Colossus 74, Capt. 
 Jas. NiooU Morris, and Royal Sovereign 100, 
 bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Edw. Thorn- 
 brough, Mr. Mathews was promoted, 4 May, 1810, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the 
 Hibernian 110, which ship the state of his health, 
 however, deprived him of the possibility of joining. 
 He was afterwards employed — from July to Sept. 
 1811, in the Impregnable 98, in which ship he pro- 
 ceeded from Sheerness to Portsmouth — from 23 
 March, 1812, to 31 Jan. 1816, in command of the 
 Signal Station at Barry's Head, co. Cork — and from 
 14 Feb. 1820 until, we believe, 1831, in the Coast 
 Guard. During the latter period he received a 
 gold medal from the Royal National Shipwreck 
 Institution, in acknowledgment of his exertions in 
 having saved 31 persons from shipwreck. His re- 
 signation of his appointment was induced by ex- 
 treme ill health; a complaint contracted in the 
 Coast Guard having caused him to undergo two 
 surgical operations. On leaving that service, how- 
 ever, he accepted the appointment of Harbour 
 Master at Lowestoft, in Suffolk ; the duties of which 
 oflice he continued to fill until Oct. 1843, when he 
 relinquished it, in consequence of the sale of the 
 navigation by the Exchequer Loan Commissioners. 
 
 Lieut. Mathews (who receives a pension of il. per 
 annum for the wound he received at Bermuda) mar- 
 ried Elizabeth, sister of Retired Commander Thos. 
 Jager, by whom he had issue 12 children. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MATHIAS. (Commander, 1837. r-p., 25 ; 
 H-p., 12.) 
 
 Thomas Mathias entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 
 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Coorageux 74, 
 Capt. Philip Wilkinson, stationed in the Baltic ; 
 where, in May, 1813, 12 months after he had at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman, he removed to 
 the Amphion 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart; 
 under whom, in the following Dec, he assisted in 
 reducing the islands of Schouwen and Tholen. To- 
 wards the close of 1814, after having visited Ma- 
 deira, in the Bombay 74, Capt. Henry Bazely, he 
 sailed for the East Indies in the Cornwallis 74 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Burlton. In Aug. 1818 (he 
 had returned to England in Nov. 1816) he joined 
 the Ontario 18, Capt. Geo. Gosling, lying at Ply- 
 mouth ; and he next, between Sept. in the same 
 year and June, 1823, served, principally as Acting 
 Second Master and Admiralty-Midshipman, in the 
 Slaney 20, Capts. Donat Henchy O'Brien and 
 Henry Stanhope, Nimrod sloop, Capt. Wm. Roch- 
 fort. Brazen 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, and 
 Doris frigate, Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Har- 
 court). The Nimkod was employed in 1822 in sub- 
 
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 MATHISON-MATSON. 
 
 duing some serious riots among the keelmen on the 
 river Tyne : the other vessels were aU stationed in 
 South America; where, on the date above men- 
 tioned, Mr. Mathias was nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Tartar 42, bearing the broad-pend- 
 ant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. He was offi- 
 cially promoted 22 Oct. 1823 ; and was afterwards 
 appointed— 23 March, 1824, again to the Doris, 
 Capts. Vernon, Thos. Bourchier, and Wm. Jas. Hope 
 Johnstone, in which vessel he returned home and 
 was paid off in Jan. 1825—12 March, 1830, to the 
 Talavera 74, Capts. Hugh Pigot, David Colby, 
 and Thos. Brown, on the Home and Lisbon stations 
 —and, 17 May, 1833, as First, to the Caledonia 120, 
 commanded in the Mediterranean, part of the time 
 a flag-ship to Sir Josias Kowley, by Capts. T. Brown 
 and Geo. Bohun Martin. He was superseded on 
 being advanced to his present rank 10 Jan. 1837 ; 
 and he was next, from 22 March, 1838, until 1843, 
 employed in the Coast Guard. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Mathias married, first, 14 July, 1838, 
 Emily, fourth daughter of the late Rev. John Tay- 
 lor, Eector of Stainford ; and (that lady dying 19 
 Feb. 1839), secondly, in 1840, Lydia Charlotte, 
 eldest daughter of K. Moyle, Esq., of Penzance, 
 Cornwall. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MATHISON. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 Charles Mitchell Mathison entered the Navy 
 5 Aug. 1819 ; passed his examination in 1825 ; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 12 May, 1827, into the Ala- 
 crity 10, Capt. Geo. Jas. Hope Johnstone, on the 
 Mediterranean station. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 12 March, 1830, to the Scylla 18, 
 Capts. John Hindmarsh and Hon. Geo. Grey, also 
 in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in the 
 early part of 1834 — 31 Jan. 1835, as a Supernume- 
 rary, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Chas. Hope, fitting at 
 Plymouth— 10 April, 1835, 2 Nov. 1836, and 18 May, 
 1837, to the Barham 50, Thunderer 84, and. Min- 
 DEN 72, Capts. Armar Lowry Corry, Wm. Furlong 
 Wise, and Alex. Ronton Sharpe, all in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he remained until the commencement 
 of 1840—20 Aug. 1841, to the Malabar 72, Capt. 
 Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, on the South American 
 station — and, 2 Jan. 1843, to the St. Vincent 120, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Rowley at Ports- 
 mouth. He attained the rank he now holds 25 Sept. 
 in the latter year ; and since 28 Jan. 1847 has been 
 in command of the Mariner 16, on the coast of 
 Africa. 
 
 MATSON. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 22 ; 
 H-p., 20.) 
 
 George William Matson was bom 10 Aug. 
 1794. 
 
 This ofilcer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Sam. 
 Warren, and on 22 July following was present, 
 under the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, in 
 Sir Robt. Calder's action vnth the combined squa- 
 drons of France and Spain off Cape Finisterre. 
 Quitting the Glory in July, 1806, he was next, 
 until March, 1814, employed, chiefly in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, in the Sampson 64, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Stirling, Diadem 64, Bellero- 
 PHON 74, and President 38, all commanded (the 
 two former as flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Stirling 
 and Gardner) by Capt. Sam. Warren, Prince 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Biokerton, Ardent 64, 
 Capt. John Cochet, North Star 20, Capt. Thos. 
 Coe, Shark sloop, Capt. John Gore, and Argo 44, 
 Capts. Cornelius Quinton and Wm. Fothergill. He 
 served in the Diadem at the reduction of Monte 
 Video in Feb. 1807 ; assisted, 7 July, 1809, in the 
 boats of the Bellerophon and other ships, at the 
 capture of a Russian flotilla and convoy in the 
 Baltic (an exploit more particularly alluded to in 
 our memoir of Capt. Chas. Allen) ; and was pre- 
 sent, in the President, at the taking of Java in 
 Sept. 1811. On 25 March, 1814, at which time he 
 was serving in the Ahgo in the West Indies, he 
 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Bonne 
 Citoyenne 20, Capts. Pitt Burnaby Greene and Au- 
 gustus Wm. Jas. Clifford. He obtained official pro- 
 motion 1 Feb. 1815 ; and was afterwards appointed 
 — 29 April, 1815, to the gun-boat service at Deal — 5 
 Nov. following, to the Harrier sloop, Capt. Sir 
 Chas. Thos. Jones, on the Halifax station, where 
 he continued, the last two years and a half as First- 
 Lieutenant, until the close of 1818 — about Dec. 
 1820, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Sophie 
 18, Capts. Geo. French, Robt. Graham Dunlop, and 
 Geo. Fred. Ryves, fitting for the East Indies, 
 whence he invalided 28 Aug. 1823—14 Sept. 1824, 
 again as Senior, to the Esk 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine 
 Purchas, whom he accompanied to the coast of 
 Africa— and, 21 Nov. 1825 and 1 Nov. 1826, to the 
 command, on that station, of the Swinger and 
 Clinker gun-brigs. On paying the Swinger off 
 at Portsmouth, 26 July, 1826, Lieut. Matson was 
 presented by the crew with a dress-sword, belt, 
 and epaulette, in token of their very great esteem. 
 He was advanced to his present rank soon after his 
 return to England in the Climker (in which vessel 
 he had effected the emancipation of 1400 slaves) 22 
 Oct. 1830 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Matson married, 7 Oct. 1835, Jane 
 Newman, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Walter 
 Yea, Esq., of Pyrland, co. Somerset, and sister of 
 the present Sir Wm. Walter Yea, Bart. Agents — 
 Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 MATSON. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 22; 
 
 H-p., 2.) 
 Henry James Matson, bom 5 April, 1810, is 
 son of Chas. Matson, Esq., Paymaster and Purser, 
 R.N. (1793) ; nephew of Admiral Rich. Matson ; 
 grand-nephew of the late Admiral Sir Henry 
 Harvey, K.B., who commanded the Ramillies 74 
 in the action of 1 June, 1794, and also of the gal- 
 lant Capt. John Harvey, K.N., who was mortally 
 wounded in command of the Brunswick 74 on the 
 same occasion ; and second-cousin of Commander 
 G. W. Matson, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1823, as 
 Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Seringapatam 46, Capt. 
 Sam. Warren, stationed in the Channel ; and in the 
 early part of the following year proceeded in the 
 Samarang 28, Capt. Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, 
 to North America; where, in Dec. 1824, he joined 
 the Jupiter 60, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Willoughby Thos. Lake. In Sept. 1827, having at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman some time pre- 
 viously, he joined the Revenge 76, Capts. Norbome 
 Thompson and Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, in 
 which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he con- 
 tinued until Oct. 1830. In the course of the en- 
 suing month (he had passed his examination 12 
 Aug. 1829) he became Mate of the Undaunted 46, 
 Capt. Edw. Harvey, fitting for the Cape of Good 
 Hope ; and in Feb. 1833 he was transftrred from 
 that frigate to the Curlew 10, Capt. Henry Dundas 
 Trotter, and placed in charge of a watch. For his 
 subsequent conduct at the capture of some pirates 
 on the west coast of Africa, Mr. Matson, who left 
 the Curlew in June, 1834, was promoted, 8 April, 
 1835, to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed, a 
 week afterwards, to the Pearl 20, Capts. Hugh 
 Nurse and Lord Clarence Edw. Paget, employed at 
 first on the Lisbon and then on the North America 
 and West India station. The latter vessel, of which 
 he had been for eighteen months First-Lieutenant, 
 being put out of commission 2 Jan. 1839, he ob- 
 tained command, 2 March following, of the Water- 
 witch 10, and was again ordered to the west coast 
 of Africa ; where four years of the most successful 
 exertion in suppression of the slave trade resulted 
 in his advancement to the rank of Commander, 17 
 July, 1843. His last appointment was to the com- 
 mand, 7 Sept. 1844, of the Daring 12, in which 
 sloop he served on the Home and North America 
 and West India stations until superseded in Feb. 
 
 Commander Matson married, 12 June, 1837, Phila- 
 
MATSON- MATTHEWS. 
 
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 delphia Stephens, daughter of Thos. Josling, Esq., 
 of Lishon, hy whom, who died 23 Oct. 1845, he had 
 issue one daughter. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MATSON. (Admikal of the Blue, 1847. 
 F-p., 21 ; H-p., 43.) 
 
 KicHAED Matson is son of the late John Matson, 
 Esq., Chief Justice and Governor of Dominica ; 
 uncle of Commander Henry Jas. Matson, R.N. ; and 
 cousin of Commander Geo. Wm. Matson, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1783, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Irresistible 74, 
 bearing the broad pendant at Chatham of Sir 
 Andrew Snape Hamond ; and was afterwards, be- 
 tween 1786 and* Jan. 1793, employed, in the capa- 
 cities of Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 SOLEBAY 32, Capt. John HoUoway, Jupiter 50, 
 Commodore Wm. Parker, SoLEBAy agadn, Capt. 
 ■Wm. Squire, and Heemione 32, Capt. John Hills, 
 on the West India and Home stations. He then 
 joined the Britannia 100, bearing the flag of 
 Vice-Admiral Wm. Hotham in the Mediterranean ; 
 where, in the course of the same and the following 
 year, he served on shore at the occupation ot 
 Toulon, was publicly thanked by Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith for his conduct at the destruction of the 
 arsenal and fleet in the harbour of that place,* and 
 was present at the sieges of St. Fiorenza and Bastia. 
 Being made Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 1794, into the 
 Bedford 74, Capts. Davidge Gould and Augustus 
 Montgomery, he was afforded an opportunity of 
 sharing, under the former of those officers, in Hot- 
 ham's partial actions of 14 March and 13 July, 1795. 
 After a servitude of nearly two years on the Lisbon, 
 Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, and West India 
 stations, in the Sybille and Daphne frigates, Capts. 
 Edw. Cooke and Jas. Brisbane, Tamar 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Byam Martin, and Prince of Wales 98, flag- 
 ship of Vice-Admiral Henry Harvey, he was pro- 
 moted, 22 Sept. 1797, to the command of the Beaver 
 sloop, also in the West Indies ; where he removed, 
 in May, 1798, to the Cyane 18, and was posted, 22 
 March, 1799, into the Daphne 20. He returned to 
 England in April, 1802 ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 2 Sept. 1807 and 9 April, 1808, to the San 
 YsiDORO and Braave 40, lying at Plymouth— and 
 16 June, 1808, to the Sea Fencible service between 
 North Shields and St. Abb's Head. He has been 
 on half-pay since Feb. 1810. He became a Rear- 
 Admiral 27 May, 1825; a Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 
 1837 ; and a full Admiral 26 June, 1847. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MATTHEWS. (Commandek, 1822. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 Alfred Matthews, born 26 Jan. 1792, is fifth 
 son of the late John Matthews, Esq., of Belmont, 
 CO. Hereford, Colonel of the Local Militia, and 
 several years M.P. for that shire, by Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Mr. Arthur Ellis, of Much Marcle. He 
 is brother of the present John Holder Matthews, a 
 Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Here- 
 ford ; also of the Rev. Arthur Matthews, Canon 
 of Hereford and Vicar of Linton, who died in Sept. 
 1842; and of Henry Matthews, Esq., author of the 
 well known * Diary of an Invalid,' who died soon 
 after his elevation to the Bench in the island of 
 Ceylon. 
 
 I'his officer entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Culloden 74, Capts. 
 Chas. Henry Lane and Bartholomew Dacres, flag- 
 ship for some time, in the Channel, of Rear- Admiral 
 Geo. Campbell ; whom, in the course of the same 
 year, he accompanied to the Mediterranean in the 
 Canopus 80. Removing as Midshipman, in April, 
 1804, to the Tigre 80, Capt. Bery. Hallowell, Mr. 
 Matthews, who continued in that ship until Feb. 
 1808, was for a long period employed at the block- 
 ade of Cadiz, and, besides accompanying Lord 
 Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit of 
 the combined fleets of France and Spain, served 
 throughout the second Egyptian campaign, from 
 • Vide Gil. 1794, p. 44. 
 
 the capture of Alexandria to its evacuation. In 
 June, 1808, we find him joining the Iphigenia 36, 
 Capt. Henry Lambert, under whom, after making 
 a voyage to Quebec,' he proceeded to the Cape of 
 Good Hope station, where he witnessed the con- 
 quest of He de Bourbon in July, 1810, and, in the 
 course of the following month, assumed a share in a 
 series of gallant but unfortunate operations, which, 
 by the 28th, terminated in the self-destruction of the 
 British frigates, Sirios, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Commodore Sam. Pym, and Magicienne, the 
 capture of the NinfeiDE, and the surrender to a 
 powerful French squadron of the Iphigenia her- 
 self, after incurring an individual loss of at least 5 
 men killed and 13 wounded, at the entrance of Port 
 Sud-Est, Isle of France. He remained in conse- 
 quence in captivity until released at the reduction 
 of the Mauritius, when he was again placed on 
 board the Iphigenia, under the orders of Capt. 
 Thos. Gordon Caulfeild. He next, between July 
 and Oct. 1811, served in the Scipion 74, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Robt. Stopford at the Cape ; and on 11 Feb. 
 1812 he was there made Lieutenant into the Astrea 
 frigate, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg. He re- 
 turned to England in Sept. 1813 ; and was subse- 
 quently appointed— 18 April, 1814, to the Hermes 
 20, Capt. Hon. Henry Wm. Percy, which vessel, 
 after 25 of her men had been killed and 24 wounded, 
 in an unsuccessful attack upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile, 
 was set on fire and destroyed in order to prevent 
 her falling into the hands of the Americans, 15 
 Sept. 1814* — 10 June, 1816, as Senior, to the Alert 
 sloop, Capt. John Smith, stationed in the North Sea, 
 where, in one of the vessel's galleys, he captured a 
 smuggling lugger — and, 24 April, 1817, to the com- 
 mand of the Drake Revenue cruizer, in which he 
 appears to have been for three years very actively 
 and successfully employed off the Land's End and 
 Scilly. He attained the rank of Commander 19 
 July, 1822, and between that period and April, 
 1823, was employed on the Jamaica station in the 
 Surinam and Icarus sloops. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He married, 26 Oct. 1833, Emily Rosetta^ young- 
 est daughter of the late Rev. Jas. Bernard, Rector 
 of Combe Flory, co. Somerset. 
 
 MATTHEWS. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 Michael Matthews is son of F. Matthews, 
 Esq., formerly in the Ordnance Department at 
 Portsmouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sans Pareil 80, Capts. 
 Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, Jas. Katon, and Wm. 
 Essington, successive flag-ship of Admirals Lord 
 Hugh Seymour and Robt. Montagu in the Channel 
 and West Indies, where he served until Sept. 1802, 
 latterly in the capacity of Midshipman. In Feb. 
 1 803, he joined the Venerable 74, bearing the flag, 
 on the former station, of the late Lord CoUingwood ; 
 whom, in the course of 1804, he followed into the 
 Colossus and Culloden 74's, and Prince and St. 
 George 98's. He was made Lieutenant, 15 Oct. 
 
 1806, into the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Wm. 
 Bedford, flag-ship for some time of Sir Jas. Sauma- 
 rez in the Baltic ; and he was next, between Aug. 
 
 1807, and July, 1813, employed, on the latter and on 
 the West and East India stations, in the Captain 
 74, Capt. Isaac WoUey, Melville sloop, Capt. Hon. 
 Jas. Wm. King, Cornelia frigate, Capt. Henry 
 Folkes Edgell, Russel 74, bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury, and Minden 74, 
 Capts. Edw. Wallis Hoare, Alex. Skene, and Jos. 
 Prior, flag-ship latterly of Sir Sam. Hood. In the 
 Russel he took part in the earlier portion of the 
 operations that preceded the fall of the Isle of 
 France ; and in the Minden he saw much active 
 service on the coast of Java. On leaving that ship 
 he was nominated Lieutenant-Governor of the Na^ 
 
 * After the destruction of the Hermes he volunteered to 
 serve with the army against New Orleans, and assisted in a 
 successful dash across the Mississippi, 8 Jan. 1815. 
 
744 
 
 MAUDE— MAUGER. 
 
 val Hospital, and Superintendent of the Impress, at 
 Bombay. He continued in discharge of the duties 
 thus imposed upon him until Feb. 1815 ; and on 20 
 of the following Sept., after having acted in com- 
 mand of the Wellesley 74, he was confirmed in 
 that of the Hesper sloop. He returned to England 
 about Aug. 1816 in the Hecate 16 ; and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He is married, and has issue. Agests — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 MAUDE. (C!oMMANX>EK, 1827. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 23.) 
 
 The Honourable Fbancis Madde, bom in 1798, 
 is fifth and youngest son of the first Viscount Ha^ 
 warden, by his third wife, Anne Isabella, daughter 
 of Thos. Monck, Esq., barrister-at-law, and niece 
 of Viscount Monck; and brother (with Capt. Hon. 
 Sir Jas. Ashley Maude, R.N., C.B., K.C.H. (1814), 
 who died 23 Oct. 1841) of the present Viscount. 
 He is brother-in-law of Lord "Wm. Stuart, Lord 
 Kobt. Ponsonby Tottenham, Bishop of Clogher, 
 Lord Lifford, and Lord Dunalley. 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 20 
 Nov. 1811 ; and embarked, 24 April, 18J4, on board 
 the Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead. In the course 
 of the same year he joined the Amphion 32, Capt. 
 Jas. Pattison Stewart, and also the FAVosrPE 20, 
 commanded by his brother, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley 
 Maude. In that vessel, after having brought home 
 from America the ratification of the treaty of Ghent, 
 h e proceeded to the East Indies ; where, in Dec. 
 1816, 20 months after he had attained the rating of 
 Midshipman, he removed to the Magicienne 36, 
 Capt. John Brett Purvis. In Aug. 1819, he became 
 Admiralty-Midshipman of the Shpekb 78, bearing 
 the broad pendant in South America of Sir Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy ; who, on 24 May, 1820, nomi- 
 nated him Lieutenant of that ship. He was con- 
 firmed, 7 Oct. following, in the Icarus 10, Capt. 
 Henry Algernon Eliot ; and returning home about 
 June, 1821, was next, from 13 Dec. 1823, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, 30 April, 1827, 
 employed in the Grasshopper 18, Capts. John 
 Geo. Apliu and another. He has not been since 
 afloat. 
 
 Commander Maude married, 4 Sept. 1827, Frances, 
 second daughter of Hon. A. H. Brooking, Collector 
 of His Majesty's Customs at St. John's, Newfound- 
 land, and Member of the Council for that island. 
 By that lady, who died in 1832, he had issue a son 
 and two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 the rank of Commander on the Retired List 20 Oct. 
 1840. 
 
 He married Mary, daughter of the late Geo. Heb- 
 den, Esq., and sister of the present Jas. Hebden, 
 Esq., of Appleton, co. York, as also of Henry Heb- 
 den, Esq., a Captain in the Army. His eldest son, 
 William George, is a Commander R.N. ; and his se- 
 cond, a Midshipman R.N., was drowned by the up- 
 setting of a boat while belonging to the Salisbury, 
 flag-ship at Bermuda of Rear-Admiral Wm. Cbas. 
 Fahie. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MAUDE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 WiLLLAM George Maude (J) is eldest son of Re- 
 tired Commander Wm. Geo. Maude, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 2 June, 1821 ; passed 
 his examination in 1827 ; and obtained his first com- 
 mission 20 May, 1833. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 26 March, 1834, to the North Star 28, Capt. 
 Octavius Vernon Harcourt, fitting for Sonth Ame- 
 rica, whence he returned at the close of 1836 — I 
 June, 1837, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Wolverene 
 16, Capts. Hon. Edw. Howard and Wm. Tucker, 
 under whom he was for about two years employed 
 on the Mediterranean and Cape of Good Hope sta- 
 tions— 31 Oct. 1840, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. 
 Stirling, fitting at Portsmouth — 6 Jan. 1841, as First, 
 to the Ph<enix steamer, Capt. John Richardson, in 
 which vessel he served in the Mediterranean until 
 ordered home for the purpose of being paid ofl" at 
 the end of 1842— and, 23 May, 1845, as Additional 
 Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, Capt. Mauley 
 Hall Dixon, stationed at Devonport. He attained 
 his present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and is now on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Commander Maude married, 7 Aug. 1839, Fanny 
 Anne, only daughter of Rear-Admiral Wm. Maude 
 (1841), who assisted, when in command of the Ja- 
 son, in capturing the French frigate Tcpaze, in 
 1809, and died in 1843. Agents — Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 MAUDE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 9 ; 
 H-p., 45.) 
 
 Willlam George Maude (a) was born at York. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1793, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Leopard 50, Capt. 
 John Maude, flag-ship of Rear- Admirals John Mac- 
 bride and John Peyton ; and in the following Nov., 
 on his return from a voyage to St. Helena, joined 
 the Thetis frigate, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Coch- 
 rane ; with whom he continued employed as Mid- 
 shipman, on the Home and North American sta- 
 tions, until transferred, in Jan. 1796, to the Espe- 
 rance sloop, Capt. Jonas Rose. Towards the close 
 of 1797 we find him sailing for the Cape of Good 
 Hope in the Garland frigate, Capt. John Clarke 
 Searle ; and in May, 1798, following that ofiicer into 
 the Tremendous 74, bearing the flag of Sir Hugh 
 Cloberry Christian. On 23 Feb. 1799, at which pe- 
 riod he was serving, still on the Cape station, in the 
 Raisonnable 64, Capt. Chas. Boyles, Mr. Maude 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Djedalus 
 32, Capt. Henry Lidgbivd Ball. Being confirmed to 
 that ship 24 July, 1799, he continued in her on the 
 East India station, in the capacity of First-Lieute- 
 nant, until 1801 ; in April of which year, owing to a 
 liver complaint and an attack of yellow fever, he 
 invalided. He was admitted to the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 7 Nov. 1823 ; and invested with 
 
 MAUGER. (Ketibed Commander, 1845. f-p., 
 15 ; H-p., 39.) 
 Nicholas Mauger was bom 17 July, 1773. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Magicienne frigate, 
 Capt. Geo. Martin, employed at first in the North 
 Sea and then in the West Indies, where he assisted 
 at the capture of St. Marc's, St. Domingo, and served 
 in the boats, under Lieut. Thompson, at the board- 
 ing and capture of a French privateer of 12 guns 
 and 40 men. Removing, in July, 1794, to the Sceptkb 
 64, Capts. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Wm. Essington, and 
 Thos. Alexander, he assisted in that ship at the cap- 
 ture of eight Dutch Indiamen off" St. Helena (in one 
 of which he was sent as Prize-Master to Ireland), 
 and witnessed the surrender of the Dutch squadron 
 in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 1796. In the course of 
 the ensuing month he was successively nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Daphne and Syeille fri- 
 gates, Capts. Jas. Brisbane and Edw. Cooke ; under 
 the latter of whom, in Jan. 1798, he entered, in com- 
 pany with the Fox 32, the Spanish harbour of Ma- 
 nilla (notwithstanding that there were lying there 
 three ships-of-the-line and three frigates), and as- 
 sisted in capturing seven boats, 200 men, and a large 
 quantity of ammunition and implements of war. 
 He was also, during the same month, present in an 
 action with the enemy's batteries at Samboangon, in 
 the island of Magindanao, whose fire occasioned the 
 two ships a collective loss of 6 men killed and 16 
 wounded ; and on the night of 28 Feb. 1799, he con- 
 tributed to the capture, at the mouth of the Bengal 
 river, by the Stbille alone, whose force consisted 
 of 48 guns, of the French frigate La Forte, of 52 
 guns and 370 men, after a dreadful action of two 
 hours and a haW^ in which the enemy had 65 of 
 their number (including the Captain) killed and 80 
 wounded, and the British, out of 371 men, 5 killed 
 and 17 (among whom was Captain Cooke mortally) 
 wounded. On the surrender of the enemy's ship, 
 Mr. Mauger, who during the conflict had com- 
 
MAUNSELL. 
 
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 manded the Stbille's main-deck, was sent to take 
 possession of her. On 17 June, 1800, 12 months 
 after he had risen to the post of Acting-Lieutenant, 
 he was at length confirmed in his appointment to 
 the SybiiiLe, commanded at the time hy Capt. 
 Chos. Adam. Among other services in which he 
 participated under that officer, was the capture and 
 destruction, 23 Aug. 1800, of five Dutch armed ves- 
 sels and 22 merchantmen in Batavia roads. He 
 further, in the following Oct., aided in making prize 
 of 24 Dutch proas, four of which mounted 6 guns 
 each ; and on 19 Aug. 1801 (when off Mahe, the 
 principal of the Seychelle Islands) was instrumental 
 to the taking, with a loss to the Sfbille (out of 300 
 men) of 2 killed and 1 wounded, of La Chiffmme, of 
 42 guns and 296 men, 23 of whom were killed and 
 30 wounded. This action, a very gallant one of 20 
 minutes, was attended with the disadvantage to the 
 British of being fought among rocks and shoals, and 
 under the fire of an enemy's battery. As soon as 
 the vessel had struck her colours, Mr. Manger was 
 placed in charge of her as Prize-Master. On leav- 
 ing the Sybule in Oct. 1801, he joined the Suf- 
 folk 74, Capts. Wm. Clark and Curtis ; and in that 
 ship, in the spring of 1802, he returned to England. 
 His next appointment was, 16 June, 1803, to La 
 Chiffonne, then a British 36-gun frigate, com- 
 manded by his former Captain, Adam ; whom, in 
 Sept. 1805, he accompanied, as Senior Lieutenant, 
 into the Resistance 38. In the former ship, when 
 in company with the Falcon sloop. Clinker gun- 
 brig, and Fkances armed-cutter, we find him assist- 
 ing, 10 June, 1805, in driving on shore under the 
 batteries of Fecamp a division of the French flotilla, 
 consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, carry- 
 ing in all 51 guns, 4 8-inch mortars, and 3 field- 
 pieces, accompanied by 14 transports. 'While at- 
 tached to the Resistance, he beheld Sir John Bor- 
 lase Warren's capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Ma- 
 rengo 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40- 
 gun frigate Betle Poule^ aided in the transport 
 home from Vera Cruz of a considerable quantity of 
 freight, was at the taking of L'Aigh privateer of 
 14 guns and 66 men, and escorted a large body of 
 General Officers to the coast of Portugal. He left 
 the Resistance in Deo. 1808 ; and was next, from 
 3 May to 25 Aug. 1815, employed in the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin, with 
 whom he went from Chatham to Portsmouth. He 
 became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 15 
 Dec. 1830 ; and on the Senior 17 Feb. 1845. 
 
 Commander Mauger married, in 1802, Miss Mar- 
 garet AUez, and by that lady has issue four sons 
 and two daughters. One of his sons, Charles, is 
 a Captain in the 17th Regt. Bombay Native In- 
 fantry ; and another, John, was a Lieutenant in the 
 Royal Marines. 
 
 MAUNSELL. (Liedtenant, 1846.) 
 
 Edward Eyre Maunsell is, we believe, eldest 
 son of the Rev. Edw. Eyre Maunsell, A.M., of Fort 
 Eyre, CO. Galway, by Eliza Maria, daughter of 
 Rich. Studdert, Esq., of Bunratty Castle, co. Clare. 
 This officer passed his examination 21 Aug. 1839 ; 
 and after having served for some time as Mate on 
 board the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth 
 of SirChas. Rowley, was promoted, 23 March, 1846, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Ferret 8, Capt. Geo. Sprigg, 
 on the coast of Africa. Since 5 July, 1847, he has 
 been attached, in the capacity of Additional Lieu- 
 tenant, to the President 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, at the Cape of Good 
 IJope. 
 
 MAUNSELL, C.B. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 22; 
 
 H-p., 25.) 
 Robert Maunsell was born, in May, 1786, at 
 Limerick, and died 31 Aug. 1845. He was third 
 son of the Rev. Wm. Maunsell, Archdeacon of Li- 
 merick, by Lucy, daughter and co-heir of Philip 
 Oliver, Esq., M.P., of Castle Oliver, oo. Limerick ; 
 and a near relative of Admiral Kobt. Dudley Oli- 
 ver. His eldest brother, the present Thos. Philip 
 
 Maunsell, Esq., of Thorpe Malsor, Northampton- 
 shire, is M.P. for the northern division of that co., 
 Colonel of the Northampton Militia, and Captain 
 of the Kettering Yeomanry Cavalry : his second, 
 the Rev. "Wm. AVray Maunsell, Archdeacon of Li- 
 merick, married the eldest daughter of the Right 
 Rev. Chas. Warbnrton, Bishop of Cloyne. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mermaid 32, Capt. 
 Robt. Dudley Oliver, fitting for the Mediterranean ; 
 where he attained the rating of Midshipman ia 
 July, 1800, removed in 1801 to the Maidstone 32, 
 Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and Hon. Geo. Elliot, 
 and continued most actively employed until the end 
 of 1804. It was his fortune during that period to 
 be made a participator in many cutting-out afi'airs; 
 but particularly on 11 July, 1804, when, holding 
 the rating of Master's Mate, he served with the 
 boats of the Maidstone, Naecissds, and Seahorse, 
 10 in number, under the orders of Lieut. John 
 Thompson, and assisted at the capture of 12 settees, 
 lying at La Vandour, in the Bay of Hieres, after a 
 conflict, in which the British, encountered by a tre- 
 mendous fire of grape-shot and musketry, as well 
 from the vessels themselves as from a battery and 
 the houses of the town, sustained a loss of 4 men 
 killed and23 (including himself, severely) wounded.*" 
 So great were the coolness and perseverance deve- 
 loped on the occasion by Mr. Maunsell, that he was 
 promoted, as soon as he had accomplished his time, 
 to a Lieutenancy, 7 March, 1805, in the Princess 
 Royal 98, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, attached 
 to the Channel fleet. -j- Being next, 26 May, 1807, 
 appointed to the Blanche 28, Capt. John Edg- 
 cumbe, on the East India station, he took a passage 
 thither in, we believe, the St. Alban's 64, and, soon 
 after his arrival, had the satisfaction of being ad- 
 vanced, by a commission dated 15 Feb. 1808, to the 
 command of the Prooris 18. Among the numerous 
 prizes made by Capt. Maunsell in that sloop, we may 
 include the capture, in 1809, of the Dutch company's 
 brig Wagsted of 8 guns, 4 swivels, and 86 men.J On 
 the morning of 31 July, 1811, being off the mouth of 
 the Indramargu River, coast of Java, he took per- 
 sonal command of the boats of the Procris, together 
 with two fiat-boats, carrying an officer and 20 men 
 of H.M.'s 14th Regt., and an officer and the same 
 number of men from H.M.'s 89th Regt., and with 
 a degree of skill and ability that called forth the 
 after-thanks of Commodore Broughton, led them 
 ashore to the attack of six of the enemy's gun- 
 boats ; each mounting 1 brass 32-pounder carronade 
 forward and 1 18-pounder aft, both on pivots, with 
 a crew of more than 60 men, in convoy of 40 or 50 
 proas. Although the latter contrived to escape by 
 hauling through the mud up the river, yet were five 
 of the armed vessels irresistibly boarded and car- 
 ried, and the remaining one destroyed ; this, too 
 with a loss of only ] I men wounded, notwithstand- 
 ing that the enemy, in addition to the fire of their 
 guns, kept up a constant discharge of musketry. § 
 As a reward for his meritorious conduct in achiev- 
 ing so gallant an exploit, Capt. Maunsell was almost 
 immediately placed in acting-command of the Il- 
 lustrious 74, bearing the Commodore's broad pen- 
 dant. Prior to the event we have just recorded he 
 had been ordered to take charge of a transport with 
 400 troops in the Sunda Strait, for the purpose of 
 joining the expedition then daily expected off Bata- 
 via. Owing to the reluctance felt by the Master of 
 the transport to run during the night, Capt. Maun- 
 sell, fearing that the delay thereby occasioned would 
 prevent their arriving at the appelated rendezvous 
 in time to assist in the landing, took the whole 40O 
 men on board his own vessel, and by his promptitude 
 in so doing was enabled to reach his destination two 
 days previous to the debarkation, whereas the tran- 
 sport did not arrive until nearly a month afterwards 
 During his command of the Illustrious, a period 
 of about two months, Capt. Maunsell served on 
 
 * In consideration of the injury he received the Patriotic 
 Society voted him a gratuity, 
 t He had otlen, previously, had charge of a watch 
 t Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 388. } F.Gaz. 1811, pp.'zjOS-n 
 
 5 C 
 
746 
 
 MAURICE. 
 
 shore throughout all the operations which termi- 
 nated in the fall of Java ; where he enacted a dis- 
 tinguished part on shore at the head of a body of 
 seamen, and aided in the bombardinent and storm- 
 ing of Fort Cornelis 26 Aug. 1811.* On the night 
 of 10 of the ensuing month, we further disco- 
 ver him, with a division of boats under his orders, 
 taking captive, in the neighbourhood of Samarang, 
 a large sloop-rigged gun-boat, mounting 4 heavy 
 guns and 2 brass swivels, a Malay-rigged gun-boat, 
 carrying 1 12-pounder carronade, and a despatch- 
 boat.f In the early part of 1812, on 7 Feb. in which 
 year he was confirmed to Post-rank, Capt. Maunsell, 
 in consequence of an attack of Batavian fever, re- 
 turned to England ; and on 24 of the ensuing Aug. 
 was appointed to the Chatham 74, bearing the flag 
 in the North Sea of Bear-Admiral Matthew Henry 
 Scott, with whom he continued until 26 May, 1814. 
 After 16 years' incessant application for employ- 
 ment, he was next, 22 Feb. 1831, placed in com- 
 mand of the Alfred 50, and sent to the Mediter- 
 ranean ; where, during a servitude of three years, 
 he witnessed the establishment of King Otho on 
 the throne of Greece, and was selected to watch 
 the movements of the hostile fleets of Turkey and 
 Egypt. His last appointment afloat was, 13 May, 
 1840, to the Rodney 92. On his arrival in that ship 
 off Alexandria, 22 Nov. in the same year, he was 
 instructed by Commodore Napier to open a direct 
 communication between him and Mehemet Ali. 
 Landing, accordingly, close to his Highness' palace, 
 he managed to pass the guards unmolested, and, en- 
 tering the presence-chamber, without introduction, 
 had the good fortune to obtain a very flattering au- 
 dience, and fully to carry out the object of his mis- 
 sion. The next day he landed, with the Commo- 
 dore, and, w^ believe, remained with him until the 
 conclusion of the celebrated convention between 
 him and the Egyptian potentate. The Rodnet, it 
 appears, was the means of afterwards, in Nov. 1842, 
 rescuing the Formidable 84, when on shore near 
 Barcelona ; and in the course of the ensuing month 
 was present at the reduction of that city by the 
 force under Espartero. In the spring of 1843, hav- 
 ing returned to England, she was despatched to the 
 Cape of Good Hope with the 7th Dragoon Guards, 
 a company of the 45th Regt., another of Artillery, 
 and 150 men, on board. In Oct. 1843 she was paid 
 off. 
 
 On 20 July, 1838, Capt. Maunsell was nominated 
 a C.B. ; and in April, 1844, as a tribute to "his 
 high personal character, and his eminent profes- 
 sional service," he was spontaneously appointed by 
 Sir Robt. Peel a Commissioner of Greenwich Hos- 
 pital. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 MAURICE. (Eear-Admikal, 1846. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 James Wilkes Maurice was bom 10 Feb. 1775, 
 at Devonport. His twin brother, Ferdinand Moore 
 Maurice, was lost in command of the Magnet sloop 
 in the autumn of 1811. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne in 1783-4 
 on the books of the Monkey, Lieut.-Commander 
 Jas. Glassford) embarked, in Aug. 1789, as A.B., 
 on board the Inspector sloop, Capts. Alex. Mackey 
 and Jas. Leakey, and was employed in that vessel 
 on the Channel station until Oct. 1791. Becoming 
 Midshipman, in Dec. 1792, of the Powerful 74, 
 Capts. Thos. Hicks and Wm. Albany Otway, he 
 escorted a fleet of outward-bound Indiamen, at the 
 commencement of hostilities with France, to the 
 Cape of Good Hope, and on his return he succes- 
 sively, in Jan. and May, 1794, joined the Cambridge 
 74, Capt. Rich. Boger, and La Concorde 36, Capts. 
 Sir Rich. John Strachan and Anthony Hunt. In 
 Aug. 1795, after having participated in Lord Brid- 
 port's action, he was nominated by Sir John Bor- 
 lase AVarren Lieutenant of the Thunderer 74, 
 Capt. Albemarle Bertie ; but the appointment not 
 being confirmed, he went back, about Jan. 1796, to 
 La Concokoe, and continued in that ship, under 
 
 * rWe Gaz. 1811, p. 2404. + F. Gaz. 1812, p. U6. 
 
 Capts. Hunt and Rich. Bagot (witnessing interme- 
 mediately the capture, among other vessels, of the 
 French frigates Unite a,nd Virffinie,aai the destruc- 
 tion of La Volage corvette, of 26 guns), until trans- 
 ferred, in Feb. 1797, to the Royal George 100, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Bridport, who, on 
 17 of the ensuing month, promoted him into the 
 Glory 98, Capt. Jas. Brine— the Admiralty con- 
 firming the appointment by a commission dated 
 3 April, 1797. In Jan. 1799 Mr. Maurice removed 
 to the Canada 74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy 
 and Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, in which ship, bear- 
 ing the flag for some time of Sir John Borlase War- 
 ren, he served in the Channel and Mediterranean 
 until May, 1802. Obtaining an appointment, in the 
 following Sept., to the Centaur 74, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Sam. Hood, he added 
 in that ship at the capture of Ste. Lucie, Tobago, 
 Demerara, and Essequibo, and on 26 Nov. 1803 he 
 landed at the head of 40 seamen, with the greater 
 part of the marines under Capt. Crozier, at Petite 
 Ance d'Arlette, Martinique, and assisted in destroy- 
 ing a battery of 6 24-pounders.* In the perform- 
 ance, however, of this service he received a woimd, 
 occasioned by the explosion of the magazine, and 
 was in consequence presented by the Patriotic So- 
 ciety with a sword valued at 50/. On 3 Feb. 1804, 
 after nearly a month had been expended in planting 
 5 guns (3 24-pounders and 2 long 18's), and placing 
 provisions, stores, &c., upon an all but inaccessible 
 eminence, situated in the sea near the south-west 
 end of Martinique, and called the Diamond Bock, 
 the rating was assigned it of a sloop-of-war, and the 
 command given to Lieut. Maurice, as a reward for 
 the arduous and prominent part he had borne in 
 the equipment. Being confirmed in his new ap- 
 pointment, 7 May in the same year, he continued to 
 hold it until 2 June, 1805, when, owing to a want of 
 ammunition and water, he was under the neces- 
 sity of surrendering to a French squadron of 2 sail- 
 of-the-line, 1 frigate, 1 brig, a schooner, and 11 
 gun-boats, together with 1500 troops, after sustain- 
 ing a three days' attack with a degree of gallantry 
 that had the effect of subsequently procuring him 
 not only the honourable acquittal but the high ad- 
 miration of a Court-Martial, and the warm applause 
 of Lord Nelson. The enemy, during the operations, 
 appear to have had about 30 killed and 40 wounded 
 on shore, independently of their ships and boats, 
 and to have lost 3 gun-boats and 2 row-boats. The 
 British, of whom there were in the whole not more 
 than 107, had but 2 killed and 1 wounded. Capt. 
 Maurice arrived in, England with despatches from 
 Rear-Admiral Hon.' Alex. Cochrane 3 Aug. 1805, 
 and in less than a fortnight was appointed to the 
 command of the Savage, a new 18 gun-brig. In 
 that vessel he appears, until June, 1807, to have 
 been employed in convoying the trade from differ- 
 ent ports in St. George's Channel and the Downs. 
 He next escorted a fleet of merchantmen from Cork 
 to the West Indies; and in Dec. 1807 contrived, 
 while cruizing on the Jamaica station, to capture 
 the Dan Quixote, Spanish privateer, of 8 guns and 
 99 men. In the autumn of 1808 Capt. Maurice was 
 nominated by Sir Alex. Cochrane Governor of 
 Marie-Galante, a post appointment, which the Ad- 
 miralty sanctioned with its approbation 18 Jan. 
 1809. After having administered the affairs of the 
 colony for 12 months under circumstances of a very 
 trying character, but in a manner that gained him 
 a most flattering address from the legislative body 
 and the principal inhabitants, he found himself, in 
 Oct. 1809, compelled, from the effects of intermit- 
 tent fever, to invalid. His next appointment, we 
 find, was to the Governorship, 30 July, 1810, of the 
 island of Anholdt, where, in March, 1811, he ren- 
 dered his name for ever famous by the brilliant 
 manner in which he defeated an attempt made to 
 reduce it by a Danish flotilla and army, consisting 
 in all of nearly 4000 men, who, after a close combat 
 of four hours and a half, were driven back to their 
 ports, with the loss of 3 pieces of cannon, 14 shells, 484 
 muskets, 470 swords, 16000 musket-ball cartridges, 
 • Vidt Gaz. 1804, p. loa. 
 
MAW— MAWBEY. 
 
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 and upwards of 500 prisoners— a greater number by 
 150 than the garrison itself. Although the loss of 
 the assailants was most severe, that of the British 
 was confined to 2 killed and 30 wounded.* The 
 glorious defence of Anholdt, indeed, became the 
 universal theme of praise, and its gallant conductor, 
 as a matter of tourse, received the warm plaudits 
 of the Admiralty. His second in command, Lieut. 
 H. L. Baker, was promoted to superior rank ; and, 
 as a compliment to himself, his brother, the gentle- 
 man alluded to at the commencement of the present 
 narrative, was placed in command of a sloop-of- 
 war. Capt. Maurice, whom the garrison of An- 
 holdt united in presenting with a valuable sword 
 " in token of their admiration of his personal bra- 
 very in the battle of 27 March, and as a grateful 
 memorial for his liberal, forbearing, and kind con- 
 sideration of their feelings during his government," 
 remained in that island until Sept. 1812, and has 
 not been since employed. He accepted his present 
 rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, 5 Oct. 1814, Miss Sarah Lyne, of 
 Plymouth, and was left a vridower in June, 1815. 
 Agents — Hallett and Kobinson. 
 
 MAW. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Henry Listek Maw has lost two brothers in the 
 military service of their country. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy 11 May, 1818; and 
 was for some time Midshipman of the Liffev 50, 
 bearing the broad pendant in the East Indies of 
 Commodore Chas. Grant, by whom, during the ex- 
 pedition to Ava, he was allowed to act as Naval 
 Aide-de-Camp to Sir Alex. Campbell, Commander- 
 in-Chief of the troops. While officiating in that 
 capacity he appears to have been employed in sur- 
 veying the Rangoon river, and to have effected, 25 
 June, 1824, the destruction of two fire-rafts. In an 
 attack subsequently made on a strong stockade on 
 the Dalla river, it was his misfortune, while cheer- 
 ing on his men, to receive a ball in the head— a cir- 
 cumstance which obliged him to return to England 
 for the benefit of his health. Having all along, 
 however, distinguished himself by " a series of gal- 
 lantry" exhibitive of the "most conspicuous and 
 forward bravery," and being recommended in the 
 strongest terms by Capt. Marryat, the senior naval 
 officer on the station, he was rewarded with a Lieu- 
 tenant's commission dated 25 July, 1825. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 2 Feb. 1826, to the 
 Harrier sloop, Capt. John Pakenham, on the coast 
 of Ireland— 7 Jan. 1827 and 2 Oct. 1829, to the 
 Menai 26, and Volage 28, Capts. Michael Seymour 
 and Lord Colchester, both on the South American 
 station— and, 3 Dec. 1832 and 16 July, 1834, as 
 Second-Lieutenant, to the Vernon 50, and Presi- 
 uENT 52, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Cockbum in North 
 America and the West Indies. He has not been 
 employed since 30 Aug. 1834. 
 
 In 1830 Lieut. Maw was presented with the large 
 silver medal of the "Society for the Encouragement 
 of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce," for frag- 
 ments, 8cc. collected by him in South America ; and 
 in July, 1831, he took out a patent for an invention 
 of an improved method of using fuel, so as to burn 
 smoke. In 1832 he published a "Memoir of the 
 Early Operations of the Burmese War." He mar- 
 ried, 21 March, 1839, Sarah Anne, only daughter of 
 the late Cornelius Peacock, Esq. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 MAW. (Lieutenant, 1807. f-p., 17; h-p,, 32.) 
 RiciiARn Stovin Maw had three brothers, who 
 were either killed or wounded in their country's 
 service. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 Aug. 1798, and embarked, in May, 1802, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Philip Wodehouse, under whom he was wrecked off 
 Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803. After serving for 
 a few months in the Termagant 18, Capt. Robt. 
 Pettet, he joined the Weazle 14, Capt. Wm. Lay- 
 
 • ride Ga.z. 181 1, p. 049. 
 
 man, and in that vessel was again wrecked, near 
 Cabritta Point, Gibraltar Bay, 1 March, 1804. Be- 
 coming Midshipman, in the following July, of the 
 Glory 98, successive flag-ship of Admirals Sir John 
 Orde and Chas. Stirling, he shared in Sir Robert 
 Calder's action, 22 July, 1805 ; after which we find 
 him following the last-mentioned officer into the 
 Sampson and Diadem 64's. In the early part of 
 1807, on 8 Oct. in which year he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant in the Diadem, Mr. Maw was for three 
 weeks employed on shore with the army at the 
 siege of Monte Video ; and in the ensuing July, it 
 appears, he assisted in landing the troops during 
 the unsuccessful attempt upon Buenos Ayres. His 
 succeeding appointments were— 2 June, 1808, to the 
 Oberon 16, Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton, attached 
 to the force in the Channel— 21 Feb. 1809, as Senior, 
 to the Rose 18, Capt. Thos. Mansell, in which sloop 
 he participated in the capture of more than 100 of 
 the enemy's vessels, and aided in the land operations 
 at the taking of Anholdt— 25 Jan. 1810, to the Bel- 
 LEROPHON 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, employed in the 
 North Sea— and, 14 Feb. 1811, 26 Feb. 1813, and 
 2 Aug. 1815, as First, to the Cyane 22, Capts. Fras. 
 Augustus Collier and Thos. Forrest, Lacedaemonian 
 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, and Ister 36, Capt. Thos. 
 Forrest, on the Mediterranean, West India, North 
 American, and Home stations. On the evening of 
 5 Oct. 1814 Mr. Maw, then in the Laced.s:monian, 
 was sent with the boats of that frigate, carrying 
 two other Lieutenants, several Midshipmen, and 
 upwards of 100 men under his orders, in pursuit of 
 three American gun-boats and a convoy of about 
 36 sail, which had been discovered passing between 
 Cumberland and Jekyll islands. After rowing a 
 distance of 30 miles the British succeeded in coming 
 up with some of the vessels, and the result of their 
 attack was the capture of one of the gun-boats, 
 No. 160 (which Mr. Maw himself was the first to 
 board), and four merchantmen ; the loss to the as- 
 sailants being 4 officers and men wounded, and to 
 their opponents 1 man killed, 4 wounded, and seve- 
 ral driven overboard.* Debilitated from the effects 
 of the exposure and hardships attendant upon con- 
 tinual boat-service, Mr. Maw, in Jan. 1815, found 
 himself under the necessity of invaliding from the 
 Lacedemonian ; and in June, 1817, a recurrence 
 of bad health when on board the Ister again obliged 
 him to seek half-pay. Notwithstanding the very 
 neat exploits we have above recorded, and the fact 
 that for upwards of six years he filled the important 
 post of First-Lieutenant, he has never been able to 
 procure that rank for which he had so earnestly 
 striven. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MAWBEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 33.) 
 John Mawbey was born 6 May, 1781. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Romney 50, Capt. John 
 Lawford. In the following summer he witnessed 
 the capture of a Swedish convoy laden with naval 
 and military stores for the use of the French ; and, 
 on 30 Aug. 1799, having accompanied the expedi- 
 tion to Holland, he was present at the surrender of 
 the Dutch squadron under Admiral Storey. He 
 afterwards served with Capt. Lawford, in the Ponr- 
 PHEMUS 64, at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 
 1801 ; and between Dec. 1802 and the date of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1815, 
 was employed on the Home, West India, and Medi- 
 terranean stations, chiefly in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman, in the Calcutta 50, Capt. Daniel Wood- 
 riff, Puissant 74, Capt. Jas. Bowen, Windsor 
 Castle 98, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu, Spartiatb 
 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, Neptune 98, bearing 
 the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Abercromey 
 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, Leyden 64, Capts. 
 Edw. Chetham and John Davie, Barfleur 98 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Blake 74, CaptI 
 Edw. Codrington, Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam. War- 
 ren, and Caledonia 120, Prince Frederick 74 
 and Impregnable 98, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Pellew' 
 * Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 454. 
 
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 MAX-MAXEY-MAXWELL. 
 
 Sir Thos. Byam Martin, and Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth. Besides participating in much arduous 
 Wockade-servioe, Mr. Mawbey, when in the Spab- 
 TiATE, went to the West Indies in pursuit of the 
 celebrated Koohefort squadron, and on his return 
 thence with Lord Nelson was aiTorded an oppor- 
 tunity of sharing in the action off Cape Trafalgar, 
 21 Oct. 1805. He was in the same ship at the re- 
 duction of the islands of Ischia and Procida in 1809 ; 
 and, during the term of his attachment to the Ley- 
 den and Barflecr, was employed (part of the time 
 as commanding officer) in aflat boat in co-operation 
 with the British army in the Tagus, where the ex- 
 cessive fatigue he underwent produced an attack 
 of fever, which rendered necessary his return for 
 four months to England. In the Caledonia he 
 beheld the fall of Genoa. Since his promotion, 
 which did not take place until more than six years 
 after he had passed his examination, he has not 
 been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Mawbey married, 20 Feb. 1819, Miss Mary 
 Ann Lancaster, and by that lady has issue two sons 
 and two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MAX. (Lieutenant, 1806. f-p., 13; h-p., 36.) 
 John George Max entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 
 1798, as Midshipman, on board the El Corso, Capt. 
 Lord Wm. Stuart, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where he continued, until Sept. 1802, to serve in 
 the Goliath 74, Capt. Thos. Foley, and in the 
 Lion and Champion, both commanded by the 
 above-named nobleman. After a further employ- 
 ment, on Home service (particularly ofi' Boulogne), 
 in the Harpy sloop, Capts. Edm. Heywood and 
 Chas. Pelly, and with Lord Wm. Stuart and Capt. 
 Jas. Carthew in the Crescent frigate, he was pro- 
 moted, 6 Feb. 1806, to the rank of Lieutenant, and 
 appointed to the Albacore sloop, on the Guernsey 
 station. He remained in that vessel a period of 
 two years and a half; and was next, between Feb. 
 1811 and April, 1814, employed, at Home and in 
 the Baltic, on board the Briseis 10, Capts. Chas. 
 Thurlow Smith and John Halsted, Bellekophon 
 74, Capt. Augustus Brine, Antelope 50, Capt. Sam. 
 Butcher, and Reynard sloop, Capt. David Latimer 
 St. Clair. He has since been on half-pay. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 Lieut. Maxey married, 2 Oct. 1829, Eliza, daugh- 
 ter of Joseph Edye, Esq., Alderman of the city of 
 Bristol. 
 
 MAXEY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Edward Maxey, bom 5 Feb. 1790, is second son 
 of the Rev. Lewis Maxey, of Byford Rectory, co. 
 Hereford. 
 
 This officer entered the Na\'y, 2 Nov. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John 
 HoUoway, lying in the Downs ; and in the following 
 year joined the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse, on the Mediterranean station ; where, 
 on removing, after the capture of Capri and the 
 siege of Gaeta, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Hoste, he came into daily collision, either in that 
 ship or her boats, with the enemy on the coast of 
 CaUibria. After serving for short periods in the 
 Beeg^he sloop, Capt. Thos. Whinyates, Atlas 74, 
 Capt. Sam. Pym, and Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Albany 
 Otway, he was received, about 1808, on board the 
 NoKGE 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier. Continuing 
 in that ship until 1 May, 1814, he assisted, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, at the embarkation of the army after 
 the battle of Corunna, co-operated in the defence of 
 Cadiz, aided in fitting out a Spanish fleet at Fried- 
 land and in escorting it to Minorca, and visited the 
 latitude of Greenland in pursuit of the American 
 frigate President, Commodore Rodgers. He was 
 promoted (having passed his examination in 1809) 
 to the rank of Lieutenant while serving with the 
 Duke of Clarence in the Royal Charlotte yacht, 
 27 May, 1814; and was next appointed, on the 
 American, Home, and West India stations, to the 
 Jaseue 16, Capt. Nicholas Pateshall, Forth 40, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, D&sir^e 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Woolridge, Active 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, and 
 EoYALisT 18, Capt. Geo. Bennett Allen. He has 
 been on half-pay since Oct. 1816. 
 
 MAXWELL. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Francis Maxwell was born in Feb. 1789, at 
 Bromyard, in Herefordshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as 
 Clerk, on board the Redbeidge schooner, Lieut- 
 Commander Geo. Lempriere, in which vessel, sta- 
 tioned off Jersey, he continued employed until 
 taken off Toulon by four French frigates, 4 Aug. 
 1803. In Sept. 1807, having succeeded after many 
 hardships in effecting his escape from France, he 
 was received as Midshipman on board the Escort 
 gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Smith (2), on the 
 Mediterranean station ; where he was subsequently, 
 for nearly three years, employed in the Ocean 98 
 and ViLLE de Paris 110, flag-ships of Admirals 
 Lord Collingwood and Thos. Eras. Fremantle. 
 Being nominated, 12 Aug. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Tdscan sloop, Capt. Geo. Matthew Jones, 
 Mr. Maxwell, whose promotion was confirmed 26 
 Sept. following, served for some time in that vessel 
 at the defence of Cadiz. In the following Dec. he 
 removed to the Bustard 16, Capt. Chas. Burrough 
 Strong ; and in the course of the next few months, 
 while in command of the boats in shore, he had the 
 good fortune to capture several of the enemy's 
 vessels. On one occasion he landed and intercepted 
 a quantity of flour intended for the fortress of Bar- 
 celona. He remained in the Bustard, part of the 
 time as First-Lieutenant, until compelled by ill 
 health to invalid, in Aug. 1812 ; and he was lastly, 
 from 6 Aug. 1813 until June, 1814, employed on the 
 Cork station in the Avon 18, Capt. Geo. Rose Sar- 
 torius. Sickness then again reduced him to the 
 necessity of seeking half-pay. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 MAXWELL. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 16; h-p., 35.) 
 George Berkeley Maxwell entered the Navy, 
 2 July, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal 
 William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, successive flag- 
 ship of Admirals Sir Peter Parker and Mark Mil- 
 banke at Portsmouth, where he remained until Oct. 
 1801. In Deo. 1804 he joined the Amphion 32, 
 Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Hoste, on the Medi- 
 terranean station ; and on 22 Sept. 1807 he was 
 made Lieutenant into the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, lying at Spit- 
 head. His succeeding appointments were — 26 Oct. 
 1807, to the Astr^a 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, in 
 the West Indies ; where, while under the temporary 
 command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger Greenlaw, he 
 was wrecked on a coral reef ofi* the island of Ana- 
 gada 24 May, 1808—13 Feb. 1809, to the Victory 
 Too, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in the 
 Baltic— and 4 May, 1810, and 11 Jan. 1813, to the 
 San Josef 110 and Queen Charlotte 100, flag- 
 ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, in the 
 Mediterranean and Channel. He acquired the rank 
 of Commander 15 June, 1814, but did not again go 
 afloat until April, 1829 ; on 7 of which month we 
 find him receiving an appointment to the Herald 
 yacht. In that vessel, it appears, he conveyed 
 Lady Heytesbury to St. Petersburg ; Wm. Turner, 
 Esq. (Envoy Extraordinary), to Carthagena ; Lord 
 Aylmer to Quebec ; and Lieut.-General Sir James 
 Kempt thence to England. Since his promotion to 
 Post-rank 20 Nov. 1830, Capt. Maxwell has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He married, 10 May, 1821, Laetitia, daughter of 
 John Clerk, Esq., of Downham House, co. Glouces- 
 ter, and by that lady has issue. 
 
 MAXWELL. (Capt., 1837. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 17.) 
 
 John Balfour Maxwell, bom in 1799, is only 
 
 son of the late Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell,* R.N., 
 
 Kt., C.B., F.E.S. ; nephew of the late Capts. Keith 
 
 • Sir Murray Maxwell attained the rank of Lientenant, 
 in 1796 ; was promoted, in Dec. 1802, to the command of the 
 
MAXWELL. 
 
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 Maxwell* and John Maxwell,t B.N., of Major 
 Stuart Maxwell, B.A., and of Lieut.-Colonel Mont- 
 gomery Maxwell, 36tli Eegt. ; and brother-in-law 
 of Capt. Chas. Hallowell Carew, R.N. He is a re- 
 lative of the present Sir Wm. Maxwell, Bart., of 
 Monreith, co. Wigtoun, Captain unattached, late of 
 the 14th Light Dragoons. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the D.a:DAiiUs 38, commanded 
 by his father, Capt. Murray Maxwell, under whom 
 he was wrecked, off Ceylon, 2 July, 1813. After an 
 attachment of a few months, as a Supernumerary, 
 to the MiNDES 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. 
 Hood, he returned to England, as Midshipman, in 
 the early part of 1814, in the Cornwallis 74, Capt. 
 Stephen Thos. Digby. During the next two years 
 we find him joining in succession, on the Home sta- 
 tion, the Stikling Castle 74, Capt. Wm. Butter- 
 field, Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, Bul- 
 wark 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, and Alceste 38, 
 commanded by his father. In the ship last men- 
 tioned Mr. Maxwell, after accompanying Lord Am- 
 herst in his expedition to China, was again wrecked, 
 in the Straits of Caspar, 18 Feb. 1817. He after- 
 wards, from June in the same year until Deo. 1818, 
 served on the St. Helena station in the Falmodth 
 20 and Eacoon 18, Capts. Kobt. Worgan Geo. 
 Festing, Jas. Wallis, and Geo. Brine ; and, attaining 
 the rank of Lieutenant 6 April, 1820, was succes- 
 sively appointed in that capacity — 30 June follow- 
 ing, to the Ordinary service on Lake Ontario, 
 ■whence he returned in June, 1821 — and 6 Sept. and 
 30 Nov. 1822, to the Egeria 28 and Briton 46, 
 Capts. John Toup Nicolas and Sir Murray Max- 
 well, on the Home and South American stations. 
 On 28 April, 1827, seven months after the Briton 
 had been paid off, Lieut. Maxwell was promoted to 
 the command of the Chanticleer 10, in the Medi- 
 terranean, where he remained for a period of eight 
 months. His next appointment was, 6 June, 1833, 
 to the Gannet 16, the command of which vessel he 
 retained in the West Indies until posted, 10 Jan. 
 1837. His appointments have since been — 19 June, 
 1845, to the Crocodile 26, flag-ship of Sir Hugh 
 Pigot at Cork— and 9 May, 1846, to the Dido 18, 
 now in the East Indies. 
 
 Capt. Maxwell is a widower, with one daughter. 
 Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 Cyane sloop, part of the squadron employed under Com- 
 modore Hood, at the ensuing reduction of Ste. Lucie ; and 
 was posted 4 Aug. 1803. He commanded the Centaur 74, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hood, at the cap- 
 ture of Tobago, Demerara, andBerbice; and while in the 
 same ship, in 1824, bore a very distinguished part in the 
 operations which led to the foil of Surinam. When Capt., 
 subsequently, of the Alceste 38, he rendered his name con- 
 spicuous by the dashing nature of his services in the Medi- 
 terranean ; where, in company with the Active 38, he fought, 
 29 Nov. 1611,amost gallant actionwitli the French 40-gun 
 frigates Pauline and Pumone. Capt. Majcwell afterwards 
 commanded the D/f.dalus 38, Alceste again. Bulwark 74, 
 and BaiToJr 46. In the Alcbste, as above recorded, he took 
 out Lord Amherst on the occasion of that nobleman's em- 
 bassy to China, for his services as connected with which tlie 
 East India Company, in May, 1619, presented him with the 
 sum of 1500/. He had been nominated a C.B. in 1615, and 
 in May, 1818, awarded the honour of knighthood. 
 
 * Capt. Keith Maxwell obtained his first commission in 
 1794 ; and as a reward for his heroic conduct in cutting out, 
 witli the boats of a squadron under his orders, the French cor- 
 vette La Chewettet of 20 guns and 350 men, was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander in July, 1801. Attaining Post-rank 
 1 May, 1804, Capt. Maxwell was subsequently employed in 
 command of the Tartar and Nymph kn frigates; in tiie 
 latter of which, during the expedition of 1609 to the 
 Walcheren, he assisted in forcing the passage between 
 the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand. He died 22 April, 
 1823. 
 
 t Capt. John Maxwell was made a Lieutenant in 1808 ; a 
 Commander S2 Jan. 1606 ; and a Post-Captain 15 .Tune, ]610. 
 When in command of the Royalist 18, he contrived, between 
 May, 1809, and 24 Feb. 1810, to capture as many as five 
 French privateers, carrying, altogether, 64 guns and 255 men. 
 During the last two years of the war he served on the coast 
 of Africa in the Favourite 20 ; and he afterwards com- 
 manded the Babrhsa 42, and Aurora -JG; on board which 
 latter ship he died 31 May, 1826. 
 
 MAXWELL, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1828.) f-p., 
 15; H-p., 11.) 
 
 Sir John Heeon Maxwell, bom 7 March, 1808, 
 is third and eldest surviving son of Sir John Max- 
 well, Bart., of Springkell, Dumfriesshire, by Mary, 
 only surviving child and heir of Patrick Heron, Esq., 
 of Heron, in the Stewartry of Galloway, M.P., whose 
 wife, Elizabeth, was the only daughter of the eighth 
 Earl of Dundonald. He succeeded his elder brother, 
 the late Sir Patrick Heron Maxwell, as sixth Baro- 
 net, 27th Aug. 1844. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Feb. 1821 ; passed 
 his examination in 1827 ; obtained his commission 
 17 Sept. 1828; and was subsequently appointed— 11 
 Jan. 1832, to the Stag 46, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. 
 Trouhridge, on the Cork station— 21 Oct. following, 
 to the Britannia 120, Capt. Peter Bainier, em- 
 ployed off Lisbon, whence he returned in 1833—11 
 Dec. 1838, to the command of a station in the Coast 
 Guard— and 17 Sept. 1842, to the San Josef 110, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Pym, Admiral Super- 
 intendent at Devonport. Since the paying off of 
 the latter ship, in 1845, Sir John has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 He married, 7 Nov. 1833, Caroline, sixth daughter 
 of the Hon. Montgomery J. G. Stewart, and niece 
 of the late Earl of Galloway, by whom he has issue 
 a son and three daughters. 
 
 MAXWELL. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 34 ; h-p., 3.) 
 William Maxwell entered the Navy, in May, 
 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diana 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Grant ; and, on 15 of the following Nov., was 
 present in an attack made on the two French fri- 
 gates Amazone and Eliza, as they lay aground 
 under the protection of several strong batteries in 
 the neighbourhood of La Hogue. In April, 1811, 
 he became Midshipman of the Hannibal 74, bear- 
 ing the flag in the North Sea of Bear- Admiral Philip 
 Chas. Durham ; whom, in June, 1813, after a servi- 
 tude of four months off Flushing in the Christian 
 VII. 80, Ca^ts. Thos. Brovnie and Henry Lidgbird 
 Ball, he rejoined, on board the Bdlwark 74, off 
 Kochefort. Following the same officer into the 
 Venerable 74, Mr. Maxwell, during the passage of 
 that ship to the West Indies, assisted, when in com- 
 pany with the Ctane sloop, at the well-resisted cap- 
 ture, 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of the French 44-gun fri- 
 gates Iphigenw and Akmene. He continued to serve 
 on the station last mentioned in the Heron sloop, 
 Capt. Geo. Luke, Venerable again, and Barrosa 
 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and John Maxwell, until 
 the close of 1815 ; and then proceeded to the East 
 Indies ; where, with Capts. Andrew King and John 
 Reynolds, he was for nearly two years employed, lat- 
 terly as Master's Mate and Acting-Master, in the 
 Iphigenia 36, Conway 24, and Volage 22. At the 
 end of 1817 he went back to the West Indies in the 
 Sybille 44, flag-ship of Sir Home Popham ; who, 
 on 6 Nov. 1819, nominated him Lieutenant of the 
 Ontario 18, Capt. Geo. Gosling. In the boats of 
 that vessel Mr. Maxwell contributed to the capture 
 of one, and the destruction of another, piratical 
 schooner. Quitting her about the period of his 
 official promotion, which took place 9 June, 1820, 
 he was next, 23 May, 1823, appointed to the Came- 
 LiON 10, Capts. Jas. Ryder Burton, Geo. Eobt. 
 Lambert, and Michael Seymour ; under the first of 
 whom, when in company with the Naiad frigate, 
 he took part, 31 Jan. 1824, in a close and gallant 
 action, which terminated in the boarding and cap- 
 ture, under the very batteries of Algiers, of the cor- 
 vette Tripoli of 18 guns and 100 men. On 18 Aug. 
 1826, a few days after the Camelion (whose services 
 had chiefly been of the class termed " Particular ") 
 had been paid off, he received an appointment to 
 the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye ; on the books of which he continued 
 borne, as a Supernumerary, until 30 Dec. 1830. He 
 has been in command, since 16 March, 1831, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. Agents— Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
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 MAY— MAYNARD. 
 
 MAY. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Adgdstus Chakles May passed his examination 
 in 1830 ;_ and obtained his commission 28 June, 
 1838. His succeeding appointments were — 5 July, 
 1838, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Coknttallis 
 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget— 27 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, to the Thdnder surveying-vessel, Capt. 
 Edw. Bamett— 16 Feb. 1840, again as Additional, 
 to the Winchester 50, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. 
 Harvey— 25 Sept. 1840, to the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. 
 Ramsay — 2 March, 1841, to the command of the 
 Skipjack schooner — 11 Jan. 1842, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, after an interval of half-pay, to his former 
 ship the Thdndek, still commanded by Capt. Bar- 
 nett — 5 Dec. 1843, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Larne 18, Capt. John "Wm. Douglas Brisbane — and, 
 19 Nor. 1845, again as Senior, to the Alarm 26, 
 Capts. Chas. Colville Frankland and Granville 
 Gower Loch. With the exception of the Larne, 
 which formed part of the force on the coast of 
 Africa, the above ships were all employed on the 
 North America and West India station. Lieut. 
 May has been on half-pay since April, 1847. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MAY. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Charles Henry May entered the Navy 17 Aug. 
 1829 ; passed his examination 27 July, 1836 ; be- 
 came Mate, in 1841, of the Formidable 84, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Sullivan, on the Mediterranean station ; 
 and was promoted, 7 March, 1843, to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His appointments have since been — 29 
 June, 1843, to the Edbydice 26, Capt. Geo. Elliot, 
 under whom he was for about three years employed 
 on the North America and West India station — 
 and, 14 July, 1846, to the Superb 80, Capt. Armar 
 Lowry Corry, now in the Mediterranean. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MAY. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 21.) 
 Christopher May entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 
 1804, as a Volunteer, on board the Salvador del 
 MuNDO, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admirals Sir John 
 Colpoys and Wm. Young. Removing, in June, 
 1809, to the Raleigh 18, Capts. Geo. Sayer, John 
 Sheridan, and Geo. Wastell Hooper, he accompa- 
 nied, under the first named of those oflicers, the 
 ensuing expedition to the Walcheren ; assisted at 
 the capture, in Feb. 1810, ofi" Beachy Head, of La 
 Modeste, French privateer, of 4 guns (pierced for 
 18) and 43 men; participated, 23 May following, 
 when in company, near the Skawe, with the Alban 
 and Princess of Wales cutters, in an engagement 
 with seven Danish gun-vessels, one of which was 
 blown up and the remainder dispersed, greatly 
 damaged ; and contributed, 2 Nov. in the same 
 year, to the capture of the Admiral Neil Sieulj 
 Danish privateer, pierced for 16 guns but with only 
 10 mounted, and a complement of 28 men. After a 
 servitude of eight months, as Midshipman, in the 
 Braave, prison-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Edw. 
 Hawkins, Mr. May, in Sept. 1812, joined the Fairy 
 18, Capts. Edw. Grey and Henry Loraine Baker ; in 
 which vessel, after visiting the coast of Brazil, he 
 partook of the various arduous operations on the 
 river Potomac connected with the expedition of 
 1814 against the city of Alexandria ; and was pre- 
 sent, in 1815, at the surrender of Guadeloupe. He 
 attained the rank he now holds 2 Nov. 1815; and 
 since 12 July, 1836, has been in command of a sta- 
 tion in the Coast Guard. 
 
 MAY. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Philip William May entered the Navy In 1831 ; 
 passed his examination 27 Sept. 1838 ; and, in 1842, 
 after having gone through a course of study at the 
 Royal Naval College, was successively appointed 
 Mate of the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, 
 and Agincocrt 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. 
 John Cochrane. While in the latter ship, on the 
 East India station, we find him serving, 19 Aug. 
 1845, with the boats of a squadron, carrying alto- 
 gether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the de- 
 
 struction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the piratical 
 settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the 
 island of Borneo, where the British encountered a 
 desperate opposition, and sustained a loss of 6 men 
 killed and 15 wounded. He was rewarded for his 
 conduct on the occasion by a commission bearing 
 date the day of the occurrence ; and continued at- 
 tached to the AciNconRT, in the capacity of Addi- 
 tional Lieutenant, until paid oif in the summer of 
 1847. 
 
 MAYNAED. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 22 ; 
 H-p., 17.) 
 
 Joseph Maynard entered the Navy, 20 Dec. 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fbederickstein 
 32, Capts. Thos. Searle and Joseph Nourse, on the 
 Mediterranean station, where he was very actively 
 employed, and assisted at the capture of two pri- 
 vateers. In Dec. 1810, previously to which period 
 he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he re- 
 moved to the Salsette 36, Capt. John HoUin- 
 worth ; and on again, in 1811, joining Capt. Nourse 
 in the Volontairb 38, he served at the defence of 
 Tarragona. Between the close of the year last 
 mentioned and Jan. 1815, we find him employed on 
 the Mediterranean, Home, and East India stations, 
 in the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. John Harvey, 
 Diana 38, Capt. Wm. Ferris, Colossus 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Alexander, and Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Sam. Hood. He then returned to England in the 
 Malacca 42, Capt. Geo. Henderson ; and, on his 
 arrival, was once more placed under the orders of 
 Capt. Nourse, in the Severn 40. In July, 1815, 
 Mr. Maynard took up a commission dated 4 of 
 the preceding March. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 2 Oct. 1815 and 20 May, 1817, to the 
 Ganymede 20 and Severn again, both commanded 
 by Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, on the Home station, 
 where, while in chase of a smuggler in a boat be- 
 longing to the latter ship, he had the misfortune to 
 lose the fore-finger and part of the thumb of the 
 right hand— 17 May, 1819 (sickness having com- 
 pelled him to leave the Severn in the preceding 
 Sept.), to the Brisk 10, Capts. John Wm. Montagu 
 and Edw. Stewart, stationed in the Channel — and, 
 1 Nov. 1821, to the Andromache frigate, fitting for 
 the broad pendant of his friend Commodore Nourse, 
 Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope, 
 where he had command, for two years, of the 
 Wizard colonial brig. He attained his present rank 
 4 Oct. 1825 ; and was lastly, from 22 March, 1838, 
 until 1844, employed in the Coast Guard as Inspect- 
 ing Commander of the Stranraer district, on the 
 west coast of Scotland. 
 
 Commander Maynard had charge for some time 
 of the Duke of Portland's Harboxir at Troon, Ayr- 
 shire, N.B. He married, in 1828, Harriet, eldest 
 daughter of Clark HiUyard, Esq., of Thorpelands, 
 CO. Northampton, by whom he has issue seven 
 children. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MAYNAED. (Eetibed Captain, 1840. p-p., 
 22 ; H-p., 45.) 
 Thomas Maynard entered the Navy, 11 May, 
 1780, as First-Lieutenant's Servant, on board the 
 Medea 28, Capt. Jas. Montagu, and, until dis- 
 charged towards the close of the same year, was 
 employed on the Guernsey station. Rejoining 
 Capt. Montagu in 1781, on board the Juno 32, he 
 cruized for a few months ofi' the coast of Ireland, 
 and then proceeded to the East Indies, where he 
 arrived in time to participate in the last of Sir 
 Edw. Hughes's actions with M. de Suffrein, 20 
 June, 1783. Returning to Europe in 1785, he served 
 during the six following years on the Home station, 
 chiefly as Midshipman, in the Culloden 74, Capts. 
 Rowland Cotton and Sir Thos. Rich, Ardent 64, 
 Capt. Sir Fras. Hartwell, and Colossus 74, Capts. 
 Henry Harvey and Hugh Cloberry Christian. He 
 next, at the commencement of the French revolu- 
 tionary war, became Master's Mate of the Sampson 
 64,- Capt. Robt. Montagu, lying at Plymouth; and 
 in Jan. 1794 and Jan. 1795, he was successively con- 
 
MAYNARD—MAYNE— MEADE. 
 
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 stituted Master of the Amphion 32, and N assad 64, 
 commanded, on the Newfoundland and North Sea 
 stations, by Capt. Herbert Sawyer. He was made 
 Lieutenant, 5 July, 1796, into the Seagull sloop, 
 Capt. Henry Wray, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea ; and was afterwards appointed— 8 Sept. 
 1798, to the Boston 32, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, 
 under whom, besides serving oflE" Havre and visiting 
 the West Indies, he was for a whole year employed 
 in blockading the Semillante, a French frigate of far 
 superior force, in the Chesapeake — in 1802-3, to the 
 Keseaech 18 and Chichester 44, the latter com- 
 manded by Capt. Joseph Spear, under whom he 
 brought troops home from Halifax — and, in 1804, to 
 the Cbesoent frigate, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, 
 employed oif Flushing, in attendance upon the 
 King off Weymouth, and off the Black Rocks at 
 Brest. In all the above ships Mr. Maynard filled 
 the post of Lieutenant. He acquired the rank of 
 Commander 12 Jan. 1805 ; and retired with that of 
 Captain 17 Oct. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Maynard is a Commissioner of Lighthouses. 
 His third daughter, Charlotte, is the wife of Lieut. 
 Walter F. Kobrnson, R.N. Agents— Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 MAYNAKD. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Thomas Bobton Maynakd entered the Navy 10 
 May, 1810 ; passed his examination in June, 1816 ; 
 and while Mate, we believe, of the Spey 20, Capt. 
 Hon. Fred. Noel, was second in command of the 
 boats of that vessel, under Lieut. Wm. Hobson, at 
 the capture of a noted piratical vessel at Smyrna in 
 1820. He obtained his commission 20 Dec. 1828 ; 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, first, 14 Sept. 1830, Henrietta Frank, 
 eldest daughter of Colin Chisholm, Esq., M.D. ; 
 and (that lady dying 27 Feb. 1839) secondly, 30 
 March, 1841, Louisa Francis, eldest daughter of the 
 present Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, R.N. He has 
 issue by both marriages. 
 
 MAYNE. (CoMMANDEB, 1829. r-p., 20; 
 
 H-P., 1.5.) 
 
 Dawson Matne, born 24 Dec. 1799, in Dublin, is 
 seventh son of the Hon. Mr. Justice Mayne, of the 
 Court of Queen's Bench in that city ; and cousin of 
 the late Retired Commander Robert Mayne, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Nov. 1812 
 (under the auspices of Admiral Sir John Colpoys), 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paeis 110, 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying at Portsmouth ; and in 
 the following March sailed with a large convoy for 
 the East Indies and China, in the Doris 36, Capt. 
 Robt. O'Brien. While in that frigate he was em- 
 ployed blockading several American merchantmen 
 in the harbour of Whampoa; during his stay off 
 which place, having landed on an island with a 
 party of four boys, he was attacked by a body of 
 Chinese, who dragged him up a hill with a rope 
 round liis neck, and were only prevented from car- 
 rying him off through a feeling of alarm, induced 
 by the appearance of the DoEis and another frigate 
 in the offing. Removing, in Jan. 1815, as Midship- 
 man (a rating he had attained more than twelve 
 months previously), to the Malacca 36, Capts. 
 Donald Hugh Mackay and Geo. Henderson, he re- 
 turned soon to England ; and in the course of the 
 same year was successively received on board the 
 Trent, flag-ship at Cork of Sir Herbert Sawyer, 
 and Leandeh 60, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and Edw. 
 Chetham. After assisting, 27 Aug. 1816, in the 
 bombardment of Algiers, where a slight wound in 
 the foot and a severe one in the thigh procured 
 him a grant from the Patriotic Fund, and a pension 
 which lasted until his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, Mr. Mayne proceeded with the flag of 
 Sir David Milne to North America, where, in July, 
 1817, he joined the Harrier 18, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Thos. Jones, and, in Jan. 1819, the Newcastle 60, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Adrairal Edw. Griffith, under 
 whom he continued employed as an Acting and 
 confirmed Lieutenant (order and commission re- 
 
 spectively dated 16 Oct. 1820 and 5 Feb. 1821) until 
 Jan. 1822. His next appointments were, 26 July, 
 1825, and 18 May, 1828, to the Druid 46, Capt. 
 Sam. Chambers, and Barham 50, bearing the flag 
 of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming ; in the former 
 of which ships (they were both stationed in the 
 West Indies) we find him escorting General Bolivar 
 and suite from La Guiara to Carthagena. On 14 
 Aug. 1829 he was promoted to the command of the 
 IcAEDS 10, also in the West Indies ; where, on 22 
 July, 1830, he was transferred to that of the Spae- 
 ROWHAWK 18. He was nominated, 28 Oct. 1831, 
 Acting-Captain of the Magnificent receiving-ship 
 at Port Royal, Jamaica, in which he continued 
 until Feb. 1832, when she was reduced to a Lieute- 
 nant's command. He was afterwards employed as 
 an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard at 
 Sheemess, Hastings, and Brighton, from 25 Sept. 
 1834 until Oct. 1837; and on the north coast of 
 Ireland and again at Hastings from 2 May, 1839, 
 until Feb. 1840. 
 
 Commander Mayne has filled the post, since 6 
 Feb. 1840, of Chief Constable of the Rural Police 
 for CO. Salop. He married, 14 May, 1840, Eliza- 
 beth Mary, youngest daughter of the late Wm. 
 Hewitt, Esq., of the island of Jamaica, and cousin 
 of Viscount Hill. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MAYNE. (Ketibed Commandek, 1842. F-p., 
 18; H-p., 31.) 
 
 Robert Matne died, 19 Jan. 1846, at Jersey, 
 aged 63. He was cousin of the present Commander 
 D. Mayne, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romney 50, commanded 
 in the North Sea by Capt. John Lawford ; on ac- 
 companying whom as Midshipman into the Poly- 
 phemus 64, he fought in the action off Copenhagen 
 2 April, 1801. He was next, between May, 1802, 
 and the receipt of his commission, 2 Oct. 1804, em- 
 ployed on the West India station, latterly as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Blenheim 74, under the com- 
 mand of various officers; and was subsequently 
 appointed — on 22 of the month last mentioned, 
 again to the Polyphemus, Capts. J. Lawford, Robt. 
 Redmill, Wm. Robt. Broughton, and Peter Hey- 
 wood, during his attachment to which ship he 
 served at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and 
 was attached, when under the flag of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Geo. Murray, to the naval brigade in the 
 operations of 1807 against Copenhagen — 1 June, 
 1808, to the command of a Signal station at Cork 
 —16 March, 1813, to the San Josep 110, Capts. 
 Henry Bourchier and Stewart, lying in Hamoaze — 
 and, 22 Dec. 1813, to the office of Agent for Trans- 
 ports, which he continued to fill in Portugal, Spain, 
 France, Canada, America, Ireland, the West Indies, 
 and Flanders, until 1816. He retired with the rank 
 of Commander 22 Dec. 1842. Agents — Burnett 
 and Holmes. 
 
 MEADE. (CoMMANDEE, 1812. r-p., 16; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 John Meade, bom 2 March, 1782, is son of the 
 Rev. Rich. Meade, by Hon. Mary De Courcy, 
 daughter of John, 25th Lord Kinsale, and sister of 
 Admiral Hon. Michael De Courcy. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1796, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Magnanime of 48 guns, 
 commanded by his uncle, Capt. Hon. M. De Courcy, 
 under whom, besides contributing to the capture of 
 several privateers, he assisted at the taking, off 
 Cape Finisterre, 24 Aug. 1798, of La Decade French 
 frigate of 36 guns, and at the defeat, 12 Oct. follow- 
 ing, of the squadron under Commodore Bompart 
 intended for the invasion of Ireland. Removing, 
 as Master's Mate, in the early part of 1799, to the 
 Canada 74, commanded at first by Capt. De Courcy 
 and next by Capt. Joseph Sydney Torke, he was on 
 board that ship in the winter of 1800-1, when she 
 had the fortune, at much risk to herself, of saving 
 the Mars 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Edw. Thornbrough, from bein^ wrecked on the 
 
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 MEADOWS— MEDLEY. 
 
 rocks to the eastward of Ushant. On 20 Nov. 1802, 
 a few months previously to which period he had 
 joined the Lbandee 50, bearing the flag at Halifax 
 of Sir Andrew Mitchell, Mr. Meade was there nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Cambkian 40, 
 Capts. Jas. Bradley and John Poo Beresford; to 
 which ship he was confirmed 19 April, 1803. After 
 he had again, for fifteen months, served under Sir 
 A, Mitchell in the Leandeb, he obtained, 19 Aug. 
 1806, an appointment to the Leopard 50, Capt. 
 Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, also on the Halifax 
 station ; where, on 22 June, 1807, he assisted in en- 
 forcing the surrender of the U.S. frigate Chesa- 
 peake, in consequence of a refusal on the part of 
 the latter to allow the British to search her for 
 deserters. He subsequently, from May, 1808, until 
 advanced to his present rank, 4 Nov. 1812, ofiioiated 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle in the Tonnant 80, 
 Diana 38, and Foddkotant. He assisted, in the 
 Tonnawt, at the embarkation of the army after the 
 battle of Corunna in Jan. 1809 ; and was employed 
 in the other ships on the Brazilian station. 
 
 Cominander Meade married, 19 Sept. 1814, Miss 
 Elizabeth Hutchinson Quin, and by that lady has 
 issue ten children. 
 
 MEADOWS. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 "William Meadows entered the Navy, 11 Oct. 
 1803, as A.B., on board the Prince George 98, 
 Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack. 
 After a servitude of three years on the Channel 
 station, latterly in the capacity of Midshipman, he 
 sailed, towards the close of 1806, for South America 
 in the Africa 64, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, 
 under whom he shared in the operations connected 
 with the unfortunate attempt made in 1807 to etfect 
 the re-capture of Buenos Ayres. On leaving the 
 latter ship he joined, in Feb. 1808, the Salsette 36, 
 Capt. Walter Bathurst, employed at first in the 
 Baltic, where, it appears, he assisted at the capture, 
 23 June, 1808, of the Bussian cutter Apith, of 14 
 guns and 61 men, 4 of whom were killed and 8 
 wounded, with a loss to the British of 1 man killed. 
 He afterwards accompanied the expedition to the 
 Scheldt, and while there was actively employed in 
 the gun-boat service. He was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 1 March, 1810, while borne as a 
 Supernumerary on the books of the Namur 74, flag- 
 ship at the Nore of Vice- Admiral Thos. "Wells ; and 
 was subsequently appointed — 15 of the same month, 
 to the Beaver sloop, Capt. Edw. O'Brien Drury — 
 and, 1 May following, 18 Jan. 1811, and 8 Nov. 1812, 
 to the Babbadoes 24, Capt. Brian Hodgson, Buce- 
 phalus 32, Capts. Chas. Felly and Joseph Drury, 
 and Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, all on 
 the East India station ; where, under Capt. Pelly, 
 he assisted at the reduction of Java, and took part 
 in a very long and gallant chase made by the Buce- 
 phalus alone after the two French 40-gun frigates 
 Nymph£ and MUduse. He has not been since afloat. 
 Lieut. Meadows was Assistant- Astronomer at the 
 Cape of Good Hope in 1834. 
 
 MEDLEY. (Lieut., 1807- f-p., 35 ; h-p., 1 1.) 
 Edward Medley was born in Aug. 1789 or 90. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brunswick 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Hopewell Stephens ; and in Aug. 1802, on his 
 return from a voyage to Jamaica, joined the Escort 
 gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander "Wm. Peake. Between 
 the following May and Nov. 1807, we find him em- 
 ployed on the Home station, chiefly in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, in the Egyptienne 40, Capt. Hon. 
 Chas.Elphinstone Fleeming, Entreprenantb cutter, 
 Lieut.-Commanders Brown and Robt. Benj. Young, 
 Regulus 44, Capt. Chas. "Worsley Boys, Captain 74, 
 Capt. G. H. Stephens (part of the force under Ad- 
 miral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis in his attack on the 
 French fleet close in with Brest Harbour 22 Aug. 
 1805), and Quebec 32, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley and 
 Viscount Falkland. In the latter ship he assisted 
 at the capture of Heligoland 5 Sept. 1807; and in 
 her boats he contributed to the cutting out of 
 
 several vessels on the coast of Holland. He was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for 
 about a month as such) in the Wanderer 18, Capt. 
 Edw. Crofton, on the West India station, 22 Dec. 
 1807 ; and was next appointed — 23 Jan. 1809, to the 
 Standard 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, lying at Chat- 
 ham— 22 Feb. following, and 7 March, 1810, to the 
 Rhodian 10, Capt. Geo. Mouhray, and D^asDALus 
 32, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, both on the Jamaica 
 station— 25 Aug. 1810, and 15 March, 1811, to the 
 Reynard 10, and Cressy 74, commanded in the 
 Baltic by Capts. Hew Steuart and Chas. Dudley 
 Pater — 15 Nov. 1811 (having invalided from the 
 Cressy in the preceding June), to the Chamticleeh 
 10, Capt. Rich. Spear— 18 Aug. 1812, to the Dio- 
 MEDE 50, Capt. Chas. Montagu Fabian, under whom 
 he was employed in the conveyance of troops to 
 Spain and Portugal until April, 1813— and, 16 Sept. 
 1815, for two months, to the Alban schooner, Capts. 
 David Boyd and Hugh Patton. In July, 1808, Mr. 
 Medley, then in the Wanderer, was severely 
 wounded in the neck and taken prisoner while ofii- 
 ciating as second in command of a party of 135 men, 
 belonging to that sloop and to the Subtle andBAL- 
 LAHOV schooner, in a gallant but sanguinary and 
 unsuccessful attack made under the orders of Lieut. 
 Geo. Augustus Spearing (who was killed) on the 
 French island of St. Martin. On being exchanged 
 he took a passage home on board a merchant-hrig, 
 the Mary Ann, carrying 10 guns in addition to her 
 cargo, in which vessel, when off the Lizard, 1 Jan. 
 1809, he materially aided in beating off a French 
 privateer of 16 gims. When First-Lieutenant, after- 
 wards, of the Reynard, he appears to have been 
 engaged in her boats in two cutting-out affairs ; the 
 result of the first being the capture of a vessel from 
 Claysholm ; and of the second, that of three row- 
 boat privateers, carrying 1 gun each, with, in the 
 whole, 50 or 60 men, by the gig and cutter manned 
 with only 26 men under the command of Capt. 
 Steuart and himself. His appointments, since he 
 left the Alban, have been — 8 Nov. 1823, to the 
 Preventive Water-Guard Service on the coast of 
 Cornwall, where he remained until 1826 — 6 July, 
 1827, to the command of the Plumper gun-brig, 
 then on the eve of her departure for the coast of 
 Africa, whence, on account of her defective condi- 
 tion, she was ordered home in Dec. 1828, with 40 
 persons on board under charge of piracy, and was 
 paid off m March, 1829—22 April, 1831, to the Ordi- 
 nary at Sheerness, during his stay at which place, a 
 period of three years, he rendered himself conspi- 
 cuous by his exertions in procuring the erection, 
 for the first time, of a church and school, and also 
 by his conduct in performing, at the time of the 
 cholera, duties which a fear of infection had caused 
 to be withholden from the very convicts — and, 26 
 Aug. 1834, to the Coast Guard. In that service, of 
 which he is now an Inspecting-Lieutenant, Mr. 
 Medley has heen successively employed at Cro- 
 marty, at W^eat Haven, on the banks of the Tay 
 (where his judicious arrangements were to a great 
 extent the means of preserving property and pre- 
 venting shipwreck), and at Freswick and Staxigoe, 
 N.B. 
 
 He married, in 1811, a daughter of Mr. Story, 
 King's Pilot, of Sheerness Yard, who had served in 
 that capacity on hoard the Venerable 74, in the 
 action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. By that lady 
 he has surviving issue two sons and four daughters, 
 one of whom is married to Lieut. W. H. Woodham, 
 R.N., and another to Jas. Jeffery, Esq., Master R.N. 
 (1841), now serving on board the Avon steamer, 
 Capt. Henry C. Otter. One of his sons, a Midship- 
 man of the Vestal 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, died on 
 board that ship in 1835. He had previously distin- 
 guished himself while surveying the coast of Africa 
 under Capts. Edw. Belcher and Wm. Geo. Skyring; 
 and had been on shore with the latter officer when 
 killed by the natives at Cape Roxo ; on which occa- 
 sion, after carrying his Captain in his arms to a 
 boat, he was under the necessity of making a preci- 
 pitate flight in order to avoid sharing the same fate. 
 
MEE— MEECH— MEGGISON— MEHEUX-MEIN— MELLERSH. 
 
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 MEE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12; b-p., 31.) 
 
 John Mee entered the Navy, in Feb. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Santa Margakita 36, 
 Capt. 'Wilson Kathborne, in which frigate he parti- 
 cipated in Sir Rich. Strachan'a action 4 Nov. 1805, 
 and continued employed as Midshipman in the Bay 
 of Biscay and off the coast of Ireland until April, 
 1808. During the next two years we find him 
 coming into frequent contact, in the Talbot sloop, 
 Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, with the batteries on the 
 coasts of Portugal, Spain, and Norway. He then, 
 in 1810, joined the San Josef 110, successive flag- 
 ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith off Toulon 
 and Brest ; and he was afterwards employed, in the 
 Baltic and North America, on board the Victobt 
 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Orion 74, 
 Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, and 
 ToNNANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 whom he accompanied in the expedition against 
 New Orleans. He was made Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 
 
 1815, into the Narcissus 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred 
 Crofton ; and since his return to England in May, 
 
 1816, has been on half-pay. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. 
 
 MEECH. (LlEOT., 1810. F-P., 10; H-p., 34.) 
 
 Radford Gundrt Meech entered the Navy, 25 
 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 
 100, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) the Earl of 
 Northesk, employed at first in the Channel and then 
 in the Mediterranean ; where, after enacting a Mid- 
 shipman's part in the action off Cape Trafalgar 21 
 Oct. 1805, he removed to the Royal George 100, 
 flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, whom he 
 accompanied in Feb. 1807 in the expedition to the 
 Dardanells. During the next three years we find 
 him serving in the North Sea and Baltic, at the 
 Nore, and in the West Indies, on board the Bruns- 
 wick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, Owen Glendom'br 36, 
 Capt. Chas. Selby, Namur 74, Capt. Alex. Shippard, 
 and Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. In 
 March, 1810, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Freija frigate, Capt. John Hayes, also in the West 
 Indies ; where he remained until three months after 
 his oflioial promotion, which took place 1 5 June fol- 
 lowing. His last appointments were — 17 Nov. in 
 the same year, to the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald 
 Collingwood Dickson, with whom he served in the 
 Baltic until Jan. 1813— and, 19 May, 1815, as Senior, 
 to the Weser 44, Capts. Bartholomew Kent and 
 Dan. Lawrence, on the North American station, 
 whence he returned in the following Nov. 
 
 following, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Mel- 
 ville 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett in North 
 America and the West Indies— 3 Dec. in the same 
 year, to the Rainbow 28, Capt. Thos. Bennett, on 
 the same station, whence he returned in 1838—20 
 June and 21 Sept. 1839, to the Gorgon steamer and 
 Cartsfort 26, Capts. Wm. Honyman Henderson 
 and Henry Byam Martin, with whom he continued 
 (participating intermediately in the operations on 
 the coast of Syria) until 1841—9 Aug. 1843, as 
 Senior, to the Alert 6, Capt. Chas. John Bosan- 
 quet, on the African station— 7 Dec. 1844, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Tartarus steamer, Capt. 
 Jas. Wolfe, employed in surveying the coast of 
 Ireland— and, 5 Feb. 1847, to the command of the 
 Crescent receiving-ship at Rio de Janeiro, where 
 he is at present serving. 
 
 MEGGISON. (LiEtrr., 1811. f-p., 11 ; h-p., S3.) 
 William Henkt Meggison entered the Navy, 12 
 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefati- 
 gable 46, Capt. Graham Moore ; and on 5 Oct. 1804, 
 was present in that ship off Cape St. Mary in an 
 action which terminated in the capture of three 
 Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the de- 
 struction of a fourth. In Nov. 1805 he removed, 
 as Midshipman, to the Fame 74, commanded at first 
 by Capt. Moore and next by Capt. Rich. Henry 
 Alex. Bennett on the Channel and Mediterranean 
 stations, where he continued until May, 1810. He 
 wa« made Lieutenant, 16 March, 1811, into the En- 
 KYDiCE 24, Capt. Jas. Bradshaw, on the Halifax 
 station ; and' was lastly, from April, 1812, until Sept. 
 1815, employed in the North Sea and South America 
 on board the Inconstant 36, Capts. Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen and Sir Edw. Tucker. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 MEHEUX. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Archibald Bryan Meheox entered the Navy 
 26 Oct. 1811; passed his examination in 1818; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 28 Feb. 1825, into the Tweed 
 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, on the Jamaica station. He 
 has been on half-pay since 1827. 
 
 MEHEUX. (Lieutenant, 1836.) 
 
 Thomas Charles Meheux passed his examina- 
 tion in 1826 ; and obtained his commission 12 April, 
 1836. His appointments have since been— 18 May 
 
 MEIN. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.) 
 John Mein entered the Navy, 10 June, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board Le Caton, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander R. Brown, lying at Plymouth ; on the books 
 of which vessel he continued until Oct. 1800. Re- 
 embarking, 28 Nov. 1804, on board the St. George 
 98, Capts. Hon. Michael de Courcy and Thos. Bertie, 
 he served during the two following years in the 
 Channel and West Indies ; and on being then trans- 
 ferred, as Midshipman, to the NERiiDE 36, Capt. 
 Robt. Corbet, he proceeded first to the Cape of 
 Good Hope and next to the Rio de la Plata, where, 
 in 1807, he took part in the unsuccessful attempt 
 upon Buenos Ayres. After a further attachment, 
 on the Cape, Home, and East India stations, to the 
 Grampus 50, Capt. Jas. HaldaneTait, Raisonnable 
 64, Capt. Josias Rowley, St. Fiorenzo 36, Capt. 
 John Bastard, Plover sloop, Capt. Phihp Browne, 
 Hesper, Blanche, Cornwallis, and Russell, all 
 commanded by Capt. Edw. WaUis Hoare, and Afri- 
 caine 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, he was nominated, 
 19 Nov. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cetlon 32, 
 Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and Wm. Paterson, under 
 the former of whom we find him employed on shore 
 at the ensuing capture of the Isle of France. With 
 the exception of a short servitude as Midshipman 
 (from 3 Aug. to 30 Nov. 1811) in the Bakflecr 98, 
 off Lisbon, he continued to act as Lieutenant in the 
 Ceylon, also in the Nereide under Capt. Geo. 
 Henderson, and in the Myrtle sloop, Capt. Clement 
 Sneyd, until Feb. 1812. He then again, in the same 
 capacity as before, joined the Barfleur, com- 
 manded at the time by Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. 
 He was within a few weeks, however, ofl&cially pro- 
 moted to his present rank, by a commission bearing 
 date 21 March, 1812 ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 14 Aug. in the same year, to the Talbot 
 20, Capt. Spelman Swaine, on the Irish station — 30 
 April and 11 Nov. 1814, to the Warspite 74, and 
 Orpheus 36, Capts. Lord Jas. O'Bryen and Chas. 
 Montagu Fabian, with whom he served on the 
 coasts of North and South America until June, 1816 
 —and, 24 May, 1821, to the Martin 20, Capt. Chris- 
 topher Craokenthorp Askew, fitting for the Medi- 
 terranean, where he invalided. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 Lieut. Mein is married, and has issue. 
 
 MELLERSH. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 Arthur Mellersh passed his examination in 
 1831 ; and on being advanced to his present rank, 
 24 Oct. 1837, was appointed Additional-Lieutenant 
 of the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. 
 Paget on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion; where he removed, 8 March, 1838, to the 
 Serpent 16, Capt. Rich. Laird Warren. On 22 
 July, 1 839, a few montKs after his return to England, 
 he joined the Phcemx steamer, Capt. Robt. Spencer 
 Robinson, fitting for the Mediterranean. His ap- 
 pointments since he left that vessel have been, 
 always in the capacity of First-Lieutenant— 1 March, 
 1840, and 6 May, 1841, to the Hydra steamer, and 
 Tyhe 26, Capts. Alex. Murray and John Townshend, 
 likewise in the Mediterranean— 9 Feb. 1842, to the 
 MiNDEN Hospital-ship in the East Indies, Capt. 
 
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 MENDS. 
 
 Michael Quin— and, 22 March, 1845, to the Veenon 
 50, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Sam. Hood 
 Inglefield, at first on the S.E. coast of America, and 
 then in the East Indies, where he is now serving. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MENDS. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 George Cijikke Mends is son of the late Com- 
 modore Sir Robt. Mends, Kt., G.C.C.,* by a daugh- 
 ter of the late Jas. Butler, Esq., of Bagshot, co. Sur- 
 rey ; brother of Commander Jas. Augustus Mends, 
 K.N. ; and nephew of Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, 
 E.N. His eldest brother, Robert Butler Mends, 
 Midshipman of the Owen Glendower 42, died on 
 board that ship off Sierra Leone, 5 Dee. 1823, from 
 the effects of illness contracted in the preceding 
 June, while employed in her boats in the Bight of 
 Biafra. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Feb. 1821, on 
 board the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at 
 Portsmouth ; served, from Sept. in the same year, 
 until Sept. 1823, under his father's broad pendant, 
 on the coast of Africa ; passed his examination in 
 1827 ; and was made Lieutenant, 24 Jan. 1829, into 
 the Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Chas. Marsh Schomberg at the Cape of 
 Good Hope; where he removed, 9 March following, 
 to the Jaseur 18, Capts. John Lyons and Fras. 
 Harding. His succeeding appointments were — 27 
 Dec. 1831, to the Undadnted 46, Capt. Edw. Har- 
 vey, in the East Indies — 16 Sept. 1834, to the 
 .a^TNA surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Laird Warren, 
 fitting at Portsmouth — 17 Dec. following, to the 
 Champion 18, Capt. Robt. Fair, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station, whence he returned in 
 1835—10 April, 1839, as First, to the Blenheim 72, 
 Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, attached to 
 the force off Lisbon— and, 12 Feb. 1840, to the Cam- 
 
 * Sir Robert Mends entered the Navy 1 Jan. 1779, on 
 board the Culloden 74, in which ship lie assisted at the 
 defeat of Don Juan de Langara 16 Jan. 1780. tie was after- 
 wards, 16 March, 1781, present in the Gitadaloupe in the 
 action between Admiral Arbuthnot and M. Destouches ; and, 
 from the following April until taken prisoner with Lord 
 Cornwallis and bis army, was employed on shore with a de- 
 tachment of seamen throughout all the operations of the 
 campaign in Virginia. On the last-mentioned occasion his 
 right arm was shot off by a cannon-ball, and his left Itnee 
 slightly wounded by a shell. He had the further misfortune, 
 while sharing, in the Conqueror, in the glories of 9 and 12 
 April, 1783, to receive a splinter-wound in the head, and to 
 sustain a fracture of the right jaw. In 1789, at the especial 
 command of George III., Mr. Mends was presented with a 
 Lieutenant's commission. After witnessing the evacuation of 
 Toulon, and being severely burnt and bruised in the CoLosstjs 
 in Lord Bridport's action, he was promoted, in 1796, to the 
 command of the Dilioence sloop of 16 guns ; and on 2 May, 
 1800, having previously effected the capture of Xa Nativetas 
 Spanish ship of 500 tons, 16 guns, and 50 men, he was ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank. During the remainder of the French 
 revolutionary war he had command of the Abergavenny 54, 
 Thunderer 74, Quebec 32, and NiKEfDE 36. In 1805 he 
 was placed over the Malahide district of Sea Fencibles in Ire- 
 land ; and in 1808, as a reward for the manner in which he 
 had for some time discharged the duties of Regulating Officer 
 at Liverpool, he was appointed to the Arethusa of 46 yuns. 
 In that frigate, in 1809-10, Capt. Mends rendered himself 
 conspicuous by a system of the most active co-operation with 
 the patriots on the north coast of Spain ; where, in the 
 summer of the latter year, a squadron under his orders 
 effected the destruction of all the batteries (with the excep- 
 tion of Castro) from St. Sebastian to St. Andero, mounting in 
 the whole about 100 pieces of cannon. For these services 
 the Order of the Cross of Victory of Asturias, and the rank of 
 Major-General in the Spanish army, were conferred on him, 
 and he was recommended in the strongest manner to his 
 Majesty's Government by the Regency of Spain, and by the 
 Captain-General of the Junta of Gallicia, He had previously, 
 while assisting at. the capture of the French frigate, Le JViemen, 
 of 46 guns and 339 men, been struck by a splinter in the 
 forehead, the effects of which he seriously felt during tile 
 remainder of his life. From 1811 until 1814 we find him 
 superintending the prison-ships in Portsmouth Harbour. He 
 received, in 1815, the honour of Knightliood, together with 
 the insignia of the Order of Charles III. of Spain ; and in 
 1816 a pension of 300/. was settled upon him in consideration 
 of his wounds. In June, 1821, Sir Robert Mends hoisted a 
 broad pendant in tile IpHiGENiA 42, as Commodore of the 
 squadron employed on the western coast of Africa, where he 
 died, on board the Owen Gj.endower frigate, 4 Sept, 1823. 
 
 BRIDGE 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, in the Mediterra^ 
 nean. He acquired his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 and since 25 Feb. 1843 has been employed as an 
 Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents 
 —Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MENDS. (LiEUTENAUT, 1841.) 
 
 George Pechell Mends is son of Capt. Wm. 
 Bowen Mends, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 9 Feb. 1824; passed 
 his examination 1 April, 1834 ; and at the period of 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 30 Aug. 1841, was serving in the Mediterranean 
 as Mate of the Locust steamer, Lieut.-Commander 
 John Lunn. His appointments have since been — 3 
 Sept. 1841, to the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose 
 Sartorius, also in the Mediterranean — 5 Oct. 1844, 
 as Senior, to the Mutine 12, Capt. Rich. Borough 
 Crawford, attached to the force at the Cape of 
 Good Hope — and 17 Oct. 1846, in a similar capacity, 
 to the EuRYDicE 22, Capt. Talavera Vernon Anson, 
 on the same station, where he is now serving. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MENDS. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 James Augustus Mends is brother of Commander 
 Geo. Clarke Mends, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1829 ; and 
 on attaining the rank of Lieutenant, 28 Nov. 1836, 
 was nominated Additional-Lieutenant of the Cale- 
 donia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley in 
 the Mediterranean. His subsequent appointments 
 were — 19 June, 1837, to the Donegal 78, Capt. 
 John Drake, fitting at Plymouth— 14 Aug. 1838, to 
 the AcT.a:ON 26, Capt. Robt. Russell, on the Brazil 
 and Cape of Good Hope station— 26 Feb. 1841 
 and 11 Jan. 1842, to the President 50, Capt. Wm. 
 Broughton, and Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admi- 
 ral Rich. Thomas, both in South America, whence 
 he returned in 1845 — and 15 June, 1846, to the Tra- 
 falgar 120, Capt. John Neale Nott, attached to the 
 Channel squadron. On 27 Nov. 1846, at which pe- 
 riod he had become First-Lieutenant of the latter 
 ship, Mr. Mends was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander. He is at present on half-pay. 
 
 MENDS. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Robert Hamilton Handfield Mends is son of 
 Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 12 Dec. 1843 ; 
 served for some time on board the Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; 
 and from 28 Feb. 1844, until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 9 Nov. 1846, was employed in the 
 East Indies as Mate of the Fox 42, Commodore Sir 
 Henry Martin Blackwood. 
 
 MENDS. (Captain, 1814. r-p., 24 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 William Bowen Mends, born 27 Jan. 1781, in 
 Pembrokeshire, is brother of the late Commodore 
 Sir Robt. Mends, Kt., G.C.C. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1794, as 
 A.B., on board La Pomone 40, Commodore Sir John 
 Borlase Warren ; on following whom, as Midship- 
 man (after sharing in Lord Bridport's action, attend- 
 ing also the expedition in support of the French 
 royalists to Quiberon, and participating in a variety 
 of boat and other service on the coast of France), 
 into the Canada 74, he witnessed the defeat, 12 
 Oct. 1798, of a French squadron under Commodore 
 Bompart, intended for the invasion of Ireland. In 
 Feb. 1799 he became Midshipman of L'Impetoeux 
 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew; and in the course of 
 the same year he again joined Sir J. B. Warren in 
 the Temebaire 98, and Renown 74. On the night 
 of 29 Aug. 1800, immediately subsequent to the 
 Ferrol expedition, we find him serving with the 
 boats of a squadron, 20 in number, commanded by 
 Lieut. Henry Burke, at the cutting-out, close to the 
 batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe privateer, of 18 
 guns and 161 men ; which vessel, 25 of whose peo- 
 ple were killed and 40 wounded, was in 15 minutes 
 boarded and carried, with a loss to the British of 3 
 
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 seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 lieutenants, 12 sea- 
 men, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 seaman missing. 
 For iiis conduct in this atfair Mr. Mends had the 
 honour of being publicly thanked by the Command- 
 er-in-Chief j who, although he had not completed 
 his time, at once ordered him to act as Lieutenant- 
 Commander of the St. Vincent gun-brig. Being 
 officially promoted 9 April, 1801, and appointed to 
 the command of the Ferreteh, another gun-brig, 
 he was afforded an opportunity, in the course of 
 the same year, of enacting a part in Lord Nelson's 
 attack on the Boulogne flotilla, on which occasion, 
 it appears, he served in his own boat, and had 4 
 persons, out of 9, either killed or wounded. He 
 paid the Ferreter off in Sept. 1802 ; and was next 
 in succession appointed— 4 July, 1803, to the Fon- 
 DROTANT 80, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves 
 in the Channel— 19 March, 1805, to the Sceinam 
 18, Capt. Alex. Shippard, whom he accompanied 
 to Gibraltar— about March, 1806, again to the Foo- 
 DEOTANT, flag-ship of Sir J. B. Warren on the West 
 India, North American, and Home stations — 13 
 April, 1807, to the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter Puget, 
 under whom he served with the advanced squadron 
 at the siege of Copenhagen, and so distinguished 
 himself that a strong recommendation in his favour 
 was forwarded to the Commander-in-Chief— and 29 
 Oct. 1807, to the Swiftsueb 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir J. B. Warren at Halifax, where, from June, 
 1808, until Oct. 1809, and from May to Sept. 1810, 
 he was allowed to act as Commander of the Vesta 
 schooner and Indian sloop. On leaving the Swift- 
 sure, Mr. Mends was presented with a second pro- 
 motal commission, dated 26 Feb. 1811. After ex- 
 actly two years of half-pay, he obtained command, 
 26 Feb. 1811, of the Loop Cervier 18; and on 23 
 March, 1814, having been intermediately employed 
 at the blockade of New London, he was nominated 
 Acting-Captain of the Terpsichore frigate, which 
 ship he brought home and paid off 27 June follow- 
 ing. His promotion had in the mean while been 
 confirmed by a commission dated 26 May, 1814. 
 His last appointments were— 24 Jan. 1824, to the 
 Blanche 46, in which frigate he conveyed Vice- 
 Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk to the Tagus, and 
 then proceeded to South America, whence, after 
 having been for some time Senior officer off the 
 coast of Peru, he returned with nearly 800,000 dol- 
 lars to England, 28 Sept. 1827— and 26 Nov. 1836, 
 to the Talavera 74. In that ship Capt. Mends 
 was employed at first on the Lisbon station ; then 
 in affording co-operation, with a large squadron 
 under his orders, to the Queen's forces during the 
 civil war on the south-east coast of Spain ; next in 
 transporting the 73rd Kegt. from Gibraltar to Ha- 
 lifax, and the llth from that place to St. John's, 
 New Brunswick ; and, finally, in the Mediterranean, 
 on the Greek portion of which he was for six months 
 Senior officer. The Talavera was put out of com- 
 mission 3 Jan. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Mends has three sons in the Navy— William 
 Robert, a Commander; and George Peohell and 
 Kobert Hamilton Handfield, Lieutenants. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MENDS. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 21; h-p., 1.) 
 William Robert Mends, born 27 Feb. 1812, is 
 eldest son of Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 
 May, 1825 ; and embarked, 21 Dec. 1828, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Challenger 26, Capt. John 
 Hayes. In the ensuing Jan. he removed to the 
 Thetis 46, Capts. Arthur Batt Bingham and Sara. 
 Burgess, with whom he continued to serve on the 
 South American station, latterly in the capacity of 
 Midshipman, until wrecked off Cape Frio 5 Dec. 
 1830 ; and he was next, between April, 1831, and 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 11 Aug. 
 1835, employed as Mate in the Act.eon 26 and 
 Pique 36, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey and Hon. 
 Henry John Rous, in the Mediterranean and on 
 particular service. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 30 Dec. 1835, 29 Nov. 1836, and 17 Jan. 1837, 
 
 to the Vernon 50, Capt. John M'Kerlie, Caxedonia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley, and Rodney 92, 
 Capt. Hyde Parker, all on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion—between 28 July, 1838, and June, 1843, to the 
 Cevlon 2, Benbow 74, and Ganges 84, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Sir John Louis, Admiral Superintend- 
 ent at Malta^and 3 Nov. 1843, as Senior, to the Fox 
 42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Henry Mar- 
 tin Blackwood in the East Indies. He returned to 
 England on the occasion of his advancement to the 
 rank of Commander, 9 Nov. 1846 ; and is at present 
 unemployed. 
 
 Commander Mends married, 6 Jan. 1838, Melita, 
 third daughter of Joseph Stilon, Esq., M.D., Surg. 
 R.N. (1815). 
 
 MENZIES. (Ketiked Commander, 1816.) 
 
 Duncan Menzies was born in March, 1759, and 
 died, 20 Deo. 1846, at 4, Park-place, George-square, 
 Edinburgh. He was uncle by marriage of Capt. 
 Nicholas Lockyer, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1770, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. Ford ; 
 and was afterwards, until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 1 April, 1781, employed in the Emerald 
 32, Capt. Moutray, Culloden and Resolution 74!3, 
 Capts. Dundas and Ogle, Culloden again, Capt. 
 Balfour, Sandwich 90, Capt. Young, and Formid- 
 able of similar force, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Rodney ; 
 assisting during that period at the capture of Ste. 
 Lucie in 1778, in the action off Cape St. Vincent 16 
 Jan. 1780, and as Aide-de-Camp to the last-men- 
 tioned officer at the reduction of St. Eustatius in 
 Feb. 1781. On the occasion of his promotion, as 
 above, Mr. Menzies joined the Alfred 74, Capt. 
 Bayne, in which ship it was his fortune to be pre- 
 sent in the memorable action of 12 April, 1782. On 
 that occasion he was one of the ofdcers sent on board 
 the ViLLE DE Paris to receive the sword of the 
 Comte de Grasse. In the course of the same year 
 we find him present at the relief of Gibraltar. He 
 subsequently, during the French revolutionary war, 
 served on board the Belligerent and Inflexible 
 64's, Capts. Brine and Jervis, on the West India 
 station ; also in the Caton 64 ; and in command of 
 the Piercer gun-brig. In the latter vessel he ac- 
 companied the expedition to Holland in 1799, and 
 assisted at the debarkation of the troops under Sir 
 Ralph Abercromby. During the late war Lieut. 
 Menzies was employed in the Impress service at 
 Falmouth, and in command of the Firm prison-ship 
 at Plymouth. He retired with the rank of Com- 
 mander 1 Jan. 1816. 
 
 Commander Menzies married, in Jan. 1808, Miss 
 Elizabeth Grove, of Falmouth, and by that lady has « 
 left issue a son and two daughters. 
 
 MERCER. (Commander, 1824. p-p., 14 ; 
 
 H-p., 35.) 
 John Davis Mercer entered the Navy, in 1798 
 as Midshipman, on board the Perdrix 22, Capt! 
 Wm. Chas. Fahie, on the books of which ship, sta- 
 tioned in the Leeward Islands, his name was borne 
 until the following year. We next, in 1801, find 
 him on board the Berschermer 54, Capt. Alex. 
 Fraser, off Harwich ; and, in 1805, rejoining Capt.' 
 Fahie in the Amelia frigate, on the West India 
 station ; where, on following him into the Etha- 
 LioN, he assisted at the capture of the Danish 
 islands of St. Thomas and Ste. Croix in Dec. 1807. 
 In 1808 he returned to England in the Ramillies 
 74, Capt. Robt. Tarker, but, being soon ordered 
 back in the Gloire 38, Capt. Jas. Carthew, was 
 again, in the course of the same year, placed under 
 the orders of Capt. Fahie as Master's Mate on 
 board the Belleisle 74— following him afterwards 
 into the Pompee and Abehcrombt of similar force 
 T'he Belleisle, we may here observe, formed part 
 oi the squadron employed at the reduction of Mar- 
 tinique in Feb. 1809 ; and, in the ensuing April the 
 PoMPEE, with a loss to herself of 9 men killed'and 
 30 wounded, proved the captor, when in company 
 with the Castor 32, of the French 74-guu ship, 
 
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 MERCER— MEREDITH. 
 
 d'HaupouU, between 80 and 90 of whose people 
 were killed and wounded. Attaining the rank of 
 Lieutenant 8 Deo. 1809, Mr. Mercer continued em- 
 ployed in that capacity in the West Indies for a 
 further period of nearly four years in the Phltusk 
 sloop, Capts. Wm. Elliott and John M'George, Pe- 
 1.0KUS 18, Capt. Thos. Huskisson, Aberceomby 
 again, Capt. "W. C. Fahie, Cygnet sloop, com- 
 manded by various officers. Dragon 74 and Gram- 
 rns 50, flag-ships of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Cleopa- 
 tra frigate, Capt. Chaa. Gill. His next appoint- 
 ments were, 18 March, 1821, to the Salisbury 50, 
 Capt. John "Wilson, on the Leeward Island station, 
 and 5 Aug. in the same year to the Forte 44, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to the late Sir Edw. Griffith Col- 
 poys, Commander-in-Chief at Halifax, where he 
 afterwards, in the Salisbury, filled the like post 
 under his early friend Rear-Admiral Fahie. He 
 acquired his present rank 9 Sept. 1824, and has 
 since been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 MEKCEE. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 19 ; 
 H-P., 6.) 
 
 Sajidel Mercer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1822, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Leven 26, Capt. Wm. 
 Fitzwilliam Owen, in which vessel, until Sept. 1826, 
 he was employed in surveying the east and west 
 coasts of Africa. In Feb. 1827, after he had been 
 for about two months attached to the Challenger 
 28, Capt. John Hayes, on the Home station, he 
 again joined Capt. Owen on board the Eden 26. 
 Continuing with him until June, 1830, he was in 
 consequence afforded an opportunity of assisting in 
 the colonization of Fernando Po, and had the satis- 
 faction during the period of being awarded a Lieu- 
 tenant's commission dated 12 Jan. 1829. His next 
 appointments were — 23 June, 1831, to the Blossom 
 16, Capt. Rich. Owen, employed on surveying-ser- 
 vice in the West Indies, where he remained, part of 
 the time in command of the Monkey tender, until 
 Oct. 1832 — and 11 Jan. 1834, to the command of the 
 Charybdis 3. While in that vessel, which he paid 
 off in Sept. 1837, Lieut. Mercer was again stationed 
 on the African coast, and succeeded in capturing 
 not less than 14 slave-vessels. Attaining his pre- 
 sent rank 28 June, 1838, he officiated, from 17 Aug. 
 1841, until Aug. 1846, as Superintendent of the 
 Packet service at Dover, with his name on the 
 books of the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness. 
 He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Mercer married, 20 Feb. 1839, Fanny, 
 eldest daughter of Lieut. Josiah Durnford, R.N., by 
 whom he has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robin- 
 
 MEREDITH. (Capt., 1837. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 27.) 
 Richard Meredith, whose name had been borne 
 in 1799 on the books of the Polyphemus 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Lumsdaine, embarked, in Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Phosbe of 44 guns, Capts. Robt. 
 Barlow, Thos. Baker, Jas. Keith Shepard, Hon. 
 Thos. Bladen Capel, and Jas. Oswald. Under the 
 first-named of those officers he contributed, 19 Feb. 
 1800, to the capture of the French frigate Africaine 
 of 44 guns and 715 men (including 400 troops and 
 artificers), after a close and desperate night-action 
 of two hours, attended (although the British, out of 
 239 men, had but 1 killed and 12 wounded) with the 
 awful loss to the enemy of at least 200 killed and 
 143 wounded, the greatest part of them mortally. 
 For his gallantry in achieving this exploit, Capt. 
 Barlow was rewarded with the honour of Knight- 
 hood. Continuing in the Pb(Ebe on the Mediter- 
 ranean and Home stations until April, 1806, Mr. 
 Meredith, in addition to much cutting-out work, 
 had the fortune to enact a part, 21 Oct. 1805, in the 
 action off Cape Trafalgar, on which occasion he was 
 sent to take possession of the Monarca Spanish 74- 
 gun ship. We may add that he remained on board 
 the prize until she took the ground seven days after 
 the battle, when, with her crew and the few British 
 who had followed him, only 39 in number, he was 
 
 rescued by the Leviathan 74. On his return in 
 the summer of 1806 to the Mediterranean in the 
 Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, he rejoined 
 Capt. Capel on board the Bndymion 40. In that 
 ship we find him accompanying the expedition to 
 the Dardanells, and assisting at the destruction of 
 the Turkish shipping off Point Pesquies, in Feb. 
 1807 ; in the course of which month he had the sa- 
 tisfaction of receiving a Lieutenant's commission 
 bearing date 15 Aug. 1806. He took a passage 
 home in consequence in the Amphion 32, Capt, 
 Wm. Hoste ; and was next, during upwards of six 
 years, employed on the Baltic, Mediterranean, 
 Home, West India, Cadiz, and Newfoundland sta- 
 tions, in the Vultore sloop, Capt. Jos. Pearoe, Hy- 
 perion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie, Intrepid 64, 
 Capt. Andrews, Implacable 74, Capts. Thos. Byam 
 Martin, Geo. Cockburn, and Joshua Rowley Watson, 
 and Sybille 44, Capts. Clotworthy Upton and Jas. 
 Sanders. After assisting, in the Vulture, at the 
 reduction of Copenhagen in 1807, Lieut. Meredith 
 was sent home in charge of one of the 18-gun brigs 
 taken on the occasion, the Nyd Elven, mounting, 
 however, only 4 guns, with a crew of 22 men, and 
 laden with a large quantity of stores. During the 
 passage, and when on the Dogger Bank, he was 
 attacked at night by a privateer, but succeeded at 
 the end of an action of 45 minutes in beating her 
 off. While attached, in 1810, to the Implacable, 
 Lieut. Meredith had command for six weeks of the 
 gun-boats employed at the defence of Cadiz. Be- 
 ing obliged to invalid from the Sybille in conse- 
 quence of an injury sustained by the fall of a block 
 on his head, he did not again go afloat until 10 Aug. 
 1821 ; between which period and his promotion to 
 the rank of Commander, 16 March, 1824, he served 
 at home, and on the east and west coasts of South 
 America, in the Northumberland 78, Spartiatb 
 76, and Cambridge 82, all under the orders of 
 Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling. He then returned to 
 England with despatches across the Isthmus of Pa- 
 nama; and was, lastly, from 26 Sept. 1831, until 
 paid off at the close of 1835, employed on the coast 
 of Africa in command of the Pelorus 16 — the last 
 two years as Senior officer. He attained Post-rank 
 6 June, 1837. 
 
 Exclusive of the time he was at Cadiz, where he 
 was almost constantly under fire, Capt. Meredith 
 dxiring the war was not less than 35 times in actual 
 combat with the enemy, including ship actions, 
 attacks upon batteries, and boat affairs. He mar- 
 ried, 2 Sept. 1844, Marian D'Oyley, widow of the 
 late Jas. Barlow Hay, Esq., of Thornhite Park, 
 South Hants. Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 MEREDITH. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 24; 
 H-p., 15.") 
 Samuel Meredith entered the Navy, 8 May, 
 1808, as a Volunteer, on board the Cadmus 10, 
 Capt. Delamere Wynter, attached to the force in 
 the Channel. After serving off Greenwich in the 
 Thisee 28, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin 
 Stanhope, and in the North Sea and off Greenland 
 in the Belvidera36, Capt. Rich. Byron, he became 
 Midshipman, 22 Sept. 1810, of the Malacca 36, 
 Capts. Wm. Butterfield and Sam. Leslie, with the 
 latter of whom he continued employed on the East 
 India station in the Volage 22, and Theban 36, 
 until April, 1816. In the Volage he witnessed an 
 attack made, 28 June, 1813, upon the defences of 
 Sambas, a piratical state on the western coast of 
 Borneo, as he also did, in Sept. of the same year, 
 the restoration of the Sultan of Palambang to his 
 throne. Of the Theban, Mr. Meredith, who had 
 been acting in her for nine months, was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant 24 Nov. 1815. His appointments after 
 he left her were— 6 Sept. 1816, to the Lahne 20, 
 Capt. Abraham Lowe, employed in the Channel and 
 West Indies, whence he returned in Jan. 1819 — 11 
 July, 1820, to the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, 
 lying in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast 
 Blockade — 6 Dec. 1822, to the Prince Regent 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Chatham— 11 
 
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 April, 1823, and, again, 4 Sept. 1824, to the post ot 
 Agent for Tranaports Afloat— and, 8 April, 1825, to 
 the command of the ViGitAKT cutter ot 12 guns, 
 on the Plymouth station. He was advanced to his 
 present rank 7 May, 1828 ; and was subsequently, 
 from 6 July, 1830, until 1833, and, again, from 20 
 March, 1835, until 1838, employed as an Inspecting 
 Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 The Commander, who is Chief Constable for co. 
 Wilts, married, 21 June, 1819, Lydia, third daughter 
 of John Dyer, Esq., Secretary of Greenwich Hos- 
 pital. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MERRIMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; H-p., 33.) 
 Chakles Meeeimas entered the Navy, 9 Oct. 
 1806, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Pheasant 18, 
 Capt. John Palmer ; and in the course of 1807 was 
 present at the storming of Monte Video, and in all 
 the operations which preceded the evacuation of 
 Spanish America by the British. He was employed 
 during the next four years on the Home station, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, under Lord Ame- 
 lius Beauclerk, in the Satukn and Koyal Oak 74's ; 
 and in the latter ship, in 1809, he accompanied the 
 expedition to the Walcheren. He afterwards, until 
 May, 1814, served, chiefly off the coasts of France, 
 Spain, and Holland, in the Tigre and Rivoli 74's, 
 Capts. John Halliday and Graham Eden Hamond, 
 Chailengee 16, Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon (now 
 Harcourt), and Leveket sloop, Capt. Jonathan 
 Christian. In the Challengee, Mr. Merriman, in 
 1813, co-operated in the attack upon St. Sebastian, 
 and assisted at the capture of Le Flibustia' French 
 national brig, mounting 16 guns, a brass howitzer, 
 and 4 swivels, and laden with treasure, arms, am- 
 munition, and salt provisions. His last appoint- 
 ment was to the Coast Guard, in which service he 
 continued from 27 Nov. 1821 until 17 Oct. 1822. 
 He attained the rank of Lieutenant 27 Feb. 1815. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 METCALFE. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 William Chaeles Metcalfe entered the Navy 
 7 Oct. 1824 ; served as Midshipman of the Asia 84, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of 
 Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in 
 1832 ; and obtained his first commission 7 March, 
 1837. His succeeding appointments were— 24 of 
 the same month, to the Malabar 74, Capts. Sir 
 Wm. Augustus Montagu and Edw. Harvey, with 
 whom he served, on the Lisbon and North America 
 and West India stations, until paid off in the fol- 
 lowing year — and 7 Nov. 1839, to the Blonde 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Bourchier. For his conduct in that 
 ship during the campaign in China, where he wit- 
 nessed the first and second capture of Canton, he 
 wag advanced to his present rank 8 Oct. 1841. He 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 METHEEELL. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 12.) 
 Richard Roe Metherell entered the Navy, in 
 May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Arethusa 
 38, Capts. Robt. Mends and Fras. Holmes Coffin, 
 with whom he continued actively employed on the 
 north coast of Spain, and on the African and West 
 India stations, until July, 1813 — the last two years 
 and two months in the capacity of Midshipman. 
 He then removed to the CrnNns 38, Capts. Fred. 
 Langford and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer ; and, 
 after an intermediate servitude on the Home, West 
 India, and Halifax stations, was next, from May to 
 Oct. 1816, attached to the Impregnable 104, and 
 Berwick 74, flag-ships at Plymouth of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth. Between May, 1818, and Oct. 
 1819, we find him olBciating as Master's Mate, in 
 the East Indies and at the Cape of Good Hope, of 
 the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon. He 
 subsequently, in Nov. 1820, joined the Surinam 18, 
 Capts. Wm. M'lvenzie Godfrey, Alfred Matthews, 
 and Chas. Crole, employed at first on the Barba- 
 does, and then on the Jamaica station ; where he 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant, 27 March, 1823, in the 
 
 Ttne 26, Capts. John Edw. Walcott and John Wal- 
 ter Roberts. He left that vessel in Jan. 1824; and 
 was afterwards appointed— 25 Oct. 1827, to the Bri- 
 tomaet 10, Capts. Russell Henry Manners and Edw. 
 John Johnson, employed on the Plymouth and Lis- 
 bon stations— 22 Aug. 1831 and 29 Feb. 1832, as 
 Senior, to the Aeladne 28, and Columbine 18, 
 Capts. Chas. PhilUps and Henry Ommanney Love, 
 both in the West Indies, whence he returned in 
 March, 1834— and 18 Nov. 1835, to the Coast Guard, 
 in which service he remained until 1843. He has 
 since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Omman- 
 ney. 
 
 MEYNELL. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Fkancis Mevnell served as Midshipman, during 
 the campaign in China, on board the Calliope 26, 
 Capt. Thos. Herbert, and was mentioned for the 
 assistance he rendered at the capture, 13 March, 
 1841, of the last fort protecting the approaches to 
 the city of Canton.* He passed his examination 17 
 Dec. 1842 ; and after having served for upwards of 
 two years on the coast of Africa, as Mate, in the 
 Penelope steamer. Commodore Wm. Jones, Rapid 
 10, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Chas. Earle, and Star 
 6, Capt. Robt. John Wallace Dunlop, was presented 
 with a commission dated 15 Jan. 1846, and re- 
 appointed, inthe capacity of Additional-Lieutenant, 
 to the Penelope. He went on half-pay soon after- 
 wards, and has not been since employed. 
 
 MEYNELL. (Capt., 1816. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Henry Metnell is second son of the late Hugo 
 Meynell, Esq., of Hoar Cross, by Hon. Elizabeth 
 Ingram, daughter and co-heiress of Viscount Irwin, 
 whose elder daughter married the second Marquess 
 of Hertford. Capt. Meynell is next brother of the 
 present Hugo Chas. Meynell-lngram, of Temple 
 Newsam, co. York, and Hoar Cross, co. Stafford, a 
 Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the latter 
 shire, and High Sheriff in 1826 ; and brother-in-law 
 of Wm. Beckett, Esq., of Kirkstall Grange, co. 
 York, M.P. for Leeds, and Lieut.-Colonel of the 
 Yorkshire Hussars. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 24 June, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capts. Wm. 
 Grenville Lobb and John Acworth Ommanney, 
 bearing the successive flags of Vice-Admirals Jas. 
 Gambler and Sir Erasmus Gower at Newfoundland, 
 where he remained until Feb. 1805. Between the 
 following month and July, 1806, we again find him 
 serving with Capt. Lobb, chiefly in the capacity of 
 Midshipman, in the Pomone 38 and Captain 74, 
 on the Lisbon and Home stations. Towards the 
 close of the year last mentioned he joined, first the 
 Boreas 22, Capt. Robt. Scott, and then the Lavinia 
 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, in which frigate, it ap- 
 pears, he continued employed at Home and in the 
 Mediterranean until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 8 Nov. 1809. He witnessed in consequence 
 the surrender of a frigate and store-ship, contri- 
 buted to the cutting-out of several vessels from 
 under the enemy's batteries, carried a prize on one 
 occasion to Malta, and assisted, we believe, in forc- 
 ing the passage between the batteries of Flushing 
 and Cadsand during the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren. Obtaining an appointment, 16 Jan. 1810, 
 to the Theban 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, Mr. 
 Meynell, after cruizing for a considerable time in 
 the Channel (where he commanded the boats at the 
 capture, 2 Feb. 1811, of a French merchant-brig 
 lying aground under two batteries near Dieppef), 
 sailed with convoy for the East Indies and China;J 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1503. f V- Gaz. 1811, p. 205. 
 
 X The following is an extract from a letter addressed to 
 the author by an officer who was on board the Theban at the 
 
 Seriod to which it refers:—" On 18 March, 1811, the Theban 
 aving been ordered to Portsmouth to reflt, entered the har- 
 bour under royals ; let go the anchor off the Perseverance 
 
 bulk at half-past eleven o'clock ; and by half-past twelve 
 
 that is to say in one hour — the ship was secured to the hulk 
 and completely stripped to the lower masts, the sails and rig- 
 ging made up, with the yards and small spars on board the 
 hulk. Capt. H. Meynell was the Senior Lieutenant then 
 doing duty." 
 
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 MIALL— MICHELL. 
 
 on her passage whither the Theban had the mis- 
 fortune, at noon on 8 Sept. 1812, to be caught in a 
 typhoon, which before midnight left her nothing 
 standing but her foremast and bowsprit. In the 
 early part of 1813 Mr. Meynell was nominated 
 Acting- Commander of the Akbogant at Bombay; 
 and, on 24 Aug. in the same year, he was there offi- 
 cially promoted into the CoRNWAiiris. Quitting 
 that vessel in the ensuing Oct., he was next, 23 Aug. 
 and 24 Nov. 1815, appointed Acting-Captain of the 
 50-gun ships Jupiter and Newcastle; to the latter 
 of which, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm 
 at St. Helena, the Admiralty confirmed him 10 
 April, 1816. He was paid off 10 Sept. 1817, and has 
 not been since afloat. 
 
 From 22 March, 1820, until the death of George 
 IV., Capt. Meynell (who is Senior of 1816) filled the 
 post of Gentleman Usher Quarterly "Waiter to that 
 monarch ; as he also did to "William IV. from 24 
 July, 1830, until 23 March, 1831, when he resigned. 
 He was returned to Parliament in 1826 for the bo- 
 rough of Lisburn, which he continued to represent 
 until 1847. For some time prior to April, 1845, 
 Capt. MeyneU held the ofB.ce of Groom in Waiting 
 on her present Majesty. Agents — Hallett and Ko- 
 binson. 
 
 MIALL. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 23.) 
 George Goveb Miall entered the Navy. 24 Feb. 
 1800, as Third-cl, Vol., on board the Achille 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Murray and Edw. BuUer, bearing the flag 
 in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent ; and from June, 
 1802, until Oct. 1806, was employed on the North 
 American station, chiefly in the capacity of Midship- 
 man, in the 50-gun ships Leander and Leopard, 
 Gapts. Jas, Oughton, Fras. "Wm. Fane, Alex. S. 
 Kene, "Wm. LyaU, John Talbot, Henry "Whitby, and 
 Salusbury Pryce Humphreys. In the Leander, 
 under Capt. Talbot, he assisted at the capture, 23 
 Feb. 1805, of the French frigate ha Ville de Milan, 
 of 48 guns, and the simultaneous re-capture of her 
 prize, the Cleopatra 32. On leaving the Leopard 
 as above he was appointed to the command, with 
 the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, of the Chebuctoo 
 schooner, also on the American station, where, in 
 April, 1807, he was ordered to act as Lieutenant- 
 Commander of the Bream, another schooner, to 
 which he was confirmed by a commission dated 11 
 April, 1808. His succeeding appointments were, to 
 the command — 1 June and 25 July, 1809, of the 
 DuGTJAY Trouin and Vesta schooners, in the latter 
 of which we find -him employed until Sept. 1815 in 
 carrying despatches to the West Indies, the coast 
 of Africa, the Mediterranean, Newfoundland, and 
 the coasts of Portugal, France, and Spain — 5 April, 
 1826, for three years, of the Royal Charlotte 
 Revenue-vessel — 1 Nov. 1832, of the Minx 3, on the 
 Jamaica station, where he remained until the fol- 
 lowing Aug. — and, 6 Sept. 1833, of the Forester 3, 
 in which vessel, attached to the force on the Afri- 
 can coast, he had the fortune, in the course of three 
 years and a half, to effect the capture of five slavers, 
 having on board 1115 negroes, and to make prize of 
 two others fully equipped. During the nine months 
 immediately antecedent to his promotion to the 
 rank of Commander, 28 June, 1838, Lieut. Miall 
 officiated as Admiralty Agent on board a contract 
 mail steam-vessel. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 MICHELL, (Captain, 1830. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Frederick Thomas Michell, born 8 April, 1788, 
 is son of Sampson Michell, Esq., Lieutenant R.N., 
 who by permission entered the Naval service of the 
 late Queen of Portugal, and died an Admiral at 
 Rio de Janeiro in Jan. 1809. He is the only brother 
 of Lieut. -Colonel C. C. Michell, Surveyor-General 
 at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 27 April, 1800, and embarked, 17 Sept. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Edrydice 24, Capts. 
 John Nicholas and"Wm. Hoste, employed at first in 
 the Channel and off the coast of Africa, and then 
 
 in the Mediterranean, where, on 6 Oct. 1805, we find 
 him serving with the boats under Lieut. Andrew 
 Pellet Green at the capture of the Mestuo la Solidad 
 Spanish privateer of 6 guns, and a convoy of which 
 the latter had charge. In the ensuing Nov., hav- 
 ing followed Capt. Hoste into the Amphion 32, he 
 assisted at the defeat, although simultaneously op- 
 posed by the fire of an immense battery, of a divi- 
 sion of about 30 Spanish gun-boats, which had come 
 out of Algesiras in the hope of capturing a British 
 convoy. He was afterwards present in the opera- 
 tions against the French on the coast of Calabria ; 
 and in the course of 1806 he became in succession 
 attached to the Termagant 18, Capt. Robt. Pettet, 
 MoRGiANA sloop, Capt. "Wm. Landless, and Ocean 
 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood — all, too, in the 
 Mediterranean, on which station he continued until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 May, 1807. 
 Obtaining an appointment, in the following Oct., to 
 the Active 38, Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon, he aided in that ship at the cap- 
 ture, 26 March, 1808, of the Friedland brig-of-war, 
 of 16 guns, having on board the Commander-in- 
 Chief of the Italian marine ; and was wounded in 
 two successful boat expeditions on the coast of Al- 
 bania. On the first of those occasions he was in 
 sole charge of the boats, and evinced so much zeal, 
 professional ability, and gallantry, that his name 
 was brought under the special notice of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief. "We may add that, out of seven 
 casualties that occurred, his own boat sustained the 
 loss of 1 killed and 5 wounded. The injuries he 
 himself received were rewarded by a gratuity from 
 the Patriotic Fund. During a subsequent servitude 
 of five years and nine months, from June, 1809, to 
 March, 1815, in the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas, Malcolm, 
 Mr. Michell, as may be seen by a reference to our 
 memoir of the latter officer, was most actively em- 
 ployed on the Home, "West India, and Braziliaji 
 stations, assisting during the period at the capture 
 of nine privateers (of one of which he took posses- 
 sion in a heavy gale), carrying altogether 103 guns 
 and 735 men, and co-operating extensively, in 1812- 
 13, with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. 
 "When the Laurel frigate, in Jan. of the former 
 year, was cast away in the Teigneuse passage, he 
 made one trip more than any other officer to the 
 wreck, although under fire of the enemy, and 
 brought off the Captain and the last of the crew. 
 On leaving the Rhin as above he joined, first the 
 BoYNE 98, and then the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 bearing each the flag of Lord Exmouth, who, on 
 the day preceding the battle of Algiers, placed him 
 in charge, with the rank of Commander, of" the 
 whole of the battering flotilla attached to his squad- 
 ron. During the ever-memorable bombardment 
 Capt. Michell, in execution of the duty with which 
 he had been intrusted, went on board the Dutch 
 Admiral and every British ship engaged in the 
 line of battle. In the midst of the conflict, when, 
 as it was supposed, the Captain of the Queen 
 Charlotte had been mortally wounded, he was 
 sent for by the Commander-in-Chief, and directed 
 to act in his stead. He was removed from the 
 command of the flotilla to that of the Beelzebub 
 bomb, 1 Sept. 1816 ; and on 16 of the same month 
 he was officially promoted. Quitting the Beelze- 
 bub on 21 of the ensuing Oct., Capt. Michel! did 
 not again go afloat until Dec. 1826, On 27 of that 
 month he obtained an appointment to the Rifle- 
 man 18, fitting for the Mediterranean, where, it 
 appears, he was attached to the commissariat of the 
 French army in the Morea, and was recommended 
 to the consideration of the Admiralty by Sir Edw. 
 Codrington and Sir Pulteney Malcolm, the successive 
 Commanders-in-Chief, and by H.M. Ambassador 
 at the Porte, in a manner that procured him a Post- 
 commission, dated 22 Feb. 1830. His last appoint- 
 ments were, 23 April, 1840, and 4 Aug. 1841, to the 
 Magicienne 24, and Inconstant 36, in the former 
 of which ships he united in the operations on the 
 coast of Syria ; and in the latter saved, by his zeal 
 and promptitude, the Scout sloop-of-war from being 
 lost, after she had been a week on shore on the 
 
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 island of Cyprus. The Inconstant was paid off 30 
 March, 1843. 
 
 Capt. Michell, whose person hears the marks of 
 not less than eight wounds, married the youngest 
 daughter of the late Mr. Prideaux, of "Wadebridge 
 House, near Truro, co. Cornwall. Agent — Joseph 
 "Woodhead. 
 
 MICHELL. (Commander, 1843. e-p., 19; 
 H-P., 6.) 
 Ketneli. Charles Michell entered the Navy 
 7 Feb. 1822 ; and, while Midshipman of the Akachne 
 18, bore an active part in the hostilities in Ava, 
 where his conduct procured him the highest en- 
 comiums of his Captain, Henry Ducie Chads.* He 
 was made Lieutenant, 11 Nov. 1829, into the Satel- 
 lite 18, Capt. John Parker, attached to the force 
 in the East Indies ; and was afterwards appointed 
 — 22 Aug. 1831, to the Challenger 28, Capt. Chas. 
 Howe Fremantle, on the same station, whence he 
 returned in 1833 — 15 June, 1835, as Senior, to the 
 Ealeigh 18, Capt. Michael Quin, also in the East 
 Indies— 30 Oct. 1838, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Tyne 26, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. 
 John Townshend — 6 May, 1841, still as Senior, to 
 the Hydra steamer, Capt. Alex. Murray, on the 
 North America and "West India station — and, 20 
 March and 29 July, 1842, to the Magnificent and 
 Imaum, receiving-ships at Jamaica, each bearing 
 the broad pendant of Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng. 
 He was promoted to his present rank, after having 
 been for a few months on half-pay, 19 July, 1843 ; 
 and, since 15 Sept. 1847, has been in command of 
 the Devastation steam-sloop, of 400 horse-power, 
 on the coast of Africa. Agents — Holmes and 
 Folkard. 
 
 MICKLETHWAIT. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Henry Shahnborne Nathaniel Micklethwait, 
 born 12 Aug. 1814, is second son of Nathaniel 
 Micklethwait, Esq., of Taverham and Beeston Halls, 
 CO. Norfolk, by his second wife. Lady Charlotte 
 Kous, second daughter of the first Earl of Strad- 
 brooke ; half-brother of Lieut.-Colonel Nathaniel 
 Waldegrave Micklethwait, of the Scots Fusileer 
 Guards ; and nephew of Sir S. B. Peckham Mickle- 
 thwait, some time a Captain in the 3rd Dragoon 
 Guards, who was created a Baronet 27 July, 1838, 
 for a personal service rendered to Her Majesty and 
 the Duchess of Kent at St. Leonard's, co. Sussex, 
 in Nov. 1832. His father's first wife was the Lady 
 Maria Waldegrave, daughter of George, fourth Earl 
 of "Waldegrave. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, from the Koyal 
 Naval College, 11 Feb. 1830; passed his examination 
 3 June, 1835 ; and, after serving for a short time as 
 Mate of the Dublin 50, flag-ship in the Pacific of 
 Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 3 Feb. 1842. His succeeding 
 appointments were — on 7 of the same month, again 
 to the Dublin — and, 1 Oct. 1844, and 15 April, 
 1845, to the Alfred 50, Commodore John Brett 
 Purvis, and Curaqoa 24, Capt. "Wm. Broughton, 
 both on the south-east coast of America, whence 
 he returned in 1847. 
 
 MIDDLKTON, Lord. (Ketired Captain, 1840.) 
 The Right Honourable Digby Willoughby, 
 Lord Middleton, born 6 Nov. 1769, is only sur- 
 viving son (by Octavia, daughter and co-heir of 
 Fras. Fisher, Esq., of the Grange, Grantham, Lin- 
 colnshire) of Fras. Willoughby, JEsq., of Hasseley, 
 Notts, brother of Henry, fifth Lord Middleton. He 
 succeeded to the peerage, as seventh Baron, on the 
 death of his cousin, 19 June, 1835. His Lordship is 
 a distant relative of the present Rear-Admiral Sir 
 Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 20 May, 1782; ob- 
 tained his first commission 10 Jan. 1794 ; served on 
 board the Culloden 74, Capt. Isaac Schomberg, in 
 the ensuing action of 1 June ; was advanced to the 
 • Fide Gaz. 1825, p. U93. 
 
 rank of Commander 7 May, 1802; and retired with 
 that of Captain 10 Sept. 1840. Agents— Case and 
 Loudonsack. 
 
 MIDDLETON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p.,12; h-p.,31.) 
 John Middleton entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Montagd 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Waller Otway ; and on 22 Aug. 1805 was pre- 
 sent, as Midshipman, in Admiral Hon. Wm. Corn- 
 wallis' pursuit of the French fleet into Brest, on 
 which occasion the Montagu exchanged fire with 
 the French 80-gun ship L' Alexandre. After assist- 
 ing at the evacuation of Scylla, and further serving 
 with Capt. Otway on board the Malta 80, he be- 
 came attached as a Supernumerary, in Nov. 1808, 
 to the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship at Plymouth 
 of Admiral "Toung. Joining next, in Jan. 1809, the 
 Tribune 36, Capt. Geo. Reynolds, he shared, in the 
 course of that year, in an action fought with several 
 Danish gun-boats in the Belt; and, on 12 May, 
 1810, he was afforded an opportunity of participating 
 in a gallant conflict of two hours and a quarter, in 
 which the same frigate, with a loss of 9 men killed 
 and 15 wounded, beat off, on the coast of Norway, 
 four Danish brigs-of-war, carrying altogether 74 
 guns. As a reward for his conduct in the latter 
 affair, Mr. Middleton, on proceeding to the West 
 Indies, was appointed, 28 April, 1811, Admiralty- 
 Midshipman of the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey, who, on 5 of the ensuing month, nominated 
 him Lieutenant of the Arachne 18, Capt. Sam. 
 Chambers — an act which was sanctioned by a com- 
 mission bearing date 29 Oct. in the same year. He 
 served last, from 10 April, 1812, until 5 July, 1813, 
 and from 19 Nov. following until Jan. 1816, in his 
 former ship the Tribune, still commanded by Capt. 
 Reynolds, and in the Medina 20, Capt. Henry 
 Bourchier, on the West India and Newfoundland 
 stations. 
 
 The Lieutenant married, 11 April, 1822, a daughter 
 of — Scott, Esq., of Parliament Street, London. 
 
 MILDMAY. (Captain, 1828. p-p., 22 ; h-p., 22.) 
 George William St. John Mildmay is third 
 son of the late Sir Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay, 
 Bart., by Jane, eldest daughter and co-heir of 
 Carew Mildmay, Esq., of Shawford House, co. 
 Hants; brother of the present Sir Henry Carew 
 St. J ohn Mildmay, Bart. ; brother-in-law of Lord 
 Methuen, the Viscount Bolingbroke, and the Earl 
 of Radnor ; and uncle of Lieut. H. G. St. J. Mild- 
 may, R.N. One of his brothers, Humphrey, mar- 
 ried the eldest daughter of Lord Ashburton, and 
 another, Carew, in Holy Orders, the youngest sister 
 of Rear-Admiral Lord Eadstock, C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Winthrop ; and on 28 of the following Nov. was pre- 
 sent, as Midshipman, at the destruction of La Bay- 
 mnaise French frigate of 32 guns and 200 men, in 
 Finisterre Bay. He continued to serve in the Ar- 
 dent, also in the Revenge 74, Capt. Robt. Moor- 
 som, and again with Capt. Winthrop in the Syeille 
 44, on the Home station, until June, 1807 ; and be- 
 tween that period and April, 1812, was employed, 
 chiefly in the Mediterranean, on board the Canopus 
 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin, Fame 
 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, and Menelaus 38, Capt. 
 Sir Peter Parker. In the Canopus we find him 
 uniting, in Oct. 1809, in a chase which led to the 
 self-destruction of the French ships-of-the-line Bo- 
 buste and Lion off Cape Cette. He was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant (after having acted for a few weeks 
 OS such) in the Trident 64, bearing the flag at 
 Malta of Rear-Admiral John Laugharne, 19 May, 
 1812, and was subsequently appointed — 5 Aug. ISls' 
 for passage home, to the KiNGrisgER sloop, Capt! 
 Ewell Tritton— 17 Dec. following, to the Leander 
 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, under whom he 
 
 saw much active service on the coast of America 
 
 18 Sept. 1815, to the Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt 
 Preston, lying at Sheerness— 24 Nov. 1818 (having 
 left the last-mentioned ship in April, 1816), to the 
 
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 MILDMAY— MILES. 
 
 Wasp 18, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, fitting for the 
 West Indies, where he assisted at the capture of 
 the Venezuelan sloop-of-war El Libertador, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Chitty, and a 
 Spanish brigantine, her prize — and, 2 July, 1821 
 (11 months after the Wasp had been paid off), to 
 the Iphigenia 42, ecLuipping for the broad pendant 
 of Sir Roht. Mends, Commodore of the African 
 squadron. In command of the boats of that frigate, 
 and of the Myrmidon 20, Mr. Mildmay won dis- 
 tinotion by the gallant manner in which, overcoming 
 a desperate resistance, he effected, off the river 
 Bonny, the capture of five vessels having on board 
 upwards of 1800 negroes. As a reward he vpas pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 10 Aug. 1822. 
 He obtained command of the Cokdei-ta sloop, of 
 10 guns, 15 Nov. 1826 ; acquired Post-rank 16 Aug. 
 1828 ; and was lastly, from 14 April, 1835, untU paid 
 off at the close of 1838, employed on the Home 
 station in the Magioienne 24. 
 
 Capt. Mildmay married, 28 April, 1832, Mary, 
 'widow of John jNlorritt, Esq.,of Rokeby, co. Tork,by 
 whom he has issue. Agents — Hallctt and Robinson. 
 
 MILDMAY. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Hervet George St. John Mildmay is second 
 son of Paulet St. John Mildmay, Esq., by Anna 
 Maria, youngest daughter of the Hon. Bartholomew 
 Bouverie ; and nephew of Capt. G. W. St. John 
 Mildmay, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Jan. 1832 ; passed 
 his examination 15 March, 1838 ; served as Mate of 
 the Talbot 26, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford, at 
 the bombardment of St. Jean d' Acre, 3 Nov. 1840; 
 and, while on the North America and West India 
 station, in the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stop- 
 ford, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 24 
 ■Peb. 1844. His appointments have since been— 1 
 March, 1844, as Additional, to the Illustrioos 72, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Adam, Commander-in- 
 Chief in North America and the West Indies — 16 
 Oct. following, again to the Piqde— and, 14 Oct. 
 1846 (soon after the latter ship had been paid off), 
 to the Thetis 36, Capt. Henry John Codrington, 
 now in the Mediterranean. 
 
 MILES. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 18.) 
 Alfred Miles was born 31 Dec. 1796. 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1811, as 
 Tst.-cl. Boy, on board the Ulysses 44, Capts. Henry 
 Edw. Reginald Baker and Wm. Fothergill, flag-ship 
 of the Prince d'Auvergne, on the Jersey station. 
 Rejoining Capt. Baker, as Midshipman, in Sept. 
 1812, on board the Dannemark 74, he served for a 
 time with the fleet in the North Sea, and after- 
 wards escorted convoy to and from the Cape of 
 Good Hope ; on his return whence he became at- 
 tached, in April, 1815, to the Impregnable 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley in the Medi- 
 terranean. After a servitude of three years at 
 Plymouth, in the Spencer 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton, and again in the Impregnable, under 
 the flag of Lord Exmouth, he successively joined, 
 in the capacities of Admiralty Midshipman and Mate 
 — 9 Nov. 1818, the Severn Coast Blockade ship, 
 Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, by whom he was employed 
 at Dungeness and in the neighbourhood of New 
 Romney— 23 Feb. 1821 and 20 Dec. 1823, the Chan- 
 ticleer 10, Capts. the Earl of Huntingdon, Henry 
 Eden, and Burton Macnamara, and Adventure 6, 
 Capt. Wra. Henry Smyth, both on the Mediterra- 
 nean station, where, in the vessel last mentioned, 
 he aided in surveying the coast of Sardinia— 17 
 Feb. 1825 (for a passage to the West Indies), the 
 Ferret 10, Capt. Wm. Hobson— and 21 June, 1825, 
 the Kangaroo, Master Commander Anthony De 
 Mayne. Under the latter officer we find him for 
 upwards of two years employed on Surveying ser- 
 vice in the Crooked Passage, Bahamas, and on the 
 coast of Cuba. In Sept. 1827, owing to his Com- 
 mander having been accidentally left behind, Mr. 
 Miles, who during the last three months had filled 
 the post of Assistant-Surveyor, brought the Kan- 
 
 garoo home and paid her off. He was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Nov. following ; and 
 was afterwards appointed, in the capacity of As- 
 sistant-Surveyor— 27 May, 1830, to the .(Etna 6, 
 Capt. Edw. Belcher, stationed on the west coast of 
 Africa, whence he returned in Oct. 1831 — and 9 
 Jan. 1842, and 1 Jan. 1843, to the Fearless 1, and 
 Tartarus 2, both commanded by Capt. Fred. Bul- 
 lock, with whom he served on the river Thames 
 until 11 Feb. in the latter year. He attained his 
 present rank 15 Jan. 1846. 
 
 From Feb. 1833 until June, 1842, Commander 
 Miles was employed as an Assistant in the Hydro- 
 graphic Office at the Admiralty, to which he was 
 reappointed 12 Feb. 1843. He married, 13 Aug. 
 1833, Sibilla Elizabeth, daughter of John Westby 
 Hatfield, Esq., of Penzance, co. Cornwall, authoress 
 of * The Wanderer of Scandinavia,' and other poems, 
 by whom he has issue. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. 
 
 MILES. (Lieut, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Edmund Miles was bom 5 Aug. 1788, at Fellrigg, 
 CO. Noriblk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Aug. 1805, as 
 L. M., on board the Satokn 74, Capt. Lord Amelius 
 Beauclerk, of which ship, on her arrival in the Me- 
 diterranean in the following Oct., he was constituted 
 Midshipman. With the exception of three short 
 intervals (from 10 Feb. to 5 March, 1812, from 8 
 Feb. to 2 May, 1814, and from 29 Sept. 1814 to 20 
 Jan. 1815), during which we find him serving in 
 the Hannibal 74, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, and 
 acting as Lieutenant of the Goldfinch 10 and Re- 
 gulus 44, Capts. Edm. Waller and Robt. Ramsey, 
 he continued employed, from April, 1809, until 
 March, 1815, in the Royal Oak 74, under Lord A. 
 Beauclerk and the late Sir Pulteney Malcolm, on 
 the Home and North American stations, chiefly in 
 the capacity of Master's Mate. He landed, during 
 that period, with the small-arm men in the attack 
 upon Walcheren in 1809 ; and, besides participating 
 in much boat-service in Basque Roads and on the 
 coast of France, witnessed, in 1814, the destruction 
 of Commodore Barney's flotilla up the river Pa- 
 tuxent, and joined in the expedition against Balti- 
 more. While attached to the Regulus he com- 
 manded her boats at the capture of the town of St. 
 Mary's, on the coast of Georgia. In April, 1815, at 
 which period he had been acting for upwards of 
 five weeks as Lieutenant of the Thames 32, armee- 
 en-Jiute, Capt. Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby, he took up 
 a commission bearing date 8 Feb. in that year. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 MILES. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Lawford Miles entered the Navy 4 Aug. 1806 ; 
 and while serving as Midshipman of the Amethyst, 
 of 42 guns and 261 men, assisted at the capture, 11 
 Nov. 1808, off L'Orient, of the French frigate La 
 Thetis, of 44 guns and 436 men, including troops, 
 which was boarded and carried at the close of a 
 furious conflict of more than three hours, in which 
 the British had 19 men killed and 51 (including 
 himself severely) wounded, and the enemy 135 killed 
 and 102 wounded.* The injury he sustained on the 
 occasion was at first rewarded by a gratuity from 
 the Patriotic Fund, and subsequently by a pension 
 of U. On 6 April, 1809, he was further present in 
 a severe intermittent action of about four hours, 
 which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the 
 Amethyst of 8 men killed and 37 wounded, of an- 
 other of the enemy's frigates, Le Niemen, of 46 guns 
 and 339 men, of whom 47 were slain and 73 wounded. 
 During his stay in the Amethyst Mr. Miles also 
 served in the boats at the capture and destruc- 
 tion of a convoy off Chasseron Tower ; and was a 
 participator in the operations connected with the 
 expedition to the Walcheren. In Aug. 1816 (he 
 had passed his examination in the course of the 
 preceding year) we find him on board the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, at the 
 * Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 1655. 
 
MILLER— MILLETT. 
 
 761 
 
 battle of Algiers. He was made Lieutenant, 4 
 April, 1825, into the Menai 26, Capt. Houston 
 ttewart, on the Halifax station, wjience he inva- 
 lided in the following April ; and, since 19 Oct. 
 1846, has been serving as Agent on board a con- 
 tract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 MILLER. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Alexander Miller entered the Navy, 9 March, 
 1801, as rst.-ol. Vol., on board the Atlas 98, Capt. 
 Theoph. Jones, with whom he served off Brest 
 until April, 1802, the greater part of the time in 
 the capacity of Midshipman. Ke-embarking, 30 
 July, 1803, on board the Princess Koyal 98, Capt. 
 Jas. Vashon, he made a voyage in that ship to St. 
 Helena ; on his return whence, he removed, in Jan. 
 1804, to the Prince George 98, Capts. Joseph Syd- 
 ney Yorke and Geo. Losack, attached to the fleet 
 in the Channel. After a servitude of three years 
 and a half on the West India and Home stations in 
 the FoRTONEE 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart, he was 
 nominated, 1 Aug. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Brisk 18, Capt. John Coode. Rejoining Capt. 
 Vansittart in Feb. 1810, as Master's Mate, on board 
 the Foktunee, he sailed with him in the course of 
 that year for the Mediterranean in escort of Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle ; under whose per- 
 sonal orders he was afterwards employed in the 
 Ville de Pahis 110, Rodney 74, and as Acting- 
 Lieutenant in the Milford 74. Mr. Miller (whose 
 commission bears date 27 July, 1812) was next, 28 
 Aug. 1813, appointed to the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. 
 Wm. Hext ; in which vessel he shared in the ope- 
 rations of 1814 in the river Gironde and assisted in 
 throwing shells into the fortress of Blaye. He was 
 paid off in Sept. of the latter year, and has not been 
 since afloat. 
 
 MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 David Miller entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1831 ; 
 passed his examination in 1839; obtained his com- 
 mission 25 June, 1840 ; and was successively ap- 
 pointed — 6 July, in the same year, to the Rodney 
 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, under whom he served at 
 the blockade of Alexandria, witnessed the siege of 
 Barcelona, and escorted troops to the Cape of Good 
 Hope— and, 3 Nov. 1843, to the Vestal 26, Capt. 
 Chas. Talbot, on the East India station, whence he 
 returned home, as First-Lieutenant, and was paid 
 off, in 1847. 
 
 MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Edward Charles Miller died 29 Sept. 1845, at 
 Malta, in command of the Volcano steam-sloop. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 June, 1808 ; 
 passed his examination in 1815 ; was slightly 
 wounded on board the Severn 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Wm. Aylmer, at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816 ; 
 and obtained his commission 27 March, 1826. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 28 April, in the 
 latter year, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernume- 
 rary Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye— 27 Dec. 1831, as Senior, to the Vic- 
 tor 18, Capt. Robt. Russell, on the West India sta- 
 tion, whence he returned at the close of 1832— and, 
 6 April, 1844, to the command (which he retained 
 until the period of his death) of the Volcano 
 steamer. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 Robert Boyle Miller entered the Navy 1 Nov. 
 1821 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained 
 his commission 10 Jan. 1837. His appointments 
 have since been— 8 Feb. in the latter year, to the 
 Snake 16, Capt. Alex. Milne, attached to the force 
 in North America and the West Indies, where he 
 was superseded in March, 1838—9 March, 1839, to 
 the command of the Hornet brigantine 6, on the 
 same station— and, 26 April, 1845, as Senior (a few 
 months after the Hornet had been paid off) to the 
 Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, now 
 in the East Indies. Agents — Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
 MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Thomas Millek entered the Navy in 1833; 
 passed his examination 7 June, 1839; and after 
 serving as Mate on the Mediterranean, Home, and 
 East India stations, in the Britannia 120, flag-ship 
 of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, Powerful 84, 
 Capt. Mich. Seymour, and Agincodrt 72, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 22 July, 1844. His ap- 
 pointments have since been— 30 Aug. 1844, again to 
 the Agincohrt, in which ship he returned home 
 and was paid off in 1846— and 1 Jan. 1847, to the 
 Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir John Louis, 
 Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth, where he 
 is at present employed. 
 
 MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 William Duncan Miller entered the Navy 5 
 Nov. 1811 ; and was made Lieutenant, 17 Oct. 1825, 
 into the Primrose 18, Capt. Octavius Vernon (now 
 Harcourt), on the West India station, whence he 
 returned in July, 1827. He has been serving, since 
 8 Feb. 1843, as Admiralty Agent on board a con- 
 tract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 MILLER. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Stewaet Miller entered the Navy 16 
 May, 1831 ; passed his examination 2 Aug. 1837 ; 
 and was for some time Mate of the Cruizer and 
 Columbine sloops, Capts. Henry Wells Giffard and 
 Thos. Jordaine Clarke. In the former vessel he 
 took part in the capture of Aden in 1839 ; and in 
 the Columbine (of which, for his China services, he 
 was created a Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841 *) he assisted 
 at the first and second capture of Canton,! the re- 
 duction of Amoy and Chinghae, the destruction of 
 the Chinese fire-rafts, and the attacks on Tsekee.J 
 Woosung, and Shanghae. When next in the Chil- 
 BERS 16, Capt. G eo. Greville Wellesley, we find him 
 participating in the operations of 1842 in the Yang- 
 tse-Kiang. He returned to England in that vessel 
 in the summer of 1844, and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 31 May, 1845, to the Vernon 50, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield, on the south- 
 east coast of America— and, 31 July, 1846, to the 
 command, on the same station, of the Dolphin 
 brigantine of 3 guns, which he brought home and 
 put out of commission in 1847. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 
 MILLETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 22.) 
 John Millett entered the Navy, 19 Feb. 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Experiment receiving- 
 ship at Falmouth, Lieut.-Commanders Jas. Man- 
 derson and Jas. Fagan; and in the course of the 
 same year, after having cruized for a short time in 
 the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Wm. Lukin, joined the 
 Mars 74, commanded at first by the same officer, 
 and next by Capts. Jas. Katon, John Surman Car- 
 den, and Henry Roper. Continuing in that ship 
 until April, 1812, he served with a squadron under 
 Sir Sam. Hood at the capture, off Rochefort, 25 
 Sept. 1806, of four heavy French frigates, two of 
 which, the Gloire 46 and lufatigable 44, struck to the 
 Mars— accompanied the expedition of 1807 to Copen- 
 hagen, where, throughout the siege, he was actively 
 employed in command of the boats — was much en- 
 gaged in afibrding protection to the Baltic trade— and 
 when at Lisbon, in 1810, was sent on shore on de- 
 tached service at Fort St. Juliao. After a short at- 
 tachment at Portsmouth to the Goliath 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Leveson Gower, he removed in June, 1812, to 
 the Cossack 22, Capt. Wm. King, off Cadiz ; and in 
 Dec. of the same year he became Master's Mate of 
 the Aboukie 74, Capts. Geo. Parker and Norborne 
 Thompson. In that ship, in April 1814, Mr. Millett 
 witnessed the fall of Genoa. He took up, in May 
 1815, a commission bearing date 15 Feb. in that 
 year; was next, from 22 Jan. 1825 until May, 1827 
 employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary! 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M'Cul- 
 • Vide Gai. 1841, p. 2539. f ^. Gslv.. 1841, pp. 1605,2505 
 J V. Gaz. 1842, p. 2391. 
 
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 MILLS-MiLN^. 
 
 loch and Hugh Pigot ; abd aiace 24 Oct. 1840 has 
 haen. in command of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He raanied, 16 April, 1832, a daughter of — Cole, 
 Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N, 
 
 MILLS. (LiECTENANT, 1827.) 
 
 Henry Fobstek Mills entered the Navy 23 Aug. 
 1814 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; and obtained 
 his commission 30 April, 1827. His appointments 
 have since been — 27 June, 1829, to the Algekine 
 10, on the South American station, where he con- 
 tinued, part of the time as First-Lieutenant, under 
 Capt. Hon. John Fred. Fitzgerald De Roos, until 
 the close of 1833 — 6 Jan. 1837, in the capacity last 
 mentioned, to the Trjnculo 16, Capt. Henry Fdw. 
 Coffin, attached to the force ofl" Lisbon, with which 
 he served until superseded in May, 1838 — and, 17 
 April, 1847, to the ViCTOnr 104, Capt. John Pasco, 
 guard-ship at Portsmouth, where he is now em- 
 ployed. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 MILNE. (Captain, 1839. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 8.) 
 
 Alexander Milne, born in Nov. 1806, is second 
 and youngest son of the late Admiral Sir David 
 Milne, G.C.B., by his first wife, Grace, daughter of 
 Sir Alex. Purves, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 8 
 Feb. 1817; and embarked in 1819 on board the 
 Leandee 50) Capt. Edw. Chetham, bearing his 
 father's flag in North America. In June, 1820, we 
 find him joining the Conway 26, Capt. Basil Hall ; 
 in which vessel, and in the Ramillies 74, and 
 Ganges 84, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Brace, 
 Albion 74j, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and Ganges 
 again, Capts. Pat. Campbell and Sam. Hood Ingle- 
 field, hearing the flag for some time of Sir Bobt. 
 Waller Otway, he continued employed on the South 
 American^ "West India, Home, and BraziUan sta- 
 tions, latterly as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, until 
 June, 1827. He then removed, in the capacity last 
 mentioned, to the Cadmds 10, Capts. Chas. Gordon 
 and Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, also on the 
 coast of Brazil ; where he further served in that 
 vessel (being confirmed to her by commission dated 
 8 Sept. 1827) until her return to England in April, 
 1830 ; on 25 Nov. in which year he was advanced 
 to the rank of Commander. Obtaining an appoint- 
 ment, 26 Dec. 1836, to the Snake 16, Capt. Milne, 
 on his arrival in that sloop in the "West Indies, had 
 the good fortune, during a cruize ofi' the island of 
 Cuba, to effect the capture, 23 Nov. 1837, of the 
 Portuguese brigautine An-ogante^ having on board 
 406 slaves, and, 5 Dec. following, of the Matilda 
 Spanish schooner, laden with 259 slaves. He was 
 made Post, 30 Jan. 1839, into the Crocodile 26 ; 
 and, in Nov. 1840, after having served in various 
 parts of the North America and "West India sta- 
 tion (where he made prize of the Spanish slaver 
 Mercedita, and had tor some months charge of the 
 Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries), he removed 
 to the Cleopatra 26. In that vessel, when in the 
 "West Indies, he took, 27 Jan. 1841, the Secundo 
 Sosario Spanish schooner, carrying 284 slaves. Re- 
 turning, in the ensuing March, to the Cbocodile, 
 Capt. MUne continued in her, atTording protection 
 in the mean while to the fisheries in the river St. 
 Lawrence, until paid ofi* in Nov. of the same year. 
 He was next, from 27 April, 1842, until April, 1845, 
 employed in the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Captain to 
 his father, Commander-in-Chief at Devonport : and 
 from 7 Oct. 1846 until Deo. 1847 he ofiiciate'd, in 
 the St. Vincent 120, in a similar capacity under Sir 
 Chas. Ogle, Port-Admiral at Portsmouth. Since the 
 date last mentioned Capt. Milne has filled a seat at 
 the Board of Admiralty. Auests— Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 MILNE, G.C.B., K.S.J., K.W.N. (ADMiR.tL of 
 THE White, 1841. f-p„ 30; h-p., 36.) 
 Sir David Milne was born in Ms^y, 1763, at 
 Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, and died 5 May, 
 1845, while on his passage, in the Clarence 
 steamer, from London to, Granton Pier, in Scot- 
 
 land. He was son of David Milne, Esq., merchant, 
 of Edinburgh, by a daughter of ~. — Vernor, Esq., 
 of Musselburgh. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 May, 1779, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Canada 74, Capts. Hugh 
 Dalrymple, Sir Geo. Collier, and Hon. "Wm. Corn-, 
 wallis. While in that ship, in which he conti- 
 nued until the close of 178$, he accompanied Ad., 
 miral Darby to the relief of Gibraltar in 1780; 
 assisted, after having been repeatedly engaged with 
 the Spanish gun-boats and batteries, at the capture, 
 despite a brave defence, of the Saxta Leoeadia 
 Spanish frigate of 44 guns ; was with the fleet under 
 Sir .Sam. Hood when thrice attacked, in Jan. 1782, 
 by the Comte de Grasse at St. Kitt's ; enacted a. 
 warm part in Rodney's famous actions of 9 and 12 
 April (for his conduct on the latter of which occa- 
 sions he was awarded the rating of Master's Mate) ; 
 and was present in the ensuing Sept. in a dreadful 
 hurricane, which only allowed the Canada and 
 Jason, out of 10 ships of war, all homeward bound,, 
 to reach their destination. On leaving the Canada, 
 as above, Mr. Milne was received on board the 
 Elizasets 74, Capt. Kingsmill, fitting for the East 
 Indies ; hut being in a few weeks paid off, and hav- 
 ing no immediate prospect of employment in his 
 own profession, he entered the merchant service, in 
 which he continued, part of the time in the East 
 Indies, until the renewal of war with France in 
 1793, when he was atforded an opportunity of join- 
 ing the BoYNE 98, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Jervis, who, on his arrival in the West Indies, pro- 
 moted him, 13 Jan. 1794, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Blanche of 38 guns, Capts. Christopher Parker, 
 Robt. Faulkner, and Chas. Sawyer. Under the 
 second-named of those officers we find him actively 
 emploj'ed in the proximate operations against the 
 French islands, particularly in an attack upon one 
 of the Saintes, where he landed and assisted in 
 taking the enemy by a coup-de-maln. On her return 
 to the West Indies, after conveying H.R.H. the, 
 Duke of Kent to Halifax, the Blanche was sta- 
 tioned off* Guadeloupe, the whole of which island, 
 with the exception of Fort Matilda, had again fallen 
 into the hands of the French ; and Lieut. Milne was 
 in consequence repeatedly employed "on detached 
 service. On one occasion he so distinguished himself 
 by the manner in which he boarded and brought a 
 vessel out from under a pelting fire from the bat- 
 teries in Mahout Bay, that Capt. Faulknor, on being 
 presented by him with the French commander's 
 sword, returned it to him with many flattering 
 compliments ; and on another, 30 Dec 1794, with 
 an equal degree of gallantry, he cut out a large 
 armed schooner of 8 guns irom beneath a destruc- 
 tive fire from a fort and a body of troops, not fifty 
 yards distant, in the island of Deseada. On 5 Jan. 
 1795 it was his fortune to be Second-Lieutenant of 
 the Blanche when, after a deadly action of nearly 
 four hours and a half, and a loss to herself, out of 
 198 men, of 8 persons (including Capt. Faulknor) 
 killed and 21 wounded, she eflected the capture of 
 the French frigate La Pique, of 38 guns and about 
 279 men, of whom 76 were killed and 110 wounded. 
 As the boats of both ships, at the end of the con- 
 flict, were either completely destroyed or imable to 
 float, Mr. Milne, followed by 10 seamen, swam to 
 the conquered vessel, and took possession of her.* 
 As a reward for his valour on so dashing an occa- 
 sion, he was promoted, as soon as the intelligence 
 reached the Admiralty, to the command of the In- 
 spector sloop ; but, prior to the receipt of his com- 
 mission, he appears to have been further present in 
 the Blanche in the unsuccessful attack on Ste. 
 Lucie, and, until the troops were obliged to re-em- 
 bark and return to Martinique, to have been con- 
 stantly employed in her boats. When at length 
 apprized of his promotion, the Inspector being on 
 a distant service, Capt. Milne was successively no- 
 i minated Acting-Captain of the Quebec 32 and 
 Alarm 32' ; in the latter of which frigates, having 
 previously escorted convoy to the northward of the 
 islands, he destroyed, in the neighbourhood of 
 • VideGaz.nsi,f. 148. 
 
MILNE. 
 
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 Puerto Rico, 30 May, 1795, the French corvette La 
 Liberie of 20 guns, with clothing and ammunition on 
 board for the French army at Guadeloupe. On the 
 departure of the Inspector, shortly after he had 
 joined her, for England, he was induced, by an offer 
 from Sir John Latbrey, the Commander-in-Chief, of 
 the first Post vacancy that should occur, to take 
 charge of the transport department under him ; a 
 service in which, by collecting a great number of 
 transports from all parts of the West Indies, which 
 had been uselessly lying there at a great expense, 
 and sending them to England, he saved an immense 
 sum to the nation. He was also employed at Mar- 
 tinique, which was daily threatened with an attack 
 from Guadeloupe and Ste. Lucie ; and had the satis- 
 faction, while there, of witnessing the perpetual 
 repulse of the enemy. On 2 Oct. 1795, as had been 
 promised, he was made Post into the Matilda fri- 
 gate ; but so necessary did the Commander-in-Chief 
 find it to have by him an ofiicer of his experience 
 and active disposition, that he ordered that ship to 
 cruize under her First-Lieutenant. At the close of 
 the year, however, the command of La Pique, the 
 frigate he had so materially contributed to capture, 
 becoming vacant, he solicited the Admiral for the 
 appointment with claims that were not to be de- 
 nied ; and he accordingly, in Jan. 1796, joined her 
 at Barbadoes. On 9 of the ensuing March, being 
 on a cruize in the neighbourhood of that island in 
 quest of a part of the convoy which had been dis- 
 persed in the memorable gales under Sir Hugh Clo- 
 berry Christian, Capt. Milne succeeded in making 
 prize of the Lacedt-numien French privateer of 14 
 guns and 90 men, and in chasing a ship of 20 guns, 
 a brig, and a schooner off' the station. He next, in 
 April, 1796, accompanied the expedition against the 
 Dutch colonies of Demerara, Essequibo,. and Ber- 
 bice ; and in the course of the same year, feeling 
 himself justified by circumstances, although without 
 any orders to do so, he took charge of a valuable 
 convoy and returned to England — a step, however, 
 which the Admiralty sanctioned with its approbation. 
 After the general mutiny at Spithead, and a second 
 exhibition of insubordination on board La Pique in 
 particular, which was completely subdued by a 
 mixture of intrepidity, firmness, and clemency on 
 the part of Capt. Milne, he continued attached to 
 the force on the coast of France, until there wrecked 
 at the capture, 29 June, 1798, of the French frigate 
 La Seine of 42 guns and 610 men (including troops), 
 after a running action of about five hours, in which 
 the enemy sustained a loss of 170 killed and 100 
 wounded, and the British (whose force consisted, 
 in addition to La Pique, of the Jason 38, and 
 Mermaid 32) of 9 killed and 18 wounded.* Being 
 acquitted by court-martial of all blame in the loss 
 of his ship, Capt. Milne was soon afterwards ap- 
 pointed to the command of La Seine, whose arma- 
 ment, upon her being added to the British Navy, 
 had been increased to 48 guns, and her complement 
 of men fixed at 281. In Oct. 1799 he sailed with the 
 annual store-ship for the coast of Africa, whence, at 
 the end of four months, during which period he had 
 gallantly gone in pursuit of three French frigates, 
 and had lost, owing to the sanitory nature of his 
 arrangements, but one man from the unhealthiness 
 of the climate, he proceeded with convoy to the 
 West Indies ; subsequently to his arrival on which 
 station, and when in the Mona Passage, he had the 
 good fortune to effect, 21 Aug. 1800, the capture of 
 La Vengeance of 52 guns and 326 men, an achieve- 
 ment which was the result of a brilliant action of two 
 hours and a half, attended with a loss to La Seine of 
 13 men killed and 29 wounded, and to her opponent 
 of more than twice that number. Notwithstand- 
 ing that the performance was highly and justly 
 lauded in the despatches of the Commander-in- 
 Chief, Lord Hugh Seymour,t and that it was allowed 
 to glitter among the brightest exploits of the war, 
 Capt. Milne received neither honour nor reward. 
 After passing some time in the blockade of the 
 Mississippi, where he made prize of several vessels, 
 
 • Fide Gm. 1798, p. 650. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1800, p.lSSe. 
 
 he returned to England, and in April, 1803, was 
 paid off'. Resuming command of La Seine in April of 
 the following year, he joined the force under Admiral 
 Thombrough in the North Sea; where, on 21 July, 
 1803, while proceeding to blockade the Texel, he had 
 the misfortune, owingtotheignorance of his pilots, to 
 be wrecked, by running on a sandbank off' Schelling 
 Island. In 1811, having been for about six years 
 very efficiently employed in command of the Frith 
 of Forth district of Sea Fencibles, he obtained an 
 appointment to the Impetueux 74; in which ship, 
 and in the Dublin 74, RovAi Charlotte yacht, 
 and Venerable and Bulwark 74's, he served with 
 activity on the Baltic, North Sea, Lisbon, Channel, 
 and North American stations until informed of his 
 advancement to Flag-rank, which took place 4 June, 
 1814. While in the last-mentioned ship, he had 
 command of a squadron in Boston Bay, and was en- 
 gaged in blockading the diff'erent harbours and 
 rivers along that part of the American coast, where 
 he destroyed bo many of the enemy's vessels that 
 their trade was totally ruined. He also served at 
 the capture of Castine, in the Penobscot ; and when 
 afterwards, in Oct. 1814, at HaUfax, there being at 
 the time no Une-of -battle ship off' Boston, he volun- 
 teered and was sent thither for the purpose of 
 watching such vessels as might be in the port fit- 
 ting for sea. He continued on this service (cap- 
 turing intermediately the Harlequin privateer, of 
 300 tons, 10 long 12-pounders, and 115 men) until 
 the close of the month; and then, having been 
 superseded in the Bulwark in consequence of his 
 promotion, returned to England a passenger in the 
 Loire frigate. On 2 May, 1816, Rear-Admiral Milne 
 (who, to his mortification, had been omitted in the 
 extension of the Order of the Bath in the preceding 
 year) hoisted his flag on board the Leander 50, as 
 Commander-in-Chief in North America and on the 
 Lakes of Canada. At his urgent request, however, he 
 was allowed, previously to his departure, to join, as 
 second in command, the expedition fitting out under 
 Lord Exmouth against Algiers ; where, on the me- 
 morable 27 Aug., with his flag in the Impregnable 
 104, he afforded his Lordship such honourable and 
 cordial support, that he was induced to send him 
 home in charge of the despatch announcing the glo- 
 rious result of the battle.* Owing to the dilapi- 
 dated condition of his own ship, the Leandeb, the 
 Rear-Admiral was under the necessity of returning 
 to England in the Glasgow 50. Subsequently to 
 his arrival he had the gratification, as well for the 
 brilliancy of his former services as for his recent 
 meritorious conduct, of being nominated a K.C.B., 
 with additional armorial bearings, 19 Sept. 1816. He 
 was voted also the thanks of both Houses of Parlia^ 
 ment ; obtained the Royal permission to accept and 
 wear the insignia of the Orders of Wilhelm of the 
 Netherlands and St. Januarius of Naples, conferred 
 upon him by the Sovereigns of those countries ; 
 received from the city of London its freedom, ac- 
 companied by a handsome sword ; and was pre- 
 sented by Lord Exmouth with a gold Snuff'-box, 
 having on it a device expressive of the effects result- 
 ing from the ever-famous battle in which they had 
 fought. In 1817 Sir David Milne proceeded to 
 Halifax for the purpose of assuming command, as 
 originally intended, of the British squadron in 
 North America, whence he returned in the summer 
 of 1819— receiving, previously to his departure, a 
 very flattering address frotn the merchants at Ber- 
 muda. He attained the rank of Vice-Admiral 27 
 May, 1825; was created aG.C.B. 4 Jaly, 1840; and 
 became a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. From 21 April, 
 1842, until within a few days of his decease, he filled 
 the post of Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, with 
 his flag on board the Caledonia 120. 
 
 Sir David Milne, who was a Magistrate and De- 
 puty-Lieutenant for CO. Berwick, was returned 
 to Parliament in 1820 as Member for the town of 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1816, p. 1790. Daring the conflict Reai-Ad- 
 miral Milne received a severe contusion in consequence of a 
 large round shot passing between his thighs. Although so 
 serious as to occasion lameness for several months, he ^ould 
 not allow it to he reported, 
 
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 MILNE— MILWARD—MINCHIN. 
 
 Berwick-upon-Tweed. He married, first, in 1804, 
 Grace, daughter of Sir Alex. Purves, Bart. ; and 
 (that lady dying in 1814), secondly, 28 Nov. 1819, a 
 daughter of the late Geo. Stephen, Esq., of the 
 island of Grenada. By his former marriage he had 
 issue two sons, the younger of whom, the present 
 Capt. Alex. Milne, R.N., is a Lord of the Admiralty. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 MILNE. (Eetiked Commandee, 1844. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 ■yViLLiAM Milne entered the Navy, in Jan. 1799, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Swingek gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Lucas, part of the force 
 employed in the ensuing expedition to Holland, 
 where he served on shore at a battery in the first 
 engagement fought after the landing of the troops. 
 Joining next, in Feb. 1800, the Elepelant 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Foley and Geo. Dundas, he served for some 
 time at Portsmouth and in the Channel under the 
 flags of Sir Rich. Bickerton and Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 and on 2 April, 1801, was present under Lord Nelson 
 in the action off Copenhagen. Proceeding subse- 
 quently to the West Indies, he there, in the course 
 of 1803, witnessed the capture of Le Dvquttsjie 74, 
 and of La Creole of 44 guns, with the French Ge- 
 neral Morgan and 530 troops on board ; assisted at 
 the boarding and carrying, by night, of a war- 
 schooner under Cape Fran9ois; and beheld, with 
 the evacuation of the latter place, the surrender of 
 a French squadron with the remains of General 
 Rochambeau's army. At the commencement of 
 1805, about which period he passed bis examination, 
 he removed to the Ruby 64, Capt. Chas. Rowley, 
 stationed at first in the Channel and then in the 
 North Sea; where, while Master's Mate of the Ma- 
 jestic 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macna- 
 mara Russell, he was allowed, from 25 March to 10 
 April, 1806, to act as Lieutenant of the Aimable 
 frigate, Capt. Clotworthy Upton. Being succes- 
 sively nominated, 28 March and 7 July, 1807, 
 Acting-Sub-Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenant of the 
 Cakrier 4, Lieut.-Commander Robt. Ramsey, he 
 served, in the capacity last mentioned, at the cap- 
 ture of Heligoland, and in the expedition against 
 Copenhagen ; after the fall of which place he was 
 promoted, 3 Oct. 1807, to the acting-command of 
 the Cahkier, and sent home in charge of despatches 
 from Admiral Gambier, Lord Cathcart, and Mr. 
 Pierrepont, British Minister in Sweden. During 
 the passage, Mr. Milne, on 14 Nov., had the good 
 fortune to fall in with and capture the French pri- 
 vateer cutter VActif, pierced for 8 guns, but car- 
 rying only 2, with 16 brass musketoons mounted on 
 swivels, and manned with a crew of 32 men, all 
 trained marksmen from the camp at Boulogne.* His 
 conduct on the occasion being highly approved by 
 the Admiralty, he was confirmed in the rank of 
 Lieutenant, and in the command of the Carrier, 
 by commission dated 19 Nov. 1807. In the follow- 
 ing year we find him present in the same vessel in 
 an attack made on the town of Boulogne. It was 
 his lot, however, on 5 Feb. 1809, after an action 
 with two batteries near Etaples, in which lie had 
 been twice wounded, to be wrecked and taken pri- 
 soner with the whole of his crew ; but so strenuous 
 were his exertions to avoid the catastrophe, that 
 they had the effect of eliciting a strong testimonial 
 from the French General Lorcet, to whom the sur- 
 render was made. On his release from captivity at 
 the end of the war, he was fully acquitted by court- 
 martial, and was immediately, 27 July, 1814, ap- 
 pointed First-Lieutenant of the Galatea 36, Capt. 
 "Woodley Losack, with an assurance from Sir Joseph 
 Torke, then a Lord of the Admiralty, of being sent 
 put on promotion to the East Indies. The destina- 
 tion of the ship being unfortunately for him changed 
 to Newfoundland, he was compelled, in Oct. 1814, 
 within a short time of his arrival on that station, to 
 invalid in consequence of an inflammation in the 
 lungs produced by the climate. During the rebel- 
 lion of 1837^, in Upper Canada, Lieut. Milne, at 
 » rt*Gaz. 1807, p. 1S16. 
 
 the period a resident there, raised about 700 men 
 for its defence, and, as Major of Volunteers under 
 Colonel Sir Allan MaoNab, rendered very important 
 and eflicient service on the frontier and in the Lon- 
 don district. He also distinpuished himself by his 
 conduct under the present Capt. Andw. Drew, R.N., 
 at the reduction of Navy Island, in the river Nia- 
 gara, where he commanded a division of boats; and, 
 besides having for some time charge of the naval 
 brigade at Chippewa, he so signalized himself by 
 his exertions on Lake Erie, especially by his efibrts 
 in rescuing the Colborne hired armed steamer 
 from an attempt made by the insurgents to destroy 
 her, that he was appointed a Captain of the Provin- 
 cial Navy, and placed in command of that vessel. 
 He accepted his present rank 24 July, 1844. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MILWAED. (Rear- Admiral, 1846. F-p., 19; 
 
 H-p., 35.) 
 Clement Milward entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Alarm 32, Capt. Lewis 
 Robertson ; and in the following year was severely 
 wounded, as Midshipman of that frigate, in an attack 
 upon Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. After two years 
 of servitude, still on the "West India station, in the 
 Veteran 64, and Solebay 32, both commanded by 
 Capt. Wm. Henry Bayntun, and, as Master's Mate, 
 in the Etbdsco, Capt. Jas. Hanson, he joined, in 
 Aug. 1796, the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of 
 Rear- Admiral Henry Harvey, under whom, in Feb. 
 1797, he beheld the surrender of Trinidad. In Oct. 
 of the latter year he became Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Favorite sloop, Capt. Lord Camelford;* and 
 in Aug. 1799, being then again in the Prince of 
 Wales, under Lord Hugh Seymour, he assisted, as 
 Midshipman, at the capture of Surinam. On that 
 occasion he was again invested with the rank of 
 Acting-Lieutenant, and appointed to the Surinam, 
 a prize-corvette of 20 guns ; to which vessel, com- 
 manded by Capt. Christopher Cole, the Admiralty 
 confirmed him by commission dated 8 July, 1800. 
 Invaliding home from the West Indies in Oct. 1802, 
 hesubsequently joined— 12 July, 1803, the Phaeton 
 38, Capts. Geo. Cockbum and John Wood, in which 
 frigate, after serving off Havre de Grace, and con- 
 veying Mr. Merry, the British Minister Plenipoten- 
 tiary, to the United States, he proceeded to the East 
 Indies, and was afforded, we beUeve, an opportunity 
 of participating, when in company with the Har- 
 rier sloop, in an action of two hours, fought, 2 Aug. 
 1805, with the French 36-gun frigate Se'millante and 
 several batteries at the entrance of the Straits of St. 
 Bernardino, Philippine Islands— 3 April, 1807, the 
 Russell 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, also in 
 the East Indies— 19 Feb. 1808, for a passage home, 
 the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw. Durnford King— and 
 in Sept, 1808, and March, 1809, the Pompee and 
 Belleisle 74's, both commanded by Capt. Cock- 
 burn, under whom, in the Pomp^e, he assisted at 
 the reduction of Martinique. On his return to 
 England in the Belleisle with the surrendered 
 Governor and garrison of the latter island, he was 
 presented with a Commander's commission dated 
 14 June, 1809. He was next, 28 Deo. 1810, and 8 
 Nov. 1811, appointed to the Elk and Mercury 
 'sloops, on the West India station ; where, on 1 Jan. 
 1813, he was nominated Acting-Captain of the He- 
 rald 20. Being confirmed to that vessel 28 May 
 following, and continuing in her until 11 Oct. 1815, 
 he succeeded in effecting the capture of several of 
 the enemy's vessels, and took an active part in the 
 expedition against New Orleans. Not having been 
 further employed, he accepted his present rank 1 
 Oct. 1846. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 MINCHIN. (Commander, 1821. f-p.,I8jh-p.,38.) 
 William Mjnchin died 7 Sept. 1845. 
 This officer entered the Na^-y, 15 Jan. 1790, as 
 
 A.B., on board the Advice cutter, Lieut.-Com- 
 
 * Mt. Milward was the officer from whom Lord Camelford 
 took the pistol on the well-known occasion on which he 
 shot Lieut. Chas. Peterson, of H.M.S. Wool.wirH, for mu- 
 tinous conduct at English Harbour, Antigua, 13 Jan. 1798. 
 
MINGAYE-MITCHELL. 
 
 765 
 
 mander Henry Wray, attached to the force at Ja- 
 maica ; and, between i\Iarch of the following year 
 and April, 17'J4, was employed on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations, the last 16 months as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in the Scout and Okestes sloops, Capts. 
 Kich. Runwa Bowyer, Sir Harry Burrard, Graham 
 Moore, Solomon Ferris, and Lord Augustus Fitz- 
 Koy; with the latter of whom he further, until 
 Feb. 1796, served in the Pomona, Amphitrite, and 
 Imperieuse frigates. Being promoted (from the 
 BoMNEY 50, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir Jas. 
 Wallace) to a Lieutenancy, 27 Dec. 1796, in the 
 Star sloop, Capt. David Atkins, he served in that 
 vessel in the Channel and at the Cape of Good 
 Hope until Feb. 1799; and he was next, between 
 July, 1800, and Oct. 1803, employed, on the Java, 
 Baltic, and West India stations, in the Camel store- 
 ship, Capt. John Jjee, Scout again, Capt. Geo. 
 Ormsby, Monarch 74, Capts. Jas. Robt. Mosse and 
 Wm. Bligh, Blenheim 74, Capt. Peter Turner 
 Bover, and Emerald 36, Capt. Jas. O'Bryen. In 
 the Monarch he fought and bled at Copenhagen.* 
 He afterwards served on the Home and Newfound- 
 land stations— from Sept. 1804, to May, 1807, in the 
 Warrior 74, Capts. Wm. Bligh and Sam. Hood 
 Linzee, Tisii-hone sloop, Capt. Wm. Williams Foote, 
 and Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling — from 
 Sept. 1815 to Aug. 1816, in the Albion and Queen 
 74's, each under the orders of Capt. Jas. Walker — 
 and from Nov. 1819, until awarded a second pro- 
 motal commission, 19 July, 1821, in command of 
 the Pelter gun-brig. He did not afterwards go 
 afloat. 
 
 MINGAYE. (Capt., 1822. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 25.) 
 William James Mingave entered the Navy, 16 
 Sept. 1798, as a Volunteer, on board the Anson of 
 46 guns, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham ; and in the 
 course of the ensuing month was present, we beUeve, 
 at the defeat of the squadron under Commodore 
 Bompart, carrying troops for the invasion of Ireland, 
 and (in company with the Kangaroo 18) at the 
 capture, with a loss to the Anson of 2 killed and 13 
 wounded, of La Loire of 46 guns and 664 men (in- 
 cluding troops), 46 of whom were killed and 71 
 wounded. After an attendance of some time upon 
 the King ofi' Weymouth, he accompanied Capt. 
 Durham, in Feb. 1801, into the Endvmion 40, in 
 which ship, besides assisting at the capture of La 
 Furle privateer of 14 guns, he escorted a convoy of 
 10 Indiamen home from St. Helena. In 1802 he be- 
 came in succession attached to the Alarm and 
 Amazon frigates, both commanded by Capt. Wm. 
 Parker; and on next joining the Magnificent 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, he was wrecked on the 
 Black Rocks ofi' Brest, in March, 1804. On 8 Feb. 
 1805, havingin the interim served with Capt. Jervis 
 on board the Tonnant 80, he was nominated Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Tickler gun-brig, Lieut. -Com- 
 mander John W. Skinner, stationed off" Boulogne, 
 where he remained until presented with a Lieute- 
 nant's commission dated 6 July following. Joining 
 then the Belligerent 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Bj'ng, 
 he served on shore with the naval brigade under 
 that officer at the capture of the Cape of Good 
 Hope in Jan. 1806 ;t after which he was, it appears, 
 appointed — 10 June, 1806, to the Bombay alias Cey- 
 lon 32, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, on the East India 
 station, whence he invalided 10 Aug. 1809—19 
 March and 31 Dec. 1812, to the Cossack 22 and 
 Druid frigate, both commanded in the Mediterra- 
 nean by Capt. Wm. King, with whom he continued 
 until 5 July, 1813— and 5 March, 1816, and 21 July, 
 1817, as Senior, to the Ebidanus 36, and Koyal 
 George yacht, Capts. Wm. King and Hon. Chas. 
 Paget, each employed on Home Service. As Com- 
 mander, a rank he attained 2 Oct. 1817, Capt. 
 Mingaye served, from 1 Oct. 1818 until paid off in 
 Jan. 1822, in the Camelion 10, on the Portsmouth 
 station. He was advanced to Post-rank on 29 of 
 the month last mentioned ; became Acting-Captain, 
 23 July ensuing, of the Royal George yacht ; ob- 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 404. 
 
 t ''•'. Gaz. 1806. 
 
 tained command, in July, 1824, of the Romney 50, 
 arm-e-en-ftUte, fitting at Chatham ; and, from 8 Jan. 
 1825 until the abolition of the Service in 1831, was 
 in command of the Hyperion 42, lying in New- 
 haven Harbour, on the establishment of a third- 
 rate, for the purposes of the extended Coast 
 Blockade. 
 
 MITCHELL. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.) 
 George Mitchell entered the Navy, 27 April, 
 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Eagle 74, 
 Capts. David Colby and Chas. Rowley, in which 
 ship he continued to serve until 30 Aug. 1811. At 
 first he was employed in the North Sea under the 
 flags of Admirals Edw. Thornbrough and Thos. 
 Macnamara Russell ; he afterwards, in May, 1806, 
 assisted at the capture of the island of Capri, on the 
 coast of Italy ; and in 1810, having previously taken 
 part in the gun-boat service in the expedition to the 
 Walcheren, he aided in conveying powder to Fort 
 Matagorda, when attacked by the French during 
 the siege of Cadiz. Joining next, in Jan. 1812 (he 
 had passed his examination 15 Jan. 1811), the 
 Sappho sloop, Capt. Hayes O'Grady, he served for 
 two years in that vessel on the Jamaica station, and 
 was often employed in her boats in efiecting the 
 well-resisted capture of slave-vessels and other 
 contraband traders. In Nov. 1815, after he had 
 been attached for three months as a Supernumerary 
 to the Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. AVilliaras at 
 Sheerness, and for 14 as Master's Mate and Acting- 
 Lieutenant to the Tanais 38, Capt. Jos. James, on 
 the Jamaica station, he took up a commission dated 
 3 March in that year. His next and last appoint- 
 ment was, 27 Dec. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in 
 which service he continued, with his name on the 
 books of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, until 
 March, 1830. 
 
 MITCHELL. (Lieut., 1817. r-P., 22 ; h-p., 14.) 
 Lewis Dunbar Mitchell, born 3 Dec. 1796, is 
 a relative of Admiral Sir Robt. Calder, Bart., 
 K.C.B., who died in 1818. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Slarch, 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Prowse. After a servitude of more than two years 
 in the North Sea— a great part of the time in the 
 capacity of Midshipman— and a voyage to St. He- 
 lena for the purpose of convoying home a large 
 China fleet, he removed, in Dec. 1813, to the Gra- 
 Nicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. In that ship, 
 which was at first employed off' the coasts of Spain 
 and Portugal, he had charge of the signals, and was 
 severely wounded in the leg at the bombardment of 
 Algiers 27 Aug. 1816."* In Jan. and April, 1817, he 
 successively joined, at Plymouth, the Impreg'n able 
 104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and the 
 Lee 20, Capt. John Pasco; and on 29 Sept. in the 
 same year, at which period he was serving in the 
 AVest Indies on board the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Geo. Rodney Phillott, he was promoted to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe. 
 He went back to the Primrose in Oct. 1818 ; and 
 (that vessel being paid off on 19 of the ensuing 
 month) was afterwards appointed— 29 Nov. 1825, to 
 the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 19 Nov. 
 1828, to the Coast Guard-3 Oct. 1831, to a three 
 years' command of the Greyhound Revenue-cruizer 
 —and 22 Dec. 1837, to the office of Admiralty Agent 
 on board a contract mail steam-vessel. From the 
 aggravated effects of the wound he had received at 
 Algiers, Lieut. Mitchell was under the necessity, in 
 June, 1842, of resigning the situation last named. 
 Although prevented, from the same cause, from re- 
 suming the active duties of his profession, he has 
 hitherto been unsuccessful in his endeavours to ob- 
 tain a pension. 
 
 MITCHELL. (LiEDT., 1813. f-p., 23 ; h-p 49) 
 Richard Mitchell entered the Navy, about 
 Ino, as Gunner's Servant, on board the Antelope 
 * Vidt G«r. 1818, p, 17»3. 
 
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 MITCHELL. 
 
 50, Capt. Dixon, in which ship, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Gayton, he was for four years employed in 
 the West Indies. In 1781 he joined the Dragon 74, 
 receiving-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Osbom; and he 
 next, between 1782 and the commencement of the 
 French revolutionary war, served, as Midshipman, 
 on the East India, Newfoundland, Mediterranean, 
 and Home stations, in the Defence 74, and Isis 50, 
 both commanded by Capt. Thos. Newnham, Meklin 
 sloop, Capt. Edw. Pakenham, Bedford 74, Capt. 
 Kobt. Mann, Aquilon 32, Capt. Kobt. Montagu, 
 F0KMIDABI.E 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Leve- 
 son Gower, and Edgar 74, Capt. Albemarle Bertie. 
 He was made Lieutenant, about 1796, into the Tour- 
 TERELLE, Capts. Cook and Fellows ; was subse- 
 quently, from the same year until the peace of 
 Amiens, employed in the Chapman armed ship, 
 Capts. Cumberland and Keen, Pvlades sloop, Capt. 
 M'Kenzie, and Monmodth 64, Capts. Deans and 
 Hart ; and, during the late war, became attached 
 for short periods, to the Experiment 44, Capt. Geo. 
 Chas. Mackenzie, Comcs 32, Capt. Conway Shiplej', 
 Hyacinth sloop, Capt. John Davie, Latona 38, 
 Capt. Sotheby, and Devastation bomb, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander. He accompanied, in the Monmouth, 
 the expedition to Egypt in 1801 ; and in the other 
 ships he appears to have been chiefly engaged on 
 Home service. The commission he at present holds 
 bears date 18 Deo. 1813. 
 
 MITCHELL. (Retired Commander, 1838. 
 F-p., 17; H-p., 34.; 
 
 Si'ALDiNG Mitchell entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 
 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Harpt sloop, 
 Capt. Henry Bazely, on the Home station ; where, 
 from July, 1797, until May, 1801, he served with 
 Capt. Fras. Eayerman in the Beaulibu 40 and 
 Terrible 74, and with Capt. Stephen Poyntz again 
 in the Beaulieu ; in which ship, under the former 
 officer, he fought as Midshipman in the action off' 
 Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. Being nominated in 
 March, 1803, Master's Mate (after a servitude of 
 eight months as Admiralty-Midshipman in the 
 SiRins frigate, Capt. Wm. Prowse) of the Malta 
 80, Capt. Edward BuUer, he served in that ship in 
 Sir Robt. Calder's action with the combined fleets 
 of France and Spain, 22 July, 1805. He became Sub- 
 Lieutenant, 21 Sept. following, of the Sprightly 
 cutter, Lieut.-Commander Sam. Gordon ; and, being 
 awarded a full Lieutenant's commission, 22 Jan. 
 1806, was next, from 14 April in that year until 18 
 July, 1810, employed, in that capacity, in the Char- 
 well sloop, Capts. Philip Dumaresq, Edwin Henry 
 Chamberlayne, Robt. Lisle Coulson, Hon. Wm. Gor- 
 don, and Henry Thompson. He was in consequence 
 present in the operations of 1807 against Monte 
 Video and Buenos Ayres ; he also, in 1809, being at 
 the time First-Lieutenant, took command of the 
 boats, and brought off a vessel which the Chakwell 
 had driven ashore on the lie de Bourbon; and in 
 the course of the same year he had the misfortune 
 to be severely wounded by the explosion of a 
 powder-horn while in the act of pointing a gun for 
 the purpose of covering the retreat of a party that 
 had been sent on shore for water in the neighbour- 
 hood of St. Denis. In consideration of his suffer- 
 ings the Patriotic Society voted him a gratuity. 
 His last appointments were, 15 March, 1811, and 2 
 July, 1813, to the Sceptre and Marlborough 74's, 
 Capts. Sam. Jas. Holland, Thos. Harvey, and Kobt. 
 Honyman, on the North American and West India 
 stations. When Second-Lieutenant of the former 
 ship in 1812, he jumped overboard and saved the 
 life of a seaman. H e was paid otf from the Marl- 
 BOROOGH in March, 1814 ; and accepted his present 
 rank 13 Oct. 1838. 
 
 MITCHELL. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 23; 
 
 H-p., 13.) 
 Thomas Mitchell is son of Maior Mitchell, 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 1811, as 
 Seo.-cl. Vol., on board the America 74, Capt. 
 
 Josias Rowley, attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean; where, until Oct. 1816, he continued to 
 serve, in the Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers 
 White, Edinburgh 74, Capts. Kobt. Rolles and 
 Hon. Geo. Heneage Lavprence Dundas, Fubiecse 
 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, Edinburgh again, Capt. 
 Dundas, Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, 
 and Berwick 74, and Impregnable 104, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Edw. Brace. He was present, as 
 Midshipman of the Furieuse, at the reduction of 
 the island of Ponza in Feb. 1813. In the Edin- 
 burgh he vritnessed, in the course of the same year, 
 the storming of the batteries of d'Anzo, and the 
 capture of a convoy of 29 vessels anchored for pro- 
 tection under the walls ; also the surrender of Via 
 Reggio ; and the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn. 
 In 1815 it was his lot to be on board the Berwick 
 at the taking of Gaeta ; and on 27 Aug. 1816 he 
 assisted in the Impregnable, under the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral David Milne, at the bombardment of 
 Algiers. From Jan. 1817 until Oct. 182.3, we find 
 him in succession employed, on the Home, St. He- 
 lena, and West India stations, in the Ister 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Forrest, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, 
 Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Kobt. Lambert, 
 and Gloucester 74, Commodore Sir Edw. W. 0. 
 R. Owen. He was then, as a reward for his con- 
 duct in having twice in one day gone off in the 
 quarter-boat during a heavy sea for the purpose of 
 rescuing a man who had fallen overboard, placed on 
 the Admiralty List for promotion, and appointed 
 Mate of the Icarus 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham; 
 of which vessel (having passed his examination in 
 April, 1819) he was nominated Acting- Lieutenant 
 10 March, 1824. After three months of very active 
 boat-service against the pirates on the coast of 
 Cuba, he was placed as Mate, in July of the latter 
 year, on board the Serapis receiving-ship at Port 
 Royal, Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson, lie was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 10 Dec. following, in the Car- 
 nation 18 ; and, that sloop being paid off in July, 
 1825, was subsequently appointed Senior— 27 March, 
 1828, of the Adventure 6, Capt. Philip Parker 
 King, employed, until her return to England in the 
 autumn of 1830, in surveying the neighbourhood of 
 Cape Horn— 20 Aug. 1831, of the .Etna 6, Capt. 
 Edw. Belcher, during a servitude of three years in 
 which vessel he assisted in surveying part of the 
 coast of Africa and the Mediterranean, and was 
 stationed in the river Douro during the hostilities 
 between Pedro and Miguel, by a sentry belonging 
 to the latter of wliom he was fired at and struck 
 while on the quarter-deck — 20 Nov. 1834, for a few 
 weeks, of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings — 13 March, 1836, of 
 the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, fitting 
 for the Mediterranean, where, prior to his return 
 in Feb. 1840, he received the thanks of the Admi- 
 ralty (in conjunction with Lieut. Roberts) for hav- 
 ing again gone off in the quarter-boat during a hard 
 gale to pick up a man who had fallen into the sea — 
 and 3 Sept. 1841, of the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir 
 Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, 
 fitting at Sheerness. He attained his present rank 
 28 Jan. 1842, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Mitchell married, 22 Nov. 1842, Ca- 
 roline, daughter of the late T. W. Pink, Esq., of 
 Portsea. 
 
 MITCHELL. (Retibed Commander, 1834. 
 F-p., 18 ; H-p., 34.) 
 Thomas Mitchell entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 
 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Adventure 44, 
 Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford; and for upwards of 
 three years was employed in the West Indies in the 
 same vessel, and in the Dictator 64, also com- 
 manded by Capt. Rutherford, Brunswick 74, flag- 
 ship of Kear-Admiral Rich. Rodney Bligh, and 
 Ceres 32, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson. Joining 
 then the Amethyst 36, Capts. John Cooke and 
 Henry Rich. Glynn, he accompanied the expedi- 
 tion of 1800 to Ferrol, was much employed in the 
 conveyance of royal and diplomatic personages , 
 
MITCHELL-MITFORD— MOBERLY. 
 
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 and contributed to the capture, 28 Jan. and 9 
 April, 1801, of the French 36-gun frigate ia De- 
 daign£ii8e, and national corvette Le General JBrune 
 of 14 guns. Ue attained the rank of Lieutenant 
 29 April, 1802 ; and was subsequently appointed- 
 IB Nov. 1803, to the Scoubge sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Wooldridge, stationed in the Channel— 23 Oct. 
 1804, and 21 Aug. 1806, to the Harrier 18, and 
 Macassar 36, Capts. "W. Wooldridge, Edw. Eatsey, 
 Edw. Thos. Troubridge, and Wm. Wilbraham, both 
 in the East Indies, whence he returned in Sept. 
 1807— in the course of 1809, to the Zebra bomb, 
 Capt. Geo. Barne Trollope, H elder 36, Capt. John 
 Serrell, and Salsette 36, Capts. Walter Bathurst, 
 John Hollinworth, and Henry Hope, all on the 
 Home station — and 14 July, 1813, to the Ajax 74, 
 Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy, with 
 whom he served, part of the time in the Mediter- 
 ranean, until paid off in July, 1816. When Senior 
 of the Harrier, and in company with the Phaeton 
 38, Lieut. Mitchell was present, 2 Aug. 1805, in a 
 severe action of two hours and a half with the 
 French 36-gun frigate Se'millante, and several bat- 
 teries, at the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernar- 
 dino, Philippine Islands; on which occasion the 
 Harrier, besides being much cut up, sustained a 
 loss of 2 men wounded. He was afterwards men- 
 tioned for the great assistance he afforded his Cap- 
 tain (Troubridge) in an action of an hour with a 
 Butch squadron, which terminated in the surrender, 
 near Java, 26 July, 1806, of the 36-gun frigate 
 J'allas, and armed ships Vittoria and Batavia, to 
 the Harrier, and her consort the Greyhoond 32.* 
 During his servitude in the Salsette, of which he 
 was also First-Lieutenant, we find him, while at- 
 tached to the Walcheren expedition, commanding 
 two divisions of boats in an attack on 13 of the 
 enemy's gun-vessels ; and presented in consequence 
 with the thanks of the late Admiral Sir Bich. 
 Keats. He accepted the rank of Commander on 
 the Retired List 25 March, 1834. 
 
 MITCHELL. (Lieut., 1829. f-p.,30; h-p., 9.) 
 William Mitchell, born 19 Oct. 1799, is son of 
 Lieut.-Col. Thos. Mitchell, R.M., who died in Oct. 
 1829. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 May, 1808, as 
 Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood, with whom he served in the 
 Mediterranean until Oct. 1812— the greater part of 
 the time in the capacity of Midshipman. He re- 
 embarked, 12 June, 1818, on board the Ister 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Forrest ; and on 26 Oct. 1820, after he 
 had been for rather more than three years employed 
 on the Newfoundland station, in the Sir Francis 
 Drake frigate, Capt. John Bowker, Carnation IS, 
 Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, and Drake 10, Capt. 
 Octavius Vernon Harcourt, he passed his examina^ 
 tion. During the next eight years and a half we 
 find him serving as Admiralty Midshipman, Mate, 
 and Admiralty Mate, in the Severn 40, and Ra- 
 MiLLiES 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch. Rainbow 28, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, 
 Larne 20, Capt. Wm. Burdett Dobson, Prince 
 Eejent 120, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorsom, and 
 Isis 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Staines, on the 
 Downs, East India, Chatham, and Mediterranean 
 stations. He was then, 25 Aug. 1829, promoted to 
 a Lieutenancy in the Samarano 28, Capt. Wm. 
 Fanshawe Martin, also in the Mediterranean ; 
 whence, in Nov. 1830, he returned to England in 
 the Rifleman 18, Capt. Rich. Shepheard Triscott. 
 He has been in command, since 18 March, 1834, of 
 a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Mitchell married, 18 Aug. 1842, Frances 
 Heassey, eldest daughter of Lieut. W. Ashby, R.N., 
 then of Bexhill. 
 
 7, p. 42 . 
 
 amung other vessels, he contributed to the capture of tlie 
 Belgim of 12 guns. 
 
 MITFOED. (Eear-Admieal, 1846. f-p., 18; 
 u-p., 35.) 
 
 Robert Mitforb, bom 26 Jan. 1781, ig second 
 son of the late Bertram Mitford. Esq., of Mitford 
 Castle, CO. Northumberland, by Tabitha, daughter 
 of Fras. Johnson, Esq., M.D., of Newcastle. The 
 Rear- Admiral, who belongs to an old baronial family 
 celebrated in earlier days as border chieftains, is 
 uncle of Lieut. B. M. Atherton, R.N., and a relative 
 of Miss Mary Russell Mitford, the admired authoress 
 of ' Our Village.' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Oct. 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Fiorenzo of 42 guns, 
 Capts. Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Wm. Chas. 
 Paterson. While in that ship, besides being much 
 in attendance on the King off Weymouth, he assisted, 
 in company with La N ymphe 36, at the capture of 
 La Besistance of 48 and La Constance of 24 guns, 9 
 March, 1797— passed, soon afterwards, through the 
 mutinous fleet at the Nore— took part in a very 
 warm action of nearly two hours, which terminated 
 in the defeat, by the San Fiorenzo, and her con- 
 sort the Amelia 38, of a French squadron, consist- 
 ing of three frigates and a guu-vessel, 9 April, 1799 
 ■ — and, we believe, was present, 2 July following, in 
 an attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice 
 Pole on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads. 
 After serving for some time with Capt. Philip Chas. 
 Durham in the Anson and Endymion frigates, and 
 with Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales in the Centaur 
 74, he was promoted, 13 Jan. 1802, to a Lieutenancy 
 in the Resistance 36, Capts. Henry Digby and 
 Hon. Philip Wodehouse. Invaliding from that ship 
 in the ensuing Sept., he was next, 28 Jan. 1804 and 
 30 Oct. 1806, appointed to the Ceeberos 32 and In- 
 defatigable 44, Capts. Wm. Selby and John Tre- 
 mayneRodd, both employed, as had been the other 
 ships, on the Home station. On 16 Feb. 1807 he was 
 advanced to the command of the Duchess of Bed- 
 ford armed ship ; and on 24 May, 1808, after having 
 been attached to the force off Cadiz and Gibraltar, he 
 assumed that of the Espoir 18. In that sloop we find 
 him, in June, 1809, assisting at the capture of the 
 islands of Ischia and Procida and of 18 gun-boats ;* 
 and on 25 April, 1810, uniting with the Spartan 
 and SoccESS frigates in an attack upon the enemy 
 at Terracina ; on which occasion, previously to the 
 bringing off of several vessels by the boats of the 
 three ships, he distinguished himself by his great 
 energy and judgment in running in and sounding 
 under the various batteries. He was nominated, 2 
 Feb. 1813, Acting-Captain of the Minstrel 24, and, 
 in that vessel, to which he was confirmed 31 March 
 following, he continued employed, still in the Medi- 
 terranean, until Aug. 1814, when he invalided. He 
 accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Mitford married, in Dec. 1830, 
 Margaret, daughter of Jas. Dunsmure, Esq., of 
 Edinburgh, by whom he has issue one daughter. 
 
 MOBERLY. (ffaptaill, 1815. r-P., 14 ; H-p., 32.) 
 John Moberly entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1801, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Triumph 74, Capt. 
 Sir Robt. Barlow. After rather more than three 
 years' servitude in that ship in the Mediterranean, 
 cliiefty in the capacity of Midshipman, he became 
 in succession attach«d, between Dec. 1804 and his 
 attainment of the rank of Lieutenant, 14 Oct. 1807, 
 to the Bahfleur98, Capt. Geo. Martin, Triumph 
 74, Capt. Henry Inman (part of the force engaged 
 in Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805), Londow 
 and Barfleur 98's, both commanded by Sir Robt. 
 Barlow, Edgar 74, flag-ship of Lord Keith, Namub 
 74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, and Elizabeth 
 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon— all on the Home sta- 
 tion. In July, 1808, having been intermediately 
 employed in the Cumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse, and as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, in the Swiftsure 74, in the North 
 Sea and North America, he obtained an appoint- 
 ment to the Melampos 36, Capt. Edw. Hawker. 
 In that frigate, besides assisting in making prize of 
 » Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1437. 
 
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 MOFFATT— MOLESWORTU. 
 
 several privateers, we find him, in the course of 
 1809-10, escorting a fleet of transports from Halifax 
 to Barbadoes, lending his aid to the capture of Le 
 CoUbri French brig-of-war of 16 guns and 92 men, 
 and co-operating in the reduction of Guadeloupe. 
 Removing, in June, 1811, to the Little Belt, Capt. 
 Arthur Batt Bingham, he served as Senior of that 
 vessel in the furious and well-known action fought 
 between her and the American 44-gun frigate Pre- 
 sident^ whose fire in half an hour not only greatly 
 damaged her opponent in masts, sails, rigging, and 
 hull, but killed and wounded 32 of her crew. In a 
 gale which arose after the battle, Mr. Moberly, who 
 had proved himself in every respect a most excel- 
 lent officer, afibrded his Captain very great assist- 
 ance by personally stopping the leaks, securing the 
 masts, and doing everything in liis power.* On 
 leaving the Little Belt he made a voyage it ap- 
 pears to St. Helena in the Iphigenia 36, Capt. 
 Lucius Curtis, and again officiated as Flag-Ljeute- 
 nant to Sir J. B. Warren, in the San Domingo 74, 
 on the North American station. He attained the 
 rank of Commander 29 May, 1813 ; was appointed, 
 in the following July, to the Moselle sloop, at Ja- 
 maica; and on 26 Aug. 1815 was posted. He ac- 
 cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Moberly is at present Inspector of Licences 
 at Simcoe, Upper Canada. . 
 
 MOFFATT. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 23.) 
 John Moffatt is son of a Surgeon in the R.N., 
 ■who served in various frigate actions, and was on 
 board the Amphion in the battle off Lissa, 13 March, 
 1811. The united services of himself and his family 
 extend over a period of considerably more than a 
 hundred years, and include the action of 1 June, 
 1794, the capture of the Dutch squadron in Sal- 
 danha Bay in 1796, the action under Sir Robt. 
 Calder in July, 1805, and the battle of Trafalgar. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hercole 74, Capt. Solo- 
 mon Ferris ; in which ship, while under the tempo- 
 rary command of Lieut. John B. Hills, he was pre- 
 sent as Midshipman at the capture, between 28 
 June and 1 July, 1803, of ia Mignonne corvette of 
 16 guns, and 40-gun frigate La Creole, having on 
 board the French General Morgan and 530 troops, 
 and participated in a severe running action with 
 La Poursuivante of 44 guns. These occurrences took 
 place in the "West Indies, whence, on removing, in 
 July, 1803, to the Leviathan 74, Capt. Henry Wm. 
 Bayntun, Mr. Moffatt proceeded to the Mediterra- 
 nean. In Nov. 1804 he there became Master's Mate 
 of the .a^TNA bomb, Capts. Rich. Thomas, John 
 Quilliam, and John Yule ; under the latter, we be- 
 lieve, of whom, when off Cape Finisterre in 1806, 
 he jumped overboard during a gale, and was nearly 
 lost in an endeavour to save the life of the Gunner's 
 Mate. In Deo. 1807, at which period he had been 
 serving for about 14 months in the Crescent fri- 
 gate, Capt. Jas. Carthew, he joined the Vanguard 
 74, Capts. Alex. Fraser, Thos. Fras. Chas. Main- 
 waring, and Henry Rich. Glynn. Continuing in 
 that ship (of which he was nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant 28 May, 1803) until Feb. 1810, he came into 
 frequent contact with the Danish gun-boats and 
 batteries, while affording protection to convoys 
 through the Sound ; and assisted on one occasion in 
 driving a man-of-war schooner on the rocks be- 
 tween Elsineur and Copenhagen. On another, hav- 
 ing been the first to board a Prussian ship which 
 the Danes had taken and i-un on shore, he suc- 
 ceeded, although under a heavy fire of field-pieces, 
 in driving the enemy out of her, and in then setting 
 her on fire. In Aug. 1810 he became Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the AcoEN sloop, Capt. Robt. Clephane ; 
 as at the close of the same year (after he had 
 served for a short time as Mate and Midshipman of 
 the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste) he further did 
 of the Cerbebds 32, Capt. Henry Whitby. In the 
 boats of the two last-mentioned ships we find him 
 taking part in many important affairs, and in par- 
 • FWeGaz. 1811, p. 1296. 
 
 ticular at the capture of a convoy under a severe . 
 cross fire from the enemy's musketry at Pesaro. 
 In the Cekbebos it was his lot to be present, 13 
 March, 1811, in the celebrated action off Lissa, 
 where a British squadron, carrying in the whole 
 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a 
 conflict of six hours, and a loss to the Cekberus of 
 13 killed and 41 wounded, a Franco- Venetian arma- 
 ment consisting of 284 guns and 2655 men._ His 
 conduct on the occasion procured him a commission 
 bearing date the day of the battle. The appoint- 
 ments he next received were, on the Home station 
 —4 Sept. 1811, to the Zephyr 16, Capt. Thos. Cuth- 
 bert Hichens- 13 Feb. 1812, to the Christian VIL, 
 80, Capts. Jas. Andrew Worth and Henry Lidgbird 
 Ball— 23 April following, to the Bulwark 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham— and, 
 24 Dec. 1813, as Senior, to the Mtktle 20, Capt. 
 Arthur Batt Bingham, with whom he continued 
 until Sept. 1814. While attached in 1813 to the 
 Bulwark, Lieut. Moffatt, in cutting out a French 
 vessel, was attacked and all but cut off by the boats 
 of a squadron ; who, however, on his being rein- 
 forced, were in their turn driven back and com- 
 pelled to take refuge under the shelter of their own 
 guns. In Nov. 1820 he obtained charge of a Coast 
 Guard station in Yorkshire ; on his removal whence 
 to the Isle of Wight he had the good fortune to 
 prevent the revenue from being defrauded to a 
 considerable amount, and was often in consequence 
 recommended to the notice of the Admiralty. His 
 last appointments were to the command— in 1827, 
 of the Starling 14, stationed in the Channel— 18 
 July, 1828, of the Sparrow 14, employed, until 
 1830, in protecting the Jersey fisheries— and, 9 Nov. 
 1832, for nine months, of the Magpie 4, on the 
 North Sea, Channel, and Lisbon stations. 
 
 Lieut. Moffatt is married, and has issue seven 
 children. Agest — J. Hinxman. 
 
 MOLESWOETH. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 16; 
 HP., 33.) 
 Bourchier Molesworth is fifth son of the late 
 Robt. Molesworth, Esq., and great-grandson of the 
 first Viscount Molesworth. One of his brothers, 
 Arthur, a Major-General in the E. I. Co.'s service, 
 died 7 Jan. 1843 ; and another, Bysse Cole, a Major 
 in the Army, died 4 Dec. 1819. He is second-cousin 
 of the present Commander John Molesworth, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 July, 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Excellent 74, com- 
 manded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Cuthbert 
 CoUingwood ; and from the early part of the fol- 
 lowing year until Jan. 1805 was employed, at first 
 under the flag of the same officer, in the Triumph 
 74, Capls. Thos. Seccombe, Eliab Harvey, and Sir 
 Robt. Barlow, on the Channel and Mediterranean 
 stations. He was then nominated Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Hardy gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Rodney 
 Augustus Reid, lying at Portsmouth ; and on 14 of 
 the following Oct. he was promoted to a full Lieu- 
 tenancy in La Chiffone 36, Capts. Patrick Camp- 
 bell and John Wainwright, again in the Mediterra- 
 nean ; where, and on the West India, Home, and 
 Lisbon stations, he further, from April, 1808, until 
 advanced to his present rank, 16 May, 1814, served 
 in the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Dauntless 
 sloop, Capt. Josias Wittman, Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. 
 Jas, Ballard (under whom, antecedently to a parti- 
 cipation in the operations against Guadeloupe, he 
 witnessed the destruction, 18 Dec. 1809, of the 
 French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, lying under 
 the protection of several strong batteries in L' Ance 
 la Barque), Star sloop, Capt. Wm. Paterson, Or- 
 pheus 36, Capt. Robt. Preston, Dragon 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, Thetis and Tribune fri- 
 gates, Capts. Wm. Henry Byam and Geo. Reynolds, 
 Stirling Castle and Bellerophon 74's, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Brine, Rippon 74, Capt. Sir Christ. 
 Cole, Stately 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Martin, and Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Thos. 
 Eyles. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
MOLESWORTH-MOLYNEUX. 
 
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 MOLESWORTH. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 18; 
 H-P., 29.) 
 
 John Molesworth, bom in July, 1789, is second 
 jon of the late RicJi. Molesworth, Esq. (brother of 
 the fifth Viscount Molesworth, and many years Ac- 
 countant in the Army Pay Office), by Catherine, 
 daughter of Fras. Cobb, Esq., of Twickenham ; and 
 is grandson of Capt. Wm. Molesworth, who figured 
 in the wars with Spain, and was afterwards M.P. 
 for Philipstown, and a Commissioner of Trade and 
 Plantations. The Commander (a brother of the 
 present Viscount Molesworth and of Capt. Anthony 
 Oliver Molesworth, R.A.) is uncle of Lieut. Bartho- 
 lomew JeflFery, R.N., and second-cousin of Com- 
 mander Bourchier Molesworth, R.N. His cousin, 
 the sixth Viscount Molesworth, a Major-General in 
 the Army, and Lieut.-Colonel of H.M.'s 9th Regi- 
 ment, was lost in the AjtHston transport, near the 
 Cape of Good Hope, 30 May, 1815. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plover 18, Capts. Edw. 
 Galwey and Matthew Forster, with whom he served 
 in the Channel and West Indies until Sept. 1802, 
 latterly in the capacity of Midshipman. In July, 
 1803, after he had been for six months attached to 
 the CuLLODEN 74, Capts. Chas. Henry Lane, John 
 Conn, and Bartholomew Dacres, he joined the Ca- 
 NOPOS 80 ; in which ship, bearing the successive 
 flags of Rear-Admirals Geo. Campbell, Sir Thos. 
 Louis, and Geo. Martin, he continued until Feb. 
 1808 ; assisting during that period in the action off 
 St. Domingo, at the capture of the French frigate Le 
 president, in the passage of the Dardanells, and in 
 the expedition to Egypt. On 7 March, 1808, he 
 was promoted, from the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord 
 Collingwood, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the 
 Malta 80, Capt. Wm. Shield ; and on 24 of the 
 ensuing month he was confirmed into the iMFi- 
 BiEUSE 38, Capt. Lord Cochrane. On 28 Jan. 1809, 
 while in charge of a prize belonging to the latter 
 frigate, he landed near Tarragona, in ignorance of 
 the proximity of the French, by whom he was un- 
 fortunately taken prisoner. In Sept. of the same 
 year, having regained his liberty, he joined the 
 Partridge sloop, Capts. Wm. Williams Foote and 
 John Miller Adye, under whom he continued em- 
 ployed in the Channel, West Indies, and North Sea, 
 until May, 1811. While next attached, from 26 
 Aug. in the latter year until 8 Oct. 1814, to the 
 America 74, commanded by the late Sir Josias 
 Rowley, it was his fortune to see much service in 
 the Mediterranean ; where, on 19 May, 1812, he cre- 
 ditably aided, in the boats of that ship and of the 
 Leviathan 74 and Eclair sloop, at the capture of 
 16 and destruction of two deeply laden vessels, 
 which had taken shelter under the town and bat- 
 teries of Languelia, on the coast of Italy, and had 
 been secured by various contrivances to the houses 
 and beach — an exploit that occasioned the British a 
 loss of 16 men killed and 20 wounded.* Besides 
 enacting a part in the operations against Leghorn 
 and Genoa, he aided in reducing the enemy's de- 
 fences in the Gulf of Spezia, and was in particular 
 commended for the manner in which he directed 
 the batteries at the siege of the fortress of Santa 
 Maria.f His last appointments were— 27 March, 
 18 15, to the Impregnable 104, flag-ship in the Medi- 
 terranean of Sir Josias Rowley, with whom he re- 
 mained for a period of eight months, part of the 
 time as Signal-Lieutenant— and, 6 May, 1818, again 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to the same officer at Cork. He 
 was advanced to his present rank on the Admiral 
 striking his flag, 14 Dec. 1821 ; and has not been 
 since afloat. 
 
 Commander Molesworth married, 6 Feb. 1828, 
 Louisa, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Tomkyns, of 
 Buckenhill Park, co. Hereford, by whom he has 
 Issue a son and two daughters. 
 
 MOLYNEUX. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Howard Moeyneux passed bis exami- 
 nation 9 Oct. 1843 ; and at the period of his promo- 
 • Vide Qnz. 1812, p. 1396, f ^. G«2. 1814, p. 984. 
 
 tion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 23 
 June, 1846, had been serving for a considerable 
 time as Mate in the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry 
 Ducie Chads. He has been employed, since 27 
 July, 1846, in the Spartan 22, Capt. Thos. Matthew 
 Chas. Symonds, on the Mediterranean station. 
 
 MOLYNEUX. (Commander, 1833. f-p., 16; 
 H-P., 19.) 
 
 William Moltnedx died 18 July, 1847. He was 
 third son of the late Lieut.-General Sir Thos. Mo- 
 lyneux, Bart., by Elizabeth, daughter of Thos. 
 Perrin, Esq. ; and brother-in-law of Lord Wm. G. 
 Henry Somerset. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nokge 74, Capts. John 
 Sprat Rainier and Chas. Dashwood, under the latter 
 of whom, on proceeding to North America, he served 
 as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Nov. 
 1812) in the expedition of 1814 against New Or- 
 leans. Joining, in Nov. 1815, the Lyra 10, Capt. 
 Basil Hall, he accompanied Lord Amherst in the 
 ensuing year in his embassy to China. He returned 
 to England in Nov. 1817 ; and was next, between 
 March, 1818, and Oct. 1821, employed on the Home 
 and West India stations, in the Spencer 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Bobt. Broughton, Tonnant 80, and Windsor 
 Castle 74, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Gordon 
 Caulfeild, Raieigh 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baum- 
 gardt, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Pyramds 42, Capt. Fras. 
 Newcombe. He was then nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Falmodth 20, Capt. Edw. PurceU ; 
 in which vessel (being confirmed to her by commis- 
 sion dated 21 Feb. 1822) he continued employed, 
 still in the West Indies, until 11 July, 1823. His 
 succeeding appointments were, on the Jamaica sta- 
 tion — 15 May, 1824, to the Dartmouth 42, Capt. 
 Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude — 7 Jan. and 9 March, 
 1826, to theSERAPis and Magnificent convalescent 
 and store-ships, Capts. Chas. ElUot, Jas. Cooper 
 Bennett, and Geo. Mansel— 23 March, 1829, to the 
 Barham 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Eiphin.. 
 stone Fleeming— and, 10 March, 1830, to the acting-, 
 command of the Fairy sloop. He returned to Eng- 
 land in the following June ; but was not officially 
 promoted until 12 March, 1833. He did not agaia 
 go afloat. 
 
 MOLYNEUX. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 15; 
 H-P., 21.) 
 William Hargbaves Molyneox entered the 
 Navy, 23 Nov. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Daphne 20, Capts. Philip Pipon and Jas. Green, 
 fitting for the Baltic, where he served at the siege 
 of Danzig, and came into boat-contact with the 
 enemy's privateers off the island of Rugen. Re- 
 joining Capt. Pipon, in Sept. 1813, on board the 
 Tagus 38, he assisted, on 6 of the ensuing Jan., 
 while cruizing among the Cape de Verde Islands, in 
 company with the Niger 38, at the capture of the 
 French 40-gnn frigate Ceres ; and he subsequently, 
 on visiting the Pacific, fell in with Pitcaim's Island 
 — the first time it had been touched at since settled 
 on by the mutineers of the Bounty. In the early 
 part of 1816 we find him sailing in the Magicienne 
 36, Capt. John Brett Purvis, tor the East Indies, 
 with the fiag of Sir Rich. King, whom he there 
 followed, in Oct. 1817, into the Minden 74. He 
 was promoted, on his return home, to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, by commission dated 31 Oct. 1820 ; and 
 was subsequently appointed — 7 Nov. 1822, to the 
 Jupiter 60, Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphal, under 
 whom he escorted Lord Amherst, Governor-General 
 of India, to Bengal— 4 June, 1824 (six months after 
 the latter ship had been paid off), to the Niemen 28 
 Capts. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, Wm. Pitt Canning' 
 and Chas. Simeon, in which vessel he was for three 
 years employed on the Halifax station— 19 Jan. 1836 
 as First, to the Minden 74, fitting for the flag of Sir 
 Peter Halkett, Commander-in-Chief in North Ame- 
 rica and the West Indies, whence he returned ta 
 
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 MONDAY— MONEY. 
 
 England and was paid off in Aug. 1837 — and, 1 
 Nov. 1841, in a similar capacity, to the Alfred 50, 
 equipping at Sheerness for the broad pendant of 
 Commodore John Brett Purvis. He was advanced 
 to his present rank on 23 of the month last men- 
 tioned ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Molyneux married, 8 June, 1837, 
 Martha Maria, only daughter of the late Admiral 
 Sir Andw. Mitchell, K.B., by whom he has issue 
 two sons and a daughter. 
 
 MONDAY. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Edward Monday was bom 13 May, 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Deo. 1798, as 
 Ordinary, on hoard the Hazard sloop, Capts. Wm. 
 Butterfield and K. J. Neve ; and while in that 
 vessel, in which he remained until Aug. 1805, he 
 was continuously employed on the Irish and 
 Channel stations — chiefly in the capacities of Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate ; in which latter he 
 assisted, in June, 1803, in cutting out a French brig 
 and chasse-maree from under a heavy fire from the 
 enemy's batteries and musketry in Hodierne Bay. 
 After serving for short periods, as Midshipman, in 
 the ViLLE DE Paris and Hibernia, flag-ships of 
 Hon. "Wm. Cornwallis and Earl St. "Vincent, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the London 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Western, and again, as Midshipman, in the Hiber- 
 nia, he was nominated, in Oct. 1806, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Phienix 36, Capts. Zachary Mudge, 
 Jas. Bowen, "Wm. Henry "Webley, and Chas. John 
 Austen ; under whom, the appointment being con- 
 firmed on 7 of the following month, he continued 
 (with the exception of a brief attachment, from 
 Dec. 1808 until March, 1809, to the Alert sloop, 
 Capt. "Williams) to serve, until wrecked, during a 
 hurricane near Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816. He com- 
 manded her boats, during that period, at the cap- 
 ture of £Jl Cupido Spanish schooner from Buenos 
 Ayres, bound to Corunna, carrying 1 large gun on 
 a circular slide and 17 men, in Dec. 1806 ; in con- 
 junction with those of the Jalodse, at the very 
 gallant capture, with a loss to the British of 1 man 
 killed and another wounded, of Le Charles French 
 brig privateer of 14 guns and 90 men, under a heavy 
 fire of grape and musketry, 29 Jan. 1810 ;* at the 
 reduction of Fort Pulo Kissa, in the Eastern Archi- 
 pelago, in March, 1811 ; together with the boats of 
 a squadron, in an attack on Sambas, a piratical 
 settlement on the coast of Borneo, in Jan. 1813 ; 
 and at the capture of two piratical proas in the 
 Grecian Archipelago in 1815. He also, in 1811, 
 took, by escalade, with a party of seamen and ma- 
 rines. Fort Concordia, on the island of Timor, 
 mounting 26 pieces of cannon ; and in 1812 he was 
 employed in the boats of a squadron at the reduc- 
 tion of Palambang. During four months of 1812-13 
 Mr. Monday (by whom all the above services, with 
 the exception of the capture of El Cupido, were 
 performed in the capacity of First-Lieutenant), acted 
 as Captain of the Phcenix. After nearly 32 years 
 of half-pay he was advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander 9 Nov. 1846 ! 
 
 Commander Monday is married, and has issue six 
 children. 
 
 MONDAY. (Captain, 1838. p-p., 20; h-p., 21.) 
 John Monday entered the Navy, 15 March, 1806, 
 as Clerk, on board the Bustler gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Richard "Welsh. Although present, as 
 we are informed, in the FonoEoyANT at the cap- 
 ture, in the following month, of the Marengo 80, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40- 
 gun frigate Selle Poule, his name, we believe, con- 
 tinued borne on the books of the above vessel, 
 chiefly as Midshipman and acting Sub-Lieutenant, 
 until Jan. 1809, during which period he saw much 
 boat-service on the Downs station. After an em- 
 ployment of two years and a half, as Master's Mate, 
 in the Diomede 50, flag-ship off Guernsey and in 
 the East Indies of Admirals D'Auvergne and Wm. 
 • Tide Gaz. 1810, p. 178. 
 
 O'Brien Drury, he became attached, in Oct. 1811, 
 to the QnEEN 74, Capts. Lord Colville and John 
 Coode ; under the former of whom he was landed 
 in 1812 for the purpose of co-operating jvith the 
 patriots on the north coast of Spain. He continued 
 to serve in the Queen, as an acting and confirmed 
 Lieutenant (order and commission respectively 
 dated 30 Jan. and 27 Jane, 1814), until Dec. 1815, 
 part of the time in the West Indies and Mediterra- 
 nean, under the flags of Kear- Admirals Sir Fras. 
 Laforey and Chas. Vinicombe Penrose; and was 
 next appointed, in the capacity of First-Lieutenant 
 — 1 Sept. 1821, to the Semiramis 42, flag-ship of 
 Lord Colville at Cork, where he remained until paid 
 off in April, 1825—14 April, 1826, to the Clio 18, 
 Capt. Kobt. Aitchison, stationed in the North Sea 
 — and, 3 Aug. following, to the Glasgow 60, Capt. 
 Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. For his conduct in the 
 latter ship at the battle of Navarin he was pre- 
 sented with a second promotal commission dated 22 
 Oct. 1827. He afterwards, 28 Sept. 1832, obtained 
 a three years' appointment in the Coast Guard, and 
 from 12 Dec. 1836, until advanced to his present 
 rank 27 Dec. 1838, he commanded the Stag 46, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. 
 Ball Sulivan in South America, He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 Capt. Monday is married, and has, issue. 
 
 MONEY, C.B. (CTaptaitl, 1815. F-P., 15; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 KowLAND Money, bom 28 April, 1782, is son of 
 the late Wm. Money, Esq., of Horn House, co. He- 
 reford, by Mary, daughter of Wm. Webster, Esq., 
 of Stockton-on-Tees ; and brother (with Geo. Mo- 
 ney, Esq., late Master in Equity, Accountant-Ge- 
 neral, and Keeper of the Kecords in the Supreme 
 Court of Judicature at Calcutta) of the Rev, Wm. 
 Money Kyrle, the present possessor of Horn Honse. 
 His eldest brother. Sir , Jas. Kyrle Money, Bart., 
 was a Major-General in the army, and died' 26 June, 
 1843 ; another, the Rev. Kyrle Ernie Money, M,A., 
 was Prelector and Prebendary of Hereford Cathe- 
 dral ; and a third, John, a Commander in the Indian 
 Navy, died 6 Aug. 1825. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 April, 1796, as 
 a "Volunteer, on board the St, Fiorenzo 36, Capt. 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale, attached to the force in 
 the Channel ; where, and on the Halifax and Medi- 
 terranean stations, we find him, from March, 1798, 
 until Aug. 1802, serving, as Midshipman (a rating 
 he had attained in April, 1797) and Master's Mate, 
 in the St, Albans 64, Capt, Fras, Pender, Thetis 
 36, Capt, Hon. Alex, Cochrane, Naiad 38, Capt. 
 Wm, Pierrepont, Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. A. Cochrane, 
 and Maidstone and Narcissus frigates, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Ross Donnelly. Towards the 
 close of 1804 he joined the Royal Sovereign yacht, 
 Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale, off Weymouth. He 
 attained the rank of Lieutenant 12 Jan. 1805 ; and 
 in the course of that and the following year was 
 successively appointed to the Valorous, Capt. Geo. 
 Nicholas Hardinge, Vestal 28, Capt. Stephen Thos. 
 Digby, and Lively 38, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley. In 
 March, 1806, Mr. Money, then in the Vestal, was 
 the means, under very hazardous circumstances, of 
 saving the crew of a merchant-brig, the Friendship, 
 of Hull, which had grounded on the Gunfleet, near 
 Harwich, in a heavy gale of wind. On the evening 
 of 19 Nov. 1807, after having escorted the troops 
 under Lord Cathcart to Copenhagen, and when in 
 lat. 47° 10' N,, long. 16° W,, he again manifested the 
 intrepid benevolence of his disposition by volun- 
 teering in the jolly-boat (although it was thought 
 that no boat could live in the sea then running) to 
 rescue the crew of a foundering merchantman to 
 leeward. He made, notwithstanding, three succes- 
 sive trips to the distressed vessel, and had the hap- 
 piness of saving every soul. On ultimately regain- 
 ing the Lively, the jolly-boat, so tempestuous was 
 the weather, was cut adrift, it being found impos- 
 sible to preserve her. On leaving the Lively, Mr. 
 Money, in Aug. 1809, rejoined the Royal Sove- 
 reign yacht, commanded at the time by Capt. Hen. 
 
MONK. 
 
 771 
 
 Hume Spenoe, with whom he continued until pre- 
 sented, 9 Nov. following, with a second promotal 
 commission. His next appointment was, 16 April, 
 18U, to the Traave 36, arme'e-m-flite ; in which ship 
 he conveyed part of the 4th Regiment of infantry 
 from the river Garonne to North America. In Aug. 
 of the same year he had charge of a subdivision of 
 boats at the destruction of Commodore Barney's 
 flotilla up the Patuxent.* He commanded, too, a 
 party of seamen, and obtained the thanks of Rear- 
 Admiral Geo. Cockburn for his exertions and steady 
 gallantry, in the attacks upon Washington and Bal- 
 timore ;! and for his conspicuous conduct in the 
 operations against New Orleans, where he was simi- 
 larly employed, and had both bones of the right leg 
 broken by a musket-shot at the storming of a bat- 
 tery on the Mississippi 8 Jan. 1815, he was highly 
 lauded by Colonel Thornton, commanding the 85th 
 Regiment, and most strongly recommended by Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane to the protection of the Admiralty, 
 and intrusted by him with the conveyance of his 
 despatches to England.]; He was in consequence 
 promoted to Post-rank by commission dated 29 
 March, 1815 ; nominated a C.B. 4 June following ; 
 and awarded, 16 Feb. 1816, a pension of 2501. His 
 last appointment was to an Inspecting Command in 
 the Water Guard in the Isle of Wight, where he 
 remained from 1822 until 1825. He accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Money married, 13 Sept. 1805, Maria, fifth 
 daughter of the late Wm. Money, Esq., of Walt- 
 hamstow, co. Essex, one of the Elder Brethren of 
 the Trinity House, and a Director of the East India 
 Company, and sister of the late Wm. Taylor Money, 
 Esq., K..H., formerly H.M. Consul-General at Ve- 
 nice and Milan, and M.P. successively for Wotton 
 Basset and St. Michael's. By that lady, who died 
 6 Feb. 1847, he had issue four sons and five daugh- 
 ters. Of the latter, the eldest, Maria Rowlanda, 
 married, in 1830, the Rev. Sam. Jas. Gambler, ne- 
 phew of Admiral Lord Gambler, G. C.B. ; the second, 
 Amelia Mary, in 1841, the Hon. H. F. Pery, brother 
 of the present Earl of Limerick; and the third, 
 Angelica Mary, in 1844, Geo. Selby, Esq., of the 
 Madras Artillery. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MONK. (LlEOTENANT, 1812.) 
 
 George Mitpord Monk entered the Navy, 29 
 Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ramii.i.i£s 
 74, Capts. Eras. Pickmore and Robt. Yarker ; and, 
 on 13 March, 1806, while cruizing with a squadron 
 under the orders of Sir John Borlase Warren, was 
 present at the capture of the Marengo 80, bearing 
 the flag of Rear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate 
 Belle Poule. In Oct. and Nov. 1808 (he had attained 
 the rating of Midshipman in April, 1807) he suc- 
 cessively joined the Princess op Orange 74, Capt. 
 Fras. Beauman, and Resistance 38, Capts. Chas. 
 Adam, John HoUinworth, and Philip Rosenhagen ; 
 and on 23 Jan. 1812, on his return home from the 
 Mediterranean in the Topaze 36, Capt. Edw. Har- 
 vey, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 Being ordered back in the Akmada 74, Capt. John 
 Fenis Devonshire, he joined, on his arrival off 
 Toulon, the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles. He 
 was subsequently, during five months of the same 
 year, 1812, again employed, under Capt. Devon- 
 shire, in the St. Albans 64, at the defence of Cadiz. 
 From Feb. 1813 until Nov. 1814 we find him attached 
 to the NiOBE 40, Capts. Wm. Augustus Montagu 
 and Henry Colins Deacon, stationed at first on the 
 coasts of America and Portugal, and then engaged 
 in conveying the staflT of the Russian Imperial 
 Guards to Cronstadt. His last appointments were 
 —2 Dec. 1814, to the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, 
 with whom he remained for about nine months at 
 the Cape of Good Hope— 3 July, 1816, to theL.a;AN- 
 DBH 50, Capt. Edw. Chetham, in which ship he 
 assisted at the bombardment of Algiers — and, 27 
 Jan. 1817, to an Inspecting Command in the Water 
 
 • Fide Qaz. 1814, p. li(41. f V. Gai. 1814, p. 1938, 2074. 
 
 % V.<an. 181S, p. 440, 450. 
 
 Guard. Lieut. Monk's services afloat extend to » 
 period of ten years. 
 
 MONK. (LiEDT., 1814. r-p., 11; h-p., 30.) 
 
 John Monk entered the Navy, 5 July, 1806, as 
 A. B., on board the Dictator 64, Capts. Jas. Mac- 
 namara and Donald Campbell ; under the latter of 
 whom he enacted a Midshipman's part in the expe- 
 dition of 1807 against Copenhagen ; whence he re- 
 turned to England in charge of one of the enemy's 
 captured vessels. In Aug. 1808, having rejoined 
 Capt. Macnamara on board the Edgar 74, he served 
 in a boat under that officer at the capture of the 
 forts of Nyeborg, on the occasion of the embarkar 
 tion thence of the Spanish General the Marquis de 
 la Romana and his patriot troops ; whom, in com- 
 mand of the Danish man-of-war prize Fama, he 
 assisted in convoying as far as Gottenborg. After 
 the operations against Flushing, where he received 
 a wound in the left hand and had two of his fhigers 
 broken, he followed Capt. Macnamara, as Master's 
 Mate, in Feb. 1810, into the Berwick 74; in which 
 ship he continued employed, under Capts. Sir Robt. 
 Laurie and Edw. Brace, until July, 1816. A.t first 
 he was very actively engaged in the vicinity of 
 Cherbourg, and while so stationed was present, 25 
 March, 1811, at the self-destruction of the French 
 40-gun frigate L'Amazme- Proceeding next to the 
 Mediterranean, he there participated in much boat- 
 service on the coasts of Spain, France, and Italy. 
 On 16 May, 1813, we find him aiding, in the boats of 
 his own ship and the EtiBYAi.DS 36, under Lieut. 
 Henry Johnston Sweedland, and mentioned for his 
 conduct, at the capture and destruction of La Far- 
 tune xebec of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 95 men, and of 
 22 vessels collected under the enemy's batteries 
 (which were likewise taken) in the harbour of 
 Cavalarie.* On the evening of 11 Dec. following, 
 with a view to the capture of a convoy in the port 
 of Negaye, he landed at that place at the head of a 
 party of seamen, and, assisted by a body of marines, 
 succeeded, without the loss of a man, in obtaining 
 possession of a martello tower, and of the enemy's 
 castle and forts. This part of the business being 
 accomplished, and the concerted signal being 
 made for the boats to advance, he received orders 
 from the First-Lieutenant, Sweedland, to take 
 charge of the launch and second barge,' and pro- 
 ceed to the attack of the vessels. Being unex- 
 jiectedly met by a terrific fire from two national 
 schooners, Lieut. Sweedland gave orders for a re- 
 treat; heedless, however, of which, Mr. Monk and 
 his party with three cheers dashed alongside the 
 first schooner, and, after a bloody struggle, carried 
 her. She was found to be armed with long 18- 
 pounders, and to have on board 200 barrels of 
 powder and 1400 stand of arms. Her guns being 
 immediately turned against her consort, the latter, 
 we believe, was sunk. Unfortunately, at this junc- 
 ture a heavy and unaccountable fire was opened by 
 those who had been left in the batteries ; in conse- 
 quence of which Mr. Monk was under the necessity 
 of ordering the cable of his prize to be cut, and of 
 making the best of his way out of the harbour. 
 On his road he picked up the gig with Lieut. Sweed- 
 land and the whole of her crew killed ! In the 
 second barge the loss was also most fearful, two- 
 thirds of the crew being either slain or wounded, 
 including, among the former, Mr. Jas. Hawkins 
 Whitshed, Midshipman, son of the present Admiral 
 of the Fleet. The captured vessel, we may add, was 
 commanded by a son of the celebrated French Gene- 
 ral, Bertrand, whose life Mr. Monk had the good for- 
 tune on three occasions to save. He afterwards 
 acted as Flag-Oflicer to Lord Wm. Bentinck in the 
 operations against Naples, Leghorn, and Genoa; 
 and in March, 1814, commanded a party of seamen 
 with scaling ladders at the reduction of the forts in 
 the Gulf of Spezia. In consequence of his Lord- 
 ship's strong recommendation he was nominated, on 
 24 of the ensuing month, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Berwick— an appointment to which the Admiralty 
 accorded its sanction 13 June in the same year. 
 • rWfGai, 1813, p. 1805. 
 
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 MONTAGU. 
 
 After farther serving at the bombardment of Gaeta 
 in 1815, and accompanying Lord Exmouth in the 
 early part of 1816 in his visits to Algiers, Tunis, 
 and Tripoli, Lieut. Monk was appointed with Capt. 
 Brace, in July, 1816, to the Impregnable 104 ; in 
 which ship, on 27 of the proximate Aug., he bore a 
 warm part under the flag of Rear-Admiral David 
 Milne in the bombardment of Algiers ; where he 
 was wounded and burnt, and sustained serious in- 
 jury in the eyes, resulting in the loss of the sight of 
 one of them. He was discharged from the Ber- 
 wick in Oct. 1816 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 Although their efforts were not attended with 
 success, it may be as well here to record the fiiot, 
 that after the battle of Algiers a memorial praying 
 for Lieut. Monk's promotion was drawn up by the 
 Mayor and Corporation of Chester for presentation 
 to the Lords of the Admiralty ; and others, with 
 the same intent, by the Mayor, Corporation, and 
 Merchants of Liverpool, to Mr. Canning, Lord 
 Sandon, and Mr. Huskisson ; by the last-mentioned 
 of whom he was personally introduced to H.R.H. 
 the Lord High Admiral. From 1818 until 1844 
 Lieut.^ Monk was Employed in command of his own 
 ships in trading to all parts of the globe. 
 
 MONTAGU. (Lieutenant, 1814.) 
 
 Edward Proddfoot Montagu, born 2.3 April, 
 1791, is eldest son of the late Gerard Montagu, 
 Esq., formerly of Burlingham, co. Norfolk (a direct 
 descendant of Henry, first Earl of Manchester, an- 
 cestor of the present Duke of that name), by Mary 
 Anne, daughter of Geo. Doughty, Esq., of Theber- 
 ton Hall, CO. Suffolk. He is brother-in-law of Capts. 
 Sir David Dunn and Kobt. Hockings, R.N. ; and 
 second-cousin of Capt. John Wm. Montagu, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roial William, Capt. 
 John Wainwright, bearing the flag at Spithead of 
 his relative Admiral Geo. Montagu. On his return 
 from a voyage to the East Indies in the Lion 64, 
 Capt. Robt. Rolles, he became Midshipman, about 
 Jan. 1808, of the Proserpine 32, Capt. Chas. Otter; 
 in which ship it was his misfortune, on the night of 
 28 Feb. 1809, to be captured, while off the port of 
 Toulon, by the French 40-gun frigates Penehpe and 
 Pauline, despite a noble resistance on the part of 
 the British, whose loss extended to 1 man killed 
 and 10 wounded. On his restoration to liberty, 
 after four years of captivity, Mr. Montagu was suc- 
 cessively received, in the course of 1813, into the 
 SoLEBAT 32, flag-ship at Yarmouth of Rear-Admiral 
 Geo. Murray, and, on the North American station, 
 into the Hogde 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, San Domingo 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, and Orpheus 
 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant of the last-mentioned ship 1 July, 1814, but 
 left her in the following Oct., and has not been 
 since afloat. 
 
 He married, in 1817, Mary Anne, daughter of 
 Capt. Everard, and by that lady has had issue ten 
 sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Gerard, 
 is a First-Lieutenant R.M. (1843) ; and his second, 
 Jas. Van Harthals, an officer in the 10th Foot. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MONTAGU, (ffaptatn, 1824. f-p., 14; H-p., 30.) 
 James Montagu, bom 10 April, 1791, is brother 
 of Capt. John Wm. Montagu, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Peincess Royal 98, Capt. Jas. 
 Vashon, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of his 
 father. Admiral Geo. Montagu ; under whom, from 
 1804 to 1806, he served in the Royal William. 
 He then joined the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Dun- 
 combe Pleydell Bouverie, in which frigate he parti- 
 cipated, as Midshipman, in all the operations (in- 
 cluding the capture of Maldonado and the island of 
 Gorriti) that took place in the Rio de la Plata be- 
 tween Oct. 1806 and her return to England, in 
 Sept. 1807, with Lieut.-General Whitelocke. After 
 
 having further, in company with the Thalia 36,' 
 gone in fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to 
 the latitude of Greenland, and endured three months 
 of great privation on the coast of Labrador, he re- 
 moved, in 1808, to the Afrtcaine 38, Capt. Rich. 
 Raggett, and sailed for the Mediterranean, where, 
 in Jan. 1809, he was received on board the Tigeb 
 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell. On the night of 31 Oct. 
 following we find him serving in the boats of a 
 squadron under Lieut. John Tailour at the capture 
 and destruction, after a desperate struggle and a 
 loss to the British of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of 
 the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 
 men, bombards Victoire and Cfrondeur, and armed 
 xebec Nbrmande, with a convoy of seven merchant- 
 vessels, defended by numerous strong batteries in 
 the Bay of Rosas. He had, a few days previously, 
 assisted in causing the self-destruction of the French 
 ships-of-the-line Hobuste and Liim.* On 17 Aug. 
 1810 he was confirmed a Lieutenant (having been 
 ordered to act as such on 21 of the preceding June) 
 in the ViLLE de Paris 110, Capt. Rich. Thomas; 
 and he was next, 29 Sept. following, appointed to 
 the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell. In that 
 ship he aided, in company with the Belle Poule 
 38, in destroying, 5 May, 1811, a French national 
 brig lying in the harbour of Parenza and defended 
 by a galling cross fire from two batteries. He also 
 took part, 29 Nov. 1811, and obtained mention for 
 the admirable manner in which he directed the 
 main-deck guns, in an action of two hours and a 
 half, fought with consummate gallantry, between 
 the Alceste and Active 38 on one side, and the 
 French 40-gun frigates Pomone and PavUne on the 
 other, which terminated in the capture of the Po- 
 mone and escape of the Pauline, after a loss had 
 been occasioned to the Alceste of 7 men killed 
 and 13 wounded, f At the end of a period of two 
 years passed as Lieutenant of the Sceptre and Al- 
 bion 74's, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Geo. Cock- 
 burn on the North American station, Mr. Montagu 
 was awarded a second promotal commission 7 June, 
 1814, and on 23 of the same month appointed to the 
 command of the Thistle 12, which sloop he brought 
 home and paid off in Sept. 1815. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 9 April, 1823, to the Rifleman 18, fitting 
 for the Halifax station, where he remained until 
 posted, 17 July, 1824. He accepted the Retirement 
 1 Oct. 1846. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MONTAGU. (Captain, 1820. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 26.) 
 
 John William Montagu, born 18 Jan. 1790, is 
 
 second son of the late Admiral Sir Geo. Montagu, 
 
 G.C.B.jJ by Charlotte, daughter and co-heir of 
 
 • FlifeGaz. 1809, p. 1907. f f'. Gaz. 1612, p. 567. 
 
 X Sir Geo. Montagu was ^orn 12 Dec. 1750; entered the 
 R. N. Academy in 1763 ; and first went to sea in the Presi- 
 dent 50, Capt. (af^*^wa^ds Lord) Gardner. He was promoted 
 in 1770 to the rank of Lieutenant ; was made Commander 
 into the Kingfisher sloop ; and in 1773 was posted into the 
 FoWEY 20. In that ship, during the first American war, he 
 covered the retreat and embarkation of the army under Sir 
 Wm. Howe, at the evacuation of Boston, and was present at 
 the siege of New York. He subsequently, assuming com- 
 mand (after two years of servitude in the Romney 50, his 
 father's flai^-ship) of the Pbahl of 32 guns, 700 tons, and 220 
 men, effected the capture, 14 Sept. 1799, of the Sanla Monica 
 of 32 guns, 900 tons, and 280 men, 38 of whom were killed 
 and 45 wounded, with a loss to the British of 12 killed and 
 19 wounded. In Dec. of the same year he accompanied 
 Sir Geo. Rodney to the relief of Gibraltar ; and on 6 of the 
 ensuing month he assisted at the capture of the Caraccas 
 convoy, with which he returned to England in company with 
 the Africa 64. On 30 Sept. in the latter year it was his 
 fortune to make prize, after a long and obstinate battle (at- 
 tended with a loss to the Pearl of 6 killed and 10 wounded, 
 and to the enemy of 20 killed and 24 wounded), otLEspe- 
 ranee, a French frigate of about equal force. On 16 March, 
 1781, he was in company withthesquadron under Vice- Admiral 
 Arbuthnot in a partial action fought with the French under 
 M. de Ternay. The Pearl being paid off in 17a2, Capt. 
 Montagu, in 1790, obtained command of the Hector 74; in 
 which ship, in June, 1793, he was employed, under Rear-Admi- 
 ral Gardner, in the unsuccessful attack on Martinique. Attain- 
 ing the rank of Rear-Admiral 12 April, 1794, he was ordered, 
 in the early part of the following month, to escort the out- 
 ward-bound Last India fleet, and other convoys, amounting in 
 
MONTAGU. 
 
 773 
 
 Geo. 'Wroughton, Esq. ; and grandson of Admiral 
 John Montagu,* himself the great-grandson of Hon. 
 Jas. Montagu, third son of Henry, first Earl of 
 Manchester, ancestor of the present Duke of that 
 name. He is brother of Lieut.-Colonel Geo. 
 Wroughton Wroughton, of Wilcot, oo. Wilts, and 
 of Capt. Jas. Montagu, K.N. ; and brother-in-law of 
 the late Vioe-Admiral Sir John Gore, K.C.B., by 
 the marriage to that officer of his eldest sister, 
 Georgiana, now a Bedchamber Woman to Queen 
 Adelaide. One of his uncles, James, was killed in 
 command of the Montago 74 in tlie action of 1 
 June, 1794; and another, Edward, Lieut.-Colonel 
 of Artillery, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, fell at the 
 storming of Seringapatam in 1799. Capt. Montagu 
 is second-cousin of the present Lieut. E. P. Mon- 
 tagu, R.N. 
 
 This ofl&cer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 in 1803 ; and embarked, about 1806, as Midshipman, 
 on board the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Cockbum; 
 in which ship, on 27 Sept. in that year, he witnessed 
 the capture, in the Bay of Biscay, of the French 
 frigate Le President of 44 guns. In Feb. 1807 he 
 became Master's Mate of the Fame 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Henry Alex. Bennett; and on 9 Oct. 1809, after 
 having been employed oflF Cadiz and on boat-service 
 at the defence of Rosas, he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 31 March, 1810, to the Standard 64, Capt. 
 Aiskew Paffard Hollis, attached to the force in the 
 Baltic — 29 Oct. following, to the Emerald 36, 
 Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, under whom he served 
 off the coast of Ireland and made a voyage to the 
 Cape of Good Hope— and, 18 Dec. 1811, 14 June, 
 1812, and 29 March, 1814, to the Edinburgh 74, 
 Capt. Robt. RoUes, Cerberus 32, Capt. Thos. 
 Garth, and Revenge 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore, 
 all stationed in the Mediterranean. On 29 Jan. 
 1813 he commanded one of the boats of the Cer- 
 berus at the capture of a trabaccolo, armed with 2 
 guns, and deeply laden with corn and flour for the 
 garrison of Corfu ; he assisted, in the following 
 May, in bringing out from under a martello tower, 
 to the southward of Brindisi, a vessel mounting 1 
 6-poundcr, from Otranto bound to Ancona; and 
 on 28 of the same month, taking charge of two boats 
 belonging to the Cerberus, he participated, in con- 
 junction with two others under the orders of Lieut. 
 Wm. Henry Nares of the Apollo 38, in a most 
 determined and gallant attack upon a convoy pro- 
 tected by 11 gun-boats near Otranto, where the 
 cliffs were covered with French troops. f In the 
 Revenge Lieut. Montagu served at the blockade of 
 Venice and at the capture of Corfu. Attaining the 
 rank of Commander 31 May, 1814, he was succes- 
 sively, 1 and 31 March, 1819, appointed in that capa- 
 city to the Cadmus and Brisk sloops ; in the latter 
 of which, until posted, 30 Nov. 1820, we find him 
 actively employed in the suppression of smuggling. 
 He assumed command, 7 June, 1828, of the Croco- 
 dile 28, fitting for the East Indies, whence he re- 
 
 tlie whole to about J300 sail, as fai to the southward as Cape 
 Finisterre. immediately on the arrival of the intelligence of 
 Lord Howe's victory of 1 June, he was again ordered to sea 
 in search of a valuable French convoy expected from America ; 
 and on 9 of that month, with eight 74-gun ships, one 64, and 
 several frigates under his command, he fell in with the 
 enemy's fleet, consisting of 14 effective line-of-battle ships, 
 and of 5 others which had been disabled in the recent battle. 
 In the face of a force so superior the Rear- Admiral, of course, 
 could only act on the defensive. Altera few days' further 
 cruize he returned to Cadsand Bay and struck his flag. He 
 was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral I June, 179o ; and 
 on 1 Jan. 1801 to that of fuU Admiral. From June, IS03, 
 until Jan. 1809, he held the oflice of Commander-in-l'Mef at 
 Portsmouth ; and so highly did he acquire the respect and 
 esteem of the Captains who during that period fltted out at 
 the port, that in Aug. 18 10 he was presented, by a large body 
 of them, with a superb piece of plate. He was nominated a 
 G.C.B. in 18'5 ; and died an Admiral of the Red in 1829. 
 
 • Admiral John .Montagu served his country with zeal and 
 fidelity for fiS years. He commanded the squadron employed 
 on the coast of North America previous to the colonial war ; 
 was afterwards appointed Governor of Newfoundland ; and 
 held the chief command at Portsmouth subsequent to the 
 peace of 1783. He died in 1795. 
 
 t Fide Gai. 1813, p. 1794. 
 
 turned in the summer of 1832 ; and he was lastly, 
 from 23 Nov. 1839 until March, 1841, employed in 
 the Britannia 120 and Queen 110, as Flag-Captain 
 to Sir Edw. Codrington, Commander-in-Chief at 
 Portsmouth. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 
 1846. , , „ 
 
 Capt. Montagu married, 12 March, 1840, Isabella 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Chas. Geo. Beauclerk, Esq., 
 of St. Leonard's Forest, Sussex, by whom he has 
 issue. 
 
 MONTAGU. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-P., 12.) 
 
 John William Montagu is son of the late Ad- 
 miral Robt. Montagu ;•* and a descendant of Admi- 
 ral Sir Henry Montagu, M.P., who was created Earl 
 of Sandwich as a reward for his loyalty in inducing 
 the fleet to declare in favour of King Charles 11. 
 Commander Montagu's grandfather, John, fourth 
 Earl of Sandwich, was First Lord of the Admiralty 
 in 1763, and again from 1771 to 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Dec. 1819, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. 
 Augui?tus Montagu. After serving for two years 
 and a half in that frigate on the coast of North 
 America, he was next, from July, 1822, until Dec. 
 1825, employed in the Espi^gle sloop, and colonial 
 brig Wizard, in surveying the west coast of Africa, 
 in cruizing in suppression of the slave-trade, and in 
 civilizing the natives of Madagascar. Between 1 
 Jan. 1826, in the course of which year he passed his 
 examination, and 3 Aug. 1827, Mr. Montagu appears 
 to have been attached, at Portsmouth and on the 
 coast of Ireland, to the Victory 104, William and 
 Mary yacht. Tiger cutter, and Royal Charlotte 
 yacht ; the latter under the command of the present 
 Sir Chas. Malcolm, by whom we find him officially 
 described as a young officer of high promise, " zea- 
 lous, manly, and steady in the performance of his 
 duty." He obtained a Lieutenant's commission on 
 18 Sept. in the year last mentioned ; and was subse- 
 quently appointed— 25 Aug. 1828, to the Britomart 
 10, Capts. Russell Henry Manners and Edw. John 
 Johnson, employed on the coast of Portugal — 26 
 Oct. 1830, to the Revenge 78, Capts. Jas. Hillyar 
 and Donald Hugh Mackay, in which ship he conti- 
 nued for about three years on the Home station — ■ 
 16 Aug. 1834, as Second-Lieutenant (a rank he had 
 for some time held in the Revenge), to the Mala- 
 bar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Augustus Montagu, with 
 whom he served for two years, chiefly in the Medi- 
 terranean and off Lisbon— 20 Aug. 1839, for 12 
 months, to the Coast Guard in Norfolk and Kent — ■ 
 and 19 Aug. 1841, as Senior, to the Isis 44, Capt. 
 Sir John Marshall, fitting at Chatham. He attained 
 his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Montagu is married and has issue. 
 Agent— Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 MONTAGU. (Commander, 1815. r-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Montagu Montagu entered the Navy, 6 April, 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Drtad 36, 
 Capts. Chas. John Moore Mansfield and Robt. Wil- 
 liams ; with whom he continued employed on the 
 
 • Admiral Robt. Montagu was confirmed a Post-Captain in 
 the Seahokse of 20 guns, 3 March, 1781. He commanded 
 the Exeter 64 in the action between Sir Edw. Hughes and 
 M. de SuiTrein, off Negapatnam, 6 July, 1782 ; and was after- 
 wards appointed to the Floha 38, Aquilon 3?, Samvson 64, 
 and Hec'ior and ^.'umberland 74's. In consideration of his 
 having, when in the Sampson in the autumn of 1794, con- 
 voyed 19 of the Hon. Co.'s ships home from the East Indies, 
 in company with the Lion 64 (on board of which was Lord 
 Macartney returning from his embassy to China), Capt. Mon- 
 tagu was presented, by the Court of Directors, with the sum 
 of 350 guineas. In the Hector he served in Hoiham's partial 
 action oi 13 July, 1795. Being advanced to the rank ./Rear- 
 Admiral 14 Feb. 1799. he was subsequently, in 1801-2, em- 
 ployed in the chief command on the Jamaica station, 
 vacant by the death of Lord Hugh Sevmour ; and, after the 
 renewal of hostilities, in command of a part of the North Sea 
 fleet under Lord Keith. He became a Vics-Admiral 9 Nov 
 1805 ; and a full Admiral 31 July, 1810. 
 
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 MONTAGU— MONTGOMERIE. 
 
 Home station in the same vessel, and in the RcssELt 
 and MiNOTAUK 74's, until May, 1805, nearly the 
 wliole time in the capacity of Midshipman. In the 
 ship last mentioned, under Capt. Mansfield, he as- 
 sisted, we believe, at the capture, 28 May, 1803, of 
 the French 36-gun frigate Franchise. Being nomi- 
 nated, 3 Dec. 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of the Su- 
 perb 74, he was aft'orded an opportunity of partici- 
 pating, under the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, 
 m the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and was 
 in consequence officially promoted by a commission 
 dated 5 of the ensuing month. His succeeding 
 appointments were — 5 Aug. 1806, to the Royai. 
 Geokgb 100, bearing the flag of the same officer, 
 with whom he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, 
 and afterwards served in the "West Indies and 
 Channel— 13 May, 1809, to the San Josef 110, also 
 flag-ship of Sir J. T. Duckworth, lying at Spithead 
 ^in the course of the latter year and of 1810, to 
 the Htpekion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie, Shark 
 sloop, Capt. Edm. Denman, Oakland 22, Capts. 
 Charlton and Graves, and Avon sloop, Capt. Henry 
 Tillieux Fraaer, all on the Jamaica station, whence 
 he invalided in March, 1811—29 Oct. 1812> to the 
 Bakrosa 36, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreffi attached 
 to the force on the coast of North America — 31 
 Dec. 1813 (seven months after he had left the Bak- 
 rosa), to the Pdissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, 
 at Spithead — and, in the early part of 181.5, to the 
 Impregnable 98, York 74, and St. George 100, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Sir J. T. Duckworth at Ply- 
 mouth. Since his attainment of the rank of Com- 
 mander, 13 June, 1815, he has been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MONTAGU, Kt., C.B., K.CH. (Eear-Admikal 
 OF THE White, 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., 28.) 
 Sir "William Augustus Montagu entered the 
 Navy, 4 Sept. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Glatton 50, Capt. Henry TroUope ; under whom 
 he continued employed on the Home station, as 
 Midshipman, in the Kdssell 74 (part of the victo- 
 rious fleet in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 
 1797), and Juste 80, until transferred, about the 
 close of 1800, to the Sibius 36, Capt. Sir Kioh. 
 King. In that ship he witnessed, 27 J an. 1801, the 
 surrender of the French 36-gun frigate La Hedaignr- 
 euse. After a servitude of four years in the East 
 Indies on board the Dasher, of which sloop (com- 
 manded at first by Capt. Delafons) he was succes- 
 sively confirmed Lieutenant and Commander by 
 commissions dated 14 Nov. 1804 and 31 Oct. 1805, 
 he was there nominated, 8 June, 1807, Acting-Cap- 
 tain of the Terpsichore frigate — an appointment 
 sanctioned, 8 Deo. following, by the approval of 
 the Admiralty. In March of the following year 
 Capt. Montagu, whose ship mounted but 28 guns 
 and had only 180 men on board, fell in with, fought, 
 and (with a loss to himself of 21 men killed and 22 
 wounded) fairly beat off the French frigate Semil- 
 lante of 40 guns and a crew of at least 300 men. 
 Being soon afterwards appointed to the Cornwal- 
 Lis of 50 guns and 335 men, he assisted, in the 
 early part of 1810, at the reduction of the island of 
 Amboyna, where he elicited from Capt. Edw. 
 Tucker, the senior officer present, the greatest 
 praise for the able nature of his support in the dif- 
 ferent actions with the enemy's batteries and forts, 
 and for the judgment he displayed in the naviga- 
 tion of his ship amidst baffling vdnds and strong 
 currents.* About the same period Capt. Montagu 
 succeeded in effecting the capture of the Dutch 
 corvettes Mandarin and De Jt-uyter. In the follow- 
 ing Nov. he was intrusted with the command of 
 the naval brigade landed to assist at the reduction 
 of the Isle of France ; during the operations con- 
 nected with which, particularly on the occasion of 
 the defeat of the French troops before St. Louis, 1 
 Dec, his zeal and exertions were such as to call 
 forth the sincere acknowledgments of Major-Gene- 
 ral Abercromby. His last appointments were — 8 
 Sept. 1812, to the Niobe 40, employed until June, 
 
 • r«feGaz. 1810, p. 1482. 
 
 1814, on the Channel, American, and Lisbon sta- 
 tions— 29 Oct. 1819, to the Phaeton 46, vrhich ship 
 he commanded on service at Halifax until put out 
 of commission in Sept. 1822— and 25 July, 1834, to 
 the Malabar 74, fitting for the Mediterranean, 
 where, and off Lisbon, he continued until .ordered 
 home at the close of 1837 for the purpose of being' 
 paid off. He attained Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral (a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. 
 Huntingdon) was nominated a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815 ; 
 a K.H. 5 Oct. 1830 ; and a K.CH. (accompanied 
 with the honour of Knighthood) in Jan. 1832. He 
 married, 26 Aug. 1823, Anne, third daughter of the 
 late Sir Geo. Wm. Leeds, Bart., of Croxton Park, 
 Cambridgeshire. 
 
 MONTGOMERIE. (Cajtsm, 1820. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 Alexander Montgomerie is second son of the 
 late Alex. Montgomerie, Esq., of Annick Lodge, 
 CO. Ayr (brother of Hugh, twelfth Earl of Eglinton, 
 and grand-uncle of the present Peer), by Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Dr. Taylor ; and brother-in-law of the 
 Right Hon. David Boyle, Lord Justice-Clerk. His 
 brother, Hugh, married a daughter of Lieut.-Gene- 
 ralRumley, E. I. Co.'s service; and his grand-uncle, 
 James, died a Lieut.-General in the Army 13 April, 
 1829. His eldest brother, the present Wm. Egliu-. 
 ton Montgomerie, Esq., of Annick Lodge, is a Ma- 
 gistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, and Lieut.-Colonel 
 Commandant of the Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 June, 1802, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. B. 
 J. Neve, lying at Portsmouth ; and from the follow- 
 ing Aug. until Aug. 1808, was employed as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate in the Argo 44, and Tigre 
 74, both commanded by Capt. Benj. Hallowell. In 
 the Aego, after visiting the coast of Africa, he as- 
 sisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucie and Tobago ; 
 and when in the Tigke, besides accompanying Lord 
 Nelson to the West Indies in pursuit of the com- 
 bined fleets of France and Spain, he participated in 
 the operations of 1807 in Egypt, was present at the 
 capture of Alexandria, and saw much boat service 
 on Lake Mareotis. In Sept. 1809, on passing his 
 examination, he joined the Orpheus 36 ; and from 
 that ship he was soon transferred to the Sceptre 74, 
 Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, for a passage to the West 
 Indies ; wliere, on 18 of the ensuing Dec, we fiaid 
 him contributing, in the boats of a squadron under 
 the personal command of Capt. Hugh Cameron, 
 who was killed, to the destruction, in L'Anoe la 
 Barque, Guadeloupe, of the 40-gun frigates Loire 
 and Seine, laden with stores, and protected by nu- 
 merous strong batteries. As a reward for his con- 
 duct on the occasion, which was officially reported, 
 he was nominated, the next day, Acting- Lieutenant 
 of the Freija frigate, Capt. John Hayes — an ap- 
 pointment the Admiralty confirmed by a commis- 
 sion dated 4 May, 1810. Previously to that event 
 Mr. Montgomerie, during the operations which led 
 to the reduction of Guadeloupe, had been employed 
 in the boats of his own ship and the Sceptre in de- 
 stroying the various batteries erected on the island. 
 After three months' command of the Magnanime 
 at Sheerness, he was appointed, 28 Jan. 1811, to the 
 Aquilon 32, Capts. Wm. Bowles and Jas. Boxer, 
 under whom he served for upwards of three years 
 and a half on the North Sea, Baltic, and South 
 American stations. When in the Baltic in 1812, 
 and engaged with the boats under his orders in an 
 attempt to bring some vessels off from the island of 
 Rugen, he greatly distinguished himself by his con- 
 duct in capturing a temporary fort occupied by a 
 superior number of troops, whom, on their being 
 reinforced and endeavouring to recover their loss, 
 he several times repulsed. On his return from the 
 Rio de la Plata in Sept. 1814, Mr. Montgomerie, 
 who had been latterly First-Lieutenant of the Aqui- 
 LON, found that he had been promoted to the rank 
 of Commander on 7 of the preceding June, and ap- 
 pointed to the Racoon sloop, which vessel, how- 
 ever, being at the time on the coast of Brazil, he 
 
MONTGOMERY-MONTRESOR-MONYPENNY. 
 
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 never joined. He afterwards, 21 March, 1818, as- 
 sumed command of the Cokfiahce 18, fitting for 
 the West Indies, where he became, 13 July, 1820, 
 Acting-Captain of the Sapphike 26. He was con- 
 firmed 3 Oct. following ; and in Sept. 1821 he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off. He accepted 
 the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agent— John P. Mus- 
 pratt. 
 
 MONTGOMERY. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Alexandek Leslie Montgomeky, bom 15 March, 
 1807, is second son (by Sarah Mercer, daughter of 
 Leslie Grove, Esq., of Grove Hall, co. Donegal) of 
 the late Sir Henry Cunningham Montgomery, Bart., 
 M.P. for St. Michael's and the borough of Tarmouth, 
 who, during the war with Tippoo Sultan, won dis- 
 tinction at the head of three battalions of infantry 
 and 5000 cavalry, and was afterwards, in 1803, ap- 
 pointed Inspecting Field-Oiiicer of Yeomanry and 
 Volunteers in co. Donegal, with the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel in the Army. Capt. Montgomery's 
 eldest brother, the present Sir Henry Cunningham 
 Montgomery, Bart., is in the civil service of the 
 East India Company at Madras ; his next, Hugh, is 
 an officer in the Madras Army ; and his youngest, 
 Arthur, is married to a daughter of Colonel Wynd- 
 ham, of Petworth House, co. Sussex. His eldest 
 sister is the wife of the Hon. and Rev. Grantham 
 Munter Yorke, youngest son of the late Admiral 
 Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, K.C.B., and brother of 
 tlie Earl of Hardwicke, Captain R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 
 Oct. 1819 ; embarked in Oct. 1821 ; and, on passing 
 his final examination, was made Lieutenant, 30 Aug. 
 1828, into the Helicon 10, Capt. Kobt. Henry Stan- 
 hope, at the Cape of Good Hope. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 26 Feb. 1830, to the Alligator 
 28, Capt. Chas. Philip Yorke (now Earl of Hard- 
 wicke), with whom he served in the Mediterranean 
 until paid off in the summer of 1831—9 May, 1833, 
 to the Okestes 18, Capts. Wm. Nugent Glascock 
 and Sir "Wm. Dickson, in which vessel he continued, 
 chiefly on the Lisbon station, until put out of com- 
 mission in the spring of 1834— and 16 July, 1836, to 
 the Inconstant 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, also attached 
 to the force off Lisbon. H e was promoted from the 
 latter ship to the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838 ; 
 and from 12 March, 1845, until advanced to the rank 
 he now holds, 2 July, 1846, was employed on the 
 south-east coast of America in the Grecian 16. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Montgomery married, 30 June, 1840, Caro- 
 line Rose, daughter of Jas. Campbell, Esq., of 
 Hampton Court, co. Middlesex. Agent— J. Hinx- 
 man. 
 
 eun-boat service on the river Scheldt until the evar 
 Suation of Walcheren-at the close of 1811 (after 
 about 12 months of half-pay) to the Africaine 38, 
 Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, for passage on promotion 
 to the East Indies-in 1812 to the Hecate 18, Capt. 
 Joseph Drury, the boats of which sloop he com- 
 manded in Jan. 1813, at the storming of the works 
 of Sambas, a piratical settlement on the coast ot 
 Bomeo-and 13 Jan. 1814, to the Clorinde 38, 
 Capt Thos. Briggs, with whom he returned home 
 and was paid off in Sept. of the same year. He was 
 advanced to his present rank 13 June, 1815 ; and 
 was subsequently employed for a period of seven 
 years in the Coast Guard in Ireland. Agent— 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 MONTEESOR. (Commandot, 1843.) 
 
 Frederick Bvng Montkesor entered the Navy 
 27 June, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 30 July, 1835. His 
 succeeding appointments were, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station— 30 Dec. 1835, as Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant, to the President 52, flag-ship of 
 Sir Geo. Cockbum— 24 March, 1836, to the Forte 
 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell— 3 Feb. 1837, again as 
 Additional, to the Melville 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Peter Halkett— 13 July, 1837, to the Champion 
 18, Capt. Geo. St. Vincent King— 18 March, 1839 
 (a few months after the latter vessel had been paid 
 off), to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 Harvey— and 12 Dec. 1840, to the command of the 
 Pickle schooner. He acquired the rank he now 
 holds 12 Jan. 1843; and has been in command, 
 since 20 April, 1846, of the Cygnet 6, and Wan- 
 derer 12, on the coast of Africa. His appoint- 
 ment to the latter vessel took place 14 Feb. 1847. 
 
 MONTGOMERY. (Commander, 1815. r-p.,22; 
 H-P., 27.) 
 
 Thomas Montgomery, born 10 March, 1786, is 
 son of the Rev. Robt. Montgomery, Rector of Mo- 
 naghan, whose family for many generations repre- 
 sented CO. Monaghan in Parliament. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 July, 1798; embarked, in May, 1802, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Ackora 38, Capt. Micajah Mal- 
 bon ; and in the course of the following year was 
 present, as Midshipman, at the surrender of the 
 islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. From Feb. 
 1804 to March, 1806, he served, chiefly at the 
 blockade of Brest, in the Plahtagenet 74, Capts. 
 Hon. Michael De Couroy, Fras. Pender, and Wm. 
 Bradley. He then removed to the Forward gun- 
 brig, Lieut. -Commander Dan. Shiels, and on 1 Oct. 
 following he was made Lieutenant into the Uranie 
 38, Capts. Christopher Laroche and Thos. Manby, 
 also on the coast of France. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 13 Oct. 1807, to the Hyacinth 
 sloop, Capt. John Davie, whom he accompanied to 
 the Brazils— 12 Dec. 1808, to the Marleokough 74, 
 Capt. Graham Moore, employed at first on the latter 
 station, and then in the North Sea, where, in 1809, 
 he commanded a division of boats at the bombard- 
 ment of Flushing, and continued attached to the 
 
 MONYPENNY. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 17 ; 
 H-P., 7.) 
 
 William Backhouse Monypenny, born 13 Dec. 
 1808, is fourth son of the late Thos. Monypenny, 
 Esq., by Catherine, daughter of Isaac Button, Esq., 
 of Ospringe and Whitehills, co. Kent ; and brother 
 of the present Thos. Gybbon Monypenny, Esq., of 
 Hole House, Rolvenden, a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for cos. Kent and Sussex, and late M.P. 
 for Bye. His youngest brother, Robert Hony- 
 wood, died a Captain in the 4th Infantry 8 March, 
 1839. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 April, 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ramillies 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Brace, with whom, until Nov. 1824, he served 
 on the Home and West India stations, part of the 
 time as Midshipman of the Ganges 84. He was 
 then for three years and a half employed in the 
 Gannet 18, Capt. Fras. Brace, on the coast of Ire- 
 land, and also in the Mediterranean ; where he fur- 
 ther, from 1828 until 1830, served on board the 
 Gloucester 74, Capt. Houston Stewart, and Peli- 
 can 18, Capt. Fras. Deane Hutcheson. Joining 
 next, 9 Nov. 1831, in the capacity of Mate (he had 
 passed his examination 4 July, 1829), the .^tna sur- 
 veying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Belcher, he proceeded to 
 the coast of Africa, and was afterwards, previously 
 to his return to the Mediterranean, employed on the 
 river Douro for the protection of British property 
 during the hostilities between Pedro and Miguel. 
 While in charge, in 1833, of one of the Miva's 
 decked boats, manned with but 4 hands, he acci- 
 dentally lost sight of the ship off the Straits of Gib- 
 raltar, but providentially succeeded in reaching 
 Portsmouth in his flimsy tenement after a passage 
 of 19 days, arriving there on 18 Sept. Towards the 
 close of the same year he again sailed for the Afri- 
 can coast in the jEtna, with Capt. Wm. Geo. Sky- 
 ring. He continued in that vessel under the com- 
 mand of Lieut. Wm. Arlett and Capt. Alex. Thos. 
 Emeric Vidal (10 months of the time as Acting- 
 Lieutenant) until Oct. 1835 ; and on 30 Sept. 1837 
 (having further served as Mate, in the Channel, off 
 Lisbon, in the Mediterranean, and at Plymouth, in 
 the Pembroke 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Fellowes and 
 Fairfax Moresby, and Donegal 78, Capts. Fras. 
 
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 MOODIE-MOONEY— MOOR— MOORE. 
 
 Brace and John Drake) he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments 
 were-3 Nov. 1837, as Additional, to the Pkesident 
 52, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson 
 Ross in South America— and 16 June, 1838, as Se- 
 nior, to the Sulphur surveying-vessel, commanded 
 by his old Captain, Belcher. On his subsequent 
 arrival in China from the Pacific, we find him as- 
 sisting, in the early part of 1841, at the capture of 
 Chuenpee, Tycocktow, and theBogue; uniting, also, 
 in an attack made by a squadron under Capt. Her- 
 bert on the enemy's camp, fort, and ship Cambridge^ 
 bearing the Chinese Admiral's flag, at their position 
 below Whampoa Reach, where 98 guns were in the 
 whole destroyed ;'•' and participating in the opera- 
 tions against Canton. As a reward for his exer- 
 tions he was promoted to the rank of Commander 
 by commission dated 8 June, 1841. He left the 
 SuLPHUK in the following Nov., and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 MOODIE. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 DoNAiD MooDiE entered the Navy, 15 Deo. 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Jas. 
 Vashon, bearing the flag of Sir Edm. Nagle at Leith. 
 He removed in March, 1809, to the Spitfire sloop, 
 Capt. John Ellis ; and after serving for two years 
 and a half in that vessel in the North Sea and Chan- 
 nel, at Quebec, and on the Spanish coast, he became 
 Midshipman, in Sept. 1811, of the America 74, Capt. 
 Josias Kowley, on the Mediterranean station ; where, 
 in 1813-14, he witnessed the unsuccessful attack 
 upon Leghorn, the reduction of Santa Maria and 
 the enemy's forts and defences in the Gulf of Spe- 
 zia, and the fall of Genoa. Quitting the America 
 in Oct. 1814, he next, until Dec. 1815, served off 
 Ushant and Madeira, and again in the Mediterra- 
 nean, in the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Dun- 
 can, and Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir Josias 
 Rowley. His commission bears date 9 Dec. 1816. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Moodie has been for some time Acting- 
 President of the Government Bank at the Cape of 
 Good Hope. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 MOONEY. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 William Moonet passed his examination 22 Oct. 
 1836 ; and has been serving since 1841 on the North 
 America and "West India station, as Mate and Lieu- 
 tenant of the Thunder surveying-vessel, Capt. 
 Edw. Barnett. His commission bears date 26 Aug, 
 1844. 
 
 MOOE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Philip Moor was born 2 June, 1793. His bro- 
 ther J ames, a Lieutenant R.M., died in the island 
 of Marie-galante in 1808. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Aug. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the "Windsor Castle 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Boyles, in which ship, after witnessing 
 Sir Sam. Hood's destruction of four heavy French 
 frigates off" Rochefort, he passed the Dardanells 
 with Sir John Duckworth, and was present at the 
 destruction of the Turkish squadron ofi" Point Pes- 
 quies. Joining next, in Oct. 1808, the Unicorn 32, 
 Capts. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman and Alex. Robt. 
 Kerr, he assisted, as Midshipman, in embarking the 
 army after the battle of Corunna in Jan. 1809, and 
 in the ensuing April beheld Lord Coohrane's bril- 
 liant attack on the French shipping in Aix Roads. 
 In Sept, of the same year he rejoined Capt. Hardy- 
 man on board the Armide 38 ; but, previously to 
 doing so, he appears to have attracted the notice of 
 Lord Gambler by his gallant defence of the Uni- 
 corn's launch against nine of the enemy's gun-boats 
 after his commanding-oflicer, Lieut. H amilton, had 
 been killed. On leaving the Armide, in May, 1810, 
 he became in succession attached to the Dread- 
 nought 98, flagship of Rear- Admiral Thos. Sotheby, 
 and to the Imperieuse 38, Lively 38, and Trident 
 64, bearing each the flag of Bear- Admiral Boyles, to 
 whom he acted as aide-de-camp. In the Livelt, 
 * Vide Gaz, 1841, p, 1501. 
 
 commanded by Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, it was Mr. 
 Moor's misfortune to be wrecked, 10 Aug. 1810, on 
 a reef of rocks near Point Coura, in the island of 
 Malta. During an after servitude of 13 months in 
 the Scout sloop, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe, he 
 had charge for some time of a watch, carried two 
 prizes safely into port, and aided, in company with 
 the PoMONE 38, and Unite 36, at the destruction, 1 
 May, 1811, after a gallant action of an hour and a 
 half, in Sagone Bay (where the Scout incurred a 
 loss of 3 men killed and 9 wounded), of the two 
 armed store-ships Giraffe and JVourrice, each mount- 
 ing from 20 to 30 guns, and protected by a 5-gun 
 battery, a martello-tower, and a body of about 200 
 regular troops. In Dec. 1811, three months after 
 he had returned to the Trident, he was received 
 on board the Thames 32, Capt. Chas. Napier, by 
 whom he was soon awarded the rating of Master's 
 Mate. While in that ship, besides being thrice de- 
 puted to perform the duties of prize-master, he had 
 command of a tender, and came into frequent con- 
 tact with the enemy on the Calabrian coast. He 
 once, when on shore on impress service at Malta, 
 received a very severe wound in the under-jaw, and 
 had five of his teeth knocked out, the remainder 
 being so broken and displaced as to be afterwards 
 rendered unserviceable. He was on two other occa- 
 sions also slightly wounded, and (a fact well at- 
 tested) had a piece of his hat in one instance shot 
 away by a cannon-ball while in charge of a boat. 
 During the two years which preceded his attain- 
 ment of the rank of Lieutenant, 16 Feb. 1815, he 
 served, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 BEtLEROPHON 74, Capt. Edw. Hawker, flag-ship of 
 Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats at Newfoundland. In 
 Dec. 1814, having volunteered his services, he took 
 charge of a recaptured vessel, deeply laden with 
 crockery-ware, and, after a desperate passage of 11 
 days, succeeded in carrying her into Plymouth. 
 During eight days of the time the sea was perpe- 
 tually washing over, and, as there existed no possi- 
 bility of opening the hatches or of going below, 
 those on board were reduced to the necessity of 
 subsisting entirely upon raw meat. The conduct 
 exhibited by Mr. Moor on this, as on a previous 
 occasion, aflbrded Capt. Hawker an opportunity of 
 recommending him to the Admiralty as an ofiicer 
 most fully deserving promotion. Since the receipt 
 of his commission he has been on half-pay. 
 
 MOOEE. (Commander, 1817.) 
 
 Charles Moore (a) entered the Navy, in Jan. 
 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Eagle 74, com- 
 manded by the late Sir Chas. Rowley; and, while 
 in that ship (of which he was created a Lieutenant 
 26 Jan. 1813), he accompanied the expedition of 
 1809 to the Walcheren, co-operated in the defence 
 of Cadiz in 1810, assisted at the capture, 27 Nov. 
 1811, of Xa Corcepre frigate, carrying 28 guns, to- 
 gether with 170 seamen and 130 soldiery and beheld 
 the fall, in 1813, of Flume, Trieste (whCTe he served 
 on shore, and by his courage and activity elicited 
 the admiration of Rear-Admiral Fremantle*), and 
 other places in the Adriatic. Being subsequently 
 npminated Flag-Lieutenant to the above oflBcer, on 
 his assuming the chief command at the Nore, he 
 served in that capacity both in the Nauur and 
 Bulwark 74's. In the spring of 1817 he was lent 
 to the Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 W. C. R. Owen, for the purpose of escorting the 
 King of the French from England to Calais ; ofi' 
 which place he so distinguished himself by his 
 heroic intrepidity in a boat in saving the lives of 
 part of the crew of a vessel which had been driven 
 on shore during a strong north-west gale, that he 
 was promoted to the rank of Commander 24 June 
 in the same year. His last appointment was to the 
 Coast Guard, in which service he remained from 18 
 March, 1834, until 1837. 
 
 Commander Moore married, in 1819, at Grantham, 
 CO. Lincoln, Elizabeth Anne, second daughter of the 
 late Rich. Palmer, Esq. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 * Ttife Gm. 1813, p. 8«7S. 
 
MOORE. 
 
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 MOORE. (LlEOTENANT, ISil.) 
 
 Chakies Mooke entered the Navy 23 Nov. 1825 ; 
 parsed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained his 
 commission 15 March, 1841. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 17 March, 1841, as Additional- 
 Lieutenant, to the Southampton 50, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Edw. Durnford King, Commander-in- 
 Chief at the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope— 25 
 Nov. 1841, to the Pearl 20, Capt. Rich. Henry 
 Stopford, on the South American station, whence 
 he returned to England and was paid off in 1844 — 
 and, 11 March, 1845, to the Canopus 80, Capt. Fair- 
 fax Moresby, with whom he was for about 12 months 
 employed on Home service. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 welt. 
 
 MOOEE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Edward Moore entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Neptune 98, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Williams and Thos. Fras. Fremantle, sta^ 
 tioned in the Channel and off Cadiz ; and from Dec. 
 1806 until Jan. 1812 was employed, as Midshipman 
 (a rating he had attained in Deo. 1805) and Master's 
 Mate, in the Dreadnought 98, Capts. Wm. Lech- 
 mere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, Valentine Collard, and 
 Sam. Hood Linzee (flag-ship for some time of Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Sotheby), in the Channel, off Roche- 
 fort and Lisbon, and in the Baltic. During the next 
 two years and seven months we find him serving 
 on the Home and Brazilian stations, in the Bul- 
 wark 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Rich. 
 King, Montagu 74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Man- 
 ley Dixon, and Nereus 42, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon. 
 He was then, 2 Sept. 1814, appointed to the Alba- 
 core sloop, Capt. Joseph Patey, in which vessel he 
 continued, still at the Brazils, until July, 1815 ; at 
 which period he took up a commission bearing date 
 13 of the preeding March. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 MOOEE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Howard Moore entered the Navy, in Jan. 1804, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Renard 14, Lieut.- 
 Commander Rich. Spencer, stationed in the Medi- 
 terranean ; where, from Oct. 1805 until Oct. 1812, 
 he served, as Acting-Master, in the Spider 16, 
 Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Stewart and Wm. Sand- 
 ford Oliver, Herald 20, Capt.' Geo. Jackson, Wea- 
 sel sloop, Capt. Henry Prescott, and Alceste 38 
 Capt. Murray Maxwell. In the Herald we find 
 him, in 1810, employed in the defence of Sicily 
 against Murat, and in constant action with the 
 enemy's gun-boats and batteries in the Faro of 
 Messina. When in company, in the Alceste, with 
 the Belle Poule 38, he landed, 5 May, 1811, and 
 aided in destroying a French national brig lying in 
 the harbour of Parenza, and defended by a galling 
 cross fire from lour batteries. On 29 of the ensuing 
 month it was his fortune to be present in an action 
 of 2 hours and 20 minutes, fought with consummate 
 gallantry, between the Alceste and the Active 38 
 on one side, and the French 40-gun frigates Pauliiie 
 and Pcmxme on the other, and which terminated in 
 the capture of the Ponwne and escape of the Pauline, 
 after a loss had been occasioned to the Alceste of 
 7 men killed and 13 wounded. While engaged, in 
 Feb. 1812, in protecting the island of Lissa, Mr. 
 Moore was sent by Capt. Maxwell with two barges 
 under his orders to the coast of Dalmatia, for the 
 purpose of preventing the enemy from conveying 
 supplies to the governor of Ragusa. In carrying 
 out his instructions he fell in with five armed feluc- 
 cas, and succeeded in efiecting the capture of the 
 whole of them, at the end of a desperate struggle, 
 in which he was most gallantly supported by the 
 present Commanders Chas. Croker and John King.* 
 In attempting to board one of the vessels he was 
 very severely wounded by a musket-ball passing 
 through his lungs. For this he was awarded, 29 
 June, 1816, a pension of 911. 5s. He left the Al- 
 ceste, as above, in Oct. 1812 ; and was afterwards 
 employed— from July to Nov. 1813, in the Raison- 
 
 * When recortling the services of Commanders Croker and 
 King we were not aware of the above circumstance. 
 
 NABLE 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, at Sheemess— 
 and, from 1 Jan. until 16 Jan. 1814, in the Rodne? 
 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin off Lis- 
 bon. He has not been since afloat. His commission 
 bears date 27 June, 1814. 
 
 MOORE. (Commander, 1843. r-p., 10; h-p., 3.) 
 John Moore is son of the late Admiral Sir 
 Graham Moore,* G.C.B., G.C.M.G., by Dora, daugh- 
 ter of Thos. Eden, Esq., of Wimbledon, Deputy- 
 Auditor of Greenwich Hospital, sister of Capt. 
 Henry Eden, R.N., and niece of William, first Lord 
 Auckland. He is nephew of the gallant Lieut.-Ge- 
 neral Sir John Moore, who fell at Corunna in Jan. 
 1809, and of the late Fras. Moore, Esq., Under 
 Secretary at War. He descends from Capt. Chas. 
 Moore, an officer in the army, who served in the 
 wars of William III. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1834; passed 
 his examination 10 March, 1841 ; and, on 22 Sept. 
 following, after serving at Plymouth, as Mate, on 
 board the Caledonia 120, his father's flag-ship, 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. _ On 30 
 Oct. in the same year he was nominated Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the Queen 1 10, fitting at Portsmouth 
 for the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; and he 
 was next, from 26 July, 1842, until advanced to his 
 present rank 22 Nov. 1843, employed on the Me- 
 diterranean station in the Aigle 24, Capt. Lord 
 Clarence Edw. Paget. He has had command, since 
 12 Nov. 1846, of the Harlequin 12, again in the 
 Mediterranean. 
 
 MOOEE. (Eetiked Commakdek, 1846. f-p., 18 ; 
 H-p., 36.; 
 John Moore entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Brazen cutter, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Jas. Fegen ; removed, in the following 
 April, to the Colossus 74, Capts. Chas. Morice Pole 
 and John Monckton, successively employed in the 
 Mediterranean and Channel ; served next, from 
 Feb. 1796 to Maj; 1797, in the Carnatic 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear- Admiral CM. Pole ; and then became 
 Midshipman (a rating he had attained in the pre- 
 ceding Oct.) of the Ambuscade of 40 guns, Capt. 
 Henry Jenkins. On 14 Dec. 1798 he was Master's 
 Mate of that frigate when captured, in the Bay of 
 Biscay, by the French ship Baionnaise of 32 guns, 
 8 smvels, and at least 250 men, after a severe con- 
 flict, in which the British sustained a loss, out of 
 190 men, of 10 killed and 36 wounded, and the 
 enemy of 30 killed and 30 badly wounded. Being 
 received, in March, 1799, on board the Russel 74, 
 Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, he served 
 in that ship in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 
 1801, and on 27 and 24 of the ensuing June and 
 July was successively constituted an acting and a 
 
 * Sir Graham Moore commanded the Bonetta sloop of 
 war in 1793. He attained Post-rank 2 April, 1794 ; and was 
 afterwards Captain of the Syren 32, Melampus of 42 guns 
 and 267 men, Indefatioable 44, Marlborough 74, Royal 
 SovEREioN yacht, and; Chatham 74. In the Melampus 
 he succeeded, after having taken part in the action between 
 Sir John Borlase Warren and Commodore Bompart, in effect- 
 ing the capture, 14 Oct. 1798, of the French frigate La 
 Eesolue of 40 guns and 500 men, including troops ; and in the 
 Indefatigable he commanded a squadron at the capture of 
 three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruc- 
 tion of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 1804. In the 
 Marlborough, with several other ships of the [line under 
 his orders, he escorted the royal family of Portugal on the 
 occasion of its flight from Lisbon to the Brazils in 1807. For 
 this service he was created a Knight of the Tower and Sword, 
 When the Walcheren was evacuated in 1809, being still in 
 the Marlborough, he was intrusted with the duty of de- 
 stroying the basin, arsenal, and sea defences of Flushing. 
 Attaining Flag-rank 12 Aug. 1812, he assumed, soon, the 
 chief command on the Baltic station ; and was next era- 
 ployed as Captain of the North Sea fleet under Lord Keith. 
 After Oiling, for four years, a seat at the Board of Admiralty, 
 he was appointed, in 1820, Commander-in-Chief in the Medi- 
 terranean, where he continued until 1823. He was nominated 
 a K.C.B. in 1815, a G.C.M.G. in 1832, and a G.C.B. in 1836 ; 
 became a Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, and a full Admiral 
 10 Jan. 1837 ; and from April, 1839, until April, 1842, was 
 Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. He died an Admiral of 
 the White at the close of 1843. 
 
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 MOOKE. 
 
 confirmed Lieutenant in her. He went on half-pay 
 T Vo ' ^^^ ■^''^ subsequently appointed— 7 
 
 loni ' *° *''^ ^^^ Fenoibles in Galway— 18 May, 
 1S05, to theTKiTON, Capt. Wm. Cashman, atWater- 
 tord, where he remained until May, 1810— and, 5 
 March, 1812, to the Impress service at Dublin, in 
 which he was employed for upwards of two years. 
 He became a Retired Commander on the Junior 
 List 25 July, 1831, and on the Senior 23 June, 1846. 
 Agents— Hallett and Hobinson. 
 
 MOORE. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 John Moobe entered the Navy 7 Nov. 1804, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Matilda, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Thos. Dorsett Birchall, bearing the flag of 
 Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope in the Thames ; where, 
 in Sept. 1806, on his return from a visit made to the 
 Mediterranean as Midshipman of the Sekapis, Mas- 
 ter-Commander Wm. Lloyd, he joined the Magni- 
 ficent 74, Capt. Geo. Eyre. After a servitude of 
 two years and eight months on the Baltic, Lisbon, 
 South American, and Channel stations, in the Sole- 
 bay 32, Capts. Kobt. Howe Bromley, Thos. Brown, 
 and Edw. Henry Columbine, he was received, in 
 Sept. 1809, on board the Okphecs 32, Capts. Pat. 
 Tonyn, Robt. Preston, and Hugh Pigot, attached to 
 the force in the West Indies, whence, in 1812, he 
 came home as Master's Mate of the Gloire frigate, 
 Capt. Jas. Carthew. Joining then the Seahorse 
 38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, he ultimately, after 
 cruizing in the Channel, proceeded to North Ame- 
 rica, and in Aug. 1814 accompanied the brilliant 
 expedition up the Potomac, where he witnessed the 
 capture of Fort Washington and the surrender of 
 Alexandria. For his services during the operations 
 connected therewith he obtained the of&cial eulo- 
 giums of his Captain, and was in consequence pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Oct. in the same 
 year. He was afterwards, we believe, present in 
 the attack upon New Orleans. He has been on 
 half-pay since 1815. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 Capt. Barrington Daores, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Rear- Admiral Collingwood ; and from 
 July, 1804, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 7 Nov. 1809, was employed on the Jamaica station, 
 chiefly as Midshipman, in the Theseus and Hek- 
 CDLE 74's, and Veteran 64, flag-ships of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Jas. Rich. Dacres, Akgo 44, Capt. Stephen 
 Thos. Digby, and Polyphemds 64, bearing the flag 
 of Vice- Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley ; in the 
 boats of which vessel, under Lieut. Chas. Fraser, 
 he assisted, and obtained high praise for his con- 
 duct, at the boarding and capture, 9 March, 1809, 
 with a loss to the British of 7 wounded, of the no- 
 torious French national felucca Joseph, of 3 guns and 
 53 men, and defended by a heavy fire of musketry 
 and grape, as well from the vessel herself as from a 
 whole range of batteries on the island of St. Bo- 
 mingo.* He then joined the Elk sloop, Capt. Jere- 
 miah Coghlan, also in the West Indies, whence, in 
 1810, he returned to England on board the Nep- 
 tdne 98, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard. He next, 
 from March to Dec. 1811, served off the coast of 
 France in the Pomp£e 80, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol 
 Wood ; and while attached, between Jan. 1812 and 
 Oct. 1815, to the Iphigenia 36, Capts. Lucius Curtis, 
 Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and 
 Andw. King, he made a voyage to St. Helena, as- 
 sisted at the reduction of Genoa in 1814, and visited 
 the shores of North America. Since the date last 
 mentioned he has been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 MOORE. (LiEnT., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.) 
 
 John Arthdr Moore entered the Navy, 22 July, 
 1806, as a Supernumerary, on board the Royal 
 George 100, Capt. Thos. Gill, bearing the flag of 
 Sir John Thos. Duckworth; and on 21 Oct. foUow- 
 ing.joined, off Cadiz, the Aj ax 74, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Blackwood; which ship, when near the island of 
 Tenedos, accidentally caught fire and blew up 14 
 Feb. 1807. Being in consequence received as Mid- 
 shipman on board the Thunderer 74, Capt. John 
 Talbot, he was present at the ensuing passage of 
 the Dardanells, and at the destruction of the Turk- 
 ish squadron off Point Pesquies. During these ope- 
 rations he was slightly wounded.* He was next, 
 from Sept. 1808 to June, 1813, again employed, 
 under the orders of Capt. Blackwood, in the War- 
 spite 74, on the Home station, and also in the Me- 
 diterranean ; where, on 20 July, 1810, he partici- 
 pated in a very gallant skirmish, in which the Bri- 
 tish with a slender force beat back a powerful 
 division of the French fleet. In Nov. 1813 he be- 
 came Master's Mate of the Orontes 36,.Capt. Na- 
 thaniel Day Cochrane ; with whom he served, on 
 the coast of Ireland and in the West Indies, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 Feb. 1815. 
 From 24 Nov. 1823 until the early part of 1829 Mr. 
 Moore commanded the Rinaldo Falmouth packet. 
 Tliis was his last appointment. 
 
 MOOEB. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 John Geokge Sarsfield Macnamaba Moohe 
 passed his examination 16 April, 1830; served in 
 the Coast Guard from 23 March, 1841, until the 
 attainment of his present rank 16 Jan. 1845; and 
 since 1 Nov. following has been agsjn employed in 
 that department. 
 
 MOOBE. (LiECTT., 1809. F-p., 12 ; ff-p., 32.) 
 
 John James Moobe entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cuhoden 74, ^ 
 
 * fille (3az. 1S07, p. 597. 
 
 MOORE. (LiEDT., 1815. F-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Joseph Henry Moore was born 16 June, 1791, at 
 Bath. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 15 Dec. 1804, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Euryalds 36, Capts. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood and Hon. Geo. Heneage 
 Lawrence Dundas ; in which frigate he took part in 
 the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was em- 
 ployed on various particular services. After an 
 attachment of nearly 12 months to the Naiad 38, 
 Capts. Geo. Cox and Henry Hill, he became Mid- 
 shipman, in July, 1810, of the Ruby 64, and then of 
 the Vigo 74, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Manley 
 Dixon and Jas. Nicoll Morris on the Baltic station, 
 where for more than two years he endured much 
 fatigue in the escort of convoys, and in the perform- 
 ance of other harassing duties. On his removal to 
 the Shamrock brig, Capts. Andw. Pellet Green and 
 John Marshall, he assisted at the capture, in Nov. 
 1813, of two strong batteries at Cuxhaven, and, in 
 Jan. 1814, of the redoubtable fortress of Gliick- 
 stadt. In consideration of his services on the latter 
 occasion, he was invested with the command, in the 
 following April, of a division of gun-boats, and was 
 directed to co-operate in the reduction of Ham- 
 burgh and Harburgh ; off which places, as officially 
 testified, he continued very creditably employed, 
 imtil compelled to invalid from the effects of a se- 
 vere wound in the left hand, of which he has smce 
 lost the use. Prior to that unfortunate event he 
 had been sent on shore for the purpose of seizing, 
 and selling by public auction for the use of the 
 British, all confiscated goods belonging to the 
 Danish Government. Between July, 1814, and Aug. 
 1815, he served, on the Home and Irish stations, in 
 the Tamar 24, Capt. Chas. Sothehy, Havock 12, 
 Capt. Geo. Truscott, and, the last seven months as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the Tkent, flag-ship of Sir 
 Herbert Sawyer. He then took up a commission 
 dated JS Feb. 1813 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 H® "> ^<'S"'V™7a°T?'''™''""° for iis wound, was 
 
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 which ship he was four years employed off Brest 
 and Lisbon, in Basq[ue Koads, off Flushing and the 
 Texel, and on the coast of America— assisting, as 
 Midshipman, during that period, at the capture, 
 among other vessels, of the U.S. ship Wasp, of 20 
 guns, and the late British brig-of-war Frolic. He 
 next, from Feb. 1814, until May, 1816, served on 
 the American, Mediterranean, and Home stations 
 in the Tonnant 80 and Asia 74, both commanded 
 by Capt. Alex. Skene, Ghaniods .36, Capt. Wm. 
 Furlong Wise, and St. Geobge and Impkegnable 
 98's, each_ under the orders of Capt. Jas. Nash. 
 From the "period he left the last-mentioned vessel 
 he did not again go afloat until appointed, 4 Feb. 
 1822, Admiralty Midshipman of the Diver 28, 
 bearing the flag of Sir .J. P. Beresford at Leith. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 Oct. 
 following, and remained thenceforward on half-pay. 
 Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 MOOEE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Robert Seppings Moobe entered the Navy 26 
 Dec. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; had command, 
 from 27 Feb. 1843, until the early part of 1844, of 
 the WiLBEBFORCE Steamer, on the coast of Africa ; 
 and, since 18 Dec. 1844, has been serving, the latter 
 part of the time as First-Lieutenant, in the Comus 
 18, Capts. Thos. Sparke Thompson and Edwin Clay- 
 ton Tennyson D'Eyncourt, on the south-east coast 
 of America. 
 
 MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Thomas Edward Laws Moobe entered the Navy 
 19 Oct. 1832 ; passed his examination 15 Feb. 1839 ; 
 and, from that year until his return to England in 
 1843, was employed on board the Tekkor, Capt. 
 Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, part of an expedition 
 sent under the orders of Capt. Jas. Clarke Ross to 
 the Antarctic Ocean for the purposes of magnetic 
 research and geographical discovery. He was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission 
 dated 4 Oct, 1843 ; and was subsequently appointed 
 — 11 Nov. 1843, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at 
 Devonport of Sir Alex. Milne— 4 Sept. 1844, as 
 Additional, to the WiNcnESTEB 50, bearing the flag 
 of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of Good Hope, 
 whence he came home at the close of 1845 — and, 20 
 May, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the 'William 
 AND Mary yacht, Capt. Houston Stewart, on the 
 books of which vessel his name continued to be 
 borne until the ensuing Dec. Since 17 Nov. 1847 
 he has been in command of the Plover, a vessel 
 now engaged in search of the Polar expedition 
 under Sir John Franklin. 
 
 MOORE. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Thomas Nokkis Mooee entered the Navy 5 Feb. 
 1813 ; passed his examination in 1820 ; obtained his 
 commission 19 April, 1828 ; and, from 31 Dec. 1835 
 until the close of 1840, was employed in command 
 of a station in the Coast Guard. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 MOOEE. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.) 
 William Moore was born 13 Oct. 1792. 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capts. John 
 Acworth Oramanney, Wm. Cuming, and John 
 Laugharne, successive flag-ship at Newfoundland 
 of Vice-Admirals Sir Erasmus Gower and John 
 Holloway. In Dec. 1807, upwards of 18 months 
 after he had attained the rating of Midshipman, he 
 removed to the Confiance 22, commanded by the 
 late Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, in which vessel he first 
 visited Lisbon, and then proceeded to the coast of 
 Brazil. At the reduction of Cayenne, in Jan. 1809, 
 he was intrusted with the charge of a gun-boat, 
 and for his services was presented, in common with 
 the other Midshipmen of the Confiance, with a 
 sword and medal by the Prince Regent of Portugal. 
 Being paid off in the early part of 1810, he next, in 
 Oct. of that year, joined the Salvador del Mundo, 
 
 bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder at Plymouth, 
 and very soon afterwards the Sceptre 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Jas. BaUard, employed off Brest. Transferred 
 by Admiralty order, at the commencement of 1811, 
 to the Southampton, of 38 guns and 212 men, com- 
 manded by his former Captain, Teo, he sailed forth- 
 with for the Jamaica station, and, on 3 Feb. 1812, 
 assisted at the capture of the Haytian frigate Ame- 
 thyste, of 44 guns and 700 men, at the close of a sharp 
 conflict, in which the enemy sustained a loss of 105 
 men killed and 120 wounded, and the British of 
 only 1 man killed and 10, including himself, wounded. 
 On 23 of the same month Mr. Moore passed his 
 examination. In the following Aug. an attack of 
 yellow fever rendered it necessary for him to be 
 sent to the hospital at Port Royal, on being dis- 
 charged from which he was successively placed, as 
 a Supernumerary, on board the Garland 20, Ca,pt. 
 Rich. Plummer Davies, and Shark sloop, bearing 
 the flag of Vice-Admiral Chas. Stirling. He re- 
 turned home with Capt. Yeo, in Feb. 1813, in the 
 Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, but, from the state 
 of his health, was not able to seek further employ- 
 ment until the ensuing Aug., about which period 
 he became attached, as Supernumerary-Mate, on 
 promotion, to the Medwat 74, and Prince 98, flag- 
 ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead. Proceed- 
 ing in a few weeks to the Cape of Good Hope 
 in the Laurel 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Leveson 
 Proby, he there, in the month of Dec, rejoined the 
 Medwat, of which ship, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Chas. Tyler, he was created a Lieutenant 12 July, 
 1814. He returned to England and was paid off in 
 April, 1816; and was lastly, from 23 Oct. 1817 
 until Sept. 1818, employed on the coast of Africa 
 in the Semiramis 42, bearing the broad pendant of 
 his friend. Sir J. L. Yeo, at whose request he had 
 obtained the appointment. 
 
 MOOEE. (Lieutenant, 1815. p-p., 16; h-p., 29.) 
 William Henry Moore was born 27 June, 1790. 
 His elder brother, Mr. J. H. Moore, was at one 
 time a Midshipman in the service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spitfire 18, Capt. Robt. 
 Keen, with whom he served in the St. George's 
 Channel until Aug. 1804. Becoming Midshipman, 
 in April, 1805, of L'Impetdedx 74, Capts. Thos. 
 Byam Martin and John Lawford, he witnessed, 22 
 Aug. following, Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' 
 pursuit of the French fleet into Brest harbour, and 
 was subsequently, in 1810, employed in that ship's 
 boats on the river Tagus. In May, 1811, he was 
 appointed, on promotion, to the Antelope 50, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth «,t New- 
 foundland, where he remained until the ensuing 
 Dec. ; and he was next, in Oct. 1813, received on 
 board the Heebds, of 42 guns and 284 men, Capt. 
 Edm. Palmer, in which ship we find him assisting, 
 under Cape La Hogue, at the capture, 27 March, 
 1814, of the French frigate V Etoile, of 44 guns and 
 315 men, after a close and obstinate engagement of 
 two hours and a quarter, in which the British had 
 13 men killed and 25 wounded, and the enemy 40 
 killed and 73 wounded. In April of the year last 
 mentioned he was appointed, again on promotion, 
 to the Belleeophon 74, flag-ship at Newfoundland 
 of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, under whose orders 
 he continued until at length advanced to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1815. He afterwards, from 
 25 April, 1834, until May, 1837, served in the Ordi- 
 nary at Sheemess, latterly on board the Temebaiee 
 104, Capt. Thos, Fortescue Kennedy. He has been 
 employed, since 26 Sept. 1845, in the CALEDONLi. 
 120, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, on the Home 
 station. 
 
 Lieut. Moore married, 5 April, 1826, Miss Marv 
 Horsford. •' 
 
 MOORMAN, K.F.M. (Commander, 1814 f-p 
 15; H-p., 34.) ■' 
 
 Richard Moorman (a), born 22 July, 1784 is 
 uncle of Commander Richard Moorman (i) R]vr 
 
 5 G 2 ■ ■ 
 
780 
 
 MOORMAN— MOORSOM. 
 
 One of his brothers was killed on board the Mo- 
 narch 74, Vice-Admiral Onslow's flag-ship, in the 
 action off Camperdown, 11 Oct. 1797, and was buried 
 with the honours of war at Minster Church, near 
 Sheemess, where a monument was erected to his 
 memory by his brother officers. A brother-in-law 
 of the Commander was killed in action while de- 
 fending H.M. packet Montagu, of 6 guns and 30 
 men, against the American privateer Globe, of 16 
 guns and 160 men, which vessel was in the end 
 beaten off. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Monakch 74, Capt. Edw. 
 O'Brien, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Onslow in the 
 North Sea. In Nov. 1800 he joined the Revolu- 
 TIONNAIRE 38, Capt. Thos. Twysden, on the Cork 
 station; and he next, from Sept. 1801 until Feb. 
 1806, served, chiefly in the capacity of Mate, on 
 board the Donegal 74, Capts. Sir Rich. John Stra^ 
 chan and Pulteney Malcolm. He assisted during 
 that period at the capture, in 1804, of the Spanish 
 44-gun frigate Amfilrite, and of a ship with a cargo 
 on board worth 200,000^ — accompanied Lord Nelson 
 in pursuit of the combined fleets to the West Indies 
 and back in 1805— contributed, in the same year, 
 to the capture of JEl Rayo, of 100 guns, one of the 
 ships previously defeated at Trafalgar — and par- 
 ticipated in the victory gained by Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. On 14 of 
 the latter month, as a reward for the conduct he 
 had exhibited in the recent action, he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of Le Jupiter 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Gill, one of the ships taken from the French ; and 
 in the ensuing months of July and Feb. he was 
 successively appointed Midshipman, on promotion, 
 of the Royal George 100, and Ocean 98, flag-ships 
 in the Mediterranean of Sir J. T. Duckworth and 
 Lord Collingwood. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 14 April, 1807, in the Queen 98, bearing the flag, 
 also in the Mediterranean, of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Martin, whom, in the course of the same year, he 
 followed into the Canopus 80. He afterwards com- 
 manded the boats of a squadron at the capture of a 
 French flotilla of 12 gun-boats from Gaeta, bound 
 to Naples ; and in Oct. 1809 joined in the pursuit 
 which led to the self-destruction, off Cette, of the 
 French ships-of-the-line Robuste and Lion. He also, 
 in July, 1809, commanded the flotUla employed at 
 the taking of Ischia and Procida. Being appointed 
 Senior Lieutenant, in April, 1810, of the 'rERMA- 
 GANT 18, Capts. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, Rich. 
 Buck, Chas. Squire, and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he 
 commanded the boats of that sloop, and received 
 a musket-ball in the body, in a cutting-out affair 
 during the defence of Messina against the French. 
 For this service he was created a Knight of the 
 Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit by the King 
 of the Two Sicilies, was presented with a gratuity 
 from the Patriotic Fund, and was awarded a pen- 
 sion, subsequently increased to 150/. per annum. 
 During his stay in the Termagant, of which he 
 held for three months the acting command, he suc- 
 ceeded in one morning (22 July, 1812) in cutting 
 out two privateers, one of which was L' Intrepide, 
 of 3 guns and 40 men, taken near Malaga. He in- 
 valided home in Sept. 1812, and afterwards com- 
 manded the transports at the embarkation of the 
 British army at Bourdeaux. Since his promotion 
 to the rank of Commander, 15 June, 1814, he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Moorman has been four times 
 wounded. He married, 12 April, 1820, Miss Cath- 
 erine Hill Millett, and by that lady has issue one 
 son and three daughters. The son, a Midshipman 
 R.N., was lately serving in the West Indies on 
 board the Spartan 26, Capt. Hon. C. G. J. B. 
 Elliot. Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 of Wm. Moorman, Esq., of Falmouth ; and nephew 
 of Commander Rich. Moorman (a), R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, ,27 Nov. 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Semiramis 42, Capt. 
 Peter Ribouleau, bearing the flag of Lord Colville 
 at Cork ; and, from Aug. 1825 until Nov. 1831 (in 
 the course of which month he passed his exami- 
 nation), was employed, chiefly as Midshipman, in 
 the Pandora 18 and Success 28, both commanded 
 by Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, and Calcutta 84, 
 Capt. Peter Fisher, on the East India station. In 
 Nov. 1829 the Success was all but lost on a reef, 
 while making for Cockbum Sound, Western Aus- 
 tralia. Five days elapsed before she could be got 
 off, and then only by dint of the most determined 
 exertions. The spirited and undaunted manner in 
 which Mr. Moorman and his brother Midshipmen 
 performed the very arduous duties that fell to their 
 lot had the effect of officially eliciting the warmest 
 praise and admiration on the part of Capt. Jervoise. 
 In Feb. 1832 he was appointed Mate of the Pigeon, 
 and in Sept. 1834 (after an interval of 15 months) 
 of the Seagull, Falmouth packets, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders John Binney and John Parsons. On 
 leaving the latter vessel, in Sept. 1835, he took 
 command of a Liverpool West Indiaman, and con- 
 tinued trading from that port for a period of two 
 years. In April, 1838, he joined the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir T. Hastings ; 
 and, on 1 June, 1839, he entered the Royal Naval 
 College, on the occasion of its being opened for the 
 instruction of Mates and half-pay officers. He re- 
 moved, in the capacity of Gunnery-Mate, to the 
 Calcutta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, 26 Sept. 
 1840 ; and, on 28 Sept. 1841, owing to the strong 
 recommendation of Sir Thos. Hastings, and as a 
 mark of the especial importance attached by their 
 Lordships to the cultivation of gunnery, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On his return 
 to England from the Mediterranean he was re- 
 appointed, 7 Dec. 1841, to the Excellent, in which 
 ship he continued employed, in the capacity of 
 Gunnery-Lieutenant, until advanced to the rank 
 of Commander, 30 Aug. 1845. He has been in 
 command, since 14 Sept. 1847, of the Hecate 
 steam-sloop, of 240-horse power. 
 
 MOORMAN. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 6.) 
 Richard AIookman (6), bom 19 April, 1810, at 
 Tregony, co. Cornwall, is fourth and youngest son 
 
 MOORSOM. (Captain, 1818. f-p., 18; h-p., 25.) 
 CoNSTANTiNE RicHABD MooRSOM, born 22 Sept. 
 1792, is son of the late Admiral Sir Robt. Moorsom, 
 K.C.B.,* by Eleanor, daughter of Thos. Scarth, 
 Esq., of Stakesby, near Whitby. One of his bro- 
 thers, Robert, died in command of the Jasper sloop 
 in 1826 ; and another was a Captain in the Army. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne, between 
 Oct. 1804 and Jan. 1806, on the books of the Ma- 
 jestic and Revenge 74's, both commanded by his 
 father) entered the Royal Naval College 21 July, 
 1807, and (after having carried off three mathema- 
 tical prizes, together with the first medal) embarked, 
 13 Nov. 1809, on board the Revenge, commanded 
 at first by Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, and subsequently 
 by Capts. John Nash and Chas. Philip Butler Bate- 
 man, under whom he served at the defence of Cadiz 
 —latterly as Signal-Mate to Rear-Admiral Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge— until May, 1812. He then 
 
 * Sir Robert Moorsom was born in June, 1760, and em- 
 barked, in 1777, on board the Ardent 64, commanded by 
 the late Lord Mulgrave. Removing with the same officer to 
 the CoHKAOEUX 74, he was afforded an opportunity of parti- 
 cipating, as Midshipman, in the battle off Ushant, under 
 Admirfi Keppel ; the relief of Gibraltar, under Admiral 
 Uarby, and also under Lord Howe ; and the action off Cape 
 Spartel, and the capture, by Admiral Kemperfelt, of part ol 
 a convoy going to the West Indies with Admiral de Guichen 
 Attaining Post-rank in 1790, he commanded, during the war 
 of 1793, Sie Niger and Astrea frigates, and Hindostan 50 ; 
 and during that of 1803, the Majestic and Revenge 74's. 
 In the latter ship he served at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 
 1805. In the course of 1809 he was successively appointed a 
 Colonel of Marines, a Lord of the Admiralty, and Master- 
 General of the Ordnance. He became a Rear-Admiral in 
 1810, a Vice-Admiral in 1814, a K.C.B. in 1815, and a full 
 Admiral in 1830. He commanded in chief at Chatltam from 
 1824 to 1827 ; and died about April, 1835. 
 
MOORSOM-MORESBY. 
 
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 returned to England in the Wabspite 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood ; and, attaining the rank of 
 Lieutenant on 6 of the ensuing month, was next ap- 
 pointed, 30 July and 19 Oct. 1812, to the St. Albah's 
 64, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire (also on the Cadiz 
 station), ;and Sopekb 74, Capts. Hon. Chas. Paget 
 and Alex. Gordon. In the latter ship he continued 
 ■ employed in Basque Roads, on the coast of Brazil, 
 and, imder the hroad pendant of Hon. Henry Ho- 
 tham, on the coast of North America, until made 
 Commander, 19 July, 1814, into the Goree sloop, at 
 Bermuda. His succeeding appointments were — 16 
 June, 1815, to the Terroe bomh, in which he re- 
 turned from Bermuda to England in the following 
 Aug.— 2 July, 1816, to the Fdry bomb, part of the 
 force employed at the bombardment of Algiers,* 
 where that vessel, in the course of nine hotirs, threw 
 318 shells, nearly double the number ejected by any 
 other of her class f— and, 4 Oct. and 15 Nov. 1816, 
 to the Bbitomart 10, and Prometheus 22, both on 
 the Home station, where he served until paid off in 
 Aug. 1818. He was advanced to Post-rank 7 Deo. 
 following ; and was afterwards nominated Captain — 
 2 April, 1822, and 29 Dec. 1824, of the Ariadne 28, 
 and Andromache 42, attached to the squadron at 
 the Cape of Good Hope— and, 19 Dec. 1825, of the 
 Prince Regent 120, bearing his father's flag at 
 Chatham. The Ariadne, originally built as a cor- 
 vette, had been raised, when commissioned by Capt. 
 Moorsom, by the addition of a quarter-deck and 6 
 more guns, after the fashion of the Vaiorous, a 
 ship which had not however been found to answer. 
 By a different method of stowage, and with only 75 
 tons of ballast instead of the established proportion, 
 120 tons, Capt. Moorsom succeeded in making the 
 Ariadne sail as fast, work as well, and prove as 
 good a seaboat as could possibly be expected. He 
 took command of the Andromache on the death of 
 Commodore Joseph Nourse, and, hoisting a broad 
 pendant, continued in personal discharge of the 
 duties of Commodore, until the arrival at the Cape 
 of Good Hope of the present Rear- Admiral Christian, 
 when he returned to England and paid the Andro- 
 mache off. Since 1827, in the summer of which 
 year the Prince Regent was put out of commission, 
 Capt. Moorsom has not been afloat. 
 
 He married, 12 March, 1822, Mary, daughter of 
 Jacob Maude, Esq., of Silaby Hall, co. Durham, by 
 whom he has issue five sons and three daughters. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 ^ MOORSOM. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 "William Moorsom entered the Navy 28 June, 
 1830 ; passed his examination 16 June, 1835 ; and at 
 the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, which took place 29 March, 1842, had been 
 serving for some time in the East Indies as Mate 
 on board the Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. "Wm. 
 Grey. His appointments have since been — 22 April, 
 1842, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 72, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Wm. Parker in the East Indies — 12 
 Sept. 1842, to the Vixen steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Giffard, on the same station — 29 March, 1845, to 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings — 19 Sept. 1845, to the Rodney 
 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, attached to the Channel 
 squadron — and, 9 May, fl846, to the St. Vincent 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth, 
 where he is now employed. 
 
 MORESBY, C.B., K.M.T. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 
 25 ; H-P., 23.) 
 Fairfax Moresby, born at Calcutta, is son of 
 Fairfax Moresby, Esq., of Stow House, Lichfield, 
 CO. Stafford, formerly Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
 2nd Staffordshire MiUtia, and Colonel-Commandant 
 of the Lichfield Volunteer Yeomanry. He descends 
 from the Moresbys of Moresby, co. Cumberland. 
 
 • VideGK-i.. 1816, p. 1792. 
 
 ■(• An inquiry into tlxe cause of tile difference was set on 
 foot by the Admiralty, and the result was, tlie adoption of 
 an entirely new description of bomb-vessel, founded on tlie 
 plan acl-ed upon by Capt. Moorsom. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1799, aa 
 A.B., on board the London 98, Capt. John Child 
 Purvis, with whom, after having taken a Midship- 
 man's part in Sir John Borlase Warren's expedition 
 to Ferrol, he removed to the Royal George 100. 
 In March and Nov. 1802 he successively joined the 
 Alarm 32, and Amazon 38, both commanded by 
 Capt. Wm. Parker. In the former ship he escorted 
 a body of German troops to Holland ; and in the 
 Amazon, besides accompanying the Duke of Kent 
 from Gibraltar home, and participating in much 
 general service, he went with Lord Nelson to the 
 West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of 
 France and Spain. Previously to the latter event 
 he had been frequently placed in charge of captured 
 vessels, and had had the misfortune on one occasion, 
 while so employed, to fall into the hands of the 
 enemy, by whom he was detained a prisoner at 
 Malaga until released through the interference of 
 the immortal hero. In Dec. 1305 Mr. Moresby be- 
 came Master's Mate of the Puissant 74, at Ports- 
 mouth ; and on 10 April, 1806, at which period he 
 was serving with Lord St. Vincent in the Hibeenia 
 1 10, off Ushant, he was made Lieutenant into the 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, Capt. Geo. Aldham. Being 
 next, in the course of the ensuing summer, appointed 
 to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, he was at first 
 employed in that ship at the blockade of Bochefort, 
 and afterwards in her boats and tenders in various 
 parts of the Mediterranean ; where, on 1 Aug. 1808, 
 he distinguished himself by his conduct at the cap- 
 ture, by the boats of the Kent and Wizard sloop, 
 of a convoy of 10 deeply-laden coasters lying at 
 anchor, under protection of a gun-boat, close to the 
 beach abreast of the town of Noli, on the coast of 
 Italy, fastened to the shore by ropes from their 
 keels and mast-heads, and farther defended by the 
 fire of two adjacent field-pieces, of a heavy gun in 
 front of the town, and of a volley of musketry kept 
 up by a considerable body of regular troops, whom 
 the resistless impetuosity of the British quickly put 
 to flight.* So repeated and favourable was the 
 mention made of Lieut. Moresby's name, that on 
 the return of the Kent to England, in Dec. 1809, he 
 was immediately ordered back to the Mediterranean 
 on promotion in the Repulse 74, Capt. John Halli- 
 day. On his arrival he was at once appointed to 
 the Sultan 74, Capt. John West, and in that ship 
 he remained until invested, 5 Feb. 1811, with the 
 acting-command of the Eclair 18. Removing in a 
 few days to the ship-sloop Acorn, he was for a short 
 time employed in the Adriatic in alone watching 
 the remains of the Franco-Venetian squadron so 
 memorably defeated by Capt. Hoste off Lissa ; and 
 he was next concerned in a variety of operations 
 against the enemy's »trade, which resulted in the 
 speedy capture of more than 60 of their vessels. 
 Although superseded in the Acorn, on the receipt 
 of his Commander's commission, bearing date 18 
 April, 1811, and placed in consequence on half-pay, 
 Capt. Moresby was forthwith appointed by the Com- 
 mander-in-Cmef, Sir Chas. Cotton, to the Wizard 
 16, and sent to repress the piracies then so frequent 
 in the Grecian archipelago ; where his exertions in 
 enforcing the restitution of plunder, in effecting the 
 capture of three privateers (one of them the Corcira, 
 of 8 guns and 60 men), and in performing other im- 
 portant services, led to his obtaining high official 
 encomium, and to his being presented with a valua- 
 ble sword by the mercantile body at Malta. After 
 conveying important despatches from Constanti- 
 nople to England, Capt. Moresby returned with a 
 valuable convoy to the Mediterranean, and, having 
 deposited his charge at Valetta, proceeded to join 
 Sir Edw. Pellew off Toulon. Being sent, next, to 
 the Adriatic, he made prize, during his passage 
 thither, of Le Petit Chasseur French privateer ; after 
 which, volunteering his services, he took command, 
 18 Aug. 1813, of the boats of his own vessel and of 
 the Saracen and Weasel brigs, and, landing under 
 a heavy fire of round shot and musketry, stormed 
 carried, and assisted in destroying two strong bat^ 
 teries at the entrance of the Boco di Cattaro. This 
 • FiVfcGaz. 1809, p. 16. 
 
782 
 
 MORGAN. 
 
 exploit was happily performed without logs, owing 
 solely to the conduct of Capt. Moresby; whose 
 order in advancing, judgment in landing, and deter- 
 mination of manner in leading the men up to the 
 batteries, so intimidated the enemy, that they did 
 not wait for the charge, but hastily fired and fled. 
 During the proximate siege of Trieste, he served on 
 shore in command, from 16 to 24 Oct., of one of the 
 batteries ; he was then ordered to form one with 
 4 32-pounders, within breaching distance ; and this, 
 in the course of 56 hours, under all the disadvan- 
 tages of weather, &c., he contrived, with 50 men 
 from the Milfokd and 20 from the Wizakd, to 
 complete without assistance of any kind.* For 
 the above and other important services performed 
 in co-operation with the Austrian troops on the 
 coasts of the Adriatic, Capt. Moresby obtained per- 
 mission, 23 May, 1814, to accept and wear the insig- 
 nia of a Knight of the Imperial Military Order of 
 Maria Theresa ; and being moreover strongly re- 
 commended to the consideration of the Admiralty, 
 he was advanced, 7 June following, to Post-rank ; 
 besides being nominated, 4 June, 1815, a C.B. His 
 next appointment was, 26 April, 1819, to the Menai 
 24; in which ship, after visiting St. Helena, then 
 the abode of Napoleon Buonaparte, he proceeded as 
 Senior officer to the Cape of Good Hope. In 1820 
 he undertook the survey of Algoa Bay and its vici- 
 nity, as also the landing of the settlers, in number 
 2000, and the other duties connected with the first 
 establishment of a colony at that place, the whole of 
 which, notwithstanding their arduous nature, he 
 discharged in a manner in the highest degree cre- 
 ditable to his sagacity and benevolence. In Feb. 
 1821 Capt. Moresby assumed the chief command at 
 the Mauritius, with a view to the suppression of the 
 slave-trade, which, up to the period of his arrival, 
 had been carried on to a very great extent. "Within 
 a short time, however, the more notorious vessels 
 were either captured or destroyed ; prosecution was 
 commenced against the owners and captains ; and a 
 complete stop put to other adventurers. For the 
 purpose of preventing a recurrence of what he had 
 so successfully demolished, Capt. Moresby then 
 entered into a treaty with the Imaum of Muscat, 
 afterwards confirmed by the British government, 
 upon whom it conferred the right of exerting itself 
 to the utmost for the abolition of the nefarious 
 traffic. At the expiration of the Menai*s term of 
 service, in the spring of 1822, the Admiralty, on the 
 application of Lord Bathurst, Secretary of State for 
 the Colonies, and at the solicitation of Mr. AVilber- 
 force and others, was induced to prolong the period 
 of Capt. Moresby's command at the Mauritius ; and 
 he accordingly continued there until June, 1823. 
 He then embarked the Governor, Sir Robt. Far- 
 quhar, and, after arranging a treaty with the King 
 of Madagascar for the suppression of the slave-trade 
 in his dominions, returned to England and was paid 
 off in the month of Sept. To such an extent had 
 his health become impaired while in command of 
 the Menai, particularly in the extensive surveys he 
 had made of the Ethiopian archipelago and of the 
 African coast, that for five years he was subject to 
 attacks which reduced him each time to the lowest 
 state of debility. Although the vigour of his con- 
 stitution was at length restored, he did not succeed 
 in procuring fresh employment until Jan. 1837, on 
 25 of which month he was selected to succeed Sir 
 Thos. Fellowes in the command of the Pembroke 
 74, on the Mediterranean station, whence he came 
 home and was put out of commission in Feb. 1840. 
 He has been in command, since 1 March, 1845, of 
 the Canopus 84, employed chiefly on particular 
 service. 
 
 Capt. Moresby married, 6 Aug. 1814, at Malta, 
 Eliza Louisa, youngest daughter of John Williams, 
 Esq., of Bakewell, Derbyshire, by whom he has 
 issue three sons and two daughters— the elder mar- 
 ried to Commander J. C. Prevost, R.N. His eldest 
 son, Fairfax, now a Mate R.N. (1845), was born in 
 Dec. 1826, and served as Midshipman of the Pique 
 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, throughout all the operations 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2478. 
 
 on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment 
 of Acre, as also of the Cornwaljcis 72, Sir Wm. 
 Parker's flag-ship, during the war in China. Capt. 
 Moresby's youngest son, John, bom in March, 1830, 
 was lately serving as a naval cadet on board the 
 America 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MORGAN. (LIE0TENANT, 1845.) 
 
 Edward Edwin Morgan passed his examination 
 10 Sept. 1836 ; and after having served for several 
 years as Mate, on the South American and East 
 India stations, in the Rose 18 and North Star 26, 
 Capts. Peter Christie and Sir Jas. Everard Home, 
 was promoted, 20 Jan. 1845, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, and appointed, 13 Feb. following. Additional 
 of the Agincourt 72, flag-ship on the latter station 
 of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. Being next, 17 Dec. 
 in the same year, appointed to the Hazard 18, 
 Capt. Fras. Philip Egerton, he accompanied, in 
 3v\f, 1846, an expedition conducted by Sir T. J. 
 Cochrane against the Sultan of Borneo, where, on 8 
 of that month, he commanded the eighth company 
 of small-arm men at the capture of the enemy's 
 forts and batteries on the river Brune. On the en- 
 suing ascent of a branch of the latter stream by a 
 force under Capt. Geo. Mundy, and its debarka- 
 tion, after struggling for many hours against an 
 almost impenetrable navigation, at the village of 
 Mallout, Mr. Morgan, while the main body marched 
 on to Damuan, in the hope of there capturing the 
 Sultan's person, was left behind in partial charge of 
 a flotilla of seven gun-boats under Lieut. Geo. Ed- 
 win Patey, and was mentioned for the cheerful as- 
 sistance he afforded on the occasion.* The Hazard 
 was paid oif in 1847. 
 
 MORGAN. (Captain, 1836. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 24.) 
 James Morgan is son of the late Rev. Patrick 
 Morgan, Rector of Killybegs, co. Donegal; and 
 brother of Lieut. "Wm. Moore Morgan, R.M., who 
 fell at the battle of Algiers while serving on board 
 the Granicds 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. An- 
 other brother, Hugh, was an officer in the Royal 
 Artillery. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1798, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Savage 16, Capts. Nor- 
 borne Thompson, Wm. Henry Webley, and John 
 Tower, stationed in the Downs ; where, in Rlarch, 
 1803, nearly two years and a half after he had 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, he accompanied 
 Capt. Tower into the Lark sloop. In Feb. 1805, at 
 which period he was serving on board the Fury 
 bomb, he was appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the 
 FiAMER gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Storey ; 
 and on 30 Jan. 1806, as a reward for meritorious 
 conduct he had displayed off Boulogne, he -was pro- 
 moted, on the recommendation of Lord Keith, to a 
 full Lieutenancy in the Lynx sloop, Capt. John 
 Willoughby Marshall, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea. Quitting that vessel in the summer of 
 1807, he served, during the next four years, on the 
 St. Helena, Home, and West India stations, in the 
 Agisoourt 64, Capt. Henry Hill, Resoldtion 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton, Ntmphe 38, Capt. Hon. Josce- 
 line Percy, Neptune 98, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, 
 Elk sloop, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, Hyperion 36, 
 Capts. Thos. Chas. Brodie and Wm. Pryce Cumby, 
 and Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Bar- 
 tholomew Sam. Rowley. In 1811, owing to the cir- 
 cumstance of Capt. Brodie and two of his officers 
 having been taken captive in their boats by the 
 black commandant at Gonaives, St. Domingo, in 
 consequence of protection afibrded by the former to 
 an English merchant who had been detained a pri- 
 soner for an alleged breach of blockade, Lieut. 
 Morgan, then Senior of the Hyperion, anchored 
 the ship as soon as possible with one broadside to 
 the batteries and the other to a Haytian frigate, 
 and succeeded by his threatening demeanour in 
 forthwith obtaining their release. In April, 1812, 
 nine months after the state of his health had obliged 
 • Vide Gaz. 1816, pp. 3442, 3446. 
 
MORGAN. 
 
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 him to invalid from the West Indies, he assumed 
 command of the Barbara schooner, of 111 tons, 10 
 12-pounder carronades, and 50 men; and in that 
 vessel he continued employed for upwards of two 
 years on the Irish, Downs, Baltic, and Plymouth 
 stations. He contrived, during the period, to beat 
 off, 11 Feb. 1813, a detachment of seven luggers, 
 carrying from 8 to 14 guns each, after more than an 
 hour's close action, fought in the neighbourhood of 
 Boulogne. On the following day he drove a lugger 
 on shore and destroyed her ; and he subsequently, 
 among a host of dashing affairs, cut out a ship of 
 400 tons, two galliots, and a sloop, laden with corn, 
 from the harbour of Aalbourg, although hotly pur- 
 sued by nine Danish armed vessels 13 April, 1813 — 
 brought to and examined, 18 June following, a 
 licensed Danish merchantman, under the fire of 
 - three national brigs and five gun-boats, close in- 
 shore off Christiansand — engaged, 3 July, the Norge, 
 a cutter-rigged praam, mounting 2 long 32-pounders 
 and 6 18-pounder carronades, with a complement 
 of 80 men, supported by several other armed ves- 
 sels, near Fladstrand — and on 11 Aug. came a 
 second time into action with the Norge, through 
 whose fire, and that of nine gun-boats in her com- 
 pany, the Barbara sustained severe damage. On 
 6 Oct. in the same year, 1813, a very gallant ex- 
 ploit was performed a few miles to the southward 
 of "Wingo Sound, where, by a five-oared boat under 
 the command of Lieut. Kich. Banks of the Forward 
 gun-brig, and by the Barbara's four-oared gig 
 under Lieut. Morgan, a Danish cutter, mounting 
 one howitzer, with a complement of 25 men, was 
 boarded and carried in spite of a fierce resistance, 
 in which the enemy sustained a loss of 5 men killed 
 and their commander badly wounded, and the 
 British of 2 killed and 3 (including Lieut. Morgan 
 severely) wounded. During her stay in the Baltic, 
 a period of nine months, the Barbara captured 
 and destroyed not less than 2544 tons of the ene- 
 my's shipping, navigated by 136 seamen ; and, in 
 conjunction with the Hawke privateer, of Hastings, 
 made prize of a Danish privateer, and re-took a ship 
 from under the batteries on Lessee Island and the 
 fire of 13 gun-boats and 10 privateers.* So much 
 activity and gallantry on the part of Lieut. Morgan 
 could not do otherwise than elicit strong expressions 
 of approbation from his successive Commanders-in- 
 Chief; the late Admirals Sir Geo. Hope and Sir 
 Graham Moore. Quitting the Barbara about 
 June, 1814, he was next employed in command, 
 from April to Sept. 1815, and from the latter date 
 until Feb. 1818, of the Aggressor gun-brig and 
 PiCTON schooner, on the Irish station. He obtained 
 a second promotal commission 19 July, 1821 ; and 
 afterwards ofBoiated as an Inspecting-Commander 
 of the Coast Guard at Whitby and Newhaven, from 
 1827 to 1830, and from 16 March, 1831, until pro- 
 moted to Post-rank 15 Jan. 1836. On leaving the 
 Whitby district in June, 1830, he was presented by 
 his officers with a handsome piece of^ plate "as a 
 grateful testimony of his kind and gentlemanly con, 
 duct towards them." He has not been employed 
 since his last promotion. 
 
 Capt. Morgan is a Knight of the Koyal Hano- 
 verian Guelphic Order, and is the Senior Captain 
 of 1836. He married, 24 July, 1833, Eliza, daughter 
 of T. C. Faulconer, Esq., of Newhaven. 
 
 MORGAN. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 James William Morgan was born in 1802. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leyden 64, Capt. John 
 Davie, attached to the force in the North Sea; 
 and between 1815 and 1822 was employed as Mid- 
 shipman, on the Cape of Good Hope, .Home, North 
 American, and St. Helena stations, in the Centaur 
 74 and Makpa 84, both commanded by Capt. Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild, Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir Arch. 
 Collingwood Dickson, Carnation 18 and Tamar 
 26, each under the orders of Capt. Hon. John 
 Gordon, and ViGO 74, bearing the flag; of Rear- 
 Admiral Robt. Lambert. He then, having passed 
 • ViOeGm. 1813, p. S167. ' 
 
 his examination in 1821, became Mate of the Wind- 
 sor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood ; a capacity 
 in which he further, from 1823 until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutena,nt 2 March, 1833, served in 
 South America on board the Tartar 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Brown, Ganges 84, flag-ship of Sir Robt. 
 Waller Otway, and Drdid 46, Capt. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton. His succeeding appointments were— 23 
 March, 1833, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Edm. 
 Lyons, on the Mediterranean station, whence he 
 returned to England and was paid off in the early 
 part of 1835— and 22 Sept. in the latter year, 18 
 April, 1836, and (after about 12 months of half- pay) 
 8 April, 1839, to the Harrier 18, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 HalloweU Carew, Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Graham Eden Hamond, and, as First-Lieutenant, to 
 the CURA50A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, all in South 
 America. He came home on the occasion of his 
 promotion to the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 and was next, from 1 Feb. 1844, until posted 9 Nov. 
 1846, employed on Home service as Second-Captain 
 of the Camperdown 104, Queen 110, and Trafal- 
 gar 120, Capts. Wm. Fanshawe Martin and John 
 Neale Nott. He is not at present afloat. 
 
 He married, 11 June, 1838, Caroline Dorothea, 
 eldest daughter of Rear- Admiral Thos. Brown. 
 
 MORGAN. (Commander, 1837.) 
 John JIorgan was born 29 Jan. 1794. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 July, 1807, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Uranie 38, Capts. Chris- 
 topher Laroche and Thos. Manby, on the Guernsey 
 station ; joined, next, the Horatio 38, and Royal 
 William, Capts. Geo. Scott and Hon. Courtenay 
 Boyle, lying at Portsmouth ; and from the close of 
 the same year until May, 1811, was employed in the 
 East and West Indies and at the Cape of Good 
 Hope in the Sapphire 18, Capts. Geo. Davies and 
 Bertie Cornelius Cator, Chahwell 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Gordon, and Sapphire again, Capts. B. C. 
 Cator, Wm. Fitzmaurice, Hon. W. Gordon, Geo. 
 Davies, and Henry Montresor. The ensuing three 
 years and ten months were passed by Mr. Morgan 
 on the West India, Portsmouth, Mediterranean, and 
 Irish stations, in the Helena sloop, Capt. H. Mon- 
 tresor, Gladiator 44 and San Josef 110, flag-ships 
 of Rear-Admirals Wm. Hargood and Sir Rich. 
 King, and Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capt. Aug. Wm. 
 Jas. Clifford. He was then promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant by commission dated 17 Feb. 1815 ; 
 and was subsequently appointed to the command — 
 4 Aug. 1826, for two years, of the Sprightly Re- 
 venue-cruizer— and 2 June and 28 Aug. 1832, of the 
 Cracker and Seaflower cutters, in which vessels 
 he served until paid off in 1835. Prior to joining 
 the Cracker, Mr. Morgan commanded for some 
 time the Sylvia cutter. He obtained a second 
 promotal commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; and was lastly, 
 from 22 March, 1838, until 1842, employed as an 
 Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard. Agent 
 — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 MORGAN. (Commander, 1834. f-p., 22; 
 H-p., 20.) 
 
 Richard Morgan entered the Navy, 15 April, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Prevoyante 
 store-ship, Master-Commander Dan. M'Coy, and, 
 after serving for a few months off Gibraltar and 
 Cadiz in that vessel and the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. 
 NicoU Morris, joined the Canopus 80, successive 
 flag-ship of Kear-Admirals Sir Thos. Louis, Geo. 
 Martin, and Chas. Boyles. Under the first-men- 
 tioned of those officers he accompanied Lord Nelson 
 to the West Indies in pursuit of the combined fieets 
 of France and Spain, enacted a part in the action off 
 St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, assisted as Midshipman at 
 the capture, 27 Sept. following, of the French fri- 
 gate Le President, and, after attending Sir John 
 Duckworth's expedition to Constantinople in Feb. 
 1807, assumed a share in the ensuing operations in 
 Egypt. Under Rear-Admiral Martin, he joined, in 
 Oct. 1809, in the pursuit which led to the self- 
 desti-uction, off Cette, of the French ships-of-the- 
 
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 MORGAN— MORIARTY. 
 
 line Rohuste and Lion. Removing, in Sept. 1811, to 
 the AcHitLE 74, Capt. Aiskew Paifard Hollis, he 
 was for about 18 months employed in that ship in 
 the Adriatic, where he aided in blockading the 
 French and Venetian squadrons at Venice, consist- 
 ing of three line-of-battle ships and a frigate ready 
 for sea, and several of each class fitting in the ar- 
 senal. In Feb. 1814, having returned with convoy 
 to England, and been for a short time engaged at 
 the blockade of Cherbourg, he became Master's 
 Mate of the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the 
 flag of Lord Keith in the Channel, whence, in the 
 course of the same year, he sailed for North America 
 with Rear- Admiral Pulteney Malcolm in the RorAL 
 Oak 74. After witnessing, as Supernumerary- 
 Midshipman on promotion of the Tonnant 80, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, the attack on New 
 Orleans, he was nominated, 19 May, 1815, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Belle Poule troop-ship, Capt. 
 Fras. Baker. On his arrival home in the ensuing 
 summer he found that he had been officially ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Lieutenant on 6 of the pre- 
 ceding Feb. His succeeding appointments were — 
 19 May, 1818, to the Queen Chaklotte 100, flag- 
 ship of Sir Geo. Campbell at Portsmouth, where he 
 served until paid off in 1821—30 April, 1827, to the 
 BnrrAHNiA 120, bearing the flag of the Earl of 
 Northesk at Plymouth— 22 Sept. 1828, and 28 April, 
 1830, to the Asia 84, and Bkitannla. again, in which 
 ships he continued employed in the Mediterranean 
 and North Sea, under the flag of Sir P. Malcolm, 
 until the close of 1831— and, 8 March, 1833, a third 
 time, to the Bkitannia, as Flag-Lieutenant to the 
 last^mentioned officer in the Mediterranean. He 
 attained his present rank 23 April, 1834 ; and, from 
 29 March, 1837, until the spring of 1840, officiated 
 as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 He has since been on half-pay. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 MORGAN. CLiEHT., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Robert Morgan (a) entered the Navy, 18 May, 
 1803, as L.M., on board the Termagant sloop, 
 Cajit. Robt. Pettet, attached to the force in the 
 Mediterranean ; where, from May, 1805, until Aug. 
 1808, he served as Midshipman and Master's Mate 
 in the Bittern 18, Capts. John Louis, Edw. Aug. 
 Down, and Thos. Ussher. He then proceeded to 
 the Brazils in the Brilliant, Capt. Thos. Smyth, 
 and next to the Cape of Good Hope in the Incon- 
 stant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson. In July, 
 1810, he joined the Hannibal 74, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Thos. 'Williams off Lisbon ; and after a servi- 
 tude of two years and nine months on that station, 
 he removed, in April, 1811, to the Dragon 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Fras. Laforey in the West Indies ; where, 
 between Oct. 1812 and May, 1813, he acted as Mas- 
 ter of the Swaggerer gun-brig, Lieutenant-Com- 
 mander Chas. Dayman Jermy. In Oct. of the 
 latter year he arrived in England in the Surinam 
 sloop, Capt. Thos. Martin ; in which vessel, since 
 the date last mentioned, he had been officiating as 
 Acting-Lieutenant. On 22 June, 1814, after he had 
 been for six months borne as Supernumerary-Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate on the books of the 
 Asia 74 and Tonnant 80, flag-ships of Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane in North America, he was there 
 again ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Hebrus 
 frigate, Capt. Edm. Palmer; as he was subsequently, 
 in April and May, 1815, in the Gob^e and Pvlades 
 sloops, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Stone Cot- 
 grave. On his return to England in the ensuing 
 July he took up a commission bearing date 9 Feb. 
 1815. He has since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MORGAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 35.) 
 Robert Morgan (6) is third son of the late 
 
 Thos. Morgan, Esq., Recorder of Clonekilty, co. 
 
 Cork. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 1800, as 
 
 Ordinary (after seven years' employment in the 
 
 merchant-service, latterly in the capacity of Mate), 
 
 on board the Inflexible 64, armee-en-flute, Capt. 
 Beiy. Wm. Page, under whom he took part in the 
 operations in Egypt in 1801. Returning to England 
 ih the early part of 1802, he next, in May, 1804, 
 joined the Loire 38, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland; 
 on leaving which ship in the following July he was 
 received on board the Triton frigate, Capt. Wm. 
 Cashman, off Waterford. In Aug. 1806 he became 
 Master's Mate of the Active 38, Capts. Rich. 
 Hussey Moubray and Jas. Alex. Gordon; under 
 the former of whom, in Feb. 1807, he accompanied 
 Sir John Duckworth past the Dardanells, and on 
 that occasion was so stunned by the explosion of a 
 gun that the blood gushed out of both ears, and he 
 ultimately lost all sense of hearing, although, from 
 the accident not being properly reported, he was 
 never able to procure compensation. "While at- 
 tached, from May, 1809, to April, 1811, to the Al- 
 fred 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, he wit- 
 nessed the capture of Flushing and Gnadeloupe, 
 and was also present at the defence of Cadiz, where 
 he commanded a gun-boat, and had every oar shot 
 away while retreating from under a battery, with- 
 out, fortunately, any of his crew being touched."" 
 After further serving with Capt. Watson in the 
 Implacable 74, with Admirals Sir Robt. Calder 
 and Lord Keith in the Salvador del Mundo and 
 Queen Charlotte (of which latter ship he offi- 
 ciated as Second-Master from 26 March, 1813, to 30 
 Aug. 1814), with Capts. J. Richards and Geo. 
 M'Kinley in the Namur 74, and with Capt. Nathar 
 niel Day Cochrane in the Okontes 36 on the Medi- 
 terranean and Home stations, he took up, in Nov. 
 1815, a commission bearing date 15 of the preceding 
 March. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Morgan married, first, in 1804 or 1805 ; 
 and, again, in 1830. By his first wife he has living 
 two sons (both of whom, educated at the Navsd 
 School at Greenwich, are now in the merchant-ser- 
 vice) and one daughter. 
 
 MOEIARTY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 Merion Marshall Moriarty is brother of Com- 
 mander Wm. Moriarty, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Feb. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. 
 John Moore Mansfield, successive flag-ship of Ad- 
 mirals Wm. Essington and ,Sir Chas. Cotton, vrith 
 the latter of whom, after assisting at the reduction 
 of Copenhagen, he removed, as Midshipman, in 
 Jan. 1808, to the Hibeknia 110, and proceeded off 
 Lisbon. In Nov. 1812, up to which period he had 
 been further employed under the orders of Sir C. 
 Cotton, and also of Lord Keith, in the San Josef 
 110, on the Mediterranean and Channel stations, he 
 joined the RivOLUTiONNAiRE 38, Capt. John Chas. 
 Woolcombe, cruizing among the Western Islands. 
 He removed, in Aug. 1814, to the Cydnus 38, 
 Capt. Fred. Langford, attached to the Channel 
 fleet, where he served until Feb. 1814. In the fol- 
 lowing summer he proceeded to the West Indies as 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Hazard sloop, Capt. 
 John Cookesley, in which vessel, being confirmed 
 to her 26 Sept. following, he afterwards visited 
 Newfoundland. He invalided home in Sept. 1815 ; 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Moriarty, who had previously had com- 
 mand for several years of the Bristol Company's 
 steam-ship Queen, has filled the appointment, since 
 
 * On resigning his command in the Cadiz flotilla, Mr. 
 Morgan received from Commodore Hall, under whose orders 
 he had been serving, a certificate couched in so peculiar and 
 original a style that we cannot resist aifording it insertion :— 
 " Mr. Morgan, it seems, having now bid adieu 
 To the gun-boat that lately was called ' Twenty-two,' 
 And having determined to serve us no more, 
 A certificate wants from his old Commodore. 
 Now what can I say but he commanded her well , 
 And escaped twice or thrice from the verges of hell, — 
 That I wish him success, tlio' he quits my pennant, 
 And hope from my heart he'll be made Lieutenant ? 
 His merits are great — to enumerate all 
 Would worry the patience of Commodore Hall ; 
 But I trust that his services, merits, and featj. 
 Will merit the attention of Admiral Keats." 
 
MORIARTY— MORIENCOUET— MORIER. 
 
 785 
 
 1842, of Port Officer at Sydney, New South "Wales. 
 He married Anne, daughter of the late Major Edw. 
 Orpen, of Killowen, co. Kerry, by whom he has 
 issue four sons (the eldest a Barrister-at-law) and 
 seven daughters. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 ' MORIARTY. (LiEnT., 1812. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.) 
 Redmond Mobiartt is the eldest brother of 
 Commander "Wm. Moriarty, E.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 May, 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Eomulus 36, Capt. Thos. 
 Burton, stationed in the North Sea. In Aug. 1806 
 he removed to the Ardent 64, Capt. Geo. Eyre, 
 with whom, in the course of the same year, he pro- 
 ceeded, in the Magnificent 74, to the Mediterra- 
 nean, where, besides serving at the blockade of 
 Cadiz, Toulon, and Corfu, he assisted at the defence 
 of Rosas in Nov. 1808, united in the reduction of 
 Zante, Cephalonia, &c., in Oct. 1809, and was em- 
 ployed on shore in co-operation with the army at 
 the taking of Sta. Maura in March, 1810. Removing 
 in May, 1811, to the Active, of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. 
 Alex. Gordon, he served in the boats of that ship, 
 four in number, at the capture and destruction, 27 
 July following, of 28 sail of merchantmen, defended, 
 in a creek of the island of Ragosniza, by three gun- 
 vessels and a body of 300 troops ;* as a reward for 
 his conduct on which occasion he was nominated, 
 1 Sept. in the same year, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Active. On 29 of the ensuing Nov. we find him 
 sharing in a hard-fought action of an hour and a 
 half, which, in rendering the latter ship captor of 
 the PoTTione, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50 of whom 
 were killed and wounded, produced a loss to her of 
 8 killed and 27 wounded, including Capt. Gordon 
 (whose warmest praise he had the fortune to elicit), 
 and the First and Second Lieutenants. t After 
 saving a boat's crew from being drovnied, Mr. Mori- 
 arty, officiating at the time as Third Lieutenant, 
 was placed in charge of the prize, and, although she 
 was in a nearly sinking state, he succeeded in car- 
 rying her safe into Lissa (where he received the 
 thanks of Capt. Murray Maxwell, the Senior officer 
 on the station), and thence to Malta. He was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant 7 Jan. 1812 ; and was subse- 
 quently appointed — in the course of the same year, 
 to the command of No. 5 gun-boat, in which he was 
 for upwards of two years employed at the defence 
 of Cadiz, and between that port and Gibraltar — 27 
 Sept. 1814, for passage home, to the Edinburgh 74, 
 Capt. John Lampeu Mauley — 6 Dec. following, to 
 the Rover sloop, Capt. Wm. Henry Bruce, with 
 whom he served on the Brazilian, West India, and 
 Home stations until Sept. 1815 — and, 8 June, 1824, 
 to the Coast Blockade, in which he remained as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, 
 and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, until compelled by illness to resign in 
 1828. He has not been since employed. 
 
 He married, first, Dorcas Helena, daughter of 
 Major Edw. Orpen, of Killowen, co. Kerry; and, 
 secondly, Rachael Ann, daughter of John May- 
 berry, Esq., of Green Lane, in the same co. By 
 his first marriage he has issue a son and daughter ; 
 and, by his last, a daughter. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 MOEIAETY. (Commander, 1822. r-p., 16; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 
 William Moriabtv is son of the late Vice-Ad- 
 miral Sylverius Moriarty, Flag-Captain to Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Graves in the Ramillies 74, prior to 
 the commencement of the French revolutionary 
 war ; and brother-in-law of Capt. Peter John Dou- 
 glas, R.N. He is brother of Lieuts. Redmond and 
 Merion Marshall Moriarty, R.N. ; and also of the 
 late Messrs. Peter, Sylverius, and Martin Moriarty, 
 all in the R.N. — the first of whom died a Lieutenant 
 of fever in the West Indies, the second was lost 
 with the QoEEN Charlotte in 1800, and the third 
 died of cold caught while extinguishing a fire on 
 board the Captain 74, at Plymouth. 
 
 • Vide Guz. I8U, p. S133. f V. Gaz. 1813, p. 586. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 26 Sept. 1803; and embarked, 17 Aug. 1807, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Nvmphe 36, Capts. Con- 
 way Shipley, Geo. Pigot, Hon. Josceline Percy, and 
 Edw. Sneyd Clay ; under the first of whom, who 
 was killed, he was wounded in the boats in a despe- 
 rate but unsuccessful attack made on the night of 
 23 April, 1808, on a Prench corvette. La Gavotte, of 
 22 guns and 150 men, lying at anchor in a bight 
 above Belem Castle, in the river Tagus. He had 
 previously enacted a part at the siege of Copen- 
 hagen ; and he subsequently, when under Capt. 
 Percy, escorted General Junot to Rochelle after the 
 convention of Cintra. Quitting the Nymphe in 
 Dec. 1810, he next, for about three years, served, on 
 the Home, North American, Baltic, and Mediterra- 
 nean stations, in the Conqdestador 74, Capt. Lord 
 Wm. Stuart, Seine frigate, Capt. John Hatley, 
 Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Thos. Burton, Victory 
 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and, as Master's 
 Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Partridge 16, 
 Capt. John Miller Adye. Having passed his exa- 
 mination in the summer of 1811 he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 13 Oct. 1813. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 29 March, 1814, to the Ceeberos 32, 
 Capt. Thos. Garth, also in the Mediterranean — 19 
 Sept. following, to the Tyrian sloop, Capt. Augustus 
 Baldwin, in which vessel, stationed in the Channel, 
 he served until Oct. 1815— and, 15 April, 1818, to 
 the Topaze frigate, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, fitting 
 for the East Indies. In 1820 he accompanied an 
 expedition sent to the Persian Gulf for the purpose 
 of obtaining redress for injuries which the British 
 interests had suffered from the officers of the Imaum 
 of Senna ; and in Dec. of that year he was wounded 
 at the head of a party of seamen while storming a 
 fort during a series of operations against the city of 
 Mokha. Although the attack was not crowned 
 with the success it deserved, yet the daring intrepi- 
 dity displayed by Lieut. Moriarty, exposed as he 
 was to a heavy and galling fire of musketry, met its 
 due reward in his being advanced, 1 Nov. 1822, to 
 
 the rank he now holds.* 
 Commander Moriarty has been for many years 
 
 Port Officer at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land. 
 He married Aphra, daughter of the late and sister 
 of the present Dr. Cramp, of Tralee, co. Kerry. 
 Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 MORIENCOURT. (Retired Commander, 1827. 
 F-p., 14 ; H-p., 46.) 
 Joseph Salvador Moriencocrt entered the 
 Navy, in Feb. 1787, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Adventdre 44, Capts. Fras. Parry and John Ni- 
 cholson Inglefield, on the African station ; and be- 
 tween July, 1790, and his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1793, was employed in the 
 Channel, off the coast of Africa, at Portsmouth, and 
 in the Mediterranean, in the Excellent 74, Capt. 
 John Gell, Medusa frigate, Capt. J. N. Inglefield, 
 Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Eoddam, 
 and RoMNEY 50, and Princess Royal 98, bearing 
 each the flag of Rear- Admiral Sam. Cranston Good- 
 all. He was then, being at the siege of Toulon, 
 placed in command of a floating battery, which 
 suffered much from the enemy's batteries. He 
 went on half-pay in Dec. 1793; but was afterwards, 
 between July, 1794, and July, 1801, afforded an 
 opportunity of serving on the Home station in the 
 Seahorse frigate, Capt. John Peyton, Neptune 98, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope and Sir Eras- 
 mus Gower, Arethusa 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley, 
 Neptune again, Capts. Sir E. Gower and Jas.Vashonj 
 and Triton 32, Capt. Fitzgerald. His last appoint- 
 ment, we believe, was, for a short time in the summer 
 of 1803, to L' Argus, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney. He 
 retired with the rank of Commander, on the Senior 
 List, 1 Sept. 1827. Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 MORIER. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 1.5; h-p., 29.) 
 William Morier entered the Navy, in Nov. 
 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Illustrious 74' 
 • Vide Gaz. 1821, pp. 939, 2029. 
 
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 MORLEY— MORRELL. 
 
 Capt. John Giffard, lying at Woolwich, and after 
 cruizing for nine months on the Irish station in the 
 Dktad 36, Capt. J. Giffard, was constituted Mid- 
 shipman, in Jan. 1805, of the Ambuscade 32, Capt. 
 Wm. D'Urhan, attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean, where it was his fortune to participate in 
 much boat service. Quitting the last-mentioned 
 ship in March, 1807, he was next, until April, 1810, 
 employed on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations 
 in the Minorca sloop, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. 
 Waldegrave, Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wode- 
 house, Alfred 74, Capt. John Bligh, and Thames 
 32, cLpt. Hon. G. G. Waldegrave. He was then 
 nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Zealous 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Boys; and on 4 of the following month 
 (having intermediately taken part in the defence ot 
 Cadiz, and assisted in setting fire to a pnson-ship 
 driven on shore by the French prisoners) he was 
 confirmed into the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alex- 
 ander. In Nov. of the same year he returned to 
 the Thames, still commanded by Capt. "Waldegrave, 
 although afterwards by Capts. Chas. Napier and 
 John Strutt Peyton. In that ship he contributed to 
 the reduction of the island of Ponza in Feb. 1811, 
 and, among other boat affairs performed on the 
 coast of Calabria, displayed characteristic zeal at 
 the destruction, 16 June following, of 10 large armed 
 feluccas, on the beach, near Cetraro, in the gulf of 
 Policastro. After a servitude of 20 months in the 
 Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, during 
 which period he had escorted, we believe, the Duke 
 of Cambridge to Cuxhaven and his late Majesty to 
 the Scheldt, and had witnessed the bombardment 
 of Stonington in America, he was presented with a 
 Second promotal commission dated 13 June, 1815. 
 His last appointments were — 12 Oct. 1826 and 17 
 Sept. 1828, to the Hakrieb and Childeks sloops, 
 of 18 guns each; which vessels he successively 
 commanded on the North Sea station until the 
 close of 1829. He attained his present rank 18 Jan. 
 1830. 
 
 Capt. Morier married, in 1841, Fanny, daughter 
 of T>. Bevan, Esq., of Belmont, Herts. Agents — 
 Hallett and Kobinson. 
 
 MORLEY. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 26; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Akthuk Thomas MoRLEr entered the Navy, in 
 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kangaroo 
 18, Capt. John Baker, under whom he assisted at 
 the capture, 20 Nov. following, of U Egmjant priva- 
 teer, of 14 guns and 31 men, and continued actively 
 employed in the Channel and off the coasts of Spain 
 and Portugal until Nov. 1810. During the next 
 four years we find him serving as Midshipman, off 
 Cadiz and in various parts of the Mediterranean, in 
 the St. Alban's 64, and Berwick 74, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Edw. Brace. In the former ship 
 he appears to have been in co-operation with the 
 British army at the battle of Barrosa ; and, in the 
 Berwick, to have witnessed the fall of Genoa. He 
 then, in Dec. 1814, joined the St. Lawrence 98, 
 Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, on Lake Ontario, where, 
 after an attachment of a few months to the Prince 
 Kegent 56, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, he acted, 
 from March, 1816, until July, 1817, as Master of the 
 Netlet 10, Capt. Fras. Brace. In Dec. 1818 he 
 became Master's Mate of the Leven 24 ; and in that 
 vessel, successively commanded by Capts. David 
 Ewen Bartholomew and Robt. Baldey, he was for 
 two years and a half employed in surveying the 
 Azores, part of the African coast, and some of the 
 Cape de Verde Islands. He was next, in Aug. 1821, 
 appointed to the Coast Blockade as Admiralty-Mid- 
 shipman of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch; 
 from which service, in Dec. 1822, he was removed, 
 in a similar capacity, to the Gloucester 74, bearing 
 the broad pendant in the West Indies of Commodore 
 Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He attained his present 
 rank 21 Jan. 1824; and was afterwards employed, 
 from 15 April in the same year until superseded at 
 his own request 8 Nov. 182.5, again in the Coast 
 Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ra- 
 millies 74, and Htpekion 42, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch 
 
 and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and, from 20 March, 1835, 
 untU the close of 1844, in the Coast Guard. 
 
 MORLEY. (LiEOT., 1815. r-p., 12; h-p., 29.) 
 
 William Morley was born in Jan. 1791, at St. 
 John's, Newfoundland. 
 
 This ofScer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rattler sloop, Capts. 
 Fras. Mason and Jas. John Chas. Agassiz, on the 
 Newfoundland station; where, from Dec. 1808 until 
 July, 1811, he served, part of the time as Midship- 
 man, in the Adonis 10, Lieut.-Commander David 
 Buchan. He then joined the Minerva 32, Capt. 
 Rich. Hawkins, vrith whom, during a continuance of 
 nearly three years, he saw service at HaUfax and 
 also in the West Indies. After he had been for 
 four months borne, as a Supernumerary, on the 
 books of the Namur 74, Capt. Chas. John Austen, 
 he joined, about Oct. 1814, the Cjane, of 32 guns, 
 Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon ; and, next, the Triton, 
 prison-ship at Newfoundland, Lieut.-Commander 
 Thos. Bishop. He took up, in June, 1815, a com- 
 mission bearing date 6 Feb. in that year ; and he 
 was, lastly, from April, 1816, until paid Off in Nov. 
 1817, employed on the coast of North America and 
 in the Leeward Islands in the Pike 12, and Hvdra 
 troop-ship, Capts. D. Buchan and Dan. Roberts. 
 
 He married, in 1829, Eleanor, daughter of Thos. 
 Sutton, Esq., of Scarborough, co. York, and by that 
 lady has issue 10 children. 
 
 MOERELL. (Commander, 1823. p-p., 24; 
 
 H-p., 22.) 
 Arthur Morrell is son of the late Lieut. Mor- 
 reU, R.N. ; and brother of the late Commander John 
 Arthur MorreU, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Doris 38, Capts. Chas. 
 Brisbane and Wm. Cumberland, with whom he 
 served in the Channel until June, 1802— latterly m 
 the capacity of Midshipman. Joining, in the en- 
 suing August, La Pique 36, also commanded by 
 Capt. Cumberland, he proceeded to the West Indies, 
 where he continued uninterruptedly employed for a 
 period of nine years in the same ship and in the 
 SuFFiSANTE, Capt. Henry Laroche, Bedbridge 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander Edw. Burt, Polyphemus 64, 
 Capt. Wm. Pryoe Cumby, flag-ship for some time 
 of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Avon 
 18, Capt. Henry Tillieux Fraser, Sparrow sloop, 
 Capts. Edw. Burt, Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Edmund 
 Denman, and Joseph Needham Tayler, 'Thalia 36, 
 Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, and Elk sloop, Capt. 
 Clement Milward. Independently of numerous boat 
 services performed during that period, and many 
 engagements fought Mith privateers, he witnessed, 
 in La Pique, in 1803, the evacuation of Aux Cayes 
 and of other places in St. Domingo, and also the 
 surrender, with the remains of General Rocham- 
 beau's army from Cape Fran5ois on board, of the 
 three French frigates Surveillante, Vertu, and Cb- 
 rinde — the la«t mentioned of which he assisted in 
 conducting, under the present Sir Nesbit Josiah 
 Willoughby, to Jamaica. In the following year he 
 took part, likewise in La Pique, in the unsuccessful 
 attack upon Cura^oa. In the Reobridge, of which 
 vessel he was Master's Mate, he was wrecked off 
 Nassau, New Providence, 4 Nov. 1806 ; and, when 
 holding the same post on board the Polyphemus, 
 he commanded the pinnace belonging to that ship 
 at the capture of the French schooner Calibre. 
 After acting for three months as Lieutenant of the 
 Avon, he was confirmed, 28 July, 1809, into the 
 Sparrow. Having paid off the Elk as Senior 
 Lieutenant at the close of 1811, he was next in suc- 
 cession appointed— 3 Feb. 1812, to the Ocean 98, 
 Capt. Robt. Plampm, attached to the force off 
 Toulon, and, as First Lieutenant— 13 Nov. followinsr 
 to the Termagant sloop, Capts. John Lampen 
 Manley and Chas. Shaw, stationed at fii-st in the 
 Meditei-ranean (where he beheld the fall of Genoa), 
 and afterwards in the East Indies, whence he rel 
 turned to England and was paid off in Oct. 1816— 
 
MORRES— MORRIES- MORRIS. 
 
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 14 Jan. 1818, to the Dohothea hired-ship, Capt. 
 David Buchan, whom he accompanied on a perilous 
 voyage of discovery to the neighbourhood of Spltz- 
 bergen (vide mote, p. 67)— 19 Jan. 1820 (the Dorothea 
 had been put out of commission in Nov. 1818), to 
 the Eevolutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood 
 Broughton Keynolds PeUew, in which ship he was 
 for about two years and a half employed In the 
 Mediterranean— and, 11 Nov. 1822, to the Taetak 
 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, fitting for South America. 
 While In the Revoldtionnaire, Mr. Morrell, with 
 her barge and pinnace under his orders, succeeded, 
 on the night of 18 May, 1821, in effecting the cap- 
 ture. In the harbour of St. Jean, in the gulf of 
 Patras, of two Greek pirate-boats, after a hard 
 struggle, in which his party sustained a loss of 1 
 man killed and 3 slightly wounded. He himself 
 received several sabre-cuts in the face ; but he was 
 not advanced to the rank of Commander until 18 
 April, 1823. He had then, as we have shown, been 
 eight years First-Lieutenant of various ships. His 
 next appointment, it appears, was, 2 June, 1841, after 
 18 years of solicitation, to the Calcdtta 84, Capts. 
 Sir Sam. Roberts and Geo. Fred. Rich ; of which 
 ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, we find him, 
 during the illness of the former officer, acting for a 
 short time as Captain. The Calcutta being paid 
 off in the latter part of 1842, he obtained, 25 May, 
 1843, command of the Espoir 10, equipping for the 
 coast of Africa ; where it was his fortune to make 
 prize of two slave-vessels, one of them laden with 
 546 negroes. From the Espoik Commander Mor- 
 rell was transferred, 6 Dec. 1844, to the Tortoise 
 store-ship, and nominated Governor of Ascension. 
 Although the latter appointment, we understand, 
 had been conferred upon him as a permanence, he 
 was superseded without compensation, In Nov. 1846, 
 by an ofBcer holding Post-rank. He came home in 
 command of the Hydra steam-sloop at the com- 
 mencement of 1847, and has since been on half-pay. 
 He married, 6 Feb. 1820, a daughter of Mr. "Wm. 
 Reid, First Pay-Clerk for Wages at Devonport Dock- 
 yard, and by that lady has issue. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 MOREES. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Elliot Morees entered the Navy, 26 May, 1809, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capt. 
 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie; In which ship, 
 during a servitude of four years on the Home sta- 
 tion, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 6 
 and 14 Jan. 1810, of the privateers L Aventure, of 
 14 guns and 82 men, and L' Hirondelle, of 14 guns 
 and 72 men, and co-operated much with the patriots 
 on the north coast of Spain. In June, 1813, and 
 Sept. 1815, he successively joined the Kivoli 74, 
 Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Edw. Stirling 
 Dickson, both attached to the force In the Mediter- 
 ranean ; where, on being appointed Admiralty-Mid- 
 shipman of the Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony 
 Maitland, he took part In the bombardment of 
 Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was promoted in conse- 
 quence to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. following. 
 He left the Glasgow 31 Oct. in the same year ; and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 He is married and has Issue. 
 
 MOKKIES. (Retibed Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Andrew Morries had a brother a Major in the 
 Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromeda 32, Capts. 
 Wm. Taylor and Henry Inman ; under the latter of 
 whom, after serving some time on the coast of 
 North America, he witnessed, 8 July, 1800, the 
 capture, in Dunkerque Roads, of the French 40-gun 
 frigate Desiree. On next joining the Polyphemus 
 64, Capts. Geo. Lumsdaine and John Lawford, he 
 fought in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. 
 In 1803 he was received on board the Monarch 74, 
 flag-ship m the Downs of Lord Keith, who, in the 
 course of the same yeaor, placed him in command, 
 with the rank of Lieutenant, of the Lord Keith 
 
 cutter In the course of 1805 he was successively 
 nominated Acting-Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Wm Sid- 
 SerSmith and Lord Keith in the Antelope 50, and 
 Edgar 74: in the latter of which ships, being con- 
 toed to her by commission,dated 25 Aug. 1806 he 
 continued employed until the summer of 1807. 
 D™ing the remainder of the war we find him 
 se^l on the Leith and Baltic stations in the 
 T^and Ardent 64's, Capts. Jas. Giles Vashon 
 and Robt. Honyman, flag-ships for some time ot 
 Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, Courageux 74, Capt. 
 PhiUp Wilkinson, and Stork sloop, Capt. Robt. 
 Lisle Coulson. He retired with the rank of Com- 
 mander 5 May, 1841. . 
 
 The Commander is in possession of high recom- 
 mendatory letters from Lord Keith, Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith, and Admiral BiUy Douglas. 
 
 MORRIS. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p^O.) 
 Frederick Morris, bom 25 Jan. 1819, is third 
 son of Sir John Morris, Bart., of Sketty Park and 
 Clasemont, co.Glamorgan, by Lucy Juliana, youngest 
 daughter of John, fifth Viscount Torrington, and 
 sister of the late Vice-Admiral Viscount Tor- 
 rington. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1832, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Larne 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Sidney Smith, employed at first in the North Sea 
 and off the coast of North America, and afterwards 
 in the West Indies, where he served his time as 
 Midshipman In the Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen 
 Pell, and Satellite 18, Capt. John Robb. He re- 
 turned to England in 1839 as Mate of the Race- 
 horse 18, Capt. Henry Wm. Craufurd; and on his 
 arrival he was appointed to the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings. 
 Joining, next, the Pique 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, he 
 took part in the operations of 1840 on the coast of 
 Syria, and, prior to assisting in the bombardment 
 of St. Jean d'Acre, obtained mention for his con- 
 duct at the taking of Calffa and Tsour. While 
 serving subsequently on the North America and 
 West India station In the Illustrious 72, flag-ship 
 of Sir Chas. Adam, he was promoted, 3 Oct. 1842, 
 to a Lieutenancy in the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh 
 Donald Cameron Douglas. His appointments, since 
 he left that vessel, have been— 19 July, 1844, as 
 Additional-Lieutenant, to the Formidable 84, bear- 
 ing the flag" of Sir Edw. W. C. E. Owen in the 
 Mediterranean — next, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Walter Bourchler Devereux, in which vessel he 
 returned to England and was paid off in Oct. 1845 — 
 2 Feb. 1846, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. 
 Wm. Fred. Lapldge, attached to the Channel 
 squadron— and, 11 Feb. 1847, to the Canopds 8*, 
 Capt. Fairfax Moresby, now employed on particular 
 service. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MORRIS. (Rear-Admibal, 1846. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 39.) 
 
 George Morris, born 7 Oct. 1778, Is son of the 
 late Wm. Morris, Esq., Master R.N. ; and brother 
 of Commander John R. Morris, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1789, as 
 Master's Servant, on board the Victorious 74, com- 
 manded by his father, then Master Superintendent 
 of Ordinary. In Jan. 1793 he removed, as A.B., to 
 the Audacious 74, Capt. Wm. Parker, under whom, 
 while holding the rating of Midshipman, he lost a 
 leg In Lord Howe's action, 28 May, 1794. After 
 serving a year and ten months at the Nore in the 
 Sandwich 90, Capt. Jas. Eobt. Mosse, he was made 
 Lieutenant, 2 June, 1796, into the Ardent 64, Capts. 
 Rich. Eundell Burgess and Thos. Bertie, attached 
 to the force on the North Sea station, where, under 
 Capt. Burgess, who was killed, he fought, as Second 
 Lieutenant, in the action off Camperdown, 11 Oct. 
 1797. During the expedition to Holland, in 1799, 
 being stiU in the same ship, he assisted at the de- 
 barkation of the troops, and was present at the 
 surrender of the Dutch squadron in the Texel, 
 whence, it appears, he brought the Admiral Be 
 Ruyter, one of the prizes, to England. Assuming 
 
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 MORRIS. 
 
 commaiid, 22 March, 1800, of the Labt Chaeiotte, 
 hired armed brig, Lieut. Morris, who continued in 
 that vessel until Oct. 1801, succeeded, while cruizing 
 between Start Point and Portland, in capturing 
 L'JBspoir and Le Petit Pirate, small privateers (the 
 former carrying 6 carriage-guns and 23 men*), and 
 in retaking several British merchantmen. Attain- 
 ing the rank of Commander, 14 April, 1802, he was 
 successively appointed, in that oapacity^6 Oct. 1803, 
 15 June, 1806, and 2 April, 1807, to the Penguin, 
 Elk, and Eenakd sloops, on the African and Ja^ 
 maica stations — 3 Dec. 1807, to the Magnet 18, in 
 the Baltic— 11 April, 1809, for 12 months, to the 
 Sea Fencibles at Lynn — and, 23 Sept. 1811, to the 
 Vulture 16, employed off Jersey and Guernsey. 
 In the Penguin, aided by his boats, he effected the 
 destruction, on the bar of Senegal river, of the 
 French privateer La Renommee, of 14 guns and 87 
 men, supported by two other vessels, 24 March, 
 1804 ;t he destroyed and took, in the Elk, the 
 French and Spanish privateers Alliance, of 5 guns 
 and 75 men, and Ocecila, of 4 guns and 20 men ; and, 
 in the Magnet, after intercepting the Danish pri- 
 vateer Paulina, of 10 guns and 42 men, be was 
 wrecked on the ice near Malmo, 11 Jan. 1809. After 
 that catastrophe he marched with his ship's com- 
 pany to Gottenborg, for the purpose of joining Sir 
 Kich. Keats, then lying in "Wingo Sound. On the 
 breaking up of the ice he was sent home with de- 
 spatches in the Centinel gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Elleston King. He left the Vui/tuke, 
 on attaining Post-rank, 1 Feb. 1812; and, on 1 Oct. 
 , 1846, he accepted the rank he now holds. 
 
 For the loss of his leg Rear-Admiral Morris was 
 awarded, 4 April, 1816, a pension of 300^. per annum. 
 He married, 10 Nov. 1807, Sarah, daughter of B. 
 Bentham, Esq., of Sheerness, by whom he has issue 
 two sons and three daughters. Agent — Frederick 
 Dufaur. 
 
 MORRIS. (LiEUTEKANT, 1823.) 
 
 George Morris entered the Navy, 4 March, 
 1808, as Sec.-ol. Boy, on board the Puissant 74, 
 Capts. John Irwin, Robt. Hall, and Wm. Paterson, 
 in which ship he was for nearly four years employed 
 at Spithead. In March, 1812, he joined, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., the Sceptre 74, Capts. Thos. Harvey and 
 Kobt. Honyman, stationed at first in the North 
 Sea, and next on the coast of North America, where, 
 from July, 1813, until Feb. 1814, he served with 
 the last^mentioned ofBcer in the Marlborough 74. 
 He then obtained a Midshipman's berth on board 
 the Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court, at 
 Newfoundland ; and he afterwards became attached 
 in stLccession — in Sept. 1815, to the Amtelope 50, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Harvey in the Lee- 
 ward Islands — and (after an interval of 10 months), 
 in May, 1819, and Nov. 1821, to the Superb 74, and 
 Creole 36, bearing each the broad pendant of Sir 
 Thos. Harvey in South America, where, having 
 held for 12 months the rating of Admiralty Mid- 
 shipman on board the latter ship, he was nominated, 
 16 Nov. 1822, Acting-Lieutenant of the Conwav 
 26, Capt. Basil Hall. On his return to England he 
 was confirmed by commission dated 15 Feb. 1823. 
 His appointments have since been — 26 Nov. 1823, 
 as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 74, Coast 
 Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch— 8 Dec. 1827, 
 to the Erebus bomb, Capt. Philip Broke, on the 
 Mediterranean station, where he remained about 
 two years— 29 May, 1833, to the Revenge 78, Capts. 
 Donald Hugh Mackay and Wm. Elliott, of which 
 ship, employed on the Lisbon and Home stations, 
 he became First-Lieutenant— 16 April, 1834, to the 
 Coast Guard— 25 May, 1843, to the command (on 
 leaving the latter service) of the Skylark brig, of 
 4 guns, which vessel, on her return from the coast 
 of Scotland, was lost in a fog off the Isle of Wight 
 25 April, 1845— and, 23 Nov. 1846, to the command 
 of the Torch steamer, of 150-horse power, now 
 engaged on particular service. 
 Lieut. Morris is Senior of 1823. He married, 12 
 • Vide Gaz. 1801, p. igo. f V. Gaz. 1804, p. 890. 
 
 Jan. 1841, Harriet, daughter of W. Smith, Esq., of 
 the Customs, West Cowes, Isle of Wight. Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 MORRIS. (Reab- Admiral, 1846. f-p., 31 ; 
 H-P., 40.) 
 Henht Gage Morris, bom 27 March, 1770, at 
 New York, is only surviving son (by Mary, daughter 
 of Fred. Philipse, Esq., of that place) of the late 
 Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Morris, a member 
 of the Governor's Council at New York, who served 
 with distinction in the first American war; was 
 wounded in the celebrated battle of the Mononga^ 
 hela river, in which General Braddock was killed, 
 with most of his ofBcers ; assisted at the taldng of 
 Quebec ; and was Aide-de-Camp at other periods to 
 General Gage and Lord Amherst. Rear-Admiral 
 Morris, whose family sustained immense loss by its 
 adherence to the Crown, had an elder brother, 
 Amherst, who was rewarded with the rank of Com- 
 mander for his conduct as First-Lieutenant of the 
 Nymphe frigate, Capt. Edw. Pellew (whose own 
 gallantry procured him the honour of Knighthood), 
 at the capture of the French ship La CMopatre, of 
 40 guns and 320 men, 18 June, 1793, and died 29 
 April, 1802. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne from 
 1776 to 1778 on the books of the Maidstone frigate, 
 Capt. Alan Gardner) embarked, 22 Jan. 1782, as 
 A.B., on board the Centurion 50, Capts. Sam. W. 
 Clayton and Jas. Cotes, and in Jan. of the following 
 year was present, in company with the Hussak 28, 
 at the capture, on the North American station, of 
 the French 36-gun frigate La Sybille. During the 
 peace he was successively employed, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, on the Home and Jamaica 
 stations, in the Princess Royal 98, Capt. Jonathan 
 Faulknor, Camilla 20, Capt. John Hutt, Powerful 
 74, Capt. Andrew Sutherland, Drake 14, Capt. 
 Geo. Countess, Courageux 74, Capt. Alan Gardner, 
 Lizard 28, Capt. J. Hutt, Niger 32, Capt. Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats, Martin 16, Capt. Geo. Dufij and 
 Queen 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Gardner., 
 Being made Lieutenant, 2 April, 1793, into the 
 Duke 98, Commodore Geo. Murray, he shared, in 
 the ensuing June, in the unsuccessful attack upon 
 Martinique. He was, afterwards appointed, on the 
 Home station — 23 Oct. 1793, to the Glory 98, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Commodore Murray — 24 
 July, 1794, to the Proserpine 28, Capts. Alex. 
 Fraser and Willoughby Thos. Lake — and, 8 Dec. 
 1796, to the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag 
 of his friend and patron, then Sir Alan Gardner, 
 under whom, with the exception of a brief interval 
 during the peace of Amiens, he continued employed 
 in various ships, a great part of the time as Flag- 
 Lieutenant, until presented by him with a commis- 
 sion, dated 8 May, 1804. In the following June he 
 obtained command of the EspiAgle 16, and in that 
 sloop, and the Jalouse 18, to which vessel he re- 
 moved 30 June, 1809, he was almost incessantly 
 engaged for eight years in escorting convoys to and 
 from Ireland, the British Channel, Lisbon, and the 
 West Indies. It is worthy of remark, that on no 
 occasion did any of the numerous vessels placed 
 during that period under his charge either endure 
 capture or part company. He attained Post-rank 
 12 Aug. 1812, but was not able to procure further 
 employment. The rank he at present holds was 
 conferred on him 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 31 Jan. 1804, Rebecca 
 Newenham Millerd, third daughter of the late Rev. 
 Fras. Orpen, B. A., of Trinity College, Dublin, Vicar 
 of Kilgarvan, co. Kerry, and Rector of Dangorney 
 and Douglas, oo. Cork. By that lady he has issue 
 six sons and four daughters. His eldest son, the 
 Rev. Fras. Orpen Morris, B.A., of Worcester Col- 
 lege, Oxford, is Vicar of Nafferton, in the East 
 Riding of Yorkshire, and Chaplain to His Grace 
 the Duke of Cleveland; his second son, Henry 
 Gage, is a Commander R.N. 
 
MORRIS. 
 
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 MORRIS. (COMMANBEB, 1846.) 
 
 Heney Gage Moekis, born 20 Nov. 1811, is se- 
 cond son of Kear- Admiral Henry Gage Morris. 
 
 This officer served as Midshipman of the Glas- 
 gow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, at the 
 battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. Passing his exa- 
 mination in 1830, he obtained a commission 19 
 AprU, 1837 ; and he was afterwards appointed — 20 
 April, 1837, as Additional, to the Hastings 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, off Lisbon — 25 May, 
 1838, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, of 
 which vessel, stationed in the East Indies, he be- 
 came First-Lieutenant — 31 Oct. 1840, to the Endt- 
 MioN 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, lying at Ply- 
 mouth — 10 June and 28 Aug. 1841, as Senior, to the 
 Champion 18 and Harlequin 16, Capts. Kich. 
 Byron and Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings, in the latter 
 of which vessels he returned to the East Indies, and 
 shared in the operations on the coast of China — 15 
 Aug. 1842, to the acting-command, which lie re- 
 tained until March, 1844, of the Wolverene 16, 
 also in the East Indies — 5 Sept. 1845, again as First, 
 to the Juno 26, fitting at Sheemess— and, 17 Nov. 
 1845, to the St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag at 
 Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Ogle, to whom he became 
 Signal-Lieutenant 16 Jan. 1846. He attained his 
 present rank 25 June following ;' and since 20 Oct. 
 1847 has been in command, again in the East Indies, 
 of the Cambrian 40, Commodore Jas. Hanway 
 Plumridge. 
 
 MORRIS. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 37 ; h-p., 23.) 
 John Row Morris is brother of Eear-Admiral 
 Geo. Morris. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1787, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Narcissus frigate, Capts. 
 Philip D'Auvergne, John Salisbury, and Paul 
 Mincliin, stationed in the Channel; where, from 
 Aug. 1791 until Jan. 1795, he served, as Midship- 
 man, in the Alfred 74, Capt. John Bazely, and 
 was afforded an opportunity of sharing in the action 
 of 1 June, 1794. After a brief attachment to the 
 Sandwich 90, Capt. Jas. Robt. Mosse, he was pro- 
 moted, 20 May, 1795, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Scourge sloop, Capt. Wm. Stapp, stationed in the 
 North Sea. His succeeding appointments were — 21 
 Sept. 1795, to the Doris 36, Capt. Lord Ranelagh, 
 employed off the coast of Ireland — 16 Aug. 1797, to 
 the St. Albans 64, Capts. Fras. Pender and John 
 Okes Hardy, with whom he served on the Halifax 
 and West India stations until June, 1801 — 14 March, 
 1803, to the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Wm. Hotham, 
 attached to the force in the North Sea^-and 19 Oct. 
 1803, and (after five months of half-pay) 24 April, 
 1810, to the command of the Insolent gun-brigand 
 Pioneer schooner, on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations. In the Insolent he assisted at the de- 
 struction of the French shipping in Basque Roads 
 in April, 1809, and in the Pioneer he contributed, 
 in company with the Decoy cutter, to the capture, 
 9 May, 1812, of the InfatigabU French lugger-pri- 
 vateer, of 29 men, 10 of whom (including their 
 Commander) were killed and wounded.* He at- 
 tained the rank he now holds 15 June, 1814 ; and 
 was lastly, from 31 Dec. 1820 until the spring of 
 1832, employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the 
 Coast Guard. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 MORRIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Peter Morris entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1805, 
 as A. B., on board the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Hopewell Stephens, stationed in the Channel. In 
 March, 1806, he removed as Midshipman, a rating 
 he had previously attained, to the Ocean 98, bear- 
 ing the flag of Lord Collingwood off Cadiz ; and 
 after an attachment of nine months to the Hin- 
 dostan 50, Capt. Lewis Hole, off Lisbon, he served 
 as Master's Mate, from Jan. 1809 to May, 1814, in 
 the Bay of Biscay, on board the Goldeincii of 10 
 guns and 75 men, Capts. Fitzherbert Geo. Skinner 
 and Arden Adderley, under the former of whom 
 he assisted in beating off, 18 May, 1809, the French 
 • VideGiu.. 1812, p. 888. 
 
 corvette Mauche, of 16 guns and 180 men, at the 
 close of an action of four hours, in which the British 
 vessel, besides being much cut up, sustained a loss 
 of 3 men killed and 3 severely wounded. After 
 attending, in the Aloeste troop-ship, Capt. Dan. 
 Lawrence, the expedition to New Orleans, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 March, 1815. 
 His last appointment was, 4 Nov. in the latter year, 
 to the Weser, another troop-ship, also commanded 
 by Capt. Lawrence, in which he remained until paid 
 off on his return from a voyage to the West Indies, 
 16 Aug. 1816. Agents— Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 MORRIS. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Walter Windyer Morris passed his examina- 
 tion 24 Feb. 1834; and from 24 Oct. 1840 until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 July, 1846, was 
 employed in the Coast Guard. His appointments 
 have since been — 30 Nov. 1846, to the Penelope 
 steam-frigate of 650-horse power, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham, on the coast of Africa 
 — and, 14 Feb. 1847, as Senior, to the Wanderer 
 12, Capt. Fred. Byng Montresor, on the same sta- 
 tion, where he is at present serving. 
 
 MORRIS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 22.) 
 William Morris (a), bom in Oct. 1792, is son of 
 the late Capt. Robt. Morris, who represented the 
 city of Gloucester in four successive Parliaments, 
 from 1805 to 1817, and who, at a time when the 
 country was menaced with invasion, raised and for 
 many years supported at his own expense a corps of 
 yeomanry cavalry. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1805, as Fst.- 
 cl. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capts. Henry Garrett 
 and Thos. Rogers, in which ship, employed in the 
 Channel and off Lisbon, he assisted at the capture, 28 
 July, 1806, of the French frigate Le Rhin of 44 guns. 
 From Nov. in the latter year until Jan. 1812 he 
 served in the Mediterranean, chiefly at the blockade 
 of Toulon, in the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. 
 David Colby, Abel Ferris, Henry WhitmarshPearse, 
 Joseph Spear, John Harvey, and Wm. Bedford. 
 On his arrival in the East Indies in the Volage 26, 
 Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, he was received, 
 in Sept. 1812, on board the Illustrious 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, who, on 12 Jan. 1813, 
 nominated him Acting-Lieutenant of the Arrogant 
 sheer-hulk at Bombay, Capt. Chas. Biddulph. Ac- 
 companying the latter officer in a similar capacity, 
 shortly afterwards, into the Hesper sloop, he ac- 
 companied an expedition against the pirates of Ras- 
 al-Khyma in the Persian Gulf. He was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant wMle serving, still in the East Indies, 
 in the Cornwallis armee-en-fiute^ Capt. Stephen 
 Thos. Digby, 24 Aug. 1813; and he was subse- 
 quently appointed — in Dec. 1814, to the Clorinde 
 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Peohell, employed in the Medi- 
 terranean in attendance upon her late Majesty 
 Queen Caroline until the summer of 1816* — 1 July 
 and 28 March, 1822, to the Bulwark and Glouces- 
 ter 74's, flag-ships of Sir Benj. Hallowell at the 
 Nore— 11 March, 1823, to the Genoa 74, Capts. 
 Wm. Cumberland and Walter Bathurst, during his 
 attachment to which ship he had command for 
 some time of the Raymond tender, and was afforded 
 an opportunity of sharing in the battle of Navarin, 
 20 Oct. 1827— and, 8 Jan. 1838, to the command of 
 the Partridge brig of 10 guns. In the latter vessel 
 he was at first employed in protecting the fisheries 
 on the coast of Scotland ; he then proceeded to the 
 coast of Africa with presents for King Trassar ; and, 
 when afterwards on the Brazilian station, he effected 
 the capture of two slave-vessels, the Asseisceira. and 
 San Antonio. He continued in the Partridge until 
 promoted to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841 ; and 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 • Lieut. Morris was subpconaed on tlie trial of that unfor- 
 tunate IVincess in the House of Lords. 
 
790 
 
 MORRIS-MORRISH-MORRISON— MORRISS. 
 
 MOERIS. (COMKANBBR, 1846.) 
 
 William Morkis (6) entered the Navy 26 July, 
 1823; and served as Midshipman of the Genoa 74, 
 Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin, 20 
 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination in 1 829 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 28 Jime, 1838; and was 
 afterwards appointed — 1 7 Jan. 1839, to the Tkin- 
 CULO 16, Capt. Henry Edward Coffin, on the Lisbon 
 station— 6 Aug. 1841, to the Impkegb able 104, Capt. 
 Thos. Forrest, in the Mediterranean— 19 Oct. 1843, 
 to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, employed on 
 particular service — 9 March, 1844, as Senior, to the 
 Tortoise store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Arthur 
 Morrell— and, 16 Dec. 1844, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Ardest steam-sloop, Capt. John Russell, sta- 
 tioned on the coast of Africa, vrhence he returned 
 to England and was paid ofi" at the close of 1845. 
 He acquired his present rank 28 May, 1846 ; and, 
 since 28 Aug. 1847, has been in command of the 
 Arab 16, at the Cape of Good Hope. Agents— 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MOEEISH. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Samuel Morkish entered the Navy 11 Dec. 1828 ; 
 passed his examination 22 Jan. 1835 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 23 Nov. 1841, was serving in South America as 
 Mate of the President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton. 
 His appointments have since been — 15 Sept. 1842, 
 as Additional, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of 
 Sir Chas. Adam, in North America and the "West 
 Indies— 17 Feb. 1844, to the Electra 18, Capt. 
 Arthur Barley, on the same station — 25 June, 1845, 
 to the Coast Guard— and, 14 Sept. 1847, to the Asia 
 84, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Phipps Hornby, 
 in the Pacific, where he is now serving. 
 
 He married, 1 July, 1845, Mary Elizabeth, daugh- 
 ter of the late Capt. John Mackeson, of the Hon. 
 E. I. Co.'s service, and of the island of Jamaica. 
 Agent — Joseph "Woodhead. 
 
 which was captured two days afterwards by the 
 Andromache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin. He also, 25 
 Feb. 1814, witnessed the surrender, to the Eukotas 
 of 46 guns and 320 men, of another French frigate, 
 La Chrinde, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass-swivels, 
 with a complement of 360 picked men. He attained 
 Post-rank 7 June in the latter year ; and was lastly, 
 from 25 Oct. 1824 until the close of 1831, employed 
 as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard at 
 Tralee, co. Kerry. He accepted the Retirement 1 
 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Morrison married, 16 July, 1823, Louisa 
 Adams, daughter of John Powell Smith, Esq., of 
 Upper Berkeley Street, Portman Square, London. 
 
 MORRISON, (flrastattl, 1814. F-p., 22 ; H-p., 30.) 
 Isaac Hawkins Morrison entered the Navy, 8 
 June, 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malabar 
 54, Capt. John Parr, and in April and May, 1796, 
 was present at the surrender of the Dutch settle- 
 ments of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. Fol- 
 lowing Capt. Parr, as Midshipman, in Dec. of the 
 latter year into the Standard 64, and next into the 
 Zealand, he continued with him in those ships 
 until Feb. 1801, on the Home station ; where he 
 further, until May, 1804, served, part of the time as 
 Master's Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman, in the 
 Fortunee 36, Capt. Lord Amelius Beaucleik, Raven 
 and Gannet sloops, Capts, Jas. Sanders and Edw. 
 Bass, and Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew. 
 While in the Zealand, he had been lent to the 
 Tisiphone sloop, Capt. Robt. Honyman, and An- 
 dromeda 32, Capt. Henry Inman. Being ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 May, 1804, he 
 was subsequently appointed in that capacity — 21 
 July, 1804, to the command, at Newfoundland, of 
 the Queen Charlotte hired cutter — 25 Oct. fol- 
 lowing to the Camilla 20, Capt. Bridges Watkinson 
 Taylor, on the same station — 25 Feb. 1805, to the 
 Amaranthe 18, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, em- 
 ployed in the North Sea and Channel — 26 June, 
 1806, to the Trdstv 50, Capt. Brian Hodgson, at- 
 tached to the force in the Downs — 16 April, 1807, to 
 the Uranie 38, Capt. Christ. Laroche, off Cherbourg 
 — and, 28 Nov. 1807, to the Adamant 50, Capt. 
 Micajah Malbon, at Jamaica. After having acted 
 for a short time as Commander of the Pelican 
 sloop, he was confirmed to that rank in the Shark 
 receiving-ship at Port Royal 10 June, 1808. He in- 
 valided home in Feb. 1809, and was next, 31 May, 
 1813, appointed to the Achates brig of 16 guns. 
 In that vessel, with much injury to her sails and 
 rigging, Capt. Morrison fought, off the coast of 
 France, 21 Oct. following, a very gallant running 
 action of several hours' duration with La Trave, a, 
 French frigate of 44 guns and 321 men, which had 
 been previously dismasted in a gale of wind, and 
 
 MOEEISON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Richard James Morrison, bom 15 June, 1795, 
 is son of the late Rich. Caleb Morrison, Esq., who 
 for 27 years was a Gentleman Pensioner under 
 King George IH. His grandfather, Rich. Morrison, 
 was a Captain in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 30 Sept. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartan of 46 guns and 
 258 men, Capts. Geo. Astle, Jahleel Brenton, and 
 Edw. Pelham Brenton. Under Capt. Jah. Brenton, 
 he saw much boat service in the Adriatic, partici- 
 pated as Midshipman in various attacks upon Pe- 
 saro and Ceseratico, and assisted at the capture of 
 Lissa, Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo. He also, 3 
 May, 1810, shared in a brilliant and single-handed 
 victory gained by the Spartan, in the Bay of 
 Naples (after a contest of more than two hours, in 
 which the British sustained a loss of 10 men lolled 
 and 22 wounded), over a Franco-Neapolitan squa- 
 dron, carrying altogether 95 guns and about 1400 
 men. He continued in the same ship until Dec. 
 1810 ; and was subsequently, between Aug. 1811 and 
 July, 1815, employed, part of the time as Master's 
 Mate, in the Elizabeth 74 and Myrtle 20, Capts. 
 Fras. Wm. Austen and Arthur Batt Bingham, on the 
 North Sea, Baltic, and Cork stations. In the latter 
 vessel he appears to have likewise performed the 
 duties of Lieutenant and Master. He took up, on 
 leaving her, a commission bearing date 3 March, 
 1815. His last appointment was to the Coast Guard, 
 in which he served from April, 1827, until Oct. 1829, 
 when he was under the necessity of resigning from 
 the effects of ill health, induced by the exposure he 
 had suffered in rescuing 4 men and a boy from 
 wreck in the month of Feb. 1828. His exertions on 
 the occasion were acknowledged by a medal from 
 the " Society for the Preservation of Life from 
 Shipwreck." We may add that his commission had 
 been presented to him in less than six months after 
 he had passed his examination, as a reward for the 
 conduct he had exhibited during the action in the 
 Bay of Naples. 
 
 On 22 April, 1824, Lieut. Morrison presented a 
 plan to the Admiralty " for registering merchant 
 seamen" — since adopted in principle. He also, 24 
 Jan. 1827, proposed another "for propelling ships 
 of war in a calm ;" and on 6 March, 1835, he further 
 suggested to the Board " a plan for providing an 
 ample supply of seamen for the fleet without im- 
 pressment." In reference to the latter scheme he 
 received the thanks of their Lordships, and had the 
 gratification of not only hearing his arguments im- 
 mediately employed in the House of Commons by 
 Sir Jas. Graham, then First Lord of the Admiralty, 
 but of likewise seeing them partially enforced, by 
 the addition of a thousand boys to the naval force 
 of the country. He married, 23 Aug. 1827, Miss 
 Sarah Mary Paul, of Waterford, and by that lady has 
 issue nine children. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 MOEKISS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Edward John Morriss entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Okion 74, Capt. 
 Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, with whom he con- 
 tinued to serve in the Baltic, where he assisted at 
 the siege of Copenhagen, and in the North Sea, 
 until March, 1813 — the last four years and a half in 
 the capacity of Midshipman. He was then for 18 
 
MORRITT-MORSHEAD-MORTIMER. 
 
 791 
 
 months employed in the Mediterranean as Master's 
 Mate of the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Kear-Ad- 
 mirals Edw. Jas. Foote and Sir Kioh. King ; and, 
 after a further attachment to the Puissant 74, Capt. 
 Benj. Wm. Page, at Spithead, and, as Admiralty- 
 Mate, to the Statika 38, Capt. Spelman Swaine, in 
 wliich ship he accompanied the expedition against 
 New Orleans, and was wrecked on a rock off the 
 island of Cuba, 26 Feb. 1815, he was awarded a com- 
 mission dated 17 of that month. His appointments 
 have since been — 6 June, 1815, for three months, to 
 the PoisSAKT, commanded as before — 3 July, 1816, 
 for an equally brief period, to the Belzebob bomb, 
 Capts. Wm. Kempthorne and Fred. Thos. Michell, 
 part of the force employed at the bombardment of 
 Algiers— 17 Jan. 1817, to the Alban 12, Capt. Hugh 
 Patton, which vessel, employed for some time off 
 Holyhead, was paid off in Oct. 1818— and, 26 April, 
 1825, to the command, which he still retains, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 MORKITT. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Geokge MoKRiTT entered the Navy 21 Aug. 1816; 
 passed his examination in 1823 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 10 Jan. 1837. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 12 Jan. and 20 April, 1837, as 
 Additional-Lieutenant, to the Melville and Hast- 
 ings 74's, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget and 
 Sir 'yfm. Hall Gage on the North America and 
 West India and Lisbon stations — 7 Sept. 1837 and 1 
 Oct. 1840, to the Minden 72 and Howe 120, Capts. 
 Alex. Renton Sharpe and Thos. Forrest, both at- 
 tached to the force in the Mediterranean — and, 6 
 Deo. 1843, as Senior, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. 
 Talbot, fitting for the East Indies. For his conduct 
 in command of the barge belonging to the latter 
 ship, at"the capture and destruction, 19 Aug. 1845, 
 of Maloodoo, a strong fortification in the possession 
 of Scheriff Osman, a rebel Borneo chieftain, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander by commission 
 dated back to the day of the achievement.* He 
 has been employed, since 30 June, 1847, as an In- 
 specting Commander in the Coast Guard. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MOESHEAD. (Lieut., 1836. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 5.) 
 
 John Morshead was born in 1806. 
 
 Tliis officer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1821, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Iphioenia 42, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Mends on the coast 
 of Africa ; where, on following his chief, as Mid- 
 shipman, into the Owen Glendowek 42, he served 
 on shore at Cape Coast Castle, during the Ashantee 
 war. In the spring of 1825, a few months after he 
 had returned to England and been received on 
 board the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at Chatham 
 of Sir Benj. Hallowell, he again sailed for the coast 
 of Africa in the Redwing 18, Capt, Douglas Chas. 
 Clavering ; and, on his arrival, was transferred to 
 the Maidstone 42, Commodore Chas. Bullen. In- 
 validing home in Dec. of the same year, he next 
 joined in succession— in March, 1826, the Britannia 
 120, Capt. Philip Pipon, lying at Plymouth — be- 
 tween Feb. 1828 and June, 1830, the Erebus and 
 Infernal bombs, Capts. Geo. lilaye, Edm. Wm. 
 Gilbert, and Brunswick Popham, both in the Medi- 
 terranean — and, in June, 1831, the Imogene 28, Capt. 
 Price Blackwood, whom he accompanied, first to the 
 East Indies, and then to China, where, in Sept. 1834, 
 he commanded a division of guns at the forcing of 
 the passage of the Boca Tigris. He returned to Eng- 
 land in Aug. 1835 ; and on 24 May, 1836, nearly 
 eight years after he had passed his examination, he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — in 1836-7, to the Dub- 
 lin 50, Harrier 18, and Blonde 42, Capts. Chas. 
 Eden, Wm. Henry Hallowell Carew, and Sir Eras. 
 Mason, all on the South American stations, whence 
 he returned in Nov. 1837—21 July, 1838, to the 
 Hastings 7 *, Capts. Eras. Erskine Loch and John 
 LawrencGj under the latter of whom, during the 
 Syrian war, he was employed in the boats in a suc- 
 • nje Gaz. 1845, p. 6536. 
 
 cesaful attempt to remove a quantity of powder 
 from the castle of Beyrout*— 6 Nov. 1843 (he had 
 left the Hastings in Feb. 1842), to the Albion 90, 
 Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, from which ship, employed 
 on the Home station, he Invalided in Sept. 1845— 
 and, 19 Nov. 1846, as Additional, to the Caledonia 
 120, bearing the flag of Sir John Louis, Admiral- 
 Superintendent at Plymouth, where he is at present 
 serving. 
 
 MORSHEAD, C.B. (Captain, 1842.) 
 
 William Henrt Anderson Morshead entered 
 the Navy 4 Sept. 1823; passed his examination in 
 1830; and obtained his first commission 21 Sept. 
 
 1832. His succeeding appointments were— 2 April, 
 
 1833, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the St. Vincent 
 120, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, in the 
 Mediterranean — 29 July following, and 30 May and 
 16 Dec. 1834, to the Malabar 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Josceline Percy and Henry Shovell Marsham, Ta- 
 LAVEKA 74, Capt. Edw. Chetham, and Edinburgh 
 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the same station, 
 whence he returned in the early part of 1837 — 28 
 Sept. in the latter year, as Senior, to the Favourite 
 18, Capt. Walter Croker, whom he accompanied to 
 the East Indies — and, 1 June, 1838, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Wm. Warren. 
 On 13 and 18 March, 1841, we find him command- 
 ing the boats of the latter vessel at the capture of 
 the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton, 
 and also of the city itself.t During the second 
 series of operations against it, it was his lot to be 
 slightly wounded, and to perform service which 
 gained him the public mention of Sir Humphrey 
 Fleming Senhouse. J Being rewarded with the rank 
 of Commander 8 June, 1841, and appointed, 16 Oct. 
 following, to the Columbine 16, he further distin- 
 guished himself by the manner in which, with his 
 own boats and those of the Hon. Co.'s war-steamer 
 Queen, he destroyedalargenumberof fire-junks in- 
 tended for the destruction of Her Majesty's shipping 
 in the neighbourhood of Ningpo, 10 March, 1842. § 
 In the course of the same year he participated in 
 the attacks upon Chapoo and Woosung, and in the 
 operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang. || For these ser- 
 vices he was recompensed with a Post-commission 
 dated 23 Dec. 1842, and, the next day, with the 
 Companionship of the Bath. He paid the Colum- 
 bine off in the early part of 1843, and has not been 
 since employed. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 MORTIMER. (LiEDT., 1813. r-p., 12; H-p., 30.) 
 George Mortimer, bom 16 Dec. 1792, at Bide- 
 ford, CO. Devon, is son of the late Commander John 
 Mortimer, R.N. (1797) ; and brother of the late 
 Lieut. Mortimer and nephew of the late Major Mor- 
 timer, both of the R.M. Another uncle, Mr. Por- 
 rett, was Ordnance Storekeeper at the Tower ; as 
 was also a cousin, bearing the same name. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been previously 
 borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the 
 C^SAR 80, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, Nimble 
 14, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Delafons, and Auda- 
 ciODS 74, and Barfleur 98, which latter ship, com- 
 manded by Capt. Geo. Martin, formed part of the 
 force under Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis when 
 he pursued the French fleet close in with Brest 
 harbour) became Midshipman, in the summer of 
 1805, of the Warrior 74, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee, 
 Michael Seymour, and John Wm. Spranger, with 
 whom he continued employed in the Channel and 
 Mediterranean until Feb. 1811. Towards the close 
 of the former year, having fallen in with the Vic- 
 tory at sea, he assisted in towing that ship, with 
 the body of Lord Nelson on board, into Spithead. 
 In 1809 he co-operated in the reduction of the islands 
 of Ischia, Procida, Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo ■ 
 and he next commanded a mortar-boat at the de- 
 fence of Sicily. In 1811 (in the course of which 
 year he successively removed to the San Juan and 
 
 • FlVfeGa-i. 1840, p.2610. -f F.Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503, 1505. 
 1 V. Gaz.,1841, pp. 2502, 2504. } r. Gaz. 1842, p. 2388. 
 1 F. Gaz. 1842, pp. 3692, 3399, 3404. " 
 
792 
 
 MORTON— MOSS. 
 
 Nepomdciko 74's, bearing each the hroad pendant 
 of Commodore Chas. Vinicomhe Penrose, and, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, to the Coldmeine and Swallow 
 sloops, Capts. Wm. Shepheard and Edw. Reynolds 
 Sibly) we find him employed in the gun-boat service 
 at Gibraltar and Tarifa. After performing for 19 
 months the duties of Master's-Mate in the Cale- 
 donia 120, and Prince 98, flag-ships in the Medi- 
 terranean and at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Pellew 
 and Sir Rich. Bickerton, he was advanced, 17 Dec. 
 1813, to a Lieutenancy in the Venekable 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, 
 in which, when on his passage to the West Indies, 
 and in company with the Cyane sloop, he contri- 
 buted to the capture, not without opposition, of the 
 French 40-gun frigates Iphigenie and Alcmene, 16 
 and 20 Jan. 1814. His last appointments were — 
 12 March, 1814, to the Vestal 36, Capt. Sam. Bart- 
 lett Deeckar, which vessel was paid oft' three months 
 afterwards at Barbadoes— and, 4 Feb. 1815, to the 
 Malta 80, Capts. Wm. Chas. Fahie, Thos. Boys, 
 Chas. Ogle, and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild. Under 
 Capt. Fahie, besides witnessing the surrender of 
 Naples, he took part in the reduction of Gaeta in 
 1815, and commanded a division of boats at the 
 cutting out of a large Russian ship from under its 
 batteries. For those services he received, in com- 
 mon with the other officers employed, the thanks of 
 the Neapolitan and British ministers. The Malta 
 was put out of commission in Feb. 1817, and Lieut. 
 Mortimer, rendered incapable of further employ- 
 ment from the effects of injuries he had received 
 during his career afloat, was admitted to the out- 
 pension of Greenwich Hospital 9 Dec. 1831. 
 
 He married, 8 Sept. 1835, Miss Prideaux, eldest 
 daughter of the late John James, Esq., of Sidmouth, 
 by whom he has issue one son. 
 
 gophers," and is the inventor of a plan for increasing 
 the power and rapidity used in the art of swimming. 
 He married, 23 Sept. 1829, Eliza, only daughter of 
 the late John Thompson, Esq., of Hanover, Jamaica. 
 
 MORTON. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 12; h-p., 33.) 
 Thomas Constant Paggett Mokton entered the 
 Navy, 2 Sept. 1802, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the 
 Argo 44, Capts. Benj. Hallowell and Geo. Parker, 
 employed in succession on the coast of Africa, and 
 in the West Indies, Mediterranean, and North Sea. 
 While in the West Indies, in 1803, he co-operated 
 in the reduction of the islands of Ste. Lucie and 
 Tobago. Becoming Midshipman, in Oct. 1804, of 
 the Pkoselytb 28, Capts. Geo. Nioh. Hardinge, 
 Geo. Sayer, and John Chas. Woolcombe, he again, 
 in the early part of 1805, sailed for the West Indies 
 in escort of a large convoy. From Nov. in the 
 latter year until Oct. 1811 we find him serving in 
 the Illustrious 74, Capts. Wm. Shield, Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton, Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing, and Robt. 
 Maunsell, at first off' Cadiz, and then in the East 
 Indies, where, having assisted at the capture of 
 Java, he removed to the Dasher sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Kelly. On his return to England in March, 1812, 
 he became Master's Mate of the Thisbe 28, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton at Deptford; and in 
 the following June he was received, in a similar 
 capacity, on board the Impetueux 74, flag-ship off' 
 Lisbon of the late Sir Geo. Martin. He was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 15 Oct. in the same year, in 
 the San Joan 74, successive flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 mh-als Sam. Hood Linzee and Hon. Chas. Elphin- 
 stone Fleeming at Gibraltar, whence, in the summer 
 of 1814, he returned home in the Shearwater 10, 
 Capt. John Townsend Coffin. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 MORTON. (Commander, 1827. f-p.,13; h-p., 27.) 
 Charles Morton, born in the vicinity of London, 
 is member of a family seated for some centuries in 
 the West Riding of Yorkshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Volontaire 38, Capt. 
 Chas. BuUen, whom he followed as Midshipman, in 
 Feb. 1811, into the Cambrian 40. In the former 
 frigate he escorted the Duke of Orleans and his 
 brother. Count Beaujolois, to Malta, served for some 
 time with the in-shore squadron off Toulon, wit- 
 nessed in 1809 the capture of the island of Pomegue, 
 near Marseilles, and the destruction, near Cape 
 Croisette, of Fort Rioux, mounting 14 guns, was 
 present at an attack made, 31 Oct. in the latter 
 year, on a large French convoy in the Bay of Rosas, 
 and co-operated in 1810 with the patriots on the 
 coast of Catalonia. In the Cambrian we find him 
 assisting, in the course of 1811, at the reduction of 
 the towns of St. Philon and Palamos, whose batte- 
 ries were destroyed and guns embarked ; also at 
 the capture of 19 merchant-vessels at Cadaques, 
 and at the defence of Tarragona. In Nov. 1814, 
 after he had been for nearly three years employed 
 on the Home and Mediterranean stations in the 
 Bulwark and Pompee 74's, Capts. Thos. Brown 
 and Sir Jas. Athol Wood, he rejoined Capt. BuUen 
 on board the Akbar 50, of which ship, having first 
 conveyed despatches from Flushing to Antwerp, 
 he was created an Acting-Lieutenant by Rear- Ad- 
 miral Sir Thos. Byam Martin, 13 April, 1815. He 
 was confirmed on the return of the Akbar from 
 the Halifax station 10 Dec. 1816 ; and he was next, 
 11 Deo. 1823, appointed First of the Maidstone 42, 
 fitting for the broad pendant of his friend Commo- 
 dore BuUen, who had been nominated to the chief 
 command on the coast of Africa. While on that 
 station Lieut. Morton was most actively employed 
 in the suppression of the slave-trade. He was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 6 Oct. 1827, a 
 few weeks after the Maidstone had been paid off, 
 and has not been since afloat. 
 
 Commander Morton is the author of " An Essay 
 on the Electrical F'ormatiou of Hailstones, in oppo- 
 sition to the absurd Theories of the learned Fhilo- 
 
 MOSS. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Charles Moss entered the; Navy 1 Sept. 1808, 
 and was for some time Master's Mate of the Shel- 
 drake 16, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, in which 
 vessel he came into frequent contact with the 
 Danish flotillas in the Baltic, co-operated, in 1811, 
 in the brilliant defence of Anholdt, and was severely 
 wounded in boarding a Danish sloop on the coast 
 of Jutland. He passed his examination in 1814; 
 obtained his commission 27 May, 1825; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 2 Nov. 1825, as a Super- 
 numerary, to the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade 
 ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 6 July, 1832, to the 
 Coast Guard, which he left in the early part of 
 1834 — 2 July, 1840, to the same service — and, 15 
 Oct. 1841, to the command of the Wickham Reve- 
 nue cruizer. He continued in the latter vessel until 
 the end of 1846, and is now again in the Coast 
 Guard. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MOSS. (Lieutenant, 1822. f-p., 13; h-p., 23.) 
 
 Sidney Moss entered the Navy, in Sept. 1811, as 
 a Boy, on board the Berwick 74, Capts. Sir Roht. 
 Laurie and Edw. Brace, in which ship, with the 
 exception of a few months passed in 1814 in the 
 Edinburgh 74, Capt. John Lampen Manley, he 
 continued employed, the greater part of the time 
 in the capacity of Midshipman, until July, 1816. 
 He saw much service during that period on the 
 coast of Spain, and assisted at tlie blockade of 
 Toulon, the reduction of Genoa and Gaeta, and the 
 capture of a host of the enemy's vessels. He also, 
 at the commencement of 1816, accompanied Lord 
 Exmouth to Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli for the ac- 
 complishment of objects connected with the aboli- 
 tion of Christian slavery. On leaving the Berwick 
 he served for several months on Lake Ontario in 
 the Montreal, Commodore Sir Robt. Hall ; after 
 which, returning to England in the Pactolus 38, 
 Capt. Nich. Lockyer, he was for upwards of three 
 years employed on the Home station in the Sybille 
 44, Capt. Clias. Malcolm, Queen Charlotte 100, 
 bearing the flags of Sir Edw. Thornbrough and Sir 
 Geo. Campbell, and, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in 
 the Severn, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Cul- 
 
MOTTLEY— MOUAT. 
 
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 loch. After an attachment of two years to the 
 Surinam 18, Capta. Wra. M'Kenzie Godfrey, Chas. 
 Crole, and Alfred Matthews, on the West India 
 station, he was there, 25 Nov. 1822, promoted to a 
 death vacancy in the Icarus 10, commanded at first 
 hy Capts. Crole and Matthews, and afterwards by 
 Capts. Thos. Stopford and John Geo. Graham. He 
 has been on half-pay since 31 Jan. 1824. 
 
 Lieutenant Moss is married. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 MOTTLEY. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 Joseph Martin Mottley entered the Navy 9 
 Oct. 1812 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; and was 
 made Lieutenant, 11 Feb. 1829, into the North 
 Star 28, Capt. Septimus Arabin, on the coast of 
 Africa. He was afterwards appointed — 5 March, 
 1830, as a Supernumerary, to the Hyperion 42, 
 Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 16 
 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard— 5 Oct. 1832, to 
 the IFndaunted 46, Capt. Edw. Harvey, employed 
 in the East Indies, whence he returned in the early 
 part of 1834—7 Nov. 1835, as First, to the Tweed 
 20, Capt. Thos. Maitland, stationed off Lisbon — 19 
 Jan. 1837, to the command, for Home service, of 
 the Speedy cutter, of 8 guns— 10 March, 1838, as 
 Senior, to the Dee steamer, Capt. Joseph Sherer, 
 fitting for the North America and West India sta- 
 tion, where he continued until superseded in May, 
 1839—7 Aug. 1839, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Waldegrave, of which ship, attached to the 
 force in the Mediterranean, he became First-Lieu- 
 tenant — and, 27 April and 26 July, 1842, in the 
 latter capacity, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at 
 Portsmouth of Sir David Milne, and Imaum re- 
 ceiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodore Hon. Henry 
 Dilkes Byng. He attained his present rank 24 Jan. 
 1843 ; and, since 29 Oct. 1845, has been employed 
 as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, in 1838, Eliza, youngest daughter of 
 W. Stone, Esq., builder, of Chatham Dockyard. 
 Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 MOTTLEY. (Retired Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Samuel Mottley died in 1845. He was brother 
 of the late Admiral Mottley. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Sam. 
 Sutton, flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 whom he followed into the Prince George 98. 
 Becoming Midshipman, in Feb. 1801, of the CiESAR 
 80, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he took 
 part in the actions fought, 6 and 12 July following, 
 oif Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. In the 
 course of 1802 he successively joined the Leda 
 frigate, Capt. Hardy, and Rambler sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Innes ; and on 2 July, 1803, he was on board 
 La Minerve, of 48 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, 
 when that ship took the ground under the batteries 
 of Cherbourg, and was compelled, in spite of a 
 desperate and sanguinary resistance, to strike her 
 colours. Being restored to liberty in Oct. 1806, he 
 was appointed (after a brief attachment, on the 
 Home and West India stations, to the Royal Wil- 
 liam, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, Prince George 
 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, Northumberland 74, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Heureux 
 24, Capt. John Ellis Watt) to the command, with 
 the rank of. Acting-Lieutenant, of the Alliance 
 schooner, 5 March, 1807. In the ensuing Deo. 
 he removed, with the rank last mentioned, to 
 the Haughty gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Mitchell. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 20 May, 
 1808, and was afterwards appointed — 28 of the 
 same month, to the Christian VII. 80, Capt. Sir 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke, in the Channel— 12 July, 
 1810, to the Macedonian, of 48 guns and 254 men, 
 Capts. Lord Wm. Fitzlioy and John Surman Car- 
 den, oflF Lisbon— 26 Nov. 1813, to the Bulwark 74, 
 Capt. David Milne, on the North American station 
 —in Nov. 1814, for passage home, to the Loire 38, 
 Capt. John Nash— and, 6 June, 1815, to the Albion 
 74, Capt. Philip Somerville. As Second-Lieutenant 
 
 of the BLacedonian, Mr. Mottley elicited the 
 highest acknowledgments of Capt. Garden for his 
 conduct, on 25 Oct. 1812, in a desperate action of 
 2 hours and 10 minutes, which rendered that frigate 
 a shattered prize, after experiencing a loss of 36 
 men killed and 68 wounded, to the American ship 
 United States, of 56 guns and 474 men, 12 of whom 
 only appear to have been killed and wounded.* In 
 the Bulwark, besides sharing in other operations, 
 he commanded a boat, in a manner that obtained 
 him much praise, at the destruction, up the Pe- 
 nobscot, of the American frigate Adams, 3 Sept. 
 1814.t Quitting the Albion in Sept. 1815, Lieut. 
 Mottley's next appointments were— in the summer 
 of 1815, and in July, 1823, and March, 1825, to the 
 command of the Hardwicke, Bat, and Camelion 
 Revenue-cruizers— 25 April, 1834, to the Ordinary 
 at Portsmouth, where he remained, latterly as Se- 
 nior of the Victory 104, Capt. Thos. Searle, until 
 the spring of 1837— and, 30 Deo. 1837, to the Coast 
 Guard, in which service he continued nearly six 
 years and a half. He accepted the rank of Com- 
 mander on the Retired List 30 April, 1845, a short 
 time only prior to his death. 
 
 Commander Mottley married, 3 Aug. 1819, Maria 
 Dundas Beatson, of Campbell Town, by whom he 
 has left issue. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 MOTTLEY. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Mottley died 13 July, 1845, as r^elated 
 beneath, aged 27. He was son of Geo. Henry 
 Mottley, Esq., of Portsmouth, the talented editor 
 of tlie ' Hampshire Telegraph.' 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy 14 April, 1830 ; 
 passed his examination 5 July, 1837 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 30 Aug. 1841, was serving as Mate of the Wasp 16, 
 Capt. Hon. Henry Anthony Murray, in which sloop 
 he had assisted, under Capt. Geo. Mansel, at the 
 capture of St. Jean d'Acre. His "succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 2 Sept. 1841, again to the Wasp 
 — 21 June, 1842 (soon after his return from the 
 Mediterranean), to the Thunder surveying-vessel, 
 Capt. Edw. Bamett, on the North America and 
 West India station — 10 Jan. 1844, to the Penelope 
 steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa— and, 
 27 Sept. 1844, a third time, to the Wasp, then com- 
 manded by Capt. Sidney Henry Ussher. He died 
 of fever at Ascension, as above, on board the Pe- 
 nelope, while on his passage to rejoin the Wasp, 
 after having taken to Sierra Leone a slave-brig 
 captured by her. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 MOUAT. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 23.) 
 John Alexander Mouat, bom about 1793, is son 
 of Commander Alexander Mouat, R.N., who was a 
 Midshipman with Capt. Cook during his voyages, 
 and died fom fever while in command of the Rat- 
 tlesnake sloop, in the West Indies, in 1793 ; and 
 grandson of Capt. Patrick Mouat, R.N., who com- 
 manded the Tamer on a voyage of discovery with 
 Admiral Byron. One of his uncles died in the As- 
 sistance while in command of the North American 
 station ; and two others were killed in action in the 
 London, off St. Domingo. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1804, as ' 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., onboard the Zebra bomb, Capt. Wm. 
 Standway Parkinson, with whom he continued to 
 serve, as Midshipman, in the Merlin, Wasp, and 
 Favorite sloops, on the Home and West India sta- 
 tions, until 1808 — assisting, when in the Favorite 
 at the capture of the Danish islands of St. Thomas 
 and Ste. Croix. He then returned home in the 
 Thais 20, Capt. Wm. Ferris; and in Dec. 1808 
 after having served for seven months in the Isis 5o' 
 flag-ship at Newfoundland of Vice-Admiral John 
 HoUoway, he joined the Africaine 38, Capt. Rich. 
 Raggett, under whom we find him employed in 
 escorting Lord Hill's brigade from Cork to Lis- 
 bon, the Duke of Orleans from Portsmouth to 
 Malta, Mr. Jackson, the British Ambassador, to the 
 • Fide Gaz. 1812, p. 2695. + V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2031 
 
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794 
 
 MOUBRAY. 
 
 United States, and the Hon. Mr. Erskine thence 
 to England. With the exception of an interval 
 passed in the summer of 1810 on board the Sal- 
 VADOK BEL Mdndo, flag-ship at Plymouth of Ad- 
 miral Young, he continued under Capt. Raggett in 
 the Afkicaine and Defiance 74, latterly in the 
 North Sea, until Jan. 1813. He was then sent out 
 to India on promotion in the D^DAtus 38, Capt. 
 Murray Maxwell ; and on that frigate being wrecked 
 off [Ceylon in the following July, he was received 
 on*board'the Minden 74, of which ship, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, he was nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant 23 Sept. in the same year. In the early 
 part of 1814 he successively removed, in the latter 
 capacity, to the Hecate and Sphynx sloops, Capts. 
 John Hill and Hon. Arthur Tumour. He was con- 
 firmed to the Sphynx U Feb. 1815, and, being paid 
 off in the ensuing Dec, was afterwards appointed — 
 in Nov. 1818, to the Newcastle 60, bearing the 
 flag of the late Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys at Halifax, 
 whence he returned in 1821—6 Nov. 1828, as First- 
 Lieutenant (a rank he had held the last 12 months 
 on board the Newcastle), to the Challenger 28, 
 Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, under whom, after 
 taking possession of the colony at Swan Kiver, he 
 proceeded to the East Indies, whence his health 
 obliged him to invalid in Oct. 1829— and, 7 Oct. 
 1833, to the Coast Guard, in which service he re- 
 mained until superseded, at his own request, in the 
 autumn of 1838. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in 1828, Maria Janetta, daughter of 
 the Eev. John Mudge, Vicar of Brampfordspeke, 
 and Kector of Lustleigh, co. Devon. 
 
 MOUBRAY. (Captain, 1812. f-p., 21 ; h-p.,37.) 
 George Moubray, born 9 Feb. 1773, is son of 
 the late Geo. Moubray, Esq., of the ancient family 
 of Moubray of Cockaidnie, co. Fife ; brother-in-law 
 of the late Vice- Admiral Jas. Katon ; and cousin of 
 the late Vice-Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Hussey, 
 K.C.B., G.C.M.G. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1789, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Bellona 74, Capt. Fras. 
 John Hartwell, on the Home station ; and in June 
 of the same year removed to the Adamant 50, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Hughes at Halifax, 
 where he remained until June, 1792. He then 
 joined in succession the Hannibal 74, Capt. John 
 Colpoys, and Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood ; and in 
 Jan. 1794 he was acting as Master's Mate of the 
 latter ship when she eifected an extraordinary escape 
 from the harbour of Toulon, into which she had 
 entered in ignorance of the evacuation of the British. 
 Being shortly afterwards received on board the 
 Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Hood, he served in 
 the boats at the sieges of St. Fiorenzo and Bastia. 
 He was promoted, 27 May, 1794, to a Lieutenancy 
 in La Moselle sloop, Capts. Percy Fraser, Chas. 
 Dudley Pater, and Chas. Brisbane, under the latter 
 of whom he was hotly engaged and all but captured 
 in Hotham's first partial action, 14 March, 1795 ; 
 and he was subsequently appointed — 19 Aug. 1796, 
 to La Virginie 40, Capt. Anthony Hunt, in which 
 frigate, after the Spithead mutiny, he escorted the 
 Duke and Duchess of Wurtemberg to Cuxhaven, 
 Eear-Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian to the 
 Cape of Good Hope, and Lord Momington to Cal- 
 cutta, and then cruized in the East Indies until the 
 peace of Amiens— 7 May, 1803, as Senior, to the 
 Seahorse 38, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, fitting 
 for the Mediterranean — 4 Nov. 1804, to the Royal 
 Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bick- 
 erton ofi' Toulon— and, 5 Oct. 1805, as First, to the 
 Polyphemus 64, Capt. Robt. Redmill, part of the 
 victorious fleet employed in the ensuing action off 
 Cape Trafalgar. Succeeding to the command of 
 the latter ship immediately after the action, owing 
 to the serious illness of his Captain, Lieut. MouT)ray 
 had the good fortune, during the gale that followed, 
 to regain possession of the Argcmaida Spanish 80, 
 and deliver her over to Admiral CoUingwood off 
 Cadiz. He afterwards took in tow the Victory, 
 with the body of Lord Nelson on board, and con- 
 
 ducted her to the mouth of the Straits of Gibraltar; 
 and he also, in spite of her mutinous crew, carried 
 the Swiftsure French 74, in a similar manner, from 
 the neighbourhood of Cadiz to Gibraltar. On 24 
 Deo. 1805 he was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander; and he was next, 27 Jan. 1809 and 27 
 March, 1812, appointed in that capacity to the 
 Rhodian 10, and Moselle 18 ; in which vessels he 
 served in the West Indies, the chief part of the 
 time with a small squadron under his orders for the 
 protection of the Bahamas, until 31 March, 1813. 
 Capt. Moubray, whose promotion to Post-rank had 
 taken place 12 Aug. 1812, was not again employed 
 until 23 Sept. 1844, when he obtained command of 
 the Victory 104, at Portsmouth, which he retained 
 until admitted into Greenwich Hospital 25 March, 
 1846. 
 
 He married, 14 June, 1812, Eliza Pellew, eldest 
 daughter of A. N. Yates, Esq., Naval Storekeeper 
 at Jamaica, by whom he has issue five sons and 
 three daughters. 
 
 MOUBRAY. (LiEOTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 Robert Hussey Moubray passed his examination 
 13 March, 1837 ; and from 1841 until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, I.Deo. 1845, was employed 
 in the East Indies as Mate of the Hazard 18, 
 Capts. Chas. Bell and Fras. Philip Egerton. He 
 served during several months of 1847 on board the 
 Terrible steam-frigate, of 800-horse power, Capt. 
 Wm. Ramsay. 
 
 MOUBRAY. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 2.) 
 William Hoeson Moubray, bom 28 Aug. 1818, 
 is third son (by Laura, fourth daughter of Wm. 
 Hobson, Esq., of Markfield, co. Middlesex) of Sir 
 Robt. Moubray, Kt., K.H., of Cockaidnie, co. Fife, 
 a Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate for that shire, 
 and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, who was for 
 10 years employed in India, and for eight in the 
 Mediterranean, where, as Captain in the 80th Regt. 
 of Foot, he served in Egypt under Sir Ralph Aber- 
 cromby. His eldest brolJier, Robert, is a Captain 
 in the Fifeshire Militia; his second, Richard, a 
 Captain in the 1st Madras Light Cavalry, died 20 
 April, 1843 ; and his youngest, Edward, is now a 
 Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. Lieut. Moubray, 
 a descendant of the family of William the Conqueror, 
 is nephew of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey 
 Hussey, K.C.B., G.C.M.G.,* who assumed the name 
 of Hussey by sign-manual on inheriting the estates 
 of his cousin Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton, 
 Bart., K.C.B. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 18 April, 1831, on 
 board the Barham 50, Capt. Hugh Pigot, fitting for 
 the Mediterranean, where he was present at the 
 restoration of Athens and the Negropont to the 
 Greeks. After a servitude of three years in South 
 America in the North Star 28, Capt. Octavius 
 Vernon Harcourt, and Harrier 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Hallowell Carew, he became Mate, about 
 Jan. 1838, of the Hastings 72, Capts. Fras. Erskine 
 Loch and John Lawrence. In that ship he escorted 
 
 * Sir Rich, Hussey Hussey was bom 16 "Mar. 1776 ; and 
 embarked, in 1789, on board the Impheokable 98. He 
 served in the Europa 50, Commodore Ford, at the capture, 
 in Sept. 1793, of Jeremie and St. Nicholas Mole, St. Domingo ; 
 and, being shortly afterwards promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, was present as First of the same ship at the reduction 
 of Port-au-Prince, lie was, advanced, in June, 1794, to the 
 command of the Fly sloop, in which vessel he assisted at the 
 detention of five DutcJi men-of-war, and of a large convoy in 
 Plymouth Sound, 19 Jan. 1795. He attained Post-rank 10 
 April, 1797; and after serving as a volunteer under Capt. 
 Sir R, Bickerton on board the RAMil.r.iES and Terrible 
 74's, was appointed to the successive command, between 
 18C1 and 1814, of the Maidstone and Active frigates, and 
 MoNTAOtJ and Repulse 74*s. During the fwhole of that 
 period (thirteen years) he was never absent from his duty 
 for a single day, even on leave. In the Active he passed 
 the Dardanells with Sir John Duckworth in Feb. 1807 ; and 
 in the Montagu he played an important part at the reduc- 
 tion of Sta. Maura in March, 1810. He was created a C.B. 
 in June, 1815 ; a Rear-Admiral in July, 1821 ; a K.C.B. in 
 April, 1833; and a G.C.M.G. and a Vice-Admiral in I8S7. 
 He died a Vice-Admiral of the Red 6 Nov. 1642. 
 
MOULD- MOURILYAN-MOWBRAY-MOXON. 
 
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 the Earl of Durham to Quebec and Her Majesty 
 the Queen Dowager to and from the Mediterranean, 
 besides assisting, in 1840, in the attack upon Bey- 
 rout. He subsequently joined the Ddblin 50, fitting 
 at Portsmouth for the flag of Keai-Admiral Bich. 
 Thomas, and the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 David Milne at Devonport ; and on 16 Feb. 1843 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 9 Nov. 1843, to the 
 Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, equipping at Sheer- 
 ness — 13 Jan. 1844, to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas 
 Lockyer, employed as an experimental ship — and, 7 
 Nov. 1845, to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth, and of Sir Fras. Augustus 
 Collier in the Channel. He has been on half-pay 
 since the close of 1846. 
 
 Lieut. Moubray married, 16 Dec. 1846, Selina 
 Mary Anna, daughter of J. B. Hooper, Esq., of 
 Abbots Kipton Hall, Huntingdonshire, late M.P. 
 and High-Sheriff for that oo. Agents— Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 MOULD. (Retired Commandek, 1843. r-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Richard Cotton Mould is second-cousin of 
 Lieut. Wm. Mould, R.N'. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Deo. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Revolutionnaihb 38, 
 Capts. Thos. Twysden and Hon. John Murray, 
 stationed off' the coast of Ireland; and between 
 July, 1800, and Jan. 1806, was employed as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, chiefly in the Mediter- 
 ranean and at Home, on board the Vigilant, Capt. 
 Jas. Wood, AuKOBA, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild 
 and Micajah Malbon, Falcon, Capt. Henry Manaton 
 Ommanney, Windsob Castle, Capts. Albemarle 
 Bertie, Thos. Wells, and Davidge Gould, and Ari- 
 adne, Capt. Hon. Edw. King. In the latter ship, 
 in 1805, we find him once or twice warmly engaged 
 with the Invasion flotilla. On leaving her, as 
 above, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Starling cutter, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Fred. 
 Napier, in the North Sea. He was confirmed, 12 
 May, 1807, into the Recruit 18, Capt. Hon. War- 
 wick Lake, whom he accompanied to the West 
 Indies ; and he was afterwards appointed — 21 June, 
 1808, to the NiMROD sloop, Capt. De Courcy, in 
 which vessel he returned to England — 15 Dec. 1808, 
 to the St. Alban's 64, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen, 
 Edw. Brace, Chas. Grant, and John Ferris Devon- 
 shire, employed at first in escorting convoy to the 
 East Indies and China, and next, until Nov. 1812, at 
 the defence of Cadiz — and, 10 July, 1813, and (after 
 eight months of half-pay) 28 April, 1815, to the 
 Clarence 74, Capts. Henry Vansittart and Fred. 
 Warren, and Swiitsure 74, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Webley, both attached to the force in the Channel. 
 He was paid off' from the Swiftsuee in Aug. 1815 ; 
 and awarded the rank of Commander on the Retired 
 List 10 Feb. 1843. 
 
 Commander Mould was left a widower 26 Oct. 
 1845. 
 
 MOULD. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 19; h-p., 0.) 
 William Mould was born 6 April, 1814. He 
 is second-cousin of Retired Commander R. C. 
 Mould, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1828, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett, bearing the flag at Chat- 
 ham of Sir Benj. Hallowell ; and in Aug. 1829 
 joined the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hon. Dun- 
 combe Pleydell Bouverie, in the Mediterranean. 
 In Aug. 1831 he became Midshipman of the Revenge 
 78, Capts. Jas. Hillyar, Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, 
 and Wm. Elliott, with whom he continued employed 
 off' Lisbon and again in the Mediterranean until 
 Nov. 1836 — the last two years in the capacity of 
 Mate. He then removed to the Thundebee 84, 
 Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, on the station last 
 named ; and after iurther serving for four years 
 and six months in North America and the West 
 Indies on board the Ringdove 16, Capts. Horatio 
 
 Stopford Nixon and Hon. Keith Stewart, and for 
 five months in the Queen 110, flag-ship of Su: Edw. 
 W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean, he was pro- 
 moted, 7 March, 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 and re-appointed to the latter ship. He has since 
 become attached in succession — 19 April, 1842, to 
 the Thdhderee 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, also in the 
 Mediterranean— 6 Oct. 1843, to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Has- 
 tings—and, 4 March, 1845, to the Canopus 84, 
 Capt. Fairfax Moresby, now employed on particular 
 service. 
 
 MOUKILYAN. (Retired Commandeb, 1839. 
 F-p., 14 ; H-P., 35.) 
 Edwaed Moueiltan entered the Navy, 29 July, 
 
 1798, as L.M., on board the Tigee 74, Capts. Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith, AVm. Mansell, Robt, Jackson, 
 and Rich. Curry. In that ship, in which he con- 
 tinued until paid off' in Sept. 1802, he assisted as 
 Midshipman at the defence of St. Jean d'Acre in 
 
 1799, and took part, in 1801, in the operations in 
 Egypt. In March, 1803, he rejoined Sir W. S. 
 Smith, as Master's Mate, in the Antelope 50, on 
 the North Sea station, where, in 1804, he was 
 severely wounded while in the act of boarding a 
 Dutch gun-boat. For this he received a pecuniary 
 reward from the Patriotic Society. After serving 
 as Acting-Lieutenant in the St. Alban's 64, Capt. 
 John Temple, and again with Sir W. S. Smith, as 
 Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Ante- 
 lope 50, and PoMPiE 74, he was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant of the latter ship by commission dated 31 
 Jan. 1806. In the spring of the same year, besides 
 witnessing the surrender of the island of Capri, he 
 joined in an attack upon the town of Scalea, where, 
 in command of the PoMpiE's launch, he took pos- 
 session of the castle, and drove the French from 
 their guns, 2 36-pounders, which, together with 22 
 barrels of powder, he contrived, through great ex- 
 ertion, to bring off: During the remainder of the 
 war we find him serving with his patron on the 
 BraziUan and Mediterranean stations in the Fou- 
 drotant 80, and Hibeenia 120 ; and also com- 
 manding, from 29 Dec. 1809 until 25 April, 1811, 
 and from 7 Oct. 1813 until 26 March, 1814, the 
 Swan hired cutter, and Pompee armed transport. 
 The Swan was sunk in the Baltic in a severe action 
 with a flotilla of Danish gun-boats. On 6 April, 
 1839, Lieut. Mourilyan was invested with the rank 
 of Commander on the Retired List. He had been 
 admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 
 31 Aug. 1835. 
 
 MOWBRAY. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Mowbray entered the Royal Naval 
 College 15 Nov. 1805 ; and embarked, 23 Deo. 1808, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Boadioea 38, Capt. 
 John Hatley ; with whom, after serving for upwards 
 of 12 months at the Cape of Good Hope, he returned 
 to England, in July, 1810, in the Raisonnaele 64. 
 Between the latter period and the date of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1813, we 
 find him employed on the Home station in the 
 Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, Elizabeth 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, Royal William, flag- 
 ship of Sir Roger Curtis, and Tyeian brig, Capt. 
 Augustus Baldwin. His last appointment was, 3 
 Nov. 1813, to the Surprise 38, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 John Cochrane ; in which ship he beheld the attacks 
 upon Washington and Baltimore in 1814, and parti- 
 cipated in the operations on the coast of Georgia. 
 
 He was placed on half-pay 1 Sept. 1815. Agent 
 
 Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 MOXON. (Liectenant, 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.) 
 James Moxon entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1803 
 as Ordinary, on board the Zealand 64, Capt. Wm! 
 Mitchell, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Bartho- 
 lomew Sam. Rowley at the Nore ; served as Mid- 
 shipman, from March, 1804, to May, 1805, in the 
 Veteran 64, Capts. Rich. King and Jas. Newman 
 Newman, and Achille 74, Capt. R. King, on the 
 
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 MOYLE— MOYSES— MUDGE. 
 
 Channel and Cadiz stations ; and in Oct. of the 
 latter year joined the Cleopatra 32, Capts. John 
 "Wight, Wm. Love, Roht. Simpson, and Sam. John 
 Pechell. Under Capt. Pechell he assisted, on his 
 arrival in the West Indies from Halifax, at the cap- 
 ture (the British ships Jason 32 and Hazahd 18 in 
 company) of the French 40-gun frigate La Topaze, 
 22 _ Jan. 1809, after a very spirited action fought 
 ohiefly between the Cleopatra and the enemy ; 
 and in the ensuing month he co-operated in the re- 
 duction of Martinique. From Oct. 1810 imtil Nov. 
 1812 Mr. Moxon served, again at Halifax and also 
 in the North Sea, the greater part of the time as 
 Master's Mate, in the Swiptsore 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Borlase Warren, and in the Christian VII. 
 80, and Impregnable 98, bearing each the flag of 
 Admiral Wm. Young. He was promoted, 27 March, 
 1813, to a Lieutenancy in the San Domingo 74, then 
 the flag-ship of Sir J. B. Warren; and he was 
 afterwards employed for several months in 1813-14, 
 in the Columbia sloop, Capts. John Kinsman and 
 Henry Ducie Chads, and Terpsichore 32, Capt. 
 Wm. Bowen Mends, both on the North American 
 station. He has been on half-pay since June of the 
 latter year. 
 
 MOYLE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Granville Richard Moyle entered the Navy 
 10 Feb. 1830 ; passed his examination 10 March, 
 1836 ; and at the period of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 10 Nov. 1842, had been for 
 some time employed on the lakes of Canada, as 
 Mate, in the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom. 
 His last appointment was to the Dublin .^O, in which 
 ship, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Rich. Thomas, 
 Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, he served from 
 19 Dec. 1842 until paid ofi' in 1845. Agents— 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MOYSES. (LiEOT., 1815. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 CnoYCE William Moyses entered the Navy, in 
 March, 1803, as A.B., on board the Utkecht 64, 
 Capt. Thos. Rogers, employed in the North Sea ; and 
 in the course of the same year successively joined 
 the Grampus and Diomede 50's, flag-ships of Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez off Guernsey. Becoming Midshipman, in 
 Jan. 1804, of the Alcm^ne .32, Capt. John Stiles, he 
 saw much service in the boats of that frigate off the 
 coast of France ; and on removing to the Pomone 38, 
 Capts. Wm. Grenvllle Lobb and Robt. Barrie, he 
 was employed in a similar manner off the coast of 
 Spain, where he assisted at the boarding and capture 
 of several of the enemy's privateers and other ves- 
 sels. In the early part of 1807, having brought a prize 
 under very perilous circumstances into Portsmouth, 
 he took a passage on board the Blanche 38, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Lavie, for the purpose of rejoining his own 
 ship. Before he could reach the Pomone, however, 
 it was his misfortune to be wrecked, during a 
 stormy night in the month of March, off the island 
 of TJshant ; on which occasion 45 of the Blanche's 
 crew lost their lives. Being in consequence taken 
 prisoner, he was doomed, notwithstanding several 
 attempts at escape, to continue in captivity at Ver- 
 dun, Givet, and Bitche, part of the time in a dun- 
 geon, until the conclusion of the war. His promo- 
 tion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 11 March, 
 1815, but he has not been since able to procure em- 
 ployment. 
 
 MUDGE. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 Robert Mudge entered the Navy, 6 July, 1806, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Ph(enix 36, Capt. 
 Zachary Mudge, in which frigate (with the excep- 
 tion of five months, from Oct. 1808 to March 1809, 
 passed in the Naiad 38, Capt. Thos. Dundas) he 
 served, on the Channel and Cork stations, until 
 May, 1812. He then sailed, in the Bucephalus 32, 
 Capts. Joseph Drury and Barrington Reynolds, for 
 the East Indies, where he was further, until the 
 summer of 1814, employed in the Illustrious 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, Theban 36, Capts. 
 Stephen Thos. Digby and Basil Hall, and Prochis 
 
 sloop, Capt. Hon. Thos. Roper Curzon. In June, 
 1815, after having served, at Sheemess, in the Na- 
 MOR 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, and 
 QcEEN Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, he took 
 up a commission bearing date 21 Feb. in that year. 
 His appointments have since been, 17 Aug. 1820 and 
 15 Dec. 1826, to the office of Agent for Transports 
 Afloat ; and to the continuous command, 3 June, 
 1837, in the course of 1845, and 12 Jan. 1846, of 
 the Beavee, Ariel, and Onyx steam-packets on 
 the Dover station, where he still remains. 
 
 MUDGE. (Vice-Admikal of the Eed, 1841. 
 F-p., 28 ; H-P., 39.) 
 
 Zachary Mudge is son of the late John Mudge, 
 Esq., of Plymouth, an eminent Physician. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1780, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Foudrotant 84, 
 Capt. John Jervis; and, on 21 April, 1782, assisted 
 at the capture, after a gallant action of nearly an 
 hour, attended, however, with no casualty to the 
 British, of the French 74-gun ship Fegase, whose 
 loss, besides being seriously damaged, amounted, 
 out of a crew of 700 men, to 80 killed and wounded. 
 During the next seven years we find him serving 
 on the Home and American stations, chiefly in the 
 capacity of Midshipman, on board the PicASE and 
 another ship, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Geo, 
 Cranfield Berkeley, Sampson 64, Capt. Chas. Hope, 
 Perseds 22, Capt. Geo. Palmer, Leander 50, flag- 
 ship of Rear- Admiral Herbert Sawyer, and Bombay 
 Castle 74, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe. He was then, 
 24 May, 1789, promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Centurion 50, bearing the flag at Jamaica of Rear- 
 Admiral Peter Affleck ; and he was next appointed 
 — 26 Nov. in the same year, to the Carnatic 74, 
 Capt. Ford, lying at Plymouth — 20. Jan. 1790, again 
 to the Perseus, Capt. John Gibson, employed on the 
 Irish and Channel stations — and, 15 Dec. 1790 and 
 8 Feb. 1794, as Senior, to the Discovery and Pro- 
 vidence, in which ships he was for six years em- 
 ployed on voyages of discovery under Capts. Van- 
 couver and Broughton. When at Nootka Sound in 
 the Discovery Mr. Mudge was despatched in an 
 open vessel to India, with a crew of only 14 men. 
 Being awarded a second promotal commission 24 
 Nov. 1797, he obtained command, 8 Nov. 1798, of 
 the Fly 16 ; and while in that sloop, in which he 
 continued until posted, 15 Nov. 1800, he effected 
 the capture of the French privateers Le Glaneur, 
 of 6 guns and 32 men, and Le Triympeur, and was 
 all but lost on an immense island of ice during his 
 passage home from Halifax with despatches from 
 H.R.H. the Duke of Kent. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — 1 April, 1801, to La Constance 
 24—23 Sept. 1802, to the Blanche of 44 guns— 18 
 Nov. 1805, to the Phcenix 36— and, 4 July, 1814 
 (having left the Ph<enix in May, 1810), to the Va- 
 liant 74. In La Constance Capt. Mudge, in the 
 spring of 1801, received the thanks of the British 
 merchants and consuls at Lisbon and Oporto for 
 the service he had rendered them in safely convoy- 
 ing a fleet from Falmouth to Portugal, and also for 
 the activity he had exhibited in collecting some 
 vessels at Viana, laden with brandy, which could 
 not have otherwise been got ready to go home 
 under his protection. About the same period he 
 captured the Spanish national cutter El Duides, of 
 8 guns and 69 men, and lugger privateer Venture, 
 of 2 guns and 27 men. In July, 1801, with the as- 
 sistance of the Stork 18, and of the boats of the 
 two ships, we find him making prize, near Cape 
 Ortegal, of El Cantara, Spanish privateer of 22 guns 
 and 110 men, and of her consort, a vessel mounting 
 10 guns. La Constance was subsequently engaged 
 in conveying a number of disbanded foreign sol- 
 diers from Lymington to the Elbe. At the close 
 of 1803, Capt. Mudge, then in the Blanche, was 
 employed at the blockade of St. Domingo ; where, 
 in less than a month, he captured and destroyed 24 
 of the enemy's vessels.* In the course of 1804-5 he 
 had the increased good fortune to take, independ- 
 • VideOax. 1804, p. 162. 
 
MUIR-MULLER— MUNDY. 
 
 797 
 
 cntly of a large number of merchantmen, the Gra- 
 cieuse and Amitie] French national vessels of 14 guns 
 each,* the Dutch schooner Nimrod, of 4 guns,t and 
 the French privateer Le Hasard, of 3 guns and 58 
 men. On 19 July in the latter year, however, the 
 Blanche was herself captured (after an action of 
 45 minutes, and a loss, out of 215 men, of 8 killed 
 and 15 wounded, and when on the verge of sinking) 
 by a powerful French squadron, consisting of La 
 Topaze frigate, of 44 guns and 410 men, one sloop of 
 22 guns and 236 men, a corvette of 18 guns and 213 
 men, a,nd a brig of 16 guns and 123 men.| Under 
 such circumstances Capt. Mudge was of course ho- 
 nourably acquitted by court-martial of all blame in 
 the loss of his ship ; and not only acquitted but eu- 
 logised for his very able and gallant conduct. He 
 afterwards served, as above, in the Phojnix and 
 Valiant, on the Bay of Biscay, Lisbon, and Bra^ 
 zilian stations. The latter ship he left in Aug. 
 1815. He became a Rear- Admiral 22 July, 1830; 
 and a Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 MUIR. (Retibed Commander, 1831. f-p., 29; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 Thomas Muik (o) entered the Navy, in 1784, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Scorpion sloop, Capt. 
 Paget Bailey, on the West India station, where, and 
 at Home, he afterwards, untilpromoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 14 Aug. 1794, served as Midshipman 
 in the Brune frigate, Capt. Davidge Gould, Duke 
 90, bearing the flag of Lord Hood, Racehorse 
 sloop, Capt. Jas. Leakey, and Majestic 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Cotton. Being then re-appointed to the latter 
 ship, he again sailed for the West Indies, with the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Benj. Caldwell. His subse- 
 quent appointments (after serving for a short time 
 under the flag of Sir Chas. Thompson in the Mon- 
 tagu 74) were, chiefly on the Home station— 15 
 April, 1796, to the Amphion 32, Capt. Israel Pellew 
 —13 March, 1797, to the Vestal 28, Capt. Chas. 
 White, under whom, we believe, he assisted at the 
 capture, 10 April and 13 May following, of Le Vol- 
 tigeur privateer, of 8 guns, 8 swivels, and 40 men, 
 and La Jalouse corvette of 18 guns — 21 June, 1799, 
 to the Juste 80, Capt. Sir Henry Trollope, which 
 ship was paid off at the peace — 5 Aug. 1803, to the 
 Sea Fencibles at Rochester — 25 June, 1804, to the 
 Ajax 74, Capt. Lord Garlics — next to the Prince 
 OP Wales 98, Capt. SirThos.Troubridge— 18 June, 
 1805, to the Fury bomb, Capts. John Telland and 
 Thos. Searle— 6 Feb. 1807 (after a] few months of 
 half-pay), to the Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves 
 — 13 July, 1808, to the command of a signal sta- 
 tion, which he retained until Feb. 1809— and, 26 
 July, 1810, and (having been for nine months unem- 
 ployed) 30 Oct. 1812, to the Impress service at 
 Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, and at the Tower of 
 London. He was placed on half-pay 30 ApYil, 1814 ; 
 and on the Senior List of Retired Commanders 16 
 Aug. 1831. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 MULLER. (Lieut., 1803. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Henry Muller entered the Navy, 9 Oct. 1796, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capts. 
 John M'Dougall and Edw. BuUer, employed at first 
 in the Channel, and then in the Mediterranean, 
 where, in April, 1800, he removed as Midshipman, 
 a rating he had attained in Dec. 1797, to the Ad- 
 venture 44, armee-en-Jlute, Capts. Robt. Mansel and 
 Chas. Carter. After a servitude of two years and 
 eight months on the Channel and Jamaica stations 
 in the Autumn sloop, Capt. Wm. Richardson, Am- 
 buscade 36, Capt. Hon. John Colville, Racoon 18, 
 Capts. Wm. Rathborne and Austin Bissell, and Le- 
 viathan and Hercule 74's, both flag-ships of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he participated 
 in many operations off St. Domingo, he was pro- 
 moted, 4 Nov. 1803, to a Lieutenancy in the Tar- 
 tar 32, Capts. John Perkins, Edw. Hawker, and 
 Stephen Poyntz; in which ship we find him contri- 
 buting to the capture, 9 June, 1806, of L' Observateur 
 
 ' rirfcOaz. 1805, pp. 52, 954. + F. Gaz. 1804, p. 1266. 
 X V. Gaz. 1805, p. 1003. 
 
 French national brig of 18 guns and 104 men. On 
 his return to England from Halifax in the following 
 Dec. he obtained an appointment to the Dread- 
 nought 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Thos. Sotheby in the Channel. He was afterwards, 
 from Feb. 1809 until Jan. 1815, and from Nov. 1818 
 until Jan. 1823, employed in command of a signal- 
 station, and as an Inspecting Commander in the 
 Water Guard. 
 
 MUNDY, K.C.B. (Vice-Admiral of the Reb, 
 1841. F-p., 27; H-p., 31.) 
 
 Sir Geqrge Mundt is son of the late Edw. 
 Miller Mundy, Esq., M.P. for Derbyshire ; and is 
 closely connected with the Dukes of Newcastle, 
 Grafton, and Richmond. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 9 July, 1789, and embarked, in Oct. 1792, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Blanche frigate, Capt. 
 Christ. Parker. On his return, in Jan. 1793, from 
 the West Indies in the Perseus 22, Capt. Geo. 
 Palmer, he was received on board the Victory 100, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker, and next on 
 board the Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, which frigate, 
 in Jan. 1794, made a very remarkable escape from 
 the inner harbour of Toulon, into which she had 
 entered in ignorance of its evacuation by the Bri- 
 tish. After assisting at the capture of many of the 
 enemy's vessels, and at the reduction of St. Fio- 
 renzo, Mr. Mundy followed Capt. Hood into 
 L'AiGLE 36, part of the force employed at the 
 taking of Bastia and Calvi. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant (having acted for nearly two mouths as 
 such) in the St. George 98, Capt. Sam. Peard, 1 1 
 March, 1 796 ; and he was subsequently appointed in 
 that capacity to the Blenheim 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Lennox Frederick, Victory 100, Capt. Thos. 
 Sotheby, and Goliath 74, Capt. Thos. Foley. In 
 the Blenheim he fought in the action off Cape St. 
 Vincent 14 Feb. 1797; and in the Goliath he 
 shared in the glories of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798. In 
 the following Oct. he was nominated Acting-Com- 
 mander of the Transfer brig of 14 guns, in which 
 vessel (the appointment being confirmed by com- 
 mission dated 24 Dec. in the same year) we find 
 him constantly employed on hazardous service off 
 Cadiz and in the Mediterranean until Aug. 1800. 
 Being advanced, while serving in the Swan sloop, 
 to Post-rank in the Vengeance of 74 guns, 10 Feb. 
 
 1801, he afterwards obtained command— 7 April, 
 
 1802, of the Cakysfort 28, in the Channel— 21 Oct. 
 1802, of the Hydra 38, in which frigate he con- 
 tinued eight years— 14 Oct. 1814, of the Ajax 74, 
 stationed, until July, 1816, in the Channel and 
 Jlediterranean— and, 27 May, 1825, and 29 Dec. 
 1828, of the Prince Regent and Royal George 
 yachts. In the Hydra Capt. Mundy was at first 
 employed off the coast of France, where he made 
 prize, 25 June and 1 Aug. 1803, of the privateers La 
 Phosbe, of 4 guns and 2 swivels, and Le Favori, of 4 
 guns, and, 30 Jan. 1804, of No. 51 gun-brig, of 3guns 
 and 56 men, and No. 411 lugger, of 1 gun and 36 
 men.* He was next ordered to the Mediterranean, 
 where, during Nelson's pursuit of the combined 
 fleets to the West Indies, he was left under the 
 orders of the Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel to assist in 
 protecting Sardinia, Sicily, &c., against the designs 
 of the enemy ; a service in which he acquired repu- 
 tation for exemplary vigilance and activity. On 
 27 Feb. 1806, being off Cadiz lighthouse, he suc- 
 ceeded in capturing, in the presence of four French 
 frigates, the national brig Le Furet, pierced for 
 20 guns, mounting 18, with a complement of 132 
 men ; and, on 28 of the ensuing April, he took, 
 after a chase of 230 miles, the Spanish war-schooner 
 Arganauta, mounting 4 guns, but pierced for 12.+ 
 Subsequently to this he escorted a fleet of transports 
 to Sicily, conveyed the British Consul to Algiers, 
 attacked and dispersed a division of gun-boats on 
 the coast of Granada, and captured the Tigre Spa- 
 nish letter-of-marque. On 7 Aug. 1807 we find 
 him, with the assistance of his boats, possessing 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1804, p. U6. f ^- Gaz. 1806, pp. 409, 619. 
 
798 
 
 MUNDY-MUNRO. 
 
 himself, in a very gallant manner, of three armed 
 polacres (the Prince Eugene of 16 guns and 130 
 men, Belle Caroline of 10 guns and 40 men, and 
 Rosario of 4 guns and 20 men) lying in the narrow- 
 harbour of Begu, on the coast of Catalonia, under 
 the fierce defence of a battery, mounting 4 26- 
 pounders, a tower, and of a considerable land- 
 force.* On his return with the outward-bound 
 trade to the Mediterranean, after having been sent 
 with convoy to England to refit, Capt. Mundy, in 
 the early part of 1809, took up a station on the 
 Catalonian coast, with the Leonidas frigate and 
 several smaller vessels under his orders, for the 
 purpose of co-operating with the Spanish patriots. 
 While on that service, on which he continued 
 until the following Oct., he effectually blockaded 
 Barcelona, and was constantly engaged, as were his 
 boats, in attacking the enemy's detachments passing 
 from the eastward to that city. His indefatigable 
 exertions, and the union of activity and skill deve- 
 loped in all his operations, encountered as- he fre- 
 quently was by circumstances of a very trying cha- 
 racter, were productive of the greatest benefits to 
 the cause in which he was embarked, and procured 
 him the warm acknowledgments of Lord CoUing- 
 wood, the Commander-in-Chief. During the war 
 of a hundred days, Capt. Mundy, then in com- 
 mand of the Ajax, was despatched to Marseilles, 
 with instructions to ascertain, if possible, the senti- 
 ments of the inhabitants of that city. The dis- 
 cretion and good judgment he exhibited in dis- 
 charge of the duties attendant on so delicate a 
 mission were such as to demand the high approval 
 of Lord Exmouth ; under whom, in March, 1816, 
 we find him visiting Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, for 
 purposes connected with the abolition of Christian 
 slavery. In June of the preceding year he had 
 been nominated a C.B. He was promoted to the 
 rank of Kear-Admiral while in command of the 
 KoYAL George yacht, 22 July, 1830; was created 
 a K.C.B, 28 Feb. 1837 ; and raised to the rank he 
 now holds 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Shortly after the cessation of hostilities Sir Geo. 
 Mundy accepted command of a troop of yeomanry 
 cavalry in Derbyshire; and in 1818 he was elected 
 M.P. for Boroughbridge, co. York. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 MUNDY. (Captain, 1837. b-p., 19; h-p., 10.) 
 
 George Rodney Mundy, born 19 April, 1805, is 
 son of General Godfrey Basil Mundy, by Hon. 
 Sarah Brydges Bodney, youngest daughter of the 
 celebrated Lord Rodney ; and nephew of Vice- 
 Admiral Sir Geo. Mundy, K.C.B. 
 
 This oficer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Feb. 1818 ; and on 19 Dec. 1819, having carried oflF 
 a medal and been allotted two years' service, em- 
 barked, as a Volunteer, on board the Phaeton 46, 
 Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, attached to the force 
 in North America. In April, 1824, after a period 
 of two years passed in the Mediterranean as Mid- 
 shipman of the EuRYALUS 42, Capt. Augustus "Wm. 
 Jas. Clifford, and Rocheoet 80, Capt. Chas. Marsh 
 Schomberg, he joined the Blanche frigate, Capt. 
 AVm. Bowen Mends, stationed in South America; 
 where he continued to serve in the Wellesley 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Eyre, Jaseuk sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Martin, Thetis transport, Capt. H. Hopkins, 
 Blanche again, Capt. W. B. Mends, Cambridge 
 82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, and Eclair 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Bourohier (into which vessel he was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant t 4 Feb. 1826), until 25 Sept. 1827. 
 He was next, from 5 Feb. 1828 until promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 25 Aug. following, em- 
 ployed at Portsmouth and off Lisbon in the Victory 
 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, Challenger 28, Capt. 
 Adolphus FitzClarence, and Pyramos 42, Capt. 
 Geo. Rose Sartorius. Obtaining command, 29 Aug. 
 1833, of the Favorite 18, he sailed in that sloop 
 for the Mediterranean ; where, during the Turkish 
 
 * ?7ieGaz. 1807, p. 1350. 
 
 t He liad been acting for some time as such on ioard the 
 WELLEsr.BT, Blanche, and Cambkidoe. He did not ioin 
 the Eclair until June, 1826. 
 
 commotions of 1836, he became Senior officer on 
 the coast of Tripoli. He paid the Favorite off a 
 few weeks after his promotion to Post-rank, which 
 took place 10 Jan. 1837 ; and he was next, 4 Oct. 
 
 1842, appointed to the lais 26, in which vessel (with 
 the exception of an interva-l in the latter part of 
 
 1843, during which he oflioiated as Supernumerary- 
 Captain of the St. Vincent 120 and Victory 104) 
 he served on the African, Irish, and East India and 
 China stations, until finally put out of commission in 
 Aug. 1847. In Nov. 1843, in consideration of the ra- 
 pidity with whichhehad fitted his ship out after she 
 had been in dock, we find him eliciting the thanks 
 of the Board of Admiralty. On 8 July, 1846, during 
 an expe4ition up the River Brune, conducted under 
 the personal direction of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. 
 John Cochrane against the Sultan of Borneo, he 
 took command of the gun-boats employed, and, 
 after having silenced the fire of a battery situated 
 100 feet up the side of a hill; landed, spiked, and 
 threw the guns over the walls, and blew up the 
 magazine. Towards the close of the same day, in 
 addition to the latter, he effected the destruction of 
 four forts, disabling at the same time 17 iron, and 
 bringing off 3 brass, guns.* He was afterwards 
 sent, with 19 boats and a body of 472 men under 
 his orders, accompanied by Mr. Brooke, up different 
 branches of the Borneo River, for the purpose of 
 gaining certain points of debarkation, and of thence 
 marching into the interior of the country with a 
 view to obtaining possession, if possible, of the 
 Sultan's person. In carrying out his instructions, 
 which, unfortunately, were not attended with the 
 result desired, Capt. Mundy, during an absence of 
 six days, was assailed with difficulties of no ordinary 
 description. Afloat he experienced an almost im- 
 penetrable navigation ; on shore his men were often 
 up to their middles in swamp, floundering in the 
 mud, and scarcely capable of preserving their am- 
 munition dry. As a mark of the confidence with 
 which his conduct throughout such arduous service 
 had impressed the Commander-in-Chief, Capt. 
 Mundy was left in charge of the whole Borneo sta- 
 tion t from Aug. 1846 until Feb. 1847, during which 
 period he carried out extensive operations against 
 the pirates, and twice received the thanks of the 
 Admiralty. 
 
 In 1832 Capt. Mundy served on board the Don- 
 egal 78, as confidential agent under Vice- Admiral 
 Sir Pulteney Malcolm on the coast of Holland, and 
 was officially present at the siege of Antwerp. In 
 1833 he was employed by the First Lord of the 
 Admiralty, Sir Jas. Graham, on a special mission to 
 Holland and Belgium. On the suspension of hosti- 
 lities he returned to England. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 MUNDY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Meynell Horton Miller Mundy is fourth son 
 of the late E. M. Mundy, Esq., of Shipley, in the 
 county of Derby. 
 
 This offieer passed his examination 21 March, 
 1843 ; and from 31 July, 1845, until advanced to his 
 present rank 4 May, 1846, was employed as Mate on 
 board the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, 
 Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. He has been serving 
 since 26 of the latter month in the Eurydice 22, 
 Capts. Geo. Elliot and Talavera Vernon Anson, now 
 at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 MUNRO. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Matthew Munro was born in 1795. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 29 March, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resistance 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Adam, employed in the Channel, off the 
 coast of Portugal, and in the Mediterranean. Fol- 
 lowing Capt. Adam, as Midshipman, in April, 1810, 
 into the Invincible 74, he joined in a series of very 
 active co-operations with the patriots on the coast 
 of Catalonia, where he assisted at the defence of 
 Tarragona in May and June, 1811, and served with 
 the boats at the reduction, in June, 1813, after a 
 siege of five days, of the fort of St. Philippe, in the 
 • Vide Gaz. 1S46, p. 3438, 3439. f V. Gaz. 1646, p. 3148. 
 
MUNTON— MURIEL— HURLEY- MURRAY. 
 
 799 
 
 Col de Balaguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12 
 pieces of ordnance, including 2 10-lnch mortars and 
 2 howitzers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men. 
 From Oct. 1809 to May, 1811, Mr. Munro, we may 
 observe, had been allowed to serve on board the 
 Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander. On finally 
 leaving the iNvrNCiBLE, in Jan. 1814, he became 
 attached as a Supernumerary to the Salvador del 
 MaNDO, Capt. Robt. Hall, lying at Plymouth, and 
 next, in the course of the same year, as Master's 
 Mate, to the Leander 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph 
 Collier, on the North American station. In Aug. 
 1815 he took up a commission dated 4 of the pre- 
 ceding March ; and he was subsequently, 4 July 
 and 17 Oct. 1816," appointed to the Impregnable 104 
 and Leander again, the latter bearing the flag of 
 Sir David Milne at Halifax. While in the Impreg- 
 nable he commanded a gun-boat. No. 1, at the 
 bombardment of Algiers. He was superseded from 
 the Leander 19 June, 1818, and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Muiiro married, in Feb. 1822, Philadel- 
 
 ?hia Jane Caroline, eldest daughter of the late 
 ,ieut. -General Monro, of Edmondsham House, 
 Dorset, by whom he has issue a daughter. Agents 
 ■ — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 MUNTON. (LlEETENANT, 1844.) 
 
 William Anthonv MnNTON passed his examina- 
 tion 7 Oct. 1835 ; and was for several years em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean, as Mate, in the 
 Inconstant 36, Capts. Daniel Pring and Fred. 
 Thos. Michell. On 8 Nov. 1844, while serving on 
 board the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David 
 Milne at Devonport, he was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant. He was re-appointed to the Cale- 
 donia, in the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant, 
 11 Dec. following ; and he was next, from 4 Jan. 
 1845 until the close of 1846, stationed on the coast 
 of Africa in the AcTiEON 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel. 
 
 MURIEL. (Lieutenant, 1812. r-p., 12; h-p.,oO.) 
 William Muriel, bom 7 Blay, 1794, at Ely, co. 
 Cambridge, is son of Robt. Muriel, Esq., Surgeon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Aug. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hero 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Alan Hyde Gardner and John Poo Beresford. On 
 4 Nov. following he fought in Sir Rich. Strachan's 
 action with the four line-of-battle ships escaped 
 from Trafalgar ; and on 13 March, 1806, he wit- 
 nessed the capture of the Marengo 80, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate 
 Belle Poule. After a servitude of 17 months in the 
 Channel on board the Dragon 74, he rejoined his 
 first Commander, then Kear-Admiral Gardner, in 
 the Bellerophon 74 ; in the boats of which ship, 
 on her arrival in the Baltic, we find him in perpetual 
 contact with the enemy's gun-boats, batteries, &c. 
 While next attached, between June, ISIO, and Sept. 
 1812, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Cotton, and Eclair sloop, Capts. Wm. Gregory, 
 John Bellamy, and Fairfax Moresbj', he saw much 
 similar service in the Adriatic. On 15 of the 
 month last mentioned he became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of tlie Mermaid 32, armee-en-flvte^ commanded by 
 the present Sir David Dunn, with whom (the ap- 
 pointment being confirmed by commission dated 5 
 Dec. 1812) he continued until Nov. 1814. He took 
 
 Eart, in consequence, in the siege of Trieste (where 
 e served on shore and in the boats), also in the 
 attack upon Leghorn, and in the capture of Genoa. 
 His last appointment was, 2 Oct. 1817, to the Bul- 
 wark 74, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Sam. Warren, Fras. 
 Newcombe, and Alex. Skene; from wliich ship, 
 stationed at Shecrness, he was lent to the Royal 
 Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, 
 for the purpose of escorting the Duke and Duchess 
 of Clarence from Dunkerque to England. He has 
 been on half-pay since 1820. 
 
 Lieut. Muriel married, in 1828, Miss Catherine 
 M. Alexander, of London, and by that lady has 
 issue a son and two daughters. , 
 
 HURLEY. (CoMMANDEii,1813. f-p.,13; h-p.,33.) 
 William Murlet entered the Navy, in Jan. 
 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleisle 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Domett, Chas. Boyles, John Whitby, 
 and Wm. Hargood. In that ship, of which he was 
 created Midshipman in the following Sept., he con- 
 tinued employed until Jan. 1806 ; serving at first m 
 the Channel and Mediterranean, then accompanying 
 Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit 
 of the combined fleets, and finally participating, as 
 Signal-Midshipman, in the action ofi' Cape Trafalgar 
 21 Oct. 1805. In Jan. 1807 he sailed for Buenos 
 Ayres in the Thisbe 28, Capt. Lewis Shepheard ; 
 and on his arrival he was received on board the 
 Diadem 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stir- 
 ling. He was thus afibrded an opportunity of wit- 
 nessing, again as Signal-Midshipman, the unsuc- 
 cessful attack upon Buenos Ayres, and the other 
 operations which immediately preceded the evacua^ 
 tion of Spanish America. On his return to England 
 he successively joined, in the early part of 1808, the 
 Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, and 
 Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord Gambier, 
 both lying at Chatham. He was made Lieutenant, 
 29 June in the same year, into the Crocus 14, 
 Capts. Robt. Merrick Fowler, Hon. Wm. Walpole, 
 Rich. Buck, and John Bellamy ; and next appointed, 
 18 Dec. 1810 and 8 May, 1811, to the Medusa 32, 
 Capt. Hoir. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, and Ca- 
 ledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew. 
 When First of the Crocus, we find him commanding 
 a flat-bottomed gun-boat at the siege of Flushing in 
 1809 : he served, in the Medusa, off Bordeaux ; and 
 in the Caledonia he was present in a partial action 
 with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813. He left the 
 last-mentioned ship in Jan. 1814, having been 
 awarded the rank of Commander on 29 of the pre- 
 ceding October ; and he has since been on half-pay. 
 He married, in June, 1815, Miss Mary Murley, a 
 lady by whom he has issue six children. 
 
 MURRAY. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 5.) 
 Alexander Murray entered the Navy, 26 March, 
 1819, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cherokee 10, 
 Capt. Theobald Jones ; and in the course of the 
 same year sailed, as Midshipman of the Leander 
 60, flag-ship of Bon. Sir Henry Blackwood, for the 
 East Indies ; where, in Aug. 1822, he joined the 
 Sophie 18, Capts. Geo. French, Geo. Fred. Byves, 
 and Edw. Blanckley. Uniting, in 1824, in the hos- 
 tilities against Ava, he found frequent opportunity 
 of distinction, and was present, in the course of 
 that year, at the occupation of Pegu and the capture 
 and defence of Rangoon. He also, in 1825, served 
 in the Sophie's boats when the British advanced up 
 the River Irawady ; and he came into contact with 
 the enemy at Panlang, Donoobew, and Meaday, 
 In Feb. 1826 he returned to England, -as Mate, in 
 the LiFEEY 50, Commodore Coe. After he had 
 further served in that capacity on the Mediterra- 
 nean and Home stations in the Asia 84, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. Codrington, Gloucester 74, Capts. Joshua 
 Sydney Horton and Henry Stuart, Ferret 10, 
 Capt. Thos. Hastings, and Asia again, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he was promoted, 6 
 July, 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the Mastiff sur- 
 veying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, whom he fol- 
 lowed, early in 1830, into tTie Meteor. He came 
 home in Dec. 1831, and was next appointed — 2 Dec. 
 1834, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings— 20 July, 1835, as 
 Gunnery-Lieutenant, to the Russell 74, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Henry Dillon, off Lisbon — and, 11 Feb. 1837, 
 in a similar capacity, to the Princess Charlotte 
 104, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Eobt. Stopford, 
 again in the Mediterranean. For his services during 
 the campaign in Syria, including the capture of St. 
 Jean d'Acre, he was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 4 Nov. 1840. When off Beyrout, in the 
 preceding Sept., he had been sent on shore, with a 
 flag-of-truce and a letter addressed by Sir R. Stop- 
 I ford and the French Rear-Admiral Baudiera, to 
 
800 
 
 MURRAY. 
 
 Soliman Pasha.* He obtained an appointment, 26 
 Dec. 1840, to the Htdea steamer, on the North 
 America and "West India station, whence he returned 
 to England and was paid off about Aug. 1842 ; and 
 since 13 March, 1846, he has been in command of 
 the Favorite 14, on the coast of Africa. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MURRAY. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Adgustus Chakles Murray, born 16 Dec. 1815, 
 is eldest son of the late Hon. Alex. Murray, a Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel in the Army, by Deborah, daughter 
 of Robt. Hunt, Esq., Commander-in-Chief of the 
 Bahamas ; and grandson of John, fourth Earl of 
 Dunmore, Governor, successively, of New York and 
 Virginia, and Captain-General of the Bahama Is- 
 lands. He is brother of Virginias Murray, an officer 
 in the Army ; brother-in-law of Prince Louis Sta- 
 nislas Kotska de la Tremouille ; and first-cousin of 
 Commander Jack Henry Murray, R.N. 
 
 This ofttcer entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1827 ; passed 
 his examination 8 Aug. 1835 ; and was subsequently 
 appointed Mate of the Dolphin 3, Lieut.-Commander 
 Edw. Littlehales, on the coast of Africa ; where, on 
 the morning of 30 May, 1841, with the gig and 
 cutter under his orders (the latter commanded by 
 Mr. John Fletcher Rees, Second-Master), he suc- 
 ceeded, after a pull of two hours and a half, a fierce 
 struggle of twenty minutes, and a loss to the British, 
 out of 15 men, of 2 killed and 3 wounded, in cap- 
 turing the Firme slaver, of 170 tons. Although 
 knocked back into his boat by the butt end of a 
 musket, which broke his collar-bone, he was the 
 first to board the vessel, in effecting which his left 
 hand was nearly severed at the wrist by the stroke 
 of a cutlass ; another blow was made at his head, 
 but this he fortunately parried, hewing his opponent 
 down. We may add that, determined not to be 
 taken by an English man-of-war's boats, the enemy 
 had bestowed great attention on their arms, and 
 had adopted every precaution in the arrangement 
 of their vessel. As a reward for his gallantry Mr. 
 Murray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 
 Oct. in the same year.f His appointments have 
 since been — 14 Deo. 1842 and 17 June, 1844, to the 
 Spiteful steam-sloop and Pelican 16, Capts. Wm, 
 Maitland and Philip Justice, both in the East Indies, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off in 
 the early part of 1845 — 6 Dec. in the latter year, as 
 First, to the Terrible steam-frigate, of 800-horse 
 power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, employed on particular 
 service— and, 20 March, 1847, as Additional, to the 
 HiBERNiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the 
 Mediterranean, where he continues. 
 
 Lieut. Murray, in consideration of his wounds, 
 receives a pension of 45^. 12s. 6t/. per annum. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 MURRAY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Augustus George Ernest Murray, born in 1823, 
 is eldest son (by Ruperta Catherine, only child of 
 the late Sir Geo. Wright, Bart.) of the Rev. Edw. 
 Murray, Vicar of Northolt, co. Middlesex, grandson 
 of John, third Duke of AthoU. He is nephew of 
 the Bishop of Rochester, of the late Countess of 
 Ilchester, and of Hon. Amelia Matilda Murray, 
 Maid of Honour to the Queen ; and cousin of Capt. 
 Jas. Arthur Murray, R.N. 
 
 This ofBoer passed his examination 21 Aug. 1844 ; 
 and at the period of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 9 Nov. 1846, had been serving for a few 
 months in the Channel as Mate of the St. Vincent 
 120, Commodore Sir Fras. Augustus Collier. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 MURRAY. (Lieut,, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 29.) 
 Francis Aberdeen Murray was born 21 Dec. 
 
 1795. 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1809, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capt. 
 
 Andrew King, in which ship, bearing the successive 
 
 flags of Admirals Sir Rich. John Strachan, Sir Thos 
 * Viie Gaz. 1840, p. 2226. f V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 2688-9. 
 
 Williams, and Philip Chas. Durham, he assisted, on 
 arriving with the Earl of Chatham in the Scheldt, 
 at the bombardment of Flushing, and was employed, 
 as Midshipman, in various parts of the North Sea 
 and Mediterranean until May, 1812. Joining then 
 the Ganymede 26, Capt. John Brett Purvis, he saw 
 much boat and other service on the east coast of 
 Spain, and was present, in June, 1813, at the siege 
 of Tarragona. On 21 of the month last mentioned, 
 while attempting to cut out a French privateer, he 
 received a ball in the left breast, which passed 
 through the lungs, shattered the shoulder-blade, 
 and came out at the back. On his return to Eng- 
 land, after visiting the Adriatic and Bermuda, he 
 followed Capt. Purvis, as Master's-Mate, into the 
 Amphion 32, and Magicienne 36. In Oct. 1815 he 
 took up a commission bearing date 6 of the pre- 
 ceding July. His last appointment was, 4 March, 
 1816, to the Griffon 14, Capts. Geo. Hewson, Jas. 
 Arthur Murray, and Wm. Elliot Wright, fitting for 
 the St. Helena station, whence he came home and 
 was paid off in Sept. 1818. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 MURRAY. (Lieutenant, 1847.;) 
 
 George Don Murray is a relation, we believe, 
 of Lord Elibank. 
 
 This officer, while serving as Midshipman of the 
 North Star 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, 
 commanded a subdivision of seamen, and was se- 
 verely wounded, in an attack made in Jan. 1846 on 
 a pah belonging to a rebel chief named Kawiti, at 
 Ruapikapika, in New Zealand, which was assaulted 
 and carried in a most gallant manner, after a severe 
 action of four hours.* As a reward for his conduct 
 he was presented, as soon as he had passed his ex- 
 amination, with a commission dated 9 Nov. 1847. 
 He has been employed, since 10 of the following 
 Dec, in the Prince Regent 90, Capt. Wm. Fan- 
 shawe Martin. 
 
 MURRAY. (Captain, 1841.) 
 
 The Honourable Henkt Anthony Murray, 
 born 10 Jan. 1810, is third and youngest son of 
 George, fifth Earl of Dunmore, by Lady Susan 
 Hamilton, third daughter of Archibald, ninth Duke 
 of Hamilton and Brandon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 30 Nov. 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 31 Jan. 1831. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 28 Nov. 1831, to the Revenge 78, 
 Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, off Lisbon — 19 
 July, 1833, to the Endymion 50, Capt. Sir Sam. 
 Roberts, lying at Plymouth— 7 Feb. 1834, to the 
 Tyne 28, Capt. Lord Viscount Ingestre, under 
 whom he was for three years employed in the Medi- 
 terranean — and, 6 Feb. 1838, as Senior-Lieutenant, 
 to the Modeste 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, on the 
 Home station. He acquired the rank of Commander 
 28 June in the latter year ; and, from 26 Dec. 1840, 
 until paid off in the spring of 1842, served in that 
 capacity, again in the Mediterranean, on board the 
 Wasp 16. He was advanced to his present rank 
 23 Nov. following, but has not been since afioat. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 MURRAY. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Jack Henry Murray, born 26 July, 1810, is 
 eldest son of Hon. Granville Leveson Keith Murray, 
 of the Madras Civil Service (fourth son of John, 
 fourth Earl of Dunmore, successively Governor of 
 New York and Virginia, and Captain-General of 
 the Bahama Islands), by his second wife, the widow 
 of John Thursley, Esq., also of the Civil Service at 
 Madras. He is brother of Capt. Sam. Hood Murray, 
 of the 67th Regt. ; nephew of Capt. Hon. John 
 Murray, who commanded the Franchise 36, and 
 died 1 July, 1805 ; and first-cousin of Lieut. Au- 
 gustus Chas. Murray, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 May, 1824 ; passed 
 his examination in 1830 ; acquired the rank of 
 Lieutenant 14 June, 18.33 ; and was afterwards ap- 
 • Firfe Gaz, 1846, p. 2346. 
 
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 pointed— 22 May, 1834, to the Tribune 24, Capt. 
 Jas. Tomkinson, fitting for tlie Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off in 
 the early part of 1838— and, 28 Sept. in the latter 
 year, as Senior, to the Rover 18, Capts. Thos. 
 Matthew Chas. Symonds and Chas. Keele, with 
 whom he served in North America and the West 
 Indies until advanced to his present rank, 23 Nov. 
 1841. He has since been unemployed. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 MURRAY. (LiEDT., 1802. r-p., 25;* h-p., 28.) 
 James MuiiKAr entered the Navy, in 1794, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Seaelowek 16, Lieut.- 
 Gommander Jas. Murray, employed on the Home 
 station, where, we believe, he assisted, as Midship- 
 man, at the capture, 19 March, 1800, of the Chaser 
 French privateer, of 14 guns and 37 men. Pro- 
 ceeding soon afterwards to the West Indies in the 
 Severn 44, Capts. John Whitby and Geo. Barker, 
 he was there, some months after his removal to the 
 Leviathan 74, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth, promoted, 4 Dec. 1802, to a Lieutenancy in 
 the Stork 18, Capts. Fred. Cottrell and Geo. Le 
 Geyt. On 23 May, 1805, being sent with two boats, 
 carrying between them 18 men, under the orders 
 of Lieut. Geo. Robinson, into a harbour near Cape 
 Roxo, in the island of Puerto Rico, Mr. Murray 
 assisted in gallantly boarding and capturing a brig, 
 together with a Dutch privateer, the Antelope, 
 pierced for 5 guns, the two vessels being defended 
 by at least 40 men.f In this affair lie was slightly 
 wounded. On 3 Sept. 1806 we find him officially 
 mentioned for the great assistance he afforded, as 
 chief of a detached party under the direction of 
 Capt, Edw. Rashwork, of the Superieure brig, at 
 the storming of a battery containing 6 long 18- 
 pounders, mounted on travelling carriages, at Bata- 
 bano, in the island of Cuba, and the seizure of a 
 number of armed and other vessels there collected.j 
 After serving for a few months in the Intrepid 64, 
 Capts. Christopher John Williams Nesham and Geo. 
 Andrews, he obtained command, 30 Dec. 1809, of 
 the Exertion gun-brig, in which vessel, it appears, 
 he continued, on the North Sea station, until July, 
 1812, when she unfortunately took the ground in 
 the river Elbe, and was in consequence destroyed 
 by H.M.S. Redbreast. Between May, 1813, and 
 Oct. 1815, Mr. Murray was again employed in the 
 West Indies, on board the Sha rk sloop and Argo 
 44, bearing each the flag of Vice-Admiral Chas. 
 Stirling, and Thracian 18, Capt. John Carter. 
 In June, 1820, he received an appointment to the 
 Coast Guard ; and, from 9 March, 1843, until 1847, 
 he served at Sheerness in the Ocean 80, Capts. 
 Peter Fisher, Rich. Arthur, and David Price. 
 
 In consideration of the wound above noticed the 
 Lieutenant was presented with a gratuity from 
 the Patriotic Fund. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 MUERAY. (fflsjltam, 1816. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 28.) 
 James Arthur Murray, born 10 March, 1790, is 
 only son of the late Lord Wm. Murray, by Mary 
 Ann, daughter of Jas. Hodges, Esq. ; grandson of 
 John, third Duke of Atholl, who, in 1763, disposed 
 of the sovereignty of the Isle of Man to the British 
 Government for 70,000^. ; and nephew of George, 
 late Bishop of Rochester. He is cousin of Lieut. - 
 Colonel Rich. Murray, who died in Oct. 1843 ; and 
 of the present Lieuts. A. G. E. Murray and C. M. 
 Aynsley, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 June, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Chipfonne 36, Capt. 
 Chas. Adam, in which frigate, after having been 
 for some time employed in blockading a French 
 corvette and brig on the coast of Norway, he assisted 
 (in company with the Falcon sloop. Clinker gun- 
 brig, and Frances armed cutter) in driving on 
 shore under the batteries of Fecamp, 10 June, 
 1805, a division of the French flotilla, consisting of 
 2 corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, carrying in all 51 
 
 • Independently of the time he passed in the Coast Guard, 
 t Fide Oax. 1805, p. 772. J K Gaz. 1806, p. 1637. 
 
 guns, 4 8-inch mortars, and 3 field-pieces, accom- 
 panied by 14 transports. In the following Sept., 
 six months after he had obtained the rating of 
 Midshipman, he removed with Capt. Adam to the 
 Resistance 38, and was in consequence afforded 
 an opportunity of witnessing the surrender, 13 
 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle 
 Poule. In the course of 1808 we find him engaged 
 in escorting a large body of general officers to the 
 coast of Portugal, in embarking the wounded at 
 the battle of Vimeira, and in conveying the French 
 troops to Rochefort after the Convention of Cintra. 
 On his arrival in the West Indies in the Fylla 20, 
 Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, in March, 1809, he joined 
 the Neptune 98, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, under whom, in the ensuing April, he 
 served at the capture of the Saintes Islands and the 
 74^gun ship cCHaupoidt. Being made Lieutenant, 
 25 Sept. in the same year, into the St. Christopher 
 12, Capt. Fras. Smith, he was subsequently ap- 
 pointed, in that capacity — 16 May, 1810, to the 
 Unicorn 32, Capts. Alex. Bobt. Kerr and Geo. 
 Burgoyne Salt, stationed off the north coast of 
 Spain, where he contributed to the capture of many 
 vessels— 17 Aug. 1812 (after three months of half- 
 pay), to the America 74, Capt. Josias Rowley, in 
 which ship he aided at the blockade of Toulon, 
 also in bringing off the troops from Tarragona, and 
 in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn— and, 28 
 Dec. 1813, to the Swallow 18, Capt. Edw. Reynolds 
 Sibly. On the receipt, in Feb. 1814, of his second 
 promotal commision, bearing date 6 Dec. 1813, Capt. 
 Murray assumed command of the Scout 18, likewise 
 in the Mediterranean, on which station and in the 
 Channel he continued until paid off 22 Sept. 1815. 
 His next appointment was, 14 May, 1816, to the 
 Greffon 16, at St. Helena. He was there nomi- 
 nated, 20 Sept. 1816, Acting-Captain of the Spbt 
 20, and in that vessel, to which he was confirmed 
 15 Nov. following, he continued until put out of 
 commission 21 Nov. 1817. Being invested, 14 Aug. 
 1824, with the command of the Atholl 28, he 
 effected the capture, on the western coast of Africa, 
 of six slavers, carrying in the whole about 1000 
 negroes; and, besides serving at Rangoon during 
 the close of the Burmese wax, was employed in the 
 suppression of piracy on the east coast of Africa. 
 He paid the Atholl off 19 Oct. 1827, and accepted 
 the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Murray married, first, 13 Dec. 1821, Har- 
 riet, youngest daughter of Wm. Coupland, Esq., of 
 St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, by whom (who died in 
 1829) he had issue three sons and two daughters ; 
 and secondly, 3 May, 1838, Julia, daughter of the 
 late John Delme, Esq., of Cain's Hall, Fareham, 
 Hants. By the latter lady he has had five other 
 children. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 MURRAY. (Retired Commander, 1840. F-p., 
 11; H-p., 46.) 
 
 James Copland Murray, bom 12 May, 1774, 
 is eldest son of Alex. Murray, Esq., proprietor of 
 the lands of Inglosten, and feudal superior of the 
 Lordship of that ilk. 
 
 This oficer entered the Navy, in July, 1790, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Berwick 74, Capt. 
 Benj. Caldwell, fitting at Portsmouth, and in the 
 following Oct. removed to the Hind 28, Capt. Hon. 
 Alex. Inglis Cochrane, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea. Between the summer of 1793 and the 
 date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 11 July, 1797, we find him serving as Midshipman, 
 principally on the Home station, in the Spitfire 
 sloop, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Jas. Cook, 
 Hind again, Capts. P. C. Durham and Rich. Lee, 
 and Union 44, also commanded by Capt. Durham. 
 In the latter ship he took part in Lord Bridport's 
 action with the French fleet off He de Groix, 23 
 June, 1795, then accompanied the expedition sent 
 under Sir John Borlase Warren to co-operate with 
 the Royalists in Quiberon Bay, and witnessed the 
 surrender, in March, 1796, of L'Etoile French 
 
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 MURRAY— MUSTON—NAGLE-NAPIER. 
 
 frigate of 30 guns. On the occasion of his promo- 
 tion as above he joined the Pokcdpine 24, Capt. 
 Chas. Dudley Pater, with whom he continued until 
 captured, while employed, we believe, on a detached 
 service. On his restoration to liberty in March, 
 1799, he was appointed to the Wassenaar 64, 
 commanded in the Channel and Baltic by Capt. 
 Chas. Craven. He was next, from Jan. 1800 to 
 Feb. 1801, en^loyed in the Mediterranean on board 
 the Inflexibi^e 64, amwe-eTL-jiute^ Capt. Benj. "Wm. 
 Page. Unable to procure any further appointment, 
 he accepted the rank of Retired-Commander on the 
 Junior List 26 Nov. 1830. His promotion to the 
 Senior took place 13 July, 1840. 
 
 Independently of many cutting-out affairs, Com- 
 mander Murray, during the term of his servitude 
 afloat, was five times in action with the enemy. 
 He married, 9 May, 1805, his cousin Helen, eldest 
 daughter of Thos. Hunter, Esq., of Kirkconnell, by 
 whom he has issue seven sons and two daughters. 
 
 MURRAY. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 John Halliburton Murray entered the Navy 
 7 August, 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; 
 and obtained his first commission 22 March, 1832. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 8 March, 1833, 
 to the Ariadne 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips, on the 
 North America and West India station — 7 Aug. 
 1834, to the Raleigh 16, Capt. Michael Quin, in 
 the East Indies, where he was superseded about 
 June, 1835—27 Oct.' 1836, to the Samahang 28, 
 Capt. Wm. Broughton, fitting at Portsmouth — 7 
 Feb. 1837, to the Tweed 20, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Thos. Pelham, employed on particular service — and 
 (the latter vessel having been paid off at the close 
 of 1838), 29 July and 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120 
 and Camperdown 104, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir 
 Henry Digby at Sheemeas. Since his last promo- 
 tion, which took place 14 Dec. 1841, Commander 
 Murray has been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 MURRAY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.) 
 William Hamilton Murray was bom 20 June, 
 1789. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 April, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Chiefonne 36, Capt. 
 Chas. Adam ; in which, ship, when in company with 
 the Falcon sloop, Clinkek gun-brig, and Frances 
 armed cutter, we find him assisting at the destruc- 
 tion, after a chase of nine hours, attended with some 
 loss to the British from the incessant fire of the 
 forts along shore, of a division of the French flotilla, 
 consisting of two corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, car- 
 rying in all 51 guns, 4 8-inch mortars, and 3 field- 
 pieces, accompanied by 14 transports, under the 
 batteries of Fecamp. On removing with Capt. 
 Adam to the Resistance 38, he witnessed the cap- 
 ture, 13 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship 
 Marengo, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, 
 and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. After a servitude 
 of nearly three years as Midshipman, on the Home 
 and Baltic stations, in the Pilot sloop, Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Walpole, and Ardent 64, Capts. Jas. Giles 
 Vashon and Robt. Honyman, Mr. Murray, in Sept. 
 1810, joined the Imperieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Duncan, under whom it was his fortune to see a 
 vast deal of active service in the Mediterranean. 
 On 2 Nov. 1811 he participated, in conjunction with 
 the Thames 32, in the gallant capture and destruc- 
 tion of 10 gun-boats and 22 richly-laden feluccas, 
 defended by a strong tower and two batteries in 
 the harbour of Palinuro on the coast of Calabria, 
 at which place the British were opposed by a land- 
 force of 700 men. He next contributed, 27 June, 
 1812, to the destruction of a French convoy and of 
 the batteries at Languelia and Alassio— was also 
 present, 17 Aug. in the same year, in a spirited skir- 
 mish with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the 
 Bay of Naples— and, in 1813-14, witnessed the cap- 
 ture of Port d' Anzo, and the operations against 
 Leghorn and Genoa. He left the Imperieuse about 
 July, 1814 ; and was next, from that period until 
 
 April, 1815, employed in the North Sea on board the 
 Larne 20 and Dee 24, both commanded by Capt. 
 John Wm. Andrew. He then took up a commission 
 bearing date 4 Feb. in the latter year, but has not 
 been since afloat. 
 Lieut. Murray married 7 July, 1835, and has issue 
 
 MUSTON. (Retired Captain, 1840. p-p., 12; 
 H-p., 39.) 
 
 Thomas Goldwter Muston entered the Navy 
 24 July, 1796, as Midshipman, on board, we believe, 
 the Iris 32, Capt. Thos. Surridge, with whom, after 
 serving for 12 months in the North Sea, he sailed 
 in 1797 for India as Master's Mate of the Leopard 
 50, and there, in May, 1802, followed him into the 
 Trident 64 ; of which ship, bearing for some time 
 the flag of Admiral Rainier, he became an acting 
 and a confirmed Lieutenant 31 March, 1803, and 4 
 July, 1804. His succeeding appointments were — 
 8 Sept. 1804, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, 
 also in the East Indies, where his health soon 
 obliged him to invalid— 19 Aug. and 24 Nov. 1806, 
 to the Spartan 38, and Africa 64, Capts. Geo. 
 Astle and Wm. Henry Bayntun, on the Home and 
 South American stations — and, 28 Jan. and 8 Aug. 
 1808, to the Victory 100, and Caledonia 120, flag- 
 ships at the Nore and in the Channel of Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez and Lord Gambler. For the distin- 
 guished manner in which he conducted the Har- 
 mony fire-vessel, at the destruction of the French 
 shipping in Alx Roads, Lieut. Muston was promoted, 
 on the recommendation of Lord Cochrane, to the 
 command, 11 April, 1809, of the Doterel 18. In 
 that sloop he served off Lisbon until the ensuing 
 Sept. In 1810 he was again ordered to India to 
 join Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury on promo- 
 tion. Finding, however, on his arrival that that 
 gallant officer had just expired, he was under the 
 necessity of returning to England without having 
 received any appointment. It was afterwards pro- 
 posed to send him on Admiralty promotion to the 
 West Indies ; but this offer the state of his health 
 obliged him to decline. Unable subsequently to 
 procure employment, he accepted, 10 Sept. 1840, the 
 rank he now holds. 
 
 Capt. Muston married, in 1816, Susanna Eliza, 
 daughter of Nathaniel Godbold, Esq., of London. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 N. 
 
 NAGLE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Archibald Nagle entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sove- 
 reign 100, Capts. Mark Robinson, John Conn, Edw. 
 Rotheram, and Fras. Pender ; and after sharing 
 under the flag of Vice-Admiral Collingwood in the 
 action off Cape Trafalgar, removed, in Jan. 1806, to 
 the Renown 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, em- 
 ployed at first off Rochefort and then in the Medi- 
 terranean ; where, in Oct. 1809, he witnessed, as 
 Midshipman, the self-destruction of the French 
 ships of the line Bohuste and Lion. Joining next, in 
 March, 1810, the Nisus 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, he 
 assisted under that officer at the reduction of the 
 Isles of France and Java. On leaving the Nisus he 
 served for a short time in the spring of 1813 in the 
 Lion 64, Capt. Henderson Bain, at the Cape of 
 Good Hope. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 
 14 March, 1815; arid was afterwards, in 1829-30, 
 employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramtllies and Talavera 74's, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Goode and liawrence. 
 
 NAPIER, K.C.B., G.C.T.S., K.M.T., K.S.G., 
 K.R.E. (Rear-Admiral of the Blue. 
 F-p., 20 ; H-p., 28.) 
 
 Siu CHARLF.S Napier, born 6 March, 1786, is 
 
 eldest son of Hon. Chas. Napier, of Merchistoun 
 
 Hall, CO. Stirling, Captain R.N., who died 19 Dec. 
 
 ' 1807, by Ms second wife. Christian, daughter of 
 
NAPIER. 
 
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 ■ Gabriel Hamilton, Esq., of Westburn, eo. Lanark. 
 
 He is grandson by a first marriage of Francis, fiftli 
 Lord Napier; brother of Thos. Erskine Napier, a 
 Colonel in the Army; and cousin, with the present 
 Capt. Henry Edw. Napier, K.N., of Lord Napier, 
 Captain R.N., who died Chief Commissioner for 
 regulating the trade with China 11 Oct. 1834. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1799, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Martin sloop, Capt. 
 
 - Hon. Matthew St. Clair, employed in the North 
 Sea. Kemoving in the spring of 1800 to the Re- 
 nown 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, he 
 accompanied, in the course of that year, the expe- 
 dition to Ferrol, and proceeded next to the Medi- 
 terranean, where, in Nov. 1802, he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Greyhound 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste. 
 On his return from a visit to St. Helena in the 
 Egyptienne 40, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone 
 Fleeming, he successively joined, in 1804-5, the Me- 
 diator and Benommbe frigates, commanded, the 
 latter off Boulogne, by Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone. 
 He was made Lieutenant, 30 Nov. 1805, into the 
 CoonAOEUx 74, Capts. Rich. Lee and Jas. Bissett, 
 part of the squadron under Sir J. B. Warren at 
 the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun 
 ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, 
 and 40-gun frigate BelU Poule ; and in March, 1807, 
 being then in the West Indies in the Prince George 
 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, he was nominated Acting- 
 Commander of the PuLTDSK brig ; to which vessel 
 the Admiralty confirmed him 30 Nov. following. 
 On 17 July, 1808, we find Capt. Napier (he had pre- 
 viously witnessed the reduction of the Danish 
 islands St. Thomas and Ste. Croix) assisting in the 
 boats under the command of Lieut. Jas. Robertson 
 (now Walker) of the Fawn sloop, to whom he had 
 surrendered the conduct of the enterprise, at the 
 cutting-out of a Spanish merchant-vessel lying at 
 the N.E. end of Puerto Rico under the protection 
 of two batteries, the guns in one of which, on the 
 party landing, were spiked and rendered unservice- 
 able. In Aug. of the same year he removed to the 
 Recruit brig of 18 gims ; in which vessel, on 6 of 
 the ensuing month, he fought a very smart action 
 with, and in the end put to flight, the Diligente 
 French corvette of 22 guns and 140 men, after hav- 
 ing, however, had his mainmast shot away, many of 
 his carronades dismounted, one of his men killed, 
 and himself* and several others wounded. In Feb. 
 1809 he assisted at the reduction of Martinique, 
 where he won distinction, and considerably short- 
 ened the siege, by the manner in which, with only 
 5 men, he landed, scaled the walls, and, in open 
 day, planted the union-jack on the ramparts of Fort 
 Edward, separated about 100 yards from Fort 
 Bourbon ; and in the next April, during Sir Alex- 
 ander Cochrane's pursuit of three French ships of 
 the line, which lasted upwards of two days, and ter- 
 minated in the capture of the d'Haupoult 74, he 
 signalized himself by the proximity he kept to the 
 enemy, although fired at from all their stern-chase 
 guns, and by his efforts in doing all he could to cut 
 away their masts and rigging.f So fully did the 
 Commander-in-Chief appreciate the gallantry dis- 
 played by Capt. Napier, that he at once posted him 
 into the prize, an act which the Admiralty sanc- 
 tioned by a commission dated 22 May, 1809. In the 
 following summer Capt. Napier returned with con- 
 voy to England in the Jason frigate, but he did not 
 again go afloat until 1811, in the early part of which 
 year he obtained an appointment to the Thames 
 32. 1 On 21 of the ensuing July, uniting with the 
 Cephalus brig, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, 
 he succeeded, with a degree of gallantry that re- 
 flected much honour on him, in silencing the fire of 
 a flotilla of 11 gun-boats, together with a felucca, 
 
 • Although his thigh was broken he refused to leave the 
 dfck. 
 ■ + Vide Gia.. 1809, p. 711. 
 
 J During the interval which elapsed between his leaving 
 the Jason and his appointment to the Thames, Capt. Napier 
 served a campaign with the army in Portugal, as a volunteer, 
 ond was agam wounded. He was present at the battle of 
 Buaaco. 
 
 carrying in the whole 13 guns and 280 men, moored 
 across the harbour of Porto del Infreschi, on the 
 coast of Italy, and also that of a round tower, and 
 of a body of musketry on the adjacent hills ; after 
 which the boats of the two ships, under Capt. 
 Clifford, brought out," as well the vessels of war as 
 a convoy of 14 merchantmen and 34 spars, the 
 latter intended for a ship of the line and frigate at 
 Naples.* On 1 Nov. 1811, in command of his own 
 boats and those of the Impebieuse 38, Capt. Napier 
 landed with 250 men belonging to the 62nd Regt., 
 under Major Edw. Dailey, at the back of the har- 
 bour of Palinuro, where, setting an animating ex- 
 ample, he immediately ascended the heights and 
 assisted in carrying them in a very gallant style, 
 under a heavy fire from the enemy, who had as- 
 sembled in force to oppose the attack, and who soon 
 after dark endeavoured to regain their position, but 
 were instantly compelled to retire.t The next day, 
 returning on board his ship, he aided in effecting 
 the capture and destruction of 10 gun-boats, of 22 
 richly-laden feluccas assembled on the beach, and 
 of a battery of 24-pounders protecting them. The 
 coolness, judgment, and intrepidity he displayed 
 throughout the whole of the above affair met, it is 
 scarcely requisite to add, the entire approbation of 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief. He 
 subsequently, 14 May, 1812, attacked the port of 
 Sapri, where, previously to the capture of 28 vessels 
 laden with oil, he contrived, supported by the 
 Pilot sloop, to enforce the discretionary surrender 
 of a strong battery and tower, mounting 2 32- 
 pounders, with an officer and 38 men, whom, in 
 consideration of their brave defence (having suf- 
 fered themselves to be battered for two hours within 
 pistol-shot), he allowed to march out with the 
 honours of war j On 26 Feb. 1813, being in com- 
 pany with the FuRiEDSE 36, and having on board 
 the second battalion of the 10th Regt., under 
 Lieut.-Col. John Pine Coffin, Capt. Napier, in a 
 most masterly manner, and without loss, took pos- 
 session of the island of Ponza, notwithstanding that 
 in the attempt he was exposed to the fire of four 
 batteries and a tower, mounting 10 24 and 18- 
 pounders, 2 12-pounders, and 2 9-inch mortars.§ 
 On his removal, soon afterwards, to the Euryalus 
 36, we find his judicious arrangements enabling 
 him, with the aid of his boats, to make prize, 16 
 May, 1813, of La Fortune national xebec, carrying 
 10 long 9-pounders, 4 swivels, and 95 men, together 
 with upwards of 20 merchant-vessels, lying in 
 Cavalarie road. During the proximate winter he 
 simultaneously drove on shore, in Calvi Bay, the 
 Balleine French store-ship, of 22 guns and 120 men, 
 and compelled a gaberre of 30 guns and 150 men, 
 laden with stores, and a national schooner of the 
 largest class to seek refuge under the land-batteries. 
 After this he proceeded, in company with a squa- 
 dron, under the orders of Capt. Andrew King, and 
 a fleet of transports, to North America. On his 
 arrival he took part in the brilliant expedition 
 against Alexandria, and rendered such effective 
 service that Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, the conduct- 
 ing officer, declared in his despatches " that he 
 owed him more obligations than he had words to 
 express." II In the subsequent operations against 
 Baltimore, Capt. Napier was sent with a division of 
 boats up the Ferry branch of the Fatapsco river, 
 for the purpose of causing a diversion favourable 
 to the intended assault upon the enemy's entrenched 
 camp at the opposite side of the city. The object 
 of this mission he fully accomplished. In June, 
 1815, the EuKYALus was paid off; and on 4 of that 
 month her gallant commander was nominated a 
 C.B. He was not, however, again called into 
 activity until 8 Jan. 1829, from which period until 
 the early part of 1832 he was employed on par- 
 ticular service in the Galatea 42. In 1833 he 
 succeeded Admiral Sartorius in the command of 
 
 * Vide Gai. 1811, p. 1863. -f V. Gaz. 1812, p. 143. 
 
 I V. Gaz. 1812, p. 1396-7.' j V. Gai. 1813, i. 1146 
 
 II V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2081.— While in the Potomac the Eo-- 
 ETALUs, in a tremendous squall, lost her bowsprit and all hep 
 topmasts, but in twelve hours was again ready for work 
 
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 NAPIER. 
 
 Don Pedro's fleet, and gained a signal victory orer 
 the more numerous and powerful armament of Don 
 Miguel off Cape St. Vincent ; an achievement for 
 which he was rewarded with the title of Count Cape 
 St. Vincent, and with the grand cross of the order 
 of the Tower and Sword. On 1 Jan. 1839 Capt. 
 Napier obtained command of the Powebfdi. 84, 
 iitting for the Mediterranean ; where, hoisting in 
 1840 the broad pendant of Commodore, he became 
 second in command, under Admiral Hon. Sir Kobt. 
 Stopford, of the force engaged on the coast of 
 Syria, and added afresh to his already well-earned 
 fame. On 10 Sept. in that year he there effected a 
 landing at D'journie, at the head of a body of 1500 
 Turks and marines ; and in this, his first important 
 operation, he displayed such indefatigable zeal and 
 activity as to elicit the particular praise of his Ad- 
 miral.* In the course of the same month he de- 
 feated a body of the enemy at Kelbson.f and on 
 27, in the execution of a judicious and excellent 
 plan he had previously formed, he bombarded and 
 successfully stormed, with a force of not more than 
 900 allies and 500 Turks, the strong town of Sidon, 
 protected by a fort and citadel and a line of wall 
 defended by 2700 men, all of whom were made pri- 
 soners. On that occasion, at the head of the British 
 marines, he broke into the enemy's barracks, and 
 then obtained possession of the castle. J On 9 of 
 the following Oct. he had the fortune utterly to 
 rout an Egyptian force located, under Ibrahim 
 Pacha, in a strong position on the mountains near 
 Beyrout. The result of the forward movement 
 which had immediately preceded this success was 
 the surrender of Beyrout itself to the allies ; and 
 the effect of the victory the entire disorganization 
 and submission of the army of Soliman Pacha. 
 Thus, within one month from the date of the Com- 
 modore's original debarkation, had the whole 
 nearly of Lebanon been freed from its invaders ; 
 and, notwithstanding that the small body of men 
 with which he had at first landed had from time to 
 time decreased to half the number of which it had 
 then consisted, he had contrived to make about 
 5000 prisoners, and to gain over almost as many 
 deserters. § After co-operating in the memorable 
 attack upon St. Jean d'Acre, he proceeded to take 
 charge of the squadron off Alexandria,!] where 
 he landed and concluded a convention with Me- 
 hemet Ali. In acknowledgment of the distin- 
 guished part he had borne throughout the cam- 
 paign he was created a K.C.B. 4 Dec. 1840 ; he was 
 also included in the thanks of Parliament ; and was 
 presented, by the Emperors of Austria and Russia 
 and the King of Prussia, with the cross of the order 
 of Maria Theresa of Austria, the cross of the order 
 of St. George of Russia, and the insignia of the 
 second class of the order of the Red Eagle of Prus- 
 sia. In the spring of 1841 he returned to England ; 
 and, on 30 Nov. in that year, he was appointed a 
 Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty. He had been 
 awarded, 1 Jan. 1837, the Captains' Good Service 
 Pension. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 
 1846; and since 19 May, 1847, has been employed 
 on particular service, with his flag in the St. Vin- 
 cent 120. 
 
 In 1832 and 1837 Sir Chas. Napier unsuccessfully 
 contested the representation of Portsmouth and 
 Greenwich ; but in 1841 he was returned for Mary- 
 lebone. About the year 1828 he submitted to the 
 Admiralty the model of a ship afterwards placed in 
 the United Service Museum ; and in 1846 we find 
 him engaged in constructing the Sidon, a steam- 
 frigate of 560-horse power. Several articles from 
 the pen of Sir Charles have appeared in the pages 
 of the United Service Journal ; among which we 
 may notice, as published in 1832, his ' Observations 
 on the Construction and Qualities of the Vernon 
 and Castok, and Naval Architecture in General ;' 
 together with his ' Remarks on Steam- Vessels ' 
 and his ' Remarks on the State of the Navy.' He 
 is the author, also, of ' An Account of the "War in 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2225. + V. Gaz. 1840, p. 2603. 
 X V. Gaz. 1840, p. 2r.04. j V. Gaz. 1840, pp. 2610-11. 
 
 II V. Gaz. 1840, p. 2987. 
 
 Portugal between Don Pedro and Don Miguel,' 
 published in 1836 ; and of ' The War in Syria,' 
 published in 1842. He married Eliza, daughter of 
 — Younghusband, Esq., and widow of Edwards 
 Elers, Esq., Lieutenant R.N., by whom he has issue 
 an only daughter. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 NAPIER. (Captain, 1841.) 
 
 Charles George Elers Napier was lost in 
 command of the Avenger steam-frigate, 20 Dec. 
 1847. He was son of the late Lieutenant Edwards 
 Elers, R.N. ; and step-son of Rear-Admiral Sir 
 Chas. Napier, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Dec. 1825 ; passed 
 his examination in 1831 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 28 Dec. 1832; joined, 26 March, 1834, the 
 North Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt, 
 fitting at Portsmouth ; and, from 4 Oct. following 
 until paid off at the commencement of 1837, was 
 employed in the Mediterranean in the Vernon 50, 
 Capt. John M'Kerlie. Attaining the rank of Com- 
 mander 28 June, 1838, be served as such from 30 
 Oct. 1840 until posted, 1 Nov. 1841, in the Pelican 
 16, on the East India station. In July, 1842, being 
 at the time in China, he assisted as a volunteer at 
 the storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo.'*' He assumed 
 command, 20 Nov. 1847, of the Avenger steam- 
 frigate, of 650-horse power, and perished, as above, 
 on the Sorelle rocks, in the Mediterranean. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 NAPIER. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 1 .) 
 Gerard John Napier was bom 2 Nov. 1818. 
 This officer entered the Navy in Sept. 1831 ; 
 served two years at the Royal Naval College, and 
 nearly five in the West Indies on board the Racer 
 16, Capt. Jas. Hope ; passed his examination 3 Oct. 
 1838 ; and, between that period and the date of his 
 promotion, 28 Jan. 1842, was employed at Home 
 and in the Mediterranean in the Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, Vangdabd 80, 
 Capt. Sir David Dunn, Britannia 120, flag-ship of 
 Sir John Acworth Ommanney, Powerful 84, Capt. 
 Geo. Mansel, and Lightning steamer, Master-Com- 
 mander Geo. Henry Karr Bowen. His appointments 
 have since been — 27 Aug. 1842, to the Orestes 18, 
 Capt. Edw. St. Leger Cannon, again in the Medi- 
 terranean — 10 Nov. 1846 (soon after the latter vessel 
 had been paid off), as Additional-Lieutenant, to the 
 President 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres at the Cape of Good Hope — and, 26 April, 
 1847, as Senior, to the Rosamond steam-sloop, of 
 287-horse power, Capt. John Poote, on the same 
 station, where he is now serving. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 NAPIER. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 15; h-p., 29.) 
 Henry Edward Napier, born 5 March, 1789, is 
 fifth son of the Hon. Geo. Napier, of Mercheston 
 Hall, N.B,, a Colonel in the Army and Comptroller 
 of Army Accounts in Ireland (who died 13 Oct. 
 1804), by Lady Sarah Lennox, seventh daughter of 
 Charles, second Duke of Richmond ; and grandson of 
 Francis, fifth Lord Napier, by his Lordship's second 
 marriage. He is brother of Lieut. -General Sir Chas. 
 Jas. Napier, G.C.B., the heroic Commander-in-Chief 
 in Scinde ; of Major-General Sir Geo. Thos. Napier, 
 K.C.B., Governor and Commander at the Cape of 
 Good Hope ; and of Major-General Wm. Fras. Pa- 
 trick Napier, C.B., Lleut.-Govemor of Jersey, and 
 author of the ' History of the Peninsular War.' 
 One uncle, Patrick, died a Captain R.N. 15 June, 
 1801 ; and another, James John, a Lieutenant R.M., 
 was killed on board the Fox frigate in 1776. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 5 May, 1803, and embarked, 20 Sept. 1806, asFst.-cI. 
 Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capts. Hon. Robt. 
 Stopford and John Quilliam, in which ship, after 
 visiting the Cape of Good Hope, he enacted a Mid- 
 shipman's part in the expedition against Copen- 
 hagen, and assisted at the destruction of Fleokeroe 
 Castle, on the coast of Norway. From Dec. 1803 
 • Viie Gaz. 1842, p. 3404. 
 
NARES— NASH— NASON. 
 
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 until Sept. 1811 he served in the East Indies on 
 hoard the Clokinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, Rhssel 
 74, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Wm. O'Brien 
 Drury, and Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook. While 
 in the last-mentioned ship, of which he had heen 
 ordered to act as Lieutenant 31 Oct. 1809, he was 
 officially promoted by commission dated 4 May, 
 1810. His next appointments were, in the course 
 of 1812-13, to the Chatham 74, Capt. Graham 
 Moore, Minerva 32, Capt. Rich. Hawkins, and 
 Ntmphe 38, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, on 
 the North Sea and North American stations. On 
 7 June, 1814, he was promoted to the command of 
 the GoREE 18, at Bermuda; and on soon afterwards 
 removing to the RirLEMAN 18, he was for a con- 
 siderable time intrusted with the charge of the 
 trade in the Bay of Fundy. In Aug. 1815 Capt. 
 Napier went on half-pay, having previously, from 
 private motives, declined accepting a piece of plate 
 which had been voted to him for his care in the 
 conduct of convoys between the port of St. John's, 
 New Brunswick, and Castine. His last appoint- 
 ments were — 23 Jan. 1821, to the Jaseur 18, on the 
 Halifax station, whence he returned in July, 1823 — 
 and, 6 July, 1826, for a brief period, to the Pelorus 
 18, lying at Plymouth. He attained his present 
 rank 31 Dec. 1830. 
 
 Capt. Napier married, 17 Nov. 1823, Miss Caro- 
 line Bennet, and by that lady, who died at Florence 
 5 Sept. 1836, had issue three children. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 NARES. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 12 ; h-p.,3.3.) 
 "William Henry Nares entered the Navy, 9 
 June, 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cartsfort 
 28, Capt. Geo. Mundy, with whom he continued to 
 serve, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Hydra 38, on the Channel and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, until July, 1808. Among the numerous cap- 
 tures at which he assisted during that period, we 
 may enumerate the gun-brig No. 51 of 3 guns, the 
 lugger No. 411 of 1 gun, ie Furet national brig of 
 18 guns and 132 men (taken off Cadiz lighthouse in 
 the presence of four French frigates 27 Feb. 1806), 
 the Spanish war-schooner Argonauta pierced for 12 
 guns, the armed polacres Le Prince Etigene of 16 
 guns and 130 men. Belle Caroline of 10 guns and 40 
 men, and Rosario of 4 guns and 20 men, protected 
 by a 4-gun battery, a tower, and a body of musketry 
 in the harbour of Begu, on the coast of Catalonia, 
 and numerous privateers. He was also, during 
 Nelson's pursuit of the combined fleets to the West 
 Indies, employed in defending Sardinia^ Sicily, &c., 
 against the designs of the enemy. In Nov. 1808 he 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Roman 16, Capts. 
 Sam. Fowell and Wm. Henry Whorwood, to which 
 vessel, also stationed in the Mediterranean, he was 
 confirmed 17 April, 1809. After again serving with 
 Capt.^ Mundy in the Hydra, we find him, in the 
 early part of 1811, co-operating in the defence of 
 Cadiz, with his name successively on the books of 
 the Standard 64, Capt. Aiskew Paifard Hollis, 
 HooND, Capt. Chas. Phillips, and Milford 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. His next ap- 
 pointments were to the Implacable and Ajax 74's, 
 Capts. Joshua Rowley Watson and Sir Robt. Laurie, 
 Apollo 38, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, and 
 Havannah 36, Capts. Edw. Reynolds Sibly and 
 Gawen Wm. Hamilton. In the Apollo, besides 
 assisting at the capture of the Ulysse xebec of 6 
 guns, and at the reduction of the islands of Augusta, 
 Curzola, and Malero, he commanded two of her 
 boats, with two others belonging to the Cerberus 
 32, in a gallant and most determined and successful 
 attack (productive of a loss to the British of 
 1 officer, Mr. Suett, and 1 seaman killed, and 1 ma- 
 rine dangerously wounded) on a convoy protected 
 by 11 gun- boats near Otranto, where the cliffs were 
 covered with French troops, 28 May, 1813.* In 
 the course of the ensuing month, with three of the 
 Apollo's boats under his orders, Lieut. Nares board- 
 ed and took, despite some resistance, a French gun- . 
 • Fl'rfeGaz. 1813, p. 1794. 1 
 
 vessel, mounting a 12 and a 6-pounder, and having 
 on board M. Bautrand, Chief of Engineers at Corfu. 
 While awaiting, near Morto, in Albania, the return 
 of a flag-of-truce sent to land the wounded enemy, 
 nine in number, at Corfu, he was assailed, with 
 his two remaining boats, by 6 gun-vessels, a felucca, 
 and a row-boat, all full of troops, and compelled to 
 run on shore upon the border of the French ter- 
 ritory at Parga. Until his ammunition was ex- 
 pended he kept this large force from landing; 
 having then no alternative, he took refuge for 
 several days in the mountains. Before he finally 
 left the Apollo, Lieut. Nares was intrusted, from 
 Jan. to April, 1814, with the command of the 
 Weasel 18. In the following Oct., having previ- 
 ously, we believe, accompanied, in the Havannah, 
 the expedition against Baltimore, he took up a 
 Commander's commission, bearing date 1 July, 1814, 
 appointing him to the Philomel 18, which sloop, 
 however, he never joined. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Commander Nares married, first, 26 Aug. 1820, 
 Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Alex. Dodd, 
 Esq., of Redbourn, co. Herts ; and secondly, 24 Oct. 
 1844, Susan, relict of the late'John Ramsay, Esq. 
 of Barra. 
 
 NASH. (LrEUTENANT, 1826. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.) 
 John William Cornelius Nash was born 1 Nov. 
 1802, and died in July, 1846. He was son of the 
 late Capt. Jas. Nash, R.N. (1802), a very distin- 
 guished officer ; nephew of the late Capt. John 
 Nash, R.N. (1802) ; and grandson of Mr. Rich. 
 Nash, Purser and Paymaster R.N. (1781), who served 
 in that capacity under Lord St. Vincent. He was 
 the last survivor out of 14 of his family who had 
 been all devoted to the Naval service. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in 1811, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Salvador del Mundo 112, 
 commanded by his father, under whom we find him 
 for six years employed, on the Home and North 
 American stations, in the same ship and in the 
 Saturn 56, Loire 38, Impregnable 98, St. George 
 100, and Berwick 74. After passing about three 
 years at the Naval College at Portsmouth he be- 
 came Midshipman, in 1820, of the Spartan 46, 
 Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise ; and next, of the Serinu A- 
 PATAM 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, Isis 50, Capt. Thos. 
 Forrest, Renegade schooner, Lieut. -Commander 
 Wm. Edw. Fiott, and Primrose 18, Capt. John 
 Stoddart, on the Home, Mediterranean, and West 
 India stations. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 11 
 Feb. 1826, into the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Henry 
 Dundas, at Jamaica ; and he was lastly, between 
 1827 and 1830, employed at Plymouth in the Ocean 
 80, Capt. Patrick Campbell, Britannia 120, Capt. 
 Edw. Hawker, and Caledonia 120 — commanding 
 part of the time the Royalist tender of 10 guns. 
 
 He married, about 1830, Amelia, daughter of 
 Hugh Stewart, Esq., R.N. 
 
 NASON. (LlEDTENANT, 1809. F-p., 9 ; H-p., 35.) 
 Henrt Nason lost a brother at the battle of 
 Almeida. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 March, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Antelope 50, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith ; and, 
 on 16 May, 1804, was present in an attack made by 
 a British squadron on a division of the enemy's 
 flotilla passing alongshore between Flushing and 
 Ostend. After a servitude of two years and a half 
 in the North Sea and off Brest in the Crescent 
 frigate, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, he again, in Dec. 
 1806, joined Sir W. S. Smith on board the Pompee 
 74, in which ship, in the course of 1807, we find 
 him sharing in a series of operations on the coast of 
 Calabria, and accompanying also the expeditions 
 past the Dardanells and to Copenhagen. During 
 the 20 months which immediately preceded his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 28 Oct. 1809, he 
 served on the Home and Brazilian stations in the 
 Victory 100, Capt. John Serrell, and London 98, 
 FoDDKOYANT 80, and Diana 38, bearing each the 
 
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 NASON— NAZER. 
 
 flag of Sir "W. S. Smith. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 18 Dec. 1809, to the Argus 16, Capt. 
 Stewart, on the Irish station— 11 April, 1810, to the 
 Thais 20, Capt. Ferrier, attached to the force in 
 the Mediterranean, where, owing to the death of 
 his brother, and to the necessity of attending to his 
 family affairs, he was superseded at his own request 
 in Jan. 1811— and, 30 April, 1813, as Senior, to the 
 Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene, 
 in the North Sea. In 1810 he commanded the boats 
 of the Thais at the re-capture of two merchant- 
 vessels under the protection of two privateers off 
 Cape Spartivento. He invalided from the Bonne 
 CiTOYENNE from the effects of rheumatism in Nov. 
 1813, and hag since been on half-pay. 
 Lieut. Nason is married and has issue. 
 
 NASON. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 15;h-p., 31.) 
 KiCHABD Nason entered the Navy, 3 May, 1801, 
 as a Supernumerary, on board the Ville de Pahis 
 110, Capt. John Sutton, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Hon. "Wm. Comwallis ; and, after his 
 name had been borne in a similar capacity on the 
 books of the De Khyter and Texel 64's, Capts. 
 Rich. Dacres and Rich. Incledon, Ajax 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane, and Cambrian and 
 Nemesis frigates, Capts. Bradley and Owen, all 
 flag-ships at Spithead, became in succession Mid- 
 shipman, in the course of 1802, of the Childers 
 sloop, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford, of a vessel com- 
 manded by Capt. John G. Savllle, and of the Cal- 
 cutta 54, Capt. Dan. Woodriff. In that ship he 
 was at first employed in the transport of convicts to 
 Van Diemen's Land, on his return whence he pro- 
 ceeded for convoy to St. Helena. During her pas- 
 sage home the Calcutta, after having beaten the 
 French 40-gun frigate Armide, was attacked, 26 
 Sept. 1805, and, at the end of a gallant action of 
 three-quarters of an hour, productive to her of a 
 loss, out of 343 men, of 6 killed and 6 wounded, un- 
 avoidably captured by the 74-gun ship Mqjestueiix, 
 part of a squadron under the orders of Rear- Admi- 
 ral AUemand. On effecting his escape from con- 
 finement Mr. Nason was received on board the 
 Briseis 10, Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith. He at- 
 tained the rank of Lieutenant 21 March, 1812, and 
 was subsequently appointed — 1 Oct. and 22 Dec. 
 following, to the Alfred and Mars 74's, Capts. 
 Joshua Sydney Horton and Henry Raper, employed 
 off the coast of Spain and at Portsmouth — 2 Feb. 
 1813, to the Venerable 74, Capt. David Milne, 
 cruizing in the Channel and among the Western 
 Islands — and, 24 Jan. and 4 June, 1814, to the 
 Cretan 16, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, and Chan- 
 ticleer 10, Capts. Stewart Blacker, John Thomp- 
 son, Geo. Tupman, and Wm. Henry Dickson. The 
 Cretan led a squadron of frigates and brigs through 
 the Wielinge Passage into the West Scheldt for the 
 purpose of co-operating with the British and Rus- 
 sian troops before Antwerp and Bergen-op-Zoom ; 
 and was afterwards employed in blockading Fort 
 Bathz, in the island of South Beveland, where the 
 enemy's deserted batteries were all dismantled. The 
 Chanticleer formed part of the force employed 
 in the reduction of Guadeloupe in 1815. Since Aug. 
 1816, at which period that sloop was put out of com- 
 mission, Lieut. Nason has been on half-pay. 
 
 board the Concobde 36, and Phaeton 38, both 
 commanded by Capt. John Wood. In the Con- 
 corde he assisted at the capture, after a long chase 
 and running fight, of a privateer mounting 30 
 guns ; and in the Phaeton he took part, in company 
 with the Harrier 18, in a severe action of two 
 hours, fought 2 Aug. 1805, with the French 36-gun 
 frigate Se'millante, and several batteries at the en- 
 trance of the Straits of St. Bernardino, Philippine 
 Islands ; on which occasion the Phaeton, besides 
 having two persons wounded, sustained damage in 
 her sails, rigging, and roasts, had three of her boats 
 injured, and received nine shot in her hull. In the 
 course of 1807 Mr. Nazer successively joined the 
 Sceptre and Albion 74's, Capts. Joseph Bingham 
 and John Ferrier, also in the East Indies; where 
 he was made Lieutenant, 2 May, 1808, into the 
 St. Fiobenzo 36, Capt. John Bastard, and where 
 he continued to serve, in the Samarang 18, Capt. 
 Rich. Buck, Caroline 36, Capt. Chas. Gordon, and 
 Terpsichore 32, Capt. Jas. Murray Gordon, until 
 his return to England in July, 1809. Joining, in 
 the following Nov., the Iris 36, Capts. Thos. Geo. 
 Shortland and Hood Hanway Christian, he was 
 afforded an opportunity of actively co-operating 
 with the patriots in the north of Spain, and of con- 
 tributing to the reduction of several small towns 
 along the coast. His last appointments were — 7 
 Nov. 1811 and 29 Jan. 1813, to the Bellerophon 
 and Scarboeough 74's, flag-ships off the Scheldt of 
 his relative Rear-Admiral J. Ferrier — 24 Sept. 1814 
 (having left the Scarborough in the preceding 
 May), to the Monmouth 64, bearing the flag of 
 Vice-Admiral Thos. Foley in the Downs, where he 
 remained but a few weeks — 4 March, 1819, to the 
 command (which he retained until wrecked, near 
 Torbay, 5 Dec. ensuing) of the Vigilant Revenue- 
 cruizer — and, 5 Oct. 1820, to that of the Badger, 
 also employed in the protection of the revenue. 
 In the latter vessel, with a loss of 1 man killed and 
 7, including himself, wounded, he succeeded, at the 
 close of a running action of three hours, in making 
 prize of a smuggling lugger, 3 of whose people were 
 killed and 5 wounded. He left the Badger in 
 Dec. 1824; and on 28 Aug. 1823 was presented with 
 a second promotal commission. 
 
 Commander Nazer married Louisa, daughter of 
 Thos. Woolnough, Esq., of Hallesley, Suffolk, by 
 whom he has left issue two sons and one daughter. 
 
 NAZEE. (Commander, 1828. r-p., 20; H-p., 28.) 
 Henry Nazer was born at Sandwich, co. Kent, 
 and died in 1846. He was brother of the present 
 Retired Commander Kelly Nazer, R.N. ; and also 
 of Lieut. Wm. Nazer, R.N. (1794), who died at Ja- 
 maica in 1804, and of Lieut. John Ferrier Nazer, 
 K.N. (1796), who died at the same place in 1798. 
 His uncle, John Ferrier, died a full Admiral. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1799, as 
 Second-Master and Pilot, on board the Eagle re- 
 ceiving-vessel at Poole, in Dorsetshire, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Nazer ; removed, as Master's Mate, in 
 Sept. 1801, to the York 74, Capt. John Ferrier, 
 lying in the River Thames ; and from July, 1802, 
 until March, 1807, served in the East Indies on 
 
 NAZER. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Kelly Nazer was born 17 Jan. 1787. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1799, as 
 A.B., on board the Eagle receiving-vessel at Poole, 
 CO. Dorset, Lieut. -Commander Wm. Nazer; and in 
 the course of the same month attained the rating of 
 Midshipman. With the exception of a brief attach- 
 ment, in the summer of 1802, to the Alarm 32, 
 Capt. Wm. Parker, and again, towards the close of 
 the same year, to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Henry 
 Vansittart, he served, from Sept. 1801, until June, 
 1809, in the York 74, Fortun^e 36, and Albion 74, 
 all commanded by his uncle Capt. John Ferrier, on 
 the Home and East India stations. In the latter 
 ship, of which he became an acting and a confirmed 
 Lieutenant 11 Nov. 1807 and 30 Deo. 1808, he as- 
 sisted at the capture of several privateers, and, in 
 May, 1803, of La Franchise French frigate of 36 
 guns. He was also on board the Albion in a terri- 
 fic hurricane, which, during her passage home, sank 
 three of her convoy. East Indiamen, nearly dis- 
 masted herself, and occasioned the pumps to be 
 kept constantly going for six months. Being again, 
 towards the close of 1809, ordered to India in the 
 Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, he there, in the summer 
 of 1811, cooperated in the reduction of Java. His 
 health obliging him soon afterwards to invalid, he 
 was next, 8 May, 1812, appointed to the Maidstone 
 36, Capt. Geo. Burdett. On 8 Feb. 1813, being at 
 the time in the Chesapeake, he took command of 
 the boats of a squadron, nine in number, and, rush- 
 ing through an animated fire of round and grape, 
 
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 ■boarded and, after a most obstinate resistance on 
 the part of the enemy, succeeded in carrying the 
 American letter-of-marque Lottery^ of 6 I2-pounder 
 carronades and 29 men, of whom 19, including the 
 Captain mortally, were wounded. The British had 
 1 man killed and 5 wounded.* Although the gal- 
 lantry of the exploit was such as to obtain the 
 especial thanks of Kear- Admiral Cockbum, an ex- 
 pression of approbation on the part of the Admi- 
 ralty, and a certain prospect of promotion from 
 Capt. Burdett, yet was its brave conductor suifered 
 to pass wholly unrewarded. He subsequently, 6 
 May, 1814, led the second division of boats under 
 the immediate orders of Rear-Admiral Cockbum 
 up the Sassafras River, and, having assisted in 
 routing a body of about 400 men, who had opened 
 on them a fire from an entrenched jiosition on the 
 two opposite banks of the stream, contributed to 
 the demolition of the settlements of Georgetown 
 and Frederickstown. On 27 of the ensuing June 
 he was present at the destruction of an American 
 torpedo-boat on Long Island, sent from New York 
 for the purpose of destroying H.M. shipping. In- 
 dependently of the above, Lieut. Nazer was on 
 many occasions in action with the enemy. He re- 
 turned to England in Oct. 1814 on board La Hogue 
 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel ; and on 3 Feb. 
 1847 he accepted the rank he now holds. 
 
 At the commencement of the peace Commander 
 Nazer took charge of a merchant-ship, and made 
 eight voyages to Jamaica. He married, 11 July, 
 1821, Miss Cecilia Burlingson. Agehts — Collier 
 and Snee. 
 
 NEALB. (Eetibed Commander, 1846. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 John Neale entered the Navy, 30 May, 1796, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Venerable 74, Capts. 
 "Wm. Johnstone Hope andWm. Geo. Fairfax, bear- 
 ing the flag of Lord Duncan, under whom he fought 
 as Signal-Midshipman in the action off Camperdown 
 11 Oct. 1797. While attached, between March, 
 1798, and Nov. 1804, to the Kent 74, Capts. W. J. 
 Hope, Mansell, John Stewart, Pulteney Malcolm, 
 and John White, successive flag-ship of Lord Dun- 
 can and Sir Kich. Bickerton, he was at first em- 
 ployed in the operations connected with the expe- 
 dition to Holland, where he served on shore with a 
 party of seamen and two field-pieces throughout 
 the whole campaign. He also, in 1801, assisted in 
 expelling the French from Egypt, after having par- 
 ticipated, with the naval brigade under the orders 
 of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, in the battles of 8, 13, and 
 21 March. On 3 Aug. 1805, at which period he had 
 been nine months in the North Sea on board the 
 Adamant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, he was there 
 nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Starling gun- 
 brig, Lieut. -Commander Chas. Napier. He re- 
 moved as Acting-Lieutenant, 31 Jan. 1806, to the 
 KoMOLUs 36, Capt. Burton ; and on 22 Sept. in the 
 same year he was confirmed into the Koebuck 44, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas at Tar- 
 mouth. In 1809 he took part, in the Acute gun- 
 brig, in the siege of Flushing, and was often in 
 action with the enemy's gun-boats, privateers, &c. 
 Assuming command, 22 March, 1810, of the Alert 
 cutter, he effected the capture, on one occasion, of 
 four gun-boats, whose resistance occasioned him a 
 loss of nearly a third of his crew ; and on another, 
 he landed on the coast of Holland, and succeeded, 
 after overcoming severe opposition, in recovering a 
 gentleman who had been employed on shore on 
 secret service. He left the Alert in Feb. 1812; 
 and accepted his present rank 27 Oct. 1846. 
 
 NEAME. (Commander, 1832. f-p., 45 ; h-p., 3.) 
 William Neame entered the Navy, in 1799, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Steady gun-brig; in 
 which vessel, commanded by a Lieutenant, he 
 served in the North Sea and West Indies until 1802 
 — the last two years in the capacity of Midshipman. 
 Be then successively joined the Hornet sloop, 
 • Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 650. 
 
 Capt. John Nash, and Excellent 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford and J. Nash ; and next, in 1803, the 
 Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. B. Stopford. For his con- 
 duct (on his return from the Mediterranean to the 
 West Indies) in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 
 1806, on which occasion he was slightly wounded,* 
 he was immediately nominated Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Cahopds 80, flag-ship of Bear-Admirals Sir 
 Thos. Louis and Geo Martin. Under the former 
 of those officers he assisted, in 1806-7, at the capture 
 of the French frigate Le President, and was present 
 in the expeditions to the DardaneUs and Egypt. 
 His promotion being confirmed by commission 
 dated 28 June, 1808, he subsequently, 22 Nov. 1809 
 and 6 March, 1814, became Senior of the Scodt 18, 
 Capts. Alex. Ronton Sharpe, Benj. Crispin, and 
 J as. Arthur Murray, and Hyacinth 24, Capt. A. B. 
 Sharpe, on the Mediterranean and Home stations. 
 In the Scout he was again (severely) wounded, 
 while contributing, in company with the Pomone 38 
 and Unite 36, to the destruction, 1 May, 1811, of 
 the French store-ships Giraffe and Noarrice, each 
 mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and both protected 
 by a 5-gun battery, a martello-tower, and a body of 
 about 200 regular troops, in Sagone Bay, Island of 
 Corsica ; where the service was accomplished at the 
 close of a gallant action of an hour and a half, at- 
 tended with a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 
 25 wounded. t Having left the Hyacinth in Sept. 
 1815, he was appointed, 10 Jan. 1817, a Chief Ofiicer 
 in the Water Guard. He removed, 28 Sept. 1818, 
 to the command of a Revenue-vessel ; and from 6 
 Sept. 1820 until awarded his present rank 4 April, 
 1832, he was employed as an Inspecting-Commander 
 in the Coast Guard. He was re-appointed to the 
 latter service as an Inspecting-Commander 18 
 March, 1834; and since 5 of the following Sept. 
 has held in it the of&ce of Deputy-Inspector- 
 General. 
 
 The injuries received by Commander Neame 
 during the war procured him gratuities from the 
 Patriotic Fund. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 NEED. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henry Need is eldest surviving son of the late 
 Lieut.-General Sam. Need, of Fountain Dale, Notts, 
 Colonel of H.M. 9th Lancers ; and brother of Lieut. 
 Chas. Need, of the 7th Native Infantry. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy 16 March, 1833 ; 
 passed his examination 1 May, 1839 ; was subse- 
 quently employed, as Mate, in the Melville 72, 
 Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, on the East 
 India station ; and for his services in that capacity, 
 while attached to the Druid 44, Capt. Henry Smith, 
 in the operations of May, 1841, against Canton, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. in the 
 same year.J His appointments have since been — 
 15 March, 1843, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Fowler Hastings, again in the East Indies, 
 whence he returned in the early part of 184.5 — and, 
 6 Dec. in the latter year, to the Terrible steam- 
 frigate, of 800 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, 
 under whom he is now employed, as Senior-Lieute- 
 nant, on particular service. 
 
 He married, 23 Deo. 1845, Jane, eldest daughter 
 of Jas. M'Dowell, Esq., of Portland Place, London, 
 and East Bridgeford, Notts. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 NEED. (Commander, 1847.) 
 Walter Need entered the Navy 1 1 Dec. 1824 ; 
 
 gassed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained his 
 rst commission 28 June, 1838. His succeeding 
 appointments were — 10 April, 1839, and 20 May, 
 1841, to the Bblleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, 
 and Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, both in 
 the Mediterranean, whence he returned to England 
 and was paid off at the close of 1843 — 4 Jan. 1845, 
 as Senior, to the ActjEon 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, 
 fitting for the coast of Africa, where he was super- 
 seded in the latter part of the same year — and, 4 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 373. f ^. G»'- ISll, p. 1200. 
 
 i Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 2504, 2539. 
 
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 NEILL— NELSON-NEPEAN. 
 
 Feb. 1847, in a similar capacity, to the Kodney 92, 
 Capt. Edw. Collier, employed on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations. He attained his present 
 rank 12 Oct. 1847. 
 
 NEILL. (COMMANDEK, 1815. F-p., 13 ; H-P., 35.) 
 Joseph Neill entered the Navy, 7 March, 1799, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the America 74, Capt. 
 John Smith, attached to the force in the North 
 Sea ; where and in the Channel he continued em- 
 ployed as Midshipman of the same ship and of the 
 Belliqceux 64, Capt. Rowley Bulteel, until May, 
 1802. In the America he accompanied the expe- 
 dition to Holland under Sir Andrew Mitchell ; and 
 in the Belliqueox he assisted, while in escort of an 
 East India conToy, at the capture of the French 40- 
 gan frigate La Concorde. After a servitude of 
 three years and nine months, still on the Home 
 station, in L'Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, 
 and REpntSB 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, 
 part of the force engaged in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action, he was promoted, 11 Nov. 1806, to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Courageux 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, off 
 Cadiz. He left that ship in May, 1808, and between 
 the following Nov. and Oct. 1814 was employed, on 
 the Downs, Channel, Lisbon, Baltic, North Sea, and 
 West India stations, in the Trusty 50, Capt. Brian 
 Hodgson, Tykian sloop, Capt. Henry Thos. Davies, 
 Dolphin, Capt. Christopher Watson, and Dictator 
 64 and Glodcestek 74, both commanded by Capt. 
 Robt. Williams. In the Dictator he was con- 
 stantly occupied in affording protection to the Bri- 
 tish convoys in the Baltic against the frequent 
 attacks of the Danish gun-boats. He attained the 
 rank of Commander 26 Aug. 1815, and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 NELSON. (CCajptam, 1822. f-p.,12 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Charles Nelson is second son of the Rev. Edm. 
 Nelson, Rector of Congham, near Lynn, co. Nor- 
 folk ; and cousin of the hero of the Nile, Copen- 
 hagen, and Trafalgar. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Superb 74, Capts. Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats, Donald M'Leod, and Sam. Jackson ; 
 in which ship he fought in the action off St. Do- 
 mingo, 6 Feb. 1806, accompanied the expedition of 
 1807 against Copenhagen, assisted in Aug. 1808 at 
 the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Marquis de 
 la Romana and his patriot troops, and passed the 
 winter of 1808-9 at Gottenborg. In July, 1809, he 
 was discharged into the Puissant sheerhulk at Spit- 
 head, Capt. Robt. Hall ; and he was next, between 
 March, 1810, and April, 1812, employed in the Medi- 
 terranean on board the Euryalus 36, Capts. Hon. 
 G. H. L. Dundas and Abel Ferris, and Hibernia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir R. G. Keats. Receiving, then, 
 a commission bearing date 5 Feb. 1812, he was in 
 the course of that year appointed, again in the 
 Mediterranean, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. 
 RoUes, Sparbowhawk sloop, Capt. Thos. Ball 
 Clowes, and Union 98, Capt. B. RoUes. In the last- 
 mentioned ship, which he left in July, 1814, he wit- 
 nessed the surrender of Genoa. He attained the 
 rank of Commander 13 June, 1815 ; and was lastly, 
 from 25 June, 1819, until June, 1822, employed in 
 the NiMROD 18, on the coast of Holland, where he 
 made prize of two smuggling vessels. His elevation 
 to Post-rank took place 9 Oct. 1822 ; and his accept- 
 ance of the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 NELSON. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 Horatio Nelson passed his examination 28 Sept. 
 1844 ; and after serving a short time as Mate in the 
 Heroine 6, Capt. Chas. Edmunds, on the coast of 
 Africa, was there, 9 Jan. 1846, nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the KoLLA 10, Capt. John Simpson ; 
 in which vessel (the appointment being confirmed 
 9 Nov. following) he is still employed under Capt. 
 Hugh Myddleton Ellicomhe. 
 
 NEPEAN. (Captain, 1841. p-p., 22; h-p.,27.) 
 
 Evan Nepean, born 15 Aug. 1785, atDevonport, 
 is second son of Lieut.-General Nicholas Nepean, 
 who died in 1823, by Francina only daughter of 
 Major Wedikind, of the 11th Hanoverian Regt. ; 
 and nephew of the Right Hon. Sir Evan Nepean, 
 Bart., M.P., who died 2 Oct. 1822, having held the 
 offices of Secretary to the Admiralty, Secretary of 
 State for Ireland, a Lord of the Admiralty, and 
 Governor of Bombay. Capt. N epean is brother (with 
 the present Lieut. John Nepean, R.N.) of Capt. 
 Chas. Wedikind Nepean, of the 7th Madras Native 
 Infantry, and also of Thos. Rudolph Nepean, Mid- 
 shipman R.N., who was drowned in 1801 while 
 serving with the late Admiral Jas. Macnamara in 
 the Cerberus 32. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Jan. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson, of 46 guns and 
 327 men, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham ; during a 
 servitude of seven months in which ship he was 
 employed cruizing in the Bay of Biscay, and partici- 
 pated, in company with the Phaeton 38, in a night- 
 action with the French frigate La Churente, While 
 attached next, between July, 1799, and Feb. 1802, 
 to the Phaeton, commanded by Capt. Jas. Nieoll 
 Morris, he went through a great variety of service, 
 escorted Lord Elgin as Ambassador to Constanti- 
 nople, assisted in landing troops at the siege of 
 Malta, joined in the successful operations against 
 Genoa, and aided in making prize of a large num- 
 ber of privateers and other vessels. He also, 28 
 Oct. 1800, contributed in the boats under Lieut. 
 Fras. Beaufort to the cutting out after an obstinate 
 engagement, of the Spanish polacre-rigged ship San 
 Josef, carrying 14 brass guns, 34 seamen, and 22 
 soldiers, moored under the protection of 5 guns in 
 the fortress of Fuengirola, near Malaga ; a most 
 spirited performance, in which the enemy sustained 
 a loss of 19 men wounded, and the British of 1 man 
 killed and 4 wounded. In March, 1802, Mr. Ne- 
 pean, who had been sent home in the prize under 
 the command of Lieut. Huish, but had again joined 
 the Phaeton, was received as Midshipman on board 
 the Cambridge 74, Capt. Chas. Henry Lane, lying 
 at Plymouth ; and in the course of the same year he 
 was in succession transferred to the Salvador del 
 MuNDO 112 and Hussar 38, the latter commanded by 
 Capt. Philip Wilkinson, under whom, while return- 
 ing to England from Ferrol with despatches, he had 
 the misfortune to be wrecked on the southernmost 
 part of theSaintes, on the night of 8 Feb. 1804. Being 
 reduced in consequence to the necessity of surren- 
 dering with the rest of his shipmates to the French 
 fleet in Brest Harbour, he was detained a prisoner 
 en parole in France, first at Verdun and then at 
 Arras and at Amiens, until June, 1814. On 9 of 
 that month he was placed on board the Prince 98, 
 Capt. Geo. Fowke, at Portsmouth ; and in Aug. of 
 the same ydar he passed his examination. In Aug. 
 1815, being at the time in the Albion 74, Capt. 
 Philip Somerville, he took up a commission dated 
 13 of the preceding Feb., and he was next, in July, 
 1821, appointed to the Eukyalus 42 ; in which ves- 
 sel he remained as commanding officer, fitting her 
 out intermediately for the pennant of the present 
 Sir Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, until removed, in 
 the ensuing Oct., to the Liffey 50, Commodore 
 Chas. Grant. Proceeding to India, he was there, 
 22 Oct. 1823, advanced to the rank of Commander, 
 and immediately sent home as Acting-Captain of 
 the Madagascar 46. During the passage he was 
 for three weeks exposed to a furious north-wester, 
 which entailed so much fatigue that the greater 
 part of the crew was placed on the sick-list, and 
 scarcely enough left to work the ship. From 10 
 April, 1835, until the spring of 1836, when the rot- 
 ten and defective state of his vessel compelled him 
 prematurely to return, we find Capt. Nepean com- 
 manding the Serpent 16 in the West Indies ; on 
 which station he captured a slaver, and a vessel 
 carrying 180 desperadoes who had been guilty of 
 piracy. His last appointment was, 9 May, 1839, to 
 the CoMus 18, again on the West India station, 
 where he was prineipally employed in affording pro- 
 
NEPEAN— NESIIAM— NETTLETON— NEVILL. 
 
 809 
 
 teotion to British trade during the revolutionary 
 movements at New Grenada. For several months 
 after the deatli of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey 
 he performed the duties of senior officer at Jamaica. 
 He returned home on the occasion of his elevation 
 to Post-rank, 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Nepean married, 7 June, 1825, Mary, 
 daughter of Capt. Stuart, R.N., of Montagu Square, 
 London, by whom he has issue. Agents — Burnett 
 and Holmes. 
 
 NEPEAN. (Lieut., 1806. f-p., 19;* h-p., 30.) 
 
 John Nepean was born 6 Jan. 1785. He is 
 brother of Capt. Evan Nepean, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1798, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Caton, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Robt. Browne, lying in Hamoaze ; and be- 
 tween 1799 and Aug. 1803 was employed on various 
 parts of the Home station in the Satcrn 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Foley, Nereide frigate, Capt. Fred. Watkins, 
 ViCTORiEUSE, Capt. Richards, Ambuscade 36, Capt. 
 Hon. John ColviUe, Galgo sloop, Capt. Rich. 
 Hawkins, and Galatea and Aigle frigates, both 
 commanded by Capt. Geo. Wolfe. After a further 
 servitude in the Foudrovant 80, bearing the flag 
 in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Dacres, also in the 
 Quebec and Euryalus frigates, each under the 
 orders of Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dun- 
 das (with whom he visited Cadiz and Teneriffe), 
 and in the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. Balling Dunn, 
 he was promoted, on his return home from Gibral- 
 tar, to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 
 25 Sept. 1806 ; and next in succession appointed — 
 29 of the same month, to the Raven sloop, Capt. 
 Jas. Grant, stationed off Lisbon and Oporto — 21 
 Deo. 1807, to the Bellerophon 74, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Albemarle Bertie in the Channel 
 ■ — 8 April, 1808, to the H umber, Capts. John Hill 
 and Robt. England, employed between Falmouth 
 and the Downs — about July, 1809, to the Imp^ri- 
 EUSE 38, Capts. Lord Cochrane, Thos. Gould, and 
 Hon. Henry Duncan, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea and Mediterranean — and, in 1811, to the 
 Regulating service, which he left in 1814. While 
 belonging to the Kaven he was wounded in her 
 boats in an attack upon a privateer ; and when in 
 the Imperiehse, in 1809, he assisted at the destruc- 
 tion of a fort in the river Scheldt, took part in the 
 operations connected with the siege of Flushing, 
 and was a second time wounded in an affair with 
 five Dutch schuyts near South Beveland. His last 
 appointments were — 26 April, 1823, to the Water 
 Guard, in which service he continued, we believe, 
 but a short period — 28 Oct. 1841, to the post (which 
 he retained until the close of 1843) of Admiralty 
 Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel — and, 
 4 Jan. and 22 May, 1845, to the San Josef 110, and 
 Caledonia 120, both commanded by Capt. Manley 
 Hall Dixon, at Devonport, where he is now em- 
 ployed. 
 
 NESHAM. (Vice-Admikal of the White, 
 1846. F-P'., 19; H-P., 46.) 
 
 Christopher John Williams Nesham, bom in 
 1771, is son of the late Christ. Nesham, Esq. (who 
 served as Aide-de-Camp to Colonel Monson at the 
 capture of Manilla in 1762), by Mary Williams, 
 sister of Wm. Peere Williams Freeman, Esq., who 
 died Admiral of the Fleet (1830), and a relative of 
 the late Lord North. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1782, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno frigate, Capt. Jas. 
 Montagu ; and on 20 June, in the following year, 
 was present, as Midshipman, in the action fought 
 between Sir Edw. Hughes and M. de Suffrein off 
 Cuddalore. On his return to England in the spring 
 of 1785 he successively joined the Edgar 74 and 
 Druid 32, Capts. Adam Duncan and Joseph Ellison, 
 under whom he served at Portsmouth and in the 
 Channel until March, 1788. In June, 1790, he be- 
 came attached to the Salisburt 50, bearing the 
 flag at Newfoundland of Vice-Admiral Milbank; 
 * Independently of time passed in the Water Guard. 
 
 and on 17 of the following Nov. he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 16 July, 1791, and 1 Sept. 1792, to the 
 Drake sloop, Capt. John Doling, and Niger 32, 
 Capts. Rich. Goodwin Keats and Robt. Moorsom, 
 both in the Channel— and, 11 May, 1793, to the 
 Adamant 50, Capts. Wm. Bentinck, Henry D'Es- 
 terre Darby, Henry Warre, and Wm. Hotham, in 
 which ship we find him employed on the West India, 
 Newfoundland, Lisbon, and North Sea stations. 
 Under the officer last mentioned he was present, as 
 First-Lieutenant, in the mutiny at theNore, and in 
 the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. Being 
 awarded a second promotal commission 2 Jan, 1798, 
 he was next, 13 April, 1801, invested with the com- 
 mand (which he retained until posted 29 April, 1802) 
 of the SoFFiSANTE sloop. His after-appointments 
 were— 26 Oct. 1804, to the Foudroyant 80, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Thos. Graves off Rochefort, where he 
 continued until Feb. 1805— and, 25 March, 1807, 
 6 July, 1808, and 21 July, 1809, to the TTltsses 44, 
 Intrepid 6^ and Captain 74, all on the West India 
 station, whither, in the Ulysses, he escorted a fleet 
 of merchantmen. In that ship Capt. Nesham also 
 co-operated in the reduction of Marie-Galante in 
 March, 1808. In the Intrepid he assisted, in Feb. 
 1809, and was mentioned in terms of high appro- 
 bation for his able support of Commodore Geo. 
 Cockburn, at the capture of Martinique ; where, 
 in command with Capt. Robt. Barton of a body 
 of about 400 seamen and marines, he superintended 
 (prior to the erection of batteries, whose fire he 
 soon rendered irresistible) the transport of the 
 heavy cannon, mortars, and howitzers up to Mount 
 Sourier, from the eastern side of Fort Edward, 
 a service, owing to the rains and the deepness of 
 the roads, of the utmost labour and difficulty.* 
 On 15 of the following April the Intrepid was 
 severely cut up in an engagement with the French 
 frigates Henriade and Felicile, under the guns of 
 Fort Matilda, Guadeloupe. In Dec. 1809 Capt. 
 Nesham returned to England and paid the Captain 
 off, that ship being found unfit for further service. 
 His last appointment was, 22 July, 1830, to the 
 Melville 74, in the Mediterranean, where he re- 
 mained about 12 months. He became a Retired 
 Rear-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, but was transferred to 
 the Active list 17 Aug. 1840, and on 9 Nov. 1846 
 advanced to the rank he now holds. 
 
 The Vice-Admiral married, first, in 1802, Mar- 
 garet Anne, youngest daughter of the first, sister 
 of the second, and aunt of the present Lord Graves ; 
 and (that lady dying in 1808) secondly, in July, 
 1833, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Colonel 
 Nicholas Bayly, brother of the late Earl of Ux- 
 bridge, and first-cousin of the Marquis of Anglesey, 
 K.G., G.C.B. His only daughter by his former 
 marriage became the wife, in Jan. 1831, of Major 
 Lloyd, of the 73rd regt. 
 
 NETTLETON. (Lieotenant, 1845.) 
 
 Peter Gordon Nettleton passed his examina^ 
 tion 13 Feb. 1837; and between 1810 and the date 
 of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Aug. 
 1845, was employed on the Mediterranean and 
 African stations, as Mate, in the Cambridge 78, 
 Capt. Edw. Barnard, Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. 
 Rose Sartorius, and Eclair steam-sloop, Capt. 
 Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt. He then joined 
 the Tortoise store-ship at Ascension, Capt. Arthur 
 Morrell; and since 24 April, 1846, has been serving 
 in the Apollo troop-shix), Capt. Wm. Radcliffe. 
 
 NEVILL. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 20.) 
 William Nevill is son of the late Wm; Nevill, 
 
 Esq., of Easton, Hants ; and brother-in-law of J 
 
 Griffith, Esq., of H.M. Ordnance. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1807, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt. 
 
 John Irwin, lying at Spithead ; removed, in Feb. 
 
 1810, to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth ; 
 
 and again, 30 Nov. 1812, embarked, as a Supemu- 
 • Vide Gal. 1 809, pp. 482, 488. 
 
 5 L 
 
810 
 
 NEVILLE-NEWCOMEN-NEWELL-NEWENHAM. 
 
 1, t= ^antured by hoarding, and 
 command of her T'of ''f^^rmouth of Little Egg 
 afterwards de^tro^ea, , ^^ ^f.^arque hvigBegent, 
 Harbour, tbe American lette^^^^ ^ h ^ ^.^^^^ ^^^ ^ 
 
 of 5 guns and 35 men, ^ " Brftisb of himself and 
 wounded, with a W^s-io ^^^jngi his present rank 
 1 seaman woundei. He ^^ half-pay. 
 
 ^ ^.??'^ls awardedf 23 Oct. 1815, a pension of 9W. 5,. 
 
 merary, on board the Puissant 74, sheerhulk, at 
 Spithead, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page. He sailed soon 
 afterwards for St. Helena, as a Volunteer, in the 
 Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. M'^^'^J^^^^^ S"^l'' 
 return successively joined, in Jan. 1814, the Royal 
 Sovereign 100, Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, and, as 
 Midshipman, the Scamandek 36 Capts Gilbert 
 Heathcote and Sir John Louis. After ^crying in 
 that ship at Bermuda, as Master's Mate in the Ka- 
 MiLLTES 74, and Mai/ta 80, commanded at Plymouth 
 by Capt. Chas. Ogle, and ks Admiralty-Midshipman 
 in the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles, m South 
 Americ^hefoSied, in M^rch, 1816, the Magicienne 
 36, Capt. John Brett Purvis ; of which ship, sta- 
 tioned in the East Indies, he was created a Lieute- 
 nant 12 Deo. in the same year. Being paid ott in 
 July, 1819, he was next appointed— 28 May, 1822, to 
 the JopiTEK 60, Capt. Geo. Augustus Westphall, 
 under whom he escorted Lord Amherst and suite 
 to Bengal— and, 14 June, 1824, to the Jasedr sloop, 
 Capt. Thos. Martin, fitting for South America. He 
 attained the rank of Commander 9 Feb. 1825 ; and 
 was subsequently, from 27 Nov. 1841, until advanced 
 on his return to England to Post-rank, 2 May, 
 1846, employed in that capacity in the Serpent 16, 
 again on the East India station. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Nevill is a Magistrate for Winchester and 
 CO. Hants. 
 
 NEVILLE. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 James Neville entered the Navy, in 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cekbekds 32, Capts. 
 John Drew and Jas. Macnamara. In that ship, be- 
 sides sharing as Midshipman in many privateer 
 actions, he took part, off Ferrol, 20 Oct. 1799, in a 
 most gallant and all but successful attack upon one 
 of five Spanish frigates in escort, with two armed 
 brigs, of a large convoy of merchantmen. Becoming 
 Master's Mate, in May, 1800, of the Iphigenia fri- 
 gate, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, he obtained com- 
 mand, on the night of 29 Aug. following, of one of 
 the boats of a squadron, 20 in number, under the 
 orders of Lieut. Henry Burke, and assisted in 
 cutting out, close to the batteries in Vigo Bay, La 
 Guepe privateer, of 18 guns and 161 men, which 
 vessel, 25 of whose people were killed and 40 
 wounded, was in 15 minutes boarded and carried, 
 with a loss to the British of 3 seamen and 1 marine 
 killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 seamen, and 5 marines 
 wounded, and 1 seaman missing. While Acting 
 Senior-Lieutenant of the same ship, which was soon 
 afterwards burnt in Aboukir Bay, Mr. Neville was 
 present at the landing of the troops in Egypt in 
 March, 1801. In June of that year he was again 
 ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Northumber- 
 liANB 74, Capt. Geo. Martin, attached to the force 
 in the Mediterranean ; and on 3 Dec. 1802 he was 
 officially promoted. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 8 April, 1803, and 21 July, 1804, to the Texel 
 64 and Malabar 50, Capts. Hon. Geo. Byng and 
 Robt. Hall, employed off Margate and in the North 
 Sea — 5 July, 1805, to the Dart sloop, Capts. Wm. 
 Brownrigg, Hon. Michael De Courcy, Joseph Spear, 
 and Thos. Tudor Tucker, in the West Indies— 11 
 April, 1807, to the Vends 32, Capt. Henrjf Matson, 
 on the same station, whence, in the ensuing June, 
 he returned with convoy to England — 8 March, 
 1808, to the Delphinea 18, Capt. Rich. Harward, 
 which vessel was cast away five months afterwards 
 on the coast of Holland— 17 Deo. 1808, for a few 
 weeks, to the Eclipse sloop, Capt. Creyke- 3 Nov. 
 and 26 Deo. 1810, to the Ganvmede and Statira 
 frigates, commanded by Capt. Hassard Stackpoole 
 in the West Indies and on the North American sta- 
 tion, whence he invalided in Nov. 1812—3 July, 
 1813, for two years, to the Forth 44, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Bolton, employed at first in the North Sea, and then 
 again on the American coast— and, 7 April, 1826, in 
 a similar capacity, to the Perseds receiving-ship off 
 the Tower, Capt Jas. Couch. On 19 Sept. 1814, 
 bemg at the time Senior of the Forth, he took 
 
 per annum for his wounds^ 
 
 N?^o?GTl?;cii;rentrd^'tWavy 5 Aa, 
 iR?inaLd Ms examination 27 Aug. 1838; and at 
 1831 , Passea I romotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 
 *' ri9 An/ 18Vtad been serving for some time 
 talL Medfierrt^ean as Mate of the Weas.l 10, 
 m ™e mciu Edmonstone. His sue- 
 
 Sng a"fmente were-12 Sept 1842 as Ad- 
 ditS to the Qdeen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. V. 
 CR Owen, also in the Mediterranean-24 June, 
 1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 5 March, 1844, 
 again as Additional, to the Aginoodet 72, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane in the East 
 Indies, whence he returned at the close of 1845—20 
 March, 1846, to the Devastation steam-sloop, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Hotham, fitting for the coast of Africa— 
 and, 3 Aug. 1846, to the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. 
 Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, which vessel was 
 paid off in 1847, on her arrival home from the S.E. 
 coast of America. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 NEWELL. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.) 
 Jdlius James Farmer Newell entered the 
 Navy, 18 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Diana 38, Capts. Chas. Grant and Wm. Ferris; 
 tmder the former of whom, on his return from a 
 voyage to the West Indies, he participated in an 
 attack made in Nov. 1810 upon the two French 
 frigates Amazone and Slize, lying agroimd under 
 the protection of several strong batteries in the 
 neighbourhood of La Hogue. In Oct. 1811 here- 
 joined Capt. Grant on board the St. Albans 64; 
 and, continuing to serve with him in the Armada 
 74 until Sept. 1814, was present in that ship in a 
 partial action with the French fleet off Toulon 5 
 Nov. 1813, also in the unsuccessful attack upon 
 Leghorn, and at the reduction of Genoa and Savona. 
 Being received, next, on board the Rhin 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Malcolm, he was afforded an opportunity, 18 
 July, 1815, of witnessing the capture, by the boats 
 of a squadron, of three armed vessels and a convoy 
 in the harbour of Corrijou, near Abervrach. He 
 took up, in the following month, a commission 
 bearing date 4 March, 1815 ; and was next appoint- 
 ed— 23 Sept. 1817, to the Pandora 18, Capts. Geo. 
 Matthew Jones and Chas. GrenviUe Randolph, in 
 which vessel he was for nearly five years employed 
 on the Cork station— and, 11 May, 1824, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Sappho 18, Capts. Wm. Hotham 
 and Wm. Pitt Canning, fitting for HaUfax, where 
 and at the Cape of Good Hope he served for about 
 two years. Attaining the rank of Commander 20 
 Nov. 1828, he was appointed in that capacity, 28 Jan. 
 1836, to the Orestes 18, and next, 1 Jan. 1838, to 
 the Second-Captaincy of the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. 
 Fisher, both in the Mediterranean. Since his ad- 
 vancement to Post-rank, which took place 28 June 
 in the latter year, he has been on half-pay. Agents 
 ^Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 NEWENHAM. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 18; h-p.,26.) 
 William Persse Newenham, born 8 Feb. 1790, 
 is grandson of the late Sir Edw. Newenham, three 
 years M.P. for co. Dublin His uncle fell in com- 
 mand of a fort at Toulon in 1793 
 
 tJ*!}' fR"^"" ™^*'""1 the Navy, 18 Feb. 1803, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, under the patronage of Admiral Lord 
 Hood, on board the Virhinie 38, Cant John Poo 
 Beresford; in which frigate and, M Mfdshipman in 
 the Cleopatra of 38 guns and 200 men, Capt S^? 
 Robt. Laurie, he was lor some time employed in 
 • yUeGaz. 1814, p. 2466. 
 
NEWENHAM— NEWLAND-NEWMAN— NEWNHAM. 
 
 811 
 
 blockading the Dutch fleet in the Texel, and also 
 in watching the invasion flotilla at Boulogne. On 
 proceeding with intelligence of the war with Spain 
 to Halifax, he was present in the latter ship when 
 captured, 17 Feb. 180,% after a brilUant and self- 
 sought action of nearly three hours, and a loss of 20 
 killed and 38 wounded, by La VUle de Milan, of 46 
 guns and 350 men, 10 of whom appear to have been 
 slain. During the combat, although severely hurt 
 by the wheel falling upon him, Mr. Newenham, on 
 the ensign being shot away, ran aft and hoisted 
 another at the mizen-top. He acted on the occasion 
 as Aide-de-Camp to his Captain. On 23 of the 
 same month the French ship, owing to the damage 
 she had sustained, fell an easy capture, as did her 
 prize, to the Leander 50, Capt. John Talbot ; and 
 being added to the British Navy as the 38-gun fri- 
 gate Milan, was commissioned by Sir Robt. Laurie ; 
 under whom (with the exception of an interval in 
 1806 and Aug. 1807, partly spent in the EspiioLB 
 sloop, Capt. Henry Gage Morris, on the coast of 
 Ireland) Mr. Newenham continued to serve, still on 
 the Halifax station, until nominated, 16 June, 1810, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the HARpy sloop, Capts. Geo. 
 Wm. Biamey, Edw. Henry A'Court, and Henderson 
 Bain. In that vessel, to which he was confirmed 23 
 July following, he co-operated for a time with the 
 British army in the Tagus, and then proceeded to 
 India, where he served on shore as her Senior-Lieu- 
 tenant with a party of seamen at the reduction of 
 Java in Aug. 1811. In consequence of an attack of 
 dysentery, there contracted, he was compelled in 
 the ensuing Dec, a few months after his removal to 
 the Lion 64, Capt. Henry Heathcote, to invalid 
 home on board the Java 38, Capt. Scott. He 
 arrived in England in March, 1812, and for four 
 years was a martyr to the severity of his complaint. 
 Although his health at the end of that period be- 
 came re-established he did not succeed in obtaining 
 further employment until 17 Aug. 1826, when, 
 through the instrumentality of Sir Robt. Laurie, he 
 was appointed to the Sussex Coast Blockade as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and was stationed at 
 Hastings. Continuing in that service until it was 
 broken up in 1831, he repeatedly performed the 
 duties of Divisional-Lieutenant, and came into fre- 
 quent and severe contact with armed bodies of 
 smugglers, from whom, during the last year, he 
 wrested two cutters and a fishing-lugger, with 
 cargoes on board of the value of at least 2000/. 
 His next appointment was, 6 Nov. 1837, to the 
 Coast Guard, in which he remained until obliged in 
 1842 to resign, after having been thrice sent to 
 Haslar Hospital, and been for 15 weeks supplied 
 with private medical aid, from the effects of contu- 
 sion of the brain and of two other accidents in the 
 head received in the execution of his duty. He 
 has been employed, since 6 Sept. 1845, as Admiralty- 
 Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 Lieut. Newenham married 7 March, 1826 ; and 
 has issue a son and daughter. Agents — Case and 
 Loudonsack. 
 
 NEWENHAM. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Thomas Newenham entered the Navy 
 10 Sept. 1813 ; and in 1814-15 was present as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol. of the Hannibal 74, Capt. Sir Michael Sey- 
 mour, at the capture of the French 40-gun frigate 
 La Sultane, and, while holding the same rating on 
 board the Statika 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, 
 in the operations against New Orleans. He after- 
 wards, as Midshipman of the Slanet 20, Capt. 
 Chas. Mitchell, enacted a part in the hostilities 
 against Ava. He passed his examination 4 Dec. 
 1825 ; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 
 25 June, 1840; and acquired his present rank 23 
 Nov. 1841. He has been on half-pay since the 
 commencement of 1842. 
 
 March, 1838; and was subsequently appointed-in 
 May of the same year, as Additional-Lieutenant, to 
 the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship in the Me- 
 diterranean of Hon. Sir Kobt. Stopford-15 Deo. 
 follovring, to the Wolverene 16, Capt. Wm. Tucker, 
 on the African station, where he wag superseded 
 early in 1840-24 July, 1840, and 1 Jan. 1842, ag*ia 
 as Additional, to the Pkesident 50, Capt. Wm. 
 Broughtou, and Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Rich. Thomas, both in South America— and, 
 17 Jan. 1843, as Senior, to the Spiteful steamer, of 
 280 horse-power, Capte. Wm. Maitlandand Sir Wm. 
 Hoste, fitting for the East Indies. During an ex- 
 pedition conducted, in July, 1846, by Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane, against the Sultan of Borneo, we find 
 him, on 8 of that month, commanding a party of 
 seamen at the capture and destruction of the 
 enemy's forts and batteries in the River Brune.* 
 Between the 20th and the 26th he was employed 
 under Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy (whose thanks he 
 obtained for his exertions) in ascending different 
 branches of that stream and in marching, despite 
 many impediments, into the interior of the country, 
 again at the head of a body of seamen, in a fruitless 
 attempt to gain possession of the Sultan's person. f 
 He was promoted to his present rank on his return 
 to England 30 July, 1847 ; and is now on half-pay. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 NEWLAND. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 Charles Frankland Newland passed his exa- 
 mination in 1831 ; obtained his first commission 2 
 
 NEWMAN. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Robert Amyett Newman assisted, while Mid- 
 shipman of the CouRAGEux 74, Capts. Chas. Boyles 
 and Rich. Lee, at the reduction of Ste. Lucie, in 
 July, 1803, also in Sir Rich. John Straohan's action 
 with the four line-of-battle ships escaped from Tra- 
 falgar 4 Nov. 1805, and at the capture, 13 March, 
 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Foule. On 
 becoming attached to the San Domingo 74, succes- 
 sive flag-ship of Sir R. J. Strachan and Sir .John 
 Borlase Warren, he accompanied the expedition of 
 1809 to the Walcheren, and served in her boats at 
 the capture of four privateers in the Chesapeake, 
 and in the attack made in 1813 on Crany Island, 
 Hampton, and other places. In charge, on one oc- 
 casion, of a prize, he succeeded in taking a mer- 
 chant-ship laden with valuable naval stores ; and 
 while serving in the Chesapeake in a tender he was 
 wounded. In 1815, being then in the Phcenix 36, 
 Capt. Chas. John Austen, he again saw much boat- 
 service against the pirates of the Grecian Archipe- 
 lago ; where, we believe, he was wrecked during a 
 hurricane, 20 Feb. 1816. On 11 Dec. 1827, eleven 
 years after he had passed his examination, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 19 Feb. 1830, to the Coast 
 Blockade, in which service he continued, as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Talaveka 74, Capt. 
 
 Hugh Pigot, until it was broken up in 1831 10 
 
 April, 1840, to the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admirals Fred. Warren and Sir Sam. Pym, Admi- 
 ral-Superintendents at Plymouth, where he was 
 superseded in May, 1843— and, 7 Nov. in the latter 
 year, to the command, which he stiU retains, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 In July, 1846, Lieut. Newman received a Silver 
 Medal from the Royal Humane Society as a reward 
 for the manner in which he had risked his existence 
 by throwing himself into the water to the rescue of 
 others. He is married and has issue. 
 
 NEWNHAM. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 Nathaniel Newnham entered the Navy, 15 Mav 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74 Capts 
 Donald M'Leod and Sam. Jackson. In that shin 
 which bore the broad pendant and flag of the late 
 Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, he accompanied the ex 
 pedition to Copenhagen in 1807, went to the Medi- 
 terranean in pursuit of a French squadron which 
 had effected its escape from Rochefort, assisted at 
 the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish army 
 under the Marquis de la Romana in Aug. 1808, was 
 * P-ide G«. 1846, p. 34<2. + F. Gm. 1846, pp. 3446-47 
 
 5L 2 
 
812 
 
 NEWTON. 
 
 frozen up in Jan. 1809 at Gottenborg (whence the 
 SopEKB was only extricated by a canal being cut 
 through four miles of ice), and in the following Aug. 
 co-operated in the attack upon Flushing. After a 
 servitude of rather more than five months and a 
 half at Spithead in the Puissant 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Hall, he became Midshipman, in April, 1810, of the 
 Theban 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby; which 
 frigate, at noon on 8 Sept. 1812, was caught in a 
 typhoon in the China Sea, and before midnight was 
 left with nothing standing but her foremast and 
 bowsprit. On his return to England with Capt. 
 Digby in the CoKNWAi.t,is 74, Mr. Newnbam, in 
 Oct. 1814, joined the Ttkian brig, Capt. Augustus 
 Baldwin, stationed in the Channel. He was next 
 received on board the Belleroi'hon 74 and Salis- 
 bury 50, the latter bearing the flag of Sir K. G. 
 Keats at Newfoundland ; where, in the course of 
 1815, on 1 Jan. in which year he had been awarded 
 a commission, he was appointed a Lieutenant of the 
 HARiiEQUiN 18, Capt. "Wm. Kempthome: From 12 
 Dec. ensuing until paid otf, 17 April, 1819, he again 
 served in the East Indies on board the Towey 24, 
 Capts. Hew Steuart and Wm. Hill. His last ap- 
 pointments were — 2 June, 1824, to the Coast Block- 
 ade, in which he was for some time employed as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Kamillies 74, 
 Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, and Hyperion 42, Capt. 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 22 Jan. 1827, as Senior, to the 
 Alugator 28, Capt. Wm. Pitt Canning, on the 
 Halifax station — 5 March following, to the charge, 
 for five years, of the Signal station on Kingston 
 Hill — and, 12 Jan. 1835, to the command (which he 
 retained until the commencement of 1841) of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. In 1840 he received a 
 Silver Medal from the Shipwreck Society, and the 
 thanks of the Koyal Humane Society, for his exer- 
 tions in saving the crews of three vessels wrecked 
 on the beach between Bearshide and Black Bock, 
 CO. Cornwall. 
 
 Lieut. Newnham is Senior of 1815. He married, 
 8 June, 1819, Mary, youngest daughter of Dr. 
 Cooke, of Gower Street, Bedford Square, London. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 NEWTON. (Commander, 1838. r-p., 26; 
 H-p., 9.) 
 
 Charles James Franklin Newton was bom in 
 1799. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 March, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph 
 Bingham, in which ship, during a servitude of seven 
 months and a half, part of the time in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, he was employed at the blockade of 
 Flushing, the Texel, and Cherbourg, and in cruizing 
 among the Western Islands. Joining next, in Dec. 
 1813, the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, he visited 
 the Cape of Good Hope, the Brazils, and coast of 
 Africa, and, among other vessels, assisted, in com- 
 pany with the Tagos 36, at the capture of the French 
 40-gun frigate Ceres, off the Cape de Verde Islands, 
 6 Jan. 1814. In Sept. 1815 he removed to the 
 Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, at Ports- 
 mouth ; and he subsequently, between March, 1816, 
 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 4 May, 1821, served, on the Home station, 
 in the Pelican 16, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson, and 
 Ganymede 20 and Severn 40, both commanded by 
 Capt- Wm. M'Culloch. His commission was pre- 
 sented to him at the instance of the Commander-in- 
 Chief at Chatham, as a reward for his conduct in 
 having, on 21 of the preceding Feb., attacked, with 
 the present Lieut. Edw. Digby, an overwhelming 
 body of armed smugglers at Brookland, in Kent, 
 and captured two of the principal among them, one 
 of whom was executed. In the course of the same 
 year Mr. Newton, who had been wounded, was pre- 
 sented with a sword by the committee at Lloyd's 
 for saving the crew of a vessel wrecked on Dun- 
 geness beach. His appointments as Lieutenant 
 were— 22 Sept. 1821, to the Brisk 10, Capts. Edw. 
 Stewart and Adolphus FitzClarence, on the Home 
 Station— 12 April, 1824, for a few months, to the j 
 
 Infernal bomb, Capt. Kobt. Heriott Barclay, part 
 of the time under Sir Harry Burrard Neale, in his 
 demonstration before Algiers, where he had charge 
 of a rocket-boat — 10 April, 1826, to the Prince Re- 
 gent 120, successive flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom 
 and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, at Chatham — U 
 May, 1832 (two years after he had left the Prince 
 Regent), and 12 July, 1833, as a Supernumerary, to 
 the Spaetiate 76, Capt. Robt. Tait (flag-ship for 
 some time of Sir Michael Seymour), and Dublin 50, 
 Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, both in South Amer 
 rica— and, 25 Feb. 1834, to the Challenger 28, 
 Capt. Michael Seymour, on the same station, whence 
 he returned in 1835. He attained his present rank 
 28 June, 1838, and was afterwards employed, from 4 
 July, 1839, untU the summer of 1844, in the Coast 
 Guard ; and from 14 Dec. in the latter year until 
 paid off in July, 1847, in command of the Lily 16, 
 on the coast of Africa. 
 
 Commander Newton married, in 1830, the only 
 daughter of D. H. Day, Esq., of Wilmington Hall, 
 CO. Kent, by whom he has issue two children. 
 
 NEWTON. (LlEnT., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 27.) 
 
 James Newton died 29 July, 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1805, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Puissant 74, Capt. 
 John Irwin, lying at Spithead. Removing, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., in July, 1807, to the Horatio of 46 guns anc^ 
 270 men, Capt. Geo. Scott, he visited Quebec and 
 Halifax, and then proceeded to the West Indies, 
 where, in company with the Latona 38, and Supb- 
 rieure and Driver sloops, he assisted at the cap- 
 ture, 10 Feb. 1809, of La Jurum French frigate, of 
 46 guns and 323 men, after a close and sanguinary 
 action of three hours, attended with a loss to the 
 Horatio of 7 killed and 33 wounded, to her anta^ 
 gonist of 130 killed and wounded. On 21 Feb. 1810, 
 having attained the rating of Midshipman, he fur- 
 ther aided in making prize, at the close of a long 
 chase, and of a running fight of one hour, of La. 
 Necessite, pierced for 40 gtms, but not mounting 
 more than 28, with a complement on board of 186 
 men, and laden with naval stores and provisions 
 from Brest, bound to the Isle of France. Between 
 the following Oct. and June, 1815, he was cm- 
 ployed on the Home, Baltic, West India, and North 
 American stations, in the Aimable 32, Capt. John 
 Chas. Wooloombe, Thisbe 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, 
 Bellette 18, Capt. David Sloane, and Asia 74 and 
 ToNNANT 80, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 whom he accompanied in the expedition against 
 New Orleans. On leaving the Tonnant, as above, 
 he took up a commission bearing date 2 March, 
 1815. His last appointment was, 3 Sept. 1818, to the 
 Driver 18, Capt. Chas. Hope Reid, in which vessel 
 he served for about three years on the Leith station. 
 
 NEWTON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 Robert Newton entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1803, 
 as A. B.,* on board the Neptune 98, Capts. Wm. 
 O'Brien Drury, Sir Thos. Williams, and Thos. Eras. 
 Fremantle, in which ship he served in the Chan- 
 nel, at the blockade of Cadiz, and at Trafalgar. 
 From Feb. 1806 until Feb. 1812 we find him em- 
 ployed as A. B., Quartermaster, and Midshipman, 
 in the Dreadnought 98, Capts. Wm. Lechmere and 
 Sam. Hood Linzee (flag-ship for some time of Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Sotheby), on the Baltic and Channel 
 stations. He then joined the Ocean 98, Capt. Robt. 
 Plampin, attached to the force in the Mediterra- 
 nean, where he shared in a partial action fought 13 
 Feb. 1814 with the Toulon fleet ; and in June, 1815, 
 after having served a short time as Mate, again in 
 the Channel, of the Mullet, Lieut.-Commander 
 Crosby, and for seven months on the Cork station 
 as Second-Master of the Martial Tg, Capt. Jas. 
 Leach, he took up a commission dated 3 Feb in 
 that year. He has since been on half-pay. Age.nts 
 — Holmes and Folkord. 
 
NIAS-NICHOLAS— NICHOLLS-NICHOLS. 
 
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 NIAS, C.B, (Captain, 1835. f-p., 25; h-p., 15.) 
 JoSEFH NiAS entered the Navy 19 Not. 1807, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Nautilus sloop, Capt. 
 Matthew Smith, with whom he continued employed, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Comos 
 22 and Nymphen 36, on the Lisbon, Mediterranean, 
 North Sea, and Channel stations, until Aug. 1815. 
 Between Oct. in the latter year and Jan. 1818 he 
 served at Plymouth and Portsmouth as Master's 
 Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman in the Ramillies 
 74, Malta 80, and Kivoli 74, Capts. Chas. Ogle 
 and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, also in the Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thombrough, and 
 in the Vengeuk 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander. He 
 then joined the Alexander brig, in which vessel, 
 commanded by the present Sir Edw. Wm, Parry, he 
 accompanied an expedition sent under the orders of 
 Capt. John Koss to ascertain the existence of a 
 North-West Passage. In Feb. 1819, three months 
 after his return to England, he was again placed 
 under the orders of Capt. Parry, in the Hecla 
 bomb, and in the following May sailed on another 
 mission to the frozen regions, where he penetrated 
 to long. 113° 54' 43" W., within the Arctic Circle, 
 and became thereby entitled to a portion of a Par- 
 liamentary reward of 5000Z. On his arrival home 
 he was presented with a commission dated 26 Dec. 
 1820. Being next, 1 Jan. following, appointed to 
 the Hecla bomb, also commanded by Capt. Parry, 
 he sailed with that enterprising officer, 8 May, 1821, 
 on a third voyage of discovery to the Polar Sea, 
 whence he returned in Nov. 1823. On 6 Jan. 1826 
 we find him appointed First of the Asia 84, flag- 
 ship of Sir Edw. Codrington in the Mediterranean ; 
 and on 11 Nov. 1827, as a reward for his conduct at 
 the battle of Navarin, promoted to the rank of 
 Commander ; in which capacity he was further, from 
 8 Jan. 1828 until 1830, employed in the Mediterra- 
 nean on board the Alacrity 10. He attained Post- 
 rank 8 July, 1835, but he did not succeed in again 
 procuring employment until 24 May, 1838, when he 
 received instructions to commission the Herald 
 26 for service in the East Indies. While in that 
 ship, in which he continued a period of five years, 
 Capt. Nias bore a very distinguished part, and was 
 warmly mentioned for the able conduct he displayed, 
 during the campaign in China, particularly in the 
 action with the Bogue forts, 26 Feb. 1841, in the 
 attack made the next day upon the enemy's camp, 
 fort, and ship Cambridge^ bearing the Chinese Ad- 
 miral's flag, at their position below "Whampoa Reach, 
 where 98 guns were in the whole destroyed, and in 
 the operations of the ensuing March against Can- 
 ton.* Asa reward for his services, he was nominated 
 a C.B. 29 June, 1841. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 NICHOLAS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 25. ) 
 John Nicholas entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capts. Sir 
 Rich. King, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, 
 and Aiskew Paflard Hollis ; in which ship he conti- 
 nued to serve, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 on the Home, Mediterranean, and Brazilian stations, 
 the latter part of the time under the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Manley Dixon, until July, 1815. Besides 
 accompanying the expedition of 1809 to the Wal- 
 cheren, he co-operated in the defence of Sicily, and 
 was for a considerable period employed in block- 
 ading the French and Venetian squadrons in Venice^ 
 consisting of three line-of-battle ships and a frigate 
 ready for sea, and several of each class fitting in the 
 arsenal. On leaving the Achille, as above, he 
 took up a commission dated 15 Feb. 1815. His 
 subsequent appointments, were — 9 May, 1837, to the 
 San JosbfUO, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral- 
 Superintendent Fred. Warren— 10 April, 1840, for 
 a brief period, to the Coast Guard— and 22 May, 
 1843, and 22 May, 1845, to the San Josbp again and 
 Caledonia 120, both commanded at Devonport by 
 Capt. Manley Hall Dixon. He has been on half-pay 
 since the spring of 1846. 
 
 * Videljui. 1841, pp. 1498, 1501, 1505. 
 
 NICHOLLS. (LiEtiT., 1815. f-p., 23; h-p., 19.) 
 James Thomas Nicholls entered the Navy, 1 
 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 
 98, Capts. Sam. "Warren, Wm. Albany Otway, and 
 Donald M'Leod, and was for upwards of two years 
 employed in that ship in the Channel and off Cadiz 
 —part of the time as Midshipman under the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Chas. StirUng. From Dec. 1807 until 
 Nov. 1811 he was occupied on Home service in the 
 Barfleuk 98, Capt. Donald M'Leod, Bustard 16, 
 Capt. John Duff Markland, Obeeon sloop, Capts. 
 Geo. Manners Sutton and Jas. Murray, and Royal 
 William, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton. He 
 then joined the Dominica schooner, mounting 12 
 12-pounder carronades, 2 sixes, and a 32-pounder 
 on a traversing carriage, with a complement of 66 
 men, Capts. Robt. Hockings and Geo. Wilmot Bar- 
 rette, which vessel, after having had all but one of 
 her crew either killed or wounded in a determined 
 resistance of nearly an hour, was boarded and taken, 
 5 Aug. 1813, by the Franco-American privateer 
 Decatur, carrying 6 12-pounder carronades and 1 
 long 18-pounder traversing carriage, together with 
 a crew of at least 120 men, 4 of whom were slain 
 and 15 wounded. On his release from captivity in 
 July, 1814, Mr. Nicholls became attached to the 
 Argo 44, flag-ship at Jamaica of Rear-Admiral 
 Wm. Brown. He was next received on board the 
 Prince 98, bearing the flag at Spithead of Sir Edw. 
 Thornbrough, and Euryalus 36, Capts. Chas. Nar 
 pier and Thos. Huskisson ; and in Aug. 1815 he 
 took up a commission dated 24 of the preceding 
 Feb. He was afterwards employed in the Coast 
 Guard from 5 April, 1831, until the spring of 1844, 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 NICHOLLS. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 36.) 
 
 Thomas Willcocks Nicholls died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1797, as 
 L.M., on board the Viper gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John PengeUy, on the Channel station, 
 where, and on the coast of Spain, he continued em- 
 ployed, the greater part of the time in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, in the Haeklem 64, Capt. Geo. 
 Burlton, Ajax 74, Capts. Hon. Alex. Inglis Coch- 
 rane and John Pakenham, Indefatigable 46, Capts. 
 Hon. Henry Curzon and Matthew Henry Scott, 
 and Aggressor gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Thom- 
 son, until 1802. Joining next the Africaine 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Manby, he served for some time at the 
 blockade of Helvoetsluys and the Texel, and iras 
 on board that ship in a gale in which she was totally 
 dismasted. On arriving with convoy in the West 
 Indies in 1805, he was received as, a Supernumerary 
 on board the Northumberland 74, bearing the 
 flag of Hon. Alex. Cochrane, who, on 18 Nov. in 
 the same year, appointed him Sub-Lieutenant of 
 the Pert, Capt. Pringle. In the ensuing Dec, and 
 in March, 1806, and Feb. 1807, he was successively 
 nominated, also in the West Indies, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Dolphin, Hippomenes, and Canada, 
 to which latter ship, commanded by Capt. John 
 Harvey, the Admiralty confirmed him 13 Aug. 1807. 
 His last appointments were — 1 Aug. 1808 (seven 
 months after he had left the Canada), to the Le- 
 viathan 74, commanded by Capt. Harvey in the 
 Mediterranean, where he remained for a period of 
 two years— and, 28 April, 1814, to the command 
 (which he retained until 9 Sept. 1815) of the Bram- 
 ble 8, on the American station. He was placed on 
 the list of Retired Commanders 19 Oct. 1843. 
 
 NICHOLS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 36.) 
 Thomas George Nichols entered the Navy, 27 
 June, 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Scourge 
 gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Rundle, lying 
 in the river Medway, where he served until April, 
 1802. In May, 1804, he rejoined the same officer 
 in the Trial cutter, off Woolwich ; and in Sept. of 
 the same year he was transferred to the Mercury 
 28, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, under 
 whom he escorted the outward-bound trade to the 
 
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 NICHOLSON— NICKOLL— NICOLAS. 
 
 Mediterranean, and, after assisting at the capture 
 of the Spanish national vessel El Fuerte de Gibraltar, 
 of 4 guns and 59 men, proceeded to the West Indies. 
 After passing a few weeks off Lisbon in the Pomone 
 38, Capt. Wm, Grenville Lobb, he was again, in 
 Sept. 1805, placed under the orders of the Hon. 
 D. P. Bouverie in L'Aimable 32. Following the 
 same Captain, as Master's Mate, in Feb. 1806, into 
 the Medusa 32, he took part in that frigate in all 
 the operations in the Kio de la Plata, from Oct. 
 1806 until her return to England with Lieut.-General 
 Whitelocke in Sept. 1807, including the capture of 
 Maldonado and the island of Gorriti. Besides as- 
 sisting at the capture of several privateers, we find 
 him, in 1808, ordered to the coast of Labrador in 
 fruitless pursuit, jointly with the Thalia 36, Capt. 
 Thos. Manby, of two French frigates, and expe- 
 riencing in consequence three months of great pri- 
 vation and hardship. On his subsequent arrival at 
 the Cape of Good Hope in the Scipion 74, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Robt. Stopford, he was nominated, 5 April, 
 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Racehorse 18, 
 Capt. Jas. De Rippe, a circumstance which afforded 
 him an opportunity, 20 May following, when in 
 company off' Madagascar with the 36-gun frigates 
 AsTRa:A, Phcenix, and Galatea, of assisting, after 
 a long and warmly-contested action with the French 
 40-gun frigates Mejiomuiee, Clorinde, and Nereide, at 
 the capture of the Eenomme'e, and, on 25 of the same 
 month, of the Nereide and the settlement of Tama- 
 tave. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the Race- 
 horse 2 Jan. 1812, but was superseded in Nov. of 
 the same year, and has not since been afloat. 
 Lieut. Nichols is Senior of 1812. 
 
 NICHOLSON. (LiEnTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 Fredekick Falkiner Nicholson passed his ex- 
 amination 29 March, 1843 ; served as Mate on board 
 the 'V^OLAGE 26, Capt. Sir "Wm. Dickson, and Dol- 
 phin brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Reginald Thos. 
 John Levinge ; and for his conduct in the action of 
 the Parana, detailed in our memoir of the latter 
 olBcer, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 
 Nov. 1845. His appointments have since been — 
 26 June, 1846, to the Vernon 50, bearing the flag 
 of Rear- Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the south- 
 cast coast of America— and, 4 Nov. 1846, to the 
 CoMus 18, Capt. Edwin Clayton Tennyson D'Eyn- 
 court, on the same station, where he is still em- 
 ployed. 
 
 NICHOLSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p.,24.) 
 Richard Adams Nicholson entered the Royal 
 Naval College 14 May, 1805 ; and embarked, 23 Dec. 
 1808, on board the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald 
 CoUingwood Dickson, employed in the Baltic and 
 North Sea. In Dec. 1813 he removed to the RorAL 
 Sovereign 100, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild and 
 Chas. Thurlow Smith, on the Mediterranean station ; 
 and in May, 1815, after having there served for 
 12 months as Master's Mate in the Alcm^ne 38, 
 Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, he took up a commission 
 dated 18 of the preceding Feb. He has been in 
 command, since 27 June, 1839, of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 9 April, 1839, Miss Catherine Strong, 
 of Fratton, daughter of the late Mr. Rich. Strong, 
 R.N. 
 
 NICKOLL. (LiEOT., 1815. f-p., 17 ; H-p., 32.) 
 Edward Nickoll entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 
 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Southampton 
 32, Capt. John Harvey, and in the following Dec. 
 attained the rating of Midshipman. After assisting 
 at the reduction of the Virgin Islands he followed 
 Capt. Harvey, in June, 1801, into the Amphitrite 
 frigate, in which ship he continued to serve with 
 Capt. Fred. Warren off Lymington until the ensuing 
 Oct. In Feb. 1803 he joined the Hussar 38, Capt. 
 Philip Wilkinson, under whom, while returning with 
 despatches from Ferrol, he was wrecked on the 
 southernmost part of the Saintes, on the night of 
 8 Feb. 1804. In consequence of this misfortune he 
 
 remained a prisoner in France until May, 1814. 
 Returning then to England, he was employed for 
 five months off Deal in the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Wm. Wilkinson. He served next, from May to 
 Aug. 1815, in the Heron sloop, Capt. Fras. Annes- 
 ley, off Dungeness ; and at the end of that period 
 he took up a commission dated 27 of the preceding 
 Feb. He has since been on half-pay. Agent— J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 NICKOLL. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 17.) 
 James Hakvey Nickoll entered the Navy, 2 
 Sept. 1804, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Agamem- 
 non 64, Capt. John Harvey, previously to accom- 
 panying whom, in Sept. 1805, into the Canada 74, 
 he fought in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the com- 
 bined fleets off Cape Finisterre. In Deo. 1807, on 
 his return in the Canada from the West Indies, he 
 joined the Eclair sloop, Capt. Chas. Gordon ; and 
 on subsequently proceeding with the latter officer, 
 in the Caroline 36, to the East Indies, he assisted 
 at the destruction, during the month of Nov. 1809, 
 of more than 80 piratical vessels at Ras-al-Khyma 
 and other ports in the Persian Gulf. On 18 Sept. 
 1810, having followed Capt. Gordon into the Cetlon, 
 of 40 guns and 295 men, he was captured in that 
 frigate off the Isle of France, after a violent inter- 
 mittent night action of three hours, and a loss of 
 10 killed and 31 wounded, by the French ships 
 Venus of 44 guns and 380 men, and Victor of 16 
 guns. The Ceylon being retaken in the course of 
 the same day by the Boadicea 33, in company with 
 the Otter brig, Mr. Nickoll, who continued in her 
 under the orders of Capts. Jas. Tomkinson and 
 Wm. Paterson until May, 1811, was afforded an 
 opportunity of co-operating in tlie reduction of the 
 Mauritius. From the date last mentioned until 
 July, 1815, we find him employed on the North 
 American and Brazilian stations in the Valiant 
 74, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and Zachary Mudge. 
 He then found that he had been promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 
 6 Feb. 1815. His next appointment was, 18 Sept. 
 1820, to the Wye 26, Capt. Peter Fisher, on the 
 Home station, where he served for some months. 
 He has been in command, since 3 April, 1833, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 NICOLAS, C.B., K.H., K.F.M. (Captain, 1815. 
 F-p., 29; H-p., 21.) 
 John Toup Nicolas, born 22 Feb. 1788, is eldest 
 son of the late Retired Commander John Harris 
 Nicolas, R.N.,* of East Looe, co. Cornwall, by Mar- 
 garet, youngest daughter and co-heir of John Blake, 
 Esq., and granddaughter of the Rev. John Keigwin, 
 Vicar of Landrake. He is brother of Paul Harris 
 Nicolas, Esq., First-Lieutenant R.M., who served 
 on board the Belleisle 74 at the battle of Trafal- 
 gar ; of Lieut. Wm. Keigwin Nicolas, K.N. ; and of 
 Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G., K.H., Lieu- 
 tenant R.N. One of his uncles, Paul Harris Nicolas, 
 an Alderman of East Looe, was father of the late 
 Capt. Nicholas Harris Nicolas of the Royal Artil- 
 lery ; and another, the late Major Nicholas Harris 
 Nicolas (who died in Nov. 1816), after having held 
 a commission in the Royal Marines, and been se- 
 verely wounded at the battle of Bunker's Hill, re- 
 moved into the line, became a Captain in the 44th 
 and 89th regts., and, subsequently to the peace 
 
 * Commander J. H. Nicolas was torn in 1758. He entered 
 the Navy in 1772 ; served in the Orpheus 32 at the blockade 
 of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia; attained the rank 
 of Lieutenant in 1779 ; and between that period and 1786 
 was employed in the Ocean 90, as senior in the Buffalo 60, 
 and in command, for two years, of the Sprightly cutter. 
 From 1792 until 1798 he regulated the Impress service at 
 Dartmouth in a manner most creditable to himself and satis- 
 factory to the inhabitants. His prudent and spirited conduct 
 on one occasion saved the town from being destroyed by lire. 
 la 1798 he was appointed to command the Sea Fencibles on 
 the coast of Devon ; and ttoTn 1808 until 1810 he commanded 
 the Resolue guard-ship at Plymouth, He was placed on the 
 list of Retired Commanders 17 March, 1814, snd died 12 
 Julv, 1844. 
 
NICOLAS. 
 
 815 
 
 of 1783, Major of the Royal Cornwall Fenoible 
 Dragoons. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1797, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Attack gun-vessel, in which, 
 and in the Forester and Nimble, commanded by 
 Lieuts. Uinton, All^n, arid Lloyd, he served on the 
 Dartmouth station, until received as Midshipman, 
 in Sept. 1799, into the Edgak 74, under the orders 
 of his patron, Capt. Edw. BuUer, whom, in the spring 
 of 1801, he accompanied into the Achille 74, at- 
 tached, as had been the Edgar, to the force in the 
 Channel. In April, 1803, having passed some months 
 in the Naiad frigate, Capt. Jas. Wallis, he again 
 joined Capt. BuUer on board the Malta 80. In 
 that ship, of which he was created a Lieutenant 1 
 May, 1804, he fought in Sir Robt. Calder's action 
 with the combined fleets oif Cape Finisterre 22 July, 
 1805. In June and Oct. 1807 he became Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Queen 98 and Canopus 80, to Rear- 
 Admiral Geo. Martin, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion ; where, 12 Oct. 1809, he was ordered to act as 
 Commander of the Redwing 18. In the following 
 Dec, finding that he had been officially promoted 
 to the command of the Pilot brig of 18 guns, by a 
 commission bearing date 26 of the preceding Aug., 
 he returned to England, and in April, 1810, joined 
 that vessel at Portsmouth. Returning soon vrith 
 convoy to the Mediterranean, he commenced a series 
 of operations against the enemy along the Italian 
 shores, unsurpassed for activity and success, the 
 principal of which we shall now proceed to record. 
 His first act was the destruction, when in company 
 with the Ortenzia schooner, of five out of a convoy 
 of 51 sail, protected, near the town of St. Luoido, 
 on the coast of Calabria^ by a battery, 16 armed 
 vessels, and a body of musketeers, whose fire killed 
 3 of the British. This event took place 24 June, 
 1810 ; and on 8 of the ensuing month we find him 
 earning the high admiration of Rear- Admiral Martin 
 by the manner in which he took, near the same 
 place, and destroyed two gun-boats, three armed 
 scampavias, and 17 sail of transport-vessels, laden 
 with stores and ammunition for Murat's army at 
 Scylla. Seventeen days afterwards, being in com- 
 pany with the Thames 32 and Weasel 18, the zeal 
 and gallantry of Capt. Nicolas were again displayed 
 at the capture and destruction, under the batteries 
 of Amantea, of a convoy of 31 vessels, also laden 
 for the army of Murat, together with seven large 
 gun-boats and five scampavias ; a service which pro- 
 cured him the acknowledgments as well of the Ad- 
 miralty as of his Commander-in-Chief.* Independ- 
 ently of many gallant exploits performed by her 
 boats at Monasteracci, Riacci, Strongoli, Castellar,t 
 Policastro,J and other places, in which she herself 
 more or less participated, the Pilot, in company 
 with the Thames 32, Capt. Chas. Napier, came into 
 action, 4 April, 1812, with a Neapolitan flotilla, con- 
 sisting of a brig, three schooners, and 14 gun-vessels, 
 whom an unfortunate calm enabled to escape under 
 the strong batteries of Salerno. On 14 of the en- 
 suing month the two ships attacked the port of 
 Sapri, and, after having battered for two hours its 
 defences (a strong battery and tower mounting 2 
 32-pounders), compelled it to surrender at discretion. 
 The support afforded by Capt. Nicolas on the occa- 
 sion was great ; he flanked the battery in a most 
 judicious manner, and afterwards commanded the 
 launching of 28 vessels laden with oil.§ In June, 
 1812, uniting with the Euryalus 36 and Cephalus 
 18, the Pilot sufiered severely in her sails and 
 rigging while engaged in a five hours* attempt to de- 
 stroy a large convoy at Dino, protected by three bat- 
 teries, several gun-boats, and a large body of troops. 
 Between April, 1810, and July, 1812, she effected, 
 we may add, the unassisted capture, with a loss of 
 but 8 of her people killed and 24 wounded, of not 
 less than 130 of the enemy's vessels. In the course 
 of the month last mentioned she was ordered to the 
 Adriatic ; and while next cruizing between Sicily 
 and the African coast, she succeeded in taking, 
 among other prizes, the French armed-brig Harp, 
 
 • Tide Gaz. 1810, p. 1860. + V. Gaz. 1811, p. 2193. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1812, p. 1396. } V. Gaz. 1812, pp. 1396-7. 
 
 with a valuable cargo on board, at the close of 
 a long and anxious chase, 4 June, 1813. At the 
 commencement of the peace of 1814 her Commander 
 was sent by Lord Exmouth to Murat, then King of 
 Naples, to inquire into a supposed insult offered 
 by a Neapolitan frigate to H.M. sloop Ptlades ; 
 which, however, in a personal interview with Joa- 
 chim, was proved to him to have originated in mis- 
 take. Towards the close of 1814, having returned 
 with convoy to England, Capt. Nicolas applied to 
 the Admiralty for leave to have the Pilot altered 
 agreeably to a plan he had formed, by which a shot- 
 hole between wind and water, in any part of the 
 ship, could be immediately stopped, an object 
 hitherto impracticable from the arrangements of the 
 bread and store rooms. His request was at once 
 granted, and the suggestions he had made ordered 
 to be carried out in regard to all the 18-gun brigs 
 then under repair at Portsmouth. On the escape 
 of Napoleon Buonaparte from Elba, Capt. Nicolas 
 was again sent to the Mediterranean, where he was 
 intrusted with the important duty of opening a 
 communication with Marseilles and the coast adja- 
 cent, for the purpose of assuring those who adhered 
 to the royal cause of the assistance of Great BKtain. 
 On 17 June, 1815, being off Cape Corse, he achieved 
 an exploit of much gallantry in effecting the defeat of 
 the French corvette Ugere of 28 guns ; which vessel 
 made off at the end of a close and obstinate combat 
 of nearly two hours, attended with a loss to herself 
 of 22 men killed and 79 wounded, and to the Bri- 
 tish, with damage to their sails and rigging, of 1 
 man killed and 15 wounded. To mark the sense 
 they entertained of his conduct on the occasion, the 
 Admiralty promoted Capt. Nicolas to Post-rank by 
 a commission dated 26 Aug. 1815. On 4 of the pre- 
 ceding June he had formed one of the six Com- 
 manders nominated to the C.B. on the extension of 
 the order of the Bath. In the following Oct. he 
 was presented, in compliment to his distinguished 
 services, with the Small Cross of the Order of St. 
 Ferdinand and of Merit by the Bang of the Two 
 Sicilies; who, on 26 April, 1816, as an additional 
 mark of favour, conferred on him the Cross of a 
 Knight Commander of the same Order. After ac- 
 companying Lord Exmouth on his visits to Algiers 
 and Tunis, Capt. Nicolas returned to England, and, 
 in July, 1816, was paid off. During the time he had 
 been employed in the Mediterranean he had fre- 
 quently attracted the notice of tlie Admiralty by the 
 valuable additions he had made to hydrographic 
 knowledge. Obtaining command, 5 Jan. 1820, of 
 the Egeria 28, Capt. Nicolas was forthwith de- 
 spatched to Newfoundland, where it was his lot for 
 some months to discharge the anomalous duties of 
 a naval surrogate. A better proof of the satisfac- 
 tory manner in which he acquitted himself cannot 
 be adduced than the fact that out of more than a 
 thousand cases in which he adjudicated at St. John 
 and Harbour Grace only three appeals were made, 
 and in each of these his decision was confirmed by 
 the Supreme Court. A gratifying testimony, too, 
 of the general esteem in which he was held, was 
 afforded him by the spontaneous manner in which 
 the chief inhabitants of the latter place came for- 
 ward, on the publication of a libel against him, and 
 subscribed the. sum of 400/. towards the conviction 
 of the offender. In May, 1822, he returned to Eng- 
 land ; and in Nov. of that year, in consequence of a 
 dispute which had arisen between the keelmen and 
 the shipmasters and owners at Newcastle, he was 
 deputed with a small squadron to the river Tyne 
 to aid the civil power in subduing the alarming in- 
 subordination displayed. By a union of firmness, 
 decision, and forbearance, he succeeded in six weeks, 
 without the occurrence of a single casualty, in fully 
 restoring order ; and in such a manner as to elicit 
 the marked approbation of the Mayor, Magistrates 
 and merchants belonging to the town of N ewcastle', 
 of the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, Sir Benj. 
 Hallowell, and of the present Sir Robt. Peel, then 
 Secretary of State for the Home Department. The 
 Egeria being put out of commission in the early 
 part of 1823, Capt. Nicolas, notwithstanding many 
 
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 NICOLAS— NICOLSON. 
 
 applications for employment, remained on half-pay 
 for a period of 14 years. His appointments have 
 since been — 16 Aug. 1837, to the Hercules 74, on 
 the Lisbon station, whence his health obliged him 
 to return in Jan. 1839 — 10 April, in the latter year, 
 to the Belleisle 72, employed on the Mediterra- 
 nean and Home stations— 30 Sept. 1841 (on leaving 
 the Belleisee, which, not being found effective as 
 an active man-of-war, had been paid oft^ and, at his 
 suggestion, fitted for the conveyance of troops), to 
 the Vindictive 50— and, 1 Sept. 1847, to the Super- 
 intendentship of the Victualling Yard at Plymouth, 
 where he is now serving. During the three years 
 he commanded the Vindictive, Capt. Nicolas was 
 chiefly employed on the East India station. On 
 touching, on his passage home, at Tahiti, circum- 
 stances arose which called for his interference, and 
 afforded him occasion for the display of much zeal, 
 ability, and firmness, in resisting the aggressions of 
 the French on that island. 
 
 In reference to the success which had attended 
 the efforts of the American navy, Capt. Nicolas, 
 towards the end of 1814, published a pamphlet en- 
 titled ' An Inquiry into the Causes which have led 
 to ou#late Naval Disasters, by an Officer In the 
 Navy, in a Series of Letters addressed to a Friend.' 
 He was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan. 1834 ; and on 9 
 Nov. 1846 awarded the Good Service Pension. He 
 married, 1 Aug. 1818, Frances Anna, daughter of 
 Nicholas Were, Esq., of Landcox, near Wellington, 
 CO. Somerset, by whom he has issue four sons and 
 two daughters. His third son, Beville Granville 
 Wyndham, is in the Eoyal Navy. 
 
 NICOLAS, G.C.M.G., K.H. (Lieiitenant, 1815. 
 F-p., 7 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, bom 10 March, 
 1799, is brother of Capt. John Toup Nicolas, K.N., 
 C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Oct. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salvador del Mundo 
 112, Capt. Thos. Wolley, bearing the flag of Admi- 
 ral Wm. Young at Plymouth ; where he continued 
 employed in the Resolde and Prince Frederick 
 74's, flag-ships of Sir Edw. BuUer, until April, 1811 ; 
 in the course of which month he sailed in the 
 Cephalus 18, Capt. Aug. Wm. Jas. Clifford, for 
 the Mediterranean, and there joined the Pilot 18, 
 commanded by his brother, Capt. J. T. Nicolas. 
 In that vessel (of which he was nominated Midship- 
 man 31 March, 1812) he served for a period of four 
 years and a half, and was frequently engaged in her 
 boats at the capture and destruction of armed ves- 
 sels and convoys on the Calabrian coast. After a 
 servitude of six months at Plymouth and again in 
 the Mediterranean (whither he proceeded in the 
 Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne), 
 in the Impregnable and Boyne 98's, flag-ships of 
 Sir John Thos. Duckworth and Lord Exmouth, he 
 was promoted, 20 Sept. 1815, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. He then went back to the Pilot, and served 
 in her as an Extra^Lieutenant until the early part 
 of 1816. Since that period he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Unsuccessful in his efforts to obtain employment, 
 Lieut. Nicolas adopted the profession of the law, 
 and in May, 1825, was called to the Bar by the So- 
 ciety of the Inner Temple. In Oct. 1831 he was 
 nominated a K.H. and a K.C.M.G. ; and in Oct. 
 1840 a G.C.M.G. He was appointed Secretary of 
 the Knight Commanders and Companions of the 
 Bath 10 April, 1832 ; and he was subsequently se- 
 lected to fill the office (which he still holds) of Chan- 
 cellor of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. 
 Sir N. H. Nicolas, whose prolific writings, too nu- 
 merous to enumerate here,* have rendered him emi- 
 nent as a literary genius, has received the large 
 Silver Medal of the ' Society for the Encouragement 
 of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce,' for tele- 
 graphic improvements ; among which are the nume- 
 rical code of flags now used by the Royal Yacht 
 _ * We may however mention, as among his recent produc- 
 tions, ' The Letters and Despatches of Admiral Lord Viscount 
 Nelson,' and * A History of the Royal Navy from the earliest 
 period to the Wars of the French Revolution.' 
 
 Squadron, and submitted by him to the Admiralty 
 in March, 1819. He married, 28 JIarch, 1822, Sarah, 
 youngest daughter of John Davison, Esq,, of Lough- 
 ton, CO. Essex, by whom he has issue four sons and 
 four daughters. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 NICOLAS. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.) 
 William Keigwin Nicolas was bom 23 April, 
 1792. He is brother of Capt. J. T. Nicolas, R.N., 
 C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 March, 1803, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Malta 80, Capts. Edw. 
 Buller, Wm. Shield, and Robt. Waller Otway, under 
 the first-mentioned of whom he fought as Midship- 
 man in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the combined 
 fleets off Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805. In Nov. 
 1808, on his return from the Mediterranean, he 
 joined the Defiance 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, 
 attached to the force employed on the coast of 
 France, where, under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, 
 he contributed, 24 Feb. 1809, to the destruction of 
 three French frigates, after a contest in which the 
 Defiance, added to severe damage experienced in 
 her sails and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men Idlled 
 and 25 wounded. He was made Lieutenant, 15 
 April following, into the Crocodile, Capt. Edwin 
 Henry Chamberlayne, employed off Shetland and 
 in the Arctic Sea ; and he was next in succession 
 appointed— 4 Deo. 1809, to the Rapid sloop, Capt. 
 Wm. Mather, in the Channel— 26 Jan. 1811, and 8 
 March, 1813, to the Bovne 98 and Ville de Paris 
 110, flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale on the 
 Home station — and, 11 Jan. 1815, as Senior, to the 
 Pilot 18, commanded by his brother, Capt. John 
 Toup Nicolas. In the Ville de Paris, which ship 
 he paid off as First-Lieutenant in Aug. 1814, he 
 took part in the grand naval review held at Spit- 
 bead at the close of the war ; and in the Pilot he 
 was warmly recommended to the notice of the Ad- 
 miralty for his conduct in the gallant victory gained 
 by that vessel over the French corvette Lffgere of 
 28 guns, 17 June, 1815. Although his Captain, 
 under whose name we have more fully alluded to the 
 action, was deservedly rewarded with a Post com- 
 mission, the valour displayed by Lieut. Nicolas was 
 allowed to pass unnoticed, nor has it yet been re- 
 garded. The Pilot being put out of commission in 
 Aug. 1816, he did not succeed in procuring fresh 
 employment until 16 July, 1847. Since that period 
 he has been serving as First-Lieutenant of the 
 Ocean 80, Capt. David Price, guard-ship at Sheer- 
 
 NICOLSON, Bart. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Sir Frederick William Erskine Nioolson, born 
 22 April, 1815, is son of the late Major-General Sir 
 Wm. Nicolson, Bart., by Mary, daughter of John 
 Russell, Esq., and granddaughter of Dr. Robert- 
 son, the celebrated historian. He succeeded his 
 father, as 10th Baronet, 5 Aug. 1820. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval 
 College) 24 Nov. 1829 ; passed his examination in 
 1831; obtained his first commission 2 Jan. 1837; 
 served during the two following years on the Lisbon 
 station in the Tbinculo 16, Capt. Henry Edw. Coffin; 
 and on 7 Nov. 1839 was appointed to the Blonde42, 
 Capt. Thos. Bourchier. For his services in the latter 
 ship in the operations of May, 1841, against Canton 
 (where he well played his part),* and the meritorious 
 and valuable assistance he afforded as her Senior 
 Lieutenant in those of the ensuing Aug. and Oct. 
 against Amoy and Chinghae,t he was rewarded 
 with a Commander's commission dated 26 Aug. in 
 the same year. Obtaining command, 14 Dec. 1844, 
 of the Fantome 16, he sailed, in the early part of 
 the following year, for the Mediterranean, where, in 
 personal command of the boats of that vessel, he 
 was for many hours, 12 May, 1846, engaged in a 
 desperate affray with a large force of Moorish 
 pirates on the coast of Barbary in a successful at- 
 tempt to recover the merchant-brig Ruth, of which 
 they had obtained possession. The British on the 
 • FirfeGai;. 1841, p. 2510. + f . Gaz. 1842, pp. 84, 306. 
 
NIGHTINGALE— NIND -NIXON— NO AD. 
 
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 occasion sustained a loss of a Midshipman (Mr. 
 Rich. Boys) killed, and 8, including thie first-Lieu- 
 tenant, John Sanderson, wounded. Sir Frederick 
 himself suffered a narrow escape : while in the midst 
 of the fire, encouraging and cheering his men, two 
 bullets went through his hat; another caught the 
 heel of his boot, and a stone grazed his lip. For 
 his gallant conduct he was advanced to his present 
 rank by a commissi<jn bearing date the day of the 
 action. He returned in consequence to England, 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 26 May, 1847, Mary Clementina 
 Marion, only daughter of Jas. Loch, Esq., M.P. for 
 Wick, N. B., and niece of Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, 
 R.N. 
 
 NIGHTINGALE. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 10 ;* 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 David Thomas Nightingale died 22 Dec. 1844. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1803, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Magnanime frigate, Capt. 
 John Broughton ; and in May, 1804, after having 
 cruized in the Bristol Channel, removed as Mid- 
 shipman to the Atlas 74, Capts. Wm. Johnstone 
 Hope and Sam. Pym. In March, 1806, on his return 
 from the West Indies, where he had been serving a 
 short time in the Beadlieu 44, Capt. Chas. Ekins, 
 he became attached to the Clyde 38, Capt. Edw. 
 W. C. K. Owen, off Boulogne. Rejoining Capt. 
 Ekins, in Feb. 1807, on board the Defence 74, he 
 witnessed, during Admiral Gambler's ensuing ope- 
 rations against Copenhagen, the surrender to the 
 CoMUS 22, Capt. Edm. Heywood, of the Danish fri- 
 gate Fredericscoam. After this he visited Lisbon, 
 and then, a second time, the "West Indies ; on which 
 station he was successively received on board the 
 Belleisle 74, Neptune 98, and Pompee 80, all flag- 
 ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane ; by whom, subse- 
 quently to the reduction of Martinique, we find him 
 nominated, 18 Dec. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 St. Christopher sloop, Capts. IVIichael Head, Henry 
 Nathaniel Rowe, and Wm. M'CuUooh, part of the 
 force employed at the taking of Guadeloupe in Feb. 
 1810. On 27 Jan. 1811, at which period he was 
 serving as a Supernumerary in the Dragon 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, lie was placed in command, 
 with the rank of Acting-Sub-Lieutenant, of the 
 Orange schooner. He left that vessel in Jan. 1812; 
 and was next, between the following Sept. (on 21 of 
 which month he was oflicially advanced to the rank 
 of Lieutenant) and Nov. 1814, employed on the 
 West India, North American, and Home stations, 
 in the Narcissus 32, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, 
 Statira38, Capt. HassardStackpoole, Negro prison- 
 ship, Lieut.-Commander Isaac Strutt, and Favorite 
 22, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 26 Nov. 1823, to the Coast Blockade, 
 in which he served some time as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. 
 M'CuUooh and Hugh Pigot. 
 
 NIND. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 12.) 
 Philip Pitt Nind was bom 14 Dec. 1788. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Deo. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John 
 Wentworth Loring, bearing the flag in the Downs 
 of Rear-Admiral PhiUp Patton. With the excep- 
 tion of a few months in 1805-6, during which he 
 was borne at Plymouth on the books of the Salva- 
 dor del Mundo, Capt. John Loring, he continued 
 employed with Capt. J. W. Loring in the Aurora 
 23, and Niobe 40, chiefly on the Home station, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 March, 1810; 
 assisting, in the latter ship, at the capture, 28 March, 
 1806, ol Le Nearque French national vessel of 16 
 guns and 97 men. Being next, 21 March, 1810, ap- 
 pointed to the Alert of 16 guns and 84 men, Capts. 
 Alex. Renny, Geo. Barne Trollope, and Thos. Lamb 
 Folden Langharne, he was on board that sloop on 
 the Newfoundland station when captured, 13 Aug. 
 1812, by the U. S. frigate Essex of 46 guns and 328 
 men, after a most gallant resistance of 15 minutes, 
 • Independently of th? time he passed io the Coast Blockade. 
 
 in which the British vessel had 3 of her people 
 killed, and received seven feet water in her hold. 
 While attached, from May, 1813, until Jan. 1814, to 
 the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip 
 Chas. Durham, Mr. Kind was frequently employed 
 in command of the boats against the enemy in 
 Basque Roads. His last appointments were — 27 
 Oct. 1814, to the Sparrowhawk 18, Capts. Thos. 
 Ball Clowes and Fred. Wm. Burgoyne, under whom 
 he served for upwards of 12 months on the Leith 
 and Mediterranean stations— 30 Aug. 1822, to the 
 Coast Guard— in the early part of 1824, to the com- 
 mand of the Defence Revenue cruizer — 15 Nov. 
 1827, again to the Coast Guard— and 9 April, 1840, 
 to the command of the Prince Albert, another 
 Revenue vessel. On 6 Jan. 1823, it was his fortune 
 t6 save the crew of the Little Mary of London ; a 
 service for which he was honoured with the com- 
 mendation of the Board of Admiralty and with the 
 thanks of the Committee at Lloyd's ; who presented 
 him with the sum of bOl, for distribution among 
 those of his men who had put off with him in the 
 boats to the rescue. As a reward for his conduct 
 during 21 years' continuous employment in the Re- 
 venue service he was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 5 Jan. 1844. 
 
 Commander Nind, who is Senior of 1844, married, 
 17 Feb. 1811, Miss Mary Chanly White, a lady by 
 whom he has issue five sons and three daughters. 
 
 NIXON. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 James Nixon died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aurora 28, Capt. ThosI 
 Gordon Caulfeild, lying at Spithead ; and in the fol- 
 lowing month removed to the Diamond 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Elphinstone, in the Channel. In March, 
 1803, he rejoined Capt. Caulfeild as Midshipman on 
 board the Grampus 50, on the Guernsey station, 
 whence he ultimately proceeded to the East Indies, 
 and there accompanied the same Captain into the 
 KossELL 74. Between Sept. 1807 and May, 1809, 
 we find him alternately serving in the Sir Francis 
 Drake and Phaeton frigates, Capts. Fleetwood 
 Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Clement Sneyd, and 
 Geo. Harris; and on 11 Dec. in the former year 
 contributing in the boats of the Sir Francis Drake 
 to the destruction at Griessee, in the island of Java, 
 of the dockyard and stores, and all the men-of-war 
 remaining to Holland in the East Indies. After 
 again serving for 10 months with Capt. Caulfeild in 
 the Russell, he was nominated, 15 March, 1810, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Hesper sloop, Capts. 
 Henry Drury, David Paterson, Edw. Lloyd, and 
 Barrington Reynolds. Continuing in that vessel 
 until Sept. 1811, he succeeded, in command of her 
 cutter, in boarding and carrying, 15 Nov. 1810, 
 with a loss to the British of himself and 2 men 
 wounded, the French national schooner La Motiche, 
 bound to the Isle of France with despatches, 2 of 
 whose people were killed, and 5, including their 
 Commander, wounded ;'*' and he assisted also at the 
 reduction of Java, where he was employed on shore 
 at the storming of Fort Cornells. On his arrival 
 home in the Caroline 36, Capt. Christopher Cole, 
 he was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant by a 
 commission bearing date 3 Jan. 1812. Being next, 
 10 Sept. following, appointed to the Pembroke 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Brisbane, he was affojrded an opportunity 
 of sharing in a partial action fought with the French 
 fleet off' Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and of witnessing the 
 fall of Genoa in April, 1814. He was placed on 
 half-pay in Aug. of the latter year, and did not after- 
 wards go afloat. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 NOAD. (Lieutenant, 1838. f-p., 16; h-p., 8.) 
 Arthur Mayne Noad entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 
 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tweed 28, Capts. 
 Fred. Hunn and Lord Hen. John Spencer Churchill ; 
 in which ship he was for upwards of seven years 
 employed, the greater part of the time as Midship- 
 man, on the South American, Irish, North America 
 • Fide Gs,z. 1811, p. 897. 
 
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 NOBLE. 
 
 and West India, and Cape of Good Hope stations. 
 In April, 1831, having passed his examination in 
 July, 1830, he was appointed Mate of the Kattle- 
 SNAKE 28, Capt. Chas. Graham, fitting for the Paci- 
 fic, whence he returned in Nov. 1S33. He next, in 
 Mayi 1834, joined the Childers 18, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Keppel, with whom he served on the Medi- 
 terranean and African stations (nearly four months 
 of the period, as' Acting-Lieutenant) until May, 1838. 
 On 28 of the following June he was ofBcially ad- 
 vanced to the rank he at present holds. His last 
 appointments were— 7 May, 1839, to the Sekinga- 
 PATAM 42, Capts. John Leith and "Wm. Ward Per- 
 cival Johnson, which ship was paid off on her return 
 from the North America and West India station Ln 
 Nov. 1841— and 22 Feb. 1842, to the Isis 44, Capt. 
 Sir John Marshall, at the Cape of Good Hope. On 
 19 July in the latter year, while engaged in hoisting 
 out the launch at Port Natal, preparatory to the 
 embarkation of the 25th Regiment, Lieut. Noad 
 sustained a dreadful accident in consequence of the 
 hook of the boat's purchase giving way. He suf- 
 fered a dislocation of the right hip, had both bones 
 of his leg fractured, and received such severe con- 
 tusions of the right shoulder and arm that mortifi- 
 cation was apprehended. After being buffeted in 
 this lamentable condition at sea for 12 days in very 
 hard weather, he was put on shore and sent to the 
 hospital at Simon's Bay. In the following Dec. he 
 invalided; and on 2 Oct. 1843 he was awarded a 
 pension. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 NOBLE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 George Noble was born 11 Oct. 1791, at Glas- 
 gow, and died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Franchise 36, Capt. 
 Chas. Dashwood, in which ship he escorted home 
 from Jamaica a convoy of 10 sail under circum- 
 stances of great difficulty, accompanied the expedi- 
 tion of 1807 against Copenhagen, returned with the 
 trade in 1808 to the West Indies, and witnessed the 
 capture, in Dec. of that year, of the town of Samana, 
 St. Domingo, almost the last port of refuge on the 
 station for the enemy's privateers. After a further 
 servitude in the West Indies on board the Poly- 
 phemus 64, Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby, and Dicoo- 
 VERTE 10, Capts. Joshua Kicketts Rowley and Jas. 
 Oliver, he came home in May, 1811, in the Savage 
 16, Capt. Wm. Ferrie. With the exception of a 
 short time passed in 1813 in the Kingeisher 18, 
 Capt. Ewell Tritton, he was next, until 1814, em- 
 ployed on board the Milford 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. Fras. Fremantle in the Adriatic, where he 
 assisted in wresting several towns from the enemy. 
 We may here allude to a very narrow escape from 
 destruction experienced by Mr. Noble. On 10 Oct. 
 1813, while the Milford was lying at anchor a few 
 miles below Trieste, a howitzer and several pieces 
 of cannon were brought into a^neighbouring wood, 
 and a fire immediately opened upon her. At 
 a moment when Mr. Noble was standing on 
 the C[uarter-deck receiving instructions from the 
 commanding officer, a 5i-inch shell struck the deck 
 at his feet, tearing off one of his coat-pockets in its 
 descent, and scattering its contents in all directions. 
 The remains of a silver snuff-box, which happened 
 to be in it, ,were subsequently found in the main- 
 chains, and are still in his possession. After this 
 freak, the shell rebounded and, without injuring a 
 soul, burst over the poop, where were assembled up- 
 wards of a hundred of the officers, seamen, and ma- 
 rines. On 16 March, 1815, Mr. Noble, who had 
 acted as Lieutenant both in the Kingfisher and 
 Milford, was awarded a commission. He did not 
 again go afioat. 
 He has left a widow and a large family. 
 
 •NOBLE. ^Vice-Admikal of the White, 1846. 
 
 p-p., 13 ; H-p., 47.) 
 
 James Noble, descended from a respectable 
 
 mercantile family settled at Bristol, oo. Somerset, 
 
 is second and only surviving son of a distinguished 
 
 loyalist, who sacrificed considerable property in the 
 royal cause during the war with America, where, 
 after raising an independent corps, consisting chiefly 
 of Germans employed at the iron- works on his estate 
 in the Bergen County, East Jersey, he received a 
 bayonet wound in his right eye and had his skull 
 fractured in an affair vrith the Republicans (a cala- 
 mity which deprived him for upwards of 18 months 
 of the use of his reason, and caused a majority to 
 which he had been nominated to be conferred on 
 another), and was afterwards killed by a party of 
 rebels while holding the appointment of Assistant- 
 Commissary under Sir Henry Clinton. The Vice- 
 Admiral's eldest brother, Richard, was drowned in 
 La Dorade, a French privateer, prize to the Clyde 
 frigate ; and his youngest, Dejoncourt, a Midship- 
 man of the Vangdard 74, fell a victim to the yellow 
 fever in the West Indies. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1787, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impregnable 98, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Byard, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral 
 Graves; and served, between Sept. 1788 and Nov. 
 1791, latterly in the capacity of Midshipman, in the 
 Termagant sloop, Capt. John Salisbury, Impreg- 
 nable again, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bicker- 
 ton, and Ferret sloop, Capt. Wm. Nowell, on the 
 Home station. Joining next, in Jan. 1793, the 
 Bedford 74, Capts. Robt. Mann and Davidge 
 Gould, he assisted, and was employed on shore 
 with a party of small-arm men, at the occupation 
 of Toulon, and shared also in the partial actions of 
 14 March and 13 July, 1795, with the French fleet ; 
 on the former of which occasions the Bedford 
 came into close contact with the Censeur 74, and Ca 
 Ira 80, whose fire killed 9 and wounded 17 'of 
 her people. After serving a short period with 
 Admiral Hotham in the Britannia 100, he was no- 
 minated, 5 Oct. 1795, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Agamemnon 64, Commodore Horatio Nelson ; to 
 which ship the Admiralty confirmed him by a com- 
 mission bearing date 9 March, 1796. A short time 
 prior to the latter event he had been taken prisoner 
 while conveying despatches to the Austrian camp 
 near Savona. On 25 of the following April, having 
 rejoined his ship, we find him serving in her boats, 
 with those of the Meleager, Diadem, and Pe- 
 tered, at the bringing off of four vessels, laden with 
 com, rice, wine, powder, 8 brass guns, and 1600 
 stand of arms, from under a heavy fire from the 
 enemy's batteries and musketry at Loano. "It is 
 with the greatest grief I have to mention," says 
 Nelson, in his report of this affair to the Commander- 
 in-Chief, Sir John Jervis, " that Lieutenant James 
 Noble, a most worthy and gallant officer, is, I fear, 
 mortally wounded."* In July of the same year, 
 Lieut. Noble, who had by that time recovered, and 
 had been transferred with the Commodore to the 
 Captain 74, was invested with the temporary com- 
 mand of La Genie otherwise Vem<m gun-brig. Re- 
 joining his heroic chief in the ensuing Oct., he con- 
 tinued to serve with him as his Flag-Lieutenant in 
 the Captain, Minebve of 42 guns and 286 men, 
 Captain again, and Irresistible 74, until 20 
 March, 1797. In the Minerve, besides witnessing, 
 among other services, the capture of Porto Ferrajo 
 and the island of Capraja, together with the evacua- 
 tion of Corsica, he assisted, 20 Dec. 1796, at the 
 capture and defeat, in presence of the Spanish fleet, 
 of the Sabina of 40 and Matilda of 34 guns. The 
 former ship struck her colours, after a combat of 
 three hours ; and a loss, out of 286 men, of 14 killed 
 and 44 wounded ; the other was compelled to wear 
 and haul off at the close of a sharp action of half an 
 hour ; the collective loss of the Minerve on both 
 occasions amounting to 7 men killed and 44 wounded. 
 Among the latter was Lieut. Noble severely, in re- 
 gard to whom Commodore Nelson, in his letter to 
 Sir John Jervis, thus a second time expressed him- 
 self : — "Ton will observe, too, I am sure with re- 
 gret, amongst the wounded, Lieut. Jas. Noble, who 
 quitted the Captain to serve with me ; and whose 
 merit and repeated wounds, received in fighting the 
 enemies of our country, entitle him to every reward 
 • fiSeGkz. 1796, p, 614. 
 
NOBLE— NOLLOTH—NOPS. 
 
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 which a grateful nation can bestow."* In the action 
 fought off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, being 
 again in the Captain, he occupied a conspicuous 
 position in the brilliant part enacted by Nelson and 
 his gallant companions ; with whom he boarded and 
 assisted in carrying in succession the San Nicolas of 
 80 and San Josef ot 112 guns. On 27 of the same 
 month his continued meritorious conduct was re- 
 warded with a Commander's commission. His last 
 appointment was to the Sea Fencible Service in 
 Sussex, in which he remained from 29 May, 1798, 
 until Nov. 1802. His promotion to Post-rank took 
 place 29 April in the latter year. He was placed on 
 the Retired List of Admirals 10 Jan. 1837, but was 
 removed to the Active List 17 Aug. 1840, and on 9 
 Nov. 1846 advanced to the rank he now holds. 
 
 Vice- Admiral Noble married, first, in 1801, Sarah, 
 daughter of Jas. Lamb, Esq., of Rye, co. Sussex, by 
 whom, who died in 1818, he had issue seven sons 
 and three daughters ; secondly, in 1820, Dorothy, 
 daughter of the late — Halliday, Esq., M.D. ; and, 
 that lady dying in Aug. 1840, thirdly, 2 Feb. 1842, 
 Jane Anne, widow of Edm. Spettigue, Esq. One of 
 his sons, Jeffery "Wheelock, is a Captain R.N. ; and 
 another, Edward Meadows, a Lieutenant in the same 
 service (1841), died 22 Jan. 1843, at Amoy, in China, 
 while belonging to the Serpent 16, Capt. Wm. Ne- 
 vill. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 NOBLE. (Captaik, 1846.) 
 
 Jeffeey WHEELocit NoBLB is SOU of Vicc-Ad- 
 miral Jas. Noble. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Nov. 1816 ; passed 
 his examination in 1824 ; served as Mate of the 
 BoADicEA frigate during the Burmese war; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 11 Oct. 1826, into the Tamaii 
 26, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer. His appoint- 
 ments after he left that ship were, in the capacity 
 of Senior Lieutenant — 17 April, 1831, to the Pal- 
 las 42, Capts. Manley Hall Dixon and Wm. Wal- 
 pole, under whom he was for three years employed 
 on the North America and West India station — 19 
 May, 1834, to the Tribune 24, Capt. Jas. Tomkin- 
 son, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off in the early part 
 of 1833— and, 29 Nov. in the latter year, to the In- 
 constant 36, Capts. Dan. Pring and Fred. Thos. 
 Michell. In the last-mentioned ship, until promoted 
 to the rank of Commander, 23 Nov. 1841, he was 
 again employed on the Mediterranean station ; 
 where, and in North America and the West Indies, 
 he officiated, from 4 Jan. 1842 until paid off in 1844, 
 and from h March, 1845, until advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank, 9 Nov. 1846, as Second Captain of the 
 Indds 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, and Vindictive 
 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen. He is now 
 on half-pay. Agents — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 NOBLE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Blackmore Noble entered the Navy, 
 18 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roe- 
 buck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, with whom, as Mid- 
 shipman of the same ship, and of the Quebec 32, 
 and Lively 38, he continued very actively em- 
 ployed, as shown in the memoir of that officer, until 
 wrecked off the island of Malta 10 Aug. 1810. In 
 the following Dec. he joined the San Josef 110, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Medi- 
 terranean and Channel; and in June, 1812, he ac- 
 companied Capt. M'lvinley, who had latterly had 
 command of that ship, into the Bellona 74. . After 
 a servitude of 20 months in the North Sea and 
 again in the Channel, he proceeded in the early 
 part of 1814 to Lake Ontario, where he was received 
 on board the Prince Regent 56, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, by 
 whom he was nominated Lieutenant of the Char- 
 well schooner, Capt. Edw. Rowley. He was con- 
 firmed to that vessel 27 Aug. 1814. In Sept. 1815 
 he returned to England, and he has since been on 
 half-pay. Agents — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1 797, p. 200. 
 
 NOLLOTH. (LlEDTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Nolloth passed his examination 6 June, 
 1838 ; and was for several years employed in the 
 East Indies as Mate in the Druid 44, Capt. John 
 Smith, Pylades 18, Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, 
 Apollo troop-ship, Capts. Chas. Frederick and Wm. 
 Maclean, and DiEDALUs 20, Capt Peter M'Guhae. 
 On 19 Aug. 1845, he had charge of the pinnace be- 
 longing to the latter ship, and served with the boats 
 of a squadron, carrying altogether 530 officers, sea- 
 men, and marines, at the destruction, under Capt. 
 Chas. Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloo- 
 doo, on the north end of the island of Borneo, where 
 the British encountered a desperate opposition, 
 and had 6 men killed and 15 wounded.* As a re- 
 ward for his conduct he was presented with a com- 
 mission bearing date the day of the occurence. 
 He was appointed, 3 Dec. following, Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. John Cochrane, also on the East India sta- 
 tion ; where, since 28 Aug. 1846, he has been serv- 
 ing in the Ringdove 16, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm. 
 John Cavendish Clifford, and Edw. Augustus Ingle- 
 field. 
 
 NOLLOTH. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Henry Ovenden Nolloth entered the Navy 15 
 Aug. 1818; passed his examination in 1825; ob- 
 tained his commission 18 Sept. 1 828 ; and was em- 
 ployed for several months in 1831, in the Galatea 
 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, on particular service, and, 
 from 10 April, 1839, until the close of 1840, in the 
 Bblleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, on the 
 Mediterranean station. Since the latter date he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 NOLLOTH. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Matthew Stainton Nolloth entered the Navy 
 27 Aug. 1824; passed his examination in 1830 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 16 May, 1839, to 
 the Childers 16, Capts. Edw. Pellew Halsted and 
 Geo. Greville Wellesley, in which vessel, paid off in 
 1844, he participated in the operations of 1842 in 
 the Yang-tse-Kiang, and served for some time as 
 First-Lieutenant— and, 22 Nov. 1845, in the capacity 
 last mentioned, to the Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope, 
 fitting for the coast of Africa. Since his attain- 
 ment of the rank ho now holds, 12 March, 1846, he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 NOPS. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 John George Nops entered the Navy, in Sept. 
 1795, on board the Juste 84, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pa- 
 kenham, with whom he served in the Channel until 
 the mutiny of 1 797 at Spithead. He then becanje 
 Midshipman of the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Wm. Han- 
 cock Kelly, off Cadiz ; and, on 10 April, 1802, after 
 a servitude of three years on the Irish station in the 
 Hussar 38, Capts. Lord Viscount Garlics and Wm. 
 Brown, he was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 Being next, in Sept. of the latter year, appointed 
 to La D^TERMiNiE frigate, armee-ea-flvte, Capt. 
 Alex. Becher, he was wrecked in that vessel, off 
 Jersey, 24 March, 1803. He served duriqg the 18 
 following months In the Channel on board the 
 Dreadnought 98, flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Com- 
 wallis, and Neptune 98, Capts. Edw. O'Brien 
 Drury and Sir Thos. Williams ; and he afterwards, 
 between 25 Oct. 1804 and 11 Sept. 1810 (at which 
 period the date of his commission was altered), held 
 successive command of the Defender gun-brig, 
 Princess Augusta cutter, Tokbulent gun-brig, 
 Poll cutter. Defender again, and Hardy gun- 
 brig, on the Home, Baltic, and Cadiz stations. 
 During'his original command of the Defender he 
 was wounded on the coast of France in 1806, and 
 in consequence presented with a gratuity from the 
 Patriotic Fund. His succeeding appointments were 
 — 7 Nov. 1810, for three years, to the Impress ser- 
 vice in London — 18 Feb. 1814, to the Achille 74, 
 Capt. Aiskew Fafiard Hollis, on the Brazilian sta- 
 tion, whence he returned in Oct. 1815 — for a few 
 • Vide Gai, 1846, p. 6538. 
 
 6 M 3 
 
820 
 
 NORCOCK-NORCOTT— NORIE. 
 
 days in Dec. 1S17, to the Cadmcs 10, Capt. John 
 Gedge, lying at Sheemess— and, 19 March, 1822, to 
 the command, which he retained until 5 March, 
 1827, of the Signal station on Kingston Hill. He 
 was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hos- 
 pital 9 July, 1842. 
 
 Lieut. Hops is at present employed in the Excise 
 service. Agent— Fred. Dufanr. 
 
 NORCOCK. (LrEUTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 George Lowcat Norcock entered the Navy 10 
 May, 1830; passed his examination in 1836; and, 
 on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 15 March, 1841, was appointed to the 
 command of the Forester brigantine, on the coast 
 of Africa. His next appointments were— 23 Dec. 
 1841, to the Warspite 50, Capt. Lord John Hay, 
 employed on particular service — 23 Oct. 1843, to 
 the St. Vincent 120, Hag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley 
 at Portsmouth — 22 Jan. 1846, as Senior, to the Ring- 
 dove 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, on the East India sta^ 
 tion — and, 28 Aug. following, to the Vestal 26, Capt. 
 Chas. Talbot, with whom he returned to England 
 and was paid otF in July, 1847. During an expe- 
 dition conducted, in July, 1846, by Rear-Admiral 
 Sir Thos. John Cochrane against the Sultan of Bor- 
 neo, we find him commanding the 7th company of 
 small-arm men, together with half the men belong- 
 ing to the Royalist brig, and assisting at the cap- 
 ture and destruction, on 8 of that month, of the 
 enemy's forts and batteries on the river Brune. 
 On the ensuing ascent of a branch of the latter 
 stream by a force under Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, 
 and its debarkation, after struggling for many 
 hours against an almost impenetrable navigation, 
 at the village of Mallout, Mr. Norcock, while the 
 main body marched on to Damuan, in the hope of 
 there capturing the Sultan's person, was left in par- 
 tial charge of a flotilla of seven gun-boats, and was 
 mentioned for the cheerful assistance he afforded 
 on the occasion.* 
 
 He married, 4 Nov. 1843, Isabella, daughter of the 
 late Major Jenkins, of the 11th Hussars. Agents 
 — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 NOKCOCK. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 3.) 
 John Henkt Nohcock was bom 1 Feb. 1809. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1821, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Liffev 50, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant in the 
 East Indies ; where, in May, 1824, while engaged in 
 the expedition to Ava, he was discharged as Mid- 
 shipman into the Larne 20, Capts. Fred. Marryat 
 and John Kingcome. On 8 Aug. in the same year 
 we find him assisting, with a detachment of 400 
 men under Lieut.-Col. Kelly, at the capture of two 
 strong stockades in the Dallah creek, an enterprise 
 of great gallantry, in which the British sustained a 
 loss of 4 men killed, and 15, including himself 
 slightly, wounded.t He also, 6 Feb. 1825, united 
 with a force under Lieut.-Col. Godwin and Capt. 
 Henry Ducie Chads, R.N., in effecting the reduc- 
 tion of a 36-gun stockade at Than-ta-bain, on the 
 Lyne river, garrisoned by 2000 fighting men, to- 
 gether with the destruction of an immense number 
 of fire-rafts and canoes filled with combustibles ; 
 and, in the course of the following month, having 
 accompanied, in the Satellite transport, an arma- 
 ment under the orders of Capt. Marryat and Major 
 Sale up the Bassein river, he contributed, in a man- 
 ner that obtained him high commendation, to the 
 capture of the town of Thingang and the village of 
 Pumkayi.J Removing in Aug. 1826 to the War- 
 spite 76, he served in that ship, at first undei: the 
 broad pendant of Sir Jas. Brisbane, and next under 
 Capts. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas and Wm. 
 Parker, on the East India, South American, Lisbon, 
 Mediterranean, and Home stations, until Jan. 1829. 
 Having passed his examination 21 April, 1828, he 
 was then appointed Mate of the Kent 78, Capt. 
 John Ferris Devonshire, lying at Plymouth. He 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3442, 3446 
 + V. Gaz. 1825, p. 1494. + V. Gaz. 1825, p. 2278. 
 
 was subsequently, from Nov. in the latter year 
 until paid ofT in Nov. 1833, employed in North 
 America and the West Indies on board the Win- 
 chester 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, 
 CoLnMBiNE 18, Capt. Thos. Metcalfe Currie, Win- 
 chester again. Racehorse 18, Capt. Fras. Vere 
 Cotton, and Blanche 46, Commodore Sir Arthur 
 Farquhar ; and in the early part of 1835, after a 
 servitude of 14 months at Portsmouth in the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings, he 
 returned to the East Indies in the Rattlesnake 
 28, Capt.Wm. Hobson. Attaining the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 10 Jan. 1837, he was next appointed— 28 
 Nov. following to the Vestal 26, Capts. Thos. 
 Wren Carter and John Parker, with whom he was 
 for four years and a half employed on the North 
 America and West India station — 15 Nov. 1843 to 
 the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at 
 Plymouth — 17 March, 1845, for a few weeks, to the 
 Melampds 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, fitting 
 at that port— and, 2 Jan. 1846, as Senior, to the 
 Canopds 80, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, attached to 
 the Channel squadron. He was advanced to his 
 present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Norcock married, 5 Oct. 1837, Jane 
 Money, eldest daughter of Lieut. Robt. Lowcay, 
 R.N., by whom he has issue. Agents — Case and 
 Loudonsack. 
 
 NORCOTT. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 20; 
 H.P., 22.) 
 
 Edmund Nobcott entered the Navy, 15 July, 
 1805, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Belli^dedx 64, 
 commanded by the late Viscount Torrington, in 
 which ship, after witnessing the reduction of the 
 Cape of Good Hope, he assisted, 27 Nov. 1806, at 
 the capture and destruction of a Dutch frigate, 
 seven brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other 
 merchant-vessels, in Batavia Roads. In Aug. 1810, 
 two years after he had attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman, he removed to the Sir Francis Drake 
 frigate, Capt. Geo. Harris; and on next joining the 
 MiNDEN 74, Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, he co-ope- 
 rated in the reduction of Java, and was wounded in 
 an aflray with the Malay pirates. After a short 
 servitude in the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. 
 Robt. Broughton, he returned, in Sept. 1812, to 
 England in the Akbar 50, Capt. Henry Drury. 
 Rejoining Lord Torrington in Feb. 1813 on board 
 the Warrior 74, he escorted the Prince of Orange 
 in the following Nov. to Holland, and then sailed 
 for the West Indies ; where, in Nov. 1814, at which 
 period he was serving with Rear-Admiral Wm. 
 Brown in the Argo 44, he was nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Arachne 16, Capt. Wm. 
 M'Kenzie Godfrey. He was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant 10 Feb. 1815, and subsequently appointed — 
 10 Oct. 1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ac- 
 worth Ommanney, part of the force engaged at the 
 battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827—15 Oct. 1828, to 
 the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 20 
 Nov. 1829, to the Trinculo 18, Capt. Sam. Price, 
 on the Cork station — 30 April, 1831, as Senior, to 
 the Druid 46, Capts. Gawen Wm. Hamilton and 
 Sam. Roberts, with whom he served in South Ame- 
 rica and off" Lisbon until paid otf in 1833—4 Oct. 
 1834, to the Coast Guard— and, 21 April, 1835, to 
 the command of the Curlew 10, on the coast of 
 Africa, whence he returned soon after his promo- 
 tion to the rank of Commander, 28 June, 1838. 
 
 He was nominated Governor of the settlements 
 on the Gambia 20 Nov. 1843. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 NORIE. (Retired Commander, 1840. p-p., 20 ; 
 HP., 33.) 
 
 Evelyn Norie is brother of Mr. John Wm. 
 Norie, author of ' The Naval Gazetteer,' ' A Com- 
 plete Epitome of Practical Navigation,' &c., and 
 late of the firm of J. W. Norie and Wilson, Pub- 
 lishers, of 157, Leadenhall Street, London. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1794, as 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 821 
 
 Ordinary, on board the Gloky 98, Capt. Bour- 
 master, attached to the Channel fleet. Removing, 
 in Dec. of the same year, to the Prince of "Wales 
 98, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Henry Harvey, 
 he served in that ship in the action off He de Groix 
 23 June, 1795, and also at the reduction of Trinidad 
 in Feb. 1797. On his return to England in Jan. 
 1800 in the Concorde 36, Capt. Robt. Barton, he 
 was received on board the Royal "William, Capt. 
 Fras. Pickmore, lying at Spithead. Being soon 
 again ordered to the West Indies in the Juno 32, 
 Capt. Geo. Dundas, he there, 11 April, 1800, joined 
 the Busy 18, Capts. John Acworth Ommanney, 
 Lord Viscount Falkland, Win. Henry Byam, Mi- 
 chael Spencer, and Timothy Clinch ; in which 
 vessel he assisted at the capture of a Spanish letter- 
 of-marque, and continued. employed, as Midship- 
 man, Master's Mate, and Acting-Master, until Oct. 
 1803. In Jan. 1804 he became Master's Mate of the 
 Volcano bomb, on the coast of France; where, 
 from Jan. 1805 until presented with a full commis- 
 sion bearing date 12 Sept. 1806, he officiated as 
 Sub-Lieutenant on board the Thrasher, Clinker, 
 and Sparkler gun-brigs. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were — 14 Oct. 1806, to the Maks 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Lukin, in which ship he was slightly wounded 
 during the attack of 1807 upon Copenhagen— in 
 Sept. and Oct. 1809, to the Trincdlo and Gold- 
 finch sloops, the latter commanded by Capt. Arden 
 Adderley — and, for a few months in 1815, to the 
 Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, and, as Senior, 
 to the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. 
 From May, 1810, to May, 1814, Lieut. Norie was a 
 prisoner of war in France. He accepted his present 
 rank 13 Oct. 1840. 
 
 NOEMAN. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Spry Norman entered the Navy 6 Jan. 
 1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and as a re- 
 ward for his services as Mate of the Edinburgh 72, 
 Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, during the war in 
 Syria, where on the night of 2 Oct. 185) he assisted 
 in the boats under Capt. Fras. Decimus Hastings in 
 removing a quantity of powder from the castle of 
 Beyrout,* was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were — 
 28 May, 1341, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 72, 
 flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker during the latter part 
 of the hostilities with China — 22 Jan. and 29 Aug. 
 1842, to the Cruizer 16, and Nimrod 20, Capts. 
 Joseph Pearse and Fred. Henry Hastings Glasse, 
 both in the East Indies, whence he returned to 
 England and was paid off at the close of 1844 — and, 
 25 Feb. 1845, as Senior, to the Comcs 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Sparke Thompson. For his conduct in the 
 latter ship during the warfare carried on against 
 General Rosas in the Parana, he was advanced to 
 the rank he now holds 18 Nov. 1845. Since the re- 
 ceipt of his commission he has been on half-pay. 
 AGENT-Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 NORMAN. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., U ; h-p., 5.) 
 
 Henry Anne Norman, bom 14 Jan. 1816, is son 
 of Rich. Norman, Esq., by the Lady Elizabeth Isa- 
 bella Manners, eldest daughter of Charles, fourth 
 Duke of Rutland, K.G., who died Lord-Lieutenant 
 of Ireland 24 Oct. 1787. He is nephew of his Grace 
 the present Duke ; and also of Lord Chas. Henry 
 Somerset Manners, K.C.B., M.P., a General oflicer 
 in the Army, and Colonel of the 11th Dragoon 
 Guards. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1831, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sapphire 28, Capts. 
 Hon. Wm. Wellesley and Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole 
 Trefusis, employed in North America and the West 
 Indies ; where, in Jan. 1833, he rejoined Capt. "Wel- 
 lesley as Midshipman on board the Winchester 52. 
 Returning home in the following Jime he was re- 
 ceived, in Nov. of the same year, on board the 
 Edinburoh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, fitting for 
 the Mediterranean ; on which station he continued 
 to serve in the Orestes 18, Capts. Henry John 
 * yide Gal. ISiQ, p. £610. 
 
 Codrington, Julius Jas. Farmer Newell, and Wm. 
 Holt, until April, 1838-the last 12 months in the 
 capacity of Mate. In the summer of 1809 Mr. Nor- 
 man was successively appointed to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Has- 
 tings, and Blenheim 72, Capts. Sir Humphrey Le 
 Fleming Senhouse and Sir Thos. Herbert. Parti- 
 cipating in the latter ship in the operations in 
 China, he assisted, in 1841, at the attack on Chuen- 
 pee, the capture of the Bogue forts, the second 
 series of operations against Canton (during which 
 he served with Sir H. Le F. Senhouse as part of the 
 staff belonging to Major-General Sir Hugh Gough),* 
 the storming of Amoy, the re-taking of Chusan, the 
 assault upon Chinghae,t and the occupation of 
 Ningpo. On hearing of his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, which had taken place 3 Sept. 1841, 
 Mr. Norman, in May, 1842, returned to England a 
 passenger in the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Geo. Gold- 
 smith. His last appointment was, 17 Sept. 1846, to 
 the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, in which ship 
 he was for some months employed in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean. 
 
 He married, 10 May, 1843, Helen, daughter of 
 the late T. C. Worsley, Esq., of Piatt Hall, Lanca- 
 shire, by whom he has issue. 
 
 NORMAN. (Lieutenant, 1842.") 
 
 John Norris Norman. is son of the Rev. J. H. 
 Norman, of Deal, co. Kent. 
 
 This officer entered the Na\y 3 April, 1829; 
 passed his examination 26 April, 1836 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 18 Nov. 1842, had been serving 
 for some months in North America and the West 
 Indies as Mate of the Racer 18, Capt. Thos. Har- 
 vey. His appointments have since been — 4 July, 
 1843, to the "Winchester 50, flag-ship of Hon. Jos- 
 celine Percy at the Cape of Good Hope — 5 Feb. 
 1845, to the Helena 16, Capt. Sir Cornwallis 
 Ricketts, on the same station— and, 30 Oct. 1847, as 
 First (soon after the latter vessel had been paid 
 off), to the Alert 6, Capt. Hugh Dunlop, fitting 
 for the coast of Africa, where he is at present em- 
 ployed. 
 
 NORMAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Masters Norman was bom 30 March, 1784, at 
 Portsea, co. Hants. His eldest brother, James, 
 died First-Lieutenant of the Prince George 98 ; 
 the second, William, after having fought as Second- 
 Lieutenant of the Thunderer 74, at Trafalgar, was 
 killed (before he had received a Commander's com- 
 mission which had been made out for him) while 
 leading, as Senior of the Sirius 36, Capt. Sam. Pym, 
 the party which stormed and took the He de la 
 Passe, in the Isle of France, 13 Aug. 1810 ; and the 
 third, Chas. Rice, a Lieutenant of the Rota 38, 
 Capt. Philip Somerville, was killed in the boats in a 
 sanguinary attack on the General Armstrong Ame- 
 rican privateer, in Fayal Roads, 26 Sept. 1814. His 
 uncle, Capt. Jas. Norman, R.N., died in 1807. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cormorant 24, Capt. 
 Hon. Courtenay Boyle ; in which ship, after having 
 assisted at the capture of El Batador Spanish pri- 
 vateer of 14 gims, he was wrecked, while in the 
 conveyance of despatches from Lord Keith to Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith, off Damietta, 20 May, 1800. 
 On being exchanged after a few months of cruel 
 captivity, he joined in succession the Mercury 28, 
 Tigre 74, Capt. Sir W. S. Smith, King George 
 transport, and Penelope and Diane frigates. In 
 the latter ship, commanded by Capt. Stevenson, he 
 shared as Midshipman in the operations of 1801 in 
 Egypt, whence, at the peace, he returned to Eng- 
 land. In March, 1803, he re-embarked on board 
 the AlcmAne 32, Capt. John Stiles, attached to the 
 force in the Channel, on which station he cruized 
 with much activity until transferred, in June, 180.5, 
 to the Zealous 74, Capts. John Okes Hardy and 
 John Giffard, employed for some time off Cadiz, 
 » VUe Gm. 1641, p. 2M8. + V. Gaz. 1842, p. 396. 
 
822 
 
 NORRIS-NORTHUMBERLAND— NORTON. 
 
 where, in March, 1807, he joined the Queen 98, 
 Capt. Fras. Pender. Kemoving, in July following, 
 to the San Joan 74, guard-ship at Gibraltar, Lieut.- 
 Commander Thos. Spence, he was there for some 
 months engaged on gun-boat service. On his arrival 
 home in April, 1808, he was received as a Supernu- 
 merary on board the Royal William, Capt. Hon. 
 Courtenay Boyle, guard-ship at Spithead. In the 
 summer of the same year he sailed for the West 
 Indies in the Flying Fish schooner, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Jas. Glassford Gooding, under whom he 
 continued until the ensuing Nov., when a fall from 
 the rigging obliged him to invalid. So serious was 
 the injury he sustained on the occasion, that it was 
 not until March, 1811, that he was again enabled to 
 go afloat. He then joined the Aquilon and Sal- 
 DANHA frigates, Capts. Wm. Bowles and Hon. Wm. 
 Pakenham ; from the latter of which vessels, sta- 
 tioned on the coast of Ireland, he was sent in the 
 following Oct. to England for the purpose of passing 
 his examination, a short time only before she was 
 lost with nearly the whole of her officers and crew. 
 Proceeding next, in Feb. 1812, to the Mediterranean, 
 on board the Gokgon 44, armee-en-flute, Capt. Alex. 
 Milner, he was nominated, in May of that year, 
 Mastei^s Mate of the Royal George 100, Capt. 
 Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring, stationed oflT Toulon, 
 where he witnessed the partial actions of 5 Nov. 
 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814 with the French fleet. On 6 
 March, 1814, he became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Barfleor 98, Capt. John Maitland ; he was con- 
 firmed, while again in the Royal George, 5 April 
 following ; and in the next July he retximed to 
 England, in the Barfledr, and was paid off. His 
 last appointment was, 1 Nov. 1820, to the Coast 
 Guard, in which service he continued a period of 
 five years and three months. 
 
 Lieut. Norman married in April, 1817, and has 
 issue five sons and one daughter. One of the 
 former, Wm. Henry, Purser and Paymaster, R.N. 
 (1841), is at present serving at the Cape of Good 
 Hope in the Rosamond steam-sloop, of 287 horse- 
 power. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 having beaten off an American privateer of superior 
 force, he conducted in safety to England, receiving, 
 on his arrival, the thanks of the Committee at 
 Lloyd's. His last appointments were, 2 Feb. 1813 
 and 17 Oct. 1814, to the Persian and Mercokids 
 sloops, Capts. Chas. Bertram and Thos. Renvrick. 
 In the Persian he was wrecked, as detailed in our 
 memoir of Capt. Bertram, on the Silver Keys, in 
 the West Indies, 16 June, 1813: and in the Mercd- 
 RID9 he was actively employed oflf the coast of 
 France during the war of a hundred days. He has 
 been on half-pay since 18 Sept. 1815. 
 
 He married, 1 Jan. 1818, Ann Grigg, sister of 
 Jas. Cassell, Esq., First-Lieutenant K.M., and niece 
 of Lieut.-Colonel Cassell, of the same corps, by 
 whom he has issue four children. 
 
 NORRIS. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Joseph Norris was bom 16 Aug. 1789. 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 10 Nov. 1805, as 
 Midshix^man, on board the Apollo 3S, Capt. Edw. 
 Fellowes, with whom he removed, in July, 1808, to 
 the Conqueror 74, and continued to serve, chiefly 
 in the Mediterranean, until made Lieutenant, 22 
 Feb. 1812, into the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Peter 
 John Douglas, on the West India station, whither 
 he proceeded in the Jason 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. 
 K-ing. While in the Apollo, besides assisting at 
 the cutting out of many of the enemy's vessels on 
 the coast of Calabria, he was present in 1807 at the 
 landing of the troops under Major-General Eraser 
 in Egypt, where he witnessed the surrender of 
 Alexandria, and had command of a boat on Lake 
 Etko at the reduction of Rosetta. During the term 
 of his servitude in the Conqueror he came into 
 frequent contact with the enemy in the neighbour- 
 hood of Toulon ; on one occasion in particular, 20 
 July, 1810, when that ship, in company with the 
 Warspite and Ajax74's, rescued in a most gallant 
 manner the Euryalus frigate and Shearwater 
 brig from being captured by a powerful division of 
 the enemy's fleet, consisting of six sail of the line 
 and four frigates. We also find him, 11 Sept. 1811, 
 commanding one of three boats under the orders of 
 Lieut. Rich. Howell Fleming, at the destruction, in 
 noon day, of an armed vessel chained from her 
 masts to the shore, at Aras, in the gulf of Genoa, 
 where the British encountered so fierce an opposi- 
 tion that 2 of their number were killed and 9 
 wounded. During the passage home of the Polt- 
 PHEMOS with convoy in the autumn of 1812, Lieut. 
 Norris was placed in command, as Prize-Master, of 
 the James Maddison captured American schooner, 
 of 12 guns. In that vessel, on the merchantmen 
 being dispersed in a gale, he succeeded in re-col- 
 leoting 20 of them ; the whole of which, after 
 
 NORTHUMBERLAND, Duke of, formerly 
 
 Lord Prudhoe, F.R.S., F.S.A. (Captain, 
 
 1815. F-p., 11; H-p., 31.) 
 
 His Grace Algernon Duke of Northumber- 
 land, born 15 Sept. 1792, is second and youngest 
 son of Hugh, second Duke of Northumberland, 
 K.G., by Frances Julia, third daughter of Peter 
 Burrell, Esq., of Beckenham, co. Kent, and sister 
 of Peter, late Lord Gwydir. His brother, Hugh, 
 third Duke, K.G., whom he succeeded in 1847, 
 assisted, as His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extra- 
 ordinary, at the coronation of Charles X., King 
 of France, became subsequently Lord-Lieutenant 
 of Ireland, and held the office of Vice- Admiral of 
 CO. Northumberland, and of the town and co. of 
 the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
 
 This officer (then Lord Algernon Percy*) entered 
 the Navy, in March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board 
 the Tribune frigate, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Ben- 
 nett, whom he followed, as Midshipman, in the en- 
 suing Sept., into the Fame 74. In those ships he 
 served, offl' Shetland, Rochefort, and Cadiz, and in 
 various parts of the Mediterranean, until 1810. He 
 then joined the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Muudy, and 
 after having commanded a gun-boat in co-operation 
 with the patriots on the coast of Andalusia, he be- 
 came attached, in Jan. 1811, to the Christian VII. 
 80, bearing the flag ofiF the Scheldt of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew; under whom, when again serving in the 
 Mediterranean on board the Caledonia 120, he 
 was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant by a com- 
 mission bearing date 16 Dec. 1811. Prior to the 
 receipt of the intelligence of his official advance- 
 ment to the rank of Commander, which took place 
 8 March, 1814, his Lordship occasionally acted as 
 Captain of the Scout and Pelorus sloops, and also 
 of the Caledonia herself, in which ship he fought 
 in a partial action with the French fleet off Toulon, 
 and witnessed the fall of Genoa. He subsequently 
 officiated for some months as Acting-Captain of the 
 Cossack 22, on the coast of North America ; and at 
 the period of liis elevation to Post-rank, 19 Aug. 
 1815, was serving at Portsmouth on board the 
 Driver sloop. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 The Duke was elected a F.R.S. 9 April, 1818. 
 He married, 25 Aug. 1842, Lady Eleanor, eldest 
 daughter of Earl Grosvenor. Agent — John P. 
 Muspratt. 
 
 NORTON. (Eetibed Captain, 1840. f-p., 21; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 John Norton was bom 24 May, 1771, and died 
 26 Sept. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, about 1789, as 
 A.B., on board the Ph(enix 36, Capts. Byron and 
 Sir Rich. John Strachan ; under the latter of whom, 
 while cruizing off the coast of Malabar in company 
 with the Perseverance frigate, he took part, 19 
 Nov. 1791, in an obstinate action (produced by a 
 resistance on the part of the French Captain to a 
 search being imposed by the British upon two 
 merchant-vessels under liis orders) with La Resolye, 
 of 46 guns, whose colours were not struck until she 
 had herself sustained a loss of 25 men killed and 
 40 wounded, and had occasioned one to the Phcenix 
 
 * He was raised to the peerage as Lord PrudUoe in 1816. 
 
NORTON-NORWAY-NOTT. 
 
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 of 6 killed and 11 wounded. Kemoving, in Nov. 
 1793, to the Alexandek 74, Capt. Rich. Rodney 
 Bligh, he was on board that ship when captured, off 
 Scilly, 6 Nov. 1794, after a glorious resistance of 
 more than two hours, and a loss in killed and 
 wounded of 40 men, by five French 74's and three 
 frigates under Rear- Admiral Nielly. On his re- 
 lease from French prison in Aug. 1795, he join- 
 ed the ToPAZE 36, Capt. Stephen Geo. Church, 
 and sailed for the Halifax station, where he wit- 
 nessed, 28 Aug. 1796, the surrender of the French 
 36-gun: frigate Elisabeth. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant of the Topaze, after having acted for 
 four months as such, 8 Jan. 1799 ; and he was sub- 
 sequently appointed— about 1801, to the Resoldtion 
 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, which ship was 
 paid ofi" on her return from the "West Indies 15 
 July, 1802—22 Sept. 1803, to the Trent 36, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Gardner at Cork— 14 Dec. 1804 
 and 24 Aug. 1805, to the command of the Makie 
 tender and Frisk cutter, on the Home station— and 
 (having left the latter vessel in Sept. 1816), 30 April, 
 1807, as Senior, to the Fame 74, Capt. Rich. Henry 
 Alex. Bennett, in the Mediterranean. In the Frisk 
 he assisted, in April, 1806, at the capture and de- 
 struction of a battery, of 3 long 36-pounders, with a 
 garrison of 50 men,* situated on Pointe d'Equillon, 
 in the Fertuis Breton, and was highly commended 
 by Lord Cochrane for his zeal on the occasion. 
 He continued in the Fame until Feb. 1811 ; he 
 then took up a commission bearing date 21 of the 
 preceding Oct. ; and on 10 Sept. 1840 he accepted 
 the rank of Captain on the Retired List. 
 
 We may add, that, when in the Topaze, Capt. 
 Norton had been severely wounded by an explosion 
 of powder while clearing for action. He married 
 16 Sept. 1803, and had issue one daughter. 
 
 NORTON. (Eetired Commander, 1846. f-p., 
 15; H-p., 34.) 
 
 Nathaniel Norton, born in July, 1787, at 
 Leatherhead, co. Surrey, is second son of the late 
 John Norton, Esq., of Hurstperpoint, co. Sussex. 
 His elder brother, John, a Lieutenant R.N., was 
 lost on board the Hero 74, during the disastrous 
 winter of 1811. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1798, as 
 Third.-cl. Boy, on board the Bust 18, Capt. John 
 Acworth Ommanney, in which vessel, when in com- 
 pany with the Speedwell brig, he assisted, in Aug. 
 1799, in taking possession, ofT the island of Goree, 
 of a fleet of merchantmen under the convoy of a 
 Swedish frigate. He afterwards joined in the ex- 
 
 E edition against the Helderj and on 16 Sept. 1799 
 e contributed to the capture of Le Dragon, French 
 lugger privateer, of 16 guns. In July, 1800, being 
 at the time in the West Indies, he removed to the 
 Unite frigate, Capt. Thos. Harvey, under whom, in 
 March, 1801, he was present, as Midshipman, at the 
 reduction of the Danish and Swedish islands. The 
 latter ship being paid off in April, 1802, he was 
 next, from June, 1803, until Oct. 1807, employed 
 ofi' Harwich and on the Irish station in the Romd- 
 LDS 36, and Helena 18, Capts. Woodley Losack 
 and Jas. Andrew Worth. In the Helena he aided 
 in efiecting the capture, 5 June, 1805, of the Santa 
 Leocadia, Spanish privateer, pierced for 20 guns, 
 mounting 14 nine-pounders, with a complement of 
 114 men. After serving nearly three months as 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the Dryad 36, Capt. Adam 
 Drummond, he was nominated, in Jan. 1808, Mas- 
 ter's Mate of La Virginie, of 46 guns and 281 men, 
 Capt. Edw. Brace ; and on 19 Slay following he 
 shared in that ship, and was mentioned for his con- 
 duct, in an obstinate conflict of an hour and a half, 
 which terminated in the surrender, with a loss to 
 the British of not more than 1 man killed and 2 
 wounded, of the Dutch frigate Guelderland, of 36 
 guns and 253 men, 25 of whom were slain and 
 50 wounded.f Eight days after this exploit Mr. 
 Norton, as a reward for his conduct, was again 
 ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Brisk sloop, 
 • Fide Gai. 1806, p. 084. t f- Gaz. 1808, p. 760. 
 
 Capt. John Coode, and on 3 June in the same year 
 his promotion was sanctioned by the Admiralty. 
 Obtaining an appointment, 29 July ensuing, to the 
 Illustbious 74, commanded by the late Commodore 
 Wm. Robt. Broughton, he witnessed, in April, 1809, 
 the famous attack made by Lord Cochrane on the 
 enemy's shipping in Basque Roads, and, after enact- 
 ing a part in the proximate operations in the Scheldt, 
 sailed for the East Indies. On 6 Feb. 1812, haying 
 previously assisted at the conquest of the Mauritius 
 and of the island of Java, he was appointed by 
 Commodore Broughton to the command of the 
 Pkocris sloop, of 18 guns. After a servitude of 
 nearly 23 months in that vessel, on the Indian 
 station, he had the mortification, in Dec. 1813, to 
 be superseded, without confirmation, and placed on 
 half-pay. His last appointment was, 30 May, 1815, 
 to the TiGKE 74, Capt. John Halliday, with whom 
 he cruized in the Channel until paid off in the 
 following Aug. He accepted his present rank 9 
 March, 1846. 
 
 Commander Norton married, 4 March, 1841, Miss 
 Ellen Barker. He has been residing for many 
 years near Sydney, N. S. W. Agents— Holmes and 
 Folkard. 
 
 NORWAY. (Lieut., 1838. f-p., 13; h-p., 11.) 
 
 Nevjl NoiiM'AT was born 20 April, 1807. He is 
 nephew maternally of Commander Rich. Moorman 
 (a), R.N., K.F.M. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar 46, Capt. Geo. 
 Harris. After a servitude of three years and a 
 half in the West Indies, part of the time in the 
 capacity of Midshipman, he joined, towards the 
 close of 1826, the Prince Regent 120, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Robt. Moorsom at Chatham ; and he 
 was next, from July, 1827, until June, 1829 (in the 
 course of which month he passed his examination), 
 employed, chiefly on the Mediterranean station, in 
 the Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, and Brisk 10, 
 Capt. Smith. He then became Mate of the Victory 
 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, lying at Portsmouth, 
 as he subsequently did, in March, 1830, of the Asia 
 84, Capts. Hyde Parker and Peter Richards, on the 
 Lisbon station— in Oct. 1833, for a few weeks, of 
 the San Josef 110, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, at 
 Plymouth— and, in Oct. 1837, of the Rodney 92, 
 Capt. Hyde Parker, in the Mediterranean. Attain- 
 ing the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 1838, he was 
 successively appointed in that capacity, on the Lis- 
 bon and Mediterranean stations — 18 Oct. 1838, to 
 the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds — and, 
 in 1839-40, to the Htdka and Phcenix steamers, 
 Capts. Anthony Wm. Milward and Robt. Fanshawe 
 Stopford. In the latter vessel he was present 
 throughout the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 including the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. 
 He has been on half-pay since Dec. 1840. 
 
 He married, 15 June, 1843, Judith Catherine, 
 only child of the late N. Cole, Esq., of Trebyan. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 NOTT. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Edward Bunbcry Nott entered the Navy 17 
 June, 1815; passed his examination in 1821; and 
 obtained his first commission 12 May, 1829. His 
 succeeding appointments were — in the course of 
 the latter year, to the Stbille 48, Capt. Fras. 
 Augustus Collier, on the coast of Africa, whence 
 he returned in 1830—16 Nov. 1832, to the Coast 
 Guard, which service he left in the spring of 1 835, 
 but rejoined 15 June, 1838—18 Aug. 1841, as Senior, 
 to the Siren 16, Capt. Wm. Smith (6), under whom 
 he was for three years employed in the East Indies 
 — and, 4 March, 1845, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Canopos 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, attached to 
 the force on the Home station. He attained his 
 present rank 8 June, 1846 ; and, since 6 Feb. 1847, 
 has been officiating as an Inspecting-Commander in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Nott married, in Oct. 1829, at St. 
 
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 NOTT— NOURSE— NOWELL. 
 
 Helena, Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Thos. 
 Keid, Esq. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 NOTT. (Captain, 1842.) 
 
 John Neale Nott, born in 1800, at Reading, co. 
 Berks, is eldest son of the Key. Edw. Mott, more 
 than a quarter of a century Eector of Weeke, co. 
 Hants ; and grandson of Capt. John Neale Pley- 
 dell Nott, who fell in command of the Centadr 74 
 in an action between Sir Sam. Hood's squadron 
 and the French fleet in the "West Indies, 29 April, 
 1781. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt. 
 Robt. Jackson, in which ship and the Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, each bearing the flag of Lord Keith in 
 the Channel, he served until Aug. 1814. Between 
 that period and 1820, in Aug. of which year he 
 passed his examination, we find him employed on 
 the Brazilian, East India, Home, and Mediterranean 
 stations, in the Duncan and Cornwallis 74's, flag- 
 ships of Sir John Poo Beresford and Sir Geo. Burl- 
 ton, Ttne 24, Capt. John Allen, Tbeban 36, Capt. 
 Sam. Leslie, Rivoli 74, Capt. Chas. Ogle, and 
 Racehorse 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Pryse Campbell. 
 After a further attachment, latterly in the "West 
 Indies, to the Active 46, Capts. Sir Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon and Andrew King, and Valorous '^8, Capt. 
 the Earl of Huntingdon, he was promoted, 25 Aug. 
 1826, to the rank of Lieutenant, and next, 16 April, 
 18.32, and 18 Dec. 1833, appointed to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings, 
 and Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. On 
 the paying off of the last-mentioned ship Mr. Nott, 
 having been three years her Gunnery-Lieutenant 
 in the Mediterranean, was presented with a second 
 promotal commission bearing date 10 Jan. 18.37. 
 He subsequently obtained command — 14 Feb. 1838, 
 of the Medea steamer, in which vessel he served in 
 the river St. Lawrence and on other parts of the 
 North American station until paid off'in Nov. 1839^ 
 7 Aug. 1840, as Second Captain, of the Excellent, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, employed as before at 
 Portsmouth — and, 1 Jan. 1842 (with his name on 
 the books of the William and Maky yacht), of 
 the Firebrand (now the Black Eagle) steam- 
 yacht. In the latter vessel, which he left in the 
 following month, he conveyed the King of Prussia 
 from Ostend to England, and again from England 
 to Ostend. He was advanced in consequence to 
 Post rank by commission dated 28 Jan. 1842. From 
 18 Aug. 1845 until Nov. 1847 he was variously em- 
 ployed in the Trafalgar 120, part of the lime as 
 Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. Dumford King at Sheer- 
 ness. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Nott married, first, in May, 1827, Elizabeth 
 Anne Bennet, eldest daughter of the late Thos. 
 Calley, Esq., M.P., of Burderop Park and Overton 
 House, Wilts, a Blagistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for that county ; and, that lady dying three months 
 afterwards, secondly, 18 Feb. 1840, Mary, eldest 
 daughter of Sir Wm. Burnett, Kt., M.D., K.C.H., 
 F.R.S., Director-General of the Medical Depart- 
 ment of the Navy. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 Chas. Brown, and on his arrival on that Btation was 
 nominated, first in Jan. 1809, and then in the en- 
 suing Dec, Acting-Lieutenant of the Port d'Es- 
 PAGNE and Curiedx sloops, Capts. Alex. Kennedy, 
 Sam. Geo. Pechell, and Colin Campbell. In the 
 Port d'Espagne he assisted, we believe, at the 
 reduction of Martinique. Being confirmed, 18 Oct. 
 1810, into the Perlen 38, Capts. Norbome Thomp- 
 son, Joseph Swabey Tetley, and John Allen, he 
 was in that vessel, off Toulon, when she effected, 
 22 Nov. 1811, a gallant escape from a French line-of- 
 battle ship and frigate with whom she had for seve- 
 ral hours endured a close running fight. In 1812-13- 
 14 we find him employed on the Mediterranean and 
 North American stations in the Thames 32, Capt. 
 Chas. Napier, Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup Nicholas, 
 Ocean 98, Capt. Robt. Plampin, and Iphigenia 36, 
 Capt. Andrew King. In the Pilot he was present, 
 14 May, 1812, in an attack made, in company with 
 the Thames, on the port of Sapri, where a strong 
 battery and tower, mounting two 32-pounder3, were 
 surrendered at discretion, after having been bat- 
 tered for two hours within pistol-shot. From 8 
 Dec. 1841 until the spring of 1843, and from 7 Sept. 
 in the latter year until the close of 184.5, Lieut. 
 Nott commanded the Partridge 10, and Lynx 
 brigantine— the former in South America, the latter 
 on particular service. He was advanced to the 
 rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 NOUESE. (Lieutenant, 1841.') 
 
 Joseph Nodrse entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1825; 
 passed his examination 2 Jan. 1832; and, at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 
 23 Nov. 1841, was serving at the Cape of Good Hope 
 in the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Dumford King. His succeeding appointments were 
 — 3 Dec. following, again to the Sodthamtton, in 
 the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant — 8 Feb. 
 1842, to the command, which he retained for 12 
 months, of the Fawn brigantine, on the Cape sta- 
 tion— 6 Feb. 1845, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. 
 Collier, fitting at Portsmouth — and, 6 May follow- 
 ing, to the Rattler steam-sloop, Capts. Henry 
 Smith (6) and Rich. Moorman, with whom he was 
 for two years employed on Home service, the 
 greater part of the time as First-Lieutenant. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 NOTT. (Commander, 1846. F-P., 17; H-p., 29.) 
 John Thomas Nott entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 
 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clyde 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Cunningham, attached to the force in the 
 Channel. In the <jpurse of 1802 (he had previously 
 attained the rating of Midshipman) he successively 
 joined the Achille 74, Capts. Edw. BuUer and 
 John Okes Hardy, and Rosario sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Mounsey; and he was next, between April, 1803, 
 and June, 1807, employed in the Channel and off 
 Cadiz and Ferrol in the Malta 84, Capt. Edw. 
 BuUer, under whom he bore a warm part in Sir 
 Robt. Calder's action with the combined fleets of 
 France and Spain, 22 July, 1805. After a servitude 
 of 15 months in the Mediterranean on board the 
 Queen 98, flag-ship of Real-Admiral Geo. Martin, 
 he proceeded, towards the close of 1808, to the 
 West Indies in the Subtle, Lieut.-Commander 
 
 NOWELL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.) 
 William Nowell was bom 20 Sept. 1788. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 March, 1803, as 
 L.M., on board the Prince ]?rederick, Lieut.- 
 Commander Sam. Gordon, lying at Plymouth, where 
 he attained the rating of Midshipman in Feb. 1804, 
 and continued until transferred, in July, 1805, to 
 the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens. 
 In that ship he witnessed, 22 Aug. following. Ad- 
 miral Hon. Wm. ComwalUs' pursuit of the French 
 fleet into Brest, and was on one occasion very 
 nearly lost. After cruizing for 12 months with 
 Capts. Wm. Lukin and Willoughby Thos. Lake in 
 the Gibraltar 80, he joined, in Feb. 1807, the 
 Sprightly cutter, in which vessel (part of the force 
 engaged in the expedition of 1809 to the Wal- 
 cheren) and in the Dwarf, of 10 guns, he was for 
 four years employed in the Channel and Downs, 
 again under the orders of Lieut. Gordon. In the 
 summer of 1808, during a dead calm and thick 
 hazy weather, he contrived, in the Sprightly's 
 small boats, with only four hands, to recapture the 
 American brig Washingtonf laden with a valuable 
 cargo, although in tow, at the moment he boarded 
 her, of a French lugger privateer, rovring 13 sweeps 
 on each side. The next day he carried his prize 
 in safety into Dartmouth harbour. In 1811, after 
 his name had been borne for a short period as a 
 Supernumerary on the books of the Princess Caro- 
 line, Royal William, and Despatch, he joined 
 the MiLFOKD 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats at the defence of Cadiz ; where, in 
 the Devastation and Thunder bombs, Capts. 
 Taylor and Watkin Owen Pell, end in command of 
 
NOWELL— NUGENT. 
 
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 gun-boats Nos. 1 and 12, he remained until Nov. 
 1812. He tljen (he had been promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant on 21 of the preceding March) took 
 a passage in the Bristol 50, arme'e-en-flute, Capt. 
 John Thompson, for the purpose of joining the 
 Bahfledk 98, Capt. Sir Edw. Berry, off Toulon. 
 During a subsequent cruize off the coast of Cata- 
 lonia aa Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the PoMpfiE 
 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, we find him detached 
 in command of a tender. On 13 March, 1813, having 
 removed to the Scjpion 74, Capt. Henry Heath- 
 cote, he took command of the launch belonging to 
 that ship, and had the good fortune to rescue H.M. 
 gun-brig Confoundek from what had appeared in- 
 evitable destruction. Before, however, he had had 
 time to regain his own vessel he was driven in a 
 squall to sea, where he remained four days and 
 three nights without either provisions or water. 
 In the end he was picked up by a merchantman, 
 and carried into Port Mahon, but so great had been 
 the sufferings undergone, that 8 of his crew died 
 from the effects. As to himself, he ultimately lost 
 the sight of the right eye, and was injured in the 
 other to an extent that he has ever since continued 
 to feel. He was afterwards present in the Scipion 
 in the partial action fought with the French fleet 
 off Toulon, and in Nov. 1814 was paid off. His last 
 appointments were, in 1823-4, to the Ocean 80, 
 Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, Britannia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, and Windsor 
 Castle 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durn- 
 ford King, all stationed at Plymouth, where, in 
 July, 1825, he was superseded at his own request. 
 
 Lieut. Nowell married, 27 June, 1816, Mary Ann 
 Sutherland, eldest daughter of the late Mr. A. 
 Vine, of Stonehouse, Devon, and sister of the late 
 Lieut. Wm. Vine, K.N. (1812), of Darland, near 
 Chatham, co. Kent. By that lady he has issue 
 nine children. 
 
 NOWELL. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 William Calmady Nowell entered the Navy 
 5 Feb. 1813; passed his examination in 1820; and 
 obtained his commission 8 Aug. 1828. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 15 March, 1831, to the 
 Pallas 42, Capts. Manley Hall Dixon and Wm. 
 Walpole, fitting for the West Indies, whence he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off in 1834 — 13 Oct. 
 1836, to the Vanghakd 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe 
 Pleydell Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes, under 
 whom he was for upwards of three years and a half 
 employed in the Mediterranean— 14 Jan. 1841, to 
 the Powerful 84, Capts. Geo. Mansel and Michael 
 Seymour, on the same station — and, 16 March, 1842, 
 and 15 April, 1844, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the For- 
 midable 84 and Queen 110, commanded, also in the 
 Mediterranean, by Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan. He 
 was paid off from the Queen in the summer of the 
 latter year ; and he has been in command, since 9 
 Oct. 1847, of the Ardent steam-sloop of 200 horse- 
 power, again on the station last named. 
 
 He married, 9 April, 1839, at Malta, Catanna, 
 daughter of the Marquis of Testaferrata. 
 
 NUGENT. (Commander, 1841. f-p.,48;h-p.,6.) 
 John Nugent, born in March, 1782, is second son 
 of the late Jas. Nugent, of Ballynacorr, co. West- 
 meath, a Count of the Germanic or Holy Roman 
 Empire, by his second wife, Matilda, daughter of 
 Con O'Donel, Esq., of Larkfield, co. Leitrim, and 
 neice, maternally, of Sir Neale O'Donnel, Bart. 
 One of his brothers, Constantine, a Lieutenant ^n 
 the 64th Eegt. of Foot, was wounded at the capture 
 of the Virgin Islands in 1801, and died soon after- 
 wards at St. Christopher's; and another, Thos. 
 D'Alton, entering the Austrian service in 1819, 
 under the auspices of his kinsman, Field-Marshal 
 Prince Nugent, as Lieutenant in the 4th Imperial 
 Guards, became a Captain in Prince Nugent's own 
 Regiment of Foot. The eminent family to which 
 Commander Nugent belongs is closely connected 
 wflh most of the chief houses in Ireland, and in its 
 history is identified with the principal events in tlio 
 
 annals of that country. His father's first wife was 
 a niece of the Marchioness of Buckingham and of 
 Robt. Nugent Lord Clare ; and he had inherited 
 his title in right of his mother, a sister of Christo- 
 pher, Count D'Alton, Field-Marshal in the service 
 of Austria. Commander Nugent is uncle of the 
 present Count Nugent. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1793, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Raisonnable 64, 
 Capt. Lord Cranstoun ; and in the following month 
 joined the Invincible 74, commanded at first by his 
 patron, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, and next by 
 Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted. In the course of the 
 same year he assisted at the destruction of a convoy 
 under the batteries at Barfleur; he was present, in 
 1794, in Lord Howe's actions of 28 and 29 May and 
 1 June ; and, in 1795, after participating in Lord 
 Bridport's action, he accompanied an expedition sent 
 to co-operate with the Royalists in Quiberon Bay. 
 Between Oct. in the latter year and Oct. 1799 he be- 
 came in succession attached, chiefly in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, to the Juste 80, Capts. Hon. T. 
 Pakenham, JohnLawford, andWm. Hancock Kelly, 
 Latona 38, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Prin- 
 cess KoTAL 98, flag-ship of Rear- Admirals Sir John 
 Orde and Thos. Lennox Frederick, and Ville de 
 Paris 110 and Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the 
 flags of Earl St. Vincent and Lord Keith. In the 
 boats of the Princess Roval we find him frequently 
 engaged with the enemy's gun-boats off Cadiz ; and 
 in the Ville de Paris present as Signal-Midship- 
 man at the capture, 19 June, 1799, of Rear- Admiral 
 Perree's squadron of three frigates and two brigs. 
 We may here observe that he had been appointed 
 Signal-Midshipman of the latter ship on promotion 
 by Lord St. Vincent as a reward for the prompti- 
 tude with which on a certain occasion he had re- 
 peated that nobleman's signals in the Princess 
 RoTAL. During the term of his servitude in the 
 Queen Charlotte Mr. Nugent was often employed 
 in the boats under Lord Cochrane in action with 
 Spanish gun-vessels ; and he was in her when the 
 combined fleets of France and Spain were pursued 
 into Brest. Towards the close of 1799 he was in- 
 vested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant and the 
 command of the Welkin gun-boat. In that vessel 
 he succeeded soon afterwards in recapturing a 
 Danish brig from two French privateers, under the 
 batteries of Ceuta, and behaved in a manner so ex- 
 tremely gallant that his conduct was reported to 
 Lord Keith in the most flattering manner by Capt. 
 Jas. Newman Newman of the Loire frigate, an eye- 
 witness of the exploit, in which, it must be added, 
 Mr. Nugent was slightly wounded. Being con- 
 firmed in the rank of Lieutenant by commission 
 dated 15 Jan. 1800, he was successively appointed 
 in that capacity — 14 Sept. following, for two years, 
 to the Pbcenix 36, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted — 
 between Aug. 1803 and March, 1805, to the com- 
 mand of the Trial, Stag, Industry, Fox, and 
 Nile cutters — on 1 of the month last mentioned, to 
 the Acincouet 64, Capt. Thos. Briggs — 13 July, 
 1805, to the command, which he retained for nine 
 years, of the Strenuous brig of 14 guns— and 4 
 Nov. 1814, as First, to the Cornwallis 74. In the 
 Ph<enix, besides commanding her boats, in con- 
 junction with the present Admiral Christian, at the 
 cutting out of several vessels under a battery near 
 Piombino, he accompanied the expedition of 1801 
 to Egypt, and assisted at the capture, 3 Aug. and 2 
 Sept. in that year, of the French frigates Carrere, 
 Succes^ and Bravoure. During his command of the 
 Fox and Nile he effected several recaptures, drove 
 on shore and destroyed three lugger privateers, 
 and was slightly wounded while cutting out a richly- 
 laden vessel from under the batteries at Dieppe. 
 In the Strenuods Lieut. Nugent performed many 
 dashing services. On 12 Oct. 1806 he took part in 
 an action of an hour and a quarter, fought in the 
 Bay of Erqui, between a British squadron, consist- 
 ing, with the Strenuous, of the Constance 22, 
 Sheldrake 16, and Britannia cutter, on the one 
 hand, and, on the other, of the Salamandre of 26 guns 
 and 80 men, a 2-gun battery planted on a hill, and 
 
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 one or two field-pieces, together with a few troops on 
 the beach ; the result whereof was the surrender of 
 the enemy's ship, after a loss to herself of about 29 
 men killed, independently of several wounded, and 
 to the British of 10 killed and 23 wounded. The 
 letter which apprized the Admiralty of the achieve- 
 ment we have here detailed also bore testimony to 
 the zeal and bravery of Lieut. Nugent, declaring 
 him, on the present, as well as on former occasions, 
 to have shown himself a gallant and anxious officer.* 
 In the following year he retook the lAxrd Middleton, 
 a rich West Indiaman, and another vessel, the 
 Fame, of Dublin, and, after a long chase, drove on 
 shore, on the He de Bas, the French schooner priva- 
 teer Etoile, by whom the two former had been ori- 
 ginally captured. In 1808 the Lieutenant performed 
 a very neat exploit. A French frigate being in the 
 act of fitting out at St. Maloes,he disguised his brig 
 and stood into that harbour. Shortly after he had 
 entered it he was approached by a cutter, rowing 12 
 oars, under the orders of the First-Lieutenant. Of 
 this boat, and of all who were in her, he took instant 
 possession; he then poured three broadsides into 
 the frigate ; and before either she or the batteries 
 could bring a gun to bear upon him he was off and 
 again at sea. In 1809 he brought out a vessel laden 
 with oak timber from under the batteries at Cher- 
 bourg. On the next night, while engaged in a 
 similar afiair, he had several men killed and wounded 
 in his boats ; and on the following morning he cap- 
 tured a valuable American brig. In Sept. of the 
 same year he made prize, oft' the Naze, of the Doro- 
 thea Catkarina Danish privateer, of 6 guns and 35 
 men. He subsequently, in 1810, chased the French 
 brig-of-war Le Cygne into Cherbourg, seizing, simul- 
 taneously, one of her boats, commanded by a Lieu- 
 tenant ; and, on 10 Aug. in that year, he attacked 
 and drove on the rocks, on the coast of Norway, 
 although under the protection of a three-masted 
 schooner and another armed vessel, a convoy of 10 
 sail, two of which his boats succeeded in bringing 
 off.f A few weeks afterwards he chased on shore 
 and destroyed, on different occasions, the Danish 
 privateers AeWergh of 8 guns and 30 men, and Pop- 
 ham, of 3 guns and 10 men, together with the T^-o- 
 forie, a brig laden with rye and barley. J Independ- 
 ently of many other affairs equally creditable to 
 his zeal and activity, we find him, in 1813, capturing 
 another privateer (the Dansbergh of 4 guns and 24 
 men §), driving three gun-boats on shore, and re- 
 capturing and destroying a Swedish galliot frozen 
 up at Cajrlscrona. We are informed that he also 
 assisted in reducing the Danish island of TJdsire. 
 On becoming, as above, First-Lieutenant of the 
 CoRNWALLis, Mr. Nugent fitted that ship for the 
 flag of Sir Geo. Burlton ; finding then, however, 
 that the Admiral intended taking a follower and an 
 officer junior to him in rank as^his First-Lifeutenant, 
 he resigned his appointment, but had the satisfac- 
 tion, in doing so, of receiving very high testimo- 
 nials as well from Sir Geo. Burlton himself as from 
 the Flag-Captain. He next, 22 Nov. 1816, obtained 
 command of the Ghevhound Revenue-cruizer ; in 
 which vessel, during the three years and upwards 
 that he continued in her, he made an unprecedented 
 number of seizures. Since U Oct. 1823 he has been 
 employed under the Treasury as an Inspecting-Com- 
 mander of the Coast Guard in the North-West dis- 
 trict of Ireland. Notwithstanding the long train of 
 valuable services we have above recorded, added to 
 others performed in the situation he at present fills, 
 he was not advanced to the rank of Commander 
 until 23 Nov. 1841 ! 
 
 We may add that, when in the Strendoos in 1807, 
 Commander Nugent jumped overboard in the Race 
 of Alderney and saved the life of a Gunner's Mate, 
 Mr. Jas. Sinnott. In 1818 he rescued the lives of a 
 
 * Firfe Gaz. 1 806, p. 1 364. —In the preceding m )nth he had 
 assisted, in company with the Constance andSHARpsHooTER 
 gan-brig, in driving the Salammdrc on shore, and by his exer- 
 tions had excited (Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1235) the highest appro- 
 bation of Sir James Saumarez. 
 
 + r. Oai. 1810, p. 1285. + r. Gaz. 1810, p. 1582. 
 
 } V. Gaz. 1813, p. 2406. 
 
 Coast Guard crew and also of two excisemen ; and 
 in 1827 he saved, in co. Mayo, the lives of the 
 crew of the Maria of Galway. On two occasions, 
 when in the Gkeyhound, it fell to his lot to be 
 desperately assaulted and beaten by smugglers — 
 once at Hastings in Sussex, and once at Portland in 
 Dorset. Although reduced in each instance to the 
 necessity of being long under medical treatment, he 
 never received the least compensation. His humane 
 exertions in the cause of others, however, have been 
 acknowledged by the presentation to him of a medal 
 and several small pieces of plate. A sword, during 
 the war, was voted to him by the Patriotic Society 
 in consideration of his wounds. Agents — Burnett 
 and Holmes. 
 
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 OAKE. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 22; h-p., 19.) 
 
 JosiAH Oake entered the Navy, 14 July, 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sampson 64, Capt. 
 Wm. Cuming, in which ship and the Diadem, of 
 similar force, he continued employed in South Ame- 
 rica (where he witnessed the capture of Maldonado 
 and Monte Video) and at the Cape of Good Hope 
 until the spring of 1808— the latter part of the time 
 in the capacity of Midshipman. He then joined the 
 Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship at Plymouth of 
 Admiral Young; and next, in Dec. 1808, July 1810, 
 and May 1811, the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Sam. 
 Warren, Cormorant, Master-Commander Josiah 
 Oake, and Aigle 36, Capt. Sir John Louis. In 
 those ships he served on the Baltic, Lisbon, Medi- 
 terranean, and West India stations for a period of 
 six years and a half. He assisted, in the Aigle, at 
 the capture and destruction of a French convoy un- 
 der the guns of Porto Maurizio, 11 April, 1814. In 
 March, 1815, he took up a commission bearing date 
 2 of the preceding March ; and he was subsequently, 
 
 23 Jan. 1821 and 10 Feb. 1825, appointed to the 
 Adventure surveying-vessel, and Zebra 18, Capts. 
 Wm. Henry Smyth and Edw. Rich. Williams, both 
 in the Mediterranean. Being awarded a second 
 promotal commission 28 April, 1827, he served as 
 an Inspeoting-Commander in the Coast Guard from 
 
 24 June, 1836, until the summer of 1839, and in 
 command, on the coast of Africa, of the Ferret 6, 
 from 1 Deo. 1841 until 1845. He attained his pre- 
 sent rank 9 Nov. 1846. Agents — Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 OAKELEY. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Henry Oakeley is fifth son of the late Rev. Her- 
 bert Oakeley, D.D., of Oakeley, Salop, Rector of 
 Lydham, and Prebendary of Worcester. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1830; passed 
 his examination in 1837 ; obtained his commission 4 
 Oct. 1843; and from 2 May, 1844, until paid off in 
 1847, served on the coast of Africa in the Cygnet 6, 
 Capts. Henry Layton, Fred. Wilmot Horton, and 
 Fred. Byng Montresor. 
 
 He married, 1 June, 1847, Emily Letitia, third 
 daughter of the late Colonel Hamelin Trelawny, 
 R. A., and niece of Sir Wm. Lewis Salusbury Tre- 
 lawny, Bart. 
 
 OAKES. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Orbell Oakes, born in 1800, is second son of the 
 late Orbell Ray Oakes, Esq., of Nowton Court, a 
 Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Suffolk, 
 and a Magistrate for Bury St. Edmunds, by Eliza- 
 beth Francis, daughter of John Plampin, Esq., of 
 Chadacre Hall, Simpling. His youngest sister, now 
 deceased, married Lieut.-Colonel Astley, of the 
 Royal Engineers. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boyne 98, Capt. Geo. 
 Burlton, stationed in the Mediterranean ; where, in 
 the following month, he removed to the Ocean 98, 
 Capt. Robt. Plampin. From July, 1814, until Jan. 
 1820, he served at Plymouth, and on the Irish, 
 Newfoundland, and St. Helena stations, in the Sal- 
 vador del Mondo, Capt. Robt. Hall, Tiber 33, 
 
O'BRIEN. 
 
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 Capt. Jas. Rich. Daores, and Conqderor 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Plampin. He waa 
 then nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Kosakio 
 10, Capt. Wm. Hendry ; from which vessel, in three 
 Inonths, he returned in a similar capacity to the 
 Conqueror. Being confirmed by commission dated 
 14 Oct. 1820, he was next, from 15 March, 1825, 
 until advanced to his present rank 19 May, 1828, 
 employed in the Tweed and Semieamis frigates, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Plampin at Cork. 
 On 28 March, 1839, he received an appointment to 
 the Coast Guard. He left that service in the spring 
 of 1841 ; but since 31 March, 1845, has again been 
 engaged in it. 
 
 Commander Oakes married, at Florence, 3 March, 
 1832, Caroline, youngest daughter of Wm. Bryan, 
 Esq. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 O'BRIEN. (LiEDT., 1807. F-p., 17; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Anurevt O'Brien entered the Navy, 10 March, 
 1798, as a Boy, on board the Romnby 50, Capt. 
 John Lawford ; and in the summer of the same 
 year waa present at the detention of a large convoy 
 laden with naval and military stores for France, and 
 under the protection of a Swedish frigate. After 
 accompanying the expedition against the Helder, 
 and witnessing the surrender of Rear-Admiral 
 Story's squadron, he followed Capt. Lawford, as 
 Midshipman, in Aug. 1800, into the Polyphemus 
 64, which ship formed part of Lord Nelson's divi- 
 sion in the attack upon the Danish line of defence 
 before Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. In the course 
 of 1803 he became in succession attached to the 
 Achille and Courageux 74's, both commanded, 
 the latter in the West Indies, by Capt. John Okes 
 Hardy ; and he next, between 1803 and the close of 
 1807, served, principally on the Home station, in the 
 Britannia 100, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) 
 the Earl of Northesk, Avon sloop, Capt. Fras. Jack- 
 son Snell, and Audacious 74, Capts. John Lawford 
 and Thos. Le Marohant Gosselin. Of the latter ship 
 he was created a Lieutenant 25 April, 1807. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 24 Dec. in that 
 year, to the Racehorse 18, stationed at fiist off 
 Guernsey, and then at the Cape of Good Hope, 
 whence he invalided in July, 1810—6 March, 1811, 
 for a few weeks, to the Recituit sloop, Capt. Hum- 
 phrey Fleming Senliouse, at Newfoundland — 28 
 Sept. following, to the Brisk 16, Capt. Eyles Moun- 
 sher, on the Irish station — and, 28 June, 1813, to the 
 FoHTii 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, employed in the 
 North Sea and North America. He returned to 
 England in May, 1815 ; and has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 O'BRIEN. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Charles Douglas O'Brien died about the com- 
 mencement of 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 March, 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; and, as a reward 
 for his services during the operations on the coast 
 of Syria, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 
 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were— 15 
 Deo. 1840, 13 Sept. 1841, and 17 Oct. 1842, to the 
 Benbow 72, Cambridge 78, and Rodney 92, Capts. 
 Houston Stewart, Edw. Barnard, and Robt. Maun- 
 sell, all in the Mediterranean — 1 Feb. 1844, to the 
 Coast Guard — 11 Dec. following, as Additional- 
 Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 David Milne at Devonport — and 11 Jan. and 6 May, 
 1845, to the Ranger 6, and Prometheus steam-sloop, 
 Capts. Jas. Anderson and John Hay, both on the 
 coast of Africa, where he continued employed as 
 First-Lieutenant of the latter vessel until the period 
 of his death. 
 
 O'BRIEN. (Captain, 1821. p-p., 20; h-p., 31.) 
 DoNAT Henchy O'Brien was born in March, 
 
 1785. He is descended from one of the ancient 
 
 monarch s of Ireland. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Deo. 1796, as 
 
 Ordinary, on board the Overyssel 64, Capts. John 
 
 Young and John Bazely, bearing the successive 
 
 flags of Admirals Joseph Peyton and Skefflngton 
 Lutwidge on the Home station. Continuing in 
 that ship until Jan. 1800, he accompanied, in the 
 capacity of Master's Mate, the expedition of 1799 
 against the Helder, where, in command of a fiat- 
 bottomed boat, he assisted at the landing of the 
 army. After this he was placed in charge of a 
 merchantman laden with Portland stone, intended 
 to be sunk, with others, at the entrance of Goree 
 harbour, for the purpose of preventing the egress 
 of three Dutch line-of-battle ships. Before, how- 
 ever, an opportunity had presented itself for the 
 execution of the plan, the vessel was caught in a 
 gale of wind and went down, three minutes only 
 after Mr. O'Brien had been rescued from his peril- 
 ous situation through the intrepid humanity of a 
 boat's crew belonging to the Lion armed-cutter 
 under the orders of Lieut. Tatham. In Jan. 1800, 
 as above mentioned, he was directed to act as Lieu- 
 tenant of the Atalante 16, Capt. Anselm John 
 Griffiths, in which sloop, owing to the absence of 
 her own Lieutenant, and of the Master, Boatswain, 
 and Gunner, he was for three months most harass- 
 ingly employed off the Flemish banks, Dunkerque, 
 and Gravelines, being, during the whole of that 
 period, compelled, with the present Capt. Jas. 
 Couch, to keep six hours' alternate watch. He then 
 went back to the Overyssel ; and he next, in Dec. 
 1801, Feb. 1802, and Feb. 1803 (in the course of 
 which month he passed his examination), became in 
 succession attached, again as Master's Mate, to the 
 Berschermer 54, Capt. Alex. Fraser, Amphion 32, 
 Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Alex. Fraser, 
 and Thos. Masterman Hardy, and Hussar 38, Capt. 
 Philip Wilkinson. In the latter frigate it was his 
 lot, during a passage home with despatches from 
 Ferrol, to be wrecked, 8 Feb. 1804, on the south- 
 ernmost part of the Saintes ; a misfortune which in 
 a few days rendered him a prisoner to the French 
 at Brest. After three attempts at escape, which 
 had entailed on him privations and hardships not 
 to be imagined, and had all ended in his re-capture, 
 he at length, 14 Sept. 1808, succeeded in effecting a 
 flight; truly wonderful in Its history, from the 
 famed fortress of Bitche.* Reaching Trieste in the 
 following Nov., he contrived, with two friends (one 
 of them the present Lieut. Maurice Hewson), to 
 get on board a boat belonging to the Amphion 32, 
 Capt. Wm. Hoste, which had been sent inshore on 
 the look-out under the command of Lieut. Geo. 
 Matthew Jones. Under that officer, before his 
 return to the frigate, we find him afforded an op- 
 portunity of participating in a desperate attack on 
 two powerful vessels, whose successful resistance 
 killed 2 and wounded 5 of the British, including 
 himself severely through the right arm. Proceeding 
 soon to Malta in H.M. brig Spider, he was there 
 received on board the Ocean 98, fiag-ship of Lord 
 Collingwood, who promoted him, 29 March, 1809, to 
 a Lieutenancy in the Warrior 74, Capt. John Wm. 
 Spranger. After assisting at the reduction of the 
 islands of Ischia and Procida, and of those of Zante, 
 Cephalonia, Ithaca, andCerigo, he again, in March, 
 1810, joined the Amphion, still commanded by 
 Capt. Hoste. On 29 of the ensuing June, with the 
 boats of the latter frigate and the Cerberus under 
 his orders, he covered the landing of a body of 
 seamen and marines commanded by Lieut. Wm. 
 Slaughter, near the town of Grao, where the gal- 
 lantry and exertion of the British enabled them to 
 defeat a numerous body of French troops, and to 
 effect the capture and destruction of a large convoy 
 laden with naval stores for the arsenal at Venice. -f 
 Besides many other dashing services, Mr. O'Brien 
 was subsequently, 13 March, 1811, present, as Second- 
 Lieutenant of the Amphion, in the celebrated action 
 
 • We are relieved, even had we space, from the necessity 
 of entering at large into the history of Capt. O'Brien's cap- 
 tivity, it being already familiar to the public through the 
 medium of the ' Narrative,' &c., published by him in 1814, 
 and re-produced in 1839, in two volumes, under the title of 
 * My Adventures during the late War ; comprising a Narra- 
 tive of Shipwreck, Captivity, Escapes from French Prisons, 
 &c., from 1804 to 1827.' 
 
 t Fide Gaz. 1810, p. 1857. 
 
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 fougbt off Lissa ; on which occasion a British squa- 
 dron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, 
 completely routed, after a battle of six hours and a 
 loss to the above ship of 15 men killed and 47 
 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force 
 amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. On the victory 
 being accomplished he was sent to Malta in charge 
 of La Bellona, one of the captured French frigates. 
 Accompanying Capt. Hoste as his First-Lieutenant, 
 in Nov. 1811, into the Bacchante 38, he continued, 
 in that frigate also, to share in a great variety of 
 service in the Adriatic. On the night of 31 Aug. 
 1812, having been detached in command of the 
 boats, he cut out from the port of Lema seven 
 vessels laden with ship-timber for the Venetian 
 government, together with La Tisiphone French 
 national xebec, of 1 6-poimder, 2 3-pounders, and 
 28 men, one gun-boat, with a 9-pounder, 2 3- 
 pounders, and 24 men, and another of 1 9-pounder 
 and 20 men, intended for the protection of the 
 trade on the coast of Istria, from Pola to Trieste. 
 This service was fortunately executed without any 
 loss, owing chiefly to the arrangements of Lieut. 
 O'Brien, the gallantry and promptitude with which 
 he led the boats to the attack, and the brave and 
 determined support he received from those under 
 his orders.* On 18 of the ensuing Sept. he was 
 again sent, with the boats, six in number, containing 
 72 officers and men, to effect the capture of eight 
 armed-vessels, carrying in the whole 8 long 12- 
 pounders, 6 swivels, and 104 men, and a convoy of 
 18 sail, laden chiefly with oil and almonds, which 
 the Bacchante had chased between Tremiti and 
 Vasto on the coast of Apulia. Leading to the 
 attack with his accustomed valour, Lieut. O'Brien's 
 fearless exertions were again crowned with success ; 
 the enemy, notwithstanding a heavy fire of grape 
 and musketry, were impetuously assailed, and driven 
 in every direction from their vessels ; while a party 
 of marines, under Lieut. "Wm. Haig, landing, forced 
 the fugitives from a neighbouring wood, and thereby 
 gave the coup-de-grace to the affair. " I want 
 words," says Capt. Hoste in his report to Rear-Ad- 
 miral Fremantle, " to convey to you my admiration 
 of the determined manner in which this service 
 ■was performed." t Its brave conductor was in 
 consequence promoted to the rank of Commander 
 22 Jan. 1813 ; but before the receipt of his com- 
 mission he appears to have been concerned in the 
 achievement of two other exploits deserving of 
 notice ; the first in Nbv. 1812, when, with the boats 
 of the Bacchante, and Eagle and Achille 74's, 
 he brought off a large quantity of government oak- 
 timber from the beach near Fesano, a small town in 
 the vicinity of Pola, in face of 300 soldiers ; and 
 the second in Jan. 1813, on 6 of which month his 
 prompt and judicious measures enabled him, after a 
 good deal of firing and much resistance, to board, 
 near Otranto, a gun-boat carrying 2 pivot-guns and 
 36 men, and then to pursue and capture two other 
 vessels of a similar description.! I^i April, 1813, 
 Capt. O'Brien left the Bacchaste, receiving at the 
 same time, for the cordial co-operation he had at all 
 times afforded, the sincere and public thanks of 
 Capt. Hoste, who availed himself of the opportunity 
 of proclaiming " that his promotion, as it had been 
 gained entirely by his own exertions, unassisted by 
 interest, held to the remaining officers a striking 
 example that meritorious service would meet its 
 own reward." He shortly afterwards returned to 
 England a passenger in the T'h under bomb, Capt. 
 Watkin Owen Pell ; but it was not until 1818 that 
 he again succeeded in procuring employment. Ob- 
 taining command, in Aug. of that year, of the 
 Slanev 20, he sailed in the ensuing Dec. for the 
 South American station, and in May, 1819, he 
 reached Valparaiso. During his stay in the Pacific, 
 a period of more than 12 months, it wag Capt. 
 O'Brien's fortune to render many essential services 
 to British commerce on the coasts of Chili and 
 Peru. On his subsequent arrival in the Rio de la 
 Plata, we find him hoisting for a short time the 
 
 * Vide Ga7,. 1813, p. 163. f V. Gaz. 1813, p. 104. 
 
 J v. Gaz. 1813, p. 627. 
 
 broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy ; by 
 whom, pn his departure on service round Cape 
 Horn, he was left Senior officer at Buenos Ayres. 
 This happened at a very critical period, just as the 
 latter state had been involved in war with the 
 neighbouring provinces ; and Capt. O'Brien had in 
 consequence many harassing and perplexing duties 
 to perform. One result, we may here observe, of 
 the opening hostilities had been a manifesto pub- 
 lished by the Buenos Ayrean government for the 
 purpose of compelling all the British residents to 
 organize themselves into a regiment. This mea- 
 sure, attended as it was likely to be with a large 
 sacrifice of property, demanded of course strenuous 
 opposition on the part of Capt. O'Brien ; who, after 
 a long and painful discussion, succeeded in extract- 
 ing from the authorities a document, exempting 
 every British resident from being drawn for military 
 service, or in any way required to act hostilely 
 against its recently-declared enemies. In Oct. 1821, 
 having been advanced to Post-rank on 5 of the pre- 
 ceding March, he was superseded in the command 
 of the StANEY. He took a passage home in the 
 Owen Giendower frigate, and has not been since 
 able to procure employment. 
 
 Capt. O'Brien married, 28 June, 182.5, Hannah, 
 youngest daughter of the late John Wataisley, Esq., 
 of Castle- Meer, in Lancashire, ;and sister of Geo. 
 Walmsley, Esq., of Bolesworth Castle, co. Chester, 
 by whom he has had issue seven children. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 O'BKIEN. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 1 6 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Joseph O'Bkien entered the Navy, 25 June, 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capts.- Jas. 
 Maenamara and Stephen Poyntz, employed off 
 Rochefort and in the Baltic and North Sea. In 
 Aug. 1808 he was present, as Midshipman, at the 
 embarkation of the Spanish troops under the Mar- 
 quis de la Romana ; and in March, 1810, he removed 
 to the Berwick 74, Capts. Jas. Maenamara, Sir 
 Robt. Laurie, and Edw. Brace, stationed at first off 
 Flushing and Cherbourg, and then in the Mediter- 
 ranean. In the latter ship, of which he was created 
 a Lieutenant 1 Oct. 1814, he witnessed the fall of 
 Genoa, and was present in 1815 at the siege of 
 Gaeta. "While next attached, between July and 
 Nov. 1816, to the ImrREGNABLE 98, also commanded 
 by Capt. Brace, Mr. O'Brien fought under the flag 
 of Rear- Admiral David Milne at the bombardment 
 of Algiers. His succeeding appointments were, on 
 the West India station— 1 1 Dec. 1822, to the Glou- 
 cester 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Edw. 
 W. C. R. Owen— 29 Dec. 1823, to the Ptramds 42, 
 Capt. Fras. Newcombe— 10 Oct. 1824, to the com- 
 mand of the Renegade schooner — and, 1 Nov. fol- 
 lowing, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capts. Hugh Patton 
 and John Leith. He was advanced (from the Isis 
 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted) to the 
 command of the Beaver sloop 3 May, 1826; and 
 next appointed (still in the West Indies)— 24 April, 
 1828, to the EspiiGLE 18— and, 5 Jan. 1829, to the 
 Slaney 20. Since his Post-promotion,"which took 
 place 8 Aug. in the latter year, the Captain has 
 been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 O'BRIEN. (Lieut, 1838. f-p., 1 8 ; h-p., 8.) 
 
 Robert O'Brien, born 17 Aug. 1808, at Ardfry, 
 CO. Galway, is third son of Retired Rear-Admi- 
 ral Robt. O'Brien (1837), of co. Clare, who com- 
 manded the Doris 42, in the East Indies, at the 
 close of the war, and died about Jan. 1838, at Chel- 
 tenham, by his first-cousin Anne O'Brien, herself a 
 first-cousin of the present Earl of Charlemont. H e is 
 grandson of the late, and first-cousin of the present. 
 Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., of Dromoland, co. Clare. 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 
 June, 1821 ; and embarked, in June, 1823, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Ranger 28, Capt. Peter 
 Fisher, employed at first in the Channel, and then 
 in the Mediterranean. Between June, 1825, and 
 March, 1828, in the course of which month he passed 
 his examination, he served, on the South American 
 
O'CALLAGHAN— O'CONNELL-O'CONOR. 
 
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 station, in the Doris 42, Capt. Sir John Gordon 
 Sinclair, and Jasedb 18, Capt. Edw. Ilandfield ; and 
 he next, from June, 1828, until Oct, 1832, and from 
 June, 1834, until he invalided in Sept. 1837, offi- 
 ciated as Mate, in the East Indies and Mediterra- 
 nean, of the Crocodile 28 and Guilders 18, Capts. 
 John Wm. Montagu and Hon. Henry Keppel. His 
 appointments, since his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 28 June, 1838, have 
 been— 22 May, 1839, as Additional, to the Winches- 
 ter 50, fitting at Chatham for the flag of Sir Thos. 
 Harvey— 7 Sept. following, to the Crocodile 26, 
 Capt. Alex. Milne, on the North America and West 
 India station, whence he invalided in Aug. 1840— 
 26 May, 1841, to the Belleislb 72, Capt. John 
 Toup Nicolas, which ship, in the following Oct., 
 was paid off at Plymouth, where she had been for 
 some time stationary— 3 March, 1842, as Additional, 
 for a few months, to the Illustrioos 72, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the 
 West Indies— and, 4 Sept. 1844, to the command, 
 which he still retains, of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 In 1825 Lieut. O'Brien, then belonging to the 
 Doris, received the thanks of the Admiralty for 
 his conduct in having saved the life of a man who 
 had fallen overboard. During his servitude in the 
 Winchester he had the misfortune to dislocate his 
 shoulder-joint, and also to receive much injury by a 
 block falling on his head. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 O'CALLAGHAN. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 6.) 
 
 George William Dodglas O'Callaghan was 
 born 15 Aug. 1811. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 May, 1825, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camelion 10, Capts. 
 Geo. Robt. Lambert and Mich. Seymour, stationed 
 in the Channel. In July, 1826, he became Midship- 
 man of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, lying 
 in the Downs for the purposes of the Coast Block- 
 ade ; and he was next, from Feb. 1827 until July, 
 1831, employed in the West Indies in the Barham 
 50, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, 
 Druid 46, Capt. Williams Sandom, Grasshopper 
 18, Capt. Chas. Deare, and Merseit 26, Capt. Geo. 
 Wm. Conwaj' Courtenay. Prior to his examination, 
 which he passed 8 Sept. 1831, he served for a short 
 period also in the Isis 50, Capt. Geo. Rennie. In 
 the early part of 1831 he sailed for the East Indies 
 as Mate of the Harrier 18, Capt. Spencer Lambert 
 Hunter Vassall ; in^ command of one of the boats 
 belonging to which vessel we find him on two occa- 
 sions engaged in attacks upon the Malay pirates. 
 Being advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 6 June, 
 1834, and appointed, a few months afterwards, to 
 the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, 
 also on the East India station, he was slightly 
 wounded, while in that frigate, in endeavouring to 
 eflTect the suppression of piracy in the straits of Ma- 
 lacca, and for his services was presented, in com- 
 mon with the other officers employed, with a sword 
 by the merchants, &c., of Bombay, besides receiving 
 the thanks of the Admiralty and of the Chambers 
 of Commerce at Calcutta and Madras. He returned 
 to England in Sept. 1837 ; and was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, on the Mediterranean station — 24 April, 
 1838, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Henry John Codring- 
 ton— 25 Oct. following, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. 
 Fisher— 29 Jan. 1839, as First, to the Rhadaman- 
 THus steamer, Capt. Arth. Wakefield, which vessel 
 he left in July, 1840— and in June, 1841, in a simi- 
 lar capacity, to the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw, 
 Harvey. He obtained a second promotal commis- 
 sion 11 Aug. 1841 ; and from 22 March, 1845, until 
 advanced to his present rank, 30 Nov. 1846, had 
 command of the "V Bsuvius steam-sloop of 280 horse 
 power on the North America and West India sta^ 
 tion. H e has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. O'Callaghan married, 25 Aug, 1840, Miss 
 Harriet Graves Barton, and by that lady has issue. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 O'CALLAGHAN. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 Henry John O'Callaghan obtained his com- 
 mission 25 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half- 
 pay. Agent — Frederick Dufaur, 
 
 O'CONNELL, (Lieut,, 1815. f-p„ 21; h-p., 20.) 
 Maurice FitzGebald O'Connbll entered the 
 Navy, 1 Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Amethvst 36, Capts. John Wm. Spranger and 
 Mich, Seymour, on the Cork station ; where, in the 
 following Aug., he removed to the Drdid 32, Capts, 
 Bennett, Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, and Sir Wm. 
 Bolton. In Nov. 1809, being at the time in the 
 Bay of Biscay, he participated in an unsuccessful 
 attack made by the boats of the latter frigate on 
 two French national vessels ; the result of which 
 was the slaughter of two Lieutenants and several 
 men, and the capture of himself and 20 others. 
 Being retaken in a few days by the Drdid, he con- 
 tinued in that ship until Sept. 1810, when he fol- 
 lowed Sir Wm. Bolton into the Endtmion 40, a very 
 active cruizer. Joining next, in May, 1812, the Iris 
 36, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, he served for 
 some time in co-operation with the patriots on the 
 north coast of Spain, where, among other places, he 
 beheld the capture of Castro. On one occasion he 
 was sent to assist in cutting out an American brig 
 which had been chased into Vivero harbour. On 
 the return of the party with their prize, a gale arose 
 which caused two boats with 3 men to become de- 
 tached, and drift towards an inaccessible rock. In 
 this emergency Mr. O'Connell volunteered to go 
 with another boat to their rescue, and in his hu- 
 mane efibrts he happily succeeded. The gale, how- 
 ever, continuing, he was obliged to put into Vivero, 
 and thence to travel with his men, 13 in number, 
 overland to Corunna — 10 weeks elapsing before he 
 was enabled to rejoin his ship. During that period 
 we find him serving (as Supernumerary of the Lyra 
 10, Capt. Robt. Bloye) in a battery at the defence 
 of Castro, when attacked and stormed by a very 
 superior French force. On leaving the Iris in July, 
 1813, he rejoined Sir Wm. Bolton, as Master's Mate, 
 on board the Forth 40. In March, 1814, he was 
 present in that ship when sent, with the Antelope 
 50, Capt. Sam, Butcher, and a Russian frigate, to 
 reinforce a squadron stationed in the West Scheldt, 
 While in the act, for this purpose, of forcing the 
 Hondt passage, the Antelope unfortuately grounded 
 within shell-range of Flushing ; and in consequence 
 he was at night ordered to assist in bringing several 
 schuyts down the river to lighten her. When after- 
 wards on the coast of North America he served at 
 the blockade of New York, and was engaged at the 
 attack and capture of an American brig chased into 
 Egg harbour, an exploit in the achievement of 
 which the First-Lieutenant of the Forth was se- 
 verely wounded. In Aug. 1815, having passed his 
 examination at the commencement of 1812, Mr. 
 O'Connell took up a commission bearing date 14 of 
 the preceding Feb. He has been employed in the 
 Coast Guard since 12 Jan. 1836. 
 
 He married Agnes, daughter of the late Geo. 
 Gorham, Esq., of Obrennan, co. Kerry, by whom 
 he has issue four sons and one daughter. Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 O'CONOK, K.C.H. (Captatlt, 1814. p-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 Richard O'Conor is second son of the late Sir 
 Pat. O'Conor, of Cork, by Miss Terry, of Castle 
 Terry, in that co. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devad 36, Capt. Lord 
 AmeUus Beauclerk, employed on the Cork station, 
 where, in 1799, he removed to the Doris 36, Capt. 
 Lord Ranelagh. In 1801 he again joined Lord Ame- 
 Uus Beauclerk, as Midshipman, on board the FoR- 
 TDsiE frigate, attached to the Channel fleet, with 
 which he continued to serve, until Aug. 1805, in the 
 Plantagenet and Majestic 74's, Capts. Graham 
 Eden Hamond and Lord A. Beauclerk, and Hiber- 
 NiA 110, flag-ship of Lord Gardner. He was then 
 
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 OGILVIE-OGILVY. 
 
 nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Attack gun- 
 brig ; and on 1 Feb. 1806 lie was made full Lieute- 
 tenant into the Confiance sloop, Capt. Jas. Lucas 
 Yeo. After further serving in the Royal "William, 
 flag-ship of Admiral Montagu at Spithead, in the 
 Thalia 36, commanded on the Guernsey station by 
 Capt. Jas. Walker, and for two years as Flag- Lieu- 
 tenant to Sir Edm. Nagle in the Ardent 64, at 
 Leith, he was promoted, 17 Aug. 1810, to the rank 
 of Commander. In 1813 we find him superintending 
 the naval yards on the Canadian lakes ; and on 6 
 May, 1814, performing, in the Prince Regent, the 
 duties of Flag-Captain to Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas 
 Yeo at the capture of Oswego, where he was in- 
 trusted with the direction of the boats and gun- 
 vessels employed in landing the troops.* In 1815, 
 having been advanced to Post-rank 16 Aug. in the 
 preceding year, he returned to England. He was 
 nominated a K.C.H. 25 Jan. 1836 ; and accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. O' Conor married Miss Hannah Ross, daugh- 
 ter of an eminent merchant and East India Director, 
 by whom he has issue a son (an officer in the Hon. 
 E. I. Co.'s service) and three daughters, the eldest 
 of whom is married to a Swiss nobleman. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 OGILVIE. (LiEDT., 1812. F-p., 12; H-p, 31.) 
 Henry Ogilvie was bom 1 Sept. 1791. 
 This ofiBcer entered the Navy, 23 March, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bacchante" 20, Capt. 
 Chas. Dashwood, stationed in the Channel ; he re- 
 moved, in the following Aug., to the Canopus 80, 
 bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Geo. Campbell in 
 the Mediterranean ; and, from March, 1805, until 
 Dec. 1810, he served on board the Donegal 94, 
 Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. He accompanied Lord 
 Nelson, in the latter ship, in his pursuit of the com- 
 bined squadrons to the West Indies and back — parti- 
 cipated in the capture of El Rayo of 100 guns, one 
 of the ships recently defeated at Trafalgar — was 
 wounded in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, 
 for which he received a gratuity of 40/. from the 
 Patriotic Fund — escorted Sir Arth. Wellesley's army 
 from Cork to Portugal in 1808 — witnessed the de- 
 struction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French frigates 
 under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne — was present 
 in the ensuing April at Lord Cochrane's destruc- 
 tion of the enemy's shipping in Basque Roads — and 
 on 15 Nov. 1810 assisted in an attack made, by 
 Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana, on the two French 
 frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected by the tire 
 of several strong batteries, near Cherbourg. On 
 leaving the Donegal he became attached to the 
 Illustrious 74, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Wm. Robt. Broyghton in the East Indies ; 
 where, on his removal, as Master's Mate, to the 
 Akbar 50, Capt. Hen. Drury, he aided in effecting 
 the conquest of Java. He was confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant (after having acted four months as Mate) in 
 the Doris 36, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, 7 Feb. 1812 ; 
 and, returning to England in the following Dec, 
 was next appointed — 2 June, 1813, to the Presi- 
 dent 38, Capts. Fras. Mason and Arch. Duff, for 
 some time employed off the north coast of Spain, 
 where he served, under Lieut. Dowell O'Reilly of 
 the SuRVEiLLANTE, in the breaching batteries at 
 the siege of St. Sebastian — 12 July, 1815 (he had 
 invalided from the President in Aug. 1814), to the 
 Nightingale 16, Capt. Christopher Nixon, in which 
 vessel, stationed in the Downs, he remained but a 
 few weeks — and, 2 April, 1816, to the Newcastle 
 50, bearing the flag at St. Helena and the Cape of 
 Good Hope of his former Captain, Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, to whom he became Signal-Lieutenant 20 
 Sept. following. He has been on half-pay since 16 
 Aug. 1817. 
 
 OGILVIE. (Lieut., 1816. f-p. 8; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Simon Taylor Ogilvie entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 
 1808, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Rover brig, Capt. 
 Fras. John Nott, with whom during the remainder 
 of the year he cruized in the North Sea. Becoming 
 
 * rirfetiaz. 1814, p. 1367. 
 
 Midshipman, in April, 1809, of the Heeoihe 32, 
 Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, he accompanied the 
 ensuing expedition to the Walcheren, and was pre- 
 sent, under Lord Wm. Stuart, at the forcing of the 
 passage between the batteries of Flushing and Cad- 
 sand. In Nov. of the same year he joined the Cab- 
 TiLiAN 18, Capts. Kobt. Brown Tom and David 
 Braimer ; and in the course of 1811 he commanded 
 the cutter belonging to that vessel at the cutting- 
 out of a brig from under a heavy fire of musketry 
 near Dieppe. In July of the same year we again 
 find him placed under the orders of Capt. Christian 
 in the Iris 36, in which ship, after co-operating 
 vrith the patriots on the north coast of Spain, and 
 witnessing the capture of Castro, he sailed for the 
 Brazils, whence, in May, 1814, he returned home as 
 a Supernumerary in the Akbar 50, Capt. Arch* 
 Dickson. Between the following July and Oct. 
 1815 he served on the Home station in the Martial 
 12, Capts. Hen. Forbes and Jas. Leach, Chal- 
 lenger 16, Capt. Hen. Forbes, and, as Admiralty 
 Midshipman, in the Orlando 36, Capt. John Cla- 
 vell. He was then transferred, in the capacity last 
 mentioned, to the Hebrds 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer ; 
 and for his services in that frigate at the bombard- 
 ment of Algiers he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 16 Sept. 1816. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 OGILVIE. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 
 16; H-p., 37.) 
 William Ogilvie entered the Navy, in July, 
 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tremendous 74, 
 Capts. John Aylmer, Geo. Hopewell Stephens, and 
 Chas. Brisbane ; in which ship he continued em- 
 ployed in the Channel and at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, part of the time as Midshipman under the 
 flag of Rear- Admiral Thos. Pringle, until his return 
 with that oflicer to England in the Crescent frigate 
 in 1798. After serving three years in the North 
 Sea and Baltic on board the St. George 98, Capts. 
 John Holloway, Sampson Edwards, and Thos. Mas- 
 terman Hardy, flag-ship latterly of Lord Nelson, 
 and participating in the attack upon the Danish 
 line of defence before Copenhagen, he was made 
 Lieutenant, 27 June, 1801, into the Russel 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Cuming, with whom he proceeded off Cadiz. 
 He left the Russel in Nov. 1801, and was after- 
 wards appointed— 11 June, 1803, to the Windsor 
 Castle 98, Capts. Albemarle Bertie, Thos. Wells, 
 Davidge Gould, and Chas. Boyles, stationed in the 
 Channel— about July, 1805, to the Sampson 64, em- 
 ployed at first in South America and then at the 
 Cape of Good Hope, whence he returned in May, 
 1806—21 May, 1807, to the Banterer 22, Capt. 
 Alex. Shiphard, under whom he was wrecked in the 
 river St. Lawrence 29 Oct. 1808, suffering on the 
 occasion many hardships— and, 29 April, 1809, to 
 the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, in 
 which ship he accompanied the expedition to the 
 Walcheren, and served in the Channel until March, 
 1812. He became a Retired Commander on the 
 Junior List 11 Aug. 1832; and on the Senior, 9 
 March, 1846. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 OGILVY. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 George Keith Ogilvy died 20 Sept. 1846, at 
 Wyndham Place. He was son of the late Rear- 
 Admiral Sir Wm. Ogilvy, Bart.,* by the eldest 
 daughter of the late Jas. Morley, Esq. 
 
 • Sit Wm. Ogilvy entered the Navy in 1 173. He served, 
 as Lieutenant of the Poj.vphemus 64, in the partial action 
 with the combined fleets off Cape Spartel 20 Oct. 1782 ; acted 
 as Captain of the Robust 74 at the occupation of Toulon in 
 1793 ; and was presented with a second promotal commis- 
 sion for his conduct as First of the Glory 98, in Lord Howe's 
 action 1 June, 1794. As Commander of the Lark sloop, he 
 distinguished himself during Sir John Warren's expedition to 
 Quiberon in 1795, and was present, in 1796, at the unsuc- 
 cessful attack upon the town and fnrt of Leogane, in the 
 island of St. Domingo. He afterwards, until the peace of 
 Amiens, commanded the Thunderer 74, in which he caused 
 the self-destruction of the Harmunie, a French frigate of the 
 largest class, and Magicienne 32. His Post-commission bore 
 date 5 July, 1797. He was placed on the list ol Super- 
 annuated Hear-Admirals 6 Dec. 1821. 
 
OGLE. 
 
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 This officer entered the Navy 31 May, 1824; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 1 May, 1834. His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were— 21 Nov. 1834, as Additional- 
 Lieutenant, to the Thalia 46, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Patrick Campbell at the Cape of 
 Good Hope— 1 March, 1835, to the Jupitek 38, 
 Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court, fitting at Woolwich — 
 18 May following, to the Barham 50, Capt. Armar 
 Lowry Corry, on the Mediterranean station — 29 
 Nov. 1836, and 29 July, 1837, to the Victory 104 
 and Welleslet 72, in which ships, stationed at 
 Portsmouth and in the East Indies, he served as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland until 
 the death of that officer in Nov. 1839-27 Oct. 1840, 
 to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos Forrest, fitting 
 at Plymouth— and, 6 Aug. 1841, to the Illustrious 
 72, equipping for the flag of Sir Chas. Adam, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in North America and the West 
 Indies. He attained the rank of Commander 23 
 Nov. 1841. Agehts— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 OGLE, Bart. (Admiral or the Red, 1841. 
 F-P., 31 ; H-P., 28.) 
 
 Sir Charles Ogle, born 24 May, 1775, is eldest 
 son of Sir Chaloner Ogle (who received the honour 
 of Knighthood and was created a Baronet for his 
 professional services, and died Senior Admiral in 
 the British Navy 27 Aug. 1816) by Hester, youngest 
 daughter and co-heir of the Right Rev. John Tho- 
 mas, Lord Bishop of Winchester. He is brother of 
 Major Thos. Ogle, of the 58th Regt., who was killed 
 in the boats at the landing in Egypt in 1801 ; bro- 
 ther-in-law of the present Lord Dacre ; uncle of 
 Commander Graham Ogle, R.N. ; and a relative of 
 Sir Chaloner Ogle, Kt., who died Admiral of the 
 Fleet in 1751. One of his father's sisters was mo- 
 ther of the present Rear-Admiral De Starck ; and 
 another grandmother of the late Earl Grey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy about 1788, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the Adventure 44, Capt. 
 John Nicholson Inglefield, with whom, in the same 
 ship and the Medusa 50, he made three trips to the 
 coast of Africa. In Sept. 1791 he became Midship- 
 man of the Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape 
 Douglas, lying at Portsmouth ; and he was next toi 
 two years employed, at Halifax and at Home, in the 
 Wimchelsba frigate, Capt. Fisher, Edgar 74, Capt. 
 Albemarle Bertie, and Bovne 98, Capt. Wm. Albany 
 Otway. On 14 Nov. 1793 he was made Lieutenant 
 into the Woolwich 44, Capt. Craven, attached to 
 the force in the West Indies ; on which station, in 
 the ensuing Dec. and Jan., he successively joined 
 the Vengeance 74, Commodore Chas. Thompson, 
 and, a second time, the Boyne, bearing the flag of 
 Sir John Jervis. During the proximate operations 
 against the French islands he commanded a boat at 
 the capture, under a heavy fire of great guns and 
 musketry, of two schooners lying at anchor, with 
 others, near Maran, Martinique ; where he assisted 
 at the taking of Pigeon Island, was intrusted with 
 the command of a party of seamen landed at Point 
 Negro to co-operate with the army, and remained 
 on shore until after the surrender of Fort Bourbon. 
 At the siege of Guadeloupe he again commanded a 
 division of seamen, and greatly distinguished him- 
 self by his conduct at the storming of Fort Fleur 
 d'Epee. Towards the close of May, 1794, he was 
 nominated Acting-Captain qf the Assurance 44. 
 He was made Commander, 21 May following, into 
 the Avenger sloop; appointed next to the Pete- 
 REL ; and, on 11 Jan. 1796, posted into La Mi- 
 nerve frigate, in the Mediterranean. During the 
 after part of the French revolutionary war he com- 
 manded theMELBAGER and Greyhound, of 32 guns 
 each, and Egyptienne 40, on the Jamaica station, 
 and again in the Mediterranean. While in the 
 Meleager ofi' Cadiz he acquired the approbation 
 of Sir John Jervis by the manner in which he re- 
 peated that officer's signals. In the Greyhound 
 we find him effecting the capture of a Genoese 
 privateer mounting 10 guns, also of a Spanish 
 armed polacre, and of other vessels; and, in the 
 
 Egyptienne, earning the Turkish gold medal for 
 his services dtiring the Egyptian campaign. His 
 subsequent appointments were — 1 April, 1805, to 
 the Unite frigate, fitting for the Mediterranean^ 
 19 June, 1806, to the Princess Augusta yacht, in 
 which he remained a period of exactly nine years 
 —26 Aug. 1815, to the Ramillies 74, stationed in 
 the Channel— and, 20 Nov. following and 20 Jan. 
 1816, to the Malta 84 and Kivoli 74, lying at 
 Plymouth and Portsmouth. The latter ship he left 
 in the following Sept. As Rear-Admiral, a rank he 
 attained 12 Aug. 1819, Sir Chas. Ogle commanded- 
 in-chief on the North American station from 27 
 April, 1827, until 14 July, 1830. He became a Vice- 
 Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; rose to the rank of full Ad- 
 miral 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 30 Sept. 1845 has 
 held the chief command at Portsmouth. Sir Chas. 
 Ogle is President of the Royal Naval Benevolent 
 Society. 
 
 He married, first, 22 April, 1802, Charlotte Mar- 
 garet, sister of Benry, third Viscount Gage, and of 
 the present Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, G.C.H., 
 and daughter of the late General Hon. Thos. Gage, 
 Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's forces in 
 North America during the first American war. By 
 that lady, who died in 1814, he had issue one son, 
 Chaloner, formerly a Captain in the Army, and two 
 daughters. He married, secondly, 4 Sept. X820, Le- 
 titia, daughter of Sir Wm. Burroughs, Bart., by 
 whom he had issue another son. Being again left 
 a widower 13 Nov. 1832, he married a third time, 
 10 April, 1834, Mary-Anne, daughter of Geo. Cary, 
 Esq., of Tor Abbey, co. Devon, and relict of John 
 Dalton, jun., Esq., of Thumham Hall, co. Lan- 
 caster, and of Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart. 
 The last Lady Ogle died 4 Feb. 1842. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 OGLE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Graham Ogle, born 27 Sept. 1814, is second son 
 of the Rev. Jas. Ogle, M.A., Rector of Bishop's 
 Waltham, and Vicar of Crondall, by Elizabeth, 
 daughter of the Rev. Edm. Poulter, Prebendary of 
 Winchester. He is nephew of Admiral Sir Chas. 
 Ogle, Bart. ; and brother-in-law of the Marquis 
 Gentili, of Naples. His youngest brother, Edmund, 
 is in the Royal Engineers. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 28 May, 1827; 
 passed his examination in 1834 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 6 Sept. 1838. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 26 Jan. 1839, as Additional- 
 Lieutenant, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bear- 
 ing the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford in the Medi- 
 terranean — 9 March, 1840, to the Edinburgh 72, 
 Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, by whom, prior to 
 witnessing the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he 
 was highly lauded for the bravery he evinced in 
 partial command of the boats in a successful at- 
 tempt made, 2 Oct., to remove a quantity of powder 
 from the castle of Beyrout*— 22 Sept. 1841 (soon 
 after the latter ship had been paid off) to the Cam- 
 brian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chad.s, fitting for the 
 East Indies— and, 1 1 April, 1844, to the command, 
 on that station, of the Royalist brig. He attained 
 his present rank 8 June, 1846; and since 15 Jan. 
 1847 has been officiating as Second-Captain of the 
 St. Vincent 120 and Victory 100, flag-ships at 
 Portsmouth of his uncle Sir Chas. Ogle. 
 
 OGLE. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Thomas Ogle entered the Navy 25 Jan. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord 
 Amelius Beauclerk, to whom, on removing to the 
 Royal Oak 74, he officiated as Aide-de-Camp dur- 
 ing the operations connected with the Walcheren 
 expedition. With the exception of a few weeks 
 passed in the early part of 1812 in the Hannibal 
 74, also commanded by Lord Beauclerk, he con- 
 tinued to serve with that nobleman and the late Sir 
 Pulteney Malcolm in the Royal Oak until June, 
 1815. He was often in consequence detached 
 against the enemy on the coast of France, and was 
 * yide Gaz. 1840, p. 2610. 
 
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 O'GRADY— OHEA— OKE— OKES. 
 
 constantly employed in a tender from the capture 
 of Washington until the attack on New Orleans. 
 In Sept. 1815, at which period he was serving at 
 Portsmouth on board the Bkune troop-ship, Capt. 
 "Wm. Stanhope Badcock, he was nominated Ad- 
 miralty Midshipman of the Cherokee 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Bamage, on the Leith station; and, on 25 
 July, 1816, while filling the same rank at St. Helena 
 in the Newcastle 50, fiag-ship of Sir P. Malcolm, 
 he received an order to act as Lieutenant of the 
 JciJA 14, Capt. Jenkin Jones. He was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant 20 Aug. 1817, a few weeks after he 
 had rejoined the Newcastle; and subsequently 
 appointed— in Dec. 1821, to the Active 46, Capts. 
 Andrew King and Hon.-Robt. Rodney, engaged on 
 particular service— 18 Oct. 1824, to the Ocean 80, 
 bearing the flag of Lord A. Beauclerk in the Tagus 
 ^and, 9 Jan. 1827, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. 
 Fred. Warren, on the same station. Being re-ap- 
 pointed to the last-mentioned ship on the occasion 
 of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 26 
 May, 1828, he continued in her, as Second-Captain, 
 until 1830. We next find him employed — from 6 
 Aug. 1831 until Dec. 1834, in the Isis 50, flag-ship 
 of Kear- Admiral Fred. W arren at the Cape of Good 
 Hope— from 21 March, 1836, until April, 1837, in 
 the CoRNWALLis 74, Capts. Eobt. Worgan Geo. 
 Festing and Sir Joshua Kicketts Rowley, on the 
 Lisbon station — and, from 31 Aug. 1837 until June, 
 1839 (during which period he was advanced, 28 
 June, 1838, to Post-rank), in the President 52, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross 
 in the Pacific. His last appointment was, 11 Oct. 
 1841, to the Southampton 50, fitting for the flag of 
 Sir Edw. Durnford King, Commander-in-Chief at 
 the Cape of Good Hope. While in that ship, in 
 which he remained until Dec. 1842, he forced the 
 entrance into Port Natal, and, by landing a body of 
 troops, rescued a detachment surrounded at the 
 time by a host of hostile tribes. 
 
 Capt. Ogle is a Knight of the Brazilian order of 
 the Southern Cross. He married Mary, eldest 
 daughter of John Garth, Esq., of Preston, Lanca- 
 shire, by whom he has issue one son and two 
 daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 O'GRADY. (Captain, 1814.) 
 
 Hayes O'Gradt is son of the late Darby O'Grady, 
 Esq., of Mount Prospect, co. Limerick, by Mary, 
 daughter of Jas. Smyth, Esq., and brother of the 
 late and uncle of the present Viscount Guillamore. 
 He is uncle also of Lieut. Hon. John O'Grady, R.N. 
 
 This officer was educated at the Royal Naval 
 College, and embarked, 4 Dec. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., 
 on board the Leda 38, Capts. Jas. Hardy and Robt, 
 Honyman ; in which ship, after contesting with the 
 enemy ofi' Boulogne, and serving for some months 
 under the flag of Rear- Admiral Edw. Thornbrough, 
 he assisted as Midshipman at the reduction of the 
 Cape of Good Hope, and then accompanied the ex- 
 pedition to the Rio de la Plata ; where we find him 
 employed in the boats as Master's Mate at the de- 
 struction of an armed brigantine off Montevideo 
 9 Sept. 1806.*' On 21 March, 1807, he was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant, nearly six months after he had been 
 ordered to act as such, in the Howe alias Drome- 
 dart storeship, Capt. Edw. Killwiok. He was 
 sent in the course of the same year to England in 
 charge of a prize ; and he was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 28 Dec. 1807, to the Thetis 38, Capts.Wm. 
 Hall Gage and Geo. Miller, employed on the St. He- 
 lena, Channel, Leeward Island, and Halifax stations 
 — 22 Aug. 1809, to the Cojiet sloop, Capt. Rich. 
 Henry Muddle, attached to the force on the coast 
 of North America — and, 15 Sept. following, to the 
 Antelope 50, bearing the flag of Admiral HoUoway 
 at Newfoundland. He attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 15 June, 1810, and between that period and 
 April, 1814, was employed in the Shark receiving- 
 ship at Jamaica, and for three years in the Sappho 
 brig in various parts of the West Indies. Since his 
 promotion to Post-rank, which took place 7 June, 
 1814, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 * Vide Gut.. 1807, p. 126. 
 
 Capt. O'Grady married, in July, 1831, Susan, 
 daughter of Jas. Finucane, Esq., and granddaughter 
 of the late Mr. Justice Finucane. Agents — H allett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 O'GRADY. (Lieutenant, 1831.) 
 
 The Honodrable John O'Grady is sixth son of 
 the late Viscount Guillamore, several years Chief 
 Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, by Katherine, 
 second daughter of the late John Thos. Waller, 
 Esq., of Castletown, co. Limerick. He is brother 
 of the present Viscount ; brother-in-law of Viscount 
 Gort ; and nephew of Capt. Hayes O'Grady, R.N. 
 
 This ofiBcer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1822, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Genoa 74, lying at Sheer- 
 ness. He served next in the Clio 18 on the coast 
 of Scotland^ and in the Rainbow 28 and Fly 18 in 
 the East Indies ; and on his return to England at 
 the close of 1828 in the Bombay 84 he passed his 
 examination. After a further attachment, on the 
 Home and West India stations, to the Victory 104, 
 Blossom 24, Pihcher schooner, and Falcon 10, he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb. 
 1831. His last appointment was, 19 Nov. 1834, to 
 the ScYLLA 16, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, in which 
 vessel, until paid off in 1836, we find him employed, 
 as sole Lieutenant, in North America and the West 
 Indies. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 O'HEA. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Matthew O'Hea is brother of Lieut. Dan. O'Hea, 
 R.N. (1805), who died about the commencement of 
 1835 ; and nephew of the late Capt. Henry Power, 
 R.N. This officer entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1805, 
 as L.M., on board the Sophie 18, Capts. Philip L. 
 J. Eosenhagen and Wm. Mansell ; in the boats of 
 which sloop, and of the London 98, he distinguished 
 himself at the cutting-out from Algeciras of two 
 Spanish gun-vessels strongly defended. In March, 
 1807, at which period he had been serving for two 
 months in the river Thames on board the Hindos- 
 tan 50, he joined the Bedford 74 ; and in that ship, 
 commanded by Capt. Jas. Walker, and for a short 
 time by Capt. Adam Mackenzie, he continued em- 
 ployed for upwards of eight years. While stationed 
 at first off Lisbon he assisted in destroying two forts 
 at the entrance of the Tagus. He next escorted the 
 Royal Family of Portugal in its flight to the Brazils ; 
 and when afterwards on the coast of North America 
 he served with the boats of a squadron at the cap- 
 ture on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, of five American 
 gun-vessels under Commodore Jones, whose resist- 
 ance was prolonged until the British had sustained 
 a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. He also 
 took an active part in the operations against New 
 Orleans, where he saw much arduous boat-service, 
 and was severely wounded in the thigh and hand. 
 The injuries he sustained not being, from some un- 
 accountable reason, reported, he never received 
 any compensation. In Feb. 1815 we find him pre- 
 sent in the attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile. He 
 took up in the following June a commission bearing 
 date 4 Feb. 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. O'Hea married, in July, 1818, Miss Mar- 
 garet Fitzgerald, and by that lady has issue two 
 sons. 
 
 OKE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 William Walter Oke entered the Navy 2 
 April, 1808; passed his examination in 1814; ob- 
 tained his commission 10 Jan. 1825 ; and from 10 
 Oct. in that year until, we believe, 1827, was em- 
 ployed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of theRAMiLLiEs74, Capt. Hugh Pigot. 
 He has been in command, since 3 May, 1841, of the 
 Asp steam-packet, of 50-horse power, on the Port- 
 patrick station. 
 
 He is Senior of 1825. 
 
 OKES, K.W. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Charles Okes entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1800 
 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince George 9s' 
 
 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Channel' 
 
OLDMIXON— OLDREY. 
 
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 where he served until April, 1802. In the following 
 Aug. he joined the Kangek, Capt. Chas. Coote, 
 lying at Deptford ; and he was next, for nearly four 
 years, employed in the Mediterranean and West In- 
 dies, off Cadiz, and in the Downs, as Midshipman, 
 in the Seahokse 38, Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, 
 Kobt. Corbet, and John Stewart, and Defekce 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Ekins. He was then, 18 Feb. 1807, pro- 
 moted to a Lieutenancy in the Indefatigable 46, 
 Capts. John Tremayne Kodd, Henry Edw. Reginald 
 Baker, and John Broughton, in which frigate he was 
 for three years and a half chiefly stationed off Bor- 
 deaux and the north coast of Spain. He subse- 
 quently, from 3 Aug. 1810 until 25 Feb. 1811, had 
 command of a gun-boat attached to the division 
 under the present Sir Thos. Fellowes at the defence 
 of Cadiz ; where he was next for 15 months attached 
 to the St. Albans 64, Capts. Edw. Bruce, Chas. 
 Grant, and John Ferris Devonshire. His last ap- 
 pointment afloat was, 8 Aug. 1812, to the San Do- 
 mingo 74, flag-ship in North America of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, with whom he continued until 3 
 June, 1814. 
 
 Lieut. Okes has for many years formed one of the 
 Naval Knights of Windsor, of which respectable 
 body he is now Governor. 
 
 OLDMIXON. (Commander, 1847. r-p., 13; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 
 Geobge OIiDmixon is son of the late Sir John 
 Oldmixon, and brother of Lieuts. John William and 
 William Henry Oldmixon, R.N. A third brother, 
 Edward, having fought and bled on the Canadian 
 lakes without reward, entered the service of the 
 United States. 
 
 This oflcer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas, vrith whom he continued to serve, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the same ship 
 and in the Pkince of Wales 98, on the Halifax, 
 Home, and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1814. 
 In the Bellona he witnessed Lord Cochrane's de- 
 struction of the French shipping in Basque Boads, 
 and was present at the siege of Flushing in 1809 ; 
 and, when in the Pkince of Wales, he served on 
 shore at the reduction of Genoa in April, 1814. 
 After cruizing six months in the Channel on board 
 the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey, he sailed 
 for Jamaica as a Supernumerary in the Warriob 
 74, bearing the flag of his former Captain, then 
 Rear-Admiral Douglas. He was promoted, on his 
 arrival, to a Lieutenancy, 1 June, 1815, in the 
 Tanais 38, Capt. Joseph James, in which frigate 
 he remained until June, 1816 ; and he was subse- 
 quently appointed — 10 Nov. 1842, to the command 
 of the MEGiEBA steamer, which vessel he unfor- 
 tunately lost off Port Royal, Jamaica, in March, 
 1843 — 12 Jan. 1844, as Senior, to the Hecate steam- 
 sloop, Capts. Jas. Paterson Bower and Joseph West, 
 employed at first on particular service, and next on 
 the coast of Africa — and 11 June, 1846, to the act- 
 ing command of the Flying Fish sloop, on the sta- 
 tion last mentioned. He was advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank soon after his return to England, 27 Sept. 
 1847. 
 
 Commander Oldmixon is married to a sister of 
 Sir Wm. Scott, Bart., of Ancrum, Roxburghshire. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 OLDMIXON. (Lieut, 1812. r-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John William Oldmixon was born in 1788. He 
 is eldest brother of Commander Geo. Oldmixon, 
 B.N. 
 
 This ofBoer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1803, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Phaeton 38, Capts. Geo. 
 Cookburn, John Wood, PownoU Bastard Pellew, 
 and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. In 
 that sliip, after escorting Mr. Merry, the British 
 Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United States, he 
 assisted, as Midshipman, at the blockade of the Isle 
 of Franco, where he came into frequent collision 
 with the enemy's batteries. He was subsequently 
 absent for a whole month in a prize, which, after 
 
 braving many dangers, was wrecked on the coast of 
 China ; and while detached for a short period in 
 the Habriek sloop, Capt. Edw. Ratsey, he aided in 
 forcing the batteries at the Boca Tigris. During 
 the operations which led to the reduction of Java 
 we find him present at the storming of the fortress 
 of Samanap, and mentioned as an "intelligent 
 young ofiicer."*' On 10 Oct. 1811, a few days after 
 his removal to the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. 
 Robt. Broughton, he was nominated Acting First- 
 Lieutenant of the Hecate 18, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 John Peachey ; to which vessel he was confirmed 
 11 Feb. 1812. In the following Aug. he invalided 
 home on board the Modeste 36, Capt. Jas. Coutts 
 Crawford ; and he was next, from Aug. 1813 until 
 July, 1816, employed on the Home, West India, 
 and Mediterranean stations, in the Leviathan 74, 
 Capts. Patrick Campbell, Adam Drummond, and 
 Thos. Briggs. Although constant in his applica^ 
 tions, he has not been able to procure any further 
 appointment. 
 
 The Lieutenant married, in 1830, Anne, daughter 
 of Mr. Barrington and Lady Mary Price. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 OLDMIXON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p.,27.) 
 William Henry Oldmixon entered the Navy, 
 14 Oct. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tartar 
 32, Capts. Edw. Hawker and Stephen Poyntz, on 
 the Halifax station. In the following Jan., after 
 he had been for a brief period attached to the Me- 
 LEAGER frigate, Capt. John Broughton, fitting at 
 Chatham, he became Midshipman of the Agamem- 
 non 64, Capt. Jonas Rose ; under whom he was at 
 first employed off Lisbon, then with the expedition 
 against Copenhagen, and ultimately on the Brazilian 
 station ; where, in June, 1809, he removed to the 
 FouDROYANT 80, Capt. Rich. Turner Hancock. 
 Joining, next, the Rbvolotionnaire 38, Capt. John 
 Chas. Woolcombe, he served for some time in that 
 ship on the north coast of Spain, and in Aug. and 
 Sept. 1813 was employed in the batteries at the 
 siege of St. Sebastian. From Dec. in the latter 
 year until Aug. 1815, we find him officiating as 
 Master's Mate of the Columbia sloop, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads, and Shark receiving-ship at Port 
 Royal, Jamaica, Capts. Jackson and Campbell. He 
 was then (he had been promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant by commission dated 24 Feb. 1815) ap- 
 pointed to the Onyx 10, Capt. Chas. Strangways, 
 also on the West India station ; whence, in April, 
 1816, he returned to England in the North Star 
 20, Capt. Geo. Bentham. His last appointment 
 was, 18 Dec. 1841, to the office of Admiralty Agent 
 on board a contract mail steam-vessel, which he re- 
 tained until the spring of 1847. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 OLDEEY. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 14; h-p., 29.) 
 William Oldrey entered the Navy, 22 June, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wabbioe 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Bligh and Sam. Hood Linzee, attached 
 to the Channel fleet. In the summer of 1805 (he 
 had attained the rating of Midshipman in July, 
 1804) he sailed in the Porpoise for New South 
 Wales ; whence, in Dee. 1807, he returned to Eng- 
 land in the Buffalo. He then joined the Diomede 
 50, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Sir Edm. 
 Nagle off Guernsey and Cherbourg; and after a 
 servitude of three years and a half on the Home 
 and Lisbon stations in the Dotebel sloop, Capts. 
 Anthony Abdy, Thos. Goldwire Muston, and Coheii 
 (part of the force employed at the destruction of 
 the French shipping in Basque Roads), and Bab- 
 FLEUE 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley 
 he was made Lieutenant, 7 July, 1812, into the 
 Union 98, commanded in the Mediterranean by 
 Capts. Wm. Kent and Robt. Rolles. Being next 9 
 April, 1813, appointed to the Undaunted 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Ussher, he took command, 3 May following 
 * Fide Gaz. 1812, p. 120. 
 
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 OLIVER. 
 
 of a toat belonging to that ship, and in the most 
 gallant manner boarded and carried an enemy's 
 hrig under a furious cannonade from the batteries 
 at Marseilles. On 7 of the same month he attacked 
 a French national schooner of the largest class, with 
 a fleet of coasting vessels under her protection ; two 
 of the latter were taken, and several driven on 
 shore ; but unfortunately, just as he was about to 
 board the schooner, a squall of wind arose, and she 
 was enabled to effect her escape, notwithstanding 
 that he made every effort again to close with her, 
 and; resolutely continued the chase as long as the 
 most distant hope remained of doing so, although 
 his boat had already suffered a severe loss, and he 
 himself had had his thigh-bone fractured. Incon- 
 sequence of his wound, for which he now receives a 
 pension of 9\l. 5s., he was under the necessity, in 
 the ensuing July, of invaliding. His next appoint- 
 ments were— 6 June, 1815, for a few months, to the 
 Albion 74, Capts. Philip Somerville and Jas. 
 Walker, employed at Portsmouth and Sheerness — 
 and 16 Dec. 1818, to the command, which he re- 
 tained for about three years, of the Pioneek 10, on 
 the Home station. As Commander, a rank he 
 attained 24 April, 1828, Capt. Oldrey, from 14 
 March, 1831, until paid off at the close of 1832, 
 served in the West Indies on board the Hyacikth 
 18. He attained his present rank 28 June, 1838, 
 but has not been since afloat. 
 
 OLIVER. (LiKUT., 1815. F-P., 14 ; H-p., 27.) 
 
 George Colin Oliver entered the Navy, in May, 
 1806, as a Supernumerary, on board the Miian 38, 
 Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, then on the point of sailing 
 for Newfoundland, where, in the course of the 
 same year, he successively joined the Leander 50 
 and Leopard 50, both commanded by Capt. Salus- 
 bury Pryce Humphreys. On 22 June, 1807, he was 
 present, we believe, in the latter ship when she 
 compelled the U.S. frigate Chesapeake to surrender, 
 in consequence of a refusal on the part of the Ame- 
 rican Captain to allow her to be searched by the 
 British for deserters. Between 1808 and the date 
 of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 March, 
 1815, we find him employed on the Halifax, Medi- 
 terranean, and Home stations, as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, in the Swiftsure 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir John Borlase Warren, Ladrestinhs 24 and 
 Orlando 36, both commanded by Capt. John Cla- 
 vell, and Nautilus 18, Capts. Thos. Dench and 
 John Bradley. His succeeding appointments were 
 —17 Oct. 1818, to the Rochfort 80, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. Fras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore in 
 the Mediterranean — 7 Nov. 1821, to the Racehorse 
 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Abbot (now Lord Colchester), 
 on the same station, whence he returned to Eng- 
 land and was paid off about Feb. 1822— and, 23 Dec. 
 1825, to the Spartiate 74, Capt. Fred. Warren, 
 lying at Portsmouth. Since the close of 1826, at 
 which period be was superseded from the last- 
 mentioned ship at his own request, Lieut. Oliver 
 has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 OLIVER. (Commander, 1813.) 
 
 James Oliver entered the Navy, in 1782, as Sec- 
 cl. Vol., on board the Otter sloop, Capt. Eliab 
 Harvey, stationed in the Baltic. From 1783 until 
 1785, and from 1788 until 1790, he served at New- 
 foundland and Gibraltar in the M rrlin, Capt. Geo. 
 Lumsdaine, and Mercury, Capt. Montgomery; and 
 on 8 June, 1797, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy 
 in the ALCMi;NE 32, Capts. Wm. Brown, Geo. Hope, 
 Henry Digby, and John Tremayne Kodd. Con- 
 tinuing in that ship for a period of nearly four 
 years, he contributed to the capture, 26 June, 1799, 
 after a long chase and running fight, of the French 
 privateer Courageux, of 28 guns and 253 men. He 
 also, 18 July following, assisted, in partial command 
 of the ALCMisE's boats, at the capture (although 
 protected by two forts and a detached gun in Vivero 
 harbour, on the north coast of Spain) of La Felici- 
 dad, a ship of about 800 tons, pierced for 22 guns, 
 
 with a cargo of hemp, lower masts, and ship timber ;* 
 and of El Bisarro brig, laden with timber and iron. 
 His appointments, after he left the Alcm^ne, were 
 — for a few months in 1801, to the Vlietek 44, 
 Capt. Wm. Birchall, off Harwich— 2 Dec. 1803 and 
 27 Feb. 1807, to the Bacchante 20 (which ship he 
 left in April, 1806) and Franchise 36, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Chas. Dashwood — 24 Sept. 1809, 
 to the PoLYPHEMOS 64, flag-ship at Jamaica of Vice- 
 Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley — 26 Jan. 1810, 
 to the command of the DAcouvehte schooner, on 
 the same station, whence he invalided in Dec. 1810 
 -in Oct. 1811, to the Hibernia 120, fiag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. J'ellew in the Mediterranean — in the fol- 
 lowing month, to the command of the Caklotta 
 brig — and, 29 Oct. 1813, as Senior, to the Suktan 
 74, Capt. John West, attached to the force in the 
 Channel. On 3 April, 1805, being at the time 
 First-Lieutenant of the Bacchante, Mr. Oliver 
 assisted at the capture of the Spanish war-schooner 
 Elizabeth, of 10 guns and 47 men. Two days after- 
 wards he was sent with two boats, containing about 
 35 seamen and marines, to cut out three notorious 
 French privateers reported to be in the harboui- of 
 Mariel, near the Havana, the entrance to which 
 was defended by a round tower nearly 40 feet high, 
 armed at the top with 3 long 24-pounders, sur- 
 rounded with numerous loop-holes for musketry, 
 and garrisoned by a Spanish Captain and 30 soldiers. 
 Being discovered during his approach, Lieut. Oliver, 
 who was in the foremost boat, immediately landed, 
 and, with a degree of gallantry as irresistible as it 
 was heroic, rushed, through a tremendous fire that 
 badly wounded 1 of the only 13 men with him, to 
 the foot of the tower, which, without further loss, 
 he scaled and carried. Having performed this noble 
 exploit, left a Sergeant of Marines and 6 men as 
 a guard at the fort, and been joined by his other 
 boat, under the orders of Lieut. John Campbell, he 
 proceeded in search of the privateers, but to his 
 mortification found that they had sailed the day 
 before on a cruize. Although thus disappointed, 
 he contrived nevertheless to obtain possession of, 
 and bring off, two schooners laden with sugar, not- 
 withstanding that they were lying alongside a 
 wharf, under repeated discharges of musketry from 
 the troops and militia, who were pouring down in 
 numbers from the adjacent country. ■)■ In spite, 
 however, of the glowing terms in which his conduct 
 on this occasion was reported by Capt. Dashwood, 
 Lieut. Oliver was suffered to remain unpromoted 
 for upwards of eight years. During that period he 
 was present, in the Franchise, at the bombard- 
 ment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807, and at the cap- 
 ture, in Dec. 1808, of the town of Samana, St. Do- 
 mingo, almost the last port of refuge on the station 
 for the enemy's privateers. In the Decouveete 
 he sustained so serious an injury in the left eye, 
 from arduous and active service, as to be obliged, 
 as above stated, to invalid; and, in April, 1812, he 
 had the misfortune to lose the Carlotta on the 
 coast of Sicily, on which occasion, through exertion 
 and fatigue in saving a quantity of specie, he again 
 lost the use of his eye. His advancement to the 
 rank of Commander at length took place 4 Dec. 
 1813, since which period, however, he has not been 
 able to procure employment. 
 
 His son, Wm. Browne Oliver, is a Commander 
 B.N. 
 
 OLIVER. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Richard Aldworth Oliver is son of Admiral 
 Oliver. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 26 April, 1825 ; passed his examination 
 in 1830 ; and obtained his first commission 28 June, 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1709, p. 984. The part taken in the above 
 affair by the subject of the present narrative has been erro- 
 neously attributed by Mr. James, in his ' Naval History,' to 
 the late Retired-Commander Wm. Sandford Oliver. 
 
 + V. Gaz. 1805, pp. 7T2-3. The conduct of this aoliieve- 
 ment, too, is by Mr. James ascribed, in error, to the late 
 Commander Thos. Oliver. 
 
OLIVER. 
 
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 1838. His succeeding appointments were— 25 July, 
 1838, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, attached 
 to the force in the Mediterranean, whence he re- 
 turned in the spring of 1841 — 2 Sept. 1841, to the 
 Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, fitting at Chatham — 
 and, 30 Oct. following, to the Qdeen 110, in which 
 ship he was for upwards of two years again em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean under the flag of Sir 
 £dw. W. C. 11. Owen, and the command of Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Sullivan. He attained his present ranlc 
 23 Sept. 1844; and, since 11 Oct. 1847, has been 
 in command of the Fly 18 in the East Indies. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 OLIVER, Kt. (Capt., 18-34. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Sir Kobebt Oliveb is uncle of Lieut. Geo. 
 Cleaveland, K.N. 
 
 This iifflcer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1800, on 
 board the Formidable 98, commanded by the late 
 Sir Edw. Thornbrough, with whom he continued for 
 eight years employed as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate in the Maes 74, Galykheid 64, Ruby 64, 
 Eagle and Kent 74's, and Royal Sovereign 100, 
 on the Home and Mediterranean stations, where, 
 during the remainder of the war, he served (his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 22 
 Feb. 1810) in the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Col- 
 Ungwood, EspoiR sloop, Capt. Kobt. Mitford, Me- 
 NELAUS 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker, Banterer sloop, 
 Capt. Chas. Warde, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Duncan. On 4 April, 1810, he commanded 
 the boats of the Espoir, in unison with those of the 
 Success 32, under Lieut. Geo. Rose Sartorius, and 
 was particularly mentioned for his conduct at the 
 destruction, under a heavy fire of great guns and 
 musketry, of several vessels on the beach near Cas- 
 tiglione, on the coast of Calabria.* He assisted soon 
 afterwards at the destruction of an armed ship and 
 three barks under the castle of Terracina. His 
 appointments after he left the Glasgow were— 4 
 March, 1823, to the Isis 50, Capt. Gordon Thos. 
 Falcon, lying at Chatham — 23 June following and 
 21 Aug. 1825, to the Spahtiate 76 and "Wellesley 
 74, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre in South America — 
 and, 30 April, 1827, to the Victory 104, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Elliot, lying at Portsmouth. Obtaining a 
 second promotal commission 29 Oct. 1827, he was 
 successively invested with the command — 30 May, 
 1831, of the Asia 84, flag-ship off Lisbon of Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Parker — and, 9 June, 1832, and 6 
 Nov. 1833, of the Dee and Phcenix steamers. The 
 Dee served with the North Sea squadron during 
 the blockade of the Dutch ports, and afterwards 
 conveyed Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm to 
 Lisbon. The Phcenix attended Queen Adelaide to 
 Rotterdam in the summer of 1834. On 28 Aug. 
 in the latter year Capt. Oliver was advanced to 
 Post-rank ; and since 1837 he has been in discharge 
 of the duties attached to the office of Superintendent 
 of the Indian Navy. The honour of Knighthood 
 was conferred on him 20 April, 1843, as a reward 
 for services he had rendered during the war in 
 China. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 OI.IVEE. (COMMANDEK, 1814. F-p., 1 5 ; H-P.,34.) 
 Robert Oliver (a) entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 
 1798, as Midshipman, on board La Seine, of 48 
 guns and 281 men, Capt. David Milne, employed at 
 first in the Channel and off the coast of Africa, and 
 then in the West Indies, where, 21 Aug. 1800, he 
 assisted at the capture, in the Mona Passage, of La 
 Vengeance^ of 52 guns and 326 men, at the close of 
 a brilliant action of two hours and a half, in which 
 the British lost 13 men killed and 29 wounded, and 
 the French more than twice that number. After 
 a servitude of three years and four months in the 
 North Sea and Channel, nearly the whole time as 
 Master's Mate, in the A-methyst 36, Capts. Henry 
 Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell, and John Wm. 
 Spranger, and Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton, he was nominated, 14 Nov. 1805, Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Liberty 14, Lieut.-Commander 
 • Vide Gaz. 1810, p. U38. 
 
 John Codd. He was made full Lieutenant, 30 Jan. 
 1806, into the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell 
 Stephens, lying in Portsmouth Harbour ; and sub- 
 sequently appointed— 18 Feb. 1806, to the Champion 
 24, Capts. Robt. Howe Bromley, Kenneth Mac- 
 kenzie, and J as. Coutts Crawford, in which vessel 
 he visited Halifax and Quebec- 26 May, 1808, to 
 the Rover sloop, Capt. Fras. John Nott, attached 
 to the force in the North Sea, where he remained a 
 year and eight months— towards the close of 1810, 
 to the ToNNANT 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, off Lisbon 
 
 in May, 1811, to the gun-boat service at Cadiz — 
 
 21 Sept. following, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord 
 Colville, in the Channel— and, in Jan. and March, 
 1813, to the ViLLE DE Paris 110 and Boyne 98, 
 both commanded by Capt. Geo. Burlton. Prior to 
 joining the Tonnant Lieut. Oliver had been the 
 means, in 1810, of rescuing from destruction a 
 Spanish frigate from Cadiz bound to Ferrol, to- 
 gether with the whole of her crew, upwards of 200 
 soldiers, and a large quantity of specie. For his 
 signal exertions on the occasion he was earnestly 
 recommended by the Spanish to the British Govern- 
 ment. When Second of the Boyne he was present, 
 13 Feb. 1814, in a partial action fought with the 
 Toulon fleet, in which that ship bore the brunt and 
 greatly distinguished herself. In the ensuing April 
 Lieut. Oliver (who, we may here observe, had been 
 often employed on detached service and had par- 
 ticipated in various cutting-out affairs) witnessed 
 the fall of Genoa. His promotion to the rank of 
 Commander took place 27 Aug. in the same year, 
 and since that period he has been on half-pay. 
 
 During his career afloat Commander Oliver re- 
 ceived not less than five wounds in the head, in 
 addition to one in the right arm and other grievous 
 injuries, which have had the effect for many years 
 past of incapacitating him trom great exertion. 
 Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 OLIVER. (Admibal of the Red, 1841. 
 F-p., 26 ; H-P., 42.) 
 
 Robert Dudley Oliver was born 31 Oct. 1766. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1779, on 
 board the Prince George 98, Capts. Phihp Patton, 
 Wm. Fox, and Jas. Williams, hearing the flag of 
 Rear- Admiral Digby; and in the following Dec. 
 sailed with Sir Geo. Rodney for the relief of Gib- 
 raltar. During the passage he assisted at the cap- 
 ture of a 64-gun ship (afterwards named the Prince 
 William, in honour of His late Majesty, who was 
 on board the Prince George), six armed vessels 
 belonging to the Royal Caraccas Company, and 14 
 sail of transports from St. Sebastian, bound to 
 Cadiz, laden with naval stores, provisions, &c. ; and 
 also at the defeat of the armament under Don Juan 
 de Langara 16 Jan. 1780. Gibraltar having been 
 placed in a state of perfect security, he was next, 
 while returning to England, present, 23 Feb. 1780, 
 at the capture of the Prothee, a French 64-gun ship, 
 and three vessels, forming part of a convoy bound 
 to the Mauritius, laden with naval and military 
 stores. Towards the close of 1782, having partici- 
 pated, as Midshipman, in the relief of St. Kitts, and 
 shared in Rodney's celebrated action of the 12th of 
 April, Mr. Oliver successively joined the Vixen 
 galley, Lieut.-Commander John White, and, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, the Albagore sloop, Capts. Geo. Oakes 
 and Edm. Crawley, both on the North American 
 station ; where, from June, 1783, until July, 1785, he 
 acted as Lieutenant in the Ariadne, Capt. Sam. 
 Osborne. He then came home as a Supernumerary 
 of the Hermione, Commodore Sir Chas. Douglas ; 
 and in 1789 he again received an order to act as 
 Lieutenant in the Racehorse sloop, Capt. 'Thos. 
 Foley, in the North Sea. Being officially promoted 
 by a commission bearing date 21 Sept. 1790, he was 
 successively appointed Senior Lieutenant — 26 April 
 and 11 Sept. 1791, of the Aquilon 32 and Squirbei,, 
 Capts. Hon. Robt. Stopford and Wm. O'Brien Drury, 
 employed on the Channel and Irish stations — and 24 
 Jan. 1793, and 23 July, 1794, of the Active frigate 
 and Aetoib of 44 guns and 281 men, both com- 
 
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 OLIVER— OMMANNEY. 
 
 manded by Capt. Edm. Nagle. For his conduct in 
 the latter ship during an action of 40 minutes which 
 preceded the surrender of La Bevolutionnaire of 44 
 guns and 351 men, 8 of whom were killed and 5 
 wounded, with a loss to the British of 3 killed and 5 
 wounded, Mr. Oliver was made Commander, 21 Oct. 
 1794 (the date of the occurrence), into the Tekkor 
 bomb, at Portsmouth. He removed, 3 Nov. follow- 
 ing, to the Hazard sloop ; and, after a servitude of 
 a year and five months in that vessel on the coast of 
 Ireland, he was posted, 30 April, 1796, into the Nos- 
 saoH, lying in the river Humber. His subsequent 
 appointments were— 2 Feb. 1798, to the Nemesis 28 
 — 26 March, 1799, to the Mermaid 32—23 March, 
 1803 (having left the Mermaid in the preceding 
 July), to the Melpomene 38—22 Oct. 1805, for 
 twelve months, to the Mars 74— and, 2 May, 1810, 
 to the Valiant 74. In the Nemesis Capt. Oliver 
 escorted convoy to Quebec ; and in the Mermaid 
 he made a voyage to the Mediterranean; where, 
 previously to his return with Lord Hutchinson, the 
 conqueror of Egypt, to England, he effected the 
 capture of three corvettes and upwards of 70 sail of 
 vessels, and chased the largest frigate in the posses- 
 sion of France into Toulon.* While in command of 
 the MELPOMiiNE f we find him in 1804-5 engaged in 
 blockading the French coast, and on two occasions 
 conducting the bombardment of Havre de Grace. J 
 On 28 July, 1806, being at the time in the Mars, he 
 made prize, off the coast of France, after a chase of 
 more than 150 miles, and in presence of three other 
 heavy French frigates, of Le Shin of 44 guns and 
 318 men.§ "While in the Valiawt, the command of 
 which ship he resigned in July, 1814, Capt. Oliver 
 cruized in the North Sea, Channel, and "West Indies, 
 assisted at the capture, 17 June, 1813, of the Porcu- 
 pine letter-of-marque, of 20 guns and 72 men, and was 
 a considerable time employed at the blockade of New 
 Tork, New London, and other places on the Ame- 
 rican coast. He became a Kear-Admiral 12 Aug. 
 1819 ; a "Vice- Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; and a full Ad- 
 miral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, 19 June, 1805, Mary, daughter of 
 the late Sir Chas. Saxton, Bart., Commissioner of 
 the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth, by whom he 
 has issue five sons and one daughter. One of the 
 sons, Richard Aldworth, is a Commander R.N. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 OLIVER. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 7.) 
 "William Browne Oliver, born 12 March, 1802, 
 is son of Commander Jas. Oliver, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 
 Aug. 1814, and embarked, 21 June, 1817, as a "Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Tamar 26, Capts. Thos. Rich. 
 Toker and Hon. John Gordon, attached to the force 
 at Newfoundland. In Dec. 1819 he removed, as 
 Midshipman, to the Redpole 10, Capts. "Wm. Deve- 
 reux Evance, Patrick Duff, Henry Hay, and Rich. 
 Anderson, employed at first in the Channel and then 
 in the Mediterranean ; whence, in the summer of 
 1822, he returned to England in the Larne 20, 
 Capt. Robt. Tait. After a servitude of four years 
 in South America as a passed Midshipman and Mate 
 in the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Dia- 
 mond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, he joined, in Dec. 
 1826, the Pyramds 42, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius, 
 on the Channel station ; and he was next, in Jan. 
 1828, appointed to the Terror bomb, Capt. David 
 Hope. For his exertions in saving that vessel when 
 shortly afterwards cast away on the coast of Portu- 
 gal, and the great assistance he afforded throughout 
 
 * He also made prize, 1 June, 1800, of La Cruelle brig, of 
 6 guns and 43 men.— ride Gaz. 1800, p. 784. 
 
 f TlieMEr.poMKNE happening to be in dock at Portsmouth 
 on the eve of Lord Nelson's final departure from England, 
 Capt. Oliver repaired to the George Hotel for the purpose of 
 there taking leave of his Lordship, and of expressing his regret 
 that the repairs required by his ship would prevent his ac- 
 companying him. In reply to Captain Oliver's observation 
 his Lordship exclaimed, — " I hope you will come in time to 
 tow same of the rascals." The words were prophetic, for the 
 MELPOMiiNE actually joined the fleet the morning after the 
 battle of Trafalgar, and had the good fortune to rescue one of 
 the captured ships of the line, by towing her off the land. 
 
 + fide Gaz. 1804, pp. 898, 938. i V. Gaz. 1806, p. 1009. 
 
 the laborious operations which took place before 
 she was rendered fit to return to England, he was 
 sent in the following summer to the Mediterranean 
 on promotion in the Meteor bomb, also commanded 
 by Capt. Hope (jvkose Memoir see). He was there 
 made Lieutenant, 25 Aug. 1829, into the Erebus 
 bomb, Capt. Philip Broke ; and he was subsequently 
 appointed — in July, 1830, as a Student, to the Royal 
 Naval College at Portsmouth, where he remained 
 one year — 11 Oct. 1832, to the Serpent 16, Capts. 
 John Chas. Symonds, Mark Halpen Sweny, and 
 EvanNepean, of which sloop, stationed for upwards 
 of three years in the "West Indies, he was for a long 
 time First-Lieutenant and twice Acting-Commander 
 — and 3 April, 1837, to the command (as a reward 
 for meritorious conduct) of the Fair Rosamond 
 schooner of 2 guns, fitting for the coast of Africa. 
 In the latter vessel, in which he continued until 1 
 Oct. 1S40, Lieut. Oliver, who went through scenes 
 of great mortality, was most active in his efforts in 
 the cause of freedom, and captured not less than 
 nine slavers. He was in consequence advanced to 
 his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. Since 18 July, 1845, 
 he has been employed as an Inspecting-Commander 
 in the Coast Guard. We may add that he has tho- 
 roughly qualified himself in the art of steam navi- 
 gation. 
 
 OLIVER. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 
 18; H-p., 35.) 
 
 William Sandford Oliver died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1793, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Polyphemus 64, em- 
 ployed in the North Sea ; and from the following 
 Oct. until June, 1799, served as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate in the Cerberus 32, Capts. John 
 Drew and Jas. Macnamara, on the Irish station ; 
 where, in Nov. 1797, he assisted at the capture of 
 the privateers Epervier of 16 guns and 145 men, and 
 Rehard of 18 guns and 189 men, besides sharing in 
 an action with the Buonaparte, another privateer of 
 32 guns and 250 men. After acting for a short time 
 in the Channel as Lieutenant of the Bellona and 
 RussEL 74's, he was confirmed, 26 Sept. 1799, into 
 the Seagull, Capts. Henry Wray and Thos. Lavie, 
 on the Guernsey station. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 24 Nov. 1800, to the Royal George 
 100, in the Channel— 3 Jan. 1801, to the Hussar 38, 
 Capts. Lord Viscount Garlies and Wm. Brown, on 
 the Irish station, where he remained until July, 
 1802—27 Sept. 1803, to the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord 
 Henry Paulet, attached to the Channel Fleet — 8 
 Nov. 1804, to the Severn 40, bearing the flag of the 
 Prince de Bouillon off Jersey — in April, 1805, for a 
 passage to Gibraltar, to the Queen 98, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral John Knight— in May following, to 
 the San Juan 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to the latter 
 ofiicer at the place last mentioned — and 14 May, 
 1806, and 6 Dec. 1811, to the command of the Spider 
 and Martial brigs in the Mediterranean and North 
 Sea. He went on half-pay in March, 1812 ; became 
 a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 
 1830 ; and was transferred, 3 May, 1844, to the 
 Senior List. 
 
 OMMANNEY. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Erasmus Ommanney is son of the late Sir Fras. 
 Molyneux Ommanney, Kt., M.P. for Barnstaple, the 
 well-known Navy Agent ; and nephew of Vioe-Ad- 
 miral Sir John Acworth Ommanney, K.C.B. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy 15 Jvdy, 1826; 
 passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his 
 first commission 10 Dec. 1835. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 28 Dec. 1835, to the Cove, Capt. 
 Jas. Clark Ross, employed on particular service— 7 
 Oct. 1836, to the Pique 36, Capt. Henry John Rous, 
 attached to the force off Lisbon — and, 18 Oct. 1837, 
 to the Donegal 78, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle 
 Sir J. A. Ommanney, on the station last named, 
 where he continued during a further period of three 
 years. He was advanced to the rank of Commander 
 9 Oct. 1840; and from 28 Aug. 1841 until paid off 
 at the close of 1844, was employed in that capacity 
 
OMMANNEY. 
 
 83?- 
 
 in the Mediterranean on board the Vesdvihs steam- 
 eloop. He has since been on half-pay. His pro- 
 motion to the rank he now holds took place 9 Nov. 
 1846. 
 
 Capt. Ommanney married, 27 Feb. 1844, Amelia 
 Mary, eldest daughter of Sam. Smith, Esq., of H. M. 
 Dockyard, Malta. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 OMMANNEY. (Rear-Admikal of the Red, 
 1840. r-p., 19; h-p., 41.) 
 
 Henry Manaton Ommanney is a younger brother 
 of Vice-Admiral Sir John Acworth Ommanney, 
 K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1787, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Coi,ossds 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Cloberry Christian, lying off "Woolwich. He re- 
 moved, in June, 1788, to, the Arrogant 74, com- 
 manded in the river Medway by Capt. John Har- 
 vey ; and after a servitude of four years and ten 
 months on the Newfoundland and Channel stations 
 as Midshipman in the Rose frigate and Childers 
 sloop, Capts. Jacob "Waller and llobt. Barlow, and 
 Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Earl Howe, 
 was made Lieutenant, 10 April, 1794, into the Ha- 
 zard sloop, Capt. John Loring, at Sheerness. Du- 
 ring the after part of the French revolutionary war 
 he was employed in the Channel and "West Indies, 
 off Lisbon and Cadiz, and in the North Sea and 
 Mediterranean, on board the Aqhilon 32, Capt. 
 Robt. Barlow, Raisonnable 64 and Swiftsure 74, 
 flag-ships of the late Sir Wm. Parker, Ville de 
 Paris 110, Commodore Robt. Calder, Blenheim 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir "W. Parker, Alliance, Capt. 
 Geo. Davies, C^sar 80, Capts. Roddam Home and 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez, "Waakzamkeidt, Capt. Robt. 
 Hall, and Active frigate, Capt. Chas. Sydney 
 Davers. For his services in the last-mentioned 
 ship during the campaign of 1801 in Egypt, he ob- 
 tained the Turkish gold medal. Being awarded the 
 rank of Commander 29 April, 1802, he served in 
 that capacity from the following May until March, 
 1804, in the Falcon sloop, on the Newfoundland 
 station, and from Jan. to Dec. 1805 in the Thames, 
 attached to the force in the North Sea. He ac- 
 quired Post-rank 22 Jan. 1806 ; and afterwards, 
 from 17 Sept. 1807, until 20 March, 1808, and from 
 29 Jan. 1812 until 12 Jan. 1813, commanded the 
 Pallas frigate off L'Orieht, and the "Vigo 74, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. NicoU Morris, in the 
 Baltic. He was placed on the Retired List of Rear- 
 Admirals 28 June, 1838 ; and on the Active, 17 Aug. 
 1840. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Ommanney is a Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for CO. Banff. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 OMMANNEY, K.C.B., K.S.L., K.S.V., K.E.G. 
 
 (Vice-Admibal, of the Bed, 1841. f-p., 24; 
 
 H-p., 43.) 
 
 Sir John Acworth Ommanney is eldest son of 
 Rear-Admiral Cornthwaite Ommanney, who died 
 in 1801; brother of the present Rear-Admiral H. 
 M. Ommanney ; and uncle of Capt. Erasmus Om- 
 manney, R.N. One of his brothers, Cornthwaite, 
 was a Captain in the 24th Light Dragoons ; and 
 another, Montagu (who died on service in the West 
 Indies in 1796), a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne, from 
 11 June, 1780, until Nov. 1781, on the books of the 
 Ajax, Sandwich, and Gibraltar, all commanded 
 by Capt. John Symons, and who had served from 
 April to Aug. 1783 in the Powerfdl, Capt. Thos. 
 Fitzherbert, at Plymouth) joined, in May, 1786, the 
 Rose frigate, Capt. Henry Harvey, on the New- 
 foundland station. He was next, from Dec. 1788 
 until April, 1792, employed in the Mediterranean 
 (the chief part of the time as Midshipman) on 
 board the Leander 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Peyton, Aquilon 32, Capt. Robt. Montagu, and 
 Zebra sloop, Capt. Wm. Brown ; and in July of 
 the latter year, after having been for a few weeks 
 attached to one of the royal yachts, commanded in 
 the Thames by Sir G. Young, he joined Sir Erasmus 
 Gower in the Lion 64. In that ship, of which he 
 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant 20 May, 1793, Mr. Om- 
 manney accompanied Lord Macartney in his em- 
 bassy to China. On his return to England he was 
 appointed, 18 Oct. 1794, First of his former ship the 
 Aqoilon, then commanded by Sir Robt. Barlow, 
 with whom he continued cruizing in the Channel 
 until transferred, 27 March, 1795, to the Qceen 
 Charlotte 100, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas, 
 part of the force under Lord Bridport in his ensuing 
 action with the French fleet off the He de Groix. 
 During the mutiny of 1797 at the Nore, Capt. Om- 
 manney (he had been advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 6 Dec. 1796) volunteered his services 
 towards its suppression ; and his offer being ac- 
 cepted, he was for six weeks employed for that 
 purpose in a gun-brig. No. 28. He was afterwards 
 sent with two other Captains to Deal with the view, 
 in the event of circumstances justifying the mea^ 
 sure, of assuming command of some vessels lying in 
 the Downs, whose crews still evinced disrespect 
 towards their officers. The return, however, of the 
 men to their duty happily rendered the step unne- 
 cessary. In Dec. 1797 Capt. Ommanney obtained 
 an appointment to the Busy 18, fitting for service 
 in the North Sea, where he soon obtained a high 
 character for activity. In Aug. 1799, being off 
 Goree in company with the Speedwell brig, he 
 intercepted a fleet of merchantmen under convoy 
 of a Swedish frigate ; the whole of which he sent 
 for examination to the Downs ; displaying through- 
 out all the details of the affair a degree of prompti- 
 tude and firmness that elicited the particular ap- 
 probation of the Admiralty. After attending the 
 expedition against the Holder, and effecting, with 
 his usual alacrity, the capture of Le Dragon, a noted 
 French privateer, of 16 guns,* Capt. Ommanney, in 
 Jan. 1800, proceeded to the Leeward Islands ; 
 whence, in the following July, the debilitated state 
 of his health compelled him to return. Within a 
 few weeks of his arrival in England he had the 
 satisfaction of being presented by Earl Spencer 
 (who had but just given him a temporary appoint- 
 ment to the Garland frigate) with a Post-commis- 
 sion dated 16 Oct. 1800. During the last year of 
 the French revolutionary war Capt. Ommanney 
 successively commanded, in the Channel, the Hus- 
 sar 38, RoBDST 74, and Barfleur 98 — the latter 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral CoUingwood. He 
 next, between May, 1804, and March, 1806, officiated 
 as Flag-Captain to Sir Erasmus Gower in the Isis 
 50, at Newfoundland ; but from the latter date he 
 did not again go afloat until June, 1825. Obtaining 
 command, on 7 of that month, of the Albion 74, he 
 sailed first for the Lisbon station, and afterwards 
 joined the fleet in the Mediterranean under Sir 
 Edw. Codrington. Continuing there until 1828, he 
 was afforded an opportunity of sharing in the battle 
 of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. For his conduct on the 
 occasion he was nominated a C.B. by his own sove- 
 reign ; and by those of France, Russia, and Greece, 
 was presented with the Cross of St. Louis, the in- 
 signia of the Third Class of St. Vladamir, and the 
 insignia of the Redeemer of Greece. He subse- 
 quently, in the capacity of Rear-Admiral, a rank he 
 attained 22 July, 1830, commanded in chief, from 
 16 Oct. 1837 until the summer of 1840, and from 24 
 Sept. in the latter year until Oct. 1841, on the 
 Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, with his flag in 
 the Donegal 78 and Britannia 120. He became 
 a Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841 ; was awarded the 
 honour of Knighthood 20 May, 1835 ; and created 
 a K.C.B. 20 July, 1838. 
 
 Sir John Acworth Ommanney is a Deputy-Lieu- 
 tenant in CO. Southampton. He married, in Oct. 
 1803, Frances, daughter of Rich. Ayling, Esq., of 
 Slidham, co. Sussex, by whom he has issue. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 OMMANNEY. (One of the Jbniok-Lieutenants. 
 
 F-p., 8; H-p., 17.) 
 
 John Colpoys Ommanney was bom 9 Aug. 1809. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1799, p. 954. 
 
838 
 
 ONSLOW-O'REILLY. 
 
 April, 1822 ; and, after having carried off the French 
 and mathematical prizes, together with the second 
 medal, embarked, in March, 1824, as a Volunteer, on 
 board the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, 
 fitting for the South American station, whence he 
 returned, as Midshipman, in Oct. 1827. In Jan. 
 and Feb. 1828 he successively joined the "Wasp 18, 
 Capt. Dickenson, and Asia 84, Capt. Edw. Curzon 
 — the latter stationed in the Mediterranean, where, 
 in March, 1829, he was lent, as Mate (he had passeij 
 in the preceding April), to the Meteok bomb, 
 Capt. David Hope. He was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 12 Aug. 1829 ; and was lastly, 18 Aug. 
 
 1836, appointed to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. 
 Kenton Sharpe, on the Lisbon station. In April, 
 
 1837, he was dismissed by sentence of court-martial, 
 and placed at the bottom of the list. 
 
 He married, 7 Sept. 1841, and has issue. Agents 
 — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 ONSLOW. (Captain, 1834. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 18.) 
 John James Onslow is second surviving son of 
 the late Admiral Sir Rich. Onslow, Bart., G.C.B.,* 
 by Anne, daughter of Commodore Matthew Mit- 
 chell, of Chiltern, co. Wilts. He is brother of the 
 present Sir Henry Onslow, Bart., a Captain in the 
 lloyal Artillery ; and brother-in-law of Admiral Sir 
 Hyde Parker, who died 16 March, 1807. 
 
 This ofilcer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1810, as 
 Fst.-oL Vol., on board the Sukveillante 38, Capt. 
 Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, under whom he was for 
 some time actively employed on the north coast of 
 Spain, particularly in the boats at the capture of 
 Bermeo and Deba. He continued in the Surveil- 
 ijiNTE, in the capacity of Midshipman, until April, 
 1812 ; and between that period and the date of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 5 Sept. 1816, 
 was employed on the Brazilian, Jamaica, and 
 Home stations in the Montagd 74, flag-ship of the 
 late Sir Manley Dixon, Aquilon and Ceres frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. Wm. Bowles, Abaxes 38, 
 Capt. Geo. Miller BUgh, and Boyne 98, Capt. Ed- 
 mund Boger. He joined soon afterwards the Con- 
 queror 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. 
 Plampin at St. Helena; whence, at the close of 
 1817, he returned to England in the Iphigenia 42. 
 From Sept. 1818 until superseded at his own reciuest 
 in Sept. 1819, he served in the Downs on board the 
 Alert sloop, Capts. Henry John Leeke and Chas. 
 Farwell; and, on 23 April, 1822, he attained the 
 rank of Commander. His next appointments were 
 — 22 July, 1824, to the Beaver 8, on the Jamaica 
 station, where he remained about two years — and, 
 30 April, 1830, to the Clio 18, fitting for South 
 America. While on that station Capt. Onslow was 
 sent by Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Baker to reclaim 
 possession of the Falkland Islands, which lapse of 
 time had encouraged the Buenos Ayreans and 
 other foreigners to consider as absolutely abandoned 
 by the British. Arriving, in Dec. 1832, at Port 
 Egmont (West Falldand), he exercised the rights 
 of sovereignty, and employed his boats in examining 
 
 * Sir Rich. Onslow (son of Lieutenant-General Onslow, 
 Governor of Plymouth, and grand-nephew of Admiral Sir 
 George Walton) was born 23 June, 1741. He obtained his 
 iirst commission 17 Dec. 1758 ; acquired the rank of Com- 
 mander 1 1 Feb. 1761 ; and was made Post 14 April, 1762, 
 into the Humbeb of 40 guns. Be afterwards commanded 
 tile Aquilon frigate, Diana 32, St. Alban's 64, and Bel- 
 LONA and Maonificent 74's. In the St. Ai.ban's, in 1778, 
 he served in Admiral Barringtons attack upon Ste. Lucie, 
 and in the same officer's encounters with the Comte d'Estaing ; 
 and in the Belt^ona, prior to accompanying Lord Howe to 
 the relief of Gibraltar, he eifected the capture, after a sharp 
 action, of the Dutch ship Princess Cwoline of 54 guns. He 
 became a Rear-Admjral I Feb. 1793, and a Vice-Admiral 4 
 July, 1791; was appointed, in March, 1796, Commander-in- 
 Chief at Plymouth ; and lioisted his flag shortly afterwards as 
 second in command of the fleet under Admiral Duncan. For 
 his distinguished conduct in the action ofF Camperdown he 
 was raised to the dignity of a Baronet 30 Oct. 1 797, voted the 
 thanks of Parliament, and presented by the City of London 
 V ith Its freedom and a sword worth 100/. He was advanced 
 to the rank of full Admiral 14 Feb. 1799, and was afterwards 
 appointed a Lieutenant General of Marines, and nominated 
 a G.C.B. He died at Southampton 3 Jan. 1818, 
 
 Brett's Harbour, Byron's Sound, and other anchor- 
 ages as far to the westward as Point Bay, a dis- 
 tance of 60 miles from the place at which the Clio 
 lay. He then proceeded to Berkeley Sound (East 
 Falkland), anchored at Port Louis, and ejected a 
 Buenos Ayrean force stationed there under the 
 protection of a schooner-of-war. He returned to 
 Portsmouth from Bio de Janeiro with upwards of 
 880,000 dollars, 3 June, 1833; and on 17 of the 
 same month was paid otf. He was advanced to 
 Post-rank 27 Aug. 1834 ; and was lastly, from 23 
 July, 1842, until put out of commission in the early 
 part of 1847, employed in the Pacific on board the 
 Daphne 18. 
 
 Capt. Onslow is married and has issue. Agent — 
 J. Hinxman. 
 
 O'REILLY. (Lieut., 1815. r-p„ 18; h-p., 21.) 
 John O'Reilly (a), born 9 April, 1794, is third 
 son of the late Thos. O'Reilly, Esq., of Beltrasna, 
 CO. Heath, by Margaret, daughter of Hon. Justice 
 Robt. Sibthorpe, of Duncanny, co. Louth, and 
 grand-niece of the Earl of Dundonald. His brother, 
 Anthony Alexander, is a Major in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood, successively employed in the 
 North Sea, at the blockade of Cherbourg, and in 
 the Mediterranean. Removing as Midshipman, in 
 Sept, 1810, to the Colossus 74, Capt, Thos, Alex- 
 ander, he was for some time engaged in that ship at 
 the defence of Cadiz, where he constantly volun- 
 teered his services, and was on several occasions in 
 action with the enemy's gun-boats, under a heavy 
 fire from the batteries on shore. In April, 1811, he 
 joined the Saldana 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham, 
 from which ship he was fortunately detached in 
 charge of a captured privateer, the Amiral Martin^ 
 a few days only before she was entirely lost, with 
 all her crew, off Lough SwiDy. In March, 1812, 
 Mr. O'Reilly was received on board the Hazard 
 sloop, Capt. John Cookesley, off Newfoundland; 
 and in Jan. 1814, after having acted for upwards of 
 12 months as Master of that vessel, he was trans- 
 ferred to the Asia 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane ; whom, in the following July, after a 
 servitude of two months with Capt. Rich. Byron as 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the Belvidera 36, he rejoined 
 on board the Tonnant 80. In the course of the 
 same summer he was present in the boats at the 
 destruction of Commodore Barney's flotilla up the 
 Patuxent, and on shore at the battle of Bladensburg, 
 the taking of Washington, and the attack upon 
 Baltimore ; and on 14 of the following Dec. we find 
 him commanding one of the boats of a squadron at 
 the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American gun- 
 boats under Commodore Jones, whose desperate 
 resistance occasioned the British a loss of 17 men 
 killed and 77 wounded. Among the latter was Mr. 
 O'Reilly,* who had the misfortune to sustain the 
 loss of his right eye, for which he now receives a 
 pension of 911. 5s. His promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant took place 2 Nov. 1815. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 26 Aug. 1834, to the Coast 
 Guard — 4 Nov. 1835, to the command, which he re- 
 tained for six years, of the Spider brigantine of 6 
 guns, on the South American station — and, 29 Aug. 
 1843, again to the Coast Guard, in which service he 
 continues. It has been Mr. O'Reilly's good fortune 
 to rescue many persons from shipwreck. 
 
 The Lieutenant is the inventor of an illuminated 
 shell, which supplies the desideratum required in 
 Capt. Manby's apparatus. De married, 22 Oct, 
 1821, Anna, third daughter of Geo, Snart, Esq,, of 
 Sutton House, co, Middlesex, by whom he has 
 issue an only daughter, married to Commander 
 Albert Heseltine, R,N, Agents — Messrs, StUwell. 
 
 O'REILLY. (Lieutenant, 1828,) 
 
 John O'Reilly (6) entered the Navy 25 March 
 
 1812 ; and passed his examination in 1818, In tlie 
 
 following year, while at Calais in the Pioneer 
 
 * Fide Gaz, 1816, p, 448. 
 
O'REILLY- ORLEBAR— OEMOND. 
 
 839 
 
 schooner, Capt. Wm. Oldrey, he had the good for- 
 tune, by his presence of mind, to save H.K.H. 
 the Duke of Kent from an impending accident. 
 He was afterwards employed in the Coast Blockade. 
 He obtained his commission 18 Sept. 1828; and 
 since 16 March, 1831, has been in charge of a sta- 
 tion in the Coast Guard. The important nature of 
 his services in cases of shipwreck has had the effect 
 of eliciting the acknowledgments of Lloyd's, of the 
 Royal Humane Society, and of various merchants 
 and shipowners. 
 
 Lieut. O'Reilly's testimonials of conduct are of a 
 high order. His son, Montagu Frederic, is a Lieu- 
 tenant R.N. 
 
 O'REILLY. (LiEDT., 184.5. r-p., 11 ; h-p., l.) 
 
 Montagu Fkedeeic O'Reilly, born 17 Feb. 1822, 
 is the only child of Lieut. John O'Reilly (6), R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Feb. 1835 ; and embarked, in Feb. 1837, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Pelorus 16, Capt. Fras. Harding; 
 in which vessel he was wrecked at Port Essington, 
 Australia, while holding the rating of Midshipman, 
 25 Nov. 1839. Joining next, in 18«, the Dbuio 44, 
 Capt. Henry Smith, he took part in the hostile 
 operations then in progress in China, where, in 
 Aug. of that year, he assisted at the capture of 
 Amoy and Golongsoo, and was intrusted with the 
 charge of a Signal station at the latter place. On 
 the Drcid being paid off in the spring of 1843, 
 having passed his examination 14 July, 1842, he 
 was appointed Mate of the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings. 
 After a servitude of three months off Lisbon in the 
 Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lookyer, he sailed, at 
 the commencement of 1845, for the coast of Africa, 
 in the Action 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel. Volunteer- 
 ing to remain on that unhealthy station, although 
 offered an appointment in the Mediterranean, he 
 was nominated, 15 Aug. following, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the LiLV 16, Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin 
 Newton ; to which sloop he was confirmed 12 Dec. 
 in the same year. Since 23 Sept. 1847 (shortly 
 previous to which date the Lily had been put out 
 of commission) he has been employed on particular 
 service in the Bellebophon 78, Capt. Robt. Lam- 
 bert Baynes. 
 
 ORLEBAE. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 John Oblebae, born in 1810, is third son of the 
 late Rich. Orlebar, Esq., of Hinwick House, co. 
 Bedford, who served as High Sheriff of that co. in 
 1808, by Maria, fourth daughter of Benj. Longuet, 
 Esq., of Bath. He is brother of the late Alex. 
 Orlebar, Esq., an officer in the Royal Engineers; 
 and nephew of the present Lieut. Orlando Orlebar, 
 B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 March, 1824; 
 passed his examination in 1831 ; obtained his first 
 commission 10 Sept. 1832 ; and from May, 1833, 
 until the close of 1835, was employed in North Ame- 
 rica and the West Indies on board the Laene 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith, and Forte 44, Capt. 
 Watkin Owen Pell. For his services as a Surveyor 
 he was advanced to his present rank 6 Feb. 1845. 
 His name, since 28 April in the latter year, has 
 been borne on the books of the Vindictive 50, 
 flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen on the North 
 America and West India station, where he is still 
 surveying. 
 
 He married, at Quebec, 5 Feb. 1838, Harriet, 
 youngest daughter of John Hale, Esq., Receiver- 
 General of Lower Canada, by Elizabeth, sister of 
 the present Earl Amherst, and daughter of the late 
 Lieut.-General Wm. Amherst, Aide-de-Camp to the 
 King, Lieut.-Governor of Portsmouth, Governor of 
 St. John's, Newfoundland, and Adjutant-General of 
 H.M. Forces. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ORLEBAE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Orlando Orlebar, born in 1786, is fourth son 
 
 of the lute Rich. Orlebar, Esq., of Hinwick House, 
 
 CO. Bedford, ono of the clerks extraordinary of the 
 
 Privy Council, by his second wife Charlotte, 
 daughter of Robt. Willing, Esq., of London. He is 
 brother of the late Henry Orlebar, Esq., R.N. ; and 
 uncle of Commander John Orlebar, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Oct. 1800, as 
 Est.-cl. Vol., on board the Jamaica 26, commanded 
 in the North Sea by Capt. John Mackellar ; with 
 whom, and with Capts. Walter Bathurst, Fleetwood 
 Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Wm. Wells, Geo. Bell, 
 Wm. Augustus Montagu, and Jas. Murray Gordon, 
 we find him, from March, 1801, to Oct. 1808, serving, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Teepsi- 
 CHORE 32, on the Cape of Good Hope and East 
 India stations. In 1805 he was wounded while as- 
 sisting in a boat which was sunk at the capture, 
 after a desperate resistance, of the French corvette 
 Tourterelle, under the batteries of St. Denis, He de 
 Bourbon. He was present in the course of the 
 same year in another boat which was sunk in effect- 
 ing the destruction of a French brig off the Isle of 
 France ; and in Nov. 1806 he was engaged in the 
 headmost boat at the annihilation, in Batavia Roads, 
 of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20 
 armed and other vessels. On his arrival home in 
 1809 in the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, he re- 
 joined Capt. Bathurst on board the Salsette 36, 
 and, accompanying the ensuing expedition to the 
 Walcheren, was there intrusted with the command 
 of a gun-boat. In Oct. 1809 he left the Salsette ; 
 and in Oct. 1810 he was received on board the 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, bearing the flag of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Thos. Fras. Fremantle in the Mediterranean ; 
 where he was nominated, 25 Jan. 1811, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring- 
 ton. His official promotion took place 14 March 
 following. He invalided in Aug. of the same year, 
 and was next, from Dec. 1811 until Aug. 1815, em- 
 ployed on the Channel, North American, and West 
 India stations, in the Wolvebene sloop, Capts. 
 Chas. Kerr and Geo. Grey Burton. Since he left 
 that vessel, in which it appears he was present in 
 the attack upon Baltimore, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Orlebar (who was left a widower 15 Nov. 
 1831) married, 24 April, 1824, Helen Maria, only 
 daughter of the late Admiral Aplin, and sister of 
 the present Capt. J. G. Aplin. His eldest daughter 
 is the wife of Lieut. Augustus John Burton, R.N. 
 
 OEMOND. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.) 
 Francis Obmond entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impetdeux 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, attached to the Channel 
 fleet ; and, between Oct. 1805 and the date of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 3 Dec. 1810, 
 was employed on the Home and Baltic stations, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the San Josef 
 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, Prince 
 OF Wales 98, Capts. T. B. Martin and Sir Home 
 Popham, Implacable 74, Capts. T. B. Martin, 
 Philip Pipon, and Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, and Sci- 
 PION 74 and Victory 100, flag-ships of Hon. Sir 
 Robt. Stopford and Sir Jas. Saumarez. He was 
 present in the Prince of Wales under the flag of 
 Admiral Gambler at the bombardment of Copen- 
 hagen in Sept. 1807; in the Implacable he took 
 part, 26 Aug. 1808, in a gallant action of 20 minutes 
 with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewolod, which was 
 completely silenced, and in the end, with the assist- 
 ance of the Cbntaue 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, 
 captured and burnt in sight of the whole Russian 
 fleet near Rogerswick, after a total loss to the enemy 
 of 303 men, and to the Implacable, individually, 
 of 6 killed and 25 wounded; and on 7 July, 1809, 
 he assisted, in the Implacable's boats, in a brilliant 
 attack on a Russian flotilla, described in our me- 
 moir of Capt. Chas. Allen. His appointments in 
 the capacity of Lieutenant (after a brief servitude 
 as such in the Alexander 74, Capts. John Quilliam 
 and Robt. Cathcart) were— 18 March, 1811, to the 
 Cherokee sloop, Capt. Wm. Ramage, on the coast 
 of Norway— 2 March, 1812, to the Dictator 64 
 Capts. Robt. WilUams and Wm. Autridge, in the 
 Baltic- 25 May following, for four months, to the 
 
840 
 
 OSBORN-OTTER-OTTY. 
 
 AEorKiE 74, as Flag-Lieutenant, on the latter sta- 
 tion, to Rear-AdmirS T. B. Martin— 19 May, 1813, 
 to the EsDrMiON of 48 guns, Capt. Henry Hoxje, on 
 the coast of North America^ whence he returned in 
 Sept. 1815—25 July, 1816, to the Impkegnable 98, 
 in which ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 David Milne, he remained until the following Oct. 
 —15 March, 1818, to the Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, under whom he escorted the Duke of Rich- 
 mond as Governor-General to Canada, and then 
 made a voyage to Jamaica, whence, in Aug. 1819, 
 he invalided — towards the close of 1820, to the 
 Atholl 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier — and, after 
 about two years of half-pay, to the Victory 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth. In 
 1812 Mr. Ormond, at that time a Lieutenant of the 
 AnonKiR, was attached to the flotilla at the defence 
 of Riga. "While serving in the Endvmion he com- 
 manded a division of gun-boats, under the orders 
 of Capt. Robt. Barrie, in an expedition up the Pe- 
 nobscot river, on which occasion he contributed, and 
 was honourably mentioned for the able assistance 
 he afibrded, at the capture of the towns of Castine, 
 Hamden, and Bangor, and the destruction, by the 
 Americans, of the U.S. corvette Adams, a brig 
 pierced for 18 guns, a large privateer, and eight 
 merchant-vessels.* He was also present in the 
 Endymion's boats in an unsuccessful attack upon 
 the American privateer Prince de Neufch&tel, whose 
 opposition occasioned the assailants a loss of 28 
 killed and 37 badly wounded ; and, on 15 Jan. 1815, 
 he contributed in that ship to the memorable cap- 
 ture, after a close action of two hours and a half, a 
 loss to the British, out of 319 men, of 11 killed and 
 14 wounded, and to the enemy of 35 killed and 70 
 wounded, of the President American frigate of 56 
 guns and 465 men. He was Second-Lieutenant of 
 the Impeegnable at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 
 1816. Since his last promotion, which took place 
 27 May, 1825, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Ormond married, 20 June, 1822, 
 Fanny, daughter of J. Hedges, Esq., of Walling- 
 ford. 
 
 and 77 missing. In Oct. 1803 Mr. Osborn became 
 Master's Mate of the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur 
 Kaye Legge, under whom he witnessed the capture, 
 13 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, 
 bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun 
 frigate Belle Poule. His appointments as Lieu- 
 tenant, a rank he had attained 22 Jan. preceding, 
 were— 26 May, 1806, to the Lucifeb bomb, Capt. 
 Robt. Elliot, in the North Sea, where he was super- 
 seded from ill health in the ensuing Sept.— 30 Jan. 
 1807, to the Pbince of Okange 74, flag-ship in the 
 Downs of Vice- Admirals Bartholomew Sam. Rowley 
 and Geo. Campbell— and, 18 March, 1808, to the 
 command of the Quail 4. In the latter vessel, 
 until he invalided in Feb. 1813, he was employed 
 in escorting convoys to diflferent places, and in 
 bearing despatches to Sir Edw. Pellew ofi' Toulon. 
 He accepted his present rank 13 Oct. 1838. 
 
 Commander Osborn married, 6 Nov. 1806, Miss 
 Johannah Catmore, of Aldborough, by whom he 
 has issue three children. 
 
 OSBORN. (Retired Commandek, 1838. f-p,, 
 19; H-p., 35.) 
 
 JoHK OSBOKN was born 17 Feb. 1775. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Ihbesistible 74, Capt. John 
 Henry ; and in the early part of the following year 
 was present at the reduction of the French islands 
 in the AVest Indies, where, at Port-au-Prince, he 
 was employed on shore with the army. Joining 
 next the Bombay Castle 74, Capts. Chas. Cham- 
 berlayne, Jas. Macnamara^ and Thos. Sotheby, he 
 was afibrded an opportunity of sharing, as Midship- 
 man, in Hotham's second partial action, 13 July, 
 1795. In Dec. 1796, when the latter ship was 
 wrecked in the river Tagus, Mr. Osborn was struck 
 by lightning while in the act of cutting away the 
 masts, and greatly injured in the head. On his 
 return to England in charge of a prize at the com- 
 mencement of 1797, he was ordered to join the Ville 
 DE Paris 110, bearing the broad pendant at first of 
 Sir Robt. Calder, and the flag, next, of Earl St. 
 Vincent, oflf Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, where 
 from June, 1799, until May, 1803, he served, as 
 Master's Mate and Acting-Master, in the Vincejo 
 sloop, Capts. Geo. Long, Robt. Yarker, Geo. Chas. 
 Mackenzie, Jas. Murray Northey, and Jas. Prevost. 
 "While in that vessel, besides participating in a 
 variety of cutting-out afiairs, he was present at the 
 blockade and surrender of Malta, at the capture of 
 Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000 men, and in 
 the operations against the French in Egypt. He 
 was also severely wounded by the passage of a ball 
 through his right arm in an action fought between 
 the Vincejo and two Greek vessels; and in Oct. 
 1801 he was again wounded while serving on shore 
 in a partially successful attack on the enemy's bat- 
 teries at Porto Ferrajo, where the British sustained 
 a loss of 15 (including Capt. Long) killed, 33 wounded, 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 18U, p. 2031. 
 
 OSBOKN. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Sherabd Osbors was Midshipman of the Hya- 
 cinth 18, Capt. "Wm. Warren, at the reduction of 
 Canton in 1841, and of the Ctio 18, Capt. Edw. 
 Norwich Troubridge (with whom he served on 
 shore), at the cajiture oi the batteries of Woosung, 
 16 June, 1842.* He passed his examination 6 Dec. 
 1843; served as Mate on board the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast- 
 ings, and Collingwood 80, bearing the flag in the 
 Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour ; and obtained 
 his commission 4 May, 1846. He was then re- 
 appointed to the Collingwood, in which ship he is 
 still employed. 
 
 OTTER. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Heney Charles Otter entered the Navy 12 
 Jan. 1822 ; passed his examination in 1828 ; obtained 
 his first commission 5 Dec. 1831 ; was employed at 
 Sheerness, from 15 Aug. 1833 until the close of 1835, 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, in the Ocean 80 and 
 Howe 120, Capts. Sam. Chambers, Edw. Barnard, 
 and Alex. EUice ; assumed command, 5 March, 1844, 
 of the Sparrow surveying-vessel, on the coast of 
 Scotland; acquired his present rank 26 Aug. fol- 
 lowing ; and, since 1 Jan. 1847, at which period he 
 left the Sparrow, has been in command, on the 
 same station, of the Avon steam surveying-vessel, 
 of 160-horse power. 
 
 "When a Midshipman, Commander Otter's heroic 
 exertions saved the lives of a boat's crew ; and in 
 1845 he again displayed the intrepid humanity of 
 his disposition by jumping overboard from the 
 Sparrow for the purpose of affording assistance to 
 some of his crew who had been capsized. 
 
 OTTY. (COMMANDEK, 181.5. F-P., 14 ; H-P., 30.) 
 Allen Otty entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1803, as 
 A.B., on board the Helder, guard-ship in the river 
 Humber, Capts. Edw. Hawkins and Benj. "Walker. 
 From April, 1806, until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 14 April, 1810, he served, chiefly in the 
 capacity of Master's Mate (a rating he had attained 
 9 May, 1805), in the San J osef and Ville de Paris 
 of 110 guns, Caledonia 120, and Baefleuh 98, 
 flag-ships on the Channel and Lisbon stations of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton, Lords Gardner and Gambler, and 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were to the Impetueux 74, Capt. John 
 Lawford, Phipps gun-brig, Capt. Christopher Bell, 
 and Goshawk sloop, Capts. Jas. Lilburn, Thos. 
 Ball Clowes, and Hon. Wm. John Napier ; to the 
 gun-boat service on the river St. Lawrence ; and to 
 the CoNFiANCE 18 and Minstrel 20, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Peter Fisher. On the night of 
 29 April, 1812, we find him serving with the boats 
 of the Goshawk and of a squadron under the orders 
 of Capt. Thos. TJssher, and acquiring the greatest 
 praise for his undaunted courage, in a brilliant 
 attack on the enemy's privateers and batteries in 
 * Vide Gaz. 184S, p. 2400. 
 
OTWAY. 
 
 841 
 
 the Mole of Malaga, an enterprise which, although 
 partially successful, terminated in a loss to the 
 British, out of 149 officers and men, of 15 (includ- 
 ing Capt. Lilburn) killed and 53 wounded. After 
 having acted for a period as Commander of the 
 Star sloop in North America, Mr. Otty was con- 
 firmed in his present rank by a commission bearing 
 date 1 July, 1815. During the two following years 
 he appears to have had command of the Montreal 
 and Chaewell on the lakes of Canada. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 OTW-AY, Bart. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Sir George Graham Otwat, horn in Sept. 1816, 
 is eldest surviving son of the late Admiral Sir Robt. 
 Waller Otway, Bart., G.C.B., whom he succeeded 
 12 May, 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 July, 1828 ; and 
 on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 10 Oct. 1838, was appointed Additional 
 of the Prihcess Chabiotte 104, bearing the tiag 
 of Hon. Sir Kobt. Stopford in tlie Mediterranean, 
 where he removed, 21 Feb. 1839, to the Hazard 18, 
 Capt. Jas. Wilkinson. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 8 Nov. 1839, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Fellowes, with whom he returned to England 
 —5 June, 1841), to the Southampton 50, Capt. Wm. 
 Hillyar, fitting at Chatham — and, 13 Aug. follow- 
 ing, to the Medea steamer, Capt. Fred. Warden, in 
 the Mediterranean. Being awarded a second pro- 
 motal commission 25 Jan. 1841, he was next — from 
 25 May, 1843, until advanced, in compliment to his 
 father's memory, to Post-rank, 18 May, 1846 — em- 
 ployed in command of the Virago steam-sloop, of 
 300-horse power, again in the Mediterranean. He 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents— Hallett and 
 Kobinson. 
 
 OTWAY. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.) 
 Kobert Otway entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1805, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Pallas 32, Capt. 
 Lord Cochrane. Under that gallant officer he as- 
 sisted, in March, 1805, at the capture of a galleon, 
 
 11 Fm'tuna, laden with specie to the amount of 
 150,000/., and with merchandize of nearly equal 
 value ; he witnessed also, in Maj', 1806, the destruc- 
 tion of the semaphores along the French coast; 
 and, in the course of the same month, he was pre- 
 sent, under a heavy fire from the batteries on lie 
 d'Aix, in a single-handed attack made by the Pal- 
 las on the French 40-gun frigate La Minerve, in 
 company with three 18-gun brigs. On the latter 
 occasion the British ship, while preparing to board, 
 unfortunately ran foul of her opponent, and by the 
 tremendous shock was reduced to a complete wreck. 
 Between June, 1806, and Feb. 1812, Mr. Otway was 
 successively employed, on the West India and Home 
 stations, part of the time as Master's Mate, in the 
 Northumberland and Bellf.isle 74's, both flag- 
 ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Ethalion 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, Belleisle again, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Geo. Cockburn, 
 Neptune 98, Capt. W. C. Fahie, Abercrombt 74, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, Dragon 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Fras. Laforoy, Wanderer sloop, Capt. Frank 
 Gore Willock, Dragon a second time, Nayaden 
 frigate, Capt. Kobt. Merrick Fowler, Helena sloop, 
 Capt. Henry Montresor, and again in the Dragon. 
 In the Ethalion we find him aiding, as Master's 
 Mate, at the reduction, in Dec. 1807, of the Danish 
 islands of St. Thomas and Ste. Croix ; and in the 
 Belleisle, in 1809, at the capture of Martinique 
 and Flushing. He was confirmed in the rank of 
 Lieutenant (after having acted for three months as 
 such in the Demerara, Capt. W. Smith, on the 
 West India station) 14 May, 1812; and was sub- 
 sequently appointed— for a few months in 1813, to 
 the BoYNE 98 and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ships 
 of Sir Harry Burrard Neale in the Channel— 17 
 Sept. 1822, to the Bulwark 76, Capt. Thos. Dundas, 
 lying at Plymouth, where he remained upwards of 
 
 12 months— 22 July, 1830, to the command (which 
 
 he retained until the close of 1833) of the Echo 
 steam-vessel— and, 23 April, 1836, to the command 
 (with his name on the books of the William and 
 Mary yacht) of the Comet, another steamer. As 
 an especial mark of the approbation entertained by 
 the Admiralty of his services in the Echo and 
 Comet on the coasts of Spain and Portugal during 
 the civil war, he was advanced to his present rank 
 6 Jan. 1837. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In 1838 Commander Otway published ' An Ele- 
 mentary Treatise on Steam.' He is married and 
 has issue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 OTWAY. (Commander, 1846. r-p., 19 ; h-p., 7.) 
 Robert Joceltn Otway is youngest son of the 
 Rev. J. Sam. Otway ; and nephew of the late Ad- 
 miral Sir Robt. Otway, Bart., G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 May, 1821 ; passed 
 his examination in 1827 ; and was made Lieutenant, 
 13 Nov. 1828, into the Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry 
 Dundas, on the South American station, whence he 
 returned home and was paid off in 1830. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 8 Oct. 1832, for nearly 
 three years, to the Spahtiate 76, Capt. Robt. Tait, 
 successive flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour and Sir 
 Graham Eden Hamond, again in South America — ■ 
 22 Aug. 1840, to the Calcutta 84, Capts. Sir Sam. 
 Roberts and Geo. Fred. Rich, with whom he served, 
 in the Mediterranean and off Lisbon, until paid off 
 at the close of 1842, the chief part of the time as 
 First-Lieutenant— and,- 16 May, 1843, in the latter 
 capacity, to the Castor 36, Capt. Chas. Graham, 
 fitting for the East Indies. In Dec. 1845, being at 
 the time at New Zealand, Lieut. Otway landed in 
 command of 188 officers, seamen, and marines be- 
 longing to the latter ship, and on 11 of the following 
 month, after having most usefully participated for 
 three weeks in a series of trying operations (more 
 particularly alluded to in our memoir of Capt. 
 Graham), assisted, and was officially mentioned for 
 his conduct, at the storming and capture, notwith- 
 standing a desperate resistance of four hours, of a 
 strongly fortified pah belonging to a rebel chieftain 
 named Kawiti. He was in consequence promoted 
 to the rank of Commander by commission bearing 
 date the day of the occurrence.'^ He returned to 
 England in the course of the same year, and is now 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Otway married, 17 Aug. 1836, Anne 
 Digby, youngest daughter of the late Sir Hugh 
 Crofton, Bart., of Mohill House, co. Leitrim, by 
 whom he has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 OTWAY, Bart., G C.B. (Admiral of the 
 White, 1841. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 26.) 
 
 Sir Robert Waller Otwav was born in April, 
 1772, and died suddenly 12 May, 1846. He was 
 second son of Cooke Otway, Esq., of Castle Otway, 
 CO. Tipperary, an old officer of dragoons, by Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of Sam. Waller, Esq., of Lisbrian, in 
 the same CO., sister of Sir Kobt. Waller, Bart., and 
 niece of Sir Robt. Jocelyn, Bart., who, after filling 
 the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was created 
 Baron Newport and Viscount Jocelyn. Sir Robt. 
 Otway (whose family, a branch of the Otways of 
 Middleton and Ingmire Hall, co. Westmoreland, 
 had been seated in Ireland since the days of Crom- 
 well) was brother (with Major Geo. Otway of the 
 85th Regt., who died at Jamaica in 1804) of Sir 
 Loftus AVm. Otway, C.B., a Lieutenant-General 
 in the Army and Colonel of the 84th Regt., and 
 uncle of the late Hon. Robt. Otway Cave, M.P., 
 and the present Commander Robt. Jocelyn Otway, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1784, as 
 Midshipman, on hoard the Elizabeth 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Kingsmill, and after a servitude of three 
 years in the Mediterranean on board the Phaeton 
 frigate, and a further attachment, in the West 
 Indies, to the Blonde, was made Lieutenant, 8 Aug. 
 
 * fide Gar,. 1846, pp. 2345, 2346, 2348. 
 5P 
 
842 
 
 OTWAY. 
 
 1793, into the Falcon brig. Being appointed, next, 
 to the Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Benj. Caldwell, he was afforded an oppor- 
 tunity of participating in that ship in Lord Howe's 
 actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. On the 
 last-mentioned occasion, although but a Junior 
 Lieutenant, he contrived greatly to distinguish him- 
 self by his alacrity in going aloft, with the late Sir 
 Chas. Dashwood, then a Midshipman, and lashing 
 the foretopsail-yard, which had been shot in the 
 slings, to the cap ; by which means the ship was en- 
 abled to wear in pursuit of the enemy. So well 
 pleased was the Rear-Admiral at the performance 
 of this essential service, without which the topsail 
 could not have been again set, that he returned him 
 his thanks publicly on the quarter-deck ; and, on 
 shortly afterwards shifting his flag to the Majestic 
 74, took him with him as his Tirst-Lieutenant — a 
 post which, with a degree of modesty and good 
 feeling highly creditable to him, Mr. Otway had 
 declined filling on board the Impregnable, from a 
 fear of creating jealousies, detrimental to the ser- 
 vice, among his messmates, all of whom were senior 
 to himself. His personal as well as his professional 
 merit having thus strongly recommended him, he 
 was in the course of the same year appointed by 
 Rear-Admiral Caldwell, who had been directed to 
 assume the control of naval affairs in the Leeward 
 Islands, Commander of the Thorn sloop of 16 6- 
 pounders. In that vessel Capt. Otway, in April, 
 1795, had the good fortune to capture La Belle Cre- 
 ole, a large schooner, sent by the notorious Victor 
 Hugues, from Guadeloupe, to assist in carrying into 
 execution a plan that had been concerted between 
 himself and the disaffected inhabitants of St. Pierre, 
 Martinique, for the burning of that town and the 
 massacre of all those who were inimical to them. 
 The detection thus afforded of the diabolical con- 
 spiracy was considered of such importance that the 
 French Royalists united in presenting Capt. Otway 
 with a gold-hilted sword, valued at 200 guineas. 
 On 25 of the following month he fell in with, and 
 after a spirited night action of 35 minutes, during 
 which the enemy made two ineffectual attempts to 
 board the Thorn, succeeded, much to his praise, in 
 capturing, the French corvette Le Courrier National, 
 of 18 guns (8 and 6 pounders) and 119 men, 7 of 
 whom were killed and 20 wounded, with a loss to 
 the British of their Commander and 5 out of 80 
 men wounded.* During the Carib war in the 
 island of St. Vincent, Capt. Otway was actively 
 employed in co-operation with the army, particu- 
 larly in an attack made upon Owia, which place was 
 surprised and taken by the Thorn and a party of 
 soldiers belonging to the 60th Regt. He afterwards 
 landed his crew, and, in conjunction with a detach- 
 ment of troops, stormed the strong post of Chateau 
 Bellair, the loss of which obliged the enemy to re- 
 tire into the interior of the country. His abilities 
 and zeal having already attracted the attention of 
 Sir John Laforey, the new Commander-in-Chief, 
 Capt. Otway (who on the occasion last named had 
 been slightly wounded, and had had 25 of his people 
 killed and wounded) was \iy him promoted, 30 Oct. 
 1795, to a Post-vacancy in the Mermaid 32. While 
 cruizing soon afterwards off Lebaye, in the island 
 of Grenada, in company with the Favorite sloop, 
 Capt. Jas. Athol "Wood, he landed with a party of 
 seamen and marines from both vessels, and, under 
 the covering fire of the latter, stormed, carried, and 
 levelled with the ground a battery which had been 
 erected by the revolutionary enemy in a position 
 for scouring the beach and intercepting all commu- 
 nication between the shipping and a body of Eng- 
 lish troops who lay pent up in a block-house. Not 
 long after this affair several regiments arrived from 
 England, and were disembarked in the neighbour- 
 hood of the same place ; but scarcely had they com- 
 menced operations, when the appearance of two 
 French vessels, having on board considerable re- 
 inforcements, induced the General in command of 
 the British forces to decide upon immediately re- 
 
 * VideGaz, 1795, p. 804. 
 
 embarking. Perceiving, however, that the result 
 of this measure would be the total loss of the 
 island, Capt. Otway peremptorily refused his acqui- 
 escence in it, observing " that he had landed the 
 troops at a great risk* by the General's desire, 
 and that they must now Jtffht it out, as he would Jiot 
 embark a man.'' Having thus taken upon himself 
 an awful amount of responsibility, he galloped up 
 a height on which were posted some field-pieces 
 under the command of an artillery officer, ordered 
 their fire to be opened on the enemy's vessels, and 
 by that means compelled them to cut their cables 
 and stand out to sea with the soldiers still on board. 
 They were pursued with great promptitude by Capt. 
 Wood, but escaped in consequence of the Favorite 
 unfortunately losing her foretopmast. A general 
 attack was then made by the British troops, led on 
 by Brigadier-General Campbell, who charged the 
 enemy on Pilot Hill, and gained a thorough victory. 
 Thus to the resolution and intrepidity, and the judg- 
 ment and exertions,! of one man was Great Britain 
 in the main indebted for the preservation of the 
 island of Grenada. Capt. Otway's next exploit was 
 the defeat, 8 Aug. 1796, under the batteries of Basse- 
 terre, Guadeloupe, of ia Vengeance, a French frigate 
 mounting 52 guns, sent by Victor Hugues for the 
 express purpose of either capturing or sinking the 
 Mermaid. The action, which lasted upwards of 
 three hours, although attended with no casualty 
 whatever to the British, was productive of a loss 
 to their opponent of at least 12 killed and 26 
 wounded ; and so exasperated was Victor Hugues 
 at its result, that, on the return of the beaten Ven- 
 geance to her anchorage, he broke the French 
 Captain's sword, and deprived some English pri- 
 soners at Basse-terre, who had cheered on witness- 
 ing the issue of the combat^ of water for the space 
 of 24 hours. In the month of April, 1797, the 
 •Mermaid, in company with the Heemione, Quebec, 
 and Penelope frigates, had a smart affair with the 
 forts at Jean Rebel, St. Domingo, and aided in a 
 manner that obtained her Commander the thanks 
 of his senior of&cer at the cutting out of 12 sail of 
 merchantmen.]: Exchanging soon afterwards into 
 the Ceres 32, Capt. Otway captured, in the boats 
 of that frigate. La Mutine French privateer of 18 
 guns and 90 men, lying at anchor in a creek at 
 Puerto Rico, and drove on shore and burnt another 
 vessel of the same name and force. When in chase, 
 in the early part of 1798, of a guarda-costa, the 
 Ceres, with her consort the Trent 36, unfortu- 
 nately took the ground near the Havana, a circum- 
 stance which enabled the hostile vessel to place 
 herself in a very annoying posture. The advantage 
 she had thus gained was however brief-, for Capt. 
 Otway, throwing himself into one of the boats sent 
 by the squadron to their assistance, made instantly 
 towards her, followed by five others, and in a few 
 minutes boarded, carried, and burnt her. She 
 mounted 6 long 24-pounders and 4 smaller guns, and 
 bore the broad pendant of a Commodore of flotilla. 
 The Ceres, being almost immediately afterwards 
 got afloat, assisted in extricating the Trent, the 
 command of which frigate, on the proximate death 
 of her Captain, was bestowed upon the gallant sub- 
 ject of the present narrative, as a reward for the 
 great exertions he had displayed in rescuing her 
 from her perilous position. At the commencement 
 of 1799 Capt. Otway landed on the south side of 
 the island of Puerto Rico, and surprised a battery 
 of 6 24^pounders, under the protection of which 
 lay an enemy's schooner, whose capture was in con- 
 sequence secured. In the execution of this service he 
 displayed his accustomed tact, and, although he had 
 but 1 man killed, was under the necessity of put- 
 ting 20 of the enemy to the sword. A few weeks 
 subsequently, being in the same vicinity, in com- 
 pany with the Sparrow cutter, he discovered two 
 French privateers, each mounting 18 guns, together 
 with a Spanish brig of 10 guns and some coasting 
 
 • Tlie Pontshorn East-Indiaman was lost that night, in 
 consequence of being detained after landing the soldiers 
 embarked in her. 
 
 + Vide Gaz. 1796, p. 719. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1797, p. 517. 
 
OTWAY. 
 
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 vessels, at anchor under a small battery within the 
 Dead Man's Chest. The enemy's guns on shore 
 were soon silenced by the Trent, and her boats 
 sent under cover of the Sparrow to attack the ves- 
 sels. On their approach each of the privateers 
 hoisted the bloody (red) flag, as an indication that 
 no quarter would be given ; but notwithstanding 
 this they resolutely pushed on, and; after a smart 
 action carried the whole without losing a man, while 
 the enemy had not less than 50 killed and wounded. 
 In the following July Capt. Otway formed a plan 
 for cutting out the late British frigate Hermione, 
 whose crew had mutinied, and carried her, as re- 
 ported, into the port of Laguira. For this purpose 
 he left the Trent with two boata; and at one a.m. 
 on the 8th, after a fatiguing row of many hours, en- 
 tered the enemy's anchorage, but, to his mortifica- 
 tion, found that the object of his search was not 
 there. Resolved, however, to effect something, he 
 made a dash at a vessel, apparently a corvette, 
 which his pilot informed him had lately arrived 
 from Spain. Although knocked back, while in the 
 act of boarding, by the discharge of a musket, 
 whose contents passed close along his cheek, his 
 determined spirit was not to be daunted ; and in a 
 few minutes he and his brave followers were in full 
 possession of their trophy. By break of day they 
 had succeeded in towing her clear of a heavy fire 
 which had been opened upon her from the bat- 
 teries ; but, as the sun rose, a flotilla of gun-boats 
 was observed coming out of the harbour in pursuit. 
 As a dead calm had by this time set in, and as it 
 was perfectly impossible to compete with a force so 
 overwhelming, the only question that remained was 
 as to how they should themselves avoid falling into 
 the enemy's hands. "With that coolness and presence 
 of mind which never forsook him, Capt. Otway in- 
 structed the Lieutenant who was with him, the late 
 Sir 'rhos. Ussher, to place double sentinels over the 
 prisoners, to point two of the guns (Spanish 12- 
 pounders), treble-shotted, down the main hatchway, 
 and upon the arrival of the flotilla within grape-range 
 to fire them through the bottom. These directions 
 were strictly followed, and on the approach of the 
 enemy they found full employment in saving their 
 countrymen from going down with the sinking ves- 
 sel—the adventurous British being thereby suffered 
 to accomplish their escape without further molesta^ 
 tion. Capt. Otway continued to command the 
 Trent until Sept. 1800, when he sailed for England 
 with the flag of Sir Hyde Parker. During the six 
 years that he had then served in the West Indies, 
 he was supposed to have captured and destroyed 
 200 of the enemy's privateeers and merchantmen, 
 mounting in the whole upwards of .'500 guns. He 
 had, besides, assisted at the siege of Morne Fortune, 
 in Ste. Lucie, and of Fort Matilda, in Guadeloupe. 
 On his arrival home he resigned the command of 
 the Trent for the purpose of assuming that of the 
 RovAL George 100, bearing the flag of his friend 
 Sir Hyde Parker, with whom he soon removed into 
 the London 98, and in March, 1801, sailed with the 
 fleet destined to act against the northern confede- 
 racy. On the expedition reaching the Kattegat, a 
 consultation, as is well known, was held between 
 the Flag Oflioers, the Captain of the Fleet, and 
 some of the Senior Captains, as to the best means 
 of carrying its main object into efiect ; and it was 
 decided that the advance should be made through 
 the Belt. On this arrangement being brought to 
 the knowledge of Capt. Otway he at once perceived 
 the fatal difficulties that would result ; he lost not a 
 moment therefore in explaining his views to the 
 Commander-in-Chief; and so manifest was his rea- 
 soning that immediate measures were taken for rec- 
 tii'ying the error, and the plan adopted which was 
 afterwards followed. Owing to the London not 
 forming a part of the division engaged, Capt. Otway 
 had but slender hopes, at the commencement of the 
 battle, of being enabled to obtain any share in it. 
 As the conflict, however, progressed, and the criti- 
 cal position of the squadron under Lord Nelson 
 grew appari'ut, it became a subject of consideration 
 between Sir Hyde Parker and the Captain of the 
 
 Fleet whether or not the signal should be made for 
 discontinuing the action. At this juncture Capt. 
 Otway, by whom the step had been strongly op- 
 posed, was despatched in a boat to his Lordship in 
 order to ascertain the state of affairs. Before he 
 reached the Elephant the signal to leave off action 
 was made; it was, however, disregarded by Nelson ; 
 and as Capt. Otway had va-bal authority from Sir Hyde 
 Parker tliat the battle should continue if he saw any pro- 
 bability of success, the action was maintained until the 
 enemy announced his submission. Capt. Otway, we 
 may add, remained on board the Elephant until 
 that happy consummation of the struggle. On the 
 following day he was deputed, at the suggestion of 
 Lord Nelson, to perform a service of the utmost 
 importance ; one indeed of which he acquitted him- 
 self in a manner that redounded beyond measure 
 to his character for judgment and ingenuity. The 
 achievement we allude to was nothing less than 
 that of procuring the surrender (after two other 
 officers had failed in their attempts to effect it) of 
 the Holstein, a 60-gun ship, which, although she had 
 actually struck, the Danes refused to give up, upon 
 the plea that the colours had been merely shot away 
 in the action, and that, as a proof, her pendant still 
 remained flying. This subterfuge Capt. Otway 
 efiectually removed by proceeding with a flag of 
 truce on board the disputed ship, and enabling his 
 coxswain, at a moment when the attention of the 
 whole crew was directed towards himself, to ascend 
 unperceived through the mainchains into the main- 
 top, haul down the pendant, and convey it into 
 his boat. Having thus far succeeded, and been 
 referred by the Danish Captain (who, in igno- 
 rance of what had occurred, still persisted in the 
 old excuse) to his Commodore, Capt. Otway forth- 
 with repaired to that authority, who met him with 
 the same objection, and was in the act of pointing 
 in proof to the pendant, when, finding it to his asto- 
 nishment gone, he was forced to acknowledge the 
 ship a lawful prize, and to issue an order for its 
 immediate delivery.* Immediately after this Capt. 
 Otway was sent home with Sir Hyde Parker's de- 
 spatches.t He then rejoined the London in the 
 Baltic, where he remained until appointed to the 
 Edgar 74; which ship, after serving with the Chan- 
 nel fleet and visiting the West Indies, he paid off in 
 July, 1802. On the renewal of hostilities in 1803 
 he was selected to command the Culloden 74 ; but 
 ill health and a severe domestic calamity prevented 
 him from joining her. While serving next in the 
 Montagu 74, he assisted in blockading the enemy's 
 ports from Brest to the Dardanells ; and was present, 
 22 Aug. 1805, in Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' at- 
 tack on the French fleet close in with Brest harbour, 
 on which occasion the Montagu poured a destructive 
 broadside into U Alexandre 80. He also accompanied 
 Sir Rich. Strachan to the West Indies in pursuit of a 
 French squadron ; conducted, in Feb. 1808, the eva- 
 cuation of Scylla, a fortified rock in the Faro of 
 Messina, the garrison of which was embarked under 
 a smart fire from the Calabrian shore ;J and was for 
 some time intrusted with the command of a squa- 
 dron employed in co-operation with the patriots on 
 the coast of Catalonia, where he received the thanks 
 of the Junta of Gerona for the assistance afforded 
 by him during the siege of that city, and for taking 
 possession of the fortress of Ro8as,§ by which mea- 
 sure the French troops were compelled to retire 
 from Castalon, a town of some importance, situated 
 five miles from the coast. Towards the close of 
 1808 he returned to England in the Malta 80 ; and 
 in 1809 he again sailed for the Mediterranean with 
 convoy in the Ajax 74. During the greater part 
 of the following winter he cruized with a small 
 
 * Clarke and McArthur, in their ' Life of Nelson,' and also 
 Mr. Southey, have erroneously mentioned the Zealand as being 
 the ship in dispute, and have, as mistakenly, attributed the 
 recovery to the diplomatic dexterity of the immortal hero. 
 The Danes, in their printed account of the battle, assert 
 " that an officer with a Jiag of truce came the morning after 
 and stole a seventy-four from them," 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 401. X '"''• G»z. 1808, p. 503. 
 } r. Gaz. 1808, p. 1322. 
 
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 OVEREND— OWEN. 
 
 squadron under his orders off the island of Sardinia, 
 and made many captures. He was afterwards em- 
 ployed with the in-shore squadron at the blockade 
 of Toulon ; and on 20 July, 1810, while so stationed, 
 he displayed a high degree of gallantry, and was in 
 particular lauded for his promptitude and good 
 judgment, in interposing the Ajax between the 
 Shearwater brig and a pursuing French force, 
 consisting of 6 sail of the line and 4 frigates, whom 
 the bold front maintained by himself and his con- 
 sorts, the CoNQHEROK and Wakspite 74'3 and Edry- 
 ALus frigate, induced to put back.* On 31 March, 
 1811, we find him effecting, in company with the 
 Unite frigate, the capture, off the island of Elba, of 
 Le Dromedaire store-ship of 800 tons and 20 guns, 
 laden with 15,000 shot and shells and 90 tons of 
 gunpowder. His health being much impaired, Capt. 
 Otway returned in the course of the same year to 
 England in the Cumuerland 74, and from that 
 period remained on half-pay until May, 1813. Being 
 then re-appointed to the Ajax, he at first joined 
 the Channel fleet ; in the following autumn he was 
 employed in covering the siege of St. Sebastian; he 
 made prize, 17 March, 1814, off Scilly, of Z' Ala/on, 
 a French corvette of 16 guns and 120 men ;t and he 
 next convoyed a squadron of transports from Bor- 
 deaux to Quebec, having on board .5000 troops 
 destined to reinforce the English army in Canada ; 
 where, it appears, he assisted in equipping the flotilla 
 on Lake Champlain. Attaining Flag-rank 4 June, 
 1814, Kear-Admiral Otway was next, from 3 Aug. 
 1818 until 24 Nov. 1821, employed as Commander-in- 
 Chief at Leith ; prior to his relinquishment of which 
 post he was presented with the freedom of the city 
 of Edinburgh, and entertained at a public dinner 
 given by the noblemen and gentlemen of the club 
 in St. Andrew's Square, as a testimony of their re- 
 spect for his public and private character. At the 
 commencement of 1826 he was offered, but declined, 
 the chief command in the East Indies. In June of 
 the same year, however, he accepted the chief com- 
 mand on the South American station, where he re- 
 mained until the summer of 1829. On 22 July, 
 18.30, Sir Robt. Otway (he had been nominated a 
 K.C.B. 8 June, 1826) attained the rank of Vice-Ad- 
 miral; and on 15 Sept. 1831 he was raised to the 
 dignity of a Baronet. His last appointment was to 
 the chief command at the Nore, which he held from 
 23 Feb. 1837 until July, 1840. His promotion to 
 the rank of full Admiral took place 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 and his investiture with the G.C.B. 8 May, 1845. 
 He had been presented, while on the South Ame- 
 rican station, with the insignia of the Brazilian 
 Order of the Southern Cross. In Dec. 1830 and 
 July, 1837, he was successively appointed a Groom 
 of the Bedchamber to his late and her present Ma- 
 jesty. 
 
 Sir Hobt. Waller Otway during the term of his 
 career afloat had been not less than one hundred 
 times engaged with the enemies of his country. He 
 married, 15 Aug. 1801, Clementina, daughter and 
 co-heir of Admiral John Holloway, of Wells, co. 
 Somerset, by whom he has left issue three sons 
 (the eldest, the present Sir Geo. Graham Otway, a 
 Captain R.N.) and six daughters. His eldest son, 
 Robt. Waller Otway, a Commander R.N. (1839), 
 was killed by a fall from his horse in Hyde Park in 
 May, 1840; and his second, Chas. Cooke Otway, 
 holding the same rank, was lost in command of the 
 Victor sloop during a hurricane In the West Indies 
 in Sept. 1842. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 OVEREND. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 F-P., 13 ; H-p., 35.) 
 
 Henry Ovekend entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1799, 
 as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. 
 Jas. Macnamara; and on 20 of the following Oct., 
 while cruizing off Ferrol, was present in a very gal- 
 lant attack made by that ship on one of five Spanish 
 frigates in escort of a large convoy. In July, 1803, 
 soon after his return from a visit to the West In- 
 dies, he became Midshipman (a rating he had at- 
 
 * rWeGaz. 1810, p. 1509. f r. Gni. ISH, p. 628. 
 
 tained in Aug. 1801) of the Sdffisante sloop, Capt. 
 Gilbert Heathcote, lying at Plymouth ; and he next, 
 in Jan. 1804 and Nov. 1805, joined in succession the 
 Franchise 36, and, as Master's Mate, the Bac- 
 chante 20, Capts. Hon. John Murray, Randall Mac- 
 donnell, and Jas. Rich. Dacres, both on the Jamaica 
 station ; where, after a servitude of 12 months 
 in the Veteran 64, Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert 
 Evans, he was nominated, 3 Dec. 1807, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Akethusa 38, Capt. Sir Chas. Bris- 
 bane. On the morning of 30 Aug. 1806, being then 
 in the Bacchante, Mr. Overend served with the 
 boats under Lieut. Geo. Norton at the cutting out 
 of an armed brig and two armed feluccas, under a 
 tremendous fire from them and from several bat- 
 teries and field-pieces on the beach in the harbour of 
 Santa Martha, on the Spanish Main.* On leaving the 
 Arethusa, of which frigate he had been confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 9 Jan. 1808, he followed Sir C. Brisbane, 
 in Sept. of that year, into the Beake 74, commanded 
 subsequently by Capt. Edw. Codrington in the 
 Downs. His last appointments were — 16 June, 1809 
 (three months after he had left the Blake), to the 
 Mermaid 32, Capt. Major Jacob Henniker, whom 
 he accompanied with convoy to Quebec — 12 Jan. 
 1810, to the Grampus 50, Capt. Wm. Hanwell, in 
 which ship he sailed with the trade for China— and 
 30 Nov. 1812, to the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. 
 Rodney Phillott, employed off Flushing. He went 
 on half-pay in Aug. 1812 ; and accepted the rank he 
 now holds 19 Oct. 1844. 
 
 OWEN. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 22; h-p., 21.) 
 Bele Robert Owen entered the Navy, 8 April, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Athenienne 64, 
 Capt. Fras. Fayerman ; with whom, on his return 
 from a voyage to China, he removed, in Oct. 1805, 
 to the Formidable 98. After a servitude of more 
 than five years in that ship on the Channel, Medi- 
 terranean, and Baltic stations, latterly under the 
 command of Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, and nearly 
 the whole time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 he was received as a Supernumerary, in March, 
 1811, on board the Stately 64, Capt. Edw. Stirling 
 Dickson, employed at the defence of Cadiz. At- 
 taining the rank of Lieutenant 1 Aug. following, he 
 was successively appointed in that capacity.— 6 Dec. 
 in the same year, to the Tweed sloop, Capts. Thos. 
 Edw. Symonds and Wm, Mather, in which vessel 
 he served in the North Sea, visited the coast of 
 Africa, and was wrecked, 5 Nov. 1813, in Shoal Bay, 
 Newfoundland, where only 52 of the crew were 
 saved — 11 May, 1816, for nearly eight months, to 
 the Cadmus 10, Capt. John Gedge, again in the 
 North Sea— and 3 April, 1827, to the Coast Block- 
 ade, as Supernumerary of the Hyperion 42, Capt. 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He left the latter service on 
 its abolition in 1831 ; and, since 31 Dec. 1838, has 
 been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 OWEN. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 32.) 
 Charles Cunliffe Owen, the representative of 
 the ancient family of Cunliffe of Wycoller, is eldest 
 surviving son of the late Chas. Owen, Esq., in the 
 commission of the peace for co. IMiddlesex. He 
 is nephew of the late Henry Owen Cunliffe, Esq., of 
 Wycoller Hall, Lancashire ; and of Joseph Owen, 
 Esq., Captain in H.M. 77th Regt., who was killed 
 at the storming of Seringapatam in 1799. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1801, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Vengeance 74, Capts. 
 Geo. Mundy and Geo. Duff, in which ship he was 
 for about sixteen months employed in the Baltic 
 and West Indies. He served next, until 1806, in 
 the Channel and Mediterranean, in the Venerable 
 74, bearing the fiag of Rear-Admiral Collingwood, 
 NiOBE 40, Capt. Matthew Henry Scott, and Wizard 
 sloop, Capt. Edm. Palmer; and he then in succes- 
 sion joined the Northumberland and Belleisle 
 74's, flag-ships in the West Indies of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane ; who, on 10 Aug. 1807, the very day he 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1806, p. 153S. 
 
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 had accomplished his time, nominated him Lieute- 
 nant of the Northumberland, commanded at the 
 period by Capt. "Wm. Hargood. Being confirmed, 
 after his return to England, into the Dreadnought 
 98, by a commission dated 13 Felj. 1808, he conti- 
 nued in that ship, as Acting Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, until 1809 ; in the 
 course of which year he had the misfortune to be 
 taken prisoner, while engaged, under Lieut. John 
 Foreman, in a desperate and unsuccessful attempt 
 to cut a French brig out from under the batteries 
 of He d'Aix. After three years of captivity he at 
 length, in 1812, contrived to effect his escape under 
 circumstances of a peculiarly difficult and hazardous 
 character. In the spring of 1813, having been, on 
 his arrival in England, sent out on promotion to the 
 Lakes of Canada, Lieut. Owen there joined the 
 Wolfe 24, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. 
 Lucas Yeo, by whom he was intrusted with the 
 command of a division of boats, and employed on 
 shore in an attack made in May of that year on 
 Sackett's Harbour. In the following month we 
 find him assuming charge of the Sir Sidney Smith 
 schooner of 12 32-pounder carronades and 86 men ; 
 in which vessel, it appears, he was concerned in 
 every engagement that took place during the re- 
 mainder of the year on Lake Ontario. In the action 
 fought on 28 Sept. at the head of the lake, with a 
 squadron of superior force under Commodore 
 Chauncey, the Sir Sidney Smith, whose loss 
 amounted to 3 men killed and 5 wounded, won dis- 
 tinction by the very gallant manner in which she 
 supported the Koyal George 20, Capt. Wm. Howe 
 Mulcaster, and assisted in covering the retreat of 
 the Wolfe, the Commodore's ship, after that vessel 
 had lost her main and mizen topmasts. On 2 Nov. 
 also, Lieut. Owen served with a force under the im- 
 mediate orders of Capt. Mulcaster in a successful 
 attack upon an armament assembled, for the inva^ 
 sion of Lower Canada, at French Creek in the river 
 St. Lawrence ; where he contrived, with much abi- 
 lity and courage, to place his schooner in an excel- 
 lent position for annoying the enemy. On 29 
 March, 1814, a few weeks after he had been placed 
 in acting-command of the Royal George, he was 
 invested with the charge of the flotilla of gun-boats 
 on the river St. Lawrence, for the purpose of con- 
 veying specie, stores, provisions, &c., for the Army 
 and Navy, and of affording a channel of comm.uni- 
 cation between the Upper and Lower Provinces. 
 So great were the judgment, zeal, and talent, 
 evinced by Commander Owen in the performance 
 of the duties allotted to him, that, although the 
 scene of his operations extended along more than 
 60 miles of the enemy's frontier, not a single boat 
 belonging to the British was captured during the 
 whole term of his command, a period of 10 months. 
 The fatigue, indeed, and the privations endured by 
 himself and his companions appear to have been of 
 a more trying description than experienced by any 
 other branch of the Canadian Service. Yet, as we 
 have said, were his exertions unremitting and ar- 
 dent in the extreme ; and the judicious and energe- 
 tic manner in which he afforded co-operation to the 
 military whenever an opportunity offered was exhi- 
 bited in the warm acknowledgments of General Sir 
 Gordon Drummond, Colonel Morrison of the 44th 
 Kegt., &c. As may be presumed he obtained the 
 high applause of Sir J. L. Yeo, and was by him re- 
 commended in the strongest manner to the notice 
 and favourable consideration of the Admiralty. 
 He was appointed Acting-Commander of the Stab 
 sloop, on Lake Ontario, 1 Dec. 1814; but, owing to 
 some informality in his original acting order, he 
 was not confirmed in his present rank until 28 Feb. 
 1815 ; about which period he returned home with 
 his friend Sir J. L. Yeo. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Commander Cunliffe Owen married, 9 Jan. 1821, 
 Mary, only daughter of the late Sir Henry Blosset, 
 Kt., Chief Justice of Bengal, and grandniece of the 
 Countess de Salis, by whom, who died 3 May, 1841, 
 he had issue three sons and one daughter. The 
 eldest son, Henry Charles, a Captain in the Koyal 
 
 Engineers, was recently serving with credit on the 
 Caffre frontier ; and the youngest, Francis Philip, 
 a Midshipman K.N., was lately serving in the Su- 
 perb 80, Capt. A. L. Corry. The second son, Ro- 
 bert Julius, distinguished himself as Midshipman of 
 the Edinburgh 72, Capt. W. W. Henderson, during 
 the operations on the coast of Syria (vide Gazette, 
 
 1840, p. 2601), and died on board that ship 9 April, 
 
 1841. Agents— Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 OWEN. (LlEOT., 1815. F-P., 9; H-P., 31.) 
 
 Edward Owen entered the Navy, 19 May, 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hussar 38, Capt. 
 Robt, Lloyd, under whom he accompanied the ex- 
 pedition to Copenhagen, and continued to serve, as 
 Midshipman, in the GuERRitaE 40 and Swiftsure 
 74, on the West India and North American stations, 
 until April, 18H. During the next three years and 
 three months we find him employed in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean, in the Edinburgh 74 and 
 Union 98, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Rolles. 
 In the latter ship he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's 
 partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814 
 with the Toulon fleet. After again serving in the 
 West Indies and North America in the Dover 
 troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Henley Rogers, and on the 
 Home station in the Snap 12, Capt. Geo. King, he 
 was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Sept. 
 1815. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Owen married Harriet Juliana, fourth 
 daughter of the late Rev. Edm. Sharington Daven- 
 port, of Davenport House, co. Salop, Vicar of Wor- 
 field. Agents — Messrs. Ommanncy. 
 
 OWEN, G.C.B., G.C.H. (Admiral or the Blue, 
 1846. F-P., 50; H-P., 22.) 
 
 Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen is 
 son of Capt. Wm. Owen, R.N., a gentleman of high 
 Welsh extraction, who lost his right arm, when a 
 Midshipman, at the taking of Pondicherry from the 
 French in 1760, and who, after assisting in command 
 of the Cormorant at the second capture of that 
 town, was accidentally killed at Madras, while re- 
 turning to England with despatches, in 1778. Sir 
 Edward is brother of the present Kear-Admiral 
 Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen; and first-cousin of Sir 
 Arthur David Owen, Kt., of Glan Severn, a Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for CO. Montgomery, and High Sheriff 
 in 1814, who for many years prior to his death, 
 which took place in 1816, commanded the Montgo- 
 meryshire Yeomanry Cavalry under the Right Hon. 
 Chas. W. W. Wynn. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Aug. 1775, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Enterprizb, com- 
 manded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Rich, with whom, from 1780 until 1782, he served 
 in the West Indies in the Princessa, Sandwich, 
 and Princess Royal. In July, 1786, he rejoined 
 the same Captain, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Culloden 74, lying at Plymouth ; and while on the 
 books of that ship he was on two occasions lent to 
 the Fairy sloop, Capt. Isaac Geo. Manley, and 
 Leandee 50, bearing the broad pendant at Halifax 
 of Commodore Herbert Sawyer. In the early part 
 of 1790, after a servitude of two years on the Chan- 
 nel and Mediterranean stations in the Lowestoffe 
 frigate, Capt. Edm. Dod, he passed his examina- 
 tion. He then became in succession attached to the 
 Thisbe 28, Capt. Rupert George, Dido frigate, 
 Capt. Edw. Buller, Vengeance 74, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Rich, Hannibal 74, Capt. John Colpoys, Porcupine 
 24, Capt. Edw. Buller, and Culloden again, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Rich; in which ships he served on the 
 North American, Home, and West India stations, 
 until made Lieutenant, 6 Nov. 1793, into the For- 
 tunee 36, Capt. Wooldridge, off Cadiz ; where he 
 soon removed to the Hannibal, still commanded 
 by Capt. Colpoys. His next appointments were, 22 
 July and 15 Dec. 1794, to his old ship the Culloden, 
 and to the London 98, bearing the flags in the 
 Channel of Admirals Sir Thos. Rich and J. Col- 
 P'^ys ; by the latter, we believe, of whom he was no- 
 
846 
 
 OWEN. 
 
 minated, after having enacted a part in Lord Brid- 
 port's action, Acting-Captain, in March and May, 
 1796, of the Impregnable 98, and Queen Char- 
 lotte 100. Being awarded a second promotal com- 
 mission, bearing date 19 Sept. 1796, Capt. Owen, in 
 Jan. 1797, rejoined his friend Admiral Colpoys, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the London ; on leaving which 
 ship in the ensuing May he was for two months em- 
 ployed in command of the gun-brigs stationed in 
 the river Thames and at the Nore, under the orders 
 of Commodore Sir Erasmus Gower. He obtained 
 Post-rank, 23 April, 1798, in the Northumberland 
 74, lying at Sheerness ; and he was subsequently 
 appointed — for a short period in the summer of the 
 same year, to the Irresistible 74, stationed in the 
 river Medway — 1 Jan. 1801, to the Nemesis 28—11 
 May, 1802, to the Im.mortalite 36—21 March, 1806, 
 to the Clyde 38 — 6 Dec. 1810, to the Inconstant 
 36—17 Feb. 1813, to the Cornwall 74—30 July, 
 1814, to the Dorset yacht, off Deptford— 12 Dec. 
 1814, to the chief command on the lakes of Canada 
 — 6 Feb. 1816, for six years, to the Rotal Sove- 
 EBiGN yacht — and 25 Nov. 1822, to the Gloucester 
 74. In the Nemesis Capt. Owen commanded a de- 
 tachment of vessels off the Scheldt and in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Dunkerque ; and in the Tmmortalitb 
 he was at first employed, as Senior Officer, during 
 the peace of Amiens, of a squadron of frigates ly- 
 ing in readiness for service in the Downs. On the 
 renewal of hostilities we find him stationed with 
 several sloops and smaller vessels under his orders 
 on the coast of France, where his activity and zeal 
 kept the enemy in a constant state of alarm. In 
 June, 1803, he drove on shore, near Cape Blanc-nez, 
 Le Commode and U Inabordable, a French brig and 
 schooner, each mounting 4 guns.* On 14 Sept. fol- 
 lowing he bombarded with effect the towns of 
 Dieppe and St. Valery-en-Caux ;+ and in July, 1804, 
 he directed an attack upon a powerful division of 
 the French invasion flotilla, consisting of 45 brigs 
 and 43 luggers, part of which was endeavouring to 
 effect a passage from Boulogne to Etaples.| In Aug. 
 of the same year he was for several days engaged 
 with the enemy, particularly on the 25th and 26th, 
 ■when the interchange of fire with their vessels and 
 batteries in the vicinity of Boulogne was frequent 
 and heavy. On 23 Oct. 1804 the iMMOHTALiTt and 
 her consorts sustained a running action of an hour, 
 between Capes Blanc-nez and Gris-nez, with three 
 praams, seven brigs, and fifteen luggers,S and in 
 July, 1805, they took part in a very smart affair with 
 the enemy near Ambleteuse. On the latter occasion 
 the Immortality had her foremast, maintopmast, 
 spanker-boom, and three boats shot through, her 
 rigging and sails much cut, her hull struck in se- 
 veral places, 2 carronades disabled, and 4 men killed 
 and 12 wounded, several of them severely. She had 
 previously, 7 March, 1805, captured M Entrepeda 
 Corune Spanish privateer of 44 guns and 66 men. 
 On his removal (after having had command of a 
 squadron stationed in the rivers Elbe and Weser, 
 for the purpose of embarking the troops under Lord 
 Cathcart) to the Clyde, Commodore Owen (he had 
 been ordered to hoist a broad-pendant) superin- 
 tended, in Oct. 1806, a decisive and very successful 
 experiment made with Congreve's rockets on the 
 town of Boulogne, where many of the buildings and 
 several vessels were destroyed. 1| Accompanying the 
 expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, the Commo- 
 dore throughout the operations which there took 
 place distinguished himself in a high degree by his 
 gallant and animated conduct, and obtained warm 
 commendation for the manner in which he dis- 
 charged the various arduous duties he had to per- 
 form. His skill and judgment were in particular 
 demonstrated in the position he assigned to the 
 bomb and other vessels under his orders in the at- 
 tack upon Flushing, and his activity and zeal in the 
 assistance he afforded the St. Domingo, the flag- 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1 803, p. 711 . f ^- Ga^- 1 803, p. 1 273. 
 
 t V. Gai. 1804, p. 891. { V. Gaz. 1804, p. 1320. 
 
 II Commodore Owen had very 7ealously and usefully co- 
 operated in the famous Catamaran display made in Oct. 1804 
 against tile enemy's llotiUa. — Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 1237. 
 
 ship of the Commander-in-Chief, when aground 
 under the enemy's fire, which, through his exer- 
 tions, was speedily slackened.* In the Inconstant 
 Commodore Owen made a voyage to Vera Cruz and 
 back, and was for some time attached to the fleet 
 off the Scheldt ; where, on his appointment to the 
 Cornwall, he assumed command of the advanced 
 portion of the shipping. At the close of 1813 he 
 rendered himself conspicuous by his exemplary con- 
 duct at the head of a body of seamen and marines 
 landed to co-operate with the Dutch royalists in 
 the defence of the island of South Beveland.f 
 "While in command of the Royal Sovereign yacht 
 he had the honour of conveying to this country the 
 present Queen Dowager, the Dukes and Duchesses 
 of Kent, Cumberland, Cambridge, and Hesse Hom- 
 burg, and the Grand Duke Michael of Russia. "With 
 the exception of some months in 1823—4, Sir Edw. 
 Owen (who had been nominated a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 
 1815, invested with the honour of Knighthood 14 
 May, 1816, and appointed a Colonel of Koyal Ma- 
 rines 19 July, 1821) continued in the Gloucester, 
 on the West India station (where the House of As- 
 sembly at Jamaica passed a vote of thanks to him 
 for his prompt attention to commercial and naval 
 interests), from the date above mentioned until that 
 of his promotion to Flag-rank 27 May, 1825. On 20 
 Dec. 1828 he was appointed to the chief command 
 on the East India station, whence he returned in 
 Oct. 1832 ; and he was next, from 14 Oct. 1841 until 
 Feb. 1845, intrusted with the chief command (he 
 had attained the rank of Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 
 1837) in the Mediterranean, with his flag succes- 
 sively in the Queen 110 and Formidable 84. His 
 nomination to the G.C.H. took place 24 Oct. 1832 ; 
 and to the G.C.B. 8 May, 1845. 
 
 Sir Edw. "W. C. R. Owen sat in Parliament in 
 1826 as Member for Sandwich. In May, 1827, he 
 was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance ; 
 he was selected, in March, 1828, to form a member 
 of the Council of the Lord High Admiral ; and in 
 Dec. 1834 he was called to ofl5ce as Clerk of the 
 Ordnance. He married, in 1829, Miss Selena Hey. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 0"WEN. (Captain, 1837.) 
 
 Richard Owen is the son of a clergyman in co. 
 Wexford. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 30 May, 1811, and 
 was employed during the remainder of the war in 
 the SciPiON 74 and Lion 64, flag-ships of Hon. Bobt. 
 Stopford at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the 
 Blenheim 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, in the North Sea 
 and Mediterranean. In July, 1817, after a servitude 
 of three years on the coast of Africa and in the 
 West Indies in the Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, 
 and Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, 
 he passed his examination ; and on 16 Feb. 1821, 
 while attached to the Kangaroo surveying vessel, 
 he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Euryalus 
 42, Capt. Wilson Braddyll Bigland, on the Jamaica 
 station. His next appointment was, 14 Nov. 1821, 
 to the Leven 24, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, em- 
 plojfed on a surveying expedition to the coast of 
 Africa, where, during a continuance of nearly five 
 years, he was for some time intrusted with the 
 command of the Cockburn and Albatross schoo- 
 ners. In the Albatross it was his fortune, during 
 the Ashantee war, to obtain the best thanks of 
 Major-General Chas. Turner for his unceasing and 
 successful exertions in getting his vessel up the 
 river, and for his forwardness both in the boats and 
 on shore in an attack made, 19 Feb. 1826, on the 
 town of Maocaba.t As a reward for his services, 
 he was promoted to the rank of Commander 30 
 Sept. 1826. In 1828 he was employed by the Admi- 
 ralty in surveying on the south coast of Wales, in 
 connection with the Ordnance Survey; and on 9 
 May, 1829, he commissioned the Blossom 16, for the 
 purpose of conducting a survey in the West Indies. 
 
 » Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1326, 2006, 2055 
 t V. Gaz. 1813, p. 2676-77. % V. Gaz. 1826, p. 1159. 
 
OWEN— OXENHAM— OXFORD. 
 
 847 
 
 On the latter vessel from her defective condition 
 being paid off, Capt. Owen obtained command, 25 
 March, 1833, of the Thdnder 6. He continued 
 employed as before in the West Indies until ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 10 Jan. 1837 ; and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Owen * was lately employed as Auditor of 
 the Poor-Law Commissioners. He married, 4 July, 
 1837, Susannah Charlotte, eldest daughter of John 
 Walker, Esq., Ordnance Storekeeper at the Ba- 
 hamas. 
 
 OWEN. (Kear-Admibai, of the Blce, 1847. 
 F-p., 34 ; H-p., 25.") 
 WiLOAM FiTzwiLLiAM OwEN is brother of Ad- 
 miral Sir Edw. W. C. K. Owen, G.C.B., G.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1788, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Rich, attached to the force on the Home sta^ 
 tion ; where, and for a short time in the West 
 Indies, he continued to serve in the Zebra sloop, 
 Capts. Chas. Boyles and Hon. Robt. Forbes, As- 
 sistance 50, Capt. Lord Cranstoun, Vengeance 74, 
 Capt. John Ford, Hannibal 74, Capt. John Col- 
 poys, and Culloden again, Capts. Sir T. Rich, 
 Isaac Schomberg, and Rich. Randell Burgess, until 
 the close of 1794. In the last-mentioned ship he 
 fought under Capt. Schomberg in the famous action 
 of 1 June. On his return to England from the 
 Cape of Good Hope, whither he had gone in the 
 RnBY 64, Capt. Hon. Henry Edwin Stanhope, he 
 joined, in Nov. 1795, the London 98, bearing the 
 flag in the Channel of Vice-Adrairal John Colpoys. 
 For his conduct during the mutiny at Spithead he 
 was promoted, 12 June, 1797, to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant ; and at the same time placed in command 
 of the FiAMEK gun- vessel. He was next, between 
 Dec. 1798 and Oct. 1801, employed, principally in 
 the Channel, on board the Charon 44, Capt. John 
 M'Kellar, Gorgon, Capt. Robt. Williams, and Na- 
 M0R, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent, and for seven 
 months in command of the Nancy fire-vessel. 
 Assuming command, 8 July, 1803, of the Sea 
 Flower brig of 14 guns, Lieut. Owen, after serving 
 for a time on the French coast, sailed for the East 
 Indies, where he efi'ected the capture, 15 July, 1806, 
 of Le Charles French national ketch. In the fol- 
 lowing Sept. he explored part of the Maldiva Islands, 
 and their separating channels, which had never 
 been investigated ; and on 10 Nov. in the same 
 year he discovered an excellent channel, now bear- 
 ing the name of his brig, situated between the 
 islands of Sai Berout and Poulo Pora, near the west 
 coast of Sumatra. On 27 of the latter month, 
 having conducted Sir Edw. Fellow's squadron 
 through a very intricate navigation into Batavia 
 Roads, he there distinguished himself by his gal- 
 lantry in command of a division of boats at the 
 capture and destruction of a Dutch frigate, seven 
 brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and other mer- 
 chant-vessels. We subsequently, 1 1 Dec. 1807, find 
 him contributing to the destruction of the dockyard 
 and stores at Griessee, in the island of Java, and of 
 all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in India. 
 In Sept. 1808 Lieut. Owen had the misfortune to be 
 taken captive by the French, who detained him in 
 the Mauritius until June, 1810 ; from Aug. to Nov. 
 in which year he was employed, we believe, in 
 superintending the transports sent from Madras to 
 the Isle of France. He then, having been awarded 
 a second promotal commission bearing date 20 May, 
 1809, obtained command of the Barracouta 18, 
 part of the force employed in the summer of 1811 
 at the reduction of the island of Java, where he 
 assisted at the debarkation of the troops at Chilling- 
 chiug, and continued attached to the army until 
 after the surrender of Batavia. In Dec. 1811 Capt. 
 Owen, who had been advanced to Post-rank on 2 of 
 the preceding May, and had held for a short time 
 the command of the Piemontaise frigate at Bom- 
 bay, was appointed to the Cornelia 32. In 1812 
 he took possession, with a squadron under his orders, 
 
 • See Rear-Admiral W. F. Owen. 
 
 of the island of Palembang. He returned to Eng- 
 land with a China convoy in June, 1813 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed— 27 March, 1815, to the 
 Surveying service on the lakes of Canada, whence 
 he came home in May, 1816—10 Aug. 1821, to the 
 Leven 24, in which vessel he was for upwards of 
 four years employed in conducting a survey of the 
 coast of Africa*- 2 Feb. 1827, to the Eden 26, 
 fitting for another expedition to the African coast, 
 where, prior to his departure for South America, he 
 was engaged in forming a settlement at Fernando 
 Po— and (having paid the last-mentioned ship off at 
 the close of 1831), 22 April, 1847, to the Columbia 
 steam surveying-vessel, of 100 horse-power, stationed 
 in North America. Since 21 Dec. 1847, the date of 
 his elevation to Flag-rank, he has been on half-pay. 
 Assisted by various officers. Bear- Admiral Owen, 
 during his command of the Leven, constructed the 
 following charts and views: viz. 22 of the West 
 Coast of Africa, 31 of the East Coast of Africa, 12 
 of the East Coast of Madagascar, 17 of the West 
 Coast of Madagascar, and 1 of the Harbour of 
 Grand Port, in the Mauritius. He also, we under- 
 stand, surveyed the coast of Asia from Cape Comorin, 
 along the shores of Malabar and Surat, together 
 with the whole extent of the sea-side of Persia and 
 Arabia. In 1828 he constructed two charts of the 
 Seychelles, and one of the port and bay in the 
 island of Mahe. He has executed a chart of the 
 mouth of the river Demarara, and published, in 
 conjunction with Capt. Rich. Owen, ' Tables of 
 Latitudes and Longitudes by Chronometers of 
 Places in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, with an 
 Essay on the Management and Use of Chrono- 
 meters.' Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 OXENHAM. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Justus Oxenham entered the Navy 8 Jan. 1812 ; 
 passed his examination in 1821 ; and on the occasion 
 of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 14 
 April, 1826, assumed command of the Speedwell 
 schooner, on the Jamaica station; where he was 
 next, 5 Sept. 1828 and 4 July, 1829, appointed to 
 the Slaney 20, Capts. Henry Gosset and Chas. 
 Parker, and Magnificent receiving-ship, Capts. 
 Robt. Milborne Jackson and John Paget. He re- 
 turned to England in the early part of 1832, and 
 was subsequently, from 27 Feb. 1841 imtil paid off 
 in 1845, employed on the Brazilian station in com- 
 mand of the Cockatrice schooner. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 15 June, 1835, Mary, only daughter 
 of the late Mr. Peter, of Kelso, N.B., and niece of 
 Sir John Peter, formerly H.M. Consul for the Ne- 
 therlands. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 OXFORD. (LiEDT., 1821. F-p., 22; h-p., 18.) 
 
 John Oxford entered the Navy, 6 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Maida 74, Capt. Sam. 
 Hood Linzee; and in the following Nov., after 
 having witnessed the fall of Copenhagen, became 
 Midshipman of the Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Williams, attached to tlie Channel fleet. From 
 Nov. 1808 until Nov. 1815 he served on the West 
 India, Home, Mediterranean, Brazilian, and African 
 stations, in the Belleisle 74, .Commodore Geo. 
 Cockburn, Tyrian 10, Capt. Henry Thos. Davies, 
 Hannibal 74 and Royal George 100, both flag- 
 ships of Sir Thos. Williams, Rodney 74, Capt. Edw. 
 DurnfordKing, RoyalWilliam, Capt. Geo. Fowke, 
 and Porcupine 24, Capts. Robt. Elliot and John 
 Coode. In the Belleisle he assisted at the reduc- 
 tion of Martinique and Flushing in 1809 ; and in 
 the Porcupine he was present at the memorable 
 entrance into the Adour of the flotilla under Rear- 
 Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, and at the 
 forcing of the Gironde. After a servitude of two 
 years at Plymouth in the Malta 80, Capt. Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild, and, as Admiralty-Midshipman, 
 
 * During the Ashantee war he found opportunity of elicit- 
 ing the (>rateiul acknowledgments of Major-General Charles 
 Turner for his manly co-operation, and Uie zeal he evinced 
 for the public service, in a land attack made 19 Feb. 1S26 on 
 the town of Maccaba. — Vide Gaz. 1826, p. 1158. 
 
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 PACE— PADDON— PAGE. 
 
 in the Sdpeee 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, he sailed in 
 1818 for the East Indies, in the latter capacity, on 
 board the Topaze frigate, Capts. John Kich. Lum- 
 ley and Chas. Richardson. He returned to England 
 in May, 1822, having been advanced to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 19 July, 1821; and since 4 April, 1840, 
 has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 P. 
 
 PACE. (Lieut., 1821. f-f., 15; h-p., 23.) 
 
 Edmund Howard Pace is nephew of the late 
 Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1809, as 
 Pst.-cL Vol., on board the Freija 38, commanded 
 in the West Indies by his uncle Capt. John Hayes ; 
 and was next, from Sept. 1810 to Nov. 1815, em- 
 ployed on the Home and North American stations 
 as Midshipman, in the Vengeur 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke, Bulwark 74, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir Rich. King, Loire 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Brown, Majestic 56, Capt. John Hayes, and 
 Ply and Musquito sloops, Capts. John Baldwin, 
 Robt. Tomlinson, and Geo. Brine. In the Freija 
 he served at the reduction of Guadeloupe in Feb. 
 1810; he escorted, in the Vengeur, a large body of 
 troops intended as a reinforcement to the Duke of 
 "Wellington's army in Portugal; and in the Ma- 
 jestic, previously to witnessing the surrender of 
 the American ship President, he assisted at the 
 capture, 3 Feb. 1814, after a running action of two 
 hours aod a half, of the Terpsichore French frigate 
 of 44 guns. In the Fly he was present, 18 July, 
 1815, at the cutting-out of several vessels from the 
 harbour of Corrijon — an exploit more fully alluded 
 to in our history of Sir Chas. Malcolm. Between 
 Feb. 1816 and May, 1821, Mr. Pace became in suc- 
 cession attached as Admiralty-Midshipman, on the 
 Home, Mediterranean, "West India, and St. Helena 
 stations, to the Ganymede 26, Capt, Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch, Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland 
 (part of the force engaged at the battle of Algiers), 
 Heron 18, Capt. Herbert Brace Powell, Tigris 36, 
 Capt. Robt. Henderson, Spartan 38, Capt. "Wm. 
 Furlong "Wise, and Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Robt. Lambert. He then returned to Eng- 
 land as Master's Mate of a store-ship, Master-Com- 
 mander Thompson ; and in Aug. of the same year, 
 1821, took up a commission bearing date 29 of 
 the preceding Jan. His next appointment was, 2 
 June, 1824, to the Champion 18, Capt. John Fitz- 
 gerald Studdert, fitting for the East Indies ; whence, 
 in 1826, he came home as First-Lieutenant of the 
 Arachne 18, Capt. And. Baird. "With the ex- 
 ception of a short period passed in the Coast Guard 
 about 1831, he has since been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 PADDON. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 23; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 Silas Hiscott Paddon was born 12 May, 1774, 
 at Abotasham, near Bideford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, at the close of 1793, 
 as A.B., on board the Isca hired-vessel, Lieut. -Com- 
 mander Philip Jones, employed, until 1797, in the 
 conveyance of men from Bristol, Swansea, and Ap- 
 pledore to Plymouth. Joining, in the course of the 
 latter year, the Viper cutter of 12 guns, Lieut.- 
 Commanders John Pengelly, Nathaniel Foster, and 
 Jeremiah Coghlan, he made a voyage in that vessel 
 to Sierra Leone, and during a term of nearly four 
 years was actively employed as Midshipman on the 
 coast of France. Under Lieut. Pengelly he assisted 
 at the capture, 26 Dec. 1799, of Le Furet French 
 privateer of 14 guns and 57 men ; and under Lieut. 
 Coghlan he contributed, on the night of 29 July, 
 1800, to the cutting-out, by a single boat containing 
 20 men, of a fully- prepared and desperately-defended 
 gun-brig. La Ceihere of 7 guns and 87 men, moored 
 with springs on her cables in a naval port of difficult 
 access, within pistol-shot of three batteries, sur- 
 rounded by several armed craft, and not a mile dis- 
 
 tant from a 74, bearing an Admiral's flag, and two 
 frigates. The enemy in this brilliant exploit had 6 
 men killed ,and 20 (including every officer) wounded ; 
 and the British, who were twice beaten back in their 
 endeavours to board, 1 killed and 10 wounded. 
 Among the latter was Mr. Paddon,* who received 
 two pike-wounds under the ribs of his right side, 
 also two in his left side and through his left leg, 
 and two sword-wounds, one in the left hand and the 
 other on the head. So long was he confined to his 
 cot by these severe injuries that he lost the oppor- 
 tunity of appearing before the Board at Greenwich 
 for the purpose of passing the examination neces- 
 sary to entitle him to the receipt of a j)ension. On 
 being paid off, after having further aided at the 
 capture of 7> Hero privateer of 14 guns and 73 men, 
 and the defeat of the Tapageur corvette of 16 guns, 
 he was received, at the close of 1801, on board the 
 Cambridge 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Pasley at Ply- 
 mouth ; and in the course of 1802 he became in suc- 
 cession attached to the Centaur 74, bearing the 
 flag of Vice- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, Diamond 
 frigate, Capt. Edw. Griffith, and Nimble cutter, 
 Lieut.-Commander Jeremiah Coghlan. In Dec. 
 1803 he sailed for the Mediterranean on promotion 
 in the Hindostan store-ship, Capt. John Le Gros. 
 Being accidentally burnt out of that vessel in the 
 Bay of Rosas, 2 April, 1804, he was under the neces- 
 sity of joining for short periods, in the course of 
 the same year, the Juno and Seahorse frigates, 
 Triumph and Superb 74's, Capts. Sir Robt. Barlow 
 and Rich. Keats, Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh 
 Schomberg, and Thisbe 28, Capt. Lewis Shepheard. 
 In the latter vessel Mr. Paddon, whose advaiice- 
 ment to the rank of Lieutenant had taken place on 
 20 of the month last mentioned, returned to Eng- 
 land ; joining, on his arrival, the Zealand 64, flag- 
 ship at the Nore of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew 
 Sam. Rowley. In May, 1806, he obtained command 
 of the Cuckoo schooner, in which vessel we find him 
 accompanying the expedition of 1809 to the "Wal- 
 cheren, and employed on the Channel and North 
 Sea stations until wTecked, near Haarlem, 4 April, 
 1810. On that occasion he received several severe 
 contusions in the back and chest, broke his right 
 shoulder-blade and two of his ribs (the effects of 
 which continue to this hour), and, worse than all, 
 was doomed to experience the anguish of witness- 
 ing his infant son perish at his side. On his return 
 to England, after a few months of captivity, he was 
 appointed, 29 Oct. 1810, to the Prince Frederick, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. BuUer and Sir Thos. Byam 
 Martin at Plymouth, where he remained until paid 
 off in Feb. 1815. He was afterwards, in 1815-16, 
 intrusted with the command of a Signal-station ; and 
 on 27 March, 1826, having memorialized George IV., 
 he was advanced to the rank he now holds. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Paddon is at present a Commissioner 
 of Pilotage at Padstow. He has been twice mar- 
 ried — the second time, 19 Feb. 1833, to Miss P. 
 Richards, of Padstow. By his first marriage, which 
 took place in 1802, he had issue four children, all of 
 whom, including the one above alluded to, are since 
 dead. In Nov. 1840 he was admitted to the out- 
 pension of Greenwich Hospital. 
 
 PAGE. (Admiral of the Blue, 1841. f-p,, 27 ; 
 H-p., 40.) 
 
 Benjamin "William Page was born, 7 Feb. 1765, 
 at Ipswich, CO. Suffolk, where he died 3 Oct. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Nov. 1778, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, bearing the 
 flag in the East Indies of his patron Sir Edw. 
 Hughes, under whom, in the course of 1782, he 
 fought in four general actions with the French 
 fleet under M. de Suffrein, and on one occasion 
 received a severe wound in the leg. Being nomi- 
 nated, 27 Dec. in the latter year, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Exeter 64, Capt. John Sam. Smith, he was 
 afforded an opportunity of enacting a part in Sir 
 Edw. Hughes' fifth and last engagement with the 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 897-8. 
 
PAGE-PAGET. 
 
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 enemy, off Cuddalore, 20 June, 1783. He then in 
 succession joined, in the capacity last mentioned, 
 the WoKCESTER 64, and Lizaed 18, Capts. Chas. 
 Hughes and Donald Campbell ; and on his return 
 to England, as only Lieutenant, in the Ehbydice 24, 
 Capt. Geo. Wm. Augustus Courtenay, was pre- 
 sented, about July, 1785, with a commission bearing 
 date 20 Nov. 1784. His next appointments were — 
 19 Oct. 1786 and 26 June, 1790, to the Asteea 32, 
 and Monarch 74, both commanded by Capt. Peter 
 Rainier on the Jamaica and Channel stations — 23 
 Deo. 1790, to the Minerva 38, Capt. Kobt. Man- 
 ners Sutton, fitting for the East Indies— in Aug. 
 1791, to the Crown 64, Commodore Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis, with whom he returned to England in 
 July, 1792— and, 9 Jan. 1793, as First, to the Suf- 
 folk 74. On again visiting the East Indies in the 
 latter ship, with a large convoy, under the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Peter Rainier, he was no- 
 minated by that officer, after having for a time 
 acted as his Flag-Captain, to the command, in Sept. 
 
 1795, of the Hobart 18— an appointment which the 
 Admiralty confirmed by a commission bearing date 
 12 April, 1796. Previously to joining that vessel 
 Capt. Page had assisted at the reduction of the 
 Dutch settlements in the island of Ceylon. He 
 subsequently united with a detachment of troops 
 under the Hon. Capt. Monson in taking possession 
 of the Dutch factory of MoUetive ;* and in Jan. 
 
 1796, he accompanied an expedition against the 
 Moluccas. Owing to his great knowledge of the 
 Indian Seas he was selected to conduct the fleet 
 through the difficult passa-ges leading to those 
 islands ; but being sent back to Madras with im- 
 portant despatches previously to their capture, he 
 was prevented from sharing in the large sums of 
 prize-money arising therefrom. For his services in 
 Dec. 1796, in escorting a valuable convoy of China 
 traders from Prince of Wales Island to Bombay, he 
 deceived the thanks both of the government and 
 merchants, together with a present from the latter 
 of 500 guineas. On 27 Feb. 17S7, he was nominated 
 Acting-Captain of the Orpheus 32 ; and in the fol- 
 lowing Aug., having been advanced by the Admi- 
 ralty to Post-rank on 22 of the preceding Dec, he re- 
 turned to England. He was subsequently appointed 
 — 21 Jan. 1800, to the Inflexible 64, armee-enyflvte 
 — 9 Nov. 1802 (after nine months of half-pay) to the 
 Caroline 36—26 Feb. 1805, to the Trident 64, 
 bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Rainier in the East 
 Indies — 10 May, 1809, to the Sea Fenoibles at Har- 
 wich, where he remained until the corps was dis- 
 banded in 1810— and 21 Aug. 1812, to the Puissant 
 74, stationed as a guardship at Spithead. In the 
 Inflexible, Capt. Page was twice sent with troops 
 to the Mediterranean. On the first occasion he was 
 for a short time employed at the blockade of Genoa ; 
 whence he was unfortunately sent, the day before 
 its surrender, on special service to Leghorn, and 
 was thereby again deprived of a share in the spoils. 
 During the period of his Second sojourn he assisted 
 at the debarkation of the army in Aboukir Bay, 8 
 March, 1801, and was then attached to the blockad- 
 ing force before Alexandria. On the surrender of 
 Cairo he was ordered to convey the French troops 
 to Marseilles ; but not being able to return prior to 
 the close of the campaign he was a third time pre- 
 vented from participating in the profits of victory. 
 He waa, however, presented with the Turkish gold 
 medal. On his return to England he brought with 
 him Sir Eyre Coote, second in command of the 
 British army, and the 3rd Regiment of Guards. 
 Being sent on the renewal of hostilities to India, 
 Capt. Page, then in the Caroline, contrived during 
 his passage to capture several French vessels and to 
 detain two others belonging to the Batavian repub- 
 lic. On board one of these, the De Haasje brig-of- 
 war,f were found despatches from Buonaparte, con- 
 taining information which led to the detention of 
 some Dutch ships at St. Helena, and prevented^ 
 the English merchantmen going there from being 
 allowed to depart without convoy. On reaching his 
 
 * VideGtiZ. 17B6, p. 310. 
 
 t Taken 8 Aug. 18D.S. V. Gal. 1803, p. 1554. 
 
 destination, Ca{>t. Page's local knowledge of the 
 Bay of Bengal, where he found himself senior offi- 
 cer, enabled him to convoy the Company's ships in 
 safety for several months. On 5 Jan. and 4 Feb. 
 1801, he had the good fortune to make prize of two 
 privateers, Les Frirea Unis of 16 guns (mounting 8) 
 and 134 men, and Le General de Caen of 22 guns and 
 200 men ; the capture of which vessels immediately 
 on their arrival from France, and before they had 
 committed any depredations on our commerce, was 
 considered of such importance, that the merchants 
 of Bombay and Madras each voted him the sum of 
 500 guineas. Capt. Page, after this, received in- 
 structions from Admiral Rainier to take under his 
 orders the Grampus 50, Dedaigneuse 38, and 
 Dasher 18, for the purpose of protecting a valuable 
 convoy to and from China, it being anticipated that 
 the French Admiral Linois, in the Marengo of 80 
 guns, with several frigates, would have made an 
 attack upon them, as he had previously done on the 
 East India fleet under Commodore Dance. On the 
 paying-off of the Trident in Oct. 1805, Capt. Page, 
 who had conducted home in that ship a convoy of 
 44 vessels, was again presented, by the Court of 
 Directors, with the sum of 500 guineas. He left the 
 Puissant in Sept. 1815, and did not afterwards go 
 afloat. He became a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819 ; 
 a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830 ; and a full Admiral 
 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Admiral Page married Elizabeth, only child of 
 John Herbert, Esq., of Totness, Devon, and was 
 left a widower, without cliildrcn, in 1834. Agents 
 — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 PAGE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Henry Hotham M'Roden Page entered the 
 Navy in 1830; passed his examination 6 March, 
 1839 ; and was for several ycajs employed on the 
 coast of Africa, as Mate, in the Acorn 16, Capt. 
 
 John Adams, Prompt schooner, and Ferret 6 
 
 the latter commanded by Capt. Josiah Oake. He 
 obtained his commission 1 Dec. 1845 ; and, since 27 
 of the same month, has been serving on the Channel 
 and Lisbon stations in the Canopds 84, Capt. Fair- 
 fax Moresby. 
 
 PAGET. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 16; h-p., 10.) 
 
 Charles Henky Paget was born in 1806, and 
 died 26 May, 1845, at Portsmouth. He was eldest 
 son of the late Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Kt., G.C.H.,* 
 by Elizabeth Araminta, daughter and co-heir of 
 Henry Monk, Esq. ; brother of Lieut. Brownlow 
 Henry Paget, B.N. (1838), who died in 'South 
 America in 1843, onboard the Champion 18; and 
 nephew of the Marquis of Anglesey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1819 ; passed 
 his examination in 1825 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion, while serving in the Royal George yacht, 
 3 Jan. 1826 ; became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Ganges 
 84, to Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller Otway, on the 
 South American station, 20 Feb. following ; acquired 
 the rank of Commander 21 Feb. 1828 ; and on 12 of 
 the ensuing Aug. was appointed to the Procris 10, 
 at Cork. He attained Post-rank 28 Oct. 1829 ; and 
 was afterwards employed, from 3 June, 1831, until 
 
 * The Hon. Sir Chas. Paget was bom 7 Oct. 1778. He 
 commanded the Martin sloop in the action olf Camperdowa 
 11 Oct. 17a7 ; and on 17 of the same month was advanced to 
 Post-rank. He afterwards commanded the Brilliant, Hydea 
 Endymion, and Eoyptienne frigates. Revenge and Sopesb 
 74'b, and Puince Regent and Royal Georoe yachts. In the 
 Brilliant he accompanied Sir John Borlase Warren in the 
 expedition to Ferrol in 1800 ; he contrived, in the Bndy- 
 MioN, to effect a large number of captures ; and in the 
 SupEED, during the war with tlie United States, he com- 
 manded a equadron at the blockade of New London. He 
 received the aonoar of Knighthood and the insignia of a 
 K.C.H. in Oct. 1819 ; became a Eeai-Admiral in April, 1623 
 and a Vice-Admiral in Jan. 1837 ; was nominated a G.U.h! 
 in March, 1832; and was for many years M.P. for Carnarvon^ 
 In 1822 he had been appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to 
 George IV. He commanded in chief at Cork in 1S29;; and 
 from U Feb. 1837 until the period of his death, which took 
 plaxie 27 Jan. 1839, he held the supreme direction of Naval 
 affairs in Nortli America and the West Indies. 
 
850 
 
 PAGET— PAIN. 
 
 paid off in the early part of 1835, in command of 
 the Samarang 28, in South America, and from 24 
 Feb. 1837 until superseded in June, 1839, as Flag- 
 Captain, in the Howe 120, to Sir Kobt. "Waller 
 Otway, Commander-in-Chief at the N«re. 
 
 Capt. Paget married, first, in 1836, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Mr. Annals; and secondly, 20 Jan. 
 1840, Emily Caroline, daughter of Henry M'Clin- 
 toek, Esq., Collector of the Customs at the port 
 of Dundalk, and sister of Lieut. Eras. Leopold 
 M'Clintook, R.N. Agents— Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 PAGET, LoBD, M.P. (Captatn, 1839.) 
 
 The Kight Honourable Lord Clarence Ed- 
 ward Paget, born 17 June, 1811, is eldest son 
 of Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., 
 G.C.B., by his second wife. Lady Charlotte Cadogan, 
 sister of Kear-Admiral Earl Cadogan, C.B. He is 
 brother of Lojd Alfred Henry Paget, M.P. for 
 Lichfield, and of Lord Geo. Augustus Fred. Paget, 
 both officers in the army ; half-brother of Lord Wm. 
 Paget, Captain R.N. ; and brother-in-law of Vis- 
 count Sydney and the Earl of Sandwich. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 29 May, 1823; 
 served as Midshipman of the Asia 84, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin, 20 
 Oct. 1827 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 14 May, 1831. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 11 Aug. 1831, to 
 the Warspite 76, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Baker in 
 South America— 27 Feb. 1832, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant, to the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Hum- 
 phrey Fleming Senhouse, stationed off Lisbon, 
 whence he returned in the early part of 1833 — and, 
 7 June, 1834, to the Winchester 52, Capt. Edw. 
 Sparshott, fitting at Chatham. Being advanced to 
 the rank of Commander 25 Sept. in the year last 
 mentioned, he obtained command, 17 Jan.- 1837, of 
 the Pearl 20, on the North America and West 
 India station. He paid that vessel off within a 
 short period of his elevation to Post-rank, which 
 took place 26 March, 1839^ and he was next ap- 
 pointed — 26 June following, to the Howe 120, flag- 
 ship of Sir Robt. Waller Otway »t the Nore, where 
 he remained until July, 1840 — and, 23 Aug. J841, to 
 the AiGLE 24, fitting for the Mediterranean. He 
 returned to England in the summer of 1845^ and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In July, 1846, his Lordship was appointed Secre- 
 tary to the Board of Ordnance ; and in 1847 he was 
 returned to Parliament as Member for Sandwich. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 also a receiving-ship. He has been on half-pay 
 since 1843. His present commission bears date 
 1 April, 1837. 
 
 Commander Paget married, 15 Sept. 1834, at St. 
 Ann's, Jamaica, Anna, daughter of Jas. Lawrence 
 Hilton, Esq. Agents — Messrs. StilwelL 
 
 PAGET. (Commander, 1837. r-P., 19; h-p., 28.) 
 John Paget entered the Navy, 4 March, 1800, 
 as A.B., on board the Minorca sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Miller, under whom we find him in the course of 
 the following year employed as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate in the operations against the French 
 in Egypt. Quitting the Minorca in Oct. 1801, he 
 served during the next five years, on the Mediter- 
 ranean and Home stations, in the Gbethound 32, 
 Capts. Chas. Ogle and Wm. Hoste, Diomede 50, 
 Capts. Thos. Laroom and Hugh Downman, TjNiTi 
 38, Capt. Chas. Ogle, and Prince 98, Capt. Wm. 
 Lechmere. Being appointed, on the occasion of 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which 
 took place 20 Deo. 1806, to the Olympia sloop, 
 Capt. Wm. Taylor, he sailed in that vessel for the 
 Rio de la Plata. He invalided home in July, 1807; 
 and was next, between Nov. 1808 and Feb. 1809, 
 employed under Capt. John Surman Garden in the 
 Ville de Paris 110. During that period he as- 
 sisted ia embarking the army after the battle of 
 Corunna. From the date last mentioned Lieut. 
 Paget did not again go afloat until nominated, 22 
 Jan. 1828, First of the Harpy 10, Capt. Chas. Rich, 
 on the West India station. On 11 Jan. 1829 he 
 was removed to the Magnificent, receiving-ship 
 at Jamaica, of which vessel, it appears, he retained 
 command from 19 Dec. 1831 until May, 1839. He 
 was re-appointed to her 24 Feb. 1842; and on 26 of 
 the following July was transferred to the Imacm, 
 
 PAGET, Lord. (Capt., 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 14.) 
 The Right Honourable Lord William Paget, 
 born 1 March, 1803, is second son of Field-Marshal 
 the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., by his first 
 wife, Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of George, fourth 
 Earl of Jersey. His Lordship is half-brother of 
 Lord Clarence Edw. Paget, Captain R.N. ; brother- 
 in-law of the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis Co- 
 nyngham, and the Lords Crofton and Templemore ; 
 and nephew of Capt. Hon. Wm. Paget, R.N., who 
 died in 1795— of Hon. Sir Edw. Paget, G.C.B., a 
 General Officer in the army and Colonel of the 28th 
 Regt. of Foot — of the late Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir 
 Chas. Paget, Kt., G.C.H.— of the Earls of Galloway 
 and Enniskillen — and of the late Lord Graves. He 
 is also connected with the noble houses of Argyll, 
 Westmoreland, Dartmouth, Ormonde, Guillamore, 
 and Essex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1817, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glasgow 50, Capts. Hon. 
 Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Hon. Anthony Maitland, 
 and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, employed at first in 
 the Mediterranean and then on the Home station, 
 where, and in the West Indies, he served from 26 
 April, 1821, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 18 April, 1823, as Midshipman in the DoRis 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Graham, Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. 
 Sir Chas. Paget, Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, 
 Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, and 
 Active, of similar force, Capt. Andrew King. His 
 next appointments were, to the Tartar 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Brown, Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, 
 Fly 18, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, and Spar- 
 TIATE 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, all in South 
 America, on which station he was made Commander, 
 20 April, 1825, into his former ship the Fly. He 
 removed, 23 Dec. following, to the Philomel 
 10, fitting for the Mediterranean ; and on 18 Oct. 
 1826 was advanced to Post-rank. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 6 Nov. 1827, to the Royal 
 Charlotte yacht, lying at Dublin, where he re- 
 mained until Feb. 1829—12 Dec. 1828, to the North 
 Star 28, in which vessel he returned to the West 
 Indies— 18 May, 1831, to the Winchester 52, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief on the North America and West 
 India station— and, 24 Sept. 1832, again to the 
 North Star, which ship he brought home and paid 
 off in the summer of 1833. He has not been since 
 employed. 
 
 Lord Wm. Paget sat in Parliament for the borough 
 of Andover from 1841 until 1846. He married, 22 
 Jan. 1827, Frances, only daughter of Lieut.-General 
 Francis, Baron de Rotteuburg, by whom he has 
 issue three children. 
 
 PAIN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21 ; s-p, 23.) 
 Martin Pain entered the Navy, 4 June, 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board ;thB Sulphur bomb, Capt. 
 Daniel M'Leod ; and while in that vessel was fre- 
 quently in action with the enemy's gun-boats and 
 batteries in the neighbourhood of Boulogne, was, 
 engaged in an attempt to sink two stone-ships at 
 the entrance of the harbour at that place, and 
 united in the bombardment of Granville. After a 
 servitude of nine months in the Utrecht 64, com- 
 manded in the Downs by Capts. Eras. Pickmore 
 and Henry Inman, he joined, in April, 1805, the 
 Hebe 32, Capt. Micajah Malbon, with whom he 
 continued actively employed in the Adamant 50, 
 at first off Boulogne, and then on the West India 
 station, until Oct. 1808. In May and June of the 
 latter year we find him acting as Prize-Master of 
 the Spanish schooners Gallrm and Mapdahna. On 
 quitting the Adamant he became m succession 
 attached to the Princess or Orange 74, Capt. Fras. 
 
PAKENHAM-PALK— PALLISER. 
 
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 Beauman, Agincodht 64, Capt. Wm. Keat, and 
 MosMOUTH 64, Capts. Hyde Parker and Wm. Wil- 
 kinson. In the course of 1814 he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Gkitfon brig, Capt. Geo. 
 Barne TroUope, Midshipman of his former ship the 
 Monmouth, Acting-Lieutenant and Commander of 
 the Viper cutter, and Master's Mate of the Im- 
 pregnable 98, Capts. Chas. Adam and John Went- 
 worth Loring. In the Viper he was sent by H.R.H. 
 the Duke of Clarence to Calais with despatches, 
 and was employed by Rear- Admiral Foley in escort- 
 ing convoys from Deal to St. Helen's. In the Im- 
 pregnable, after conveying Marshal Bliicher from 
 ■Boulogne to England, and taking part in the grand 
 naval review held at Spithead, he proceeded to 
 Bordeaux for the purpose of bringing home the 
 first and second battalions of the German Legion. 
 While attached, in the early part of 1815, to the 
 Bombay 74, Capt. Henry Bazely, he cruized among 
 the Western Islands, in company with the Chat- 
 ham 74 and Lahne 20, in quest of two American 
 frigates. He took up in April of that year a com- 
 mission bearing date 7 of the preceding Feb., and, 
 since 12 May, 1837, has been employed in command 
 of a station in the Coast Guard. Agent — J. Chip- 
 pendale. 
 
 PAKENHAM. (CTailtaill, 1826. r-P., 13 ; h-p., 30.) 
 John Pakenham, born 18 Oct. 1790, is fourth 
 son of the late Admiral Hon. Sir Thos. Pakenham, 
 G.C.B.* (second son of the first Lord Longford), by 
 Louisa, daughter of the Right Hon. John Staples ; 
 and brother (with Lieut. Henry Pakenham, R.N. 
 (1827), who died in April, 1839) of the present Edw. 
 Michael ConoUy, Esq., D.C.L., Captain R.A., and 
 M.P. for Donegal. Capt. Pakenham is first-cousin 
 of the gallant Major-General Hon. Sir Edw. Michael 
 Pakenham, G.C.B., who fell at New Orleans 8 Jan. 
 1815 ; of Lieut.-General Hon. Sir Hercules Robt. Pa- 
 kenham, K.C.B., a distinguished Peninsular officer ; 
 of Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham, B.N., who was lost 
 in the Saldanha frigate in 1811 ; and of the late 
 Duchess of Wellington. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 April, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday, under the 
 former of whom he took part, as Midshipman, in 
 Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, and accom- 
 panied the expeditions of 1807 and 9 to the Darda^ 
 nells and the Scheldt. In the course of 1810, after 
 a short servitude in the Mediterranean on board 
 the Wabspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, he 
 was nominated, on that station, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the ViLLE DE Paris 110, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Adrairal Thos. Frag. Fremantle. In Oct. of the 
 same year he went back, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Wakspite, still commanded by Capt. Black- 
 wood, although subsequently by Capt. Henry Edw. 
 Reginald Baker. While in that ship, to which he 
 was confirmed by commission bearing date 16 July, 
 1811, we find him participating in a very gallant 
 skirmish, in which the' British, with a slender force, 
 beat back a powerful division of' the French Toulon 
 fleet. In Aug. 1812 Mr. Pakenham joined the 
 Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon ; and on 
 
 • The Hon. Sir Tlioa. FakenBam was born in \7bl, and 
 first went to sea in 1770 on board the Southampton fVigate, 
 Captain M'Bride. He attained the rank of Lieutenant in 
 1776 ; of Commander in 1779 ; .ind of Post-Captain (as a 
 reward for his distinguishrd services as Acting-Captain of the 
 Bristol, under Commodore Cornwallis) 2 March, 1780. 
 When in command of the Crescent of 28 guns and 198 men, 
 ho accompanied Admiral Darby to tlie relief of Gibraltar in 
 1781 ; and on 29 May in that year maintained a brilliant 
 action of two-hours and ahalfwitli the Dutch 36-gun frigate 
 Brill, to whom he did not strike until he had had 103 of his 
 people killed and wounded, and further opposition was im- 
 possible. He afterwards commanded the Minekva 38, In- 
 vincible 74, and Juste 84. In the Invincible he bore a 
 conspicuous part in the battle of 1 JUne, 1794, and for his 
 conduct on the occasion was presented with a gold medal. 
 He was nominated a Colonel of Marines in 1790, a Rear- 
 Admiral in Feb. 1799, a 'Vice-Admiral in April, 1804, a full 
 Admiral in July, 1810, and in May, 1820, a G.C.B. He was 
 for some time Master-General of the Ordnance in Ireland, 
 and died Senior Admiral of the Red 2 Feb. 1836. 
 
 15 June, 1814, after having witnessed the fall of St. 
 Sebastian, he was advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander. His next appointment was, 21 June, 1815, 
 to the Bermuda 10, which vessel, on her arrival in 
 the West Indies, was unfortunately lost near Tam- 
 pico Bar, 16 Nov. 1816. From the latter date Capt. 
 Pakenham did not again go afloat until invested, 
 
 16 Aug. 1825, with the command of the Harrier 
 18, on the Cork station. He acquired his present 
 rank 26 Aug. 1826 ; and on I Oct. 1846 he accepted 
 the retirement. 
 
 He married, 3 Nov. 1817, Caroline Emily, third 
 daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Home Riggs 
 Popham, K.C.B., by whom (who died 2 Aug. 1844) 
 he had issue a son and three daughters. Agents— 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PAKENHAM. (Lietjtenant, 1844.) 
 
 The Honourable Thomas Alexander Paken- 
 ham, bom 3 March, 1820, is third son of the late 
 Earl of Longford, by Georgiana Emma Charlotte, 
 daughter of William, first Earl of Beauchamp. His 
 eldest brother, the present Earl of Longford, is an 
 officer in the Second Life Guards ;- amd three other 
 of his brothers are also in the army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal 
 Naval College, 14 April, 1835 ; passed his examina- 
 tion 2 May, 1840;. was for some time attached, as 
 Mate, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and, after a ser- 
 "vitude of nearly three years in that capacity on 
 board the Wakspite 50, Capts. Lord John Hay 
 and Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India and Mediterranean stations, 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 June, 
 1844. His appointments have since been — 9 Sept. 
 1844, to the Mutine 12, Capt. Rich. Borough Craw- 
 ford, at the Cape' of Good Hope— and, 2 Sept. 1845, 
 to the President 50,. flag-sh^ of Rear-Admiral Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres, on the same station, where he is now 
 employed. 
 
 PALK. (Retired Commander, lS3t. j-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Robert Palk died 12 May, 1845. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1794, ^s 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dromedary store-ship, 
 Capts. Rich. Hill and Jas. Harrison. On his arrival 
 at Gibraltar, after having visited the West Indies, 
 he removed, in May, 1795, to .the Camel, another 
 store-ship, commanded by Capt. Edw. Rotheram. 
 Becoming Midshipman, in the following July, of the 
 Ardent 64, Capts. Rich. Rundell Burgess and Thos. 
 Bertie, he fought in that vessel in the action off 
 Camperdown, 11 Oct. 1797, and, besides accompar- 
 nying the expedition of 1799 to Holland, was pre- 
 sent, 2 April, 1801, in the-attack made on. the Danish 
 line of defence befor-e Copenhagen, After a servi- 
 tude of a few weeks on hoard the London and St. 
 George 98's, flag-ships of Sir Hyde Parker and Lord 
 Nelson, he was made Lieutenant, 23 June, 1801, 
 into the Bellona 74, Capt. Thos. Bertie. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 16 Nov. 1802, to the 
 Coubageux 74, Capt. John Okes Hardy, part of the 
 force employed at the reduction of Ste. Lucie in 
 June, 1803—19 Dec. 1803, 24 Sept. 1804, and 12 May, 
 1806, as First, to the Dolphin and Trompeuse 
 sloops, and Lively 38, Capts. John Shor.tland, Wm. 
 Brooking Dolling, and Geo. M'Kinley, 'with whom 
 he served until March, 1807, on the Home,.African 
 and Lisbon stations— and, 1 April, 1812, to the com- 
 mand of the Sylvia cutter, in which vessel he 
 cruized in the Downs and Channel; and assisted at 
 the siege of St. Sebastian. He went on half-pay 5 
 Sept. 1814; and accepted the rank of Retired Coul- 
 mander 22 April, 1831. 
 
 PALLISER. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Wray Richa-kd Gledstanes Palliser is- son 
 we believe, of Colonel Wray Palliser, of Derrylug- 
 kan, CO. Tipperary. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 13 May 1845- 
 and, after having served as Mate in the Excellent- 
 
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 PALMER. 
 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmonfh, Capts. Sir Thos. Hast- 
 ings and Henry Ducie Chads, and in the VANcnAED 
 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, on the Channel sta- 
 tion, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 28 
 Feb. 1847. He has been since employed as Addi- 
 tional of the HiBERHiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. 
 Parker in the Mediterranean. 
 
 PALMER. (Lieut., 1820. p-p., 13; h-p., 25.) 
 Charles Palmer was bom 27 Dec. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Ang. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. 
 Hen. Lidgbird Ball and Robt. Plampin, stationed 
 in the Channel, where in the following month he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, and in Feb. 1812 
 amoved to the Stirling Castle 74, Capts. Sir 
 Jahleel Brenton and Augustus Brine. With Capt. 
 Brine he continued employed in the Venerable, 
 Belleropbon, andMEi)WAr74's(the latter bearing 
 the flag of Bear- Admiral Chas. Tyler at the Cape of 
 Good Hope), until nominated, 27 Dec. 1815, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Tamak 24, Capt. Chas. Sotheby. 
 He returned to England in Feb. 1816 ; and between 
 Aug. of that year and the date of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 26 Dec. 
 1820, was in succession appointed Admiralty-Mid- 
 shipman of the Ganymede 26, Capt. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch. Erne 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer, Impregnable 
 104) flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, Dorothea hired- 
 ship, Capt. David Buchan, and Hecla bomb, Lieut.- 
 Commandcr Wm. Edw. Parry. In the Gantmece, 
 Erne, and Impregnable he was employed on the 
 Downs, Mediterranean, and Plymouth stations ; he 
 took part, in the Dorothea, in a perilous voyage of 
 discovery to the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen ; 
 and in the Hecla he penetrated to long. 113° 64' 
 43" W. within the Arctic Circle, and thereby be- 
 came entitled to a portion of a Parliamentary re- 
 ward of 5000/. Being re-appointed, 8 Jan. 1821, to 
 the Hecla, then commanded by Capt. Geo. Fras. 
 Lyon, he sailed in the following May with Capt. 
 Parry's second expedition in quest of a North-west 
 
 fassage. He returned to England in the autumn of 
 823, and has since been on half-pay. 
 Lieut. Palmer married, 29 May, 1828, Miss Sarah 
 C. Xorke. 
 
 PALMER. (Lieut., 1809. p-p., 36; h-p., 8.) 
 
 Edward Gascoigne Palmer entered the Navy, 
 20 June, 1803, under the aaspices of H. R. H. the 
 Duke of Kent, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Done- 
 gal 74, Capts. Sir Rich. John Strachan and Pulte- 
 ney Malcolm. In the following year he was present, 
 wo believe, at the capture of the Spanish 44-gun 
 frigate Amfitrite, and of a ship with a cargo on 
 board worth 200,000Z. ; and in 1805 he accompanied 
 Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pur- 
 suit of the combined fleets. On 6 Feb. 1806, after 
 having assisted at the capture of El Bayo of 100 
 guns, one of the ships recently defeated at Tra- 
 falgar, he took part with Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth in the action ofi" St. Domingo. On leaving 
 the Donegal, of which ship he had been consti- 
 tuted Midshipman in July, 1805, he became, 7 Julj, 
 1806, Master's Mate of the Kingfisher 18, Capt. 
 Geo. Fras. Seymour; whom, in Jan. 1807, he fol- 
 lowed into the Aurora 28. In that frigate, and in 
 the Kingfisher, to which vessel, commanded by 
 Capts. Wm. Hepenstall and EweU Tritton, he re- 
 turned in June, 1808, Mr. Palmer saw much boat- 
 service in the Mediterranean, and was on one occa- 
 sion wounded by the fire of a polacre near Corfu. 
 He obtained his commission 19 Oct. 1809, and was 
 subsequently appointed, chiefly in the capacity of 
 First-Lieutenant— 28 Oct. 1809, and 1 Juno, 1810, 
 to the Rinaldo 10, and Oberon 16, Capts. Jas. 
 Anderson and Jas. Murray, both in the Downs — 14 
 Dec. 1811, to the Warrior 74, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Byng, off Flushing— 12 Feb. 1813, to the Cossack 
 22 Capt. Fras. Stanfell, on the Jamaica station — 7 
 March, 1814, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of 
 Lord Exmouth, under whom he beheld the fall of 
 Genoa— and, 23 Oct. 1815 (after a few months of 
 
 half-pay), to the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavns Len- 
 nock, fitting for the West Indies, whence he inva- 
 lided in 1817. In the Rinaldo, whose force con- 
 sisted of 8 18-pounder carronades and 2 long sixes, 
 with a complement of 65 men, Mr. Palmer led the 
 boarders, and was badly wounded in the leg, at the 
 capture, 7 Dec. 1809, after some resistance, of ic 
 MaraudeuT French privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men, 
 5 of whom were wounded. His appointments, since 
 he left the Esk, have been— in 1824, for three years, 
 to the Ordinary at Sheemess — 24 Nov. 1827, and 19 
 Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 
 and Talavera Coast Blockade Ships, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Hugh Pigot — 15 Jan. 1831, to the 
 Coast Guard — 14 Oct. 1831, to a three-years' com- 
 mand of the Cheerful Revenue-vessel — and, 11 
 June, 1835, again to the Coast Guard, in which ser- 
 vice he continues. 
 
 Lieut. Palmer married, 3 Aug. 1831," Harriet, re- 
 lict of the late Higgles Bayley, Esq., of Cape Coast 
 Castle, by whom he has issue one child. 
 
 PALMER. (CoMMANDES, 1840. F-P., 25; 
 H-P., 17.) 
 
 George Palmer entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pluto sloop, Capt. 
 Rich. Gaire Janvrin, employed on the Home sta- 
 tion ; where, and in the Baltic, he continued em- 
 ployed, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Royal William, Capt. John Irwin, Pandora 18, 
 Capts. R. G. Janvrin and John Macpherson Fergu- 
 son, Namuk 74, Capt. Shepheard, and Bbiseis 10, 
 Capts. Chas. Thurlow Smith and John Boss, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1812. 
 In the Pandora he assisted at the capture, 31 Dec. 
 1810, of Le Chasseur privateer of 16 guns and 36 
 men ; and while in the Bbiseis he served, 29 June, 
 1812, in the pinnace belonging to that vessel, con- 
 taining 18 men, under the orders of Lieut. Thos. 
 Jones, at the cutting-out from Pillau Roads the 
 (lately British) merchant ship Urania, mounting 6 
 carriage-guns and 4 swivels, in the possession of 
 some French troops, who, notwithstanding a spirited 
 resistance, were driven off the decks into their 
 boats, which were on the opposite side, with no 
 greater loss to the assailants than one man killed 
 and himself slightly wounded.* Being re-appointed 
 to the Bbiseis in Sept. 1813, Lieut. Palmer conti- 
 nued attached to that sloop (with the exception, 
 of an interval between Oct. 1814 and May, 1815, 
 occasioned by ill health), under the command of 
 Capts. Wm. Rush Jackson and Geo. Domett, until 
 Jan. 1816. His last appointments were — 12 Sept. 
 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. 
 Mingaye — 5 April, 1831 (on the latter service being 
 abolished), to the Coast Guard— 11 Oct. 1834, to 
 the command of the Skylark Revenue-vessel — and, 
 26 Sept. 1837, again to the charge (which he re- 
 tained until advanced, as a reward for his services, 
 to the rank he now holds 1 Jan. 1840) of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. Commander Palmer is Senior 
 of 1840. 
 
 PALMER. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John Palmer entered the Navy 24 Nov. 1825 ; 
 passed his examination 6 Jan. 1832; and at the 
 period of his promotion to his present rank, which 
 took place 26 Aug. 1841, was serving, as Mate, 
 in the Sodthamfton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Dumford King at the Cape of Good Hope. His 
 appointments have since been — 30 Aug. 1841, again 
 to the Southampton — 10 March, 1843, to the Rose 
 18, Capts. Henry Rich. Sturt and Rich. Wilson 
 Pelly, fitting for the North America and West India 
 station, whence he returned home and was paid off 
 at the close of 1846— and, 12 Oct. 1847, as Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant, to the Vindictive 50, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, Commander-in- 
 
 * ride Gaz. 1812, p. 13C4.— Mr. .lames, in his ' Naval His- 
 tory,' has erroneously attributed the part borne in the affair 
 by the subject of the present narrative to Mr. Wm. Palmer. 
 
PALMER— PALMES— PANTON—PARDOE. 
 
 853 
 
 Chief in North America and the West Indies, where 
 he is now employed on Surveying-service. 
 
 PALMEK. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 John Jekvis Pai.mek passed his examination 7 
 Oct. 1840 ; and between that date and the period of 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Jan. 
 1843, was employed in the East Indies, and China, 
 as Hate, on board the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. Wm. Grey, and Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of 
 Sir Wm. Parker, who noticed him as having served 
 in the boats which covered the assault on the town 
 of Chin-Kiang-Foo 21 July, 1842.* On leaving the 
 CoKNWALLis he joined the Sekpent 16, Capt. Wm. 
 Nevill, also in the East Indies, where, in Sept. 1843, 
 he removed to the Camekian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie 
 Chads. His appointments since his return to Eng- 
 land in the summer of 1845 have been, on the Me- 
 diterranean station — 1 Dec. in that year to the Hi- 
 BEKNIA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker— 24 Dec. 
 1846, to the Giadiator steam-vessel of 430 horse- 
 power, Capt. John Kobb — and, 26 Oct. 1847, to the 
 Acting-command, which he yet retains, of the Mu- 
 TINE 12. 
 
 PALMEE. (LiEtJT., 1813. E-P.,'12; h-p., 31.) 
 
 William Palmek, horn 9 April, 1789, at Monk- 
 wearmouth, co. Durham, is son of Mr. Wm. Palmer, 
 
 shipowner, of that place. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Nor. 1804, as 
 A.B., on board the Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Stirling Dickson, flag-ship for some time of Sir 
 Edm. Nagle and Sir Jas. Saumarez on the coast of 
 Prance. On his removal, as Master's Mate, in April, 
 1808, to the Belle Poule 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, 
 he sailed for the Mediterranean, where he was for 
 nearly two years very actively employed, and as- 
 sisted, in the course of 1809, at the capture of Le 
 
 Var of 26 guns, laden with com for the relief of the 
 French garrison at Corfu, and at the reduction of 
 the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo. Re- 
 turning in the spring of 1810 to England in the 
 Excellent 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith, he joined the 
 Victory 100 ; in which ship, besides being for a 
 long time stationed in the Baltic under the flag of 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez, he escorted a body of troops 
 sent in 1811 to the coast of Portugal under Sir Jo- 
 seph Sydney Torke. After serving for a few months 
 off Cherbourg in the Laoed^emonian 38, Capt. Sam. 
 Jackson, and again in the Baltic on hoard the De- 
 fiance 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Hope, 
 Mr. Palmer was promoted, 17 Aug. 1813, to a Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Kolla 10, Capts. Wm. Hill and Robt. 
 Julyan ; under the former of whom we find him 
 present, in Feb. 1814, at the celebrated passage of 
 the flotilla under Kear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe 
 Penrose across the bar of the Adour ; on which oc- 
 casion he had the good fortune to save the lives of 
 two persons, whose boat had capsized. His last 
 appointment was, 17 Dec. 1814, to the Amelia 38, 
 Capt. Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, with whom 
 he served in .the Mediterranean until the summer 
 of 1816. On 15 July, 1815, while engaged in the 
 Amelia's pinnace in an attempt to capture a French 
 vessel of very superior force at Campo, in the island 
 of Elba, he was wounded by a musket-ball, which 
 entered his right side above the hip-joint, and has 
 never been extracted. He was at the same time 
 made prisoner, hut shortly afterwards exchanged. 
 
 Lieut. Palmer married, in 1830, Elizabeth, third 
 daughter of the late Mr. Kiugswood Greenwell, 
 shipowner, and grand-daughter of the late Dr. 
 Greenwell, of Scot's House. He was left a widower, 
 with one daughter, in Jan. 1844. 
 
 PALMES. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 John Philip Palmes is third son of Geo. Palmes, 
 Esq., of Naburn, co. Tork, by Margaret Isabella, 
 daughter of Wm. Lindsay, Esq., of Oatlands, near 
 Glasgow. His eldest brother, Bryan, a Captain in 
 the 57th light infantry, died at Barbadoes in 1839. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1830 ; passed 
 • Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3105. 
 
 his examination 10 Nov. 1838 ; served for some 
 time at Portsmouth, as Mate, in the Queen 110, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington ; and was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, while in the Koyal 
 George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarenoe, 
 7 March, 1842. His succeeding appointments were 
 — 29 March, 1842, to the Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan. 
 Pring, employed, until the close of 1843, in the Me- 
 diterranean and on particular service — 11 Dec. 
 1844, as Additional, to the Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. 
 Horatio Beauman Young, on the coast of Africa — 
 2 April, 1845, to the Penelope steam-Mgate, Com- 
 modore Wm. Jones, on the same station, whence he 
 returned towards the close of the year— 31 March, 
 1846, to the Belleisle 24, troop-ship, Capt. John 
 Kingcome — and, 30 April, 1847, for a few months, 
 to the Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting at 
 Portsmouth. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PANTON. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Paul Griffith Panton, horn 31 Oct. 1795, is 
 second son of Jones Panton, Esq., of Plusgurm, co. 
 Anglesey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. 
 Mundy ; and on being lent, after cruizing for some 
 time in the Mediterranean, to the Canopus 80, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Louis, fought in the 
 action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. On finally 
 leaving the Hydra, of which ship he had been 
 created a Midshipman in April, 1807, he joined, in 
 Oct. 1810, the UiiYSSES 44, bearing the flag at 
 Jersey of Vice-Admiral D'Auvergne. In March 
 and July, 1811, he was successively nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant and Master's Mate of the Marl- 
 borough 74, and jEolus 32, Capts. Matthew Henry 
 Scott and Lord Jas. Townshend; and on 7 Feb. 
 1812, at which period he was again acting as Lieu- 
 tenant in the Morgiana sloop, Capt. David Scott, 
 he was officially advanced to the rank he now holds. 
 His last appointments were— on 25 of the month 
 last mentioned, to the Colibki 18, Capt. John 
 Thompson, under whom he was wrecked in Port 
 Royal, Jamaica, 22 Aug. 1813—2 Sept. following, to 
 the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Kobt. Lloyd, which 
 ship he left in Jan. 1814— and, 5 June, 1818, to the 
 Bellette 20, Capt. Geo. Rich. Peohell, fitting for 
 the HaUfax station, whence he returned in 1821. 
 
 Lieut. Panton married 3 Oct. 1326, and has issue. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 PAEDOE. (Eetieed Commander, 1839. f-p., 
 17; H-p., 40.) 
 William Pardoe entered the Navy, 15 July, 
 1790, as A.B., on board the Tremendous 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley, lying at Chatham ; 
 where, in the following Nov., he attained the rating 
 of Midshipman. After a servitude of two years in 
 the Pilote, Pigmy, and Sultana cutters, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Henry Gunter, Henry Inman, and 
 Digby Dent, he became successively attached, in 
 the early part of 1798, to the Windsor Castle and 
 St. George 98's, both commanded by Capt. Han- 
 cock Kelly, and, as Master's Mate, to the Marlbo- 
 rough 74, Capt. Hon. G. C. Berkeley. While par- 
 ticipating, in the latter ship, in the glories of 1 June, 
 1794, he had the misfortune to have his skull frac- 
 tured, his nose materially injured, and several parts 
 of his body contused.* The effects he still feels. 
 In March, 1795, he followed Capt. Berkeley into 
 the Formidable 98, commanded next by Capt. Geo. 
 Murray ; and on leaving that ship in Feb. 1797 he 
 joined the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Lord 
 Bridport, and Glory 98, Capt. Geo. Brine. On 
 being advanced, 12 April following, to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, he was appointed First of the Charon 
 44, armee-en-flUte, Capt. Thos. Manhy, and was for 
 some time employed in the Channel and on the 
 
 coast of Ireland. His last appointments were 29 
 
 Nov. 1798, to the command (which he retained 
 until 14 June, 1802) of the Fearless gun-brig, at- 
 tached to the force in the Channel— 20 July, 1803, 
 • Fide Gaz. 1794, p. 556. 
 
854 
 
 PARISH— PARK —PARKER. 
 
 to the Sea Fencibles on the coast of Lincolnshire — 
 20 May, 1805, as Senior, to the Brilmant 28, Csipt. 
 Kobt. Barrie, employed on the Irish station, whence 
 he invalided 31 March, 1806— and, 7 Jan. 1808, to 
 the Impress service in Kent. In June, 1810, he "was 
 placed on half-pay. He accepted the rank of Re- 
 tired Commander, on the Junior List, 24 Dec. 1830; 
 and, on the Senior, 16 April, 1839. Agent — Fred. 
 Dufaur. 
 
 PARISH. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 John Edward Parish passed his examination 
 11 July, 1842 ;■ and from the close of that year until 
 advanced to his present rank, 4 May, 1846, was em- 
 ploj'ed on the Mediterranean and Home stations as 
 Mate in the Indhs 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings 
 and Henry Dncie Chads, and St. Vincent 120, flag- 
 ship of Sir Chas. Ogle. He has been since serving, 
 again in the Mediterranean, on board the Van- 
 guard 80, Capts> Geo. AVickens Willes and Geo. 
 Fred. Rich. 
 
 PARK. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Steele Park was born 3 June, 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rosamond 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Whitley Deans Dundas, fitting at Chatham. In the 
 course of the same year he sailerd for the East Indies 
 as Midshipman in the Monmouth 64, Capt. Edw. 
 Dumford King ; and on his return to England in 
 Sept. 1808 he successively joined the Stately 64, 
 Capt. Wm. Cumberland, and Princess Caroline 
 38, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and Hugh Downman. 
 "While in the latter ship we find him, 25 July, 1809, 
 commanding one of the boats of a squadron under 
 Capt. Thos. Forrest, in a long and desperate action 
 with a Russian flotilla;, near Fredericksham, in the 
 Gulf of Finland, which, with a loss to the British of 
 60 men killed and wounded, terminated in the total 
 defeat of the enemy, 87 of whom met a similar fate. 
 He continued in the Princess Caroline, the last 
 four months in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, 
 until Sept. 1814; and after an intermediate servitude 
 at Sheerness and Portsmouth as Master's Mate, in 
 the Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 'Williams and 
 Sir Chas. Rowley, and Leven 20, Capt. Buckland 
 Stirling Bluett, was officially advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank 16 Feb. 1815. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Park married, 23 Aug. 1827, Sarah, eldest 
 daughter of W. Clark, Esq., of the Triangle, 
 Hackney. 
 
 PARKER. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 18; h-p., 17.) 
 Charles Parker is son of the late Admiral Sir 
 Hyde Parker, Kt., by his second wife, Frances, 
 daughter of Admiral Sir Rich. Onslow, Bart. ; bro- 
 ther of Rich. Parker, Esq., Capt. in the Life Guards ; 
 and half-brother of the present Rear-Admiral Hyde 
 Parker, C.B. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 16 July, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tenedos 38, commanded 
 by his half-brother, under whom he was for three- 
 years very actively employed on the North Ame- 
 rican station, where he witnessed the surrender, in 
 Jan. 1815, of the U.S. frigate President. From 
 Aug. in the latter year until Oct. 1818 he served at 
 Halifax, as Midshipman, in the Scamander 36, 
 EoHOTAS 38, and Forth 40, all commanded by Capt. 
 Sir John Louis. On 30 March, 1819, he rejoined 
 Capt. Parker, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Iphige- 
 NIA 42, on the Jamaica station ; and in the following 
 Jane he was transferred, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Spartan 46, Capt. "Wm. Furlong Wise. After 
 again acting as Lieutenant in the Iphigenia, and 
 also in the Sapphire 26, Capt. Henry Hart, he was 
 confirmed in that rank 20 Jan. 1820, and re-appointed 
 to the Iphigenia. He subsequently joined — 8 Dec. 
 1821, the Fly 18, Capts. Geo. Tyler and Edw. Cur- 
 zon, employed on the Mediterranean and Cork sta^ 
 tions— 21 Feb. 1823, the Egeria 24, Capt. Sam. 
 Roberts, whom he accompanied to Newfoundland — 
 
 28 May, 1825, the Victory 104, flag-ship of Sir Geo. 
 Martin at Portsmouth — 8 May, 1826, the Aurora 
 46, Capt. Chas. John Austen, in the "West Indies — 
 and, 23 May, 1828, as First, the Barham 50, bearing 
 the flag at Jamaica of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone 
 Fleeming. On 8 Sept. 1829 he was advanced to the 
 command of the Slaney sloop. He paid that 
 vessel off 29 Jan. 1831 ; and has not been since 
 afloat. 
 
 Commander Parker married, 16 June, 1835, Kate, 
 widow of the Rev. Hely Hutchinson Smith, and 
 third daughter of the late John "Williams, Esq., of 
 Elm Grove, Southsea, by whom he has issue. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 PARKER. (Lieut., 1812. i-p., 14 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Charles Parker (b) entered the Navy, in Nov. 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hindostan 50, 
 Capts. MuUoch, Mottley, and John Le Gros; in 
 which ship he continued employed as Midshipman 
 until transferred, in May, 1803, to the Tribune 
 frigate, Capt. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett. On 13 
 March, 1804, he had the misfortune to fall into the 
 hands of the enemy, who carried him a prisoner to 
 France. He there remained, we believe, until the 
 close of 1810; when, being restored to liberty, he 
 joined the Victory 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez. He attained the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 21 March, 1812; and was afterwards em- 
 ployed, on Home service- — from Jan. to Aug. 1813, 
 in the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, and Impreg- 
 nable 98, flag-ship of Admiral "Wm. Young and of 
 H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence — and, from April to 
 Sept. 1815, in the President 38, Capt. Archibald 
 Duff. He has since been on half-pay. We are in- 
 formed that during part of 1813 he commanded a 
 gun-boat on the River Elbe.. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 PARKER. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 12; h-p., 27.) 
 Charles Parker (5) was born 31 March, 1794. 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Guilders sloop, of 14 
 12-pounder carronades and 65 men ; and on 14 
 March following was present in a gallant action of 
 six hours, which terminated in that vessel beating 
 off, on the coast of Norway, with a loss to the British 
 of 2 men killed and 8 (including himself in the hand 
 and stomach) wounded, the Danish man-of-war 
 brig Louffen, of 20 18-pounder guns and 160 men. 
 In consideration of the injury he sustained on the 
 occasion he was voted by the Patriotic Society a 
 sum of 15 guineas. In Nov. of the same year, after 
 he had been for six months borne as a Supernume- 
 rary on the books of the Texel 64 and Royal AVil- 
 LiAM, flag-ships of Admirals Vashon and Montagu 
 at Leith and Spithead, he became Midshipman of 
 the Dotterel sloop, successively commanded, on 
 the Channel and Lisbon stations, by Capts. Anthony 
 Abdy, Thos. Goldwire Muston, John Smith Cowan, 
 A. Abdy, Thos. Hanloke, and "Wm. Westcott Daniel. 
 In that vessel, in 1809, he witnessed the destruction 
 of three heavy French frigates under the batteries 
 of Sable d'Olonne, and also of the shipping in Basque 
 Roads. Quitting her in Dec. 1811 he served during 
 the next three years off the Western Islands and in 
 the West Indies on board the Piqde 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland. On his return to England in 
 the spring of 1815 in the Palma 38, Capt. Jas. 
 Andrew "Worth, he was received first on board the 
 Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at 
 Portsmouth, and then on board the Boyne 98, flag- 
 ship of Lord Exmouth in the Mediterranean ; 
 where, on following that nobleman, as blaster's 
 Mate, into the Queen Charlotte 100, he was 
 afforded an opportunity of assisting in the bom- 
 bardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816 ; for his conduct 
 on which occasion, particularly m steering the ex- 
 plosion vessel under the lighthouse battery, he was 
 rewarded with a commission bearing date 17 Sept. 
 in the same year. His last appointments were — 4 
 Oct. 1817, for a few months, to the Cadmus 10, 
 •Capt. John Gedge, on the Yarmouth station— and, 
 
PARKER. 
 
 8 Dec. 1821, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Kedtving 
 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. KoUe Walpole Trefusis, with 
 whom, until superseded at his own request in March, 
 1814, he served off Milford, made a voyage to the 
 Havana, and was employed off Jersey and Yarmouth. 
 Lieut. Parker married 3 Deo. 1827, and has issue 
 one daughter. 
 
 PAEKER, Bart. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 13; 
 
 H-p., 30.) 
 Sir Charles Christopher Pahkeh, born 16 
 June, 1792, is third and only surviving son of the 
 late Christ. Parker, Esq., Vice-Admiral of the 
 Blue,* by Augusta Barbara Charlotte, daughter of 
 Admiral Hon. John Byron, granddaughter of the 
 fourth Lord Byron, and aunt of the poet. Sir 
 Charles is grandson of the late Sir Peter Parker, 
 Bart., Admiral of the Fleet ;t great-grandson of Rear- 
 Admiral Christ. Parker (1749), who entered the 
 Navy towards the close of the seventeenth century, 
 commanded the Speedwell in 1712, and the Tor- 
 bay 80 in 1739, and died in 1763 ; and cousin of the 
 late Admiral Sir Geo. Parker, K.C.B. His eldest 
 brother, Sir Peter Parker, Bart., after a gallant 
 career, was killed on shore, while Captain of the 
 Menelaus 38, in a sanguinary affair with the Ame- 
 ricans at Bellair, near Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814 ; and 
 his second brother, John Edm. Geo., whom he 
 succeeded in the Baronetcy 18 Nov. 1835, was a 
 Captain in the Boyal Artillery. His nephew. Sir 
 Peter Parker, Bart., only son of the last-mentioned 
 Sir Peter, was a Commander R.N. (1834), and died 
 17 March, 1835. Sir Charles is brother-in-law of 
 Colonel Chas. Parker Ellis, late of the Grenadier 
 Guards. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 June, 1804, as 
 Seo.-ol. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Geo. 
 Martin, whom he accompanied, towards the close of 
 the same year, into the Barfleur 98. In those ships 
 he served with the Channel Fleet until June, 1805. 
 Being then received on board the Weasel 18, com- 
 manded by his brother, Capt. Peter Parker, he pro- 
 ceeded, after having narrowly escaped shipwreck, to 
 join Lord Nelson off Cadiz. On the departure of the 
 enemy's fleet from that harbour immediately prior to 
 the battle of Trafalgar, the Weasel was the first ves- 
 
 • Vice-Admiral Christopher Parker, when eommanding 
 the LoWESTOFFE frigate, led the squadron, and distinguished 
 himself in a successful attack made about 1 778, in pursuance 
 of a plan conceived by his father. Sir Peter, on the formidable 
 fortress of St. Fernando de Omoa, on the Coast of South 
 America. Towards the close of the French revolutionary 
 war his own flag and that of his father were flying at the 
 same time at Spithead — the only instance of the kind, we 
 believe, on record. He died 26 May, 1804. 
 
 + Admiral Sir Peter Parker was born in 1721- He was 
 made a Lieutenant in 1743, and a Post-Captain in 1749. In 
 the latter capacity he commanded the Margate frigate, 
 Woolwich 44, BaiSTOi. 50, Montaou 64, Bitckinoham 70, 
 Tereiblk 74, and Barfleur 90. For services rendered pre- 
 viously to the year 1772, he received the honour of Knight- 
 hood. Being appointed in 1775 to the command on the 
 North American station, he hoisted a broad pendant on 
 board his former ship, the Bristol, and sailed with a squad- 
 ron to co-operate with the loyalists in South Carolina. On 
 28 June, 1 776, Sir Peter made a tremendous attack upon the 
 batteries of CUiarleatown, which was as furiously resisted. 
 The conflict continued tliroughout the day, and the enemy's 
 flring was at times silenced, but as the troops, commanded by 
 General Clinton, were unable from some cause to elTect a 
 landing, the expedition failed. The carnage on board the 
 ships was terrific : in the Bristol alone the loss amounted 
 to 40 killed and 70 wounded. In the course of the same 
 year Sir Peter Parker co-operated in an attack upon Long 
 Island, and reduced Rhode Island. In 1777, on his promotion 
 to flag-rank, he was promoted to the chief command on the 
 Jamaica station, where he remained until 1782. In Dec. of 
 that year he was created a Baronet of Great Britain. He 
 became a Vice- Admiral in 1779, and a full Admiral in 1787 : 
 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth in 
 1793 : and on the death of Earl Howe in 1779, he was made 
 Admiral of the Fleet and a General of Marines, For some 
 years prior to the commencement of the French revolutionary 
 war Sir Peter sat in Parliament as M.P. for the borough of 
 Maldon, We may add, that when in command at Jamaica 
 he waa the first to discern the merits of Nelson and CoUing- 
 wood, who, ±0 the liberal patronage he in consequence af- 
 forded them, were solely indebted for their advancement in 
 early life. The Admiral died 21 Dee. 1811,; 
 
 sel that observed their outward movement ; and she 
 was only prevented from acting a part in the glorious 
 scene that followed by the mortifying circumstance 
 of being forthwith despatched to communicate the 
 event to the ships at Gibraltar. So chagrined was 
 her brave Commander at this disappointment that 
 he actually shed tears on the quarter-deck. Mr. 
 Parker continued to serve with his brother in the 
 MELPomisE 38 until March, 1806 ; in the course of 
 which month he was transferred, as Midshipman, to 
 the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Eowley. He bad been 
 previously present in a violent storm, which had 
 left the MelpomJne for five days without a rudder. 
 On joining the Eagi,e, he soon became engaged in a 
 variety of operations on th« coast of Italy, where, 
 in May, 1806, it was his fortune to witness the cap- 
 ture of the island of Capri and the defence of the 
 fortress of Gaeta. On the return home of the 
 Eagle in the spring .of 1809, Mr. Parker obtained a 
 berth on board the St. George 98, bearing the flag 
 in the Baltic of Eear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, under 
 whom during the remainder of the year he was 
 arduously employed; We may observe too that he 
 suffered very severely from the effects of the cli- 
 mate, and that on one occasion while at the main- 
 top he was so stiffened by the cold as to render it 
 luecessary for him to be lowered by a rope. In the 
 early part of 1810 he returned with Sir Chas. Cotton 
 to the Mediterranean in the San Josef 110 ; and in 
 Jime of that year he accomplished his probationary 
 term of servitude as Midshipman. Owing, however, 
 to a recent Order in Council, retrospective in its 
 operation, by virtue of which it was settled that no 
 officer should be considered eligible for the receipt 
 of a commission until he had attained the age of 
 19, Mr. Parker, being then only 18, was obliged to 
 fiubmit to the delay of another year before he could 
 obtain leave to pass his examination. During the 
 greater part of that period, although only holding 
 the rating of Midshipman, he was allowed neverthe- 
 less to perform the duties of Lieutenant on board 
 the Unite 36, Capt. Patrick Campbell. While so 
 attached, we find him frequently employed on boat- 
 service on the coast of France and Italy, particu- 
 larly on one occasion, when he took part, and gained 
 the warmest approbation of his Captain for his con- 
 duct, in an attack upon a convoy under the batteries 
 of Cape Talliat. At another time, while the Unite 
 was working in for the purpose of lowering her 
 boats during some hostile operations against the 
 town of Cotrone, he fell from the quarter-deck into 
 the gun-room, and sustained so much injury in the 
 head that the effects have since materially debili- 
 tated his constitution. On at length passing his 
 examination, 17 June, 1811, Mr. Parker, then on 
 board the Temeraire 98, bearing the flag of his 
 friend Rear- Admiral Pickmore, was by Sir Chas. 
 Cotton made, the same day. Lieutenant into his own 
 flag-ship the San Josef. In the following Aug. he 
 went on half-pay for the recovery of his health ; 
 but in the spring of 1812 he resumed the active 
 duties of his profession, and again joined his brother 
 on board the Menelaus 38 ; in which ship it ap- 
 pears he was present when, having pursued the 
 French 40-gun frigate Pauline and 16-gun brig 
 Ecureiiil under the batteries of Toulon, she effected 
 a masterly retreat from the fleet that had come out 
 to their protection, by passing through its line 
 ahead of one 74 and astern of another. This affair 
 took place in May, 1812 ; and about the same period 
 Mr. Parker removed to the Malta 80, flag-ship of 
 Kear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell. In 1813 he assisted 
 at the siege of Tsurragona. He was next advanced 
 to the rank of Commander 5 April, 1815, having 
 been nominated by Admiral Pickmore to one of his 
 hauling-down vacancies; and he was afterwards, 
 from 17 July, 1819, until promoted to his present 
 rank, 23 April, 1822, employed in the Harlequin 
 18, on the Irish station. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Sir Chas. Christ. Parker married, 19 Sept. 1815 
 Miss G«orgiantt Elhs Parker, Agents— Hallett 
 and Bobinson, 
 
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 PARKER. 
 
 PARKER. (CoMMANrEE, 1814. p-p., 14;h-p., 34.) 
 Frederick AncnsTos Haegood Pakkee entered 
 the Navy, 18 March, 1799, as A.B., on board the 
 Pkimce Geoege 98, Capt. Joseph Bingham, bearing 
 the flag of Sir "Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean ; 
 whence, on removing with the same officer to the 
 Amekica 64, he proceeded to Halifax and the West 
 Indies. In Deo. 1800, the Amekica having struck 
 upon the Formigas roclss and been rendered uniit 
 for further service, he joined the St. Albans 64, the 
 new flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker ; on leaving which, 
 in June, 1801, he was received as Midshipman on 
 board the ANDKOMAcnE 32, Capt. Kobt. Laurie. 
 After a servitude of more than two years and a 
 half in that frigate on the "West India and North 
 American stations, he removed, in Feb. 1804, to the 
 Tem^saiee 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, attached to the 
 fleet In the Channel, where he remained until May, 
 1805. He was confirmed, 22 Jan. 1806, to the post 
 of First-Lieutenant in the Nightingale sloop, Capt. 
 "Wm. Wilkinson ; and was afterwards appointed — 8 
 Deo. 1808, to the Taktae 32, Capt. Joseph Baker, 
 which ship he left in Oct. 1809 — 16 June, 1810, again 
 as First, to the Rolla 10, Capt. Sam. Clarke — 19 
 March, 1811, to the Dictatoe 64, Capt. Kobt. 
 Williams— and 5 Dec. 1811, a third time as Senior 
 Lieutenant, to the Alexandria 32, Capt. Roht. 
 Cathcart. In the five ships last mentioned Mr. 
 Parker was employed on the Home and Baltic sta- 
 tions. On 15 July, 1809, he commanded the boats 
 of the Tartar, in conjunction with Lieut. Thos. 
 Sykes, at the capture, near Felixberg, on the coast 
 of Courland, of a Danish privateer of 4 guns, whose 
 crew, 24 in number, had landed with their muskets, 
 and, being joined by the country people, had posted 
 themselves behind the sandhills close to the beach ;* 
 and in July, 1813, he was present on board the 
 Alexandria when, in company with the Spitfiee 
 16, she drove from off her cruizing-ground, after a 
 chase of 91 hours, the powerful U. S. frigate Presi- 
 dent ^ together with her consort the Scourge privateer, 
 and thereby saved a large and valuable convoy from 
 capture. He attained the rank of Commander 15 
 June, 1814 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 PARKER, K.C.B. (Admiral of She Red, 1837. 
 F-p., 34; H-p., 40.) 
 
 SiE Geoege Paekee was bom in 1767, and died 
 24 Deo. 1847. He was son, by Miss Gore, of the 
 late Geo. Parker, Esq., elder brother of Admiral Sir 
 Peter Parker, Bart. ; and was cousin'of the present 
 Sir Chas. Christ. Parker, Bart., Captain ll.N. His 
 ancestor, the Rev. Dr. Parker, was Archbishop of 
 Canterbury in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 ThisofScer entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1773, under 
 the patronage of his uncle Sir Peter Parker, who 
 promoted him, 13 March, 1782, to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. He had then served throughout the whole 
 of the American war. In 1786 he obtained an ap- 
 pointment to the Wasp sloop, on the Downs station ; 
 and on his removal, in 1788, to the Ph(EN1x 36, 
 Capts. Geo. Byron and Rich. John Strachan, he 
 sailed for the East Indies. While on that station 
 he was actively employed, in the boats and on shore, 
 in co-operation with the army under Sir Bobt. Aber- 
 crombie during the war with Tippoo Saib ; and he 
 was also, 19 Nov. 1791, present, in company with the 
 Peeseveeance frigate, in an obstinate action (pro- 
 duced by a resistance on the part of the French 
 Captain to a search being imposed by the British 
 upon two merchant-vessels under his orders) with 
 La Resolue of 46 guns, whose colours were not struck 
 until she had herself sustained a loss of 25 men 
 killed and 40 wounded, and had occasioned one to 
 the Phcenix of 6 killed and 11 wounded. In Oct. 
 1792, having been sent home in charge of the de- 
 spatches of Commodore Hon. Wm. Comwallis, Mr. 
 Parker, who on the occasion last named had played 
 the part of First-Lieutenant, was appointed, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Crescent of 36 guns and 
 257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez ; under whom, whose 
 gallantry in the affair procured him the honour of 
 
 * Vide Ga-j. 1805, p. 867. 
 
 Knighthood, he assisted, 20 Oct. 1793, at the cap- 
 ture of the French frigate La Reunion of 40 guns 
 and 300 men, of whom 120 were killed and wounded, 
 without any casualty whatever to the British. For 
 his own conduct on the occasion Lieut. Parker was 
 promoted, 4 Nov. in the same year, to the command 
 of the Albacore sloop, on the North Sea station, 
 where he was posted, 7 April, 1795, into the Squirrel 
 20. Removing, towards the close of 1796, to the 
 Santa Margarita 36, he contrived, during a cruize 
 off the coast of Ireland and in the West bidies, to 
 effect the capture of a variety of the enemy's ves- 
 sels, particularly ot L'Adour of 16 guns, pierced for 
 20, and 147 men, and of La Victorine of 16 guns and 
 82 men, the San Francisco of 14 guns and 53 men, 
 and Le Quatorze Juillet of 14 guns and 65 men. He 
 was also much employed in convoying the trade to 
 Quebec, the Mediterranean, and (the East India 
 ships) past the Canary Islands ; and on one occasion 
 he received a letter of thanks from the masters and 
 owners of a convoy, transmitted through the Admi- 
 ralty, for his care and attention to them. At the 
 close of the war, at which period the Santa Mae- 
 GARITA was serving on the Leeward Island station, 
 Capt. Parker's health obliged him to invalid. His 
 next appointments were, in 1804-5, to the Aego 44 
 and Stately 64, both attached to the force in the 
 North Sea; where, in the Stately, he was for a 
 time employed in blockading the enemy's squadron 
 in the Texel. Being sent, in Jan. 1808, on a parti- 
 cular service to the Baltic in command of three 
 ships of the line, it was his fate, on reaching Got- 
 tenborg, to be frozen up in the ice ; through which, 
 however, in the ensuing March, he caused a canal 
 to be cut, and thus extricated as well his own squa- 
 dron as a large convoy of merchantmen bound to 
 England. On 22 of the same month Capt. Parker, 
 then in company with the Nassau 64, had the good 
 fortune to fall in with, and, after an obstinate run- 
 ning fij?ht, attended with a loss to the Stately of 4 
 men kiUed and 28 wounded, to enforce the surrender, 
 on the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74-gun ship 
 Prindts Christian Frederic. The Nassau's loss in the 
 engagement did not exceed 2 killed and 16 wounded; 
 while that of the enemy (whose ship, having taken 
 the ground, was fired and blown up by her captors) 
 extended to as many as 55 killed and 88 wounded.* 
 Not long after this Capt. Parker was succeeded in 
 his command by Rear-Admiral Sir Sam. Hood, who 
 expressed his entire approbation of all the arrange- 
 ments he had made, and of the able conduct he had 
 manifested on every occasion. On the return of 
 the Stately to England he was appointed to the 
 Aboukir 74, in which ship (part of the Walcheren 
 expeditionary force) he continued employed in the 
 North Sea and Mediterranean until the end of 1813. 
 He then returned home in the Bombay 74, and did 
 not again go afloat. He became a Rear-Admiral 4 
 June, 1814 ; a Vice-Admiral 19 July, 1821 ; and a 
 full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837. His nomination to the 
 K.C.B. took place 6 June, 1833. 
 
 Sir Geo. Parker married a daughter of the late 
 Peter Bult, Esi^. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PARKER. (Commander, 1814. r-p.,13; h-p.,33.) 
 Henry Parker entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1801, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleislb 74, Capts. 
 Wm. Domett, Chas. Boyles, John Whitby, and 
 Wm. Hargood; In which ship he continued for a 
 period of six years and a half. At first he was sta- 
 tioned in the Channel ; he afterwards accompanied 
 Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit 
 of the combined squadrons of France and Spain ; 
 and on 21 Oct. 1805 he was present as Midshipman 
 (a rating he had attained in June, 1801) at the 
 battle of Trafalgar. He next, 14 Sept. 1806, wit- 
 nessed the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the 
 French 74-gun ship L'Tmpeltuvx; and in Nov. 1807, 
 on his return from a second visit to the West In- 
 dies, where he had removed with Capt. Hargood to 
 the Northumberland 74, he was ordered to join 
 the Swiftsure74, bearing the flag at Halifax of Sir 
 
 • fi'iJoOaz. 1808, -p. 63fi. 
 
PARKER. 
 
 857 
 
 John Borlase Warren. Under that officer (with the 
 exception of an interval between Nov. 1811 and 
 May, 1813, passed on board the Dragon 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Forrest, Fras, Aug. CoUier, and Robt. Barrie) 
 Mr. Parker, whose first commission bears date 28 
 April, 1808, continued almost uninterruptedly em- 
 ployed in the same ship and in the San Dominqo 
 74, part of the time as FJag-Lleutenant, until ad- 
 vanced to his present rank, 27 June, 1814. His last 
 appointment was to the Coast Guard, in which ser- 
 vice he remained from 3 Feb. 1832 until the early 
 part of 1835. 
 
 Commander Parker married, 10 April, 1822, Lady 
 Frances Theophila Anne Hastings, eldest daughter 
 of the late and sister of the present Earl of Hunting- 
 don. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 PAKKEK. (Retired Commandeb, 1836. F-p., 
 19; H-p., 34.) 
 Henky Dickson Pakkek was born in 1778. 
 This oflScer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1794, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Stately 64, Capt. Billy 
 Douglas, and in the summer of the following year 
 was present at the reduction of the Cape of Good 
 Hope, where he served on shore with the second 
 battalion of seamen under Capt. Temple Hardy. 
 After co-operating in the capture of the island of 
 Ceylon, and witnessing the surrender of the Dutch 
 squadron in Saldanha Bay, he became Master's 
 Mate, in Sept. 1796, of the Crescent 36, Capts. John 
 Wm. Spranger and Chas.; Brisbane, flag-ship for 
 some time of Kear-Admiral Thos. Pringle at the 
 Cape. In the following Dec. he was detached in 
 command, as Acting-Lieutenant, of the ISophro- 
 SYNE cutter, employed as a cartel, for the purpose 
 of conveying some prisoners taken at Foul Point, 
 Madagascar, to the Isle of France ; where, for the 
 want of hands to assist in navigating his vessel 
 back to the Cape of Good Hope, he was retained 
 until Oct. 1797. On the return of the Crescent to 
 England in the summer of 1798, Mr. Parker was 
 ordered to join the Kent 74, flag-ship of Lord 
 Duncan; in the North Sea. During the expedition 
 of 1799 to Holland we find him employed on shore 
 with a party of seamen under Lieut. Chas. Kiohard- 
 son, and attached to the army of Sir Kalph Aber- 
 cromby. After the surrender of Admiral Story's 
 squadron he returned to England in one of the 
 Dutch 68's. In Dec. 1800 he was received on board 
 the Foodroyant 80, bearing the flag in the Medi- 
 terranean of Lord Keith ; and, on 10 Feb. 1801, he 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Pegasus 
 28, armee-en-flute^ Capt. John Pengelley. While in 
 that ship, of which, in Jan. 1802, he became Acting- 
 First-Lieutenant, he was present at the landing of 
 the troops in Aboukir Bay, 8 March, 1801, and 
 during the subsequent operations in Egypt was em- 
 ployed in a Turkish gun-boat and on shore. Being 
 confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant U April, 1803, 
 he removed in that capacity, in the course of the 
 following month, to the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Robt. 
 Barlow, with whom he cruized for 18 months off 
 Toulon. From Dec. 1804 to May, 1805, Mr. Parker 
 remained on half -pay in consequence of a severe 
 liver complaint. He then joined the Elephant 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Dundas, in the North Sea ; and he was 
 afterwards appointed, on the Home and Baltic sta- 
 tions— 21 May, 1806, to the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Campbell, part of the force employed in the attack 
 upon Copenhagen — 6 Oct. 1807, to the Prince of 
 Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Jas. Gam- 
 bier— 21 Jan. and 14 May, 1808, to the Hyperion 
 36, and Venerable 74, Capts. Thos. Chas. Brodie 
 and Andrew King — 5 Feb. 1810 (after nine months 
 of half-pay) to the Scipion 74, Capt. Chas. Philip 
 Butler Bateraan— and, 17 March and 27 Nov. fol- 
 lowing, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Stately 64 
 and 'JTremendous 74, both commanded by Capt. 
 Kobt. Campbell. From June, 1811, to Nov. 1814, 
 Mr. Parker had charge of a signal-station in the 
 counties of Essex and Kent. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 23 Jan. 1836. 
 The Commander married, 4 May, 1839, Josephine 
 
 Maria, eldest daughter of Capt. Rich. Lyle Horn- 
 brook, B.M. (1833.) He had had a daughter by a 
 former marriage. 
 
 PAEKEE, C.B. (Eeak-Admikal of the White, 
 1841. F-p., 31 ; H-p., 20.) 
 
 Hyde Parker is son of the late Admiral Sir Hyde 
 Parker, Kt.,"' by his first wife, Anne, daughter of 
 John Palmer Boteler, Esq., of Henley ; half-brother 
 of Commander Chas. Parker, R.N. ; and grandson 
 of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Bart.f 
 One of his brothers, John, a Colonel in the Army, 
 married a daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir 
 Home Popham, K.C.B. ; and another, Harry, a 
 Lieutenant in the Guards, was killed at Talavera. 
 The Rear-Admiral is uncle of Capt. Harry Eyres, 
 R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 5 
 Feb. 1796 ; and embarked, in Sept. 1799, as a Volim- 
 teer, on board the Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge and Geo. Henry Towry, em- 
 ployed at first in the Channel and then in cruizing 
 among the Western Islands. In Nov. 1801 he re- 
 
 • Admiral Sir Hyde Parker was born in 1739. After serv- 
 ing with his iktber (the late Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 
 Bart.) as Midshipman in the Lively, Squirrel, and Bril- 
 liant, he was promoted, 25 Jan. 1758, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. Accompanying his parent, subsequently, into the Nor- 
 folk, Grafton, and Panther, he was present, in the 
 Grafton, at the siege of Pondicherry, and in the expedition 
 of 17ti2 against the Manilla Islands ; and in the Panther, at 
 the capture of the Sojitissima Trinidad galleon. He attained 
 Post-ranli 18 July, 1763, and he afterwards, between 1770 and 
 1790, commanded, in succession, the Boston 32, Phcenix 44, 
 Latona 38, and Goliath, Orion, and Brunswick 74's. For 
 his services in the Phcenix during the war with America, 
 where he took part in the attack upon New York, accom- 
 panied the expedition against Philadelphia, and conducted 
 the naval part of the operations on the Coast of Georgia, he 
 was rewarded with the honour of Knighthood 21 April, 1779, 
 In the Goliath Sir Hyde sailed with Lord Howe, in 1782, 
 for the relief of Gibraltar, and in the action with the com- 
 bined forces which followed the accomplishment of that 
 object, had the honour of leading tlie van division of the 
 fleet. In 1790 he was nominated a Colonel of Marines. On 
 attaining, in 1793, the rank of Kear-Admiial, he became 
 Captain of the Mediterranean fleet under Lord Hood, with 
 whom he served in that capacity at the occupation of foulon, 
 and at the reduction of Corsica. In 1795, having in the pre- 
 ceding year acquired the rank of Vice-Admiral and hoisted 
 his flag on board the St. Geoboe 98, he was afforded an op- 
 portunity of sharing in Admiral Hotham's two partial actions 
 with the French. He was afterwards, for three years, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief on the Jamaica station ; and oii his return 
 to England he was appointed to the chief command of the 
 Channel fleet. He had risen to the rank of full Admiral in 
 Feb. 1799. He closed his naval career by commanding in 
 chief the famous expedition which, in the battle of 2 April, 
 ISOl, broke the Northern Confederacy. For that service he 
 received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. He died 
 an Admiral of the Red 16 March, 1807. 
 
 f Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., served as Midship- 
 man under Commodore Anson in 1739-40, was made a Lieu- 
 tenant about 1744, and a Post-Captain in the Lively frigate 
 about 1747. Between 1757 and the period of his promotion 
 to Flag rank, which took place 23 Jan. 1778, he commanded 
 the Squirrel, Brilliant, Norfolk, Grafton, Panther, 
 and Invincible. ISi the Brilliant he served under Rear- 
 Admiral Rodney at the destruction of Havre-de-Grace in 
 1759; in the Nobfolk he assisted at the siege of Pondi- 
 cherry, and at the capture of the Manilla Islands in 1 762 ; and 
 in the Panther, in Nov. of the latter year, he made prize, 
 after a close action of two hours, of the Sajitissima Trinidad 
 Spanish galleon, pierced for 60 guns, carrying between 700 
 and 800 men, and valued at upwards of 500,000^. In 1778 
 Rear-Admiral Parker succeeded to the chief command in the 
 West Indies, where his exertions in protecting the commerce 
 of England, and in distressing that of the enemy, were highly 
 successful. On 17 April, 1780, he bore a distinguished part 
 in Sir George Rodney's partial engagement with the French 
 fleet under Admiral de Guichen, off Ste, Lucie; and in the 
 following'^ept. he was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral. 
 Being soon afterwards invested with the chief command iri 
 the North Sea, he there, on 5 Aug. 1781, with 7 sail of the 
 line, 4 frigates, and a cutter, fell in, near the Doggerbank 
 with a Dutch squadron, under Admiral Zoutman, consisting 
 of 6 line of battle ships, two of 44 guns each, and 4 frigates : 
 the whole of which, after a brilliant and most obstinate con- 
 flict of three hours and forty minutes, were compelled to 
 retire into the Texel, with the loss of one ship of the line. 
 On 13 Oct. 1782, Sir Hyde sailed for the East Indies with his 
 flag in the Cato 50, but he was never heard of after leaving 
 Kio de Janeiro on 12 Dec. 
 
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 PARKER. 
 
 moved as Midshipman to the Naecisshs 32, Capt. 
 Koss Donnelly ; and while in that frigate, of which he 
 ■was created an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant 
 6 Oct. 1803 and 24 Sept. 1804, he saw much active 
 service. On 11 July in the latter year, in particu- 
 lar, he assisted with the boats of his own ship and 
 of the Maidstone and Seahorse, 10 in number, 
 under the orders of Lieut. John Thompson, and 
 was highly spoken of for his conduct at the capture 
 and destruction of 12 settees, lying at La Vandour, 
 in the Bay of Hyeres, after a conflict, in which the 
 British, encountered by a tremendous fire of grape- 
 shot and musketry, as well from the vessels them- 
 selves as from a battery and the houses of the town, 
 sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 23 wounded.* 
 In the following year Mr. Parker, who in July, 1803, 
 had contributed to the capture of L'Alcycen, of 16 
 guns and 96 men, accompanied the expedition to 
 the Cape of Good Hope ; on her passage whither 
 the Narcissus, besides making prize of Le Presi- 
 dent privateer, of 12 guns and 70 men, retook the 
 English merchantship Horatio Nelsrm, mounting 22 
 guns, and drove on shore the Napoleon privateer, of 
 32 guns and 250 men. Subsequently to the reduc- 
 tion of the Cape, Mr. Parker, on the surrender 
 there of the 46-gun frigate Volontaire, was placed on 
 board that ship under the orders of Capt. Hon. 
 Josceline Percy. In June, 1806, having been ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Commander on 22 of the 
 preceding Jan., he went on half-pay. His next ap- 
 pointment was, in March, 1807, to the Prometheus 
 sloop ; from which vessel, for his services during 
 the expedition to Copenhagen, he was promoted, 13 
 Oct. following, to Post-rank. He afterwards ob- 
 tained command — 11 March, 1811, of the Mon- 
 mouth 64, bearing the flag in the Downs of Rear- 
 AdmiralThos. Foley— 15 April, 1812, of the Tene- 
 Dos 38, attached to the force on the coast of North 
 America, whence he returned in Aug. 1815 — 15 
 March, 1818, of the Iphigenia 46, which ship was 
 paid off 12 June, 1821—1 May, 1830, of the St. Vin- 
 cent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Foley at 
 Portsmouth— 16 Feb. 1831, of the Asia 84, on the 
 Lisbon station — 19 Dec. following, again of the 
 Victory, employed, as before, at Portsmouth, 
 where he remained until Feb. 1833— and, 29 Aug. 
 1835, for upwards of four years and a half, of the 
 Rodney 92, on the Mediterranean station. While 
 in the Tenedos Capt. Parker was engaged, in com- 
 pany with the Shannon 38, Capt. Philip Bowes 
 Vere Broke, in blockading, during the month of 
 April, 1813, the port of Boston, in which lay the 
 American frigates President and Congress;] he 
 afterwards, in April, 1814, united with the Junon 
 38, Capt. Clotworthy Upton, in chasing the Consti- 
 tution frigate into Marblehead Harbour, whither he 
 was only prevented from following her by a signal 
 of recall from the Junon ;J and, on 15 Jan. 1815, 
 he witnessed the surrender of the above-named 
 President to the British frigate Endymion, Capt. 
 Henry Hope. § In the Iphigenia, after having con- 
 veyed the Duke of Richmond to Quebec, he pro- 
 ceeded to the West Indies, where the fever in a 
 few weeks carried off 84 of his oflScers and men. 
 On 5 Sept. 1831 Capt. Parker was nominated an 
 Extra Naval Aide-de-Camp to King William IV. 
 He attained flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; and, from 4 
 Aug. 1842 until the close of 1847, he held the ap- 
 pointment of Admiral Superintendent at Ports- 
 mouth. In 1845 he commanded an experimental 
 squadron. He was nominated a C.B. 18 April, 
 1839. 
 
 llear-Admiral Parker married, 16 July, 1821, 
 Caroline, daughter of the late Sir Fred. Morton 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 1239. 
 
 + On 21 of the foUowinj^ month, being in company with 
 the CirnLKW brig, he took the Enierprize American schooner 
 privateer of 4 guns (pierced for 18") and 91 men. 
 
 X In Sept. 1814 he commanded the squadron employed in 
 co-operation with the troops under Lieut.-Colonel Pilkington 
 at the reduction of .Machias, the last post possessed'by the 
 enemy between the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Bay. — 
 Vide Gaz. 1814, pp. 2026, 2121. 
 
 } Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 281. 
 
 Eden, Bart., and sister of Capt. Chas. Eden, R.N. 
 By that lady he has issue. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 PAKKEE. (CoMMANDEB, 1847.) 
 
 Hyde Pabkeb obtained his first commission 5 
 April, 1844; and, from 15 May, 1846, until advanced 
 to his present rank 4 Aug, 1847, was employed in 
 the Pacific on board the Constance 50, Capt. Sir 
 Baldwin Wake Walker. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 PARKER. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 32; h-p., 10.) 
 John Parker entered the Navy, 1 May, 1805, as 
 A.B., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. Thos. Sec- 
 combe, bearing the flag in the Downs of Rear- 
 Admiral John Holloway; and in the course of the 
 same year was present, we are informed, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the boats of the Vesuvius bomb, in an 
 attack upon the Boulogne flotilla. While serving 
 next with Capt. Seccombe in the Glatton 50, he 
 assisted in the boats of that ship at the cutting out, 
 1 March, 1807, of a Turkish' corvette of 10 guns, 
 lying at anchor in the port of Sigri, in the Grecian 
 archipelago, where the resistance encountered by 
 the British killed their commanding oificer, Lieut. 
 Edw. Watson, and 4 men, and wounded 9, including 
 Mr. Parker, whom, in the course of the same year, 
 we find employed in a gun-boat on Lake Mareotis, 
 in co-operation with the army during the expedi- 
 tion to'Egypt. On 30 Jan. 1808 he chanced, with 
 Capt. Seccombe, to be on board the Delight 16, 
 Capt. Philip Cosby Handfield, when that vessel, in 
 an endeavour to re-capture four Sicilian gun- vessels, 
 took the ground near Reggio, and was obliged to 
 surrender, after losing, from an exposure of 15 
 hours to a galling fire from the enemy's batteries 
 and troops, two-thirds of her crew, together with 
 her Commander and Capt. Seccombe. In the fol- 
 lowing May he became attached to the Standard 
 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey ; previously to accompany- 
 ing whom, in March, 1809, into the Majestic 74, 
 he aided in cutting out an armed schooner near 
 Otranto, and in spiking the guns of a battery at 
 Cape St. Mary's. While serving as Master's Mate 
 in the Majestic Mr. Parker was wounded in her 
 boats in escorting a convoy through the Great 
 Belt; and on his removal in 1810 to the Solebay 
 32, Capt. Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, he beat 
 off, in a prize, a Danish privateer. On his arrival 
 in the East Indies in the Malacca 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Butterfield, he was^nominated, 9 June, 1812, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the' Phcenix 36, Capt. Jas. Bowen ; 
 under whom, it appears, he accompanied an expe- 
 dition against the pirates of Sambas, in the island 
 of Borneo. After a servitude of 20 months, the 
 chief part of the time as a Supernumerary, in the 
 Illustrious 74, Capt. Joseph Prior, Barracoota 
 sloop, Capt. Chas. Hawkey, Minden 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Sara. Hood (by whom he was employed in sur- 
 veying the neighbourhood of Trincomalee), Stir- 
 ling Castle, and Cornwallis, of similar force, 
 Capts. Sir Home Popham and Stephen Thos. Digby, 
 and Monmouth 64, Capt. Wm. Wilkinson, he was 
 made Lieutenant, 29 Nov. 1814, into the Spencer 
 74, Capts. Rich. Raggett andWm. Robt. Broughton, 
 stationed at first on the coast of North America, 
 and then at Plymouth, where, for nine months, he 
 had command of a tender. We may here mention 
 that on leaving the Stirling Castle he received 
 from Sir Home Popham a very flattering letter for 
 the zeal and exertions he had exhibited while under 
 his orders. The Spencer being paid off in Aug. 
 1818 he was next in succession appointed — 3 Dec. 
 1822, to the Northumberland 78, Capt. Thos. Jas. 
 Maling, lying at Sheerness — 27 Feb. 1823, as First, 
 to the Eclair 18, Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone 
 and Thos. Bourchier, fitting for South America — 
 5 June, 1824, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Gordon 
 Thos. Falcon, on the latter station — and, 13 Sept. 
 1825, as Senior, to the Volage 28, Capts. Hon. Rich. 
 Saunders Dundas, Robt. Tait, and Michael Seymour. 
 Attaining the rank of Commander 26 Feb. 1829, 
 Capt. Parker was nominated, 12 March following, 
 Second-Captain of the Southampton 52, flag-ship 
 
PARKER. 
 
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 of Sir Edw. W. C. B. Owen, in the East Indies; 
 where he was placed in command, 12 May, 1831, of 
 the Cruizek 18.* That vessel being paid off about 
 Jan. 1834, he was appointed, 11 April, in the same 
 year, to the Hastings 74, hearing the flag at Lisbon 
 of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, under whom he served for a 
 period of three years and nine months. He at- 
 tained his present rank 28 June, 1838, and was 
 afterwards, 18 March, 1839, and 18 Aug. 1841, 
 placed in command of the Winchester 50, flag-ship 
 of Sir Thos. Harvey, and Vestal 26, both on the 
 North America and West India station. Since the 
 autumn of 1842, at which period the latter vessel 
 was put out of commission, Capt. Parker has been 
 on half-pay. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 PAKKEE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 26.) 
 
 Robert Brockholes Parker, born 19 Aug. 1790, 
 is eldest son of the late Edw. Parker, Esq., of 
 Clithero, by Sarah, daughter of John Leaper, Esq., 
 of Kellet House, co. Lancaster. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1808, as 
 L.M., on board the Semibamis 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Granger, attached to the force on the Lisbon sta- 
 tion, where he attained the rating of Midshipman 
 in Sept. 1809, and in April, 1810, followed the same 
 Captain into the Csisak 80. Kemoving, in May, 
 1811, to the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Pop- 
 ham, he assisted in that ship, in the course of 1812, 
 at the reduction of Lequeytio and Castro, on the 
 north coast of Spain ; also in the attacks made upon 
 Puerta Galetta, Guetaria, and Santander ; anii at 
 the destruction of the fortifications of Bermeo, 
 Plenoia, Galea, Algorta, Begona, El Campillo las 
 Quersas, and Xebiles. In Aug. 1814, after having 
 escorted Earl Moira to India in the Stirling 
 Castle 74, also commanded by Sir H. Popham, he 
 joined the Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge, sta- 
 tioned in the Channel; whence, in the ensuing 
 month, he sailed for North America, as a Super- 
 numerary, in the Liverpool 50, Capt. Arthur Far- 
 quhar. Being nominated, on his arrival. Master's 
 Mate of the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, he was afforded an opportunity, in con- 
 sequence, of sharing in the operations against New 
 Orleans. He returned to England in March, 1815, 
 in the Akmide 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge ; 
 attained his present rank 20 Sept. following ; was 
 subsequently, between Feb. 1825 and the early part 
 of 1827, employed in the Aurora 46, and, as First- 
 Lieutenant, in the Ariadne 26, Capts. John Max- 
 well and Adolphus FitzClarence ; and since 21 
 June, 1843, has been officiating as Admiralty Agent 
 in a contract mail steam- vessel. 
 
 Lieut. Parker married, 19 June, 1816, Sarah, 
 daughter of John Cundale, Esq., of Snab Green, 
 near Lancaster, by whom he has issue two sons and 
 two daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 PAKKEE. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 12; h-p., 31.) 
 Walter Turner Parker was born 5 Feb. 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1804, as 
 Third-ol. Vol., on board the Insolent gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Row Morris, under whom 
 he was for three years actively employed, part of 
 the time as Midshipman, on the Channel and Medi- 
 terranean stations. On his removal, in Aug. 1807, 
 to the Desperate, another gun-brig, commanded 
 in succession by Lieuts. John Price, Jas. Leach, 
 Joshua Birks, Thos. EUery, and Geo. Green, he was 
 at first engaged in attendance on the Copenhagen 
 expedition, and next in blockading the enemy's 
 ports and in destroying their trade on the coast of 
 France ; where, it appears, he took part in many 
 hazardous cutting-out affairs, was on one occasion 
 wounded in the head, and at times landed in charge 
 of secret papers. After witnessing the operations 
 in the Scheldt, whence he brought a gun-boat, No. 
 31, to England, Mr. Parker was received, in March, 
 1810, on board the Grampus 50, Capt. Wm. Han- 
 
 * Prior to joining the Crtjizer Capt. Pnrker commanded 
 for a time tlie Satellite 18. 
 
 well. On his return home with convoy from China, 
 whither he had also escorted the trade, he joined, in 
 Nov. 1811, the Raven 16, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Len- 
 nock ; in which vessel, on 3 July, 1812, we find him, 
 in face of the enemy's fleet at Flushing, and under 
 the very guns of that enemy's forts, assisting in a 
 dashing attack made by her on 14 brigs (each armed 
 with 3 or 4 long 24-pounders), three of which were 
 driven on shore. In Dec. of the same year he was 
 sent in charge of a prize to North Yarmouth ; but 
 the vessel on her passage taking fire, he was under 
 the necessity of abandoning her, and of remaining 
 in consequence exposed, until picked up, to several 
 hours of intense hardship. He afterwards went 
 back to the Raven, and continued in her until 
 Sept. 1813. Becoming attached, in Feb. 1814, to 
 the DioMEDE 50, armee-en-Jlute, Capt. Chas. Montagu 
 Fabian, he sailed in that ship for Quebec; from 
 which place, in the ensuing June, he proceeded as a 
 Volunteer to Lake Ontario, and there joined the 
 Prince Regent 56, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Sir Jas. Lucas Teo, by whom he was in succession 
 transferred to various vessels, and for a time en- 
 trusted with the command of a gun-boat. On his 
 arrival home in a transport in Dec. 1815, he was 
 promoted for his services to the rank of Lieutenant 
 by a commission bearing date 17 of the preceding 
 March. His last appointment was, 31 Jan. 1833, to 
 the Coast Guard, in which he remained nearly two 
 years. 
 
 Lieut. Parker married, 3 Oct. 1819, Rachel, 
 daughter of Wm. Smith, Esq., of Wickford Hall, 
 CO. Essex, by whom he has issue three children. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 PAEKER, Bart., G.C.B. (Vice-Admieal of 
 THE White, 1841. f-p., 30; h-p., 24.) 
 
 Sir William Parker is immediately descended 
 from a younger son of Sir Thos. Parker, Kt., who 
 held the office of Lord Chief Baron of the Exche- 
 quer for a period terminating in Oct. 1772 ; and is a 
 relative of the present Thos. Hawe Parker, Esq., of 
 Park Hall, co. Stafford, a Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 that shire. He is nephew of the late Earl St. Vin- 
 cent. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1793, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Orion 74, Capt. 
 John Thos. Duckworth ; in which ship he served 
 for some time in the West Indies, and was present, 
 as Midshipman, in the actions of 28 and 29 May 
 and 1 June, 1794. Following Capt. Duckworth, in 
 March, 1795, into the Leviathan 74, he soon again 
 sailed for the West Indies, where, besides assisting 
 at the capture of a large number of the enemy's 
 vessels, he took part in the unsuccessful attack 
 made in March, 1796, on the town of Leogane, St, 
 Domingo. On 6 May and 24 June, 1798, he was 
 successively nominated (after an unemployed inter- 
 val of 18 months) Acting-Lieutenant, on the Jamaica 
 station, of the Magicienne frigate, Capts. Wm. 
 Henry Bicketts and Wm. Ogilvy, and Queen 98, 
 flag-ship of Sir Hyde Parker ; by whom, from 29 
 April, 1799, until the receipt of his first Admiralty 
 commission bearing date 5 Sept. in the same year, 
 he was entrusted with the command of the Volage 
 22, and of the Amabanthe and Pelican sloops. 
 Attaining the rank of Commander 10 Oct. 1799, 
 Capt. Parker, after intermediately commanding the 
 Abergavenny 54, was appointed, 11 Nov. following, 
 to the Stork 18 ; in which vessel, employed in the 
 West Indies, North Sea, and Channel, he made prize 
 of La Legere French packet, of 14 guns and 50 men, 
 laden with a valuable cargo, and contributed, in 
 company with La Constance 24, Capt. Zachary 
 Mudge, to the capture of JEl Cantara Spanish pri- 
 vateer of 22 guns and 110 men, and of her consort 
 a lugger mounting 10 guns. On the occasion of his 
 promotion to Post rank, 9 Oct. 1801, Capt. Parker 
 was appointed to L'OiSEAn .36 ; and on 8 Nov. 1802, 
 after having held command for eight months of the 
 Alarm 32, and conveyed a body of German troops 
 to Holland, he joined the Amazon 38. In that ship, 
 at the commencement of the late war with France 
 
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 PARKER. 
 
 he brought the Duke of Kent home from Gibraltar ; 
 and, on hia return to the Mediterranean, so distin- 
 guished himself on several occasions, particularly 
 by his spirited conduct in chasing a French frigate 
 into Toulon, that he excited the admiration and se- 
 cured the friendship of the immortal Nelson ; with 
 whom, in 1805, we find him pursuing the combined 
 squadrons to the West Indies and back. Previously 
 to the latter event Capt. Parker had had the for- 
 tune, 16 July, 1803, to effect the capture of Le Felix 
 privateer of 16 guns and 96 men. He afterwards, 12 
 Sept. 1805, took the Principe de la Paz Spanish pri- 
 vateer, mounting 24 9-pounders and 4 brass swivels, 
 with a complement of 160 men ; and on 13 March, 
 1806, he signalized himself by his meritorious and 
 gallant behaviour throughout a long running fight, 
 which terminated in the surrender to the London 
 98, and to the Amazon, whose loss extended to 
 4 men killed and 5 wounded, of the Marengo 80, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40- 
 gun frigate BeUe Poule.* In the summer of 1809, 
 Capt. Parker was employed in active co-operation 
 with the patriots on the coast of Galicia, especially 
 at Ferrol, where he landed at the head of a party of 
 seamen.f On 23 March, 1811, he captured Le Cu- 
 pidon French privateer of 14 guns and 82 men. 
 Quitting the Amazon in Feb. 1812, he was next, 11 
 Oct. 1827, appointed to the Wakspite 76; from 
 which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he was 
 transferred, 29 Dec. 1828, to the Prince Kegeht 
 yacht. On 1 May, 1831, Rear-Admiral Parker (who 
 had attained Flag rank 22 July, 1830, and been no- 
 minated a C.B. 4 June, 1815) was invested with the 
 chief command on the Lisbon station, which he con- 
 tinued to hold — occasionally commanding an experi- 
 mental squadron — until 11 July, 1834.J On 16 of 
 that month he was created a K.O.B. He became, 
 10 days later, a Lord of the Admiralty ; and on 
 resigning that appointment was constituted, 12 
 May, 1841, Naval Commander-in-Chief in the East 
 Indies ; whither he sailed with his flag in the Cokn- 
 WAXLis 72. As a reward for the brilliancy and im- 
 portance of his ensuing services in China^ where he 
 superintended all the operations from the taking of 
 Amoy in Aug. 1841 to the pacification of Nanking 
 in 1842,§ and was often personally engaged both 
 afloat and on shore, he was nominated a G.C.B. 2 
 Deo. 1842, and raised, on his return to England in 
 
 1844, to the dignity of a Baronet. Since 27 Feb. 
 
 1845, Sir Wm. Parker (he had become a Vioe-Ad- 
 miral 23 Nov. 1841) has been in chief command 
 on the Mediterranean station with his flag in the 
 HiBEKNiA 104. He was awarded the Good Service 
 pension of 300/. per annum 26 April, 1844 ; and ap- 
 pointed, 19 Dec. 1846, First and Principal Aide- 
 de-Camp to the Queen. 
 
 He married, 7 June, 1810, Frances Anne, youngest 
 daughter of Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bart., by whom 
 he has issue. 
 
 PAKKER. (Lieutenant, 1801.) 
 
 William Parker entered the Navy, in March, 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Diadem 64, Capt. Andw. 
 Sutherland, with whom, after witnessing, as Mid- 
 shipman, the occupation of Toulon, he removed, in 
 Aug. 1794, to the Berwick 74. On leaving that 
 ship, which for a time was commanded by Capt. 
 Chas. Tyler, he successively joined the St. George 
 98, Britansxa 100, and Goliath 74, all under the 
 orders, the two former as flag-ships of Sir Hyde 
 Parker, of Capt. Thos. Foley. In the St. George 
 he fought in Hotham's two actions with the French 
 fleet in 1795 ; he took part, in the Britannia, in 
 the battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797; and 
 in the Goliath he shared in the glories of the Nile 
 1 Aug. 1798. He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after 
 having acted for 12 months as such) in the Druid 
 32, Capt. Chas. Apthorp, 16 March, 1801 ; and he 
 was subsequently (having first obtained the Turkish 
 gold medal for his services during the campaign in 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806. t V. Gaz. 1809, p. 1040. 
 
 } Hia flag, during tho ]3eriad, was flying in the Asia 84, 
 j Fide Gaz. I8iii, passim. 
 
 Egypt) appointed— 2 Nov. 1801, to the Champion 
 24, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, attached to the force 
 in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in Sept. 
 1802—16 Nov. 1803, and 13 Sept. 1806, to the com- 
 mand of the Cleveland and Neptune hired ves- 
 sels, in which he served in the Channel until Dec. 
 1809— 16 May, 1810, for four months, to the Savage 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Ferrie, on the West India station 
 — 18 March, 1811, to the Hebe hired armed ship, 
 commanded at first by Capt. Edw. Elliott, next by 
 himself, and then again by Capt. Elliott, in the 
 North Sea and Baltic — 17 Dec. 1812, to the charge, 
 which he retedned until May, 1814, of a Signal-sta- 
 tion on the north coa«t of Ireland — 3 July, 1817, to 
 the command of the Neptune, for the purpose of 
 superintending a division of the Plymouth Ordinary 
 — in 1824, to the ofiice of Agent for Transports 
 Afloat — 25 April, 1834, again to the Ordinary at 
 Plymouth, where he became, 1 Aug. 1836, Senior of 
 the San Josef 110, Capts. Kich. Thomas and John 
 Hancock — and, towards the close of 1837, to an Ad- 
 miralty Agency on board a contract mail steam- 
 vessel. He has held an appointment, since 26 Nov. 
 1838, in the K.N. Hospital at Haslar. 
 
 Lieut. Parker is married, and has issue. One of 
 his daughters, Mary, is the wife of John Brickwood, 
 Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N. (1840), now serv- 
 ing on board the Odim steam-frigate of 560 horse- 
 power. 
 
 PARKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 29.) 
 
 William Frederick Parker entered the Navy, 
 27 July, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal 
 George 100, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the 
 flag in the Channel of Vice- Admiral Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth. From March, 1809, until March, 1814, 
 he served, on the Mediterranean, West India, and 
 Home stations, chiefly in the capacities of Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, in the Spider, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Sandford Oliver, Ptlades 18, Capt. 
 G^o. Ferguson, Spider again (commanded at fcst 
 by Lieut. Oliver, and next by Capt. Frank Gore 
 Willock), Elizabeth, Lieut.-Commander Dwyer, 
 Demeraba, Capt. Wm. Henry Smith, and Cressi 
 and Egmont 74's, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and Jo- 
 seph Bingham. Being then nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Porcupine 22, Capt. John Coode, he 
 took part in the ensuing operations on the Gironde, 
 where he witnessed the destruction of a French 
 line-of-battle ship, 3 brigs of war, several smaller 
 vessels, and of all the ioxts and batteries on the 
 north side of the river. After again serving as Mas- 
 ter's Mate in the Egmont, and also in the Queen 74, 
 the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Pen- 
 rose, he took up, in June, 1815, a commission hear- 
 ing date 3 of the preceding March. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 6 July, 1816, to the Hecla 
 bomb, Capt. Wm. Popham, whom he accompanied 
 in the ensuing expedition against Algiers — 2 Nov. 
 following, and 3 July, 1817, to the Conqueror 74, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Bobt. Plampin, and, as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the Griffon 16, Capt. Wm. 
 Elliot Wright, both on the St. Helena station, 
 whence he returned in Sept. 1818 — and, in July, 
 1824, for a short period, to the Beaver 10, Capt. 
 John Jas. Onslow, attached to the force in the West 
 Indies. Since he left the latter vessel he has been 
 on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PARKER, Bart. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 39.) 
 
 Sir William George Parker was bom 19 Aug. 
 1787, and died 24 March, 1848, at Plymouth. He 
 was eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. 
 Parker, Bart.,* by Jane, eldest daughter of Edw. 
 
 • Sir Wm. Parker was born in Kent in 1 743. Prior to 1778, 
 in which yeir he was advanced to Post-rank, he served, we be- 
 lieve, under Lord Shuldham and Admiral Byron. During the 
 war with America he commanded the Deal Ca8tt.b, Maid- 
 stone, and IpHiosNiA frigates; as he subsequently did the 
 DicTAToE 64, Jupiter 50, Formidable 9«, and Audacious 
 74. In the Jupiter he was for three years Commodore and 
 Commander-in-Chief on the Leeward Island station ; and in 
 
PARKHURST-PARKIN. 
 
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 ColUngwood, Esq., of Greenwich. One of his sisters, 
 Jane, married the late Capt. Geo. Cook, R.N. ; a 
 second, Sarah, the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bing- 
 ham ; a third, Susannah, the late Capt. Wm. Hawk- 
 well Bowen, K.N. ; and a fourth, Mary, Colonel 
 Peter Eoberton. Sir W. G. Parker was uncle of 
 the present Commander Parker Duckworth Bing- 
 ham, R.N., and also of Lieut. A. F. J. Bowen. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1794, on 
 board the Eaisonhabi.e 64, Capt. Rich. Parker, 
 fitting for the flag of his father, Kear-Admiral Wm. 
 Parker ; with whom, in Feb. 1795, he sailed for the 
 "West Indies, and in July, 1796, returned to England 
 in the Swiftsure 74. Rejoining the Rear-Admiral, 
 in the following Dec., on board the Pmnce George 
 98, he fought with him in the action off Cape St. 
 A^noent 14 Feb. 1797 ; shortly after which event he 
 left the Prince George. He rejoined her, how- 
 ever, in Oct. 1798 ; and after serving for a time with 
 his father off Cadiz, and with him in the America 
 74 at Halifax, was received on board the Boston 32, 
 Capt. John Erskine Douglas. On 10 Oct. and 9 Nov. 
 1802 he was successively nominated Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Cdmberland and Leviathan 74's, 
 Capts. Wm. Henry Bayntun and Rich. Dalling 
 Dunn ; to the latter of which ships, bearing the 
 flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Jamaica, he 
 was confirmed 2 Feb. 1803. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 2 April, 1803, to the De Royter 
 68, Capt. Volant Vasnon Ballard, cruizing in the 
 Atlantic — 14 Oct. following and 25 Jan. 1805, to 
 L' AiMABLE and La Renommee frigates, Capts. Wm. 
 Bolton and Sir Thos. Livingstone, employed off 
 Flushing and Boulogne, and in the Mediterranean 
 —25 Nov. 1806, to the Royal George 100, flag-ship 
 of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, whom he accompa^ 
 nied in the expedition to the Dardanells — and, 1 
 May, 1810, after two years of half-pay, to the An- 
 telope 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to the same officer 
 at Newfoundland. While attached to La Renom- 
 mee, Sir Wm. Parker assisted at the capture, 4 
 April, 1806, under the flre of Fort Callaretes, of the 
 Vigilante Spanish brig-of-war, of 18 guns and 109 
 men. He next, on 4 of the ensuing May, with the 
 boats of the same ship and of the Nadtilds 18 
 under his orders, boarded, carried, and brought out 
 from under the fire of the guns of the town and 
 Torre de Vieja, and also from under the fire of 
 more than 100 musketeers, the Spanish schooner 
 Giffanta, of 9 guns and 38 men. " When it is con- 
 sidered," says the official report of his Captain, ad- 
 dressed to Lord CoUingwood, " that this schooner 
 was moored with a chain witliin half-pistol shot of 
 the shore, that she had boarding nettings up, and 
 was in every way prepared to receive our boats, as 
 were also the batteries and musketeers, too much 
 praise cannot be given to the officers and men em- 
 ployed ; and I am confident their conduct will meet 
 your Lordship's approbation." * On the night of 
 21 Oct. following the boats of La RenommSe, under 
 the direction of Sir Wm. Parker, entered the port 
 of Colon, in the island of Majorca, and, in the face 
 of a fire from the vessels lying there, and of one from 
 the town of Falconara, gallantly hoarded and took 
 a Spanish tartan, mounting 4 guns, and two settees, 
 deeply laden with grain, one of them armed. The 
 latter were with great difficulty brought out ; but 
 the tartan, having got on shore, was set fire to and 
 
 the Audacious he distinguished himself by the gallant man- 
 ner in which, during Lord Howe's action of 28 May, 1794, he 
 defeated the French lio-gun ship Revulutwnnairey after a 
 close and furious engagement of nearly two hours. As a 
 reward for his valour he was presented, in the course of the 
 same year, with a gold medal, was promoted to Flag-rank, 
 and appointed Commander-in Chief at Jamaica. Being sub- 
 sequently sent to reinforce the fleet under SirJohn Jervis. he 
 fought with that ofBcer in the action off Cape St. Vincent 14 
 Feb. 1797; and in acknowledgment of his services on the 
 occasion, was raised, 24 June following, to the dignity of a 
 Baronet, besides being presented by tiie King with a gold 
 medal and chain, and by the City of London witli its free- 
 dom in agold box. His last appointment was on the Halifax 
 station, where he commanded in cliief from March 1800 until 
 some time in the following year. He died of apoplexy at 
 Ham, near Richmond, co. Siurey, 31 Dec. 1802. 
 • rWcGaa. 1800, p. 828. 
 
 destroyed. In the execution of this enterprise the 
 British had only one man wounded. During the 
 ensuing night Sir Wm. Parker brought off, from 
 under the guns of Falconara, a settee, carrying 2 
 guns. On the occasion he was much annoyed by a 
 fire of musketry from behind the bushes, which 
 wounded one of his men ; and in order to put a 
 stop to the mischief he landed with a few sailors 
 and marines, killed 1 Spaniard, and drove away the 
 remainder.* Being awarded a second promotal 
 commission dated 29 Nov. 1810, he succeeded, 1 Feb. 
 1812 and 21 May, 1813, in obtaining command of 
 the RiNALDO 10 and Fly 16. In the former vessel 
 he contributed, 4 May, 1812 (in a manner that 
 procured him the official thanks of the Senior officer 
 present, Capt. A. Cunningham, of the Bermuda 
 sloop), to the capture, under the fire of a battery 
 near Boulogne, of the Apelles brig-of-war ; f and in 
 the Fly he made a voyage to Brazil. He acquired 
 Post-rank 6 June, 1814 ; and accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Sir Wm. Geo. Parker married, 29 Aug. 1808, Eli- 
 zabeth, daughter of Jas. Chas. Still, Esq., of East 
 Knoyle, Wilts, and has left a large family. 
 
 PAUKHURST. (LlEDTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Percy Parkhdrst died in Nov. 1846 on board 
 the Rose, and was buried at sea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1829 ; passed 
 his examination in 1836 ; and, participating in the 
 operations on the coast of China, was in particular 
 mentioned for his gallantry and zeal at the forcing 
 of the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa; 
 during their advance on which place the boats of 
 the Samarang 28, in conjunction with the Nemesis 
 steamer, destroyed, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 4 p.m. 
 on 15 March, 1841, five forts, one battery, two mili- 
 tary stations, and nine war-junks, in which collec- 
 tively were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls. J For the above^ 
 and other services, including the capture of Canton, 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 
 1841. His succeeding appointments were — 17 Sept. 
 1841, to the Styx steam-vessel, Capt. Alex. Thos. 
 Emeric Vidal, fitting for service at the Azores — 20 
 Dec. 1842, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Bar- 
 nard, lying at Plymouth — and, 16 May, 1843, to the 
 Rose 18, Capts. Henry Rich. Sturt and Rich. Wilson 
 Pelly, on the North America and West India station, 
 where he died. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PARKIN. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 16.) 
 James Lamport Parkin entered the Navy, 13 
 April, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aciiille 
 74, Capts. Sir Rich. King, Hon. Geo. Beneage 
 Lawrence Dundas, and Aiskew Paffard Hollis. 
 During his attachment to that ship he accompanied 
 the expedition to Flushing, cruized off Cherbourg 
 and Cadiz, and was for a time employed, in the 
 capacity of ]\Iidshipman, in blockading the French 
 and Venetian squadrons at Venice, consisting of 
 three line-ot-battle ships and a frigate ready for 
 sea, and of several of each class fitting in the arsenal. 
 After a servitude of three years and a half on the 
 Mediterranean, North American, and St. Helena 
 stations in the Havannah 36, Capts. Hon. Geo. 
 Cadogan, Jas. Black, Edw. Reynolds Sibly, and 
 Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he was received, in July, 
 1816, as Master's Mate, on board the Minden 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Paterson, under whom he took part in 
 the bombardment of Algiers, and then sailed for 
 the East Indies; where he became, 11 March, 1817, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Orlando 36, flag-ship of 
 Sir Rich. King, and, 12 Feb. and 1 May, 1818, 
 Acting-Second-Master and full Lieutenant of the 
 MiNDEN, then the flag-ship of Sir Rich. King. The 
 latter vessel being paid off' about 1820 he was sub- 
 sequently appointed — 23 Oct. 1823, to the Ocean 80, 
 flag-ship of Lord Amelius Beauclerk off Lisbon, 
 where he remained three years — 22 Oct. 1828, as 
 First, to the Cruizer 18, Capts. John Edw. Griffith 
 Colpoys and John Parker, with whom he served in 
 
 • r^ide Gaz. 1806, p. 1568. f ^. Ga^. 1812, p. 853. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1841, p, 1600. 
 
862 
 
 PARKIN-PARKINSON— PARKMAN— PARKS— PARLEY. 
 
 the East Indies until 1832— and, 3 May, 183i, to the 
 Hastings 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir \Vm. Hall 
 Gage at Lisbon. "While attached to the Ckuizeb, 
 of which vessel he held the command for a short 
 period, Lieut. Parkin was actively employed on the 
 Swan River. He was advanced to his present rank, 
 on the return home of the Hastings, 23 Deo. 1837 ; 
 and has since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
 PARKIN. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 26.) 
 John Pengellt Parkin entered the Navy, 31 
 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achillb 
 74, commanded by the late Sir Rich. King ; and on 
 21 of the following Oct. was present as Midshipman 
 in the action off Cape Trafalgar. He was afterwards 
 in the same ship at the blockade of Ferrol and 
 Cherbourg, and at the defence of Cadiz. In March, 
 
 1811, he followed Sir Rich. King into the San Josef 
 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Mediterra^ 
 nean ; on his return whence he joined, in March, 
 
 1812, the Hekmes 20, Capt. Philip Browne. He 
 removed, in the following Oct., to the Salvador 
 DEL MuNDO, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder at 
 Plymouth, where he remained until March, 1813. 
 Being then again placed under the orders of Sir 
 Rich. King, whose flag was flying in the Mediterra- 
 nean on board the San Josef, he continued em- 
 ployed with him, alternately in the capacities of 
 Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, until again 
 transferred, in Aug. 1814, to the Salvador del 
 Mdndo, flag-ship at the time of Admiral Wm. 
 Domett. On 15 Sept. in the latter year he was 
 confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant. His next ap- 
 pointments were — 25 Oct. and 8 Deo. 1815, to the 
 St. George and Impregnable 98*s, flag-ships of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth at Plymouth — and, 6 March, 
 1816, to the Magicienne 36, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Rich. King in the East Indies ; on which station 
 he was made Commander, 12 Dec. 1816, into the 
 Bacchus 18. He returned to England about 1820 ; 
 and was lastly, from 11 Feb. 1840 until advanced 
 to his present rank 28 Aug. 1841, employed as 
 Second-Captain in the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. 
 Barnard ; under whom he took part in the opera^ 
 tions on the coast of Syria and was present at the 
 blockade of Alexandria. He has since been on 
 half-pay. Agents — Messrs. StilweU. 
 
 PARKINSON. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 "William Fredebick W. Parkinson passed his 
 examination 2 March, 1837 ; was for some time 
 Mate of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Graham 
 Moore at Plymouth; and for his services in that 
 capacity in China on board the Cambrian 36, Capt. 
 Henry Ducie Chads, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.* His next and last ap- 
 pointment was, 20 Jan. 1844, to the Volage 26, 
 Capt. Sir "Wm. Dickson ; under whom he was em- 
 ployed on particular service until paid off in 1845. 
 He was awarded a pension for wounds 22 Dec. 1846. 
 
 PARKMAN. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 19; h-p., 34.) 
 John Pakkman, born at Portsea, co. Hants, is 
 son of the late Mr. John Parkman, an old and well- 
 known Pilot for the coast of France. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1794, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Robust 74 ; in which 
 ship, successively commanded by Capts. Edw. 
 Thombrough, Geo. Countess, Wm. Brown, John 
 Acworth Ommanney, and "Wm. Henry Jervis, he 
 continued until July, 1802. In 1795 he was present 
 in Lord Bridport's action, and in the expedition to 
 Quiberon; he assisted afterwards at the blockade 
 of Brest, L'Orient, and La Rochelle ; and on 12 Oct. 
 1798 he contributed, off the coast of Ireland, to the 
 capture, with a loss to the Robdst of 10 killed and 
 40 wounded, of the French 74-gun ship Le Ilocke, 
 one of a squadron commanded by Commodore Bom- 
 part. Previously to the latter affair he had aided 
 ju landing a body of troops at "Wexford. At the 
 
 commencement of 1802 he made a voyage to the 
 West Indies. After an attachment of a few months, 
 as Admiralty-Midshipman, to the Diamond 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, he was nominated, in 
 June, 1803, Master's Mate of the Magnificent 74, 
 commanded by his former Captain W. H. Jervis ; 
 under whom he was wrecked during a gale of wind 
 off Brest 25 March, 1804. He was in consequence 
 detained a prisoner in France until the end of the 
 war. His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took 
 place 20 Nov. 1812. 
 
 He married, 10 Aug. 1810, at Verdun, and has 
 issue 12 children. Agents — Pettett and Newton. 
 
 PARKS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Abraham Parks entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1806, 
 as Clerk, on board the Sandwich, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Emanuel Hungerford, lying in the River 
 Medway, where he attained the rating of Midship- 
 man in April, 1808, and in the following Sept. re- 
 moved to the Irresistible prison-ship, Lieut. -Com- 
 mander Poynter Crane. Becoming attached, in 
 Jan. 1809, to the SiRios 36, Capt. Sam. Pym, he 
 assisted in that vessel at the reduction, in the ensuing 
 Sept., of the town of St. Paul's, in the He de Bour- 
 bon. On his return to England in July, 1810, in 
 the Raisonnable 64, Capt. John Hatley, he joined 
 the Melpomene troop-ship, Capts. Hon. Wm. Wal- 
 degrave, Gordon Thos. Falooq, and Robt. Rowley ; 
 under whom he continued employed until Feb. 1815 
 on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, and also 
 in the Chesapeake, where he was severely burnt by 
 an explosion of gunpowder. On 7 of the month last 
 mentioned he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Portia 14, Capt. Henry Thomson ; and in the 
 following Nov., after having again served on board 
 the Melpomene as Master's Mate, and as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman in the JdlIa 14, Capt. John Wyatt 
 Watling, he took up a commission bearing date 15 
 March in the same year. His appointments have 
 since been — 18 May, 1835, to the Coast Guard — 7 
 Feb. 1839, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superintend- 
 ent at Portsmouth— and, 21 July, 1839, 3 Sept. 1841, 
 and 20 Oct. 1847, to the successive command of the 
 Pike, Cockoo, and Dasher steam-packets. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 • ride Gaz. 1843, p. 2950. 
 
 PARLEY. (Commander, 1836. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 11 .) 
 James Edward Parlby entered the Navy, 27 
 Aug. 1810, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Akmide 38, 
 Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, attached to the force on 
 the Home station ; where he continued employed as 
 Midshipman, until Aug. 1815, in the Ddblin 74, 
 Capts. R. D. Dunn and Thos. Elphinstone, Centaur 
 74, Capts. John Chambers White and Thos. Gordon 
 Caulfeild, and Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. 
 While on board the latter ship he witnessed the 
 cutting out of several vessels from the harbour of 
 Corrijou, near Abervrach, 18 July, 1815. On leaving 
 her he joined the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins; 
 under whom, in Aug. 1816, he accompanied the ex- 
 pedition against Algiers. He continued to serve in 
 the Superb at Plymouth until Oct. 1818; and he 
 was next, between that date and March, 1823, em- 
 ployed as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Revolo- 
 tionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton 
 Reynolds Pellew, Impregnable 104, flag-ship of 
 Lord Exmouth, R^voldtionnaire again, Capt. 
 Pellew, Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and Creole 
 42, Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, on the 
 Mediterranean, Home, and South American sta- 
 tions. He was then nominated Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Doris 42, Capt. Fred. Edw. "Vernon (now 
 Harcourt) ; and on 7 June following he was con- 
 firmed into his former ship the Creole. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — in Feb. 1824, to the 
 Albion 74, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste and John Ac- 
 worth Ommanney, in which ship he remained until 
 Sept. 1825—25 May, 1830, to the Dryad 42, Capt. 
 John Hayes, fitting for the coast of Africa— and, 11 
 Oct. 1832, to the command (a short time after the 
 Dryad had been paid off) of the Griffon brigau- 
 
PAUR— PARREY. 
 
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 tine, on the same station, where he remained nearly 
 four years. He attained his present rank 28 Oct. 
 1836 ; and was lastly, from 22 March, 1838, until 
 1843, employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Parlby married, 14 Feb. 1825, Sophia 
 Sylvester, daughter of the late Capt. Holland, 44th 
 Regt. Agebts — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 PARR. (LiEDTENANT, 1806. F-P., 34; H-p, 17.) 
 Alexander Forsstth Pake was born 7 Oct. 1786. 
 His father, a veteran Gunner, entered the service 
 in 1777 and died in 1840 at the advanced age of 85. 
 He had served in seven ships of war under 30 dif- 
 ferent Admirals and Captains : he had been on 
 board the Swiftsure 74 when captured by the 
 French in June, 1801 ; and on board the Vene- 
 KABEE 74 when wrecked in Torbay in Nov. 1804. 
 One of Lieut. Parr's brothers died a Midshipman at 
 Guadeloupe in 1790; two others were also in the 
 K.N. — the first a Commander, the second a Lieute- 
 nant ; and a fourth died as Deputy-Assistant-Com- 
 missary-General in the Army at George Town, 
 Demerara. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1796, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Swiftsoke 74 ; in which 
 ship (of which his father was at the time Gunner) 
 he continued employed under Capts. Arthur Phillip, 
 John Irwin, and Benj. Hallowell, until May, 1801. 
 After participating in a sUght engagement with a 
 fort at Teneriffe during an attempt made to cut 
 some merchant-vessels out from that place, he pro- 
 ceeded ofi' Lisbon and then to the Mediterranean. 
 While on that station he shared as Midshipman in 
 the glories of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798, and assisted in 
 expelling the French from Naples, where he united 
 in the siege of Fort St. Elmo. He was subsequently 
 present off Cabritta Point, in the Gut of Gibraltar, 
 when the Swiftsdbe, being becalmed, was attacked, 
 severely cut up in her sails and rigging, and sub- 
 jected to a loss of 2 men killed and 3 wounded, by a 
 flotilla of 40 Spanish gun-boats. On 8 March, 1801, 
 we find him aiding at the debarkation of the troops 
 in Aboukir Bay. On leaving the Swiptsukb as 
 above, Mr. Parr joined the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood, with whom he returned home 
 from the Mediterranean and was paid off in May, 
 1802. Being next, in June, 1803, received on board 
 the Wasp 18, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, John 
 Packwood, ' and John Simpson, he twice escorted 
 convoy in that vessel to the coast of Portugal, served 
 for some time off the port of Cadiz, and cruized in 
 various parts of the Mediterranean, until his return 
 to England in July, 1805, when he was discharged 
 for the purpose of passing his examination. In the 
 following Oct. he became attached to the Agamem- 
 non 64, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry, Joseph Spear, and 
 Jonas Rose ; under the first-mentioned of whom, 
 after having narrowly escaped capture by the 
 enemy, he had the good fortune to enact a part in 
 the action off Cape Trafalgar. Subsequently to the 
 battle he was sent on board the Colossus 74, to 
 ascertain the state of that ship, and so dilapidated 
 did it prove to be that the Agamemnon was under 
 the necessity of taking her in tow. During the long 
 and disastrous gale which shortly afterwards arose, 
 the rope that connected the two vessels unfortu- 
 nately broke, and the Colossus was in imminent 
 danger of being driven on shore and utterly lost. 
 In order to prevent if possible a catastrophe so 
 awful, it was determined by Sir Edw. Berry, not- 
 withstanding the risk, that a boat should be lowered 
 for the purpose of passing a fresh rope to the dis- 
 tressed ship, and of thus again taking her in tow. 
 We have only to add that the execution of the 
 hazardous enterprise was confided to, and most ably 
 accomplished by, Mr. Parr. Continuing in the 
 Agamemnon, we find him, besides sharing in va- 
 rious pursuits after the enemy's squadrons, present, 
 6 Feb. 1806, in the action off St. Domingo (for his 
 conduct on which occasion he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 2 April following), and next at 
 the capture of La LtUine national corvette, and in 
 
 the operations connected with the expedition to 
 Copenhagen. On the fall of the latter place (pre- 
 viously to which event he had assisted in escorting 
 a large convoy home from the West Indies) Mr. 
 Parr aided in navigating to England, a's second in 
 command, the Danish 74-gun ship Princess Caroline^ 
 with the 95th Regiment on board. On again join- 
 ing the Agamemnon, he sailed for South America, 
 where, while filling the post of First-Lieutenant, he 
 was wrecked, in the Rio de la Plata, 20 June, 1809. 
 So great were the exertions he underwent on the 
 occasion, that, on being received on board the Bed- 
 roKD 74, he sank into a state of complete exhaus- 
 tion, and, from the effects of inflammation produced 
 in the eyes, was for eighteen days deprived of the 
 power of sight. Mr. Parr's next appointment was, 
 26 Dec. 1809, to the Argo 44, Capt. Fred. Warren ; 
 which ship, however, he did not join until July, 
 1810. Becoming soon her First-Lieutenant, he was 
 employed in that capacity in protecting convoy s to 
 the river St. Lawrence, to the coasts of Spain and 
 Portugal, and to the Mediterranean, also in convey- 
 ing an ambassador to Constantinople and Algiers, 
 and in accompanying another convoy from Malta to 
 England. Being superseded from the Argo at his 
 own request in Nov. 1813, he was nominated, 18 
 May, 1814, Senior of the Alphehs 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Langford, fitting for the East Indies ; whence he 
 returned in Dec. 1816. Since 27 April, 1831, the 
 Lieutenant has been attached to the Royal Hospital 
 at Haslar. 
 
 When on board the Swiftsdre, in 1798, Mr. Parr 
 fell and broke the small bone of his left leg ; while 
 belonging, in Nov. 1804, to the Wasp, and on duty 
 aloft, his right leg was so severely lacerated that he 
 was for two months on the doctor's list ; and in 1808 
 an explosion of powder on board the Agamemnon 
 occasioned him a severe wound in the forehead. 
 He married 21 April, 1821. 
 
 PARREY. (Captain, 1843.) 
 
 Edward Iggulden Parrby is a relative of Lieut. 
 Kobt. Parrey, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 20 Feb. 1809 ; and 
 in the following summer was present, in the Royal 
 Oak 74, Capt. Lord AmeUus Beauclerk, in the ex- 
 pedition to the Walcheren. He was subsequently 
 employed in the same ship on the coast of Nortli 
 America; where, on becoming attached to the 
 Shannon of 50 guns, throwing a broadside weight 
 of 538 lbs., and 306 men, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere 
 Broke, he assisted, 1 June, 1813, at the capture of 
 the American ship CJiesapeake, of 50 guns, yielding 
 a broadside of 590 lbs., and 376 men — an exploit 
 achieved after a close and desperate action of 15 
 minutes, a loss to the British of 24 killed and 59 
 wounded, and to the enemy of 47 killed and 115 
 wounded. At the close of 1819, while acting as 
 Lieutenant of the Liverpool 50, Capt. Fras. Aug. 
 Collier, he accompanied an expedition sent to the 
 Persian Gulf for the purpose of crushing a race of 
 notorious pirates whose head-quarters lay at Ras-al- 
 Khyma, which place was in a short time destroyed, 
 and all the vessels lying in its vicinity burnt or 
 sunk. In an attack made on one of the latter in 
 the Liverpool's barge, Mr. Parrey was severely 
 wounded. He was confirmed a Lieutenant in the 
 same ship 28 Nov. 1820, and, returning home in 
 1822, was afterwards appointed, in the capacity of 
 Senior Lieutenant — 20 Sept. 1824, to the Chanti- 
 cleer 10, Capt. Chas. Jas. Hope Johnstone, fitting 
 for the Mediterranean— and 9 Aug. 1827, to the 
 Primrose 18, Capt. Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, with 
 whom he sailed for the coast of Africa. In the 
 early part of 1829 Mr. Parrey, in command of a boat 
 belonging to the latter vessel, boarded and took a 
 Portuguese vessel (formerly the Saucy Jack Ameri- 
 can privateer) of 4 guns and 40 men, with 225 slaves. 
 On proceeding up the river Noonaz he found two 
 schooners, one French and one Spanish, quite ready 
 for slaves; and he also discovered, in the same 
 stream, an English brig, the Lochiel of Liverpool, 
 without a living soul on board, the Captain, Mate, 
 
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 PARREY— PARRY. 
 
 and all the crew teing found dead below. With 
 much praiseworthy exertion he brought the vessel 
 down the river, a very dangerous one, to the Prim- 
 rose, by whom she was carried to Sierra Leone, 
 where her Agent allotted a salvage of 1901. Mr. 
 Parrey subsequently made prize, in the pinnace, of 
 a galliot (at one time a yacht belonging to Alder- 
 man Sir Wm. Curtis) with 38 slaves on board, lying 
 in the river Cachao. On 10 Feb. 1830 he was ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Commander. He afterwards, 
 from 26 June, 1835, until 1838, and from 4 July, 
 1839, until Deo. 1841, officiated as an Inspecting- 
 Commander in the Coast Guard. On 22 of the 
 month last mentioned he obtained command of the 
 Sappho on the North America and "West India 
 station, whence, in the summer of the following 
 year, he returned to England and was paid off. He 
 has since been on half-pay. His advancement to 
 Post-rank took place 7 July, 1843. 
 
 Capt. Parrey married, 7 Dec. 1830, at Abbot's 
 Rippon, Huntingdonshire, Miss Burn. 
 
 PAEEEY. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 3.) 
 
 Robert Parrey is son of the late Commander 
 Robt. Parrey, R.N. ; * and a relative of Capt. E. I. 
 Parrey, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 May, 1816, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scamahdek 42, Capt. 
 Wm. Elliott, under whom he was for two years and 
 a half employed in the West Indies, and suffered 
 much from yellow fever. Becoming Midshipman, 
 in Nov. 1818, of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Thos. 
 Searle, he made a voyage in that frigate to Leith, 
 and was then ordered to South America ; whither, 
 after having conveyed a large freight to England, 
 he returned in 1821 in the Doris 42, Capts. Thos. 
 Graham and Jas. Henderson ; the latter of whom, 
 in May, 1822, he accompanied into the Blossom 24, 
 commanded next by Capts. Thos. Bourchier and 
 Arch. Maclean. On the arrival home of the Blossom 
 with a considerable amount of specie in the middle 
 of 1824, Mr. Parrey (who had passed his first exa- 
 mination two years previously) was received on 
 board the Welleslet 74, Capt. Graham Eden 
 Hamond. In that ship he again sailed, as Mate, for 
 South America, with the present Lord Stuart de 
 Rothesay, then recently appointed Ambassador at 
 the court of Brazil ; whence at the close of 1825 he 
 came home with the same officer in the Spartiate 
 74. After a servitude of nearly three years in the 
 East Indies on board the Warspite 76, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage, Tamar 26, 
 Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer, and Java 52, also 
 the flag-ship of Bear-Admiral Gage, he was pro- 
 moted, 27 March, 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the 
 Pandora 18, Capt. Hon. John Fred. Gordon (now 
 Lord Hallyburton), with whom he returned to Eng- 
 land and was paid off in Feb. 1830. His next ap- 
 pointments were — for a short time, to the Hyperion 
 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 
 and 19 Dec. 1831, to the Asia 84, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker at Lisbon, where he 
 remained until Oct. 1832. He has been in com- 
 mand, since 13 Dec. 1834, of a station in the Coast 
 Guard — a service in which, in the execution of his 
 duty, he has been severely wounded and otherwise 
 injured. 
 
 * Commander Robt. Parrey entered the Navy in 1778, 
 and was present on board the Yarmouth, commanded by 
 his relative, Capt. Anthony Parrey, in Rodney's celebrated 
 action 12 April, 1782. Betiveen 1793 and the date of his 
 promotion to the rank of Commander, 36 Aiig. 1 808, he served 
 as First Lieutenant in the Modebte frigate, Capt. Thos. 
 Uyam Martin, as also in the Duke and St. George 98's, and 
 San Josef 110 ; and officiated for several vears as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Admiral John HoUoway. He' afterwards, during 
 the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, acted as an agent 
 for transports ; and in the course of the following year he 
 served in a similar capacity at the reduction of Guadeloupe. 
 In 1814 he was nominated Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral 
 KoUes, who had been recently selected to fill the oflice of 
 Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica; but as the Admiral never 
 sailed, he of course lost the appointment. In early life he 
 had been a messmate of his late Majesty, King William IV. 
 through whose recommendation his son was eventually pro^ 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant. He died in 1832. 
 
 Lieut. Parrey married, 20 Dee. 1831, Eliza, young- 
 est daughter of the late J. B. Stone, Esq., Comp- 
 troller of Customs at Newhaven, by whom he has 
 
 PAEEY. (LiEOT., 1811. r-p., 29; H-p., 19.) 
 
 Henky Parry entered the Navy, in 1799, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Blanche troop-ship, Capt. 
 John Ayscough ; under whom, after having attended 
 the expedition to the Helder, he was wrecked in the 
 Texel 28 Sept. in the same year. Joining then the 
 EuRus, Capt. Dan. Oliver Guion, he was afforded 
 an opportunity of participating, in 1800-1, in the 
 operations against the enemy at Ferrol and Cadiz 
 and in Egypt. He returned to England with Capt. 
 Guion, as Midshipman, in the Trusty 50, in April, 
 1802 ; and he was next, between March, 1803, and 
 June, 1809, employed, on the Home, East India, 
 and Mediterranean stations, in the Grampus 50, 
 flag-ship of Lord Gardner, Akkogant 74, Capt. 
 Lord Geo. Stuart, Fox 32, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, 
 Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osbom, Blonde fri- 
 gate, Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard, and Porcupine 
 and Mercury, both commanded by Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Duncan. While acting as First-Lieutenant 
 of the Fox, Mr. Parry, in 1805-6, officiated as Se- 
 cond in command of an expedition sent against the 
 pirates near the Indus, and at the bombardment of 
 the Temple of Somnauth. As Master's Mate of the 
 Porcupine and Mercury he served in the boats in 
 a variety of cutting-out affairs. On leaving the 
 vessel last mentioned he was successively nomi- 
 nated, between June and Nov. 1809, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Trident 64, flag-ship of Sir Alex. 
 John Ball, Spartan 38, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, 
 Trident again, and Kingfisher sloop, Capt. Ewell 
 Tritton. ITnder Capt. Brenton he aided in effecting 
 the capture of several islands in the Bay of Naples ; 
 and in the Kingfisher he contributed to the re- 
 duction of the Ionian Islands. He had previously 
 served on shore at the capture of Capri, Rejoining 
 Capt. Duncan, in Sept. 1810, on board the Impe- 
 RiEUSE 38, Mr. Parry again saw much boat service, 
 particularly in the neighbourhood of Toulon ; where 
 he was confirmed, 16 Aug. 1811, to a Lieutenancy 
 in the Leviathan 74, Capts. Patrick Campbell, 
 Adam Drummond, and Thos. Briggs. In the course 
 of 1812 he lent his aid to the cutting-out of a brig 
 from under the batteries in the same vicinity ; and 
 also to the capture of some batteries and of 18 sail 
 of vessels near Genoa. He returned home from a 
 visit to Jamaica in Oct. 1814; and was afterwards 
 employed— from 19 Oct. 1825 until 1831, in the 
 Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of 
 the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and 
 Ramillies and Talavera 74's, both commanded 
 by Capt. Hugh Pigot— and from 14 Oct. 1836 until 
 the early part of 1847, in charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 PAERY. (Commander, 1832. r-p., 15; h-p., 29.) 
 Howard Lewis Parry entered the Navy, 23 
 Aug. 1803, on board the Niobe 40, Capt. Matthew 
 Henry Scott, stationed in the Channel. He removed, 
 in Dec. 1804, to the Hibernia 110; and he next, 
 from Feb. 1805 until March, 1806, served on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations in the Tonhant 
 80, Capt. Chas. Tyler. In Nov. 1809 he became 
 Midshipman of the Dolphin 44, arme'e-en-flUte, Capts. 
 Christopher Watson and Alex. Milner, with whom 
 he served until transferred, in Feb. 1811, to the 
 GRASSHOPrER 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe. In the 
 following Deo. he was on board the latter vessel 
 when, in order to avoid sharing the fate of the un- 
 fortunate Hero, she was under the necessity of 
 surrendering to the Dutch fleet in the Texel. He 
 was in consequence taken prisoner and detained in 
 captivitjr until the peace of 1814. He then succes- 
 sively joined the Amphion 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison 
 Stewart, and Pandora 16, Capts. Jas. Kearny 
 White, Sam. Malbon, Wm. Popham, and Hon. Fred. 
 Noel ; and in those vessels we find him employed 
 on the North American, West India, and Home 
 stations, until presented, in Oct. 1815, with a com- 
 
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 mission bearing date 10 of the preceding March. 
 His next appointments were — 10 Sept. 1825, to the 
 E.AMILLIES 74, Coast Blockade ship, Capts, Wm. 
 M'Cullooh and Hugh Pigot— and, 22 July, 1831, to 
 the Coast Guard. " For gallant conduct and severe 
 ■wounds " received in the latter service he was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 10 Feb. 1832. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 In consideration of his wounds Commander Parry 
 was awarded, 19 April, 1833, a pension of 911. 5s. 
 per annum. He is the senior Commander on the 
 list of 1832. Agents — Hallett and Kobinson. 
 
 PARKY. (Retired Captain, 1840. r-p., 15; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Thomas PAKRr Jones-Parry was bom 14 April, 
 1784, and died 26 May, 1845. He was of very an- 
 cient Welsh extraction — was the son of Thos. Parry 
 Jones-Parry, Esq., of Llwynon, co. Denbigh, by 
 Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Love Parry, 
 Esq., M.]?., of Peniarth and Madryn, co. Caernar- 
 von—and brother (with Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Parry 
 Jones-Parry) of the present Major-General Sir Love 
 Parry Jones-Parry, K.H., of Madryn Castle, for- 
 merly M.P. for Horsham, in Sussex, and also for 
 Caernarvonshire. One of his sisters was the wife 
 of the late Robt. Browne Macgregor, Esq., Lieut.- 
 Colonel of the 88th Regt. ; and another, of Major-Ge- 
 neral Clapham, of "Widcombe House, co. Somerset. 
 
 This oiBcer entered the Navy, 29 Oct. 1796, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Tridmph 74, Capts. Sir 
 Erasmus Gower and Wm. Essington, under the 
 latter of whom he fought in the action off Camper- 
 down, 11 Oct. 1797. In Feb. 1798 he rejoined Sir 
 E. Gower on board the Neptune 98, in which ship, 
 commanded afterwards by Capts. Jas. Vashon, Her- 
 bert Sawyer, and Edw. Brace, he continued em- 
 ployed in the Channel and Mediterranean until 
 transferred, in Nov. 1801, to the Theseus 74, Capt. 
 John Bligh, fitting for the Jamaica station, where, 
 after having acted as Lieutenant in the Ganges 74, 
 Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, and Racoon 18, Capt. Austin 
 Bissell, he was confirmed by commission dated 28 
 Jan. 1803, and appointed First of the Echo sloop, 
 Capts. Edm. Boger and Rich. Henry Muddle. In 
 that vessel he assisted, 1 Oct. 1804, at the capture 
 of tlie Hazard, French privateer, of 16 guns and 50 
 men. Returning to Europe in 1807, he was next, 
 in tile course of that and of the following year, 
 appointed to the Porcupine and Leveret, Capts. 
 Hon. Henry Duncan and Robt. Evans. In the 
 Leveret he was for several months employed in 
 the Baltic. He was promoted (while again serving 
 in the West Indies on board the Garland) to the 
 command, 27 Dec. 1808, of the Musette sloop, in 
 which he remained until Sept. 1810. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 7 June, 1814, to the Royalist 16, 
 lying at Plymouth. He went on half-pay in the 
 following Nov., and accepted the rank of Captain 
 on the retired list 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Jones-Parry was a Magistrate for cos. Den- 
 bigh and Caernarvon, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 Caernarvonshire, for which county he served the 
 office of High Sheriff in 1836. He married, 19 April, 
 1811, Margaret, only child of the late Vice- Admiral 
 Robt. Lloyd, of Tregayan, co. Anglesey, by whom 
 he has left issue three sons and five daughters. 
 
 PARKY, Kt, LL.D., F.R.S., L. & E. (Captain, 
 1822. F-P., 32; H-p., 12.) 
 
 Sir William Edward Parry, born 19 Dec. 1790, 
 at Bath, is fourth and youngest surviving son of the 
 late Dr. Caleb Hillier Parry, F.R.S., an eminent 
 physician in that city, by Miss Rigby, of Norwich, 
 Bister of the late Dr. Rigby. His brother-in-law, the 
 Rev. Thos. Gamier, Dean of Winchester, is uncle of 
 the present Lieut. Brownlow North Gamier, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 June, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110, 
 Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, bearing the flag of 
 Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, in the Channel ; where, and 
 in the Baltic, he continued employed as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate on board the Tribune 36 
 
 and Vanguard 74, Capts. Thos. Baker and Henry 
 Rich. Glynn, until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 6 Jan; 1810. In the Vanguard he com- 
 manded a gun-boat attached to the ship, and 
 came into frequent action with the Danish flotilla. 
 His first appointment after his promotion was, 9 
 Feb. 1810, to the Alexandria 32, Capts. John 
 Quilliam and Robt. Cathcart ; in which vessel, be- 
 sides affording protection to the Spitzbergen whale 
 fishery, he was much employed in making astro- 
 nomical observations, and in preparing for the Ad- 
 miralty charts, which were much prized, of Balta 
 Sound, of the Voe, a harbour in the north-eastern 
 part of the Shetland islands, and of various places 
 on the coasts of Denmark and Sweden. At the 
 commencement of 1813 Lieut. Parry proceeded in 
 the ScEPTBE 74, Capt. Robt. Honyman, to North 
 America, for the purpose of joining La Hoghe 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. On 8 April, in the 
 following year, having accompanied a detachment 
 of boats under the orders of Capt. Rich. Coote, to 
 the neighbourhood of Pettipague Point, on the 
 river Connecticut, we there find him contributing 
 to the destruction of 27 of the enemy's vessels, 
 three of which were heavy privateers, and the ag- 
 gregate burden of the whole upwards of 5000 tons. 
 In the course of 1814 Lieut. Parry furnished many 
 of the junior officers on the Halifax station with 
 copies of his 'Practical Rules for observing at 
 Night by the Fixed Stars,' a treatise which was 
 afterwards published in order to " facilitate the 
 acquisition of a species of knowledge highly con- 
 ducive to the welfare of the naval service." In 
 Aug. 1814 he exchanged into the Maidstone 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Skipsey ; and he next, in July, 1815, and 
 Jan. and June, 1816, became in succession attached 
 to the Ardent 64, Capt. Sir Wm. Bumaby, and 
 Carkon 20, and Niger 38, Capts. Nicholas Lechmere 
 Pateshall and Saml. Jackson, all on the North 
 American station, whence, in March, 1817, he re- 
 turned to England. On 14 Jan. 1818 he obtained 
 command of the Alexander brig, hired for the 
 purpose of accompanying an expedition to the 
 Arctic Regions under Capt. John Ross, with whom 
 he returned home in the following Nov. Owing to 
 the failure of the enterprize, a new one was deter- 
 mined on and the conduct of it intrusted to Lieut. 
 Parry, who was consulted in the choice both of his 
 ships and officers. He accordingly assumed com- 
 mand, 16 Jan. 1819, of the Hecla bomb, and in the 
 early part of the ensuing May sailed from Deptford 
 in company with the Griper gun-brig," Lieut.- 
 Coramander Matt. Liddon, for the purpose of carry- 
 ing out the object of his mission — the discovery of a 
 north-west passage. In the course of the voyage, 
 which, although not thoroughly successful, exceeded 
 in its general results the most sanguine expectations 
 of its projectors, Lieut. Parry penetrated to long. 
 113° 54' 43" W., within the Arctic circle, and 
 thereby obtained for the expedition the sum of 
 5000^., the amount of a parliamentary reward which 
 had been promised to such as should cross the meri- 
 dian of 110° W. from Greenwich, in the latitude of 
 74° 44' 20". A full narrative of his proceedings 
 will be found in a volume, published by him in 1822, 
 entitled ' Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of 
 a North-West Passage in 1819-20. '«■ The Hecla 
 and Griper re-entered the Thames about the 
 middle of Nov. 1820, and were paid off at Deptford 
 on 21 of the ensuing Dec. On 4 of the former 
 month Lieut, Parry was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander; and on 19 Dec. the Bedfordean gold 
 medal of the Bath and West of England Society for 
 the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and 
 Commerce was unanimously voted to him. With 
 the sum of 500 guineas subscribed for the purpose, 
 "the Explorer of the Polar Sea" was afterwards 
 presented with a silver vase highly embellished with 
 devices emblematic of the arctic voyages ; and on 
 24 March, 1821, the city of Bath presented its free- 
 dom to him in a box of oak, highly and appropriately 
 ornamented. Encouraged by the discoveries made 
 during the late expedition, and by the presumption it 
 • Vide also Gaz. 1820, p. 2064. 
 
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 afforded of the existence of a north-west passage, 
 the Admiralty soon made preparations for another ; 
 the command of which was again confided to Capt. 
 Parry, who, on 30 Dec. 1820, received a commission 
 for the FuKY bomb, with which vessel and the 
 Hecla, commanded by Capt. Geo. Fred. Lyon, he 
 sailed from the More 8 May, 1821. After having 
 passed two winters in the polar regions, the first to 
 the northward of Southampton Island, and the 
 second at Ingloolik, a small island in lat. 69° 21', 
 long. 81° 44', the expedition, -ndth its grand object 
 still unattained, but with the acquisition of much im- 
 portant geographical knowledge,* returned to Dept- 
 ford, where the two vesselswere paid off 14 Nov. 1823. 
 On 1 of the following month Capt. Parry (whose 
 valuable services bad been rewarded with a Post- 
 commission bearing date 8 Nov. 1821) was appointed 
 Acting-Hydrographer to the Admiralty ; and, on 26 
 he was presented with the freedom of the city of 
 Winchester. Being selected, 17 Jan. 1824, to take 
 charge of a fresh expedition to the frigid zone, 
 Capt. Parry, on 8 of the following May again sailed 
 from Deptford, with the same ships as on the last 
 occasion — the Hegla, however, being commanded 
 by himself, and the Fdry by Capt. Henry Parkyns 
 Hoppner. The following winter was spent at Port 
 Bowen, in Prince Regent's Inlet, where the two 
 vessels remained, from 23 Sept. 1824 until 20 July, 
 1825. The Fokt being shortly afterwards wrecked 
 in lat. 72° 42' 30", long. 91° 50' 5", the Hecla was 
 unfortunately reduced to the necessity of forthwith 
 returning, with a double ship's company, to England. 
 She arrived, accordingly, in the middle of Oct. On 
 
 22 Nov. in the same year, Capt. Parry (to whom the 
 freedom of the borough of Lynn was voted a month 
 afterwards in testimony of the high sense enter- 
 tained by the corporation of his meritorious and 
 enterprising conduct) was formally appointed Hy- 
 drographer to the Admiralty, which office he con- 
 tinued to hold until 10 Nov. 1826. At the end of 
 that period, having proposed and obtained sanction 
 for a plan of reaching the North Pole, from the 
 northern shores of Spitzbergen, bj' travelling with 
 sledge-boats over the ice, or through any spaces 
 of open water that might occur, he was again ap- 
 pointed to the Hecla. Sailing from Deptford 25 
 March, 1827, he left the Hecea in Treurenburg 
 Bay, lat. 79° 55' 20", long. 16° 48' 45" E., 21 June 
 following, and then took to his sledge-boats, with 
 which he contrived, by 23 July, to reach a little 
 beyond 82° 45', a latitude more northern than had 
 been ever yet attained. He then retraced his steps 
 to the Hecla, which he brought home and paid 
 off at Deptford 1 Nov. 1827. f On the following 
 day he resumed his duties as Hydrographer to the 
 Admiralty, where he remained until 13 May, 1829 
 — a fortnight prior to which period he had received 
 the honour of Knighthood. J He was subsequently 
 employed— from 1829 until 1834 as Commissioner 
 to the Australian Company in New South Wales — 
 from 7 March, 1835, until 3 Feb. 1836, as Assistant 
 Poor-Law Commissioner in co. Norfolk — and, from 
 19 April, 1837, until Dec. 1846, as Comptroller of 
 the Steam Department of the Navy. He has filled, 
 since the latter date, the post of Captain-Superin- 
 tendent of the Royal Hospital at Haslar. 
 
 Sir W. E. Parry (who is an LL.D. of Oxford, an 
 F.R.S. of Lond. and Edin., and a Member of the 
 Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg) is 
 the author of a small work entitled ' Thoughts on 
 the Parental Character of God.' He married, first, 
 
 23 Oct. 1826, Isabella Louisa, fourth daughter of 
 Lord Stanlejr; of Alderley, by whom, who died 13 
 May, 1839, lie had issue two sons and two daugh- 
 ters, now living. He married, a second time, 29 
 June, 1841, Catherine Edwards, daughter of the 
 Rev. llobt. Hankinson, of Walpole, oo. Norfolk, and 
 relict of Sam. Hoare,jun., Esq., of Hampstead. By 
 that lady he has had issue two daughters. 
 
 * Detailed in Capt. Parry's ' Journal of a Second Voyase, 
 S:e. in 1821-3,' puWished in 1824. 
 
 t See a ' Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole 
 In the year 1827,' published by Capt. Parry in 1828. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1829, p. 798. 
 
 PARSON. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 19; h-p., 28.) 
 John Parson died 29 Nov. 1847, at St. Helier's, 
 Jersey, aged 62. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in the spring of 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Leviathan 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Carpenter, bearing the flag in the West 
 Indies of Sir John 'Thos. Duckworth ; with whom 
 he continued employed as Midshipman in the Hee- 
 CULE 74, until Feb. 1805. He was in consequence 
 present in the latter ship at the unsuccessM attack 
 upon Cura9oa in 1804, and in various other opera- 
 tions. After sharing, we believe, as Master's Mate 
 of the AcASTA 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, in the 
 battle fought off Cape St. Domingo, and serving for 
 a short time as a Supernumerary on board the 
 Dolphin, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane, he was constituted, 6 May, 1806, Sub-Lieute- 
 nant of the Pert sloop, Capt. Jas. Pringle. He 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 20 Jan. 1807, of 
 the St. Christopher, Capts. Andrew Hodge and 
 John Tancock ; was confirmed, 1 Nov. following, 
 into the Alexandria 32, Capt. Nathaniel Day 
 Cochrane ; and was subsequently (after cruizing for 
 two years in the North Sea) appointed — 29 Jan. and 
 4 May, 1810, to the San Josef and Hibernia, of 
 110 guns each, Capts. R. D. Dunn and John Nash, 
 stationed off Gibraltar and Cadiz — 8 Nov. following, 
 to the Abmioe 38, Capts. R. D. Dunn, Fras. Temple, 
 and Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, employed, until 
 May, 1815, in the Channel and off' the coast of North 
 America — and, in July, 1816, to the Granicus 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, under whom he fought as 
 First-Lieutenant at the battle of Algiers. For his 
 conduct on that occasion he was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander by commission bearing date 16 
 Sept. 1816. He subsequently, from 14 Oct. 1833 
 until advanced to Post-rank 10 Jan. 1837, officiated 
 as Second-Captain of the Thonderer 84, Capt. W. 
 F. Wise, on the Mediterranean station. He did not 
 again go afloat. 
 Capt. Parson was married and has left issue. 
 
 PARSONS. (Lieut., 1802. f-p., 19; h-p., 33.) 
 
 George Samdel Parsons entered the Navy, in 
 July, 1795, as Fst.-cl. 'V^ol., on board the Barflede 
 98, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, under whom he fought 
 as Midshipman in the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 
 Feb. 1797. Removing, in April, 1798, to the Fon- 
 DROYANT 80, he acted as Signal-Midshipman of that 
 ship under Lord Nelson at the capture, 18 Feb. 1800, 
 of Le Genereux 74 and ViUe de Marseilles armed 
 store-ship, and, on 31 March following, after a des- 
 perate action, in which the Foudroyant (in com- 
 pany at the time with the Lion 64 and Penelope 
 36) sustained a loss of 8 men killed and 64 wounded, 
 of Le Guillaume Tell, of 84 guns and 1000 men, flag- 
 ship of Rear- Admiral Decres. After officiating in 
 a like capacity under Lord Keith during the expe- 
 dition to Egypt, where he was intrusted with the 
 command of a gun-boat on Lake Mareotis, he was 
 nominated, 6 Aug. 1801, Acting-Lieutenant of El 
 Cabmen, Capt. "Wm. Selby; in which ship, the 
 bearer of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he returned, to- 
 wards the close of the same year, to England. For 
 his services in Egypt Mr. Parsons was presented 
 with a gold medal by the Turkish government. He 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant, 25 March, 1802, into 
 the Batavier, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, but 
 continued only a few weeks in that ship, and was 
 subsequently appointed— 9 Sept. 1803, to the Ganges 
 74, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, employed off the 
 coasts of Ireland and Spain — 3 Feb. and 1 April, 
 1805, as First, to the Racoon and Elk sloops, Capts. 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon, Rundel M'Donnel, and Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres, both in the West Indies— 8 Feb. 1806, 
 for passage home, to the Malabar 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Scott— 13 Sept. following, to the Texel 64, flag-ship 
 of Vice-Admiral Jas. Vashon at Leith— 27 Feb. 
 1807, to the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Dickson, 
 part of the force employed in the attack upon Co- 
 penhagen—and, 14 May, 1809 (after five months of 
 half-pay, caused by indisposition), as Senior, to the 
 Valiant 74, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland, John 
 
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 Bligh, and Robt. Dudley Oliver. In the Racoon 
 and Elk Lieut. Parsons served at the blockade of 
 St. Domingo and Cura5oa ; and in the latter vessel,- 
 under Capt. Daores, he fought in an action with 
 11 Spanish gun-boats on the Spanish Main. While 
 attached to the Valiant he commanded her boats 
 at the cutting out of a convoy from Basque Roads ; 
 besides contributing, under Capt. Bligh, to the cap- 
 ture, near Belleisle, 3 Feb. 1810, of the French 40- 
 gun frigate Cannaniere, laden with the spoil of the 
 principal prizes which the enemy had taken in the 
 East Indies during the three preceding years. The 
 state of his health obliging him to seek half-pay in 
 Deo. 1810, he was not again officially employed 
 until 1841. Since 1 Nov. in that year he has been 
 in discharge of the duties of Admiralty agent on 
 board a contract mail steam-vessel, and has been 
 once wrecked. 
 
 Lieut. Parsons is the author of an interesting 
 work, entitled 'Nelsonian Reminiscences,' published 
 in 1843 by Saunders and Otley. The volume con- 
 tains a more elaborate statement of his services 
 than we have been able to find space for. He mar- 
 ried in 1812, and has a family of eight children 
 now living. 
 
 PARSONS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 24; h-p., 20.) 
 John Parsons, born 7 Oct. 1791, at Portsmouth, 
 is brother of Lieut. Wm. Parsons, R.N., and of 
 Geo. Parsons, Esq., Master K.N. (1825) ; nephew of 
 the late Retired Commander Wm. Parsons, R.N. ; 
 and cousin ofCapt. Sam. Hellard, R.N. Two other 
 of his relatives, an uncle and a cousin, were present 
 at the battle of Trafalgar, where the former was 
 killed. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capts. 
 Philip Chas. Durham and Hon. Henry Hotham ; 
 under the former of whom he fought, in 1805, in Sir 
 Robt. Calder's action and in the battle of Trafalgar. 
 In July, 1808, after having been for six months 
 attached as Midshipman (a rating he had attained 
 22 Oct. 1805) to the Gladiator 44, flag-ship of Sir 
 Isaac Coffin at Portsmouth, he joined the Podargus 
 14, Capt. Wm. Hellard; in which vessel, in the 
 course of the following month, he witnessed the 
 surrender of the Russian squadron in the River 
 Tagus, and assisted, agreeably to the convention of 
 Cintra, in embarking for France the French army 
 defeated at Vimeira. On the night of 15 Aug. 
 1809, while engaged in landing papers for distribu- 
 tion along the French coast, Mr. Parsons fell into 
 the hands of thff enemy, who marched him in chains 
 to Havre-de-Grace, where he was for three months 
 confined to a dungeon, with no other sustenance 
 than bread and water, and in the hourly expectation 
 of being shot. Pardoned at length in consideration 
 of his youth, he was sent, still in chains, to Arras; 
 in the gaol at which place, owing to a subsequent 
 attempt at escape, he was for four months impri- 
 soned. He was then ordered to Verdun, where he 
 remained until Dec. 1813. On 25 of that month, 
 favoured by fortune, he succeeded in accomplishing 
 a flight, in the course whereot; concealed in a cart 
 under a heap of crockery ware, he passed through 
 the centre of the French army on its road to Russia. 
 On reaching the island of South Beveland, after 
 traversing Belgium and Holland, he was taken by 
 the Dutch, but was released the next day in conse- 
 quence of the latter having declared for the Prince 
 of Orange. Arriving at lost in England he was re- 
 ceived, in April, 1814, as Master's Mate, on board 
 the Wolverene 16, Capts. Chas. Kerr and Geo. 
 Guy Burton; in the launch of which vessel, armed 
 with a carronade, he co-operated in the attack upon 
 Baltimore. In Deo. of the same year he removed 
 to the Venerable 74, bearing the flag in the West 
 Indies of Rear-Admiral Durham, his former Cap- 
 tain ; and while detached, shortly afterwards, in 
 the Flying Fish tender, he aided in beating ofi' a 
 large American schooner. His promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant took place 3 Feb. 1815; from 
 May to Sept. in which year we find him employed, 
 
 on the same station, in the Crescent 38, Capt. John 
 Quilliam. He subsequently commanded, for up- 
 wards of two years, the Duhe of Bedford Indiaman,. 
 of 720 tons. His last appointments appear to have 
 been— 5 Jan. 1829, as Senior-Lieutenant, for nine 
 months, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Chas. Philip 
 Yorke, on the Leith station— 14 Feb. 1831, in a 
 similar capacity, to the North Star 28, Capts. Lord 
 Wm. Paget and Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis, 
 with whom he served in the West Indies until the 
 close of 1833—6 June, 1834, to the command, which 
 he retained until 15 March, 1842, of the Seagull 
 Falmouth-packet— and, 28 June, 1847, to that, which 
 he still holds, of the Crane, another Falmouth 
 packet. 
 
 Lieut. Parsons married, 27 Feb. 1834, Miss Anne 
 Rebecca Read, of Norfolk Street, Southsea; and 
 has issue one daughter. 
 
 PARSONS. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Robert White Parsons entered the Navy, in 
 the summer of 1797, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Mableorougii 74, Capts. Joseph Ellison and Thos. 
 Sotlieby. In Jan. 1801, after having been for three 
 years and a half employed, part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, 
 he joined the Topaze frigate, Capts. Stephen G. 
 Church and Robt. Honyman, attached to the force 
 in the West Indies. Removing with Capt. Hony- 
 man, in Dec. 1802, to the Leda 38, he served in 
 that vessel during 18 months in the North Sea and 
 off Boulogne. He then sailed in the Colloden 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, for the East Indies ; 
 where he was nominated, 20 March, 180.5, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Victor sloop, Capts. Geo. Bell, 
 Wm. Wells, and Thos. Groube. While in the latter 
 vessel, to which he was confirmed 11 April, 1806, he 
 fought in an action with a body of Malay pirates, 
 and, we believe, contributed to the annihilation, in 
 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and stores at Griessee, 
 in the island of Java, and of all the naval force re- 
 maining to Holland in the East Indies. His ap- 
 pointments, after he left the Victor, were — 9 Aug. 
 1808, to the Terpsichore frigate, Capt. Jas. Mur- 
 ray Gordon, also on the Indian station — 6 Nov. 1809, 
 to the Dannemakk 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, in the 
 West Indies— 27 Dec. 1810, to the Diana 38, Capts. 
 Chas. Grant and Wm. Ferris, employed in the 
 Channel and off the coast of France — 12 Oct. 1812, 
 after six months of half-pay, to the Armada 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Grant, attached to the force in the 
 Mediterranean, whence he returned in Sept. 1814 — 
 and, 25 March, 1815, to the Boyne 98, bearing the 
 flag of Lord Exmouth on the same station. On 25 
 Aug. 1811, being then in the Diana under Capt. 
 Ferris, he headed the boarders of that ship, and was 
 mentioned for the great assistance he afi'orded his 
 Captain, at the capture, in the mouth of the River 
 Gironde, of the (lately British) gun-brig Teazer, 
 mounting 12 18-pounder carronades and 2 long 18- 
 pounders, with 85 men.* In Dec. 1813 Mr. Parsons, 
 while serving in the Armada, commanded the boats 
 of that ship in the unsuccessful attempt made by 
 Sir Josias Rowley to obtain possession of Leghorn. f 
 Attaining the rank of Commander 7 Nov. 1816, he 
 served in that capacity, from 2 July, 1825, imtil 
 posted 11 Nov. 1828, on board the Dispatch 18, on 
 the Irish station, where he captured a smuggling 
 lugger, under French colours, with 400 bales of 
 tobacco on board. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Capt. Parsons married, 28 Sept. 1829, Frances, 
 daughter of the late Fras. Adams, Esq., of Norton 
 Malreward and Stookwood House, Somerset. 
 
 PARSONS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 26; h-p., 18.) 
 
 Timothy Parsons entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 1803, 
 as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Busy sloop, Capt. 
 Timothy Clinch, fitting for the West Indies; where, 
 on following the same officer into the Osprey 18, he 
 assisted at the capture, 17 May, 1805, of the Teaser 
 French privateer, of 7 guns and 51 men. He con- 
 tinued to serve in the Osprey, under Capt. Rich. 
 * Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1752. f ^' Gaz. 1813, p. 1827. 
 
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 PARSONS— PARTRIDGE. 
 
 Walter Wales, on the Home station, until Dec. 1812 
 — the last four years and a half in the capacity of 
 Midshipman; and he was next, until Aug. 1815, 
 "when he took up a commission bearing date 2 March 
 in that year, employed in the Bellona 74, Capt. 
 Geo. M'Kinley, Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Dillon, and Leven 20, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett. 
 In the Bellona he made a voyage to St. Helena ; in 
 the HoKATio he was engaged in protecting the 
 Greenland whale-fishery against the American 
 cruizers; and in the Leven he co-operated in 1815 
 with the royalists on the coast of La Vendee. He 
 has been in charge, since 29 Aug. 1833, of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 PARSONS. (Ketiked Commander, 1836. f-p., 
 20 ; H-p., 40.) 
 William Parsons died in 1846. He was uncle 
 of the present Lieuts. John and Wm. Parsons, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1787, as Fst.-cl. 
 Boy, on board the Diligente, Capt. Anthony Hunt, 
 lying at Portsmouth. After serving for two years 
 with Capt. Sir Fras. Hartwell in the Bellona 74, 
 and for a short time with Capt. Geo. Brisac in the 
 Scourge sloop, which vessel was compelled to throw 
 part of her guns overboard in a gale of wind off 
 Cape Clear, he became, in 1792, Midshipman of the 
 Terrible 74, Capt. Skeffington Lutwidge, under 
 whom we find him, in the following year, present at 
 the occupation of Toulon. On next joining the 
 MoDESTE frigate, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, he 
 assisted at the reduction, in 1794, of the island of 
 Corsica ; after which he removed to the Proserpine 
 28, Capt. Alex. Fraser, and was on board that vessel 
 when she took the ground on the Haak Sands, and 
 was obliged, before she could be hove off, to have 
 her mainmast cut away and every moveable thing 
 thrown overboard. He was made Lieutenant, 18 
 Feb. 1796, into the Vends 32, Capt. Thos. Graves, 
 at Newfoundland ; and was afterwards appointed — 
 6 Feb. 1797, to the Shark sloop, Capts. John O'Brien 
 and Fred. Warren, on the same station — 25 Jan. 
 1799, to the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Geo. 
 Fairfax, attached to the Channel fleet— in March, 
 1801, as Senior, to the Druid frigate, Capt. Chas. 
 Apthorp, under whom he partook of the ensuing 
 operations in Egypt— 21 March, 1804 (after two 
 years of half-pay), to the Chichester 44, Capt. 
 Joseph Spear, on the Home station — 16 Aug. 1805, 
 to the Favorite 18, Capt. John Davie, on the coast 
 of Africa— 29 May, 1806, for six months, to the 
 CouRAGEUx 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, in which ship he 
 visited the West Indies and North America— and, 
 in Nov. 1807, to the Sea Fencibles in Ireland. Mr. 
 Parsons was serving on board the Venus when the 
 French Admiral Kichery appeared off St. John's, 
 Newfoundland ; where, in expectation that the enemy 
 would land, he was intrusted with a command on 
 shore. When Senior of the Favorite he distin- 
 guished himself, 28 Dec. 1805, by his zeal and per- 
 severance, at the capture, after an action of 20 
 minutes, of Le General Blanchard French privateer, 
 of 16 guns and 130 men, 11 of whom were killed and 
 25 wounded ;* and on 6 of the following month he 
 was in the same vessel when taken by a French 
 squadron under M. L'Hermite. He was immedi- 
 ately, however, sent in a cartel to England ; during 
 the whole period of his passage whither, two months 
 and two days, he was limited, with the rest, to half 
 a pint of water a-day. He left the Sea Fencibles, 
 on the occasion of the corps being disbanded in 
 1810, and was not afterwards employed. He ac- 
 cepted the rank of Retired Commander on the 
 Junior List 26 Nov. 1830: and on the Senior 1 Dec. 
 1836. 
 
 PARSONS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 23.) 
 William Parsons (4) was bom 12 Aug. 1794, 
 
 at Portsea, co. Hants. He is brother of Lieut. John 
 
 Parsons, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1806, as 
 
 L.M.jOn board the Milbrook 16, Lieut.-Commander 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 448. 
 
 Jas. Leach ; which vessel, until wrecked in a storm 
 26 March, 1808, was very actively employed off the 
 coasts of Spain and Portugal; where she captured 
 a Spanish polacca ship, retook the Badger brig, of 
 London, drove on shore a Spanish gun-boat and her 
 prize, and was on one occasion totally dismasted and 
 compelled to part with her guns. After serving for 
 short periods on board the Hibernia 110, flag-ship 
 of Sir Chas. Cotton, Mediator 44, Capt. Geo. Wm. 
 Blarney, and Desperate bomb, Lieut.-Commanders 
 Jas. Leach and Robt. Ellary, Mr. Parsons (who had 
 been engaged, in the boats of the Desperate, on 
 secret service on the coast of France) joined, in 
 March, 1809, the Podargus 14, Capt. Wm. Hellard; 
 under whom, while holding the rating of Midship- 
 man, he aided, at different times, in driving on shore, 
 on the French coast, a lugger privateer, a schooner 
 with naval stores on board, and another privateer, 
 together with her prize an English ship. In effect- 
 ing the latter service he was for an hour and a-half 
 under fire of the batteries at Dieppe. Following 
 Capt. HelJard, in Nov. 1810, into the Snake 18, he 
 was soon afterwards involved in that vessel in a 
 running action, on the coast of Norway, with five 
 Danish brigs-of-war, from which, however, although 
 at one time completely surrounded, she effected 
 a very gallant escape. In Nov. 1811, the Snake, 
 being caught in a gale of wind, drifted as far to the 
 northward as lat. 73° 38'. When subsequently, in 
 the early part of 1812, on a cruize between the Ork- 
 ney and Shetland islands, Mr. Parsons, during an- 
 other gale, volunteered in the most handsome man- 
 ner to put off in a boat to the assistance of a vessel 
 in distress. He accordingly made two trips, and 
 had the good fortune to rescue the whole of the 
 crew, consisting of 1 1 persons ; although, on reach- 
 ing the Snake the second time, the boat was stove 
 and lost. Continuing in the same sloop, with Capts. 
 Geo. Robbin and Joseph Gale, until July, 1815, at 
 which period he was presented with a commission, 
 bearing date 21 of the preceding Feb., Mr. Parsons 
 was afforded an opportunity of making a voyage to 
 the West Indies, and of cruizing for some time on 
 the coast of Ireland and in the Downs. In the 
 winter of 1814 he intrepidly jumped overboard at 
 night and saved the life of a seaman ; and on 15 
 Dec. in the same year he was washed in a gale of 
 wind out of the fore-rigging, and fractured his left 
 arm. After having been for several years employed 
 in the East India trade, Lieut. Parsons succeeded, 
 3 Jan. 1838, in obtaining the command, which he 
 still holds, of a station in the Coast Guard. Since 
 he has been in that service he has been the means 
 of convicting 12 smugglers, three of whom he cap- 
 tured with his own bands. He has also received an 
 English silver and a French gold medal for his ex- 
 ertions in having saved the crew, eight in number, 
 of a French vessel on shore in a gale of wind under 
 St. Alban's Head ; together with a letter of thanks 
 for the rescue of 12 Englishmen wrecked at the 
 same place. 
 
 The Lieutenant married, 26 Aug. 1822, Ehza,. 
 daughter of Mr. Goble, a Master in the merchant 
 service, by whom he has issue eight children. His 
 eldest son, William F. Parsons, is a Second-Master 
 in the R.N. (1845). Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PARTRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Frederick John Partridge, bom 21 Nov. 1821, 
 is third son of John Partridge, Esq., of Bishop's 
 Wood, CO. Hereford, a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for that shire, and in the commission of 
 the Peace for Monmouthshire, of which county he 
 was High Sheriff in 1824, by Elizabeth, eldest 
 daughter of Edw. Ives, Esq., of Titchfield House, 
 Hants. His eldest brother, William, a barrister-at- 
 law, is also a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 CO. Hereford. 
 
 This officer served on board the Pique 36, Capt. 
 
 Edw. Boxer, and was mentioned for his conduct 
 
 during the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria.* 
 
 He passed his examination 16 Dec. 1844 ; officiated 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2601. 
 
PARTRIDGE— PASCO. 
 
 869 
 
 as Mate, from that period until March, 1846, of the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads ; then 
 joined the St. Vincent 120, successive flag-ship of 
 Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Fras. Augustus Collier ; and 
 on 26 June, 1846, was advanced to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. Since 20 July in the latter year Mr. Par- 
 tridge has been serving on board the Sdpeke 80, 
 Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. 
 
 PAETKIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 "William Luke Partridge is sixth son of Henry 
 Sam. Partridge, Esq., of Hockham Hall, co. Nor- 
 folk, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, by Mary 
 Frances, daughter of the Venerable Luke Heslop, 
 D.D., Rector of Marylebone, London, and Arch- 
 deacon of Buckinghamshire. His eldest brother, 
 Henry Champion Partridge, Esq., of Snare Hill, 
 likewise a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 Norfolk, married, in Aug. 1834, Etheldred Frances, 
 the eldest daughter of Lieut. -General Birch Rey- 
 nardson, of Holywell, co. Lincoln ; and another 
 brother, the Rev. Walter John Partridge, married, 
 in Aug. 1842, Maria Agnes, fifth daughter of Sir 
 Chas. Mansfield Clarke, Bart., of Dunham Lodge, 
 CO. Norfolk, M.D. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 Sept. 1833 ; 
 passed his examination 28 Oct. 1839; and. was for 
 several years employed on the Mediterranean and 
 East India stations in the Dido 18, Capts. Lewis 
 Davies and Hon. Henry Keppel. Under the latter 
 he served at the capture of Woosung and Shanghae, 
 and in the operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang in 
 1842 ; as also, we believe, in an attack made in 
 Aug. 1844, on a piratical settlement in the island of 
 Borneo. His promotion to the rank he now holds 
 took place 1 July in the latter year ; he joined, not 
 long afterwards, in the capacity of Additional Lieu- 
 tenaut, the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 Jolm Cochrane; and since 11 Slarch, 1846, he has 
 been serving on the south-east coast of America in 
 the Grecian sloop, Capts. Alex. Leslie Montgomery 
 and Louis Symonds Tindal. 
 
 PASCO. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Craweord Aitcheson Dunham ^Pasco is second 
 son of Rear-Admiral Pasco. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Jan. 1830 ; passed 
 his examination 25 Feb. 1837 ; and was for a long 
 time employed in Australia as Mate of the Beagle 
 surveying-vessel, Capts. Jolm Clements Wickham 
 and John Lort Stokes. His appointments, since his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 20 Nov. 1843, have been — 13 Dec. in that year, 
 as Additional, to the Caledonia 120, bearing the 
 flag at Cork of Rear-Admiral Wm. Bowles— and 13 
 Jan. 1844 and 28 Aug. 1846, to the Vestal 26, and 
 Vulture steam-frigate, of 470 horse-power, Capts. 
 Chas. Talbot and John M'Dougall, both in the East 
 Indies, where he is now serving. In charge of the 
 Vestal's pinnace, Mr. Pasco assisted at the capture 
 and destruction, 19 Aug. 1845, of Maloodoo, a strong 
 fortification in possession of Scheriff Osman, a rebel 
 Borneo chieftain.* 
 
 PASCO. (Eear-Admiral of the Blue, 1847. 
 p-p., 32; H-p., 31.) 
 
 John Pasco was born 20 Dec. 1774. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1784, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Druid 32, Capts. 
 Geo. Anson Byron and Joseph Ellison, lying at Ply- 
 mouth. In 1786 he joined the Pegasus 28, commanded 
 by H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence, with whom he 
 served for about 12 months in the "West Indies and 
 on the coast of North America. He then became 
 attached to the Impregnable 98, flagship at Ply- 
 mouth of Admiral Graves, and to the Penelope 32, 
 Capt. John Linzee, on the Halifax station ; and he 
 was next, between 1790 and 1795, employed as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, principally in the 
 Channel and "West Indies, on board the Svren 32, 
 Capt. John Manley, Orion 74, Capt. John Thos. 
 Duckworth, London 98, Capt. Rich. Goodwin 
 • Tide Gaz. 184ri, p. 0536. 
 
 Keats, CffiSAR 80, Capt. Anthony Jas. Pye MoUoy, 
 Orion again, Capt. J . T. Duckworth, Minotaur 74, 
 and AiMAELE 32, flagships of Admirals John Mac- 
 bride and Sir John Laforey, and Beaulieu 38, Capt. 
 Francis Laforey. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 
 15 July, 1795, he was subsequently appointed in that 
 capacity — in 1795-6, to the Majestic 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir J. Laforey, again to the Beaulieu, Capt. Lance- 
 lot Skynner, and to the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Louis, all in the "West Indies— 27 Sept. 1796, to the 
 Raisonnable 64, Capt. Chas. Boyles, employed at 
 the Cape of Good Hope and in the Channel— 27 
 Dec. 1799, as First, to the Immortalite 36, Capts. 
 Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. "W. C. R. Owen, on 
 the latter station — and 7 April, 1803 (after six 
 months of half-pay) to the Victors 100, flag-ship of 
 Lord Nelson. When Senior Lieutenant, in 1796, of 
 the Beaulieu, Mr. Pasco landed with a battalion of 
 seamen, and assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucie ; 
 and in 1801, at which period he belonged to the Im- 
 mortalite, he volunteered and was appointed to 
 cut out from Camaret Bay the French corvette La 
 Chevrette, but was prevented from carrying his plans 
 into execution by the circumstance of his ship being 
 ordered on a cruize before the weather had proved 
 sufficiently favourable. The glory of achieving the 
 exploit fell in consequence to the lot, as is well 
 known, of the late Capt. Keith Maxwell. On his 
 passage to the Mediterranean in May, 1803, JMr. 
 Pasco, then in the Victorv, contributed to the cap- 
 ture of the French 32-gun frigate Enibuscade. He 
 afterwards went in pursuit of the combined squa- 
 drons to the West Indies; and on his return he 
 shared, 21 Oct. 1805, in the battle of Trafalgar. It 
 being Lord Nelson's practice to make the oilicer 
 first on his list for promotion do the duty of Signal- 
 Officer, and the' Junior that of First-Lieutenant, Mr, 
 Pasco, although Senior of the Victory in the action, 
 was obliged to submit to the regulation enforced by 
 his Lordship, through whose death he in conse- 
 quence lost that promotion to which his rank en- 
 titled him. He had thus the mortification of only 
 receiving a Commander^s commission, dated 24 
 Dec. 1805 ; while Mr. Quilliam, the Sixth-Lieute- 
 nant, was at once advanced to Post-rank. During 
 the battle he had the misfortune to be very severely 
 wounded by a grape-shot in the right side and arm ;* 
 for which he now receives a pension of 250Z. per 
 annum, besides having at the time obtained a grant 
 from the Patriotic Fund.f After he left the Vic- 
 tory, Capt. Pasco remained on half-pay until May, 
 1808. He then at length succeeded in procuring 
 command of the Mediator 32 ; in which vessel he 
 served for three months off Cadiz and Lisbon. In 
 the following Nov. he joined the Hindostan 50, 
 ai-?nee-en-Jiute, fitting for a voyage to New South 
 Wales ; on his return whence he was appointed, in 
 Nov. 1810, to the Tartarus 20. In that ship, in 
 which he was made Post by commission bearing 
 date 3 April, 1811, Capt. Pasco continued employed, 
 on the Channel, American, and Cork stations, until 
 May, 1815. In the ensuing June he assumed com- 
 mand, at Lisbon, of the Rota 38 ; and he next, from 
 20 Aug. 1815 until paid off 2 Sept. 1818, served in 
 the Lee 20, on the Channel station ; where he made 
 prize of several smuggling vessels. On 18 Slarch, 
 1846, he was admitted into the Royal Hospital at 
 Greem\-ich ; but, resigning the appointment almost 
 immediately, he was placed, 1 April following, in 
 command of his old ship the Victory, stationed at 
 Portsmouth. He had been previously, 19 Feb. 
 1842, selected as a recipient for the Captain's Good 
 Service Pension. He attained his present rank 22 
 Sept. 1847. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Pasco married, first, 1 Sept. 1805, 
 Rebecca, daughter of J. L. Penfold, Esq., of the 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1484. 
 
 t In conveying the memorable injunction to the fleet, 
 ** Kngland expects every man to do his duty," the word 
 " Kngland " was substituted for " Nelson," at the suggestion 
 of Lieut. Pasco. That oflicer having remarked to Lord 
 Nelson that, as it would take some time to spell the word 
 " Nelson," it might be better to say " England," which was 
 in the vocabulary, his Lordship replied, " Riglit, right ; make 
 it England !" 
 
870 
 
 PASCO— PASCOE-PASLEY. 
 
 Royal Dockyard at Plymouth; and, secondly, 22 
 July, 1843, Eliza, relict of Capt. John "Weaver, R.M. 
 (1826). By his first wife he had issue three sons and 
 two daughters. Of the former, the eldest, William, 
 is a Commander, and the second, Crauford, a Lieu- 
 tenant, in the R.N. The youngest son, George Ma- 
 grath Ley Pasco, was a Second Lieutenant, R.M. 
 (1841). One of the Rear-Admiral's daughters is 
 married to Capt. J. B. B. M*Hardy, B.N.; the 
 other to Lieut. H. M. Kinsman, R.N. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PASCO. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William Montagu Isaacson Geokge Pasco is 
 eldest son of Rear- Admiral Pasco. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1820; passed 
 his examination in 1826; and obtained his first com- 
 mission 8 Jan. 1830. His succeeding appointments 
 ■were — 5 May, 1831, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord 
 J as. Townshend, fitting for South America, whence 
 he returned in the summer of 1834—5 Feb. 1835, to 
 the Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, under whom he 
 was employed for a further period of three years in 
 South America, part of the time as First Lieutenant 
 —8 Oct. 1838, to the Coast Guard— 18 May, 1842, 
 to the command of the Kite steamer, equipping for 
 the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England 
 and was paid off in 1843— and 7 April, 1845, to that 
 of the Jackal, another steamer, stationed in the 
 Slediterranean. He attained his present rank 9 
 Nov. 1846. Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 PASCOE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 John Eyke Pascoe entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 
 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Warrior 74, 
 Capts. Sam. Hood Llnzee, Michael Seymour, and 
 John Wm. Spranger, attached to the Channel fleet. 
 He removed, in Dec. 1807, to the Indefatigable 
 46, Capts. John Tremayne Rodd, Henry Edw. Re- 
 ginald Baker, and John Broughton, stationed off the 
 coast of France ; and he was next, between Aug. 
 1810 and Sept. 1815, employed, off Lisbon, at Ports- 
 mouth, on the north coast of Spain, and in the Me- 
 diterranean, on board the Dreadnought 98, Capt. 
 Sam. Hood Linzee, Plover sloop, Capt. Colin Camp- 
 bell, Hannibal 74, Capt. King, Union 98, Capt. 
 Geo. Burgoyne Salt, Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Wm. 
 Hext, and Clorinde 40, Capt. Sam. GJeo. Pechell. 
 He then took up a commission bearing date 7 March, 
 1815; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Pascoe married, at Plymouth, in 1839, 
 Sarah, third daughter of S. Kerswell, Esq. 
 
 PASLEY. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 James Paslet entered the Navy, 17 June, 1794, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Spitfire sloop, Capt. 
 Clements, attached to the force in the Channel, 
 where he joined, in the following Sept., the Mino- 
 taur 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Macbride, 
 and, in July, 1795, the Rattler sloop, Capts. Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake, John Cochet, J. Hall, W. Dun- 
 combe, John Hayes, and John Wentworth Loring. 
 After assisting, as Midshipman, at the capture, in 
 May, 1796, of the French privateer Le Pichegru of 
 10 guns and 34 men, he sailed for the West Indies ; 
 on which station he witnessed the evacuation of the 
 Cayemites Islands, near St. Domingo, and in Sept. 
 1799 accompanied Capt. Loring, as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, into the Lark 18, commanded subsequently 
 by Capts. Caton, Tippet, New, and Jag. Johnstone. 
 While in that vessel he appears to have been most 
 actively employed, and to have contributed to the 
 capture of a large number of armed and other ves- 
 sels.* On 13 Sept. 1801, in particular, with two of 
 
 • On \\ March, 1800, the boats, under Lieut. Lane, who 
 was killed, having been rftpulsed in an endeavour to obtain 
 possession of a privateer lying under the protection of two 
 heights at the entrance of a bay in tlie island of Cuba, Mr. 
 Pasley landed with a party of men at a p'ace ten miles dis- 
 tant, and advanced on the enemy's rear with so much expe- 
 dition, and judgment, that, on the arrival of Capt, Loring in 
 the boats to renew the attack, he found nothing left for him 
 
 her boats under his orders, each carrying 16 
 men, he attacked, in face of a heavy fire, boarded, 
 and gallantly took, within the Portillo reefs, 
 in the island of Cuba, the Spanish privateer- 
 schooner Esperanza of 1 long 8 and 2 4-pounders 
 and 45 men, 21 of whom were killed and 6 wounded, 
 with a loss to the British of 1 man killed and 13 
 wounded.* He had previously, we are informed, 
 while serving, pro tem., on board the Beaulieu 38, 
 Capt- Steph. Poyntz, assisted in the boats of that 
 ship and of the Doris and XJranib frigates, com- 
 manded by Lieut. Keith Maxwell, at the cutting- 
 out, on the night of 21 July, 1801, of La Chevrette 
 corvette of 20 long 9-pounders and 350 men, under 
 the batteries in Camaret Bay, a position deemed 
 almost impregnable, after a deadly conflict, in which 
 the enemy lost their Captain, 6 other officers, and 
 85 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 4 Midshipmen, 
 and 57 men wounded, and the British 1 Lieutenant 
 R.M., 1 Midshipman, and 9 men slain, and 2 Lieu- 
 tenants, 1 Master's-Mate, 3 Midshipmen, and 51 
 men wounded. f In June, 1802, he rejoined Capt. 
 Caton on board the Trent 36, in which ship he con- 
 tinued for about 12 months on the West India sta- 
 tion. His subsequent appointments were — 5 April, 
 1804, to the Sea Fencibles in Ireland — 8 June, 1805 
 (having left the latter service in the preceding 
 Peb.), to the Argus sloop, Capts. Edw. Kittoe and 
 Jas. Stewart, off Cork — and, 19 June, 1807, to the 
 command, which he retained until 28 May, 1813, of 
 the Enchantress, at Bristol. He became a Re- 
 tired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830; 
 and on the Senior 17 Feb. 1845. Agents — Burnett 
 and Holmes. 
 
 PASLEY, Bart. QCapt., 1831. r-p., 15 ; h-p., 15.) 
 Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, bom 26 Dec. 1804, 
 is only son of the late Major John Sabine, of the 
 Grenadier Guards, by Maria, eldest daughter of the 
 late Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, Bart. ;J in pursuance 
 of whose will he assumed, in 1809, the surname and 
 arms of Pasley, instead of those of his paternal fa- 
 mily, Sabine. One of the Baronet's maternal grand- 
 aunts was the mother of the present Vice-Admiral 
 Sir Chas. Malcolm, K.t., and another of Vice- Admi- 
 ral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 7 
 Aug. 1817 ; and embarked, 20 Dec. 1818, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Bochfort 80, Capts. Andrew 
 
 to do than to witness, and bestow his commendation on, the 
 successful issue of the steady and good conduct which had 
 been displayed. — Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 825. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1802, p. \lb. f V. Gaz. 1801, p. 919. 
 
 X Sir Thos. Pasley was bom 2 March, 1734. After having 
 served his time as Midshipman in various parts of the globe 
 under Capts. Willett, Cockbiirn, Webber, and Digby, he was 
 invested with, the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, and sent with 
 Capt. Uigby on the unfortunate expedition against Roche- 
 fort. Being confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant on his 
 return to England, he was next, until 17G2, employed in that 
 capacity on board the Rom a n Emp eroe tire-ship, and Hnss ar 
 and iEoLUs frigates. In the latter vessel he distinguished 
 himself at the capture, 19 March, 1759, of Im Mignonne of 
 SO guns ; and also, when, in company with the Biiii.liant 
 and Fai.las of 36 guns each, at the takinir, 28 Feb. ITfiO, 
 after a fierce contest, of the French frigates Belleisle, Blonde, 
 and Terpsichore. On leaving the ^olus, as above, he was 
 advancea to the rank of Commander; and in 1771, after 
 having had command of the Albany and Weasel sloops, 
 he attained Post-rank. He subsequently served in the Sea- 
 horse 20, Glasgow, Sibylle 28, Jupiter 50, andBEf.LERo- 
 PKON 74. In the Jupitfk he was present, in 1781, in the 
 encounter between Commodore Johnstone and M. de Suffrein 
 in. Porto Praya Bay. From 1788 until his appointment to 
 the Bei.lerophon in 1793, Capt. Pasley held the chief com- 
 mand, with the rank of Commodore, of the ships lying in the 
 river Medway. Being advanced, in April, 1794, to the rank 
 of Kear-Admiral, and appointed to a command in Lord 
 Howe's fleet, he enacted, with his flag in the Bellerophon 
 74, a very signal and important part in the famous actions of 
 28 and ^9 May and I June. On the latter occasion he lost a 
 leg. He had the satisfaction, however, of being raised for 
 his services to the dignity of a Baronet, and of receiving, 
 with the thanks of Parliament, a pension of \000l. a-year : he 
 was also presented, by the Patiiotie Societv, witJi a pair of 
 goblets valued at 500/. He became a Vice-Admiral 1 June, 
 17!t5; was afterwards, in 1798 and 1799, appointed Com-* 
 raander in-Chief in the Medway, and Port- Admiral at Ply-, 
 j mouth ; and died an Admiral of "the White 2y Nov. 1808. 
 
PATERSON- PATESUALL. 
 
 871 
 
 Pellett Green and Chas. Marsh Sohomberg, succes- 
 sive flag-ship of Vice-Admirals Sir Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle and Sir Graham Moore in the Mediterra- 
 nean; where, in June, 1821, and Oct. 1822, he was 
 lent, as Midshipman, for a few months, to the 
 Lakne 20, Capt. Kobt. Tait, and Euryalus 42, 
 Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas; CliflFord. He left the 
 KocHFORT in Oct. 1823 ; and, after having interme- 
 diately served on board the Redpole 10, Capt. 
 Eich. Anderson, and Arachne 18, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads, he was advanced, 16 March, 1824, to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 17 April, 1824, to the Tweed 28, Capt. 
 Fred. Hunn, with whom he sailed for South Ame- 
 rica— 25 Aug. following, as Senior, to the Eclaik 
 18, commanded on that station by Capt. Thos. 
 Bourchier— 13 June, 1827 (having been on half-pay 
 since July, 1825), to the Fairy 10, Capt. Geo. Wm. 
 Conway Courtenay, fitting for the West Indies — 
 and, 6 June, 1828, to the Asia 84, as Flag-Lieute- 
 nant to Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Mediterranean. 
 Being awarded a second promotal commission, 
 dated 17 Sept. 1828, he successively assumed com- 
 mand, also on the Mediterranean station — 31 Oct. 
 following, of the Camelion 10—30 Nov. 1829, of 
 the Pkockis 10— in May, 1830, as Acting-Captain, of 
 the Kattleskake 28 — and in Nov. 1830, in a simi- 
 lar capacity, of the Blonde 46. On the paying off 
 of the latter ship he was confirmed in his present 
 rank 24 May, 1831. His next and last appointment 
 was, 22 Feb. 1843, to the CuEAgoA 24, in which 
 vessel he served on the S.E. coast of America, until 
 superseded in Jan. 1846. 
 
 Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley married, 10 June, 1826, 
 Jane Matilda Lilly, eldest daughter of the Rev. 
 Montagu John Wynyard, rector of Wesh Rounton, 
 and of St. Martin's, Micklegate, Yorkshire, by whom 
 he has issue seven sons and two daughters. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PATEESON. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 George Yates Paterson entered the Navy 17 
 June, 1828 ; passed his examination in 1834 ; served 
 for some time in the Mediterranean as Mate of the 
 Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth Om- 
 manney ; and was advanced to his present rank 23 
 Nov. 1841. He was next, 7 Jan. 1842, appointed to 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings; and from 16 May, 1843, until 
 paid off on his return to England at the close of 
 1847, was employed in the Pacific on board the Fis- 
 GARD 42, Capt. Jas. Alex. Duntze. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PATEESON. (Eetired Commander, 1847. 
 
 F-p., 1 9 ; H-p., 32.) 
 William Love Paterson was born 17 March, 
 1781, at Doneraile, oo. Cork. His brother, Thos. 
 Paterson, Master's Mate of H. M. S. Arrow, was 
 killed in a boat affair in the Gulf of Venice 4 June, 
 1804, aged 21. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 6 Oct. 1796, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Terpsichore 32, Capts. 
 Rich. Bowen and Wm. Hall Gage. On 13 of the 
 same month he assisted at the capture, off the port 
 of Carthagena, of the Mahonesa Spanish frigate of 
 34 guns and 275 men, after a spirited contest of an 
 hour and 20 minutes, in which the enemy sustained 
 a loss of 30 men killed and as many wounded, and 
 the British, out of 182 men, of only 4 wounded ; 
 and on 13 of the ensuing I>ec. he was present, off 
 Cadiz, in another most determined action of an 
 hour and forty minutes, which terminated in the 
 surrender to the Terpsichore (whose loss on the 
 occasion amounted, out of 166 men, to 4 killed and 
 18 wounded) of the French frigate La Vestale of 36 
 guns and at least 270 men, 30 of whom were killed 
 and 37 wounded. In the summer of 1797 we find 
 Mr. Paterson co-operating in the bombardment of 
 Cadiz, and employed, as Midshipman, in the Terp- 
 sichore's barge. In Lord Nelson's attack upon Santa 
 Cruz, Teneriffe, where Capt. Bowen was killed. 
 Quitting the Terpsichore in Jan. 1800, he served, 
 
 during the five following years, chiefly on the Home 
 station, in tlie Triton 32, Capt. John Gore, Majes- 
 tic 74, Capt. Davidge Gould, Port Mahon 18, 
 Capts. Walter Grosett and Ralph Neville, and Im- 
 PETUEux 74, Capts. Thos. Byam Martin and John 
 Erskine Douglas. He was then, in Jan. and Sept. 
 1805, and July, 1806, successively nominated Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Borer gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Rich. Wilbraham, Pegasus, Capt. John 
 Pengelly, and Tickler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 Skinner; on leaving the latter of which vessels he 
 was constituted, 6 Sept. 1806 (although the date of 
 his commission was subsequently altered to 20 Jan. 
 1809), full Lieutenant of the SnRiNAM 18, Capt. 
 John Lake. Becoming attached next, 6 Feb. 1807, 
 to the Tartarus 20, Capts. Thos. Fras. Chas. Main- 
 waring and John Pasco, Mr. Paterson accompanied 
 in that vessel the expedition sent in the course of 
 the same year against Copenhagen ; and on 25 April, 
 1808, he assisted in her boats, with those of the 
 Daphne 20, commanded by Lieut. Wm. Elliott, at 
 the cutting-out, with a loss to the British of only 5 
 persons wounded, of a convoy of 10 deeply-laden 
 vessels, moored close under the foot of a castle 
 mounting 10 guns, in the harbour of Fladstrand, 
 near the Skawe, defended also by a heavy fire from 
 another battery, as well as from the crews of the 
 vessels assembled on the beach, and made fast to 
 the shore by hawsers.* With the exception of a 
 short command, held between June and Nov. 1811, 
 of the Cuttle schooner, at Halifax, he continued 
 employed in the Tartarus, on the American, West 
 India, and Cork stations, until May, 1815. Not hav- 
 ing been since afloat, he accepted his present rank 
 3 Feb. 1847. 
 
 Commander Paterson married, 9 April, 1811, Miss 
 Prisoilla Blight, of Plymouth. 
 
 PATESHALL. (fllaptailt, 1815. f-p., 19 ; 
 
 H-p., 33.) 
 Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall, born 13 Sept. 
 1782, is fourth son of the late Edm. Pateshall, Esq., 
 of Allensmore House, co. Hereford, by Ann, daugh- 
 ter and heiress of Wm. Burnam, Esq., of Wellington 
 Court, in the same co. ; and brother of Capt. Edwyn 
 Sandys Pateshall, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, who died 
 at Ceylon in 1819. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capt. 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he continued to serve, 
 in the same frigate and in the Impetueux 78, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations, until June, 1801, 
 the greater part of the time as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate. In the former ship he assisted, in 
 April, 1796, at the capture of a fleet of French mer- 
 chantmen, the destruction of La Volage of 26, and 
 the further capture of X' Unite of 38 guns and 255 
 men, and, after a chase of 15 hours and a close ac- 
 tion of an hour and 45 minutes, of La Virginie of 44 
 guns and 340 men. He was also, on 13 Jan. 1797, 
 present, in company with the Amazon 36, in a very 
 gallant engagement of 10 hours, which terminated 
 in the destruction, with a loss to the Indefatigable 
 of 19 men wounded, of the French 74-gun ship Les 
 Droits de V Homme. The Impetueux formed part, 
 in June and Aug. 1800, of the expeditions to Qui- 
 beron and Ferrol. At Quiberon, where he was 
 wounded in blowing up a battery, Mr. Pateshall 
 was actively employed with the boats of the squa- 
 dron, and at Ferrol he landed with the naval bri- 
 gade. During the term of his attachment to the 
 Indefatigable and Impetueux he contributed to 
 the capture and destruction, including the vessels 
 already mentioned, of as many as 20 ships of war, 
 carrying in the whole, we are informed, 468 guns 
 and 3937 men.t In June and Sept. 1801 we find him 
 successively joining the Robust 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Jervis, and Ville de Paris 110; of which 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 697. 
 
 t Among them were I,' Insolente and (vide Gaz. 1800, p. 
 898) La Cerbire, captured, as detailed in our Memoirs of 
 Rear-.4dmiral McKerlie and Commander Paddon. He com- 
 manded one of the boats of the Viper cutter on the Idtter 
 occasion, and was afterwards placed in charge of the prize. 
 
872 
 
 PATEY. 
 
 latter ship, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon. 
 AVm. Cornwallia, he was created a Lieutenant 20 
 Nov. in the same year. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 6 Nov. 1802 (after six months of half- 
 pay) to the Calcutta 50, Capt. Dan. 'WoodrifF, with 
 whom he visited Botany Bay, and circumnavigated 
 the globe— 6 Sept. 1804, again to the Ville de Pa- 
 ris, still bearing the flag of Hon. "Wm. Cornwallis 
 —12 June, 1806, as Senior, to the Kent 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Rogers, under whom, during a servitude of 
 three years and nine months, he was frequently 
 employed in the outting-out of convoys in the Me- 
 diterranean— in Nov. 1809, to theHYPEBJON 36, Capt. 
 Thos. Chas. Brodie, in which ship he proceeded to 
 the "West Indies— 2 March, 1810, to the Sappho 18, 
 Capt. Thos. Graves, on that station — and, 8 July 
 following, to the Polyphemus 64, as Flag-Lieute- 
 nant at Jamaica to Vice-Admiral Bartholomew 
 Sam. Rowley. On 24 July, 1811, he was advanced 
 to the command of the Shark sloop ; from which 
 vessel, in the ensuing Oct., he was transferred to 
 the Acting-Captaincy of the Polyphemus, then 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore J as. 
 Giles Vashon. Returning to England in the course 
 of the following month, he was subsequently, 7 
 Oct. 1813 and 7 June, 1814, appointed to the Adder 
 12 and Jaseur 16, stationed chiefly on the coast of 
 Korth America; where he was made Post, 18 Feb. 
 1815, into the Carron 20. He paid that ship off, 
 on her arrival home from the West Indies, in Aug. 
 1816 ; and did not afterwards go afloat. He ac- 
 cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Pateshall, we understand, has filled the 
 office of Mayor of Hereford. 
 
 PATEY. (Eetibed Commander, 1825. f-p.,40; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 
 Charles Patey, born 31 Dec. 1770, is brother of 
 Commander Joseph Patey, R.N. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, in 1779, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the Ocean 98, Capt. Geo. 
 Ourry, stationed in the Channel; where, in 1781, 
 he joined the Nonsuch 64, Capt. "Wm. Truscott. 
 Becoming attached, next, to the Warrior 74, Capts. 
 Sir Jas. "Wallace and John Symonds, he served in 
 that ship in Rodney's actions of 9 and 12 April, 
 1782, and was present in her at the ensuing capture, 
 by Sir Sam. Hood, of the Caton, Jason, &c., in the 
 Mona Passage. Paid off at the peace in 1783, he 
 did not go sSloat until 1785 ; between which period 
 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 22 Nov. 1790, we find him alternately em- 
 ployed, at Plymouth, in the Crown 64 and Bombay 
 Castle 74, under Capts. Sam. Reeve, Robt. Fan- 
 shawe, Chas. Morice Pole, Anthony Jas. Pye MoUoy, 
 and John Thos. Duckworth- His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 6 Sept. 1791, to the Carnatic 
 74, Capt. John Ford, lying at the port last men- 
 tioned— 22 Dec. 1792, to the Terrible 74, Capts. 
 Skeffington Lutwidge, Geo. Campbell, and Sir Rich. 
 Hussey Bickerton — 27 Sept. 1797, to the Zealand 
 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Lutwidge at 
 the Nore — 29 June, 1798, to the command of the 
 George cutter of 14 guns, employed, until Dec. 
 .1800, on the Home and "West India stations — and, 
 in Slay, 1801, to the Semaphore service, in which 
 he continued (with the exception of an interval be- 
 tween March, 1802, and May, 1803) until Nov. 1814. 
 In 1793 Lieutenant Patey, then belonging to the 
 Terrible, was present at the occupation and eva- 
 cuation of Toulon ; on the latter of which occasions 
 he very narrowly escaped destruction, the boat he 
 commanded being blown to pieces.* He afterwards 
 took part, in the same ship, in the reduction of 
 Bastia and Calvi ; and also in Hotham's partial en- 
 gagements of 14 March and 13 July, 1795. During 
 his command of the George he fought an action of 
 two hours with a French cutter, whom he at length 
 compelled to take refuge in the port of Cherbourg. 
 In the same vessel he captured, 19 Nov. 1798, after 
 a chase of four hours, the French privateer lugger 
 
 • Vide Gi2. 1794, p. 43. 
 
 Enterprise, mounting two swivels, with muskets, 
 pistols, swords, halt-pikes, &c., and carrying 16 
 men.* The British on this occasion sustained a loss 
 of 2 men killed and 2 wounded. From Jan. 1820 
 until 1830 Commander Patey (who was advanced to 
 his present rank 20 July, 1825) officiated as a chief 
 officer in the Coast Guard. 
 
 One of bis sons, Chas. G. E. Patey, is a Captain, 
 and another, George Edwin, a Commander, in the 
 R.N. 
 
 PATEY. (Captaik, 1846.) 
 
 Charles George Edward Patey is son of Re- 
 tired Commander Chas. Patey R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 20 Jan. 1824; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 6 Dec. 1836. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 6 May and 16 Aug. 1837, to the 
 Caledonia 120 and Princess Charlotte 104, flag- 
 ships in the Mediterranean of Sir Josias Rowley 
 and Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford— and, 22 Feb. 1840, as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Collier. Uniting, in the latter ship, in the opera^ 
 tions on the coast of Syria, he found opportunity 
 of highly distinguishing himself by his officer- 
 like, cool, and steady conduct, at the capture both 
 of Caiffa and Tsour. On the fall of Caiffa he planted 
 the Ottoman flag upon the ramparts ; and in a day 
 or two afterwards, with the marines and a few sea- 
 men belonging to the Castor and Pique under his 
 orders, destroyed a castle mounting 5 guns, in full 
 view of 500 of the Egyptian army.f At Tsour, as 
 soon as the enemy had been put to flight, he landed 
 and took possession of the town ; in the immediate 
 vicinity of which he contrived, although in the pre- 
 sence of 800 infantry and 60 cavalry, to get into his 
 possession 40 prisoners and deserters.J On 4 Nov. 
 1840, the day after the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d' Acre, he was advanced to the rank of Commander. 
 He served next, from 5 March, 1842, until posted, 
 27 June, 1846, in the Resistance 42, troop-ship; 
 and is now on half-pay. 
 
 PATEY. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 George Edward Patey, born in 1789, is only son 
 of Lieut. "Wm. Patey R.N., who lost his life while 
 employed in embarking troops on the coast of Spain 
 in 1810; and nephew of Commander Joseph Patey 
 R.N. "Two other uncles died Lieutenants in the 
 service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. John 
 Sutton, Geo. Duff, "Wm. Hennah, and Robt. Dudley 
 Oliver, stationed at first off Brest and then off 
 the port of Cadiz. After sharing as Midshipman 
 and Aide-de-Camp to Capts. Duff and Hennah in 
 the battle of Trafalgar, he removed, in Jan. 1806, to 
 the Crescent 36, Capt. Jas. Carthew; under whom 
 he was for two years employed, chiefly at the block- 
 ade of the Texel. He then proceeded to the Medi- 
 terranean, where, in the Bombay 74, he was for a 
 further period of three years engaged in watching 
 the port of Toulon. In April, 1811, and March, 
 1812, Mr. Patey became in succession Master's Mate 
 of the Vigo and Montagu 74' s, bearing each the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon in the Baltic 
 and South America. He was confirmed to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, after having twice acted in that ca- 
 pacity, 20 July, 1813 ; and from the latter date 
 until Feb. 1815 was employed, on the station last 
 named, in the Nereds 36, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, 
 and Aleacore 18, Capt. Joseph Patey. In the 
 Albacoee he assisted, as First-Lieutenant, in 
 chasing into St. Salvador, and in there detaining, a 
 notorious American privateer, the True-Blooded 
 Yankee, of equal force. In 1831 he was appointed 
 Senior of the Pallas 42, Capt. M. H. Dixon ; but a 
 nearly fatal illness deprived him of the possibility 
 of joining. He has not been since able to procure 
 employment. 
 We are told that during the war Lieut. Patey was 
 
 ' J'ide Gaz. 1708, p. 1109. f V- Gaz. 1840, p. 2601. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1640, pp. 2602, 2008. 
 
PATEY— PATRIARCHE. 
 
 873 
 
 captured in a transport-brig by two privateers after 
 an honourable defence. He married, in Feb. 1817, 
 Lucy, only child and heiress of the late Thos. Mao- 
 namara Russell, Esq., Admiral of the White, for- 
 merly Commander-in-Chief in the North Sea ; by 
 whom he has had issue four sons. One of them, 
 the eldest, Russell, is a Lieutenant R.N. ; a second, 
 Maonamara, was a Lieutenant R.M. (184.3) ; and the 
 two others are in the Church and Army. Agent — 
 John P. Muspratt. 
 
 PATEY. (Commander, 184i5.) 
 
 Geokge Edwin Patey is son of Retired Com- 
 mander Chas. Patey, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1833 ; was 
 promoted, for his services on the coast of Syria, to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 4 Not. 1840 ; and was sub- 
 sequently appointed—!,^ Deo. 1840, to the Carts- 
 fort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, attached to the 
 force in the Mediterranean— 9 Deo. 1841, to the 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore at 
 Plymouth— 14 June, 1842, to the W01.F 18, Capt. 
 Courtenay Osborn Hayes, fitting for the East Indies 
 —and 18 March, 1843, and 1 April, 1845, as Senior, 
 to the ■Wolverene 16, Capts. Henry Gage Morris, 
 Chas. Foreman Brown, and Wm. John Cavendish 
 Clifford, and Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 John Cochrane, both on the same station. As a 
 reward for his highly lauded exertions as second in 
 command, under Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, of the 
 force employed during the operations on the island 
 of Borneo, detailed in our memoir of that oflScer, 
 Lieut. Patey was adTanoed to the rank of Com- 
 mander 8 July, 1846.* He has been officiating, 
 since 26 Jan. 1848, as Second-Captain of the Rod- 
 net 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Mediterranean 
 station. 
 
 PATEY. (COMMANDEB, 1815. F-P., 22 J H-p., 35.') 
 Joseph Patet, born 20 Sept. 1780, is brother of 
 Retired Commander Chas. Patey, R.N. ; and uncle 
 of Lieut. Geo. Edw. Patey, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1790, as 
 Gunner's Servant, on board the Rotal Sovereign 
 100, bearing the flag in the Channel of Lord Hood, 
 with whom he remained until the following Deo. 
 Re-embarking, in July, 1793, on board the Porcu- 
 pine 24, commanded by Capt. Manley Dixon, he 
 successively followed that officer, as Midshipman, in 
 June, 1795, and July, 1797, into the Espion 38 and 
 Lion 64. In the Espion he assisted at the capture, 
 in the North Sea, 14 Feb. 1797, of Le Buonaparte 
 French privateer of 17 guns and 110 men. On 15 
 July, 1798, being off Carthagena, he took part in a 
 brilliant action between the Lion and four Spanish 
 frigates of 42 guns each, which terminated in the 
 surrender of one of the latter, the Santa Dorothea ;t 
 and when subsequently in company with the Fon- 
 DROTANT 80 and Penelope 36 at the blockade of 
 Malta, he was present as Acting-First-Lieutenant, 
 and rendered the greatest possible assistance to his 
 Captain, at the capture, 31 March, 1800, of the 
 French 80-gun ship Guillaume Tell, after a tremen- 
 dous conflict productive of a loss to the Lion of 8 
 men killed and 38 wounded.J: On leaving the Lion, 
 which had been latterly commanded by Lord Wm. 
 Stuart, he was again, in July, 1800, placed under 
 the orders of Capt. Dixon on board Le Genbreux 
 74 ; in which ship, in the course of the ensuing Aug. 
 and Sept., we find him present, still as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, at the capture of La Diane of 42 guns, and 
 the surrender of the island of Malta. He continued 
 in Le Generehx under Capt. Velterers Comewall 
 Berkeley until within a few weeks of his confirma- 
 tion in the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Sept. 1802. § His 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3438, 3441, 3442, 3444, 3446, 3447, 
 3767. 
 
 f Although slightly wounded in the shoulder, Mr. Patey 
 would not leave his quarters, hut from first to last was parti- 
 cularly active.— F. Gaz. 1798, p. 880. 
 
 i Fide Gaz. 1800, p. 575. 
 
 § Mr. Patey had passed his examination in 1799, but, his 
 certificate being mislaid at the Admiralty, he was compelled 
 to undergo a second probatory ordeal, which, however, he 
 
 succeeding appointments were — 14 Sept. 1803, to 
 the Crescent frigate, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and 
 Jas. Carthew, employed in the North Sea, off the 
 Western Islands, and in the Channel— in Nov. 1807, 
 to the acting command, for a short time, of the 
 Railleur 18, in the North Sea— 30 May, 1808, and 
 22 April, 1809, to the Royal George 100 and San 
 Josef 110, flag-ships in the Channel of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth— in July, 1809, to the Rubt 64, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant in the Baltic to his former Captain, 
 then Rear-Admiral Dixon, whom he accompanied, 
 in the same capacity, into the Vigo* and Montagu 
 74' s, the latter on the South American station — 22 
 Sept. 1812, to the acting command of the Benja- 
 min, in which vessel (a corvette borrowed from 
 the Brazilian Government) he remained for three 
 months — at the expiration of that time, to the Mon- 
 tagu and Indefatigable, again as Flag-Lieutenant 
 to Admiral Dixon — and in the early part of 1814 
 to the acting command, in succession, of the Ceres 
 and Aquilon frigates, and Aleacore 18. In the 
 latter vessel it was Commander Patey's good for- 
 tune, in Dec. 1814, to chase the True-Bhoded Yankee, 
 a mischievous privateer of 18 guns, into St. Salva- 
 dor, where he kept her closely blockaded until she 
 was sold to defray the expenses of her stay. He 
 was thus the means of saving two of the king's 
 packets from capture, as well as many valuable mer- 
 chantmen. He was officially promoted to the rank 
 he now holds 19 July, 1815 ; and with the exception 
 of a few months in 1835, from Feb. to Sept., during 
 which he officiated as Supernumerary-Commander 
 of the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hargood 
 at Plymouth, has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Patey, including the occasion above 
 alluded to, has been thrice wounded. In March, 
 1841, he was admitted into the Royal Hospital at 
 Greenwich. He married, 31 Jan. 1803, Miss Grigg, 
 by whom he has two daughters living; the younger 
 of whom became the wife, in March, 1841, of Thos. 
 Corral, Esq., Surgeon R.N. (1841). A son of the 
 Commander died on the coast of North America 
 while serving under the flag of Sir Chas. Ogle. 
 
 PATEY. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Russell Patet is eldest son of Lieut. Geo. Edw. 
 Patey, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1831 ; passed 
 his examination 14 April, 1838 ; and after having 
 served in South America on board the President 
 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, and at Portsmouth in 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 20 Nov. 1844. His appointments have since been 
 —18 Dec. 1844, to the Cruizer 16, Capts. Edw. 
 Gennys Fanshawe, Wm. Maclean, and Edw. Peirse, 
 on the East India station — and, 27 Oct. 1847, to the 
 Nerbudda 12, commanded by the last-mentioned 
 officer at Bombay, where he is now employed. 
 
 PATRIARCHE. (Retired Commander, 1844. 
 F-p., 14 ; H-p., 40.) 
 Charles Patriarche entered the Navy, 30 Aug. 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Concorde 36, Capts. 
 Thos. Wells and Sir Rich. John Strachan ; on re- 
 joining the former of whom, in April, 1794, in the 
 Mblampus 36, he assisted, when in company with a 
 squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren, at the 
 capture of La Pomone of 44 guns and 341 men, Le 
 Babet of 22 guns and 178 men, and L' Engageante 
 of 38 guns and 300 men. On quitting the Melam- 
 pus, which frigate had been latterly commanded by 
 Sir R. J. Strachan, he was received as Midshipman, 
 in Oct. 1794, on board the Defence 74, and in that 
 ship he continued employed, under the orders of 
 
 was not aiTorded an opportunity of doing until his return 
 from the Mediterranean in Aug. 1802. He lost, in conse- 
 quence, the promotion which would otherwise have heen his 
 reward for the ijait he acted at the capture of Le Ouillmme 
 Tell. We may here add, that in April, 1799, the LtoN made 
 prize, off Alexandria, of the Chasseur, a corvette of 16 jjuna 
 
 • While borne on the hooks of the Vioo he acted for' a 
 brief period as Commander of the Fly 16. 
 
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874 
 
 PATTEN— PATTERSON— PA TTON. 
 
 Capts. Wells, Wm. Brown, John Peyton, Jae. Ste- 
 venson, and Lord Henry Paulet, imtil confirmed ia 
 the rank of Lieutenant, after having acted for 
 12 months in that capacity, 26 Nov. 1799. He was 
 in consequence present in Hotham's second partial 
 action 13] July, 1795 ; also at the blockade of the 
 Texel ; and as Master's Mate at the battle of the 
 Nile 1 Aug. 1798. His la«t appointments were 
 —30 Nov. 1799, to the Pylades 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Boorder, employed in the North Sea— 10 Jan. 1801, 
 to the Superb 74, Capts. John Sutton and Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats, under the latter of whom he fought 
 in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action in the Gut of Gib- 
 raltar 12 July, 1801, accompanied Lord Nelson 
 to the West Indies in pursuit of the combined 
 fleet in 1805, and was so severely wounded in the 
 battle off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, as to be rer 
 duced, in the following June, to the necessity of 
 invaliding* — and, 28 Sept. 1812, to the Vulture 
 sloop, Capt. Henry Baugh, in which vessel he 
 cruized in the Channel until June, 1813, when the 
 effects of his wound again compelled him to seek 
 half-pay. He became a Retired Commander on 
 the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior 
 16 May, 1844. 
 
 In consideration of his sufferings. Commander 
 Patrlarche, besides receiving a grant from the Pa- 
 triotic Society, was allotted, 9 Aug. 1806, a pension 
 of 911. 5s. He is married. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 PATTEN. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Frederick Patten entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 
 1814, as Est.-cl. Vol., on board the Rotal Sove- 
 reign 100, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild and Chas. 
 Thurlow Smith, stationed in the Mediterranean ; 
 where, in the course of the same year, he followed 
 the latter ofi&cer, as Midshipman, into the Duncan 
 74, and also into the Undaunted 38 ; in which fri- 
 gate he witnessed, in 18l5, the capture of the Tre- 
 miti Islands. In Feb. 1816, three months after he 
 had left the Undaunted, hie joined the Kamillies 
 74, bearing the tiag of Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope on 
 the Leith station ; and he was next, between Nov. 
 1818 and the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 19 July, 1822, employed in South Ame- 
 rica, at Plymouth, and in the Mediterranean, on 
 board the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, 
 Blossom 24, Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Har- 
 court). Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Lord Ex- 
 mouth, Chanticleer sloop, Capt. the Earl of 
 Huntingdon, and Revolutionnaibb 46, Capt. Hon. 
 Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 16 , Oct. 1822, to the 
 Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, also in 
 the Mediterranean, whence he returned in July, 
 1824— in March, 1825, to the Ranger 28, Capt. 
 Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, fitting for South Ame- 
 rica — 24 June, 1828, fo^a few months, to the Glou- 
 cester 74, Capt. Henry Stuart, lying at Sheemess 
 —26 June, 1830, as First, to the Gannet 18, Capt. 
 Mark Halpen Sweny, on the West India station — 
 30 July, 1832, in a similar capacity (after a brief 
 interval of half-pay), to the Blonde 46, Capt. John 
 Duff Markland, attached to the force off Lisbon — 
 and, 14 July, 1833 (the latter ship having been put 
 out of commission in the preceding Jan.), to the 
 command, which he retained for three years, of 
 the RAriD 10, in South America. On 10 J an. 1837, 
 as a reward for the manner in which, during his 
 servitude in the Rapid, he had discharged various 
 responsible duties, he was promoted, on the recom- 
 mendation of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, to the rank he at present holds. 
 We may here mention that he had twice when be- 
 longing to the Cambklan, and once when in the 
 Briton, jumped overboard and succeeded in saying 
 Hfe. His last appointments were— 13 Aug. 1838, to 
 the Coast Guard, in which service he continued 
 until the early xmrt of 1843— and, 7 Sept. 1844, to 
 the command of the Osprev 12. While in that 
 vessel he was on several occasions intrusted with 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 373. 
 
 the command of squadrons of sloops varying from 
 four to seven in number. Towards the close of 
 1845, in consequence of the unsettled state of New 
 2iealand, Commander Patten was selected by Sir 
 Thos. John Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief in the 
 East Indies, to act as senior oflicer on that station, 
 in which capacity he continued to ofQciate until 
 the arrival of Capt. Chas. Graham in the Castor 
 36. He remained, however, at New Zealand, en- 
 gaged with success in the performance of many 
 delicate and arduous services, until at length un- 
 avoidably wrecked, in March, 1846, on the western, 
 part of the coast at a place called False Hokianga, 
 which had never been survej'ed. Determined upoii, 
 saving all, that they could from the ship, Com- 
 mander Patten and his cr«w remained for two 
 months in the vicinity of the spot on which the, 
 cat^trophe had occurred, and thei) commenced, a., 
 march of 110 miles overland to the opposite side of 
 the island, where, at the expiration of five days, 
 during which, with but three days' provisions, they 
 had traversed, through rivers and forests, an almost 
 unknown country, in the most inclement weather, 
 they embarked on board H.M. sloop Racehorse.* 
 On his arrival home in Dec. 1846, Commander 
 Fatten had the satisfaction of not only receiving 
 the full, acquittal of a court-martial for the loss of 
 his ship, but of being complimented for the exer- 
 tions he had ma^e on the disastrous occasion. He 
 is now op half-pay. 
 
 He married, 3 April, 1829, Alicia Cavendish, 
 daughter of Wm. HilUer, Esq., of Boley Hill,' 
 Rochester. 
 
 PATTERSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 32,): 
 William Patterson entered the Navy, 1 July, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64j 
 Capt. Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in Yarmouth 
 Roads of Rear- Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. 
 In May, 1805, nine months after he had attained 
 the rating of Midshipman, he removed to the 
 Stately 64, Capt. Geo. Parker ; under whom we 
 find him, when in company with the Nassau 64, 
 present, 22 March, 1808, at the capture, off the 
 coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts 
 Christian Frederic, whose surrender was accom- 
 plished at the close of an obstinate running fight 
 ill which the Statelv sustained a loss of 4 men 
 killed and 28 wounded. Following Capt. Parker, 
 in the ensuing May, into the Aboukir 74, he accon?- 
 panied in that ship the expedition of 1809 to the 
 Walcheren. He afterwards, in Sept. 1811, joined 
 the Hannibal 74, and, in the course of 1812-13, 
 the Christian VII., Bulwark, and Venerable 
 74's, all bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip 
 Chas. Durham. In the Hannibal and Christian 
 Vn. he was successively employed in the Baltic, 
 Channel, and North Sea ; in the Bulwark, of 
 which ship he was for a short time Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, he served in Basque Roads ; and in the Ve- 
 nerable, on his passage to the Leeward Islands, he 
 contributed, in company with the Cyane sloop, to 
 the well-resisted capture, 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of 
 the French 40-gun frigates Iphige'nie and Ahmine. 
 On the latter being ad(Jed,to the British Navy 
 under the name Palma, Mr. Patterson, by virtue 
 of an order dated 28 Feb. 1814, was nominated 
 one of her Acting-Lieutenants. He was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant 21 Feb. 1815, but has not been since 
 employed. 
 
 PATTON. (eCaptain, 1819. r-p., 18 ; H-p., 25.) 
 
 Hugh Patton is son of the late Colonel Patton, 
 
 Governor of the island of St. Helena; nephew of 
 
 the late Philip Patton, Esq., Admiral of the Red ;t 
 
 • The fatigue endured by Commander Patten revived tlie 
 painful effecta of a serious injury he had sustained when on 
 duty in tlie Rapid. 
 
 f Admiral Patton was an officer highly esteemed and justly 
 respected. His last employment afloat was as Commander- 
 in-Chief in the Downs. When Lord Barham presided over 
 naval affairs, he filled a seat at the Board of Admiralty. He 
 was the author of a work entitled ' The Natural Defence of 
 an Insular Empire earnestly recommended.' He died 31 Dec. 
 1816, at Fareham, Hants, aged 76. 
 
PATTON— PAUL. 
 
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 first-cousin of the present Capt. Robt. Patton, R.N. ; 
 and brother-in-law of the late Major-General Sir 
 Henry Torrens, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John 
 Irwin, lying at Portsmouth. Becoming attached, 
 shortly afterwards, to the Bei/lerophon 74, Capts. 
 John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. Rotheram, he 
 fought as Midshipman of that ship in the action off 
 Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. At the commence- 
 ment of 1806 he joined the Niobe 40, Capt. John 
 Wentworth Loring, in time, we believe, to assist at 
 the capture of Le Nearque corvette of 16 guns. 
 After a servitude of 12 months on the Jamaica 
 station in the Poltphemds 64, Capt. Wm. Pryce 
 Cumby, he wag nominated, 25 Oct. 1810, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Thalia 36, Capt. Jas. Giles 
 Vashon; to which ship the Admiralty confirmed 
 him 1 Feb. 1811. Invaliding home in the ensuing 
 Oct., he was next in succession appointed — 16 
 March, 1812, to the Sybille 44, Capt. Clotworthy 
 Upton, on the Irish station — in the early part of 
 1813, to the Abohkik and Gladiator, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas. Foote at 
 Portsmouth— and, 24 Aug. in the same year, to the 
 ASTREA 36, Capt. John Eveleigh. In the latter 
 ship he shared, we understand, in a yard-arm-and- 
 yard-arm conflict of upwards of an hour with the 
 French 40-gun frigate Etoile, which terminated in 
 a drawn battle, wherein the British lost 9, including 
 their Captain, killed, and 37 wounded, and the 
 enemy 20 killed and 30 wounded. On leaving the 
 AsTREA in Sept. 1814 he took up a Commander's 
 commission bearing date 6 Deo. 1813. He subse- 
 quently, from 6 Sept. 1815 until 22 Oct. 1818, com- 
 manded the Alban 12, on the Plymouth station, 
 and on 12 Aug. 1819 was advanced to the rank 
 of Captain. His last appointments were — 28 Nov. 
 1823, to the Rattlesnake 28, fitting for the West 
 Indies— and, 16 Sept. 1825, to the Isis 50, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted at Jamaica, 
 whence he returned in 1827. He accepted the Re- 
 tirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 PATTON. (Crapfain, 1827. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.) 
 Robert Patton, born in 1791, is son of the late 
 Retired Captain Chas. Patton, R.N. ;* and first- 
 cousin of Capt. Hugh Patton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Utrecht 64, Capt. John 
 Wentworth Loring, bearing the flag in the Downs 
 of his uncle Vice-Admiral Philip Patton. In the 
 following June he removed as Midshipman to the 
 Puissant 74, Capt. John Irwin, lying at Portsmouth ; 
 and on being received, next, into the Bellerophon 
 74, Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. 
 Rotheram, he was afforded an opportunity of par- 
 ticipating, 21 Oct. 1805, in the battle of Trafalgar. 
 After having served for three years and nine months 
 in the Niobe 40, commanded by his old Captain, 
 J. W. Loring, under whom, during that period, he 
 had assisted at the capture of Le Nearque corvette 
 of 16 guns, he became Master's Mate, in Nov. 1809, 
 of the Polyphemus 64, Capts. Wm. Pryce Cumby 
 and Thos. Graves, of which ship, stationed at Ja- 
 maica, he was nominated, 26 Aug. 1810, an Acting- 
 Lieutenant. He was confirmed 13 Nov. following, 
 and was subsequently appointed — 26 April, 1811, 
 for five months, to the Dispatch sloop, Capt. Jas. 
 Aberdour, also in the West Indies — 29 July, 1812, 
 to the Doterel 18, Capt. Wm. Westoott Daniel, 
 
 * Capt. Chas. Patton was made a Lieutenant 17 Feb. 
 1780, a Commander 25 Sept. 1781, and a Post-Captain 30 May, 
 1 795. Durin" the whole of the late war he was in superin- 
 tendence of the Transport department at Plymouth, and ac- 
 quitted himself of his duties in a manner that gained him 
 the esteem of all who were employed under him, at the same 
 time that it yielded unqualified satisfaction to the Board of 
 Admiralty and the Commander-in-Chief at the port. He was 
 the author of a work entitled * An Attempt to establish the 
 Basis of Freedom on simple and unerring_Principles,' 8vo., 
 published in 1793 ; and of another called 'The Elfecfs of Pro- 
 perty upon Society and Government;' to which was added, 
 by his brother, Admiral Philip Patton, 'An Historical Beview 
 of the Monarchy and Republic of Rome,' 8vo. 1797. 
 
 successively employed in the Channel, the West 
 Indies, and North America — and, in April, 1813, 
 and Nov. 1814, to the Loire 40 and Junon 38, Capts. 
 Thos. Brown and Clotworthy Upton, both _ on the 
 station last named, where he performed, in both 
 ships, the duties of First-Lieutenant. Attaining 
 the rank of Commander 13 June, 1815, he served in 
 that capacity from 3 May, 1826, until posted, 30 
 April, 1827, in the Trinculo 18, on the Cork station. 
 The latter was his last appointment. He accepted 
 the Retirement in 1847. 
 
 Capt. Patton was presented with the honorary 
 inedalhon of the Royal Humane Society 13 April 
 1826. 
 
 PATTON. (LiEDT., 1812. r-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Patton entered the Navy, in Sept. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ottbe sloop, Capts. 
 John Davies and Nesbit JoSiah Willoughby, under 
 the latter of whom, in the same vessel and the Ne- 
 Ri:iDE 36, he saw a great deal of active service. 
 He was present in the N]^B£Ice in particular at the 
 capture of He de Bourbon in July, 1810 ; also when 
 she compelled the enemy's sloop Victor to surrender, 
 and exchanged broadsides witi the 40-gun frigate 
 Minerve ; and again during a series of unhappy 
 although heroic operations, which, by 28 Aug. 1810, 
 terminated in the self-destruction, in Port Sud-Est, 
 Isle of France, of the French frigates Magicienne 
 and Sirius, and the capture by a French squadron 
 of the Nereide and Iphigenia — the former after 
 being reduced to a mere wreck, and incurring a 
 loss of nearly her whole crew. On the reduction 
 of the Mauritius in the following Dec. Mr. Patton 
 was sent home in the Minerva frigate, Capt. Robt. 
 Tom Blackler. On his arrival he successively joined 
 the Ann tender, Lieut.-Commander John Turner, 
 lying at Swansea, and the Salvador del MuNdo 
 1 12, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. John Nash. 
 He attained the rank of Lieutenant 21 March, 1812. 
 His last appointments were — 11 July and 3 Aug. 
 following, to the Egeria and Forester sloops, 
 Capts. Lewis Hole and Alex. Kennedy, on the 
 Home station— 21 April, 1813, to the Benbow 74, 
 Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, in the West Indies— 
 and, 26 Oct. 1814, to the Lyra 10, Capt. Dowell 
 O'Reilly, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned in Aug. 1815. 
 
 PAUL. (COMMANDEB, 1841.) 
 
 Alfred John Paul was born 11 Jan. 1811, and 
 died 18 Aug. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tamar 26, Capt. Jas. 
 John Gordon Bremer, under whom he witnessed 
 the establishment of a colony on Melville Island, 
 Australia. In Sept. 1825 he removed to the Liffey 
 50, bearing the broad pendant in the East Indies of 
 Commodore Thos. Coe; and in June, 1826, five 
 months after he had left the latter ship, he became 
 Midshipman of the Victory 104, Capt. Chas. IngUs 
 lying at Portsmouth. Joining next, in April, 1827| 
 the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, he served 
 for nearly three years in that ship on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, where it was his fortune to act a 
 part in the battle of Navarin. In Oct. 1830 Mr. 
 Paul, at that time in the Prince Regent 120, Capt. 
 Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, passed his examination. 
 He was subsequently employed on the Mediterra- 
 nean, African, South American, Lisbon, and East 
 India stations, as Mate, in the Ganges 84, Capt. 
 Geo. Burdett, Lynx 3, Lieut.-Commander Henry 
 Vere Huntley, Rover 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, Dub- 
 lin 50, Capts. Wm. David Puget and Geo. Wickens 
 Willes, MiNDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe, and 
 Alligator 28, Capt. Sir J. J. G. Bremer. While 
 in the latter ship, in which he served from Sept 
 1837 until Jan. 1840, he was present at the formation 
 of a colony at Port Essington, and was advanced to 
 the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing 
 date 28 June 1838. On quitting her he removed to 
 the Wellesley 72, on board which ship Sir Gordon 
 Bremer (to whom, in the follomng June, he became 
 
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 PAULET- PAULSON— PAYNE. 
 
 Flag-Lieutenant) had hoisted a broad pendant. He 
 assisted in consequence at the capture of Chusan 
 and of several batteries in the Canton river.* His 
 promotion to the rank of Commander took place 14 
 June, 1841. 
 
 PAULET, Lord. (Capt., 1833. f-p., 18 ; h-p.,12.) 
 The Kight Honourable Lord George Padlet, 
 born 12 Aug. 1803, is third son of Chas. Ingoldsby, 
 13th Marquis of "Winchester ; brother of Lord Wm. 
 Paulet, Lieut.-Colonel 68th Regt., and of Lord Fred. 
 Paulet, an ofiicer in the Coldstream Guards ; and 
 brother-in-law of Capt. Wm. Bamsden, K.N., and 
 Sir Chas. Des Voeux, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Boyal Naval College 6 
 Feb. 1817; and embarked, 18 Dec. 1819, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Liffet 50, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Duncan, stationed in the Channel. From Oct. 1820 
 until Jan. 1824 he served in the Mediterranean and 
 again in the Channel in the Cambrian 48, Capt. 
 Gawen Wm. Hamilton, Eacehorse 18, Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Abbot, and Active 46, Capt. Andrew King. 
 He then passed his examination ; and on 9 Feb. 
 1825, at which period he had been serving for up- 
 wards of six months in South America on board 
 the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, he was 
 made Lieutenant into the Jasedr 18, Capts. Thos. 
 Martin and Edw. Handfield. Attaining the rank 
 of Commander 28 Feb. 1828, he was next, from 4 
 March, 1830, until paid off 2 Jan. 1834, employed in 
 that capacity on board the Nautilus 10, in which 
 vessel, after having served in the Channel and off 
 the coast of Ireland, we find him stationed in and 
 off' the rivers Douro and Tagus during the whole of 
 the civil war in Portugal, from July, 1832, to Oct. 
 1833 ; and subsequently off the north coast of Spain 
 at the commencement of the hostilities in that 
 country. His Lordship, prior to the Nautii,us being 
 put out of commission, had been advanced, 18 Nov. 
 1833, to the rank he now holds. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 28 Dec. 1841, to the Cabvsfort 26, fitting 
 for the Pacific, where, in Feb. 1843, certain indig- 
 nities having been offered by the King of the Sand- 
 wich Islands, Kamehameha III., to Her Majesty's 
 subjects resident in his dominions, Lord George felt 
 it his duty to institute demands, which led to the 
 whole of the group being provisionally ceded to 
 him. He accordingly retained possession of them, 
 in the name of Queen Victoria, until 31 July fol- 
 lowing, when, by order of Kear-Admiral Thomas, 
 the Commander-in-Chief, they were restored to 
 their former government. The Carysfort after- 
 wards conveyed Queen Pomare, with 50 of her 
 relatives and suite, from Tahiti to Baiatea, one of 
 the leewardmost of the Society Islands. She re- 
 turned to England and was paid off in June, 1845. 
 
 Lord Geo. Paulet married, II July, 1835, Geor- 
 gina, daughter of the late Major-General Sir Geo. 
 Wood, K.C.B., of Ottershaw Park, co. Surrey, and 
 niece of the late Sir Mark Wood, Bart., by whom 
 he has issue two children. 
 
 PAULSON. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 15.) 
 
 John Thomas Padlson entered the Navy, 16 
 March, 1812, as Fst.-ol. Vol., onboard the Barham 
 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, employed at first in 
 the Channel, and afterwards among the Western 
 Islands and in the West Indies. In July, 1814, he 
 removed as Midshipman to the Cordelia 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Sargent, attached to the force on the Home 
 station ; and he next, in April and Aug. 1816, 
 joined the Newcastle 60, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, and Spey 20, Capts. John Lake and Jas. 
 Arthur Murray, both at St. Helena, whence, in Nov. 
 1817, he returned to England. From Feb. 1818 to 
 April, 1819, he again served on board the Spey, 
 under Capts. White and Tattnall, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station. In the following Aug., having 
 passed his examination, he joined the Leander 60, 
 Capts. Chas. Richardson and Robt. Gore, in which 
 
 * During the operations against Canton in March, 1841, he 
 appears to have been attached to the person of Capt. Her- 
 bert, of I-I.M.S. Calliope.— ritie Gaz. 1841, p. 1505. 
 
 ship, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Hon. Sir 
 Henry Blackwood, he continued employed, as Mid- 
 shipman, Master's Mate, Second-Master, and Acting- 
 Lieutenant, until transferred with Capt. Gore, about 
 Nov. 1822, in the capacity last mentioned, to the 
 Satellite 18. In that vessel he visited New South 
 Wales. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 29 March, 
 1822 ; and was subsequently appointed— 30 June 
 following, to the Sophie 18, Capts. Geo. French, 
 Robt. Graham Dunlop, and Geo. Fred. Ryves, in 
 which vessel, prior to his return to England in July, 
 1824, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing, as 
 First-Lieutenant, in the opening operations against 
 the Burmese— 7 Feb. 1829, to the Seringapatam 
 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, fitting for service 
 in South America, whence he came home and was 
 paid off at the close of 1832—15 Jan. 1838, to the 
 command, which he retained for nearly four years, 
 of the EspoiR 10, on the Lisbon station — and, 8 
 March, 1842, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. 
 Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He attained his pre- 
 sent rank in honour of the Queen's visit to Scotland 
 21 Sept. 1842 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 PAYNE. (LlEDTENANT, 1848.) 
 
 Charles Bradney Payne is nephew of Retired 
 Commander Wm. Payne, R.N. 
 
 This ofBoer passed his examination 1 Sept. 1847 ; 
 was appointed Mate, 16 Oct. following, of the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry 
 Duoie Chads ; and since his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 4 March, 1848, has been serving on board 
 the Havannah 19, Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine. 
 
 PAYNE. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 21 ; H-p. 33.) 
 
 Charles Frederick Payne, bom in 1779, at 
 Weymouth, co. Dorset, ^is son of the late Rev. Sam. 
 Payne, Rector of Weymouth, Wyke, and Portland ; 
 and brother of Retired Commander Wm. Payne, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1793, as 
 L.M., on board the Cdlloden 74, Capts. Sir Thos. 
 Rich, Isaac Schomberg, and Thos. Troubridge ; in 
 which ship, on his return from a voyage to the 
 West Indies, we find him present as Midshipman in 
 the battle of 1 June, 1794. On subsequently join- 
 ing the London 98, he served, under the flag of Sir 
 John Colpoys, in Lord Bridport's action with the 
 French fleet off He de Groix 23 June, 1795. In the 
 course of 1797 he was transferred in succession to 
 the RivoLUTiONNAiRE 38 and Nymphe 36, Capts. 
 Fras. Cole and Percy Fraser ; and on 18 April, 1799, 
 after having acted for some time as Lieutenant in 
 the latter frigate, he was confirmed into the Cam- 
 bridge 74; bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Pasley at 
 Plymouth. On his removal, in the following Nov., 
 to L'Aimable 32, Capt. Henry Raper, he sailed in 
 company with the Glenmore 44 and a fleet of mer- 
 chantmen for the West Indies. On 17 Dec, having 
 fallen in with La Sirene, a heavy French frigate. 
 La Bergere corvette, and the Calcutta^ an extra 
 East-Indiaman, which the enemy had just captured, 
 L'Aimable, while the Glenmore was engaged in 
 re-capturing and retaining possession of the Indian 
 man, went in pursuit of the men-of-war, with whom, 
 although they contrived in the end to make off, she 
 maintained for 35 minutes a very spirited action. 
 Some time «,fterwards Lieut. Payne was sent into 
 Aguada Bay, Puerto Rico, for the purpose of cut- 
 ting out a large schooner at anchor there. On the 
 vessel being boarded, the enemy, who had just be- 
 fore discharged a broadside of grape, jumped out 
 of her and made good their escape. The British, 
 however, had scarcely commenced towing their 
 prize when a heavy fire from a battery" on shore 
 was opened upon them, which killed and wounded 
 almost every man in the barge. The other boats 
 not being able to make any progress with the 
 schooner, she was in consequence abandoned ; it 
 being the next day ascertained that she had been 
 secured to the shore by hawsers under water. On 
 leaving L'Aimable in April, 1801, Lieut. Payne as- 
 sumed command of theTnoMP at Martinique ; ho 
 next, from Aug. in the same year until Aug. 1802, 
 served, likewise in the West Indies, on board the 
 
PAYNE. 
 
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 GAifcTfe, Capts. Fanshawe and Briggs ; and in April, 
 1803, and March, 1806, he became Senior of the 
 iMMonTAUTi and Clyde frigates, both commanded 
 by the present Sir Edw. Wm. Campbell Rich Owen. 
 During his servitude in the Immoktaiit^ he as- 
 sisted at the bombardment of Dieppe and St. Valery- 
 en-Caux 14 Sept. 1803 ;* and on that and other oc- 
 casions displayed so much merit that he was the 
 constant theme of his Captain's praise. Independ- 
 ently of being slightly wounded at the boarding 
 and capture of one of the enemy's vessels, we may 
 mention that he commanded a division of rocket- 
 boats sent in to attempt the destruction of the 
 tower and flotilla at Boulogne, also one of the store- 
 ships ordered to be sunk at the entrance of the 
 harbour at that place, and, 2 Oct. 1804, one of the 
 principal explosion vessels employed in a renewed at- 
 tack upon the flotilla there stationed.f In an action 
 fought on 23 of the latter month with the enemy's 
 flotilla between Capes Blanc Nez and Gris Nez, Mr. 
 Payne, although ill, stuck to his quarters, and by his 
 zealous exertions attracted much attention. J Attain- 
 ing the rank of Commander 26 Dec. 1806, he was in 
 that capacity appointed to the Adelphi rocket-ship, 
 and, after 12 months of half-pay, to the Cretan 
 16. In the Adelphi, we understand, he passed the 
 Dardanells with Sir John Thos. Duckworth in Feb. 
 1807 ; and in the Cretan, to which vessel he was 
 appointed 26 Sept. 1809, he was highly eulogised for 
 the manner in which he led a squadron of frigates 
 and sloops through the Wielinge Passage, past the 
 fortifications of Flushing and Breskens, to a safe 
 anchorage off Cadsand. On leaving the Cretan, 
 Capt. Payne (who had captured in her, 28 Oct. 1810, 
 the Neptune Danish privateer of 5 guns and 24 men) 
 was promoted, 7 June, 1814, to Post-rank. In the 
 following Dec. he proceeded to the Canadian lakes, 
 for the purpose of assuming command of the St. 
 Lawrence 98 as Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. W. C. E. 
 Owen, then on the eve of opening a campaign 
 against the American Commodore Chauncey. The 
 intelligence of peace, however, arriving before the 
 ice had broken up, he was ordered to superintend 
 the dismantling of the squadron and the placing of 
 their stores and guns in a state of readiness for im- 
 mediate use. He returned to England in Deo. 1815 ; 
 and, not having been since afloat, was induced, 1 
 Oct. 1846, to accept the Retirement. 
 
 Capt. Payne married in July, 1817, and has issue 
 seven children. 
 
 PAYNE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Richard Payne entered the Navy, 26 Feb. 1799, 
 as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Cesar 80, Capt. 
 (afterwards Rear- Admiral) Sir Jas. Saumarez ; under 
 whom, in July, 1801, he fought in the actions off 
 Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. In Aug. 
 1802 he left the CiESAR. He was next, between 
 Sept. 1803 and Dec. 1812, employed in tlie Channel 
 and Baltic on board the San Josef 110, Hibersia 
 110, DiojiEDE 50, and Victory 100, flag-ships of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton, Earl St. Vincent, and Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez ; he then joined the Ville de Paris 110, 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying at Portsmouth ; and in 
 March, 1814, after having again served for 12 
 months in the Baltic, part of the time as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Ariel sloop, Capt. Dan. Ross, 
 he was nominated Acting-Master (he had been for 
 three months Second-Master of the Victor"y) of the 
 Harrier 16, Capts. Andrew Pellet Green, John 
 Forbes, and Sir Chas. Thos. Jones. In the latter 
 vessel he took part in the grand naval review held 
 before the Allied Sovereigns at Portsmouth, and 
 was afterwards sent on a cruize among the Canary 
 Islands. He was advanced to his present rank 13 
 Feb. 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 PAYNE. (Retired Commander, 1835. r-p., 20; 
 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 William Payne, born in Oct. 1773, is brother of 
 
 Capt. C. F. Payne, E.N. ; and uncle of Capts. P. 
 
 T. M. and G. B. Payne, both of the R.M., also of 
 
 * Fllfe Ciaz. 1803, p. 127.'S. + ''. Gaz. ISO^, p. 1237. 
 
 X K Gaz. 1804, p. 1320. 
 
 W. C. H. Payne, Esq., Second-Master R.N. (1845), 
 and of Lieut. C. B. Payne, B.N. 
 
 "This oflicer entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1789, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Falcon sloop, Capt. 
 Laugharne, on the Home station, where he next, in 
 succession, joined the Resistance 44, Capt. Hewit, 
 Falcon again, Capts. Bligh and Eastwood, and Al- 
 cide and Bedford 74's, Capts. Sir And. Snape 
 Douglas and Sir And. Snape Hamond. Rejoin- 
 ing Sir And. Snape Douglas, in Jan. 1792, on 
 board the Phaeton 38, he assisted in that ship 
 at the capture, in the course of the following 
 year, of Le General Dumourier of 22 guns and 196 
 men, having on board 2,040,000 dollars ; her prize, 
 the St. Jago, laden with a cargo worth nearly 
 3OO,O0OZ. ; La Prompte frigate of 28 guns and 180 
 men; another privateer ; of 16 guns and 60 men; 
 and La Blonde national corvette of 24 guns. After 
 sharing, under the command of Capt. Wm. Ben- 
 tinck, in the action of 1 June, 1794, he removed to 
 the Qdeen Charlotte 100, commanded by his old 
 Captain, Sir A. S. Douglas ; at whose recommenda- 
 tion, for his conduct in Lord Bridport's rencontre 
 with the French fleet off He de Groix, he was no- 
 minated, 6 July, 1795, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Sans Pareil 80, Capt. Lord Hugh Seymour. He 
 was confirmed (as soon as he had passed his exa- 
 mination) into the Aqdilon 32, Capt. Cracraft, 9 
 Oct. following ; and was subsequently appointed — 
 15 Dec. 1797, to the Maidstone 32, Capts. Matthews, 
 Ross Donnelly, Rich. Hussey Moubray, and Hon. 
 Geo. Ellio(^17 Dec. 1804, to the Sea Fencibles at 
 Weymouth— 11 Dec. 1806, to the Modeste 36, Capt. 
 Hon. G. Elliot— 20 Feb. 1808, to the Cdlloden 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew— and, 25 Jan. 
 1809, again to the Modeste, still commanded by 
 Capt. Elliot. While stationed, in the Aqdilon, in 
 the West Indies, Mr. Payne was severely attacked 
 by the yellow fever. In 1798, during his homeward 
 passage in the Maidstone, Capt. Matthews died; 
 but, notwithstanding he was at the time First-Lieu- 
 tenant, he received neither additional pay nor pro- 
 motion. Continuing in the Maidstone until ap- 
 pointed, as above, to the Sea Fencibles, he was in 
 consequence in that ship when she was sent with 
 the treaty of peace to the Mediterranean. Al- 
 though, in 1807, at which period he was Senior of 
 the Modeste, he escorted the Governor-General of 
 India to the seat of his government, he was again 
 disappointed of the promotion which had always 
 been customary on occasions of the kind. He was, 
 however, appointed First of the Culloden ; but the 
 latter being ordered to England before an oppor- 
 tunity of effecting his advancement had occurred, 
 he went back to the Modeste, in command of the 
 boats of which ship and the Baeracouta he suc- 
 ceeded, 15 July, 1810, in cutting out, from under 
 the protection of two batteries and five armed ves- 
 sels, in a bay in the Straits of Sunda, the Dutch 
 schooner Tiiyncelaar of 8 guns and 22 men.* A 
 sUght attack of liver-complaint, added to the dis- 
 appointments he had experienced, induced him, in 
 Dec. 1809, to invalid. He did not again go afloat, 
 but accepted, 26 Nov. 1830, the rank of Retired 
 Commander on the Junior List. He was transferred 
 to the Senior List 23 Dec. 1835. 
 
 At the close of the French revolutionary war 
 Commander Payne suggested to Lord St. Vincent 
 then First Lord of the Admiralty, the necessity of 
 placing the surplus stores of ships under the charge 
 of their respective warrant officers. On the paying 
 off of the fleet the plan was carried into execution 
 and a great saving to the country thereby effected! 
 The Commander married, in 1841, Cecilia, only 
 child of J. Glendinning, Esq., by whom he has issue 
 a son. An only child by a former marriage is the 
 wife of the Rev. Wm. H. Gorton. ^ 
 
 PAYNE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Henry PAyne passed his examination 
 
 5 Dec. 1837; and, after having served for some 
 
 years on the Mediterranean and Home stations, as 
 
 Mate, in the Gorgon steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman 
 
 • FideC,?.z. ISIO, p. 387. 
 
878 
 
 PAYNE— PAYNTER. 
 
 Henderson, Campebdotn 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Brace, and Blazeb steam surveying-vessel, Capt. 
 John "Washington, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant I Sept. 1845. He was then appointed to 
 the Hekoine 6, Capt. Ghas. Edmunds, fitting for 
 the coast of Africa, whence, in 1847, he returned to 
 England. 
 
 PAYNE. (LiEnTENANT, 1834.) 
 
 William KonssEAU Payne entered the Navy 30 
 July, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 2 April, 1834 ; and was after- 
 wards appointed— 29 Aug. 1835, to the Rodney 92, 
 Capt. Hyde Parker, on the Mediterranean station 
 — 10 May, 1837, to the Childers 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Keppel, attached to the force on the coast of 
 Africa, whence he returned to England at the close 
 of the same year— and, 1 Nov. 1838 and 1 Oct. 1840, 
 to the Howe 120 and Casiperdown 104, bearing 
 the flags of Sir Kobt. "Waller Otway, Sir Henry 
 Digby, and Sir Edw. Brace at the Nore. Of the 
 latter ship he was for some time First-Lieutenant. 
 He has been on half-pay since Nov. 1843. 
 
 PAYNTER. (LiEOT., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Charles Paynter, bom in Jan. 1791, is second 
 son of the late Chas. Paynter, Esq., of Penzance, co. 
 Cornwall, himself the son of Fras. Paynter, Esq., of 
 Boskenna, near that place. An heiress of the house 
 of Paynter, Margaret Paynter, of Trelissick, became 
 the wife of John Hearle, Esq., and was the mother 
 of three daughters, co-heiresses, who allied them- 
 selves to families of eminence, one espousing Com- 
 missioner "Wallis, the circumnavigator, another 
 Henry Hawkins Tremayne, Esq., of Heligan, and 
 the third Col. Fras. Kodd, of Trebartha. Lieut. 
 Paynter is cousin of Commander John Pender 
 Paynter, R.N. ; and a distant relation of Capt. 
 "Wm. Pender Roberts, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capts. 
 John Tremayne Rodd and Tristram Robt. Ricketts, 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton. 
 On leaving that ship, of which he had been nomi- 
 nated Midshipman in Oct. 1803, he was again, in 
 Jan. 1806, placed under the orders of Capt. Bodd 
 on board the Indefatigable 44, commanded after- 
 wards by Capt. Hen. Edw. Reginald Baker. Uniting, 
 15 July following, with the boats of a squadron 
 under Sir Sam. Hood, he assisted at the cutting-out, 
 in face of a desperate and well-concerted resistance, 
 at the entrance of the river Gironde, of the French 
 corvette Le Cesar, mounting 16 guns, with a com- 
 plement of 86 men, who, with a loss to themselves 
 of 14 killed and wounded, occasioned one to the 
 British of 9 killed and 39 wounded. In April, 1809, 
 we find the Indefatigable forming part of the 
 force employed in Lord Coohrane's operations 
 against the French fleet in Aix Roads, where, on 
 12 of that month, she was for upwards of 10 hours 
 exposed to the fire of the enemy's batteries, and 
 was for 50 minutes engaged in close action with La 
 Ville de Varaooie of 80 guns, which ship, during the 
 preceding night, had run on shore. The only in- 
 jury sustained by the Indefatigable on the occa- 
 eion was the loss of her maintopmast. On 15 Jan. 
 1810, having been placed in charge of a schooner 
 captured on the coast of Spain, Mr. Paynter had 
 the misfortune to be wrecked on the Penmarck 
 rocks and taken prisoner. The hardships he at 
 first experienced were such as to throw him on a 
 bed of sickness. In the course of time, however, 
 he recovered ; but it was not until the month of 
 Deo. 1813 that he was restored to liberty. He 
 then, having effected his escape, made the best of 
 his way to Holland, whence he embarked for Eng- 
 land. On his arrival in Feb. 1814 he was ordered 
 on board the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 Biokerton at Portsmouth, where, in the course of 
 the following month, he passed his examination. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 
 Jime in the same year ; and was lastly, from the 
 ensuing Nov. until paid off" in Sept. 1815, employed 
 
 with Capt. J. T. Rodd on board the "Wakeior 74. 
 During the passage home of that ship from the 
 "West Indies, in the summer of the latter year, she 
 was caught in a violent hurricane, was totally dis- 
 masted, received 11 feet water in her hold, and all 
 but foundered. 
 
 PAYNTEK. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 James Aylmeb Dorset Paynter entered the 
 Navy 1 Jan. 1826; passed his examination 11 Feb. 
 1833; and at the period of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, was serving in 
 the Mediterranean, as Mate, on board the Veenok 
 50, Capt. "Wm. "Walpole. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 5 Feb. 1842, to the Agincoukt 72, 
 fitting for the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, 
 Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies— and, 6 
 July, 1846, to the command, on that station, of the 
 Royalist brig. On 19 Aug. 1845, assuming charge 
 ot the Agincohbt's barge, he served with the boats 
 of a squadron, carrying altogether 530 officers, sea^ 
 men, and marines, at the destruction, under Capt. 
 Chas. Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloo- 
 doo, on the north end of the island of Borneo, 
 where the British encountered an earnest oppo- 
 sition, and sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 15 
 wounded.* In July, 1846, during an expedition 
 conducted by Sir Thos. Cochrane against the Sultan 
 of Borneo, he contributed, as officer in command of 
 the field-piece and rocket brigade, to the capture 
 and destruction, on 8 of that month, of the enemy's 
 forts and batteries on the river Brune. "While 
 ascending that stream he appears to have been lent 
 to the Phlegethon steamer, and to have so aston- 
 ished and dismayed the enemy assembled on the 
 banks by the admirable nature of the fire he kept 
 up that they precipitately fled.f As a reward for 
 his meritorious conduct he was advanced to his 
 present rank by a commission bearing date 8 July, 
 1846. He was in consequence superseded in the 
 command of the Royalist, to which he had been 
 appointed as above, and is now on half-pay. Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 PAYNTER. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 21 ; h-p., 20.) 
 John Meyeick Paynter entered the Navy, 25 
 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sdpeee 74, 
 Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral Sir) Rich. Good- 
 win Keats ; and while in that ship, commanded for 
 some time by Capts. Donald M'Leod and Sam. 
 Jackson, was present, as Midshipman, at the bom- 
 bardment of Copenhagen, the embarkation from 
 Nyeborg of the Spanish General the Marquis de la 
 Romans and his patriot troops, and the capture of 
 Flushing. After a servitude of eight months at 
 Spithead and Plymouth in the Pdissaht 74, Capts. 
 Robt. Hall and John Irwin, and Menelaes 38, 
 Capt. Sir Peter Parker, he joined, in July, 1810, 
 the MiLFOED 74, bearing the flag, at the defence of 
 Cadiz, of his old Captain, Sir R. G. Keats, whom, 
 in Aug. 1811, he followed into the Hibernia 110. 
 Being again, in Aug. 1812, placed under the orders 
 of Sir Peter Parker on board the Mehelads, he 
 sailed in that ship for the coast of North America ; 
 where, on being nominated, 27 July, 1814, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Weser troop-ship, Capts. Thos. 
 Ball Sulivan, Bartholomew Kent, and Dan. Law- 
 rence, he witnessed the destruction of Commodore 
 Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, and took part in 
 the unsuccessful attack made upon Baltimore. His 
 appointment to the Wesee being confirmed by 
 commission dated 11 Oct. 1814, he continued in 
 that vessel until Nov. 1815, and was in consequence 
 present in the expedition against New Orleans. 
 Since 20 March, 1835, he has been in command of 
 a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 PA"YNTEE. (Commander, 1816. f-p., 13; 
 
 H-p., 30.) 
 John Pender Payntee, bom 1 Nov. 1788, is a 
 cousin of Lieut. Chas. Paynter, K.N. His brother, 
 
 * Vide Ga/.. 1846, p. 6538. 
 t V. Gbx. 1846, pp. 3439, 3411, 3442, 3767. 
 
PEACE— PEACOCKE—PEAKE. 
 
 879 
 
 Edw. 'Wm. Paynter, a Midshipman R.N., died in 
 1810 on board the Implacable 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Cockburn. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Fieb. 1804, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Sas Josef 110, Gapts. 
 John Tremayne Kodd and Tristram Robt. Bioketts, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, under whom 
 he attained the rating of Midshipman in Aug. of 
 the same year. In Jan. 1806, up to which period 
 he had been employed in the blockade of Brest, he 
 rejoined Capt. Kodd on board the Indefatigable 
 44, in which ship, participating, in April, 1809, in 
 Lord Cochrane's attack upon the French fleet in 
 Aix Roads, he was, on 12 of that month, for upwards 
 of 10 hours under Are of the enemy's batteries, and 
 for 50 minutes engaged in close action with the 
 Ville de Varsovie 80, which ship had run on shore 
 during the preceding evening. He continued in 
 the Indefatigable with Capt. Henry Edw. Regi- 
 nald Baker until Feb. 1810 ; and on 1 Aug. in that 
 year, after having been again employed, under the 
 command of Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn and the flag 
 of Sir Chas. Cotton, on board the San Josef, was 
 made Lieutenant into the Euktalus 36, Capts. 
 Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, Abel Ferris, Thos. 
 TJssher, Jeremiah Coghlan, and Chas. Napier. Un- 
 der Gapti Dundas he took part' in several -battery 
 actions on the coast of Calabria; and'under Capt. 
 Napier, besides contributing to the capture, 16 May, 
 1813, of La Fortune national xebec, of 10 guns, 4 
 swivels, and 95 men, together with upwards of 20 
 sail of merchantmen lying in the harbour of Cava- 
 larie, he assisted in the following winter in simulta- 
 neously driving on shore, in Calvi Bay, the Balleine 
 French store-ship of 22 guns and 120 men, and 
 compelling a gaberre of 30 guns and 150 men, laden 
 with stores, and a national schooner of the largest 
 class, to seek refuge under the land batteries. In 
 1814 Mr. Paynter, having accompanied a fleet of 
 transports to North America, was further present 
 at the capture, up the Patuxeut river, of- Fort 
 "Washington, and the capitulation of Alexandria. 
 Becoming, 25 March, 1815, Flag-Lieutenaut^to Lord 
 Exmouth in the Boyne 98, he beheld, in the course 
 of that year, the surrender of Naples, and after- 
 wards visited the Barbary States for the purpose 
 of endeavouring to procure the release of Christian 
 slaves. At Algiers, being sent on shore to demand 
 the release from custody of the English Consul, 
 Colonel Macdonald, he was himself seized by the 
 Dey, and lodged in the Black Hole. The menacing 
 aspect subsequently assumed by the British fleet pro- 
 cured his enlargement ; and on his return to England 
 he was advanced to the rank of Commander 7 Nov. 
 1816. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 PEACE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 18; h-p., 2,5.) 
 BiCBAED Peace was born 25 Sept. 1790. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Dolphin 44, Capt. John 
 Shortland, with whom he continued employed in 
 the Trompeuse 18 and Squirrel 24, on the Irish, 
 African, and Halifax stations, until Nov. 1808. 
 Joining next, in Jan. 1809, the Sdccess 32, Capt. 
 John Ayscough, he commanded a boat belonging 
 to that ship at the reduction of Ischia and Procida, 
 and co-operated in the defence of Sicily against 
 the threatened invasion of Murat. On 30 July, 
 
 1809, we find him serving in the boats, as Master's 
 Mate, at the capture, off Cerigo, of two French 
 privateers, one carrying 9 guns, 4 swivels, and 78 
 men, the other 1 gun and 20 men. He shortly 
 afterwards commanded a boat, one of two under 
 the orders of Lieut. Geo, Rose Sartorius, at the 
 taking of a ship of 6 guns and 30 men. On 4 April, 
 
 1810, he was reported in the highest terms for his 
 conduct at the destruction (by the boats of the 
 Success and Espoir sloop, commanded by the same 
 officer) of several vessels well protected on the 
 beach abreast of Castiglione ;* and on 25 of the 
 same month he had charge of a boat at the capture 
 of an armed ship and three barks under the castle 
 
 * rWe Gaz, 1810, p. U38. 
 
 of Terra«ina. In the following Oct. he assisted, on 
 the coast of Naples, in destroying 2 gun-boats and 
 34 sail of troop-ships. He was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant of the Trident 64j Capt. Rich. Budd Vin- 
 cent, after having acted tor a short time as Mate, 
 22 April, 1811 ; and was next, between Dec. of the 
 same year and Oct. 1815, employed, on the Medi- 
 terranean, Home, and Barbadoes stations, in- the 
 Eclair sloop, Capt. John Bellamy, Trident again, 
 Capt. R. B. Vincent, Minorca 18, Capt. Ralph 
 Randolph Wormeley, Apollo troop-ship, Capt. An- 
 thony Blagrave Valpy, and, as Senior Lieutenant, 
 in the Raven 16, Capt. Edw. Lloyd. His last ap- 
 pointments were, in the capacity last mentioned — 
 19 Aug. 1818, to the Redwing 18, Capt. Fred. 
 Hunn, stationed, until her return to England in 
 the autumn of 1821, ofi' St. Helena for the purpose 
 of watching Napoleon Buonaparte— and, 18 May, 
 1827, to the Tweed 28, Capt. Lord Henry John 
 Spencer Churchill, fitting for the Cape of Good' 
 Hope, whence he came home in Feb. 1831. Agents 
 ■ — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 PEACOCKE. (ViCE-ADMiRAii of the Blue, 
 1841.) 
 
 Richard Peacocke died 24 April, 1846, at Aix- 
 la^Chapelle, of disease of the heart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 March, 1781, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Europa 50, Capt. 
 John Thos. Duckworth, stationed in the Channel, 
 where, in 1782, he followed the same Captain into 
 the Salisbury 60. From 1783 to 1786 he served in 
 the West Indies, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 in the Camilla 20, Capt. Hutt; he next, in 1793, 
 joined the Suffolk 74, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Commodore Peter Rainier in the East Indies ; 
 and on 22 Jan. 1796 he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 after having acted for six months as such, in the 
 Resistance 44, Capt. Edw. Pakenham. In that 
 ship he co-operated in the reduction, in Aug. 1 795, 
 of Malacca ; and, as Senior-Lieutenant, in the cap- 
 ture, in Marcb, 1796, of Amboyna and Banda. In- 
 validing home in the following Nov., he was ap- 
 pointed, 13 Oct. 1797, to the Leviathan 74, com- 
 manded by his old Captain, Duckworth ; under 
 whom, when in company with the Argo 44, he 
 assisted, again as First-Lieutenant, at the capture, 
 6 Feb. 1799, of the Spanish frigate Santa Teresa, of 
 42 guns. Previously to that event he had been 
 serving, for a few months in 1798, on board the 
 Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis oflT Cadiz. 
 On leaving the Leviathan in 1799 he was appoint- 
 ed, for a short time, Acting-Captain of the Power- 
 ful 74. On 28 Jan. 1801, four months previously 
 to which period he had rejoined the Leviathan, he 
 was promoted to the command of the Gaiet^ sloop 
 in the West Indies ; where he was made Post, 4 June, 
 1801, into the Arab. He subsequently, in 1802-3, 
 served in the Castor frigate, on the same station, 
 and in 1806-7 in the Foudroyant 80 in the Channel. 
 He became a Rear-Admiral on the Retired List 22 
 July, 1830; on the Active 17 Aug. 1840; and a 
 Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, 27 Feb. 1821, Martha Louisa, fourth 
 daughter of the late Geo. Dacre, Esq., of Marwell 
 House, Hants. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PEAKE. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Charles Peake was born 25 July, 1793, and died 
 2 Jan. 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Ed- 
 wards Lloyd Graham ; under whom, until paid off 
 in April, 1810, he was constantly employed in the 
 Channel and North Sea, among the Western Islands, 
 and at Newfoundland. He assisted during that 
 period at the capture, with a large number of mer- 
 chant-vessels, of L'Intrepide privateer of 20 guns 
 and 125 men, and was on several occasions intrusted 
 with the charge of a prize. In May, 1810, he became 
 Midshipman (a rating he had attained in June, 
 1809) of the Pallas 32, commanded at first by 
 Capt. Graham, and subsequently by Capts. Pringle 
 
880 
 
 PEAKE. 
 
 Stoddart and Geo. Paris Monke. In command of 
 one of the boats belonging to that ship Mr. Peake, 
 while cruizing on 'the coast of Norway, assisted in 
 taking, at one time, two Danish privateers, mount- 
 ing respectively 6 and 5 guns ; and, at another, two 
 Danish cutters. The Pallas being wrecked off St. 
 Abb's Head 18 Dec. 1810, he again, in the following 
 Feb., joined Capt. Graham on board the Alcm&ne 
 38, fitting for the Mediterranean station, where he 
 was soon afforded an opportunity of participating 
 in much detached service. On 22 May, 1812, in 
 particular, we find him (the ALCMi;NE being at the 
 time on a cruize to the Adriatic) present, in com- 
 mand of the Captain's 6-oared gig, in a most gallant 
 but sanguinary attack made by four boats, under 
 Lieut. Edw. Saurin, upon an enemy's armed convoy, 
 the result of which was the capture of one of their 
 principal vessels, after nearly the whole of the crew 
 had been either killed or wounded. The slaughter 
 on the part of the British was likewise dreadful — 
 the pinnace alone sustaining a loss of at least 20 
 ofloers and men killed and wounded. Mr. Peake 
 afterwards assisted at the cutting out of a vessel 
 from under a battery ; at the capture of a French 
 national schooner. La FUclie, of 12 guns ; and at 
 the further cutting out, on the coast of Corsica, of 
 two polacres and a xebec. On leaving the AlcmAne, 
 which ship had been latterly commanded by Capt. 
 Jeremiah Coghlan, he was received, 6 March, 1814, 
 on board the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, by whom, after witnessing the 
 fall of Genoa, he was nominated, 27 April in the 
 same year, Acting-Lieutenant of a 74-gun ship of 
 that name, commanded by Capt. Arthur Stow. On 
 1 July following his promotion was confirmed. He 
 went on half-pay in Nov. 1814 ; and was next, 3 July, 
 1818, appointed to the Edryalds 42, Capts. Thos. 
 Huskisson and Wilson Braddyll Bigland. On 27 
 Sept. 1820, having risen to the post of First-Lieute- 
 nant, Mr. Peake was appointed by the former officer, 
 who had become Commodore on the Jamaica sta- 
 tion, to the command of the Bann sloop, rendered 
 vacant by the death of Capt. Stow of the Tamar, 
 and the removal to that ship of the commander of 
 the Bann. On the arrival, however, of the latter 
 vessel at Halifax, Rear-Admiral Griffith, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, also thought proper to fill up the 
 vacancy. This fact being communicated to the 
 Commodore, he forthwith wrote to the Admiralty, 
 requesting that their Lordships would not suffer 
 him to be deprived of the patronage which so justly 
 belonged to him, the vacancy having occurred 
 while the Tamar was within the limits of his station. 
 Unwilling to grant the request, the Board superseded 
 all the appointments that had taken place, and gave 
 the command of the Tamar to an officer then in 
 England ; at the same time paying off the sloop he 
 commanded, in order to avoid promoting either of 
 the Lieutenants selected by the Commodore and 
 Kear- Admiral. Mr. Peake subsequently command- 
 ed the EnKYALus for a short period ; and on the 
 paying off of that ship in Aug. 1821 was presented 
 by the crew with a handsome silver vase and cover, 
 together with a sword and belt, as a testimony of 
 their " gratitude and esteem." Unsuccessful in his 
 endeavours to procure employment, he remained 
 thenceforward on half-pay. 
 
 The Lieutenant,* whose wife, Margaret Peake, 
 had died 3 May, 1840, has left issue a son (educated 
 at the Royal Naval School) and a daughter. 
 
 PEAKE. (Ck)MMANDER, 1838. F-P., I9;h-p., 17.) 
 Henry Frederick Peake is brother of Capt. 
 Thos. Ladd Peake, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1811, as 
 Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Raggett. In the course of the following month he 
 was placed at the Royal Naval College at Ports- 
 mouth, where he remained until 17 June, 1813. 
 He then again embarked, on board the Rivoli 74, 
 Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Edw. Stirling 
 
 * He was the author of several popular works, and a con- 
 tributor to many of the periodicals of the day. 
 
 Dickson ; under the latter of whom we find him, 
 30 April, 181.5, assisting as Midshipman at the cap- 
 ture, on the Mediterranean station, after a brave 
 defence of 15 minutes, of the French frigate La 
 Melpomene. Joining next, in 1816, the Madagascar 
 and Mjsandek flrigates, both commanded by Sir 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon, he was present in the latter 
 ship when nearly lost, in Dec. of the same year, off 
 Orfordness. In Feb. 1817 he became Admiralty- 
 Midshipman of the RoSARK) 10, commanded by his 
 brother, Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, at Portsmouth ; 
 where (with the exception of the following summer, 
 which he passed in the Mediterranean on board the 
 Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, 
 and of a subsequent unemployed interval of a few 
 months) he continued to serve until Aug. 1820, in a 
 similar capacity, in the Camelion 10, Capt. "Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, and Active 46, Capt. Sir J. A. Gor- 
 don. He then sailed for the West Indies in the 
 S YBiLLE 44 ; of which ship, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Chas. Rowley, he was created a Lieutenant 5 Feb. 
 1821. He returned home in the following June, 
 and was afterwards appointed — 26 Nov. 1823 and 5 
 March, 1825, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the 
 Ramillies and Hyperion Coast-Blockade ships, 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot — and, 2 Dec. 
 1828, as Senior, to the Comet 18, Capt. Alex. Albert 
 Sandilands, fitting for the East Indies, whence he 
 returned at the close of 1832. He has since been 
 on half-pay. His promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander took place 28 June, 1838. 
 
 With the permission of the Admiralty, Com- 
 mander Peake was for some time employed under 
 the Spanish and Portuguese Governments. 
 
 PEAKE. (flTajltam, I822. p-p., 24 ; H-p., 25.) 
 
 Thomas Ladd Peake is son of the late Sir Henry 
 Peake, Kt., who filled the office of Surveyor of the 
 Navy from 27 June, 1806, until 25 Feb. 1822; and 
 brother of Commander Wm. Peake, who was killed, 
 and his ship, the Peacock of 18 gims and 122 men, 
 sunk, in a desperate action with the American sloop 
 Hornet of 20 guns and 165 men, 24 Feb. 1813. 
 Capt. Peake's youngest brother, James, is married 
 to a sister of the present Commander Henry Eden, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, towards the close 
 of 1798, on board the Redbbidge schooner, Lieut.- 
 Commander Geo. Hayes. He next, in the course 
 of 1799, joined the Canada 74, Capt Hon. Michael 
 De Courcy, and Renown of similar force, bearing 
 the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren ; imder whom, 
 in the following year, he accompanied the expedi- 
 tion to Ferrol, and in 1801 that to Egypt. At the 
 former place he served on shore with the army 
 under Sir Jas. Pulteney. On his return to Eng- 
 land at the close of 1804, in the Kent 74, with 
 Capt. John Chambers White, who had latterly had 
 command of the Renown, he was received as a Su- 
 pernumerary on board the Zealand 64, flag-ship at 
 the Nore of Admiral Douglas. He was nominated, 
 4 Jan. 1805, Sub-Lieutenant of the Bloodhound 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander Henry Richardson ; was made a 
 full Lieutenant, 8 May following, into the Majestic 
 74, flag-ship of Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell 
 in the North Sea ; and was subsequently, in 1807 
 and 1809, appointed to the Clio 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Folliott Baugh, and ViOTORions 74, Capts. Graham 
 Eden Hamond and John Talbot. In the latter ship 
 he participated in the Walcheren operations of 
 1809 ; and on 21 Feb. 1812, the Victoriods being 
 at the time in company with the Weasel 18, he 
 shared as First-Lieutenant in a most gallant conflict 
 of two hours and a half, which terminated in the 
 capture, with a loss to the former of 27 men killed 
 and 99 wounded, and to the enemy of 400 killed 
 and wounded, of the French 74 Rivoli, whose con- 
 sorts, three brigs and two gun-boats, were at the 
 same time defeated.* He was in consequence ad- 
 
 * In the early part ot the action Capt. Talbot, being 
 severely wounded, was placed liOTS de combat. " The exer- 
 tions, however, of Mr. Peake," he informs us in his official 
 despatch, " prevented his inability from proving of any 
 detriment to his Majesty's service," — Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 8jg. 
 
PEARCE— PEAKNE— PEAES. 
 
 vanced to the rank of Commander by commission 
 bearing date 8 May following, a few weeks after 
 he had been placed in charge of the prize, for the 
 purpose of conducting her to England. His last 
 appointments were — 7 June, 1813, to the Eosakio 
 10, on the Home station, where he served until paid 
 off in Dec. 1818— and, 31 Aug. 1820, to the post, 
 which he retained for nearly five years, of Inspect- 
 ing-Comraander in the Coast Guaxd. He attained 
 his present rank 1 March, 1822 ; and accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Peake (who was for four years a Special 
 Magistrate at the Cape of Good Hope) has been 
 twice married ; the first time to a daughter of Sir 
 Jas. Brabazon Urmston, Superintendent of Cargoes 
 at Canton. By both marriages he has issue. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PEAKCE. (CoMMAUDEB, 1842. F-P., 22; 
 
 H-p., 12.) 
 Edward Stokes Pearcb entered the Navy, 29 
 Oct. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scltan 74, 
 Capt. John West. In March, 1815, after having 
 served on the coast of France and in the West In- 
 dies, he joined the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on 
 the Mediterranean station ; where, and at Halifax 
 and in the North Sea, he continued employed as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate in the same ship 
 and in the Dee 24, Wye 28, and Alekt 18, Capts. 
 Sam. Chambers, John Harper, and Chas. Farwell, 
 until Jan. 1821. In the following month (he had 
 passed his examination 11 April, 1820) he returned 
 to the Mediterranean in the Dispatch 18, Capts. 
 Wm. Clarke Jervoise and Edw. Hinton Scott ; he 
 was next, from Nov. 1824 until May, 1831, borne on 
 the books of the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ship, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and he was then for a 
 few weeks employed in the Samarang 28, Capt. 
 Chas. Henry Paget. During six years of the period 
 he belonged to the Hyperion he commanded her 
 tender the Highflyer. His sole appointments as 
 Lieutenant, a rank he attained 25 June, 1831, were 
 — 2 March, 1837, to the Princess Charlotte 104, 
 bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Hon. Sir 
 Robt. Stopford, under whom he assisted at the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d' Acre— and 8 Feb. 1842, 
 after six months of half-pay, to the command of 
 the Lightning steamer. Since his promotion to 
 his present rank, 7 May, 1842, he has been on half- 
 
 pay- 
 
 PEARNE. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 37 ; h-p., 2.) 
 
 William George Peabne was born 12 May, 
 1795. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Erebus 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Autridge, stationed in the Baltic ; where, in June, 
 1812, he became Midshipman of the Dictator 64, 
 Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart. In 1809 a prize-sloop 
 of which he had charge was run over in a snow- 
 storm, on her passage from Carlskrona to Hull, by 
 a timber-laden brig, and immediately went down, 
 barely allowing him to effect his escape ; and in 
 1811, while acting as Master of another prize, he 
 had the misfortune to be captured by four Danish 
 gun-boate on the coast of Norway; in consequence 
 whereof he was detained a prisoner for a period of 
 nearly 12 months, and underwent great privations. 
 On leaving the Dictator in Oct. 1812, he joined 
 the Pelican 18, Capts. John Fordyce Maples and 
 Thos. Mansell ; in which vessel, and in the Saturn 
 56, Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brown, Ferret 14, 
 Capt. Jas. Stirling, and Erne 20, Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 John Napier, we find him, until Aug. 1815, employed 
 on the West India, American, and Home stations. 
 While attached to the Saturn, Mr. Pearne assisted 
 at the blockade of New York, and was frequently 
 sent with prizes into port ; and when in the Ferret 
 he contributed to the capture, 18 July, 1815, of an 
 armed cutter, a praam-brig, and a gun-vessel, toge- 
 ther with a convoy reposing under the protection 
 of a fort, which the British destroyed, in the har- 
 bour of Corrijou— an exploit detailed in our memoir 
 
 of Vice- Admiral Sir Chas. Malcolm. With his name, 
 from Aug. 1815 until Aug. 1818, on the books of the 
 RocHFORT 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood 
 Dickson, Mr. Pearne was actively employed as Mas- 
 ter's Mate in a variety of tenders and boats in the 
 protection of the revenue. On one occasion he pos- 
 sessed himself, off the Start, of a smuggler, the 
 Charles, of Morlaix, having on board a hundred tubs 
 of contraband spirits. After a servitude of two 
 years and eight months on the Channel and Irish 
 stations, as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Pigmy 
 cutter, Lieut.-Commander Wentworth Parsons 
 Croke, as Second-Master in the Falmouth 20, 
 Capt. Henry Theodosius Browne Collier, and again 
 as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Spencer 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Josias Rowley, he was appouited, 31 
 May, 1821, Chief Mate of the Vandeleur Revenue- 
 cruizer, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Fred. Napier. 
 In the following Nov., the Vandeleur being at the 
 time at anchor in a disabled state off Kilrush, Mr. 
 Pearne, acting upon information he had received, 
 proceeded with the crew to a place called Kilkee, 
 13 miles distant, where he arrived in time to seize 
 a boat with 13 bales of tobacco and a chest of tea 
 belonging to a smuggling lugger. Another part of 
 the cargo, amounting to 437 bales, was afterwards 
 landed on the island of Arran, and secreted in caves 
 underground. These being, however, discovered 
 through the exertions of Mr. Pearne, he succeeded 
 with only 24 men, in capturing the whole of the 
 property, notwithstanding that several hundred 
 persons had assembled for the purpose of rescuing 
 it. He had .the gratification in consequence of re- 
 ceiving a flattering letter of approbation from the 
 Commander-in-Chief, Sir J. Rowley. After having 
 had command for a long time of the Vandeleur 
 owing to the illness of Lieut. Napier, he was pro- 
 moted to his present rank 21 Jan. 1824. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 21 Oct. 1826 and 19 
 Feb. 1830, to the Ramillies and Talavera Coast 
 Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot— 15 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard at Walmer, 
 in Kent — 11 Oct. 1834, to the command of the Dove 
 Revenue-cruizer — and 26 Sept. 1837, again to the 
 Coast Guard, in which service he still continues. 
 In command of the Antelope, tender to the Ra- 
 millies, he piloted a Russian squadron from the 
 Texel to the Downs in Aug. 1827 ; and in the Dove 
 he had the good fortune to make prize, among other 
 vessels, of a yawl, a schooner of 65 tons, a sloop of 
 39 tons, and a Cawsand boat of 20 tons. His efforts 
 in staying the progress of a fire which broke out on 
 one occasion in the citadel at Plymouth obtained 
 for him the thanks of Sir Willoughby Cotton, who 
 at the time held command of that place. 
 
 Lieut. Pearne married, in May, 1827, Julia Edge- 
 combe, daughter of the late Lieut. John Luckraft, 
 R.N., by whom he has issue a son and three 
 daughters. 
 
 PEARS. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 20; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Charles Wethered Pears entered the Royal 
 Naval College 3 Feb. 1820 ; and embarked 20 Feb. 
 1822, as a Volunteer, on board the Ranger 28, 
 Capt. Peter Fisher ; under whom, in 1824, he served 
 at the blockade of Algiers. Joining, in Nov. of 
 that year, the Boadicea frigate, Commodore Sir 
 Jas. Brisbane, he united, in Sept. 1825, in the hosti- 
 lities in progress against the Burmese, and until the 
 end of the war was employed in command of a gun- 
 boat on the river Irawady. On leaving the Boadi- 
 cea he was received, in Aug. 1826, on board the 
 Warspite 76 ; in which ship, in the summer of the 
 following year, he returned to England. After hav- 
 ing further served, as Mate, in the Eclaie 18, Capt. 
 Spencer Lambert Hunter Vassall, Victoby 104, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, Asia 84, Capt. Edw. Cur- 
 zon, and Raleigh IS, Capts. John Burnet Dundas, 
 Geo. Haye, and Sir Wm. Dickson, he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1829, and ap- 
 pointed to the Alacbity 10, Capt. Joseph Nias, on 
 the Mediterranean station. He afterwards joined^ 
 30 April, 1830, the Talbot 28, Copt. Rich. Dickin- 
 
 5 U 
 
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 PEARSE. 
 
 son, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, whence he 
 returned at the close of 1831—1 May, 1832, the 
 Vebnon 50, Capt. Sir Francis Augustus Collier, em- 
 ployed, until the close of the same year, on particu- 
 lar service— 28 Oct. 1833, a second time, the Veb- 
 non, bearing then the flag of Sir George Cockburn 
 in North America and the West Indies— 29 April, 
 1834, as First-Lieutenant, the Arachne 16, Capts. 
 Jas. Burney and John Sam. Foreman, on the same 
 station, where he remained until 1835 — 1 Feb. 1838, 
 the Hastings 72, Capts. Francis Erskine Loch and 
 John Lawrence, under the former of whom he es- 
 corted the Earl of Durham to Quebec, and the 
 Queen Dowager to the Mediterranean and back — 
 and, 17 Sept. 1845, after five years of half-pay, to 
 the command, which he still retains, of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PEAESE. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 23; h-p., 31.) 
 John Pearse was born 17 May, 1780. Hia only 
 brother, a Lieutenant in the service, died in the 
 East Indies in 1809. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, at the commence- 
 ment of 1793, on board the Myrmidon, slop-ship at 
 Plymouth, Lieut. -Commander John Burrows ; and, 
 between June, 1794, and the date of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Deo. 1800, was em- 
 ployed as Midshipman in the Gibraltar 80, Capt. 
 John Pakenham, Bombaz Castle 74, Capts. Jas. 
 Macnamara, "Wm. Shield, and Thos. Sotheby, CuL- 
 LODEN 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Troubridge, Princess 
 RoTAi. 98, Capt. Thos. Macnamara Jlussell, and 
 ViLi/E DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent. 
 He officiated for some time, too, as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Neptune and Tem^raire 98'a. In 
 the Gibraltar he fought in Hotham's action 13 
 July, 1795 ; in the Bombay Castle, in which ship 
 he was wrecked in Dec. 1796, he witnessed the 
 capture, in Tunis Bay, of the Nemesis of 28, the 
 Sardine of 22, and ^ polacre of 20 guns, as likewise 
 the evacuation of the island of Corsica ; and in the 
 CuLLODEN he was present in the action otf Cape St. 
 Vincent, at the bombardment of Cadiz, in the ex- 
 pedition against Teneriffe, and at the battle of the 
 Nile. He served also on shore at the sieges of 
 Naples and Capua, at the capture of Civita Vecchia 
 and Kome, and at the bombardment, in 1799, of 
 Alexandria. "With the colours taken at Capua Mr. 
 Pearse was sent by Lord Nelson to the Queen of 
 Naples, by whom he was presented, in return, with 
 a diamond ring. His appointments, subsequently 
 to his promotion, were — in Jan. 1801, to the Spit- 
 fire 18, Capt. Kobt. Keen, etnployed on the 
 Channel and Irish stations, where he saw much 
 boat-service — 18 Sept. 1804, after three months of 
 half-pay, to the Argo 44, Capt. Geo. Parker — in 
 Oct. following, as Senior, to the Cruizer 18, Capts. 
 John Hancock, Pringle Stoddart, and Geo. Chas. 
 Mackenzie, with whom he served in the Downs, 
 North Sea, and Baltic until Jan. 1809— and 17 Nov. 
 in the latter year, and 24 April, 1810, to the com- 
 mand of the Safeguard gun-brig and Decoy cutter. 
 During the period of his attachment to the Cruizer 
 we find him concerned in the capture of five pri- 
 vateers, 12 smuggling cutters and luggers, and many 
 other vessels ; besides participating in a warm 
 action with the Crown batteries and Danish gun- 
 boats during the siege of Copenhagen in 1807. In 
 command of the boats he succeeded in making 
 prize of a variety of merchantmen, one of which, a 
 galliot, laden with brandy and wine, he carried off 
 from the beach near Blaukenburg after considerable 
 difficulty, although 2 field-pieces were brought to 
 the water's edge to protect her. He also, with 
 much judgment and resolution, possessed himself, 
 at the same place, of a 14-gun privateer, notwith- 
 standing that the crew, 50 in number, attempted 
 to defend her, and that a body of the enemy had 
 assembled on the sandhills for a similar purpose. 
 ■While absent in Jan. 1806 in a captured smuggling 
 cutter with only 8 men, very indifferently equipped, 
 he fell in witli three large smuggling luggers, and, 
 although one was armed, contrived by stratagem to 
 
 seize upon two of them, carrying 24 men, together 
 vfith 1700 casks of spirits and 300 bales of dry 
 goods. In a small tender fitted out by the Cruizer 
 in 1808, Mr. Pearse attacked a Danish convoy, and, 
 in face of a schooner of five times his own force, 
 captured one galliot laden with wheat, drove two 
 others on shore, and dispersed the rest. He after- 
 wards captured a schuyt laden with wheat, another 
 laden with iron and deals, and two small packet- 
 boats, and destroyed 14 other vessels. During his 
 command of the Decoy, stationed for four years in 
 the Downs, he boarded and carried one privateer, 
 chased on shore and destroyed another near Grave- 
 lines, induced a third, from a fear of being boarded, 
 to cut her cable and run on the rocks in Boulogne 
 Bay, destroyed a large gun-boat after chasing her 
 on shore near Nieuport, captured 10 smuggling 
 vessels of various descriptions laden with 4000 
 gallons of spirits and a considerable quantity of 
 light goods, sunk a lugger with 20,000 guineas on 
 board by running her over, and burnt a sloop in 
 ballast taken at the entrance of Gravelines har- 
 bour. From May, 1817, to May, 1820, Mr. Pearse 
 commanded the "Wickham Revenue-cutter on the 
 Irish station. He attained his present rank 27 May, 
 1825, and has since been on half-pay. We may add 
 that in the course of his career afloat he was twice 
 wounded. 
 
 Commander Pearse has laboured for upwards of 
 a quarter of a century in scientifically examining 
 various nautical questions, and has published much 
 useful and interesting matter on the mechanical 
 properties of an anchor, on the formation of cutters' 
 jibs and the setting and standing of sails in general, 
 and on the stowage and sailing of ships, &c. His 
 remarks on the jib-sails of cutters called forth in 1829 
 the thanks of the Society of Arts, and were ordered 
 for publication in the 47th volume of its ' Transac- 
 tions.' He has also very elaborately investigated 
 the theory of naval architecture — that part of it in 
 particular that bears reference to the way in which 
 the motions and evolutions of ships are performed ; 
 and has demonstrated by numerous experiments 
 that a ship performs its motions about an axis pass- 
 ing through the metacentre or point of stability, and 
 that the theory which determines the centre of 
 gravity of a ship to be the centre of motion, and 
 which has existed ever since naval architecture was 
 first considered as a science, is erroneous. Much 
 has been published by Commander Pearse on the 
 subject, but we refer our readers especially to a 
 small pamphlet published by him in 1836 at Ply- 
 mouth under the title of ' Reflections on the present 
 State of the Theory of Naval Architecture, exhi- 
 biting at the same time some of the Errors which, 
 from time immemorial, have existed ;' and also to 
 papers from his pen inserted in the numbers of the 
 United Service Journal for March, May, and Oc- 
 tober, 1842, and March, 1843. Commander Pearse 
 was one of the first to invent and propose a plan 
 for naval gun-sights. 
 
 PEARSE. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 8.) 
 
 Joseph Pearse was bom 17 June, 1794. He is 
 first-cousin of Capt. John Banks, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Hotham, with whom he continued to serve 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the same ship 
 and in the Northumberland 74, on the Channel 
 station, until Jan. 1813. In the Defiance he was 
 present, 24 Feb. 1809, at the destruction of three 
 French frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonne, where that ship, besides being much cut 
 up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 
 men killed and 25 wounded; and in the North- 
 umberland he contributed, in company vrith the 
 Growler gun-brig, to the gallant destruction, near 
 L'Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates L'Arienne 
 and U Andromaque, and 16-gun brig Mamehuck ; 
 whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy 
 battery, killed 6 and wounded 28 of the North- 
 umberland's people. On 3 April, 1813, having re- 
 
peab.se. 
 
 moved to the San Domihgo 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren on the coast of North America, we 
 find Mr. Pearse serving with the boats of a squa- 
 dron containing 105 men, under the orders of Lieut. 
 Jas. Polkinghorne, at the capture, 15 miles up the 
 Eappahannock river, of four schooners, carrying in 
 the whole 31 guns and 219 men— an exploit whose 
 achievement inflicted on the British a loss of 2 
 killed and 11 wounded, and on the enemy of 6 
 killed and 10 wounded. He was made Lieutenant 
 22 July, 1813, into the Bakkosa 36, Capts. Wm. 
 Henry Shirreff, Wm. M'CuUoch, and John Maxwell, 
 with the latter of whom he returned home from the 
 West Indies in Oct. 1815; and was subsequently 
 appointed — in the course of 1818, to the Cyrbs 20, 
 Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, Spencer 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Campbell Rowley, and Tonhaht 80 and 
 Windsor Castle 74, both commanded by Capt. 
 Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, with whom he served at 
 Plymouth until May, 1821— on 18 of the latter 
 month, as Senior, to the Gannet 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Simpson, stationed on the coast of Ireland, where 
 he remained until Sept. 1824, and made prize, in 
 the boats, of a large smuggling lugger, carrying 10 
 guns— 15 March, 1825, 21 Oct. 1828, and 25 Feb. 
 1831, in a similar capacity, to the Kanger 28, Capt. 
 Lord Henry Fred. Thynne, Melville 74, Capts. 
 Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, Henry Hill, and Christo- 
 pher John Williams Nesham, and St. Vincent 120, 
 Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, in which ships, 
 the latter bearing the flag of Hon. Sir H. Hotham, 
 he was continuously employed, with the exception 
 of a few months in 1828, on the South American 
 and Mediterranean stations, until May, 1834—17 
 Nov. following, and, after eight months of half-pay, 
 14 June, 1836, to the command of the Blazer and 
 Firefly steamers, both also in the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned in Sept. 1839 — and, 6 Jan. 
 
 1840, as First, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir H. F. 
 Senhouse. For his services in the latter ship 
 during the campaign in China, where he had charge 
 of the rocket-boats* at the capture of the Bogue 
 forts, and was mentioned for his conduct at the 
 head of a division of seamen at the capture of the 
 forts above Canton,t he was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 8 June, 1841, and appointed to the 
 NiMHOD 20 ; from which vessel, after having effected 
 the destruction of four batteries and a war-junk in 
 the harbour of Kelon, in the island of Formosa, 
 he was transferred, 16 Oct. in the same year, to the 
 Crdizer 16. Since his arrival home from the East 
 Indies in March, 1843, he has been on half-pay. 
 His elevation to Post-rank took place 8 Jan. 1846. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 PEAESE. (LiECT., 1807. f-p., 38 ; h-p., 21.) 
 
 Thomas Peakse died 16 July, 1846. He was 
 son of Mr. Thos. Pearse, Master's Mate of H.M.S. 
 Apollo, who was killed in action with the French 
 frigate Oiseau at the close of the first American 
 war, by Mary Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Geo. 
 Win. Hambly, Esq., of Stonehouse, Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, about 1787, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the Pegasus 28, commanded 
 by H. R. H. Prince William Henry, with whom he 
 served for a short time in the West Indies. Re- 
 embarking, 26 May, 1793, on board the London 98, 
 Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, he cruized in that ship 
 on the Channel station until transferred as Midship- 
 man, in March, 1794, to the Edktdice 24, Capt. 
 Fras. Cole. On 8 of the following month we find 
 him present, in company with the Crescent 36 and 
 Druid 32, the former commanded by Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez, in an action fought ofT Guernsey with a 
 powerful French squadron, from whom the British 
 contrived in a very skilful manner to eflfeot their 
 escape. While attached, next, from Sept. 1794 
 until Dec. 1801, to the Galatea 36, Capts. Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats and Hon. Geo. Byng, he took 
 part in Lord Bridport's action, 23 June, 1795, was 
 
 * Which were admirably placed and served. — Vide Gaz. 
 
 1841, p. ] 498 ; where, it will be perceived, he was strongly 
 recommended for promotion. 
 
 ■f Fide Gaz. 1841, p. S510. 
 
 wounded during the ensuing expedition to Quiberonj 
 and assisted at the capture or destruction of, among 
 other vessels. La Revolutionnaire of 44 guns and 351 
 men, Le Jean BaH of 18 guns, L' Expedition of 16 
 guns, L'Eveille of 18 guns, L'Etoile of 30 guns (one 
 of five French frigates in escort of a provision fleet 
 of 70 sail). La Proserpine of 42 guns and 348 men, 
 L' Andromaque of 44 guns and 300 men, and Le 
 Ranger of 14 guns. From. Jan. to Oct. 1802 Mr. 
 Pearse served in the West Indies as Master's Mate 
 of the Majestic 74, Capt. Davidge Gould. In the 
 early part of the following year he successively 
 joined the Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Broughton, and 
 V icTOBY 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson ; by whom 
 he was nominated, 12 Aug. in the same year, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Halcyon 16, Capts. Henry Whit- 
 marsh Pearse and Thos. Stamp— the first promotion 
 made by his Lordship out of the Victory ; in which 
 ship, during her passage to the Mediterranean, Mr. 
 Pearse had aided in making prize of the French 
 32-gun frigate Embuscade. Continuing in the Hal- 
 cyon until the peace, he took part in numerous en- 
 gagements with the gun-boats in the Gut of Gib- 
 raltar, and saw a vast deal of other active service. 
 In Sept. 1804 he assisted at the capture of L'Espe- 
 rance French privateer of 10 guns and 54 men ; and 
 in the summer of 1806 he contributed, after the 
 battle of Maida, to the destruction of the enemy's 
 batteries along the coast of Calabria, and the reduc- 
 tion of the town of Beggio. On 13 Dec. in the 
 same year it was his lot to he again wounded in an 
 action fought with great spirit for three hours, be- 
 tween the Halcyon, singly, and three Spanish ves- 
 sels of far superior force, which terminated in the 
 capture of one of the latter, the Neptwno of 14 
 guns and 72 men — the other two, Xa Virgine de 
 Solidad brig of 14 guns and 78 men, and El Vives 
 xebec of 12 guns and 65 men, being put to flight.* 
 In consideration of the part taken by him in the 
 affair, Mr. Pearse was presented with a sword by 
 the Patriotic Society, and on 1 Aug. 1807 was con- 
 firmed in his appointment to the Halcyon. He 
 afterwards accompanied Admiral Gambler in the 
 expedition against Copenhagen ; assisted, in Sept. 
 1808, in capturing, in Diamante Bay, a flotilla of 38 
 vessels ; commanded the Halcyon's boats at the 
 destruction, in May, 1809, of the enemy's forts on 
 the small islands of Gianuti and Pianosa ; and in 
 1810 co-operated in the defence of Messina and in 
 the second capture of the town of Reggio. His last 
 appointments afloat were — 30 July, 1812, to the 
 Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney PhiUott, 
 with whom he served on the North Sea and North 
 American stations until Dec, 1813 — and 10 Feb. 
 1814, to the Sybille 44, Capts. Jas. Sanders and 
 Thos. Forrest, which frigate, after having made a 
 voyage to Spitzhergen, his health obliged him to 
 leave in the following Oct. In 1825 he was placed 
 in command of the Ordinary at Woolwich ; in 1828 
 he was nominated Warden of Deptford Dockyard ; 
 and from 6 April, 1830, until 1841, he was again 
 employed at Woolwich as Warden and Director of 
 Police. He was admitted to the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 25 June, 1841. 
 
 PEAESE. (Lieutenant, 1833.) 
 
 William Pearse entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1815, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Abundance store-ship. 
 Master Commander Josiah Oake, with whom he 
 visited North America, the West Indies, and Medi- 
 terranean. Between 1817 and 1824 we find him serv- 
 ing, the last two years as a passed Midshipman, in the 
 PBivoYASTB 10, Master Commander Stokes, Hype- 
 rion 42, Capt. Thos. Searle, and Valorous 26, Capt. 
 Jas. Murray, on the Home, North and South Ame- 
 rican, and West India stations. He then became in 
 succession attached, in the capacity of Mate, to the 
 Eden 26, Capt. John Lawrence, and Hussar 46 
 and Babham 50, flag-ships of Sir Cbas. Ogle and 
 Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. In the Eden 
 he made a second voyage to the Mediterranean ; 
 and in the Hussae and Barham he was again em- 
 
 * Vtde Gaz. 1807, p. 52. 
 
 5U 2 
 
884 
 
 PEARSE— PEARSON. 
 
 ployed in North America and the West Indies. 
 After serving for a short time in the Speedwell 
 schooner, he was nominated, in 1830, Acting First- 
 Lieutenant of the ViCTOK 18, Capt. Rich. Keane. 
 On the paying-oif of that sloop in 1831, his promo- 
 tion not being confirmed, he was appointed Mate of 
 the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Manley Dixon at 
 Plymouth ; where he remained iintil presented by 
 Sir Jas. Graham with a commission bearing date 30 
 July, 1833, as " a reward for long services and good 
 conduct, and, especially, for the zeal and exertions 
 he had displayed on the occasion of a recent fire on 
 board the San Josef." His last appointment was, 
 26 Feb. 1834, to the Racehokse 18, Capt. Sir Jaa. 
 Everard Home, in which vessel he remained [until 
 1836, when he was compelled to invalid in conse- 
 quence of an injury he had received while engaged 
 in the boats in suppressing an insurrection at Para 
 on the coast of Brazil. 
 
 PEARSE. (Lieutenant, 1841.;) 
 
 William Alfred Rumeulow Peaese passed his 
 examination 2 Maj, 1839 ; and was afterwards, until 
 paid oiF at the commencement of 1843, employed as 
 Mate and Acting-Lieutenant in the Modeste 18, 
 Capts. Harry Eyres and Rimdle Surges Watson. 
 In the former capacity he assisted, during the war 
 in China, in boarding, 27 Feb. 1841, the ship Cam- 
 hridge, bearing the Chinese Admiral's flag, at the 
 enemy's position below Whampoa Reach, where he 
 also landed and contributed to the destruction, in 
 the whole, of 98 guns.* On 13 of the following 
 month he served in the boats at the capture of 
 several rafts and of the last fort protecting the 
 approaches to Canton; and on 18 he was simi- 
 larly employed at the capture of the city itself, f 
 During the series of operations against it we find 
 him commanding the Modeste's cutter, under the 
 present Sir Edw. Belcher, in an affair up a creek on 
 the western side, where 28 vessels were destroyed. J 
 In a day or two afterwards he had the misfortune to 
 be wounded.§ In Aug. and Oct. he co-operated in 
 the reduction of Amoy and Chinghae. As Acting- 
 Lieutenant, Mr. Pearse, on 10 March, 1842, suc- 
 ceeded with two boats in towing four fire-rafts clear 
 of the shipping off Ningpo.|| On 15 and 16 of the 
 same month he was employed on shore under Capt. 
 Thos. Bourchier in an attack on the enemy's camp 
 atTsekee-Tf O" "^^ paying off of the Modeste as 
 above, he was confirmed a Lieutenant by commis- 
 sion bearing date 8 June, 1841. His appointments 
 have since been— 28 May, 1843, to the Cyclops 
 steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, under whom 
 he was employed for about six months on particular 
 service— 9 Sept. 1844, as Senior, to the Ospkey 12, 
 Capt. Fred. Patten, fitting at IPortsmouth, where he 
 was shortly afterwards superseded — 19 May, 1845, 
 as Additional, to the Penelope steam-frigate, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones 
 on the coast of Africa— 20 Feb. 1846, to the Ra- 
 leigh 50, in which ship, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Sir Thos. Herbert, he sailed for the south-east 
 coast of America, and there became First-Lieute- 
 nant— and 8 June, 1847, to the command, which he 
 still retains, of the Lizard steam-vessel, of 150 
 horse-power, on the latter station. 
 
 PEARSON. 
 
 r-p., 18; 
 
 (Commander, 1820. 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Alexander Stevenson Pearson (whose name 
 had been borne from 12 April, 1799, until Oct. 1801, 
 on the books of the Royal William, flag-ship at 
 Portsmouth of Admirals Sir Peter Parker and Mark 
 Milbanke) embarked, in Jan. 1803, as Midshipman, 
 on board the Garland 28, Capts. John Serrell and 
 Fred. Cottrell. Removing, in the following Sept., 
 to the Theseds 74, Capt. John Bligh, he served^ in 
 that ship at the capture of the French squadron 
 with the remains of General Rochambeau's army 
 from Cape Fran9ois on board, and also in the un- 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1501. f V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503-5. 
 1 V. Gaz. 1841, p. 2504. 6 V. Gaz. 1841, p 2613. 
 
 1 V. Gaz. 1842, p. 2388. ^ V. Gaz, 1842, f. 2391. 
 
 successful attempt upon Cura9oa. While attached 
 next, between Oct. 1805 and June, 1808, to the 
 Powerful 74, Capts. Robt. Plampin, Rich. Buck, 
 Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and 
 Chas. Jas. Johnston, he assisted at the capture of 
 the privateers La Henriette of 20 guns and 124 men, 
 and La Bellone of 30 guns and 194 men ; at the cap- 
 ture and destruction, 27 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch fri- 
 gate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and 
 other merchant-vessels lying in Batavia Roads ; 
 and at the destruction, at Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of 
 the dockyard and stores, and of all the men-of-war 
 remaining to Holland in the East Indies. La Bel- 
 lone was not taken until after a running-fight of con- 
 siderable length, in which the enemy sustained a 
 loss of 1 man killed and 6 or 7 wounded, and the 
 British of 2 killed and 1 1 wounded. Mr. Pearson 
 continued employed in the East Indies in the San 
 FioRENZO 36, Capt. John Bastard, until Jan. 1809. 
 From that period he did not again go afloat until 
 May, 1812. He then joined in succession the Union 
 and Ocean 98's, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee, Wm. 
 Kent, and Robt. Plampin, both on the Mediterra^ 
 rean station ; whence, in Sept. 1813, he returned to 
 England. Proceeding, in the early part of 1814, to 
 Canada in the Ceylon troop-ship, Capt. Arthur 
 Philip Hamilton, he was very actively employed 
 from the following June until Aug. 1815, on the 
 river St. Lawrence and on Lake Ontario, in the flo- 
 tilla under Capt. Chas. Cunliffe Owen, and as Lien- 
 tenant (commission dated 14 Dec. 1814) in the 
 Niagara 20 and Prince Regent 56, Capts. Edw. 
 Collier and Henry Thos. Davies. He afterwards, 
 from 7 Nov. 1816 until promoted to his present rank 
 3 Oct. 1820, served, latterly as Flag-Lieutenant, un- 
 der Rear- Admiral Robt. Plampin in the Conqueror 
 74 on the St. Helena station; and from 24 June, 
 1836, until the summer of 1839, discharged the duties 
 of an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 PEARSON. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 26.) 
 Charles Pearson entered the Navy, 12 July, 
 1800, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Prince George 
 98, Capt. Jas. Walker, whom he successively fol- 
 lowed into the Prince 98, Isis 50, Tartar 32, and 
 Vanguard 74. In the Isis he fought at Copen- 
 hagen 2 April, 1801 ; and in the Vanguard he as- 
 sisted, in 1803, at the capture, besides a variety of 
 smaller vessels, of Le Duqueme 74, and La Creole of 
 44 guns, with the French General Morgan and 530 
 troops on board. He was also present at the sur- 
 render of the town of St. Marc, St. Domingo ; the 
 garrison of which place, amounting to about 1100 
 men, were brought off by the Vanguard and her 
 prizes to rescue them from the vengeance of the 
 black General, Dessalines. After a further servi- 
 tude of six months with Capt. Walker, as Midship- 
 man, in the Duquesne, he joined, in the autumn of 
 1804, the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. 
 Hoste ; under the latter of whom, in 1805, he ac- 
 companied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and 
 back in pursuit of the combined squadrons. He 
 served subsequently in the Mediterranean in the 
 San Ildefonso, Capt. John Quilliam, Amphion 
 again, Capt. Hoste, and Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord 
 Collingwood; was made Lieutenant, 8 Nov. 1808, 
 into the Meteor bomb, Capt. Jas. Collins ; and was 
 next consecutively appointed— 11 July, 1810, to the 
 Columbine sloop, Capts. Jas. ColUns and Wm. 
 Shepheard— in May, 1811, to the Leyden 64, armee- 
 en-flvte, Capt. Edw. Chetham— 20 Feb. 1812, after 
 five months of half-pay, to the Tonnant 80, Capt. 
 Sir John Gore— and, 20 Aug. following, to the 
 Phcebe of 46 guns and 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar. 
 In command of the boats of the Meteor Mr. Pear- 
 son cut out one privateer on the coast of Dalmatia, 
 and another (although protected by batteries and 
 a large detachment of French troops) from the Bay 
 of Almeria, on the coast of Spain — the British on 
 both occasions sustaining loss. He served in the 
 boats of the same vessel also at the defence of 
 Rosas; and was employed in her at the siege of 
 
PEARSON— PEAT. 
 
 885 
 
 Cadiz. In the Phoebe he contributed, 28 March, 
 1814, in the capacity of Second-Lieutenant, to the 
 capture, off Valparaiso, of the American frigate 
 Essex of 46 guns and 265 men, after a warm action 
 of 2 hours, productive of a loss to the British of 4 
 men killed and 7 wounded, and to the enemy of 24 
 killed and 45 wounded. The Senior Lieutenant, 
 Wm. Ingram, being killed during the battle, Mr. 
 Pearson, whose conduct on the occasion obtained 
 him a strong recommendation to tbe notice of the 
 Admiralty, succeeded to that post, and was sent in 
 charge of the prize to England, where he arrived in 
 company with the Ph<ebe 13 Nov. following.* He 
 was promoted to the rank of Commander by com- 
 mission bearing date 29 July, 1814; and was subse- 
 quently employed, from 6 July, 1830, until 1833, in 
 the Coast Guard at North Yarmouth ; and, from 9 
 Nov. 1833 until 4 Feb. 1837, in the Sparkowhawk 
 18, in South America. His advancement to Post- 
 rank took place 3 April in the latter year ; since 
 which period he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Pearson married, 3 Jan. 1826, Maria, daugh- 
 ter of the late J. Sayers, Esq., of North Yarmouth. 
 Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 PEAKSON. (Eetired Commander, 1846. f-p., 
 12 ; H-p., 34.) 
 
 Chakles Peakson is brother of Lieut.-General 
 Sir Thos. Pearson, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., Colonel of 
 the 85th Regt. ; another brother, George, who had 
 been severely wounded in the Bellerophon at Tra- 
 falgar, and had been subsequently employed under 
 Sir Sam. Hood, died a Lieutenant in India towards 
 the close of the war. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, about Feb. 1801, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts. 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy and Wm. Grenville Lobb ; 
 in which ship, bearing at first the flag of Lord 
 Nelson, he served in the Baltic, off Cadiz, and in 
 the West Indies, until July, 1802. Joining next, in 
 Aug. 1803, the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. Kobt. Stop- 
 ford, he fought and was wounded in the action off 
 St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and in 1807 accompanied 
 the expedition against Copenhagen, where, during 
 an attack upon the in-shore squadron, the boat he 
 commanded was sunk. In consideration of the 
 wound he received at St. Domingo, Mr. Pearson 
 was presented with a grant from the Patriotic 
 Fund. On 21 May, 1808, a short time after he had 
 been removed to the Victory 100, flag-ship in the 
 Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Thunder bomb, Capt. 
 Jas. Caulfeild ; under whom we find him, 9 June 
 following, present (while in charge of a homeward- 
 bound convoy, and in company with the Charger, 
 Piercer, and Turbulent gun-brigs, the latter of 
 which was captured) in a very severe running 
 action of four hours with 25 Danish gun-boats off 
 the island of Saltholm. Being confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant, 8 Nov. in the same year, in the Orion 74, 
 Capt. Sir Arch. Dickson, he sailed in the year fol- 
 lowing with the armament destined to act against 
 Flushing, during the operations against which place 
 he was intrusted with the charge of an armed brig. 
 In Sept. 1809, on the application of Rear-Admiral 
 Stopford, he was appointed to that oflicer's flag- 
 ship, the SciPiON 74; and in Jan. 1812, after having 
 co-operated in the reduction of Java, he was selected 
 to officiate as his Flag-Lieutenant ; a post which, on 
 the eve of the Scipion's return from the Cape of 
 Good Hope to England, he was induced by the Ad- 
 miral to resign for the purpose of effecting the 
 advancement of a near connexion of the latter, a 
 Midshipman, but upon the understanding that it 
 was not to interfere with his promotion on the flag 
 being hauled down. He was doomed, however, to 
 disappointment. He served from 1813 to 1815 in 
 the President 38, Capts. Sam. Warren, Fras. Mason, 
 and Arch. Duff; and has since been on half-pay. 
 Under Capt. Mason he was employed on shore in 
 the batteries at the siege of St. Sebastian. He ac- 
 cepted his present rank 27 Jan. 1846. 
 • Vide Gaz. lew, p. 1485. 
 
 Commander Pearson married, in 1831, a niece of 
 Col. Knight, of Coolrass, co. Limerick, and has issue 
 three children. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PEARSON. (LiEnxENANT, 1832.) 
 
 Charles Pearson (i) entered the Navy 31 July, 
 1819; passed his examination in 1829 ; and obtained 
 his commission 31 July, 1832. His appointments 
 have since been— 28 Dec. 1833 and 20 Aug. 1834, to 
 the Endymion 50 and Britannia 120, Capts. Sir 
 Sam. Roberts and Peter Rainier, both in the Medi- 
 terranean, whence he returned home and was paid 
 off in the early part of 1835 — 12 Sept. in the latter 
 year, to the Howe 120, flag-ship at the Nore of 
 Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming — and, 6 Jan. 
 1837, to the Coast Guard, in which service he con- 
 tinues. 
 
 He married, 31 Oct. 1835, Emma, third daughter 
 of Wm. Rowes, Esq., of Elm Grove, Sonthsea, for- 
 merly Assistant Master-Attendant of Portsmouth 
 Dockyard. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PEAKSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Thomas Pearson was bom 8 Dec. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alfred 74, Capts. John 
 Bligh, John Hayes, and Joshua Rowley Watson ; 
 removed as Midshipman, in Oct. 1809, to the Nar- 
 cissus 32, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer ; and from 
 March, 1812, to Aug. 1815, was employed in the 
 Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Wm. Bedford and 
 Jas. Bissett, Telegraph 12, Capt. Timothy Scriven, 
 Clarence 74, Capt. Fred. Warren, and Tat 24, 
 Capts. Wm. Robilliard and Robt. Bloye. While in 
 the Alfred he accompanied Admiral Gambler in 
 the expedition to Copenhagen, served under Sir 
 Chas. Cotton at the blockade of the Russian squa- 
 dron in the Tagus prior to the convention of 
 Cintra, landed and assisted in taking possession of 
 the town of Figueira, and aided in disembarking 
 the army under Sir Arthur Wellesley in Mondego 
 Bay. Being lent, in 1809, to the San Domingo 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Rich. Strachan, he took part in the 
 reduction of Flushing, and was employed in a gun- 
 boat during the after-operations in the Scheldt. In 
 the Narcissus, in 1810, Mr. Pearson, besides wit^ 
 nessing the capture of two privateers carrying be- 
 tween them 28 guns and 180 men, was engaged in 
 active co-operation with the patriots on the north 
 coast of Spain. He afterwards, in the same ship, 
 visited the latitude of Greenland. In the Royal 
 Sovereign he was for nearly sixteen months sta^ 
 tioned in Basque Roads ; and in the Telegraph he 
 was also employed on the coast of France, where he 
 cut out a great number of the enemy's vessels, and 
 on 13 Oct. 1813, shared, in sight of the French and 
 British armies, and under the fire of some bat- 
 teries in the neighbourhood of Bayonne, in a spi- 
 rited action of 15 minutes with the French corvette 
 Flibustier of 16 guns, whose crew, after having 
 effectively set her on fire, took to their boats and 
 escaped. Within view of the Telegraph were the 
 18-gun sloop Challenger and 12-gun brig Con- 
 stant. On leaving the Tay in Aug. 1815, Mr. Pear- 
 son, whose zeal and good conduct in the action had 
 gained him the official thanks of his Captain,* took 
 up a commission bearing date 27 Feb. in that year. 
 He has been in command, since 2 Dec. 1823, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard, and has rendered much 
 valuable service to the revenue. 
 
 Lieut. Pearson has been twice married, the first 
 time in Sept. 1819, the second in Aug. 1842. By 
 his former marriage he has issue nine children. 
 
 PEAT. (Captain, 1847. p-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.) 
 David Peat was born 21 June, 1795, at Kirkaldv 
 
 in Scotland. ■" 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1810 
 
 under the auspices of the late Admiral Sir Philip 
 
 Durham, as L.M., on board the Archer gun-brig^ 
 • yide Gal. 1813, p. 2S05. 
 
886 
 
 PEAT— PECHELL. 
 
 liieut.-Commanders Lawrence Smith, Michael 
 Fitton, Jas. Lindsay, and "Wm. Camegie. After 
 sharing, as Midshipman, in an affair with some 
 Danish gun-hoats, he removed, in Jan. 1812, to 
 the Mosquito sloop, in which vessel, commanded 
 hy Capts. Christopher Bell and Jas. Tomkinson, 
 he came into frequent contact with the enemy's 
 batteries and made a voyage to the West Indies 
 and Brazil. In Sept. 1814 (he had been employed 
 during the three preceding months in the Dunira 
 18, Capt. Edw. Boys, on the Leeward Island star 
 tion) he again joined Lieut. Fitton on board the 
 Crackek gun-brig : he served next, from the fol- 
 lowing Dec. until June, 1816, in the Mediterrar 
 nean, on board the Ajax 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy ; and, 
 in the ensuing Oct. and May, he became attached 
 to the Ganymede 26 and Severn 40, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch. While engaged 
 in the two latter ships in the Coast Blockade, on 
 which service he was the first officer ever sent, he 
 encountered several desperate affrays with the Deal 
 smugglers, and gave occasion for so many letters of 
 approbation from the Admiralty and his various 
 superiors that he was advanced to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 24 Nov. 1817. Being re-appointed to the 
 Severn in June, 1818, he was stationed by Capt. 
 M'Culloch at Dungeness, where, among other affairs 
 with illicit traders in which hfe was lost, he was 
 once attacked singly, in open day, by three despe- 
 radoes, against whom he successfully defended him- 
 self, killing one on the spot, and, although possessed 
 of no weapon but his regulation-sword, compelling 
 the remainder to fly. While employed next at 
 Folkstone he received two pistol-balls on one occa- 
 sion through his thigh ; and on another, 9 June, 
 1821, when on the cliffs to the eastward with only 
 three men, he was attacked by a numerous gang of 
 ruffians, not less than 60 of whom were armed. In 
 the unequal conflict that ensued he received two 
 musket-balls, six pistol-balls, and ten slugs ; one of 
 his small party, a quartermaster, was shot through 
 in five places, and fell dead at his side ; and the 
 other two were also brought to the ground, the one 
 by a ball in the groin, the second by a shot in the 
 knee. For his conduct and sufferings Lieut. Peat 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander by com- 
 mission bearing date the day of the occurrence ; 
 and awarded, 29 July, 1822, a pension of 911. 5s. per 
 annum. He was afterwards employed as an In- 
 specting Commander in the Coast Guard, from 5 
 July, 1836, until 1839, and again from 30 March, 
 1840, until promoted to his present rank, 1 Jan. 
 1847. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PECHELL. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Charles Pechell is son of Capt. Sam. Geo. 
 Pechell, E.N. (1810), who commanded the Clorinde 
 40 in attendance upon the unfortunate consort of 
 George IV. during her visit to the Mediterranean 
 in 1815-16, and died 30 Deo. 1840, by CaroUne, 
 second daughter of Wm. Thoyts, Esq., of Sulhamp- 
 stead House, Herts. His grandfather, Augustus 
 Pechell, Beceiver-General of the Post Ofiice in 1785, 
 and of the Customs in 1790, was uncle of the present 
 Rear- Admiral Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell, Bart., 
 C.B., K.C.H., and also of Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell, 
 R.N., M.P. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1833 ; passed his 
 examination 14 Aug. 1840; served as Mate on the 
 East India, North America and West India, and 
 Home stations in the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Bam- 
 say Drinkwater Bethune, Pique 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Montagu Stopford, and Excellent gunnery-ship, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; obtained his commission 
 5 Dec. 1844 ; and from 27 of that month until paid 
 off at the commencement of 1848 was employed, 
 again in North America and the West Indies, on 
 board the Persian 16, Capt. Henry Coryton. 
 
 PEAT. (Liedtenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Green Peat was bom 1 Nov. 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Nov. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fame 74, Capts. Graham 
 Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Phipps Hornby, 
 and Abel Ferris, employed at first off Rochefort 
 and afterwards in the Mediterranean ; where, in 
 Nov. 1810 and March, 1811, he became in succession 
 Midshipman (a rating he had attained in July, 1806) 
 of the Salsette frigate, Capt. John Hollinworth, 
 and Ptlades 18, Capt. Geo. Ferguson. In March, 
 
 1813, after he had been for eight months borne as 
 a Supernumerary on the books of the Rot At Wil- 
 liam, flag-ship at Spithead of Sir Rich. Bickerton, 
 he joined the San Domingo 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir John Borlase Warren in North America ; on 
 which station, with the exception of an interval of 
 six months occasioned by ill health, he continued 
 employed as Master's Mate in the Diadem 64, Capt. 
 John Martin Hanchett, until nominated, 24 Sept. 
 
 1814, Acting-Master of the Wolverene 16, Capt. 
 Geo. Guy Burton. On his return home from the 
 West Indies, for the purpose of being paid off, in 
 Aug. 1815, he found that he had been advanced to 
 the rank of Lieutenant by commission bearing date 
 17 March in that year. He has since been on half- 
 pay. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 PECHELL, M.P. (Captain, 1822. r-P., 15; 
 H-F., 29.) 
 George Richard Pechell, bom 30 June, 1789, 
 is brother of Rear-Admiral Sir Sam. John Brooke 
 Pechell, Bart., C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. Philip 
 Somerville, lying at Weymouth ; and in March, 1804, 
 removed to the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Robt. Bar- 
 low, part of the force stationed under Lord Nelson 
 at the blockade of Toulon. While attached next, 
 between Sept. in the latter year and July, 1808, to 
 the Medusa 32 and Revenge 74, both commanded 
 by Sir John Gore, he went through much active 
 service. In the former ship he contributed to the 
 capture of three Spanish frigates laden with trea^ 
 sure, and the destruction of a fourth, near Cape St. 
 Mary, 5 Oct. 1804 ; as also to the detention, in the 
 ensuing Nov., of the Matilda 36, a ship laden with 
 a cargo of quicksilver worth 200,000^. In the early 
 part of 1805 we find the Medusa conveying the 
 Marquis Comwallis as Governor-General to India, 
 whence she effected her passage home, a distance of 
 13,831 miles, in the extraordinarily short period of 
 82 days. During his servitude in the Revenge Mr. 
 Pechell was employed off Brest and L'Orient, and 
 for nine months at the blockade of Rochefort, where 
 he witnessed, 25 Sept. 1806, the capture of four 
 French frigates by a squadron under the orders of 
 Sir Sam. Hood. On the return of the Revenge to 
 England with the Commissioners appointed by the 
 Supreme Council of Seville to treat with the British 
 Cabinet he removed (he had been engaged for the 
 long period of 18 months blockading the port of 
 Cadiz) to the Venus 32, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford, 
 under whom, while co-operating with the Spanish 
 patriots, and performing the duties of Lieutenant, 
 he landed, in March, 1809, and took possession of 
 the citadel of Vigo, in which he continued until the 
 besieging enemy was defeated at the bridge of San 
 Payo, and obliged to retreat towards Lugo. In 
 the course of the same year Mr. Pechell was re- 
 ceived, on promotion, on board tbe Barfleur 98, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley in the 
 river Tagus, where he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 25 June, 1810, in the Caesar 80, Capt. Wm. Granger. 
 Being next, 3 July, 1811, appointed to the Mace- 
 donian 38, Capt. John Surman Garden, he pro- 
 ceeded in that ship on special service to the United 
 States, and on his return was attached to the block- 
 ading force off Rochefort under Rear-Admiral Philip 
 Chas. Durham. While stationed there he assisted 
 in destroying the enemy's coasting-trade, in face of 
 many startling difficulties ; and on one occasion, 7 
 Aug. 1812, captured a French lugger lying aground 
 within musket-shot of the formidable batteries of La 
 Rochelle, an exploit which was communicated to the 
 squadron by the following telegraphic message : — 
 
PECHELL. 
 
 887 
 
 " None killed ; drove on sluyre hy ship last night, 
 and gallantly brought from under batteries by Lieut. 
 Pechell." On 25 Deo. 1812, five months after he 
 had joined the San Domingo 74, flag-ship of his 
 uncle Sir John Borlase Warren, Mr. Pechell was 
 placed in temporary command of the Colibri hrig, 
 in which vessel he cruized until the following Feb. 
 off ISevr York, and aided in maldng a number of 
 prizes. He then returned to the San Domingo ; 
 and in May of the same year (1813) was placed in 
 acting-command of the Recruit, another sloop, car- 
 rying 18 guns, with a crew reduced by sickness to 
 only 80 men. Continuing in that vessel until con- 
 firmed in the rank of Commander 30 May, 1614, he 
 contrived, notwithstauding, to capture and destroy 
 a great variety of vessels, including the Inca Ame- 
 rican letter-of-marque of 6 guns and 35 men, which 
 was driven on shore in the neighbourhood of Charles- 
 ton 2 Nov. 1813. Capt. Pechell's next appointment 
 was, 26 May, 1818, to the Bellette 18, fitting for 
 the Halifax station, where he was actively employed 
 in enforcing the stipulations of the treaty of Ghent 
 in regard to the fisheries and trade of Nova Scotia 
 and New Brunswick, a service which occasioned 
 his obtaining possession of about 20 vessels of dif- 
 ferent descriptions. In Oct. 1820 he received direc- 
 tions from Eear-Admiral Griffith to assume com- 
 mand of the Tamak 26, which ship had just arrived 
 from Jamaica with scarcely a sufBccnt number of 
 men on hoard to navigate her even in the finest 
 weather ; her Captain, Arthur Stow, and 75 of her 
 crew having died since her departure from the 
 West Indies. This appointment gave rise to an 
 official correspondence, which terminated in the 
 Admiralty superseding all the officers whom the 
 Commanders-in-Chief on the Halifax and Jamaica 
 stations, each claiming the patronage, had intended 
 to raise to superior ranks. Capt. Pechell was in 
 consequence under the necessity of returning to 
 the Bellette. During six months, however, that 
 he had had command of the Tamab he had suc- 
 ceeded in obtaining the authority of the Haytian 
 Government for putting a stop to the numerous 
 acts of piracy which had been recently committed 
 between Jamaica and St. Domingo ; and had pro- 
 cured an order to the Commandants of the several 
 ports in Hayti to permit the Tamar to search every 
 suspected vessel;* in the execution of which ser- 
 vice, although with not more that 80 men on board, 
 he had fallen in with and captured, after a long 
 chase in the Mona Passage, a large brigantine 
 pierced for 20 guns, with forged commissions from 
 the different independent states of South America, 
 and a crew of 98 men, desperadoes of every nation. 
 On his passage in the Speedy schooner to rejoin 
 the Bellette at Bermuda, we may here mention 
 that Capt. Pechell encountered off the east end of 
 the island of Cuba a squadron of four large piratical 
 vessels, from under whose broadsides the schooner 
 fortunately escaped with very little damage. The 
 Bellette returned to England and was paid off 
 about Christmas 1821 ; and on 26 Dec. 1822 Capt. 
 Pechell was advanced to Post-rank. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 In July, 1830, Capt. Pechell was nominated Gentle- 
 man Usher of the Privy Chamber, and in April, 1831, 
 Equerry, to Queen Adelaide. In July, 1837, he was 
 gazetted as one of the Grooms-in-Waiting to Her 
 present Majesty ; but this appointment his sense of 
 duty to the Queen Dowager induced him to decline. 
 He has acted, since 1827, as a Magistrate for co. 
 Sussex ; and has sat in Parliament, since Jan. 1835, 
 as Member for Brighton. In the latter capacity, 
 on subjects connected with the Navy, Capt. Pechell 
 has ever steered a zealous, straightforward, and in- 
 dependent course, and has at all times proved the 
 unbending advocate of those classes and individuals 
 in it whose grievances have appeared to demand 
 his attention. We would gladly, had we space, 
 afford our readers a sketch of his political career ; 
 as it is, we must be contented with alluding to his 
 
 * So3 ' Narrative of a Visit to the Island of St. Domingo,' 
 published by Capt. Pechell in 1824. 
 
 exertions during the sessions of 1838, 1840, and 
 1842, in obtaining the introduction (into Acts 1 
 and 2 Vict. cap. 47, 3 and 4 "Vict. cap. 67, and 
 5 and 6 Vict., relating to the abolition of the traffic 
 in slaves) of the several clauses for granting bounty 
 on the tonnage of vessels captured ; for the aboli- 
 tion of all Treasury and Exchequer fees on bounties 
 for slaves and for tonnage of vessels ; and for pro- 
 viding for the payment of the net proceeds of ves- 
 sels and cargoes to the Captain, instead of the 
 moiety of the same. In the session of 1836, we 
 may add, he carried a bill through the House for 
 the preservation of the brood of fish and the better 
 regulation of the Channel fisheries; and in the 
 session of 1839 he successfully contended for the 
 restoration of the Good-Service Pension to those 
 officers who had been deprived of it on their ap- 
 pointment to a ship ; as he also did for the allow- 
 ance of half-pay to the Lieut.-Govemor of Green- 
 wich Hospital, which had been withheld from him, 
 although enjoyed by the Governor of Greenwich, 
 the officers of Chelsea, and the Lords of the Admi- 
 ralty. Through his exertions Capt. Pechell proved 
 of material assistance to Lord Palmerston in ob- 
 taining from France, by a Special Convention, the 
 recognition of the claims of Great Britain to an 
 exclusive right of fishing within three miles of her 
 own shores— a right which had been in dispute for 
 upwards of a century ; and in providing against the 
 recurrence of those collisions between the French 
 and English fishermen which had led to such serious 
 consequences. Capt. Pechell married, 1 Aug. 1826, 
 the Hon. Katherine Annabella Bisshopp, daughter 
 (and co-heiress with her sister, the present Baroness 
 De la Zouche) of the late Lord De la Zouche, by 
 whom he has issue a son and two daughters. Agents 
 — Messrs. Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 PECHELL, Bart., C.B., K.C.H., P.R.S. (Rear- 
 
 Admiral or THE White, 1846. f-p., 21 ; 
 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, born 1 Sept. 
 1785, is eldest son of the late Major-General Sir 
 Thos. Brooke Pechell, Bart., M.P. for Downton, in 
 Wiltshire, and a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber 
 to the consort of George IH., by Charlotte, second 
 daughter of Lieut.-General Sir John Clavering, 
 Bart., K.B., who died Commander-in-Chief in India. 
 He_ is brother of the present Capt. G. R. Pechell, 
 R.N. ; grandson of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Paul Pechell, 
 who was created a Baronet for his services 1 May, 
 1797 ; great-grandson of John, first Earl of Dela- 
 warr ; nephew of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, 
 Bart., G.C.B., who died 27 Feb. 1822 ; and first- 
 cousin of the late Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell, R.N. 
 His grand-uncle, Geo. Pechell, a Lieutenant in the 
 Royal Marines, was killed in Carthagena. Sir Samuel 
 succeeded his father as third Baronet 18 June, 1826. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Pomone 40, commanded 
 by his relative Sir John Borlase Warren; and, 
 from Aug. 1797 until nominated, 28 Feb. 1803, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Active 38, Capts. Chas. 
 Sidney Davers and Rich. Hussey Moubray, was em- 
 ployed as Midshipman and Master's Mate, under 
 the late Sir Robt. Barlow, in the Phcebe 44 and 
 Tkidmph 74. In La Pomone he saw much service 
 on the coast of France ; and in the Phcebe he 
 assisted at the capture of two French frigates {La 
 Neriide of 36 guns and 330 men, and L'Africaine 
 of 44 guns and 715 men, including 400 troops and 
 artificers), one large corvette, L'Heureux, of 22 guns 
 and 220 men, three privateers, carrying in the 
 whole 58 guns and 455 men, and a letter-of-marque, 
 L' Hazard, of 10 guns and 60 men, laden with spices, 
 ivory, and gum, from Senegal, valued at 10,000?! 
 La Nereide did not surrender until after a close 
 action of 45 minutes, productive of a loss to herself 
 of 20 killed and 55 wounded, and to the British, out 
 of 261 men, of 3 killed and 10 wounded ; and the 
 resistance of L'Africaine was protracted until in 
 the course of a desperate night action of two hours 
 she had sustained (although the Ph<ebe, out of 239 
 
888 
 
 PEDDER. 
 
 men, had but 1 killed and 12 wounded) the terrific 
 loss of at least 200 killed and 143 wounded, the 
 greater part of them mortally. For his gallantry 
 in the latter exploit, which was achieved 19 Feb. 
 1801, Capt. Barlow was rewarded with the honour 
 of knighthood. On leaving the Active, to which 
 frigate, employed on the Mediterranean, North 
 Sea, and Cork stations, he had been confirmed 1 
 April, 1803, Mr. Pechell, in Jan. 1806, joined the 
 FouDROTANT 80, bearing the flag at the time of Sir 
 J. B. Warren, under whom we find him, on 13 of 
 the following March, witnessing the capture of the 
 Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. He was 
 made Commander, 23 March, 1807, into the Ferket 
 sloop-of-war on the Jamaica station ; was advanced 
 to Post-rank in the Cleopatra of 38 guns, at 
 Halifax, 16 Jime, 1808 ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 25 Sept. 1810, to the Goereiebe of 48 
 guns, also on the Halifax station — in July, 1811, 
 again to the Cleopatra, employed off Cherbourg, 
 in the North Sea, and at Gibraltar— 20 Oct. 1812, to 
 the San Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir J. B. 
 "Warren in North America, where he remained 
 until Aug. 1814 — and, 1 July, 1823, to the Sybille 
 48, stationed at first in the West Indies and after- 
 wards in the Mediterranean. In the Cleopatra 
 Capt. Pechell, on being sent to the West Indies, 
 fought, 22 Jan. 1809, a close action of 40 minutes, 
 reflective of credit on his intrepidity and judgment, 
 as well as on the high discipline and steadiness of 
 his crew, with the French frigate La Topaze, of 48 
 guns, anchored, with springs on her cable, under a 
 small battery to the southward of Pointe-Noire, 
 Guadeloupe. At the expiration of 50 minutes from 
 the commencement of the conflict, the Jason 32 
 and Hazard 18 having come up, the enemy sur- 
 rendered. The Cleopatra, the only British ship 
 that suffered loss, had 2 seamen killed and 1 wound- 
 ed ; the Topaze, on the other hand, out of a com- 
 plement, including 100 soldiers, of about 430 men, 
 incurred a loss of 12 men killed and 14 wounded. 
 She had on board 1100 barrels of flour.* As a 
 mark of the sense entertained by the Admiralty of 
 the Cleopatra's conduct, her First-Lieutenant, 
 Mr. Wm. Simpson, was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander. A few days after the exploit Capt. 
 Pechell, although still belonging to the Halifax 
 squadron, joined the expedition proceeding against 
 Martinique, during the siege of which island he 
 distinguished himself by working into Fort Royal 
 Bay, previously to the surrender of Pigeon Island ; 
 thereby cutting off the retreat of the enemy, and 
 compelling them to destroy all the shipping at that 
 anchorage; among which was the Amphitrite, ano- 
 ther frigate of the largest class. When subse- 
 quently in the same ship on the Gibraltar sta^ 
 tion Capt. Pechell made a survey of the har- 
 bour of Ceuta, and drew up a plan of the fortifica^ 
 tions, together with remarks on the navigation of 
 the Gut. In June, 1813, being then in the San 
 Domingo, and under the immediate orders of Rear- 
 Admiral Cockbum, we find him uniting in the 
 attack on Crany Island and the destruction of the 
 enemy's camp at Hampton ; on which latter occa- 
 sion he commanded the boats and tenders detached 
 to cover the landing of the troops under Sir Sydney 
 Beckwith.t During his command of the Stbille 
 Capt. Pechell was actively employed in the sup- 
 pression of piracy and the protection of the Ionian 
 Islands for a period of three years, during which 
 his boats were frequently involved in sanguinary 
 actions with the freebooters. The judgment, firm- 
 ness, and promptitude with which he discharged a 
 delicate and important duty confided to him, pend- 
 ing a serious discussion which took place in 1824 
 with the Greek government, had the effect of pro- 
 curing him the congratulations of his Commander- 
 in-Chief, Vice- Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale, 
 and a strong expression of approbation on the part 
 of Earl Bathurst, H.M. Secretary of State for 
 Foreign Affairs, and the Lords of the Admiralty. 
 He paid the Stbille off in Nov. 1826 ; and has 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 403. f T^- Gas. 1813, p. 1576. 
 
 since been on half-pay. He attained Flag-rank 9 
 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell was nominated a 
 C.B. 4 June, 1815, and a K.C.H. 6 Jan. 1833. He 
 sat in Parliament for Hallestone in 1830, and for 
 Windsor in 1833; was a Lord of the Admiralty 
 from 1830 until 1834, and again from 1839 until 
 1841 ; and from 1831 until 1846 filled the post of 
 Naval Aide-de-Camp to his late and her present 
 Majesty. Sir John, who bears a high reputation 
 for his thorough knowledge of the art of naval gun- 
 nery, is the author of a valuable pamphlet on the 
 subject (the first edition of which was published in 
 1812, the second in 1824, and the third in 1828), 
 entitled ' Observations upon the Defective Equip- 
 ment of Ships' Guns.' He married, 15 April, 1833, 
 Julia Maria, only surviving daughter of Robt. Edw., 
 ninth Lord Petre, and was left a widower 6 Sept. 
 1844. 
 
 PEDDEE. (LiECT., 1809. f-p., 14; H-P., 33.) 
 
 George Murray M'Kinley Pebdek died 26 
 Aug. 1847, at St. Simon's Bay, Simon's Town, Cape 
 of Good Hope. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Murray, with whom he continued employed on the 
 Home and Baltic stations as Midshipman in the 
 Edgar 74, part of Lord Nelson's fleet in the action 
 off Copenhagen, and London 98, until transferred, 
 in May, 1802, to the Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton. In Sept. 1804, on his return from a 
 voyage to the Mediterranean, he joined the Mon- 
 mouth 64, bearing the flag at North Yarmouth of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. He next, 
 in April, 1805, sailed in the Blenheim 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Thos. Troubridge, for the East Indies ; where, 
 on 1 April, 1806, he was nominated Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Caroline of 42 guns, Capt. Peter Rai- 
 nier. In that ship, on 18 Oct. 1806, he contributed, 
 in a manner that won his Captain's highest appro- 
 bation, to the capture, near the island of Java, of 
 the Dutch 14-gun brig Zeerop, and, in the course of 
 the same day, after an action of half an hour, of the 
 Maria-Riggershergen of 40 guns and 270 men, 50 of 
 whom were killed and wounded, with a loss to the 
 Caroline, out of 204 men, of 3 killed and 18 
 wounded. In company with the Maria-Itiggershei-gen 
 were the William 14, Patriot 18, and Zee-Ploeg 14, 
 together with some gun-boats who partially assisted 
 her ; 30 other gun-boats lay in-shore, but did not 
 attempt to come out.* On 27 Jan. 1807 Mr. Pedder 
 was further present at the capture of the St. Raphael 
 Spanish register-ship, mounting 16 guns, with a 
 complement of 97 men, having on board 500,000 
 dollars in specie, and 1700 quintals of copper, besides 
 a valuable cargo. In securing this rich prize the 
 Caroline had 7 men wounded; the enemy's vessel, 
 before she surrendered, incurred a loss of 27 killed 
 and wounded. Mr. Pedder was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant 30 Sept. 1809, and was subsequently, until 
 Aug. 1813, employed in the Ganges 74, Capts. 
 Peter Halkett and Geo. Dundas, Aego 44, Capts. 
 Fred. Warreu and Cornelius Quinton, and Niemen 
 38, Capt. Sam. Pym, on the Baltic, Lisbon, Medi- 
 terranean, and Cape of Good Hope stations. At 
 the period of his death he was Port-Captain at St. 
 Simon's Bay. 
 
 PEDDER. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 William Pedder entered the Navy 5 April, 
 1814; obtained his commission 21 June, 1824; 
 held an appointment in the Coast Guard from 
 28 Oct. 1834 until the early part of 1839; and, 
 as second in command of the Hon. E. I. Com- 
 pany's war-steamer Nemesis, participated in the 
 China services detailed in our memoir of Capt. Wm. 
 Hutcheon Hall. At the storming, 27 Feb. 1841, of 
 the enemy's works at their position below Wham- 
 poa Reach, he formed one of the landing party ;t 
 and for the able and gallant manner in which he 
 supported the boats during the expedition up the 
 inner passage to Canton he obtained the thanks of 
 
 * Ftde Gaz. 1808, p. 569. -f f. Ga?.. 1841, p. 1501. 
 
PEDLAR— PEEL— PEIRSE. 
 
 889 
 
 Capt. Jas. Scott.* He was appointed Harbour- 
 Master at Hong Kong 9 Feb. 1844. 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 PEDLAE. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18; h-p.,.3.5.) 
 George Pedlar entered the Navy, in April, 
 1794, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board L'Espion 18, Capt. 
 "Wm. Hugh Kiltoe; and on 22 of the following 
 July was captured off Falmouth by a squadron of 
 French frigates. Being restored to liberty by ex- 
 change in Nov. 1795, he again, in Jan. 1796, em- 
 barked on board the Kingfisher 18, Capts. Edw. 
 Marsh, JohnBligh, Hon. Chas. Herbert Pierrepont, 
 and Fred. Lewis Maitland ; in which vessel, prior 
 to being wrecked on the bar of Lisbon in Deo. 
 
 1798, he assisted in making prize of the Betsey 
 French privateer, of 16 guns and 118 men, after a 
 very creditable action productive of a loss to the 
 enemy of 1 man killed and 8 wounded, and to the 
 British of only 1 man, out of 120, slightly wounded. 
 Being received next, as Master's Mate, on board 
 the Speedy, of 14 guns and 60 men, Capt. Jahleel 
 Brenton, he was present in that vessel, 6 Nov. 
 
 1799, when she singly defeated, near Gibraltar, and 
 put to flight two Spanish schooners, each carrying 
 2 long 24-pounders and 50 men ; 10 other vessels of 
 1 24-pounder and 40 men each ; and a French xebec 
 privateer, of 8 guns. In April, 1800, Mr. Pedlar 
 followed Capt. Brenton into the Genereux 74. 
 After the surrender of Genoa he rejoined Capt. 
 Maitland on board the Camelion sloop, com- 
 manded subsequently by Capt. Edw. O'Bryen. On 
 20 March, 1801 , having assisted at the debarkation 
 of the troops in Aboukir Bay, he removed on pro- 
 motion to the FouDROYANT 80, flag-ship of Lord 
 Keith, by whom he was nominated, 16 Aug. 1801, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Motine 18, Capts. Wm. 
 Hoste and Lord Wm. FitzKoy. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 7 Jan. 1802; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 1 March, 1802, to the Loire 38, Capt. F. L. 
 Maitland— 11 Nov. 1803, again to the Foudroyant, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves in the Channel 
 —26 March, 1806, to the Brilliant 28, Capts. Robt. 
 Barrie, Rich. Budd Vincent, and Thos. Smyth, from 
 which vessel, employed on the Cork and Channel 
 stations, he invalided in Dec. 1808— and, 18 Aug. 
 1812, and 12 April, 1813, as First, to the Grampus 
 50 and Dragon 74, both commanded by Capt. Robt. 
 Barrie, with whom he visited Cadiz, the West Indies, 
 and North America. While in the last-mentioned 
 ship he witnessed the surrender of the town of Cas- 
 tine, and was in meritorious command of the boats of 
 a squadron employed up the Penobscot at the taking 
 of Uamden and Bangor, and the destruction, by the 
 enemy, of the U.S. corvette Adams, a brig pierced 
 for 18 guns, a large privateer, and eight merchant- 
 vessels.f On a previous occasion, 5 Nov. 1813, vpith 
 the boats of the Dragon and Sophie under his 
 orders, he had brought three American vessels out 
 from a creek in the river PotomacJ He went on 
 half-pay in April, 1815, having been rewarded for 
 his services with a Commander's commission bear- 
 ing date 12 Oct. 1814; and has not been since able 
 to procure employment. 
 
 He married, in 1811, a daughter of Addis Archer, 
 Esq., of Iieigham, by whom he has an only son in 
 Holy Orders. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PEEL. (Commander, 1§41.) 
 
 Edmund Peel is second son of Edmund Peel, 
 Esq., of Church Bank, Lancashire. His paternal 
 and maternal grandfathers, Wm. Peel, Esq., of 
 Church Bank and Peel Fold, and Jonathan Peel , 
 Esq., of Aocrington, were brothers of the late Sir 
 Robt. Peel, Bart., and uncles of the present Right 
 Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1814; ob- 
 tained his first commission 21 Deo. 1824 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed— 4 March, 1825, for a short 
 time, to the Fn- 18, Capt. Lord Wm. Paget, on 
 the South American station— 8 Jan. 1829, to the 
 Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. Napier, under whom he 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1841, p. ISOa. f V. Gaz. 18H, p. 2031. 
 
 t r. Gaz. 1814, p. 232. 
 
 was for two years and a half employed on particular 
 service— and, 25 Oct. 1841, as First-Lieutenant, to 
 the Volage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, fitting for 
 North America and the West Indies. He was pro- 
 moted to the command, 21 Dec. following, of the 
 Racehorse 18, on the latter station, whence he 
 returned at the close of 1842 ; and he afterwards, 
 from 1 July, 1843, until paid oif in 1845, commanded 
 the Bittern 16, at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 Commander Peel married, in Deo. 1832, Lucy, 
 daughter of Rich. Meek, Esq., of Fetlow Fold. 
 Agent — W. H. B. Barwis. 
 
 PEEL. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 0.) 
 
 William Peel, born 2 Nov. 1824, is third son of 
 the Right Hon. Sir Robt. Peel, Bart., M.P., by 
 Julia, youngest daughter of General Sir John 
 Floyd, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1838, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Princess Charlotte 
 104, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag in the 
 Mediterranean of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, under 
 whom, in Nov. 1840, he witnessed the fall of St. 
 Jean d'Acre. 'Towards the close of 1841, after 
 having been further employed on the Mediterranean 
 station in the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, 
 he successively joined the William and Mary 
 yacht, Capt. Phipps Hornby, and Cambrian 36; 
 in which latter ship, commanded by Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads, we find him, until April, 1843, attached 
 to the force in China. On his return home in the 
 following Sept. in the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. 
 John Kingcome, he was received on board the 
 Camperdown 104, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. 
 Brace at the Nore ; and in the following Nov. he 
 joined the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings. On 13 May, 1844, a 
 week after he had passed his examination — an exa- 
 mination so brilliant that it called forth a public 
 eulogium of Sir Thos. Hastings, and a very flatter- 
 ing notice from Sir Chas. Napier in the House of 
 Commons — Mr. Peel was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments appear 
 to have been — 15 May, 1844, to the Winchester 
 50, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of 
 Good Hope — 13 June following, as Additional, to 
 the Cormorant steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Thos. 
 Gordon, in the Pacific — 29 Aug. in the same year, 
 to the 'Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, similarly sta- 
 tioned — next, we believe, to the America 50, Capt. 
 Hon. John Gordon, by whom he was sent in charge 
 of dispatches from San Bias to Vera Cruz — 27 Feb. 
 1846, after a brief interval of half-pay, to the De- 
 vastation steam-sloop, Capt. Edw. Crouch, equip- 
 ping at Woolwich — and, 15 May ensuing, to the 
 Constance 50, Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, 
 lying at Devonport. He attained his present rank 
 27 June, 1846 ; and, since 11 Feb. 1847, has been in 
 command of the Daring 12, on the North America 
 and West India station. 
 
 PEIESE. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Edward Peirse entered the Navy 24 April, 
 1827 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; obtained his 
 first commission 22 April, 1834; and was subse- 
 quently appointed — 24 May, 1834, to the Spartiate 
 76, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond in South 
 America — 6 March, 1835, to the Dublin 50, Capt. 
 Chas. Hope, lying at Plymouth— 21 Sept. 1835, to 
 the NiMROD 20, Capt. John Frazer, on the North 
 America and West India station, where he became 
 First-Lieutenant, and was superseded in Aug. 1836 
 — 14 Sept. 1837, for a short time, to the Tyne 28, 
 Capt. John Townshend, equipping at Portsmouth — 
 8 Oct. 1838, as Additional, to the Stag 46, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Suli- 
 van in South America, whence he returned in the 
 summer of 1839— and, 18 May, 1842, to the Indus 
 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in the Mediterranean. 
 He acquired the rank of Commander 10 Nov. 1842 ■ 
 and since 12 Nov. 1846, has been serving in the East 
 Indies in theCRDiZER 16 and Nerbodda12. His ap- 
 pointment to the latter vessel took place 27 Oct. 1847. 
 
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 PELHAM— PELL. 
 
 PELHAM. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 10.) 
 The Honodkable Dudley Woksley Anderson 
 Pelham, born 20 April, 1812, is second son of tlie 
 late Earl of Yarborough, by Henrietta Anna Maria 
 Charlotte, second daughter of Hon. John Bridgman 
 Simpson, and granddaughter of Henry, first Baron 
 Bradford. He is brother-in-law of Sir Joseph Wm. 
 Copley, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Aug. 1825 ; served 
 as Midshipman on board the Dartmocth 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Fellowes, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 
 1827 ; obtained his first commission 28 Sept. 1831 ; 
 and was subsequently appointed — 17 Sept. 1832, to 
 the Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden, from wliich 
 vessel, employed on particular service, he was 
 superseded in Feb. 1833 — 7 Nov. in the latter year, 
 to the Blonde 46, Capt. Eras. Mason, fitting for 
 South America — and, 21 Aug. 1835, to the Jdpitee 
 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, under whom he 
 accompanied Lord Auckland as Governor-General 
 to India. Attaining the rank of Commander 15 
 Feb. 1836, he served in that capacity, from 21 Oct. 
 1837, until superseded in April, 1840, in the Wasp 
 16, in the Mediterranean. He was advanced to 
 the rank he now holds 26 Oct. 1840; and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Pelham married, 15 Oct. 1839, Madalena, 
 second daughter of Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart., 
 Capt., R.N. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 PELHAM, K.S.F. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 9.) 
 
 The Honourable Frederick Thomas Pelham, 
 born 2 Aug. 1808, is second son of Thomas, second 
 Earl of Chichester (who filled the olflce of Secretary 
 to Lords Northington and Camden, when Lord- 
 Lieutenants of Ireland, and was afterwards Secre- 
 tary of State for the Home Department and Post- 
 master-General) by Henrietta Juliana, daughter of 
 Eras. Godolphin, fifth Duke of Leeds. His brother, 
 the present Earl of Chichester, is married to a 
 sister of the Earl of Cardigan. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 27 June, 1823 ; and 
 while^ attached, as Midshipman, to the Sybille 48, 
 Capt. Sam. John Pechell, wa« present in 1826 in an 
 attack on the pirates in the Grecian Archipelago. 
 He passed his examination in 1829 ; acquired the 
 rank of Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1830 ; served as First 
 of the Ferret 10, Capt. Edw. Wodehouse, on the 
 Mediterranean station, from 28 April following 
 until paid off at the commencement of 1832 ; and 
 between 2 May in the latter year and the date of 
 his promotion to the rank of Commander, 21 Sept. 
 1835, was employed on the north coast of Spain in 
 the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay. For services 
 performed while in command, from 17 Jan. 1837 
 until the autumn of 1838, of the Tweed 20, on the 
 Lisbon station, Capt. Pelham was presented, 9 Aug. 
 1839, with the cross of San Fernando. He attained 
 Post-rank 3 July, 1840 ; and since 24 May, 1847, has 
 been in command, in the Mediterranean, of the 
 Odin steam-frigate, of 560 horse-power. 
 
 He married, in July, 1841, Ellen Kate, daughter 
 of Rowland Mitchell, Esq., of Upper Harley Street, 
 by whom he has issue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 PELL, Kt (Captain, 1813. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 2.5.) 
 Sir Watkin Owen Pell, bom in 1788, is son of 
 Sam. Pell, Esq., of Sywell Hall, co. Northampton, 
 by the daughter of Owen Owen, Esq., of Llaneyher, 
 00. Denbigh. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire 38, Capt. Jas. 
 Newman Newman ; and on 6 Feb. 1800 was deprived 
 of his left leg while assisting, in company with the 
 Danae 20, and Fairy, Harpy, and Railleur 
 sloops, at the capture of the French 38-gun frigate 
 Pallas, under the heavy fire of a battery on one of 
 the Seven Islands.* Being in consequence obliged 
 to leave his ship, he did not again go afloat until 
 Jan. 1802. He then rejoined Capt. Newman, as 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 166, where he is styled, in error, 
 "Watkins Oliver Pell.'' 
 
 Midshipman, on board the Loire; and on 11 Nov. 
 1806, after a servitude of four years and a half on 
 the Home and West India stations in the Acasta 
 40, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, Veteran 64, and Van- 
 gdabd 74, both commanded by Capt. J. N. New- 
 man, PoMPBE 74, Capt. Rich. Daores, and Vihginib 
 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, he was made Lieutenant into 
 the Mercury 28, Capts. Chas. Pelly, Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, and Hon. Henry Duncan, employed at first 
 at' Bermuda and Newfoundland, and afterwards in 
 the Mediterranean. On 4 April, 1808, being then 
 First of the Mercury, we find him commanding the 
 boats of that vessel, in company with those of the 
 Alceste 38, under Lieut. Allen Stewart, at the cap- 
 ture of seven Spanish tartans under the very muz- 
 zles of the guns in the batteries at Rota, and in the 
 presence of numerous armed barges and pinnaces 
 sent from Cadiz to assist in their defence. The 
 prizes had formed part of a fleet of merchantmen 
 originally under the protection of 20 gun-boats, 
 whom the Mercury, with her consorts, the Alceste 
 and Grasshopper 18, had defeated in the teeth of 
 11 French and Spanish ships-of-the-line.* The next 
 exploit recorded of Lieut. Pell was the capture by 
 him in the boats, 1 April, 1809, of a Venetian gun- 
 boat. La I^eda, of 1 long 24-pounder and 6 large 
 swivels, lying in the harbour of Rovigno, under a 
 very heavy Are of great guns and musketry. " More 
 bravery," says Capt. Duncan, " I do not think was 
 ever displayed than by the officers, seamen, and ma- 
 rines employed on this occasion. They were com- 
 manded and led on in the most gallant manner by 
 the First-Lieutenant, Watkin Owen Pell, who re- 
 ceived two severe wounds in boarding, and has be- 
 fore lost a leg in the service of his country." The 
 wounds alluded to were inflicted, as suggested, while 
 Mr. Pell was endeavouring to get through La Leda'a 
 boarding-nettings— he received the contents of a 
 blunderbuss in his right hand and arm, and had 
 them perforated by not less than seven balls. On 
 the night of 7 Sept. 1809, being off the harbour of 
 Barletta, he again took command of the boats of 
 the Mercury, and, in the most gallant style, boarded 
 and carried, near that place, the French schooner- 
 of-war La Puglie'se, pierced for 10 guns, but carry- 
 ing only 5 6-pounders and 2 18's, commanded by 
 an Enseigne de Vaisseau, and having on board 31 
 out of a complement of 50 men, who were so pre- 
 pared for the attack as to be able to fire twice be- 
 fore the boats got alongside, f " It gives me sincere 
 pleasure," Capt. Duncan reports in his official ac- 
 count of the affair, " to add, that this service has 
 been performed without a man being hurt on our 
 side ; and as, besides her own means of defence, 
 the vessel was moored with eight cables inside, and 
 almost touching a mole lined with musketry, and 
 within musket-shot of a castle mounting 8 guns, 
 and two armed feluccas, from under which fire she 
 was towed without rudder or sails, I must principally 
 attribute this good fortune to the judicious and 
 prompt manner in which the attack was made, 
 which strongly marks the judgment and gallantry 
 of the First Lieutenant, Pell, who directed it." For 
 his conduct on the two occasions last mentioned 
 Lieut. Pell had the satisfaction of receiving the 
 thanks of his Commander-in-Chief. In Aug. 1809 
 he was voted 80Z. for the purchase of a sword by 
 the Patriotic Society; he was subsequently pre- 
 sented with one by Capt. Duncan ; and on 29 
 March, 1810, he was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander. Being next, 22 Oct. 1810, appointed to the 
 Thunder bomb, Capt. Pell was in that vessel ac- 
 tively employed at the defence of Cadiz from 11 of 
 the following month until 5 Dec. 1811. He was 
 then detached, in company with the Stately 64, 
 Druid frigate, and several gun-boats, to co-operate 
 with the garrison of Tarifa, then besieged by 10,000 
 French troops under Marshal Victor. He after- 
 wards resumed his former station before Catalina ; 
 and continued to protect Isla de Leon until the 
 whole of the enemy's works were abandoned in 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 070. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1809, p. 2006.— Here again Mr. Pell is mis- 
 named " Pall." 
 
PELLEW. 
 
 891 
 
 Aug. 1812. On 9 Oct. 1813, on her return from the 
 coast of Valencia, and while proceeding from Ports- 
 mouth to Woolwich for the purpose of being paid 
 off, the Thunder was attacked and boarded by Le 
 Neptune privateer, of 16 guns and 65 men; the 
 enemy, however, were driven back, and their own 
 vessel boarded in return and captured.* Capt. 
 Pell's Post commission bears date 1 Nov. 1813. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 4 Oct. 1814, to the 
 Menai 24, in which vessel, prior to being paid off 
 in Feb. 1817, he served on the Irish station, cruized 
 with a small force under his orders in the Bay of 
 Fundy, and was employed off the Chesapeake and 
 in visiting different American ports — 6 May, 1833, 
 to the FoKTE 44, fitting for the West Indies, where 
 he had command of the Jamaica station from Dec. 
 following until ordered home in March, 1837, a pe- 
 riod rendered important by the emancipation of the 
 slaves— 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120, equipping for 
 service in the Mediterranean — 24 Aug. 1841, to the 
 Superintendentship of Deptford Victualling Yard — 
 next, to that of the Dockyard at Sheerness— and, 17 
 Dec. in the same year, 1841, to the command of the 
 RovAL Sovereign yacht, and the ofiBce of Superin- 
 tendent of Pembroke Dockyard. While in com- 
 mand of the Forte, Capt. Pell had the honour of 
 receiving on board Her present Majesty, then the 
 Princess Victoria, together with the Duchess of 
 Kent, and the Earls of Tarborough and Durham, 
 and of making an excursion with them to view the 
 Eddystone. He resigned his appointment at Pem- 
 broke on being appointed a Commissioner of Green- 
 wich Hospital 18 Feb. 1845. 
 
 During his command of the Thunder, Capt. Pell 
 received the thanks of the Admiralty for his ser- 
 vices at Cadiz and Tarifa, and also for the capture 
 of Le Neptune. In Jan. 1813, the Duke of Welling- 
 ton addressed a letter to Lord Melville, from which 
 the following is an extract : — " I enclose a letter 
 from General Cooke, in fegard to the services of 
 Capt. Pell of the Thunder bomb during the late 
 blockade of Cadiz. I assure your Lordship that 
 when I was at Cadiz all descriptions of persons con- 
 curred in their praises of that officer, and of those 
 under his command ; and I therefore take the liberty 
 of drawing your attention to his merits during a 
 most harassing service of nearly three years' dura- 
 tion." In April, 1837, Capt. Pell received from Sir 
 Herbert Taylor a notification of his late Majesty's 
 intention of conferring upon him the honour of 
 Knighthood and the insignia of a K.C.H. The 
 icing's illness and death prevented the royal wish 
 from being carried into effect ; but upon the acces- 
 sion of Queen Victoria to the throne, Capt. Pell 
 had the gratification of being the first naval Knight 
 created by her Majesty. The K.C.H. was also 
 conferred upon him by the King of Hanover. Sir 
 Watkin is in the receipt of a pension of 300Z. per 
 annum for the loss of his leg. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 PELLEW, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. (Rear- Admiral of 
 
 THE Blue, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p., 30.) 
 
 The Honourable Sir Fleetwood Broughton 
 
 Reynolds Pellew, born 13 Dec. 1789, is second 
 
 son of the late Admiral Viscount Exmouth, G.C.B.,t 
 
 * VxdeQ^z. 1813, p. 2011. 
 
 f Lord Exmouth, originally Mr. Edward Pellew, was born 
 nt Dover 19 April, 1757. He entered the Navy ift 1770 on 
 board the Juno frigate. Capt. Stott ; sprved in the CARr.ETON 
 schooner in the battle fougnt on Lake Chaplain U Oct. 1776 ; 
 was present with General Burgoyne's array at the convention 
 of Saratoga 17 (let. 1777; obtained, soon afterwards, his first 
 commission; and for his gallant conduct as senior of the Apollo 
 frigate, commanded by Capt. Philomen PownoU, who was 
 killed, in an action with a letter of marque of 32 guns, on 
 the Flemish coast, was made Commander into tlie Hazard 
 sloop. For services he performed on his removal to the 
 Pelioan, another sloop, particularly in driving on shore 
 several privateers inside the lie de Baa, he was advanced to 
 Post-rank 31 May, 1782. He afterwards commanded the 
 
 ArTOTS 64, WlNCHEf.SEA 32, SALISBURY 50, NyMPHE Of 40 
 
 guns and 240 men, AnBTHUSA of 44 guns and 277 men, In- 
 
 DEFATIOABLE 46, Imp£tUKUX 74, and ToNNANT 80. His 
 
 valour in the Nymphe, in effecting the capture, 18 June, 
 
 by Susannah, second daughter of Jas. Frowde, Esq., 
 of Knoyle, co. Wilts ; brother of PownoU Bastard, 
 second Viscount, a Captain R.N. (1806), who died 
 2 Dec. 1833 ; and uncle of the present Peer. One 
 of his sisters was the wife of the late Admiral Sir 
 Lawrence Wm. Halsted, G.C.B. ; and another of 
 the late Capt. Rich. Haward, B.N. Sir Fleet- 
 
 1753, of the Cleopatre of 40 guns and 320 men, procured 
 Capt. Pellew the honour of knighthood. In the Arethusa 
 he occasionally commanded a squadron of frigates, and either 
 took, or assisted in taking, among other vessels, La Pomone 
 of 44 guns and 341 men, Le Babet of 22 guns and 178 men, 
 L' Eiigageante of 38 guns and 300 men. La Felicite^ alias Vo- 
 kmtaire, of 40 guns and about .300 men, L'Espion and Alert 
 corvettes of 18 guns and 140 men each, and La Revolution- 
 ■naire of 44 guns and 361 men. The wonderful heroism and 
 humanity displayed by Sir Edward Pellew, wben on shore at 
 Plymouth at the commencement of 1796, in permitting 
 himself to be hauled, during a violent storm, on board an 
 Indiaman, which had been driven under the citadel, and was 
 fast going to pieces, whereby he was enabled to send a 
 hawser to the shore and save the crew, had the effect of ob- 
 taining for him the freedom of the borough of Plymouth, 
 and the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom. During 
 iiis command of the Indefatioable, Sir Edward was present 
 at the capture or destruction of La Volage of 26 guns, L' Unite 
 of 38 guns and 255 men, and La Virginie of 44 guns and 339 
 men; and on 13 Jan. 1797, participated, in company with 
 the Amazon 36, in a very gallant engagement with the 
 French 74-gun ship Les J>rohs de V Homme, which, together 
 with the Amazon, was in the end wrecked in Hodierne Bay, 
 In the summer of 1800, Sir Edward Pellew, then in the Im- 
 pEtueux, was sent with a squadron consisting of seven ships 
 of the line, one of 50 guns, nine frigates, a sloop of war, and 
 a cutter, having on board a detachment of troops under the 
 command of Major-General Maitland, to co-operate with the 
 French Koyalists and Chouans, in Quiberon Bay and the 
 Morbihan; and in the following autumn he accompanied 
 Sir John Borlase Warren in an expedition against Ferrol. 
 In 1801 he was nominated a Colonel of Marines, and in 1802 
 elected M.P. for Barnstaple in Devon. Attaining flag-rank 
 in April, 1804, he proceeded in the course of the same year 
 as Coram an fler-in-Chief to the East IndieSj where he suc- 
 ceeded in obliterating from the Indian seas the tricoloured 
 flag of Holland, by destroying, first at Onrust, in Batavia 
 Koads, the Phxnix frigate and several smaller vessels ; and 
 next, at Griessee, two 70*3 and one 68-gun ship, the Remlutie, 
 Pluto, and Kortenaar. On 28 April, 1808, Sir Edward Pellew 
 was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral, and in the fol- 
 lowing year he returned to England. He was next, in 1810, 
 employed, with his fl^ in the Christian VII. 80, in the 
 blockade of Flushing. Fn April, 1811, he succeeded Sir Chas. 
 Cotton in command of the Mediterranean Fleet ; during his 
 tenure of which he fought two partial actions with the Toulon 
 fleet, 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, and proved a constant 
 source of annoyance to the enemy. His flag during the 
 period was flying in the Caledonia 120. On 1 June, 1814, 
 as a reward for his long and valuable services, he was raised 
 to the peerage, as Baron of Exmouth, of Cannonteign, co. 
 Devon, and granted at the same time a pension of 2000/. per 
 annum. On 4 of the following month he became an Admiral 
 of the Blue; in Jan. 1815 a K.C.B. ; and in March, 1816, a 
 G.C.B. On the escape of Buonaparte from Elba, his Lord- 
 ship, with his flag in the Boyne 98, was immediately ordered 
 back to the Mediterranean, where he materially contributed 
 to the restoration ofthe legitimate government of Naples, and 
 to the support of the royalist cause along the southern coast 
 of France. In March, 1816, he had the satisfaction of con- 
 eluding treaties with the Deys of Tunis and TVipoli relative 
 to the abolition of Christian slavery, in virtue whereof 1792 
 persons were released from bondage. He also entered into 
 arrangements with the Dey of Algiers, but the atrocities 
 perpetrated by that potentate subsequently to his Lord- 
 ship's return to England, being such as to induce Great Bri- 
 tain to inflict upon him a signal mark of her displeasure, a 
 fresh armament was equipped, and the command of it again 
 given to the noble Admiral. He accordingly hoisted his flag 
 on board the Queen Charlotte 100, and on 27 Aug. re- 
 appeared, with, including his own, five ships ofthe line, one 
 50, four frigates, five sloops, and four bombs, accompanied by 
 five Dutch frigates and a corvette, before the colossal fortifica- 
 tions of Algiers. The result of the awful conflict that ensued 
 who but knows ? It is sufficientfor us to record, that the gal- 
 lant and veteran Baron became a Viscount, that he received the 
 thanks of both Houses of Parliament, a sword from Uie City 
 of London, and a piece of plate, valued at 1400 guineas, 
 from his officers, that he was created a Knight of various 
 foreign orders, and beyond all, that he secured for ever the 
 admiration and gratitude of the Christian world. He had 
 been previously presented by the flag officers and captains 
 who had served with him in the Mediterranean, with a table 
 ornament worth 500 guineas, as a token of their respect and 
 regard. From the autumn of 1817 until Feb. 1821, he held 
 the chief command at Plymouth. He was appointed Vice- 
 Admiral ofthe United Kingdom 15 Feb. 1832, and died an 
 Admiral of the Red SS Jan. 1833. 
 
 5X2 
 
892 
 
 PELLEW— PELLY. 
 
 wood is a nephew of the late Admiral Sir Israel 
 Pellew, K.C.B.* 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the iMpiTUEUx 74, com- 
 manded by his father, then Sir Edw. Pellew, under 
 whom, with the exception of an interval occasioned 
 by the peace of Amiens, he continued employed, 
 as Midshipman, in the same ship and the Tonnant 
 80, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, 
 until May, 1804. He next, in April, 1805, joined 
 the CuLLODEN 74, Capt. Christopher Cole, on the 
 East India station ; where he was made Lieutenant, 
 8 Sept. in the same year, into the Sceptre 74, Capt. 
 Joseph Bingham. He shortly afterwards went back 
 to the CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship at the time of his 
 father, by whom he was successively placed in 
 command, 25 July and 18 Sept. 1806, and 30 March, 
 1807, of the Rattlesnake 18, Tekpsichobe 32, and 
 PsTCHE 36. While in the Terpsiohoke he com- 
 manded the boats of a squadron, and exhibited 
 much gallantry, at the capture and destruction, 27 
 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch frigate, 7 brigs of war, and 
 about 20 armed and other merchant vessels, in Ba^ 
 tavia Roads. t He also had charge of the boats of 
 a squadron at the destruction of several piratical 
 proas (m the coast of Java. In the Psyche he made 
 prize, in the port of Samarang, 31 Aug. 1807, of a 
 schooner of 8 guns, in company with a large mer- 
 chant brig ; and the next day he took, with two 
 other vessels (the Resolutie armed merchant ship of 
 700 tons, richly laden, and the Ceres, a remarkably 
 fine brig, in the Dutch Company's service, of 12 
 guns and 70 men), the Scipio corvette of 24 guns.J 
 In Oct. 1807, on 12 of which month he was con- 
 firmed in the rank of Commander, we find him no- 
 minated Acting-Captain of the Poweefcl 74 ; in 
 which ship he was present, 1 1 Dec. following, at the 
 annihilation, at Griessee, of the docks and stores, 
 and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in 
 the East Indies. || On 18 Feb. and 5 July, 1808, 
 Capf. Pellew, whose Post commission bears date 14 
 Oct. in that year, was invested with the command, 
 first of the Coknwahis, alias Akbar 50, and then 
 of the Phaeton 38. In the latter frigate, which 
 during two whole days in 1808 lay in the harbour 
 of Nagasaki in the island of Japan, he accompanied 
 the expedition of 1810 against the Isle of France, 
 and in 1811 co-operated in the reduction of the 
 island of Java. On his arrival at Java in charge of 
 a division of transports, he took command of the 
 boats employed in protecting the debarkation of 
 the troops. During the operations which preceded 
 
 • Sir Israel Pellew was born at Dover 25 Aug. 1758, and 
 entered the Navy in 1771, on board the Falcon sloop. Affer 
 serving in the Albion and witnessing, in the Floka, the 
 capture of the frigate Fox, he joined the Royal Georoe 100, 
 and in 1779 was promoted to the ranli of Lieutenant. In 
 Jan. 1783, in command of the Resolution cutter, of 12 guns 
 and 75 men, he took, after a chase of 14 hours and a smart 
 action of about an hour and a quarter, the Flushinger Dutch 
 privateer, pierced for 14 guns, mounting twelve 14-pounders, 
 with a complement of 68 men. He was advanced to the rank 
 of Commander 23 Nov. 1790 ; and on 25 June, 1793, having 
 been a volunteer with his brother on board the Nvmphe at 
 the capture of La Cleopdtre, he was presented with a Post 
 commission. He afterwards commanded, until the peace of 
 Amiens, the Squirkel 20, and Amphion, Gkeyhound, and 
 Cleopatra frigates ; and was on board the Amphion when 
 she blew up in Plymouth Sound 22 Sept. 1796. Being ap- 
 pointed, in 1804, to the Conqulrob 74, he served in that ship 
 at the liattle of Trafalgar, and was employed, previously to the 
 convention of Cintra, in blockading the Russian fleet in the 
 Tagus. Prior to the action off Cape Trafalgar he had accom- 
 panied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back, in quest of 
 the combined squadrons. In July, 1810, at which period 
 he had been for upwards of a year in superintendence of the 
 ships afloat at Plymouth, he attained the ranlt of Rear- 
 Admiral. In 1811 he became Captain of the Mediterranean 
 fleet, under his brother. Sir Edward Pellew, with wliom he 
 remained until 1815. He was created a K.C.B. in Jan. of 
 the latter year ; a Vice-Admiral in Aug. 1819 ; and an Ad- 
 miral in July, 1830. He died at Plymouth 19 July, 1832, 
 after a protracted and severe illness. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 894. J V. Gaz. 1808, p. 537. 
 
 II Immediately prior to the above event, Capt. Pellew and 
 one or two others, who had been sent on shore with a flag of 
 truce, were detained by tlie Dutch Commodore and placed 
 under arrest : they were soon, however, released. 
 
 its final surrender he landed, 31 Aug., on the neigh- 
 bouring island of Madura, in command, with Capt. 
 Geo. Harris, of the Sin Fhakcis Drake, his senior 
 officer, of a body of seamen and marines, and as- 
 sisted in the most gallant manner in storming the 
 strong fortress of Samanap, mounting 16 6-pound- 
 ers ; immediately after which he attacked from one 
 point, as did Capt. Harris from another, and ut- 
 terly routed a force of about 2000 men, protected 
 by 4 field-pieces in their front, on a bridge possess- 
 ing every advantage of situation. " I gladly ac- 
 knowledge," says Capt. Harris, in his official account 
 of this proceeding, " the assistance and advice I 
 have received from Capt. Pellew, who aided every 
 point of service with his well-known zeal, ability, 
 and bravery."* In Aug. 1812 the Phaeton re- 
 turned to England in escort of 16 Indiamen; for his 
 care and attention to which Capt. Pellew received 
 the thanks of the Court of Directors, accompanied 
 by a present of 500 guineas. Being next, 23 Oct. 
 1812, appointed to the Iphigesia 36, he proceeded 
 to the Mediterranean ; on his arrival on which sta- 
 tion he removed, in Jan. 1813, to the Resistance of 
 46 guns. On 5 Oct. following he aided, in company 
 with the Edinburgh 74, Imperibhse 38, and Swal- 
 low, Eclair, and Pvlades sloops, in silencing the 
 fire of several batteries at Port d'Anzo, where a 
 convoy of 29 vessels fell into the hands of the Bri- 
 tish. In Feb. 1814 Capt. Pellew left the Resist- 
 ance. His last appointment was, 25 Aug. 1818, to 
 the Revolutionnaire 46, again in the Mediterra^ 
 nean, whence he returned in June, 1822. He at- 
 tained Flag-rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 In June, 1815, the Bear- Admiral was nominated 
 a C.B. ; and in Jan. 1836 he received, with the 
 honour of Knighthood, the insignia of a K.C.H. 
 He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-camp to the 
 Queen 4 July, 1842. He married, 5 June, 1816, 
 Harriet, only daughter of the late Sir Godfrey 
 Webster, Bart., by whom he has issue an only 
 daughter, the wife of Lord Walpole, eldest son of 
 the Earl of Orford. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 PELLEW. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 The Honourable Pownoll Fleetwood Pellew, 
 born 26 July, 1823, is eldest son of Pownoll Bastard, 
 second Viscount Exmouth, Captain B.N. (1806), 
 who died 2 Dec. 1833, by his second wife, Georgina 
 Janet, eldest daughter of Mungo Dick, Esq. ; half- 
 brother of the present Viscount; and nephew of 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. F. B. R. Pellew, Kt., C.B., 
 K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 18 Aug. 1836; 
 passed his examination 8 Aug. 1842 ; and after 
 serving, as Mate, in the Cornwallis 72, Capt. 
 Peter Richards, Conway 26, Capt. Robt. Fair, and 
 Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt. Lord 
 Adolphus FitzClarence, was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 30 Dec. 1843. His appointments have 
 since been— 2 Feb. 1844, as Additional, to his former 
 ship the CoRNWALLis— 2 July, 1844, in a similar ca- 
 pacity, to the CoLLiNGwooD 80, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific— and, 8 Oct. 
 1847, to the Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, now 
 employed on Particular Service. 
 
 PELLY. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Richard Wilson Pelly, born 1 Nov. 1814, is 
 fifth son of Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., of Upton, 
 CO. Essex, by Emma, sixth daughter of Henry Boul- 
 ton, Esq., of Thorncroft, co. Surrey; and nephew 
 of the late Capt. Chas. Pelly, R.N.f 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1812, pp. 116, 120. 
 
 + Capt. Chas. Pelly was wounded, when a Lieutenant, in 
 a sanguinary attack, made in Aug. 1801, on the French inva- 
 sion flotilla. In March, 1804, at which time he com- 
 manded the Beaver 14, he served with the boats of that 
 vessel and the Scorpion 18, under Capt. Geo. Nicholas Har- 
 din^e, at the cutting out, in the Vlie passage, after a most 
 spirited and determined conflict, of the Dutch brig Atalante 
 of 16 Io_ng 12-pounders and 76 men. When Captain of the 
 BncEPHALtjs 36, he co-operated in the reduction of the island 
 of Java in 1811, and displaved much gallantry in pursuing 
 mime""'^ liays the French 40-gun frigates NymplK and 
 
PENFOLD— PENGELLEY-PENGELLY. 
 
 893 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 27 June, 1828 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 20 July, 1836 ; and was 
 afterwards appointed— 5 Oct. 1836, as Additional- 
 Lieutenant, to the Winchester 52, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel in the East Indies— 
 20 June, 1837, to the Victor 16, Capt. Rich. Cro- 
 zier, on the same station, whence he returned in 
 1839— and, 30 Jan. 1840, to the Andromache 26, 
 Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope. He was advanced to the rank he now holds 
 10 Feb. 1844, nearly 12 months after the Andro- 
 mache had been paid off. His last appointment 
 was to the Rose 18, which vessel he commanded on 
 the North America and West India station from 13 
 Deo. 1844, until put out of commission at the close 
 of 1846. 
 
 PEiSTFOLD. (Lieut., 1823. r-p., 36 ; h-p., 1.) 
 
 George Penfold was born, 19 July, 1798, at Ply- 
 mouth, CO. Devon. 
 
 This officer (who had previously served as a Vo- 
 lunteer, in the Iris 36, Capt. John Tower, and had 
 assisted, when in company, in 1807, with the Tri- 
 BDNE 36 and Martiaii gun-brig, in beating off a 
 large flotilla of Spanish gun-boats near Ferrol) en- 
 tered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on 
 board the Solebay 32, Capt. Hon. Granville Le- 
 veson Proby, employed in the North Sea and Bal- 
 tic. In Nov. 1810 he removed to the Kron Prin- 
 cess, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Spearing Osmer, 
 lying in the river Medway ; and in Sept. 1812, after 
 having again served, for 12 months, in the Solebay, 
 under the flag, at North Yarmouth, of Rear- Admiral 
 Robt. Murray, he became Midshipman of the Ho- 
 ratio 38, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart ; under whom, in 
 Deo. 1813, on his return from, the Cape of Good 
 Hope to the North Sea, he contributed to the re- 
 duction of the islands of Schouwen and Tholen. 
 Following Lord Geo. Stuart, in March, 1814, into 
 the Newcastle .50, he continued employed in that 
 ship, under the command of Capts. Sam. Roberts 
 and Henry Meynell, in North America and the West 
 Indies, until transferred, 16 April, 1816, to the Pac- 
 TOLUS 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie. On leaving the 
 latter ship, in which he had been again serving on the 
 North American station, Mr. Penfold, in Sept. 1817, 
 passed his examination. He was subsequently, be- 
 tween Aug. 1818 and Oct. 1823, employed a second 
 time in the West Indies, on board the Ontario 18, 
 Capt. Geo. Gosling, Confianoe 18, Capts. Alex. 
 Montgomerie and Robt. Gordon, Serapis receiving- 
 ship, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Vernon Jackson, and 
 EsK 20, Capt. Arthur Lee Warner. He was created 
 a Lieutenant of the vessel last mentioned 15 Feb. 
 1823; and since 15 Nov. in the same year has been 
 in command of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 In Jan. 1837 his name, at the recommendation of 
 the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, was placed on the 
 Admiralty list for promotion, for services rendered 
 to the Government of that country. The Lieute- 
 nant, who was formerly for nine years in the Com- 
 mission of the Peace, married, 3 March, 1824, Mary, 
 daughter of John and Bridget Collier, of Balbig- 
 gan, CO. Dublin, by whom he has had issue seven 
 children. Agent— J. Chippendale. 
 
 PENGELLEY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16 ;* 
 H-P., 35.) 
 Charles Pengelley entered the Navy, in 1796, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 98, Capts. Edm. 
 Dod and Matthew Squire, stationed in the Channel ; 
 where, and in the Mediterranean, he served, as 
 Midshipman, from 1798 until 1802, in the Pomone 
 40, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, and Immorta- 
 LiTE 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham. He then, in 
 succession, joined the San Josef 110, Capts. Wm. 
 Wolseley and Jas. Carpenter, and Tonnant 80, 
 Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, both attached to the Chan- 
 nel fleet; and on 16 Feb. 1805 he was made Lieu- 
 tenant into the Thisbe 28, Capt. Lewis Shepheard, 
 employed at first in the Mediterranean, and then 
 on the Guernsey station. He invalided in the fol- 
 lowing Sept. ; and was afterwards appointed — 27 
 * Apart from his servitude in the Revenue. 
 
 June and 28 July, 1806, to the Windsor Castle 98, 
 Capt. Chas. Boyles, and Royal George 100, Capt. 
 Rich. Dalling Dunn, under whom, after having 
 served with Sir John Thos. Duckworth at the pass- 
 age of the Dardanells, he sailed for the West Indies 
 —29 July, 1809, to the Fylla 22, Capt. Hon. Edw. 
 Rodney, employed off Oporto, Guernsey, and Jer- 
 sey— 1 May, 1810, to the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Staines, in which ship, until April, 1812, when 
 his health again obliged him to invalid, we find him 
 engaged in cruizing oft' the Western Islands, escort- 
 ing troops to the mouth of the Tagus, accompanying 
 a fleet of Indiamen from St. Helena to the Downs, 
 and serving off the coast of Ireland — 5 Jan. 1813, to 
 the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in 
 the Mediterranean— and, 6 July following, to the 
 flotilla service in the Faro of Messina. For his 
 conduct in leading a division of the flotilla in the 
 attack upon Genoa,* he was nominated, 18 April, 
 1814, Acting-Commander of the Guadeloupe 16, in 
 which sloop he remained for a period of three 
 months. He was confirmed in his present rank 20 
 Sept. in the same year; and was afterwards em- 
 ployed for same time in the Water and Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 Commander Pengelley's eldest son, Charles Wil- 
 liam, married in 1839 the only surviving child of 
 Capt. Wm. Rogers, of the Holyhead station. 
 
 PENGELLEY. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 11; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 John Pengelley is son of the late Capt. John 
 Pengelley, R.N., who, when commanding the Viper 
 cutter, of 14 4-pounders and 48 men, distinguished 
 himself by his gallantry in effecting the capture, 13 
 March, 1797, and 26 Dec. 1799, of the privateers 
 Piteous Virgin Maria, carrying 10 4 and 6-pounders, 
 8 swivels, and 42 men, and Furet, of 14 4-pounders 
 and 57 men. 
 
 This ofiioer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Pegasus 28, commanded 
 by his father, with whom he was stationed off 
 Harwich until June, 1806. In Feb. 1807 he became 
 a Student at the Royal Naval College ; and in Feb. 
 1810 he again embarked, on board the Pheasant 
 18, Capt. John Palmer, attached to the force in the 
 Channel ; where, and off Flushing and the coast of 
 North America, he served, from June, 1812, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1815, in 
 the York 74, Capts. Robt. Barton and Alex. Wilmot 
 Schomberg. He has since been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PENGELLY. (Lieutenant, 1812. p-p., 10; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Henry Pengelly entered the Navy, 30 Aug. 
 1805, as L.M., on board the Prince Frederick, 
 Lieut.-Commander Jas. Leach, lying in Plymouth 
 Harbour ; removed, in Feb. 1806, to the Diamond 
 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, attached to the Chan- 
 nel Fleet ; and from the following Aug. until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, 
 was employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on 
 the Home, Baltic, and American stations, in the 
 Solebay, Iris, and Spartan frigates, Capts. John 
 Tower, Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, Thos. Geo. 
 Shortland, and Edw. Pelham Brenton. With the 
 exception of an interval, between Sept. 1812 and 
 Feb. 1813, he continued to serve on the coast of 
 America in the JEolus 32, Capt. Lord Jas. Towns- 
 hend, Loire 38, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Bulwark 
 74, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, until May, 
 1815, since which period he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Pengelly married, at Jamaica, in 1834, 
 Charlotte, youngest daughter of J. Heriott, Esq., 
 formerly of Mexican Estate, in that island. 
 
 PENGELLY. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Robert Lamport Pengelly entered the Navy 27 
 June, 1809; passed his examination in 1817; and 
 while serving in 1826 in a tender belonging to the 
 
 • FirfeGaz. 1814, p. 980. 
 
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 PENNEFATHER— PENNELL— PENRUDDOCK. 
 
 Maidstone frigate, Commodore Chas. Bullen, was 
 wounded at the capture of the Prince of Guinea 
 slave-brig of 10 guns. He was made a Lieutenant 
 9 Dec. in the same year ; and was afterwards, from 
 6 Oct. 18.32 until paid off in 1834, employed on the 
 Lisbon station in the Asia 84, flag-ship of the pre- 
 sent Sir Wm. Parker. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 PENNEPATHEK. (Lieutenant, 1821. r-p., 23; 
 H-P., 16.) 
 
 "William "Westey Pennefather is second son 
 of the late Rev. John Pennefather, Rector of St. 
 John parish, in the diocese of Cashel, co. Tipperary, 
 by Elizabeth, daughter of Major Pereival ; and 
 grandson of Kingsmill Pennefather, Esq., M.P. in 
 1753, 1761, and 1771 for Cashel. One of his brothers, 
 Kingsmill, was a Major in the Limerick Militia; 
 another, John Lysaght, a Major in the 22nd Regt. ; 
 and a third, Robt. Percivalj a Lieutenant and Ad- 
 jutant in the 3rd Regt. of Native Cavalry, in Bengal. 
 The Lieutenant, a near relative of the Lord Cmef 
 Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, in Ireland, 
 is brother-in-law of the late Vice-Admiral Henry 
 Vansittart, and the present Lieut. Thos. Pearce 
 Evans, R.N. His first-cousin, Matthew Penne- 
 father, of New Park, co. Tipperary, is now repre- 
 sentative of the family. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foetun^e 36, Capt. 
 Henry Vansittart, stationed on the coast of Ireland. 
 In the summer of 1809 he removed to the Paulina 
 brig, Capt. "Westby Pereival, attached to the force 
 in the Mediterranean ; where, and on the Lisbon, 
 Cape of Good Hope, Home, and Newfoundland 
 stations, he served, from May, 1811, to Oct. 1815, 
 as Midshipman, in the Leviathan 74, Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell, Andkomeda 24, Capt. Rich. Arthur, 
 Stag 36, Capt. Phipps Hornby, Pkockis and Pilot 
 sloops, Capts. Curzon and John Toup Nicolas, and 
 Bellerophon 74, and Salisbdey 58, fiag-ships of 
 Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. He was next, between 
 Oct. 1816 and July, 1817, employed as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman in the Gkaniccs 36, Capt. Wm. Fur- 
 long Wise, and Martin sloop, Capt. Andrew Mitchell 
 — the latter stationed on the coast of Ireland. After 
 a further servitude, chiefly in the West Indies, on 
 board the Nautilus 18, Capt. Isham Fleming Chap- 
 man, Syeille 44, Capt. Joshua Ricketts Rowley, 
 Surinam 18, Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, and 
 CoNFiANCE 18, Capt. Robt. Gordon, he was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 22 Aug. 1821, into the Suri- 
 HAM, still commanded by Capt. Godfrey, although 
 subsequently by Capt. Chas. Crole. His last ap- 
 pointments were — 12 Nov. 1823, to the Eden 26, 
 Capt. John Lawrence, likewise in the West Indies, 
 whence he returned soon afterwards — 28 Sept. 1830, 
 to the Coast Guard, in which service he continued 
 until the close of 1837— and 10 May, 1839, for three 
 years, to the Victory 104, bearing the flag at Ports- 
 mouth of Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Ad- 
 miral-Superintendent. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PENNELL. (Captain, 1828. r-p., 14; h-p., 15.) 
 Follett Walrond Pennell, born 4 Feb. 1804, is 
 sixth son of Wm. Pennell, Esq., formerly H.B.M.'s 
 Consul-General at Rio de Janeiro. One of his 
 sistors is the wife of the Right Hon. John Wilson 
 Croker, LL.D., many years First Secretary of the 
 Admiralty ; and another, of Geo. Barrow, Esq., eldest 
 son of Sir John Barrow, Bart., the late Second Secre- 
 tary ; a third sister is married to Sir Anthony 
 Perrier, Kt., H.B.M.'s Consul at Brest. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1818, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impregnable 104, Capt. 
 Hon. Pownoll Bastard Pellew, bearing the flag at 
 Plymouth of Viscount Exmouth. After a servitude 
 of about three years in the Mediterranean as Mid- 
 shipman in the RivoLUTiONNAiRE 46, Capt. Hon. 
 Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and of some 
 months on the Home station in the Phaeton 46, and 
 Apollo yacht, Capts. Wm. Aug. Montagu and Hon. 
 Sir Chas. Paget, he joined, in 1823-4, the Glouces- 
 ter 74, Commodore Sir Edw. W. C. It. Owen, and 
 
 Bustard 10, Capt. Kawdon Maclean, both in the 
 West Indies, where he was made Lieutenant, 1 Sept. 
 1824, into the Pyramos 42, Capt. Fras. Newcombe. 
 On 19 Dec. 1825, having previously filled the post 
 of Flag-Lieutenant to Rear- Admiral Bingham in the 
 Waespite 76, at Portsmouth, he was appointed to 
 the Cyrene 20, Capt. Alex. Campbell, on the East 
 India station. He was there promoted to the com- 
 mand, 13 Nov. 1826, of the Fly 18. He attained 
 Post-rank 14 July, 1828 ; and was afterwards, from 
 31 May, 1834, until paid oflFin July, 1837, employed 
 in South America in the Talbot 28. He has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. Pennell married, in 1838, Catherine Anna, 
 daughter of the late Colonel M'Murdo, of Lotus, 
 Dumfriesshire, by whom he has issue one daughter. 
 
 PENEUDDOCK. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16 
 H-p., 33.) 
 George Pbnruddook is youngest son of the late 
 Chas. Penruddock, Esq., of Compton, M.P. for co. 
 Wilts ; and brother of the present John Hungerford 
 Penruddock, Esq., Colonel Commandant of the 3rd 
 Wilts Local Militia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 July, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Wm. 
 Hotham ; in which ship, while cruizing off the Isle 
 of France in company with the Tremendous 74, he 
 assisted as Midshipman, 11 Dec. 1799, in driving on 
 shore the French frigate La PreTieuse, under a 
 heavy fire from the batteries in the neighbour- 
 hood of Port Louis. Quitting the Adamaut in 
 Dec. 1801, he served during the next four years 
 on the Home and West India stations, in the 
 Braak, Naiad frigate, Raisonnable 64, Capt. Wm. 
 Hotham, Royal William, flag-ship of Admiral 
 Geo. Montagu, Triumph 74, Capt. Henry Inman, and 
 Wolf and Elk sloops, Capts. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie 
 and Jas. Rich. Dacres. On 7 April, 1806, he was 
 nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Peterel sloop, 
 Capt. John Lamborn, also in the West Indies; 
 where, after again serving as Midshipman in the 
 Cuba, Capt. Fred. Langford, and Bacchante 20, 
 Capt. J. R. Dacres, he was made Full Lieutenant, 
 28 July, 1807, into the ship last mentioned, which 
 was subsequently commanded by Capts. Sam. Hood 
 Inglefield and Wm. Ward. Under Capt. Inglefield 
 Mr. Penruddock was often in close action with the 
 enemy, from whom he aided in wresting, 11 May, 
 1808, at the close of an action of 30 minutes, preceded 
 by a long chase, Le Grifftm French national brig, 
 of 16 guns and 105 men. Being next, 21 June, 1809, 
 appointed to the Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, 
 we find him present, in company with the Ortenzia 
 schooner, at the destruction, 24 June, 1810, of 5 out 
 of a convoy of 51 sail, protected, near the town of 
 St. Lucido, on the coast of Calabria, by a battery, 
 16 armed vessels, and a body of musketeers, whose 
 fire killed three of the British. The vessels in 
 question were destroyed by the shot of the Pilot 
 and Ortenzia ; the boats under Lieut. Penruddock 
 having been received on their approach by so heavy 
 a fire that Capt. Nicolas was induced to make the 
 signal of recall. On 8 of the following month, being 
 in the vicinity of the same place, Lieut. Penruddock, 
 who was then Senior of the Pilot, handsomely 
 volunteered, with Lieut. Fras. Chas. Annesley, to 
 bring out two gun-boats from a secure position they 
 had taken behind a small island— a service which 
 was fortunately accomplished, although the vessels 
 were well fastened to the shore, and a number of 
 soldiers and people with musketry kept up the 
 whole time a heavy fire on the British. The Pilot 
 herself, on the occasion, destroyed three armed 
 scampavias and 17 sail of transport-vessels, laden 
 with stores and ammunition for Murat's army at 
 Soylla; and 17 days afterwards, acting in unison 
 with the Thames 32 and Weazle 18, she contri- 
 buted to the capture and destruction, under the 
 batteries of Amantea, of a convoy of 31 vessels, also 
 laden for the army of Murat, together with 7 large 
 gun-boats and 5 scampavias. In the latter affair 
 Lieut. Penruddock was again employed In the 
 
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 boats, and, in common with the others employed, 
 was exposed to a galling fire from the enemy while 
 endeavouring to launch some of the vessels which 
 had been hauled high on the beach and lay flanked 
 by two small batteries.* In Jan, 1811 he returned 
 to England in the Wakkiob 74, Capt. John Wm. 
 Spranger ; but in the following summer, being ap- 
 pointed to the Fame 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, he 
 again sailed for the Mediterranean. Co-operating 
 afterwards with the Spanish patriots, he landed in 
 command of a party of small-arm men, and in con- 
 junction with the troops under General Donkin took 
 part in the unsuccessful attack upon the fortress of 
 Denia, where, on the defeat of the British, he 
 greatly distinguished himself by the gallant manner 
 in which, under a heavy fire from the French gar- 
 rison, who had advanced close to the beach, he 
 exerted himself in carrying the wounded soldiers 
 into the boats. "We believe that he was subse- 
 quently present at the siege of Tarragona and at 
 the reduction of the strong fort of St. Philippe in 
 the Col de Balaguer. He was advanced to the rank 
 of Commander 15 June, 1814; and has since been 
 on half-pay. Agemt — J. Hinxman. 
 
 PENTLAND. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 17; h-p.,18.) 
 James Mubray Pentland is son of the late Geo. 
 Pentland, Esq., of Black Hall, co. Louth, many 
 years Solicitor of the Excise in Dublin. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1812, on board 
 the Kamillies 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy, for the purpose of joining the present Sir 
 Geo. Cockburn, with whom, during the war with 
 the United States, he served as Fst.-cl. Vol. and 
 Midshipman in the Marlborough, Sceptre, and 
 Albion 74's. He was in consequence present in the 
 operations against Crany Island, Hampton, Wash- 
 ington, and Baltimore, and in various hostile ope- 
 rations of minor note. Following Sir G. Cockburn, 
 in 1815, into the MAnLBOEonGH 74, he sailed in 
 that ship with Napoleon Buonaparte for St. Helena, 
 where, in 1816, he joined the Leveret 10, Capt. 
 John Theed. In 1818 he returned to England. 
 He was subsequently, until advanced to his present 
 rank 13 July, 1824, employed at home and in North 
 America in the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Gore, Mersev 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, Egeria 28, 
 Capt. John Toup Nicolas, Ranger 28, Capt. Peter 
 Fisher, and Sib Francis Drake frigate, flag-ship 
 of Sir Chas. Hamilton. From 1826 to 1829 he filled 
 an appointment in the Coast Guard. He has since 
 been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 PEPPIN. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 Matthew Peppin entered the Navy 29 Nov. 
 1812; passed bis examination in 1819; and obtained 
 his commission 10 Jan. 1837. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 28 March, 1837, to the Fairy 
 surveying-vessel, Capt. Wm. Hewett, with whom 
 he served until the commencement of 1838 — and, 
 13 Dec. 1838, to the William and Mary yacht, 
 Capt. Phipps Hornby. He has not been employed 
 since July, 1840. 
 
 PERCEVAL. (Lieut., 1845. f-p., 12; h-p., 1.) 
 Michael Henry Perceval is third son of the 
 late Michael Henry Perceval, Esq., of Spencer 
 Wood, Lower Canada, Collector of H.M. Customs 
 at the port of Quebec, and Member of the Execu- 
 tive and Legislative Assemblies of that city, by 
 Anne Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Chas. Flower, 
 Bart., of Mill Hill, co. Middlesex, and Lobb Farm, 
 CO. Oxford. He is first-cousin of Alex. Perceval, 
 Esq., of Temple House, co. Sligo, Lieut.-Colonel of 
 the Sligo militia, many years M.P. for that co., and 
 now Serjeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Jan. 1834, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Orestes 18, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Dickson, employed off Lisbon ; and on be- 
 coming attached, in the following June, to the Dee 
 steamer, Capt. Wm. Kamsay, sailed for the North 
 America and West India station, where he became 
 * FrifcGaz. 1810, p. 1860. 
 
 Midshipman, in Sept. 1836 and Dec. 1837, of the 
 Skipjack schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Jas. 
 Bobinson, and Vestal 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter. 
 In the summer of 1841, having passed his examina^ 
 tion 21 May, 1840, he was appointed Mate of the 
 Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in which ship he 
 remained for a period of three years in the Medi- 
 terranean. Previously to joining her he served a 
 few months, we believe, in the Queen 110. Obtain- 
 ing, in May, 1845, an appointment to the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads, he continued 
 there employed, as Mate and Gunnery-Lieutenant 
 (his commission bears date 8 Aug. 1845), until May, 
 1847. He has been serving since in the Howe 120, 
 again with Sir Jas. Stirling. 
 
 PEECEVAL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p.,24; h-p.,18.) 
 KiCHARD Perceval entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 
 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Steady gun- 
 brig, Lieut.-Commander Arthur Stow, stationed at 
 first in the Kio de la Plata and on the coast of 
 Brazil, and afterwards in the Mediterranean, where, 
 in Feb. 1812, he removed to the Ocean 98, Capt. 
 Eobt. Plampin. In Sept. 1814 he became Master's 
 Mate of the Pickle schooner, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Figg, attached to the force in the Channel ; 
 and in Oct. 1815, at which period he had been just 
 nominated Admiralty-Midshipman of the Lee 20, 
 Capt. John Pasco, he was presented with a com- 
 mission dated back to 6 of the preceding April. 
 His appointments have since been — 19 June, 1833, 
 to the Coast Guard— 17 March, 1838, to the com- 
 mand, for upwards of four years, of the Badger 
 revenue-vessel— 19 July, 1842, again to the Coast 
 Guard, which he left at the close of 1844— and, 4 
 July, 1845, to the office of Admiralty Agent on 
 board a contract mail steamer. He is still employed 
 in the latter capacity. 
 
 PERCY, C.B. (Eeak-Admiral of the Red, 
 1841. F-p., 26; H-p., 24.) 
 
 The Honourable Joscelihe Percy, bom 29 
 Jan. 1784, is fourth son of Algernon, first Earl of 
 Beverley, by Isabella Susannah, second daughter of 
 Peter Burrell, Esq., of Beckenham, in Kent, and 
 sister of Peter, first Lord Gwydyr. One of his 
 brothers, Algernon, Minister Plenipotentiary to the 
 Swiss Cantons, died 10 Aug. 1833 ; another, Hugh, 
 present Bishop of Carlisle, is married to a daughter 
 of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope, 
 G.C.B. ; a third, Henry, having served as Aide-de- 
 Camp to Sir John Moore at Corunna and to the 
 Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, became a Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel and died a C.B. in 1825 ; a fourth, 
 William Henry, is now a Rear- Admiral ; and a fifth, 
 Francis John, died a Captain in the 23rd regt. in 
 1812. The Eear-Admiral (whose eldest brother, the 
 Earl of Beverley, holds the appointment of Captain 
 of the Queen's Yeomen of the Guard) is grandson 
 of the first Duke of Northumberland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Feb. 1797, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Sans Pareil 80, Capts. 
 Wm. Browell and Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, in 
 which ship, bearing for some time the flag of Lord 
 Hugh Seymour, he witnessed an attack made in 
 July, 1799, on a Spanish squadron in Aix Roads 
 In 1801, being then in the West Indies, he removed 
 as Midshipman to the Amphion 32, Capts. Rich. 
 Henry Alex. Bennett, Alex. Eraser, and Thos. Mas- 
 terman Hardy. He next, on his arrival in 1803 
 off Toulon, joined the Victory 100, flag-ship of 
 Lord Nelson. On 1 Aug. in the same year he 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Medusa 
 32, Capt. John Gore ; and on leaving that ship * to 
 which he had been confirmed 30 April, 1804, he was 
 appointed, 31 Dec. following, to the Diadem 64, 
 
 * The Medusa formed one of a squadron which effected 
 the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and 
 the destruction of a fourth, ofl Cape St. Mary, 6 Oct 1804 
 On 8 of the foUowinjj month she intercepted the Matilda 
 
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 PERCY— PERKINS. 
 
 bearing the broad pendant of Sir Home Popham. 
 Subsequently to the reduction of the Cape of Good 
 Hope, at which he was present, Mr. Percy was 
 ordered, 11 Jan. 1806, to assume command of the 
 ESPOIR brig. Before he had time, however, to 
 join her he was sent to Simon's Bay for the purpose 
 of taldng possession of the Bato, a Dutch 68 ; but 
 the latter, as he found on his arrival, had been un- 
 fortunately reduced by the enemy to a complete 
 wreck ; in consequence whereof, and of the Espoir 
 having during his absence sailed with despatches 
 for England, he was under the necessity of rejoining 
 the Diadem in the capacity of a Volunteer. An 
 opportunity, notwithstanding, was soon afforded him 
 of obtaining another command. In ignorance of 
 the colony having changed masters, the French 
 frigate Volontaire, of 46 guns, on 4 of the ensuing 
 March, entered Table Bay ; she was compelled forth- 
 with to strike her colours, and Capt. Percy, who 
 was sent on board to take possession of her, placed 
 in charge of her.* Shortly after this he was sent 
 to St. Helena to afford protection to the homeward- 
 bound Indiamen. His promotion to the ranks of 
 Commander and Post-Captain being confirmed at 
 the Admiralty by commissions dated 22 Jan. and 
 25 Sept. 1806, he was subsequently appointed— 7 
 Sept. 1807, to the Comds 22—24 April, 1808, to La 
 Hymphe 36—5 Nov. 1810, to the Hotspdr 36, in 
 which frigate he continued five years — 27 Jan. 1829, 
 for two years, to the Royal Charlotte yacht, 
 stationed at Dublin, in attendance upon the Duke 
 of Northumberland, then Lord-Lieutenant of Ire- 
 land—and, 16 Oct. 1832 and 25 Nov. 1833, to the 
 Malabar 74 and Canopds 84, both in the Medi- 
 terranean, whence he returned in the early part of 
 1837. In Dec. 1807 Capt. Percy, at that time in 
 the CoMns, was present with Sir Sam. Hood at the 
 occupation of Madeira ; and in 1808 we find him, in 
 La Nymphe, conveying General Junot from the 
 coast of Portugal to Rochelle, in compliance with 
 the stipulations of the convention of Cintra. On 
 1 Sept. 1811, with the Hotspdr under his orders, 
 he contrived, with much zeal and ability, to decoy 
 the French squadron at Cherbourg nearly into mid- 
 Channel, in the hope of keeping it in play until the 
 arrival of the blockading force under Capt. Pul- 
 teney Malcolm. On the occasion he allowed him- 
 self to be so closely approached that the first shot 
 from the bow-chaser of the Hotspur, fired when 
 the pursuit was surrendered, passed through the 
 mainsail of the enemy's centre ship, whom he con- 
 tinued to harass until they had regained their an- 
 chorage, a quarter of an hour only before the British 
 squadron came up with him. On 8 of the same 
 month Capt. Percy, in company with the Barbadoes 
 28 and Goshawk brig, made an attack upon seven 
 French brigs, each mounting 3 long 24-pounders 
 and 1 mortar, with a complement of 75 men, near 
 the Calvados rocks, on the coast of Normandy. In 
 endeavouring to near them the Hotspur unfortu- 
 nately took the ground, and lay for four hours ex- 
 posed to a heavy fire from the vessels, a battery, 
 and some field-pieces, which infiicted on her a loss, 
 besides considerable damage In her hull, sails, and 
 rigging, of 2 Midshipmen and 3 seamen killed, and 
 22 seamen and marines wounded. One of the brigs, 
 however, was sunk, and two driven on shore, f 
 "While on the Channel station the Hotspur made 
 prize, 13 May and 26 Oct. 1813, of the French ship 
 letter-of-marque Imperatrice Reine of 1 2 guns, pierced 
 for 20, and 50 men, and the American schooner Che- 
 sapeake of 5 guns and 29 men. She was afterwards 
 employed for two years on the coast of South Ame- 
 rica. On 23 Nov. 1841 (he had been nominated a 
 C.B. 26 Sept. 1831) Capt. Percy attained Flag-rank. 
 His last appointment was to the chief command at 
 the Cape of Good Hope, which he held, with his 
 flag in the Winchester 50, from 17 Deo. 1841 until 
 the spring of 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral, a Deputy-Lieutenant for the 
 West Riding of Yorkshire, retained a seat in Par- 
 liament, in 1806, 1807, 1812, and 1818, for Beeralston, 
 
 * Vide Gai. 1S06, p. 602. + f.Gaz. 18U, p. 1774. 
 
 in Devonshire. He married, in Dec. 1820, Sophia 
 Elizabeth, third daughter of Morton Walhouse, Esq., 
 of Hatherton, co. Stafford, by whom he has issue a 
 son and three daughters. His eldest daughter, 
 Sophy Elizabeth, was married, in July, 1846, to 
 Lieut.-Colonel Chas. Bagot, eldest son of the late 
 Right Hon. Sir Chas. Bagot, G.C.B. Agent— 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 PERCY. (Reab-Admiral, 1846. F-p., 11; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 The Honourable William Henry Percy was 
 born 24 March, 1788. He is a younger brother of 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. Josceline Percy, C.B. 
 
 This ofSoer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1801, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Lion 64, Capt. Henry 
 Mitford, and on his return from a voyage with con- 
 voy to Canton; became Midshipman, in Nov. 1802, 
 of the Medusa 32, Capt. John Gore. In that ship, 
 after participating in the service mentioned in the 
 note attached to our memoir of his brother, he 
 sailed with the Marquis Cornwallis for India, and 
 returned from the Ganges to the Lizard, a distance 
 of 13,831 miles, in the surprisingly short period of 
 84 days. After serving for some months on the 
 Home station in the Tribune 36, Capts. Rich. H enry 
 Alex. Bennett and Thos. Baker, Royal William 
 flag-ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu, and Fame 74, 
 Capt. R. H. A. Bennett, he was made Lieutenant, 
 6 July, 1807, into the Decade frigate, Capt. John 
 Stuart, on the coast of Ireland. His next appoint- 
 ment was, 15 Nov. 1809, to the Hieernia 110, Capt. 
 Robt. Jenner Neve, in the Mediterranean. Being 
 advanced to the rank of Commander, 2 May, 1810, 
 Capt. Percy, from 28 Dec. following until Posted 
 21 March, 1812, served in that capacity in the Mer- 
 maid 28, armee-en-flute, employed in the conveyance 
 of troops to Portugal and Spain. His only other 
 appointment appears to have been, 4 April, 1814, to 
 the Hermes 20, which vessel, after 25 of her men 
 had been killed and 24 wounded in an unsuccessful 
 attack upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile, was set on fire 
 and destroyed to prevent her falling into the hands 
 of the Americans, 15 Sept. in the same year. Capt. 
 Percy had under his orders at the time, besides his 
 own ship, the Canon 20, and Sophie and Childees 
 of 18 guns each. Of all blame in the loss of the 
 Hermes he was by Court-martial honourably ac- 
 quitted 18 Jan. 1815. On 9 March following he 
 arrived at^the Admiralty, with despatches from Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, reporting the defeat of the British 
 army before New Orleans. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Percy has been for some years a 
 Commissioner of Excise. He sat in Parliament as 
 Member for Stamford, co. Lincoln. 
 
 PERKINS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Henry Augustus Perkins entered the Navy, 26 
 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Canopus 
 80, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland and Chas. Inglis, 
 successive flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sir Thos. 
 Louis and Geo. Martin ; under the former of whom 
 he served as Midshipman at the passage of the Dar- 
 danells and in the expedition to Egypt. Quitting 
 the Canopus in March, 1809, he was next, between 
 the following Aug. and Dec. 1813, employed, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations, in the San Josef 
 110, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Thames 32, Capt. 
 Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, Renown 74, Capt. 
 Philip Chas. Durham, Echo 16, Capt. Robt. Keen, 
 and Druid and Aiqle frigates, both commanded by 
 Sir John Louis. On 6 of the month last mentioned 
 he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Swal- 
 low 18, Capts. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, Arthur Stow, 
 and James ; to which vessel, also in the Mediterra- 
 nean, he was confirmed 16 March, 1814. In the 
 following month he went on half-pay. He was sub- 
 sequently appointed to the Philomel 16, Capt. Jas. 
 Hanway Plumridge, Pomp^e 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol 
 Wood, Granious 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and 
 
 • Vide Gaz. isl6, p. 1703. 
 
PERUIER-PERUY -FETCH— PETLEY—PETRIE. 
 
 897 
 
 Impkegnabie 98, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth. In 
 the Granicus, which frigate he left In Oct. 1816, 
 he was wounded at the battle of Algiers ;* and in 
 the Impregnable he served at Plymouth from 16 
 May, 1S18, until 1820. He has not been since 
 afloat. 
 
 PEREIEE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Perrieb is son of Sir Anthony Perrier, 
 Kt., H. B. M.'s Consul at Brest, by a sister of Capt. 
 F. W. Pennell, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 2 May, 1842; 
 obtained his commission 10 March, 1846 ; and was 
 then appointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. He has 
 been serving, since 26 March, 1847, in the Sidon 
 steam-frigate, of 500 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Hony- 
 man Henderson, in the Mediterranean. 
 
 PERRY. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 17; h-p., 20.) 
 James Clewlow Perky was born in 1798. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1810, as 
 Fst.-ol. Boy, on board the Talbot 18, Capts. Hon. 
 Alex. Jones and Spelman Swaine, employed off the 
 coast of Ireland ; removed, in Aug. 1812, to the 
 Wabspite 74, commanded in the Channel by Capts. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood and Lord Jas. O'Bryen ; 
 became Midshipman, in Oct. 1814 and Aug. 1815, of 
 the President 38, Capt. Archibald Duff, and Trent 
 36, both on the Irish station; joined, in April, 1818, 
 after two years of non-servitude, the Eden 26, Capt. 
 Fras. Erskine Loch, in the East Indies ; was there 
 transferred, in 1820, to the Leander 60, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir H. Blackwood; invalided home in 
 1821 ; and from 1823 until paid off in 1830 served, 
 at first at home and afterwards in South America, 
 on board the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Kifleman 18, Capt. Jas. Montagu, 
 Spartiate 76, and Welleslet 74, bearing each 
 the flag of Sir Geo. Eyre, Ganges 84, Doris frigate, 
 Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair, and Forte 44, 
 Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan. Having accompanied, in 
 the Eden, an expedition against the pirates of the 
 Persian Gulf, he there, in Jan. 1820, assisted, as a 
 passed Midshipman, at the bombardment of Ras-al- 
 Khyma, their principal resort and head-quarters, 
 where the fortifications were all destroyed, their 
 vessels burnt, and a large quantity of treasure 
 seized. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the 
 Forte 3 March, 1828 ; and since that vessel was put 
 out of commission has been on half-pay. 
 
 In 1837 he was appointed Inspector of the Gaol at 
 Cork, where he contioues. 
 
 FETCH. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Charles Adolphus Petch, born about 1797, is 
 brother of Lieut. Wm. Tatton Petch, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 Feb. 1810 ; and 
 on 13 Dec. in the same year was present in the 
 Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, at the destruction of 
 a large convoy protected by two batteries in the 
 Mole of Palamos, at which place the British, out of 
 600 officers and men, who had been employed in the 
 boats of a squadron, sustained a loss of upwards of 
 200 killed and wounded. Joining, subsequently, 
 the Thames 32, Capt. Chas. Napier, he assisted in 
 that ship at the capture, 26 Feb. 1813, of the island 
 of Ponza. On 16 May following, being then with 
 Capt. Napier in the Euetalds 36, we find him con- 
 tributing to the capture of La Fortune national 
 xebec, of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 95 men, together 
 with upwards of 20 merchant-vessels, lying in Cava^ 
 larie Road. In 1814 he accompanied, in the same 
 ship, the brilliant expedition sent up the Potomac 
 under Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon to effect the capture 
 of Alexandria. In 1815, while in charge of a prize 
 to Bermuda, he fell into the hands of the enemy. 
 Being made Lieutenant, 13 June, 1828 (11 years 
 after he had passed his examination), into the 
 Alachitv 10, Capt. Joseph Nias, he was present in 
 the following year, in the Mediterranean, at the 
 capture of a pirate by the boats of that vessel. 
 His appointments, since his return to England in 
 • riifeGai. 1816, p. 1733. 
 
 1830, have been, in succession— 5 April, 1831, to the 
 Coast Guard— 20 June, 1836, to the command of the 
 Gres-hound Revenue-vessel— in 1839, to the office 
 of Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel on the 
 Liverpool and Kingstown station— and, 28 Aug. 
 1841 and 26 Jan. 1843, to the command of the 
 Wildfire and Advice steam-packets, in the latter 
 of which he is still serving. Agents— Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 PETCH. (Lieut., 181*. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Tatton Fetch was bom 22 Sept. 1790. 
 He is brother of Lieut. Chas. Adolphus Petch, K.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 March, 1799, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Neptune 98, Capts. 
 Erasmus Gower, Jas. Vashon, Edw. Brace, and 
 Fras. Wm. Austen ; in which ship, bearing the flag 
 in the Channel of Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler, he 
 continued employed as Midshipman until paid off in 
 April, 1802. Joining next, in March, 1805, after 
 having been for a time attached to ther merchant- 
 service, the Belliqueux 64, Capt. Hon; Geo. Byng, 
 he assisted on shore as Aide-de-Gamp to that officer 
 at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 
 1806 ; and on 27 of the following Nov. commanded 
 a launch at the capture and destruction of a Dutch 
 frigate, seven brigs of war, and 20 armed and other 
 merchant-vessels in Batavia Roads. On his return 
 to England in 1813 he followed Capt. Byng, as 
 Master's Mate, into the Warrior 74, and in Nov. 
 of the same year sailed with the Prince of Orange 
 for Holland. In the ensuing Dec. he removed to 
 the Impregnable 98, successive flag-ship of Ad- 
 miral Wm. Young and H.R.H. the Duke of Cla- 
 rence ; as Aide-de-Camp to the latter of whom we 
 find him escorting the allied sovereigns from Calais 
 to Dover. He was advanced in consequence (he 
 had passed in 1808) to the rank of Lieutenant 27 
 June, 1814. With the' exception of a- short time 
 passed in 1826-7 in the Coast Blockade as Supernu- 
 merary-Lieutenant of the Ramileies 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot, he has since been on half-pay; 
 
 Lieut. Petch married, 18 April, 1816, Hannah, 
 daughter of Thos. Stapleton, a Master in the mer- 
 chant-service, by whom he has issue 9 children. 
 His eldest son, Wm. Henry Petch, Second-Master 
 R.N. (1844), has been acting, since Aug. 1844, as 
 Master of the Prometheus steamer,- and Sealark 
 sloop, on the coast of AfriQa.v Acents— Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 FETLEY. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 
 21 ; H-p., 33.) 
 John Petlet entered, the Navy, 4 Feb. 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Suffolk 74, Capts. Robt. 
 Lambert and Pulteney Malcolmy employed at first 
 in the Channel and afterwards in J:he East Indies ; 
 where he was nominated, 21 Aug. 1798, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Centorion 50, Capt. John Sprat 
 Rainier. Under Capt. Lambert.he assisted, in 
 1795-6, at the reduction of Ceylon,)Amboyna, Banda, 
 &c. He was confirmed a Lieu^nant, 4 Aug. 1799, 
 into the Intrepid 64, Capj^ Wn. Hargood, also in 
 the East Indies ; and subsequently appointed — 28 
 June, 1801, to the Djsdalus 36, Capt. Wm. Waller, 
 with whom he returned to England in 1803 — 16 Nov. 
 in that year, to the Atalante 16, Capt. Joseph 
 Ore Masefield, with whom he cruized in the Channel 
 until Oct. 1805, when a wound he had received in 
 the eye obliged him to be sent to the Hospital at 
 Plymouth — 4 Feb. 1806, to the command of a Signal 
 station in co. Waterford, which he retained until 
 Oct. 1809 — and, in Feb. 1810, to the Impress service 
 at Gravesend. In April, 1814, he was placed on 
 half-pay. He became a Retired Commander on 
 the Junior List 30 July, 1840; and on the Senior 
 23 Dec. 1843. 
 
 FETRIE. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Peter Petrie was bom 14 Oct. 1789, in Fife- 
 shire, N.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1807, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Captain 74, Capts. Isaac 
 
 5Y 
 
898 
 
 PETTET— PETTMAN— PEW. 
 
 WoUey, Jas. Athol 'Wood, and Christopher John 
 Williams Nesham; during his servitude in which 
 ship he commanded a boat, as Midshipman, at the 
 landing of the troops at Madeira in Dec. 1807, 
 served on shore with the small-arm men and had 
 charge of an outpost at the capture of Marie-Ga- 
 lante in March, 1808, and in Feb. 1809 co-operated 
 in the reduction of Martinique. During the opera- 
 tions connected with the latter afiair he had com- 
 mand of a boat, served in a battery, and was 
 wounded in the ankle. In April, 1809, he witnessed 
 the capture of the Saintes Islands and the surrender 
 of the French Tl-gun ship jy Haupoult. In the 
 following Dec, having returned to England, he 
 was received on board the Espi^gle 16, Capt. 
 Donald Campbell, fitting for the "West Indies, where 
 he continued employed with the same officer in the 
 Port d'Espagne 14 and Rosamond 18, until trans- 
 ferred, in Jan. 1814, to the Tosnamt 80, flag-ship 
 of Sir Alex. Cochrane in North America — part of 
 the time as Acting-Lieutenant. While borne on 
 the books of the Rosamond he appears, at the com- 
 mencement of the war with the United States, to 
 ha-ve conducted two valuable prizes, the Friendship 
 and Dolphin^ into Plymouth, and to have carried 
 two American vessels from the Gulf of Paria into 
 Grenada. He was also intrusted with the charge 
 of a boat and employed in the suppression of smug- 
 gling on the Spanish main. In the Tonnant we 
 find him present at the capture of Washington, at 
 the unsuccessful attack upon Baltimore, and in the 
 expedition against New Orleans. In command of 
 one of the same ship's boats he served, with those 
 of a squadron, and was slightly wounded in the 
 fingers, at the capture, on Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 
 1814, of five American gun-vessels, after a very 
 desperate struggle, in which the British sustained a 
 loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. In the Ton- 
 nant's barge he aided in covering the retreat of 
 the army from New Orleans. Being nominated, 13 
 March, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the Arab 16, 
 Capt. Henry Jane, he was employed in that vessel, 
 after Buonaparte's escape from Elba, in blockading 
 a heavy French frigate in New York. Since he 
 was confirmed in his present rank, 30 July, 1816, he 
 has been on half-pay. He has, however, had com- 
 mand of ships in the merchant service, and has 
 visited in them most parts of the world. 
 
 He married, in Jan. 1819, Elizabeth, eldest 
 daughter of Walter Grindlay, Esq., a ship-owner, 
 by whom he has issue three sons and five daughters. 
 
 PETTET. (LlECTENANT, 1828.) 
 
 John Pettet was bom 13 May, 1796. He had a 
 relative in the -service, Mark Pettet, who was 
 wounded at New .Orleans ; and also a brother and 
 brother-in-law, both of whom died Lieutenants. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Oct. 1810, as a 
 Volunteer, on J(oard tie Monarch 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Lee ; in which ship, and in the Bgllerofhon and 
 Scarborough 74's, the former bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral John Ferrier, and the latter com- 
 manded by Capts^ohn Halsted and Chas. Jas. 
 Johnston, he servea.^ tn the North Sea, part of the 
 time as MidshipmaifJ , until May, 1814. After a 
 further employment, ^f ei^ht months on the same 
 station in the MERCnRiD^ 16 and Pi,umper 12, Capts. 
 Thos. Renwiek and Geo. Domett, he joined, in Sept. 
 1815, the RoMNET 50, Capt. John Mackellar, fitting 
 for the West Indies ; where he continued, in the 
 Salisbury 58, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Ers- 
 kine Douglas, Rifleman 18, Capts. Robt. Rochfort 
 Felix and Norwich Duff, and again, as Master's 
 Mate, in the Salisbury, until the spring of 1818. 
 Prior to joining the Rifleman he appears to have 
 been lent to the Briseis 10, Capt. Geo. Domett, 
 and to have been wrecked in that vessel on a deso- 
 late part of the island of Cuba 5 Nov. 1816 ; from 
 which period, until picked up 11 weeks and a half 
 afterwards by the Landrail, he remained exposed, 
 vrith his fellow-sufferers, to the greatest hardships, 
 being nearly destitute the whole time of provisions 
 ■and clothing. In March, 1819, having passed his 
 
 examination in the preceding Nov., he was received, 
 as Admiralty-Midshipman, on board the Severn 50, 
 Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, lying in the Downs, for the 
 purposes of the Coast Blockade. He left that ser- 
 vice in Feb. 1820 ; and during the nine following 
 years was employed, on the Jamaica, Home, and 
 African stations, in the Tribune 42, Capt. Nesbit 
 Josiah Willoughby, Eubyalus 42, Capt. Thos. Hus- 
 kisson. Nautilus 18 and Bann 22, both commanded 
 by Capt. John Ralph Blois, Scout 18, Capts. John 
 Theed and Jas. Wigston, Pheasant 18, Capt. Dou- 
 glas Chas. Clavering, Prince Regent 120, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Webley Parry, Conflict 12, Lieut.- 
 Commander Christie, Maidstone 42, Commodore 
 Chas. Bullen, Esk 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine Purchas, 
 Sybille 48, Commodore Fras. Augustus Collier, 
 and Plumper 12, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Medley. 
 In the Bank and Pheasant he performed the du- 
 ties of Second-Master and Master ; and, while serv- 
 ing in the Sybille, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, by commission bearing date 14 July, 
 1828. During his sojourn on the coast of Africa 
 where he saw much detached service, he had the 
 good fortune to participate in the capture of a 
 large number of slaves. He returned home in the 
 Plumper in the early part of 1829, with at least 40 
 persons charged with piracy imder his care ; and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 We had nearly omitted to record that, while at- 
 tached, in 1819, to the Coast Blockade, he had very 
 materially contributed to the rescue of the Dawn 
 brig, by getting her off the rocks near Dover, and 
 conducting her thence to Ramsgate, although she 
 had lost her rudder and had six feet water in the 
 hold. 
 
 PETTMAN. (Lieut., 18ia f-p., 12 j h-p., 33.) 
 Richard Pettman entered the Navy, in Dec. 
 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt. 
 John Ferrier, with whom he continued employed, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the Channel 
 and East India stations, until the summer of 1809. 
 In Nov. of that year, after having been for a few 
 months borne as a Supernumerary on the books of 
 the Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, he was no- 
 minated Acting-Lieutenant of the Jalouse 18, 
 Capt. Henry Gage Morris, attached to the force on 
 the coast of Ireland, where, in March, 1810, he 
 joined the Trent 36,flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas. 
 Hawkins Whitshed. He was officially promoted 15 
 Aug. following ; and subsequently appointed — 15 
 Sept. 1810, to the Portia 14, Capts. Joseph Symes 
 and John Thomson, at North Yarmouth — 29 Jan. 
 1813, to the Vigo 74, flag-ship in the Baltic of Rear- 
 Admiral Jas. Nicoll Morris — and, 19 April, 1814, 
 after nearW four months of half-pay, to the Levant 
 20, Capts. Hon. Alex. Jones and Hon. Geo. Douglas, 
 stationed off Madeira. He invalided in Jan. 1815 ; 
 and has not been since afloat. 
 
 PEW. (Lieutenant, 1816. j-p., 8; h-p., 30.) 
 George Pew is brother of the late Major Pew. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pheasant 18, Capt. John 
 Palmer, stationed in the Channel, where, during a 
 servitude of three years and a half, he assisted at 
 the capture of three privateers, carrying in the 
 whole 25 guns and 155 men. Becoming Midship- 
 man, in Sept. 1812, of the Surprise 38, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. John Cochrane, he vritnessed in that ship the 
 capture, 16 Jan. 1813, of the Decatur American pri- 
 vateer of 12 guns and 82 men, and was in her during 
 the attacks on Washington and Baltimore, and 
 throughout the operations on the coast of Georgia. 
 In July, 1816, after a servitude of nine months at 
 Plymouth as Master's Mate of the Spencer 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, he removed in that 
 capacity to the Beelzebub bomb, Capt. Wm. Kemp- 
 thorne ; and on 16 of the following Sept., as a re- 
 ward for his services at the bombardment of Algiers, 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 In 1817 Lieut. Pew obtained pernussion from the 
 
PHELPS— PHEPOE-PHILIPPS. 
 
 899 
 
 Admiralty to command a West Indiaman, in whieU 
 he traded to Jamaica until 183S. He had fre- 
 quently during the war had charge of a prize. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PHELPS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Henry Phelps entered the Navy, 18 April, 1832 ; 
 passed his examination 4 June, 1838 ; and while 
 serving, as Mate, on board the Powekfoi. 84, Com- 
 modore Chas. Napier, was present at the bombard- 
 ment of St. Jean d'Acre 3 Nov. 1840. On 21 July, 
 1842, being then Mate of the Cornwailis 72, flag- 
 ship of Sir Wm. Parker, he assisted in the boats in 
 covering the assault made on the city of Chin- 
 ICiang-Foo.* For his services in China he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.t 
 His appointments have since been — 18 March, 1843, 
 again to the CoRNWAitis, in which ship he conti- 
 nued until her return to England in 1844 — 15 April, 
 1845, to the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman 
 Campbell, with whom he again sailed for the East 
 Indies — and, 2 June, 1847, to the St. Vincent 120, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Napier. 
 
 PHEPOE. (Eetibed Commandeb, 1848. f-p., 
 12 ; HP., 34.) 
 
 John Phepoe, bom 10 Aug. 1786, is son of John 
 Phepoe, Esq., of Dublin, Colonel of a regiment of 
 the Irish Volunteers of 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 May, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 98, Capt. Theo- 
 philus Jones, attached to the Channel fleet, with 
 which he served until April, 1802. In the following 
 Oct. he joined the Galgo 16, Capt. Michael Dodd, 
 stationed on the coast of Ireland ; he next, in May, 
 1803, became Midshipman of the Minotadr 74, 
 Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, again in the 
 Channel ; and in Aug. 1805 he was received on 
 board the Ajax 74, Capts. Wm. Brown, John Pil- 
 fold, and Hon. Henry Blackwood. He was in the 
 latter ship when she caught fire and was burnt ofi' 
 the island of Tenedos 14 Feb. 1797 ; on which occa- 
 sion he was obliged, in order to save his life, to 
 plunge into the sea, and to support himself, by 
 dint of swimming, until picked up by a boat be- 
 longing to H.M.S. Canopus. Being at once re- 
 ceived into the Thdndeeer 74, Capt. John Talbot, 
 he served with Sir John Duckworth at the ensuing 
 passage of the Dardanells, and then accompanied 
 the expedition to Egypt, where he landed and co- 
 operated with the army in the two unsuccessful 
 attacks on Bosetta. From the Thdnderer Mr. 
 Phepoe, in Sept. 1808, was transferred to the War- 
 spite 74, commanded by his former Captain, Black- 
 wood, with whom he continued employed on Home 
 service until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 13 June, 1809. In the following Sept., after having 
 been attached to the flotilla in the operations 
 against Walcheren, he obtained an appointment to 
 the Aemide 38, Capts. Lucius Ferdinand Hardy- 
 man, Rich. Dalling Dunn, Fras. Temple, and Sir 
 Edw. Thos.Troubridge ; in the boats of which ship, 
 aided by those of the Cadmus sloop and Monkey 
 and Daring gunbrigs, we find him, 4 May, 1811, 
 contributing to the destruction of 13 out of a con- 
 voy of 17 sail, defended, at the He de Re, by bat- 
 teries on shore, two armed luggers, and several 
 pinnaces — the loss of the British amounting, on the 
 occasion, to 3 killed and 3 wounded, all belonging 
 to the Armide. In command, 19 Oct. following, of 
 two boats, carrying 22 men, Mr. Phepoe, in com- 
 pany with two other boats under the orders of 
 Lieut. Jas. Couch of the Acasta 40, captured in a 
 calm on the coast of France an American schooner, 
 the Trojan, pierced for 18 guns, but carrying only 
 4 12-pounder carronades and 2 swivels, with a crew 
 of 22 men. From March, 1813, to March, 1814, he 
 served on the Newfoundland station in the Sybille 
 44, Capts. Clotworthy Upton and Jas. Sanders. The 
 latter was his last appointment. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 5 Jan. 1848. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 ♦ rW« Gas. 1842, p. 3405. + F.Gta 1842, p. 3821. 
 
 PHILIPPS. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Griffith Geismond Philipps is son of Com- 
 mander John Henry Philipps, K.N. 
 
 This officer served as jMidshipman of the Dart- 
 mouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, at the battle of 
 Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination 
 in 1831 ; and obtained, 28 June, 1838, a commission, 
 the date of which was afterwards altered to 7 Feb. 
 1844. His appointments have since been— 5 July, 
 1838, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Cornwallis 
 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey in North 
 America and the West Indies— 28 March, 1839, to 
 the Seriscapatam 42, Capts. John Leith and Wm. 
 Ward Percival Johnson, on the same station, whence 
 he returned to England and was paid off in Nov. 
 1,841- S.March, 1842, as First, to the Ringdove 16, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, with whom he served in the 
 West Indies until Feb. 1844—2 June, 1845, to the 
 Hecate steam-sloop, of 240-horse power, Capt. 
 Joseph West, fitting for the coast of Africa — and, 
 23 Nov. 1847, after a brief interval of half-pay, to 
 the Acheron steam surveying-vessel, of 160-horse 
 power, Capt. John Lort Stokes, now in the East 
 Indies. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 PHILIPPS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 John George Philipps was bom in Sept. 1 783. 
 His father, the late J. T. Philipps, Esq., was many 
 years M.P. for the borough of CaermartheUj 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1796, aa a 
 Vol., on board the Russel 74, Capt. Thos. Larcom, 
 bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral John Macbride in 
 the North Sea. Removing, in the following Sept., 
 to the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, he served 
 in that ship, as Midshipman, at the battle of the 
 Nile 1 Aug. 1798; and, continuing in her until 
 March, 1802, was present on shore at the capture of 
 Naples, Civita Vecchia, Rome, &c., co-operated in 
 the siege of Genoa, and took part in the operations 
 of 1801 in Egypt. He also, 3 Sept. 1800, served in 
 one of eight boats which brought out from Barce- 
 lona Roads, after having sustained a loss of 3 men 
 killed and 5 wounded, the Spanish corvettes Esme- 
 rdlda and Paz of 22 guns each, although defended 
 by a heavy fire from four strong batteries, 10 gim- 
 boats, two schooners, armed between them with 4 
 long 36-pounders, and a fort upon Mount loni, 
 which threw shells. The enemy in the affair had 
 3 men killed and 21 wounded. On leaving the Mi- 
 notaur, as above, Mr. Philipps joined the Ardent 
 64, Capt. Wm. Nowell, on the Home station ; where, 
 and on the coast of Northl' America, we find him, 
 until March, 1806, employfed in succession, the 
 greater part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant and 
 Lieutenant, in the Argonaut and Leander, flag- 
 ships of Admiral Bartholomew Samuel Rowley and 
 Sir Andrew Mitchell, Cambrian 40, Capt. Wm. 
 Bradley, and Avenger sKiop, Capt. Thos. White. 
 His official promotion took place while he was m. 
 the latter vessel, 8 Feb. 1805; His subsequent ap- 
 pointments were — in March, 1806, to the Lavinia 
 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, employed in the 
 Channel and on the north coast of Spain — 8 Dec. 
 1807, to the Pilot 18, Capt. Hon. Wm. Walpole, 
 lying at Portsmouth — 25 March, 1808, to the 
 Speedy sloop, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle, at New- 
 foundland — in March, 1809, to the Majestic 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Harvey, in the Baltic — and, in Jan. 
 1810, and April, 1811, to the Redpole 10, Capt. 
 Cohn Macdonald, and Monmout^ 64, bearing the 
 flag of the late Sir Thos. Foley, both in the Downs. 
 Becoming, in May, 1814, Signal-Lieutenant to the 
 officer last mentioned, he was lent soon afterwards 
 to the Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir John 
 Poo Beresford, to assist in escorting Louis XVHI. 
 from Dover to Calais. He was advanced to his 
 present rank 22 Oct. following ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Philipps is a Magistrate and De- 
 puty-Lieutenant for CO. Caermarthen. He married, 
 in Feb. 1808, and has issue nine children. One 
 of his sons, Griffith Grismond, is a Lieutenant, 
 
 5 Y 2 
 
900 
 
 PHILIPPS-PHILIPS— PHILLIMOEE-PHILLIPPS. 
 
 and another, Geo. Yaughan, a Midshipman in the 
 K.N. 
 
 PHILIPPS. (LlEDT., 1815. F-p., 15; H-P., 25.) 
 John Phulipps Philipps entered the Navy, 26 
 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Teme- 
 KAiRE 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton and Edw. 
 Sneyd Clay ; the former of whom, after having been 
 for three years and a half employed in the Channel 
 and Baltic, part of the time nnder the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Mailley X>ixon, he rejoined, as Midship- 
 man, in Deo. 1809, on board the Tonnant 80, com- 
 manded subsequently, off Cadiz and Lisbon, by 
 Capts. Hassard St'ackpoole and Sir John Gore. 
 He next, from June, 1812, until May, 1815, served, 
 In the Channel, at St. Helena and the Cape of Good 
 Hope, on the coast of North America, and .in the 
 West Indies, in the Niemen 38, Capt. Sam. Pym. 
 In the following Aug., being then at Plymouth in 
 the San Josef 110, he was presented with a com- 
 mission bearing date 6 of the preceding March. 
 His last appointments were, 27 June, 1837, and 8 
 Aug. 1839, to the command of the Lucifek and 
 Medusa steam-packets, in which he served until 
 July, 1844. Agent— W. H. B. Barwis. 
 
 PHILIPS. (Ebar-Admibai, of the Red, 1841. 
 F-p., 17 ; H-p., 45.) 
 
 James Robert Philips, a native of Scarborough, 
 is son of the late Mr. Alex. Philips, Master R.N. ; 
 and brother of Major John Alex. Philips, of the 
 Koyal Marines, who, prior to joining that service, 
 served as Midshipman of the Bei.i.eisIiE 74 in the 
 action off Cape Trafalgar. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1785, as 
 A.B., on board the Resolotioh, Capt. Israel Pellew, 
 with whom he was for two years employed on the 
 coast of Ireland. Between 1789 and April, 1796, he 
 served on the Home -and West India stations in the 
 SwAitow sloop, Capts. Wm. Hargood and Jas. 
 Bissett, Inconstant 36, Capt. Geo. Wilson, Camel 
 store-ship, commanded by his father, Camekidge 
 74, Capt. Rich. Boger, Saupson 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Montagu, Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. Wilson, Wool- 
 wich 44, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Majestic 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Laforey. Of the latter 
 ship he was created a Lieutenant 10 Dec. 1795. 
 He had previously, in 1794, when Midshipman of 
 the Bellona, assisted at the defence of Fort Ma- 
 tilda, Guadeloupe. On leaving the Majestic, as 
 above, he joined the Bbadlieo 40, Capts. Lancelot 
 Skynner and Fras. Fayerman ; during his servitude 
 in which ship we find him employed on shore at the 
 capture of Ste. Lucie in May, 1796, and present, 11 
 Oct. 1797, in the action off Camperdown. At the 
 close of that conflict Liaut. Philips took charge of 
 the Mounikendanij a Dutch 40 ; wherein he had the 
 misfortune to be -wrecked on a sand near West 
 Capel. He fell, on the occasion, into the hands of 
 the enemy, and remained for some time in captivity. 
 On his restoration to liberty he went back to the 
 Beaulieu, and proceeded in her to the Mediterra- 
 nean. Invaliding thence in March, 1800, he joined, 
 in the following July, the Peincess Royal 98, flag- 
 ship in the Channel of Sir Erasmus Gower, with 
 whom he remained until April, 1802. His next ap- 
 pointments were— 19 July, 1803, and 30 July, 1804, 
 to the Rdssel 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, and Cen- 
 turion 50, Capts. Jas. Lind and John Sprat Rainier. 
 In the latter snip, of which he was First-Lieutenant, 
 he assisted, 18 Sept. 1804, in gallantly beating off, 
 in Vizagapatam Roads, a French squadron, by 
 whom she had been vigorously attacked, consisting 
 of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 Linois, and 40-gun frigates AtaUmte and Semillante. 
 At the commencement of the action, which was 
 long maintained, Mr. Philips, owing to the absence 
 of his Captain, was in sole command of the Cehth- 
 RiON. " I had been on shore," says Capt. Lind at 
 the beginning of his official narrative addressed to 
 Vice-Admiral Rainier, " and was not present in the 
 early part of the action, for, till now, the Centurion 
 had been under the direction of the First-Lieute- 
 
 nant, Mr. Jas. Robt. Philips ; and before I proceed 
 any further in this account, permit me to notice 
 the judicious conduct of this deserving and old 
 officer, and his gaUant defence of the ship against 
 so superior a force as that of the enemy. I hope. 
 Sir, his conduct wiU be thought worthy of a reward, 
 and that he will be esteemed deserving of promo- 
 tion." * He was, in consequence, advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 15 March, 1805; and on 28 
 May, 1806, he was appointed to the Bonetta 14, 
 gaid ordered, until the arrival of that vessel in port, 
 to .act as Commander of the Gannet 16. Joining 
 the Bonetta in the following June, he was em- 
 ployed, during the remainder of the year, in escort- 
 ing merchantmen to and from the German rivers, 
 and in 1807 in affording protection to the trade in 
 the Baltic; where he took part, under Admiral 
 Gambler, in the operations against Copenhagen. 
 He attained Post-rank 13 Oct. 1807; and has siice 
 been on half-pay. His promotion to Flag-rank 
 took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 PHILLIMOEE. (LiEnxENANT, 1845.) 
 
 AuGDSTOS Phillimoee entered the Navy in 1835 ; 
 passed his examination 17 May, 1842 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 7 Sept. 1845, was serving as Mate on board the 
 Hibernia 104 ; in which ship, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean, he still 
 continues. 
 
 PHILLIPPS. (Lieutenant, 1814.) 
 
 Henry Cranmer March Phillipps, bom 23 
 March, 1793, is fifth son of the late Thos. March 
 Phillipps, Esq., of More Critchell, co. Dorset, and 
 Garendon Park and Grace Dieu Manor, co. Lei- 
 cester, by Susan, daughter of Chas. Lisle, Esq., of 
 Moyles Court, co. Hants. He is brother-in-law of 
 the late Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1806, aa a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Theseus 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Hope, lying in Cawsand Bay; and in the 
 course of the same year Joined the Royal George 
 100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, Sophie 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Mansell, and Seahorse of 42 guns 
 and 281 men, Capt. John Stewart. Continuing in 
 the latter ship until June, 1811, he was employed 
 during that period in attendance on many diplo- 
 matic personages, and was afforded an opportunity 
 of participating in numerous important services. 
 On the night of 5 July, 1808, in particular, he con- 
 tributed to the capture, after a furious engagement 
 and a loss to the Seahorse (30 of whose crew were 
 absent) of 5 men killed and 10 wounded, of the 
 Turkish man-of-war Badere Zoffer, mounting 52 
 guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom 170 
 were slain and 200 wounded. The Alis Fezcm, of 
 26 guns and 230 men, a ship which had been also 
 opposed to the Seahorse, was at the same time put 
 to flight. After a servitude of two years as Mid- 
 shipman in the Valiant 74, Capt. Robt. Dudley 
 Oliver, Mr. Phillipps, in July, 1813, being then on 
 the North American station, became Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Wasp sloop, Capt. Thos. Everard. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant 10 March, 1814. 
 At the commencement of the peace he was serving 
 on board the Eridands 36, Capts. Henry Prescott, 
 Wm. Paterson, and Wm. King. Since he left that 
 frigate he has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 PHILLIPPS. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 Robert Phillipps, born 6 Aug. 1807, is fifth and 
 youngest son of the late Rev. John Phillipps, of 
 Lower Eaton, co. Hereford, Rector of Stoke St. 
 Milborough, eo. Salop, by Anne, fourth daughter of 
 Chas. Pye, Esq., of Wadley, in Berkshire. Two of 
 his brothers, Charles and Henry, were lately Cap- 
 tains in the 3rd Light Dragoons. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 10 Aug. 1820; 
 passed his examination in 1827 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 26 Feb. 1830 ; served from 15 June, 1837 
 * Vide Gaz, 1805, p. 334. 
 
PHILlrlPS— PIIILLOTT. 
 
 901 
 
 until paid o£f at the close of 1840, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, in the Sparrowhawk 16, Capt. John Shep- 
 herd (6), on the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope 
 stations ; and since 18 July, 1845, has been in com- 
 mand of the Bloodhodnd steamer of 150 horse- 
 power. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 PHILLIPS. (Commander, 1848.) 
 
 Charles Gerrans Phillips entered the Navy 
 25 Nov. 1820 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 21 Sept. 1839, to 
 the Terror, Capt. Eras. Kawdon Moira Crozier, in 
 which vessel he sailed with an expedition under 
 Capt. Jas. Clarke Ross, for the purposes of magnetic 
 research and geographical discovery in the Ant- 
 arctic Ocean— and, 23 Nov. 1843, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Helena 16, Capt. Sir Comwallis 
 Ricketts, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, whence 
 he returned to England and was paid off in 1847. 
 He was advanced to the rank of Commander 31 
 Jan. 1848. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 PHILLIPS. (LiEDT., 1812. F-p., 15; h-p., 31.) 
 Edward Phillips was bom 22 Aug. 1790. His 
 grandfather, Lieut. Rich. Lang, was nearly 50 years 
 a commissioned ofiicer in the service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 July, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Goliath 74, Capts. Wm. 
 Essington, Chas. Brisbane, and Robt. Barton, em- 
 ployed in the Channel and West Indies — for some 
 time under the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. 
 In Feb. 1806 he removed as Midshipman (a rating 
 he had attained in June, 1802) to the St. George 
 98, flag-ship in the Baltic and Channel of Rear- 
 Admirals Eliab Harvey and Fras. Pickmore ; he 
 next, from Nov. 1809 until Oct. 1812, served, in the 
 North Sea and Baltic, on board the Heartt 14, 
 Lieut.-Commander Wm. Wickham, Cresst 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Dudley Pater, and Victory 100, flag-ship of 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez ; and on 20 Nov. in the latter 
 year he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Rose 
 sloop, Capt. Thos. Mansell. In the Goliath, Mr. 
 Phillips witnessed the capture, 28 June, 1803, and 
 11 and 18 Aug. 1805, of La Mignonne of 16 guns 
 and 80 men. La Faune of 16, and La Torchs of 
 18 guns. While attached to the HEAETr he re- 
 took a galliot, and cut out a Danish privateer. The 
 Quick Huntsman ; and when in the Cressy, besides 
 making prize of another privateer, he came into 
 contact, in 1811, with a flotilla of 40 gun-boats. 
 Although the latter had been the aggressors, several 
 of them were taken by the Ckessy. When after- 
 wards in charge of a Russian brig, Mr. Phillips was 
 cast away and taken prisoner on the coast of Lap- 
 land. During the winter of 1812, at which time he 
 was serving on board the Rose, he assisted at the 
 capture by that sloop of every vessel that came out 
 from Norway or Jutland. Lieut. Phillips' last ap- 
 pointment was to the Calliope 10, Capts. John 
 M'Kerlie, John Codd, and Alex. Maconochie, with 
 whom he continued from 25 May, 1813, imtil paid 
 off in Sept. 1815. On 8 July, 1813, he was for two 
 hours in action with the enemy's naval force at 
 Cuxhaven ; and on 31 of the following Oct., having 
 been sent up the river Weser in charge of the boats 
 of the Calliope and Wrangler, he passed the 
 strong batteries of Bremerlehe and Blexen (at the 
 surrender of which he was shortly afterwards pre- 
 sent), and succeeded in capturing two row-boats, 
 one carrying 16 the other 12 men, together with 
 four sail of merchantmen, lying offBraak, where he 
 ilso aided in taking possession of two 20-gun cor- 
 vettes that were building. During the expedition 
 igainst New Orleans Lieut. Phillips, with the Cal- 
 liope's cutter in charge, co-operated with the small- 
 irm men under Capt. Rowland Money, and the 
 troops under Colonel Thornton, at the storming of 
 a battery on the Mississippi, 8 Jan. 1815. 
 He married, 28 Nov. 1825, Miss Mary Clapshaw. 
 
 PHILLIPS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 33 ; h-p. 9.) 
 
 Frederick Phillips entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, 
 Capts. Chas. Dudley Paler and John Erskine 
 
 Douglas ; under the latter of whom we find him 
 present, as Midshipman, at the destruction of the 
 French 74-gun ship Impe'tueux, off Cape Henry, 14 
 Sept. 1806, also in the attack upon the enemy's fleet 
 in Basque Roads and in the expedition to the Wal- 
 oheren in 1809, and at the capture, 18 Dec. 1810, of 
 Le Hems du Nord privateer of 14 guns and 44 men. 
 On 22 June, 1807, he chanced to be, as a Supernu- 
 merary, on board the Leopard 50, Capt. Salusbury 
 Pryce Humphreys, when that ship compelled the 
 U. S. frigate Chesapeake to surrender, in consequence 
 of a refusal on the part of the latter to allow the 
 British to search her for deserters. Following Capt. 
 Douglas from the Bellona, in May, 1812, into the 
 Prince of Wales 98, he sailed with him soon after- 
 wards for the Mediterranean, where, in April, 1814, 
 he beheld the fall of Genoa. On his return to Eng- 
 land in April, 1815, from the West Indies, whither 
 he had gone with convoy in the Swiitsdre 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Webley Parry, Mr. Phillips found that 
 he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 7 Feb. preceding. From May, 1824, until March, 
 1831, he served in the Coast Blockade as a Super- 
 numerary of the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42, 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He 
 has been since serving in the Coast Guard. 
 
 PHILLIPS. (Lieut, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p,, 31.) 
 
 William Phillips entered the Navy, 12 April, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sheldrake 16, 
 Capt. John Thicknesse, employed on the Jersey 
 and Guernsey station, where he came into frequent 
 contact with the enemy's gun-brigs and batteries, 
 and was more tiian once engaged in cutting out 
 their vessels. In 1809, having removed as Midship- 
 man to the DioMEDE 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, he sailed 
 with Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien Drury for the 
 East Indies, whence, in March, 1811, we find him 
 escorting several of the Hon. Co.'s ships by St. 
 Helena. In the following Sept. Mr. Phillips was 
 received on board the Ulysses 44, in which ship he 
 continued to serve under the flags, off Jersey and 
 Cherbourg, of Admirals D'Auvergne and Wm. 
 Brown, until Sept. 1812. During the next 12 months 
 he was employed at the blockade of the Texel, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Dannemaek 74, Capt. Henry 
 Edw. Reginald Baker. He then joined the Med- 
 way 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Tyler at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. In Nov. 1815, having been 
 awarded a commission dated 6 of the preceding 
 March, he returned to England. He has since been 
 on half-pay. He married in 1817, and has issue one 
 son and seven daughters. 
 
 PHILLOTT. (Captain, 1818. p-p., 24 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Charles George Rodney Phillott entered the 
 Navy, 27 Jan. 1794, as Captain's Servant, on board 
 the Vangdaed 74, Capt. John Stanhope, then on the 
 eve of her departure for the West Indies ; and was 
 afterwards, until advanced to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 1 July, 1801, employed on various stations in 
 the Avenger sloop, Capt. Chas. Ogle, Rdby 64, 
 Capt. Henry Edwin Stanhope, America 64, Com- 
 modore John Blanket, Neptune 98, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir Erasmus Gower, Achille 
 74, Capts. H. E. Stanhope and Geo. Murray, and 
 Agincourt 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. 
 Morice Pole. As Midshipman of the Rdey, we find 
 him present at the detention of five Dutch men-of- 
 war, together with a large convoy, in Plymouth 
 Sound, 19 Jan. 1795 ; and, in the course of the same 
 year, assisting at the rednction of the Cape of Good 
 Hope. In the America he witnessed the surrender 
 of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay, 17 Aug. 
 1796. On the occasion of his promotion, as above, 
 Mr. Phillott joined the Terror bomb, Capt. Sam. 
 Campbell Rowley, with whom he continued cruizing 
 in the Baltic until the close of the following Oct. 
 Being next, 31 Aug. 1802, appointed to the Amphion 
 32, Capts. Thos. Masterman Hardy, Sam. Sutton, 
 and Wm. Hoste, he sailed in that ship for the Medi- 
 terranean, in the early part of 1803, with the flag on 
 board of Lord Nelson, and was afterwards afforded 
 an opportunity of participating, more or less promi- 
 nently, in a train of valuable and distinguished ser- 
 
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 PHILLPOTTS-PHIPPS. 
 
 Ticea. On 5 Oct. 1804 lie contributed to the capture 
 of three Spanish frigates, and the destruction of a 
 fourth, off Cape St. Mary; in the summer of 1805 
 he accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies 
 and back, in pursuit of the combined squadrons of 
 France and Spain ; he assisted, in the following 
 Nov., at the defeat, although supported by the fire 
 of an immense battery, of a division of about 30 
 Spanish gun-boats, which had come out of Algeciras 
 in the hope of capturing a British convoy ; and in 
 the summer of 1806 he was present at the debarka- 
 tion of the troops immediately prior to the battle of 
 Maida, as also at the capture of the town of Reggio, 
 and of the important fortress of Cotrone, with all its 
 stores and magazines, and upwards of 600 troops. 
 He next, 12 May, 1808, shared in a very spirited 
 engagement of many hours with several heavy bat- 
 teries in the Bay of JElosas, in an attempt to cut out 
 the French frigate-built SDO-ton store-ship Baleine, 
 mounting from 26 to 30 guns, with a crew of 150 
 men. In command, 8 Feb. 1809, of the boats of 
 the Amphion and Kedwing, he landed on the island 
 of Melida, in the Gulf of Venice, brought off 3 guns, 
 and destroyed two large stores of oil and wine.* 
 He also, 23 April following, with a division of 
 the boats of the Amphion, Spartan, and Mehcdey 
 under his orders, behaved in an exemplary manner 
 at the capture of 13 valuable merchantmen lying in 
 the mole of Pesaro ;t and, on 27 Aug. in the same 
 year, he signalized himself by his gallant attack on 
 the strong fort of Cortelazzo, near Trieste, which he 
 stormed and carried at the head of a detachment.of 
 70 ofBcers, seamen, and marines — occasioning the 
 simultaneous surrender, within sight of an Italian 
 squadronoffVenice, of sixof the enemy's gun-boats, 
 and a convoy of merchant-trabaccolos anchored for 
 protection under its walls.J In Jan. 1810, having 
 been rewarded for his conspicuous conduct on the 
 latter occasion by a commission bearing date the 
 same day, Capt. Phillott left the Amphion ; and, on 
 25 Oct. following, assumed command of the Pkim- 
 BOSE 18, in which vessel, besides accompanying Sir 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke with a body of troops to 
 Lisbon, he served in the Scheldt and North Sea, 
 twice escorted convoy to North America, and was 
 for some time stationed on the coast of Spain.§ He 
 
 * TMeGaz.ISOg, p. «22. t ^'. Gaz. 1S09, p. 1257. 
 
 1 V. Gas. 1809, p. 1906. 
 
 9 The following is taken from Marshall's * Naval Biography,' 
 Supplement, Part IV., pp. 193-5 :— 
 
 "On the 12th of March, 1814, being then in lat. 43" 16' N., 
 long. 10° 56' W., he discovered and made sail after a strange 
 brig on his lee tow, running nearly before the wind. Ob- 
 serving that she altered her course to avoid him, that she 
 frequently yawed about as the Primrose approached (with 
 a large red ensign at the peak), and that she had neither 
 lower studding-sail nor royals set, he supposed her to be an 
 English vessel in the hands of a prize crew. Unfortunately 
 her real charaiiter was not discovered nor even suspected, 
 until after much mischief had been done. It may here be 
 as well to state that the stranger was a King's Packet named 
 the Dl'KE of Marlborough, commanded by Capt. John 
 Bull, and employed in conveying a mail from Falmouth to 
 Lisbon. On observing the Primrose bear up and make sail, 
 Capt. Bull suspected her to be an American cruizer, and 
 made the private signal, in order to ascertain whether she 
 was an enemy or not ; the end on position of the two brigs, 
 however, together with their distance from each other, and 
 the circumstances of his flags being only half the established 
 size,preventedthepossibility of making it out, At7 55 P.M., 
 it being then too dark for flags of any size to be distinguished, 
 the Packet, after an ineffectual attempt to make the private 
 night-signal, opened her stern chasers (long brass nines), shot 
 ' away most of tlie supposed American's headgear, including 
 jib and flying jib-stays, and continued firing them with consi- 
 derable precision for about 20 minutes. The Primrose tlien 
 ranged up on her larboard quarter and hailed three times, but 
 was only answered by as many single guns, followed by a 
 whole broadside. Upon this Capt. Pliillott gave her a gun or 
 two, and endeavoured to lay her on board, but his head-braces 
 being shot away, he failed in the attempt, and some little time 
 elapsed before he could again overtake her. The PbimbdsB 
 then commenced firing in earnest. The Packet was, of course, 
 soon silenced, and upon her being once more hailed the 
 painful truth came out. Her damages proved to be of a very 
 serious nature ; two 32-pound shot had passed through just 
 below the water's edge. She had between three and four feet 
 water in her hold, and the leak was fast increasing ; her niasts 
 were much injured, and her standing and running rigging 
 nearly all cut away. Her loss consisted of two passengers 
 killed and ten or twelve other persons wounded. The Prim- 
 
 was engaged also in conveying troops irom the river 
 Garonne to Bermuda; and on 25 Aug. 1814 he 
 effected the destruction, off the Savannah river, of 
 the American privateer Pike, of 13 guns and a com- 
 plement of 85 men, 47 of whom were on board.*' In 
 Feb. 1815, in command of a division of boats be- 
 longing to the squadron under Sir Geo. Cockburn 
 at Cumberland Island on the coast of Georgia, he 
 proceeded up St. Mary's river to a considerable 
 distance for the purpose of surprising a detachment 
 of the enemy ; but finding the attempt impracti- 
 cable, and having been for many hours exposed to a 
 gaUing fire from the heights along both banks of 
 the stream, during which 3 men were killed and 15 
 wounded, including himself, in five places, by a rifle- 
 ball and buck-shot, he found it imperative on him to 
 return. On their way back, the boats behaved with 
 the greatest cookiess and order.f In Aug. 1815 the 
 Pbimrose was paid off. She was, however, immedi- 
 ately re-commissioned, on the peace establishment, 
 by Capt. Phillott, who continued to command her, 
 on the Jamaica station, until again paid off, 19 Dec. 
 1818. His promotion to Post-rank took place on 7 of 
 that month. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 PHILLPOTTS. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 George PnittPOTTS died in 1845, on board the 
 Hazard sloop. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Sept. 1827 ; passed 
 his examination 26 Nov. 1833; obtained his com- 
 mission 12 Nov. 1841 ; and was successively, 8 Feb. 
 and 15 Dec. 1842, appointed to the Vixen steamer 
 and Hazard 18, Capts. Henry Boyes and Fras. 
 Philip Egerton, both on the East India station, 
 where he died. Agent — Joseph "Woodhead. 
 
 PHIPPS. (araptaiU, 1814.) 
 
 Weston Phipps died in 1847, at Barnstaple. 
 
 This offtcer entered the Navy, in 1798, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Scorpion sloop, in which vessel 
 and the Snake, both commanded by Capt. Chas. 
 Tinling, he was, until 1800, actively occupied on 
 the Home and West India stations. After again 
 serving for about two years in the West Indies, as 
 Midshipman, in the Castor frigate, Capts. Kobt. 
 Fanshawe and Rich. Peacocke, he successively, in 
 April, 1803, and April, 1805, joined the Thunderer 
 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford, and Hibernia 1 10, flag- 
 ship of Lord Gardner, both in the Channel, where 
 he became Sub-Lieutenant, 14 Oct. in the latter 
 year, of the Surinam sloop, Capts. Alex. Shippard 
 and John Lake, Acting-Lieutenant, in July, 1806, of 
 the Hibernia, bearing the flag of Lord St. Vincent, 
 and full Lieutenant, 4 Aug. 1806, of the Aigle 36, 
 Capt. Geo. Wolfe. He was next, until advanced to 
 the rank of Commander, 30 April, 1810, employed, 
 still on Home service, in the Implacable 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Byam Martin, and Mineeve frigate, Capt. 
 Rich. Hawkins. He attained the rank of Captain 7 
 June, 1814 ; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 PHIPPS. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 10 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 William Phipps entered the Navy, 21 June, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, 
 Capts. John Tremayne Rodd and Tristram Robt. 
 Ricketts, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the 
 Channel. In March, 1806, he rejoined Capt. Rodd, 
 as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Aug. 
 1804) on board the Indefatigable 44; in which 
 ship, commanded subsequently by Capts. Henry 
 Edw. Reginald Baker and John Broughton, he con- 
 tinued for four years employed in the Bay of Biscay 
 and on the north coast of Spain. On 11 Sept. 1810, 
 at which period he was again serving under Sir 
 Chas. Cotton in the San Josef on the Mediterra- 
 nean station, he was made Lieutenant into the 
 MisA. bomb, Capt. John Fordyoe Maples, lying 
 in Cadiz Bay. His name was next, from 9 Nov. 
 
 BOSH had one man slain, her Master (Mr. Andrew Leach), 
 one petty oflicer and twelve men wounded ; but, with the 
 exception of a shot in the mtiinmast, and her sails been 
 much cut by those fired at her during the chase, she sustained 
 no other damage than what has been stated above." 
 
 * Fide Gaz, 1814, p. 2123. •(■ T. Gaz. 1815, p. 871. 
 
PHIPPS— PICKARD— PICKERNELL. 
 
 903 
 
 1813 until 2 Feb. 1814, borne on the books of tbe 
 Beevdragekek 12. He has since been on hall-pay. 
 He had been superseded from the Mtsa in Dec. 
 1812. Agedts— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 PHIPPS. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Hdgh Phipps passed his examination 
 8 Oct. 1844; served as Mate, from 16 Dec. 1845, 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 Nov. 
 1846, in the Rattler steam-sloop, of 200 horse- 
 power, Capt. Henry Smith (b) ; became, 81 Deo. fol- 
 lowing, Additional-Lieutenant of the Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir John West at Devonport; and 
 since 12 April, 1847, has been attached, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Collingwood 80, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific. While 
 on the books of the Caledonia he was employed 
 in her tender the Avenger steam-frigate of 650 
 horse-power. 
 
 PICKAED. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Benjamin Spencer Pickard is son of Commander 
 Jas. Pickard, E..N. 
 
 This officer obtained his commission 10 Aug. 1843 ; 
 was appointed, 15 March, 1845, Additional-Lieute- 
 nant of the Vindictive 50, fitting for the flag of Sir 
 Geo. Fras. Seymour; and, from 5 April following 
 until 1847, was employed in the Melampus 42, 
 Capt. John Norman Campbell, on the East India 
 station. 
 
 PICKAED. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18; 
 H-K, 33.) 
 
 James Pickard, bom 28 June, 1781, at Birming- 
 ham, is son of the late Mr. Jas. Pickard, of that 
 town, who succeeded in effecting many great im- 
 provements in the steam-engine. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1796, as 
 A.B., on board the Diana 38, Capt. Jonathan 
 FauIknor,-stationed off the coast of Ireland. While 
 serving next as Midshipman, between Aug. 1797 and 
 March, 1801, in the Boadicea 38, Capts. Bich. 
 Goodwin Keats and Chas. Rowley, he was long and 
 arduously employed with the in-shore squadron at 
 the blockade of Brest, assisted at the capture of 
 many of the enemy's privateers and merchantmen, 
 and was present in an attack made 2 July, 1799, by 
 Rear- Admiral Chas. Morice Pole on a Spanish sqjasr 
 dron in Aix Roads. Rejoining Capt. Keats as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in March, 1801, on board the Superb 74, 
 he continued actively occupied in that ship on the 
 Lisbon and Mediterranean stations until nominated 
 by Lord Nelson, 2 April, 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Canopob 80, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, bear- 
 ing the flag of the late Sir Thos. Louis. While in 
 that ship, to which he was confirmed by commission 
 dated 11 Oct. 1805, he visited various parts of the 
 Mediterranean, and accompanied the hero to the 
 West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined 
 squadrons of France and Spain. He also enacted a 
 part in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and, 
 after assisting at the capture on the coast of France 
 of the French 40-gun frigate Le President, returned 
 to the Mediterranean, where, in 1807, the Canopcs 
 formed the van-ship of Sir John Duckworth's squa- 
 dron at the passage and re-passage of the Darda- 
 nells, and then proceeded to join the force engaged 
 in the expedition to Egypt. On her arrival at Alex- 
 andria, Lieut. Pickard, with the launches of several 
 transports. under his orders, was sent up the river 
 Nile lor the purpose of carrying provisions for the 
 use of the troops employed against Rosetta ; on the 
 failure of the attack on which place we find him 
 bringing down many of the wounded soldiers. The 
 siege being shortly afterwards renewed, he was 
 placed in command of a party of 50 seamen attached 
 to the naval brigade under Capt. Benj. HallowelL; 
 with whom he continued for three weeks under the 
 walls of Rosetta. The British were then again re- 
 duced to the necessity of retiring — six of the Cano- 
 PDs' people falling, during the retreat, into the 
 hands of the enemy. Subsequently to the death of 
 Sir Thos. Louis, which took place 17 May, 1807, 
 
 Lieut. Pickard was intrusted with the command of 
 the gun-boats employed on the Egyptian lakes. In 
 the following Aug. he removed with Capt. Short- 
 land to the Queen 984 and he was afterwards ap- 
 pointed— 14 Oct. 1808, to the Onyx 10, Ca,pt. Chas. 
 Gill, lying at the Nore— 29 of the same month, to 
 the Halad 38, Capts. Thos. Dundas, Geo. Cocks, 
 Henry Hill, and Philip Carteret, stationed chiefly 
 off the coast off France— and 17 April, 1812, as Se- 
 nior, to the Tenedos 38, Capt. Hyde Parker. In 
 the Naiad, under Capt. Carteret, he shared, 20 and 
 21 Sept. 1811, in two actions with divisions ol' the 
 Boulogne flotilla. On the last-mentioned occasion 
 the Naiad sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 14 
 wounded, but succeeded in taking one of the ene- 
 my's praams, La Ville de Lyon; which vessel bad 
 upwards of 30 of her people either killed or wounded. 
 As Senior of the Tenedos Lieut. Pickard was most 
 actively employed on the coast of North America, 
 where he assisted in making a large number of prizes, 
 and in blockading in the port of Boston the II. S. 
 frigates President and Congress. He invalided home 
 from the effects of the climate in May, 1814, and 
 found on his arrival that he had been promoted, 7 
 June, 1814, to the command of the Rovjer sloop. 
 The state of his health at the time did not permit of 
 his joining, and although constant in his applica- 
 tions he has not been since able to procure employ- 
 ment. 
 
 Commander Pickard married, in March, 1815, 
 Jane, only surviving child (she had had two brothers, 
 one of whom, Benjamin Spencer, Lieut. RJVI., had 
 fallen on board the Edgar 74, at Copenhagen, 2 
 April, 1801) of the Rev. Benj. Spencer, LL.D., who 
 was for 52 years Vicar of Aston, near Birmingham, 
 for 44 years Rector of Wotton, in Lincolnshire, and 
 lor 42 years a Magistrate for cos. Warwick and 
 Stafford, in which latter capacity he rendered essen^ 
 tial service to Government during the great Bir- 
 mingham riots. With two daughters, Commander 
 Pickard has issue three sons, two of them, Benj. 
 Spencer and Spencer Hicks, Lieutenants R.N., and 
 the other, James, a First-Lieutenant R.M. (1845)- 
 Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 PICKAED. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Spencer Hices Pickard is son of Commander 
 Jas. Pickard, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 3 Nov. 1837^ 
 and after having served as Mate on the JMediterra- 
 nean and East India stations in the Calcutta 84^ 
 Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and Geo. Fred. Rich, and 
 Spiteful steam-sloop, Capt. Wjn. Maitland, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Sept. 1845. 
 He was then appointed Additional of the Agingourt 
 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, also in the 
 East Indies, whence he returned in 1847. He has 
 been serving, since 28 Jan. 1848, at Devonport, in 
 the San Josef 110, Capt. Sir Henry John Leeke. 
 
 PICKEENJSLL. (Commander, 1810. p-p., 19^ 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 Peter Giles Pickernell was born 15 Feb. 
 1772. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1790, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Meleager, Capt. Nathaniel 
 Brenton, lying in the river Medway, where he re- 
 jnoved shortly afterwards to the Leviathan 74, 
 Capt. Lord Mulgrave, and in Nov. of the same year 
 was paid off. Re-embarking, in Nov. 1793, on board 
 the Magicienne 32, Capt. Geo. Martin, he sailed 
 for the West Indies, and was there for nearly two 
 years most actively employed. While at anchor in 
 1794 at Port-au-Prince, St. Domingo, we find him 
 serving with the boats under Acting-Lieut. Forbes 
 in an unsuccessful attempt made to cut a privateer 
 of 6 or 8 guns out from a small bay on the north 
 side of the Bight of Leogane ; and subsequently 
 present, with the Belliqueux, Sceptre, and Her- 
 mione, in a severe action with a battery on Pointe 
 Leogane. On his return to England, after having 
 gone through scenes of great mortality, Mr. Picker- 
 nell was transferred, in Sept. 1795, to the Prince 
 
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 PICKTHORN— PIERCE. 
 
 OF Wales 98, bearing the flag on the coast of France 
 of the late Sir Henry Harvey, by whom, having 
 again sailed for the West Indies, he was placed, a,t 
 the close of 1796, in command of the Alexandria 
 tender, carrying 8 4-pounders, with a crew of 30 
 men. During a continuance of nearly four years in 
 that vessel he was constantly engaged in carrying to 
 different parts of the station the despatches of Ad- 
 miral Harvey and his successor Lord Hugh Sey- 
 mour. He very often, too, came into contact with 
 the enemy's privateers, six or seven of which he had 
 the good fortune to capture. One of these, mount- 
 ing 8 guns, with a crew of 70 men, he made prize of, 
 after an action of three-quarters of an hour, 9 Oct. 
 1799 — the very day that an order he had received, 
 in May, 1798, from Admiral Harvey to act as Lieu- 
 tenant had been confirmed by the new Commander- 
 in-Chief. We are informed that Mr. Pickernell was 
 the only Acting-Lieutenant whom Lord Hugh Sey- 
 mour on his arrival did not supersede. During his 
 command of the Alexandria it must be recorded 
 that he witnessed the capture of Trinidad, the un- 
 successful attack upon Puerto Rico, and the reduc- 
 tion of Surinam. His appointments, after the Prince 
 OF Wales had been paid off, were— 5 Sept. 1800, to 
 the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Sir 
 H. Harvey, with whom he served, principally off 
 Brest, until the peace of Amiens — 30 Aug. 1803, to 
 the Severn 44, commanded by the Duke de Bouil- 
 lon off Jersey — 21 Aug. 1804, to the Galtkheid 64, 
 Capt. Isaac WoUey, lying in the river Humber — 9 
 April, 1805, to the Revenge 74, Capts. Robt. Moor- 
 som and Sir John Gore, in which ship he served as 
 Second Lieutenant at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 
 Oct. 1805, and as First at the capture, by Sir Sam. 
 Hood, of four French frigates off Rochefort, 25 
 Sept. 1806—22 Jan. 1807, to the Excellent 74, 
 Capt. John West, fitting at the Nore — and 13 July, 
 1808, to the command of the 12-gun brig Gallant. 
 In the latter vessel, after cruizing in the Downs, 
 and previously to being sent to the coast of Scot- 
 land, he accompanied the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren, and assisted in destroying the enemy's bat- 
 teries on South Beveland. He attained his present 
 rank 4 July, 1810. The only active appointment he 
 could ever afterwards succeed in obtaining was to 
 the Ordinary at Sheerness, where he served for a pe- 
 riod of three years,'dating from 22 Oct. 1823. He was 
 admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 
 11 Dec. 1846. 
 
 Commander Pickernell married, 7 Feb. 1807, and 
 has issue six children. Agent — Wm. H. B. Bar- 
 wis. 
 
 PICKTHOEN. (Lieutenant, 1808. f-p., 18 ; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 John Pickthorn is a native of Devonport, co. 
 Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Oct. 1796, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Alexander 74, Capts. Jo- 
 seph Bullen, Alex. John Ball, and P. Ormsby ; in 
 which ship he came into frequent action with the 
 enemy's gun-boats and batteries in the neighbour- 
 hood of Cadiz, and took part in the battle of the 
 Nile, in the blockade of Malta, and in various ope- 
 rations along the coast of Italy. Quitting the 
 Alexander in Sept. 1800, he was next, until April, 
 1802, employed on the Mediterranean and Home 
 stations as Midshipman (a rating he had previously 
 attained) in the Guillaume Tell 84, Capt. Thos. 
 Elphinstone, flag-ship of Admiral Milbank, Alk- 
 MAAR, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Malta 84, 
 Capt. Albemarle Bertie. In March, 1803, he re- 
 turned to the latter ship, commanded at the time 
 by Capt. Edw. BuUer on the coast of Spain ; and, 
 from July, 1804, until Oct. 1806, he served in the 
 West Indies and Channel on board the Eagle 
 and Kent 74's, and Ville de Paris 110, all flag- 
 ships of Sir Edw. Thornbrough ; whom, in Feb. 
 1807, after having been for about three months at- 
 tached to the AcASTA_ 40, Capt. Philip Beaver, he 
 again joined in the Royal Sovereign 100, on the 
 Mediterranean station. On 3 March, 1808, he was 
 
 made Lieutenant into the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Rowley, also in the Mediterranean; where, from 
 the following July until Jan. 1812, and from May 
 in the latter year until Oct. 1814, we find him em- 
 ployed a second time in the Royal Sovereign 100, 
 Capts. Henry Garrett, David Colby, Abel Ferris, 
 Henry Whitmarsh Pearse, Joseph Spear, John Har- 
 vey, and Wm. Bedford, and Unicorn 32, Capts. 
 Geo. Burgoyne Salt and Sam. Geo. Peohell. During 
 the first four months of his last servitude in the 
 Royal Sovereign he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant 
 to Sir E. Thornbrough. Since he left the Unicorn 
 he has not been afloat. 
 
 In the winter of 1840-1 Lieut. Pickthorn appears 
 to have been engaged in raising men for the Navy 
 at Aberdeen. He married the only daughter of 
 Jas. Russell, Esq., Master-Attendant at North Yar- 
 mouth. 
 
 PIERCE. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 22; 
 
 H-p., 22.) 
 George Pierce entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thunderer 7'^ Capt. 
 Wm. Bedford, employed at first on the Irish station 
 and afterwards in the Channel ; where, and in the 
 Baltic, North Sea, and West Indies, he served from 
 Feb. 1805, until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 21 March, 1812, as Midshipman and Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in the Hibernia 110, flag-ship of Lord 
 Gardner, Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Geo. Aldham, 
 Prince of Wales 98, and Ville de Paris again, 
 bearing the flags of Admirals Edw. Thornbrough, 
 Sir Jas. Saumaxez, and Lord Gambler, Apelles 
 sloop, Capt. Thos. Oliver, Neptune 98, and Statira 
 38, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Dragon 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey, Gany- 
 mede and Barbadoes frigates, Capts. Robt. Preston 
 and Edw. Rushworth, and a second time in the 
 Dragon under Sir F. Laforey. In the Prince of 
 Wales he accompanied the expedition of 1807 to 
 Copenhagen ; and, while attached to the Apelles, he 
 commanded agun-boat in the attack upon Walcheren 
 in 1809. His appointments in the capacity of Lieu- 
 tenant (prior to his attainment of which rank he 
 had been upwards of two years on the list for pro- 
 motion) were — 1 Oct. 1812, to the Mdlgrave 74, 
 Capt. 'Thos. Jas. Maling, stationed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he partook of much boat-service, and 
 was present in the partial action fought with the 
 Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813—1 Oct. 1814, to the Comus 
 22, Capt. John Tailour, under whom, while em- 
 ployed on the coast of Africa, he ascended the new 
 Calabar river as high as Duke's Town (the Comus 
 was the first man-of-war that ever did so) and as- 
 sisted in the boats at the capture of several slavers 
 — 3 July, 1816, as Senior, after eight months of 
 half-pay, to the Beelzebub bomb, Capts. Wm. 
 Kemptnorne and Fred. Thos. Michell, in which 
 vessel he served at the bombardment of Algiers — 
 18 Dec. 1816, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Wm. 
 Aug. Baumgardt, lying at Sheerness — 13 May, 1817, 
 to the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell 
 at Cork — 7 Dec. 1818, to the Windsor Castle 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild at Plymouth — and, 
 29 June, 1821, and 28 March and 6 Dec. 1822, to 
 the Bulwark 76, Gloucester 74, and Prince Re- 
 gent 120, flag-ships of Sir B. Hallowell in the river 
 Medway. The day preceding his promotion to the 
 rank of Commander, 5 Sept. 1823, he officiated as 
 Aide-de-Camp to Viscount MelviUe at the opening 
 of the new basin and dock at Sheerness. He was 
 afterwards, from 15 June, 1832, until 1835, employed 
 as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Pierce, during the last nine years, 
 has filled the office of Secretary to the " Sailor's 
 Home," in Wells Street, London Docks. In 1843 
 he was examined before the House of Commons on 
 the state of the Merchant Seamen's Fund. He is 
 married and has issue. 
 
 PIERCE. (Lieut,, 1807. f-p., 15 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Thomas Pierce entered the Navy, 1 March, 1799, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the William, Capt. Eo- 
 
PIERSON— PIGOT. 
 
 905 
 
 binson, lying at Woolwich ; removed, in the follow- 
 ing Sept., to the Zealand 64, Capt. Parr, flag-ship 
 at the Nore ; served, from Dec. in the same year, 
 until July, 1802, part of the time as Midshipman, 
 in the Resolution 74, Capts. Wm. Mitchell and 
 Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, on the Home and West 
 India stations; and in March, 1803, joined the 
 Antelope 50, Commodore Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. 
 On 16 May, 1804, we find him present in a gallant 
 attack made by a squadron under the orders of the 
 latter officer upon a division of the enemy's flotilla 
 passing alongshore from Flushing to Ostend. Ac- 
 companying Sir W. S. Smith subsequently to the 
 Mediterranean In the Pompbe 74, he was there, 24 
 June 1806, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 SiRins 36, Capt. Wm. Prowse ; to which vessel he 
 was confirmed by the Admiralty 1 Sept. 1807. He 
 returned home in May, 1808 ; and while next at- 
 tached, between Aug. of that year and Deo. 1813, 
 to the AcHiLLE 74, Capts. Sir Rich. King, John 
 Hayes, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and 
 Aiskew Paflard Hollis, was employed in the Chan- 
 nel, in the expedition to the Walcheren and off the 
 port of Cadiz, and in the Adriatijc, where he aided 
 in blockading the French and Venetian squadrons 
 in Venice, consisting of three line-of-battle ships 
 and a frigate ready for sea, and several of each class 
 fitting in the arsenal. From May, 1815, to Jan. 
 1816, Lieut. Pierce was engaged at Cork in impressing 
 and raising seamen for the service. He has since 
 been on half-pay. Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 PIERSON, Kt. (Captain, 1838. r-P., 22; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 SiK William Henry Pierson was born in 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 May, 1796, as 
 A.B., on board the Asia 64, Capt. Robt. Murray, 
 bearing the flag of Admiral Vandeput, Commander- 
 in-Chief in North America, where, in May, 1798, he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman. In Dec. 1800 
 he removed to the Belleisle 72, Capts. Wm. 
 Domett, Chas. Boyles, John Whitby, and Wm. 
 Hargood ; with the last-mentioned of whom, after 
 cruizing with the Channel fleet, he proceeded to 
 the Mediterranean, and next to the West Indies 
 and back in pursuit of the combined squadrons of 
 France and Spain. For his conduct as Master's 
 Mate in the action off Cape Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, 
 on which occasion he was wounded,* Mr. Pierson 
 was promoted, 24 Dec. in that year, to a Lieute- 
 nancy in the Conqueror 74, Capts. Israel Pellew 
 and Edw. Fellowes, employed both on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations; where, from April, 
 1810, until July, 1815, we find him in succession 
 serving in the Northumberland 74, Capts. Wm. 
 Hargood and Hon. Henry Hotham, Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, Menelaus 38, Capt. 
 Sir Peter Parker, Ville de Paris 110, and Boyne 
 98, each under the orders of Capt. Geo. Burlton, 
 Fylla 22, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, and Ampbion 32, 
 Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart. While First of the 
 Fylla, he was slightly wounded, as was a marine, 
 at the capture, 30 Jan. 1814, of the French lugger 
 privateer L^Inconnu of 15 guns (pierced for 20) and 
 109 men, 5 of whom were killed and 4 wounded, f 
 He was often during the above period engaged in 
 cutting out the enemy's vessels, and in co-operating 
 with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. Be- 
 tween 30 March, 1824, and 16 Aug. 1825, Lieut. 
 Pierson served, as Senior, on board the Wellesley 
 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, stationed at first 
 as a guard-ship at Portsmouth, and engaged next 
 in conveying the present Lord Stuart de Rothesay 
 to the Brazils ; whence, in Dec. 1825, he returned 
 home with Capt. Hamond in the Spartiate 76. 
 Attaining the rank of Commander 27 March, 1826, 
 he did not again go afloat until appointed, 11 June, 
 1836, to the Madagascar 46, Capt. Sir John Strutt 
 Peyton, fitting for the West Indies. In the follow- 
 ing Oct., while lying, prior to her final departure, 
 in Kingstown, Dublin, the Madagascar was visited 
 by the Lord-Lieutenant, the Marquis of Normanby ; 
 
 • f^iie GslI. 1805, p. 1484. t f^- Gaz. 1814, p. 280. 
 
 and Capt. Pierson on the occasion received the 
 honour of knighthood. He was advanced to his 
 present rank 28 June, 1838— two months after the 
 ship had been paid off; and has not been since em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Sir W. H. Pierson married, in July, 1826, Jane, 
 daughter of Edw. Daun, Esq., of Warblington, co. 
 Hants, by whom he has issue two sons and one 
 daughter. 
 
 PIGOT. (Liedtenant, 1842.) 
 
 George Pigot died at the commencement of 
 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 26 July, 1827; 
 passed his examination 1 Sept. 1835 ; served for 
 some time in the Mediterranean as. Mate of the 
 Acheron steamer, Capt. Andrew Kennedy; ob- 
 tained his commission 7 Feb. 1842 ; and from 18 of 
 that month until paid off in 1844 was employed in 
 the East Indies on board the Vindictive 50, Capt. 
 John Toup Nicolas. 
 
 PIGOT, K.C.B., K.C.H. (Vice-Admikal of the 
 Blue, 1847. r-p., 35; h-p., 24.) 
 Sir Hugh Pigot is a near relative of Lieut.- 
 General Sir Robt. Pigot, Bart, (who commanded 
 the left wing of the British army at the battle of 
 Bunker's Hill, in North America, and was presented 
 by George III. with the Colonelcy of the 38th regt., 
 as a reward for his distinguished conduct on that 
 occasion). 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1788, on 
 board the Salisbury 50, Capt. Erasmus Gower, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Elliot at New- 
 foundland, where he removed, in the course of the 
 same year, to the Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw. Paken- 
 ham. After having served for three years at Home 
 with Capt. Andrew Snape Douglas, as Midshipman, 
 in the Southampton 32, and Goliath and Alcidb 
 guard-ships, he sailed in 1792 for the Mediterranean 
 in the Romney 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. 
 Cranston Goodall, whom he accompanied, in May, 
 1793, into the Princess Royal 98. In 1794, subse- 
 quently to the evacuation of Toulon, he was nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Berwick 74, Capt. 
 Andrew Sutherland ; but it was not until he had 
 again, for a short period, performed the duties of 
 Midshipman in the Princess Rqyal and in the Bri- 
 tannia 100, the flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Hotham, 
 that he was officially promoted, 12 Nov. in the same 
 year, into La Fl^che sloop, Capts. Hon. Henry 
 Hotham, Shuldham Peard, and Edwards. His next 
 appointments were to the Gladiator, Capt. John 
 Pakenham, Surprise 32, Capts. Ralph Willett Miller 
 and Edw. Hamilton, Monarch 74, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Rich. Onslow, and .SloLUS, Capt. John Wm. 
 Spranger. In those ships he served on the Medi- 
 terranean, Newfoundland, North Sea, Baltic, and 
 Jamaica stations. Attaining the rank of Commander 
 29 April, 1802, he was employed in that capacity 
 off Seaford, in the Speedy sloop, from 24 Aug. 1803 
 until made Post 8 May, 1804. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 27 March, 1805, for three months, 
 to the Dauntless, lying at Shcemess — 7 Feb. and 
 28 June, 1806, to the Alligator 28 and Circe 32, 
 both in the West Indies — towards the close of 1808, 
 to the Captain 74 and Latona 38, on the same 
 station — 1 Nov. 1810, to the Orpheds 36, in which 
 ship he was for four years stationed in the West 
 Indies and at Halifax— and, at the end of 1814, to 
 the DiOMEDE 50 and Nymphe 38, also on the coast 
 of North America, whence he returned to England 
 and was .paid off in Aug. 1815. On 5 April, 1807, 
 Capt. Pigot, then in the Circe, made prize of 
 L'AvsterlUz French privateer of 18 guns and 125 
 men. On 2 March, 1808, he took possession, in the 
 same ship, of the island of Marie-Galante ;* and on 
 31 Oct. following he captured in her, near Mar- 
 tinique, the Palineur national brig of 16 guns and 
 79 men, 7 of whom were killed and 8 wounded, 
 with a loss to the Circe, occasioned by a battery on 
 the Diamond Rock, of 2 men killed and wounded. f 
 * Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 604. f V. Gai. 1809, p. 15 
 
 5Z 
 
906 
 
 PIGOT— PIGOTT— PIKE. 
 
 On 10 Feb. 1809, at the commencement of which 
 year, being in the Latona, he commanded the 
 blockading squadron off Guadeloupe, we find him 
 assisting at the capture of La Junon French frigate 
 of 46 guns and 323 men, whose fire wounded 6 of 
 the Latona's crew. The exertions and activity he 
 displayed in erecting jury-masts, &c., and putting 
 the prize in a sea-worthy state, procured him the 
 warm official thanks of the senior ofiioer present, 
 Capt. Geo. Scott, of the Hoeatio 38.* On 17 
 April following Capt. Pigot witnessed (and was 
 much praised for his spirited exertions during the 
 chase which preceded) the surrender of the D'Hau- 
 pouU 74 ;t and on 18 June in the same year he 
 captured La Fe'lieite, pierced for 42 guns, but having 
 only 14 of her main-deckers mounted, with a com- 
 plement of 17 4 men, and a cargo of sugar, coffee, 
 &c.t ia the Obphehs, besides effecting the de- 
 struction, 28 April and 11 May, 1813, of the Wampoe 
 letter-of-marque of 8 guns, and the Holkar priva^ 
 teer of 20 guns, he captured, 20 April, 1814, the 
 U. S. ship Frolic, of 20 32-pounder carronsides, 2 long 
 18' s, 539 tons, and 1 7 1 men.§ On 3 Nov. 1825 Capt. 
 Pigot was appointed Superintendent of the Coast 
 Blockade and Captain of the KAMir,LiE3 74, in 
 which ship, and the Talavera of similar force 
 (he was transferred to her 15 Sept. 1829), he con- 
 tinued, on the Downs station, until placed in com- 
 mand, 9 March, 1831, of the Bakham 50, fitting 
 for the Mediterranean, where he continued the 
 usual period of three years. He was nominated a 
 C.B. 26 Sept. 1831, and aK.C.H., accompanied with 
 the honour of Knighthood, in 1834; created a 
 Kear-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837, and a Vice-Admiral 6 
 Aug. 1847 ; and raised, 10 July in the latter year, 
 to the dignity of a K.C.B. From 16 May, 1844, 
 until 1 July, 1847, Sir Hugh Pigot commanded-in- 
 chief on the Cork station. 
 
 PIGOT. (CoMMANDEB, 1814. r-p., 17; H-p., 34.) 
 Richard Henry Holms Pigot, born 20 July, 
 1787, is son of the late John HoUis Pigot, Esq., 
 M.D., of Derby. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Pomone 40, Commodore 
 Sir John Borlase Warren, under whom, while cruiz- 
 ing with a squadron on the coast of France, he aided 
 at the capture of many of the enemy's armed and 
 other vessels, particularly of the frigates Andromaque 
 and Callicpe. Continuing employed ivith Sir J. B. 
 Warren until Sept. 1800, he successively followed 
 him, during that period, into the Canada 74, Temb- 
 raibe 98, and Renown 74. In the Canada he wit- 
 nessed the defeat, 12 Oct. 1798, of a French squa- 
 dron under Commodore Bompart, intended for the 
 invasion of Ireland ; and when Midshipman of the 
 Renown, having first accompanied the expedition 
 to Ferrol, he assisted, 29 Aug. 1800, in the boats of 
 a squadron, 20 in number, commanded by Lieut. 
 Henry Burke, at the cutting out, close to the bat- 
 teries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe privateer, of 18 
 guns and 161 men ; which vessel, 25 of whose people 
 were killed and 40 wounded, was, in 15 minutes, 
 boarded and carried, with a loss to the British of 3 
 seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 sea- 
 men, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 seaman miss- 
 ing. On leaving the Renown in Sept. 1800, Mr. 
 Pigot removed to the Cvnthia 18, Capt. Jas. Halves. 
 He went back to the former ship in the following 
 Nov., but, rejoining Capt. Hawes, in Aug. 1801, on 
 board the Camelion 18, continued to serve with 
 him in that vessel and the RoEBncic 44, on the Medi- 
 terranean station, until April, 1802. After an attach- 
 ment of three years and a half, on Home service, to 
 the Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour, Winchelsea, 
 Lieut.-Commander D. Pope, and Modcheron 16, 
 Capt. Jas. Hawes, he was nominated, 13 March, 
 1806, Sub-Lieutenant of the Adder gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Molyneux Shuldham. He was made 
 full Lieutenant, 22 Oct. in the latter year, into the 
 Kangaroo 18, Capt. John Baker, lying in the 
 
 Downs; andsubsequently appointed— 14 Nov. 1807, 
 to the Swiftsure 74, bearing the flag of Sir J. B. 
 Warren at Halifax— 27 May, 1811, as Senior, to the 
 Druid frigate, Capts. Thos. Searle and Fras. Stan- 
 fell, in which ship he served at the sieges of Cadiz 
 andTarifa— 31 Dec. 1812, as a Supernumerary, to 
 the San Juan 74, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose at Gibraltar 
 — and, 31 March, 1814, after 12 months of half-pay, 
 to the San Domingo 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir 
 J. B. Warren on the coast of North America. Since 
 the attainment of his present rank, 31 May, 1814, 
 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 During the war Commander Pigot was often en- 
 gaged in cutting out the enemy's vessels. He mar- 
 ried, in 1838, Catherine, daughter of the Rev. J. 
 Parsons, Rector of Cossington, Derby, by whom he 
 has had issue one daughter. 
 
 PIGOTT. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Leighton Price Pigott is fourth son of the Rev. 
 John Dryden Pigott, of Edgmond, co. Salop, Rector 
 of that place and of Habberley, by Frances, second 
 daughter and co-heir of Henry Bevan, Esq., of 
 Shrewsbury. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1834 ; passed his 
 examination 6 July, 1840; and, after having served 
 oil the Mediterranean and Home stations as Mate 
 in the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, St. 
 Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, and 
 Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus. 
 Fitz-Clarence, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 22 Oct. 1844. He has been again employed 
 in the Mediterranean since 18 Nov. 1844, in the 
 Amazon 26, Capt. Jas. John Stopford. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. S43. 
 X V, Gaz. 1809, p. 1384. 
 
 + f. Gaz. 1809, p. 712. 
 } V. Gaz. 1814, p. 1415. 
 
 PIKE. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 25; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 Thomas Pike was born in 1782 at Exeter, co. 
 Devon. His nephew, Thomas W. R. Pike, is a 
 Ma,ster R.N. (1842.) 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14Sept. 1793, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the London 98, Capt. Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats, on the Home station, where he con- 
 tinued employed, latterly as a Volunteer of the first 
 class, in the Valiant 74, Capt. Thos. Pringle (part 
 of Lord Howe's fleet in the action of the 1st of 
 June), and again with Capt. Keats in the Galatea 
 32, until Nov. 1794. Re-embarking, 6 July, 1799, 
 in the Temeraire 98, Capt. Peter Puget, he served 
 in that ship with Rear-Admirals Sir John Borlase 
 Warren, Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and Geo. Camp- 
 bell, in the Channel, off the coast of Ireland, and in 
 the West Indies, until Oct. 1802. On the renewal 
 of hostilities in 1803 he became Midshipman of the 
 CuLLODEN 74, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord 
 Keith. Removing shortly afterwards to the Ca- 
 NOPDS 80, bearing the flags of Kear-Admirals Geo. 
 Campbell and Sir Thos. Louis, he accompanied the 
 latter ofiicer in 1805 in Lord Nelson's pursuit of the 
 combined squadrons of France and Spain to the 
 West Indies, and back. In July, 1805, he returned 
 from the Mediterranean to England in the Pee- 
 voYANTE store-ship, Master-Commander Daniel 
 M'Coy, for the purpose of passing his examination. 
 That ordeal having been gone through, he next in 
 succession joined the Superb 74,* flag-ship of Sii; 
 John Thos. Duckworth, Temeraire 98 and Auda- 
 cious 74, Capts. Eliab Harvey and John Larmour, 
 and ToNNANT 80 ; of which latter ship, bearing the 
 flag of Rear- Admiral E. Harvey, he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 25 March, 1807. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 29 July, 1807, to the Theseus 
 74, Capt. John Poo Beresford, off Ferrol — 30 June 
 and 22 Oct. 1808, to the Briseis 10, Capt. John 
 Pettet, and St. George 98, flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 mirals E. Harvey and Fras. Pickmore, stationed in 
 the Channel and Baltic- in Nov. 1809, to the 
 Avenger 18, Capt. Thos. White, also in the Baltic 
 — 13 March, 1811, to the Monmouth 64, as Flag- 
 
 • He was sent on board the Superb for the purpose of 
 joining the Victory, but, the battle of Trafalgar interven- 
 ing, an opportunity of doing so did not occur. 
 
PIKE— PILCH. 
 
 907 
 
 Lieutenant, in the Downs, to Vice-Admiral Thoa. 
 Foley— 26 Aug. 1813, to the post of Agent for 
 Transports Afloat, which he retained until 31 Oct. 
 1814—26 April, 1815, for five months, to the Ac- 
 TiEON 16, Capt. John Ross, employed in cruizing to 
 the westward — in 1821, to the Coast Guard — 23 
 Hov. 1822, to a four-years' command of the Dili- 
 gence Revenue-cruizer — and, 18 Deo. 1826, to the 
 charge, which he retained until 23 Deo. 1831, of the 
 Semaphore station at Lump's Fort. While he was 
 in the St. George he succeeded, with a detach- 
 ment of heats, covered by the guns of the Stand- 
 ard 64, in bringing off a large Swedish vessel which 
 had drifted within range of a battery in the Great 
 Belt. Unsuccessful, after he left the Semaphore 
 service, in his eftbrts to procure employment, he 
 accepted, 14 Jan. 1847, the rank he now holds. 
 
 We cannot close the present narrative without 
 alluding to one or two severe disappointments ex- 
 perienced by the subject of it during the term of 
 his professional career. While Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Vice-Admiral Foley he had the honour of steering 
 the barge of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence on the 
 occasion of his reviewing the North Sea fleet in the 
 Downs ; a circumstance which would have been 
 followed by his immediate promotion to the rank of 
 Commander, had not H. R. H., considering that 
 the post he then filled would ensure him that boon, 
 suggested that the service he had performed should, 
 on his obtaining it, be made a recommendation for 
 an appointment. After he had been, however, 
 nearly two years and a half Flag-Lieutenant, he 
 found himself under the necessity of resigning in 
 order to make room for another upon whom Vice- 
 Admiral Foley wished to confer the commission at 
 his disposal ! He married in 1808, and has issue 
 five sons and one daughter. 
 
 PIKE. (Retiked Commakder, 1840. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Walter Pike was bom 11 March, 1785. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Achille 74, Capts. Hon. Henry 
 Edwin Stanhope, Geo. Murray, and Edw. BuUer, 
 with whom he continued employed in the Channel, 
 principally in the capacity of Midshipman, until 
 transferred, in April, 1802, to the Ehdvmion 40, 
 Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and John Larmour, 
 lying at Portsmouth. After a servitude of two 
 
 Sears as Master's Mate in the Isis 50, flag-ship at 
 "ewfoundlaud of Vice-Admiral Jas. Gambler, he 
 became successively attached, in the course of 
 1804, to the Royal William, Swiitscre 74, and 
 Glory 98, bearing the flags at Spithead and at 
 Cadiz of Admirals Geo. Montagu and Sir John 
 Orde. Of the ship last mentioned he was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1805. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 22 June, 1805, to the Wolverene 
 sloop, Capt. Thos. Smyth, at Plymouth — 3 Sept. 
 following, to the Euryalos 36, commanded in the 
 Mediterranean by Capts. Hon. Henry Blackwood 
 and Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, under 
 the former of whom he took part in the battle of 
 Trafalgar — 25 Feb. 1809, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Mermaid 32, Capt. Major Jacob Henniker, in which 
 ship he visited Lisbon and Quebec — and 8 May, 1810, 
 with similar rank, to the Achates of 16 guns, Capts. 
 John Davies, Isaac Hawkins Morrison, and Thos. 
 Lamb Polden Laughame. Under Capt. Morrison 
 he shared, 21 Oct. 1813, in a very gallant running 
 action of several hours' duration, fought off" the 
 coast of France between the Achates, whose sails 
 and rigging suffered much, and La Trave, a French 
 frigate of 44 guns and 321 men, which had been 
 previously dismasted in a gale of wind, and which 
 was captured two days afterwards by the Andro- 
 mache 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin. He also, in the same 
 vessel, witnessed the surrender, to the Ehrotas of 
 46 guns and 320 men, of another French frigate. 
 La CforiHrfe, mounting 44 guns and 12 brass swivels, 
 with a complement of 360 picked men, 25 Feb. 1814. 
 The Achates was paid off in Nov. 1815 ; and Mr. 
 
 Pike, who did not again go afloat, accepted, 12 Aug. 
 1840, the rank he now holds. 
 
 PILCH. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 39). 
 
 Robert Filch died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1783, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the Thetis frigate, Capt. 
 John Blankett, with whom he was for four years 
 employed in the Mediterranean. With the excep- 
 tion of a brief attachment, in 1790, to the Prince 
 98, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis in the Chan- 
 nel, he did not again go afloat until 1794. He then 
 joined the Victorious and Venerable 74's, both 
 under the orders of Sir John Orde ; whom, in 1795, 
 he followed as Master's Mate into the Prince 
 George 98, commanded subsequently by Capt. Wm. 
 Edge. Becoming attached next to the Glory 98 
 and Thunderer 74, each bearing the flag of Sir 
 Hugh Cloberry Christian, he assisted, in the latter 
 ship, at the reduction of Ste. Lucie in May, 1796. 
 Being confirmed a Lieutenant in the Thdnderer 
 by commission dated 22 Dec. 1796, he continued to 
 serve in her on the Jamaica station, under Capts. 
 Jas. Bowen, Wm. Ogilvie, John Loring, John 
 Cochet, John Crawley, Temple Hardy, Kobt. 
 Mends, Wm. Henry Bayntun, and Henry Vansit- 
 tart, until June, 1801. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were— 20 July, 1801, to the Bellerophon 74, 
 Capts. Lord Garlies and John Loring, employed at 
 first in the Channel and afterwards in the West 
 Indies, where, in command of the launches of that 
 ship and the Elephant 74, he captured, 23 Nov. 
 1803, under a very smart fire from the enemy's 
 great guns and musketry, the French national 
 schooner La Decouverte, mounting 6 long 6-pounders 
 and 6 swivels, with a complement of 52 men, lying 
 in the Caracol Passage, near Cape Fran9ois, St. 
 Domingo— 1 Nov. 1804, to the Glory 98, flag-ship 
 of Rear- Admirals Sir John Orde and Chas. Stirling 
 off' Cadiz and in the Channel, and, under the latter 
 officer, part of Sir Robt. Calder's fleet in the action 
 off' Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805—22 July and 7 
 Dec. 1806, to the Sampson and Diadem 64's, each 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral StirUng, with 
 whom, subsequently to the capture of Monte Video 
 in Feb. 1807, he proceeded to the Cape of Good 
 Hope — 13 June, 1808, again to the Bellerophon 
 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, stationed in the North Sea 
 and Baltic, on which latter station, after having 
 taken possession, with the boats, of three vessels, 
 he made a dash at, and in the most gallant manner 
 carried, 19 June, 1809, one of four batteries by 
 which they had been covered, mounting 4 24- 
 pounders and garrisoned by 103 men, a service 
 that elicited the acknowledgments of the Admi- 
 ralty's—and 4 Sept. 1810, and 17 June, 1813, to the 
 President 38 and Blenheim 74, likewise com- 
 manded by Capt. Warren, the former at the reduc- 
 tion of Java, the latter in the North Sea. He was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander 4 Dec. 1813, 
 and not afterwards employed. Agents- Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 PILCH, K.W. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 31; 
 H-p., 12.) 
 William Pilch entered the Navy, 4 Oct. 1804, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Bellerophon 74, 
 Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edward 
 Rotheram. In Dec. 1805, after having shared in 
 the battle of Trafalgar, he removed to the Glory 
 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, 
 with whom he continued employed in the Sampson 
 and Diadem 64's, on the Home, North American, 
 and Cape of Good Hope stations, until April, 1808. 
 In the ship last mentioned he served as Midship, 
 man at the capture of Monte Video in Feb. 1807. 
 On leaving her he joined the Defiance 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Hotham ; previously to following 
 whom, in Sept. 1810, into the Nokthdmbebland 
 74, we find him present with a squadron under 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. Robt. Stopford, at the destruc- 
 tion, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French frigates under 
 • FideGix. 1809, p. Uoi. 
 
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 PILKINGTON—PINIIORN— PINTO. 
 
 the batteries of SaUe d'Olonne, on the coast of 
 France, after a contest in which the DEriANCi;, 
 added to severe damages experienced in her sails 
 and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 
 wounded. In the Northumberland he assisted, 
 22 May, 1812, in company with the Growler gun- 
 brig, in destroying, at the entrance of L'Orient, the 
 French 40-guu frigates JJArienne and UAndro- 
 maquef and 16-gun long Mamehuck ; whose united 
 fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 
 5 and wounded 28 of the Northumberland's 
 people. In Jan. 1813 Mr. Pilch removed to the 
 Valiant 74, Capt. Kobt. Dudley Oliver. Rejoin- 
 ing Capt. Hotham, however, in the following March, 
 he continued to serve with him from that period 
 until April, 1815, on the coast of North America, 
 in the San Domingo -and Asia 74'b and Tonnant 
 80, flag-ships of Sir John Borlase Warren and Hon. 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane, Forth 40, and Superb 74. 
 His promotion took place 24 Sept. 1814 ; and from 
 28 Feb. 1827 until appointed, in 1848, a Naval Knight 
 of Windsor, he held command of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 PILKINGTON. (CoMMANDEB, 1830. F-p., 19; 
 H-P., U.) 
 
 Edward Williams Pilkington, bom 14 Dec. 
 1803, is second son of the late Kev. Chas. Pilking- 
 ton, Canon Residentiary of Chichester, by Harriet 
 Elizabeth, daughter of the late Wm. Williams, 
 Esq. ; and nephew, maternally, -of the late Vice- Ad- 
 miral Sir Geo. Murray, K.C.B., who commanded 
 the Edgar 74, and led the fleet under Lord Nelson 
 into action in the attack on the Danish line of de- 
 fence before Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 
 Aug. 1817, and in Dec. 1818, having carried off the 
 Silver Medal, embarked on board -the Newcastle 
 60, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag of the 
 late Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, on the North Ame- 
 rican station, whence he returned home and was 
 paid off in Jan. 1822. Joining next the Active and 
 Phaeton of 46 guns each, Capts. Andrew King and 
 Wm. Aug. Montagu, he escorted George IV. in the 
 latter ship on the occasion of his visit to Scotland, 
 and then sailed, under Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfield 
 Sturt, for the West Indies, where he was soon 
 actively emploj'ed in the suppression of piracy and 
 the slave-trade. In Dec. 1823 he became attached, 
 as a passed Midshipman, to the Camemon 10, Capt. 
 Geo. Robt. Lambert, also on the West India sta- 
 tion ; and on being subsequently, 22 Oct. 1824, ap- 
 pointed Mate of the Boadicea 46, Commodore Sir 
 Jas. Brisbane, he proceeded to the East Indies. 
 Uniting, on his arrival, in the hostilities in force 
 against the Burmese, he took command, with the 
 rank of Acting-Lieutenant (order dated 22 Oct. 
 1825), of the Boadicea's barge and a division of 
 gun-boats; and was present at the storming of 
 Ncpadee, the capture of Meaday, Melloone, Pa^ 
 gahmmew, &c., and in the various operations on 
 the river Irawady. On the ratification of peace he 
 was intrusted with the duty of protecting the rear 
 of the army in its retrograde movement towards 
 Rangoon — a service of no small difficulty, as the 
 enemy, either in ignorance of the treaty, or with 
 the view of plundering, never lost an opportunity 
 of attacking the boats of the Commissariat, the 
 merchants, and others. Mr. Pilkington's vigilance 
 and exertions, however, had the effect of saving a 
 considerable amount of property, and were so fully 
 estimated that they procured him the thanks of a 
 large body of British, Bengalee, and Armenian 
 traders. On leaving the Boadicea, to which fri- 
 gate he had been confirmed by commission dated 
 29 April, 1826, he was turned over, in Aug. of that 
 year, to the Warspite 76, Capts. Hon. Rich. 
 Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker ; under whom, 
 having returned through the Pacific to Europe, we 
 find him employed in the Tagus and at the block- 
 ade, against the Egyptians, of the Greek ports in 
 the Mediterranean ; where, while off the harbour of 
 Navarin, he contributed to the capture of a cor- 
 vette and sloop-of-war who had endeavoured to 
 
 force a passage with provisions and specie for the 
 army under Ibrahim Pacha. Being next, 1 Dec. 
 182^ appointed Flag-Lieutenant, in the Winches- 
 ter 52, to Sir E. G. Colpoys, then again Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in North America and the West 
 Indies, he was by him promoted, 16 Aug. 1830, to a 
 death-vacancy in the Rose 18. In that sloop Com- 
 mander Pilkington was at first engaged in protect- 
 ing the North American fisheries and the settle- 
 ments of the Hudson's Bay Company in Labrador 
 against the encroachments of the United States, 
 and afterwards in conducting the naval operations 
 , at Black River, Jamaica, during the insurrection in 
 1831 and 1832. Prior to the departure thence of 
 the Rose, the command of which -vessel he resigned 
 in April, 1832, Commander Pilkington had the grar 
 tification of receiving an animated acknowledgment 
 of his services in the shape of an address signed by 
 Major-General Robertson, the officers of the Militia, 
 and the proprietors and inhabitants of the district of 
 St. Elizabeth. He subsequently, from 13 July, 
 1838, until 1841, officiated «is an Inspecting-Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard ; in which service, since 
 29 Sept. 1846, he has been again employed. 
 
 He married, 29 April, 1835, at Chichester, Louisa 
 Frances, only daughter of the Rev. W. S. Bayton, 
 of Eastergate, by whom he has issue five children. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PINHOEN. (LiEDT., 1818. P-P., 19; h-p., 17.) 
 William Pinhorn died 23 July, 1845, at Sunder- 
 land, in his 48th year. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Sayer, with whom he continued actively employed 
 in the East Indies as Midshipman, and the last nine 
 months as Acting-Lieutenant, until Dec. 1816 — 
 assisting during that period at the reduction of 
 Java and in a desperate attack made upon the 
 pirates of Sambas in the island of Borneo. From 
 March, 1817, until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 20 Jan. 1818, he served with Capt. Hon. Robt. 
 Cavendish Spencer in the Severn 40 and Gany- 
 mede 26, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. 
 In 1827-8 he held an appointment in the Coast 
 Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ra- 
 MiLLiES 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot ; and from 18 May, 
 1835, until the period of his death he commanded, 
 with the exception of a short interval in 1842, a 
 station in the Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 PINTO. (Eetieed Captain, 1840. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 Thomas Pinto was bom 5 March, 1772. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Sept. 1795, as 
 A.B., on board the Powerful 74, Capt. Wm. O'Brien 
 Drury, lying at Spithead ; and in the course of the 
 same year joined the Magicienne 32, Capt. Geo. 
 Martin, under whom, deducting a short time passed 
 in 1798 on board the Pallas troop-ship, Capt. 
 Joseph Edmonds, he continued to serve as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate for about six years in the 
 Irresistible and Northumberland 74's. In the 
 Irresistible he fought in the action off Cape St. 
 Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797 -, and on 26 April following 
 contributed, in company with the Emerald 36, to 
 the capture, after a smart contest of an hour, of the 
 Ninfa and Santa Elena Spanish frigates, which had 
 been pursued into Conil Bay, near Cape Trafalgar. 
 In the Northumberland he witnessed the capture 
 of the 74-gun ship Le Geiie'reux and frigate La 
 Diane, assisted at the blockade of Malta, and par- 
 ticipated in the operations of 1801 in Egypt. After 
 further serving on the Mediterranean and Home 
 stations in the Foddrotant 80, flag-ship of Lord 
 Keith, Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, and 
 Colossus 74 and Glory 98, both commanded by 
 Capt. Geo. Martin, as Acting-Lieutenant in the 
 Favorpte sloop, Capt. Wm. Williams Foote, and 
 again as Master's Mate in the Glory, under the 
 flag of Sir John Orde, he was officially promoted, 
 20 Feb. 1805, into the Agamemnon 64, Capts. John 
 
PIPER— PI'ITIELD— PITMAN— PITT. 
 
 909 
 
 Harvey, Sir Edw. Berry, and Jonas Kose, part of 
 the force employed in the actions off Capes Finis- 
 terre and Trafalgar and the island of St. Domingo, 
 22 July and 21 Oct. 1805, and 6 Feb. 1806. On 8 
 Deo. 1807, four months after he had been removed 
 to the Ulysses 44, Capt. Christopher John 'Wiliiams 
 Nesham, he was nominated Acting-Commander of 
 the Dart sloop on the West India station, -where 
 he was confirmed by commission dated 9 Feb. 1808 ; 
 and next, towards the close of the same year, ap- 
 pointed to the Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, and Achates 14. The latter vessel 
 he had the misfortune to lose in Feb. 1810. He 
 accepted his present rank 10 Sept. 1840. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PIPER. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Edmund John Pipek entered the Navy, 5 April, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Belleisle 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Hargood ; and on 14 Sept. following was 
 present at the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the 
 French 74-gun ship U Impelueux. After visiting 
 the West Indies he accompanied Capt. Hargood as 
 Midshipman, in July, 1807, into the Nokthumber- 
 lAND 74, commanded subsequently by Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Hotham, under whom, while cruizing off 
 L'Orient, we find him assisting, in company with 
 the Growler gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, 
 22 May, 1812, of the French 40-gun frigates L' Ari- 
 enne and U Androviaquej and 16-gun brig Mamelouck^ 
 whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy 
 battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the Northdm- 
 eerland's people. He had previously, in 1809, 
 lost a leg in an attack upon a large convoy in the 
 Adriatic. Proceeding in the summer of 1812 to 
 the Cape of Good Hope, as a Supernumerary, in the 
 MiNDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, he was there made 
 Lieutenant, 21 Nov. in the same year, in the Harpy 
 sloop, Capt. Henderson Bain. He invalided home 
 in May, 1813, and has since been on half-pay. In 
 consideration of his wound he received a pecuniary 
 grant from the Patriotic Fund, and was awarded, 
 28 May, 1816, a pension of 91/. 5s. per annum. 
 
 PITFIELD. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Jacob Pitfield obtained his commission 6 Dec. 
 1824 ; served in the Coast Blockade as Supernu- 
 merary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot, from 22 Dec. 1826 until 1829; and from 1.5 
 Dec. 1830 until 1838 held command of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. He has not been since employed. 
 
 PITFIELD. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 12 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Joseph Edward Chilcott Pitpield entered the 
 Navy, 8 Nov. 1807, as Master's Mate, on board the 
 Proserpine 32, Capt. Chas. Otter, which ship, de- 
 spite a noble resistance, productive of a loss to her 
 of 1 man killed and 10 wounded, was captured off 
 the port of Toulon, on the night of 28 Feb. 1809, 
 by the French 40-gun frigates Penelope and Pauline. 
 Begaining his liberty early in 1811, he served from 
 that period until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 9 Jan. 1815, on the Home station, in the 
 BoYNE 98, ViLLE »E Paris 110, and Impregnable 
 104, flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Sir 
 Wm. Domett. His last appointments were— 3 April, 
 1815, to the Hyacinth 24, Capt. Alex. Renton 
 Sharpe, in the North Sea — 22 Nov. following, to 
 the Sdperb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, under whom he 
 fought at Algiers 27 Aug. 1816, and continued to 
 serve until paid off in Oct. 1818— and, 28 Dec. 1820, 
 to the Grasshopper 18, Capt. David Buchan, on 
 the Newfoundland station, where he remained about 
 12 months. 
 
 PITMAN. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 John Charles Pitman, born 22 March, 1814, is 
 fourth son of Jas. Pitman, Esq., of Dunchideock 
 House, CO. Devon, Major of the 1st or East Devon 
 Militia, and a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for that shire, by Catherine, eldest daughter of 
 John Harris, Esq., of Kadford, oo. Devon. His 
 
 eldest sister, drowned by the upsetting of a boat, 
 was wife of the present Capt. Wm. Keats, K.N. ; 
 and a younger one, also deceased, of the late Sir 
 Edw. Wm. Corry Astley, Kt., Capt. B.N. (1829). 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 Jan. 1827 ; served 
 on board the Rose 18, Capt. Lewis Davies, at the 
 battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827, and in the Talbot 
 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, in co-operation with 
 the French, at the reduction of Morea Castle in Oct. 
 1828 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; obtained his 
 first commission 3 July, 1840 ; and was employed 
 during the operations in China in the Melville 72, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot, Blenheim 72, Capt. 
 Sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, and Dkuid 
 44, Capt. Henry Smith. In 1841 he officiated as 
 Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hugh Gough and Sir H. Le 
 F. Senhouse on the heights of Canton.* He was 
 rewarded for his services with a Commander's 
 commission bearing date 7 Dec. 1842 ; and, since 28 
 Feb. 1846, has been in command of the Childers 
 12, in the East Indies. 
 
 Commander Pitman married, 5 Oct. 1843, Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of the gallant Sir Humphrey Le 
 Fleming Senhouse, Kt., C.B., K.C.H., Capt. R.N. 
 (1814), who died in command of the Blenheim, in 
 China, in 1841. 
 
 PITMAN. (Lieut., 1806. P-p., 21 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 William Pitman entered the Navy, 19 April, 
 1795, as a Volunteer, on board the Mars 74, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Cotton ; and on 16 and 17 June follow- 
 ing was present in Comwallis' celebrated retreat. 
 From July, 1796, until Dec. 1800, he served on the 
 Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, in the Star sloop, Capts. 
 Hon. John Colville, David Atkins, and John Gard- 
 ner. He was then made Prize-Master of the Gua- 
 deloupe in the West Indies, whence, in Oct. 1801, 
 he returned to England in the Morgiana sloop. 
 In the course of 1802-3 we find him joining in suc- 
 cession the Cambridge 74, Falcon sloop, Capt. 
 Henry Manaton Ommanney, Puissant 74, Capt. 
 John Irwin, and Excellent of similar force, Capt. 
 Frank Sotheron. In the Falcon he visited New- 
 foundland ; and in the Excellent he was employed 
 in the Mediterranean from Aug. 1803 to Aug. 1806. 
 His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a 
 rank he had attained 31 Jan. in the latter year, 
 were— 3 Nov. 1806, to the Curlew sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Young, lying at Sheerness— 28 April, 1807, to 
 the Hercule 74, Capt. Hon. J. Colville, part of the 
 force employed in the expedition against Copen- 
 hagen—and, 7 Feb. 1808, to the Impress service at 
 Folkestone, where, and at Bristol, he remained 
 until 31 May, 1816. He has since been on half-pay. 
 He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich 
 Hospital 1 Jan. 1845. 
 
 He married, in 1833, Anne, daughter of Mr. Wm. 
 Abraham, Landing-Waiter at the port of Liverpool, 
 by whom he has issue. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 PITT. (Lieutenant, 1809. i^p., 25; h-p., 21.) 
 Edward William Pitt, born 14 Jan. 1790, at 
 Ealing, co. Middlesex, is eldest son of Joseph Pitt, 
 Esq., Surgeon, by Elizabeth Browne, co-heiress of 
 the late Thos. Browne, Esq., of Drayton Green, in 
 the parish of Ealing. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1801, on 
 board the Theseus 74, Capt. John Bligh, with 
 whom, after serving in the North Sea and Channel, 
 he proceeded to the West Indies, where he was 
 present as Midshipman, in 1803-4, at the blockade 
 of Cape Franjois, St. Domingo ; the capture, with 
 Port Dauphin, of two forts and a 28-gun ship La 
 Sagesse ; the surrender of the French squadron with 
 the remains of General liochambeau's army from 
 Cape Fran9ois ; and the unsuccessful attempt upon 
 Curafoa. Continuing with Capt. BUgh in the Sde- 
 veillante 38, on the West India station, until 
 1806, he saw much other active service, and assisted 
 at the reduction of the Spanish island of St. An- 
 dreas. After an attachment of some mouths to 
 * FidcGaz. I841,p. 2508. 
 
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 PITT— PITTS. 
 
 the Magsiucent 74, commanded in the Channel 
 by Capt. Geo. Eyre, we again, in May, 1807, find 
 him joining his former Captain in the Alfred 74. 
 Uniting in that ship with the force employed in the 
 expedition against Copenhagen, he displayed much 
 zeal at the debarkation of the troops, came likewise 
 into frequent contact in her boats with the Danish 
 gun-vessels and praams, and on the surrender of the 
 enemy's fleet aided in fitting out the 74-gun ship 
 Syren. "When subsequently on the Lisbon station 
 Mr. Pitt was placed in command of the Alfred's 
 launch, fitted as a gun-boat, and was sent up the 
 Mondego river to assist in landing a body of 300 ma- 
 rines. On the arrival of the troops under Sir Arthur 
 "Wellesley from England he was ordered on similar 
 duty. During the battle of Vimeira he was em- 
 ployed in serving the army with ammunition, and 
 after it in embarking the artillery captured. He 
 w^as also present at the surrender of the Russian 
 fleet in the Tagus. Attaining the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 11 March, 1809, he served during the rest of 
 the war in that capacity on board the Sceptre 74, 
 Capts. Joseph Bingham and Sam. Jas. Ballard, 
 Wellington 18, Capt. John M'George (which vessel 
 was sent to Laguira for the purpose of bringing 
 General Bolivar to England), Royal Oak 74, Capts. 
 Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Pulteney Malcolm, 
 Quebec 32, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, 
 Maks 74, Capt. Henry Baper, and Laceel and 
 Amelia 38's, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Gran- 
 ville Leveson Proby, the former at the Cape of 
 Good Hope. In the Sceptre, after having accom- 
 panied the expedition to the Scheldt (where he 
 co-operated in the siege of Flushing, served with 
 the flat-bottomed boats ofi' Bathz, and participated 
 in an attack made upon some Dutch gun-vessels), 
 he again sailed for the West Indies, and was there, 
 18 Dec. 1809, present at the destruction of the 
 French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, lying under 
 the protection of several strong batteries in L'Ance 
 la Barque, Guadeloupe. On 30 Jan. 1810 he landed 
 on the latter island with a brigade of seamen and 
 marines under the orders of Capt. Ballard, and 
 continued acting in unison with the army until its 
 final subjugation, the latter part of the time in com- 
 mand of the Sailors' Battery. The Rotal Oak 
 formed part of the fleet under Lord Gambler at the 
 destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads. 
 In her boats Mr. Pitt often attacked the enemy's 
 convoys on the French coast ; as he also, when be- 
 longing to the Mars, appears to have done in the 
 Baltic. From 1815 he remained on half-pay until 
 appointed, 22 Dec. 1836, to the Victory 104, Capt. 
 Thos. Searle, ordinary guard-ship at Portsmouth, 
 where he soon succeeded to the post of First-Lieu- 
 tenant. He has filled the office, since Dec. 1838, of 
 Resident Agent of Transports at Leith. 
 
 All Lieut. Pitt's certificates concur in proving 
 him a most zealous, active, enterprising, intelligent, 
 and excellent officer. Capt. Searle's testimonial 
 strongly recommends him to the notice of the Ad- 
 miralty. He married, 6 Feb. 1817, Emma, second 
 daughter of John Clarke, Esq., of Ealing, by whom 
 he has issue two sons and one daughter. 
 
 PITT. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 William Pitt (6) was horn 16 Oct. 179.3. His 
 brother, John Pitt, while serving as Midshipman in 
 the East Indies in the Victor sloop, was placed in 
 charge of a prize brig taken from the Dutch at 
 Java, and never heard of afterwards. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Howe store-ship, Capt. 
 Edw. Killwiok, and in July and Aug. following was 
 received on board the Meddsa 32, Capt. Hon. Dun- 
 combe Pleydell Bouverie, and Lion 64, Capt. Robt. 
 RoUes. On his arrival in India he joined, in Oct. 
 of the same year, the Blenheim 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. Troubridge ; on leaving which, in Jan. 1807, 
 he became in succession attached, in the capacity of 
 Midshipman, to the Dasher sloop, Capt. Augustus 
 Montagu, Powerful 74, Capt. Robt. Plampin, Pha- 
 eton 38, Capts. PowuoU Bastard Pellew and Fleet- 
 
 wood Broughton Reynolds Pellew (under the latter 
 of whom he co-operated in the reduction of Java 
 in 1811), and Illustriods 74, bearing the broad 
 pendant at first of Commodore Wm. Robt. Brough- 
 ton, and the flag subsequently of Sir Sam. Hood. 
 He returned home in Aug. 1813 in the Bucephalus 
 32, Capt. Barrington Reynolds ; and after serving 
 for a time in the Salvador del Mundo flag-ship at 
 Plymouth of Admiral Wm. Domett, and Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew in the Mediter- 
 ranean (whither he proceeded in the Indus 74), 
 Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, was made Lieutenant, 29 
 Jan. 1814, into the RivOLi 74, Capts. Graham Eden 
 Hamond and Edw. Stirling Dickson. Under the 
 latter officer he continued to serve in the Mediter- 
 ranean until Feb. 1816, and assisted at the capture, 
 30 April, 1815, after a brave defence of 15 minutes, 
 of the French frigate La Melpomhie of 44 guns. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 Lieut. Pitt is married. 
 
 PITTS, K.T.S. (Commander, 1830. r-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 
 Edward Pitts, born 7 Oct. 1795, is eldest sur- 
 viving son of John Pitts, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel 
 and Commandant of the Bridlington Lightlnfantry 
 and Artillery from the commencement of the 
 French Revolution until the year 1809, by Frances, 
 eighth daughter of Jas. H eblethwayte, Esq., of 
 Bridlington. His eldest brother, Thos. Jas. Heble- 
 thwayte Pitts, Captain and commanding officer of 
 the Royal Engineers attached to the 4th division of 
 the army in the Peninsula under Sir Lowry Cole, 
 was killed in Feb. 1814; and his second, Wm. Pitts, 
 was drowned in 1806 ofi' Dungeness in one of the 
 boats of the Pomone frigate, Capt. Robt. Barrie. 
 His maternal uncle, Edw. St. Quintin Heblethwayte, 
 First-Lieutenant of the Arrogant 74, having been 
 mortally wounded in an action fought between that 
 ship and the Victorious 74 on one side and six 
 heavy French frigates under M. Sercey on the 
 other, died and was buried at sea 21 Sept. 1796. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leopard 50, Capt. Jas. 
 Johnstone, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Albe- 
 marle Bertie at the Cape of Good Hope ; became 
 Midshipman, in Sept. 1810, of the Vengeor 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Brown, lying at Sheerness ; and, from 10 Nov. 
 following until Oct. 1815, was employed, again at the 
 Cape and on the West India and Newfoundland 
 stations, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack. 
 While cruizing in the latter ship ofi' Madagascar, in 
 company with the Asteea and Ph<ebe, frigates 
 about equal in force to the Galatea, and 18-gun 
 brig Racehorse, we find him participating, 20 May, 
 1811, in a long and trying action with the French 
 40-gun frigates Remmtmee, Clorinde, and Nereide, in 
 which the Galatea, besides being much da- 
 maged in her hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a 
 loss of 16 men killed and 46 wounded. He took up, 
 on leaving the Galatea, a commission bearing 
 date 7 March, 1815 ; and was subsequently appointed 
 —11 March, 1823, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capts. 
 Chas. Dashwood, Hugh Dovmman, and Edw. Dum- 
 ford King, on the Lisbon and Home stations— 15 
 Nov. 1825, as First, to the Nimrod 18, Capts. Rich. 
 Pridham and Sam. Sparshott, attached to the force 
 on the coast of Ireland, where he remained until 
 that vessel, by the breaking of her anchor, was 
 driven on the rocks in Holyhead Bay 17 Jan. 1827 
 — 4 Nov. 1828, in a similar capacity, to the Dis- 
 patch 18, Capt. Wm. Bohun Bowyer— and, on 10 
 of the same month, again as First, to the Ariadne 
 28, Capt. Fred. Marryat, employed on general ser- 
 vice. He was advanced to his present rank 22 
 July, 1830 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In commemoration of John VI. of Portugal hav- 
 ing taken shelter on board the Windsor Castle 
 when off' Lisbon in 1824, the order of the Tower 
 and Sword was by that sovereign conferred upon 
 the subject of the present narrative in common with 
 the other officers of the ship. Commander Pitts 
 was left a widower 16 Feb. 1847. 
 
PLACE-PLUMRIDGE-PLUNKETT-POAD. 
 
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 PLACE. (Lieutenant, 1842.') 
 
 Lionel Read Place entered the Navy 31 Oct. 
 1829 ; passed his examination 5 July, 1836 ; served 
 in the East Indies as Mate in the Melville 72, 
 Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas ; and was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 March, 1842, in 
 honour of a visit paid by her Majesty to the Queen 
 110, on the eve of the departure of that ship for the 
 Mediterranean, with the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen. His appointments have since been — 5 April, 
 1842, again to the Queen, in which ship he returned 
 to England under the command of Sir Chas. Sulli- 
 van, and was paid oflF in 1844—4 Dec. 1846, to the 
 Amphion steam-frigate, of 300-horse power, Capt. 
 Woodford John WiUiams, fitting at Devonport— 
 and, 8 Feb. 1847, to the President 50, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, where he is now serving. 
 
 PLUMEIDGE. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 28 ; 
 H-P., 20.) 
 
 James Hanwat Pldmridge entered the Navy, 
 6 Sept. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ospkey 
 sloop, Capt. Watts, on the Home station; where, 
 and in the Mediterranean, he served as Midshipman, 
 Master's Mate, and for a short time as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Leda 38, Capts. Geo. Hope and 
 Robt. Honyman, Defence 74, Capt. G. Hope, Mel- 
 pomene 38, Capt. Peter Parker, and Theseus 74, 
 Capt. G. Hope, from Dec. 1800 until presented, 20 
 Aug. 1806, with his first commission. The Leda 
 formed part of the force engaged in the expedition 
 to Egypt in 1801 ; and the Defence of the victo- 
 rious fleet at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. 
 For upwards of seven years after his promotion 
 Mr. Plumridge was employed on the Home, West 
 India, Baltic, Cape of Good Hope, and Mediterra- 
 nean stations, chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in the 
 Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, 
 Zealous 74, Capts. John Giffard and Pierrepont, 
 Melpomene again, Capt. P. Parker, Tabtae 32, 
 Capt. Joseph Baker, Menelaus 38, Capt. Parker, 
 Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, Tremendous 74 
 and Hibernia 120, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith, Resistance 36, Capt. Fleetwood Broughton 
 Reynolds Pellew, Rotal Sovereign 100, Capt. 
 Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Caledonia 120, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew. On 1 May, 1809, 
 we find him commanding the Melpomene's boats 
 and eflTecting the destruction, with admirable gal- 
 lantry, of a Danish cutter-of-war of 6 guns and 
 several merchantmen lying under the protection of 
 a tremendous fire in the harbour of Huilbo, on the 
 coast of Jutland, where the British sustained a loss 
 of 1 Lieutenant, George Rennie, and 5 men severely 
 wounded ;''' and, not long afterwards, contributing 
 to the repulse, by the same ship, of a flotilla of 20 
 gun-boats, whose fire in the course of a vigorous 
 action killed and wounded 34 of her people, besides 
 inflicting considerable damage on her hull, sails, and 
 rigging. In Dec. 1810 he assisted in the Menelaus 
 at the reduction of the Isle of France ; on 5 Oct. 
 1813 he commanded the boats of the Resistance 
 at the destruction of the enemy's batteries and the 
 capture of a convoy in Port d'Anzo; and, in April, 
 1814, he ofBciated as Aide- de-Camp to Sir Edw. 
 Pellew at the reduction of Genoa. He was made 
 Commander, 7 June, 1814, into the Crocus sloop ; 
 and on 6 of the following month was appointed to 
 the Philomel 18. Proceeding, in that vessel, to 
 the East Indies, he was there, 29 April, 1816, nomi- 
 nated Acting-Captain of the Amphitrite 38, in 
 which frigate, in Feb. 1817, he returned to England. 
 While commanding next, from 10 Feb. 1818 until 
 15 March, 1821, the Sappho 18, he visited St. He- 
 lena, and made prize, on the Irish station, of three 
 American smugglers, one of which had on board 
 400 bales of tobacco. His appointments since his 
 promotion to Post-rank, which took place 9 Oct. 
 1822, have been— 18 July, 1831, to the Magicienne 
 24, on the East India station, whence he returned in 
 
 • FUe Gaz. 1809, p. G90. 
 
 the early part of 1835—7 April, 1837, to the Super- 
 intendentship (which, with his name on the books 
 of the Astr-ea 6, he retained until 1841) of the 
 Packet establishment at Falmouth— and, 5 Aug. 
 1847, to the Cambrian 40, again in the East Indies, 
 where, since 13 Oct. following, he has had a broad 
 pendant flying as second in command. 
 
 From 1841 until 1847 Capt. Plumridge sat in Par- 
 liament as Member for Falmouth. On 23 June, 
 1842, he was appointed Storekeeper of the Ord- 
 nance ; and, on 29 June, 1847, awarded the Good 
 Service Pension. His first wife having died 31 
 July, 1827, he married, a second time, in 1835, Har- 
 riet Agnes, daughter of the Right Hon. H. Elliot, 
 by whom he has issue. He was again left a widower 
 17 April, 1845. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 PLUNKETT. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 The Honourable Edward Plunkett, bom 29 
 Nov. 1808, is second son of Lord Dunsany, by his 
 first wife, Charlotte Louisa, youngest daughter of 
 Nicholas, first Lord Cloncurry ; and nephew, by 
 marriage, of Capt. Jas. Ryder Burton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Oct. 1823 ; served 
 as Midshipman in the boats of the Sybille48, Capt. 
 Sam. John Brooke Pechell, in a severe encounter 
 with the pirates in the Grecian Archipelago in 1826 ; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 24 Aug. 1834. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were, 10 Sept. 1834, to the Castor 36, 
 Capts. Lord John Hay and Wm. Robertson, and, 
 19 Jan. 1837 and 16 July, 1838, to the command of 
 the 10-gun brigs Royalist and Savage. In the 
 three vessels last mentioned he served on the coast 
 of Spain during the civil war from 1835 until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 1 Aug. 1840. He 
 was subsequently, from 9 Oct. 1843 until June, 1845, 
 employed on particular service in the Stromboli 
 steamer; and, on 9 Nov. 1846, was advanced to his 
 present rank. 
 
 Capt. Plunkett, in 1846, published a pamphlet 
 much prized, entitled 'The Past and Future of 
 the British Navy.' Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 POAD. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 21.) 
 
 James Poad was bom 11 Jan. 1789 at Devon- 
 port. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 June, 1803, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Conqueror 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew, stationed at first in 
 the Channel and afterwards in the Mediterranean. 
 Removing as Midshipman, in March, 1805, to the 
 Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, he 
 accompanied the hero in his celebrated pursuit of 
 the combined squadrons to the West Indies and 
 back, and fought under him in the action off" Cape 
 Trafalgar. From 16 Jan. 1806 until May, 1812, he 
 served on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations, 
 part of the time in the capacity of Master's Mate, 
 in the Ocean 98, Ville de Paris 110, and Bar- 
 fleuk 98, flag-ships of Lord CoUingwood, Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, and Hon. Geo. 
 Cranfield Berkeley. He was then nominated Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Mermaid troop-ship, Capt. 
 David Dunn, on the eve, at the time, of her depar- 
 ture for England ; where on his arrival, 12 days 
 afterwards, he had the mortification to be super- 
 seded. Being, however, 5 July following, appointed 
 Admiralty Midshipman of the Impetueux 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin off" Lisbon, 
 he was again, 31 of that month, ordered to assume 
 the rank of Lieutenant, and, with it, the command 
 of No. 7 gun-boat at Cadiz. On 24 Aug. in the 
 same year his promotion received oflicial sanction. 
 He was next, from 14 Dec. 1812, until paid off" in 
 Nov. 1814, employed in the Mediterranean on board 
 the Union 98, Capt. Robt. RoUes, and Leviathan 
 and SciPiON 74's, Capts. Patrick Campbell and 
 Henry Heathcote ; and was subsequently appointed 
 —in 1829, to the office of Agent for Transports 
 Afloat, in which service he continued until wrecked 
 
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 POATE— PODMORE— POGSON. 
 
 in 1830 on the coast of Sicily *— 9 March, 1837, to 
 the charge of the Semaphore station on Haste Hill 
 — in Oct. 1841, to the liendezvous established at 
 Sunderland for the raising of seamen— and 7 Dec. 
 following, to the Semaphore on Pewley Hill, where 
 he remained upwards of six years. 
 
 POATE. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 
 17; H-p., 46.) 
 
 James Poate is nephew of Capt. Jas. Colnett, 
 R.N., who went round the world with Capt. Cook, 
 and afterwards circumnavigated it several times by 
 himself. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Dec. 1784, as 
 Lieutenant's Servant, on board the Pegase sloop, 
 Capt. Marshall, lying in Portsmouth Harbour, where 
 he remained until Aug. 1786. On 14 June, 1796, he 
 again embarked, on board the York 64, Capt. John 
 Ferrier ; and in the following Oct., after having 
 been borne on the books of the Ardent 64, Capt. 
 Rich. Rundell Burgess, and Arrow sloop, Capt. 
 Nathaniel Portlock, he was received by his uncle, 
 Capt. Colnett, on board the Hussar 28. In that 
 ship, in which he had attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman, it was his lot to be wrecked, 27 Deo. in the 
 same year, on the coast of France ; where he was for 
 six months detained a prisoner of war, subject, nearly 
 the whole time, to very great privations. In June, 
 1797, having regained his liberty, he rejoined Capt. 
 Portlock on board the Arrow, then at Spithead ; 
 and in the ensuing Jan. he removed to the iMPi- 
 TUEox 74, Capts. John Willet Payne, Sampson Ed- 
 wards, and Sir Edw. Pellew. While at anchor off 
 Belleisle in 1799 Mr. Poate was sent in the barge 
 of the latter ship to endeavour to obtain possession 
 of a coasting vessel which had run on shore in Qui- 
 beron Bay : he had scarcely, however, succeeded in 
 boarding her, when an attack from 80 French sol- 
 diers compelled him to take to his boat and return 
 to the Impetueux. After the expedition to Ferrol 
 we find him present, 29 Aug. 1800, at the cutting- 
 out, close to the batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe 
 privateer of 18 guns and 161 men — an exploit more 
 fully alluded to in our narrative of the services of 
 Capt. Geo. Hills. He was made Lieutenant, 22 
 Dec. 1800, into the Raven 18, Capt. Jas. Sanders, 
 lying in the Downs ; and subsequently appointed — 
 15 Sept. 1801, for nine months, to the Donegal 74, 
 Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, attached to the 
 Channel fleet— 20 Aug. and 19 Dec. 1804, to the 
 HiNDOSTAN 54, Capt. Alex. Eraser, and Glatton 
 50, Capt, Jas. Colnett— 2 March, 1805, to the 
 HEI.DER guard-ship in the river Humber, Capt. 
 Benj. Walker— and 15 Nov. following, to the Mi- 
 nerva frigate, Capts. Sir Geo. Fielding, Geo. Ralph 
 Collier, and Rich. Hawkins, of which he was for 
 seven years First^Lieutenant. While the latter 
 ship was fitting out in Jan. 1806 in the river 
 Thames, Mr. Poate had the honour of attending 
 the funeral of Lord Nelson ; on which occasion he 
 was present in the headmost boat, bearing the hero's 
 flag, during the advance of the procession from 
 Greenwich to the Admiralty, and as a supporter to 
 Capt. Philip Durham on its route thence to St. 
 Paul's. During the years 1807-8 Mr. Poate saw 
 much boat service on the coast of France, where 
 he contributed to the capture and destruction of 36 
 of the enemy's,vessels, and on one occasion boarded 
 and carried, with the two cutters, although five 
 miles away from the ship and close in-shore, the 
 Epervier French letter-of-marque, of 8 guns and 35 
 men. Having conducted his prize to London, and 
 rejoined the Minerva, he was on board of her in 
 Sept. 1808 when she fell in with a brig, the Jose- 
 phina letter-of-marque, of 8 guns, pierced for 18, 
 and 50 men, which overset and went down just as 
 the British frigate, after a chase of 75 miles, had 
 arrived within gun-shot of her— barely allowing 
 time for rescue to 16 out of her unfortunate crew. 
 
 * The vessel he was in had on board a detachment of the 
 90th regiment, conaisting of about .S20 men ; all of whom, 
 together with 40 women and children, and the greater part 
 of the government stores, were landed in safety. 
 
 In Jan. 1809 Mr. Poate was sent with the Minerva's 
 boats to assist in bringing off the wounded after the 
 battle of Corunna. He subsequently witnessed the 
 destruction of the French frigate Amphitrite, and 
 saw service in the West Indies and at Newfound- 
 land. In Aug. 1813 he invalided home from Hali- 
 fax, bringing with him a high testimonial of con- 
 duct from Capt. Hawkins. He accepted his present 
 rank 25 Sept. 1845. 
 
 Commander Poate married 20 Jan. 1810; and 
 has issue one son (educated at the tipper School at 
 Greenwich) and four daughters. 
 
 PODMORE. (LiEOT., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 40.) 
 John George King Podmore entered the Navy, 
 
 17 Aug. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prompte 
 20, Capts. Thos. Dundas, Matthias Spread, and Eobt. 
 Philpot, in which ship we find him serving until 
 Oct. 1800 in the West Indies, and there assisting at 
 the destruction of a Spanish vessel-of-war, pierced 
 for 26 guns, but with only 12 mounted. From the 
 date last mentioned he did not again go afloat until 
 Dec. 1807. Returning, then, to the West Indies as 
 Midshipman in the Variable, Lieut. -Commander 
 Robt. Ballard Yates, he continued employed on that 
 station in the Sandwich, Lieut.-Commander Edw. 
 Kingston Foley, and Musette sloop, Capt. Thos. 
 Parry Jones Parry, until transferred, in July, 1810, 
 to the Fawn 18, Capts. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton 
 and Thos. Fellowes, attached to the force in the 
 Channel ; where he assisted at the capture, 11 Oct. 
 following, of Le Temeraire privateer, of 10 guns, 6 
 large swivels, and 35 men ; and, in April and May, 
 1812, removed to the Oberon and Grifeon sloops, 
 Capts. Jas. Murray and Geo. Barne TroUope. In 
 April, 1813, after he had been for three months 
 borne as Master's Mate on the books of the Ceres, 
 flag-ship at Chatham of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sur- 
 ridge, he sailed for Canada in the Niobe 40, Capt. 
 Wm. Augustus Montagu ; and on his arrival in the 
 ensuing June joined the Naval Establishment on 
 Lake Ontario, under the orders of Commodore Sir 
 Jas. Lucas Yeo. In a gallant but unsuccessful en- 
 deavour made, 30 May, 1814, by a detachment of 
 180 seamen and marines, under Capts, Stephen 
 Popham and Francis BrockeU Spilsbury, to cut out 
 
 18 American gun-boats lying at Sandy Creek under 
 the protection of a powerful land force, Mr. Pod- 
 more fell into the hands of the enemy, by whom 18 
 of his companions had been killed and 50 wounded. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 
 March, 1815, but has not been since afloat. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 POGSON. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Henry Freeman Young Poqson entered the 
 Navy, in the spring of 1790, as A.B., on board the 
 Romulus 36, Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick, and, 
 until the following year, w^as employed, latterly 
 with the rating of Midshipman, in watching the 
 port of Brest. After a servitude of five years and 
 four months on the Mediterranean and Channel 
 stations in the Terrible 74, Capts. Skeffington 
 Lutwidge, Geo. Campbell, and Sir Rich. Bickerton 
 (under the first and second of whom he assisted at 
 the occupation of Toulon in 1793, at the reduction 
 of Corsica in 1794, and in Hotham's partial actions 
 in 1795), he was made Lieutenant, 28 April, 1798, 
 into the EspiioLE sloop, Capt. Jas. Broodier, em- 
 ployed as a cruizer in the North Sea. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were— 26 Dec. 1799, to the Nep- 
 tune 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, attached to the Chan- 
 nel fleet— 18 Aug. 1801, to the TiMiRAiRE 98, in 
 which ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Campbell, he made a voyage to the West Indies — 
 8 April, 1803 (after six months of half-pay), to the 
 Canopus 80, bearing the flag of the same officer in 
 the Mediterranean, where he remained until Aug. 
 1805, ofSciating part of the time as First-Lieutenant 
 — 3 June, 1807, to the Majestic 74, flag-ship of 
 Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell in tha 
 Downs, where he became Signal-Lieutenant, and, 
 witnessed the surrender of Heligoland — 17 March, 
 
POLLARD— PONSONBY— POOLE— POOLEY. 
 
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 1808, and 7 Nov. 1810, to the Pbimce or Okange 
 74, and Monmooth 64, flag-ships in the Downs of 
 Admirals G. Campbell and Thos. Foley — and 17 
 Jnly and 26 Aug. 1812, 28 June, 1814, and 7 June, 
 1816, to the command of the Bold, Bkambie, 
 Kacer, and EagijE. In the Bbamble and Bacer 
 (which latter yessel was wrecked in the Gulf of 
 Florida 10 Oct. 1814) he was employed in carrying 
 despatches to the coasts of Spain and North Ame- 
 rica ; and in the Eagle he cruized in protection of 
 the revenue until promoted to his present rank 4 
 March, 1819. His last appointment was, 6 April, 
 1830, to the Coast Guard, in which service he con- 
 tinued, as an Inspeoting-Commander, for nearly 
 three years. 
 
 POtvLAED. (Lieut., 1806. r-p., 27; h-p., 23.) 
 John Pollakd was bom 27 July, 1787. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Havick 16, Capt. Philip 
 Bartholomew ; in which sloop, after having chased 
 a large convoy and three armed vessels under the 
 batteries of St. Maloes, and been there for some 
 time warmly engaged with the enemy, he was 
 wrecked, 9 Nov. 1800, in St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey. 
 He was then received as a Supernumerary on board 
 the Cambkidge 74, Capt. Thos. WoUey ; and next, 
 in Sept. 1801, on board the Hekcole 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Luke, with whom he crmzed in the Channel 
 until paid oif in April, 1802. Joining in succession, 
 in April, 1803, the Cclloden 74 and Camopds 80, 
 both commanded by Capt. John Conn, he sailed in 
 the latter ship with the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Campbell for the Mediterranean, where, in March, 
 1805, he removed on promotion to the Victoky 100, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Nelson. On the return of 
 the fleet from its pursuit of the combined squadrons 
 to the West Indies, Mr. Pollard was afforded an 
 opportunity of participating, as Signal-Midshipman, 
 in the action off Cape Trafalgar. On that occasion, 
 while standing on the poop, he was struck by a 
 splinter on the right arm, and chanced to be the first 
 ofBcer who was there touched. A musket-ball next 
 passed through the shell of his spy-glass, about a 
 foot above the hand that held it ; and a second one 
 shattered the watch in his pocket. Some time after 
 the Victory had been in action with the French 
 74-gun ship RedmUahle, the ofiioers and men around 
 him beginning to fall fast, the attention of Mr. 
 Pollard was arrested by a number of soldiers whom 
 he perceived crouching in the tops of the Redout- 
 able, and directing a destructive fire on the poop 
 and quarter-deck of the Victory. He immediately 
 seized a musket, and, being supplied by the Signal- 
 Quartermaster, King, with ball-cartridges from two 
 barrels kept on the after-part of the poop for the 
 use of the marines (who at the time were elsewhere 
 engaged), continued firing at the soldiers every 
 time they rose breast-high in the tops, until not 
 one was to be seen. In the act of handing the last 
 parcel of ball-cartridges, the Quartermaster was 
 shot through the forehead, and fell lifeless on the 
 spot. When the action terminated Mr. Pollard was 
 the only officer left alive of those who had been 
 originally stationed on the poop ; and thus, in the 
 manner we have described, originated the belief 
 that it was he who had shot the man who killed 
 Lord Nelson. On leaving the Victory in Nov. 
 1805, he joined, first the Queen 98, and then the 
 Dreadnought of similar force, and Hibernia 110, 
 bearing the respective flags of Lords Collingwood, 
 Northesk, and St. Vincent. He was made Lieute- 
 nant, 14 Nov. 1806, into the Decade 36, Capt. John 
 Stuart, in the Channel ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 25 Deo. 1807, to the Brunswick 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Graves, stationed in the Baltic, where, prior 
 to the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish 
 troops under the Marquis de la Komana, he served 
 in the boats at the attack and capture of the Danish 
 brig Fama of 18, and her consort the Salorman 
 cutter (which he was among the first to board) of 
 12 guns — 14 June 1810, after 16 months of half-pay, 
 to the North Star 20, Capt. Thos. Coe, with whom 
 
 he cruized in the Channel until May, 1811—4 Jan. 
 1812, to the Mekcubius sloop, Capt. Thos. Renwick, 
 employed in the North Sea and Baltic— 9 May, 1814 
 (having left the Mercdrius in the preceding Nov.), 
 to the WooDLAKK 10, Capt. Wm. Cutfield, on the 
 north coast of Spain, whence he returned sick in 
 the following Sept.— and 19 April, 1828, for three 
 years, to the Ordinary at Chatham. He has been 
 in charge, since 2 Aug. 1836, of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Pollard married, in Aug. 1822, Miss Ma- 
 tilda Trevethan, a lady by whom he has issue six 
 children. 
 
 POLLAED. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Walter James Pollard is third son of the late 
 Wm. Dutton Pollard, Esq., of Kintuck, Castle 
 Pollard, CO. Westmeath, a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant, and High Sheriff for the co. in 1811, 
 whose first wife, Frances, was third daughter of 
 Gustavus Hume Rochfort, Esq., of Rochfort, M.P. 
 for CO. Westmeath ; and whose second, Louisa Anne, 
 was eldest daughter of the late Admiral Hon. Sir 
 Thos. Pakenham, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 21 Dec. 1830; 
 passed his examination 7 April, 1837 ; and, between 
 1840 and the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 19 July, 1843, was employed as Mate 
 on the African, Home, and North A.merica and 
 West India stations, in the Buzzard brigantine, 
 MEGiE^RA steamer, and Griffon brigantine, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Reginald Thos. John Levinge, Geo. 
 Oldmixon, and Chas. Jenkin. Hia appointments 
 have since been — 9 March, 1844, as Additional 
 Lieutenant, to the Penelope steamrfrigate, Capt. 
 Wm. Jones, on the coast of Africa — 17 Aug. 1844, 
 to the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Bris- 
 bane, on the same station — 16 April, 1845, to the 
 Pbosietheus steam-sloop, of 200 horse-power, of 
 which vessel, also stationed on the African coast, 
 he became First-Lieutenant — 17 Nov. 1847, as Ad- 
 ditional, to the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the 
 West Indies— and 11 Feb. 1848, in a similar capa- 
 city, to the Havannah 19, Capt. John Elphinstone 
 Erskine, fitting at Devonport. Agents — ^Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 PONSONBY. (LiEUTENANTi 1827.) 
 
 Thomas Carbique Ponsonby entered the Navy 
 1 Blarch, 1815 ; passed his examination in 1822 ; ob.. 
 tained his commission 30 April, 1827 ; and served 
 in the Coast Guard from 9 Nov. 1831 until 1836. 
 His appointments have since been — 10 Oct. 1840, to 
 the Lucifer steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, 
 on the coast of Ireland, where he was superseded 
 in Feb. 1841—26 April, 1847, to the Poictiers 72, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Bourchier, lying at Chatham — and, 
 24 Nov. following, to the command of the Firefly 
 steamer, of 220 horse-power, now on the coast of 
 Africa. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 POOLE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Robert Poole entered the Navy 14 May, 1808 ; 
 passed his examination in 1814 ; attained the rank 
 of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1825 ; served for three years 
 (dating from 23 Nov. 1827) in the Coast Blockade 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 
 and Talaveka 74's, both commanded by Capt. 
 Hugh Pigot ; had charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard from 7 June, 1831, until Sept. 1847 ; and has 
 since been in command of the Active and Eagle 
 Revenue-vessels. 
 
 POOLEY. (Lieut., 1820. r-p., 19; h-p., 15.) 
 
 George Pooley entered the Navy, 1 May, 1813, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt. 
 John Ferris Devonshire, with whom he continued 
 to serve, as Midshipman, in the Sceptre 74, on the 
 North American station until June, 1814. In the 
 following Sept., after he had been for two months 
 borne at Portsmouth as a Supernumerary on the 
 books of the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 
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 POORE— POPE— POPHAM. 
 
 Bickerton, and Centaub 74, Capt. White, he 
 joined the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, whom 
 he accompanied in the expedition against New 
 Orleans. Ketuming to England in July, 1815, he 
 served during the next five years, at Portsmouth 
 and at Plymouth, in the PrasSAsr 74, Wtmphe 38, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot, Vengedk 74, Capt. Thos. Alex- 
 ander, BwAKF, Lieut.-Commander Gordon, Erida- 
 NDS 42, Capt. Wm. King, Impkegnabee 104, flag- 
 ship of Lord Exmouth, and Spabtan 46, Capt. Wm. 
 Furlong Wfee. He then, in Jime and Oct. 1820, 
 joined in succession the Raleigh sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Blackman, and EnKTAtrs 42, Capt. Thos. Huskisson, 
 both on the Jamaica station-; where he was nomi- 
 nated, 5 Nov. following, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Ontakio 18, Capt. Joddrell Leigh. His official pro- 
 motion took plice 27 Dec. 1820, hut he did not 
 again go afloat until Feb. 1824. On 28 of that 
 month he received an appointment to the Medina 20, 
 Capts. Cha^. Montagu Walker and Timothy Curtis, 
 under whom he was for nearly two years employed 
 in the Mediterranean. He has had command, since 
 20 Sept. 1837, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Pooley married, 7 Nov. 1837, Frances 
 Anne, second daughter of John Vigars,. Esq,., Sur- 
 geon, of Falmouth. 
 
 POOEE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., »1.) 
 
 John Poore is brother of Retired Commander 
 Wm. Poore, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl Vol., on board the Fisgard 38, Capts. Wm. 
 Bolton and Fras. Mason ; under the latter of whom 
 we find him performing the duties of Midshipman 
 in the attack of 1809 upon Flushing, and otherwise 
 actively employed until Aug. 1810. During the 
 four following years he served uninterruptedly in 
 the ViLLE DE Paris 110, and Kodset and Milford 
 74's, all flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle on the Mediterranean station ; where, in the 
 Adriatic portion of it, he co-operated in the reduc- 
 tion of Flume', witnessed the fall of Rovigno, Piran, 
 and Capo d'Istria, and assisted at the capture of 
 Trieste. From Sept. 1814 to Aug. 1815 Mr. Poore 
 cruized off the coast of Ireland in the President 
 38, Capt. Norwich Duff. He then took up a com- 
 mission dated 25 Feb. in the latter year ; and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 He married Miss Martha Midlane. 
 
 POOEE. (EeTIRED COMMANDEE, 1847. F-P.,21; 
 H-P., 26.) 
 
 William Poore was born 21 Aug. 1789. He is 
 brother of Lieut. John Poore, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Tol., on board the Ganges 74, Capts. Thos. 
 Fras. Fremautle and Joseph Baker, in which ship 
 he was employed, until June, 1802, off Brest, in the 
 Baltic (where he fought at the battle of Copen- 
 hagen), and in watching the French at St. Domingo. 
 He then returned to England as a Midshipman in 
 La Decade frigate, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford. 
 During the first six years of the war we find him 
 serving in succession on the Channel, Mediterra- 
 nean, and Cork stations, in the Amphion 32 and 
 ViCTORT 100, both flag-ships of Lord Nelson, Ca- 
 melion sloop, Capt. Thos. Staines, Victory again, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, and Eurvdice 
 and Drdid frigates, both commanded by Sir Wm. 
 Bolton. In the Amphion he was present at the 
 capture of the Orion Dutch Indiaman, the first 
 enemy's vessel taken after the renewal of hostili- 
 ties ; in the Victory he assisted at the blockade of 
 Toulon; and in the Ehrydice he was often in 
 action with gun-boats and batteries. In the Came- 
 lion's boats he partook of much detached service 
 on the coasts of Genoa and France ; and on one 
 occasion in particular, 11 Aug. 1805, brought off the 
 ship's cutter after an unsuccessful attack upon an 
 armed convoy, consisting of seven sail of feluccas, 
 in which the British had their commanding officer 
 and 3 men killed, 1 man wounded, and another 
 taken prisoner. On 2 March, 1809, he was made 
 
 Lieutenant into the Hindostan 50, armee-en-fiiUe, 
 Capt. John Pasco, fitting for a voyage to New 
 South Wales, where he took charge of the Drome- 
 dary store-ship when on fire, and personally as- 
 sisted in extinguishing the flames. His last ap- 
 pointments were — 28 Jan. 1811, as First, to the 
 Rainbow 28, Capts. Jas. Wooldridge and Gardiner 
 Henry Guion, employed in co-operation with the 
 patriots on the coast of Catalonia — 2 Dec. 1812, in 
 a similar capacity (having invalided from the Rain- 
 bow in May, 1812), to the Chanticleer 10, Capts. 
 Rich. Spear, Stewart Blacker, John Thomson, Geo. 
 Tupman, and Wm. Henry Dickson, in which vessel 
 h« served at. the capture of Guadeloupe in 1815, 
 and continued employed until paid off in Aug. 1816 
 ■ — 29 Oct. 1822, to the command of the Lion, a most 
 active and successful Revenue cruizer — 31 May, 
 1825, to the Astrea packet, Capt. Wm. King, sta- 
 tioned at Falmouth — and 22 Dec. following, to the 
 Kingfisher, another Falmouth packet, IJbe com- 
 mand of which he was induced from ill health and 
 impaired vision to resign in Dec. 1828. He was 
 admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 
 3 March, 1834 ; and invested with his present rank 
 9 April, 1847. 
 
 Commander Poore married, 10 Juue, 1817, Mari- 
 anne, daughter of Rich. Jeffreys, Esq., of Basing- 
 stoke, CO. Hants, by whom he has issue two sons 
 and one daughter. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 POPE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 EoMtrND Pope entered the Navy 16 May, 1807 ; 
 passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained his 
 commission 27 March, 1826. He has since been on 
 half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Chads. 
 
 POPHAM. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 12.) 
 Brunswick Popham is brother of Capt. Wm. 
 Popham, R.N. ; and second son of the late Rear- 
 Admiral Sir Home Kiggs Popham, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Dec. 1817, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromache 44, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Sliirreff, fitting for the South American 
 station, whence he returned to England in Aug. 
 1821. In Jan. 1822 he was received as Midshipman 
 (a rating he had previously attained) on board the 
 LiFFEY 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commo- 
 dore Chas. Grant in the East Indies. He next, in 
 July, 1825, joined the Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell, lying at Portsmouth ; and, on3 Jan. 1826, 
 having passed his examination in April, 1824, he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In the 
 following Feb. he received an appointment to the 
 Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, em- 
 ployed at first off the coast of Portugal, and then in 
 the Mediterranean ; where, after acting a part in 
 the battle of Navarin, he removed to the Pelorus 
 18, Capt. Peter Richards, and in Jan. 1828 became 
 Flag-Lieutenant, in the Asia 84, to Sir Edw. 
 Codrington. On 2 March in the latter year he was 
 made Commander into the Zebra 18. His subse- 
 quent appointments in that capacity were — 30 Oct. 
 1828 and 20 April, 1830, to the Infernal bomb and 
 Wasp 18, both stationed in the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned home and was paid off in June, 
 1831— and, 3 Dec. 1834, to the Pelican 16, in which 
 vessel he served at the Cape of Good Hope and on 
 the east and west coasts of Africa until May, 1839. 
 He has since been on half-pay. His Post-commission 
 bears date 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Capt. Popham married, 26 Oct. 1841, Susan, eldest 
 daughter of Patrick Murray, Esq., of Arthurstone, 
 Perthshire, N.B. Agents— Collier and Snee. 
 
 POPHAM. (Cajtatn, 1819. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 28.) 
 William Popham, bom in April, 1791, is eldest 
 son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Home Eiggs Pop- 
 ham,* K.C.B. ; brother of Capt. Brunswick Popham, 
 
 * Sir Home Riggs Popham was born at Gibraltar in 1762. 
 For some years previous to the late war he was employed in 
 surveys on the coast of Africa and in tlie East Indies, and 
 rendered services for which he was thanked by tlie Govern- 
 ment and the Court of Directors of tlie East India Company 
 
POPPLEWELL-PORCHER-PORTEOUS. 
 
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 R.N. ; nephew of Capt. Joseph Lamb Popham, 
 R.N. (1806), who died in 1833; and brother-in-law 
 of Capt. John Falcenham, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1805, as 
 3?st.-cl. Vol., on board the Diadem 64, commanded 
 by his father, under whom, while holding the ratings 
 of Midshipman and Master's Mate, he assisted at 
 the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, and served 
 on shore with the naval brigade at the capture of 
 Buenos Ayres. Between 1807 and the date of his 
 ■promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Feb. 1812, 
 he was employed on the St. Helena, Baltic, Brazi- 
 lian, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the 
 Sampson 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, SuKVEiiyLANTE 38, 
 Capt. Geo. Ralph Collier (part of the force attached 
 to the Copenhagen expedition), VENESAnLE 74, 
 Capt. Sir H. K. Popham, Caledonia 120, Capt. Jas. 
 Nash, Royal George 100, Capt. Andrew King, and 
 Caledonia again, flag-shdp of Sir Edw. Pellew. 
 He next, from June, 1812, until advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 23 Dec. 1814, served in the 
 ■West Indies and on the coast of North America in 
 the Nakcissds 32 and Loike 38, Capts. John Rich. 
 Lumley and Jas. Nash. In the former ship he saw 
 much boat-service ; and on one occasion in particu- 
 lar, 24 Nov. 1812, assisted, under Lieut. John Cririe, 
 in boarding and carrying, under a shower of grape 
 and langridge, productive to the British of a loss of 
 1 man killed and another wounded, the Joseph and 
 Mary^ a inischievous privateer, mounting 4 guns, 
 with a complement of 73 men, on a cruize between 
 St. Domingo and Cuba. Capt. Popham's last ap- 
 pointments were — on his promotion, as above, to the 
 IPandoka 16, lying in the Downs— 27 July, 1816 
 (12 months after he had left the Pandora), to the 
 H-ECLA bomb, in which vessel he served under Lord 
 Exmouth at the battle of Algiers* — 4 Oct. following, 
 to the CoRUELIA 10, at Sheerness — 1 Jan. 1817 and 
 9 Oct. 1818, to the Ttrian and Beavek of 10 guns 
 each, both on the ■West India station — and, 2 Feb. 
 1819, as Acting-Captain, to the STBinLE 44, bearing 
 his father's flag at Jamaica. In the ship last men- 
 tioned, to which he was confirmed 19 May following, 
 he continued until Aug. 1820. He accepted the re- 
 tirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married in Aug. 1843, and has issue two 
 children. Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 POPPLE'WELL. (LiEUTEtfANT, 1842.) 
 
 George Otway Popflewell entered the Navy 
 14 Feb. 1832; passed his examination 14 June, 
 1836 ; andon his return fromSouth America (where 
 he had been serving for some time as Mate) in the 
 CDRA50A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 18 Nov. 1842. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 24 May, 1843, to the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings — and, 22 Oct. 1844, to the DjEDAlus 19, 
 Capt. Peter M'Quhae, fitting for the East Indies, 
 where he is now employed. 
 
 In 1798^he commanded, in conjunction with Major-General 
 Coote, an expedition sent to destroy the locks and sluice- 
 gates of the Bruges Canal ; in 1799 lie accompanied Sir 
 Andrew Mitchell to the Coast of Holland ; and in 1601 he 
 assisted, fjrom the Red Sea, in driving the French out of 
 Egypt. In 1802 Sir Home was returned to Parliament as 
 Member for the Borough of Yarmouth. Through Lord Mel- 
 ville's patronage he was appointed to the superintendence of 
 a scheme for destroying a ileet by means never before heard 
 of. This experimenfwasludicrously called the ' Catamaran 
 expedition,' and two vessels were destroyed by it off Boulogne 
 in 1804. An attack on a larger scale was subsequently attempted 
 at Fort Conge, but did not succeed. In the course of 1806 
 we iind Sir Home I'opham commanding the naval force era- 
 ployed at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope and the 
 capture of Buenos Ayres. He afterwards joined in the expe- 
 dition of 1809 to the Scheldt; and in 1812 commanded a 
 squadron employed in co-operation with the patriots on the 
 North coast of Spain. From 1817 to 1820 he commanded in 
 chief at Jamaica. Devoted to the service of Government for 
 forty years in the Bast and West Indies, Africa, America, and 
 several parts of Europe, and worn out by the indefatigable 
 and intense anxiety of his mind, he died at Cheltenham 
 11 Sept. 1820. Sir Home Popham was the inventor of a code 
 of signals adopted in the navy. 
 * TiiteGal. 1816, p. 1792. 
 
 POPPLEWELIi. (Commander, 1813. t-p.,1'6i 
 H-P., 35.) 
 
 Matthew James Popplewell is son of the late 
 Mr, Thos. Popplewell, Master R.N. (1793). 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1796, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Flora 36, Capt. Robt. 
 Gambier Middleton, in which ship he served on 
 the Lisbon and Cadiz stations until Oct. 1799. In 
 July, 1'801, he re-embarked on board the Goliath 
 74, Capt. ■Wm. Essington, whom, in April, 1802, 
 being at the time in the 'West Indies, he followed as 
 Midshipman into the Sans Pareil 80. He next, 
 in Sept. of the latter year, joined L'Oisead, Capt. 
 John Phillips, lying at Plymouth ; and, after serving 
 for two years on the Mediterranean, Baltic, and 
 Home stations in the ■William store-ship and 
 Orestes 14, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Brown, 
 and Royal Sovereign 100, Capt.Sir Harry Burrard 
 Neale, was successively, in Jan. and Oct. 1805, nomi- 
 nated Sub-Lieutenant of the Safequabb, Lieut.- 
 Commander Robt. Balfour, and Raven brig, Capt. 
 ■Thos. Brown. On 22 Jan. 1806 he was jwomoted 
 to the full rank of Lieutenant. In the course of 
 the same year he was appointed (to the .SIolds 32, 
 Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, and Glory 98, com- 
 manded by the late Vice-Admiral 'Wm. Albany 
 Otway, imder whom, from Jan. 1808 until officially 
 advanced to his present rank 6 Nov. 181S, we find 
 him filling the post of Flag-Lieutenant in the Lively 
 38, Ganges 74, BARFLEnn 98, Gladiator 50, Mo- 
 narch 74, Cmsar 80 (the two latter forming part 
 of the 'Walcheren expeditionary force). Gladiator 
 again, Thisbe 28, and Adamant 50, on the Lisbon, 
 Portsmouth, and Leith stations. During that pe- 
 riod, besides having brought the Venteur home 
 from Flushing, he was at times intrusted with the 
 command, on the coast of Norway, of the Clio, 
 Nightingale, and Sarpedon. Since the date last 
 mentioned he has been on half-pay. 
 Commander Popplewell is married and has issue. 
 
 POKCHER. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Edwin Augustus Porcher is second son of the 
 Rev. Geo. Porcher, of Maiden Erlegh, Berks, by 
 Amelia, daughter of John Chamier, Esq., and sister 
 of Commander Frederick 'Chamier, R.N. His grand- 
 father, Josias Dupre Porcher, Esq., of Winslade 
 House, CO. Devon, many years M.P. for Old Sarum, 
 married a daughter of .Admiral Sir ^Wm. Bumaby, 
 Bart. ; and his uncle, Henry Porcher, 'Esq., of 
 Arborfield, Berks, was lately M.P. for Clitheroe. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 8 June, 1844 ; 
 obtained his commission 9 Nov. 1846 ; and since 18 
 of that month has been serving in the Sidon Steam- 
 frigate, of 560 horse-power, Capt. 'Wm. Honyman, 
 now on the Mediterranean station. 
 
 POKTEOUS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Francis Pender Porteous entered the Navy 
 2 Aug. 1827 ; and on 20 Oct. following was present 
 in the Genoa 74,' Capt. 'Walter Bathurst, at the 
 battle of Navarin. He passed his examination 4 
 June, 1834; and, after serving for a time at Ply- 
 mouth and in the Mediterranean, in the Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Malabar 
 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 29 March, 1842. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 5 April, 1842, to the 
 Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. 'W. C. R. 
 Owen in the Mediterranean — 23 Feb. 1843, to the 
 Devastation steamer, Capts. Hastings Reginald 
 Henry, Hon. Swynfen Thos. Camegi^, and Wm. 
 Hewgill Kitchen, on the same station, whence he 
 returned at the close of 1845 — 8 April, 1846, as 
 Additional, to the Vernon 50, hearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the south- 
 east coast of America — 1 July following, as First, 
 to the Racer 16, Capt. Archibald Reed, similarly 
 stationed— and, 10 Dec. 1847, to the Prince Regent 
 92, Capt. W^m. Fanshawe Martin, lying at Ports- 
 mouth. 
 
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 PORTER-PORTMAN— POSTLE-POTBURY. 
 
 PORTER. (C0MMANDEK,1822. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 25.) 
 Thomas Portek entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the PoMPiE 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Dacres, attached to the Channel fleet ; re- 
 moved, in Jan. 1808, to the Eclipse sloop, Capt. 
 Geo. Adey Creyke, employed on the Lisbon, West 
 India, and Home stations ; served from June, 1810, 
 to Feb. 1813 in the Akmada 74, Capts. Adam Mac- 
 kenzie, John Ferris Devonshire, and Chas. Grant, 
 in the North Sea and Mediterranean; then joined 
 the HiBEKNiA 120, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith off Toulon ; and on 27 July, 1814, 
 ■was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 7 Sept. 1814, to the 
 Ckescemt 38, Capt. John Quilliam, in tlie West 
 Indies— 29 Sept. 1815, to the Ttkian 10, Capt. 
 Augustus Baldwin, in the Channel — 5 Sept. 1817, 
 after nearly 12 months of half-pay, to the Ahdko- 
 MACHE 44, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, fitting for 
 South America — and, 10 May 182], to the Supekb 
 78, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Master- 
 man Hardy on that station. On 26 Aug. 1822 he 
 was made Commander into the Aeacrity sloop, in 
 which vessel, in July, 1823, he returned to England 
 with 1,000,000 dollars. He has not been since afloat. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PORTER. (Lieut., 1814. p-p., 10 ;* h-p., 33.) 
 
 William Porter entered the Navy, in Nov. 
 1804, as li.M., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. 
 John Clarke Searle, bearing the flag of Lord Keith 
 in the Downs. From Feb. 1805 until Feb. 1810 he 
 served in the Channel, Baltic, and North Sea, chiefly 
 in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Constant 
 12, Lieutenant-Commander John Stokes ; he then 
 joined the Nadtilus 18, Capt. Thos. Dench, attached 
 to the force in the Mediterranean ; and in March, 
 1813, after a servitude of two years on that and the 
 Home stations, part of theHime as Second Master, 
 in the San Josef 110, and Queen Charlotte 100, 
 flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Lord Keith, was 
 again placed under the orders of Lieut. Stokes in 
 the. Constant. From the following April until 
 confirmed in his present rank 10 Aug. 1814, he was 
 a second time employed, as Master's Mate and Act- 
 ing Lieutenant, in the San Josef, under the flag, in 
 the Mediterranean, of Sir Rich. King. Subsequently 
 to Feb. 1820 he held an appointment in the Water 
 Guard. 
 
 PORTMAN. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Wyndham Berkeley Portman, born 4 June, 
 1804, is third son of Edw. Berkeley Portman, Esq., 
 of Bryanston, co. Dorset, and Orchard Portman, co. 
 Somerset, by Lucy, daughter of the Rev. Thos. 
 Whitby, of Creswell Hall, Staffordshire; and brother 
 of the present Lord Portman. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Aug. 1817 ; passed 
 his examination in 1823; and was made Lieutenant, 
 26 Jan. 1826, into the Brisk 10, Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 Anson, on the Mediterranean station; where we 
 find him, in 1827-8, serving in the Talbot 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Fred. Noel. Since the year last mentioned he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in Oct. 1829, Sarah, only daughter of 
 Thos. Thornhill, Esq., of Riddlesworth Hall, co. 
 Norfolk, by whom he has issue. 
 
 POSTLE. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Charles James Postle passed his examination 
 in 1831 ; and on the occasion of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 6 July, 1836, was appointed 
 Additional of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Josias Rowley on the Mediterranean station, where 
 he next, 7 Jan. and 1 Nov. 1837, joined the Belle- 
 BOPHON 80 and Portland 52, Capts. Sam. Jackson 
 and David Price. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 4 Aug. 1838, to the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. 
 Ramsay, on the North America and West India 
 
 station, where he was superseded in Aug. 1839 20 
 
 April, 1840, for a few months, to the Vanguard 80, 
 Capt. Sir David Dunn, again in the Mediterranean 
 
 * Apart from the time he passed in the Water Guard. 
 
 —30 July, 1841, to the Coast Guard— and, 12 Jan, 
 1842 and 6 Oct. 1843, to the command of the Lizard 
 and Flameb steam-vessels, the former of which 
 was run down and sunk by the French steamer 
 Vehce 24 July, 1843. Preparatory to his return to 
 England Lieut. Postle had the gratification, in Dec. 
 1845, of receiving a most complimentary and flat- 
 tering address, signed by the Chairman, Deputy- 
 Chairman, and members of the Exchange Com- 
 mittee of Gibraltar, expressive of the deep sense 
 they entertained of the numerous obligations they 
 owed him for the prompt and efiicient manner in 
 which he had at all times, both in the Lizard and 
 Flamer, rendered protection to the trade of the 
 place ; and of their admiration of the spirited man- 
 ner in which he had, when occasion offered, exacted 
 a proper respect for the British flag. The humane 
 and devoted nature of the exertions he afforded, in 
 the course of the same month, to the crew of the 
 French steamer JPepin, wrecked between Azamoor 
 and Mazagan, on the coast of Barhary, had the 
 effect of eliciting a glowing letter of thanks as well 
 from the Consul-General for France in Morocco as 
 from the Consul of France at Gibraltar. The King 
 of the French, too, being desirous of publicly testi- 
 fying his appreciation of the noble conduct exhi- 
 bited by Lieut. Postle, expressed his intention of 
 conferring upon him the Cross of the Legion of 
 Honour. The regulations of the British service, 
 however, not permitting him to accept it,' His Ma- 
 jesty presented him instead with a pair of valuable 
 pistols, appropriately inscribed. He was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander 12 Dec. 1845 ; and has 
 been employed since 15 Aug. 1846 as an Inspecting- 
 Commander in the Coast Guard at Dundalk, where, 
 on 28 Jan. 1846, he again found means of rendering 
 himself conspicuous by the services he performed 
 on the occasion of the wreck of the cutter Lord 
 JVelsoTif the owners of which, Messrs. Horsfall and 
 Sons, of Liverpool, presented him with a silver box 
 of great intrinsic value and of exquisite workman- 
 ship. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 POTBURY. (Commandek, 1844.) 
 
 John Moon Potbury died at the commencement 
 of 1848. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1805, as Se- 
 cond-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. 
 Dalling Dunn, under whom he fought in the action 
 off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Between Deo. in the 
 latter year and July, 1808, he served on the Ply- 
 mouth station, part of the time as Midshipman, in 
 the PoRCDPiNE 24, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, in 
 another ship, the name of which has escaped us, 
 and in the El Fikme, Capt. Wells. He was next, 
 from June, 1810, to March, 1811, employed in the 
 North Sea on board the Christian VII. 80 ; and in 
 May, 1812, he joined the Namur 74, stationed at 
 first on the coast of North America, and then in tlie 
 West Indies; where, prior to his return to England 
 in April, 1817, we find him serving for two years and 
 10 months in the Emulous 16, Capt. Rich. John 
 Lewin, Shark sloop, Electra 14, Capt. R. J. 
 Lewin, Emulous again, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, a 
 second time in the Shark, Capt. Hunter, Pique 36, 
 Capt. J as. Haldane Tait, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of 
 Kear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, and Primrose 
 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott. In May, 
 1822, until within a few weeks of which period he 
 had been further employed, on Home service, in the 
 Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth, Northumberland 74, Capt. Sir Michael 
 Seymour, and, for two years and five months as 
 Admiralty Midshipman, in the Lee and Redwing 
 sloops, Capts. Stewart Blacker and Hon. Geo. Rolle 
 Walpole Tretiisis, he was appointed, in the capacity 
 last mentioned, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, fitting for the East Indies. Being there 
 confirmed a Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1823- six months 
 and 17 days after he had been ordered to act as 
 such— in the Tees 26, Capt. Thos. Coe, he was 
 afforded an opportunity, both in that vessel and in 
 the LiFFEY 50, commanded by the same officer, of 
 
POTTS— POULDEN—POULETT— POWELL. 
 
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 participating in the hostilities against the King of 
 Ava. His appointments, after he left the Liffey, 
 ■were— 24 April, 1827, to the Cadmus 10, Capts. 
 Chas. Gordon and Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thomp- 
 son, on the South American station, whence he re- 
 turned in May, 1830—26 Jan. 1831, to the command 
 of the Nimble schooner, at Jamaica, where he was 
 superseded in Feb. 1833—13 Nov. 1835, to the 
 Flamer steamer, which vessel, deducting a few 
 months in 1836, he commanded for three years and 
 a half on the Home and North America and West 
 India stations — 10 Aug. 1841, to the command of 
 the Spy brigantine, at Sheerness— and 22 Dec. fol- 
 lowing to the San Josef 110, Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Sam. Pym, Admiral-Superintendent at Devon- 
 port. On 16 Sept. 1844 he was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander. His last appointment was, 30 
 March, 1847, to the Gkowlek steam-sloop of 280 
 horse-power. 
 
 POTTS. (LiEDT., 1808. r-p., 13 ; H-p., 34.) 
 
 John Potts died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Oct. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Assistance 50, Capt. 
 Bich. Lee in which ship (he had attained the rating 
 of Midshipman) he was wrecked between Dun- 
 kerque and Gravelines 29 March, 1802. Joining 
 next, in March, 1803, the Conqherok 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Louis and Israel Pellew, he served, under the 
 latter officer, in Nelson's pursuit of the combined 
 squadrons to the West Indies and back, and at the 
 battle of Trafalgar. , On 7 May, 1808, a few days 
 after his removal to the Hibernia 120, flag-ship of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton at Lisbon, he was made Lieutenant 
 into the Eclipse sloop ; and in that vessel, com- 
 manded in succession by Capts. Geo. Adey Creyke, 
 Thos. Ball Sulivan, Geo. Henderson, and Henry 
 Lynne, he was employed, on the Channel, East and 
 West India, and Cape of Good Hope stations, until 
 July, 1814. He remained thenceforward on half- 
 pay- 
 
 POULDEN. (Eeab-Admikal of the Eed, 1840. 
 F-P., 28; H-p., 41.) 
 
 KiCHAKD PouLDEN died 16 March, 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 July, 1776, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Hector 74, Capt. 
 Sir John Hamilton, on the Home station, where he 
 continued employed as Midshipman in the Cam- 
 bridge 74, Capt. Francis John Hartwell, and Dili- 
 gente sloop, Capt. Anthony Hunt, until transferred, 
 in Oct. 1780, to the Bakfledr90, fitting for the flag 
 of Sir Sam. Hood, under whom, on arriving in the 
 West Indies, he fought in a partial action with the 
 Comte de Grasse 29 April, 1781. On 8 Jan. 1782 
 he was nominated, by the officer last mentioned, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Alfred 74, Capts. Bain, 
 Barber, and Thos. Dumaresq; to which ship the 
 Admiralty confirmed him, 12 Feb. 1783. He re- 
 turned to England in the following July, and was 
 subsequently appointed, on the Home and Mediter- 
 ranean stations — in March, 1788, to the Thorn 
 sloop, Capts. W. Taylor and John Woodley— 27 
 Sept. 1791 and 1 1 Feb. 1793, to the Spitfire and 
 Nemesis, both commanded by Capt. Woodley — in 
 Sept. of the latter year, to the Alcide 74, successive 
 flag-ship of Admirals Robt. Linzee and Philip 
 Cosby, under the former of whom he co-operated 
 in the reduction of Corsica — and 21 Jan. 1795, to 
 the Irresistible 74, Capts. John Leigh Douglas 
 and Rich. Grindall, part of Lord Bridport's fleet in 
 the action ofi' the He de Groix. On that occasion, 
 Capt. Grindall having been wounded, the charge of 
 the ship devolved upon Mr. Poulden ; whose pro- 
 motion to the rank of Commander was in conse- 
 quence effected by a commission bearing date 29 of 
 flie same month, June, 1795. In the ensuing Oct. 
 he was sent as Principal Agent for Transports to 
 the river Elbe, for the purpose of embarking the 
 foreign corps, with which he afterwards acoompa- 
 died Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian to the West In- 
 dies. Being next, in Nov. 1797, appointed to the 
 Calchtta 24, Capt. Poulden was present in that 
 
 ship, again in the capacity of Principal Transport 
 Agent, at the reduction of the island of Minorca, 
 where he remained, in charge of the dockyard at 
 Port Mahon, until the arrival of Commissioner 
 Coffin. Quitting the Calcutta in Aug. 1799, he 
 assumed command, 12 March, 1801, of the Alk- 
 MAAR 50 ; in which ship we find him, until Sept. 
 1802, employed on the Home, Baltic, and West 
 India stations. Having attained Post rank 29 April 
 in the latter year, he was afterwards appointed — 23 
 March, 1803, to the Superintendence of the Ren- 
 dezvous for seamen at Whitby, in Yorkshire — 19 
 Sept. 1805, to the Sea Fencible service— and, 14 
 July, 1810, to the office of Principal Agent for 
 Transports at Lisbon, where he remained until 
 April, 1815. He became a Rear-Admiral on the 
 Retired List 10 Jan. 1837 ; and on the Active 17 
 Aug. 1840. 
 
 POULETT. (Reak-Admibal op the Eed, 1841. 
 F-p., 13 ; h-p., 37.) 
 
 The Honourable George Poolett, bom 10 
 May, 1786, is second son of John, fourth Earl 
 Poulett, by Sophia, daughter and heir of Admiral 
 Sir Geo. Pocock, K.B. He is brother of the pre- 
 sent Earl Poulett ; and brother-in-law of the Duke 
 of Cleveland. His youngest brother, William, an 
 Ensign.in the 4th Foot, died in 1812. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1797, as 
 A.B., on board the Princess Augusta yacht, Capt. 
 Riou, lying in the River Thames; served in the 
 Channel as Midshipman, from Nov. 1798 until April, 
 1802, in the San Fiorenzo 36, Capts. Sir Harry 
 Burrard Neale and Chas. Wm. Paterson, andMALTA 
 80, Capt. Albemarle Bertie ; and from July in the 
 latter year until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 3 April, 1804, cruized on the Downs station, 
 the latter part of the time in the Lark sloop. He 
 was present in the San Fiorenzo, and in company 
 with the Amelia 38, at the defeat, by those ships, 
 of three heavy French frigates and a gun-vessel, 
 after a warm action of an hour and 55 minutes, 
 fought within the jaws of one of the enemy's ports, 
 9 April, 1799 ; and also, 2 July following, in an 
 attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole 
 on a Spanish squadron lying in Aix Roads. Mr. 
 Poulett's appointments, in the capacity of Lieu- 
 tenant, were — 16 July, 1804, to the Monmouth 64, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara 
 Russell at North Yarmouth — and, in March and 
 June, 1805, to the Valorous and Royal Sovereign, 
 Capts. Geo. Nicholas Hardinge and Sir Harry Bur- 
 rard Neale, employed in the Downs and oft* Wey- 
 mouth. He attained the rank of Commander 12 
 Oct. 1805 ; was appointed, 14 Jan. 1806, to the 
 Orestes sloop, in the North Sea ; acquired Post- 
 rank 31 July following ; was employed from 14 Nov. 
 1807, until 16 April, 1810, on the Home station, in 
 the Quebec 32 ; and, on 24 July, 1827, became Flag- 
 Captain, in the Prince Regent 120, to Hon. Sir 
 Henry Blackwood, Commander-in-Chief at the 
 Nore, where he remained until July, 1830. He was 
 advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 From Aug. 1830 uutil his attainment of Flag-rank, 
 the Rear-Admiral acted as a Naval Aide-de-Camp 
 to his late and her present Majesty. He had been 
 previously appointed Receiver-General of the Land 
 and Assessed Taxes in Somersetshire. He married, 
 9 Dec. 1811, Catherine Sophia, eldest daughter of 
 Sir Geo. Dallas, Bart., by whom, who died 11 April, 
 1831, he has issue three sons— the eldest, George, 
 a Lieutenant in the 54th Regt. 
 
 POWELL. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 CAESAR Cottrell Powell is fourth son of the 
 late John FoUiott Powell, Esq., at one time of 
 Sandy Brook, oo. Derby, and afterwards of Lea- 
 mington, CO. Warwick, by Frances, eldest daughter 
 of Chas. Arnett, Esq., of the Low, in Cheshire, and 
 of Toft, CO. Stafford, niece of Sir Joseph Scott, Bart., 
 of Great Barr. The Lieutenant is first-cousin of 
 the present Henry Folliott Powell, Esq., of Brandle- 
 some Hall, co. Lancaster ; and a near connexion of 
 
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 POWELL. 
 
 Capt. Wm. Burnaby Greene, K.N., and Lieut. John 
 Wainwright, R.N. His grand-uncle, John Powell, 
 an officer in the R.N., died 15 Jan. 1789. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 Sept. 1824; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his 
 commission 28 June, 1838. His appointments have 
 since been— 17 Aug. 1838, to the Niagara 20, Capt. 
 Williams Sandom, with whom he served on the 
 Lakes of Canada until the early part of 1842 — 29 
 Nov. 1842, as First-Lieutenant, to the Fkolic 16, 
 Capt. Wm. Alex. Willis, fitting for the Brazilian 
 station, where he was superseded at the end of 1843 
 — and, 24 March, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the 
 BELiEiSLE troop-ship, Capt. John Kingsome, now 
 employed on particular service. Agemts — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 POWELL. (Commander, 1841. jF-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 George Etre Powell, born in 1790, is fifth son 
 of the late Eyre Powell, Esq., of Great Connel, co. 
 ICildare. Two of his brothers fell in the service of 
 their country. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Wizard sloop, of 16 guns 
 and 95 men, Capts. Edm. Palmer and Abel Eerris. 
 Attaining soon the rating of Midshipman, he served 
 in that capacity in the expedition to Egypt in 1807. 
 A wound he received in the course of the same 
 year at the cutting-out of a vessel from under the 
 protection of a martello tower on the coast of 
 Calabria had the effect of procuring him a grant 
 from the Patriotic Fund. He subsequently, by 
 jumping overboard, proved of material assistance 
 in saving the life of the Captain's coxswain, a man 
 named Wm. Johnstone, who had been upset in the 
 jolly-boat ; and in May, 1808, he was on board the 
 Wizard when she fell in with, chased for 88 hours, 
 and, after having run a distance of 369 miles, and 
 once beaten her opponent in an action of one hour 
 and a half, compelled the French brig-corvette Le 
 Hequm, of 18 guns and 110 men, to seek refuge in 
 the neutral port of Tunis. Removing in the follow- 
 ing June to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, he 
 was placed a short time afterwards in command of 
 a tender, with the rating of Master's Mate, and de- 
 tached on a cruize in the Adriatic, where he suc- 
 ceeded in capturing many of the enemy's vessels. 
 In March, 1809, he was sent in charge of a heavily- 
 laden prize, accompanied by another one intrusted 
 to the care of the present Commander Henry Browne 
 Mason, to Malta, for the purpose of obtaining stores 
 for the use of the Amphion. At day-break on the 
 6th, observing the approach of two privateers (the 
 one carrying a limg 22-poTmder In the bow, a car- 
 ronade in the stern, and 38 men, and the other a 
 22-pounder in the bow and 28 men), Mr. Powell, 
 concentrating the force of the two prizes on board 
 his own, made all the opposition that could be ex- 
 pected from 2 one-pounder swivels and 6 muskets 
 in the hands of 14 men. The enemy at length 
 boarded on each quarter ; and the British, having 
 no alternative, surrendered. Mr. Powell, with his 
 companions, was carried to Zara, thence taken to 
 Ancona, and ultimately marched across the Alps to 
 Brian9on and Yerdun. Escaping, in the autumn 
 of 1810, with two other Midshipmen, Messrs. Bur- 
 bidge and Thomas, he traversed Holland under 
 great privations, and on reaching its shores era- 
 barked in a fishing-boat, in which he had the good 
 fortune^to be picked up by the Idas cutter, Lieut. - 
 Commander Duncan. In that vessel, after he had 
 been conveyed on board the Christian VII., 'flag- 
 ship of Sir Edw. Pellew in the North Sea, and been 
 by him highly^ complimented, he was sent to Eng- 
 land. Reporting himself, on his arrival, at the 
 Admiralty, he was at once ordered to join the 
 Thjsbe 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, guard-ship at Wool- 
 wich. Soon after this, while absent on leave, he 
 was attacked by the Walcheren fever, and for 
 several weeks incapacitated from exertion. On his 
 return to the Thisbe he was removed, in Deo. 1810, 
 
 to the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phil- 
 lott, under whom we find him, during the next 12 
 months, employed in escorting troops to Lisbon, 
 protecting the trade to Quebec, and cruizing off 
 Flushing. Rejoining Capt. Hoste at the end of that 
 period as Master's Mate on board the Bacchante 
 38, he accompanied him a second time to the Adri- 
 atic, and again acted a part in more than one 
 animated scene. On the night of 31 Aug. 1812, 
 receiving charge of the Bacchante's launch, he 
 served with a detachment of boats under the com- 
 mand of Lieut. Donat Henchy O'Brien, and assisted 
 in cutting out from the port of Lema seven vessels 
 laden with ship-timber for the Venetian Govern- 
 ment, together with La Tisipkone French national 
 xebec of 1 six-pounder, 2 three-pounders, and 28 
 men ; one gun-boat with a nine-pounder, 2 three- 
 pounders, and 24 men ; and another of 1 nine-pounder 
 and 20 men, intended for the protection of the trade 
 on the coast of Istria from Pola to Trieste. On 
 6 Jan. 1813 Mr. Powell, with the same launch under 
 his orders, united in a successful attack made by 
 the boats of the Bacchante and Weasel sloop on 
 five of the enemy's gun- vessels in the neighbourhood 
 of Otranto. While in command, previously to the 
 latter affair, of the above-named Tisiphone, which 
 had been converted into a tender and named the 
 AjiPHioN, he had fallen in, 2 Sept. 1812, with a con- 
 voy of 11 sail under the escort of two gun-boats ; 
 one of which, carrying 1 long 28-pounder in the 
 bow, 1 22-pounder in the stern, together with 6 brass 
 swivels and 38 men, he had succeeded, although 
 with but 1 Midshipman, 13 seamen, and 5 marines 
 on board, in driving on the rocks, after a running 
 action of 35 minutes, in so shattered a condition 
 that she soon went down. The other gun-boat was 
 driven off the field. As a reward for his frequently 
 distinguished conduct Mr. Powell was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 22 Jan. 1813, into the Themendods 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Campbell. While in that ship he assisted at 
 the reduction of the Castle of Trieste, and com- 
 manded a battery and a division of seamen at the 
 taking of Rovigno, and in other operations on the 
 coast of Istria. In charge of the flotilla employed 
 in co-operation with the Austrian^ under Marshal 
 Belgrade, he ascended the Po as far as the river 
 Mincio, and aided at the blockade of Mantua, dis- 
 playing in his exertions so much zeal, alacrity, and 
 perseverance, that he elicited the thanks of the 
 Marshal, and induced the late Sir Chas. Rowley, 
 then commanding the Eagle 74, to mention him in 
 a very warm manner in his despatches to Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, the chief naval 
 authority in the Adriatic. On the restoration of 
 Naples to its ancient sovereign, and the surrender 
 to Capt. Campbell of the shipping and arsenal, Mr. 
 Powell was sent on shore to act as Commissioner, 
 and remained there until the arrival of Lord Ex- 
 mouth. He then escorted the ex-Queen to Trieste, 
 and was by her presented with a valuable diamond 
 ring. On the paying off of the Tremendous he was 
 appointed, 29 Nov. 1815, Senior of the Cordelia 
 10, Capts. Wm. Sargent and Wm. .Popham, under 
 the former of whom he took part in the bombard- 
 ment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He served next, 
 from 18 Jan. 1817 until Oct. 1822, on the Home, 
 St. Helena, and Cape stations, as I?irst-Lieutenant 
 in the Heron 18, Capts. Herbert Brace Powell and 
 Job Hanmer, and was on board that vessel when 
 she brought home the despatches announcing the 
 death of Napoleon Buonaparte. He returned from 
 the Cape of Good Hope with Capt. Hanmer, in the 
 Leander 60, in Jan. 1823, from which period he 
 remained on half-pay until appointed, 4 Feb. 184Q, 
 First of the Victorv 104, Capts. Fras. Erskine Loch 
 and Wm. Wilmott Henderson, ordinary guard-ship 
 at Portsmouth. He attained his present rank 23 
 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Commander Powell married Catherine, youngest 
 daughter of the late Joseph Kingdon, Esq., Comp- 
 troller of the Customs for Exeter, and sister of Wm. 
 Page Kingdon, Esq., late Mayor of Exeter, by 
 whom he has had issue seven children. 
 
POWELL— POWER— POWNEY. 
 
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 POWELL. (Captain, 1822. f-p„ 19; h-p,, 31.) 
 Herbert Brace Pottell, a native of Leominster, 
 CO. Hereford, is nephew of the late Vice-Admiral 
 Sir Edw. Brace, K.C.B. He lost a brother in the 
 Hero 74, Capt. 3^s. Newman Newman, 25 Dec. 
 1811. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1797, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Kangaroo 18, Capts. 
 Edw. Brace and Geo. Clarke Pulling, under the 
 former of whom he was twice, in Oct. 1798, engaged 
 in a very gallant manner with La Loire of 46 guns 
 (part of a force originally under the orders of Com- 
 modore Bompart, and destined for the invasion of 
 Ireland), previously to the surrender of that ship to 
 the Kangaroo and her consort the Anson 44, Be- 
 tween the close of 1800 and June, 1804, Mr. Powell, 
 besides being borne as a Supernumerary on the 
 books of other vessels,* served as Midshipman, 
 chiefly on the Home station, in the Nemesis 28, 
 Capt. Edw. W. C. K. Owen, Isis 50, Capts. Edw. 
 Thornbrough, Edw. Brace, and Wm. GrenviUe Lobb, 
 and Dryad 36, Capt. John Giffard. He then joined 
 the Castor 32,, of which frigate, commanded by his 
 uncle, he became, in Sept. 1804, an Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, and, 26 Jan. 1805, a confirmed one. In the 
 following March he removed with Capt. Brace into 
 the Ibis 32, commanded subsequently by Capt. Thoe. 
 Lavie. Kejoining his relative, in Sept. of the same 
 year, on board La Virginie of 46 guns and 281 
 men, he assisted in that ship at the capture, 19 May, 
 1808, after an obstinate conflict of an hour and a- 
 half, of the Dutch frigate Guelderlimd, of 36 guns 
 and 253 men, 25 of whom were slain and 50 wounded, 
 with a loss to the British of not more than 1 man 
 killed and 2 wounded. Previously to the latter 
 affair he appears to have acted, from May to July, 
 1807, as Commander of the Amsterdam at Cork, 
 and to have contributed, 28 Sept. in the same year, 
 to the gallant defence made by the Louisa tender, 
 a vessel mounting only 4 three-pounders, with a 
 complement of 18 men, against the French privateer 
 Marsouin of 14 six-pounders. On the occasion of 
 the capture of the Jesus Maria Josef, a notorious 
 Spanish privateer of 14 guns and 45 men, Capt. 
 Brace, relying on his exertions, detached him in 
 the prize for the purpose of endeavouring to retake 
 several vessels which she had captured, and of also 
 afibrding information to the different cruizers.f In 
 Sept. 1810, six months after he had left La Vir- 
 ginie, Mr. Powell was again placed under the orders 
 of Capt. Brace on board the St. Ai.bans 64, to 
 which ship he continued attached, with Capts. Cbas. 
 Grant and John Ferris Devonshire, in the capacity 
 of First-Lieutenant, until Oct. 1812. During that 
 period he distinguished himself by his conduct at 
 the defence of Cadiz, and held, from 21 May to 15 
 July, 1811, the acting-command of the Basii.isk. 
 He was afterwards employed, on the coasts of Spain 
 and Portugal, in the Stag 36, Capt. Wolrige, Im- 
 pfeTUEDX 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin, 
 Onyx 10, Capt. Cobb, San Juan 74, bearing the 
 flags of Commodore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose and 
 Vice-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee, Papillon 16, 
 Capt. Jas. Hay, and Rodney 74, flag-ship of Vice- 
 Admiral Martin. On 15 June, 1814, he was ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Commander. Embarking 
 next, in July, 1816, as a volunteer, on board the 
 Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Kear- Admiral David 
 Milne, he was afforded an opportunity of accom- 
 panying the ensuing expedition against Algiers. 
 During the hottest period of the conflict fought on 
 the memorable 27 Aug., Capt. Powell was despatched 
 to Lord Exmouth for the purpose of representing 
 to him the dreadful state of the Impregnable, and 
 of requesting that he would, if possible, send a fri- 
 gate to divert some of the enemy's fire from her. 
 On his return he was ordered by the Kear-Admiral 
 to superintend the placing of the explosion-vessel, 
 
 * Including the Apot.lo 36, Capt. JohnWm. Taylor Dixon, 
 under wliom he was wrecked, oiT the Coast of Portugal, 
 1 April, 1804. The Captain and 60 of the crew wore lost ; 
 and Mr. Pbwell and the remainder left for three days on the 
 wreck without sustenance, and only partially clothed. 
 
 f Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 1351. 
 
 which, charged; with 143 barrels of powder, blew 
 up close under the semicircular battery to the 
 northward of the lighthouse. From 23 Oct. 1816 
 until paid off in Feb. 1819, Capt. Powell com- 
 manded the Hekon 18, on the Milford station. He 
 has since been on half-pay. He attained his present 
 rank 26 Dec. 1822. 
 Be was left a widower 10 July, 1847. 
 
 POWELL. (LraUTENANT, 1842.) 
 
 Richard Ashmore Powell embarked (from the 
 Royal Naval ColIege> 24 Dec. 1831; passed his ex- 
 amination 8; Feb. 1836; and at the period of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 18 May,, 1842, was serving on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station as Mate in the Hydra 
 steamerj Capt. Alex. Murray. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 16 March, 1843, to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast- 
 ings — 29 June IbllowiTig, to the Penelope steamer, 
 Capt. Wm. Jones, on the coast of Africa — and, 10 
 April, 1847, as First (after 12 months of half-pay) 
 to the Styx steam-sloop, Capt. Henry Chads, on 
 the same station, whence he returned in 1848. 
 
 POWER. (Lieutenant, 1839.) 
 
 Edward Eoche Power entered the Navy 1 Dec. 
 1824; passed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained 
 his commission 14 Aug. 1839. His appointments 
 have since been — 15 Aug. 1839, as Additional Lieu- 
 tenant, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 Harvey in North America and the West Indies — 29 
 Oct. following, as First, to the Satellite 18, Capt. 
 John Eobb, on the same station — 20 May, 1841, to 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings — 2 Sept. ensuing, to the Harle- 
 QDiN 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings, fitting 
 at Chatham — 2 Dec. in the same year, as Senior, to 
 the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Deve- 
 reux, whom he accompanied to the Mediterranean 
 — 5 July, 1842, for a short time, to the Calcutta 
 84, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, employed on particular 
 service— 27 May, 1843, again as First, to the Virago 
 steam-sloop, Capts. Geo. Graham Otway and John 
 Lunn, in the Mediterranean— and 1 July, 1846, to 
 the command, on the same station, of the Locust 
 steamer, of 100-horse power, in which vessel he is 
 still serving. 
 
 POWNEY, K.H. (Commander, 1827. r-p., 25 ; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 John Powney is youngest son of the late Penny- 
 Bton Portlock Powney, Esq., of Ives Place, Maiden- 
 head, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Berkshire Militia, 
 Custos Rotulorura of that county. Ranger of the 
 Little Park, Windsor, and many years M.P. for the 
 borough of New Windsor, who died in 1794. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in June,' 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 40, Capts. 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and Geo. Henry Towry, 
 under whom, until paid off at the peace of Amiens, 
 he was employed in attendance upon the Royal Fa^ 
 mily off Weymouth, and in escorting a large East 
 India fleet to St. Helena. He then became Mid- 
 shipman of the Immortalite 36, Capt. Edw. W. C. 
 R. Owen, lying in the Downs ; and he next, in the 
 course of 1802-3, joined the Nemesis, Magicienne, 
 and FoETONiE frigates, all commanded by Capt. 
 Henry Vansittart, and Phaeton 38, Capt.Geo. Cock- 
 burn. In the Magicienne he assisted in conveying 
 a number of disbanded Dutch troops from Lyming- 
 ton and Jersey to the Texel and Belvoetsluys ; in 
 the Phaeton, after escorting Mr. Merry, the British 
 Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United States, he 
 sailed for India, and was subsequently engaged in 
 the blockade of the Mauritius and the He de Bour- 
 bon. While so employed he frequently distin- 
 guished himself in boat expeditions, and on one 
 occasion in particular, at the capture and destruc- 
 tion of a ship which had run on shore for protec- 
 tion under a fort situated on Pointe Cannoniere. 
 On his return to England with Capt. Coctbum iii 
 the Howe 38, having on board the Maiquis of Wei- 
 
920 
 
 POWYS-POYNTER— POYNTZ. 
 
 lesley, late Governor-General of India, he removed 
 in succession, in the early part of 1806, to the Clyde 
 38, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore E. W. 
 C. R. Owen, and Niobe 40, Capt. John Wentworth 
 Loring— the latter stationed off' L'Orient. He was 
 made Lieutenant, 13 Sept. 1806, into the Beeg^ke 
 sloop, Capts. Jas. Boxer, Hon. Granville Leveson 
 Proby, and Thos. Whinyates, attached to the force 
 in the Mediterranean; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 17 Dec. 1807, to the Zenobia 18, Capt. 
 Alex. Rich. Mackenzie, under whom he assisted at 
 the capture of Flushing, and took part in all the 
 operations of 1809 in the Scheldt— 19 May, 1813, 
 after about three years of half-pay, to the Endymion 
 40, Capt. Henry Hope, stationed on the coast of 
 North America, where, until obliged by ill-health 
 to invalid in Sept. 1814, he was most actively em- 
 ployed, assisted in the boats at the capture of the 
 Meteor schooner of 3 guns and 31 men, and contri- 
 buted to the reduction of the islands in Passama^ 
 quoddy Bay— 16 June and 22 Sept. 1815, to the 
 Caledonia 120, and Vengeuk 74, Capts. Sir Arch. 
 Collingwood Dickson and Thos. Alexander, lying at 
 Portsmouth and Plymouth — 31 Jan. 1818, to the 
 command, for three years, of the Camelion Revenue 
 vessel, in which he cruized with much success, and 
 was in occasional attendance on George HI. during 
 his aquatic excursions — 20 March, 1823, to the com- 
 mand (at the particular request of her constructor 
 Capt. John Hayes) of the Arrow cutter, of about 
 160 tons, and 10 guns, employed in protecting the 
 oyster fisheries near Jersey, and, with advantage, 
 in the suppression of smuggling — and, 4 Oct. 1825, 
 to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Sir Michael Sey- 
 mour. While on the books of the latter vessel he 
 was intrusted with the command of the Calliope 
 tender, and ordered to coiivey the Mexican Charge 
 d' Affaires, Senor Rocafuerte, with a treaty of com- 
 merce from England to New Spain, where he was 
 presented by the Government of that republic with 
 a table-service of ijlate. On his return home with 
 a valuable freight in the spring of 1827, he was lent 
 with the crew of the Royal George to the Royal 
 Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir "Wm. Hoste ; in which 
 vessel we find him escorting the Queen'of "Wiirtem- 
 berg to England, and accompanying the Lord High 
 Admiral and his consort on several marine trips ; at 
 the termination whereof he was presented with a 
 Commander's commission bearing date 26 June, 
 1827. From 6 April, 1831, until the commencement 
 of 1834, he officiated as an Inspecting-Commander 
 in the Coast Guard at Aldborough — his last ap- 
 pointment. 
 
 Commander Powney was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan. 
 1837. He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of the 
 late Capt, Carleton, of H. M. 16th Foot, and niece 
 of the late Lord Carleton, Chief Justice of Ireland; 
 and, secondly, in Sept. 1838, Isabella Carleton, eldest 
 daughter of the late "Wm. Willie, Esq., Purser and 
 Paymaster R.N. (1798), by whom he has issue a son 
 and two daughters. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 POWYS. (Lieutenant, 1831.) 
 
 Charles Edward Powys is second son of the 
 Rev. Fred. Powys, by Mary, only daughter of Edw. 
 Thoroton Gould, Esq., sister of Henry, late Lord 
 Grey de Ruthyn, and aunt of the present Lady Grey 
 de Ruthyn, Marchioness of Hastings. His grand- 
 father, Thos. Powys, Esq., M.P. for Northampton- 
 shire in 1774, was elevated to the peerage 26 Oct. 
 1797, as Baron Lilford, of Lilford, in that co. One 
 of his uncles, Charles, an officer in the R.N., died 
 13 Aug. 1804, in his twenty-first year; and another, 
 Henry, Captain in the 83rd Regt., died of his wounds 
 in the attack of Picurina, before Badajoz, in April, 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College .5 
 Sept. 1822; passed his examination in 1829; and 
 was advanced to his present rank 31 Oct. 1831. 
 His subsequent appointments were, for short pe- 
 riods— 1 Dec. 1832, to the Druid 46, Capt. Sam. 
 Roberts, fitting for service off" Lisbon— 18 June, 
 1833, to the Endymion 50, commanded by the same 
 
 officer in the Channel— 26 Sept. 1833, to the V£STAn 
 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the North America and 
 West India station— 18 June, 1836, to the Mada- 
 gascar 46, Capt. Sir John Strutt Peyton, attached 
 to the force in the West Indies— 25 July, 1837, to 
 the EDiNEnHGH74, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, 
 at Lisbon— and, 15 Nov. 1841, as First, to the Apollo 
 troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Frederick, in the East In- 
 dies. He has been on half-pay since the close of 
 1842. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 POYNTER. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 36 ; h-p., 0.) 
 Charles Willet Poynter is second son of Jas. 
 Melthurst Poynter, Esq., at one time a Commander 
 in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s mercantile marine, and subse- 
 quently Captain of the Walmer troop of Yeomanry 
 Cavalry, and Captain of Sandown Castle, who died 
 26 Jan. 1835, by Elizabeth, youngest daughter of 
 the late Jaa. Peck, Esq., Surgeon, of Deal, co. 
 Kent. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 181X, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Inconstant 36, in which 
 ship, commanded by the present Sir Edw. W. C. 
 R. Owen, he came into frequent contact with the 
 Bologne flotilla. After serving for 14 months with 
 Captain Owen in the Cornwall 74, attached to 
 the force up the East Scheldt, he removed as Mid- 
 shipman, in May, 1814, to the Nymphen 36, Capt. 
 Matthew Smith, under whom he escorted the 
 Allied Sovereigns to England, returned with the 
 King of Prussia to Calais, and assisted, subsequently 
 to the battle of Waterloo, in blockading two French 
 frigates lying ready for sea in the port of Brest, 
 suspected of an intention of conveying the person 
 of Napoleon Bonaparte to America. While on the 
 books, from Aug. 1815 to Nov. 1817, of the Albion, 
 QoEEN, and Northumberland 74's, commanded 
 at Sheemess by Capt. Jas. Walker, Mr. Poynter 
 served twice with his former Captain, Owen, in the 
 Royal Sovereign yacht. He joined next the An- 
 dromache 44, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreffi and, sail- 
 ing in that ship for the Pacific, was there, in Dec. 
 1819, sent as Mate (he had passed his examination 
 in Nov. 1817) and second in command of the hired 
 brig William, Master-Commander Edw. Brans- 
 field, to ascertain the character of a tract of land 
 then just discovered, and now known under the name 
 of " New South Shetland." On leaving the An- 
 dromache, in July, 1821, he became Acting-Master 
 of the MoRGiANA sloop, Capt. Wm. Finlaison, on 
 the coast of Africa. In the following Nov. he re- 
 moved, as Acting Secon'd-Master, to the Doris 42, 
 Capts. Thos. Graham and Fred. Edw. Vernon (now 
 Harcourt), again on the South American station ; 
 where, from Sept. 1822 until his return to England 
 in July, 1823, he officiated as Master's Mate and 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the Alacrity 10, Capts. Jas. 
 Bance and Thos. Porter. He was confirmed in his 
 present rank on 26 of the month last mentioned. 
 His appointments have since been in succession — 9 
 Jan. 1824, to the Coast Guard, in which service he 
 continued as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the Ea- 
 MiLLiES 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 22 April in the latter 
 year, to the Coast Guard — 21 March, 1844, to the 
 command of the Silvia Revenue-vessel— 20 Nov. 
 1846, again to the Coast Guard— and 22 April, 1847, 
 to the command of the Harpy, another Revenue- 
 cruizer. 
 
 Lieut. Poynter married, in 1833, Louisa, only 
 daughter of John Illenden, Esq., by whom he has 
 a large family. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 POYNTZ. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Newdigate Poyntz was born 14 April, 1785. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 2 
 Feb. 1798; and embarked, in Dec. 1800, as A.B., on 
 board La Deteeminee 24, Capts. John Clarke 
 Searle, Philip Beaver, and Alex. Becher; under the 
 first-mentioned of whom he assisted, 25 July, 1801, 
 at the capture, off Alexandria, of a French corvette 
 of 10 guns, with specie on board to the amount of 
 
POYNTZ— PRAED-PRATT. 
 
 921 
 
 10,000/. sterling. He held, at the time, the rating 
 of Midshipman. In March, 1803, three months 
 after he had left La Detebmin&e, he joined the 
 SoEPTKE 74, Capts. Sir Arch. Dickson and Joseph 
 Bingham, and sailed for the East Indies, where he 
 continued until obliged by ill health to inyaUd in 
 June, 1806. Becoming attached, in Aug. 1807, to 
 the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admi- 
 ral Gambler, he took part in that ship, and, as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant in the Thunder bomb, Capts. Geo. 
 Cocks and Jas. Caulfeild, in the operations con- 
 nected with the attack upon Copenhagen. He was 
 confirmed Lieutenant 11 Sept. 1807; and subse- 
 quently appointed— 31 May, 1808, to the Hound 
 bomb, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, under whom, and 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Rich. Goodwin Keats, he 
 witnessed the embarkation from Nyeborg of the 
 Spanish troops under the Marquis de la Bomana — 
 22 Sept. 1809 (after five months of half-pay occa- 
 sioned by indisposition) to the Mosquito sloop, 
 Capt. Robt. Pettet, employed ofi' Heligoland and 
 up the river Elbe— in July and Oct. 1810, Feb. and 
 Sept. 1811, and Jan. 1812, to the command, in the 
 Mediterranean, of the Okion transport, Epervier, 
 Ptlades, and Epeevier— 5 Aug. 1813 (12 months 
 after the Epervier had been paid off), to the 
 ^OLus 32, Capt. Stephen Popham, on the coast of 
 North America — and, 18 Feb. 1814, to the Naval 
 Establishment on the Lakes of Canada, where, from 
 Aug. to Dec. following, we find him commanding 
 the Netley schooner. He invalided home in Jan. 
 1815 ; and on 19 Sept. following, as a reward for 
 services he had performed on the Canadian Lakes, 
 was advanced to his present rank. He has since 
 been on half pay. 
 
 POYNTZ. (Admiral of the White, 1841.) 
 
 Stephen Poyntz died 12 May, 1847, at his seat, 
 Bedhampton, near Portsmouth, aged 78. He was 
 descended from the Right Hon. Stephen Poyntz, 
 of Midgham, co. Berks, whose' daughter married 
 John, first Earl Spencer, grandfather of the present 
 peer. 
 
 This ofiioer entered the Navy, 11 March, 1784, on 
 board the BiiENHEiM, Capt. Boxer, lying at Ply- 
 mouth. In the course of the same year he sailed 
 for the coast of Africa in the Grampus, Capt. 
 Thompson ; and, in 1785-6, he served at Newfound- 
 land in the Winchelsea, Capt. Pellew. After 
 cruizing for a few months on the Halifax station in 
 the Adamant 50, Capt. Knox, he was there, 1 Jan. 
 1791, made Lieutenant into the Thisbe, Capt. 
 George. He next, in Jan. 1793, joined the Leda 
 frigate, Capt. Campbell, attached to the force in 
 the Mediterranean. He attained the rank of Com- 
 mander, 31 Oct. 1795, in the Childehs sloop, on the 
 Channel station ; was made Post, 5 Dec. 1796, into 
 the Camili,a 24, also employed in the Channel; 
 and was subsequently appointed — 16 Aug. 1797, to 
 the SoLEBAT 32, in the West Indies — 1 Jan. 1801, 
 to the Beaulieu 40, in the Channel, where he re- 
 mained vmtil May, 1802 — 7 Aug. 1804, to the Melam- 
 pus 36, on the Home and West India stations — 140ct. 
 1806, for two months, to the Tartar 32, at Halifax 
 — and 13 Feb. 1810, to the Edgar 74, in which ship 
 he served in the Bfiltic until the following Dec. In 
 the Childers Capt. Poyntz effected the capture, 14 
 Sept. 1796, of La Bonne Esperance privateer, of 2 
 swivels and 25 men; and, in company with the 
 Melampos, Capt. Graham Moore, aided in taking, 
 13 Nov. following, U Etna corvette, of 18 guns, 
 pierced for 20. During his command of the Sole- 
 bay he made prize, in the course of 1798, of the 
 privateers Augustine of 2 guns and 23 men, Destin 
 of 4 guns and 46 men, and Prosperite of 8 guns and 
 61 men ; besides gallantly enforcing the surrender, 
 24 Nov. 1799, off the island of St. Domingo, of a 
 French squadron, consisting of VEgyptienne armed 
 store-ship, of 20 guns and 137 men, Eole ship-cor- 
 vette, of 18 guns and 107 men, Levrier brig-corvette, 
 of 12 guns and 96 men, and Vengeur schooner, of 8 
 guns and 9i men. Capt. Poyntz was in command 
 of the Beaulieu in 1801, when the boats of that 
 
 ship and of the Doris and Uranie frigates out out 
 La Ckevrette corvette, of, 20 guns and 350 men, one 
 of the most surprising exploits of the kind ever 
 achieved.* In the Melampus we find him capturing 
 two brigs, each carrying two long 24-pounders, one 
 18-pounder, and 50 men, most of them soldiers ;t 
 four luggers of one long 18-pounder and 25 men 
 each, from Bordeaux bound to Brest ; and a Spanish 
 privateer, the Hydra, of 28.guns and 192 men, 3 of 
 whom were killed and several wounded before she 
 surrendered.J In Sept. 1806, being in the same 
 ship in company with the Belleisle and Bellona 
 74's, he contributed to the destruction, off Cape 
 Henry, of the French 74 L'Impetueux. He became 
 a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, a Vice-Admiral 22 
 July, 1830, and a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Admiral Poyntz married in Oct. 1802. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PEAED. (ViCE-ArMiRAL of the White, 1846. 
 F-p., 23 ; H-p., 44.) 
 
 BuLKELEY Mackwokth Praed is related to the 
 Praeds, of the firm of Praeds and Co., bankers, of 
 Fleet-street, London; and a protege of the late Earl 
 St. Vincent. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1780, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Canada 74, Capt. Sir 
 Geo. Collier, stationed in the Channel, where he 
 continued employed in the Nonsuch, Capt. Trus- 
 cott, until 1782. He served next, from 1786 until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Sept. 1793, 
 nearly the whole time as Midshipman, in the Jupi- 
 ter, Commodores Sir Rich. Bickerton and Wm. 
 Parker, Sybii., Capt. Rich. Hussey Bickerton, Sole- 
 bay, Capt. HoUoway, Culloden 74, Capt. Collins, 
 and London, Romney, and Princess Royal, flag- 
 ships of Rear-Admiral Goodall, in the West Indies, 
 Channel, and Mediterranean. During the occupa- 
 tion of Toulon we find him officiating as Aide-de- 
 Camp to the officer last mentioned, as* well as to 
 Lord Hood. He was subsequently employed on 
 the Home station in La Perle frigate and Atlas 
 98, in command of the Crash gun-brig, and in the 
 OvERYSSEt 64, flag-ship of Admiral Peyton. In the 
 Crash Mr. Praed accompanied the expedition un- 
 der Sir Home Popham against the locks and sluice- 
 gates of the Bruges Canal, in May, 1798,§ and was 
 captured by the enemy on the coast of Holland 26 
 Aug. following. He was made Commander, 21 
 Aug. 1799, into the Firm sloop ; and after having 
 served for two years and eight months in that vessel 
 on the English coast, was advanced, 29 April, 1802, 
 to Post rank. His last appointment was, 4 July, 
 1803, to the Durham district of Sea Fencibles, in 
 which he continued until the abolition of that ser- 
 vice in 1810. He became a Eear-Admiral on the 
 Retired List 10 Jan. 1837 ; was transferred to the 
 Active List 17 Aug. 1840; and promoted to his pre- 
 sent rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 PRATT. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 James Pratt entered the Navy 13 July, 1808; 
 passed his examination in 1815 ; served on board 
 the Bkitomart 10, Capt. Eobt. Riddell (now Carre), 
 at the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug, 1816 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 27 May, 1825 ; was employed 
 in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, from 
 27 July following until March, 1831 ; and has since 
 been in command of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 In 1840 he received a silver medal from the Ship- 
 wreck Institution, and the thanks of the Royal Hu- 
 mane Society, for his exertions in saving the crews 
 of three vessels wrecked on the beach between 
 Bearshide and Black Rock, oo. Cornwall. 
 
 * The iadicions arrangements he made on the occuion 
 procured nim the warmest thanks of Capt. Chas. Brisbane, of 
 the Doris, the senior officer present. — Ktde Gaz. 1801 p 919 
 
 + V. Gaz. 1805, p. 227. J F. Gaz. 1805, p. 955! ' 
 
 i F. Gaz. 1798, p. 421. 
 
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 PREEDY— PRESCOTT. 
 
 PKEEDY. (LiEOT., 1844. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 0.) 
 
 George William Peeedy entered the Navy, 12 
 Not. 1828, as a Volunteer, on board the Banger 
 28, Capt. 'Wm. Walpole, fitting for the West Indies, 
 where he followed the same officer, as Midshipman, 
 in the early part of 1832, into the Pallas 42, and 
 continued employed until May, 1834. During that 
 period he was constantly engaged in the suppression 
 of the slave-trade ; and pn one occasion, while lent 
 to the Nimble schooner, of 5 guns, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Chas. Bolton, was for a long time, prior to 
 the surrender of the enemy, exposed to the fire of 
 the Joaquina, a large slaver, mounting one heavy 
 gun upon a pivot. From May, 1834, until Nov. 1842, 
 he served on the Mediterranean station in the Port- 
 land 52, Capt. David Price, Madagascar 46, Capt. 
 Edm. Lyons, Kodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and 
 Calcdtta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts. He then 
 (he had passed his examination, while in the Rod- 
 ney, 27 Aug. 1836) joined the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and 
 on 10 June, 1844, four months after he had been re- 
 moved to the Campeedown 104, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Chambers White at the Nore,he was advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have 
 since been — 13 Sept. 1844, to the Queen 1 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Fanshawe Martin, lying at Plymouth — 30 Jan. 
 
 1845, to the Traealgar 120, Capts. W. F. Martin 
 and John Neale Nott, under the latter of whom he 
 cruized with the Channel squadron — and 7 July, 
 
 1846, to the Constance 50, Capts. Sir Baldwin 
 Wake Walker and Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, 
 now in the Pacific. 
 
 PRESCOTT, C.B. (Eear-Admiral of the Blue, 
 1847. F-P., 22; H-p., 29.) 
 
 Henry Peescott, born 4 May, 1783, at Kew 
 Green, co. Surrey, is only surviving son of Admiral 
 Isaac Prescott,* by a daughter of the late Rev. Rich. 
 Walter, Chaplain of the Centurion, with Commo- 
 dore Anson, during his expedition to the South Seas, 
 and author of * Anson's Voyage.' His only brother, 
 an officer in the Hon. E . I. Co.'s service, was drowned 
 on his passage home in 1806. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16^Feb. 1796, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capts. 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley and John Irwin, sta- 
 tioned in the Channel, where he attained the rating 
 of Midshipman in April, 1797, and in the spring of 
 1798 followed Sir Chas. Thompson (whose flag had 
 been latterly flying on board the Formidable) into 
 the Queen Charlotte 100. Proceeding, in 1799, 
 to the Mediterranean, in the Penelope 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood, he there, while at the 
 blockade of Malta, assistedjSl March, 1800, at the 
 hardwrought capture of -Xe Guiltaume Tell^ of 84 
 guns and 1000 men. He afterwards took part in 
 the operations of 1801 in Egypt; and on 17 Feb. 
 1802, at which period he was serving with Lord 
 Keith in the Foudroyant 80, was nominated Act- 
 ing Lieutenant of the Vincejo brig, Capt. Jas. Pre- 
 vost. Being confirmed a Lieutenant by commission 
 dated 28 April, 1802, he was subsequently appointed, 
 in that capacity — 26 April, 1803, to the Unicorn 32, 
 Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, in the North 
 Sea— 14 Dec. 1804, to the .aLotus 32, Capt. Lord 
 Wm. FitzRoy, under whom he fought in Sir Rich. 
 Strachan's action ^th the four line-of-battle ships 
 escaped from Trafalgar 4 Nov. 1805 — and, in the 
 course of 1805, to the Lord Eldon, Capt. Whin- 
 yates, Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. H. Blackwood, and 
 Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, all in the 
 Mediterranean. On 4 Feb. 1808 he was made Com- 
 mander into the Weasel brig, of 18 guns. On 1 
 April following, being off Sardinia, he fell in with a 
 French fleet, consisting of 10 sail of the line, three 
 
 » Attaining Post-rank 8 April, 1778, Admiral Prescott, in 
 tile conrse of tlie same year, commanded the Queen 98 in 
 the action between Keppel and d'Orvilliers. In 1781 lie 
 was stationed at Newfoundland in the Mercury 28. He 
 became a Rear-Admiral 1 June, 1795, a Vice-Admiral 14 Feb. 
 1799, and a full Admiral 9 Not. 1805. He died an Admiral 
 □r the Red. 
 
 frigates, one brig, and a store-sUp, and on the next 
 day, having closely reconnoitred it, proceeded with 
 the intelligence to Lord Collingwood, who was at 
 the time cruizing, with a more powerful force, near 
 Sicily. Adverse winds, unfortunately, however, 
 deprived the Admiral of an opportunity of prevent- 
 ing the enemy from effecting their arrival at Toulon. 
 While employed, subsequently, on the coast of Na^ 
 pies, Capt. Prescott proved of material obstruction 
 to the trade passing along shore. In one instance 
 he obliged a French brig of 20 guns to seek refuge 
 under the land batteries ; and although he adopted 
 every manoenvre that gallantry could suggest to en- 
 tice her out, his efforts were of no avail, notwith- 
 standing that 11 Neapolitan gun-boats were in rea- 
 diness to support her. On 8 Sept. 1808 we find 
 him contributing to the capture of four large gun- 
 boats and 34 coasting-vessels, assembled at Dia- 
 mante, near the Gulf of Policastro, which place he 
 had blockaded with much perseverance until the 
 arrival from Sicily of a force sufficient to attack 
 them.* On 27 Oct. 1809 he made prize of Le Ve- 
 loce, French letter of marque, of 4 guns and 83 men; 
 and on 25 Dec. in the same year he enforced the 
 surrender, after a chase of nine hours and a brave 
 resistance of an hour and a-half, of U Eoh, polacre- 
 rigged privateer, of 14 guns, pierced for 20, and 140 
 men, 5 of whom were killed and 9 wounded, with 
 a loss to the British of only 1 man killed and 1 
 wounded. Between the date last mentioned and 
 June, 1810, the Weasel was employed cruizing off 
 Sardinia, on which station she took and re-captured 
 17 vessels, including, among the former, Ulppolite 
 French schooner privateer, of 5 guns and 78 men. 
 She next aided in the defence of Sicily, and while 
 on that service came into frequent contact with the 
 flotilla equipped by Murat for the invasion of the 
 island. On 25 July, 1810, having, in company with 
 the Thames 32 and Pilot 18, induced a convoy of 
 31 vessels,! protected by seven large gunboats and 
 five scampavias, to haul themselves on the beach 
 close to the town of Amantea, in a position that 
 caused them to be flanked by two small batteries, 
 Capt. Prescott, after the crews had been put to 
 flight, pushed off with his boats, and, sustained by 
 those of the two other ships, captured and destroyed 
 the whole. In the ; execution of this service he 
 was exposed to a very galling fire from the enemy, 
 who had not only thrown up an embankment outside 
 the vessels to prevent their being got off, but also 
 within them to afford shelter to the numerous 
 troops collected, who, when driven from their en- 
 trenchments, still afforded great annoyance from 
 the walls of the town. J Two days subsequently 
 to this achievement Capt. Prescott again landed 
 at Amantea, supported by a detachment of ma- 
 rines from the Cumberland 74; and after de- 
 stroying several vessels, succeeded in bringing off 
 a gun, under a heavy fire of musketry, by which 
 three of his men were wounded. In the course 
 of the following month he was twice engaged with 
 convoys passing alongshore, and captured six ves- 
 sels, two of which, an armed xebec and a gun- 
 boat, he was obliged to abandon in consequence of 
 a sudden shift of wind, and of the Weasel's main- 
 yard being shot away, whereby it became impos- 
 sible for her to tow them out from under a battery, 
 in which a large body of French troops had assem- 
 bled for their protection. The Weasel on this oc- 
 casion had 6 of her people wounded, one of them 
 mortally. In Feb. 1811, having been rewarded for 
 his conduct at Amantea by a commission dated 25 
 July, 1810, Capt. Prescott left the Weasel. His 
 next appointments were — 7 Aug. 1811, to the Fylla 
 20, on the Guernsey and Jersey station — 3 June, 
 1813, to the Eridanus 36, employed in the Bay of 
 Biscay, where he cruized until April, 1815— and 6 
 April, 1821, to the Aurora 46. In the latter frigate 
 he was at first stationed as senior officer on the coast 
 of Brazil; and afterwards for 18 months in a similar 
 capacity in the Pacific. While there in 1822 the 
 
 * Viie Gai. 1808, p. 1677, andOaz. 1809, p. 4. 
 
 + Laden with provisions for Murat's army at Scylla. 
 
 X V- Gaz. 1808, p. 1859. 
 
PRESCOTT-PRESTON. 
 
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 Congress of Peru having ordered a forced contribu- 
 tion on the commerce of Lima, the British propor- 
 tion of which amounted to nearly 200,000 dollars, 
 he not only remonstrated, but took, such decided 
 and effectual measures that the iniquitous exaction 
 was abandoned. As a mark of their respect and 
 gratitude for his exertions the British merchants at 
 Lima Toted the sum of 1500 dollars for the purpose 
 of purchasing him a testimonial. In Feb. 1825 he 
 returned with a large freight to England, and was 
 paid off. He attained his present rank 24 April, 
 1847 ; was selected shortly afterwards to fill a seat 
 at the Board of Admiralty ; and since 15 Deo. in 
 the same year has been employed as Admiral Su- 
 perintendent at Portsmouth. He had been nomi- 
 nated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and awarded the Cap- 
 tain's Good Service Pension 1 April, 1844. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Prescott was appointed, in Sept. 
 1834, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New- 
 foundland and its dependencies. He retained the 
 post until 1841. He married, 5 July, 1815, Mary 
 Anne Charlotte, eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral 
 D'Auvergne, Prince de Bouillon, and sister-in-law 
 of Capt. John Geo. Aplin, R.N. His eldest son, 
 the Rev. J. P. Prescott, is married to a daughter of 
 the late Capt. Parke, R.N. 
 
 PRESCOTT. (Eetired Commander, 1839.) 
 
 Thomas Lennox Peescott is son of Thos Pres- 
 cott, Esq. (son of Sir G. Prescott, Kt.), by Augusta, 
 daughter of Sir Chas. Frederick, K.B., Surveyor- 
 General of the Ordnance, whose wife, Lucy, was 
 the eldest daughter of Hugh, first Viscount Fal- 
 mouth, and sister of the Hon. Admiral Boscaweu. 
 He is related, thus, to the ducal houses of Marl- 
 borough, Sutherland, and Beaufort ; and is a ne- 
 phew of the late Rear-Admiral Thos. Lennox Fre- 
 derick. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1791, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Romulus 36, commanded in 
 the Channel by his uncle, Capt. T. L. Frederick ; re- 
 moved, in the course of the same year, to the Hector 
 74, Capt. Geo. Montagu, lying at Portsmouth ; and, 
 from 1792 until 1796, was employed in the West 
 Indies in the Blanche of 38 guns, Capts. Christ. 
 Parker, Jonathan Faulknor, and Chas. Sawyer. 
 In the early part of 1794 he assisted at the reduc- 
 tion of the French West India islands ; and on 30 
 Dec. in the same year he was wounded in the boats 
 under the late Sir David Milne, at the cutting out 
 of an armed schooner of 8 guns from beneath a de- 
 structive fire from a fort and a body of troops, not 
 ,50 yards distant, in the island of Deseada. Pre- 
 viously to the latter affair he had escorted H.R.H. 
 the Duke of Kent to Halifax. He was subsequently, 
 5 Jan. 1795, present at the capture of the French 
 frigate La Pique of 38 guns and about 279 men, 
 after a deadly action of nearly four hours and a 
 half, attended with a loss to the enemy of 76 killed 
 and 1 10 wounded, and to the British, out of 198 
 men, of 8, including Capt. Faulknor, killed and 21 
 wounded. During the unfortunate attack made by 
 General Stewart and Capt. Sawyer upon the island 
 of Ste. Lucie, Mr. Prescott landed and was intrusted 
 with the command of a fort. He was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 12 July, 1797, into the Chapman 24, Capt. 
 Keene, on the Channel station ; and next appointed 
 — 13 Nov. in the same year and 27 Aug. 1798, to 
 the Blenheim and Princess Royal 98's, flag-ships 
 of Rear-Admiral T. L. Frederick off Lisbon and 
 Cadiz— and, about 1800, to the command, for a few 
 months, of a 10-gun brig off Boulogne. In com- 
 mand of the boats of the Princess Royal he 
 boarded and carried a Swedish armed ship under 
 the guns of Cadiz, and had several men wounded. 
 During the whole of the late war he was detained 
 a prisoner in France. He was admitted to the out- 
 pension of Greenwich Hospital 13 June, 1820; and 
 awarded his present rank 27 April, 1839. 
 He is married and has had issue. 
 
 PEESTON. (Admihal of the White, 1841. 
 F-P., 22 ; H-p., 44.) 
 
 D'Akcy Preston died 21 Jan. 1847, at Askam 
 Bryam, co. York, aged 82. He was son of the Rev. 
 John Preston, by Jane Consitt, his wife. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1781, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Portland, Capt. Luttrell, 
 flag-ship at Newfoundland of Rear- Admirals Ed- 
 wards and Campbell. From Sept. 1782 until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Nov. 1790, he 
 served on the North American, Home, Mediterra- 
 nean; and again on the Newfoundland stations, in 
 the Thorn sloop, Capt. Wm. Lechmere, and Port- 
 land, Bulldog, Sphynx, Phaeton, Bedford, and 
 Salisbury — the latter bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Milbanke. His next appointments were — 
 to the Orestes sloop, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard, and 
 Royal Sovereign 100 and Boyne 98, bearing the 
 flags of Admirals Graves and Sir John Jervis. In 
 March, 1794, he commanded the seamen of the 
 Boyne at the storming of Fort Royal, Martinique ; 
 and in the following April he co-operated in the re- 
 duction of Ste. Lucie. While engaged on the latter 
 service he was promoted to the rank of Commander 
 by commission bearing date 4 April, 1794, and ap- 
 pointed to the Rattlesnake sloop-of-war ; in which 
 vessel he returned to England with the officers who 
 were charged with the official accounts of the con- 
 quest. After nearly two years of half-pay Capt, 
 Preston assumed command, 17 May, 1796, of the 
 Termagant sloop, lying in the river Thames. At- 
 taining Post-rank 13 June, 1796, he was next, from 
 that period until June, 1798, employed on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations in the Queen 98, Mig- 
 nonne 32, Blanche of similar force, and Dido 28. 
 On the night of 19 Dec. 1796, being at the time in 
 the Blanche of 38 guns, and in company with La 
 MiNERVE, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Nelson, he fell in with the two Spanish 40-gun fri- 
 gates Sabina and Ceres, The latter ship he engaged 
 and compelled to surrender, with the loss of 7 of 
 her people killed and 15 wounded ; hut before he 
 could obtain possession of her, the approach of a 
 Spanish 3-decker and two other frigates compelled 
 him to wear and make sail in the direction of hig 
 consort, who, in the meanwhile, had effected the 
 capture, although she was soon afterwards retaken, 
 of the Sabina* From 4 July, 1803, until 28 Feb. 
 1810, Capt. Preston commanded the Sea Fenciblea 
 between Flamborough and the Tees ; and from 9 
 Nov. 1813 until July, 1814, we find him officiating, 
 in the Bravo, as Commodore of a division of prison- 
 ships at Plymouth. He became a Rear-Admiral 24 
 Aug. 1819, a Vice-Admiral 12 Nov. 1840, and a full 
 Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Admiral Preston was a Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire. He 
 married, 29 June, 1792, Sophia, fourth daughter of 
 the late Hon. Sir Geo. Nares, one of the Judges of 
 the Court of Common Fleas, and sister of Dr. Nares, 
 Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, by 
 whom he had issue five sons and two daughters. 
 His eldest son, the Rev. John D'Arcy Jervis 
 Preston, is the father of Mr. D'Arcy Spence 
 Preston, Mate R.N. ; his second, Edward, died in 
 the service ; his third, William, is now a Captain 
 R.N. ; and his fourth, Charles, is an officer in the 
 Army. 
 
 PEESTON. (Commander, 1830. r-p., 13- 
 H-p., 33.) ' 
 
 Heney Preston is second and youngest son of 
 Sir Robt. Preston, Bart., by his cousin, Euphemia, 
 daughter of John Preston, Esq., of Gorton. His 
 brother, Robert, is an officer of rank in the Army. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capt. 
 John Rennie, which ship, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Totty, struck on 16 of the same 
 month, on the Hasborough Sand, near Yarmouth, 
 and was lost with about 400 of her crew. With 
 Rear-Admiral Totty Mr. Preston continued eni, 
 * Vide Gaz. 1797, pp. goi-g. 
 
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 PRESTON— PttETYMAN—PREVOST. 
 
 jiloyed on the Baltic, Channel, and West India sta- 
 tions, in the Ze^-LOds and Satobn 74's, until the 
 summer of 1802. He next, in May, 1803, joined the 
 Isis 50, bearing the flag of the late Lord Gambler 
 at Newfoundland, where he remained until Feb. 
 1805. After a further servitude, on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations, in the Pomone 40, and 
 Captain 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Gren- 
 ville Lobb, Royal Geokgb 100, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth (under whom he passed the 
 Bardanells), and Ville de Pakis 110 and Cale- 
 donia 120, both flag-ships of Lord Gambler, he was 
 nominated, 1 Nov. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Triumph 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy 
 and Sam. Hood Linzee, employed at first in the 
 Channel and afterwards off Cadiz and Ferrol. He 
 was confirmed to that ship 18 Nov. 1809 ; and 
 subsequently appointed — 15 Nov. and 17 Dec. 
 1810, to the Valiant 74, Capt. Robt. Dudley 
 Oliver, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Harry 
 Burrard Neale, both in the Channel"3 June, 1811, 
 to the Imf£tdecx 74, Capts. John Lawford, David 
 Milne, and Chas. Inglis, in which ship he served in 
 the Baltic, oflT Lisbon, and among the Western 
 Islands, part of the time under the flag of Vioe-Ad- 
 miral Geo. Martin, until Sept. 1812—1 Oct. 1814, 
 for about 12 months, to the Daphne 22, Capt. Jas. 
 Green — 25 April, 1816, to the Rivoli 74, Capts. 
 Chas. Ogle and Aiskew Faffard Hollis, lying at 
 Portsmouth, where he was paid off 18 Feb. 1817 — 
 and 12 May, 1827, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Nor- 
 borne Thompson, with whom he served for a short 
 period at the same place. He attained bis present 
 rank 22 July, 1830 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 PRESTON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Thomas Preston entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dreadnought 98, 
 Capts. Wm. Lechmere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, Valen- 
 tine Collard, and Sam. Hood Linzee, in which ship 
 he continued employed in the Channel, off Roche- 
 fort and Lisbon, and in the Baltic, part of the time 
 under the flag of Kear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby, and 
 latterly in the capacity of Midshipman, until Feb. 
 1812. He next, between the date last mentioned 
 and Aug. 1815, served on the Home and American 
 stations in the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Wm. 
 Bedford and Jas. Bissett, Ajax 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Waller Otway, and Spey 20, Capt. Geo. Ferguson. 
 He then took up a commission bearing date 28 Feb. 
 1315, and has not been since afloat. 
 
 PEESTON. )Captain, 1841. s-p., 22 ; h-p., 14.) 
 William Pbeston is second son of Admiral 
 Preston. 
 
 This ofloer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vends frigate, Capt. 
 Kenneth Mackenzie, with whom he served in flie 
 North Sea and West Indies until Feb. 1815, the last 
 two years in the capacity of Midshipman. During 
 the eight following years we find him employed on 
 the Home and North American stations in the 
 SoAMANDER and Ekidanhs frigates, Capts. Gilbert 
 Heathcote and Wm. King, Grasshopper 18, Capts. 
 Henry Forbes and David Buchan, Sir Francis 
 Drake frigate, Capt. John Bowker, Carnation 
 sloop, Capt. Roger Hall, Newcastle and Salisbury, 
 flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Edw. Griffith and Wm. 
 Chas. Fahie, and Athoi.Ii 28, Capt. Henry Bour- 
 chier. He was then, 8 Jan. 1822, nominated Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant to the Dotereii 18, Capt. Rich. 
 Hoare, to which vessel, also stationed in North 
 America,'he was confirmed 22 March following. He 
 returned home in July of the same year, and was 
 subsequently appointed — 24 Jan. 1826, to the Suc- 
 cess 28, Capt. Jas. Stirling, fitting for the East 
 Indies — and, 25 Nov. 1828, as First, to the Sulphur 
 8, Capt. Wm. Townsend Dance, in which vessel he 
 continued employed on particular service until the 
 close of 1832. Attaining the rank of Commander 
 28 Dec. 1833, he was appointed in that capacity, 13 
 Nov. 1837, to the Electra 18, on the South Ame- 
 
 rican station; where he became, in April, 1839, 
 Second-Captain of the Stag 46, Capt. Thos. Ball 
 Sulivan, He was advanced, soon after the paying 
 off of the latter ship, to his present rank 11 Aug. 
 1841 ; and has not been since employed. 
 
 Capt. Preston married, 23 Oct. 1833, Hamilla 
 Mary, youngest daughter of Jas. Mangles, Esq., 
 M.P. for Woodbridge, by whom he has issue. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PRETYMAN. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 George Pretyman obtained his commission 17 
 Feb. 1815; served from 1818 to 1821 in the East 
 Indies on board the Salisbury 58, Capt. John 
 Wilson ; and in June, 1828, joined the Coast Block- 
 ade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 
 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He has been on 
 half-pay since 1831. 
 
 PRETYMAN. (Commandeb, 1846. f-p., 22 ; 
 H-p., 16.) 
 
 William Pretyman entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 
 1809, as F8t.-cl. Vol., on board the Ciroe 28, Capt. 
 Edw. Woolcombe, and after a servitude of four 
 years in that ship, chiefly on the West India sta- 
 tion, and the greater part of the time in the capa- 
 city of Midshipman, was transferred, in Nov. 1813, 
 to the Revolutionnaire 38, Capt. Edw. Wool- 
 combe, under whom he continued employed as 
 Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant on the East 
 India and Cape of Good Hope stations, until Dec. 
 1816. During the next five years he again served 
 in the West Indies, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Beaver and Rifleman sloops, both commanded 
 by Capt. Norwich Duff, Salisbury 58, flag-ship of 
 Bear-Admiral Campbell, and Raleigh sloop, Capt. 
 Geo. Blaokman ; and, on 12 April, 1823, after hoving 
 been for 15 months stationed at Chatham in the 
 Bulwark and Gloucester 74'8, and Prince Re- 
 gent 120, all flag-ships of Sir Benj. Hallowell, he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His sub- 
 sequent appointments were — 23 Oct. 1827, to the 
 Coast Blockade, in which service he continued 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 
 42, Capt. .Wm. Jas. Mingaye, until 1831—27 Feb; 
 1841, to the LucirER steam surveying-vessel, Capt. 
 Fred. Wm. Beechey, under whom he was for nearly 
 three years employed on the coast of Ireland — and 
 12 July, 1844, to the command of the Comet 
 steamer. In that vessel, in which he remained 
 until advanced to his present rank 27 June, 1846, he 
 conveyed the body of the late Admiral Sir Philip 
 Chas. Durham from Portsmouth to Scotland in 1845. 
 Since his promotion he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Pretyman married, 16 June, 1844, 
 Catherine Elliott, second daughter of Lieut. Alex. 
 Webb, R.N. 
 
 PREVOST. (Eeab-Admikal, 1846. f-p., 24; 
 H.P., 39.) 
 
 James Prevost is second son of the late Major- 
 General Augustine Prevost, by Anne, daughter of 
 the Chevalier Geo. Grand, of Amsterdam, Knight 
 of the Swedish order of Gustavus Vasa; and brother 
 (with Major-General Wm. Augustus Prevost, who 
 died 9 Aug. 1824) of Lieut.-General Sir Geo. Pre- 
 vost," Colonel of the 16th Regt., and Governor- 
 General and Commander-in-Chief in North Ame- 
 rica, who was created a Baronet 6 Dec. 1805 and 
 died 5 Jan. 1816. 
 
 This ofiioer entered the Navy ill 1784, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the Culloden 74, Capt. 
 Cotton, guard-ship at Plymouth. From March, 
 1785, untU June, 1793, he served on the Newfound- 
 land and Jamaica stations in the Leocadia, Capt> 
 Alex. Edgar, Expedition 44, Commodore Gardner, 
 Chichester 44, Capt. H. Brydges, Nautilus 18, 
 Capt. John Trigge, and Salisbury and Europa, 
 flag-ships of Admiral Milbanke and Commodore 
 Ford. He was then, on 19 of the month last men- 
 tioned, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and 
 placed in command of the Flying Fish schooner, 
 in which vessel he witnessed the surrender of Jere- 
 mie, St. Nicholas Mole, Leogane, and other places 
 
PREVOST— PRICE. 
 
 925 
 
 in St. Domingo. His appointments, after he left 
 the Flying Fish, were— 9 March, 1794, to the 
 Hound 18, Capt. F. Gardner, on the Jamaica, sta- 
 tion— 20 April, U95, and 6 April, 1796, to the De- 
 fence 74, Capt. Thos. Wells and Bakfledk 98, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Hon. Wm. Waldegraye, both 
 in the Mediterranean — 22 Feb. 1798, to the Agin- 
 couHT 64, bearing the flag of the officer last men- 
 tioned at Newfoundland— and, 29 Aug. 1800, to the 
 FouDBOYANT 80, flag-sMp of Lord Keith, again in 
 the Mediterranean. In the Defence he fought in 
 Hotham's first partial action 14 March, 1795; in 
 the Babplehr he took part in the action off Cape 
 St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, and assisted, in command 
 of the launch, in Nelson's bombardment of Cadiz ; 
 and in the Foudroyant he obtained the Turkish 
 gold medal for his services on shore during the ope- 
 rations of 1801 in Egypt. On 8 Oct. in the latter 
 year he was promoted to the command of the 
 Bonne Citoyenne sloop, also on the Mediterranean 
 station, where, in 1802, he removed to the Vincejo 
 brig. In Aug. and Dec. 1804 (he had left the Vin- 
 cejo in 1803), he assumed command, in succession, 
 of the Explosion bomb and Saracen 18 ; in the 
 latter of which vessels we find him recommended 
 by Kear-Admiral Murray to the 'protection of the 
 Admiralty as " an active and very zealous officer " 
 for his conduct during the operations in the Kio de 
 la Plata, whence he was sent home with the naval 
 and military despatches announcing the disastrous 
 result of the attack upon Buenos Ayres 5 July, 
 1807.* He was advanced to Post-rank 13j March, 
 1809, and was lastly, from 11 Dec. 1812 until 4 June, 
 1814, employed at Chatham in the Ceres 32, as 
 Flag-Captain to Kear-Admiral Thos. Surridge. We 
 may add that for a short time in 1802 She acted as 
 Captain of the Sdccess frigate at Malta. He ac- 
 cepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Kear-Admiral Prevost married, first, in 1798, 
 Frances, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Haultain, Kector 
 of Weybridge ; and that lady dying 1 Feb. 1813, 
 secondly, in Feb. 1814, Frances, only daughter of 
 the late Lewis de Teissier, Esq., of Woodcote Park, 
 CO. Surrey. By his first wife he had issue one son 
 (James Charles, now a Commander K.N.) and 
 three daughters ; and, by his second two sons (the 
 elder Lewis de Teissier, also a Commander K.N.) 
 and three daughters. Agents — Hallett and Robin- 
 son. 
 
 PEEVOST. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 James Charles Prevost is the only son of Rear- 
 Admiral Prevost by his first marriage. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1829 ; and 
 obtained his commission 10 Deo. 1835. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 30 Dec. 1835, as Ad- 
 ditional Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, flag- 
 ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean— 30 
 May, 1836, to the Pembroke 74, Capts. Sir Thos. 
 Fellowes and Fairfax Moresby, employed on the 
 Lisbon and Mediterranean stations — 20 April, 1840, 
 as Senior (shortly after the latter ship had been 
 paid off) to the Victor 16, Capts. Wm. Dawson and 
 Chaa. Cooke Otway, attached to the force in North 
 America and the West Indies— and, 9 Dec. 1842, to 
 the St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Chas. Rowley, to whom he became 
 Flag-Lieutenant 1 Dec. 1843. He was advanced 
 to his present rank 22 Oct. 1844; and, since 4 April, 
 1845, has been employed as Second Captain of the 
 Vernon 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sam. 
 Hood Inglefield on the S.E. coast of America and in 
 the East Indies. 
 
 He married, 18 Oct. 1842, Ellen Mary, eldest 
 daughter of Capt. Fairfax Moresby, R.N., C.B. 
 Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 PEEVOST. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 17; h-p., 2.) 
 Lewis be Teissier Prevost, born 27 Dec. 1814, 
 in Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, is the eldest 
 son of Rear-Admiral Prevost by his second mar- 
 riage. 
 
 • VideGaz. 1807, pp. 1210-11. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 
 8 Feb.1828; and embarked in Nov. 1829, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the DRinD 46, Capts. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton and Sam. Roberts, with whom he served 
 on the South American and Lisbon stations, the 
 greater part of the time as Midshipman, until paid 
 off in June, 1833. In the following Aug. he joined 
 the Revenge 78, Capt. Donald Hugh Mackay, also 
 attached to the force off Lisbon ; and in the spring 
 of 1834, having passed his examination, he became 
 Mate of the Gannet 16, Capt. John Balfour Max- 
 well, in the West Indies. Returning thence in 
 June, 1835, he was next, between Feb. 1836 and 
 the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 
 23 Nov. 1841, employed on the Mediterranean and 
 Home stations in the Favourite 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Rodney Mundy, Inconstant 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, 
 Magiciekne 24, Capt. Fred. Thos. Michell, and 
 Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave. In the 
 Favorite he served in 1836 on the south coast of 
 Spain ; and in the Magicienne be participated in 
 the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria. His 
 appointments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were 
 —30 Nov. 1841, to the Vernon 50, Capt. Wm. 
 Walpole, fitting for the Mediterranean — in 1844, on 
 his return to England, to the command of a station 
 in the Coast Guard — and, 12 and 24 Sept. 1844, to 
 the Waterwitoh and Pantaloon sloops, Capts. 
 Thos. Eras. Birch and Edm. Wilson. For the gal- 
 lant manner in which, in the boats of the latter 
 vessel (of which he was at the time Senior), he 
 boarded and carried a slaver on the coast of Africa, 
 he was promoted to the rank he now holds 30 Aug. 
 1845. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Prevost married, at Malta, 10 Jan. 
 1844, Miss E. Handy, of the co. Westmeath. 
 
 PEICE. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Charles Henry Price is brother of Retired 
 Commander Hervey Price. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Nov. 1810, on 
 board the Sabine sloop, commanded by his brother, 
 Capt. Geo. Price, under whom he served for some 
 time on the Cadiz station. Towards the close of 
 the war we find him employed in the Baltic in the 
 Persian 18, Capt. Chas. Bertram, and on the Dutch 
 coast in the Amphion 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stew- 
 art; and, at the commencement of the peace, sta- 
 tioned in the Nimrod 18, Capt. John Macpherson 
 Ferguson, on the Scottish coast, and in the Sophie 
 sloop, Capt. Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, at St. 
 Helena, for the detention of Buonaparte. In the 
 two ships last mentioned he held the rating of Mas- 
 ter's Mate. He was afterwards for five years em- 
 ployed in the West Indies as Mate and Acting- 
 Lieutenant in the Sophie, Tamar, and Serapis — 
 the latter commanded by Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson. 
 On 6 Dec. 1824 he was advanced to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. He exchanged about the same period 
 into the Primrose 18, Capt. John Stoddart ; and in 
 June, 1825, returned to England as First of the 
 Bustard, with a constitution much impaired from 
 the effects of yellow fever. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 In 1827 Lieut. Price was presented with the free- 
 dom of the city of Hereford. He married, 18 Sept. 
 1838, Mary, second daughter of the late Kev. Chas. 
 Taylor, D.D., Chancellor of the diocese of Here- 
 ford, by whom he has issue one daughter. 
 
 PEICE. (Captain, 1815. p-p., 18; H-p., 28.) 
 
 David Price, bom about 1790, is descended pa- 
 ternally from the Prices of Bulch Trebanne, co. 
 Caermarthen ; and maternally from the Powells of 
 Abersenny, co. Brecknock. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capts. Thos. 
 Bertie and Geo. M'Kinley, and on 2 April following 
 was present in the action off Copenhagen. In July, 
 1802, he joined the Blenheim 74, Capts. Philip 
 Turner Bover, Murray Maxwell, Henry Matson, and 
 Thos. Graves, employed at first as a guard-ship at 
 Portsmouth, and afterwards under the broad pen- 
 
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 dant of Sir Sam. Hood in the West Indies, where 
 he was frequently under fire from the batteries at 
 Martinique. In the course of 1804-5 he removed in 
 succession, on the station last named, to the OspREy 
 and St. Ldcia sloops, Capts. "Wm. Henry Byam 
 Martin and Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth, Cen- 
 taur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, and Galatea 
 and Ht^na frigates, both commanded by Capt. 
 Murray Maxwell. Returning in the latter vessel 
 with convoy to England in Nov. 1805, he again, in 
 Eeb. 1806, joined Sir Sam. Hood on board the Cen- 
 taur. "While in that ship he assisted as Signal 
 Midshipman, in company with the Mars and Mo- 
 narch 74' s, at the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four 
 heavy Erench frigates from Kochefort, after an 
 action in which Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm. Accom- 
 panying also Admiral Gambler's expedition against 
 the Danish capital in 1807, he was employed during 
 the bombardment of Copenhagen, in the Centaur's 
 guard-boats, in preventing the arrival of supplies 
 for the besieged from the Baltic side. On the sur- 
 render of the enemy he aided in fitting out and 
 conducting to England one of the prizes taken, the 
 Nwge 74. He subsequently witnessed the occupa- 
 pation of Madeira ; and on his return to the Baltic 
 in 1808 was wounded in the hand by a spent musket- 
 ball while engaged in one of the Centaur's cutters, 
 under the command of Lieut. Jas. Shea (who was 
 killed), in an ultimately successful attempt to obtain 
 possession of a Danish despatch-boat which had run 
 on shore under the protection of a body of troops 
 posted, with several pieces of cannon, upon a high 
 cliff on the island of Moen. On 26 Aug. in the 
 same year we find him, in company with the Im- 
 placable 74, contributing, within sight of the whole 
 Russian fleet near Rogerswick, to the capture of 
 the 74-gun ship Sewolod, at the end of a close and 
 furious conflict, in which the Centaur had 3 of her 
 people killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 
 killed and wounded. Being nominated, 7 April, 
 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the Ardent 64, Capt. 
 Robt. Honyman, Mr. Price was frequently employed 
 in the boats of that ship in protecting the trade 
 passing through the Great Belt. On one occasion, 
 while watering with a small party at the island of 
 Ronsoe, he fell into the hands of 300 Danes, by 
 whom, however, he was detained but a very short 
 period. "When subsequently in charge of a small 
 prize which he had captured, he was cast away and 
 again endured a brief captivity. On finally leaving 
 the Ardent, to which ship the Admiralty had con- 
 firmed him by a commission bearing date 28 Sept. 
 1809, he joined, as Second Lieutenant, in Feb. IBll, 
 the Hawke brig, of 16 guns, Capts. Henry Bour- 
 chier and Geo. "Wyndham. Under Capt. Bourchier 
 Mr. Price was present, 25 March, 1811, at the de- 
 struction, near Cape Barfleur, of the French 40-gun 
 frigate Amazone, On 17 Aug. following we find 
 him cutting out, with the Hawke's jolly-boat, a 
 French vessel, protected by a galling fire from the 
 .shore, in the same vicinity ; and, two days after- 
 wards, participating in a very gallant action fought 
 between the Hawke on one side, and on the other 
 three gun-brigs, carrying each from 10 to 16 guns, 
 and two luggers of from 8 to 10 guns each, in escort 
 of a large convoy. The contest was maintained 
 until the two luggers, together with two of the 
 gun-brigs and 15 of the merchantmen, were driven 
 on shore. The Hawke shortly afterwards, while 
 in the act of wearing to prevent the third brig 
 from raking her, unfortunately took the ground, 
 and thereby enabled the latter, with a few of the 
 convoy, although they had struck, to effect their 
 escape. One hour and a-half elapsing before the 
 British vessel could be again got afloat, she lay ex- 
 ;posed during the whole of that period to an inces- 
 sant discharge of artillery and musketry from the 
 shore. Being then brought to an anchor for the 
 purpose of repairing her damaged rigging, Mr. 
 Price, owing to the absence of the First Lieutenant 
 in a prize, was sent with the boats to bring out or 
 destroy as many of the enemy's vessels as practi- 
 cable. Although exposed to a galling fire of mus- 
 ketry from the beach, which was lined with troops. 
 
 he assisted in bringing out Le Heron national brig 
 of 10 gims (pierced for 16), and three large trans- 
 ports laden with timber for ship-building : the re- 
 mainder were all on their broadsides and bilged, 
 and were only prevented from being burnt by the 
 strength of the tide being in their favour. " I feel," 
 says Capt. Bourchier in his despatch narrating the 
 particulars of the exploit, " I am only barely doing 
 justice to the merits of Lieut. Price in recommend- 
 ing him most strongly to their Lordship's notice for 
 his spirited conduct in the action, as also in the 
 boats, and in short on all occasions ; he is a most 
 deserving and meritorious young oflacer, to whom I 
 feel myself much indebted." * Capt. Bourchier's 
 own conduct, we may add, was rewarded with a 
 Post commission. Wot long afterwards Mr, Price 
 was again highly spoken of by Capt. Wyndham for 
 the manner in which, in a small gig, he made prize 
 of L' Hirondelle schooner in the river Isere, although 
 opposed by a smart fire of musketry from the shore. 
 On 21 Oct. 1811, with two of the Hawke's boats, 
 one of them commanded by Mr. Smith the Master, 
 he made a dash at one of several brigs lying in Bar- 
 fleur harbour, and was received by a heavy fire 
 which killed 2 and wounded 3 of his companions. 
 He nevertheless boarded, with but one follower, 
 and maintained an obstinate struggle until the two 
 were wounded (himself by a thrust of a bayonet) 
 and disarmed. He then, trusting to the chance of 
 being picked up rather than to the certainty of 
 being taken prisoner, jumped overboard, and con- 
 trived to keep himself afloat until happily fallen in 
 with by the cutter under Mr. Smith, who had been 
 foiled in his attempts to gain the deck of the French 
 vessel. The boats of the Theban frigate had been 
 sent to co-operate in the attack, but did not arrive 
 in time to afford any support. On the return of the 
 Hawke to Portsmouth Mr. Price was sent to the 
 hospital at Haslar, where, after three months of 
 protracted suffering, it was discovered that, instead 
 of his hip-bone, as had been supposed, being jfrac- 
 tured, four inches of the bayonet-steel had remained 
 lodged in his side. As soon as the state of his 
 health would permit, which was not until Sept. 1812, 
 he was appointed to the Mulgrave 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Jas. Maling, stationed off Cherbourg. He next, in 
 Jan. 1813, joined the San Josef 110, Capts. Henry 
 Bourchier and "Wm. Stewart, in which ship, although 
 but the third in seniority, he was selected by Sir Rich. 
 King, whose flag was at the time flying on board, 
 to perform the duties of First-Lieutenant in the 
 partial action fought with the French fleet off Tou- 
 lon 5 Nov. 1813. Being advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 6 Dec. in the same year, and appointed 
 to the Volcano bomb, he volunteered, in the sum- 
 mer of 1814, to join in the hostilities then rife on 
 the coast of North America. Proceeding thither 
 accordingly, and arriving in time to form a part in 
 the expedition against Baltimore, he covered the 
 landing at North Point, assisted at the bombard- 
 ment of Fort M'Henry, and was the last, after 
 having covered the re-embarkation of the troops, 
 to leave the Patapsco. When subsequently aide- 
 de-camp to Rear- Admiral Pulteney Malcolm in the 
 Potomac, he led on part of the forces up the Yoco- 
 moco, while Capt. Rich. Kenah of the ^tna bomb, 
 who was killed, led the other up the Coan. On 31 
 Oct. 1814, being then in the windward passage with 
 a transport under convoy bound to Jamaica, the 
 Volcano fell in with and, after two broadsides, put 
 to flight the Saucy Jack American schooner privsr 
 teer, a vessel of far superior force, 7 of whose people 
 were killed and 14 wounded, with a loss to the 
 British of an officer (Lieut. J. P. Furzer, R.M.A.) 
 and 2 men killed. At the commencement of the 
 operations against New Orleans Capt. Price was 
 employed, in conjunction with Capt. Hon. Robt. 
 Cavendish Spencer, in surprising the American 
 piquet posted at the entrance of the Bayou Catalan, 
 and so effectually was the service executed that not 
 a man escaped, and the British troops were in con- 
 sequence enabled to land without resistance. On 
 General Keane's army being attacked, on the even- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1636. 
 
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 ing of the 24th, by the enemy, Capt. Price was 
 despatched to acquaint him with the approach of 
 reinforcements. In carrying out his instructions 
 he fell in with a party of the enemy, who fired at 
 and shot him through the thigh. " In this state," 
 reports Rear- Admiral Malcolm, " he not only made 
 his escape, but secured an American soldier : I trust 
 his wound is not dangerous, as he is a gallant young 
 man and an excellent officer." The Volcano sub- 
 sequently aided in the bombardment of Fort St. 
 Philip, and continued on the Mississippi until the 
 retreat of the British army. In Feb. 1815, after 
 landing a body of troops on Dauphin Island, Capt. 
 Price took a zealous and active part in the attack 
 on Fort Bowyer. During the proximate siege of 
 Fort Mobile he was sent in charge of a division of 
 boats to intercept a force of 800 men which had 
 been sent from the town of Mobile for the purpose 
 of raising it. Successful in the object of his mis- 
 sion, he effected the capture of two schooners, in 
 one of which were found despatches of consequence 
 from the American General Blew.* The import- 
 ance of Capt. Price's performance was acknowledged 
 in Major-General Lambert's public letter to the 
 War-Office. On the intelligence of peace arriving 
 from England he was sent with a flag-of-truce to 
 communicate the information to the Americans at 
 Mobile, and to restore Fort Bowyer to the proper 
 authorities. On his return to England he was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 13 June, 1815. When 
 next in command, from 1 May, 1834, until the spring 
 of 1838, of the PottTLAND 52, on the Mediterranean 
 station, he was presented by King Otho with the 
 Order of the Redeemer for his services to the Greek 
 Government. The assistance afforded by him to 
 jhe British mission was also acknowledged in the 
 official letters of Sir Edm. Lyons, the Minister Ple- 
 nipotentiary at the court of Athens. Since 10 Nov. 
 1846 he has been employed as Superintendent of 
 the dockyard at Sheerness and Captain of the 
 Ocean 80 and Wellington 72. 
 
 Capt. Price is a Magistrate for Brecknockshire. 
 He married, 30 July, 1844, Elizabeth, eldest daughter 
 of the late John Taylor, Esq., and niece of the late 
 Admiral Wm. Taylor (1830), of Maize Hill, Green- 
 wich. ' Agents — Hallett and Robinson, 
 
 PRICE. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 40.) 
 
 Fkancis Swaine Price was born 5 July, 1785. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1793, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Childers sloop, Capt. 
 Robt. Barlow, stationed in the Channel. In Jan. 
 1795 he removed to the Magnanime of 48 guns, 
 Capts. Schomberg and Hon. Michael de Courcy, 
 employed on the coast of Ireland ; and he next, from 
 July, 1797, to June, 1802, served in the Channel and 
 among the Western Islands in the Boadicea 38, 
 Capts. Rich. Goodwin Keats and Chas. Rowley. 
 During that period he was twice wounded — once in 
 an attack made by Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole 
 on a Spanish squadron in Aix Roads, 2 July, 1799, 
 and again at the cutting out of a Spanish packet 
 and gun-boat from the harbour of Corunna. In 
 Sept. 1802 and Nov. 1803 we find him successively 
 joining the Aggressor gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders 
 Thos. Thompson and Geo. Hayes, and, as Master's 
 Mate, the T^mekairb 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, under 
 whom he was again wounded in the action off Cape 
 Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. In consideration of his 
 sufferings he was voted by the Patriotic Society the 
 sum of SOL He obtained his commission 30 Jan. 
 1806, and from the following May until July, 1807, 
 was employed in the Channel and North Sea on 
 board the Namhr 74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted. 
 The latter was his last appointment. He accepted 
 his present rank 6 April, 1839. 
 
 PRICE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Hugh Price entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1807, as 
 
 a Supernumerary, on board the Northumberland 
 
 74, Capt, Nathaniel Day Cochrane, bearing the flag 
 
 • Fide Giz. 1815, p. 728. 
 
 of Hon. Sir Alex, Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief 
 in the West Indies, where, from the following March 
 until April, 1810, he served under the orders of 
 Capt. John EUis Watt, part of the time as Midship- 
 man, in the Heureox, Hart, Julia, Heureux 
 again, and Forester. He then returned to Eng- 
 land with convoy in the Blonde frigate, Capt. Thos. 
 Huskisson; and in Jan. 1811, after having been for 
 six months borne at Woolwich on the books of the 
 Thisbe 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, and Safeguabd, 
 Lieut. -CommanderGeo. Augustus Hire, was received 
 on board the Crescent frigate, Capt. John Quilliam, 
 attached to the force in the Baltic. He served 
 next at Halifax, from April, 1813, to Oct. 1815, in 
 the Bold 14, Capt. John Skekel, Narcissus 32, 
 Capts. John Rich. Lumley, Jas. Galloway, and Alex. 
 Gordon, and Centurion, Lieut.-Commander Rich. 
 Stuart. The Bold was wrecked in the Gulf of St. 
 Lawrence 27 Sept. 1813. Having been advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing 
 date 28 Feb. 1815, Mr. Price, at the close of that 
 year, returned to England in the Canso 10, Lieut.- 
 Commander Crooke. He has since been on half-pay. 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 PRICE. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 James Hekvet Price is youngest son of the late 
 Capt. Chas. Papps Price, R.N.,* and brother (with 
 the present Lieut. Chas. Henry Price) of the late 
 Capt. Geo. Price, R.N.t 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Badger 8, commanded 
 by his father, Lieut. Chas. Papps Price, under 
 whom, 'while employed on the coast of Normandy 
 in protecting the island of St. Marcouf, we find 
 him present at the cutting-out, after a fierce re- 
 sistance, of a guard-vessel in the river Isigny, and 
 also at the destruction of the barge in which Sir 
 Sidney Smith had been captured. From Dec. 1797 
 to May, 1802, he served as Midshipman in the 
 Atlas 98, and was for the most part engaged at the 
 blockade of Brest. Joining next, in Sept. of the 
 latter year, the Alonzo sloop, Capts. W. H. Faulk- 
 ner and John Impey, he cruized in that vessel on 
 the Irish, Baltic, and Channel stations, and was on 
 board of her off Bognor, in Oct. 1803, during a 
 three days' gale, in which she lost her masts and 
 rudder, sprang a dangerous leak, and was all but 
 lost. _ On the third night, the gale having somewhat 
 subsided, he was directed by Capt. Impey to en- 
 deavour to get a letter on shore with an account of 
 the state to which the Alonzo had been reduced. 
 Not daring to beach his boat, Mr. Price jumped 
 into the serf, and, although half-drowned, succeeded 
 in conveying the despatch to a signal-station, whence 
 it was forwarded to Portsmouth. Soon after this 
 occurrence he joined the Queen 98, Capts. Theo- 
 philus Jones, Fras. Pender, and Manley Dixon, in 
 which ship, during upwards of 12 months that he 
 
 * Capt. Chas. Papps Price, a native of Hay, in Brecon- 
 shire, entered the service at a very early age, and in May, 
 1778, was made a Lieutenant. Continuing actively em- 
 ployed with honour to himself and benefit to his country, he 
 was appointed to the command of the island of Marcouf 
 when threatened with an attack by the French from La 
 Hogue. On the night of 6 May, 1798, the enemy attempted 
 to carry the island by storm ; but its gallant defender, with 
 a handful of brave men, drove them back with immense loss, 
 and so completely defeated them that they did not again 
 repeat the attack. For his exemplary conduct in the affair 
 he was promoted to the rank of Commander, and subse- 
 quently to that of Post-Captain. He died at Hereford about 
 Jan. 1813, aged 62. 
 
 t Capt. Geo. Price obtained his first commission U Sept 
 18U5, and as a reward for the distinguished gallantry he 
 exhibited on many detached services, when senior of the 
 PoBCtTpiNE, Capt. Hon. Hen. Duncan, was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander in 1808. His heroic conduct on 
 one occasion induced the Patriotic Society to vote him the 
 sum of 5o;. During tlie defence of Cadiz he commanded 
 the Sabine sloop, as stated in our memoir of his brother, 
 and was actively employed at the siege of Isla de Leon. He 
 obtained Post-rank 7 Jan. 1812; was presented, in 1817, with 
 the freedom of Hereford ; became an out-pensioner of Green- 
 wich Hospital 30 July, 1833 ; and died la Nov. 1840, at the 
 Barton, in Hereford ,aged 55. 
 
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 PRICE. 
 
 was stationed off Rochefort, he had sole charge of 
 the signal department, and acquitted himself of his 
 duties in a manner that called forth the commen- 
 dation of Vice- Admiral CoUingwood. On 17 May, 
 
 1805, being then at Gibraltar, he followed Kear- 
 Admiral John Knight (whose flag had been latterly 
 flying on board the Queen), as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 into the Gdekrier 80, to which ship he was con- 
 firmed 17 July following. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 19 Aug. 1805, again to the Queen, 
 successive flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Admi- 
 rals Knight and Lord Collingwood, under the former 
 of whom he ofSoiated as Flag-Lieutenant — 14 Aug. 
 
 1806, to the Beagle sloop, Capt. Fras. Newcombe, 
 stationed at first in the Mediterranean, and after- 
 wards in the Channel— and, 29 May, 1809, as First, 
 to the Persian 18, Capts. Sam. Martin Colquitt and 
 Chas. Bertram. He was on board the Queen when 
 she fired a few shot into the Algeciras 74, the last 
 of the French ships, defeated at Trafalgar, that 
 made her escape into Cadiz, where he afterwards, 
 on his removal to the Beagle, assisted in the boats, 
 although at the time on crutches from the effects of 
 a severe injury on the instep of the left foot, in 
 compelling the enemy to abandon an English mer- 
 chant-ship laden with naval stores and on shore. 
 While cruizing in the same vessel in the Channel Mr. 
 Price contributed to the capture, 2 Oct. 1808 and 
 24 Jan. and 18 Feb. 1809, of the privateers Hazard 
 of 14 guns and 49 men, Vengeur of 16 guns and 48 
 men, and Fortune of 14 guns and 58 men. He fre- 
 quently, also, landed between Boulogne and Cape 
 Gris-nez for the purpose of distributing inflamma- 
 tory proclamations ; and in April, 1809, he took 
 part in Lord Cochrane's celebrated attack upon the 
 French shipping in Aix Roads. At the close of the 
 contest, the Vilh de Varsovie SO and Calcutta 56 
 having been taken possession of, the Beagle ran 
 in under the stern of the Aquilon 74, and obliged 
 her too to surrender. Mr. Price, by Capt. New- 
 combe's direction, took possession, and conveyed 
 her Captain a prisoner on board L'Impekieuse, 
 Lord Cochrane's ship. This took place on the 12th ; 
 and on the 18th the Beagle was for five hours in 
 action, at the mouth of the Charente, and under 
 a fire of shells from lie d'Aix, with L' Ocean 120, 
 bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral "Willaumez, a two- 
 decker, and a frigate, at the close whereof she had 
 only three barrels of powder left, besides the car- 
 tridges which were filled. In the Persian Mr. 
 Price proved instrumental to the capture of two 
 luggers and a cutter ; he was in attendance in her 
 on the Princess Charlotte during the summer months 
 of 1810 and 1811; and when Cadiz was first attacked 
 by the French he assisted in conveying reinforce- 
 ments from Gibraltar to that place. In the summer 
 of 1812 we find him employed in occasionally block- 
 ading a Danish squadron in the ports of Norway, 
 and on one occasion storming a signal-station on 
 the coast of Jutland. Prior to her departure from 
 the Baltic the Persian succeeded in intercepting 
 two vessels bound to America with munitions of 
 war. She was ultimately wrecked on the Silver 
 Keys to the northward of St. Domingo 16 June, 
 1813 — a catastrophe in reference to which Capt. 
 Bertram afterwards, in a letter addressed to Lord 
 Melville, thus expressed himself : — " I take the 
 liberty of addressing your Lordship in behalf of 
 Lieut. J. H. Price, a most meritorious oflicer. He 
 served with me three years, and I always found 
 him to be a most correct, zealous ofi&cer, a perfect 
 gentleman, and always first to step forward when- 
 ever His Majesty's service was in question. The 
 unfortunate wreck of the Persian must be in your 
 Lordship's recollection, when 125 men in the boats 
 for three nights and days suffered the greatest 
 hardships and privations. Lieut. Price was on a 
 raft with part of the crew, and to him, my Lord, I 
 must justly attribute the preservation of that part 
 of the crew to His Majesty's service, by his exem- 
 plary conduct and coolness in preventing the men 
 from becoming outrageous through despair, the night 
 being dark and tempestuous, and the raft amid 
 breakers. 1 hope, my Lord, in consideration of 
 
 Lieut. Price's long and meritorious services on many 
 occasions, and in consideration of the severe loss he 
 sustained by the wreck of the Persian (having lost 
 every individual thing he had), your Lordship will 
 be induced to consider him worthy of being a can- 
 didate, whenever a promotion takes place." On 
 the fourth day the crew all assembled under Old 
 Cape, whence they proceeded westward to Porto 
 Plata, and there landed. No vessels being foimd 
 in the harbour capable of receiving them, Mr. Price 
 was sent in a small boat with a Midshipman and 
 two Spaniards to endeavour to remedy the want at 
 Turk's Island. Owing to stress of weather he was 
 driven to leeward and wrecked on the Caicos Islands, 
 and it was not until the tenth day that he was en- 
 abled to return with two vessels to Porto Plata. 
 In one of these, as did Capt. Bertram in the other, 
 he proceeded with one-half of the crew to St. Tho- 
 mas's. By the time they had arrived the Surgeon 
 and Gunner, together with a Midshipman and 36 of 
 the people, had fallen victims to the yellow-fever, 
 and the remainder had been dreadfully affected by 
 it. Lieut. Price accepted his present rank 17 Jan. 
 1838. 
 
 In compliment to his services the Commander 
 has been presented with the freedom of the city of 
 Hereford. 
 
 PRICE. (Lieutenant, 1836.) 
 
 John Price, bom 5 April, 1802, is son of Joseph 
 Price, Esq., a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for CO. Monmouth. 
 
 This oificer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1815, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Cornwallis 74, Capt. 
 John Bayley, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Burlton 
 in the East Indies, where he continued employed 
 with the same officer in the Welleslet 74, with' 
 Capt. John Clavell in the Orlando 36, and with 
 Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier in the Liverpool 50 
 and Ganges 84. In the Liverpool, in 1819, he 
 accompanied an expedition sent against the pirates 
 of the Persian Gulf, and assisted at the bombard- 
 ment and destruction of Ras-el-Khyma, their princi- 
 pal stronghold. After a servitude of four years in 
 the Mediterranean on board the Tribune ^, Capt. 
 Gardiner Henry Guion, and Weazle 10 and Me- 
 dina 20, both commanded by Capt. Timothy Curtis, 
 he was promoted, 25 Nov. 1826, to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were — 
 to the Parthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fred. Ho- 
 tham, also in the Mediterranean, whence he inva- 
 lided in Feb. 1828—9 June, 1830, to the Wolp 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Hamley, fitting for the East Indies — 
 and 8 May, 1837, and 22 June, 1838, to the ScouT 
 18 and Parthian 18, Capts. Robt. Craigie and 
 Wm. Langford Castle, both on the coast of Africa. 
 In 1832 he commanded the boats of the Wolf at 
 the capture of the fort of Quedah, on the coast of 
 Malacca. On 4 April in the same year he was dis- 
 missed the Navy by sentence of court-martial ; but 
 on 27 May, 1836, he was restored by Order in 
 Council. In the boats of the Scout he made prize 
 of three vessels, carrying between them 1346 slaves ; 
 and in those of the Pylades he took one with 235 
 negroes on board. For the gallant conduct he dis- 
 played Mr. Price had the satisfaction of receiving 
 a letter of thanks from Rear- Admiral Patrick Camp- 
 bell, the Commander-in-Chief, and another from 
 the Secretary of the Admiralty. He has been on 
 half-pay since the commencement of 1839. 
 
 PRICE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 John Adolphus Pope Price entered the Navy 
 24 Deo. 1830; passed his examination 6 May, 1835; 
 and at the period of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 18 Oct. 1842, had been serving as Mate 
 in the Mediterranean on board the Thunderer 84, 
 Capt. Daniel Pring. His next appointment was, 
 13 March, 1843, to the Hecla steam-sloop of 240 
 horse-power, Capts. John Duffill and Chas. Starmer, 
 under whom he was again employed in the Medi- 
 terranean until nominated, 1 July, 1847, Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant in the Ceylon to Sir Lucius Curtis, Admiral- 
 Superintendent at Malta. 
 
PRICE— PRICKETT—PRIDHAM. 
 
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 PRICE. (Captain, 1831. p-p., U; h-p., 80.) 
 
 Samuel Price, bom 1 Jan. 1793, is eldest son of 
 Barrington Price, Esq., of West House, Brighton 
 (brother of Sir Uvedale Price, Bart., of Foxley, co. 
 Hereford), by Lady Maria Lyon Bowes, daughter 
 of John ninth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn. 
 He is grand-nephew and godson of Admiral Hon. 
 Sam. Barrington, brother of the first Viscount Bar- 
 rington. His brother, William Price, was killed in 
 America in 1814, while serving in the Poictieks 74. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vikginie frigate, Capt. 
 John Poo Beresford, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea; and was subsequently employed on the 
 Halifax and Home stations in the Kevolutionnaire 
 44, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, Cambrian 40, and 
 Theseds and Poictiehs 74'8, all commanded by 
 Capt. J. P. Beresford, and Favorite sloop, Capts. 
 Benj. Clement and Robt. Forbes. While attached 
 to the Theseus he served in her boats, in the capa- 
 city of Midshipman, in two attempts' made to de- 
 stroy a French 80-gun ship moored under the bat- 
 teries in Vigo harbour. He was frequently, too, 
 engaged in boat affairs under the enemy's batteries 
 along the French coast; and in 1809 he was present 
 at the destruction of the shipping in Aix Koads and 
 in the operations connected with the expedition to 
 the Walcheren. After having acted for a short 
 period as Lieutenant in the Favorite, he was con- 
 firmed, 3 Juh^, 1812, to that rank in the Edinburgh 
 74, Capts. Kowland Mainwaring and Hon. Geo. 
 Heneage Lawrence Dundas, under the latter of 
 whom we find him, at the close of 1813, assisting 
 at the capture of a convoy and the destruction of 
 the enemy's batteries at Port d'Anzo, besides par- 
 ticipating in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn. 
 Joining shortly after the latter event the Bac- 
 chante 38, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Fras. Stanfell, 
 he proceeded to the coast of North America, and 
 in 1814 accompanied the expedition up the Penob- 
 scot. He came home in Oct. of the same year; 
 attained the rank of Commander 18 Sept. 1815; 
 and was lastly, from 16 Sept. 1828 until advanced 
 to his present rank 25 June, 1831, employed on the 
 Irish station in the Trinculo 18. 
 
 Capt. Price married, 20 July, 1831, Dorothea 
 Grace, eldest daughter of Hugh Kennedy, Esq., of 
 Cultra, CO. Down, by whom he has issue a daughter. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 PRICKETT. (ffiaptailt, 1824. F-p., 15; H-p.,33.) 
 Thomas Prickett, bom 23 April, 1789, is son of 
 the late Commander John Prickett, R.N. ;* and 
 brother of Lieut. John David Prickett, R.N., who 
 was Senior of the Busy sloop, Capt. Rich. Keilly, 
 when that vessel, with all on board, was lost on the 
 Halifax station in 1807. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Borer gun-brig, com- 
 manded by his father, Lieut. John Prickett, vrith 
 whom he served in the Channel until May, 1802, 
 part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman. 
 Joining in the following July the Centaur 74, he 
 sailed in that ship vrith the broad pendant of Sir 
 Sam. Hood for the West Indies, where, in the attack 
 of 1803 upon Ste. Lucie, he took command of a boat 
 and was employed in landing the troops. After 
 serving for a short time on the Home station in the 
 
 • John Prickett, a veteran who served his country with 
 zeal for upwards of 50 years, obtained his first commission in 
 April, 17!)4, and was one of those few meritorious officers 
 who were advanced to tlie rank of Lieutenant from that of 
 Master. In Jan. 1795 he assisted, as third of the Blanche 
 of 38 guns and 198 men, at the capture of La Pique of 3S 
 guns and about 279 men, after a deadly action of nearly four 
 liours and a half, in which the British sustained a loss of 8 
 persons, including their Captain, Rob. Faulknor, killed, and 
 31 wounded, and the enemy of 76 killed and 110 wounded. 
 During the latter part of the French revolutionary war he 
 commanded the JBoRER gun-brig. He afterwards had charge 
 of a division of transports, and was employed in co-operating 
 with the army under the Duke of Wellington. In 18U he 
 was appointed senior of the W.^rhtok 74, commanded by 
 the late Viscount Ton-ington. He attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 12 Aug. 1812, and died eai-ly in the year 1823. 
 
 FoudroyanT 80, Capt. Peter Spicer, and TJkanie 
 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert, he returned to the 
 West Indies, and became attached in succession to 
 the Theseus and Hekcule 74's, flag-ships of Vioe- 
 Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, by whom he was nomi- 
 nated Sub-Lieutenant of the Morne Fortun^e 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Jas. Rorie. Be- 
 ing made full Lieutenant, 28 April, 1805, into the 
 Renard of 18 guns and 121 men, Capt. Jeremiah 
 Coghlan, Mr. Prickett, as Senior of that sloop, 
 assisted at the capture, among other vessels, of La 
 Bellone privateer of 4 guns and 50 men, and on 28 
 May, 1806, after an arduous chase of three days 
 and nights, of La DiligerUe national brig, mounting 
 14 long 6-pounders and 2 brass 36-pounder carron- 
 ades, with a complement of 125 men. In command 
 of the boats of the Elk 18, into which vessel he 
 had followed Capt. Coghlan as First-Lieutenant in 
 the spring of 1807, he succeeded in cutting out a 
 schooner from under the protection of 6 gun-boats. 
 He was for six weeks also engaged as a volunteer 
 in cruizing in a boat for the interception of 
 the enemy's small privateers ; and for his general 
 services in the Elk he had the gratification of re- 
 ceiving, with Capt. Coghlan, the thanks of the 
 Governor and House of Assembly at Jamaica. 
 While employed next, as Senior, in the Griffon 
 sloop, Capt. John Gore, Mr. Prickett was present 
 at the blockade and surrender of the city of San 
 Domingo, and, owing to the illness of his Captain, 
 had many anxious duties to perform. Returning 
 to England about Aug. 1809, he became, in Jan. 
 1810, Flag-Lieutenant in the Gladiator to the 
 second in command at Portsmouth, Vice-Admiral 
 Herbert Sawyer, with whom he afterwards served 
 in the same capacity in the Belvidera 36 and 
 Africa 64, on the coast of North America, until 
 advanced to the rank of Commander 30 Jan. 1813. 
 During a few months of that period he held the 
 acting-command of the Little Belt 18, and made 
 many prizes. In the Teaser 14, to which vessel 
 he was appointed 25 March, 1814, Capt. Prickett 
 took an American privateer of superior force, as 
 also of a valuable East Indiaman — a service for 
 which he was complimented by the First Lord of 
 the Admiralty, and, at the request of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, immediately removed, 25 Dec. in 
 the same year, to the Pelican 16, a much finer 
 sloop. Continuing in her but a short period, he 
 was next, 9 Aug. 1823, appointed to the Victor 18, 
 fitting for the coast of Africa, where he cruized 
 with success in suppression of the slave-trade, and 
 where, on being nominated Acting-Captain of the 
 Owen Glendower 42, he became senior officer. In 
 the latter capacity he rendered cordial co-operation 
 and assistance to Lieut.-Colonel Sutherland, the 
 Commandant at Cape Coast Castle, when threatened 
 with an attack by the King of Ashantee, who was 
 rapidly approaching with 10,000 men to form a junc- 
 tion with a body already encamped near that for- 
 tress.*' He acquired his present rank 20 Aug. 1824, 
 and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 While in command of the Pelican Capt. Prickett 
 jumped overboard and saved the lives of two sea- 
 men, imminently hazarding his own existence, and 
 by his exertions occasioning material injury to his 
 health. We understand that death alone prevented 
 his late Majesty from conferring on him the Hano- 
 verian Guelphio Order, in acknowledgment of his 
 services. 
 
 PRIDHAM. (Capt., 1830. f-p., 33; h-p., 24.) 
 Richard Pridham is uncle of Lieut. Wm. White 
 Pridham, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1790, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign, Capt. 
 Fisher, lying at Plymouth ; proceeded in 1791 to 
 Newfoundland in the Syren 32, Capt. John Manley • 
 and during the first four years of the war was em- 
 ployed on the Irish, West India, and Mediterranean 
 stations, in the Alarm 32 and Veteran 64, both 
 commanded by Capt. Lewis Robertson, Vanguard 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1824, p. 1 273. 
 
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 PRIDHAM—PllIEST— PRINCE. 
 
 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thompson, 
 Assurance and Blanche frigates, Capts. Chas. 
 Sawyer and D'Aroy Preston, and Ville de Pakis 
 110, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. In the Vetekan 
 he served at the siege of Fleur d'Epee and as Aide- 
 de-Camp to Capt. Eobertson, who was Itilled, in the 
 attaclc on the town of Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. 
 When Midshipman of the Blanche he contributed 
 in one of her boats to the capture of a schooner 
 from under the land at Ste. Lucie ; and on 19 Dec. 
 1796, having fallen in, when in company with La 
 Minekve, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Nelson, with the two Spanish 40-gun frigates Sabina 
 and Ceres, he assisted, while La Minerve took pos- 
 session of the former, in enforcing the surrender of 
 the Ceres. He was also present in many attacks 
 made by Nelson on the coasts of France and Spain ; 
 on one of which occasions a red-hot shot fired from 
 a battery lodged itself in the hold of the Blanche. 
 In June, 1797, Mr. Pridham was successively nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Meleager 32 and 
 Colossus 74, Capts. Chas. Ogle and Geo. Murray. 
 He was confirmed, 2 Jan. 1798, into the Akgo 44, 
 Capts. John Hill and Jas. Bowen ; and was next ap- 
 pointed— 26 Deo. 1799, to the Centadr 74, Capts. 
 John Markham and Bendall Kobt. Littlehales, the 
 latter of whom he accompanied to the West Indies 
 — 3 Feb. 1803, to the Excellent 74, Capt. John 
 Nash, in which ship he returned to Portsmouth — 
 and 4 June following, to the Hussak 38, Capt. 
 Philip Wilkinson. In the Abgo Mr. Pridham com- 
 manded a company of seamen with guns, and acted 
 as Adjutant to the Naval Battalion at the reduction 
 of Minorca in Nov. 1798 ; on 6 Feb. following he 
 assisted in the same ship at the capture of the Santa 
 TcresaSpanish frigateof 42 guns and 530men, includ- 
 ing 250 soldiers ; and he was subsequently employed 
 in her boats at the cutting out of 14 Spanish vessels 
 from the river Ebro. The Hussar being wrecked 
 off the Saintes during her passage home with de- 
 spatches from Ferrol 8 Feb. 1804, it -was his mis- 
 fortune to be detained a prisoner of war in France 
 from that period until May, 1814; on 15 June in 
 which year he was advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander. His subsequent appointments were — 4 
 Nov. 1814, to the Prince Frederick receiving-ship 
 at Plymouth, where he was paid off in Feb. 1815 — 
 24 March, 1816, for three years, to a command in 
 the Ordinary at the same place — 16 Aug. 1819, to 
 the Water-Guard Service in Lincolnshire, in which 
 he continued until 1824—26 Oct. 1825, to the Nim- 
 ROD 18, on the Irish station, where he remained 
 until obliged by ill-health to resign in 1826— and 25 
 Jan. 1829, to the Zebra 18, fitting for the East In- 
 dies. On 23 Sept. 1829, in a severe gale off the 
 Cape of Good Hope, his left arm was broken and 
 his WTist dislocated by a fall on the deck at mid- 
 night ; and he also experienced severe injury in the 
 head. Although his arm was so much hurt that he 
 still feels the effects, he has never received any 
 compensation. He returned home on the occasion 
 of his promotion to Post-rank 22 July, 1830 ; and 
 has not been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. Pridham married, 20 March, 1801, Miss 
 Glanville, of Plymouth, a lady by whom he has had 
 issue six children, two only of whom are living. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 PEIDHAM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 31.) 
 William Downman 1?bidham entered the Navy, 
 21 Feb. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dio- 
 MEDE 50, Capt. Hugh Downman, with whom, after 
 having served as Midshipman off Boulogne and at 
 the blockade of the Texel, he removed to the Dia- 
 dem 64, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Home 
 Popham, and sailed with the expedition to the 
 Cape of Good Hope. In Jan. 1806 he was trans- 
 ferred to the EspoiR sloop, Capt. Henry Hope, and 
 sent home with the despatches announcing the re- 
 duction of that colony. He was subsequently em- 
 ployed in her with great activity in the Adriatic, 
 where he saw much boat service and assisted at 
 the capture of many of the enemy's vessels. In 
 1807 he was made prisoner, marched across Italy, 
 
 and lodged in a fortress. Being exchanged, how- 
 ever, in the course of the same year, he was re- 
 ceived on board the Aurora 28, Capts. Geo. Eras. 
 Seymour and John Duer ; in which vessel, on her 
 arrival in the West Indies, we find him present, as 
 Master's Mate, at the capture of the town of 
 Samana, in the island of Hayti, also of the city of 
 San Domingo, and of the islands of Guadeloupe, St. 
 Martin's, and St. Eustatius. On his return to Eng- 
 land he joined, in Oct. 1810, the Puissant 74, guard- 
 ship at Spithead ; and he was next, in the early part 
 of 1811, again placed imder the orders of Capt. 
 Downman on board the Princess Caroline 74. 
 Continuing in that ship until Feb. 1814, he escorted 
 several convoys through the Great Belt, and often 
 came into contact with the enemy. On one occa- 
 sion, when in command of a boat with 10 men, he 
 succeeded in cutting out a Danish galliot with a 
 body of troops on board, moored close under the 
 batteries at Hoornbeck, in Zealand. On leaving 
 the Princess Caroline he was sent on promotion 
 to the Lakes of Canada in the Dover troop-ship, 
 Capt. Davies. After there serving for nine months 
 as Master's Mate in the Prince Regent 56, Com- 
 modore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, and for three as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant in the St. Lawrence 98, Commo- 
 dore Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, he returned in the 
 summer of 1815 to England in the Sovereign trans- 
 port, and, on his arrival in Sept. of that year, found 
 that he had been awarded a commission dated 1 of 
 the preceding July. His last appointment was, 29 
 May, 1816, to the Prometheus sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Bateman Dashwood, under whom he fought at the 
 battle of Algiers 27 Aug. following. In the course 
 of the next month he invalided. 
 
 Including the services above recorded, we find 
 that Lieut. Pridham during the war was two-and- 
 twenty times actually engaged with the enemy; 
 that he assisted at the reduction of six colonies, the 
 capture and destruction of one line-of-battle ship, 
 eight frigates, five corvettes, five privateers, and 40 
 sail of gun-boats, galleys, and other armed vessels ; 
 and that he was twice comprised in the thanks of 
 Parliament. He is the author of 'Scenes in the 
 Adriatic in 1806-7,' and of ' The Journal of a Visit 
 to Algiers under Lord Exmouth in 1816.' He mar- 
 ried, in 1825, tlie only daughter of John Meadway, 
 Esq.,;of Grove House, Dorset, and has issue one son 
 and two daughters. 
 
 PRIDHAM. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 William White Pridham is nephew of Capt. 
 Rich. Pridham, R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy 17 Nov. 1825; 
 passed his examination in 1832; and for his services 
 on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment 
 of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 PRIEST. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Benjamin Portland Priest entered the Navy 
 13 Dec. 1827 ; passed his examination 27 May, 1834; 
 and in 1841, after having been for some time a Stu- 
 dent at the Royal Naval College, was nominated a 
 Mate of the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Rich. Thomas in the Pacific. Being re- 
 appointed (on the occasion of his promotion to his 
 present rank, 24 March, 1842) to the Dublin, in 
 the capacity of Additional Lieutenant, he continued 
 in that ship until transferred, 23 Dec. 1844, to the 
 Cartseort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet. He re- 
 turned home from the Pacific in 1845 ; but being 
 next, 25 Nov. in the same year, appointed to the 
 Grampus 50, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, he again 
 proceeded thither. He has been employed, since 
 25 Sept. 1847, as First of his former ship, the 
 Carysfort, Capt. Geo. Henry Seymour. 
 
 PRINCE. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 
 15; H-P., 32.) 
 John Prince entered the Navy, 30 May, 1800, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. 
 
PRING. 
 
 931 
 
 Jas. Bradley, with whom, on removing as Midship- 
 man in the following Aug. to the Andkomrda 
 frigate, he sailed for the West Indies. On leaving 
 the Andromeda, which ship had been latterly com- 
 manded by Capt. Edw. Durnford King, he joined, 
 in Oct. 1801, the Magnanime, Capt. Taylor, and 
 in the early part of the ensuing year returned to 
 England. Between Feb. 1802 and the date of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 Nov. 1807, 
 he served on board the Amphion 32, Capts. Rich. 
 Henry Alex. Bennett, Alex. Eraser, and Thos. Mas- 
 terman Hardy, Africaine 38, Capt. Thos. Manby, 
 and Resolution 74, Capt. Geo. Burlton. The Af- 
 ricaine, after having been for about two years 
 employed in blockading two French frigates lying 
 at Helvoetsluys, and for several months off the 
 Texel, proceeded with convoy to the "West Indies, 
 where, prior to her return with the homeward- 
 bound trade, she suffered severely from the yellow 
 fever. Soon after his promotion Mr. Prince joined 
 the Forester sloop, Capt. Richards, stationed in 
 the North Sea. In Dec. 1807 he went back to the 
 Resolution; in 1809 he served with the flotilla 
 during the operations in the Scheldt ; and between 
 Feb. 1810 and Sept. 1815 he was employed on the 
 Mediterranean and on the "West India and Home 
 stations in the Rodney 74 and Ville de Paris 110, 
 both commanded by Capt. Burlton, Rodnev again, 
 Capt. E. D. King, Leonidas 38, Capts. Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour and Wm. King, and Nautilus 18, Capt. 
 "Wm. Bradley. He accepted his present rank 16 
 Oct. 1841. 
 
 Commander Prince married Isabella, youngest 
 daughter of the late Sheldon Cradock, Esq., of 
 Hartforth, co. York, and sister of the present Shel- 
 don Cradock, Esq., of Hartforth, Colonel of the 
 North York Militia, and M.P. for Camelford in 
 1830. 
 
 PRING. (Captain, 1815. e-p., 24; h-p., 23.) 
 Daniel Pring was born at Ivedon Penn, in the 
 parish of Awliscombe, near Honiton, Devon, and 
 died, about Jan. 1847, at Jamaica. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1800, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Russel 74, Capts. Herbert 
 Sawyer and "Wm. Cuming. In Oct. 1801, after 
 having accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen 
 and served for some time oif Cadiz, he removed to 
 the Audacious 74, Capt. Shuldham Peard, under 
 whom we find him for about 12 months employed in 
 the "West Indies. He next, in March, 1803, and 
 July, 1804, joined the Malta 84, Capt. Edw. Buller 
 and Princess Roval 98, Capts. H. Sawyer and Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds, both on the Home station ; and 
 in April, 1805, was received on board the Narcissus 
 32, Capt. Ross Donnelly. As Master's Mate of that 
 ship he assisted, during his passage to the Cape of 
 Good Hope, at the capture of Le Prudent privateer 
 of 12 guns and 70 men, the recapture of the English 
 merchant-ship Horatio Nelson mounting 22 guns, 
 and the destruction of the Napoleon privateer of 32 
 guns and 250 men. Subsequently to the reduction 
 of the Cape and the capture of the 46-gun frigate 
 Yolontaire, he took part, in June, 1806, in the ope- 
 rations connected with the capture of Buenos Ayres. 
 On the arrival in England of the Narcissus with 
 the despatches relative to the latter event he fol- 
 lowed Capt. Donnelly into the Ardent 64, and 
 again sailed for the Rio de la Plata, where he served 
 on shore with the army at the storming of Monte 
 Video in Feb. 1807. In the course of the ensuing 
 April he joined the Diadem 64, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, by whom, in Jan. 
 1808, being then at the Cape of Good Hope, he was 
 placed in command, with the rank of Lieutenant 
 (he had previously acted for two months as such on 
 board the Narcissus), of the Paz, a schooner of 12 
 guns, taken at Monte "Video. The appointment 
 being confirmed 12 May following, Mr. Pring was 
 for three years and four months employed in the 
 same vessel on the Home and North American sta- 
 tions. During that period he succeeded in driving 
 on shore and destroying the Danish cutter Sj/lt, in 
 
 company with a lugger, both of very superior force, 
 after an obstinate engagement, in which the enemy 
 suffered much, and the British, in an attempt to 
 board, lost a gallant young Midshipman, Mr. "Wool- 
 nough. He also, in an action fought with a nume- 
 rous division of gun-boats, that had come out of 
 Fleckeroe in a calm with the view of taking the 
 Paz, cut off and captured one of the largest of the 
 enemy's vessels, mounting 2 pivot-guns. He con- 
 trived, too, to capture and destroy several pri- 
 vateers in the rivers Elbe, "Weser, and Jade ; and 
 performed good service off Flushing and on the 
 north coast of Spain. In Sept. 1811 Mr. Pring 
 joined the Africa 64, bearing the flag of Rear- Ad- 
 miral Sawyer on the coast of North America, where 
 in Sept. 1812 he joined the San Domingo 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, and in Dec. fol- 
 lowing the Loup Cervier. Prior to his confirma- 
 tion in the rank of Commander, which took place 
 19 Nov. 1813, he acted as such on board the Royal 
 George 20 and Wolfe 24 ; in the latter of which 
 vessels, bearin'g the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas 
 Yeo, he aided in the unfortunate attack made, 29 
 May, 1813, on Sackett's Harbour, the chief naval 
 depot of the United States on Lake Ontario. At 
 the commencement of Aug. in the same year he co- 
 operated with a naval and military force under 
 Capt. Thos. Everard and Colonel Murray in effect- 
 ing the destruction of the arsenals, blockhouses, 
 barracks, and stores of every description belonging 
 to the enemy at Plattsburg.* In the ensuing Dec, 
 at the solicitation of Sir Geo. Prevost, the Governor- 
 General, Capt. Pring, with a division of gun-boats 
 and a detachment of troops under his orders, pro- 
 ceeded to Cumberland Head, in the vicinity of that 
 place ; and there, in face of a strong body of the 
 enemy, took and destroyed the magazines, provi- 
 sions, camp equipage, &c. belonging to General 
 Hampton's army. The severity of the weather, on 
 his return, obliged him to cut a channel for his 
 boats through several miles of ice. In March, 1814, 
 when the post at La Cole Mill was successfully de- 
 fended by Major Handcock, of the 13th Regiment, 
 Capt. Pring won the thanks of that officer for the 
 ready and prompt assistance he afforded in moving 
 up the flotilla from Ile-aux-Noix to the entrance of 
 La Cole river, where he effectually obstructed the 
 passage of the Americans under General Wilkinson, 
 and otherwise contributed to their defeat, f In the 
 ensuing May he made a gallant but, owing to the 
 strength of the enemy, unsuccessful attempt to de- 
 stroy the U. S. ship Saratoga, then building in Otter 
 Creek, with the fleet and arsenal at Vergennes ; the 
 effect, however, of which was greatly to weaken the 
 main army by drawing off the militia of Vermont. 
 Throughout the subsequent events on Lake Champ- 
 lain, where the whole naval force had been created 
 under his special superintendence, Capt. Pring, as 
 Commander of the Linnet 16, bore a conspicuous 
 part; and on 11 Sept. 1814 was present when a Bri- 
 tish squadron, commanded by Capt. Geo. Downie, 
 was forced to surrender, after a long and sanguinary 
 conflict, fought beneath the batteries of Plattsburg, 
 to a greatly superior force under Commodore Mac- 
 donough.l Capt. Downie falling during the battle, 
 Capt. Pring became the senior officer, 'and main- 
 tained the action to the last with a degree of zeal, 
 bravery, and ability, that called forth the praise, as 
 well as the most honourable acquittal, of the court- 
 martial which at a later date assembled to try the 
 surviving officers and men. He was advanced 
 to Post-rank 19 Sept. 1815; and afterwards ap- 
 pointed—about July, 1816, to a command on Lake 
 Erie, where he remained until June, 1817—1 Dec. 
 1836, to the Inconstant 36, in which ship he served 
 for four years and a half on the Lisbon, North 
 American, West India, Irish, and Mediterranean 
 stations, brought Lord Durham home from Canada 
 in 1837, and proved successful in his experimental 
 trials with the Pique 36—28 July, 1841, to the 
 Thunderer 84, employed, until paid off at the close 
 of 1843, in the Mediterranean, in attendance on the 
 • Fi'deGaz. 1813, p.2028. f F. Gaz.lSH, p 1306 
 
 J f.Gaz. 1814, pp. 2335-6. 
 
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 PRINGLE— PRIOR— PRITCHARD. 
 
 Queen offWalmer, and at the Cape of Good Hope 
 —and 16 Sept. 1845, to the post of Commodore at 
 Jamaica, where he continued with his hroad pendant 
 in the Imaum 72 until the period of his death. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 PRINGLE. (Eeak-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 15; 
 H-P., 35.) 
 
 James Pkingle is son of Jas. Pringle, Esq., of 
 Torwoodlee, Melrose, N. B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38, Capt. 
 Hon. Robt. Stopford ; in which ship, while cruizing 
 in the Bay of Biscay, he came into action, 22 March, 
 1798, with a French frigate. He continued em- 
 ployed with Capt. Stopford, as Midshipman, in the 
 Excellent and Spencek 74's, on the "West India 
 and Channel stations, until Nov. 1803 ; and after a 
 further servitude in the Centadr 74, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood at Barbadoes, was 
 there made Lieutenant, 6 March, 1804, into the 
 Amsterdam. On 22 Dec. following he obtained 
 acting-command of the Pert sloop, also in the "West 
 Indies ; where, the appointment being confirmed 9 
 Oct. 1805, he continued until obliged, in Jan. 1807, 
 to invalid. Joining next, in Nov. of the latter 
 year, the Spaerowhawk 18, Capt. Pringle con- 
 trived in that vessel to capture — 12 Jan. 1809, 
 U Esptrance of 14 guns and 54 men, off Cherbourg ; 
 19 June, 1810, Ulntr&pide of 6 guns and 47 men, 
 off Marseilles; and, 6 Nov. 1811, V Invincible of 2 
 guns and 33 men, off Malaga— all of them privateers. 
 On the occasion of a disastrous yet most valorous 
 attack made, 13 Deo. 1810, by the boats of a squa- 
 dron under Capt. Pras. "Wm. Fane, upon the enemy's 
 shipping in the Mole of Palamos, we find him eli- 
 citing the especial praise of the senior officer for 
 his good conduct both at the landing and at the 
 withdrawal of the men.* He was afterwards very 
 actively employed on the coast of Valencia and Tar- 
 ragona under the orders of the present Sir Edw. 
 Codrington.t On 19 Jan. 1812 he was taken pri- 
 soner by a party of the enemy's dragoons in the 
 neighbourhood of the latter place ; X hut he was 
 soon liberated by the Baron d'Eroles, then com- 
 manding a division of the Catalan army. During 
 his captivity he witnessed the defeat of 800 French 
 infantry, occupying an advantageous position be- 
 hind the walls of Villa Succa. Attaining Post-rank 
 1 June, 1812, Capt. Pringle in the following Sept. 
 left the Sparkowhawk. He accepted his present 
 rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 PEIOE. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Thomas Henry Prior entered the Navy 31 Deo. 
 1806 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; obtained his 
 commission 23 Feb. 1829 ; served in the Coast Guard 
 from 27 March, 1834, until the early part of 1841 ; 
 and from 1 Sept. in the latter year until 1846 was 
 employed as Admiralty Agent on board a contract 
 steam-vessel. In 1840 he received a silver medal 
 from the Shipwreck Society, and the thanks of the 
 Royal Humane Society, for his exertions in saving 
 the crews of three vessels wrecked on the beach 
 between Bearshide and Black Rock, co. Cornwall. 
 
 PRITCHARD. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 John Appleby Pritchaed entered the Navy 19 
 Aug. 1827; passed his examination 11 Feb. 1834; 
 obtained charge, 12 Dec. 1839, of a station in the 
 Coast Guard ; and on 27 July, 1842, a few months 
 after his removal to the Koval George yacht, 
 Capt. Lord Adolphus EitzClarenoe, was prordoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. He has since been serv- 
 ing as Additional in the Illdsteious 72, flag-ship 
 of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West 
 Indies ; also in the Coast Guard ; and in command 
 of the Camelion and Vulcan revenue-vessels. 
 
 He married, 11 June, 1840, Selina Maria, daugh- 
 ter of Emeric Essex Vidal, Esq., Purser and Pay- 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 229. f V- Gaj. 1811, p. 1588. 
 J V. Gaz., 181S, p. 563. 
 
 master R.N. (1808), by whom he has issue. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 PRITCHARD. (Commander, 1828. r-P., 16;'* 
 H-P., 31.) 
 
 John White Pritchard is brother of Capt. Sam. 
 Perkins Pritchard, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Dec. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gladiator, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Bell Connolly, lying at Ports- 
 mouth. In March, 1801, he became Midshipman of 
 the Prince George 98, flag-ship in the Channel of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton, with whom he continued until 
 April, 1802. On the renewal of hostilities in 1803, 
 he was received in succession on board the Russel 
 74, Capt. .Thos. Williams, Prince of Wales 98, 
 Capt. John Giffard, and Britannia 100, Captain, 
 afterwards Rear-Admiral, the Earl of Northesk, 
 under whom he officiated as Aide-de-Camp at the 
 battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. In May, 1806, he 
 removed to the Captain 74, Capt. Wm. Grenville 
 Lobb, at Portsmouth ; and he next, in June of the 
 same year and Nov. 1807, joined the Boadicea 38, 
 Capt. John Maitland, and Saturn 74, Capt. Lord 
 Amelius Beauclerk. In the Boadicea he was at 
 first employed on the Cork station, and subse- 
 quently in affording protection to the whale-fishery 
 in the neighbourhood of Greenland. After serving 
 for two months as Acting-Lieutenant in the Glory 
 98, flag-ship of Eear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway, 
 and Eclair sloop, Capt. Chas. Kempthome Quash, 
 for a shorter time as Midshipman in the Hibernia 
 1 10, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, and again 
 for upwards of five months as Acting-Lieutenant in 
 the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Wm. Bradley, on the 
 Home, Lisbon, and Baltic stations, he was confirmed 
 to that rank, 22 Sept. 1808, in the ship last mentioned, 
 then commanded by Capt. Thos. Eyles. He left 
 her in Jan. 1810, and was subsequently appointed — 
 5 June in the same year, to the Derwent 18, Capt. 
 Geo. Manners Sutton, with whom he served in the 
 Channel and off Guernsey until Oct. 1812 — 14 May, 
 1813, to the Akbar 50, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood 
 Dickson, on the Brazilian station, whence he re- 
 turned in Sept. 1814—9 March, 1818, to the Trans- 
 port service, as an Agent afloat — and, 30 April, 
 1827, as Senior, to the Britannia 120, bearing the 
 flag of the Earl of Northesk at Plymouth. He was 
 advanced to his present rank 24 Jan. 1828 ; and was 
 lastly, from 30 March, 1835, until 1838, employed as 
 an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Pritchard married, 9 July, 1810, Miss 
 J. M. Appleby, of Soberton ; a lady by whom he has 
 
 PRITCHARD. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 20; 
 H-P., 30.) 
 
 Richard Davison Pritchard was bom 30 May, 
 1788, at Newington, near London. He is next 
 brother of Capt. Sam. Perkins Pritchard, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Larcom, successive flag-ship in the Channel of Sir 
 Roger Curtis and Sir Chas. Cotton, the latter of 
 whom he followed, in the summer of 1800, into the 
 Prince George 98. Between Sept. 1802 and Dec. 
 1806 he served as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 chiefly in the West Indies and off Cadiz, in the 
 Blenheim 74, hearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Sir Sam. Hood, and in tiie Royal Sove- 
 reign 100 and Ocean 98, flag-ships of Lord Colling- 
 wood. In the capacity of Master's Mate he com- 
 manded the forecastle of the Royal Sovereign at 
 the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. On leaving 
 the Ocean, as above, he was nominated Sub-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Dexterous gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Robt. Tomlinson ; in the boats of which 
 vessel we find him effecting the capture, 22 June, 
 1807, although with but 14 men under his orders, of 
 2 gun-boats, carrying between them 4 guns and 55 
 men. The exploit was achieved close to Appes 
 
 • Exclusively of tlie time he was employed in the Trans- 
 port Service. 
 
PRITCHARD-PROBERT. 
 
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 Hill, Gibraltar, where Mr. Pritchard received a 
 ball through the body and another through the left 
 arm, which he has never been since able to use.* 
 In consideration of his wounds he was allotted, 5 
 July, 1808, a pension of 911. bs. per annum, and was 
 awarded a grant from the Patriotic Fund. He was 
 made Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1807, after having acted 
 for three months as such, in the Terkible 74, Capt. 
 Lord Henry Paulet, off Cadiz, but was obliged from 
 severe suffering to invalid in April, 1808, and was 
 subsequently appointed — 14 May, 1809, to the 
 AvENGEK 16, Capt. Thos. White, which vessel the 
 state of his wounds also obliged him to leave in 
 Nov. of the same year— in Nov. 1813 to the Trans- 
 port Service— and 13 Feb. 1838 and 14 March, 1841, 
 to the successive command of the Meteor and 
 Avon Falmouth packets. In the Avenger he as- 
 sisted at the capture of Anholdt in May, 1809 ; and 
 while detached from her in a gun-boaf he made 
 prize of seven Danish vessels, and, being in the end 
 taken himself, was detained for three months a pri- 
 soner of war. "When in the Transport Service, in 
 which he continued until Aug. 1819, he conveyed 
 large bodies of troops from various parts of the 
 kingdom to Ostend before, and from Calais to 
 Ramsgate after, the battle of "Waterloo. For this 
 service he received the thanks of. General Sir Man- 
 ley Power, on the part of the Army, together with 
 the acknowledgments of the Board of Admiralty. 
 He afterwards made two voyages to the Cape of 
 Good Hope, visited the Isles of France, Ceylon, 
 and Goree, and went to Senegal, Sierra Leone, Rio 
 de Janeiro, and the "West Indies. At Ceylon he 
 rendered services which induced the Governor, Sir 
 Robt. Brownrigg, to recommend him in his de- 
 spatches, as well as by letter, to Lord Melville and 
 the Commissioners of the Navy. Having had com- 
 mand for rather more than three years and a half 
 of the Meteor and Avon, he was advanced, 22 
 Aug. 1841, to his present rank. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Pritchard married, 10 July, 1810, 
 Miss Mary Ann Davis, of Binfield Lodge, co. Berks, 
 by whom, who died in March, 1842, he had issue a 
 son and daughter. The son, Rich. Davis Pritchard, 
 Surgeon R.N. (1841), is serving in the East Indies 
 on board the Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley. 
 Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 PKITCHARD. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Samuel Pritchard is son of Capt. Sam. Perkins 
 Pritchard, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 12 May, 1830; 
 passed his examination 9 July, 1836 ; and after 
 serving for some time as Mate in the Sprightly 
 Revenue-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Joseph Elwin, 
 joined in that capacity, towards the close of 1841, 
 the Queen 110, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. W. 
 C. R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he continued until advanced to his 
 present rank 25 Sept. 1843. His appointments have 
 since been — 20 Oct. 1843, as Additional Lieutenant, 
 to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam 
 in North America and the "West Indies— 17 Feb. 
 1844, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir "Wm. Daniell, 
 on the coast of Africa — 24 July, 1845, to the Pene- 
 lope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Wm. Jones on that station, whence he 
 returned home and was paid off in 1846— and 2 
 Maxoh, 1847, to the St. Vincent 120, in which ship 
 he is now serving under the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Napier. 
 
 PRITCHAKD. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 22; 
 
 H-P., 33.) 
 Samuel Perkins Pritchard is eldest son of the 
 late Sam. Perkins Pritchard, Master R.N., who, 
 
 * The following is an extract from the despatch of Lieat, 
 Tomlinson : — '* The gallant conduct of Mr. IMtcliard, Sub- 
 Lieutenant, who commanded the party, deserves the highest 
 commendation. Although wounded in the side before he got 
 on board the vessel, he concealed the hurt until he received 
 a second ball through Ills mm."— Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 1277. 
 
 after having served his country for a period of 
 nearly fifty years, died in 1813 in command of the 
 Dromedary store-ship; and brother of Commander 
 John "White, and Rich. Davison Pritchard, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1792, as 
 Master's Servant, on board the Assistance, Capt. 
 Smith, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Sir 
 Rich. King, whom he followed into the Stately 64. 
 From July, 1794, until April, 1810, he was employed, 
 almost uninterruptedly, on the Home station, in the 
 Excellent 74, and Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ships 
 of Hon. Wm. CornwalUs (in the latter of which he 
 was present in the celebrated retreat of 16 and 17 
 June, 1795), Theseus 74, Capts. Montgomery and 
 Aylmer, Neptdne 98, Commodore Sir Erasmus 
 Gower, Prince and Prince George 98's, flag-ships 
 of Sir Roger Curtis and Sir Chas. Cotton, Boadicea 
 38, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Amelia frigate, Capt. Lord 
 Proby, Dreadnought 98, Capt. Edw. Brace, Endy- 
 MioN 40, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, Ville de Paris 
 110, bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. Comwallis (under 
 whom he assisted in pursuing the French fleet into 
 Brest 22 Aug. 1805), Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. 
 Maling, Aigle 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, Royal Wil- 
 liam flag-ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu, and ViR- 
 ginie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace. While serving in the 
 Ville de Paris (be had attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman in the Neptune in 1797) he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing 
 date 4 March, 1805. In 1810-11 he [made two voy- 
 ages with Capt. Brian Hodgson in the Barbadoes 
 and Owen Glendower frigates, to the East Indies, 
 whence, in June, 1813, he invalided. During a few 
 months in 1814, and again in 1815, he was employed 
 on the Halifax and Home stations in the Akbar 50, 
 Capts. Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson and Chas. 
 Bullen, and Albion 74, Capts. Philip Somerville 
 and Jas. Walker. After officiating for about seven 
 years as an Agent for Transports he was appointed, 
 6 April, 1831, Senior of the Donegal 78, Capts. 
 John Dick and Arthur Fanshawe, with whom he 
 served on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations 
 until paid off in the early part of 1834. Attaining 
 the rank of Commander 27 Aug. in the latter year, 
 he was appointed, 6 Jan. 1840, Second Captain of 
 the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Le Fleming 
 Senhouse. In Jan. 1841 he was praised in the 
 highest manner for his zealous exertions at the cap- 
 ture of Tycocktow and Chuenpee ; in the following 
 month he attracted official notice by the able sup- 
 port he afforded in the action with the forts at the 
 Boca Tigris; and in May, 1841, he underwent more 
 than ordinary fatigue from the circumstance of his 
 being left on board the Blenheim, while most of 
 the officers and men were engaged on detached ser- 
 vice against Canton.* He was advanced to Post 
 rank, as a reward for his services, 8 June, 1841; and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Pritchard is married, and has, with other 
 issue, a son, the present Lieut. Sam. Pritchard, R.N. 
 Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 PEOBEET. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 John Wale Probert died 7 Sept. 1847, of Afri- 
 can fever, at the island of Banana, while serving as 
 First-Lieutenant of the Siren sloop, aged 31. He 
 was third son of T. Probert, Esq., of Newport, 
 Essex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 19 Feb. 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 27 Oct. 1835; served for 
 some time in the Mediterranean, as Mate, in the 
 Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey; and from 
 1841, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 
 Feb. 1844, was employed in a similar capacity on 
 the North America and West India station in the 
 Spartan 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. G. J. B. Elliot. His 
 last appointments were— 22 Aug. 1844, as Additional, 
 to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. 
 R. Owen in the Jlediterranean — 25 Oct. 1844, to the 
 Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, 
 on the same station— and 9 Aug. 1845, to the Siren 
 16, Capts. Harry Edm. Edgell and Thos. Chaloner, 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1102, 1498, 2503. 
 
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 PROBY. 
 
 employed at first in the Mediterranean and after- 
 wards on the coast of Africa, where he died. 
 
 PEOBY. (Rear-Admiral of the White, 1841.) 
 The Honodkaele Granville Leveson Pkoet, 
 born in 1781, is second surviving son of John Joshua, 
 first Earl of Carysfort, K.P., hy his first wife, Eli- 
 zabeth, only daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Wm. 
 Osborne, Bart., of Newtown, co. Tipperary ; and bro- 
 ther of the present Earl. His half-sister Elizabeth 
 (daughter of the first Earl, by his second marriage 
 with the third sister of the first Marquess of Bucking- 
 ham) was the wife of the late Capt. "Wm. Wells, R.N. 
 (1809). His eldest brother, William Allen, Lord 
 Pro by, a Captain R.N., was in command of the 
 Danae 20, when that ship, in March, 1800, was 
 taken possession of by her mutinous crew and car- 
 ried into Camaret Bay ; and died of yellow fever at 
 Surinam in 1804, while commanding the Amelia 
 frigate. The Rear-Admiral is a distant cousin of 
 Retired Commander H. J. P. Probj'. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Vanguakd 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Berry, bearing the flag of Sir Horatio Nelson, 
 under whom he fought at the battle of the Nile, 1 
 Aug. following. When serving next with the same 
 ofScer in the Foudkoyant 80, he assisted, while at 
 the blockade of Malta, at the capture, 18 J?eb. 1800, 
 of Le Genereux 74, and Ville de Marseilles armed 
 store-ship, and, on 31 March, after a desperate con- 
 flict, in which the Foudroyant (in company with 
 the Lion 64, and Penelope 36) sustained a loss of 
 8 men killed and 64, including himself, wounded, of 
 Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000 men, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Decres.* In 1801 he was pre- 
 sent, we believe, in the same ship under Lord Keith 
 during the operations in Egypt. After a further 
 attachment to the Santa Teresa frigate, Capt. 
 Robt. Campbell, Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse (which ship was wrecked, 31 May, 1803, 
 near Cape St. Vincent), and Victory 100, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Nelson, he was made Lieutenant, 
 24 Oct. 1804, into the Narcissus 32, Capt. Ross 
 Donnelly. Removing, in May, 1805, to the Nep- 
 TDNE 98, Capt. Thos. Fras. Fremantle, he was 
 afforded an opportunity, 21 Oct. in the same year, 
 of sharing in the glories of Trafalgar. He obtained 
 command, 15 Aug. 1806, of the Berg^re sloop ; 
 was Posted, 28 Nov. ensuing, into the Madras 54 ; 
 and subsequently appointed — 7 Jan. 1807, to the 
 Juno 32, in the Mediterranean— in 1808, for two 
 years, to, we are informed, the Iris 32, employed in 
 the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic— and, 8 June, 
 1813, and 3 Dec. 1814, to the Laurel and Amelia 
 38's, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope and in the 
 Mediterranean. He paid the Amelia off in July, 
 1816, and has not been since afloat. He attained 
 Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Proby sat in Parliament for co. 
 Wicklow in 1812-18 and 20. He married, 5 May, 
 1818, Isabella, daughter of Hon. Hugh Howard, and 
 niece of the Earl of Wicklow, by whom, who died 
 22 Jan. 1836, he has issue four sons and four daugh- 
 ters. His second son, Granville Leveson, is an offi- 
 cer in the Army ; and his second daughter, Eliza- 
 beth Emma, is the wife of Lord Claude Hamilton, 
 M.P., brother of the Marquess of Abercorn. Agent 
 ' — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 PROBY. (Retired CoMMANDEK, 1845. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Henry Joshua Philadelphia Peoby was bom 
 22 Aug. 1785, at Stratford, St. Mary, co. Suffolk. 
 He is a distant cousin of Rear-Admiral Hon. G. L. 
 Proby. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1799, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Scorpion sloop, Capt. 
 Chas. Tinling, lying in Yarmouth Roads, for the 
 purpose of joining the Circe 28, into which ship he 
 was received, 14 Sept. following, from the Isis 50, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Andw. Mitchell, at the time 
 employed in fitting out the Dutch fleet that had 
 • Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 576. 
 
 just surrendered. After serving in the Cikce up 
 the river Elbe and in the North Sea, he removed, 
 with Capt. Winthrop, as Midshipman, in Feb. 1800, 
 to the Stag 32. Prior to that ship being wrecked, 
 a catastrophe which took place in Vigo Bay 6 Sept. 
 in the same year, he cruized with much activity 
 and assisted in landing the troops during the expe- 
 dition to Ferrol. On his return to England in the 
 London 98, Capt. John Child Purvis, Mr. Proby 
 Joined the Impetueux 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 under whom he served at the blockade of Brest, 
 and was for eight months, including the severe 
 winter of 1801-2, employed in watching the enemy's 
 squadron at Rochefort. The Impetueux being paid 
 off at the peace, he was next, in June, 1803, received 
 on board the Venerable 74, Capts. John Clarke 
 Searle and Geo. Reynolds, attached, latterly under 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral CoUingwood, to the Chan- 
 nel fleet, with which he continued until again, in 
 1804, placed under the orders of Capt. Winthrop in 
 the Ardent 64, stationed off Boulogne, where he 
 remained for a period of 12 months, and came into 
 frequent contact with the enemy's batteries and 
 flotilla. Being then, in April, 1805, transferred to 
 the Namue 74, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, he 
 took part, 22 Aug. following, in Admiral Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis' attack on the French fleet close in with 
 Brest harbour. He was also, 4 Nov. in the same 
 year, present at Sir Richard Strachan's capture of 
 the four French line-of-battle ships escaped from 
 Trafalgar (for which he received the rating of Mas- 
 ter's Mate) ; and besides witnessing the surrender, 
 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle 
 Poule, he went in pursuit of the celebrated Roche- 
 fort squadron to the West Indies and Newfoundland. 
 Towards the close of 1806, having returned to Eng- 
 land and passed his examination, he proceeded, in 
 the Ramillies 74, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, to Barba- 
 does, and thence, in the Blonde frigate, to Jamaica, 
 where he joined, on promotion, the Veteran 64, 
 flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres. After 
 assisting at the capture of various slave-vessels in 
 the Gulf of Florida, and cruizing off the city of 
 San Domingo, he was nominated, 21 May, 1808, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Veteran ; and was shortly 
 afterwards sent in command of the Pike schooner 
 to assist in rescuing the guns and stores of the Me- 
 LEAGER frigate, which had been wrecked on Bare- 
 bush Key. Having been advanced, at home, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 23 
 Feb. 1808, he became, in Aug. of that year, Senior 
 of the Moselle sloop, Capts. Gordon and Lennock, 
 also in the West Indies, whence, however, he soon 
 invalided. His subsequent appointments were- 3 
 May, 1809, to the Blossom 18, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, 
 employed in co-operation with the patriots on the 
 north coast of Spain, also in escorting convoy to 
 Quebec and other ports of Canada, and on the 
 Downs and Jamaica stations — 30 Dec. 1809, to the 
 Reindeer 18, Capt. Peter John Douglas, in the 
 West Indies — next, as a Supernumerary, to the Po- 
 lyphemus 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Bartholomew Sam. Rowley at Jamaica — 21 March, 
 1810, to the Moselle again, Capts. Henry Boys, 
 Jas. Stirling, and Geo. Moubray, from which vessel 
 he invalided in Sept. 1812 — 4 June, 1813, to the 
 Britomart 10, Capt. Robt. Riddell (now Carre), 
 stationed off the Texel and in the North Sea — 28 
 Feb. 1814, to the Mercurius 18, Capt. Thos. Ren- 
 wick, under whom he cruized on the latter station 
 and in the Baltic, and witnessed the evacuation of 
 Anholdt — and 5 May, 1815, for nearly four months, 
 to the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, 
 lying at Portsmouth. In the Blossom, Moseli.e, 
 Britomart, and Mercdrius, Mr. Proby discharged 
 the duties of First-Lieutenant. His prompt and 
 judicious conduct in 1810, in rescuing the Moselle 
 when nearly wrecked in the Gulf of Florida, was 
 such as to call forth from the President of the 
 Court-martial, which took place in consequence, a 
 very gratifying expression of the sense entertained 
 by the Court of his exertions. When in the same 
 vessel at the Havana, he was ordered by Capt. Boys 
 
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 to take charge of a suspected person to the Governor 
 of New Providence, and proceed with him to Nassau. 
 On his return to the Havana he experienced a severe 
 attack of yellow fever. Unable, after he left the 
 Queen Charlotte, to procure employment, he ac- 
 cepted, 18 Jan. 1845, the rank he now holds. Agent 
 — J. Hinxman. 
 
 PROBYN. (Retired Captain, 1840. r-p., 15;* 
 H-p., 51.) 
 
 Henrt Probyn died, 31 Jan. 1845, at Instow, co. 
 Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 April, 1779, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Firebrand, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, under whom he con- 
 tinued employed in the Fairy sloop, Vestal 28, 
 Recovery 32, and P^gase, until 1783— the latter 
 part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman. 
 In the Fairy he assisted at the capture, on the 
 Newfoundland station, of nine privateers, her equals 
 in force ; in the Vestal he was present, in 1781, at 
 the relief of Gibraltar, and at the destruction of two 
 gun-boats under the fortress of Ceuta ; and in the 
 Recovery he took part in Admiral Harrington's ac- 
 tion with the French fleet, 20 April, 1782. From 
 1783 until Aug. 1785 he served on the coast of Africa 
 and in the West Indies on board the Grampds 50, 
 Commodore Thompson, and Rattler, Capt. Col- 
 lingwood. He next, in the course of 1788, joined 
 the Aqdilon 32, Capt. Robt. Montagu, and Trusty 
 50. Of the latter ship, which bore at first the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Cosby at Gibraltar, and 
 subsequently the flag of Sir John Laforey in the 
 West Indies, he was created a Lieutenant 2 Feb. 
 1789. He left her in July, 1793, and was afterwards 
 appointed — 15 Oct. in the same year, to the Squir- 
 rel 20, Capt. Israel Pellew, with whom he served 
 in the Channel and Baltic until compelled by ill- 
 health to invalid in June, 1794 — 11 Feb. 1795, to 
 the Venus 32, Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted, em- 
 ployed in the Downs and North Sea — 5 July follow- 
 ing, after three months of half-pay, to the Majestic 
 74, flag-ship of Sir John Laforey in the West Indies 
 — and 8 Dec. 1795, to the acting-command, on that 
 station, of the Woolwich 44. He returned to Eng- 
 land in May, 1796; and on 18 Aug. ensuing was 
 officially promoted to the rank of Commander. At 
 the renewal of hostilities in 1803, he obtained an 
 appointment in the Sea Fencibles ; and from Feb. 
 1805 to April, 1806, and from Sept. 1808 to May, 
 1809, he commanded the Bonetta and Blossom 
 ship-sloops, on the Home, Baltic, and African sta- 
 tions. He accepted the rank of Captain on the Re- 
 tired List 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 PROBYN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henry Probyn entered the Navy 14 Dec. 1827 ; 
 passed his examination in 1834 ; and obtained his 
 commission 15 March, 1841. His succeeding ap- 
 
 E ointments were — 17 March, 1841, as Additional 
 ieutenant, to the Winchester 50, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. Harvey in North America and the West In- 
 dies— 16 Sept. 1841, to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John 
 Marshall, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, whence 
 he returned at the close of 1843—20 May, 1844, to 
 the Coast Guard— and 18 Deo. 1844, to the Lily 16, 
 Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin Newton, equipping at 
 Portsmouth, where he was shortly afterwards super- 
 seded. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 PROCTOR. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 14; h-p.,4.) 
 Edward Halhed Beauchamp Phoctok is son 
 of Geo. Edw. Beauchamp Proctor, Esq. (brother of 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart.), 
 by Ellen Louisa, daughter of Robt. Halhed, Esq. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 1829, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Winchester 52, Capts. 
 Chas. John Austen, Henry Griffith Colpoys, Lord 
 Wm. Paget, and Hon. Wm. Wellesley, in which 
 ship, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys 
 in North America and the West Indies, he continued 
 
 * Apart from the period of his servitude in the Sea Fen- 
 cibles. 
 
 employed as Midshipman until June, 1833. From 
 the following Sept. until April, 1836, he served in 
 the Favorite 18, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, on 
 the Mediterranean station, whither, in the spring 
 of the following year, he returned as Mate (he had 
 passed his examination 1 June, 1836) in the Prin- 
 cess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. 
 Stopford. In Nov. 1839, after having been for six 
 mouths unemployed, he joined the Britannia 120, 
 hearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington at Ports- 
 mouth ; and in Feb. 1840 he there removed to the 
 Excellent gunnery- ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings. 
 On 27 June, 1841, at which period he had been 
 again for several months serving in the Mediter- 
 ranean in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen 
 Pell and Robt. Smart, he was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were 
 — 16 Aug. 1841, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. 
 Horatio Thos. Austin, also in the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned in May, 1843 — for a short time 
 in the after part of that year, again to the Cyclops, 
 commanded as before, and to the Stromboli steamer, 
 Capt. Hon. Edw. Plunkett, both in the Channel — 
 and, 14 Feb. and 26 Nov. 1845, to the command, on 
 the Home and South American stations, of the 
 Dwarf and Harpy steamers. For his services in 
 the5.river Parana, particularly on 11 May, 1846, he 
 was advanced, 11 Nov. following, to the rank of 
 Commander. The Harpy on the occasion was ex- 
 posed for more than an hour, within a distance of 
 about 60 yards, to a galling fire from the forts of 
 San Lorenzo, in the possession of General Rosas, 
 and was greatly cut up ; and he himself, the only 
 person hurt, wounded by a round shot in the fleshy 
 part of the right arm.* 
 
 PROCTOR, Bart. (Reae-Admikal of the Red, 
 1841. F-p., 15; H-p., 38.) 
 
 Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, bom 14 Oct. 
 1781, at Langley Park, Norfolk, is eldest son of the 
 late Sir Thos. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart,, by Mary, 
 second daughter of Robt. Palmer, Esq., of Sunning, 
 Berks, and brother (with the present Lieut.-Colonel 
 Rich. Beauchamp Proctor) of Capt. Robt. Beau- 
 champ Proctor, of the Madras Artillery, who died 
 23 May, 1813. His nephew, Edw. iHalhed Beau- 
 champ Proctor, is a (jommander R.N. He suc- 
 ceeded his father as third Baronet 29 June, 1827. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Sept. 1794, as 
 A.B., on board the Stag 32, Capt. Jos. Sydney 
 Yorke, and on 22 Aug. 1795 assisted as Midshipman 
 at the capture, on the coast of Norway, of the Ba- 
 tavian frigate Alliance of 36 guns and 240 men, 
 after an action of about an 'hour, in which the 
 enemy sustained a loss of between 40 and 50 killed 
 and wounded, and the British of 4 killed, and 13, 
 including himself, wounded. He continued actively 
 employed in the Stag, on the Home station, until 
 Jan. 1798, and then joined the London 98, Capt. 
 John Child Purvis, off Lisbon. In the following 
 July he removed to the Flora frigate, Capt. Robt. 
 Gambler Middleton, attached to the force in the 
 Mediterranean, where, it appears, he was lent for 
 short periods to the Alcm^ne and Minerve frigates, 
 Capts. Henry Digby and Geo. Cockburn. Being 
 received on promotion, in Aug. 1800, on board the 
 Foudeoyant 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, he was 
 nominated, 22 Oct. ensuing, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 La Diane frigate, Capt. Thos. Stephenson. In 
 that ship, to which the Admiralty confirmed him 
 25 Feb. 1801, he obtained the Turkish gold medal 
 for his services in Egypt. He was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 29 April, 1802 ; and in April, 
 1803, and Aug. 1804, he was appointed in that 
 capacity to the Zebra bomb and Saracen 18. In 
 the former vessel he gained the admiration of his 
 senior officer, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, by his 
 meritorious conduct at the bombardment of Havre 
 in July and Aug. 1804.f After cruizing for six 
 months in the Channel in the Saracen, Capt. Proc- 
 tor, in March, 1805, sailed on promotion for the 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3201, .1211. 
 t r. Gaz. 1804, pp. 898, 938. 
 
936 
 
 PROTHEROE— PROWSE. 
 
 East Indies in the Hindostan 54, and on his arrival 
 in the following July was placed in acting-command 
 of the Dedaigneuse 36. Owing, however, to minis- 
 terial changes at home he was not confirmed to 
 Post-rank until 5 Sept. 1806. In reference to a 
 rencontre, on 21 Nov. 1808, hetween the Dedaig- 
 NEUSE and French 36-gun frigate Semillante, which 
 terminated in the latter effecting her escape into 
 Port Louis, Isle of France, Capt. Proctor, from a 
 feeling of dissatisfaction entertained by the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief at his conduct, applied for a court- 
 martial. After the fullest investigation, that tri- 
 hunal declared " that the conduct of Capt. Proctor 
 appeared to have been marked by the greatest 
 activity, zeal, and anxiety for the service ; that the 
 manceuvres of the Dedaigneuse, while in the pre- 
 sence of the enemy, were directed with judgment 
 and skill very honom'able to Capt. Proctor; and 
 that the escape of the enemy's frigate resulted en- 
 tirely from the bad-sailing of the Dedaigneuse." 
 Capt. Proctor was of course fully acquitted. He 
 returned home for the recovery of his health in 
 Nov. 1809, and has not been since afloat. He at- 
 tained Flag-rank 23 Nov. 18il. 
 
 Sir Wm. Beauchamp Proctor married, 20 May, 
 1812, Anne, daughter of Thos. Gregory, Esq., and 
 niece and heir of Thos. Brograve, Esq., of Spring- 
 field Place, Essex, by whom he has issue three sons 
 (the eldest, Thomas William Brograve, an officer in 
 the army) and four daughters. Agents — Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 PKOTHEROE. (Liedt, 1826. f-p., 16; h-p., 20.) 
 
 Samuel Rosser Protheroe entered the Navy, 
 22 Sept. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Swift- 
 sure 74, Capts. Temple Hardy, Jeremiah Coghlan, 
 and "Wm. Stewart, stationed in the Mediterranean. 
 In Aug. 1812 he followed Capt. Stewart as Midship- 
 man into the Stately 64, commanded subsequently 
 by Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, with whom, 
 after having served off Cadiz, he removed, in April, 
 1813, to the Impetdeux 74, attached to the force oif 
 Lisbon. In the course of the same year he joined 
 in succession the Eridanus and Ceres frigates, 
 Capts. Henry Prescott and Jas. Prevost, both lying 
 at Chatham, and the Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel 
 Day Cochrane, whom he accompanied to the West 
 Indies. He was next, from Feb. 1815 until paid 
 off in Jan. 1817, employed in the East Indies in the 
 Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon ; from March, 
 1818, until May, 1821, on Home service (as Master's 
 Mate), in the Ferret and Helicon sloops, each 
 under the orders of Capt. Wm. Pettman ; and from 
 Sept. in the latter year until July, 1826, in North 
 America, at Plymouth, and in the West Indies (as 
 Master's Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman), in the 
 Dotterel 18, Capts. Wm. Hendry and Rich. Hoare, 
 Britannia 120, Capt. Philip Plpon, and Rattle- 
 snake 28, Capt. John Leith. He then (having 
 passed his examination in Feb. 1819) became Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Beaver 10, Capt. Joseph 
 O'Brien, to which vessel, also on the West India 
 station, he was confirmed 25 Aug. 1826. He re- 
 turned to England and was paid off in Feb. 1828 ; 
 but did not succeed in his exertions to procure 
 further employment until Nov. 1846. He has since 
 been in command of the Crocodile 8, receiving- 
 ship at Cork. Agents — Messrs. Chippendale. 
 
 PROWSE. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 29; h-p., 11.) 
 William Prowse entered the Navy, 27 Feb. 
 1807, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, 
 Capt. John West. In the boats of that ship he 
 assisted sis Midshipman, in Nov. 1808, at the de- 
 fence of Rosas, a citadel at the north-eastern extre- 
 mity of Spain; and contributed, 29 July, 1809, 
 under a covering fire from the Aoobn and Bustard 
 sloops, to the cutting-out, with but trifling loss to 
 the British, of six Italian gun-vessels armed with 
 long 18 and 24-pounder3, and each manned with 20 
 men, together with a convoy of 10 laden trabaeolos, 
 lying in the harbour of Duino, near Trieste. Re- 
 moving, in April, 1810, to the Standard 64, Capts. 
 
 Aiskew Paffard Hollis and Hon. Chae. Elphinstone 
 Fleeming, he served during the next two years and 
 a-half in the Baltic, off the port of Cadiz, and in 
 South America. In the Baltic we find him com- 
 manding the Standard's barge at the capture of a 
 Danish convoy, and, at Cadiz, serving in a boat at 
 the defence of that place. From Dec. 1812 until 
 May, 1814, he was employed in the Channel in the 
 San Josef 110, Capt. Robt. Jackson, and Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Keith ; and on 
 16 Aug. in the latter year, after having acted as 
 Lieutenant in the Reynard 10, Capt. David St, 
 Clair, and in his former ship the Queen Charlotte, 
 he was confirmed in that rank. He served next, 
 for a few months in 1814-15, in the Leveret sloop, 
 Capt. Jonathan Christian, employed in escorting 
 convoy to Lisbon ; and was subsequently appointed 
 — 24 Jan. 1824, to the Coast Blockade, in which 
 service he continued as Supemumerai'y-Lieutenant 
 of the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. 
 M'Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, until Dec. 1828 
 — in March, 1829, and March, 1831, to the command 
 of the Tartar and Rose Revenue-vessels — 3 May, 
 1833, to the charge of a station in the Coast Guard 
 — 25 March, 1837, to the command of the Active, 
 another Revenue-vessel — and, 27 March, 1840, a 
 second time to the Coast Guard. In consideration 
 of his long and faithful services in the Revenue, 
 and of his having been five times severely beaten 
 and wounded in attacks made by large bodies of 
 smugglers, he was advanced to his present rank 11 
 Jan. 1843. Since 10 May, 1845, he has been serving 
 afresh in the Coast Guard, as an Inspecting Com- 
 mander. 
 
 PEOWSE. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 24.) 
 William Jones Prowse is son of the late Geo. 
 Bragge Prowse, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st 
 Somerset Regt. of Militia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Nov. 1801, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Narcissus 32, Capts. 
 Ross Donnelly and Chas. Malcolm. Under the 
 former he was at first employed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, and afterwards, as Midshipman, at the cap- 
 ture of the Cape of Good Hope and Buenos Ayres 
 in Jan. and June, 1806. During his passage to the 
 Cape he assisted in taking Le Prudent privateer of 
 12 guns and 70 men, in re-capturing the English 
 merchant-ship Horatio Nebon mounting 22 guns, 
 and in driving on shore the Napoleon privateer of 
 32 guns and 250 men. With Capt. Malcolm Mr. 
 Prowse continued actively employed, as Master's 
 Mate, on the Channel and Lisbon stations undl 
 transferred, in the early part of 1809, to the Cap- 
 tain 74, Capts. Sir Jas. Atfiol Wood and Christopher 
 John Williams Nesham. Of that ship, after having 
 witnessed the capture, on the West India station, 
 of the French 74 D'Haupoult, he was constituted, 
 11 July, 1809, an Acting-Lieutenant. He had how- 
 ever, although the intelligence had not reached 
 him, been promoted by the Admiralty on 22 of the 
 preceding May. He left the Captain in Dec. of 
 the same year, and was subsequently appointed — 
 1 May, 1810, and 15 June, 1812, to the Hamadryad 
 42 and Briton 46, both commanded by Capt. Thos. 
 Staines, under whom he visited Newfoundland, Lis- 
 bon, St. Helena, and the Brazils, and served with 
 activity both on the coasts of France and Spain 
 and in the Pacific until Aug. 1815—24 Oct. 1816, to 
 the Conqueror 74, bearing the fiag of Rear-Admiral 
 Robt. Plampin at St. Helena, where he remained, 
 for the purpose of guarding the person of Napoleon 
 Buonaparte, until the close of 1819— and, 27 Oct. 
 1823, as First-Lieutenant (a post he had latterly 
 filled on board the Conqueror), to the Superb 74, 
 in which ship, commanded by Capt., then Sir Thos., 
 Staines, he was for two years employed on the West 
 India and Lisbon stations. Attaining the rank of 
 Commander 27 March, 1826, Capt. Prowse, from 
 1 Oct. 1827 until June, 1830, served as Second Cap- 
 tain of the Isis 50, also commanded by Sir Thos^ 
 Staines, in the Mediterranean, where he aided in 
 destroying several piratical vessels. Ho has since 
 
PRUST— PRYCE— PUCKFORD— PUGET. 
 
 937 
 
 been on half-pay. He attained his present rank 
 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, 7 May, 1840, the Hon. Rachel 
 Emily Irby, eldest daughter of Lord Boston, by 
 whom he has issue two children. 
 
 PRUST. (Lieutenant, 1822.) 
 
 Bartholomew Prdst entered the Navy, 7 June, 
 1810, as Third-cl. Vol., on board La Nvmphe 36, 
 Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, on the Leith station ; at- 
 tained soon afterwards the rating of Midshipman ; 
 and from Jan. 1811 until July, 1814, was employed 
 in the Baltic, Channel, North Sea, West Indies, and 
 North America, in the Ardent 64, bearing the flags 
 of Hear-Admirals Philip Chas. Durham and Wm. 
 Johnstone Hope, and Asia 74 and Tonnant 80, 
 flag-ships of Admirals Wm. Brown and Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane. He then joined the Superb 74, in which 
 ship, after serving for a time with Rear-Admiral 
 Hotham on the American coast, he fought under 
 Capt. Chas. Ekins at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 
 1816. He remained in the Sdpebb until Sept. 1818, 
 and was afterwards employed, again in the Medi- 
 terranean, in the RfevotunoNNAiRE 46, Capt. Hon. 
 Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. As Lieu- 
 tenant, a rank he attained 25 March, 1822, he served, 
 from 10 July, 1827, until 1831, in the Coast Blockade, 
 with his name on the books of the Ramillxes and 
 Talaveba 74's, both commanded by Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot. He has since been on half -pay. 
 
 PRYCE. (Commander, 1821.) 
 
 Henry Pryge was born 23 June, 1786. He is 
 one of six brothers who were devoted to the service 
 of their country. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 May, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the London 98, Capt. Edw. 
 Griffith, bearing the flag of Sir John Colpoys on 
 the Home station, where he removed, in 1799, to 
 the PoMPKE 74 and Neptone 98, both commanded 
 by Capt. Jas. Vashon, and continued employed as 
 Midshipman until Jan. 1801. Joining shortly after- 
 wards the Fortun^e 36, Capts. Lord Amelius Beau- 
 clerk and John Ferrier, he was on board that 
 frigate in 1802 when she was cast away on the 
 Haak Sand at the entrance of the Texel. After 
 serving for about 12 months in the KfevoLorioN- 
 NAiBB frigate, Capt. Walter Locke, and Hercdle 
 74, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under 
 whom he took part in the unfortunate attack upon 
 Cura9oa, and shared in a variety of cutting-out 
 affairs, he was nominated, as a reward for his ex- 
 ertions during a hurricane, Acting-Lieutenant, 17 
 Aug. 1804, of the Port Mahon 18, Capt. Sam. 
 Chambers. He was confirmed, 15 April, 1805, into 
 the Fairy 18, Capt. Geo. Adey Creyke, then on 
 the eve of her passage home from the West Indies ; 
 and was subsequently appointed— 24 Oct. 1805, to 
 the Amethyst 36, Capts. John Wm. Spranger and 
 Michael Seymour, on the Irish station — 7 Jan. 1809, 
 as First-Lieutenant (after four months of half-pay), 
 to the Nymphen 36, Capts. Keith Maxwell and 
 John Hancock, in which ship he accompanied the 
 expedition to the Waloheren (where he assisted in 
 forcing the passage between the batteries of Flush- 
 ing and Cadsand), and was for upwards of four 
 years and a-half employed in the North Sea — 11 
 Sept. 1813, in a similar capacity, to the Centaur 
 74, Capts. John Chambers White and Thos. Gordon 
 Caulfeild, under the former of whom (prior to sail- 
 ing for North America and the Cape of Good Hope) 
 he landed at the head of a party of seamen, and 
 aided, in April, 1814, in destroying the enemy's 
 batteries on the right bank of the Garonne — 2 Dec. 
 1815, again as Senior, to the Spencek 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Robt. Broughton, lying at Plymouth, where 
 he remained until July, 1816— and, 30 Nov. and 7 
 Deo. 1818, to the Tonnant 80 and Windsor Castle 
 74, both commanded by Capt. T. G. Caulfeild on 
 the Home station. He continued in the Windsor 
 Castle, as First-Lieutenant, until promoted to the 
 rank of Commander on the occasion of the corona- 
 tion of George IV., 19 July, 1821. Since that period 
 
 he has been at times employed in the Rendezvous 
 service at Liverpool, North and South Shields, New- 
 castle, Newport, and Bristol, and has raised nearly 
 5000 men for the fleet. 
 
 During the late hostiUties in Portugal Com- 
 mander Pryce, who has commanded two 50-gun 
 frigates, and holds a commission as Captain of a 
 line-of-battle ship in the Portuguese service, fitted 
 out an expedition for the Queen of Portugal, and re- 
 ceived from Don Pedro the decoration of the Tower 
 and Sword. He has also had command of some of 
 the finest Indiamen out of the port of London. He 
 married, 11 May, 1816, EUza Lawrence, daughter 
 of Robt. Keys, Esq., of Southampton, and has issue 
 seven sons and three daughters. Agent— Frederick 
 Dufaur. 
 
 PUCKFORD. (Commander, 1827. r-P., 17; 
 H-p., 20.) 
 
 James PucKPORD entered the Navy 10 June, 1810, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Nisds 38, Capts. 
 Philip Beaver and Chas. Marsh Schomberg, under 
 the former of whom he assisted at the reduction of 
 the Isles of France and Java. He continued to 
 serve on the Cape station until the early part of 
 1814; between which period and June, 1822, we 
 find him employed in North America and the 
 Channel, at St. Helena, and in South America in 
 the Liffey 50, Capt. John Hancock, Newcastle 
 60, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, An- 
 dromache 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, and Su- 
 perb 74, Capt. Adam Mackenzie. Of the ship last 
 mentioned he became an acting and a confbmed 
 Lieutenant 22 Feb. and 8 Sept. 1821. His subse- 
 quent appointments were — 13 Nov. 1822 to the Va- 
 lorous 26, Capt. Jas. Murray, fitting for the West 
 Indies, whence he returned in June, 1824 — and, 14 
 Sept. 1824, to the Chanticleer 10, commanded 
 by Capt. Chas. Jas. Hope Johnstone, for a short 
 time by himself as Acting-Commander, and by 
 Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, on the Mediterranean 
 station. He was advanced to his present rank on 
 bis arrival in England 15 Dec. 1827 ; and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Puckford married, 10 Nov. 1834, 
 Mary, daughter of the Rev. J. F. Muckston, D.D., 
 Prebendary of Lichfield, by whom he has issue one 
 daughter. 
 
 PUGET. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 25; h-p., 9.) 
 
 William David Puget entered the Navy, 12 
 Jan. 1813, as a Volunteer, on board the Owen Glen- 
 dower 42, Capt. Brian Hodgson, in which ship and 
 in the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, and Clo- 
 rinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, he served on the 
 East India station, the chief part of the time as 
 Midshipman, until Aug. 1814. He then joined the 
 Monmouth 64, Capt. Wm. Wilkinson, lying in the 
 Downs ; and in Feb. 1815 entered the Royal Naval 
 College at Portsmouth, where he remained one 
 year and 10 months. In Dec. 1817 he again em- 
 barked on board the Andromache frigate, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Shirreff, lying at Spithead ; but he had 
 not been many days in that ship before he removed 
 to the Sybille44, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, and sailed 
 for the West Indies. Returning home in Feb. 1819, 
 he served, from the following May until Oct. 1820, 
 at Plymouth and Portsmouth in the Heron sloop, 
 Capt. Job Hanmer, Spartan 46, Capt. Wm. Fur- 
 long Wise, and Queen Charlotte 100, flog-ship of 
 Sir Geo. Campbell. At the end of that period he 
 again proceeded to the West Indies in the Sybille 
 under the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley ; and on 22 July, 
 1822, he was there confirmed a Lieutenant (two 
 months after he had been ordered to act as such) 
 in the Icaeus 10, Capts. Thos. Herbert and Alfred 
 Matthews. He left the Icabds in March, 1823; 
 and was subsequently appointed— in Oct. 1824, to 
 the Wellesley 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, 
 under whom he escorted the present Lord Stuart 
 de Rothesay to the Brazils— 23 Dec. 1825, to the 
 Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, in which ship 
 he was for upwards of four years employed on the 
 
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 PULESTON—PULLEN -PULLING— PURCELL. 
 
 Lisbon and Mediterranean stations— and, 6 Aug. 
 1831, as First, to the Isis 50, fitting for the flag of 
 the last-mentioned officer, then Rear-Admiral War- 
 ren, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good 
 Hope. On his return home he was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 2 Deo. 1834. He was after- 
 wards nominated Second Captain — 28 Jan. 1835, of 
 the Ddblin 50, flag-ship of Sir G. E. Hamond in 
 South America, where he was superseded in Aug. 
 1836—22 Feb. 1837, of the HsRcnjCES 74, Capt. 
 Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, on the 
 Home station — and, 1 Sept. 1337, of the Melville 
 74, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas. For his 
 services in the Melville in China, where he was 
 praised in the highest manner for his zealous ex- 
 ertions at the capture of Tycocktow, and attracted 
 notice by the able support he atforded in the action 
 with the forts at the Boca Tigris,* he was pro- 
 moted, 8 June, 1841, to the rank he now holds. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Puget married, 3 Aug. 1844, Mary Lau- 
 rents, youngest daughter of the late Kev. Philip 
 Godfrey, Rector of Ayot St. Lawrence, co. Herts. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 PULESTON. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 1 5 ; h-p., 38.) 
 John Phleston entered the Navy, 3 Deo. 1794, 
 as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Cambkidge 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Boger, guard-ship at Plymouth ; and from 
 May, 1795, until ApHl, 1802, served, with the ex- 
 ception of an interval in 1796-7, in the Camilla 20, 
 Capts. Thos. Graves, Robt. Larkan, and Edw. 
 Brace, on the North Sea, Channel, West India, and 
 Newfoundland stations — part of the time in the 
 capacity of Midshipman. Joining next, in March, 
 1805, the Melamphs 36, Capts. Stephen Poyntz and 
 Edw. Hawker, he assisted, 13 July following, at the 
 capture of the Hydra privateer, of 28 guns and 192 
 men, and, in Sept. 1806, at the destruction, oif Cape 
 Henrjr, of L' Impdtueux, a French 74. In Jan. 1809, 
 we fii^d him escorting a fleet of transports from 
 Halifax to Barbadoes; and on 16 of that month 
 contributing to the capture of he Colibri, a French 
 brig-of~war mounting 16 guns, with a complement 
 of 92 men, having on board 570 barrels of flour and 
 a large quantity of gunpowder for the relief of St. 
 Domingo. He was made Lieutenant, 1 July, 1809, 
 into the Maktin sloop, Capt. John Evans, at New- 
 foundland ; and was afterwards appointed — 13 Dec. 
 1809, to the Indian sloop, Capts. Chas. John Austen, 
 Wm. Bowen Mends, and Henry Jane, with whom 
 he served on the Halifax and West India stations 
 until Oct. 1812—4 Nov. 1813, to the Hannibal 74, 
 Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, in which ship, prior to 
 returning to the West Indies, he aided at the 
 capture, off Cherbourg, of the French 40-gun frigate 
 Suftane- and, 29 Dec. 1814, nearly four months 
 after he had left the Hannibal, to the Sctlla 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Bennet Allen. He has been on 
 half-pay since 30 Sept. 1815. 
 
 PULLEN. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 31 ; h-p., 15.) 
 
 Samuel George Pullen entered the Navy, in 
 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Royal 
 98, Capts. David Atkins, Thos. Macnamara Russell, 
 Herbert Sawyer, and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, in 
 which ship he served with the Channel fleet until 
 Nov. 1805. He was afterwards employed as Mid- 
 shipman on the Mediterranean, Home, North Ame- 
 rican, and West India stations in the Britannia, 
 Salvador del Mundo, and San Domingo, flag- 
 ships of Admirals the Earl of Northesk, Wm. 
 Young, and Sir John Borlase Warren, Lonp-CER- 
 viEE and Cleopatra, both commanded by Capt. 
 Chas. Gill, Scylla sloop, Capt. Geo. Bennet Allen, 
 and Akbar 50, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Byam 
 Martin. From 31 July, 1815, until 18 May, 1816, 
 he acted as Lieutenant of the Narcissus 32, Capt! 
 Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, again on the coast of 
 North America. He then took up a commission 
 bearing date 16 March, 1815. From 16 March, 
 1827, until 1830, he served in the Coast Blockade 
 * Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1162, 1498. 
 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mlngaye; and since 3 July, 1834, 
 he has been uninterruptedly employed in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 He married, 17 May, 1838, Isabella Jane, second 
 daughter of H. Duncan, Esq., M.P., of Park Street, 
 Grosvenor Square. 
 
 PULLEN. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William John Samuel Puelen passed his exa- 
 mination 20 July, 1844 ; and after serving in that 
 capacity in North America on board the Columbia 
 steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Peter Fred. Short- 
 land, was promoted to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 He was re-appointed to the Columbia in the capa- 
 city of Additional-Lieutenant 3 Feb. 1847, and con- 
 tinued employed in her until paid off in 1848. 
 
 PULLING. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 1 6.) 
 James Pulling entered the Navy, 26 July, 1803, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Fisgard 38, Capts. 
 Lord Mark Robt. Kerr, Wm. Bolton, and Fras. 
 Mason. In that ship he was actively employed on 
 the Channel, Mediterranean, Jamaica, and North 
 Sea stations, part of the time as Master's Mate, 
 until obliged by ill health to invalid in May, 1810. 
 In 1809 he accompanied the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren. In Sept. 1811, after his name had been for 
 five months borne as a Supernumerary on the books 
 of the Royal William, Capt. Robt. Hall, Ruby, 
 Master-Commander Ferry, and Eueydice 24, Capt. 
 Jas. Bradshaw, he joined the Atalanta 18, Capt. 
 Fred. Hickey, under whom he assisted in the attack 
 on Crany Island in June, 1813, and was wrecked, 
 while acting as Master, on the Sisters Rocks, off 
 Halifax lighthouse, 10 Nov. following. He then re- 
 turned to England in the Nemesis 28, Capt. Hon. 
 Jas. Ashley Maude ; and, on 23 Feb. 1815, was ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Lieutenant. For several 
 years subsequently to 1821 Mr. Pulling was em- 
 ployed in the Coast Guard service in Hampshire, 
 where his exertions in the protection of the revenue 
 brought him into frequent contact with bands of 
 smugglers. In Dec. 1826 he was placed in com- 
 mand of the Skipjack schooner, on the Jamaica 
 station, where he remained until promoted to the 
 rank of Commander 8 Sept. 1829. He was after- 
 wards again employed in the Coast Guard — from 7 
 Oct. 1831 until 1834— from 24 May, 1836, until 1839 
 —and, from 30 March, 1840, until presented, 16 Jan. 
 1845, with a Post-commission. He has since been 
 on half-pay. Capt. Pulling is Senior of 1845. 
 
 PURCELL. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Edward Purcell is youngest son of the late To- 
 bias Pureell, Esq., of Timogue Castle, Queen's co., 
 Ireland, Captain in the 1st Fencible Light Dragoons. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Niobe 40, Capt. Matt. 
 Henry Scott, and, after cruizing for 18 months in 
 the Channel and off the coasts of Spain and Portu- 
 gal, removed, in Jan. 1806, to the Impetdeux 74, 
 Capt. John Lawford, also attached to the force in 
 the Channel, whence, on rejoining Capt. Scott, as 
 Midshipman, in the course of the same year, on 
 board the Dragon 74, he proceeded to the West 
 Indies. Being again, in Dec. 1808, placed under 
 the orders of Capt. Lawford in the iMpiiTnEux, he 
 was afforded an opportunity, in 1809, of accompa- 
 nying the expedition to the Walcheren, where he 
 commanded an armed launch in the operations 
 against Flushing and was for five weeks employed 
 with the flotilla up the E. Scheldt. In 1810 we find 
 him, with the same launch under his orders, stationed 
 on the river Tagus, during the occupation of the lines 
 of Torres Vedras by the British army ; a service 
 which, for nearly two months, brought him into 
 perpetual collision with the enemy's field pieces 
 and riflemen at Villa Franca and along that bank 
 of the river. In common with the other officers 
 attached to the flotilla, Mr. Purcell received the 
 thanks of Lord Wellington. In Dec. 1810 he re- 
 turned home in the Elizabeth 74, for the purpose 
 
PURCIIAS— PURCHES. 
 
 939 
 
 of rejoining his patron, Capt. Scott, who had been 
 just appointed to the Marlbokough 74. Being, on 
 his arrival, transferred to the Amethyst 36, Capt. 
 Jacob Walton, he had the misfortune, on 16 of the 
 following Feb., to be wrecked in that ship in Ply- 
 mouth Sound. In April, 1811, a few weeks after he 
 had been received' on board the Maelbobodgh, he 
 was transferred to the ViCTORy 100, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic. In Sept. of the 
 same year, with one of two boats under his com- 
 mand, he attacked, boarded, and assisted in carry- 
 ing two Danish gun-vessels strongly posted among 
 the rocks in Wingo Sound, where the British sus- 
 tained a loss of 3 men wounded, and the enemy, 
 who were five times more numerous than their as- 
 sailants, of 2 killed and 5 wounded. For his con- 
 duct on the occasion Mr. Purcell received the 
 thanks of Sir Jas. Saumarez, who nominated him, 
 9 Nov. ensuing. Acting- Lieutenant of the Victory 
 — an appointment which the Admiralty confirmed 
 4 Dec. in the same year. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— in the course of 1812, to the Mukos 
 schooner, Capt. Jas. Aberdour, again to the Marl- 
 BOEOHGH, and to the Chatham 74, bearing the flag 
 of his friend, then Kear-Admiral Scott, all on the 
 Home station— 28 April, 1815, to the Argo 44, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral Scott in the 
 Downs — 6 Feb. 1816 (six months after he had left 
 the Argo) to the Rivoli 74, Capt. Chas. Ogle, lying 
 at Portsmouth — 24 July following, as First, to the 
 Driver sloop, Capts. John Koss and Chas. Hope 
 Reid, under whom he was frequently sent away in 
 boats for the suppression of smuggling on the west 
 coast of Scotland— and, 7 Sept. 1818, to the Tri- 
 bune 42, Capt. Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, em- 
 ployed at first on the Irish station (where he en- 
 countered many narrow escapes while in pursuit of 
 contraband traders) and afterwards in the West 
 Indies. In June, 1820, being then at Barbadoes, he 
 was placed in acting command of the Falmouth 
 20. In that vessel, his appointment to which 
 was confirmed 9 Sept. following, he continued for 
 three years on the West India station, whence he 
 returned to England, and was paid off" in July, 1823. 
 During his passage home orders were sent to the 
 Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica to place his name 
 on the Admiralty list for promotion ; but as it was 
 not in his power to return thither he was doomed 
 to remain without promotion until 25 Aug. 1828 ; 
 previously to which period he had been appointed 
 Second Captain of the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua 
 Sydney Horton. Although possessed of the strong- 
 est testimonials, he has not been since able to pro- 
 cure employment. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 guns, after a brave defence of 15 minutes, 30 April, 
 1815. In March, 1816, he returned to England. 
 
 From 12 Jan. 1820, until obliged by ill health to 
 resign, 4 Feb. 1841, Lieut. Purchas filled an ap- 
 pointment in the Excise. He married 7 Jan. 1817, 
 and has issue two sons and three daughters. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 PURCHAS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 31.) 
 William Purchas was born 1 Aug. 1790, at 
 Milton, CO. Cambridge. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 July, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the iEoLus 32, Capt. Lord 
 Wm. FitzRoy, with whom, after sharing in Sir Rich. 
 Strachan's action and co-operating, as Midshipman, 
 in the reduction of Martinique, he proceeded to 
 Halifax and thence returned to England in Dec. 
 1809 in the Squirrel 20. During the nine follow- 
 ing months he served on the North Sea station in 
 the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas ; and 
 from Sept. 1810 until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 6 Feb. 1812, we find him employed off'Lisbon 
 in the Macedonian 38, Capts. Lord Wm. FitzRoy 
 and Wm. Waldegrave, North Star 20, Capt. Thos. 
 Coe, and Barfleuk 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cran- 
 field Berkeley. His next appointments were— 23 
 March, 1812, again to the Bakfleur— 6 March and 
 29 July, 1814, to the ALCMiNB 38 and RivoLi 74, 
 Capts. Jerem. Coghlan and Edw. Stirling Dickson 
 — and 31 May, 1815, to the Partridge sloop, Capt. 
 John Miller Adye. In those four ships he was sta- 
 tioned principally in the Mediterranean, where he 
 assisted, in the Alcm^ne, at the capture of a 
 large convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio and 
 at the reduction of Genoa ; and, in the RivoLi, at 
 the capture of La Melpomene, French frigate of 44 
 
 PURCHAS. (Capt., 1828. f-p., 17; h-p., 27.) 
 
 William Jardine Purchas, born in 1788, at 
 Cambridge, is second and youngest son of John 
 Purchas, Esq., of that place, by Elizabeth Sharpe, 
 daughter of a clergyman in co. Suffolk ; and brother 
 of Capt. John Purchas, who served as a Subaltern 
 of H.M.'s 20th Regt. at the battle of Maida, com- 
 manded a company of the 76th during the l?enin- 
 Bular war, and fell before Plattsburg, on Lake 
 Champlain, towards the close of the late contest be- 
 tween Great Britain and America. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Nov. 1803 (under 
 the auspices of Admiral Sir Henry TroUope), as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hero 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Alan Hyde Gardner and John Poo Beresford ; as 
 Midshipman of which ship we find him present in 
 Sir Robt. Calder and Sir Rich. Strachan's actions, 
 22 July and 4 Nov. 1805, and at the capture, 13 
 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In 
 June, 1807, he removed to the Ville de Paris 110, 
 flag-ship of Lord Gardner in the Channel ; and in 
 June, 1808, he was again placed under the orders of 
 his first Captain, whose flag was flying in the North 
 Sea on board the Bellerophon 74. For his con- 
 duct as Senior Midshipman in the boats of that and 
 other ships at the brilliant capture, 7 Aug. 1809, of 
 the six Russian gun-boats mentioned in our history 
 of the services of Capt. Chas. Allen, he was pro- 
 moted, as soon as he had passed his examination, to 
 a Lieutenancy, 9 Dec. in the same year, in the 
 Erebus sloop, Capts. Wm. Autridge, Geo. Brine, 
 and Henry Jas. Lyford, on the Baltic station. Inde- 
 pendently of the affair last mentioned, Mr. Purchas 
 appears, during his servitude in the Bellerophon, 
 to have acted a part in many affairs of a cutting- 
 out description. His appointments after he left the 
 Erebus were — 13 Oct. 1813, to the Carnation 18, 
 Capt. Geo. Bentham, on the Jamaica station, 
 whence he returned in June, 1815 — 25 March, 1817, 
 to the Alert sloop, Capt. John Smith, in the North 
 Sea — and 5 Sept. following to the Scamander 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Elliott, in the Leeward Islands. Being 
 advanced, shortly after the paying off of the Sca- 
 mander, to the rank of Commander, 7 Dec. 1818, 
 Capt. Purchas was in that capacity appointed, 9 
 Sept. 1824, to the EsK 20, fitting for the coast of 
 Africa, where, between 17 July, 1825, and 8 Feb. 
 1827, he succeeded in capturing nine Brazilian, 
 Dutch, and Spanish vessels, carrying in the whole 
 2249 slaves. He subsequently assisted in complet- 
 ing the establishment at Fernando Po ; conveyed 
 stock from St. Helena to Ascension; and brought 
 home a quantity of gold-dust and ivory, with which 
 he arrived at Spithead 1 May, 1828. In consider- 
 ation of the representation made by the present Sir 
 Fras. Aug. Collier, then Commodore of the squa- 
 dron employed on the coast of Africa, that the EsK 
 had captured more slaves than any other vessel of 
 
 her class, and had invalided and lost fewer men 
 
 having only buried 4 in three years— Capt. Purchas 
 was awarded a Post commission bearing date 16 of 
 the same month. May, 1828. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Purchas is a Magistrate for the borough 
 and county of Cambridge. He married, 18 Aug. 
 1820, Jane, youngest daughter of the late Wm. 
 Hills, Esq., of Chancery Lane, London. 
 
 PURCHES. (LiEDT., 1804. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 31 .) 
 James Uzuld Purches was born 27 Aug. 1783. 
 
 He is nephew of the late Capt. Azariah Uzuld, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 July, 1795, as 
 
 Midshipman, on board the Act.s;on 44, arme'e-en- 
 
 Jtute, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Uzuld, em- 
 
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 PURVER— PURVIS. 
 
 ployed as a guard-ship off Guernsey and in the river 
 Mersey. In July, 1799, he removed to the Incon- 
 stant 36, Capt. Ponsonby ; and on 16 Nov. follow- 
 ing, while on his passage home from the Texel in 
 the EspioN 38, Capt. Jonas Rose, he was wrecked 
 on the Goodwin Sands. He then joined the Vol- 
 TIGEUB sloop, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland and 
 Lennox Thompson ; In which vessel he assisted in 
 repelling an attack from a flotilla of gun-boats near 
 Tarifa, and in detaining several American and 
 Banish merchantmen who had attempted to break 
 the blockade imposed upon the town of San Lucar, 
 whence he was sent to Gibraltar in charge of one 
 of the prizes. In May, 1802, Mr. Purches left the 
 VoLTiGEDK. He was next employed, in the Cai/- 
 CHTTA 50, Capt. Dan. Woodrilf, in circumnavigating 
 the globe ; and on quitting that ship, of which, after 
 having acted as Master, he had become an Acting 
 and a confirmed Lieutenant 11 March and 26 July, 
 1804, he was appointed, 28 Aug. following, to the 
 Defiance 74, Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Hon. 
 Henry Hotham. Under Capt. Durham he fought 
 in the actions off Capes Finisterre and Trafalgar, 22 
 July and 21 Oct. 1805 ; and under Capt. Hotham he 
 contributed, 24 Feb. 1809, to the destruction of 
 three French frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonne ; where the Defiance, besides being much 
 cut up in her masts and rigging, sustained a loss of 
 2 men killed and 25 wounded. At Trafalgar he was 
 constituted Prize-Master of L'Aigle, one of the 
 captured 74's, in which he remained until she was 
 dismasted and wrecked near Cadiz in the memor- 
 able gale that followed the action. He remained 
 in consequence a prisoner at Cadiz for three days ; 
 and on being then restored to liberty, he presented 
 Vice-Admiral CoUingwood with the journal and 
 notes he had during that period made of the manner 
 in which the ships remaining to the enemy after 
 the battle had been disposed of. Of such value 
 did the Vice-Admiral esteem the information thus 
 afforded to him, that he made use of it in his 
 despatches. In Feb. 1806, while the Defiance was 
 lying at Portsmouth, Mr. Purches appears to have 
 officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral Geo. 
 Martin on board the Geadiatok 50. When Act- 
 ing-First-Lieutenant of the Defiance he was sent, 
 in 1808, to the government of Galicia with negocia- 
 tions for a restoration of the amicable understand- 
 ing between Spain and England, and the receiving 
 of British squadrons into Corunna, Ferrol, and 
 other places. His appointments after he had left 
 the Defiance were, as First-Lieutenant — 1 1 April, 
 1809, to the HiNDOSTAN 50, Capt. John Pasco, in 
 which ship, bearing for some time the broad pen- 
 dant of Commodore Bligh, he again went round the 
 world — 1 Jan. 1811, to the Echo 18, Capts. Arden 
 Adderley, Halsted, and Thos. Percival, stationed 
 in the Channel— 12 Oct. following, to the Leonidas 
 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, employed off the 
 south coast of Ireland and in the Bay of Biscay — 17 
 Sept. 1812 to the Parthian 10, Capt. Jas. Henry 
 Garrety, on the Portsmouth station— 27 May, 1813, 
 to the Challenger 16, Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon 
 (now Harcourt), employed off the north coast of 
 Spain and at Newfoundland, whence he invalided 
 in Aug. 1814 — 28 Oct. in the same year, to the 
 Orpheos 36, Capt. Chas. Montagu Fabian, with 
 whom he served for two years, chiefly in the Rio de 
 la Plata — and 24 March, 1818, for a short time, to 
 the Shamrock 12, Capt. Martin White, engaged in 
 surveying the coast of Ireland. While attached to 
 the Challenger he co-operated with the squadron 
 under Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose in 
 forcing the passage of the Gironde, and commanded 
 her boats at the capture of several of the enemy's 
 schooners and gun-boats. In Sept. 1818 he joined 
 the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Cuiloch, and was 
 employed in the capacity of Divisional-Lieutenant 
 between No. 2 Battery and Shellness Point until 
 transferred, 25 March, 1819, to the Ordinary at 
 Portsmouth. In 1821 he was under the necessity 
 of resigning the latter appointment and of being 
 seat to the Hospital, from the effects of a coup-de- 
 
 soleil he had received while serving in the Oupheds. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In consideration of his sufferings Lieut. Purches 
 was awarded, 9 Feb. 1825, a pension of 5s. a day ; 
 which, however, was not paid to him in full until 
 1831. He married, 4 Dec. 1810, EUzabeth Ann, 
 daughter of Spencer Smyth, Esq., Master B.N., by 
 whom he has, living, one son, in holy orders, and 
 two daughters. His eldest son entered the Navy 
 in 1826, and died on the coast of Africa in Aug. 
 18.39. 
 
 PURVER. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Thomas White Purvek entered the Navy 10 
 May, 1823; passed his examination 10 Nov. 1838; 
 and for his services as Mate of the Nimrod 20 on 
 the coast of China, where he took part in the boats 
 in the first and second series of operations against 
 Canton, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 
 Oct. 1841.* His succeeding appointments were — 
 29 April, 1842, to the Cbcizer 16, Capt. Joseph 
 Pearse, with whom he served in the East Indies for 
 about 12 months— 30 Nov. 1843, as Additional, to 
 the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Wm. 
 Bowles, employed on particular service — 16 Feb. 
 1844, in a similar capacity, to the Penelope steam- 
 frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the coast of Africa — 
 and 13 July, 1844, as Senior, to the Espoir 10, Capts. 
 Arthur Morrell and Geo. Sumner Hand, on the 
 same station, whence he returned home and was 
 paid off in 1847. 
 
 PURVIS. (COMMANDEB, 1842. F-P., 12; 
 H-P., 20.) 
 
 George Thomas Maitland Pdrvis, bom 10 
 June, 1802, is only son of the late Geo. Purvis, Esq., 
 B.N., Secretary to Earls Howe and St. Vincent, 
 and subsequently a Magistrate for co. Hants, by 
 Renira Charlotte, daughter of David Maitland, 
 Esq. ; and first-cousin and brother-in-law of Rear- 
 Admiral John Brett Purvis. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 July, 1815, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Piqoe 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland, lying at Portsmouth, where he 
 removed, in the course of the same year, to the 
 Amphion 32 and Magicienne 36, both commanded 
 by Capt. John Brett Purvis. In Jan. 1816 he be- 
 came a Student at the Royal Naval College ; and on 
 leaving that institution he again, in Jan. 1819, em- 
 barked on board the Rochfokt 80, Capt. Andrew 
 Pellet Green ; in which ship and in the Ganymede 
 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and Glas- 
 gow 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, we find him 
 employed until March, 1821, in the Mediterranean. 
 After serving for a year and nine months at home, 
 again in the Mediterranean, and in South America 
 on board the Tyne, Capt. Kearney White, Aurora 
 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, Rose 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Ball Clowes, RfevoLUTioNNAiRE 46, Capt. Hon. 
 Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Delight 
 sloop, Capt. Robt. Hay, Beaver 10, Capt. Arch. 
 Maclean, and Creole 42, Commodore Sir Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy, he was nominated, on the station 
 last named, Acting-Lieutenant, 1 Jan. 1823, of the 
 Blossom 24, commanded by his former Captain, A. 
 Maclean. He was confirmed to that vessel 5 April 
 following, and, returning to England in June, 1824, 
 was subsequently appointed — 11 June, 1825, to the 
 Glodcester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, lying 
 at Sheerness — 16 July in the same year, to the 
 Helicon 10, Capt. Chas. Dyke Acland, fitting for 
 the Cape of Good Hope, whence he came home in 
 1826—3 Oct. 1829, to the Winchester 52, bearing 
 the flag in the West Indies of Sir Edw. Griffith 
 Colpoys, with whom he served for about 12 months 
 — in Oct. 1835, as First, to the Sdlphub 8, Capt. 
 Fred. Wm. Beechey, which vessel, after having 
 fitted her out, he was obliged in consequence of 
 family affliction to leave— and 6 Oct. 1841, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads. In the latter ship he escorted the 
 Governor-General to India, and was actively em- 
 * Vide Gaz., 1841, pp. 1503, 1505, 2504, 2539. 
 
PURVIS. 
 
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 ployed against the Chinese pirates at Amoy. He 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander 6 July, 
 1842, and came home a passenger in the Caluope 
 26, Capt. Aug. Leopold Kuper. He arrived in 
 England in Feb. 1843, and has not been since afloat. 
 Commander Purvis married, 10 June, 1828, Mary 
 Jane, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Fras. Wm. 
 Austen, K.C.B. ; and, that lady dying in 1837, 
 secondly, 18 Jan. 1838, Esther North, daughter of 
 the Kev. Wm. Harrison, Vicar of Fareham, Hants. 
 By his first marriage he has issue three sons (the 
 eldest, Geo. Thos. Maitland, a Midshipman K.N.) 
 and two daughters ; by the second, one daughter. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 PURVIS. (Eeab-Admibal of the White, 1846. 
 F-P., 25 ; H-p., 27.) 
 
 John Bbett Pubvis, born 12 Aug. 1787, is eldest 
 son of the late John Child Purvis, Esq., of Vicar's 
 Hill House, Hants, Admiral of the Blue,* by his 
 first wife, Catherine Sowers ; and great-grandson of 
 Geo. Purvis, Esq., of Darsham, co. Suffolk, M.P. 
 for Aldeburgh, Comptroller of the Navy in 1735, 
 himself the son of Capt. Geo. Purvis, R.N., and the 
 father of Rear-Admiral Chas. Wager Purvis, who 
 died 15 Jan. 1772. He is first-cousin of the present 
 Commander 6. T. M. Purvis, R.N. ; and nephew of 
 Capt. Rich. Purvis, R.N., who died in May, 1802, 
 leaving three sons — Lieut. Rich. Oaldham Purvis, 
 R.N., who died in 1805 ; Lieut. John Leman Purvis, 
 E.I.C.S., who died in the course of the same year ; 
 and Capt. Barrington Purvis, R.N., who died in 
 1822. His father was thrice married — the second 
 time to a sister of the late Vice-Admiral Henry 
 Garrett, the third to the only daughter of Admiral 
 Sir Arch. Dickson, Bart. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne from 
 Dec. 1795 until Oct. 1796 on the books of the Vic- 
 TOET 100, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis in the Medi- 
 terranean) embarked, 5 Jan. 1799, as Midshipman, 
 on board the Alecto fire-ship, Capt. Henry Garrett. 
 He shortly afterwards sailed for the Mediterranean 
 in the Qdeen Chaelotte 100, bearing the flag of 
 the present Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed. After 
 witnessing the capture, 19 June, 1799, of Rear- 
 Admiral Perree's squadron of three frigates and 
 two brigs, he joined the London 98, and Royal 
 Geoege 100, both commanded by his father, Capt. 
 J. C. Purvis ; under whom he accompanied, in the 
 London, the expedition of 1800 to Ferrol, and 
 served, in each ship, at the blockade of Brest. In 
 April, 1802, he was again placed under the orders of 
 Capt. Garrett on board the Endymion 40. Being 
 in a few weeks transferred to the Cambeian 40, he 
 went out with the flag of Sir Andw. Mitchell to 
 North America, where, in Dec. of the same year, 
 
 * Admiral John Child Purvis was born in 1746. Sabse- 
 quently to the commencement of war with France in 1788, 
 we find him serving on the American station as Lieutenant in 
 the Invincible 74, Commodore Evans, and at home, in the 
 liliiTANNiA 100, fla^-sbip of Vice-Admiral Darby. For the 
 gallant manner in which, in command of the Due de Cfmrtres, 
 of Ifi guns and 125 men, he made prize, 19 Aug. 1782, of 
 L'Aigle French corvette of 22 guns ana 136 men, 13 of whom 
 were killed and 12 wounded, witliout any casualty whatever 
 to the British, he was made Post 1 Sept. following. On the 
 renewal of war with France in 1793 he was appointed, first 
 to tile Ampritrite frigate, and next to the Pbincess Koval 
 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Goodall. In the latter 
 ship he served at the occupation of Toulon and the capture 
 of San Fiorenza and Bastia, also in Hotham's actions of 
 14 March and 13 July, ligs, and at the blockade of a 
 French squadron consisting of seven ships of the line and 
 five frigates inGourjan Bay. He afterwards, from [7!l7 until 
 1802, commanded the London 98 and Rotal Geoboe 100, 
 and from 1603 until promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral 
 23 April, 1804, the Dreadnouoht 98, all on the Channel 
 station. From 1806 until 1810 he was chiefly employed at 
 the blockade and defence of Cadiz, where he distinguished 
 himself much by his zeal and good judgment. At one time 
 he continued at sea without ever being driven through the 
 Gut, or even letting go an anchor for the space of nineteen 
 months ; during which period not a square-rigged vessel 
 entered or quitted the harbour, except on one occasion, 
 when several, having passes firom England, were allowed to 
 proceed. He became a Vice-Admiral 2a Oct. 1809, and a 
 full Admiral 12 Aug. 1819. 
 
 he followed that offloer into the Leandee 50, and 
 in July, 1803, joined the Deivek sloop, Capts. Wm. 
 Lyall, John Naime, Wm. Compton, and Wm. Simp- 
 son. While in the latter vessel, of which he was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant 1 May, 1805, he saw much 
 active service both in North America and the West 
 Indies, and was on one occasion employed in her 
 boats at the capture of a Spanish privateer of 14 
 guns and 60 men. After a servitude of three 
 months in the Teeeible 74, Capt. Lord Henry 
 Paulet, he became, 14 Jan. 1807, Flag-Lieutenant, 
 in the Atlas 74, to his father off Cadiz, where he 
 remained until transferred, 19 Feb. 1808, to the 
 Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood ; who no- 
 minated him, 2 May ensuing, Acting-Commander of 
 the Delight sloop — an appointment which the Ad- 
 miralty confirmed 9 Aug. 1808. When stationed, 
 subsequently, on the coast of Calabria, Capt. Purvis 
 assisted at the reduction of the islands of Ischia 
 and Procida. He came into frequent action also 
 vrith the enemy's batteries, and succeeded in greatly 
 annoying the trade passing alongshore. On one oc- 
 casion, having silenced the fire of a battery in the 
 Gulf of Euphemia, he landed, spiked 4 24-ponnder8, 
 burnt their carriages, blew up a round tower, and 
 brought off 15 prisoners. In Jan. 1810, in conse- 
 quence of his promotion to Post-rank, which had 
 taken place 16 Sept. 1809, he resigned command of 
 the Delight, and rejoined his father as a volunteer 
 on board the Atlas. In April, 1810, he was sent 
 home with despatches ; and in the following Oct. 
 he was appointed to the Ganymede 26. In that 
 ship he was at first again employed at the defence 
 of Cadiz. He next took part, under Rear-Admiral 
 Hallowell, in all the operations on the east coast of 
 Spain, including the siege of Tarragona and the 
 destruction of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de 
 Balaguer. During an attack made on some priva- 
 teers in the Grao of Murviedro, the Ganymede un- 
 fortunately took the ground; whereupon part of 
 the French army under Marshal Suchet came down, 
 erected a mortar-battery within shell-range, and 
 with field-pieces and portable furnaces kept up an 
 incessant fire upon her until, after having fought 
 for 17 hours with such of her guns as could be 
 brought to bear, she was hove off with a loss of 5 
 men killed and 14 woimded. On the opening of 
 Corfu to the English, Capt. Purvis (who had made 
 prize, 18 Aug. 1813, of the French privateer Van- 
 teur of 7 guns and 47 men) was deputed by Rear- 
 Admiral Sir John Gore to receive charge from the 
 French authorities of the men-of-war, together with 
 the arsenal and stores, to be held by England in the 
 name of the Allied Sovereigns. As soon as he had 
 carried out his instructions and had transferred his 
 trust to Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith of the Un- 
 daunted 38, he took his departure for the North 
 American station, where he cruized with much suc- 
 cess until the peace. During the war of a Hundred 
 Days Capt. Purvis commanded the Amphion 32, on 
 Home service. On being next, 3 Oct. 1815, ap- 
 pointed to the Magicienne 42, he conveyed Sir 
 Rich. King, the Commander-in-Chief, to the East 
 Indies. We subsequently, from 1817 until 1819, 
 find him stationed as senior officer off the Mauritius, 
 and actively engaged during that period in the sup- 
 pression of the slave trade. For the zeal and promp- 
 titude displayed by Capt. Purvis in rescuing the 
 crew of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s ship Cabalva, wrecked, 
 in July, 1818, upon the Cargados Garragos Reef, he 
 received the thanks of the Court of Directors, ac- 
 companied by the sum of 200 guineas for the pur- 
 chase of a piece of plate. He had been on a former 
 occasion presented by the officers of the Madras es- 
 tablishment with a piece of plate valued at 100 
 guineas for his exertions in saving the crew and 
 passengers of the Free Trader Album, wrecked on 
 Foul Point, near Trincomalee. On finally leaving 
 India, Capt. Purvis had the gratification of receiv- 
 ing from the Commander-in-Chief, as he likewise 
 did from the Admiralty on his arrival in England 
 a very flattering letter of thahks for the zeal and 
 judgment he had evinced on detached service while 
 on that station. The Magicienne being paid off in 
 
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 PURVIS— PYE—PYKE. 
 
 July, 1819, he did not again go afloat until appointed, 
 20 Oct. 1841, to the Alfred 50 ; in which ship he 
 hoisted the broad pendant of a Commodore of the 
 Second Class, and sailed in the spring of 1842 for 
 the purpose of assuming command of the squadron 
 on the south-east coast of America. Prom Feb. 
 1843 until June, 1844, he was employed in the Rio 
 de la Plata, where the furious nature of the hostili- 
 ties maintained between Buenos Ayres and Monte 
 Video occasioned the utmost interruption to com- 
 merce and endangered the lives and property of the 
 residents along both banks of the stream. Under 
 such circumstances the senior British officer, as may 
 be imagined, was surrounded with difBoulties of no 
 ordinary character, and placed in a position which 
 called forth the exercise of the greatest firmness 
 and discretion. A history of the valuable services 
 performed by Commodore Purvis at this epoch we 
 should have felt a pleasure in recording had our 
 limits not forbidden it. The manner, however, in 
 which he acquitted himself of the perplexing duties 
 that devolved upon him is sufficiently evinced in 
 the fact that it called forth the gratitude, as well of 
 all foreigners as of the English ; from the latter he 
 received, on the occasion of his departure for Rio 
 de Janeiro, an address expressive of " the high 
 sense they entertained of the way in which he had 
 maintained the fair fame of the British character 
 and upheld the honour of his country ;" and from 
 the Government of the Oriental Republic he re- 
 ceived the copy of a resolution registered in the 
 archives of the state, testifying " the sentiments of 
 respect, gratitude, and attachment, which the noble, 
 generous, and magnanimous manner in which he had 
 conducted himself during his lengthened sojourn in 
 the country, at the most difficult and hazardous pe- 
 riod of its existence, had excited in the minds of the 
 supreme authorities of the state." On the return of 
 the Alfred to England in Aug. 1845, the Commo- 
 dore hauled down his broad pendant; and on 9 
 Nov. 1846 he was advanced to Flag-rank. He is 
 now on half-pay. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Purvis is a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for CO. Southampton. He married, in 
 1815, his cousin Renira Charlotte, sister of the pre- 
 sent Commander G. T. M. Purvis, R.N., by whom 
 he has issue two sons — the elder a Lieutenant in the 
 78th Highlanders; and the younger, Richard, a 
 Lieutenant R.N. Agents — Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
 PURVIS. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 Richard Pdrvis is second and youngest son of 
 Rear-Admiral J. B. Purvis. 
 
 This officer, while Midshipman of the Blonde 42, 
 Capt. Thos. Bourchier, served as Aide-de-Camp to 
 that officer at the storming of the heights of Canton, 
 and was wounded in the attack on the Woosung 
 batteries. His name was twice officially mentioned. 
 He passed his examination 8 Nov. 1845 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 29 June, 1846, had been serving 
 for several months as Mate on board the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie 
 Chads. His appointments have since been — 7 July, 
 1846, as Additional, to the Vindictive 50, flag-ship 
 of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the 
 West Indies— 20 Feb. 1847, to the America 50, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland, employed on particular 
 service— and 12 Oct. following to the Penelope 
 steam-frigate, of 650-horse power, bearing the broad 
 pendant on the coast of Africa of Commodore Sir 
 Chas. Hotham, under whom he has been officiating, 
 since 20 Dec. in the same year, as Flag-Lieutenant. 
 
 PYE. (Lieutenant, 1810.) 
 
 William Pye obtained his commission 28 Deo. 
 1810. 
 
 PYKE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 24; h-p., 13.) 
 
 John Pyke is brother of Lieut. Joseph Pvke, 
 
 R.N. ' ' 
 
 ^ This officer entered the Navy, 7 July, 1810, as 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Implacable 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Cockburn, bearing the flag at Cadiz of Sir 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats, whom he followed, in Sept. 
 of the same year, into the Milford 74, and in July, 
 1811, into the Hibernia 110. The ship last men- 
 tioned was stationed off Toulon, where, from Sept. 
 1812 until March, 1814, Mr. Pyke served as Mid- 
 shipman (a rating he had attained in Jan. of the 
 former year) on board the Cubasoa 36, Capt. John 
 Tower. He was next, until Aug. 1819, employed 
 on the Newfoundland and Home stations in the 
 Bellbkophon 74 and Salisbury 50, both flag-ships 
 of Sir R. G. Keats, Bulwark 74, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir 
 Archibald Collingwood Dickson. He then sailed 
 in the Leandeb 60, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Blackwood, for the East Indies, whence, in March, 
 1821, he returned to England as Acting-Lieutenant 
 (a rank he had held for more than six months 
 on board the Leander) in the Alligator, Capt. 
 Wilkie. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, shortly 
 after his arrival in England, by a commission bear- 
 ing date IS Nov. 1821. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 6 Feb. 1822, to the Ranger 28, Capt. 
 Peter Fisher, fitting for Newfoundland, whence he 
 returned about 1824—30 March, 1826, to the Hype- 
 rion 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Min- 
 gaye— 20 Nov. 1828, as First, to the Dispatch 18, 
 Capts. Wm. Bohun Bowyer and Edw. Augustus 
 Frankland, in which vessel he continued, part of 
 the time on the Irish station, until paid off in Feb. 
 1832 — 23 July, 1832, in a similar capacity, for seven 
 months, to the Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Hargood, em- 
 ployed on particular service — and, 15 May, 1833, as 
 Senior, to the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay. 
 In the latter ship he served for about three years 
 on the coast of Spain during the civil war. He has 
 since been on half-pay. He attained the rank he 
 now holds 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Commander Pyke married, 18 April, 1827, Caro- 
 line Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Chancellor Yonge, 
 of Staddon, near Bideford, Devon. 
 
 PYKE. (Lieutenant, 1826. f-p., 17; h-p., 19.) 
 Joseph Pyke was bom 13 Nov. 1797. He is 
 brother of Commander John Pyke, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1811, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Rbin 38, Capt. Chas. Mal- 
 colm, and in 1812-13 was employed in co-operation 
 with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. In 
 July, 1814, being then in the West Indies, he re- 
 moved as Midshipman to the Cydnus 38, Capts. 
 Fred. Langford and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, 
 in which ship he accompanied the ensuing expedi- 
 tion against New Orleans. The Cydnds being paid 
 off in Jan. 1816, he sailed in the spring of that year 
 for St. Helena in the Newcastle 60, flag-ship of 
 Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and there continued to serve 
 (with the exception of a short period in 1817, during 
 which he returned to England and passed his ex- 
 amination) as Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman in 
 the Redpole 10, Capt. Wm. Devereux Evance, and 
 Conqoeror 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Robt. Plampin, until Oct. 1820. After having been 
 employed for three years and nine months in the 
 Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, on the South 
 American station, and for upwards of a year in the 
 William and Mary yacht, commanded at Dublin 
 by his friend Capt. C. Malcolm, he was promoted, 
 19 May, 1826, to the rank of Lieutenant, and was 
 subsequently appointed — 1 1 Dec. 1826, to the Coast 
 Blockade, in which service he continued, with his 
 name on the books of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, until June, 1828—17 Dec. 1832, as a Su- 
 pernumerary, to the Isis 50, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Fred. Warren at the Cape of Good Hope 
 — and next, to the Curlew 10, Capt. Henry Dundas 
 Trotter. In a boat belonging to the latter vessel, 
 manned with 4 kroomen, Mr. Pyke was surprised 
 and, after receiving 10 wounds, taken by the natives 
 off Cape Lopez, on which occasion he was stripped 
 naked and robbed of everything. At the end of 
 three days he was ransomed and enabled to join his 
 
PYM. 
 
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 ship. Sinos the paying off of the Cdklew in 1834 
 he has been unemployed. 
 
 Lieut. Pyke married, 9 Sept. 1835, Emilia Bowen, 
 youngest daughter of the Rev. Conway Stafford. 
 He is now a widower. 
 
 PYM. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 14.) 
 RiCHABD Elsworthy Pym entered the Navy, 20 
 June, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 
 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, with whom he 
 continued employed as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate in the same ship and in the Prince of "Wales 
 98, on the North Sea, Downs, and Mediterranean 
 stations, until July, 1814. In the Prince of Wales 
 he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew's partial actions with 
 the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814. 
 After serving for six months on the Home station 
 in the Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, Belvidera 
 42, Capt. Rich. Byron, and Hope 10, Capt. Henry 
 Fyge Jauncey, he joined, in Feb. 1815, the War- 
 rior 74, flag-ship of his former Captain, then Kear- 
 Admiral Douglas, and sailed for the West Indies, 
 where he successively followed that officer into the 
 Shark, Sabine, Shark again, and Akaxes 38. 
 He was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Sa- 
 bine 4 July, 1815, and confirmed into the Shark 
 1 Aug. following. He returned to England in Aug. 
 1816, and was afterwards appointed — 5 Dec. 1825, 
 to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieute- 
 nant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 28 
 Oct. 1828, to the Coast Guard, in which service he 
 continued until the commencement of 1837— and, 5 
 April, 1842, to the command of the Spider schooner 
 of 6 guns, on the Brazilian station, whence he re- 
 turned in 1847.* 
 
 PYM, K.C.B. (Vice-Admiralof the Blue, 1847. 
 F-p., 30 ; H-p., 29.) 
 
 Sir Samuel Ptm, born in 1778, is son of Joseph 
 Pym, Esq., of Pinley, co. Warwick (a descendant 
 of the famous John Pym), by a daughter of Thos. 
 Amott, Esq., M.D., of Cupar, co. Fife, niece of Sir 
 Wm. Arnott, Bart. ; and brother of Sir Wra. Pym, 
 M.D., K.C.H., Inspector-General of Army Hospitals 
 and Superintendent-General of Quarantine. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1788, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Edrydice, Capt. 
 Geo. Lumsdaine, employed at first in the Channel 
 and next in the Mediterranean, where, and on the 
 Irish and Jamaica stations, he served, from the 
 summer of 1791 until Nov. 1793, in the Zebra, 
 Kingfisher, and Fly sloops, all commanded by 
 Capt. Wm. Brown. He then joined the Cambridge 
 74, Capt. Rich. Boger, guard-ship at Plymouth; 
 and after cruizing for about 12 months in the 
 Channel and North Sea as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate in the Ganges 74, Capt. Wm. Truscott, and 
 Vends and Alcm&ne frigates, each under the orders 
 of Capt. Wm.,Brown, was promoted, 7 March, 1795, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, and placed in the Martin 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb. His succeeding 
 appointments were, as Senior — 4 Sept. 1795 and' 7 
 May, 1798, to Le Babet 20, Capts. W. G. Lobb 
 and Jemmett Mainwaring, and Aimable 32, Capt. 
 W. G. Lobb, both in the West Indies— 12 Nov. 
 1798, to the Etiialion 38, Capts. Geo. Countess, 
 Jas. Young, and John Clarke Searle, under the 
 last-mentioned of whom he was wrecked on the 
 Penmark Rocks, 25 Dec. 1799—12 Feb. 1800, to the 
 Stag 32, Capt. Robt. Winthrop, which ship was 
 also lost in Vigo Bay 6 Sept. in the same year — 
 and, 25 Oct. 1800, to the Roedst 74, commanded in 
 the Channel by his friend Capt. Brown. In the 
 spring of 1796 Mr. Pym, then in Le Babet, wit- 
 nessed the surrender of the Dutch colonies of Deme- 
 rara, Essequibo, and Berbice ; and on 16 Jan. 1798, 
 having in the handsomest manner volunteered his 
 services, he took command of two of her boats, 
 went in pursuit of, and succeeded, with only one of 
 them, in capturing La De'siree French national vessel 
 of 6 guns and 46 men, after a desperate struggle, in 
 * Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 6536. 
 
 which the British sustained a loss of 1 man killed, 
 another drowned, and himself and all the remainder 
 wounded, and the enemy of 94 killed, 8 drowned, and 
 15 wounded.* Prior to the wreck of the Ethalion 
 he assisted in that ship, under Capt. Young, at the 
 capture, 17 Oct. 1799, of the Spanish 36-gun frigate 
 El Thetis, laden with specie to an enormous amount, 
 his own share alone of which exceeded 5000/. For 
 the assistance he afforded his Captain on the quarter- 
 deck, as well as for his indefatigable exertions in 
 shifting the wounded masts and yards on board the 
 Thetis, Mr. Pym was warmly recommended to the 
 notice of Lord Bridport, the Commander-in-Chieff 
 He had previously, on 10 June, commanded the 
 boats of the Ethalion, and captured in them, after 
 a fatiguing row, two brigs and five tartans, with 
 wheat and sheep from Barcelona bound to Ma- 
 jorca.l On leaving the Robost he was made Com- 
 mander, 10 Feb. 1801, into the Swan, in which 
 vessel he cruized for about six months on the Ports- 
 mouth station. He acquired Post-rank 29 April, 
 1802; and was subsequently appointed— 29 April, 
 1804, to the Mars 74, employed at the blockade of 
 Corunna — 29 June ensuing, to the Atlas 74, which 
 ship, after serving in the Channel, North Sea, and 
 South America, formed part of the force under Sir 
 John Duckworth in the action off St. Domingo 
 6 Feb. 1806, and was subsequently stationed off 
 Cadiz— 13 Oct. 1808, to the SiRins 36—27 Feb. 1812, 
 to the Hannibal 74, off Cherbourg — 12 May fol- 
 lowing, to the NiEMEN 38, employed for three years 
 on the Home, Lisbon, Cape of Good Hope, North 
 American, and West India stations— and, 22 July, 
 1830, to the Kent 78, fitting for the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off 
 at the close of 1831. In the Sikius Capt. Pym 
 assisted under Commodore Rowley at the capture 
 of the town of St. Paul's, He de Bourbon, 21 Sept. 
 1809. On that occasion he stood in, anchored 
 within half-musket shot of La Caroline French 
 frigate, two captured Indiamen, and a brig-of-war, 
 and opened so heavy a fire that in 20 minutes 
 the whole of them struck their colours. At the 
 reduction of the He de Bourbon in July, 1810, Capt. 
 Pym displayed his usual zeal and ability.? He 
 afterwards obtained possession of He de la Passe, 
 the key to Grand Port, in the Isle of France ; and 
 recaptured, while cruizing off Port Louis, the Wt/nd- 
 ham, a British Indiaman recently taken by two 
 French frigates, and a corvette under the orders of 
 M. Duperre. In Aug. 1810, as senior officer of a 
 squadron, consisting, with his own, of the 36-gun 
 frigates Nereide, Iphigenia, and Magicienne, we 
 find Capt. Pym conducting a series of gallant 
 although, from circumstances he could not control, 
 unsuccessful operations, which, in an endeavour to 
 capture the above-named enemy's vessels and rescue 
 another Indiaman, terminated in the self-destruc- 
 tion of the SiRius and Magicienne, the capture of 
 the Nereide, and the surrender to a powerful 
 French squadron of the Iphigenia. || In conse- 
 quence of this disaster Capt. Pym remained in close 
 captivity until the reduction of the Mauritius in 
 the ensuing Dec. On his release he was tried by 
 court-martial and honourably acquitted. In the 
 NiEMEN Capt. Pym made prize, 14 July, 1814, after 
 a chase of 14 hours, of the Henry Gilder, American 
 privateer, of 12 guns and 50 men. He was nomi- 
 nated a C.B. 4 June, 1815, and a K.C.B. 25 Oct. 
 1839 ; advanced to Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837 ; and 
 made a Vice-Admiral 12 Feb. 1847. From 16 Dec. 
 1841 until Dec. 1846, he filled the post of Admiral- 
 Superintendent at Plymouth. In Sept. and Oct. 
 1845, he had command of an experimental squadron 
 consisting of the St. Vincent 120, Trafalgar 120, 
 Qdeen 110, Rodney 92, Albion 90, Canopds 84, 
 and Vanguard 80. 
 
 _ For his conduct in the action off St. Domingo, 
 Sir Sam. Pym was presented by the Admiralty with 
 a gold medal. He married, in 1802, a daughter of 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1798, p. 295. f V. Gaz. 1799, p. 1094. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1799, p. 740. ^ V. Gaz. 1810, pp. 1681, 1685. 
 
 II V: Gaz. lelo, p. 1797. 
 
944 
 
 PYNE-QUIN. 
 
 Edw. Lookyer, Esq., of Plymouth, by whom he has 
 issue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 PYNE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 George Py>e entered the Navy 5 May, 1823; 
 passed his examination 2 June, 1830; and on 23 
 Nov. 1841, at -which period he had been serving for 
 a few months in the Mediterranean as Mate of 
 the PoLTPHEMDS Steamer, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Evans, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 21 April, 1842, 
 to the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill, 
 fitting at Chatham— 23 July, 1842, to the Grecian 
 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, at the Cape of Good Hope, 
 where he remained about 12 months — 22 Aug. 1844, 
 as Additional, to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean — 
 and 30 May, 1846, soon after his return home, to 
 the Spartan 22, Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas. Sy- 
 monds, fitting at Devonport. He left the latter 
 vessel in a few weeks, and has since been on half- 
 pay. Agent — Frederic Dufaur. 
 
 Q. 
 
 QUIN. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Francis Beaufort Qdin passed his examination 
 5 Oct. 1841 ; and served as Mate in the Rodney 92, 
 Capt. Robt. Maunsell, Excellent gunnery-ship, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, Ltnx brigantine, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Godolphin Jas. Burslem and John 
 Thos. Nott, OsPEEY 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, and 
 Royalist brig, Lieut.-Commander Graham Ogle, 
 on the Mediterranean, Home, and East India sta- 
 tions. While in the vessel last-mentioned he accom- 
 panied Sir Thos. John Cochrane in an expedition 
 against the Sultan of Borneo in July, 1846; and on 
 8 of that month was attached to the 6th and 7th 
 companies of small-arm men at the capture and de- 
 struction of the enemy's forts and batteries on the 
 river Brune. Between the 10th and 16th he was 
 employed under Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy (whose 
 of&cial notice he attracted by the attention he dis- 
 played to his duties) in ascending different branches 
 of the stream, and in marching, despite many impe- 
 diments, into the interior of the country in a fruit- 
 less attempt to obtain possession of .the Sultan's 
 person.* He was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant by commission bearing date 8 June, 1846 ; and 
 has been since serving, still in the East Indies, as 
 Additional in the Agincodrt 72, and Vernon 50, 
 flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Sir T. J. Cochrane and 
 Sam. Hood Inglefield, and as Second-Lieutenant in 
 the Medea steam-sloop, of 350 horse-power, Capt. 
 Thos. Henry Mason. His appointment to the Me- 
 dea took place 25 Nov. 1847. 
 
 QUIN. (Lieutenant, 1820. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 Henry Quin entered the Navy, 13 April, 1813, 
 as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Stirling Castle 
 74, Capts. Sir Home Popham and Wm. Butterfleld, 
 under the former of whom he escorted the Earl of 
 Moira as Governor-General to India. While serv- 
 ing next, between Aug. 1814 and Oct. 1816, in the 
 Berwick 74 and Impregnable 104, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Edw. Brace, he assisted, in the 
 former ship, at the siege of Gacta, and was present 
 in the Impregnable under the flag of Rear- Admiral 
 David Milne at the bombardment of Algiers. He 
 was subsequently, from Nov. 1817 until Aug. 1820, 
 employed in the West Indies on board the Syeille 
 44, flag-ship of Sir Home Popham, and on 28 Deo. 
 in the latter year was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 QUIN. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 17.) 
 
 Michael Quin entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1804, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Dragon 74, Capts. 
 Edw. Griffith and Matt. Henry Scott ; and, on 22 
 July, 1805, was present in Sir Robt. Calder's action 
 with the combined fleets off Cape Finisterre. Re- 
 • yide Gr7.. 1846, pp. 3442, 3446. 
 
 moving in March, 1807, to the Maida 74, Capt. 
 Saml. HoodLinzee, he enacted the part of Master's 
 Mate in the ensuing expedition against Copen- 
 hagen ; after which, in Dec. of the same year, he 
 joined the Sultan 74, Capts. Edw. Grifiith and 
 John West, on the Mediterranean station ; where, 
 in Dec. 1811, we find him assisting in a boat with 
 only 10 men, at the capture of a French xebec of 
 6 guns and 43 men. He attained the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 16 July, 1812; and was afterwards appointed 
 in that capacity — 22 Oct. 1812, to the Weasel 18, 
 Capts. JohnWm. Andrew, Jas. Black, and Hon. 
 Fred. Noel, in which vessel, employed principally 
 on the east coast of the Adriatic, he continued until 
 Sept. 1814—10 Feb. 1815, to the Aeachhe 16, Capt. 
 Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, with whom he served for 
 nearly 17 months in the Mediterranean — 11 Feb. 1818, 
 to the Sappho 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, 
 fitting for St. Helena, whence he invalided in July, 
 1819—20 Oct. 1820 and 6 Dec. 1821, to the Satel- 
 lite 18, Capts. Armar Lowry Corry and Robt. 
 Gore, and Leandeb 60, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Blackwood, both in the East Indies — and, 14 April, 
 1823, as Senior, a few months after his return to 
 England, to the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Caven- 
 dish Spencer, equipping for the Mediterranean. 
 While serving in the Weasel Mr. Quin commanded 
 the boats of that sloop, in conjunction with those 
 of the Apollo frigate, at the capture and destruc- 
 tion of the tower of St. Cataldo (the strongest be- 
 tween Brindisi and Otranto), containing a telegraph, 
 3 guns and 3 swivels, 21 Deo. 1812. In April, 1813, 
 having pursued an enemy's convoy into the bay of 
 Boscahne, the Weasel was there for two days cri- 
 tically engaged with a large number of gun-boats, 
 whose fire was strengthened by that of a body of 
 musketeers and several heavy guns from the shore. 
 She at length, after having destroyed six of the 
 gunboats and eight of the merchantmen, succeeded 
 in warping herself out, but in a very shattered 
 condition, 5 of her people being killed and 20 
 wounded, and her hull and rigging much injured. 
 On 18 Aug. in the same year Mr. Quin served with 
 the boats of the Weasel, Wizard, and Saracen, 
 and was mentioned in^the highest terms for bis con- 
 duct at the destruction, under a heavy fire of round 
 shot and musketry, of two batteries situated on 
 commanding points at the entrance of the Boco di 
 Cattaro. He had, in the course of the preceding 
 month, commanded the batteries at the capture of 
 Mezzo, an island near Kagusa, defended by 5 long 
 9-pounders, a 5^inch howitzer, and 60 men ; as he 
 subsequently did, in Dec. 1813, at the taking of 
 Trieste and of the strong fortress of Zara. On 31 
 Jan. 1824, being then on board the Naiad, he con- 
 tributed to the utter defeat of the Tripoli Algerine 
 corvette of 18 guns and 100 men ; and on the night 
 of 23 May following, he contrived, with her boats 
 under his orders, to effect the brilliant destruction 
 of a 16-gun brig, moored in a position of extras 
 ordinary strength alongside the walls of the fortress 
 of Bona, in which was a garrison of about 400 sol- 
 diers, who from cannon and musket kept up a tre- 
 mendous fire almost perpendicularly on the deck. 
 " I have great pleasure," observes Capt. Spencer in 
 his official account of the latter aflair addressed to 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale, the Commander-in-Chief, 
 " in adding, that notwithstanding so very different 
 a return might have been expected, I have only to 
 report a few men hurt by severe contusions and 
 none killed, chiefly to be attributed to the masterly 
 manner the business was conducted in ; the whole 
 of the credit of which is due to Lieut. Quin, to 
 whom I confided the entire arrangement, and I hope 
 you will honour him with your recommendation." 
 He was in consequence promoted to the rank of 
 Commander by commission bearing date 5 Oct. 
 1824. His succeeding appointments were — 17 Sept. 
 1828, to the Pelokds 18, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion, whence he returned home and was paid off in 
 May, 1830— next, for a few months to the Second- 
 Captaincy of the Windsor Castle 74 — and, 29 
 July, 1834, to the Raleigh 16, fitting for the East 
 Indies. While in the latter vessel, in which he con- 
 
QUIN-QUINLAN— RABAN— RABETT. 
 
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 tinued until put out of commission at the close of 
 1838, he was promoted, 10 Jan. 1837, to the rank he 
 now holds. His last appointment was, 29 Nov. 1841, 
 to the MiNDEN hospital-ship in the East Indies. He 
 has been on half-pay since the end of 1844. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 QUIN. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 RicHABD Robert Qdin entered the Navy 7 May, 
 1834; passed his examinations July, 1840; and for 
 his services as Mate of the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. 
 Kamsay Drinkwater Bethune, on the coast of China, 
 particularly at the capture of Canton,* was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841. His 
 appointments in the latter capacity were — 10 March, 
 1842, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, 
 in the Mediterranean — and, 30 May, 1844, to the 
 CoLLiNGWooD 80, hearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour in the Pacific. He attained his present 
 rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 QUINLAN. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 WiLMAM St. Lodis Quinlan entered the Navy 
 21 Jan. 1829 ; passed his examination 10 June, 183.5 ; 
 and while serving as Mate, in 1842, in the Charyb- 
 Dis brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Archibald 
 Macdonald, appears to have "upheld the British 
 flag against a superior force " at the blockade of 
 San Juan de Nicaragua, He obtained his commis- 
 sion 3 Feb. 1843 ; became, 13 Sept. following, Ad- 
 ditional-Lieutenant of the Dublin 50, flag-ship in 
 the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas ; and, 
 from 19 Dec. 1844 until paid off at the close of 
 1847, was employed on the same station in the 
 Cormorant steam-sloop, of 300-horse-power, Capts. 
 Geo. Thos. Gordon and Fred. Beauchamp Paget 
 Seymour. 
 
 R. 
 
 EABAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Robert Bruce Raban entered the Navy, 20 
 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Giatton 
 50, Capts. Thos. Seocombe, Henry Hope, John 
 Clavell, Geo. Miller Bligh, and John Smith ; under 
 whom we find him successively employed on the 
 Downs and Mediterranean stations (nearly the 
 whole time in the capacity of Midshipman), until 
 transferred, in Sept. 1809, to the Namub 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Jones, part of the force employed in the ex- 
 pedition to the Walcheren. After serving for ra- 
 ther more than two years off Cork, Cadiz, and 
 Brest in the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, he 
 joined, in Jan. 1812, the Montagd'74, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon on the Bra^ 
 ziiian station; where, in July, 1813, he followed 
 Capt. Manley Hall Dixon (who had had command 
 of the Montagu) into the Nereus 42 ; of which 
 ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant, after having 
 served for nearly three months as such, 29 Nov. 
 1814. He has been on half-pay since Jan. 1815. 
 
 EABETT. (LiEDT., 1826. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.) 
 
 George Wii.i.iam Rabett is second son of the 
 late Reginald Rabett, Esq., of Bramfield Hall, Suf- 
 folk, by Mary, daughter of the late Matthias Ker- 
 rison, Esq.j of Broom Hall and Hoxne Hall, in the 
 same CO., and sister of the present Lieut.-General Sir 
 Edw. Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B., G.C.H., M.P., Colonel 
 of the 14th Light Dragoons, and Recorder of Eye. 
 His maternal aunt married Sir Ralph Blois, Bart. ; 
 his elder and only brother, the Rev. Reginald Ra- 
 bett, A.M., of Bramfield Hall, Vicar of Thomton- 
 cumBagworth, co. Leicester, married a daughter 
 of Rich. Bickerton, Esq., of Rhoden, co. Salop, a 
 relative of Admiral Sir Rich. Bickerton, Bart. ; and 
 his sister, Mary, married the present Viscount May- 
 nard. Lord Lieutenant, Vice-Admiral, and Custos 
 Rotulorura for co. Essex. Through his connexion 
 with the latter nobleman, Lieut. Rabett is uncle of 
 the Hon. Charles Henry Maynard, of the Royal 
 
 • VideGxL. 1841, p. 1505. 
 
 Horse Guards, who married Lady Frances Murray, 
 sister of the present Duke of AthoU, and niece of 
 the Duke of Northumberland, Captain B.N. ; and 
 uncle also of the Hon. Mrs. Capel, sister-in-law of 
 the Eail of Essex. The family of Rabett is of 
 Saxon origin, and one of the longest seated in co. 
 Suffolk, where members of it served at various 
 times as High Bailiffs and Sheriffs, and at an early 
 period (as far back as the reign of Edward IV.) re- 
 turned Members to Parliament for Dunwich. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Deo. 1810, on 
 hoard the Gaiatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack; 
 and on 20 May, 1811, was present as Midshipman 
 (while cruizing off Madagascar in company with 
 the AsTREA and Phcebe, frigates about equal in 
 force to the Galatea, and 18-gun brig Racehorse) 
 in a long and trying action with the French 40-gun 
 frigates Renamme'e, Clorinde, and Nmide, in which 
 the Galatea, besides being much cut up in her 
 hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men 
 killed and 46 wounded. After participating in 
 much active service on the Cape of Good Hope and 
 East India stations, and also on the coast of France, 
 where he assisted in cutting-out and destroying 
 many vessels, and was often involved in action with 
 the enemy's batteries, particularly between Havre- 
 de-Grace and Cape La Hogue, he removed, in Aug. 
 1813, to the Cydnos 38, Capt. Fred. Langford. In 
 that frigate, which was at first employed off Brest 
 and as a cruizer in the Bay of Biscay, he contri- 
 buted to the capture, 4 March, 1814, of the JBunket's 
 Hill American privateer of 14 guns and 86 men, 
 and, in the course of the same year, attended the 
 expedition against New Orleans. During the ope- 
 rations connected with the attack on that place he 
 was actively engaged on shore with the army, and 
 aided in storming a strong battery on the right 
 bank of the Mississippi. H e had previously assisted 
 at the blockade of Carthagena. He closed his war 
 services by enacting a part at the storming and 
 capture of Fort Bowyer, Mobile. In April, 1816, 
 Mr. Rabett joined the Malta 84, Capt. Thos. Gor- 
 don Caulfeild ; and on 6 Nov. in the same year he 
 passed his examination at the Royal Naval College. 
 In Jan. 1818, at which period he had been for eight 
 months employed in the North Sea on board the 
 Florida 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, 
 he passed his examination for seamanship on board 
 the Northumberland 74, at Sheerness. In May 
 and Nov. of the same year he joined, first the Car- 
 nation 18, and then the Tamar 26, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Hon. John Gordon, with whom 
 he served on the Newfoundland station until paid 
 off. In Feb. 1820, after having been wrecked on 
 the coast of Labrador and been for several monthg 
 frozen up at Newfoundland, he was received on 
 board the Impregnable 104, bearing the flag of 
 Lord Exmouth at Plymouth, where he was transfer- 
 red to the Britannia 120, hearing that of Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane. He next, in Oct. 1823 and Feb. 
 1825, joined the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. John 
 Brooke Pechell, and Owen Glendoweb 42, hearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Hood Hanway 
 Christian, with whom he sailed, as Admiralty Mate, 
 to the Cape of Good Hope. Volunteering, on his 
 arrival, to assist in surveying the shores of Aftica, 
 he was nominated for that purpose Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Leven 24, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen. 
 He was confirmed in his present rank 9 Jan. 1826, 
 and subsequently appointed — 18 Jime, 1827, to the 
 Mdsqdito 10, Capts. Geo. Bohun Martin and Chas. 
 Bentham, with whom he served until Aug. 1829—1 
 Sept. 1830, as First, on promotion, to the Herald 
 yacht — and 1& Feb. and 2 Dec. 1831, as a Supernu- 
 merary, to the Spartiate 76, and Victory 104, 
 each bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Foley at Ports- 
 mouth. In the MoscjniTO he fought at the battle 
 of Navarin, assisted at the capture of three piratical 
 brigs,* each mounting 10 guns with a complement . 
 of 84 men, served with Count Capo d'lstria at the 
 taking of the Acropolis at Corinth, and assumed a 
 share in a variety of other important operations. 
 
 • He was placed in charge of one of the vessels with only 
 four men. 
 
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 RADCLIFF—RADCLIFFE— RADFORD. 
 
 In the Hekaib, although with his name on the 
 books of the Spartiate and Victort, he remained, 
 the greater part of the time as officer in charge, 
 until 1833. During that period he had opportuni- 
 ties of becoming First-Lieutenant of the "VotAGE 
 28, Feabl 20, Dispatch 18, and Magicienne 24, 
 but, considering his position in the yacht to be one 
 that ensured promotion, he felt bound to decline 
 them. A change, however, in the administration 
 caused him to be superseded, unrewarded with the 
 boon he coveted ; and he has ever since remained 
 on half-pay. 
 
 In Sept. 1831 Lieut. Kabett was invested, by Sir 
 Thos. Foley, with the temporary command of the 
 Onyx tender, for the purpose of attending upon 
 Her present Majesty and the Duchess of Kent. 
 Independently of the services we have recorded, he 
 appears to have taken part in others of a fatiguing 
 and hazardous character ; and to have been, on one 
 occasion, severely hurt in the execution of his duty. 
 In addition to the ships above-mentioned he was for 
 a short time employed with Capt. Hyde Parker in 
 the St. Vincent 120 and Asia 84. He is the in- 
 ventor of the " Substitute Kudder " — a contrivance 
 which, in case of the total loss or damage of a ship's 
 rudder, may be made to answer all the purposes of 
 one without the assistance of either carpenter or 
 shipwright. The Lieutenant married, 12 Sept. 1835, 
 Lady Lucy Louisa Maria Tumour, daughter of the 
 late and sister of the present Earl of Winterton, by 
 whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
 EADCLIFF. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 10; h-p., 30.) 
 John Kadcliff entered the Navy, 23 Dec. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Spencer 74, Captain, 
 afterwards Rear-Admiral, Hon. Robt. Stopford, 
 stationed in the Channel. From Dec. 1808 until 
 June, 1816, he served in the East Indies, oiF Lisbon 
 and Cork, and in the Mediterranean, in the Cto- 
 BiNDE 38 and Leviathan 74, both commanded by 
 Capt. Thos. Briggs. In the former ship he assisted, 
 as' Midshipman, at the capture, 28 Jan. 1810, of 
 L' Henri privateer, of 8 guns and 57 men, and at the 
 reduction, in Dec. 1810, of the Isle of France. Dur- 
 ing the last two years and a-half of his attachment 
 to the Leviathan, he filled the rating of Master's 
 Mate. On leaving her h e was nominated Admiralty- 
 Midshipman of the Albion 74, Capt. John Coode ; 
 for his conduct under whom at the bombardment of 
 Algiers he was promoted, 16 Sept. 1816, to the rank 
 of Lieutenant. His last appointments were to the 
 TAcns 38, and Euphrates 36, Capts. Jas. 'Whitley 
 Deans Dundas, Robt. F. Preston, and Robt. Bruce. 
 In those vessels he served in the Mediterranean 
 from Nov. 1816 until June, 1817. Agents— Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 EADCLIFFE. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 19 ; 
 
 H-p., 19.) 
 ■William Radcliffe was bom 27 Dec. 1796. His 
 father, Thomas Radcliffe, was an officer in the Royal 
 Dockyard at Portsmouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endvmion 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, employed in cruizing 
 among the Western Islands and on the north coast 
 of Ireland. Quitting her in Oct. 1810, he served 
 during the next 12 months as a Supernumerary in 
 the Revenge 74, Capt. John Nash, and Eotal 
 George 100, bearing the flag off L'Orient of Sir 
 Thos. WilUams. In the Revenge he was stationed 
 off Cherbourg, and assisted in conveying a body of 
 troops to Lisbon. In Oct. 1811, he again joined 
 Capt. Capel on board La Hogue 74 ; in which ship 
 he continued for two years off Brest and Flushing 
 and on the North American station. While in her 
 and in charge, as Midshipman, of a prize, he was 
 captured, but was retaken before entering an ene- 
 my's port. After an attachment of 10 months to 
 the Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge, on the Bra- 
 zilian coast, he joined, in Aug. 1815, the Piqde 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, lying at Spithead. 
 
 For his conduct in the Glasgow 50, also commanded 
 by Capt. Maitland, at the battle of Algiers, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. 1816. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 3 Sept. 1818, to 
 the Tvne 26, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, on the 
 South American station, whence he returned in Oct. 
 1820—6 Feb. 1822, to the Hind 20, Capts. Hon. 
 Henry John Rous and Lord Henry John Spencer 
 Churchill, fitting for the Mediterranean — 12 Sept. 
 1823, as First, to the Martin 20, Capt. Henry Eden, 
 with whom he served, on the station last named, 
 until Feb. 1825 — and 2 Jan. 1829, in a similar capa- 
 city, to the Undaunted 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. 
 Jas. Clifford, employed on particular service. At- 
 taining his present rank 22 July, 1830, he served 
 in that capacity in the Coast Guard from 7 Sept. 
 1836 until 12 Nov. 1839, and since 3 March, 1845, 
 has been actively employed in the Apollo troop- 
 ship in all parts of the globe. When in the Rio 
 de la Plata, and in company with the Eagle 50 
 and French war-steamer Gazendi, he landed the 
 Apollo's men, and, by throwing up a battery, con- 
 trived for several days to defend the east point of 
 Maldonado against a strong detachment of Oribe's 
 army. His exertions in bringing the Apollo safely 
 out of Waterloo Bay, Cape of Good Hope, with the 
 73rd Regt. on board, after she had lost all her an- 
 chors from the effects of tremendous rollers which 
 had set in, have, we understand, been noted at the 
 Admiralty. 
 
 Commander Radcliffe, during the earlier part of 
 his career, was struck by lightning and supposed 
 for some time to be dead : he also, while lying at 
 St. Helena, fell from the cross-jack to the deck and 
 was severely hurt ; and on another occasion a block 
 from aloft fell on his head. The effects of these 
 accidents he still feels. He married, 11 May, 1840, 
 Julia Pittis, daughter of the late W. Dore, Esq. 
 Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 KADFOED, K.H. (Captain, 1832. p-p., 22; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 Samuel Radford entered the Navy, in April, 
 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aquilon 32, 
 Capts. Wm. Edw. Cracraft and Thos. Boys, with 
 whom he was employed in the Channel and West 
 Indies, part of the time as Midshipman, until trans- 
 ferred, in Aug. 1800, to the Triumph 74, Capts. 
 Eliab Harvey and Sir Robt. Barlow. On leaving 
 that ship, after having served in her on the Home 
 and, Mediterranean stations, he was nominated, in 
 Dec. 1804, Master's Mate, a rating he had held for 
 some time, of the Barfledr 98, Capt. Geo. Martin, 
 lying at Spithead. For conduct he had displayed 
 on board the Triumph he was appointed, at the re- 
 commendation of Sir R. Barlow, Sub-Lieutenant, 29 
 Jan. 1805, of the Boxer gun-brig, Lieut-Com- 
 manders Sir Geo. Mouat Keith and Fras. M'Lean. 
 He was ordered, 24 May, 1806, to act as Lieutenant 
 of the Arla,dne 20, Capts. Lord Viscount Falkland 
 and Arthur Farquhar, employed on the Home and 
 Baltic stations; was confirmed to that vessel 18 
 Aug. following; and was next, in the course of 
 1809, appointed to the Aeodkir 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Parker, and Desiree 36, commanded by his former 
 Captain, Farquhar. In the Aboukir he accompa- 
 nied the expedition to the Walcheren ; and in the 
 DfoiR^E (of which ship and the Ariadne he was 
 for nearly eight years FirstLieutenant) he found 
 frequent opportunities of distinguishing himself. 
 In command of her boats, and of those of the Que- 
 bec 32, Britomart sloop, and Bold gun-brig, he 
 made an attack, on the night of 29 May, 1810, on 
 several armed vessels lying in the Vlie. One of 
 them, a French lugger, of 6 guns and 26 men, was 
 driven on shore and burnt, and four (a French lug- 
 ger of 12 guns and 42 men, a schuyt privateer, of 4 
 guns and 17 men, a Dutch gun-boat, and a small 
 row-boat) were captured and brought out.* A few 
 days previously to this he had burnt on the beach, 
 near Haarlem, the British schooner Cdckoo, which 
 had been cast away, and was then in possession of 
 • J'ide Gaz. 1810, p. 807. 
 
RADFORD- RADSTOCK. 
 
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 the enemy's troops. On 12 Deo. 1811, he made 
 prize, in the DESiaiE's boats, of Le Brave French 
 privateer, of 14 guns (pierced for 16) and 60 men, 
 near the island of Sohelling ; * and in Sept. 1813 he 
 commanded the boats of the Heligoland squadron 
 (in conjunction with a flotilla under Lieut. Chas. 
 Haultain) in a vigorous, although, from unforeseen 
 circumstances, unsuccessful attack on eight Danish 
 vessels lying at Busum, a small and intricate har- 
 bour, near the mouth of the Elbe. In consideration 
 of the great and repeated commendation elicited by 
 his judgment and gallantry he was promoted, 22 
 Jan. 1814, to the rank of Commander. His next 
 and last appointment was, 18 Sept. 1828, to the 
 NiMROD 20, on the Cork station. During a period 
 of great disturbance on the west coast of Ireland 
 he had the good fortune, by the "practical judg- 
 ment, zeal, and ability he exhibited in the discharge 
 of various arduous and peculiar duties," to gain the 
 unqualified approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, 
 Rear- Admiral Hon. Sir Chas. Paget. On the latter 
 striking his flag he was left senior officer on the sta- 
 tion, and in that capacity was despatched by the 
 Admiralty to the river Shannon for the purpose of 
 co-operating with Major-General Sir Thos. Arbuth- 
 nott in checking the riotous proceedings of the 
 " Terry- Alts " in co. Clare. To enable him more 
 effectually to discharge his duties he was created a 
 Magistrate for cos. Limerick and Clare; and so 
 ably did he acquit himself that on the restoration 
 of order rendering his presence no longer neces- 
 sary, he was presented, on the eve of his departure 
 for England, with an address, signed by 58 of the 
 magistrates and gentlemen in the vicinity, eulogizing 
 in the highest degree his unceasing vigilance and his 
 active, judicious, and unremitting exertions, indi- 
 cating, also, the warmest gratitude for the means he 
 had been of recalling tranquillity, and expressing 
 in the strongest manner a hope that in the event 
 of future circumstances requiring the presence of a 
 ship-of-war, " his intimate knowledge of the locali- 
 ties of the country, the complete success of the 
 enterprise committed to him, and the admirable 
 conduct and discipline of the officers and men under 
 his command, might point him out to his Majesty's 
 Government as the fittest person to entrust with 
 a similar commission." His conduct occasioned his 
 being likewise recommended by the Viceroy of Ire- 
 land, the Marquis of Anglesey, to Sir Jas. Graham, 
 the First Lord of the Admiralty. He paid the 
 NiMKOD oflF 2 March, 1832, and on 31 May follow- 
 ing was advanced to his present rank. 
 
 He was nominated a K.H. 25 Jan. 1836. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 KADFORD. (LiEDT., 1815. r-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 33.) 
 William Radfokd was bom 9 Nov. 1780. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1803, 
 as A. B., on board the Helena 18, Capt. Woodley 
 Losack, on the Cork station, where he removed 
 as Midshipman, in 1805, to the Druid 32, Capts. 
 Philip Bowes Vere Broke and Hon. John Astley 
 Bennet, and continued employed until transferred, 
 in Feb. 1807, to the Raven sloop, Capt. Grant. In 
 the Helena he assisted at the capture, 5 June, 
 1805, of the Santa Leocadia Spanish privateer of 14 
 guns and 114 men ; and in the Dkuid he aided in 
 taking, among other vessels, the Prince Murat, pri- 
 vateer of 18 guns, and Le Pandour national brig 
 of similar force. The Prince Murat he conducted 
 safely as Prize-Master into Plymouth, although pur- 
 sued on his passage by a French squadron, from 
 whom he succeeded in effecting his escape by hoist- 
 ing French colours instead of English, and dis- 
 guising his men in the red caps and dresses belong- 
 ing to the prisoners. Joining, in April, 1807, the 
 Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, he contributed, 1 
 Aug. in that year, to the capture of three armed 
 feluccas (the Prince Eugene of 16 guns and 130 
 men. Belle Caroline of 10 guns and 40 men, and 
 Rosario of 4 guns and 20 men) lying in the 
 narrow harbour of Begu, on the coast of Cata- 
 
 • TtifeGaz. 18U,p.2427. 
 
 Ionia, under the protection of a battery mounting 4 
 26-pounder3, a tower, and a considerable land-force. 
 He co-operated subsequently with the patriots on 
 the coast of Spain, and was in particular active at 
 the blockade of Barcelona. In Nov. 1810, while 
 absent in a felucca which he had recently assisted 
 in cutting out, he was captured by the French 
 schooner-of-war Eclair, carried a prisoner to Nice, 
 and thence marched into France, where he re- 
 mained until the peace of 1814. He was advanced 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1815, but has 
 not been since able to procure employment. 
 
 Lieut. Radford is the author of a work on the 
 subject of Naval Architecture, presenting many 
 points of attraction. For many years past he has 
 been connected with iron and coal mine works in 
 South Wales. He married, in May, 1827, Miss Ann 
 Weaver, of the city of Hereford, a relative of Major 
 Weaver, R.M., and was left a widower 29 Jan. 1829. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 RADSTOCK, C.B. (Reab-Admikal op the 
 White, 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 36.) 
 
 The Right Honookable Granville George 
 Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, bom 24 Sept. 1786, 
 is eldest son of William Waldegrave, Lord Rad- 
 stock, Admiral of the Red, G.C.B.* (whom he suc- 
 ceeded as second Baron 20 Aug. 1825), by Cornelia, 
 second daughter of David Van Lennap, Esq., Chief 
 of the Dutch factory at Smyrna ; and brother of 
 Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, R.N. (1828), who 
 died 20 Dec. 1838. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne in 1794 
 on the books of the Courageux 74, commanded by 
 his father) embarked, in 1798, as Midshipman, on 
 board the Agincodet 64, Capt. John Bligh, bearing 
 the flag of his parent at Newfoundland, where he 
 remained until June, 1800. He then joined the 
 
 * "William Waldegrave, second son of John, third Earl of 
 Waldegrave, was born 9 July, 1753, and entered the Navy 
 about 1766, under the auspices of Commodore Spry. la 
 1775 he obtained command of the Zephyr sloop ; he was 
 made Post, 30 May, 1776, into the Rippon 60, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir Edward Vernon in the East Indies ; and 
 he afterwards commanded the Pomone 28, Phudente of 38 
 guns and 280 men, Phaeton 38, and Majestic and CoTr- 
 KAOEDx 74*3. In the Pomone he made prize of the Cumber- 
 land, a notorious American privateer of 20 guns and 170 men ; 
 and in the Prudente, aided to a certain extent by the 
 LicoRNE 32, he succeeded in capturing, 4 July, 1780, the 
 French frigate La Capricieuse of 32 guns, pierced for 44, with 
 a complement of 308 men, more than 100 of whom, in the 
 course of an obstinate contest of four hours, were either 
 killed or wounded, with a loss to the Prudente of 17 killed 
 and 28 wounded. He afterwards, in the same ship, took 
 Ij'Americain privateer of 32 guns and 245 men, accompanied 
 Admiral Darby to the relief of Gibraltar, assisted under 
 Admiral Kempenfeld in capturing part of a French convoy 
 under M. de Guichbn, and obtained possession of another 
 privateer, the Boulogne of 16 "uns. With the exception of a 
 short time in 1790, during wuich he commanded the Ma- 
 jestic, Capt. Waldegrave was on half-pay from 1783 until 
 1793. He then, in the Coubageux, accompanied Vice- 
 Admiral Hotham to the Mediterranean, and after the occu- 
 
 Sation of Toulon was ordered to England with Lord Hood's 
 espatches. On his arrival he was sent back with instructions 
 for that nobleman's further guidance. He was nominated 
 a Colonel of Marines 11 April, 1794; was advanced, 4 July 
 following, to the rank 'of Rear-Admiral ; hoisted his flag, in 
 May, 1795, on board the Minotaur 74, as Commander of a 
 squadron ordered to cruize to the westward ; became a Vice- 
 Admiral 1 June in the same year ; and sailed a few months 
 afterwards for the Mediterranean, with bis flag on board the 
 Babfleur 98. In the spring of 1796 he was sent with five 
 ships of the line to conduct a negotiation of great delicacy 
 with the Dey of Tunis. He subsequently fought, as third in 
 command, in Sir John Jervis' action with the Spanish fleet 
 off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. For his cool, steady, and 
 meritorious conduct on that memorable occasion he was 
 offered a baronetcy, wliich he declined, as being inferior to 
 the rank he held as an Earl's son. He was shortly after- 
 wards appointed Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland, 
 where he remained for three years ; and on 29 Dec. 1800 
 was raised to the peerage of Ireland, as Baron Radstock, ok 
 Castle Town, Queen's County. In April, 1802, he became a 
 full Admiral. About the same period he was nominated 
 Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, but in consequence 
 of the cessation of hostilities he did not accept the appoint- 
 ment. He was created a G.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, and died an 
 Admiral of the Red, as above, 20 Aug. 1825 
 
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 RAINIER. 
 
 Phaeton 38 and Peabl 32, Captg. Jas. Nicoll 
 Morris and Sam. Jas. Ballard, both in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; next, in Not. 1801, the Theseus 74, Capt. 
 John Bligh, lying at Spithead ; and, in Jan. 1802, 
 the Medusa 32, Capt. John Gore, again in the 
 Mediterranean ; where, in Deo. 1803, he was re- 
 ceived by Lord Nelson, on promotion, on board the 
 Victory 100. In that ship, in which he was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant 20 July, 1804, he united in two 
 unsuccessful pursuits after the French fleet. In 
 the spring of 1805 he removed to the Hydra 38, 
 Capt. Geo. Mundy, also in the Mediterranean ; and 
 on 22 Jan. 1806 he was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander. His next appointment was, 18 April 
 in the latter year, to the Minorca 18 ; in which 
 vessel we find him engaged in maintaining a com- 
 munication between the naval forces off Cadiz and 
 Gibraltar, and involved in occasional skirmishes 
 with the enemy in the Straits. He succeeded while 
 in her in making prize, among other vessels, of a 
 Spanish privateer Nostra Sefiora del Carmen alias 
 La Caridad of 2 guns, 2 swivels, and 35 men, and a 
 royal packet from Tangier bound to Tarifa. At- 
 taining Post-rank 16 Feb. 1807, he assumed com- 
 mand, in May, 1808, of the Thames 32, then on her 
 passage home from the Mediterranean; whither, 
 after that ship had been refitted, he again pro- 
 ceeded. On 25 July, 1810, Capt. 'Waldegrave, with 
 the assistance of the "Weasel and Pilot brigs, and 
 of their boats, effected the capture and destruction, 
 under the batteries of Amantea, of a convoy of 31 
 vessels, laden with provisions and stores for the 
 enemy's army at Scylla, together with seven large 
 gun-boats and five armed scampavias;* an event 
 which materially tended to prevent Murat's con- 
 templated invasion of Sicily. Capt. Waldegrave 
 was afterwards intrusted with a mission to Mehemet 
 All, the Pacha of Egypt, and concluded the first 
 treaty effected with that remarkable character. 
 His conduct in this instance, as it had done at 
 Amantea, procured him the thanks of the Com- 
 mander in-Chief and of the Board of Admiralty. 
 On 5 Oct. 1810 the boats of the Thames and Eclair 
 brig out out 10 transports collected near Agriooli, 
 in the Gulf of Salerno ; and on 16 June, 1811, a de- 
 tachment, landed from the former ship and the 
 Cephalds sloop-of-war, destroyed the same number 
 of armed feluccas, on the beach, near Cetraro. To 
 mark their approbation of his continuous exertions 
 the Admiralty had, on 15 March in the latter year, 
 appointed Capt. Waldegrave to the Vojoostaire 
 38 ; which ship he joined in the ensuing July. At 
 first he was employed in watching the Toulon fleet 
 during the absence of Sir Edw. Pellew and the line- 
 of-battle ships under his orders. While so sta- 
 tioned, and in company with the Perlen 38, he 
 was pursued, 22 Nov. 1811, by three French ships 
 of the line and two frigates ; from whom the British 
 vessels, after a running fight which lasted several 
 hours, contrived to accomplish a gallant escape. 
 He was subsequently, after having refitted in Eng- 
 land, employed on the coast of Spain ; and his boats, 
 as detailed in our memoirs of the officers who com- 
 manded them, engaged, with those of other ships, 
 in capturing and destroying large numbers of the 
 enemy's vessels. On 4 March, 1815, he took the 
 Aspasia, American letter-of-marque, of 3 guns and 
 25 men. He continued in the Volontaire until 
 the close of 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 On 4 June in the year last mentioned he was nomi- 
 nated a C.B. ; and from 5 Sept. 1831 until advanced 
 to Flag-rank, 23 Nov. 1841, he filled the appoint- 
 ment of Naval Aide-de-Camp to his late and her 
 present Majesty. 
 
 Lord Kadstock, since the peace, has been ener- 
 getically employed in watching over and minister- 
 ing, in his public and private capacity, to the wants 
 and comforts of the poorer and more distressed 
 members of the profession. He married, 7 Aug. 
 1823, Esther Caroline, youngest daughter of Jas. 
 Puget, Esq., of Totteridge, co. Hants, by whom he 
 has issue one son and two daughters. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1857. 
 
 RAINIER. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Charles Kainieb is brother of Lieut. Peter 
 Kainier, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 26 Aug. 1830; 
 passed his examination 7 June, 1837 ; served on the 
 Pacific, Portsmouth, and Mediterranean stations, 
 as Mate, in the President 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, St. Vincent 
 120, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, and 
 Tyne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock; and ob- 
 tained his commission 24 Feb. 1844. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were — 6 March, 1844, as Addi- 
 tional Lieutenant, to the Formidable 84, Capt. Sir 
 Chas. Sullivan, in the Mediterranean — 12 May fol- 
 lowing, again in the latter capacity, to the Tyne — 
 15 Sept. 1845 still as Additional (after a few months 
 of half-pay) to the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on 
 the coast of Africa — and 3 March, 1846, to the 
 Styx steam-sloop of 280 horse-power, Capt. Henry 
 Chads, with whom he returned to England from 
 the station last named in 1848. 
 
 RAINIER. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 14; h-p., 23.) 
 
 John Rainier, born 12 July, 1797, is son of the 
 late John Rainier, Esq., Banker, of Hackney, co. 
 Middlesex ; nephew of the late Admirals Peter 
 Rainier and Jas. Vashon, the former of whom com- 
 manded in chief in the East Indies as Commodore 
 and Rear and Vice- Admiral from 1794 until 1804 ; 
 and uncle of Lieuts. Charles and Peter Rainier, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the I>ESiKfeE 36, Capta. 
 Arthur Farquhar and Wm. Woolridge. Under the 
 former he served at the blockade of the Texel, 
 cruized among the Western Islands, was actively 
 employed in the rivers Elbe and Weser, and assisted, 
 as Midshipman, at the reduction, in Deo. 1813 and 
 Jan. 1814, of Cuxhaven and Gluckstadt. During 
 the siege of the latter place he was engaged on 
 shore in the batteries and officiated as an Aide-de- 
 Camp between Capt. Farquhar and the Swedish 
 General Baron de Boye. On one occasion he was or- 
 dered to cross the river (Elbe) at a very wide part 
 with despatches from the Crown Prince of Sweden 
 for the British Government. The weather being me- 
 morably inclement, and the passage occupying 15 
 hours, he was so dreadfully frost-bitten in the feet 
 that he has never ceased to feel the effects. In May, 
 1814, he again joined Capt. Farquhar on board the 
 Liverpool 40 ; in which ship he escorted convoy to 
 Quebec, cruized on the American station, and aided 
 at the blockade of the lie de Bourbon. On her return 
 to England, in the spring of 1816, the Liverpool took 
 the ground at the foot of Shakspeare's Cliff, near 
 Dover, and was not rescued from her perilous posi- 
 tion until all her masts and spars had been cut 
 away, and her guns, provisions, and stores thrown 
 overboard. After serving for 17 months on the St. 
 Helena station in the Newcastle 60, flag-ship of 
 Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and for two years and six 
 months in the Channel and Mediterranean, in the 
 LiFFEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, Mr. Rainier 
 was nominated, 14 Dec. 1820, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Vengeor 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland; to 
 which ship, also attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean, he was confirmed 9 Jan. 1821. In the 
 LiFFEY he was for a short time in attendance on 
 the Prince Regent ; and in the Vengeur he escorted 
 the King of Naples to Leghorn. He returned to 
 England in April, 1821 ; and was afterwards ap- 
 pointed — 7 Jan. 1824, to the Ramillies 74, Coast 
 Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, lying in the 
 Downs— 20 Dec. 1825, to the Java 52, flag-ship of 
 Sir Wm. Hall Gage in the East Indies— 18 Jan. 
 1827, to the Boadicea 46, Capt. John Wilson, with 
 whom he came home in Aug. of the same year — 
 and 4 Nov. 1830 and 18 April, 1831, as First, to the 
 Racehorse and Hyacinth of 18 guns each, Capta. 
 Chas. Hamlyn Williams and Wm. Oldrey, both in 
 the West Indies. In May, 1831, so serious had 
 grown the consequences of the injury he had sua- 
 
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 lained, as above alluded to, in Jan. 1814, that he 
 was obliged to invalid for the purpose of having the 
 outside of his left foot removed. He has been ever 
 since a cripple ; and on 17 April, 1843, was awarded 
 a pension of 36^ 10s. per annum. 
 
 Lieut. Rainier married, 16 Jan. 1833, Harriette, 
 eldest daughter of the Rev. John Jones, of Brithdir 
 Hall, Montgomeryshire. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 RAINIER. (Lieutenant, 1835.) 
 
 Peter Rainier is son of the late Capt. Peter 
 Rainier, R.N., C.B. ; * brother of Lieut. Chas. 
 Rainier, R.N.; nephew of Lieut. John Rainier, 
 R.N. ; and cousin of the late Rear-Admiral John 
 Spratt Rainier. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Dec. 1824, on 
 board the Clio 18, Capts. Robt. Aitchison and Robt. 
 Deans, attached to the force in the North Sea ; and 
 was afterwards, until Feb. 1835, employed on the 
 Mediterranean, West India, and Lisbon stations, as 
 Midshipman and Mate, in the Asia 84, Capt. Edw. 
 Curzon, Alacrity 10, Capt. Joseph Nias, North 
 Star 28, Capts. Lord Wm. Paget and Hon. Geo. 
 Rolle Walpole Trefusis, Champion 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Hamlyn Williams, and Britannia 120, commanded 
 by his father. He obtained his commission 18 
 July, 1835; served from the following Sept. until 
 the close of 1836 in the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Langford Castle, on the coast of Africa, and from 
 6 Dec. 1843 until the commencement of 1847 in the 
 Coast Guard ; and since 27 July in the latter year 
 has been employed as Admiralty Agent on board 
 a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 RAINS. (Retired Commander, 1829. r-p., 32 ; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 James Rains, born 8 June, 1769, is son of the late 
 Capt. Stephen Rains, R.N. ; and brother (with Re- 
 tired Commander John Rains, R.N., who died in 
 1832 at Fatcham Field, aged 63) of Capt. Stephen 
 Rains, R.N. (1802), who died 1 Feb. 1824, in his 59th 
 year. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1779, as 
 Captain's Servant, on hoard the Loodonn armed 
 ship, commanded by his father, with whom he 
 served in the North Sea until May, 1781 — the latter 
 part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman. 
 From the following Dec. until July, 1783, he served 
 on the Home and West India stations in the Sea- 
 ford 20, Nemesis 28, and Enbymion 40, all under 
 the orders of Capt. Isaac Vaillant. He was then 
 employed for nearly two years in the Channel in 
 the Sprightly cutter, Lieut.-Commander Swan ; 
 and next, from Aug. 1786 until July, 1792, on gene- 
 ral service in the Mtkmidon 20, Capt. Thos. Rawe, 
 Viper cutter, commanded by his brother Lieut. S. 
 Rains, Cambridge 74, flag-ship of Admiral Graves, 
 and Ranger and Viper cutters, Lieut.-Commanders 
 Isaac Cotgrave and Robt. Graeme. In the latter 
 
 * Capt. Peter Rainier (a nephew of Admiral Peter Rainier) 
 attaiiiecf Post- rank 17 Jan. 1806. On 18 Oct. following, in com- 
 mand of the Caroline of 42gnns, he captured, near the island 
 of Java, the Dutch 14-gun hrig Zeerop, and, in the course of 
 tlie same day, after an action of half an hour, the Maria- 
 Riggersbergen of 40 guns and 270 men, 50 of whom were 
 killed and wounded, with a loss to the Caroline, out of 204 
 men, of 3 killed and Ifl wounded. In company with the 
 Maria-Riggershergen were the JVitliam 14, Patriot 18, and 
 Zee-Ploeg 14, together with some gun-boats who partially 
 assisted ner ; 30 other gun-boats lay in shore, but did not 
 attempt to come out. On S7 Jan. 1807, Capt. Rainier was 
 so fortunate as to make prize of the San Raphael Spanish 
 register-ship, mountini,' 16 guns, with a complement of 97 
 men, having on board 500,000 dollars in specie, and 1 700 
 quintals of copper, besides a valuable cargo. In securing 
 ^is rich prize the Caroline had 7 men wounded : the 
 enemy's vessel, before she surrendered, incurred a loss of 27 
 killed and wounded. Towards the close of the war Capt. 
 Rainier commanded tlie Niger 38, in which ship he assisted 
 at tlie capture, 6 Jan. 1814, of La Ceris French frigate, of 44 
 guns ancl .124 men. From Oct. 1831, until Feb. 1835, he 
 commanded the Britannia 120. He was nominated a C.B. 
 in 1815, and in 1830 Naval Aide-de-Carap to William IV. 
 lie died at Southamptoa 1 3 April, 1836. 
 
 vessel he discharged the duties of Pilot for nearly 
 six months. In the early part of 1793 he became 
 Master's Mate of the Monarch 74, Captain, after- 
 wards Commodore, Sir Jas. Wallace ; of which ship 
 he was created a Lieutenant 2 Dec. in the same 
 year. While in her he assisted in silencing a bat- 
 tery in Martinique, and in bringing off a body of 
 French royalists. His next appointments were — 
 31 May, 1794, to the Albion floating battery, Capt. 
 Henry Savage, in the North Sea— 4 July, 1796, to 
 the command (after three months' half-pay) of the 
 King George cutter, employed in the North Sea 
 and off Boulogne — 27 Oct. 1800, as First, to the 
 SiRiDS 36, Capt. Rich. King— and, 26 Sept. 1801, in 
 a similar capacity, to the Magnificent 74, Capt. 
 John Giffard, whom he accompanied to the West 
 Indies. While serving in the Albion he brought a 
 Colonel off from Ostend, just as the French were 
 entering the town. In 1797, at which time he com- 
 manded the King George, he conveyed to Admiral 
 Duncan information respecting the sailing of the 
 Dutch fleet, which led to the victory of 11 Oct. 
 On the issue of the battle he returned to England 
 with Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax, the officer charged 
 with the despatches of the Admiral ; who, in con- 
 sequence, ordered him to attend the King down the 
 river Thames for the purpose of viewing the fleet 
 on its arrival at the N ore. The severity of the 
 weather not permitting his Majesty to proceed be- 
 yond Long Reach, the projected visit was deferred, 
 and he in consequence lost the promotion which 
 would have been secured to him. In the course of 
 the same year Lieut. Rains captured a French 
 armed lugger on the coast of Norway; he subse- 
 quently drove on shore on the coast of Jutland a 
 French armed cutter, ie Fetit Diable, which he 
 succeeded in getting off and bringing to England; 
 and in 1800 he engaged, and for an hour and a half 
 sustained an action with, a large French lugger, 
 carrying 20 guns and full of troops. The King 
 George drawing more water than her opponent, 
 the latter was enabled to escape into Ostend, after 
 having materially shattered the British vessel. For 
 the gallantry he displayed in the affair, Lieut. Rains, 
 who was wounded in the leg, received the marked 
 approbation of his Commander-in-Chief, Admiral 
 SkelBngton Lutwidge, and of Earl Spencer, the First 
 Lord of the Admiralty. When in company, in the 
 same vessel, with the Naotilus and the Seagull 
 sloops, he contributed to the capture of several pri- 
 vateers on the Norwegian coast ; where, in unison 
 with the latter, he took, 23 July, 1797, the Capitaine 
 TImrot cutter, of 2 guns, 4swivels, and 22men. As 
 First of the SiRius, we find him assisting, in company 
 with L'OisEAu 36 and Amethyst 36, at the capture, 
 28 Jan. 1801, after a chase of two days, of the 
 French 36-gun frigate La De'daignevse. On the 
 surrender of the enemy's ship he was despatched by 
 Capt. King to take charge of her; but on the com- 
 ing up of L'Oiseau, commanded by Capt. Sam. 
 Hood Linzee, that officer, being the Senior, super- 
 seded him and confided the care of the prize to his 
 own First Lieutenant. He invalided home from 
 the Magnificent in May, 1802 ; and was lastly, 
 from May, 1803, until Dec. 1814, emp'oyed in com- 
 mand of a signal-station on the coast of Dorset. 
 He accepted his present rank 25 April, 1829. 
 
 Commander Rains married, first, in 1792, Miss J. 
 Wallace, a niece of the late Sir Jas. Wallace; and 
 secondly, in 1804, Miss R. T. Williams. He has 
 issue two sons and one daughter. 
 
 RALPH. (LiEnTENANT, 1815. f-p.,31 ; h-p., 10.) 
 Robert Ralph entered the Navy, 5 July, 1806, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Naiad 38, Capt. Thos. 
 Dundas, with whom he continued actively employed 
 as Midshipman in the same ship and in the Ganges 
 74, until April, 1811. In the Naiad he assisted at 
 the blockade of several of the enemy's ports along 
 the French coast, witnessed the destruction of three 
 frigates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and 
 cruized with activity in the Channel, where he con- 
 tributed to the capture, among other vessels, of the 
 
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 RAMSAY. 
 
 Fanny privateer, of 16 guns and 80 men, and Superb 
 letter-of-marque, of 4 guns and 20 men. In the 
 Ganges he was engaged, as also in a prize grm-boat, 
 in affording protection to the trade passing through 
 the Baltic. After accompanying, under Sir Joseph 
 Sydney Torke, a body of troops intended as a re- 
 inforcement for Lord Wellington's army in Portu- 
 gal, he joined, in the course of 1811, the Koyal 
 Geokge 100, Laurestinos 24, and Orlando 36, all 
 commanded by Capt. John ClaveU. "While attached 
 to the ship last mentioned we find him serving off 
 the Western Islands, escorting convoy to Gibraltar 
 and Malta, and employed in the Adriatic. Between 
 Otranto and Ancona he saw much boat-service ; 
 and in May, 1812, although exposed to a heavy fire, 
 which killed a Master's Mate, Mr. Donaldson, and 
 the Coxswain, he succeeded in bringing out several 
 vessels from the island of Paxo, near Corfu. On 11 
 June, 1813, Mr. Ralph (he had passed his examina- 
 tion in the preceding Sept.) was nominated acting 
 First-Lieutenant of the Kite sloop, Capts. Geo. 
 Canning and Rowland Mainwaring, stationed for 
 the protection of British trade in the Archipelago ; 
 where, in command of the boats, he retook the Tre- 
 hisrnid armed brig of 6 guns. In Dec. 1813, three 
 months after he had rejoined Capt. Clavell as Mid- 
 shipman on board the Orlando, he was placed, 
 again with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, in com- 
 mand of the QoAiL schooner, of 6 guns ; in the 
 boats of which vessel he cut out from the island of 
 Zea a French boat with British property on board. 
 Between April and Sept. 1814 Mr. Ralph was borne 
 as a Supernumerary, for a passage home, on the 
 books of the Trident 64, Unite 36, and Weasel 
 18, Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent, Edwin Henry Cham- 
 berlayne, and Hon. Fred. Noel. In Nov. of the 
 same year he became Admiralty Midshipman of the 
 Queen 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. 
 Vinicombe Penrose, under whom he conveyed King 
 Ferdinand from Palermo to Naples. He was next, 
 in June, 1815, received by Lord Exmouth on board 
 the BoTNE 98, employed in supporting the royalist 
 cause along the southern coast of France ; and, on 
 16 Jan. 1816, he was a third time ordered to act as 
 Lieutenant in the Sparrowhawk sloop, Capt. Fred. 
 Wm. Burgoyne. On the return of the latter vessel 
 to England in June, 1816, with the despatches an- 
 nouncing the liberation of the Christian slaves in 
 bondage at Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, Mr. Ralph, 
 who had been oflBcially advanced to his present 
 rank by a commission bearing date 18 March, 1815, 
 was placed on half-pay. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 21 Oct. 1818, as First, to the Florida 
 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, employed 
 in superintending the Revenue-cruizers in the 
 North Sea — 29 Dec. following, to the Nadtilds 18, 
 Capt. Isham Fleming Chapman, fitting for the St. 
 Helena station, whence he invalided in July, 1819 
 — 19 March, 1822, to the Semaphore at Bannicle 
 Hill, near Godalming, Surrey— in April, 1826, to 
 the post of Assistant-Superintendent of Quarantine 
 at Milford Haven, where he remained until the es- 
 tablishment was reduced in April, 1828—10 Oct. 
 1829, to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth— 
 and, 3 May, 1832, to the Coast Guard. While in 
 that service, in which he continued until 1 Feb. 
 1843, he frequently distinguished himself. At first 
 he was stationed at Hastings, where, on the night 
 of 17 March, 1833, be prevented the landing of an 
 8-oared cutter, and pursued a party of armed 
 smugglers, who had endeavoured to succour the 
 attempt, three miles into the country. To those 
 who were actually engaged in the aflTray a reward 
 of lOOZ. was given, and Lieut. Ralph himself was 
 strongly recommended at head-quarters. The plan 
 of following the marauders inland, adopted for 
 the first time by him, was afterwards brought into 
 general practice and led to the suppression of 
 smuggling on that part of the coast. Owing to 
 a forced attempt made to accomplish a landing 
 at Jury Gap in Nov. 1833, Lieut. Ralph pro- 
 ceeded from Eye with 8 men for the purpose of 
 aiding the Coast Guard at that station. He sub- 
 sequently, at different times, effected a large num- 
 
 ber of seizures, often under perilous circamstances. 
 During a night-gale in the month of Oct. 1835, when 
 no pilot could be found to venture out, he pro- 
 ceeded through a heavy sea in a 4-oared boat to 
 the assistance of a French vessel in distress, the 
 Charles of Cherbourg ; and on the night of 28 Jan. 
 1843, animated by the same intrepid spirit of hu- 
 manity, he hastened to relieve the Arundel cutter, 
 from London, bound to Hong Kong, on shore off 
 Winchelsea beach. The whole of the passengers 
 were landed by him in safety ; and for his praise- 
 worthy conduct he had the gratification of receiving 
 the approval of the Admiralty. Altogether Lieut. 
 Ralph has afforded the benefit of his exertions to 
 four wrecked vessels, three times at Hastings and 
 once in Dundrum Ba^, co. Down ; he has twice 
 acted as an Inspecting Commander of the Newcastle 
 district, from July to Sept. 1841 and from July to 
 Sept. 1842 ; and has three times received the 
 thanks of the Comptroller-General, as likewise the 
 thanks of the Royal Humane Society, the Shipwreck 
 Institution, and the Lords of the Admiralty. In 
 Feb. 1843, as above mentioned, he left the Coast 
 Guard, being unable to perform his duties from the 
 effects of injuries he had received in the right leg 
 while in pursuit of the smugglers 17 March, 1833. 
 He has since been unemployed. 
 
 KAMSAY. (Captain, 1843. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 7.) 
 
 George Ramsay, bom 4 June, 1807, is second 
 son of Lieut.-General Hon. John Ramsay, who died 
 Colonel of the 79th Regt. 28 June, 1842 ; first cousin 
 of the Earl of Dalhousie ; and nephew of Lord Pan- 
 mure. Four of his brothers are in the Hon. E. L 
 Co.'s military service — one of them, James, Deputy- 
 Assistant-Commissary-General of the Bengal army. 
 This ofl&cer entered the Navy, iu Dec. 1820, on 
 board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamil- 
 ton ; in the boats of which ship we find him on 
 several occasions engaged with the pirates in the 
 Mediterranean. On leaving her be joined the 
 EuRYALus 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford. 
 He subsequently removed to the Doris 42, Capt. 
 Sir John Gordon Sinclair ; and while serving in that 
 ship on the South American station was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1827. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — to the Heron 18, Capt. 
 Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, also in South America — in 
 1828 to the Ganges 84, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Waller 
 Otway at Rio de Janeiro — 26 Sept. 1829, to the 
 Orestes 18, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, of which 
 vessel, stationed on the coast of Ireland, he was for 
 a time First-Lieutenant — 28 April, 1831, in the ca- 
 pacity last mentioned, to the Nimrod 20, Capts. 
 Lord Edw. Russell and John M'Dougall, under 
 whom he was for three years employed off Lisbon 
 — 16 Aug. 1835, still as First-Lieutenant, to the Wan- 
 derer 16, Capt. Thos. Dilke, fitting at Sheemess — 
 and, 30 Nov. following, to the Rodney 92, Capt. 
 Hyde Parker. In the latter ship he served in the 
 Mediterranean, latterly as Senior, until advanced to 
 the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837. His next 
 appointment was to the Pilot 16, the command of 
 which he retained, on the North America and West 
 India station, from 3 Aug. 1838 until Aug. 1842. 
 He was then invalided from dysentery. He had 
 been attacked twice before by yellow fever ; all but 
 one of his crew had suffered from it ; and 3 of the 
 oflioers and 20 of the crew had fallen victims. He 
 attained his present rank 20 March, 1843; and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Ramsay married, 12 Aug. 1845, Sarah 
 Frances, only daughter of W. Robertson, Esq., of 
 Logan House, Midlothian. Agents — Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 EAMSAY. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 5.) 
 
 John Douglas Ramsay, born in Feb. 1805, is son 
 of Capt. Robt. Ramsay, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer (who in 1814-15 had served with his 
 father on board the Regulos 44, and had in that 
 ship visited the Chesapeake) entered the Royal 
 Naval College 3 Dec. 1818, and embarked, 24 Aug. 
 1821, as a Volunteer, on board the Nimrod 18, Capt. 
 
RAMSAY. 
 
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 ChaB. Nelson, attached to the force on the west 
 coast of Scotland. He was subsequently employed 
 B8 Midshipman on the Home, South American, and 
 African stations in the Impregnable 104, Sappho 
 18, Bkazen 26, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, Bkitahnia 
 120, Brazen again, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, 
 Prince Regent 120, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moor- 
 som, and Alert 18, Capt. Sam. Burgess. In June, 
 1827, six months after he had passed his examina- 
 tion, he became Mate of the Tweed 28, Capt. Lord 
 Henry John Spencer Churchill; and, on 23 Jan. 
 1829, being then at the Cape of Good Hope, he was 
 made Lieutenant into the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Sanders. In the following April he returned 
 to England and was paid off. His appointments 
 have since been — 18 March, 1833, to the Coast 
 Guard— 27 June, 1837, to the command of the 
 Nimble Revenue-vessel — and, 15' July, 1840, again 
 to the Coast Guard, in which he continues. 
 
 Lieut. Ramsay married, 18 Dec. 1839, his cousin 
 Jessie, only daughter of the late J. S. Newall, Esq., 
 and was left a widower with one son, 2 Nov. 1844. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 EAMSAY. (Retired Commander, 1848. f-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 34.) 
 Joseph Ramsay entered the Navy, 23 July, 1799, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Hart, in which ship he accompanied the ex- 
 pedition to Holland, and continued employed in 
 the North Sea and Mediterranean until transferred, 
 in May, 1804, to the Atlas 74, Capts. Wm. John- 
 stone Hope and Sam. Pym. Under the latter officer 
 he fought in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. 
 In Jan. 1807, being then at Cadiz, he removed to 
 the Queen 98, Capt. Eras. Pender, flag-ship subse- 
 quently of Rear- Admiral Geo. Martin in the Medi- 
 terranean. He was next, in Oct. and Nov. 1808, 
 received on board the Namur 74, Capt. Rich. Jones, 
 and Eloise sloop, Capt. John Haswell, both at the 
 Nore ; and on 21 Dec. in the same year he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant. His after ap- 
 pointments were — 23 Dec. 1808, to the Brilliant 
 frigate, Capt. Thos. Smyth, with whom he made a 
 voyage to South America — 27 Oct. 1809, to the 
 Castilian brig, Capt. David Braimer, lying in the 
 Downs, where he remained until July, 1811 — and, 
 20 May, 1812, to the Hannibal 74, Capt. Sir Michael 
 Seymour, in which ship he served in Basque Roads, 
 assisted at the capture of the French 40-gun frigate 
 La Sultane, and again visited the West Indies. He 
 went on half-pay in Sept. 1814 ; and accepted his 
 present rank 12 Feb. 1848. 
 
 RAMSAY, C.B. (ffiaptaiil, 1815. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 Robert Ramsay was bom 20 Sept. 1773. 
 
 This officer (he had been for seven years employed 
 in the merchant-service, and had become second in 
 command of a large trader) entered the Navy, in 
 Aug, 1793, as A.B., on board the Bellerophon 74, 
 Capt., afterwards Rear- Admiral, Thos. Pasley, under 
 whom he fought as Midshipman in Lord Howe's 
 actions 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. In the 
 following Dec. and Feb. 1796 he became in succes- 
 sion Master's Mate of the Ambuscade 32 and Glen- 
 MORE 36, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Duff in 
 the North Sea. Towards the close of the latter 
 year he sailed in the Jands 32, Capt. Jas. Bisset, 
 for the West Indies, where, in Feb. 1797, he joined 
 the Queen 98, flag-shi^ of Sir Hyde Parker. In 
 the course of the ensuing March, during a cruize 
 off the island of St. Domingo, he landed on the 
 bank of a river near Monte Christo in the ship's 
 pinnace under the orders of a Lieutenant, with 
 whom and with four men he was taken captive by 
 the negroes, while the Master, Carpenter, and four 
 others were killed. On being exchanged Mr. Ram- 
 say, who had been wounded, was nominated, 21 of 
 the same month, Acting-Lieutenant of the Renom- 
 mAe 44, Capt. Robt. RoUes. He was confirmed 8 
 Jan. 1799, and subsequently appointed— 24 March, 
 1799, to the Albacohe sloop, Capt. Thos. White, 
 
 on the Jamaica station — 23 June following, to the 
 Dromedary store-ship, Capts. T. White and Bridges 
 Watkinson Taylor, under the latter of whom he 
 was wrecked, on his return from a voyage to Eng- 
 land, in the Bocca, off Trinidad, 10 Aug. 1800— 
 6 Feb. 1801, to the Powerfdl 74, Capt. Thos. 
 White, employed, until July, 1802, in the Baltic, off 
 Cadiz, and in the West Indies— 24 March, 1804, to 
 the command of a Signal station on Foulness Island 
 — 11 June, 1805, to the Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Jas. 
 Lillicrap, lying in the Downs — 27 Sept. ensuing, to 
 the command of the Carrier cutter, in the Notth 
 Sea^l3 May, 1 808, as Acting-Captain, after a few 
 months of half-pay, to the Eurydice 24 — and, 12 
 Nov. 1808, to the command of the Mistletoe 
 schooner of 8 guns. While attached to the Re- 
 nommee and Albacore Mr. Ramsay was frequently, 
 and with success, employed against the enemy's 
 small craft on the coast of Cuba. When Senior, in 
 May, 1799, of the Albacore, the three small boats 
 of that sloop having been beaten off by a privateer 
 whom they had chased into a small bay and driven 
 on shore, he obtained permission from his Captain, 
 on their return, to take them under his personal 
 direction and renew the attack. He accordingly 
 landed, pursued the enemy from the beach, and, 
 with the loss of only two men, the Seijeant-of- 
 Marines and a seaman, succeeded in bringing away 
 the prize. In 1801 Lieut. Ramsay was often, in 
 the boats of the Powerful, engaged in operations 
 against the enemy's gun and other vessels in the 
 neighbourhood of Cadiz. He was on board the 
 same ship when attacked, during a calm, by a flo- 
 tilla from that port. While in command of the 
 Carrier, with two other cutters under his orders, 
 he succeeded, during the months of Jan. and Feb. 
 1807, in taking three privateers (one of them Le 
 Ragotin of 8 guns and 29 men) and in recapturing 
 and destroying several vessels near the Texel. In 
 Sept. 1807 he assisted at, and was sent home with 
 the despatches relating to, the capture of Heligo- 
 land ; and on the fall of Copenhagen he navigated 
 to England, without the assistance of any officers, 
 the Danish line-of-battle ship Justitia^ manned with 
 a volunteer crew, and having a regiment of soldiers 
 on board. In the Eurydice, of which he was nomi- 
 nated Acting-Captain by Admiralty order, he con- 
 ducted to the north coast of Spain the first two 
 vessels sent out with supplies of arms for the patriots, 
 and escorted a convoy to Lisbon. In the Mistle- 
 toe, which he had fitted out at Bermuda, Lieut. 
 Ramsay was employed in protecting the British 
 interests in the Rio de la Plata. On the deposition 
 of the Brazilian Viceroy, consequent on the revo- 
 lution of 25 May, 1810, he took charge of his Ex- 
 cellency's family, and, as he did of that of another 
 ex- Viceroy, conveyed them, with several persons of 
 distinction, at his own expense, to Monte Video. 
 On his departure for England for the purpose of 
 being paid off in the early part of 1811, he had the 
 gratification of receiving the thorough approval of 
 the Commander-in-Chief. Vice-Admiral Hon. Mi- 
 chael De Courcy, as well as the public thanks of 
 all the British subjects in Buenos Ayres, and a 
 strong expression of gratitude on the part of the 
 natives. Equally satisfied with his conduct, Mr. 
 Torke, the First Lord of the Admiralty, presented 
 him with a Commander's commission bearing date 
 1 Feb. 1812. He had then, as we have shown, been 
 15 years a Lieutenant, nearly 12 of them in active 
 service, and more than 5 in command of different 
 vessels. Being next, 29 Oct. 1813, appointed to 
 the Regdlus 44, armee-en-flute, Capt. Ramsay, after 
 serving in the North Sea, sailed in April, 1814, for 
 Bermuda, with part of a marine battalion on board. 
 He subsequently proceeded to the Chesapeake, and 
 while there was employed in a variety of successful 
 boat expeditions under the immediate command of 
 Rear-Admiral Cockbum. On 22 Aug. he com- 
 manded a division of armed boats at the destruction 
 of Commodore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent •* 
 on the following day he explored a branch of that 
 river as far as Upper Marlborough ; and, with the 
 • Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 1941. 
 
952 
 
 RAMSAY-RAMSDEN. 
 
 flat-bottomed boats under his orders, he supplied 
 the army with provisions during its advance upon 
 Washington. On 12 Sept. he distinguished himself 
 in command of a division of seamen attached to 
 the army under General Koss at the defeat of the 
 enemy near Baltimore;* and between 10 Jan. and 
 1 March, 1815, he shared in a variety of expedi- 
 tions on the coast of Georgia, where he commanded 
 the force employed at the capture of the town of 
 Frederica and of the island of St. Simon's. t On 
 9 April, 1815, being first on the Admiralty list for 
 promotion, Capt. Ramsay was appointed by Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane to the (lately American) frigate 
 President. He was confirmed in his present rank 
 13 June, 1315, and nominated, 4 of the same month, 
 a C.B. He accepted the Ketirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Kamsay married 23 Jan. 1800, and has 
 issue five sons and three daughters. Of the former, 
 one, John Douglas, is a Lieutenant R.N.; and 
 another, Alexander, the youngest, a First-Lieute- 
 nant B.M. (1841). The eldest is a Captain in the 
 Bengal Army. Capt. Ramsay's second daughter is 
 married to Capt. "Wm. Milner Neville Sturt, also in 
 the Hon. Co.'s army, on the Bengal establishment. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 RAMSAY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 KoBEKT Ramsay entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monahch 74, Capt. 
 John Clarke Searle, bearing the flag of Lord Keith 
 in the Downs ; removed, in Aug. 1805, to the Pow- 
 ERPUL 74, Capts. Kobt. Plampin, Rich. Buck, Fleet- 
 wood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and Chas. Jas. 
 Johnston; and from Oct. 1803 until Aug. 1815, 
 when he took up a commission bearing date 21 of 
 the preceding Feb., was employed as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, chiefly on the Home station, in 
 the Unicorn 32, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, Defender 
 gun-brig, Febket sloop, Capt. Halliday, Raison- 
 MABiE 64,.CHEEnFDi:., Lieut.-Commander W. Smith, 
 and Spey 20 and Towey 24, both commanded by 
 Capt. Hew Steuart. In the Powerful he assisted 
 as Midshipman at the capture, 13 June and 9 July, 
 1806, of the privateers JLa JSenriette, of 20 guns and 
 124 men, and (after a running fight of nearly two 
 hours and some loss) La Bellone, of 30 guns and 
 194 men. He was also, 11 Dec. 1807, present in the 
 same ship at the annihilation, at Griessee, in the 
 island of Java, of the dockyard and stores, and of 
 all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in the 
 East Indies ; and in 1809 he was in her in the ex- 
 pedition to the Walcheren. In the Unicorn he 
 contributed to the capture, in Feb. and April, 1810, 
 of Le Gascon privateer of 16 guns and 113 men, and 
 L'Bspe'rance (formerly H.M. 22-gun ship Laurel) 
 armee-en-jivte, with a valuable cargo of East India 
 produce. Since he left the Towey he has not been 
 afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Ramsay has been for some years employed 
 as an Emigration Agent in Ireland. He married, 
 in 1837, Anne, daughter of F. O'Donnell, Esq., of 
 Cardonagh, in that country. 
 
 EAMSAY. (Captain, 1838. r-p., 24; h-p., 14.) 
 William Ramsay, born in July, 1796, is youngest 
 surviving son of Sir Alex. Ramsay, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Veteran 64, Lieut.- 
 Commander Marshall, lying in Portsmouth Harbour. 
 He was next, from Feb. 1810 until May, 1814, em- 
 ployed in the Adriatic in the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Rowley ; and from the latter date until April, 1816, 
 on the American and Cape of Good Hope stations, 
 in the Liverpool 40, Capt. Arthur Farquhar. As 
 Midshipman of the Eagle, we find him present at 
 the capture of Fiume', Trieste, and other places. 
 The Liverpool, on her passage home from the 
 Cape, took the ground at the foot of Shakspeare's 
 Cliff, near Dover,, and was not rescued from her 
 perilous position until all her masts and spars had 
 been cut away, and her guns, provisions, and stores 
 thrown overboard. From July, 1816, until June, 
 * Vide Gai. 1814, pp. 2077-78. f V. Gaz. 1815, p. 871. 
 
 1821, Mr. Ramsay was employed at St. Helena, as' 
 Master's Mate and Admiralty Midshipman, in the 
 Eorydice 24, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, Blossom 24, 
 Capt. Fred. Edw. Vernon (now Harcourt), and 
 ViGO 74, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Robt. Lambert. 
 He was then nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Brazen 26, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, in which vessel 
 (the appointment being confirmed by commission 
 dated 8 Sept. in the same year) he continued em- 
 ployed on the Cork station until Jan. 1823. He 
 subsequently joined— 27 Deo. 1824, the Albion 74, 
 Capts. SirWm. Hoste and John AcworthOmmanney, 
 under the latter of whom he fought at Navarin 20 
 Oct. 1827—13 May, 1829, the Atholl 28, Capts. 
 Alex. Gordon and Edw. Webb, of which vessel, 
 employed on the coast of Africa, he became First- 
 Lieutenant — and, in Feb. 1830, the Deyad 42, Capt. 
 John Hayes, on the same station. While attached 
 to the two ships last mentioned, Lieut. Ramsay was 
 entrusted with the command of the Black Joke 
 tender, mounting 1 pivot long 18-pounder and 1 
 carronade of the same calibre, with a complement 
 of 44 officers and men. In that vessel, on 25 April, 
 1831, he fell in with, and, after a long action, boarded 
 and carried the MarineritOf a beautiful Spanish 
 slaver-brig of 303 tons, 5 18-pounders, and 77 officers 
 and men, in complete man-of-war order. The British 
 in the struggle sustained a loss of 1 man killed and 
 7, including Mr. Ramsay, severely wounded ; their 
 opponents of 15 killed or drowned, 4 desperately 
 wounded, and several others severely and slightly 
 so. On board the Marin^ito, at the commencement 
 of the conflict, were 496 slaves, 46 of whom, on the 
 vessel being taken, were found dead, and 107 in 
 such a state from confinement and want of air that 
 it was thought advisable to land them at Fernando 
 Po.* Being rewarded for his valour on the occa- 
 sion by a Commander's commission bearing date 
 15 Aug. following, Capt. Ramsay, in Feb. 1832, re- 
 turned to England. From 28 May, 1834, until paid 
 off in April, 1837, he commanded the Deb steamer 
 in the West Indies ; he attained his present rank 
 28 June, 1838 ; and since 5 Dec. 1845 has been in 
 command of the Terrible steam-frigate, of 21 guns 
 and 800 horse-power, now in the Mediterranean. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 RAMSDEN. (Commander, 1826. f-p., 15;. 
 H-P., 24.) 
 
 Frank Ramsden was bom 28 March, 1797. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. 
 Hallowell, employed at first in the Channel and 
 afterwards in the Mediterranean, where, with the 
 exception of a short attachment, towards the close 
 of 1811, to the Royal William, flag-ship of Sir 
 Roger Curtis at Spithead, he continued employed 
 as Midshipman in the Royal George 100 and 
 Blake 74, each bearing the flag of the above-named 
 officer, then Rear-Admiral Hallowell, Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, and Malta 84, 
 bearing the flag again of Rear-Admiral Hallowell, 
 until Feb. 1815. In the Tigre he united, in Oct. 
 1809, in the pursuit which led to the self-destruction, 
 near Cape Cette, of the French ships-of-the-line 
 Robuste and Lion ; and witnessed the capture and 
 destruction, by the boats of a squadron, of several 
 armed and other vessels in the Bay of Rosas, de- 
 tailed in our memoir of the present Sir Augustus 
 W. J. Clifford. In the Malta he was present at 
 the siege of Tarragona, and in different operations 
 on the coast of Catalonia, in 1813. After serving 
 with Sir John Duckworth in the Impregnable 104, 
 and again with Rear-Admiral Hallowell in the 
 Royal Sovereign 100 and Tonnant 80, on the 
 Plymouth and Cork stations, he was promoted, 7 
 Nov. 1818, to the rank of Lieutenant. His sub- 
 sequent appointments were— 6 Deo. 1822, to the 
 Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 
 * The particulars liere given of the action between the 
 Black Joke and Marineritu differ from those detailed in our 
 history of the services of Capt. C. J. Bosanquet, but \\e 
 believe are the more correct. 
 
RAMSDEN— RAMSEY. 
 
 953 
 
 Hallowell at the Nore— and, U March and 23 June, 
 1823, and 21 Aug. 1825, to the Isis 50, Spaktiate 
 76, and Wellesley 74, all flag-ships of Sir Geo. 
 Eyre, with whom he served as Signal-Lieutenant 
 (in the Spaktiate and ■Welleslei) on the South 
 American station, until advanced to his present 
 rank 15 Dec. 1826. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Capt. Kamsden married, 27 Aug. 1835, Elizabeth, 
 third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Smith, Prebendary 
 of Dublin, by Whom he has issue two sons. 
 
 EAMSDEN, (araptailt, 1822. F-p., U ; H-P., 30.) 
 William Kamsden is second son of the late Sir 
 John Kamsden, Bart., by Louisa Susan Ingram Shep- 
 herd, youngest daughter and co-heir of Charles, 
 ninth Viscount Irvine (a title which became extinct 
 in 1778), and sister-in-law of Francis, second Mar- 
 quess of Hertford, K.G. Two of his brothers (one 
 of them, Henry James, married to a sister of the 
 present Earl of Ellenborough— the other, Charles, 
 to a daughter of Lord Strafford) are Captains in 
 the Army. Through the marriage of his sisters he 
 is brother-in-law of Lord Hawke, of Lord Charles 
 Paulet (second son of the Marquess of Winchester), 
 and of Lowther Augustus John, the third son of 
 Lord Muncaster. 
 
 This offtcer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt. 
 Frank Sotheron ; and in Sept. 1806, after having 
 served for about three years in the Mediterranean, 
 joined, as Midshipman, the Royal William, flag- 
 ship of Admiral Geo. Montagu at Portsmouth. In 
 the early part of 1807 he sailed in the Modeste 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, for the East Indies, where 
 he removed to the Culloden 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, and was nominated, 14 Oct. 1808, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Dasher sloop, Capt. 
 Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing. He was confirmed 
 30 Dec. following. He invalided home in 1810; 
 joined next, in April, 1811, the Kent 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Rogers, again on the Mediterranean station ; 
 was made Commander, 14 June, 1813, into theFEB- 
 EET brig, on the north coast of Spain : left that ves- 
 sel in April, 1814; and was afterwards, 10 Feb. and 
 29 April, 1818, appointed to the Dotekbl and Scout 
 sloops. He continued in the latter vessel, again in 
 the Mediterranean, until about Oct. 1821 ; and on 
 26 Deo. 1822, was advanced to Post-rank. He ac- 
 cepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Ramsden married, 6 Aug. 1827, Lady Anna- 
 bella Paulet, eldest daughter of the late Marquess 
 of Winchester. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 RAMSEY. (LiECT., 1810. p-p., 26 ; h-p., 21.) 
 Edward Ramsey was born 14 Jan. 1790. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Hart ; in which ship, after cruizing in the 
 North Sea, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and 
 took part, as Midshipman, in the operations of 1801 
 in Egypt. Removing, in May, 1804, to the Atlas 
 74, Capts. Wm. Johnstone Hope and Sam. Pym, he 
 fought under the latter in the action off St. Do- 
 mingo 6 Feb. 1806. In the following July he joined 
 the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. NiooU Morris ; and on 
 21 March, 1810, up to which period he had been 
 serving off Lisbon and in the Channel and Medi- 
 terranean, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant, on 
 the station last named, of the Leviathan 74, Capts. 
 John Harvey and Patrick Campbell. His confirma- 
 tion took place 4 May following. He was subse- 
 quently employed, from 19 Oct. 1811 until 25 Oct. 
 1814, in the Unit^ 36, Capt. Henry Ed.win Cham- 
 berlayne, in the Adriatic; and from June, 1824, 
 until July, 1828, in raising volunteers for the ser- 
 vice at Liverpool. Since 7 Sept. 1841 he has filled 
 the appointment of Director of Police at Sheerness 
 Dockyard. 
 
 RAMSEY. (Commandeb, 1828. p-p., 14; 
 
 H-P., 30.) 
 Samuel Ramsey entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Raisonnable d^, 
 
 Capts. Wm. Hotham, Robt. Barton, and Josias 
 Rowley. In that ship he was at first stationed off 
 the Texel ; he afterwards served in her as Midship- 
 man in Sir Robt. Calder's action, at the reduction 
 of the Cape of Good Hope, and at the taking of 
 Buenos Ayres. On the recapture of the latter 
 place, in Aug. 1806, he fell into the hands of the 
 enemy; * and he remained a prisoner of war until 
 the evacuation of Spanish America in Sept. 1807. 
 He was then received on board the Africa 64, 
 Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, lying in the Rio de la 
 Plata, and in Jan. 1808 he rejoined the Raisonnable, 
 still commanded by Capt. Rowley; with whom, 
 after having served on shore at the reduction of St. 
 Paul's, in the He de Bourbon, he removed to the 
 BoADicEA 38. He was in consequence present at 
 the taking of the lie de Bourbon itself; at the re- 
 capture of the Africaine38; and at the surrender, 
 after a spirited action of 10 minutes, and a loss to 
 the BoADicEA of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy 
 of 9 killed and 15 wounded, of Xa Venus of 44 guns 
 and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Commo- 
 dore Hamelin, and of her prize the Ceylon 32. 
 Being nominated, 9 Oct. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the vessel last named, commanded in succes- 
 sion by Capts. Tomkinson and Paterson, Mr. Ram- 
 sey, in the following Dec, contributed to the cap- 
 ture of the Isle of France. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant 11 July, 1811 ; and subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 21 Nov. in the same year, to the Tigre 74, 
 Capt. John Halliday, attached to the Channel fleet 
 —24 Jan. 1814, to the Carron 20, Capts. Hon. 
 Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Jas. Barnwall Tattnall, 
 and Nich. Lechmere Pateshall, in which vessel 
 (he continued in her until Aug. 1816) he witnessed 
 an attack made upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile, 15 Sept. 
 1814, and took part in the operations connected 
 with the expedition against New Orleans— and 10 
 Sept. 1825, as First, to the Dotebel 18, Capt. 
 Henry Edwards, fitting for the Halifax station, 
 where he remained about 12 months. He attained 
 his present rank 22 Aug. 1828 ; and from 30 March, 
 1840, until the spring of 1845, filled the appointment 
 of Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 RAMSEY. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 33). 
 
 Thomas Ramsey, bom 2 Sept. 1786, is son of 
 Robt. Ramsey, Esq., Purser of H.M.S. Resource, 
 who was drowned in the Downs in Sept. 1799. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno 32, Capts. Geo. 
 Dundas and Thos. Manby, with whom he served in 
 the North Sea and West Indies, part of the time as 
 Midshipman, until July, 1802. In July, 1803, he 
 joined the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, guard- 
 ship at Leith ; he removed, in April, 1805, to the 
 Ernest gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Alex. Sin- 
 clair and Rich. Templar, lying in the Downs ; and 
 from 1807 until wrecked, 6 Nov. 1813, on the north 
 end of the island of Barbuda, he was employed on 
 the Newfoundland, Mediterranean, and North Ame- 
 rican stations, in the Speedy sloop, Capt. Rich. 
 Henry Muddle, Frederickstein 32, Capts. Thoa. 
 Searle, Joseph Nourse, and Fras. Beaufort, and 
 Woolwich 44, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan. While 
 belonging next to the Cleopatra 32, commanded 
 in the West Indies by Capt. Chas. Gill, and absent 
 in charge of a prize, he was taken prisoner, 28 
 March, 1814, by the Americans, who detained him 
 a captive for about 12 months. He was subse- 
 quentljr, from June to Oct. 1815, employed at Ply- 
 mouth in the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, Puis- 
 sant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, Queen Charlotte 
 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, and Piqde 
 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. He then took 
 up a commission bearing date 11 March in the same 
 year, 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 17 May, 1816, Miss Charlotte Honey, 
 a lady by whom he has issue eight children. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 113. 
 
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954 
 
 RAMSHAY— RANDALL— RANDOLPH. 
 
 EAMSHAY. (Retired Commandee, 1844. 
 F-p., 16; H-p., 33.) 
 
 Geokge Kodhey Kamshay was born 7 May, 
 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1798, as 
 L.M., on board the Northumbekland 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Martin, in which ship he served, while holding 
 the ratings of Midshipman and Master's Mate, at the 
 blockade of Malta and in the operations of 1801 in 
 Egypt. In July of the latter year he was precipi- 
 tated accidentally into the coal-hold, a distance of 
 18 or 19 feet, and, a wine-pipe falling on him, his 
 head was cut and his right ankle flattened. Owing 
 to this misadventure he was for three or four weeks 
 on the doctor's list. On leaving the Nobthumbek- 
 iiAND, he joined, in Sept. 1802, the Leda 38, Capt. 
 llobt. Honyman, attached to the force in the North 
 Sea. In July, 1803, he was again placed under the 
 orders of Capt. Martin, on board the Colossus 74, 
 bearing the flag of Yice-Admiral Collingwood in 
 the Channel; where, in the course of 1804, he fol- 
 lowed Capt. Martin into the Globy and Bakfleur 
 98's. On 1 March, 1804, having ascended into the 
 rigging of the Colossus for the purpose of assisting 
 the crew, he again fell, injured the small of his 
 back, and fractured his skuU. He was unable to 
 speak, in consequence, for nine days, and for 45 
 was incapable of performing his duty. On 26 Jan. 
 1805 he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Eugenie 
 16, Capt. Chas. Webb; on 18 Nov. following, Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Trosipeuse 18, Capt. Wm. Brook- 
 ing Dolling ; and on 29 Aug. 1807, full Lieutenant 
 of his old ship, the Colossus, then comiuanded, in 
 tile Mediterranean, by Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris. 
 The EuGiNiE took out Mungo Paxk, the traveller, 
 to the coast of Guinea, and proceeded with him 270 
 miles up the Gambia ; the Tbompeose was stationed 
 ofi' Boulogne. In April, 1808, Mr. Kamshay re- 
 joined his patron, at that time Rear-Admiral Martin, 
 on board the Canopus 80, in which ship, bearing 
 the flag afterwards of Rear-Admiral Chas. Boyles, 
 he continued until Feb. 1812 to serve in the Medi- 
 terranean ; on which station we find him, from the 
 following July until July, 1814, einployed in the 
 Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas. 
 He accepted his present rank 11 Jan. 1844. 
 
 The efiects of the injuries sustained by Com- 
 mander Ramshay in the Colossus continue to this 
 day. He married, 21 Dec. 1822, and has issue 
 seven children. 
 
 RANDALL. (Lieut., 1806. r-p., 17; h-p., 33.) 
 Daniel White Randall was born 2 Deo. 1784, 
 at Weymouth, in Dorsetshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board ihe Audacious 74, Capt. 
 Davidge Gould, employeiat first off Cadiz. After 
 sharing in the battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798, he 
 was sent to Lisbon in Le Conqu^rant 74, on^ of the 
 ships taken on the occasion. He subsequently, be- 
 tween Feb. 1799 and Oct. 1802, served in the Chan- 
 nel and North Sea in the Brilliant and Penelope 
 frigates, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Blackwood, Diamond 38, Capt. Edw. Grifflthj Ikhe- 
 sisTiBLE 74, Capt. Wm. Bligh, and, as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman, in the Fortunee frigate, Capt. John 
 Ferrier. The Diamond was twice nearly lost — the 
 first time by accidentally catching fire while pre- 
 paring to engage two frigates whom she had been 
 blockading in L'Orient; the Second, by striking 
 upon a pointed rock, near QuiberOn, a part of 
 which, weighing about two tons, was found, on her 
 return to Plymouth, sticking to her bottom, and 
 was for many years preserved as a curiosity in the 
 Dockyard. The Fortunee, while conveying 300 
 Hanoverian troops home, was cast away, in Oct. 
 1802, in a heavy gale, at the entrance of the Texel. 
 Ten days after she had been dismasted, deserted, 
 and all but buried in the sand, she was got off by 
 dint of great exertion and restored to the service. 
 In Nov. 1802 Mr. Randall was received on board 
 La Loire 38, Capt. Fred. Levris Maitland, stationed 
 on the coast of Ireland ; and on 30 Sept. 1805, after 
 
 having cruised for 18 months in the Channel, in the 
 Moucheron 16, Capt. Jas. Hawes, and Montagu 
 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, he was appointed Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Wrangler gun-brig, Lieut,- 
 Commander John Bentinck Pettet, in the Downs. 
 While in the latter vessel he received instructions 
 to fit out and command a gun and rocket boat in- 
 tended to co-operate in an attack (frustrated by 
 adverse weather when on the eve of execution) on 
 the Boulogne flotilla. He was made full Lieutenant 
 22 Jan. 1806, and subsequently appointed — 2 March, 
 1806, to the Avenger 18, Capt. Thos. White, at 
 Newfoundland— 11 July, 1807, and 21 July, 1809, to 
 the Espii:GLE 16 and Jalouse 18, both commanded 
 by Capt. Henry Gage Morris on the Irish station — 
 17 July, 1812, after 15 months of half-pay, to the 
 Christian VII. 80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, in 
 the North Sea — and, in July, 1813, to the Echo 
 sloop, Capt. Thos. Percival. In the Avenger, on 
 his passage home with convoy in 1807 from New- 
 foundland, he witnessed the loss of Le Hazard of 
 14 guns and 50 men, a privateer, which, in running 
 foul of the Avenger, was so much damaged that 
 she went down head foremost. When Senior, in 
 Jan. 1810, of the Jalouse, we find him gallantly as- 
 sisting in the boats of that vessel and of the Ph<e- 
 Nix frigate at the boarding and capture, under a 
 heavy fire of grape and musketry, of Le Charles 
 privateer of 14 guns and 90 men, after a row of 
 four hours in the Atlantic, which had left the men- 
 of-war hull down.* In 1813 he proceeded in the 
 Echo to the West Indies in escort of a convoy of 
 283 sail, and in company with the Minden 74; 
 ISTER 36, and Talbot sloop. He was paid ofi' in 
 Sept. 1815, and has not been since afloat. 
 
 RANDALL. (Commandee, 1846. f-p., 35; 
 
 H-p., 6.) 
 Henry Randall entered the Navy, 14 June, 
 1806, as Midshipman, onboard the Ganges 74, Capt. 
 Peter Halkett, employed on the coast of Portugal. 
 From Sept. 1808 until wrecked on the Haak Sands, 
 near the Texel, and taken prisoner, 28 Jan. 1812, he 
 served with Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and John 
 Joyce in the Pallas 32 and Manilla 36. In the 
 Pallas he witnessed the destruction of the French 
 shipping in Aix Roads in AprU, 1809, and accom- 
 panied the expedition to the Walcheren. On his 
 restoration to liberty in 1814 he joined the Prince 
 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Spithead; 
 and in Aug. 1815, at which period he had been sta- 
 tioned for three months off Havre de Grace in the 
 Eukyalus 42, Capts. Chas. Napier and Thos. Hus- 
 kisson, he was presented with a commission bearing 
 date 22 Feb. in that year. He was afterwards, 
 from 5 June, 1820, until advanced to the rank of 
 Commander, 5 Jan. 1846, employed in the Coast 
 Guard. His exertions during that period in saving 
 lives from shipwrecked vessels were the means of 
 procuring him a gold medal and boat from the 
 Royal Humane Society. He is now on halt-pay. 
 
 RANDOLPH, (Captain, 1827. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.) 
 Charles Grenville Randolph entered the 
 Navy, in May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Enterprise tender, lying in the river Thames; 
 and from June following until Feb. 1811 was em- 
 ployed, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, in 
 the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm. He 
 escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley's army, in conse- 
 quence, from Cork to Portugal in 1808 — witnessed 
 the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French fri- 
 gates under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne— was 
 present, in the ensuing April, at Lord Cochrane's 
 destruction of the enemy's shipping in Basque 
 Roads— and on 15 Nov. 1810 assisted in an attack 
 made by Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana on the 
 two French frigates Amazone and Eliza, protected 
 by the fire of several strong batteries near Cher- 
 bourg. After serving for three years and a half 
 on the Mediterranean and Home stations, in the 
 Hotspur 36, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, Thisbe 
 
 • Ft'ifcGaz. 1810, p. 178. 
 
RANDOLPH— RANWELL-RAPER. 
 
 955 
 
 28, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Hamilton, Royal Oak 74, 
 Capt. JP. Malcolm, and San Josef 110, flag-ship of 
 Lord Keith, he was made Lieutenant, 14 Aug. 1812, 
 into the iMpiTUEUx 74, bearing the flag off Lisbon 
 of Vioe-Admiral Geo. Martin, and next, 13 July, 
 1813, appointed to the Eueotas of 46 guns and 320 
 men, Capts. John Phillimore, Hon. Edmund Sexton 
 Pery Knox, Kobt. Bloye, and Jas. Lillicrap. Under 
 Capt. Phillimore he took part, 25 Feb. 1814, and 
 was mentioned for the able assistance he afforded, 
 in a destructive action of two hours and ten mi- 
 nutes, which terminated in the capture of La Clo- 
 ri-nde French frigate, carrying 44 guns and 12 brass 
 swivels, with a complement of 360 picked men, of 
 whom 120 were killed and wounded, with a loss to 
 the British of 20 slain and 40 wounded.* He was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander 13 June, 1815; 
 was employed in that capacity in the Pandora 18, 
 on the Cork station, from 26 Jan. 1819 until paid 
 off in June, 1822 ; and attained his present rank 20 
 April, 1827. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. Randolph married, 19 Nov. 1829, Juliana, 
 daughter of Multon Lambard, Esq., of Sevenoaks, 
 CO. Kent. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 RANDOLPH. (Commander, 1846,) 
 
 Geokge Grenville Randolph passed his exa- 
 mination in 1837 ; obtained his first commission 27 
 J une, 1838 ; and was subsequently appointed — 19 
 Sept. 1838, to the North Star 26, Capt. Lord John 
 ■ Hay, employed on particular service— 31 Oct. 1840, 
 tothe Vermon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, of which 
 ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he became 
 Senior-Lieutenant — and, 22 Oct. 1844, in the capa- 
 city last mentioned, after a few months of half-pay, 
 to the DiEDALUS 20, Capt. Peter M'Quhae, fitting 
 for the East Indies. On 19 Aug. 1845 he com- 
 manded the barge belonging to the latter ship at 
 the capture and destruction of Maloodoo, a strong 
 fortification in the possession of Scheriff Osman, a 
 rebel Borneo chieftain. f He was advanced to his 
 present rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and since 22 Nov. 1847 
 has been employed as Second-Captain of the Belle- 
 noPHON 78, Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 EANWELL. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 15; h-p., 33.) 
 William Ranwell was born in 1784. His father 
 was about 40 years an officer in the Royal Dockyard 
 at Portsmouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas. 
 Alms, and on 10 March, 1800, while holding the 
 rating of Midshipmen, was wrecked off TJshant. 
 He was then marched through France barefoot to 
 Valenciennes. On regaining his liberty, in June of 
 the same year, he was received on board the Circe 
 28, Capt. Isaac Wolley, and sailed for the West 
 Indies. During the remainder of the war he saw 
 much detached service on the coasts of Cuba and 
 St. Domingo ; he was five times wounded, twice 
 attacked by the yellow fever, and once again 
 wrecked in a Spanish prize. In Dec. 1802, three 
 months after he had left the Circe, he joined the 
 PortMaiion 18, Capts. Walter Grosett and Martin 
 Nevile, in which vessel he was employed on the 
 Impress service and frequently much bruised in the 
 execution of his duties. In May, 1803, he removed 
 to the iMpiTUEOx 74, Capt. Geo. Martin. While 
 in that ship he was sent out in a small vessel of 60 
 tons, armed with an IS-pounder carronade and car- 
 rying 16 men, for the purpose of procuring sailors 
 from the homeward-bound merchantmen. During 
 his absence he fell in with a French West-lndiamau, 
 which, after an action of four hours, was captured 
 and carried into Plymouth, although she mounted 4 
 guns and had 32 men on board. While serving 
 next, from May, 1804, to March, 1810, in the War- 
 rior 74, Capts. Wm. Bligh, Sam. Hood Linzee, 
 Michael Seymour, and John Wm. Spranger, he as- 
 sisted at the blockade of Brest, Rochefort, and 
 Ferrol, took part in Sir Robt. Calder's action with 
 
 • VidelixL. 1814, p. 488. 
 
 t V. Gaz. IS15, p. 6530. 
 
 the combined fleets, 22 July, 1805, and was employed 
 in various parts of the Mediterranean. In Sir R. 
 Calder's action he was the first on board the Span- 
 ish 74-gun ship San Rafael ; and during his servi- 
 tude on the Mediterranean station he co-operated, 
 as Master's Mate, in the reduction of Ischia and 
 Procida, Zante and Cephalonia, was present at the 
 capture of about 30 gun-boats in the Bay of Naples, 
 h£ui a boat sunk under him at the bombardment of 
 Gallipoli, and had charge of a gun-boat in the Faro 
 of Messina during the threatened invasion of Sicily 
 by Murat. After acting for a year and nine months 
 as Master of the Spider 14, Lieutenant-Commanders 
 Wm. Sandford Oliver and Frank Gore Willock, em- 
 ployed chiefly in escorting convoys and carrying 
 Ambassadors, Mr. Ranwell, in Dec. 1811, came on 
 shore, and on 21 March, 1812, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. His last appointment was to 
 the Alonzo sloop, bearing the flags off' Guernsey 
 and Jersey of Rear-Admirals Wm. Brown and Wm. 
 Hargood, with whom he served from 28 April, 1812, 
 until July, 1814. Unable to procure employment, 
 he has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Ranwell has filled the appointment of Sur- 
 veyor of Shipping to Lloyd's Register of British 
 and Foreign Ships in the island of Jersey. He 
 married, in 1813, Eliza, eldest daughter of Edmund 
 Champion, Esq., Ordnance Storekeeper at Jersey, 
 by whom he has issue one son and three daughters. 
 His eldest daughter, Madelon Eliza, was married, 
 in Jan. 1843, to John Scott Taylor, Esq., Master 
 R.N. (1834.) 
 
 RAPER. (Admiral of the Blue, 1841. f-p., 
 21 ; H-p., 46.) 
 
 Henkt Raper died 5 April, 1845, after a very 
 protracted illness, in the 78th year of his age. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1780, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Berwick 74, Capt. 
 Hon. R. Stewart, with whom and with Capt. John 
 HoUoway we find him, after a visit to the West 
 Indies, serving in the Cambridge 74. In that ship 
 he assisted at the relief of Gibraltar, and was 
 wounded in the action off the Doggerbank. In 1782 
 he was placed under the orders of Capt. John 
 Hunter in a vessel the name of which has escaped 
 us ; in 1785 he was transferred, as Midshipman, to 
 the Saliseiiet 50, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral 
 John Elliot at Newfoundland ; and on 22 Nov. 1790, 
 after having served for about 15 months on the 
 Home station in the Impregnable 98 and Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Biokerton 
 and Lord Howe, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. He was next, from April to Sept. 
 1791, employed in the Channel on board the Vesu- 
 vius bomb, Capt. Lord Viscount Garlies. Rejoin- 
 ing Lord Howe, 15 Oct. 1793, as Signal-Lieutenant 
 in the Qdeen Charlotte, he fought in that capa- 
 city in the action of 1 June, 1794, and for his con- 
 duct was promoted, 4 July following, to the rank of 
 Commander. Through the recommendation of the 
 nobleman last mentioned Capt. Kaper was appointed 
 in Sept. of the same year. Major of Signals, on 
 board the Vasm-de-Gama 74, to Vice- Admiral A. J. 
 de Valle, the Commander-in-Chief of a Portuguese 
 squadron of five sail, acting in conjunction with the 
 British fleet. On resigning this post in the ensuing 
 Deo. he was presented, by order of the Court at 
 Lisbon, with an elegant dress sword, having a hitt 
 of gold, ornamented with medallions and set in dia- 
 monds. On 3 Nov. 1795 Capt. Raper obtained com- 
 mand of the Racoon sloop, lying in the river 
 Thames; and on 1 Feb. 1796 he was made Post 
 into the Champion 20 ; which vessel, after serving 
 on the coast of Ireland, formed part, in the spring 
 of 1798, of an unsuccessful expedition sent to de- 
 stroy the locks and sluice-gates of the Bruges 
 Canal;'* and he assisted, not long afterwards, at the 
 capture, by a force under Capt. John Lawford of 
 the Romnet 50, of a convoy of Swedish vessels 
 laden with naval and military stores for the use of 
 France. In Jan. 1799 Capt. Raper removed to 
 * FrrfeGaz. 1798, p. 421. 
 
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 RAPER— RATSEY. 
 
 L'AiMABLE 32 ; and towards the close of the same 
 year sailed from Cork in company with the Glen- 
 MOBE 44 and a fleet of merchantmen bound to the 
 West Indies. On 17 Dec, having fallen in with 
 La Sirene, a, heavy French frigate, La Bergire cor- 
 vette, and the Calcutta, an extra East-Indiaman, 
 which the enemy had just captured, L'Aimable, 
 while the Glenmoke was engaged in recapturing 
 and retaining possession of the Indiaman, went in 
 pursuit of the men-of-war, with whom, although 
 they contrived in the end to make off, she main- 
 tained for 35 minutes a very spirited action. Capt. 
 Raper returned home from the West Indies about 
 Sept. 1802, and was lastly, from 26 Nov. 1810 until 
 2.5 Feb. 1813, employed on the Lisbon and Baltic 
 stations in the Maks 74. In a document lodged by 
 him some years afterwards at the Admiralty we 
 find the following observations in reference to the 
 latter appointment : — " I must beg leave to remark 
 that the command of the Maks, a full-manned 74 
 of the first class, was given me in consideration of 
 my not being appointed to a station in which it was 
 the intention of their Lordships to have placed 
 me : I mean the rank of Vice- Admiral in the Portu- 
 guese service ; and I cannot but lament that, not- 
 withstanding this flattering testimony of their fa- 
 vourable sentiments towards me, my earnest and 
 repeated applications for employment, ever since 
 the Mars was paid olT, have failed in obtaining 
 from their Lordships that continuance of their pa- 
 tronage which their previous good opinion gave me 
 such well-grounded reason to expect." He became 
 a Kear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819 ; a Vice-Admiral 22 
 July, 1830; and a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Admiral Kaper, in 1828, published a work highly 
 commended for the ability and thorough know- 
 ledge of the subject displayed in it, entitled 'A 
 New System of Signals, by which Colours may be 
 wholly dispensed with ; illustrated by Figures and 
 a Series of Evolutions, &c.' He married, in 1798, 
 a Miss Craig, by whom he has left issue. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 RAPER. (Lieutenant, 1823.) 
 
 Heney Rapek entered the Navy 17 Nov. 1811 ; 
 and was made Lieutenant, 17 May, 1823, into the 
 EuBYALDS 42, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifibrd, on 
 the Mediterranean station ; where he removed, 29 
 July following, to the Dispatch 18, Capt. Edw. 
 Hinton Scott. He has been on half-pay since 1825. 
 
 In 1834 the Lieutenant, who has been for many 
 years Secretary to the Royal Astronomical Society, 
 gave to the world his 'Remarks on Mr. Robert 
 Steele's Report to the Chamber of Commerce of 
 Greenock on the Bill then before Parliament for 
 the Measurement of Tonnage.* He afterwards pub- 
 lished ' Rules for finding Distances and Heights at 
 Sea ;' and in 1843 appeared, also from his pen, ' The 
 Practice of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy.' 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 RATSEY. (Rear-Admirai of the Red, 1841.) 
 
 Edward Ratsev is brother of Retired Com- 
 mander Nathaniel Katsey ; and first-cousin of Re- 
 tired Commander Thos. Ratsey. 
 
 This officer (who had studied at the Royal Naval 
 College and been allotted three years' service) em- 
 barked, 1 July, 1793, as a Volunteer, on board the 
 Shark sloop, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and 
 Soory Barker. After having been for about two 
 years employed on the Channel and Newfoundland 
 stations, he became Midshipman of the Defence 
 74, Capt. Jas. Gambier ; prior to following whom 
 as Master's Mate into the Prince George 98 (com- 
 manded subsequently by Sir John Orde), he fought 
 in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794. He was 
 made Lieutenant 9 April, 1795, into the Eurtdice 
 24, Capts. Thos. Twysden and Rich. Henry Alex. 
 Bennett, on the Channel station ; and afterwards 
 appointed— 20 Jan. 1796, to the Ambhscade 32, 
 Capts. T. Twysden and Henry Jenkins, employed in 
 the North Sea and West Indies— 24 Sept. 1798, to 
 the Renown 74, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, lying at 
 
 Woolwich— 24 June, 1799, to the R4voldtionnaike 
 38, Capt. T. Twysden, on the Cork station, whence 
 he invalided in 1800—30 April and 9 July, 1802, to 
 the Neptune 98 and Isis 50, flag-ships of Admirals 
 Gambier and Thombrough in the Channel, at New- 
 foundland, and in the North Sea— and, 26 May, 
 
 1804, to the CuDLODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Edw. Pellew, with whom he sailed for the East 
 Indies. On his arrival he was nominated, 14 March, 
 
 1805, Acting-Captain of the Howe 38, and next, 25 
 April in the same year, Acting-Commander of the 
 Harrier 18. In the latter vessel, on 2 Aug. follow- 
 ing, Capt. Ratsey (who was not confirmed to her until 
 4 Feb. 1806) fought, in company with the Phaeton 
 38, a severe action of two hours and a half with the 
 French 36-gun frigate Semillante and several bat- 
 teries at the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernard- 
 ino, Philippine Islands. The Harrier on the occa- 
 sion was much cut up in her masts, sails, and rigging, 
 and sustained a loss of 2 men wounded. Before 
 leaving her Capt. Ratsey had the good fortune to 
 prevent some British supercargoes from being cap- 
 tured by the Ladrones on their passage from Macao 
 to Canton. On 5 Sept. 1806 he was made Post into 
 the Sir Edward Hughes 38. He came home in 
 Oct. 1807; and has since been on half-pay. He at- 
 tained Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral is married and has issue. 
 
 RATSEY. (Retibed Commander, 1847. f-p., 
 18 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Nathaniel Ratsey is brother of Rear-Admiral 
 Ratsey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Deo. 1797, as 
 A.B., on board the Atalanta, Lieut.-Commander 
 Stephen Donovan, stationed ofi' Jersey. From 
 March, 1799, until Feb. 1800, he was employed as 
 Midshipman at the Rendezvous for Seamen at 
 Cowes. During the next eight months he served 
 as before with Lieut. Donovan on board a vessel 
 named the Rowcliffe; and from Oct. 1800 until 
 Feb. 1805 we find him stationed in the West Indies 
 and at Home, in the Excedlent 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford and John Nash, Prince of Wales 
 98, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Calder, and Insolent and 
 Urgent gun-brigs, Lieut.-Commanders John Row 
 Morris and Edm. Wallington. On 1 March, 1805, 
 he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Fubiods, 
 Lieut.-Commander Mayson Wright, lying in the 
 Downs; he was promoted to the rank of ftill Lieu- 
 tenant 22 Jan. 1806 ; and he was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 17 Feb. 1806, to the Mosqdito 18, Capt. 
 Sam. Jackson, also in the Downs — 27 Oct. following, 
 to the Glatton 50, Capt. Thos. Seccombe, in the 
 Mediterranean — next, to the Lucifer bomb, Capts. 
 Robt. Elliot and Robt. Hall, Belle Poule 38, Capt. 
 Jas. Brisbane (part of the force employed in the re- 
 duction of Zante, Cephalonia, and Sta. Maura), Sal- 
 sette 36, Capts. Walter Bathurst and John Hollin- 
 worth, andTopAZE38, Capt. Henry Harvey, all on 
 the station last named — 12 March, 1812, to the 
 Orion 74, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, 
 lying at Portsmouth — 22 Oct. 1813, to the command 
 of the Snipe gun-brig, in the Baltic — 8 March, 1814, 
 to the EsK 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Lennook, under 
 whom, during a servitude of 18 months, he assisted 
 at the capture of th« Sine-qua-non American priva- 
 teer of 7 guns and 81 men, and took part in a 
 smart action fought ofi' Tenerifie with two other 
 American vessels, the Grampus and Terpsichore — 
 and, 3 May, 1823, as First-Lieutenant, for a few 
 months, to the Pelorus 18, Capt. Wm. Hamley, on 
 the Cork station. He accepted hia present rank 
 27 July, 1847. 
 
 Commander Ratsey was left a widower in 1842. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 RATSEY. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 
 22 ; H-P., 35.) 
 
 Thomas Ratsey is first-cousin of Rear-Admiral 
 Ratsey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1790, as 
 A.B., on board the Royal William, nag-ship of 
 
RATTRAY— RAVEN-RAWDON. 
 
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 Admiral Roddam at Spithead, and soon attained 
 the rating of Midshipman. In Not. 1791 he joined 
 the Hector 74, Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) 
 Geo. Montagu; prior to following whom into the 
 London 98, he assisted in the unfortunate attack 
 made, in June, 1793, on the island of Martinique. 
 Towards the close of 1794 he was received on 
 board the Porcupine 24, Capt. Alex. Fraser, sta- 
 tioned in the North Sea; and in the following 
 year he sailed in the Dictator 64, Capt. Thos. 
 Totty, for the West Indies; where he became, in 
 Aug. and Nov. 1796, Master's Mate of the Alfred 
 74, also commanded by Capt. Totty, and Queen 98, 
 flag-ship of Sir "Wm. Parker, and, in Jan. 1797, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Success and Hermione 
 frigates, each under the orders of Capt. Hugh Pigot. 
 He was confirmed, 10 Feb. 1797, into the Ambus- 
 cade 32, Capts. Thos. Twysden and Henry Jenkins, 
 in which ship he returned to England ; and he was 
 subsequently appointed — 8 Oct. 1798, to the Russel 
 74, Capts. Sir Henry TroUope and Herbert Sawyer, 
 attached to the Channel fleet — 22 April, 1800, to 
 the Geenmore frigate, Capts. Geo. Duff, John Tal- 
 bot, and John Maitland, on the Irish station, where 
 he remained until July, 1802—1 Nov. 1803, to the 
 TiMERAiRE 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, in the Channel, 
 4 April, 1805, to the Venus 32, Capt. Henry Matson, 
 in which frigate he was employed until July, 1807, 
 on the coast of Ireland, off Deal, and in the West 
 Indies — 2 Aug. 1808, for four months, to the Ephira 
 10, in the North Sea^and, 10 July, 1809, to the 
 command, which he retained until March, 1816, of 
 the Signal station at Land's End. He was placed 
 on the Senior List of Retired Commanders 31 Deo. 
 1838. 
 
 RATTRAY, (ffapfsill, 1815. F-F., 15 ; h-p., 32.) 
 James Rattray, bom in 1790, is eldest son of the 
 late David Rattray, Esq., M.D., by Dora, daughter 
 of John Arnold, Esq. ; and brother of Colonel David 
 Rattray, of the 63rd regt., who married a daughter 
 of General Hamilton, of Dalzell, N.B. His grand- 
 father, Jas. Rattray, of RunnyguUion, Drimmie, 
 and Corb, co. Perth — a gentleman devoted to the 
 cause of the Royal House of Stuart, who remained 
 amongst the last of the adherents of Charles Ed- 
 ward on the field of Culloden — was son and heir of 
 Sir RuUion Rattray, of RunnyguUion (a descendant 
 of the ancient Scotch family of that name), and 
 married a daughter of Sir Jas. Kinloch, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Coorageux 74, com- 
 manded by the late Sir Sam. Hood, whom, after 
 attending the expedition to Ferrol, he followed, in 
 Jan. 1801, into the Venerable 74, part of the force 
 engaged in the following July under Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez in the actions off Algeciras and Cadiz. In 
 May, 1802, after having served for nearly five 
 months at Portsmouth in the Texel 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Inoledon, and Ajax 74, Capt. Bradley, he joined 
 the AcHiLLE 74, Capt. John Okes Hardy, lying at 
 Plymouth, whence in a short time he sailed for the 
 West Indies with that officer in his old ship the 
 CouRAGEUx. In June, 1803, he assisted at the re- 
 duction of Ste. Lucie. He next, on his return to 
 England, joined, in Nov. of the same year, the 
 Bkitannia 100, Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral) 
 the Earl of Northesk, under whom he fought as 
 Master's Mate at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 
 1805. In June, 1806, he became attached to the 
 RovAL George 100, Capt. Chas. Gill, lying at Ply- 
 mouth, and, about a month afterwards, to the Cen- 
 taur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, with whom 
 he cruized among the Western Islands and off 
 Roohefort until made Lieutenant, 24 March, 1807, 
 into the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone 
 Fleeming. During the three following years he 
 served in the AVest Indies and Mediterranean ; and 
 in April, 1810, he was detached in a bomb-vessel to 
 assist in the defence of Fort Matagorda, near Cadiz, 
 before which latter place and Tarifa he was for 
 nearly two years employed in command of a gun- 
 boat, With his name on the books of the Alfred 74, 
 
 Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton. In April, 1812, having 
 been advanced to the rank of Commander on 1 of 
 the preceding Feb., he returned to England. His 
 last appointments were, 25 Nov. 1812 and 18 Aug. 
 1815, to the Contest 12 andCniLDERS 16. In the 
 former vessel we find him, besides cruizing in the 
 West Indies and Channel, serving with activity in 
 the Chesapeake. In command of her boats and of 
 those of the Mohawk 18 he succeeded, 14 July, 
 1813, in cutting out the U. S. gun-vessel Asp, of 
 3 guns and 25 men, hauled up close to the beach, 
 under the protection of a large body of militia, 
 after an action in which the British had 2 killed 
 and 6 wounded, and the enemy 10, including their 
 Commander, killed and wounded. He attained 
 his present rank 20 Sept. 1815; and accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Rattray is a Magistrate for co. Warwick. 
 He married, 2 June, 1828, Emily, third daughter of 
 the late John Vivian, Esq., of Portland Place, Lon- 
 don, and Claverton, co. Somerset, by whom he has 
 issue. 
 
 RAVEN. (Retired Commander, 1845. r-p., 13 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 Michael Raven entered the Navy,. 1 Oct. 1800, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. 
 Geo. Hart, in which ship he accompanied the expe- 
 dition of 1801 to Egypt, and continued employed 
 as Midshipman in Yarmouth Roads, part of the 
 time under the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macna^ 
 mara Russell, until transferred, in Oct. 1804, to the 
 Tribune frigate, Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett 
 and Thos. Baker, under the latter of whom we find 
 him, when in company with the Iris 36, assisting at 
 the destruction, 29 April, 1807, of the greater part 
 of a convoy of 30 sail passing from Ferrol to Bilbao 
 under the protection of several gun-boats. In Deo. 
 of the latter year he removed to the Cumberland 
 74, Capt. Philip Wodehouse ; he attained the rank 
 of Lieutenant 28 May, 1808 ; and from 6 Dec. fol- 
 lowing until he invalided in July, 1813, he served 
 in the West Indies and Mediterranean on board the 
 Castor 32, Capts. Wm. Roberts and Chas. Dilkes. 
 Under Capt. Roberts he contributed, in 1809-10, 
 to the capture of the French 74-gun ship D'Hau- 
 poult and the reduction of the island of Guadeloupe. 
 He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired 
 List 30 April, 1845. 
 
 EAWDON. (LiEDT., 1822. F-p., 10; H-p., 25.) 
 Charles Wyndham Rawdon entered the Navy, 
 10 June, 1812, as a Volunteer, onboard the Ante- 
 lope 50, Capt. Jas. Carpenter, bearing the flag of 
 Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Newfoundland ; and 
 from Feb. 1813 until Jan. 1815 was employed in 
 South America in the Ph<ebe of 46 guns and 300 
 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar. On 28 March, 1814, he 
 assisted, off Valparaiso, at the capture of the Ame- 
 rican frigate Essex of 46 guns and 265 men, after 
 a warm action of two hours, productive of a loss to 
 the British of 4 men killed and 7 wounded, and to 
 the enemy of 24 killed and 45 wounded. On leaving 
 the PncEBE he joined the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Geo. Burlton in the East Indies, where he 
 removed, in Sept. 1815, to the Doris 42, Capts. 
 Robt. O'Brien and John Harper. In March, 1816, 
 having returned to England, he was received on 
 board the Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, with 
 whom he again, subsequently to the bombardment 
 of Algiers, proceeded to India. In 1819 he came 
 home as a Supernumerary in the Malabar 74, 
 Capt. John Clavell. He was next, in the spring of 
 1820, ordered to South America in the Conway 26, 
 Capt. Basil Hall, of which vessel he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant about Dec. 1821. He went on 
 half-pay in Sept. 1822, having been officially pro- 
 moted on 11 of the preceding June, and has not 
 been since afloat. Agents — Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
958 
 
 RA WLE-UA WLINS-RA WLINSON. 
 
 1847. F-p., 
 
 He is 
 
 KAWLE. (Retired Commander, 
 14 ; H-p., 35.) 
 Richard Kawle was born 26 May, 1782 
 uncle of Lieut. Graham Hewett, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Fredekick hired tender, Lieut.- 
 Commander Thos. Jennis, under whom we find him 
 employed in raising seamen and volunteers for the 
 fleet, and carrying them from Bristol to Plymouth. 
 On being paid off in June, 1799, he became Mid- 
 shipman (a rating he had previously attained) of 
 the Canada 74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy 
 and Joseph Sydney Yorke, attached to the Channel 
 fleet, with which he continued until May, 1802. In 
 March, 1806, he rejoined the officer last mentioned 
 on board the Baefleur 98, also stationed in the 
 Channel ; and he was next, in June, 1807, and May, 
 1808, nominated Master's Mate of the Niobe 40 and 
 Christian VII. 80, Capts. John Wentworth Loring 
 and Sir J. S. Yorke, employed on the coast of Ire- 
 land and off Ushant. He was made Lieutenant, 20 
 April, 1809, into the Cesar 80, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admirals Hon. Robt. Stopford and Wm. Albany 
 Otway ; and subsequently appointed — 14 May, 1810, 
 to the Clio sloop, Capts. Thos. FoUiott Baugh and 
 Wm. Ffarington, engaged in convoying the trade 
 between Leith and Gottenborg, and in cruising off 
 the coast o"f Norway and among the Orkney and 
 Shetland Isles— 2 Nov. 1812 (nearly six months after 
 ill health had obliged him to leave the Cuo), to the 
 Doris 36, Capt. Wm. Jones Lye, lying at Ply- 
 mouth— 10 Dec. following, to the Rota 38, Capts. 
 Philip Somerville and John Pasco— and, 2 Dec. 
 1815, to the Lee 20, also commanded, on the Ply- 
 mouth station, by Capt. Pasco. Accompanying in 
 the CffiSAR the expedition of 1809 to the Scheldt, 
 Mr. Ra,wle served on shore with a party of seamen, 
 and assisted in erecting and working "the batteries 
 during the bombardment of Flushing. The Wal- 
 oheren fever, in the month of Oct., compelled him 
 to invalid. "While attached to the Rota he escorted 
 convoy to and from Quebec and also to the West 
 Indies, where he cruised "With much activity. On 
 26 Sept. 1814 he participated in an unsuccessful 
 attempt made to cut out from the road of Fayal 
 the American privateer General Armstrong, a vessel 
 whose resistance killed 34 and wounded 86 of her 
 assailants, consisting originally of about 180 seamen 
 and marines. Among the wounded was Lieut. 
 Rawle. He was under the necessity, when after- 
 wards serving in the Lee, of being sent to the 
 Naval Hospital at Stonehouse, 2 April, 1817. He 
 accepted his present rank 9 April, 1847. 
 He married 23 Jan. 1822, and has issue one son. 
 
 the coast of France. In spite of all his endeavours 
 to escape he remained a prisoner until May, 1814. 
 He afterwards served on the coast of Ireland in the 
 Montagu 74, Capt. Peter Heywood, and at Sheer- 
 ness in the Namuh 74, flag-ship of Sir C. Rowley ; 
 obtained, 1 Feb. 1815, a Lieutenant's commission; 
 was employed duripg three months of the same 
 year in the Meteor bomb, Capt. Sam. Roberts, 
 and Namor 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley; and 
 in 1824 was appointed to the Coast Guard, from 
 which service he was, in 1827, after nearly two 
 months of deliberation, dismissed by sentence of 
 court-martial for having been off his station. In 
 consequence of this he addressed a letter, contain- 
 ing an explanation of the circumstances, to the 
 Admiralty, the result of which was that by return 
 of post he was appointed Third-Lieutenant of the 
 Kamillies 74. From that ship he removed, by 
 exchange, to the command, which he retained about 
 18 months, of a station in the Coast Blockade. He 
 was then, in consequence of ill health produced by 
 the fatigues of the service, sent to the hospital at 
 Chatham ; and he has not been since employed. 
 
 The Lieutenant is married, and has one son, n, 
 Clerk in the service. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 RAWLINS. (CoMMANDEB, 1815. F'P., 16; 
 H-P., 38.) 
 
 Robert Dickleqg Rawlins is the son of a Purser 
 in the Royal Navy, now deceased. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 June, 1793, as 
 a Boy, on board the CvcLors 24, commanded in the 
 Channel by Capt. Davidge Gould ; and in the fol- 
 lowing Sept. was discharged, at his own request, in 
 consequence of some severe injuries he had sus- 
 tained in falling into the main hold. In Dec. 1800 
 he again embarked, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Guildford, Lieut. -Commanders "Wetherstono and 
 Murray, lying at Portsmouth ; in the early part of 
 1802 he sailed in the Buffalo store-ship, Capt. 
 "Wm. Kent, for New Holland ; and in Feb. 1804 (a 
 few months after he had returned to England in 
 the Glatton 50, Capt. Jas. Collnett) he joined the 
 Ruby 64, Capt. Chas. Rowley. In a boat belonging 
 to that ship he participated in an attempt made to 
 cut out a large Dutch sloop-of-war, the Texel, from 
 the neighbourhood of Cadiz, where, on a subsequent 
 occasion, he contributed, also in the boats, to the 
 eapture of three merchant-vessels. In one instance 
 he was sent to Gibraltar in charge of several prizes, 
 seven of which were lost in a gale. He afterwards 
 visited the North Sea ; and in Nov. 1805, while on 
 his passage in the "Woodlark 10, Lieut. -Commander 
 Thos. Innes, to join the Eagle 74, was wrecked on 
 
 RAWLINS. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 11; h-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Rawlins entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Duff, part of the force engaged in the action 
 off Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. On 30 of that 
 month he removed to the Eubyalus 36, Capts. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood and Hon. Geo. Heneage Law- 
 rence Dundas, employed off Cadiz and in the Chan- 
 nel ; and in April, 1806, he joined the Ajax 74, 
 Capts. John Pilfold and Hon. H. Blackwood. On 
 the destruction of that ship by fire off the island of 
 Tenedos 14 Feb. 1807, he was received as Midship- 
 man on board the Active 38, Capt. Rich. Hussey 
 Moubray, under whom we find him accompanying 
 Sir John Duckworth in the ensuing passage of the 
 Dardanells. In the course of the same and of the 
 following year ho became attached in succession to 
 the Lucifer bomb, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. 
 John Ball at Malta, TiGKE 74, Capt. Benj. Hallo- 
 well (in which he returned to England), Royal 
 William, flag-ship of Admiral Montagu at Spit- 
 head, and "Waespite 74, commanded by his old 
 Captain, Blackwood. In the latter ship, after serv- 
 ing for a time in the North Sea and Channel, he 
 again proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, on 
 20 July, 1810, he took part in a very gallant skirmish, 
 in which the British, with a slender force, beat 
 back a powerful division of the French Toulon fleet. 
 On 26 Sept. 1811 Mr. Rawlins was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant (after having acted for three months as 
 such) in the Implacable 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley 
 Watson. He came home in the autumn of 1812 ; 
 and was lastly, from 28 June, 1813, until Sept. 1815, 
 employed on the coasts of North America and 
 France in the Severn 40, Capt. Joseph Nourse. 
 While on the former station he co-operated in the 
 attacks upon Washington and Baltimore in Aug. 
 and Sept. 1814; assisted, 13 Jan. 1815, at the re- 
 duction of St. Mary's, a town near Point Petre, on 
 the coast of Georgia; and contributed to the cap- 
 ture of two privateer schooners and a letter-of- 
 marque, carrying in the whole 22 guns and 241 
 men. 
 
 RAWLINSON. (Lieut., 1810. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Charles James Rawlinson, bom 9 March, 1788, 
 is second son of Wm. Rawlinson, Esq., of Anooats 
 Hall, Manchester. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1804, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Trent 36, fiag-ship of 
 Sir Alan Gardner at Cork ; and removed a short 
 time afterwards to the Topaze 38, Capts. Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake and Anselm John Griffiths, 
 with whom he continued employed as Midshipman, 
 on the coast of Ireland, among the Western Islands, 
 and on the North American station, until trans- 
 ferred, about April, 1807, to the Resolution 74, 
 
RAWSTORNE— RAY— RAYLEY. 
 
 959 
 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea. Becoming Master's Mate, in the early 
 part of 1809, of the Imp4hieuse 38, CaptB. Lord 
 Cochrane and Thos. Garth, he was intrusted by 
 the former with the command of an explosion- vessel 
 in his celebrated attack upon the French shipping 
 in Aix Roads ; and so much to the satisfaction of 
 his Lordship and of the Commander-in-Chief did he 
 conduct it that he received from the Admiralty the 
 sum of 101., accompanied by a promise of promotion. 
 On the same occasion we find him setting fire to 
 the Calcutta 56, and otherwise contributing to the 
 destruction of the French fleet. Continuing in the 
 Impekieuse until Jan. 1810, he assisted, during the 
 expedition to the Walcheren, in silencing and de- 
 stroying a 30-gun battery opposite to Flushing. 
 He also aided in cutting out four gun-boats, to- 
 gether with a convoy under their protection, and 
 took part in a variety of detached operations along 
 the enemy's coast. He afterwards, from Jan. 1810 
 until the close of 1813, served with Capt. Burlton 
 on the Home and Mediterranean stations in the 
 Eesolution and Rodney 74's, Vilie be Pabis 110, 
 and BoYNE 98. Of the Rodney he was created a 
 Lieutenant 15 March, 1810. In 1814-15 he served 
 in the Mediterranean and at Newfoundland in the 
 Repulse 74 and Derwent 18, Capts. Moubray and 
 Williams. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Subsequently to the peace Lieut. Eawliuson was 
 employed under Lord Cochrane in South America. 
 He married 8 Aug. 1818, and has issue five sons 
 and four daughters. Agents — Goode and Law- 
 rence. 
 
 EAWSTOKNE. (Commander, 1846. r-p., 25 ; 
 H-p., 16.) 
 
 James Rawstohne (whose very respectable fa- 
 mily, seated for centuries in Lancashire, is now 
 represented by Colonel Lawrence Rawstorne, of 
 Penwortham, iff that co.) is second son of the late 
 Capt. Jas. Rawstorne, who fought in the American 
 and Peninsular wars, by a daughter of Capt. Gibson. 
 Two of his brothers, Fleetwood and John George, 
 are officers in the army — the latter a Captain in the 
 62nd regt. One of his aunts married the late Sir 
 Michael Pilkington, Bart., and was the mother of 
 the present Sir Wm. Pilkington, Bart., of Chevet 
 Hall, CO. York. His eldest sister is the wife of 
 Retired Commander John Arnold, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Oct. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Motine 18, Capt. Hew 
 Steuart, on the Channel station ; removed, in April, 
 1807, to the San Josef 110, Capt. John Conn, lying 
 at Plymouth; and from the following June until 
 Sept. 1812 was employed as Midshipman, on the 
 Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, in the 
 Hibeknia 120 and San Josef again, flag-ships of 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Sir 
 Chas. Cotton, and Blossom 18, Swiftshre 74, and 
 Stately 64, all bommanded by Capt. Wm. Stewart. 
 Under Sir W. S. Smith, in the Hibernia, we find 
 him, towards the close of 1807, witnessing the flight 
 of the Royal House of Portugal to the Brazils ; and, 
 in the boats of the Blossom, contributing, in 1811, 
 to the capture of the Modes Islands and to the de- 
 struction of an armed schooner and convoy at the 
 mouth of the Rhone. After serving for about a 
 month at Cadiz in the Revenge 74, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Mr. Rawstorne joined, 
 in Nov. 1812, the Sopebb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Paget, bearing the flag afterwards of Hon. Henry 
 Hotham, and proceeded to the coast of North Ame- 
 rica, where, In command of a tender, he succeeded, 
 during the year 1814, in capturing several vessels 
 laden with military stores. In July, 1815, at which 
 period he had been for many weeks stationed in 
 Basque Roads, he took up a commission bearing 
 date 3 of the preceding March. His subsequent 
 appointments were— 16 March, 1830, to the Coast 
 Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hy- 
 perion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 16 March, 
 1831, to the Coast Guard, in which service he con- 
 tinued upwards of seven years— 28 Aug. 1838, as 
 
 First, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Peter Sampson 
 Hambly, fitting for South America, whence he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off at the close of 
 1841 — 1 Feb. 1842, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Agincodkt 72, which ship, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Thos. John Cochrane in the East Indies, he left 
 about the commencement of 1845—5 Dec. 1845, 
 again as Senior, to the Trafalgar 120, Capt. John 
 Neale Nott, attached to the Channel squadron — 
 and, 6 July, 1845, as Additional, to the Victory 
 104, Capt. John Pasco, at Portsmouth. He was 
 advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Commander Rawstorne married Harriet, daughter 
 of Capt. Atkins, R.N. Agents — Hall&tt and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 EAY. (Lieutenant, 1823. r-p., 34 ; h-p., 4 .) 
 
 Joseph Ray entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capts. 
 Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, under the 
 latter of whom we find him, when in company in 
 the Adriatic with the Weasel 18, present as Mid- 
 shipman, 21 Feb. 1812, in a most gallant conflict of 
 two hours and a half, which terminated in the cap- 
 ture, with a loss to the Victorious of 27 men killed 
 and 99 (including himself) wounded, and to the 
 enemy of 400 killed and wounded, of the French 
 74 Mivoli, whose consorts, 3 brigs and 2 gun-boats, 
 were at the same time defeated.'* Between the 
 following Oct. and Deo. 1814 he served on the 
 North American, West India, and Leith stations in 
 the Woolwich 44, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan (under 
 whom he was wrecked, on the north end of the 
 island of Barbuda, in a violent hurricane, 6 Nov. 
 1813), AcT.a;ON brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, 
 and Furious, Lieut.-Commander John Mundell. 
 During the war of a Hundred Days he cruised ofi' 
 the coast of France in the Liffey 50, Capt. John 
 Hancock; and from Feb. 1816 until Oct. 1823 he 
 was employed on the Mediterranean, Home, South 
 American, and African stations, in the Tagus 38, 
 Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, Erne 20, Capt. 
 Rich. Spencer, Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Se- 
 vern 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, Bbisk sloop, Capt. 
 John Wm. Montagu, and Owen Glendoweb 42, 
 Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer and John 
 Filmore. On 22 of the month last mentioned 
 (having acted for some time as Lieutenant of the 
 Owen Glendower) he was confirmed in the rank 
 he now holds. With the exception of a few months 
 in 1837, he held an appointment in the Coast Guard 
 from 11 Nov. 1826 until March, 1840; he then ob- 
 tained command of the Eagle Revenue-vessel ; and 
 since 30 March, 1846, he has been officiating as Ad- 
 miralty Agent on board a contract mail steam- 
 vessel. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
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 EAYLEY. (Commander, 1813. p-p., 19; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 Chables Raylby entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1793, 
 as Captain's Servant, on board the Resolution " 
 Capt. Jas. Cumming, stationed in the Cham 
 and on removing to the Audacious 74, Capts. '% 
 Parker and Alex. Hood, fought as Midshipman 6? 
 the mizen-top in Lord Howe's action 28 May, 1794, 
 on which occasion the Audacious won distinction 
 by her gallant defeat of the French 110-gun ship 
 Mevolutionnaire, after a close and furious engage- 
 ment of nearly two hours. In Oct. of the same 
 year, Capt. Parker having been promoted to Flag- 
 rank and appointed Commander-in-Chief at Ja- 
 maica, Mr. Rayley rejoined him on board the Rai- 
 sonnable 64, and sailed for the West Indies, where, 
 in Dec. 1795, he followed him into the Swiftsdre 
 74. In that ship he was severely wounded in the 
 right leg under the batteries of Port Paix, St. Do- 
 mingo. After serving for a short time with Com- 
 modore Sir Robt. Calder in the Ville de Paris 
 110, and again with Admiral Parker, on the Lisbonj 
 Mediterranean, and Halifax stations, in the Blen- 
 heim 98, St. George 98, and America 64, he was 
 nominated, 17 Sept. 1800, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 * fide Gaz. 1818, p, 887. 
 
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 RAYMOND. 
 
 Asia 64, Capt. Robt. Murray. He was officially 
 promoted 17 Nov. following ; and was next in suc- 
 cession appointed— 16 Feb. 1801, to the Ramblek 
 14, Capts. Peter Rye and Thos. Innes, on the Chan- 
 nel station— 8 Oct. 1803 (after nearly 12 months of 
 half-pay), to the Penguin 18, Capts. Geo. Morris 
 and John Langdale Smith, with whom he served 
 for three years on the coast of Africa and in the 
 West Indies— 20 Nov. 1806, to the Modeste 36, 
 which frigate he fitted out as First-Lieutenant — 11 
 Dec, 1806, in the capacity last mentioned, to the 
 DiEDALus 32, Capts. Fred. Warren and Sam. Hood 
 Inglefield, then on the eve of her departure for the 
 West Indies, where, in an attack made by him in 
 the boats on two privateers, he received a sabre-cut 
 in the face, so severe that the Patriotic Society, 
 unasked, voted him the sum of 80^.— and, 29 Sept. 
 1810 (immediately on his return to England), as 
 Senior, to the Malacca 36, Capt. Wm. Butterfleld, 
 whom he accompanied to the East Indies. Owing 
 to the death of Capt. Dawson of the Piedmontaise 
 frigate, Mr. Rayley, in the absence of Commodore 
 Broughton, the Commander-in-Chief, was by Capt. 
 Butterfleld directed, 12 Oct. 1811, to act as Captain 
 of that ship, at the time in Madras Roads. On 31 
 of the following Dec, after the Piedmontaise had 
 been docked at Bombay, and while she was in the 
 act of refitting, he was superseded by the Commo- 
 dore, on the return of the latter from the expedi- 
 tion against Java, and placed in command (with 
 the rank only of First-Lieutenant) of the Illus- 
 trious 74. In April, 1812, he obtained acting-com- 
 mand of the Barracouta 18, in which vessel he 
 took and destroyed several Malay pirates, and ac- 
 companied a squadron sent under Capt. Jas. Bowen 
 of the Ph(enix frigate to act against the Rajah of 
 Sambas, in Borneo. During the operations which 
 took place on the Sambas river the Barracouta, 
 besides having to surmount many difficulties of 
 navigation, suffered much from the long guns in 
 the enemy's forts, 93 of the shot from which lodged 
 in her sides and masts. Her casualties (she had on 
 board a detachment of the 78th regt.) amounted to 
 5 men killed, and 1 Lieutenant, 1 Midshipman 
 (mortally), the Surgeon, the Boatswain, and 25 
 others, wounded. In April, 1813, an oflicer from 
 England having been appointed to command the 
 Barracouta, Mr. Rayley was superseded. He 
 returned home in consequence a passenger in the 
 Illustrious 74 -, and on memorializing the Admi- 
 ralty was presented, 1 Dec. in the same year, with 
 a Commander's commission. 
 
 Commander Rayley married, 25 Nov. 1841, Mary, 
 daughter of Capt. Robt. Alefounder, of the Suffolk 
 Militia, and relict of Jas. Robinson, Esq., of South- 
 wold. He was left a widower 16 Dec. 1846. 
 
 RAYMOND. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 15.) 
 George Raymond was born in 1794. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 March, 1807, as 
 Sfic.-cl. Boy, on board the Edgar 74, Capts. Robt. 
 jBkkson, Jas. Macnamara, and Stephen Poyntz ; and 
 ■Pl^at ship, which at first bore the flag of Lord 
 ^Keith, was for upwards of three years and a half 
 employed (the greater part of the time in the capa- 
 city of Midshipman) in the North Sea, Channel, and 
 Baltic. In Aug. 1808 he witnessed the embarkation 
 of the Marquis de la Romana and his patriot troops 
 from Nyeborg ; at which place and at Langland he 
 assisted in cutting out some Danish gun-boats. On 
 one of the occasions he was slightly wounded. Re- 
 moving, in Dec. 1810, to the Tremendous 74, Capt. 
 Kobt. Campbell, he served for two years and a half 
 in that ship in the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel, 
 and was present in her at the destruction of a 
 French Mgate and corvette off Barfleur in 1812. 
 In July of the latter year he joined the San Josef 
 110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith in the Chan- 
 nel; where, in Oct. of the same year, he became 
 Master's Mate of the Belle Poule 38, Capt. Geo. 
 Harris. In the early ]part of the following year 
 he was captured in a prize by the American letter- 
 of-marque Volante, but was soon afterwards retaken 
 
 in Boston Bay by the Curlew sloop, Capt. Michael 
 Head ; from which vessel, in April, 1813, he was 
 transferred to the Shannon of 50 guns, throwing 
 a broadside weight of 538 lbs., and 306 men, Capt. 
 Philip Bowes Vere Broke. On 1 June following 
 he had the honour of assisting, and being particu- 
 larly recommended for his conduct, at the capture 
 of the American ship Chesapeake, of 50 guns, yield- 
 ing a broadside of 590 lbs., and 376 men— an ex- 
 ploit achieved after a close and desperate action 
 of 15 minutes, a loss to the British of 24 killed and 
 59 wounded, and to the enemy of 47 killed and 115 
 wounded."* Among the wounded on board the 
 Shannon was Mr. Raymond, who received a ball in 
 the right arm, which has never been extracted and 
 still occasions him much pain. In Oct. 1813 (having 
 taken a passage for the purpose on board the MoiMi 
 32, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend) he again joined 
 the Belle Poole, still commanded by Capt. Harris, 
 under whom he assisted, in the spring of 1814, in 
 forcing the entrance of the Gironde, and in there 
 destroying a line-of-battle ship, three brigs of war, 
 several smaller vessels, and all the forts and bat- 
 teries on the north side of the river. During a 
 portion of the operations he had charge of a French 
 prame. On leaving the Belle Poule, which had 
 been latterly commanded in the West Indies by 
 Capt. Fras. Baker, Mr. Raymond joined the Royal 
 Oak 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Pulteney 
 Malcolm ; and on 14 of the ensuing Dec, previously 
 to sharing in the attack upon New Orleans (where 
 he served on shore with the army), he commanded 
 one of the boats of a squadron at the capture, on 
 Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under 
 Commodore Jones, whose desperate^ resistance occa- 
 sioned the British a loss of 17 men killed and 77 
 wounded. On 17 Feb. 1815 he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have since 
 been— 6 April, 1815, to the Florida 20, Capts. 
 Andrew Mitchell and Wm. Elliott, employed at first 
 in the West Indies and afterwards in the North Sea, 
 whence he invalided 24 March, 1816—13 Dec. 1829, 
 to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained 
 nearly 12 years as a chief officer and an Acting- 
 Inspecting-Commander— 2 Dec. 1841 and 15 April, 
 1842, to the command of the Snipe cutter and Spy 
 brigantine, in the latter of which vessels he pro- 
 ceeded for the suppression of the slave-trade to the 
 coast of Africa, ratified treaties with Kings Eyo 
 and Eyamba of the river Calabar (by the former 
 of whom he was presented with a sword) , and then 
 returned with the ratifications to England — 31 
 March, 1843, again to the Snipe, in which vessel he 
 served on the north-west coast of Ireland and in 
 the Channel until paid off at the commencement of 
 184.5—4 March, 1847, to the command of the Dover 
 steam-packet of 90-horse power — 18 Oct. 1847, as 
 Additional-Lieutenant (in Packet service at Dover), 
 to the Ocean 80, Capt. David Price, guard-ship at 
 Sheerness— and, 11 Jan. 1848, to the Onyx steam- 
 packet of 120-horse power, wherein he is now em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Lieut. Raymond married in 1819, and again in 
 1844, and has a family of seven children. Two of 
 his sons, George and Michael, are Master-Assistants 
 in the service. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 RAYMOND. (LlEDTENANT, 1828.) 
 
 James Grant Raymond entered the Navy 27 
 May, 1812; served as Midshipman on board the 
 Loire 38 during the war with the United States ; 
 was employed as a volunteer in the rocket-boat be- 
 longing to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, at the 
 bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816; passed his 
 examination in 1821 ; and obtained his commission 
 29 March, 1828. He was afterwards appointed con- 
 tinuously — 21 March, 1829, to the Coast Blockade, 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42j 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 16 March, 1831, to the 
 Coast Guard— 11 May, 1833, and 11 Oct. 1834, to 
 the command of the Lapwing and Greyhound Re- 
 venue-cruizers — 30 June, 1836, again to the Coast 
 • FWeGaz. 1810, p. 1330. 
 
RAYNER— KEAD. 
 
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 Guard— 4 Sept. 1837, to the post of Agent on board 
 a contract mail steam- vessel — and, 13 July, 1844, to 
 the command of the Medusa steam-packet of 312- 
 horse power, from which he was superseded in 
 May, 1848. 
 
 RAYNER. (Eetibed Commander, 1831. r-p., 24; 
 H-P., 41.) 
 
 Edmund Bainer died 12 Jan. 1846 at Plymouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1781 (under 
 the auspices of Admiral Leveson Gower), as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Assistance, Capt. Jas. "Worth, 
 stationed in the Channel ; and from Sept. following 
 until Oct. 1783 was employed on the coast of North 
 America in the Vestal and Jason, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Wm. Fox. During the peace he 
 served at Chatham, at Newfoundland, and in the 
 East Indies, as Midshipman, in the Ikbesistibde, 
 Commodore Bowyer, Leocadia, Capt. Alex. Edgar, 
 Echo, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, Ph<enix, 
 Capts. Geo. Anson Byron and Sir Rich. Strachan, 
 and Ckown, Capt. Robt. Manners Sutton. In 1793 
 he joined the Queen 98, Capts. "Wm. Hutt and Wm. 
 Bedford, employed at first in the "West Indies, and 
 then on the Channel station ; where, under the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Alan Gardner, he fought in Lord 
 Howe's actions, 29 May and 1 June, 1794. He was 
 made Lieutenant, 25 July, 1794, into the Zealous 74, 
 Capts. "Wm. Mason, Jas. Young, Lord Hervey, and 
 Sam. Hood, in which *ip he made a voyage to the 
 Mediterranean ; and he was subsequently appointed 
 — 19 July, 1796, as First, to the Lowestoffe 32, 
 Capt. Robt. Plampin, also in the Mediterranean — 20 
 Jan. 1797, in a similar capacity, to the Tartar 28, 
 Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone, in the "West Indies — 
 21 Nov. 1797, 7 Feb. 1798, 29 April, 1799, and 20 
 April, 1803, to the Triton 32, Capt. John Gore, 
 Mermaid of 40 guns and 208 men, and Loire 38, 
 both commanded by Capt. Jas. Newman Newman, 
 and Doris 36, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, all in 
 the Channel — 28 Nov. 1804 (after nine months of 
 half-pay occasioned by ill health), to the Cerberus 
 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, off Guernsey— 1 March, 1805, 
 to the Thalia 36, Capt. Jas. Walker, fitting for the 
 East Indies — 18 Sept. 1806 (on his return home), to 
 the Resolution 74, Capt. Geo. Burlton, attached to 
 the force in the North Sea — and 4 Aug. 1807, to the 
 Sea Fencibles at Dartmouth. When First of the 
 Tartar Mr. Rayner assisted, after an action of 
 about three-quarters of an hour, in silencing, 30 
 June, 1797, the fire of two batteries, one mounting 
 8 the other 6 guns, at Port-au-Paix. He then 
 landed, took possession of the fort, spiked and 
 knocked the trunnions off the guns, threw them 
 over the cliffs, and destroyed all the eacmy's ammu- 
 nition. For his conduct on this occasion he was 
 led by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hyde Parker, 
 to expect promotion ; but the packet charged with 
 the Admiral's despatches being lost on her passage 
 home, he was doomed to disappointment. In the 
 Mermaid he witnessed, 29 June, 1798, the sur- 
 render of the 40-gun frigate La Seine to the Jason 
 and Pique ; and took part, 17 Oct. following, in a 
 gallant action of two hours and a half with the 
 French IjOire of 46 guns and 330 men, which termi- 
 nated in the separation of the combatants, each be- 
 ing much disabled. When La Seine surrendered, 
 she lay aground totally dismasted, and, an attempt 
 to get her off having failed, Mr. Kayner was sent 
 with orders to destroy her. It appearing, however, 
 to him certain that she might be recovered, he pre- 
 vailed upon Capt. Newman and Capt. Milne of La 
 i?iQUE to allow a second trial to be made ; and he 
 had the satisfaction of perceiving his exertions 
 crowned with success. To his extreme gratification 
 also he received from both the Captains alluded to 
 an acknowledgment that the experiment had been 
 alone attempted through his representation. In 
 1798 Mr. Rayner, then First of the Loire, was the 
 instrument, while Capt. Newman was confined by 
 illness to his cot, of rescuing the Atlas 98 from a 
 perilous position at Drake's Island, Plymouth, 
 where she had been driven on the rocks, and had 
 
 cut away all her masts. His efforts on the occasion 
 were witnessed and applauded by Admiral CoUing- 
 wood and Commissioner Fanshawe. On 6 Feb. 
 1800 we find him wounded, and highly spoken of 
 by Capt. Newman for his conduct, at the capture, 
 when in company with the Danae 20, and Faibv, 
 Harpy, and Railleub sloops, of the French 38- 
 gun frigate Pallas, under the heavy fire of a battery 
 on one of the Seven Islands.* We may add that 
 on occasions of service Mr. Rayner was ever a 
 volunteer. He continued in the Sea Fencibles until 
 that corps was disbanded in 1810 ; and was not 
 afterwards employed. Impressed with a full sense 
 of the claims which service had conferred on Mr. 
 Rayner, Lord Spencer had, during his tenure of 
 office, made him frequent and specific promises of 
 promotion; and in 1805 Lord Melville had ex- 
 pressed his wish to effect the same object. The re- 
 tirement, however, of both those noblemen from 
 the Admiralty again blasted his hopes. He ac- 
 cepted the rank of Retired Commander on the 
 Senior List 22 April, 1831. 
 
 Commander Rayner was married and has left 
 issue. 
 
 READ. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Charles Rudston Bead, bom 16 May, 1818, is 
 fifth and youngest surviving son of the late Rev. 
 Thos. Cutler Rudston Read, of Hayton, co. York, 
 by Louisa, third daughter of the late Henry Cholm- 
 ley, Esq. ; and brother of Edw. Rudston Read, Esq., 
 a Captain in the Army. His family, represented by 
 his eldest brother, the present Wm. Henry Rudston 
 Read, Esq., of Hayton, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, has 
 been of standing in co. York since the days of King 
 John. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Sept. 1831 ; passed 
 his examination 5 Oct. 1838 ; and for his services as 
 Mate of the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drink- 
 water Bethune, on the coast of China, where he 
 assisted in the boats in the first and second attacks 
 upon Canton,f was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 8 Oct. 1841. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 5 Nov. 1842, to the Frolic 16, Capts. Wm. 
 Alex. Willis and Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, under 
 whom we find him employed on the Brazilian and 
 Pacific stations until the early part of 1845 — 8 Sept. 
 1847, as Additional, to the Asia 84, equipping at 
 Sheerness for the ilag of Rear-Admiral Phipps 
 Hornby— and, 1 Nov. 1847, to the Mjeander 44, 
 Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, fitting for the East 
 Indies. He was superseded from the latter ship 
 about May, 1848. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 EEAD,K.T.S. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 26.) 
 George Read (6) was born 22 Feb. 1794. 
 This ofiicer entered- the Navy, 14 July, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke, stationed in the Channel ; 
 removed as Midshipman, in June, 1807, to the 
 Maida 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, part of tho 
 force employed in the ensuing expedition against 
 Copenhagen ; joined, in Nov. of the same year, the 
 NEjerUNE 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Wilhams, attached to 
 the Channel fleet; and from May, 1808, until Sept. 
 1814, served on the Home, North American, and 
 West India stations in the Valiant 74, Capts. Jas. 
 Young, Alex. Robt. Kerr, John Bligh, Thos. Geo. 
 Shortland, John Nash, Robt. Dudley Oliver, and 
 Zachary Mudge. During the term of his servitude 
 in the latter ship he assisted at the destruction of 
 the French squadron in Aix Roads in 1809— accom- 
 panied the ensuing expedition to theWalcheren 
 
 contributed, 3 Feb. 1810, to the capture of the 
 French 40-gun frigate Canmniere, laden with the 
 spoil of the principal prizes which the enemy had 
 taken in the East Indies during the three preceding 
 years— saw much boat-service on the coasts of 
 France and America — aided (in company with the 
 AcASTA 40) in driving into New London, and In 
 there blockading, the U.S. ships, United States, 
 * Vide Gaz. ISOO, p. 165. 
 t F". Gaz. 1S41, pp. 16U3, 1506, 2605, 2518. 
 
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 READ— REED. 
 
 Macedonian^ and Hornet — and escorted a large con- 
 voy home from Jamaica. On 1 Oct. 1814, about 
 three months after he had passed his examination, 
 he was received as a Supernumerary on promotion 
 on board the Ddnoan 74, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Poo Beresford on the Brazilian station ; 
 where, in April, 1815, he was placed under the 
 orders of Kear- Admiral Manley Dixon on board his 
 old ship the Valiant. In the following July he 
 took up a commission bearing date 27 Feb. in the 
 same year, 1815. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 3 Oct. 1823, to the Thetis 46, Capt. Sir John 
 Phillimore, employed on particular service — 30 
 March, 1824, to the Livelv 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott, 
 which ship was paid off in I>ec. 1826 — 16 April, 
 1827, for about two years, to the Coast Blockade, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — and, 22 July, 1831, to the 
 Coast Guard. While serving in the Lively, Lieut. 
 Kead was present in the river Tagus during the 
 revolution in Portugal. He aided in consequence 
 in affording protection to Don John VI. and his 
 family and in escorting Don Miguel to Brest— ser- 
 vices for which he was created a Knight of the 
 order of the Tower and Sword. He afterwards 
 made a voyage to the West Indies, where he passed 
 through scenes of great mortality, and, being First- 
 Lieutenant, commanded the ship during the Cap- 
 tain's absence at sick quarters. The Lively, being 
 at Vera Cruz when the castle of San Juan de TJloa 
 surrendered to the Mexicans, was sent home with 
 the despatches relating to that event. On her .ar- 
 rival she went out with the late Sir N. Campbell to 
 Sierra Leone and Cape Coast Castle. She returned 
 to England with intelligence of the defeat of the 
 Ashantees, and was paid off as above. Since the 
 close of 1832, at" which period he left the Coast 
 Guard, Lieut. Kead has been unemployed. 
 
 He married, in Jan. 1833, Mary, widow of Henry 
 Deane, Esq., of Mount Radford, Exeter, and Ca- 
 vershaan, Oxford. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 EEAD. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Offley Malcolm Crewe Read passed his exa- 
 mination 9 April, 1844; and after serving as Mate, 
 on the coast of Africa, in the Sealark 10, Capt. 
 Thos. Lewis Gooch, Growler steam-sloop, Capt. 
 Claude Henry Mason Buckle, and Penelope steam- 
 frigate. Commodore Wm, Jones, was there, 21 Jan. 
 1846, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Hydra 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young. He 
 went back, 1 July following, to the Sealark, in the 
 capacity last mentioned, and continued etnployed in 
 her under Capt. Rich. Dunning White, until the 
 close of 1847. His commission bears date 9 Nov. 
 1846. 
 
 taking an Austrian merchantman a similar mark of 
 approval was conferred upon him by the Emperor 
 of Austria. In two instances we find him voted 
 swords of the value of 100 guineas each — the one 
 being presented to him by Admiral Sir Geo. Mon- 
 tagu, the other by Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin. He 
 has been wounded, we must add, in the head, thigh, 
 and body, and has lost the use of his left arm ; in 
 consideration whereof he has been in the receipt, 
 since 26 Sept. 1814, of a pension of 91/. 5s. per an- 
 num. In March, 1819, he received an appointment 
 to the Ordinary at Portsmouth; and prior to his 
 attainment of his present rank, 7 Feb. 1829, he 
 commanded the Raven 14 and Cracker 10. He 
 was admitted into the Royal Hospital at Greenwich 
 25 Nov. 1843. 
 
 KEAD. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 16.) 
 William Viner Read entered the Navy, 21 
 April, 1811, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Diana 
 38, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Wm. 
 Ferris ; and from the following Nov. until Dec. 
 1814 was employed in the Mediterranean in the 
 Malta 84, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Benj. 
 Hallowell ; under whom he served at the invest- 
 ment of Tarragona, and witnessed the destruction 
 of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaguer. 
 In May, 1815, he became Midshipman of the Royai. 
 Sovereign 100 ; in which ship, and in the Tonnant 
 80, Bulwark and Gloocester 74's, and Prince 
 Regent 120, he continued (with the exception of 
 12 months passed in 1819-20 on the American sta- 
 tion in the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, 
 and of about 21 that were not employed) to serve 
 under his patron. Admiral Hallowell, in the Chan- 
 nel, and at Plymouth, Cork, and Chatham, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Sept. 1823. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 26 Nov. 1823, 
 to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, lying 
 in the Downs — 11 Jan. 1824, to the Britannia 120, 
 bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane at Ply- 
 mouth — 7 June, 1825, to the Albion 74, Capt. John 
 Acworth Oramanney, on the Lisbon station— 4 Jdly, 
 1827, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Norborne Thomp- 
 son, in the Mediterranean, where he remained up- 
 wards of a year — 26 Oct. 1839, to the command 
 (which he retained until the following March) of 
 the Prospero steamer at Pembroke — 13 July, 1841, 
 for six months, to the Thunder surveying-vessel in 
 North America and the West Indies, Capt. Edw. 
 Barnett— and 19 April and 19 Aug. 1842, 1 Jan. 
 1843, and 1 Aug. 1845, as First, to the Sylvia sur- 
 veying-vessel. Rocket steamer, and Fearless and 
 Dasher surveying-steamers, all commanded by 
 Capt. Wm. Louis Sheringham, with whom he served 
 until promoted to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 EEAD. (Commandeb, 1829.) 
 
 Thomas Read entered the Navy in 1797, and 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Feb. 
 1805, was actively employed in various parts of 
 Europe and the West Indies. We understand that 
 during that period he fought under Lord Nelson at 
 the battles of the Nile and Copenhagen, 1 Aug. 
 1798 and 2 April, 1801 ; and that he assisted in 
 storming the forts of Cambudos, Groba, and Fegard. 
 On 21 Oct. 1805 he was at Trafalgar in the Swift- 
 sure 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford. After the 
 action he was placed in charge of the French 74-gun 
 ship Eedoutabte ; and he remained in her until she 
 went down in the memorable gale that followed. 
 During the after-part of the war he saw much other 
 active service. On one occasion, with two six-oared 
 cutters and a jolly boat, he made prize, under the 
 batteries of Boulogne, of a French gun-boat, 
 U Eclair, carrying 1 12-pounder, 8 swivels, a crew 
 of 26 men, and 50 soldiers. In reference to this 
 exploit Lord Keith, in addressing the Admiralty, 
 took leave " to recommend Lieut. Read for promo- 
 tion," and to declare that " a more gallant action 
 was not performed during the war." He was in 
 consequence, we believe, presented with a gold me- 
 dal. For his exertions on another occasion in re- 
 
 REED. (Commander, 1837.) 
 
 Archibald Reed entered the Navy 6 April, 
 1815 ; passed his examination in 1821 ; and for his 
 conduct as Admiralty-Midshipman of the Arachne, 
 Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, during the war in Ava 
 (where he was mentioned in connection with the 
 capture of a large 36-gun stockade at Than-ta^bain, 
 6 Feb. 1825,* and was at all times spoken of in the 
 strongest terms), was made Lieutenant, 10 Deo. 
 1825, into the Alligator 28, Capt. Chads, with 
 whom he returned to England and was paid off in 
 Jan. 1827. His succeeding appointments were — 13 
 Oct. 1828, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. WaJpole, 
 on the Jamaica station — 29 April, 1830, to the 
 Slaney 20, Capt. Chas. Parker, which vessel was 
 put out of commission on her return from the West 
 Indies 29 Jan. 1831 -and 21 Sept. 1833, to the An- 
 dromache 28, Capts. Bernard Yeoman and H. D. 
 Chads, under the latter of whom we find him, when 
 in company with the Imogenb 28, forcing, in Sept. 
 1834, the passage of the Boca Tigris, in China. On 
 the arrival home of the Andromache from the 
 East Indies, being at the time her First-Lieutenant, 
 he was advanced, 27 Sept. 1837, to the rank of Com- 
 mander. His last appointment was to the Racer 
 • Vide Ga7,. 1825, p. U03. 
 
REED— REEVE— REID. 
 
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 16, in vrhich vessel he served on the south-east coast 
 of America from 28 April, 1843, until the close of 
 1847. 
 
 REED. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Nbhemiah John Reed entered the Navy, 20 
 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompee 74, 
 Capt. Rich. Dacres, in which ship he served under 
 the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith at the passage of 
 the Dardanells in Feb. 1807, and, if we mistake 
 not, accompanied the expedition against Copenha^ 
 gen. After an attachment of a few weeks to the 
 Victory 100, at Chatham, he joined, in March, 
 
 1808, the Foni)ROYANT 80, hearing the flag of Sir 
 W. S. Smith on the coast of Brazil ; where, in May, 
 
 1809, he removed, as Midshipman, to the Fkesident 
 38, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg. He returned to 
 England in the early part of 1810 in the Elizabeth 
 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon ; and between June 
 in that year and Oct. 1815 was employed on the 
 Cape of Good Hope, Mediterranean, and Home sta- 
 tions, in the Astrjea of 42 guns and 271 men, Capt. 
 C. M. Schomberg, Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley 
 Losack, Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir W. S. Smith, 
 Castilian sloop, Capt. David Braimer, and Towey 
 24, Capt. Hew Steuart. On 20 May, 1811, being in 
 the Astr^a, and in company off Madagascar with 
 the Ph<ebe and Galatea, frigates similar in force 
 to that ship, and 18-gun brig Racehorse, he as- 
 sisted — after a long and warmly-contested action 
 with the French 40-gun frigates Renomme'e. Clorinde, 
 and Ne'reide, and a loss to the Astr^ia of 2 killed 
 and 16 wounded — at the capture of the Serurmme'e, 
 and, on 25 of the same month, of the Ne'reide and 
 the settlement of Tamatave. In Oct. 1815 he took 
 up a commission dated 11 of the preceding March. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 REEVE. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 22.) 
 John Reeve entered the Navy, 17 May, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt. 
 Robt. Devereux Fancourt, under whom he fought 
 as Midshipman at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 April, 
 1801. Being paid off in April, 1802, he next, in 
 March, 1803, joined the Diligence sloop, Capt. 
 Alex. Robt. Kerr, in which vessel he was for two 
 years and three months employed in the North Sea, 
 in the Baltic, and off Boulogne. In Aug. 1805 he 
 was again received on board the Agamemnon, and 
 while in that ship, which was commanded in succes- 
 sion by Capts. John Harvey, Sir Edw. Berry, Jos. 
 Spear, and Jonas Rose, he was afforded an opportu- 
 nity of sharing under Sir E. Berry in the glories of 
 Trafalgar, and, as Master's Mate, in the action off 
 St. Domingo ,6 Feb. 1806. After serving for 10 
 months as a Supernumerary-Midshipman in the 
 Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane in the West Indies, for two as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant in the Dart and Lily sloops, Capts. John 
 BuUer and Wm. Henry Shirreff, again for four as 
 Supernumerary-Midshipman with Sir A. Cochrane' 
 in the Belleisle 74, and a second time as Acting- 
 Lieutenant in the Lily, part of the force employed 
 at the reduction of the Danish islands, he was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 22 Feb. 1808, in the Circe, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot. He invalided in the course of 
 the following month ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 10 April, 1809, to L'Aimable 32, Capts. 
 Lord Geo. Stuart and John Chas. Woolcombe, un- 
 der the former of whom he assisted, in the ensuing 
 July, at the capture of Cuxhaven, the destruction 
 of a well-constructed battery of 4 12-pounders, com- 
 manding the river Weser, and the expulsion, after 
 a march of 28 miles, of the French from Gessen- 
 dorf, a service for which, in common with the others 
 engaged, he received the thanks of the Admiralty 
 —11 May, 1812, as First (after 15 months of half- 
 jay), to the Projiietheus sloop, Capts. Hercules 
 itobinson and Wm. Bateman Dashwood, employed 
 on the North American station and off Cherbourg 
 — next, in 1815-16, to the Prince 98, Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, BoYNE 98, and Queen Charlotte again, 
 all flag-ships at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Thorn- 
 
 s 
 
 brough, under whom he served for three years and 
 three months as First-Lieutenant without promo- 
 tion (!)— '7 Nov. 1818, to the command, on the Home 
 station, of the Starling 10, in which vessel he re- 
 mained about three years— 12 Dec. 1822, again as 
 Senior, to the Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Max- 
 well, fitting for the Pacific, whence in 1826 he re- 
 turned, bringing with him despatches across the 
 Isthmus of Darien— and, 18 Sept. 1828, with the 
 same rank, to the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, 
 whom he accompanied to Jamaica. On 2 Feb. 1830, 
 having, as we have shown, filled for about 11 years 
 the post of First-Lieutenant in various ships, he was 
 at length advanced to the rank he now holds. His 
 last appointment was, 15 Dec. 1837, to the Lily 16, 
 fitting for the coast of Africa, whence he came home 
 and was paid off in the spring of 1839. 
 
 Commander Reeve married, 8 Sept, 1818, Miss 
 Emma Caplin, of Charlton, co. Sussex. 
 
 REEVE, (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Samuel Reeve entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 24 June, 1830 ; and while serving in 
 the West Indies as Midshipman of the Columbine 
 18 and Blanche 46, Capts. Henry Ommanney Love 
 and Arthur Farquhar, was employed on shore dur- 
 ing the insurrection of the blacks at Jamaica in 
 1832. He passed his examination 6 Dec. 1831; and 
 after serving for some time on the lakes of Canada 
 as Mate in the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams San- 
 dom, was made Lieutenant into that vessel 14 June, 
 1842. He returned home in 1843; and has since 
 been on half-pay. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 EEID. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 15; H-p., 24.) 
 
 Andrew Reid, born 15 March, 1788, at Edin- 
 burgh, is third son of John Reid, Esq., of Glasgow. 
 This officer (who had previously served as a Mid- 
 shipman and Mate in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service) 
 entered the Navy, 26 Deo. 1808, as Ordinary, on 
 board the Mercubius 18, Capt. Thos. Renwick, em- 
 ployed at first off the coast of Spain, and next in 
 the Baltic ; where, from Aug. 1809 until Apiil, 1812, 
 he served in the Erebus 18, Capt. Wm. Antridge. 
 He then removed to the Chatham 74, Capt. Graham 
 Moore, but, rejoining the Erebus in a few weeks, 
 continued attached to that vessel under Capts. Ant- 
 ridge, Henry Jas. Lyford, John Forbes, David Ewen 
 Bartholomew, and Fras. LeHunte, until Sept. 1815. 
 In 1814 he accompanied, and was wounded in, the 
 brilliant expedition against Alexandria. He also 
 took part in the attacks made upon Baltimore and 
 New OrleaSfs. After serving for nearly two years 
 as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Tonnant 80, flag- 
 ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell at Cork, he joined in 
 that capacity, in Jan. 1818, the Trent hired brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Franklin, and soon after- 
 wards sailed, in company with the Dorothea, Capt. 
 David Buchan, on a perilous voyage of discovery to 
 the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen. On his return 
 towards the close of the same year he was received 
 on board the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Gore in the river Medway. In the spring of 1819 
 he again, in the Griper brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 Matthew Liddon, proceeded, with an expedition 
 under the present Sir Edw. Parry, to the polar 
 regions, where he penetrated to long. 113° 54 43" 
 W. within the Arctic circle, and became thereby 
 entitled to a portion of a parliamentary reward of 
 5000/. He returned to England in Nov. 1820, and 
 on 26 of the following month was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. His last appointment was, 1 
 Jan. 1821, to the Fury bomb, commanded by Capt. 
 Parry himself, with whom he made a fresh voyage 
 to the frozen seas in search of a north-west passage. 
 Since his arrival home in Nov. 1823 he has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Reid married, 29 Jan. 1821, Jean Anne, 
 daughter of Charles Adamson, Esq., of North Kirk- 
 hill, CO. Kmcardine. Agents— Hallett and Robin- 
 son. 
 
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 REID. 
 
 EEID. (etairtain, 1822. f-p., 22; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Charles Hope Reid, a protege of the Hopetoun 
 family, is son of the late Chas. Keid, Esq., of Water- 
 meetings, CO. Lanark, steward or agent, we believe, 
 to Lord Melville, by "Wilhelmina Grunshield, niece 
 of General Fingland Douglas, of Dumfriesshire. 
 
 This officer (originally in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s ser- 
 vice) entered the Navy, in March, 1797, as A.B., on 
 board the Colossus 74, Capt. Geo. Murray. In the 
 following summer he was constantly engaged in 
 rowing guard under the walls of Cadiz ; and on one 
 occasion the boat in which he served was so well 
 defended that Lord St. Vincent promoted the com- 
 manding officer, the late Lord Wm. Stuart. The 
 CoLOSSDS being wrecked on a ledge of rocks in St. 
 Mary's Road, Scilly, 10 Dec. 1798, he joined, in the 
 course of the ensuing month, the Magnificent 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Bowater ; from which ship, attached to 
 the Channel fleet, he removed as Midshipman, in 
 JIarch, 1801, to the Leda 38, Capt. Geo. Hope, and 
 sailed for the Mediterranean. From Oct. 1801 
 until Nov. 1804 Mr. Reid acted, off Oporto and in 
 the North Sea and West Indies, as Master of the 
 Netley schooner, Lieut.-Commanders Jas. Mein 
 and John Lawrence; in which vessel he co-operated 
 in the reduction of Ste. Lucie 22 June, 1803, and as- 
 sisted, in the following Sept., at the capture of De- 
 merara, Essequibo, and Berbice. In 1805, having 
 passed his examination, he was again placed under 
 the orders of Lieut. Mein as Midshipman on board 
 the Nimble cutter, commanded subsequently by 
 Lieut. Thos. Delafons. On his return in her, as 
 Sub-Lieutenant, to the West Indies, after having 
 served in the Channel and off the port of Cadiz, he 
 received an acting-order from Rear-Admiral Hon. 
 Alex. Cochrane to assume command of the Trini- 
 dad schooner of 14 guns. While on his passage to 
 join that vessel in the Hart sloop-of-war, the latter 
 in a gust of wind fell over on her beam ends, and 
 was only saved from foundering by his great acti- 
 vity and presence of mind. Attaining the rank of 
 Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806, he was successively ap- 
 pointed in that capacity — 16 April, 1806, to the 
 Theseds 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, stationed in the 
 Channel, where he remained until obliged by ill 
 health to invalid in the following Oct. — 15 April, 
 1807, to the Brdnswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, 
 part of the force employed in the expedition against 
 Copenhagen, where he assisted at the debarkation 
 of the troops under Lord Cathcart, officiated as Se- 
 nior Lieutenant during the equipment of the Danish 
 fleet, and ultimately, owing to the illness of his Cap- 
 tain, assumed the sole charge of the ship, which he 
 conducted home — 24 Feb. 1808 (after three months 
 of half-pay), to the Pompee 74, commanded, at Chat- 
 ham, by his friend Capt. Hope— and 28 March fol- 
 lowing, to the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Jas, Saumarez. 'In the ship last mentioned he aided 
 in bringing home the remains of Sir John Moore's 
 army after the battle of Corunna at the commence- 
 ment of 1809, and thenceforward, until promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 2 June, 1812, served as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to his patron, who had been ap- 
 pointed Captain of the Baltic fleet. He was subse- 
 quently appointed — 11 Sept. 1812, to the Fervent 
 12, stationed in the Channel and Baltic — in June, 
 1814, to the Calypso 18, employed among the 
 Western Islands and in the Mediterranean — in Jan. 
 1816, as Acting-Captain, for four months, to the 
 Trident 64, guard-ship at Malta, where, as senior 
 officer, he conducted the duties of the port and of 
 the Naval Arsenal — and 12 Dec. 1817, to the Driver 
 sloop, in which vessel, until paid off in Oct. 1821, he 
 had charge on the coast of Scotland of all the small 
 cruizers under the orders of Sir Wm. Johnstone 
 Hope and his successor Rear-Admiral Robt. Waller 
 Otway. He attained Post-rank 26 Dec. 1822 ; and 
 accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 Capt. Reid is married and has issue. 
 
 EEID. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Curtis Ketd was born 16 Feb. 1789. His father, 
 brother, and some other relatives were in the Naval 
 Service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Chichester 44, Capt. 
 Jos. Spear ; and in the course of the same year was 
 present at the reduction of Ste. Lucie and Tobago, 
 and of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. Remov- 
 ing, in June, 1805, to the ArethosaSS, Capt. Chas. 
 Brisbane, he assisted in that ship at the capture, 23 
 Aug. 1806, near the Havana, after a spirited action, 
 in which the British sustained a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 32 wounded, of the Pomona Spanish frigate of 
 38 guns and 347 men, laden with specie and mer- 
 chandize, and defended by a castle mounting 11 
 36-pounders, and a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, all of 
 which were destroyed. In 1807 he shared in the 
 memorable capture of Curajoa. After serving for 
 about 15 months on the Jamaica station in the Fire- 
 fly 14, Lieut.-Commander David Boyd, he was 
 there, 29 July and 8 Aug. 1809, nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Sparrow 16, and Avon 18, Capts. 
 Edw. Burt and Henry Tillieux Fraser. While in 
 the latter vessel, to which the Admiralty confirmed 
 him by a commission bearing date 10 Oct. 1809, he 
 was severely wounded in the left arm in a long and 
 destructive action fought (the Rainbow 22 in com- 
 pany) with the French 40-gun frigate La Nereide, 
 14 Feb. 1810. His last appointments were — 16 Aug. 
 1810, to the Reindeer 18, Capt. Peter John Doug- 
 las, also in the West Indies, whence, in the course 
 of the same month, he invalided — 4 March, 1811, to 
 the Royal William, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis 
 at Spithead— and 16 Nov. 1811 and 7 June, 1813, to 
 the Ganymede 26 and Minstrel 24, Capts. John 
 Brett Purvis and Robt. Mitford, both in the Medi- 
 terranean, whence he returned in Nov. of the latter 
 year. 
 
 In consideration of his wound, Lieut. Reid was 
 allowed, 25 April, 1814, a pension of 9U. 5s. per an- 
 num. He married 26 Oct. 1826. Agent— J. Hinx- 
 
 EEID. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Douglas Reid was born 26 Oct. 1806 at Ply- 
 mouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1818, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Raleigh sloop. While 
 serving as Midshipman on board the Bulwark 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Dundas, he fell from the lower deck to 
 the keelson, in the after-hold, and was so severely 
 injured that he was sent to Plymouth Hospital, and 
 there subjected to a most painful operation. He 
 passed his examination in 1827 ; and for his services 
 on the coast of Syria, where he was throughout the 
 whole campaign the Senior Mate in the squadron, 
 was promoted, 5 Nov. 1840, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. His appointments have since been— 30 July, 
 1841, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, on 
 the Mediterranean station, whence he returned home 
 and was paid off in Feb. 1842—18 Oct. 1842, to the 
 St. Vincent 120, from which ship, bearing the flags 
 of Sir Edw. Codrington and Sir Chas. Rowley at 
 Portsmouth, he was discharged, in consequence of 
 ill health, and sent to the hospital, towards the close 
 of 1843—9 Sept. 1844, to the Pantaloon 10, Capt. 
 Edm. Wilson, fitting at Portsmouth— 4 March, 1845, 
 to the Canqpos 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, with 
 whom he continued employed on particular service, . 
 latterly as First-Lieutenant, until Feb. 1847 — and 
 22 Jan. 1848, to the post of Admiralty Agent on 
 board a contract mail steam-vessel. He was awarded 
 a pension for the injury above alluded to 1 Jan. 
 1847. 
 
 EEID. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-P., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 Henry Reid entered the Navy, in May, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ehrus, Capt. Alex. Innes, 
 lying in the Cove of Cork ; and from Jan. 1806 until 
 1814 was employed, the chief part of the time as 
 Midshipman, in the Dryad 36, Capts. Adam Drum- 
 mond and Edw. Galwey. During that period he 
 proceeded, in company with two other ships, to 
 Davis' Strait in pursuit of three French frigates. 
 He also accompanied the expedition of 1809 to the 
 Walcheren — cruized with much activity in the Bay 
 
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 of Biscay— co-operated with the patriots on the 
 north coast of Spain, where he landed and came 
 into frequent contact with the French troops— made 
 a voyage to Newfoundland— and assisted, 26 May, 
 
 1814, at the capture of La Clorinde, a French fri- 
 gate, which had been disabled in action the day be- 
 fore. In Oct. 1814 Mr. Keid was received as a 
 Supernumerary on board the Trent, flag-ship of 
 Sir Herbert Sawyer at Cork. From March to July, 
 
 1815, he was employed as Master's Mate in the 
 Eheotas 38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, under whom he 
 aided in guarding the person of Napoleon Buona- 
 parte. He then took up a commission bearing date 
 24 Feb. 1815; and has since been on half-pay. He 
 was frequently during the war sent home in charge 
 of captured vessels. Agents— Collier and Snee. 
 
 EEID. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 John Eeid passed his examination 24 Feb. 1836 ; 
 and after ofRciating as Mate, on the North America 
 and West India and East India stations, of the 
 Winchester 50 and Agincoukt 72, flag-ships of Sir 
 Thos. Harvey and Sir Thos. John Cochrane, was 
 promoted, for service he had performed in China, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.* Being re- 
 appointed to the Agincourt, 15 Feb. 1844, he took 
 command of a gun-boat manned from that ship, and 
 served, 19 Aug. 1845, with the boats of a squadron, 
 carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, and ma- 
 rines, at the destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, 
 of .the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the 
 north end of the island of Borneo, where the Bri- 
 tish, encountering a fierce opposition, sustained a 
 loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded.t He returned 
 to England in 1847 as First-Lieutenant of the Agin- 
 court ; and, since 8 June, 1848, has been employed 
 in the same capacity on board the Froi<ic 16, Capt. 
 Henry Vansittart. 
 
 EEID. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Robert Reid entered the Navy 18 Sept. 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 1 June, 1836 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion, 26 Jan. 1843, was serving 
 at Plymouth as Mate on board the CAtEDONiA 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir David Milne. From 18 March, 
 1843, until paid oflF at the close of 1846, he was em- 
 ployed at the Cape of Good Hope as Second and 
 First Lieutenant in the Sappho 16, Capts. Hon. 
 Geo. Hope and Robt. Fitzgerald Gambier; and 
 since 26 Feb. 1847 he has been officiating in the 
 capacity last mentioned on board the Mariner 12, 
 Capts. Hon. Geo. Hope and Chas. Mitchell Mathi- 
 
 REID. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Walter Reid passed his examination in 1824 ; 
 obtained his first commission 28 Oct. 1836 ; served 
 from 10 Nov. 1836 until paid ofi' at the close of 
 1838 in the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Richardson, on 
 the Mediterranean station ; and from 12 Aug. 1841 
 until again paid ofi' in 1844 was employed on the 
 coast of Africa as Second and First Lieutenant in 
 the Madagascar 44, Ca^t. John Foote. He has 
 not been since afloat. His promotion to the rank 
 of Commander took place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 He married, in 1840, Mary Wilmot, daughter of 
 Benj. Crocker, Esq., of Hampton House, Plymouth, 
 and Ridgeway, co. Devon, Purser and Paymaster 
 R.N. (1799), who died in 1842. 
 
 EEIKIE. (Retiked Commander, 1844. p-p., 21 ; 
 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 William Reikis entered the Navy, in Jan. 1793, 
 
 as Midshipman, on board the Expedition cutter, 
 
 Lieut.-Commander Grosvcnor Winkworth, lying in 
 
 Leith Roads ; and in the following May removed to 
 
 the Bellerophon 74, Capt. (afterwards Kear-Ad- 
 
 miral Sir Thomas) Pasley, under whom he fought 
 
 in Lord Howe's actions, 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 
 
 1794. In Dec. of the latter year he became Master's 
 
 Mate of the Ambuscade 32, and after serving for 18 
 
 * Vide G\z. 1843, p. SS30. + r.Gai. 184.^, p. 6536. 
 
 months in that frigate and in the Glenmore 44, 
 both commanded in the North Sea by Capt. Geo. 
 Duff; joined, in the summer of 1796, the Cambrian 
 40, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, stationed on the 
 coast of France ; where, in Jan. 1800, he was placed 
 in command, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, 
 of the Telemacbus cutter. He was confirmed, 8 
 March following, into the Voltigeur sloop, Capts. 
 Thos. Geo. Shortland, Lennox Thompson, and Thos. 
 Hill, employed, until April, 1802, at Newfoundland 
 and off Cadiz ; and was subsequently appointed — 1 
 Sept. 1803, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. A. K. 
 Legge, part of the force engaged in Sir Robt. 
 Calder's action 22 July, 1805—9 Aug. 1806, to the 
 Canopus 80, Capt. T. G. Shortland, bearing the 
 flag of Sir 'Thos. Louis, under whom he assisted we 
 believe at the capture, 27 Sept. following, of Le 
 President French frigate, and in Feb. 1807 passed 
 the Dardanells— 22 Dec. 1807, after eight months 
 of half-pay, to the Texel 64, flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Jas. Vashon at Leith — and in May, 1808, to 
 the Transport service, in which he continued em- 
 ployed on the coast of Portugal, in the Mediterra- 
 nean, and at Cork, until Sept. 1815. He became a 
 Retired Commander on the Junior List 31 Dec. 
 1830 ; and on the Senior 5 Nov. 1844. 
 
 KENDELL. (Lieut., 1828. r-P., 11; h-p., 22.) 
 John Rendell was born 20 Aug. 1797, at Tiver- 
 ton, 00. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 June, 1814, on 
 board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, and 
 immediately sailed for the Cape of Good Hope with 
 a convoy of vessels destined for the East Indies. 
 In the course of 1815 he became Midshipman, on the 
 Home station, of the Namor 74, Capt. M'Kenzie, 
 and Griper 12, Capt. Arthur M'Meekan ; and from 
 the close of that year until Sept. 1820, he was em- 
 ployed in the West Indies, on board the Antelope 
 50, Capt. Geo. Sayer, SALisnuRy 50, Capt. John 
 Wilson, Raleigh 18, Capt. Wm. Aug. Baumgardt, 
 and Stbille 44, Capt. Wm. Popham. In 1825 he 
 sailed in the Blossom 24, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey 
 (to wliDse Memoir refer), on a voyage of discovery via 
 Cape Horn to Behring Strait, with the ultimate ob- 
 ject in view of there co-operating with the contem- 
 poraneous and differently-directed expeditions of 
 Capts. Franklin and Parry in their efforts to ascer- 
 tain the existence of a north-west passage. He re- 
 turned to England in Sept. 1828 ; and on 4 Nov. 
 following, while serving at Portsmouth on board 
 the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Caven- 
 dish Spencer, was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. He has since been on half- pay. 
 
 He married, 27 April, 1839, Sophia, daughter of 
 Thos. Aiedland, Esq., of Exeter, and has issue two 
 children. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 KENNIE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Rennie entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 1803, 
 as Midshipman, on board the DesirJe 36, Capt. 
 Henry Whitby ; previously to following whom, in 
 April, 1805, into the Centaur 74, he acted as 
 Master, assisted in surveying the Caicos Islands, 
 and was in several boat-affairs on the coasts of Cuba 
 and St. Domingo. On leaving the Centaur he 
 accompanied Capt. Whitby, in Nov. 1805, into the 
 Leander 50, flag-ship of Sir Andrew Mitchell on 
 the coast of North America ; whence, in the autumn 
 of 1806, he returned to England as a Supernume- 
 rary in the Tartar 32, Capt. Stephen Poyntz. 
 Being then received on board the Defence 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Ekins, he took part in the following year in 
 the attack upon Copenhagen ; during the operations 
 connected with which we find him serving under the 
 immediate orders of Colonel D'Arcy, Chief of En- 
 gineers, also commanding the Omen, a Danish brig 
 of 10 guns, and involved in frequent affrays with 
 the enemy's gun-boats. He was subsequently em- 
 ployed off Lisbon (whence he escorted the Russian 
 fleet to England after the convention of Cintra) and 
 in the West Indies; and in Oct. 1809 he was again, 
 
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 RENOU— RENWICK. 
 
 with the rating of Master's Mate, placed under the 
 orders of Capt. Whitby on board the Cekberds 32. 
 While attached to that ship he saw a vast deal of 
 active service in the Adriatic, He assisted at the 
 capture of Cortelazzo, of a convoy of 25 vessels near 
 the town of Groa 29 June, 1810, and of four Vene- 
 tian trabaccolos protected by a heavy fire of mus- 
 ketry at Pestichi, 3 Feb. 1811. He was also, on 12 
 of the month last mentioned, present with the boats 
 of the Cerberus and Active 38 under Lieut. Jas. 
 X>ickinson at the cutting out, near the town of 
 Ortano, of a convoy of 10 sail, defended by a trabac- 
 colo of 6 guns, full of men, as well as by the fire of 
 a body of troops posted on the beach and hills. On 
 that occasion, having in the barge, in unison with 
 Lieut. Dickinson in the gig, boarded and carried 
 the trabaccolo, he landed at the head of the small- 
 arm men (as did Lieut. Peter Mears with the mar 
 rines), scaled a rocky eminence, threw up a breast- 
 work (which kept the enemy in check for three 
 hours and enabled the seamen to secure the vessels), 
 aided in destroying two large magazines, and with 
 his own hands planted the British colours at the 
 very gates of the town. During these proceedings 
 the two frigates, unable to distinguish friend from 
 foe, had opened a heavy fire upon both, which lasted 
 until the union-jack was hoisted by Mr. Kennie on the 
 summit of a hill.* On 13 March, 1811, theCERBERUs, 
 with a loss to herself of 13 killed and 41 wounded, 
 took part in the celebrated action off Lissa, where a 
 British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 
 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of six 
 hours, a Franco-Venetian armament consisting of 
 284 guns and 2655 men. On 15 of the following 
 June Mr. Rennie was at the boarding and capture 
 of four gun-boats under a heavy fire in the Zara 
 Channel. For his conduct at Lissa he was pre- 
 sented, in June, 1812, with a commission dated back 
 to the day of the action. Being at the same time 
 appointed to the Edinburgh 74, Capts. ilobt. 
 RoUes and Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, 
 he again proceeded to the Mediterranean, and, 
 while on that station, was present at the capture of 
 Port d'Anzo (where a convoy of 29 vessels fell into 
 the hands of the British), also of the town of Reggio, 
 and of Santa Maria, and the enemy's forts and de- 
 fences in the Gulf of Spezia. At the taking of 
 Genoa in April, 1814, he had command of two 
 pieces of ordnance and was stationed in advance of 
 the army. He left the Eothburgh 17 Dec. 1814; 
 and was lastly, from Feb. to Deo. 1815, employed 
 in the Redpole 10, Capt. Edm. Denman, under 
 whom he escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to St. 
 Helena. 
 
 Lieut. Rennie during the war in China com- 
 manded the Hon. E. I. Co.'s steam-ship Sesosiris, 
 and served on shore in the operations at Tsekee in 
 March,.1842.t He married 2 June, 1825. Agents 
 ' — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 RENOU. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 31 ; H-p., 13.) 
 
 Timothy Renou was born 3 June, 1789. He is 
 nephew of Capt. Adrian Renou, R.N., who served 
 as First-Lieutenant in the Babfleur 98, under the 
 late Lord Collingwood, in Lord Howe's action 1 
 June, 1794, and, after an active career of 36 years, 
 died in command of the Zealand 64 at the Nore 
 in 1805. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Victor sloop, com- 
 manded by his uncle, Capt. Adrian Renou, on the 
 Guernsey station ; and from March, 1804, until Dec. 
 1805, was employed with Capt. Jas. NicoU Morris 
 in the Leopard 50 and Colossus 74. In the former 
 ship he served off Boulogne ; and in the Colossus, 
 after blockading Brest and Rochefort, he fought 
 and was wounded at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 
 1805.^ In consideration of the injury he sustained 
 on that occasion he was presented with a donation 
 from the Patriotic Fund. After serving for 12 
 months in the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 181 1 , p. 997. + F. Gaz. 1842, p. 2391. 
 
 J y. Gaz. 1805, p. 1481. 
 
 Paulet, part of the force employed in pursuit of the 
 celebrated Rochefort squadron, he was again, in 
 Jan. 1807, placed under the orders of Capt. Morris 
 in his former ship the Colossus, commanded subse- 
 quently by Capt. Thos. Alexander, by whom, for 
 his conduct as Master's Mate at the siege of Cadiz, 
 he was recommended to the notice of Rear- Admiral 
 Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. He was in consequence 
 nominated, 12 Dec. 1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 NoEGE 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier ; in which ship 
 he continued at Cadiz until Feb. 1811. Being sent 
 out in the follovring summer to the Mediterranean 
 on the Admiralty List for promotion in the Re- 
 pulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, he was 
 again, on his arrival, ordered, 1 Aug. 1811, to act as 
 Lieutenant in the Acorn 18, Capt. Geo. Miller 
 Bligh. From that vessel he was detached for the 
 purpose of conveying despatches from the late Sir 
 Murray Maxwell, senior officer at Lissa, to the late 
 Sir Chas. Rowley off Corfu, and also to the Admiral 
 at Malta. In Nov. of the same year he became 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Merope sloop, Capts. 
 Edw. Flin, John Chas. Gawen Roberts, and Benj. 
 Wm. Suckling ; in which vessel (being confii'med to 
 her by commission dated 2 Jan. 1812) he continued 
 until Sept. 1814- At the commencement of 1812, 
 when an attack by storm was contemplated upon 
 Tarragona by the Baron d'Eroles and General Sars- 
 field, Mr. Renou was intrusted with the charge of 
 the scaling-ladders to be employed. He subse- 
 quently, in an armed boat belonging to the Bus- 
 tard sloop, succeeded in cutting out two feluccas, 
 well armed, from St. Philon, on the coast of Cata- 
 lonia ; and in 1813 he witnessed Sir John Murray's 
 unsuccessful attempt upon Tarragona. During the 
 period which elapsed between the resignation of 
 Capt. Roberts and the arrival of Capt. Suckling we 
 find him acting as Commander of the Merope. 
 With the exception of a command which he held, 
 from March, 1831, until March, 1834, of the Wick- 
 ham Revenue-vessel, on the coast of Ireland, ha 
 had charge, from May, 1822, until Aug. 1841, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. He was then under 
 the necessity of surrendering his appointment from 
 the effects of rheumatism, induced by long exposure 
 and night-duty. 
 
 Lieut. Renou married, 18 May, 1818, Miss Sarah 
 Ann Ashley, of Molesoroft, co. York, by whom he 
 has issue six children. 
 
 RENWICK. (fflaptain, 1817. p-p., 21 ; h-p., 37.) 
 Thomas Renwiok entered the Navy, in 1789, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Colossus 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Cloberry Christian, guard-ship at Portsmouth. In 
 Jan. 1791 he was received on board the Bruns- 
 wick 74, Capts. Sir Roger Curtis and John Harvey, 
 attached to the Channel fleet ; and on 29 May and 
 1 June, 1794, he fought in Lord Howe's actions 
 with Admiral Villaret Joyeuse. On the latter oc- 
 casion the Brunswick was opposed by the Vengeur 
 74; and so fierce was the contest that raged between 
 these two ships that the former was quite disabled, 
 and the latter, who, towards the close of the con- 
 flict, received half a broadside from the Ramillies 
 74, went down. After serving for about 15 months 
 on board the Minotaur 74, and Prince George 
 98, flag-ships of Bear- Admirals John M'Bride and 
 Hood Hanway Christian, he was placed, 14 Nov. 
 1795, in command, with the rank of Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, of L'EcLAiR 12, lying at Portsmouth. On 17 
 of the same month he was confirmed a Lieutenant ; 
 and on 7 of the ensuing Dec. he received an ap- 
 pointment to the St. Fiorenzo of 42 guns, Capts. 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale and Wm. Chas. Paterson. 
 In that ship he assisted, in company with La 
 Ntmphe 36, and was warmly recommended for his 
 conduct, at the capture of La Resistance of 48 guns, 
 and La Constance of 24 guns, 9 March, 1797.* He 
 was on board of her when, to her honour, she 
 passed, uncontaminated, through the mutinous fleet 
 at the Nore ; and also, 9 April, 1799, in a very warm 
 action of nearly two hours, in which, with her con- 
 • VideGia. 1797, p. 251. 
 
UEPINGTON-REVANS— REYNOLDS. 
 
 967 
 
 sort the Amema 38, she defeated a French squa- 
 dron, consisting of three frigates and a gun-vessel. 
 Quitting the St. Fiorenzo in April, 1801, he next, 
 in Feb. 1804, became Senior of the Tbibdne 36, 
 Capts. Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett and Thos. Baker, 
 stationed in the Channel and North Sea. In May, 
 1806, he was appointed, in the same capacity, to the 
 Fame 74, Capt. K. H. A. Bennett; but that ship 
 being at sea, and his promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander taking place before she returned (his com- 
 mission as such bearing date 25 Sept. 1806), he never 
 joined her. His last appointments were — 16 May 
 and 18 Aug. 1808, to the Combatant and Meecu- 
 Rius sloops of 18 guns each — the former stationed 
 in the river Weser. While in the Mekcukios, in 
 which vessel he remained until Sept. 1815, he was 
 chiefly employed on convoy service, and escorted 
 about 2000 vessels to the White Sea, the Baltic, and 
 every part of the North Sea. Of these not one was 
 at any time either captured or lost. On one occa- 
 sion, in April, 1813, Capt. Benwiuk conducted in 
 safety a fleet of between 400 and 500 sail through 
 the Sound under a continued fire from Cronenburg 
 Castle ; a performance which obtained for him the 
 thanks of Bear-Admiral Jas. NicoU Morris. At 
 difierent times he made prize of 17 vessels. He 
 attained Post-rank 1 Jan. 1817; was admitted to 
 the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 7 Nov. 1840 ; 
 and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Representations made by Capt. Renwick, when 
 in the Mercurius, of the danger and delay to which 
 convoys bound to the Baltic were subjected from 
 certain injudicious instructions, accompanied at the 
 same time by suggestions for more appropriate ones, 
 led to the adoption of the latter by the Lords of the 
 Admiralty, whose approbation was conveyed to him 
 through the Commander-in-Chief. In Nov. 1814 
 he became impressed with a conviction that mea- 
 sures, more efficacious than those in vogue, might 
 be rendered practicable for the suppression of smug- 
 gling. He accordingly, in March, 1815, developed 
 his ideas on the subject to the Board of Admiralty, 
 and proposed a plan which secured so much atten- 
 tion that it proved, we have every reason to believe, 
 the foundation of the present system of Coast Guard. 
 He is married, and has issue. 
 
 EEPINGTON. (Eeab-Admiral of the Blue, 
 1847.) 
 Edward Henry A'Court Repington. The ser- 
 vices of this oflicer are those of Capt. Edward 
 Henrv A'Court, who attained Flag-rank 6 Aug. 
 1847, and assumed, in the course of that year, the 
 name of Repington. 
 
 REVANS. (Commander, 1816. f-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 Thomas Revans, born in Oct. 1781, at Lyming- 
 ton, is son of John Revans, Esq., of that place, for- 
 merly of Saxmundham and Woodbridge, [co. Suf- 
 folk ; and is the youngest of six brothers, three of 
 whom, besides himself, were devoted to the service 
 of their country. One of these lost his right arm 
 in action, and was killed at St. Domingo in 1797 ; 
 and another, a Master R.N., was severely wounded 
 at the reduction of the island of Grenada in 1794. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1792, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lizard 28, Capt. Thos. 
 Williams, under whom he was for nearly 18 months 
 employed in the Channel and North Sea. Re- 
 embarking, 15 Dec. 1797, on board the Sheerness 
 44, Capts. Jas. Cornwallis and Wm. Hanwell, he 
 served in that ship on the coast of Africa, as A.B. 
 and Master's Mate, until transferred, in Nov. 1798, 
 to the Hannibal 74, Capts. Edw. Tyrrell Smith 
 and John Loring. In the course of the foUomng 
 year he was slightly wounded in the boats under 
 Lieut. Geo, Fred. Stovin at the capture of a Spanish 
 letter-of-marque oif the Isle of Pines. On his re- 
 turn from the West Indies at the close of 1800 he 
 joined La Determinee arme'e-eti-Jlute, Capts. John 
 Clarke Searle and Alex. Becher; in which ship, 
 prior to being wrecked off Jersey in March, 1803, 
 
 he took part in the operations connected with the 
 expedition of 1801 to Egypt, formed one of Lord 
 Elgin's suite when that nobleman received a dia- 
 mond decoration from Selimlll., and was employed 
 on the coasts of Catalonia and Italy. After the 
 loss of La DETERMiNiE, on the wreck of which he 
 was one of five persons who, with their Captain, 
 remained until the last moment, Mr. Revans was 
 received, as Master's Mate, on board the Dread- 
 NouGBT 98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon. 
 Wm. ComwalUs; under whom, on removing to the 
 ViLLB DE Paris 110, he assisted, 22 Aug. 1805, in 
 driving the French fleet into Brest. In March and 
 May, 1806, having previously served for a few 
 weeks on board the Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Earl 
 St. Vincent, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the RfevotuTiONNAiRE and Mineeva frigates, 
 Capts. Chas. Feilding and Geo. Collier; and on 4 
 Aug. in the same year, after he had a second time 
 officiated as Master's Mate in the Hibernia, and 
 again acted as Lieutenant in the Ville de Paris 
 and Hibernia, he was confirmed in the latter rank 
 in the Impetueux 74, Capts. John Lawford and 
 David Milne. In that ship he accompanied the ex- 
 pedition to the Walcheren in 1809, and, we are in- 
 formed, witnessed the destruction, in the same 
 year, of a French frigate off L'Orient. He was 
 also employed in her boats in co-operation with the 
 British army when occupying the lines of Torres 
 Vedras ; and afterwards proceeded to the Baltic. 
 In the summer of 1812 he left the Imp4tdeux; and 
 between that period and Nov. 1814 he was further 
 employed under Capt. Milne, as First-Lieutenant, 
 in the Dublin, Venerable, and Bulwark 74's, on 
 the Home and North American stations. In the 
 Bulwark he was present at the capture of the 
 towns of Castine, Hamden, and Bangor, and at the 
 self-destruction of the V. S. corvette Adams. In 
 Nov. 1814 he was subpoenaed on a trial instituted 
 by the Admiralty, and, being in consequence ob- 
 liged to leave his ship, he lost the promotion which 
 at the conclusion of hostilities was accorded to such 
 as were recommended by Sir Alex. Cochrane, the 
 Commander-in-Chief. In May, 1816, he became 
 Flag-Lieutenant, in the Leandbr 50, to his old 
 commander, then Rear-Admiral Milne, under whom 
 he fought in that capacity in the Impregnable 104 
 at the battle of Algiers, and was there intrusted 
 with the command of a division of the flotilla.* He 
 returned with the Rear-Admiral to England in the 
 Glasgow 50, and on his arrival was promoted, 16 
 Sept. 1816, to the rank of Commander. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Revans married the only daughter 
 of the late Jas. Scott, Esq., of Kilishandria, co. 
 Cavan, great-granddaughter of Capt. Thos. Scott, 
 who was killed in command of a troop of dragoons 
 in the reign of William III., and sister of Major W. 
 B. Scott, who fell in command of the 44th Regt. in 
 the retreat from Cabul in Jan. 1842. 
 
 REYNOLDS, C.B. (Keab-Admibai, op the 
 Blue, 1848. f-p., 22; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Baerington Reitnolds is son of Rear-Admiral 
 Robt. Carthew Reynolds, who perished in the St. 
 George 98, on his passage home from the Baltic, 
 24 Deo. 1811; and brother of Commander Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds, R.N., who was promoted to that 
 rank for his conduct (and afterwards died of the 
 wounds he received) at the cutting out from under 
 Fort Edward, Martinique, of the French brig-cor- 
 vette Le Curieux of 16 guns and 70 men, 4 Feb. 1804. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 179.5, as Fst.-ol. 
 Vol., on board the Dbuid 32, commanded by his 
 father, with whom he afterwards served as Mid- 
 shipman in the Amazon 36 and Pomone 40. In the 
 Amazon he assisted, in company with the Inde- 
 fatigable 46, at the capture, in April, 1796, of 
 L' Unite of 38 guns and 255 men, and La Virginie 
 of 44 guns and 339 men ; and on 14 Jan. 1797 was 
 wrecked and taken prisoner, near He Bas, at the 
 close of a gallant action of 10 hours with Les Droits 
 * Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1792. 
 
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 REYNOLDS. 
 
 de VSomme 74,* on which occasion the Amazon, 
 whose consort in the engagement had again been 
 the Indefatigable, sustained a loss of 3 men 
 killed and 15 wounded. On 5 Jan. 1798, having 
 regained his liberty, Mr. Keynolds was present, on 
 board La Pomone, in a stiff action which termi- 
 nated in tlie capture, with a loss to the frigate of 1 
 man killed and 4 wounded, and to the enemy 
 of 1,5 killed and 19 wounded, of Le Clieri French 
 privateer of 26 guns and 2.30 men. He shortly 
 afterwards joined the Indefatigabib above men- 
 tioned, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew ; and on 8 Aug. in 
 the same year contributed to the capture of La 
 Vaillante corvette of 20 guns and 175 men. Re- 
 moving with Sir E. Pellew into the Impetueux 74, 
 he sailed in that ship with a squadron sent in June, 
 1800, to co-operate with the French royalists and 
 Chouans in Quiberon Bay and the Morbihan ; and 
 in the following Aug. accompanied the expedition 
 against Ferrol. On the former occasion he assisted, 
 while detached in a boat under the late Capt. Jer. 
 Coghlan, in silencing the forts at the south-west 
 end of Quiberon, where, with a loss to the British 
 of only 2 men killed and 1 wounded, several vessels 
 were brought off and some scuttled. This took 
 place on the 4th of June ; and on the 6th we find 
 Mr. Reynolds employed in the boats under l.ieut. 
 John Pilfold at the capture, in the Morbihan, of 
 two brigs, two sloops, two gun-vessels, and about 
 100 Frenchmen, and the destruction of L'Tnsolente 
 16-gun brig, some smaller vessels, a fort, and a maga- 
 zine. On the night of 29 Aug. 1800 he fought in 
 the boats of a squadron, 20 in number, commanded 
 by Lieut. Henry Burke, at the cutting out, close to 
 the batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Gwepe privateer 
 of 18 guns and 161 men, w'hich vessel, 25 of whose 
 people were killed and 40 wounded, was in 15 mi- 
 nutes boarded and carried, with a loss to the British 
 of 3 seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 Lieutenants, 12 
 seamen, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 seaman miss- 
 ing. For his conduct on this occasion Mr. Reynolds, 
 while serving with his father on board the Orion 
 74, was made Lieutenant, 18 Sept. 1801, into the 
 CouKAGEUX 74, Capt. Thos. Sotheby. In the en- 
 suing June he removed to the Hussak 38, Capt. 
 Philip Wilkinson ; and he next, from 17 Aug. 1803 
 until 13 Sept. 1809, served on the Channel and Irish 
 stations in the Diana alias Niobe 40, Capts. Mat- 
 thew Henry Scott and John Wentworth Loring. 
 On the night of 28 March, 1806, the Diana having 
 come up, off L'Orient, with Le Nearque corvette of 
 16 guns and 97 men, the rearmost of a French 
 squadron, consisting of that vessel and three fri- 
 gates, of which she had alone and with much gal- 
 lantry gone in pursuit, dropped two boats from her 
 quarters full of men. The command of these being 
 given to Lieut. Reynolds, he, with a degree of skill 
 and resolution upon which the whole success of 
 the enterprise depended, contrived to obtain full 
 possession of the corvette without the circumstance 
 being observed by any of her consorts. On 3 Dec. 
 1809, at which period he was serving in the East 
 Indies on promotion in the RossEti. 74, he was 
 nominated Acting-Commander of the Arbogant 
 hulk, to which he was confirmed 3 Oct. 1810. His 
 next appointment was, early in 1811, to the Hespeb 
 18, part of the force employed in the expedition 
 against Java ; where he assisted at the bombard- 
 ment and storming of Fort Cornells and served on 
 shore with a party of seamen throughout all the 
 operations.f After the reduction of the town of 
 Cheribon Capt. Reynolds was appointed Command- 
 ant pro tempore of that place. J On the final subju- 
 gation of the island of Java he was advanced, as a 
 reward for the manner in which he had distin- 
 guished himself, to the acting-command, 26 Sept. 
 1811, of the Sir Francis Drake frigate, rendered 
 vacant (the only vacancy that occurred) by the de- 
 parture of her Captain, Geo. Harris, with the de- 
 spatches for England. In Aug. 1812 Capt. Rey- 
 nolds (who had been officially promoted on 22 of 
 the preceding Jan.) was removed by Sir Sam. Hood, 
 
 * Also wrecked, 
 t Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 8404. J V. Ua2. 1812, p. 118. 
 
 the Commander-in-Chief, into the Bucephalus 32, 
 in which he continued until paid off in Aug. 1813. 
 At an early period of the peace he was offered the 
 command of a frigate by Lord Melville, but the 
 nature of his services in the East Indies had so im- 
 paired his health that he was unable to accept it ; 
 nor did he again go afloat until appointed, 17 Oct. 
 1838, to the Ganges 84. In that ship, in which he 
 remained until put out of commission, 18 April, 
 1842, he superintended, during the campaign of 
 1840 in Syria, the landing of the troops at D' Journi, 
 and aided at the bombardment of Beyrout.* He 
 was also present at the blockade of Alexandria. 
 He was allotted the Captain's Good-Service Pension 
 3 Nov. 1846, and advanced, 8 Jan. 1848, to Flag- 
 rank. He had been nominated a C.B. 20 July, 
 1838. 
 
 Rear- Admiral Reynolds married, 28 June, 1832, 
 Eliza Anne, third daughter of M. Dick, Esq., of 
 Pitkerro, Forfarshire, N.B., and Richmond HUl, co. 
 Surrey. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 REYNOLDS. (Retired Commandeb, 1831. 
 F-p., 31 ; H-p., 35.) 
 
 George Reynolds was born in Oct. 1766. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 June, 1781, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Prothee 64, Capt. Chas. 
 Buckner, with whom, after sharing in Rodney's 
 action, 12 April, 1782, he removed to the Rotal 
 Oak 74. He returned from the West Indies in 
 June, 1783, and between the following Oct. and 
 July, 1794, was employed at Home, in the South 
 Seas and Mediterranean, and again in the West 
 Indies, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Calypso 18, Capt. Ralph Dundas, Helena 16, Capt. 
 Benj. Hulke, Cockatrice 14, Lieut.-Commander 
 Geo. Hurne, Pandora 24, Capt. Edw. Edwards, 
 St. Albans 64, Capt. Jas. Vashon, and Europa 50, 
 Commodore John Ford. The Pandora, having 
 been sent to the Pacifio in search of the mutineers 
 of the Bounty, was wrecked on her passage home 
 in Torres Strait 29 Aug. 1791. Thirty-five of the 
 crew perished ; and the remainder, in number 99, 
 were reduced to the necessity of proceeding in four 
 open boats to Timor, a Dutch settlement distant 
 1100 miles, upon 2 ounces of biscuit and 2 wine- 
 glasses of water each a-day. On_leaving the Europa 
 Mr. Reynolds was made Lieutenant, 10 July, 1794, 
 into his former ship the St. Albans, commanded 
 in succession by Capts. Jas. Vashon and Thos. Mac- 
 namara Russell ; under the latter of whom he re- 
 mained for some time in the "West Indies and then 
 took convoy to St. Helena. Removing with Capt. 
 Russell, as First-Lieutenant, in Feb. 1796, into the 
 Vengeance 74, he served in that ship at the cap- 
 ture of Ste. Lucie and Trinidad and in the unsuc- 
 cessful attack upon Puerto Rico. With the excep- 
 tion of a few months during the peace of Amiens 
 and of a short attachment as Senior Lieutenant on 
 the renewal of hostilities to the Winchelsea 32, 
 Capt. Wm. Mitchell, Mr. Reynolds was employed, 
 from Sept. 1799 until July, 1807, in the Zealand 
 64, flag-ship at the Nore of Vice-Admirals Graeme 
 and Rowley. During the next seven years and five 
 months he had charge of a Signal-station at West 
 Wittering, near Chichester. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 30 March, 1831. 
 
 Commander Reynolds is a widower with four 
 children. 
 
 EEYNOLDS. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 George Stewart Reynolds entered the Navy 
 19 Feb. 1814; passed his examination in 1821 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 29 Jan. 1829 ; and was 
 appointed in succession — 11 May, 1833, and 9 June, 
 1834, to the Donegal 78, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, 
 and Hastings 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, 
 both on the Lisbon station— and, 25 April, 1837, 
 OS Senior, to the Lahne 18, Capts. Patrick John 
 Blake and Augustus Leopold Kuper, fitting for the 
 East Indies. For his services in the latter vessel 
 at the capture of Canton he was promoted, 8 June, 
 • Fide Gaz. 1840, p. 2225. 
 
REYNOLDS— RHIND. 
 
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 1841, to the rank he now holds. On 16 Oct. follow- 
 ing he was appointed Seoond-Oaptain of the Blen- 
 heim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, with whom he 
 returned home from India in the early part of 1843 ; 
 and, since 3 July, 1844, he has been employed as an 
 Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 9 Not. 1843, Eliza Susannah, second 
 daughter of the late Jas. Walker, Esq., of Black- 
 heath. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 REYNOLDS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p.,23.) 
 
 James Keynolbs entered the Navy, 31 March, 
 1807, as li.M., on board the Eliza and Jane 
 tender, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Dickinson, employed 
 between Plymouth and Dublin. In Sept. 1808 he 
 followed the same officer into the' Nonpareil 14 ; 
 in which vessel, commanded afterwards by Lieut. 
 Thos. Cowper Sherwin, we find him assisting, 3 
 Feb. 1810, at the capture of the Canmmiere brig-of- 
 war, of 3 guns, off the river Vilaine. In the course 
 of 1811 he joined in succession the Dannemark 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Bissett, Royal William, flag-ship of Sir 
 Roger Curtis at Spithead, and Ganymede 26, Capt. 
 John Brett Purvis. In the Dannemark, he served 
 as Midshipman in the Channel and among the 
 Western Islands ; he took part in the boats of the 
 Ganymede in an attempt made to bum a privateer 
 at the mouth of the Ebro ; and he was present in 
 the same ship at the siege of Tarragona in 1813 and 
 in other operations on the coast of Catalonia. In 
 July, 1815, being then with Capt. Purvis in the 
 Amphion 32, he took up a commission bearing date 
 1 of the preceding March. Since 18 June, 1838, he 
 has had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 REYNOLDS. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 27.) 
 John Reynolds was born 8 Nov. 1783 at Sand- 
 wich, CO. Kent. He is brother of Capt. Geo. 
 Reynolds, R.N. (1802), who died at Canterbury 25 
 Deo. 1822 ; and of Wm. Reynolds, Esq., who was 
 25 years a Clerk in the Admiralty, and died in 181 1. 
 His brother-in-law, Dr. Edw. Boys, was one of the 
 Physicians of Haslar Hospital during the late war. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Beaulieu 40, Capt. Eras. 
 Fayerman, for the purpose of joining the Satdrn 
 74 ; in which ship he continued employed on the 
 Channel and Irish stations under Capts. Jacob 
 Waller, Digby Dent, and Thos. Totty, until trans- 
 ferred, about May, 1800, to the Inspectok sloop, 
 Capts. Geo. Sayer (a) and Robt. Howe Bromley, on 
 the North Sea station. Becoming attached, next, 
 to the Cynthia 18, Capts. John Dick and John 
 Westley Wright, he took part as Master's Mate of 
 that vessel in the operations of 1801 in Egypt. In 
 the spring of 1803 he was received on board the 
 Vlieter, Capt. Adrian Renou, lying at Sheerness ; 
 and after serving for about 12 months in the Chan- 
 nel and West Indies on board the Venerable and 
 Centaub 74's, 'flag-ships of Rear- Admiral Colling- 
 wood and Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, he was nomi- 
 nated, 21 June, 1804, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Blenheim 74, Capt. Loftus Otway Bland. He was 
 confirmed to that ship 26 Sept. following ; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 8 Jan. 1805, to the Santa 
 Margarita 36, Capt. Wilson Rathborne, under 
 whom he fought in Sir Rich. Strachan's action — 27 
 May, 1807, to the Conqueror 74, Capt. Israel Pellew, 
 employed in the Channel and off Lisbon — in Nov. 
 of the same year, to the charge of a Signal station 
 — 2 Jan. 180a and 2 Jan. 1812, to the command of 
 the Hero and Nimble cutters — 13 Jan. 1813, to the 
 Doris 36, Capt. Robt. O'Brien, whom he accom- 
 panied to China — and, 29 Nov. ensuing, to the 
 Owen Glendowek 42, Capt. Brian Hodgson, in the 
 East Indies. In 1810 Lieut. Reynolds, then in 
 command of the Hero, discovered that the harbour 
 of Salo, in the Kattegat, at the time but little known 
 to the English, was a good place of refuge for vessels 
 during gales of wind blowing on the Swedish shore. 
 While in the same vessel and in the Nimble (which 
 latter, although the crew escaped, foundered in 
 a violent storm in the Sleeve 6 Nov. 1812) he 
 
 captured and destroyed three Danish privateers 
 and as many as 34 sail of merchantmen, was fre- 
 quently in action with the enemy's flotilla, and on 
 one occasion was slightly wounded. So greatly did 
 his successful exertions annoy the Norwegian mer- 
 chants that they offered a large reward for the 
 capture of the Hero. As may be conceived he 
 elicited the high approbation of his Commander-in- 
 Chief, Sir Jas. Saumarez, by whom, we understand, 
 he was recommended to the Admiralty. In July, 
 1815, he assumed command of the Elk 18 on the 
 East India station ; where (the appointment to that 
 vessel being confirmed 20 Nov. in the same year) 
 he was nominated, 13 June and 22 Sept. 1816, and 1 
 March, 1817, Acting-Captain of the Iphigenia 36, 
 Conway 24, and Volage 22. From 13 Feb. 1828 
 until posted 22 July, 1830, Capt. Reynolds com- 
 manded the Orestes 18, on the coast of Ireland, 
 
 He married Miss A. H. Decoeurdoux, daughter 
 of Retired Commander Geo. Laoey Decoeurdoux, 
 R.N. 
 
 REYNOLDS. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Louis RivETT Reynolds passed his examination 
 21 Feb. 1843 ; served in the Mediterranean as Mate 
 on board the Warspite 50, Capts. Lord John Hay 
 and Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, and Hibernia 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker ; obtained his commis- 
 sion 15 Aug. 1846 ; was appointed, 22 Jan. 1847, to 
 the Trafalgar 120, Capts. John Neale Nott and 
 Chas. Hope, engaged on particular service ; and, 
 since 16 April, 1848, has been employed, again in 
 the Mediterranean, in the Terrible steam-frigate, 
 of 800 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay. 
 
 REYNOLDS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 1 3 ; h-p., 30.) 
 William Reynolds entered the Navy, 19 May, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amelia frigate, 
 Capt. Lord Proby, and sailed soon afterwards for 
 the West Indies. In the following Oct. he joined 
 the Centaur 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Sam. Hood, under whom (deducting a few weeks 
 passed in the summer of 1811 on board the Tigre 
 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell) he continued employed 
 in the Hibernia 120 and Illustrious 74, on the 
 Home, Baltic, and East India stations, until made 
 Lieutenant, 16 April, 1812, into the Modeste 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot. While attached to the 
 Centaur he assisted, in company with the Maes 
 and Monarch 74's, at the capture, 25 Sept. ] 806, of 
 four heavy French frigates from Rochefort, on 
 which occasion Sir S. Hood lost his arm. He also, 
 in Aug. and Sept. 1807, accompanied the expedition 
 to Copenhagen — beheld, in Deo. of the same year, 
 the surrender of Madeira — aided, in conjunction 
 with the Implacable 74, at the taking, 26 Aug. 
 1808, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Ro- 
 gerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, at the close 
 of a furious conflict, in which the Centaur lost 
 3 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed 
 and wounded— and took part, in Aug. 1809, in the 
 attack upon Walcheren. In Aug. 1812 Lieut. Rey- 
 nolds rejoined the Illustrious, and from 8 of the 
 following month until 1 Oct. 1816 he was further 
 employed in the East Indies on board the Volage 
 22, Capts. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, Sam. Leslie 
 John Allen, and Joseph Drury, and, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Acorn 20, Capt. Joseph Prior. In 
 the Volage he contributed, in 1813, to the capture 
 of the piratical settlement of Sambas, in Borneo 
 and assisted in the operations which led to the 
 restoration of the Sultan of Palembang. Since he 
 left the AcoBN he has been on half-pay. Agent— 
 J. Hinxman. 
 
 RHIND. (Liect., 1815. F-p., 10; h-p, 31.) 
 
 William Graeme Rhind, born 18 Dec 1794 ig 
 son of Mr. W. Rhind, Master R.N., who served' in 
 that capacity in a frigate commanded by his late 
 Majesty, and died under the flag of Lord Hood • 
 and nephew of the present Jas. Bailde, Esq Purser 
 and Paymaster R.N. (1790). His grandfather Wm 
 Baikie,— another uncle, Mr. Hugh Baikie,— and 
 
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 UHODES— RIALL— RIBOULEAU. 
 
 grand-uncle, Capt. Hugh Baikie, were all in the 
 naval service. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leopakd 50, Capt. Salus- 
 bury Pryce Humphreys, bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Geo. Cranfield Berkeley at Halifax ; and on 22 June, 
 1807, was present when that ship compelled the 
 U. S. frigate Chesapeake to surrender, in conse- 
 quence of a refusal on the part of the latter to 
 allow the British to search her for deserters. Be- 
 tween April, 1808, and Feb. 1815, he served as Mid- 
 shipman on the Home, Lisbon, North American, 
 and West India stations in the Triumph 74 and 
 Babfleur 98, both commanded by Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy (the latter the flag-ship of Hon. 
 G. C. Berkeley), Venus 32, and HnssAK 38, each 
 under the orders of Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford, 
 Babfleub again, Macedonian of 48 guns and 254 
 men, Capt. John Surman Garden, Diomede troop- 
 ship, Capt. Chas. Montagu Fabian, Kamillies 74, 
 Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy, Tekpsichoee 32, Capt. "Wm. 
 Bowen Mends, and Akaxes 38, Capt. Geo. Miller 
 Bligh. While attached to the Bakflbdk he com- 
 manded a gun-boat up the Tagus ; and when in the 
 Macedonian he was captured, 25 Oct. 1812, by the 
 American ship United Stales of 56 guns and 474 
 men, after a desperate action of two hours and ten 
 minutes, in which the British sustained a loss of 36 
 killed and 68 wounded, and the enemy of about 12 
 killed and wounded. During the next seven months 
 he was a prisoner-of-war. In the Djojiede he saw 
 service in the Chesapeake ; and in the Ramtllies 
 he was employed at the blockade of New London. 
 On 16 Feb. 1815, being then in the West Indies, he 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Emulous 
 sloop, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter. In the following 
 June he found that he had been promoted at home 
 by a commission bearing date 24 of the same month, 
 Feb. 1815. He returned to England in the Asia 
 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, in Feb. 1816, and has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 He married 25 Sept. 1828, and has issue three 
 children. 
 
 EHODES. (CoMMANDEE, 1814. r-P., 13 ; h-p., 34.) 
 John Henkt Rhodes, born 28 May, 1788, is eldest 
 surviving son of the late Geo. Rhodes, Esq., of 
 Exeter College, Oxford, Vicar of Cqlyton Shute 
 and Monckton, oo. Devon, by Elizabeth, daughter 
 of the Rev. John Sleech, Archdeacon of Cornwall ; 
 and brother of Capt. Chas. Sleech Rhodes, of the 
 Royal Engineers, who was killed at the storming of 
 St. Sebastian 31 Aug. 1813. Paternally and mater- 
 nally he descends from the Earls of Devon and the 
 Plantagenets. His grandfather, Geo. Rhodes, Esq., 
 married a daughter of the Rev. Archdeacon Baker, 
 Vicar of Modbury, and sister of Sir Geo. Baker, 
 Bart., Physician to George III. The Commander 
 succeeded his brother, Geo. Ambrose Rhodes, Esq., 
 in the estates of Bellair and Shapwick, both in co. 
 Devon, 21 Sept. 1842. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as a 
 Boy, on board the Princess A ugusta yacht, lying 
 in the river Thames, where he remained until June, 
 1802. Re-embarking, 26 May, 1803, on board La 
 Chiffonne 36, he served in that frigate and the 
 Resistance 38, as Fst.-cl. Vol., Midshipman, and 
 Master's Mate, under the present Sir Chas. Adam, 
 until made Lieutenant, 11 Feb. 1808, into the Tri- 
 dent 64. When in company, in La Chiffonne, 
 with the Falcon sloop. Clinker gun-brig, and 
 Frances armed cutter, he assisted, after a chase of 
 nine hours (during which the British suffered some 
 loss from the incessant Aire of the forts alongshore, 
 and he himself was struck by a splinter), in driving 
 under the batteries of Fecamp a division of the 
 French flotilla, consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 gun- 
 vessels, carrying in all 51 guns, 4 8-inch mortars, 
 and 3 field-pieces, accompanied by 14 transports. 
 This took place in the summer of 1805. While 
 attached to the Resistance Mr. Rhodes witnessed 
 the capture of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of 
 Rear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. 
 
 He also aided in bringing a considerable quantity 
 of freight home from Vera Cruz, and was present 
 at the capture ot L'Aigle privateer of 14 guns and 
 66 men. After serving for about 12 months at 
 Malta in the Tbident, part of the time as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Sir Alex. John Ball, he removed, 28 
 Feb. 1809, to the Hebald 18, Capt. Geo. Jackson. 
 In that vessel he was often in action with the enemy's 
 gun-boats and batteries in the Faro of Messina 
 while engaged in protecting Sicily against the in- 
 vasion threatened by Murat. From 30 March, 1812, 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander 15 June, 
 1^14, Mr. Rhodes served on the Home station in 
 the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Admirals Wm. 
 Young and H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, under 
 the latter of whom he assisted, as First-Lieutenant, 
 in escorting the Allied Sovereigns to England. 
 Since his promotion he has been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 23 Sept. 1817, Barbara, only child 
 of Chas. Clay, Esq., of Rhyllow House, near St. 
 Asaph. 
 
 EIALL. (Liedtenant, 1827. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 16.) 
 William Henby Riall was born in 1805. 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, in 1820, on board 
 the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, 
 attached to the force in the Mediterranean, where 
 he took part as Midshipman in a variety of par- 
 ticular services and was otherwise actively em- 
 ployed. On 31 Jan. 1825 he assisted in the boats 
 of the Cambrian and Seeingapatam under the 
 orders of Lieut. Henry Shovell Marsham, in board- 
 ing and carrying in the Negropont Channel, not- 
 withstanding a desperate resistance, two piratical 
 vessels of 1 gun and about 30 men each. He con- 
 tributed to the success of many affairs of a similar 
 character ; and, on 24 Oct. 1827, as a reward for 
 his conduct at the battle of Navarin, was created a 
 Lieutenant of the Cambrian. That ship being 
 wrecked during an attack on a nest of pirates at 
 Carabusa 31 Jan. 1828, he was next, 6 Nov. 1829, 
 appointed to the Druid 46, also commanded by 
 Capt. Hamilton, with whom he served in South 
 America until the close of 1832. He has since been 
 on half-pay. In 1825 he was lent from the Cam- 
 brian to the Hind 20, Capts. Hon. Henry John 
 Rous and Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill. 
 
 Lieut. Riall, who is J. P. for co. Tipperary, 
 was appointed Mayor of Clonmel in 1836, but was 
 displaced by the New Corporation Act in 1842. He 
 married, 29 Dec. 1831, Elizabeth Frances, eldest 
 daughter of John Parkinson, Esq., British Consul 
 at Bahia. 
 
 RIBOXJLEAU. (Vice-Admibai, of the White, 
 1846. F-p., 19 ;'* H-P., 48.) 
 
 Peter Ribouleau died 16 Dec. 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1780, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Prince William, 
 Capt. Stair Douglas, with whom, after sharing in 
 Hood's action with the Comte de Grasse off St. 
 Kitts in 1781, he removed in succession, on the 
 West India and Home stations, to the Triumph 74, 
 Geafton 50, and Cambridge 74. During the 
 peace he served on the coast of North America, 
 again in the West Indies, and at Home, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, in the Assistance, Com- 
 modore Sir Chas. Douglas, Goliath, Capt. A. 
 Dickson, Act.son, Capt. J. Hanwell, Goliath and 
 Alcide, both commanded by Sir A. Douglas, and 
 Duke flag-ship of Lord Hood. On accompanying 
 the ofiicer last mentioned to theMediterranean in the 
 Victory 100, of which ship he was created a Lieu- 
 tenant 31 Aug. 1793, he witnessed the occupation of 
 Toulon. In April, 1794, after having served for a 
 short time on board L'Are'thuse French frigate, he 
 joined the Glory 98, Capt. John Elphinstone, part 
 of the force engaged under Lord Howe in the 
 action of the 1st of June. His next appointments 
 were— to the Barflehr 98 and Monaech 74, each 
 bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Keith Elphinstone. 
 In the latter ship he co-operated in 1795 in the re- 
 • Not including liis Sea Fencible time. 
 
RICE— RICH. 
 
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 duction of the Cape of Good Hope. Attaining the 
 rank of Commander 25 July, 1796, he joined in that 
 capacity, in April, 1800, the Astbea troop-ship, in 
 which he accompanied the expedition of 1801 to 
 Egypt ; where, on 8 March in that year, he served 
 with the launches containing the field artillery 
 under Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and assisted at the 
 debarkation of the army in Aboukir Bay.* He 
 also landed and acted in unison with the troops. 
 He invalided in the following July ; was promoted 
 for his services to Post-rank 29 April, 1802 ; served 
 afterwards in the Sea Fencibles at Margate and 
 Dartmouth; and commanded, from 25 Feb. 1822 
 until April, 1825, the Sehiramis 42, flag-ship of 
 Lord Colville at Cork. He became a Rear- Admiral 
 on the Betired List 10 Jan. 1837, and on the Active 
 17 Aug. 1840; and a Vice- Admiral 9 Nov. 1846. 
 His wife died 29 July, 1845. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 RICE. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 EowAKD Bbidges Kice entered the Navy in 
 1832 ; passed his examination 23 Nov. 1839 ; served 
 as Mate on the Mediterranean, East India, and 
 Home stations, in the Cyclops steamer, Capt. Ho- 
 ratio Thos. Austin, Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Keppel, Pelican 16, Capt. Philip Justice, and St. 
 Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley ; and 
 obtained his commission 5 Aug. 1844. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 5 Feb. 1845, for about 12 
 months, to the Kodnef 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, at- 
 tached to an experimental squadron employed under 
 the orders of Rear-Admirals Hyde Parker and Sir 
 Sam. Pym— 14 Oct. 1846, to the Thetis 46, Capt. 
 Henry John Codrington, fitting at Portsmouth — 
 and, 30 Dec. following, to the Vanguakd 80,-Capts. 
 Geo. Wickens Willes and Geo. Fred. Rich, now in 
 the Mediterranean. 
 
 RICE. (Liedtenant, 1848.) 
 
 George "William Rice passed his examination 
 8 May, 1847 ; became in the course of the same 
 month. Mate of the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir 
 Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the West 
 Indies ; and since 6 Oct. following has been serving 
 on that station as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieu- 
 tenant (commission dated 19 June, 1848) in the 
 Daring 12, Capt. Wm. Peel. 
 
 RICE. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 11; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Henry Rice was born 13 June, 1787. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 July, 1802, as 
 A.B., on board the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale, stationed off Weymouth. 
 In Sept. 1803, after having been for eight months 
 employed in a merchantman on a voyage to the 
 Mediterranean, he re-embarked as Midshipman on 
 board the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye 
 Legge ; under whom he fought in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action 22 July, 1805, and in Feb. 1807 passed the 
 Dardanells. Being made Lieutenant, 9 Nov. 1808, 
 into the Phcebe of 44 guns and 271 men, Capts. 
 Hassard Stackpoole and Jas. Hillyar, he assisted in 
 that ship at the reduction of the Isle of France in 
 Dec. 1810. He was also, prior to joining in the ex- 
 pedition against Java, present, 20 May, 1811 (while 
 cruizing off Madagascar in company with the As- 
 TREA and Galatea, frigates nearly equal in force 
 to the Pbcebe, and 18-gun brig Racehorse), at the 
 capture— after a long and trying action with the 
 French 40-gun frigates Menomme'e, Clorinde, and 
 Nereide, and a loss to the Ph<ebe of 7 men killed 
 and 24 wounded — of the JienomTnee, and on 25 of 
 the same month of the JVe're'ide and the settlement 
 of Tamatave. On his return from escorting convoy 
 to Quebec Mr. Rice, in July, 1812, invalided. His 
 last appointments were — 16 Jan. 1813, for six 
 months, to the Vengedr 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, 
 in which ship he accompanied the trade to the 
 West Indies— and, in May, 1815, to the Alban 12, 
 • Fide Guz. 1801, p. 486. 
 
 Capt. Jas. Boyd, and his old ship the Ph<£be, still 
 commanded by Capt. Hillyar, with whom he served 
 off the coast of France^until paid off 28 Aug. en- 
 suing. He accepted his present rank 13 April, 
 1846. 
 
 Commander Rice married, 30 Oct. 1839, Miss Ann 
 Berry, of Chawton, near Alton, Hants. 
 
 RICH. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 16; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Charles Rich entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1801, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen, with whom he continued 
 almost uninterruptedly employed as Midshipman in 
 the Immortalite 36 and Clyde 38, until trans- 
 ferred, in Dec. 1808, to the Doterel sloop, Capt. 
 Anthony Abdy. The very active nature of his 
 services during that period will be seen by a refer- 
 ence to our Memoir of the gallant and distinguished 
 officer under whose command he was. After he 
 had again been for a short time attached to the 
 Clyde on the Downs station, he there, in June, 
 1809, became Acting-Lieutenant of the Cherokee 
 10, Capt. Rich. Arthur. Returning at the end of 
 three months to a Midshipman's berth in the 
 Clyde, he took part in Sir Rich. Strachan's attack 
 upon Flushing. On the occasion of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 1810, Mr. Rich 
 was nominated Flag-Lieutenant, in the Trident, 
 to Rear-Admiral Chas. Boyles at Malta. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — in Jan. and Sept. 1811 
 and Oct. 1812, to the SoccEss 32, Ville de Paris 
 110, and UNiTfe 36, Capts. John Ayscough, Geo. 
 Burlton, and Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, all in 
 the Mediterranean— 13 Dec. 1814 to the St. Law- 
 rence 98, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen on the lakes of Canada^and 24 March, 1815, 
 to the command, for three months, of the gun-boats 
 on the river St. Lawrence. Attaining the rank of 
 Commander 27 Jan. 1816, he served in that capa- 
 city in the Harpy 10, at Jamaica, from 18 Jan. 
 1828 until superseded in Sept. 1829; and in the 
 Coast Guard from 29 March, 1837, until posted 28 
 Jan. 1838. He has since been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 RICH. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Edwin Ludlow Rich is fifth son of the late Rev. 
 Sir Chas. Bostock Rich, Bart., LL.D., of Shirley 
 House, Hants, by Mary Francos, only daughter and 
 heir of Lieut.-General Sir Robt. Rich, Bart., of 
 Rose Hall, co. Suffolk, and niece of the first Earl of 
 Ludlow. He is brother of Sir Geo. Rich, who was 
 Chamberlain of the Household to the Viceregal 
 Court of Ireland during the government of the 
 Marquis of Wellesley ; and imcle of Lieut. F. D. 
 Rich, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monarch 74, Capt. John 
 Clarke Searle, bearing the flag in the Downs of 
 Lord Keith, whom he followed into the Edgar 74. 
 Removing, in Aug. 1805, to L'Egyptienne 40, Capt! 
 Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, he was present 
 in that ship, and in company with the Loire 38, at 
 the capture, 24 Dec. in the same year, after an ob- 
 stinate resistance, of La Libre French frigate of 40 
 guns and 280 men. In April, 1806, he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Seahorse of 42 guns and 281 men 
 Capt. John Stewart, attached to the force in the 
 Mediterranean, where, besides assisting at the re- 
 duction of the islands of Gianuti and Pianosa, he 
 contributed, on the night of 5 July, 1808, to the 
 defeat of the Turkish frigate Alia-Fezan of 26 guns 
 and 230 men, and the capture, after a memorably 
 furious engagement and a loss to the Seahorse 
 (30 of whose crew were absent) of 5 killed and 10 
 wounded, of her consort the Badere Zcffer, mount- 
 ing 52 guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom 
 170 were killed and 200 woimded. Quitting the 
 Seahorse in Jan. 1810, Mr. Rich, during the next 
 two months, served on board the Excellent 74 
 Capt. Edw. Griffith. In the following Oct. he was 
 received as Master's Mate on board the St. Fio- 
 
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 RICH— RICHARDS. 
 
 RENzo troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Edm. Sexton Pery 
 Knox; and on 4 Sept. 1812, at which period he had 
 been for a few weeks borne as a Supernumerary on 
 the books of the Impetueux 74, flag-ship of Vice- 
 Admiral Geo. Martin off Lisbon, he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Scorpion, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Vinicombe 
 Penrose at Gibraltar. He was confirmed 15 Oct. 
 ensuing; and was afterwards appointed — 31 Dec. 
 1812, to the Onyx 10, Capt. Smith Cobb, also on 
 the Gibraltar station — 2 Feb. 1813, to the Volon- 
 TAIKE 39, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, 
 with whom he served in the Mediterranean and off 
 Lisbon until obliged, in July, 1814, to invalid— 22 
 July, 1819, to the Falmouth 20, Capts. Henry 
 Theodosius Browne Collier and Edw. Purcell, em- 
 ployed on the Cork and Leeward Island stations — 
 and, 13 Feb. 1822, as First-Lieutenant, to the Suri- 
 nam 18, Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, likewise in 
 the West Indies. On 24 Sept. 1822 he was promoted 
 to the command of the Bustard 10, on the station 
 last named, where he removed, 1 May, 1823, to the 
 EiNGDovE 16. He returned to England about the 
 commencement of 1826, and has not been since 
 afloat. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 Capt. Rich married, 6 July, 1829, Sophia, youngest 
 daughter of Capt. G. F. Angelo, of Hill, South- 
 ampton. Agents — Messrs. StUwell. 
 
 EICH. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Frederick Dampier Rich, bom 7 March, 1818, 
 is third son of Sir Chas. Henry Rich, Bart. , of Shirley 
 House, 00. Hants, by Frances Maria, youngest 
 daughter of Sir John Lethbridge, Bart. ; and 
 nephew of Capt. Edwin Ludlow Rich, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1840 ; 
 served as Mate on the East India and North 
 America and West India stations in the Herald 
 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, Iixustrious 72, flag-ship of 
 Sir Chas. Adam, Electra 18, Capt. Arthur Darley, 
 and Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. 
 Wm. Austen ; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 
 1846 ; and was then for a few months employed in 
 the Vesuvius steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Douglas 
 O'Callaghan, in the West Indies. Since 7 Sept. 1847 
 he has been serving in the Qdeen 110, Capt. Henry 
 Wm. Bruce, now in the Mediterranean. 
 
 RICH. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 24; h-p., 28.) 
 
 George Frederick Rich is son of Admiral Sir 
 Thos. Rich, who died 6 April, 1804, at Sonning, 
 near Reading; and brother of Capt. Chas. Rich, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 March, 1795, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Atlas 98, Capt. Dodd, 
 with whom, until 18 Dec. following, and again from 
 16 Jan. to 3 May, 1796, he served at Plymouth in 
 the same ship and in the Fame 74. In June and 
 July, 1798, his name was borne on the books of the 
 Northumberland 74, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; 
 and he was next, between March, 1800, and June, 
 1805, employed on the Irish, Channel, Baltic, West 
 India, and Downs stations, chiefly as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, in the Glenmore and Ven- 
 geance, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Duff, and 
 Immortalite 36, Capt. E. W. C. R. Owen. In tlie 
 latter ship, as may be seen by a reference to our 
 Memoir of her Captain, he assisted at the bombard- 
 ment of Dieppe and St. Valery-en-Caux, and came 
 into irequent contact with the enemy's flotilla in 
 the neighbourhood of Boulogne. On 30 Dec. 1805, 
 after having acted as Lieutenant in the VALORons, 
 Capts. Harding and Tarker, and performed the 
 duties of Sub-Lieutenant in the Earnest gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Gommanders St. Clair and Templar, he was 
 made full Lieutenant into the Rosario sloop, Capt. 
 Wm. Mounsey, whom he accompanied to the West 
 Indies. His next appointments were — 12 April, 
 1807, to the Venus 32, Capt. Henry Mateon, also in 
 the West Indies— 18 Dec. 1807 and 14 Dec. 1810, 
 to the Clyde 38 and Inconstant 36, both com- 
 manded on the Home station by his friend and 
 patron Capt. Owen, who intrusted him with the 
 
 charge of a division of gun-boats at the evacuation 
 of the Walcheren in Dec. 1809»— 16 March, 1812, to 
 the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith 
 in the Channel — and, 30 Nov. 1812 (after six months 
 of half-pay), to the acting-command of the Race- 
 horse 18 at the Cape of Good Hope, where he re- 
 mained until the ensuing June. Bis appointments 
 as Commander, a rank to which he was officially 
 advanced 26 Oct. 1813, were— 19 Dec. 1814, 4 June, 
 1816, and 27 Jan. 1817, to the Zephyr 12, Racoon 
 16,t and Falmouth 20, in which vessels he was 
 employed in the Channel and again at the Cape 
 until paid off in March, 1819— and, 30 Nov. 1822, to 
 the Ringdove 18, fitting for the West Indies. He 
 was posted, 1 July, 1823, into the Gloucester 74, 
 bearing the broad pendant of his old Commander, 
 then Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, on the station last 
 named ; and was afterwards nominated Captain — 
 24 Oct. 1823, for a short time, of the Hyperion 42, 
 at Jamaica— 30 Sept. 1841 and 21 April, 1844, of 
 the Queen 110 and Formidable 84, each bearing 
 the flag of Sir E. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he continued until the end of 1845 — 
 and, 6 Nov. 1847, of the Vanguard 80, now on the 
 same station. 
 
 Capt. Rich married, 24 July, 1828, -Ignes, second 
 daughter of the late C. H. Eraser, Esq., by whom 
 he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 EICH. (Ketired Commander, 1846. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Henry Rich, born in March, 1787, is second son 
 of Robt. Rich, Esq., of Orohardley Park, co. So- 
 merset. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 March, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl.".Vol., on board the Diligence sloop, Capts. 
 Rich. Jones and Alex. Robt. Kerr ; and in Aug. of 
 the same year was present as Midshipman in Lord 
 Nelson's attack upon the Boulogne flotilla. He 
 continued in the Diligence, on the Home station, 
 until transferred, in Nov. 1804, to the Defiance 
 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham. In that ship, in 
 the course of 1805, he fought in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action, assisted under Admiral Hon. Wm. Com- 
 wallis in driving the French fleet into Brest, and 
 partook of the glories of Trafalgar. After serving 
 for two years and a half with Capts. Durham and 
 Thos. Alexander in the Renown 74, off Rochefort, 
 L'Orient, and Toulon, he was nominated, 13 July, 
 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Atlas 74, bearing 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis at 
 Gibraltar. On 26 Nov. following he was confirmed 
 into the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry Fanshawe, 
 on the Mediterranean station, where he remained 
 until April, 1810. In the ensuing Sept. he joined 
 the St. Albans 64, Capt. Edw. Brace, and, in Feb. 
 
 1811, the Druid 32, Capts. Sir Thos. Louis, John 
 Williams, Thos. Searle, and Fras. Stanfell. In both 
 ships he was employed at the defence of Cadiz; 
 and in the Druid, in which he continued until Oct. 
 
 1812, he aided also at the defence of Tarifa. His 
 last appointments were — in June, 1814, to the 
 Madagascar 38, Capts. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle 
 and Fras. Stanfell, on the North American station 
 —and, in Oct. 1815, to the Phaeton 38, Capt. F. 
 Stanfell, lying at Sheerness. He was placed on 
 half-pay in Dec. 1815; and invested with his pre- 
 sent rank 3 Nov. 1846. Agents— Collier and Snee. 
 
 KICHAEDS. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 
 Edwin Richards entered the Navy, 28 July, 
 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38, 
 Capt. Geo. Cockbum. In that frigate, after serving 
 off Havre-de-Grace, he accompanied Mr. Merry, 
 the British Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United 
 States, and was for some time employed in block- 
 ading the Isle of France, where he freqiiently came 
 into collision with the enemy's batteries. On his 
 return to England with Capt. Cookburn in the 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 2007. 
 
 t In the Racoon Capt. Rich established a settlement on 
 the Island of Ascension. 
 
RICHARDS. 
 
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 Howe frigate in escort of the Marquis of Wellesley, 
 late Governor-General of India, he was received as 
 a Supernumerary, in Feb. 1806, on board El Cokso, 
 Lieut.-Commander Wm. Collins Barker, lying in 
 the river Thames. Remaining in that vessel but a 
 few days, he next, in Sept. of the same year, joined 
 the Captain 74, commanded by Capt. Cockburn, 
 with whom (deducting a few months passed in 
 1807-8 on board the Achille 74, Capt. Sir Rich. 
 King) he continued to serve in the Pompee, Belle- 
 isle, and Implacable 74's, until Sept. 1810. In 
 the PoMPBE he co-operated as Master's Mate in the 
 reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809 ; and in the 
 Belleisle he accompanied the expedition to the 
 "Walcheren. In Sept. 1810 he became Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant (a rank he had held for a short time on board 
 the Implacable) of a vessel (the name of which 
 we are not certain of) commanded on the Cadiz 
 station by Capt. Geo. Matthew Jones. He was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant 26 April, 1811 ; was next, 
 from Aug. 1812 until May, 1813, employed in the 
 Mediterranean in the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Cod- 
 rington, and from Oct. 1815 until Aug. 1817 on the 
 Channel and North American stations in the Pac- 
 TOLUS 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie ; attained his 
 present rank 28 April, 1827; and officiated as an In- 
 specting-Commander in the Coast Guard from 29 
 Dec. 1828 until the close of 1832, and again from 24 
 June, 1836, until the summer of 1839. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 RICHARDS. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 George Henry Richards entered the Navy 3 
 Nov. 1832; passed his examination 12 March, 1840; 
 was promoted (while Mate of the Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir David Milne) to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 12 July, 1842; and, from that 
 period until advanced for his services in the Pa^ 
 rana to the rank he now holds, 18 Nov. 1845, was 
 stationed in South America in the Philomel sur- 
 veying-brig, Capt. Bartholomew Jas. Sulivan. He 
 has been employed, since 14 Oct. 1847, as Second- 
 Captain of the Acheron steam surveying-vessel, of 
 160-horse power, Capt. John Lort Stokes, on the 
 East India station. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 RICHARDS. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 Habrt Lord Richards is brother of John 
 Richards, Esq., Purser and Paymaster K.N. (1800), 
 who died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 June, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prudent prison-ship at 
 Plymouth, Capt. Chas. Henry Lane ; and from the 
 following Oct. until his return to England in 1802 
 was employed in the Channel and West Indies as 
 A.B., Midshipman, and Master's Mate, in the 
 Drdid 32, Capt. Chas. Apthorp, Volage 22, Capts. 
 Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Wm. Parker, and Fras. 
 Vesey (in which ship he assisted at the capture of 
 the Santa DonalSpanish packet), and D^daigneuse 
 frigate, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland. He then sailed 
 in the ship last mentioned under Capt. Peter Hey- 
 wood for the East Indies ; where, from Feb. 1804 
 until Jan. 1805, he acted as Lieutenant in the Ca- 
 BOLiNE 36 and Grampds 50, Capts. Benj. Wm. 
 Pa^e and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild. After again 
 serving as Midshipman in the Dedaignecse and 
 Cobnwallis 50, both commanded by Capt. Chas. 
 Jas. Johnston, and as "a Supernumerary on promo- 
 tion in the Cdlloden 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pel- 
 lew, he was afresh ordered to act as Lieutenant, in 
 Jan. and July, 1808, in the Caroline, commanded 
 at the time by Capt. Henry Hart, and Fox 32, 
 Capts. Hon. Arch. Cochrane and H. Hart. While 
 attached to the Culloden he contributed, 11 Dec. 
 1807, to the destruction of the dockyard and stores 
 at Griessee, in the island of Java, and of all the 
 men-of-war remaining to Holland in India ;* during 
 
 * Although on board the Culloden, he had been nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the liELLiQUEUX 64. Tliis ship, 
 liowever, he never joined. 
 
 his servitude in the Caroline he was frequently 
 intrusted with the command of the boats of that 
 ship, and on one occasion succeeded in taking a 
 flotilla of gun-vessels; and while officiating as First 
 of the Fox (from which frigate he invalided in 
 June, 1809) he was in charge of her boats at the 
 capture of a French ship of 10 guns and 100 men 
 under the batteries of Sapara. On 12 Nov. 1809 he 
 was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant. He next, 
 between Jan. 1811 and June, 1812, served off Ma- 
 deira and in the Bay of Cadiz in the Merope 10, 
 Capt. Edw. Flin, and, as Senior, in the Alfred 74, 
 Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton. During the six fol- 
 lowing months he commanded the Fearless gun- 
 vessel otf Cadiz and Tangier and in various parts 
 of the Mediterranean ; and from the close of 1813 
 until June, 1815, he was actively employed on the 
 lakes of Canada, where a severe injury occasioned 
 him the loss of sight in one eye. On his return to 
 England in the autumn of 1815 he was for three 
 months employed at Plymouth as First-Lieutenant 
 in the Conway 24, Capt. John Tancock. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 31 Jan. 1822, to the 
 Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish 
 Spencer, which ship was paid off in the following 
 Sept.— 7 May, 1824, to the JEtsa bomb, Capt. Wil- 
 liams Sandom, on the Mediterranean station — and 
 19 Aug. 1825, as Senior, to the Galatea 42, Capt. 
 Chas. Sullivan, employed on particular service. 
 He attained his present rank 20 Aug. 1828, and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Richards married Miss E. Worth, of 
 Plymouth. 
 
 RICHARDS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 19.) 
 John Richards entered the Navy, 14 July, 1806, 
 as L.M., on hoard the Wagtail, and was for some 
 months employed in cruizing among the Western 
 Islands. While serving next, between Feb. 1807 
 and Feb. 181.3, in the Centadr 74, Commodore Sir 
 Sara. Hood, he accompanied the expedition against 
 Copenhagen — witnessed the surrender of Madeira — 
 assisted, in conjunction with the Implacable 74, at 
 the capture, 26 Aug. 1808, in sight of the whole 
 Russian fleet near Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship 
 Sewohd, after a close and furious engagement, in 
 which the Centadr lost 3 killed and 27 wounded, 
 and the enemy 180 killed and wounded — and took 
 part in the operations of 1809 in the Scheldt. From 
 1 March, 1813, until 1 Jan. 1816, he served in the 
 Downs and North Sea and at Cork in the Mon- 
 mouth 64 and Scarborough 74, flag-ships of Admi- 
 rals Thos. Foley and John Ferrier, and Tigris 36, 
 Capt. Robt. Henderson. He then took up a com- 
 mission bearing date 3 Aug. 1815. Since 7 May, 
 1835, he has been in command of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 RICHARDS, C.B. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 26 ; 
 
 H-p., 23.) 
 Peter Richards entered the Navy, in 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambridge 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Roger, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. King at 
 Plymouth, where, with the exception of a few 
 months in 1799 and 1800, he continued employed 
 until May, 1802, in the Resolue, Lieut.-Commander 
 Thos. Richards. From Nov. 1802 until Dec. 1807 
 he served on the Home and Mediterranean stations, 
 principally in the capacity of Midshipman, in the 
 Cdlloden 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres and Geo. Campbell, Dreadnought and 
 Princess Royal 98's, both commanded by Capt. 
 Robt. Carthew Reynolds, Heecule 74, Capt. Hon. 
 John Colville, and Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Col- 
 lingwood. On 12 of the month last mentioned he 
 was made Lieutenant into the Repulse 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, part of the force em- 
 ployed in the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809 ; 
 and he was subsequently appointed — 23 Feb. and 4 
 May, 1811, to the Montagu 74, Capt. John Halli- 
 day, and Revenge of similar force, successive flag- 
 ship at Cadiz, off Toulon, and in the Adriatic, of Rear- 
 
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 RICHARDS— RICHARDSON. 
 
 Admirals Hon. A. K. Legge and Sir John Gore,* 
 to the latter of whom he became First-Lieutenant — 
 in the course of 1815, after seven mouths of half- 
 pay, to the Leviathan 74, Capt. Thos. Briggs, 
 Alcmene 38, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, and Boyne 
 98, flag-ship of Lord Exroouth, all in the Mediter- 
 ranean — and 3 July, 1816, to the Queen Chaklottb 
 100. For his conduct as First-Lieutenant of that 
 ship, vphich also bore the flag of Lord Exmouth, at 
 the bombardment of Algiers, where, in the Queen 
 Chaklotte's barge, he boarded and in 10 minutes 
 set fire to a frigate,| he was promoted to the rank 
 of Commander 16 Sept. 1816. On 20 Oct. 1826 
 Capt. Kichards obtained command of the Pelokds 
 18, in which vessel he continued on the Mediterra- 
 nean station until advanced to Post-rank 17 Sept. 
 1828. His appointments have since been — 19 Dec. 
 1831, to the Asia 84, bearing the flag of the pre- 
 sent Sir yfm. Parker off Lisbon, whence he returned 
 in the summer of 1834 — 1 Nov. 1835, for nearly two 
 years, to the Volage 28, in the Mediterranean-^ 
 and 5 April, 1841, and 27 Feb. 1845, to the Cokn- 
 wALLis 72 and Hieeknia 104, flag-ships of Sir Wm. 
 Parker, with whom he is now serving in the Medi- 
 terranean. "While in the CornwaIiLIS, which ship 
 was paid off at the close of 1844, Capt. Kichards 
 bore a distinguished part during the operations on 
 the coast of China, where he served on shore in the 
 attack on the enemy's entrenched camp on the 
 heights of Segaon,J and at the taking of Chapoo,§ 
 "Woosung,!! Shanghae, and Chln-Iiiang-Foo.f As a 
 reward for the admirable gallantry, spirit, and 
 judgment he had throughout displayed, he was no- 
 minated a C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 EICHAEDS. (Lieut., 1815. r-p. 10; h-p., 32.) 
 WiiLiAM Richards entered the Navy, 9 April, 
 1805, as Seo.-cl. Boy, on board the Zealous 74, 
 Capts. John Okes Hardy, John Giffard, Wm. 
 Pierrepont, Thos. Boys, and Jas. Anderson. Con- 
 tinuing in that ship until 1814, he assisted, as Mid- 
 shipman, in blockading the French and Spanish 
 squadrons at Cadiz, was at Gibraltar when the fleet 
 came in after the battle of Trafalgar, served in a 
 gun-boat against the French on the coast of Spain, 
 escorted the Russian fleet to England after the Con- 
 vention of Cintra, aided in embarking the remains 
 of General Moore's army at Corunna, commanded 
 a telegraph in a redoubt on the lines of Torres 
 Vedras, and was engaged in affording protection to 
 the trade in the Baltic. From Oct. 1814 until May, 
 1815, he served in the Chatham 74, Capt. David 
 Lloyd, and cruized during that period among the 
 Western Islands in pursuit of three American fri- 
 gates. Since the date last mentioned he has been 
 on half-pay. His commission bears date 7 Feb. 
 1815. 
 
 EICHAEDSON, K.C.B. (Vice-Admikal of 
 THE White, 1847. r-p., 30 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Sir Charles Kichardson entered the Navy, 23 
 Nov. 1787, as Captain's Servant, on board the 
 Vestal 28, Capt. Rich. John Strachan. He shortly 
 afterwards proceeded on an embassy to China, and, 
 on removing with Sir Richard to the Ph<enix 36, 
 was present, 19 Nov. 1791, while cruizing off the 
 Malabar coast in company with the Perseverance 
 frigate, in an obstinate engagement (produced by 
 a resistance on the part of the French Captain to a 
 search being imposed by the British upon two mer- 
 chant-vessels under his orders) with La Be'solue of 
 
 * On the night of 8 Nov. 1813, having handsomely volun- 
 teered his services, Mr. Richards took command of the boats 
 of the Rbvenoe, and succeeded, without a single casualty, 
 in bringing out from the harbour of Polamos a felucca pri- 
 vateer carrying 49 men, 20 of whom jumped overboard and 
 effected their escape.^ /-'ide Gaz. 1814, p 124. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1791. 
 
 J V. Gaz. 1842, pp. 2386, 2389, 2390. 
 
 «F. Gaz. 1842, pp. 3692-3. || F. Gaz. I8.i2, p. 3399. 
 
 IT At Chin-Kiang-Foo Capt. Richards landed at the head 
 of 200 marines, and was wounded. — F, Gaz. 184S. hd. 3369. 
 3403. '^ 
 
 46 guns, whose colours were not struck until she 
 had herself sustained a loss of 25 men killed and 40 
 wounded, and had occasioned one to the Phoenix 
 of 6 killed and 11 wounded. While on the East 
 India station Mr. Richardson was for several 
 months employed in the boats in co-operating, up 
 different rivers, with the army under Sir Koht. 
 Abercrombie in its operations against Tippoo Saib. 
 On his return to England in 1793 he joined (he had 
 previously attained the ratings of Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate) the Alexander 74, Capt. West, at- 
 tached to the Channel fleet ; and on 4 Aug. 1794, 
 after having fought in the Royal George 100, flag- 
 ship of Sir Alex. Hood, in Lord Howe's actions of 
 29 May and 1 June, he was made Lieutenant into 
 the Circe 28, Capt. Peter Halkett. Of that frigate 
 he was First-Lieutenant during the great mutiny at 
 the Nore; where his exertions in preventing the 
 crew from acquiring the ascendancy gained him, in 
 common with his Captain and the other officers of 
 the ship, the thanks of the Admiralty. The Circe 
 forming one of Lord Duncan's repeaters in the 
 action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, Lieut. 
 Kichardson on that occasion achieved an important 
 exploit. Fearing lest the Dutch Admiral, De Win- 
 ter, after his own ship had been dismasted and 
 silenced, should effect his escape on board some 
 other, he volunteered to go in an open boat and 
 take him out. Succeeding in his object he had the 
 honour of presenting him in person to the British 
 Commander-in-Chief; who in consequence received 
 him on promotion in Jan. 1798 on board his flag- 
 ship the Venerable 74, and made him, 6 Mardi 
 following, his Signal-Lieutenant in the Kent 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope. In the following year, 
 being sent with the expedition to Holland, Lieut. 
 Richardson commanded a division of seamen at- 
 tached to the army under Sir Ralph Abercromby 
 from the period of the debarkation near the 
 Helder until the surrender of the Dutch squadron 
 under Admiral Storey. He was then ordered home 
 in charge of a Dutch 68-gun ship. Some time after 
 he had rejoined the Kent he sailed with Sir Ralph 
 Abercromby for Egypt, where he assisted in land- 
 ing the troops and fought in the battle of 8 March, 
 1801. In the course of the same month he removed 
 to the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood; 
 and on 12 July, 1802, having previously conveyed 
 Sir Alex. John Ball to Malta, he was nominated 
 Acting-Commander of the Aligator 28, wmee-en- 
 fiute. While in that ship, to which he was con- 
 firmed 9 Oct. 1802, Capt. Richardson directed the 
 movements of the flotilla employed at the reduction 
 of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice in 1803, and 
 was highly spoken of in the public despatches for 
 his exertions at the taking of Surinam in the spring 
 of 1804.* On 6 July in that year he was in con- 
 sequence invested by Sir Samuel Hood with the 
 command of the Centaur 74, the ship bearing his 
 broad pendant, an act which the Admiralty con- 
 firmed 27 Sept. ensuing. He returned to England 
 in March, 1805 ; and was subsequently appointed — 
 11 Jan. 1806, to the Cjssar 80—21 April, 1810, to 
 the Semiramis 36, in which frigate, employed in 
 the Channel, off Lisbon, and at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, he continued until Aug. 1814—29 July, 1819, 
 and 29 July, 1821, to the Leandeb 60, bearing the 
 flag of Hon. Sir H. Blackwood, and Topaze 46, both 
 on the East India station — and, in 1822, again to 
 the Leander, from which ship he invalided 14 Oct. 
 in the same year. In the CiESAR Capt. Richardson 
 went in pursuit, under the flag of Sir Rich. 
 Strachan, of a squadron which had escaped from 
 Brest, was employed off Eochefort, and proceeded 
 to the Mediterranean in quest of another French 
 squadron under Rear-Admiral Allemand. He as- 
 sisted in the same ship under Rear-Admiral Stop- 
 ford at the destruction of three French frigates 
 beneath the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and of the 
 enemy's squadron in Aix Roads, in Feb. and April 
 1809; and in the following July sailed, again under 
 Sir Rich. Strachan, with the expedition to the 
 Scheldt. On the town of Camvere offering to eur- 
 • VideCML. 1804, pp.765, 761. 
 
RICHAKDSON. 
 
 975 
 
 render, Capt. Richardson, who was the senior naval 
 officer at the time on shore, arranged with Lieu- 
 tenant-General Fraser the terms upon which the 
 proposal was accepted. During the investment of 
 Flushing he landed at the head of a brigade of sea- 
 men, and commanded a battery of 6 24-pounders 
 with much effect. His services throughout the ope-' 
 rations were so important and his zeal and bravery 
 so very conspicuous that he elicited the public 
 praise of the Earl of Chatham, the Military Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, and the high approbation of Lieu- 
 tenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, who conducted the 
 siege, and of Major-General M'Leod, commanding 
 officer of the Koyal Artillery.* On 25 Aug. 1811, 
 being at the mouth of the river Gironde in the Se- 
 MiRAMis and in company with the Diana 38, Capt. 
 Richardson, while his consort was engaged with the 
 (lately British) gun-brig Teazer of 12 18-pounder car- 
 ronades, 2 long 18's, and 85 men, succeeded, " in a 
 manner that characterized the officer and seaman," 
 in driving on shore, and burning under the guns of 
 the batteries at Royan, Le Pluvier national brig of 
 16 guns and 136 men.f In consideration of this ex- 
 ploit he received the " warmest acknowledgments " 
 of his senior officer, Capt.Wm. Ferris, of the Diana, 
 and the thanks of the Board of Admiralty. The Se- 
 MiRAMis afterwards made a large number of prizes, 
 and among them the Grand Jean Sart privateer of 
 14 guns and 106 men. During Capt. Richardson's 
 command of the Topaze a dispute arose between 
 him and the authorities at Canton, which, before it 
 could be adjusted, became so serious, that all com- 
 mercial intercourse was suspended, the British fac- 
 tory obliged to embark without passes, and the 
 Hon. Company's ships to leave the Tigris. The 
 disturbances had their origin in the circumstance 
 of a fire from the Topaze having killed 2 out of 
 a number of Chinese who had severely wounded 
 14 of her crew while employed filling water at 
 Lintin. On 4 June, 1815, Capt. Richardson was 
 nominated a C.B. ; and on 29 June, 1841, a K.C.B. 
 He became a Rear-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837; and a 
 Vice- Admiral 17 Dec. 1847. Agents — Messrs. 
 Slilwell. 
 
 EICHAEDSON. (Commander, 1802. r-p., 17; 
 H-p., 48.) 
 
 John Richardson (a) died about the commence- 
 ment of 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 March, 1782, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Lenox, Capt. Wm. Ben- 
 net, lying at Cork ; and was afterwards, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 Nov. 1790, em- 
 ployed on the Channel and West India stations in 
 the Artois, Capt. John Macbride, Hy^na 24, Capt. 
 P. Sinclair, Crown 64, Capt. Chaa. Morice Pole, 
 Expedition 44, Capts. Chetwynd and Brown, Cdm- 
 bekland 74, Capt. J. Macbride, and Victory 100, 
 Capt. John Knight. Between Sept. 1792 and the 
 date of his advancement to the rank of Commander 
 29 April, 1802, he served in the West Indies, at 
 Halifax, in the Mediterranean, off Lisbon, and in 
 the North Sea and Channel, on board the Faiev 
 sloop, Capt. Fras. Laforey, Adventure 44, Capt. 
 Edw. Buller, Zealous 74, Capts. Mason, Lord 
 Hervey, and Sam. Hood, Salvador del Mondo, 
 Capt. Wm. Prowse, Belliqueux 64, Capt. John 
 Inglis, Ruby 64, Capts. Gardner and Ferris, and, 
 for a few months, in command of the Censor gun- 
 vessel and Swift cutter. From Sept. 1804 until 
 some time in 1805 he commanded the Albion 
 armed ship in the Channel. He did not afterwards 
 go afloat. Agents— Messrs. Ilalford and Co. 
 
 EICHAEDSON. (Commander, 1839.) 
 
 John Richardson (i) entered the Navy 3 Feb. 
 1826 ; passed his examination in 1832 ; obtained his 
 first commission 6 June, 1834; and was subse- 
 quently appointed — 17 Nov. 1834, to the Pique 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, employed for 12 
 months on particular service — 23 March, 1836, to the 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, pp. 1233, 1322. f V. Gaz. 1811, p. 1762. 
 
 Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, fitting for the Mediter- 
 ranean—and, 9 June, 1838, to the Harlequin 16, 
 Capts. John Elphinstone Erskine and Lord Fras. 
 John Russell, stationed at first in the Mediterra- 
 nean and next on the coast of Africa. He attained 
 his present rank 9 May, 1839 ; and, from 26 Deo. 
 1840 until paid off at the close of 1842, commanded 
 the Phcenix steamer, again in the Mediterranean. 
 He has not been since afloat. Agent — John P. 
 Muspratt. 
 
 EICHAEDSON. (Liedtenant, 1842.) 
 
 Richard M'Kinley Richardson is son of Capt. 
 Wm. Richardson R.N., K. I. C. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1831, on 
 board the Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe 
 Martin ; and served for seven years as Midshipman 
 and Mate under the present Sir Edw. Belcher in 
 the ^TNA and Sulphur surveying-vessels, com- 
 manded for short periods also by Capts. Wm. Geo. 
 Skyring and Fred. Wm. Beechey, on the African, 
 South American, and East India and China stations. 
 While attached to the Sulphur he aided in reduc- 
 ing the forts in the Boca Tigris, served on shore at 
 the storming of the Chinese works below Whampoa 
 Reach,"" 27 Feb. 1841, took part in the boat-opera- 
 tions connected with the capture of Canton, and 
 was on many occasions strongly recommended by 
 Capt. Belcher. On leaving her he was received on 
 board the Resistance 42, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. 
 Patey, stationed in the Mediterranean. Having 
 passed his first examination 3 July, 1838, and his 
 second 8 Nov. 1842, he was promoted, 30 Dec. in 
 the latter year, to the rank of Lieutenant. His 
 appointments have since been — 5 Jan. 1843, as Ad- 
 ditional, to the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean — 29 
 March following, to the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. 
 Chambers, on the same station— in the course of 
 
 1844, as Additional, to the Cornwallis and Agin- 
 COURT 72's, flag-ships of SirWm. Parker and Sir 
 Thos. John Cochrane in the East Indies— 20 May, 
 
 1845, for nearly two years, to the Samarang 26, 
 Capt. Sir E. Belcher, employed on surveying ser- 
 vice in India— 26 May, 1847, as Additional (for ser- 
 vice in the Fearless steam-tender of 76-horse 
 power), to the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness, 
 Capt. David Price— and, 29 Feb. 1848, to the com- 
 mand of the Pluto steam-vessel of 100-horse power, 
 at present on the coast of Africa. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 EICHAEDSON. (Lieutenant, 1828. r-p., 17; 
 H-p., 18.) 
 Samuel Richardson entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 
 1812, on board the Bacchante 38, in which ship, 
 commanded by the late Sir Wm. Hoste, he con- 
 tinued employed in the Adriatic and on the coast 
 of North America until June, 1815. During that 
 period he had the good fortune to participate in a 
 variety of brilliant boat affairs, and assist at the 
 capture of several of the enemy's towns and forts. 
 His exertions on a particular occasion, when four 
 out of six prizes were lost in a gale of wind, in sav- 
 ing one of which he himself had charge, procured 
 him the rating of Midshipman. After he left the 
 Bacchante he served— from May, 1816, to Dec. 
 1818 (in the course of which month he passed his 
 examination), in the Queen Charlotte 100, flag- 
 ship of Sir Edw. Thombrough at Portsmouth— 
 from the latter date until March, 1824, in the EocH- 
 FORT 80, bearing the flags of Sir Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle and Sir Graham Moore in the Mediterra- 
 nean-next, in the Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, 
 guard-ship at Portsmouth— and, from the spring of 
 1825 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 25 
 July, 1828, in the Maidstone 42 and Sybille 48, 
 bearing the broad pendants of Sir Chas. Bullen and 
 Sir Fras. Augustus Collier on the coast of Africa. 
 His last appointment was, about Nov. 1829, to the 
 Wellesley 74, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, em- 
 ployed on particular service. He was placed on 
 * V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501. 
 
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 RICHARDSON— mCHES-RICHIE-RICIlMOND. 
 
 half-pay in 1831. During his career afloat he was 
 five times sent into port in charge of captured ves- 
 sels, many of them slavers. 
 
 and two sons— the one, Rich. M'Kinley Richardson, 
 a Lieutenant R.N.— the other, C. Richardson, a 
 Clerk in the Admiralty at Somerset House. Agent 
 — J. Hinxman. 
 
 EICHAEDSON, K.I.C. (Captain, 1838. r-r., 
 24 ;* B-P., 27.) 
 WiLtiAM Richardson is nephew of the late 
 Rear-Admiral Rich. Raggett ; and only brother of 
 Capt. John Geo. Richardson, R.M. (1831). 
 
 This officer, who had served as Midshipman on 
 board the Alfred 74, Capt. John Bazeley, in Lord 
 Howe's action, 1 June, 1794, joined, 6 Nov. 1796, 
 the Prince George 98, Capt. John Irwin, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admlral Wm. Parker, under whom he 
 fought in the action oif Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 
 1797. He left the St. George in the ensuing Sept. ; 
 and during the next six years was employed off 
 Cadiz, and in the Channel, "West Indies, and Medi- 
 terranean, principally with the rating of Midship- 
 man, in the Boston 32, Capt. John Irwin, Formi- 
 DABEE 98, Queen Charlotte 100, and Barfleoh 
 and Temeraire 98's, flag-ships of Admirals Sir 
 Chas. Thompson and Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Cal- 
 cutta 50, Capt. Dan. Woodriff, and Dreadnought 
 98 and Victory 100, bearing the flags of Hon. "Wm. 
 Cornwallis and Lord Kelson. By the latter noble- 
 man he was nominated, 5 Oct. 1803, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Termagant sloop, Capt. Robt. Pettet. 
 He was confirmed to that vessel 30 April, 1804. He 
 joined next, 15 May, 1807, the Goshawk sloop, 
 Capt. Alex. Innes, part of the force employed in the 
 expedition to Copenhagen ; and was subsequently 
 appointed, in the capacity of First-Lieutenant — 27 
 May, 1808, 1 Aug. and 18 Dec. 1811, and 2 Oct. 
 1812, to the Bombay, Rodney, and America 74's, 
 and Mbnelaus 38, Capts. Wm. Cuming, Edw. 
 Durnford King, Sir Josias Rowley, and Sir Peter 
 Parker, all in the Mediterranean, where he came 
 into frequent contact with the enemy's squadron 
 and batteries in the neighbourhood of Toulon — 12 
 June, 1813 (having left the Menelaus in the pre- 
 ceding Dec), to the Medusa 32, Capt. Geo. Bell, 
 attached to the force in the Channel — 5 Feb. 1814, 
 to the York 74, Capt. Alex. 'Wilmot Schomberg, 
 with whom he made a voyage to Quebec — and (after 
 five months of half-pay, caused by ill health) 17 
 June and 18 Aug. 1815, to the Caledonia 120, flag- 
 ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Bochfort 80, Capt. 
 Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, both on the Home 
 station. On 19 May, 1812, he commanded with 
 credit the boats of the America, Leviathan 74, 
 and Eclair sloop, at the capture of 16 and the de- 
 struction of two deeply-laden vessels, which had 
 taken shelter under the town and batteries of Lan- 
 guelia, on the coast of Italy, and had been secured 
 by various contrivances to the houses and beach — 
 an exploit that occasioned the British a loss of 16 
 men killed and 20 wounded.-t Three months after 
 the paying off of the Rochport Mr. Richardson, 
 who had for nine years filled the post of First- 
 Lieutenant in different ships, was advanced, 7 Dec. 
 1818, to the rank of Commander. He was afterwards 
 employed, from 12 May, 1827, until May, 1828, as 
 Second-Captain, in the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. 
 E. D. King, under whom he brought troops home 
 from Lisbon — and from 14 April, 1835, until the 
 close of 1838, in command of the Clio 16. For 
 services performed in the latter vessel (in which he 
 also visited the shores of Africa) on the coasts of 
 Catalonia and Valencia, during the civil war in 
 Spain, he was promoted, 28 June, 1838, to Post- 
 rank, and created by Maria Christina, the Queen- 
 Regent, a Knight of the Order of Isabella the Ca- 
 tholic, the insignia whereof he was permitted by 
 his own sovereign to accept and wear. Since the 
 Clio was put out of commission he has not been 
 afloat. 
 
 Capt. Richardson is Honorary Secretary to the 
 Kaval Benevolent Society, and has on several occa- 
 sions received a vote of thanks from the Board of 
 Directors. He married, in 1816, a niece of Vice- 
 Adrairal Geo. M'Kinley, and has issue a daughter 
 * Dating from 17.96. -f- Vide Gai. 1812, p. 1395. 
 
 PICHES. (Lieutenant, 1814.) 
 
 Watson Thomas Riches was present, as Mid- 
 shipman of the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Chas. 
 Boyles, in Sir Kobt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, 
 at the capture of four heavy French frigates off 
 Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, and at the passage of the 
 Dardanells in Feb. 1807. In 1810 he assisted, in 
 the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, at the cap- 
 ture of the Isle of France ; in the following year 
 he co-operated, in the Illustrious 74, Commodore 
 Wm. Robt. Broughton, in the conquest of the island 
 of Java; and in 1813-14 he commanded, vrith the 
 rating of Master's Mate, a gun-boat on the river 
 Elbe and at the reduction of Cuxhaven and Gluck- 
 stadt. He was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 
 22 Jan. 1814 ; and has been in charge, since 19 Jan. 
 1839, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 RICHIE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p.,35.) 
 
 William Richie entered the Navy, 6 July, 1799, 
 as L. M., on board the Ruby 64, Capts. Alan Hyde 
 Gardner and Solomon Ferris, in which ship and in 
 the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, he was 
 employed, until July, 1802, on the Channel, African, 
 North Sea, Baltic, Cadiz, and West India stations. 
 In May, 1807, after having served for about 15 
 months at Plymouth and at the Brazils and Cape of 
 Good Hope in the Belleisle 74, Capt. Wm. Har- 
 good, and, as Midshipman, in the Sampson 64, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, he 
 joined the Excellent 74, Capts. John West and 
 Edw. GrifBth. While on the books of that ship he 
 saw much gun-boat service in the Straits of Gibral- 
 tar, was employed on shore at the defence of the 
 fortress of Rosas, on the coast of Spain, in Nov. 
 1808, and in the following year contributed to the 
 destruction of several of the enemy's gun-vessels in 
 the Adriatic. Removing, in April, 1810, to the 
 Franchise 36, commanded for some time by Capt. 
 Rich. Buck, he made a voyage to Greenland, and 
 on his return was sent to co-operate with the pa- 
 triots on the coast of Catalonia. From Dec. 1811 
 until Aug. 1814 he served in the Channel and Medi- 
 terranean, as Master's Mate, on board the Royal 
 Sovereign 100, Capts. Wm. Bedford, Jas. Bissett, 
 Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, Chas. Thurlow Smith, and 
 Robt. Lambert. He then joined the Vengeur 74, 
 Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, under whom he 
 accompanied the expedition against New Orleans 
 and assisted at the reduction of Fort Bowyer. On 
 leaving the Vengeur in Aug. 1815 he took up a 
 commission bearing date 11 Feb. in that year. He 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. 
 
 RICHMOND. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Henry Richmond died in 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1809, as 
 Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Amethyst frigate, com- 
 manded in the Channel by Capt. Jacob Walton; 
 served next, from Feb. 1811 until Aug. 1815, the 
 greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the 
 SuRVEiLLANTE 38, PoRCUPiNE 22, and Leander 50, 
 all under the orders of Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier ; 
 then joined, in the capacity of Master's Mate, the 
 Princess floating-battery at Liverpool, Capt. Wm. 
 Simpson ; and from June, 1816, until Jan. 1820, was 
 employed at St. Helena as Admiralty-Midshipman 
 in the Eurydice 24 and Conqueror 74, Capts. 
 Robt. Wauchope and Fras. Stanfell, and as Acting- 
 Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 5 
 Oct. 1819) in the Nautilus 18, Capt. Isham Fleming 
 Chapman. While attached to the Surveillante 
 he assisted at the reduction, in 1811-12-13, of seve- 
 ral of the enemy's towns and forts on the north 
 coast of Spain, including those of Lequeytio, Bermeo 
 Galea, Algorta, Bagona, El Campillo las Quersas' 
 
RICHMOND— RICKETTS. 
 
 977 
 
 Xebiles, Castro, St. Ano, Guetaria, Santander, Santa 
 Clara, and St. Sebastian. In the Leander he came 
 several times into action with the enemy on the 
 coast of North America. After he left the Nau- 
 tilus he did not go afloat. Agents — Collier and 
 Snee. 
 
 EICHMOND. (Lieutenant, 1822.) 
 
 Thomas Kichmond was made Lieutenant, 6 May, 
 1822, into the Bustard 10, Capt. Jas. Wigston, on 
 the Jamaica station ; and was afterwards appointed 
 — 2 Sept. 1824, to the Owen Glendowek 42, Com- 
 modore Hood Hanway Christian, with whom he re- 
 mained for upwards of three years at the Cape of 
 Good Hope— 19 Nov. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, 
 in which service he continued employed, as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the RAMiiiWES and Tala- 
 VERA 74's, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot, 
 until the early part of 1831—9 March, 1832, in the 
 capacity last mentioned, to the Isis 50, bearing the 
 flag of Kear-Admiral Fred. Warren at the Cape of 
 Good Hope — and 22 May following, to the Badger 
 mooring-vessel on that station, Capt. Geo. Fuller 
 Stow. He has been on half-pay since the summer 
 of 1833. 
 Lieut. Bichmond is married and has issue. 
 
 a prison in the citadel of Valenciennes, the second 
 from a dungeon at Hirson. On being at length set 
 at large, he was promoted, 14 Deo. 1809, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Van- 
 guard 74, Capt. Henry Richard Glynn ; in which 
 ship and in the Sparrow sloop, Capt. Joseph Need- 
 ham Tayler, and Theseus 74, Capt. Brown, he con- 
 tinued employed on the Baltic and Home stations 
 until the peace. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 RICKETTS. (LiECT., 1809. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Charles Spencer Ricketts entered the Navy, 4 
 April, 1795, as A. B., on board the Motine cutter, 
 commanded in the Mediterranean by Lieuts. "West 
 and Shepherd. In Oct. 1797 he removed to the 
 Princess BoyAL 98, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Orde off Cadiz ; and in Sept. 1798 he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Speedy brig, of 14 4-pounders, 
 Capts. Jahleel Brenton and Lord Cochrane. Under 
 Capt. Brenton he contributed, 9 Aug. 1799, to the 
 capture, after a warm action of great length fought 
 in a small bay near Cape de Gatt, of three vessels, 
 mounting in the whole 22 guns, 6 and 9 pounders. 
 He was with the same officer at the destruction, 3 
 Oct. following, of four coasting-vessels anchored 
 under a fort and castle in a bay to the eastward of 
 Cape Trafalgar; and also when, unaided, he de- 
 feated and put to flight, near Gibraltar, 6 Nov. 
 1799, two Spanish schooners, each carrying 2 long 
 24-pounders and 50 men, 10 other vessels of 1 24- 
 pounder and 40 men each, and a French xebec pri- 
 vateer of 8 guns. Under the gallant Cochrane Mr. 
 Ricketts took part in a series of operations against 
 the enemy unparalleled for activity and success. 
 Within the space of 14 months he aided at the 
 taking, by the Speedy alone, of 33 vessels, carrying 
 all together 128 guns and 533 men ; and on 6 May, 
 1801, he had the honour of assisting at the ever- 
 memorable capture of the Spanish frigate JEl Gamo 
 of 32 heavy guns and 319 men ; which ship, after a 
 close cannonade of 45 minutes, was boarded and 
 carried with irresistible heroism by Lord Cochrane 
 at the head of 40 men. The British, whose number 
 consisted originally of 54, sustained a loss of 3 killed 
 and 8 wounded; the enemy of 15 killed and 41 
 wounded. On 3 July following the Speedy was 
 herself captured by a French squadron under M. 
 Linois, but not until she had exhausted every 
 means of escape, and had behaved in a manner so 
 conspicuous that Lord Cochrane's sword, on his 
 surrender, was immediately returned to him. Being 
 restored to liberty in the course of the same month, 
 Mr. Ricketts was at once received on board the 
 C^SAR 80, commanded (as flag-ship to Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez off Cadiz) by his friend Capt. Brenton ; 
 with whom he returned home in April, 1802, in the 
 Santa Dorotea frigate. Rejoining him, in the 
 ensuing Dec, on board La Minerve of 48 guns, he 
 was in that ship, 2 July, 1803, when she took the 
 ground under the batteries of Cherbourg, and was 
 compelled, despite a fierce and sanguinary resist- 
 ance, to strike her colours. In consequence of this 
 misfortune he was for upwards of six years detained 
 a captive in France. During that period he twice 
 attempted to effect his escape— the first time from 
 
 EICKETTS, Bart. (Captain, 1846. p-p., 15 ; 
 H-p., 16.) 
 
 Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, bom 27 Feb. 1803, is 
 eldest son of the late Vice- Admiral of the Blue Sir 
 Tristram Robt. Ricketts, Bart.,* by Rebecca Eliza, 
 daughter of John Gumbleton, Esq., of Glencaime 
 Abbey, co. Waterford ; and brother (with Lieute- 
 nant S. H. Ricketts, K.N.) of St. Vincent Wm. 
 Ricketts, Esq., a Major in the Scotch Greys, who 
 married a granddaughter of the fifth Earl of Berke- 
 ley. His uncle, Gilbert Ricketts, Esq., married a 
 daughter of Admiral Rodney Bligh. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 9 
 Aug. 1816 ; and embarked, 10 June, 1818, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres, stationed in the Channel. Between the 
 following Oct. and the date of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 20 March, 1823, he served on 
 the West India, Mediterranean, Lisbon, and Home 
 stations, as Midshipman, in the Liffey 50, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Duncan, Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. 
 Augustus Montagu, Apollo yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir 
 Chas. Paget, and Calliope tender. His succeeding 
 appointments were— in April, 1824, for about two 
 years, to the Sappho 18, Capts. Wm. Hotham and 
 Wm. Pitt Canning, on the Halifax station — and in 
 Aug. 1828 and April, 1830, to the Asia 84 and Bri- 
 tannia 120, flag-ships in the Mediterranean of Sir 
 Pulteney Malcolm. After officiating for about two 
 years and 10 months as Flag-Lieutenant to the offi- 
 cer last mentioned, he was advanced, 18 Aug. 1831, 
 to the rank of Commander. His last appointment 
 was to the Helena 16, the command of which vessel 
 he retained, at the Cape of Good Hope, from 23 
 Oct. 1843 until paid off in the summer of 1847. He 
 attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Sir Cornwallis Ricketts married, 31 May, 1834, 
 Henrietta, youngest daughterof Colonel John Tem- 
 pest, of Tong Hall, co. York, by whom, who died 
 13 Nov. 1838, he has issue. Agent— Fred. Du- 
 faur. 
 
 RICKETTS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Simpson Hicks Ricketts, born 26 May, 1816, is 
 youngest brother of Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart., 
 Capt. R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Dec. 1829 ; passed 
 his examination 20 July, 1836 ; obtained his com- 
 mission, while serving as Mate on board the Siren 
 16, Capt. Wm. Smith (6), 28 Jan. 1842 ; and from 
 16 Aug. in the latter year until paid off in 1847 was 
 employed in the Pacific in the Salamander steam- 
 sloop of 220-horse power, Capt. And. Snape Ha^ 
 mond. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 • Sir Tristram Robt. Ricketts was born in 1772. Attaining 
 Post rank 9 Oct. L801, he commanded, during the late war, 
 the ViLLE DE Paris, San Josef, and Hibebnia first-rates, 
 bearing the flags of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 and Earl St. Vincent, and Venqeub 74. In the latter ship, 
 at the close of 1814, he conveyed Major-Greneral Lambert 
 and a reinforcement of troops to the army before New 
 Orleans. In Feb. 1815 he commanded the detachment of 
 seamen landed at Mobile to assist in the reduction of Fort 
 Bowyer. In his official letter, reporting the result of the 
 operations which there took place, Sir Alex. Cochrane 
 declares himself indebted to Capt. Ricketts " for his zeal and 
 exertions in landing and transporting the cannon and sup- 
 plies, by which the fort was so speedily reduced." Sir Tristram 
 (who was created a Baronet in 1828) became a Rear- Admiral 
 22 July, 1830, and a Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. He died in 
 Aug, 1842. 
 
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978 
 
 RIDEOUT— RIDER-RIDGE— RIGGE—KIGMAIDEN. 
 
 F-p., 27 ; 
 
 KIDEOUT. (COMMANDEB, 1827, 
 H-P., 23.) 
 
 Samhei, Kideout entered the Navy, 6 July, 1797, 
 as A.B., on board the Gallaht, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Lyall, under whom, after cruizing in the 
 Channel, he accompanied, in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman, the expedition of 1799 to Holland. In 
 Nov. 1800 he removed to the Koyal George 100, 
 bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Hyde Parker; 
 and on following that officer into the London 98, he 
 witnessed the battle fought at Copenhagen 2 April, 
 1801. After visiting the West Indies in the Edgar 
 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, he was received in 
 succession, in the course of 1802-3, on board the 
 Ambuscade 32, Capt. David Atkins, and Kubt and 
 Galtkheid 64's, Capts. Hon. Francis Farington 
 Gardner and Isaac WoUey. In 1804 he sailed in the 
 Cdlloden 74, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew, for the 
 East Indies ; where he removed, in Jan. 1805, to the 
 Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, went back, in the 
 ensuing Sept., to the Culloden, and was nominated, 
 5 Feb. 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of the Concorde 36, 
 commanded by the present Sir Josiah Coghill Cog- 
 hill. He was confirmed aLieutenant 21 Sept. 1807 ; 
 and was subsequently appointed — 18 Dec. 1807, to 
 the Northumberland 14, Capt. Wm. Hargood, on 
 the Mediterranean station — 17 Sept. 1810, to the 
 Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, in which ship he 
 served in the North Sea and West Indies, escorted 
 the Allied Sovereigns over from France in the sum- 
 mer of 1814, and accompanied the expedition against 
 New Orleans— 12 Sept. and 31 Dec. 1815, and 17 
 Aug. 1816, to the Albion, Queen, and Northum- 
 berland 74's, all commanded, as guard-ships at 
 Sheerness, by Capt. Jas. Walker, with whom he re- 
 mained until paid ofi'in Sept. 1818—21 March, 1823, 
 and 6 May, 1824, as Senior Lieutenant, to the 
 Thetis 46, Capt. Sir John Phillimore, and Glou- 
 cester 74, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. E. Owen and 
 Joshua Sydney Horton, on the Home station— and 
 27 March, 1826, again as First, to the Ganges 84, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway in 
 South America. While serving in the latter ship 
 he was promoted to the rank of Commander 11 
 May, 1827. He continued in her in that capacity 
 until she was put out of commission in Sept. 1829 ; 
 and has not been since atlo^t. 
 
 Chief at Jamaica; but the court, feeling strongly 
 that in the commission of this offence against pro- 
 fessional etiquette he had been misled by error of 
 judgment, arising from the best motives for the 
 welfare of his king and country, earnestly recom- 
 mended him to the favourable consideration of the 
 Admiralty. He was in consequence restored to his 
 former rank in March, 1811. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Commander Eider is married and has issue. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 EIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 George Agar Ellis Ridge passed his examma- 
 tion 21 Nov. 1843 ; became Mate, 3 Feb. 1846, of 
 the Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, attached to 
 the Channel squadron ; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 9 Nov. in the same year. His appointments 
 have since been— 26 April, 1847, to the Imaum 72, 
 receiving-ship at Jamaica, Capt. Geo. Eobt. Lam- 
 bert— 25 June, 1847, as Additional-Lieutenant, to 
 the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. 
 Austen, Commander-in-Chief in North America 
 and the West Indies — and 5 Oct. 1847, to the 
 Alarm 26, Capt. Granville Gower Loch, with whom 
 he is at present serving on the station last men- 
 tioned. 
 
 RIDER. (Commander, 1806.) 
 
 William Barnham Eider entered the Navy, in 
 1781, as A.B., on board the Ceocodlle, Capt. Jas. 
 King, employed in the Channel ; and in the course 
 of the following year became Midshipman, under 
 the same ofiicer, of the Resistance, on the West 
 India station. Between 1786 and the commence- 
 ment of the French revolutionary war he served on 
 the coast of Scotland, at Newfoundland, and in the 
 Channel and Mediterranean, in the Scourge, Capt. 
 Rich. Eundell Burgess, Pegasus, Capt. Herbert 
 Sawyer, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Admiral Mil- 
 banke, Peudente 38, Capt. Henry TroUope, and 
 Britannia 100, bearing the flag of Admiral Hotham. 
 He was afterwards, until the peace of Amiens, em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean and Channel, as Lieu- 
 tenant, on board the Diadem 64 and Aigle 38, 
 both commanded by Capt. Chas. Tyler, St. George 
 98, Capt. Sampson Edwards, and San Josef 110, 
 Capt. Wm. Wolseley. In the Diadem he took part, 
 we believe, in Hotham' s first partial action 14 March, 
 1795 ; and in the Aigle he was wrecked, near Tunis, 
 1 8 July, 1798. During the two or three years which 
 anteceded his promotion to the rank of Commander 
 22 Jan. 1806, he served at home in the Sea Fen- 
 clbles and in the G altkheid 64, Capt. Isaac WoUey, 
 Otter sloop, Capt. John Davies (o), and Antelope 
 50, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. He subse- 
 quently commanded the Gorgon 44, and, for a long 
 time, the Challenger sloop, on the Home and 
 West India stations. On 20 Nov. 1810 he lost his 
 commission by the sentence of a court-martial for 
 returning home with despatches from the Lieute- 
 nant-Governor of Curajoa without having obtained 
 the previous authority of the naval Commander-in- 
 
 RIGGE. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Charles Gray Eigge is second son of Gray 
 Rigge, Esq., of Wood Broughton House, co. Lan- 
 caster, an Acting-Magistrate for Lancashire and 
 the North Riding of co. York, by Sarah, eldest 
 daughter of Edw. Moore, Esq., of Stockwell, and 
 niece of Peter Moore, Esq., Member in several Par- 
 liaments for the city of Coventry. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 22 Sept. 1825'; 
 passed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained his 
 commission 28 June, 1838. His appointments have 
 since been— 4 Jan. 1839, to the Zebra ;16, Capt. 
 Jas. John Stopford, in the Mediterranean— 17 Sept. 
 1841, after a few months of half-pay, to the Devas- 
 tation steamer, Capts. Hastings Reginald Heniy, 
 Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, and Wm. Hewgill 
 Kitchen, with whom he served on the same station 
 until the close of 1845, the greater part of the time 
 as First-Lieutenant- and 29 June, 1846, and 25 Oct. 
 1847, to the command of the Trident and Comet 
 steam-vessels of 350 and 80-horse power, the former 
 in the Mediterranean, the latter on particular 
 service. 
 
 F-p., 12: 
 
 RIGMAIDEN. (Lieutenant, 1812. 
 H-P., 31.) 
 
 James Eigmaiden entered the Navy, 6 April, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Merlin 16, Capt. 
 Edw. Pelham Brenton, with whom he continued 
 employed, as Midshipman, in the Amaranthe 18 
 and Belleisle 74, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Cockburn, and Donegal 74, until Nov. 
 1809. In the Merlin he assisted at the bombard- 
 ment of Havre 23 July and 1 Aug. 1804; and while 
 serving in the Amaranthe he aided in her boats 
 with those of the Circe and Stork, commanded by 
 Lieut. Jas. Hay (by whom his conduct was reported 
 in very handsome terms) at the boarding and car- 
 rying, 13 Dec. 1808, under a heavy fire from the 
 enemy's batteries and troops on the beach, of the 
 French 18-gun brig Le Cigne, lying aground to the 
 northward of St. Pierre's, Martinique.* He was 
 present in the same vessel at the reduction of Mar- 
 tinique. In the Belleisle he escorted the Mar- 
 quess Wellesley to and from Cadiz. After serving 
 for a year and seven months at St. Helena, in the 
 Channel, and among the Western Islands, in the 
 Argo 44, Capt. Fred. Warren, and as Master's Mate 
 in the Spartan 38, Capt. E. P. Brenton, and Ven- 
 geur 74, flag-ship of Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, he 
 was nominated, in June, 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. EoUes. In the en- 
 suing Aug. he was received as a Supernumerary- 
 Midshipman on board the Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. 
 • Viie Gaz. 1809, p. 147. 
 
RILEY— RISK— RITCHIE-RIVERS. 
 
 979 
 
 Edw. Rodney, fitting for the East Indies ; wliere he 
 was made full Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, into the 
 Ii.i,uSTRioDS 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, and 
 next, 8 Jan. 1813, appointed to the Ph<enix 36, 
 Capts. Wm. Henry Webley and Chas. John Austen. 
 Under the latter officer, on proceeding to the Medi- 
 terranean, lie was actively employed in the sup- 
 pression of piracy until wrecked in a hurricane near 
 Smyrna, 20 Feb. 1816. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Lieut. Bigmaiden married, 14 July, 1830, Frances 
 Ann, only child of the late Geo. Brumwell, Esq. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 EILEY. (Commander, 1838. f-p.,29; h-p., 11.) 
 Charles Wilson Kilby entered the Navy, 24 
 Dec. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vanguakd 
 74, Capts. Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring, Thos. 
 Baker, and Henry Rich. Glynn, on the Baltic sta^ 
 tion ; where, during nearly four years, he was 
 actively employed, the greater part of the time in 
 the capacity of Midshipman, in affording protection 
 to the trade, was in almost daily collision with the 
 Danes, either in destroying their commerce or in 
 chasing their gun-boats, and on one occasion as- 
 sisted in repelling, with considerable loss to the 
 enemy, the attack of a large flotilla. Removing, at 
 the close of 1811, to the Mai/ta 80, bearing the flag 
 in the Mediterranean of Rear- Admiral Benj. Hal- 
 lowell, he served in that ship, in 1813, at the siege 
 of Tarragona, at the destruction of the fort of St. 
 Philippe, and in other operations on the coast of 
 Catalonia. He continued employed with Rear-Ad- 
 miral Hallowell, as Master's Mate, in the Tonnant 
 80, at Cork, until Nov. 1818. From Feb. 1822 
 until about the year 1827 he was employed in the 
 Coast Blockade as Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate 
 and Supernumerary-Lieutenant (commission dated 
 21 Jan. 1824) of the Severn 40, Bamillies 74, 
 and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 15 Feb. 1828, to the Erebus bomb, Capt. 
 Philip Broke, in the Mediterranean— 4 May, 1830, 
 for a few months, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, on the same station— and, 
 1 Nov. 1832 and 9 Jan. 1834, to the command of 
 the Sparrow cutter at Portsmouth, and Espom 
 Falmouth packet. He paid the latter vessel off in 
 the summer of 1837 ; and on 28 June, 1838, was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank. He obtained, 4 July, 
 1839, a five-years' appointment in the Coast Guard ; 
 and since 24 Jan. 1848 has been in command of 
 the Star sloop on the coast of Africa. 
 
 Commander Riley married, in 1836, a daughter 
 of the late Mr. Gibbon, Commander of H. M. 
 packet Lady Louisa. 
 
 EISK. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 John Erskine Field Risk entered the Navy 8 
 Sept. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1832 ; and for 
 his services on the coast of Syria, including the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 5 Nov. 1840. His succeed- 
 ing appointment were — 14 Jan. 1841, as Additional, 
 to the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir 
 Ilobt. Stopford in the Mediterranean— 4 May fol- 
 lowing, to the Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam 
 Martin, on the same station, whence he returned to 
 England and was paid off— 7 Jan. 1842, to the Fly 
 18, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood, with whom he was 
 for upwards of four years employed on surveying 
 service in the East Indies— and 12 May, 1847, to the 
 Caledonia 120, which ship, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport, 
 he left in Jan. 1848. 
 
 He married, 1 Deo. 1841, Emily, daughter of 
 Major Tudor, of the Ordnance Department. 
 
 EISK. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Richard Hawkins Risk passed his examination 
 5 Oct. 1836 ; served for some time in the Incon- 
 stant 36, Capt. Fred. Thos. Michell, and Locust 
 steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Lunn, on the Me- 
 
 diterranean station ; and obtained his commission 8 
 Nov. 1844. His appointments have since been — 11 
 Dec. 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Cale- 
 donia 120, bearing the flag of Sir David Milne at 
 Devonport— 6 March, 1845, to the Apollo troop- 
 ship, Capt. "Wm. Badcliffe, with whom he appears to 
 have visited every quarter of the globe — 28 Jan. 
 1847, to the Birkenhead steam-frigate of 556-horse 
 power, Capt. Aug. Henry Ingram, employed on par- 
 ticular service— and 13 Jan. and 10 May, 1848, to 
 the command of the Lucifer and Trident steamers 
 of 180 and 350-horse power, in the latter of which 
 he continues. 
 
 EITCHIE. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Ritchie entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diligence sloop, 
 Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, on the Leith station. In 
 Aug. 1805 he followed Capt. Kerr, as Midshipman, 
 into the Combatant, another sloop, in which he 
 continued employed in the Channel and Baltic 
 under Capt. Alex. Rich. M'Kenzie, until taken pri- 
 soner, 17 Sept. 1807. On being exchanged in the 
 spring of 1809, he joined the Courageux 74, Capts. 
 Robt. Plampin, Wm. Butterfield, and Philip Wilkin- 
 son ; under the iirst-mentioned of whom we flnd 
 him, in the course of the same year, accompanying 
 the expedition to the Walcheren. He subsequently 
 proceeded to the Baltic ; where, after serving for 
 about 12 months in the Victory 100, flag-ship of 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez, he was nominated, 4 May, 1812, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Ariel sloop, Capt. Dan. 
 Ross. He was confirmed to that vessel 10 July, 
 1812 ; and was lastly, from 24 May, 1813, until Feb. 
 1816, employed at Leith in the Cherokee 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Ramage. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 RIVEES. (Lieut., 1806. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 William Rivers was born some time between 
 the years 1786 and 1788. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 May, 1795, os 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 100, in which 
 ship, commanded by Capts. John Knight, Robt. 
 Calder, Geo. Grey, Thos. Sotheby, and Wm. Cuming, 
 and, as a depot for prisoners of- war at Chatham, by 
 Lieut. John Rickman, he continued employed 33 
 Midshipman until paid off in Nov. 1799. He was 
 in consequence present under the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Robt. Mann, and received two splinter-wounds 
 in the right arm, in Hotham's second partial action, 
 13 July, 1795 ; and, under Sir John Jervis, in the 
 battle off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. On 9 
 April, 1803, he again embarked on board the Vic- 
 tory, then the flag-ship of Lord Nelson, under 
 whom, after pursuing the combined squadrons of 
 France and Spain to the West Indies and back, he 
 shared, as one of his lordship's Aides-de-Camp, in 
 the glories of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. On that 
 occasion he received a severe contusion by a 
 splinter, which knocked out three of his teeth, and 
 he had the misfortune to have his left leg carried 
 away by a shot.* As a reward, however, for his 
 valour and his sufferings he was made Lieutenant, 
 8 Jan. 1806, into the Princess of Orange 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Rogers, was presented with a gratuity from 
 the Patriotic Fund, and was subsequently, 4 April, 
 1816, allotted a pension of 91Z. 55. per annum. His 
 appointments, after he had been discharged from 
 the Princess of Orange, were — 1 April, 1806, to 
 the Otter sloop, Capt. John Davies (a), stationed 
 in the Channel, where he served until Jan. 1807 — 
 11 April in the latter year, to the Cossack 24, Capt. 
 Geo. Digby, part of the force employed in Admiral 
 Gambler's expedition to Copenhagen — 18 Oct. 1809 
 (seven months after he had left the Cossack), as 
 First, to the Cretan 16, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, 
 off Flushing— 19 Sept. 1810 (having quitted the 
 Cretan in the preceding Jan.), to the Raisonnable 
 64, Capts. Thos. New, Chas. Hewitt, and Edw. 
 Sneyd Clay, lying at Sheerness— and 16 June, 1814, 
 and 26 Aug. 1815, to the Namur and Bulwark 
 74's, bearing the flags of Sir Thos. Williams and 
 
 * F. Gaz. 1805, p. 1484. 
 
 612 
 
980 
 
 RIVERS— ROBB—ROBERTON— ROBERTS. 
 
 Sir Chas. Rowley, Commanders-in-Chief at the 
 Nore. "We may here mention that while serving in 
 the Cossack Mr. Rivers was frequently employed 
 in a boat for the purpose of intercepting such ves- 
 sels as might be passing with troops through the 
 Little Belt. He was for four months engaged in 
 her as First-Lieutenant in watching the enemy's 
 movements at Brest ; and he co-operated for some 
 time with the British army on the coast of Spain, 
 whence the Cossack brought home the present 
 Marquess of Anglesey and the despatches announc- 
 ing the defeat and death of General Moore at Co- 
 runna. During the last six months of 1814 Mr. 
 Rivers performed the duties of Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Thos. Williams in the Najmor, in which ship 
 and in the Bdlwakk he afterwards, until paid off 
 in April, 1818, officiated as First-Lieutenant. He 
 was the only First-Lieutenant, be it observed, of a 
 guard-ship bearing the flag of a Commander-in- 
 Chief who was not promoted at the conclusion of 
 the war. After many fruitless applications for em- 
 ployment, he obtained, in Nov. 1824, the appoint- 
 ment of Warden at Woolwich Dockyard, where he 
 continued until admitted, 28 April, 1826, into the 
 Royal Hospital at Greenwich. 
 
 Lieut. Rivers married, 9 JiJy, 1809, a niece of 
 Joseph Gibson, Esq., of Long Bennington, co. Lin- 
 coln, by whom he has issue two sons (one of them, 
 William Thomas, a Lieutenant R.N.) and six 
 daughters. 
 
 EIVEES. (Lieut., 1841. r-p., 18; h-p., 0.) 
 
 WiLUAM Thomas Rivers, bom 3 April, 1814, at 
 Sheerness, is son of Lieut. Wm. Rivers, R.N. He 
 was educated at Christ's Hospital, and was pre- 
 sented on leaving with a watch and two medals. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 May, 1829, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Basilisk 10, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Wm. Barber Watts and Wright, with 
 whom he served in the North Sea and on the north- 
 ern coast of England until paid off in Feb. 1831 — 
 the last nine months in the capacity of Midshipman. 
 During that period he miraculously saved a seaman 
 who had fallen overboard in the river Thames, and 
 a whole boat's crew who had been upset in North 
 Shields harbour. In June, 1831, he joined the 
 Alfred 50, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station ; where, after having witnessed the 
 establishment of King Otho on the throne of Greece 
 and been for some time employed in watching the 
 movements of the hostile fleets of Turkey and 
 Egypt, he was discharged, in July, 1834, into the 
 Spitfire steamer, Lieut.-Commander Andrew Ken- 
 nedy. When subsequently in the West Indies he 
 twice proved instrumental to the preservation of that 
 vessel from destruction by fire ; on one occasion he 
 crawled under the boilers with the engine-hose and 
 extinguished the flames round the mast. During a 
 hurricane which had blown the Spitfire out of Car- 
 lisle Bay, Barbadoes, Mr. Rivers again had the good 
 fortune of snatching from a watery grave a boat's 
 crew who had been likewise driven to sea. After 
 serving for about two years in the West Indies as 
 Mate of the Vestal 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, under 
 vhom he contributed to the capture of four slave- 
 vessels, he joined, in Nov. 1837, the Calliope 26, 
 Capt. Thos. Herbert, fitting for the South American 
 station, whence he proceeded to China. During 
 the hostilities in that part of the world he assisted 
 in a very creditable manner in the boats at the cap- 
 ture of the enemy's forts at Chuenpee,'" and served 
 in the boats and on shore, and was wounded, during 
 the operations connected with the first and second 
 capture of Canton. ^ As a reward for his conduct 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 
 1841. Prior to the receipt of his commission he 
 had followed Capt. Herbert into the Blenheim 72. 
 He then became First of the Sulphur 8, Capt. Edw. 
 Belcher ; and was subsequently appointed — 15 Sept. 
 1841, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship 
 of Sir Chas. Adam in North America and the West 
 Indies— 15 Sept. 1842, as First, to the Imaum 72, 
 • Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1222. 
 + V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1603, 1506, 2512. 
 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Henry 
 Dilkes Byng at Jamaica, where the exertions he 
 displayed in rescuing under very perilous circum- 
 stances the stores from the wreck of H. M. steamer 
 Meg^ba procured him the thanks of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief^23 March, 1843, in the capacity 
 last mentioned, to the Albatross 16, Capt. Regi- 
 nald Yorke, employed on the West India and Afri- 
 can stations — and 12 Nov. 1846 (a few months after 
 the latter vessel had been paid off'), to the com- 
 mand, which he retained until 1848, of the Nautilus 
 10, in the Channel. 
 
 KOBB. (Captain, 1841.) 
 
 John Robb entered the Navy 8 July, 1812; 
 passed his examination in 1819 ; and while attached 
 to the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish 
 Spencer, contributed in her boats to the brilliant 
 destruction, on the night of 23 May, 1824, of a 16- 
 gun brig moored in a position of extraordinary 
 strength alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona, 
 in which was a garrison of about 400 men, who from 
 cannon and musket kept up a tremendous fire 
 almost perpendicularly on the deck. Being made 
 Lieutenant, 16 March, 1827, into the Asia 84, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington in the Mediter- 
 ranean, he commanded a tender belonging to that 
 ship (the Hind cutter) at the battle of Navarin, 
 where the services he rendered had the effect of 
 procuring him a second promotal commission dated 
 1 May, 1829. From 24 Oct. 1836 until posted, on 
 his return to England, 22 Feb. 1841, he commanded 
 the Satellite 18, on the North America and West 
 India station. Since 12 Dec. 1845 he has been em- 
 ployed in the Channel and Mediterranean in the 
 Gladiator steam-vessel of 430-horse power. 
 
 In Feb. 1845 Capt. Robb was sent out, in conjunc- 
 tion with Capts. Henry John Codrington and Jas. 
 Crawford Caffin, in the Black Eagle, on an expe- 
 rimental cruize with the royal steam-yacht Vic- 
 toria AND Albert and Rattler (screw) steamer, 
 for the purpose of reporting on the capabilities of 
 those vessels. 
 
 BOBEETON. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 John Sherbrooee Roberton died in 1847. 
 This officer entered the Navy 24 April, 1830; 
 passed his examination 17 Oct. 1836 ; and from 1840 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Nov. 
 1843, was employed in the Mediterranean, in attend- 
 ance on the Queen off Walmer, and at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, as Mate, in the Thunderer 84, Capts. 
 Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley and Dan. 
 Pring. He was nominated, 26 Jan. 1844, Additional 
 of the CoRNWALLis 72, fiag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker 
 in the East Indies ; and from 30 July following 
 until the close of 1846 he served on that station in 
 the Samarang surveying-vessel, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Belcher. 
 
 ROBERTS. (LiEOT., 1812. f-p., 14; H-p., 32.) 
 Benjamin Roberts — a descendant of Benj. Ro- 
 berts, ancestor of the Robertses, late Earls of Rad- 
 nor — is son of Benj. Roberts, Esq., an officer in the 
 Army ; and grandson of the Rev. Sam. Roberts, of 
 Salisbury, who married an heiress, Miss Helby, 
 niece of Sir Jacob Acworth, who filled the office of 
 Surveyor of the Navy from March, 1715, to March, 
 1749. His father's only sister was the wife of the 
 late Henry Lee, Esq., of Dynas Powis, a Magistrate 
 and Deputy-Lieutenant for Glamorganshire, whose 
 grandfather, Henry Lee, Esq., Mayor of Hull, mar- 
 ried Catherine Freeman, great-grand-aunt of Lord 
 Brougham. Several members of his family have 
 been devoted to the service of their country. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Madras 54, Capts. Chas. 
 Hare and Thos. Briggs, employed in the North Sea 
 and also in the Mediterranean ; where, after parti- 
 cipating under the fiag of Sir Rich. Biokerton in 
 the operations connected vrith the expulsion of the 
 French from Egypt, he removed as Midshipman in 
 Feb. 1802, to the Tigre 74, Capts. Robt. Jackson 
 
ROBERTS. 
 
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 and Rich. Curry. That ship being paid off in Sept. 
 of the same year, he next, in July, 1803, joined 
 the Lynx sloop, Capt. John Willoughby Marshall ; 
 under "whom we find him while in pursuit of some 
 French gun-vessels engaged in an action with the 
 batteries in the neighbourhood of Boulogne. In 
 Feb. 1804 he was received on board the Utrecht 
 64, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Robt. Montagu 
 on the Downs station ; where, on being lent in 1805 
 to the Fury bomb, Capt. John Telland, he took 
 part in a rencontre with a large flotilla of praams 
 and gun-boats off Dieppe. After again serving with 
 Capt. Briggs in the North Sea and West Indies on 
 board the Agincohrt 64 and Orpheus 32, he was 
 placed, about Nov. 1807, under the orders of Lieut. 
 Geo. Ballard Vine in the Dolores, a prize schooner, 
 in which he assisted in cutting out some vessels 
 under the fire of a battery, and was wrecked in the 
 Gulf of Mexico. In Sept. 1807, having suffered a 
 rigorous captivity of 10 months among the Spa- 
 niards, he was exchanged and enabled to join the 
 "Wolf 18, Capt. "Wm. Sumner Hall ; under whom, 
 previously to removing, in Jan. 1803, to the Are- 
 THOSA 33, Capts. Chas. Brisbane and Robt. Mends, 
 he fought in two sharp engagements with a flotilla 
 of gun-boats on the Spanish main. On the arrival 
 home of the Arethusa in Oct. 1808, he became 
 attached, first to the Venus 32 and then to the Clo- 
 RiNDE 40, both commanded by his friend Capt. 
 Briggs. In the latter ship he proceeded as Master's 
 Mate to the East Indies ; where, in May, 1810, he 
 was nominated by Rear-Admiral Wm. O'Brien 
 Drury, who had received him on board his flag-ship 
 the RnssELi. 74, Acting-Lieutenant of the Procris 
 18, commanded in succession by Capts. Robt. Maun- 
 sell and Chas. Tyler, for nearly three months by 
 himself, and by Capts. Walter Forman, Nathaniel 
 Norton, and Thos. Curzon. On 31 July, 1811, while 
 Capt. Maunsell and his First-Lieutenant were en- 
 gaged in the boats in effecting the capture and de- 
 struction of six well-disputed gun-boats on the coast 
 of Java, Mr. Roberts, who had been left Senior 
 oflBcer on board, proved of utility in maintaining 
 a covering fire from the Procris. He subsequently 
 served on shore with a party of seamen at the bom- 
 bardment and storming of Fort Cornells, and other- 
 wise co-operated in the reduction of the island of 
 Java. During the period he acted as Commander 
 of the Procris (from 11 Deo. 1811 to 4 March, 
 1812) he had the gratification of receiving the per- 
 sonal approval of Commodore Broughton on the 
 occasion of a visit of inspection made by him ; and 
 of saving the crew of the American ship Pekin 
 wrecked on a rock in Sunda Strait. Under Capt. 
 Forman Mr. Roberts, whose commission bears date 
 24 Oct. 1812, accompanied the expedition under 
 Capt. Jas. Bowen of the Ph<enix frigate against 
 the pirates of Palambang in Borneo, from whom he 
 aided in taking a number of batteries containing in 
 the whole 101 pieces of cannon, together with the 
 Sultan's palace, defended by 140 more. In the 
 course of the same year, 1812, he was present in an 
 unsuccessful attack made on the piratical settle- 
 ment of Sambas ; but in June, 1813, he co-operated 
 in a renewed and more fortunate attempt. His 
 conduct throughout the very arduous duties con- 
 nected therewith induced his Commander, Norton, 
 to report him in very handsome terms to the senior 
 ofiioer, Capt. Geo. Sayer. He returned home with 
 convoy in Aug. 1814 ; and was lastly, in 1826-7, em- 
 ployed in experimentally cruizing as First-Lieute- 
 nant in the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes. 
 
 EGBERTS. (Retired Captain, 1845.) 
 
 Daniel Roberts entered the Navy, 30 July, 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64, 
 Capt. John Bazelj^, stationed at the Nore. Conti- 
 nuing in that ship for a period of not more than 
 four months, he next, in Aug. 1801, joined, for a 
 few weeks, the Royal William, Capt. Fras. Pick- 
 more, at Portsmouth. From June to Oct. 1802 he 
 served as Midshipman on board the Blenheim, 
 Capt. Pliilip Turner Bower; from June, 1803, to 
 
 May, 1805, he was employed with much activity in 
 the EuRYALUS 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood ; 
 and from Aug. in the latter year until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 12 July, 1809, he was sta- 
 tioned on the coast of France in the Penelope 36 
 and, as Master's Mate, in the Illustrious 74, both 
 commanded by Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton. After 
 serving for rather more than two years on the 
 Home and East India stations in the Phosnix 36,* 
 Capt. Zachary Mudge, and Illustkious 74, bearing 
 the broad pendant of his former Captain, Broughton 
 (under whom he co-operated in the reduction of 
 the island of Java), he was nominated, 30 Sept. 
 1811, Acting-Commander of the Barracouta sloop. 
 That vessel, however, he never had an opportunity 
 of joining. His promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander took place 16 May, 1812 ; and his last ap- 
 pointment, to the Hydra troop-ship, 15 Sept. 1815. 
 In that ship he served on the Baltic, Newfoundland, 
 Halifax, and West India stations. 
 
 He accepted his present rank 25 June, 1845. 
 Agents — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 EGBERTS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 Ddnoan Roberts entered the Navy (into which 
 he was impressed from the Merchant Service, 
 wherein he held a very promising position), 25 Jan. 
 1806, as A.B., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford ; and on 6 Feb. following was pre- 
 sent in the action off St. Domingo. Removing, in 
 July of the same year, to the Captain 74, Capts. 
 Geo. Cockburn, Isaac WoUey, and Jas. Athol Wood, 
 he assisted soon afterwards at the capture, by a 
 squadron under Sir Thos. Louis, of the French fri- 
 gate Xe President. While in escort, with one or 
 two other ships-of-the-line, of a convoy of trans- 
 ports bound to Buenos Ayres, the Captain, towards 
 the close of 1806, fell in with a French squadron, 
 and was obliged to put into St. Jago, in the Cape de 
 Verde Islands, where together with her consorts and 
 charge she lay for four weeks blockaded. During 
 that period one of the enemy's vessels, a corvette 
 of 26 guns, was attacked and captured by the Bri- 
 tish boats, in which Mr. Roberts, who held the 
 rating of Quartermaster, was one of the persons 
 present. In 1807 he accompanied, under Capt. 
 Wolley, the expedition against Copenhagen. Pend- 
 ing the siege he lauded with a party of seamen and 
 assisted a few troops belonging to the 79th Regt. 
 in capturing a small Danish battery. His conduct 
 on this occasion was gallant and was reported as 
 such by the conducting military ofiicer, Capt. 
 Cameron. Continuing in the Captain, Mr. Roberts 
 further witnessed the surrender of Madeira, the re- 
 duction of Marie-Galante, Martinique, and other 
 French islands, and the capture of the French 74- 
 gun ship jyHaupoult. For special services ren- 
 dered several months prior to the taking of Mar- 
 tinique he had been awarded the rating of Master's 
 Mate. He continued employed with Capt. Wood 
 in that capacity on board the Neptune 98 and 
 PoMP^B 74 in the West Indies and Bay.of Biscay, 
 and also in the Mediterranean (where he took part 
 in several skirmishes with the French fleet and he- 
 held the fall of Genoa), until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 15 Feb. 1815. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 EOBEETS. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Edward Forward Roberts entered the Navy 
 (from the Royal Naval College) 26 June, 1828 ; 
 passed his examination 13 April, 1833 ; and after 
 having served for a time in the Mediterranean as 
 Mate of the Inconstant 36, Capts. Dan. Pring and 
 Fred. Thos. Michell, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841. His appointments have 
 since been— 9 Nov. 1843, to the Albion 90, Capt. 
 Nich. Lockyer, on the Home station — 23 Nov. 
 1846, to the command, after a few months of half- 
 pay, of the Myrmidon steamer of 150-horse power, 
 
 * He assisted in the boats of the Pheenix and jAtouss 
 sloop, and behaved very gall.intly, at the boarding and cap- 
 ture, 29;Jan. 1810, of ie Charles privateer of 14 guns and 90 
 men. — Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 178. 
 
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 ROBERTS. 
 
 employed on particular service — and, 9 Nov. 1847, 
 to that of the Pokoupine, another steam-vessel, of 
 140 horse-power, now in the Mediterranean. 
 
 ROBERTS. (LiECT., 1811. r-p., 16 ; h-p., 27.) 
 Fbahois Kobehts, born 28 Sept. 1789, is nephew 
 of Capt. Fras. Roberts, R.N., who was wounded, 
 when Lieutenant of the Qdebec 32, in an action 
 fought with the French frigate Surveillante, and 
 died in command of the SnccEss 32, in the West 
 Indies, in 1794. One of his brothers was a Mid- 
 shipman of the ViCTOBT at Trafalgar. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 July, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pkincess of Obange 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Rogers, employed on the Home station, 
 where he continued to serve as Midshipman in the 
 Eesoldtion 74, Capt. Geo. Borlton, and Sampson 
 64, Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, until transferred 
 with the latter officer, in May, 1806, to the Tbiumph 
 74.* He then sailed for the West Indies, and, after 
 cruizing along the North American shores, was or- 
 dered to the coast of France. In Jan. 1809, being 
 off L'Orient, he was placed as Prize-Master in a 
 captured galliot and sent with her for adjudication 
 to Plymouth. Before he could reach that port he 
 was wrecked in a gale, a quarter of a mile from the 
 shore, on the coast of Cornwall, where many of 
 the crew perished. Having lashed himself to the 
 belfry, he remained on the broken hull in a state of 
 utter insensibility from noon until rescued at dusk 
 by a boat from the land. On leaving the Tbiomph 
 in the ensuing May, Mr. Roberts followed his Cap- 
 tain as Master's Mate into the Babfleub 98, bear- 
 ing the flag at Lisbon of Hon. Geo. Cranfield 
 Berkeley. In the early part of 1810 he was de- 
 tached with four Midshipmen and a party of seamen 
 under his orders for the purpose of distributing 
 them to the different telegraph posts on the lines of 
 Torres Vedras ; where he was personally intrusted 
 with the charge of the extreme station at Alhandra 
 and allowed to retain a key to the signals. On 3 
 Sept. 1810 (about the period that the British army 
 retired upon Alhandra) he was nominated, for his 
 services, Acting-Lieutenant of the Dotebel sloop, 
 Capt. Anthony Abdy; under whom it appears he 
 served for a short time at the defence of Cadiz. 
 On the return of the Dotebel to Lisbon he was 
 again sent up the Tagus and employed with the 
 flotilla under the present Capt. M. F. F. Berkeley 
 in co-operating with the right wing of the army 
 under Lord Hill concentrated between Alhandra 
 and Villa Franca. His promotion not being con- 
 firmed, Mr. Roberts, on the arrival of the Dotebei. 
 in England, went back to his old ship the Babfleub 
 in the capacity of Master's Mate. From her he was 
 soon afterwards deputed, with Lieut. John Geddes 
 and a detachment of carpenters and sailors, to con- 
 struct a pontoon-bridge over the river Guadiana ; 
 the bed of which, however, being found dry, the 
 party returned to the Babfledb. On 11 April, 
 1811, Mr. Roberts was again ordered to act as Lieu- 
 tenant in the St. Fiobenzo frigate, Capt. Hon. 
 Edm. Sexton Pery Knox ; and on 3 of the ensuing 
 May he was officially advanced to that rank. He 
 invalided in Sept. of the same year ; and was after- 
 wards appointed — 2 Sept. 1812, to the EspiioLE 
 sloop, Capt. John Taylor, employed in the Baltic 
 and Bay of Biscay — 6 March, 1813, to the Debwent 
 18, Capts. Geo. Manners Sutton and Thos. Williams, 
 stationed, until Nov. 1815, in the Channel, off the 
 north coast of Spain (where he was sent with a flag 
 of truce in the Eabl Moiba transport to procure 
 the release of 30 or 40 British prisoners from the 
 French garrison at Santona), and at Newfoundland 
 
 * While serving in the Triumph Mr. Roberta was in- 
 trusted for some time with the command of the Hamilton 
 despatch schooner. In that vessel he was employed in 
 watching the movements of several French ships blockaded 
 in Chesapeake Bay. After the aifair between the Leopabd 
 and the U. S. ship Chesapeake (see Sir Salusbury Davenport), 
 he contrived, by dint of great perseverance, to reach the 
 town of Norfolk during a dark night, and bring off to his 
 ship Capt. John Erskine Douglas of the Bellona 74, the 
 senior British officer in the Cliesapeake (who happened to 
 be on shore), before the intelligence arrived. 
 
 —5 Jan. 1820, for three months, to the Tamar 26, 
 Capt. Arthur Stow, lying at Portsmouth— 22 Dec. 
 following, to the command, which he retained until 
 Sept. 1825, of the Tartab Revenue-cruizer— 2 Feb. 
 1837, to the Coast Guard— and, 10 Oct. 1838, to the 
 command of the Adelaide Revenue-cruizer. He 
 has been on half-pay since July, 1839. 
 
 Lieut. Roberts married, 14 June, 1814, Amelia, 
 daughter of Lieut. G. Davies, B.N., by whom he 
 has issue three sons and four daughters. Two of 
 his sons are chief officers in the Peninsula and 
 Oriental Steam-packet Company's Service. 
 
 ROBERTS. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Henbt Roberts is cousin of the late Admiral Sir 
 Henry Digby, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in June, 1815, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caledonia 120, Capt. 
 Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, lying at Plymouth, 
 and shortly afterwards sailed in the Ehrotas 38, 
 Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, for the Mediterranean, where 
 he continued employed in the Queen 74, flag-ship of 
 Eear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, Retnabd 
 10, Capt. David St. Clair, Isteb 36, Capt. Thos. 
 Forrest, Albion 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Penrose, and Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Ramsden. 
 He passed his examination in June, 1821 ; and be- 
 tween that period and the date of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 30 April, 1827, performed 
 the duties of Mate in the Albion 74, guard-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and, on the 
 South American station, in the Mersey and Menai 
 of 26 guns each, Capts. John Maopherson Ferguson 
 and Michael Seymour. We understand that before 
 he joined the Menai he acted for a time as Lieute- 
 nant in the Wellesley 74. Since 29 Jan. 1836 he 
 has filled an appointment in the Coast Guard. He 
 had assisted, in the Mebsey, in surveying the west- 
 ern coast of South America. 
 
 ROBERTS. (Retired Commander, 1840.) 
 
 James Wolfe Roberts entered the Navy, in 
 1772, as a Boy, on board the Cumbebland 74. In 
 May, 1775, he joined the Babfleub 90, flag-ship of 
 Sir Jas. Douglas at Spithead. Between the follow- 
 ing Aug. and Nov. 1778 he was actively employed on 
 the coast of North America in the Ph(Enix 44, Capt. 
 Hyde Parker ; and on 1 Dec. in the latter year, a 
 few days after he had been removed to the Ardent 
 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Gambler, he was 
 made Lieutenant into the Virginia 32, Capt. John 
 Orde. In the course of 1779 he had the misfortune 
 from the effects of ulceration to lose the sight of 
 both eyes. He was admitted to the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 22 Sept. 1806; and invested 
 vrith his present rank 9 July, 1840. 
 
 He married a daughter of the late Mr. John 
 Irwin, of Deptford, and was left a widower 28 
 March, 1845. 
 
 ROBERTS. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 28.) 
 John Robebts entered the Navy, 8 May, 1808, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capts. 
 Ross Donnelly and John HolUnworth, the latter of 
 whom he followed as Midshipman into the Resist- 
 ance 36, commanded afterwards by Capts. Philip 
 L. J. Rosenhagen and Chas. Hole. In the Invin- 
 cible he served in the North Sea and at the block- 
 ade of Toulon ; and in both ships he took an active 
 part in the defence of Cadiz, where he came into 
 frequent contact vrfth the enemy's batteries and 
 witnessed the siege, by the French, of Fort Mata- 
 gorda. After he had been for a while employed 
 with Capt. Hole in the Badgeb 10, he returned to 
 England in the Resistance under the command of 
 Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. He 
 served subsequently in the Devonshiee 74, Capt. 
 Ross Donnelly, fitting at Sheerness — Jason 32, 
 Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, flag-ship for some time 
 of H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence, under whom, we 
 believe, he escorted Louis XVHI. to the coast of 
 France- Centaub 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caul- 
 feild, in which ship he made a voyage to the Cape 
 
ROBERTS. 
 
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 of Good Hope— Eridands 36, Capt. Wm. Paterson, 
 lying at Plymouth— and Minden 74, fitting for the 
 flag of Sir Rich. King, Commander-in-Chief in the 
 East Indies, previously to proceeding whither he 
 fought under the officer last mentioned as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman (a rating he had filled on board the 
 Eridands) at the battle of Algiers. For his con- 
 duct on the occasion he was promoted, 16 Sept. 
 1816, to the rank of Lieutenant. His last appoint- 
 ments were, in June, 1817, and Feb. 1819, to the 
 Orlando 36 and Malabar 74, both commanded 
 by Capt. John Clavell on the East India station, 
 whence he returned in Oct. 1819. The Lieutenant 
 is now Postmaster at Chesterfield. 
 
 ROBERTS, (ffaptain, 1815. p-p., 18; H-P., 35.) 
 John Charles Gawen Roberts, born 25 Aug. 
 1787, at Salisbury, is eldest son of the late Capt. 
 Wm. Roberts, ot the 2nd Dragoon Guards, by 
 Sarah, daughter of the late Jeffery Gawen, Esq., of 
 Salisbury; brother of Commander Wm. Gilbert 
 Roberts, R.N. (1815), who served as Lieutenant of 
 the Asia 74 in the operations against Washington 
 and Baltimore, at the capture of the American gun- 
 vessels on Lake Borgne, and in the attack on New 
 Orleans, and died 4 Oct. 1843, at Bath, in his 53rd 
 year ; and nephew of Retired Commander Jefiery 
 Gawen, R.N. (Lieutenant 1793), who died in 1837. 
 His ancestors were related to the former Earls of 
 Radnor. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1794, as a 
 Volunteer (under the patronage of the Earl of Pem- 
 broke), on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. John 
 Loring, lying at Chatham. From Nov. 1794 until 
 Aug. 1797, and from May, 1799, to Nov. 1800, his 
 name was borne on the books of the Defiance gun- 
 vessel and Vdi/ture store-ship, both commanded 
 by his relative Lieut. Gawen. In Nov. 1801 he 
 joined the Dreadnought 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, 
 employed off Cadiz and Gibraltar ; and in March 
 and Aug. 1805 he was nominated (after having 
 served in the Channel as'Midshipman in the Naiad 
 38, Capts. Jas. Wallis and ThoS. Dundas) Sub-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Volunteer gun-brig and Viper cut- 
 ter, Lieut.-Commanders Thos. Foulerton and Dan. 
 Carpenter. He was made full Lieutenant 12 Oct. 
 in the same year ; and was subsequently appointed 
 — 4 Nov. 1805, to the Pompee 74, bearing the flags 
 of Admirals Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and Henry 
 Edwin Stanhope — 1 Feb. 1808, to the Foudrotant 
 80, flag-ship of Sir W. S. Smith on the coast of 
 Brazil — 2 Dec. 1809, after seven months of half- 
 pay, to the Shearwater 10, Capt. Edw. Reynolds 
 Sibly, in the Mediterranean — 19 Nov. 1810 and 16 
 May, 1811, to the Hibeenia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Sam. Hood (at whose particular request he was ap- 
 pointed), and Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers 
 White, on the same station— and, 17 April, 1812, to 
 the command of gun-boat No. 22, employed at the 
 defence of Cadiz. While serving with Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith in the Pompee he assisted at the de- 
 fence of Gaeta; commanded a division of the 
 storming party at the reduction of Capri ; was pre- 
 sent at the battle of Maida, and when the Pompee 
 sustained a loss of 42 men killed and wounded in 
 the attack on Fort Licosa ; aided in disarming the 
 coasts of Naples and Calabria from the Gulf of Sa- 
 lerno to Scylla ; and contributed, during Sir John 
 Duckworth's expedition against Constantinople, to 
 the destruction of a Turkish squadron off Point 
 Pesquies. Under Admiral Stanhope we find him 
 present, in the same ship, at the siege of Copen- 
 hagen, where he came into frequent contact with 
 the enemy's flotilla. On the surrender of the 
 Danish squadron he assisted in fitting out the Chris- 
 tian VIi. of 80 guns. He was First-Lieutenant of 
 the Shearwater when that vessel and the Eurya- 
 Lus frigate, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, efieoted 
 a wonderful escape from a powerful division of the 
 Toulon fleet, consisting of six ships of the line and 
 four frigates ;'* and when Senior of the Centaur he 
 
 * The Shearwater was at one time within half-gun-shot 
 of the enemy's van-ships, who kept up a constant fire, but did 
 not once strike her. 
 
 co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Cata- 
 lonia, and, on the fall of Tarragona, assisted in res- 
 cuing the inhabitants from the fury of the French. 
 Being confirmed, 23 July, 1812, in the rank of Com- 
 mander (a few weeks after he had been ordered to 
 act as such) in the Merope 16, Capt. Roberts con- 
 tinued employed on the east coast of Spain, imder 
 Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell and Capts. Edw. 
 Codrington and Chas. Adam, until the peace of 
 1814. His exertions during that period, particu- 
 larly at the unsuccessful siege of Tarragona by Sir 
 John Murray, on the failure whereof he embarked 
 the advanced portion of the troops, were of a very 
 high order and had the efiect of obtaining for him 
 the glowing eulogiums of the difierent naval and 
 military authorities. On his removal, in April, 
 1814, to the Ptlades 18, he proceeded forthwith to 
 the coast of North America and joined the squadron 
 under Rear-Admiral Hon. Henry Hotham, then 
 employed in the blockade of New London and New 
 York. On 8 of the ensuing Sept. he succeeded, in com- 
 mand of his own boats, in retaking, at the entrance 
 of the Bay of Fundy, after much resistance, the 
 Betsy, a fine teak-built ship of 600 tons, with a 
 cargo of spices, which had been taken on the coast 
 of Sumatra by an American privateer. On this 
 occasion he was severely wounded and 2 of his men 
 werff^^also hurt. After conducting the blockade of 
 Newport, in Rhode Island, and destroying many of 
 the enemy's vessels, he was sent with despatches, 
 at the conclusion of the war with the United States, 
 to Cumberland Island and the West Indies. He 
 left the Pylades on the occasion of his promotion 
 to Post-rank, 13 June, 1815 ; and accepted the Re- 
 tirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Roberts married, 31 May, 1817, Charlotte, 
 eldest daughter of the late Sir Robt. Dallas, Lord 
 Chief-Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and 
 first-cousin of the present Sir Robt. Dallas, Bart., 
 brother-in-law of Rear- Admiral Hon. Geo. Poulett, 
 and of Sir Peter Parker, Bart., Captain R.N., who 
 fell in an afiair with the Americans at Bellair, near 
 Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814. By that lady he has issue 
 a son and daughter. Agents — Goode and Law- 
 
 ROBERTS. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 13 ; h-p., 30.) 
 John Walter Roberts was bom in 1792 and 
 died 2 Oct. 1845 at Petersham. He was eldest son 
 of the Rev. Wm. Roberts, D.D., Vice-Provost of 
 Eton College, and Rector of Worplesdon, co. Surrey 
 (whose father was Provost of Eton), by a daughter 
 of Col. John Gore, Lieutenant-Governor of the 
 Tower of London, and sister of the late Vice-Ad- 
 miral Sir John Gore, K.C.B., K.C.H. He was 
 brother-in-law of the late Earl of Egremont. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 'Medusa 32, commanded 
 by his uncle Sir John Gore ; under whom he es- 
 corted the Marquis Cornwallis as Governor-General 
 to India, and thence returned, a distance of 13,831 
 miles, in the extraordinarily short period of 82 days.' 
 Following his relative as Midshipman, in Feb. 1806, 
 into the Revenge 74, he served in that ship off 
 Brest and L'Orient and for nine months at the 
 blockade of Rochefort, where he witnessed, 25 
 Sept. 1806, the capture of four heavy French fri- 
 gates by a squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. 
 Hood. After serving for two years on the coast of 
 Spain and among the Western Islands in the Endy- 
 MiON 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, he again, 
 in Aug. 1810, joined Sir John Gore on board the 
 Tonnant 80, employed in the Channel and ofi' Lis- 
 bon. From July to Sept. 1811 he cruized in the 
 Bay of Biscay as Acting-Lieutenant in the Amazon 
 38, Capt. Wm. Parker. He was officially promoted, 
 6 March, 1812, into the Armada 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Grant, in the Mediterranean; and was next ap- 
 pointed, on that station— 9 May, 1812, to the Re- 
 pulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray— 30 Jan. 
 1813, to the ImpSrieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Duncan— 4 Jan. 1814, to the Caledonia 120, flag- 
 ship of Sir Edw. Pellew— and 24 March ensuing, to 
 
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 ROBERTS. 
 
 the Revenge, as Signal-Lieutenant to his uncle, 
 then Kear- Admiral Sir John Gore. From the latter 
 ship he was promoted to the rank of Commander 
 26 Aug. 1814. On 18 April, 1820, we find him as- 
 suming command of the Sheakwater 10 ; in which 
 vessel, until paid off at the commencement of 1822, 
 he served on the St. Helena station. On one occa- 
 sion, being caught in a violent gale, he was obliged 
 to throw all his guns overboard. His next appoint- 
 ment was, 14 June, 1822, to the Thkacian 18, fitting 
 for the West Indies ; where, as a reward " for zeal 
 and efforts which had commanded the applause of 
 all," he was posted, 16 June, 1823, into the Ts-he 26. 
 In the ensuing Dec. he returned to England with a 
 freight of 500,000 dollars and a quantity of cochi- 
 neal on merchants' account. He did not after- 
 wards go afloat. 
 
 Capt. Roberts married, in Nov. 1825, Frances, 
 daughter of John Sargent, Esq., of Lavington Park, 
 CO. Sussex, formerly M.P. for Seaford. 
 
 EGBERTS. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 27; h-p., 16.) 
 
 Lazards Roberts entered the Navy, 1 June, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville db Paris 
 110, Capts. Thos. Le Marohant Gosselin, John 
 "Whitby, and Geo. Aldham, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis ; under whom he 
 appears to have been present, 22 Aug. 1805, in an 
 attack made upon the French fleet close in with 
 Brest harbour. Being removed, in May, 1806, as 
 Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Oct. 1804), 
 to the MosTAGU 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, he 
 sailed in that ship with Sir Rich. Strachan in pur- 
 suit of a French squadron to the West Indies. On 
 subsequently proceeding to the Mediterranean he 
 assisted at the evacuation of Scylla, a fortified rock 
 on the Faro of Messina, the garrison of which was 
 embarked under a smart fire from the Calabrian 
 shore. He also co-operated with the patriots on 
 the coast of Catalonia, where he took part in the 
 defence of Gerona, and aided in taking possession 
 of the fortress of Rosas. On his return to England 
 with Capt. Otway in the Malta 80, he joined, in 
 Dec. 1808, the Revenge 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, 
 part of the force employed in the following year in 
 the expedition to the Walcheren. In June, 1810, 
 he was received on board the Royal William, 
 Capt. Robt. HaU, lying at Spithead ; from May, 
 1811, to Jan. 1815, he served (the last 19 months as 
 Master's Mate) on board the Zealous 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Boys, in the Baltic; and, on 7 Feb. in the 
 latter year, being then at Cork in the Boyne 98, 
 Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. On 30 June, 1834 (having 
 had command since 27 June, 1831, of the Scout 
 Revenue-cruizer), he obtained charge of a station in 
 the Coast Guard, in which service he remained 
 until appointed, 28 Jan. 1845, for two years and a 
 half, to the Royal Charlotte, another Revenue- 
 vessel. Since 19 June, 1847, he has again been in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 EOBEETS. (Commander, 1814. e-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 Mitchell Roberts entered the Navy, in 1793, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Regulos 44, Capts. Edw. 
 Bowater and Geo. Oakes ; with the latter of whom, 
 after having made a voyage to Quebec and served 
 on the West India station, he removed to the Sea- 
 horse 38. In that ship, on Capt. Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle succeeding to the command, he accompanied 
 the expedition to Teneriffe in July, 1797. He 
 cruized subsequently for 15 months in the Channel 
 in the Niger 32, Capts. Edw. Griffith, Matthew 
 Henry Scott, and Hon. Philip, Wodehouse. He then, 
 in Jan. 1799, joined L'Aimable 32, Capt. Henry 
 Raper ; and, on 13 March, 1800, while serving as a 
 Supernumerary on board the Abergavenny 54, Capt. 
 Robt. Mends, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Diligence 18, Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson 
 Ross. Towards the close of 1799 L'Aimable sailed 
 from Cork, in company with the Glenmore 44 
 and a fleet of merchantmen bound to the West 
 
 Indies. On her passage she fell in, 17 Dec, with 
 La Sirene, a heavy French frigate, La Bergere 
 corvette, and the Calcutta, an extra East Indiaman, 
 and, while the Glenmore was engaged in recap- 
 turing and retaining possession of the Indiaman, 
 went in pursuit of the men-of-War, with whom, 
 although they contrived in the end to make o^ she 
 maintained for 35 minutes a very spirited action. 
 The Diligence, to which vessel he was confirmed 
 15 Oct. 1800, being lost in the course of that month 
 off Cuba, Mr. Roberts, in the ensuing Dec, joined 
 the LEGtoE 18, Capt. Cornelius Quinton; under 
 whom he was again, in April, 1801, wrecked, near 
 Carthagena, in South America. On this occasion 
 he was taken prisoner. In the following July, hav- 
 ing regained his liberty, he was received as a Super- 
 numerary on board theLowESTOFFE32, Capt. Robt. 
 Plampin ; but on 11 of the next month, while on 
 his passage home with convoy, he had the misfor- 
 tune to be a third time wrecked, on the island of 
 Heneaga. His succeeding appointments were— in 
 Nov. 1801, to the charge of a Signal-Station on the 
 coast of Essex— 5 June, 1802, for a short time to 
 the Eugenie in the Channel— 20 Sept. 1803, to the 
 Britannia 100, bearing the flag of the Earl of 
 Northesk on the same station — 1 March and 17 
 April, 1805, and 29 Sept. 1807, to the command of 
 the Lucy lugger and Florence and Lord Keith 
 cutters, all employed on Home service— and, 11 
 April, 1808, to the Elizabeth 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Henry Curzon, Thos. Searle, and Edw. Leveson 
 Gower. In the latter ship he served for some time 
 at the blockade of Lisbon, escorted the Russian fleet 
 to England after the convention of Cintra, assisted 
 in embarking Sir John Moore's army at Corunna, 
 brought a large convoy home from the Brazils, and 
 was actively employed in the Mediterranean. 
 While on that station he took command, 29 April, 
 1813, of the boats of the Elizabeth and Eagle 74^ 
 and acquired much credit by his conduct, at the 
 capture of one, and destruction of another, of an 
 armed convoy who had run themselves on shore 
 into a tremendous surf, under the protection of a 
 galling fire from a 2-gun battery, two schooners, 
 and two settee gun-boats, near Goro.* On 8 June, 
 1813, he succeeded, with the boats of the same 
 ships, in destroying, close to Omago, a 2-gnn bat- 
 tery, and in there capturing four scuttled vessels 
 loaded with wine. Twelve days afterwards he 
 aided, at the head of 50 of the Elizabeth's crew, 
 in taking possession of the town of Dignano ; and 
 on 25 May, 1814, he made prize, in the boats of that 
 ship alone and under the guns of the island of Vide, 
 near the town of Corfu, of the Aigle French na^ 
 tional xebec, mounting 6 guns, a howitzer, and 2 
 swivels, and having on board 41 men.f He con- 
 tinued in the Elizabeth until July, 1814 ; and on 
 24 Sept. following was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agent — F. Dufaur. 
 
 EOBEETS, Kt., C.B. (eDaptattt, 1815. f-p., 27 ; 
 H-p., 23.) 
 
 Sir Samuel Roberts, born in 1787, is son of the 
 late Rev. John Roberts, Rector of Passage, near 
 Waterford ; and brother (with Capt. Thos. Ro- 
 berts, R.N.) of Col. Abraham Roberts, C.B., of the 
 Hon. E. I. Co.'s service. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1797, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Expedition, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John Hinton, lying at Waterford. Joining 
 next, 17 Sept. 1798, the Anson of 46 guns and 327 
 men, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, he was on board 
 that frigate when she encountered, shortly after- 
 wards, and for 17 days dogged, in company with 
 the Ethalion 38, a French squadron under Com- 
 modore Bompart, consisting of La Hoche of 78 
 guns, eight frigates, a brig, and a schooner, des- 
 tined for the invasion of Ireland. With five of 
 the frigates, after the three others together with 
 the line-of-battle ship had fallen into the hands of 
 Sir John Borlase Warren, the Akson, on 12 Oct., 
 
 » Vide Gaz. 18IS, p. 1793. + V. Gaz. 1814, p. 1535. 
 
ROBERTS. 
 
 985 
 
 came singly into collision, and sustained a loss, with 
 injury to her masts and yards, of 2 men killed and 
 13 wounded. On 18 of the same month, being in 
 company with the Kangaroo 18, she endured a 
 similar loss in a very gallant action of an hour and 
 a quarter which terminated in the capture of La 
 Loire of 46 guns and 664 men (including troops), of 
 whom 46 were killed and 71 wounded. Removing, 
 in Deo. 1798, to the Volage 24, Capts. Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse, Wm. Barker, and Fras. Vesey, Mr. 
 Roberts proceeded forthwith to the "West Indies, 
 where he assisted as Midshipman in cutting out 
 many of the enemy's vessels and was in one instance 
 severely wounded and taken prisoner. From the Vo- 
 LAGE he was transferred, inMarch,1802, to the Trusty 
 50, Capt. Dan. Oliver Guion, lying at Portsmouth ; 
 and in the course of the same year he joined the 
 W001.WICH 44, Capt. Ulick Jennings, and Echo 
 sloop, Capt. Edm. Boger. In the latter vessel, sta- 
 tioned in the West Indies, he contributed to the 
 capture, in 1804, of a French transport, full of 
 troops, and of a privateer mounting 16 guns with a 
 complement of 50 men. In command of a single 
 boat, with only 13 men, he made prize, on one occa- 
 sion, of five well-armed vessels, carrying as many as 
 250 soldiers. On another, having been accidentally 
 left on shore at Jamaica^ and observing a privateer 
 take possession of the Dorothy Foster, a valuable 
 West India trader, he immediately embarked with 
 some volunteer seamen in another merchant-vessel, 
 pursued the enemy, and compelled him, after an 
 obstinate conflict, to surrender his prey. As a re- 
 ward for this achievement he received an order 
 (dated 15 Feb. 1804) to act in the capacity of Lieu- 
 tenant. Being subsequently invested by his Cap- 
 tain with the command of a tender (mounting 1 
 12-pounder carronade and 2 2-pounders, with a 
 crew of 21 men), arid sent on a cruize for the pur- 
 pose of intercepting some Spaniards about to sail 
 from the Havana for Europe, he fell in with two 
 vessels, one of 12 guns and 60 men, the other of 8 
 guns and 40 men. Although unable to etfect his 
 escape, and notwithstanding that the force opposed 
 to him was so overwhelming, he maintained for 
 half an hour a most gallant defence. At the end of 
 that period his little craft went down with aU the 
 killed and wounded on board, barely allowing time 
 for the remainder to be rescued. On his release, 
 after several months of confinement in a damp dun- 
 geon, where he had been kept in a state of utter 
 destitution, he was received by Sir John Duck- 
 worth, in Nov. 1804, as Master's Mate, on board 
 his fiag-ship the Hercdle 74. In the early part of 
 the following Feb. he was a companion of the pre- 
 sent Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby when that heroic 
 officer, in a small prize, manned by volunteers, 
 made a brilliant dash past the enemy's batteries 
 into the harbour of St. Martha, with the intention 
 of cutting out a Spanish corvette of 20 guns and 
 130 men reported to be there, but which, unfortu- 
 nately, had sailed a few days before. In the course 
 of the same month Mr. Roberts was again placed 
 under the orders of Capt. Boger on board the Echo. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted 
 for three months as such) in the Sdperb 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir J. T. Duckworth, 22 May, 1806 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 8 Aug. 1806 and 31 Aug. 
 1809, to the Uniookn 32 and Armide 38, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman — 24 
 Nov. 1810, to the CouRAOEnx 74, Capt. PhiUp Wil- 
 kinson, stationed in the Baltic — and, 9 April, 181 1, 
 and 29 Jan. 1812, to the Christian VII. 80, and, as 
 First-Lieutenant, to the Impregnable 98, both flag- 
 ships of Admiral Wm. Young in the North Sea. 
 While serving in the Unicorn he commanded a de- 
 tachment of 50 seamen at the storming of Monte 
 Video 3 Feb. 1807 ; and performed the duties of an 
 officer of Artillery imtil some time after the capture 
 of the city. He was First-Lieutenant of the same 
 frigate at the destruction of the French shipping in 
 Aix Roads in April, 1809. In Jan. and Feb. 1810, 
 being Senior of the Armide, he commanded the 
 boats of that ship, in conjunction with those of a 
 squadron, at the capture and destruction of 15 of 
 
 the enemy's coasting vessels, near Rochelle. The 
 steadiness of the fire he maintained on one occasion 
 in face of several gun-boats obtained for him ofilcial 
 notice."* On 4 May, 1810, with the boats of the 
 Armide, and Monkev and Daring gun-brigs, under 
 his orders, he effected the destruction of 13 out of a 
 convoy of 17 sail, defended, at the He de Ke, by 
 batteries on shore, two armed luggers, and several 
 pinnaces — the loss of the British amounting to 3 
 killed and 3 wounded, all belonging to the Armide,! 
 Being awarded a second promotal commission 6 
 Dec. 1813, Capt. Roberts assumed command, 19 
 Feb. 1814, of the Meteor bomb. In that vessel he 
 accompanied a detachment of troops under Major- 
 General Ross from the Garonne to North America, 
 where he found frequent opportunities of distin- 
 guishing himself, particularly during the expedi- 
 tions against Alexandria,^ Baltimore, and New Or- 
 leans. Prior to the attack upon the latter place he 
 commanded a division of boats at the capture, on 
 Lake Borgne, 14 Dec. 1814, of five American gun- 
 vessels, after a very desperate struggle, in which 
 the British sustained a loss of 17 men killed and 77 
 wounded. An armed sloop on the same occasion 
 surrendered to him without much opposition. When 
 Lieut.-Col. Thornton in Jan. 1815 stormed and oaii- 
 ried a redoubt on the right hank of the Mississipp, 
 Capt. Roberts with three gun-vessels was as unre- 
 mitting in his zeal and exertions in covering the 
 right flank of the troops as he had previously been 
 in embarking the troops and keeping the boats to- 
 gether in crossing the river.§ In Aug. 1815, hav- 
 ing been nominated a C.B. and advanced to Post- 
 rank 4 and 13 June preceding, he left the Meteor. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 28 Sept. 1815, 
 for nearly three months, to the Newcastle 50, lying 
 at Woolwich— 24 Jan. 1816, to the Tay 26, in which 
 ship he was wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico 11 Nov. 
 foUowingll — 20 March, 1817, for a passage home, to 
 the Lady Hamilton transport — 13 Jan. 1823, to the 
 Egeria 24, employed at Newfoundland and on the 
 West India station, whence she returned in July, 
 1825, bringing with her Mr. Morier, late British 
 Cottimissioner in Mexico, and a large quantity of 
 cochineal and specie from Vera Cruz and the Ha^ 
 vana — 4 Deo. 1832, to the Drdid 46, in the river 
 Tagus — 18 June, 1833, for nearly three years and a 
 half, to the Endymion 50, attached to the Mediter- 
 ranean and Lisbon squadrons — and, 22 Aug. 1840, 
 to the Calcutta 84, similarly employed. Paralysis 
 of the left side compelled him to relinquish the 
 command of the ship last mentioned in May, 1842. 
 He was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich 
 Hospital 18 July, 1843; and placed on the Retired 
 List 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The honour of Knighthood was conferred upon 
 Capt. Roberts in 1833. He has been in the whole 
 53 times in action ; and has been often wounded. 
 He married, in 1818, one of his cousins, a daughter 
 of Benjamin Roberts, Esq., Solicitor. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ROBERTS. (Eetibed Captain, 1840. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 Thomas Roberts was born in 1779. He is bro- 
 ther of Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1790, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Swallow 14, Capt. 
 Wm. Hargood, lying at Plymouth. In the following 
 June he was received as a Volunteer on board the 
 Bombay Castle 74, Capt. John Thos. Duckworth • 
 whom he followed, in 1791, into the Orion 74. Rel 
 moving, in Deo. 1792, to the Scorpion sloop, Capt. 
 Solomon Ferris, he made a voyage in that vessel to 
 the coast of Africa, and then proceeded to Bar- 
 badoes, where he again joined the Orion. From 
 the close of 1793 until 1796 he served in the Medi- 
 terranean, as Midshipman, in the Cyclops frigate 
 
 * Plie GxL. 1810, p. 406. 
 ■^ r. Gai. 1814, p. 2081. 
 
 t V. Gaz. leio, p. 731. 
 i V. Gaz. 1814, p. 440. 
 II He was fully acquitted of all blame in the catastrophe 
 by a court martial lield at Jamaica in March, 1817. 
 
 6K 
 
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 ROBERTS. 
 
 and Bedfokd and Audaoiods 74's, all commanded 
 by Capt. Davidge Gould. In the Cyclops he as- 
 sisted at the reduction of Bastia in May, 1795 ; and 
 in the Bedford he fought in Hotham's actions 14 
 March and 13 July, 1795. On his return to Eng- 
 land in 1796 as Master's Mate in the Camel store- 
 ship, Capt. Edw. Kotheram, he was received on 
 board the EuEus 32, Capt. Jas. Ross, stationed in 
 the North Sea ; and on 24 Dec. in the same year 
 he was made Lieutenant into the Seepent sloop, 
 Capt. Rich. BuckoU. From 5 Jan. to 5 July, 1797, 
 we find him employed on a second visit to the coast 
 of Africa. During that period he aided in taking a 
 felucca which had been despatched from Cadiz for 
 the purpose of apprizing the South American trade 
 of the commencement of hostilities between France 
 and Spain. He afterwards cruized off' Havre under 
 the orders of Sir Rich. John Strachan, and contri- 
 buted to the capture, among other vessels, of a 
 French transport laden with naval stores. On 6 
 Jan. 1798 the Serpent again sailed for the coast of 
 Africa ; where, on the death of Capt. BuckoU in the 
 following April, Mr. Roberts, who had been all 
 along her First-Lieutenant, constituted himself his 
 successor. As there was however a Commodore on 
 the coast, the Admiralty did not consider the death 
 vacancy properly filled, and therefore did not con- 
 firm it. After the remains of his late Commander 
 had been interred at James Fort, Accra, Mr. Ro- 
 berts collected a large and valuable fleet of mer- 
 chantmen, chiefly bound to Surinam. He was the 
 first officer, we are informed, who had ever con- 
 ducted a convoy thither, two others having missed 
 the land, while he, on the contrary, made it to a 
 mile by lunar observations. After this he ran down 
 to Jamaica, and there received from Sir Hyde 
 Parker an order to act as Commander of the Ser- 
 pent — an appointment which the Admiralty sanc- 
 tioned 23 July, 1798. In the ensuing year Capt. 
 Roberts, whose health had become much impaired, 
 was sent home as whipper-in to a fleet of 113 West 
 Indiamen, under the protection of the Regulus 44, 
 bearing the flag of Vioe-Admiral Rich. Rodney 
 Bligh, who soon parted company in a storm, and 
 was not seen by the Serpent until the third day 
 after her arrival in the Downs. Eight or ten of 
 the merchant-vessels also parted company when 
 outside the windward passages ; but all the others 
 were kept together and conducted safely into port 
 by Capt. Roberts, who had occasionally to chase 
 away the enemy's privateers. Continuing in the 
 Serpent imtil Nov. 1801, he was actively employed 
 until then in affording protection to the trade on 
 the Irish station ; where he once fell in with, and 
 used every effort to get alongside of, a frigate-built 
 privateer, pierced for 36 guns and apparently full of 
 men, but was frustrated by the darkness of night 
 and the superiority of sailing in the enemy. On the 
 renewal of hostilities in 1803 Capt. Roberts was one 
 of the first appointed to raise Sea Fencibles in Ire- 
 land ; and he remained on that service until it was 
 abolished in 1810. Unable afterwards to procure 
 employment, he accepted, 10 Sept. 1840, the rank he 
 now holds. 
 
 Capt. Roberts is Receiver of the Leper Hospital 
 Estate in the co. and city of Waterford. He mar- 
 ried, 25 June, 1804, Catherine, daughter of Major 
 Jas. Hackett, of Tipperary, a gentleman who suc- 
 ceeded to an estate in that co. which had been up- 
 wards of 800 years in the family. He has issue 11 
 children, one of whom, Catherine, became the wife, 
 in May, 1843, of Capt. Jonas Pasley Hardy, of the 
 68th Regt. 
 
 ROBERTS. (LiETTT., 1815. p-p., 12;* h-p., 32.) 
 
 ■William Roberts was born in Aug. 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1803, as 
 
 A.B., on board the Netley schooner, Lieut.-Com- 
 
 manders Lawrence, Rich. Harward, Wm. Autridge, 
 
 Askew, and Wm. Carr. In the course of the same 
 
 year the Netley assisted at the capture of Ste. 
 
 Lucie, Demerara, Essequibo, and Berhice ; in June, 
 
 * Independently of packet service. 
 
 1805, she was in escort of a convoy of 15 sail which 
 fell into the hands of Admiral Villeneuve ;* in 1806 
 she communicated to Capt. Kenneth M'Kenzie of 
 the Caktsfort 28, at anchor off St. Christopher's, 
 information which prevented a fleet of between one 
 and two hundred homeward-bound merchantmen 
 from being taken or destroyed by an enemy's 
 squadron then almost in sight; and on 17 Dec. 
 1806 she was captured and taken into Guadeloupe 
 by the French frigate Thetis and brig Sylphe. In 
 Jan. 1807, having regained his liberty, Mr. Roberts, 
 who had attained the rating of Midshipman, was 
 again placed under the orders of Lieut. Carr on 
 board the Netley brig, in which vessel he re- 
 mained in the West Indies until reduced to the 
 necessity of invaliding in June, 1808. In the two 
 NETLEre he saw much boat-service ; as he subse- 
 quently did, while employed as Master's Mate, be- 
 tween Dec. 1808 and Sept. 1814, on the Baltic and 
 Mediterranean stations, in the Phoebe 36, Capts. 
 Hassard Stackpoole and Jas. Hillyar, Vangdard 74, 
 Capt. Henry Rich. Glynn, and Malta 80, bearing 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell. In the 
 latter ship he was engaged in many operations on 
 the coast of Catalonia ; where he witnessed Sir John 
 Moore's investment of Tarragona and the evacua- 
 tion of the Fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Bala- 
 guer. On leaving the Malta he became Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the AlcmJ:ne 38, Capt. Jeremiah 
 Coghlan; in which frigate, also stationed in the 
 Mediterranean, he continued until 10 months after 
 his official promotion 2 Feb. 1815. In May of that 
 year he was present at the surrender of Naples. 
 He has since had temporary command (he served 
 from 13 Feb. to 6 Aug. 1838 in the Dasher) of 
 various packets on the Falmouth station, and ap- 
 pears, in the whole, to have made as many as 15 
 voyages. 
 
 EGBERTS. (Eetiked Captain, 1845. r-p., 13; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 William Pender Roberts is a distant relative 
 of Lieut. Chas. Paynter, R.N. 
 
 This ofioer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Albans 64, Capt. 
 Fras. Pender, in which ship we find him, until Deo. 
 1800, employed on the Halifax station. Between 
 Sept. 1801 and Aug. 1807 he served at Home and off 
 Cadiz in the Hercule 74, Capt. Wm. Luke, Dia- 
 mond 38, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, Salvador del 
 MuNDO, Ca^t. John Dilkes, Lively 38, Capt. 
 Graham Eden Hamond, Plantagenet 74, Queen 
 98, Royal Sovereign 100, Ocean 98, and Queen 
 again, all commanded by Capt. Pender, and Morgi- 
 ANA sloop, Capt. Wm. Landless. He was nomi- 
 nated Midshipman of the Hercule 2 Deo. 1801 ; 
 was ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Queen 
 about Aug. 1805 ; and was confirmed in the Ocean 
 5 Feb. 1806. He was present, we believe, in the 
 .Lively at the capture of three Spanish frigates 
 laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth, 
 off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 1804. His appointments, 
 after he left the Morgiana, were — 4 Sept. 1807, to 
 the Talbot sloop, Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, with 
 whom he served on the coast of Portugal— and, 29 
 Feb. and 1 June, 1808, to the Codrageux 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Bissett, and Ariel sloop, Capts. Thos. White 
 and Dan. Ross. In the latter vessel he served in 
 the Baltic until advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander 21 March, 1812. Not having been further 
 employed, he accepted his present rank 27 March, 
 1845. 
 
 Capt. Roberts, who is a Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 CO. Cornwall, was elected Mayor for Penryn in Sept. 
 1822. He married, in 1819, Harriet, second daugh- 
 ter of Capt. Rowland, of Penzance. Agents— 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 * Mr. James, in his Naval History, informs us that the 
 Netley on this occasion was in company with the Bar- 
 BADOEs 28, Capt. Joseph Nourae. "The Netley, however 
 was the only man-of-war that was either present or had any- 
 thing to do with the convoy, ' 
 
ROBERTSON. 
 
 987 
 
 EOBEETSON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-I"., 34.) 
 BowEN Robert Kobektson, bom 21 May, 1791, 
 is son of the late Robt. Robertson, Esq., of Mllford, 
 by Laetitia, daughter of Geo. "Webb, Esq., Hackard, 
 CO. Pembroke, who married Anne, daughter of the 
 Rev. Jas. Bowen, Rector of Langum ; and is first- 
 cousin of the present Chas. Wheeler Townsend 
 Webb Bowen, of Camrose House, co. Pembroke. 
 His elder and only brother, George, was an officer 
 in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1800, as 
 L.M., on board the Aimwell, Lieut.-Commander 
 Skinner, in which vessel and in the Chapman 
 armed ship, Capt. Thos. Browne, he continued em- 
 ployed on the Milford station until Nov. 1801. 
 From March to Nov. 1802, and from May, 1803, to 
 Aug. 1804, he served, the latter part of the time in 
 the capacity of Midshipman, in the Insolent 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander Nicholas Kortwright, and Spit- 
 fire 18, Capt. Robt. Keen. On 13 Nov. 1805, while 
 proceeding in the Woodlark 10, Lieut.-Commander 
 Robt. Innes, to join the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Rowley (under whom he had been serving for about 
 14 months in the Rubt 64, off Cadiz and in the 
 Channel and North Sea), he was wrecked, and taken 
 prisoner, near Calais. During his consequent so- 
 journ in France he made several attempts to escape. 
 On one occasion he had actually reached the coast, 
 when he was apprehended, carried back several 
 hundred miles in chains, and confined on bread and 
 water. At length, however, after he had been in- 
 carcerated in as many as 80 prisons, and had un- 
 dergone the greatest hardships, he succeeded, 16 
 March, 1811, in accomplishing his flight. He crossed 
 the North Sea in an open boat, and on his arrival in 
 England was ordered out to the Baltic in the 
 Dreadnought 98, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, of 
 which ship he beame an acting and a confirmed 
 Lieutenant 1 June and 6 July in the same year, 
 
 1811. The Dreadnought being paid off in Feb. 
 
 1812, he was next, from 2 Feb. 1813 until she was 
 put out of commission 26 Aug. 1815, employed in 
 the West Indies, South America, and Channel, on 
 board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcohn. While in 
 that ship he frequently landed papers on the coast 
 of France, assisted at the capture of many of the 
 enemy's vessels, and for his boat and general services 
 was strongly recommended for promotion. Since 
 he left her, although anxious for employment, he 
 has been suffered to remain on half-pay. 
 
 The Lieutenant is a Magistrate for co. Pembroke. 
 He married, in 1819, Caroline Amelia, youngest 
 daughter of the late John Lloyd, Esq., of Foes-y- 
 bleiddiad, Mabws, and Dale Castle, co. Pembroke, 
 High Sheriff for Pembrokeshire in 1785 and for Car- 
 diganshire in 1803, and sister-in-law of Sir Geo. 
 Cooper, Chief-Justice at Madras. Agents — Messrs. 
 C hard. 
 
 ROBERTSON. (CoraMANDER, 1845.) 
 
 David Robertson entered the Navy 6 April, 
 1831 ; passed his examination 5 Dec. 1837 ; and was 
 
 Eromoted (while serving^in the Mediterranean as 
 late of the Howe 120, Capt. SirWatkin Owen Pell) 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Aug. 1841. Being 
 appointed, 1 Oct. following. Senior of the Hazard 
 18, Capt. Chas. Bell, he sailed in that sloop for the 
 East Indies, and on the death of his Captain was 
 nominated, 8 Aug. 1844, to the acting command of 
 her. He was confirmed in his present rank 1 1 March, 
 1845, and has since been on half-pay. Agents^ 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 EOBEETSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 13; 
 H-P., 31.) 
 
 James Robertson was born 7 Feb. 1780. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1803, as 
 A.B., on board the Lapwing 28, Capt. Alex. Skene, 
 on the Halifax station, where he continued em- 
 ployed, principally in the capacity of Master's Mate, 
 in the Leander 50, Capts. Skene and John Talbot, 
 Cleopatra 32, Capts. John Nairne, John Wright, 
 and Wm. Love, Driver 18, Capts. W. Love and 
 
 Chas. Claridge, Bermuda 18, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Byam, and Atalante 18, Capt. Fred. Hickey, 
 until Dec. 1809. He then served for nearly six 
 years in the Mediterranean in the Undaunted 38, 
 Capts. Thos. Jas. Maling, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, 
 Rich. Thomas, and Rowland Mainwaring, Edktalus 
 36, Capts. R. Mainwaring, Jeremiah Coghlan, and 
 Chas. Napier, and Kite and Paulina sloops, both 
 commanded by Capt. Mainwaring. He acted as 
 Lieutenant in the Undaunted and Kite ; and on 
 leaving, in Nov. 1815, the Paulina (in which vessel 
 he had been officiating as Acting-Master) was pre- 
 sented with a commission bearing date 17 of the 
 preceding March. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Robertson married, 23 Jan. 1817, Miss Ann 
 Spence, a lady by whom he has issue five children. 
 
 EOBEETSON. (Lieutenant, 1806. f-p., 18 ;* 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 James Baxfodb Robertson is third son of the 
 late Arthur Robertson, Esq., of Inshes, co. Inver- 
 ness (a descendant of David I., King of Scotland), 
 by Katherine, daughter of Jas. Lawrie, Esq., of 
 Bumgrange and Lappie, co. Kinross, and niece of 
 Colonel Jas. Masterton, M.P. for Stirling, A.D.C. 
 to the Duke of Cumberland at CuUoden, fifth in 
 descent from the marriage of Ronald Masterton, of 
 Park Mill, heir male of Masterton of that ilk, with 
 Marjory Bruce, grand-daughter of Sir David Bruce, 
 of Clackmannan, derived from the Bruces of Annan- 
 dale, the progenitors of the illustrious Robt. Bruce. 
 One of his brothers, Simon Eraser, an officer in the 
 E. I. Co.'s service, died Deputy-Adjutant-General 
 of Bombay ; and another, Thomas, filling the same 
 appointment, was drowned in the J^ady Jane Dundas 
 East Indiaman. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1795, as 
 A.B., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. John 
 Pakenham and Wm. Hancock Kelly, in which ship 
 he continued, on the Mediterranean and Channel 
 stations, nearly the whole time in the capacity of 
 Midshipman, until Aug. 1801. From 11 Sept. en- 
 suing until 12 Aug. 1802 he served, again in the 
 Mediterranean, chiefly as Master's Mate, in the 
 Dreadnought 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, and C^sar 
 80, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez. He was made 
 Lieutenant, 18 Jan. 1806, into the Combatant sloop, 
 Capts. Alex. Robt. Kerr and Alex. Rich. Mackenzie, 
 lying in the Downs; and between the following 
 Nov. and July, 1814, was employed on the Medi- 
 terranean, Baltic, and Home stations in the Formi- 
 dable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, Alexandria 32, 
 Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Fras. Pickmore, Redpolb 
 10, Capt. Colin Macdonald, Rifleman brig, Capt. 
 Joseph Pearce, Cvdnus 38, Capt. Fred. Langford, 
 and Rinaldo 10, Capt. Edm. Lyons. From 19 
 March, 1822, until 14 April, 1826, he commanded a 
 Signal station on Cooper's Hill. For several years 
 past he has been employed on quarantine service at 
 St. Margaret's Hope, Frith of Forth. 
 
 He is married and has issue. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 EOBEETSON. (Lieutenant, 1831.) 
 
 James Hector M'Kenzie Robertson entered 
 the Navy 11 June, 1823; passed his examination in 
 1829; and obtained his commission 5 Dec. 1831. 
 From 23 Jan. 1835 until 1844 he held an appoint- 
 ment in the Coast Guard. He is now unemployed. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 EOBEETSON. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Robertson entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1797, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Standard 64, Capt. 
 Thos. Revell Shivers, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea ; and from April, 1798, until Aug. 1803 
 was employed, chiefly on the Home station, in the 
 Superb 74, Capt. John Sutton, Ville de Paris 110 
 flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Immortalite 36! 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. W. C. E. 
 Owen, and Mars 74, Capt. J. Sutton. As Master's 
 * Bxclusive of quarantine service. 
 
 6 K 2 
 
988 
 
 ROBERTSON— ROBILLIARD. 
 
 Mate of the Immortaiit4 he was in frequent action 
 with the enemy's flotillas along the Dutch and 
 French coasts. On 31 of the month last mentioned 
 he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Tigre 74, Capt. 
 Benj. Hallowell. While in that ship, to which he 
 was confirmed 26 Jan. 1805, he went with Nelson to 
 the West Indies in pursuit of the combined squad- 
 rons of France and Spain, and, joining in the opera- 
 tions of 1807 in Egypt, served on shore with a 
 brigade of seamen, and was wounded, in the attack 
 bn Bosetta. Being next, 19 March, 1808, appointed 
 to the BeiiLE Poule 38, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, he 
 assisted, 15 Feb. 1809, at the capture of Le Var of 
 26 guns, laden with com for the relief of the French 
 garrison at Corfu; and was present, in 1809-10, at 
 the capture of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and 
 Sta. Maura. He invalided from the Belle Poule 
 in June, 1810 ; and, after serving for upwards of two 
 years in the Channel in the San Josef 110, Qdeen 
 Charlotte 100, and Ville de Paris 110, flag- 
 ships of Lord Keith, was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 9 Deo. 1816. From 24 June, 1834, 
 until Aug. 1837, he was employed in the Ordinary 
 at Plymouth — the last 12 months with his name on 
 the books of the Sah Josee. He attained his pre- 
 sent rank 28 June, 1838, and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 EOBERTSON. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 KicHABD MuRBOCH KoBEKTSON entered the Navy 
 7 Dec. 1823 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His 
 succeeding appointments were— 4 Aug. 1838, to the 
 Orestes 18, Capt. Peter Sampson Hambly, fitting 
 for South America— 25 Sept. 1839, to the Stag 46, 
 Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan, on the Brazilian 
 and Cape station — 28 Aug. 1841, to the Formidable 
 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. 
 Sullivan, employed in the Mediterranean and off 
 Lisbon— 23 April, 1844, to the Queen 110, also com- 
 manded by Sir C. Sullivan, with whom, in the course 
 of the same year, he returned from the Mediter- 
 ranean—and, 7 Nov. 1845, to the St. Vincent 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth, where he 
 continued, latterly in the capacity of First-Lieute- 
 nant, until promoted to the rank of Commander 5 
 June, 1847. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ROBERTSON. (Lieittenant, 1840.) 
 
 KoBEBT KoBEETSON entered the Navy 26 Oct. 
 1826 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; and obtained 
 his commission 1 Aug. 1840. His appointments 
 have since been— 31 Oct. 1840 and 17 Sept. 1841, to 
 the Indus 78 and Vesuvius steam-sloop, Capts. Sir 
 Jas. Stirling and Erasmus Ommanney, both in the 
 Mediterranean — 18 Dec. 1844, as First, to the Rat- 
 tler screw steamer, Capt. Henry Smith, with whom 
 he served for nearly 12 months on the Home station 
 — 12 June, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the Por- 
 cupine steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Fred. Bullock 
 employed in the river Thames — and, 30 Aug. and 
 31 Oct. 1847, as Additional (for surveying-service), 
 to the William and Mart yacht and Fisgard 42, 
 bearing each the broad pendant of Sir Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer at Woolwich. Agents — Holmes and 
 Folkard. 
 
 ROBERTSON. (Capt., 1837. r-P., 24 ; h-p., 20.) 
 William Robertson entered the Navy, 9 June, 
 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Defence 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Hope. After serving in the North Sea 
 and sharing in the glories of Trafalgar he removed, 
 in Dec. 1805, to the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore 
 and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, attached to the 
 force in the Channel, where, in June, 1807, he re- 
 joined Capt. Hope, as Master's Mate, on board the 
 Theseus 74. In the following Nov., having pre- 
 viously, in the Spencer 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stop- 
 ford, accompanied the expedition against Copen- 
 hagen, he was taken prisoner. Escaping in Maj, 
 1809, he joined, 15 Aug. in that year, the Victokt 
 100, flag-ship in the Baltic of Sir Jas. Saumarez, by 
 whom he was nominated, 20 Sept. ensuing, Acting- 
 
 Lieutenant of the Dictator 64, Capt. Rich. Har- 
 rison Pearson. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 26 
 Feb. 1810; and was subsequently appointed — 1 
 March, 1810, to the Lynx sloop, Capts. John \Vil- 
 loughby Marshall and Thos. Percival, in the Baltic 
 —30 Aug. 1811, to the Saepedon 10, Capts. Jas. 
 Green and Thos. Parker, on the Leith station— 7 
 Oct. 1812, to the Fortunee 36, Capts. Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour, Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, and Wm. Goate, 
 on the coast of Ireland— 4 March, 1814, to the Erne 
 20, commanded by the late Lord Napier, with whom 
 he served on the North American and West India 
 stations until Sept. 1815—14 Jan. 1818, to the Isa- 
 bella sloop, Capt. John Boss, in which vessel he 
 was employed, until paid ofi' in the next Dec, in 
 exploring Baffin Bay and in inquiring into the 
 probability of effecting a north-west passage to 
 Chma— 1 May, 1820, 2 Dec. 1821, and 6 May, 1824, 
 to the Conway 26, Creole 42, and Diamond 46, 
 Capts. Basil Hall, Hon. Fred. Spencer, and Lord 
 Napier, all on the South American station, where, 
 in the Conway and Diamond, he filled the post of 
 First-Lieutcnant^and, 5 Dec. 1826, to the Galatea 
 42, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Masterman 
 H ardy, under whom he escorted to Lisbon a body 
 of troops intended as a reinforcement to the Por- 
 tuguese Constitutionalists, and took part in an ex- 
 perimental cruize. Attaining the rank of Com- 
 mander 12 Nov. 1827, he served in that capacity, in 
 the Snake 16, on the North Sea and South Ameri- 
 can stations, from 30 April, 1832, until the spring 
 of 1835 ; and in the Castor 36, Capt. Lord John 
 Hay, on the north coast of Spain, from 14 May, 
 
 1836, until advanced to his present rank 10 Jan. 
 
 1837. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Capt. Kobertson married, in 1838, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of the late H. Pater, Esq., of Bristol. 
 Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ROBILLIARD. (Lieut., 1835. p-p.,21 ; h-p., 12.) 
 John Kobilliard, born 5 Nov. 1800, is son of 
 the late Nicholas Kobilliard, Esq., Jurat of the 
 Court of Aldemey ; and is a relative of Commander 
 Nicholas Kobilliard, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Aug. 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tay 20, Capt. Wm. Ko- 
 billiard, stationed in the Channel. Removing, in 
 Feb. 1815, to the Malta 84, Capts. Wm. Chas. 
 Fahie and Thos. Boys, he witnessed in that ship the 
 surrender of Naples, and co-operated in the boats 
 with the Austrian troops under Baron Laner at the 
 siege of Gaeta. After serving for nearly three 
 years with Capt. Boys in the Ramillies 74, on the 
 N orth Sea station, part of the time in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, he joined, in Dec. 1818, the Daunt- 
 less 24, Capts. Hon.Valentine Gardner, John Camp- 
 bell, and Geo. Cornish Gambler, and sailed for the 
 East Indies, whence, in 1821, he returned to England 
 with General Sir Thos. Hislop as a passed Midship- 
 man in the Alligator 28, Capt. Jas. Wilkie, then 
 recently launched. He was next, from April, 1824, 
 until Aug. 1827, employed in the West Indies on 
 board the Primrose 18, Capts. John Stoddart, Geo. 
 Vernon Jackson, and Octavius Vernon Harcourt— 
 the last two years as Acting-Master, a rank to which 
 he had been advanced, in consequence of a death 
 vacancy, by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Lawrence 
 Wm. Halsted. Not wishing to continue in the line 
 of Master, he joined as Mate (shortly after the 
 Primrose had been paid off) the Revenge 76, 
 Capts. Norborne Thompson and Hon. Chas. Or- 
 lando Bridgeman. In that ship he served in the 
 Mediterranean until transferred, as Admiralty Mate, 
 in Oct. 1830, to the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, under whom, on being turned over to the 
 Asia 84, we find him stationed at first on the coast 
 of Holland during the Dutch embargo, and next, 
 until July, 1834, under the flag of the present Sir 
 Wm. Parker off Lisbon during the hostilities be- 
 tween Pedro and Miguel. He served subsequently, 
 from Sept. 1834 until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 9 July, 1835, at Plymouth, in the San Josef 
 110, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon ; and, from 12 Aug. 
 
ROBILLIARD— ROBINS. 
 
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 in the latter year until paid off in Nov. 1838, in 
 South America, in the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Grey. He has not heen since employed. 
 
 Lieut. Bobilliard married, 17 Nov. 1842, Harriet, 
 daughter of Lucas Le Cocq, Esc[., Jurat of the Court 
 of Alderney, by whom he has issue. 
 
 EOBILLIAED. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Nicholas Kobilltahd is a relative of Lieut. 
 John Robilliard, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1810, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Daphne 20, Capts. Philip 
 Pipon and Jas. Green, employed in the Baltic and 
 East Indies. Rejoining Capt. Pipon as Midshipman, 
 in Sept. 1813, on board the Tagds 36, he was afibrded 
 an opportimity of assisting in that ship at the cap- 
 ture of the French 40-gun frigate Ceres, off the 
 Cape de Verde 'ands 6 Jan. 1814. From Oct. 
 1815 until promote to . d rank of Lieutenant 31 
 March, 1818, he served in the Downs, the latter 
 part of the time as Master's Mate, in the Ganymede 
 20 and Sevekn 40, both commanded by Capt. Wm. 
 M'CuUoch. He was afterwards appointed — 3 Nov. 
 1824, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez and Lord Northesk at Plymouth, where 
 he served for about five years — 24 June, 1833, for a 
 short time, to the Endymion 50, Capt. Sir Sam. 
 Roberts, employed on Channel service — and, 30 Jan. 
 1839, to the command, which he retained until July, 
 1845, of the Seaflower cutter, on the Home station. 
 Since he left that vessel he has been on half-pay. 
 His commission as Commander bears date 23 Nov. 
 1841. 
 
 He married at Twickenham, 12 Oct. 1825, Re- 
 becca, daughter of Wm. Davies, Esq., of Surrey 
 Square. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 EOBINS. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Henry Jenkins Robins died in 1846 on the coast 
 of Africa. He was brother of the present Com- 
 mander Thos. Lowton Robins, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 June, 1823; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 27 Oct. 1840 ; served from 31 of that month 
 until paid off in 1843 in the Iris 26, Capt. Geo. 
 Rodney Mundy, on the coast of Africa ; and from 
 13 Sept. 1844 until the period of his death was em- 
 ployed as First-Lieutenant in the Flying Fish 12, 
 Capts. Robt. Harris and Peche Hart Dyke, on the 
 Home station. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 EOBINS. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John Gonn Robins entered the Navy 23 April, 
 1823 ; passed his examination 5 Dec. 1837 ; and at 
 the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 23 Nov. 1841, had been serving for some 
 time in the Active revenue-vessel, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Geo. Wm. Tomlin. He was afterwards em- 
 ployed—from 1 Dec. 1841 until Feb. 1845, in the 
 Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Maclean— and, from 
 14 of the latter month until 1847 (on the south-east 
 coast of America), in the Firebrand steam-frigate 
 of 410 horse-power, Capt. Jas. Hope. 
 
 EOBINS. (Commander, 1821. f-p.,21 ; h-p.,28.) 
 Thomas Lowton Robins (6) entered the Navy, 
 in 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Teazer gun- 
 brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Lowton Robins. 
 Continuing in that vessel until paid off in April, 
 1802, he accompanied in 1799 the expedition to 
 Holland ; was present in an attack made in July, 
 1800, on four French frigates lying in Dunkerque 
 Roads, one of which, La Desiree of 40 guns, was 
 destroyed; and (besides sharing in an afiair with 
 the Boulogne flotilla) witnessed the victory gained 
 by Lord Nelson at Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. After 
 serving for about 12 months in the Fr^voyante 
 store-ship, Master-Commander Wm. Brown, he 
 joined, in Aug. 1803, the Victory 100, in which 
 ship, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, he pursued 
 the combined squadrons of France and Spain from 
 the Mediterranean to the West Indies, and, on his 
 
 return, fought as Master's Mate at the battle of 
 Trafalgar. For his conduct in that instance he was 
 created a Lieutenant of the Victory by a commis- 
 sion bearing date 22 Oct. 1805. Joining next, in 
 Feb. 1806, the Pallas 32, Capts. Lord Cochrane, 
 Geo. Miller, Henry Manaton Ommanney, Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour, Wm. Hugh Bobbie, and Hon. Geo. Cado- 
 gan, he was on board that ship, and was mentioned 
 by Lord Cochrane for his conduct, at the destruc- 
 tion, in May following, of the semaphores along the 
 French coast ; and also when, in the course of the 
 same month, she made a single-handed attack, under 
 a heavy fire from the batteries on lie d'Aix, on the 
 French 40-gun frigate La Minerve, in company with 
 three 18-gun brigs.* On the latter occasion the 
 British vessel, while preparing to board, ran foul of 
 her opponent, and by the shock was nearly reduced 
 to a wreck. Under Capts. Seymour and Cadogan 
 Mr. Robins was present, in 1809, at the destruction 
 of the French shipping in Aix Roads and in the 
 operations connected with the expedition to the 
 Scheldt. His appointments, after he left the Pal- 
 las, were, in the capacity of Senior Lieutenant — ■ 
 20 Oct. 1809, to the Manilla 36, Capts. G. F. Sey- 
 mour and John Joyce, under the latter of whom he 
 was wrecked on the Haak Sand, near the Texel, 28 
 Jan. 1812 — 11 July, 1814, after two years and four 
 months of captivity in France, to the Royalist 16, 
 Capts. Thos. Parry Jones Parry, Thos. Wolrige, 
 and Houston Stewart, on the Home and West India 
 stations — and, 3 April, 1816, to the Salisbury 58, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Erskine 
 Douglas at Jamaica, whence he returned to England 
 and was paid off in the spring of 1818. He attained 
 his present rank 19 July, 1821 ; and was lastly, from 
 May until Oct. 1827, employed in experimentally 
 cruizing, as Second-Captain, in the Galatea 42, 
 flag-ship of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. 
 
 Commander Robins is Governor of Oxford Castle. 
 He is married and has issue. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 EOBINS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 280 
 
 William Stocker Robins was bom 13 Nov. 
 1791. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hyacinth 18, Capts. 
 John Davie and John Carter ; and during upwards 
 of four years that he continued in that vessel as- 
 sisted in blockading two French frigates in the 
 Scheldt, and was for a long time employed in South 
 America, particularly in the Rio de la Plata, where 
 he was present when the Buenos Ayreans declared 
 their independence of the mother country. On the 
 Hyacinth being paid off in May, 1811, he became 
 Midshipman (a rating he had previously attained) 
 of the Hannibal 74, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, previously to fol- 
 lowing whom into the Christian VII. 80 he served 
 in the Baltic, and was stationed with flve sail-of- 
 the-Iine off the Texel for the purpose of intercept- 
 ing the expected departure of a Dutch squadron. 
 After he had for eight months performed the duties 
 of Master's Mate in the Cossack 22, Capt. Wm. 
 King (in which vessel, it appears, he was wounded 
 in the leg at the defence of Cadiz, where he re- 
 mained until the siege was raised), he joined, in 
 Nov. 1812, the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, lying 
 at Plymouth, at which- port he removed, as a Su- 
 pernumerary, in Jan. 1813, to the Salvador del 
 MoNDO. Being again, in the ensuing March, placed 
 under the orders of his former Captain, Carter, in 
 the Thracian 18, he was at first employed in that 
 vessel, with three others of a similar description, in 
 blockading five brigs-of-war at Christiansand, on 
 the coast of Norway. On 7 Feb. 1814 he contri- 
 buted to the capture, off' St. Valery, of the French 
 privateer Emille of 14 guns and 42 men ; and on 
 subsequently proceeding to the West Indies he was 
 actively employed in the boats, and was on one occa- 
 sion slightly wounded in the head in endeavouring 
 to suppress the trade of the United States. In Oct. 
 1815, at which period he had been acting for more 
 * Vide Gai..l806, p. 684. 
 
990 
 
 ROBINSON. 
 
 than seven months as Lieutenant of the Theacian, 
 he took up a commission bearing date 17 March in 
 that year. From Feb. 1821 until April, 1824, he 
 filled an appointment in the Coast Guard in the 
 Isle of Wight. He has not been since employed. 
 
 Lieut. Kobins married, for the first time, in June, 
 1819. Being left a widower in Jan. 1822, he mar- 
 ried, a second time, 15 April, 1823, Anne, relict of 
 Commander Thos. Linthorne, K.N. (1798), of Poole, 
 CO. Dorset. By that lady, who died in March, 1837, 
 he has issue two children. 
 
 KOBINSON. (LiEDT., 1810. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 27.) 
 AiiFKED Samuel Koeinson entered the Navy, in 
 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stahdakd 64, 
 Capt. Chas. Stewart, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea. From May, 1802, until Feb. 1805, he 
 was employed, the chief part of the time as Alid- 
 shipman, in the Glatton 50, Capt. Jas. Colnett ; in 
 which ship he circumnavigated the globe and was 
 for some time stationed at Leith under the flag of 
 Rear- Admiral Jas. Vashon. After serving for three 
 years and a half (during which period he com- 
 manded a boat at the capture and destruction of a 
 convoy under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, and 
 assisted in cutting out three vessels from under a 
 heavy fire at St. Martin's) in the Channel, Downs, 
 and North Sea, and also off Lisbon, in the Pomoke 
 frigate, Capts. Wm. Grenville Lobb, Kioh. Budd 
 Vincent, and Robt. Barrie, he was nominated, 5 
 Aug. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Woolwich 44, 
 Capt. Fras. Beaufort, on the Mediterranean station. 
 He left that ship 6 June, 1809 ; was oflicially pro- 
 moted 2 Jan. 1810 ; and was subsequently appointed 
 — 8 Jan. 1810, to the Flt sloop, Capts. John Thomp- 
 son, Manley Hall Diclcson, John Skekel, and Henry 
 Higman, in which vessel, employed in the Downs 
 and Baltic, he came into contact with a Danish 
 flotilla in the Little Belt— 17 Aug. 1812 (after four 
 months of half-pay) to the Semiramis 36, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Chas. Tyler at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, where he remained until Aug. 1814 — 23 June, 
 1823, for nearly four years, to the Cambridge 82, 
 Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, on the South American 
 station— and 16 Oct. 1843 and 11 July, 1844, as 
 First, to the Tartakus and Porcupine steam sur- 
 veying-vessels, Capts. Horatio Thos. Austin, Jas. 
 Wolfe, and Fred. Bullock. He has been on half-pay 
 since June, 1846. 
 
 He married, 4 Dec. 1827, Leonora Maria, only 
 daughter of the late Thos. Rowcroft, first Consul- 
 General for Peru. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Commander, 1794. f-p., 19 ; 
 H-P., 61.) 
 
 Charles Robinson is uncle of Commander Thos. 
 Pitt Robinson, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1767, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Fort, Capt. Mark 
 Robinson, under whom, after serving for more than 
 six years on the coast of North America, he was 
 employed on the Home station, as Midsliipman, in 
 the Worcester 64 and Shrewsbury 74, from Nov. 
 1774, until made Lieutenant, 12 Feb. 1780, into the 
 Terrible, Capts. John Douglas and John Dixon, 
 attached to the force in the West Indies. He was 
 placed on haif-pay in June of the latter year ; and 
 was subsequently appointed — in Feb. 1781 and 
 March, 1782, to the Shrewsbury, • Capts. M. Ro- 
 binson, John Colpoys, and John Knight, and 
 Nymph, Capts. John Ford and Edw. Knatchbull, 
 in which vessels he again, until June, 1783, served 
 on the American and West India stations— 24 June, 
 1790, to the SwirrsuEE 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Wallace, 
 with whom he continued, in the Channel, until Oct. 
 1791— and 23 Jan. and 14 Nov. 1793, to the Princess 
 Royal 98 and Victory 100, flag-ships of Admirals 
 Sam. Cranston Goodall and Lord Hood in the Me- 
 diterranean, where he was present at the occupation 
 of Toulon. On 5 April, 1794, he was made Com- 
 
 * Part of the fleet engaf^ed under Rear-Admiral Graves in 
 the action with the Comte de Grasse, off Cape Henry, 5 Sept. 
 nsi. 
 
 mander Into the Scout 16 ; in which vessel he wag 
 captured by two French frigates, ofi' Bona, in the 
 following Aug. He was restored to liberty, we be- 
 lieve, in Nov. 1795; and did not afterwards go 
 afloat. He was admitted into the Royal Hospital 
 at Greenwich 27 Aug. 1840. 
 
 Commander Robinson is the senior officer of his 
 rank in the Navy. One of his sons, Chas. Cowling 
 Robinson, is a Lieutenant R.N. ; and another, Dan. 
 Robinson, a First-Lieutenant R.M., and a Colonel 
 in the Spanish service. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ROBINSON. (LiECT., 1809. F-P., 12 ; H-P., 33.) 
 Charles Robinson (a) is son of the late Rear- 
 Admiral Hugh Robinson ; and brother of Lieut. 
 Thos. Robinson, R.N. (1819), who died 6 May, 1838, 
 at Clifton, near Tork. 
 
 This ofScer entered the Navy,, 11 Nov. 1802, asFst- 
 cl. Vol., on board the Caroline of 42 guns, Capts. 
 Benj. Wm. Page, Peter Rainier, and Henry Hart. 
 Under Capt. Page he assisted, during his passage to 
 the East Indies, at the capture of several French 
 vessels and at the detention of two others belonging 
 to the Batavian republic — one of them, the De 
 Uaasje brig-of-war. On his arrival in India he 
 aided, under the same officer, in taking, 5 Jan. and 
 4 Feb. 1804, the privateers Les Freres Unis of 8 guns 
 (pierced for 16) and 134 men, and Le General de 
 Caen of 22 guns and 200 men. Under Capt. Rainier 
 it was his fortune to be present, 18 Oct. 1806, at the 
 capture, near the island of Java, of the Dutch 14- 
 gun brig Zeerop^ and, in the course of the same day, 
 after an action of half an hour, of the Maria Rig- 
 gerslergen of 40 guns and 270 men, 50 of whom were 
 killed and wounded, with a loss to the Caroline, 
 out of 204 men, of 3 killed and 18 wounded. In 
 company with the Maria Riggersbergen were the 
 William 14, Patriot 18, and Zee-Ploeg 14, together 
 with some gun-boats, who partially assisted her : 30 
 other gun-boats lay in-shore, but did not attempt to 
 come out. On 27 Jan. 1807 Mr. Robinson further 
 contributed to the capture of the St. Raphael Span- 
 ish register-ship, mounting 16 guns, with a comple- 
 ment of 97 men, having on board 500,000 dollars in 
 specie and 1700 quintals of copper, besides a valu- 
 able cargo. In securing this rich prize the Caro- 
 line had 7 men wounded ; the enemy's vessel, be- 
 fore she surrendered, incurred a' loss of 27 killed 
 and wounded. After serving for 16 months, part 
 of the time as Master's Mate, in the Duncan 36, 
 Capts. Thos. Groube, Wm. Wells, and Edw. Tucker, 
 still in the East Indies, Mr. Robinson was nomi- 
 nated, 14 Jan. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Victor sloop, Capt. Edw. Stopford. He was ofli- 
 cially promoted on 13 of the following Nov., in the 
 course of which month the Victor was taken by 
 the French frigate La Bellane. Being at the time 
 absent in a prize, he escaped sharing in that cata- 
 strophe ; and in the following May, after he had 
 been borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the 
 Doris 36, Procris 18, and Clorinde 38, Capts. 
 Christ. Cole, Robt. Maunsell, and Thos. Briggs, he 
 returned to England. His last appointments were 
 —8 Dec. 1810 and 3 April 1811, to the Magnet 16 
 and Prospero 18, Capts. John Smith and John 
 Hardy Godby, both in the North Sea — 7 Jan. 1813, 
 to the San Josef 110, Capts. Henry Bourchier and 
 Wm. Stewart, in which ship he fought under the 
 flag of Sir Rich. King in Sir Edw. Pellew's partial 
 actions with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 
 Feb. 1814—23 Jan. 1815 (having paid the San 
 JosEP off as First-Lieutenant in the preceding Aug.) 
 to the Poissakt 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, lying at 
 Spithead — and 8 May following, to the DisiniE 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Woolridge, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. 
 Fras. Fremantle on the Guernsey station, where he 
 was actively employed during the hundred days' 
 war, and assisted at the capture of La Ville d'An- 
 vers praam. He left the Desir£e 29 Aug. 1815. 
 
 ROBINSON. (LrEUT., 1812. r-P., 8 ; h-p., 36.) 
 Charles Cowling Robinson, bom 20 July, 1790, 
 is son of Commander Chas. Robinson, R.N. 
 
ROBINSON. 
 
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 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1803, as 
 Fat.-cl. Vol., on board the Eoktdioe 24, Capt. John 
 Nicholas, stationed in the Channel, where he cruized 
 until May, 1804. In the following Aug. he joined 
 the K.0YAL William, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 Montagu at Spithead ; and in Sept. of the same year 
 he was received on board the SwiFrsnaE 74, Capts. 
 Marls Robinson and Wm. Geo. Rutherford. Under 
 the latter officer, after pursuing the combined squa- 
 drons to the West Indies and bacls, he fought, in 
 the capacity of Midshipman, at the battle of Tra- 
 falgar, 21 Oct. 1805. Between Sept. 1807, when he 
 left the SwiFTStTKE, and the date of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, he was 
 actively employed on the Mediterranean, Home, 
 and West India sta .ons, in the Glatton 50, Impb- 
 niEQSE 38, Capt. Lord Cochrane, Namur 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Jones, Rotal Oak of similar force, Capt. 
 Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Shaek sloop, Capt. John 
 Gore, Ctane 22, Capt. Fras. Aug. Collier, and 
 Thetis frigate, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam. In Oct. 
 1812 he received an appointment to the Port 
 Mahon 18, Capt. Fred, Wm. Burgoyne, stationed 
 in the Channel. He invalided in March, 1813 •, and, 
 owing to the effects of a continued asthma, has not 
 been since able to seek service. While belonging 
 to the EcRYDiCE he broke his thigh ; and he has 
 been in consequence lame to the present day. 
 
 He married, 13 Feb. 1813, and has issue three 
 children. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Captain, 1846. e-p., 28 ; h-p., 0.) 
 Charles Gepp Robinson was born 3 Dec. 1805 
 at Appledore House, co. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1819, on 
 board the Hasty, on the North Sea station. From 
 1821 until 1826 he was employed, in the Leven 24, 
 Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, on a survey of the 
 east and west coasts of Africa. He was one of a 
 very few in the expedition who ever returned to 
 Kngland. On 30 Sept. 1826 he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant •, and in the course of the 
 following year he again, in the Eden 26, sailed with 
 Capt. Owen for the coast of Africa, for the purpose 
 of forming a settlement at Fernando Po, in the 
 Bight of Biafra, where every gun-room officer but 
 himself fell a victim to the climate. While on this 
 service he was chiefly employed in a tender in 
 cruizing after slavers, three vessels of which de- 
 scription he succeeded in capturing. The " prompt 
 zeal" he displayed on one occasion in proceeding 
 to sea under peculiar circumstances in the Horatio 
 schooner had the effect of procuring him, in Jan. 
 1828, the thanks of the Government of Sierra 
 Leone.* Since 25 March, 1829, he has been em- 
 ployed, almost uninterruptedly, in the Surveying 
 Department of the Navy. Until April, 1835, he 
 served (with his name on the books of the Cale- 
 donia, FouDHOYANT, and San Josef), as Assistant 
 to Capt. Henry Mangles Denham, on the coast of 
 Wales. He was then placed in charge of the Sur- 
 vey on the Welsh coast, whence he afterwards re- 
 paired to the coast of Scotland. Having attained 
 the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838, he was ap- 
 pointed in that capacity, 13 Dec. 1842, to the 
 Gleaner steam-vessel, fitting at Woolwich. From 
 31 Jan. 1843 until paid off at the close of 1847 he 
 commanded the Shearwater steamer of 160 horse- 
 power, again on the coast of Scotland. He was 
 employed during that period in attendance on the 
 Queen on the occasion of one of Her Majesty's visits. 
 He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and was 
 appointed, 14 Feb. 1848, Additional-Captain of the 
 San Josef 110. Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 24.) 
 Edward Robinson entered the Navy, 8 July, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edrds sloop, 
 Capt. Alex. Innes, with whom, and with Capt. Edw. 
 Wallis Hoare, he continued employed as Midship- 
 
 * See ' Owen's African Voyage,* by II. B. Robinson, Esq. 
 (brother of Capt. Robinson). 
 
 man in the Amsterdam 20, on the Cork station, 
 until transferred, in Nov. 1807, to the Amelia of 
 48 guns, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby. In that 
 ship he contributed to the destruction of three 
 French frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonne 24 Feb. 1809 ; witnessed the capture of 
 La Mouche corvette of 16 guns and 180 men, La 
 Bejouie national brig of 8 gims and 51 men, a 
 sciiooner of 1 gun and 25 men, two armed lug- 
 gers with cargoes (all taken on one occasion, in 
 company with the Statira 38), and Le Charlet 
 privateer of 20 guns, 300 tons, and 170 men ; aided 
 in causing the self-destruction, 25 March, 181 1, of 
 L'Amazone, a French frigate of the largest class, 
 which had been driven into a bay near Cape Bar- 
 fleur ; and was present at the demolition of the fort 
 and town of Winnebah, on the coast of Africa. He 
 was also, 7 Feb. 1813, engaged, as Master's Mate, 
 and severely wounded in a desperate action of more 
 than three hours and a half fought off the lies de 
 Los with L'Arethuse French frigate of 44 guns (24- 
 pounders on her main-deck) and 340 men, which 
 terminated in the separation of the combatants, 
 after a loss to the enemy of 105 killed and wounded, 
 and to the British, out of an original force of 300, 
 of 141 men killed and wounded.* For his conduct 
 on the occasion he was ordered, the day following, 
 to act as Third-Lieutenant (that officer having been 
 killed) ; and on 15 of the ensuing April was con- 
 firmed. About six months after the Amelia had 
 been i)aid off he was appointed, 12 Nov. 1813, to 
 the Harlequin sloop, Capt. Wm. Kempthorne, 
 with whom he served on the North American sta- 
 tion until Nov. 1815. From Dec. 1832 until 1 Jan. 
 1838 he had charge of the Semaphore station at 
 Chelsea ; and from 12 May, 1842, until 1845, he was 
 employed in the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheemess, 
 Capts. Peter Fisher and Rich. Arthur. He is now 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Robinson's wounds procured him a gra- 
 tuity from the Patriotic Fund and a pension from 
 Government of 91/. 5s. per annum. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Frederick Robinson entered the Navy 29 Dec. 
 1827; and passed his examination 6 May, 1835. At 
 the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 2 Feb. 1844, he was serving, on the coast of 
 Ireland, as Mate in the Comet surveying-steamer, 
 Capt. Geo. Alex. Frazer. His appointments have 
 since been — 9 March, 1844, as Additional, to the 
 Penelope steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the 
 coast of Africa — 26 March, 1844, to the Bonetta 
 brigantine, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, employed 
 on surveying service in the Mediterranean, whence 
 he returned to England as First-Lieutenant and 
 was paid off in 1847— and 7 March, 1848, to the 
 Investigator discovery ship, Capt. Edw. Joseph 
 Bird. Age.nt — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 33.) 
 George Robinson (6) was born 13 Aug. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Oct. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Polyphemus 64, Capt. 
 Peter Heywood ; in which ship, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, he witnessed the un- 
 successful attempt made by Lieut.-General White- 
 locke upon Buenos Ayres in July, 1807. Between 
 June, 1808, and the date of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 16 Feb. 1815, he was employed 
 on the North Sea, Mediterranean, Brazilian, Baltic, 
 and Home stations, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Invincible 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, 
 Nekeus 32, Capt. P. Heywood, Princess Caroline 
 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, Thisee 28, and Leven 
 20, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett. He was pre- 
 sent in the Princess Caroline when the marines 
 of that ship were landed at Scheveling for the sup- 
 port of the Prince of Orange ; and also in a voyage 
 to Spitbergen. Since his promotion he has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 * riVteGaz. 1813, p. 583. 
 
992 
 
 ROBINSON. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 17; H-p.,30.') 
 Hercules Robinson, bom 16 March, 1789, is son 
 of the Rev. Christopher Robinson (only son of the 
 Hon. Christopher Robinson, of Newby Lodge, Se- 
 cond Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland), by 
 Elizabeth, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Hercules 
 Langrishe, Bart., representative for 40 years of the 
 borough of Knocktopher in the Irish parliament. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Penelope 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood, with whom (deducting a few 
 months passed in 1802-3 at Spithead in the Poissant 
 74, Capt. John Irwin) he continued employed as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Euktalus 
 36 and Ajax 74, on the Mediterranean, Irish, Chan- 
 nel, and Cadiz stations, until transferred, in Jan. 
 1807, to the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord CoUing- 
 wood. In the Edetalus he fought at Trafalgar 21 
 Got. 1805. On 25 April, 1807, he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant (after having acted for nearly two 
 months as such) in the Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Al- 
 bany Otway, stationed off Cadiz ; in the ensuing 
 Dec. he was again placed under the orders of Capt. 
 Blackwood in the Warspite 74, employed in the 
 North Sea and Atlantic ; and on 30 Aug. 1809, at 
 which period he had been serving for a few weeks 
 in the Baltic in the TiMiRAiRE 98, Capt. Edw. 
 Sneyd Clay, he was promoted to the command of 
 the Fromethecs 18. Capt. Robinson's services in 
 the latter vessel were a series of disappointments 
 and mortifications from her irremediably bad sail- 
 ing — her log presenting a continuation of pursuits 
 after the enemy's vessels of war, who from the cause 
 alleged succeeded in eifecting their escape. He 
 contrived, however, while cruizing in the Baltic, to 
 make prize, 24 May, 1810, of two Danish privateers 
 (one of 3 guns and 20 men, the other of 3 guns and 
 16 men), and to destroy, 2 Aug. following, under 
 circumstances highly creditable to him, La Messa- 
 lina French schooner of 6 guns and 38 men ; and to 
 capture, 8 May, 1814, oS the coast of Nova Scotia, 
 the Lizard American schooner privateer of 2 long 
 guns and 34 men. Several merchant-vessels, also, 
 '-^ fell into his hands ; and his vigilance in watching 
 the enemy's privateers fitting out at Danzig gained 
 him the particular admiration of Sir Jas. Saumarez. 
 After visiting Madeira, the "West Indies, and New- 
 foundland, and participating in much general ser- 
 vice, he was advanced, 7 June, 1814, to Post-rank. 
 His last appointment was, 15 Sept. 1817, to the Fa- 
 vorite 26, in which ship he was successively em- 
 ployed at St. Helena, in the Rio de la Plata, and 
 again at Newfoundland, whence he returned, touch- 
 ing on his way at Gibraltar and Cadiz, in Dec. 
 1820. On the opening, in the early part of the 
 latter year, of the fisheries on the coast of Labrador 
 to the Americans, considerable difficulties being 
 apprehended between them and the British settlers 
 in carrying into efiect a treaty then recently en- 
 tered into, Vice-Admiral Sir Chas. Hamilton, the 
 Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland, relying 
 upon the temper and judgment of Capt. Robinson, 
 sent him to arbitrate between the parties, to make 
 bye-laws, and to survey the newly occupied har- 
 bours. " So essential," to use theVice- Admiral's own 
 words in his report to the Admiralty, " did I con- 
 sider these precautions, that I shortly after followed 
 in H.M.S. Grasshopper to communicate with Capt. 
 Robinson, which I did at Cape Charles ; and feeling 
 perfectly satisfied with the arrangements and deci- 
 sions he had made on that coast, I proceeded imme- 
 diately elsewhere, feeling no necessity for any inter- 
 ference of mine ; and there has been only a single 
 instance of complaint of an American vessel having 
 committed any impropriety out of 600 sail, and that 
 one, I trust, will be settled amicably. I beg also to 
 refer their Lordships to their hydrographer for 
 am^le proofs of Capt. Robinson's exertions in sur- 
 veying the harbours and passages he has visited, of 
 which we had not before even an outline that could 
 be depended upon, and of which he has left copies 
 in this office." Capt. Robinson accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. 
 In 1842 Capt. Robinson was appointed Sheriff 
 
 for "Westmeath, for which co. he is a Deputy-Lieu- 
 tenant. He married, 17 June, 1822, Frances Eliza- 
 beth, only child of Henry Wedman Wood, Esq., 
 of Rosmead, oo. Westmeath, and has issue six 
 children, the three eldest of whom are in the naval 
 and military services. His second son, Hercules G. 
 R. Robinson, an officer in the 87th Fusileers, mar- 
 ried, in Oct. 1846, the Hon. Nea Arthur Ada Rose 
 d' Amour Annesley, daughter of Viscount Valentia, 
 of Bletchingdon Park, Oxford. Agents— Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 KOBINSON. (LIE0TENANT, 1838.) 
 
 James Charles Robinson entered the Navy 15 
 March, 1820; passed his examination in 1826; and 
 obtained his commission 28 June, 1838. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 20 Sept. 1838 and 3 
 April, 1839, to the Grecian 16 and Electra 18, 
 Capts. Wm. Smyth and Edw. Reeves Philip Main- 
 waring, both on the North American station, 
 whence he returned as First-Lieutenant about June, 
 1841 — 16 Sept. 1841, in the capacity last mentioned, 
 to the Serpent 16, Capts. Chas. Henry Seale and 
 Wm. Nevill, fitting for the East Indies— 29 March, 
 1842, again as Senior, to the Sctlla 16, Capt. Robt. 
 Sharpe, on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion, where he was superseded in the spring of 1843 
 — and, 30 March, 1844, to the command, which he 
 still retains, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He married, 21 Sept. 1841, Jane, eldest daughter 
 of T. Ely, Esq., of Hornsey, co. Middlesex. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 15.) 
 John Delancet Robinson is youngest son of the 
 late Colonel Robinson. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the M^^ander 44, Capts. 
 John Bastard and Arthur Fanshawe ; in which ship, 
 bearing the flag for some time of Hon. Chas. El- 
 phinstone Fleeming, he served off the coast of Por- 
 tugal and in the Mediterranean until the autumn of 
 1816 — latterly in the capacity of Midshipman. He 
 was next, for upwards of five years, employed in 
 the Conqueror and Vigo 74's, flag-ships of Rear- 
 Admirals Robt. Plampin and Robt. Lambert at St. 
 Helena; whence, in 1822, he returned to England 
 in the Samabang 28, Capt. John Norman Camp- 
 bell. On 16 June, 1823, five months after he had 
 joined the Ttne 28, bearing the flags of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley and Sir„Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the West 
 Indies, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 in the Hyperion 42, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap. He had, 
 previously to that event, assisted in the boats of 
 the Tyne at the capture of a piratical vessel. His 
 last appointments were — 5 April, 1824, to the 
 Wellisley 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, lying 
 at Portsmouth — 6 Nov. following, to the Herald 
 10, Capts. Henry John Leeke, Augustus Wm. Jas. 
 Clifford, Edw. Wm. Corry Astley, and Geo. Berke- 
 ley Maxwell, under whom he was, for upwards of 
 five years, employed on a variety of particular ser- 
 vices — and, 24 Aug. 1832, to the Coast Guard, in 
 which service he remained until 1836. 
 
 Lieut. Robinson married, 10 Aug. 1836, Frances 
 Ann, only daughter of Sam. Waring, Esq., of Grove 
 Cottage, Dulwich, and the Oaks, Norwood, Surrey. 
 .4.GENTS — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 5.) 
 
 John James Robinson, bom in Jan. 181 1, is only 
 son of Capt. Robinson, Hon. E. I, Co.'s service, 
 Bengal. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romney 50, armee-en-flute, 
 Capts. Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Nicholas Lockyer ; 
 and from Deo. 1826 until July, 1830, was employed 
 on the coast of North America in the Tyne 28, 
 Capts. White and Sir Rich. Grant. Volunteering 
 then to serve on the coast of Africa, he took a passage 
 thither in the Athol 28, Capt. Alex. Gordon, and 
 on his arrivaljoined, as Mate, the Dkyad 42, bear- 
 
EOBINSON. 
 
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 ing the broad pendant of Commodore John Hayes. 
 On 10 Sept. 1831, being at the time detached in the 
 Faib Rosamond tender, Lieut.-Commander Henry 
 Vere Huntley, armed with 1 gun and having only 
 21 effective men on board, he was afforded an op- 
 portunity of assisting at the very gallant capture of 
 the Regulo and Rapido_ B\ayeis, carrying between 
 them 13 guns and 140 men. For his conduct in that 
 affair he was promoted by the Ck)mmodore, on a 
 death vacancy occurring, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 and placed in charge of the Fair Bosamond. In 
 about a year afterwards he returned to England in 
 that vessel and paid her off; but to his mortification 
 he was not confirmed. In Deo. 1832 he joined the 
 Griffon brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Edw. 
 Parlby, for the purpose of again proceeding to the 
 coast of Africa. Before that vessel however had 
 sailed he was received on board the Vernon 50, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn, Commander-in- 
 Chief on the North America and West India star 
 tion, where he was by him promoted, 30 April, 1834, 
 into the Dispatch 16, Capt. Geo. Daniell. His 
 next appointments were — 13 Aug. 1835, to the 
 FoBTE 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Fell, and, 24 March, 
 1836, to the command of the' Skipjack schooner, 
 both in the West Indies, whence he came home in 
 the summer of 1839—2 Oct. 1841, to the Queen 110, 
 fitting for the flag of the Commander-in-Chief in 
 the Mediterranean, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, to 
 whom he became Flag-Lieutenant 10 March follow- 
 ing—and, in M»y, 1842, to the acting-command of the 
 Devastation steamer. In the latter vessel he con- 
 tinued until a few weeks after his official promotion 
 to the rank of Commander, which took place 5 Sept. 
 1843. On the occasion, during that period, of an 
 earthquake and hurricane, he had on board Sir 
 Stratford .Canning and suite, two Persian Princes 
 and a Princess, together with others from the dif- 
 ferent embassies at Constantinople— in all about 60 
 persons. Towards the close of 1843, having removed 
 to the Orestes 18, he was sent by Sir Stratford to 
 settle a dispute with the Pacha of the island of 
 Lemnos, accompanied by a nephew of the Consul at 
 the Dardanells as interpreter. When matters, as 
 he conceived, had been placed upon a proper foot- 
 ing. Commander Robinson took his departure, leav- 
 ing the latter to arrange the details. As soon as 
 the Turks imagined that the Orestes had quitted 
 the island thejf attacked the interpreter, threatened 
 to bastinado him, and forthwith turned him out of 
 the town. Thus insulted, the Consul's nephew 
 made the best of his way along a mountainous road 
 of nine miles to the beach, where he contrived to 
 communicate with the British sloop. Landing im- 
 mediately with 100 men as a guard, Commander 
 Robinson marched with him back, and, surrounding 
 the Pacha's palace before his Highness was aware 
 of his approach, compelled him to summon his di- 
 van, hold an open court, and make a public and 
 ample apology as well for the indignities he had 
 offered the interpreter as for offensive observations 
 he had permitted to be made in regard to the Queen 
 of England. For his conduct on this occasion he 
 had the gratification of receiving the approval of 
 his Admiral, of Sir S. Canning, and of the Foreign 
 Office. His last appointments were — in Jan. 1844, 
 pro tern., to the Bei.videra 38, in the Mediterra- 
 nean—and, in the following April, to the Second- 
 Captaincy of the Caledonia 120, Capt. Alex. Milne. 
 He was in the latter ship when she was fitted out in 
 four-and-twenty hours on the eve of a voyage to 
 Tangier, and received for her alacrity the thanks 
 of the Admiralty. He has been on half-pay since 
 April, 1845. 
 
 Commander Robinson married, at Campobello, 
 New Brunswick, 9 July, 1839, Cornelia, second 
 daughter of Rear-Admiral Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, 
 and niece of Admiral Sir Edw. W. C. H. Owen, 
 G.C.B,, G.C.H. Aoent-J. Hinxman. 
 
 hia commission 13 Feb. 1826. From 3 May, 1830, 
 until 1834, and again from 2 July, 1840, until Oct. 
 8144, he commanded; a station in the Coast Guard ; 
 he then served for nearly 12 months as Admiralty 
 Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel ; and 
 since 8 Jan. 1847 he has been afresh employed in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 24.) 
 
 Locis Adgdstds Robinson, bom at Sherbum, in 
 Yorkshire, is son of Dr. Robinson. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 April, 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Codragehx 74, Capts. 
 Chas. Boyles, Rich. Lee, and Jas. Bissett. Under 
 Capt. Lee he fought in Sir Rich. Strachan's action 
 4 Nov. 1805 (previously to which he had escorted a 
 convoy to St. Helena), and shared in the celebrated 
 pursuit after Jerome Buonaparte. He was also pre- 
 sent at the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengd 
 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40- 
 gun frigate Belle Poule. In May, 1808, he became 
 Master's Mate of the Alaart 18, Capt. Jas. Til- 
 liard, stationed in the Baltic ; where, in a prize be- 
 longing to that vessel, he succeeded, in July, 1809, 
 in beating off one, and capturing the other, of two 
 armed boats, by whom he had been simultaneously 
 attacked. When in charge, 9 Aug. ensuing, of a 
 second prize, carrying but 7 men, with small-arms, 
 he gallantly repelled three attempts made to board 
 him by a Danish privateer lugger, mounting 4 guns, 
 with a crew of 40 men, 9 of whom were killed and 
 11 wounded ; and while acting, in the course of the 
 same year, as Lieutenant of the Sheldrake 16, he 
 served in the boats of that sloop in an attack upon 
 several vessels lying under the protection of a bat- 
 tery on the coast of Jutland. One of these was 
 brought out, and the remainder compelled to slip 
 and run on shore, with a loss to the British of a 
 Lieutenant, Watson, and 3 men killed. After serv- 
 ing for some months, again as Midshipman, in the 
 Owen Glendower 36, Capt. Wm. Selby, and Mo- 
 narch 74, commanded by his former Captain, Lee, 
 he sailed, towards the close of 1810, for the East 
 Indies, in the Malacca 36, Capt. Wm. Butterfield, 
 Becoming, in the summer of 1811, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, he assisted 
 on shore in that capacity at the reduction "of the 
 island of Java. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 7 
 Feb. 1812; and was subsequently appointed — 18 
 Aug. 1812, for a passage home, to the Modeste 36, 
 Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford — 9 June, 1813, after 
 three months of half-pay, to the Drake 10, Capt. 
 Gregory Grant, under whom he served in the North 
 Sea and West Indies, and partook, ]5 Feb. 1815, of 
 two actions with the American brig Chasseur — 25 
 May, 1815, to the Warrior 74, Capt. John Tre- 
 mayne Rodd, in which ship he returned home from 
 the West Indies in the ensuing Sept.' — 9 Sept. 1818, 
 as First-Lieutenant, to the Merset 26, Capt. Edw. 
 Collier, fitting for the North American station, 
 where he remained for three years — 11 March, 
 1823, to the Superb 78, Capts. Adam M'Kenzie and 
 Sir Thos. Staines, employed, until Nov. 1825, in the 
 West Indies and off Lisbon — and 3 April, 1834, to 
 tl\e command of the Viper brigantine of 6 guns. 
 In the latter vessel he served on the coasts of Por- 
 tugal and Spain until two months after his promo- 
 tion to the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 For injuries sustained so early as the year 1806, 
 Commander Robinson was awarded a pension 15 
 Aug. 1844. He married Elizabeth, daughter of 
 
 John Clayton, Esq., of Keppy, co. Tork. Agent 
 
 J. Hinxman. 
 
 ROBINSON. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Joseph Robinson (b) entered the Navy 25 April, 
 1812; passed his examination in 1820; and obtained 
 
 ROBINSON. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 22; 
 
 H-P., 8.) 
 Richard Robinson was born in June, 1804, and 
 died 11 Jan. 1848, in Dublin. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Nov. 1817, as 
 Blidshipnian, on. board the Favorite 26, Capt. 
 Hercules Robinson, employed at St. Helena and is 
 
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 ROBINSON. 
 
 the Rio de la Plata. In Jan. 1820 he joined the 
 Leander 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Blackwood in the East Indies, whence, after serv- 
 ing in the Satellite 18, Capt. Mark John Currie, 
 he returned to England in 1823 in the Asia 84, also 
 commanded by Capt. Currie. On 30 April, 1827, 
 at which period he had been for about two years 
 and 10 months employed in the Mediterranean 
 on board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. His succeeding appointments were — in the 
 course of the same year, to the Ariadne 26, Capts. 
 Adolphus EitzClarence, Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby, 
 and Lewis Davies, also in the Mediterranean, 
 whence he came home and was paid off in May, 
 1828— in 1830, to the Pylades 18, Capts. Patrick 
 Duff Henry Hay, and Edw. Blanckley, employed 
 at first on the coast of Ireland and afterwards in 
 South America, whence he returned to England as 
 Senior Lieutenant in June, 1834 — and 9 Feb. 1835, 
 in the capacity last mentioned, to the Action 26, 
 Capt. Lord Edw. Russell, with whom he again 
 served in South America for three years. He 
 attained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838; 
 and from 17 Feb. 1840 until the spring of 1845 
 filled an appointment in the Coast Guard. Agents 
 ^Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 KOBINSON. (LlETJTENANT, 1825.) 
 
 Robert Robinson entered the Navy 30 Nov. 
 1805 ; passed his examination in 1814 ; obtained his 
 commission 27 May, 1825 ; served as First-Lieute- 
 nant in the Hazard 18, Capt. Chas. Bell, on the 
 East India station, from 9 Oct. 1841 until the spring 
 of 1843 ; and has since been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 EOBINSON. (Captain, 1840.) 
 
 Robert Spencer Robinson, bom 6 Jan. 1809, is 
 sixth and youngest son of the late Sir John Robin- 
 eon, Bart., of Rokeby Hall, co. Louth, by Mary 
 Anne, second daughter of Jas. Spencer, Esq., of 
 Rathangan, co. Kildare ; and brother (with the late 
 Henry Jas. Robinson, Esq., an officer in the Hon. 
 E. I. Co.*s service) of the present Sir Rich. Robin- 
 son, Bart., who married a daughter of the second 
 Earl of Mountcashel. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Dec. 1821 ; served 
 as Midshipman in the boats of the Syeili,e4S, Capt. 
 Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell, in an affair with the 
 pirates in the Mediterranean in 1826 : passed his 
 examination in 1828 ; and obtained his first commis- 
 sion 27 Sept. 1830. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 5 May, 1831, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Lord 
 Jas. Townshend, fitting for South America, whence 
 he returned in 1834— and 18 March, 1836, and 26 
 Sept. 1837, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, and, 
 as Senior Lieutenant, to the Tine 28, Capt. John 
 Townshend, both in the Mediterranean. He at- 
 tained the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838 ; was 
 appointed, 20 July, 1839, and 1 March, 1840, to the 
 Phcenix and HrcHA steamers ; and, for his services 
 in the latter vessel on the coast of Syria, was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 5 Nov. 1840. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Robinson married, 10 May, 1841, Clemen- 
 tina, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, 
 Bart. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 KOBINSON. (Commander, 1828. p-p.,18; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 
 Thomas Pitt Robinson, bom 19 June, 1792, is 
 only son of the late Mark Robinson, Esq., Admiral 
 of the White ; * grandson of the late Rear-Admiral 
 
 • Admiral Mark Robinson attained the ranlc of Com- 
 mander prior to the conclusion of the first American war ; 
 and after serving in that capacity on board the Tbimmek 
 sloop was advanced to Post-rank SI Sept. 1790. He com- 
 manded the Brilliant frigate at the reduction of Calvi, in 
 Corsica, in 1 794 ; tlie Ahethusa 38, in Sir John Borlase War- 
 ren's expedition against Qniberon in 1795 ; the Swiftsuhe 
 74, alluded to in our Memoir of his son ; the Royal Sovk- 
 EEioN 100, as Flag-Captaitt to Sir Rich. Bickerton in the Me- 
 
 Mark Robinson;* nephew of the present Com- 
 mander Chas. Robinson, R.N. ; and first-cousin of 
 Capt. Chas. Robinson Miller, R.M., and First-Lieut. 
 Henry Miller, R.M., sons of the late Major-General 
 John Miller, R.M. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1804, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Swiftsure 74, commanded by 
 his father, at first as flag-ship to Sir John Orde off 
 Cadiz, and afterwards as part of the Mediterranean 
 fleet under Lord Nelson. In May, 1805, he removed 
 with his father, in the capacity of Midshipman, to 
 the Royal Sovereign 100; in which ship, com- 
 manded also by Capts. John Conn, Edw. Rotherara, 
 and Fras. Pender, he fought under the flag of Vioe- 
 Admiral Collingwood in the action off Cape Tra- 
 falgar, 21 Oct. 1805. From March, 1806, until July, 
 1811, he was actively employed off Cadiz and in va- 
 rious parts of the Mediterranean in the Ocean 98, 
 Capt. F. Pender, Queen 98, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admirals John Child Purvis, John Knight, 
 and Geo. Martin, and Success 32, Capt. John Ays- 
 cough. While attached to the Sdccess he was 
 often engaged with the enemy on the coast of Italy, 
 served in the boats at the capture of several pri- 
 vateers, assisted at the reduction of the islands of 
 Ischia and Procida, and contributed to the de- 
 fence of Sicily when threatened with an invasion by 
 Joachim Murat at the head of 40,000 troops. On 
 12 Feb. 1812, a few weeks after he had joined, on 
 promotion, the Dragon 74, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Fras. Laforey in the West Indies, he, was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of that ship. He was confirmed, 
 21 March, 1812, into the Peruvian 18, Capts. Dick- 
 inson and Amos Freeman Westropp, also in the 
 West Indies, whence he returned in the following 
 Aug. ; and he was subsequently appointed — 16 Oct. 
 1813 and 22 Sept. 1815, to the Tigris 36, Capt. Roht. 
 Henderson, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. 
 Hallowell, both on the Irish station, where he re- 
 mained until paid off in Nov. 1818— and 14 Oct. 
 1825, as Second-Lieutenant, to the Genoa 74, Capts. 
 Walter Bathurst and Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby. In 
 the latter ship, which was put out of commission in 
 Dec. 1827, he served on the Lisbon station, and 
 enacted a part at the battle of Navarin. In consi- 
 deration of the " long, active, and faithful services " 
 of his father and grandfather, he was advanced, 26 
 Aug. 1828, to the rank of Commander. His last ap- 
 pointment was to the Coast Guard, in which he re- 
 mained from 29 March, 1837, until April, 1840. 
 
 Commander Robinson married, 23 April, 1818, 
 Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Capt. Thos. 
 Andrews, of H.M. 84th Regt. 
 
 KOBINSON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)" 
 
 Waltek Francis Robinson is second son of Wm. 
 Robinson, Esq., LL.D., of Tottenham, co. Middle- 
 sex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 April, 1825 ; ob- 
 tained his commission 1 1 June, 1841 ; served, from 
 20 Aug. 1841 until paid off in 1844, in the Malabar 
 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station ; and, from 31 Dec. 1844 until 1847, 
 was employed in the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir 
 Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the West 
 Indies. 
 
 He married, in 1845, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 
 Charlotte, third daughter of Capt. Thos. Maynard, 
 R.N. 
 
 diterranean during Lord Nelson's poisuit of the combined 
 squadrons to the West Indies ; and subsequently the Gib- 
 kaltab 80. He became a Rear-Admiral 28 April, 1808, a 
 Vice-Admiral 12 Aug. 1818, and a full Admiral 27 May, 
 1825. He died 21 Feb. 1834, at Freshfleld, near Bath, aged 80. 
 * Rear-Admiral Mark Robinson held command, between 
 1767 and 1783, of the Fukt, Worcester 64, and Shrews- 
 bury 74. During that period he very frequently distin- 
 guished himself. He five times, in the Shrewsbury, led 
 the British fleet into action. In tlie affair between Rear- 
 Admiral Graves and the Comte de Grasse, oil" Cape Henry, 
 5 Sept. 1781, he lost a leg. He was the earliest friend in 
 the service of the immortal Nelson, and was the'chief instru- 
 ment of the hero obtaining his first step, the latter being 
 placed with him as Acting-Lieutenant on board the Wor- 
 cester in Dec. 1776. He died in Nov. 1799. 
 
ROBINSON— ROBSON— ROCHE. 
 
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 EOBINSON. (Commander, 1844. f-p.,31; 
 H-p., 5.) 
 
 William Robinson entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 
 1811, as a Volunteer, on board the Leopard 50, 
 Capt. "Wm. Henry Dillon, under whom he assisted 
 in chasing away the French frigates Arienne and 
 Andromaque, and brig Mamelmwk (afterwards de- 
 stroyed off L'Orient by the Northumberland 74 
 and Growler gun-brig), when engaging the Endt- 
 MiON 40. Between April, 1812, and Sept. 1814, he 
 was actively employed in the Ganitmede 26, Capt. 
 John Brett Purvis, on the east coast of Spain, 
 where he served at the siege of Tarragona, came 
 into repeated conflict with the enemy's forts and 
 batteries, and contributed to the capture of several 
 privateers. While cruizing off Havre, during the 
 War of a Hundred Days, in the Edbtalds 36, Capt. 
 Thos. Huskisson, he again aided, as Midshipman, in 
 making prize of a variety of vessels. After serving 
 for about six months at St. Helena in the Newcas- 
 tle 60, Capts. Sam. Roberts and Henry Meynell, 
 and for three years in the North Sea in the Nimrod 
 18, Capts. John Maopherson Ferguson and John 
 Windham Dalling, he was in succession employed 
 as Mate— from 10 Dec. 1819 until 30 Deo. 1825, in 
 the Belter 10, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Minchin, 
 Roger Carley Curry, and John Adams, on the coast 
 of North America— from 2 Jan. 1826 until 13 Feb. 
 1829, in the Spartiate 76, Ocean 80, Victory 100, 
 and Melville 74, Capts. Fred. Warren, John Sykes, 
 Chas. Inglis, and Henry Hill, on the Lisbon and 
 Portsmouth stations— from 13 Feb. 1829 until 20 
 March, 1834, and from 4 May in the latter year 
 until 21 May, 1836, in the Camelion, Royal 
 George, and Badger Revenue-vessels, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Henry Gladwell Etough, John Hill, 
 Henry Crocker, Wm. Beckett, and Alex. Schank 
 Wight — and from 7 July, 1836, until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1837 (more than 17 
 years after he had passed his examination), in the 
 Salamander steamer, Capts. John M'Dougall and 
 Sidney Colpoys Dacres, stationed on the north coast 
 of Spain during the civil war. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 12 Jan. 1837 and 27 April, 1838, 
 to the Fly 18, Capt. Russell Elliott, and Stag 46, 
 Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan, both in South Ame- 
 rica — and 12 March, 1839, to the command of the 
 Arrow ketch of 10 guns. In the gig belonging to 
 the latter vessel, which was at first employed on the 
 South American and then on the Cape of Good Hope 
 stations, he captured, 9 Aug. 1843, an armed slaver, 
 which had been driven on shore by the Arrow, and 
 had been there set on flre, and had a train laid to 
 her, by her own crew, who, as the British advanced, 
 opened a discharge of musketry upon them. He 
 paid the Arrow off 13 June, 1844 ; and was advanced 
 to his present rank 16 Dec. following. 
 
 EOBSON. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.) 
 William Robson, bom 17 Jan. 1796, is youngest 
 son of the late Rev. Jas. Robson, Vicar of Aycliffe ; 
 and brother of the Rev. Jas. Robson, Vicar of Ayn- 
 derby Steeple, a Magistrate for the North Riding 
 of Yorkshire. Another brother, John, a Lieutenant 
 of the Cornwallis 50, was drowned about the year 
 1807 in India, in a heavy surf, owing to his zeal in 
 watering that ship. His cousin, William Robson, 
 Master's Mate of the Spartan, was killed in Sir 
 Jahleel Brenton's brilliant action with the Franco- 
 Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples, 3 May, 
 1810. 
 
 This oflScer entered the Navy, in May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Polyphemus 64, Capt. 
 Wm. Pryce Cumby, flag-ship for some time of Vice- 
 Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley in the West 
 Indies, where he was present, in April and June, 
 1809, at the capture of the French 74-gun ship 
 d'Haupoult, and the surrender, after an arduous 
 blockade, of the city of St. Domingo. Towards 
 the close of 1809 he was lent to the D^dalds 32, 
 Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield ; and while subsequently 
 attached, with Capt. Cumby, to the Hyperion 36, 
 he visited, as Master's Mate, the latitude of Green- 
 
 land, for the protection of the fisheries, and was 
 for four months frozen up in the harbour of St. 
 John's, Newfoundland, during the winter of 1812. 
 On leaving the Hyperion he joined, in April, 1815, 
 the Impregnable 104, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, 
 under whom he beheld the surrender of Naples, 
 and continued for a period of seven months. During 
 the next 14 years Mr. Robson (he had passed his 
 examination 1 June, 1814) was employed in the 
 Hon. E. I. Co.'s service. He then, in Nov. 1829, 
 again joined the Navy, and was placed as Mate on 
 board the Echo steamer, Lieut.-Commander Geo. 
 Bissett. In that vessel he served in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 22 JiJy, 1830. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 9 Sept. 1835, for three years, to the 
 Pbcenix steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Honyman Hen- 
 derson, stationed on the north coast of Spain, where 
 his zeal and exertions as Second and First Lieu- 
 tenant frequently procured him, in common with 
 others, the thanks of Commodore Lord John Hay — 
 21 Nov. 1839, to the command of the Flamer steam- 
 vessel, fitting for the West Indies, whence he re- 
 turned at the close of 1842—10 Aug. 1844, to the 
 Victoria and Albert yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus 
 FitzClarence— 26 Dec. following, to the command 
 of the Nautilhs 10, employed in protecting the 
 Channel fisheries — and, 30 June, 1845, a second 
 time to the Vict.oria and Albert. In the Flamer 
 Mr. Robson conveyed the Right Hon. Sir Chas. 
 FitzRoy, K.H., the new Governor-General of the 
 Leeward Islands, on the first visit paid by him on 
 his arrival to the different islands under bis com-' 
 mand ; and on two occasions he conveyed General 
 Maister, the Military Commander-in-Chief, on a 
 tour of inspection to the islands in the Caribbean 
 Sea. On the first occasion he was personally in- 
 trusted with the duty of examining and reporting 
 on the nature of the fortifications and naval re- 
 sources of the French islands. In the Victoria 
 AND Albert he accompanied the Queen to Scot- 
 land, Antwerp, and Treport, and on a cruize among 
 the Channel Islands. He continued in the royal 
 yacht until advanced to his present rank 7 Oct. 
 1846. 
 
 In 1814 Commander Robson invented the trans- 
 parent compass now supplied with the Admiralty 
 charts. A few months prior to his appointment to 
 the Flamer he was offered by the New Zealand 
 Association the command of the ship Tory, then 
 going out with the preliminary expedition for the 
 colonization of those islands — but the Admiralty 
 refused to permit his acceptance of it. He mar- 
 ried, 12 Nov. 1828, his cousin Margaret Grey Rob- 
 son, and was left a widower 15 Aug. 1834. 
 
 EOCHE. (Retired Commander, 1841.) 
 
 John Roche entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bedford 74, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Byard; and on 11 of the ensuing Oct. was 
 present, as Midshipman, in the action off Camper- 
 down. In May, 1798, he joined the Foddroyant 
 80, bearing the flags successively of Lords Nelson 
 and Keith, and commanded, among other Captains, 
 by Sir Edw. Berry, under whom, while at the 
 blockade of Malta, he assisted at the capture, 18 
 Feb. 1800, of Le Gmereim: 74 and Ville de Marseilles 
 armed store-ship, and, 31 March following, after a 
 desperate conflict, in which the Foudroyant (in 
 company at the time with the Lion 64 and Pene- 
 lope 36) sustained a loss of 8 men killed and 64 
 wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell of 84 guns and 1000 
 men, bearing the flag of Eear-Admiral Decres. In 
 1801 he was present, in the same ship, throughout 
 the operations in Egypt. On leaving her he was 
 received, in Oct. 1802, on board the Kent 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton in the Mediterranean, 
 where, in the ensuing Oct. and in May, 1804, he 
 joined the Weasel sloop, Capt. Wm. D'Urban, and 
 Niger troop-ship, Capt. Jas. HiUyar. From Feb. 
 1805 until Oct. 1806 he served off Boulogne and on 
 the Cape of Good Hope, Brazilian, and Lisbon 
 stations, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the Defender, 
 
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 ROCHE— ROCHFORT. 
 
 Encounter, and 'Whiting gun-trigg, Lieut.-Com- 
 mandera John Geo. Nops, Talbot, and Orkney. On 
 23 of the month last mentioned he was promoted 
 to the full rank of Lieutenant, and placed in com- 
 mand of the Neptune hired brig on the coast of 
 Ireland, where, from April, 1808, to Jan. 1809, he 
 had charge of a division of gun-vessels. During 
 the remainder of the war he served in the West 
 Indies and on the coasts of Portugal, France, and 
 Spain, in the Deuid frigate, Capts. SirWm. Bolton, 
 John Louis, John "Williams, and Thos. Searle, Red- 
 pole 10, Capt. John Macdonald, and Abergavenny, 
 Capt. Fahie. He was afterwards appointed — 2 Aug. 
 1820, to the FoKTE 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Coch- 
 rane, lying at Chatham— 24 Jan. 1824, to the Water- 
 Guard service — next, to the command of the Harpt 
 Kevenue-oruizer— 8 Sept. 1829, to that of the Skip- 
 jack schooner at Jamaica, where he was superseded 
 in March, IS.Sl— and, 18 Sept. 1839, as Additional- 
 Lieutenant, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams 
 Sandon, on the lakes of Canada. In the spring of 
 1^40 he returned to England. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 16 Sept. 1841, and was admitted, in April, 
 1845, to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 EOCHE. (Commander, 1838. f-p.,22; h-p., 19.) 
 Joseph Koche entered the Navy, 12 May, 1806, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capts. 
 Joseph Hanwell, Geo. Hart, Valentine Collard, Mat- 
 thew Forster, Fred. Watkins, and Thos. Harvey, 
 in which ship, bearing the flag at first of Vice- 
 Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, he was for three 
 years and nine months actively employed on the 
 North Sea and Baltic stations— the chief part of the 
 time in the capacities of Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate. He saw much boat-service in the Great Belt, 
 and was often engaged either in protecting British 
 or in attacking Danish convoys. On 23 July, 1810, 
 having removed to the Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. 
 Ferris, he contributed, in the boats of that ship and 
 of the Belvidera 36, to the spirited capture, on 
 the coast of Norway, of two Danish gun-vessels, the 
 Solder and Tlityr (carrying 2 long 24'8, 6 6-pounder 
 howitzers, and 45 men), and the destruction of a 
 third. In command of one of three boats from the 
 Nemesis alone we find him, in the early part of 
 1811, presentat the cutting-out of a 10-gun schooner 
 from under a fire from the Dutch fort of St. Jago 
 d'Elmina, on the coast of Guinea. In the course of 
 the same year he joined the Namur 74, bearing the 
 flag of Vice- Admiral Thos. Wells at Sheerness, and 
 CnocoDLLE 28, Capts. John Rich. Lumley and Wm. 
 Elliott; and, in July, 1812, he participated in an 
 attempt made by four boats belonging to the latter 
 ship, carrying 62 volunteers, under Lieut. Wm. John 
 Cole, to bring out in open day four armed vessels, 
 together with a convoy, lying beneath the batteries 
 in the Bay of Paros, on the coast of France. The 
 boat of which Mr, Koche had charge on this occa- 
 sion was sunk by a shot from a national brig. After 
 he had been for a. few months borne on the books 
 of the Sabeina and Rodney, flag-ships of Vicc- 
 Admiral Geo. Martin at Lisbon, and had had com- 
 mand of their tenders, he was nominated, 29 March, 
 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the Richmond 14, Capt. 
 Edw. O'Shaughnessy. He was confirmed to that 
 vessel 4 May following ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed— 21 Nov. 1814 and 12 Aug. 1816, to the 
 Akbah 50 and Niger 38, Capts. Chas. Bullen and 
 Sam. Jackson, with whom he served on the Home 
 and Nortt American stations until Sept. 1817 — 3 
 Feb. 1820, as First, to the Harlequin 18, Capts. 
 Chas. Christopher Parker and John Weeks, on the 
 coast of Ireland, where, in the spring of 1823, a few 
 months before he was paid ofi', he made prize in the 
 boats, during a calm and after an arduous chase, 
 of a smuggling lugger, an exploit for which he re- 
 ceived the public thanks of the Commander-in- 
 Chief— 15 April, 1824, and 5 March, 1825, as a 
 Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 
 42, Coast-Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'CuIloch 
 and Wm. Jas. Mingaye— in Sept. 1826, after 10 
 
 months of half-pay, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of 
 Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth— 2 Jan. 1829, as 
 Senior, for nearly 10 months, to the Ranger 28, 
 Capt. Wm. Walpole, in the West Indies— and, 6 
 Sept. 1835, to the command, which he retained until 
 Aug. 1838, of the Seaplowee cutter, emploj^ed in 
 protecting the Jersey fisheries. Since he left the 
 latter vessel he has been on half-pay. His last pro- 
 motion took place 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Commander Koche married, at Brighton, 17 Nov. 
 1825, Caroline Susanna, daughter of the late Arthur 
 Robinson, Esq., M.D., of Broadwater. 
 
 EOCHFORT. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., SO.) 
 
 Robert Rochfoet, bom in 1789, is second son 
 of the late Henry Rochfort, Esq., an ofiicer in the 
 28th Regt., Assistant-Commissary-General on the 
 Irish establishment, by Henrietta, daughter of John 
 Hili, Esq., of Barnhill, co. Carlow. Three of his 
 uncles (the eldest, George, a General of Artillery) 
 were also in the army; his grandfather, Arthur 
 Rochfort, LL.D., was M.P. for Westmeath; his 
 grand-uncle, Robert Rochfort, likewise M.P. for 
 that CO., was created, 29 Nov. 1756, Earl of Belve- 
 dere ; and his great-grandfether, the Right Hon. 
 Geo. Rochfort, M.P., who married a daughter of 
 the third Earl of Drogheda, filled the office of Chief 
 Chamberlain of the Court of Exchequer. The father 
 of the latter gentleman, Robert Rochfort, was ap- 
 pointed Attorney-General in 1695, chosen Speaker 
 of the House of Commons in Ireland in the follow- 
 Aug., and constituted, in June, 1707, Chief Baron 
 of the Exchequer. Commander Rochfort, the pre- 
 sent male representative of the house of Rochfort, 
 which has been seated in Ireland since the days of 
 Strongbow, is second-cousin of the late Capt. Wm. 
 Rochfort, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Sept. 1799, as 
 A.B., on board the Haerlem 64, Capt. Geo. Burl- 
 ton, with whom he continued employed in the Me- 
 diterranean in the Afeicaine 38, and as Midship- 
 man in the Success 32, until paid off in April, 1802. 
 He next, in March, 1803, joined the Calcutta 54, 
 Capt. Daniel Woodriff, in which ship, on his return 
 from escorting convicts to Van Diemen's Land, he 
 proceeded as Master's Mate to St. Helena for con- 
 voy. During her passage home the Calcutta, 
 after having beaten the French 40-gun frigate 
 Armide, was attacked, 26 Sept. 1805, and, at the 
 end of a gallant action of three-quarters of an hour, 
 productive to her of a loss, out of 343 men, of 6 
 killed and 6 wounded, unavoidably captured, by the 
 74-gun ship Majestuetix, psirt of a squadron under 
 the orders of Rear-Admiral AUemand. Mr. Roch- 
 fort remained, we believe, a prisoner in France 
 until Oct. 1809. On 26 April, 1811 (two months 
 after he had been ordered to act as such), he was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant in the Mutine brig, Capt. 
 Nevinson de Courcy, on the Brazilian station, 
 whence, in June, 1812, he Invalided. In June, 1813, 
 and Feb. 1814, he joined the Chesapeake frigate 
 and Fantome 20, Capts. Alex. Gordon and John 
 Lawrence, both on the coast of North America; 
 and from 29 Sept. in the latter year until 4 July, 
 1815, he commanded, in the Bay of Fundy, the 
 Landeail cutter, in which vessel he beat off five 
 American privateers of superior force. He after- 
 wards commanded (on the Plymouth station) the 
 Lapwing Revenue-cruizer from 4 March, 1819, until 
 1822; and the Bittern 10 from 31 Dec. 1825 until 
 advanced to his present rank 10 March, 1828. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Rochfort married, 12 Sept. 1814, 
 Maria, daughter of Geo. Leonard, Esq., of Dover 
 Castle, in Sussex Vale, New Brunswick, North 
 America, Superintendent of Trades and Fisheries, 
 and has issue one daughter. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 ROCHFOET. (ffaptam, 1826. F-p., 14; H-p., 30.) 
 
 William Rochfort died 21 Dec. 1847. He was 
 
 second son of Gustavus Rochfort, Esq., formerly of 
 
ROOD— EODDAM. 
 
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 Kochfort, M.P. for Westmeath during eight succes- 
 sive Parliaments, by Frances, third daughter of John 
 Bloomfield, Esq., of lledwood ; brother of Gustavus 
 Bochfort, Esq., a Colonel in the Army, and of Kich. 
 Kochfort, Esq., Comptroller of the Customs of 
 Cork; and second-cousin of Commander Robt. Koch- 
 fort, K.N. His grandfather, Geo. Kochfort, married 
 a daughter of Sir Gustavus Hume, Bart., of Castle 
 Hume, CO. Fermanagh. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cdlloden 74, Capt. Har- 
 rington Dacres. In that ship, which at first bore 
 the flag of Kear-Admiral CoUingwood off Brest, he 
 partook, 2 Sept. 1803, of a running action with the 
 Duguay Troum 74 and 40-gun frigate Guerriire, 
 which was maintained until the two latter had 
 effected their escape into the port of Corunna ; and 
 assisted in re-capturing the Lord Nehon, East Indian 
 man. "With the exception of a few weeks passed in 
 the Venerable 74, flag-ship in the Channel of 
 Kear-Admiral Sir Thos. Graves, he continued at- 
 tached to the Cdlloden in the capacity of Midship- 
 man until transferred, in June, 1804, to the Pkih- 
 CESS Charlotte 38, Capt. Fras. Farington Gardner, 
 on the Jamaica station ; where he saw much active 
 service, aided in cutting-out the Benjamin American 
 slaver, and, although he had not been 18 months 
 afloat, was intrusted with the charge of the Ddke 
 OF York, a recaptured Falmouth packet. Kemov- 
 ing, in Sept. 1805, to the Kamillies 74, Capts. Fras. 
 Pickmore and Kobt. Yarker, he was afforded an 
 opportunity of witnessing the surrender, 13 March, 
 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Kear- 
 Admiral Linois, and 40-gim frigate Belle Jfoule, and 
 of assisting at the reduction, in Dec. 1807, of the 
 Danish West India islands. On his arrival, in 1809, 
 in the East Indies in the Cornelia 36, Capt. Henry 
 Folkes Edgell, he was received on board the Kussell 
 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Wm. O'Brien 
 Drury, by whom, having passed his examination, 
 he was nominated, 28 Nov. in the same year, Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the DioMEDE 50, Capt. Hugh 
 Cook. Although he never joined that ship, he con- 
 tinued to act as Lieutenant in the Blanche 38, 
 Capt. Wm. Dawson, and, at the request of Capt. 
 Edgell, in his former frigate the Cornelia, until 
 officially promoted, 2 May, 1810. Being then re- 
 appointed to the Cornelia, he accompanied in her, 
 as First-Lieutenant, the expedition against the Isle 
 of France, and in Aug. and Sept. 1810 co-operated 
 as such in the reduction of Java. At the former 
 place he was sent in command of La Mouche 
 schooner to watch the movement of the enemy at 
 Port Louis, and on both occasions he was for a time 
 employed on shore with the army. In Dec. 1811 he 
 returned to England with Capt. Edgell in the Pied- 
 MONTAiSE 38, and in Sept. 1812 was paid off. His 
 next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1813, to the Nymphe 
 38, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, with whom, 
 until Nov. 1814, he served with much activity on 
 the coast of North America. He assisted, during 
 that period, at the blockade of Boston, cut out 
 many of the enemy's vessels, and was often em- 
 
 Eloyed on shore in reconnoitring and gaining intel- 
 genoe. The constant zeal and judgment he evinced 
 in the discharge of his duties procured for him the 
 high encomiums of his superiors ; and on 15 June, 
 1814, he was promoted to the rank of Commander. 
 He left the Nvmphe in consequence as above stated ; 
 and was not again able to procure employment until 
 appointed, 4 July, 1822, to the Nimrod 18, on the 
 Leith station. In Nov. of the same year he was sent 
 to the river Tyne for the purpose of quelling an 
 alarming insurrection of the keelmcn, who had risen 
 in open arms against their employers. For a short 
 time he held the sole command, ana for his exertions, 
 both then and after the arrival of Capt. John Toup 
 Nicolas of the Eceria 28, when he was for six 
 weeks, day and night, in the boats in vigorous co- 
 operation with that officer, he received ^e thanks 
 of the Board of Admiralty, of Capt. Nicolas him- 
 self, and of the local authorities, who, at a public 
 meeting, voted the crew of the Nimrod a hundred 
 guineas. Immediately after this Capt. Kochfort 
 
 assumed command of a squadron consisting of two 
 of H. M. ships and four Revenue-vessels for the 
 suppression of smuggling on the west coast of Scot- 
 land. In Nov. 1823 he proceeded on a mission up 
 the river Garonne as far as Pauillac, and by his 
 firmness and moderation overcame many obstacles 
 thrown in his way by the French authorities. He 
 subsequently cruized on the Irish station, and on 
 paying off the Nimkod, 13 Oct. 1825, was presented 
 by the crew with a handsome sword, " as a testi- 
 mony of their respect and esteem." He attained 
 Post-rank 27 March, 1826, and, unsuccessful in his 
 applications for further employment, was induced, 
 1 Oct. 1846, to accept the Retirement. 
 
 Capt. Kochfort married, 27 Dec. 1833, Arabella 
 Margaretta, youngest daughter of the late Right 
 Hon. John Caloraft, M.P., of Rempston House, 
 Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, and has left issue three 
 daughters. 
 
 KODD. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 John Rashleigh Rood is fifth and youngest son 
 of the late Rev. Edw. Rodd, D.D., of Trebartha 
 Hall, CO. Cornwall, Rector of St. Just, in Koseland, 
 and Vicar of Lamerton, in Devon, by Harriet, eldest 
 daughter of Chas. Rashleigh, Esq., of Duporth, co. 
 Cornwall ; and nephew of the late Vice-Admiral 
 Sir John Tremayne Rodd, Kt., K.C.B.* 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 May, 1830; 
 passed his examination in 1836 ; obtained the rank 
 of Lieutenant, as a reward for his services on the 
 coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d'Acre, 4 Nov. 1840 ; joined, 11 June, 1841, 
 the ScoDT 18, Capt. Joseph Paffard Dickson Larcom, 
 fitting at Chatham ; and from 19 Aug. 1841, until 
 paid off at tlie close of 1847, was employed in the 
 Pacific in the Dublin 50, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Rich. Thomas, and, as First-Lieutenant, in 
 the FiSGARD 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze. His 
 appointment to the latter ship took place 21 Dec. 
 1844. Since 16 May, 1848, he has been serving, as 
 Senior, in the Illustriods 72, depot-ship of Ordi- 
 nary at Portsmouth, Capt. Rich. Augustus Yates. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 EODDAM. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 William Roddam, horn 4 Jan. 1793, is fourth 
 son of the late Walter Spencer Stanhope, Esq., of 
 Cannon Hall, co. York, formerly M.P. for Carlisle, 
 by Mary Winifred, daughter of Thos. Babington 
 Pulleine, Esq., of Carleton Halh co. York, and 
 granddaughter, maternally, of E. CoUingwood, Esq., 
 of Byker and Dissington. He assumed the surname 
 and arms of Roddam, on inheriting, in 1806, the 
 estates of his kinsman and godfather Admiral Kobt. 
 Roddam. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ocean 98, Capt. Rich. 
 Thomas, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of 
 his cousin Vice-Admiral Lord CoUingwood, with 
 whom he continued to serve as Midshipman in the 
 ViLLE DE Paris 1 10 until the death of that veteran 
 hero in March, 1810. He then returned to England 
 in the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, and on his 
 arrival was received, in the ensuing May, on board 
 the Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Henry Edwin Stan- 
 hope at Sheerness. In March, 1811, he again, in the 
 Undaunted 38, commanded by his old ^Captain, 
 Thomas, sailed for the Mediterranean ; where, soon 
 after his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 17 Aug. 1812, he removed to the 
 Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace. While in that ship 
 
 * Sir John Tremayne Rodd, after having had command o 
 the BoNETTA and Scorpion sloops, was advanced to Post- 
 rank 7 Sept. 1798. In 180.'! he became Flag-Captain to the 
 late Sir Chas. Cotton in the San Josef 110; he was after- 
 wards actively employed in the Indefatigable ii, parti- 
 cularly in Lord Coclirane's celebrated attack upon the French 
 shipping in Aix Roads in April, 1809; and in tlie summer 
 of 1814 ne was appointed to the Waehior 74, He was no- 
 minated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; promoted to the rank of Rear- 
 Admirai 27 May, 18S5, and to that of Vice- Admiral 10 Jan. 
 1837 ; and created a K.C.B. 20 Feb. 1832. He died i Oct. 
 1838 at Tunbridge Wells. 
 
998 
 
 EODGER— RODNEY— ROE. 
 
 he co-operated in the reduction of Genoa and the 
 eiege of Gaeta. Following Capt. Brace, in July, 
 1816, into the Impreghabi^e 104, he fought, on the 
 16th of the next month, at the battle of Algiers. He 
 was placed on half-pay in Oct. of the same year ; 
 and has not been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Koddam married, in Sept. 1835, Charlotte, 
 daughter of Henry Percy Pulleine, Esq., of Crake 
 Hall, CO. York, and by that lady, who died in July, 
 1837, has an only daughter. Agents— Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 EODGER. (LiECT., 1815. r-p., 7 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Bodger entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 
 1808, as Midshipman, on board the Ardent 64, 
 Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon. After a servitude of 
 more than three years with that officer in the same 
 ship and in the Thalia 36, on the Leith, Channel, 
 and Jamaica stations, he was nominated, 19 Jan. 
 
 1811, Acting-Master of the Pelords 18, Capts. Thos. 
 Huskisson, Joshua Kicketts Eowley, and Hon. Robt. 
 Cavendish Spencer. Under Capt. Huskisson we 
 find him assisting, 17 Oct. 1809, at the destruction 
 of a battery near Point-S.-Pitre, Guadeloupe ; and, 
 in Feb. 1810, at the capture of that island. In Dec. 
 
 1812, being then in the Mediterranean, he removed 
 to the Goshawk 16, Capt. Hon. Wm. John Napier. 
 On that vessel being wrecked on the coast of Cata- 
 lonia 21 Sept. 1813, he was received on board the 
 Barpleuk 98, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and John 
 Maitland. In July, 1814, he was again placed under 
 the orders of Capt. Napier, as Master's Mate, in the 
 Ehne 20 ; and in July, 1815, after having served 
 with him on the coast of North America and in the 
 Channel, he took up a commission bearing date 27 
 of the preceding Feb. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 In the session of 1817-18 Lieut. Rodger received 
 from the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, 
 &c., a Silver Medal for his " Plug for raising Empty 
 Casks;" and, in that of 1818-19, a Gold one for his 
 "Life Raft." In 1829 he was presented by the 
 same Society with the Gold Isis Medal for his 
 " Syphon for Watering Ships," and with a large 
 Silver Medal for his " Make-Shift Anchor." Agents 
 • — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 sons (the youngest, Thos. Maitland, a Commander 
 R.N.) and six daughters (the eldest married to Lord 
 John Geo. Lennox) ; and by his third, a son, Geo. 
 Brydges, First-Lieutenant K.M., and four daughters. 
 
 RODNEY. (Captain on Eetiked Half-pay, 
 1780.) 
 
 The Honodrable John RoT>NEr was born 10 
 May, 1765, and died 9 April, 1847, at Boulogne-sur- 
 Mer. He was the eldest son of the famous Admiral 
 Lord Rodney, K.B., the hero of 12 April, 1782, 
 whose brilUant services won for him a peerage, by 
 his second wife, Henrietta, daughter of John Clies, 
 Esq. His half-brother, Geo. Rodney, was lost at 
 sea in command of the Ferret sloop-of-war in Aug. 
 1776; his own brother, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, 
 R.N. (1806), died 12 Nov. 1828. He was half-bro- 
 ther of the second, and uncle of the third, fourth, 
 and fifth peers of his name ; uncle also of Capt. Hon. 
 Robt. Rodney, R.N., who died in command of the 
 Dryad frigate 20 July, 1826, and of Capt. Geo. 
 Rodney Mundy, R.N. ; and grand-uncle of Lieut. 
 Mortimer Harley Rodney, R.N. 
 
 This officer was a Midshipman, Lieutenant, Com- 
 mander, and Captain — all within the short space of 
 five weeks. His first commission was dated 10 Sept. 
 1780 ; his two others on the same day, 14 Oct. 1780. 
 He was afterwards tried by court-martial and 
 broken. Although reinstated, he never obtained 
 his flag. 
 
 Capt. Rodney filled for many years the appoint- 
 ment of Chief Secretary to the Government of 
 Ceylon. He married, first, 4 July, 1784, Catherine, 
 only daughter of Thomas, sixth Earl of Westmeath. 
 That lady dying 26 Feb. 1794, he married, a second 
 time, 19 Oct. 1799, Louisa Martha, eldest daugh- 
 ter of John, third Earl of Aldborough. Being again 
 left a widower, he married a third time, in 1815, 
 Antoinette, only daughter of Anthony Pierre Reyne, 
 Esq. By his first wife he had issue three daughters 
 (one married to Lord Blantyre) ; by his second, two 
 
 RODNEY. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Mortimer Harley Rodney, born 23 Feb. 1817, 
 is eldest son of the Hon. Mortimer Rodney (brother 
 of the present Lord Rodney), by Sarah, daughter of 
 Robt. Withy, Esq. ; and grand-nephew of the late 
 Capt. Hon. John Rodney, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1836 ; and 
 for his services on the coast of Syria, including the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His Succeed- 
 ing appointments were — 15 Dec. 1840, to the Tal- 
 bot 26, Capts. Henry John Codrington and Robt. 
 Fanshawe Stopford, on the Mediterranean station, 
 where he remained until the spring of 1842—28 
 Feb. 1843, to the Campekdown 104, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. Brace and Sir John Chambers White at Sheer- 
 ness— and 12 Sept. 1844 and 27 Oct. 1847, as First, 
 to the CnnizER 16, and Nerbudda 12, Capts. Edw. 
 Gennys Fanshawe, Wm. Maclean, and Edw. Peirse, 
 both in the East Indies, whence he returned in 1848. 
 On 19 Aug. 1845 he commanded the Croizeb's pin- 
 nace and served with the boats of a squadron, carry- 
 ing altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at 
 the destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the 
 piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north 
 end of the island of Borneo, where the British en- 
 countered a desperate opposition and sustained a 
 loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded.* 
 
 RODNEY. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Maitland Rodney, bom 14 Oct. 1810, 
 is second and youngest son of the late Capt. Hon. 
 John Rodney, R.N., by his second marriage. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1824 ; passed 
 his examination in 1830; and obtained his &:st com- 
 mission 31 Aug. 1832. He was afterwards appointed 
 —10 Jan. 1833, to the Spartiate 70, Capt. Robt. 
 Tait, fitting for the South American station, whence 
 he returned towards the close of 1835 — 9 Sept. 
 1836, as Senior, to the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. 
 Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, in which ship we find 
 him (during a continuance in her of more than four 
 years) employed at New South Wales and partici- 
 pating in the earlier operations of the China war — 
 and, 15 Aug. 1843, in a similar capacity, to the Me- 
 dusa 18, Capts. Thos. Baillie and Thos. Vernon 
 Watkins, stationed in the Pacific, where he re- 
 mained until advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 
 1846. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ROE. (LlBCTENANT, 1822. p-P., 14 ; h-p., 20.) 
 
 John Septimds Roe entered the Navy, 1 1 June, 
 1813, as Midshipman, on board the Rippon 74, Capt. 
 Sir Christopher Cole, attached to the Channel fleet ; 
 and, on 21 Oct. following, was present at the capture 
 of the French 40-gun frigate Le Weser. Between Aug. 
 1814 and Jan. 1817 he served on the Newfoundland, 
 Home, and East India stations in the Horatio 38, 
 Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon ; he was next, from Feb. 
 in the latter year until June, 1823, employed under 
 Capt. Philip Parker King on surveying service in 
 New South Wales, part of the time in the Bathdest 
 sloop, of which vessel he was created a Lieutenant 
 25 April, 1822 ; and in Feb. 1824, he obtained an 
 appointment to the Tamar 26, Capt. Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer. In that ship, in which he con- 
 tinued until 1823, he assisted in establishing a 
 colony on Melville Island, Australia, and, on pro- 
 ceeding to India, joined in the closing operations of 
 the Burmese war. Since the date last mentioned 
 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Rpe has for many years filled the appoint- 
 ment of Surveyor-General in Western Australia. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1845, p. 6536. 
 
UOE-UOEPEL- ROGERS. 
 
 EOE. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 32 ; h-p., 12.) 
 
 Robert Bkadlet Koe entered the Navy, 28 Oct. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plamtagehet 
 74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, Jas. Bradby, 
 and Fras. Piokmore, attached to the Channel fleet. 
 In Sept. 1805 (he had previously attained the rating 
 of Midshipman) he joined the Bamii,li£s 74, Capt. 
 Fras. Pickmore, on the West India station, where, 
 in the course of the same month, he V7as received 
 on board the Northumeekland 74, bearing the flag 
 of the late Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Princess Char- 
 lotte 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin. In the latter ship he 
 took part, 5 Oct. in the same year, in a severe 
 action of an hour, near Tobago, with Jji Cyane of 
 26 and La Nmade of 16 guns, the former of which 
 then surrendered. He continued in the Princess 
 Charlotte, elnployed in the occasional escort of 
 convoys, until Feb. 1810. On his return, shortly 
 afterwards, to the "West Indies in the I>ruii> 32, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, he joined the Cygnet sloop, 
 Capt. Edw. Dix ; and, on 10 May, 1810, at which 
 period he was again serving with Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane in the Neptune 98, he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. During the next four years 
 he was employed on the West India and Channel 
 stations in the Wanderer 20, Capts. Wm. Eobil- 
 liard, Crofton, Frank Gore Willock, and Fras. New- 
 combe. He served subsequently— in 1814-15, in the 
 Insolent and Castilian sloops, Capts. Wm. Kelly 
 and David Braimer, on the coast of Ireland — and, 
 from 1 Sept. 1818 until 1821, in the EivoLOTiON- 
 NAiRE 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Rey- 
 nolds Pellew, on the Mediterranean station. Since 
 5 March, 1830, he has been in charge of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 ROEPEL. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 16;* h-p., 24.) 
 JcSTE Petek Roepel was horn 1 Nov. 1793, and 
 died in the early part of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, 
 Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of Sir John Thos. Duckworth ; previously 
 to following whom, in July, 1809, into the San 
 Josef 110, he went in pursuit of the French fleet to 
 the West Indies. After uniting, in the Venerable 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. John Strachan, in the opera- 
 tions against Flushing, he became Midshipman, in 
 Jan. 1810, of the Drdid32, Capts. SirWm. Bolton and 
 Sir John Louis, employed at first on the Irish sta- 
 tion, and next off Cadiz and Gibraltar. Removing 
 vrith Sir John Louis, in the spring of 1811, to L'Aiglb 
 36, he served in that ship at the blockade of Toulon, 
 was present in 'her at the capture of convoys at 
 Pisa, Calvi, and "Porto Maurizio, and witnessed the 
 surrender of Genoa and Corsica. He was nomi- 
 nated, 28 April, 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Sphynx 10, Capt. Thos. Colby ; was officially pro- 
 moted 10 Aug. following ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed to the command — 7 Feb. 1829, of the 
 Cracker cutter, on the Jersey station, where he 
 remained, in protection of the oyster fisheries, until 
 July, 1832—1 Nov. 1832, for one year, of the 
 Speedy 8, in the Channel— 17 Nov. 1834, of the 
 Alban steamer, in which vessel, employed in the 
 Mediterranean, he continued until July, 1835— and, 
 29 Oct. 1839 and 10 June, 1841, of the Pigmy steam- 
 packet, and Raven cutter, stationed in the Channel 
 and North Sea. For his appointment to the Cracker 
 Mr. Roepel was indebted to his knowledge of the 
 French language. The zeal and efficiency he dis- 
 played in that vessel gained him the approbation of 
 Sir Robt. Stopford, the Commander-in-Chief at 
 Portsmouth, of Sir Robt. Peel, then Secretary of 
 State for the Home department, and of the Lords 
 of the Admiralty, to whom moreover he was strongly 
 recommended by Lieut.-General Sir Colin Halkett, 
 the Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey. Prior to join- 
 ing the Pigmy he officiated for some time as an 
 Agent for Mails in the Don Joan and City of Lon- 
 donderry. He was superseded from the Raven 
 in Feb. 1842, having been advanced to the rank of 
 • Exclusive of the time lie was afloat as mail-agent. 
 
 Commander on 23 of the preceding Nov. ; and he 
 was lastly, from 25 July, 1845, until posted 6 Nov. 
 1846, employed, again on the Jersey station, in the 
 Seaflower cutter. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ROGERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33). 
 
 Edward Rogers entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1803, 
 as A.B., on board the James tender, Lieut. -Com- 
 mander John Couch, on the Milford station. In 
 Jan. 1804 he attained the rating of Midshipman ; 
 and from April, 1805, until Aug. 1811, he was em- 
 ployed in that capacity and as Master's Mate in the 
 Belliqhedx 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng. In Jan. 
 1806 he assisted, in command of a boat, at the de- 
 barkation of the troops prior to the reduction of 
 the Cape of Good Hope ; and in the ensuing Nov. 
 he contributed in the boats to the capture and 
 destruction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, 
 and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels, in 
 Batavia Roads. In Dec. 1811 he rejoined Capt. 
 Byng, then Lord Torrington, on board the War- 
 BiOR 74 ; and after serving with him for two years 
 and seven months ofl' Flushing and in the Baltic 
 and West Indies, he was nominated, 26 July, 1814, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Plantagenet 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Lloyd. On 26 Sept. following he was em- 
 ployed in the boats of a squadron, and was wounded, 
 in an unsuccessful attempt made to cut out from 
 the road of Fayal the American privateer General 
 Armstrong^ a vessel whose resistance killed 34 and 
 wounded 86 of her assailants, consisting originally 
 of about 180 seamen and marines. He removed, 5 
 Nov. 1814, to the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, 
 also in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant ; but left 
 that ship on 22 of the same month, and on 10 Feb. 
 1815 was advanced, officially, to his present rank. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 ROGERS. (Commander, 1831. r-p., 13; 
 H-p., 25.) 
 
 Frederick Rogers was bom 8 March, 1794. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Jan. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, Capt. 
 Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag Of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth in the Channel, In the course of 
 the same year he joined the San Josef 110, flag- 
 ship of the same Admiral at Plymouth, and Afri- 
 CAiNE 38, Capt. Rich. Raggett, stationed on the 
 coast of North America. Between'June, 1810, and 
 April, 1815, he was employed at Newfoundland as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Antelope 
 50 and Bellerophon 74, bearing the flags of Sir J. 
 T. Duckworth and Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats ; and 
 in Sept. 1815, at which period he was serving with 
 Lord Exmouth in the Mediterranean on board the 
 Boyne 98, he was presented with a commission 
 dated 8 of the preceding March. He then joined, 
 for a few weeks, the Partridge sloop, Capt. John 
 Miller Adye ; and was subsequently appointed — 7 
 June, 1816, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Thos. Carew, 
 stationed in the Channel — 12 July following, to the 
 Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, 
 under whom he fought at Algiers — 13 Nov. 1816, to 
 the Impregnable 100, bearing the flag of the same 
 nobleman and of Sir J. T. Duckworth at Plymouth, 
 where he remained, latterly as Acting-Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant, until April, 1821 — for a short time in Nov. 
 1828, to the Victor 18, Capt. Geo. Lloyd, from 
 which vessel he was sent to sick-quarters at Tone- 
 riffe in consequence of a severe injury occasioned 
 by the fall of a block— and, in Oct. 1830, to the 
 Ganges 84, Capt. Geo. Burdett, on the Mediterra- 
 nean station. He attained his present rank 3 June, 
 1831, and has not been since afloat. 
 
 Commander Rogers married, in Oct. 1823, Miss 
 Charlotte Bridgeman Willyams, of Breage, co. 
 Cornwall. 
 
 ROGERS. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 Henry Downing Rogers passed his examination 
 in 1830 ; and obtained his first commission 9 Jan. 
 1837. His subsequent appointments were — 1 March, 
 1837, and 23 April, 1838, to the Comos 18, Capt. 
 
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 EOGERS. 
 
 Hon. Plantagenei Pierrepont Gary, and, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Kacehobse 18, Capt. Henry Wm. 
 Craufurd, both on the North America and West 
 India station, whence he returned to England in 
 April, 1839—2 Dec. 1839, to the Revenge 76, Capt. 
 Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, in the Mediterranean— 23 
 July, 1842, as Senior (soon after the latter ship had 
 been paid off), to the Wolp 18, Capts. Courtenay 
 Osborn Hayes, Arthur Vyner, Geo. Evan Davis, and 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon, with whom he served in the 
 East Indies until superseded in Nov. 1845— and, 15 
 Oct. 1846 and 9 June, 1847, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Vengeance 84, Capt. Stephen Lushington, em- 
 ployed on particular service, and St. Vincent 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Chas. Napier. 
 He attained his present rank 23 Dec. 1847. 
 
 ROGERS. (LiEDT., 1811. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Rogers (i) entered the Navy, 1 May, 
 1801, as A.B., on board the Active 38, Capts. Chas. 
 Sydney Davers and Rich. Hussey Moubray, sta- 
 tioned in the Mediterranean, and, in Feb. 1807, was 
 present as Midshipman of that frigate at the passage 
 of the Dardanells. Towards the close of the same 
 year a prize, of which he had been placed in charge, 
 foundered after encountering a series of gales. 
 Having beforehand removed with his crew into a 
 boat, he was picked up, carried into a French port, 
 and there made prisoner. On being exchanged 
 he joined, 6 Oct. 1808, the Unite 36, Capt. Pat. 
 Campbell, also in the Mediterranean ; where he 
 continued employed as Acting-Lieutenant and Act- 
 ing-Master in the Spidek gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Sandford Oliver, and as Master's 
 Mate and Acting-Lieutenant in the Warrior 74, 
 Capt. John Wm. Spranger, until April, 1811. In 
 the course of that month he was received on board 
 the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. Kolles, lying in the 
 river Thames. He returned, however, in a few 
 weeks, to the Mediterranean in the Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew; and, on 10 Dec. 1811, 
 after he had again acted as Lieutenant in the Bom- 
 bay 74, Capt. Wm. Cuming, he was confirmed to 
 that rank in the Repulse 74, Capt. R. H. Moubray. 
 He served subsequently in the Minstrel 20, Capt. 
 John Strutt Peyton, and Ganymede 26, Capt. John 
 Brett Purvis, on the Mediterranean station. He 
 invalided home from the Mediterranean in Sept. 
 1814 on board the Edinburgh ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 of the Audit Office, Somerset House, and of Colonel 
 Wm. Cooper Rogers, late of the 2nd Dragoon Guards. 
 His eldest sister, Mary, married the late Colonel 
 Templer, of the 10th Dragoons ; and his youngest, 
 Harriet, widow of the Rev. Rich. Strode, of Newn- 
 ham Park, co. Devon, married a second time Lleut.- 
 General Sir Chas. Phillips, of Lyndhurst, co. Hants. 
 His great-grandfather, and his granduncle, the se- 
 cond and third Baronets (the former of whom mar- 
 ried a daughter of Sir Robt. Henley, of the Grange, 
 CO. Southampton), both represented Plymouth in 
 Parliament. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in the spring of 
 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Concokde 36, 
 Capt. Anthony Hunt, whom he followed, in Aug. of 
 the same year, inta La Virginie 38. After cruiz- 
 ing on the Irish and Baltic stations, he sailed for the 
 East Indies, where, from Sept. 1798 until his return 
 to England in April, 1803, he served on board the 
 Suffolk and Victorious 74's, flag-ships of Vice- 
 Admiral Peter Rainier, and Orpheus 32, com- 
 manded by the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleem- 
 ing. Of the latter ship he was confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant, after having acted for more than 13 months 
 in that capacity, 4 Feb. 1803. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 14 May, 1803, to the iMPiTOEux 
 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, attached to the Chan- 
 nel fleet— 21 Feb. 1805, to the Drake 16, Capt. 
 Drury, with whom he proceeded to the West Indies 
 —23 May and 2 Dec. following, to the Penguin 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Morris, and Hercdle 74, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the same 
 station— 18 June, 1806, to the Veteran 64, as Sig- 
 nal-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Dacres— 14 Sept. 
 1807, to the acting-command of the Hunter sloop—* 
 4 March, 1808, as before, to.the Veteran- and 17 
 June, 1809, as Senior (after 10 months of half-pay) 
 to the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. For his ac- 
 tive services in the last-mentioned ship in the Chan- 
 nel and on the north coast of Spain he was promoted, 
 1 Feb. 1812, to the rank of Commander. His last 
 appointment was to the Dover troop-ship, the com- 
 mand of which he retained from 30 July, 1814, until 
 6 Aug. 1816. During that period, besides visiting 
 the West Indies and Baltic, he accompanied the ex- 
 pedition against New Orleans, where he served on 
 shore in the breaching batteries and in command 
 of a division of seamen, and was particularly noticed 
 for his exertions by the present Sir Edw. Thos. 
 Troubridge.* He attained the rank of Captain 2 
 Sept. 1816; and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 
 1846. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ROGERS. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Richard Eales Rogers entered the Navy 11 
 Feb. 1810 ; and while serving on board the Cas- 
 TiLiAN 18, Capt. David Braimer, contributed to the 
 cutting out of a brig from under the batteries of 
 Treport — partook, 21 Sept. 1811, of an action with 
 the Boulogne flotilla, in which the Castilian had 
 her First-Lieutenant and 1 man severely wounded 
 ■ — and was in company with the Bermuda 10, Ri- 
 NALDO 10, and Phipps 14, at the recapture, 4 May, 
 1812, of the (lately British) sloop-of-war Apelles 
 under the fire of a battery near Boulogne. He 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; for his services in 
 the JEtna bomb at the reduction of Morea Castle, 
 the last stronghold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus, 
 and was made Lieutenant, 22 Oct. 1828, into the 
 Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes. He continued in that 
 vessel as First-Lieutenant until 1830 ; and has not 
 been since employed. 
 
 EOGERS. (ffajtam, 1816. r-p., 17; h-p., 34.) 
 Robert Henley Rogers, born in Aug. 1783, at 
 Blachford House, near Plymouth, is third son of the 
 late Sir Fred. Leman Rogers, Bart., M.P. for, and 
 Recorder of, Plymouth, by Miss Jane Lillicrap ; and 
 grandson of Sir Fred. Rogers, Bart., Capt. R.N., 
 Commissioner of the Dockyard at Plymouth, and 
 also Recorder of that borough, who married the 
 widow of Vice-Admiral Durell, and died in 1772. 
 He is brother of the present Sir John Leman Rogers, 
 Bart., of Fred. Leman Rogers, Esq., Chief Inspector 
 
 ROGERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Thomas Rogers entered the Navy, 13 June, 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt. John 
 Laugharne, bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus Gower 
 at Newfoundland, where he continued to serve as 
 Midshipman in the Antelope 50, flag-ship of Vice- 
 Admiral John Holloway, until Jan. 1810. He then 
 joined the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton, under whom we find him, in Dec. of the 
 same year, co-operating in the reduction of the Isle 
 of France, and, in Aug. and Sept. 1811, assisting at 
 the capture of Java. In April, 1812, he was trans- 
 ferred to the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs ; on 
 his return to Europe he became, in Oct. 1814, Ad- 
 miralty-Midshipman of the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Brace, attached to the force in the Mediterranean ; 
 and on the receipt, in Sept. 1815, of his commission, 
 bearing date 6 of the preceding March, he removed 
 to the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe. In that 
 vessel he served in the Channel until sent sick, 3 
 Sept. 1816, to the hospital at Haslax. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 ROGERS. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 25; 
 
 B-p., 42.) 
 William Rogers died 29 Jan. 1848, at Lansdowne 
 Crescent, Bath, aged 81, 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1780, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Ranger, Lieut.-Com- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 451. 
 
UOGIER— ROLLAND— ROLLESTON— ROMNEY. 
 
 1001 
 
 mander Alex. Hood, stationed in the West Indies ; 
 where, in 1781-2, he served with the late Sir Henry 
 Edwin Stanhope, as Midshipman, in the Tekrible 
 and Rdssel 74's. He then joined the Flirt sloop 
 in the North Sea; and was next, between 1783 and 
 1793, employed, on the American and Home sta- 
 tions, in the Mercdby, Capt. H. E. Stanhope, Kite ; 
 and Cockatrice, ;Lieiit.-Commanders Gunter and 
 Hume, Barfleuk 90 and Victobv 100, flag-ships of 
 Lord Hood, Juno 32, Capt. Sam. Hood, and Duke 
 ,90, bearing the flag of Admiral Eoddam. On 26 
 Sept. 1793, having accompanied Lord Hood to the 
 Mediterranean as Master's Mate in his former ship 
 the Victory, he was made Lieutenant, during the 
 occupation of Toulon, into the Princess Royal 98, 
 bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Sam. Cranston 
 Goodall. Deducting a half-pay interval of about 
 -two years, which occurred between 1800 and 1802, 
 he officiated, from 14 Oct. 1796 until promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 22 Jan. ,1806, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant in the Diamond 38, Capts. Sir Kich. John 
 Strachan, Edw. Griffith, and Thos. Elphinstone, and 
 saw much general service. Under Capt, Elphin- 
 stone he assisted at the capture, in Deo. 1804, of the 
 Spanish corvette Infanta Carlos, with a valuable 
 cargo and 120,000 dollars in specie, from the Ha- 
 vana bound to Corunna. His last appointment was, 
 17 March, 1808, to the Tbisbe 28, successive flag- 
 ship of Admirals Sir H. E. Stanhope, Wm. Albany 
 Otway, and Sir Chas. Hamilton, in the river Thames, 
 where he continued until 10 July, 1811. He ac- 
 cepted the rank of Captain on the Retired List 10 
 Sept. 1840. 
 
 ROGIEE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 ■Edward Rogieii entered the Navy 27 March,' 
 1808',passed his examination in 1816 ; and obtained' 
 his commifision 30 Sept. 1826. Hehas since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He married, 18 March, 1834, Mary, daughter of 
 the late Rich. Waring, Esq., of St. Mary Cray, 
 Kent. 
 
 EOLLAND. (LrEUTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 William Rue Holland entered the Navy 13 
 Jan. 1832 ; passed his examination 16 Feb. 1838 ; 
 and for his services as Mate of the Blonde 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Bourchier, during the war in China (where 
 he assisted, and was mentioned as " a young ofiicer 
 of much promise," at the capture of Amoy, landed 
 at the taking of Chinghae, and aided in towing 
 several fire-vessels clear of H.M. shipping in the 
 Ningpo river*), was presented with a commission 
 bearing date 8 0.ct. 1841. His appointments have 
 .since been — 25 Sept. 1842, to the Pylades 18, Capt. 
 'Louis Symonds Tindal, in the East Indies, whence 
 he returned to -England and was paid off at the 
 close of 1843—9 Sept. 1844, to the Daring 12, Capt. 
 Henry Jas. Matson, on the Home station— 9 Dec. 
 1845, to the Ala RM 26, Capts. Chas. Colville Frank- 
 land and Granville Gower Loch, of which ship, 
 attached to the force in North America and the 
 West Indies, he became First-Lieutenant— and 22 
 March, 1848, in the capacity last mentioned, to the 
 Si DON steam-frigate of 560 horse-power, Capt. Wm. 
 Honyman Henderson, now in the Mediterranean. 
 Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 KOLLESTON. (Liedtenant, 1^11. f-r, 11; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 James Rolleston, born 1 May, 1791, at South- 
 ampton, is son of Sam. Rolleston, Esq., a Magistrate 
 and Deputy-'Lieutenant for co. Hants. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Dictator 64, Capts. 
 Chas. Tinling and Rich. Hawkins ; joined, in the 
 following Sept., the Impetueux 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Byam Martin ; and in Nov. 1805 was received on 
 board the Pom pee 74. While in that ship, which 
 bore the flags successively of Admirals Sir Wm. 
 Sidn«y Smith and Henry Edwin Stanhope, he was 
 
 • ride Qaz. 1842, pp. 84, S96, S388. 
 
 present, in 1806, at the defence of Gaeta, the cap- 
 ture of Capri, and the battle of Maida; and, in 1807, 
 at the passage of the Dardanells, the destruction of 
 the Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies, and the 
 taking of Copenhagen. On the surrender of the 
 ■Danish fleet he assisted in fitting out the Christian 
 VII. of 60 guns. After serving for two years and 
 eight months in the Mediterranean on board the 
 Hyperion 36, Capt. Thos. Chas. Brodie, and Cen.- 
 tadr 74, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, he was 
 'there nominated, 29 Nov. 1810, Acting^Lieutenant 
 lof the Hibernia 120, also the flag-ship of Sir S. 
 Hood. His appointment to the Hibernia being 
 -confirmed by a commission dated 8 June, 1811, he 
 continued attached to that ship under the flag of 
 Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats until June, 1815. He then 
 invalided. His next appointment was to the .Per- 
 seus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court, in which vessel 
 he served on the Mediterranean, Newfoundland, 
 Halifax, and Home stations, from March, 1813, until 
 Feb. 1816, the last five months of the time as Act- 
 ing-Commander. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ROMNEY. (Retired Commandeb, 1847. f-p., 
 15; H-p., 33.) 
 
 Francis Dabby Romhey was born in 1786. Five 
 of his family were in the Naval and Military ser- 
 vices. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1799, as 
 L.M., on board the Osprey 18, Capts. John Watts, 
 John Edgell, and Geo. Irwin, under whom he was 
 for two years employed in the Downs and on the 
 coast of Africa. Joining, then, the Bellerophon 
 74, Capts. Lord Viscount Garlies and John Loring, 
 he was present under the latter officer, as Midship- 
 man, at the blockade of Cape Francois, St. Domingo, 
 and at the surrender, in the course of 1803, of the 
 74-gun ship Duquesne and schooner Oiseau, of La 
 Mignonne corvette of 16 guns, of the 40-gun frigate 
 La Creole, having on board the French General 
 Morgan and 530 troops, and of a squadron with th« 
 remains of General Rochambeau's army from Cape 
 Francois. In April, 1805, having returned to Eng- 
 land, he removed with Capt. Loring to the Salva- 
 dor del Mundo, lying at Plymouth. He joined 
 next the .ffioLUS 32, Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, part 
 of theforce employed in Sir Rich. Strachan's action; 
 and on 8 June, 1807, up to which time he had been 
 serving on the Irish station, he was nominated Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Charger 12, Lieut.-Commander 
 John Aitkin Blow. In that vessel he witnessed the 
 siege of Stralsund, and assisted at the taking of Co- 
 penhagen. Falling, 3 Nov. in the same year, into 
 the hands of the enemy, Mr. Romney was detained 
 a prisoner of war until Jan. 1809. On 25 March 
 following he was made.Lieutenant into the Princess 
 OF Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, lying.at Sheer- 
 ness ; and he was subsequently appointed— SMay, 
 8 July, and 21 Sept. in the same year, to the Vene- 
 rable 74, flag-ship of Sir R. J. Strachan, Rolla 10, 
 Capt. Sam. Clarke, and Gluckstadt 18, Capt. John 
 Geo. Boss, stationed in the North Sea, Downs, and 
 Baltic— 3 Feb. 1810, to the Dictator 64, Capts. 
 Rich. Harrison Pearson and Robt. Williams, also in 
 the Baltic — 11 April, 1811, to the Leveket 10, Capt. 
 Geo. Wiokens Willes, lying at North Yarmouth — 
 in the spring of 1813, tothe gun-boat service on the 
 river Elbe, where he remained about 12 months — 
 and 4 Oct. 1814, for a few weeks, to the Icarus 10, 
 Capt. Thos. Barker Devon, fitting at P'ortsmouth. 
 In the Dictator's boats he cut out two 'Danish pri- 
 vateers from under a battery on the island of Zea- 
 land ; he commanded a boat belonging to the Le- 
 veret at the capture of L'Eole privateer of 6 guns 
 jind 31 men ofi' Heligoland,* and at the destruction 
 of another on the coast of Denmark ; and while in 
 the gun-boat service above alluded to, he was se- 
 verely wounded in an attack upon a Danish flotilla 
 at Busum, and was present at the reduction of Cux- 
 baven and Gluckstadt.t Not having been afloat 
 
 • rWeGaz. 1812, p. 1641. 
 
 + r..Gaz. 18)4„p. 127. 
 6M 
 
1002 
 
 ROOKE-ROOTES. 
 
 since he left the Ioabds, he accepted, 9 April, 1847, 
 the rank he now holds. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. ___^_ 
 
 ROOKE. (Commander, 1841,) 
 
 Charles Thomas Rooke entered the Navy, 11 
 April, 1821 ; and obtained his first commission 10 
 May, 1827. His succeeding appointments were — 26 
 June, 1827, and 20 Nov. 1830, to the Isis 50 and 
 Belvidera 42, Capts. Sir Thos. Staines and Hon. 
 Kich. Saunders Dundas, both in the Mediterranean 
 —and U Feb. 1833, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of 
 Sir Thos. Williams at Portsmouth, where he re- 
 mained until superseded in the spring of 1835. He 
 does not appear to have been since employed. His 
 promotion to the rank of Commander took place 23 
 Nov. 1841. 
 
 KOOKE. (Lieut., 1846. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 3.) 
 
 Fhancis Rooke is fourth son of Capt. Fred. 
 "Wm. Rooke, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 July, 1836 ; and embarked, in May, 1837, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Talaveka 74, Capt. "Wm. Bowen 
 Mends. After visiting the Mediterranean and the 
 coast of North America, he became Midshipman, in 
 the early part of 1839, of the Ptlades 18, Capt. 
 Talavera Vernon Anson, and proceeded to China ; 
 where, in command of a boat, he assisted at the cap- 
 ture of one of three piratical junks, whose fierce re- 
 sistance occasioned to themselves a loss, out of 200 
 men, of 53 killed, and to the British of 3 killed and 
 5 wounded. During a successive attachment to 
 the Ptlades, Welleslev 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, 
 and Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, Mr. 
 Rooke took part in the chief operations con- 
 nected with the Chinese campaign. In two severe 
 engagements he was a volunteer, and for his gal- 
 lantry he obtained two special certificates and was 
 twice mentioned in the Gazette. In March, 1843, 
 seven months after he had passed his examination, 
 he returned to England. He was subsequently, 
 from July, 1844, until Jan. 1845, and from Jan. 
 1846 until promoted, for his services, to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 10 March, 1846, employed at Ports- 
 mouth, in the St. Vincent 120, under the flags of 
 Sir Chas. Rowley and Sir Chas. Ogle. Bis appoint- 
 ments have since been— 15 May and 7 Aug. 1846, to 
 the Devastation and Gokoon steam-sloops, Capts. 
 Sir Chas. Hotham and Edw. Crouch — 9 April, 1847, 
 to the Avenger steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, 
 Captg. Sidney Colpoys Dacres and Chas. Geo. Elers 
 Napier, employed at first on particular service, and 
 next in the Mediterranean, where he was wrecked, 
 20 Dec. following, on the Sorelle rocks, and was one 
 of the very few who escaped — and, 7 March, 1848, 
 to the Blenheim of 450 horse-power, Capt. Horatio 
 Thos. Austin, steam guard-ship at Portsmouth. 
 
 EOOKE. (Retired Captain, 1845. f-p., 15 ; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 Frederick William Rooke entered the Royal 
 Naval Academy in May, 1796 ; and embarked, 1 
 March, 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Combee- 
 land 74, Capt. Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, lying at 
 Portsmouth. In the following July he removed to 
 the SiEius 36, Capt. Rich. King, stationed in the 
 North Sea; from Feb. 1798 to March, 1799, he 
 cruized with Capt. Rowley, in the Channel and off the 
 coast of Ireland, in the Ramillies 74 ; and he was 
 then again, for two years, employed under Capt. 
 King in the Sirius. He was in consequence, in 
 company with L'Oiseau 36 and Amethvst 36, at 
 the capture, 28 Jan. 1801, after a chase of two days, 
 of the French 36-gun frigate La De'daigneuse. 
 After serving for about 14 months in the Boadicea 
 38, Capt. Chas. Rowley, stationed, as had latterly 
 been the Sirius, in the Bay of Biscay, he was ap- 
 pointed, in July, 1802, Admiralty-Midshipman of 
 the Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour. In that ship 
 he served in the North Sea and Baltic until Deo. 
 1803. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Ariadne 24, commanded, ofi' Havre-de-Grace, by 
 the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming ; and, on 12 
 
 Jan 1805, after he had afresh served as Midshipman 
 in the Veteran 64, Capts. Rich. King and Jas. New- 
 man Newman, and had taken part in the boats of 
 that ship in an attack on the Boulogne flotilla, he 
 was nominated Sub-Lieutenant, in the West Indies, 
 of the Attentive gun-brig, commanded at first by 
 Lieut. John Harris and next by himself as Acting- 
 Lieutenant; in which capacity he returned, in the 
 ensuing summer, to England in the Proseltte 24, 
 Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe. He was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant 15 Nov. 1805 ; and was subsequently 
 appointed— 12 Deo. 1805, to the Achille 7^ Capt. 
 Sir Rich. King, attached to the Channel fleet— 10 
 Oct. 1806, to the charge, which he retained for 
 six months, of the Signal-station at Swanage — 14 
 July, 1807, again to the Achille, employed in the 
 Channel, off the coast of Spain, and at the siege of 
 Flushing, where he served on shore — and, 3 Aug. 
 1810, after 10 months of half-pay, occasioned by a 
 severe attack of Walcheren fever, to the San Juan 
 74, bearing the broad pendant at Gibraltar of Com- 
 modore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. While on the 
 books of the ship last mentioned he served in the 
 flotilla, and was in constant action with the enemy, 
 during the siege of Cadiz. He commanded a divi- 
 sion of gun-boats, too, at the defence of Tarifa; and 
 for his services at both places was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander 21 March, 1812. He accepted 
 his present rank 25 March, 1845. 
 
 Capt. Rooke is a Magistrate for co. Wilts, and 
 served as High-Sheriff in 1842. His eldest son is a 
 Captain in the 47th Regt. of the line; and his 
 fourth, Francis, a Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 EOOKE. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 17; h-p., 20.) 
 
 Leonard Charles Rookb, born 10 Aug. 1797, is 
 youngest son of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Rooke, 
 by Harriet Sophia, daughter of Colonel Wm. Bur- 
 rard and sister of the late Admiral Sir Harry Bur- 
 rard Neale, Bart., G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hamadryad 36, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Staines, under whom we find him cruizing 
 off the Western Islands, escorting troops to the 
 mouth of the Tagus, and accompanying a fleet of 
 East Indiamen from St. Helena to the Downs. In 
 Oct. 1811 he removed to the Tisiphone sloop, Capt. 
 Wm. Love, lying off South Yarmouth ; and from 13 
 May, 1812, until 17 Dec. 1816, he served on the 
 Home and East India stations, as Midshipman, in 
 the BoYNE 98 and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ships 
 of his uncle Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Belle Poule 
 38, Capt. Geo. Harris (part of the force employed 
 at the forcing of the Gironde in April, 1814), Ville 
 DE Paris again, Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Duncan, and Amphion 32 and Magicienne 36, both 
 commanded by Capt. John Brett Purvis. He then 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Bacchus 18, Capt. 
 John Pengelly Parkin ; in which vessel (being con- 
 firmed to her by commission dated 15 Oct. 1818) he 
 continued, on the East India station, until 1820. 
 His succeeding appointments were— 24 June, 1820, 
 to the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, 
 fitting at Chatham — 25 July following, to the Cam- 
 brian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, whom he 
 accompanied to the Mediterranean — and, 20 March, 
 1823, to the Revenge 78, as Flag-Lieutenant, on 
 that station, to Sir H. B. Neale. He attained the 
 rank of Commander 14 Oct. 1824; served in that 
 capacity in the Jasper 10, from 28 April, 1827, until 
 wrecked on the north end of Sta. Maura 13 Oct. 
 1828 ; and was lastly, in 1830-1, employed as an In- 
 specting Commander in the Coast Guard. He was 
 advanced to bis present rank 4 April, 1842. 
 
 Capt. Rooke married, 24 June, 1830, Elizabeth, 
 youngest daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Wm. 
 Home, of the Isle of Wight, by whom he has issue 
 seven children. One of his sons is a Midshipman in 
 the service. 
 
 EOOTES. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 1 7 j h-p., 34.) 
 
 John Rootes, born 23 Feb. 1780, at Elham, CO. 
 Kent, is eldest son of the late Chas. Rootes, Esq., 
 Surgeon, of that place. 
 
RORIE— ROSCOW. 
 
 1U03 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Jan. 1796, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, Capts. 
 Geo. Murray, Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Robt. 
 ■Williams, John Irwin, Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Edw. 
 Thornbrough, and Rich. Grindall : in which ship, 
 bearing for some time the flags of Sir Roger Curtis 
 and Sir Chas. Thompson, he continued employed as 
 Midshipman, in the Channel, North Sea, Mediter- 
 ranean, and West Indies, until Sept. 1802. In the 
 course of 1803 he became attached in succession to 
 the MiNEBVE and Heldek frigates, Capts. Jahleel 
 Brenton and Edw. Hawkins, and, as Master's Mate, 
 to the Pkince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall. In Jan. 
 1805, he removed to the Wbvmouth 42, Capt. John 
 Draper, attached to the force in the East Indies ; 
 and, on 4 Sept. 1805, he was ordered to act as a 
 Lieutenant in that ship. Between July, 1806, and 
 Dec. 1803 he served, on the Home station, as Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Ardent 64, Capt. Geo. Eyre, Incon- 
 stant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, and Peru- 
 vian 18, Capt. Fras. Douglas. While Senior of the 
 latter vessel he was employed in watching the Bou- 
 logne flotilla and in landing secret papers on the 
 coast of France. On 30 Deo. 1809 he was dismissed 
 the service by sentence of court-martial for a breach 
 of discipline in having, upon complaint from the 
 officers, punished the gnn-room cook. Being how- 
 ever strongly recommended to the court by his 
 Captain, who on the occasion produced a letter of 
 thanks liighly laudatory of the conduct he had dis- 
 played on the secret service above alluded to, he 
 was restored by the Admiralty 3 Feb. 1810, and ap- 
 pointed to the Monmouth 64, Capt. Michael Dodd, 
 stationed in the Downs. He afterwards, from May, 
 1812, until March, 1814, served in the Channel on 
 board the Tiore 80, Capt. John Halliday. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 The Lieutenant married, 10 May, 1815, Miss 
 Eleanor Rose, a lady by whom he has had issue 20 
 children, 15 of whom are yet living. 
 
 RORIE. (Retired Commander, 1847. p-p., 14; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 George Rorie died 8 Dec. 1847 at Plymouth, 
 aged 60. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1795, as 
 A.B., on board the Standard 64, Capts. Joseph 
 Ellison, Wm. Lukin, Geo. Burlton, and Thos. Parr ; 
 on the books of which ship, employed on the coast 
 of France, off St. Helena, and in the North Sea, he 
 continued until Jan. 1797. In Jan. 1799 he joined, 
 for nearly four months, the Europa, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John Gardiner, lying at Plymouth ; he 
 served next, between March, 1801, and July, 1802, 
 as Midshipman, in the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood 
 Linzee, in the Baltic, off Cadiz, and in the West 
 Indies ; and from April, 1803, until June, 1807, he 
 was employed, chiefly on the Home Station, in the 
 Salvador del Mundo, Capts. Henry Lane and 
 John Dilkes, Fisgard and Alcmene frigates, Capts. 
 Lord Mark Kobt. Kerr, John Stiles, and Jas. Bris- 
 bane, Salvador del Mundo again, Capt. John 
 Loring, and, as Master's Mate (a rating he had held 
 in the Alcmene), in the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray 
 Maxwell. He was then nominated Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Rebuff gun-brig, Lieut. -Commanders John 
 Whiston and Chas. J. Leaver, with whom he served 
 on the coast of France until advanced to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 25 March, 1809. His last appoint- 
 ments were— 25 May, 1809, to the Leyden 64, Capt. 
 Thos. Usher, lying at Sheerness — 13 June following, 
 to the Royalist sloop, Capts. John Maxwell and 
 Geo. Downie, stationed in the Downs, where his 
 health obliged him, in Oct. 1810, to invalid— 10 
 April, 1811, to .the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Robt. 
 Plampin and Geo. Scott, attached to the Channel 
 fleet— and, 3 Feb. 1812, to the Ocean 98, Capt. 
 Robt. Plampin, with whom he served in the Medi- 
 terranean until July, 1814. He accepted the rank 
 of Commander on the Retired List 9 April, 1847. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 EORIE. (Retired Commander, 1842. r-p., 
 19; H-p., 38.) 
 
 John James Rorie entered the Navy, 28 June, 
 1790, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Echo sloop, and, 
 after serving in that capacity in the Scout, was re- 
 ceived, about 1793, on board the Druid 32, Capt. 
 Joseph Ellison, with whom and with Capts. Wm. 
 Lukin, Geo. Burlton, Thos. Revell Shivers, and 
 Thos. Parr, he was employed as Midshipman, from 
 1795 until 1798, in the Standard 64. In the Druid 
 he assisted at the capture of several of the enemy's 
 vessels, and was frequently engaged with the bat- 
 teries along the French coast : in the Standard he 
 fought in Lord Bridport's action 23 June, 1795, and 
 accompanied Sir John Borlase Warren in the expe- 
 dition to Quiberon. After cruizing for a short time 
 in the Channel in the Ambdscade 32, Capt. Henry 
 Jenkins, he was made Lieutenant, 4 Dec. 1798, into 
 the Echo 18, Capts. Robt. Philpot, John Serrell, 
 and Edm. Boger, on the West India station ; where 
 he removed, as First, in Sept. 1803, to the Shark 
 sloop, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth — obtained command, in Dec. of the same 
 year, of the Papillon 10— again, in Nov. 1804, 
 joined the Shark — and from Jan. 1805 to Jan. 
 1809 commanded the Morne Fortunee 10. While 
 attached to the Echo, of which sloop he was for a 
 long period First-Lieutenant, Mr. Rorie contributed 
 to the capture of many French and Spanish vessels, 
 and served in the boats in several cutting-out affairs 
 on the coasts of Puerto Rico and St. Domingo. On 
 one occasion, 15 Oct. 1799, he had charge of the 
 jolly-boat, and aided, in company with the pinnace 
 under Lieut. Chas. Fred. Napier, in taking, in Lag- 
 nadille Bay, a Spanish brig, laden with cocoa and 
 indigo, and mounting 2 4-pounders, with 20 men.* 
 At another time the bow of the boat he commanded 
 was carried away by a round shot. In the Pa- 
 pillon he made prize of a smuggler ; and during 
 his command of the Moene Fortunee he took, 
 among a variety of vessels, consisting in all of 23 
 sail, the French and Spanish privateers Le Luni of 
 2 guns and 47 men, U Aimable Jeanjiette of 2 guns 
 and 20 men, the Babillon of 2 guns and 45 men, and 
 the Santo Christo of 1 gun and 15 men. He bore an 
 active part too in the operations connected with the 
 memorable reduction of Cura9oa in 1807. In the 
 preceding year he had been contused by the burst- 
 ing of a gun in an attack upon an enemy's battery 
 and vessels at Puerto Rico. He became a Retired 
 Commander upon the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830 ; and 
 upon the Senior 2 July, 1842. 
 
 Commander Rorie is married, and has issue four 
 sons and one daughter. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 ROSCOW. (Retired Commander, 1847. p-r., 
 15; H-p., 32.) 
 Samuel Rosoow (6) entered the Navy, in June, 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, 
 Capt. Henry d'Esterre Darby ; and in July of the 
 following year was present, as Midshipman, in Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez' actions off Algeciras and Cadiz. 
 The Spencer being paid off on her return from a 
 voyage to the West Indies, in Sept. 1802, he next, 
 in Feb. 1803, joined the Caroline 36, Capt. Benj. 
 Wm. Page ; in which ship, employed for nearly two 
 years in the East Indies, he contributed to the cap- 
 ture, among other vessels, of the X>e Haasje Bata- 
 vian brig-ol-war, and French privateers Les Freres 
 Unis of 16 guns (mounting 8) and 134 men, and Le 
 General de Caen of 22 guns and 200 men. On his 
 arrival home with Capt. Page, and a large convoy, in 
 the Trident 64, he was received, in Oct. 1805, on 
 board the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wode- 
 house ; under whom in 1806 he witnessed the de- 
 fence of Gaeta and the capture of Capri. He con- 
 tinued employed with Capt. Wodehouse in the 
 Mediterranean on board the Cumberland 74, until 
 transferred, in Aug. 1808, to the Montagu 74, Capts. 
 Rich. I-Iussey Moubray and John Halliday. Being 
 invested, 23 March, 1809, with the rank of Acting- 
 Lieutenant, Mr. Roscow, on 4 May in the same 
 • FiifeGai. IStFO.p. 45. 
 
 6M2 
 
1004 
 
 ROSE— ROSS. 
 
 year, was confirmed in that ranft. He served on 
 shore in April, 1810, at the reduction of Sta. Maura ; 
 and was lastly, from July, 1811, until Oct. 1815, em- 
 ployed on the Leith and North American stations 
 in the Ripleman brig, Capts; Joseph Pearce and 
 Henry Edw. Napier. Under Capt. Pearce he as- 
 sisted at the capture of Custine and Belfast, and 
 took part in other operations in the Penobscot. He 
 accepted his present rank 27 July, 1847. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 ROSE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.) 
 Charles Kose entered the Navy, 6 June, 1800, 
 as Third-cl. Vol., on board the PoMPiE 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Stirling, under whom he fought in the action 
 off Algeciras, 6 July, 1801, and assisted at the 
 blockade of Cadiz. For a short time at the com- 
 mencement of 1802, and from April, 1803, until Sept. 
 1804, he served in the Channel and at Plymouth 
 with Sir Edw. Pellew in the Impktdeux 74, and 
 with Capt. Barrington Dacr-es and Vice-Admiral 
 Toung in the Culloden 74 and Saivador dei, 
 MuNDO ; and he was next, between Aug. 1806 and 
 Sept. 1815, employed on the Home, Mediterranean, 
 and African stations, chiefly in the capacities of Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, in the Royai, George 
 100 and San Josef 110, flag-ships of Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth (in the former of which he passed the 
 Dardanells in Feb. 1807), Salvador del Mondo 
 again. Crane sloop, Capts. Delamere Wynter and 
 Jas. Stuart, Hannibal 74 and Royal George again, 
 flag-ships of Admirals Sir Thos. Wiliiams and Fras. 
 Pickmore, Prince Frederick, Capt. Thos. Saunders 
 Groves, and Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne. He 
 then took up a commission bearing date 10 March, 
 1815 ; and has not been since afloat. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ROSE. (LlEOTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 George Frederick Rose entered the Navy 1 
 Sept. 1827 ; passed his examination 7 May, 1834 ; 
 obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841 ; and from 
 31 Deo. following until the early part of 1845 was 
 employed in the Cornwallss 72, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Parker, and Hazard 18, Capt. Chas. Bell, 
 botli on the East India station. 
 
 ROSE. (Ketired Commander, 1847. F-p., 18; 
 H-p., 40.) 
 John Rose entered the Navy, in 1789, as A. B., 
 on board the Orestes sloop, commanded by the late 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale, with whom he served in 
 the Channel for about two years. In 1793 he be- 
 came Midshipman of the Berwick 74, Capt. Sir 
 John Collins, stationed in the Mediterranean ; where 
 from 1794 until 1800 he acted as Master in the 
 Eclair sloop, Capts. Robt. Gambler Middleton and 
 Wm. Hotham, Ariadne 20; Capts. R. G. Middleton 
 and' Robt. Piampin, Egmont 74, Capt. John Sutton, 
 Dolphin, Capt. Rich. Retallick, and Cuiloden 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Thos. Troubridge. During the seven 
 years he was employed in the Mediterranean he 
 assisted at the capture, including Toulon, of all the 
 places but two that were wrested from the ene- 
 my. He saw a vast deal of servico on the coast 
 of Italy ; was in 20 severe skirmishes in the boats 
 and on shore ; fought in tlie Egmont in Hfltham's 
 two actions and in the Chbloben at the battle of 
 the Nile ; and was once severely, and six times 
 slightly, wounded. Towards the close of the French 
 revolutionary war he served as Midshipman and as 
 Lieutenant (his commission was duted 6 Aug. 1801) 
 in the Channel on board the. Ville de Paris 110 
 flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Corn- 
 ■wallis, and Augusta yacht, Capt. Geo. Grey. He 
 afterwards, ftom 1806 until 1814, had charge of a 
 Signal station on the coast of Kent. He became a 
 Retired Commander on the Junior List 16 Dec. 
 1831; and on the Senior 28 Jan. 1847. Agent— ^ 
 Seed. Dufaur. 
 
 ROSS, C.B. (Vice'Admiral of the White, 1847. 
 F-p., 42; H-p., 17.) 
 
 Charles Batne Hodgson Rossis son of the late 
 Lieut. Ross, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1788, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Echo sloop, Capt. 
 Robt. Carthew Reynolds, on the books of which 
 vessel, stationed at Newfoundland, his name conti- 
 nued borne until the following Dec. In Feb. 1790 
 he was received on board the Edgar 74, Capt. 
 Anthony Jas. Pye MoHby, lying at Portsmouth ; in 
 April of the same y-ear he removed to the Salis- 
 bury 50, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Mark Milbanke 
 at Newfoundland ; and, after hawing again served, 
 with Capt. Albemarle Bertie, in the Edgak, he was 
 employed, from March, 1793, until April, 1796, as 
 Master's Mate and Midshipman, in the Conflagra- 
 tion fire-ship and Tartar 28, both commanded- by 
 Capt. Thos. Frasi Fremantfe, St. George 98 and 
 Britannia 100, each the flag-ship of Sir Hyde 
 Parker, and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Jervis. While attached to the Tartar and 
 St. George he served on shore at the capture and 
 evacuation of Toulon, was present at the destruction 
 of the arsenal and shipping at that place, took part 
 in the land operations connected with the capture 
 of San Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi, in the island of 
 Corsica, and fought in Hotham's two actions, 14 
 March and 13 July, 1795. On 14 July, 1796, he was 
 made Lieutenant into the Saturn 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Douglas, stationed off Cadiz ; and he was next, 26 
 -Aug. 1797 and 5 June, 1798, appointed to La 
 Prompte 20, Capt. Geo. Eyre, and Queen 98, flag- 
 ship of Sir Hyde Parker, both in the West Indies ; 
 where he served on shore at St. Nicolas Mole and 
 contributed to the capture and destruction of seve- 
 ral privateers and armed boats on the coast of St. 
 Domingo. In Jan. 1800 he was nominated Acting- 
 Commander of the Diligence 18 ; and in that vessel 
 (to which he was confirmed 11 June tbllowing) he 
 was wrecked, in Sept. of the same year, on the 
 Honda bank, near Cuba. After commanding, for 
 about six months, the Druid 32, he was ordered, 5 
 July, 1802, to act as Captain in La Desir^e 36. 
 He was officially posted 15 Oct. following ; and, con- 
 tinuing in the same frigate until removed, in Dec. 
 
 1803, to La Pique 36, was employed at the blockade 
 of St. Domingo and witnessed the surrender of the 
 French squadron with the remains of General 
 Rochambeau's army from Cape Franjois. In Jan. 
 
 1804, being then in La Pique, he commanded a 
 brigade of seamen and marines in the unsuccessful 
 attack upon Cura^oa, where he came into frequent 
 collision with the enemy, set fire to the town of 
 Otrabundi, and destroyed all the wells on the lor- 
 goon. In the course of 1804-5 he made prize of Le 
 Terreur French cutter of 10 guns and 75 men, and 
 of the Spanish ships-of-war Diligcntiu (taken in com- 
 pany with the Diana 38) and Orguijo. He also 
 contrived, 26 March, 1806, to effect tlie capture of 
 the French corvettes Phaeton and Vbltigeur of 16 
 guns and 115 men each ; the former of which vessels 
 offered so fierce a resistance that 9 of the British 
 were killed and 14 of them wounded in the act of 
 boarding. During his command of the DisiR^E and 
 Pique, in the latter of which he remained until Aug. 
 1807, Capt. Ross took, in different prizes, as many 
 OS 140 guns and 1500 men ; four of his captures were 
 added to the British Navy. From 13 Aug. 1812 
 until 15 Aug. 1816 he officiated as Flag-Captain, in 
 the Marlborough, Sceptre, Albion, and North- 
 umberland 74's, to the present Sir Geo. Cockburn, 
 under whom, in the three first, he partook of all the 
 operations on the coast of North America detailed 
 in our memoir of the gallant officer. Wliile in the 
 Albion he conducted a Ijoat expedition up St. 
 Mary's river, whence he returned to Cumberland 
 Island, on the coast of Georgia, with a ship loaded 
 
 [ with timber, and an English East Indiaman which had 
 been captured by an American privateer. He also 
 embarked all the produce collected at the tovra of St. 
 Mary's in fhe vessels taken there by Capt. Robt, 
 Barrie, blewnp the fort on Point Petre and a battery,'* 
 " ^fo^nti)lg g S4-pouudcrs and S brass 6-pounders, 
 
ROSS. 
 
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 and destroyed the barracks and- storehouses, toge- 
 ther with some merchandize and guns that were 
 not deemed fit to bring away.* In the Northum- 
 berland Capt. Ross conveyed Kapoleon Buona^ 
 parte to St. Helena. He afterwards, in 1817, ob- 
 tained a three years' appointment in the Ordinary 
 at Portsmouth; from July, 1822; until his attain- 
 ment of Flag-rank, 10 Jan. 1837, he served as Com- 
 missioner of the Navy at Jamaica, Malta, and Ply- 
 mouth ; and from 4 Sept. in the latter year until 
 1841 he commanded-in-chief in the Pacific with his 
 flag in the President 50. He became a Vice-Ad- 
 miral 24 April, 1847. 
 
 Vice-Admiral Ross was nominated a C.B. 8 Deo. 
 1815. He married, in 1803, Miss Cockburn, of 
 Kingston, Jamaica, sister-in-law of Admiral Sir 
 Geo. Cockburn, G.C.B. His only son, C. W. De 
 Courcy Ross, died a Commander R.N. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ROSS. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., M ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Charles Henry Ross entered the Navy, 19 Oct. 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 100, 
 Capt. Chas. BuUen, flag-ship in the Channel of the 
 Earl of Northesk; and, from 26 Nov. following 
 until 12 Aug. 18U, was employed as Midshipman, 
 Master's Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and Lieutenant 
 (order and commission dated 21 Feb. and 13 March, 
 1811), in the Amphion 32, Capts. Sam. Sutton and 
 Wm. H'oste. In the summer of 1805 he accompa- 
 nied Lord N elson to the West Indies and back in 
 pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and 
 Spain ; in the following Nov. he assisted at the de- 
 feat, although supported by the fire of an immense 
 battery, of a division of about 30 Spanish gun-boats, 
 which had come out of Algeciras in the hope- of cap- 
 turing a British convoy ; and on 30 July, 1806,. he 
 co-operated in the capture, on the coast of Calabria, 
 of the town of Reggio,,and of the important fortress 
 of Cotrone, with all its stores and magazines and 
 upwards of 600 troops. He next, 12 May, 1808, 
 shared in a very spirited engagement of many hours 
 with several heavy batteries in the Bay of Rosas, in 
 an attempt to cut out the French frigate-built 800- 
 ton store-ship B'aleine^ mounting from 26 to 30 guns, 
 with a crew of 150 men; and on 27 Aug. 1809 he 
 took part in a gallant attack on the strong fort of 
 Cortelazzo, near Trieste, which was stormed and 
 carried by a detachment of 70 olRcers, seamen, and 
 marines, under the present Capt. Chas. Geo. Rod- 
 ney Phillott — occasioning the simultaneous surren- 
 der, within sight of an Italian squadron off" Venice, 
 of six of the enemy's gun-boats, and a convoy of 
 merchant-trabaocolos anchored for protection under 
 its walls, t Mr. Ross was subsequently, 29 June, 
 1810, engaged in an affair near the town of Grao, 
 where the gallantry and exertions of the British 
 enabled them to defeat a numerous body of French 
 troops, and to efl'ect the capture and destruction of 
 a large convoy laden with naval stores for the ar- 
 senal at Venice. If On 13 March, 1811, it was his 
 fortune to be present as Acting-Lieutenant in the 
 celebrated action fought off Lissa ; on which occa- 
 sion a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 
 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a battle 
 of six hours and a loss to the Amphion of 15 killed 
 and 47 wounded, a Franco- Venetian armament 
 whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. 
 For his conduct in tl]is instance he was confirmed, 
 as above alluded to, by a commission bearing date 
 the day of the achievement. His last appointments 
 were— 21 Nov. 1811 and 23 March, 1814, to the 
 Sophie 18 and Terpsichore 32, Capts. Nicholas 
 Lockyer and Wm. Bowen Mends, both on the North 
 American station ; where he continued actively em- 
 ployed until the summer of 1814, when he returned 
 to England and was paid ofi'. 
 
 KOSS. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Charles William De Codrct Ross died early 
 in 1848. He was only son of Vice-Admiral Chas. 
 Bayne Hodgson Ross. 
 
 • ftrfeGaz. 1813, p. 1747; 1814, p. 1966; 1815, p. 728. 
 
 f V. Gaz. 1809, p. 1907. t V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1858. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 May, 1825; and embarked, 7 M«y, 1827, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Dahtmooth 42, Capt. Thos. Fel- 
 lowesj stationed in the Mediterranean. In 1831 he 
 joined the Trincdlo 18, Capt. Sam. Price, attached 
 to the force on the coast of Ireland; and after serv- 
 ing for about a year and a half on the Brazilian and 
 West India stations as Mat« in the-DuBLiN 50, Capt. 
 Lord Jas. Townshend, and Vernon 50, flag-ship of 
 his uncle Sir Geo. Cockburn, he w^as promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 26 Dec. 1833. He was sub- 
 sequently emploved, also in the West Indies, on 
 board the Arachne 18, Capt. Jas. Burney, A)\'ase 
 16, Capt. John Sam. Foreman, and Fly 18, Capt. 
 Peter M'Quhae ; and from 3 Nov. 1837 until 1841 
 he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant, in the President 
 50, to his father, then Commander-in-Chief in the 
 Pacific. 'His last promotion took place 7 May,, 1842. 
 
 Commander Ross married, 12 Dec. 1837, Mary 
 Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Edw. Max.well, 
 Esq., R.Nt by whom he has left issue. 
 
 ROSS. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 33 ; h-p., 5.) 
 
 Charles Wilsone Ross entered the Navy, 4 Jan, 
 1809, as Fat.-cl. Vol., on board the Dannemahk 74, 
 Capt. Jus. Bissett, in which ship and in the Royal 
 Sovereign 100, commanded by the same officer and 
 by Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, he served as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate on the West India and 
 Home stations until removed, in Feb. 1814, to the 
 Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, attached to the 
 force on the coast of North America. In Aug. 1815 
 he joined the Komney 50, Capt. John Mackellar, 
 lying at Chatham ; and in the ensuing Nov. he was 
 received on board the Salisbury 58, fitting for the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the West Indies ; where after he 
 had acted for upwards of five months as Lieutenant 
 in the Sabine and Shark sloops, and Piqde 36, he 
 was confirmed, 15 Oct. 1816, into the Rifleman 16, 
 Capt. Houston Stewart. He went back, in the 
 course of the same month, to the Pique, commanded 
 bj' Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait ; and in Jan. 1817, at 
 wliich period he was again in the Salisbury, he re- 
 turned home. His appointments have since been — 
 3 Sept. 1818, for nearly three years, to the Lee 20, 
 Capts. John Pasco and Stewart Blacker, on the 
 Home station— 22 March, 1822, to the Coast Block- 
 ade, in which service he continued as Supernume- 
 rary-Lieutenant of the Severn 50, Ramillies 74, 
 and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, until 1828—3 Oct. 1829, to the Vic- 
 tory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, guard-ship at 
 Portsmouth— 1 May, 1830, to the St. Vincent 120, 
 Capts. Hyde Parker and Humphrey Fleming Sen- 
 house, employed at first at Portsmouth as flag-ship 
 to Sir Thos. Foley and afterwards in the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he remained until 1834— and 10 July, 
 1835, to the command, which he still retains, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Ross married, 6 July, 1825, Sophia, daugh- 
 ter of David Richardson, Esq., of Wellclose Square, 
 London. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ROSS, Kt., D.C.L., F.U.S., F.L.S., F.R.A.S., &c. 
 (Captain, 1834.) 
 
 Sir James Clark Ross, born 15 April, 1800, is 
 son of Geo. Ross, Esq., of Chatham Place, London, 
 and Balsarroch, co. Wigton ; and nephew of Capt. 
 Sir John Ross, R.N., Kt., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 April, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Briseis 10, commanded 
 by his uncle Capt. John Ross, under whom he was 
 employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the 
 same vessel and in the Action 16 and Driver 18, 
 in the Baltic, White Sea, and Channel, and on the 
 west coast of Scotland, until Dec. 1817. On 16 Jan. 
 1818, a few weeks after Capt. Chas. Hope Reid had 
 succeeded to the command of the Driver, he was 
 again placed under the orders of Capt. John Ross 
 as Admiralty-Midshipman on board the Isabella 
 hired sloop ; and in the course of the same year he 
 accompanied him in his first expedition for the dis- 
 
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 ROSS. 
 
 covery of a north-west passage. In Dec. 1818, hav- 
 ing returned to England, he joined the Severn 40, 
 Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, lying in the Downs. Be- 
 tween Jan. 1819 and Oct. 1825 he was engaged, 
 under the present Sir Wm. Edw. Parry (to whose 
 memoir refer), in three other voyages to the Arctic 
 regions. During the first two he was attached to 
 the Hecla and Fdry bombs, commanded in person 
 by Capt. Parry ; and while absent on the second he 
 was promoted, 26 Dec. 1822, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. On the last occasion he was again in the 
 FuRT, with Capt. Henry Parkyns Hoffner, and was 
 in that vessel wrecked in lat. 72° 42' 30", long. 
 91° 50' 5". In 1827 Mr. Ross, as First of the 
 Hecla, was the companion once more of Capt. 
 Parry in his attempt to reach the Pole from the 
 northern shores of Spitzbergen, by travelling with 
 sledge-boats over the ice. On his return to England 
 he was presented with a Commander's commission 
 dated 8 Nov. 1827. He was next, from 1829 until 
 1833, employed under his uncle in the Polar expedi- 
 tion equipped by Sir Felix Booth. His eminent 
 services during that period (he had the honour of 
 planting the British flag on the North Magnetic 
 Pole) were rewarded (after he had officiated for a 
 year as Supernumerary-Commander of the Victory 
 104, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Williams at Portsmouth) 
 by his elevation to Post-rank, 28 Oct. 1834. In 
 Dec. 1835 Capt. Ross was invested with the com- 
 mand (which he retained about 12 months) of the 
 Cove, a sixth-rate, for the purpose of proceeding in 
 quest of, and of conveying relief to, some missing 
 whalers who had been frozen up in Baffin Bay. He 
 was subsequently, until 1838, employed in making a 
 magnetic survey of Great Britain and Ireland, by 
 order of the Admiralty; and on 8 April, 1839, he 
 was appointed to the command, in the Erebhs 
 bomb, of an expedition (consisting of that vessel 
 and of the Terror) which, in the ensuing Sept., 
 sailed from England for the purposes of magnetic 
 research and geographical discovery in the Antarc- 
 tic seas. During an absence of four years three 
 persevering attempts were made to penetrate the 
 icy limits of the South Pole. In the course of their 
 cruizes the ships discovered a vast continent, fringed 
 with a barrier of ice 150 feet in height ; they never- 
 theless adventurously persisted, and, in spite of 
 many perils, succeeded in arriving within 157 miles 
 of the Pole (lat. 78° 10'). Among other discoveries 
 they met with an active volcano in lat. 77° 32' 
 south, and long. 167° east — seated amidst eter- 
 nal snows, and gaining an altitude of 12,400 feet. 
 To this was imparted the name of " Mount Erebus," 
 as had been to the continent that of " Victoria 
 Land." Valuable contributions during the voyage 
 were made to botany, zoology, and geology ; and 
 meteorology and terrestrial magnetism derived 
 much benefit from the assiduity bestowed on them. 
 The expedition returned in Sept. 1839 ; and as a 
 proof of the skill, humanity, and attention with 
 which it had been conducted, we must add that in 
 the whole of the four years it had only lost 3 men 
 by accident and 1 by illness.* A short time after 
 his arrival in England Capt. Ross received the 
 honour of ICnighthood ; and on 3 1 Jan. 1848 he was 
 appointed to the Enterprise discovery-ship, now 
 in search of the expedition under Sir John Franklin. 
 Sir Jas. Clark Boss was elected a Fellow of the 
 Linnsean Society in 1823, and a Fellow of the Royal 
 Society 11 Deo. 1828. He is also a Fellow of the 
 Royal Astronomical and Royal Geographical Socie- 
 ties of London and of other places in England, a 
 Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of 
 Copenhagen, and a Corresponding Member of the 
 Geographical Society of Paris. In 1833 he received 
 the thanks of the common council of London, and a 
 piece of plate from the Subscribers to the Land 
 Arctic Expedition ; in 1841 the " Founder's Gold 
 Medal" from the Geographical Society of London; 
 in 1842 the Gold Medal of the Geographical Society 
 of Paris ; and in 1844 the honorary degree of D.C.L. 
 from the University of Oxford. He married,' 18 
 
 * See ' A Voyage of Discovery in the Southern and Ant- 
 arctic Seas,' publislied by Sir J. 0. Ro^s in 1847, 
 
 Oct. 1843, Ann, eldest daughter of Thos. Coulman, 
 Esq., of Whitgift Hall, and niece of R. J. Coulman, 
 Esq., of Wadworth Hall. 
 
 KOSS, Kt., C.B., K.C.S., K.S.A. (Captain, 1818. 
 F-p., 23 ; HP., 38.) 
 Sir John Ross, born 24 June, 1777, at Balsar- 
 roch, CO. Wigton, is fourth son of the Rev. And. 
 Ross (of the family of Ross of Balnagown), Minister 
 of Inch and proprietor of Balsarrooh, by Elizabeth, 
 second daughter of Robt. Corsane, Esq., of Mickle- 
 nox, in Dumfriesshire, and sister of Robt. Corsane, 
 Esq., a Captain in the Foot Guards— the last of a 
 family whose representatives had for 18 successive 
 generations been Provosts of Dumfries by the same 
 Christian and surname, " Robert Corsane." Sir 
 John is brother of the late Major-General And. 
 Ross ; * and of Robt. Ross, Esq., Secretary at the 
 Cape of Good Hope and at Surinam, who died in 
 1837 ; cousin of Major-General Sir Hew Dalrymple 
 Ross, K.C.B., Deputy-Adjutant-General Royal Ar- 
 tillery, and of Major-General Sir Adolphus John 
 Dalrymple, Bart. ; and a distant relative of Major- 
 General Ross, who was killed at Baltimore. His 
 great-grandfather was Aide-de-Camp to Field-Mar- 
 shal the Earl of Stair, and fought as a Captain in 
 the Black Horse at the battle of Culloden in 1745. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1786, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pearl 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Seymour Finch, with whom he served in the Medi- 
 terranean until Dec. 1789. He was next, from 7 
 Nov. 1790 until 10 Sept. 1791, employed in the 
 Channel in the Impregnable 98, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Byard; and in Sept. 1799, after he had been for 
 several years in the merchant-service, he became 
 Midshipman of the Weasel sloop, Capt. Wm. D' Ur- 
 ban, part of the force engaged in the expedition to 
 Holland. On his return from a voyage to the Me- 
 diterranean he was received, in the course of 1802, 
 on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cunningham, 
 and Diligence sloop, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr; in 
 both which vessels he acted for a time as Lieutenant. 
 He was subsequently employed, on the Home and 
 Baltic stations — as Midshipman, in the Zealand 
 64, Kite sloop, and Grampus and Diomede 50's, all 
 flag-ships of Sir Jas. Saumarez — as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, in the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy— as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant and Commander, in the Liberty 14 
 — as Master's Mate, under Sir J. Saumarez, in the 
 Diomede, Cerberus, and Diomede again — as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant and Commander, in the Carteret 
 cutter — as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Sylphe 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Goate — a second time, as before, in the 
 Carteret— as Lieutenant (commission dated 13 
 March, 1805), in the Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton, Surinam 18, Capt. John Lake, and 
 Prince of Wales 98, Hibernia 120, Diomede 50, 
 and Victory 100, all flag-ships of Sir Jas. Saumarez 
 — as Acting-Commander (order dated 28 July, 1809), 
 in the Ariel 18, in which vessel he remained up- 
 wards of two months — and, again as Lieutenant, in 
 the Victory. While attached to the Surinam, Mr. 
 Ross was severely wounded in the head and body at 
 the cu tting-out of a Spanish vessel from beneath the 
 batteries of Bilboa. For this he was granted, in 
 1808, a pension of 91/. 5s., increased, in 1815, to 150/. 
 per annum. Towards the close of 1808 he was sent 
 from the Victory to act as Captain of the Swedish 
 fleet on board the Swedish Admiral's ship. Attain- 
 ing the rank of Commander 1 Feb. 1812, he was in 
 that capacity appointed — 31 March, 1812, to the 
 Briseis 10, in which sloop, stationed in the Baltic, 
 North Sea, and Downs, he captured, 9 Oct. follow- 
 ing, Le Petit Poucet French privateer, of 4 guns, 4 
 swivels, and 23 men, and drove on shore three ves- 
 sels of a similar description —7 June, 1814, to the 
 
 * Major-General Ross commanded the 54thregimentduring 
 tlie mutiny at Gibraltar in 1803, and by his conduct on tltat 
 occasion aaved tlie rock and the life of ttie I >ul(e of Kent. He 
 waa in consequence appointed equerry to H.ll.H., and A.D.C. 
 to the King, He was afterwards Governor of Antigua, St, 
 Kitts, Sle. Croix, and Demerara. He fought in Egypt, and 
 commanded the army opposed to Sachet in Catalonia. He 
 died at Carthagena in 1812. 
 
ROSS. 
 
 1007 
 
 Action 16, employed in the North Sea, the White 
 Sea, and on the coast of Ireland— 22 Aug. 1815, to 
 the Driver 18, attached to the force in the North 
 Sea and on the coast of Scotland— and 14 Jan. 1818, 
 to the Isabella hired sloop. In the latter vessel 
 he proceeded, in company with the Alexander 
 brig, commanded by the present Sir Wm. Edw. 
 Parry, for the purpose of exploring Baiiin Bay, and 
 inquiring into the probability of a north-west pas- 
 sage. Shortly after his return to England he was 
 advanced, 7 Dec. 1818, to Post-rank. The results of 
 his investigations are detailed by Capt. Koss in his 
 ' Voyage of Discovery,' published in 1819 in two 
 volumes 8vo., with map and plates. He was after- 
 wards, from May, 1829, until Oct. 1833, employed, 
 in the Victory steamer, on a fresh expedition to 
 the Arctic regions, equipped at the expense of the 
 present Sir Felix Booth, Bart.* He received the 
 honour of Knighthood, together with the Com- 
 panionship of the Bath, 24 Dec. 1834. On 8 March, 
 1839, he was appointed Consul at Stockholm, where 
 he remained several years. 
 
 During the war Sir John Boss, in three different 
 actions, was 13 times wounded. In consideration 
 of his sufferings he was presented by the Patriotic 
 Society with a sword valued at 100/. ; and for ser- 
 vices performed by him in the Baltic he was nomi- 
 nated a Knight Commander of the Swedish Order 
 of the Sword, and presented by the King of Sweden 
 with a sword worth 200/. He is also a Knight of 
 the Second Class of St. Anne of Russia (in dia- 
 monds) ; of the Second Class of the Legion of 
 Honour; of the Second Class of the Red Eagle of 
 Prussia; and of the Second Class of Leopold of 
 Belgium. In compliment to his services in the 
 Arctic Seas, Sir John has received gold medals from 
 the Geographical Society of London, the Geogra- 
 phical Institute of Paris, and the Royal Societies of 
 Sweden, Austria, and Denmark; the freedom of the 
 cities of London, Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, &c. ; and 
 six gold snuff-boxes from Russia, Holland, Denmark, 
 Austria, London, and Baden. He is the author, 
 among other works, of 'Letters to Young Sea Offi- 
 cers,' ' Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral 
 Lord De Saumarez,' and * A Treatise on Naviga- 
 tion by Steam.' He married, first, in 1816, Chris- 
 tian, daughter of Thos. Adair, Esq., W.S., Edin- 
 burgh ; and that lady dying in 1822, secondly, 21 
 Oct. 1834, Mary, only daughter of Retired Com- 
 mander Thos. Jones, R.N. By his first marriage 
 he has issue one son, a Magistrate at Cawnpore. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 EOSS. (LlEDTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 John Francis Ross served on shore, while Mid- 
 shipman of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, 
 in the attack upon Tortosa 2.5 Sept. 1840,t and 
 assisted, as Mate of the same ship, at the bombard- 
 ment of St. Jean d'Acre 3 Nov. following. He was 
 subsequently, until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, 19 Feb. 1846, employed, on the Mediterranean 
 and African stations, in the Devastation steamer, 
 Capt. Hastings Reginald Henry, Penelope steam- 
 frigate, Commodore Wm. Jones, Tortoise store- 
 ship, Capt. Arthur Morrell, and Espoir 10, Capt. 
 Geo. Sumner Hand. He was re-appointed to the 
 Penelope, in the capacity of Additional-Lieute- 
 nant, 21 Feb. 1846 ; he became First, in the course 
 of the same year, of the Rolla 10, Capts. John 
 Simpson and Hugh Myddleton Ellicombe, also on 
 the coast of Africa; and since 31 March, 1848, he 
 has been serving, again as Additional, in the Hi- 
 eebnia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the 
 Mediterranean. 
 
 EOSS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Melville George Hope Warrendek Ross 
 passed his examination 18 Dec. 1837 ; and on his 
 return from the North America and West India 
 station, where he had been serving as Mate in the 
 
 * See ' Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a North- 
 west Passage,' &c. 4to. Lond. 1835. 
 t yide Gaz. 1840, p. 2007. 
 
 Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 6 June, 1842. On the 
 following day he was appointed to the Columbia 
 steamer of 100-horse power, Lieut. -Commanders 
 Alfred Kortright, John Harding, and Peter Fred. 
 Shortland, under whom he continued employed on 
 surveying service on the coast of North America 
 until the early part of 1848. Since 2 March in that 
 year he has been First of the Investigator disco- 
 very-ship, Capt. Edw. Joseph Bird. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 EOSS. (Lieutenant, 1812.) 
 
 Richard Colmer Ross entered the Navy, about 
 1789, as Captain's Servant, on board the Carnatic 
 74, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, guard-ship at Plymouth. 
 He served next in the Channel and West Indies in 
 the Bombay Castle and Orion 74's, both com- 
 manded by Capt. John Thos. Duckworth ; and 
 during the French revolutionary war he was em- 
 ployed on the Home and East India stations, chiefly 
 in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Cambridge 
 74, Capt. Boger, Imperieuse 38, Capts. Lord Aug. 
 FitzRoy and Josias Rowley, and Intrepid 64, Capt. 
 Win. Hargood. After cruizing in the Channel as 
 Acting-Master in the Sea Flower cutter, Lieut. - 
 Commander Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, and as Mid- 
 shipman in the Temeraibe 98, Capt. Eliab Harvey, 
 he was nominated, 21 March, 1805, Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the WoODLARK 10, Lieut.-Commander Thos. 
 Innes, under whom, in the following Nov., he was 
 wrecked and taken prisoner on the coast of France. 
 Although promised further promotion, he did not 
 in consequence attain his present rank until 20 Nov. 
 1812. His last appointment was, 3 Dec. 1828, to 
 the Coast Blockade, in which service he continued 
 for about two years as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 EOSS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Robert Ross (whose name had been borne on 
 the books of the Cambridge 74, guard-ship at Ply- 
 mouth) embarked, 16 July, 1803, as Sec.-cl. Boy, 
 on board the Sea Flower 14, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, attached to the fleet in the 
 Channel; where, from Aug. 1804 (seven months 
 after he had left that vessel) until Feb. 1808, he 
 served, the greater part of the time with the rating 
 of Midshipman, in the Prince George 98, Capts. 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack, Barfleur 
 98, Capt. Sir J. S. Yorke, and Foudroyant 80, 
 flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Albemarle Bertie. After 
 he had been further employed on the Lisbon and 
 North Sea stations in the Minotaur 74, Capt. Nor- 
 borne Thompson, and Christian VII. 80, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, he joined, in Oct. 1810, 
 the Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack; under 
 whom, while cruizing off Madagascar, in company 
 with the AsTRiEA and Ph<ebe, frigates about equal 
 in force to the Galatea, and 18-gun brig Race- 
 horse, we find him, 20 May, 1811, participating in 
 a long and trying action with the French 40-gun 
 frigates Renwnme'e, Chrinde, and Ne're'ide, in which 
 the Galatea, besides being much damaged in her 
 hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men 
 killed and 46 wounded. Quitting her in Jan. 1813, 
 Mr. Ross was next, until Sept. 1815, employed on 
 the American and Home stations in the Saturn 56, 
 Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brown, Bittern sloop, 
 Capt. Geo. Augustus Hire, and Superb 74, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. He then took up a 
 commission bearing date 10 March, 1815 ; and has 
 not been since afloat. 
 
 ROSS, Kt. (Commander, 1833.) 
 
 Sib Thomas Ross, born 5 May, 1797, is second son 
 of Thos. Ross, Esq., of Rossford, co. Cork, by the 
 third daughter of the late John Attridge, Esq. of 
 Green Mount, co. Cork. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 July, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl, Vol., on board the Beaver 10, Capt. Edw. 
 
1008 
 
 ROSS— ROTHEUY— ROUS. 
 
 O'Brien Drury ; and during the remainder of tie 
 war was employed, principally in tlie capacity of 
 Midshipman, in escorting convoys from the Humber 
 to Wingo Sound and in cruizing on the coast of 
 Norway and Denmark. In Feb. 1815 he removed 
 to the CADiaus 10, Capt. John Gedge, stationed, for 
 the suppression of smuggling, in the North Sea and 
 Channel ; from the following Sept. until Nov. 1818 
 he served at Sheerness and at Cork in the Albion 
 and BuL-fl'ARK 74's, Capts. Jas. Walker and Geo. 
 M'Kinley, and Tonnast 80, flag-ship of Sir BenJ. 
 Hallowell ; and at the close of 1821, after he had 
 heen for nearly three years attached to the Coast 
 Blockade as Admiralty-Midshipman Of the Severn 
 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, he sailed in the Iphige- 
 KiA 42, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, for the coast 
 •of Africa, where, for his services, he was promoted, 
 20 March, 1822, to the rank of Lieutenant, and 
 nominated First of the Mokgiana 18, Capt. Christ. 
 Knight. He served in that vessel on the Brazilian 
 and West India stations until the ensuing Dec. ; 
 and was subsequently appointed— 1 May, 1823, to 
 the Gannet 18, Capt. Wm. Simpson, on the coast of 
 Ireland— 9 Oct. 1824, for 10 months, to the Egeria 
 24, Capt. Sam. Roberts, whom he accompanied to 
 the West Indies— next, to the Coast Guard in Ire- 
 land—again, about Oct. 1829, to the Coast Block- 
 ade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Tala- 
 VERA 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 31 March, 1831, a 
 second time to the Coast Guard in co. Kent — 
 and, 27 June, 1S32, to the command of the Lapwing 
 Kevenue-cruizer. As a reward for his distinguished 
 services against the smugglers, particularly in af- 
 fairs with them off Hythe and Dover, he was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 18 April, 1833. He 
 afterwards, from 30 June, 1834, until 1837, and 
 again, from 13 July, 1838, until 1843, performed the 
 duties of an Insi)ecting-Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. He received the honour of Knighthood from 
 the Marquess of Normanby, then Lord-Lieutenant of 
 Ireland, for his heroic conduct in going off to a 
 wreck at Malahide, in a gale of wind, 27 Nov. 1838. 
 Sir Thos. Ross married, 29 April, 1835, Anna 
 Maria, daughter of Geo. French, Esq., Q.C., of 
 Mountjoy Square, Dublin, niece of the second Lord 
 Castlemaine, and first-cousin of the present Lord 
 De Freyne, by whom he has issue five children. 
 
 ROSS. (Lieutenant, IS.SQ.) 
 
 Thomas Courtis Ross entered the Navy 6 May, 
 1824; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his 
 commission 26 March, 1839 ; was nominated, 7 May 
 'following, Additional-Lieutenant of the Melville 
 72, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot at the Cape of 
 Good Hope ; and assumed command, 8 Dec. in the 
 same year, of the Curlew 10, onthe coast of South 
 America ; whence, after performing for a short 
 time the duties of ^First-Lieutenant in the Fantome 
 16, Capt. Philip Geo. Haymes, he returned, in 1842, 
 to England. He has been employed in the Coast 
 Guard since 1 Aug. 1846. 
 
 KOTHERY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 27; h-p., 20.") 
 John Rothert entered the Navy, in Deo. 1800, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alligator 28, Capt. 
 Bowen, attached to the force in the Mediterranean ; 
 on which station he continued employed as Mid- 
 shipman in two other vessels, commanded by Capts. 
 Langford and Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, until 
 Sept. 1803. He served subsequently in the West 
 Indies and Channel in the 'Pandora, Capt. John 
 Nash, Alligator again, Capt. Chas. Richardson, 
 Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Lords Gardner and St. 
 Vincent, and Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford. 
 In 1807, being then in the London, 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Western, he accompanied the royal family of Por- 
 tugal in its flight to the Brazils. In July, 1809, he 
 became Acting-Lieutenant (a rank he had held on 
 board the London) of the Rosario sloop, Capt. 
 Booty Harvey, lying in the Downs, where, and in the 
 Baltic, North Sea, and Channel, he served as Mid- 
 shipman and as Master's Mate, from May, 1810, until 
 July, 1813, in the Princess of Orange and Prin- 
 
 cess Caroline 74"s, Capts. Fraa. Beauman and 
 Hugh Downman. In Oct. of the latter year he was 
 nominated Second-Master of the Montagu 74,'Capt. 
 Peter Hey wood, under whom he continued serving 
 as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission 
 dated 8 Feb. 1815) in the North Sea and Mediter- 
 ranean until July, 1816. Deducting a three years' 
 command, held from Oct. 1834 until Sept. 1837, of 
 the Cheerful Revenue-vessel, he has been in 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard since 10 
 Nov. 1829. 
 
 ROUS. (Captain, 1823. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.) 
 
 The Honourable Henry John Rous, born 23 
 Jan. 1795, is second son of John, first Earl of Strad- 
 broke, by hie second wife, Charlotte Maria, daugh- 
 ter of Abraham Whittaker, Esq. ; and brother and 
 heir presumptive of the present Peer. His half- 
 sister (his father's only child by his first marriage) 
 is the widow of Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Henry 
 Hotham, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roval William, Capt. 
 Hon. Courtenay Boyle, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Mon- 
 tagu at Portsmouth. In Feb. 1809 he removed to 
 the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge ; 
 and in the following Nov., after having attended 
 the expedition to Flushing, he became Midshipman 
 of the Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez in the Baltic. He joined next, in March, 
 1811, the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, em- 
 ployed off Lisbon and in the Channel; and from 26 
 Dec. in the same year until promoted, 18 May, 1814, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, he served on the Medi- 
 terranean station in the Bacchante 38, commanded 
 by the late Sir Wm. Hoste. On the night of 31 
 Aug. 1812 he assisted in the boats under Lieut. 
 Donat Henchy O'Brien, at the cutting-out from the 
 port of Lema of seven vessels laden with ship- 
 timber for the Venetian government, together with 
 La Tisiphone French national xebec, of 1 6-pounder, 
 2 3-pounders, and 28 men, one gun-boat with a 9- 
 pounder, 2 3-pounders, and 24 men, and another of 
 1 9-pounder and 20 men, intended for the protec- 
 tion of the trade on the coast of Istria, from Pola to 
 Trieste. He next, 6 Jan. 1813, united in a successful 
 attack made by the boats of the Bacchante and 
 Weasel sloops on five of the enemy's gun-vessels 
 in the neighbourhood of Otranto ; on 15 May fol- 
 lovring he assisted at the capture and destruction of 
 the castle and batteries of Karlebago, mounting 2 
 long 12-pounders and 2 brass 5's ; and on 12 June 
 in the same year he commanded the Bacchante's 
 yawl, and was highly spoken of for his conduct, at 
 the capture from under the town of Gela Nova, on 
 the coast of Abruzzo, of seven large gun-boats, 
 mounting each 1 long 18-pounder in the bow, three 
 smaller gun-vessels with a 4-pounder in the bow, 
 and 14 sail of merchantmen, four of which also had 
 guns in tlieir bow. The British, as they advanced, 
 were exposed to a heavy fire of grape and musketry; 
 and it was not until they were fairly alongside the 
 gun-boats that the crews of the latter slackened 
 their fire ; they were then driven from their vessels 
 with^reat loss. The shore astern of the assailed 
 was at the commencement lined with 100 troops, 
 who, however, fled on the first fire, leaving behind 
 them 2 field-pieces, which were destroyed by the 
 marines under Lieut. Haig. In performing this 
 brilliant exploit the boats of the Bacchante sus- 
 tained a' loss of 2 seamen and 1 marine killed, and 
 5 seamen and 1 marine wounded. In the ensuing 
 night one of the merchant-vessels, laden with oil, of 
 which Mr. Rous had been placed in charge, filled 
 and upset, but did not, owing to the buoyancy of 
 her cargo, go down. Although the wind was blow- 
 ing strong, her commander and his prize-crew were 
 providentially enabled to hang on by the starboard 
 gunwale from midnight until 4 a.m., when to their 
 joy they were discovered and picked up by the 
 sternmust vessel of the convoy, in charge of Hon. 
 Mr. Waldegrave, and under a press of sail for Lissa. 
 In 1813-14 Mr. Rous was concerned in the opera- 
 
ROUSE— ROUTLEDGE— ROWAN— RO WE. 
 
 1009 
 
 tions connected with the capture of Rovigno, on the 
 coast of Istria, the island of Lesina, and the strong 
 fortresses of Cattaro and Sagusa. His appoint- 
 ments, immediately suhsequent to his promotion, 
 were — 4 Aug. 1814, to the MiEANDER 38, Capt. John 
 Bastard, with whom he served off Lisbon and in 
 the Mediterranean until Dec. 1815—10 Jan. 1817, 
 to the Conqueror 74, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral 
 Kobt. Plampin at St. Helena — and, 2 Aug. follow- 
 ing, to the acting-command, on the same station, 
 of the PoDARGOs 14. From that sloop, to which 
 he was confirmed 26 Nov. 1817, Capt. Rous re- 
 moved, 25 Jan. 1818, to the Mosquito. In the 
 summer of 1819 he returned to England and was 
 paid off. His next appointments were, 16 Nov. 1821 
 and 9 Feb. 1822, to the Sappho 18 and Hind 20, on 
 the Cork and Mediterranean stations ; he attained 
 Post-rank 25 April, 1823; and he afterwards, from 
 30 July, 1825, until 25 Aug. 1829, and from 17 Nov. 
 1834 until the close of 1835, commanded the Rain- 
 bow 28 and Pique 36. In the former of those ships 
 he visited the East Indies, and discovered a river 
 (to which he gave the name of Richmond) to the 
 northward of Sydney, in New South Wales. The 
 Pique, while he was in her, ran ashore on the coast 
 of Labrador, was got off with great difficulty, and 
 crossed the Atlantic without a rudder. 
 
 In 1846 Capt. Rous filled a seat at the Board of 
 Admiralty. He had previously represented West- 
 minster in Parliament. Agents — Uallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 EOUSE. (LiEOT., 1807. r-p., 28 ; h-p., 20.) 
 
 John Wood Rouse entered the Navy, in Oct. 
 1799, as A.B., on board the Marlborough 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Sotheby, in which ship he was wrecked on a 
 sunken rock near Belleisle 4 Nov. 1800. Between 
 the following Jan. and the summer of 1806 he 
 served in the Channel (the chief part of the time as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate), in the Barfleur 
 98, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Collingwood, Fisgard 
 and Naiad frigates, both commanded by Capt. 
 Jas. Wallis, Conqueror 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, Fou- 
 DROYANT 80, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves, 
 and Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman. He 
 then joined the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he passed the 
 Dardanells, and lost a leg in the attack upon Prota 
 in Feb. 1807.* He was promoted in consequence 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 24 Aug. 1807, voted a 
 grant from the Patriotic Fund, and awarded, 28 
 May, 1816, a pension of 91/. 5s. From 25 Aug. 
 1815 until paid off 15 April, 1818, he commanded 
 the Pioneer cutter on the coast of Scotland ; and 
 from 26 July, 1820, until admitted, 2 Nov. 1837, to 
 Greenwich Hospital, he filled the appointment of 
 First-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval College at 
 Portsmouth. 
 
 The Lieutenant's second daughter, Frances Sey- 
 mour, is married to R. H. Forman, Esq., son of 
 Colonel Forman, of Croom's Hill, Greenwich. 
 
 EOUTLEDGE. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 William Henry Routledge entered the Navy 
 28 Nov. 1807; obtained his commission 21 Jan. 
 1824 ; and, from 15 April, 1824, until 1826, was em- 
 ployed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42, 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. 
 He has since been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 KOWAN. (Ketibed Commander, 1844. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 Edward Rowan entered the Navy, 28 May, 1799, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts. 
 Sampson Edwards and Geo. Eyre, attached to the 
 fleet in the Channel ; where, and in the West Indies 
 and Baltic, he served — from Feb. 1801 until the re- 
 ceipt of his Lieutenant's commission, bearing date 
 19 Oct. 1807, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in 
 
 • Fide Gaj. 1807, p. 597. 
 
 the- San Josef 110, Capt. Wm. Wolseley, Couea- 
 geux 74, Capts. Thos. Sotheby, John Okes Hardy, 
 and Thos. Bertie, Princess Royal 98, Capts. Her- 
 bert Sawyer and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, and 
 Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland. Under the 
 officer last mentioned he accompanied Admiral 
 Gambler in the expedition against Copenhagen. 
 His last appointments were, in Nov. 1807 and Aug. 
 1812, to the Paulina brig, Capts. John Rich. Lum- 
 ley and Westby Percival, and Dublin 74, Capts. 
 Rich. Balling Dunn and Thos. Elphinstone. In 
 those ships he was continuously employed in the 
 Mediterranean, among the Western Islands, and in 
 the Channel, until Sept. 1814. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 15 April, 1844. 
 
 Commander Rowan married, in 1841, at Carrick- 
 fergus, Elizabeth Maria, daughter of John Legg, 
 Esq. 
 
 KOWE. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 10 
 H-p., 39.) 
 
 Henry Nathaniel Rowe is youngest son of the 
 late Rev. Henry Rowe, LL.B., of Padnal Hall and 
 Toby Priory, co. Essex, Rector of Ringshall,. co. 
 Suffolk, by Harriet, daughter of the Rev. Thos. 
 Bland, of Tunstall House, Vicar of Sittingbourne, 
 CO. Kent. His grandfather was the only son of Na- 
 thaniel Rowe, Esq., of Eastworth House, Chertsey, 
 who sailed round the world with Lord Anson, and 
 who was himself the thirty-first child of John Rowe, 
 Esq., of Plawsworth Hall, co. Durham. Capt. Rowe 
 is a descendant of Sir Thos. Rowe, who was knighted 
 on the field of battle during the crusades, and is 
 of the family of Nicholas Rowe, the poet, whose 
 remains are entombed in Westminster Abbey. His 
 eldest brother, John, died of yellow fever in the 
 West Indies while serving as Midshipman on board 
 the Severn 44, Capt. John Whitby. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1798, as 
 L.M. (under the auspices of Isaac Hawkins Browne, 
 Esq., M.P. for Bridgenorth), on board the Zealand, 
 Capt. Thos. Parr, flag-ship at the Nore of Vice- 
 Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge. He served subse- 
 quently in the North Sea in the Hermes sloop, 
 Capt. Jeffery Baigersfeld, and, on becoming Mid- 
 shipman of the Wolverene, commanded at first by 
 Capt. John Wright, and next by Capt. Raigersfeld, 
 was employed in the expedition to the Texel. On 
 his arrival, in 1801, in the West Indies in the 
 Andromeda frigate, Capt. Jas. Bradby, he was 
 received as Master's Mate on board L'Eolair 
 schooner, commanded by the late Capt. Kenneth 
 Mackenzie, under whom he succeeded in cutting 
 out and in otherwise capturing many of the enemy's 
 privateers off the island of Guadeloupe, St. Martin's, 
 and Puerto Rico. For the services he thus per- 
 formed he was ordered, in 1803, to act as Lieutenant 
 of the Gdachapin 14, into which sloop he had fol- 
 lowed Capt. Mackenzie. In the course of the same 
 year, in consequence of anew Admiralty regulation, 
 he found himself under the necessity of resigning 
 his appointment and of returning to England for 
 the purpose of passing his examination ; and he 
 took a passage accordingly in the Arab 20, Com- 
 modore Hon. Robt. Stopford. After serving with 
 the Channel fleet in the Impetueux 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Byam Martin, he was nominated, 17 Jan. 1805, 
 Sub-Lieutenant of the Aimwell gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Joseph Marrett, lying in the Black- 
 water river in Essex. Being advanced, 19 March 
 following, to the full rank of Lieutenant in the 
 Ajax 74, Capts. Christopher Laroche, Wm. Brown, 
 John Pilfold, and Hon. Henry Blackwood, he was 
 afforded an opportunity of participating in that 
 ship in Sir Robt. Calder's action, and of sharing in 
 the glories of Trafalgar. On the occasion of her 
 destruction by fire off the island of Tenedos, 14 
 Feb. 1797, he was picked up by a boat and conveyed 
 on board the Canopus 80. At the ensuing passage 
 of the Dardanells he served as a volunteer on board 
 the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Chas. Boyles. On 
 his return to England he was appointed, in July, 
 1807, to the Valiamt 74, Capt. Jas. Young, then 
 
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 ROWE-EOWLANDS-UOWLATT. 
 
 on the eve of accompanying the expedition against 
 Copenhagen. During the siege of that place Mr. 
 Rowe was sent in-shore in command of the Charles 
 armed transport, for the purpose of covering the 
 debarkation of the troops. While he was thus en- 
 gaged a shell from one of the enemy's mortar-boats 
 fell into the magazine of the vessel, and she was at 
 once blown up. This took place 31 Aug. 1807 ; and 
 on the occasion Mr. Kowe (who was dragged by 
 the hair into a boat belonging to the Thundek 
 bomb, after he had sunk below the surface of the 
 water) had his leg shattered above the knee, his 
 collar-bone broken, his body dreadfully lacerated, 
 and his head and face so violently contused that he 
 was for some time bereft of sight.* In consider- 
 ation of his sufferings (his leg received immediate 
 amputation) he was presented by the Patriotic So- 
 ciety with the sum of 2001., and awarded, 11 Jan. 
 1808, a pension, increased in Dec. 1815 to 200;. per 
 annum. In 1809 he was sent in the Rosamond sloop, 
 Capt. Benj. Caldwell, to the "West Indies, where, on 
 19 Dec. in the same year, he was nominated by 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane Acting-Commander of the St. 
 Christopher sloop. To that vessel, after he had 
 assisted at the reduction of Guadeloupe, he was 
 confirmed by commission dated 2 May, 1810. He 
 returned in the following summer to England with 
 despatches in the Asp 16 ; and on 10 Sept. 1840 he 
 accepted his present rank. 
 
 Capt. Rowe is the author of two poetical works, 
 entitled ' Sacred Beauties ' and ' The Rainbow of 
 the Mind.' He married, in 1809, Joanna, youngest 
 daughter of Thos. Crew,-. Esq., of Cheshire, by 
 whom he has issue two sons and two daughters. 
 
 ROWE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Hugh Thomas Rowe entered the Navy 29 Aug. 
 1806; passed his examination in 1817 ; obtained his 
 commission 14 April, 1826 ; and in 1828-9 was em- 
 ployed on the coast of Africa in the Medina 20, 
 Capts. Wm. Benj. SuoHing and Edw. Webb. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 EOWE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Rowe entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.- 
 cl. Vol., on board the ViLLE de Paris 110, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Ricketts, bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis in the Channel. In Sept. 1805 he be- 
 came Midshipman, at Plymouth, of the Genereux 
 74; and from March, 1806, until Jan. 1813, he 
 served on the West India, Mediterranean, and 
 Home stations, the latter part of the time in the 
 capacity of Master's Mate, in the Belleisle and 
 Northumberland 74's, Capts. Wm. Hargood and 
 Hon. Henry Hotham. In the Belleisle he wit- 
 nessed the destruction of the French 74-gun ship 
 L' Impe'tueux, near Cape Henry, 14 Sept. 1806; and 
 in the Northumberland, while cruizing off L'Ori- 
 ent in company with the Growler gun-brig, he 
 assisted at the gallant destruction, 22 May, 1812, of 
 the French 40-gun frigates IjAricnne and UAndro- 
 maque, and 16-gun brig Mamelouck, whose united 
 fire, conjointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 
 5 and wounded 28 of the Northumberland's people. 
 After he had been for a short time borne on the 
 books of the Royal William, flag-ship at Ports- 
 mouth of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, he joined, in April, 
 1813, the Wolfe 24, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario, where he con- 
 tinued employed in the Star brig, Capts. Fras. 
 Brockill Spilsbury and Chas. Anthony, until taken 
 prisoner, 31 May, 1814, in an unsuccessful boat- 
 attack made under Capt. Stephen Popham upon the 
 enemy's flotilla at Sandy Creek. Since he returned 
 to England he has been on half-pay. His commis- 
 sion bears date 16 Aug. 1814.t Agents— Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 ROWLANDS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Samuel Rowlands, born 18 July, 1789, at 
 
 Chester, Is eldest son of the late Griffith Rowlands, 
 * VideGa?,. 1807, p. 1232. 
 t ^. Gaz. 1B14, p.- 1466. His conduct, as will be there 
 
 seeri, was highly cieditable. 
 
 Esq., who practised, for forty j;ears as a Surgeon in 
 that city, and acquired considerable reputation. 
 His brother, Richard, served in the 22nd Rcgt., and 
 died Barrack-Master at Dominica. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1805, on 
 board the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Josias Rowley, 
 part of the force employed at the ensuing reduction 
 Sf the Cape of Good Hope. After the surrender 
 of that colony he returned to England as Midship- 
 man in the prize-frigate Volontaire, Capt. Hon. 
 Josoeline Percy ; and on his arrival was received, 
 2 July, 1806, on board the Royal WilI/IAM, Capt. 
 H on. Courtenay Boyle. Becoming attached, 4 Aug. 
 in the same year, to the Colossus 74, Capts. Jas. 
 Nicoll Morris and Thos. Alexander, he partook in 
 that ship of much general service, was frequently 
 in pursuit of the enemy, and was stationed for nine 
 months off Cape Finisterre, and for nine off Toulon. 
 In the early part of 1809 he was ordered a passage 
 home in the Imp^riedse 38, Capt. Lord Cochrane, 
 for the purpose of joining the Amazon 38, Capt. 
 Wm. Parker, under whom he was for a long time 
 most actively employed in co-operation with the 
 patriots on the north coast of Spain, where he came 
 repeatedly into action with the enemy's batteries. 
 He continued in the Amazon as Master's Mate — 
 cruizing latterly in the Bay of Biscay— until Feb. 
 1812. He then joined the Salvador del Mundo, 
 Capt. Nash, lying at Plymouth ; and in the_ ensuing 
 spring, having passed his examination, again sailed, 
 in the Medbsa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell 
 Bouverie, for the north coast of Spain. On the 
 night of 4 June, 1812, we find him assisting in the 
 boats under Lieut. Josiah Thompson at the capture 
 and destruction, in the harbour of Arcasson, of La 
 Z)orade French store-ship of 14 guns and 86 men, 
 after a desperate struggle, in which the British had 
 5 men wounded, and the assailed, who had hailed 
 the latter in their approach, and were in every way 
 prepared for the attack, 63 killed and drowned. 
 On this occasion Mr. Rowlands steered the barge, 
 the first boat up, alongside the enemy's vessel. He 
 was subsequently present in the attacks upon Gue- 
 taria and Santander. At the latter place he landed 
 with a party of seamen, marines, and artillery under 
 Lieut. Chas. Henry Crooke on the rock opposite to 
 the castle, which was for three days successively 
 cannonaded. While on the Spanish coast he was 
 otherwise actively employed. On the return home 
 of the Medusa with despatches from Lord Welling- 
 ton he proceeded, in the Niemen 38, Capt. Sam. 
 Pym, to join on promotion the Impetueux 74, bear- 
 ing the flag at Lisbon of Vice- Admiral Geo. Martin. 
 In the boats of that ship he was on more than one 
 occasion sent with the troops up the river Tagus to 
 Villa Franca. On 29 March, 1813, he was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant (25 days after he had been ordered to 
 act as such) in the Jasper 10, Capt. Henry Jenkin- 
 son, also on the Lisbon station. He invalided 4 
 Feb. 1814, and was lastly, from 23 July in the same 
 year until 1 Deo. 1S15, employed on board the 
 Martial 12, commanded by Capt. Henry Forbes, 
 for a short time by himself, and by Capt. Jas. 
 Leach. While in personal charge of the sloop Mr. 
 Rowlands captured two smugglers in the English 
 Channel. He afterwards, under Capt. Leach, visited 
 the West Indies, was sent in a prize slaver to Nas- 
 sau, and cruized off Cherbourg prior to the sur- 
 render of Napoleon Buonaparte. Since he left the 
 Martial he has been on half-pay. 
 
 ROWLATT. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 William Rowlatt entered the Navy 18 March, 
 1824 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained 
 bis first commission 27 Dec. 1838. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 31 Aug. 1839, as Additional- 
 Lieutenant, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams 
 Sandom, on the lakes of Canada, whence he re- 
 turned in 1842—20 Feb. 1843, to the post of Agent 
 on board the Senator emigration transport — 16 
 Oct. 1845, again as Additional, to the Penelope 
 steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Com. 
 modore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa— and ig 
 
ROWLES— ROWLEY. 
 
 lOU 
 
 Dec. 1845, as Senior, to the Watekwitoh 10, Capt. 
 Thos. Fraa. Birch, on the same station. Shortly 
 after the paying off of the latter vessel he was ad- 
 vanced, 2.3 Dec. 1847, to the rank he now holds. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 ROWLES. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 BiRON George Rowles entered the Navy 16 
 Nov. 1833 ; passed his examination 23 June, 1840 j 
 and after serving on the coast of Africa and at 
 Portsmouth as Mate in the Heroine brig, Lieut. - 
 Commander Thos. Dilnot Stewart, and St. Vincent 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 7 July, 1843. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 14 Sept. 1843, to the Hya- 
 cinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, lying at Sheerness— 
 6 Dec. following, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the 
 ■Winchester 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Josceline 
 Percy at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he re- 
 turned in 1844—10 July, 18*6, for a few months, to 
 the Avenger steam-frigate, Capt. Woodford John 
 Williams, attached to the Channel squadron— 22 
 July, 1847, to the Recruit 12, Capt. Adolphus Slade, 
 employed on particular service — and, 16 Nov. in 
 the same year, to the Qdeen 110, Capt. Henry Wm. 
 Bruce, now in the Mediterranean. 
 
 ROWLEY, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H., K.M.T. 
 Admiral of the White, 184i. 
 
 Sir Charles Rowley was born 16 Dec. 1770, 
 and died 10 Oct. 1845, at Brighton. He was fourth 
 son of Vice- Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley (whose dis- 
 tinguished services procured him a Baronetcy 10 
 June, 1786, and who died 26 Feb. 1790), by Sarah, 
 daughter of Bartholomew Burton, Esq., Deputy- 
 Governor of the Bank of England; and grandson 
 of Sir Wm. Rowley, K.B., Vice-Admiral of Eng- 
 land, Admiral of the Fleet, and a Lord of the Ad- 
 miralty, who died 1 Jan. 1768. His elder brother, 
 Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sara. Rowley, died 
 Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica 7 Oct. 1811 ; his 
 eldest sister, Philadelphia, was the wife of the late 
 Admiral Sir Chas. Cotton, Bart. ; and his nephew, 
 the present Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart., is a 
 Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Sir Charles was first- 
 cousin of the late Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, Bart., 
 G.C.B., G.C.M.G., and of the late Rear-Admiral 
 Sam. Campbell Rowley. His uncle, William Row- 
 ley, died a Major-General in the Army. 
 
 This officer obtained his first commission 8 Oct. 
 1789 ; and was advanced to Post-rank 1 Aug. 1795. 
 He subsequently commanded the Cleopatra 32, 
 L'Dnite 36, BoADiCEA 38, Rury 64, and Eagle 74. 
 The Cleopatra, in April, 1796, made prize, on the 
 coast of North America, of the French corvette 
 Aurore of 10 guns ; and L'Unite, while cruizing in 
 the Channel, took, 17 Sept. 1797, La Brunette brig 
 of 10 guns (pierced for 16) and 80 men, and assisted 
 in taking, 24 of the same month and 7 Oct. follow- 
 ing, the privateers Indian of 16 guns and La De- 
 couverte. The Ruby was stationed off the Texel and 
 on the coast of Spain. While in command of the 
 Eagle, Capt. Rowley, in May, 1806, served with 
 the squadron under the orders of Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith on the coast of Naples and Sicily; and on 11 
 of that month took an active part in the reduction 
 of the island of Capri, where he had 2 men killed, 
 and 11, including his First-Lieutenant, wounded.* 
 In 1809 he accompanied the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren ; in 1810 he co-operated in the defence of 
 Cadiz; on 27 Nov. 1811 he captured La Corceyre 
 French frigate, mounting 28 guns (pierced for 40), 
 having on board 170 seamen (3 of whom were killed 
 and several wounded) and 130 soldiers, and laden 
 with 300 tons of wheat and a quantity of military and 
 other stores, from Trieste, bound to Corfu ;t and in 
 1813, besides assisting at the taking of Flume', he 
 reduced the Castle of Farasina, attacked the bat- 
 teries of Rovigno,! and signalized himself in a re- 
 markable manner at the capture of Trieste.§ At 
 Fiume he led in his gig the first detachment of ma- 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 933. 
 % V. Gaz. 1813, p. S340, 
 
 + V. Gaz. 1812, p. 226. 
 ^ V. Gaz. 1813, p. ie478. 
 
 rines, took possession, on landing, of the enemy's 
 fort, and then dashed boldly through the town, 
 although annoyed by musketry from the windows 
 of the houses and a field-piece in the centre of the 
 great street.* For his services in the Adriatic 
 Capt. Rowley obtained, 23 May, 1814, the royal per- 
 mission to accept and wear the insignia of a Knight 
 of the Imperial Military Order of Maria Theresa, 
 conferred on him by the Emperor of Austria. He 
 attained Flag-rank 4 June, 1814; was nominated a 
 K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815 ; held the chief command at the 
 Nore from the close of 1815 until 1818, and at Ja- 
 maica from 24 Aug. 1820 until 8 June, 1823 ; be- 
 came a Vice- Admiral 27 May, 1825 ; filled a seat at 
 the Board of Admiralty in 1834-5; was created 
 a G.C.H. 7 Oct. 1835, a Baronet 22 Feb. 1836, and 
 aG.C.B. 4 July, 1840; became a full Admiral 23 
 Nov. 1841 ; and commanded in chief at Portsmouth 
 from 26 Dec. 1842 until Sept. 1845. 
 
 Sir Chas. Rowley married, 7 Dec. 1797, Elizabeth, 
 youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Rich. King, and 
 was left a widower 11 Jan. 1838. His eldest son, 
 the present Sir Chas. Rowley, is a Lieutenant- 
 Colonel in the Army; his second. Burton, who died 
 in the West Indies in 1822, was a Lieutenant R.N. ; 
 his third, George, is a Captain in the Bombay Ca- 
 valry ; and his fourth and fifth, Richard Freeman 
 and Robert Hibbert Bartholomew, are both in the 
 JN avy — the former a Captain and the latter a Com- 
 mander. His youngest daughter, Louisa, is the 
 present Countess of Kinnoul. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 ROWLEY. (Commander, 1846. f-p.,9;h-p., 1.) 
 Charles Evelyn Rowley, born 30 June, 1824, 
 at Clonrael, co. Tipperary, is son of the present 
 Lieut.-Colonel Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., by Frances, 
 only daughter of Geo. Evelyn, Esq., of Wooton, co. 
 Surrey ; and grandson of the late Admiral Sir Chas. 
 Rowley, Bart, G.C.B., G.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1837, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 104, 
 Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Sir Robt. Stopford in the Mediterranean ; where he 
 continued employed until 1841 in the Sapphire 28, 
 Capt. Robt. Freeman Rowley, Beacon surveying- 
 vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves, Carysfort 26, Capt. 
 Henry Byam Martin, and again in the Princess 
 Charlotte. In the Carysfort he took a Mid- 
 shipman's part in the operations of 1840 on the coast 
 of Syria, including the attacks upon Tortosa and St. 
 Jean d'Acre. On leaving the Princess Charlotte 
 he joined, in July, 1841, the Eleotra 18, Capt. 
 Philip Gostling, fitting at Portsmouth ; in the fol- 
 lowing Aug. he removed to the Madagascar 44, 
 Capt. John Foote, whom he accompanied to the 
 coast of Africa ; and from Oct. 1842 until advanced 
 to his present rank 14 Jan. 1846 he served at Ports- 
 mouth as Midshipman, Mate, Lieutenant (commis- 
 sion dated 25 Sept. 1843), and Flag-Lieutenant, un- 
 der Sir Chas. Rowley and Sir Chas. Ogle in the St. 
 Vincent 120. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ROWLEY, Bart (Rear-Admikal of the Blue, 
 1848. F-P., 17; H-p., 28.) 
 
 Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley is second and 
 eldest surviving sou of the late Sir Wm. Rowley, 
 Bart., of Tendring Hall, co. Suffolk (whom he suc- 
 ceeded as third Baronet 20 Oct. 1832), by Susannah 
 Edith, daughter of Admiral Sir Robt. Harland, 
 Bart. ; and nephew of the late Admiral Sir Chas. 
 Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H. His brother, Robt. 
 Chas. Rowley, a Captain in the Army, is married to 
 a daughter of the second Lord Huntingfield. One of 
 his sisters, Sarah Marianne, is the wife of Sir Geo. 
 Dashwood, Bart., of Kirtlington Park, co. Oxford; 
 and another, Susan Arabella, of Colonel Mercer. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boadicea 38, commanded 
 in the Channel by his uncle Capt. Chas. Rowley. 
 On his return in the Morne Fortunee from the 
 
 * FfdcGaz. 1813, p. 2009. 
 
 6N2 
 
1012 
 
 EOWLEY. 
 
 West Indies, where he had taken part in the Cen- 
 TADE 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, in the attack 
 made upon Ste. Lucie in June, 1803, he joined, in 
 the course of that year, the Immortamte 36, Capt. 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; under whom, in 1804, he 
 wag wounded in an affair with the Boulogne flotilla. 
 He was subsequently, for nearly four years, em- 
 ployed as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the 
 KuBT 64 and Eagle 74, both commanded by Capt. 
 C. Kowley, and Melpomene frigate, Capt. Peter 
 Parker. While attached to the Eagle he served 
 on shore, in May, 1806, at the reduction of the 
 island of Capri. He obtained his first commission 
 9 April, 1808 ; was appointed, 15 June following, to 
 the D^dalus 32, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, on 
 the Jamaica station ; and after there serving for 
 about 18 months as Flag-Lieutenant in various ships 
 to his uncle. Vice- Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Kow- 
 ley, was nominated, 4 July, 1810, Acting-Commander 
 of the Sparrow sloop. He was confirmed in the 
 rank of Commander 8 Aug. following; and between 
 that period and the date of his Post-promotion, 30 
 Sept. 1812, was employed as such in the Sappho, 
 Shark, and Pelords. He then joined the Blos- 
 som 24, on the Mediterranean station, where he re- 
 mained for two years. His last appointments were 
 — to the Sybille 44, fitting for the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Kowley, with whom he served at Jamaica from 
 1820 until 1823— and 24 June, 1836, to the Corn- 
 wallis 74, on the Lisbon station, whence he re- 
 turned early in 1837. He attained Flag-rank 3 
 April, 1848. 
 
 Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley is a Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for Suffolk, of which co., in 1841, he was She- 
 riff. He married, 10 Aug. 1824, Charlotte, only 
 daughter of John Moseley, Esq., of Great Glemham 
 House, CO. Suffolk. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 close of 1847, he commanded the Satellite 18 in 
 the East Indies and on the south-east coast of Ame- 
 rica. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 ROWLEY. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 12.) 
 Richard Freeman Kowley, bom in 1806, is 
 fourth son of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Kowley, 
 Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Feb. 1819; passed 
 his time as Midshipman on board the Medina 20 
 and EuRYALUS 42 ; obtained his first commission 17 
 May, 1825 ; served, from 21 of that month until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 8 May, 1827, in 
 the Victory 104, as Flag- Lieutenant at Portsmouth 
 to Sir Geo. Martin; and from 14 Jan. 1829 until 
 advanced to his present rank 26 Feb. 1830, was em- 
 ployed in the capacity last mentioned on board the 
 Badger 10, at Plymouth, in the North Sea, and at 
 the Cape of Good Hope. On leaving that vessel 
 the officers and crew presented him with a liand- 
 some piece of plate, " as a lasting testimonial of 
 their esteem, and an expression of their gratitude 
 for the happiness they had experienced under his 
 command." His subsequent appointments were — 4 
 April, 1835, to the Sapphire 28, fitting for the Me- 
 diterranean, whence he returned in the summer of 
 1838— and 31 Deo. 1842, to the St. Vincent 120, as 
 Flag-Captain to his father at Portsmouth. He has 
 been on half-pay since Sept. 1845. 
 
 Capt. Rowley married, 12 July, 1838, Elizabeth 
 Julia, daughter of John Angerstein, Esq., by whom 
 he has issue seven children. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 ROWLEY. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Robert Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, born 
 in 1817, is fifth and youngest son of the late Admiral 
 Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, from the Royal 
 Naval College, 20 Deo. 1832; obtained his first com- 
 mission 1 June, 1837 ; served from 3 Nov. following 
 until the spring of 1841 as Additional-Lieutenant 
 and Lieutenant in the President 52, flag-ship in 
 the Pacific of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson 
 Koss ; was next, 24 Aug. in the latter year, appointed 
 to the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Trou- 
 bridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, fitting at Sheemess ; 
 and on 7 Feb. 1842 was advanced to the rank he 
 now holds. From 3 Dec. 1843 until paid off at the 
 
 ROWLEY. (Reab- Admiral op the Red, 1837. 
 F-p., 19; H-p., 38.) 
 
 Samdel Campbell Rowley was born 19 Jan. 
 1774, and died 28 Jan. 1846. He was third son of 
 the late Clotworthy Kowley, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, 
 and M.P. for Downpatrick, by Letitia, daughter and 
 co-heir (with her sister, the late Lady de Clifford) 
 of Sam. Campbell, Esq., of Mount Campbell, co. 
 Leitrim ; brother of Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, 
 Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H. ;* and first-cousin of Admiral 
 Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.H. 
 
 This officer (who had been educated at the Royal 
 Naval Academy) embarked, 10 March, 1789, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Blonde, Capt. Affleck, in 
 which vessel he served for nearly three years and 
 a half on the West India station. In the course of 
 1793 he became attached in succession to the Alli- 
 gator 28, Capt. Affleck, Romulds, Capt. Sutton, 
 ScEPTKE, Capt. Dacres, and Boyne, bearing the 
 flag of Sir John Jervis. On his arrival in the latter 
 ship in the West Indies he was made Lieutenant, 30 
 Jan. 1794, into the Vengeance 74, Commodore 
 Chas. Thompson. In the following summer, after 
 he had served on shore at the capture of the French 
 islands, he returned to England in the Reprisal, 
 Capt. Jas. Young. On the night of 10 April, 1795, 
 a few weeks prior to which he had joined the As- 
 TRS.A. of 32 guns and 212 men, Capt. Lord Henry 
 Paulet, he assisted at the capture of the French 
 frigate La Gloire of 42 guns and 275 men, 40 of 
 whom, in the course of a spirited action of 58 mi- 
 nutes, were killed and wounded, vrilth a loss to the 
 British of not more than 8 wounded. In the course 
 of the same year he took part in Lord Bridport's 
 rencontre with the French fleet off the IledeGroix. 
 He continued serving in the AsTR.aLAin the Channel, 
 West Indies, and North Sea, until made Commander, 
 6 April, 1799, into the Terror bomb. Having 
 fought in that vessel at the battle of Copenhagen, 2 
 April, 1801, Capt. Rowley was advanced, 29 April, 
 1802, to Post-rank. His subsequent appointments 
 
 * Sir Josias Rowley was born in 17ti5, and went to sea in 
 1779. He was advanced to the rank of Lieuten' nt in 1783, 
 to that of Commander in March, 1793, and to Post-rank (after 
 having, in the Laurel sloop, escorted the Princess Caroline 
 of Brunswick to this country) 6 April, 1795. He subse- 
 quently commanded tlie Bbaave of 40 guns, the Imperteuse 
 38, the Haisonnable 64, the Boadicea 38, and the America 
 74. In the Raisonnarle he fought in Sir Hobert Calder's 
 action, assisted at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, 
 took part in the operations which preceded the evacuation 
 of Spanish America by the British forces, and reduced the 
 town of St, Paul's, in the lie de Bourbon. "While stationed in 
 tlie Rio de la Plata he commanded the detachment of seamen 
 landed with Lieut.-General Wliitelocke's army for the pur- 
 pose of transporting the artillery from the place of debark- 
 ation towards the city of Buenos Ayres. During his servitude 
 in the Boadicea, Capt. Rowley had charge of the squadron 
 employed in tlie conquest of the lie de Bourbon ; he also 
 re-captured the Afrjcaine 38, and after a spirited action of 
 ten minutes, productive to the British of a loss of 2 men 
 wounded, and to the enemy of 9 killed and 15 wounded, 
 took La Venus of 44 guns and 380 men, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Haraelin, and her prize the Ceylon 
 32. In the same ship he distinguished himself greatly by 
 his indefatigable 'exertions at the reduction of the Isle of 
 France. In 1812-13 Capl. Rowley, in tlie America, com- 
 manded the squadrons stationed on the coasts of Sicily and 
 Naples. In Dec. of the latter year he made an attack, de- 
 feated by untoward circumstances, upon tlie city of Leghorn, 
 and in the early part of IS 14 be co-operated with the forces 
 under Lord Wm. Bentinck at the reduction of Uenoa. For 
 his signal services he was created a Baronet 2 Nov. 1813. He 
 attained Flag-rank 4 June, 1814 ; was nominated a K.C.B. 
 S Jan. 1815; held a command, during part of the same year, 
 in the Mediterranean fleet under Lord Exmouth ; was Com- 
 mander-in-Chief on the coast of Ireland from 1818until 1821; 
 was presented in 1819 with the freedom of the City of Cork 
 in a silver box ; obtained a seat in Parliament for Kinsale in 
 1821; became a Vice-Admiral 27 May, 1825; commanded 
 in chief in the Mediterranean fVom Dec. 1833 until Feb. 
 1837 ; and was made aCi.C.M.G. 22 Feb. 1834, a full Admiral 
 10 Jan. 1837, and a G.C.B. 4 July, 1840. He was for some 
 time equerry to the Duchess of Kent. He died 10 Jan. 1842 at 
 Mount Campbell, co. Leitrim. 
 
ROYER— ROYSE— UUBIDGE. 
 
 1013 
 
 were— 7 Jaii. 1811, to the Venerable 74, lying at 
 Spithead — 14 Feb. following, to tlie Ladrel 38, in 
 which ship, after visiting St. Helena, he was wreclied 
 on the Govivas Rock, in the Teigneuse Passage, 31 
 Jan. 1812*— 24 March, 1815, for nine months, to 
 the Impbegnable 104, bearing the flag of his bro- 
 ther, Sir Josias Rowley, on the coast of France and 
 in the Mediterranean— 28 Sept. 1818, to the Spencer 
 76, flag-ship of the same oflicer at Cork, where he 
 remained for three years— and 15 Sept. 1830, to the 
 Wellesley 74, employed on particular service. 
 He paid the latter ship off early in 1832, and attained 
 Flag-rank 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Rowley, a Magistrate for co. Lei- 
 trim, was presented, in 1819, with the freedom of 
 the city of Cork in a silver box. He married first, 
 
 16 Sept. 1805, Mary, daughter of ■ Thompson, 
 
 Esq., of White Park, co. Fermanagh ; and, that 
 lady dying in 1821, secondly, 4 Nov. 1830, Mary 
 Frances, only daughter of £dm. Cronyn, Esq., of 
 Newton, co. Kilkenny. 
 
 a pension of ibl. 12s. per annum. He is Harbour- 
 Master at Port Louis, Mauritius. Agents— Goode 
 and Lawrence. 
 
 EOYER. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Alfred Royek passed his examination in 1834 ; 
 and for his services on the coast of China was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June 1841. His 
 appointments have since been— 7 Sept. 1841, to the 
 BELviDERA38,Capt.Hon.Geo. Grey, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean, whence he returned home and was 
 paid off in the early part of 1845 — and, 21 March, 
 1846, as First, to the Favorite 14, Capt. Alex. 
 Murray, now on the coast of Africa. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 EOYER. (Eetibed Commander, 1838. r-p., 17; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 Charles Rover entered the Navy, in the spring 
 of 1794, as A.B., on board the Swiftsdre 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker in the 
 West Indies. He was afterwards, while serving in 
 the same ship under Capt. Benj. Hallowell, most 
 actively employed in the Mediterranean, where he 
 fought at the battlp of the Nile, took part as Mid- 
 shipman in many important operations on the coast 
 of Italy, and was present, 24 June, 1801, in a despe- 
 rate engagement of more than an hour's duration, 
 which reduced the Swiftsure to a wreck and ren- 
 dered her a prize to a French squadron of four sail of 
 the line under Rear-Admiral Ganteaume. Joining 
 next, as Master's Mate, the Camelion brig, Capt. 
 Thos. Staines, he assisted in the boats of that ship 
 at the capture of several armed feluccas near Tarra- 
 gona. He served subsequently in the Kent 74 and 
 Victory 100, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton and 
 Lord Nelson, both in the Mediterranean ; where he 
 was made Lieutenant, 19 Nov. 1804, into the 
 Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and 
 where, from Aug. 1805 until paid off in Aug. 1809, 
 he served in the Amboscade 32, Capt. Wm. D'Ur- 
 ban. His last appointment was, in May, 1810, to 
 the AsTK^Aof42 guns and 271 men, commanded 
 by his former Captain, Schomberg; under whom, 
 while cruizing, 20 May, 1811, off Madagascar, in 
 company with the Ph<ebe and Galatea frigates, 
 similar in force to the Astr.s:a, and 18-gun brig 
 Racehorse, he assisted after a long and warmly- 
 contested action with the French 40-gun frigates 
 Menommee, Clmrinde^ and Nereide^ and a loss to the 
 Astr^a of 2 killed and 16 wounded, at the capture 
 of the Renomme'e. On the surrender of the latter 
 ship he was sent in a sinking boat, accompanied by 
 Lieut. John Drury, R.M., and 5 seamen, to take 
 possession of her. His conduct while on board, we 
 are oflicially informed, reflected much credit upon 
 hira.t He left the Astb^a in Oct. 1811, and ac- 
 cepted his present rank 22 Feb. 1838. 
 
 For injuries sustained in the Ambuscade in 1806, 
 Commander Koyer was presented with a gratuity 
 from the Patriotic Fund, and awarded, 4 Nov. 1809, 
 
 * Capt. Rowley was tried by court martial, but acquitted 
 of all blame on account of the loss of his ship, 19 Feb. 181S. 
 
 t fide Gaz. 1811, p. 2190, where he is in error named 
 Rogers. 
 
 EOYSE. (LlEDT., 1829. F-P., 23 ; H-P., 5.) 
 
 William Rovsb, born in 1804, is youngest son of 
 the late Nicholas Foorde Eoyse, Esq., of Nantenan, 
 00. Limerick, by Mary, eldest daughter of Capt. 
 Croker, of Grange Hill, in the same co. His eldest 
 brother, Thos. Royse, Esq., now of Nantenan, is a 
 Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, and in 1816 
 served as High-Sheriff for co. Limerick. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1819, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active 46, Capt. Sir jas. 
 Alex. Gordon, with whom he served in the Medi- 
 terranean and on the coast of North America until 
 the close of 1821. He was subsequently for seven 
 years employed as Midshipman and Mate (he passed 
 his examination in 1826) in the Espi£gle 18, Capt. 
 Henry Theodosius Browne Collier, Ariadne 28, 
 Capt. Isham Fleming Chapman, Prince Regent 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom, and Dartmouth 
 42, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, on the Cape of Good 
 Hope, Home, and Mediterranean stations. He at- 
 tained the rank of Lieutenant 19 June, 1829, and 
 during part of the same and of the following year 
 was employed in that capacity, also in the Mediter- 
 ranean, in the Wolf 18, Capt. Geo. Hayes. He left 
 the latter vessel in March, 1830, and since 16 Jan. 
 1834 has been in charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Royse married, 4 Dec. 1834, Fanny, second 
 daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey, K.G.B., 
 who died Commander-in-Chief in North America 
 and the West Indies 28 May, 1841. 
 
 EUBIDGE. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 
 18; H-p., 33.) 
 
 Charles Rubidge entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 
 1796, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Arrow sloop, 
 Capt. Nathaniel Portlock, and during the 13 follow- 
 ing months was employed in the Channel. From 
 March, 1800, until Oct. 1802, he served on the 
 Home, Mediterranean, and West India stations in 
 the Ceres and Transfer, both commanded by 
 Capt. John Nicholas, and Ceres again, Capts. Wm. 
 Russell and Chas. Jones. In the Transfer he ac- 
 companied the expedition to Egypt in 1801. After 
 he had been for three years attached, in the Medi- 
 terranean, Channel, and North Sea, to the William 
 store-ship, Master-Commander Thos. Brown, and 
 Agincourt 64 and Orpheus 32, both commanded 
 by Capt. Thos. Briggs, he was nominated, 14 March, 
 1806, Sub-Lieutenant of the Censor, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Joshua Latimer Rowe. During the after- 
 part of the war he served in the Regulus 44, flag- 
 ship off Guernsey of Sir Edm. Nagle, SiTtsa. bomb, 
 Capts. Wm. Godfrey, Paul Lawless, John Bowker, 
 and John Fordyce Maples, and in command 
 of the Hardy and Bloodhound gun-brigs. The 
 jEtna assisted at the bombardment of Copenhagen 
 and the siege of Flushing; and the Hardy co-ope- 
 rated in the defence of Cadiz. The Bloodhound 
 was employed on the coasts of North America and 
 England. Lieut. Rubidge accepted his present 
 rank 12 Oct. 1841. 
 
 He is Registrar of Peterborough, Upper Canada. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 RUBIDGE. (Eetired Commander, 1845. f-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 34.) 
 Robert Henry Rubidge entered the Navy, 10 
 Dec. 1799, as A.B., on board the Hermes sloop, 
 Capts. David Gilmour and Jas. Watson, under whom 
 he was for two years and four months employed, 
 part of the time as Midshipman, in escorting con- 
 voys from the Nore to Cuxhaven, Elsineur, and 
 Leith. Joining then the Glatton 50, Capts. Na- 
 thaniel Portlock and Jas. Colnett, he made a voyage, 
 via the Cape of Good Hope, to New South Wales, 
 whence, in 1803, he returned to England round 
 
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 RULE-RUMLEY-RUNDLE-RUSHBROOKE-UUSSELL. 
 
 Cape Horn. He then joined the Utbecht 64, flag- 
 ship of Rear- Admiral Philip Patton in the Downs ; 
 and, on 13 May, 1807, after he had been for a 
 period of more than three years engaged in the 
 EuKiDicE 24, Capts. J. Nicholas, Wm. Hoste, and 
 Sir Wm. Bolton, in protecting the trade to various 
 places, he was made Sub-Lieutenant into the Sharp- 
 shooter, Lieut.-Commander John Goldie. He was 
 promoted, 2 June, 1808, to a full Lieutenancy in the 
 Stately 64, Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Jas. 
 Whitley Deans Dundas, flag-ship for some time of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Bertie in the Baltic ; and was 
 subsequently appointed~28 March, 1810, to the 
 Port Mahos brig, Capt. Villiers Fras. Halton, in 
 which vessel, until he invalided in April, 1812, he 
 was employed in the Channel, in escorting the trade 
 to Lisbon, and in cruizing off the north coast of 
 Spain— 3 Aug. 1812, for seven months, to the Rovee 
 sloop, Capts. Justice Finley and Fras. Erskine Loch, 
 stationed in the Bay of Biscay — and, 4 Sept. 1813, 
 to the Sparrow 16, also commanded by Capt. Loch, 
 under whom he was actively employed off St. Jean 
 de Luz and on the north coast of Spain. He went 
 on half-pay 18 May, 1814; and accepted the rank he 
 now holds 1 Nov. 1845. 
 
 EULE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.) 
 William Rule was born 15 June, 1787. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. 
 Chas. John Moore Mansfield, attached to the Chan- 
 nel fleet. After assisting at the capture of the 
 French 36-gun frigate La Franchise and several 
 other vessels he was, in June of the same year, dis- 
 charged. Re-embarking, in July, 1804, on board 
 the Polyphemus 64, Capts. John Lawford, Robt. 
 Redmill, Joseph Ore Masefield, John Broughton, 
 and Wm. Pryce Cumby, he contributed, during a 
 cruize off Cape St. Mary, to the capture, 7 Deo. 
 following, of the Santa Gerti-uyda Spanish frigate 
 of 36 guns, laden, besides a cargo of the most costly 
 merchandize, with 1,215,000 dollars in specie. He 
 fought also, as Midshipman, at the battle of Tra- 
 falgar 21 Oct. 1805; witnessed the surrender of 
 four heavy French frigates from Rochefort to a 
 squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. Hood, 25 
 Sept. 1806 ; took part under Rear-Admiral Robt. 
 Murray in the unsuccessful attack made upon Bue- 
 nos Ayres in July, 1807 ; and served in the boats 
 at the blockade and reduction of the city of St. 
 Domingo in 1809. From Oct. in the latter year 
 until Oct. 1810 we find him employed in the West 
 Indies and off Deptford in the Firefly 10, Lieut.- 
 Commander David Boyd, and HviENA store-ship, 
 Master-Commanders Geo. Andrews and John Fox- 
 ton. He next, in Dec. 1810, joined the Bedford 
 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, stationed at first off Flush- 
 ing, and afterwards on the coast of North America; 
 where he aided in the boats at the capture, despite 
 a fierce resistance, of a powerful flotilla, proved in- 
 strumental to the destruction of other vessels, and 
 was engaged in landing troops and ammunition dur- 
 ing the attack upon New Orleans. He took up in 
 June, 1815, a commission dated 4 of the preceding 
 Feb. ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Rule married, 8 July, 1817, Ann, daughter 
 of the late Geo. Hawkins, Esq., of Lewisham, co. 
 Kent, formerly of the Custom-House, London, and 
 has an only daughter. 
 
 again as Acting-Lieutenant in the Kangaroo sloop, 
 Capt. Lloyd. He was offlciaUy promoted 23 Feb. 
 1815; and has not been since afloat. 
 
 BUNDLE. (LlEDTENANT, 1839.) 
 
 Joseph Spakkhall Rundle was bom 5 Aug. 
 1815 in CO. Norfolk, 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 21 Oct. 1 829 ; passed 
 his examination 12 Oct. 1836, while serving on 
 board the Fairy 10, Capt. Wm. Hewett ; and for 
 his gallant conduct as Mate of the Volage 26, Capt. 
 Henry Smith, at the capture of Aden (on which oc- 
 casion he had the honour of planting the first 
 British flag, and aided in taking possession of the 
 island of Seerah), was strongly recommended by his 
 Captain, and was promoted to the rank ot Lieu- 
 tenant 1 May, 1839. Continuing in the Volage 
 until the return of that ship with Rear-Admiral 
 Elliot to England in 1841, he commanded her pin- 
 nace in an attack upon some Chinese war-junks in 
 Cowloon Bay 4 Sept. 1839, and assisted in another 
 made upon a fleet of them off Chuenpee 4 Nov. fol- 
 lowing. His next appointment was, 28 July, 1841, 
 to the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, on the 
 Mediterranean station, whence, in March, 1843, he 
 invalided from the effects of fever generated at 
 Xanthus while employed in embarking the valuable 
 collection of marbles made by Mr. Fellowes, now in 
 the British Museum. Since 19 Oct. 1843 he has 
 been serving, again in the East Indies, as Second 
 and First Lieutenant in the Fox 42, Commodore 
 Sir Henry Martin Blackwood. 
 
 RUSHBROOKE. (Ltectenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Henry Rushbkooke is second son of 
 the late Robt. Rushbrooke, Esq., of Rushbrooke 
 Park, CO. Suffolk, J.P., Deputy-Lieutenant, andM.P. 
 for the western division of Suffolk, by Frances, 
 daughter of Sir Chas. Davies, Bart. ; brother (with 
 Chas. Davies Rushbrooke, Esq., an officer in the 
 Army, who was drowned accidentally, in 1841, in 
 the dockyard at Portsmouth) of the present Robt. 
 Fred. Brownlow Rushbrooke, Esq., of Rushbrooke 
 Park, Captain in the Fusilier Guards ; and brother- 
 in-law of Lieut.-Colonel Eyres, of the Grenadier 
 Guards, and of Thos. Duffleld, Esq., of Marcham 
 Park, late M.P. for Abingdon (see the Berkshire part 
 of Mr. R. H. O' Byrne's ' Representative History of 
 Great Britain and Ireland'), and of Lieut.-Colonel 
 Eden, of the 56th Regt. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 March, 1829; 
 passed his examination 24 March, 1835 ; and, while 
 serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Mo- 
 narch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 8 Nov. 1841. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 13 Nov. 1841, to the Cal- 
 cutta 84, Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and Geo. Fred. 
 Rich, on the station last named — 20 Dec.' 1842, to 
 the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, lying at 
 Plymouth— 22 May, 1843, and 14 May, 1846, to the 
 Inconstant 36 and Orestes 18, Capts. Chas. Howe 
 Fremantle and Edw. St. Leger Cannon, both in the 
 Mediterranean— and, 8 Dec. 1846, to the St. Vin- 
 cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Chas. 
 Napier, now engaged on particular service. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 RUMLEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.) 
 
 James Bumley entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1803, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Brilliant 28, Capts. 
 Fras. Vesey, Robt. Barrie, Rich. Budd Vincent, and 
 Thos. Smyth ; in which ship he continued employed 
 on the coast of Ireland and in the Channel, part of the 
 time in the capacity of Midshipman, until Oct. 1809. 
 From that period until 1813 he served at the Cape 
 of Good Hope and on the coast of Africa in the In- 
 constant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate in the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Paul Irby, as Acting-Lieutenant in the Tigress, a 
 second time as Master's Mate in the Amelia, and 
 
 RUSSELL, Lord. (Captain, 1833.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Lord Edward Rus- 
 sell, born in 1805, is second son of the late Duke 
 of Bedford, by his second vrife, Georgiana, daughter 
 of Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon ; and halt- 
 brother of the present Duke of Bedford, of Major- 
 General Lord Geo. Wm. Russell, G.C.B., A.D.C. to 
 the Queen (some time Envoy Extraordinary and 
 Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin), 
 and of Lord John Russell, M.P., First Lord of the 
 Treasury.* Of his own brothers, one, Charles James 
 Fox, is a Major in the Army, and another, Francis 
 John, a Commander R.N. ; a third, Henry, also a 
 
 •An elaborate history of the house of Russell is given in 
 the Bedfordshire part of the 'Representative History of Great 
 Britain and Ireland,' by Robt. H. O'Byrne, Esq. 
 
RUSSELL. 
 
 1015 
 
 Commander K.N. (1841), died 2 May, 1842; and a 
 fourth and fifth, Cosmo George and Alexander 
 George, are ofiScers in the army. His Lordship is 
 brother-in-law of the Marchioness of Abercorn ; 
 and first-cousin of Commander John Russell, K.N. 
 (1822), who died in 1835. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 Jan. 1819 ; passed 
 his examination in 1825 ; was made a Lieutenant, 
 18 Oct. 1826, into the Philomel 10, Capt. Lord 
 Viscount Ingestre ; removed, subsequently to the 
 battle of Navarin, to the Dabtmouth 42, Capt. 
 Thos. Fellowes ; and, after having again served, as 
 First-Lieutenant, in the Philomel 10, under Capts. 
 Hon. Wm. Keith and Edw. Hawes, was advanced 
 to the rank of Commander 15 Nov. 1828. His next 
 appointments were— 22 Nov. 1830, to the Bhito- 
 MART 10 — 10 Jan. 1831, to the Savage 10, on the 
 coast of Ireland — and, 9 April, 1832, to the Nimrod 
 20, on the Lisbon station, whence he invalided in 
 Aug. 1833. He attained his present rank 19 Nov. 
 following ; and from 17 Nov. 1834 until the early 
 part of 1838 commanded the Actjeon 26 in South 
 America. 
 
 Lord Edw. Kussell has sat in Parliament for 
 Tavistock since 1841. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 EUSSELL, LoKD. (Commander, 1837. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 8.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Lord Francis John 
 Russell, born in Oct. 1808, is brother of Lord Edw. 
 Russell, Captain R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1822, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Owen Glendower 42, 
 Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, stationed in 
 the Channel; removed, in the following Sept., to 
 the Northumberland 78, Capt. Thos. J as. Maling, 
 guard-ship in the river Medway ; and, after serving 
 in South America as Midshipman in the Tartar 
 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Cambridge 82, Capt. 
 T. J. Maling, again in the Medway in the Prince 
 Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom, and as 
 Mate in the Undaunted 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. 
 J as. Clifford, was promoted, 7 Aug. 1829, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, and re-appointed to the Un- 
 daunted, commanded subsequently by Capt. Edw. 
 Harvey. While in that ship he escorted Lord Wm. 
 Bentinck as Governor-General to India, was sent to 
 the Western Islands for the purpose of affiirding 
 security to British property, and was for three 
 months employed in cruizing for the protection of 
 the homeward-bound trade against piracy. He left 
 the Undaunted in Feb. 1831, and was subsequently 
 appointed— 5 May, 1831, to the Stag 46, Capt. Sir 
 Edw. Thos. Troubridge, employed in watching the 
 manoeuvres of the fleet which sailed from the 
 Western Islands under the orders of Don Pedro 
 and Admiral Sartorius for the invasion of Portugal 
 and the placing of Donna Maria on the throne— 24 
 Sept. 1832, to the Larne 18, Capt. Wm. Sidney 
 Smith, stationed in the North Sea, where he re- 
 mained until April, 18.33— and, 30 Jan. 1834, to the 
 Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. Borough Strong, fitting 
 for the West Indies. Shortly after the paying ofi' 
 of the latter ship he was advanced, 5 Dec. 1837, to 
 the rank of Commander. He served next, from 27 
 July, 1838, until paid ofi' in the summer of 1840, 
 in the Harlequin 16, in the Mediterranean and on 
 the west coast of Africa; and since 7 June, 1848, 
 he has been in command of the Tweed 18, on the 
 S.E. Coast of America. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 RUSSELL. (Captain, 1845.) 
 
 John Russell (i) entered the Navy 16 Dec. 1824 ; 
 passed his examination in 1831 ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 9 May, 1832, into the Ariadne 28, 
 Capt. Chas. Phillips, on the North America and 
 West India station, whence he returned in the 
 spring of 1834. His succeeding appointments were 
 — 7 Aug. 1834, to the Malabar 74, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Augustus Montagu, employed in the Mediterranean 
 and off Lisbon— 26 July, 1838, as Senior, to the 
 Medea steam-vessel, Capt. John Neale Nott, with 
 whom he served on the coast of North America 
 
 until paid off in Nov. 1839— and, 28 July, 1840, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Stromboli, another steamer , 
 Capt. Woodford John Williams. For his conduct 
 at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre he was 
 advanced, 4 Nov. following, to the rank of Com- 
 mander. He afterwards, from 24 July, 1841, until 
 posted on his return to England 6 Nov. 1845, com- 
 manded the Ardent steam-sloop, on the South 
 American and African stations. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 RUSSELL. (Captain, 1836.) 
 
 Robert Russell is a relative, we understand, of 
 the Duchess of Cleveland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 27 Feb, 1820 ; passed 
 his examination 8 April, 1826; obtained his first 
 commission 30 April, 1827 ; was appointed, 28 June 
 ensuing, to the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fel- 
 lowes; served under that officer at the battle of 
 Navarin ; obtained command, 2 Dec. 1828, of the 
 WoLE sloop, on the Mediterranean station ; and 
 was dismissed the service for getting his ship on 
 shore at the back of the Isle of Wight on the night 
 of 10 March, 1830. He was restored, however, 
 about the month of Nov. following ; and after having 
 had command, from 27 Dec. 1831 until the close of 
 1834, of the Victor 18, in the river Douro and on 
 the North America and West India station, was 
 advanced, 9 May, 1836, to Post-rank. On 21 Nov. 
 1832 he made prize of the Negrito^ a Spanish vessel 
 from the coast of Africa, bound to Cuba, with a 
 cargo on board of 526 slaves. His last appointment 
 was to the Act^eon 26, the command of which ship 
 he retained, on the Brazil and Cape of Good Hope 
 station, from 14 Aug. 1838 until the summer of 1842. 
 
 Capt. Russell married, 27 June, 1834, Hester, 
 eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Stephen Lush- 
 ington, D.C.L., the eminent civilian. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 RUSSELL. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 17; h-p., 27.) 
 William Russell entered the Navy, 27 Aug. 
 1803, as Ordinary, on board the Mermaid 32, Capt. 
 Aiskew Paffard Hollis, under whom he was for four 
 years employed in the Channel and on the Jamaica, 
 Halifax, and Lisbon stations. He then, in Aug. 
 1807, joined the Marlborough 74, Capts. Graham 
 Moore, John Phillimore, and Scott. In the course 
 of the same year he accompanied the royal family 
 of Portugal in its flight to the Brazils. He cruized 
 subsequently off Cherbourg; and, while attached 
 to the Walcheren expedition, was intrusted, from 
 1 July, 1809, to 7 Jan. 1810, with the command of a 
 gun-boat. In March, 1812 (he had previously 
 attained the ratings of Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate), he was again placed under the orders of 
 Capt. Moore on board the Chatham 74, stationed, 
 as had been for a long time the Marlborough, in 
 the North Sea. After serving for a few months at 
 Barbadoes in the Coquette, Capt. Simpson, he was 
 promoted, 10 Nov. 1813, to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 He was next, until the autumn of 1815, employed 
 in different vessels on the lakes of Canada; he 
 fought in the Fury bomb, Capt. Constantino Rich. 
 Moorsom, at the bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 
 1816 ; in Oct. of that year he joined the Conqueror 
 74 at Sheerness ; and from Jan. 1817 until Aug. 
 1818, and from April, 1822, until 1825, he served, 
 under the same officer, in the Prometheus 22 and 
 Ariadne 28, on the Home station. He did not 
 afterwards go afloat. 
 
 RUSSELL. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 William Nathaniel Russell entered the Navy 
 28 June, 1826 ; passed his examination in 1832 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 26 Sept. 1834 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed, on the Lisbon and Medi- 
 terranean stations— 21 Nov. 1834, as a Supernume- 
 rary-Lieutenant, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Henry 
 Shiffner— 7 Nov. 1835, to the Jaseur 16, Capt. 
 John Hackett— 28 Feb. 1837, as Additional, to the 
 Caledonia 120, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin— 12 
 April, 1837, to the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 
1016 
 
 RUST-RUTHERFORD-RYDER-RYE. 
 
 Fellowes— and, 22 Aug. 1840, after a few months of 
 half-pay, to the Cai.cotta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Ro- 
 berts. He was advanced to the rank of Commander 
 30 Aug. 1841 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 EUST. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.) 
 
 KoBERT Rust died 21 Oct. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1806, as 
 A.B., on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen, with whom he continued, employed as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, in the same ship and in 
 the Inconstant 36 and Cornwall 74, off the coast 
 of France and in the Worth Sea, until made Lieu- 
 tenant, 6 Deo. 1813, into the San Josef 110, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Rich. King on the Mediterranean 
 station, where, from May to I>ec. 1814, he served 
 in the Rainbow 26, Capt. Jas. "Wemyss. "While 
 attached to the Clsde he was frequently employed 
 in mortar and rocket boats off Boulogne, and in 
 1809 accompanied the expedition to the "Walcheren. 
 After he left the Rainbow he did not go afloat. 
 
 KUTHERFOED. (Lieotenant, 1840.) 
 
 Gilbert Brydone Rutherford entered the 
 Navy 7 Nov. 1829; passed his examination in 18.36; 
 and obtained his commission 3 June, 1840. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 6 Aug. 1841, to the 
 Illdstrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas, Adam on the 
 North America and West India station, whence he 
 returned in 1845— and 13 March, 1846, and 14 Feb. 
 1847, as First-Lieutenant, to the Devastation 
 steam-sloop of 400-horse power, Capt. Edw. Crouch, 
 and Penelope steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham, 
 both on the coast of Africa. He was nominated 
 Acting-Commander of the Penelope 26 April, 1848. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 EYDEE. (Captain, 1848.) 
 
 Alfred Phillipps Ryder, bom 27 Nov. 1820, is 
 seventh son of Hon. Henry Ryder, Bishop of Lich- 
 field and Coventry, who died in 1836, by Sophia, 
 daughter of the late Thos. March Phillipps, Esq., 
 of Garendon Park, oo. Leicester ; nephew of the 
 first Earl of Harrowby ; and brother-in-law of the 
 Right. Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, Bart., Secretary of State 
 for the Home Department. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1833 ; passed 
 his examination 24 July, 1839 ; studied afterwards 
 at the Royal Naval College, obtained his first com- 
 mission 2 July, 1841 ; served from 22 Sept. follow- 
 ing until paid off in 1845 in the Belvidera 42, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion ; acquired the rank of Commander 15 Jan. 
 1846 ; and from 26 May, 1847, until advanced to his 
 present rank, 2 May, 1848, was employed in North 
 America and the West Indies in the Vixen steam- 
 sloop of 280-horse power. 
 
 until 1822 he again served in the Owen Glekdower. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Ryder was returned to Parliament tor 
 Hertfordshire in 1841. He married, 30 May, 1825, 
 Georgiana Augusta, third daughter of Henry 
 Charles, sixth Duke of Beaufort ; by whom he has 
 a large family. 
 
 EYDEE. (Lieut., 1816. p-p., 18; h-p., 21.) 
 
 William Ryder entered the Navy, 2 July, 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Narcissus 32, Capts. 
 Chas. Malcolm and Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer. In 
 April, 1809, he served on shore at the capture of the 
 Saintes ; and in 1810 he was actively employed in 
 co-operation with the patriots on the north coast 
 of Spain ; where he landed with a detachment of 
 seamen and marines under Capt. Aylmer and 
 had several skirmishes with the enemy's troops 
 in the neighbourhood of Santona. He was also 
 for some time engaged on the coast of Labrador 
 and off Greenland in affording protection to the 
 fur-trade and the whale fisheries. In March, 1812, 
 he removed to the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. 
 Jas. Nash, lying at Plymouth ; he again, in July of 
 the same year, joined the Narcissus, then com- 
 manded by Capt. John Rich. Lumley ; and from 
 the following Sept. until the receipt of his commis- 
 sion, bearing date 16 Sept. 1816, he served on the 
 Cork, Lisbon, Baltic, Channel, North American, 
 and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, in the Alfred 74, Capt. Joshua 
 Sydney Horton, Ulysses 44, Capts. Wm. Fothergill 
 and Thos. Browne, Pactolus 38, Capts. Hon. F. W. 
 Aylmer and Wm. Hugh Dobbie, and Severn 40, 
 Capt. Aylmer. In 1813 he was much employed in 
 the Ulysses in escorting convoys through the Belts, 
 and came often in her boats into contact with the 
 Danish gun-vessels. While Master's Mate, in 1814- 
 15, of the Pactolds, he served in a rocket-boat at 
 the bombardment of Stonington, took part in other 
 operations on the coast of North America, and ac- 
 companied a highly successful expedition sent to the 
 Gironde for the support of the French King. For 
 his conduct in the Severn at the battle of Algiers 
 he was promoted, as above, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. Between 1825 and 1831 he held command of 
 different stations in the Coast Guard ; and from the 
 latter date imtil 1834, when his health obliged him 
 to resign, he was employed as an Agent on board 
 the Hope transport in conveying stores and troops 
 to the North Seas, the coast of Portugal, and the 
 Mediterranean. 
 
 EYDEE, M.P. (Lieotenant, 1819. r-p., 9; 
 
 H-p., 25). 
 The Honourable Granville Dudley Eydee, 
 born in Nov. 1799, is second son of the first Earl of 
 Harrowby, by Susan, daughter of Granville, first 
 Marquess of Stafford ; brother-in-law of Earl For- 
 tescue, and of Capt. Edw. Saurin, R.N. ; and first- 
 cousin of Capt. Arthur Phillipps Ryder, E.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 April, 1813, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Malta 80, Capt. Sam. 
 Hood Inglefield, bearing the flag in the Mediterra- 
 nean of Rear- Admiral Benj. Hallowell; with whom, 
 from the spring of 1815 until Nov. 1817, he served 
 in the Channel and at Cork as Midshipman in the 
 ToNNANT 80. After he had been again, for about 
 18 months, employed in the Mediterranean in the 
 Ganymede 26, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, 
 he joined with that ofiioer, in Aug. 1819, the Owen 
 Glendower 42. He was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 2 Sept. following ; he was removed, on 
 his arrival in South America, to the Vengeub 74, 
 Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland ; and from Jan. 1820 
 
 EYE. (Eetired Commander, 1847. f-p., 11;"* 
 H-p., 38.) 
 George Hubert Rye entered the Navy, in May, 
 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jalocse sloop, 
 Capt. John Temple, stationed in the North Sea ; 
 and in the following year was present as Midship- 
 man of the Ardent 64, Capt. Thos. Bertie, in the 
 expedition to Holland. After participating in the 
 MoDESTE, Capt. Martin Hinton, in the operations 
 of 1801 in Egypt, he returned home from the Medi- 
 terranean in the spring of 1802 on board the Pallas, 
 Capt. Jos. Edmonds. From April, 1803, until the 
 early part of 1809 he served on the North Sea, 
 Newfoundland, Lisbon, and Downs stations, in the 
 Ceres, Lieut.-Commander Johnson, Crescent, 
 Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, Terror, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Whitaker, Curlew, Capt. Jas. Murray 
 Northey, Capelin, Lieut.-Commander M'Donald, 
 Elizabeth 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon, and 
 Glommen, Capt. Chas. Pickford. On 8 March, 1809, 
 he was made Lieutenant into the Rolla 10, Capt. 
 Sam. Clarke, lying in the Downs ; and between the 
 following Nov. and Dec. 1810 he was employed in 
 Quiberon Bay, off Flushing, and in the Tagus, in 
 the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, Audacious 74, 
 Capt. Donald Campbell, and Romulus frigate, com- 
 manded by the present Earl of Leven and Melville. 
 In Nov. 1823 he obtained an appointment in the 
 
 * Apart firom the time he passed in the Water Guard. 
 
RYE-UYMER— RYVES. 
 
 1017 
 
 Water Guard. 
 April, 1847. 
 
 He accepted his present rank 9 
 
 BYE. (Eear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 44.) 
 Petek Rye entered the Navy, in June, 1778, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Winciielsea 32, 
 Capt. Chas. Saxon. In April, 1779, on his return 
 from escorting convoy to Jamaica, he joined the 
 CoNQHESTADOE 74, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral 
 Robt. Roddam at the Nore ; and while serving, for 
 upwards of three years, in the Jason 32, Capt. Jas. 
 Pigott, he assisted in beating off, at one time, a 
 French frigate, a ship, and a sloop, between the 
 Nore and Great Yarmouth, and was present, about 
 1782, in a stiff action fought in the Bay of St. Jago. 
 Between Oct. in the latter year and 1786 he was 
 employed on the American, West India, and Ports- 
 mouth stations, in the Thobn 16, Capt. Wm. Lech- 
 mere, Hebmione 32, Capt. Wm. Stone, Champiok 
 20, Capt. Thos. Sotheby, and Tkidmph 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Sam. Hood. In 1790 he joined the ViCTOKr 
 100, bearing the.flag in the Channel of Lord Brid- 
 port; and on 16 March, 1791, he was made Lieute- 
 nant into the Gorgon 44, Capt. John Parker. Be- 
 ing next, 22 Jan. 1793, appointed to the Crescent 
 of 42 guns and 257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez, he 
 distinguished himself in that ship, and was wounded 
 in the head, at the capture, 20 Oct. ensuing, of the 
 French frigate La Reunion of 36 guns and 320 men, 
 120 of whom were either killed or wounded, with 
 scarcely any casualty of the British.* In Dec. of 
 the same year he accompanied an expedition under 
 Earl Moira and Rear- Admiral M'Bride to the coast 
 of Normandy and Brittany ; and on 8 June, 1794, 
 we find him in action with an enemy's squadron of 
 very superior force, from which the Crescent es- 
 caped by the most bold and masterly manoeuvres. 
 When with Sir Jas. Saumarez (who had been 
 Knighted for the capture of La Reunion) in the 
 Okion 74, Mr. Rye fought in Lord Bridport's action 
 23 June, 1795. He afterwards had charge, for about 
 12 months, of the Earl Spencer cutter of 14 guns, 
 employed on particular service ; and on 1 Jan. 1801 
 he was presented with a second promotal commis- 
 sion. During the period which elapsed between 
 the date last mentioned and the peace of Amiens 
 he cruized with success in the Rambler 14, on the 
 Jersey station. He subsequently commanded the 
 Providence hired armed brig, on the Baltic and 
 Cork stations, from April, 1804, until promoted to 
 Post rank 12 Aug. 1812 ; and the Cevlon and Por- 
 poise, from April, 1813, until Oct. 1814. In the 
 Providence he aflForded protection to several con- 
 voys, and made prize, 11 April, 1805, of the Dutch 
 schooner L'Honneur of 12 guns, carrying 1000 stand 
 of arms, besides taking, on another occasion, a ship 
 of 700 tons. He also beat off five Danish gun-boats 
 while becalmed off Jutland. In the Ceylon he was 
 sent to G ottenborg to superintend the depaijture of 
 convoys ; and in the Porpoise he was employed on 
 particular service of an important character. He 
 accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Rye, from 18 July, 1837, until the 
 period of his last promotion, was on the out-pension 
 of Greenwich Hospital. He is married, and has is- 
 sue. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 EYMER. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 David Rymeb died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 27 Sept. 1810; 
 passed his examination in 1817 ; was advanced to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 29 Juljf, 1825 ; obtained 
 charge, 30 Oct. 1833, of a station in the Coast 
 Guard ; removed, 15 June, 1838, to the command 
 (which he held for five years) of the Mermaid 
 Revenue-vessel ; and from 22 June, 1843, until the 
 period of his death, was again employed in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 EYVES, C.B. (Capt., 1830. r-P., 17 ; h-p., 26.) 
 George Prederick Etves, born 25 Sept. 1792, is 
 eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral Geo. Fred. 
 • FirfeGaz. 1793, p. 938. 
 
 Ryves,* of Shroton House, co. Dorset, by his first 
 wife, Catherine Elizabeth, third daughter of the 
 Hon. Jas. Everard Arundell, of Ashcombe, co. 
 Wilts, and aunt of the present Lord Arundell, of 
 Wardour. He is half-brother of Lieut. Herbert 
 Thoa. Ryves, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Sept. 1804, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw. 
 Pelham Brenton, with whom, after serving off 
 Havre, he removed, early in 1805, to the Abia- 
 RANTHE 18, on the Leith station. He next, in Jan. 
 1808, joined the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe 
 Pleydell Bonverie, employed in the Bay of Biscay ; 
 and on 24 Nov. 1810 he was made Lieutenant into 
 the Alered 74, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson. Pre- 
 viously to following that officer, in April, 1811, into 
 the Implacable 74, he appears to have landed with 
 the naval brigade on the north coast of Spain, and 
 to have served with the flotilla at the defence of Ca- 
 diz. He left the Implacable in Nov. 1812 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 2 Feb. and 15 Dec. 1813, 
 to the PoMONE 38 and Magicienne 36, Capts. Philip 
 Carteret and Hon. Wm. Gordon, both on the Lisbon 
 station — 10 Sept. 1814, to the Clorinde 38, Capt. 
 Sam. Geo. Pechell, under whom we find him in 
 attendance upon the unfortunate consort of George 
 IV. during her visit to the Mediterranean in 1815- 
 16—24 Dec. 1818, as First, to the Morgiana 18, 
 Capts. Chas. Borough Strong and Wm. Finlaison, 
 fitting for the coast of Africa, whence he invalided 
 at the commencement of 1821 — 16 May, 1822, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, whom he accompanied to the East In- 
 dies—and 8 April, 1823, to the acting-command, on 
 that station," of the Sophie 18, to which vessel he 
 was confirmed 22 Oct. in the same year. During 
 the war in Ava, where he remained until his health, 
 in April, 1825, obliged him to return to England, 
 Capt. Ryves, one of the chief performers in the 
 scenes that occurred, rendered himself famous by 
 the brilliancy and importance of his services. f He 
 was in consequence nominated a C.B. 26 Dec. 1826 ; 
 and advanced to Post-rank 22 July, 1830. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 27 June, 1827, Charity, third daugh- 
 ter of Thos. Theobald, Esq., of Grays, co. Essex, 
 by whom he has issue. Agents — Goode and Law- 
 rence. 
 
 EYVES. (Liedtenant, 1841.) 
 
 Herbert Thomas Ryves is son of the late Rear- 
 Admiral Geo. Fred. Ryves, by his second wife, 
 Emma, daughter of Rich. Robt. Graham, Esq. ; and 
 half-brother of Capt. Geo. Fred. Ryves, R.N. One 
 of his ovra. brothers, Walter Robert, in the Royal 
 Navy, was drowned ; and two others, Edw. Augus- 
 tus and Wm. Henry, also in the Royal Navy, died 
 at sea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 July, 1824 ; and 
 passed his examination 1 Dec. 1830. While serving 
 in China as Acting-Lieutenant in the H. E. I. Co.'s 
 war-steamer Phlegethon, liieut.-Commander Jas. 
 Johnstone M'Cleverty, he took command, 15 March, 
 1842, of the boats of that vessel, and, in unison with 
 those of the CornwAllk 72 and Blonde 42, de- 
 stroyed five large flat-bottomed boats, each armed 
 with an 18-pounder carronade, together with 14 
 boats fitted as a fire-raft, and a mandarin house, 
 filled with powder and military stores. In the 
 course of the same day he again served in the boats 
 
 • Rear-Admiral Ryves was born 8 Sept. 1758. Entering 
 the Navy 15 Feb. 1774, lie attained, in 1779, the rank of 
 Lieutenant, and in Oct. 1795 was advanced to that of Com- 
 mander. After serving in that capacity in the Bulldoo 
 sloop, and on shore, in ii conspicuous manner at the reduc- 
 tion of Ste. Lucie, in 1796, he was made Post, 29 May, 1798, 
 into the Medea frigate. He afterwards commanded the 
 Agincourt C4, Gibkaltak 80, and Afkica 64. In the Aoin- 
 coUBT he accompanied the expedition to Egypt in 1801, and 
 in the following year was sent, with a small squadron under 
 his orders, to take possession of Corfu. He died 20 May, 
 1826. 
 
 f For an account of the Burmese war, and of the part 
 taken by Capt. Ryves in it, see " Narrative of the Naval 
 Operations in Ava," by Lieut. John Marshall, 11.N. 
 
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1018 
 
 SABBEN— SADLEIR. 
 
 in an attempt to intercept the enemy in their flight 
 after the battle of Tze-Kee.* He was confirmed in 
 the rank of Lieutenant 23 Not. 1841. In May, 
 1843, he obtained an appointment to the Conway 
 26, Capt. Bobt. Fair, fitting at Portsmouth ; and 
 from 13 Deo. 1843 until the close of 1847, he was 
 employed on the south-east coast of America, chiefly 
 as First-Lieutenant, in the Satellite 18, Capt. 
 Eobt. Hibbert Bartholomew Eovvley. 
 
 s. 
 
 SABBEN. (LlEDTENAMT, 1810.) 
 
 James Sabben was bom 1 Aug. 1787, at Portsea. 
 This officer (who had been in the merchant ser- 
 vice and had witnessed the destruction of the 
 Queen Charlotte 100, in Leghorn Boads, 17 
 March, 1800) entered the Navy, 16 March, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dreadnought 98, Capts. 
 John Bowen, Edw. Brace, John Child Purvis, Bobt. 
 Carthew Eeynolds, Geo. Eeynolds, Edw. Botheram, 
 and John Conn, flag-ship for some time of the late 
 Lord Collingvvood. Shortly after he had joined he 
 was severely injured by a blow from a storm-stay- 
 sail sheet. In Aug. 1805 he was present off Cacfiz 
 when the Dreadnought, with two other ships of 
 the line, was pursued by the combined squadrons of 
 France and Spain on their return from the West 
 Indies, whence they had been driven by Lord Nel- 
 son. On 21 Oct. following he fought, as Signal- 
 Midshipman, and was wounded, at the battle of 
 Trafalgar.! Ho was afterwards nearly wrecked, 
 off Europa Point ; and, in June, 1806, he removed 
 to the Captain 74, Capt. Wm. Grenville Lobb. 
 He next, in July of the same year, joined the "Wol- 
 verene 18, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier ; and he 
 was in that vessel when she was hove down at Eng- 
 lish Harbour, Antigua, and lost many of her officers 
 and crew from yellow fever. On 17 Dec. 1806, 
 being at the time a Supernumerary in the Netley 
 schooner, he was taken captive by the French fri- 
 gate Thetis and brig SylpJie, and carried into Guade- 
 loupe. He was soon, however, restored to liberty, 
 and on again joining the "Wolverene was awarded 
 the rating of Master's Mate. When subsequently 
 in pursuit of an enemy he was a second time acci- 
 dentally hurt. He continued employed with Capt. 
 Collier in the Star sloop until Nov. 1808, when, at 
 the strong recommendation of that officer, he was 
 received by Sir Alex. Cochrane on promotion on 
 board his flag-ship the Neptune 98, part of the 
 force engaged, in Feb. 1809, at the reduction of 
 Martinique. As soon as he had passed his examina- 
 tion, Mr. Sabben was nominated, in March, 1809, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Julia 16, Capt. Wm. 
 Dowers ; whom, in the ensuing -"Vug., he followed, 
 in a similar capacity, into the Bingdove 18. While 
 he was officiating as First of the Julia, that vessel, 
 although at anchor in Trinity Bay, Martinique, with 
 her lower rigging and stays cast off, in the act of 
 securing the bowsprit, and preparing to stay the 
 lower-masts, &c., put to sea, at a moment's notice, 
 in pursuit of a large French letter-of-marque brig, 
 whom she succeeded in capturing. "When in the 
 same sloop, at the blockade of Guadeloupe, Mr. 
 Sabben was almost daily in action, either in cutting- 
 out vessels, in storming batteries, or in intercepting 
 the coasting trade. He also participated in three 
 attempts to capture or destroy the French frigates 
 Furieuse and Felicite in the roadstead of Basseterre 
 — the first being made at night by means of boats — 
 the second by running the Cherub and Julia in 
 broad day alongside the enemy's ships (an attack 
 which failed from the want of wind)— and the third 
 by converting the UNiTfe brig into a fire-vessel and 
 sending her in by night under cover of the Julia. 
 While attached to the latter vessel, Mr. Sabben 
 was again very strongly recommended to the 
 Commander-in-Chief. As Aoting-First-Lieutenant, 
 afterwards, of the Bingdove, he passed through 
 * Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 2391. 
 
 f V. Gaz. 1805, p. 1484. — He obtained a grant in conse- 
 quence from the Patriotic Fund. 
 
 scenes of great mortality — was wounded, 18 Dec. 
 
 1809, at the destruction, in L'Ance la Barque, of 
 the 40-gun frigates ioiVe and Seine, laden with 
 stores and protected by numerous batteries— and 
 contributed to the reduction of the island of Gua- 
 deloupe, where, during the absence of his Captain 
 on shore, he held command of the ship. In 1811, 
 having been confirmed to the Ringdove 10 Sept. 
 
 1810, he had charge of her when, to the surprise of 
 every one, she was hove doTTO, keel out on both 
 sides, at the half-desolate island of Bequia, one of 
 the Geraldlnes, and entirely new coppered and re- 
 fitted by her own crew alone, in as short a time and 
 as completely as could have been accomplished in 
 any naval port, without, too, one case of sickness, 
 or one instance of desertion — a feat pronounced, 
 before, impracticable. In the course of the same 
 year, while the Ringdove was lying within pistol- 
 shot of the formidable batteries of La Guira, on the 
 Spanish Main, Capt. Dowers incurred the displeasure 
 of the authorities by refusing to surrender the per- 
 son of the Archbishop of Santa Fe', who, in igno- 
 rance of the recent declaration of South American 
 independence, had put into that harbour on his re- 
 turn from Spain, and had in consequence claimed 
 the protection of the British flag. Regardless, not- 
 withstanding that his ship was perfectly becalmed, 
 of their threatened intention of sinking her, he or- 
 dered the anchor to be weighed, the sweeps to be 
 got out, and the boats to be sent ahead for the pur- 
 pose of towing her, and thus contrived with the 
 prelate to get clear of the port. Mr. Sabben inva- 
 lided from the Bingdove in the summer of 1811, 
 and was afterwards appointed— 13 April, 1812, and 
 3 Oct. 1813, to the Vengeur 74, and Hope 10, 
 Capts. Thos. Dundas and Edw. Saurin, both in the 
 Channel— 26 March, 1814 (after five months of half- 
 pay) to the Electba 14, Capts. Wm. Gregory, 
 Thos. W. Cecil, Chas. Sam. White, Chas. H. Mercer, 
 and Rich. John Lewin, in which vessel, prior to her 
 being paid off in Sept. 1815, he returned to the West 
 Indies, again witnessed the ravages of the yellow 
 fever, and was very nearly lost in a hurricane while 
 in escort, with the Warrior 74, of a homeward- 
 bound convoy— and 4 Sept. 1821, to the Pekseus 
 receiving-ship off the Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch. 
 Since he left the latter vessel he has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Possessed of a scientific turn of mind, Lieut. 
 Sabben made an attempt, in 1826, at a geometrical 
 rectification of the circle by means of Archimedes' 
 demonstration of the relative value of the sphere 
 to the cylinder and cone, and by reference to other 
 sections of those three solids. He has also sug- 
 gested the possibility of determining the polarity 
 of the magnet by subjecting the needle to electro- 
 magnetic experiments in high northern and high 
 southern latitudes ; and he has published several 
 papers tending to prove it to be an element in the 
 art of ship-building that the extreme breadth of a 
 vessel should be as nearly as possible equal to one- 
 third of its length from forward. 
 
 SADLEIR. (Lieutenant, 1819.) 
 
 Bichard Sadleir entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stbille 44, Capts. 
 Clotworthy Upton, Jas. Sanders, and Thos. Forrest ; 
 in which ship he was for upwards of seven years 
 actively employed on the Irish, Newfoundland, and 
 Home stations — part of the time in the capacity of 
 Midshipman. From April to Aug. 1815 he served 
 in the river Medway and at Portsmouth in the 
 Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis ; and 
 from July, 1815, until some time after his promo- 
 tion to the rank he now holds, which took place 21 
 May, 1819, he was employed on the Canadian Lakes 
 (at first as Midshipman, Acting-Lieutenant, and Se- 
 cond Master), in the Prince Begent, Capt. Wm. 
 Augustus Baumgardt, Montreal, Capt. Nicholas 
 Lockyer, and in the Ordinary under Sir Bobt. Hall 
 and Commodore Bobt. Barrie. 
 
 Lieut. Sadleir is a Catecbist at New South Wales. 
 Agents — Hallett and Bobinson. 
 
SADLER— ST. AUBYN— ST. CLAIR. 
 
 1019 
 
 SADLER. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., U ; h-p., 22.) 
 
 Benjamin Peyton Sadler entered the Navy, 1 
 July, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on toard the Stokk 18, 
 OaptB. Geo. Le Geyt and Robt. Lisle Coulson, em- 
 ployed on the Irish station, where he became Mid- 
 shipman, in June, 1813, of the FoHTONiE 36, Capt. 
 Wm. Goate. He next, from Jan. 1814 until April, 
 1815, served, on the coast of North America, in the 
 Saturn 56, Capt. Jas. Nash, Endymion frigate, 
 Capt. Henry Hope (to whose memoir refer for an 
 account of the capture of the U.S. ship President), 
 and Satorn again, Capt. Thos. Brown. After he 
 had been for about three years attached, at Ports- 
 mouth, in the East Indies, and a second time at 
 Portsmouth, to the Prince 98, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Dillon, and Queen Charlotte 100, also the 
 flag-ship of Sir E. Thornbrough, he was promoted, 
 25 May, 1818, to the rank of Lieutenant. His last 
 appointments were, 16 Sept. 1818 and 22 March, 
 182.3, to the Cydnus 20, Capt. Chas. Sam. "White, 
 and Haklequin 18, Capts. John Weeks and Jas. 
 Scott, in which vessels he was employed, for periods 
 of about three years each, on the Irish and Jamaica 
 stations. He has not been afloat since 1826. 
 
 He married, 25 Feb. 1830, Catharine Barnard, 
 youngest daughter of the late W. Skinner, Esq. 
 
 ST. AUBYN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Robert John St. Aubyn entered the Navy 14 
 Oct. 1828 ; passed his examination 7 Oct. 1835 ; and 
 obtained his commission 17 Aug. 1841. From the 
 latter date until 1845 he was employed in the East 
 Indies as Additional Lieutenant in the Cornwallis 
 and Aginoourt 72's, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker 
 and Sir Thos. John Cochrane ; and since 12 Aug. 
 1847 he has been attached, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pen- 
 dant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the coast of Africa. 
 
 ST. CLAIK. (Commander, 1842. r-p., 16 ; 
 
 n-p., 7.) 
 The Honourable Charles St. Clair, born 8 
 June, 1811, is second son of Lord Sinclair, by his 
 first wife, Mary Agnes, only daughter of Jas. Chis- 
 holme, Esq ., of Chishohne. His uncle, Hon. Matthew 
 St. Clair, Commander R.N. , was lost in the Martin 
 sloop in 1800. 
 #^_ This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Aug. 1824 ; and embarked, 16 June, 1826, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Blonde 42, Capt. Lord Byron. 
 In the course of the same month he removed to the 
 Ganges 84, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, fitting for 
 the flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, with whom he 
 sailed soon afterwards, for South America. While 
 on that station he landed, in June, 1828, at Rio de 
 Janeiro, with the Marines of the squadron under 
 Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield (to whom he had been 
 nominated Aide-de-Camp), and assisted in subdu- 
 ing a serious mutiny among the German and other 
 troops in the service of Don Pedro. In Sept. 1829 
 he became in succession Midshipman (a rating he 
 had previously attained) of the Melville 74, and 
 Rapid 10, Capts. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and 
 Chas. Henry Swinburne— the latter on the Medi- 
 terranean station, wliere he remained until obliged 
 by an attack of ague to procure his discharge, 10 
 April, 1832. In the early part of 1830 he was sent, 
 in company with Lieut. Eyton and Mr. Webster, 
 Mate, across the Morea, from Napoli di Romania to 
 Pergos and Zante, with despatches and the first 
 overland Indian mail ; in the following Oct. he was 
 employed on shore on secret service at Grabusa ; 
 and in June, 1831, he was on board the Rapid when 
 she discovered a volcanic island, since called Gahami 
 Island. While attached, as Mate,* from Aug. 1832 
 until May, 1835, to the Nimrod 20, Capts. Lord Edw. 
 Russell and John M'Dougall, he served in the river 
 Douro and on the coasts of Spain and Portugal dur- 
 ing the civil war, and accompanied the Stag frigate, 
 with Don Miguel on board, from the neighbourhood 
 * He had passed his examination at the K. N. College 10 
 Nov. 1839, and for seamanship 17 June, 1S30. 
 
 of Lisbon to Genoa. He also landed with Capt. 
 M'Dougall on the north coast of Spain, and pro- 
 ceeded with him on a particular mission to Bilboa. 
 In March, 1836, he joined the Phcenix steamer, 
 Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson ; and in that vessel 
 and, as " Competent Mate," in the Tweed 20, Capt. 
 Hon. Fred. Thos. Pelham, he continued employed 
 until presented with a commission bearing date 7 
 March, 1837. In the Phcenix we find him assisting 
 in carrying the Carlist lines at St. Sebastian, 5 May, 
 1836, and engaged, at Pasages, in throwing up and 
 defending batteries. During the term of his servi- 
 tude in the Tweed he contributed to the capture of 
 the town of Hernani, and was in constant co-opera- 
 tion on shore with the Christino troops. His ap- 
 pointments, after he left her, were — 24 April, 1837, 
 to the Hercules 72, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitz- 
 hardinge Berkeley, Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, 
 John Toup Nicolas, and Edw. Barnard, in which 
 ship he was chiefly, until paid oif in Nov. 1839, em- 
 ployed in carrying troops to Canada, Halifax, the 
 West Indies, and Gibraltar— 29 Dec. 1840, to the 
 Vernon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the Home sta- 
 tion — 26 Oct. 1841, as First-Lieutenant (four months 
 after he had left the Vernon) to the Cambridge 
 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, under whom he served off 
 Gibraltar, and aided in recovering the wreck of 
 H.M.S. Tribune, lost off Tarragona^27 April, 1842, 
 to the Caledonia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir 
 David Milne at Plymouth — 22 Aug. following, to 
 the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus 
 FitzClarence, in which vessel he escorted Her Ma- 
 jesty and the Prince Consort to Scotland — and 12 
 Oct. in the same year, again, in his former capacity, 
 to the Caledonia. Since the attainment of his 
 present rank 10 Nov. 1842, he has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Commander St. Clair married, 29 Sept. 1840, Isa- 
 bella Jane, youngest daughter of Wm. Foreman 
 Home, Esq., of Paxton and Billie, a Magistrate, 
 Deputy-Lieutenant, and Commissioner of Supply 
 for CO. Berwick, by whom he has issue. One of his 
 wife's sisters, Jean, is married to David Milne, Esq., 
 eldest son of the late Admiral Sir David Milne, 
 G.C.B., and another, Margaret, to the Hon. Adol- 
 phus F. Cathcart, a Captain in the Army, youngest 
 son of the late Earl Cathcart. 
 
 ST. CLAIK. (Retibed Captain, 1847.) 
 
 David Latimer St. Clair, born in May, 1786, 
 at Chichester, co. Sussex, is third son of Colonel 
 Wm. St. Clair, of the 25th Regt. (who was at Gib- 
 raltar with the Duke of Kent, and was for 46 years 
 a faithful servant of his country), by Augusta, 
 daughter of John Tinling, Esq. ; and grandson of a 
 General officer, who was descended from Walder- 
 ness, Comte de St. Clare, the representative of an 
 ancient French family, the cousin-german of Wil- 
 liam the Conqueror (with whom he came over to 
 England in 1066), and the common ancestor of Lord 
 Sinclair, and the Earls of Rosslyn and Caithness. 
 Capt. St. Clair is brother of Colonel Jas. Pattison 
 St. Clair ; of Capt. Wm. St. Clair, of the 25th Foot, 
 who commanded a regiment, composed of the flank 
 companies of the Army, and was killed, at the 
 storming of the heights of Sourrier, in Martinique, 
 2 Feb. 1809; and of Colonel Thos. Staunton St. 
 Clair, of the 1st Royals, who received four medals 
 for his services during the Peninsular War. His 
 mother was sister of Lieut.-General Tinling, of the 
 Grenadier Guards ; of Lieut.-General David Lati- 
 mer Tinling-Widdrington ; of Rear-Admiral Chas. 
 Tinling; and of Major Geo. Tinling, of the 11th 
 Foot. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne, since 
 April, 1793, on the books of the Queen 98, Andro- 
 meda frigate, Orion 74, and Queen again) em- 
 barked, in March, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Bedford, bearing 
 the flag in the Channel of Vice-Admiral Sir Alan 
 Gardner. Becoming Midshipman, in Sept. 1797, of 
 the Scorpion sloop, commanded by his uncle, Capt. 
 Chas. Tinling, he accompanied, in 1799, the expedi- 
 
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 ST. JOHN. 
 
 tion to the Helder, and made a voyage, afterwards, 
 to the West Indies. He next, between Nov. 1800 
 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 17 April, 1802, served, on the Western sta>- 
 tion, in the Nymphe 36, Capt. Stair Douglas. Dur- 
 ing that period he was badly wounded by the 
 bursting of a gun, and was in consequence confined 
 for three months to the hospital at Plymouth. He 
 was also, on one occasion, thrown overboard by the 
 breaking of the spanker-boom, on which he hap- 
 pened to be standing when it caught the main-stay 
 of a smuggling-vessel in her attempt to escape to 
 leeward. Being, in Nov. 1802, appointed to the 
 Caroline 36, Capts. Benj. Wm. Page and Peter 
 Rainier, he assisted, during his proximate passage 
 to the East Indies, at the capture of several French 
 vessels, and at the detention of two others belong- 
 ing to the Batavian Kepublic — one of them the De 
 Haasje brig-of-war. On his arrival in India he 
 aided at the taking, 5 Jan. and 4 Feb. 1804, of the 
 privateers Les Freres VhiSj of 8 guns (pierced for 
 16) and 134 men, and Le General de Caen, of 22 
 guns and 200 men. In 1806, Lieut. St. Clair was 
 under the necessity of invaliding, at Bombay, from 
 the effects of ill health produced by the fatigue he 
 had undergone, as First of the Cakoline, in the 
 docking and refitting of that ship.* On his arrival 
 in England, which did not take place until after a 
 lapse of nearly 14 months, he found that, including 
 his passage-money, he had necessarily expended the 
 sum of 250 guineas ; no part whereof, although he 
 exhibited the required documents, together with a 
 certificate from the Commander-in-Chief, was at 
 any time restored to him. Even the payment of 
 the half-pay, to which he was for the time entitled, 
 was for upwards of ten years withheld. After 
 serving with Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell in the 
 Cornelia frigate, on the Home station, he was ap- 
 pointed, in April, 1810, to the Victory 100, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic ; where, 
 with the boats under his orders, he succeeded in 
 boarding and carrying, sixty miles from the ship's 
 anchorage, two Danish privateers, six of whose 
 people were killed and several wounded, with the 
 loss to the British of not more than 1 man killed 
 and another shot through both arms. For the con- 
 duct he displayed on this occasion he had the gra- 
 tification of receiving the thanks of his Admiral 
 publicly on the quarter-deck. On 21 March, 1812, 
 about four months after he had invalided from the 
 Victory, he was nominated Acting-Commander of 
 the Sheldrake sloop-of-war ; in which vessel he 
 made prize, in the vicinity of Mben Island, of 
 ZJAimable d'Hei-viUy privateer, ran, in company 
 with the Aquilon frigate, Capt. Wm. Bowles, 
 through the Malmo passage without pilots, and 
 united with the same ship in destroying seven 
 large merchant-ships, in the face of 1500 soldiers 
 posted on the cliffs near Stralsund. In 1813, hav- 
 ing been confirmed in command of the Keynakd 
 sloop 20 Nov. 1812, Capt. St. Clair accompanied the 
 Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson, 
 and 15 Russian line-of-battle ships from the neigh- 
 bourhood of Bornholm, through the Great Belt, to 
 England. In Dec. of the same year he was directed 
 by the Admiralty to carry on the port duties at 
 Harwich, and to assume command there of a squa^ 
 dron of gun-brigs and cutters, and of as many as 20 
 sail of transports. While so employed he superin- 
 tended the embarkation of H. R. H. the Comte 
 d' Artois, H. S. H. the Hereditary Prince of Orange, 
 the late Marquess of Londonderry, the present Earl 
 of Ripon, and General Pozzo di Borgo — the former 
 on their way to Holland in consequence of the revo- 
 lution in that country, the others en route for the 
 head-quarters of the Allied Sovereigns at Chatillon. 
 In the early part of 1814 we tind Capt. St. Clair 
 serving with activity on the north coast of Spain, 
 and acquiring the highest commendation of Rear- 
 Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose for his gallant 
 and zealous behaviour during the operations on the 
 river Gironde. After the grand review at Spithead, 
 * Prevfously to leaving her he lost the use of hia thumb by 
 a sabre cut received while in the act of boarding a privateer. 
 
 Capt. St. Clair, who on that occasion had the honour 
 of dining ivith the Allied Sovereigns, proceeded off 
 Cadiz, where he captured a large merchant-brig, 
 and chased, but could'not overtake, a corvette be- 
 longing to the United States. He was subsequently 
 sent by Lord Exmouth to Tunis with despatches ; 
 was stationed off the island of Elba during its occu- 
 pation by Napoleon Buonaparte ; and, while cruiz- 
 ing in the Archipelago, captured two Greek pirates, 
 and rendered essential service to the Captain, offi- 
 cers, and crew of the Phcenix frigate when wrecked 
 in Chisme' harbour, 20 Feb. 1816. About this pe- 
 riod Capt. St. Clair experienced a severe disap- 
 pointment. Under an idea that the officer first on 
 the Admiralty List for promotion (Capt. Chas. 
 Hope Reid of the Calypso 18) had been promoted 
 at home. Lord Exmouth had, from feelings of friend- 
 ship, appointed him, in his stead, to the Trident 
 64, guard-ship at Malta. Finding, however, that 
 such was not the case, his Lordship, having no alter- 
 native, cancelled the arrangement he had made. 
 Capt. St. Clair continued in consequence in the 
 Reynard until paid off in 1817; and, unable to pro- 
 cure either promotion (although he had been about 
 five years in command of a sloop-of-war) or further 
 employment, accepted, 20 Nov. 1847, the rank he 
 now holds. 
 
 The Captain is a Knight of the Order of the 
 Sword of Sweden, and Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for CO. Gloucester. He married, in 
 1819, his cousin, Elizabeth Isabella, daughter of 
 John Farhill, Esq., of Chichester, Tutor to H. R. H. 
 the Duke of Kent, and granddaughter of Sir Thos. 
 Wilson, Kt. 
 
 ST. JOHN. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Orlando Hen-ky Perkins St. John 
 passed his examination 22 Sept. 1840 ; and after 
 serving as Mate on the Brazil and Cape of Good 
 Hope and Home stations in the Sparboiy ketch, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Tyssen, Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and St. Vin- 
 cent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Feb. 
 1846. His appointments have since been — 24 Feb. 
 1846, a second time, to the Excellent, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads — 4 April, 1847, to the Albion 90, Capt. 
 Chas. Howe Fremantle, in the Mediterranean — 5 
 Feb. 1848, as a Supernumerary, to his former ship 
 the Excellent— and, 21 April following, to the \ 
 Bellerophon 78, Capt. Robt. Lambert Bayues. 
 
 ST. JOHN. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 James St. John entered the Navy, 6 July, 1799, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Pelter gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Walsh, stationed in the North 
 Sea. From March, 1800, until April, 1802, he served 
 off Guernsey, in the Baltic, off Boulogne, and at 
 Sheerness, as Midshipman, in the Tigress g\in-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Henry Brown Tremlett, 
 Wm. Davies, and John Gardner, and Hebe frigate, 
 Capt. Geo. Reynolds ; and after having been for 
 some years employed on the Home and Mediterra- 
 nean stations as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge (part of the force engaged in 
 Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, and at the 
 passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807), Ocean 98, 
 flag-ship of Lord CoUingwood, and Queen 98, Capt. 
 Thos. Geo. Shortland, he was confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant, 20 Sept. 1808, in his former ship the Repoise, 
 commanded at first by Capt. Legge and next by 
 Capt. John Halliday. In that ship he accompanied 
 the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, and then 
 returned to the Mediterranean. He invalided in 
 Jan. 1811, and was subsequently appointed — 27 
 April, in the same year, to the Revenge 74, Capts. 
 John Nash, Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, Wm. 
 Stewart, and Sir John Gore, with whom he was for 
 upwards of two years employed (part of the time 
 under his former Captain, then Rear-Admiral 
 Legge) at the defence of Cadiz, off Toulon, and on 
 the coast of Catalonia —14 Jan. 1814, to the Thisbe 
 
ST. JOHN—ST. LEGER— ST. QUINTIN— SAINTHILL. 
 
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 28, as Flag-Lieutenant to Kear-Admiral Legge in 
 the river Thames, where he remained until the fol- 
 lowing Dec— and 29 April, 1820, 12 March and 10 
 April, 1826, and 16 June, 1829, to the command of 
 the Fox and Dwarf Eevenue-cruizers, and Dove 
 and Lyra Falmouth packets. In the latter vessel 
 he remained until Feb. 1837. He has since been 
 on half-pay. His promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander took place 7 March, 1842. Agents— Hallett 
 and Kobinson. 
 
 ST. JOHN. (Lieutenant, 1810.) 
 
 William Oliver St. John obtained his commis- 
 sion 21 July, 1810. 
 
 ST. LEGER. (COMMANDEK, 1848.) 
 
 James Aldworth St. Leoer, born 20 Feb. 1814, 
 is second son of the late Hon. Rich. St. Leger 
 (second son of the first Viscount Doneraile), by his 
 second wife, Eliza, only child of Dan. llobt. BuUen, 
 Esq., of Old Connaught, co. Dublin. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 9 Aug. 1828 ; and 
 passed his examination in 1835. While Mate, in 
 China, of the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. Herbert, 
 he assisted in the boats at the capture and destruc- 
 tion of 11 out of 13 war-junks, near Chuenpee, 7 
 Jan. 1841* — was present in an attack made, 27 Feb. 
 following, on the enemy's camp, fort, and ship Cam- 
 bridge, bearing the Chinese Admiral's flag (which 
 he boarded) at their position below Whampoa 
 Reach, where 98 guns were in the whole destroyedf 
 — contributed to the capture, 13 March, of several 
 rafts and of the last fort protecting the approaches 
 to Canton| — and was attached to the western divi- 
 sion of boats at the capture, six days after, of that 
 city itself.§ For these services he was promoted, 8 
 June, 1841, to the rank of Lieutenant. While be- 
 longing, in the course of the same year, to the 
 Blenheim 72, also commanded by Capt. Herbert, 
 he co-operated in the reduction of Amoy and 
 Chinghae.|| He was paid off from the Blenheim in 
 March, 1843 ; and was next, from 9 Sept. 1844 until 
 1848, employed on the coast of Africa and on the 
 North America and West India station, as Second 
 and First Lieutenant in the Flying Fish 12, Capts. 
 Robt. Harris and Peche Hart Dyke, and Panta- 
 loon 10, Capt. Henry John Douglas. He attained 
 his present rank 12 Aug. 1848. Agents— Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 ST. QUINTIN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 15; h-p.,27.) 
 James St. Quintin was born 21 June, 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capts. 
 Sir Edw. Berry and Jonas Rose ; under the former 
 of whom he served as Aide-de-Camp at the battle 
 of Trafalgar and as Midshipman in the action off 
 St. Domingo. In 1807 he landed with the naval 
 brigade and was employed in the batteries at the 
 siege of Copenhagen, where he received the thanks 
 of Capt. Rose, who acted as Beach-Master, for sug- 
 gesting the easy and safe embarkation of the troops 
 by means of the enemy's floating-batteries. On the 
 Agamemnon being wrecked in the Rio de la Plata 
 20 June, 1809, he joined, with strong recommenda- 
 tions, the Bedford 74, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and 
 Jas. Walker. While on the books of that ship he 
 was sent from the coast of Brazil to Cadiz in a 
 valuable detained Spanish ship, and was for some 
 time actively employed in the gun and open-boat 
 service at the defence of the latter place. In Sept. 
 1812 he was again at the request of Sir Edw. Berry 
 placed under his orders as Master's Mate in the 
 Barfleur 98, of which ship, attached to the force 
 in the Mediterranean, he was created a Lieutenant 
 7 Jan. 1814. Previously to his promotion we find 
 him, 18 Aug. 1813, commanding the Barfledr's 
 barge in a brilliant attack on the batteries at Cassis, 
 where, after sustaining a loss of 4 killed and Ifj 
 wounded, the British succeeded in capturing two 
 heavy gun-boats and 26 vessels laden with mer- 
 
 * Vide Ga.-!. 1841, p. 12J2. t f- ''"Z- '8'". P- 1501. 
 
 t r. Gh/. lS41,p. 150:i. r. Gil-/.. 1841, p. 1.50.1. 
 
 II V. Oaz. 1842, pp. 8-;, 306. 
 
 chandize. His last appointments were — 7 Aug. 
 
 1814, for 12 months, to the Griffon 14, Capt. Geo. 
 Hewson, employed in the Downs— 19 Sept. 1818, as 
 Senior, to the Confiance 18, Capt. Alex. Mont- 
 gomerie, on the West India station, whence a se- 
 vere attack of yellow fever caused him, in Nov. 
 1819, to invalid— in 1824, to the Coast Guard— and, 
 in 1826, to the command of the Eagle Revenue- 
 cruizer. On leaving the latter vessel in April, 1829, 
 he was officially recommended to the First Lord of 
 the Admiralty, Lord Melville, by the Comptroller- 
 General and the Hon. Board of Customs " for such 
 employment afloat as might lead to his promotion 
 in the Royal Navy, as a reward for his zeal, exer- 
 tions, and general good conduct." 
 
 In consideration of his having severely fractured 
 his left thigh, Lieut. St. Quintin was awarded a 
 pension of bl. per annum 30 May, 1843. He mar- 
 ried, 28 March, 1826, Lucretia, daughter of J. 
 Chapman, Esq., of the Close, Norwich. 
 
 SAINTHILL. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 7; h-p., 31.) 
 Alfred Sainthill entered the Navy, in Oct. 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Brisk 18, Capts. 
 John Coode and Eyles Mounsher, employed on the 
 coast of Ireland, where he became, in Dec. 1811, 
 Midshipman of the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Bolton. From May, 1812, until Aug. 1814, be 
 served in the Bay of Biscay and off Lisbon, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Achates and Anaceeon 
 sloops, both commanded by Capt. John Davies, and 
 Rodney 74, Cajjt. Chas. Inglis. In Oct. of the 
 latter year he joined the Leviathan 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Briggs, attached to the force in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; he removed, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in 
 July, 1816, to the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Exmouth ; and for his services in 
 that ship at the bombardment of Algiers he was 
 promoted, 16 Sept. following, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SAINTHILL. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.) 
 JGrEORGE AUGUSTUS Saintiiill died in 1847. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Oct. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Bolton, stationed on the coast of Ireland. In 
 April, 1812, seven months after he had attained the 
 rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Iris 36, 
 Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, with whom he con- 
 tinued employed on the north coast of Spain and on 
 the coast of Brazil until Deo. 1814. He next, in June, 
 
 1815, joined the Rota 38, Capt. John Pasco, on the 
 Lisbon station; and after having been for rather 
 more than two years employed in the Downs in the 
 Ganymede 20 and Severn 40, both commanded by 
 Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, sailed, towards the close of 
 1817, for the West Indies in the Sybille 44; of 
 which ship, bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham, 
 he was created a Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1819. His 
 next appointments were — 25 June, 1819, for five 
 months, to the Parthian 10, Capt. Wilson Braddyll 
 Bigland, on the Jamaica station — 27 June, 1822, to 
 the Superb 78, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and Sir 
 Thos. Staines, with whom he served at Plymouth, 
 in the AVest Indies, and off Lisbon, until paid off, 19 
 Dec. 1825— and 25 June, 1827, to the Isis 50, Capt. 
 Sir T. Staines, fitting for the Mediterranean, where 
 he remained until advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander, 22 July, 1830. He was afterwards, from 
 22 Aug. 1833 until paid off, in the summer of 1834, 
 and from 9 Feb. 1837 until posted, 28 June, 1838, 
 employed as Second-Captain in the Donegal 78 and 
 Queen Charlotte 104, both commanded by Capt. 
 Arthur Fanshawe, the latter as flag-ship of Sir 
 Robt. Stopford in the Mediterranean. In the Done- 
 gal he escorted the Infante Don Carlos of Spain 
 from Portugal to this country. 
 
 SAINTHILL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 27 ;* h-p., 19.) 
 
 Richard Tillidge S.mnthill, bom 18 May, 
 
 1788, is eldest son of the late Nich. Sainthill, Esq., 
 
 * D.-itingTrom 1801. andincluding the terra ofhisservitu.le 
 in the island of Jersey. 
 
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 SALKELD— SALMON— SALTER. 
 
 Master R.N. ; and nephew of the late Commanders 
 Kich._ Sainthill and Kobt. Tillidge, R.N. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne, in 
 1790-1, on the books of the Speedweli. 8) em- 
 barked, 24 Feb. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Zealakd 64, guard-ship at the Nore, Capt. AVm. 
 Mitchell, with whom he continued until May, 1802. 
 Joining next, in May, 1803, the Raisonnable 64, 
 Capts. AVm. Hotham, Robt. Barton, and Josias 
 Rowley, he took part, in that ship, in several at- 
 tacks on the enemy's batteries and flotilla on the 
 coast of France, fought in Sir Robt. Calder's action 
 22 July, 1805, and was present, in 1806, at the re- 
 duction of the Cape of Good Hope, the surrender 
 of the French frigate Volontaire of 46 guns, and the 
 capture of Buenos Ayres. As Sub-Lieutenant of 
 the Staunch gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Benj. 
 Street, to which vessel he was appointed 11 June, 
 1809, we find him, in Sept. 1810, contributing, near 
 the lie de Bourbon, to the recapture of the Aeri- 
 CAiKE 38, and to the capture of the French frigate 
 La Veniis, of 44 guns and 380 men, and her prize, 
 the Ceylon 32. After acting for a short time as 
 Lieutenant and Commander of the Stadnch, he 
 was nominated, 13 Oct. 1810, Flag-Lieutenant, in 
 the Afkicaine, to Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie, 
 under whom he united in the ensuing operations 
 against the Mauritius and its dependencies. On 
 the surrender of that island he was placed in super- 
 intendence, there, of the Signal Department ; the 
 duties attached to which he continued to discharge 
 (assisting in the interim at the capture of two 
 French frigates) until Sept. 1811. In the following 
 Dec. he became Acting-Senior-Lieutenant of the 
 Madagascar 38, Capt. Chas. Sullivan ; and on 23 
 April, 1812, a few days after that ship had been 
 paid off, he was officially advanced to his present 
 rank. He next, from 27 Aug. 1812 until 24 Deo. 
 1815, served at Newfoundland and in the West 
 Indies in the Muros 12, Capts. Jas. Aberdour, 
 Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, and Geo. Gosling ; of 
 which vessel he was Senior-Lieutenant at the re- 
 duction of Guadeloupe. He has been Superintend- 
 ent of Signals in the island of Jersey since 3 Dec. 
 1833. 
 
 Lieut. Sainthill married Mary Ann, daughter of 
 Thos. Quirk, Esq., and has by her two children. 
 
 SALKELD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Thomas Saekeld entered the Navy, 2 April, 
 1803, as Ordinary, on board the Thunderer 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Bedford, attached to the Channel fleet, 
 with which he served until the following Aug. He 
 next, 2 Oct. 1805, joined the Thetis 38, Capt. Wra. 
 Hall Gage, stationed in the North Sea; in May, 
 1806, he became Midshipman of the St. George 
 98, Capt. Thos. Bertie, again in the Channel ; and 
 from 31 Dec. 1807, until the receipt, in June, 1815, 
 of a commission, bearing date 4 Feb. in that year, 
 he was actively employed among the "Western Is- 
 lands, in the "West Indies, and in the Mediterranean, 
 as Master's Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and a second 
 time as Master's Mate, in the Undaunted 38, Capts. 
 Thos. Jas. Mating, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, Rich. 
 Thomas, Rowland Mainwaring, Thos. Ussher, and 
 Chas. Thurlow Smith. "While serving with Capt. 
 Ussher we find him, 18 March, 1813, employed as 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the boats under Lieut. Aaron 
 Tozer at the storming of a battery containing 4 
 long 24-pounders, 1 6-pounder, and a 13-inch mor- 
 tar (the whole of which were destroyed) at Carri, to 
 the westward of Marseilles, whence a tartan was at 
 the same time brought out. The enemy on the oc- 
 casion were strongly posted behind palisadoes, and 
 stood their ground until the British were in the act 
 of charging bayonets, when they turned and suf- 
 fered a severe loss. The assailants had only 2 men 
 killed and 1 wounded."" Since 14 Dec. 1846, Lieut. 
 Salkeld, who had not been employed since his pro- 
 motion, has been in charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 » FideGr/.. Isln, p. 1148, 
 
 SALMON. (Retired Commander, 1843. r-p., 
 16; H-p., 34.) 
 John Salmon entered the Navy, in Oct. 1797, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Galatea 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Byng, in which frigate he served on the coast 
 of Ireland until Deo. 1799, in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman. He was next, from Jan. 1800 until April, 
 
 1805, employed, chiefly as Master's Mate, and Act- 
 ing Master, in the Dromedary store-ship, Capt. 
 Bridges "Watkinson Taylor (under whom he was 
 wrecked in the Bocca, off Trinidad, 10 Aug. 1800), 
 Daphne 20, Capt. Rich. Matson, Cyane 18, Capt. 
 Henry Matson, Eclair schooner, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Kenneth Mackenzie, D. Callaway, Pollock, 
 "Wm. Carr, R. Sutton, Beckett, and Evelyn, and 
 Centaur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, all on the 
 "West India station ; where, on leaving the Centaur 
 he was placed in command, with the rank of Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, of the Amboyna prison-ship. When 
 Acting-Master of the Eclair, whose force did not 
 exceed 12 18-pounder carronades and 60 men, he 
 assisted, 5 Feb. 1804, in beating off and putting to 
 flight the celebrated French privateer Grand Decide, 
 of 22 long 8-pounders and a complement, including 
 80 soldiers, of about 220 men, after a most gallant 
 engagement of 45 minutes, productive to the Bri- 
 tish of a loss of not more than 1 man killed and 4 
 wounded. Their vessel, however, had her standing 
 and running rigging cut to pieces, and her barri- 
 cade, masts, and yards much damaged. In com- 
 mand of the Eclair's cutter, manned with 11 volun- 
 teers, Mr. Salmon, on 5 of the following month, 
 boarded (in the face of a heavy fire from a battery 
 at the entrance of the harbour of Hayes, Guade- 
 loupe, and from the vessel herself) and, after a 
 short resistance of 10 minutes, carried the French 
 privateer Rose of 1 long brass 8-pounder on a pivot 
 and 49 men well armed and fully prepared. Of 
 these 5 were killed and 10, including the Captain 
 and 4 that jumped overboard, wounded — no casu- 
 alty whatever occurring to the British, who, al- 
 though in a dead calm and exposed to a fire of 
 great guns and musketry from the shore, contrived, 
 by dint of towing and sweeping, to carry off their 
 prize. Towards the close of 1805 Mr. Salmon was 
 removed from the Amboyna to the command, still 
 with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Tobago 
 schooner of 10 guns ; in which vessel, after having 
 been for some months employed in exclianging pri- 
 soners of war between the depots at Barbadoes, Gre- 
 nada, and Guadeloupe, he was captured, 18 Oct. 
 
 1806, despite a", brave resistance of an hour and a 
 half, by the French privateer General Em£St. On 
 being restored to liberty, he was presented with a 
 commission bearing date 24 June, 1807, and was ap- 
 pointed, in the course of the same month, to the 
 Argus sloop, Capt. Jas. Stuart, on the Irish station, 
 where he cruized until obliged, in Dec. 1810, to in- 
 valid. From 9 March, 1812, until 17 April, 1815, 
 he was employed in the Impress service at Liver- 
 pool. He accepted the rank of Commander on the 
 Retked List 10 April, 1843. 
 
 SALTER. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 John Salter entered the Navy, 11 Oct. 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Superb 74, Capts. Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats and Donald M'Leod ; in which ship 
 he fought under the flag of Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, 
 and accompanied, in 1807, the expedition to the 
 Dardanells. Removing, in Jan. 1808, to the Defi- 
 ance 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, he served in 
 that ship with a squadron under Rear-Admiral Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford, at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of 
 three French frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'Olonne, on the coast of France, after a contest in 
 which the Defiance, added to severe damage expe- 
 rienced in her sails and rigging, sustained a loss of 
 2 men Idlled and 25 wounded. After much active 
 service on the north coast of Spain, he followed 
 Capt. Hotham as Master's Mate,* in Sept. 1810, into 
 
 * A rating he had attained on board the Defiance in Oct. 
 1809. 
 
SAMWELL. 
 
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 the NoETHDMBEELAND 74, and on 22 May, 1812, waa 
 present in company with the Growler gun-brig, at 
 the destruction, at the entrance of L'Orient, of the 
 French 40 gun frigates L^Arienne and L* Andr&mcique 
 and 16-gun brig Mamehuch ; whose united fire, con- 
 jointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and 
 wounded 28 of the Nokthumberland's people. In 
 the course of the same year we find him joining the 
 MiNDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, and Nisos 38, flag-ship 
 of Hon. R. Stopford, both on the Cape station, where 
 he was nominated, 26 Nov. 1812, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Kacehorse 18, Capts. Geo. Fred. Kich and 
 Jas. De Rippe. He was confirmed, 26 Oct. 1813, into 
 the Lion 64, Capt. Henderson Bain ; and was sub- 
 sequently appointed — 11 July, 1814, to the Opossdm 
 10, Capt. Thos. Woolrige, with whom he served in 
 the Channel and off the north coast of Spain until 
 sent, in the following Oct., to the Hospital at Ply- 
 mouth — 9 Jan. 1815, to the Penelope 36, which fri- 
 gate his health did not permit him to join — and, 29 
 June, 1821, for a short time, to the Windsor Castle 
 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, lying at Plymouth. He 
 was placed on the out-pension of Greenwich Hos- 
 pital 30 Jan. 1826. 
 
 SAMWELL. (Eetieed Commander, 1841. 
 F-p., 22 ; H-p., 35.) 
 
 Peter Samwell, born 8 May, 1775, is brother of 
 the late Retired Commander Wm. Samwell, R.N. ; 
 and uncle of the present Lieut. Wm. Samwell, R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1790, on 
 board the Spider cutter, Lieut.-Commander\ Lanyon , 
 stationed on the coast of Ireland and in the Channel. 
 In 1 79 1 he became in succession attached, as Midship- 
 man, to the Cambridge 74 and St. George 98, flag- 
 ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton at Plymouth ; and he 
 next, from Feb. 1793 until May, 1797, served, in the 
 same capacity and as Master's Mate, in the Captain 
 74, Capts. Sam. Reeve, Thos. Seccombe, John Smith, 
 Stewart, and Ralph Willett Miller. In 1793-4 he 
 served ashore at the occupation of Toulon, and co- 
 operated in the reduction of Corsica, where he as- 
 sisted in dragging guns up the hills and in erecting 
 batteries. In 1795 he was present in Admiral Ho- 
 tham's two partial actions. On the first occasion, 
 14 March, the Captain was for an hour and 20 
 minutes in close action with Ca Ira 80 and Censeur 
 74, whose united broadsides ' killed and wounded 
 several of her people, besides inflicting consider- 
 able damage on her hull, masts, and rigging. On 
 the memorable 14 Feb. 1797, when Sir John Jervis 
 defeated the Spanish fleet ofi' Cape St. Vincent, Mr. 
 Samwell fought as Master's Mate under the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Nelson, and was one of 
 those who with the hero boarded the San Nicolas 
 80 and San Josef 112. After serving for a few 
 weeks with Sir John Jervis in the Ville de Paris 
 no, he was nominated, 16 June, 1797, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the MuTiNE 18, Capts. Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy and Wm. Hoste ; in which vessel, being con- 
 firmed to her by commission dated 6 Feb. 1798, he 
 performed the duties of First-Lieutenant at the 
 battle of the Nile. He continued to serve in her — 
 participating intermediately in many cutting-out 
 afiairs on the south coast of France — until July, 
 1801, where the effects of a severe hurt, received in 
 the preceding year, obliged him to invalid. His 
 last appointments were— in March, 1804, for five 
 months to the Goliatu 74, Capt. Chas. Brisbane, 
 stationed in the Channel — 6 April, 1805, to the Sea 
 Fencible service — and, in April, 1807, to the charge 
 of a Signal-station in the island of Sheppy, where 
 he remained (with the exception of an interval of 
 18 months in 1814-15) until 23 March, 1816. He 
 became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 
 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior 9 June, 1841. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SAMWELL. (Retired Cobimander, 1833. h-p., 
 19; H-p., 50.) 
 William Samwell died 22 Dec. 1846, aged 80. 
 He was brother of the present Retired Commander 
 Peter Samwell, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 177*7, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Shrewsbury, Capt. 
 L. Ross, stationed in the Channel, where he served 
 until Dec. 1779. He was next in succession em- 
 ployed, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate— from 10 April, 1782, until 20 July, 
 1783, in the Jason frigate, Capt. Jas. Pigott, on the 
 coast of America — from 27 March until 1 Nov. 
 1787, in the Helena sloop, Capt. Benj. Hulk, off 
 Milford— from 18 Oct. 1789 until 8 May, 1793, in a 
 cutter, commanded at Plymouth and in the Medi- 
 terranean by Lieuts. Humphrey West and Rich. 
 Bagot — and from the latter date until nominated, 
 28 Jan. 1795, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cesar 80, 
 Capt. Chas. Edm. Nugent, in the Montagu 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Montagu, and Queen Charlotte 100, 
 bearing the flag of Earl Howe. In the Montagu 
 he fought in the action of 1 June, 1794. He was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant, 17 March, 179-5, in the 
 Boston 32, Capts. Jas. NicoU Morris, Jas. Irwin, 
 and John Ersklne Douglas, under whom he served 
 for about three years on the Home and Baltic sta- 
 tions ; and he was subsequently appointed — 8 July, 
 1799, for a few weeks, to the Sensible 36, Capt. 
 Robt. Sauce, lying at Portsmouth — 19 Jan. 1800, to 
 the EuROPA 50, Capt. Stevenson, which ship his 
 health obliged him to leave in the following April 
 —and, 29 Sept. 1804, to the Sea Fencibles at Pen- 
 zance, where he remained until the corps waa dis- 
 banded in Feb. 1810. 
 
 He was placed upon the Junior List of Retired 
 Commanders 26 Nov. 1830; and on the Senior 23 
 March, 1833. Commander Samwell has left a son 
 in the service, the present Lieut. Wm. Samwell. 
 
 SAMWELL. (Lieut., 1829. r-p., 26 ; h-p., 9.) 
 William Samwell, bom 9 Nov. 1798, at Devon- 
 port, is son of the late Retired Commander Wm., 
 and nephew of the present Retired Commander 
 Peter, Samwell, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 April, 1812, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Favorite 20, Capts. 
 Robt. Forbes and John Maxwell, under whom he 
 was for about two years employed in the Channel 
 and on the west coast of Africa, where he assisted 
 in destroying several slave-factories up the River 
 Pongo. From March, 1814, until Jan. 1816, he 
 served, again on the African coast, in the Ariel 
 16, Capt. Dan. Ross ; he fought, while attached, be- 
 tween July and Oct. of the latter year, to the Im- 
 pregnable 104, Capt. Edw. Brace, at the battle of 
 Algiers ; and he afterwards joined— 15 Dec. 1817, 
 as Master's Mate, the Heron 18, Capt. Herbert 
 Brace Powell, on the Milford station, where he 
 served until paid off in Feb. 1819—13 Feb. and 21 
 Nov. 1820, the Tamar 26, Capts. Arthur Stow and 
 Geo. Rich. Pechell, and Carnation 18, Capt. Roger 
 Hall, attached to the force in the West Indies and 
 North America— 26 Sept. 1821,* the Ramillies 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Brace, lying at Portsmouth— 9 April, 
 1822, the Active 46, Capts. Andrew King and Hon. 
 Robt. Rodney, in which frigate he was present under 
 Sir Harry Burrard Neale in the demonstration 
 made before Algiers in 1824— and, 1 Oct. 1825 and 
 24 Nov. 1827, the Detad 42, Capts. Hon. R. Rod- 
 ney and Hon. Alfred Crofton, and Camelion 10, 
 Capts. Christopher Wyvill, Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, 
 and Alfred Luckraft, on the Lisbon and Mediter- 
 ranean stations. In the latter vessel, of which he 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having three 
 times acted as such) 25 Aug. 1829, he assisted, in 
 company with the Isis 50, Cambrian 48, Rattle- 
 snake 28, and Zebra 18, in reducing a fort and de- 
 stroying several vessels belonging to a horde of 
 Greek pirates at Carabusa, in the island of Candia, 
 31 Jan. 1829. The Cambrian being wrecked on 
 that occasion, he was for five months engaged in re- 
 covering her stores, guns, &c. He left the Came- 
 lion in March, 1830 ; and since 26 Sept. 1836, has 
 been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Samwell married, in 1842, Emma, eldest 
 daughter of the late Woolf, Esq., of Plymouth. 
 
 * He had pas,5ed his examination 31 Jan. preceding. 
 
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 SANDERS. 
 
 SANDERS. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Edwin "William Sanders entered the Navy U 
 Dec. 1828 ; and for his services on the coast of 
 Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 
 Not. 1840. His succeeding appointments were— 15 
 Dec. 1840, to the Belleeophon 80, Capt. Chas. ,Tohn 
 Austen, in the Mediterranean— 13 Aug. 1841, a few 
 weeks after the latter ship had been paid off, to the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings— 18 Dec. 1841, to the Inbus 78, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, again in the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned in 1844—5 Feb. 1845, to the 
 Eodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, with whom he served 
 on the Home station until superseded in the fol- 
 lowing Sept.— and, 24 Aug. 1846, as First, to the 
 Bulldog steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Evan Davis, fit- 
 ting at Devonport. He has been on half-pay since 
 the early part of 1847. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 SANDERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 21; h-p., 21.) 
 John Sanders had a brother who, after having 
 been for five years a Midshipman in the Navy, ob- 
 tained, in 1812, an Ensigncy in the Royal African 
 corps, and for his gallantry while a passenger in the 
 Amelia 38, in a desperate action fought between 
 that ship and the French frigate Arethuse off the 
 Isles de Los, 7 Feb. 1813, was promoted by the 
 Duke of York to the rank of Lieutenant. He died 
 at the Cape of Good Hope in 1830. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincoukt 64, Capts. 
 Thos. Briggs, Henry Hill, Eobt. Henderson, and 
 Wm. Kent, in which ship (with the exception of a 
 few days passed at the commencement of 1808 at 
 Chatham in the Pompee 74, Capt. Geo. Hope) he 
 continued employed on the Home and Lisbon sta- 
 tions until transferred, in Feb. 1812, to the Ariel 
 16, Capt. Daniel Ross. He commanded a flat-bot- 
 tomed boat, during that period, in the expedition 
 to the Walcheren, as also in the river Tagus, and 
 was frequently engaged in the landing and embark- 
 ing of troops. After being for two years in the 
 Ariel in the Baltic, he was again, in Feb. 1814, 
 placed under the orders of Capt. Henderson in the 
 Tigris 36, on the Irish station. In Aug. 1815 he 
 was presented with a commission bearing date 6 of 
 the preceding April ; and he was afterwards, from 
 31 May, 1824, until 17 Dec. 1834, employed as an 
 Agent afloat in the Admiral Berkelev, South- 
 WAKK, Parmelia, Maitland, and Marquis of 
 Huntley hired transports. On 11 Nov. 1831 we 
 find him, in the Parmelia, superintending the de- 
 barkation of a military and naval force (consisting 
 of 451 officers and men, 2 of whom were killed and 
 47 wounded) in a successful attack on the natives 
 at Barra Point, in the river Gambia — a service for 
 which he was strongly recommended for promotion 
 toSir Jas. Graham, then First Lord of the Admiralty, 
 by Rear-Admiral Fred. V^arren, the Commander- 
 in-Chief, and the Governors of Sierra Leone and the 
 Gambia. 
 
 In 1823 Lieut. Sanders, at that time a resident on 
 half-pay at Demerara, displayed great activity as a 
 Captain in the " Marine Battalion " during the in- 
 surrection among the negroes. He has been Super- 
 intendent, since 26 June, 1837, of the Dreadnought, 
 seamen's hospital-ship at Greenwich. 
 
 SANDERS. (Retired Commander, 1841. f-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 34.) 
 
 John Harry Sanders was born 10 Dec. 1784. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincourt 64, Capt. 
 John Bligh, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Hon. 
 "Wm. "Waldegrave at Newfoundland; and in July, 
 1800, became Midshipman of the Melpomene 38, 
 Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, stationed on the coast of 
 Africa. On the night of 3 Jan. 1801 he assumed 
 command of one of five boats, carrying in the whole 
 97 volunteers, under the orders of Lieut. Thos. 
 Dick, dispatched for the purpose of surprising a 
 corvette of 18 guns and an armed schooner anchored 
 
 within the bar off Senegal. After a desperate 
 struggle of 20 minutes, in which 11 men were killed, 
 18 wounded, and 2 boats sunk, the British gallantly 
 carried the corvette Le Senegal, which they eventu- 
 ally destroyed under a heavy fire of grape and 
 musketry from the batteries. The schooner, having 
 cut her cable and sought protection under the fire 
 of a battery and of some musketry on the southern 
 bank of the river, frustrated every attempt made 
 to get at her. In the course of the same year Mr. 
 Sanders, who had been himself severely hurt, was 
 awarded the rating of Master's Mate. He con- 
 tinued in the MBi.poMiNE, the latter part of the 
 time on the West India station, until Sept. 1802. 
 He next, in May, 1803, joined the Amaranthe 18, 
 Capt. Chas. "Worsley Boys, attached to the force in 
 the North Sea, where he came into repeated colli- 
 sion with the enemy ; and from March, 1804, until 
 the early part of 1806, he was employed in the 
 Eagle 74, Capt. David Colby, Kegulus 44, Capt. 
 C. "W. Boys, and Swiftsure 74, Capts. Mark Robin- 
 son and "Wm. Geo. Rutherford. In the Regulus 
 he was engaged in watching the Boulogne flotilla ; 
 and in the Swiftsure he fought at Trafalgar. He 
 returned to England in the Bahama, a Spanish 74 
 taken during the action. Being advanced to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 
 23 Sept. 1806, he was in that capacity appointed, 
 5 Jan. and 13 Aug. 1807, to the Hindostan 50, 
 Capt, Thos. Bowen, and Statira 38, Capts. Sir 
 Eobt. Howe Bromley, Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, 
 and C. "W. Boys, employed in the Channel, on the 
 North American station, and off the coast of Spain. 
 Volunteering his services subsequently he succeeded, 
 in the boats, in capturing a vessel laden with com, 
 previously supposed to be armed. "While absent, in 
 June, 1809, in a fishing-boat with 2 officers and 20 
 men, in quest of a privateer which he had offered to 
 cut out, he encountered two armed luggers, carrying 
 about 40 men each, and after a valiant resistance, 
 productive of a loss to the enemy of 8 killed and 10 
 wounded, was captured and taken to St. Jean de 
 Luz. On this occasion he received three musket- 
 baUs, one of which struck his left cheek close to 
 the ear, and, passing out near the nose, turned the 
 eye out of its socket. He obtained in consequence 
 a grant of 200Z. from the Patriotic Fund ; and was 
 awarded, 15 Aug. 1814, a pension of 9U. 5s. per 
 annum. At the end of the war he was restored to 
 liberty ; and on 29 Jan. 1841 he accepted the rank 
 he now holds. 
 
 Commander Sanders married, in Dec. 1823, Su- 
 sanna, second daughter of John Jefferson, Esq., of 
 Cheshunt. 
 
 SANDERS. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Thomas Sanders entered the Navy, 2 April, 1797, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Nymphe 36, Capts. 
 John Cooke, Percy Fraser, and Stair Douglas, in 
 which vessel he served in the Channel and Medi- 
 terranean until April, 1802 — latterly in the capacity 
 of Midshipman. During that period he lost two of 
 his fingers by the breaking of the spanker-boom, 
 on which he happened to be standing when a 
 smuggling-vessel was endeavouring to effect her 
 escape to leeward. In June and Sept. 1802 he 
 joined the Hussar 38 and Ambuscade 32, Capts. 
 Philix) "Wilkinson and David Atkins ; he was next, 
 in May, 1803, received on board the Helder 36, 
 Capt. Edw. Hawkins, lying in the river Ilumber; 
 and on 19 Sept. 1806, after he had been about two 
 years and a half employed on the Channel, Lisbon, 
 and Plymouth stations, part of the time as Master's 
 Mate, in the Ville de Paris and Hi hernia llO's, 
 flag-ships of Admirals II on. "Wm. Cornwallis, Chas. 
 Edm. Nugent, Earl St. Vincent, and Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 He continued in the Hirernia until 16 June, 1807, 
 and was afterwards appointed — 21 July, 1807, as 
 First, to the Raleigh 18, Capts. John Ore Mase- 
 field, Geo. Sayer, and John Sheridan, in which vessel 
 he cruized in the Atlantic, accompanied the expe- 
 dition to the Walcheren in 1809, and visited the 
 
SANDERS— SANDERSON— SANDOM. 
 
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 Baltic— 16 July, 18H, after five months of half-pay, 
 to the Seine 36, Capt. John Hatley, on the coast of 
 North America, where he remained six months — in 
 May, 1813, to the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bing- 
 ham, employed oif Cherbourg and, under the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, in the 
 operations of«1814 in the river Gironde, where he 
 witnessed the destruction of a French line-of-battle 
 ship, three brigs-of-war, several smaller vessels, and 
 all the forts and batteries on the north side of 
 the river — and, in June, 1814, and Jan. 1816, as 
 Senior, to the EnnoTAS 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and 
 Jas. Lillicrap, and Leandek 50, Capts. "Wm. Skipsey 
 and Edw. Chetham. In the Eurotas he served on 
 the Channel, Cork, and Mediterranean stations ; 
 and for his conduct in the Leander at the battle 
 of Algiers he was advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander 16 Sept. 1816. He was afterwards, from 
 29 Sept. 1827 until Jan. 1329, employed at the Cape 
 of Good Hope as Second-Captain in the Maidstone 
 42, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg; and from 27 
 June, 1831, until June, 1834, in the Ordinary at 
 Plymouth. Since the date last mentioned he has 
 been on half-pay. He attained his present rank 23 
 Nov. 1841. 
 
 In April, 1817, Capt. Sanders obtained a pension 
 for wounds of 150Z. per annum. He was lately 
 Mayor of Devonport, and is married and has issue. 
 
 SANDERS. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 "William Schollab Sanders entered the Navy 
 19 Jan. 1828; passed his examination 27 Feb. 1834; 
 obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 7 May, 
 1840; was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 
 1841 ; and was afterwards employed— from 9 Deo. 
 1841 until Aug. 1844, in the Growler steam-sloop, 
 Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle, on the coast of 
 Africa — and from 18 Feb. 1845 until paid off in 
 1848, as First-Lieutenant, in the Vulture steam- 
 frigate, Capt. John M'Dougall. 
 
 SANDERSON. (Commandek, 1846. f-p., 17; 
 H-P., 2.) 
 
 John Sandekson is second son of Capt. Edw. 
 Sanderson, of Rose Place, co. "Worcester ; and grand- 
 son of the late Sir John Holes, Bart., of Holes 
 Place. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1828, as 
 Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 76, 
 Capt. Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in which 
 ship he was for nearly three years employed, part 
 of the time as Midshipman, on the Mediterranean, 
 Lisbon, and Irish stations. Towards the close of 
 1831 he sailed for the East Indies in the Melville 
 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore ; and in Sept. 1835, 
 ten months after he had passed his examination, and 
 a few weeks after the Melville had been paid oflT, 
 ho became Mate of the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Grey, under whom he escorted the Countess 
 of Durham to St. Petersburg, then sailed for South 
 America, and ultimately, in 1838, accompanied the 
 Marc[uis of Clanricarde as Ambassador to the former 
 court. He subsequently served In the Mediter- 
 ranean in the Zebra 16, Capts. Kobt. Fanshawe 
 Stopford and Jas. John Stopford, and Phcenix 
 steamer, Capt. R. F. Stopford ; and for his conduct 
 in the latter vessel during the operations on the 
 coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were — 
 23 Dec. 1840, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 30 Aug. 
 1841, to the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sar- 
 torius, employed for nearly three years on the Me- 
 diterranean, South American, and Irish stations — 
 and, 3 Jan. 1845, as Senior, to the Fantome 16, 
 Copt. Sir Fred. "Wm. Erskine Nicolson. When at 
 Gibraltar in the Malabar he materially assisted 
 in saving the people and the property of an Ame- 
 rican steamer there burnt on 12 May, 1846. In the 
 Fantome's boats he was for many hours engaged 
 in a desperate afiray with a large force of Moorish 
 pirates on the coast of Barbary in a successful at- 
 
 tempt to recover the merchant-brig BiUh, of which 
 they had taken possession. The British on the 
 occasion sustained a loss of a Midshipman killed 
 and 8, including himself severely (by a ball through 
 the thigh), wounded. He was promoted in conse- 
 quence to his present rank by a commission bearing 
 date the day of the occurrence. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 SANDERSON. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 19.) 
 John Sanderson was born in Dec. 1796. He is 
 cousin of Lieutenant Jas. Saunderson, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Dec. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Sir 
 John Poo Beresford, with whom he continued em- 
 ployed as Midshipman in the same ship and in the 
 Poictiers 74, on the Home and North American 
 stations, until transferred, in Feb. 1814, to the 
 Asia 74, Capt. Alex. Skene. In June, 1815, three 
 months after he had passed his examination, he 
 joined the Hebrus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, in which 
 frigate he fought as Master's Mate at the battle of 
 Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. From that year until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Aug. 1828, he 
 was employed on the Irish and English stations, as 
 Admiralty-Mate, in the Helicon and Harlequin 
 brigs, both commanded by Capt. Alex. Barclay 
 Branch, Semiramis 36, Capt. Peter Kibouleau, 
 Britannia 120, Capt. Philip Pipon, Roval Char- 
 lotte and William and Mary yachts, each under 
 the orders of Capt. Chas. Malcolm, Rotal Sove- 
 reign and Rotal George yachts, Capts. Sir Wm. 
 Hoste and Sir Michael Seymour, and Boial Sove- 
 reign again, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spen- 
 cer. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SANDERSON. (Lieut., 1815. F-p., 34; h-p., 7.) 
 John Proctok Sanderson entered the Navy, 24 
 Dec. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Meleager 
 36, Capts. John Broughton and Fred. Warren, em- 
 ployed at first in the North Sea and off Greenland, 
 and then in the West Indies, where he was wrecked, 
 on the Barebush Key, near Port Royal, 30 July, 
 1808. He continued on the station last named, as 
 Midshipman, in the Grifpon 14, Capts. Jones, John 
 Gore, and John Lloyd, until the autumn of 1809 ; 
 and after further serving on the Home and South 
 American stations in the Crane, Capt. D. Wynter, 
 Indefaticable 44 and Cornwall 74, both com- 
 manded by Capt. J. Broughton, Inconstant 36, 
 Capt. Sir Edw. Tucker, and Valiant 74, Capt. 
 Zachary Mudge, was nominated, 3 May, 1815, Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Tagds 38, Capt. Philip Pipon, 
 with whom he returned to England. He was paid 
 off shortly after his official promotion, which took 
 place 26 July, 1815; and since 13 Aug. 1822 has 
 been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 SANDOM. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 3.) 
 
 Robert Maccdre Sandom was born 30 Dec. 
 1814. He is nephew of Capt. Williams Sandom,R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1830, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galatea 42, Capt. 
 Chas. Napier, under whom he served in the Chan- 
 nel, and was present, as Midshipman, during the 
 attack made by Donna Maria's troops on the islands 
 of St. Michael's, Fayal, &c. Quitting the Galatea 
 in Jan. 1832, he next, in Oct. of the same year, 
 joined the Malabar 74, Capts. Hon. Josceline 
 Percy and Henry Shovel! Marsham, employed at 
 first in the Channel and afterwards in the Mediter- 
 ranean, whence, in July, 1834, he returned to Eng- 
 land. In the following Dec. he was received on 
 board the Racer 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, in which 
 vessel we find him assisting at the capture, 8 March 
 1836, of the Vigilante slaver, and cruizing for the 
 protection of the fisheries at Newfoundland and on 
 the coast of Labrador. He Invalided home from 
 the West Indies on board the Thunder surveying- 
 vessel, Capt. Rich. Owen, in the early part of 1837 
 and did not again go afloat until March, 1838. He 
 then, having passed his examination in the pre- 
 ceding July, became Mate of the Hastings T> 
 
 6 P ' 
 
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 SANDOM— SANFORD. 
 
 Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, and in the following 
 month sailed with the Earl of Durham for Quebec. 
 On his arrival he removed to the Niagara 20, com- 
 manded on the lakes of Canada by his uncle, Capt. 
 Sandom. During the first 18 months that he was 
 there employed he suffered much from fever and 
 ague. On I April, 1840, he was intrusted with the 
 charge of the Expeeimest steam-tender ; and on 
 12 July in the same year he assumed, per order of 
 his Captain, the rank of Lieutenant, in which he 
 continued to act until 9 June, 184:1. In Feb. 1842, 
 having had the misfortune to shoot off the fore- 
 finger and thumb of his right hand, he was under 
 the necessity of invaliding. H e went back, how- 
 ever, to the Niagara in the ensuing July, and con- 
 tinued in that vessel until transferred, 1 July, 1843, 
 to the above-named Experiment, commanded at 
 the time by Lieut. Boxer. His appointments since 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 13 Oct. 1843, have been— 17 May, 1844, to the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings— 8 July, 1845, to the Vanguard 80, 
 Capt. Geo. Wlckens Willes, on the Portsmouth 
 station— 17 Dec. 1845, again to the Excellent, 
 Capt. Henry Duoie Chads— 16 March, 1846, to the 
 Raleigh 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Herbert, fitting 
 for the south-east coast of America, whence he re- 
 turned about July, 1847— and, 15 June, 1848, as 
 First, to the Helena 16, Capt. Geo. Woodberry 
 Smith, fitting at Portsmouth. 
 
 SANDOM. (Capt., 1828. f-p., 32; h-p., 17.) 
 ■Williams Sandom is uncle of Lieut. Robt. Mac- 
 cure Sandom, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diomede 50, commanded 
 by the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, under 
 whom, with the interval of a few months, occasioned 
 by the peace of Amiens, he continued to serve, the 
 greater part of the time in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman, In the same frigate and the Egyptienne 
 40, on various stations, until Jan. 1806. While in 
 the latter ship he assisted at the capture, 27 July, 
 1803, of L'Epervier brig of 16 guns, and, in the 
 course of 1805, of La Cokymbe of 16, L'Acte'm of 16, 
 and Xo Libre of 40 guns— which last^mentioned 
 vessel maintained a close action of 20 minutes, pro- 
 ductive of a loss to the Egyptienne of 1 man killed 
 and 9 wounded. On 22 July, 1805, Mr. Sandom 
 took part in Sir Robt. Calder's action, and on that 
 occasion was sent on board El Firme, a captured 
 74. When afterwards in the Pompee 74, successive 
 flag-ship of Admirals Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and 
 Edwin Henry Stanhope, he served on shore at the 
 defence of Gaeta, the capture of the island of Capri, 
 and the battle of Maida— commanded some gun- 
 boats at the taking of Scylla— acted as Lieutenant 
 at the passage of the Dardanells, and in command 
 of a division of boats at the destruction of the 
 Turkish squadron at Point Pesquies— and attended 
 Lord Gambler's expedition to Copenhagen, where 
 he became Sub-Lieutenant of the Tigress gun-brig 
 attached to the in-shore squadron under Capt! 
 Peter Puget. On the surrender of the Danish capital 
 he was appointed by the Commander-in-Chief to a 
 Lieutenancy in the Waldemaar, one of the prize- 
 ships, from which he removed to the Leyden 64 
 Capt. Wm. Cumberland. Being confirmed in the 
 rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1808, and appointed to 
 the Bonne Citoyenne of 20 guns and 127 men 
 Capt. Wm. Mounsey, he contrived, 6 July, 1809 to 
 distmguish himself by his able exertions at the cap- 
 ture of La FuTieuse French frigate of 20 guns and 
 200 men, armee-en-flute, which did not surrender 
 until a hard-fought action of nearly seven hours 
 had occasioned the British a loss of 1 man killed 
 and 5 wounded, and herself of 35 kiUed and 37 
 wounded.* After with difficulty conducting the 
 shattered prize to Halifax, Mr. Sandom (wh5 had 
 previously witnessed the destruction, off Brest, of the 
 French 40-gun frigate Artmme) next, 8 Sept. 1810 
 joined the Fawn 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred 
 * t^ideGta, 1809, p. use. 
 
 Crofton, and on 19 Nov. 1811 was a second time 
 placed under the command of Capt. Mounsey, in 
 the FuRiECSE, which had been added to the British 
 Navy as a 36-gun frigate. On 7 May, 1813, having 
 assumed the joint command of the boats with Lieut. 
 Walter Croker, he signalized himself afresh at the 
 cutting out, under a most galling fire from the 
 tower and batteries of Orbitello, of a xebec mount- 
 ing 2 6-pounders ; and, in the course of the same 
 and of the following year, he contributed to the 
 capture of the island of Ponza and of the town of 
 Via Keggio, took part in the unsuccesful attack on 
 Leghorn, assisted at the occupation of Santa Maria 
 and of the enemy's other forts in the gulf of Spezia, 
 and beheld the fall of Genoa. On the cessation of 
 hostilities with France he sailed for North Ame- 
 rica, where, as Senior Lieutenant of the Furieuse, 
 he commanded her boats up the Penobscot. He 
 was subsequently appointed, generally as First- 
 Lieutenant— 23 Oct. 1815, to the Iphigenia 36, 
 Capt. Andrew King, on the East India station, 
 whence he returned home with the same officer in 
 the CoRNWALLis 74—7 Sept. 1818, to the Spencer 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley at Cork — 27 Oct. 
 1819, to the LirrEY 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan, 
 employed on different services — and, in the course 
 of 1822, to the William and Mary yacht, Capt. 
 Chas. Malcolm, Apollo yacht, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Paget, and Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Edw. Boxer. 
 Attaining at length the rank of Commander, 26 
 Dec. 1822, Capt. Sandom was in succession ap- 
 pointed in that capacity — 4 May, 1824, to the .Stna 
 bomb, which vessel (afterwards selected by Sir 
 Harry Neale to lead the squadron in his meditated 
 attack on Algiers) was fully manned, equipped for 
 service, and at Gibraltar, on the fourteenth day after 
 she had been launched from the stocks at Chatham 
 — 18 June, 1825, to the Bustard 10, fitting for the 
 Jamaica station — and, in May, 1827, to the EspitoLE 
 18. As a reward for his zeal and alacrity on an 
 occasion of emergency, Capt. Sandom was promoted 
 to Post-rank 23 March, 1828, and appointed to the 
 Magnificent receiving-ship at Port Royal. In 
 Oct. 1829, having for a period of 17 months com- 
 manded the Drdid 46 on the same station, he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off. He thence- 
 forward remained unemployed until 21 April, 1838. 
 He was then ordered to hoist his pendant in the 
 Niagara 20, as Commander-in-Chief of the naval 
 force on the Canadian lakes, where the activity and 
 energy infused by him into the movements of the 
 force under his orders enabled him, during the 
 tenure of his appointment, to frustrate the designs 
 of the rebels, and save from destruction the towns 
 of Brockville and Prescott, the latter of which was 
 attacked, 13 Nov. 1838,* by several hundred per- 
 sons, who, with the aid of the military, were driven 
 back and ultimately forced to surrender.f The 
 establishment on the lakes being eventually broken 
 up, Capt. Sandom, in Sept. 1843, returned to Eng- 
 land. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Sandom, who has established a character 
 for proficiency in the art of steam navigation, re- 
 ceived, in 1835-6, the thanks of Lords Auckland 
 and Minto, successively First Lords of the Admi- 
 ralty, for a system proposed by him of steam-tug 
 communication at the different naval ports, outer 
 anchorages, and public establishments connected 
 with the Navy. He married, 12 March, 1844, Jane, 
 second daughter of John Chas. Constables, Esq., of 
 Oak House, Battersea, Surrey. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 SANFOED. (LlEDT., 1811. p-p., 12 ; h-p., 31.) 
 George Sanford entered the Navy, 1 May, 1804> 
 as Midshipman, on board the Mary tender, Lieut- 
 Commander Gilbert John Michell, lying at Greenock ; 
 and from the following Dec. until July, 1810, was 
 
 * yide Gai8. 1838, p. 2975. 
 
 + Beyond the receipt of tlie Goort Service pension, granted 
 14 Jan. 1848, Capt. Sandom's Canadian services still remain 
 unrewarded, although they were identical with those of Lieut.- 
 Col. Dundas, who commanded jointly with himself, and was 
 in consequence made a C.B. 
 
SANFORD— SANGSTER. 
 
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 employed in the Channel and 'West Indies, at Hali- 
 fax, and off the coasts of France and Spain, in the 
 St. Geobge 98, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, 
 Thos. Bertie, and Edw. Sneyd Clay, flag-ship for 
 some time of Rear-Admiral Eliab Harvey, and 
 ToNNANT 80, Capts. John Hancock, Wm. Bowen, 
 Anthony Abdy, Thos. Geo. Shortland, Sir Chas. 
 Hamilton, and Hassard Stackpoole, bearing the 
 flags at first of Rear-Admirals Hon. M. De Courcy 
 and E. Harvey. Under Rear-Admiral De Courcy 
 he aided in embarking Sir John Moore's army at 
 Corunna in Jan. 1809. After he had assisted in 
 navigating the Spanish ship San, Pablo from Cadiz 
 to Minorca, and had further served in the Norge 
 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, also with the flotilla 
 at the defence of Cadiz, and in the Stately 64, 
 Capt. Rich. Thomas, he was promoted, 12 June, 
 
 1811, to the rank of Lieutenant. Between March, 
 
 1812, and Oct. 1816, when he invalided, we find 
 him employed at Quebec, at Portsmouth, off Bor- 
 deaux, in the West Indies, and at Halifax, in the 
 Rosamond 18, Capt. Donald Campbell, and Savage 
 and Harrier sloops, Capt. Wm. Russell and Sir 
 Chas. Thos, Jones. He has been in charge, since 
 28 Oct. 1846, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SANFORD. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 John Avshford Sanfokd is fourth son of Edw. 
 Ayshford Sanford, Esq., of Nynehead Court, co. 
 Somerset, and Lynton, co. Devon (a Magistrate and 
 Deputy-Lieutenant, who represented the whole 
 county of Somerset in two Parliaments before the 
 Reform Bill, and the western division of the county 
 in three Parliaments after the passing of that mea- 
 sure), by his first wife, Henrietta, only surviving 
 daughter of Sir Wm. Langham, Bart., of Cottes- 
 brooke, co. Northampton. In 1843 his father mar- 
 ried, a second time. Lady Caroline Anna Stanhope, 
 daughter of the late Earl of Harrington. 
 
 This oflicer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1845 ; 
 became Mate, 15 Jan. 1846, of the Calvpso 20, 
 Capt. Henry John Worth, fitting for the Pacific ; 
 obtained his commission 14 May, 1847 ; and was 
 on that occasion appointed Additional-Lieutenant 
 of the COLLINGWOOD 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour on the station last named ; where, since 
 16 Nov, 1847, he has been attached, in a like capa- 
 city, to the Constance 50, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway 
 Courtenay. 
 
 SANGSTER. (Retired Commander, 1845. 
 F-p., 20 ; H-p., 34.) 
 
 Robert Sangster was born 2 April, 1771, in the 
 island of Bura, one of the Orkneys. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1793, as 
 A. B., on board the Melampus of 42 guns and 267 
 men, Capts. Isaac Coffin, John Drew, Thos. Wells, 
 Sir Rich. John Strachau, and Graham Moore; in 
 which ship he continued employed, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, in the Channel and North Sea, 
 off the coast of Ireland, and on the Jamaica station, 
 until transferred, in May, 1800, to the Queen 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker at Port Royal. 
 On 23 April, 1794, he assisted, in company ^^'ith a 
 squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren, at the cap- 
 ture, with a loss to the Melampus of 5 killed and 5 
 wounded, of La Fomone of 44 guns and 341 men, JLe 
 Babet of 22 guns alid 178 men, and L' Engageante of 
 38 guns and 300 men. In tlie course of 1795 he es- 
 corted the Princess of Orange from North Yarmouth 
 to Cuxhaven, accompanied the expedition to Quibe- 
 ron, and contributed, in unison with the Hebe 3S, 
 to the capture of six out of 13 French vessels laden 
 with military stores and convoyed by a ship of 26 
 guns, and also by two armed brigs, one of which. La 
 Vesuve, was likewise taken. We subsequently find 
 him aiding at the capture of the French national 
 ships Etormant of 18 guns, Etna of 20 guns, Volage 
 of 22 guns and 195 men, and Re'solue of 40 guns and 
 500 men, including troops. The latter frigate was 
 taken 14 Oct. 1798, and was one of a squadron of 
 ships that had been previously defeated under Com- 
 
 modore Bompart during an action in which the 
 Melampus had had but 1 man wounded. Besides 
 sharing in other services Mr. Sangster partook, 
 during his attachment to the Melampus, of a va- 
 riety of skirmishes with the enemy's batteries and 
 gun-boats on the coast of France, assisted at the 
 capture of several privateers, witnessed the muti- 
 nies at Spithead and the Nore, conveyed the 
 Princess Royal and the King of Wurtemberg from 
 Harwich to Cuxhaven, and served off Waterford 
 and Wexford during the Irish Rebellion. The 
 Melampus was run on board, on one occasion, and 
 dismasted, by an East India ship; and on another, 
 she was for several hours on shore in a fog off Cape 
 La Hogue. A few days after he had joined the 
 Queen Mr. Sangster was made Lieutenant, 31 May, 
 1800, into the Quebec 32, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, 
 with whom and with Capt. Robt. Mends he conti- 
 nued to serve in the West Indies in the Nereide 
 36 until Sept. 1802. In charge of the boats of the 
 latter ship he made an attempt to cut out several 
 vessels from under a battery at Puerto Rico ; on 
 which occasion 28 grape-shot passed through his 
 own boat, and he had 1 man killed and several 
 wounded. His subsequent appointments were — 24 
 Aug. 1803, as First-Lieutenant, to the Curlew 16, 
 Capt. Jas. Murray Northey, employed in the Chan- 
 nel and North Sea and off the coast of Ireland— 4 
 Jan. 1805, to the Antelope 50, Capts. Robt. Plampin 
 and Henry Bazely, on the Home station — 31 Aug. 
 1805, to the Powerful 74, Capts. R. Plampin, Rich. 
 Buck, Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and 
 Chas. Jas. Johnston, in which ship, after having 
 gone in pursuit, with Sir John Thos. Duckworth, of 
 a French squadron, consisting of six sail of the Une, 
 he proceeded to the East Indies— 29 May, 1809, as 
 Senior, to the Milford 74, commanded at first by 
 Capt. Bayntun on the coast of France, and subse- 
 quently by Capt. Edw. Kittoe, as flag-ship, during 
 the siege of Cadiz, to Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, 
 under whom he performed for nine months the 
 duties of Signal-Lieutenant— 16 June, 1811, to the 
 charge (two months after an inflammatory com- 
 plaint, produced by long service in various cli- 
 mates, had compelled him to seek half-pay) of a 
 Signal station in co. Suffolk— and, 24 Jan. 1814, as 
 First, to the Scarborough 74, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral John Ferrier in the North Sea, where he 
 remained until 5 May following. While attached 
 to the Curlew he aided in saving the guns and 
 stores of the Tartarus bomb, wrecked on Margate 
 Sands in Dec. 1804. On this service he endured a 
 week's exposure in the boats, and was attacked by 
 a fit of rheumatism so severe that to this day its 
 effects continue. In the Powerful he proved in- 
 strumental to the capture, 13 June and 9 July, 1806, 
 of the privateers La Henriette of 20 guns and 124 men, 
 and (after a running fight of nearly two hours and 
 some loss) La Bellone of 30 guns and 194 men. He 
 also, 27 Nov. 1806, assisted at the capture and de- 
 struction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war 
 and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels 
 lying in Batavia Roads ; and on II Dec. 1807 he was 
 present as First-Lieutenant, and, owing to the ab- 
 sence of Capt. Pellew, had charge of the ship, at 
 the annihilation, at Griessee, in the island of Java 
 of the dockyard and stores and of all the men-of- 
 war remaining to Holland in India. On the latter 
 occasion he conducted the Powerful through an 
 intricate passage and silenced the fire of a battery 
 which had hulled her with hot and cold shot. For 
 his conduct he received the thanks of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief, accompanied by 
 a promise of recommendation to the Admiralty 
 He was appointed, as above, First-Lieutenant of 
 the MiLFORD, one of the finest ships of her class at 
 the particular request of Capt. Bayntun, whose ap- 
 plause he gained for the manner in which he fitted 
 her out, and for the state of sound discipline into 
 which he speedily brought the crew. Unable to 
 obtain the promotion to which his services appeared 
 to entitle him, he accepted, 26 Nov. 1830, the rank 
 of Retired Commander on the Junior List: and on 
 5 Jan, 1845, was placed on the Senior. 
 
 6P 2 
 
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 SANKEY-SANSUM— SARGENT-SARSFIELD-SAETORIDS. 
 
 Commander Sangster is married, and has issue a 
 son and daughter. 
 
 SANKEY. (Commander, 1844. p-p., 18;h-p., 9.) 
 Jacob Hikam Sankef, bom 23 July, 1807, is 
 only surviving son of the late Matthew Villiers 
 Sankey, Esq., of Coolmore, by Mary Ellington, 
 sister of Major EWngton, Major of the Tower of 
 London. His grandfather, Jacob Sankey, Esq., of 
 Coolmore, married a sister of Admiral Sir Benjamin 
 Caldwell. The Sankey family is of ancient and high 
 standing. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1820, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cambrian 48, Capt. 
 Gawen Wm. Hamilton, attached to the force in the 
 Mediterranean, where he continued to serve as Mid- 
 shipman, until 1827, in the Hind 20, Capt. Lord 
 Henry John Spencer Churchill, Weasel 10, Capt. 
 Johnson, Cambkian again, Capt. Hamilton, and 
 Revenge 76, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard. He was 
 actively employed during that period in the Archi- 
 pelago in destroying pirates, with whom he came re- 
 Eeatedly into sharp conflict. In 1827, having passed 
 is examination 20 Aug. 1826, he became Mate of 
 the Victory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, at Ports- 
 mouth ; in 1828 he returned to the Mediterranean 
 in the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Ca- 
 vendish Spencer ; and on 10 Dec. 1835, after having 
 been for some months employed on the Home and 
 South American stations in the Vernok 50, Capt. 
 Sir Francis Augustus Collier, and Spartiate 76, 
 Capt. Robt. Tait, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were — 
 SO April, 1836, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Ren- 
 ton Sharpe, with whom he served on the Lisbon 
 station until the early part of 1837—25 May, 1838, 
 to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, fitting at 
 Portsmouth — and 7 July following, to the Incon- 
 stant 36, Capts. Daniel Pring and Fred. Thos. 
 Michell. He continued in the latter ship on the 
 "West India and Mediterranean stations, part of the 
 time as First-Lieutenant, until paid off in March, 
 1843. He has not been since afloat. His promotion 
 to the rank he now holds took place 27 Aug. 1844. 
 
 Commander Sankey married, 8 Feb. 1844, Melita 
 Anne, only daughter of the late Capt. G. W. Ha- 
 milton, R.N., C.B., by whom he has issue. 
 
 SANSUM. (Lieutenant, 1839.) 
 
 Arthck Sansum entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826 ; 
 passed his examination in 1832 ; and obtained his 
 commission 10 May, 1839. His appointments have 
 since been— 22 May, 1839, as Additional-Lieutenant, 
 to the Magnificent receiving-ship at Jamaica, 
 Commodore Peter John Douglas — 16 Feb. 1840, to 
 the Thunder surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, 
 on the North America and West India station — 27 
 July, 1841, as First, to the Scoot 18, Capts. Joseph 
 Paffard Dickson Laroom and Hon. Jas. Robt. Drum- 
 mond, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned in 1845 — and 16 Feb. 1846, in a 
 . similar capacity, to the Calypso 18, Capt. Henry 
 John Worth, now in the Pacific. 
 
 SARGENT. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Robert Orme Sargent passed his examination 
 28 July, 1843; and since 15 April, 1845, has been 
 serving in the Erebus discovery-ship, Capt. Sir 
 John Franklin. His commission as Lieutenant 
 bears date 15 Aug. 1846. 
 
 SARSFIELD. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 11; h-p., 32.) 
 DoMiNicK Sarsfield was born 18 Jan. 1790. 
 He is a descendant of the celebrated Irish General, 
 Sarsfield, Lord Lucan. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1804, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Tromp 50, Capts. J. 
 A. Norway and Michael M'Carthy, on the Fal- 
 mouth station. In 1807 he became Midshipman of 
 the Glijckstadt 18, commanded in the Channel 
 and North Sea by Capts. Edw. Bass and Henry 
 Higman; the latter of whom he followed, as a 
 passed Midshipman, in Sept. 1811, into the Fly 16, 
 attached to the force in the Baltic. In the course 
 
 of the same year he was sent in charge of a Danish 
 prize to Gottenborg. While there, the Fly being 
 driven off the coast in a gale, he was placed, for a 
 passage to join her, on board the Grasshopper 18, 
 Capt. Henry Fanshawe ; and he was in that vessel 
 when, in order to avoid sharing the fate of her un- 
 fortunate consort the Hero 74, she was under the 
 necessity of surrendering to the Dutch fleet in the 
 Texel. He remained in consequence a prisoner of 
 war in France from Dec. 1811 until the end of the 
 war. Towards the close of 1814 he successively 
 joined the Pompee 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, 
 and Icarus 10, Capt. Thos. Barker Devon, both on 
 the Home station ; and in July, 1815, he was pre- 
 sented with a commission bearing date 14 of the 
 preceding Feb. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Sarsfield is now Marine Manager for the 
 City of Dublin Steam-packet Company. For 20 
 years prior to this appointment he was in command 
 of steamers, both government and private, employed 
 principally in the conveyance of mails between 
 Liverpool and Dublin. He married, 14 Oct. 1815, 
 Mary, eldest daughter of the late Lieut. -Colonel 
 Balcomb, by whom he has issue four children. 
 
 SARTORIUS, Kt., K.S.B.D'A., K.C.T.S. (Cap- 
 tain, 1814. F-P., 16.) 
 Sir George Rose Sartorius, bom in 1790, is eld- 
 est son of John Conrad Sartorius, Esq., Col. of En- 
 gineers, Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, by a daughter of 
 
 Rose, Esq. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1801, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Mary yacht, Capt. Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale ; served, from May, 1802, 
 until Oct. 1804, part of the time as Midshipman, 
 in the Fisgard and Naiad frigates, commanded, 
 on the Home station, by Capt. Jas. Wallis; and 
 then joined the Tonnant 80, Capts. Wm. Henry 
 Jervis and Chas. Tyler, under the latter of whom 
 he fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. Immediately 
 after the battle he was placed with Lieut. Jas. 
 Stuart on board the Bahama, one of the Spanish 
 74*s taken on the occasion. In June, 1806, he re- 
 moved to the Daphne 20, Capt. Fras. Mason ; and 
 after assisting in that ship at the capture of Monte 
 Video and participating in the various operations 
 which preceded the evacuation of Spanish America, 
 he was made Lieutenant, 5 March, 1808, into the 
 Success 32, Capt. John Ayscough. In the course 
 of the same and of the two following years we find 
 him employed in affording protection to the Green- 
 land fisheries, in assisting at the reduction of Ischia 
 and Procida, and in co-operating in the defence of 
 Sicily against the threatened invasion of Murat. 
 On 4 April, 1810, he commanded the boats of the 
 Success and Espoir brig, at the destruction, with 
 a loss to the British of 2 men killed, of two vessels 
 laden with oil, under a heavy fire of great guns and 
 musketry, on the beach, near Castiglione,* and on 
 25 of the same month he assisted at the capture of 
 an armed ship and three barks close to the castle of 
 Terracina. After serving with the flotilla at the 
 defence of Cadiz he was promoted, 1 Feb. 1812, to 
 the rank of Commander. His next appointments 
 were, 15 Aug. 1812 and 22 July, 1813, to the Snap 
 12 and Avon 18, both on the Home station; where, 
 attaining Post-rank 6 June, 1814, he commanded, 
 from 14 Dec. in that year until Aug. 1815, the 
 Slaney 20, and was present at the surrender of 
 Napoleon Buonaparte to Capt. Maitland of the 
 Bellerophon. His last appointment was to the 
 Malabar 72, in which ship, attached to the force 
 in the Mediterranean, he remained from 19 Aug. 
 1841 until paid off in 1844. On 21 Aug. in the for- 
 mer year he received the honour of Knighthood ; 
 and on 9 Nov. 1846 he was nominated a Naval Aide- 
 de-Camp to the Queen. 
 
 In 1832 Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius assumed com- 
 mand, with the rank of Admiral, of Don Pedro's 
 fleet, whose movements he continued to direct until 
 succeeded, in 1833, by Sir Charles Napier. His 
 name in consequence was struck off the list of 
 British Captains ; but in 1836 it was restored. For 
 • TMeGaz. 1810, p. 1138. 
 
SAULEZ— SAUMAREZ, 
 
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 his services to the Portuguese nation he received the 
 title of Yiscomte de Piedade, was presented with 
 the Grand Cross of St. Bento d'Avis, and created a 
 Knight Commander of the Order of the Tower and 
 Sword. Sir George married, in 1839, a daughter of 
 John Lamb, Esq., and has issue. Agents — Burnett 
 and Holmes. 
 
 SAULEZ. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Isaac Newton Thomas Saulez entered the Navy 
 9 Oct. 1828 ; passed his examination 28 Dec. 1836 ; 
 and for his services as Mate of the Pylades 18, 
 Capt. Talavera Vernon Anson, during the opera- 
 tions on the coast of China, especially at the second 
 capture of Canton, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841.* He was appointed, 17 
 July, 1843, Additional of the Winchester 50, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Josceline Percy at the Cape of Good 
 Hope; and from 11 Nov. 1844 until the latter part 
 of 1845 he was employed on that station in the 
 Thunderbolt steam-sh)op, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel 
 Broke. He has since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SAUMAREZ. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Philip Saumarez passed his examination 19 
 April, .1845; obtained his commission 28 June, 
 1847 ; and since 23 July following has been serving 
 in the Trincomalee 24, Capt. Rich. Laird "Warren, 
 on the North America and West India station. 
 
 SAUMAREZ, K.L.A. ((STaptaitl, 1824.) 
 
 Richard Saumarez is nephew of the late Ad- 
 miral Lord de Saumarez, G.C.B. ;t and cousin of 
 Commander Henry Dumaresq, R.N. His brother, 
 
 * Vide GtiZ. 1841, pp, 3505, 2539. 
 
 -f- Lord de Saumarez, originally Mr. James Saumarez, was 
 born 11 Marcli, 1757, at Guernsey ; and entered the Navy in 
 1770 on board the Montreal, Capt. Alms. For his conduct 
 in the Bbistoj. 50, Commodore Sir Peter Parker, in the at- 
 tack upon Fort Sullivan, near Charlestown, South Carolina, 
 he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of that ship ; and after 
 having taken part with the same officer in the expedition 
 against Long Island, and, in the Chatham 74, in the attempt 
 upon Rhode Island, he was officially promoted by a eommis- 
 sioa dated in Feb. 1778, He subsequently commanded the 
 Spitfire galley with great activity on the coast of North 
 America ; was in the Fortitude 74, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Hyde Parker, in the action off the Doggerbank 5 Aug. 1781 ; 
 and, in acknowledgment of his services on that occasion, was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander and appointed to the 
 TisipHONB fire-veaael. In the following Dec. he proved 
 chiefly inatrumental to the capture, by Rear-Admiral Kem- 
 penfeld, of part of a French convoy under M. de Guichen; 
 and on his arrival in the West Indies with the intelligence of 
 the latter^ having left port he was appointed, by Sir Sam. 
 Hood, the" Commander-in-Chief, to the Russell 74. In that 
 ship he Ijore a distinguished part in Rodney's action with the 
 Comte de Grasse IS April, 1782. Between 1787 and the date 
 of his promotion to the rank of Rear- Admiral, which took 
 place 1 Jan. 1801, he commanded the Ambuscade 33, Rai- 
 soNNABLE 64, Crescent of 42 guns and 257 men, Mary- 
 borough and Orion 74'a, and Cjesar 80. In the Crescent 
 he made prize, 20 Oct. 1793, of La Reunion of 36 guns and 
 320 men, lao of whom were either killed or wounded, with- 
 out any casualty whatever to the British. His gallantry on 
 this occa'^ion procured him the honour of Knighthood, and 
 the merchants of London presented him with an elegant 
 piece of plate. In Dec. of the same year the Crescent 
 formed part of an expedition under Earl Moira and Rear- Ad- 
 miral M'Bride to the coast of Normandy and Brittany ; and 
 on 8 June, 1794, she was in action with an enemy's squadron 
 of very superior force, from whom she escaped by a series of 
 i;he most bold and masterly manoeuvrea. While in command 
 of the Orion, Sir Jamea Saumarez fought with distinction in 
 Lord Bridport's action, in the engagement off St. Vincent, and 
 at the battle of the Nile. His bravery on each of the two latter 
 occasions obtained for him a gold medal ; and on the last the 
 city of London presented him with a piece of ornamental plate 
 valued at 200/. In 1799 he was appointed a Colonel of Ma- 
 rines; in theearly partof 1801, with his flagon board theC/E- 
 SAR, he commanded a division of the grand fleet off the Black 
 Rocks, with such unwearied zeal, that no square-rigged vessel 
 of any description either left or entered the port of Brest ; 
 and on 14 June in the same year (the very day after he had 
 been raised to the dignity of a Baronet) he sailed from Ply- 
 mouth with a squadron consisting of five sail of the line, one 
 frigate, a brig, and a lugger, destined for the blockade of 
 Ca^iz, off which port lie was joined by two more sail of the 
 line. On 6 of the following month Sir James, with six sail of 
 the line under his orders, made an unsuccessful attack (which 
 lasted for five hours and terminated with the loss to the Bri- 
 
 Acting-Commander Thos. Saumarez, died at the 
 island of Ascension 19 May, 1823, seven days only 
 after his appointment to the Bann 20. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt. 
 John Conn, bearing the flag in the Channel of his 
 uncle, then Sir Jas. Saumarez, with whom he shortly 
 afterwards removed to the St. George 98. Becom- 
 ing Midshipman, in Nov. of the same year, of the 
 Spartan, of 46 guns and 258 men, Capt. Jahleel 
 Brenton, he assisted in that ship at the destruction 
 of the castles of Pesaro and Ceseratico, the reduc- 
 tion of Lusin, an island on the coast of Croatia, and 
 the capture of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo. He 
 was also, 3 May, 1810, present in a brilliant and 
 single-handed victory gained by the Spartan, in 
 the Bay of Naples (after a contest of more than 
 two hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 
 10 men killed and 22 wounded), over a Franco- 
 Neapolitan squadron, carrying altogether 95 guns 
 and about 1400 men. In Aug. of the year last men- 
 tioned he removed, as Master's Mate, to the Daphne 
 20, Capt. Philip Pipon, attached to the force in the 
 Baltic, where, until Sept. 1812, he had constant 
 charge of a watch, and " conducted himself with so 
 much care and ability, and displayed such know- 
 ledge of his profession, both as a sailor and a navi- 
 gator," that, on leaving, he had the satisfaction of 
 being strongly recommended by his Captain as " a 
 young officer of great promise, and highly deserv- 
 ing of promotion." During his servitude in the 
 Daphne he witnessed an attack made by the enemy 
 upon Danzig, and conveyed to the Commander-in- 
 Chief the official despatches relative to the battle 
 
 tish of the Hanniban 74) on a French squadron, conaiating of 
 two 80-gun ships, one 74, and a frigate, lying under the pro- 
 tection of several strong batteries in the neighbourhood of 
 Algeciras. Six days afterwards, having by means of the 
 greatest exertion partially refitted his squadron at Gibraltar, 
 he proceeded, witn five ships of the line, two frigates, a po- 
 lacre, and an armed brig, in pursuit of the above French 
 squadron, which had been joined by two Spanish ships of 
 1 1 2 guns, one of 96, one of 80, and one of 74, also by another, 
 a French 74, and by two frigates and a lugger, and which, 
 with the Hannibal, making in all 10 ships of the line, was 
 now on its way from Algeciras to Cadiz. Notwithstanding 
 the fearful superiority of this force, the valour and genius 
 of Sir James Saumarez enabled him to achieve a most glorious 
 victory. The two Spanish three-deckers were destroyed ; 
 one French 7-1, the it. Antoine, was captured; and the re- 
 mainder of the enemy's ships were put to flight. As a mark 
 of the sense entertained by his Majesty and the country of 
 the important service he had rendered, Sir James was created 
 a Kniglit of the Bath, was voted the thanks of both Houses 
 of Parliament, with a pension of 1200/. per annum for life, 
 and was presented with the freedom of the city of London, 
 accompanied by a handsome sword. After serving at the 
 blockade of Cadiz and superintending the cession of Minorca 
 to tlie Spanish he returned, in ISoa, to England. On retir- 
 ing for a while to his native island he received from the in- 
 habitants an elegant vase, in testimony of their unfeigned 
 respect and esteem for his public and private cliaracter; and 
 he was also gratified with the thanks of the States of the 
 neighbouring island of Jersey, in 1803, after his flag had 
 been flying for a short time at the Nore, he was appointed to 
 the^chief command on the Guernsey station ; where he re- 
 mained until promoted, 13 Dec. 1806, to tlie rank of Vice- 
 Admiral. He was then nominated second in command of 
 the Channel fleet under Earl St. Vincent. In the ensuing 
 Aug. he resumed his former command off Guernsey. Being 
 next, in March, 1808, appointed to the chief command in the 
 Baltic, he was for four years and a half employed on that sta- 
 tion in affording protection, under circumstances the most 
 difficult, to the commerce of Britain, in maintaining friendly 
 relations between her and Sweden, and in otherwise, by his 
 conciliatory and judicious conduct, improving her position 
 with the northern powers. On leaving Gottenborg in 1812 
 he received from the King of Sweden (.who also created him a 
 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish military order of the 
 Sword) amost superb sword, the whole of the hiltof which was 
 set with brilliants of exquisite workmanship and great value. 
 He received, too, the personal thanks of the Emperor of 
 Russia and the King of Prussia, on the occasion of their sub- 
 sequent visit to England; as well as the acknowledgments 
 of IMnee Metternich, the Austrian Minister ; and, above all, 
 the approbation of his own Government, He became a full 
 Admiral 4 June, 1814; was appointed in 1819 Rear-Admiral 
 and in Nov. 1821 Vice-Admiral, of Great Britain, the latter 
 of which posts he retained until constituted, in Feb. 1832, a 
 General of Marines ; held the chief command at Plymouth 
 from 1824 until 1827; and was elevated to the Peerage by 
 letters patent dated Sept. 1831. He died 9 Oct. 1836. 
 
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 SAUMAREZ-SAUNDERS-SAUNDERSON. 
 
 of Borodino. After serving for a few weeks as 
 Acting-flag-Lieutenant to Sir Jas. Saumarez in the 
 ViCToiiT 100 and Pvramus 36, he was presented 
 with a commission bearing date 5 Dec. 1812 ; and 
 he was next, 2 Feb. 1813, appointed to the Bac- 
 chante 33, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Fras. Stanfell. 
 While under the former of those officers in the 
 Adriatic he conducted a considerable body of Croa- 
 tian troops from the Bocco di Cattaro to Fiume, 
 where he arrived at a period when a force of the 
 kind was most urgently required both for the pro- 
 tection of the town and for the purpose of co-ope- 
 rating with the army under General Nugent at the 
 siege of Trieste. On the surrender of the latter 
 place he was sent by Rear-Admiral Thos. Francis 
 Fremantle to Prince Maximilian with the terms of 
 the capitulation. On his passage afterwards with 
 despatfehes to Capt. Hoste, the transport vessel in 
 which he was embarked not being able, from con- 
 trary winds and strong ciu'rents, to proceed to the 
 place of rendezvous, he quitted her in an open boat, 
 and by pulling along the coast, from Lissa to the 
 anchorage off JMelida, arrived in Nov. 1813, not, 
 however, without having incurred much risk, and 
 been forced by violent gales to take refuge for three 
 days upon a barren and uninhabited island between 
 Lissa and Curzola. Through these means the de- 
 spatches were delivered, which led to the immediate 
 attack, and ultimate surrender, of the fortress of 
 Cattaro ; where Lieut. Saumarez was the chief offi- 
 cer of the Bacchante engaged on shore in the 
 direction of the batteries, and, under the instruc- 
 tions of Capt. Hoste, carried on the capitulation 
 with General Gauthier. In Jan. 1814 he contri- 
 buted to the reduction of Kagusa*, and on proceed- 
 ing, in the course of the same year, to the coast of 
 North America, was there very actively employed, 
 particularly at the capture of Castine, Belfast, and 
 other places, in Penobscot Bay. In Deo. 1818, 
 Ijieut. Saumarez, who had been paid off from the 
 Bacchante about July, 1815, received an appoint- 
 ment to the Syeille 44, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Home Popham in the West Indies. He was there, 
 19 May, 1819, made Commander into the Beavek 
 sloop -, and on 17 April, 1824, he was advanced to 
 Post-rank. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 In Aug. 1815 Capt. Saumarez was presented with 
 the Honorary Medallion of the Royal Humane So- 
 ciety, for "his meritorious and highly laudable con- 
 duct," in having, in May, 1814, under circumstances 
 of the greatest peril, risked his own life to save that 
 of Robert Taylor, a seaman, who had fallen over- 
 board between Malta and Sicily ; and in 1818 the 
 Cross of the Order of Leopold of Austria was con- 
 ferred upon him " for the signal services he had 
 rendered during the campaign of 1813." On his re- 
 turn in the Beaveb from the West Indies he sub- 
 mitted to the Admiralty some observations on the 
 yellow fever, by which he had been three times 
 attacked in the course of one year, and had the 
 gratification of receiving their Lordships' approba- 
 tion for the attention he had given to the subject. 
 The thanks of the Committee of West India mer- 
 chants were conveyed to him in April, 1821, " for 
 the interesting information conveyed in his letter 
 of the 16th " of that month, as to the most eligible 
 track to be pursued by their homeward-bound ship- 
 ping. Capt. Saumarez married 12 Feb. 1825, and 
 has issue three sons and one daughter. His second 
 son, Thomas, is a Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 SAUMAREZ. (Lieutenant, 1848.) 
 
 Thomas Saumakez is son of Capt. Rich. Sau- 
 marez, R.N. 
 
 This officer obtained his commission 10 March, 
 1848. 
 
 SAUNDERS. (Lieut., 1822. r-p., 22; h-p., 15.) 
 William Clewes Saunders entered the Navy 3 
 Aug. 1810, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Phea- 
 sant 18, Capt. John Palmer, under whom he was 
 for upwards of four years employed, part of the 
 time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Channel and at Newfoundland. Between Oct. 1814 
 
 and Oct. 1818 he served on the Home and again on 
 the Newfoundland stations in the Wanderer 20, 
 Capts. J. Palmer and Wm. Dowers, San Josef 110, 
 flag-ship of Sir Rich. Strachan, and Tiber 38, Capt. 
 Jas. Rich. Dacres. He then proceeded, as Admi- 
 ralty-Midshipman of the Sapphire 26, Capt. Henry 
 Hart, to the West Indies; where he acted, from 9 
 June until 16 Dec. 1820, as Lieutenant in the On- 
 tario 18, Capts. Whitworth Lloyd, Wilson BraddyU 
 Bigland, and Jodrell Leigh, and was again for 14 
 months employed as Admiralty-Midshipman in the 
 EcBVALUs 42, Capts. Thos. Huskisson, Isham Flem- 
 ing- Chapman, and W. B. Bigland, and Tamae 26, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman. He was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 6 May, 1822, in the Stbille 
 44, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley at Jamaica; 
 and was next, 11 April, 1823, appointed to the Pha- 
 eton 46, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, under 
 whom, prior to being paid off in 1826, we find him 
 conveying the Right Hon. C. R. Vaughan, British 
 Ambassador, to North America, and bringing three 
 millions of dollars home from the West Indies. He 
 has filled the appointment, since 29 Oct. 1840, of an 
 Agent for Transports afloat. 
 
 SAUNDERSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 James Sahnderson, born about 1795, is youngest 
 son of the late Fras. Saunderson, Esq., for 30 years 
 M.P. for CO. Cavan, by Anne White, heiress of the 
 Bassetts, of Miskin, Glamorganshire. He is brother 
 of Alex. Saunderson, Esq., of Castle Saunderson, 
 Colonel of the Cavan Militia, and lately M.P. for 
 that CO.; of Colonel Hardress Waller Saunderson, 
 who served throughout the Peninsular war as Cap- 
 tain of the 39th Regt., and was wounded at Albu- 
 era ; and of Capt. Wm. Bassett Saunderson, h.-p. 
 unattached, who likewise fought in the Peninsula, 
 and was there Captain of the 44th. The first-men- 
 tioned of these gentlemen is married to a sister of 
 the present Lord Farnham; and the second to a 
 daughter of the Earl of Carhampton. Another 
 brother, Francis, Rector of Kildaller, married Lady 
 Catherine Crichton, sister of the Earl of Erne. The 
 Lieutenant is a cousin of Mr. John Sanderson, 
 Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Starch, 1806, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Thos. 
 Brown, bearing the flag in the Channel of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Eliab Harvey, with whom, after having pur- 
 sued to the West Indies a squadron which had 
 effected its escape from Brest, he removed as Mid- 
 shipman, in July of the same year, to the St. 
 George 98. In that ship, attached to the force in 
 the Baltic, he remained for a period of three months. 
 In July, 1807, he was placed under the orders of 
 Rear-Admiral Hon. Michael De Courcy in his old 
 ship the ToNNANT ; and, in Oct. 1808, three months 
 after he had been discharged, he went back to the 
 St. George, then bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Fras. Pickmore ; in which ship, deducting a few 
 months passed on board the Phobbe 36, Capt. J:^. 
 Hillyar, he continued employed until transferred, in 
 May, 1810, to) the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter 
 Parker. While in the latter frigate he assisted at 
 the reduction of the Isle of France, and, on repair- 
 ing to the Mediterranean, bore a prominent part, 
 in the course of 1812, in many gallant boat affairs 
 conducted by the present Capt. Rowland Main- 
 waring. He assisted, in particular, at the cutting 
 out, without loss, of the St. Joseph, a beautiful 
 French brig, pierced for 16 guns, lying within pis- 
 tol-shot of one battery, flanked by another, and also 
 by musketry from the shore, near the Bay of Frejus ; 
 at the boarding and carrying of the French xebec 
 La Paix, mounting 2 long 6-poundei3, with a com- 
 plement of 30 men, protected by a galling fire from 
 the towers of Terracina; at the capture, under a 
 heavy fire from the batteries in the river Mignone, 
 nearCivitaVecchia, of the French letter-of-marque 
 St. Esprit, pierced for 12 guns, but with only 2 6- 
 pounders mounted ; and at the destruction of the 
 customhouse and magazines at Mejan, in the Bay of 
 Marseilles. For the conspicuous gallantry he ex- 
 
SAURIN-SAVAGE. 
 
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 hibited in the last-mentioned affair, which cost a 
 Lieutenant, Yates, his life, Mr. Saunderson, who 
 held the rating of Master's Mate, was strongly re- 
 commended by his Captain to the favourable notice 
 of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Edw. Pellew. On 
 18 May, 1812, the Menelads (in company with 
 the Havannah and Fukieuse frigates and Peeorus 
 brig) was chased by the French Toulon fleet ; and on 
 29 of the same month, having pursued the French 
 40-gun frigate Pauline and 16-gun brig Ecureuil 
 under the batteries in the vicinity of Toulon, she 
 again effected a masterly retreat from the fleet that 
 had come out to their protection, by passing through 
 its line ahead of one 74 and astern of another. 
 In command of two of her boats Mr. Saunderson 
 succeeded, 4 Sept. 1812, in bringing out from the 
 entrance of the Orbitello Lake io Fidelh, a govern- 
 ment transport, loading with ship-timber ;* and on 
 28 March, 1813, he contrived, after a night-chase of 
 many hours, to board and carry Le Nouveau Flienix 
 privateer of 6 guns and 75 men. This vessel he 
 carried as prize-master to Gibraltar. He continued 
 in the Menelads, the latter part of the time in the 
 capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, until Dec. 1813. He 
 next, for some months in 1814, served off Lisbon 
 and Gibraltar, as Midshipman, in tlie Kedwing 18, 
 Capt. Sir John Gordon Sinclair; and, attaining the 
 rank of Lieutenant 25 ."Vpril, 1815, was employed as 
 such, from 2 June until 30 Deo. in that year, in the 
 Ibis 32, flag-ship of Sir Home Popham in the 
 Thames. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Saunderson married Selina, fourth daughter 
 of Colonel and Lady Ann Fox, and niece of John 
 James, second and last Earl of Farnham. By that 
 lady he has issue two daughters. 
 
 SAUEIN. (fflapfaitt, 1814. r-P., 9 ; h-p., 3,j.) 
 
 Edward Saurik, is son of the Eight Hon. Wm. 
 Saurin, formerly Attorney-General for Ireland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Ecryalus 36, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood, in which ship, attached to the 
 force on the Irish station, he remained for a few 
 weeks. He next, in May, 1804, joined the Loire 
 46, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, with whom he 
 continued almost uninterruptedly employed in the 
 same frigate, and, as Midshipman and as Master's 
 Mate, in the Volontaire 38 and Emeraed 36, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 May, 1810. 
 He was under the fire, during that period, of the 
 batteries in Muros Bay, when they were gallantly 
 stormed and carried, and the privateers Confiance 
 and Be'Iier taken, by the boats under the late Sir 
 Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 June, 1805. He assisted also, on 
 25 of the same month, in capturing Le Vaillant of 
 30 guns ; was in company with L'Egtptibnne fri- 
 gate at the taking, auer an obstinate resistance, of 
 La Libre of 40 guns ; conveyed, in July, 1806, to Sir 
 Rich. Keats, off L'Orient, intelligence which led to 
 the capture of Le Rhin of 44 guns ; aided at the 
 capture of many other vessels and at the blockade 
 of Rochefort; contributed, on the night of 13 
 March, 1808, to the destruction, in Vivero harbour, 
 of a large French schooner, L' Apropos, of 8 guns and 
 70 men ;t and was present, in April, 1809, at the de- 
 struction of the French shipping in Aix Boads. 
 After serving for about four months at Portsmouth 
 in the Ethalton 36, Capt. Edm. Heywood, he was 
 appointed, 17 Feb. 1811, to the'ALCMJiNE 38, Capt. Ed- 
 wards Lloyd Graham, fitting for the Mediterranean, 
 where he remained until July, 1812. On 22 May in 
 that year he made an attack with' four boats, near 
 the island of Lissa, upon a large armed convoy, the 
 result of which was the capture of one of the ene- 
 my's principal vessels, but not until nearly the 
 • Vide Gaz. 181S, p. 2017. 
 
 •)• On this occasion he landed nitli a party under Lieut. 
 Chas. Bertram, assisted in taking possession of a battery 
 (wliose f^uns, 8 24-pounders, were at the same time spiked), 
 and, after having encountered and routed tlie crew, was for 
 several hours engaged (under the annihilating fire of a body 
 of troops not 30 yards distant) in a fruitless attempt to 
 launch the schooner, which had been run on rhe rocks, and 
 was in consequence set fire to and blown up. — Vide Gaz. 
 1808, p. 416. 
 
 whole of her crew had been either killed or wounded. 
 'The slaughter on the part of the British was almost 
 equally dreadful, the pinnace alone sustaining a loss 
 of at least 20 officers and men killed and wounded. 
 Among the latter was their gallant leader, who by 
 his voice and example encouraged the rest, and, not- 
 withstanding he was severely wounded, still perse- 
 vered. He lost his right arm, his left was shot 
 through, his neckcloth was cut through the dif- 
 ferent folds, and his sabre broken by a ball. He 
 was advanced in consequence to the rank of Com- 
 mander 12 Dec. 1812, and was awarded, 24 Feb. 
 1813, a pension, increased, in Dec. 1815, to 300?. per 
 annum. His last appointment was, 6 July, 1813, to 
 the Hope 10, in which vessel he served on the 
 Home station until advanced to his present rank 7 
 June, 1814. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 Capt. Saurin has been for many years a Com- 
 missioner of Stamps and Taxes. He married, 15 
 July, 1828, Lady Mary Ryder, second daughter of 
 the Earl of Harrowby. 
 
 SAVAGE. (Lieutenant, 1816.) 
 
 James Savage entered the Navy, 25 July, 1809, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef llo, Capt. 
 Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth in the Channel. He continued to 
 serve with Capt. Dunn in the Hibebnia 110, Ab- 
 MiDE 38, and Dublin 74, until July, 1813. In the 
 course of that month he went back to the San 
 Josef, then the flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in the 
 Mediterranean ; where, and in the West Indies and 
 at Sheerness, we find him, from Jan. 1814 until 
 March, 1816, employed in the Aigle and Scaman- 
 DEE frigates, both commanded by Sir John Louis, 
 In the former ship he assisted at the capture and 
 destruction of a French convoy under the guns of 
 Porto Maurizio 11 April, 1814. He was ma^ Lieu- 
 tenant, we believe, into the MAGiciENNi^2, Capt. 
 John Brett Purvis, on the East India station, 2 
 July, 1816; and was lastly, from 31 March, 1819, 
 until the close of 1822, employed on the East India 
 station in the Liverpool 50, Capt. Fras. Augustus 
 Collier ; under whom he accompanied an expedition 
 against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, and there, 
 in Jan. 1820, assisted at the bombardment of Ras- 
 Al-Khyma, their principal stronghold, where the 
 fortifications were all destroyed, the vessels burnt, 
 
 and a large quantity of treasure seized. Agents 
 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SAVAGE. (Commander, 1 830. f-p., 17; h-p., 34.) 
 William Savage entered the Navy, in Nov. 
 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agincooet 64, 
 Capts. John Williamson and John Lawford ; under 
 the former of whom he enacted a Midshipman's part 
 in the battle off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. On his 
 removal with Capt. Lawford to the Romney 50 he as- 
 sisted, in the course of 1798, at the capture of a con- 
 voy of Swedish vessels, laden with naval and military 
 stores for the use of France, and accompanied, in 
 the autumn of 1799, the expedition to Holland. He 
 subsequently proceeded in the same ship, under the 
 command of Sir Home Popham, to the East Indies, 
 and made a visit, during his sojourn on that station, 
 to the Red Sea. While there and on shore in the 
 neighbourhood of Mount Felix for the purpose of 
 procuring a supply of water, his party, 11 in num- 
 ber, was suddenly attacked by a party of the na- 
 tives, lying in ambush, who murdered all but him- 
 self and a Midshipman, the late Retired Commander 
 John Manton. Being severely wounded in the 
 head, his own life was only saved through the exer- 
 tions of his companion, who forcibly dragged him 
 into a boat, and succeeded in keeping the enemy at 
 bay until they were both out of danger. On his re- 
 turn to England in May, 1803, he joined La Seine 36, 
 Capt. David Milne ; and on that ship being wrecked 
 21 July following off Schelling Island, in the North 
 Sea, he was received on board the Excellent 74, 
 Capt. Frank Sotheron, with whom he continued 
 employed, on the Mediterranean station, until nomi- 
 nated, 5 May, 1806, Acting-Lieutenant of the In- 
 TKEPiD 64, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse. He was 
 
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 SAVAGE— SAVILLE—SAWBRIDGE-SAYER. 
 
 confirmed 17 Sept. in the same year ; and was sub- 
 sequently appointed — 12 Feb. 1807, to the Formi- 
 dable 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, also in the Medi- 
 terranean, where he remained for a further period 
 of three years— 6 April, 1810, to the Addacious 74, 
 Capt. Donald Campbell, attached to the force in 
 the North Sea and off Lisbon— 21 Aug. 1811, to 
 the Baebadoes 24, commanded in the West Indies 
 by Capt. Edw. Kushworth and for a short time by 
 himself as Acting-Captain — 6 July, 1812, to the 
 PoLYPHEMDS 64, Capt. Peter John Douglas, on the 
 same station — and, 26 Feb. 1813, after three months 
 of half-pay, to the Centauk 74, Capt. John Cham- 
 bers White, in the Channel. He invalided in May, 
 1814, and has not, we believe, been since afloat. He 
 obtained a pension of 911. bs. per annum for wounds 
 1 July, 1815; and was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 31 Dec. 1830. 
 
 SAVAGE. (LiEDT., 1813. f-p., 26; h-p., 17). 
 
 William Henry Savage died in 1847. He was 
 son of the late Rev. Christopher Kingsborough 
 Savage, by Christian, only child of Bartholomew 
 Welstead, Esq., of co. Cork, an officer in the Army ; 
 and brother (with Christopher Savage, Esq., also 
 an officer in the Army) of Francis Savage, Esq., of 
 Ballymadun, oo. Dublin, late Captain in the 32nd 
 Kegt., and a Magistrate for the county. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capfs. 
 Hon. Michael De Couroy and Thos. Bertie. After 
 serving for about two years and a half, part of the 
 time in the capacity of Midshipman, on the West 
 India, Halifax, and Channel stations, he joined, in 
 July, 1807, the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of his 
 former Captain, then Rear-Admiral, De Courcy, 
 with whom he continued employed in the Channel, 
 on the north coast of Spain, and on the coast of 
 Brazil, in the Diana 38 and Foudkotant 80, until 
 Nov. 1812 — the last four months as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant. In the Tonnant he assisted in embarking 
 the remains of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna. 
 From Aug. 1813 until promoted, 13 Dec. following, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, his name was borne as a 
 Supernumerary on the books of the Sabeina and 
 Stately, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin 
 at Lisbon, where he had charge, during that period, 
 of a Signal post. He was subsequently employed — 
 between Jan. 1816 and Sept. 1818, in the Mjeander 
 38, Capts. John Bastard, Arthur Fanshawe, and Sir 
 Jas. Alex. Gordon, and Istee 42, Capt. Thos. For- 
 rest, on the Home and Newfoundland stations — 
 and, from 20 March, 1829, until 1844, in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 SAVILLE. (Retibed Commandeb, 1835. p-p., 
 19; HP., 35.) 
 
 George Augustus Saville was born 12 April, 
 1773. His brother, Capt. John Griffin Saville, R.N., 
 died Agent for Prisoners-of-War at Jamaica in 1804. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Irresistible 74, Capt. John 
 Henry, part of the force employed under Sir John 
 Jervis at the reduction of the French West India 
 islands. On his return to England in 1794 he joined 
 the JupiTEE 50, Commodore John Willet Payne, 
 under whom we find him, in March, 1795, escorting 
 the Princess Caroline of Brunswick from Cuxhaven 
 to England. Removing shortly afterwards to the 
 Russell 74, Capt. Thos. Larcom, he fought in that 
 ship, and was wounded in the left leg, in Lord Brid- 
 port's action 23 June, 1795. He next, in Oct. 1796 
 and May, 1798, became Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate of the Impetueux 74, Capt. J. W. Payne, and 
 Experiment 44, commanded by his brother, Capt. 
 J. G. Saville. On his return, in the latter ship, 
 from the expedition of 1799 to Holland, he pro- 
 ceeded to the Mediterranean; where, on 14 Dec. 
 1800, a few weeks after he had been received on 
 board the Foudeoiant 80, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Keith, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Athenienne 64, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, of 
 whose tender, the Arab, he had command from 
 
 July, 1801, to March, 1802. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant on his arrival home, 13 Nov. 1802 ; and 
 was subsequently appointed — 14 March, 1803, to 
 the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Hancock, on the Home 
 station, where, prior to invaliding in the following 
 Oct., he contributed to the capture of a large French 
 praam— 31 March, 1804, to the Sea Fencibles in 
 Ireland— 30 Jan. 1805, to the EspiioLE 16, Capt. 
 Henry Gage Morris, in the Channel— 6 Aug. 1806 
 (three months after he had left the latter vessel), 
 to the charge, which he retained until Nov. 1809, 
 of a Signal station on the Irish coast — and, 31 July, 
 1811, to the post of Agent for Transports afloat. 
 While serving in the Espi^gle his spine was se- 
 verely hurt by the bursting of a hawser in towing 
 a vessel down Channel. The effects of the injury 
 he then sustained he still occasionally feels. As a 
 Transport Agent he was employed on the coasts of 
 Spain and Portugal, in the expedition against New 
 Orleans, and in exchanging, at different French 
 ports, the prisoners taken at Waterloo. He went 
 on half-pay 14 Dec. 1815 ; and accepted his present 
 rank 21 April, 1835. 
 
 Commander Saville married 25 July, 1807, and 
 has issue one son and two daughters. 
 
 SAWBEIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Samuel Sa wbeibge, bom in 1805, is son of Samuel 
 Elias Sawbridge, Esq., of Olantigh, co. Kent, Colonel 
 of the East Kent militia, by EUzabeth, daughter of 
 Brabazon Ellis, Esq., of Wyddiall Hall, Herts ; and 
 brother of thS late Capt. Wanley Elias Sawbridge, 
 of the 28th Regt. His grandfather, John Saw- 
 bridge, was Lord Mayor of London in 1775, and 
 M.P. for that city in three successive parliaments ; 
 and his great-great-grandfather, Jacob Sawbridge, 
 M.P. for Cricklade, co. Wilts, was one of the Di- 
 rectors of the South Sea Company in the memor- 
 able year 1 720. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 June, 1820; 
 passed his examination in 1826 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 7 June, 1828 ; and was appointed, 22 Sept. 
 following, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. 
 Orlando IJridgeman, on the Mediterranean station. 
 He was placed on half-pay a few months afterwards, 
 and has not been since afloat. 
 
 SAYEE. (Captain, 1810. f-p., 32; h-p., 35.) 
 
 George Sayer died in 1846. He was cousin of 
 the late Rear-Admiral Geo. Sayer,'*' and of the pre- 
 
 * Rear-Admiral Geo. Sayer was a native of Deal,co. Kent, 
 where his father was for 30 years Collector of the Customs, 
 He entered the Navy on board the Ph(ENIX 36, Captains 
 Geo. Anson Byron and Sir Rich. John Strachan ; and, while 
 in Uiat frigate, served on shore at the reduction of Tippoo 
 Saib's forts and other possessions on the Malabar co^ist, and 
 assisted, in company with the Perseverance frigate, in 
 effecting tlie capture of La Resolue of 46 guns, 19 Nov. 1791. 
 As Lieutenant of tlieCARYsFORT 28, Capt.SirFrancis Laforey, 
 he aided at the capture, 29 May, 1794, of the Castor Fisncli 
 frigate of 32 guns. After serving as First-Lieutenant, with 
 Sir F. Laforey, in the Carvsfort, Beaulieu 40, and Ganoes 
 74, he was promoted, in Maich, 1790, to the command of tlie 
 LaceD/I^monian sloop, part of the force employed at the 
 ensuing reduction of Ste. Lucie. In 1797 Capt. Sayer was 
 attached to the flotilla equipped for the purpose of acting 
 against the mutinous ships at the Nore. After commanding 
 for a considerable time the Xenophon and Inspector sloops 
 he was advanced, 14 Feb. 1801, to Post-rank. During the 
 late war he served in the Proselyte 28, Galatea 32, and 
 Leda36. In the Galatea he aided, in Dec. 1807, in ob- 
 taining possession of the Danish West India islands j and 
 while in command of the Leda he bore a distinguished part, 
 both afloat and on shore, in the operations connected with the 
 conquest of .lava, besides conducting, in 1813, an eminently 
 successful expedition against the Sultan of Sambas in the 
 island of Borneo, whose depredations had become so daring 
 and extensive as to threaten the extinction of our commerce 
 in that quarter, and who had some time before repulsed a 
 respectable force sent to check his piracies. From the death 
 of Sir Sam. Hood, in Dec. 1813, until the arrival of Sir 
 Geo. Burlton, in June, 1815, and from the demise of the 
 latter ofijcer in the ensuing Sept. until the advent of 
 his successor, Sir Kich. King, towards the close of 1816, 
 Capt. Sayer was senior officer in India, and performed, in 
 consequence, .all the duties of Commander-in-Chief His 
 services in the East were rewarded with a gold medal and 
 the Companionship of the Bath. 
 
SAYER. 
 
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 sent Lieut. Geo. Sayer, R.N. ; and uncle of Lieut. 
 Henry Belsey, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Dec. 1779, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Aurora 28, Capt. Jas. 
 Cumming, with whom, after serving in the Channel, 
 he removed to the Assurance and Confederate, 
 hoth on the North American station. Joining next, 
 in Oct. 1781, the Anson 64, Capts. Wm. Blair and 
 Hon. John Rodney, he fought in that ship, and was 
 wounded, in the famous action with the Comte de 
 Grasse 12 April, 1782. He was subsequently em- 
 ployed, for seven years, on the Home and Halifax 
 stations, the latter part of the time as Master's 
 Mate, in the Assistance 50, Commodore Sir Chas. 
 Douglas, SciPio 64, Capt. Skeffington Lutwidge, 
 Orion, Cumberland, and Arrogant 74's, Capts. 
 Sir Hyde Parker, John M'Bride, and John Harvey, 
 and Adamant 50, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Hughes. 
 On the occasion of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 23 Aug. 1790, he obtained command of 
 the Chatham armed schooner. In that vessel, in 
 which he continued until Aug. 1793, he was engaged 
 in protecting the trade and fisheries along the coast 
 of Nova Scotia, in the Bay of Fundy, and in the 
 Gulf of St. Lawrence, and, in the winter-time, in 
 conveying the mails between Halifax, Boston, and 
 New York. This latter service had been deemed, 
 from the severity of the weather, impracticable. 
 In Dec. 1793 Mr. Sayer was appointed First-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Charon 44, Capt. Geo. Countess, at 
 whose particular request he was allowed to follow 
 him, in a similar capacity, into the Pegasus 28, 
 D.!EDALns 32, and Ethalion 38. In the Charon 
 he bore a part in Lord Howe's action, 1 June, 1794 ; 
 in the DjEdalus he visited the coasts of Africa and 
 the West Indies, and was on board when nearly the 
 whole of the officers and many of the crew were 
 swept away by yellow fever ; and in the Ethalion 
 he assisted, while cruizing on the coast of Ireland, 
 at the capture, 12 Oct. 1798, of the French 40-gun 
 frigate La Belltmc, after a sharp conflict and a 
 trifling loss to the British.* He was placed in 
 charge of the prize, and, as a reward for the bravery 
 and zeal he had displayed, was promoted, 10 Nov. 
 following, to the rank of Commander. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— in 1799, to the Royal 
 Admiral troop-ship, in which he accompanied the 
 expedition to the Helder— in 1800, to the Ulysses 
 arme'e-en-flute, on the Mediterranean station, where, 
 in the foilowing year, his Egyptian services procured 
 him the Turkish gold medal — in Aug. 1803 (after 
 16 months of half-pay), to the Sea Fencibles on the 
 coast of Kent— and, 1 Feb. 1809, to the Raleigh 18. 
 In Feb. 1810 he captured, off Beachy Head, La 
 Modeste French lugger privateer of 4 guns, pierced 
 for 18, and 43 men. On 23 Jlay following, being in 
 company, off the Skawe, with the Alban and Prin- 
 cess OF Wales cutters, he engaged seven Danish 
 gun-vessels, one of which was blown up, and the 
 others obliged to disperse, greatly damaged ;t and 
 on 2 Nov. in the same year he captured the Admiral 
 Neil Suul Danish privateer schooner of 10 guns 
 (pierced for 16) and 28 men, and retook a valuable 
 American ship from St. Petersburg bound to Lon- 
 don. Twelve days prior to the occurrence of the 
 two last-mentioned events he had been advanced, 
 21 Oct. 1810, to Post-rank. His last appointment 
 was to the Antelope 50, in which ship he served 
 as Flag-Captain to Rear- Admiral John Harvey in 
 the West Indies from 22 Aug. 1815 until paid off in 
 April, 1819. He was admitted to the out-pension 
 of Greenwich Hospital 17 Feb. 1837. 
 
 Capt. Sayer married, in 1799, a daughter of Wm. 
 Lawrence, Esq., Storekeeper of the Ordnance at 
 Plymouth. His only surviving son, Wm. Lawrence 
 Sayer, is a First-Lieutenant R.M. (1840). His two 
 eldest died of yellow fever while serving with their 
 father on board the Antelope. 
 
 SAYER. (LlEDT., 1809. F-P., 13 J H-p., 31.) 
 George Sayer is cousin of the late Capt. Geo. 
 
 Sayer, R.N. He lost a brother under Sir John 
 
 Moore at Corunna. 
 • fide Gaz. 1798, p. 1060. ■{■ V. Uaz. 1810, p. 806. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Oct. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Selby, employed at first off Guernsey and then in 
 the West Indies, where he was wounded by a mus- 
 ket-ball in the leg while serving as Midshipman in 
 the boats under Lieut. Wm. Coote, and was highly 
 extolled for his unsurpassable gallantry at the cut- 
 ting-out, on the night of 2 Jan. 1807, of two of the 
 enemy's vessels, defended by a most tremendous 
 fire from the batteries, near Pearl Rock, Martinique, 
 which killed 2 men and wounded 10.'* He was in 
 consequence presented with a gratuity from the 
 Patriotic Fund. After assisting at the reduction 
 of the islands of Marie-Galante and Deseada he 
 removed, in July, 1808, to the Audacious 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin and Patrick Campbell ; 
 under the former of whom we find him escorting 
 Sir John Moore's army to the shores of Portugal 
 and aiding, in Jan. 1809, at its embarkation at 
 Corunna. In Oct. 1809, at which period he had 
 been for six months employed in the Baltic in the 
 Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he was 
 nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Tartar 32, 
 Capt. Joseph Baker. To that frigate he was con- 
 firmed 11 Nov. following ; and he was subsequently 
 appointed — 8 Sept. 1810 (six months after he had 
 invalided from the Tartar) to the Bedford 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Walker, also in the North Sea— 7 April, 
 
 1812, again to the Victory, in which ship he re- 
 mained until the ensuing Dec. — 4 May and 30 Dec. 
 
 1813, to the Christian VII. 80 and Zealous 74, 
 Capts. Ball, Boys, and Anderson, employed in the 
 North Sea and Channel, and also on the coast of 
 North America, whence he returned about Jan. 
 1815— and, 4 April, 1824, to the Britannia 120, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez at Plymouth. 
 He has been on half-pay since April, 1825. 
 
 Lieut. Sayer married, 8 April, 1828, Roberta, 
 daughter of the late Robt. Carwing, Esq., of Sand- 
 wich. 
 
 SAYER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 25.) 
 
 Robert Richard Sayer is son of the late 'Thos. 
 Sayer, Esq., of the High Wood, co. Hereford. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1806, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Belleisle 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Hargood, under whom he went in pursuit of Jerome 
 Buonaparte to the coast of America, and witnessed, 
 14 Sept. following, the destruction, off Cape Henry, 
 of the French 74-gun ship Impetueux. Being dis- 
 charged from the Belleisle in Nov. 1806, he was 
 next, from 6 Oct. 1808 until 25 July, 1817, employed 
 on the East India station, as Midshipman, Master's 
 Mate, and Lieutenant, in the Cornelia 32, Capt. 
 Henry Folkes Edgell, Caroline 36, Capt. Sir Chris- 
 topher Cole, Modeste 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, 
 and Hecate 16 and Volaoe 22, Capts. Joseph 
 Drury, Henry Warde (Acting), and John Reynolds. 
 He assisted in the Cornelia at the capture of the 
 Isle of France ; in the Caroline, at the reductioa 
 of Java ; in the boats of the Modeste, at the cap- 
 ture of a Malay pirate ; and in the Hecate, at the 
 destruction of the piratical settlement of Sambas, 
 in Borneo. He was created a Lieutenant, while 
 serving in the Volage, 8 June, 1815. His last ap- 
 pointments were — in Dec. 1822, to the Jdpiter 50 
 and Clio 18, Capts. Geo. Augustus Westphal and 
 Chas. Strangways, both fitting out— 11 March and 
 23 June, 1823, and 21 Aug. 1825, to the Isrs 50, 
 Spartiate 76, and Wellesley 74, all commanded 
 by Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, the two latter as 
 flag-ships to Sir Geo. Eyre and Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy on the coast of South America and in an 
 expedition to Lisbon— 18 July, 1828 (17 months 
 after he had left the Wellesley), to the Victory 
 104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford at Ports- 
 mouth, where he had charge for some time of the 
 Speedy cutter— 17 Feb. 1829, as First, to the Se- 
 RiNGAPATAM 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, em- 
 ployed among the South Sea Islands — 14 Sept. 1830, 
 to the acting-command, in consequence of the death 
 of Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, of the Thetis fri- 
 gate—between the following Nov. and May, 1831, 
 • Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 394. 
 
 6Q 
 
1034 
 
 SCALLON-SCANTLEBURY-SCHAW. 
 
 as a Supernumerary, to the Waespite 76, flag-ship 
 of SirThos. Baker, and Clio 18, Capts. Chas. Talbot 
 and John Jas. Onslow, both on the South American 
 station — and, in' the course of the month last men- 
 tioned, again as First, to the SERrsGAPATAM, in 
 which ship he returned to England and was paid 
 off in Aug. 1832. While commanding the Thetis 
 he collected a large amount of specie in the Pacific 
 for England, and conducted the ship from Calao to 
 Kio de Janeiro. A few days after he had left her 
 she was wrecked, and he in consequence lost nearly 
 SOOl. of freight-money. Agents— Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 SCALLON. (CoMMANDEK, 1823. F-p., 26 ; 
 
 H-P., 31.) 
 KoEEET ScALLON was bom 13 Nov. 1771, and 
 died 26 March, 1848, at Prittlewell, co. Essex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as Lieute- 
 nant's Servant, on board the Cambridge 74, Capt. 
 Locker, with whom he served at Plymouth in the 
 same ship and in the Alfred 74, until some time in 
 the following year. From 9 July, 1793, until 13 Dec. 
 1797, we find him employed in the North Sea and 
 Channel, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, with 
 Capt. Peter Halkett, in the EcBO 16 and Circe 28. 
 In the Echo he witnessed the capture, 12 Jan. 1794, 
 of La Trompeuse French brig of 18 guns ; and in the 
 CiKCE he was present in 1797 at the mutiny at the 
 Nore and in the action off Camperdown. After he 
 had been for six months attached to the Venerable 
 and Kent 74's, Capts. Wm. Geo. Fairfax and Wm. 
 Johnstone Hope, he was promoted, 23 June, 1798, to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. He served next, if'rom the 
 ensuing July until July, 1800, in the Bulldog bomb, 
 Capt. Adam Drummond, and Leander 50, Capt. 
 Michael Halliday, both in the Mediterranean — from 
 Aug. 1800 until June, 1803, in the 'Windsok Castle 
 98, flag-ship of Sir Andrew Mitchell, and Trent 36, 
 Capts. Sir Edw. Hamilton, Chas. Brisbane, and Jas. 
 Katon, in the Channel and "West Indies— and be- 
 tween July, 1803, and Oct. 1815, chiefly on the Home 
 station, in the Koebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, 
 Hermes 16, Capt. Hon. John Astley Bennot, Pene- 
 lope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, Ganges 74, 
 Capt. Peter Halkett, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral 
 Wm. Albany Otway, Commodore Kioh. Goodwin 
 Keats, and Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Hanhi- 
 BAI, 74, KoYAL George 100, and Namhr 74, bearing 
 each the flag of SirThos. Williams (under whom, in 
 the two former, he officiated as Signal-Lieutenant 
 from 7 Sept. 1810 until 25 Oct. 1811), Devonshire 
 74, Capt. Koss Donnelly (which ship he fitted out as 
 First-Lieutenant), Quebec receiving-ship (at the 
 Nore), commanded for 12 months by himself, and 
 Gladiator 44, bearing the fiag of Rear-Admiral P. 
 Halkett. In the Bdlldog he assisted at the bom- 
 bardment of Alexandria and the capture of several 
 ships on their way to Gibraltar ; and while belong- 
 ing to the Trent he took part in several boat affairs. 
 On one occasion in particular, 3 April, 1801, he aided 
 in regaining possession of an English merchant-ship, 
 although under the protection of five batteries at 
 Brehat, and in tow of a lugger and several boats, all 
 of which, after a severe conflict, were driven on 
 shore, with a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 
 a Lieutenant of Marines, Walter Tait, severely 
 wounded. The Penelope was engaged in frequent 
 skirmishes with the French gun-vessels off Brest ; 
 and the Ganges formed one of the squadron under 
 Sir Thos. Louis at the capture of Le President 
 French frigate of 44 guns, 27 Sept. 1806. She 
 also accompanied the expeditions of 1807 and 1809 
 against Copenhagen and the Walcheren, besides 
 being for nine months employed, prior to the Con- 
 vention of Cintra, in blockading the Russian fleet 
 in the Tagus. On the surrender of the Danish 
 capital and fleet, Mr. Scallon was placed in charge 
 of the Princess Sophia Frederica 74, and sent in her 
 with naval stores to Portsmouth. When midway 
 across the North Sea the ship encountered a severe 
 gale, and had at one time 7 feet water in the well. 
 The four pumps were kept constantly at work, and 
 
 had the weather not moderated she must inevitably 
 have foundered. On reaching the Downs she was 
 again very nearly lost. During the period of his 
 servitude in the Hannibal, Mr. Scallon, in the 
 early part of 1811, co-operated with the British 
 army up the Tagus. So excellent were his disci- 
 pline and arrangement while in discharge of the 
 difficult and responsible duties attached to the com- 
 mand of the receiving-ship, alluded to above, that 
 not a single man was enabled to effect his escape. 
 We may add that in the Roebuck, Hehmes, Pene- 
 lope, Ganges, Devonshire, and Gladiator, he 
 filled the post of First-Lieutenant— embracing, alto- 
 gether, a period of seven years. From 12 April, 
 1822, until promoted to the rank of Commander 15 
 May, 1823, he served at Plymouth as Senior of the 
 Bulwark 76, Capt. Thos. Dundas; and from U 
 March, 1834, until April, 1837, he was employed in 
 the Ordinary at Chatham— the last eight months as 
 Commander of the Bkune 22. 
 
 Commander Scallon married, 13 June, 1813, Re- 
 becca, second daughter of Mr. M. Saward, of Thorpe 
 Hall, Prittlewell, Essex, by whom he had issue three 
 sons and three daughters. 
 
 SCANTLEBUEY. (Lieutenant, 1814. r-p., 11 ; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Jehu Caudle Bend Scantlebury entered the 
 Navy; 26 Sept. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 Barbadoes 24, Capt. Joseph Nourse, in which ves- 
 sel, stationed in the West Indies, he contributed to 
 the capture of several armed and other vessels. 
 Towards the close of 1805 he made a voyage from 
 Portugal to the Cove of Cork in the Savage 18, 
 Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice ; and he then joined the 
 Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, again in the West Indies ; where, and on 
 the coast of North America, we find him, from Jan. 
 1807, until the receipt, in Dec. 1814, of a commis- 
 sion bearing date 4 Oct. in that year, serving in the 
 Jason 32, Capts. Thos. John Cochrane, Wm. Maude, 
 Chas. Napier, and Hon. Jas. Wm. King, Statira 
 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, and Asia 74, and 
 ToNNAHT 80, flag-ships of Sir A. Cochrane. He 
 was present in the Jason, we believe, at the cap- 
 ture, in 1807, of La Favorite French national ship, 
 of 29 guns and 150 men, and at the reduction of the 
 Danish Islands. From the time he left the Ton- 
 HANT until 9 June, 1815, he served on board the 
 Bucephalus troop-ship, Capt. Geo. Wm. Hughes 
 d'Aeth, part, at first, of the force employed in the 
 expedition against New Orleans. 
 
 Lieut. Scantlebury has long been a Police Magis- 
 trate at Barbadoes. 
 
 SCHAW. (Ketiked Commander, 1844. f-p., 10; 
 H-p., 44.) 
 
 Frederick David Schaw, bom in March, 1781, 
 at Albury, co. Surrey, is of the family of Sir John 
 Schaw of Greenock, whose heiress married, in 1 718, 
 Charles, eighth Lord Cathcart, grandfather, through 
 a second marriage, of William Schaw, fii'st Earl 
 Cathcart, who commanded in chief the military part 
 of the expedition against Copenhagen in 1807. His 
 father, having succeeded to landed property in 
 Ireland in right of his wife, a sister of Sir Brydges 
 Baldwin, was appointed a Colonel of the Wicklow 
 militia on the first formation of that body. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1793, on 
 board the Excellent 74, Capts. Hon. Wm. Clement 
 Finch and Rich. Rodney Bligh, the latter of whom 
 he followed as Midshipman, in April, 1794, into the 
 Alexander 74, which ship, on her homeward paa- 
 sage, after having escorted convoy to a certain lati- 
 tude, was captured, 6 Nov. in the same year, despite 
 a glorious resistance, attended with a loss to her of 
 40 men killed and wounded, by five French 74's 
 and three frigates under Rear-Admiral Nielly. 
 During the height of the conflict a piece of the 
 foremast was carried away, and passed so close to 
 Mr. Schaw that he fell senseless on the gangway. 
 On being exchanged, after several months of pain- 
 ful captivity, he was received, about July, 1795, on 
 
SCHOMBERG. 
 
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 hoard the Dryad 36, Capts. Hon. Robt. Forbes, 
 
 Micajah Malbon, and Lord Amelias Beauclerk, with 
 whom he served in the Korth Sea and on the coast 
 of Ireland until the summer of 1796, when he sailed, 
 in the Brunswick 74, bearing the flag of his former 
 commander, then Rear- Admiral Bligh, for the West 
 Indies. In the ensuing Oct. he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Dictator 64, Capts. Wm. 
 Geo. Rutherford and Thos. "Western — a vacancy on 
 board that ship being the first that had occurred 
 since his arrival. Rear- Admiral Bligh being soon, 
 however, succeeded by Sir Hyde Parker, Mr. Schaw 
 was by the latter, in Dec. 1796, superseded and 
 ordered to do duty as Mate of the signals on board 
 his flag-ship the Queen 98. In the spring of 1797 
 a coup de soleilj occasioned by constant observations 
 made through a telescope at the mast-head under a 
 broiling sun, having rendered imperative a change 
 of climate, he returned home on board the Canada 
 74, Capt, Thos. Twysden. Previously to this he 
 had been nominated by Sir Hyde Parker Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Hermione 32, Capt. HughPigot, 
 at the time on a cruize ; but the appointment being 
 cancelled before her return in consequence of the 
 advent from England of an officer, Mr. Douglas, 
 on the Admiralty list for promotion, he never 
 joined, and he was thus preserved from sharing 
 in the untimely end which the officers experienced 
 at the hands of their mutinous crew. Continuing 
 in the Canada under the command of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, Mr, Schaw saw much boat and 
 other service on the coast of France.* While lying 
 on one occasion In Cawsand Bay he was attacked 
 so severely by the measles that he was under the 
 necessity of being sent to the hospital. Anxious to 
 return to his duty, he obtained leave to do so before 
 his strength had been sufficiently recruited, and the 
 result was a disease of the chest, from which he has 
 never since recovered. After assisting in the boats 
 at the subsequent capture, off the Gironde, of a 
 convoy, protected by a gun-brig, which was driven 
 on shore, he was sent home in charge of one of the 
 prizes. With much difficulty, owing to the badness 
 of the weather, the inefficiency of the crew, and the 
 rottenness of the sails and gear, he succeeded in 
 reaching Plymouth, but in such a state that the 
 vessel was run on the mud to prevent her sinking 
 in dfiiep water. On his passage to rejoin the Canada 
 in a ship, the name or which we do not happen to 
 possess, Mr. Schaw contributed to the re-capture 
 of an English brig, in command whereof he re- 
 turned a second time to port. On 12 Oct. 1798, 
 being again on board the Canada, he aided at the 
 defeat of the French squadron under Commodore 
 Bompart, intended for the invasion of Ireland. In 
 the early part of 1799 he became attached, first, to 
 the Cambridge 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Pasley at 
 Plymouth, and next, as Master's Mate, to the Doris 
 36, Capt. Lord Viscount Ranelagh, which frigate, 
 during a proximate cruize oft' Cape Ortegal, lost her 
 bowsprit and fore and main masts, and was in con- 
 sequence towed into Plymouth by the Endymion 40. 
 Owing to a recommendation from Sir John Warren, 
 Mr. Schaw, a few weeks after he had passed his 
 examination, was made Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1800, 
 into the Pomona hired armed-brig, Capt. Thos. 
 Innes, employed in convoying the trade to the 
 Baltic. His next appointment was to the Hydka 
 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, under whom he at- 
 tended on the royal family off Weymouth, and 
 cruized with activity on the Lisbon station. When 
 watering, about Jan. 1802, at Tetuan, preparatory 
 to proceeding up the Mediterranean, an attack of 
 typhus fever obliged him unfortunately to invalid 
 home on board the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. 
 
 * In one instancein particular, the Canada, having chased 
 some men-of-war into Brest Hoad, had much difficulty in 
 working out. At a most critical moment, and when under 
 fire from the batteries, the main -tack was let po by a fel- 
 low of the name of Brady, for the purpose of throwinfj the 
 ship into confusion, and, if possible, of occasioning her cap- 
 ture. Good management, however, saved her, and, as soon 
 as inquiry could be made, Brady was found on his back near 
 where he had let go the rope, with a foot cut clean off by a 
 coil of it. 
 
 Cochrane. Until placed, at this time, on half-pay, 
 he had not been ten days absent on leave since he 
 had entered the service. At the commencement of 
 the late war he volunteered to serve on half-pay in 
 any of the ships more immediately opposed to the 
 force destined by the enemy for the invasion of 
 England ; but the state of his health not being such 
 as to permit of his continuing at sea, he was ap- 
 pointed, in July, 1803, to the Sea Fencibles on the 
 coast of Yorkshire between Whitby and Redcar. 
 While there he conceived the idea of capturing a 
 French privateer hovering off the coast, and for 
 this purpose proceeded, accompanied by several 
 volunteers, on board an EngUsh merchantman in 
 the offing. The Master, however, considering that 
 he was not warranted by Ms instructions in risking 
 the co-operation that was desired of him, declined 
 lending Ms ship, and the intention was therefore 
 frustrated. For his conduct on this occasion Mr. 
 Schaw had the satisfaction of receiving the appro- 
 bation of the Admiralty. His exertions on different 
 occasions, particularly in saving life and property 
 from wrecks, brought on at last an attack of spas- 
 modic asthma; and in Oct. 1804 he was compelled 
 to seek half-pay. He became a Retired-Commander 
 on the junior list 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the senior 
 26 July, 1844. 
 
 In 1803 Commander Schaw proposed to the Ad- 
 miralty a plan for annoying the fleet in Brest har- 
 bour by means of a fire-ship — but the execution 
 was considered fraught with too much hazard. He 
 also suggested the possibility of seizing a large 
 quantity of timber collected periodically in different 
 ports of Norway ; whither their Lordships, adopting 
 his views, despatched a small squadron under the 
 late Sir Robt. Stopford. On the arrival of the 
 latter, however, it was found that the timber had 
 been removed from within his reach. At the com- 
 mencement of the general peace Commander Schaw 
 made two propositions to the Government — one, to 
 the effect that a certain amount of compensation- 
 money should be given, towards the reduction of 
 the half-pay list, to such as chose to accept it ; and 
 the other, that the rank of Retired-Commander 
 should be conferred on those Lieutenants who, unfit 
 for service, were willing to assume it without in- 
 crease of pay or expectation of future promotion. 
 On the accession of William IV. to the throne the 
 latter measure was introduced. Commander Schaw 
 has long been in the habit, we understand, of de- 
 voting the whole of his pay to charitable purposes, 
 especially to those connected with the naval service. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SCHOMBERG. (Vice-Admiral of the Red, 
 1841. F-P., 24; H-P., 38.) 
 Alexander Wilmot Schomberg, bom in 1775, 
 is eldest son of the late Sir Alex. Schomberg,* Kt., 
 Captain R.N., by Mary Susannah Arabella, only 
 child of the Rev. Henry Chalmers, and niece of Sir 
 Edm. Aleyn, Bart. ; brother of the late Capt. Sir 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg, R.N., Kt., C.B., K.C.H. ;t 
 
 * Sir Alexander Schomberg obtained his first commission 
 11 Dec. 1747, and was posted into the Richmond frigate 
 5 April, 1757. He commanded the Diana 32, at the reduc- 
 tion of Quebec in 1759, and distinguished himself greatly 
 during the siege of that important fortress, by a French array 
 under Mons. Levi, in May, 1760. On the enemy being re- 
 pulsed he was sent home with the tidings. On his arrival he 
 was placed in command of the Essex, a new 64, in which he 
 continued employed under the orders of Sir Edw. Hawke 
 and H.R.H. the Duke of York, until the conclusion of hos- 
 tilities in Feb. 1763. From Dec. 1771 until the period of his 
 death, which took place in the spring of 1804, he commanded 
 the yacht engaged in attendance upon the successive Viceroys 
 of Ireland, from one of whom he received, in 1777, the honour 
 of knighthood. 
 
 + Sir Chas. Marsh Schomberg entered the Navy on board 
 the Dorset yacht, commanded by his father, Sir Alexander 
 Schomberg. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1795 
 he served in that capacity in the Minotaue 74, (-apt. Thos! 
 Louis, at the battle of the Nile, and was First of tlie same 
 ship in a variety of operations on the coast of Italy^ While 
 employed in the Foodroya nt 80, as Flag- Lieutenant to Lord 
 Keith, during the campaign of 1801 in Egypt, he was made 
 Commander into the Termagant sloop. On the termination 
 of hostilities, up to which period he had been serving on 
 
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 SCHOMBERG. 
 
 and cousin of Lieut. Henry Chas. Schomberg, E.N. 
 His family is a branch of that of the Duke of 
 Schomberg, who commanded the King's troops and 
 fell at the battle of the Boyne, aged 80. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1785, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dorset yacht, com- 
 manded in the Irish Channel by his father. Sir A. 
 Schomberg. After having been for about two years 
 and a half lent as Midshipman to the Porcupine 24, 
 Capt. Lambert Brabazon, he joined, tovpards the 
 close of 1789, the Impregnable 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 Kich. Bickerton at Plymouth, Lowestoffe 32, Capt. 
 Edm. Dod, attached to the force in the Channel, 
 and Trosti 50, bearing the flag of Sir John Laforey 
 in the West Indies, where he was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant, 26 July, 1793, in the Nautilus sloop, Capt. 
 Henry Paulet, and next appointed to the Solebay 
 32, Capts. Wm. Hancock Kelly and Henry Wra. 
 Bayntun, and Boyne 98, flag-ship of Sir John Jervis. 
 While belonging to the Solebay he commanded a 
 body of 50 seamen, in conjunction with the army 
 under Sir Chas. Grey, during the operations against 
 Martinique, Ste. Lucie, and Guadeloupe. He also 
 served on shore when an attempt was made to 
 re-conquer the posts in the island last mentioned, 
 which had been unexpectedly and successfully at- 
 tacked, in the hurricane season, by a Republican 
 force under the notorious Victor Hugues. Having, 
 in consequence of a severe attack of yellow fever, 
 returned, towards the close of 1794, to England in 
 the Dictator 64, Commodore E. Dod, he was next, 
 22 June, 1795, appointed to the Glatton of 56 guns 
 and 320 men, Capt. Henry TroUope ; in which ship, 
 stationed in the North Sea, we find him, 15 July, 
 1796, contributing to the defeat (after a fierce and 
 memorably gallant engagement, productive of se- 
 rious loss to the enemy, although not more than 
 2 were wounded on the part of the British) of a 
 French squadron, consisting of four frigates and 
 two ship-corvettes, assisted by a brig-corvette and 
 an armed cutter, the whole of which were compelled 
 to sheer off. During this action, which took place 
 in a quarter-less-five fathoms water, close to the 
 Brill lighthouse, Mr. Schomberg, who commanded 
 on the lower deck, finding that his men were not 
 sufficiently numerous to fight all the guns on both 
 sides, resorted to Lord Anson's expedient of form- 
 ing them into small gangs, whose duty it became 
 to load and run the guns out, while two picked 
 hands left at each of them pointed and fired. On 
 the return of the Glatton to port, having been 
 recommended for his conduct,* he was appointed, 
 28 July, 1796, First of the Ampiiion 32, as a step to- 
 wards promotion ; but that ship unfortunately was 
 destroyed by fire, in Hamoaae, while he vras on his 
 passage to join her. In the following Jan., how- 
 ever, he was placed in command of the Rambler 
 brig of 14 guns and 86 men ; in which vessel (in- 
 vested, 2 April, 1798, vrith the rating of a sloop-of- 
 war) he continued employed on the coasts of Hol- 
 
 shore, he joined the Charon 44, and assisted in conveying 
 the French troops from Alexandria to Malta. He acquired 
 Post-rank 6 Aug. 1803, and commanded, during the after- 
 
 fart of the war, the Madras 54, the Hibehnja 120, and 
 bUDBoTANT 80, Hsg-ships of Sir "Wm. Sidney Smith, the 
 President 50, the Astr^ea of 42 guns and 271 men, and the 
 Nisus S8. In the Hibernia he witnessed the flight of the 
 Royal House of Portugal to the Brazils ; and while in com- 
 mand, in the AsTRff,A, of a squadron composed of that ship, 
 the Phiebe and Galatea, frigates of similar force, and' 
 le-gun brig Racehokse, he made prize, 20 May, 1811 (after 
 a long and warmly-contested action fought off Madagascar 
 with the French 40-gun frigates Renommee, Ctm-inde, and 
 Nercide) of the Renommee, and took, on 25 of the same 
 month, the Nereide and the settlement of Tamatave. From 
 April, 1820, until April, 1824, he commanded the Rochfort 
 80,bearingtheflagof Sir Graham Moore, in the Mediterranean ; 
 and from 30 Sept. 1828 until 1832, the Maidstone 42, at the 
 Cape of Good Hope, where he was for three years Commodore 
 and Commander-in-Chief. He was nominated a C.B. 4 June 
 1815, and a K.C.H. 21 Sept. 1832; and, about the latter 
 
 Eeriod, was invested with the honour of Knighthood. He 
 ad previously received the insignia of a K.T.S. at the hands 
 of the Prince of Brazil. He died Lieutenant-Governor of 
 Barbadoes on board the President 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. 
 Cockburn, lying at the time in Carlisle Bay, 2 Jan. 1835. 
 * Vide Gaz. 17*6, p. 703. 
 
 land and Norway, at Newfoundland, off Cherbourg, 
 and on the Guernsey and Jersey stations, until ad- 
 vanced, 1 Jan. 1801, to Post-rank. While cruizing, 
 22 July, 1797, ofi'the Doggerbank, in company with 
 the TisiPHONE sloop, Capt. Kobt. Honyman, the 
 Rambler made prize of Le Prospers privateer of 
 14 guns and 73 men. In 1798, during her passage 
 from Newfoundland with the trade bound to the 
 coast of Portugal, she encountered on the Great 
 Bank a tremendous gale, was thrown on her beam- 
 ends, and nearly foundered. On this occasion she 
 parted with 12 of her guns ; and on another she 
 pitched away her bowsprit and foremast. Capt. 
 Schomberg's last appointments were — in 1804, to 
 the temporary command of the Windsor Castle 
 98, off' Brest— 31 Oct. 1807, to the Loire of 48 guns 
 and 300 men— 21 March, 1812, to the Dictator 64 
 — 13 Aug. following, to the York 74, employed, 
 until paid off in Aug. 1815, on the Home and North 
 American stations — and, 1 March, 1829, to the Mel- 
 ville 74, fitting for the Mediterranean. In the 
 Loire, with the Success 32, Capt. John Ayscough, 
 under his orders, he made a voyage, in the spring 
 of 1808, to the Greenland seas for the protection of 
 the fisheries, and proceeded as far as lat. 77"^ 30' N., 
 long. 3° 00' E. He next, towards the close of the 
 same year, accompanied only by the Amelia 38 
 and Champion 24, escorted from Falmouth to Co- 
 runna no less than 168 transports, having on board 
 an army of 14,000 men. He co-operated subse- 
 quently with the patriots on the coasts of Galicia, 
 Asturias, and Biscay ; brought 100 Russian prison- 
 ers-of-war from the Tagus to England -, effected the 
 capture, 5 Feb. 1809, of the French national ship 
 Hebe* (afterwards assigned the name of Gany- 
 mede) ; conveyed, early in 1810, a battalion of the 
 60th Regt. from Spithead to Barbadoes; and had 
 charge, during the siege of Guadeloupe, of a squad- 
 ron stationed to windward of that island for the 
 interception of any reinforcements intended for the 
 enemy's garrison. After having brought home from 
 the latter place the French Captain-General Emouf 
 and his suite, and encountered a hurricane which 
 sent two transports full of prisoners to the bottom, 
 he proceeded to the coast of Norway, and had the 
 good fortune while there to save H.M. sloop Snake 
 from falling into the hands of eight Danish national 
 brigs, who, favoured by a sudden calm, accomplished 
 their escape by sweeping. Between 1810 and 1812 
 we find him chiefly employed in command of light 
 squadrons in the Baltic, where he watched a Rus- 
 sian fleet in the Gulf of Finland, rendered great 
 security to trade, and so completely blockaded the 
 Danish cruizers that a single sloop-of-war was a 
 sufficient protection for any fleet of merchantmen 
 crossing the North Sea. He once also escorted an 
 outward-bound West India convoy to the latitude 
 of Madeira ; and in Dec. 1811 was only spared, by 
 an effort of judgment, from sharing the melancholy 
 fate of the Minotaur, with whom he had been in 
 company a short time before she was wrecked. 
 During the time he commanded the York, Capt. 
 Schomberg occasionally blockaded Rochefort and 
 L'Orient, and in 1814, with the Vengeur 74 and 
 Erne 20 under his orders, conducted a body of 
 troops from Bordeaux to Quebec, on their passage 
 whither the line-of-battle ships had not less than 
 1000 men each on board in addition to their proper 
 complements. He continued in the Melville, on 
 the Mediterranean station, until advanced to the 
 rank of Rear-Admiral 22 July, 1830. On 23 Nov. 
 1841 he was promoted to the rank he now holds. 
 
 At the end of the war Vice-Admiral Schomberg 
 suggested to Lord Melville a plan, much approved 
 at the time, although eight or nine years elapsed 
 before any of his suggestions were adopted, for 
 victualling the seamen and marines of the fleet, 
 wherein he was the first to propose the substitution 
 
 * Tliis vessel, pierced for 34 guns, but mounting only 18 
 24-pounder carronades and 2 long 12-pounders, with a com- 
 plement of IGO men, did not surrender until she had been for 
 ei^ht hours chased, and had endured a ni^ht-action of 20 
 minutes. She was full of stores under hatches. — Vide Gaz 
 1809, p. 193. 
 
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 of tea, sugar, 8co. for half the usual allowance of 
 spirits. In 1818 he printed for private circulation 
 a tract entitled ' Naval Suggestions,' many of which 
 have been embraced ; and in 1832 he gave to the 
 ■world his ' Practical Hints on Building, Rigging, 
 Arming, and Equipping His Majesty's Shjps-of- 
 War, &c.' The \ioe-Admiral married, first, Cathe- 
 rine Anna, only surviving daughter of Stepney 
 Kavpson Stepney, Esq., of Castle Durrow, King's 
 Co., Ireland; and secondly, 1 Oct. 1804, Anne, 
 youngest daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Rich. 
 Smith, of Poulton-cum-Seccombe, in Cheshire, whose 
 mother had had the early care of King George III. 
 By his first marriage he has one son, Herbert, a 
 Commander R.N. ; and by his second, two, the 
 elder of whom, Frederick Charles, holds the same 
 rank in the service. The younger, George Augustus, 
 is a First-Lieutenant R.M.A. (1834). Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SCHOMBERG. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Charles Frederick Schomberg is eldest son of 
 Vice- Admiral Schomberg by his second marriage. 
 
 This officer entered the Na%'y (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 16 May, 1829 ; passed his examina- 
 tion in 1833 ; obtained his first commission 28 June, 
 1838 ! and was appointed, 13 July following, to the 
 Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, fitting for the 
 Mediterranean; where he became, 3 Feb. 1841, 
 Senior of the Cyclops steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. 
 Austin. While in the Hastings he took part in the 
 operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, and on the 
 night of 1 Oct. served in the boats under Com- 
 mander Henry John Worth, at the destruction of a 
 train laid to one of the castles at Beyrout, and the 
 capture there of 31 barrels of powder.* In Nov. 
 1843 he removed with Capt. Austin, as Additional 
 Lieutenant, to the Tartarus steamer; and on 10 
 Feb. 1844 he was advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander. His appointments have since been, in the 
 capacity of Second Captain — 21 June, 1845, and 6 
 Dec. 1847, to the Queen 110, and San Josef 110, 
 both commanded, on Home service, by Sir Henry 
 John Leeke — and, 7 Jan. 1848, to the Wellesley 
 72, bearing the flag of the Earl of Dundonald on 
 the North America and West India station. Agents 
 — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SCHOMBERG. (Lieutenant, 1827. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 14.) 
 
 Henry Charles ScnoMBERG, bom 1 Aug. 1804, 
 is third son of the late Commissioner Isaac Sohom- 
 berg,t R.N., author of the ' Naval Chronology,' by 
 Amelia, daughter of John Lawrance Brodrick, D.D., 
 and granddaughter of Viscount Middleton. He is 
 cousin of Vice- Admiral A. W. Schomberg. 
 
 This ofEicer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Feb. 1818; and embarked, in April, 1820, on board 
 the RocHFORT 80, commanded by his cousin, Capt. 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg, as flag-ship of Sir Graham 
 Moore in the Mediterranean ; where, after serving 
 as Midshipman in the Larne 20, Capt. Robt. Tait, 
 and again in the Rochfokt, he became, early in 
 1824 and 1827, Mate of the Revenge 76, and Asia 
 84, bearing the flags of Sir Harry Burrard Neale 
 and Sir Edw. Codrington. He was in the Roch- 
 fokt when that ship afforded a passage to the pre- 
 sent King of the Belgians; and he was in charge of 
 the watch at the moment that the Marquess of 
 Hastings, who died on board, breathed his last, in 
 Baia Bay, Naples. He was frequently, while in 
 her engaged in boat affairs with pirates. During 
 the' time he belonged to the Revenge he com- 
 manded the Racer and Express tenders, and as- 
 sisted at the blockade of Algiers. Attaining the 
 rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1827, he was in the 
 
 • Vide Gnz. 1840, p. 2609. 
 
 + Commissioner Schomberg servpd as First- Lieutenant under 
 the veteran Cornwallis, in the memorable battle between 
 Rodney and De Grasse, as also in the Pkoasus 28, under the 
 command of his late Majesty William IV,, upon whom, when 
 Midshipman with Lord Hood in the Barfleur. he had been 
 an attendant. He commanded the Culloden 74, in Lord 
 Howe's action 1 June, 1704, and died at Chelsea 20 Jan. 1813. 
 
 course of that year so appointed to the Gannet 18, 
 Capt. Francis Brace, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Jas. Ashley Maude ; and next, 16 Oct. 1828, and 9 
 March, 1829, to the Jaseur 18, Capt. John Lyons, 
 and Maidstone 42, Commodore C. M. Schomberg, 
 both at the Cape of Good Hope. In the Glasgow 
 he was employed in watching the movements of the 
 Turoo-Egyptian fleet prior to the battle of Navarin 
 (at which he fought in the capacity of Second Lieu- 
 tenant), and afterwards in suppressing piracy in 
 the Archipelago. Since the paying-off of the Maid- 
 stone in Aug. 1832 he has not been afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Schomberg married, 6 Aug. 1833, Susan, 
 relict of his cousin, Henry Brodrick, Esq., of co. 
 Kilkenny. 
 
 SCHOMBERG. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 22; 
 H-p., 8.) 
 
 Herbert Schomberg, born 19 Dec. 1803, is only 
 son of Vice- Admiral A. W. Schomberg, by his first 
 marriage. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 15 
 Dec. 1817 ; and embarked, 17 Dec. 1819, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Phaeton 46, Capts. Wm. 
 Augustus Montagu and Henry Evelyn Pitfield 
 Sturt ; in which ship we find him, during a servi- 
 tude of four years, employed on the coast of 
 North America, in the Channel in attendance upon 
 George IV. and otherwise, and in the West Indies 
 in the suppression of piracy. While on the books, 
 from 17 Jan. 1824 (in the course of which month 
 he passed his examination) until 7 Sept. 1827, of 
 the Jupiter 60, commanded, on the Halifax station, 
 by Capts. David Dunn, Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wise- 
 man, and Wm. Webb, he served at times in the 
 Ganymede tender, Doterel 18, Capt. Wm. Alex. 
 Baillie Hamilton, and Hussar 46, Capt. Edw. 
 Boxer. During the last few weeks of his attach- 
 ment to the Jupiter he acted as Lieutenant. He 
 was officially promoted 1 1 Sept. 1827 ; and was sub- 
 sequently employed— from Feb. 1828 until Sept. 
 1829, in the Orestes 18, Capt. John Reynolds — 
 from Sept. 1829 until Feb. 1835, in the Britannia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in the Ra- 
 pid 10, Capt. Chas. Henry Swinburne, in command 
 of the Ceylon 2, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear- Ad- 
 miral Thos. Briggs, in the Meteor steamer, Lieut. - 
 Commander Wm. Henry Symons, in the Rainbow 
 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, again, as before, in the 
 Ceylon, and in the Barham 60, Capt. Hugh Pigot, 
 and, a second time, in the Britannia, Capt. Peter 
 Rainier, all in the Mediterranean — and from Jan. 
 1836 until promoted to the rank of Commander 8 
 June, 1841, in the Melville 74, flag-ship on the 
 North America and West India, Cape of Good 
 Hope, and China stations, of Admirals Sir Peter 
 Halkett and Hon. Geo. Elliot. While belonging to 
 the Orestes he was engaged in cruizing against 
 smugglers on the coast of Ireland ; in relieving the 
 homeward-bound trade in the Channel, and in 
 blockading Tangier; and in experimentally cruiz- 
 ing under Hon. Sir Charles Paget, H. R. H. the 
 Duke of Clarence, and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood. 
 He was First-Lieutenant of the Melville when 
 that ship was hove down under very trying circum- 
 stances at Chusan ; and also at the capture of the 
 Bogue forts. The latter affair procured him the 
 rank he now holds. Since his elevation to it he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Schomberg married, 18 April, 1844, 
 Sarah, third daughter of the Rev. Wm. Stevens 
 Bayton, of Westergate House, near Chichester. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SCHULTZ. (Retired Commander, 1839. r-p., 
 16 ; H-p., 35.) 
 
 George Augustus Schultz was bom 26 June 
 1785. ' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sandwich* 98, Capt. Jas. 
 
 * The Sand^vich, as is known, was the ship which, dur^ 
 ing the mutiny at the Nore, bore the flag of the notorious 
 Parker. Mr. Schultz was permitted on that occasion (through 
 
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 SCOBELL— SCOTT. 
 
 Robt. Jlosse, guard-ship at the Nore ; where he re- 
 moved, in Sept. 1797, to the Zeaiand 64, Capt. 
 Thos. Parr. Becoming Midshipman, in the early 
 pari of 1799, of the Madras 54, Capts. John Dilkes 
 and Chas. Hare, he sailed in that ship with convoy 
 for China. He subsequently, in the Asia 64, Capt. 
 John Dawson, accompanied the expedition sent to 
 the Baltic for the purpose of brealdng the Northern 
 Confederacy. From Sept. 1802 (four months after 
 he had been discharged from the latter ship) until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806, 
 we find him employed in the North Sea in the Dili- 
 gence 12, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, and Pkincess of 
 Orange 74, Capts. Chas. Cunningham and Thos. 
 Rogers. His last appointments afloat were — 3 
 March, 1806, to the Nassad 64, Capt. Kobt. Camp- 
 bell— 31 May, 1808, to the Parthian 10, Capts. 
 Geo. Balderston, Rich. Harward, Hon. Henry Daw- 
 son, and Tomkinson, with whom he served in the 
 Mediterranean and North Sea, until obliged by ill 
 health to invalid in Oct. 1811— and 28 Feb. 1812, to 
 the Venerable 74, Capts. Jas. Whitley Deans 
 Dundas, Sir Home Popham, and David Milne, sta- 
 tioned, chiefly, on the north coast of Spain. While 
 in the Nassau, which ship was for a long time em- 
 ployed in blockading the Texel, and formed part of 
 the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 
 1807, Mr. Schultz (on her being extricated from a 
 mass of ice in which she had been blocked up dur- 
 ing the whole winter) assisted, 22 March, 1808, in 
 company with the Stately 64, at the capture and 
 destruction, on the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 
 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Frederic^ after a run- 
 ning fight of great length and obstinacy, in which 
 the Nassad sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 16 
 wounded. In the Parthian he fought in an action 
 with three French ships-of-war, and accompanied 
 the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. He left 
 the Venerable 9 June, 1813, and accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 5 Jan. 18,39. 
 
 Commander Schultz holds an appointment in the 
 Stamp Office at Wisbech, in Cambridgeshire. He 
 married 26 Nov. 1811, and has issue four children. 
 
 SCOBELL. (Retired Captain, 1843. f-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 35.) 
 
 George Treweeke Scobell, born 16 Deo. 1785, 
 is second son of the late Peter Edw. Scobell, Esq., 
 M.D., by Hannah, only daughter (by Hannah, 
 daughter of Geo. Treweeke, Esq.), of John San- 
 ford, Esq., of Penzance ; and first cousin of Capt. 
 Edw. Scobell, R.N. (1811), who commanded the 
 ViMEiRA brig at the reduction of St. Martin's, St. 
 Eustatius, and Saba, in Feb. 1810, and the Thais 
 20, from March, 1811, until Jan. 1814, and died 17 
 April, 1825, at Poltair, near Penzance. One of his 
 brothers, the Rev. Edw. Scobell, M.A., is Vicar of 
 Turville, and Minister of St. Peter's, JMarylebone ; 
 and another, the Rev. John Scobell, M.A., is Rector 
 of Southover, and of All Saints, Lewes, Sussex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 March, 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the St. Albans 64, Capt. 
 Francis Pender, stationed on the coast of North 
 America, whence, in 1800, he returned to England 
 in the Assistance 50, Capt. Hall, on board of which 
 ship was H. R. H. the Duke of Kent, then Governor 
 of Nova Scotia. After having served in the North 
 Sea and in the expedition to Copenhagen, in the 
 Waaksamheidt 28, also commanded by Capt. Hall, 
 he joined, in 1802, the Diamond 38, Capt. Elphin- 
 stone, with whom he continued actively employed 
 on the coasts of France and Spain until nominated, 
 in 1804, Acting-Lieutenant of the Plantagenet74, 
 Capt. F. Pender, ofi' Brest. On 29 March, 1805, he 
 
 the application of a Lieutenant, Geo, Forbes, under whose 
 cdi-e he had been placed) to go on shore, after having been 
 sent for into the Admiral's cabin and questioned in presence 
 of all the delegates. As soon as the outbreak had subsided 
 he returned to the ship. Immediately prior to Parker's exe- 
 cution, of which he was an eye-witness, his cot being directly 
 over the one occupied by the latter, he had an opportunity of 
 contemplating him while engaged nearly the whole night in 
 writing. At about 1 1 p.m. the unhappy man gave him his 
 prayer-book with these words — " Here, youngster, is a prayer- 
 book for you." 
 
 was confirmed into the Qdeen 98 ; in which ship, 
 commanded too by Capt. Pender, we find him as- 
 sisting at the blockade of Cadiz, where, subse- 
 quently to the battle of Trafalgar (wherein it was 
 not his fortune to share), he took part in an attack 
 made, under the batteries, upon a French stray 
 third-rate. On leaving the Queen, which had 
 hoisted the flag of Lord CoUingwood, he returned 
 to England, early in 1806, in the Roval Sovereign 
 100, laden with prisoners taken on the late memo- 
 rable occasion. He next, in the course of the same 
 year, joined the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the 
 flag in the Channel of Admirals Sir Rich. Bickerton 
 and Edw. Thornbrough, and Plantagenet 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Bradley and Thos. Eyles. In th^ ship 
 last mentioned he served, part of the time as First- 
 Lieutenant, until promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 1 Feb. 1812. During that period he wit- 
 nessed the flight of the Royal Family of Portugal 
 to the Brazils, aided in embarking the remains of 
 Sir John Moore's array at Corunna, and was for 
 three years stationed in the Baltic. He was in 
 company with the Hero 74 when that ship was lost 
 in a gale oflT the Texel in Dec. 1811. Unable, after 
 he left the Plantagenet, to procure employment, 
 he accepted, 14 Aug. 1843, the rank he now holds. 
 
 In 1823 Capt. Scobell (who has been for many 
 years a Justice of the Peace for co. Somerset) in- 
 vented and submitted to the Admiralty a " Dissect- 
 ing Paddle-Wheel," to be worked by winches, ap- 
 plicable to men-of-war of every size. These wheels 
 were fitted to the Hbcla and Fury, in Sir Wm. 
 Edw. Parry's expedition to the North Pole in the 
 ensuing year, and with only 20 men at the winches 
 produced a speed of one and a half knots per hour. 
 Capt. Scobell married, 6 Oct. 1818, Hester, youngest 
 daughter and co-heiress of Chas. Savage, Esq., of 
 Midsomer Norton, in Somersetshire, and grand- 
 niece of Rich. Lansdowne, Esq., of Woodborough, 
 in the same co. 
 
 SCOTT. (LiEDT., 1827. r-p., 28 ; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Charles Kittoe Scott, born 19 July, 1799, is 
 nephew of Michael Scott, Esq., Purser and Pay- 
 master, R.N . (1800). His grandfather, Lieut. Thos. 
 Scott, R.N., was lost in command of the Dutton 
 store-ship on his passage home from the West In- 
 dies in company with the ships taken in Rodney's 
 action 12 April, 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vigo 74, Capts. Henry 
 Manaton Ommanney and Thos. White, flag-ship in 
 the Baltic of Rear-Admirals Jas. NicoU Morris and 
 Graham Moore. From Jan. 1814 until Deo. 1816 
 he served in the West Indies and at Newfoundland 
 in the Hazard 18, Capt. John Cookesley ; and from 
 Sept. 1818 until Nov. 1821 at St. Helena in the Red- 
 wing 18, Capt. Fred. Hunn. In April, 1823, havmg 
 passed his examination 19 Feb. 1819, he became 
 Master's Mate of the Sophie 18, Capt. Geo. Fred. 
 Ryyes, on the East India station, where he took an 
 active and conspicuous part in the operations con- 
 nected with the war in Ava, and was strongly re- 
 commended for promotion by his Captain for his 
 zealous conduct. In an attack made, 3 June, 1824, 
 upon the strong fortress of Kemmendine, he was 
 shot through the leg. On another occasion, while 
 engaged in the storming of a fort, he contrived to 
 save the life of a soldier belonging to the 47th Kegt. ; 
 and by so doing he was again recommended by 
 Capt. Henry Ducie Chads and Commodore Thos. 
 Coe. During his sojourn in the East Indies (whence 
 he returned, in 1825, to England in the Liffey 50), 
 Mr. Scott had command for a short time of the Co- 
 chin tender. In the course of 1826 he joined the 
 North Star 28, Capt. Septimus Arabin, lying at 
 Woolwich ; and the EspiAgle 18, Capt. K. Yates, 
 Magnificent receiving-ship, and Britomart 10, 
 Capt. Fred. Chamier, all in the West Indies. After 
 acting as Lieutenant in the latter vessel he went 
 back to the Magnificent, then commanded by 
 Capt. Geo. Mansel, for the purpose of awaiting the 
 arrival of the Valorous— a vessel into which, as a 
 
SCOTT. 
 
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 reward for his Burmese services, he had been offi- 
 cially promoted by a commission bearing date 28 
 May, 1827. An opportunity of joining her not oc- 
 curring, he was appointed, in the following Sept., to 
 the Pylades 18, Capt. Geo. Vernon Jackson. In 
 that sloop he remained until March, 1828. He was 
 next, from 27 Feb. 1829 until 28 April, 1831, em- 
 ployed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Kamillies and Talaveba 74's, 
 Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby ; and since 27 
 Jan. 1834 he has been in charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. His exertions in the latter service 
 have obtained for him the thanks of the Koyal Hu- 
 mane Society on vellum, as also a piece of plate — a 
 letter of thanks for having, at the imminent risk of 
 his own life, saved the crew of the Pomona schooner, 
 wrecked near Southsea 13 Nov. 1840— and five simi- 
 lar testimonials for putting oif to the assistance of 
 vessels in distress. Three times has he had to con- 
 tend with armed gangs of smugglers. On one occa- 
 sion in particular, 30 Oct. 1840, he was wounded, 
 contused in the head by a bludgeon, and held down 
 by the throat in the sea until the smuggler who had 
 committed the outrage was shot through the arm by 
 some of the men attached to the station, and com- 
 pelled to release his grasp. A reward of 100?. was 
 offered for the apprehension of those concerned in 
 the assault. 
 
 Lieut. Scott married, 14 July, 1831, Frances Alsop, 
 daughter of Kich. Scott, Esq., of Mill Hill, Hendon, 
 CO. Middlesex, and granddaughter of the llev. John 
 Scott, Rector of Port Koyal, Jamaica, whose brother 
 was Lieut. Thos. Scott — the officer alluded to at the 
 commencement of this narrative. Eleven children 
 are the issue of the marriage. 
 
 SCOTT. (flTsptam, 1814. p-p., 19; h-p., 35.) 
 
 David Scott entered the Navy, in May, 1793, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Goelan 14, Capts. Thos. 
 "Wolley and Geo. Hopewell Stephens, attached to the 
 force in the West Indies, where he served on shore 
 at the reduction of St. Domingo, and was severely 
 wounded in the head at Tiburon. On his return to 
 England in Sept. 1794 he was transferred, as Master's 
 Mate, to the D-^dai^us 32, commanded by the late 
 Sir Thos. Williams, with whom he continued em- 
 ployed in the Unicorn 32, and Endtmion 40, until 
 made Lieutenant, 4 March, 1800, into the Ariadne 
 20, Capt. J. Bradby. In the early part of 1795 the 
 D.aiDALUs sailed in charge of a convoy of transports 
 laden with supplies for the army retreating through 
 Holland. Impeded by wind and ice, two months 
 elapsed before the coast was made, and then, a pilot 
 not being at hand, Mr. Scott was sent in a hired 
 cutter with despatches for the Commander-in-Chief 
 of the army at Emden. These he succeeded in deli- 
 vering, although exposed, on his way up the Ems, to 
 a heavy Are from the French at Delfzyl. The pilots 
 whom he brought back with him contriving to run 
 the frigate aground, Mr. Scott took personal charge 
 of the convoy, conducted it in safety to its destina^ 
 tion, and remained for its protection until the D-e- 
 DALUS, nearly a week afterwards, got in. For this 
 service he received the thanks of his Captain and of 
 Sir Home Popham, who at the time was attached to 
 the army. In the Endtmion he performed the duties 
 of Lieutenant in an action fought, 13 Oct. 1797, be- 
 tween that frigate and the Brutus 74, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Bloys, at anchor off the heights 
 of Hinder — one of the ships recently defeated in the 
 battle off Camperdown. A few days afterwards, 
 having fallen in with the Jupiter 74, a prize taken 
 on the same occasion, and at the time in great dis- 
 tress, he went on board, rigged jury-masts, and car- 
 ried her in safety into the Humber. In the spring 
 of 1798, while engaged in clearing away the wreck 
 of the mizenmast, Mr. Scott was a second time se- 
 verely hurt. During the period he served with Sir 
 Thos. Williams we find him intrusted with most of 
 that officer's valuable prizes, and on no occasion, 
 while so employed, did he lose a man. His appoint- 
 ments, in the capacity of Lieutenant, were — 4 June, 
 1800, to the Akethdsa 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley, in 
 
 which ship he served in the Channel, escorted an 
 East India convoy from St. Helena to England in 
 the spring of 1801, and, in the early part of the fol- 
 lowing year, brought Brigadier-General Clinton 
 home from Madeira — 17 June, 1803, as Senior (after 
 14 months of half-pay), to the Circe 28, Capt. Chas. 
 Fielding— 3 Dec. ensuing, to the Sea Fencibles at 
 Cardigan — 9 Oct. 1804, to the BELLERoniON 74, 
 Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. lloth- 
 eram, stationed in the Channel and off Cadiz — 3 
 Oct. 1807, as First, to the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Walker— in the course of 1809, to the Cltde 38, 
 Venerable 74, Pallas 32, and San Dcmingo 74 — 
 and, 5 Oct. 1810 (after his name had been borne as 
 a Supernumerary on the books of different ships on 
 the North American station) to the command of the 
 TouRTEEELLE, at Bermuda. The Circe, while in 
 pursuit of an enemy, was wrecked, on the Lemon 
 and Ower, in the North Sea, 16 Nov. 1803. After 
 the court-martial, which took place in consequence, 
 Mr. Scott was sent for by the President, and in- 
 formed that, if he felt fit for duty, several members 
 of the court were desirous of applying for him ; but 
 fever and ague, contracted on the coast of Holland, 
 had, unfortunately, so affected his health that he 
 was obliged to decline the offers made to him. On 
 presenting himself, however, at the Admiralty, Lord 
 St. Vincent, who then presided at the Board, refused 
 to allow him to go on half-pay, as it was his inten- 
 tion, he intimated, to include him in the first batch 
 of promotions. He accordingly placed him, as above, 
 in the Sea Fencibles, for the recovery of his health ; 
 but the promise of promotion was never fulfilled. 
 In the Bellerophon Mr. Scott fought at Trafalgar. 
 On that occasion he received a severe contusion from 
 a splinter, and nearly lost all sense of hearing — a cir- 
 cumstance which reduced him, in April, 1806, to the 
 necessity of invaliding. On being appointed to the 
 Bedford he escorted the Royal Family of Portugal 
 in its flight to the Brazils ; and we may here add 
 that he was the first British subject upon whom the 
 Cross of the Tower and Sword was ever conferred. 
 While cruizing on the Brazilian coast he nearly lost 
 one of his legs (both were much injured) by the strop 
 of a leading block giving way. The result was that, 
 although he had been promised by the Admiral the 
 first proraotal vacancy that should occur, he was ob- 
 liged, in Dec. 1808, to return to England. Notwith- 
 standing that he was only a passenger in the frigate 
 that brought him home, he was intrusted (and we 
 mention the fact as indicative of the estimation in 
 which he was held) with the despatches both of the 
 Commander-in-Chief, Sir Sidney Smith, and of the 
 British Ambassador, Lord Strangford. During the 
 expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, Mr. Scott offi- 
 ciated as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Rich. Strachan in 
 the Venerable and also in the Pallas, in which 
 latter ship he had the sole charge of getting the 
 transports into the Scheldt. On the fall of Flushing 
 he became First-Lieutenant to the same officer in 
 the San Domingo. Being made Commander, 2 
 Aug. 1811, into the Mobgiana 18, he was chiefly 
 employed in that vessel, during a period of three 
 years, in affording protection to the trade on the 
 coast of North America. Of the numerous convoys 
 placed under his care none at any time suffered loss. 
 On one occasion the Morgiana narrowly escaped 
 falling into the hands of the U. S. frigate President, 
 Commodore Rodgers, who, although he had chased 
 her during a whole day, and had nearly arrived 
 within gun-shot, " was deterred," as expressed in 
 his letter to the Secretary of the American navy, 
 " from taking her, because he saw by her manoeuvres 
 that she was trying to lead him into a scrape." Not 
 long after this affair, Capt. Scott fell in vrith the 
 American brigs-of-war Rattlesnake and Enterprise. 
 After he had pursued them for several hours they 
 separated, each shaping a different course. Follow- 
 ing the one nearest, the Enterprise, the Morgiana, 
 before sunset, approached so close that her people 
 could perceive the enemy throwing everything over- 
 board, and contemplated arriving in half-an-hour 
 alongside. A sudden thunder-storm, however, came 
 on, every stitch of canvas was taken in, and the 
 
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 SCOTT. 
 
 prey got off. The Moegiana's mainmast on the 
 occasion was shattered, and several of the crew 
 were for a time rendered blind. Capt. Scott him- 
 self was struck down, and for more than an hour 
 lay insensible. The efiects of the shock he sustained 
 he feels to this day. He was Posted, 22 Oct. 1814, 
 into the Centurion 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Edw. Griffith at Halifax — returned in April, 1815, 
 to England — and, unable to procure further employ- 
 ment, was induced, 1 Oct. 1846, to accept the Retire- 
 ment. 
 
 He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Simon 
 Halliday, Esq., and, secondly, Anne, daughter of 
 Jas. Gibbon, Esq. ; and has issue. 
 
 commanded, 13 Oct., the boats of his own frigate 
 and the Dispatch brig, at the cutting out, under 
 the heavy fire of a battery and of a troop of militia, 
 of the U.S. Revenue-schooner Eagle, at anchor 
 within half pistol-shot of Negro Head, Long Island 
 Sound, where 8 of her guns, in number 10, had been 
 landed for her defence.* Although, on the paying 
 off of the Naroissds, he had been three years her 
 First-Lieutenant and had, as we have shown, served 
 with much activity and gallantry, he was unable to 
 procure promotion; nor has he since been more 
 successful in his applications to the Admiralty for 
 employment.' 
 
 Lieut. Scott has had command of a packet under 
 the control of the Post-Office. 
 
 SCOTT. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Edmund Scott is son of the late Colonel Geo. 
 Scott, K. A., by Mary, daughter of Capt. T. Reeves, 
 R.A., who was killed in the King's Bastion at 
 Gibraltar, when attacked by the enemy's block- 
 ships in 1782. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Deo. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Heko 74, commanded 
 by the late Lord Gardner, whom he followed, in 
 June, 1807, and June, 1808, into the Ville de Paris 
 110 and BEI.LEROFHON 74. In the Hero he fought 
 in Sir Robt. Calder's action and in that under Sir 
 Rich. Strachan 22 July and 4 Nov. 1805, besides 
 witnessing the surrender, 13 March, 1806, of the 
 Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Linois, 
 and 40-gun frigate BelU JPoule. Continuing at- 
 tached to the Bellerophon, under the command of 
 Capt. Sam. Warren, until the early part of 1810, he 
 contributed in the boats of that ship to the capture, 
 19 June, 1809, on the coast of Finland, of three ves- 
 sels, and of one of four batteries by which they had 
 been covered, mounting 4 24-pounders and garri- 
 soned by 103 men ; as also, 7 July following, to the 
 brilliant capture, off Percola Point, of the six Rus- 
 sian gun-boats mentioned in our history of the ser- 
 vices of Capt. Chas. Allen ; and to the destruction, 
 in Aug. of the same year, of another battery on the 
 coast of Finland, defended by a large body of 
 troops. On all these occasions he highly distin- 
 guished himself, and in particular in the affair at 
 Percola, where, as we learn from a testimonial 
 written by the present Capt. John Sheridan, at the 
 time one of the Lieutenants of the Bellerophon, 
 "his active, cool, determined, and brave conduct 
 obtained for him the admiration of his Captain" — 
 by whom, as well as by his patron Lord Gardner, 
 he appears to have been more than once most 
 strongly recommended to the Admiralty. After 
 serving at the siege of Cadiz in the Atlas 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, 
 and acting (during the defence of Sicily against 
 Murat) as First of the Bustard 16, Capt. John 
 DuffMarkland, Mr. Scott, about July, 1810, joined 
 the Conqueror 74, Capt. Edw. Fellowes ; of which 
 ship, in compliment to the services of his father 
 and grandfather, he had been created a Lieutenant 
 by a commission bearing date 4 of the preceding 
 May. He invalided home from the Mediterranean 
 in Feb. 1811 ; and was afterwards, from June, 1812, 
 until June, 1816, employed on the North American 
 station, three years of the time as First-Lieutenant, 
 in the Narcissus 32, Capts, John Rich. Lumley and 
 Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton. While in that frigate 
 he served in her boats at the capture, 25 Nov. 1812, 
 of the privateer Joseph and Mary of 4 guns and 73 
 men ; and assisted, in 1813, in taking the brig-of- 
 war Viper of 12 guns, the privateer Revenge of 12 
 guns and 89 men, and the town of Hampton. He 
 shared also in the attack upon Crany Island ; aided 
 in June, 1814, in company with the Loire 38, in 
 silencing the fire of a battery and in enforcing, off 
 St. Leonard's Rock, the retreat of Commodore Bar- 
 ney's flotilla; took, in the course of the same 
 month, with the boats of the Narcissus and Loire 
 under his orders, the town of Benedict, on the river 
 Patuxent, possession of which he retained, in face 
 of a large body of cavalry and artillery, until he 
 had cleared the storehouses of their contents ; and 
 
 SCOTT. (Commander, 1815.) 
 
 Edward Forlow Scott entered the Navy, 3 
 Feb. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stag 32, 
 Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke. After serving with 
 that officer on the Home station in the same ship 
 and, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Jason 36 and Canada 74, he became attached, 
 about the end of 1801, to the Saturn 74, bearing 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty in the West 
 Indies. He next, in 1802, joined the Apollo 36, 
 Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, which frigate was 
 wrecked off the coast of Portugal 1 April, 1804 ; 
 and, in 1806, the Prince George 98, Capt. J. S. 
 Torke, and Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Lord St. 
 Vincent, stationed in the Channel ; where he subse- 
 quently acted as Lieutenant in the St. George 98, 
 Capt. Thos. Bertie, and San Josef 110, and Belle- 
 rophon 74, flag-ships of Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton 
 and Albemarle Bertie. He was confirmed in that 
 rank 16 March, 1808; and was afterwards appointed 
 —14 May, 1808, 12 June and 24 Nov. 1810, and 17 
 Oct. 1811, to the Christian VII. 80, Capt. J. S. 
 Yorke, Macedonian 38, Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, 
 Hannibal 74, flag-ship of Admirals Sir Thos. Wil- 
 liams and Philip Chas. Durham, and Berwick 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Brace, on the Channel, Lisbon, North 
 Sea, and Mediterranean stations— 4 Aug. 1813, after 
 eight months of half-pay, to the charge of a Signal- 
 station on the coast of Kent — and, 28 Nov. 1814, to 
 the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, at the Cape of 
 Good Hope. He attained his present rank 20 Sept. 
 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SCOTT. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 28; h-p., 21.) 
 Edward Hinton Scott was bom about 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Anson of 46 guns and 
 327 men, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham ; became Mid- 
 shipman, in May, 1800, of the Princess Royal 98, 
 Capts. Thos. Macnamara Russell and David Atkins, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of Sir Erasmus Gower; 
 served from March, 1801, until Sept. 1804, on the 
 West India and Home stations, in the Orion 74, 
 Capts. Robt. Carthew Reynolds and Robt. Cuthbert, 
 and Clyde 38, Capt. John Larmour ; and from the 
 latter date until March, 1807, was employed, more 
 than two years of the time as Sub-Lieutenant, 
 in the Blazer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Hinton. In Sept. 1798 the Anson, the ship first 
 mentioned, encountered, and for 17 days dogged, in 
 company with the Ethalion 38, a French squadron 
 under Commodore Bompart, consisting of ha Hoche 
 of 78 guns, eight frigates, a brig, and a schooner, 
 destined for the invasion of Ireland. With five of 
 the frigates, after the three others together with 
 the line-of-battle ship had fallen into the hands of 
 Sir John Borlase Warren, she came, 12 Oct., singly 
 into collision, and sustained a loss, with injury to 
 her masts and yards, of 2 men killed and 13 
 wounded. On 18 of the same month we find her, 
 in company with the Kangaroo 18, enduring a 
 similar loss in a gallant action of an hour and a 
 quarter, which terminated in the capture of La 
 Loire of 46 guns and 664 men (including troops), of 
 whom 46 were killed and 71 wounded. While at- 
 tached to the (Anson Mr. Scott contributed, also, 
 * Fide Gaz. 18H, p. 2466. 
 
SCOTT. 
 
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 to the capture of several fine privateers. In the 
 BtAZEKhewasoftenin action with the French flotilla 
 in the neighbourhood of Ostend, Dunkerque, Calais, 
 and Boulogne, and assisted, in July, 1805, in rescuing 
 the crew of the Okestes 14, Capt. Thos. Brown, 
 when wrecked on the Splinter Sand and exposed to 
 the fire of the enemy. In the course of the same 
 year he commanded a rocket-vessel in Sir Sidney 
 Smith's attack upon the Boulogne flotilla. On 
 leaving the Blazer he became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Skylark 16; and while in that brig (to 
 which he was confirmed 12 June, 1807) he had 
 charge of her boats in a running fight with a French 
 cutter privateer of 8 guns and 48 men, whom, after 
 having cut away her sweeps and chased her for 
 three hours, he drove under the guns of the Sky- 
 lark. On one occasion he landed at Flushing, 
 spiked the 8 guns of a battery, and brought the 
 guard off prisoners. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 14 Nov. 1808, to the Termagant sloop, Capt. 
 H. E. P. Sturt, on the Halifax station— 14 Feb. 
 
 1810, to the Saturn 74, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, 
 attached to the force in the Baltic— in the course of 
 
 1811, to the Royal George 100, Laurestinos 24, 
 and, as Senior, to the Orlando 36, commanded, on 
 the Home, Mediterranean, North American, and East 
 India stations, by Capt. John Clavell, uith whom, 
 in 1819, he returned to England in the Malabar 
 74-and, 23 Aug. 1820, in the capacity last men- 
 tioned, to the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton. He was frequently, in the Saturn and 
 her boats, engaged with the enemy's forts and 
 armed vessels (several of which he captured) while 
 affording protection to the trade passing through 
 the Great Belt. During his servitude in the Oa- 
 liANDO he took part in many boat-affairs in the 
 Adriatic and Chesapeake. He commanded her 
 boats too in several skirmishes with the Malay proas 
 in the straits of Sunda and Malacca, and once suc- 
 ceeded in repelling an attack made by them at night 
 on a wrecked Indiaman, of which he had been 
 placed in charge. In the boats of the Cambrian 
 we find him cutting out, in the Gulf of Athens, 
 with much spirit and judgment, a piratical schooner, 
 carrying 2 long guns and 50 men, together with 
 three of her prizes ; besides taking three small pi- 
 rate-vessels from the island of Skopelo and effecting 
 the re-capture of an English sloop. He also assisted 
 at the reduction of Napoli di Romania, and, at the 
 head of a hundred seamen, landed there at the re- 
 quest of the Provisional Government, had the good 
 fortune, when the troops entered the town, to save 
 the lives of 2000 Turks, men, women, and children, 
 who were afterwards placed on shore at Smyrna. 
 For these services he twice received the thanks of 
 Sir Graham Moore, the Commander-in-Chief, was 
 presented with a sword by the Greek Provisional 
 Government, and was advanced, 18 July, 1823, to 
 the rank of Commander in the Dispatch sloop of 
 18 guns.* In that vessel, stationed likewise in the 
 Mediterranean, he remained until the close of 1824. 
 He was lastly, from 23 Nov. 1835, until April, 1838, 
 employed, again on the station last named, as Se- 
 cond-Captain, in the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker. 
 His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 
 15 Jan. 1838. 
 
 For his conduct in jumping overboard from the 
 Orlando and saving the lives of four persons, Capt. 
 Scott (who is Senior of 1838) received the thanks of 
 the Royal Humane Society. Agents — Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 SCOTT. (Captain, 1848.) 
 
 Francis Scott is son of the Rev. Alex. Scott, 
 Rector of Bootle, co. Cumberland, whose grand- 
 father, the Hon. Walter Scott (second son of the 
 Earl of Tarras) was himself the great-grandfather 
 of the present Lord Polwarth. He is nephew, by 
 marriage, of Rear- Admiral Thos. Folliott Baugh. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 11 July, 1822; 
 
 * Before he left the Cambrian he appears, in command of 
 a Tender, to have rendered material assistance to the Martin 
 sloop, Capt. Hen. Eden, when driven on shore in a gale of 
 wind. 
 
 passed his examination in 1829 ; obtained his first 
 commission 11 Feb. 1835; and was appointed, 21 
 May following, to the Clio 16, Capt. Wm. Richard- 
 son, on the Mediterranean station ; where, from 10 
 Nov. 1836 until promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander, 2 July, 1841, he served in the Rodney 92, 
 Capts. Hyde Parker and Robt. Maunsell. From 9 
 Sept. 1843 until paid oft' in 1847, he commanded the 
 Hyacinth 18 on the African and North America 
 and West India stations. He attained his present 
 rank 12 Aug. 1848. 
 
 Capt. Scott .married, 3 Aug. 1842, Frances Mag- 
 dalene, second daughter of Henry Harvey, Esq., of 
 Hill House, Streatham. Agent— John P. Muspratt. 
 
 SCOTT. (Captain, 1830. r-p., 16 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 George Scott was bom in 1783. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Perseus bomb, Capt. 
 Jas. Oswald, attached to the force in the Mediter- 
 ranean; where, from Aug. 1799 until March, 1802, 
 he was employed, part of the time as Master's Mate, 
 in the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. Louis. In the 
 Perseus he assisted at the bombardment of Alex- 
 andria, at the capture of Naples, and the blockade 
 of Malta. While belonging to the Minotaur he 
 served with a detachment of boats, 10 in number, 
 containing about 100 officers and men, commanded 
 by Capt. Philip Beaver, and assisted, on the morn- 
 ing of 21 May, 1800, in boarding and capturing, 
 after a desperate combat, the Prima galley (one of 
 a numerous flotilla) rowing 52 oars, carrying 2 ex- 
 tremely long brass 36-pounders, several smaller 
 pieces, and 257 men, and lying chain-moored under 
 the guns of the two moles and the city bastions in 
 the harbour of Genoa. In the following month he 
 witnessed the evacuation of the latter place by the 
 French ; and on 3 Sept. in the same year he was in 
 one of eight boats that brought out from Barcelona 
 Roads, after having sustained a loss of 3 men killed 
 and 5 wounded, the Spanish corvettes Esmeralda 
 and Paz^ of 22 guns each, although defended by a 
 heavy fire from four strong batteries, 10 gun-boats, 
 two schooners, armed between them with 4 long 36- 
 pounders, and a fort upon Mount loni which threw 
 shells. In this affair the enemy had 3 men killed 
 and 21 wounded. In 1801 Mr. Scott commanded a 
 boat at the landing of the troops and in the other, 
 operations in Egypt. After serving for seven 
 months in the North Sea and at Sheemess in the 
 Iris and Ambuscade frigates, Capts. Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse and David Atkins, he was received, in 
 Oct. 1802, on board the Resistance 36, also com- 
 manded by Capt. Wodehouse, under whom he was 
 wrecked, near Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803. He 
 then joined, on the Mediterranean station, the Ca- 
 meeion 18, Capt. Thos. Staines ; of which vessel, for 
 his services in her boats, he was ultimately nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant. From Aug. 1804 until 
 April, 1805, we again find him performing the duties 
 of Midshipman and Master's Mate in the Victory 
 lOO, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson. On leaving 
 that ship he received an order to act as Lieutenant 
 of the Childers 14, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton. On 12 
 Sept. following he was confirmed. His next ap- 
 pointment was, 20 Feb. 1806, to the Phcebe, of 44 
 guns and 271 men, Capts. Jas. Oswald, Hassard 
 Stackpoole, and Jas. Hillyar, employed in succession 
 in the North Sea and Mediterranean, off Greenland, 
 and on the Baltic, Channel, Cape of Good Hope, 
 and East India stations. Under Capt. Hillyar he 
 assisted at the reduction of the Isle of France ; and, 
 prior to joining in the expedition against Java, was 
 present as First-Lieutenant, 20 May, 1811 (while 
 cruizing off Madagascar in company with the As- 
 TEEA and Galatea, frigates nearly equal in force 
 to the Phcebe, and 18-gun brig Racehorse), at the 
 capture— after a long and trying action with the 
 French 40-gun frigates Menomme'e, Clorinde, and 
 Nei-eide, and a loss to the Ph(ebe of 7 men killed 
 and 24 wounded — of the Renommee, and, on 25 of the 
 same month, of the Nereide and the settlement of 
 Tamatave. As a reward for his gallant conduct he 
 
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 SCOTT. 
 
 was placed, 26 Oct. following, in acting-command of 
 the Renommee (then bearing the name of the Java), 
 and sent in her with convoy to England. On his 
 arrival he was presented with a second promotal 
 commission dated 24 March, 1812. His next and 
 last appointment was, 29 Nov. 1828, to the Champion 
 18 ; the command of which sloop he retained, on the 
 African and Halifax stations, until advanced to 
 Post-rank, 12 Feb. 1830. 
 
 Capt. Scott is a Justice of the Peace for co. Rox- 
 burgh. 
 
 SCOTT. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Henry William Scott (whose name had been 
 borne in 1795-6 on the books of the Kephlse 64, 
 Capts. Wm. Geo. Fairfax and Jas. Alms) entered 
 the Koyal Naval Academy 1 March, 1797, and em- 
 barked, 5 Nov. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Desiree 36, Capt. Rich. Dacres, lying at Ports- 
 mouth. After serving in the Channel in the Wind- 
 sor Castle 98, flag-ship of Sir Andrew Mitchell, he 
 joined, in June, 1802, the Leander 50, bearing the 
 flag of that ofl&cer at Halifax ; where he continued 
 chiefly employed in the Mekmaid 32, Capt. Aiskew 
 Paffard Hollis, Leopard 50, Capt. Salusbury Pryce 
 Humphreys, Mullet schooner, commanded by him- 
 self in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant and by 
 Lieut. Drury, Observateoe brig, Capts. W. R. 
 Smith, Chas. Claridge, John Lawrence, and Fred. 
 Aug. Wetherall, and Furieuse 36, Capt. John 
 Simpson, until Nov. 1809. He was officially pro- 
 moted into the Observateur by a commission 
 bearing date 26 May, 1807. From Nov. 1809 until 
 advanced to the rank of Commander, 13 June, 1815, 
 he was employed, on the West India, Home, and 
 North American stations, in the Julia, Capt. Pechell, 
 Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 Crane sloop, Capt. Jas. Stuart, Arab 16, Capt. 
 Henry Jane, Armide 38, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. 
 Troubridge, and Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of 
 Sir A. Cochrane. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Scott, who had issue by a former 
 wife, married, 9 June, 1830, Ann, eldest daughter of 
 the late Isaac Lane, Esq., of Ewell, co. Surrey. His 
 eldest daughter is married to Lieut. Osmond Bour- 
 dillon, 25th Bombay Native Infantry, son of Brown- 
 low Bourdillon, Esq., of Bath. Agents— Burnett 
 and Holmes. 
 
 SCOTT, C.B. (Capt., 1828. F-p., 21 ; h-p., 23.) 
 James Scott was born, 18 June, 1790, in London. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phaeton 38, Capt. Geo. 
 Cockbum, in which frigate, after having conveyed 
 Mr. Merry, the British Minister Plenipotentiary, to 
 the United States, he proceeded to the Cape of 
 Good Hope, and came into frequent and warm col- 
 lision with the batteries in the Isle of France, where 
 he assisted at the destruction of Pointe Canonniere. 
 On his return to England with Capt. Cockburn as 
 Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Sept. 1804) 
 in the Howe 38, bearer of the Marquess Wellesley, 
 he was received, in Feb. 1806, on board the Blanche 
 of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. Thos. Lavie ; under 
 whom we find him present, 19 July in the same 
 year, at the capture, off the Faroe Isles, of the Guer- 
 riere French frigate, of 50 guns and 317 men, after 
 a severe action, in which the British had but 4 men 
 wounded and the enemy 50 killed and wounded. For 
 his gallantry in achieving this exploit Capt. Lavie 
 received the honour of Knighthood. With the ex- 
 ception of a few months passed, between July, 1807, 
 and April, 1808, in the Achille 74, commanded off 
 Ferrol by Capt. Sir Rich. King, Mr. Scott again, 
 from Sept. 1806 until Aug. 1809, served with Capt. 
 Cockburn as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the 
 Captain, Pomp4e, and Belleisle 74'9. In the 
 Captain and Pompee he cruized among the West- 
 ern Islands and off Rochefort; and while in the 
 latter ship he was employed on shore and was 
 slightly wounded* at the reduction of Martinique ; 
 whence in the Belleisle he returned home with 
 • Vide Gia, 1809, p. 4ao. 
 
 the surrendered governor and garrison. After com- 
 manding" a gun-boat in the attack upon Flushing 
 (for his conduct during the operations connected 
 with which he obtained a letter of thanks from 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats) he was 
 made Lieutenant, 16 Nov. 1809, into La FLfioHE 14,* 
 Capt. Geo. Hewson, lying in the river Thames. 
 His next appointments were— 13 July, 1810, to the 
 Myrtle sloop, Capts. John Smith Cowan and Cle- 
 ment Sneyd, employed, for nearly two years, off 
 Lisbon, at the defence of Cadiz, in the Mediterra- 
 nean, and on the coast of Africa— and, in the course 
 of 1812-13-14, to the Grampus 50 and Marl- 
 borough, Sceptre, and Albion 74's, the first bear- 
 ing the broad pendant, the three others the flag, of 
 his former Captain, Cockbum, at Cadiz and on the 
 North American station. On 3 April, 1813, being 
 then in the Marlborough, he commanded one of 
 the boats of a squadron containing 105 men, under 
 the orders of Lieut. Jas. Polkinghorne, at the cap- 
 ture, 15 miles up the Rappahannock river, of four 
 schooners, carrying in the whole 31 guns and 219 
 men — an exploit whose achievement inflicted on the 
 British a loss of 2 men killed and 1 1 wounded, and 
 on the enemy of 6 killed and 10 wounded. f On 22 
 June, 1813, Mr. Scott had charge of the Marl- 
 borough's launch, which was sunk in the attack 
 upon Crany Island ; four days afterwards he assisted 
 at the capture of the town of Hampton ; in the en- 
 suing month he commanded the Sceptre's launch 
 at the capture of Ocrakole Island on the coast of 
 North Carolina, and at the taking of the Anacxmda 
 of 20 and ^Was of 12 guns; and, in 1814, during 
 which year he was attached to the Albion, he 
 stormed two forts on the eastern shore of the Chesa- 
 peake, contributed in the boats to the destruction, 
 up the Patuxent, of a powerful flotilla under Com- 
 modore Barney, and served on shore as Aide-de- 
 Camp to Rear-Admiral Cockbum, at the battle of 
 Bladensburg, the occupation of Washington, and 
 the attack upon Baltimore. His name in 10 in- 
 stances obtained public mention. "Lieut. Jas. 
 Scott," says the distinguished officer just alluded to, 
 in his public letter to the Commander-in-Chief rela- 
 tive to the Washington expedition, " now First of 
 the Albion, has on this occasion rendered me essen- 
 tial services ; and, as I have had reason so often to 
 mention to you his gallant and meritorious conduct, 
 I trust you will permit me to seize this opportunity 
 of recommending him particularly to your favour- 
 able notice and consideration." J In his detail of the 
 operations against Baltimore the Rear-Admiral thus 
 again refers to him ; " I have to express to you how 
 particularly I consider myself indebted to Lieut. 
 Jas. Scott, whom I have had such frequent cause to 
 mention to you, and who, in the battle of the 12th 
 (Sept.) commanded a division of seamen, and be- 
 haved most gallantly, occasionally also acting as 
 Aide-de-Camp to myself."§ Being advanced in 
 consequence to the rank of Commander 19 Oct. 
 1814, Capt. Scott was in that capacity appointed, 4 
 May and 5 Nov. 1824, to the Meteor bomb and 
 Harlequin 18. In the former vessel he took part 
 in the demonstration made by Vice-Admiral Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale before Algiers: in the Har- 
 lequin he served until 1827 on the Cork and Ja- 
 maica stations. He attained Post-rank 8 Jan. 1828 ; 
 and was afterwards employed— from 26 June, 1834, 
 until 1836, and from 30 Aug. 1837 until Oct. 1839, 
 in the President 50, as Flag-Captain to Admirals 
 Sir Geo. Cockburn and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, 
 on the North America and West India and Pacific 
 stations — and, from 31 Oct. 1839 until the close of 
 1841, in the Samarang 26, in South America and 
 the East Indies. Uniting, in the latter ship, in the 
 operations connected with the war in China, he suc- 
 ceeded, 7 Jan. 1841, with his accustomed gallantry, 
 in silencing in one hour, with the Druid, Modeste, 
 and Columbine under his orders, the fire of the 
 enemy at Tycocktow ;|1 and, on 26 of the ensuing 
 month, he figured in the action with the Bogue 
 
 * La FLECHEwas wrecked, off the Elbe, 24 May, 1810. 
 + firfe Gaz. 181S, p. 995. 1 T. Gaz. 1814, p. 19(3. 
 
 i V. Gaz. 1814, p. 2018. II V. G«z. 1641, p. lloa. 
 
SCOTT. 
 
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 forts.* Prior to the first investment of Canton, he 
 remored temporarily to the Nemesis steamer, com- 
 manded by the present Capt. Wm. Hutcheon Hall, 
 for the purpose of forcing, agreeably to a plan he 
 had previously formed, the inner passage from Ma^ 
 cao to Whampoa. During the advance he made on 
 the latter place he contrived, aided by the boats of 
 his own ship, to destroy, between 3 a.m. on 13 and 
 4 P.M. on 15 March, as many as five forts, one bat- 
 tery, two military stations, and nine war-junke, in 
 which collectively were 115 guns and 8 gingalls.f 
 For these services he was nominated a C.B. 29 
 June, 1841. 
 
 Capt. Scott is the author of a work entitled ' Na^ 
 val Recollections.' He married, 3 May, 1819, Caro- 
 line Ann, only child of the late Rich. Donovan, Esq., 
 of Tibberton Court, Gloucestershire, by Caroline 
 Elizabeth Yate, of Bromesberrow Place in the 
 same co., and the last descendant of the ancient 
 families of Yate, Baun, and Dobyns. By that lady 
 he has issue. 
 
 SCOTT. (Commander, 1815. f-p., 19; h-p.,34.) 
 
 John Scott was born 9 Dec. 1784. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 1794, as a 
 Boy, on board the London 98, Capts. Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats, Edw. Griffith, and John Child Purvis, in 
 which ship, deducting an interval of eight months 
 that followed the Spithead mutiny, he continued 
 employed in the Channel and off the coasts of Spain 
 and Portugal, part of the time under the flag of Sir 
 John Colpoys, until Oct. 1800 ; when he was trans- 
 ferred as Midshipman (a rating he had attained 8 
 Dec. 1797) to the Raven 18, Capts. Jas. Sanders 
 and Spelman Swaine. On the night of 29 Aug. 
 1800, being then with the Ferrol expedition, he 
 served with the boats of a squadron, 20 in number, 
 commanded by Lieut. Henry Burke, at the cutting- 
 out, close to the batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Guepe 
 privateer of 18 guns and 161 men, which vessel, 25 
 of whose people were killed and 40 wounded, was in 
 15 minutes boarded and carried, with a loss to the 
 British of 3 seamen and 1 marine killed, 3 lieu- 
 tenants, 12 seamen, and 5 marines wounded, and 1 
 seaman missing. In Nov. 1802, three months after 
 his return from the West Indies, where he had been 
 serving in the Raven, Mr. Scott joined the Leda 
 38, Capts. Jas. Hardy and Robt. Honyman, attached 
 to the force in the North Sea ; where and on the 
 Jamaica station we find him employed, until Sept. 
 1805, in the Crescent 36, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, 
 Theseus and Hercdle 74'b, flag-ships of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Jas. Rich. Dacres, Flting Fish 12, Lieut. - 
 Commander Price, Goelan sloop, Capt. John Ays- 
 cough, and DiLiGENTjA (alias Legeha), Capt. Jas. 
 Alex. Gordon. He was created Sub-Lieutenant 5 
 May, 1805, of the Flying Fish ; and Lieutenant, on 
 31 of the same month, of the Goelan. From Oct. 
 1805 vmtil May, 1815, he served in the North Sea, 
 on the coast of Africa, in the West Indies and Chan- 
 nel, and on the coasts of Spain, Brazil, and North 
 America, in the Adamant 50, Capts. Geo. Burlton, 
 John Stiles, and John Fyffe, Hunter 16, Capt. Fras. 
 Geo. Dickins, MELPOMiNE 38, Capt. Peter Parker, 
 Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 Glommen 18, Capt. Chas. Pickford, Blonde and 
 Statira frigates, both commanded by Capt. Volant 
 Vashon Ballard, Neptune and Statira again, each 
 bearing the flag of Sir A. Cochrane, Tremendous 
 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, Princess Charlotte 38, 
 Capt. Geo. Tobin, Indefatigable 44, Capt. John 
 Fyffe, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir A. Cochrane. 
 In the Melpomene, Blonde, Statira, Princess 
 Charlotte, and Indefatigable, he filled, for four 
 
 » FiifcGaz. 1841, p. I49S. 
 
 f "J have the honour," writes Sir Gordon Bremer, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, in forwarding to the Admiralty an account 
 of this achievement, " to enclose a copy of a letter from Capt. 
 Scott, of H.M.S. Samarano, detailing tlie particulars of an 
 enterprize which lie planned and executed with admirable 
 talent and gallantry, to which 1 will beg to refer their Lord- 
 ships, expressing at the same time my conviction, that no 
 encomium 1 could bestow on Capt. Scott, and the officers, 
 seamen, and marines engaged, would be equal to tiie merit of 
 the affair."— f life Gar. 1841, pp. 1427, 1S07. 
 
 years and a half, the post of First-Lieutenant. In 
 the Adamant he saw much boat-service and as- 
 sisted at the capture, among other vessels, of La 
 Baparadora Spanish frigate-built privateer, of 30 
 guns and 315 men. In the barge of the Blonde he 
 boarded the French national brig L' Oreste of 16 
 guns and 110 men, when that vessel was taken, 11 
 Jan. 1810, under the fire of a battery near Basse- 
 terre, after an engagement of two hours. During 
 the operations which preceded the surrender of 
 Guadeloupe he commanded the Blonde owing to 
 the absence of his Captain. While attached to the 
 Princess Charlotte he was constantly employed 
 in her boats, and, besides aiding at the capture of 
 many vessels in the Bay of Biscay, spiked and de- 
 stroyed 28 pieces of cannon, and took several flag- 
 staffs on the north coast of Spain. He was instru- 
 mental, in the Indefatigable, to the preserva- 
 tion of an English vessel which had run on shore on 
 the coast of Brazil under circumstances of peculiar 
 difficulty ; and in the Tonnant he accompanied the 
 expedition against New Orleans. While there he 
 was for 15 days employed in the debarkation of 
 troops ; and for his conduct in bringing guns from 
 an advanced battery and placing them under the 
 immediate directions of Major-General Sir Edw. 
 Pakenham, obtained the thanks of Sir A. Cochrane, 
 the Naval Commander-in-Chief; by whom he was 
 allowed to join a party which, commanded by Capt. 
 Rowland Money, stormed, 8 Jan. 1815, a strong fort 
 on the right bank of the Mississippi. On that occa- 
 sion, Capt. Money having been early wounded, Lieut. 
 Scott led the men in person and materially contri- 
 buted to the successful issue of the attack. His ex- 
 ertions were witnessed by the present Sir Edw. 
 Codrington, from whom and from Sir Edw. Thos. 
 Troubridge, who commanded the brigade of seamen 
 serving on shore, he had the gratification of receiv- 
 ing letters very flattering to his feelings.* His 
 conduct in former instances had also procured him 
 letters of approbation from Capts. Stiles, Dickins, 
 Ballard, and Chas. Dilkes (Captain of the Neptune), 
 and from Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, Commander- 
 in-Chief at the Brazils. On leaving the Tonnant 
 he took up a Commander's Commission bearing 
 date 13 June, 1815. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Commander Scott married first, 3 July, 1815, Miss 
 Cole, of Waltham, co. Essex, sister of Jas. Cole. 
 Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N. ; and secondly, in 
 Nov. 1840, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J. Gibson, 
 Esq., of Hatter's Lane, Lodbury, Gloucestershire. 
 He has a family of 12 children. 
 
 SCOTT. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 John Bonnet Scott (whose commission bears 
 date 24 Jan. 1846) served, from 24 March, 1843, 
 until paid off in 1847, in the Curacoa 24, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley and Wm. Broughton, on 
 the S.E. coast of America; and has been employed, 
 since 8 Jan. 1848, in the Mediterranean in the Ter- 
 rible steam-frigate of 800-horse power, Capt. Wm. 
 
 SCOTT. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Peter Astle Scott entered the Navy 14 Feb. 
 1829 ; passed his examination in 1835 ; and from 
 1839 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 
 his return to England 4 Oct. 1843, was employed as 
 Mate in the Terror, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira 
 Crozier, on a voyage of discovery to the Antarctic 
 Ocean. He afterwards, from 24 July, 1845, until 
 paid off at the commencement of 1848, served on 
 the coast of North America in the Columbia 
 steam-surveying-vessel, commanded by the present 
 Capt. Peter Fred. Shortland, and also by Capt. Wm. 
 Fitzwilliam Owen. 
 
 SCOTT. (Commander, 1848.) 
 
 Robert Antbont Edward Scott entered the 
 Navy 1 May, 1830 ; passed his examination 25 July, 
 
 * " I cannot," says Sir E. T. Troubridge, in his public 
 letter to the Commander-in-Chief, " sufficiently express the 
 high sense I entertain of the zeal and activity of Lieut. Scott 
 of the Tonnant, who on all occasions has shown himself a 
 most deserving officer."— Tirfe Gaz. 1815, p. 451. 
 
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 SCOTT— SCRIVEN—SCROGGS—SCRYMGOUE. 
 
 1836 ; and on his return from the Pacific, where he 
 had been serving as Mate in the Pbesident 50, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Koss, 
 was promoted, 17 May, 1842, to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. From 25 June, 1812, until 1847, he was 
 again employed in the Pacific in the Salamander 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Andrew Snape Hamond ; and 
 from 19 July in the latter year until advanced to 
 his present rank 28 July, 1848, he ofiiciated as First 
 of the Vixen steam-sloop, Capts. Alfred Phillipps 
 Kyder and Robt. Jenner, on the North America and 
 West India station. 
 
 SCOTT. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 15 ; H-p., 40.) 
 
 WiLiiAM Isaac Scott entered the Navy, 25 Dec. 
 1792, as a Volunteer, on board the Windsor Castle 
 98, Capt. Wm. Hancock Kelly, with whom he con- 
 tinued to serve on the Home and West India sta- 
 tions as Midshipman in the St. George 98, Sole- 
 bay 32 (part of the force engaged in 1794 at the 
 reduction of the French islands), and Veteran 64, 
 until Sept. 1796. After he had been for rather 
 more than two years employed on the coast of 
 France and at Portsmouth in the KivoLnTioNNAiRE 
 38, Capts. Fras. Cole and Thos. Twysden, and Di- 
 ana 38, Capt. Alex. Fraser, he was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 10 May, 1799, into the Voltioeur, Capt. 
 Thos. Geo. Shortland. He remained in that vessel 
 but a few days ; and was subsequently appointed — 
 1 June, 1800, for two years, to the Clyde 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Cunningham, on the Guernsey station — 31 
 Oct. 1803, to the Urania 38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Her- 
 bert, in which frigate he made a voyage to the 
 West Indies — 21 Aug. 1808, after two years of 
 half-pay, to the Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Cotton at Lisbon, where he continued a short time 
 — in 1809, to the Nokge and Triumph 74's, Capts. 
 Edm. Soger and Sam. Hood Linzee, also attached 
 to the force oflT Lisbon — and, 15 Sept. 1810, to his 
 former ship the Hibernia, commanded by Capt. 
 Thos. White. He attained the rank of Commander 
 21 Oct. 1810; and from 21 March, 1812, until posted 
 7 June, 1814, was employed in the Fbeija troop- 
 ship. 
 He accepted the Ketirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 SCEIVEN. (LlEUTEKANT, 1810.) 
 
 John Barclay Scriven entered the Navy, 19 
 Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terkidlb 
 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, under whom he at^ 
 tained in 1804 the rating of Midshipman, and con- 
 tinued employed in the Channel and Mediterranean, 
 until Oct. 1809, when he returned to England in the 
 Philomel 18, Capt. George Crawley. He was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant as soon as he had 
 passed his examination 4 Jan. 1810; and from the 
 following May until paid oiFin Aug. 1815, he served 
 on the Home, North American, West India, and 
 Brazilian stations in the Valiant 74, Capts. Robt. 
 Dudley Oliver and Zachary Mudge. Since 25 Feb. 
 1848 he has filled the appointment of Admiralty 
 Agent on board a contract mail-steam-vessel. 
 
 He married in Dec. 1825 and has issue three 
 children. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 SCRIVEN. (Lieutenant, 1822.) 
 
 Thomas Swain Sceiven was born 29 May, 1796, 
 at Weymouth, co. Dorset. He is brother of Com- 
 mander Timothy Scriven, R.N., C.B. (1813), an 
 officer of distinguished merit, who, when com- 
 mander of different vessels, fought the enemies of 
 his country with a surprising degree of gallantry 
 and success, and who died, universally lamented, 
 25 March, 1824. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1809, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Neptune 98, Capt. Jas. 
 AtholWood, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane in the West Indies; where, and on the coast 
 of France and in the North Sea, he was employed, 
 during the after-part of the war, in the Blonde and 
 Statira frigates, both under the orders of Capt. 
 Volant Vashon Ballard, Arrow schooner, com- 
 manded by his brother, then Lieut. Scriven, and 
 
 Plover sloop and Prince 98. While stationed in 
 the North Sea he assisted at the reduction of Cux- 
 haven and Gliickstadt, and was intrusted with the 
 command, off Hamburgh, of gun-boat No. 4. His 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 26 
 Dec. 1822. He served subsequently in the Coast 
 Guard. His appointments since he left that service 
 have been, 13 May and 1 Sept. 1841 and 11 Jan. 
 1848, to the command of the Cdckoo, Widgeon, and 
 Princess Alice, Weymouth and Dover packets ; in 
 the last-mentioned of which he is now employed. 
 
 Lieut. Scriven married Sarah Mary, daughter of 
 Geo. Peace Scott, Esq., of Dorchester, a lady by 
 whom he has issue six children. 
 
 SCROGGS. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Edward Scboggs passed his examination 11 
 March, 1845; and from 18 June following until 
 1848 was employed in the Pacific on surveying ser- 
 vice in the Herald 22, Capt. Henry B.ellett. His 
 commission bears date 1 May, 1847. 
 
 SCRYMGOUR, (Lieut., 1815. f.p.,28 ; h-p., 14.) 
 William Scrymgodr entered the Navy, 18 May, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Elephant 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Dundas, in which ship he served in the 
 North Sea and West Indies until Sept. 1807. From 
 Aug. 1808 until July, 1814, he was employed as 
 Midshipman, chiefly on the Mediterranean station, 
 in the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, Royal 
 Sovereign 100, Capt. Joseph Spear, TiMERAiHE 98, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, 
 and Union 98, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee, Wm. Kent, 
 and Robt. Rolles. During that period he was in 
 frequent action with the enemy's batteries ; he aided 
 in the Tigre, in Oct. 1809, in causing the self-de- 
 struction, near Cape Cette, of the French ships-of- 
 the-line Robusie and Lion ; and in the Union, besides 
 sharing in two partial actions, fought 5 Nov. 1813 
 and 13 Feb. 1814, with the French Toulon fleet, he 
 beheld the fall of Genoa. On leaving the ship last 
 mentioned he became Master's Mate of the Al- 
 CESTE arme'e-en-Jiute, Capt. Dan. Lawrence, and 
 sailed soon afterwards with the expedition against 
 New Orleans. While there he was for six weeks 
 employed in a boat in co-operation with the army, 
 was particularly active along the left bank of the 
 Mississippi, and, during the retreat of the British, 
 commanded a schooner. In^the fulfilment of his 
 duties his conduct was such as to elicit the highest 
 commendations of Capt. Lawrence. On leaving the 
 Alceste, about Sept. 1815, he took up a commission 
 bearing date 15 March in that year. He was after- 
 wards employed in the Transport Service — from 22 
 Aug. 1820 until 13 June, 1822, on board the Nauti- 
 lus, in conveying troops and stores to the West 
 Indies, Davis' Strait (whither in 1821 he accompa- 
 nied Capt. Parry's Polar Expedition), and the Cape 
 of Good Hope— from 14 Nov. 1822 until 10 Nov. 
 1824, on board the Loyal Briton and Duchess or 
 York, for the purpose of keeping up the communi- 
 cation in the West India Islands— from 11 Nov. 
 1824 until 3 March, 1833, as Resident Agent at 
 Gibraltar— from 4 March, 1833, until 25 Nov. 1834, 
 as Agent in the Orestes at Bermuda and in the 
 West Indies— from 24 April, 1835, until 6 Sept. 
 1838, on board the Prince Regent, in North Ame- 
 rica and the West Indies, in the Mediterranean, and 
 on the north coast of Spain — from 19 Dec. 1838 
 until 27 June, 1339, on board the Barossa in the 
 West Indies— and from 15 Oct. 1839 until 1 July, 
 1840, in the Lord Lynedoch at the Cape of Good 
 Hope. During 18 years that be was so engaged, his 
 intelligence, skill, and judgment, his zeal and unre- 
 mitting activity, procured him testimonials of no ordi- 
 nary character, conveying to him, in the most lively 
 and flattering terms, the praises of Sir Wm. Edw. 
 Parry, Lieut.-General Henry Warde, Military Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the West Indies, Lieut.-Colonels 
 J. Marshall and J. Mair, Military Secretaries to Sir 
 Geo. Don and Sir Wm. Houston, Governors of 
 Gibraltar, Colonel D. Falla, Town Major of Gibral- 
 tar, Admiral Sir Thos. Byam Martin, Comptroller of 
 the Navy, J. Meek, Esq., Comptroller of th« Vic- 
 
SCUDAMORE— SEAGER— SEALE. 
 
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 tualling and Transport Service, and the late Vice- 
 Adrairal Wm. Young, many years Resident Agent 
 at Deptford. In 1824, as mentioned above, he ac- 
 cepted the appointment of Resident Agent at 
 Gibraltar, under an idea that the office was a per- 
 manent one ; yet when it was abolished in 1833 he 
 was refused compensation. In 1826 an order in 
 council was issued to the effect that " no Lieutenant 
 who had not served two years in one of H.M. ships 
 should be promoted to the rank of Commander." 
 Prior to the enactment of this regulation he had, as 
 we have shown, served nearly four years as Lieute- 
 nant ; notwithstanding which, when at a later date, 
 encouraged by his high testimonials, he applied for 
 promotion, he was informed that he had not any 
 service as Lieutenant that could be allowed. 
 
 SCUDAMORE. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 39 ; h-p., 4.) 
 William James Scddamoke was born 5 Aug. 
 1788. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1804, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt. 
 John Harvey. After serving off Cadiz, in Sir Robt. 
 Calder's action, and in the Channel, he followed 
 Capt. Harvey as Midshipman, in Sept. 1805, into 
 the Canada 74, and sailed for the West Indies, In 
 Dec. 1807 he joined the Cdmbebland 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Philip Wodehouse, attached to the force in 
 the Mediterranean ; where, in Oct. 1809, he assisted 
 in causing the self-destruction of the ships-of-the- 
 line Rohuste and Xzor, and, in July, 1810, removed 
 to the Levlvthan 74, Capts. J. Harvey and Patrick 
 Campbell. On 30 April, 1812, he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant (having acted for nearly three months 
 as such) in the Termagant 20, Capts. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton and John Lampen Manley ; and while in 
 that vessel, on the south coast of Spain, he com- 
 manded her boats at the capture and destruction of 
 several forts and at the taking of Almeria. He 
 also had the good fortune to save several nuns and 
 inhabitants of the town of Xavia from being mas- 
 sacred by the French. In 1813-14 he witnessed the 
 capture of Via Reggio and Genoa. After he left 
 the Termagant he was employed — from 13 June to 
 14 Aug. 1814 in command, off Gibraltar and Cadiz, 
 of gun-boat No. 25— from 21 Jan. to 2 Sept. 1815, in 
 the RosABio 10, Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake at Ports- 
 mouth—and from 3 Feb. 1818 until 22 March, 1821, 
 in command of the Providence Revenue-cruizer. 
 Since 3 Jan. 1822 he has been serving as an Acting- 
 Inspecting-Commander and Chief Officer in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 He married 6 June, 1817, and has issue nine 
 children. 
 
 SEAGEE. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 John Seager died 7 June, 1846, at Florissant 
 Rennes, near Lausanne, in Switzerland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1793, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Dove, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Stephen Rains, stationed in the Channel. 
 From Sept. 1794 until Oct. 1796 he was employed 
 in the Mediterranean, part of the time as Master's 
 Mate, in the Camel store-ship, Capts. Joseph Short 
 and Edw. Rotheram, and Princess Royal 98, bear- 
 ing the flag of Vice- Admiral Robt. Linzee ; and 
 after having again served for two years and a half 
 in the Channel on board the Rotal George 100, 
 flag-ship of Lord Bridport, he was made Lieute- 
 nant, 20 April, 1799, into the Savage 16, Capt. 
 Norborne Thompson, stationed in the Downs and 
 North Sea. His succeeding appointments were — 19 
 June, 1800, to the Proselyte 32, Capt. Geo. Fowke, 
 under whom he was wrecked on a sunken rock off 
 the island of St. Martin, in the West Indies, 4 Sept. 
 1801—24 Aug. 1803 to the Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge, in which ship he fought in Sir 
 Robt. Calder's action 22 July, 1805, and passed the 
 Dardanelles with Sir John Duckworth in 1807 — 
 12 Aug. 1809, after six months of half-pay, to the 
 D]^siBB£ 36, Capt. Arthur Fari^uhar, attached to 
 
 the force in the North Sea, where he continued 
 until Deo. 1811— and, 2 June, 1813, to the San 
 Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase 
 Warren on the coast of North America. He was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander 15 June, 1814; 
 but did not afterwards, we believe, go afloat. 
 Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 SEALE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 26.) 
 
 Charles Henry Seale, born in Sept. 1790, at 
 Boone House, Dartmouth, is second and youngest 
 son of the late John Seale, Esq., by Sarah, daughter 
 of Chas. Hayne, Esq., of Lupton ; and brother of 
 the late Sir John Henry Seale, Bart., M.P. for 
 Dartmouth, and Lieut.-Colonel of the South Devon 
 Militia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1800, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Cambrian 40, Capt. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge, employed, until Jan. 1802, in 
 the Channel and in attendance upon George III. off 
 Weymouth. He then joined the Achille 74, Capt. 
 Sir Edw. BuUer, stationed off Rochefort ; and after 
 serving for one year and nine months at Newfound- 
 land and in the North Sea, the chief part of the 
 time as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the 
 Galgo 16, Capt. Michael Dodd, and Unicorn 32, 
 Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, was received, 
 in April, 1804, on board the Scorpion 18, Capt. 
 Philip Carteret. While in that sloop he commanded 
 one of her boats at the destruction of some vessels 
 in the harbour of Sohiermonikoog, on the coast of 
 Holland, was again in the boats at the taking of a 
 fort and privateer, near La Guira, on the Spanish 
 Main, and, after chasing the French fleet under M. 
 Willaumez, witnessed, 14 Sept. 1806, the destruc- 
 tion, off Cape Henry, of the 74-gun ship Impetueux. 
 Removing, in July, 1807, to the Comds, mounting 24 
 long 9-pounders and 8 3^pounder carronades, with 
 a complement of 145 men, Capt. Edm. Heywood, he 
 assisted, in the following month, immediately prior 
 to the attack upon Copenhagen, at the capture of 
 the Danish frigate Frederickscoam, carrying 32 12 
 and 6 pounders, 6 12-pounder carronades, and 226 
 men, after a close action of 45 minutes, attended 
 with a loss to the enemy of 12 killed and 20 
 wounded, but to the British of only 1 wounded. 
 Having navigated the prize to the British fleet be- 
 fore Copenhagen, and witnessed the fall of the 
 Danish capital, he followed Capt. Heywood, in Nov. 
 1807, into the Asthma 32, and sailed for the West 
 Indies ; where, under the command of Lieut. Edm. 
 Potenger Greenlaw, he was wrecked on the rocks 
 near the island of Anagada 24 May 1808. He then 
 joined the Sobtle, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Brown, 
 and Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane ; and in March, 1809, was nominated 
 Acting-Senior-Lieutenant of the Star 20, Capts. 
 Wm. Paterson, John Hendrie, and Jas. Kearny 
 White. Continuing in the latter vessel (to which 
 he was confirmed 15 July, 1809), until paid off in 
 Dec. 1811, he was afforded an opportunity of aiding 
 at the reduction of the islands of Martinique and 
 Guadeloupe and their dependencies. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were — 25 Aug. 1812, to the War- 
 spite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, in the 
 Channel — in May, 1813, to the command, for 13 
 months, of gun-boat No. 3, on the river Elbe, where 
 he took part in the operations connected with the 
 capture of Cuxhaven, Glijckstadt,* and Hamburgh, 
 and was slightly wounded in the left arm — 12 May, 
 1815, to the York 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schom- 
 berg, stationed off the coast of France for the inter- 
 ception of Napoleon Buonaparte — 27 Jan. 1816, as 
 First, after four months of half-pay, to tile Cyrus 
 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, vrith whom he 
 served on the coast of Ireland until sent, in March, 
 1817, to the hospital from ill health— and 8 June, 
 1824, to the Ramillies, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. 
 Wm. M'CulIooh. During the illness, which proved 
 fatal, of the latter officer, Mr. Seale, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, had charge of the whole Coast Blockade. 
 He was in consequence promoted to the rank of 
 
 • Vide Gsi. 18H,p. 1S7. 
 
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 SEALY— SEARLE. 
 
 Commander 8 June, 1826. His last appointments 
 were — 8 Aug. 1837, as Second-Captain, to the San 
 Josef 110, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Fred. 
 "Warren, Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth, 
 where he remained three years — and, 30 Aug. 1841, 
 to the Sekpent 16, from which vessel, fitting at 
 Chatham, he was superseded on being advanced, 23 
 Nov. following, to Post-rank. 
 
 Capt. Scale married, 23 July, 1827, Eliza, fourth 
 daughter of Sir Wm. Jervis Twysden, of Roydon 
 Hall, CO. Kent, by whom he has issue a son and 
 daughter. 
 
 SEALY. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 14.) 
 
 John Lodlow Nelson Sbaxy entered the Navy, 
 21 July, 1817, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gany- 
 mede 26, Capt. Hon. Kobt. Cavendish Spencer, 
 with whom he continued employed as Midshipman 
 in the Mediterranean and South America until 
 transferred, in Sept. 1822, to the Cherokee 10, 
 Capt. Wm. Keats, on the Leith station. Being 
 again, in April, 1823, placed under the orders of 
 Capt. Spencer in the Naiad 46, he returned to the 
 Mediterranean, where he contributed, 31 Jan. 1824, 
 to the utter defeat of the Ti-ipoli Algerine corvette 
 of 18 guns and 100 men, and aided in the boats 
 under Lieut. Michael Quin at the brilliant destruc- 
 tion, on the night of 31 May following, of a 16-gun 
 brig, moored in a position of extraordinary strength 
 alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona, in which 
 was a garrison of about 400 soldiers, who, from 
 cannon and musket, kept up a tremendous fire 
 almost perpendicularly on the deck. After serving 
 for about a year and 10 months, still in the Medi- 
 terranean, on board the Zebra 18, Capts. Edw. 
 Rich. "Williams and Chas. Cotton, he was there 
 nominated, 28 Nov. 1827 ^e had parsed his ex- 
 amination 4 Dec. 1823), ATJR'ng-Lieuten ant of the 
 Raleigh 18, Capt. John Burnet Dundas. From 
 that sloop, to which the Admiralty confirmed him 
 9 Jan. following, he removed, in April, 1828, to the 
 Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick Campbell, also on the 
 Mediterranean station, whence, in May, 1830, he 
 returned to England. His last appointment was, 
 2 Sept. 1832, to the Ttne 28, Capt. Chas. Hope, 
 with whom he served in the Pacific until paid off in 
 Jan. 1834. 
 Lieut. Sealy is Senior of 1828. 
 
 SEAELE, C.B. (Rear-Admiral of the "White, 
 1846. F-p., 26; H-P., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Searie was born 29 May, 1777, in De- 
 vonshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1789, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Mutine cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander H. "West, attached to the force in the 
 Mediterranean, where he remained until Nov. 1791. 
 In Jan. 1792 he joined the Sprightly cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander R. Reeve, in the Channel ; and from 
 April, 1793, until Dec. 1795, he was employed on 
 the coast of Ireland, in the North Sea, and at New- 
 foundland, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in 
 the Sphynx 20, Oapt. Rich. Lucas, and Artois and 
 Active frigates, Capts. Lord Chas. Fitzgerald and 
 Thos. WoUey. After again serving in the Channel 
 on board the Royal George 100, bearing the flag 
 of Lord Bridport, he was (at the recommendation 
 of that nobleman and of his Captain, "Wm. Domett) 
 made Lieutenant, 19 Aug. 1796, into the Incendiary 
 fire-ship, Capt. Henry Digby, as a reward for the 
 intrepidity he had exhibited in saving the lives of 
 seven persons swamped in a boat alongside. On 
 leaving the Incendiary Mr. Searle, in Dec. 1796, 
 joined the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis, 
 also on the Home station ; whence, in 1798, he 
 escorted convoy to Quebec in the Nemesis 28, Capt. 
 Robt. Dudley Oliver. On 31 Oct. in the same year 
 he was placed in command, in the North Sea, of 
 the Courier cutter, mounting 12 four-pounders, 
 with a complement of 40 men. "While in that vessel 
 he pursued, 12 May, 1799, and for an hour and 40 
 minutes fought a close action with, a French pri- 
 
 vateer brig, carrying 16 long nines and sixes, whom 
 superior sailing and advantage of wind enabled to 
 escape. "When first observed, off "Winterton, on the 
 coast of Norfolk, the enemy's vessel was in the act 
 of recapturing an English merchant sloop. A pri- 
 vateer lugger, during the whole of the conflict that 
 ensued, was in sight to leeward, but did not attempt 
 to interfere. The British on the occasion had 5 of 
 their number wounded.* In the course of the fol- 
 lowing day the Courier made prize of ie Ribottew 
 schooner of 6 guns and 26 men. On 10 July in the 
 same year she assisted at the capture of three valu- 
 able merchantmen, and the destruction of a galliot 
 laden with ordnance stores, near the island of Ame- 
 land; on 11 Aug., having out-sailed her consorts, 
 the Pylades and Espi^gle sloops, she was for some 
 time, before those vessels could arrive to her assist- 
 ance, very gallantly engaged with the late British 
 gun-brig Crash (carrying twelve 18, 24, and 32- 
 pounders, with a crew of 60 men), moored in a 
 narrow passage between the island of Scbiermoni- 
 koog and the mainland of Groningen ;t and on 23 
 Nov. she took (with a loss to herself; incurred during 
 a 50 minutes' action, of her Master killed and 2 men 
 wounded, and to the enemy of 4 killed and 6 
 wounded) the French cutter privateer Le Guerrier 
 of 14 four-pounders and 44 men. J In one of the 
 above affairs Lieut. Searle was severely burnt by 
 an explosion of gunpowder. For his services he 
 was, at the recommendation of Admiral Lord Dun- 
 can, promoted, 26 Nov. 1799, to the rank of Com- 
 mander. His succeeding appointments were — 1 
 June, 1800, to the Transport service, in which he 
 continued until 16 Oct. 1802—13 July, 1803, to the 
 Sea Fenoibles at Portsmouth — 26 April, 6 Sept., and 
 10 Oct. 1804, to the Perseus bomb, Helder defence- 
 ship, and Autumn 16, all on the coast of France — 
 22 Jan. 1806, after three months of half-pay, to the 
 Fury bomb, off Boulogne — and, 6 Nov. following, 
 to the Grasshopper of 18 guns (16 32-pounders 
 and 2 long sixes) and 120 men, fitting for the Medi- 
 terranean. "While commanding the Helder he 
 was intrusted with the charge of one of the prin- 
 cipal explosion-vessels employed in the celebrated 
 catamaran attack on the Boulogne flotilla. His 
 career in the Grasshopper was dashing in the 
 extreme. On 11 Dee. 1807 he fought an action, 
 off Cape Palos, with three Spanish vessels-of-war, 
 carrying in the whole 30 guns and 226 men, the 
 largest of which, the San Josef of 12 24-pounders 
 and 99 men, was in 15 minutes compelled to strike 
 her colours. The other two were the Medusa of 
 10 24-pounders and 77 men, and AigU of 8 guns, 
 of the same calibre, and 50 men. In reporting this 
 performance to the Admiralty, Lord Collingwood 
 took occasion to refer to it as " an instance of the 
 zeal and enterprise which marked the general con- 
 duct " of Capt. Searle. On 4 April, 1808, the Grass- 
 hopper, in company with the Alceste and Mer- 
 cury frigates, made an attack, off the town of Rota, 
 upon a Spanish convoy passing along shore under 
 the protection of about 20 gun-boats and a numerous 
 train of flying artillery on the beach. " At 4 p.m.," 
 says Capt. Murray Maxwell, the senior officer pre- 
 sent, in his public letter detailing the particulars 
 of the affair, " the enemy's shot and shells from the 
 gun-boats and batteries going over us, H.M. ships 
 opened their fire, which was kept up with great 
 vivacity until half-past six, when we had taken seven 
 of the convoy and driven a great many others on 
 shore in the surf ; compelled the gun-boats to re- 
 treat, which they did very reluctantly, and not 
 until two of them were destroyed; and actually 
 silenced the batteries at Rota ; which latter service 
 was performed by the extraordinary gallantry and 
 good conduct of Capt. Searle, who kept in upon the 
 shoal to the southward of the town so near as to 
 drive the enemy from their guns with grape from 
 his carronades, and at the same time kept in check 
 a division of the gun-boats that had come out from 
 Cadiz to assist the others engaged by the Alceste 
 and Mercury. It was a general cry in both ships, 
 • Vide Gaj. 1789, p. 458. + V. Gaz. 1799 p 019 
 
 % F. Gaz. 1799, p. 1214. 
 
SEATON—SEAVER— SEAWARD— SECCOMBE. 
 
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 ^Only look how nobly the brig behaves 1 ' "* Nineteen 
 days after the event we have just recorded, we find 
 the Grasshopper, in company with the Kapid 12, 
 Lieut.-Commander Henry Baugh, effecting the cap- 
 ture, at the end of a severe action of two hours and 
 a half, fought among shoals and within grape-shot 
 distance of a battery, of two Spanish vessels laden 
 with cargoes worth 30,000i. each, and further pro- 
 tected by four gun-boats, two of which were forced 
 to surrender, and the remainder driven on shore. f 
 The collective loss of the Grasshopper in the affairs 
 we have here sketched amounted to 1 man Icilled 
 and 10 wounded, including, in the last one, her 
 Captain, who, with much modesty, although shot 
 through the thigh by a musket-ball, only reported 
 himself as " slightly wounded." In the action which 
 preceded the capture of the San Josef he had been 
 wounded by a splinter in the head, but had not 
 made any allusion to the circumstance. His valour 
 was at length rewarded by a Post-commission dated 
 25 April, 1808. He left the Grasshopper in the 
 following July ; and was subsequently appointed — 
 18 Feb. 1809, for 9 or 10 months, to the Frede- 
 RICKSTEIN 32, in the Mediterranean — 6 July and 
 1 Aug. 1810, to the Hannibal and Elizabeth 74's, 
 the latter employed on the North Sea and Lisbon 
 stations— 8 May, 1811, to the Druid frigate, in 
 which he co-operated in the defence of Tarifa, and 
 served in the Mediterranean until 28 July, 1812 — 
 1 Sept. 1818, to the Hyperion 42— and, 1 Aug. 1836, 
 to the Victory 104, Ordinary guard-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, where he remained three years. While in 
 command of the Htpeeion, which frigate was paid 
 off 25 April, 1821, he was in attendance upon 
 George IV. during an aquatic excursion in the 
 neighbourhood of Portsmouth, and made a voyage 
 to South America, whence he returned with specie 
 to the amount of half-a-million sterling. He was 
 nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; and advanced to 
 Flag-rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 On leaving the Grasshopper, in 1808, Capt. Searle 
 was presented by the crew with a sword, valued at 
 80 guineas, as a mark of their respect and attach- 
 ment. In the course of the same year he received 
 a piece of plate from Lloyd's, worth 100 guineas. 
 He married a daughter of Joseph Maddock, Esq., 
 of H.M. dockyard at Portsmouth, and has issue. 
 One of his daughters, Jane Splatt, was married, in 
 1828, to the late Capt. Rich. Dickinson, R.N., C.B. ; 
 a second, Amelia Emma, in 1831, to Major Henry 
 Semple, of the 35th Foot ; a third, Charlotte Au- 
 gusta, in 1838, to Capt. Henry John Worth, K.N. ; 
 and a fourth, Cecilia Caroline, in 1841, to H. Bur- 
 ney, Esq., LL.D., of Gosport. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 
 SEATON, K.T.S. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 10; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 John Seaton was born 22 May, 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Aug. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess op Orange 74, 
 Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, bearing the flag of 
 Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley in the 
 Downs ; and from 27 March, 1808, until transferred, 
 in Feb. 1814, to the Tonnant 80, flag-ship on the 
 coast of North America of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, 
 was borne, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on 
 the books of the Ranger 18, commanded in the 
 Baltic by Capts. Geo. Acklom and Fras. Geo. 
 Dickins. During that period he assisted in taking 
 the island of Anholdt, was frequently sent home in 
 charge of captured vessels, and on one occasion, 
 while so employed, fell into the hands of the Danes, 
 who kept him a prisoner from 15 May, 1812, until 
 14 Nov. 1813. He also commanded the Pickle 
 tender, fitted as a rocket-vessel, in two attacks 
 made by the combined squadrons of England and 
 Russia on the French batteries at Danzig. In July, 
 1814, he invalided home from North America in 
 
 * Tlie Grasshopper on this occasion was much damaged in 
 her hull, and had her maintopmast shot through, and her 
 shrouds, sails, and running-rigging cut to pieces. — f^ide Gaz. 
 1808, p. 570. 
 
 t riitoGai. ISOfl, p. 681. 
 
 the Belvideke 46, Capt. Rich. Byron ; and on 9 
 March, 1815, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. His last appointment afloat was, 30 Oct. 
 1823, to the Lively 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott, in which 
 frigate, prior to Aug. 1825, when he returned to 
 England an invalid in the Icaros 10, Capt. John 
 Geo. Graham, he visited the Tagus, escorted Don 
 Miguel to Brest, went on a mission to Algiers, and 
 served on the West India station. While in the 
 Tagus he was created a Knight of the Tower and 
 Sword by Don John, who had taken refuge, during 
 a popular commotion, on board the Windsor Castle 
 74. Since 20 Oct. 1826 he has been in charge of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Seaton married, 28 June, 1838, Esther, 
 eldest daughter of Thos. Saunders, Esq., H.M. 
 Consul at St. Valery, in France, by whom he has 
 issue. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SEAVEE. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 Charles Seaver is youngest son of the late 
 Jonathan Seaver, Esq., of Heath Hail, High Sheriff 
 of Armagh in 1807 ; and brother (with Lieut. Joseph 
 Seaver, 21st Foot, and the late Lieut. John Pock- 
 rich Seaver, 15th Foot) of the present Thos. Seaver, 
 Esq., of Heath Hall, a Magistrate for that co., who 
 served in 1816 as High Sheriff for Monaghan. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 24 Dec. 1811 ; 
 passed his examination in 1818 ; and obtained his 
 commission 22 July, 1830. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 24 Nov. 1838, to the Coast Guard — 8 
 March, 1842, to the Jasedr 16, Capt. Wm. Alex. 
 Willis, in the Mediterranean— 20 Oct. 1842, to the 
 Shearwater surveying-vessel, Capt. John Wash- 
 ington, at Woolwich — 16 March, 1843, again to the 
 Coast Guard— 9 Aug. 1843, to the Imadm 72, re- 
 ceiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodore Alex. Renton 
 Sharpe— and, 20 Jan. 1845, after two months of 
 half-pay, to the Racehorse sloop, Capts. Geo. Jas. 
 Hay and Edw. Southwell Sotheby, on the East 
 India station, whence he returned in 1848. In all 
 the vessels above mentioned he was First-Lieu- 
 tenant. 
 
 He is married. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SEAWARD. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 William Seaward entered the Navy 4 April, 
 1811; passed his examination in 1819; and was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 July, 1830. 
 He was afterwards employed — from 22 April, 1830, 
 until 1833, from 28 April, 1834, until the spring of 
 1838, and from 27 Sept. 1838 until May, 1839, in 
 the Coast Guard— from 16 May, 1839, until the fol- 
 lowing Dec. in command of the Spjiightly Revenue- 
 cruizer— from 4 May, 1840, until March, 1843, again 
 in the Coast Guard— and, for a short time in the latter 
 year, as Admiralty Agent in a contract mail steam- 
 vessel. He has since been on half-pay. Agent 
 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 SECCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Charles Julius Seccombe entered the Navy 10 
 May, 1815; passed his examination in 1821 ; and ob- 
 tained his commission 25 Sept. 1825. He has not 
 been since afloat. 
 
 SECCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 John Seccombe entered the Navy 1 May, 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 29 June, 1835; and after 
 serving on the South American and Cape of Good 
 Hope stations, as Mate, in the Sparrow ketch, 
 Lieut.-Commander John Tyssen, and Grecian 16 
 Capt. Wm. Smyth, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 14 Dec. 1842. His appointments have 
 since been— 27 May, 1843, and 27 Jan. and 24 July 
 1845, to the Espoir 10, Capt. Geo. Sumner Hand 
 Growler steam-sloop, Capt. Claude Henry Mason 
 Buckle, and Waterwitch 10, Capt. Thos. Francis 
 Birch, all on the coast of Africa, where he served 
 in the two last as First-Lieutenant, until the close of 
 1845-20 April, 1846, to the Queen 110, flag-ship of 
 Sir John West at Devonport— and 26 July, 1847 as 
 Senior, to the Trincomalee 24, Capt. Rich. Laird 
 
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 SELBIE— SELBY— SELLON. 
 
 ■Warren, now on the North America and West India 
 station. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 SELBIE. (LiECT., 1815. r-p., 10; h-p., 30.) 
 
 John Selbie died 29 July, 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Monarch 74, Capts. 
 John Clarke Searle and Rich. Lee ; under the latter 
 of whom (besides assisting, 25 Sept. 1806, at Sir Sam. 
 Hood's capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French 
 frigates, on which occasion the Monarch acted a 
 very prominent part, compelled La Minerve, of 44 
 guns and 650 men, including troops, to surrender, 
 and sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 25 wounded) 
 he was employed as Master's Mate in blockading the 
 Tagus, in escorting, towards the close of 1807, the 
 Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils, and in the 
 expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren. From 24 Nov. 
 1810 until 4 Dec. 1815, he acted as Master of the 
 Prospero sloop, on the North Sea, Mediterranean, 
 and Newfoundland stations. He then took up a 
 commission bearing date 15 March, 1815 ; and was 
 not afterwards employed. 
 
 SELBY. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 12 ; h-p., 31.) 
 George Selb? was bom 5 Nov. 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1804, as 
 Third-cl. Yol., on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. 
 "Wm. Selby. In the following March he attained 
 the rating of Midshipman; and after serving for 
 some time on the Guernsey station under the flag 
 of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he sailed for the West Indies ; 
 where, on the night of 2 Jan. 1807, we find him as- 
 sisting in the boats and extolled for his unsurpassed 
 bravery at the cutting-out of two of the enemy's 
 vessels, under a most tremendous fire from the bat- 
 teries, near Pearl Rock, Martinique, which killed 2 
 men and wounded 10, including the conducting-offi- 
 cer, Lieut. Wm. Coote, whose gallantry procured 
 him a Commander's commission.'*' Subsequently to 
 the surrender of the islands of Marie-Galante and 
 Deseada, Mr. Selby, in July, 1808, removed to the 
 Leviathan 74, Capt. John Harvey ; under whom, 
 on proceeding to the Mediterranean, he aided, in 
 Oct. 1809, in causing the self-destruction, off Cape 
 Cette, of the French ships-of-the-line Robuste and 
 Lion. On 20 May, 1811, having passed his examina- 
 tion 29 March, 1810, he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 four months after he had been ordered to act as such, 
 in the Circe 32, Capt. Edw. Woolcombe, also in the 
 Mediterranean, whence, in March, 1812, he returned, 
 on leave of absence, to England. His last appoint- 
 ments were— 26 Feb. and 8 Marcli, 1813, to the 
 ViLtE DE Paris 110, and Boyne 98, both com- 
 manded, in the Channel and Mediterranean, by 
 Capt. Geo. Burlton — 22 Sept. 1814, to the Urgent 
 14, Capt. Gamaliel Fitzmaurice, again in the Chan- 
 nel — 22 Nov. 1814, to the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship 
 in the East Indies of his former Captain, thenRear- 
 Admiral Burlton — and in Oct. 1815, as First, to the 
 Wellesdev 74, Capt. John Bayley. In the Bo^tne 
 he shared, 13 Feb. 1814, in Sir Edw. Pellew's ren- 
 contre with the French Toulon fleet ; on which oc- 
 casion that ship bore the brunt of the engagement, 
 was for half-an-hour in action, close in-shore, and 
 under the enemy's batteries, with the Romulus 74, 
 and sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 40 wounded, 
 besides being much damaged in her hull, masts, and 
 rigging. Mr. Selby returned home from the East 
 Indies in the Wellesley in June, 1816, and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 The Lieutenant is a Justice of the Peace for co. 
 Northumberland. He married, 21 Oct. 1840, Mary 
 Anne, daughter of the late Rev. Chas. Thomson, 
 Curate of Howick. 
 
 SELBY. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Henry Donaldson Selby, born 24 Nov. 1825, is 
 second son (by Mary Dorothy, eldest daughter of 
 Robt. Grey, Esq., of Shareston, co. Northumber- 
 land) of John Strangeways Donaldson Selby, Esq., 
 of Cheswick House and Lindisfarne Priory, co. 
 • Fide Gm. 1807, p. 394. 
 
 Northumberland, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieu- 
 tenant for cos. Durham and Northumberland, and 
 for the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and De- 
 puty Vice-Admiral of the Coast of Northumberland 
 from Bamburgh Castle to Berwick-upon-Tweed. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 11 Jan. 1845; 
 was appointed 2 April following, and 22 Oct. 1846, 
 Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and Thetis 36, 
 Capt. Henry John Codrington, attached to the 
 Channel squadron; obtained his commission 17 
 April, 1847 ; and has been serving, since 28 Aug. 
 in that year, at the Cape of Good Hope and in the 
 East Indies in the Arab 12, Capt. Wm. Morris. 
 
 SELBY. (Lieut., 1815. r-p. 10; h-p., 32.) 
 Samuel Selby was born 19 June, 1787. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1805, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Themenoous 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Osborne, on the East India station; served 
 from 1 Sept. 1806 until 20 Dec. 1810, as Master's 
 Mate and Midshipman, in the Atlas 74, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, off Cadiz ; and 
 then joined (in the former capacity*) the South- 
 ampton 32, Capt. Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, in the West 
 Indies; whence, in Dec. 181], he invalided. From 
 5 March until 19 May, 1812, he acted as Lieutenant, 
 again on the West India station, in the Prometheds 
 18, Capt. Hercules Robinson; and from 18 Aug. in 
 the latter year until 10 Aug. 1815, he was employed 
 in the Mediterranean as Midshipman in the PoMpfeE 
 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. He then took up a 
 commission bearing date 27 Feb. 1815; and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 23 Aug. 1818, Miss Susannah Scho- 
 field. 
 
 SELLON, formerly SMITH. (Retired Com- 
 mander, 1844. F-P., 15 ; H-P., 31.) 
 
 William Richard Baker Sellon is eldest sur- 
 viving son of the late Thos. Smith, Esq., of the 
 Chapter House of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 
 London, Receiver-General to the Dean and Chap- 
 ter, by Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Sellon, 
 some time Rector of St. James, ClerkenweU. He 
 assumed, in Jan. 1847, the surname and arms of 
 Sellon on inheriting the property of his maternal 
 aunt, Sophia Sellon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, commanded 
 by his relative Capt. Bendall Robt. Littlehales, at 
 first in the Channel and next in the West Indies ; 
 whence, after having assisted, in the capacity of 
 Midshipman, at the reduction of Ste. Lucie (where 
 he served in the boats at the landing of the troops 
 under a fire from the enemy's batteries), he re- 
 turned in 1803 to England in the Morne Fortuneb 
 brig, with Capt. Littlehales, who had been charged 
 with the despatches announcing the conquest. On 
 11 July, 1805, at which period he had been for two- 
 and-twenty months employed in the Downs and 
 North Sea in the Orestes 14, Capt. Thos. Brown, 
 and had been in action with the Boulogne flotilla, 
 he was wrecked, under a heavy fire from the enemy, 
 on the Splinter Sand, in Dunkerque Road. He then 
 joined La Virginie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, on the 
 Irish station ; and on 22 Dec. 1807, having during 
 the last six months there acted as Lieutenant in the 
 Helena 18, Capt. Jas. Andrew Worth, he was con- 
 firmed in that rank. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 25 Feb. 1808, to the Alexandria 32, Capt. 
 Nathaniel Day Cochrane, in the North Sea — 28 Dec. 
 following and 12 June, 1809, to the Castor 32, 
 Capt. Wm. Roberts, and Intrepid 64, Capts. Christ. 
 John Williams Nesham and Geo. Andrews, both in 
 the West Indies— 28 Oct. 1809, to the Horatio 38, 
 Capt. Geo. Scott, employed among the Western 
 Islands— and 27 July, 1811, 10 months after ill 
 health had obliged him to leave the Horatio, to 
 the SwiFTSDRE 74, Capts. Hardy, Jeremiah Coghlan, 
 Wm. Stewart, Edw. Stirling Dickson, and Arden 
 
 * He had held for some time the rating of Midshipmaa in 
 the Tbemendous. 
 
SELWYN-SENHOUSE. 
 
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 Adderley, on the Mediterranean station — and 25 
 Aug. 1815, nearly 11 months after he had left the 
 SwiFTSUKE, to the command of the Swan 16, in the 
 Downs. During his servitude in the Alexandria 
 he was sent in command of two gun-boats up the 
 Dutch rivers to protect the trade then carrying on 
 between Heligoland and Holland ; and while so em- 
 ployed he contrived to capture two of the enemy's 
 gun-vessels. In the Castor, of which frigate he 
 became First-Lieutenant, he contributed to the cap- 
 ture, in April, 1809, of the French 74-gun ship 
 D* HaupottU ; and in the Horatio he was present, 
 21 Feb. 1810, at the surrender, after a long chase 
 and a running fight of one hour, of La Necessite, 
 pierced for 40 guns but not mounting more than 
 28, with a complement on board of 186 men, laden 
 ■with naval stores and provisions, from Brest bound 
 to the Isle of France. While attached to the Swift- 
 SDKE he distinguished himself in numerous boat 
 aft'airs, and on one occasion in particular, 26 Nov. 
 1813, when with four boats containing 58 men, he 
 boarded and carried, off Cape Housse, in the island 
 of Corsica, Le Cfiarlemagne privateer, of 8 guns, 
 pierced for 16, and 93 men, a vessel, whose fierce 
 resistance occasioned the British a loss, out of 58 
 men, of 5 killed and 15 wounded.* Referring to 
 this exploit. Sir Edw. Pellew, the Commander-in- 
 Chief, thus expresses himself in a letter to Capt. 
 Iiittlehales : " I am happy to inform you that your 
 friend Mr. Smith has signalized himself in boarding 
 a privateer, in a manner much above the common 
 practice. His Captain and those who were with 
 him gave him the loudest praise. Indeed it was a 
 gallant and great achievement, and, what was far 
 more honourable in him, he interceded for mercy 
 with his companions, who were irritated at their 
 loss and the obstinate resistance they had met with. 
 I shall send my mite of praise with Capt. Dickson's 
 to their Lordships, and earnestly hope it will lead 
 to his promotion." This, however, it did not do, 
 nor did Lieut. Smith receive any other reward for 
 his gallantry than an assurance of their Lordships' 
 approbation and an expression of their sincere con- 
 cern at the loss experienced on the occasion. He 
 resigned command of the Swan on account of 
 family affairs 27 June, 1817 ; and not having been 
 further employed, accepted, 24 July, 1844, the rank 
 of Commander on the Retired List. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 SELWYN. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 Frederick Leopold Augustus Selwvn is son 
 (with Lieut. Jasper Henry Selwyn, R.N.) of the 
 Rev. Townshend Selwyn, Canon of Gloucester, by 
 Charlotte Sophia, daughter of Lord Geo. Murray, 
 Bishop of ^St. David's, sister of George Bishop of 
 Rochester, and granddaughter of John third Duke 
 of Atholl. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 9 Oct. 1829 ; passed 
 his examination 31 Jan. 1837 ; served at Sheerness 
 and in the Mediterranean as Mate in the Cam- 
 peroown 104, flag-ship of Sir Henry Digby, and 
 Devastation steamer, Capt. Hastings Reginald 
 Henry; and obtained his first commission 1 Dec. 1843. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 30 May, 1844, 
 to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, on the 
 Home station — 31 Dec. following, to the Actjeon 
 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, of which vessel, attached to 
 the force on the coast of Africa, he became First 
 Lieutenant — and, 15 June, 1846, to the acting-com- 
 mand of the Star 6, also on the coast of Africa. 
 On the paying off that sloop, he was confirmed in 
 his present rank by a commission bearing date 10 
 May, 1847. Since 23 Aug. 1848, he has again been 
 in command of her on the same station as before. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SELWYN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Jasper Henry Selwyn is brother of Commander 
 F. L. A. Selwyn, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 23 Jan. 1834; 
 passed his examination 31 Dec. 1840; and for his 
 • VideGm. 1S14, p. 84. 
 
 conduct as Mate of the SuLn-iuR 8, Capt. Edw. 
 Belcher, during the operations on the coast of 
 China, particularly at the capture of Canton,* was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841. 
 From 1 May, 1843, until paid off in 1847, he served 
 in the Mediterranean on board the Tyne 26, Capt. 
 "Wm. Nugent Glascock ; and since 22 June, 1848, 
 he has been employed in the Myrmidon steam- 
 vessel of 150 horse-power, tender to the Ganges 84, 
 Capt. Henry Smith, lying at Sheerness. Agents— 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SENHOTJSE. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 13; 
 H-P., 34.) 
 
 Edward Hooper Senhouse is fifth son of Lieut. 
 Wm. Senhouse, R.N., Surveyor-General of Barba- 
 does and the Leeward Islands, who died in 1800, by 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Samson Wood, Esq., of Bar- 
 badoes. Speaker of the House of Assembly ; and 
 brother of Commander Wm. Wood Senhouse, R.N., 
 who died in 1800, of the late gallant Capt. Sir 
 Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, R.N., Kt., K.C.H.,t 
 and of Lieut. Geo. Septimus Senhouse, R.N., who 
 died in 1808. His uncle, Sir Joseph Senhouse, Kt., 
 was an officer in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s naval service : 
 his grandfather, Humphrey Senhouse, Esq., of Ne- 
 therhall, co. Cumberland (married to Mary, daugh- 
 ter and co-heir of Sir Geo. Fleming, Bart., of Rydal, 
 Bishop of Carlisle), founded the present flourishing 
 town of Maryport. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1800, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Prince of Wales 98, 
 Capt. Adrian Renou, bearing the flag in the West 
 Indies of Lord Hugh Seymour, whom he followed, 
 in the ensuing spring, into the Sans Paheil 80. 
 He continued employed on the same station in the 
 Carnatic 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, until 
 June, 1802 ; and he next— deducting a few months 
 passed, between March and August, 1806, in the 
 Malabar 74, Capt. Geo. Scott— served (from 28 
 Jan. 1803 until made Lieutenant 23 May, 1807, into 
 the Hero 74, Capt. John Poo Beresford) in the 
 Foetonee 36, Capt'. Henry Yansittart, in the North 
 Sea, at Jamaica, and in the Channel. His subse- 
 quent appointments were — 16 June, 1807, to the 
 Clio brig, Capt. Thos. Folliott Baugh, on the Leith 
 station— 29 June, 1809, to the command, during the 
 siege of Flushing, of gun-boat No. 13-3 Nov. fol- 
 lowing to the Peacock 18, Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake, 
 at Plymouth— 25 Dec. 1811, 25 Nov. 1812, and 18 
 Jan. 1813, to the Dragon 74, Tribune 36, and 
 Grampus 50, flag-ships of Sir Francis Laforey in 
 the West Indies— 24 May, 1813, to the acting-com- 
 mand there of the Heron 16—4 July ensuing again 
 to the Grampus- and, 1 Aug. in the same year, to 
 the command of the Liberty 14, also on the West 
 India station, whence, in June, 1814, he returned to 
 England. He attained his present rank 20 Jan. 1843. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1841,'p. 2504. 
 
 .J- Sir Humplirey Fleming Senliouse, while yet a Midship- 
 man, w as made the bearer, by Lord Hugh Seymour, of bLs 
 despatches to the Admiralty, announcing the capture of 
 Surinam in 1799. He obtained his first commission 9 April, 
 1802 ; and after having assisted, and displayed much ability, 
 at the debarkation of the troops during the attack upon 
 Martinique, was promoted to the rank of Commander 2 June, 
 1809. During the war with the United States he served with 
 great activity, and on 29 July, 1813, being in command of 
 the Martin of 18 guns, he defended that sloop, aground in 
 Delaware Bay, in a very gallant manner against a powerful 
 flotilla, consisting of eight gun-boats and two block vessels. 
 He made prize, in the same vessel, of the Snap-dragon pri- 
 vateer, of 6 guns and 80 men, assisted in taking possession of 
 Moose Island, in Passamaquoddy Bay, and was ultimately 
 sent home with despatches from Sir Alexander Cochrane, 
 announcing the successful result of an expedition against 
 Castine, in the province of Maine. His promotion to Post- 
 rank took place 12 Oct. 1814. From 25 Feb. 1831 until 1834 
 he served in the St. Vincent 120, tlie chief part of the time 
 as Flag-Captain to Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Hen. Hotham, 
 K.C.B., G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; and from 9 April, 1839, until the date of his death, 
 14 June, 1841, he commanded the Blenheim 72, and distin- 
 guished himself by the high importance of his services during 
 the war in China. He was nominated a K.C.H. 13 April, 
 1832, and invested with the honour of Knighthood 5 June, 
 1834. 
 
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 SENIOR— SERVANTE—SETON-SEWARD. 
 
 Commander Senhouse is Provost-Marshal at Bar- 
 tailoes. He married, in 1815, Elizabeth Bishop, 
 daughter of John Spooner, Esq., of that island, ty 
 ■whom he has issue. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 SENIOR. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 James Seniok entered the Navy, 21 Sept. 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endvmion 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, in which frigate he served 
 until Oct. 1810 off the coast of Spain, among the 
 "Western Islands, and on the Irish station. After 
 his name had been borne for 13 months on the books 
 of the KoYAL William, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis 
 at Spithead, Revenge 74, Capt. Jas. Nash, and 
 RovAL George 100, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. 
 "Williams in the Channel, he was again, 31 Dec. 181 1, 
 placed under the orders of Capt. Capel as Midship- 
 man onboardLAHoGUE74, employed at first in the 
 North Sea, and then in North America ; where, and 
 on the coast of France, he served — from 19 Aug. 
 1814 until the receipt, in Aug. 1815, of a commission, 
 bearing date 4 March in that year— in the Supekb 
 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham. He ob- 
 tained an appointment, 22 March, 1821, to the Ja- 
 SEun 18, Capt. Henry Edw. Napier, fitting for the 
 Halifax station ; and since 31 Oct. 1823 has been in 
 command of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Senior married Margaret, daughter of Thos. 
 Palmer, Esq., of Summer Hill, oo. Mayo, and sister 
 of Roger Palmer, Esq., who married a daughter of 
 the Hon. Fred. Cavendish. By that lady he has 
 issue. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SEEVANTE. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 30 ; h-p., 4.) 
 Charles Sekvante is one of the seven sons — six 
 of them devoted to the naval and military services 
 —of Lieut. John Henry Servante, R.N. (1809), who 
 contracted the fever while in command of a Govern- 
 ment packet in the "West Indies, and died 22 April, 
 1837, at Plympton, near Plymouth. Two of his 
 brothers also died from the effects of climate. 
 
 This officer entered the NaVy, 7 Jan. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the SalsetteSS, Capt. John 
 Bowen, attached to the force in the East Indies, 
 where he continued employed in the capacity of 
 Midshipman until July, 1816. He next, in Sept. 
 1818, joined the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Lord 
 Exmouth at Plymouth ; in Jan. 1820 (on 20 Oct. in 
 which year he passed his examination) he removed 
 to the Egebia 26, Capt. John Toup Nicolas ; and 
 at the commencement of 182.3, after having served, 
 the chief part of the time as Mate, on the New- 
 foundland and Home stations, he returned, in the 
 JcpiPER 60, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Augustus "West- 
 phal, to the East Indies. He was next, from Feb. 
 1824 until Dec. 1828, employed on the "West India 
 station in the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hugh Patton, 
 Speedwell schooner, commanded by Lieut. Jas. 
 Cooper Bennett and for a short time by himself, 
 BarHam 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphin- 
 stone Fleeming, Magnificent receiving-ship at 
 Port Royal, Capt. Geo. "Wm. Conway Courteney, 
 and Aurora 46, Capt. Chas. John Austen. He 
 was actively engaged during that period in the sup- 
 pression of piracy, and was promoted, 8 March, 
 1828, to the rank of Lieutenant— a few weeks before 
 he joined the Barham. His appointments have 
 since been— in Oct. 1830, to the Hyperion 42, Coast 
 Blockade ship, Capt. "Wm. Jas. Mingaye— 5 April, 
 1831, to the Coast Guard— 24 Sept. 1835, to the 
 command of the Shamkock Revenue vessel on the 
 Irish station— and 10 Oct. 1838, again to the Coast 
 Guard, in which service he continues. 
 
 He married, in July, 1832, Susan, daughter of R. 
 Chantrell, Esq., of Bruges. Agents— Case and Lou- 
 donsack. 
 
 SERVANTE. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Frederick Servante entered the Navy 10 Feb. 
 1808; passed his examination in 1817; and on the 
 occasion of his promotion, 26 Feb. 1828, was ap- 
 pointed Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Sybillb 
 48, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Fras. 
 Augustus Collier on the coast of Africa, whence he 
 returned in 1830. From 9 June, 1837, until 1845, 
 he filled an appointment in the Coast Guard. 
 
 SETON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Jajies Grant Seton was born 7 Nov. 1795. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. 
 Donald Campbell; and from 26 Nov. 1811 until 
 July, 181.1, was employed in the "Warrior 74, Capts. 
 Hon. Geo. Byng (the late Viscount Torrlngton) and 
 John Tremayne Rodd. In the former ship he was 
 engaged .as Midshipman in the attack upon Flushing, 
 and was for some time stationed in the river Tagus, 
 where he commanded a boat in co-operation with 
 the army under Lord AVellington. During the 
 term of his servitude in the "Warrior, the whole of 
 which he passed in the capacity of signal-officer, he 
 assisted at the blockade of various ports in the 
 Channel, North Sea, and Baltic, escorted the Prince 
 of Orange, and Lord Clancarty, the British Ambas- 
 sador, to Holland in Nov. 1813, was much employed 
 in affording protection to trade, and visited the 
 West Indies. On 10 Sept. 1815, two months after 
 he had been received on promotion on board the 
 Shark receiving-ship at Port Royal, Capt. Alex. 
 Campbell, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Forester 16, Capt. "Wm. Hendry; in which 
 vessel and in the Emulous 16, Capt. Chas. Jackson, 
 he continued in the "West Indies until June, 1816. 
 He has since been on half-pay. He was confirmed 
 in the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing 
 date 18 May, 1815. 
 
 SE"V7ARD. (Commanber, 1814. r-P., 18; 
 H-p.,35.) 
 
 Charles Seward was born about 1781. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 April, 1794, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Alfred 74, Capt. 
 John Bazely, attached to the force in the Channel ; 
 where, in May, 1795, 10 months after he had been 
 discharged from the Alfred, he became Fst.-cl. 
 Vol. of the Orestes 18, Capts. Orrock and Parker. 
 Removing as Midshipman, in July, 1796, to the 
 Majestic 74,* Capts. Geo. Blagden Westcott, Robt. 
 Cuthbert, and Geo. Hope, he served in that ship as 
 Signal-Midsliipman and Aide-de-Camp to Capt. 
 "Westcott, and was wounded, at the battle of the 
 Nile 1 Aug. 1798. -j- On his return home after wit- 
 nessing the re-capture of Naples, he joined, first, in 
 Nov. 1799, the Kent 74, flag-ship of Lord Duncan 
 off the Texel, and next, in June, 1800, the Ville de 
 Paris 110, bearing the flag of Lord St. Vincent in 
 the Channel. On the occasion of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 31 Aug. 1801, he was placed 
 in command of the Good Intent gun-brig, lying in 
 the river Coin. He left that vessel 19 Oct. follow- 
 ing; and was subsequently appointed — 15 Nov. 1802, 
 to the Antelope 50, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith in the North Sea— 28 July, 
 1803, to the Princess of Orange 74, Capts. Chas. 
 Cunningham and Thos. Rogers, also on the Home 
 station — 25 Dec. 1805, again, as First, to the Ante- 
 lope— 19 Feb. 1806, to the Hibernia 110, flag-ship 
 of Lord St. Vincent and Sir W. S. Smith in the 
 Channel and off Lisbon — 16 Jan. and 5 Feb. 1308, 
 as First, to the Minotaur 74, and Foodkoyant 80, 
 bearing each the flag of Sir "W. S. Smith, whom he 
 accompanied, in the latter ship, to the Brazils, 
 whither, in the Htbernia, he had witnessed the 
 flight of the Royal House of Portugal— 23 Aug. 
 1809 and 11 July, 1810, in the same capacity, to the 
 Orpheus 32, Capts. Patrick Tonyn and Robt. Pres- 
 ton, and Sceptre 74, Capts. Sam. Jas. Ballard and 
 Thos. Harvey, employed on the West India and 
 Channel stations — and in Jan. 1813, to the Trans- 
 port Service. Owing to the death, at Barbadoes, of 
 Capt. Tonyn, he was for three weeks in command of 
 the Orpheus ; during which period he performed 
 the arduous duties, preparatory to the attack upon 
 Guadeloupe, of collecting troops at Pigeon Island 
 
 * One of the ships involved in the Spithead mutiny. 
 -(■ Vide Qa.7.. 179s, p. 917. 
 
SEWELL— SEYMOUR. 
 
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 and at Ste. Lucie, and of conducting a convoy, 
 brouglit from England, in safety into Prince Ku- 
 pert's Bay, Dominica. On being appointed to tlie 
 Transport Service, he sailed with a large convoy of 
 troop and store-ships for Lisbon, thence proceeded 
 to Cadiz, and, having there embarked the 'Wattville 
 Regiment, conveyed it to Quebec. On his arrival 
 at that place he volunteered to carry home the de- 
 spatches of Sir Geo. Provost, the Governor, recjuir- 
 ing immediate supplies for the Canadas. This ser- 
 vice he performed with so much expedition that 
 Government was enabled to comply with the de- 
 mands made before the season had closed up the 
 navigation of the river St. Lawrence. He subse- 
 quently visited Barbadoes, and thence returned 
 with the 90th Regiment, via Bermuda, to Quebec. 
 On 17 Aug. 1814, being then on his voyage home 
 from America in the Atlas transport, carrying 
 only 10 guns and 25 men, with 5 boys and 4 passen- 
 gers, he was attacked, oS Cape Clear, by a large 
 American privateer, mounting 14 long 9-pounders, 
 with a complement of l.'iO men, which had recently 
 captured a Bataviaman with 52 men on board, and 
 had committed great depredations on the coast of 
 Ireland^ After a close action of one hour and forty 
 minutes, running before the wind, the Atlas sheered 
 across the enemy's stern and raked her with so much 
 effect that the latter made off and stood to the south- 
 w ard to repair damages. On reaching Cork, Lieut. 
 Seward was highly complimented by Sir Herbert 
 Sawyer, the Commander-in-Chief, for the valour he 
 had displayed in having defeated so formidable an 
 opponent. He was also gratified by receiving from 
 the Admiralty a letter expressing the strong sense 
 entertained by their Lordships of his " distinguished 
 gallantry and good conduct ;" and still more so by 
 being advanced, 15 Nov. following, to the rank of 
 Commander. The officers and crew of the Atlas 
 (which was ensured for 20,000^.) were handsomely 
 rewarded by the Treasury; and the men, being 
 only hired, were granted three years' protection 
 from impressment. We may add that Commander 
 Seward, a few days after he had been elevated to 
 that rank, had the honour of receiving from Lord 
 St. Vincent a letter congratulating him on his " well- 
 earned promotion." During the first 18 years of 
 the peace he applied constantly, but in vain, for 
 employment. The state of his health then placed 
 it out "bf his power. He was admitted to the Out- 
 pension of Greenwich Hosjiital 1 Dec. 1847. Agents 
 —Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 and Alligator 28, Capt. J. "Walkie. In the To- 
 PAZE he was present in 1820 in an affair at Mocha. 
 After his promotion he did not go afloat. 
 
 He was married, and has left issue. Agents— 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SEWELL. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 25.) 
 
 Francis Theodore Dudley Sewell died 28 
 Sept. 1846, at Wick Hill House, Bracknell, Berks, 
 aged 50. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Nov. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Trident 64, Capt. Rich. 
 Budd Vincent, guard-ship at Malta, and continued 
 employed in the Mediterranean, from the following 
 Deo. until Oct. 1814, part of the time in the capaci- 
 ties of Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Spar- 
 tan of 46 guns and 258 men, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, 
 Bustard 16, Capt. John Duff Markland, Bombay 
 and Abodkir 74's, Capts. Wm. Cuming and Nor- 
 borne Thompson, and Buzzard sloop, Capt. John 
 Smith. In tlie Spartan he shared, we understand, 
 in a brilliant and single-handed victory gained, 3 
 May, 1810, by Capt. Brenton in the Bay of Naples 
 (after a contest of more than two hours, in which 
 the British sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 22 
 wounded) over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, car- 
 rying altogether 95 guns and about 1400 men ; and 
 in the Bustard he co-operat<3d in the defence of 
 Sicily against the threatened invasion of Joachim 
 Murat. From 25 Oct. 1814 until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant on his arrival home 9 Oct. 1821, 
 he served on the North American, Cape of Good 
 Hope, Downs, and East India stations, as Admiralty- 
 Midsliipman, in the Tamar 24, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, 
 Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Leven 
 20, Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer and Wm. 
 M'Culloch, Topaze 33, Capt, John Rich. Lumley, 
 
 SEWELL. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 23; h-p., 21.) 
 Henry Frederick Sewell, born 19 Dec. 1790, is 
 third son of the late Robt. Sewell, Esq., of Oak End 
 Lodge, Bucks, Attorney-General at Jamaica; and 
 grandson of the late Sir Thos. Sewell, lit.. Master of 
 the Rolls. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 16 
 Sept. 1803; and embarked, 7 March, 1807, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Africaihe 38, Capt. Rich. 
 Raggett. In that frigate he accompanied the expe- 
 dition to Copenhagen, witnessed the surrender of 
 Madeira, brought home a General (whose life he 
 had saved when attacked by a Portuguese mob), 
 after the Convention of Cintra, and conveyed the 
 future King of the French to Malta. After serving 
 for 12 months with Capt. John Poo Beresford in the 
 Theseos and Poictiers 74's (the former employed 
 in the attack upon Walcheren), he again, in June, 
 1810, joined the Africaine, then commanded by 
 Capt. Eobt. Corbett ; with whom he sailed for the 
 East Indies. On his passage out he took part in a 
 very gallant although unsuccessful attempt made, 
 11 Sept. 1810, by two boats under Lieut. Geo. For- 
 der, to capture a schooner near the Islo of France ; 
 on which occasion the British sustained a loss of 
 2 men killed, and 16, including himself severely, 
 wounded. Three days subsequently to this event 
 the Africaine came to close action with the French 
 frigates Iphigenie and Astre'e, caiTying between them 
 86 guns and 618 men, and, after a brave but unequal 
 contest of two hours and a half, in which she en- 
 dured a loss of 49 men killed and 114 (including her 
 Captain mortally) wounded, and occasioned the 
 enemy one of 10 killed and 35 wounded, was com- 
 pelled to strike' her colours. Being, however, re- 
 taken a few hours afterwards, Mr. Sewell continued 
 to serve in her under the flag of Vice-Admiral Albe- 
 marle Bertie until the following Oct. ; in the course 
 of which and of the following month he joined the 
 Russell 74 and Phaeton 38, flag-ships of Eear-Ad- 
 miral Wm. O'Brien Drury. He attained the rank 
 of Lieutenant 10 Dec. in the same year ; returned 
 in 1811 to England in the Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh 
 Cook ; and between July, 1812, and June, 1815, was 
 employed on the Home and Brazilian stations in 
 the Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook, Cornwall 74, 
 Capt. John Broughton, Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir 
 Edw. Tucker, Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge, 
 and Duncan 74, flag-ship of Sir John Poo Beres- 
 ford. Since 30 March, 1835, he has been in charge 
 of a station in the Coast Guard. On 9 Dec. in that 
 year he captured a smuggling smack, crew, and 
 cargo ; on 9 Nov. 1840 he was presented with a gold 
 medal from the Royal National Shipwreck Institu- 
 tion for having saved the lives of the crew of the 
 smack Sarah, wrecked, 21 Sept. preceding, on St. 
 John's Point, co. Down ; and on 9 Oct. 1846 he was 
 instrumental, by Dennett's Rockets, in saving the 
 lives of the passengers and crew of the ship Temple- 
 man, wrecked off Kilmore. 
 
 Lieut. Sewell married Esther, eighth daughter of 
 the late John Dawsnn, Esq., of Mossley Hill, near 
 Liverpool, and sister-in-law of Vice-Admiral W. 
 H. B. Tremlett. By that lady he has issue three sons 
 and one daughter. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SEYMOUR. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 10; h-p., 3i.) 
 Edward William Sevmour was born 20 Dec. 
 1791. He is next brother of Commander Fras. 
 Edw. Seymour, R.N. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 74, Capts. Sam. 
 PjTn and Jas. Sanders, bearing the flag of the late 
 Admiral John Child Purvis ; under whom he conti- 
 nued employed off Cadiz, latterly in the defence 
 of that city against the French, until Feb. 1810. 
 During 19 months of the time the Atlas continued 
 
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 SEYMOUR. 
 
 at sea without ever being driven througli the Gut 
 or once letting go an anchor. On leaving her Mr. 
 Seymour became in succession Midshipman (a rating 
 he had attained in May, 1808,) of La Ntmphb and 
 HoTSPDR frigates, commanded, on the Home a,nd 
 Mediterranean stations, by Capt. Hon. Josceline 
 Percy. He next, from July, 1811, until the receipt, 
 in May, 181.'5, of a commission bearing date 16 Feb. 
 in that year, served off Lisbon and on the Coast of 
 North America, part of the period in the capacity 
 of Master's Mate, in the Naijaden 36 and Nimphe 
 again, each under the orders of Capt. Farmery 
 Predam Epvrorth, Statika38, Capt. Hassard Stack- 
 poole, and San Domtngo 74 and Tonnant 80, flag- 
 ships of Sir John Borlase Warren and Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane. His last appointments were, 2 
 Jan. and 10 May, 1816, to the Comds 22 and Glas- 
 gow 50, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker- and Hon. 
 Anthony Maltland. In the Glasgoit, which ship 
 he left in Nov. of the same year, he assisted at the 
 bombardment of Algiers. He was once wrecked in 
 a prize during a hurricane. 
 
 Lieut. Seymour is a Magistrate for the counties 
 of Monmouth and Brecon, and ^a Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for the latter. He married, 21 Aug. 1821, 
 Charlotte Alice, third daughter and co-heiress of 
 Jas. Greene, Esq., of Turton Tower, co. Lancaster, 
 and widow of Rich. "Wilkinson, Esq. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SEYMOUR. (Commandeh, 1814. f-p., 12; 
 
 H-p., 34.) 
 Fkancts Edward Seymour, born 2 Sept. 1788, in 
 London, is eldest son of the late Lieut. -Colonel 
 Fras. Corapton Seymour; grandson of Lord Fras. 
 Seymour, Dean of Wells; and great-grandson of 
 Edward, eighth Duke of Somerset. His brother, 
 Edw. William, is a Lieutenant B.N. 
 
 This oiiicer (who had been educated at the Royal 
 Naval Academy) embarked, 8 July, 1801, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Malta 84, Capt. Albe- 
 marle Bertie, stationed in the Channel. He served 
 next, from May, 1802, until Nov. 1805 in the Lean- 
 DER 50, Capts. Jas. Oughton, Fras. Wm. Fane, 
 Alex. Skene, Wm. Lyall, and John Talbot, flag-ship 
 of Sir And. Mitchell at Halifax ; and from Dec. 
 1805 until July, 1808, in the Centaur 74, Capts. J. 
 Talbot and Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Sam. Hood. In the Leander he assisted at the 
 capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan, French 
 frigate of 46 guns, and the simultaneous recapture 
 of her prize, the Cleopatra 32 ; and in the Centaur 
 (besides aiding at the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four 
 heavy French frigates from Rochefort, after an 
 action in which Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm) he ac- 
 companied the expedition of 1807 against Copenha- 
 gen, and witnessed the surrender of Madeira. After 
 serving for a few weeks with Sir Jas. Saumarez on 
 board the Victory 100, he went back, 7 Aug. 1808, 
 to the Centaur, in the capacity of Acting^Lieute- 
 nant ; and on 26 of the same month contributed in 
 her, in conjunction with the Implacable 74, to the 
 taking, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near 
 Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewohd, at the end 
 of a close and furious conflict, in which the Cen- 
 taur lost 3 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 
 180 killed and wounded. He was confirmed to the 
 Centaur 3 Oct. following ; and was subsequently 
 appointed — 13 Dec. 1808, to the Frederickstein 32, 
 Capts. Thos. Searle, Joseph Nourse, and Fras. Beau- 
 fort, stationed in the Mediterranean, where for 
 nearly four years he was very actively and usefully 
 employed, chiefly on survey ' service — 16 Nov. 
 1813, to the Gramcus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, 
 lying at the Nore— and 28 April, 1814, to the Jason 
 32, as Flag-Lieutenant to H.R.H. the Duke of 
 Clarence, under whom he accompanied Louis XVIII. 
 to Calais. He was promoted to his present rank 16 
 May, 1814; and was lastly, from 5 April, 1828, until 
 5 April, 1831, employed as an Inspecting-Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard. While serving on one 
 occasion as Supernumerary-Midshipman in the Swan 
 hired-cutter he assisted in sinking, under the heights 
 of Bornholm, a Danish cutter of superior force. 
 
 Commander Seymour married, 4 Feb. 1815, Eli- 
 zabeth, second daughter of the late Chas. Cooke, 
 Esq., of Bath, by whom he has issue one son and 
 two daughters. 
 
 SEYMOUK. (COMMANDEB, 1847.) 
 
 Frederick Beauohamp Paget Seymour, bom 
 in 1821, is second and youngest son (by Elizabeth 
 Mallet, eldest daughter of Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart.) 
 of Sir Horace Beauohamp Seymour, K.C.H., BI.P., 
 a Colonel in the Army, who married, a second time, 
 the Dowager Lady Clinton. He is brother of Capt. 
 Chas. Fras. Seymour, of the Scots Fusileer Guards ; 
 and nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Sey- 
 mour, Kt., C.B., G.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1834 ; passed 
 his examination 6 May, 1840; and after having 
 served in the Jlediterranean as Mate on board the 
 Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth 
 Ommanney, was promoted, 7 March, 1842, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. On 22 of the month last men- 
 tioned he received an appointment to the Thalia 
 42, Capt. Geo. Hope, attached to the force in the 
 Pacific; where, from 29 Aug. 1844 until 20 Jan. 
 1847, he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant in the Col- 
 LINGWOOD 80, to his uncle, Sir G. F. Seymour. He 
 attained his present rank 5 June, 1847. 
 
 SEYMOUR. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 George Alexander Sey.iiour passed his exami- 
 nation in 1826 ; obtained his first commission 10 
 Dec. 1835; and was appointed, 23 of the same 
 month, Additional-Lieutenant of the President 52, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn, Commander-in- 
 Chief in North America and the West Indies. He 
 afterwards became Senior— 29 July, 1836, of the 
 Racer 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, on the station last 
 named, whence he returned in 1838—29 May, 1839, 
 of the Lily' 16, Capts. Chas. Deare, John Jas. Allen, 
 and Geo. Baker, under whom he was for four years 
 employed on the coast of Africa— and 26 Feb. 1845, 
 of the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, fitting at 
 Portsmouth. ' His promotion to the rank of Com- 
 mander took place 17 May, 1845. He has served in 
 the whole eleven years on the coast of Africa. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 SEYMOUR, Kt., C.B., G.C.H. (Reak-Admieal 
 OF THE Red, 1841. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Sir George Francis Seymour, bom in Sept. 
 1787, is eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral Lord 
 Hugh Seymour* (fifth son of Francis, first Marquess 
 of Hertford, K.G.) by Anne Horatia, third daugh- 
 ter of James, second Earl of Waldegrave, whose 
 widow married, a second time, H.R.H. William 
 Henry Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George 
 III. He is brother of the late Lieut.-Colonel Hugh 
 Henry Seymour; is uncle of Commander F. P. B. 
 Seymour, R.N. ; and is closely connected with the 
 families of the Duke of Grafton, the Marquesses of 
 Cholmondeley, Huntley, Bristol, and Londonderry, 
 the Earls of Drogheda, Grandison, and Lincoln, the 
 Viscounts Chetwynd and Torrington, and Lord 
 Southampton. 
 
 This ofacer entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Augusta yacht, 
 Capt. Edw. Riou, lying in the river Thames; and 
 from March, 1798, until May, 1802, was employed 
 
 * Lord Hugh Seymour, an officer of surpassing excellence, 
 was born 29 April, 1759, and entered tlie Navy about 1770, 
 on board the Pallas frigate, Capt. Hon. Leveson Gower. 
 Attaining Post-rank in 1779, he won distinction as Captain 
 of the Latona frigate at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782, and 
 was conspicuous for his valour in the Leviathan 74, in Lord 
 Howe's actions 28 and 29 May, and 1 June, 1794. For his 
 conduct on the latter occasions he was appointed a Colonel 
 of Marines. Attaining Flag-rank 1 June, 1795, he figured, in 
 the Sanspareii. 80, in Lord Bridport's rencontre with the 
 French fleets off the lie de Groix. From 17 March, 1795, 
 until the end of 1798, he retained a seat at the Board of Ad- 
 miralty ; and he afterwards, until death closed his career, 
 11 Sept. IBOl, commanded in chief in the Leeward Islands 
 and at Jamaica. In Aug. 1799 the colony of Surinam sur- 
 rendered to the Naval and Military forces under the com- 
 mand of his Lordship and of Lieut.-Gen. Trigge. 
 
SEYMOUR. 
 
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 on the Channel and West India stations, the last 
 two years and four months in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman, in the Saxspakeil 80, Prince of Wales 
 98, and Sanspareil again, all flag-ships of his 
 father, and Acasta 40, Capt. Edw. Fellowes. In 
 the Pkince of Wales he witnessed the surrender 
 of Surinam in Aug. 1799 ; and in the Acasta he 
 assisted in making a variety of prizes. He was sub- 
 sequently, in the course of 1802-3, employed on the 
 Home, Newfoundland, and Mediterranean stations, 
 in the Endvmion 40, Capt. John Larmour, Isis ."iO, 
 hearing the flag of Vice- Admiral J as. Gamhier, 
 Endymion a second time, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, 
 and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson. 
 Under Capt. Paget we find him contributing, 18 and 
 25 June, 16 July, and 14 Aug. 1803, to the capture 
 of La Col&mbe and La Bacchante corvettes of 16 
 and 18 guns, UAdour store-ship, and Le Gemral 
 Moreau privateer, of 16 guns. In Feb. and March, 
 1804, he was nominated in succession Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Madras 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh 
 Sohomberg, and Donegal 74, Capts. Sir Rich. John 
 Straohan and Pulteney Malcolm ; and while in the 
 latter ship, to which he "was confirmed by a commis- 
 sion bearing date 12 Oct. 1804, he aided in taking 
 the Spanish frigates Matilda and Amfitrite, the 
 former laden with a cargo of quicksilver worth 
 200,000^. — accompanied Lord Nelson to the West 
 Indies and back, in 1805, in pursuit of the combined 
 squadrons of France and Spain — and participated 
 in the capture of El Hayo of 100 guns, one of the 
 ships recently defeated at Trafalgar. On 6 Feb. 
 1806, a few days after he had joined the Northum- 
 berland 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Hon. Alex. 
 Cochrane, Lieut. Seymour fought in the action oif 
 St. Domingo ; on which occasion a grape-shot pene- 
 trated his jaw, and carried away several teeth.* 
 Having been advanced, 22 Jan. preceding, to the 
 rank of Commander, he removed as such, on 9 Feb., 
 to the Kingfisher sloop ; in which vessel in the 
 ensuing May he took in tow the Pallas 32, Capt. 
 Lord Cochrane, after that ship had been disabled 
 in action, under the batteries of He d'Aix, with the 
 French frigate La Minerve, He was posted, 29 
 July, 1806, into the Aurora 28, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean; and was subsequently appointed — 
 15 Feb. 1808, to the Pallas 32, in which frigate he 
 took part in Lord Cochrane's celebrated attack upon 
 the French shipping in Basque Koads — 16 Sept. 
 1809, 1 June, 1812, and 1 Jan. 1813, to the ManillaI 
 36, Fortun^e 36, and Leonidas 38, employed on 
 the Lisbon, Irish, and West India stations — and 21 
 May, 1827, for a few months, to the Briton 46, en- 
 gaged on particular service. In the Leonidas, 
 which ship he left 14 Sept. 1814, Capt. Seymour 
 captured, 23 May, 1813, the American privateer 
 J^aul Jojws, of 16 guns and 85 men, 5 of whom were 
 wounded during the chase. He was nominated a 
 C.B. 4 June, 1815 ; awarded, 28 May, 1816, a pension 
 of 250/. per annum for his wound ; | nominated a 
 K.C.H. (accompanied with the honour of Knight- 
 hood) in 1831, and a G.C.H. 9 Deo. 1834; and ad- 
 vanced to Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841. He filled a seat 
 at the Board of Admiralty from Sept. 1841 until ap- 
 pointed, 14 May, 1844, Commander-in-Chief in the 
 Pacific. He sailed for that station with his flag in 
 the Collingwood 80, and continued there until re- 
 lieved in 1848 by Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby. 
 
 In 1818 Sir G. F. Seymour was appointed by his 
 uncle, the Marquess of Hertford, then Lord Cham- 
 berlain, Serjeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords. 
 From 4 Aug. 1830 until he resigned, 11 Nov. follow- 
 ing, he was a Naval Aide-de-Camp to William IV. ; 
 under whom he filled the office of Master of the 
 Robes from 13 Sept. 1830 until the period of his 
 death. SirGeorge married, in March, 181 1, Georgina 
 Mary, second daughter of the late Admiral Hon. Sir 
 Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, G.C.B., by whom he has 
 issue three sons and five daughters. His eldest son, 
 
 ■ • yide Gaz. 1806, p. 373. 
 
 f The Manilla was lost off the Texel 28 Jan. 1812, uliile 
 under the temporary command of Capt. John Joyce. 
 
 J He had been presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic 
 Funil. 
 
 Fras. Geo. Hugh, married to a daughter of the third 
 Earl of Mansfield, is a Captain in the Scots Fusileer 
 Guards ; and his second, Geo. Henry, a Captain 
 R.N. His eldest daughter is married to a son of 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. John Cochrane, K.C.B. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SEYMOUR. (Captain, 1844.) 
 
 George Henry Seymour, born in 1818, is second 
 son of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Kt., 
 C.B., G.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Feb. 1831 ; passed 
 his examination in 1837 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 27 June, 1838; and after having served on the 
 North America and West India station, as Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant and Lieutenant, in the Cornwal- 
 Lis 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey, Inconstant 
 36, Capt. Dan. Pring, Winchester 50, bearing the 
 flag also of Sir T. Harvey, Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. 
 Ramsay, and Crocodile 26, Capt. Alex. Milne, was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander in compliment 
 to the King of Prussia, 28 Jan. 1842. He com- 
 manded the Wanderer 16, in the East Indies, from 
 8 March, 1842, until posted, 24 May, 1844; and the 
 Carysfort 26, in the Pacific, from 12 Dec. 1845 
 until paid off in the spring of 1848. Agents — 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SEYMOUR. (LiEHT., 181-3. f-p., 10; hp., 31.) 
 John Crosslev Seymour was born 18 Jan. 1793. 
 He is brother of Lieut. Matthew Cassan Seymour, 
 R.N. ; nephew of Capt. Stephen Seymour, R.N., 
 who commanded the Arab 16 when that vessel was 
 lost on the Penmarcks, near Brest, 10 June, 1796 ; 
 and cousin of Capt. Michael Seymour, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst of 42 guns 
 and 261 men, commanded by his cousin, the late 
 Sir Michael Seymour, under whom, while cruizing 
 off L'Orient, he assisted as Midshipman at the cap- 
 ture, 11 Nov. 1808, of the French frigate La Thetis 
 of 44 guns and 436 men, including troops, which 
 was boarded and carried at the close of a furious 
 contest of more than three hours, in which the 
 British lost 19 men killed and 51 wounded, and 
 the enemy 135 killed and 102 wounded. He also, 
 6 April, 1809, took part in a severe intermittent 
 action of about four hours, which terminated in the 
 capture, with a loss to the Amethyst of 8 men killed 
 and 37 wounded, of another of the enemy's frigates, 
 Le Niemen of 46 guns and 339 men, of whom 47 
 were slain and 73 wounded. After attending the 
 expedition to Flushing, Mr. Seymour, in Oct. 1809, 
 followed his relative into the Niemen, which had 
 been added to the British navy as a 38-gun frigate ; 
 and in May, 1812, he accompanied him in the capa- 
 city of Master's Mate into the Hannibal 74. In 
 the spring of 1813 he sailed in the Indefatigable 
 44, Capt. John Fyffe, for South America, where he 
 joined the Montagu 74, flag-ship of Bear-Admiral 
 Manley Dixon, and Nereus 42, Capt. Manley Hall 
 Dixon, and was made Lieutenant, 16 July in the 
 same year, into the Satellite 16, Capts. John 
 Porteous, Fras, Chas. Annesley, Gordon, Thos. Sa- 
 ville Griffinhoofe, and Chas. Sam. White. He served 
 in that vessel, latterly on the West India station, 
 until Aug. 1815, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, 11 May, 1818, Miss Frances Maria 
 Seymour, and has by her two sons and one daughter. 
 
 SEYMOUR. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; n-p., 31.) 
 Matthew Cassan Seymour is brother of Lieut. 
 John Crossley Seymour, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the. Navy, 2 June, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst of 42 guns 
 and 261 men, commanded by the late Sir Michael 
 Seymour, with whom, after having contributed, in 
 the capacity of Midshipman, to the capture of the 
 frigates alluded to in our memoir of his brother 
 and taken part in the operations connected with 
 the Walcheren expedition, he removed, in Oct. 1809 
 to the Niemen 38, and in May, 1812, as Master's 
 Mate, to the Hannibal 74. In the latter ship he 
 
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 SEYMOUR- SriACKLOCK. 
 
 was present, in March, 1814, at the capture, off 
 Cherbourg, of the French 40-gun frigate Lm Sultane. 
 On his return from a voyage to the West Indies he 
 joined at Plymouth, towards the close of 1814, the 
 Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral 
 Wm. Domett, and Impkegnable 98, Capt. Nash. 
 From 25 Feb. until 3 March, 1815, he acted as 
 Lieutenant in the Scamandek 36, Capt. Gilbert 
 Heathcote, lying at the same port ; and in the fol- 
 lowing Nov., at which period he had been again 
 for some months serving as Master's Mate in the 
 Impregnable, bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley 
 in the Mediterranesm, he was presented with a 
 commission dated 8 of the preceding March. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SEYMOUR. (Capt., 1826. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 1 7.) 
 
 Michael Sevmoub, bom 3 Deo. 1802, is third 
 son of the late Rear- Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,* 
 Bart., K.C.B., by Jane, third daughter of Capt. 
 Jas. Hawker, R.N. ; and nephew of Lieut. Rich. 
 Seymour, R.N., First of the Amazon 38, who was 
 killed in action with the French 40-gun frigate 
 JSelle Foule 13 March, 1806. He is brother of the 
 present Sir John Hobart Culme Seymour, Bart., of 
 Highmount, co. Limerick, Prebendary of Glouces- 
 ter, Rector of Northchurch, Herts, and Chaplain- 
 in-Ordinary to the Queen ; of Capt. Jas. Seymour, 
 of the 38th Regt., who died at Cawnpoor in 1827 ; 
 of Commander Edw. Seymour, R.N. (1834), who 
 died 13 June, 1837, at Horndean, in the 33rd year 
 of his age; and of Wm. Hobart Seymour, Esq., of 
 the 72nd Regt. One of his sisters, Mary Dora, was 
 married, in 1830, to Commander O. G. S. Gunning, 
 R.N.; another, Caroline, in 1841, to Capt. Geo. 
 Carr, only son of the late Bishop of Worcester ; 
 and a third, Elizabeth, in 1839, to Capt. Geo. 
 Howard Vyse, of the 2nd Life Guards. 
 
 This offioer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hannibal 74, in which 
 ship, commanded by his father, he served for 10 
 months, principally in the Channel, and assisted at 
 the capture, in March, 1814, of La Sultane French 
 frigate of 44 guns. From 8 March, 1816, until 2.5 
 Oct. 1818, he studied at the Royal Naval College., 
 He then joined in succession, on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations, the Rochfoet 80, flag-ship of 
 Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Ganymede 26, Capt. 
 Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, a second time the 
 RocHFOKT and again the Ganymede, and the Glas- 
 
 * Sir Michael Seymour was bom 8 Nov. 1768, at Palace, 
 CO. Limerick, and entered the Navy 15 Nov. 1780, on hoard 
 the Merlin sloop, commanded by his patron, Capt. Hon. 
 James Luttrell ; on accompanying whom into the Mediator 
 41, he look part, 12 Dec. 1782, in a gallant action fought 
 between that ship and (ive of the enemy's vessels, the result 
 of which was, the capture of the Alejiandei- of 24 guns and 
 120 men, and the Menagere armee-enjiute of 34 guns and 212 
 men. In Nov. 1790 he acquired the rank of Lieutenant, 
 and in tlie summer of 1795 (liaving lost an arm in the Marl- 
 borough 74 in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794) he was 
 promoted to that of Commander. Prior to his attainment of 
 Post-rank 11 Aug. 1800, he was for four years actively and 
 successfully employed in the Spitfire 16, capturing, among 
 other vessels, as many as six privateers, carrying, in the 
 whole, 67 guns and 301 men, and a transport armed with 14 
 guns. He suhspquently commanded the Sphynx 20, Villk 
 DE Paris 1 10, Fisoard 38, Vii.t.e de Paris again, Colossus, 
 Ir.r.usTRious, and Warrior 74's, Amethyst of 42 guns and 
 261 men,NiEMEN 38, Hannibal 74, and the Royai. Georoe 
 yacht. For his valour and heroic conduct in tl»e Amethyst, 
 in effecting tlie capture of the French frigntes Ln Thetis of 44 
 guns and 436 men, including troops, and Le Niemen of 46 
 guns and 339 men (alluded to in our memoir of Lieut. J. C 
 Seymour) he received the honour of Knighthood, a gold 
 medal from the King, the freedom of the cities of Limerick 
 and Cork, and a sword, valued at 100 guineas, from the 
 Patriotic Society ; and was raised, 3! May, 1809, to the dig- 
 nity of a Baronet. Sir Michael was also, in the Amethyst, 
 present in the expedition to the W {ilcheren ; and in the 
 Hannibal he made prize, 26 March, 1814, of La Sultnne 
 frigate of 44 guns and 319 men. He was nominated a K.C.U. 
 2 .Tan. 1815, became resident Commissioner afterwards »t 
 Portsmouth, attained Flag-rank 27 June, 1832, and from 
 1 Jan. 1833 until the period of his death, 9 July, 1834, com- 
 manded in chief in South America, with his flag in ths 
 Spartiate 76. He was interred in the cemetery of Gambia, 
 at Rio de Janeiro, July 15. 
 
 Gow 50, Camelion 10, Serinoapatam 46, Kevolh- 
 TiONNAiRE 46, and Apolla yacht, Capts. Hon. 
 Anthony Maitland, Wm. Jas. Mingaye, Sam. War- 
 ren, Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, 
 and Hon. Sir Chas. Paget. In the five ships last 
 mentioned he held the rating of Midshipman. He 
 obtained his first commission 12 Sept. 1822 ; became 
 attached, 1 July, 1823, to the Sybille 48, Capt. 
 Sam. John Pechell, employed in the West Indies 
 and Mediterranean; attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 6 Dec. 1824; was appointed in that capa- 
 city, 8 Aug. 1825, to the Camelion 10, on the 
 Plymouth station ; and was advanced, 5 Aug. 1826, 
 to Post-rank. His subsequent appointments were 
 —7 Jan. and 12 Sept. 1827, to the Menai 26 and 
 VoLAGE 28, both on the South American station, 
 whence he returned early in 1829—14 June, 1833, 
 to the Challenger 28, in which ship he was 
 wrecked on the coast of Chili 19 May, 1835—7 
 April, 1841, to the Britannia 120, bearing the flag 
 of Sir John Acworth Ommanney in the Mediterra- 
 nean— 22 Sept. 1841, to the Powbrfdl 84, paid off 
 at Portsmouth at the commencement of 1842— and, 
 16 Jan. 1845, to the Vindictive 50, fitting for the 
 flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, Commander-in-Chief 
 in North America and the West Indies, where he 
 remained until 1848. 
 
 Capt. Seymour has been for several years Regis- 
 trar and Secretary to the Order of the Bath. He 
 married, 22 June, 1829, his first-cousin, Dorothea, 
 eldest daughter of the late Sir Wm. Knighton, Bart., 
 M.D., G.C.H., Auditor and Keeper of the Privy 
 and Council Seals of the Duchy of Cornwall, and 
 Keeper of the Privy Purse to George IV., by whom 
 he has issue. Agents— Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 SHACKLOCK. (Lieut., 1821. r-P., 12; h-p., 26.) 
 Edward Shacklock, born in 1791, at Gains- 
 borough, CO. Lincoln, is son of the late Israel Shack- 
 lock, Esq., author of a planisphere, published in 
 1815. 
 
 This officer (who had entered the merchant-ser- 
 vice in 1805, had been captured in 1806 by a French 
 privateer, and had witnessed the operations of 1807 
 against Copenhagen) was impressed into the Navy 
 at Gibraltar 9 Oct. 1809 (while Second-Mate of the 
 letter-of-marque Mary, from Bahia), and placed in 
 the capacity of A.B. on board the San Juan 74, 
 Capt. John Gourly. In the following month he 
 was rated Midshipman, and awarded the command 
 of a gun-boat carrying 2 heavy guns and 28 seamen 
 and marines, employed in cruizing between Gib- 
 raltar, Tarifa, and Cape Trafalgar. He next, 13 
 Sept. 1810, joined the Rambler, another gun-boat, 
 in which vessel, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modores Robt. Hall and Fred. Jennings Thomas, 
 he continued to serve at the defence of Cadiz and 
 in its vicinity until Feb. 1814. Soon after he had 
 removed to her he came into action (when Lord 
 Blayney was taken prisoner) with the fort of Fuen- 
 girola, near Malaga ; and in Dec. of the same year 
 (1810) he was with a party which stormed and 
 carried a fort at Barbatta, near Trafalgar. On the 
 latter occasion he had the good fortune, by board- 
 ing, to capture a French privateer, which he brought 
 out of the river and conducted to Gibraltar. In 
 Feb. 1814, having been, as we have shown, em- 
 ployed for more than four years, a period unpre- 
 cedented, on gun-boat service, he went back, with 
 Capt. Thomas, to tlie San Juan, flag-ship at the 
 time of Kear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee. On his 
 return to England with the latter in the Eurotas 
 38, he was received, in July, 1814, on board the 
 Salvador del Mundo, bearing the flag at Plymouth 
 of Vice-Admiral Wm. Domett. After serving for 
 eight months on the coast of North America in the 
 Leonidas 38, Capt. Wm. King, and for ten at Sheer- 
 ness and Portsmouth in the Namur and Vengeur 
 74's, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley and Thos. Alexander, 
 he sailed, in June, 1816, in the Dee 24, Capt. Sam. 
 Chambers, for Canada, where, from Sept. in that 
 year until June, 1817, he served on Lake Ontario as 
 Acting Pendant-Lieutenant to Sir Robt. Hall, his 
 
SIIADWELL— SIIAIRP— SIIAKESPEAR. 
 
 1055 
 
 former Commander, in the Momtkeal. He then, 
 the establishment being broken up, came borne, as 
 Acting Supernumerary-Lieutenant, in the Pactolds 
 38,;Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie. On his arrival in July 
 he joined the Queen Chaelotte 100, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth ; from 
 the following Aug. until March, 1821, he served in 
 the Mediterranean as Admiralty-Midshipman in the 
 Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland ; and 
 on 30 April in the latter year, after he had again 
 served at Portsmouth in the Queen CnAKUOTTE, 
 then the flag-ship of Sir Jos. Hawkins Whitshed, 
 and in the Ramilltes 74, Capt. Aiskew Pafiard 
 HoUis, he was promoted to the rank he now holds. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He m.'irried, first, in Aug. 1825, Jane, daughter 
 of the Rev. John Foster, Rector of Drypoole; and 
 secondly, in June, 1838, Mary, daughter of Wm. 
 l''ield, Esq^., shipowner, of Hull, one of the Elder 
 Brethren of the Trinity House. By his former 
 marriage he has issue two children. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 SHADWELL. (Commanbeb, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell is 
 son of the Right Hon. Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Kt., 
 Vice-Chancellor of England. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 May, 1827 ; passed 
 his examination in 1833 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 28 June, 1838 ; was appointed, 26 July follow- 
 ing, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the 
 Mediterranean station ; and, from 3 Dec. 1841 until 
 promoted to his present rank 27 June, 1846, was 
 employed in the East Indies, as First-Lieutenant, 
 in the Fly 18, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood. In 
 the Castor he took part, in 1840, in the operations 
 against the towns of Caiflfa, J affa, and Tsour, and 
 assisted at the bombardment of Acre. At Caifia 
 he was sent with a flag of truce to demand the 
 surrender of that place to the Sublime Porte.* 
 
 Commander Shadwell is the author of ' A Table 
 of Arcs for facilitating the Computation of the La- 
 titude, by Double Altitudes of the principal Fixed 
 Stars, calculated for the years 1835, 1845, 1855, &c.' 
 published in 1837. 
 
 SHAinP. (Commander, 1827.) 
 
 Alexander Shaiep is brother of Lieut. Stephen 
 Shairp, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navj-, 20 May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Calypso sloop, Capt. 
 Matthew Barton Bradby, stationed in the North 
 Sea and Baltic ; served, from July, 1810, until 
 March, 1813, in the East Indies, as ]\Iidshipman, in 
 the Hussar and Modeste frigates, Capts. Alex. 
 Skene and Jas. Coutts Crawford; and, from March, 
 1813, until presented in Sept. 1815 with a commis- 
 sion bearing date 9 March in that year, was em- 
 ployed in the Channel, at the Cape of Good Hope, 
 and in the Mediterranean in the Niger 38, Capt. 
 Peter Rainier, and Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace. 
 In the Calypso he accompanied the expedition of 
 1809 to the Waleheren ; in the Hussar he co-ope- 
 rated, in 1811, in the reduction of Java; in the 
 Niger he assisted, in company with the Tagds 36, 
 at the capture, 6 Jan. 1814, of the French 40-gun 
 frigate Ceres ; and in the Berwick he took part, in 
 1815, in the siege of Gaeta. His appointments in 
 the capacity of Lieutenant were — in Aug. 1818, to 
 the RocHFORT 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Fras. Fre- 
 mantle, fitting for the Mediterranean — 29 March and 
 16 June, 1820, to the Revolutionnatre 46 and 
 Beaver sloop, Capts. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton 
 Reynolds Pellew and Fred. Marryat, on the Medi- 
 terranean and St. Helena stations— 30 Nov. 1822, to 
 the NiMROD 18, Capt. Wm. Kochfort, employed at 
 first in quelling an alarming insurrection of the 
 keelmen in the river Tyne, next on the west coast 
 of Scotland and on a mission to the river Garonne, 
 and finally in cruizing on the coast of Ireland — and, 
 10 April, 1826, to the Heron 18, Capt. Kobt. Tait, 
 • FideGiW.. 1840, p. 2501. 
 
 equipping for South America. He attained his 
 present rank 30 April, 1827 ; and from 22 Sept. 
 1835 until the close of 1838 was employed as an 
 Inspecting-Commandorin the Coast Guard. Agukts 
 —Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SHAIRP. (LlEOTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Alexander Mordaunt SnAiHP entered the Navy 
 18 Jan. 1817 ; passed his examination 23 July, 1823 ; 
 and from 28 Jan. 1840 until the close of 1846 was 
 employed as Mate and Lieutenant (commission 
 dated 23 Nov. 1841) in the Coast Guard. He was 
 then, 31 Dec. 1846, appointed Additional of the 
 Penelope steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the 
 coast of Africa, where, since '1 May, 1847, he has 
 been serving in the Bittern 12, Capt. Thos. Hope. 
 
 SHAIRP. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 John Hamilton Shairp entered the Navy 19 
 Dec. 1828 ; and assisted, when Midshipman, on the 
 coast of Africa, of the Speedwell schooner, Lieut.- 
 Commander Wm. Warren, at the capture, 3 June, 
 1832, of the Aquila slaver of superior force. He 
 passed his examination .18 May, 1835; served, from 
 1840 until paid off in 1843, on the East India station, 
 as Mate, in the Favorite 18, Capt. Thos. Koss 
 Sulivan ; and on 12 Feb. 1844, soon after he had 
 joined the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Maclean, 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His next 
 appointments were— 1 May, 1844, as Additional, to 
 the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, 
 Commander-in-Chief in North America and the 
 West Indies— 16 Oct. 1844, to the Scylla 16, Capt. 
 Robt. Sharpe, on the same station, whence he re- 
 turned at the close of 1845— and, 11 April, 1846, to 
 the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome, 
 with whom he remained until paid off in 1848. 
 
 SHAIRP. (Lieutenant, 1824. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 12.) 
 Stephen Shairp was born in Jan. 1799. He is 
 brother of Commander Alex. Shairp, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 June, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Bowles ; and in the course of the same year was 
 present, in company with the Sheldrake sloop, at 
 the destruction of seven large merchant-ships, in 
 face of 1500 French soldiers, near Stralsund. On 
 his return to England with Capt. Bowles in the 
 Ceres frigate, after having been for some time em- 
 ployed on the South American station, he became, 
 in July, 1814, Midshipman of the Nymphen 36, 
 Capt. Matthew Smith. From Sept. 1815, until 
 May, 1819, he again served'in South America in the 
 Amphion 32, Capts. Wm. Bowles and Wm. Bateraan 
 Dashwood. He next, in Aug. 1820, joined the 
 Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, employed 
 in the Channel and also inthe West Indies ; where 
 on 26 April, 1824, he was "confirmed a Lieutenant 
 (three months after he had been ordered to act as 
 such) in the Scout 18, Capt. Jas. Wigston. From 
 Aug. to Dec. of the same year he served with Capt. 
 Edw. Brace in the Ganges 84; and since 31 Dec. 
 1835 (deducting a command held from 15 June, 
 1838, until June, 1840, of the Camelion Revenue- 
 cruizer) he has been in charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 SHAKESPEAR. (Lieut,, 1 810. f-p., 11 ; n-p., 32.) 
 Arthur Shakespear was born IS May, 1788, and 
 died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leviathan 74, Capt 
 Henry Wm. Bayntun ; and in Dec. 1805, after hav- 
 ing served in the Mediterranean and fought at Tra- 
 falgar, was received as Supernumerary Midshipman 
 on board the Royal William, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Jlonfagu at Portsmouth. He was next 
 from Jan. 1806 until March, 1808, employed in the 
 North Sea and Channel in the Thetis 38, Capt. 
 Wm. Hall Gage ; and from the latter date until 
 
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 SHAPCOTE— SHAPLAND-SHARPE. 
 
 Dec. 1810, on the Jamaica station, in the Melpo- 
 mene 38 and Shark sloop, bearing each the flag of 
 Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, Fleuk- 
 de-la-Mee schooner, Lieut. -Commander Thos. 
 Huskisson, Fkanohise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, 
 Avon 18, Capt. Henry TillieuxFraser, Shaek again, 
 Capt. "Wm. Barnham Eider, Hebe frigate, Capt. 
 John Fyffc, and, a second time, in the Avon. 
 While with Capt. Rider in the Shakk he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission 
 bearing date 3 April, 1810. He had received two 
 sabre-cuts in the head, when in the Thetis, in 
 boarding a French privateer ; and in the Avon he 
 had been again severely wounded, in the left arm, 
 in a long and destructive action fought (the Rain- 
 bow 22 in company) with the French 40-gun frigate 
 La Niriide 14 Feb. 1810. His last appointment 
 was, 23 March, 1812, to the Leonidas 38, Capts. 
 Anselm John Griffiths, Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, 
 Geo. Fras. Seymour, and Wm. King, in which ship 
 he served on the Cork station until June, 1815. 
 
 He married, 21 July, 1821, Miss Louisa Sage. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SHAPCOTE. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 33.) 
 TrioMAS Shapcote entered the Navy, in Jan. 
 1795, as Ordinary, on board the Nautilus sloop, 
 Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, in which vessel and 
 the Repulse 64, Capt. Wm. Geo. Fairfax, he was 
 for nine months employed in the West Indies and 
 North Sea. He next, in Sept. 1798, joined La 
 Touktekelle, Capt. John West; and from the fol- 
 lowing Nov. until Feb. 1805 he served, with activity, 
 as A.B., in the Channel and Mediterranean, and off 
 the port of Cadiz, in the Renown 74, Capts. Albe- 
 marle Bertie, John Chambers White, Pulteney Mal- 
 colm, and Thos. Eyles, flag-ship, part of the time, 
 of Sir John Borlase Warren, under whom he was in 
 frequent pursuit of the French fleet. We subse- 
 quently, during two years and a half, find him 
 cruizing in the Channel, Downs, and Baltic, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Bellona 74, Capt. Chas. Dudley 
 Pater, and Areow 12, Lieut.-Commander Rich. 
 Hawkes. He then, in Jan. 1808, became Sub-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Bloodhound gun-brig, commanded 
 in succession by Lieut. Sam. Ward Flinders, by him- 
 self, and by Lieut. Thos. Warrand, on the Home 
 station ; where, from Feb. 1809 until Dec. 1810, he 
 served, in the same capacity, in the Rapid 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Mather. On 19 March, 1811, he was made 
 full Lieutenant into the Reynard 10 ; in which 
 vessel, commanded by Capts. Hew Steuart, Geo. 
 Brine, and David Latimer St. Clair, he continued 
 employed in the Baltic until Jan. 1814. His next 
 and last appointment was, 26 Oct. 1841, to the San 
 JosBF 110, Capts. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne and Manley 
 Hall Dixon, guard-ship at Devonport, where he re- 
 mained until the early part of 1845. 
 Lieut. Shapcote is married and has issue. 
 
 SHAPLAND. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 14; h-p., 24.) 
 Henry Shapland was born 9 July, 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capts. Sir 
 Chas. Hamilton and Sir John Gore. After serving 
 for two years off' Brest, at the defence of Cadiz, and 
 off Lisbon, where he was frequently sent up the 
 Tagus for the purpose of conveying troops and de- 
 spatches, he became, in Deo. 1811, Midshipman (a 
 rating he had attained in the preceding Jan.) of the 
 Teazek gun -brig, stationed off L'Orient. He next, 
 from Nov. 1812 until Nov. 1815, served off Lisbon 
 and in the Mediterranean, in the Andromeda 22, 
 Capt. Rich. Arthur; and, from May, 1816, until 
 April, 1823, he was employed, in the West Indies, at 
 Newfoundland, in the East Indies, at Plymouth, in 
 the Mediterranean, and again in the West Indies, in 
 the Fly 18, Capt. John Baldwin, Cuelew 16, Capt. 
 Wm. Walpole, Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson, Im- 
 pregnable 104, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, Wind- 
 sor Castle 98, Capt. Caulfeild, Seringa patam 46, 
 Capt. Sam. Warren, and Thuacian 18, Capt. John 
 Walter Roberts. He often during that period per- 
 formed the duties of Lieutenant. In 1815 he passed 
 
 a distinguished examination; in 1816, during his 
 passage in the Fly from Halifax to Newfoundland, 
 he jumped overboard in a heavy sea and saved the 
 life of a man ; in 1820, having in the Cuklew ac- 
 companied an expedition against the pirates of the 
 Persian Gulf, he landed and assisted in storming 
 the enemy's fortifications ; and, on 31 March, 1823, 
 being then in the Thracian and in company with the 
 Tyne 26, he aided in boarding, in a harbour of the 
 island of Cuba, the piratical schooner Zaragozana. 
 For the gallantry he displayed on the latter occa- 
 sion he was nominated, 26 April following, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capts. Jas. Lilli- 
 crap and Geo. Fred. Rich, and presented by the 
 Admiralty with a commission dated 29 May in the 
 same year. He went on half-pay 14 Sept. 1823 ; and 
 was lastly, from 26 July, 1828, until 2a April, 1829, 
 employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of his former ship the Hyperion, Capt. 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye. 
 
 SHAEPE, C.B. (Eeab-Admiral of the Blue, 
 1848. F-P., 25; H-P., 23.) 
 Alexander Renton Sharpe is brother of Gene- 
 ral Matthew Sharpe. 
 
 This officer, at one time in the Army, entered the 
 Navy, 22 May, 1799, as A.B., on board the Kent 
 74, Capt. Wm. Johnstone Hope, in which ship, bear- 
 ing the flag at first of Lord Duncan, he took part in 
 the expedition to Holland and continued employed 
 off the port of Cadiz, latterly in the capacity of 
 Midshipman, until Aug. 1800. Joining next, in Jan. 
 1801, the Bellerophon 74, Capts. Lord Viscount 
 Garlics and John Loring, he sailed in that ship for 
 the West Indies ; where, from July, 1802, until 1807, 
 he served in succession in the Leviathan and Hee- 
 cule 74's, flag-ships of Admirals Duckworth and 
 Dacres, Veteran 64, Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert 
 Evans, Shark sloop, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 Dacres, Veteran again, Capt. Evans, and Fran- 
 chise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. He was present 
 in the Hercule, in 1803-4, at the blockade of Cape 
 Francois, St. Domingo, and in the unsuccessful at- 
 tack upon Cura9oa ; he was nominated, 18 May, 1806, 
 Sub-Lieutenant of the Shark, and 15 July following 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Veteran; and he was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant, while serving in the Fran- 
 chise, 8 Dec. in the same year. After he had been 
 for five months stationed at Woolvrich and Plymouth 
 in the Elizabeth and Bellerophon 74's, Capts. 
 Hon. Henry Curzon and Edw. Rotheram, he was 
 appointed, 21 Nov. 1807, to the Topaze 36, Capts. 
 Anselm John Griffiths and Henry Hope ; under the 
 former of whom, after having visited Vera Cruz, he 
 proceeded to the Mediterranean, and took part, 12 
 March, 1809, near Corfu, in a very spirited action, 
 which terminated in the beating off, by the Topaze, 
 of the French 40-gun frigates Danae and Fhre. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Commander 25 of 
 the same month, but did not leave the Topaze 
 until the following Aug., and on 16 of the next 
 month was appointed to the Scout 18. In that sloop 
 he was warmly praised by Capt. Robt. Barrie, the 
 senior officer present, for his spirited exertions, and 
 cordial co-operation with the Pomone 38 and Unite 
 36, at the destruction, 1 May, 1811, of the French 
 store-ships Giraffe and Noumce, each mounting 
 from 20 to 30 guns, and both protected by a 5-gim 
 battery, a martello tower, and a body of 200 regular 
 troops, in Sagone Bay, island of Corsica — a service 
 which was accomplished at the close of a gallant 
 action of an hour and a half, attended with a loss to 
 the British of 2 men killed and 25 wounded.* From 
 14 Dec. 1812 until 30 Sept. 1818, Capt. Sharpe (whose 
 Post-commission bears date 22 Jan. 1813, and who 
 was nominated a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815) commanded the 
 Hyacinth 24, in the Mediterranean, North Sea, 
 Channel, and South America ; from 18 March, 1836, 
 until the early part of 1840, he served on the Home, 
 Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, in the Mihden 
 72 ; and from 8 Sept. 1843 until Sept. 1845, he was 
 employed as Commodore at Jamaica with his broad 
 pendant in the Imaum 72. He was awarded the 
 * Vide Gaz. 1811, pp. 1248-9. 
 
SHARPE-SHAW. 
 
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 Captain's Good-Service Pension 3 Nov. 1846, and 
 advanced, 1 June, 1848, to Flag-rank. 
 
 Kear-Admiral Sharpe married, 15 April, 1841, 
 Magdalene, youngest daughter of the late Sir Wm. 
 Erskine, Bart. Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SHARPE. (LlEDTENANT, 1839.) 
 
 Benjamin Sharpe entered the Navy 19 Jan. 
 1827 ; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his 
 commission 18 Oct. 1839 ; was appointed 1 Feb. 
 1840, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and, from 1 Oct. 
 following until paid off in 1843, was employed in the 
 Mediterranean in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin 
 Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and Thos. Forrest. He 
 has not been since afloat. 
 
 He married, in March, 1843, at Malta, Mary Anne 
 Fanny, daughter of the Rev. Geo. Montagu, of 
 Swaffham (by Emily, fourth daughter of the Rev. 
 Wm. Tonge, Chancellor of the diocese of Norwich), 
 and niece of Lieut. Edw. Proudfoot Montagu, R.N. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 SHAEPE, K.T.S. (Captain, 1848. f-p., 16; 
 
 H-p., 24.) 
 Robert Shakpe entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1807, 
 as A.B., on board the Maks 74, Capts. Wm. Lukin, 
 John Surman Garden, and Henry Raper, in which 
 ship he attained the rating of Midshipman, 1 July, 
 1808 ; and was for upwards of four years employed 
 on the Baltic, Home, and Lisbon stations. After 
 serving for 15 months, the chief part of the time as 
 Master's Mate, in the Vigo 74, bearing the flags of 
 Rear-Admirals Jas. NiooU Morris and Graham 
 Moore, and Comet 20, Capt. Geo. Wm. Blamey, he 
 joined, in March, 1814, the Prince Regent, Com- 
 modore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the Canadian Lakes ; 
 where and on the river St. Lawrence he continued 
 employed on gun-boat and other services, the last 
 nine months in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant, 
 until Aug. 1815. He was then presented with a 
 commission bearing date 13 of the preceding March. 
 His next appointments were — 11 Aug. 1823 and 4 
 Feb. 1825, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Chas. 
 Dashwood and Hugh Downman, and Tribune 42, 
 Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, both on the Lisbon 
 station. He attained the rank of Commander 24 
 Nov. 1826 ; served from 26 Jan. 1842, until the close 
 of 1845, in the Scylla 16, on the North America 
 and West India station ; and was advanced to his 
 present rank 31 Jan. 1848. In the spring of 1845 he 
 conveyed the King of the Mosquito Shore from Blan- 
 field to Belize to be crowned. In commemoration 
 of Don John VI. having taken shelter on board the 
 Windsor Castle off Lisbon in May, 1824, the order 
 of the Tower and Sword was conferred upon Capt. 
 Sharpe in common with the other officers of the 
 ship. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 34; h-p., 9.) 
 Charles Shaw (a) entered the Navy, 17 July, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Loire of 46 guns, 
 Capt. Fred. Lewis Madtland, whom he followed into 
 the VoLONTAiRE 38 and Emerald 36. In the 
 Loire he was under fire, 4 June, 1805, of the bat- 
 teries in Muros Bay, when they were gallantly 
 stormed and carried, and the privateers Cmfiance 
 and Seller taken, by the boats under the late Sir 
 Jas. Lucas Teo. He assisted also, 25 of the same 
 month, in capturing Le Vaillant of 30 guns ; was in 
 company with L'Egtptienne frigate at the taking, 
 after an obstinate resistance, of La Libre of 40 
 guns; and conveyed in July, 1806, to Sir Rich. 
 Keats, off L'Orient, intelligence which led to the 
 capture of Le Shin of 44 guns. From Aug. 1807 
 until Jan. 1814 he served, in the Mediterranean and 
 on the coast of Africa, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Volage 22, Capt. Philip L. J. Rosen- 
 hagen, and Thais 20, Capts. Isaac Ferrieres and 
 Edw. Scobell ; and from March, 1814, until Oct. 
 1816, in the Channel and West Indies in the Stbille 
 44, Capt. Thos. Forrest, Venerable 74, flag-ship of 
 
 Sir Philip Chas. Durham, and Bakrosa 36, Capt. 
 John Maxwell. He contributed, in the Volage, to 
 the capture, 28 July, 1808, of the French brig-cor- 
 vette Le Sequin of 16 guns and 110 men; and was 
 presented, while serving in the Venerable, with a 
 commission bearing date 1 Feb. 1815. He has been 
 in charge, since 14 Deo. 1825, of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Charles Shaw (b) entered the Navy 8 May, 1808; 
 passed his examination in 1816; obtained his com- 
 mission 12 March, 1827; and from 23 April, 1828, 
 until 1847, was employed in the Coast Guard. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 7 ; h-p., 3.3.) 
 George Shaw entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98, 
 Capt. Adam Mackenzie ; previously to accompany- 
 ing whom, in the ensuing Dec, into the President 
 50, he took part, under the flag of Admiral Gambler, 
 in the attack upon Copenhagen. He continued em- 
 ployed, as Midshipman, in the President on the 
 Brazilian station, latterly under the orders of Capt. 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg, until Aug. 1810. He then 
 joined the Akmada 74, commanded at first by Capt. 
 Mackenzie and next by Capt. John Ferris Devon- 
 shire ; and, in April, 1812, with the officer last-men- 
 tioned, the St. Albans 64. In those ships he served 
 on the Home station and at the defence of Cadiz. 
 He left the St. Albans in Oct. 1812 ; and was after- 
 wards, until 26 June, 1816, employed on the coast of 
 Brazil and in the South Seas in the Indefatigable 
 44, Capt. John Fyffe. His commission bears date 
 20 March, 1815. 
 
 He married, 20 Feb. 1826, Miss E. Anning, of 
 Kilmington, co. Devon, a lady by whom he has 
 issue four sons and three daughters. 
 
 SHAW. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 1 9 ; h-p., 35.) 
 
 Isaac Shaw died in 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1793, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Courageux 74, com- 
 manded by the late Lord Radstock and by Capts. 
 John Matthews and Benj. Hallowell. After wit- 
 nessing the occupation of Toulon, and assisting, as 
 Midshipman, at the reduction of Corsica, he re- 
 moved, in Oct. 1794, to the Romulds frigate, Capt. 
 Geo. Hope, part of the force under Vice-Admiral 
 Hotham in his action with the French fleet 14 
 March, 1795. From April, 1796, until June, 1798, 
 he served under the flag of the officer first-men- 
 tioned, on the Lisbon, Home, and Newfoundland 
 stations, in the Barfleur 98, Flora and Latona 
 frigates, Bomney 50, and Agincourt 64. In the 
 Barfledr he fought in the action off Cape St. Vin- 
 cent 14 Feb. 1797. On leaving the Agincodbt he 
 became Acting-Lieutenant of the Pluto sloop, 
 Capts. Henry Folkes Edgell and Henry Barwell. 
 In that vessel, to which he was confirmed 25 June, 
 1801, he continued employed, still on the Newfound- 
 land station, until Feb. 1803. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 2 Sept. 1803, to the Windsor 
 Castle 98, Capts. Albemarle Bertie, Davidge 
 Gould, and Thos. Wells, stationed off Brest— 29 
 Aug. 1804 (three months after ill health had com- 
 pelled him to leave the Windsor Castle) to the 
 Lady Melville hired ship, Capt. John Thicknesse, 
 cruizing off the Start — 12 Nov. following, for two 
 years, to the Neptune 98, Capts. Sir Thos. Williams 
 and 'Thos. Francis Fremantle, in which ship he 
 served off Ferrol and Brest, and at the battle of 
 Trafalgar— and 30 March, 22 April, and 7 Sept. 
 1807, to the Hussar 38, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, Nemesis 
 28, Capt. Philip Somerville, and Volontaire 38, 
 Capts. Chas. BuUen, Abel Ferris, Henry Evelyn 
 Pitfield Sturt, Joseph Nourse, and Hon. Granville 
 Geo. Waldegrave. In the latter frigate, in which 
 he continued six years, Lieut. Shaw partook of 
 much active service in the Mediterranean, and on 
 many occasions distinguished himself. In the course 
 
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 SHAW-SHEARMAN— SHEARS— SHEBBEARE-SHED. 
 
 of 1809 he assisted at the capture of the island of 
 Pomegne, near Marseilles, and was reported in 
 terms of high praise for his gallantry in command 
 of the boats at the destruction, with a loss to the 
 enemy of 5 killed and 8 wounded, and to the British 
 of only 2 wounded, of Fort Bioux, near Cape Croi- 
 sette, mounting 14 guns.* On 26 Deo. 1811 he 
 brought out from the harbour of Palamos a well- 
 protected privateer, La Decide, mounting 2 long 
 6-pounders (pierced for 6), with a cargo of provi- 
 sions, from Cette, bound to Barcelona.t He as- 
 sisted next, 29 April, 1812, at the capture and de- 
 struction, by the boats of the Volontaire 38, Un- 
 daunted 38, and Blossom sloop, under Lieut. John 
 Eagar, of 21, including a national schooner of 4 guns 
 and 74 men, out of a convoy of 26 vessels, at anchor 
 near the mouth of the Rhone. With the boats of 
 his own ship under his orders, he captured, 23 June 
 following, a felucca, La Cohmbe, of 1 long gun, 8 
 swivels, and 45 men J — an exploit which occasioned 
 a loss to his own people of a Midshipman and 2 
 sailors wounded, and to the assailed of 3 killed and 
 7 wounded. In volunteered command of the boats 
 of the VoLONTAiKE, TJndadhted, and Kedwing 
 sloop, he succeeded, 31 March, 1813, in taking and 
 destroying (the British had 1 man killed and 4 se- 
 verely wounded — the French 4 killed^ 5 wounded, 
 and 17 taken prisoners) two strong batteries (mount- 
 ing 5 36-pounders and 2 24's) and 14 sail of vessels, 
 at Morjean ; and on 2 of the ensuing May he made 
 prize, vpith the boats of the Volontaire, TJn- 
 DAUNTED, and REprLSE 74, of a convoy lying in 
 the same port. On that occasion, having landed at 
 the head of a large body of seamen and marines, he 
 drove the enemy to the heights in the rear, and 
 there kept them in check until the vessels were se- 
 cured, and the batteries, on which were found nine 
 gun-carriages and a IS-inch mortar, blovm up and 
 completely destroyed. The enemy had 12 _ men 
 killed, and several taken prisoners ; and their op- 
 ponents 2 killed and i, including their gallant leader, 
 wounded. § In reference to the achievement of 31 
 March, Capt. Waldegrave, in his letter to the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, observes : — " Lieut. Shaw's cha- 
 racter stands so high that his conduct on this 
 occasion is only what it always has been ; and such 
 testimony as his to the gallantry of all his compa- 
 nions adds to their merit." || He was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 9 Aug. 1813, but did not 
 afterwards go afloat. On 22 Nov. 1811, the Volon- 
 taire, we should have stated, in company at the 
 time with the Perlen 38, was chased, near Toulon, 
 by three French ships-of-the-line and two frigates ; 
 but, after a running-fight which lasted several hours, 
 contrived, with her consort, to escape. 
 
 and obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 He is married. 
 
 SHAW. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Eade Shaw passed his examination 7 
 June, 1837 ; and from 1839 until within a short pe- 
 riod of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 
 Aug. 1845, was employed in the Mediterranean, as 
 Mate, on board the Alecto steam-sloop, Lieut.- 
 Commander Wm. Hoseason. His appointments 
 have since been — 25 Aug. 1845, as Additional, to 
 the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of Sir Francis 
 Wm. Austen, in North America and the West In- 
 dies — 13 Deo. following, to the Endtmion 44, Capt. 
 Geo. Robt. Lambert, on the same station, where he 
 was superseded in the early part of 1847 — 27 Oct. 
 in the latter year, again as Additional, to the Pene- 
 lope steam-frigate of 650 horse-power, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the coast 
 of Africa — and 13 Jan. 1848, as First, to the He- 
 koine 8, Capt. Chas. Edmunds, likewise on the 
 African coast. 
 
 SHEARS. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 John Abelard Shears entered the Navy 2 Feb. 
 1824; passed his examination in 1830; and while 
 participating, as Mate of the Wasp 16, Capt. Geo. 
 Mansel, in the operations on the coast of Syria, was 
 wounded in the attack upon Sidon 26 Sept. 1840. 
 He was promoted to the rank of IJeutenant 4 Nov. 
 1840. His appointments have since been — 15 Dec. 
 1840, to the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, in 
 the Mediterranean— 20 April, 1842 (soon after the 
 Hastings had been paid ofi'), to the Talbot 26, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, fitting for 
 the Pacific— and 13 June, 1846, and 10 Feb. and 24 
 Sept. 1847, as First, to the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospa- 
 trick Baillie Hamilton, Collingwood 80, flag-ship 
 of Sir Geo. Francis Seymour, and Sampson steam- 
 frigate of 467 horse-power, Capt. Thos. Henderson, 
 all on the station last named, where he is now serv- 
 ing. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 SHEBBEAEE. (Lieutenant, 1813.) 
 
 Robert Shebbeare entered the Navy, 4 June, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the London 98, Capts. 
 Edw. Oliver Osbom and Thos. Western, stationed 
 in the Channel; and from Oct. foUovring until June, 
 1810, served off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, 
 part of the time as Midshipman, in the Terrible 
 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet. In Aug. of the latter 
 year he joined the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring- 
 ton, under whom he was for two years actively em- 
 ployed in co-operation with the patriots on the coast 
 of Spain, particularly at the defence of Cadiz, in 
 conveying four Spanish ships-of-the-line from that 
 place to Minorca (a very arduous service which oc- 
 cupied 38 days), and at the siege of Tarragona. In 
 Sept. 1812 he removed to the Caledonia 120, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew in the Mediterra- 
 nean; where he was made Lieutenant, 30 Nov. 1813, 
 into the Swiftsdre 74, Capts. Bdw. Stirling Dick- 
 son, Arden Adderley, and Wm. Henry Webley 
 Parry. In that ship he afterwards proceeded to 
 the West Indies. He invalided home 3 May, 1815; 
 and was suhseq^uently appointed. — 22 Sept. 1815 and 
 13 Aug. 1816, to the Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson 
 and Akbar 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Edw. 
 Griffith, both on the North American station, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off" I 
 Jan. 1817— and 24 Nov. 1819, to the Wye 26, Capts. 
 Geo. Wickens Willes and Peter Fisher. Since he 
 left the latter vessel he has not been afloat. He 
 was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hos- 
 pital 1 May, 1848. 
 
 Lieut. Shebbeare was left a widower 16 April, 
 1844. Agent — John Chippendale. 
 
 SHEARMAN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Marcos Shearman entered the Navy 
 4 May, 1815 ; passed his examination 5 June, 1822 ; 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1436. + V. Gaz. 1812, p. 667. 
 
 J This vessel had been sent from Marseilles for the express 
 purpose of attacking the boats. 
 
 i VideGnx. 1813, p. 1806. || F. Gaz. 1813,p..lU8. 
 
 SHED. (COMMANDEK, 1814. F-P., 19 ; H-P., 35.) 
 Robert Shed was born 21 Oct. 1773. 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Invincible 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Pakenham, with whom, after having 
 fought in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794, he re- 
 moved, 7 Oct. 1795, to the Joste 80. After serving 
 for nearly two years and a half on the coast of Ire- 
 land and in the Channel in the Glenmore 44, Capt. 
 Geo. Duff, Robust 74, Capt. Geo. Countess, and 
 BoTAL George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport, he 
 was nominated, 27 Oct. 1799, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Ramillies 74, Capt. Rich. Grindall. He was 
 confirmed, 18 Dec. following, into the Adventure 
 44, Capts. Robt. Mansel and Chas. Carter, stationed 
 in the Mediterranean ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 6 March, 1801, to the Gannet 16, Capt. 
 Isaac Cotgrave, under whom, in the following Aug., 
 he took part, and was wounded in the leg, in Lord 
 Nelson's attack upon the Boulogne flotilla — 12 July, 
 1803 (after 14 months of half-pay), to the Princess 
 Royal 98, Capts. Jas. Vashon and llobt. Carthew 
 
 Reynolds, attached to the force in the Channel 16 
 
 April, 1807 (for 19 months), as Senior, to the Her- 
 
SHEILS-SHEPHARD— SHEPHEARD-SHEPHERD. 
 
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 CHLE 74, Capt. Hon. John Colville, part of the force 
 engaged in the expedition against Copenhagen, 
 whence he brought home a Danish 74 and part of 
 the 28th Regiment— in June, 1809, to the command, 
 which he retained for seven months, of a subdivi- 
 sion of gun-boats, employed during the operations 
 in the Scheldt— and 23 Nov. 1810 and 24 Aug. 1812, 
 again as Senior, to the Marlborough and Chat- 
 bam 74's, Capts. Matthew Henry Scott and Wm. 
 Lukin, both on the Home station. During the 
 grand naval review held before the Allied Sove- 
 reigns at Spithead, Lieut. Shed acted as Captain 
 of the Chatham. Since the receipt of his last 
 commission, bearing date 15 June, 1814, he has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 SHEILS. (Liedtenant, 1814.) 
 
 James "Waldegrave Ludlow Sheils died in 
 1845 at Fratton, Portsea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1809, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Brazen sloop, Capts. Lewis 
 Shepheard and Rich. Plummer Davies, employed at 
 first on the coast of Portugal and next on the Jamaica 
 station ; where, in May, 1811, he removed as Midship- 
 man (a rating he had attained in Sept. 1809) to the 
 Polyphemus 64, flag-ship of Vioe-Admiral Bartho- 
 lomew Sam. Rowley. In the following Nov. he went 
 back as Acting-Lieutenant to the Brazen, still com- 
 manded by Capt. Davies, with whom he continued, 
 in the West Indies, until May, 1812. In Oct. of 
 that year he became Master's Mate of the Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and John Maitland, 
 under the latter of whom he took part in Sir Edw. 
 Pellew's partial actions with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 
 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814. After again acting as Lieu- 
 tenant in the Renard sloop, Capt. David Mapleton, 
 he took up, in Aug. 1814, a commission bearing 
 date 1 July in that year. His last appointments, 
 we believe, were— in Dec. 1825, to the Ramillies 
 74, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Hugh Pigot— and 26 
 Feb. 1842, to the command, which he retained until 
 Jan. 1844, of the Raven cutter, on the Home sta- 
 tion. 
 
 Lieut. Shephard married in Dec. 1817, and has 
 issue three sons, the second of whom, Chas. Douglas 
 Shephard, Assistant Surgeon, R.N. (1845), is at pre- 
 sent serving on the south-east coast of America in 
 the Raleigh 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Herbert. 
 
 SHEPHARD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 William Shephard was born 8 Sept. 1783. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1805, as 
 Clerk, on board the Diligence 16, Capt. Thos. 
 Holmes Tidy ; and in the course of the same year 
 was present in the rocket attack made by Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith on the Boulogne flotilla. He pro- 
 ceeded afterwards to the Baltic, where, and in the 
 Downs and North Sea, he served from June, 1807, 
 until May, 1810, as A.B., Quartermaster's Mate, 
 Midshipman, and Master's Mate, in the Pandora 
 18, Capt. Henry Hume Spence. In Aug. and Sept. 
 1807 he was employed in the operations against 
 Copenhagen ; and on 13 Jan. 1808 he contributed to 
 the capture, under the batteries of Cape Gris-Nez, 
 of the French privateer lugger Entreprenant, of 16 
 guns and 53 men. The crew of that vessel being 
 afBioted with ophthalmia, the disease was commu- 
 nicated to Mr. Shephard, who in consequence totally 
 lost the sight of his right eye. In 1809 he was pre- 
 sent in the expedition to the Walchoren. After 
 serving for two years with Capt. Wm. Kent as Mas- 
 ter's Mate in the Agincourt 64, on the Lisbon 
 station, he followed that officer, in June, 1812, in a 
 similar capacity, into the Union 98, commanded 
 afterwards by Capt. Robt. RoUes. He was afforded 
 an opportunit}' thus of assisting at the destruction, 
 in June, 1813, of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col 
 de Balaguer, armed with 12 pieces of ordnance in- 
 cluding 2 10-inoh mortars and 2 howitzers, with a 
 garrison of 101 officers and men ; of participating in 
 Sir Edw. Pellew's partial engagements with the 
 Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814; and of 
 witnessing the fall of Genoa. In Oct. 1814, three 
 months after he had left the Union, he joined, again 
 as Master's Mate, the Achates 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Lamb Polden Langhame, employed in the Bay of 
 Biscay. Since the receipt of his commission, which 
 bears date 8 Feb. 1815, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 SHEPHEARD. (Capt., 1840. f-p.,22; h-p.,21.) 
 William Shepheard entered the Navy, 16 Jan. 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Temehaiee 98, 
 Capt. Eliab Harvey. Continuing in that ship until 
 Jan. 1806, he served in her in the Channel and par- 
 took of the glories of Trafalgar ; on which occasion 
 he " behaved with great courage and was admired 
 by all." In March, 1806, he rejoined Capt. Harvey, 
 who had been promoted to flag-rank, on board 
 the Tonnant 80, stationed in the Channel, where, 
 in the following June, he attained the rating of 
 Midshipman. Being discharged 31 July, 1807, he 
 was next, 17 March, 1808, received on board the 
 Amelia of 48 guns, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, 
 under whom he made a voyage to Quebec, and con- 
 tributed to the destruction of three French frigates 
 under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne 24 Feb. 1809. 
 After again serving for six months in the Tonnant, 
 he went -back, in Sept. 1809, to the Amelia ; in 
 which ship we find him, 25 March, 1811, present at 
 the self-destruction of L' Amazone, a French frigate 
 of the largest class, which had been driven into, 
 a bay near Cape Barfleur. H e subsequently pro- 
 ceeded to the coast of Africa, where he witnessed 
 the demolition of Fort Winnebah, and took part, 7 
 Feb. 1813, in a desperate action of more than three 
 hours and a half, fought off" the lies de Los with 
 L'Arethme, French frigate of 44 guns (24-pounder3 
 on her main-deck) and 340 men, which terminated 
 in the separation of the combatants, after a loss to 
 the enemy of 105 killed and wounded, and to the 
 British, out of an original number of 300, of 141 
 men killed and wounded. On that occasion he was 
 particularly active. He was next, from 23 May 
 until 5 Oct. 1813, employed in the Bivoli 74, Capt. 
 Graham Eden Hamond ; and on 24 Feb. 1815 he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were — 21 Nov. 1816, to the Phae- 
 ton 38, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, which ship being at the 
 time on her passage home from St. Helena he never 
 joined — 5 Jan. 1818 to the Spartan 46, Capt. Wm. 
 Furlong Wise, under whom he served in the West 
 Indies, with a degree of " zeal equalled only by his 
 abilities as an officer and a seaman," until 31 Jan. 
 1821— and 29 April, 1828, as First, to the Samarang 
 28, fitting for the M editerranean, where he remained 
 three years, and by " the admirable manner in which 
 he discharged every part of his duty," procured the 
 strongest possible testimonials from his Captain, 
 Wm. Fanshawe Martin. Two days after the paying 
 off of the Samarang Mr. Shepheard, who since his 
 arrival home had declined the invitations of several 
 Captains to become their First-Lieutenant, was ad- 
 vanced, 3 June, 1831, to the rank of Commander. 
 On 30 Sept. following he was appointed Second- 
 Captain of the Melville 74, equipping for the flag 
 of Sir John Gore, Commander-in-Chief in the East 
 Indies, who, unsolicited, had been induced to select 
 him for that post, solely from the reputation he 
 had acquired on board the Samarang. Invaliding 
 home in June, 1833, he obtained, 20 March, 1835, a 
 three years' appointment in the Coast Guard ; and 
 from 18 April, 1838, until paid off, about April, 1840, 
 was employed, again as Second-Captain, in the Rod- 
 ney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, on the Mediterranean 
 station. He was promoted, 26 Oct. following, to 
 the rank he now holds, and has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 Capt. Shepheard, we believe, married, 15 (Feb. 
 1817, the youngest daughter of Colonel T. Paterson, 
 of Upper Seymour Street, London. Agent— J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 SHEPHERD. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.) 
 
 John Shepherd entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1804, 
 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 100, Capt., 
 
 afterwards Kear-Admiral, the Earl of Northeski 
 
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 SHEPHERD— SHERER. 
 
 under whom he fought as Midshipman at the battle 
 of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. Joining next, in June, 
 1806, the Latona 38, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, he 
 sailed with a fleet of merchantmen for the "West 
 Indies, where, after assisting in the brilliant cap- 
 ture of Curacoa, and co-operating in the reduction 
 of the Danish islands, he held command, from Nov. 
 1808 until Nov. 1810, of the Kam schooner, with his 
 name on the books of the Neptune 98, PoMpiE 
 74, and Statiea 38, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, by whom he was then promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. He was confirmed by the Ad- 
 miralty, on his return home in the Snap, 29 May, 
 1811 ; and was subsequently appointed— 14 June and 
 30 Nov. 1811, to the Addaciohs 74, Capt. Donald 
 Campbell, and Griffon sloop, Capts. John Tancock 
 and Geo. Barne Trollope, both on the Home station 
 —4 April, 1812, to the Pompbe 74, Capt. J. A. 
 Wood, in the Mediterranean— 26 Sept. 1814, after 
 three months of half-pay occasioned by ill health, 
 to the Pelords 16, Capt. John Gourly, with whom 
 he served on the coast of Ireland and in the Chan- 
 nel until 2 Sept. 1815— in 1840 to the Transport 
 Service as an Agent afloat— and 31 Jan. 1842, for a 
 short time, to.the post of Agent on board a contract 
 mail steam-vessel. 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 SHEPHERD. (Capt., 1840. r-P., 22 ; h-p., 20.) 
 John Shepherd (b) entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Addacious 74, 
 Capt. John Lawford, with whom he continued em- 
 ployed in the Channel in the Impetdeux 74 until 
 Oct. 1806. Between Feb. 1807 and Sept. 1811 he 
 served off Eochefort and on the coast of Ireland, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Eukvdice, 
 Druid, and Endimion frigates, all commanded by 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton. He then joined the Recruit 
 sloop, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, and 
 Africa 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Herbert Saw- 
 yer, both on the Halifax station; where he was 
 made Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1813, into the Spartan 38, 
 Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, and transferred, 10 
 July following, to the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex. Robt. 
 Kerr. He left that ship in July, 1815 ; was next, in 
 April, 1823, and Aug. 1825, appointed to the Rifle- 
 man 18, Capt. Jas. Montagu, and Druid 46, Capt. 
 Sam. Chambers, on the North American and Ja- 
 maica stations ; attained the rank of Commander 28 
 Aug. 1828 ; was nominated, 30 March, 1829, and 
 (after eight months of half-pay) 7 April, 1831, Se- 
 cond-Captain of the Bauham 50, bearing the flag of 
 Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming in the West In- 
 dies, and Donegal 78, Capts. John Dick and Arthur 
 Fanshawe, on the Mediterranean and Lisbon sta- 
 tions, where he served until Aug. 1833 ; and from 4 
 April, 1837, until posted, 26 Oct. 1840, commanded 
 the Sparrowhawk 16,'on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica and at the Cape of Good Hope. From 14 May 
 until 7 Oct. 1846 he ofiiciated as Captain, pro tern,, 
 of the St. Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Sir Fras. Aug. Collier in the Channel ; and since 
 4 Dec. 1847 he has been in command of the Incon- 
 stant 36, on the south-east coast of America. 
 
 SHEPHERD. (Retired Captain, 1847. p-p., 18 ; 
 H-P., 36.) 
 John Shepherd (a) entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 
 1793, as Midshipman, on board the Ramillies 74, 
 Capts. Henry Harvey, Chas. John Moore Mansfield, 
 and Sir Rich. Bickerton, in which ship he fought in 
 Lord Howe's action, 1 June, 1794, and was after- 
 wards employed in the West Indies, at Newfound- 
 land, and in the North Sea. In Nov. 1796, six 
 months after he had left the Ramillies, he joined 
 the Prince op Wales 98, bearing the flag of his 
 former Captain, then Rear- Admiral Harvey, under 
 whom he assisted, in Feb. 1797, in reducing the 
 Spanish island of Trinidad. From Oct. 1797 until 
 May, 1802, he served as Acting-Lieutenant and 
 Lieutenant (commission dated 10 May, 1799) in the 
 Concorde, Lapwing, and Unite frigates, all com- 
 manded by Capt. Thos. Harvey. In the Lapwing 
 
 he accompanied the expedition of 1799 against the 
 Dutch colony of Surinam ; and in the UsiTfi he con- 
 tributed to the capture of the Danish and Swedish 
 islands in 1801. His last appointments were— 22 
 Nov. 1802, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, 
 employed at first in the Channel and next in the 
 East Indies, whence, in 1804, he escorted an East 
 India fleet under Commodore Dance to St. Helena — 
 in June, 1805, for a passage home, to the Athe- 
 NIENNE 64, Capt. Fras. Fayerman— 6 Nov. 1805, 11 
 March, 1806, and 2 Sept. 1807, to the Oberon sloop, 
 Capt. Bushby, Begulus 44, bearing the flags of Ad- 
 mirals Lord Keith and Sir Edm. Nagle, and St. 
 George 98, flag-ship of Rear- Admirals Eliab Harvey 
 and Fras. Pickmore, on the Home and Baltic sta- 
 tions—and in Oct. 1810, after five months of half- 
 pay, to the Berwick 74, Capts. Jas. Maonamara, Sir 
 Robt. Laurie, and Edw. Brace. In the latter ship, 
 prior to visiting the Mediterranean, he assisted, 24 
 March, 1811, in driving the French frigate Anm- 
 zone on the rocks near Barfleur light-house. He 
 attained the rank of Commander 12 Aug. 1812, and 
 was placed on the list of Retired Captains, 20 Nov. 
 1847. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 SHERER, K.H. (Capt., 1841. r-P., 27 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Joseph Sherer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1811, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Raggett, stationed in the North Sea and 
 Baltic. In Sept. 1813 he removed as Midshipman 
 (a rating he had attained in the preceding March) 
 to the Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, lying 
 at Sheemess; and, from Jan. 1814 until Aug. 1815, 
 he again served with Capt. Raggett, at Chatham 
 and on the coast of North America, in the Tonnant 
 80 and Spencer 74. The latter ship he joined 1 
 Feb. 1814, and while on her books he was for a 
 long time employed on board one of her prizes, 
 fitted as a tender, in which vessel he assisted at the 
 capture of the town of Castine, in Penobscot Bay. 
 Between Aug. 1815 and Feb. 1821 he became at- 
 tached in succession, on the Home station, to the 
 Ramillies 74, Malta 80, and Rivoli 74, all com- 
 manded by Capt. Chas. Ogle, Spencer 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Robt. Broughton, Bulwark 74, Capt. Sam. 
 Warren, and Wolf 16, Capt. Barnard Yeoman. 
 He then joined the Hecla bomb, Capt. Geo. Fred. 
 Lyon, under whom, until his return to England at 
 the close of 1823, we find him engaged in an expe- 
 dition to the Polar regions conducted by the present 
 Sir Wm. Edw. Parry. During his absence he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission 
 bearing date 26 Dec. 1822. Being again, 12 Feb. 
 1824, appointed to the Hecla, commanded in person 
 by Capt. Parry, he sailed on another voyage of 
 discovery to the Arctic seas, where he remained 
 until the end of 1825. He next, in Aug. 1827, 
 joined the Victor 18, Capt. Geo. Lloyd, fitting for 
 the West Indies, on which station he obtained com- 
 mand, in Oct. 1828 and Aug. 1829, of the Monkey 
 and Nimble schooners. In the Monkey, a vessel 
 of only 75 tons, mounting 1 long 12-pounder on a 
 pivot, with a complement of 26 men, he made prize, 
 in April, 1829, of the Spanish schooner Joseplia, 
 carrying 1 12-pounder gun, a crew of 21 men, and 
 a cargo of 207 slaves ; and took, 27 June following, 
 after an action of 35 minutes, the Midas brig of 
 360 tons, mounting 4 long 18-pounders and 4 me- 
 dium 12-pounders, with a crew of more than 50 men 
 (of whom 1 was killed and 3 wounded), and having 
 as many as 400 slaves on board. In the Nimble, 
 of 5 guns, Lieut. Sherer, in Nov. of the same year, 
 captured the Gallito, mounting 1 nine-pounder, with 
 a crew of 16 men, and 136 slaves. Thus, within 
 eight months, were three vessels, carrying in the 
 whole 743 slaves, the reward of his activity and 
 zeal. His valour in effecting the capture of the 
 Midas obtained for him a strong recommendation 
 from the Commander-in-Chief, Hon. Chas. Elphin- 
 stone Fleeming, to the Lords of the Admiralty, 
 who signified their approval of his conduct, and 
 on his arrival home, in Aug. 1830, in tlie Bar- 
 ham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis, presented him 
 
SHERIDAN— SHERINGHAM—SHERWIN. 
 
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 with a Commander's commission dated 30 Deo. 
 1829. He was afterwards, from 22 Feb. 1831 until 
 April, 1837, employed in tiie Coast Guard ; and, 
 from 14 Feb. 1838 until paid off in May, 1841, in 
 command of the Dee steamer, on the North Ame- 
 rican and West India station. " From' a convic- 
 tion," writes Sir Jas. Graham, then First Lord of 
 the Admiralty, in a letter communicating to him 
 the above appointment to the Coast Guard, " of your 
 most gallant and meritorious services, and from a 
 desire on all possible occasions to mark my sense of 
 such conduct as yours, I -have been induced to ap- 
 point you this morning an Inspecting-Commander 
 of the Coast Guard." Capt. Sherer was nominated a 
 K..H. 25 Jan. 1836; and advanced to Post-rank 
 23 Nov. 1841. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 SHERIDAN. (Captain, 1815.) 
 
 John Shekidan entered the Navy, in 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Juste 80, Capts. Hon. 
 Thos. Pakenham and John Lawford, employed in 
 the Channel, off Cadiz, and among the Western 
 Islands. He served subsequently, on the Home 
 station, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 KorAL Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Sir Alan Gardner 
 and Sir Henry Harvey, and Dhyad frigate, Capt. 
 Chas. John Moore Mansfield; and on 21 Dec. 1801 
 he was made Lieutenant into the Woolwich 44, 
 Capts. Bridges and Jennings, in which ship he 
 made a voyage to the West Indies. His succeeding 
 appointments were, to the Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw. 
 Pelham Brenton, Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bed- 
 ford, HiBERNiA 110, flag-ship of Lord Gardner, 
 Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Bedford, and Ville 
 DE Paris 110, Bellerophon 74, and Victory 100, 
 bearing the flags of Lord Gardner, Hon. Alan Hyde 
 Gardner, and Sir Jas. Saumarez. In those ships he 
 was chiefly employed on the Home and Baltic sta- 
 tions. While attached, between Aug. 1803 and 
 Jan. 1804, to the Merlin, he shared, as Senior 
 Lieutenant, in several skirmishes with the enemy's 
 flotilla and land-batteries near Havre ; and on one 
 occasion he put off in the boats and set fire to the 
 Shannon frigate, which had run on shore under 
 the strong batteries of Tatihou island, near La 
 Hogue. On 19 June, 1809, being then in the Belle- 
 rophon, commanded as a private ship by Capt. 
 Sam. Warren, he served in her boats under the 
 orders of Lieut. Robt. Pilch, and was mentioned 
 for the very able assistance he afforded at the cap- 
 ture, on the coast of Finland, of three vessels and 
 of one of four batteries by which they had been 
 covered, mounting 4 24-pounders and garrisoned 
 by 103 men — an exploit that elicited the acknow- 
 ledgments of the Admiralty.* He equally dis- 
 tinguished himself, 7 July following, at the brilliant 
 capture, off Peroola Point, of the six Russian gun- 
 boats mentioned in our history of the services of 
 Capt. Chas. Allen. On the occasion of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Commander, 27 Nov. 1810, 
 he was appointed for a few weeks to the Raleigh 
 sloop. His next appointment was, 4 Oct. 1813, to 
 the Terror bomb, in which vessel we find him 
 engaged with the American batteries near Balti- 
 more during the advance of the British army under 
 Colonel Brook, 13 Aug. 1814, and assisting at the 
 capture of St. Mary's, the frontier town of the state 
 of Georgia, 14 Jan. 1815. On 13 June in the latter 
 year, at which time he had been acting for rather 
 more than two months as Captain of the Levant 20, 
 he was confirmed to Post-rank. He continued in 
 the Levant, in the West Indies and on the Irish 
 station, until 27 Nov. 1815 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he 
 accepted the Retirement. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 SHERINGHAM. (Captain, 1847. i^p., 23; 
 
 H-P., 16.) 
 
 William Louis Sheringham entered the Navy, 
 
 13 June, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Saturn 
 
 74, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, Lord Aniehus 
 
 Beauclerk, under whom he continued, chiefly em- 
 
 • FideGxi. 1809, p. 1101. 
 
 ployed on the Home and North American stations, 
 in the Royal Oak and Hannibal 74's, and again 
 in the Royal Oak, until Jan. 1815. While on the 
 books of that ship he was present, as Midshipman, 
 in the attack upon Flushing, and was for some 
 time lent to the ^tna bomb, Capt. Jas. Baynton 
 Gardner. After serving for about two months with 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Tonnant 80, he was 
 nominated, 28 March, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Ardent prison-ship at Bermuda, Capt. Sir Wra. 
 Crisp Hood Burnaby. From May to July, 1816, he 
 was borne as a Supernumerary Acting-Lieutenant 
 (while proceeding from the latter place to Halifax, 
 and thence to England) on the books of the Akbar 
 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edw. Grifiith, 
 and Buffalo store-ship. He next, in Aug. 1819 
 and Sept. 1822, joined, in the capacity of Midship- 
 man, the Superb 74 and Creole 42, bearing each 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Thos. Master- 
 man Hardy on the coast of South America, where, 
 from 29 April until 18 Oct. 1823, he served as Acting- 
 Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 29 
 July) in the Beaver 10, Capts. Thos. Bourchier 
 and Wm. Townshend Dance. He was subsequently, 
 from 6 Aug. 1830 until 1836, borne as a Supernu- 
 merary on the books of the Royal George 120, 
 Ocean 80, and Howe 120, flag-ships of Sir John 
 Poo Beresford and Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleem- 
 ing at the Nore ; and on 28 Aug. 1841 he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 24 March and 19 Aug. 1842, 
 1 Jan. 1843, and 1 Aug. 1845, to the Sylvia, Rocket, 
 Fearless, and Dasher surveying-vessels, on the 
 Home station— and, 1 Deo. 1847, as Additional- 
 Captain, for surveying-service, to the Victory 100, 
 flag-ship at Portsmouth. His Post-commission bears 
 date 9 Oct. 1847. 
 
 SHERWIN. (Commander, 1825.) 
 
 Thomas Cowper Sherwin entered the Navy, in 
 1788, as Fst.-cl. Vol., ,on board the Myrmidon, in 
 which vessel and in the HY.aENA 24, the latter com- 
 manded by Capt. Wm. Aylmer, he served for about 
 three years in the Channel. Joining next, in 1793, 
 the Alligator, Capt. Wm, Appleby, he sailed in 
 that ship for the West Indies, where, from 1794 
 until 1798, he served on board the Europa 50, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Commodore Ford, Samp- 
 son 64, Capt. Thos. Louis, Majestic and Swift- 
 sore 74's, flag-ships of Sir John Laforey and Sir 
 Hugh Clobery Christian, Abergavenny 64, Capts. 
 Smith and John Coohet, and Rattler sloop, Capt. 
 Hall. In the Europa he assisted at the reduction 
 of the French islands ; he was made Lieutenant into 
 the Abergavenny 22 July, 1796 ; and he acted as 
 Commander of the Rattler in an attack made 
 upon a fort at St. Domingo. Between May, 1799, 
 and 1805, he served on the Home station in the 
 America 64, Capt. John Smith (part of the force 
 employed in the expedition to Holland), Warrior 
 74, Capt. Chas. Tyler, Princess of Orange 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Cobb, Pylades sloop, Capt. ■ Jas. 
 Boorder, Swiftscre 74, Capt. Ferris, and Atlas 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Hope and Sam. Pym. His next ap- 
 pointments were, to the command — 28 Oct. 1808 and 
 (after 12 months of half-pay caused by ill health) 
 28 Aug. 1810, of the Flamer and Active, both in 
 the Downs — 22 Oct. in the latter year, to the Non- 
 pareil, in the Channel, where he served until 1812 
 —and, 26 March, 1814, and 4 June, 1817, for pe- 
 riods of 14 and 17 months, to the Sprightly and 
 Starling, on the same station. In 1819 he was 
 nominated an Inspecting-Commander of the Irish 
 Coast Guard; and, on 27 May, 1825, as a reward 
 for long and active services, he was promoted to his 
 present rank. 
 
 In 1834 Commander Sherwin was appointed a Sti- 
 pendiary Magistrate at the Cape of Good Hope ; 
 and, since 20 Nov. 1843, he has filled the post of 
 Emigration Agent General for British Guiana. He 
 is married and has issue. Agent — Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
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 SHEWEN—SHIFFNER—SHILLINGFORD— SHIPLEY. 
 
 SHEWEN. (Eetibed Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Daniei, Shewen died 7 Dec. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered tlie Navy, 23 July, 1793, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board tlie Amphion 32, Capts. 
 Herbert Sawyer and Kobt. Warburton, employed 
 at Newfoundland and on the Home station ; wliere, 
 in 1795, he rejoined Capt. Sawyer, as Midshipman 
 (a rating he had previously attained) in the Nassau 
 64, flag-ship for some time of Admiral Sir liich. 
 Onslow ; on removing with whom to the Monarch 
 74, commanded subsequently by Capt. Sam. Sutton, 
 he fought in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 
 1797. Being on that occasion severely wounded, he 
 was presented with a gratuity from ^the Patriotic 
 Fund.* After serving at Sheemess and in the Me- 
 diterranean, as Master's Mate, in the Termagant 
 and Hy^na, both under the orders of Capt. David 
 Lloyd, he was made Lieutenant, 19 Aug. 1799, into 
 the Camilla 20, lying at Spithead. Deducting an 
 interval of a few months occasioned by the peace 
 of Amiens, he was employed, between the following 
 Oct. and 1806, on the Home station, in the Lily, 
 Capt. Thos. Palmer, Kdssel 74, Capt. Herbert Saw- 
 yer, Braak, Capt. John MasonLewis, San Josef 110 
 and Prince of Wales 98, flag-ships of Sir Chas. 
 Cotton and Sir Robt. Calder (the latter engaged in 
 the action of 22 July, 1805), and Kent 74, Prince 
 OF "Wales again, Malta 80, and Ville de Paris 
 110, bearing each the flag of Vice- Admiral Thorn- 
 brough ; to whom he then became Flag-Lieutenant 
 in the Koyal Sovereign 100. In June, 1808, at 
 which time he was serving in the Mediterranean, 
 he invalided home on board the Sdpere 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Jackson. His last appointment was, 28 Aug. 
 1834, to the Ordinary at Sheemess, in which he 
 continued until Aug. 1837 — the last year with his 
 name on the" books of the Temeraiee 98, Capt. 
 Thos. Fortescue Kennedy. He was placed on the 
 Senior List of Retired Commanders 22 Jan. 1844. 
 
 He married at Plymouth, 8 Oct. 1829, Miss Eliza- 
 beth Boulter. Agents — Pettet and Newton. 
 
 SHIFFNEE, Bart, (daptain, 1819. f-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 
 Sir Henry Shiffner, bom 4 Nov. 1789, is second 
 and eldest surviving son of Sir Geo. Shiffner (whom 
 he succeeded, as second Baronet, 3 Feb. 1842) by 
 Mary, only daughter and heiress of Sir John Bridger, 
 Kt., of Coin, St. Aldwyns, co. Gloucester, and 
 Combe Place, Sussex ; and brother (wifli Capt. John 
 Bridger Shiffner, 3rd Foot Guards, who was mor- 
 tally wounded at the siege of Bayonhe 14 April, 
 1814, and died the next day) of the Rev. Geo. 
 Shiffner, Prebendary of Chichester. -His grand- 
 father, Henry Shiffner, Esq., of Pontrylas, co. Here- 
 ford, M.P. for Minehead, married Mary, daughter 
 of John Jackson, Esq., Governor-General of Bengal 
 in 1748, and niece of John Lord Bellenden. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 May, 1802 ; and embarked in Dec. 1805, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Thetis 38, Capts. "Wm. Hall Gage 
 and Geo. Miller, under whom he was for three years 
 employed in the North Sea, off the coasts of France, 
 Spain, and Portugal, in the Mediterranean, and at 
 St. Helena. Soon after he had joined the Thisbe 
 28, flag-ship of Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope at 
 Deptford, he was made Lieutenant, 10 Feb. 1809, 
 into the Trusty 50, Capt. Brian Hodgson. In the 
 following March he removed to the Owen Glen- 
 dower 36,t Capts. "Wm. Selby, Edw. Henry A'Court, 
 and B. Hodgson; and after serving for three years 
 and seven months in that ship on the Baltic, Chan- 
 nel, North American, Mediterranean, Cape of Good 
 Hojje, and East India stations, he received, in Oct. 
 1814, a Commander's commission, dated 22 of the 
 preceding Feb., appointing him to the Sphynx 
 sloop, building at Bombay. Returning to England 
 on Admiralty leave in 1815, he next,. 6 Jan. 1818, 
 and 1 July, 1819, obtained command of the Drake 
 10 and Carnation 18, both on the Newfound- 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 986, where lie is, in error, named 
 " Shenvin." 
 
 t In this ship be assisted at the capture of the island of 
 Anholdt 18 May, 1809. 
 
 land station; where he was nominated, 11 Sept. 
 in the latter year, Acting-Captain of the Egeria 
 26. In that ship, to which he was confirmed 10 
 Nov. following, he remained until paid off 5 Jan. 
 1820. His last appointment was, 7 April, 1834, to 
 the Hastings 74, bearing the flag of Sir "Wm. Hall 
 Gage at Lisbon. He was placed on half-pay 12 Jan. 
 1838 ; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he accepted the Retire- 
 ment. 
 
 Sir Henry Shiffner married, 9 July, 1825, Emily, 
 second daughter of the late Thos. Brooke, Esq., of 
 Church Minshul, co. Chester. Agents — Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 SHILLINGFOED. (Liedtenant, 1815. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 19.) 
 
 Alexander Shillingford is second son of Thos. 
 Shillingford, Esq., late Captain of the Royal Bucks 
 Yeomanry. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the Dreadnodght 98, Capts. 
 "Wm. Lechmere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, and Valentine 
 CoUard, bearing the flag of Bear-Admiral Thos. 
 Sotheby in the Channel, where he attained the rating 
 of Midshipman 1 Feb. 1809, and saw much boat- 
 service. Proceeding in Oct. 1810 to the Mediter- 
 ranean in the Hibernia 120, Capt. "White, he con- 
 tinued actively employed on that station until his 
 return home in Aug. 1814 in the Ville de Paris 
 110 and Rodney and Milford 74's, all flag-ships of 
 Eear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle. In 1813 he 
 was present at the reduction of Trieste. On his 
 subsequent arrival in the "West Indies in the Magni- 
 ficent 74, Capt. "Willoughby Thos. Lake, he was 
 nominated, 25 Nov. 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Cydnus 38, Capts. Fred. Langford and Hon. Robt. 
 Cavendish Spencer ; in command of one of the boats 
 of which ship we find him, 14 Dec. in the same 
 year, assisting at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of 
 five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, 
 whose desperate resistance occasioned the British a 
 loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. He joined 
 in the ensuing attack upon New Orleans, and was in 
 the boats co-operating with the army on the Missis- 
 sippi on the fatal 8 Jan. 1815. He continued in the 
 Cydnus (to which ship he was confirmed 28 Feb. 
 1815) until 21 Jan. 1816; and since 30 March, 1835, 
 has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Shillingford married, 23 Dec. 1830, Lucy, 
 daughter of "Wm. Gurden, Esq., a lady by whom he 
 has issue three children. 
 
 SHIPLEY. (Liedtenant, 1845.) 
 
 Conway Mordaunt Shipley, born in Nov. 1824, 
 is eldest surviving son of the late Rev. Chas. Ship- 
 ley, of Twyford House, co. Hants, by Charlotte, 
 daughter of Orby Sloper, Esq., of "West "Woodhay, 
 CO. Berks, Rector of Mappowder, co. Dorset; and 
 nephew of the late gallant Capt. Conway Shipley, 
 R.N.* His grandfather, the Kev. "Wm. Davies 
 
 • Capt. Conway Shipley was born 14 Aug. 1782 ; and en- 
 tered the Navy 14 Aug. 1793, on board the Invincible 74, 
 Capt. Thos Pakenham. In that ship he toolt part, and dis- 
 played much courage, in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794; 
 and he again, in the Phoebe 44, Capt. Robt. Barton, distin- 
 guished himself at the capture, in Dec. 1797, of the-French 
 frigate La Nereide of 44 guns and 715 men. After serving as 
 Lieutenant (a rank he had attained in 1800) on board the En- 
 DYMION 40, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, Vanouard 74, Capt. 
 Philip Chas. Durham, and Satdhn 74, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Thos. Totty, he was made (having acquired consider- 
 able reputation) Commander by Sir Sam. Hood, in 1803, into 
 the St. Lucia schooner (rated as a sloop-of-war), and ap- 
 pointed next to the Hippomenzs of 14 guns and 90 men. In 
 the latter vessel he made prize, 27 March, 1804, after an ar- 
 duous chase of 04 hours and a running fight of three hours 
 and 20 minutes, of tile French frigate-built privateer Egyjt- 
 tienne of 36 guns and 240 men. His gallantry on this occasion 
 procured him a sword from the Patriotic Society. Capt. 
 Shipley was also present in the Hippomenes at the reduction 
 of Surinam, where he ably superintended the debarkation of 
 the division of troops under Brigadier-General Maitland at 
 "W'arappa creek. He was promoted by Sir Sam. Hood, in May 
 1804, into his own flag-ship the Centaur 74 ; was posted bv 
 the Admiralty, about the same period, into the La Saoesse 
 frigate ; and was subsequently employed in the Sea Fencible 
 
SHIPLEY— SHIPPARD—SHIPTON. 
 
 1063 
 
 Shipley, was Dean, and his great-grandfather, Jona- 
 than Shipley, Bishop, of St. Asaph. One of his 
 brothers, Keginald Yonge Shipley, is an officer in 
 the 5th FusiUers. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1837 ; and as a 
 reward for having passed the test examination at 
 the Royal Naval College, was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 28 June, 1845. Since 31 Dec. follow- 
 ing he has heen employed in the Pacific in the Ca- 
 lypso 18, Capt. Henry John Worth. 
 
 SHIPLEY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.) 
 
 James SHipiiEy entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1801, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. 
 Patrick Campbell, on the Home station ; where he 
 served, from Oct. 1802 until Aug. 1805, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, in the Gannbt 16, Capt. 
 Edw. Bass ; and where, in Sept. of the latter year, 
 he joined the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell 
 Stephens. After he had been for two years and a 
 half employed in the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel 
 in the Quebec 32, Capts. Geo. M'Kinley, Lord Vis- 
 count Falkland, and Hon. Geo. Poulett, Cbdizek 18, 
 Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, and Quebec again, 
 Capts. Hon. G. Poulett and John Thioknesse, part 
 of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, he became at- 
 tached in that capacity, 18 Jan. and 13 Aug. 1809, 
 to the Vulture 18, Capt. Martin "White, and Phoe- 
 nix 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge. He was nominated, 
 3 Jan. 1810, Acting-Master of the Albacohe 18, 
 Capt. Corbet Jas. D'Auvergne ; was advanced to 
 his present rank by commission dated 17 April in 
 the same year ; and was next, from 19 of that month 
 until .\pril, 1811, and from Oct. in the latter year 
 until Sept. 1814, employed in the Baltic and on 
 various parts of the Home station in the Ardent 
 64, Capt. Robt. Honyraan, and Princess Caroline 
 74, Capt. Hugh Downman. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Shipley married, first, in June, 1819, Je- 
 mima, only child of Mr. Bradney, of Hilton, co. 
 Salop ; and secondly, in Oct. 1826, Harriet Sarah, 
 only child of the Rev. Henry Ward, Rector of Ha- 
 vering Bower, co. Essex. By his former marriage 
 he has issue two daughters. 
 
 SHIPPARD. (Retired Captain, 1846. f-p., 
 
 24 ; H-P., 45.) 
 William Shippard, born 17 Feb. 1764, near Bo- 
 ness, in Scotland, is son of the late Mr. Shippard, 
 who was Purser of the Vanguard 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Horatio Nelson at the battle of the Nile 1 Aug. 
 1798, and who died in 1803 at Jamaica of yellow 
 fever ; and brother of the late Alex. Shippard, Escj., 
 Rear- Admiral of the Blue.* His grandfather, John 
 Walkinshaw, of Sootston, having sided with the re- 
 bels in 1715, was attainted, deprived of his property, 
 and obliged to seek refuge in France, where he re- 
 mained until pardoned by George II. in 1730. One 
 of his nieces, a daughter of Rear-Admiral Shippard, 
 is married to Lieut. Alex. Buchanan, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1778, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Medea 28, Capt. Jas. 
 
 service, and in command of the Comus of 32 guns and Nvmphe 
 3G. In the Nvmphe he accompanied the expedition to Copen- 
 liagen in 1 807. He was afterwards stationed off the Tagus, 
 where, having taken command of his boats, he was shot 
 through the head while in the act of boarding, on the night of 
 23 April, 1808, the French corvette La Gavotte of 22 guns 
 and 150 men. He had left his ship with tlie magnanimous 
 intention of attacking the Carhtta frigate of 44 guns ; but in 
 this he was disappointed by the wind failing. Capt. Shipley 
 was, in the most exalted sense, a British hero. 
 
 • llear-Admiral Shippard obtained his first commission 
 23 Oct. 179;i; and for the gallantry he displayed when in 
 command ofthe Admiral Mitchell cutter,of 12 12-pounders 
 and 32 men, in driving on shore, 3 1 Oct. 1803, near Boulogne, 
 a French brig, mounting 12 32-pounders, was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander 3 March, 1804. He was made Post 22 
 .Tan. 1806, and afterwards commanded the Banterer 22, 
 Namur 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Wells, at 
 Sheerness, and the Asia 74. The Banterer was wrecked in 
 the river St. Lawrence 29 Oct. 1808, but her Captain was ac- 
 quitted of anyshare in the disaster. He attained Flag-rank 
 28 June, 1838, and died in 1841. He married a daughter of 
 Admiral Sir John Knight, K.C.B. 
 
 Montagu, stationed on the coast of France, where 
 he took part in an action with the French 50-gun 
 ship Jupiter. Removing, in Feb. 1799, to the Ex- 
 periment 50, Capt. Sir Jas. Wallace, he assisted, in 
 company with the Pallas 36, Unicorn 20, and two 
 12-gun brigs, in an attack made, 13 May following, 
 on three Frenffli frigates lying in Concale Bay, un- 
 der the protection of a battery and of several pieces 
 of cannon and howitzers on the beach ; the result 
 whereof was the surrender of one of the enemy's 
 ships, the Danae 36 (taken possession of by Lieut. 
 Roth, accompanied by Mr. Shippard), and the de- 
 struction of the remainder — the fire of the battery 
 being also silenced. In the course of the same 
 year, after she had been totally dismasted in a hur- 
 ricane, and had thrown all her anchors and upper- 
 deck guns overboard, the Experiment was herself 
 taken, off the coast of America, by the French fleet 
 under Comte d'Estaing. Being soon, however, re- 
 stored to liberty, Mr. Shippard, in April, 1780, 
 joined the Nonsuch 64, commanded at first by Sir 
 Jas. Wallace, and next by Capt. Truscott. In her 
 he contributed, 15 July ensuing, to the capture, 
 after an action of two hours, of the Belle P&ide of 
 32 guns and 275 men, 25 of whom, including the 
 Captain, were killed and 50 wounded. Subsequently 
 to the relief of Gibraltar by Admiral Darby, the 
 Nonsuch, on 14 May, 1781, was for several hours 
 fiercely engaged with a French 74, the conflict ter- 
 minating by the separation of the combatants, after 
 a loss to the British ship, which had been reduced 
 to a vrreck, of 26 men killed and 64 wounded. Con- 
 tinuing in the Nonsuch until the peace of 1783, Mr. 
 Shippard was afforded an opportunity of sharing in 
 the victory gained by Rodney over the Comte de 
 Grasse 12 April, 1782. We next, in 1790-1, find hira 
 serving on the Home station in the Vengeance 74, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Rich, and Victort 100, flag-ship of 
 Lord Hood ; and in Jan. and Dec. 1793, joining the 
 Monarch 74, commanded by his friend Sir Jas. 
 Wallace, and Sandwich 90, flag-ship of Admiral 
 Roddam at the Nore. He was made Lieutenant, 10 
 May, 1794, into the Monarch, then bearing the flag 
 of Sir J. Wallace, with whom (deducting a period of 
 two months passed on board the Bonetta sloop) he 
 continued employed at Newfoundland in the RoM- 
 NEY 50, until appointed, 10 April, 1797, to the Gib- 
 raltar 80, Capts. Hon. Thos. Pakenham and Wm. 
 Hancock Kelly. In that ship he served for nearly 
 six years in the Mediterranean, where, in March, 
 1803, he removed, as First-Lieutenant, to the Agin- 
 COURT 64, Capt. Thos. Briggs. He returned to Eng- 
 land in March, 1805, and was afterwards employed^ 
 —from 19 May, 1805, until 20 April, 1807, in the Sea 
 Fencibles in Ireland — from 11 June, 1807, until 16 
 March, 1809, as Senior, in the Valiant 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Young— and from 29 Oct. 1810, until promoted 
 to the rank of Commander 12 Aug. 1812, in a similar 
 capacity, in the Aberckomest 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. 
 Fahie, on the coasts of France and Spain. In the 
 Valiant he accompanied Admiral Gambler in the 
 expedition against Copenhagen ; whence on the sur- 
 render of the Danish fleet he brought home the 
 Shioldli. He was placed on the list of Retired 
 Captains 2 Sept. 1846. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. 
 
 SHIPTON. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 James Maurice Shipton is son ofthe late Rev. 
 Dr. Shipton, Rector of Porkshead, Vicar of Staun- 
 ton Bury, and one of His Majesty's Justices of the 
 Peace for co. Somerset. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Thunderer 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Bedford, attached to the force on the Home 
 station, where he served from Feb. 1805 until June, 
 1807, in the Hibernia 110, and Prince of Wales 
 98, flag-ships of Lord Gardner and Sir Jas. Sau- 
 marez. He then joined the Penelope 36, Capt. 
 John Dick, employed at first off Ferrol and next on 
 the coast of North America and in the West Indies. 
 After co-operating in the reduction of Martinique, 
 he removed, 2 Nov. 1809, to the Swiftsure 74, 
 
1064 
 
 SHIRLEY— SHIRREFF. 
 
 bearing the flag at Halifax of Vice-Admiral Sir 
 John Borlase Warren, by whom he was nominated, 
 11 of the same month, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 GoHEE 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng. In that 
 Tessel, to which he was confirmed 25 June, 1810, he 
 continued until Jan. 1812, when he invalided. His 
 last appointment was, 27 June in the latter year, to 
 the Curlew brig, Capts. Michael Head and Hugh 
 Pearson, with whom he continued employed, again 
 on the Halifax station, until 21 July, 1815. He was 
 in consequence present, 26 March, 1813, at the cap- 
 ture of the American ship letter-of-marque Volante, 
 pierced for 22 guns, mounting 10 24^pounder car- 
 ronades and 4 long 9's, with a complement of 85 
 men. 
 
 Lieut. Shipton has been for many years Russian 
 Vice-Consul at Gloucester. He married, 19 Jan. 
 1820, Eliza, daughter of Kobt. Atkins, Esq., of 
 Leamington Priors, co. Warwick, by whom he has 
 
 SHIRLEY. (Vice-Admiral of the Red, 1840.) 
 F-p., 26 ; H-p., 41.) 
 
 Geokge Jaues SHiKLEr died, 2 Aug. 1845, at 
 Bath, aged 77. He was son of Capt. Jas. Shirley 
 (1772), who was lost when in command of the Ves- 
 tal frigate, with all on board, on the banks of New- 
 foundland, in 1777 ; and grandson of Capt. Jas. 
 Shirley (1762), who died in command of the Dol- 
 phin 20, on the East India station, in 1774. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1779, as 
 A.B., on board the Kobost 74, Capts. Alex. Hood 
 (afterwards Lord Bridport) and Philip Cosby, em- 
 ployed in the Channel and on the coast of North 
 America. In March, 1782, he removed as Midship- 
 man (a rating he had attained in Oct. 1780) to 
 L'EspiON, Capt. Thos. Revell Shivers, stationed in 
 the West Indies; he next, in May, 1783, joined the 
 Scipio, Capt. John Nicholson Inglefield, guard-ship 
 at Sheerness; and from May, 1785, until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant in Nov. 1790, he was em- 
 ployed in North America and the Channel, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in the Weazle and Thisee, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Sam. Hood, and London 98, Capt. 
 Wm. Domett, flag-ship of Sir Alex. Hood. His next 
 appointments were, on the Home station — 1 April 
 and 27 Sept. 1791, to the Thorn and Spitfire 
 sloops, Capts. John Woodley and Philip Chas. 
 Durham — 15 June, 1793, to the Hebe frigate, Capt. 
 Alex. Hood — and 18 Aug. 1794, to the Royal 
 George 100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport. 
 By the latter nobleman he was placed in acting- 
 command, 11 Sept. 1797, of the Meg^ra fire-ship, 
 and, 26 April, 1798, of the Mars 74.* He was con- 
 firmed to the Meg^ira 11 Sept. 1797, and to the 
 Mars by a commission bearing the same date as 
 his acting-order. During the above period he was 
 often in battle, and was several times wounded. In 
 the Royal George he was present in the action off 
 the He de Groix 23 June, 1795, and in the mutiny 
 at Spithead. An attack of rheumatic gout, induced 
 by frequent exposure to wet and cold, compelled 
 him, in Aug. 1798, to leave the Mars, and prevented 
 him from afterwards going afloat. From 26 March, 
 1804, until the corps was disbanded in Feb. 1810, he 
 commanded the Poole district of Sea Fencibles. 
 He became a Rear-Admiral on retired half-pay 2 
 June, 1825 ; and was placed on the active list of 
 Vice-Admirals 12 Nov. 1840. 
 
 He was married and has left issue. 
 
 SHIRREFF. (LiEBT., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 Patrick Shirreff entered the Navy, 26 July, 
 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Experiment 
 44, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie; on accompanying 
 whom to the West Indies in the Wolfe 18, he was 
 wrecked on Heneaga, one of the Bahama Islands, 5 
 Sept. 1806. A severe injury sustained on that occa- 
 sion in the left leg (the effects of which he feels to 
 this day) obliged him (after he had been for nearly 
 
 • Vacant by thedeath of Capt. Ales. Hood, who had fallen 
 in action with the French 74-gun ship, Hcrcule. — yide Gaz. 
 1798, p. 342. 
 
 four months employed in the Shark sloop, Capt. 
 Henry Boys, and Cdba 36, Capt. Fred. Langford) 
 to invalid home, in Jan. 1807, on board the Pelican 
 16, Capt. Wm. Ward. He subsequently, from Jan. 
 1808 until May, 1815, served, on the Home and North 
 American stations, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Texel and Ardent 64's, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, Childers 
 sloop, Capt. Joseph Packwood, Rdby store-ship, 
 Master-Commander David Ferrie, Goliath 74, 
 Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Tonnant 80, 
 bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. On 
 leaving the ship last-mentioned, in which he had 
 taken part in the expeditions to the Chesapeake 
 and New Orleans, he took up a commission dated 9 
 Feb. 1815. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SHIRREFF. (Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 
 1846. F-P., 30; H-P., 21.) 
 William Henry Shirkeff died Admiral-Super- 
 intendent at Portsmouth, 1 Dec. 1847, aged 62. He 
 was only son of the late General Shirreff. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Juste 80, Capt. Hon. 
 Thos. Pakenham ; in which ship,"' and in the Prin- 
 cess Royal 98, commanded, we believe, by Capt. 
 John Wm. Spranger, Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Eras- 
 mus Gower, and Circe and Stag frigates, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Robt. Winthrop, he continued em- 
 ployed as Midshipman, on the Home station, until 
 wrecked, in Vigo Bay, 6 Sept. 1800. He served 
 next for about two years in the East Indies in the 
 RoMNEY 50, Capt. Sir Home Popham ; at the com- 
 mencement of 1803 he joined the Magnificent 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, on the Irish station ; and 
 towards the close of the same year he sailed for the 
 West Indies in the Reynard sloop, Capts. Robt. 
 Cathcart, Hill, and John Ayscough. While in the 
 latter vessel he was promoted, 3 March, 1804, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. In the following Dec, having 
 returned home in the Hornet sloop, Capt. Shep- 
 herd, he received an appointment to the Circe 32, 
 Capt. Jonas Rose. On 1 March, 1805, the Circe, 
 on her way with despatches to the fleet off Cape St. 
 Vincent, fell in with and captured, off Oporto, the 
 Spanish schooner privateer La JFama, of 4 guns and 
 62 men. Placed in charge of this vessel, Lieut. 
 Shirreff" was sent to the West Indies with an official 
 communication for Rear-Admiral Hon. Alex. Coch- 
 rane. On his passage, however, he had the misfor- 
 tune to encounter two French privateers, whose 
 superior force enabled them to carry him a prisoner 
 to Guadeloupe. ' Subsequently to his enlargement 
 he was nominated, in Nov. 1805, Acting-Commander 
 of the Lily sloop, on the West India station ; where, 
 the appointment being confirmed 5 March, 1806, we 
 find him, in March, 1808, assisting at the reduction 
 of the island of Deseada. On that occasion he landed 
 in command of the boats of the squadron and dis- 
 played signal merit.f The island having surren- 
 dered, he was ordered to cruize for its protection 
 with, in addition to his own vessel, the Express 
 gun-brig and Mozambique schooner under his or- 
 ders. While thus employed his little squadron made 
 prize, 21 April, 1808, of Le Jean Jacques French 
 letter-of-marque, pierced for 18 guns, but mounting 
 only 6 long 9-pounders.t In March, 1810, after he 
 had been for some time stationed off Cadiz, Capt. 
 Shirreff, whose promotion to Post rank had taken 
 place 15 Nov. 1809, left the Lily. He was subse- 
 quently employed — from Oct. 1812 until he inva- 
 lided in July, 1814, in the Barrosa 36, on the coast 
 of North America and in the West Indies— from 10 
 Sept. 1817 until Sept. 1821, in the Andromache 44, 
 in South America § — from 22 Jan. until Nov. 1830, 
 in the Warspite 76, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. 
 Baker on the same station— from 9 March, 1838, 
 until Aug. 1841, and from 24 Aug. in the latter year 
 until Sept. 1846, as Captain-Superintendent of the 
 *' One of thoae involved in the Mutiny at Spithead. 
 + Vide Gaz. 1808, p. fiSl. t f. Gaz. 1808, p. 878. 
 
 9 An account of the Andromache's voyage from Valpa- 
 raiso to New South Shetland, was published by Mr Edw 
 Bianaiield, Master E.N. in 1821. 
 
SHORE— SHORT-SHORTLAND—SHORTT. 
 
 1065 
 
 Victualling and DookyardsatDeptford and Chatham 
 —and from 24 Aug. 1847, until the period of his 
 death, as Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth. 
 His promotion to Flag-rank took place 9 Nov. 1846. 
 Rear-Admiral Shirreff married, 29 June, 1810, 
 Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Hon. Bavid 
 Murray, grand-uncle of the present Lord Elibank, 
 by whom he has left issue. 
 
 SHORE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Samuel Spabshott Seob£ passed his examination 
 16 June, 1835 ; and for his services in China as Mate 
 of the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.* His next 
 appointments were — 20 Oct. 1843, as Additional, to 
 the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore John Brett Purvis on the coast of Brazil — 2 
 Aug. 1844, to the Kacek 16, Capt. Arch. Heed, on 
 the coast of Africa — 8 Sept. 1846, again as Addi- 
 tional, to the Devastation steam-sloop. Commo- 
 dore Sir Chas. Hotham, on the same station — and 
 30 Sept. 1846, for a few months, to the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 SHORT. (LiEnTENANT, 1815.) 
 
 HENKr MrDDLETON Shoet died 4 Nov. 1844, of 
 typhus fever, at Ballina, co. Mayo. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 June, 1805, as 
 Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pokpoise, Capt. J. Short, 
 fitting, we believe, for New South Wales, whence he 
 returned, in 1807, in the Buffalo store-ship. In 
 Aug. 1808, eight months after he had been dis- 
 charged from the latter vessel, he was received into 
 the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. He next, 
 in June, 1811, joined the Salvador del Mundo, 
 Capt. Nash, lying at Plymouth, and, in the course 
 of the same month, the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somer- 
 ville, with whom he served on the Home, North 
 America, and "West India stations, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, until May, 1815. He then re- 
 moved in succession to the Albion 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Walker, and Madagascar and Phaeton frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. Fras. Stanfcll ; and in 
 the following Nov. he was presented with a com- 
 mission bearing date 3 Aug. 1815. His last ap- 
 pointments were— 23 July, 1823, to the Harlequin 
 sloop, Capt, John Weeks, on the Cork station — 20 
 Nov. 1824, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hugh 
 Downman, lying at Plymouth — and, 21 Jan. 1825, to 
 the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Bamillies 74, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and 
 Hugh Pigot. 
 
 Lieut. Short was married and has left issue. 
 
 SHORT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Joseph Short (J) entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Porpoise, Capts. 
 J. Short and John Porteous, in which vessel he was 
 for about five years employed at New South Wales, 
 part of the time as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant. He served subsequently, from Dec. 1810 
 until June, 1815, in the Mediterranean, Channel, 
 and West Indies, in the Serapis, Master-Com- 
 mander Wm. Lloyd, Haughty gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Jas. Harvey, Active 38, Capt. Jas. 
 Alex. Gordon, Fervent 12, Capt. Chas. Hope Reid, 
 Asia 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, 
 Shark sloop, Capts. John Gore, Chas. Sam. White, 
 John XJndrell, and Chas. Strangways, and Tortoise, 
 Master-Commander Thos. Cooke. He was for 
 seven months Second-Master of the Serapis and 
 Haughtt, and for 20, Acting-Master of the Shark. 
 After he had been for nearly three months em- 
 ployed in Portsmouth Harbour in the Prince 98, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, Bbitomakt 10, Capt. Robt. Riddell (now 
 Carre), and Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. 
 Aylmer, he took up, in Oct. 1815, a commission 
 bearing date 13 of the preceding March. His last 
 appointment was to the Coast Blockade, on which 
 service he continued for about three years as Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. 
 Wm. Jaa. Mingaye, and Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. 
 * Fide Gaz. 1843, p. 2950. 
 
 M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot. Agents— Holmes and 
 Folkard. 
 
 SHORT. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Samuel Frederick Short entered the Navy 14 
 March, 1823 ; passed his examination in 1830 ; and 
 for his services on the coast of Syria, including the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 15 Dec. 1840, to the Cy- 
 clops steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, in the 
 Mediterranean — 8 April, 1843, as Additional, to the 
 Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, 
 on the same station — 11 Dec. following, to the Lo- 
 cust steamer, Lieut.-Commander John Lunn, also in 
 the Mediterranean — 23 April, 1844, again to the 
 Queen, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley at 
 Portsmouth— and, 26 Aug. 1844, to the command, 
 which he still retains, of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Short married, 8 Dec. 1846, Anne, eldest 
 daughter of Lieut. John R. Benson, K.N. 
 
 SHORTLAND. (Commander, 1848.) 
 
 Peter Frederick Shoktland entered the Navy 
 15 Jan. 1827 ; passed his examination 4 Dec. 1834; 
 was promoted (from the Excellent gunnery-ship 
 at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings) to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 1 April, 1842 ; and, from 11 May 
 following until advanced to the rank of Commander 
 20 Jan. 1848, was employed on surveying service in 
 North America in the Columbia steamer, com- 
 manded during that period by Lieuts. Alfred Kort- 
 right and John Harding, by Capt. Wm. Fitzwilfiam 
 Owen, and for upwards of two years by himself. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SHORTLAND. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 WiiLOuGHBY SHORTLAND entered the Navy (from 
 the Royal Naval College) 9 Jan. 1818 ; passed his 
 examination in 1823 ; and obtained his commission 
 18 Jan. 1828. His succeeding appointments were — 
 24 Aug. 1828, to the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Sullivan, employed on particular service — 19 Dec. 
 1829, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the 
 Jamaica station — and, 21 March, 1831, to the com- 
 mand of the Skipjack schooner, of 5 guns, also in 
 the West Indies, where he remained until superseded 
 in June, 1833. 
 
 He is at present Colonial Secretary at New Zea- 
 land. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SHORTT. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Charles Shortt was born 3 June, 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora 36, Capt. Loftus 
 Otway Bland, in which frigate he was wrecked on 
 the coast of Holland while holding the rating of 
 Midshipman 19 Jan. 1808. On being released after 
 a few months of captivity, he was received, in July 
 of the same year, on board the Aboukir 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Parker, attached to the force in the North 
 Sea. He was subsequently employed — from 24 
 March, 1809, until 18 March, 1813 (on the Baltic and 
 Halifax stations), in the Africa 64, Capts. L. O. Bland 
 Geo. Fred. Ryves, and John Bastard, flag-ship for 
 some time of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer — from 
 19 March, 1813, until 25 Oct. 1815, in the Rippon 74, 
 Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, and Amphion 32, Capts! 
 Jas. Pattison Stewart, John Brett Purvis, and Wm. 
 Bowles, in the Channel and among the Western 
 Islands— from 26 Oct. 1815 until 3 Aug. 1819, in the 
 Magicienne 42, Capt. John Brett Purvis, in the East 
 Indies — and, from 30 March, 1820, until 21 Aug. 1821 
 in the Pandora 18, Capt. Chas. Grenville Randolph' 
 on the Irish station. In the Rippon, Amphion, and 
 Magicienne he held (as he had latterly done in the 
 Africa) the rating of Master's Mate, and in the 
 Pandora that of Admiralty Midshipman. He saw 
 much boat-service in the Africa on the Danish 
 coast, and was much employed in her in chasing 
 American frigates and privateers ; and he was present 
 in the Rippon at the capture, 21 Oct. 1813, of the 
 French frigate Le Weser of 44 guns. On leaving 
 
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 SIIORTT-SHULDIIAM— SHUTE— SHUTTLEWORTH. 
 
 the Pandora he took up a commission dated 19 
 July, 1821 — awarded in honour of the coronation of 
 George IV. From 9 Jan. 1827 until Dec. 1830, he 
 served in the Coast Blockade, with his name on the 
 books of the HypEKion 42, Capt.Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; 
 and, since 14 Oct. 1834, he has been in charge of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 SHORTT. CLiEUTENANT, 1843.) 
 
 Francis Henry Shortt entered the Navy 14 
 May, 1836 ; passed his examination 1 June, 1842 ; 
 and after having been for two years and a half 
 Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 22 Dec. 1843. From 23 
 Feb. 1844 until paid off at the close of 1847, he 
 served in the Pacific and Channel and off the coast 
 of Portugal in the America 50, Capts. Hon. John 
 Gordon and Sir Thos. Maitland; and, from 1 Feb. 
 until June, 1848, at Portsmouth in the Powerfdl 
 84, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas. 
 
 SHULDHAM. (Ketiked Commander, 1843. 
 F-p., 20 ; H-p., 34.) 
 
 MoLYNEux Sholdham is third son of the late 
 Arthur Lemuel Shuldham, Esq., of Dunmanway, 
 CO. Cork, and of Pallis Green, co. Limerick, who re- 
 sided for many years at Deerpark, Devon, and was 
 Deputy-Lieutenant for that co., and Lieutenant- 
 Colonel of the East Devon Teomanry Cavalry, by 
 his fi.rst wife, Maria, daughter of the late Sir Wm. 
 Anderson, Bart., formerly of Kilnwick Percy, 
 Yorkshire, and of Lea Hall, Lincolnshire. He is 
 brother (with the present Edm. Wm. Shuldham, 
 Esq., of Dunmanway, Major-General E. I. Co.'s 
 service, for some years Quarter-Master General at 
 Bombay) of the late Lieut. John Geo. Evelyn 
 Shuldham, R.N., of Mr. Henry Geo. Shuldham, 
 Midshipman, K.N., who was killed at the taking of 
 Surinam, and of the late Lieut.-Colonel Arthur 
 Shuldham, E. L C. S. 
 
 This ofiioer entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1793, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alarm, Capt. Lewis lio- 
 bertson, attached to the force in the Channel. On 
 removing with Capt. Robertson to the Veteran 64, 
 commanded afterwards by Capt. Wm. Hancock 
 Kelly, he took part, in 1794, in the attack made by 
 Commodore Ford on the island of St. Domingo. 
 He next, in the course of 1796-7, became Midship- 
 man (a rating he had previously attained) of the 
 Unite 36, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Braakel 54, Capt. 
 Thos. Bertie, and Lord Mulgrave, all on the Home 
 station ; and on 15 April, 1799, about which period 
 he suffered shipwreck on the coast of Ireland, he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His sub- 
 sequent appointments were— 13 May, 1799, to the 
 Seagull, Capts. Henry Wray and Thos. Lavie, 
 stationed off Guernsey — 17 Jan. 1801, to the Edgar 
 74, Capts. Edw. Buller, Geo. Murray, and Kobfc. 
 Waller Otway, under the second named of whom he 
 fought at Copenhagen 2 April, 1801—5 April, 1803, 
 and 15 March, 1804, to the Royal Sovereign 100 
 and Kent 74, Capts. Rich. Curry and Pulteney 
 Malcolm, employed in the Channel and Mediter- 
 ranean — 18 April, 1805, to the Royal William, 
 Capt. John Wainwright, lying at Spithead— and, 
 6 March, 1806, to the command of the Adder gun- 
 brig. The latter vessel being driven on shore and 
 captured near Abreval 9 Dec following, he remained 
 a prisoner of war in France from that period until 
 April, 1814. He accepted the rank of Retired Com- 
 mander on the Senior List 10 June, 1843. 
 
 In May, 1816, Commander Shuldham was pre- 
 sented with the gold Isis medal, and with the silver 
 medal of the Society of Arts for his improved puUies 
 and blocks, and his improvements in working a cap- 
 stan; and in the session of 1817-18 he received an- 
 other silver medal from the same Society for his 
 ' New Method of Ballasting Vessels.' He married 
 Fanny, daughter of the Rev. F. T. Maunton Orgill 
 Leman, of Brampton Hall, Suffolk, and has a nume- 
 rous family. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 SHUTE. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Henry George Shute was born 20 Dec. 1808. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1823, on 
 board the Alacrity 10, Capt. Hon. Chas. Philip 
 Torke (now Earl of Hardwicke), stationed in the 
 Mediterranean, where he assisted in the boats 
 at the capture, on different occasions, of not 
 less than 23 piratical vessel. On the paying off 
 of the Alacrity in 1827, he joined first the Hy- 
 perion 42, and next the Alligator 28 ; in which 
 latter ship, commanded by his former Captain, 
 Torke, he was for 18 months again employed in the 
 Mediterranean. Having passed his examination in 
 1829, he became, in 1830, Mate of the JStna, Capt. 
 Edw. Belcher, under whom we find him for some 
 time constantly engaged in the boats in surveying 
 different rivers on the coast of Africa to the north- 
 ward of Sierra Leone. The jEtna was put out of 
 commission in the summer of 1833, and in 1834 Mr. 
 Shute, after he had been for about a year in the 
 Portuguese service,* joined the Racer 16, Capt. Jas. 
 Hope, on the North America and West India station. 
 About the end of 1837 he took a passage in the Mel- 
 ville 72, flag-ship of the Hon. Geo. Elliot, for the pur- 
 pose of reaching the Scodt 18, Capt. Robt. Craigie, 
 then on the coast of Africa. Being awarded a com- 
 mission dated 28 June, 1838, he was reappointed 19 
 July following to the Melville, in the capacity of 
 Additional-Lieutenant. In June, 1839, he returned 
 to England in the Pylades 18, Capt. Wm. Langford 
 Castle ; and, on 3 Jan. 1840, he was appointed, a 
 second time as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Wel- 
 eesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, at that time in the 
 East Indies. On his arrival in China in the Blen- 
 heim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, he 
 was appointed Second of the Modeste 18, Capt, 
 Harry Eyres ; and for his services in that sloop 
 during the operations connected with the first and 
 second capture of Canton,t he was particularly re- 
 commended and was in consequence promoted to the 
 rank of Commander 8 June, 1841. Prior to the re- 
 ceipt of his commission he appears to have assisted 
 as Senior of the same vessel at the taking of Amoy, 
 Chusan, Chinghae, and Ningpo, and to have re- 
 turned home as First of the Larne 18, Capt. Pa- 
 trick John Blake. He has been employed, since _30 
 June, 1847, as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SHUTTLEWOETH. (LiEnr., 1815. f-p., 11; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 Peter Shuttleworth entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the jMalta 80, Capts. 
 Edw. BuUer and Wm. Shield, employed in the 
 Channel and also in the Mediterranean, where, in 
 Aug. 1808, he removed as Midshipman (nearly 12 
 months after he had attained that rating) to the 
 Montagu 74, Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and 
 John Halliday. From May, 1811, until presented, 
 in Oct. 1815, with a commission bearing date 21 
 Feb. in that year, he served off Cherbourg, Flush- 
 ing, and Calais, on the north coast of Spain, and in 
 North America and the West Indies, in the Egmont 
 74, Capt. Joseph Bingham, Insolent 14, Capt. Edw. 
 Brazier, Fox 32, Capts. Wm. Paterson and John 
 Knill Kinsman, Anaconda, Capt. Geo. Augustus 
 Westphal, and Fox again, Capt. Frank Gore Willock. 
 He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Shuttleworth has been for some years Emi- 
 gration Agent at Sligo, where he married, in 1836, 
 
 ♦ Mr. Shute joined the Portugiie.=te Navy asLieiitenantunder 
 Admiral Sartorius, and after the action with the Miguelite 
 squadron was created a Knight of the Tower and Sword, and 
 promoted to the command of the Villa Flor brig of 16 guns. 
 While in that vessel he was frequently engaged with the 
 batteries to the northward of Oporto, and was made the 
 bearer of despatches to Admiral Napier, by whom he was 
 nominated second Captain of the Dutma Maria frigate. In 
 her he shared in the victory gained by Don Pedro's fleet off 
 Cape St. Vincent. For his conduct on that occasion he was 
 a second time presented with the Order of the Tower and 
 Sword, and appointed to the command of the Eiixa corvette 
 of aG guns. He contributed subsequently to the reduction 
 of the fortified towns of Caminha and Viana, and was in 
 command of the boats of the squadron at Valentia 
 
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SIBBALD—SIBLY—SICKLEMORE— SIDNEY— SIMEON. 
 
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 Alicia, youngeBt daughter of Chas. Martin, Es(i. 
 Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 SIBBALD. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 John Sibbald entered the Navy 5 Sept. 1821 ; 
 passed his examination in 1828 ; obtained his iirst 
 commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; and on 12 of the same month 
 was nominated Additional Lieutenant of the Thai.ia 
 46, flag-ship of Sir Patrick Campbell at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, where he remained upwards of 12 
 months. He was next, 3 Aug. 1833, appointed to 
 the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, 
 employed at Portsmouth and on the North America 
 and West India station ; and, from 13 Aug. 1839 
 until advanced on his return home to the rank of 
 Commander 4 Oct. 1843, he served as Second and 
 First Lieutenant in the Ekebus bomb, Capt. Jas. 
 Clark Ross, on a voyage of discovery to the Ant- 
 arctic seas. He has since been on half-pay. Agents 
 — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 SIBBALD. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Thomas Sibbaid entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1825 ; 
 and passed his examination in 1832. For his ser- 
 vices on the coast of China he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841. His subse- 
 quent appointments were — 2 Sept. 1841, to the 
 SiKEN 16, Capt. Wm. Smith (6), fitting at Wool- 
 wich — 13 Oct. following, to the Illdstriods 72, flag- 
 ship of Sir Chas. Adam on the North America and 
 West India station, whence he returned in ] 845 — 
 and, 6 June and 24 Oct. 1846, to the Avenger and 
 Amphion steam-frigates, botli commanded by Capt. 
 Woodford John Williams, with whom he continued 
 employed on Home service, in the latter vessel as 
 First-Lieutenant, until Oct. 1847. 
 
 SIBLY. (Lieutenant, 182.5.) 
 John Sibly was born 6 Jan. 1797. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir 
 John Gore, employed oif Brest and in Basque Roads. 
 During the last two years of the war he served in 
 the West Indies, part of the time as Midshipman, 
 in the Fawn and Myrmidon of 20 guns each, Capts. 
 Thos. Fellowes and Wm. Paterson. With the latter 
 officer we find him in 1815 cruizing in the Channel 
 in the Eridanus 36, and from 1816 until 1820 sta- 
 tioned in the East Indies in the Minden 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Rich. King. While attached to the 
 Eridanus he was severely injured in the'left leg; 
 and before sailing, in the Minden, for India, he 
 accompanied the expedition against Algiers, where 
 he served, during the bombardment, in gun-boat 
 No. 23. After he had left the Minden he joined 
 in succession the Lee 20, Capt. Stewart Blacker, 
 Spencek and Bulwark 74's, Capts. Sir Thos. Lavie 
 and Thos. Dundas, Parthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Barrington, Isis 50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Wm. 
 Halsted, and Beaveb 10, Capts. John Jas. Onslow, 
 Wm. Geo. Hyndham Whish, and Joseph O'Brien. 
 The Lee, Spencer, Bulwark, and Parthian were 
 employed on the Home station ; the Isis and Beaver 
 in the West Indies, whence, soon after his promo- 
 tion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 
 4 Oct. 1825, Mr. Sibly invalided. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Sibly is Governor of the Brixton House of 
 Correction. He married, 22 Oct. 1831, Caroline 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut. John Derby, R.N. 
 (1795), who died Warden of Portsmouth Dockyard. 
 By that lady, who died 19 July, 1847, he has issue 
 one daughter. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SICKLEMORE. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 John Cony Sicklemore, born 28 Nov. 1804, is 
 eldest son of the late John Sicklemore, Esq., of 
 Wetheringsett and Debenham, co. Suffolk, by Ann, 
 third daughter of Robt. Cony, Esq., of Walpole 
 Hall, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Norfolk Militia, who 
 served at the battle of Preston Pans, and was Aide- 
 de-Camp to Sir John Cope. The Sicklemores were 
 
 of considerable importance during the eventful 
 period of the civil war, when they represented the 
 county of Suffolk and the borough of Ipswich in 
 Parliament. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1812 : and 
 in the course of that year was employed, while be- 
 longing to the DiOMEDE 50, in landing and embark- 
 ing troops on the coast of Spain and Holland. 
 During the war with the United States he served 
 for two years with activity on the North American 
 station, and was present, besides sharing in other 
 operations, in the attack upon Crany Island and at 
 the capture of Hampton. In 1820 he passed his 
 examination; in 1825-6 he was employed in the 
 Tamar 26 and Atholl 28, in the Persian Gulf, at 
 Rangoon, and in other parts of India ; and on 10 
 April, 1827, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. In 1828-9 he was engaged on particular 
 service in the Sulphur 8, Capt. Wm. Townsend 
 Dance. From 30 Dec. 1837 until the early part of 
 1839 he held an appointment in the Coast Guard; 
 to which he was reappointed 2 May, 1848. Since 
 10 Aug. in that year he has been in command of 
 the Victoria revenue-cruizer. 
 
 Lieut. Sicklemore married, first, Louisa, second 
 daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Lacy of the Royal Ar- 
 tillery. That lady dying 30 Aug. 1826, he married, 
 secondly, 25 May, 1832, Sarah, eldest daughter of 
 Wm. Hyder, Esq., of Court Lees, co. Kent ; and 
 being again left a widower 6 Sept. 1836, he mar- 
 ried, a third time, 20 April, 1847, Augusta Char- 
 lotte, daughter of Rear-Admiral Searle. Agent — 
 J. Hinxman. 
 
 SIDNEY. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Frederick William Sidney entered the Navy 
 17 April, 1833; passed his examination 17 April, 
 1839 ; and from 1840 until the summer of 1842 was 
 employed on the Niger expedition in the Soudan 
 and Wilberforce steamers, Capts. Bird Allen and 
 Wm. Allen. 1-Ie was made Lieutenant into the 
 latter vessel by a commission bearing date 31 Jan. 
 1842. His next appointments were — 20 Dec. 1842, 
 to the Styx steam surveying-sloop, Capt. Alex. 
 Thos. Emeric Vidal, stationed among the Azores — 
 14 April, 1845, as Additional, after a few months of 
 half-pay, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. 
 Fred. Lapidge, on the south-east coast of America 
 — and, 1 Dec. following, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Crocodile 8, Capt. Geo. Lowe, engaged on 
 particular service. He has been on half-pay since 
 the close of 1846. 
 
 He married, in 1842, Miss Sydney, of Newport. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SIMEON. (Cajtatn, 1827.) 
 
 Charles Simeon is third and youngest son of 
 the late Sir John Simeon, Bart., M.P., and Senior 
 Master of the Court of Chancery, by Rebecca, eldest 
 daughter of John Cornwall, Esq., of Hendon House, 
 Middlesex ; brother of the present Sir Rich. Godin 
 Simeon, Bart. ; and brother-in-law of Colonel Web- 
 ber Smith, R.A., and of the late Sir Fred. Fras. 
 Baker, Bart., F.R.S., F.S.A., of Loventor, co. 
 Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Sept. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday ; under the 
 former of whom he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 
 1807, and accompanied the expedition of 1809 to 
 the Walcheren. In May, 1810, he removed as Mid- 
 shipman (a rating he had attained in Aug. 1807) 
 to the Topaze 38, Capt. Henry Hope, attached to 
 the force in the Mediterranean ; whence, towards 
 the close of 1811, he returned to England in the 
 Montagu 74, Capt. J. Halliday. In March, 1812 
 after his name had been borne for three months on 
 the books of the Egmont and Namur 74's, Thisbe 
 28, and Caledonia 120, he was received on board 
 the CuRAQOA 36, Capt. John Tower, again in the 
 Mediterranean. On 2 June, 1812, he was made 
 Lieutenant into the Sparrowhawk sloop ; hut be- 
 fore he could join that vessel he had the misfortune 
 
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 while detached in the CoRAgoA's boats, to fall, 30 
 July, into the hands of the enemy, by whom he was 
 detained a prisoner until the end of the war. He 
 subsequently, from June until Sept. 1814, served at 
 Portsmouth in the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bing- 
 ham; and on 13 June, 1815, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander. His next appointments 
 were, 23 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1818, to the Mdtine 16 
 and Arab 18 ; in the latter of which vessels he 
 served for about three years on the Cork station. 
 On the occasion of his advancement to Post-rank, 
 10 March, 1827, he obtained command of the NiE- 
 MEN 28, on the Halifax station. In 1847 he accepted 
 the Retirement. 
 
 Capt. Simeon married, 5 July, 1821, Frances, 
 second daughter of Thos. Woore, Esq., of Inch 
 House, CO. Donegal, by whom he has issue. 
 
 SIMKIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 John Simkin was born 18 Feb. 1792. He is brother 
 of Retired Commander Thos. Allen Simkln, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1806, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Racehorse 18, Capts. 
 Robt. Forbes and Wm. Fisher, employed on the 
 Mediterranean and Home stations, where, from 
 Dec. 1807 until presented in Aug. 1815 with a com- 
 mission bearing date 28 Feb. in that year, he served, 
 principally in the capacity of Midshipman, in the 
 Salvador del Mondo, flag-ship of Admiral Toung, 
 Cambrian 40, Capts. Rich. Budd Vincent and Fras. 
 "Wm. Fane, Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, Goshawk 
 16, Capts. Jas. Lilbum, Thos. Ball Clowes, and Hon. 
 Wm. John Napier, Pilot 18, Capt. John Toup 
 Nicolas, and Nadtilus 18, Capts. Thos. Dench and 
 John Bradley. In the Racehorse and Cambrian 
 he was in frequent action with the enemy's batte- 
 ries on the coasts of France and Catalonia; and 
 while in the Goshawk, in which vessel he continued 
 from Oct. 1809 until Oct. 1812, he assisted in causing 
 the self-destruction, 25 March, 1811, of the French 
 40-gun frigate Amazone, near Barfleur light-house, 
 and on 7 Sept. following, when in company with 
 the Barbadoes 24, chased into Calvados seven 
 French gun-brigs (one of which was driven on 
 shore), mounting 3 long 24-pounders and a mortar 
 each, and manned with 75 men. Since he left the 
 Nautilus he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Simkin has been three times married, and 
 has seven children. 
 
 the MuROS 12, Capt. Jas. Aberdour, and Rosamond 
 20, Capts. Robt. Campbell and Edw. Stopford, both 
 on the Newfoundland station, whence he returned 
 in Jan. 1815. From 16 May, 1835, until the early 
 part of 1837 he held command of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. He accepted his present rank 12 
 Oct. 1841. 
 
 SIMKIN. (Retired CoMMANDEK, 1841. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 Thomas Allen Simkin is brother of Lieut. John 
 Simkin, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 Oct. 1800, as 
 A.B., on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Troubridge, flag-ship off Brest of Earl St. 
 Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis ; and from March, 
 1802, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 
 Nov. 1806, was employed as Midshipman (a rating 
 he had attained in Jan. 1801) in the Alarm 32 and 
 Amazon 38, both commanded by the present Sir 
 Wm. Parker. In the Alarm he conveyed a body 
 of German troops from Lymington to Holland ; and 
 in the Amazon he brought the Duke of Kent home 
 from Gibraltar, assisted at the capture of the pri- 
 vateers Le Felix of 16 guns and 96 men and Prin- 
 cipe de la Paz of 24 guns, 4 swivels, and 160 men, 
 joinel in the very spirited pursuit of a French 
 frigate into Toulon, accompanied Lord Nelson to 
 the West Indies and back in search of the combined 
 squadrons of France and Spain, and took part, 13 
 March, 1806, in a long running fight, which ter- 
 minated in the surrender to the London 98 and 
 Amazon, whose loss extended to 4 men killed and 
 5 wounded, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of 
 Rear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Bdie Poule. 
 His last appointments afloat were — 19 Nov. 1806, 
 for three years, to the Glatton 50, Capts. Thos. 
 Seocombe, Henry Hope, John Clavell, and Geo. 
 Miller Bligh, in the Mediterranean— 11 Dec. 1809, 
 to the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Robt. Plampin, in 
 Basque Roads— and in Feb. 1812 and June, 1813, to 
 
 SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 27; h-p., 9.) 
 
 Chestney Simmons entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1811, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Snipe 14, commanded 
 at first by Lieuts. Chas. Champion and Nathaniel 
 Ratsey, and next by Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis. 
 In that vessel he served on the Baltic and Home 
 stations until Dec. 1814 — the last 14 months in the 
 capacity of Midshipman. He joined next the Plover 
 18, Capt. John Skekel, at Newfoundland; passed 
 his examination 18 Sept. 1816 ; and as a reward for 
 his exertions in the Coast Blockade, as Mate of the 
 Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 16 Aug. 1819. Since 17 Dec. 
 1828 he has been in charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 He married, 10 July, 1840, Julia Frances Stanley, 
 daughter of the Rev. Rich. Blackett De Chair, of 
 Sheperdswell, co. Kent. 
 
 SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 Edward Simmons was born in March, 1790, at 
 Gillingham, co. Kent. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capts. 
 John Child Purvis and Chas. John Moore Mans- 
 field ; under the latter of whom he fought as Mid- 
 shipman at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, 
 and was present, in 1807, at the bombardment of 
 Copenhagen. Being placed, on the surrender of 
 the Danish capital, on board the Neptunos 80, he 
 had the misfortune while in that ship to be wrecked 
 and to lose all he possessed. He joined next, in 
 Dec. 1807, the Astr.s;a 32, Capt. Edm. Heywood, 
 on the West India station ; where, while under the 
 temporary command of Lieut. Edm. Potenger 
 Greenlaw, he was again wrecked, on a coral reef off 
 the island of Anagada, 24 May, 1808, and a second 
 time lost his all. He served subsequently in the 
 Jason and Ethalion frigates, both commanded by 
 Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Ulvsses 44, Capt. Hon. 
 Warwick Lake, Franchise 36, Capt. John Allen, 
 Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Galatea 
 42, Capt. Woodley Losack, President frigate, Capt. 
 Sam. Warren, ScipiON 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. 
 Stopford, and Galatea again, Capt. W. Losack. 
 In 1809 he assisted, in the Ethalion, at the capture 
 of Martinique, and (with his name on the books of 
 the Ulysses) commanded a gun-boat during the 
 operations in the Scheldt. In the Galatea, of 
 which ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant after 
 having acted for upwards of two months as such, 14 
 May, 1811, he took part, 20 of the latter month 
 (while cruizing off Madagascar, in company with 
 the AsTBaiA and Ph(bbe frigates, about equal in 
 force to the Galatea and 18-gun brig Racehorse) 
 in a long and trying action with the French 40-gun 
 frigates JRenommee, Clorinde, and Nereide^ in which 
 the Galatea, besides being much damaged in her 
 hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men 
 killed and 46 wounded. He afterwards visited the 
 West Indies and Newfoundland He left the Gala- 
 tea in Nov. 1815 ; and was lastly, from Feb. 1830 
 until April, 1831, employed in the Coast Blockade 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74, 
 Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colly. 
 
 The Lieutenant is married. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.) 
 
 George Valentine Simmons entered the Navy, 
 in April, 1803, on board the Salvador del Mundo, 
 ^ Capts. Chas. Henry Lane, Cooke, and John Loring, 
 lying at Portsmouth, where he remained for three 
 years. He then, in May, 1806, joined the Ferret 
 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan, on the West India 
 
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 station ; where, in Nov. 1807 (after he had again 
 been for three montha employed at Portsmouth as 
 Midshipman in the Salvadok del Mondo), he be- 
 came attached to the Captain 74, Capt. Isaac 
 Wolley, and, in Nov. 1808, to the York 74, Capt. 
 Kobt. Barton. In that ship he assisted at the cap- 
 ture of Martinique, the Saintes, and the 74-gun ship 
 D'HaupouU, accompanied the expedition to the 
 Walcheren, and then proceeded to the Mediterra- 
 nean. From Oct. 1812 until Aug. 1815, when he 
 toolc up a commission bearing date 10 of the pre- 
 ceding March, he served in South America, on the 
 coast of France, and on the Canadian lakes, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in tlie Hermes 20, Capt. Philip Browne, 
 Wakspite 74, Capt. Lord Jas. O'Bryen, and CoN- 
 riANCE sloop, Capt. Geo. Downie. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 30 July, 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in 
 which service he continued for upwards of 12 months 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, 
 Capts. "Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh Pigot. 
 
 commended as " an excellent ofEcer, good seaman 
 and navigator, and deserving young man." He 
 married, 19 Aug. 1828, Harriet, fourth daughter of 
 the late Hugh Douglass, of Plymouth, co. Devon, 
 and granddaughter of the late Hugh Douglass, of 
 Dalkeith, N.B. 
 
 SIMMONS. (Lieut., 1825. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 15.) 
 William Cress Simmons entered the Navy, 13 
 Deo. 1807, as a Boy, on board the Dasher 18, 
 Capts. De Couroy and Robt. Worgan Goo. Festing ; 
 in which vessel he was for upwards of three years 
 actively employed in the East Indies, part of the 
 time as Midshipman and Master's Mate. On re- 
 moving with Capt. Festing, in 1811, to the Illus- 
 trious 74, he accompanied, under Commodore 
 Broughton, the expedition against the island of 
 Java, where he served in the boats and on shore 
 with great credit. On his passage home with Capt. 
 Festing, in the early part of 1812, in the Psyche 32, 
 that frigate, being in a very dilapidated condition, 
 was under the necessity of putting into Ferrol, where 
 she was dismantled and laid up. Volunteering his 
 services therefore on board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Malcolm, he took an energetic part in the opera- 
 tions then in progress under Sir Home Popham on 
 the north coast of Spain, landing on every occasion, 
 and contributing to the reduction, with the excep- 
 tion of Santona and St. Sebastian, of all the enemy's 
 fortresses. After serving for two .years and a half 
 in the Channel in the Foxhound brig,. Capts. John 
 Parish and Thos. "Warrand, he returned, towards 
 the close of 1815, to India as Admiralty-Midshipman 
 (he had passed his examination 6 July, 1814) in the 
 Iphtgenia 42, Capts. Andrew King, John Reynolds, 
 and John Tancock. While there he was transferred 
 as Master's Mate, in June, 1813, to the Challenger 
 18, Capt. Philip Henry Bridges, with whom he ar- 
 rived at Spithead in March, 1819, in the Trincoma- 
 LEE 48. During six months that he had been in the 
 latter ship he had occasionally had charge of a 
 watch, and had " proved himself a most useful 
 officer." On leaving her, in the ensuing April, he 
 joined the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir 
 Geo. Campbell at Portsmouth. He was subsequently 
 employed — from July, 1819, until July, 1821, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Dhomedary store-ship, Mas- 
 ter-Commander Rich. Skinner, in circumnavigating 
 the globe — from July to Oct. 1821 in the Bustard 
 10, Capt. Wm. Geo. Martin, and Genoa 74, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, both at Chatham— and from 
 Oct. 1821 until June, 1825, as Admiralty-Midship- 
 man, Master's Mate, Second-Master, and Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in the Northumbehland 78, and Cam- 
 bridge 82, commanded by the present Vice-Ad- 
 miral Thos. Jas. Maling in the river Medway and in 
 South America. He then returned to England, 
 having been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant by 
 a commission bearing date 10 Jan. 1825. Unable to 
 procure further employment afloat he accepted, 18 
 Sept. 1840, the command, which he still retains, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 A document, signed by Admiral Maling, informs 
 us that while Mr. Simmons was serving with him in 
 the Northdmberland and Cambridge " he found 
 him to be a person whom he thought it his duty to 
 bring forward before others who had stronger pri- 
 vate claims." In a testimonial given to him on 
 leaving the Dromedary he had been strongly re- 
 
 SIMONDS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., U ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Richard Smith Simonds was born 9 July, 1788, 
 at Islington, co. Middlesex. 
 
 This ofiScer entered the Navy, 25 June, 1803, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Defence 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Hope, in which ship, after serving for about 15 
 months in the North Sea, he proceeded off Cadiz, 
 then pursued the combined squadrons of France 
 and Spain to the West Indies, and, on his return, 
 fought at Trafalgar. In Dec. 1805 he removed as 
 Midshipman (a rating he had attained about May, 
 1804,) to the Sparrow 16, Capt. Hon. Wm. Paken- 
 ham, lying at Sheerness. He next, in May, 1806, 
 joined the Antelope 50, Capts. Henry Bazely and 
 Edw. Galwey ; under the former of whom we find 
 him employed in the Downs in escorting the East 
 India trade to and from St. Helena, and in convey- 
 ing the Earl of Caledon and suite to the Cape of 
 Good Hope. Under Capt. Galwey he was for some 
 time stationed off Oporto, where he was daily in 
 the habit of landing, and witnessed the arrival of 
 the first detachment of British troops. In April, 
 
 1809, he was transferred to the Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of Admirals Lord Gambler, 
 Fras. Pickmore, and Sir Harry Burrard Neale ; by 
 the last mentioned of whom (having passed his exa- 
 mination 4 Oct. 1809) he was nominated, 27 Aug. 
 
 1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the CoDRAGEnx74, Capt. 
 Wm. Butterfield. While on the books of the 
 Caledonia he was lent, with the greater part of 
 the crew, to the Spencer 74, for the purpose of 
 accompanying the expedition to the Scheldt, where 
 he took an active part in all the operations, and 
 was constantly detached on boat-service. On re- 
 joining the Caledonia, in which ship, deducting 
 four months passed on board the Courageux, he 
 continued until May, 1811, he united in the defence 
 of Cadiz, assisted in carrying powder to Fort Mata- 
 gorda, and was once very nearly taken prisoner. 
 He contributed also to the cutting out of two brigs 
 under a battery on the coast of France ; on which 
 occasion the Marines spiked the enemy's guns and 
 brought off a small brass field-piece. Besides being 
 otherwise actively employed in her boats, he aided 
 in the Caledonia in preventing the escape of four 
 French frigates from Rochefort. In the course of 
 1811-12 he was received in succession on board the 
 Christian VII. 80, Impregnable 98, and Victory 
 100, bearing the flags, off Flushing and in the Baltic, 
 of Admirals Wm. Young and Sir Jas. Saumarez. 
 From July in the latter year until promoted by the 
 Admiralty to his present rank, 20 Nov. following, 
 he served as Acting-Lieutenant with the flotilla 
 under Capt. Hew Steuart at the defence of Riga, 
 and accompanied during^that period a highly-suc- 
 cessful expedition against the French and Prussians 
 at Mittau, on the river Aa. His last appointment 
 was, for a few months in 1813, to the York 74, 
 Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, attached to the 
 Flushing fleet. 
 
 SIMPKINSON. (Lieutenant, 1845. f-p., 11 ; 
 H-p., 4.) 
 
 Francis Gdillemard Simpkinson, born 26 May, 
 1819, is son of Sir John Augustus Fras. Simpkinson, 
 Kt., Q.C., by Mary, daughter of John Griffin, Esq., 
 of Bedford Place, London, and sister-in-law of Capt 
 Sir John Franklin, R.N., Kt., K.C.H. ' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 March, 1832, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 120, Capt. 
 Peter Rainier, under whom he was for three years 
 employed on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations. 
 On his return to England in the early part of 1835 
 he joined, in the capacity of Midshipman (a rating 
 he had previously attained), the Jupiter 38, Capt! 
 Edw. Henry A'Court, fitting for the conveyance of 
 
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 SIMPSON. 
 
 Lord Heytesbury as Governor-General to India. 
 That nobleman's appointment being, however, can- 
 celled in consequence of a change of Ministry, and 
 the JopiTER being paid off, Mr. Simpliinson was re- 
 ceived, in Oct. of the same year, on board the Sdl- 
 PHOK surveying-vessel, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, 
 then on the point of sailing for South America; 
 where, on his removal to the Samabang 28, Capt. 
 Wm. Broughton, he was present, it appears, at 
 Bahia during the insurrection of the black popula- 
 tion, and at Callao during the hostilities between 
 Chili and Peru in 1839. In Feb. 1840, having passed 
 his examination 17 Sept. 1838, he was appointed 
 Mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; and in the fol- 
 lowing Aug. he was admitted to the Koyal Naval 
 College. After he had studied for a period of 
 12 months at that institution, and distinguished 
 himself as second on the list at the general examina- 
 tion, he joined in succession, in Aug. and Sept. 1841, 
 the Wakspite 50, and, as Gunnery Mate, the Cam- 
 brian 36, Capts. Lord John Hay and Henry Ducie 
 Chads. Bythe latter officer, on the arrival of the 
 Cambrian in China, he was sent on shore with a 
 party of seamen to assist at the defence of the 
 island of Chusan. He returned to England in Sept. 
 1842 ; and was next, between Sept. 1843 and Feb. 
 1844, employed on Home service in his former ship 
 the Excellent, and in the Albion 90, Capt. Nich. 
 Lockyer. Since the date last mentioned he has been 
 attached :to the Koyal Magnetic Observatory at 
 Hobart Town, V. D. L. His commission bears date 
 9 Deo. 1845. 
 
 SIMPSON. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Henry George Simpson was Midshipman of the 
 Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Kobt. 
 Stopford, during the campaign of 1840, on the coast 
 of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre ; and Acting-Mate, in 1842, of the Harle- 
 quin 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings, during 
 the operations on the Tang-tse-Kiang and in an 
 attack upon pirates at Sumatra. He passed his ex- 
 amination 4 May, 1843 ; was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 31 Jan. 1846, while serving at Ports- 
 mouth in the Excellent gunnery -ship, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads ; was reappointed to the Excellent 
 3 Feb. following ; and since 24 Nov. in the same 
 year has been employed in the Rattlesnake sur- 
 veying-vessel, Capt. Owen^Stanley, now in the East 
 Indies. 
 
 SIMPSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Simpson (a) entered the Navy, 28 Aug. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nightingale 16, 
 Capt. Wm. "Wilkinson, and in the following year 
 accompanied the expedition against Copenhagen. 
 Removing as Midshipman, in Dec. 1808, to the 
 SiRius 36, Capt. Sam.Pym, he sailed in that frigate 
 for the Cape of Good Hope, and was present in her 
 at the capture, in Sept. 1809 and July, 1810, of the 
 town of St. Paul's and the He de Bourbon. On 9 of 
 the latter month, after having assisted at the cutting- 
 out of a privateer schooner under the batteries at St. 
 Paul's, he went in pursuit, in the barge, carrying 21 
 men, under the orders of Lieut. Wm. Norman, of 
 Le Petit Edovard privateer, of 4 12-pounder guns 
 (pierced for 16) and 30 men ; which vessel, after a 
 hard row of nearly 12 hours, was overtaken, boarded, 
 and gallantly carried, under a heavy discharge of 
 musketry, which wounded three of her assailants. 
 In Aug. of the same year, Mr. Simpson (who had 
 been placed in charge of Le Petit Eriouard) served 
 with the storming-party, and was slightly wounded, 
 at the capture of the He de la Passe, the key to 
 Grand Port, in the Isle of France; and on the 
 ensuing recapture, off Port Louis, of the Wyndham 
 Indiaman, he was sent in her as prize-master with 
 despatches for the Government of Bourbon. The 
 SiBius being destroyed during his absence (see Sir 
 Samuel Pym), he was received, 12 Sept. 1810, on 
 board the Boadioea 38, Capt. Josias Rowley, by 
 whom, in the course of that month, we find him 
 
 directed to assume charge of the British 38-guri 
 frigate Africaine (then just retaken from the 
 French). Continuing in that ship, with Capts. Ben- 
 jamin Street and Thos. Graham, he served in her 
 under the flag of Vice- Admiral Albemarle Bertie at 
 the capture of the Isle of France ; on which occasion 
 he was also employed, in command of the launch 
 belonging to the William Pitt Indiaman, in covering 
 the landing of the right wing of the first division of 
 the army. On the Africaine being paid off, he 
 joined, in April, 1811, the Leopard 50, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Dillon, with whom he proceeded off Lisbon. 
 During the summer of the same year he was engaged, 
 as a Supernumerary, in the DnniD 32, Capt. Thos. 
 Searle, at the defence of Cadiz. Being again, in 
 May, 1812, placed under the orders of Capt. Pym in 
 the NiEMEN 38, he saw much service in that frigate 
 on the coast of America, where he blockaded Dela- 
 ware, assisted in the boats, four in number, at the 
 cutting-out of three schooners, one of them mount- 
 ing 6 guns, and was ultimately, 21 Sept. 1814, while 
 Prize-Master of a packet-sloop, captured and taken 
 into Boston by the York privateer. He attained the 
 rank of Lieutenant 18 Feb. 1815 ; and was lastly, 
 from 26 Aug. 1834 until the early part of 1835, em- 
 ployed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 SIMPSON. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 James Simpson (6) passed his examination 18 
 Nov. 1839; commanded the pinnace belonging to 
 the Zebra 16, Capt. John Jas. Stopford, and had 3 
 marines wounded in the attack upon Tortosa, 25 
 Sept. 1840 ; * and between the commencement of 
 1842 and the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant B Dec. 1845, was employed on the East 
 India and Home stations in the Driver steam-ves- 
 sel, Capt. Sam. Fielding Harmer, Algerine 10, 
 Capt. Sam. Brooking Dolling, and Qdeen 110, and 
 Trafalgar 120, both commanded by Capt. Wm. 
 Fanshawe Martin. He was then appointed Addi- 
 tional of the Vernon 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Sam. Hood Inglefield on the south-east coast of 
 America ; he served next, from 21 Jan. 1846 until 
 the spring of 1848, in the Superb 80, Capt. Armar 
 Lowry Corry, in the Channel and Mediterranean ; 
 and since 17 Aug. in the latter year he has been in 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 SIMPSON, (ffajtatn, 1809.) 
 
 John Simpson was born in 1766 at Chatham, and 
 was educated at the Greenwich School. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne from 
 1774 until 1779 on the books of the Medwav 74, 
 Capt. Affleck) embarked, in 1781, as Captain's Ser- 
 vant, on board the Cerberus frigate, Capt. Robt. 
 Mann ; previously to following whom, in 1782, into 
 the Scipio, he assisted at the relief of Gibraltar, 
 After serving for a short time as Midshipman in 
 the Clinton, he joined, in 1783, L'Abondance 
 store-ship, Capt. Phillips, and in the course of the 
 same year was charged with the duty of ceding New 
 York to General Washington. Between 1783 and 
 Deo. 1793 he was employed on the Newfoundland, 
 Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Winchel- 
 SEA 32, Goliath 74, Capt. Dickson, Carysfort 28, 
 Capt. Smith, Ferret sloop, Capt. Davidge Gould, 
 Mercury 28, Capt. Montgomery, Bedford 74, Capt. 
 R. Mann, and Leander 50, Romney 50, Princess 
 Royal 98, and Victory 100, flag-ships of Admirals 
 Peyton, Goodall, and Lord Hood. On leaving the 
 Goliath in Dec. 1785 he passed his examination, 
 and in the Ferret and Mercury he was for three 
 years Acting-Master, from 1788 until 1791. In the 
 Victory he was present at the occupation of Toulon. 
 He was made Lieutenant, 7 Deo. 1793, into the Bed- 
 ford 74, Capt. Mann ; and from March, 1795, until 
 1802. he served in that capacity at Home and in the 
 Mediterranean in the Sybille 40, Capt. Cooke, 
 Windsor Castle 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Mann, Sans Pabeil80, Capt. Lord Hugh Sey- 
 mour, Royal William, flag-ship of Sir Peter Parker, 
 Anacreon, commanded by himself, Cormorant 24 
 * VideGaz. 1840, p. 2607. 
 
SIMPSON. 
 
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 Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, Santa Teresa frigate, 
 Capt. Campbell, Lutine, Hon. Capt. Dundas, and 
 PoMONE 40, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower. In the 
 Sybille he was for nearly 12 months First-Lieute- 
 nant; in the Cobmobant and Santa Tebesa he was 
 present at the attack upon Genoa, and at the block- 
 ade and reduction of Malta; and in the Pomone, 
 besides aiding at the defence of Porto Ferrajo, he 
 contributed to the capture, 3 Aug. 1801, of the Car- 
 rere of 40 guns and 320 men, and, 2 Sept. following, 
 of the frigates Succes and JBravoure. The Can'ere 
 did not surrender until a stiff action of 10 minutes 
 had occasioned her antagonist a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 4 wounded. From the Pomone Lieut. Simpson 
 removed to the Kent 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 Bickerton in the Mediterranean, where he was 
 nominated, in the course of 1802, Acting-Com- 
 mander of the TounTEHELLE 30. As he was, how- 
 ever, called upon to act as Captain of the Kent, he 
 did not join that vessel until the early part of 1803 ; 
 on 19 April in which year his promotion was con- 
 firmed. In Aug. 1803, having returned home with 
 the 63rd Regiment, he hoisted the flag of Lord 
 Gardner at Cork. He was subsequently ordered to 
 the river Clyde, where he commanded the Touk- 
 TEKELLE as a guard-ship, until appointed, 20 May, 
 1805, on the application of Lord Nelson, to the "Wasp 
 18. On 28 Aug. following, Capt. Simpson, who had 
 been sent under the orders of Capt. Stephen Poyntz, 
 of the Melampds 36, to watch the Passage du Raz, 
 found himself in the midst of the celebrated Roche- 
 fort squadron, consisting of five two-deckers, two 
 frigates, and two brigs ; and his capture appeared 
 so inevitable to Capt. Poyntz, that that officer re- 
 ported such to have taken place the next day to the 
 Commander-in-Chief, Hon. "Wm. Cornwallis. The 
 French Admiral's ship approached so near that she 
 actually fired a shot over the "Wasp ; between whom 
 and a frigate and brig a running-action was main- 
 tained from 8 A.M. until 4 p.m., when the squadron 
 hauled to the wind and left her. On the 29th she 
 was again surrounded by the enemy, and the frigate 
 and brig, as before, commenced a fire which lasted 
 until the appearance of H.M.S. Niobe and another 
 induced them and the rest of the French ships to 
 haul their wind in a state of such confusion that 
 several men were lost overboard. Although the 
 "Wasp was sawed in every part to facilitate her sail- 
 ing, and had only her two stern-chase guns remain- 
 ing, she increased the dismay on board the French 
 brig by attempting to cut her off in the face of her 
 companions. Superiority of sailing, however, on 
 the part of the latter saved her. For the conspi- 
 cuous gallantry he displayed on these occasions 
 Capt. Simpson obtained the high approbation of the 
 Admiralty, and received the public thanks of the 
 Commander-in-Chief, who held out to him an assur- 
 ance of early promotion. In this he was unfortu- 
 nately disappointed, neither he nor his First-Lieu- 
 tenant meeting any reward, although his recom- 
 mendations, as regarded the rest of the officers and 
 crew, were attended to. After commanding the 
 Star sloop for about two years and 10 months on 
 the Downs and North American stations, he acquired 
 command, in July, 1808, of the "Wolvekene; in 
 which vessel we find him, in Feb. 1809, co-operating 
 in the attack upon Martinique, where he destroyed 
 two forts and captured two brigs pierced for 16 
 guns. On his arrival home, with a strong letter of 
 recommendation from Sir Alex. Cochrane to Lord 
 Mulgrave, he was immediately (we believe in the 
 Gobee) ordered on promotion to Halifax. He was 
 there in consequence nominated, 6 Sept. 1809, Act- 
 ing-Captain of the FuRiEUSE 36. In that ship, to 
 which he was confirmed 12 Dec. following, he con- 
 tinued untilJuly, 1810. In March, 1812, he assumed 
 command, pro tern., of the Chatham 74, in the 
 Channel : and from April following until Oct. 1813, 
 he served on the North American and West India 
 stations in the Coquette 20. "When in that vessel 
 off Demerara he fought for 20 minutes a close action 
 with the American schooner-privateer General Arm- 
 strong of 19 guns, including 1 long 18-pounder, which 
 for two hours previously had been playing on the 
 
 Coquette. It then falling calm, the privateer, by 
 the aid of her sweeps, escaped, with a loss, out of 
 140 men, of 10 killed and 17 wounded. The Co- 
 qdette had 2 men killed and 2 wounded. On her 
 engaged side she was covered with langridge ; and 
 her masts, as well as those of her opponent, were 
 much damaged. In July, 1815, Capt. Simpson was 
 appointed to the Bochfobt 80, but this ship he never 
 joined. He was admitted into the Royal Hospital 
 at Greenwich 1 April, 1842. Agents— Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 SIMPSON. (Capt., 1846. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 John Simpson (6) entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 1803, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Trial cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander Edw. Nugent, lying in the river 
 Thames. Removing, in Feb. 1804, to the Acheron 
 of 8 24-pounder oarronades, 2 bombs, and 67 men, 
 Capt. Arthur Farquhar, he sailed in that vessel for 
 the Mediterranean, where he took part, 4 Feb. 1805, 
 and was wounded, in a long and sanguinary action 
 which terminated in the capture of that vessel and 
 of her consort, the Abkow, of 28 32-pounder car- 
 ronades and 132 men, by the French frigates Hor- 
 tense of 48, and Incorruptible of 42 guns. The loss 
 of the Acheron on this occasion amounted to 3 men 
 killed and 8 wounded, and of the Abbow to 13 killed 
 and 27 wounded. On being exchanged, Mr. Simp- 
 son, who had been detained a prisoner for about two 
 months at Malaga, was received in succession, in the 
 course of the same year, on board the Amazon 38, 
 Capt. Wm. Parker, Royal Sovereign 100, and Vic- 
 tory 100, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Bickerton and Lord 
 Nelson, Camel store-ship, Capt. Thos. Garth, Am- 
 PHiTBiTE frigate, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, and 
 Bellona 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley.Pater and John 
 Erskine Douglas. Proceeding in the latter ship to 
 North America he there, 14 Sept. 1806, assisted at 
 the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74 
 U Impetueux. After having for some time block- 
 aded an enemy's squadron in the Chesapeake, he 
 was transferred, in Nov. 1808, to the Cottle 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Bury ; in which 
 vessel we find him, in Feb. 1809, co-operating in 
 the reduction of Martinique. He subsequently, in 
 command of the Cuttle's jolly-boat, with only 4 
 men, captured a notorious piratical schooner. On 
 arriving with his prize at Halifax he joined, in Jan. 
 1810, in the capacity of Master's Mate, the Swift- 
 sure 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase War- 
 ren ; by whom (having passed his examination in 
 Nov. 1809) he was placed in command, 17 Aug. fol- 
 lowing, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the 
 Bream schooner of 4 guns — an appointment which 
 the Admiralty confirmed 14 Dec. 1811. While in 
 the Bream, in which vessel he remained until Oct. 
 1812, Mr. Simpson carried specie to St. John's, New- 
 foundland, was frozen up at Louisburg, Cape Breton, 
 where his health suffered materially, and on 9 Aug. 
 1812, effected the capture, off Shelbume, despite an 
 obstinate resistance of 20 minutes, of the "U. S. 
 schooner Pythagoras, of 3 guns and 35 men. After 
 cruizing with activity on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica in the Statiba 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, 
 into which frigate he had volunteered with the 
 whole of the Bbeam's crew, he invalided home in 
 1813 with a constitution much impaired. He had 
 been previously ordered to join the Sylph sloop-of- 
 war, but had not been able to do so. Until this 
 period, deducting the short time he was a prisoner, 
 Mr. Simpson does not appear to have been altogether 
 one month on shore. His succeeding appointments 
 were — in Jan. 1823 and May, 1824, to the command 
 of the Spbightly and Dove cutters in the Channel 
 — 26 Aug. 1825, to the Perseus receiving-ship off 
 the Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch, with whom he conti- 
 nued until May, 1827—22 June, 1829, to the com- 
 mand, which he retained until Aug. 1832, of the 
 Minx schooner of 3 guns — and 9 July, 1838, to that 
 of the Weazle brig, of 10 guns, on the Mediterra- 
 nean station. In the Minx he was employed in the 
 West Indies and in South America in watching 
 British interests. Being at Omoa when attacked 
 and taken during the civil war in 1832, he landed 
 
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 SIMPSON. 
 
 and brought off at different times as many as 60 
 Tvomen and children whom he placed in safety on 
 board British merchantmen lying off that place. 
 His conduct on this occasion was much approved 
 by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Edw. Griffith Col- 
 poys. Repeated attacks of fever obliged him, in 
 Aug. 1832, as above stated, to invalid. For his 
 valuable services in the Wea2i.e on the coast of 
 Spain, in hastening to the relief of Castellon de la 
 Plana with 250 troops on board his own vessel and 
 550 others in Spanish launches, who were all landed 
 in time to save the town from falling into the hands 
 of Cabrera, as also for watching the garrison of 
 Melila when in a state of mutiny, Lieut. Simpson 
 received the thanks of the Queen Kegent and the 
 Cross of a Knight-Commander. H e was superseded 
 from the Weazle on the occasion of his promotion 
 to the rank of Commander 3 July, 1840; and was 
 lastly, from 21 Dec. 1844 until Posted 9 Nov. 1846, 
 employed in the Holla 10, on the coast of Africa. 
 
 Capt. Simpson is married and has issue six chil- 
 dren. Agents — Hallett and Kobinson. 
 
 SIMPSON. (Ketiked Commander, 1841. h-p., 
 11 ;* H-p., 49.) 
 John Simpson entered the Navy in May, 1787, as 
 Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Irresistible 74, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Sir Andrew Snape Hamond 
 in the river Medway. In Aug. 1794 (he had left 
 the Irresistible in 1789), he became Midshipman 
 of the Invincible 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, 
 on the Home station ; where, after serving with that 
 officer in the Juste 80, he was nominated, in June 
 and Dec. 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the Ganges 
 74 and St. Fiorenzo 36, Capts. Robt. M'Douall 
 and Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He was confirmed, 
 31 May, 1798, into the Xenophon sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Sayer, attached to the force in the North Sea; and 
 was subsequently appointed — 26 Nov. 1799 and 
 (after six months of half-pay) 8 July, 1800, to the 
 Defence' 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, and Dic- 
 tator 64, Capt. Hardy, employed in the Medway 
 and at Spithead — 8 March, 1801, as First-Lieutenant 
 (he had only remained a few days in the Dictator) 
 to the Camilla 20, Capts. Robt. Larkan and Edw. 
 Brace, with whom he served at Newfoundland and 
 in the Channel, until July, 1802— and, 20 May, 1803, 
 to the RosARio sloop, which vessel, commanded by 
 Capt. Wm. Mounsey on the Cork station, his health 
 obliged him, in Aug. 1805, to leave. He afterwards 
 had charge of a Signal station. He was placed on 
 the Junior List of Retired Commanders 1 Dec. 1830 ; 
 and on the Senior 8 Sept. 1841. 
 
 SIMPSON. (LlEOT., 1808. F-P., 41; H-P., U.) 
 John Simpson (i) was born 2 Nov. 1777. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 179.5, as 
 L.M., on board the Mercdry 28, Capts. Hon. Geo. 
 Byng and Thos. Rogers, in which ship he served 
 with activity on the Newfoundland and Lisbon sta- 
 tions until Jan. 1798 — the last 15 months in the ca- 
 pacity of Midshipman. From 19 July, 1798, until 
 14 Jan. 1802, he was employed on the Home station 
 in the Heroine frigate, Capt. Hon. John Murray ; 
 and, from July, 1803, until May, 1805, in the Tri- 
 bune 36, Capts. Geo. Henry Towry and Rich. Henry 
 Alex. Bennett. He passed his examination 7 Oct. 
 1801. In July, 1806, he became Master's Mate (a 
 rating he had held for 16 months on board the Tri- 
 bune) of the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth, under whom, in Feb. 1807, 
 he passed the Dardanells. After serving for eight 
 months with Lords Gardner and Gambler in the 
 ViLLE de Paris 110, he was made Lieutenant, 28 
 July, 1808, into the Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capt. John 
 Thompson, stationed on the coast of Spain ; where, 
 as he had been on board the latter vessel, he was 
 appointed, 3 April, 1809, First of the Goldfinch of 
 10 guns (8 18-pounder carronades and 2 sixes) and 
 75 men, Capts. Firzherbert Geo. Skinner and Arden 
 Adderley ; under the former of whom he assisted 
 in beating off, 18 May following, the French corvette 
 * Not including Signal station aervice. 
 
 Mbiwlie of 16 long brass 8-pounders and 180 men, at 
 the close of an action of four hours, in which the 
 British vessel, besides being much cut up, sustained 
 a loss of 3 men killed and 3 wounded. On this oc- 
 casion he was himself slightly wounded. He was 
 next employed— from Oct. 1809 until May, 1811, as 
 Senior Lieutenant, in the Trincdlo sloop, Capts. 
 Spence (Acting), John Lambom, and Alex. Renny, 
 in the Channel— from Oct. 1812 until June, 1814, in 
 the Veteran and Kroh Princesses, prison-ships at 
 Portsmouth, Lieut.-Commanders Stephen Donovan 
 and Thos. Bardwood— and, from 15 June, 1815, until 
 18 Aug. 1818, as Agent for Transports afloat. He 
 has been serving, since 9 May, 1821, in the Coast 
 Guard at Aldborough, in the isle of Sheppy, and 
 at Gravesend, Blackwall, Woolwich, and Barking 
 Creek. 
 
 Lieut. Simpson married, 28 Oct. 1804, the daughter 
 of Mr. Crispin, Carpenter, R.N., by whom he has 
 issue 8 sons and 4 daughters. One of the former, 
 Benjamin, is a Master, R.N. (1846.) His eldest 
 daughter, Susanna, was married, in Aug. 1833, to G. 
 Wright, Esq., R.N. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 SIMPSON. (JRetiked Commandee, 1837. r-p., 
 11; H-P., 43.) 
 
 Samuel Ash Simpson died 22 Nov. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Deo. 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Albacoke sloop, Capt. 
 Geo. Parker, with whom he continued employed 
 during the remainder of the war, chiefly on the 
 North Sea, Irish, and West India stations, in the 
 same vessel, and in the Squirrel 20 and Santa 
 Margarita 36. In the latter ship he contributed 
 to the capture, among other vessels, of L'Adour of 
 16 guns (pierced for 20) and 147 men. La Victorme 
 of 16 guns and 82 men, the San Francisco of 14 guns 
 and 53 men, and Le QtuUorze Juillet of 14 guns and 
 65 men. In the course of 1802-3 he joined, in suc- 
 cession, the Juno 32 and Renown 74, Capts. Richard- 
 son and White, both in the Mediterranean ; where, 
 on his passage in the Arrow sloop, Capt. Rich. Budd 
 Vincent, to join the Sagesse frigate (of which he 
 had been created a Lieutenant 4 May, 1804) he was 
 captured, 4 Feb. 1805, as detailed in our memoir of 
 Capt. John Simpson (A), by the French frigates Hor- 
 tense and Incorruptible. On being exchanged, in 
 June, 1805, he joined the Glory 98, flag-ship of 
 Rear- Admiral Chas. Stirling ; under whom he fought, 
 22 July following, in Sir Robt. Calder's action with 
 the combined fleets of France and Spain -off Cape 
 Finisterre. After serving off the port of Cadiz he 
 removed, in Jan. 1808, to the Barfledr 98, bearing 
 the flag at Lisbon of Rear- Admiral Wm. Albany 
 Otway. He was subsequently employed — from Oct. 
 1808 until April, 1813, in the Niobe 40, Capts. John 
 Wentworth Loring and Wm. Augustus Montagu, in 
 the Channel, North Sea, and West Indies — and, 
 from 1 July in the latter year until wrecked on a 
 reef of rocks in Anatto Bay, Jamaica, 19 May, 1814, 
 in the Halcyon 18, Capt. John Houlton Marshall. 
 In Nov. 1810, Mr. Simpson, then in the Niobe, took 
 part, and was mentioned in the highest terms by his 
 Captain for his conduct, in a gallant attack made in 
 company with the Diana 38, on the French 40-gun 
 frigates Amazone and Eliza under the batteries of 
 La Hogue ;* and, in March, 1811, he aided in caus- 
 ing the self-destruction of the Amazone then on 
 shore near Cape Barfleur. 
 
 He accepted the rank of Commander on the Re- 
 tired List 25 Jan. 1837. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. 
 
 SIMPSON, K.T.S. (Retibed Captain, 1841. 
 
 r-p., 17 ; H-P., 39.) 
 Thomas Simpson died 28 March, 1848, at Stoke, 
 Devonport. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 July, 1791, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Expedition cutter, at- 
 tached to the force in the North Sea. In the course 
 of the same year he joined the Ardent and Triton, 
 Capts. Jas. Vashon and Geo. Murray, the latter sta- 
 * TiiicGaz. 1810, p. 1840. 
 
SIMPSON— SIMS-SINCLAIR. 
 
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 tionod in the West Indies ; where and in the Chan- 
 nel he served as Midsliipman and Master's Mate in 
 the Hectok 74 and London 98, flag-ships of Admirals 
 Geo. Montagu and Sir John Colpoys, from March, 
 1793, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 
 July, 1797. His succeeding appointments were— in 
 1798, for four years, to the Captain 74, Capts. John 
 Aylmer, Sir Rich. John Strachan, Geo. Bowen, and 
 Chas. Boyles, employed in the West Indies, Medi- 
 terranean, and Channel — in Oct. 1803 and Deo. 1804, 
 to the command of the Rose hired cutter (engaged 
 in the conveyance of despatches) and of the Mn- 
 SETTE guard-vessel — 27 Nov. 1806, to the London 
 98, Capt. Thos. Western, under whom he escorted 
 the Royal family of Portugal in its flight to the 
 Brazils, and was in consequence, we believe, created 
 a Knight of the order of the Tower and Sword— in 
 June, 1809, to the command, which he retained for 
 seven months, of a gun-boat employed in the Wal- 
 cheren expedition — and, 26 Oct. 1810 arid 24 Jan. 
 1811, to the HiBERNiA 120 and Yokk 74, Capts. 
 White and Robt. Barton, both in the Mediter- 
 ranean. He was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 1 Aug. 1811, and placed on the list of 
 Retired Captains 1 March, 1841. 
 
 SIMPSON. (Retibed Commander, 1843. f-p., 
 13; H-p., 41.) 
 
 Thomas Simpson was bom 28 Nov. 1783. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne in 1790-1 
 on the books of the Roebuck 44, Capt. Linzee) em- 
 barked, in July, 1793, as Midshipman, on board the 
 Raisonnable 64, Capt. Lord Cranstoun, with whom 
 he served until March, 1794, in the Channel and 
 among the Western Islands. Between 1795 and 
 Feb. 1805 he was employed, chiefly on the Home 
 station, in the Jdste 80, Capts. Hon. Thos. Paken- 
 ham, John Lawford, and Wm. Hancock K-elly, Xe- 
 NOPHON sloop, Capts. Geo. Sayer and John Henry 
 Martin, Juste again, Capts. Sir Henry TroUope, 
 Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle, Rosakio sloop, 
 Capt. Wm. Mounsey, and San Josef 110, flag-ship 
 of the late Sir Chas. Cotton. In the Juste he went 
 to the West Indies in 1801 in fruitless pursuit of the 
 French fleet under Admiral Ganteaume. On leav- 
 ing the San Josef he was in succession, 30 Feb., 22 
 May, and 25 June, 1805, appointed Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Griper, Nimble, and Growler gun-brigs, 
 Lieut.-Commanders John Morris, Thos. Delafons, 
 and Jas. Rose. In the Griper he was in frequent 
 action with the enemy's flotilla and batteries in the 
 neighbourhood of Boulogne, and was on one occa- 
 sion severely contused in the right hand ; and, 
 while serving in the Growler, he assisted at the 
 capture, near the Lizard, of a French lugger of 6 
 guns and 60 men, and at the destruction of other 
 vessels. The Growler was once chased by the 
 French fleet for 12 hours, and only escaped by 
 throwing most of her guns and shot overboard. 
 From Aug. to Dec. 1806 Mr. Simpson acted as Lieu- 
 tenant in the Conqueror 74, Capt. Israel Pellew : 
 and, on 21 May, 1807, he was confirmed into the 
 Hound bomb, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer. In the 
 course of the following month, an illness, which 
 lasted five years, caused him to invalid. He ac- 
 cepted his present rank 10 Feb. 1843 ; and was ad- 
 mitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 2 
 Sept. 1845. 
 
 Commander Simpson married, first, 10 Oct. 1807, 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Andrews, Esq., of 
 Chichester ; and (that lady dying 14 June, 1833) 
 secondly, 3 May, 1836, Agnes, daughter of Mr. Ley, 
 of Exeter. 
 
 SIMS. (Liectenant, 1815. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 14.) 
 Andrew Sims entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Edgar 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Jackson, bearing the flag of Lord Keith in the 
 Downs; and, from the following Oct. until Oct. 
 1809, was employed in the Acasta 40, Capt. Philip 
 Beaver, on the West India station ; where he as- 
 sisted, in Feb. of the latter year, at the reduction of 
 Martinique. After serving for eight months in the 
 
 Channel in the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. 
 Stopford, he again, in June, 1810, joined Capt. 
 Beaver on board the Nisus 38. In that frigate he 
 co-operated in the reduction of the Isle of France 
 and of Java. He continued in her under Capt. 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg until May, 1814; and, on 
 15 Feb. 1815, he was advanced to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. Since 31 March, 1828, he has been in 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 SINCLAIR. (Captain, 1841.) 
 
 Archibald Sinclair, born 20 Sept. 1801, is 
 fourth son of the late Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, 
 Bart., D.C.L., F.R. and A.S., Cashier of the Excise 
 in Scotland, by his second wife, Diana, youngest 
 daughter of Alexander, first Lord Macdonald. He 
 is brother of the present Sir Geo. Sinclair, Bart. ; 
 and brother-in-law of George, late Earl of Glasgow. 
 His first-cousin, Jane, daughter (by one of his 
 father's sisters) of General Alex. Campbell of Bar- 
 caldine, was wife of the late Earl of Caithness. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Armada 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Grant, attached to the fleet in the Mediterranean. 
 In Nov. of the same year he became Midshipman 
 of the Chatham 74, commanded in the Channel by 
 Capt. David Lloyd; and between Sept. 1815 and 
 Feb. 1823 he was employed on the East India 
 station in the Challenger sloop, Capts. Henry 
 Forbes and Philip Henry Bridges, Tkincomalee 
 of 48 guns, Capt. P. H. Bridges, Orlando 36 and 
 Malabar 74, both commanded by Capt. John 
 Clavell, MiNDEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and 
 Liffev 50, Commodore Grant. He was then nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Dauntless 24, Capt. 
 Geo. Cornish Gambler ; and on his return to Eng- 
 land he was officially promoted by a commission 
 bearing date 22 Oct. 1823. He had, while in India, 
 accompanied an expedition against the pirates of 
 the Persian Gulf. His appointments after he left 
 the Dauntless were — 10 Feb. 1825, to the Glasgow 
 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, in the Channel 
 — 10 Dec. following, to the Doterel 18, Capt. Henry 
 Edwards, on the Halifax station— and, 7 Sept. 1829, 
 to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of the Earl of 
 Northesk at Plymouth. He was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander 22 July, 1830 ; was appointed 
 the next day Second Captain of the Warspite 76, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Baker in South Ame- 
 rica; and on 16 Sept. 1831 was removed to the 
 command of the Jaseur 18, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope. He paid that vessel off in Oct. 1832; and 
 has not been since afloat. His Post-commission 
 bears date 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 In 1826 Capt. Sinclair was presented with the 
 honorary medallion of the Royal Humane Society 
 for having twice, in the Glasgow, saved the life of 
 others, at the imminent hazard of his own. On 
 the first occasion he plunged in his uniform over- 
 board, in a dark night and a high sea, after a Mid- 
 shipman, the present Commander Thos. Hope, and 
 was only saved from perishing by accidentally 
 grasping a rope which happened to be hanging over 
 the side of the ship. In the second instance he 
 similarly rescued a seaman named Friend, who 
 had fallen overboard in an epileptic fit. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SINCLAIR, Bart. (Captain, 1814. r-p., 20; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 
 Sir John Gordon Sinclair, born 31 July, 1790, 
 is only son of the late Sir Robt. Sinclair, Bart., 
 Lieutenant-Governor of Fort St. George, in Scotland 
 (whom he succeeded as eighth Baronet 4 Aug. 1795), 
 by Madalina, second daughter of Alexander, fourth 
 Duke of Gordon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1799, as a 
 Boy, on board the Mars 74, Capt. John Monckton, 
 with whom he served in the Channel until Feb. 
 1800. Joining next, in April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., 
 the Amphion 32, he sailed in that frigate for the 
 Mediterranean with the flag of Lord Nelson, whom 
 he followed as Midshipman, on their arrival, into 
 the Victort 100. After pursuing the combined 
 
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 SISON— SKARDON. 
 
 squadrons of France and Spain to the West Indies 
 and back, he removed, in 1S05, to the Amazos 38, 
 Capt. Wm. Parker, in which ship he continued cm- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean, West Indies, Channel, 
 and North America until within a week of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, 7 July, 1809. He 
 was in consequence present, 13 March, 1806, at the 
 capture, after a long running fight and a loss to the 
 Amazok (in company with whom was the London 
 98) of 4 men killed and 5 wounded, of the Marengo 
 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 
 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. His next appointments 
 were — 11 July, 1809, for two months, to the Blake 
 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, part of the force en- 
 gaged in the expedition to the Walcheren— 1 May, 
 1810, to the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker, 
 under whom he contributed to the reduction of the 
 Isle of France— and, 11 Feb. 1812, after rather more 
 than four months of half-pay, to the Diana 38, 
 Capt. Wm. Ferris, in the Channel, where he cruized 
 until the ensuing April. On 13 Aug. in the same 
 year he was made Commander into the Redwing 
 18 ; and in that vessel he was again very actively 
 employed in the Mediterranean. On 31 March, 
 1813, we find him commended in high terms for the 
 able manner in which he covered the boats of his 
 own vessel and of the Vodontaihe and Undadnted 
 38's when, under Lieut. Isaac Shaw, they destroyed 
 the batteries and captured a convoy at Moijean.* 
 In an attack made, 2 May following, by the boats 
 of the above ships and of the Repulse 74 on some 
 other vessels collected at the same place, the fire of 
 the Redwing proved of equal efficiency. With the 
 boats of the squadron under his personal direclions. 
 Sir John Sinclair, after the powerful batteries at 
 Cassis, a town situated between Toulon and Mar- 
 seilles, had been carried by a detachment of marines 
 under Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, entered the mole 
 and brought out two heavy gun-boats and 24 vessels 
 laden with merchandize. He had previously, to 
 cover the marines, swept the Redwing in with 
 much perseverance, accompanied by the EsroiE 18, 
 Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and had taken 
 up a most judicious position, although exposed in 
 doing so to a heavy fire from the batteries. t His 
 conduct was very warmly applauded by Capt. Thos. 
 Ussher, the senior officer present. This exploit was 
 achieved 18 Aug. 1813; and on 6 June, 1814, Sir 
 John Sinclair was advanced to Post-rank. His ap- 
 pointments have since been— 1 May, 1815, for nearly 
 four months, to the Labne 20, stationed on the 
 coast of France— 1 Feb. 1825, to the Doeis 42, 
 fitting for South America, whence he returned in 
 1829—17 Dec. 1842, to the charge of Naval Stores at 
 Gibraltar— and, 8 Sept. 1846, to the superintendence 
 (with his name on the books of the Victory) of the 
 Packet Establishment at Southampton. 
 
 Sir John Sinclair is Deputy-Lieutenant for Caith- 
 ness and Haddingtonshire. He married, 15 June, 
 1812, Anne, only daughter of Admiral Hon. Michael 
 De Courcy, niece of John, 26th Lord Kingsale, by 
 whom he has issue. His eldest son, Robert Charles, 
 is an officer in the 38th Regt. ; and his second, John 
 Michael De Courcy, an officer in the Madras Artil- 
 lery. His second daughter is the wife of Capt. 
 Hon. D. W. A. Pelham, R.N. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 SISON. (Eetiked Commander, 1844. p-p., 16 • 
 H-p., 34.) ' 
 
 Samdel Sison entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1797, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Flora frigate, Capt. 
 Robt. Gambler Middleton, with whom he sailed for 
 Lisbon. From 9 Feb. 1798 until 27 March, 180O, 
 he served off' Cadiz and at Gillingham Reach, the 
 chief part of the time as Midshipman, in the Blen- 
 heim and Pbincess Royal 98'e, bearing each the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Lennox Frederick, and 
 Akgonadt hospital-ship, Lieut.-Commander Paul. 
 He next, 10 June, 1803, joined the Colossus 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Martin, Michael Seymour, and Jas. 
 NiooU Morris, employed off' Brest and Ferrol; and 
 
 * Vide Ga/.. 1813, p. 1148. + V. Gaz. 1813, p. 2011. 
 
 on removing, in 1804, to the Lively 38, Capt. Grar 
 ham Eden Hamond, he assisted, 5 Oct. in that year, 
 at the capture, off Cape St. Mary, of three Spanish 
 frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of 
 a fourth. In the course of 1805 we find the Lively, 
 who on the latter occasion had had 2 men killed 
 and 5 wounded, sustaining a self-sought and very 
 spirited skirmish with the Spanish 74-gun ship 
 Glorioso. On leaving her Mr. Sison was received 
 as Master's Mate, in May, 1806, on board the San 
 JoSEP 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton oif 
 Brest. He was made Lieutenant (while serving at 
 Newfoundland in the Isis 50, flag-ship of Vice-Ad- 
 miral John HoUoway) into the Avenger 20, Capt. 
 Thos. White, 20 Aug. 1807 ; and was subsequently 
 appointed — 13 Jan. 1808, to the Hibeknia 120, bear- 
 ing the flags of Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton and Fras. 
 Pickmore off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean— in 
 1809, to the VoLONTAiRE 38, Capt. Chas. BuUen, 
 also in the Mediterranean— 17 Nov. 1810 and 22 
 Sept. 1812, to the San Josef again, flag-ship of Sir 
 C. Cotton, and Fylla 20, Capt. Henry Prescott, 
 both on the Home station— 14 May, 1813, to the 
 Akbar 50, Capt. Sir Archibald Collingwood Dick- 
 son, on the coast of Brazil— 6 Oct. and 20 Nov. 1814, 
 to the Qdeen S8, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, and Tremendous 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Campbell, again in the Mediterranean, 
 where he had charge, from May, 1815, until Jan. 
 1816, of some Neapolitan line-of-battle ships— 16 
 Jan. and 1 March, 1816, to the acting-command of 
 the Trident 64, receiving-ship at Malta, and Ca- 
 lypso sloop, which latter vessel he brought home 
 and paid off at Chatham 10 July following— and, 
 25 Aug. 1827, to the command, which he retained 
 until 3 April, 1829, of the Myrtle Falmouth packet. 
 On the night of 31 Oct. 1809 Mr. Sison, then in the 
 VoLONTAiRE, Served with the boats of a squadron 
 under the orders of Lieut. John Tailour at the cap- 
 ture and destruction of the French armed store- 
 ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards 
 Victoire and Grandeur^ armed xebec Nomumde, and 
 seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous 
 strong batteries, in the Bay of Rosas, after a despe- 
 rate struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed 
 and 55 wounded.* He accepted his present rank 
 11 Jan. 1844. 
 The Commander is married and has issue. 
 
 SKAEDON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 14 ;t h-p., 28.) 
 George Briscoe Skardon entered the Navy, 26 
 March, 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Agin- 
 couRT 64, Capts. Thos. Briggs and Henry Hill, sta- 
 tioned in the North Sea; and from June, 1806, 
 until Nov. 1810, was employed, latterly as Master's 
 Mate, in La Chiffonne 36, Capt. John Wainwright, 
 in the Mediterranean and East Indies. In 1807 he 
 was wounded (in consideration whereof he obtained 
 a grant from the Patriotic Fund) at the cutting- 
 out of an armed vessel from Minorca ; and in Nov. 
 1809 he assisted at the destruction of -the strong 
 town of Ras-al-Khyma and of more than 80 piratic 
 vessels in the Persian Gulf. In June, 1810, on his 
 arrival at St. Helena from China in the Belliqdeux 
 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, he again joined La 
 Chiffonne, and in her he returned to England. 
 After serving at Spithead as a Supernumerary in 
 the Royal William, Capt. Eobt. Hall, and in the 
 Bay of Biscay in the Dannemaek 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Bissett, he was received, in Aug. 1812, on board 
 the MiNDEN 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, and 
 sailed a second time for the East Indies, where he 
 was nominated, 2 May, 1813, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the VoLAGE 22, Capt. John Allen ; was confirmed, 
 4 Feb. 1814, into the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer; 
 and was in succession, in the course of 1815, re- 
 moved to the Hecate 18, Capt. J. Allen, Welles- 
 LEY, 74, Capts. Michael Matthews and John Harper, 
 and Doris 36, Capt. J. Harper. In March, 1816, 
 he came home. His last appointments were, 14 
 Sept. 1818, for three years, to the Severn, Coast 
 » Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 1908. 
 f Exclusive of Coaat-Guard service. 
 
SKEKEL-SKENE. 
 
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 Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, and, 13 Nov. 
 1821, to the charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SKEKEL. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 21 ; h-p. 31.) 
 
 John Skekel was born in March, 1779, at Mort- 
 lake, CO. Banff. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Dec. 1795, as 
 A. B., on board the Thisee 28, Capt. John Okes 
 Hardy, with whom he served until the end of 1802, 
 at Halifax and on the Home station, in the same 
 vessel, and as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in 
 the Assistance 50, St. Albans 64, and Achille 74. 
 On the breaking out of the war in 1803 he sailed 
 with Capt. Hardy in the Couragecx 74, for the 
 West Indies, where, in June of the same year, he 
 acted as Lieutenant at the reduction of Ste. Lucie. 
 Being confirmed, 21 Feb. 1804, into the Pandora 
 44, Capt. John Nash, he accompanied the expedi- 
 tion against Surinam ; and was actively employed 
 during the operations which preceded the surrender 
 of that colony with the flotilla in the Commewyne 
 river. He had been previously, in the boats, en- 
 gaged in preventing supplies from being thrown 
 into Martinique ; and had been, 13 March, present 
 at the cutting out, close to Pearl Ro%k, of the Mo- 
 sambique privateer of 10 18-pounder carronades. 
 His appointments, after he left the Pandouk, were 
 —15 Oct. 1804, to the Heko 74, Capt. Hon. Alan 
 Hyde Gardner, under whom he fought in Sir 
 Kobt. Calder's action, was wounded in Sir Rich. 
 Strachan's* (for which he received a donation from 
 the Patriotic Society), and witnessed the capture, 
 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Linois and 40-gun frigate Belle 
 Poule— 23 May, 1807, to the Ville de Paris 110, 
 flag-ship of Lord Gardner in the Channel — 2 June, 
 1808, to the Bellerophon 74, bearing the flag at 
 first of Hon. A. H. Gardner in the Channel, and 
 commanded next by Capt. Sam. "Warren as a pri- 
 vate ship on the Baltic station, where, in common 
 with the others employed, he received the approba- 
 tion of the Admiralty for his conduct in the boats 
 of a squadron at the brilliant cutting out, off Per- 
 cola Point, 7 July, 1809, of the Russian gun-boats 
 alluded to in our memoir of Capt. Chas. Allenf — 
 and 23 July, 1810, and 11 April, 1811, to the For- 
 midable 98, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, and Dictator 
 64, Capt. Williams, also in the Baltic. On 28 June, 
 1811, he was confirmed a Commander (a fortnight 
 after he had been ordered to act as such) in the 
 Flv sloop of 16 guns ; from which vessel he ex- 
 changed soon afterwards into the Gluckstadt 18. 
 In her he was overtaken on his passage home with 
 convoy by a violent storm ; and, to avoid founder- 
 ing, he was obliged to part with all his guns. The 
 GLiioKSTADT being paid off in Nov. 1811, he was 
 next appointed — 26 Aug. 1812, to the Bold 14, 
 fitting for the North American station, where he 
 was wrecked during a strong north-east gale, near 
 the north end of Prince Edward's Island, while pro- 
 ceeding with convoy up the St. Lawrence, 27 Sept. 
 1813—7 June, 1814, to the Plover 18, employed 
 until Nov. 1816 on the Newfoundland station — and 
 30 May, 1823, to the Ordinary at Plymouth. He 
 attained Post-rank 27 May, 1825 ; and accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Skekel married, in July, 1835, Louisa Bla- 
 dalina Hughes, of York Street, Portman Square, 
 London. 
 
 SKENE. (LlEHT., 1820. F-p., 12 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 Alexander Motz Skene entered the Navy, 9 
 Jan. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Guerri^re 
 40, Capt. Alex. Skene, under whom he was for two 
 years employed in that frigate and in the Hussar 
 38, on the West India, Halifax, and Home stations. 
 Ho was present, in the Hussar, in the expedition 
 to the Walcheren. After serving for nine months 
 In the Implacable 74, Capt. Geo. Cockburn, in 
 which ship he made a voyage to Vera Cruz and as- 
 sisted at the defence of Cadiz, he returned home 
 » I'ide (iiiz. 1805, p. 1400. -f r. Gaz. 1809, p. 1211. 
 
 with the latter officer in the spring of 1811 in the 
 Druid 32. In Jan. 1812 he entered the Royal 
 Naval College ; on leaving that institution in Sept. 
 1814 he became in succession attached to the Prince 
 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, Iphigenia 42, Capt. Andrew 
 King, Ruby 64, Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert Evans, 
 and Albion and Northumberland 74*8, flag-ships 
 of Sir Geo. Cockburn. In the Northumberland 
 he escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena. 
 On his return he was received on board the Bul- 
 wark 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley in 
 the river Medway ; and he was next, from Sept. 
 1816 until promoted to his present rank, 26 Dec. 
 1820, employed in the Sdrlt 10, Lieut.-Commander 
 John Hill, Ramillies 74, flag-ship at Leith of Sir 
 Wm. Johnstone Hope, Isabella hired sloop, Capt. 
 John Ross, Bulwark again, Capt. Sam. Warren, 
 and Griper brig, Lieut.-Commander Matthew 
 Liddon. He has since been on half-pay. He left 
 England, in 1818, in the Isabella, for the purpose 
 of exploring Baffin Bay and of inquiring into the 
 probability of a North-West Passage ; and in the 
 Griper he accompanied the present Sir Wm. Edw. 
 Parry in 1819 on another voyage of discovery to the 
 Polar regions. The expedition having on that occa- 
 sion penetrated to long. 113° 54' 43", within the 
 Arctic Circle, he became thereby entitled to a por- 
 tion of a Parliamentary reward of 5000Z. Agent — 
 Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 SKENE. (LrEOT., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 James Skene entered the Navy, in 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Favourite 18, Capt. 
 Naime, Ijing at Sheemess ; and in 1808 joined the 
 Puissant 74, Capt. Irvine, at Spithead. After 
 cruizing in the West Indies and on the coast of 
 North America in the Guerri^re 40, Capt. Alex. 
 Skene, he followed that officer in 1809 into the 
 Hussar 38, and in the course of the same year 
 accompanied, as Midshipman, the expedition to the 
 Walcheren. From 1810 until 1812 he served, chiefly 
 on the Home station, in the Seine 36, Capts. David 
 Atkins and John Hatley, and Inconstant 36, Capt. 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was then employed for 
 upwards of a year and a half in the Minden and 
 Illustrious 74's, flag-ships (both commanded by 
 Capt. A. Skene) of Sir Sam. Hood in the East 
 Indies ; on his return whence we find him serving 
 for a year under Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane in the Asia 74 and Tonnant 80, on the 
 North American station. While there he was very 
 actively employed against the enemy. in the boats 
 and on shore, and was present in the attack upon 
 New Orleans. On 27 March, 1815 (the day after 
 he had passed his examination), he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Wolverene 16, Capt. 
 Geo. Guy Burton ; and while in that vessel, in which 
 he continued until the following Aug., he was 
 officially promoted to a commission bearing date 25 
 April in the same year. His last appointments 
 were— 19 Sept. 1822 and 18 Jan. 1823 to the Impreg- 
 nable 104 and Britannia 120, both commanded by 
 Capt. Skene, and each bearing the flag of Sir A. 
 Cochrane at Plymouth. He has been on half-pay 
 since April, 1824. Agents — llallett and Robinson. 
 
 SKENE, formerly Smith. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 John M'Dowall Skene is son of Capt. John 
 Skene, R.N., C.B. (1813), who acted as Master of 
 the Egmont 74, Capt. John Sutton, in the action off 
 Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, was First-Lieute- 
 nant of the Africa 64, Capt. Henry Digby, at the 
 battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, commanded the 
 Beagle sloop at the reduction of St. Sebastian in 
 1813, and died in 1833 at Bin Rook, Cardy, Forfar, 
 N.B. Commander Skene, whose father's name was 
 originally Smith, assumed his present surname on 
 inheriting property in Scotland in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1825, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell, lying at Portsmouth. Removing with 
 Capt. Campbell in March, 1827, to the Ocean 80, he 
 sailed in that ship in Feb. 1828 for Lisbon in escort 
 
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 SKINLEY— SKINNER— SK IPSEY. 
 
 of Don Miguel, and was employed in her off the 
 Morea during the evacuation of Greece by the 
 Egyptian army. He served next in the Briton 
 and Stag of 46 guns each, Capts. John Duff Mark- 
 land and Nich. Lockyer; and while in the latter 
 ship he was engaged as Mate (he had passed his 
 examination in June, 1832) in blockading the 
 Scheldt pending the siege of Antwerp by the French 
 in 1833-4. From 1835' until 1839 he was stationed 
 in the West Indies for the suppressing of slavery, 
 in the Nimrod 20, Capt. John Fraser ; and for his 
 subsequent services in the Magicienne 24, Capt. 
 Fred. Thos. Michell, on the coast of Syria, particu- 
 larly in sounding in a 4-oared gig and obtaining the 
 correct depth of water along the whole sea face of 
 the batteries of St. Jean d'Acre prior to the bom- 
 bardment, he was promoted, 5 Nov. 1840, to the rank 
 of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were 
 —15 Dec. 1840, 9 April, 1841, and 19 Jan. 1842, to 
 the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. 
 Stopford, Stromboli steamer, Capts. "Woodford 
 John WilUams and Wm. Louis, and Ganges 84, 
 Capt. Barrington Reynolds, all in the Mediterra- 
 nean, whence he returned to England and was paid 
 off in April, 1842—1 Aug. in the latter year, to the 
 Resistance 42, troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. 
 Patey— and 1 July, 1843, to the Penelope steam- 
 frigate of 650 horse-power, fitting for the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones, Commander-in- 
 Chief on the west coast of Africa. Of the latter 
 vessel, which was indefatigably employed in the 
 suppression of the slave-trade, he soon became First- 
 Lieutenant. Being intrusted with the command of 
 her boats on every occasion of importance, he was 
 present in them at the destruction of Tombocorro 
 and Minna and of all the towns and factories up the 
 GalUnas river. In Oct. 1844 he took one slaver and 
 destroyed another in the bay of Cacongo ; on which 
 occasion 4 of the enemy were shot. At the dying 
 request of Commodore Jones, and as a reward both 
 for his services during that officer's long illness and 
 for the state of discipline in which he paid the 
 Penelope off, he was promoted, 26 May, 1846, to 
 the rank of Commander. Since 21 June, 1848, he 
 has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 SKINLEY. (LiEnTENANT, 1817.) 
 
 John Skinlei- entered the Navy, we believe, in 
 1804, as A.B., on board the Egiptienne 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, employed in 
 cruizing among the Western Islands. From June, 
 1806, until Nov. 1813 he served, the chief part of 
 the time as Captain of the forecastle, in the The- 
 seus and PoicTiERS 74's, Capts. Geo. Hope and John 
 Poo Beresford, in the Channel and North Sea, and 
 also on the Halifax station ; where he then, and in 
 June, 1815, became Master's Mate of the Maid- 
 stone 42, Capts. Geo. Burdett, Alex. Gordon, and 
 Wm. Skipsey, and Akbar 50, bearing the flag of 
 Kear-Admiral Edw. Griffith. Of the latter ship he 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 28 June, 1816. 
 He was officially promoted 12 Feb. 1817, and has 
 not been since afloat. 
 
 One of his sons is married to the eldest dauchter 
 of Lieut. Chas. Hill, R.N. 
 
 SKINNER. (Commander, 1828. f-p n- 
 H-p., 15.) ' 
 
 Arthur Macghegor Skinner, born 17 April, 
 1799, is son of the late Courtland Macgregor, of 
 Belfast, a veteran officer who entered the Army at 
 an early age and retired as Captain of the 70th 
 Regt. ; and grandson of Benj. Skinner, who was 
 Attorney-General and Speaker of the House of 
 Assembly in New Jersey when the war of inde- 
 pendence broke out in America, and who thereby 
 lost a large landed property, on which he had raised 
 three battalions and, having headed them in person 
 had been granted the rank and allowances of a 
 Brigadjer-Gencral. His maternal grandfather, Capt. 
 Macartney, R.N. (whose son, Jas. Macartney, was 
 afterwards lost with Sir Hyde Parker in the Cato 
 50), was killed in command of the Princess Amelia 
 
 80, in the action off the Doggerbank, 5 Aug. 1781. 
 One of his uncles, J. P. Skinner, was a Major-Gene- 
 ral in the Army ; and another, John Skinner, a 
 Commander, R.N. Most of his family have died in 
 the service of their country. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Jime, 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hannibal 74, Capt. 
 Wm. King, bearing the flag off the Texel of the late 
 Sir Philip Chaa. Durham ; with whom (deducting a 
 short time passed in April, 1812, on board the 
 RovAL William at SpitheM) he continued em- 
 ployed in the Christian "VII. 80, and Bulwark and 
 Venerable 74's, until transferred, in July, 1814, to 
 the Baeeosa 36, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch. He was 
 stationed, in the Bulwark, in Basque Roads ; and 
 on his passage, in the Venerable, to the West In- 
 dies, be was present as Midshipman (a rating he 
 had attained on board the Bulwark) at the cap- 
 ture, with trifling loss on the part of the British, of 
 the French 40-gun frigates Iphigenie and Ahmine, 
 which surrendered (the former after considerable 
 resistance) on 16 and 20 Jan. 1814. On leaving the 
 Barrosa, in which ship he had assisted at the cap- 
 ture of five American schooners and one slaver, he 
 went back, in Jan. 1815, to the Venerable. He 
 returned to England shortly afterwards in the 
 Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, and on 
 his arrival in the ensuing April was paid off. In 
 Dec. of the same year he again joined the Pique, 
 still commanded by Capt. Maitland ; with whom he 
 removed, early in 1816, to the Glasgow 50. In that 
 ship, part of the force engaged at the bombardment 
 of Algiers, he served in the Mediterranean, with the 
 intermission of a year (between Oct. 1816 and Oct. 
 1817) until Oct. 1820. He was then (he had passed 
 his examination 2 June, 1819) received on board the 
 Roohfort 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, but 
 came home in Feb. 1821 in the Glasgow, and was 
 afterwards, from the following April until March, 
 1824, when he invalided, employed on the Home 
 and East India stations in the Bulwark 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir John Gore and Sir Benj. HaUowell, 
 Royal Sovereign yacht, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. K. 
 Owen and Sir Chas. Adam, Bulwark again, and 
 LiFFEY 50, Commodore Chas. Grant. Of the latter 
 ship, which he joined in Nov. 1821, he was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant, nearly eight months after he had been 
 ordered to act as such, 22 Oct. 1823. He served 
 subsequently from 24 Oct. 1826 until advanced to 
 his present rank, 9 Sept. 1828, in the Pyeamus 42, 
 Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius ; and from 7 July, 1840, 
 until 1847, as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 From Dec. 1833 until June, 1840, Commander 
 Skinner was a Police Magistrate at Belfast. While 
 serving in 1819 in the Glasgow his arm was badly 
 fractured by a man falling upon him from aloft. In 
 consideration of this he was allowed, until promoted, 
 to enjoy the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SKIPSEY. (Rear-Admik.1L of the Red, 1837.) 
 
 William Skipsey died 18 March, 1846, at Brigh- 
 ton, in his 90th year. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1769, on 
 board the Quebec frigate, Capt. Eras. Reynolds, 
 stationed in the West Indies, where, and on the 
 coast of AiKoa, he served from 1770 until 1773 in 
 the Lynx, Capt. Salter, and Weasel sloop, Capt. 
 Geo. Young. In 1774 he joined the Ramillies 74, 
 guard-ship at Chatham, Capt. Evans ; and, on 7 
 April, 1778, after having been for three years em- 
 ployed on the coast of North America as Midship- 
 man in the Senegal sloop, Capt. Wm. Duddingstone, 
 he was made Lieutenant into the Berwick 74, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Commodore K. Stewart. 
 In that ship he fought, 27 July following, in Kep- 
 pel s action with the Comte d'^Orvilliers, witnessed 
 the hurricane of 1780, and was wounded in the en- 
 gagement between Sir Hyde Parker and Admiral 
 Zoutman off the Doggerbank 5 Aug. 1781 His 
 next appointments were— 18 Nov. 1781, to the Go- 
 liath 74, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, employed in the 
 
SKIPWITH— SKYNNER— SLADE. 
 
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 Channel, West Indies, and North Sea — 2 April, 
 
 1782, to the Britannia 100, bearing the flag of 
 Hon. Sam. Barrington, whom he accompanied, under 
 Lord Howe, to the relief of Gibraltar — 20 March, 
 
 1783, to the Caunatic 74, which ship, we believe, 
 he never joined — in 1770, for a short time, to the 
 Impregnable and Hero, both commanded by Capt. 
 Pringle— 10 May, 1790, to the Kotal George 100, 
 fiag-shipof Admiral Barrington in the Channel, where 
 he remained until the following Dec. — and, in 1795, 
 to the Transport service in the West Indies. At the 
 ensuing reduction of Ste. Lucie he commanded a 
 division of flat-bottomed boats employed in landing 
 the troops, and was mentioned by Sir Hugh Cloberry 
 Christian, the Commander-in-Chief, for his assiduity 
 and exertions.* He was promoted, 6 Deo. 1796, to 
 the command of the Racehorse sloop ; was placed 
 in charge, for about six weeks in 1797, of the Gai/- 
 I.ANT gun-brig, for the purpose of acting against the 
 mutineers of the Nore ; and, in June, 1798, and in 
 Nov. 1799, was appointed to the Pheasant and Ter- 
 magant sloops, both on the North American station. 
 In the latter vessel, on proceeding to the Mediter- 
 ranean, he effected the capture, 1 and 4 Sept. 1800 
 of La CapricieiLse French national polacre of 6 guns 
 and 68 men, and General Holtz privateer, of 2 guns 
 and 26 men. He also, in 1801, assisted in the opera^ 
 tions against the French in Egypt, and was pre- 
 sented in consequence with the Turkish gold medal. 
 He became Acting-Captain in June of the same 
 year of the Hector 74; was confirmed to that 
 ship 18 March, 1802 ; and, returning to England in 
 May, 1803, was subsequently appointed — 4 June, 
 
 1804, to the Impress service at Dublin — in April, 
 
 1805, for nearly five years, to the Shannon district 
 of Sea Fencibles — 17 May, 1813, to the Centurion 
 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griflith 
 in North America— 6 Aug. 1814, to the Maidstone 
 36, on the same station — 22 Aug. 1815, to the Lean- 
 der 50, in which ship he continued, on Home ser- 
 vice, until 1 May, 1816 — and, in 1827, to the chief 
 command at the Cape of Good Hope, where with 
 his broad pendant in the Maidstone 42, he remained 
 for about two years. He was nominated a Colonel 
 of Marines 22 July, 1830; and advanced to Flag- 
 rank 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 At the period of his death Rear-Admiral Skipsey 
 had been longer in the Navy than any officer then 
 existing. He was for upwards of 30 years in active 
 service. He was married and has left issue. 
 
 SKIPWITH. (COMMANDEB, 1842.) 
 
 Grey Skipwith, born 10 April, 1811, is fourth 
 son of Sir Gray Skipwith, Bart., of Prestwould, co. 
 Lincoln, and of Newbold Hall, co. Warwick, by 
 Harriett, third daughter of Gore Townshend, Esq., 
 of Honington Hall, co. Warwick. One of his bro- 
 thers, William, is a Captain in the Army ; and an- 
 other, Sldmouth Stowell, a Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Jan. 1823 ; and embarked, 25 Jan. 1825, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Jasper 10, Capt. Chas. Howe 
 Fremantle, stationed in the Channel. He served 
 subsequently in the Mediterranean and at home as 
 Midshipman in the Ariadne 26, Capt. Lord Adol- 
 phus FitzClarence, Chanticleer 10, Capt. Maxwell, 
 and Challenger 28 and Pallas 42, both com- 
 manded by Lord A. FitzClarence ; under whom we 
 find him, from 1830 (in May of which year he passed 
 his examination) until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 7 March, 1834, employed as Mate in the 
 Royal George yacht and Onyx and Pantaloon 
 tenders. His next appointments were — 16 May, 
 1834, and 10 May, 1837, totheCniLDERS 16, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Keppel, and Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, 
 both in the Mediterranean— 8 Aug. 1839, as First- 
 Lieutenant (after 17 months of half-pay), to the Phce- 
 Nix steamer, Capt. Robt. Spencer Robinson, on the 
 same station, whence he returned in March, 1840— 
 and, 5 April, 1841, as Second, to the Coenwallis 
 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the East Indies. 
 For his services on the coast of China (where he 
 * riifeGaz. 1796, p. 593. 
 
 assisted at the taking of Chapoo, Woosung,* assisted 
 also at the capture of Shanghae and Chin-Kiang- 
 Foo, and was present at the signing of the treaty 
 of Nanking), he was promoted 23 Dec. 1842, to the 
 rank he now holds. f He left the Cornwallis in 
 March, 1843 ; and, since 2 Dec. 1847, has been in 
 command of the Hydra steam-sloop of 220 horse- 
 power, on the S.E. coast of America. 
 
 SKIPWITH. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 SiDMODTH Stowell Skipwith, bom 29 March, 
 1825, is tenth and youngest son of Sir Gray Skip- 
 with, Bart. ; and brother of Commander Grey Skip- 
 with, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 19 July, 1844 ; 
 served as Mate (from 23 Dec. following until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 Nov. 1846) in 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads ; and 
 from 6 Jan. 1847 until paid off in 1848, was em- 
 ployed in the Channel and Mediterranean in the 
 Trafalgar 120, Capts. John Neale Nott and Chas. 
 Hope. 
 
 SKYNNER. (Retired Commander, 1838. 
 F-p., 13; H-p., 38.) 
 
 John Skynner died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1795, as A.B., on 
 board the Bedford 74, Capt. Robt. Mann, attached 
 to the fleet in the Mediterranean; where, and on the 
 Lisbon and Home stations, he served, we believe, 
 from the following Dec. until April, 1801, the greater 
 part of the time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 in the Egmont 74, Capt. John Sutton. In that ship 
 he was present at the evacuation of Corsica in 1796, 
 and in the action off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. 
 After he had been for 11 months employed in the 
 Channel and Downs in the Ville de Paris 110, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, Isis 50, Capt. 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 in the Nemesis 28, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen, he 
 was confirmed to the latter rank, 8 March, 1802, in 
 the Amazon 38, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Parker. 
 In her he brought the Duke of Kent home from 
 Gibraltar, and then returned to the Mediterranean ; 
 on which station he held command, from 19 June, 
 1804, until 14 Dec. 1807, of the Hirondelle gun- 
 brig. He was placed on the list of Retired Com- 
 manders 10 April, 1838. 
 
 SLADE. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Adolphds Slade is fifth (and second surviving) 
 son of General Sir John Slade, Bart., G.C.H., of 
 Maunsell House, co. Somerset, Colonel of the 5th 
 Dragoon Guards, and one of the Equerries to His 
 Majesty the King of Hanover, by Anna Eliza, 
 daughter of Jas. Dawson, Esq., Assistant-Barrister, 
 CO. Armagh. His eldest brother, John Henry, Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel in the 1st Dragoon Guards, died 30 
 Oct. 1843 ; and his second, Charles George, Major 
 in the 3rd Light Dragoons, died on his passage home 
 from India in Feb. 1838. A third brother, Marcus 
 John, is Lieutenant-Colonel in the 30th Regt. ; a 
 fourth, Ernest-Augustus, is also an officer in the 
 Army ; and a fifth, Alfred Robert, Lieutenant R.N., 
 died at sea. He is grandson of the late John Slade, 
 Esq., of Maunsell House, one of the Commissioners 
 of the Victualling Board ; and cousin of the late 
 Capt. Jas. Slade, B.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1815; passed 
 his examination in 1822; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 27 Nov. 1827 ; served in the Mediterranean, 
 from 23 Jan. 1834 until 1837, as Additional-Lieute- 
 nant of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias 
 Rowley ; attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 and from 2 July, 1846, until paid ofi' at the close of 
 1847, commanded the Recruit 12, on particular ser- 
 vice. In 1844 he was a student at the Royal Naval 
 College. 
 
 • rWeGaz. 1842, pp. 3694, 3400. f f. Gaz. 1842, p. 
 
 3821. 
 
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 SLADE. 
 
 SLADE. (LlBUTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Edgar Slade was born 28 July, 1806. He is 
 nephew of the late Capt. Jas. Slade, K.N. ; and 
 cousin of Commander Henry Slade, K.N., and Capt. 
 Andw. Drew, R.N. His brother, Ferguson Slade, 
 Mate of the Lynx brigantine, was lost in a prize on 
 the coast of Africa in 1841. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1821, as 
 Clerk, on board the Snap 10, liieut.-Commanders 
 John Hose and Fred. Bullock, employed until paid 
 off in Jan. 1827, on surveying-service at Newfound- 
 land. In Feb. of the latter year he became Mid- 
 shipman (a rating he had attained in the Snap at 
 the commencement of 1825) of the Victory 104, 
 Capts. Chas. Inglis and Hon. Geo. Elliot, guard- 
 ship at Portsmouth ; and in the following Aug., two 
 months after he had passed his examination, he was 
 appointed Mate of the Warspite 76, Capts. Hon. 
 Rich. Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker. In that 
 ship he was stationed at first off Lisbon, and next in 
 the Mediterranean, where we find him assisting at 
 the blockade of Navarin and conveying the Count 
 Capo d'Istria to Egeria on his election to the Presi- 
 dency of Greece. In Sept. 1828 he removed to the 
 Wellesley 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, also in 
 the Mediterranean ; and on his return to England in 
 Sept. 1830 he assumed command of the Jane Re- 
 venue tender; in which vessel he continued em- 
 ployed in the Irish Channel and on the coast of 
 Scotland until Feb. 1840. He was then appointed 
 to a station in the Coast Guard ; and from 27 May, 
 1841, until he again joined that service 30 Sept. 
 1843, he was engaged, under Capt. Chas. Jepp Ro- 
 binson, in surveying the river Clyde. While there 
 he was promoted, 14 Dec. 1841, to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, and appointed, 15 Deo. 1842 and 31 Jan. 
 1843, to the Gleaner and Shearwater steam-ves- 
 sels. Until he finally left the Coast Guard in 1848 
 he had not been one month out of employ since he 
 entered the Navy, a period of more than 26 years. 
 
 Lieut. Slade married, 24 March, 1833, Alicia, 
 daughter of Jas. Melville, Esq. 
 
 SLADE. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 Frederick Slade entered the Navy, 27 June, 
 1804, as L.M., on board the Cdlloden 74, Capt. 
 Christopher Cole, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 
 where he attained the rating of Midshipman in 
 May, 1805, and assisted at the destruction, 27 Nov. 
 1806, of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and 
 about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels lying in 
 Batavia Roads. From Sept. 1807 until Aug. 1810 
 he was employed in the Baltic and Mediterranean, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Salsette 
 and Nereus frigates, Capts. Walter Bathurst and 
 Peter Heywood. He then joined the Christian 
 VII. 80, bearing the flag of Sir B. Pellew off the 
 Texel ; and after again serving with that officer in 
 the Mediterranean in the Caledonia 120, was nomi- 
 nated, 16 Aug. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Cumberland 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and 
 Thos. Baker. He was confirmed 26 Sept. following, 
 but invalided towards the close of the same year, 
 and was lastly, from March, 1812, until Jan. 1814, 
 employed, a second time in the Baltic, in the Zea- 
 lous 74, Capt. Thos. Boys. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 SLADE. (Commander, 1825. p-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Henuy Slade is nephew of the late Capt. Jas. 
 Slade, R.N. ; and cousin of Lieut. Edgar Slade, R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol, on board the Spanker, lying at Sheer- 
 ness, where he remained until April, 1802. He 
 next, in May, 1803, joined the Princess Augusta 
 yacht; and in Aug. of the same year the Fisguard 
 42, Capts. Lord Mark Robt. Kerr and Wm. Bolton. 
 In the boats of the latter ship he took part, as Mid- 
 shipman, in an attack made in 1805 on a Greek 
 pirate off the Cape de Gata. After serving for 
 rather more than three years off Rochefort and 
 Lisbon, and again hi the Mediterranean, part of the 
 
 time as Master's Mate, in the Kent 74 and Canopus 
 80, flag-ships of Admirals Edw. Thombrough and 
 Geo. Martin, he was made Lieutenant, 12 Nov. 1808, 
 into the Philomel sloop, Capts. Geo. Crawley, Geo. 
 Downie, and Geo. Davies. Continuing in that vessel 
 until May, 1810, he commanded her boats at the 
 storming of the fort of Reggio, at the taking of 
 Zante, Cephalonia, and Ithaca, and at the capture 
 and destruction, on the nignt of 31 Oct. 1809, by 
 the boats of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, 
 after a fearful struggle and a loss to the British of 
 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the French store- 
 ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards 
 Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec Nomumde, 
 with a convoy of seven merchant- vessels, defended 
 by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. 
 Between May, 1810, and May, 1815, he was em- 
 ployed on the Home, West India, and North Ame- 
 rican stations, in the Armide 38, Capts. Ferdinand 
 Lucius Hardyman and Rich. Bailing Dunn, Tre- 
 mendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, Aquilon 32, 
 Capts. Hon. Wm. Pakenham and Wm. Bowles, 
 Asia 74, Capt. Geo. Scott, and Bulwark 74, Capts. 
 David Milne and Farmery Predam Epworth. While 
 in the ship last mentioned he accompanied an ex- 
 pedition under Capt. Robt. Barrie up the Penobscot, 
 where he commanded a party of seamen on shore 
 at the capture of the towns of Hamden and Bangor, 
 3 Sept. 1814.* He was afterwards, from Dec. 1820 
 until paid off, 5 Feb. 1824, employed on particular 
 service in the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Sam. War- 
 ren ; and on 27 May, 1825, he was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SLADE. (Captain, 1810.) 
 
 James Slade was born in 1768 at Childhay, Bur- 
 stock, CO. Dorset, and died 25 Oct. 1846. He was 
 uncle of Commander Henry, and Lieut. Edgar, 
 Slade, R.N., and cousin of Commander Adolphus 
 Slade, R.N. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, in 1781, as a Boy, 
 on board the Amphion frigate, Capt. John Bazely, 
 stationed on the coast of North America; where 
 and in the West Indies he served, from 1783 until 
 1786, as Midshipman, in the Cyrus, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Turner, Davidson, Brovpn, and Johnson. 
 He then returned to England in the Unicorn 20, 
 Capt. Chas. Stirling, and during the remainder of 
 the peace was employed in the Edgar 74, flag-ship 
 of Rear- Admiral Leveson Gower, Endymion, Lieut- 
 Commander Dan. Woodriff, Dictator 64, Capt. 
 West, London 98, Royal Sovereign 100, and Vic- 
 tory 100, each bearing the flag of the late Lord 
 Hood, and Bomney 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Sam. Cranston Goodall. In the Endtmion he made 
 a voyage to Quebec and back ; and in the Romney 
 (the other ships were on the Home station) he pro- 
 ceeded to the Mediterranean ; where he was nomi- 
 nated, 8 April, 1792, Acting-Lieutenant of the Fuey 
 14, Capts. Frank Sotheron and Henry Lidgbird 
 Ball. In that vessel, to which he was confirmed 8 
 April, 1793, we find him affording protection to the 
 trade between England and Portugal, accompanying 
 an expedition under Earl Moira and Rear-Admiral 
 M'Bride to the coasts of Normandy and Brittany, 
 and assisting, while attached to a squadron under 
 Sir John Borlase Warren, at the capture, 23 Jan. 
 
 1794, of La Vipcre national corvette. From May, 
 
 1795, imtil promoted, 2 Sept. 1799, to the command 
 of L'EspiteLE sloop, he again served with Capt. 
 Sotheron at Newfoundland and in the North Sea, 
 in the Romney 50, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Wal- 
 lace, and, as First-Lieutenant, in the Latona 38. 
 During his servitude in the latter ship he was 
 placed in charge of the Crash gun-brig, and sent, 
 13 Aug. 1799, with the Undaunted armed sohuyt 
 and the boats of a small squadron under his orders, 
 to attack the Vengeance schooner, of 6 guns and 70 
 men, and a row-boat, both moored under a battery 
 of 4 long 12-pounders and 2 brass 4-pounders, on 
 the island of Schiermonikoog. Although the Crash 
 grounded too far from the shore to be of much ser- 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 8027, 
 
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 vice, the enterprise was in every way successful. 
 The Vengeance was set on fire and destroyed by her 
 own crew ; the row-boat, with 12 schuyts lying near 
 her, was captured ; and the brass guns in the bat- 
 tery (the others were spiked) brought off. Two days 
 prior to this, Mr. Slade had been, in command of 
 the boats of the same squadron, in company with 
 the Courier cutter, commanded by the present 
 Kear- Admiral Searle (to whose memoir refer) when 
 that vessel made prize of the above-named Crash ; 
 on which occasion he drove on shore a large armed 
 schooner. His conduct was such as to obtain for 
 him very honourable mention, and afforded his Cap- 
 tain an opportunity of describing him as being at 
 all times a truly deserving and gallant officer. He 
 was shortly afterwards present at the capture of the 
 Helder and the surrender of the Dutch squadron 
 under Rear-Admiral Storey- As a tribute to the 
 professional character of Lieut. Slade, we must here 
 state that in six weeks he brought the crew of the 
 Latona from a state of insubordination bordering 
 on mutiny into the very highest discipline, without 
 the ordeal of a single court-martial and with the 
 exercise of very trifling punishment. He continued 
 in command of L'Espi^gle (already alluded to) in 
 the North Sea until 1802; and was subsequently em- 
 ployed — from 5 Oct. 1805 until he invalided in June, 
 1806, in the Duchess of Bedford of 12 guns, on 
 the Mediterranean station— in 1809-10, in the Sea 
 Fencibles in Ireland — from 31 Jan. 1810 until 1814, 
 in the Experiment receiving-ship at Falmouth — 
 and, for a few weeks in March and April, 1816, in 
 the Ordinary at Plymouth. His promotion to Post- 
 rank took place 21 Oct. 1810. 
 
 Capt. Slade married, 3 Dec. 1796, Cheney, young- 
 est daughter of Henry Koe, Esq., by whom he had 
 seven children. One of his sons, an officer in the 
 Navy, was drowned. 
 
 SLAUGHTER. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 John Slaughter entered the Navy 10 Aug. 1808 ; 
 served, as Master's Mate, in the boats of the 
 Tuscan 16 at the capture of a piratical vessel off 
 the island of Elba in 1815 ; passed his examina- 
 tion in 1817 ; and was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 22 July, 1830. His appointments have 
 since been in succession — 24 Aug. 1832 to the Coast 
 Guard — 15 June, 1838, to the command, which he 
 retained until Jan. 1840, of the Lion Revenue 
 cruizer— 26 Sept. in the latter year to the post of 
 Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steamer 
 —7 March, 1843, again to the Coast Guard— and, 2 
 Jan. 1846, to another mail-steamer, in which he is at 
 present employed. 
 
 SLAUGHTER, K.H. (Captain, 1837. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-P., 32.) 
 
 William Slaughter was born 11 Nov. 1787. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1794, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Triumph 74, Capts. 
 Erasmus Gower, Wm. Essington, Thos. Seccombe, 
 Ehab Harvey, and Sir Robt. Barlow ; in which he 
 was for ten years employed (part of the time under 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Collingwood) on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations. He was in conse- 
 quence present in Cornwallis' celebrated retreat, 
 16 and 17 June, 1795, and in the action off Camper- 
 down 11 Oct. 1797. On leaving the Triumph he 
 became Midshipman (a rating he had attained in 
 Jan. 1800) of the Barfleuk 98, Capt. Geo. Martin, 
 lying at Spithead ; and on 29 Jan. 1805 he was nomi- 
 nated Sub-Lieutenant of the Bold gun-brig, Lieut. - 
 Commander Wm. Chivers. While in that vessel he 
 was constantly engaged with the enemy's flotilla on 
 the coast of France, and for his conduct in bringing 
 out a national cutter from vuider the strong bat- 
 teries of Calais, received the thanks of Commodore 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen. On 18 Sept. 1806 he was made 
 full Lieutenant into the Lucifer, Capt. Robt. Elliot, 
 stationed at first in the Downs and next in the Me- 
 diterranean ; where, prior to his removal in Jan. 
 1809 to the Amphion 32, Capt. Wm. Hoste, he 
 passed the Dardanells with Sir John Duckworth, 
 
 co-operated vrith the army in the attack upon 
 Rosetta, and obtained the thanks of Lord Cochrane 
 for his exertions during the defence of Trinidad 
 Castle, attached to the fortress of Rosas, as well as 
 of Rear- Admiral Sir Alex. John Ball for having in an 
 open boat conveyed important despatches to Capt. 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, senior officer off Syra- 
 cuse. With the boats of the Amphion and of the 
 Spartan and Mercury frigates under his orders, 
 Lieut. Slaughter took possession, 27 Aug. 1809, of 
 six gun-boats and a convoy of merchant trabaccolos 
 anchored under the walls of the strong fortress of 
 Cortellazzo, near Trieste, which had just before 
 been stormed and carried by a body of seamen and 
 marines under the present Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney 
 Phillott.* On 29 Aug. 1810, a convoy having been 
 chased the day before into the harbour of Grade, 
 he landed at the head of a detachment of seamen 
 and marines from the Amphion and Cerberus a 
 little to the right of the town, which he at once pro- 
 ceeded to attack. On their march the British were 
 met, about the dawn of day, by a body of troops 
 and peasantry, who opened a very destructive fire 
 and obliged them to retire to the shelter of some 
 hillocks. Conceiving that they were retreating to 
 their boats, the French quitted a very advantage- 
 ous position which they had been occupying, and 
 charged with the bayonet. They were, however, 
 received with characteristic bravery and steadiness 
 — and a Lieutenant, a Serjeant, and 38 Privates of 
 the 81st Regt. of French Infantry were made pri- 
 soners. Lieut. Slaughter and his party then en- 
 tered the town and took possession of the vessels, 
 25 in number. At about 11 a.m. a detachment of 
 the 5th Regt. of French infantry, consisting of a 
 Lieutenant and 24 men, entered Grade from Ma- 
 ran, a village in the interior ; these were instantly 
 attacked by Lieut. Slaughter and the force that 
 was nearest to them, consisting of a division of sea- 
 men and marines belonging to the Amphion and 
 also to the Active frigate, whose boats had landed 
 just as the men of the Amphion and Cerberus had 
 achieved their exploit. The same intrepidity which 
 had ensured success on that occasion produced it 
 on this — the enemy, after two of their number had 
 been killed, throwing down their arms and surren- 
 dering. Every exertion was now made to get the 
 convoy out of the river, but, it being almost low 
 water, that object was not to be effected before 
 7 p.m., and then not without great labour and 
 fatigue, the men having to shift the cargoes of 
 the large vessels into small ones, in order to float 
 them over the ban The loss on the part of the 
 British in performing this very gallant service 
 amounted to 4 marines killed and 1 Lieutenant of 
 marines, 3 seamen, and 4 marines wounded ; that of 
 the French to 10 killed, 8 by bayonet wounds, a 
 proof of the nature of the conflict, and 8 wounded. 
 " I cannot," says Capt. Hoste In his official account 
 of the performance, addressed to Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 the Commander-in-Chief, "sufficiently express my 
 thanks to the Commanding Lieutenant, Slaughter, 
 who has on this, and on many frequent instances 
 before, given proofs of courage and conduct which 
 merit every encouragement ; and I beg leave to re- 
 commend him in the strongest terms to your consi- 
 deration." t Mr. Slaughter was in consequence re- 
 warded with a Commander's commission dated 21 
 Nov. 1810. Previously to quitting the Amphion he 
 appears to have been engaged in other attacks on 
 the enemy's towns and convoys. On one occasion, 
 while endeavouring to burn a Russian squadron at 
 Trieste, the boat he was in was upset, at night, by 
 a concussion of Congreve-rockets, and he and his 
 crew, exposed to a heavy fire, were only saved by 
 the timely assistance rendered by another boat. 
 Assuming command, 17 Dec. 1812, of the Archer 
 sloop, Capt. Slaughter, while stationed in April, 
 1814, off Dunkerque, received on board a deputation 
 from that town charged with an invitation to Louis 
 XVIII. to return and take possession of his throne 
 and kingdom. This deputation he presented in 
 person at the Admiralty and to His Majesty at his 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1906. + V.Grz. 1810, p. 1857. 
 
1080 
 
 SLEIGH-SLIGHT-SLOAN-SLOLY— SLYMAN. 
 
 abode at Hartwell House, In Buckinghamshire. He 
 then conveyed it back to Dunkerque. Although 
 the event was considered of so much importance 
 that its announcement was accompanied by a dis- 
 charge from the Park and Tower guns, Capt. 
 Slaughter, contrary, we believe, to the custom pre- 
 valent on such occasions, was not promoted ; nor 
 was any part of the expense he had incurred 
 (amounting to 230Z.) restored to him. He afterwards 
 accompanied the expedition against New Orleans. 
 He paid off the Akcher in Sept. 1815 ; and was 
 lastly, from 2 July, 1829, until 1832, employed as 
 an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. He 
 was nominated a K.H. 1 Jan. 1837 ; and advanced, 
 10 of the same month, to Post-rank. Capt. Slaugh- 
 ter has been three times wounded. Agemts — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SLEIGH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 22.) 
 John Sieigh was bom in Oct. 1796, and died 
 about the commencement of 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1809, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Amsterdam 20, Capt. 
 Edw. Wallis Hoare, stationed on the coast of Ire- 
 land, where he attained the rating of Midshipman 
 in Feb. 1810, and removed, in the following Dec, 
 to the Helena sloop, Capt. Henry Haynes. He 
 served next, from May, 1811, until Aug. 1814, in 
 the Statira 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, in the 
 West Indies and North America ; and from March, 
 1815, until March, 1816, as Master's Mate, in the 
 Alceste and Weser troop-ships, commanded on the 
 station last named and at Portsmouth by Capt. Dan. 
 Lawrence. On 3 April, 1813, being then in the 
 Statiba, he assisted in the boats of a squadron 
 containing 105 men, under the orders of Lieut. Jas. 
 Polkinghorne, at the capture, 15 miles up the Kap- 
 pahannock river, of four schooners, carrying in the 
 whole 31 guns and 219 men — an exploit whose 
 achievement inflicted on the British a loss of 2 men 
 killed and 1 1, including himself, wounded, and on 
 the enemy of 6 killed and 10 wounded.* On leaving 
 the "Weser Mr. Sleigh, who had been on another 
 occasion wounded, took up a commission bearing 
 date 2 Nov. 1815. He was afterwards, from 16 
 Nov. 1832 until 1836, employed in the Coast Guard ; 
 and from 9 Oct. 1841 until 1847 in command of the 
 Semaphore at Haslemere, Haste Hill. 
 
 He married, in Oct. 1818, a daughter of Robt. 
 Swayne, Esq., of Bantyre, co. Cork, and cousin of 
 the late Earl of Listowell, by whom he has left 
 issue six children. 
 
 SLIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1842.).~ 
 
 Jdman Foulston Slight entered the Navy 2 
 July, 1829 ; passed his examination 8 Feb. 1836 ; 
 and on the paying off of the Implacable 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Harvey, in which ship he had been serving in 
 the Mediterranean, was promoted, 7 Feb. 1842, to 
 the rank he now holds. His appointments have 
 since been — 10 March, 1842, to the Kesistance 
 troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey — 28 July 
 following, to the Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. 
 Onslow, of which vessel, stationed in the Pacific, he 
 became First-Lieutenant— and 28 July, 1842, in the 
 latter capacity (shortly after the Daphne had been 
 put out of commission) to the Dragon steam-frigate 
 of 560 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Hutcheon Hall, 
 under whom he is now employed on particular ser- 
 vice. 
 
 Copenhagen ; where, on the surrender of the Danish 
 fleet, he assisted in fitting out the Little Belt 24. 
 On his return to England in the Sarpen 18, another 
 of the prizes, he assisted in dismantling the rest of 
 the captured ships. He was subsequently employed 
 —from 23 April, 1808, until 8 Oct. 1811, as Master's 
 Mate and Acting-Lieutenant (order dated 17 Nov. 
 1810) in the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul 
 Irby, on the coast of France and Spain and among 
 the Western Islands— from 9 Oct. 1811 until 21 
 April, 1812, as a Supernumerary Midshipman, in 
 the Eoyal William, Capt. Robt. Hall, at Spithead 
 —from 22 April until 26 Aug. 1812, as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman, in the Montagu 74, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Manley Dixon in South America— and 
 from 26 Aug. in the latter year until 29 Aug. 1814, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission 
 dated 30 Dec. 1812) in the Bonne Citoyenne 20, 
 Capt. Pitt Bumaby Greene, on the same, the Home, 
 and West India stations. In the Amelia he con- 
 tributed to the destruction of three French frigates 
 under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, 24 Feb. 1809 ; 
 witnessed the capture of La Mouche corvette of 16 
 guns and 180 men. La Rejouie national brig of 8 
 guns and 51 men, a schooner of 1 gun and 25 men, 
 two armed luggers with cargoes (all taken on one 
 occasion, in company with the Statira 38) and Le 
 Charles privateer of 20 guns, 300 tons, and 170 
 men ; and aided in causing the self-destruction, 
 25 March, 1811, of L'Amazme, a French frigate 
 of the largest class, which had been driven into a 
 bay near Cape Barfleur. While Mr. Sloan was 
 acting as First-Lieutenant in the Bonne Citoyenne 
 that ship unfortunately took the ground, with nearly 
 half a million of money on board, and was in conse- 
 quence obliged to be hove down. The specie was 
 forthwith discharged into a Portuguese vessel, and 
 sent home under the care of himself and the Master, 
 the only ofiicers on board. Since Aug. 1814 the 
 Lieutenant, who had not until then been more than 
 six weeks on shore since he entered the Navy, has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 SLOLY. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 34.) 
 James Slolt entered the Navy, in Oct. 1802, as 
 Third-ol. Boy, on board the Nimble cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander Jeremiah Coghlan, stationed in the 
 Channel, where he removed, as Fst.-cl. Vol., in 
 Sept. 1803, to the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Pellew. He was afterwards, from 9 May, 1804, 
 until his return to England in Nov. 1812, employed 
 in the East Indies, as L.M. and Midshipman, on 
 board the Cdlloden 74, bearing the flag of the 
 officer last mentioned. Fox 32, Capts. Henry Hart 
 and Wm. Wells, Illdstriods 74, Commodore Wm. 
 Robt. Broughton, and Dokts 36, Capt. Wm. Jones 
 Lye ; and from 11 May until 6 Oct. 1815, again in 
 the Channel, in the Myrmidon 20, Capt. Bobt. 
 Gambler. In the Culloden he assisted at the cap- 
 ture and destruction, 27 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch 
 frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and 
 other merchant-vessels lying in Batavia Roads ; and 
 at the annihilation at Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of the 
 dockyard and stores, and of all the men-of-war re- 
 maining to Holland in India. In the Illustrious 
 he co-operated in the reduction of the island of 
 Java. On leaving the Myrmidon in Oct. 1815 he 
 was presented with a commission dated 13 of the 
 preceding March. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Sloly married, 3l Jan. 1829, Emma, eldest 
 daughter of B. Gribble, Esq., of Walworth. 
 
 SLOAN. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 George Sloan was born about 1780. 
 This officer (who had previously been in the 
 merchant-service) entered the Navy, 4 July, 1803, 
 as A.B., on board the Gannet sloop, Capts. Edw. 
 Bass, Jas. Bobt. Philips, Chas. Philip Butler Bate- 
 man, and Jas. Stevenson ; in which vessel he was 
 for upwards of four years and a half chiefly em- 
 ployed in the Channel. In 1807 he accompanied, 
 in the capacity of Master-Mate (a rating he had 
 attained in April, 1805), the expedition against 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 995. 
 
 SLYMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Daniel Slyman was born 4 Oct. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Sir 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke ; in which ship and in the 
 Temeraire 98, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, he served 
 in the Channel until May, 1808. He then became 
 Midshipman, also on the Home station, of the 
 Christian VH. 80, commanded at first by Sir J. S. 
 Yorke and next by Capt. Rich. Harward as Flag- 
 Captain to Sir Edw. PeUew ; and from Sept. 1810 
 
SMAIL— SMART. 
 
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 until presented, in Nov. 1815, witli a commission 
 bearing date IG March in that year, was employed 
 at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Channel and 
 West Indies, and at Newfoundland, in the Galatea 
 42, Capt. Woodley Losack. While cruizing in the 
 latter ship off Madagascar, in company with the 
 AsTB^A and Ph<ebe (frigates ahout equal to the 
 Galatea in force), and 18-gun hrig Rac^hobse, he 
 took part, 20 May, 1811, in a long and trying action 
 with the French 40-gun frigates Menommee, Chrinde, 
 and Nereide^ in which the Renomrrtee was captured, 
 and the Galatea, besides being much damaged in 
 her hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 
 inen killed and 46 wounded. He has not been afloat 
 since his promotion. 
 
 He married, 24 Sept. 1829, Jane, eldest daughter 
 of W. Betensen, Esq., by whom he has issue five 
 children. 
 
 SMAIL. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 James Smail is brother of Lieut. Wm. A. Small, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 Nov. 1809; 
 passed his examination in 1815 ; and obtained his 
 commission 21 April, 1825. His appointments have 
 since been — 18 May, 1830, to the Donegal 78, Capt. 
 John Dick, employed on particular service — 2 Sept. 
 1831, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Parker off Lisbon, whence he returned 
 to England and was paid off in the early part of 
 1832 — 18 Dec. 1837, to the command, which he re- 
 tained until March, 1845, of the Zephyk steam- 
 packet, on the Holyhead station — and 21 March, 
 1848, to that of the Seagull schooner, of 6 guns, at 
 Falmouth. 
 
 He married, 5 April, 1832, Fanny, second daugh- 
 ter of E. Horton, Esq., of Baker Street, Portman 
 Square. 
 
 SMAIL. (LiEOT., 1812. r-p., 12; H-p., 29.) 
 
 William Archibald Smail (brother of the pre- 
 sent Lieut. Jas. Smail, R.N., and of Lieut. John 
 Smail, R.N., who died in 1804) is nephew of the 
 late Admirals Wm. Dickson and Sir Arch. Dickson, 
 Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 June, 1806, as 
 Sec.-ol. Boy, on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Campbell ; under whom, after blockading the Texel 
 and accompanying the expedition against Copen- 
 hagen, we find him (on being extricated from a 
 mass of ice in which the Nassau had been blocked 
 up during the whole winter) assisting, 22 March, 
 1808, in company with the Stately 64, at the cap- 
 ture and destruction, on the coast of Zealand, of 
 the Danish 74 Prindts Christian Frederic— soi exploit 
 accomplished at the end of a running fight of great 
 length and obstinacy productive of a loss to the 
 Nassau of 2 men killed and 16 wounded. In Nov. 
 1809 Mr. Smail, who had attained the rating of 
 Midshipman in Sept. 1806, and had made a voyage 
 to St. Helena, removed to the Obion 74, Capt. Sir 
 Archibald CoUingwood Dickson. In that ship, in 
 which he continued until the summer of 1812, he 
 served at the blockade of Carlskrona and Danzig, 
 and visited the coast of Portugal. On leaving her 
 he was ordered to join, with the rank of Acting- 
 Lieutenant, the flotilla employed in the defence of 
 Riga. Before, however, he could reach that place 
 the siege was raised, and his services in conse- 
 quence were not required. He had become at- 
 tached in the mean time, as a Supernumerary, to 
 the Cbessv 74 and Hamadeyad 36, Capts. Chas. 
 Dudley Pater and Edw. Chetham ; in the boats of 
 which latter ship and the Clio 18, commanded by 
 Lieut. Horace Petley, he contributed, 14 Oct. 1812, 
 to the capture, off Hermeren, after a chase of 14 
 hours, of Le Pihtin French privateer, carrying 4 12- 
 pounder carronades and 31 men. On 15 Nov. in the 
 same year he was placed as Acting-Lieutenant on 
 board the Sweaboi-g, bearing the flag of the Russian 
 Commander-in-Chief, for the purpose of keeping up 
 a communication between the English and Russian 
 fleets on their passage to England. For the ser- 
 vices he performed on this occasion he was officially 
 
 promoted 17 Dec. following. His last appointments 
 ■were— 23 May, 1813, to the Akbab 50, Capts. Archi- 
 bald Dickson and Chas. BuUen, employed on the 
 Brazilian, North Sea, and Halifax stations— and 8 
 April, 1817, after three months of half-pay, to the 
 RocHfOET 80, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 A. C. Dickson, with whom he continued until paid 
 off in Aug. 1818. 
 
 SMART. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 John Nobval Smart died 8 Feb. 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1806, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Aeiel sloop, Capts. Joseph 
 Oliver and Thos. White, under whom he served for 
 nearly three years in the North Sea and Baltic. 
 He was next, from March, 1809, until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Nov. 1815, employed on 
 the Home, East India, Cape of Good Hope, Halifax, 
 and Cork stations, as Master's Mate, in La Fleche 
 16, Capt. Wm. Buchanan, Hecate sloop, Capts. 
 Joseph Drury, Thos. Graham, Geo. Henderson, 
 and Geo. Rennie, Baebadoes 24, Capts. Brian 
 Hodgson and Edw. Rushworth, St. Fiobenzo 
 troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Edm. Sexton Pery Knox, 
 Montagu 74, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, Laubes- 
 TiNUs 24, Capt. Thos. Graham, and Lightning 20, 
 Capt. G. Rennie. In Dec. 1810 he was present in 
 the Hecate at the reduction of the Isle of France ; 
 on 7 Sept. 1811 he was wounded in an attack made, 
 in company with the Goshawk 16, on seven French 
 gun-brigs, carrying 3 long 24-pounders and a mortar 
 each, and manned with 75 men ; and in 1813, in the 
 course of which year he took part in the Lauees- 
 TiNBS in a variety of operations in the Chesapeake, 
 and was again wounded, he commanded a boat in 
 the attack upon Crany Island and at the capture of 
 Hampton. The gun-brigs above alluded to were 
 chased into Calvados, and one of them driven on 
 shore. In March, 1821, Lieut. Smart obtained an 
 appointment to the Dobis 42, Capts. Thos. Graham 
 and Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon (now Harcourt), 
 fitting for South America; where he removed, 21 
 Sept. 1822, to the Alacrity sloop, Capt. Thos. 
 Porter. 
 
 He married, 23 Aug. 1830, Mary Eleanor Robins, 
 only daughter of the late Capt. Wm. Lyall, R.N. 
 
 SMART, K.H. (Capt., 1837. p-p., 23; h-p,, 14.) 
 Robert Smart was born in Sept. 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl, Vol,, on board the Adamant 50, Capt, 
 Matthew Buckle, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral 
 Wm. Albany Otway on the Leith station, where he 
 was lent for eight months to the Plover 18, Capt. 
 Colin Campbell, and for nine to the Rifleman 18, 
 Capt. Joseph Pearce. From March, 1813, until Oct. 
 
 1816, he served on the West India, Brazilian, and 
 Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman (a rating 
 he had attained 9 May, 1811) and as Master's Mate, 
 in the Pique 36 and Glasgow 50, both commanded 
 by Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, under whom he 
 assisted, in the latter ship, at the bombardment of 
 Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. He was then received for a 
 few weeks on board the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 Capt. Edm. Boger, lying at Portsmouth. In Sept. 
 
 1817, nine months after he had passed his examina^ 
 tion, he again joined Capt. Maitland in the Glas- 
 gow, on the Mediterranean station, where he was 
 nominated, 1 July, 1820, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Bamsden. He was confirmed 
 to that vessel 1 1 Sept. following, but left her in Oct. 
 1821, and was subsequently appointed, again in the 
 Mediterranean— 26 June, 1823, to the Cambbian 48, 
 Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton— 7 Dec. 1825, to the 
 Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale 
 — 6 Aug. 1826, to the Abiadne 26, Capt. Adolphus 
 FitzClarence— and, in Oct. 1827, a second time to 
 the Cambbian, commanded, as before, by Capt. 
 G. W. Hamilton, under whom he fought at the 
 battle of Navarin, and was wrecked during an at- 
 tack on a nest of pirates at Carabusa 31 Jan. 1828. 
 He attained the rank of Commander 21 April, 1828 ; 
 served in that capacity in the Satellite 18, in the 
 North Sea and South America, from 16 Sept, 1832 
 
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 SMITH. 
 
 until Oct. 1834, and from Feb. 1835 until paid off 
 in Jan. 1836 ;* was advanced to his present rank 
 10 Jan. 1837 ; and was afterwards, from Aug. 1841 
 until June, 1843, employed in command of the 
 Impbegnable 104 and Howe 120, flag-ships of Sir 
 Fras. Mason in the Mediterranean, and, from 13 
 Aug. 1844 until 1848, of the Collingwood 80, hear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific. 
 In the Satellite he made prize, 15 Not. 1833 and 
 15 June, 1834, of the Paquete da Sol and Duquesa 
 da Braganza slavers — one of them laden with 577 
 negroes. 
 
 On 18 April, 1832, Capt. Smart was nominated a 
 K.H., and in the course of the same year he was 
 created by the King of Prussia a Knight of the 
 Order of the Red Eagle, in consideration of his 
 having been selected to accompany from the river 
 Thames to Germany a miniature frigate presented 
 to that monarch by King William IV. He mar- 
 ried, 14 Sept. 1848, Elizabeth Isabella, daughter of 
 the late B. Shaxpe, Esq., of Fleet-street, London, 
 Banker. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Alexandek John Smith is brother of Lieuts. 
 Henry Thos. and Wm. Kioh. Smith, R.N. ; and cousin 
 of Commander J. M. R. Ince, R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1826, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thetis frigate, Capts. 
 Arthur Batt Bingham and Sam. Burgess, fitting for 
 South America. On that ship being wrecked off 
 Cape Frio 5 Dec. 1830, he returned to England in 
 the Deuid 46, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, and in 
 the ensuing March was discharged. In Jan. 1832 
 he became Midshipman (a rating he had before at- 
 tained) of the Hakbieb 18, Capt. Spencer fcambert 
 Henry Vassal], then equipping for the East Indies, 
 where he was actively employed in the suppression 
 of piracy in the Straits of Malacca, and took part in 
 two severe conflicts, which terminated in the de- 
 struction of the settlements at Poulo Arroa and 
 Poulo Sujee. The Habbieb having been paid off, he 
 next, in Dec. 1835 (he had passed his examination 
 5 Aug. preceding), joined, in the capacity of Mate, 
 the Cote sixth-rate, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, with 
 whom, in the ensuing Jan., he left England for the 
 purpose of seeking out, and of conveying relief to, 
 some missing whalers who had been frozen up in 
 Baffin Bay. After serving for a few months on the 
 north coast of Spain in the Salamandee steamer, 
 Capt. Sidney Colpoys Dacres, and for two years 
 among the Orkneys, as extra Mate, in the Mastiff 
 surveying-vessel, Master-Commander Geo. Thomas, 
 he was again, in April, 1839, placed under the orders 
 of Capt. J. C. Ross, as Senior Mate, on board the 
 Erebus bomb, in which vessel he sailed, in Sept. of 
 the same year, in company with the Teeeoe, on a 
 voyage of discovery to the Antarctic seas. For his 
 services while so; employed he was promoted, 16 
 Aug. 1841, to the'^nk of Lieutenant. He came 
 home in Sept. 1843 ; and since 1844 has been in 
 charge of the observatory at Hobart Town. 
 
 SMITH. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Andbew Smith is second son of the late Andrew 
 Smith,i- Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red, by Maria, 
 only child of Wm. Hulke, Esq. 
 
 * From Oct. 18S4 until Feb. 1835, he offldated as Second- 
 Captain of the Blonde 46, Capt. Francis Mason. 
 
 t Rear-Admiral Andrew Smith was born 20 Mar. 1763, in 
 Edinburgh, and entered the Navy in June, 1779, on board 
 the Princess of Wales hired armed ship. He was present 
 in the Victory 100, flag-ship of Admiral Geary, at the capture, 
 3 July, 1781 , of 12 sail of merchantmen, from Port-au-Pritice, 
 with cargoes on board valued at 91,000/. ; and in the Forti- 
 tude 74, Capt. Rich. BicUerlon, at the relief of Gibraltar by 
 Admiral Darby, in the action with Admiral Zoutman olf the 
 Doggerbanlt, at the capture of a French convoy by the fleet 
 under Vice-Admiral Barrington, at the relief of Gibraltar by 
 Lord Howe, and in the partial action with the combined 
 fleets of France and Spain off Cape Spartel, 20 Oct. 1762. He 
 wasmadeLieutenant, 10 Aug. 1790, into the Rattler sloop ; 
 was promoted to the rank of Commander, after having fought 
 in the Prince Gboroe 98, Capt. Jas. Gambier, in Lord Brid- 
 port's action ; and on 6 Jan. 17U7, previously to which he had 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 March, 1812, as 
 Midshipman, onboard the Elizabeth, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Robt. Morris, lying at Greenock. After 
 serving for a year and seven months at Leith in 
 the Latona 38, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. John- 
 stone Hope, and Daphne 22, Capt. Jas. Green, he 
 joined, in June, 1815, the Jbnon 38, Capts. Jas. 
 Haldane Tait and Arthur Fanshawe, on the Jamaica 
 station. He was next, from Aug. 1816 until he in- 
 valided in Oct. 1820, employed at Home and again 
 in the West Indies in the Chebokee 10, Capt. Wm. 
 Ramage, Ramillies 74 and Salisbdbt 58, flag- 
 ships of Rear-Admirals Sir W. J. Hope and Donald 
 Campbell, and Edktalus 42, Commodore Thos. 
 Huskinson. While attached to the Salisbdbt he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 Aug. 
 1819, and was actively engaged in her boats in the 
 suppression of piracy. His appointments after he 
 left the EuETALDS were— between 1821 and 1830, 
 to the DovEE 28, Pbince Regent 120, and Bri- 
 tannia 120, flag-ships of Sir John Poo Beresford, 
 Sir Benj. Hallowell, and Sir Jas. Saumarez, at Leith, 
 Sheerness, and Plymouth, to the Meteok bomb, 
 commanded in the Mediterranean by Capt. Jas. 
 Scott, a second time to the Beitannia, and to the 
 HusSAE 46, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Ogle at 
 Halifax— in July, 1830, to the Victor 18, in the 
 West Indies— 4 Deo. following, to the acting-com- 
 mand, for six months, of the Falcon 10—4 July, 
 1831, to the WiNCHESTEB 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Griffith Colpoys, again in the West Indies— next, to 
 the NoETH Stae 28, on the same station- and, 26 
 July, 1841, as Senior, to the Hastings 72, Capt. 
 John Lawrence, in the Mediterranean. He was 
 present in the Meteor in the demonstration made 
 by Sir Harry Burrard Neale before Algiers in 1824; 
 and on 27 Nov. in the same year he chanced to be 
 in the Partridge sloop when wrecked off the coast 
 of Holland. On that occasion, by remaining on 
 board until all had landed, he was the main instru- 
 ment of saving the lives of 27 of the crew. Since 
 his last promotion, which took place 23 Nov. 1841, 
 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Smith married, in 1836, Agnes Mary, 
 daughter of Thos. Rattray, Esq., by whom he has 
 issue a son and daughter. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 29.) 
 Andrew Smith (a) was born in Dec. 1793. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Nov. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ccmeebland 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Philip Wodehouse, attached to the fleet in the 
 Mediterranean, where he attained the rating of 
 Midshipman in May, 1809, and continued to serve 
 in the Cephalds 18 and Topaze 36, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Edw. Harvey, until Jan. 1812. 
 He was next, until Dec. 1813, employed in the 
 North Sea and Channel in the Chatham 74 and, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Ville de Paris 110, flag- 
 ships of Admirals Matthew Henry Scott and Sir 
 Wm. Johnstone Hope ; and from the latter date 
 until April, 1815, in the capacity last mentioned 
 and as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Latona 38, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir W. J. Hope, Apelles 14, Capt. 
 Alex. M'Vicar, Obeeon 14, Capt. Jas. Murray, 
 Stoek 18, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson, and Cherokee 
 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage— all on the Leith station. 
 He was officially promoted 28 Aug. 1815, and served 
 afterwards, from 4 Sept. in that year until 23 Oct. 
 1816, and from 17 Feb. 1817 until 24 June, 1819, 
 again at Leith, in the Cherokee, commanded, as 
 before, by Capt. Ramage, and in the Nimrod 18, 
 Capt. John Windham Dalling. He has not been 
 since afloat. 
 
 been serving in the Caltpso sloop, was advanced to Post- 
 rank. From 1605 until 1810 he held an appointment in tlie 
 Sea Fencibles at Lynn and at Berwick. During the next 
 three years he superintended the Impress service at Greenock, 
 and from Nov. 1813 until Sept. 1815 he commanded the 
 Latona 3s, flag-ship at Leith of Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope, 
 under whom he had served, when Lieutenant, in the Incen- 
 diary fireship. He attained Fla^rank 19 July, 1821, and 
 died suddenly, in Great King-street, Edinburgh, 89 Sept. 
 1831. 
 
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 SMITH. (Retired Commander, 1836.) 
 
 Benjamin Smith died about the commencement 
 of 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, previously to Aug. 
 1790 (at -which period he attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman), on board the Hannibal 74, Capt. John 
 Colpoys, attached to the force on the Home station. 
 In March, 1792, he removed to the Hussar frigate, 
 Capt. Rupert George, at Halifax; and from the 
 close of that year until made Lieutenant, 6 Nov. 
 1795, into the Sylph sloop, Capt. John Chambers 
 White, he was employed in the Mediterranean and 
 Channel in the Thetis and Leda frigates, Capts. 
 Geo. Campbell, Hon. "Wm. Paget, and JohnWoodley, 
 Alcide 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Philip Cosby, 
 and Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower. He 
 was present in the Leda in a rencontre with two 
 French frigates near Toulon, at the occupation of 
 that place and the siege of Bastia, and in another 
 action with two frigates off Cadiz ; and in the Tri- 
 umph, in Comwallis's retreat, 16 and 17 June, 1795. 
 In the Sylph he assisted at the capture, in May 
 and Sept. 1796, of the Mercury Dutch brig of 16 
 guns and Phania: French privateer of 4 guns and 
 32 men. He was on board the same vessel in July, 
 1797, when by a well-directed fire she prevented 
 the crew of the French 36-gun frigate Calliope, on 
 shore near the Penmarcks, from using any means 
 to save their ship or stores ; and in the following 
 month he was in her in an attack made upon a 
 French convoy at the entrance of Sable d'Olonne, 
 and at the capture of five coasting-vessels and the 
 destruction of Xc Petit Diable French cutter of 18 
 guns and 100 men. In the affair with the Calliope 
 the Sylph had 6 of her people wounded, and with 
 the convoy at Sable d'Olonne 2 killed and 4 wounded. 
 From March, 1798, until April, 1802, Mr. Smith 
 served on various parts of the Home station in the 
 Lion 64, Capt. Manley Dixon, Tigre 74, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith, America 64, Capt. John Smith 
 (part of the force engaged in the expedition to 
 Holland in 1799), Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. 
 Domett, and Texel 64, Capts. Rich. Incledon and 
 Henry Garrett ; from July, 1803, until June, 1805, 
 he was employed in the Sea Fencibles; he then 
 joined the Audacious 74, Capt. John Lawford, 
 lying at Plymouth ; and from Aug. 1805 until July, 
 1811, and from Oct. 1813 until Dec. 1814, he had 
 charge of a Signal station in the counties of Denbigh 
 and Devon. He became a Retired Commander on 
 the Junior list 31 Dec. 1830, and on the Senior 24 
 March, 1836. 
 
 Commander Smith married, 4 Aug. 1841, Mrs. 
 Ann Nibbs, widow, formerly of Liverpool. His 
 only daughter, by a former marriage, is the wife of 
 Lieut. W. S. Bradley, R.N. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 SMITH. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 1 9.) 
 
 Charles Smith is son of the late Charles Smith, 
 Esq., who died Surgeon of H.M.S. Hind in the 
 early part of 1794. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Jan. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the C^sar 80, Capt. Chas. 
 Richardson, flag-ship of his patron, Sir Rich. John 
 Straohan, and also of Hon. Robt. Stopford. Under 
 the former he went in pursuit of a squadron which 
 had escaped from Brest, was employed off Rochefort, 
 and went to the Mediterranean in quest of another 
 French squadron under Rear-Admiral Allemand. 
 During the time he served with Hon. R. Stopford 
 he assisted at the destruction of three French fri- 
 gates beneath the batteries of Sable d'Olonne and 
 of the enemy's shipping in Aix Roads in Feb. and 
 April, 1809. In the summer of the latter year he 
 accompanied the expedition to the Scheldt, where 
 he co-operated, on board an armed transport, in the 
 attack upon Flushing, and remained until fever, 
 produced by fatigue and exposure, caused him to 
 invalid and be sent to the hospital at Deal. On his 
 restoration to health he was again, in Nov. 1809, 
 placed under the orders of Sir R. J. Strachan in 
 the San Domingo 74, flag-ship afterwards of Sir 
 John Borlase Warren on the coast of North America.. 
 
 While on that station he contributed, 3 April, 1813, 
 in the boats of a squadron containing 105 men, 
 under the orders of Lieut. Jas. PoUdnghome, to the 
 capture, 15 miles 'up the Rappahannock river, of 
 four schooners, carrying in the whole 31 guns and 
 219 men — an exploit whose achievement inflicted 
 on the British a loss of 2 men killed and 11 wounded, 
 and on the enemy of 6 killed and 10 wounded. He 
 was made Lieutenant, 13 May following, into the 
 Cressy 74, but her he never joined. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 15 Oct. 1813, to the Chesa- 
 peake 38, Capts. Alex. Gordon, Geo. Burdett, and 
 Fras. Newcombe, in which ship, with the exception 
 of a few weeks passed in the summer of 1814 in the 
 Heerus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, he served at Halifax 
 and the Cape of Good Hope until Sept. 1815 — 9 Nov. 
 1821, for a short time, to the Shearwater 10, Capt. 
 John Walter Roberts— 11 March, 182.3, to the Ra- 
 MiLLiES 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, lying at Portsmouth 
 —31 May following, to the Ganges 84, Capts. E. 
 Brace and Patrick Campbell, with whom he served 
 in the West Indies and again at Portsmouth until 
 Feb. 1826— and, 8 March, 1827, as Senior, to the 
 Briton 46, Capts. Geo. Fras. Seymour and Hon. 
 Wm. Gordon. In that ship we find him, until paid 
 off in April, 1830, employed on various particular 
 services. He attained the rank of Commander 22 
 July following ; filled an appointment in the Coast 
 Guard from 6 June, 1833, until 5 July, 1836 ; and 
 from 26 Jan. 1839 until paid off 11 May, 1842, 
 officiated as Second-Captain of the President 50, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson 
 Ross, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. He has 
 since been on half-pay. His promotion to Post-rank 
 took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Smith married, first, in July, 1817, Jane, 
 daughter of Robt. Smith, Esq., merchant, of Glas- 
 gow ; and secondly, in Dec. 1830, Eliza, daughter 
 of John Slight, Esq., Naval officer and agent-victu- 
 aller at Gibraltar. By his first marriage he has 
 issue One son ; and by his second, six sons and one 
 daughter. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1821.) 
 
 Christopher Smith died 28 May, 1845, at Wood- 
 lands, near Wington, Somerset. He was son of the 
 late Leny Smith, Esq., of Tottenham, oo. Middlesex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Laurestinds 24, Capt. 
 John Clavell, with whom, from the following June 
 until his return to England in 1819 in the Malabar 
 74, he served on the Mediterranean, North Ame- 
 rican, and East India stations, chiefly in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, in the Orlando 42, flag-ship for 
 some time of Sir Rich. King. After he had been 
 for a year and eight months employed, latterly as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Robt. Lambert at St. Helena, he was con- 
 firmed, we believe, 9 Nov. 1821, into the Shear- 
 water 10, Capt. John Walter Roberts, in which 
 vessel he came home and was paid off in the early 
 part of 1822. From 6 July, 1825, until May, 1827, 
 he served in the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, at 
 Home and in the West Indies ; he obtained an ap- 
 pointment in the Coast Guard 28 Aug. 1834; and 
 from 4 April, 1836, until July, 1841, he commanded 
 the Star Falmouth packet. 
 
 Lieut. Smith married, in 1839, Eliza, eldest 
 
 daughter of T. Cox, Esq., of Stockwell. Agents 
 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SMITH. (Commander, 1828.) 
 
 Edward Smith (a) entered the Navy, as A.B. 
 on board the Lively 38, Capts. Graham Eden Ha- 
 mond and Geo. M'Kinley. In that frigate, we are 
 informed, he assisted at the capture of three Spanish 
 frigates laden with treasure and the destruction of 
 a fourth, off Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 1804. He was sub- 
 sequently employed with great activity on the coasts 
 of Spain and Portugal, and took part, in 1809, in the 
 operations which led to the capture of Vigo and 
 Santiago. Removing, as Master's Mate, in Feb. 
 1810, to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of 
 
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 SMITH. 
 
 Lord Gambler, he served in the launch belonging 
 to that ship at the bombardment of Fort Matagorda, 
 during the siege of Cadiz, and aided, in the course 
 of the same year, in cutting out a convoy near 
 Koohelle. After he had been for 10 months at- 
 tached to the Christian YII. 80 and Impeegnable 
 98, flag-ships of Admiral Wm. Toung in the North 
 Sea, he was made Lieutenant, 26 Feb. 1812, into 
 the Prometheus sloop. That vessel having sailed 
 for the West Indies before he could join, he was 
 next, 18 Aug. in the same year, appointed to the 
 DiOMEDE troop-ship, Capts. Chas. Montagu Fabian 
 and Sam. Malbon. In her, having first visited the 
 coasts of Spain and Portugal, and served in the 
 Chesapeake and on the coast of North America, he 
 proceeded to the West Indies, where, in Nov. 1814, 
 he followed Capt. Malbon, as First-Lieutenant, into 
 the Perdvian 16, commanded afterwards by Capt. 
 Jas. Kearney White at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 His last appointments were — 8 April, 1826, to the 
 Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, em- 
 ployed on particular service— and, in March, 1827, 
 to the command of the Nightingale 8, on the 
 Plymouth station. He attained his present rank 
 30 Aug. 1828. 
 
 Commander Smith married, in 1815, Miss White, 
 of Bingham Town, near Gosport, co. Southampton. 
 Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Edward Garrow Smith passed his examination 
 in 1817; obtained his commission 11 Oct. 1827; 
 and, since 3 June, 1833, has been employed in the 
 Coast Guard. On the occasion of the wreck of 
 H.M. brig Skylark off the Isle of Wight, 25 April, 
 1845, he rendered, at great personal risk, all the 
 assistance that gallantry and humanity could sug- 
 gest. 
 
 SMITH. (LlEnTENANT, 1820. F-p,, 13 ; h-p., 23.) 
 Frederick Abraham Smith, bom 7 Dec. 1797, 
 is second son of the Kev. Geo. Smith, Vicar of Ot- 
 tery St. Mary, Devon, and a Magistrate for that co. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Feb. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edinburgh 74, Capt. 
 Robt. RoUes, with whom he continued to serve in 
 the Mediterranean in the Union 98, the last four 
 months in the capacity of Midshipman, until trans- 
 ferred, in July, 1814, to the Valiant 74, Capt. 
 Zachary Mudge. While attached to the Edinburgh 
 he assisted in cutting out some vessels near Toulon, 
 took part in the siege of Tai-ragona, and witnessed 
 the fall of Genoa. On his return in the Valiant 
 from a visit to the coast of Brazil, he joined, in 
 July, 1815, the Albion 74, Capts. Philip Somerville 
 and Jas. Walker, stationed in the Channel; and 
 next, in the course of the same and of the following 
 year, the St. George 98, Impregnable 104, Ber- 
 wick 74, and Impregnable again, flag-ships of Sir 
 John Thos. Duckworth -and Lord Exmouth at Ply- 
 mouth, where he wa« for some time employed in 
 the Quail Kevenue-tender. After serving for 
 nearly 18 months on the coast of Africa as Master's 
 Mate in the Tartar 42, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he was there, 18 Jan. 
 1820, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Myrmi- 
 don 20, Capt. Henry John Leeke, to which ship he 
 was confirmed 10 April ensuing. In the Tartar 
 he aided in taking several slave-vessels ; and while 
 in command of the Augusta, a tender belonging to 
 the Myrmidon, he effected other captures. In an 
 attack made by him, 20 May, 1820, on some slave- 
 towns in the Rio Pongo, Mr. Smith had the misfor- 
 tune to lose the sight of an eye. He was in conse- 
 quence reduced, in Feb. 1821, to the necessity of 
 invaliding. His next appointments were, 30 April, 
 1827, and 17 Sept. 1829, to the Britannia 120, flag- 
 ship of the Earl of Northesk, and Kent 78, Capt. 
 John Ferris Devonshire, both on the Plymouth sta- 
 tion. Severe and repeated inflammation of the eye 
 obliged him a second time, in 1830, to seek half-pay ; 
 and he has not been since afloat. He was granted, 
 5 Jan. 1831, a pension of 9\l. 5s. per annum. 
 
 He married, 16 June, 1840, Dorothea Louisa, 
 widow of Wm. Carew Hunt, Esq. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Frederick Wetherall Smith passed his exami- 
 nation 11 July, 1842 ; served from the close of that 
 year until the commencement of 1845 in the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastings ; then joined the Superb 80, Capt. 
 Armar Lowry Corry ; and, on 26 June, 1846, at 
 which period he had been for upwards of four 
 months employed in the Terrible steam-frigate, of 
 800-horse power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. In March, 1847, he was 
 re-appointed, for a few months, to the Excellent, 
 then commanded by Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. 
 
 SMITH. (Captain, 1832.) 
 
 George Smith entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Caroline 
 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and Hugh Downman ; 
 in which ship he served in the North Sea, Baltic, 
 and Channel, witnessed the destruction of the 
 French 40-gun frigate Amazone, near Cape Barfieur, 
 25 March, 1811, and escorted a fleet of Indiamen to 
 Madeira. Removing, in Feb. 1813 (he had attained 
 the rating of Midshipman), to the Undaunted 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Ussher, he took part in the boats of the 
 frigate and a small squadron in a very gallant at- 
 tack made, 18 Aug. 1813, on the batteries at Cassis, 
 where, after sustaining a loss of 4 men killed and 16 
 wounded, the British, in four hours, succeeded in 
 capturing three heavy gun-boats and 24 vessels 
 laden vrith merchandize. He was again, 9 Nov. 
 following, in the boats at the taking of a vigorously 
 defended tower at Port Nouvelle, and the destruc- 
 tion of seven French vessels, lying there under the 
 protection of several batteries ; and, in April, 1814, 
 he shared in the honour of conveying Napoleon 
 Buonaparte from Frejus to Elba. Previously to the 
 latter event he had aided, on different occasions, in 
 cutting out a Greek ship and a brig from under the 
 batteries of Marseilles. He left the Undaunted in 
 July, 1814; served from the following Sept. until 
 Aug. 1815 in the Duncan 74, commanded at first 
 by Capt. Ussher and next by Capt. Sam. Chambers, 
 as flag-ship to Sir John Poo Beresford on the coast 
 of Brazil ; obtained his first commission 20 Sept. in 
 the latter year ; and was subsequently appointed — 
 13 Sept. 1819, to the Alert sloop, Capt. Chas. Far- 
 well, in the Downs— 23 Jan. 1821 and 25 April, 1323, 
 to the Dispatch 18 and Cambrian 48,* Capts. 
 Wm. Clarke Jervoise and GawenWm. Hamilton, both 
 on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned 
 to England and was paid off in 1824— and, 2 Aug. 
 1826, to the Ganges 84, flag-ship in South America 
 of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, with whom he continued 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander 8 Sept. 
 1829. In 1830 he was ordered to superintend the 
 instruction of the officers and seamen in the art of 
 naval gunnery on board the Excellent at Ports- 
 mouth, where all -inventions connected therewith 
 were referred to his opinion. He was nominated, 
 16 Feb. and 2 Dec. 1831, Supernumerary-Com- 
 mander of the Spartiate 76 and Victory 104 ; and, 
 as a reward " for improvements in gunnery," was 
 advanced to his present rank 13 April, 1832. He 
 has since been on half-pay- 
 
 Capt. Smith is the inventor of very superior sights 
 for ships' guns, of a lever or moveable target, and of 
 paddle-box safety-boats for steam-ships. In 1833 
 he published a volume entitled ' A few Remarks on 
 the Siege of Antwerp; also, a Plan for the Sup- 
 pression of Piracy.' Agents — Hallett and Robin- 
 son. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 George Hamilton Smith died 23 Dec. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 July, 1808 ; passed 
 his examination in 1814; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 10 Jan. 1825. 
 
 * While belonging to thia ship he assisted in her boats at 
 the capture of a piratical vessel in the Grecian Arcllipela^o. 
 
SMITH. 
 
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 At the period of his death he was holding the ap- 
 pointment of Landing-Surveyor in the Customs at 
 St. John's, New Brunswiclc. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 George Martyr Smith passed his examination 
 12 Aug. 1844 ; served as Mate in the Cyclops steam- 
 frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, Trafalgar 120, 
 Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, Endtmion 44, Capt. 
 Geo.Robt. Lambert, and Hermes steam-sloop ,Lieut.- 
 Commander Washington Carr ; obtained his com- 
 mission 9 Nov. 1846 ; was ointed, 22 April, 1847, 
 for a few months, to the Recruit 12, Capt. Adol- 
 phus Slade, on the coast of Portugal ; and, since 22 
 June, 1848, has been in charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p,, 1? ; h-p., 2.) 
 George Thomas Cleather Smith was born 18 
 May, 1815. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1828, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 120, Capts. 
 Edw. Hawker and Geo. Burdett, employed at home 
 and in the Mediterranean. On his return to Eng- 
 land with Capt. Burdett as Midshipman in the Asia 
 84, he was received as a Supernumerary, in June, 
 1830, on board the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, lying at Portsmouth ; and after again serv- 
 ing with him for a few weeks in the Ganges 84, he 
 joined, in the following Oct., the Racehorse 18, 
 Capts. Chas. Hamlyn Williams and Fras. Vere 
 Cotton, fitting for the North America and West 
 India station. He left that vessel at Halifax in Sept. 
 1832 ; he served next, from March, 1834, until April, 
 1842, off Lisbon and again in the Mediterranean, 
 six years and eight months of the time as Mate, in 
 the Revenge 78, Capt. Wm. Elliott, Beacon sur- 
 veying-vessel, Capts. Sackett Hope and Thos. 
 Graves, and Gorgon steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman 
 Henderson; and, on 10 Nov. in the latter year, at 
 which period he had been for nearly three months 
 employed at Portsmouth and at Harwich in the 
 Orestes 18, Capt. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, 
 and Shearwater steamer, Capt. John Washington, 
 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His 
 appointments have since been — 13 Jan. 1843, to the 
 Hecla steam-sloop, Capt. John DnfflU, fitting at 
 Woolwich— 13 March, 1843, and 13 Feb. 1844, to the 
 Comet and Ldcifek steam surveying-vessels, com- 
 manded on the coast of Ireland by Capt. Geo. Alex. 
 Frazer — and, 29 Oct. 1847, to the command of the 
 Blazer steamer, of 136-horse power, on the coast of 
 Africa. 
 
 While belonging to the Racehorse Mr. Smith 
 was on several occasions employed on shore in Mon- 
 tego and Lucca Bays during the insurrection among 
 the negroes in 1831. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 SMITH. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 George Woodberry Smith entered the Navy 4 
 Nov. 1812; passed his examination in 1819; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 27 July, 1826, into the Pan- 
 dora 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise, on the East 
 India station. His next appointments were — 15 Sept. 
 1830, to the Wellesley 74, Capt. Sam. Campbell 
 Rowley, employed on particular service— 6 July, 
 1832, and 8 Nov. 1833, as First, to the Dee steam- 
 vessel, Capts. Wm. Oliver and Edw. Stanley, and 
 Phcenix, another steamer, Capts. W. Oliver and 
 Hugh Nurse, both in the Channel— and 3 July, 1835, 
 and 2 Feb. 1838, to the command, in the West 
 Indies, of the Meteor and Tartarus steamers. He 
 continued in the latter vessel until some months 
 after his promotion to the rank he now holds, which 
 took place 23 Nov. 1841 ; and was afterwards, from 
 28 Sept. 1842 until Nov. 1846, employed as Addi- 
 tional-Commander of the William and Mary 
 yacht. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Harky Smith passed his examination 20 Sept. 
 1838 ; served as Mate in the Vanguard 80 and Mo- 
 DESTE 18, Capts. Sir David Dunn and Thos. Baillie, 
 
 on the Mediterranean, Lisbon, and South American 
 stations, from 1840 until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 20 Jan. 1845 ; and, since 19 Nov. in the 
 latter year, has been employed in the Grampus 50, 
 Capt. Henry Byam Martin, in the Pacific. 
 
 SMITH, C.B. (Captain, 1829.) 
 
 Henry Smith (a) attained the rank of Lieutenant 
 19 July, 1821 ; and was appointed in that capacity — 
 25 April, 1823, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Livingstone, in which ship he continued for about 
 a year and a half— and, 7 May, 1827, as First, to the 
 Fairy 10, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, fit- 
 ting for the West Indies. He was there, 3 Feb. 
 
 1828, advanced to the command of the Ferret brig ; 
 from which vessel he removed, 14 April following, 
 to the Arachne 18. He was nominated, 8 Sept. 
 
 1829, Acting-Captain of the Magnificent receiving- 
 ship at Jamaica; and in 1831 he was officially pro- 
 moted by a commission bearing the same date. His 
 next appointments were, 27 Nov. 1837, and 30 June, 
 1840, to the VoLAGE 26 and Druid 44, on the East 
 India station, whence he returned in 1843. In the 
 VoLAGE he commanded a highly successful expe- 
 dition (consisting of that ship, the Cruizer 16, 
 Hon. E. I. Co.'s vessels Coote and Mah^;, and trans- 
 ports LowjEE Family, Ernaad, and Ann Crich- 
 ton) against the town of Aden, in Arabia, where 
 the fortifications were destroyed and the enemy 
 completely subdued ;* and in the Druid he distin- 
 guished himself by the active part he took in the 
 operations in China. On 19 Aug. 1840, with the 
 Larne 18, Hyacinth IS, Enterprise steamer, and 
 Louisa cutter under his orders, he made so prompt 
 and decisive an attack upon the works and barracks 
 erected close to the barrier at Macao, that the Chi- 
 nese were quickly put to flight, and their intentions 
 against that city frustrated. In 1841 he was present, 
 and was repeatedly thanked for his conduct, at the 
 reduction of Tycocktow, in the action with the 
 Bogue forts, and at the taking of Canton and 
 Amoy.f He has been in command, since 1 March, 
 1848, of the Ganges 84, at Sheerness. 
 
 Capt. Smith was nominated a C.B. 13 Aug. 1840. 
 He married, at Berne, in Switzerland, 18 Sept. 1844, 
 Anna, eldest daughter of the late Sylvester Costigin, 
 Esq., of Dublin. Agent — John P. Muspratt. 
 
 SMITH. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Smith (6) entered the Navy, 20 May, 1810, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Courageux 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Butterfield, stationed in Basque'Roads ; and, 
 from the following Nov. until March, 1813, was em- 
 ployed in the East Indies in the Malacca 36, com- 
 manded by the latter officer and by Capts. Sam. 
 Leslie and Henry John Peachey, Sir Francis 
 Drake 32, Capt. H. J. Peachey, and Modeste 36, 
 Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford. He served next, until 
 Aug. 1815, on the Baltic and Home stations, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Amphion 32, Capts. Jas. Pattison 
 Stewart and John Brett Purvis, and Northumber- 
 land 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn ; and, from 
 Nov. 1816 until Oct. 1821, in North and South Ame- 
 rica, the Mediterranean, and West Indies, as Mid- 
 shipman, Master's Mate, and Admiralty-Midship- 
 man, in the Leander 50, flag-ship of Sir David 
 Milne, Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and 
 Pybamos 42, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. 
 Chas. Fahle. He then became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the FoKTE 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, 
 to which ship, employed at Halifax and in the West 
 Indies, he was confirmed 9 Jan. 1822. He was 
 placed on half-pay in 1823, and was subsequently 
 appointed— 10 Aug. 1826, as First, to the Pelican 
 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby, fitting for the 
 Mediterranean, whence he returned in the summer 
 of 1827—15 Dec. 1828, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Champion 18, Capts. Geo. Scott and Fras. Vere 
 Cotton, with whom he served for about two years 
 and a half on the African and North America and 
 West India stations— 2 Sept. 1832, again as Senior, 
 * Vide Ga-/.. 1 S39, p. 669. 
 
 t I'- Gaz. 1841, pp. 1162, 1164, 1498„ and Gaz. 1842, p. ss. 
 
1086 
 
 SMITH. 
 
 to the Tine 28, Capt. Geo. Hope, in South America 
 — and next, as a Supernumerary, to the Dublin 50 
 and President 52, flag-ships on that station of 
 Rear-Admirals Sir Graham Eden Hamond and Ohas. 
 Bayne Hodgson Ross. He was presented with a 
 second promotal commission 23 Kov. 1841 ; and, 
 from 12 Dec. 1844 until advanced to his present 
 ranlt 27 June, 1846, was employed on particular ser- 
 vice in the Rattler steam-vessel. 
 Capt. Smith is married and has issue. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 5.) 
 Henry Thomas Smith was horn 7 March, 1810, 
 at Greenwich, co. Kent. He is brother of Lieut. 
 A. J. Smith, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 104, Capt. Chas. 
 Inglis, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Martin at Portsmouth. 
 From Sept. 1825 until Jan. 1829, he served as Mid- 
 shipman in the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sulli- 
 van, on the Channel, West India, Lisbon, and South 
 American stations, and also in the Mediterranean ; 
 where, from March, 1829, until April, 1832, he was 
 employed, the last two years as Mate, in the Mel- 
 ville 74 and Raleigh 18, Capts. Alex. Wilmot 
 Schomberg and Abraham Mills Hawkins. He then 
 joined the Donegal 78, Capts. John Dick and Ar- 
 thur Fanshawe, in the Channel; and next — in Nov. 
 1832, the Rhabamanthus steamer, Capt. Geo. 
 Evans, employed off" Lisbon and on the coast of Hol- 
 land—in March, 183-3, for about two months, the 
 San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Manley Dixon at 
 Plymouth — in April, 1834, the Hastings 74, Capt. 
 Henry Shifther, on the Lisbon station, where he re- 
 mained until Jan. 1836— in July, 1836, and June, 
 1839, the Firefly and Kite steamers, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Joseph Pearse and Geo. SneU, in the Medi- 
 terranean and West Indies — in the course of 1840, 
 the Pluto steamer, Lieut. -Commander John Lunn, 
 and Winchester 60, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Harvey, 
 both on the coast of North America— and, in Feb. 
 1841 (five months after he had left the Winchester), 
 the Mastiff surveying-vessel, Master-Commander 
 Geo. Thomas, stationed among the Orkney Islands. 
 He attained his present rank (eleven years and a 
 half after he had passed his examination) 23 Nov. 
 1841 ; was appointed, 15 Dec. following, Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Graham Moore at Plymouth ; and, from 5 Jan. 1842 
 until he invalided in June, 1843, was employed in 
 the Ferret brig, Capt. Josiah Oake, on the coast of 
 Africa. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Smith married, 22 Feb. 1844, Jane Hardy, 
 of Tliorngumbald, Holderness, co. York. 
 
 list of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on 
 the Senior 20 Aug. 1832. 
 
 SMITH. (Eetiked Commander, 1847. f-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 John Smith entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1793, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Impregnable 98, 
 Capts. Geo. Blagden Westcott, Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 Andrew Mitchell, and John Thomas ; under the 
 first-named of whom he shared in Lord Howe's vic- 
 tory 1 June, 1794. Removing as Midshipman, in 
 Aug. 1796, to the Martin sloop, he was present in 
 that vessel, under Capt. Sam. Sutton, at the capture, 
 14 Feb. 1797, of Le Buonaparte French privateer of 
 17 guns and 110 men, and, under Capt. Hon. Chas. 
 Paget, in the action ofi" Camperdown 11 Oct. follow- 
 ing. With Capt. Paget he served from Dec. 1798 
 until May, 1800, in the Penelope and Brilliant 
 frigates, the latter stationed at Newfoundland; and 
 from Nov. 1800 until officially promoted 14 Aug. 
 1801, he was employed in the Channel, part of the 
 time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Ville de Paris 
 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. 
 Comwallis. His subsequent appointments were — 
 22 June, 1803, to the Ranger sloop, lying in the 
 Downs— in July, 1804, to the Clyde 38, Capt. John 
 Larmour, attached to the North Sea fleet — 16 Sept. 
 following, to the Lucifer bomb, Capt. Robt. Elliot, 
 in which vessel, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, 
 he accompanied Sir John Duckworth past the Dar- 
 danells— in Dec. 1807 to the Glatton 50, Capts. 
 Thos. Seccombe, John Clavell, Henry Hope, and 
 Geo. Miller Bligh, with whom he continued in the 
 Mediterranean until Nov. 1809—8 Feb. 1810, to the 
 Coukageux 74, Capts. Robt. Plampin, Wm. Butter- 
 field, and Philip Wilkinson, stationed in the Channel 
 and Baltic — and 23 Nov. 181 1 to the command of the 
 Cheerly gun-brig. In the latter vessel he was em- 
 ployed in the Downs, Baltic, and North Sea, until 
 Dec. 1814. He accepted his present rank 28 Jan, 
 1847. 
 
 SMITH. (Eetired Commander, 1832. r-p., 
 
 22 ; H-p., 43.) 
 James Smith died, 5 Jan. 1848, at Deal, co. 
 Kent. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1782, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. 
 Sir Rich. Bickerton and Thos. Hicks, stationed in 
 the East Indies, whence he returned, in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, about Oct. 1784. He was next, from 
 Oct. 1785 until Sept. 1791, employed at Portsmouth 
 in the Ardent 64, Capt. Francis John Hartwell, 
 Goliath 74, Capt. Arch. Dickson, and Bellona 74, 
 Capt. F. J. Hartwell. Rejoining the officer last 
 mentioned in Jan. 1793, on board the Thetis frigate, 
 he made a voyage with him to St. Helena ; on his 
 return whence he removed as Master's Mate, in Oct. 
 of the same year, to the Defence 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Gambler. In that ship he fought in Lord Howe's 
 actions, 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. After 
 serving for a few months in the Raisonnable 64, 
 bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. Parker in the 
 West Indies, he was promoted, 3 March, 1795, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. From the following Nov. until 
 Feb. 1796, he served at Deptford in the Ph<enix 36, 
 Capt. Lawrence Wm. Halsted; and from 31 Oct. 
 1803 until 14 April, 1814, he had charge of a Signal 
 station near Blakeney. He was placed on the Junior 
 
 SMITH. (Lieut., 1802. f.p.,16; h-p., 39.) 
 
 John Smith (rf) died about the commencement 
 of 1848. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1792, as 
 Servant, on board the Echo 16, Capts. Hon. Chas. 
 Jones and Peter Halkett, employed at Newfound- 
 land and in the Channel. In April, 1794, he re- 
 joined Capt. Jones, as Midshipman, in the Sibyl 28, 
 attached to the force in the North Sea, where he 
 removed, in July, 1795, to the Garland frigate, 
 Capt. John Erskine Douglas. He served next, from 
 Oct. 1795 until Jan. 1801, in the Doris 36, Capts. 
 Lord Viscount Ranelagh and John Halliday, on the 
 coast of Ireland and in the Channel ; he was then 
 transferred, as a Supernumerary, to the Thames 32 ; 
 and after he had been a second time employed, for 
 three months as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Doris 
 under Capt. Chas. Brisbane, he was received, in 
 Dec. 1801, on board the Satdrn 74, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty in the West Indies; 
 where he was again, in Jan, and May, 1802, ordered 
 to act as Lieutenant in the Fairy sloop and Aima- 
 ble frigate, Capts. John Impey and Henry Raper. 
 He was confirmed 10 July, 1802 ; returned to Eng- 
 land in the following Sept. ; and was afterwards, 
 from April, 1803, until Oct. 1807, and from Oct. 
 1808 until April, 1810, employed, in the East Indies 
 and North Sea and Baltic, in the Grampus (50, 
 Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, Wm. Warden, and 
 Jas. Haldane Tait, and Princess Caroline 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater. He did not afterwards 
 go afloat. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 12; h-p., 39.) 
 
 John Smith (e) entered the Navy, 20 July, 1796, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, flag-ship of 
 Sir Hyde Parker in the West Indies; where he was 
 employed as Midshipman, from June, 1797, until 
 Aug. 1800, in the Severn 44 and Aquilon 32, both 
 commanded by Capt. Thos. Boys. In Nov. of the 
 latter year, after having served for four months in 
 
SMITH. 
 
 1087 
 
 the Discovert, Capt. Conn, he was again, In the 
 KoTAL George 100, placed under the orders of Sir 
 Hyde Parker ; with whom, on removing to the Lon- 
 don 98, he sailed in the famous expedition against 
 Copenhagen. From June to Oct. 1802, and from 
 June, 1804, until Feb. 1806, he was employed in the 
 North Sea in the Amazon 38, and Agincourt 64, 
 Capts. Sam. Sutton and Thos. Briggs. On 1 May 
 in the latter year he was there nominated Suh-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Carrier cutter, Lieut. -Commander 
 Kobt. Ramsay; he was made full Lieutenant, 21 
 May, 1807, into the Raleigh 18, Capt. John Ore 
 Masefield, attached to the force in the Channel; 
 and he was afterwards employed on that station, in 
 the Baltic, and at Sheemess— from Feb. 1809 until 
 Jan. 1810, in the DKEADNOUGnT 98, bearing the flag 
 of Rear- Admiral Thos. Sotheby — from April to Aug. 
 1811 in the Fly sloop, Capt. John Skekel— and from 
 Sept. 1812 until Jan. 1813, in the Pembroke 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Brisbane. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieut., 1821. r-p., 13; h-p., 27.) 
 
 John Smith (/) entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1807, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Orestes of 16 guns and 
 95 men, Capt. John Richards Lapenotiere ; under 
 whom he served in the Channel and on the coasts of 
 Spain and Portugal, and assisted at the capture, 9 
 May and 27 Oct. 1810, of the privateers La Dorade 
 of 10 guns and 43 men, and Loup Gutou of 16 guns 
 and 100 men — the latter taken after a close and gal- 
 lant action of 30 minutes. From April, 1811, until 
 Oct. 1815, he was employed off Flushing and on the 
 North American, Lisbon, and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, in the Monarch 74, Capt. Rich. Lee, La 
 HoGUE 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, MjEak- 
 der 38, Capt. John Bastard, and Tremendous 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Campbell. In the M.a:ANDER and Tre- 
 mendods he held the rating of Master's Mate. He 
 afterwards joined in succession — 3 Oct. 1815, and 
 4 March, 1816, the Soamander 36, Capts. Sir John 
 Louis and Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, and 
 MiEAKDEii again, lying at Sheerness and Woolwich 
 — 14 July, 1816, for about three months, the Hecla 
 bomb, Capt. Wm. Popham, in which vessel he fought 
 at the battle of Algiers — 13 March, 1817, the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough 
 at Portsmouth, where he was for some time em- 
 ployed in the Linnet tender — 12 Dec. following, 
 the Semiramis frigate, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the coast of Africa— and, 
 1 Feb. 1819 (a few months after he had left the 
 Semiramis), the Severn 40, Coast Blockade ship, 
 Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch. Since his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, which took place 19 July, 1821, 
 he has been, we believe, on half-pay. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.) 
 
 John William Smith entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 
 1799, as A.B., on board the Assistance 50, Capts. 
 Robt. Hall and Rich. Lee ; in which ship he conti- 
 nued employed, as Midshipman, on the North Ame- 
 rican and Home stations, until wrecked between 
 Dunkerque and Gravelines 29 March, 1802. He 
 served next, from Dec. 1803 until Aug. 1808, in the 
 Conqueror 74, Capts. Thos. Louis, Israel Pellew, 
 and Edw. Fellowes, in the Channel and Mediterra- 
 nean and on the coast of Portugal ; from the latter 
 date until Jan. 1813, in thePLANTAGENET74, Capts. 
 Wm. Bradley, Thos. Eyies, and Robt. Lloyd, off 
 Lisbon and in the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic ; 
 and from July, 1813, imtilOct. 1814, in the Scei'TRE 
 and Albion 74's, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Cockburn on the coast of North America. In the 
 Conqueror he was present, we believe, at the battle 
 of Trafalgar ; and in the Sceptre and Albion he 
 was actively employed in the Chesapeake. After 
 acting for about 13 months as Lieutenant in the 
 Goree 16, Capts. Fras. Truscott and Constantino 
 Rich. Moorsom, and Levant 20, Capt. John Sheri- 
 dan, he was presented, in Nov. 1815, with a com- 
 mission bearing date 13 of the preceding March. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.) 
 
 John Wyntek Smith died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Havick, Capt. Bartholo- 
 mew ; in which vessel and in the Diamond 38, Capt. 
 Edw. Grifath, he served in the Channel until April, 
 1802. He next, in March, 1805, joined the Texel 
 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon at Leith ; 
 and in June, 1806, and Nov. 1808, he was received 
 as Midshipman on board the Shannon 38, Capt. 
 Philip Bowes Vere Broke, and Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship of Lord Gambler, both on the Home sta- 
 tion ; where he acted from July, 1809, until Feb. 
 1810, as Lieutenant, in the Goldeinch and Devas- 
 tation sloops, Capts. Fitzherbert Geo. Skinner and 
 John Taylor. On 12 July in the latter year, at which 
 period he was serving in the Mediterranean, again 
 as Midshipman, in the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. 
 Rich. Thomas, he was made Lieutenant into the 
 TfeMERAiRE 98, Capt. Chamberlayne. He was subse- 
 quently employed off Cadiz, until April, 1811, in the 
 Hound, Capt. John Williams ; and from Feb. 1812 
 until Feb. 1813, a second time in the Mediterranean, 
 in the Nemesis 28, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. 
 From 14 Oct. 1836 until 1843 he had charge of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. Agent — Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Marmaduke Smith entered the Navy, in June, 
 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phcebb of 44 
 guns, Capt. Robt. Barlow, with whom he continued 
 employed as Midshipman and Master's Mate in the 
 Triumph 74, on the Irish and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions until transferred, in Dec. 1804, to the Dryad 
 36, Capt. Adam Drummond. In the Phcebe he as- 
 sisted at the capture, 19 Feb. 1801, of the Africairw 
 of 44 guns and 715 men, including troops and arti- 
 ficers — a frigate whose resistance was protracted 
 until, in the course of a desperate night-action of 
 two hours, she had sustained (although the Ph<ebe, 
 out of 239 men, had but 1 killed and 12 wounded) 
 the terrific loss of at least 200 killed and 143 wounded 
 — the greater part of them mortally. For his gal- 
 lantry in achieving this exploit Capt. Barlow was 
 rewarded with the honour of Knighthood. In the 
 Dryad Mr. Smith was again stationed on the coast 
 of Ireland, where he distinguished himself so much 
 in boarding a French letter-of-marque that he re- 
 ceived an order to act as Lieutenant, and was even- 
 tually, 27 Dec. 1808, confirmed in that rank. His 
 next and last appointments were— 31 March, 1809, 
 to the Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, employed for 
 two years in the Baltic and North Sea and on the 
 coast of Africa— and 10 April, 1812, and 27 Oct. 
 1813, to the Porcupine 24 and Sorveillante 38, 
 both commanded by Capt. Robt. Elliot, with whom 
 he served on the coasts of Brazil, France, and Spain 
 until May, 1814. While attached to the Ne:mesis he 
 commanded the barge in conjunction with the other 
 boats of that ship, and those of the Belvidera 36, 
 at the spirited capture, on the coast of Norway, of 
 two Danish gun-vessels, the Bolder and Tlior (carry- 
 ing 2 long 24's, 6 6-pounder howitzers, and 45 men), 
 and the destruction of a third, 23 July, 1810.* On 
 another occasion, having taken a Danish privateer 
 of 6 guns, he was sent in her with 25 men to attack 
 a small convoy protected by several gun-boats, in 
 face of whom he succeeded in making prize of a 
 large merchant-vessel laden with copper. During 
 the sojourn of the Nemesis on the coast of Africa, 
 Mr. Smith, in the early part of 1811, was wounded 
 at the cutting out by three of her boats of a 10-gun 
 schooner from under the fire of the Dutch fort of 
 St. Jago d'Elmina, on the coast of Guinea. In the 
 Sorveillante he was First-Lieutenant. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 SMITH. (Commandek, 1846.) 
 
 Richard Sidney Smith entered the Navy 19 
 March, 1827; passed his examination 3 April, 1833; 
 and while serving on the North America and West 
 * ricie Gaz. 1810, p. 1:142. 
 
1088 
 
 SMITH. 
 
 India station as Mate in the Crocodile 26, Capt. 
 Alex. Milne, was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 23 Nov. 1841. In Feb. 1842 he was appointed 
 Additional of the Alpeed 50, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis in South 
 America, where he removed, 15 June following, to 
 the FantOiME 16, Capt. Philip Geo. Haymes, and 
 was further, from 1 Aug. 1843 until advanced to his 
 present rank 9 Nov. 1846, employed in the Gorgon 
 steam-ship, Capts. Sir Chas. Hotham and £dw. 
 Crouch. In 1845 he took part in all the services 
 performed under Sir C. Hotham in the river Parana, 
 where he commanded the boats at the cutting-out 
 of a schooner under a heavy fire from the enemy, 
 and was the latter part of the time First-Lieutenant. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SMITH. (Commander, 1814.) 
 
 Robert Smith is son of the late Mr. Smith, Car- 
 penter R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1797, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Geo. 
 Grey, bearing the flag of Earl St. Vincent oflF Cadiz 
 and in the Channel, where he continued employed 
 for three or four years, the greater part of the time 
 in the capacity of Midshipman. He served next at 
 Plymouth and in the North Sea, until April, 1803, 
 in the Amethyst 36, Capt. John Cooke ; and, from 
 the following Sept. until 1806, in the Mediterranean 
 with his name on the books of the Excellent 74, 
 Capt. Frank Sotheron. During the latter period he 
 acted for three months as Lieutenant in the Intre- 
 pid 64, Capt. Hon. PhiUp "Wodehouse. After he 
 had again served for some months with Lord St. 
 Vincent in the Hibeenia 120, he was made Lieute- 
 nant, 24 Aug. 1807, into the Amaranthe 18, Capt. 
 Edw. Pelham Brenton, which vessel, however, he 
 never joined. His subsequent appointments were — 
 22 Jan. 1809, to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Lucius 
 Curtis— 8 Dec. 1810, to the acting- command of the 
 Astrea frigate, one of the prizes taken at the Isle 
 of France— 30 April, 1811, after nearly five months 
 of half-pay, to the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home 
 Popham, in the Channel — 23 April, 1812 (having 
 left the Venerable in the preceding Jan.), to the 
 Christian VII. 80, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, in 
 the North Sea— and 24 May, 1813, as First, to the 
 Eurotas of 46 guns and 320 men, Capt. John Philli- 
 more. In the Magicienne he assisted at the reduc- 
 tion of the lie de Bourbon in July, 1810, and took 
 part in a variety of gallant but unfortunate opera- 
 tions, which, by 28 Aug. ensuing, terminated, after 
 a loss to the Magicienne of 8 killed and 20 wounded, 
 in the unavoidable self-destruction of that ship and 
 the SiRius, the capture of the Nereide, and the 
 surrender to a powerful French force of the Iphi- 
 GENiA, the last of a squadron of frigates originally 
 under the orders of Commodore Sam. Pym, at the 
 entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France. Besides 
 witnessing, in the Eurotas, the capture of the 
 French frigate La Trave, Mr. Smith shared, 25 Feb. 
 1814, in a destructive action, which lasted for two 
 hours and ten minutes, with La Cloriiide, mounting 
 44 guns and 12 brass swivels, with a complement of 
 360 picked men, of whom 120 were killed and 
 wounded, with a loss to the British of 20 killed and 
 40 wounded. The enemy's ship then endeavoured 
 to effect her escape. " I was at this time," reports 
 Capt. Phillimore, " so much exhausted by loss of 
 blood, from wounds I had received in the early part 
 of the action from a grape-shot, that I found it im- 
 possible for me to remain any longer upon deck. I 
 was therefore under the painful necessity of desir- 
 ing Lieut. Smith to take command of the quarter- 
 deck, to clear the wreck of the foremast and main- 
 mast, which then lay nearly fore and aft the deck, 
 and to make sail after the enemy ; but, at the same 
 time, I had the satisfaction of reflecting that I had 
 left the command in the hands of a most active and 
 zealous officer." * On the following day, while the 
 EtiKOTAs was fast gaining on the chase, two sail, to 
 the mortification of every one on board, were per- 
 • yide Gaz. 1814, p. 481. 
 
 ceived on the lee-bow. These proved to be H.M. 
 ships Dryad and Achates, who, crossing the enemy 
 before the Eurotas could get up, deprived the latter 
 of the honour of having the colours hauled down to 
 her. For his gallant conduct Mr. Smith was ad- 
 vanced, 4 March, 1814, to the rank he now holds. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 The Commander married, 26 June, 1818, a daugh- 
 ter of Mr. Seeds, a medical practitioner. His third 
 son, Arthur, died 6 Oct. 1842, in his 20th year, on 
 board the Hon. E. I. Co.'s steamer Medusa, in the 
 Yang-tse-ICiang river. 
 
 SMITH. (Captain, 1825.) 
 
 Thomas Smith (a) died 19 Sept. 1847, at Louvain, 
 in Belgium. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Fst.-oI. 
 Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. Thos. Baker, 
 with whom, deducting some time passed during the 
 peace of Amiens in the Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Bedford, he continued to serve in the Downs and 
 Channel as Midshipman in the Phcebe 36 and 
 Ph(enix of 42 guns and 245 men until about 1805. 
 He was present in the Nemesis, 25 July, 1800, in a 
 smart conflict of 25 minutes, which terminated in 
 the capture of the Danish frigate Freija ; and in 
 the Ph<ebe, prior to sharing in Sir Rich. Strachan's 
 action, he assisted, 10 Aug. 1605, at the capture, 
 after a memorable and furious conflict, in which the 
 British lost 12 killed and 28 wounded, and the enemy 
 27 killed and 44 wounded, of La Didan of 46 guns 
 and 330 men, a remarkably flue frigate, and the 
 fastest sailer in the French Navy. Becoming at- 
 tached, in Oct. 1806, to the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood, Mr. Smith was in that ship when 
 she took fire and was destroyed off' the island of 
 Tenedos 14 Feb. 1807. He was received in conse- 
 quence on board the PoMpfeE 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, under whom during the en- 
 suing expedition to Constantinople he contributed 
 to the destruction of a Turkish squadron and a for- 
 midable redoubt at Point Pesquies. He was made 
 Lieutenant, 1 Sept. following, into the Hibernia 
 120, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg ; and was next, 
 in March and Sept. 1808, appointed, on the Home 
 station, to the "Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. H. Black- 
 wood, and Lyra sloop, Capt. "Wm. Bevians. On 12 
 April, 1809, while in command of a boat belonging 
 to the latter vessel and engaged in burning the ene- 
 my's ships in Aix Roads, he was captured by two 
 national luggers. He was detained a prisoner in 
 France during the remainder of the war. Soon 
 after his return to England he was advanced, 15 
 June, 1814, to the rank of Commander, and he was 
 subsequently, from 6 May until 12 Aug. 1815, and 
 from 1 Jan. 1817 until 1 March, 1819, employed in 
 that capacity in the Pincher and Cherokee sloops 
 on the Leith station. He did not afterwards go 
 afloat. He was promoted to Post-rank 16 Aug. 1825. 
 Agents — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 SMITH. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Thomas Smith (6) was born 1 Feb. 1786, in Mid- 
 dlesex, and died 9 Jan. 1846, at Stoke, Plymouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dragon 74, Capts. Geo. 
 Campbell and Fred. Lewis Maitland, employed in 
 the Channel, oflt" Cadiz, and in the Mediterranean, 
 where, from July, 1801, until Oct. 1802, he served as 
 Midshipman (he had attained that rating 2 March, 
 1800) in the Camelion sloop, Capts. Lord Edw. 
 O'Bryen and Jas. Hawes, and Carr&ke frigate,Capt. 
 F. L. Maitland. Joining next, in Aug. 1804, the 
 Adamant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, he assisted in 
 the boats in the ensuing Oct. in the celebrated 
 catamaran attack upon the Boulogne flotilla. After 
 serving with Capt. Burlton in the North Sea in the 
 same ship and in the Resolution 74, he was nomi- 
 nated, 1 Aug. 1807 and 13 May and 5 Nov. 1808, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Agincourt 64, Capt. 
 Henry Hill, Hound bomb, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, 
 and Agincourt again, Capts. Kobt. Henderson and 
 Wm. Kent. Under Capt. Hill he escorted convoy 
 
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 to and from St. Helena ; and under Capt. Lockyer 
 he aided, in Aug. 1808, in embarking the Marquis 
 de la Romana and his patriot troops from the vi- 
 cinity of Nyeborg. He was confirmed to the Agin- 
 CODET 29 Nov. 1808, and was subsequently appointed 
 —7 Jan. and 9 Oct. 1809, to the Nymphen 36, Capt. 
 Keith Maxwell, and Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codring- 
 ton— 10 April, 1811, four months after he had left 
 the Blake, to the Beiseis 10, Capt. Edw. Thurlow 
 Smith, stationed in the North Sea— in 1812-13, to 
 the Veneeable and Bulwark 74's, Capts. Sir Home 
 Popham and David Milne, the latter of which ships 
 he left in Oct. 1814 for the purpose of attending a 
 trial— and 26 Oct. 1824, to the Genoa 74, Capts. 
 Wm. Cumberland, Walter Bathurst, and Hon. 
 Leonard Chas. Irby. In the Nymphen and Blake 
 he took part in the operations connected with the 
 expedition to the Walcheren— the Nymphen being 
 one of the frigates which, under Lord Wm. Stuart, 
 forced the passage between the batteries of Flush- 
 ing and Cadsand. During the time he continued 
 in the Blake Mr. Smith was also present at the 
 siege of Cadiz, and was actively employed on the 
 coast of Catalonia. At Cadiz he was intrusted with 
 the command of a Spanish gun-boat, in which he 
 came into almost daily collision with the enemy's 
 batteries. In the Veneeable he assisted at the 
 capture of Santander and Castro, and otherwise co- 
 operated with the patriots on the north coast of 
 Spain ; and, while stationed in the Bclwaek on the 
 coast of North America, he contributed to the cap- 
 ture of a great variety of the enemy's vessels, and 
 witnessed the surrender of the towns of Castine 
 and Machias. As a reward for his services as First 
 of the Genoa at the battle of Navarln, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 22 Oct. 1827. He 
 afterwards, from 9 March, 1828, until 3 June, 1829, 
 commanded the Brisk 10 in the Mediterranean; 
 and, on 23 Nov. 1841, he was advanced to Post- 
 rank. 
 
 Capt. Smith married, 24 Oct. 1814, Agnes, young- 
 est daughter of the late Mr. Thos. Langdon, of 
 Devonport, formerly of Barnstaple. 
 
 In all the above vessels he was employed on ^rvey- 
 ing service. He continued in the Spaebow until 
 advanced to his present rank 20 June, 1846. He 
 was then re-appointed to her in the capacity of 
 Additional-Commander ; and, since 1 Jan. 1847, he 
 has been serving, still on the coast of Scotland, In 
 the Avon steam surveying-vessel. 
 
 SMITH. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Thomas Smith (c) entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Driver sloop, 
 Capt. Kobt. Simpson, stationed at Halifax, where 
 he became Midshipman, in July, 1806, of the Indian 
 sloop, Capt. Chas. John Austen, and continued 
 almost uninterruptedly employed (until presented, 
 in May, 1815, with a commission bearing date 3 
 March in that year) in the Sylvia cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander Crumpholtz, Obseevateue, Capts. 
 Bich. Smith, Fred. Hickey, John Lawrence, and 
 Henry Fane, Halifax, Capt. Alex. Fraser, Curlew, 
 Capt. Michael Head, Martin 18, Capt. Humphrey 
 Fleming Senhouse, Centurion 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Edw. Griffith, Cossack 22, Capt. Hon. Robt. 
 Rodney, and Pomone 38, Capt. John Rich. Lumley. 
 In the Observateus, Halifax, and Curlew he 
 held the rating of Master's Mate ; and in the Mar- 
 tin and Centurion he acted as Lieutenant from 
 29 Jan. 1814 until 27 Feb. 1815. From 22 May, 
 1840, until advanced to his present rank 22 Oct. 
 1844, he served in the Victory 104, guard-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capts. Pras. Erskine Loch andiym. 
 Wilmott Henderson. 
 
 SMITH. (COMMANDKR, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Smith (d) entered the Navy 17 Aug. 
 1816; passed his examination In 1823; and obtained 
 his first commission 25 March, 1833. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were — 30 March, 1833, as a Super- 
 numerary, to the Thunder, Capt. Rich. Owen, with 
 whom he continued for about four years in the 
 West Indies — 8 Sept. 1837, after a few months of 
 half-pay, again to the Thunder, Lieut.-Commander 
 Bird Allen, fitting at Portsmouth— 30 Nov. 1837, to 
 the command, which he retained until 1842, of the 
 Lark schooner, on the NorthAmerica and West India 
 station— and, 5 March, 1844, to the Sparrow ketch, 
 Capt. Henry Chas. Otter, on the coast of Scotland. 
 
 SMITH. (Ketihed Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Thomas Smith entered the Navy, in Jan. 1794, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Beunswick 74, Capt. 
 John Harvey. After sharing as Midshipman in 
 Lord Howe's action, he removed, in the following 
 July, to the Robust 74, Capt. Edw. Thombrough, 
 stationed in the Channel ; where he next, in the 
 course of 1797-8, joined the Intrepid 64, Capt. 
 Robt. Parker, and Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship 
 of Sir Alan Gardner and Sir Henry Harvey ; to the 
 latter of whom he became Flag-Lieutenant 5 Sept. 
 1800, the date of his first commission. In 1802-3 he 
 served with Capt. Geo. Wolfe in the Galat£a and 
 AiGLE frigates ; in Aug. of the latter year he was 
 nominated Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Graves in 
 the FouDROYANT 80 ; and in 1804-5 he was ap- 
 pointed to the Atlas 98, Capt. Wm. Johnstone 
 Hope, and Orpheus 32, Capts. Henry Hill and Thos. 
 Briggs. In the Orpheus he visited the West Indies, 
 He was subsequently employed at Spithead in the 
 Royal William, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle. He 
 was placed on the Junior List of Retired Com- 
 manders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior S March, 
 1845. 
 
 SMITH. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 24 ; h-P., 1 7.) 
 
 William Smith entered the Navy in July, 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Shannon of 50 guns, 
 throwing a broadside weight of 538 lbs., and 306 
 men, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke. In that 
 frigate, after visiting the Greenland seas for the 
 protection of the whale fisheries, he witnessed the 
 surrender of Madeira, and assisted as Midshipman 
 in taking, among other vessels, Le Pommereuil 
 French cutter privateer of 14 guns and 60 men, the 
 Nautilus American brig of 14 guns and 106 men, 
 and the Thjom privateer of 18 guns and 140 men. 
 He was also, 1 June, 1813,'present at the memorable 
 capture of the American ship Chesapeake of 50 guns, 
 yielding a broadside weight of 590 lbs., and 376 
 men ; an exploit which was achieved after 15 mi- 
 nutes of intense combat, productive of a loss to the 
 British of 24 men killed and 59 wounded, and to the 
 enemy of 47 killed and 115 wounded. " The Chesa- 
 peake's maintop," says Mr. James in his account of 
 this action, " was stormed by Midshipman Wm. 
 Smith and his topmen, about five in number, who 
 either destroyed or drove on deck all the Americans 
 there stationed. This gallant young man had deli- 
 berately passed along the Shannon's iforeyard, which 
 was braced up to the Chesapeak^s mainyard, which 
 was nearly square, and thence into her top."* As a 
 reward for the valour he had displayed, Mr. Smith, 
 who had been particularly recommended by his 
 Captain, was promoted, 14 July following, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. He continued in the Shannon 
 imtll Nov. 1813 ; and was subsequently appointed — 
 27 Oct. 1815, to the Tiber 38, Capt. JaS. Rich. 
 Dacres, with whom he served on the Irish, New- 
 foundland, and Channel stations until paid off 18 
 Sept. 1818- and, in May, 1822, and Dec. 1825, to the 
 Alligator 28, Capts. Thos. Alexander and Henry 
 Ducie Chads, and Boadicea 46, Commodore Sir 
 Jas. Brisbane, both in the East Indies, where he 
 was actively employed during the war in Ava. 
 While attached to the Alligator he commanded a 
 division of boats, in Feb. 1825, and had 2 men mor- 
 tally wounded, at the destruction of a stockade a 
 few miles above Thesit. He contrived about the 
 same period to render inefiective several of the 
 
 * Although described as Midshipman in the above extract, 
 Mr. Smith in the preceding Feb. had been rated Master's 
 Mate. In Capt. Broke's offlcial letter {Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 
 1329) he is represented as having stormed the enemy's 
 Me,op. ^^ 
 
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 enemy's powerful fire-rafts, and was in the strongest 
 manner eulogized by Brigadier-General Cotton for 
 the gallantry and judgment with which he conducted 
 the light division of boats in an attack made upon 
 an extensive stockade at Panlang. In the ensuing 
 April, after having further distinguished himself in 
 command of a breaching battery in the operations 
 against Donoobew, we find him mentioned for his 
 exertions in the boats in superintending the passage 
 across the river Irawady of Sir Archibald Campbell's 
 advanced guard, consisting of two European regi- 
 ments. In Sept. 1825 he was employed as a negoti- 
 ator at Meady, in conjunction with Lieut.-Colonel 
 Tidy ; on 2 Deo. following he contributed to the 
 capture of nearly 300 boats, laden with arms, ammu- 
 nition, grain, and military stores ; and, on 5 he 
 assisted in completing the discomfiture of the Bur- 
 mese army. On 26 he was again selected to act 
 in the character of a diplomatist. In command of 
 the launch belonging to the Boadicea, Mr. Smith 
 shared in the capture of Mellone 12 Jan. 1826. He 
 was subsequently, with the light division under his 
 orders, active in annoying the enemy's outposts. 
 Being advanced for his services to the rank of Com- 
 mander 22 July, 1826, he was employed in that ca- 
 pacity — from 14 April, 1831, until paid off 16 Sept. 
 1833, in the Philomel 10, in the Mediterranean — 
 from 26 June, 1835, until 1838, in the Coast Guard 
 — and, from 9 Aug. 1841 until the close of 1844, in 
 the Stren 16, in the East Indies. He attained his 
 present rank 13 March, 1846. Agents — Case and 
 Loudonsack. 
 
 SMITH. (Commander, 1826. r-p., 18 ; h-p., 34.;) 
 "William Smith, horn 22 Feb. 1785, is son of the 
 late Capt. John Sam. Smith, R.N. (1782), who saw 
 much service in the East Indies. His grandfather 
 went round the world with Lord Anson ; and his 
 brother, Lieut. John Sam. Smith, K.N. (1813), who 
 died in 1840, was wounded when Midshipman of the 
 MiNOTAUK 74 at Trafalgar. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne from 
 1792 until 1794 on the books of the Assistamce and 
 Statelv, flag-ships of Sir Rich. King at Newfound- 
 land, and ExCELLEKT 74, commanded hy his father, 
 Capt. J. S. Smith) embarked, in July, 1795, on 
 board the Floka 36, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, 
 then on the point of sailing for the Mediterranean, 
 where, from the following Aug. until Oct. 1796, he 
 served with Capt. Smith, as Midshipman, in the 
 Captain 74 and Agamemnon 64. Joining next, in 
 Jan. 1798, the SiRius 36, Capt. Rich. King, he as- 
 sisted in that ship, 24 Oct. following, at the capture, 
 off the Texel, of the Dutch frigates Waakzamheid 
 of 26, and Furie of 36 guns, with French troops, 
 arms, and ammunition on board, destined for the 
 use of the disaffected in Ireland — the latter vessel 
 after a running fight of half an hour. In the same 
 ship he participated in a chase of two days, which 
 terminated in the capture off Cape Finisterre, 28 
 Jan. 1801, of the French 36-gun frigate Dedaigneuse. 
 After serving for a few months in the Cambridge 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Pasley at Plymouth, he was 
 made Lieutenant, 4 July, 1801, into the De Ruyter 
 64, Capts. Rich. Dacres and Volant Vashon Ballard, 
 fitting for the West Indies ; on which station we 
 find him, from Nov. 1803 until July, 1805, employed 
 in the Guachapin 14, Capt. Kenneth Mackenzie, 
 and Amsterdam 32, Capt. "Wm. Ferris. While in 
 the former vessel he served on shore at the capture 
 of Surinam in May, 1804, and commanded her boats 
 at the cutting-out of a variety of the enemy's ves- 
 sels. His appointments after he left the Amster- 
 dam were— 9 Aug. 1805, to the Foudroyant 80, 
 flag-ship of Sir Thos. Graves and Sir John Borlase 
 Warren, under the latter of whom he witnessed the 
 capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate 
 Belle Poule—7 May, 1807, to the vessel last men- 
 tioned, which had been added to the British Navy 
 and placed under the orders of Capt. Edw. Rotheram 
 m the Channel— and, 7 Nov. following, to the Eli- 
 zabeth 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Curzon, in which ship 
 
 he served off Lisbon, escorted the Russian fleet to 
 England after the convention of Cintra, aided in 
 embarking Sir John Moore's army at Corunna, and 
 visited Brazil. He was subsequently employed — 
 from 20 Dec. 1809 until 30 Nov. 1812, in the Fou- 
 DHoyANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. M. De Couroy in 
 South America— from 8 March, 1813, until 24 June, 
 1815, in the Majestic 56, Capt. John Hayes, on the 
 coast of North America, where he was lent in 1813 
 to a prize, and was present at the surrender, in 
 1814-15, of the TerpsichoreFrencb frigate of 44 guns 
 (taken after a running action of two hours and a 
 half) and U.S. ship President— ani, from 4 Feb. 1826 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander 27 March 
 following, into the Perseus receiving-ship off the 
 Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1821. f-p., 12; h-p., 23.) 
 William Forsyth Smith entered the Navy, 29 
 June, 1812, as A.B., on hoard the Laurestinds 24, 
 Capt. Thos. Graham, stationed at Halifax, where 
 and at Home he served, from March, 1813, until Deo. 
 1818, a great part of the time as Midshipman, in the 
 Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, Levia- 
 than 74, Capt. Adam Drummond, Princess (guard- 
 ship at Liverpool), Capt. M'Leod, Leandek 50, Capt. 
 Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, Akgo 44, Capt. D. M'Leod, 
 Princess again, Capt. Wm. Simpson, and Dee 24, 
 Capt. Sam. Chambers. He was afterwards, from 
 11 Sept. 1819 until 20 May, 1823, employed in the 
 West Indies in the Tribune 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah 
 Willoughby, Sapphire 26, Capt. Alex. Montgomerie, 
 and EsK 20, Capts. Edw. Lloyd and Arthur Lee 
 Warner; and, from 25 Feb. 1826 until 30 June, 
 1827, at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Sparrow- 
 hawk 18, Capt. Jas. Polkinghorne. He was made 
 Lieutenant while serving in the Esk 21 July, 1821. 
 Since he left the Spa.rrowhawk he has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 SMITH. (Eetibed Commander, 1831. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 William Harris Smith was bom 17 Feb. 1781, 
 and died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1794, as a 
 Boy, on board the Pegasus 28, Capt. Robt. Barlow, 
 with whom he "continued employed on the Home 
 station in the Aqoilon 32, and, as Midshipman, in 
 the Ph(Eee of 44 guns, until made Lieutenant, 10 
 Aug. 1801, into the Hunter sloop, Capt. Geo. Jones. 
 In the Pegasus he was present in Lord Howe's 
 battles 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794; in the 
 Aquilon he took part in Lord Bridport's action 
 with the French fleet off lie de Groix 23 June, 
 1795 ; and in the Phcebe he assisted at the capture 
 of UAtalante corvette of 16 guns. La Nereide of 
 36 guns and 330 men, L'Africaine of 44 guns and 
 715 men (including 400 troops and artificers), 
 L'Heureux corvette of 22 guns and 220 men, three 
 privateers carrying in the whole 58 guns and 455 
 men, and L'Hasard letter-of-marque of 10 guns 
 and 60 men, laden with spices, ivory, and gum, from 
 Senegal, valued at 10,000?. La Neteide did not sur- 
 render until after a close action of 45 minutes, pro- 
 ductive of a loss to herself of 20 killed and 55 
 wounded, and to the British, out of 261 men, of 
 3 killed and 10 wounded ; and the resistance of 
 L^Africalne was protracted until, in the course of a 
 desperate night-action of two hours, she had sus- 
 tained (although the Phcebe, out of 239 men, had 
 hut 1 killed and 12 wounded) the terrific loss of at 
 least 200 killed and 143 wounded, the greater part 
 of them mortally. For his gallantry in the latter 
 exploit, which was achieved 19 Feb. 1801, Capt. 
 Barlow was rewarded with the honour of Knight- 
 hood. While in charge in 1797 of a very small pri- 
 vateer, prize to the Phcebe, Mr. Smith had been 
 captured by La Zoe, a powerful privateer, of 18 
 guns and 150 men. In consequence of this misad- 
 venture he was detained for three months in a 
 French prison. He was then, however, released, 
 and enabled to rejoin the Phcebe. His appoint- 
 
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 meats after he left the Hunter (in which vessel 
 and her boats he .appears to have been actively en- 
 gaged in the suppression of smuggling on the coast 
 of Cornwall) were— 2 June, 1802, to the Neptune 
 98, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen and "Wm. O'Brien 
 Drury, stationed in the Channel— 2 Oct. 1804 (hav- 
 ing left the Neptone in the preceding April), to the 
 Montagu 74, Capt. Koht. Waller Otway, on the 
 north coast of Spain, where he served for about 
 three months— 26 June, 1805, to the Prince Geokge 
 98, Capt. Geo. Losack, whom he accompanied to the 
 West Indies— 25 May, 1808, after eight months of 
 half-pay, to the Combatant 18, Capts. Thos. Een- 
 wick and Wm. Mather, employed in the river Weser 
 and off Heligoland, where he had charge of four 
 gun-boats— 16 Jan. and 4 March, 1809, to the Me- 
 ROPE 16 and Monmouth 64, in the latter of which 
 ships (they were both commanded by Capt. Michael 
 Dodd) he united in the operations connected with 
 the Walcheren expedition— in Oct. 1810, for nine 
 months (he had quitted the Monmouth in the pre- 
 vious June), to the Tisiphone 20, Capt. Wm. Love, 
 stationed as a guard-ship in the Needles Passage — 
 14 Nov. 1812, to the Fox 32, Capt. Wm. Paterson, 
 attached to the force on the coasts of Spain and 
 America — and, in June, 1813, to the command of 
 the BosTOCK hired armed ship. While cruizing in 
 the Channel in command of a tender belonging to 
 the Tisiphone, he captured a French privateer of 
 superior force. The Bostoce, in which vessel he 
 remained until April, 1814, was at first employed as 
 hospital-ship to the fleet in the Chesapeake, and 
 afterwards as a cartel.between Halifax; and Salem 
 Bay and Boston. In 1828 Mr. Smith was appointed 
 to the Ordinary at Greenhithe, but being unfortu- 
 nately arrested for debt it was not in his power to 
 avail himself of it. He accepted the rank of Com- 
 mander on the Retired List 30 Deo. 1831. 
 
 He married first in 1808, and, his wife dying 7 
 May, 1832, a second time, in 1834. He was again 
 left a widower 1 Oct. 1842. 
 
 SMITH. (Retired Commander, 1847. r-p., 13 ; 
 
 H-p., 35.) 
 > William Henrv Smith is son of the late Mr. 
 Smith, Master R.N., who lost the two first fingers 
 of his right hand in Rodney's action, 12 April, 1782, 
 and died, while serving in the West Indies in the 
 Europa 50, of yellow fever, brought on by over- 
 exertion in saving portions of a wreck. 
 
 This ofiioer entered the Navy, 9 March, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romnev 50, Capt. John 
 Lawford, in which ship he accompanied the ensuing 
 expedition to HoUand and witnessed the surrender 
 of the Dutch squadron under Rear- Admiral Storey. 
 Being discharged from the Romney in Nov. of the 
 same year, he next, for a few months in 1800, served 
 at Plymouth in the Raven sloop, Capt. Ferris ; and 
 from April, 1801, until Jan. 1805, in the Vanguard 
 74, Capts. Sir 'thos. Williams, Chas. Inglis, Jas. 
 Walker, Lord Wm. FitzRoy, and Andrew Fitzher- 
 bert Evans. In 1803 he assisted at the capture, 
 among other vessels, of Le Duquesne 74 and La 
 Creole of 44 guns, with the French General Morgan 
 and 530 troops on board. He was also present at 
 the surrender of the town of St. Marc, St. Domingo ; 
 the garrison of which place, amounting to 1100 men, 
 were brought off by the Vanguard and her prizes 
 to rescue them from the vengeance of the black 
 General Dessalines. In the course of 1805-6 Mr. 
 Smith joined in succession, on the Jamaica, Home, 
 and Mediterranean stations, the Faibv sloop, Capt. 
 Geo. Adey Creyke, Triumph 74, Capt. Henry 
 Inman, Sampson 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, and Re- 
 pulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge. In 
 the latter ship he passed the Dardanells with Sir 
 John Duckworth in Feb. 1807, and assisted at the 
 destruction of the Turkish squadron off Point Pos- 
 quies. Being made Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1809, into 
 the Snap 16, Capts. Jas. Pattison Stewart and 
 Thos. Barclay, he co-operated in that vessel in the 
 reduction of the islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, 
 and St. Martin's. Ho invalided home from the 
 West Indies in April, 1810, and was subsequently 
 
 appointed — 30 Oct. 1810, to the Standard 64, 
 Capts. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, Joshua Sydney Hor- 
 ton, and Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming — 28 
 Sept. 1812, after three months of half-pay, to the 
 Lavinia 40, Capt. Geo. Digby, stationed at Gibral- 
 tar—and, 31 March, 1813, to the Wasspite 74, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Blackwood and Lord Jas. 
 O'Bryen. In the Standard, prior to making a 
 voyage to the port of Lima, in South America, he 
 served at the defence of Cadiz, and aided in de- 
 stroying the fort at St. Mary's. While attached to 
 the Warspite he assisted in capturing a variety of 
 vessels protected by the enemy's batteries in Basque 
 Roads ; where, on 29 May, 1813, he was the first 
 person, out of six boats, that boarded the American 
 letter-of-marque Flash, of 2 long 9-pounders, 14 
 swivels, and 20 men. He left the Warspite in 
 April, 1814, and accepted his present rank 9 April, 
 1847. 
 
 Although wounded in the Snap by a stiletto 
 while engaged on Impress service, Lieut. Smith 
 never received the least compensation. 
 
 SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Richard Smith is brother of Lieut. 
 A. J. Smith, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 21 March, 1827 ; 
 passed his examination 18 Deo. 1833 ; and on the 
 paying off of the Seringapatam 42, in which fri- 
 gate he had been serving as Mate with Capt. John 
 Leith on the North America and West India station, 
 was promoted, 3 Nov. 1841, to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. His appointments have since been — 31 Dec. 
 1841, to the Caryspobt 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, 
 fitting for the Pacific, whence he returned in June, 
 1845 — 2 Dec. in the latter year, as First, to the En- 
 DTMiON 44, Capts. Geo. Robt. Lambert, Geo. Wm. 
 Conway Courtenay, and Hon. Geo. Fowler Has- 
 tings; under whom he was again, for two years, 
 employed on the North America and West India 
 station — and, 28 Jan. 1848, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Blenheim of 450 horse-power, steam guard- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SMITH. (Retired Captain, 1840. r-p., 18 ; 
 H.P., 36.) 
 William Robert Smith entered the Navy, 1 
 July, 1793, as A. B., on board the Concorde 36, 
 Capts. Thos. Wells and Sir Rich. John Strachan. 
 After serving with both those officers as Midship- 
 man in the SIelampus 36, stationed, as had been 
 the Concorde, in the Channel, he joined, in 1795, 
 the Defence 74, commanded at first by Capt. Wells 
 and next by Capts. Wm. Brown and Joseph Peyton, 
 off the port of Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, 
 where he fought at the battle of the Nile 1 Aug. 
 1798. He was then nominated Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Tonnant 80, Capt. Robt. Lewis Fitzgerald ; 
 was confirmed, 14 Aug. 1799, into the Faiev sloop, 
 Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton ; and was subse- 
 quently, from Aug. 1800 until Sept. 1809, employed, 
 on the West India and Home stations, in the 
 Heueeux 24, Capt. Loftus Otway Bland, Argo 44, 
 Commodore Hon. Robt. Stopford, EuErALus 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, Argo again, Capt. 
 Geo. Parker, Melampus 36, Capt. Stephen Poyntz, 
 Cambrian 40 and Hero 74, both commanded by 
 Capt. John Poo Beresford, and Theseus 74, Capts. 
 J. P. Beresford, Thos. Briggs, and Chas. Jones. 
 On 6 Feb. 1800 he was present in the Fairy as 
 First-Lieutenant, and in company with the Loire 
 38, Danae 20, H aept 18, and Railleur 1 6, at the 
 capture of the Pallas of 46 guns and 362 men, with 
 which frigate the Fairt and Harpy had previously 
 sustained a very warm and spirited action of an 
 hour and three-quarters, attended with a loss to the 
 former of 4 men killed and 8 wounded.* In the 
 Melampus Mr. Smith appears to have assisted at 
 the capture of two brigs, each carrying 2 long 24- 
 pounders, 1 18-pounder, and 50 men, most of them 
 
 • T'lde Gaz. 1800, p. 155, wlierehe is mentioned as a very 
 active good olHccr. 
 
 6 Z 2 
 
1092 
 
 SMITH— SMITHERS. 
 
 soldiers ; four luggers of 1 long 18-pounder and 25 
 men each, from Bordeaux, bound to Brest ; and 
 a Spanish privateer, the Hydra, of 28 guns and 192 
 men, 3 of whom were killed and several wounded 
 before she surrendered. "While serving as First of 
 the Theseus (of which ship he acted for a short 
 time as Captain) he commanded an explosion-vessel 
 in Lord Cochrane's celebrated attack upon the 
 French shipping in Aix Roads 11 April, 1809. He 
 was promoted in consequence to the rank of Com- 
 mander by a commission bearing the same date. 
 He left the Theseus, as above, in Sept. 1809 ; and 
 was lastly, from 30 Oct. 1812, until he invalided, 26 
 April, 1814, employed in the Shearwater sloop in 
 the Mediterranean. He accepted his present rank 
 19 Sept. 1840. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 SMITH, (Captain, 1837. f-p., 19; h-p., 15.) 
 
 WiiiLiAM Sidney Smith is second and youngest 
 son of the late Spencer Smith, Esq., at one time a 
 Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte, afterwards an 
 officer in the Guards, and for many years Ambassa- 
 dor at Constantinople and Munich ; and nephew of 
 the late Admiral Sir "Wm. Sidney Smith, G.C.B.* 
 
 * Sir "William Sidney Smith was bom 21 June, 1764 ; and 
 entered the Navy, in .Tune, 1777, on board the Tortoise. 
 Removing, in Jan. 1778, to the Unicorn 20, Capt. Ford, he 
 assisted in that ship at the capture, after a close conflict of 
 three hours, of the American frigate 'Raleigh of 32 guns. He 
 served subsequently in the Abhooant, Capt. John Cleland, 
 Sandwich 90, Capt. Wm. Young, and Cerberus frigate; 
 and on 25 Sept. 1780 he was made Lieutenant by Admir^ 
 Kodney into the Alcide 74, Capt. C. Thompson. In the 
 Sandwich he was present at the relief of Gibraltar, and in the 
 engagement with Don Juan de Langara 1 6 Jan. 1780 ; and in 
 the Alcidb he fought in Rear-Admiral Graves' action with M. 
 du Barras off the Chesapeake 5 Sept. 1781, took part in the 
 diflferent skirmishes between Sir Sam, Hood and theComte de 
 Grasse off St. Christopher's, and shared in the glories of 1 2 A pril, 
 1782. He was made Commander, 6 May, 1782, into the Fcjhy 
 sloop ; and on 18 Oct. in the same year he was promoted to 
 Post-rank in the Alcmene; which ship he brought home 
 from the West Indies and paid off about Feb. 1784. In 1768, 
 on the appearance of a rupture between Sweden and Russia, 
 he entered into the service of the former power. So signal 
 were the bravery and judgment he evinced in several encoun- 
 ters with the fleetof the Empress Catherine, that at the peace 
 of Reichenback he was created by King Gustavus a Knight 
 Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword, and, on his return to 
 England, was invested by his own sovereign with the insignia 
 thereof. On the breaking out of the French revolutionary war 
 in 1793, Sir W. S, Smith, who had been latterly serving as'a vo- 
 lunteer in the Turkish marine, made preparations for returning 
 to England, and, for the purpose of obtaining a passage thither, 
 proceeded (with a number of seamen whom he had collected 
 at Smyrna, and had embarked on board a small vessel pur- 
 chased at his own expense, and named the Swallow tender) 
 to join the Victory 100_, flag-ship of Lord Hood, then at 
 Toulon. On the evacuation of that place by the British, he 
 volunteered, notwithstanding that he was on half-pay, to 
 burn the French fleet, magazines, &c. Although the task, 
 with the slender means placed at his disposal, was considered 
 nearly impracticable, the triumph of his genius and valour 
 was shown in the destruction of 10 ships-of-the-line, several 
 frigates in the inner harbour and arsenal, and the mast, great 
 store, and hemp houses. On his arrival home with Lord 
 Hood's despatches relative to the evacuation of Toulon, he 
 was appointed, early in 1794, to the Diamond 38. After dis- 
 tinguishing himself on a variety of occasions in that frigate, 
 he had the misfortune, 18 April, 1796, to be driven in her 
 boats with a captured privateer far up the river sieine by the 
 strength of the current, and to be there taken prisoner. He 
 was in consequence confined for two years in the Tower of the 
 Temple at Paris— all proposals made to procure his exchange 
 being rejected by the French Directory. At length, how- 
 ever, he contrived to effect his escape ; and on 8 May, 1798, 
 he arrived in London. In the course of the same year he 
 was placed in command of the Tiore 74, and sent to the 
 Mediterranean, charged with the duty of co-operating with 
 the Ottoman fleets and armies in Egypt in his naval capacity 
 and of acting in concert with the British minister at Constan- 
 tinople in the civil character of Plenipotentiary. The subse- 
 quent exploits of the hero of Acre, his glorious defence of 
 that aged fortress against Napoleon's hosts, and his career of 
 triumph in Egypt, are too well known to call for detail here* 
 while history or tradilion lasts, posteritv will not cease to feel 
 «■ w'^,?'"^ ^?ys of tl'at lustre which surrounds the name of 
 bir William Sidney Smith. A pension of 101)0/. per annum 
 marked the sense entertained by the country at iSr^e of his 
 conduct at Acre. The Grand Seignior, too,^ presented him 
 
 the Order of the Crescent ; and he was honoured with thp 
 thanks of both Houses of Parliament. On the filTexpulsion 
 
 His great-grandfather, Capt. Edw. Smith, R.N. 
 was mortally wounded in command of the Bdrford 
 in the attack on Laguira 19 Feb. 1743; and his 
 grand-uncle. General Edw. Smith (who died at Bath 
 19 Jan. 1809), served with Wolfe at the reduction 
 of Quebec, and iDecame Colonel of the 43rd Regt., 
 and Governor of Fort Charles, Jamaica. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1813, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Hieeknia 120, com- 
 manded by his cousin, Capt. Chas. Thurlow Smith, 
 as flag-ship to Sir W. S. Smith, on the Mediterranean 
 station; where he removed, in March, 1814, to the 
 San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. King. 
 He served next, from July in the latter year until 
 July, 1816, on the coast of North America, in the 
 Channel, and at St. Helena, in the Havannah 36, 
 Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton ; he then joined the 
 Heron 18, Capts. Geo. Bentham and Herbert Brace 
 Powell, part of the force engaged at the ensuing 
 bombardment of Algiers ; and from Feb. 1817 until 
 made Lieutenant, 25 April, 1823, into the Martin 
 20, Capt. Henry Eden, he was eiaployed at Ply- 
 mouth, at Newfoundland, and again in the Mediter- 
 ranean, in the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Sir 
 Francis Drake 46, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Fras. 
 Pickmore, Drake 10, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, 
 Egeria 26, Capts. Robt. Rowley and Henry Shiff^ 
 ner, Rochfobt 80, bearing the flag of Sir Graham 
 Moore, and Adventure surveying-vessel, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Smyth. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 12 Sept. 1823, for about three years, to the 
 Hind 20, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, 
 also in the Mediterranean ; and 19 Oct. 1828, to the 
 Victor 18, Capt. Rich. Keane. He continued in 
 the latter vessel on the Jamaica station until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, 22 July, 1830; 
 and was lastly, from 24 Sept. 1832 until paid off, in 
 June, 1836, employed in the North Sea and West 
 Indies in the Larne 18, Towards the close of that 
 period he was engaged in affording protection to the 
 British mercantile interests on the coasts of New 
 Grenada and Venezuela, then in a state of insurrec- 
 tion ; and was present throughout the siege of Puerto 
 Cahallo by General Paez. He attained his present 
 rank 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 Capt. Smith married, 10 July, 1832, at Dawlish, 
 CO. Devon, Lucy, daughter of J. Goss, Esq. 
 
 SMITHERS. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 George Smithers entered the Navy, in the spring 
 of 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 98, 
 Capts. Rich. Grindall and Dan. Oliver Guion, lying 
 at Plymouth, where, deducting an interval in 
 
 of the French from Egypt he was selected with Colonel 
 Abercrombie to carry home the despatches. In 1802 Sir 
 Sidney was chosen representative in Parliament for the city 
 of Rochester. On the renewal of hostilities, in 18U3, he 
 hoisted a broad pendant on board the Antelope 50, as Com- 
 modore of a squadron employed on the coast of France ; in 
 the following year he was appointed a Colonel of Marines ; 
 and on 9 Nov. 1805 he was advanced to the rank of Rear- 
 Atlmiral. Returning, in 1806, to the Mediterranean, with 
 his flag on board the Pomp'6e 74, he co-operated while there 
 in the defence of Gaeta, reduced the island of Capri, and, 
 having accompanied the expedition under Sir John Duck- 
 worth, passed the Dardauells, and had the sole credit of destroy- 
 ing a large Turkish squadron anchored under the guns of a 
 redoubt at Point Fesquies. Towards the close of 18u7 he was 
 in command^ in the Hibf.rnia 120, of a squadron off the 
 Tagus when the Royal Family of Portugal took its flight to 
 the Brazils; and he was afterwards, from Feb. 1808 until 
 July, 180R, and from 1812 until 18H, employed as Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, in the Foudrovant 80, on the coast of 
 South America, and, as Second in command, in the Tre- 
 mendous 74 and Hibernia 120, of the fleet in the Medi- 
 terranean. During his sojourn in South America he was 
 created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and 
 Sword. On a subsequent occasion he was presented by the 
 King of Sardinia with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. 
 Ferdinand and of Merit. He was made a Vice-Admiral 31 
 July, 1810, a K.t'.B. 2 Jan. 1815, a full Admiral 19 July, 
 1821, a Lieutenant-General of Marines 28 June. 1830, and a 
 G.C.B. 20 July, 1838. He died an Admiral of the Red, at 
 Paris, 2fi May, 1840, and was buried at Pfire la Chaise. For 
 an elaborate and highly interesting account of this great man 
 we refer our readers to ' The Life and Correspondence of 
 Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, G.C.B.,' recently pub- 
 lished, in two volumes, by John Barrow, Esq., F.R.S. 
 
SMYTH. 
 
 1093 
 
 1804, he continued employed as Midshipman in the 
 Salvador bel Musdo, Capt. John Loring, until 
 transferred, in May, 1806, to the Thicmph 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Masterraan Hardy. In that ship he served, 
 for about two years on the coast of North America 
 and off Flushing. He then joined the Ville de 
 Paris 110, Capts. John Surman Garden and Kich. 
 Thomas, under the former of whom he assisted, in 
 Jan. 1809, in embarking the remains of General 
 Moore's army at Corunna. In the course of 1810 he 
 was received in succession on board the Wizard 
 sloop, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, .Stna bomb, 
 Capt. John Fordyce Maples, and Barfi.eor 98, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley — the two 
 former vessels employed at the defence of Cadiz, 
 the Barfleur on the Lisbon station. He was 
 tiominated, 4 June, 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Alfred 74, Capts. Wm. Shepheard and Joshua 
 Sydney Horton, also engaged at the defence of 
 Cadiz ; was confirmed to that ship 23 Aug. follow- 
 ing ; and, invaliding from her in March, 1812, was 
 afterwards employed — from 29 Sept. 1812 until 
 taken prisoner in Dec. 1813, in the Goldfinch brig, 
 Capt. £dm. "Waller, on the coast of France— from 
 1 Dec. 1814 until 4 Dec. 1815, in the Centaor 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, with whom he visited 
 Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. 
 Helena— and from 23 March, 1830, until 1832, in 
 command of the Conflict 12, on the coast of 
 Africa. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SMYTH. (Lieut., 1826. p-p., 19; H-p., 14.) 
 Francis Smyth was born in May, 1803. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1814, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bermuda 10, Capt. John 
 Pakenham, in which vessel, after having served in 
 the Channel and attained the rating of Midship- 
 man, he was wrecked, near Tampico Bar, in the 
 West Indies, 16 Nov. 1816. He was subsequently 
 employed — from Feb. 1817 until May, 1818, again 
 in the West Indies, in the Rifleman 18, Capt. 
 Houston Stewart, Salisbury 58, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral John Erskine Douglas, and Primrose 18, 
 Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott— from Nov. 1818 
 until Dec. 1821 in the Spencer 76, flag-ship of Sir 
 Josias Rowley at Cork — from Dec. 1821 until Nov. 
 1823 in the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dash- 
 wood, lying at Plymouth — from Nov. 1823 until 
 Aug. 1829 in the Tamar 26, Capt. Sir Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer, Boadicea 46, Commodore Sir Jas. 
 Brisbane, and Rainbow 28, Capt. Hon. Henry John 
 Rous, all in the East Indies, where he was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant (about five months after he had been 
 ordered to act as such) in the vessel last mentioned, 
 11 Oct. 1826— and, from 11 June, 1832, until 2 Dec. 
 1833, as Senior, in the Dispatch 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Daniell, a third time in the West Indies. He then 
 invalided with a constitution so much impaired 
 from the effects of long service in tropic climes that 
 he was for long unable to go afloat. Restored at 
 length to health, he was nominated, 27 Nov. 1844, 
 Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam- 
 vessel; in which capacity he continued until ap- 
 pointed, 27 July, 1847, to the command of the 
 Antelope steamer of 260 horse-power, fitting for 
 the Mediterranean, where he is now serving. 
 
 Lieut. Smyth married in April, 1835, and has 
 issue five children. 
 
 SMYTH. (Lieutenant, 1814.) 
 
 George Thomas Smyth was employed as Mid- 
 shipman during the war in the Volontaihe 38, 
 Cambrian 40, Boyne 98, and Tonnant 80. In the 
 two first he saw much boat-service in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; and in the Boyne, commanded by Capt. 
 Geo. Burlton, he was present in Sir Edw. Pellew's 
 partial action with the Toulon fleet, 13 Feb. 1814 ; 
 on which occasion that ship bore the brunt of the 
 engagement, was for half an hour in action, close 
 in shore, and under the enemy's batteries, with the 
 Bomulus 74, and sustained a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 40 wounded, besides being much damaged in 
 her hull, masts, and rigging. In the Tonnant Mr. 
 
 Smyth witnessed the attack upon Baltimore ; and 
 soon after his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 23 Nov. 1814, he accompanied, in 
 the Diomede troop-ship, the expedition against New 
 Orleans. His appointments since the peace appear 
 to have been — 14 Oct. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 16 March, 1831, to the 
 Coast Guard — 27 June, 1832, to the Adelaide Re- 
 venue-cruizer — 7 Feb. 1834, again to the Coast 
 Guard — 17 and 27 March, 1838, to his former vessel, 
 the Adelaide, and to the Scout, both engaged in 
 the protection of the Revenue — 20 March, 1843, a 
 third time to the Coast Guard — 5 Nov. 1844, to the 
 Victoria, another Revenue-vessel — and, 20 May, 
 1848, again, as an Inspecting-Commander, to the 
 Coast Guard, in which service he continues. 
 
 SMYTH. (Commander, 1827. p-p., 25 ; h-p., 19.) 
 Spencer Smyth entered the Navy, about March, 
 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Dreadnought 
 98, Capt. Jas. Bowen, lying at Portsmouth, where 
 he followed that officer shortly afterwards into the 
 Puissant 74, and in the course of the same year 
 joined the Windsor Castle 98 and Defiance 74, 
 Capts. Philip Chas. Durham and Hon. Henry Ho- 
 tham. In the latter ship he served in Sir Robt. 
 Calder's action and at the battle of Trafalgar 22 
 July and 21 Oct. 1805, and assisted at the destruc- 
 tion of three French frigates under the batteries of 
 Sable d'Olonne 24 Feb. 1809, on which occasion the 
 Defiance, besides being much cut up in her masts 
 and rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 
 wounded. After co-operating with the patriots on 
 the coast of Spain he removed with Capt. Hotham, 
 in Aug. 1810, into the Northumberland 74. In 
 the course of the same year he contributed to the 
 capture of two French privateers ; and on 22 May, 
 1812, he was present, in company witli the Growler 
 gun-brig, at the gallant destruction, near L'Orient, 
 of the 40-gun frigates VArienne and V Andr&maque, 
 and 16-gun brig Mamehuck, whose united fire, con- 
 jointly with that of a heavy battery, killed 5 and 
 wounded 28 of the Northumberland's people. 
 For his conduct in this affair he was promoted, 
 2 June, 1812, to the rank of Lieutenant. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 20 June, 1812, to the 
 Mercurius 18, Capt. Thos. Renwick, in which vessel 
 he was engaged in affording protection to convoys, 
 and once escorted a fleet of 300 sail past the bat- 
 teries of Elsineur — 15 June and 6 Dec. 1813, to the 
 Bulwark and Venerable 74's, bearing each the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, with 
 whom he served off Rochefort and Flushing and in 
 the West Indies until May, 1816—30 April, 1818, for 
 four months, to the Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir Archi- 
 bald Collingwood Dickson— 22 May, 1819, to the 
 Albion 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett — 19 March, 1822, 
 to the charge of a Signal station at Portsmouth — 23 
 Dec. 1825, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of Sir Geo. 
 Martin — and, 1 May, 1827, as Senior, to the Dart- 
 mouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes. On his passage 
 to the West Indies in the Venerable he assisted 
 at the capture of Le Jason letter-of-marque of 14 
 guns (pierced for 22) and 54 men, and the frigates 
 Jphigenie and Alcmene of 44 guns each, taken (the 
 former after considerable resistance) 16 and 20 Jan. 
 1814. In June and Aug. 1815 he commanded the 
 boats at the landing of the troops during the opera- 
 tions against Martinique and Guadeloupe. He was 
 afterwards detached and sent in a schooner to Pointe- 
 a-Pitre for the purpose of guarding that port and 
 of securing the prizes— a service attended with 
 much risk and fatigue. While on board the Roch- 
 fort, which ship, as well as the Albion and Vic- 
 tort, belonged to the Portsmouth station, Mr. 
 Smyth cruized for six weeks off' Scilly with a squad- 
 ron under Sir Benj. Hallowell. During the time 
 he had his name on the books of the Albion he 
 was employed, in command of a tender, in sup- 
 
 ?ressing smuggling on the coasts of Sussex and 
 >orset. In the Dartjiouth he fought, and was 
 wounded in boarding a fire-ship, at the battle of 
 
1094 
 
 SMYTH. 
 
 Kavarin 20 Oct. 1827.* Prior to going into action 
 be furnished Sir Edw. Codrington witll a plan of 
 the position and force of the Ottoman fleet, and 
 enabled him to affix their proper stations to the 
 ships under his orders. For this essential service 
 he received the thanks of his chief; and for his 
 conduct during the engagement he was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander 22 Oct. 1827. From 19 
 March, 1833, until Oct. 1835, he filled an appoint- 
 ment in the Coast Guard at North Yarmouth, at 
 which place he is now Harbour-Master. 
 
 SMYTH. (LlEOTENANT, 1832.) 
 
 Thomas Smyth died, 20 Feb. 1846, at Kingston, 
 Jamaica, wliere he was Harbour-Master. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 27 July, 1824; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; and on the occa- 
 sion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 
 June, 1832, was nominated Additional of the Win- 
 chester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, 
 Commander-in-Chief in North America and the 
 "West Indies. His subsequent appointments afloat 
 were— in Jan. 1833, to tlie Peard 20, Capt. Kobt. 
 Gordon, on the same station, whence he returned 
 to England and was paid off in Dec. 1834 — ^25 March, 
 1836, to the Hercoles 74, Capt. Maurice Fred. 
 Fitzhardinge Berkeley, fitting at Sheemess — and, 
 24 April, 1837, as Senior, to the Comds 18, Capts. 
 Hon. Plantagenet Pierrepont Gary and Evan Ne- 
 pean, with whom he served on the station first 
 named until Deo. 1841. Agents — Holmes and 
 Folkard. 
 
 SMYTH. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 Thomas Johnson Smyth died in 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy 21 Nov. 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 30 Nov. 1836 ; and after 
 serving in the Mediterranean and at Plymouth as 
 Mate in the Ttne 26, Capt. John Townshend, and 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 July, 1842. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 2 Aug. 1842, 
 as Additional, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John 
 Foote, on the coast of Africa — 21 Jan. 1843, to the 
 Ferret 6, Capt. Josiah Oake, on tlie same station 
 —and, 8 Nov. 1845, to the Jong 26, Capt. Patrick 
 John Blake, fitting for the Pacific, where he died. 
 
 SMYTH. (Captain, 1843.) 
 
 William Smyth entered the Navy 9 April, 1813 ; 
 passed his examination in 1819 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 8 May, 1827. He served after- 
 wards — from 4 June, 1831, until the early part of 
 1835, in the Samarang 28, Capt. Chas. Henry 
 Paget, on the South American station — from 11 
 May, 1836, until promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander on his return to England 15 Nov. 1837, as 
 Senior Lieutenant, in theTEKKoa bomb, Capt. Geo. 
 Back, employed on a voyage of discovery to the 
 Arctic regions — and, from 19 Sept. 1838 until ad- 
 vanced, on being paid ofi; to Post-rank 25 Deo. 1843, 
 in the Grecian 16, in South America and at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. He has not been afioat since. 
 
 Capt. Smyth is author of the ' Narrative of a 
 Journey from Lima to Para,' published in 1836— a 
 work in which he was assisted by the present Com- 
 mander Fred. Lowe, K.N. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 SMYTH, K.F.M., D.C.L., V.P.E.S., Pres. R.A.S., 
 
 &c. (CTaptain 1824. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 William Henry Smyth, born 21 Jan. 1788, at 
 
 Westminster, is only son, by Georgina Caroline, 
 
 granddaughter of the Eev. Mr. Pilkington, of the 
 
 late Joseph Brewer Palmer Smyth, Esq., of New 
 
 Jersey, who, embracing the Koyalist cause during 
 
 the War of Independence in America, fought under 
 
 General Burgoyne in the battles which preceded 
 
 the catastrophe at Saratoga, and was in consequence 
 
 deprived of the very considerable landed property 
 
 he possessed. He is descended, paternally, from 
 
 the celebrated Capt. John Smith, whose valour and 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1837, p. 23S5. 
 
 genius proved so instrumental to the colonization 
 of Virginia ; and wears the armorial bearings 
 granted to that distinguished person. 
 
 This officer, who had witnessed in a merchant- 
 vessel the reduction of Tobago, and had taken 
 part in the E. I. Co.'s frigate Cornwallis in an 
 expedition against the Mahe Islands in 1804, en- 
 tered the Navy, 18 March, 1805, when the latter 
 ship was purchased by Government, and placed 
 under the command of Capt. Chas. Jas. Johnston, 
 with whom he continued to serve in the Vovr- 
 ERFDL 74, until transferred, in Oct. 1809, to the 
 MiLFORD 74, Capts. Henry Wm. Bayntun and Edw. 
 Kittoe. He was in consequence present, in the 
 Cornwallis, in several typhoons in the China 
 seas ; also in a variety of skirmishes with the 
 enemy's formidable batteries on the Isle of France ; 
 and in a gallant attack made, 11 Nov. 1806, in 
 company with the Sceptre 74, upon the French 
 frigate Semillante, 3 armed ships, and 12 sail of 
 merchantmen at anchor in St. Paul's Bay, He de 
 Bourbon. He also cruized for a long time in the 
 Pacific. On his return to Europe in the Powerful, 
 Mr. Smyth accompanied the expedition of 1809 to 
 the Scheldt. After participating, in the Milford, 
 in numerous attacks upon the enemy's coasting- 
 trade near Kochefort, he proceeded to Cadiz, where, 
 being appointed to the command, 4 Sept. 1810, of 
 a large Spanish gun-boat, the Mors-aut-Gloria, 
 carrying 1 long brass 36-pounder, a 6-inch howitzer, 
 and a British crew of 35 men, he continued ardu- 
 ously employed in its defence until 1811. Uniting 
 during that period in nearly every service per- 
 formed by the flotilla, he was present, 12 Sept. 1810, 
 and had two of his men severely burnt, in an action 
 with the enemy's batteries near Matagorda. On 
 19 of the same month, aided by two vessels similar 
 to his own, he silenced a small battery in the Bay 
 of Bulls. On 3 Oct. the Mors-adt-Gloria was 
 twice struck by shot; "on the 5th she was in an 
 engagement with forts Napoleon and Luis — the 
 former mounting 16 heavy guns and 4 mortars — the 
 latter 14 guns, 2 mortars, and 2 howitzers ; and on 
 the morning of 1 Nov. she bore a conspicuous part 
 in an affair with seven of the enemy's gun-vessels, 
 protected by Fort Concepcion, several redoubts, 
 and a corps of horse-artillery on the beach. She 
 was subsequently, 23 Nov., exposed for many hours 
 to a fire from Fort Catalina in an attempt to create 
 a diversion in favour of an attack upon some gun- 
 vessels in the river of Santa Maria. On Ms retnrn 
 to Cadiz, after witnessing the termination of the 
 battle of Barrosa, Mr. Smyth, who had acquired an 
 accurate knowledge of the circumjacent coast and 
 channels, and had been in consequence sent with 
 despatches to Lieut.-General Graham during his 
 march from Tarifa to Barrosa, was placed in charge 
 of a large flat, armed with a 32-pounder carronade. 
 In this boat he had 3 men mortally wounded, and 
 was nearly sunk, by the enemy's batteries in the 
 neighbourhood of Matagorda. A few days after- 
 wards, 16 March, 1811, he rendered material assist- 
 ance, in the Milford's barge, to a water-logged 
 American ship on shore near Cape Trafalgar ; and 
 on the 20th he commanded a boat in an unsuccessful 
 expedition against some piratical privateers near 
 Chipiona. On finally leaving Cadiz the Milford, 
 which, during the operations we have detailed, had 
 borne the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, cruized 
 off the coast of Spain, and then Joined the fleet oif 
 Toulon. Here Mr. Smyth removed, 1 Aug. 1811, 
 to the Rodney 74, Capts. John Carter Allen and 
 Edw. Durnford King, in wliich ship he attained 
 the rating of Master's Mate 14 Dec. following, and 
 was actively employed until paid off on his return 
 to England in Nov. 1812. As a reward for his 
 highly-lauded exertions at Cadiz, and for a valuable 
 survey he had made while there of the Islorde-Leon 
 and the neighbouring coast, accompanied by a de- 
 tail of the strength of the various French and 
 Spanish batteries, he was presented by Lord Mel- 
 ville with a Lieutenant's commission dated 25 March, 
 1813, and appointed to a command in the flotilla 
 employed under Sir Robt. Hall in the defence of 
 
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 1095 
 
 Sicily against Joachim Murat. Soon after iiis ar- 
 rival there he was intrusted with a confidential 
 mission to the court of Naples, then wavering in its 
 allegiance to Napoleon Buonaparte. On the night 
 of 19 Feb. 1814, being at the time in command of 
 the ScYLLA brig, bearing the flag of Sir R. Hall, he 
 put off in a boat during a furious gale from Palermo, 
 where he happened to be on shore, to the assist- 
 ance of a vessel in flames, which proved to be the 
 
 Whitby transport. He saved one of the crew— all 
 he could — and then made for the land, his being 
 the only boat, out of several, that returned in 
 safety. "We subsequently find him, entirely through 
 his own resources, and without any official instruc- 
 tions, engaged in conducting a series of hydro- 
 graphic operations connecting Barbary, Sicily, and 
 Italy — a service in which he displayed so much 
 talent that Hear- Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, 
 astonished and delighted with what he had achieved, 
 forwarded to the Admiralty the result of his labours, 
 accompanied by a letter glowing with all the eulo- 
 gium he deserved. He continued his important 
 labours in a borrowed Sicilian gun-boat long after 
 the British troops had evacuated the island, and 
 afforded such satisfaction to the Admiralty that 
 their Lordships promoted him, 18 Sept. 1815, to the 
 rank of Commander ;* and not only promoted him, 
 but, " as a mark of their approbation, and an in- 
 citement to other officers to give their attention to 
 similar pursuits," expressed their intention of having 
 a selection of his drawings engraved and published, 
 that he might reap the benefit. Difficulties unfore- 
 seen causing this arrangement to be altered, it was 
 determined ultimately that the 'Atlas of Sicily' 
 should be engraved in the Admiralty office, and 
 that Capt. Smyth should (which he accordingly did) 
 publish ' A Memoir descriptive of the Kesouroes, 
 Inhabitants, and Hydrography of that and the 
 neighbouring islands, interspersed with antiquarian 
 and other notices.' Of this work, we may add, the 
 Admiralty purchased 100 copies. In 1817 Capt. 
 Smyth, whose continued exertions in the survey- 
 ing department, added to his extensive researches 
 among the relics of antiquity in the northern parts 
 of Africa, had by this time gained him high repu- 
 tation in the scientific world, was appointed to the 
 Aid sloop, and in her he increased his well-earned 
 fame. Although his operations were of too elabo- 
 rate a character to admit of detail here, we may 
 state that he was selected to complete the grand 
 survey of the shores of the Adriatic commenced 
 by Napoleon Buonaparte; and that, assisted by a 
 party of Austrian and Neapolitan staff officers, and 
 by the Imperial sloop-of-war Velox, he accomplished 
 his task in less than two years, notwithstanding a 
 dreadful plague was raging along the Albanian 
 coast, t He afterwards accompanied Sir Thos. Mait- 
 land to the Court of the famous All Pacha, to treat 
 respecting the cession of Parga ; and, prior to his 
 return to England in 1820, he obtained the thanks 
 of Sir Fred. Adam, Lord High Commissioner of the 
 Ionian Islands, for the manner in which he co- 
 operated in suppressing a dangerous insurrection 
 among the inhabitants of Santa Maura, particularly 
 for the rigorous blockade he maintained, and for 
 the assistance he afforded in disarming the popu- 
 lation of several Greek villages. His next and last 
 appointment was, 27 Jan. 1821, to the Adventhke 6, 
 in which vessel he was again ordered to the Medi- 
 terranean for the purpose of carrying out a plan he 
 had himself formed for perfecting the survey of 
 that sea. Deprived by our limits of the pleasure 
 we should feel in following Capt. Smyth over the 
 wide-spread field of his investigations, we must 
 content ourselves with stating that the additions 
 he made during his absence to astronomy, geo- 
 
 * Some time prior to his promotion, Capt. Smyth, having 
 from tlie summit of Pan-iria observed a large Neapolitan gun- 
 vessel standing towards the Cala-del-Castello, had stationed 
 himself in an armed boat close under a point of land, where, 
 jnst as the enemy was rounding it, he dashed alongside, and 
 so completely surprised tiie ca-ew, that he olitained possession 
 without a man of either party being hurt. 
 
 1 The result of Capt. Smyth's labours was published at 
 the ImperiLil Geographical Institute at Milan. 
 
 graphy, and hydrography procured for him the 
 congratulalions of scientific Europe, and raised him 
 to the first order of maritime surveyors. To him, 
 in a word, to Beaufort, and to Guattier du Pare 
 are we indebted for having every part of the Medi- 
 terranean and Euxine, from the Gut of Gibraltar 
 to the Sea of Azov, fixed and determined. "The 
 more I see of your Jlediterranean surveys,'' says 
 the distingmshed hydrographer of the Admiralty, 
 Sir F. Beaufort, " the more I admire the great ex- 
 tent of your labours, the perseverance of your re- 
 searches, the acuteness of your details, and the taste 
 with which you have executed the charts. Take 
 them altogether, no survey has ever before issued 
 from the Admiralty that can be compared to yours. 
 It is quite astonishing the work you did — and did 
 in such a masterly manner — in the time you were 
 abroad." WhUe he commanded the Adventure, 
 Capt. Smyth received from Mehemet All an offer 
 of the celebrated " Cleopatra's Needle," intended 
 as a present to George IV. — but an opportunity of 
 attempting its embarkation did not occur. In the 
 summer of 1824 he was senior officer off Gibraltar 
 when a body of Constitutionalists under the orders 
 of Don Francisco A^ aides surprised Tarifa — a cir- 
 cumstance which, as they were known to have sal- 
 lied from the rock, involved him in a painful corre- 
 spondence with General Latour, commanding the 
 French troops at Cadiz, and the Spanish General 
 Don Jose O'Donnell. The efforts, prompt though 
 unavailing, which he made in Sept. of the same 
 year, in conjunction with Capt. Henry Evelyn Pit- 
 field Sturt of the Phaeton 46, to save a ship on fire 
 from destruction, obtained him the thanks of the 
 United States Consul at Gibraltar and of the masters 
 of 11 American merchantmen. He attained Post- 
 rank 7 Feb. 1824 ; paid the Adventure off' in the 
 following Nov. ; and accepted the Retirement 1 
 Oct. 1846. 
 
 In reviewing the services of Capt. Smyth, we 
 may observe that he has constructed the following 
 charts and views, viz. : — one (a general outline chart) 
 of the Mediterranean ; one of Galita Island and 
 the Gulf of Cattaro ; one of the coast of Egypt from 
 Alamaiid to the Rosetta branch of the Nile (with 
 two views) ; one of the Gulf of Spezia, with plan of 
 Via Reggio ; one of the harbour of Villa Franca 
 (with two views) ; one of the coast of France and 
 Italy from Cape Roux to Monaco ; one of the port 
 and road of Marseilles, and the position of La Ca^ 
 seidagne Rock; twenty-six of Sicily; one of the 
 harbours of Pantellaria and Lampedusa, as also of 
 the Pelagic Islands and of the Island of Linosa ; four 
 of Malta ; three of the south coast of Spain ; three 
 of the west coast of Greece ; two of the Morea ; one 
 of the south coast of France ; nine of the north 
 coast of Africa; four of Sardinia; eight of the 
 Adriatic Sea ; and four of the west coast of Italy. 
 In the course of 1815 Capt. Smyth obtained two 
 honourable augmentations to bis family arms, and 
 was admitted by Sir Wm. Sidney Smith into the 
 Anti-Piratical Society of Knights-Liberators of the 
 Slaves (white and black) in Africa ; and in March, 
 1816, he received the Royal permission to accept 
 and wear the small Cross of the Order of St. Ferdi- 
 nand and of Merit, granted to him for his valour 
 and services against the enemy off Messina. He 
 was subsequently presented by the Emperor of 
 Austria with a gold snuff-box superbly decorated 
 with brilliants. In 1821 he was admitted into the 
 Antiquarian and Astronomical Societies of London ; 
 in June, 1826, he was unanimously elected a F.R.S. ; 
 in Dec. following he was voted a member of the 
 society recently established at Florence for Scruti- 
 nizing the Statistics and Natural History of Tus- 
 cany ; in 1829 he was named an Associate of the 
 Academy of Sciences at Palermo ; and in July, 1830, 
 he was chosen one of the Council of the Geo- 
 graphical Society of London — an institution he had 
 been instrumental in establishing. He became 
 afterwards one of the Committee for Improving 
 and Extending the ' Nautical Almanac ;' and within 
 the last few years he has been nominated a Doctor 
 of the Civil Law, a Vice-President of the Royal 
 
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 SMYTHE— SNELL. 
 
 Geographical Society, an honorary member of the 
 Koyal Irish Academy, one of the Board of Green- 
 wich Visitors, and a corresponding member of the 
 Institute of France, the Scientific Academy of 
 Naples, the National Institute of Washington, the 
 Academy of Sciences at Boston, and the Naval 
 Lyceum of New York. Of the Royal and Astrono- 
 mical Societies he is now Vice-President and Presi- 
 dent ; and of the Antiquarian Society he is Director. 
 Prom Jan. 1828 until Oct. 1839, and from that period 
 until June, 1842, a meteorological register (published 
 monthly in the ' United Service Journal') was kept 
 by Capt. Smyth in an observatory erected by him 
 first at Bedford and then at Cardiff. The instru- 
 ments belonging to the late Colonel Mark Beaufoy 
 were handsomely lent to him for that purpose by 
 the Council of the Astronomical Society, until his 
 own, far more powerful, were made. Independently 
 of the work alluded to in a former part of this narra- 
 tive, Capt. Smyth (to whom the public is indebted 
 for the formation of the United Service Museum) 
 published, in 1828, ' A Sketch of the present State 
 of Sardinia ;' in 1829, ' The Life and Services of 
 Capt. PhiUp Beaver, R.N. ;' in 1830, ' An Account 
 of a Private Observatory recently erected at Bed- 
 ford,' and ' An Account of an Ancient Bath in the 
 Island of Lipari ;' in 1834, ' A Descriptive Catalogue 
 of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial large Brass Medals ;' 
 in 1836, ' Observations on Halley's Comet;' in 1840, 
 'Nautical Observations on the Port and Maritime 
 Vicinity of Cardiff;' in 1844, 'A Cycle of Celestial 
 Objects,' in 2 vols., containing the results of all his 
 astronomical observations — a production which pro- 
 cured him the gold Newtonian medal of the Astro- 
 nomical Society ; and, in 1848, the ' Description of an 
 Astrological Clock belonging to the Society of Anti- 
 quaries.' He married, at Messina, 7 Oct. 1815, Anna- 
 rella, only daughter of T. Warington, Esq., of Naples, 
 and half-sister of Capt. Chas. Peirson, who, when a 
 Lieutenant of the 69th Kegt., distinguished himself 
 by the gallant manner in which he supported the im- 
 mortal Nelson in boarding the San Josef in the action 
 off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. By that lady he 
 has a numerous family. His eldest son, Waring- 
 ton Wilkinson, is Mining Geologist to the Ordnance 
 Survey; his second, Charles Piazzi, is Astronomer 
 Royal for Scotland ; and his youngest, Henry Au- 
 gustus, is a First-Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. 
 
 SMYTHE. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 Geokge Smythe, born 26 Sept. 1811, is second 
 surviving son of the late John Groome Smythe, 
 Esq., of Hilton, co. Salop, Major of the Local Mili- 
 tia, and Deputy-Lieutenant of the co., by Anne, 
 youngest daughter of Thos. Parke, Esq., of High- 
 field House, 00. Lancaster, and sister of the Right 
 Hon. Baron Parke, of the Court of Exchequer. He 
 is brother of the present Thos. Smythe, Esq., of 
 Hilton, Captain in the Madras Engineers, and of 
 John Groome Smythe, Esq., Lieutenant Hon. E. I, 
 Co.'s service, who died 25 July, 1839 ; and brother- 
 in-law of Lieut.-General Henry Monckton. 
 
 This ofacer entered the Navy 13 Aug. 1825; 
 passed his examination in 1831 ; obtained his first 
 commission 14 Feb. 1834 ; served in the Mediterra- 
 nean from 1 May, 1834, until the spring of 1838, in 
 the PonTLAND 52, Capt. David Price, and from 
 1841 until 1844, as First-Lieutenant, in the Scoot 
 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Robt. Drummond ; and from 5 
 June in the latter year until advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank 9 July, 1847, was employed as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Sir Hugh Pigot, Commander-in-Chief at 
 Cork. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SNELL. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 Geokge Snell is brother of the present Lieut. 
 B S' ?,"o^ik^-?-' ^^'^ °^ I'i''"'- Jolin Coxetter Snell, 
 rc'Il' ^ ®'**^' '^^° ^™'^<"i I'' Trafalgar, and died in 
 
 Tv;r^''i.^- "^""^ entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1812, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Fervent 12, Capt. Chas. 
 Hope Keid ; m which vessel he was employed, at 
 the siege of Danzig and in affording protection to 
 
 the trade in the Baltic. He served afterwards on 
 the Home station, from March, 1814, until Sept. 
 1818, in the Svbille 44, Capt. Thos. Forrest, Ring- 
 dove sloop, Capt. Jas. Creighton, and Queen Chah- 
 lOTTE 100 and Ramillies 74, flag-ships of Sir Edw. 
 Thornbrough and Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope. Dur- 
 ing the next six years he was employed, again with 
 Capt. Reid, inlthe Driver 18, and with Capts. Thos. 
 Herbert, Chas. Crole, and John Geo. Graham, in 
 the IcAKUS 10, on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland 
 and in the West Indies ; where he became, in Nov. 
 1824 (he had passed his examination in 1818), Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Carnation 18, Capt. Rawdon 
 Maclean. In the Icaros he was active in the sup- 
 pression of piracy. In a boat affair in which the 
 conducting officer, Lieut. Layton, and some of the 
 crew were captured and put to death, he succeeded 
 to the command and brought off the remainder of 
 the party from the scene of action. H e landed, too, 
 on the Isle of Pines with the crew of the Hussar 
 frigate in search of pirates ; and commanded for 
 some time a captured schooner fitted out for the 
 purpose of cruizing with the Union schooner against 
 the marauders on the coast of Cuba. He was con- 
 firmed in the rank of Lieutenant 14 Feb. 1825 ; and 
 was subsequently appointed — in Aug. and Oct. 1826, 
 to the Pelican 18 and Melville 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Leonard Chas. Irby and Henry Hill, both lying at 
 Portsmouth — 27 Sept. 1828, to the Gloucester 74, 
 Capt. Henry Stuart, whom he accompanied to the 
 Mediterranean — in 1830, for a short time, to the 
 Revenge 78, Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, 
 on the latter station — 5 Nov. 1833, to the Coast 
 Guard, in which service he continued until 3 May, 
 1834—1 April, 1839, 13 Oct. 1841, and 24 May, 1842, 
 to the command of the Kite steamer, Hope brig, 
 and Lightning steamer, on the West India and 
 Home stations— and 5 Oct. 1842 and 1 July, 1843, 
 to the Royal George and Victoria and Albert 
 yachts, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. At a 
 public dinner given in 1834 at the City of London 
 Tavern, Mr. Snell had the honour of receiving at 
 the hands of Sir Jas. Graham, then First Lord of 
 the Admiralty, a Gold Medal presented by the 
 Royal National Shipwreck Institution for the intre- 
 pidity he had manifested in putting off in a life- 
 boat to the assistance of a vessel driving on shore 
 off Dungeness Lighthouse, and afterwards totally 
 wrecked. He was also voted the thanks of the 
 Shipping Club at North Yarmouth. While in com- 
 mand of the Lightning he conveyed from Wool- 
 wich to Ostend the Duke of Saxe Cobourg and 
 Gotba, father of H. R. H. Prince Albert ; was the 
 bearer of Lord Wilton when that nobleman was 
 sent to invest the King of Saxony with the Order 
 of the Garter ; and accompanied Her Majesty on the 
 occasion of her first visit to Scotland. He fitted 
 out the Victoria and Albert when first commis- 
 sioned ; and was Senior Lieutenant of that vessel 
 when the Queen visited the King of the French 
 aud the King of the Belgians. Since his promotion 
 to the rank of Commander, which took place 25 
 Sept. 1843, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 He is married and has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 SNELL. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John Cooke Snell entered the Navy 23 Jan. 
 1827 ; passed his examination 6 Dec. 1834 ; and was 
 promoted (while serving at Portsmouth as Mate of 
 the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington) 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841. On 5 
 March, 1842, he was appointed Additional of the 
 same ship, then bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. 
 R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterra- 
 nean ; where he removed, 19 April following, to the 
 Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard. He returned 
 to England and was paid off in Jan. 1843; and has 
 not been since afloat. 
 
 SNELL. (Lieut., 1806. p-p., 16 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Robert Snell (a) entered the Navy, in Deo. 
 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Ei, CoRSO 18, 
 Capt. Bartholomew James, attached to the fleet III 
 
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 the Mediterranean ; where he removed with the 
 same officer, as Master's Mate, in Sept. 1798, to the 
 Canopus 80 (late Franilin), one of the prizes taken 
 by Lord Nelson at the battle of the Nile. Joining 
 next, in Sept. 1799, the Ethalion 38, Capts. Jas. 
 Young and John Clarke Searle, he assisted in that 
 ship", under Capt. Young, at the capture, 17 Oct. 
 following, of the Spanish 36-gun frigate Ht Thetis, 
 laden with specie to an enormous amount, and was 
 wrecked, under Capt. Searle, on the Penmarck 
 Rocks, 25 Dec. in the same year. He was then re- 
 ceived on board the Terpsichohe 32, Capts. Wm. 
 Hall Gage and John Mackellar, employed at first on 
 the Home station, where we find him, in July, 1800, 
 present at the detention of the M-eija Danish frigate, 
 in consequence of a refusal on the part of her com- 
 mander to allow the British to search a convoy under 
 his orders. On proceeding afterwards to the East 
 Indies, Mr. Snell, in the course of 1802, joined the 
 Edrydice 24, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. In June, 1804, 
 at which period he had been serving for 12 months 
 in the Channel in the Foudrovant 80, fiag-ship of 
 Sir Thos. Graves, he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Constant gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John 
 Stokes. He had charge subsequently of a rocket- 
 vessel in Sir Wm. Sidney Smith's attack on the Bou- 
 logne flotilla; he was placed as Midshipman, in 
 March, 1806, on board the Hibernia 120, flag-ship 
 of Lord St. Vincent in the Channel; and in the fol- 
 lowing May and June he became Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, and 
 Superb 74, Commodore Rich. Goodwin Keats. To 
 the latter ship he was confirmed by a commission 
 dated 7 Nov. 1806. While engaged, in Sept. 1807, 
 in the operations against Copenhagen, he was ap- 
 pointed to the Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves. 
 He was transferred afterwards to the Minotaur 74, 
 bearing the flags of Sir Chas. Cotton and Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith off Lisbon and the Texel; and in 
 March, 1809, he obtained command for four months 
 of the Piercer gun-brig, in the Baltic. He returned 
 eventually to the Minotaur, and was one of the few 
 belonging to that ship who were saved when she 
 was lost off the Haak Sands 22 Deo. 1810. He re- 
 mained a prisoner of war in France until the peace 
 of 1814, and has not been since employed. 
 
 SNELL. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 William Snell is brother of Commander Geo. 
 Snell, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts. 
 Sir Wm. Geo. Fairfax and Sam. Hood ; in which 
 ship and the Resistance 38, Capt. Henry Digby, 
 he continued employed in the Channel until July, 
 1801. In June, 1803, he became Midshipman of the 
 Britannia 100, Captain, afterwards Rear-Admiral, 
 the Earl of Northesk; and in June, 1806, after hav- 
 ing fought at the battle of Trafalgar, he removed to 
 the Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and John 
 Hancock, stationed at first in the Channel and then 
 in the Mediterranean ; where he served as Master's 
 Mate, from Aug. 1808 until July, 1810, on board the 
 Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral 
 Edw. Thornbrough. He next, in Sept. 1810, joined 
 the Hibernia 120, Capts. Nash and John Chambers 
 White ; with the latter of whom, on returning to 
 the Mediterranean, he removed, in Deo. of the same 
 year, to the Centaur 74. In that ship, of which he 
 was created an Acting and a confirmed Lieutenant 
 19 Oct. and 4 Deo. 1811, he co-operated in the de- 
 fence of Tarragona. He left her in Jan. 1813, and 
 was subsequently appointed — 19 March, 1813, to the 
 Fervent 12, Capts. Chas. Hope Reid and Wm. 
 Hotham, employed in the Baltic and Channel — 16 
 Nov. 1814, to the Calypso 18, Capts. C. H. Reid 
 and Sam. Sison, stationed, until July, 1816, off Lis- 
 bon and in the Mediterranean— and 16 May, 1818, 
 to the Driver 18, also commanded by Capt. Reid, 
 with whom he served on the coast of Scotland until 
 paid off in Oct. 1821. He has not, we believe, been 
 since afloat. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 SNELLGKOVE. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 12 ; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 Henry Snellgrove was bom 1 Sept. 1782, and 
 died in 1848. 
 
 This officer (who had been wrecked in 1798 in the 
 Mary Anne transport, and had co-operated in the 
 Earl Howe Indiaman in the attack upon Seringa- 
 patam) entered the Navy, 8 July, 1803, as A.B., on 
 board the Colossus 74, Capts. Geo. Martin, Michael 
 Seymour, and Jas. Nicoll Morris. In the course of 
 the following month he attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman ; and he continued in the Colossus, cruiz- 
 ing off the coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, 
 until after the battle of Trafalgar. In consequence 
 of several injuries he there sustained,* he was pre- 
 sented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. 
 From Dec. 1805 until May, 1809, he served, nearly 
 the whole time in the West Indies, in the Canada 
 74, Capt. John Harvey, and GuEKRii:RE 40, Capt. 
 Alex. Skene. He then joined the Martin sloop, 
 Capt. John Evans, at Bermuda ; and on 18 of the 
 following July, having just completed his time, he 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Eurydice 
 24, Capt. Jas. Bradshaw. From that vessel, which 
 had been stationed in the West Indies and North 
 America, he was superseded 20 April, 1811. He 
 was officially promoted 1 Aug. in the same year ; 
 and was lastly, from 20 March, 1812, until 12 June, 
 1815, employed in the Mediterranean, and again oil 
 the coast of America in the Bbune 38, armee-etv-jlute, 
 Capts. John Thompson and Wm. Stanhope Badcock 
 (now Lovell). While in that ship he was lent, at 
 first, to the Cadiz flotilla ; and was present after- 
 wards at the sieges of the Col de Balaguer and Tar- 
 ragona, the destruction of Commodore Barney's 
 flotilla up the Patuxent, the capture of Washington, 
 and the attack upon Baltimore. From constant 
 exposure in boats his health suffered very mate- 
 rially. 
 
 SNEYD. (Eeab-Admibal, 1846.) 
 
 Clement Sneyd, bom in Feb. 1773, at Bishton, 
 near Rugeley, Staffordshire, is second surviving son 
 of the late John Sneyd, Esq., at one time of Bishton 
 and afterwards of Belmont, by his first wife Pene- 
 lope, eldest daughter of Thos. "Kynnersley, Esq., of 
 Loxley Park, co. Stafford ; and brother (with the 
 present Wm. Sneyd, Esq., of Ashcombe, co. Stafford) 
 of Lieut. Ralph Sneyd, R.N., who died 7 March, 
 1805. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1786, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Expedition 44, Capt. 
 Jas. Vashon, bearing the broad pendant of Commo- 
 dore Alan Gardner, with whom he served his time 
 in the West Indies and Channel in the same ship, 
 and the Courageux 74. From the period of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Oct. 1793 
 until Dec. 1795, he was employed in the Swift sloop, 
 Capt. John Doling, and Suffolk 74, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Peter Rainier, in the East Indies. 
 He next, in Dec. 1796 and July, 1799, joined the 
 RussKL 74, and Juste 80, Capts. Arch. Dickson and 
 Sir Henry Trollope, in the former of which ships he 
 bore a warm part in the action off Camperdown 11 
 Oct. 1797. After serving, as First-Lieutenant, with 
 Capt. Jas. Walker i» the Prince George 98, and 
 with Capt. Wm. Selby in the Cerberus 32 (the 
 latter engaged at the bombardment of Granville in 
 1803), he was appointed, in the spring of 1804, to 
 the CuLLODEN 74, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, by whom, on their arrival in the East Indies, 
 he was appointed Governor, with the rank of Act- 
 ing-Commander, of the Hospital at Madras. He 
 was confirmed a Commander 25 Sept. 1806 ; acted 
 subsequently as Captain of the Lord Duncan and 
 Sir Francis Drake frigates ; was appointed, 26 
 Oct. 1809, to the Muros 14, on the Home station ; 
 and from 3- April, 1811 (the date of his Post com- 
 mission), until 13 June, 1813, commanded the Myr- 
 tle 20, on the coast of Portugal. While in the Sir 
 Francis Drake, and in charge of a China convoy, 
 Capt. Sneyd, we are told, beat off the French frigate 
 * Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 1484. 
 
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1098 
 
 SNOW-SOADY— SOMERVILLE. 
 
 JPiemontaise^ of superior force. On being superseded 
 from her, in conseC[uence of a change in the admi- 
 nistration, he returned home a passenger in the 
 Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier ; which ship, when 
 near the Cape of Good Hope, was caught in a vio- 
 lent gale arid half dismasted, while several ships un- 
 der her convoy actually foundered. Capt. Sneyd 
 accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, first, 27 Oct. 1813, Helen, third 
 .daughter of Roger Swetenham, Esq., of Somerford 
 Booths, near Congleton, Cheshire, by whom (who 
 died 16 March, 1821) he had issue one son and two 
 daughters ; and, secondly, Eliza Catherine, daughter 
 of John Cotton, Esq., of Etwell, co. Derby. 
 
 SNOW. (LlEOTENANT, 1815.) 
 
 KoBEBT Snow died in 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 March, 1805, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Saracen sloop, Capts. 
 Jas. Prevost and Buckland Stirling Bluett ; in which 
 vessel he was for nearly six years and a half em- 
 ployed on the Home, South American, West India, 
 and Mediterranean stations. In July, 1807, he was 
 present as Midshipman in the unsuccessful attack 
 made by Lieut.-General "Whitelocke on Buenos 
 Ayres. In Sept. 1811 he joined, for three months, 
 the Queen 74, Capt. Lord John Colville ; and from 
 Feb. 1812 until presented in Aug. 1815 with a com- 
 mission bearing date 21 Feb. in that year, he served 
 in the West Indies and North America, nearly the 
 whole time in the capacity of Master's Mate, in the 
 Dkagon 74, Capts. Fras. Augustus ColUer and Robt. 
 Barrie. Under the latter officer he participated in 
 a variety of very gallant performances, and accom- 
 panied a highly successful expedition up the Penob- 
 scot. His last appointments afloat, we believe, were, 
 in Dec. 1825 and March, 1826, to the Superb 78, and 
 Melville 74, both commanded, at Portsmouth, by 
 Capt. Henry Hill. For several years prior to his 
 death he inspected the Powder Magazine at New 
 Zealand. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 SOADY. (Commandek, 1822. r-p., 19 ; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Joseph Soadv was born about 1788. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Buller, whom he followed as Midshipman, in March, 
 1801, into the Achille 74, commanded afterwards 
 by Capt. John Okes Hardy. In those ships he con- 
 tinued employed in the Channel until June, 1802. 
 In March, 1803, he again joined Capt. Buller on 
 board the Malta 84 ; and in her, after sharing in 
 Sir Robt. Calder's action 22 July, 1805, he pro- 
 ceeded to the Mediterranean ; whence in June, 1807, 
 he returned to England in the Comus of 32 guns, 
 Capt. Conway Shipley. In March of the latter year 
 he appears to have assisted in the boats at the de- 
 struction of a large transport laden with ordnance 
 stores, which had been wrecked near Cadiz. He 
 was made Lieutenant, 17 Aug. 1807, into the Co- 
 lossus 74, Capts. Jas. NicoU Morris and Thos. Alex- 
 ander, employed in the Channel and again in the 
 Mediterranean ; and was subsequently appointed, 
 —4 Sept. 1812 and 12 Oct. 1814, to the Surprise 38, 
 Capts. Sir Thos. John Cochrane and Geo. Wm. 
 Henry Knight, and Nymphe 38, Capt. Hugh Pigot, 
 on the North American and West India stations — 
 16 Sept. 1816, to the Soperb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins 
 —9 Oct. 1818, to the Revolutionnaire 46, Capt. 
 Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, fitting 
 for the Mediterranean, whence he invalided in Dec. 
 1819— and, 20 July, 1822, to tlie Pandora 18, Capt. 
 Fred. Hunn, at Newfoundland. In the Colossus 
 and her boats he aided at the defence, in 1808-10, of 
 the fortress of Rosas and the city of Cadiz, and was 
 frequently in action with the enemy's gun-vessels 
 and batteries. In a gallant but unsuccessful attack 
 made, 27 Deo. 1811, by the boats of the Colossus 
 and Conquestador 74, commanded by himself and 
 by Lieut. Stackpoole, on a convoy in Basque Roads, 
 protected by three gun-brigs, an armed lugger, and 
 several pinnaces, his own boat was the only one, 
 
 and that most miraculously, that escaped falling into 
 the hands of the enemy. He contributed, about the 
 same period, to the capture and destruction of seve- 
 ral vessels to the southward of He d'Aix. In 1814 
 we find him employed up the Patuxent in the boats 
 of the Surprise, and on shore with the Naval bri- 
 gade in the attack upon Baltimore. Towards the 
 close of the same year he accompanied, as First- 
 Lieutenant of the NvMPHE, the expedition against 
 New Orleans ; and on 27 Aug. 1816, he fought, in 
 the Superb, at the battle of Algiers. On that occa- 
 sion, the Captain and the Senior-Lieutenant having 
 been placed liors de combaiy the command of the ship 
 devolved upon Mr. Soady, who succeeded in extri- 
 cating her from the perilous position she at the 
 time held, and, after refitting her, brought her to 
 England. He attained his present rank 26 Dec. 
 1822; and since 9 July, 1830, has filled the appoint- 
 ment of Superintendent of the shipping belonging 
 to the Ordnance department. 
 
 Commander. Soady married, 29 Aug. 1822, Ro- 
 setta, third daughter of the late Mr. Gray, surgeon, 
 of Ringsand, co. Cornwall, by whom he has issue. 
 
 SOMERVILLE. (Retired Commander, 1841. 
 F-p., 14; H-p., 36.) 
 
 George Field Somerville is son of the late 
 Capt. Philip Somerville, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1797, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Havick, Capt. Bartholomew, 
 attached to the force on the Home station, where 
 he removed, in the following Nov. to the EociNiE, 
 commanded by his father, became Midshipman, in 
 May, 1799, of the Osprey sloop, Capt. John Watts, 
 and was again, from July, 1800, until April, 1802, 
 and from Dec. in the latter year until Feb. 1805, 
 employed with Capt. Somerville, part of the time as 
 Master's Mate, in the EuGisiE and the Nemesis 28. 
 He was nominated then Sub-Lieutenant of the 
 N IMBLE brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Delafour ; 
 was made full Lieutenant, 7 May, 1805, into his 
 former ship the Nemesis, still commanded by Capt. 
 Somerville, on the Newfoundland station; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 22 April, 1807, and 6 July, 
 1808, to the Hussar 38, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, and 
 Ulysses 44, Capts. Christopher John Williams 
 Nesham, Wm. Maude, Edw. Woolcombe, and Hon. 
 Warwick Lake— 11 Nov. 1809, to the Circe 32, Capt. 
 E. Woolcombe, under whom he assisted at the de- 
 fence of Cadiz— and, 12 May, 1813, after two years 
 of half-pay, to the Rota 38, in which ship he served 
 with his father on the coast of North America and 
 in the West Indies until April, 1814, when he inva- 
 lided. In the Hussar Mr. Somerville witnessed the 
 attack upon Copenhagen ; and while Senior of the 
 Ulysses he co-operated in the reduction of Mar- 
 tinique, and commanded a flat-bottomed boat in the 
 expedition to the Scheldt. Ho accepted his present 
 rank 16 Sept. 1841. 
 
 He is married and has a son, Philip Hodge, a 
 Commander R.N. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 SOMERVILLE. (Liectenant, 1814. r-p., 19; 
 H-p., 17.) 
 James Bowen Somerville entered the Royal Naval 
 College, 11 Nov. 1811 ; and embarked, 27 May, 1814, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Ajax 74, Capts. 
 Robt. Waller Otway and Geo. Mundy; in which 
 ship, after escorting a body of troops from Bordeaux 
 to Quebec, he proceeded to the Mediterranean. In 
 July, 1816, and June, 1817, he became Midshipman 
 (a rating he had attained on board the Ajax) of the 
 Eridanus 36, Capt. Wm. King, and Severn 40, 
 Capts. Wm. M'CuUooh, both on the Home station; 
 and on 9 Nov. 1821, at which period he had been 
 serving for some time in the Leander 50, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood in the East Indies, he 
 was made Lieutenant into the Liverpool 50, Capt. 
 Fras. Augustus Collier. He returned home in 1822 
 in the Samarang 28, Capt. John Norman Campbell ; 
 and was subsequently appointed — 1 Oct. 1824, to 
 the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Bamillies 74, Capt. W. M'CuUoch— 21 Jan. 
 
SOMERVILLE. 
 
 1099 
 
 1825 and 7 Sept. 1829, to the Windsok Castle 74, 
 Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, 
 and St. Vincent 120, Capt. Edw. Hawker, both 
 lying at Plymouth— 1 May, 1830, to the Caledonia 
 120, Capts. Rich. Curry, Edw. Curzon, and Jas. 
 Hillyar, employed, until the spring of 1833, on 
 various particular services— 14 Aug. 1840, to the 
 Southampton 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir E. D. 
 King, Commander-in-Chief at the Brazils and Cape 
 of Good Hope— and, 5 April, 1841, to the command, 
 on the same station, of the Wizard 10, which 
 vessel he brought home and paid off in 1842. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SOMERVILLE, Lokd. (Capfam, 1814. r-p., 12 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Kenelm Lord Somer- 
 ville, born 14 Nov. 1787, is third son of the Hon. 
 Hugh Somerville, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 
 Army, by his second wife, Mary, eldest daughter 
 of the Hon. "Wriothesley Digby, of Meriden, co. 
 Warwick. He succeeded his brother as 17th Baron 
 3 June, 1842. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1801, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Mars 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Lloyd, bearing the flag in the Channel of Rear- 
 Admiral Edw. Thornbrough. He served next, from 
 Sept. 1801 until Deo. 1804, in the Narcissus 32, 
 Capts. Ross Donnelly and Percy Eraser, in the 
 North Sea and Mediterranean ; and from Feb. 1805 
 until Sept. 1807, in the Medusa 32 and Revenge 74, 
 both commanded by the late Sir John Gore. In 
 the Narcissus he was present as Midshipman at the 
 capture, in July, 1803, of L'Alcyon national corvette 
 of 16 guns and 96 men ; in the Medusa he escorted 
 the Marquis Cornwallis to India, whence he re- 
 turned to England, a distance of 13,831 miles, in the 
 extraordinarily short period of 82 days ; and in the 
 Revenge he witnessed, while at the blockade of 
 Rochefort, the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four 
 French frigates by a squadron under the orders of 
 Sir Sam. Hood. He was made Lieutenant, 11 Nov. 
 
 1807, into the Falcon 16, Capts. John Price and 
 Lord Viscount Neville ; and, on being next, 16 Nov. 
 
 1808, appointed to the PH(EBEof44 guns and 271 
 men, Capts. Hassard Stackpoole and Jas. Hillyar, 
 he assisted at the reduction of the Isle of France, 
 and, prior to joining in the expedition against Java, 
 was present, 20 May, 1811 (during a cruize off Mada- 
 gascar in company with the AsTR.a;A and Galatea, 
 frigates nearly equal in force to the Pikebe, and 18- 
 gun brig Racehorse) at the capture— after a long 
 and trying action with the French 40-gun frigates 
 Renommee, Clorinde^ and Nereide — of the Reiwmme'e ; 
 and, on 25 of the same month, of the Ntre'ide, and 
 the settlement of Tamatave. On the surrender of 
 the island of Java he was nominated Acting-Com- 
 mander of the Soorabaya 14, one of the vessels 
 there taken. He was presented by the Admiralty 
 with a second promotal commission dated 1 Feb. 
 1812; and was lastly, from 11 Oct. 1813 until Oct. 
 1814, employed, on the coast of North America, in the 
 Thames troop-ship. In Aug. of the latter year he was 
 intrusted with a command in the flotilla sent up the 
 Patuxent to act against the gun-boats under Commo- 
 dore Barney; and for his conduct on that occasion he 
 obtained the " warmest acknowledgments " of Rear- 
 Admiral Cockburn, and was by him recommended 
 to the favourable notice of Sir Alex. Cochrane, the 
 Commander-in-Chief.* His Lordship, whose Post- 
 commission bears date 7 June, 1814, accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 He married, 3 Sept. 1833, Frances Louisa, only 
 daughter of John Hayman, Esq., and has issue two 
 sons and four daughters. Agents— Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 SOMEKVILLE. (Commander, 1848.) 
 
 Philip Somerville entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 
 
 1824; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his 
 
 first commission 15 March, 1841 ; and was then 
 
 nominated Additional-Lieutenant of the Welleslet 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 18H, p. 1941. 
 
 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments appear to have been — in the course of the 
 same year, to the Transport service — in 1842, to the 
 Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, again 
 to the Transport service, and to the Belleisle 72, 
 Capt. John Kingcome— and, 7 May, 1844, to the 
 COLLINGWOOD 80, fitting for the flag of Sir Geo. 
 Fras. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. 
 On the paying off of the latter ship, of which he had 
 been nominated Acting-Commander 8 Feb. 1847, he 
 was ofiicially promoted, 4 Aug. 1848, to the rank he 
 now holds. In the attack upon Canton in May, 
 1841, he had charge of the boats of the Minerva, 
 SuLiMANV, and Marion transports;* and in Oct. of 
 the same year he was honourably mentioned in the 
 despatches of Sir Hugh Gough for the able manner 
 in which he assisted in landing the troops at the 
 taking of Chusan.f In May, 1842, he was similarly 
 employed at the capture of Chapoo.J 
 
 SOMERVILLE. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 5.) 
 
 Philip Hodge Somerville is son of Retired Com- 
 mander Geo. Field Somerville, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 2 
 Feb. 1826; and embarked, 29 Dec. 1827, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Mersey 26, Capt. Alex. Barclay 
 Branch, fitting for the West Indies. In Jan. 1828 
 he removed to the Maidstone 42, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Skipsey, at the Cape 
 of Good Hope ; where he became Midshipman, in 
 Jan. 1829, of the Spaebowhawk 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Sanders. That vessel being paid off in the ensuing 
 April, he was appointed, in May of the same J'ear, 
 Admiralty Midshipman of the Ariadne 28, Capt. 
 Fred. Marryat, stationed in the Channel. He was 
 employed next — from 9 Aug. 1829 until 3 March, 
 
 1832, in the Nimrod 20, Capt. Sam. Radford, on the 
 coast of Ireland — from 30 March, 1832, until 16 May, 
 
 1833, as Midshipman and Mate (he passed his exa- 
 mination 27 Oct. 1832) in the Caledonia 120, Capt. 
 Jas. Hillyar, stationed off Lisbon during the war 
 between Pedro and Miguel— from 18 May, 1833, 
 until 15 Sept. 1837, again in the Caledonia under 
 the flag, in the Mediterranean, of Sir Josias Rowley 
 —and from 10 May, 1838, until 16 Jan. 1839, a se- 
 cond time off Lisbon, in the Russell 74, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Henry Dillon. He obtained his first com- 
 mission 10 Jan. 1840 ; served from 19 Feb. following 
 until he invalided 21 Oct. 1841, the greater part of 
 the time as First-Lieutenant, in the Persian 16, 
 Capts. Wm. Henry Quin and Thos. Rodney Eden, 
 on the coast of Africa ; and on 26 Feb. 1842, was 
 appointed to his former ship the Caledonia, bear- 
 ing the flags of Sir Graham Moore and Sir David 
 Milne at Plymouth. While attached to the Per- 
 sian he was much employed in her boats, and was 
 in command of them at the capture, 23 June, 1841, 
 after a severe action and a loss of 2 men killed and 
 1 wounded, of the piratical slaver Astr<ca. For this 
 service he was eventually promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 24 June, 1842. His last appointment 
 was, 31 Jan. 1846, to the Wanderer 12, fitting for 
 the coast of Africa, where he was superseded in 
 Feb. 1847. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 SOMERVILLE. (Retired Commander, 1840. 
 F-p., 20 ; H-p., 36.) 
 
 William Somerville, born 3 July, 1775, is son 
 of the late Mr. John Somerville, R.N., who was 
 gunner of the Guardian, when that ship ran foul 
 of an island of ice on her passage to New South 
 Wales in 1788. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1791, as 
 A.B., on board the Catherine yacht, Capt. Sir Geo. 
 Young; in which vessel and in the Mart and 
 Princess Augusta yachts, Capts. Hon. P. Perceval, 
 Wm. Browell, and Edw. Riou, he continued em- 
 ployed in the river Thames until transferred, in 
 May, 1796, to the Isis 50, Capts. Robt. Watson and 
 
 » Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 8505. f V. Gai. 1842, p. 38!'. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1842, p. 369,3. 
 
 7 A3 
 
1100 
 
 SOTHEBY— SOUTH. 
 
 ■Wm. Mitchell. During that period he assisted in 
 fitting out a variety of frigates and other vessels. 
 In the Isis he was present as Master's Mate in the 
 action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797; on which oc- 
 casion he was placed on board one of the prizes 
 and sent with her into Sheemess. On 19 Dec. en- 
 suing he accompanied the grand procession of 
 thanksgiving to St. Paul's. He was made Lieute- 
 nant, 17 Dec. 1798, into the Babet 20, Gapt. Jem- 
 mett Mainwaring ; was next, in Oct. 1800 (about 
 three months after he had invalided from the 
 Babet), appointed to the Atalakte sloop, Capt. 
 Anselm John GriflBths ; and was subsequently placed 
 in command — 15 Aug- 1801, of the Raison 20, lying 
 at Sheerness, where he remained until April, 1802 
 — 10 March, 1803, of the Enterprise receiving-ship 
 off the Tower— and, 19 June, 1806, of the Vigilant 
 64, prison-ship at Portsmouth. While serving in 
 the Babet, in the boats of which ship he was at 
 different times actively employed on the coast of 
 France, he accompanied the expedition to Holland 
 (where he landed with the army and witnessed the 
 surrender of the Dutch squadron under Rear-Ad- 
 miral Storey), and was present in an attack made in 
 July, 1800, on four French frigates, lying in Dun- 
 kerque Roads, one of which. La Desiree of 40 guns, 
 was taken. On 29 Jan. 1801, Mr. Somerville, then 
 in the Atalante, was severely wounded in the 
 right thigh in boarding a Spanish privateer ; in con- 
 sequence whereof he was under the necessity of 
 being sent to the hospital at Plymouth. On leaving 
 the Enteepkise in May, 1806, he was presented at 
 the hands of Alderman Lucas, Captain-Command- 
 ant of the River Fencibles, with a piece of plate 
 valued at 50 guineas, as a token of the acknowledg- 
 ments of that corps for the very essential services he 
 had on all occasions rendered it. He resigned com- 
 mand of the Vigilant 16 Nov. 1812 ; was admitted 
 to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 3 Oct. 
 1825 ; and accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1840. 
 
 From Feb. 1813 until April, 1815, Commander 
 Somerville superintended the Marine Society's ship. 
 He has been twice married and has had issue three 
 sons and two daughters. 
 
 SOTHEBY. (Eear-Admikal of the Blue, 1848. 
 F-p., 21 ; H-p., 31.) 
 
 Charles Sothebt is eldest son of Wm. Sotheby, 
 Esq., F.R.S., of Fairmead Lodge, co. Essex. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 
 5 Sept. 1795; and embarked, 31 March, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alexander 74, Capt. 
 Alex. John Ball, attached to the force in the Medi- 
 terranean ; where he removed, 12 Dec. 1800, to the 
 Foudrotant 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, and was 
 nominated, 21 Oct. 1801, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Penelope 36, Capts. Hon. Henry Blackwood and 
 Wm. Robt. Broughton. In the Alexander he was 
 present as Midshipman at the battle of the Nile, at 
 the capture of Le Genereux 74 and Ville de Marseilles 
 store-ship, at the blockade and surrender of Malta, 
 and on shore, as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. Ball, at the 
 siege of the castle of St. Elmo ; and in the Foo- 
 droyant he took an active part in the operations of 
 1801 in Egypt. Being confirmed a Lieutenant in 
 the Penelope by a commission bearing date 25 Jan. 
 1802, he continued in that ship, in the Mediterra- 
 nean and North Sea, until transferred, in 1803, to 
 the Princess Royal 98, flag-ship in the Channel of 
 Admirals Sawyer and Reynolds. His next appoint- 
 ments were— 25 April, 1807, to the Thetis 38, Capts. 
 Wm. Hall Gage and Geo. Miller, under whom he 
 took part in a variety of operations against the 
 Turks— 18 Oct. 1808, to the Trident 64, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant at Malta to Rear-Admiral Sir A. J. Ball 
 — and, in March, 1809, to the acting command of 
 the Pilot 18, which vessel, on her return from the 
 Mediterranean, formed one of the advanced squa- 
 dron in the expedition to the Scheldt. He was con- 
 firmed in the rank of Commander 8 Jan. 1810; was 
 next, from 6 July in that year until posted 28 Feb. 
 1812, employed off Lisbon and again in the Medi- 
 terranean in the Latona 38, arme'e-en-fl&te ; and 
 
 was afterwards appointed— 24 Aug. 1814, to the 
 Slaney 20, lying in the River Medway— 1 Oct. 
 1814, to the Tamar 24, in which ship he served, on 
 the Halifax, South American, and Cape of Good 
 Hope stations, until 27 March, 1816— and, 18 May, 
 1824, to the Seringapatam 46, fitting for the Medi- 
 terranean, where, during a stay of more than three 
 years, he was very active in the suppression of 
 piracy, and on one occasion, in May, 1825, forced 
 the Bey of Rhodes by his spirited conduct to ac- 
 knowledge an insult which had been offered to the 
 British Consul. He attained Flag-rank 20 March, 
 1848. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Sotheby married first, 15 Feb. 1819, 
 Hon. Jane Hamilton, third daughter of William, 
 seventh Lord Belhaven and Stenton ; and secondly, 
 18 Nov. 1830, Mary Anne, daughter of the late 
 Admiral and Lady Mary Anne Sotheby, by whom 
 he has issue. 
 
 SOTHEBY. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Edward Southwell Sotheby entered the Navy 
 3 Aug. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1832 ; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 3 Oct. 1835, into the Cale- 
 donia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley, in the 
 Mediterranean; where he served, from 5 April, 
 1837, until 1841, part of the time as Senior, in the 
 Dido 18, Capt. Lewis Davies. His next appoint- 
 ment was, 21 Aug, 1841, in the capacity last men- 
 tioned, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, 
 fitting at Portsmouth. He acquired his present 
 rank 30 Oct. in the same year ; and commanded 
 the Racehorse sloop in the East Indies from 26 
 June, 1846, until paid off in 1848. 
 
 SOUTH. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 William Wilson South entered the Navy, 16 
 Aug. 1799, as Midshipman, on board La Forte 44, 
 Capt. Ferdinand Lucius Hardyman, stationed in 
 the East Indies, where, on that ship being wrecked, 
 he joined in succession, in the course of 1801, 
 the Leopard 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John 
 Blankett, and Fox 32, and Chiffonne 36, Capts. 
 Henry Stuart, Chas. Adam, and Patrick Campbell. 
 On his return in the latter frigate to Europe we 
 find him, in June, 1805, present in company with 
 the Falcon sloop. Clinker gun-brig, and Francis 
 armed cutter, and assisting, after a chase of nine 
 hours (during which the British suffered some loss 
 from the incessant fire of the forts along shore) in 
 driving under the batteries of Fecamp a division of 
 the French flotilla, consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 
 gun-vessels, carrying in all 51 guns, 4 8-inch mor- 
 tars, and 3 field-pieces, accompanied by 14 trans- 
 ports. When subsequently with Capt. Adam in the 
 Resistance 38, he witnessed the surrender, 13 
 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle 
 Pouk ; and on removing to the Mediator frigate, 
 Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, he aided in taking, in the 
 early part of 1807, the fort of Samana, St. Domingo, 
 a notorious nest for privateers. Joining next the 
 Veteran 64, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres, he served in the boats of that ship 
 on various occasions, and was for some time em- 
 ployed in her tender the Gipsy, under the orders of 
 the present Sir Rich. Grant. He was nominated, 2 
 June, 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Bacchante 
 20, Capt. Wm. Ward, with whom he returned to 
 England ; was promoted officially 13 June, 1809 ; 
 and from 20 of the same month until 29 April, 1815, 
 was employed on the Home, West India, and Cape 
 of Good Hope stations, in the Dannemare 74, 
 Capts. Jas. Bissett and Henry Edw. Reginald 
 Baker, part, at first, of the force engaged in the 
 expedition to the Walcheren. He has filled the 
 appointment, since 4 July, 1845, of Admiralty 
 Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 In 1818-19 Lieut. South was chief Mate and Com- 
 mander of the East India ship Java of 1175 tons ; 
 and in 1825-6 he commanded the Mexican frigate 
 Libertad at the siege of San Juan de UUoa. He 
 married Louisa, daughter of Mr. John Rhodes, Sur- 
 
SOUTIIEY— SPAIN— SPARK— SPARROW— SPARSHOTT. 
 
 1101 
 
 geon, of Eamsgate, by whom he has issue three 
 children. Agents— Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 SOUTHEY. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 William Southey entered the Navy, 13 July, 
 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Malta 84, 
 Capi. Edw. BuUer ; in which ship, after sharing in 
 Sir Robt. Calder's action, 22 July, 1805, and assist- 
 ing at the capture, 27 Sept. 1806, of Le President, 
 French frigate of 44 guns, he proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean ; where, in the course of 1807, he 
 joined the Queen 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Geo. Martin, and Philomel sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Crawley. Subsequently to the capture of the con- 
 voy in the Bay of Rosas, alluded to in our memoir 
 of Commander Henry Slade, he was sent in charge 
 of one of the prizes taken on that occasion to 
 Gibraltar, at which place he was for three months 
 intrusted with the command of a gun-boat. From 
 March, 1810, until Nov. 1813, he served in the 
 Baltic and East Indies in the Loike 38, Capt. Alex. 
 ■Wilmot Schoraberg, and Owen Glendowek 36, 
 Capt. Brian Hodgson. Of the latter ship he was 
 for nine months Acting-Master. On leaving her he 
 returned to England in the Stirling Castle 74, 
 Capt. Sir Home Popham. He was made Lieute- 
 nant, 17 Sept. 1814, into the Castor 32, Capt. 
 Chas. Dilkes, under whom he was for a year em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean and on the coast of 
 North America ; and he was afterwards appointed 
 —23 Deo. 1815, to the Kochfort 80, Capt. Sir 
 Arch. CoUingwood Dickson, by whom he was sent 
 in the Camelion tender to cruize between Brighton 
 and Dungeness— 5 and 25 June, 1819, to the com- 
 mand (the RbcHFORT had been paid off in Aug. 
 1818) of the MusQuEDOBET 12 and Griper Revenue- 
 vessel, the latter stationed on the coast of Ireland — 
 for a few months in 1826-7, and again in 1829-30, 
 as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 74, Coast 
 Blockade ship, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 29 April, 1835, to 
 the Coast Guard — 26 Sept. 1836, to the Temi^raire 
 104, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy, guard-ship at 
 Sheerness — 3 Feb. 1837, again to the Coast Guard — 
 9 Oct. 1840, to the command, for nearly twelve 
 months, of the Nightingale brig, employed on 
 particular service — 19 Aug. 1842, as First, to the 
 Salamander steamer, Capt. And. Snape Hamond, 
 fitting for South America — and 24 Nov. 1842, a 
 third time, to the Coast Guard, in which he conti- 
 nued but a short period. He attained the rank of 
 Commander 14 Aug. 1844 ; and has since been on 
 half-pay, 
 
 SPAIN. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 David Spain obtained his commission 23 Nov. 
 1847 ; and has been serving, since 7 Jan. 1848, in 
 the Havannah 19, Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine, 
 now in the East Indies. 
 
 SPARK. (Commander, 1846. r-p., 18;* 
 H-P., 24.) 
 
 Thomas Spark entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1805, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defence 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Hope; with whom and with Capts. Graham 
 Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Phipps Hornby, 
 Abel Ferris, and Walter Bathurst, he served from 
 the following Deo. until June, 1811, the greater part 
 of the time as Midshipman, in the Fame 74, on the 
 West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations. 
 He was then for eight months employed in the St. 
 FiOKENZo troop-ship, Capt. Hon. Edm. Sexten Pery 
 Knox ; and for nearly seven in the Montagu 74, 
 Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, and Chatham and Im- 
 p^TUEUx 74's, both commanded by Capt. G. Moore. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant (a few weeks after 
 he had been ordered to act in that capacity) in the 
 San Juan 74, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Chas. Vinicombe Penrose at Gibraltar, 15 
 Oct. 1812 ; invalided home in Nov. 1813 ; obtained 
 an appointment in the Water Guard 22 Feb. 1820 ; 
 and was subsequently placed in command — 12 May, 
 1830, of the Sylvia cutter, on the Home station— 
 * Exclusive of Water-Guard service. 
 
 and 21 Nov. 1839 and 23 Feb. 1843, of the Prome- 
 theus and Polyphemus steamers, both in the Medi- 
 terranean, whence he returned towards the close of 
 1845. He was advanced to his present rank 23 
 April, 1846. 
 
 Commander Spark published, in 1829, a chart of 
 the entrance into Poole Harbour, with Studland 
 Bay — a correction of Lieut. M. M'Kenzie's chart of 
 1785. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 SPARROW. (LlECTENANT, 1813.) 
 
 Meykick Bodychan Sparrow was bom in 1791, 
 and died about the commencement of 1848. He 
 was eldest son of the late Bodychan Sparrow, Esq., 
 by Martha, second daughter of Owen Meyrick, Esq., 
 of Badorgan ; and brother of Henry Wm. Sparrow, 
 Esq., a Lieutenant in the Army, who died on his 
 passage from India in 1826. Another of his brothers 
 married the only daughter of Colonel Carey, R.A. ; 
 and his youngest sister married her first-cousin, the 
 present Wm. Wynne Sparrow, Esq., of Red Hill, a 
 Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, who served as 
 High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1822, and is a Commis- 
 sioner of Assessed Taxes. His uncle, John Body- 
 chan Sparrow, Esq., father of the latter gentleman, 
 and High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1781, was at one 
 time Major of the Royal Anglesey Regiment of 
 Militia, and subsequently Lieutenant-Colonel Com- 
 mandant of the Anglesey Local Militia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Jan. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 40, Capts. 
 Hon. Chas. Paget and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel ; 
 in which frigate he assisted as Midshipman at the 
 capture, 18 June, 1805, of La Cokmbe French cor- 
 vette of 16 guns, and was present, in 1807, at the 
 passage of the Dardanells. He continued employed 
 in the Mediterranean until 1810; he next, in July 
 0^ that year, joined the Royal William, Capt. 
 Robt. Hall, lying at Spithead; and on subsequently 
 proceeding in the Satellite sloop, Capt. John 
 Porteous, to the Brazils, he was made Lieutenant, 
 21 April, 1813, into the Montagu 74, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon. He was placed 
 on half-pay in the following Nov. ; and served after- 
 wards, from Feb. to June, 1815, in the Ph(ebe 36, 
 Capt. Jas. Hillyar, in the Channel. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SPARSHOTT, K.H, (Captain, 1830. f-p., 29 ; 
 H-P., 17.) 
 
 Edward Sparshott is brother of Commander 
 Sam. Sparshott, R.N. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1801, as 
 Midshipman, on hoard the Beaver sloop, Capt. 
 Chas. Bassett Jones, stationed on the north coast 
 of Ireland, where he continued until Sept. 1802. 
 He served next, from Jan. 1803 until March, 1805, 
 in the Pigmy cutter, Lieut.-Commanders Martin 
 White and Sam. Burgess, on the Guernsey station ; 
 and from the latter date until Deo. 1807 in the 
 Hazard sloop, Capt. R. J. Neve, and Niobe 40, 
 Capts. Matthew Henry Scott and J ohn Wentworth 
 Loring. While cruizing with Capt. Loring off 
 L'Orient he assisted at the capture, 28 March, 1806, 
 of Le Nearque corvette of 16 guns and 97 men, in 
 company at the time with three French frigates. 
 On leaving the Niobe he joined the Centaur 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood ; under whom we 
 find him, in the course of the same month (Dec. 
 1807) present at the surrender of Madeira. On 
 proceeding, afterwards, to the Baltic, he was there, 
 16 July, 1808, placed In command, with the rank of 
 Acting-Lieutenant, of the Baltic prize-cutter of 
 14 guns; for his zeal and activity in which vessel 
 in effecting the capture of as many as 21 sail of 
 merchantmen, he was officially promoted 28 April 
 1809. His succeeding appointments were— 12 May' 
 1809, for two years, to his former ship the Niobe' 
 Capts. Loring and Wm. Augustus Montagu, em- 
 ployed on the Home, Lisbon, and Cadiz stations-8 
 July, 1814, to the Forester 18, Capt. Wm. Hendry 
 at Newfoundland— 15 June, 1815, for a passage 
 home, to the Warrior 74, Capt. John Tremayne 
 
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 SPARSHOTT— SPECK— SPENCE. 
 
 Kodd— 15 Oct. following and"28 Oct. 1816, to the 
 Myrmidon 20, Capt. Robt. Gambler, and Tagus 38, 
 Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, both in the 
 Mediterranean— 26 Aug. 1818, to the Rochfokt 80, 
 flag-ship of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle and Sir 
 Graham Moore on the same station — 11 Jan. 1820, 
 to the Revoldtionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood 
 Broughton Reynolds Pellew— and 15 April, 1820, 
 again to the Rochfokt. He assisted in the Niobe 
 at the capture, 20 Oct. 1810, of I/Hirondelle pri- 
 vateer of 4 guns and 30 men ; took part, in the fol- 
 lowing Nov., in a gallant attack made, in com- 
 pany with the Diana 38, upon the French 40-gun 
 frigates A-mazone and Eliza, who were driven under 
 the batteries of La Hogue, where the latter was 
 ultimately burnt; aided in taking, 4 March, 1811, 
 Le Loup Marin privateer of 16 guns and 64 men ; 
 and witnessed, at the close of the same month, the 
 self-destruction, near Cape Barfleur, of the above- 
 named Amazone. While serving as Second-Lieute- 
 nant in the Warrior he experienced a furious 
 hurricane, which dismasted that ship, filled her 
 hold with 11 feet water, and nearly sunk her. In 
 endeavouring on the occasion to clear her of one of 
 a convoy which had run on board of her, he was 
 washed into the sea ; but his exertions nevertheless 
 materially contributed to extricate her from her cri- 
 tical situation. AsFirst-Lieutenantof theFoRESTER, 
 Myrmidon, Tagus, and Rochfort, Mr. Sparshott 
 acquired much professional reputation and succeeded 
 by his eminent good qualities in securing the friend- 
 ship and esteem of his superiors. He attained the 
 rank of Commander 29 Jan. 1821 ; was appointed, 
 in 1824, to the Coast Guard ; served as Second- 
 Captain of the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood at Chatham, from 28 
 Aug. 1828 until posted, 22 July, 1830 ; and from 4 
 June, 1834, until paid oS'in June, 1838, commanded 
 the Winchester 52, as Flag-Captain to Hon. Sir 
 Thos. Bladen Capel In the East Indies. The latter 
 appointment he obtained at the recommendation of 
 William IV. In 1837 he was sent with a body of 
 troops and two steamers and a corvette of the In- 
 dian Navy under his orders, to suppress an insur- 
 rection in the province of Canara ; and so prompt 
 and successful were his arrangements that he re- 
 ceived the written thanks of the Governors in 
 Council of Madras and Bombay, and the fullest 
 approbation of his Commander-in-Chief. He was 
 nominated a K.H. 19 April, 1831 ; and admitted to 
 the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 4 Nov. 1846. 
 Capt. Sparshott is a Knight of the Red Eagle of 
 Prussia. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 SPAESHOTT. (Commander, 1818. r-p., 15;* 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 Samdel Sparshott is brother of Capt. Edw. Spar- 
 shott, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1803, as 
 A.B., on' board the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. 
 John GifFard ; in which ship and in the Ville de 
 Paris 110 and Caledonia 120, he continued em- 
 ployed as Midshipman andMaster'sMate under the 
 flags, on the Home station, of Admirals Sir Robt. 
 Calder, Edw. Thornbrough, Sir Jas. Saumarez, and 
 Lords Gardner and Gambier, until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 22 Aug. 1809. He was present, 
 in the Ville de Paris, in the action with the com- 
 bined fleets of France and Spain off' Cape Finis- 
 terre 22 July, 1805, and in the Caledonia, as Sig- 
 nal Mate, at the destruction of the French shipping 
 in Basque Roada in April, 1809. His appointments 
 in the capacity of Lieutenant were— 31 Aug. 1809, 
 to the Ganymede 26, Capts. Robt. Carteret, Hassard 
 Stackpoole, Edw. Crofton, Robt. Preston, and John 
 Brett Purvis, employed on the Home, Mediterra- 
 nean, and West India stations— 26 Dec. 1811 to the 
 Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles, stationed at first 
 in the North Sea and Baltic, and next on the coast 
 of South America, whence, in 1814, he returned to 
 t.ngland, with the same officer, in the Ceres 32—5 
 Aug. m the latter year, to the Euphrates 36, Capt. 
 * In survice afloat. 
 
 R. Preston, in which ship he cruized among the 
 Western Islands— and 22 Sept. and 3 Oct. 1815, to 
 the Menelaus 38 and Ajiphion 32, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Bowles, the latter again in South 
 America. While serving in the AquiIiON he com- 
 manded the boats of that ship at the destruction of 
 a convoy off* the island of Rugen. He acquired the 
 rank of Commander 16 Oct. 1818 ; and, on 13 Sept. 
 1826, he was appointed to the Nimeod 18 ; which 
 vessel, by the breaking of her anchor, drove on the 
 rocks in Holyhead bay and bilged, during a gale 
 from the N.N.W., on the night of 14 Jan. 1827. 
 She was got off; however, by the utmost exertion 
 on the part of her Commander, officers and crew, 
 was placed in a dry dock, and on 3 March following 
 was sold. On 16 May in the same year Commander 
 Sparshott was appointed Deputy Inspector-General 
 of the Coast Guard— a post he still retains. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 SPECK. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 29; h-p.,18.) 
 William Speck (whose name had been borne 
 from 1787 until 1789 on the books of the Babfleur 
 90, Capt. Robt. Calder) embarked, 4 May, 1800, as 
 A.B., on board the Mebcuky 28, Capt. Thos. 
 Rogers, with whom he served in the Mediterranean 
 until April, 1802 — the latter part of the time as 
 Master's Mate and Midshipman. In the following 
 Sept. he became Second-Master of the Censor, 
 Lieut.-Commander Arthur Aitchison, stationed in 
 the North Sea ; and from June, 1803, until Oct. 
 1808 he served, chiefly in the capacity of Master's 
 Mate, in the Britannia 100, Capt., afterwards 
 Rear-Admiral the Earl of Northesk, Royal George 
 100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth (under 
 whom he passed the Dardanells), and Neptune 98, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Williams. He was then nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the BelleisijE 74, Capts. 
 Edw. Woolcombe, Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Edw. 
 Pelham Brenton ; and while in that ship, to which 
 he was confirmed' 28 Feb. 1809, he assisted at the 
 reduction of Martinique, and commanded a party 
 of seamen on shore in the attack upon Flushing. 
 From Oct. 1809 until Aug. 1814 he was actively 
 employed in the Channel in the Scylla of 18 guns 
 (16 32-pounder carronades and 2 6's), Capts. Arthur 
 Aitchison, Colin Macdonald, and Geo. Bennett 
 Allen ; under the first mentioned of whom he as- 
 sisted, as Senior Lieutenant, 8 May, 1811, and was 
 mentioned for his conduct, in boarding and carrying 
 (after a running fight of some length, a loss to the 
 British of 2 killed and 2 wounded, and to the 
 enemy of 6 killed and 16 wounded) the French gun- 
 brig Canonnierej of 10 long 4-pounders, 1 24.pounder 
 carronade, 4 swivels, and 77 men.* Under Capt. 
 Macdonald, he was present, 21 Oct. 1813, in com- 
 pany with the Royalist 18, in a spirited action 
 which lasted one hour and 40 minutes, and termi- 
 nated in the surrender, on the approach of the 
 Rippon 74, of the French frigate Xc Weser, of 40 
 guns and 340 men, at the time under jury main 
 and mizen masts.f From 9 Nov. 1831 until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, 11 Jan. 1843, 
 Mr. Speck had charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. He had previously commanded for three 
 years the Shamrock Revenue-vessel. 
 
 SPENCE. (LiE0T., 1812. F-p., 14; H-p., 30.) 
 
 Henry Francis Spence entered the Navy, 13 
 Jan. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leviathan 
 74, Capt. Henry Wm. Bayntun, attached to the 
 fleet in the Mediterranean. In Jan. 1805 he joined 
 the Diana 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, on the coast 
 of Portugal; and from the following Nov. until 
 1811 he served aa Midshipman and Acting-Lieute- 
 nant in the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Cockburn, 
 AcHiLiE 74, Capt. Sir Rich. King, Pompee and 
 Belleislb 74's, both commanded by Capt. Cock- 
 burn, AcHiLLE again, Capt. Sir R. King, and Im- 
 placable and MiLFORD 74's, Capts. Cockburn and 
 Edw. Kittoe. He assisted, in the Pompee, at the 
 reduction of Martinique ; was present, in the Belle- 
 • rirfeGai. len.p. 872. f f. Gaz. 1813, p. 2102. 
 
SPENCER. 
 
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 ISLE, in the attack upon Flushing; and co-ope- 
 rated, in the Milford, under the flag of Sir R. 
 King, in the defence of Cadiz. After further act- 
 ing, off Cadiz and on the coast of Portugal, as Lieu- 
 tenant in the Alfred 74, he was officially promoted, 
 21 March, 1812, and appointed to the Wolfe 24, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo 
 onthelakes of Canada, where he removed, 17 March, 
 
 1813, to the Melville, Capt. Fras. Brockell Spils- 
 bury, and obtained command, 6 June and 1 I>ec. 
 
 1814, of the Charwell and Netley. He returned 
 home in Nov. 1816 ; and has not been since afloat. 
 Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SPENCER, Eabl, K.S.L., K.S.A., K.R.G. (Cap- 
 tain, 1822. F-P., 16; H-P., 20.) 
 
 The Right Honourable Frederick Earl 
 Spencer, born 14 April, 1798, is third son of 
 George John, second Earl Spencer, K.G. (First 
 Lord of the Admiralty from July, 1794, until Feb. 
 1801), by Lavinia, eldest daughter of Charles, first 
 Earl of Lucan ; and next brother of the late Capt. 
 Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer,* R.N., K.C.H. 
 His eldest brother, whom he succeeded as fourth 
 Earl in 1845, was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 
 1830 to 1834. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Elephant 74, Capt. Fras. 
 "Wm. Austen, lying at Portsmouth, where he re- 
 moved, shortly afterwards, to the Tigrf. 74, Capt. 
 John Halliday. On his arrival in the Mediterra^ 
 nean with Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell, at the 
 close of the same year, in the Royal George 100, 
 he followed him in succession into the Blake 74 
 and Malta 84 ; in which latter ship we find him 
 employed occasionally (as Midshipman) with the 
 in-shore squadron off Toulon, and also in co-opera- 
 tion with the British army on the coast of Spain, in 
 particular at the siege of Tarragona and the evacu- 
 ation of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Bala- 
 guer. Returning to England in the early part of 
 1815, he joined in the course of that year the Prince 
 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, and Royal Sovereign 100 
 and ToNNANT 80, flag-ships of Bear-Admiral Hallo- 
 well, with whom, in the Tonnant, he served at Cork 
 until Sept. 1817. He was then transferred to the 
 Vengeiik74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, lying at Ports- 
 
 * The Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer was born 24 Oct. 
 1791, and entered the Navy in Aug. 1804, on board the 
 TjOHE 74, Capt. Benj, Hallowell ; with whom he continued 
 employed in the Malta 84, until ordered, in Oct. 1812, to 
 take charge of the Pelorus brig. While attached to the 
 TioHE, of which ship he was made a Lieutenant 13 Dec. 
 1810, he accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and 
 back in pursuit of the combined squadrons, served with the 
 flotilla during the operations of 1807 in Egypt, and assisted 
 in cutting out a convoy in the Bay of Rosas, detailed in our 
 memoir of Sir Augustus Clifford. He was promoted, 22 Jan. 
 1813, to the command of the Kite 16 ; was appointed next 
 to the EsPoiR 18, and C.^rkon 20 ; and on 4 June, 1814, was 
 advanced to Post-rank. In the EspoiR he shared in an attack 
 made, 18 Aug, 1813, upon the enemy's batteries and shipping 
 at Cassis (refer to Sir J. J. G. Sinclair) ; and in the Carron, 
 in which ship he continued until after his promotion to 
 Post-rank, he witnessed the unsuccessful attempt upon Fort 
 Bowyer, Mobile, 16 Sept. 1814, and bore an important part 
 in all the operations connected with the expedition against 
 New Orleans. Within a short period of tlie peace he was 
 appointed to the Cydnus 38. He afterwards held command, 
 from 20 May, 1817, until 1819, of the Ganvmede 26, in the 
 Mediterranean; from tlie latter > ear until 17Sept. 1822, of 
 the OWBN Glendower 42, in South America ; from 12 Apr. 
 
 1823, until Oct. Ih26, of the Naiad 46, again in the Medi- 
 terranean ; next, for a short time, of the Roval Sovereign 
 yacht ; and from 26 Sept. 1828, until the period of his death, 
 which took place at Alexandria, 4 Nov. 1830, of the Mad.\- 
 oascar 46. During the dispute with the Dey of .Algiers in 
 
 1824, Capt. Spencer, then in the Naiad, was the officer 
 selected to arrange and settle the treaty entered into with 
 that potentate ; he was afterwards intrusted with the con- 
 duct of several important negotiations with the authorities 
 in the Archipelago. From Aug. 1827, until Sept. 1828, he 
 filled the office of Private Secretary to H R.H. the Lord High 
 Admiral, to whom he was likewise appointed Groom of the 
 Bedchamber. He was nominated a K.C.H, in Oct. 1828, 
 and knighted 34 Nov. following. He enjoyed considerable 
 reputation for his proficiency in the art of naval gunnery, 
 and was the reputed author of an ingenious Catechism, known 
 by the name of ' The Ninety-nine Questions.' 
 
 mouth ; and in the following month he joined the 
 Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland ; of 
 which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he was 
 created a Lieutenant 14 July, 1818. After serving 
 for a few months with Capt. John Coode in the Al- 
 bion 74, he was appointed, 30 Aug. 1819, to the 
 Superb 78, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy on the coast of South America ; 
 where he was promoted, 5 March, 1821, to the com- 
 mand of the Alacrity 10, and Posted, 26 Aug. 
 1822, into the Creole 42. He left that frigate 
 about 1824; and was lastly, from 21 Sept. 1825 until 
 the end of 1828, employed, again in the Mediterra^ 
 nean, in the Talbot 28. In her he fought with dis- 
 tinction at the battle of Navarin, was present, we 
 believe, at the capitulation of Patras, and assisted 
 at the reduction of the Morea Castle. In a letter 
 addressed by the present Sir Edmund Lyons to 
 the [Commander-in-Chief prior to the event last 
 mentioned, he observes — " I have only to.add, that 
 I hope, throughout this service, to preserve that 
 good understanding and hearty co-operation with 
 the officers of His Most Christian Majesty, which was 
 so auspiciously commenced under Capt.'^Spencer's 
 firm though conciliatory management." For his con- 
 duct at the battle of Navarin the noble Earl was 
 created a C.B.13 Nov. 1827, and presented with the 
 Cross of St. Louis and the Orders^of the Second Class 
 of St. Anne of Russia and the Redeemer of Greece. 
 In July, 1846, his Lordship (who for many years 
 had sat in Parliament for Worcestershire and for 
 Midhurst previously to his accession to the peerage, 
 and had been Equerry to the Duchess of Kent) was 
 appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household to 
 Her Majesty ; and in 1847 he was nominated one of 
 the Council for the Duchy of Lancaster. He mar- 
 ried, 23 Feb. 1830, his second-cousin, Elizabeth 
 Georgiana, second daughter of Wm. Stephen Poyntz, 
 Esq., M.P., of Cowdray Park, Sussex, sister of the 
 Marchioness of Exeter and the Dowager Lady 
 Clinton, by whom he has issue a son and two daugh- 
 ters. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 SPENCER. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 The Honourable John Welbore Sunderland 
 Spencer, born 12 March, 1816, is sixth son of Lord 
 Churchill, Colonel of the Queen's Own Regiment of 
 Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and Hereditary 
 Ranger of Wychwood Forest, by Frances, daughter 
 of Augustus Henry, third Duke of Grafton, K.G., 
 and grandson of George, third Duke of Marlborough. 
 His eldest brother, Francis George, is Lieutenant- 
 Colonel of the Oxfordshire Militia; his second, 
 George Augustus, a Major in the 60th Rifles ; his 
 third, Augustus Almeric, also a Major in the Army ; 
 and his youngest but one, Robert Charles Henry, a 
 Lieutenant R.A. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 24 Deo. 1830 ; passed his examina- 
 tion 23 April, 1835 ; and was promoted (soon after 
 he had been nominated Mate of the Isis 44, Capt. 
 Sir John Marshall) to the rank of Lieutenant 23 
 Nov. 1841. Being re-appointed to the Isis 7 Dec. 
 following, he sailed in that ship for the Cape of 
 Good Hope, where he remained until the early part 
 of 1845. His next appointments were, 7 Nov. in 
 the latter year and 9 May, 1846, to the St. Vincent 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth, and 
 Terrible steam-frigate of 800-horse power, Capt. 
 Wm. Ramsay, attached to the Channel squadron. 
 He was superseded from the Terrible in Dec. 
 1846 ; and advanced to his present rank 12 Oct. 
 1847. 
 
 SPENCER. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Nelson Grantley Spencer passed his examina- 
 tion 7 Oct. 1846 ; became Mate, 12 Nov. following, 
 of the Brilliant 22, Capt. Bundle Burges Watson, 
 at the Cape of Good Hope ; was appointed, on the 
 occasion of his promotion 24 Nov. 1847, Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the President, flag-ship of Bear- 
 Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres on that station ; and 
 since 18 March, 1848, has been again serving in the 
 Brilliant. 
 
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 SPENCER— SPETTIGUE— SPIERS— SPONG. 
 
 SPENCER. (LiEOT., 1806. p-p., 43 ; h-p., 8.) 
 
 Samuel Spencer entered the Navy, 9 Nov. 1796, 
 as A.B., on the Pbevoyamte, Capts. Chas. Wemyss 
 and John Seater, stationed on the coast of North 
 America. In the following Aug. he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman ; and in April, 1800, he re- 
 moved to the Active frigate, Capt. Dacres. After 
 serving for three years and four months in that ship 
 in the Channel and Mediterranean, he became Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in Aug. 1803, of the Maidstone 32, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Elliot, under whom he was wounded 
 while in pursuit of a French privateer. We believe 
 he was also, 11 July, 1804, present in the boats at 
 the cutting-out affair detailed in our memoir of 
 Kear-Admiral Hyde Parker. In the course of the 
 ensuing month he joined the Victory 100, flag-ship 
 of Lord Nelson ; and in her, on his return from 
 pursuing the combined squadrons to the West In- 
 dies, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing in 
 the glories of Trafalgar. He served subsequently, 
 from Nov. 1805 until April, 1806, in the Qdeen 98, 
 bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood off Cadiz ; and 
 on 18 Oct. in the latter year he was made Lieute- 
 nant into the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez in the Channel. From July to Sept. 
 1807 he cruized off FerroU in the Achille 74, Capt. 
 Sir Rich. King ; during the next two years he filled 
 an appointment in the Impress; he then, in Oct. 
 1809, joined the Kinaido 10, Capt. Jas. Anderson, 
 on the Downs station ; and from March, 1810, until 
 Jan. 1818, and again from July, 1823, until the close 
 of 1837, he was employed in the Transport Service ; 
 in which, we are informed, he was present at Algiers. 
 Since 10 June, 1839, he has been officiating as Ad- 
 miralty Agent on board a contract mail steam- 
 vessel. 
 
 Lieut. Spencer was left a widower 1 July, 1835. 
 Agents — Collier and Ince. 
 
 SPETTIGUE. (Commander, 1838.) 
 
 CoRYNDON SPETTIGUE died about the commence- 
 ment of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 20 April, 1812; 
 passed his examination in 1819; obtained his first 
 commission 17 March, 1826 ; served from 6 Nov. 
 1832 until 1837 in the Kevenge 78, Capts. Hon. 
 Donald Hugh Mackay and Wm. Elliott, on the Lis- 
 bon and Mediterranean stations ; and from 25 July 
 in the latter year until promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 27 Dec. 1838, was employed as First- 
 Lieutenant, at Home, again off Lisbon, and in North 
 America and the West Indies, in the Edinburgh 72, 
 Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson. He filled an ap- 
 pointment in the Coast Guard from 23 June, 1840, 
 until 1845. 
 
 SPIERS. (LlEnTENANT, 1811.) 
 
 William Spiers entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1804, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Conqueror 74, Capt. 
 Israel Pellew, employed in the Channel and Medi- 
 terranean. Kemoving, in July, 1805, to the Cano- 
 pos 80, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen, Thos. Geo. Short- 
 land, and Chas. Inglis, he fought in that ship, as 
 Midshipman, under the flag of Sir Thos. Louis, in 
 the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and was 
 Master's Mate of her at the passage of the Darda- 
 nells and in the expedition to Egypt in 1807. He 
 co-operated also in the capture, in June, 1809, of the 
 islands of Ischia and Procida; assisted in causing 
 the self-destruction of the ships-of-the-line Mobuste 
 and Lion off Cape Cette 26 Oct. following ; and, be- 
 sides contributing to the annihilation of a gun-boat 
 fiotillaon the coast of Italy, assisted, as Acting- Lieu- 
 tenant, in the defence of Messina against the French 
 in 1810. He subsequently acted for three months 
 as Lieutenant in the Termagant 18, Capt. Henry 
 Evelyn Pitfield Sturt ; and on 3 Jan. 181 1 he was 
 confirmed into the Leyden 64, Capt. Edw. Chetham. 
 In the course of the same year we find him serving 
 off Cadiz in the Columbine 18, Capts. Wm. Shep- 
 heard and Geo. Augustus Westphal ; and, in Feb. 
 and Nov. 1813, appointed to the Minos 12 and 
 Cornwall 74, Capts. Jas. Aberdour and Edw. W. 
 
 C. B. Owen, on the Newfoundland and North Sea 
 stations. While in the latter ship, in which he con- 
 tinued until April, 1814, he landed at the head of a 
 division of seamen on the island of South Beveland, 
 and was publicly thanked for the conduct he dis- 
 played. Since he left the Cornwall he has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 SPONG. (Commander, 1846. f-p.,21 ; h-p.,16.) 
 George Spong was bom in 1796. He is nephew 
 of the late gallant Capt. Chas. John Moore Mans- 
 field, K.N.* 
 
 This oSacer entered the Navy,' 18 Feb. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the BELLBROrHON 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Warren, with whom, after having served off 
 Flushing, he removed as Midshipman, in Aug. of 
 the same year, to the President 38, and sailed for 
 the East Indies, where he was actively employed, in 
 the boats and otherwise, at the reduction of Java. 
 On leaving the President, which ship had been 
 latterly commanded by Capt. Fras. Mason, he was 
 a second time, in June, 1813, placed under the or- 
 ders of Capt. Warren in the Blenheim 74. In her 
 and in the Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, he was 
 for about two years and three months stationed in 
 the Mediterranean. He served next, between Dec. 
 1815 and March, 1817, at Chatham in the Bulwark 
 74,, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, and Arrogant Hospital- 
 ship, Lieut.-Commander Jas. James ; and in July, 
 1819, at which period he had been again, for 12 
 months, employed in the East Indies in the Minden 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Eich. King, and Topaze frigate, 
 Capt. John Bich. Lumley, he was nominated Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Liverpool 50, Capt. Fras. 
 Augustus Collier ; under whom we find him accom- 
 panying an expedition against the pirates of the 
 Persian Gulf, and assisting, in Jan. 1820, at the cap- 
 ture of Ras-al-Khyma, their principal stronghold, 
 and the destruction of its fortifications and shipping. 
 He was in consequence confirmed a Lieutenant by a 
 commission bearing date 7 of the month last men- 
 tioned ; but owing to the severe exertion he had 
 undergone, added to the effects of the climate, he 
 was obliged, shortly afterwards, to invalid, and at 
 bis own expense. His subsequent appointments 
 were— 30 Nov. 1822, to the Egerla 28, Capt. John 
 Toup Nicolas, at Sheerness— 21 Feb. 1823, to the 
 Fly 18, Capts. Edw. Curzon and Wm. Fanshawe 
 Martin, in South America — 11 May, 1825, to the 
 Prince Kegent 120, flag-ship of Sir llobt. Moorsom 
 in the river Medway, where he remained until 1827 
 — 1 1 Oct. 1834, for a few months, to the Coast Guard 
 — 19 Aug. 1841, to the Poictiers 72, guard-ship at 
 Chatham, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, with whom he 
 continued for rather more than three years — and 8 
 March, 1845, and 23 April, 1846, to the command of 
 the Speedy cutter and Ardent steam-sloop, the 
 former employed on particular service, the latter in 
 the Mediterranean. He was advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 In 1835 Commander Spong received, at the re- 
 commendation of Lord Auckland, the appointment 
 of Stipendiary Magistrate in the West Indies, with 
 the distinct assurance from his Lordship that his 
 claims to promotion would be thereby strengthened. 
 Owing to the apprenticeship-system he was imder 
 the necessity of returning to England two years 
 sooner than he had anticipated, but not until he had 
 lost the chance, which the Brevet accorded on the 
 
 * While commanding; the Andromache 32, Capt. Mans- 
 field had three sharp encounters with the enemy — the first 
 time on SI Jan. 1797, -when, in a mistaken engagement of 
 40 minutes with an Algerine of similar force, 66 of whose 
 people were killed and 50 wounded, the British sustained 
 a loss of 3 men killed and 6 wounded ; the second, in an 
 action fought in the same year, off Cadiz, between the An- 
 dromache and (three British ships on the one side, and a 
 Spanish 74 on the other ; and tlie third, in an affair with 
 some Spanish gun-boats near the batteries of Algeciras, in 
 which the Andromache, while in escort of a convoy, had 4 
 men killed and 19 wounded. He afterwards, in the Dbvad 
 36, took a small Swedish frigate, the UUa Fersen, a step 
 rendered necessary by opposition the latter had offered to 
 being detained. He commanded the Minotaur 74, at the 
 battle of Trafalgar, and in the expedition of 1807 against 
 Copenhagen. ° 
 
SPRATT. 
 
 1105 
 
 occasion of Her Majesty's coronation might have 
 afforded him of working his professional advance- 
 ment. 
 
 SPRATT, (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 
 IB J H-p., 33.) 
 
 James Spratt, bom 3 May, 1771, at Harrel's 
 Cross, CO. Dublin, is son of the late — Spratt, Esq., 
 of Ballybeg, near Mitchelstown, co. Cork; and 
 brother-in-law of the late John Abel "Ward, Esq., 
 Judge in the Admiralty Court at Nevis. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Engageant receiving-ship 
 at Cork, Capt. Fry. In Jan. 1797 he removed to 
 the Sheerness 44, Capt. Jas. Conwallis ; and in 
 Jan. 1798, after having visited the coast of Guinea 
 and the West Indies, he became Midshipman (a 
 rating he had already attained) of the Bellona 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Wilson, Sir Thos. Boulden Thompson, 
 and Thos. Bertie ; in which ship he cruized off 
 Brest, made a second voyage to the West Indies, 
 fought at the battle of Copenhagen, and then pro- 
 ceeded to the Mediterranean. At Copenhagen he 
 was in attendance upon Sir T. B. Thompson when 
 the latter suffered amputation of the leg. A gun 
 he was in the act, on the same occasion, of firing, 
 burst and killed or wounded nearly all around. 
 The Bellona being put out of commission in July, 
 1802, he was next, in the early part of 1803, re- 
 ceived on board the Defiance 74, Cajjt. Philip 
 Chas. Durham, under whom he had the fortune of 
 sharing, as Master's Mate, in Sir Robt. Calder's 
 action 22 July, 1805, and of participating, 21 Oct. 
 following, in the glories of Trafalgar. On that 
 memorable day Mr. Spratt distinguished himself in 
 a most extraordinary manner. After the Detiance 
 and Aiffh 74 had been for some time hotly engaged, 
 and the fire of the French ship, within pistol-shot 
 of her opponent, had slackened, Capt. Durham, in 
 the hope that a breeze, it being at the time a dead 
 calm, would spring up and enable him to board, made 
 his arrangements accordingly. At this juncture, 
 animated with a spirit of impetuous heroism, Mr. 
 Spratt, who had been selected to lead the men in 
 the desperate service that awaited them, volun- 
 teered, as all the boats had been disabled, to board 
 the enemy by swimming. His offer being accepted, 
 he instantly, with his sword in his teeth and his 
 battle-axe in his belt, dashed into the sea, calling at 
 the same time upon 50 others to follow— a mandate, 
 however, which, in the general din, was not heard, 
 or at any rate not heeded. Undaunted, though 
 alone, Mr. Spratt, on reaching the French ship, 
 contrived, by means of the rudder-chains, to enter 
 the stern gun-room port, and thence to fight his 
 way through all the decks until he reached the 
 poop. Here he was charged by three grenadiers 
 with fixed bayonets, but, springing with dexterity 
 over them by the assistance of the signal halyards, 
 he got upon an arm-chest, and, before they could 
 repeat the operation, disabled two of them. Seizing 
 the third one, he threw him from the poop on the 
 quarter-deck, where he fell and broke his neck, 
 dragging with him Mr. Spratt, who, hosvcver, es- 
 caped injury. By this time the British, who had 
 been at first repulsed, were engaged in a second 
 more successful attempt to carry the enemy's ship, 
 and Mr. Spratt, who joined in the desperate hand- 
 to-hand conflict raging on her quarter-deck, had 
 the happiness of saving the life of a French officer 
 from the fury of his assailants. Scarcely had he 
 discharged this act of humanity when an endeavour 
 was made by a grenadier to run him through with 
 his bayonet. The thrust being parried, the French- 
 man presented his musket at Mr. Spratt's breast ; 
 and although the latter succeeded in striking it 
 down with his cutlass, the contents passed through 
 his right leg a little below the knee, shattering 
 both bones.* He immediately backed in between 
 two of the quarter-deck guns, to prevent being cut 
 down from behind ; and in this position he con- 
 tinued to defend himself against his old tormentor 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 1484. 
 
 and two others until at length relieved by some of 
 his party. As soon as the Aiglets colours had been 
 struck, Mr. Spratt presented himself on her quarter, 
 swung himself by one of the boat-tackle falls to the 
 Defiance, and, resting on a lower-deck port which 
 happened to be up, was carried into the cockpit. 
 At first amputation of his leg was thought unavoid- 
 able, but this he positively refused to allow. He 
 was afterwards sent to the hospital at Gibraltar, 
 where the sufferings he endured were of the most 
 agonizing description, and ended in reducing his 
 leg three inches.* As a reward for his valiant con- 
 duct at Trafalgar, Mr. Spratt was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by a commission dated 24 Dec. 
 1805. Having returned to England in the Bri- 
 tannia 100, Capt. Chas. Bullen, and not being able 
 from the effects of his wound to go afloat, he ob- 
 tained charge, in Oct. 1806, of a Signal station at 
 Teignmouth, in Devon, where he remained until 
 appointed, 1 March, 1813, to the Albion 74, Capt. 
 John Ferris Devonshire. In her he served for 
 about 12 months on the coast of North America. 
 He invalided home in April, 1814, in the Sceptre 
 74, in consequence of acute pain which the pre- 
 ceding hard winter had reproduced in his leg ; and 
 he was lastly, from 30 Dec. following until 16 Oct. 
 1815, employed in command of the Ganges prison- 
 ship at Plymouth. He was granted a pension of 
 9U. 5s. per annum for his wound 8 Jan. 1817; 
 and invested with his present rank 17 July, 1838. 
 Shortly after the battle of Trafalgar he was pre- 
 sented by the Patriotic Society with the sum of 50/. 
 On nine different occasions has Commander 
 Spratt, during his career through life, had the good 
 fortune to rescue the lives of others — often under 
 circumstances of the greatest peril to himself. 
 Once in particular, while serving in the Defiance, 
 he jumped overboard, in the most intrepid and 
 heroic manner possible, after a man named George 
 Bradfort, who had fallen into the sea between two 
 sharks. On 30 May, 1809, he was presented at the 
 hands of the Duke of Norfolk with the silver 
 medal of the Society of Arts, Stc, for his invention 
 of a " Homograph," or mode of communicating at a 
 distance by particular positions of a handkerchief. 
 This contrivance formed the groundwork of the 
 Semaphore afterwards adopted throughout England 
 and France. Commander Spratt married, 4 April, 
 1809, Jane, daughter of Mr. Thos. Brimaga, yeoman, 
 of the parish of East Teignmouth, co. Devon, by 
 whom he has issue three sons and six daughters. 
 His eldest son, Thomas Abel Brimage, is a Lieu- 
 tenant R.N. ; his second, James, commands a country 
 ship in India ; and his youngest, Henry, is a First- 
 Lieutenant R.M. 
 
 SPRATT. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, born 11 May, 
 1811, at East Teignmouth, is eldest son of Retired 
 Commander James Spratt, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1827, as 
 
 * On arriving at Gibraltar the pain Mr. Spratt endured 
 was so acute that it brought on a fever, during the paroxysms 
 of which the settings of liis leg became deranged as fast as the 
 surgeon could dress them. To obviate the inconvenience 
 and danger arising from this it was resolved to encase the 
 limb in a long box adapted to the purpose, and to allow it to 
 remain in that state for nine days in order to facilitate the 
 formation of callus. Long before the time prescribed had 
 elapsed Mr. Spratt's sufferings were greatly increased by a 
 gnawing, unaccountable sensation, not attributable to the 
 nature of his ailment. On the box being at length unlocked, 
 a spectacle presented itself to the view of the medical officers 
 present unparalleled in the history of their experience. Hun- 
 dreds of maggote, an inch long, were stuck into the calf, with 
 only the tips of their tails to be seen, the remainder of 
 their bodies being embedded in the flesh. How to get rid 
 of tliis astounding production was now the question. One of 
 the surgeons essayed tlie effect of his forceps, but no sooner 
 was the instrument applied than the creatures broke short 
 off. A second doctor, however, more ingenious, ran to his 
 medicine chest, and returned with a phial, the contents of 
 wliich had the desired eflect. This, tlie first case of the 
 kind that occurred in the hospital, was accounted for by some 
 of the numerous parasitical flies attracted there after the 
 battle of Trafalgar having deposited their eggs in the wound.. 
 
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1106 
 
 SPREAD— SPRIGG—SPURIN. 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 104, flag-ship 
 at Portsmouth of Hon. Sir Kobt. Stopford ; and 
 from 1832 until April, 1846, was almost uninter- 
 ruptedly employed in the Mediterranean, as Mid- 
 shipman, Mate (he passed his examination 27 Jan. 
 1835), and Lieutenant (commission dated 15 Oct. 
 1841), in the Mastiff and Beacon suryeying-vessels, 
 both commanded by the present Capt. Thos. Graves. 
 On 26 Oct. 1837 he plunged overboard from the 
 Beacon, and at great risk saved the life of a ma- 
 rine, Samuel Turner, who, while scraping the side 
 of the ship, had accidentally fallen into the sea. 
 In a public letter to the Commander-in-Chief Capt. 
 Graves, after detailing this occurrence, says, " His 
 (Mr. Spratt's) conduct with me during a servitude 
 of upwards of five years having been invariably 
 most exemplary, and his being also most indefa^ 
 tigable and attentive, as well as a valuable assistant 
 in the particular service in which we are employed, 
 will, I trust, lead you to consider his case worthy of 
 the consideration of my Lords Commissioners of 
 the Admiralty." On the occasion of Mr. Spratt's 
 advancement to the rank of Lieutenant, Capt. 
 "W. A. B. Hamilton, then Private Secretary to Lord 
 Haddington, observes, in a note addressed to his 
 father. Commander Spratt, " His Lordship directs 
 me to make known to you the great satisfaction it 
 has afforded him to recommend to the Board for 
 this promotion a young of&cer so highly spoken of 
 as your son has been, both by Capt. Beaufort, 
 Hydrographer of the Admiralty, and Capt. Graves." 
 " Your eldest son," writes the present Sir "Wra. 
 Parker in 1846, "now five years a Lieutenant in 
 the surveying-service, stands decidedly high in that 
 branch of his profession." From 1 March, 1847, 
 until April, 1848, Mr. Spratt commanded the 
 VoiiAGE 22, surveying-vessel, again in the Mediter- 
 ranean. 
 
 In 1838 the Lieutenant communicated to the 
 Geographical Society some ' Remarks on the Sup- 
 posed Situation of Minoa and Nissea ;' and in 1846 
 hepublisheda volum e of Travels in Ancient Ly cia. ' 
 He married, 27 Feb. 1844, Sophia, only daughter of 
 Edw. Price, Esq., by whom he has issue. 
 
 SPREAD. (Ommander, 1798.) 
 
 John Matthias Spread was bom 22 March, 
 1765, and died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1777, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the CARVsroRT 28, 
 Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, under whom he served for 
 " upwards of two years in North America and the 
 West Indies in the same vessel and in the Mon- 
 mouth 64. In the latter ship he fought as Mid- 
 shipman, in July, 1779, in Byron's action with the 
 Comte d'Estaing. After cruizing for some months 
 on the coast of Ireland in the Nemesis 28, Capt. 
 Rich. Rodney Bligh, he returned, in 1782, to the 
 West Indies in the Success 32, Capt. Chas. Morice 
 Pole, and continued to serve on that station as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, from 1783 until 1785, in the 
 Preston 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rowley, 
 Jamaica and Ariel sloops, Capts. Manley Dixon 
 and Jas. Norman, and Ultsses 44, Capt. Edw. 
 O'Brien. He was next, in 1790, received as Mid- 
 shipman On board the Queen Charlotte 100, flag- 
 ship of Lord Howe at Spithead; and on 3 Nov. in 
 the same year he was officially promoted. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 3 Dec. 1792, to the 
 Hermioke 32, Capt. John Hills, part of the force 
 employed at the reduction of St. Domingo — 1 Sept. 
 1794, to the Edropa 50, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral John Ford, in which ship he returned to 
 England— 4 Sept. and 22 Nov. 1795, and 24 Feb. 
 1796, to the Prince George and Glory 98's, and 
 Thunderer 74, flag-ships of Sir Hugh Cloberry 
 Christian, Tiith whom, after having encountered 
 two terrific gales, which each time compelled the 
 Admiral to return to port, he again sailed for the 
 "West Indies— and, 15 Nov. 1796, to the Queen 98, 
 bearing the flag there of Sir Hyde Parker. While 
 serving in the ship last mentioned Mr. Spread took 
 command of her boats and of those of a squadron. 
 
 and succeeded in destroying a privateer schooner 
 and in retaking an American brig, her prize.* On 21 
 June, 1798, he was ordered to act as Captain of La 
 Pkompte 20, on the Bahama station, where he re- 
 mained until he joined, in March, 1799, the Rattler 
 sloop, to the command of which vessel he had been 
 promoted by a commission bearing the same date 
 as his Acting Post order, 21 June, 1798. In her he 
 made prize of a French privateer of 10 guns and 
 42 men and of a Spanish gun-vessel, and was for 
 some time previously to his return to England, in 
 July, 1802, employed off Honduras, the resident 
 settlers at which place presented him on his de- 
 parture with an address expressive of their acknow- 
 ledgments for "the most honourable, disinterested, 
 and praiseworthy manner in which he had discharged 
 the duties of his station," and for the " humanity 
 to which they were chiefly indebted for subsistence 
 at a time of the most alarming scarcity." While 
 employed, in 1804, in the Sea Fencibles on the coast 
 of Ireland, Commander Spread was appointed to 
 the Elk sloop, but the effects of long service in the 
 West Indies (13 or 14 years) had so impaired his 
 health that he was not only unable to join, but was 
 ultimately deprived of the sight of both eyes. He 
 was admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hos- 
 pital 6 Deo. 1833. 
 He was married, and has left issue. 
 
 SPKIG(5. (COHMANDER, 1844. F-P., 16 ; H-p., 6.) 
 George Sprigg entered the Navy, 22 Nov. 1825, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Doterel 18, Capts. 
 Henry Edwards and Wm. Alex. Baillie Hamilton, 
 in which vessel, and in the Grasshopper 18, Capt. 
 Courtenay Edm. Wm. Boyle, he was for about two 
 years employed on the coast of North America. 
 He served next, from 1827 until 1832, in the Chan- 
 nel as Midshipman and Mate (he passed his exami- 
 nation in May of the latter year) in the Briton 46, 
 Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon, and Hermes steamer, 
 Lieut.-Commander Andrew King ; and after having 
 been further employed on the West India and 
 Home stations, in the capacity last mentioned, in 
 the Serpent 16, Capt. John Chas. Symonds, and 
 Hastings 72, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, he was 
 promoted, 24 May, 1839, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 and appointed, 4 July following. Additional of the 
 Melville 72, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot on the 
 coast of Africa, where, and on the coast of Brazil, 
 he held command, from 15 Dec. 1839 until 1842, 
 and from 16 Sept. 1843 until the early part of 1844, 
 of the Brisk 3 and Curlew 10. In those vessels 
 he had the good fortune to capture, independently 
 of numerous small craft, as many as 15 slavers, 
 carrying in the whole upwards of 1400 negroes. 
 He was promoted in consequence to his present 
 rank 19 Dec. 1844. His last appointment was, 3 
 Feb. 1846, to the command, which he retained until 
 paid off in the summer of 1847, of the Ferret 8, 
 again on the African coast. Agents- Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 SPURIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 John Spurin entered the Navy, in March, 1800, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 98, Capt. 
 Theophilus Jones, attached to the Channel fleet. 
 That ship being paid off' in April, 1802, he joined 
 next, 24 Aug. 1804, the Mediator frigate, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Livingstone, John Seater, Wm. Furlong 
 Wise, Jas. Rich. Dacres, and Geo. Reynolds, em- 
 ployed on the Home and West India stations, where 
 he served, from Dec. 1807 until Feb. 1813, in the 
 Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Bertie, 
 Racoon sloop, Capts. Jas. Welsh and Wm. Black, 
 and Lyra 10, Capt. Robt. Bloye. In the Mediator 
 he assisted in taking, in the early part of 1807, the 
 fort of Samana, St. Domingo, a notorious nest for 
 privateers ; and in the Lyra he actively co-operated, 
 in the capacity of Master's Mate, with the patriots 
 on the north coast of Spain. From Feb. 1813 until 
 April, 1814, he served in the Mediterranean in the 
 Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court; and from 
 • yide Go?,. 1757, p. 377. 
 
SPURWAY— SQUIRE— STACPOOLE— ST ANBURY. 
 
 1107 
 
 the latter period until presented, in Oct. 1815, with 
 a commission bearing date 10 of the preceding 
 March, he was again employed in the Channel in 
 the Goldfinch and Pheasant sloops, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Edm. Waller. Since 7 Sept. 1836, 
 he has been in charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard, 
 lie is married, and has issue. 
 
 SPURWAY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.) 
 John Spokwav was bom 28 Feb. 1791. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Sept. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsok Castle 98, 
 Capts. Davidge Gould and Chas. Boyles, stationed 
 in the Channel ; and from April, 1806, until Aug. 
 
 1812, was employed in the Bblleisle and North- 
 umberland 74's, Capts. Wm. Hargood and Hon. 
 Henry Hotham. In the Windsor Castle he as- 
 sisted, as Midshipman, at the blockade of Brest ; 
 and in the Belleisle, after pursuing a French 
 squadron to the West Indies, and encountering a 
 violent hurricane, he contributed, 14 Sept. 1806, to 
 the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the 74-gun ship 
 ImpAueux. In 1809, being at the time in the North- 
 umberland, he aided, with a party of seamen, 
 in refitting in Carthagena harbour, and in then 
 conveying in safety to Gibraltar, the Ferdinand 
 VII., a Spanish three-decker ; and on 22 May, 1812, 
 he was present, in company with the Growler 
 gun-brig, at the destruction, ' at the entrance of 
 L'Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates U Arienne 
 and U Andr<maqwe, and 16-gun brig Ma-md(mcTi, 
 whose united fire, conjointly with that of a heavy 
 battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the Northum- 
 berland's people. After he left the latter ship 
 Mr. Spurway served— from Bee. 1812 until April, 
 
 1813, in the Surprise 38, Capt. Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane, in the West Indies — from Aug. 1813 until 
 Jan. 1814, latterly as Master's Mate, in the Devon- 
 shire 74, Capt. Boss Donnelly — from 8 April, 1814, 
 until he invalided 4 Oct. following, as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Emulous 14, Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie 
 Godfrey, again in the West Indies — and from 22 Feb. 
 until 1 June, 1815, as Lieutenant (he had taken up, 
 on leaving the Emulous, a commission dated 8 July, 
 1814), in the Myrmidon 20, Capts. Wm. Paterson 
 and Kobt. Gambler, on the Channel station. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 SQUIRE. (Retired Captain, 1843. r-p., 15; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 Charles Frederick Squire entered the Navy, 
 26 July, 1795, as L.M., on board the Magnificent 
 74, Capt. Matthew Squire, stationed in the North 
 Sea, where, in the following Sept., he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman. After serving for 12 months 
 at Plymouth in the Cambridge 74, Capt. Boger, 
 he joined, in March, 1797, the Atlas 98, Capts. 
 M. Squire, Shuldham Peard, and Theophilus Jones, 
 attached to the Channel fleet. He served next on 
 the Jamaica station, from July, 1799, until Oct. 
 1802, the last five months as Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the DicADE frigate, Capts. Wallace and Wm. Geo. 
 Rutherford, Sans Pareil 80, flag-ship of Lord Hugh 
 Seymour, and Decade again, Capt. W. G. Kuther- 
 ford. On 26 Nov. in the latter year he was offici- 
 ally promoted. He obtained an appointment in 
 the SeaFenoibles 26 March, 1804; was employed, 
 from 22 May, 1805, until 6 Oct. 1810, in the Mon- 
 tagu 74, Capts. Kobt. Waller Otway and Kioh. 
 Hussey Moubray, in the Channel and Mediterra- 
 nean ; assumed acting-command, 3 Oct. 1811, of the 
 Termagant sloop ; was confirmed, 4 Dec. following, 
 into the Onyx ; and commanded for a short time, 
 in 1812, the Hound bomb. While serving in the 
 Montagu he assisted at the evacuation of Scylla, 
 a fortified rock in the Faro of Messina, co-operated 
 with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and 
 aided at the reduction of Sta. Maura. In the Ter- 
 magant, Onyx, and Hound he was stationed prin- 
 cipally in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar and Cadiz. 
 He accepted his present rank 9 Aug. 1843. ' 
 
 SQUIRE. (Lieutenant, 18250 
 
 William Squire entered the Navy 19 July, 1805 ; 
 passed his examination in 1814 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 10 Jan. 1825 ; was appointed, 16 Nov. fol- 
 lowing and 19 Feb. 1830, to the Ramii,lies and 
 Talavera 74's, Coast-Blockade ships, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Hugh Pigot; and, from 15 April, 
 1831, until the early part of 1834, was employed in 
 the Coast Guard. Agents— Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 STACPOOLE. (Commander, 1818. r-p., 10 ; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Michael Stacpoole died about the commence- 
 ment of 1847. He was youngest son of Geo. Stac- 
 poole, Esq., of Cragbrien, co. Clare, by Jane, daughter 
 of Andrew Lysaght, Esq., of Kilcoman, co. Clare, 
 who married Mary, sister of Hon. Matthias Finu- 
 cane, one of the Judges of the Common Pleas in 
 Ireland. He was brother of the present Very Ke- 
 verend Wm. Henry Stacpoole, D.D., of Cragbrien, 
 Dean of Kilfenora ; and of the late Lieut.-Colonel 
 Hugh Stacpoole, of the 45th Regt. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capts. 
 Hon. Michael De Courcy and Thos. Bertie. In 
 that ship, of which he became Midshipman in Nov. 
 1805, he served for two years and eight months on 
 the West India, Halifax, and Channel stations. He 
 then joined the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of the 
 Hon. M. De Courcy, with whom he sailed in the 
 spring of 1809 for the Brazils in the Diana 38, and 
 continued there employed, in the Foudroyant 80, 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Jan. 
 1812. In the Tonnant he accompanied Sir John 
 Duckworth in pursuit of a French squadron to the 
 West Indies and coast of America, and assisted, in 
 Jan. 1809, in embarking the remains of Sir John 
 Moore's army at Corunna. From 1813 until May, 
 1815, he served in the Centurion 50, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, Tenedos 38, Capt. 
 Hyde Parker, Chesapeake 38, Capts. Alex. Gordon 
 and Geo. Burdett, and Furieuse 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Mounsey, all on the Halifax station, where he was 
 further, from 9 Feb. 1818 until promoted to the 
 rank of Commander 7 Dec. following, employed in 
 the Grasshopper 18, Capt. Henry Forbes. He did 
 not afterwards, we believe, go afloat. 
 
 Commander Stacpoole married, 29 Oct. 1829, 
 Charlotte, daughter of Wm. Casaubon Purdon, Esq., 
 of Tinerana, co. Clare, Major in the 7th Dragoon 
 Guards, and grandniece of Henry Prettie, first Lord 
 Dunalley. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 ST ANBURY. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 15; h-p., 27.) 
 William Stanburt entered the Navy, 4 July, 
 1805, as L.M., on board the Prince Frederick re- 
 ceiving-ship at Plymouth, Lieut.-Commanders Sam. 
 Gordon and Jas. Leach ; and from the following 
 Dec. until Sept. 1808 was employed, the chief part 
 of the time in the capacity of Midshipman, in 
 the Turbulent gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos. 
 Spearing Osmer, and Soleeay 32, Capt. Robt. 
 Howe Bromley, on the Downs, Lisbon, and Bra- 
 zilian stations. He then served for two years and 
 five months in the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Lord 
 Gambler in the Channel ; and he next, in the course 
 of 1811-12-13, joined, on the Home station, the 
 Cyane 22, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier, Orestes 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Smith, Boyne 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale, Teazer gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander John JuUan, and Achates 16, Capts. 
 Isaac Hawkins Morrison (whom see for capture of 
 the French frigates La Trave and Chrinde) and 
 Thos. Lamb Poulden Laughame. He left the vessel 
 last mentioned in Oct. 1814 ; was advanced to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 4 Feb. 1815 ; and since 27 July, 
 1841, has been in charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 His eldest son, William Parrymore Stanbury, 
 married, in 1842, Sarah, youngest daughter of the 
 late Commander Joseph Priest, R.N. 
 
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 STANDBRIDGE-STANFELL-STANHOPE— STANLEY. 
 
 STANDBRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Tomlinson Standbkidge passed his 
 examination 2 Deo. 1829 ; obtained an appointment 
 in the Coast Guard 18 Jan. 1840; was promoted 
 therefrom to the rank of Lieutenant 29 June, 1846 ; 
 and since 4 Aug. following has been serving in the 
 Hound 8, Capt. Granville Hamilton Wood, now on 
 the North America and West India station. 
 
 STANFELL. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Fkancis Henry Stanfell entered the Navy 4 
 Nov. 1824; passed his examination in 1831; and 
 as a reward for his services on the coast of Syria, 
 where he formed one of the landing party in the 
 attack upon Tortosa,* was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 15 Dec. 1840, 27 Aug. 1842, and 21 
 Dec. 1843, to the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stew- 
 art, Orestes 18, Capts. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Car- 
 negie, John Jas. Robinson, and Edw. St. Leger 
 Cannon, and Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, all 
 on the Mediterranean station — and, 4 Feb. 1845 
 (several months after the Indus had been paid off), 
 to the Vanguard 80, Capts. Geo. Wickens Willes 
 and Geo. Fred. Rich, with whom he was for up- 
 wards of three years employed in the Channel and 
 again in the Mediterranean. 
 
 STANHOPE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Chandos Scudamore S. Stanhope, born 19 Jan. 
 1823, is second son of Sir Edvfyn Fras. Scudamore 
 Stanhope, Bart., Commander R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 5 Nov. 1842 ; 
 served as Mate, from that period until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 2 March, 1846, in the Wak- 
 spite 50, Capts. Lord John Hay and Provo Wm. 
 Parry Wallis, on the North America and West India 
 and Mediterranean stations ; was appointed, 9 Dec. 
 in the latter year, to the Queen 110, flag-ship of 
 Sir John West at Devonport ; and, since 26 Aug. 
 1847, has been employed in the Asia 84, flag-ship 
 of Rear- Admiral Phipps Hornby in the Pacific. 
 
 STANHOPE. (Commander, 1814.) 
 
 Sir Edwyn Francis Scddamore Stanhope, bom 
 15 Dec. 1793, is only son (by Margaret, daughter of 
 Fras. Malbone, Esq., of Newport, Rhode Island, 
 North America), of Admiral Sir Henry Edwyn Stan- 
 hope, who commanded the Ruby 64 at the capture 
 of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay 17 Aug. 
 1796, was created a Baronet for his services during 
 the expedition against Copenhagen (in which he 
 was second in command) 13 Nov. 1807, and died 20 
 Dec. 1814. His grandmother was eldest daughter 
 and co-heiress of John Brydges, Marquis of Car- 
 narvon, son of James, first Duke of Chandos. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy on board the Thisbe 
 28, Capt. Wm. Rogers, bearing the flag of his father 
 in the river Thames ; removed as Midshipman, in 
 Feb. 1810, to the Surveillante 38, Capt. Sir Geo. 
 Ralph Collier; became Master's Mate, in the spring 
 of 1811, of the Naiad 38, Capt. Philip Carteret ; was 
 made Lieutenant, 9 Oct. following, into the Castor 
 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes; and, 27 Aug. 1814, was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander. In 1810 he 
 served in the boats of the Surveillante at the 
 capture of a brig, under a heavy fire, on the coast 
 of France ; and in the Castor, on his return from 
 a voyage to the West Indies, he contributed to the 
 cutting out of three privateers on the coast of Cata- 
 lonia. Since his attainment of the rank of Com- 
 mander he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Sir Edwyn F. Scudamore Stanhope is Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for CO. Gloucester, and has filled the 
 office of High Sheriff for Herefordshire. He mar- 
 ried, 20 Jan. 1820, Mary, daughter of Thos. Dowell, 
 Esq., of Parker's Well, co. Devon, formerly a Major 
 in the E. I. Co.'s Artillery service, by whom he has 
 issue six sons. His second son, Chandos, is a Lieu- 
 tenant R.N. Agents — Collier and Suee. 
 
 STANHOPE. (Captain, 1822. r-P., 14; h-p.,31.) 
 Hevky Stanhope, a lineal descendant of Sir 
 Philip Stanhope, first Earl of Chesterfield, is second 
 son of John Stanhope, Esq., Rear- Admiral of the 
 Red, who died in 1800, by Miss Caroline Dent ; and 
 grand-nephew of the late Lovel Stanhope, Esq., 
 Under-Secretary of State. His elder brother, PhiUp 
 John, died a Lieut.-Colonel in the army ; and an- 
 other, Charles George, also deceased, was a Captain 
 in the same service. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 Sept. 1802 ; and embarked, in Sept. 1806, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Blanche 38, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Lavie, under whom he was wrecked on the coast of 
 France, and taken prisoner, 4 March, 1807. In 
 March, 1811, he made an attempt at escape, but, 
 being intercepted, he was a second time placed in 
 close confinement. In the following May, however, 
 he again broke through his bonds, and on 4 June 
 he gained the coast near Flushing, where, after 
 encountering many dangers and hardships, he got, 
 on the night of 28 July, into an open boat, in which, 
 on the following morning, he reached the Incon- 
 stant 36, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen. A few weeks afterwards he 
 joined the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, 
 stationed in the Downs ; he was promoted, 30 Dec. 
 in the same year, to the rank of Lieutenant ; and 
 he was next, 4 Jan., 23 March, and 29 May, 1812, 
 and 14 May, 1814, appointed to the Prince or 
 Wales 98, Capt. Thos. Burton, Rose 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Mansell, Norge 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, 
 and Royal Charlotte yacht, Capts. Thos. Eyles 
 and Geo. Scott, all employed on Home service. 
 Attaining the rank of Commander 27 June, 1814, 
 Capt. Stanhope was appointed in that capacity, 8 
 May, 1820, to the Alacrity 10, fitting for South 
 America. In Oct. 1821 he removed to the Slaney 
 20, at Buenos Ayres, where he remained as senior 
 officer until Jan. 1822. He then proceeded to Rio 
 de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco ; and in the 
 ensuing May he arrived in England. He acquired 
 Post-rank 26 Dec. 1822 ; and accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Captain Stanhope married, 10 April, 1845, Mary, 
 second daughter of the late Tice-Admiral Sir Edw. 
 Jas. Foote, K.C.B. 
 
 Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607. 
 
 STANLEY. (Captain, 1838.) 
 
 Edward Stanley, born 10 May, 1798, at Bark- 
 way, Herts, is eldest son of the late Rev. Jas. Stan- 
 ley, A.B., Vicar of Ormskirk, by Sarah, daughter 
 of John Edleston, Esq. ; and brother (with Lieut. 
 Fred. Stanley, R.N., who was born 10 May, 1799, 
 went to sea under the late Sir John Poo Beresford, 
 and was drowned at the wreck of H.M. sloop Drake, 
 off St. Shot's, Newfoundland, 23 June, 1822) of 
 Chas. Thos. Stanley, Esq., who married Elizabeth 
 Rosamond, eldest daughter of Jas. Ward, Esq., of 
 Willey, CO. Surrey, widow of Commander Robt. 
 Henry Stanhope, R.N. (1828), cousin of Charles, 
 Earl of Harrington, and brother of Lady South- 
 ampton. He is brother-in-law of Henry Robt. Cro- 
 zier, Esq., of H.M. Woods and Forests (whose eldest 
 son, Henry Edward, is a Midshipman R.N.) ; also 
 of Lieut. Rich. Bayly Bowden, R.N. ; and cousin of 
 the Earl of Derby. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scout 18, Capt. Alex. 
 Ronton Sharpe, lying at Chatham ; and from the 
 following April until July, 1816, was employed in 
 the Channel, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the 
 Mediterranean, the greater part of the time in the 
 capacity of Alidshipman, in the Stag 36 and Spar- 
 tan 38, Capts. Wm. Wolrige and Phipps Hornby. 
 Volunteering then to accompany the expedition 
 fitting out against Algiers, he was received as a 
 Supernumerary on board the Queen Charlotte 
 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, under whom 
 he accordingly assisted and was wounded at the 
 bombardment of that place. The effects of the in- 
 jury he "there sustained he feels to this day. In 
 Sept. 1816 he was again placed under the orders of 
 
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 Capt. Wolrige in the Wasp 18 ; in which vessel he 
 continued for two years on the Mediterranean sta^ 
 tion. He next, in Aug. 1819, joined the Superb 74, 
 hearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy in South America, where he removed, in 
 Jan. 1821, to the Creole 42, Capts. Thos. White, 
 Thos. Bourohier, Thos. Jas. Cotton Evans, and Hon. 
 Fred. Spencer. He was officially promoted, after 
 having acted as Lieutenant of the latter ship, 31 
 Jan. 1824 ; and was subsequently appointed — 5 Nov. 
 
 1825, to the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney 
 Horton — 1 March, 1828, as Sfenior, to the Icarus 10, 
 Capt. Thos. Best, equipping for the West Indies — 
 and, 17 Dec. 1829, to the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. 
 Clement, on the same station. While at anchor at 
 Kronstat in the Gloucester (which ship had been 
 selected to carry out the Duke of Devonshire on 
 the occasion of his embassy to the Court of St. 
 Petersburg) Mr. Stanley landed, at the head of 100 
 seamen and marines, for the purpose of suppressing 
 an alarming fire which had broken out, 26 June, 
 
 1826, in Fort St. John. This service he happily 
 succeeded in accomplishing. On the following even- 
 ing, another fearful conflagration having burst forth 
 in the store-yard for timber adjoining the Mole, 
 where lay 400 vessels, most of them laden, he again 
 landed, as second in command, under Capt. Horton, 
 of a body of 300 seamen and marines ; and had it 
 not been for the exertions made, not only would the 
 merchantmen have fallen, in all probability, a sa- 
 crifice to the devouring element, but also the Russian 
 fleet which lay at anchor close by. As a reward 
 for these important services the Emperor of Russia 
 forwarded three rings of great value to be distri- 
 buted among the chief officers in command on the 
 two occasions, accompanied by a recommendation 
 of the recipients to the British Government for 
 promotion. Through some extraordinary mistake, 
 the ring intended for Mr. Stanley — the only person 
 of his rank engaged in the second afiair — was given 
 to another, and he in consequence lost both the 
 present and the promotion to which it would have 
 led. He was advanced to the rank of Commander, 
 however, soon after the paying off of the Shannon, 
 31 March, 1832; and in that capacity he served, 
 from 5 Aug. 1833 until put out of commission 21 
 March, 1839, in the Dee steamer and Wolf 18, on 
 the Home, Cape of Good Hope, and East India 
 stations. In the latter vessel, to which he was ap- 
 pointed 27 May, 1834, he displayed so much zeal 
 during the war with the CaiFres that he received, 
 5 Feb. 1835, the public thanks of Sir Benj. D'Urban, 
 Governor of the Cape. He was likewise so suc- 
 cessful, during the years 1836-7-8, in the suppression 
 of piracy in the Straits of Malacca and the adjacent 
 seas that he obtained testimonials of the most flat- 
 tering description from the Governor-General of 
 India in Council (dated 16 Aug. 1837), from the 
 Commander-in-Chief, Vice- Admiral Sir Thos. Bladen 
 Capel (dated 4 Feb. 1838), from the Governor of 
 Prince of Wales Island, and from the Chambers of 
 Commerce of Penang, Madras, and Singapore. By 
 the latter body he was presented with a sword 
 valued at 100 guineas. He was promoted as a re- 
 compense, for his valuable services to Post-rank, 
 while yet in the Wolf, 28 June, 1838 ; and since 18 
 July, 1845, he has been in command of the Calliope 
 26, again in the East Indies. 
 
 On 20 Jan. 1841, happening to be close to the 
 Grand Surrey Canal, Capt. Stanley observed two 
 boys fall through the ice into deep water. Per- 
 ceiving that not a moment was to be lost, he in- 
 stantly jumped in with his clothes on, swam through 
 the broken ice, and rescued one of them. He then 
 attempted to save the other, but got so benumbed 
 that he narrowly escaped perishing himself, and 
 was taken out of the water nearly senseless. As an 
 acknowledgment for his humane and intrepid con- 
 duct he was presented with the medaUion of the 
 Royal Humane Society. Agents— Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 STANLEY, F.E.S., F.R.A.S. (Captain, 1844. 
 r-p., 19; H-p., 4.) 
 
 Owen Stanley, born 13 June, 1811, is eldest son 
 of the Right Rev. Edw. Stanley, Bishop of Norwich, 
 by Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Oswald Leices- 
 ter, Rector of Stoke, Salop ; and nephew of Lord 
 Stanley, of Alderley . His youngest brother, Charles 
 Edward, is a Captain in the Royal Engineers. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Aug. 1824 ; and embarked, 8 Jan. 1826, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Druid frigate, Capt. Sam. Cham- 
 bers, stationed in the Channel. In the following 
 March he became Midshipman of the Ganges 84, 
 fitting for the flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, Com- . 
 mander-in-Chief in South America ; where he re- 
 moved, in Dec. 1827, to the Forte 44, Capt. Jere- 
 miah Coghlan, and in Jan. 1830 joined the Adven- 
 ture sloop, Capt. PhiUp Parker King, employed in 
 surveying the Straits of Magellan. Returning to 
 England in the ensuing Nov. he was next (he had 
 passed his examination 28 June, 1830) nominated, 
 14 March and 8 June, 1831, Mate of the Belvideba 
 42 and Rainbow 28, Capts. Hon. Rich. Saunders 
 Dundas and Sir John Franklin, both in the Medi- 
 terranean. He left the latter ship 4 July in the 
 same year, having been advanced at home to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 
 14 May, 1831 ; and he was subsequently appointed 
 —18 July and 19 Oct. 1831, 22 Oct. 1832, and 28 
 March, 1834, to the Kent 78, Capt. Sam. Pym, Pro- 
 CRis 10, Capt. John Thos. Talbot, Malabar 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, and Mastiff 6, Lieut.- 
 Commander Thos. Graves, all in the Mediterranean 
 — 11 May, 1836, to the Terror bomb, Capt. Geo. 
 Back— and 21 Dec. 1837, to the command of the 
 Britomart 10. In the Mastiff he assisted in sur- 
 veying the Grecian Archipelago ; and in the Terror 
 he had charge of the Astronomical and Magnetic 
 Observations during the Polar Expedition which 
 sailed from the Orkneys 23 June, 1836, and returned 
 to Lough Swilly 3 Sept. 1837. Between those dates 
 he took a survey, for the first time, of the north- 
 eastern shore of Southampton Island ; and made 
 various views of the coast. While in the Brito- 
 mart, in which vessel he remained until 27 April, 
 1843, Capt. Stanley, whose promotion to the rank 
 of Commander took place 26 March, 1839, aided in 
 forming the colony of Port Essington, made a track 
 survey of the Arafura Sea (see his published chart), 
 and visited and surveyed various harbours in New 
 Zealand and the Tenasserian province. He attained 
 his present rank 23 Sept. 1844 ; and since 20 Sept. 
 1846 has been in command of the Rattlesnake, 
 another surveying-vessel, now in the East Indies. 
 
 Capt. Stanley is a Fellow of the Royal and Astro- 
 nomical Societies. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 STANLEY. (Capt., 1838. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 22.) 
 
 William Peahce Stanley entered the Navy, 12 
 March, 1798, as Midshipman, on board the Diomede 
 50, commanded by the late Hon. Chas. Elphinstone 
 Fleeming, at first in the North Sea and East Indies 
 and then at the Cape of Good Hope, where he re- 
 moved, in Feb. 1801, to the Adamant 50, Capt. 
 Wm. Hotham. Between the ensuing Oct. and Oct. 
 1805 he served, on the Home station, in the Unite 
 36, Capt. Thos. Harvey, Trusty 50, Capt. Dan. Oli- 
 ver Guion, Conflict 10, Lieut.-Commanders John 
 Sibrell and Chas. Fegen, and, as Master's Mate, in 
 the Egyptienne 40, Capt. Hon. C. E. Fleeming. 
 While in the latter ship he assisted at the capture 
 of L'Epervier of 16 guns and 90 men, L'Acteon of 
 16 guns and 126 men, and La Chifftmette privateer 
 of 14 guns and 80 men. He was also present in Sir 
 Robt. CaJder's action 22 July, 1805. On leaving 
 the Egyptienne he sailed, in the Hind, Capt. Fras. 
 Wm. Fane, for the port of Cadiz; whence, on his 
 removal to the Superb 74, Capt. Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats, he proceeded, in pursuit of a French squa- 
 dron, to the West Indies. After sharing, in the 
 Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Hon. Alex. Coch- 
 rane, in the battle fought off St. Domingo, he was 
 successively, 13 March and 15 April, 1806, nomi- 
 
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 S'l'ANTON— STARK-STARMER. 
 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Dolphin 44, Capts. 
 Tlios. Tudor Tucker and Dan. Tandy, and Phea- 
 sant 18, Capts. Robt. Henderson and John Palmer. 
 Being confirmed to the Pheasant 15 Aug. in the 
 same year, he continued to serve in that vessel as 
 Senior Lieutenant on the South American, African, 
 Home, and Newfoundland stations, until 31 Aug. 
 1814. In Jan. 1807 his Captain, Palmer, having 
 landed with the army to assist at the siege of Monte 
 Video, he was left in command of the sloop, and was 
 employed in her in blockading the Spanish gun-ves- 
 sels at that place. He afterwards landed with the 
 troops under Lieut.-Colonel Dennis Pack, and aided 
 in taking possession of Colonla del Sacramento. 
 The Pheasant, while he was in her, made prize, 8 
 May, 1808, 3 Feb. 1810, and 17 June, 1811, of the 
 French privateers Trapard of 5 guns and 62 men, 
 le Comte de Hunebourg of 14 guns and 53 men, and 
 Le Hems of 6 guns and 40 men ; and, 12 March and 
 6 May, 1813, of the American letters-of-marque 
 William Bayard of 4 guns and 30 men, and Fox of 
 8 guns and 29 men — the former taken in company 
 with the "Wakspite 74, the latter in company with 
 . the Scylla sloop and Whiting schooner. In May 
 and Sept. 1815, Mr. Stanley was appointed First of 
 the Ethalion 42 and Tiber 38, Capts. Wm. Hugh 
 Dobbie and Jas. Kich. Dacres. He served in those 
 ships on the coast of Ireland, again at Newfound- 
 land, and in the Channel, until paid off 18 Sept, 1818 ; 
 and on 14 April, 1819, he was placed in command of 
 the Swallow Revenue-cutter, of 165 tons, mounting 
 6 six-pounder carronades and 2 small brass guns, 
 with a complement of 37 men and boys. In her he 
 captured, 27 Feb. 1821, after a long chase and run- 
 ning fight, in which two of his people were wounded, 
 the Idas smuggling cutter, having on board 700 tubs 
 of spirits and about 50 bales of tobacco, the greater 
 part whereof was thrown, during the chase, 
 overboard, as were the guns, supposed to be nine- 
 pounders. "When the Swallow got alongside at 
 night she found her prize abandoned by the crew, 
 about 30 in number, 3 of whom had been killed and 
 several wounded. JBoth vessels suffered severely in 
 sails and rigging. For his conduct Mr. Stanley 
 gained the approbation of Sir John Gore, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, as also of the Lords of the Admi- 
 ralty and the Treasury Board ; and on 19 July fol- 
 lowing was advanced to the rank of Commander. 
 He afterwards, from 28 Oct. 1833 until Feb. 1837, 
 and from 14 Feb. 1838 until Feb. 1839, officiated, as 
 Second-Captain, on the Mediterranean and North 
 American stations, of the Edinburgh and Malabar 
 74's, Capts. J. R. Dacres and Edw. Harvey ; to the 
 former of whom, now a Rear-Admiral, he has been, 
 since 14 Aug. 1845, Flag-Captain in the President 
 50, at the Cape of Good Hope. His Post commis- 
 sion bears date 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Capt. Stanley is married, and has issue one sou 
 and two daughters. 
 
 STANTON. (Retired Commander, 1835. f-p., 
 16; H-p., 38.) 
 
 James Stanton died about the commencement of 
 1848, aged upwards of 80. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1793, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 Capt. Sir Andw. Snape Douglas, successive flag-ship 
 of Admirals Lord Howe, Sir Roger Curtis, Lord 
 Keith, Sir Chas. Thompson, and Sir Jas. Hawkins 
 Whitshed ; the last-mentioned of whom he followed 
 as Master's Mate, in June and Oct. 1799, into the 
 Bakfleur and TiMERAiKE 98'b. During the six 
 years he continued in the Queen Charlotte he 
 was employed chiefly on the Home station, took 
 part in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 
 1794, and was present in 1797 at the mutiny at Spit- 
 head. His zealous exertions on the latter occasion 
 were conspicuous in the extreme and nearly cost 
 him his hfe. In the Barfleur he made a voyage 
 to the Mediterranean; and in the TEMiBAiRE* 
 (attached to the Channel fleet) he was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant, after having acted in that capacity, 5 
 
 * Flag-ship for some time of Rear-Admiral Geo. Campbell. 
 
 Oct. 1802. His last appointments were— 2 Nov. 
 1802, to the Lynx sloop, Capt. John Willoughby 
 Marshall, employed in the North Sea and on the 
 coast of France — 7 Feb. 1804, for rather more than 
 a year, to the Vesuvius bomb, Capts. Robt. O'Brien 
 and Jas. Lillicrap, also on the Home station — and, 
 in Oct. 1805, to the Bellkjceux 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Byng, afterwards Viscount Torrington. While in 
 the latter ship, of which he became Senior Lieu- 
 tenant, he commanded a party of seamen on shore 
 at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 
 1806; he likewise contributed, 27 Nov. following, 
 to the capture and destruction of a Dutch frigate, 
 seven brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other 
 merchant-vessels lying in Batavia Roads ; and he 
 was present at the occupation of the island of Rod- 
 riguez. He invalided home in Nov. 1809, and was 
 placed on the list of Retired Commanders 18 April, 
 1835. 
 
 He married in early life, and has left an only 
 daughter, Charlotte Howe Stanton, so named from 
 the circumstance of her having been born on board 
 the Queen Charlotte. 
 
 STARK. (LiEiTT., 1814. F-p., 21 ; H-p., 20.) 
 
 Peter Stark is nephew of Capt. John Aitkin 
 Blow, R.N. His father was a Captain in the 
 Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood, and, on the destruction of that 
 ship by fire off the island of Tenedos 14 Feb. 1807, 
 was received on board the Endymion 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, with whom he was in 
 conseq^uence present at the passage of the Darda- 
 nells. He had the misfortune, 27 Sept. 1807, to be 
 taken prisoner — but, escaping in Dec. 1810, he was 
 again, in the ensuing April, placed under the orders 
 of Capt. Blackwood in the Wakspite 74, on the Me- 
 diterranean station. He next, in Sept. 1813, joined, 
 as a Supernumerary, the Medway 74, fiag-ship of 
 Sir Rich. Bickerton at Portsmouth ; from the fol- 
 lowing Nov. until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 6 July, 1814, he served in the same capacity at 
 the Cape of Good Hope in the Laurel 38 and Se- 
 MiRAJiis 36, Capts. Hon. Granville Leveson Proby 
 and Chas. Richardson ; and between Aug. in the 
 latter year and May, 1816, he was employed, on the 
 Home station, in the Spitfire sloop, Capt. Jas. 
 Robt. Dalton, Grampus 50, Capt. Eras. Augustus 
 Collier, Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe, and Glas- 
 gow 60, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland. From 19 
 Jan. 1827 until the close of 1838 he held an appoint- 
 ment in the Coast Guard. 
 
 He is now Emigration Agent at Belfast. 
 
 STARMER. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Charles Starmer entered the Navy, 19 Sept. 
 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumber- 
 land 78, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, lying at Sheer- 
 ness ; and was afterwards employed as Midshipman 
 on the Newfoundland, African, and Home stations, 
 in the Grasshopper 18, Capt. David Buchan, Esk 
 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine Purchas, and Melville 74, 
 Capt. Henry HiU. In 1829, in the course of which 
 year he passed his examination, he joined the 
 Atholl 28, Capts. Alex. Gordon and Wm. Webb, 
 with whom he again, until Feb. 1832, served on the 
 coast of Africa. He next, in Jan. 1833, joined the 
 Spartiate 76, fitting for the flag of Sir M. Seymour, 
 Commander-in-Chief in South America, whence he 
 returned in Sept. 1 835 ; and on 2 May, 1837, at which 
 period he had been for upwards of 12 months em- 
 ployed in the Lightning steam-vessel on the north 
 coast of Spain, he was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. His succeeding appointments were — 13 
 July, 1837, to the Rhadamanthus steamer, Capt. 
 Arthur Wakefleld, in the Mediterranean— 15 May, 
 1841, as Senior, after seven months of half-pay, to 
 the Pelican 16, Capt. Chas. Geo. Elers Napier, on 
 the East India station— and 20 Jan. 1842, to the 
 Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier. Uniting in the 
 latter ship in the operations on the coast of China, 
 
ST E A D—STEANE—STEDDY— STEEL. 
 
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 he landed, 15 March, 1842, in command of the small- 
 arm men, and assisted with the troops and the rest 
 of the naval brigade in escalading the walls of Tse- 
 kee, and in subsequently driving the enemy from 
 their entrenched position on the heights at the back 
 of the town.* On 18 May following he contributed 
 in a similar manner to the capture of Chapoo ;t on 
 16 June and 21 July he was present at the attack 
 upon the "Woosung batteries and at the storming of 
 Chin-Kiang-Foo ; and in the month of Aug. he was 
 off Nanking when the treaty of peace was concluded. 
 He attained his present rank 23 Dec. 1842,J but re- 
 mained in the Blonde until paid off in March, 1843. 
 From 3 July, 1846, until put out of commission in 
 1848, he commanded the Heola steam-sloop of 240- 
 horse power in the Mediterranean. 
 
 STEAD. (LiEOT., 181,5. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Thomas Fisher Stead entered the Navy, 15 
 Sept. 1805, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board La Virginie 
 38, Capt. Edw. Brace ; in which ship he was for two 
 years and a half employed, latterly in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, in the North Sea and on the coast 
 of Ireland. He then, in March 1808, joined the Re- 
 venge 74, Capta. Sir John Gore and Hon. Chas. 
 Paget, off Cadiz ; and from the following Aug. until 
 Nov. 1814, he served (with the exception of a few 
 months passed, between April and Nov. 1809, in the 
 CiKCE 32, Capt. Edw. Woolcorabe) in the Pelorus 
 18, and Alcm^ne and Jason frigates, all com- 
 manded by Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, on the West 
 India, Newfoundland, and Home stations. In the 
 Jason he escorted Louis XVIII. to the French shore 
 in April, 1814; as he shortly afterwards did the 
 Emperor Alexander, the King of Prussia, and the 
 Dnohess of Oldenburgh, on their return from Eng- 
 land. In Nov. 1815, at which period he had been 
 serving for 11 months on the Brazilian and Cape of 
 Good Hope stations in the Centaur 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild, he was presented with a com- 
 mission dated back to 27 Feb. preceding. Since U 
 July, 1845, he has been employed as Admiralty Agent 
 on board a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 STEANE. (COMJHANDER, 1841.) 
 
 John Steane entered the Navy, in April, 1807, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nemesis 28, Capt. 
 Philip Somerville, with whom, after serving on the 
 coast of North America, he removed, in March, 
 1809, to the KoTA 38. In that frigate he was pre- 
 sent as Midshipman in the attack upon Flushing 
 and at the defence of Cadiz. In March, 1814, at 
 which time he was serving as Master's Mate in the 
 West Indies, he removed to the Venerable 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Philip Chas. Durham ; he joined 
 next, in the course of the ensuing month, the Palma 
 frigate, Capt. Jas. Andw. "Worth ; and from 1 Oct. 
 in the same year until 26 July, 1815, when he took 
 up a commission dated 18 Feb. preceding, he acted 
 as Lieutenant, also in the West Indies, in the Spider 
 sloop, Capts. ]?ras. Chas. Annesley and Kobt. Caul- 
 feild. His subsequent appointments were — 26 July, 
 1824, and 30 July, 1825, to the Valorous 26 and 
 Beaver sloop, Capts. the Earl of Huntingdon and 
 Chas. Croker, both in the West Indies — 7 April, 
 1831, to the Coast Guard— 11 June, 1833, to the 
 command, which he retained until Aug. 1834, of the 
 Sprightlt Revenue cruizer — 27 June, 1836, again 
 to the Coast Guard — 19 April, 1839, as Senior, far 
 about two months, to the Hydra steam-vessel, Capt. 
 Anthony Wm. Miilward, fitting for the Mediterra- 
 nean — and 14 Aug. and 6 Oct. 1840, to the command 
 of the Shearwater and Blazer steamers, the latter 
 on the North America and West India station. He at- 
 tained his present rank 22 Nov. 1841 ; and has since 
 been on half-pay. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 STEDDY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 20.) 
 John Steddt is a native of Ashford, oo. Kent. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1808, as 
 
 Sec.-ol. Vol., on board the Leonidas 38, Capt. Jas. 
 
 * Vide Goz. 1842, p. 2301. t V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3694. 
 
 + K Gv.1. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
 Donbar, stationed in the Mediterranean ; where, in 
 the following Dec, he became Midshipman of the 
 Tuscan 16, Capts. John Wilson, Chas. Phillips, and 
 Geo. Matthew Jones. On the night of 31 Oct. 1809 
 he served with the boats of a squadron under the 
 orders of Lieut. John Tailour at the capture and 
 destruction, after a fearful struggle, and a loss to 
 the British of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of the 
 French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, 
 bombards Victoire and Grandeur, and armed xebec 
 Normande, with a convoy of seven merchant-vessels, 
 defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay 
 of Rosas.* In the autumn of 1811 he was again em- 
 ployed in one of the Tuscan's boats at the destruc- 
 tion, under circumstances of the greatest danger, of 
 two vessels laden with coffee and sugar, which had 
 been run on shore near the river Guadalquivir ; in 
 the winter of 1811 he was for six days and nights 
 engaged in an open boat in landing troops at Alge- 
 ciras and Tarifa ; and in July, 1812, he was wounded 
 in an attack made by the boats of the Tuscan, in 
 company with the Encounter gun-brig, upon three 
 privateers, lying under the protection of a battery 
 and of troops posted in the houses at St. Lucar. 
 On the latter occasion, although one of the vessels 
 was brought out, the Encounter, having grounded, 
 fell into the hands of the enemy, and the boats, one 
 of which was destroyed, sustained a loss of 28, out 
 of 43, killed and wounded. In all the above affairs 
 Mr. Steddy was under the immediate orders of 
 Lieut. Pascoe Dunn. He continued to serve in the 
 Tuscan, as Master's Mate, until Oct. 1813 ; and be- 
 tween that period and the date of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 25 Oct. 1815, was employed 
 on the West India, Cork, and North Sea stations, 
 part of the time as Master's Mate, in the Barham 
 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, Tanais 38, Capt. 
 Joseph James, Buffalo store-ship, Master-Com- 
 mander Rich. Anderson, and Snake sloop, Capt. 
 Joseph Gape. He has had charge, since 18 Nov. 
 1835, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Steddy has on all occasions had the good 
 fortune to obtain the approval of his superiors. 
 He is married and has one son, Mr. E. Steddy, now 
 in practice as a surgeon at Chatham. 
 
 STEEL. (Lieut., 1825. r-p., 18; h-p., 21.) 
 
 David Steel entered the Navy, 31 March, 1808, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Pompee 74, Capts. 
 Geo. Cockburn and Wm. Chas. Fahie ; in which 
 ship he served at the reduction of Martinique, and 
 assisted, 17 April, 1809, at the capture, after an 
 arduous chase of two days and a close action of an 
 hour and a quarter (wherein the Pompee, who was 
 supported by the Castor 32, lost 9 killed and 30 
 wounded), of the D'Haupoult of 74 guns and 680 
 men, of whom between 80 and 90 were killed and 
 wounded. In the following Aug. he removed as 
 Master's Mate to the Neptune 98, Capt. Jas. Athol 
 Wood ; and with that officer he was again, from 
 1810 until Nov. 1815, employed in the Pomp4b in 
 the Channel and Mediterranean ; on which latter 
 station (having passed his examination in June, 
 1814) he served as Admiralty-Mate, from Dec. 1815 
 until May, 1819, in the Euphrates 36 and Albion 
 74, Capts. Robt. Preston and John Coode. He then 
 joined, in the same capacity, the Vengeur 74, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Dover 28, Capts. Arthur 
 Batt Bingham and Sam. Chambers, both on the 
 Leith station; where he was nominated, 7 Aug. 
 1824, Acting-Lieutenant of the Clio 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Strangways. He was confirmed to that vessel, 10 
 Jan. 1825, but left her 3 March, 1826, and has not 
 been since afioat. 
 
 During the time he was in the Pompee he took 
 part in a variety of cutting-out affairs, and was em- 
 ployed in landing troops in the unsuccessful attack 
 upon Tarragona in 1813. A wound he received on 
 that occasion procured him a small pension which 
 ceased on his promotion. While serving in the 
 Albion Mr. Steel fell overboard in Malta Harbour 
 and had it not been for the intrepid exertions of the 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 190S. 
 
1112 
 
 STEELE-STEPHEN-STEPHENS. 
 
 present Lieut. Henry Batt he would in all protar 
 billty have perished. 
 
 STEELE: (Ketired Commandeb, 1838. r-P., 
 13 ; H-p., 36.) 
 Elmes Steele entered the Navy, in March, 1798, 
 as A.B., on board the Triton 32, Capt. John Gore, 
 under whom, after visiting the Mediterranean, he 
 assisted, 18 Oct. 1799, at the capture, offCape Finis- 
 terre, of the Santa Brigida Spanish frigate of 36 guns 
 and 300 men, laden with treasure to an enormous 
 amount. In the course of 180O he became Midship- 
 man of the Cambridge 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. 
 Pasley at Plymouth, and Atlas 98, Capt. Theo- 
 philus Jones, attached to the Channel fleet ; and in 
 Hov. 1802, having left the Atlas in the preceding 
 May, he was nominated Master's Mate of the Caro- 
 line 36, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page. During the passage 
 of that ship to the East Indies he was placed on 
 board a prize and sent home. On his arrival he 
 joined the Castor 32, Capt. Edw. Brace, stationed 
 in the Downs. He was nominated, early in 1805, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Aimable 32, Capt. Wm. 
 Bolton ; was officially promoted 26 March in that 
 year ; and between Aug. following and Dec. 1812 
 was employed on the coast of North America, off 
 Boulogne and the north coast of Spain, and in the 
 North Sea and Mediterranean, in the Mercury 28, 
 Capt. Chas. Pelly, Leopard 50, Capt. Salusbury 
 Pryce Humphreys, Glommen sloop, Capt. Chas. Pick- 
 ford, Abethdsa 38, Capt. Robt. Mends, Horatio 38, 
 Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe, Menelaus 38, Capt. 
 Sir Peter Parker, and Barfleur 98, Capt. Sir Edw. 
 Berry. He was on board the Leopard, we believe, 
 when she compelled, 22 June, 1807, the U.S. frigate 
 Chesapeake to surrender, after an engagement occa- 
 sioned by a refusal on the part of the latter to per- 
 mit the British to search her for deserters. On 20 
 March, 1809, a party of seamen under the orders of 
 Lieut. Steele, who was then serving in the Are- 
 thusa, destroyed the guns at Baignio, a place on 
 the coast of Prance, and captured a vessel there 
 laden with Merino wool;* while Lieut. Fennel, of 
 the Koyal Marines, accompanied by Mr. ElUott, the 
 Purser, and a boat's crew, ascended a mountain 
 and destroyed the signal-posts. He accepted his 
 present rank 25 April, 1838. Agents — Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 STEELE. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 8; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Henry Perin Steele entered the Navy, 25 June, 
 1808, as a Volunteer, on board the Christian VII. 80, 
 Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke, flag-ship afterwards of 
 the late Lord Exmoutb, with whom (deducting one 
 interval passed, between Feb. 1812 and Dec. 1813, 
 in the ALCMiiNE frigate and Pylades sloop, Capts. 
 Edwards Lloyd Graham and Jas. Wemyss, and an- 
 other, from Sept. 1814 until April, 1815, spent on 
 board the Prince Frederick 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Thos. Byam Martin at Plymouth, and Malta 
 84, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie) he continued employed 
 in the North Sea, Channel, and Mediterranean, as 
 Midshipman and Mate of the Signals, in the same 
 ship and in the Caledonia 120 and Boyne 98, until 
 made Lieutenant, 22 Nov. 1815, into the Partridge 
 sloop, Capt. John Miller Adye. He was present in 
 the Caledonia in a partial action with the Toulon 
 fleet 13 Nov. 1814, and at the surrender of Genoa. 
 He left the Partridge 12 March, 1816, and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Steele married, 30 April, 1839, Anne, relict 
 of H. Elkins Way, Esq., and second daughter of the 
 late John Ranger Russell, Esq., of Beaminster, co. 
 Dorset. 
 
 STEELE. (Lieut., 1811. p-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Joseph Steele died in 1848. 
 
 This offlcer entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1804, as 
 L.M., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt. John 
 Harvey. After enacting a Midshipman's part in 
 Sir Robt. Calder's action, he removed, 27 July, 1805, 
 to the Glory 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Chas. Stirling, whom he followed, in July and Dec. 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 584. 
 
 1806, into the Sampson and Diadem 64's. In the 
 latter ship he was present at the taking of Monte 
 Video in Feb. 1807. On leaving her he joined as 
 Master's Mate, 23 April, 1808, the Ariadne 20, 
 Capt. Arthur Farquhar, stationed in the North Sea ; 
 where, in the Baltic, and at Plymouth, we find him, 
 from Feb. 1809 until Sept. 1810, employed in the 
 Bellerophon 74 and President 38, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Sam. Warren. He was then 
 transferred to the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey in the West Indies; and on 24 Jan. 1811 he 
 was there placed in command, with the rank of 
 Lieutenant, of the Morne Foktunee schooner. He 
 returned home in Sept. 1813 ; and was lastly, from 
 15 April until 1 Sept. 1815, employed in the North 
 Sea in the Conflict 12, Capt. Abraham Mills Haw- 
 kins. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 STEPHEN. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 26 ; 
 H-p., 26.) 
 
 John Stephen entered the Navy, 21 Dec. 1805, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Starling 12, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Chas. Fred. Napier, stationed in the North 
 Sea ; where he became Midshipman, in Nov. 1807, 
 of the Roebuck 44, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Billy 
 Douglas, and, in Oct. 1808, Master's Mate of the 
 Skylark 16, Capts. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt 
 and Jas. Boxer. From 27 Nov. in the latter year 
 until 31 Deo. 1811 (during part of which period he 
 was employed with the flotilla in the defence of 
 Messina) he served on the Halifax and Mediterra- 
 nean stations in the Termagant 18, Capts. H. E. 
 P. Sturt, Geo. Wm. Hughes D'Aeth, Rich. Buck, 
 Rich. Moorman, Fred. Chas. Squire, and Wm. Ha - 
 milton. He then joined the Repulse 74, Capt. 
 Rich. Hussey Moubray, also on the Mediterranean 
 station ; and in June and Sept. 1814 he was re- 
 ceived on board the Salvador del Mundo, flag- 
 ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Plymouth, 
 and Basilisk 6, commanded in the Channel by 
 Lieut. Abraham Pike. In Aug. 1815 he took up a 
 commission bearing date 23 of the preceding Feb. ; 
 and he was subsequently appointed — 31 May, 1823, 
 and (after 12 months of half-pay) 4 March, 1830, to 
 the Ramillies and Talavera 74* s. Coast Blockade 
 ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot— 26 
 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in which service he 
 continued until Jan. 1834^6 May, 1839, to the 
 Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheemess, Capts. Sir John 
 Hill and Peter Fisher— and, 26 Jan. 1844, to the 
 command, 10 months after he had left the Ocean, 
 of the Raven cutter, also stationed at Sheerness. 
 He was superseded from the latter vessel on the 
 occasion of his promotion to the rank of Commander 
 9 Nov. 1846 ; and he is now on half -pay. 
 
 For his exertions, 1 Nov. 1823, in saving the crew 
 and the remains of the Lady Fopham, wrecked on 
 Margate Sands, Commander Stephen received the 
 thanks of the Committee at Lloyd's, and a piece of 
 plate valued at 202. His only daughter is the wife 
 of Lieut. Thos. Woods, R.N. 
 
 STEPHENS. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John Stephens entered the Navy 15 Oct. 1829; 
 passed his examination 20 July, 1836 ; and while 
 serving in the Mediterranean as Mate on board the 
 Inconstant 36, Capt. Danl. Pring, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 17 Aug. 1841. His suoceed- 
 iilg appointments were — 19 Aug. 1841, as Additional, 
 to the Powerful 84, Capt. Geo. Mansel, also in the 
 Mediterranean — 23 Nov. foUovring, for a short time, 
 to the Implacable 72, Capt. Edw. Harvey, on the 
 same station — 11 May, 1843, again as Additional- 
 Lieutenant, to the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Rich, Thomas in the Pacific — 2 Aug. 1844, 
 to the Growler steam-sloop, Capt. Claude Henry 
 Mason Buckle, on the coast of Africa, whence he 
 returned in the spring of 1845 — 8 April, 1846, as 
 First, to the Childers 12, Capt. John Chas. Pitman, 
 on the East India station — and, 7 May, 1847, nine 
 months after he had been superseded from the 
 Childers, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Louis, Admiral Superintendent at Plymouth, 
 
STEPHENS. 
 
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 where he remained until the early part of 1848. 
 Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 STEPHENS, foftnerly Wilkinson. (Admikal 
 OF THE Red, 1837. r-p., 22 ; h-p., 41.) 
 
 Philip Stephens died in 1846. He was only son 
 of the late Capt. Thos. Wilkinson, K.N., by Milli- 
 cent, eldest surviving daughter ofWrn. Howe, Esq., 
 of Mistley Thome, co. Essex ; and grand-nephew 
 of the late Sir Philip Stephens, Bart., M.P. for 
 Sandwich, many years Secretary, and afterwards 
 one of the Lords Commissioners, of the Admiralty, 
 whose surname he assumed on inheriting, at the 
 death of Viscount Ranelagh in 1820, estates in 
 which Sir Philip had bequeathed to that nobleman 
 (his son-in-law) a life-interest. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug. 1783, as a 
 Boy, on board the Latona frigate, Capts. Boston, 
 Sandy, and Berkeley, stationed in the West Indies. 
 He served next as Midshipman, from Dec. 1786 
 until May, 1789, on the coast of Africa in the Ad- 
 venture 44, Capts. Davey and John Nicholson 
 Inglefield, the latter of whom he then followed into 
 the Medusa 50. After acting for about three 
 months as Lieutenant in the Niger frigate olF 
 Brest, he was confirmed, we believe, to that rank, 
 in Oct. 1790, in the Colossus 74, Capt. Henry 
 Harvey. In the course of 1791-2-3 he joined the 
 VicTOKT 100, flag-ship of Lord Hood, Hebe and 
 Penelope frigates, Capts. Alex. Hood and Bartho- 
 lomew Rowley, and Europa 50, Commodore John 
 Ford. Under the latter officer he shared in the 
 attack upon St. Domingo. He was promoted, 30 
 March, 1794, to the command of L'Actif sloop, in 
 the West Indies; was there made Post, 5 Sept. fol- 
 lowing, into the Hermione 32; and was subse- 
 quently appointed — in Feb. 1797, to the Success 32, 
 employed in the Channel and off Cadiz — in May, 
 1799, to the Unicorn 32, attached to the Channel 
 fleet— in July, 1800, for five months, to the Naiad 38, 
 on the coast of France — in May, 1802, to the Hus- 
 sar, 38, in which ship, during his passage home 
 with despatches from Ferrol, he was wrecked, on 
 the night of 8 Feb. 1804, on the southernmost part 
 of the Saintes— and, in Nov. 1810, to the Courageox 
 74, in the Baltic, where he remained until May, 
 1813. He was not afterwards employed. He be- 
 came a Rear-Admiral 4 Dec. 1813 ; a Vice-Admiral 
 10 July, 1821 ; and a full Admiral 10 Jan. 1837. 
 
 Admiral Stephens was Deputy-Lieutenant for co. 
 Norfolk. He married, in 1804, Sophia, daughter of 
 Wm. Worth, Esq., of Hayneford, near Norwich. 
 
 STEPHENS. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 KoBERT Lee Stephens entered the Navy 12 Deo. 
 1812 ; and passed his examination in 1819. While 
 serving with Capt. Thos. Bennett in the Ctgnet 10, 
 he had the good fortune, 10 July, 1822, with two 
 boats belonging to that vessel, to save all but 4 of 
 the crew of the Sarah free-trader of 900 tons, which 
 was in the act of foundering during a furious north- 
 wester in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope. "I 
 trust, Sir," says Mr. James Norton, late commander 
 of the Sarah, in a letter addressed to Capt. Bennett, 
 " that you will permit me the gratification of im- 
 pressing on your attention the admirable manner in 
 which Mr.' Stephens, the officer appointed by you to 
 the dangerous duty, fulfilled your intentions and 
 orders, at the risk of his own life and those of your 
 boats' crews. His humanity, presence of mind, and 
 cool courage, were the cause of preservation to the 
 many lives that were saved — those qualities were 
 equally and eminently conspicuous during a scene 
 the most appalling and afflicting that can be ima- 
 gined." Mr. Stephens was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 30 March, 1826. He has been in 
 charge, since 7 June, 1831, of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. He married, in Feb. 1830, Miss Ede, of 
 Millbrook. 
 
 STEPHENS. (Lieutenant, 1834.) 
 
 Thomas Stephens died 27 Deo. 1844 at Barn- 
 staple. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 4 
 
 Sept. 1823 ; and embarked, 22 March, 1825, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Aurora 46, Capt. John 
 Maxwell, stationed off Lisbon. In May, 1826, he 
 removed ss Midshipman to the Forte 44, Capt. 
 Jeremiah Coghlan, fitting for South America; 
 whence, we believe, he returned in 1829 with Sir 
 John Gordon Sinclair in the Lord Wellington. 
 After serving for a short time at Portsmouth in the 
 Victory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliott, he was nomi- 
 nated Mate, in Sept. 1829 (immediately after he had 
 passed his examination), of the Melville 74, Capts. 
 Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and Christopher John 
 Williams Nesham, on the Mediterranean station. 
 He next, in Sept. 1830, joined the Favorite 18, 
 Capt. Joseph Harrison, on the coast of Africa; 
 where, in Jan. and May, 1833, he was placed in com- 
 mand, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of _ the 
 Pluto steamer and Brisk brig. He was officially 
 promoted 2 April, 1834; and was subsequently, 11 
 June and 10 Sept. 1836, appointed to the Melville 
 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett, and Champion 
 18, Capts. Bobt. Fair and Geo. St. Vincent King, 
 both on the North America and West India station. 
 He was paid off from the Champion, of which vessel 
 he bad been the greater part of the time First- 
 Lieutenant, in Nov. 1838 ; and did not afterwards 
 go afloat. 
 
 STEPHENS. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 William Knighton Stephens entered the Navy 
 19 Jan. 1829; passed his examination in 1833; ob- 
 tained his first commission 30 April, 1834 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed — 18 March, 1836, to the 
 Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, fitting at 
 Plymouth — 2 Nov. following, to the Barham 50, 
 Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, in the Mediterranean — 
 and, 7 Nov. 1837 and 28 Dec. 1838, as Senior, to the 
 Hazard 18 and CARrsrOBT 26, Capts. Jas. Wilkin- 
 son and Henry Byam Martin, on the same station. 
 For his services in the latter ship during the opera- 
 tions on the coast of Syria, where he commanded 
 the boats in the attack upon Tortosa,* and assisted 
 at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander 4 Nov. 1840. 
 From 14 Dec. 1844 until advanced to his present 
 rank 9 Nov. 1846, he officiated as Second-Captain of 
 the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, attached 
 to the Channel squadron. 
 
 Capt. Stephens is married and has issue. Agents 
 — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 STEPHENS. (Lieutenant, 1821.) 
 
 William Lukis Stephens entered the Navy, 3 
 Feb. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 
 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, whom he followed 
 as Midshipman, in 1810, into the Northumberland 
 74. In the former ship he co-operated with the 
 patriots on the north coast of Spain ; and assisted, 
 in company with a squadron under Rear-Admiral 
 Stopford, at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three 
 French frigates under the batteries of Sable d'O- 
 lonne, on the coast of France, after a contest in 
 which the Defiance, added to severe damage expe- 
 rienced in her sails and rigging, sustained a loss of 
 2 men killed and 25 wounded. In the North- 
 umberland he was present, in company with the 
 Growler gun-brig, at the destruction, at the en- 
 trance of L'Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates 
 L'Arienne and L' Andrmnaque and 16-gun brig Mame- 
 louckj whose united fire, conjointly with that of a 
 heavy battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the 
 Northumberland's people. In Jan. 1813 he was 
 received as a Supernumerary on board the Puissant 
 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, lying at Spithead; he 
 was next, from the foUovring Feb. until Sept. 1817, 
 employed on the coast of North America in the 
 Lacedemonian and Niger frigates, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Saml. Jackson ; and in May, 1818, 
 after having served at Plymouth as Admiralty-Mid- 
 shipman in the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Lord 
 Exmouth, and Ferket sloop, Capt. Pettman, he 
 joined in that capacity the Topaze 38, Capt. John 
 Rich. Lumley, on the East India station ; where, 
 - Vi e Gas. 1840, p. 2906. 
 
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 STERNE-STEVENS-STEVENSON. 
 
 in Aug. 1821, he was placed under the orders of 
 Sir H. Blackwood, as Master's Mate, in the Lean- 
 DEK 60. He saw much boat-service in the Lace- 
 demonian and Niger ; and in the Topaze he was 
 wounded in an affair at Mocha. In 1822, having 
 been promoted, at home, by a commission dated 9 
 Oct. in the preceding year, he returned to England 
 in the ship last mentioned, then commanded by 
 Capt. Price Blackwood. He served subsequently 
 in the West Indies and Mediterranean, from 11 Dec. 
 1824 until 1827, in the Jaspek 10, Capts. Chas. 
 Howe Fremantle, Henry Martin Blackwood, and 
 Leonard Chas. Kooke ; and since 19 June, 1833, he 
 has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 Lieut. Stephens married, 13 May, 1840, Miss Anne 
 Savage Reid, of Lukesland Grove, Ivybridge. 
 
 STEKNE. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 32; h-p., 11.) 
 
 William Sterne entered the Navy,- 7 March, 
 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 38, Capt. 
 Koht. Honyman. Continuing in that frigate until 
 wrecked at the entrance of Milford Haven 31 Jan. 
 1808, he was present as Midshipman at the reduc- 
 tion of the Cape of Good Hope (where he witnessed 
 the surrender of the JtoUa brig and Vohntaire. fri- 
 gate) ; likewise in all the operations in the Rio de la 
 Plata which preceded the evacuation of Spanish 
 America ; and in the attack made by Admiral Gam- 
 bier upon Copenhagen. On 9 Sept. 1805 he assisted 
 as Midshipman at the destruction of an armed brig 
 off Monte Video.* Being nominated, in Oct. 1808, 
 Master's Mate of the Proselyte bomb, Capt. Henry 
 Jas. Lyford, he was again, in that vessel, wrecked, 
 5 Jan. 1809, by the ice in the neighbourhood of 
 Anholdt, which island he succeeded, with the rest 
 of the officers and ship's company, in reaching, 
 after a most severe and hazardous walk of eight 
 miles. He remained at Anholdt until relieved, six 
 weeks later, by the Ranger stoop, Capt. Geo. Ack- 
 lom, under whom we find him, during the next three 
 years, employed in the Baltic. From 6 May, 1813, 
 until 30 Sei:)t. 1814, he served as Acting-Lieutenant 
 and Lieutenant (commission dated 23 Aug. in the 
 former year) in the Semihamis 36, at the Cape of 
 Good Hope; and since 11 Oct. 1823 he has filled 
 the appointment of Inspecting Commander in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 by Capt. Robt. Bell Campbell, he proceeded in 
 that vessel to the West Indies ; where, in June and 
 Aug. 1806, he became Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate of the Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Alligator, Capt. R. B. 
 Campbell. In Dec. of the same year he joined the 
 Seahorse of 42 guns and 281 men, Capt. John 
 Stewart, attached to the force in the Mediterranean ; 
 and on the night of .") July, 1808, he contributed to 
 the capture, after a memorably furious engagement, 
 and a loss to the Seahorse (30 of whose crew were 
 absent) of 5 men killed and 10 wounded, of the 
 Turkish man-of-war JBadere Zaffer, mounting 52 
 guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom 170 
 were slain and 200 wounded. The Alis Fezan, of 
 26 guns and 230 men, a ship which had been also 
 opposed to the Seahorse, was at the same time put 
 to flight. While on his passage, 2 Oct. 1809, with 
 despatches to Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin at Pa- 
 lermo, Mr. Stevens was again woimded and taken 
 prisoner by the French. He was detained at Naples 
 until 17 Feb. 1811; and being then exchanged he 
 rejoined the Seahorse, in which ship, after serving 
 for a short time with Sir Chas. Cotton in the San 
 Josef 110, he returned in the following June to 
 England an invalid. His promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant took place 7 July, 1812. At the com- 
 mencement of the peace he had command, under 
 the authority of the Post-offlce and Admiralty, of 
 the Pelham and Uxbridge Falmouth and Holyhead 
 packets ; and he was afterwards, from 18 May, 
 1837, until advanced to his present rank 4 May, 
 1842, employed in the Packet-service at Weymouth, 
 with his name on the books of the Victort 104, 
 bearing the flag of the Admiral Superintendent at 
 Portsmouth ; where, since 28 Jan. 1848, he has been 
 ofiioiating as Second-Captain of the Blenheim 
 steam guard-ship, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin. 
 
 Commander Stevens' eldest daughter is the wife 
 of Commander Jonas Archer Abbott, B.N. 
 
 STEVENS. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Frederick Hildebrand Stevens entered the 
 Navy 18 Sept. 1823 ; passed his examination 9 Nov. 
 1830 ; and, on the occasion of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 28 July, 1841, was nominated 
 Additional of the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Acworth Ommanney in the^ Mediterranean ; 
 where he had been serving latterly, as Mate, on 
 board the Medea steamer, Capt. Fred. Warden. 
 His appointments have since been — in the course 
 of the same year, to the Powerful 84, Capt. Mi- 
 chael Seymour, fitting at Portsmouth — 26 March, 
 
 1842, to the Qoeen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. 
 R. Owen in the Mediterranean — 18 Jan. and 8 April, 
 
 1843, and 12 Sept. 1844, to the Geyser steamer, Me- 
 dea again, and Orestes 18, Capts. Edw. John Car- 
 penter, F. Warren, and Edw. St. Leger Cannon, on 
 the same station — 14 Nov. 1846, to the America 50, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland, employed on particular 
 service— and, 30 Nov. 1847, to the Inconstant 36, 
 Capt. John Shepherd, now on the S.E. coast of 
 America. In the Powerful and Queen he was Ad- 
 ditional, and in the Geyser, Orestes, and America 
 First, Lieutenant. Of the Inconstant he is at pre- 
 sent Second-Lieutenant. Agent — Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 STEVENSON. (Retired Commandek, 1846. 
 F-p., 7; H-p., 39.) 
 Charles Goude Stevenson entered the Navy, in 
 Feb. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Robust 74, 
 Capt.Wm. Brown, with whom he served off Rochefort 
 and on the Irish station, the latter part of the time 
 in the Hussar 38, until the spring of 1802. In the 
 summer of 1803 he was again placed under the 
 command of the same officer in the Komney 50 ; in 
 which ship he made a voyage to the coast of Africa 
 and the West Indies, and continued employed in the 
 capacity of Midshipman with Capt. Hon. John 
 Colville, until wrecked in the Texel 19 Nov. 1804. 
 He next, in Feb. 1805, became Master's Mate of the 
 Otter sloop, Capt. John Davies, stationed at first 
 in the Downs and then at the Cape of Good Hope ; 
 and in July and Aug. 1808 (he had left the Otter 
 in the preceding April) he was successively nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Lyra and Apelles 
 sloops, the former lying in the river Thames. In 
 the Apelles, to which vessel, commanded in the 
 Downs by Capt. Thos. Oliver, he was confirmed 27 
 Oct. 1808, he continued until ill health obliged him, 
 in Nov. 1809, to seek half-pay. He accepted his 
 present rank 20 April, 1846. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 STEVENS. (Commandek, 1842.) 
 James Agnew Stevens entered the Navy, 9 Aug. 
 
 1803, asSec.-cl. Boy, on board the Sulphur bomb, 
 Capt. Danl. M'Leod; and on 14 of the ensuing 
 month was wounded in an attack upon the town of 
 Granville. Removing with Capt. M'Leod, in Oct. 
 
 1804, to the Cygnet sloop, commanded afterwards 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 326. 
 
 STEVENSON. (Reab-Admiral, 1846. f-p.,23; 
 H-P., 41.) 
 James Stevenson entered the Navy, in 1783, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bonetta sloop, Capt. 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats, stationed on the coast of 
 North America; where he continued employed 
 "until Nov. 1789, part of the time as Midshipman, in 
 the Assistance, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Douglas, Her- 
 MiONE 32, Capt. Stone, Resource, Capt. Paul Min- 
 ohin. Brisk, Capt. Edw. BuUer, and Thisbe 28, 
 Capt. Sam. Hood. He served next with the officer 
 last mentioned in the Channel and West Indies, 
 from May, 1790, until April, 1792, in the Juno 32; 
 and in Aug. 1796 he joined the Centurion 50, Capt. 
 Sam. Osborne, in the East Indies ; on which station 
 
STEWART. 
 
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 he -vras nominated, 3 Deo. lollowing and 22 Sept. 
 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the Victorioos 74, Capts. 
 Wm. Clarlc and Pulteney Malcolm. In the latter 
 ship, to which he was confirmed 11 June, 1798, he 
 assisted at the blockade of Mangalore. He returned 
 to England in Aug. 1803; obtained, in 1804, an ap- 
 pointment in the Sea Fencibles at Dundee; ac- 
 quired the rank of Commander 22 Jan. 1806 ; and 
 from 25 Sept. following until the receipt of his Post- 
 commission, bearing date 27 Feb. 1812, was employed 
 (with the exception of an interval of two months in 
 the summer of 1808) in the Gannet 16, on various 
 parts of the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Home sta- 
 tions. He made prize, during that period, of two 
 privateers, and accompanied the expeditions to 
 Copenhagen and the Walcheren. He accepted his 
 present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 STEWAKT. (Commander, 1844. F-p., 19; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 
 Edwajrd Bkekton Stewart, born 7 March, 1795, 
 is son of the lat« Hon. J. Stewart, Judge of the Su- 
 preme Court of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leopard 50, Capt. Salus- 
 bury Pryoe Humphreys, bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Geo. Cranfield Berkeley on the coast of North 
 America ; where he continued to serve, with occa- 
 sional intervals, in the Swiftsure 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir John Borlase Warren, Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. 
 Pelham Brenton, Shannon 38, Capt. Philip Bowes 
 Vere Broke, Asia 74 and Tonnant 80, bearing each 
 the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Acasta 
 40, Capt. Alex. Kobt. Kerr, until Aug. 1815. While 
 employed in the latter ship he received a Lieute- 
 nant's commission dated 1 Sept. 1814. His subse- 
 quent appointments were— 23 Aug. 1815, to the 
 Spencer 74, guard-ship at Plymouth, Capt. Wm. 
 Kobt. Broughton— 16 June, 1817, to the Saracen 
 18, Capt. John Gore, on the North American sta- 
 tion, whence he returned to England and was paid 
 off in Deo. 1818—24 Aug. 1821, to the Doierel 18, 
 Capts. Wm. Hendry and Rich. 1-Ioare, fitting for 
 service at Halifax— 3 May, 1823, after a few months 
 of half-pay, to the Albion 74, guard-ship at Ports- 
 mouth, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste— 18 June, 1825, to 
 the Pyramos 42_, Capts. Eobt. Gambler and Geo. 
 Hose Sartorius, in which frigate he escorted Mr. 
 Morier, the British Commissioner, to Mexico, and 
 was then for a considerable time employed off Lis- 
 bon— 18 Sept. 1829, to the Donegal 78, Capt. Sir 
 Jahleel Brenton, guard-ship at Sheerness, where he 
 remained until the close of 1830— and 7 June, 1844, 
 to the Black Eagle steamer, for the purpose of 
 attending upon the Emperor of llussia. He was 
 advanced to his present rank on 1 4 of the month 
 last mentioned ; and is now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Stewart married, 2 Aug. 1830, Frances 
 Isabella, eldest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral 
 Sir Jahleel Brenton, Bart., K.C.B., by whom he has 
 issue four daughters. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 STEWART. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 28.) 
 Frederick Adgustds Bowes Stewart is brother 
 of Capt. Chas. Stewart, late of the 24th Eegt., whose 
 heroism and presence of mind saved from destruc- 
 tion the passengers and crew of the Archduke Charles 
 transport, when wrecked, near Halifax, in June, 1816 
 (see U. S. Journal for 1831, Pt. IIL, p. 88) ; nephew 
 of Major Geo. Desbrisay, of the 40th Regt. ; and 
 first-cousin of Lieut. Thos. Henry Wm. Desbrisay, 
 K.M., who served in the boats under the present Sir 
 Nesbit Josiah Willoughby in a dashing attack upon 
 the enemy's batteries and troops at Jacotel, in the 
 Mauritius, 1 May, 1810. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 5 Nov. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mercdry 28, Capt. Jas. 
 Alex. Gordon, stationed at Newfoundland. From 
 March, 1808, until March, 1812, he was employed in 
 the East Indies, the greater part of the time in the 
 capacity of Midshipman, in La CHirroNNE 36, Capt. 
 John Wainwright, Ceylon 32 and Doris 36, both 
 commanded by Capt. Wm. Jones Lye (under whom 
 
 he assisted at the reduction of the Isle of France 
 and Java), and Illustrious 74, Capt. Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton. He then returned home in the Doris ; 
 and after serving for about two years on the Chan- 
 nel, Brazilian, and Halifax stations, in the Rippon 
 74, Capt. Sir Christopher Cole, Akbar 50, Capt. 
 Sir Arch. CoUingwood Dickson, and Tonnant 80, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he was nomi- 
 nated, 1 Jan. 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the NiE- 
 MEN 38, Capt. Sam. Pym. He was promoted ofli- 
 cially 25 April following; and was subsequently 
 appointed — in 1815-16, to the Madagascar and 
 MEANDER frigates, both commanded by Sir Jas. 
 Alex. Gordon on Home service — 7 Dec. 1822, for 
 three months, to the Sappho 18, Capt. Jenkin 
 Jones, on the Cork station — and 8 July, 1833, to the 
 command, which he retained until 1836, of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. He has not been since em- 
 ployed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 STEWART. (LiEDTENANT, 1840.) 
 
 Henry Stewart entered the Navy 29 June, 1829 ; 
 passed his examination in 1835 ; and as a reward for 
 his services on the coast of Syria was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appoint- 
 ments have since been — 15 Dec. 1840, to the Castor 
 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in the Mediterranean— 5 Oct. 
 1841, to the Vindictive 50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, 
 under whom he was for three years employed, chiefly 
 on the East India station — 12 Sept. and 6 Oct. 1845, 
 as Senior, to the Apollo troop-ship, Capt. AVm. Rad- 
 cliffe, and KiNonsHER 12, Capts. Chas. Foreman 
 Brown and Fred. Wilmot Horton, the latter attached 
 to the force on the coast of Africa — and 20 Feb. 1847, 
 as Additional, to the Crocodile Receiving-ship at 
 Cork, Capts. Sam. Rosser Protheroe and Geo. Au- 
 gustus Bedford. 
 
 STEWART, C.B. (Captain, 1817. p-p., 19; 
 
 H-p., 23.) 
 Houston Stewart, bom 3 Aug. 1791, is second 
 surviving son of the late Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, 
 Bart., of Greenock and Blackball, Lord-Lieutenant 
 of CO. Renfrew, by Catherine, daughter of Sir Wm. 
 Maxwell, Bart., of Sprinkell, co. Dumfries. He is 
 brother of Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. for 
 Lancaster from 1831 until 1837, and for co. Renfrew 
 in 1841 ; brother also of the Duchess of Somerset; 
 and uncle of the present Sir Michael Robt. Shaw 
 Stewart, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capt. Sir 
 John Gore, under whom he escorted the Marquis 
 Cornwallis as Governor-General to India, and re- 
 turned home from Calcutta, a distance of 13,831 
 miles, in the extraordinarily short period of 82 days. 
 Following Sir John into the Revenge 74, he served 
 in that ship off Brest and L'Orient, and witnessed 
 the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four heavy French 
 frigates by a squadron under the orders of Sir Sam. 
 Hood. On the latter occasion he was present in the 
 boat which took possession of La Gloire of 46 guns. 
 In the ensuing Oct. he joined the Imperiedse 38, 
 Capts. Lord Cochrane and Thos. Garth ; in the 
 boats of which ship we find him, 7 Jan. 1807, con- 
 tributing to the destruction of Fort Eoquette, at 
 the entrance of the Bay of Arcasson.* In July, 
 1808, he aided in enforcing the surrender of the 
 Castle of Mongat, by which the road to Gerona, 
 then besieged by the French, had been completely 
 commanded ; in Sept. of the same year he united in 
 destroying the semaphores at Bourdique, La Pinde, 
 St. Maguire, Frontignan, Canet, and I'oy, with the 
 houses attached to them, 14 barracks belonging to 
 the gendarmes, a battery, and a strong tower on 
 Lake Frontignan ; and in Nov. 1808 he served on 
 shore at the defence of the fortress of Rosas, be- 
 sieged at the time by a French army. He was sub- 
 sequently placed in command of ia Jnlie, an armed 
 xebec, which he had assisted in cutting out from 
 under the batteries at Port Vendres ; and was sent 
 to cruize in her, as an armed tender, in the Medi- 
 • J'ide Gai. 1807, p. 211. 
 
 7 C 2 
 
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 STEWART. 
 
 terranean. While so employed his vessel came into 
 collision with a battery, and was so much damaged 
 that she was under the necessity of seeking repair 
 in a Spanish port. On arriving at Gibraltar Mr. 
 Stewart found that the Impekibdse had been sud- 
 denly ordered home ; in consequence whereof he 
 did not rejoin her until after Lord Cochrane's cele- 
 brated attack upon the French shipping in Basque 
 Roads. He then accompanied the expedition to the 
 ■Walcheren ; where, during the siege of Flushing, he 
 obtained the thanks of Capt. Garth for suggesting 
 the firing of shells (previously provided by Lord 
 Cochrane) from the maindeck guns, whereby the 
 formidable fort of Terneuse was blown up and the 
 frigate relieved from a very critical situation. From 
 4 Nov. 1809 until 23 Jan. 1810 Mr. Stewart served 
 at Leith in the Adamant 50, flag-ship of Hear- Ad- 
 miral Edm. Nagle; in May of the latter year he 
 joined the Hdssak 38, Capt. Alex. Skene, in the 
 Baltic ; and after serving for upwards of six months 
 at Spithead and again at Leith in the KovAii Wil- 
 liam, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis, and Alexandria 
 32, Capt. Robt. Cathcart, he was promoted, 1 Aug. 
 1811, to the rank of Lieutenant. While attached to 
 the Hussar he cruized for four weeks in a boat with 
 16 men off Rostock and Kiel, and obtained the 
 thanks of his Captain for the judgment he displayed 
 in detaining an American vessel which was carried 
 by him into Leith, and was there condemned. After 
 he left the Alexandria he was appointed — 16 Aug. 
 1811, to the TiGRE 74, Capt. John Halliday, off 
 Rochefort— 8 May, 1812, and 29 Jan. 1813, to the 
 San Josef 110, and, as Signal-Lieutenant, to the 
 Queen Charloite 100, bearing each the flag of 
 Lord Keith in the Channel— 3 March, 1814, as Act- 
 ing-Captain, to the Clarence 74, stationed off Brest, 
 where the manner in which the ship did her work 
 occasioned his being complimented by the late Sir 
 IPulteney Malcolm, under whose orders he was serv- 
 ing—towards the close of the following month, again 
 to the QcBEN Charlotte— and 9 June, 1814, to the 
 acting-command, off Cape Finisterre, of the Podar- 
 Gus 14. He was confirmed a Commander 13 Aug. 
 in the same year ; was employed in that capacity, 
 between Jan. 1815 and March, 1817, in the Shark, 
 Royalist, and Rifleman sloops, on the Jamaica 
 station ; and was there, in the course of the month 
 last mentioned, nominated Acting-Captain of the 
 Pique 36 and Salisbury 58. In the latter ship, bear- 
 ing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, 
 Capt. Stewart, whose Post-commission bears date 
 10 June, 1817, remained until paid off 18 April, 1818. 
 His next appointment was, 21 Oct. 1823, to the Me- 
 KAi 26, in which vessel, stationed on the coast of 
 Korth America, he continued until Dec. 1826. Dur- 
 ing that period he had charge for two successive 
 winters of the dockyard and port duties at Halifax, 
 and acquitted himself in a way that procured him 
 the cordial approbation of Vice-Admiral Sir Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake. In command, from 9 April, 
 1839, until May, 1842, of the Benbow 72, Capt. 
 Stewart saw much active service in the Mediterra- 
 nean. In the spring of 1840 he was sent to cruize 
 off' Faro and Messina for the detention of Neapolitan 
 and Sicilian vessels. With the Carysfoet 26, Magi- 
 cienne 24, and Zebra 16, under his orders, he was 
 intrusted, during the operations on the coast of 
 Syria, with the bombardment of Tripoli. He also, 
 in the months of Sept. and Oct., took possession of 
 the island of Aronad, attacked Tortosa, which was 
 afterwards evacuated,* saved the consuls of Aleppo 
 and Alexandretta, and destroyed the Governor's 
 house and stores at the latter place ; took possession 
 of Lhatakiah for the Sultan ; and distributed above 
 6000 stand of arms to the mountaineers. In Nov. 
 1840 he was selected to take command of a force 
 destined for Scanderoon Bay •, an expedition even- 
 tually however not required. In the attack upon 
 St. J ean d' Acre, off which place he was for a time 
 senior officer, the Benbow was the first ship in ac- 
 tion. Dui'ing the evacuation of Syria by Ibrahim 
 Pacha, Capt. Stewart had command, from 21 Dec. 
 1840 until 1 March, 1841, of the British and Austrian 
 * Fide Gaz. 184(i, p. 2605. 
 
 forces employed off the coast. He was afterwards 
 sent to the Archipelago for the purpose of effecting 
 an adjustment of affairs in Candia, where an insur- 
 rection had broken out. After his arrival not a 
 single execution for political offences took place ; 
 and the boats of the Benbow, Tyne, Hazard, and 
 Vesuvius, assisted by the French under M. Le 
 Grandois, had the good fortune to rescue more than 
 600 of the insurgents from the vengeance of the 
 Turks. As a reward for his conduct at St. Jean 
 d'Acre Capt. Stewart was nominated a C.B. 18 Dec. 
 1840. He was ordered, in the absence of Sir Fras. 
 Augustus Collier, to act, 17 July, 1846, as Superin- 
 tendent of the Dockyard at Woolwich and Captain 
 of the William and Mary yacht ; and on 13 Nov. 
 1846 he was appointed Comptroller-General of the 
 Coast Guard — a post he still retains. 
 
 Capt. Stewart married, 10 Feb. 1819, Martha, 
 youngest daughter of Sir Wm. Miller, Bart., of 
 Glenlee, by whom he has issue three sons— the eld- 
 est, William Houston, a Commander R.N., and the 
 second, Houston, a Lieutenant in the 32nd Begt. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 STEWART. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 James Stewart entered the Navy in 1809 ; and 
 while serving on board the Illustrious 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Robt. Broughton, was present, we are in- 
 formed, at the attack upon the French fleet in 
 Basque Roads, and accompanied the expeditions to 
 the Walcheren, the Isle of France, and Java. On 
 the latter occasion he commanded a launch, and 
 assisted in landing the troops. He passed his ex- 
 amination in 1817 ; was made Lieutenant, 5 Dec. 
 1828, into the Primrose 18, Capt. Thos. Saville 
 Griffinhoofe, on the coast of Africa ; was appointed 
 subsequently to the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade 
 ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and for a short 
 time in 1833 had charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard, in which service, deducting a few months 
 in 1843, he has been again employed since 21 Nov. 
 1839. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 STEWART, C.B. (Reab-Admikal, 1846.) 
 
 James Pattison Stewart entered the Navy, in 
 March, 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald 
 36, Capt. Thos. Moutray Waller, attached to the 
 fleet in the Mediterranean. He served next, on 
 the latter station and in the Channel, from Nov. 
 1798 until Jan. 1800, in the Qoeen Charlotte 100 
 and Baefledb and TEMiRAiBE 98's, flag-ships of 
 Admirals Sir Chas. Thompson and Jas. Hawkins 
 Whitshed ; and he then went back, in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, to the Emerald, in which frigate, 
 commanded for some time by Lord Jas. O'Bryen, 
 he proceeded to the West Indies, where he removed 
 to the Centaur 74, Commodore Sir Sam. Hood, 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 March, 
 1805, and, after serving in the Beaulieu 44, Capt. 
 Chas. Ekins, Dolphin, Capt. Isaac Ferrieres, and 
 Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Bear- Admiral 
 Hon. Alex. Cochrane (under whom he fought in 
 the action off St. Domingo), was nominated, 15 
 April, 1806, Acting-Commander of the Port d'Es- 
 PAGNE brig. In that vessel, to which he was con- 
 firmed 15 Feb. 1808, he made prize, 18 Aug. 1807, 
 of La Maria Spanish privateer of 1 long 18-pounder 
 gun and 74 men. From the Port d'Espagne he 
 removed, in Nov. 1808, to the Snap brig, in which 
 vessel (part ot the force employed at the reduction 
 of Martinique), and in the Epervier, he ct>ntinued 
 to serve in the West Indies, we believe, until Sept. 
 1809. Being next, 7 July, 1810, appointea to the 
 Sheldrake 16, he was afforded an opportunity of 
 co-operating, in March, 1811, in the defence of the 
 island of Anholdt, when attacked by a Danish flo- 
 tilla and army consisting in all of nearly 4000 men. 
 On that occasion he distinguished himself by the 
 intrepidity and skill with which he gave chase to 
 16 of the enemy's gun-boats and armed vessels, two 
 of the former of which (the one carrying 2 long 
 18-pounders, 4 brass howitzers, and 65 men — the 
 other 2 long 24-pounders, 4 howitzers, and 60 men) 
 
STEWART. 
 
 1117 
 
 he succeeded in capturing — the rest effecting their 
 escape. The gallantij he thus displayed called 
 forth the praise of Capt. Joseph Baker of the 
 Tartar frigate, his senior officer, as well as the 
 warm thanks of Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, the 
 Governor of Anholdt, and was reported in very 
 favourable terms to the Admiralty hy the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, Sir Jas. Saumarez.* On 5 July, 
 1811, the Sheldrake, in company at the time with 
 the Cressy and Defence 74's, Dictator 64, and 
 Bruiser gun-brig, contributed to the capture of 
 four gun-vessels, each mounting 1 long 24-pounder 
 and 4 howitzers, part of a Danish ilotilla, consisting 
 of 17 gun-vessels and 10 heavy row-boats, which 
 had attacked a ileet of merchantmen under the 
 protection of the above ships ; and on 8 of the 
 same month she made prize, after a close combat, 
 of two gun-boats, each carrying 1 long 24-pounder, 
 1 32-pounder carronade, and 35 men, the rearmost 
 of another flotilla. Including the affairs we have 
 already noticed, she appears to have been altogether 
 four times in action with the enemy's gun-boats, 
 and to have herself captured and destroyed five of 
 them. As a reward for his meritorious services 
 Capt, Stewart was advanced to Post-rank by a com- 
 mission bearing date 1 Feb. 1812. He continued 
 in the Sheldrake until the following March ; and 
 was afterwards, from May to Nov. 1812, and from 
 May, 1813, until July, 1815, employed, on the Baltic 
 and North Sea stations, in the Dictator 64 and 
 Amphion 32. In the former ship, supported by 
 the Calypso 18,t he succeeded, at the end of a long 
 conflict, productive of a loss to the Dictator of 5 
 kilted and 24 wounded, in accomplishing the de- 
 struction, within the rocks of Mardoe, on the coast 
 of Norway, of the Danish frigate Nayaden of 48 
 guns (24-pounders on her main-deck), and the cap- 
 ture of the 18-gun brigs Laaland, Samsoe, and Kiel^ 
 and several gun-boats. The Samsoe, although she 
 struck her colours, was not taken possession of. 
 Before they could bring the enemy to action the 
 British had had to run 12 miles through a passage 
 in some places scarcely wide enough to admit the 
 Dictator's studding-sail booms to be out. On their 
 way back they were assailed by a division of gun- 
 boats from behind the rocks, so situated that not a 
 gun could be brought to bear on them. At this 
 juncture the Laalaiid and Kiel^ already complete 
 wrecks, grounded ; and, notwithstanding every ex- 
 ertion on the part of the Lieutenants and men 
 placed in them, they were abandoned — the number 
 of wounded on board not permitting of their being 
 burnt. The Danes, during the proceedings which 
 we have here detailed, and which took place on the 
 night of 6 July, 1812, sustained a loss, as admitted 
 by themselves, of 300 killed and wounded. In 
 transmitting the narrative to the Admiralty, Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez declared it was not possible to ex- 
 press in an adequate manner the undaunted spirit 
 displayed by Capt. Stewart and all the oflicers and 
 men under his orders.J On 26 Nov. 1813 Capt. 
 Stewart, then in the Amphion, and attached to the 
 in-shore squadron off Walcheren, volunteered to 
 command the boats of the fleet under Admiral 
 Young, and to attempt the capture, by a amp de 
 main, of four French frigates at Flushing. Although 
 he received "with great pleasure this proof of his 
 zeal and good spirit," the Commander-in-Chief dif- 
 fered from him as to the practicability of the enter- 
 prise. In Dec. of the same year we find Capt. 
 Stewart displaying equal ardour while serving under 
 Lord Geo. Stuart at the capture of the islands of 
 Sohouwen and ThoIen.§ He was nominated a C.B. 
 8 Dec. 1815; and advanced to his present rank 
 1 Oct. 1846. Agent— J. liinxman. 
 
 • Vide dm.. 1811, p. 650. 
 
 + The PoDARSUS 14, and Flameb gun-brig, were also in 
 company, but the former unfortunately took the ground at 
 too great a distance to be of any service. The Flamek was 
 left to assist her. , „ j . 
 
 X Vide Gaz. IH12, p. 1361, where the Naxjaien is repre- 
 sented as mounting 50 guns. Mr. James, whom we have 
 loUowed, arms her with 4H. 
 
 § rirfeGal. 1813, p. 2351. 
 
 STEWART. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 6.) 
 The Honourable Keith Stewart, born 3 Jan. 
 1814, is second son (by Jane, second daughter of 
 Henry, first Earl of Uxbridge, and sister of the 
 Marquess of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B.) of George, 
 eighth Earl of Galloway, K.T., Admiral of the 
 Blue;"' brother of the present peer; brother-in-law 
 of the Duke of Marlborough and of Lord Fever- 
 sham ; nephew of the late Lieut.-General Hon. Wm. 
 Stewart, G.C.B., and the late Lieut.-Colonel Hon. 
 Jas. Henry Keith Stewart, C.B. ; and grand-nephew 
 of Admiral Hon. Keith Stewart, who died 5 May, 
 1795, and of the first Marquis of Stafford, the fourth 
 Earl of Aboyne, the ninth Duke of Hamilton, and 
 the fifth Earl of Dunmore. He is first-cousin of 
 the Right Hon. Sir Jas. Kobt. Geo. Graham, Bart., 
 M.P., formerly First Lord of the Admiralty, and 
 late Secretary of State for the Home Department. 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 April, 1827 
 fought in the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Cod- 
 rington, at the battle of Navarin ; obtained his first 
 commission 13 June, 1833; was nominated, 17 Aug. 
 following, Supernumerary-Lieutenant of his former 
 ship, the Asia, then bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Wm. Parker at Lisbon ; served, from 11 Oct. 
 in the same year until Dec. 1835, in the Stag 46, 
 Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, on the coast of Portugal ; 
 and was next, 15 Feb. 1837, appointed to the Corn- 
 wALLis 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget on the 
 North America and West India station, where he 
 was made Commander, 14 Oct. 1838, into the Ring- 
 dove 16. He paid that vessel off at the close of 
 1841, and was advanced to his present rank 1 July, 
 1842. 
 
 Capt. Stewart married, in 1841, at Prince Ed- 
 ward's Island, Mary Caroline, only daughter of his 
 Excellency Lieut.-Colonel Sir Chas. Augustus Fitz- 
 Roy, K.C.H., grand-niece of George Henry, fourth 
 Duke of Grafton, and niece of Charles, fourth Duke 
 of Richmond. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 STEWART. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 21; 
 H-p., 4.) 
 
 Peter Benson Stewart, bom 6 Dec. 1808, is 
 fourth son of the late Wm. Stewart, Esq., of Horn 
 Head, co. Donegal. One of his ancestors was a 
 Captain in William III.'s army at the battle of the 
 Boyne. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 April, 1822, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active 46, Capts. Andrew 
 King and Hon. Robt. Rodney, stationed at first in 
 the Channel and then in the Mediterranean, where, 
 in 1824, he was for six months engaged at the 
 blockade of Algiers, and took part in the demon- 
 stration made by Sir Harry Burrard Neale before 
 that place. He coniinued to serve in the Active, 
 in the capacity of Midshipman, until Aug. 1825. 
 Being then paid off, he was next, from March, 1826, 
 until June, 1831, and from July in the latter year 
 until Nov. 1836, employed in the Windsor Castle 
 74, Capts. Edw. Durnford King and Hon. Duncombe 
 Pleydell Bouverie, and Beagle 10, Capt. Robt. 
 FitzRoy. In the former ship he was stationed off 
 Lisbon and again in the Mediterranean ; and in the 
 
 * The Earl of Galloway (originally Lord Garlics) was born 
 24 March, 1768. Entering tiie Navy at an early age, he 
 served as Midshipman with his uncle, Commodore (after- 
 wards Admiral) Hon. Keith Stewart, in the action off the 
 Doggerbank in 1781, and at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782. 
 He was employed subsequently as Lieutenant in the Aquilon 
 frigate ; and, after commanding the Vui.can fire-ship, was 
 advanced to Post-rank 30 April, 1793. During the French 
 revolutionary war he served in the Sheerness 44, Win- 
 CHELSEA 32, Lively 32, Hussar frigate, and Bei-Lebophon 
 74. In the Winchelsea he assisted at the reduction of the 
 French West India Islands, and was severely contused in the 
 face when covering the landing of the army at Grozier Bay 
 Guadeloupe, 11 April, 1794. In the Lively he was present, 
 14 Feb. 1797, in the action off Cape St. Vincent, whence he 
 returned to England with Sir Robert Calder, who was charged 
 with the despatches announcing the victory. On the renewal 
 of hostilities he obtained command of the Ajax 74; and 
 during Lord Barbara's administration he filled a seat at the 
 Board of Admiralty. He became a Rear-Admiral 31 July 
 1810, a Vice- Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, and a full Admiral 22 
 July, 1830. He died at Hampstead 27 March, 1834. 
 
1118 
 
 STEWART. 
 
 Beagle, in which vessel he circumnavigated the 
 globe, he aided in surveying the coast of South 
 America. Having passed his examination 28 Nov. 
 1828, he was at length, 10 Jan. 1837, promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 12 July, 1837, to the Alligator 28, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, in which vessel, 
 after assisting in the formation of a colony at Port 
 Essington, in Australia, he proceeded to the East 
 Indies — 22 June, 1840, to the acting-command of 
 the Htacikth, off the Canton river — 15 July fol- 
 lowing, again, as First-Lieutenant, to the Alli- 
 gator, then commanded by Capt. Augustus Leo- 
 pold Kuper — and, 9 July, 1841, to the command of 
 the Royalist 10. "While serving in the Alligator 
 he assisted, during the operations on the coast of 
 China, at the destruction of the Bogue Forts. He 
 landed, also, at the storming, 27 Feb. 1841, of the 
 enemy's works close to Whampoa Reach, where "54 
 pieces of cannon were taken ; served in the boats, 
 on 13 March, at the capture of several rafts and of 
 the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton; 
 and, while participating in the second series of 
 hostilities against that city, was mentioned for the 
 activity with which, in command of the Alli- 
 gator's boats, he towed clear of that vessel a body 
 of fire-rafts sent by the Chinese to effect her de- 
 struction.* In addition to these services he took 
 part in the attack upon Amoy, and was in command 
 of the boats when they drove on shore three large 
 row-galleys of very superior force, and destroyed a 
 war-junk. In Feb. 1842, having been advanced to 
 the rank of Commander 8 June preceding, he left 
 the Royalist; and since 13 Feb. 1845 he has been 
 employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 Commander Stewart married, 16 July, 1844, Char- 
 lotte Augusta, eldest daughter of Capt. John Foote, 
 R.N. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 STEWART. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 5.) 
 
 Robert Arthok Stewart was born 20 April, 
 1813. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1829, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Zeeka 18, Capt. Rich. 
 Pridham, fitting at Plymouth. He served next, 
 from 16 March following until 6 Feb. 1832, part of 
 the time as Midshipman, in the Despatch 18, Capts. 
 Wm. Bohun Bowyer and Edw. Augustus Frankland, 
 on the coasts of Ireland and Portugal; and from 
 March in the latter year until June, 1834, in the 
 > San Josef 1 10, flag-ship of Sir Manley Dixon and 
 Sir Wm. Hargood at Plymouth. He was then for 
 nearly 1 1 months employed between Falmouth and 
 Lisbon in the Viper brigantine of 6 guns, Lieut.- 
 Commander Louis Augustus Robinson ; and he next, 
 in Sept. 1835, joined the Quail 4, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Philip Bisson. On 24 March, 1836, being 
 then on her passage to Lisbon, the latter vessel, 
 while laying to in a severe gale of wind, was struck 
 by a heavy sea, thrown on her beam-ends, and dis- 
 masted ; she soon became water-logged, and in that 
 state, after the greater part of her crew had been 
 drowned, she remained a complete wreck and per- 
 fectly helpless for the space of 10 days ; at the ex- 
 piration of which period she was providentially 
 fallen in with and towed into Jersey. After serv- 
 ing for nine months with Lieuts. Bisson and Henry 
 Pryce Deschamps as Mate in the Bonetta 3, on the 
 coast of Africa, Mr. Stewart returned, in March, 
 1837, to England, and in the following Dec. was ap- 
 pointed to the Volage 26, Capt. Henry Smith, 
 equipping for the East Indies. In her he assisted 
 in Jan. 1839 at the capture of Aden and in taking 
 possession of the island of Seerah ;t and being 
 strongly recommended for his gallant conduct, he was 
 promoted, 1 May in the same year, to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. Continuing in the Volage until re- 
 moved, in June, 1840, to the Hyacinth 18, Capts. 
 Wm. Warren and Geo. Goldsmith, he proceeded in 
 
 • Vide Gni. 1841, pp. 1501, 1503, 2504, 2505. 
 t V. Gaz. 1839, p. 070. 
 
 her to China, and was present, 4 Nov. 1839, in an 
 action fought with a fleet of war-junks off Chuenpee. 
 In the Hyacinth he took part, 19 Aug. 1840, in a 
 prompt and decisive attack made upon the works 
 and barracks erected close to the barrier at Macao, 
 in which the Chinese were quickly put to flight, and 
 their intentions against that city frustrated. He 
 assisted also in the operations of March* and May, 
 1841, against Canton ; and on 26 of the latter month, 
 in command of the Hyacinth's pinnace, assisted by 
 the boats of the Modeste 18 and Algerine 10, he 
 proved instrumental in spiking the guns of a heavy 
 battery, whose fire had been directed against the 
 ALGERiNE.f He became ultimately First-Lieute- 
 nant of the Hyacinth, and in that capacity was em- 
 ployed in a variety of boat^attacks in the Ningpo 
 river. He returned home and was paid off in Nov. 
 1842 ; was next, 14 Dec. 1844, appointed to the 
 Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, fitting at 
 Chatham ; and on 24 Feb. 1845 was advanced to the 
 rank he now holds. He has not been since afloat. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 STEWART. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Thomas Bedford Stewart entered the Navy 21 
 Oct. 1824 ; passed his examination 29 March, 1831 ; 
 served in 1841 on the North America and West 
 India station as Mate in the Firefly steamer, 
 Lieut.-Coramander Wm. Winniett ; attained his pre- 
 sent rank 10 Feb. 1842 ; was appointed, 28 Nov. fol- 
 lowing, to the Thunderbolt steamer, Capt. Geo. 
 Nathaniel Broke, fitting at Portsmouth ; and from 23 
 March, 1843, until the summer of 1844, was employed 
 in the Coast Guard. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 STEWART. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 24; 
 H-p., 15.) 
 
 Thomas Dilnot Stewart, bom 1 Jan. 1796, is 
 only son of John Stewart, Esq., of Brookstreet, near 
 Sandwich, by Margaret, daughter of Mr. Thos. 
 Staines, of Dent de Lion, near Margate, and sister 
 of Lieut. Wm. Staines, R.N., who died at Haslar 17 
 Oct. 1797, and of the late Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, 
 R.N., K.C.B.J 
 
 • Firfe Gaz. 1841, p. 1505. f r. Gaz. 1841, p. 2506. 
 
 X Sir Thomas Staines was born, in 1776, at Dent de Lion, 
 and entered the Navy, in Jan. 1790, on board the Solebay 
 32, Capt. Matthew Squire. From the commencement of the 
 French revolutionary war until the surrender of Calvi in 
 Aug. 1794, he was employed in different ships under the 
 late Rear-Admiral Cljas. Cunningham ; he then joined the 
 Victory 100, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. Mann in 
 Hotham's second partial action 13 July, 1795 ; and after 
 serving as Mate of the Signals under Sir John Jervis he was 
 made Lieutenant, 3 July, 1796, into the Peterel sloop. In 
 the boats of that vessel, in which he continued until site was 
 captured towards the close of 1798 by several Spanish^frigates, 
 he performed a variety of very gallant exploits. On being 
 restored to liberty after a short captivity he went back as 
 First-Lieutenant to the Peterel (she bad been retaken), 
 and he continued to serve in ber witli much distinction under 
 the present Sir Francis Wm. Austen until appointed Third 
 of the Foudroyant 80. In this ship, which bore the flags of 
 Lords Nelson and Keith, he assisted at the capture of Rear- 
 Admiral Perree's squadron 18 Feb. 1800 ; was present at the 
 surrender, 31 March lollowing, of Le Guillaume Tell of 84 
 guns and 1000 men ; and served as signal oflicer throughout 
 the campaign in Egypt. The part he took in expelling the 
 French from that country procured him tlie superior medal 
 of the Turkish Order of the Star and Crescent. In Dec. ISOl 
 he was placed in acting-command of the Romulus troop-ship ; 
 in July, 1802, he was confirmed a Commander in the Camk- 
 LioN brig; and on 22 Jan. 1806, having performed much 
 valuable service and won considerable fame, he was advanced 
 to Post-rank. His next appointment was, 28 March, 1807, to 
 the Cyake of 32 guns and 175 men ; in which ship he ac- 
 companied the expedition to Copenhagen and tlien returned 
 to the Mediterranean, where he again signalized himself on 
 many dashing occasions, and on 27 June, 1809, in parlicular, 
 displayed unparalleled valour in an action nobly maintained 
 by him for an hour with the French frigate Ceres of 42 guns 
 and about 350 men, whose fire was in the end completely 
 silenced, altliough orcasionallyassisted by the Fama corvette 
 of 28 or 30 guns and 260 men, several gun-boats, and tile 
 batteries at Naples. In the course of the battle Capt. Staines 
 lost his arm out of the socket, and was wounded in the side ; 
 and his ship was so battered that she was under the necessity 
 of returning to England to refit. Shortly after his arrival he 
 received the honour of Knighthood 6 Dec. 1809 ; and about 
 
STEWART. 
 
 1119 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 July, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leviathan 74, Capt. 
 John Harvey, with whom he continued employed as 
 Midshipman in the same ship and in the Royal 
 Sovereign 100, on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations, until Deo. 1811. In the Leviathan he 
 was present, 26 Oct. 1809, at the self-destruction, 
 near the mouth of the Rhone, of the French ships 
 of the line Sobusle and Lion. On leaving the 
 KoYAt. Sovereign he was placed under the orders 
 of his uncle, Sir T. Staines, in the Hamadryad 36, 
 commanded afterwards by Capt. Edw. Chetham, on 
 the Irish station ; and from 29 June, 1812, until 21 
 Aug. 1815, he was again employed with his relative 
 as Master's Mate, Acting-Master, and Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Briton 38. In that frigate he as- 
 sisted, while cruizing in the Bay of Biscay, at the 
 capture of the Sans Souci privateer of 14 guns and 
 120 men. La Melanie letter-of-marque, the Joel 
 Sarlotv, an American vessel of the same description, 
 and six unarmed merchantmen. He also aided in 
 recapturing an English ship and two brigs, in driv- 
 ing on shore two coasting traders, and in taking five 
 American vessels, the whole of them valuably laden. 
 The Briton being ordered in 1814 to the Pacific in 
 quest of an American frigate. Sir Thos. Staines, 
 while there, and in company with the Tag us 38, 
 took formal possession, 28 Aug., of Nooaheevah, one 
 of the chief of the Marquesas islands; and on 17 
 Sept. he fell in unexpectedly with an island, which 
 proved to be Pitcairn's, where the crew of the 
 Bounty had secreted themselves after their mutiny 
 in 1789, and had eluded all pursuit. With the ex- 
 ception of one man, Alex. Smith, alias John Adams, 
 none of them were by this time left, but their de- 
 scendants had become somewhat numerous and 
 flourishing, and, in the words of Sir Thomas, " bade 
 fair to raise a progeny beautifully formed as any in 
 Europe." On 19 Sept. 1815, a short time after the 
 Briton had been paid off, Mr. Stewart was ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 25 Oct. 1815, to the Orontes 
 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, lying at Sheer- 
 ness— 21 Feb. 1816, to the Pique 36, Capts. Arthur 
 Earquhar, Jas. Haldane Tait, Houston Stewart, and 
 John Mackellan, on the Jamaica station, whence he 
 invalided in Oct. 1817 — 7 April, 1818, for six months, 
 to the Bulwark 74, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Gore in the river Medway — 16 April, 1819, to the 
 command, which he retained until 11 Nov. 1822, of 
 the Swan cutter of 10 guns— 16 Oct. 1824 and 5 
 March, 1825, to the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 
 42, Coast Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'CuUooh 
 and Wra. Jas. Mingaye— 5 Dec. 1826, after three 
 months of half-pay, to the Windsor Castle 74, 
 Gapts. Edw. Durnford King and Hon. Duncombe 
 Pleydell Bouverie, stationed at first as a guard-ship 
 at Plymouth, and employed next off Lisbon (whither 
 he escorted a body of troops) and in the Mediter- 
 ranean— 19 March, 1829, as First, to the South- 
 ampton 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in 
 the East Indies, on his return whence towards the 
 close of 1832 he was employed under Capt. John 
 Milligen Laws in blockading the Dutch ports dur- 
 ing the attack made by the French upon Antwerp— 
 11 Aug. 1840 (he had not been afloat since the pay- 
 ing ofi' of the Southampton in Jan. 1833), to the 
 Victory 104, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. D. P. 
 Bouverie, then Admiral Superintendent at Ports- 
 mouth—and 30 Aug. 1841, to the command of the 
 Heroine, a new brig just launched, fitting for service 
 on the west coast of Africa. "While commanding 
 the Swan Lieut. Stewart succeeded, 1 Feb. 1821, in 
 boarding and carrying in a gale of windoffBerwick, 
 after a chose of five hours, the Midas smuggling 
 cutter, mounting 6 guns, with a complement of 
 21 men 1 of whom was killed, and laden with a 
 
 the same period he obtained the Royal permission to accept 
 and wear the insignia of a K.F.M. He subsequently com- 
 manded the Hamadryad S6, Briton 46 (i-c/er to the Memoir 
 of his nephew), Sdpeeb 78, and Isis 50. He was nominated 
 a K C 11. S Jan. 1815 ; and for his wound he was allotted a 
 pension of 300(. per annum. He died at Dent de Lion 13 
 July, 1830, about a month after the Isis had been paid off. 
 
 cargo of Hollands and other contraband articles. 
 For achieving this exploit he received the thanks of 
 the Admiralty ; as he afterwards did for the very 
 valuable assistance he rendered to the Mayor of 
 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mr. Robt. Bell (whose ac- 
 knowledgments he also elicited), in suppressing, in 
 Oct. 1822, a riotous attempt made by the seamen 
 (28 of whom he secured) to obstruct the navigation 
 of that port. In the Heroine he was chiefly em- 
 ployed among the Cape de Verde islands and on the 
 neighbouring coast. Ill health, produced by the 
 climate, rendering necessary his return to England, 
 he left the Heroine at Ascension 1 April, 1843 ; 
 and on 19 July following he was at length, after on 
 amount of far more than ordinary service, advanced 
 to the rank of Commander. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Commander Stewart married, in Jan. 1822, Eliza- 
 beth, third daughter of Geo. Palliser, Esq., many 
 years Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham Dockyard, 
 natural son, and heir to the estates, of the late Ad- 
 miral Sir Hugh Palliser, Bart. By that lady he has 
 issue two sons, the elder, John Henry, 1st Lieute- 
 nant R. M. (1842), and three daughters. 
 
 STEWART. (Commander, 1848. f-p., 12 ; 
 
 H-P., 0.) 
 
 William Houston Stewart, bom in Sept. 1821, 
 is eldest son of Capt. Houston Stewart, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 April, 1835, on 
 board the Tweed 20, Capt. Thos. Maitland, from 
 which vessel, after visiting the coast of Africa and 
 serving during the civil war on the north coast 
 of Spain, where he frequently landed as Aide-de- 
 Comp to his Captain, he removed, in 1837, to the 
 Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin. In that 
 ship he took part, except in the capture of Sidon, in 
 oil the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria ; 
 where he commanded a boat, and was mentioned 
 by Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, of the Cyclops 
 steamer, for his judgment and gallantry at the bom- 
 bardment of the strong castle of Gebail. In the 
 attack upon Tortosa he again had charge of a boat, 
 and was twice grazed and severely contused by 
 musket-balls.* On the paying off the Carysfort he 
 joined, towards the end of 1841 (he had passed his 
 examination 30 April in that year), the Illus- 
 trious 72, flag-ship on the North America and 
 West India station of Vice- Admiral SirChas. Adam, 
 by whom he was promoted, 29 June, 1842, to a 
 death-vacancy in the Volage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Dickson. Of her he was for six months senior 
 Lieutenant in the West Indies. In March, 1843, he 
 went back to the Illustrious ; and in Feb. 1844, 
 the latter ship having nearly served her time, he 
 was ajipointed, at his own request and that of his 
 Captain, John Erskine Loch, First of the Ringdove 
 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell. He subsequently pro- 
 ceeded to the coast of Africa ; where, on being 
 superseded by an officer appointed by the Admi- 
 ralty, he volunteered (although offered a passage 
 either to England or to his proper station. North 
 America and the West Indies) to serve as a Super- 
 numerary with;Commodore Wm. Jones in the Pene- 
 lope steam-frigate. This he continued to do until 
 a severe attack of fever induced him to yield to the 
 friendly solicitation of his chief ; when he returned 
 home in an Indiaman, carrying with him a letter so 
 laudatory of his zeal and merits that the Admiralty 
 allowed him full pay until the period of his arrival. 
 He was then at once, on the application of Capt. 
 Armar Lowry ,Corry, appointed, 8 Jan. 1845, to the 
 Superb 80, fitting at Portsmouth. In Nov. of the 
 same year, his former Captain, Martin, having ob- 
 tained command of the Gr.impds 50, Mr. Stewart 
 was permitted, at his request, to join him ; and in 
 the early part of the ensuing year he sailed for the 
 Pacific. He came home at the commencement of 
 1847 ; was nominated, 29 Dec. in the same year, 
 Flag-Lieutenant, in the Ocean 80, to Sir Edw. 
 Durnford King, Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness ; 
 and on 19 May, 1848, was advanced to his present 
 rank. 
 
 • Fide Gaz. 1840, p. 2007. 
 
1120 
 
 STILL-STIRLING. 
 
 ■When the Superb was fitting out at Plymouth, 
 Commander Stewart jumped overboard, an ebb-tide 
 running at the time, and, nearly at the cost of his 
 own life, saved that of a marine. For this humane 
 and intrepid act he received the thanks of the 
 Royal Humane Society on vellum. 
 
 STILL. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 16 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 William Still entered the Navy, 8 March, 180-i, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Queen 98, Capts. The- 
 ophilus Jones, Dickson, Fras. Pender, Rich. Thomas, 
 Wra. Shield, Chas. Inglis, and Thos. Geo. Short- 
 land, in which ship he continued employed, off Cadiz 
 and in various parts of the Mediterranean, under 
 the flag of Admirals John Knight, Lord Colling- 
 wood, and Geo. Martin, until transferred, in Oct. 
 180S, to the Lyka 10, Capts. Wm. Bevians, Southey, 
 and Robt. Bloye ; under the first-mentioned of whom 
 we find him, in April, 1809, present as Midshipman 
 in Lord Cochrane's famous attack upon the French 
 shipping in Aix Roads. In May, 1810, he removed 
 to the Daring gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Camp- 
 bell, stationed in the Bay of Biscay and Baltic ; he 
 served next, from Jan. 1811 until Aug. 1815, on the 
 coast of France and South America, in the Rinaldo 
 10 and Fly 16, Capts. Anderson, Sir Wm. Geo. 
 Parker, and Baldwin; and in Oct. 1815, after he 
 had been for nearly two months attached at Ply- 
 mouth to the St. George 98, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth, and Jupiter 50, he was presented 
 with a commission dated 7 Sept. .in that year. In 
 the Rinaldo he assisted at the capture, 4 May, 
 1812, of the Apelles brig-of-war, under the fire of a 
 battery near Boulogne. With the exception of a 
 few months in 1847, he has been employed, since 
 21 Jan. 1843, as an Agent for Transports afloat. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 STIELING. (Ketiked Commander, 1838. f-p., 
 10 ; H-p., 47.) 
 Alexander Garthshore Stirling entered the 
 Navy, 17 July, 1790, as A.B., on board the Assist- 
 ance, Capt. Lord Cranstoun ; joined next, in Sept. 
 and Nov. 1791, the Vengeance 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Pasley, and Hind 28, Capt. Hon. Alex. Cochrane; 
 was again, from Feb. 1793 until Jan. 1796, employed 
 with Lord Cranstoun in the Raisonnable 64 and 
 Bellerophon 74 ; and after serving for nine months 
 in the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Lord Duncan, 
 was made Lieutenant, 14 Oct. 1796, into L'EsPii:GLE 
 16, Capt. Jas. Boorder. He cruized next, for about 
 two years, from 1797 to 1799, in the Endymion 40, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Williams ; and for a short time in 
 1801 he was employed in the Bersciiermer 54. 
 While attached to the Bellerophon he was present 
 in Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis* celebrated re- 
 treat 16 and 17 June, 1795. In all the ships above 
 mentioned he served on the Home station. He was 
 placed on the Junior list of Retired Commanders 
 26 Nov. 1830; and on the Senior 1 Feb. 1838. 
 Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 STIRLING. (Lieutenant, 1848.) 
 
 Frederick Henry Stirling passed his examina- 
 tion 10 April, 1848; obtained his commission 29 
 May following ; and is now serving with Sir Chas. 
 Napier in the St. Vincent 120. 
 
 STIRLING, Kt. (Capt., 1818. f-p.,21; h-p., 23.) 
 Sir James Stirling, born in 1791, is fifth son of 
 the late Andrew Stirling, Esq., of Drumpellier, by 
 Anne, daughter of Sir Walter Stirling, Kt., Captain 
 R.N., and sister of the late Sir Walter Stirling, Bart., 
 and the late Vice-Admiral Chas. Stirling.* 
 
 * Vice-Admiral Chas. Stirlinff was born S8 April, 1700. 
 He was made a Lieutenant, on his return to Eufffand from 
 the East Indies, where he had been serving with Sir lildw. 
 Hughes, 12 Juno, 1778; was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander, after tlie capture of Charlestown, in May, 1780 ; and 
 while employed in that capacity in the Avenoze, Vultuee, 
 SiVAOC, andTERMsoANT sloops, distinguished himself on a 
 variety of occasions. In the Savage of 14 guns and 125 men 
 he was wounded and ta]<en, after a most noble resistance, by 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1803, aa 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Camel store-ship, Capt. 
 John Aysoough, fitting for the West Indies, where 
 he became Midshipman of the Hercdle 74, bearing 
 the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and Prince 
 George 98, Capt. Geo. Losack. Joining next the 
 Glory 98, he fought in that ship in Sir Robt. 
 Calder's action under the flag of Rear- Admiral Chas. 
 Stirling, whom he followed into the Sampson and 
 Diadem 64's. On his return to England, after 
 witnessing the fall of Monte Video, he was received, 
 about April, 1808, on board the Warspite 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood, stationed at first in the 
 North Sea and Channel, and then in the Mediter- 
 ranean. He obtained liis first commission 12 Aug. 
 1809; was appointed, 1 April and 27 Oct. 1810, to 
 the Hibebsia 120 and Armide 38, both commanded, 
 on Home service, by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn ; 
 became, in Nov. 1811, Flag-Lieutenant, in the 
 Arethusa 38, to Admiral Stirling, on the Jamaica 
 station ; was there, 27 Feb. 1812, placed in acting- 
 command of the Moselle 18; and on 19 June in 
 the same year was confirmed a Commander in the 
 Beazen sloop, mounting 28 guns. At the com- 
 mencement of the war with America we find him 
 cruizing for four months off the Mississippi, where 
 he succeeded in destroying a considerable amount 
 of the enemy's property. Although the Bkazen 
 was on one occasion dismasted in a hurricane, he 
 maintained his station by cutting and framing masts 
 and spars from the neighbouring forests at Pen- 
 sacola. In 1813 he was sent to Hudson's Bay for 
 the purpose of affording protection to the settle- 
 ments and shipping in that quarter; and in the 
 winter of the same year he was ordered on special 
 service to the coast of Holland with H.S.H. the 
 reigning Duke of Brunswick. After cruizing on 
 the coast of Ireland he again sailed for the Gulf of 
 Mexico. On the conclusion of hostilities he was 
 nominated Acting-Captain of the Cydnus 38, owing 
 to the death of her Captain ; but returning soon to 
 the Brazen, and being re-appointed to her on the 
 peace establishment, he continued to serve in that 
 vessel in the West Indies until paid off in Aug. 1818. 
 " I cannot," writes the Commander-in-Chief in a 
 letter addressed to the Admiralty on the eve of the 
 Brazen's departure, " permit Capt. Stirling to quit 
 this station without expressing to their Lordships 
 my entire satisfaction with his conduct while under 
 my command. The zeal and alacrity he always 
 displayed in the execution of whatever service he 
 was employed upon are above my praise ; but it is 
 to his acquaintance with foreign languages, his 
 thorough knowledge of the station, particularly the 
 
 the Congress American privateer of 20 guns and 125 men ; 
 and in the Termagant he displayed such exemplary conduct 
 that he was promoted, at the recommendation of Lord Howe, 
 to Post-rank 15 Jan. 1783. He subsequently commanded the 
 Untcorn 20, Venus 32, Jason 38, and PoMpiiE 74. The 
 Jason formed part of Sir .John Borlase Warren's expedition 
 to Quiberon in 1795 ; she was in company, 21 April, 1798, 
 with the Mars 74 at the surrender of the Herrule 74 ; in the 
 following June she assisted at the capture of the French 40- 
 gun frigate Lu Seine; and on 13 Oct. in the same year she 
 was wrecked near Brest, and her officers and crew taken 
 prisoners. In the Pompee Capt. Stirling figured in a very 
 prominent manner in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action with M. de 
 Linois off Algeciras 6 July, 1801. At the peace of Amiens 
 he was appointed Commissioner of the Navy at Jamaica ; 
 and in 1805 he solicited and obtained the rank of Rear-Ad- 
 miral, with seniority from 23 Ajpril, 1 804. On 22 July, 1805, 
 with his flag in the Gi.oRV 98, he shared, as second in com- 
 mand, in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the combined fleets 
 of France and Spain off Cape Finisterre. Being sent, in the 
 autumn of 1806, to the Rio de la Plata to supersede Sir Home 
 Popham, he commanded, with his flag in the Diadem 64, the 
 naval force, in conjunction with the troops under Sir Sam. 
 Auchmuty, at the reduction of Monte Video in Feb. 1807. 
 He afterwards proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope, whence, 
 in 1808, he returned to England. In July, 1810, ne was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Vice-Admiral; in the following month 
 he was presented with the freedom of the city of London ; 
 and in Oct. 1811 he was appointed to the chief command at 
 Jamaica. In 1812, the latter and the North American station 
 becoming amalgamated, and the chief command being given 
 to Sir J. B. Warren. Vice-Admiral Stirling was rendered in 
 consequence the second in authority. He returned to Eng- 
 land in June, 1813 ; and died, 7 Nov. 1833, at Chertsey, 
 
STIRLING. 
 
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 Spanish Main, and his gentlemanlike and concili- 
 atory manners, tiiat I am so much indebted for 
 assisting me in the preservation of a friendly inter- 
 course with the foreign colonics in this command. 
 I conceive it will be as gratifying to their Lordships 
 to hear as it is for me to make so honourable a 
 report of this intelligent and excellent offlcer, whom 
 I detach from my command with considerable re- 
 gret ; but I feel at the same time a very sincere 
 pleasure in thus recommending him to their Lord- 
 ships' notice." Capt. Stirling's promotion to Post- 
 rank took place 7 Dec. in the same year (1818). 
 His next appointment was, 25 Jan. 1826, to the 
 Success 28 ; and in this ship he was sent to form a 
 settlement at Kaffles Bay, in Torres Strait— a ser- 
 vice which he accomplished in so able a manner as 
 to cause his being highly compUmented by the 
 Naval Commander-in-Chief and the Government of 
 New South Wales. In Oct. 1828, nine months after 
 he had left the Sdccess, he was selected to take 
 command of an expedition intended to form a 
 colony in "Western Australia, where he remained 
 until induced, in 1839, to tender his resignation, 
 for the purpose of resuming the occupations at- 
 tached to his profession, having during that period, 
 surrounded as he was with the diiBculties inse- 
 parable from the establishment of a new settlement, 
 evinced a degree of zeal and ability that procured 
 him, 3 April, 1833, the honour of Knighthood, and 
 ultimately the acknowledgments of Her Majesty. 
 To quote from an animated address presented to 
 him by the colonists on leaving, " they could testify 
 with confidence and gratitude that the general tenor 
 of his Excellency's administration had been highly 
 (ind deservedly popular ; that they had invariably 
 experienced in him a friend of warm and ready 
 sympathy with individual distress, an entire and 
 liberal promoter of every good and useful in- 
 stitution, an able and zealous patron of every en- 
 terprise suggested for the general welfare, and in 
 all the domestic and social relations of private life 
 an example v/orthy of his high station." On the 
 prospect of a war with France Sir Jas. Stirling was 
 appointed, 30 Oct. 1840, to the Indus 78. He con- 
 tinued in that ship, in the Mediterranean, until 
 paid off in June, 1844; and since 28 April, 1847, he 
 has been in command of the Howe 120, now on the 
 same station. Before the Indus returned to Eng- 
 land he received from Sir Edw. Owen, the Com- 
 mander-in-Ciiief, a letter expressive of the sense he 
 entertained of the eflSciency of that ship in all that 
 constitutes a perfect man-of-war, and of the admi- 
 ration which the order and discipline on board had 
 excited in all the foreign ports she had visited. 
 
 Sir Jas. Stirling is a Knight Commander of the 
 Order of the Kedeemer of Greece. He married, in 
 1823, Ellen, daughter of the late Jas. Mangles, Esq., 
 M.P. for Guildford, by whom he has issue nine 
 children. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 STIRLING. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 11; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 James Stibling (i), born 31 Oct. 1789, is son of 
 the late Jas. Stirling, Esq., of Kippendavie, co. 
 Perth, by his wife, Mary Graham, of Airth, co. 
 Stirling. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Sept. 1804, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the San Josef 1 10, Capt. 
 Tristram Kobt. Kicketts, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Chas. Cotton in the Channel, where he attained 
 the rating of Midshipman in Sept. 1805, and in Aug. 
 1806 removed to the Ceocodile 22, Capts. Geo. 
 Edm. Byron Bettsworth and Hon. Geo. Cadogan. 
 On his return from a voyage to Quebec he was re- 
 ceived, in Oct. 1807, on board the Leonidas 38, 
 Capts. Jas. Dunbar, Henry Hope, and Anselm John 
 Griffiths, attached to the fleet in the Mediterranean, 
 on which station, after assisting at the capture of 
 the Ionian Islands and the destruction of two mar- 
 tello towers near Cape Otranto, he went back, in 
 Sept. 1810, at the invitation of Sir C. Cotton,* to 
 
 * Sir Charles had been removed to the chief command in 
 the Mediterranean. 
 
 the San Josef, and was by him nominated, 21 
 March, 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Leviathan 
 74, Capt. Patrick Campbell. To that ship he was 
 confirmed 20 May in the same year. Exchanging, 
 31 Jan. 1812, into the Blossom sloop, Capts. "Wm. 
 Stewart, Edw. Reynolds Sibly, and Joshua Ricketts 
 Rowley, he served in the boats of that vessel, 29 
 April following, and assisted, in company with those 
 of the Undadnted and Volontaike frigates, in an 
 attack upon a French convoy near the mouth of the 
 Rhone, on which occasion 7 vessels were brought 
 out, 12, including a national schooner of 4 guns and 
 74 men, burnt, and 2 left stranded on the beach. 
 In personal command of the boats of the Blossom 
 alone Mr. Stirling blew up two martello towers in 
 the Bay of St. Mary's. From Aug. 1813 until ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 15 June, 1814, he served, 
 still in the Mediterranean, in the Malta 84, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell ; and from 
 6 May, 1815, until paid off 28 June, 1816, he com- 
 manded the Fekeet 14, on the Channel and St. 
 Helena stations. While in the latter vessel, for his 
 rapidity in fitting out which he obtained the thanks 
 of the Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth and the 
 Board of Admiralty, he united, with the Fly sloop, 
 in an attack made by Capt. Chas. Malcolm of the 
 Rhin 38, with the boats of that and of the Mene- 
 LAUS and Havannah frigates, on a convoy lying 
 under the protection of a fort and of an armed 
 cutter, a praam-brig, and a gun-vessel, in* the har- 
 bour of Corrijou, near Abervrach, on the coast of 
 Bretagne. His behaviour on that occasion may be 
 inferred from the following extract of a letter 
 addressed to him by Capt. Malcolm :— " When I 
 informed Lord Keith," he says, "of my having 
 detained theFEERET for the attack upon Corrijou, I 
 endeavoured all I could to impress him with a just 
 sense of your conduct. I mentioned your personal 
 exertions the night before the attack, after the 
 Ferhet had anchored, in going ofi" to the Sea Lark 
 to pilot her in. I told him that during the attack 
 your conduct was the admiration of all ; that it was 
 your good fortune to command a vessel of light 
 draught of water, and that the advantage you took 
 of that circumstance to run in in the fine style you 
 did between the rocks and the main into the mouth 
 of the harbour at once decided our success, and 
 prevented the escape of the man-of-war brig which 
 you forced to run on shore." We may add that, 
 while the Ferret, with the Fly and part of the 
 boats, was engaged in obtaining possession of the 
 vessels, Capt. Malcolm, who had landed with a 
 body of seamen and marines, stormed and carried 
 the fort. The Ferret afterwards formed part of 
 the squadron under Sir Geo. Cockburn which es- 
 corted Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena, where 
 she remained until ordered home with despatches 
 27 March, 1816. On 4 April, when near the Equa- 
 tor, she encountered, and, although with only 8 
 12-pounder carronades mounted, succeeded, after a 
 running fight of nearly two hours, in capturing, the 
 Dolores brigantine (formerly an American priva- 
 teer), armed with 1 long 32-pounder on a pivot, 
 4 long 9-potmders, and 2 long 12-pounder carron- 
 ades, and laden with a cargo of 275 slaves. The 
 prize was taken to Sierra Leone and condemned ; 
 and on 28 June, having arrived at Plymouth, the 
 Ferret, as above stated, was paid ofi". Commander 
 Stirling has not been since afloat. 
 
 He married, 6 July, 1820, Mary, daughter of Day 
 Hort Macdowall, Esq., of Castlesemple, co. Ren- 
 frew. Agent— J. Chippendale. 
 
 STIRLING. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 Joseph Francis Stirling entered the Navy 27 
 June, 1811; obtained his first commission 10 July 
 1824; was appointed, 8 Nov. 1828, to the Prince 
 Regent 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood 
 at the Nore; served from 31 March, 1831, until 
 1833, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the St. Vincent 120 
 and Alfred 50, to Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean; and on 29 
 Nov. 1842 was again appointed to the St. Vincent 
 
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 STIRLING— STOCKDALE—STOCKER. 
 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington at Ports- 
 mouth. He attained his present rank 2 Jan. 1843 ; 
 and has |ince heen on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. 
 Ommanriey. 
 
 STIRLING. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Spencer Stirling is son of the late Lieut.-Col. 
 Thos. John Stirling, R.M. ; grandson of the late 
 Lieut.-Col. T. Stirling, K.M. ; and brother-in-law of 
 the late Lieut. Chas. Joseph Cater, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 Nov. 1824; 
 passed his examination 6 April, 1831 ; and was em- 
 ployed in the Coast Guard as Mate and Lieutenant 
 (commission dated 11 Jan. 1843) from 18 Jan. 1840 
 until appointed, 24 Nov. 1843, to the Cyclops steam- 
 frigate, Capt. "Vfm. Fred. Lapidge. In that vessel, 
 which was paid oif at the commencement of 1847, he 
 served on the south-east coast of America and in the 
 Channel ; and since 14 Sept. in the same year he 
 has again had charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. He was allotted a pension for wounds 5 
 March, 1847. 
 
 He is senior of 1843. " 
 
 STIELING. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Thomas Stikmng entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 
 1809, as L. M., on board the Tictoriods 74, Capts. 
 Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot ; in which 
 ship, after assisting at the reduction of Flushing, 
 he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman, and joined, 10 
 Feb. and 11 June, 1812, the Active 38 and Impe- 
 KiEUSE 38, Capts. Jas. Alex. Gordon and Hon. Henry 
 Duncan. Previously to following the latter officer, 
 about Aug. 1814, into the Glasgow 50, he contri- 
 buted, we believe, to the destruction, 27 June, 1812, 
 of a French convoy and of the batteries of Langue- 
 lia and Alassio ; was also, 17 Aug. in the same year, 
 present in a spirited skirmish with a powerful 
 Neapolitan sqLuadron in the Bay of Naples ; and, in 
 1813-14, witnessed the capture of Port d'Anzo, and 
 the operations against Leghorn and Genoa. He 
 left the Glasgow, on her return from a voyage to 
 Madeira, 21 Aug. 1815 ; was promoted, 20 Sept. fol- 
 lowing, to the rank of Lieutenant ; and was after- 
 wards, from 7 July, 1831, until the close of 1833, 
 and from 4 April, 1840, until the summer of 1841, 
 employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Stirling is married and has issue. Agents 
 ■ — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 STOCKDALE. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 9 ; H-p., 34.) 
 Charles Boddam Stockdale entered the Navy, 
 22 June, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Cul- 
 loden 74, Capt. Christopher Cole, fitting for the 
 flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, Commander-in-Chief in the 
 East Indies ; where he became Master's Mate, 9 
 July, 1808, and 31 Aug. 1811, of the Phaeton 38, 
 Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, and 
 Illustrious 74, Commodore "Wm. Robt. Broughton. 
 In the CuLLODEN he was present at the capture and 
 destruction, 27 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch frigate, seven 
 brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other mer- 
 chant-vessels lying in Batavia Roads ; also at the 
 taking of Samarang; and at the annihilation at 
 Griessee, 11 Dec. 1807, of the dockyard and stores 
 and of all the men-of-war remaining to Holland in 
 India. He accompanied, in the Phaeton, the expe- 
 dition of 1810 against the Isle of France ; and while 
 co-operating, in that ship and the Illustrious, in 
 the reduction of Java, he landed and aided at the 
 bombardment and storming of Fort Cornells 26 
 Aug. 1811. After acting for some time as Lieute- 
 nant of the Illustrious, he was superseded by 
 order of Rear-Admiral Sir Sam. Hood, 6 April, 
 1812; and in the course of the same year he re- 
 turned to Enfland in the Doris 36, Capt. Wm. Jones 
 l-ye. Since 27 Aug. 1846 Mr. Stockdale, whose com- 
 mission bears date 8 May, 1812, has been attached 
 to the Ocean 80 and Wellington 72, guard-ships at 
 Sheerness, Capts. Rich. Arthur and David Price. 
 Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 STOCKER. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 36 ; H-p., 6.) 
 
 Stephen Stockeh is brother of Commander 
 Walter B. Stocker, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1805, as 
 A.B., on board the Scorpion 18, Capts. Philip Car- 
 teret and Eras. Stanfell ; under the former of whom, 
 after blockading the Texel and assisting at the cap- 
 ture, 11 April, 1805, of V Hameur, Dutch national 
 schooner of 12 guns, he sailed with convoy, early in 
 1806, for the West Indies; where the Scorpion 
 watched a French squadron under Rear-Admiral 
 Villaumez at Port Royal, Martinique, and, on the 
 escape of the latter, dogged it for many days. She 
 subsequently accompanied Sir John Borlase Warren 
 in pursuit of the enemy to North America ; and 
 while cruizing next, on the Home station, made 
 prize of, among other vessels, the privateers Bcmr- 
 gainville of 18 guns and 93 men (taken after a long 
 chase and running fight of 45 minutes). La Glaneuse 
 of 16 guns and 80 men, and Le Glaneur of 10 guns 
 and 60 men. In March, 1809, Mr. Stocker removed 
 as Midshipman, a rating he had acquired in Nov. 
 1806, to the Comet 18, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle ; 
 and in the course of the following month he joined 
 the Bucephalus 32, Capts. Chas. Pelly and Joseph 
 Drury. After commanding a boat in the attack 
 upon Flushing, he sailed for the East Indies ; where 
 he assisted, in 1810, at the capture of the Mauritius, 
 and in 1811 again. had charge of a boat at the reduc- 
 tion of Java. Being then left at Batavia, the Buce- 
 phalus, during her sojourn at that place, lost 128 
 officers and men, including her Captain, Pelly, from 
 the efiects of the climate ; and on the occasion of 
 her departure, about April, 1812, she had, out of a 
 crew consisting originally of 264, only 56 capable of 
 performing duty. Previously to following Capt. 
 Drury ss Master's Mate, in August, 1812, into the 
 Hecate sloop, Mr. Stocker, who had been nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Bucephalus, 17 
 Nov. 1811, accompanied a highly successful expedi- 
 tion conducted by Capt. Jas. Bowen of the Ph<enix 
 frigate against the pirates of Palembang, and aided 
 in forming a settlement on the island of Banca. In 
 the Hecate he united, and had command of a boat, 
 in a series of arduous operations against the Sultan 
 of Sambas, in Borneo, whose fortifications were de- 
 stroyed and depredations effectually checked. From 
 March, 1814, until paid off, on his return to England, 
 in August, 1817, Mr. Stocker served with Capts. 
 Drury, Henry Warde (acting), and John Reynolds, 
 still in the East Indies, in the Volage 22. Being 
 strongly recommended by Capt. Drury for his ge- 
 neral good conduct, and in particular for his exer- 
 tions in the attack upon Sambas, he was during that 
 period a second time, 16 March, 1815, ordered by 
 Commodore Sayer to act as Lieutenant. Although 
 not at the time aware of the circumstance, he had 
 been promoted at home by a commission bearing 
 date 1 of the preceding Feb. In the early part of 
 1817 the Volage, while lying at Trincomalee, was 
 hove down on both sides ; and for his services on 
 this occasion Mr. Stocker received the thanks of 
 the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Rich. King. His ap- 
 pointments, after he left the Volage, were — 20 Jan. 
 1823, to the Coast Guard— 27 Sept. 1828, to the 
 command, for three years, of the Dove Revenue- 
 oruizer — 28 Jan. 1832, again to the Coast Guard, in 
 which he remained until 12 March, 1843 — and 7 
 July in the latter year, and 22 May, 1845, to the 
 San Josef 110 and Caledonia 120, Capts. Fred. 
 Wm. Burgoyne and Mauley Hall Dixon, both sta- 
 tioned at Devonport, where he had charge of a divi- 
 sion of the ships in Ordinary. He has been on half- 
 pay since 10 Aug. 1846. 
 
 While serving in the Scorpion Mr. Stocker fell 
 from the main futtock-shrouds to the deck, owing |; 
 to a ratline giving way, and injured his right leg. J 
 On the night of 14 Nov. 1828 the Dove, which he » 
 then commanded, parted three chains in a heavy j 
 gale and drove on shore ; and he and his crew were ' 
 with difficulty saved. After being for a week on ' 
 shore she was hove off. 
 
STOCK ER—STODDART. 
 
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 STOCKEK. CCoMMANDER, 1847. P-P., 32; 
 H-p., 6.) 
 
 'Waiter Broad Stocker was torn 2 Aug. 1795. 
 He is brother of Lieut. Stephen Stocker, E.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1809, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Medusa 32, Capts. Hon. 
 Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie and Geo. Bell ; under 
 the former of whom he cruized with activity in the 
 Bay of Biscay, assisted at the capture of several 
 privateers, and frequently landed for the purpose of 
 co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of 
 Spain. He was also for some time employed in 
 blockading Cherbourg. Removing, towards the 
 close of 1813, to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of 
 Kear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham in the West 
 Indies, he was there, in 1815, afforded an oppor- 
 tunity of contributing to the reduction of Guade- 
 loupe. He returned home in the spring of 1816 ; 
 and on 16 Sept. in that year, having fought as Ad- 
 miralty-Midshipman of the Prometheus sloop, Capt. 
 Wm. Bateman Dashwood, at the bombardment of 
 Algiers, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 From 14 Jan. 1822, until advanced to his present 
 rank, 1 Jan. 1847, he served in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Stocker, who is Senior of 1847, mar- 
 ried, 4 June, 1839, Jane, daughter of the late Henry 
 Fowkes, Esq., Deputy llecorder of Shrewsbury. 
 
 STODDART. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 5.) 
 
 James Stoddart is third son of the late Eear- 
 Admiral Pringle Stoddart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 April, 1827, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Wellesley 74, Capt. 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland, fitting for the Mediterra- 
 nean ; on his return whence he joined, in Oct. 1830, 
 the St. Vinceut 120, Capt. Hyde Parker. He 
 served next, from Feb. 1831 until Oct. 1834, as Mid- 
 shipman and Mate (he passed his examination in 
 July, 1833), in the Asia 84, flag-ship of the present 
 Sir "Wm. Parker off Lisbon — from April, 1835, until 
 Oct. 1837, as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 Columbine 18, Capt. Thos. Henderson, in the Me- 
 diterranean and on the coast of Africa — and from 
 the latter date until Deo. 1838, as Mate, in the 
 Donegal 78, Capt. John Drake, again off Lisbon. 
 His official promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 
 took place on 27 of the month last mentioned. His 
 next appointments were — 26 June, 1839, for 12 
 months, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing 
 the flag of Hon. Sir Eobt. Stopford in the Mediter- 
 ranean — 27 Oct. 1840 to the Impregnable 104, Capt. 
 Thos. Forrest, fitting at Plymouth — and 5 April, 
 1841, to the CoRNWALLis 72, fitting for the flag of 
 Sir Wm. Parker, Commander-in-Chief in the East 
 Indies. For his exertions during the operations on 
 the coast of China, where he served on shore at the 
 capture of Woosung,* assisted at the reduction of 
 Shanghae, and displayed excellent judgment and good 
 conduct in command of the boats in the attack upon 
 Chin-Kiang-Foo,t he was promoted to his present 
 rank 23 Dec. 1842.]: Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 STODDART. (CTaptain, 1825. F-p., 17; h-p., 33.) 
 John Stoddart entered the Navy, in Dec. 1797, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt. 
 Wm. Hotham. In that ship, after cruizing off the 
 coast of France, he sailed for the Cape of Good 
 Hope, and on 11 Dec. 1799 assisted, in company with 
 the Tremendous 74, in driving the French frigate 
 La Preneuse on shore, under a heavy fire from the 
 batteries in the neighbourhood of Port Louis, Isle of 
 France. In Deo. 1801, having returned to England, 
 he removed as Midshipman, a rating he had ac- 
 quired in 1798, to the Firm sloop, Capt. Bulkeley 
 Mackworth Praed, lying at Sheerness; where, in 
 1802, he joined the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier. 
 In 1803 he was again placed under the command of 
 Capt. Wm. Hotham in the Eaisonnable 64, star 
 tioned in the North Sea. He was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 14 May, 1804 ; was next, from 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3400. t ^^ GI»Z- 1848, p. 3403. 
 J V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3831. 
 
 that year until he invalided in July, 1808, employed 
 on the West India, Home, and Halifax stations in 
 La Vertu, Capt. Eoberts, and Melampus 36,Capts. 
 Stephen Poyntz and Edw. Hawker ; and in April, 
 1809 and Nov. 1811 was appointed, in the Medi- 
 terranean, to the Canopus 80, flag-ship of Admirals 
 Geo. Martin and Chas. Boyles, and Invincible 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Adam. In the Melampus he assisted 
 in capturing two brigs, each carrying 2 long 24- 
 pounders, 1 18-pounder, and 50 men, most of them 
 soldiers ; four luggers of 1 long 18-pounder and 25 
 men each, from Bordeaux bound to Brest ; and a 
 Spanish privateer, the Hydra, of 28 guns and 192 
 men, 3 of whom were killed and several wounded 
 before she surrendered. In Sept. 1806, the Me- 
 lampus being then in company with the Belleisle 
 and Bellona 74' s, he contributed to the destruction, 
 off Cape Henry, of the French 74 L'lmpetveux. 
 While serving in the Canopus he witnessed, 26 Oct. 
 1809, the selt-destruction, off Cape Cette, of the 
 ships of the line Rohuste and Licfn. He was nomi- 
 nated, 2 May, 1812, Acting-Commander of the 
 Stromboli bomb ; was confirmed to that vessel (in 
 which he appears to have actively co-operated with 
 the Catalonian patriots, and to have assisted at the 
 capture of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de 
 Balaguer*) 3 July following ; and was subsequently, 
 from July to Nov. 1814 and from 1 Jan. 1824 until 
 posted 27 May, 1825, employed on the Mediterranean 
 and West India stations in the Crocus and Prim- 
 rose sloops. He accepted the Eetireitent 1 Oct. 
 1846. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 STODDART. (Kear-Admibal of the White, 
 1841. F-p., 17; H-p., 47.) 
 
 Pringle Stoddart was born 23 May, 1768, and 
 died 29 Jan. 1848, at 10, Bellevue Crescent, Edin- 
 burgh. 
 
 This officer (who had been in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s 
 service) entered the Navy, 29 April, 1783, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Exeter 64, Capt. John Sam. 
 Smith, under whom he took part, 20 June following, 
 in ;Sir Edw. Hughes' action with M. de Suffrein off 
 Cuddalore. In Aug. 1784, three months after he 
 had arrived in England in the Africa 64, Capt. 
 Eobt. M'Douall, he joined the Venus frigate, Capt. 
 Chas. Hudson, on the Irish station, where he re- 
 mained until paid off in the summer of 1786. He 
 then entered the Russian navy in the capacity of 
 Lieutenant ; and, continuing in that service for a 
 period of rather more than four years, was present 
 in 1788-9 in two actions with the Turkish fleet and 
 in a desperate battle fought, 9 July, 17S0, between 
 the Russians and Swedes, the latter of whom gained 
 a complete victory. On the first and last occasions 
 Mr. Stoddart was wounded. In the course of 1791, 
 having returned to England, he was received as 
 Midshipman on board the Formidable 98, bearing 
 the flag of Hon. John Leveson Gower, and Bruns- 
 wick 74, Capt. Sir Roger Curtis. Towards the close 
 of the same year he again joined the E. I. Co.'s 
 service. On the renewal, however, of the war in 
 1793 he obtained the berth of Master's Mate on 
 board the Andromache 32, Capt. Theophilus Jones ; 
 and in her he made a voyage to the coast of Ame- 
 rica. He joined next the Valiant 74, Capts. Thos. 
 Pringle and Christopher Parker (part of Lord Howe's 
 fleet in the action of 1 June, 1794), and Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas. In the 
 latter ship, of which he was ultimately nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant, he shared in Lord Bridport's ren- 
 contre with the French fleet off He de Groix 23 
 June, 1795. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 16 
 April, 1796 ; and was afterwards appointed in suc- 
 cession — in April and Aug. of the same year, to the 
 Trident 64, Capt. Edw. Oliver Oshorn, and Tremen- 
 dous 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admirals Thos. 
 Pringle and Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian, both at 
 the Cape of Good Hope— 23 Jan. 1799, for a passage 
 home, to theSpHVNX 20, Capt. Lord Augustus Fitz- 
 Roy — 13 July following, to the Trusty 50, Capt. 
 Bowen— and 2 June, 1800, 15 March, 1804, and 4 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1813, pp. 1361, 141)5. 
 
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 STOKES- STOLL. 
 
 July, 1805, to the Kent 74, Eotal Sovekeign 100, 
 and Queen 93, flag-ships of Sir Rich. Biokerton in 
 the Mediterranean. In the Tkemendous he wit- 
 nessed the capture of the Dutch squadron in Sal- 
 danha Bay 17 Aug. 1796 ; in the Trusty he accom- 
 panied the expedition to the Helder in 1799 ; and in 
 the Kent he assisted, in 1801, in expelling the 
 French from Egypt ; where he acquired the " most 
 unequivocal praise of Sir Ralph Abercromby" for 
 his exertions while serving with the army on the 
 memorable 8 March, and was highly commended by 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith for his zealous and gallant 
 conduct in the battles of the 13th and 21st. In ac- 
 knowledgment of his efforts during the campaign he 
 was presented with a gold medal by the Turldsh 
 Government. "While with Sir H. C. Christian in 
 the Tkemendous Mr. Stoddart filled the post of 
 First-Lieutenant, as he also did for a considerable 
 time under Sir R. Bickerton. He left the Queen 
 30 Sept. 1805; and on 22 Jan. 1806 he was made 
 Commander into the Ckuizer 18. In that vessel he 
 made prize, 6 and 26 Jan. 1807, of Le Jena and Le 
 Brave privateers, of 16 guns each ; retook two mer- 
 chant-brigs ; and liberated the crews of three other 
 vessels which had fallen into the hands of the enemy. 
 He also united in the attack upon Copenhagen ; 
 during the siege of which place he was stationed on 
 shore, was several times engaged with the Danes, 
 and on one occasion in particular, 22 Aug. 1807, ob- 
 tained, in common with the others employed, the 
 IJraise of Admiral Gambler for the bravery and 
 energy he displayed in a long and heavy contest 
 with a powerful flotilla. He attained Post-rank 13 
 Oct. 1807; was appointed, 22 Sept. 1810, to the 
 command pro tern., which he retained for seven 
 weeks, of the Pallas frigate on the coast of Nor- 
 way (where he captured with his boats two Danish 
 privateers, one mounting 6, the other 5 guns) ; and 
 on 23 Nov. 1841 was advanced to Flag-rank. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Stoddart married, 20 Nov. 1807, 
 Miss Frances'Sprot, niece of Mark Sprot, Esq., of 
 King's Road, Bedford Row ; by whom he has left 
 issue seven children. His third son, James, is a 
 Commander E.N. 
 
 STOKES. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Henry Stokes entered the Navy 15 Feb. 1828 ; 
 passed his examination 6 Dec. 1834 ; and on the 
 paying off' of the Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham 
 Dalling, in which vessel he had been serving in the 
 Mediterranean, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 21 June, 1842. His appointments have since 
 been — 14 Oct. 1842, to theSTROMBOLi steamer, Capt. 
 "Wm. Louis, again in the Mediterranean — 12 July, 
 1843, for six months, to the Penelope steam-frigate, 
 Capt. Wm. Jones, employed on particular service — 
 11 July, 1844, to the Tartarus steam surveying- 
 vessel, Capt. Jas. Wolfe, stationed on the coast of 
 Ireland, where he remained until the following Dec. 
 — and, 26 May, 1845, to the command, which he still 
 holds, of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 his appointment was confirmed. He attained his 
 present rank 4 July, 1846 ; and since 14 Oct. 1847 
 has been in command of the Acheron steam sur- 
 veying-vessel in the East Indies. 
 
 Capt. Stokes married, in Jan. 1841, at Port Phillip, 
 Fanny Jane, daughter of the late Major Marlay. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 STOKES. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 1 9 ; h-p., 4.) 
 
 John Lort Stokes entered the Navy, 20 Sept. 
 1824, as Fst.-el. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 
 120, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Moorsom at Sheer- 
 ness. From Oct. 1825 until Nov. 1830 he aided, as 
 Midshipman of the Beagle 10, Capt. Robt. FitzRoy, 
 in surveying the Straits of Magellan; and from 
 June, 1831, until Nov. 1836, he was employed as 
 Mate and Assistant-Surveyor in the same vessel, 
 under Capt. FitzRoy, in examining and defining 
 the coast of South America. He obtained his first 
 commission 10 Jan. 1837 ; and on being re-ai^pointed, 
 25 Feb. following, to the Beagle, then commanded 
 by Capt. John Clements Wickham, he sailed on a 
 voyage of discovery to Australia, whence he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off 14 Oct. 1843. 
 In Deo. 1840 he was severely wounded in an affray 
 with the natives. In March, 1841, Capt. Wickham's 
 health obliging him to invalid, he succeeded to the 
 command of the Beagle; and on 16 Aug. following 
 
 STOKES. (LiECT., 1830. r-p.,20; h-p., 15.) 
 
 Shovel Beenton Stokes entered the Navy, 24 
 Feb. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bacchante 
 38, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Fras. Stanfell; in which 
 ship and her boats he saw much service in the Me- 
 diterranean, and assisted at the reduction of the 
 towns of Rovigno, Karlebago, Fiume', Ragusa, and 
 Cattaro. On proceeding subsequently to the coast 
 of North America, we find him, in the capacity of 
 Midshipman, accompanying an expedition to Pe- 
 nobscot Bay, and contributing to the capture of the 
 town of Maohias. In July, 1815, he was received, as 
 a Supernumerary, on board the Prince, Capt. Edm. 
 Boger, lying at Spithead ; and he was subsequently 
 employed— from 5 Oct. 1815 until Nov. 1818, in the 
 Bann 20 and Chekub 26, Capts. Wm. Fisher and 
 Geo. Wickens Willes, on the coast of Africa — from 
 10 Nov. 1818 until 1821, as Mate, in the Wye 26, 
 Capts. G. W. Willes and Peter Fisher, in the North 
 Sea— from 1821 until '24:Aug. 1824, as Admiralty- 
 Mate, Acting-Lieutenant, and Admiralty-Mate, in 
 his former ship the Bann, Capts. Chas. Phillips 
 Jones, Geo. WooUcombe, and Geo. W^m. Conway 
 Courtenay, and Driver sloop, Capt. Chas. Bowen, 
 both on the coast of Africa— and, from 14 Sept. 
 1824, until advanced to his present rank 22 July, 
 1830, chiefly as Admiralty-Mate, in the Albion 74, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, Brazen 26, Capt. G. W. 
 Willes, Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. 
 Moorsom, JEtna bomb, Capt. Thos. Edw. Hoste, 
 Raobe tender, Asia 84, Capts. Wm. Jas. Hope John- 
 stone and Geo. Burdett, and St. Vincent 120, Capt. 
 Hyde Parker, on the Home, African, and Mediter- 
 ranean stations. His next and last appointment was, 
 4 July, 1836, to the Salamander steamer, Capt. 
 Sidney Colpoys Dacres, under whom he was em- 
 ployed on the north coast of Spain until superseded 
 in Feb. 1838. While serving on the coast of Africa 
 he assisted in capturing a great variety of slave- 
 vessels. 
 
 STOLL. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 6.) 
 John Luke Richard Stoll is son of the Hon. 
 J. W. Stoll, Treasurer and Accountant-General at 
 the Cape of Good Hope, and a Member of the Exe- 
 cutive and Legislative Councils of that colony. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andkomache frigate, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Joseph 
 Nourse at the Cape of Good Hope. In Feb. 1825 
 he was discharged ; and in the following May he 
 entered the Royal Naval College. He joined next, 
 in the course of 1827, the AcoEn and Satellite 
 sloops, Capts. Alex. Ellice and John Milligen Laws 
 (each forming part of an experimental squadron), 
 and Maidstone 42, bearing the broad pendants of 
 Commodores Wm. Skipsey and Chas. Marsh Sohom- 
 berg at the Cape of Good Hope ; where he removed, 
 in Aug. 1830, to the EsroiR 10, Capt. Henry Fras. 
 Greville. On that vessel being paid off he was 
 received, in Jan. 1831, on board the Winchester 
 52, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, 
 Commander-in-Chief 'on the North America and 
 West India station. He attained the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 6 Oct. 1832 ; and was in that capacity ap- 
 pojnted— 29 Oct. 1832, to the Fly 18, Capt. Peter 
 M'Quhae, in the West Indies, where he remained 
 until Feb. 1835 — 4 Feb. 1836, as a Supernumerary, 
 to the Thalia 42, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Patrick 
 Campbell at the Cape of Good Hope — in April, 1837, 
 and March, 1838, to the command of the Buzzard 
 and BoNETrA of 3 guns eacli, on the coast of Africa, 
 , whence he returned to England and was paid offin 
 June, 1840— and in Nov. 1841, as Senior, to his for- 
 
STONE. 
 
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 mer ship the Fly, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood, 
 fitting at Plymouth for a surveying expedition to 
 the East Indies. The Thalta made prize of two 
 slave-vessels ; the Buzzard suffered severely from 
 fever at Fernando Po ; and the Bonetta, which 
 vessel Mr. StoU joined while she was in quarantine 
 at Ascension, had half her officers and crew carried 
 off. In her he succeeded in capturing as many as 
 nine slavers, three of which, of superior force, were 
 taken 50 miles up the Congo River, and one cut out, 
 after a sharp resistance, from the river Pongos, by 
 two boats under his own direction. He was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank, soon after he had joined 
 the Fly, 23 Nov. 1841 ; and since 30 June, 1847, has 
 been employed as an Inspeoting-Commander in the 
 Coast Guard. Agents — ilessrs. Chard. 
 
 STONE. (Lieut., 1800. f-p., 13; h-p., 40.) 
 
 James Stone (a), born 26 Sept. 1775, is one of the 
 12 children of the late Isaac and Mary Stone, of Sid- 
 bury, CO. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Feb. 1794, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Impkegnaele 98, Capt. Geo. 
 Blagden Westcott ; in which ship, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Benj. Caldwell, he fought and was 
 wounded in Lord Howe's action 1 June following. 
 He was next, from 28 March, 1795, until 1 March, 
 1799, employed under the flag of the late Lord 
 Keith, as A.B., Acting Clerk, and Midshipman, in 
 the Monarch 74 and Queen Ciiaklotte 100. While 
 attached to the former ship he landed, as a Volun- 
 teer, in the attack upon the Cape of Good Hope in 
 1795, and was present at the surrender of the Dutch 
 squadron in Saldanha Bay 17 Aug. 1796. During 
 his sojourn on shore, and while encamped with the 
 army at Maysenbergh, he offered in a heavy gale to 
 fetch provisions from the ships in Simon's Bay. He 
 accordingly put off, but his boat was soon cast away, 
 and he and his crew, being washed out of her, were 
 with difficulty saved. In the Queen Charlotte 
 Mr. Stone continued to serve under the flag, in the 
 Channel, of Sir Chas. Thompson, until 24 March, 
 1799. He then removed to the Eoyal George 100, 
 flag-ship of Lord Bridport ; and on 31 March, 1800, 
 he was confirmed a Lieutenant, a short time after 
 he had been ordered to act as such, in the Neptune 
 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon. When lying subsequently 
 in Bantry Bay with a squadron under Rear-Admiral 
 Chas. Morice Pole, the latter having made the sig- 
 nal for a Lieutenant of the Neptune, Mr. Stone, 
 although it blew hard, was immediately sent on 
 board the Admiral's ship. The gale increasing be- 
 fore he could reach his destination, he was driven 
 in his boat to sea, and after beating about for several 
 hours was thrown on shore, at nine p.m., on Bear 
 Island. Here with his men and a Midshipman he 
 passed the night in a mud cot ; and on the following 
 day, to the astonishment of all on board, he rejoined 
 his ship. H e had previously, in the Royal George, 
 taken part in an attack made, 2 July, 1799, on a 
 Spanish squadron in Aix Roads. Invaliding from 
 the;N£PTUNE in Feb. 1801, he was next, from 4 May 
 in that year until March, 1802, and from 11 Juno 
 following until he again invalided in April, 1804, 
 employed in the Channel and North Sea in the Na- 
 wur74, Capt. Hon. Michael De Courcy, and CnurzER 
 18, Capt. John Hancock. On 14 June, 1803, he vo- 
 lunteered, with two boats, to bring out the French 
 brig and schooner Z/S Commode and L' Iriabordable, 
 of 4 guns each, which had been driven on shore by 
 the Cruizeb and Jalouse, near Cape Blanc-Nez. 
 This service, after he had been for an hour exposed 
 to a galling fire from the enemy's batteries and some 
 field-pieces, he succeeded in accomplishing, although 
 on reaching the vessels he found them scuttled and 
 stuck fast in the mud. He was Senior-Lieutenant 
 of the Cbuizer in March, 1804, when that sloop gal- 
 lantly beat off, and then pursued close under the 
 batteries of Ostend, 13 armed brigs, full of troops, 
 which had been sent from Flushing for the express 
 purpose of either taking or destroying her. In the 
 following month a pulmonary complaint and an 
 attack of rheumatism produced by the arduous na- 
 
 ture of his services in the North Sea compelled him, 
 as above stated, to invalid. On his restoration to 
 health he applied, fervently, but in vain, for em- 
 ployment in a sea-going ship ; and indeed the only 
 appointments which he ever afterwards succeeded 
 in obtaining appear to have been, 23 Jan. 1824, for 
 three years, to the Ordinary at Portsmouth ; aud, 
 very recently, to the Volunteer Service at Liver- 
 pool. 
 
 Lieut. Stone married, first, 15 April, 1805, Hannah 
 Stone, daughter of Mr. Salmon, R.N. ; and, that lady 
 dying 10 July, 1832, a second time, 24 Sept. 1835, 
 Susannah, daughter of Lieut. Wm. Colborne, for- 
 merly of the 66th Regt., and a near relative of Lord 
 Seaton. By his former marriage he has issue 15 
 children ; by his second he has had two sons. 
 
 STONE. (LiECT., 1824. f-p., 13; h-p., 22.) 
 
 John Stone was born 28 July, 1799. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Feb. 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the North Star 28, Capts. 
 Thos. Coe and Geo. Bentham, with whom he served 
 in the Channel and West Indies, part of the time in 
 the capacity of Midshipman, until 30 April, 1816. 
 He was afterwards employed — from 20 Aug. 1816 
 until July, 1819, in the Weymouth store-ship, Mas- 
 ter-Commander Rich. Turner, in the Mediterranean 
 and Baltic— from July, 1819, until 20 April, 1823, 
 as Midshipman and Mate (he passed his examination 
 in Aug. 1818), in the Superb 78, Capts. Thos. White 
 and Adam Mackenzie (bearing the broad pendant 
 at first of Commodore Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy), 
 in South America— and from 20 April, 1823, until 3 
 Dec. 1824, in the Hdssak 46, Capt. Geo. Harris, on 
 the Lisbon and West India stations. He was then, 
 for his exertions in the suppression of piracy, pre- 
 sented with a commission dated 20 Aug. 1824. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Stone married, 6 Sept. 1836, Miss Aun 
 Warton Johnson, of Greenwich, co. Kent. 
 
 STONE. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 14.) 
 
 William Stone, born 1 May, 1799, is second son 
 of Wm. Stone, Esq., late Master-Shipwright of 
 Chatham Dockyard. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 Jan. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Peacock of 18 guns and 
 122 men, Capt. Wm. Peake; and on 24 Feb. 1813 
 was present, as Midshipman, in that vessel when she 
 was captured, off Demerara, by the American ship 
 Hornet of 20 guns and 165 men, after a close and 
 desperate action of 25 minutes, in which the British 
 sustained a loss of 5 (including their commander) 
 killed and 33 wounded, and the enemy of only 1 
 killed and 2 wounded. Among the wounded on the 
 occasion was Mr. Stone, whose skull was fractured 
 by a musket-ball. On his release from captivity he 
 was received, in June, 1813, on board the Sceptre 
 74, Capt. Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, stationed in 
 the Chesapeake, where he was again wounded, in 
 the neck, in an action with Commodore Barney's 
 flotilla. He also assisted in cutting out, on the 
 coast of North Carolina, the Anaconda brig of 18 
 guns, and the 14-gun privateer St. Lawrence. Be 
 continued on the coast of North America in the 
 vessel last mentioned, which was added to the British 
 Navy and placed under the command of Lieut. David 
 Boyd, and in the Maidstone 36, Capt. Wm. Skipsey, 
 
 until Sept. 1 815 ; and he was afterwards employed 
 
 between Sept. 1815 and Oct. 1817, as Master's Mate, 
 in the Leander 50 and Vengeur 74, Capts. Edw. 
 Chetham and Thos. Alexander, on the Home station 
 — and between the latter date and April, 1824, as 
 Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman (he passed his ex- 
 amination 5 March, 1817), in the Glasgow 60, Capt. 
 Hon. Anthony Maitland, Dispatch 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Clarke Jervoise, and Eochfort 80, Capt. Chas. Marsh 
 Schomberg. On 19 May, 1824, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. While attached to the Dis- 
 patch an explosion of gunpowder deprived him for 
 a long time of his sight; and so seriously was he in- 
 jured that he was ultimately for many years rendered 
 
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 STOPFORD. 
 
 incapable of serving afloat. He applied in conse- 
 quence for employment in the Coast Blockade ; and 
 on 8 Dec. 1830 he was accordingly appointed a Su- 
 pernumerary of the Hyperion depot-ship, Capt. 
 AVm. Jas. Mingaye. For his services during the 
 next si-x months he veas placed, on the abolition of 
 the Coast Blockade, in command, 5 April, 1831, of 
 a station in the Coast Guard at Hastings, vfhere he 
 remained until 19 March, 1839. His exertions dur- 
 ing that period in the suppression of smuggling were 
 so great that they not only elicited the acknowledg- 
 ments of the Comptroller-General, but attracted the 
 notice of Alderman "Wilson, who occasionally made 
 visits to the coast, and who, on being elected Lord 
 Mayor, testified his admiration of them by present- 
 ing Mr. Stone with the appointment, which he still 
 holds, of Harbour-Master of the Port of London. 
 
 The Lieutenant married, 27 July, 1831 , Arabella, 
 second daughter of Dr. Kent, Surgeon at one time 
 of Greenwich Hospital, and afterwards of Deptford 
 Dockyard. 
 
 STOPFOKD. (Commander, 1 841.) 
 
 Edwakd Stopfokd was born 20 Aug. 1809. He 
 is a younger brother of Capt. Rich. Henry Stop- 
 ford, R.N. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Koyal Naval College 6 
 Feb. 1823 ; and embarked, in Feb. ■- 1825, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Boadicea 46, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Sir Jas. Brisbane in 
 the East Indies, where he took part in the opera- 
 tions connected with the war in Ava. In Dec. 1826 
 he removed to the 'WAiispiTi; 74, Capt. Hon. Rich. 
 Saunders Dnndas ; and after circumnavigating the 
 globe in that ship (the first of her class that ever 
 did so), he was received, in Aug. 1827, on board the 
 Isis 50, bearing the broad pendant in the Mediter- 
 ranean of Commodore Sir Thos. Staines ; under 
 whom we find him, 31 Jan. 1828, contributing to 
 the capture of the piratical island of Carabusa, and 
 to the destruction there of a large number of brigs, 
 schooners, and other craft. In 1829 he joined the 
 Raleigh 18, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, also in the 
 Mediterranean ; and towards the close of the same 
 year, having passed his examination in the preceding 
 Feb., he was appointed Mate of the Winchester 
 52, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, 
 Commander-in-Chief in North America and the 
 "West Indies. He served next, until the receipt of 
 his first commission, bearing date 12 Dec. 1831, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. 
 Wm. Conway Courtenay, Pickle schooner (com- 
 manded by himself and employed in the suppression 
 of piracy and the slave-trade), and Sparrowhawk 
 18, Capt. Thos. Metcalfe Currie (acting), all on the 
 station last named ; and he was afterwards ap- 
 pointed, in the Mediterranean— 30 Deo. 1833 and 17 
 March, 1837, to the Caledonia 120 and Princess 
 Charlotte 104, flag-ships of Sir Josias Rowley and 
 Sir Robt. Stopford— 20 Feb. 1838, to the command 
 of the CoNFiANCE steamer, in which vessel he served 
 on the coast of Syria— and 11 May, 1841, again to 
 the Princess Charlotte, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir R. Stopford. On the paying ofi' of the latter 
 ship he was advanced, 20 July, 1841, to the rank of 
 Commander. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 Commander Stopford married, at Malta, 6 Aug. 
 1840, Julia Maria, eldest daughter of the late Capt. 
 Wm. Wilbraham, R.N. (1809), by whom he has 
 issue. 
 
 STOPFOKD. (Captain, 1841.) 
 
 James John Stopford was born 17 April, 1817. 
 He is next brother of Capt. Robt. Fanshawe Stop- 
 ford, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1829 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 5 Oct. 1837; and was 
 appointed, 17 of the same month, to the Princess 
 Charlotte 104, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of 
 his father. Sir Robt. Stopford, to whom he was no- 
 minated, 21 Feb. 1838, Flag-Lieutenant. Ho was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander 18 Feb. 1840 ; 
 appointed, five days afterwards, to the Zebra 16, 
 
 also in the Mediterranean ; and posted 14 May, 1841 . 
 In the Zebra he obtained the grateful thanks of 
 Capt. Houston Stewart, the senior officer present, 
 for the cordial support and assistance he alforded 
 in the attack upon Tortosa 25 Sept. 1840 ; on which 
 occasion, we learn, the precision of the Zebra's fire 
 was quite astonishing.* On 4 Dec. following Capt. 
 Stopford was wrecked during a gale of wind off' 
 Caiffa ; but he was honourably acquitted by court- 
 martial of all blame on the occasion. From 13 Nov. 
 1844, until paid off in 1848, he commanded the 
 Amazon 26, off Lisbon and again in the Mediterra- 
 nean. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 STOPFORD. (Capt., 1825. f-p., 14; h-p., 23.) 
 The Honoorable Montagu Stopford, bom 11 
 Nov. 1798, is fourth son of John George, third Earl 
 of Courtown, K.P., by Mary, eldest daughter of 
 Henry, third Duke of Buccleuch ; brother (vrith the 
 present peer) of Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Edw. Stopford, 
 who died 5 July, 1840 ; and nephew of the late Ad- 
 miral Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 8 Oct. 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scipion 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Johnson, bearing the flag at the Cape of Good Hope 
 of his uncle Hon. Robt. Stopford, under whom, in 
 the ensuing year, he assisted as Midshipman at the 
 conquest of the island of Java. After serving for 
 12 months at the Cape with Capt. Henderson Bain 
 in the Lion 64, he returned home in the early part 
 of 1813 in the President 38, Capt. Sam. Warren. 
 On his an-ival he was placed as a Supernumerary in 
 the Trent, Capt. Jones, lying at Cork; and in the 
 course of the same year he was sent in the Leonidas 
 38, Capt. Geo. Eras. Seymour, to the West Indies, 
 where he remained until Sept. 1814. He next, in 
 June and Dec. 1815~," joined the Tonnant 80, fitting 
 at Plymouth for the flag of Sir Benj. Hallowell, and 
 Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell. In the latter 
 ship he accompanied Lord Amherst in his embassy 
 to China, and was wrecked in the Straits of Gaspar, 
 on his passage home, 18 Feb. 1817. In Oct. 1819, at 
 which period he had been serving for six months 
 on the Halifax station in the Newcastle 60, flag- 
 ship of Rear-Admiral Edw. Grifi&th, he was pre- 
 sented with a commission dated 17 July preceding. 
 He was appointed, 24 Feb. 1820, to the William 
 AND Mary yacht, Capts. Andrew Sproule, John 
 Phillimore, and AVra. Bowles, employed in attend- 
 ance on the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; was pro- 
 moted, 29 Jan. 1822, to the rank of Commander; 
 and on 8 April, 1825, after having served for about 
 14 months in that capacity in the Algerine 10, in 
 the Mediterranean, was advanced to Post-rank. 
 He subsequently, from 1 Aug. 1842 until paid off' in 
 1846, commanded the Pique 36 on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station. 
 
 Capt. Stopford married, 25 Aug. 1827, Cordelia 
 Winifreda, second daughter of Major-General Sir 
 Geo. Whitmore, Kt., K.C.H., then Colonel Com- 
 mandant of the Royal Engineers in the island of 
 Malta. By that lady he has issue. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 STOPFORD. (Captain, 1845.) 
 
 Richard Henry Stopford, bom 22 Nov. 1803, is 
 second son of the late Hon. and Rev. Rich. Bruce 
 Stopford, Chaplain to the Queen, Canon of Wind- 
 sor, Prebendary of Hereford, and Rector of Barton 
 Segrave, co. Northampton, by Hon. Eleanor Powys, 
 sister of Lord Lilford. He is brother of Com- 
 mander Edw. Stopford, R.N. ; nephew of the late 
 Admiral Sir Robt. Stopford, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.; 
 and grandson of James, second Earl of Courtown. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1824 ; ob- 
 tained his first oommissioii 31 Dec. 1826 ; served as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Sir R. Stopford in the 
 Victory 104, at Portsmouth, from 30 April, 1827, 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander, 26 Feb. 
 1830 ; and from 18 Deo. 1841, until paid off' in 1844, 
 was employed on the South American station in the 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1840, p. S607. 
 
STOPFORD. 
 
 1127 
 
 Peael 20. He attained his present rank 24 March, 
 1845. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 STOPFOED, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.R.E. (Admi- 
 ral OF THE Red, 1825. F-p. 38 ; h-p., 29.) 
 The Honoukable Sik Eobbkt Stopeokd was 
 horn 5 Feb. 1768, and died 25 June, 1847, at Rich- 
 mond, CO. Surrey. He was third son of James, 
 second Earl of Courtown, by Mary, daughter and 
 co-heir of Eich. Powys, Esq., of Hintlesham Hall, 
 CO. Suffolk, and niece of George, Duke of Montagu ; 
 brother (with James George, third Earl of Cour- 
 town) of Lieut. -General Hon. Sir Edw. Stopford, 
 G.C.B., K.T.S., who died in 1837; and uncle of 
 Capts. Hon. Montagu and Kich. Henry Stopford, 
 K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 May, 1780, on 
 board the Pkince Geokge 98, Capts. Fox and Wil- 
 liams, in which ship, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Digby, he assisted at the capture of a 
 convoy homeward-bound from Martinique, was with 
 Admiral Darby, in 1781, at the relief of Gibraltar, 
 and, besides participating in other services, was 
 warmly engaged in Rodney's action 12 April, 1782, 
 on which occasion the Pkimce Geokge had her 
 foremast and maintopmast shot away, and sus- 
 tained a loss of 38 killed and wounded. In Dec. 
 1782 Mr. Stopford removed as Midshipman to 
 L'AiOLE frigate, Capt. Wm. Fowkes, stationed on 
 the coast of North America and in the "West Indies, 
 where he continued employed as Acting-Lieutenant 
 and Lieutenant in the Atalanta sloop, Capt. Thos. 
 Foley, and Hekmione 32, Capts. John Stone and 
 "Wm. Bentinck, until hig return to England about 
 Oct. 1785. He served next, from March, 1786, until 
 promoted to the rank of Commander 2 June, 1789, 
 in the SaIiISehky 50, Commodore Elliot, Centurion 
 50, Capt. Herbert Sawyer, and Aquilon 32, Capt. 
 Robt. Montagu, at Newfoundland, at Chatham, and 
 in the Mediterranean ; he was then appointed to 
 the Fekket 14, on the station last named; and on 
 5 Dec. 1789 he was nominated Acting-Captain of 
 the Ambuscade frigate. He returned, however, 
 to the Fekket in the ensuing May ; and in that 
 vessel, during the dispute with Spain relative to 
 Nootka Sound, he was ordered off Cadiz to watch 
 the equipment of the Spanish fleet. Having taken 
 an accurate view of their proceedings, he made a 
 report of them to Admiral Peyton, who immediately 
 sent him to England, with directions to lay his 
 observations before the Board of Admiralty. He 
 was shortly afterwards, 12 Aug. 1790, advanced to 
 Post-rank. His next appointments were — 16 Aug. 
 1790, to the Fame 74, fitting for the flag of Admiral 
 Cosby at Cork — 3 Nov. following, for about three 
 weeks, to the Lowestoffe 32, in the Channel — 29 
 April, 1791, to the Aqhilon 32—16 July, 1794, to 
 the Phaeton 38—16 July, 1799, to the Excellent 
 74—28 May, 1802, to the Castor frigate— and, 1 
 Jan. 1804, after 10 months of half-pay, to the 
 Spencer 74. In the Aquilon it was Capt. Stop- 
 ford's good fortune to settle a dispute with the 
 Emperor of Morocco, which had induced the latter 
 to withhold the supplies usually furnished by the 
 Barbary States to the garrison at Gibraltar. He 
 afterwards, in the same frigate, conveyed H.R.H. 
 Prince Augustus (the late Duke of Sussex) from 
 Leghorn to England and back ; and in the actions 
 of 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794, he was em- 
 ployed in repeating the signals of Lord Howe. On 
 the latter occasion he had the gratification of elicit- 
 ing the praise of his veteran chief by the manner 
 in which he bore down to the assistance of the 
 Marlborough 74, took that ship in tow, and rescued 
 her at a time when she was Ij'ing dismasted and 
 exposed to a galling fire from the surrounding 
 enemy. Subsequently to the arrival of the fleet at 
 Spithead, Capt. Stopford had twice the honour of 
 embarking His Majesty, with whom he proceeded, 
 the first time to Cowes, and the second to South- 
 ampton. In the Phaeton, after watching some 
 frigates at Dunkerque and Ostend, he cruized with 
 Lord Howe in the Channel and off the const of Ire- 
 
 land, and in the early part of 1795 assisted in escort- 
 ing the Princess Caroline of Brunswick from Cux- 
 haven to England. On 7 June following he con- 
 tributed to the capture of eight vessels laden with 
 wine and naval stores from Bordeaux ; in effecting 
 which service, and in endeavouring to bring out a 
 corvette that had sought refuge under a battery on 
 the south end of Belleisle, he had 1 man killed, 7 
 others wounded, and 2 guns dismounted.* On 16 
 and 17 of the same month the Phaeton was 
 present in Cornwallis' celebrated retreat ;t and so 
 greatly did she distinguish herself on that occasion, 
 as well as during a cruize which had preceded it, 
 that on their return to port the Admiral declared 
 she had done the duty of three frigates. Besides 
 sharing in a vast deal of active service, Capt. Stop- 
 ford afterwards drove on shore, on He de Re, and 
 destroyed, L^Eehxywe of 28 guns. He made prize 
 also of La Bornie CUoyenne corvette of 20 guns and 
 145 men ; J was in company with the Ambuscade 
 and Stag at the surrender of L'Sircmdelle 20, and 
 with the Anson at the re-capture of the Daphtie of 
 30 § and La Flore of 36 guns ; || and either took, or 
 aided in taking, among other vessels, the privateers 
 L'Actif of 18 guns and 120 men. La Petite CMrie of 
 4 guns and 22 men, Le Chasseur of 6 guns and 47 
 men, the Indian of 16 guns, La X>ecouverte, L'JLasard 
 of 14 guns, L*Aventure, La Legere of 18 guns and 
 130 men, Le Mercure of 18 guns (pierced for 20) 
 and 1.32 men, Le Levrier of 16 guns and 70 men. 
 La Resolue of 18 guns and 70 men, and La Hessource 
 of 10 guns and 66 men. In 1797 he was present at 
 Spithead during the mutiny ; but, to his credit, the 
 crew of the Phaeton did not manifest the least 
 symptoms of disaffection. On the night of 22 March, 
 
 1798, he brought a French frigate to action, and 
 drove her on the Olive Rocks, near the Cordovan 
 lighthouse ;^ and towards the close of the latter 
 year, or the commencement of 1799, he conveyed 
 to Admiral Colpoys, at Cork, intelligence of a 
 French fleet having sailed for the coast of Ireland. 
 During his command of the Phaeton Capt. Stop- 
 ford occasionally cruized with a squadron of fri- 
 gates under his orders.** On removing, in July, 
 
 1799, to the Excellent 74, he sailed with a convoy 
 for Lisbon, on his passage whence he succeeded, 
 10 Oct. following, in capturing, off L'Orient, L'Are'- 
 thuse corvette of 18 guns and 153 men. ft He then 
 joined the fleet under Lord Gardner off Brest, and 
 continued employed on Home service, detached 
 occasionally on separate cruizes, until ordered, in 
 1802, with six sail of the line to the "West Indies, 
 where he united in suppressing a mutiny of one of 
 the black regiments at Dominica, and where, on 
 hoisting a broad pendant as senior officer, on the 
 departure of Rear-Admiral Totty, he was charged, 
 agreeably to the stipulations of the treaty of Amiens, 
 with the duty of delivering up Martinique to the 
 French, and Surinam to the Dutch. Having re- 
 duced the naval force on the station to the peace 
 establishment, as well as the dockyard at Antigua, 
 he applied to the Admiralty for leave to return 
 home, on account of ill health, and at the beginning 
 of 1803 he was superseded by Commodore Sir Sam. 
 Hood. He sailed for England in the Castor, to which 
 ship, as above stated, he had removed in May, 1802. 
 Early in 1804 Capt. Stopford, then in the Spencer, 
 joined the Channel fleet ; and in Aug. of that year, 
 after he had been detached off Ferrol under the 
 orders of Sir Edw. Pellew, he proceeded to the 
 Mediterranean. He subsequently accompanied Lord 
 Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit of 
 the combined fleets of France and Spain. On his 
 return he was employed in succession in the 
 Channel under -Admiral Cornwallis, off Vigo under 
 
 * rWe Gaz. noa, p. 655. f f'.Gaz. 1795, p. 650. 
 
 t r. Gaz. 1736, p. 267. \ V. Gaz. 1798, p. 61. 
 
 II r. Gai. 1798, p. S79. If V. Gaz. 1798, p. 27.3. 
 
 ** After the action vvitli La Seine (see the Memoir of Sir 
 David Milne) the Phaeton and some otlier ships who were 
 in the offing were called in, and proved of infinite assistance 
 to those tliat had been engaged, particularly in inducin" a 
 
 French force, which was approaching, to retire Vide Gaz 
 
 1798, p. 651. 
 
 tt f'l'rff Gaz.'170?, p . \0C6 
 
1128 
 
 STOPFORD. 
 
 Sir Robt. Calder, and off Cadiz under Admiral Col- 
 lingwood; and after the battle of Trafalgar — at 
 ■which (owing to his having been sent a few days 
 before to Gibraltar with a squadron under Rear- 
 Admiral Louis for provisions) he had not tlie good 
 fortune to be present — he was of material use in 
 rendering assistance to the disabled ships in the 
 British fleet, and in endeavouring to secure the 
 prizes. Returning with Sir John Duckw^orth to 
 the West Indies, Capt. Stopford was afforded an 
 opportunity of sharing in the laurels won in the 
 action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806 ; on wliich occa- 
 sion he distinguished himself greatly by compelling 
 the AlexaTidre of 80 guns, and another ship, to 
 strilse their colours. -After the battle Capt. Stop- 
 ford, who had been wounded, proceeded with the 
 prizes first to Jamaica* and then to England. In 
 Nov. 1806, with a squadron under his orders, con- 
 sisting of three sail-of-the-line, a frigate, a brig, 
 and a cutter, having on board 5000 troops under 
 Brigadier-General Crawford, destined for the Rio 
 de la Plata, he sailed from Falmouth for Porto 
 Praya, there to await the arrival from England of 
 Bear-Admiral Geo. Murray, who was to command 
 the expedition. After remaining for a month at 
 that place without any appearance of the Rear- 
 Admiral, he was induced, conceiving that some 
 disaster had happened, to proceed with the Thbseds 
 74 and the troops to tlie Cape of Good Hope, where, 
 to his surprise, he found him, and accordingly 
 yielded up his charge. On his return home he 
 joined, in July, 1807, the fleet under Admiral Gam- 
 bler intended to act against Copenhagen ; and he 
 therefore accompanied that oflQcer to the Baltic, on 
 "which station, it appears, he was very actively em- 
 ployed. He had been previously, 9 Nov. 1805, 
 nominated a Colonel of Marines. Attaining the 
 ranl^ of Rear-Admiral 28 April, 1808, he was directed 
 immediately to hoist his flag on board the Spencer, 
 and was sent to blockade the ports of Ferrol and 
 Rochefort. He shifted his flag subsequently to the 
 CssAR 80, and assumed command of a squadron on 
 tlie coast of France, consisting of three sail-of-the- 
 line and two frigates in Basque Roads, and three 
 others off L'Orient. On the night of 23 Feb. 1809, 
 ■while at anchor outside Basque Roads, the signal 
 for an enemy's fleet being made by one of the 
 look-out frigates, Rear-Admiral Stopford, at the 
 time with only three line-of-battle ships, instantly 
 got under sail, but, perceiving at daylight that the 
 chase consisted of 10 sail-of-the-line, he gave over 
 the pursuit, and the latter anchored off the lie d' Aix. 
 In the course of the same day, Feb. 24, having been 
 joined by the Amelia 38, he made an attack upon 
 the three 40-gun frigates Italienne, Calypso^ and 
 Cjjhlle, which had run for protection under the 
 powerful batteries of Sable d'Olonne. These, in 
 spite of a heavy fire which was opened upon him, 
 he contrived, in less than an hour, to drive on shore, 
 ■wliere they were eventually wrecked. f In the en- 
 suing April, as second in command of the fleet under 
 Lord Gambler, he witnessed the destruction of the 
 French shipping in Aix Roads— an enterprise which, 
 although intrusted by the Admiralty to the conduct 
 of the present Earl of Dundonald, he had himself 
 volunteered to undertake by means of fire-ships.J 
 His judicious arrangement, however, of the boats, 
 and the zealous co-operation he afforded, gained the 
 very high approbation of Lord Gambler, and he had 
 the honour of receiving the thanks of Parliament. 
 In the autumn of 1810 he was appointed to the chief 
 command at the Cape of Good Hope, whither he 
 proceeded in the Scipion 74. He had been in- 
 structed to take command, on his arrival there, of 
 the naval part of the expedition against the Isle of 
 France ; but that colony ha^ving surrendered before 
 he reached his destination, his doing so was of course 
 rendered unnecessary. In the following year, in con- 
 sequence of the death of Vice- Admiral Wm. O'Brien 
 Drury and of other circumstances, Rear-Admiral 
 Stopford felt himself called upon to repair (a measure 
 which obtained the approval of the Admiralty) to the 
 • Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 372. f ''''■ Gkl. 1H09, p. 889. 
 X V. Gaz. 1809, p. 638. 
 
 East Indies, for the purpose of directing the naval 
 operations apainst the island of Java. The zealous 
 and cordial manner in which he coalesced with the 
 army had the effect of expediting the conquest,*' and 
 he was again for his conduct gratified with the thanks 
 of Parliament. He sailed next for the Isle of France, 
 whence, having organised everythingconnectedwith 
 the naval department, he returned to the Cape. He 
 continued there, with his flag successively in the 
 Lion 64 and Nisus 38, until relieved, at his own re- 
 quest, by Rear-Admiral Tyler ; and in April, 1813 
 (he had been advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral 
 12 Aug. 1812), he arrived in England in the Pkesi- 
 DENT 38. He was created a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, a 
 full Admiral 27 May, 1825, a G.C.B. 6 June, 1831, and 
 a G.C.M.G. 10 May, 1837; he commanded in chief 
 at Portsmouth from 17 April, 1827, until 30 April, 
 1830; and on 9 Feb. 1837 he hoisted his flag on 
 board the Pbincess Charlotte 104, as Commander- 
 in-Chief in the Mediterranean, where he remained 
 until July, 1841. The importance of his services 
 during the latter period, his career of success on 
 the coast of Syria, and his triumph at Acre, are yet 
 vivid in the recollection of our readers ; and we are 
 relieved from the necessity, which our limits, in- 
 deed, forbid, of entering into a detail of them.t 
 Suffice it, therefore, to observe, that Sir Robert and 
 his fleet received a vote of thanks from both Houses 
 of Parliament ; that those who had served under 
 him were all allotted medals by the Turkish Govern- 
 ment ; and that he himself, before he left the Medi- 
 terranean, was appointed, 1 May, 1841, Governor of 
 Greenwich Hospital, besides obtaining from the 
 city of London its freedom in an elegantly-carved 
 oaken box ; from the Sultan a letter of thanks, ac- 
 companied by the imperial nisMn of honour and 
 merit, and a magnificent sword, the handle of which 
 was studded with jewels ; from the Emperor Nicho- 
 las the Order of St. George of Russia ; from the 
 King of Prussia the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle ; 
 and from the Emperor of Austria the Order of 
 Maria Theresa. He was offered, we believe, a peer- 
 age, but declined it. Twelve Captains who were 
 with him at Acre were nominated Companions of the 
 Bath — such, at least, as had not been so decorated 
 before ; and 10 Commanders, 23 Lieutenants, and 
 50 Mates were promoted. 
 
 For his conduct at St. Domingo Sir Robt. Stop- 
 ford received a gold medal from the Admiralty. 
 About 1806 he was elected M.P. for Ipswich ; and 
 in April, 1834, he was appointed Rear-Admiral of 
 the United Kingdom. He married, 29 June, 1809, 
 Mary, daughter of the late Capt. Robt. FanshawCj 
 R.N., Resident Commissioner of Plymouth Dock- 
 yard (see note, p. 347), by whom he hag left issue 
 three sons (the two eldest, Robert Fanshawe and 
 James John, Captains R.N.) and four daughters. 
 Another daughter, now deceased, was married to 
 Lord Henry Russell, son of the late Duke of Bed- 
 ford, and half-brother of Lord John Russell, M.P. 
 
 STOPFORD. (Capt., 1840. f-p., 16; h-p., 7.) 
 Robert Fanshawe Stopford, born 19 Dec. 1811, 
 is eldest son of the late Admiral Hon. Sir Robt. 
 Stopford, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 Aug. 1824 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 24 Dec. 1830. His 
 succeeding appointments were— 25 Feb. 1831, to the 
 St. Vincent 120, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Sen- 
 house, stationed in the Mediterranean, where he 
 remained for about three years— 12 Aug. 1835, to 
 the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in which 
 ship he escorted the Countess of Durham and suite 
 to St. Petersburgh, then proceeded to South Ame- 
 rica, and ultimately conveyed the Marquess of Clan- 
 ricarde as Ambassador to the former Court— and, 
 7 April, 1837, to the Princess Charlotte 104, as 
 l?lag-Lieutenant to his father in the Mediterranean. 
 He was advanced to the rank of Commander 28 
 June, 1838 ; was appointed in that capacity to the 
 Zebra 16 and Phcbnix steamer, both in the Medi- 
 
 » VideGa?,. 1811, p. 2(00, and Gaz. 1812, p. 110. 
 ■f r. Gaz. 1840, pp. 2225, 2252, 2C01, 2900. 
 
STOREY-STORY— STOTHER-STOYLE-STRACHEY. 
 
 1129 
 
 terranean, 3 Jan. 1839 and 1 March, 1840 ; and on 
 4 Nov. in the latter year was promoted to the rank 
 he now holds, as a reward for his services on the 
 coast of Sjrria and at the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre ; with the despatches relative to which latter 
 event he was sent home.* He obtained command, 
 13 March, 1841, of the Talbot 26, again in the Me- 
 diterranean, whence he returned to England and was 
 paid off in April, 1842 ; and since 25 Aug. 1847 he 
 has been serving in the Asia 84, flag-ship of Kear- 
 Admiral Phipps Hornby in the Pacific. 
 
 Capt. Stopford married, in 1843, Emily Anna, 
 daughter of the late Capt. Wm. Wilbraham, R.N, 
 (1809). Agents — Messrs. StilweH. 
 
 STOREY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Storey entered the Navy, in March, 1801, 
 as A.B., on board the Zbalods 74, Capt. Sam. Hood 
 Linzee, with whom he was for 16 months employed 
 in the Baltic, off the port of Cadiz, and in the West 
 Indies. He served next, from 27 Oct. 1803 until 7 
 Aug. 1809, nearly the whole time as Midshipman, 
 in the Lyba Impress-tender, Lieut.-Commanders 
 Nathaniel Thos. France, Thos. Flinn, Thos. Dowell, 
 and Robt. Daniell Lancaster, at North Shields and at 
 Sheerness; he then joined the Ville de Pabis 110, 
 of which ship, bearing the flags in the Mediterra- 
 nean of Admirals Lord CoUingwood and Thos. Fras. 
 Fremantle, he was created a Lieutenant 28 April, 
 1810; and he was subsequently, between Feb. 1813 
 and Sept. 1815, employed at Portsmouth in the 
 RoYAt WiLUAM and Pkince, bearing each the flag 
 of Sir Rich. Bickerton, Boyne, commanded by him- 
 self, and Peince again, flag-ship of Sir R. Bickerton 
 and Sir Edw. Thornbrough. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 STORY. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Henky Alexander Story was born 25 July, 
 1813. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Dec. 1826; and embarked, 11 Dec. 1828, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. 
 Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, stationed in the Me- 
 diterranean ; where he removed in succession to 
 the JEtna bomb, Capt. Stephen Lushington, and 
 Windsor Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell 
 Bouverie. He served afterwards in the West In- 
 dies until Nov. 1833 (in Aug. of which year he 
 passed his examination) in the Sapphire 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Wm. Wellesley, Falcon 10, Capt. John Gar- 
 rett, Fly 18, Capt. Peter M'Quhae, and Blanche 
 46, Capt. Arthur Farquhar. He wasnext,'in Feb. 
 1837, nominated Mate of the Russell 74, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Henry Dillon, in the Mediterranean; he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 1838 ; 
 and he was subsequently appointed — 10 April, 1839, 
 to the Drcid 44, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer 
 Churchill, from which ship, after participating in 
 the earlier operations of the war in China, and as- 
 sisting at the capture of the enemy's forts at 
 Tycocktow and Chuenpee, he invalided early in 
 1841 — 15 Deo. 1842, as First, to the Gorgon steamer, 
 Capt. Chas. Hothani, fitting for South America, 
 whence he returned about Oct. 1843— and 11 Oct. 
 1845, in a similar capacity, to the Retribution 
 steam-frigate, Capt. Stephen Lushington, attached 
 to the Channel squadron. He attained his present 
 rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 STOTHER. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 
 19; H-p., 27.) 
 
 John Meyricke STOTHEBwas born 14 Sept. 1785. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 July, 1801, as 
 L.M., on board the Dreadnodght 98, Capt. Jas. 
 Vashon, stationed off Cadiz, whence he returned to 
 England and was paid off in July, 1802. In the follow- 
 ing Nov. he became Midshipman (a rating he had 
 attained in Sept. 1801) of the Caroline 36, Capt. 
 Benj. Wm. Page, fitting for the East Indies ; during 
 his passage whither he contributed to the capture, 
 among other vessels, of the De Haaye Dutch brig- 
 of-war. Six months after he had left the Caroline 
 • rWcOaz. 1840, p. 289P. 
 
 he was received, in June, 1804, on board the Ruby 
 64, Capts. Chas. Rowley, Corbet Jas. d'Auvergne, 
 Temple Hardy, and John Draper ; in which ship he 
 served off the Texel, accompanied the expedition to 
 Copenhagen, and continued employed, off Lisbon 
 and Cadiz, until April, 1808. In June of the latter 
 year he removed as Master's Mate to the Ardent 
 64, Capt. Jas. Giles Vashon, on the Leith station ; 
 where, on 9 Nov. in the same year, he was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant (rather more than three months 
 after he had been ordered to act as such) in the 
 Raven sloop, Capt. Fras. John Nott. He served 
 next, from March, 1810, until Aug. 1815, off the 
 Texel, in the Baltic, off Flushing, and in the Downs 
 and Channel, in the Resolution 74, Capt. Temple 
 Hardy, Conquestador 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, 
 Redpole 10, Capts. Colin Macdonatd and Alex. 
 Fraser, and York 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schom- 
 berg ; and from 19 Feb. 1826 until July, 1831, he 
 was employed in the Coast Guard. He accepted his 
 present rank 27 Jan. 1846. 
 
 Commander Stother is married. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 STOYLE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henry Stoylb entered the Navy 9 Sept. 1818 ; 
 passed his examination 7 Oct. 1829 ; obtained an 
 appointment in the Coast Guard 4 June, 1841 ; and 
 was advanced, 23 Nov. following, to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 STRACHEY, K.S.V. (CTa^faCn, 1814. F-p., 22; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 Christopher Strachey, bom 10 Oct. 1778, is 
 son of the late Venerable John Strachey, Archdea- 
 con of Suffolk and Chaplain to George III. ; and 
 nephew of the late Sir Henry Strachey, Bart., M.P., 
 of Sutton Court, co. Somerset, who was Private 
 Secretary to Lord Clive in 1764, and subsequently 
 Master of the Household to the King, Joint Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, and one of the Under Secre- 
 taries of State. 
 
 This oflBcer entered the Navy, 17 Feb. 1792, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Royal Charlotte 
 yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, lying at De^tford. 
 On his return from a voyage to Lisbon m the 
 Phaeton 38, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas, he 
 was received, in April, 1794, on board the Queen 
 Charlotte 100 ; and in that ship, which bore the 
 flags in the Channel of Lords Howe and Keith, he 
 fought in the actions of 28 and 29 May and 1 June. 
 On 29 May, while stationed at his quarters on the 
 middle deck, he was struck by a splinter and swept 
 over the spare tiller. With the exception of an in- 
 terval in 1795, during which he was lent to the 
 Niger frigate, he continued in the Queen Char- 
 lotte until made Lieutenant, 15 March, 1798, into 
 the Hy^na 24, Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle and 
 David Lloyd; he was next, from Jan. 1800 until 
 promoted to the rank of Commander, 29 April, 1802, 
 employed, as he had been in the Hy.5:na, on the 
 Mediterranean and Home stations, in the Resource 
 troop-ship, Capt. John Crispo, as First-Lieutenant 
 in the Heldin 28, Capt. Phillips, and in the Ville 
 DE Paris 110, flag-ship of Earl St. A^ncent and 
 Hon. Wm. Cornwallis ; and on 17 May in the latter 
 year he was appointed to the Jalouse 18. On 14 
 June, 1803, he .gave chase to, and, aided by the 
 Immortalite 36 and Croizer 18, drove on shore 
 and captured, after an hour's engagement with the 
 batteries near Blanc-Nez, 1/ Inabordable schooner 
 and La Commode brig, each carrying 3 24-pounder3 
 and 1 18-pounder ; and he succeeded, at other times, 
 in making many prizes. In Aug. 1804, being then 
 in the Mediterranean, Capt. Strachey was obliged, 
 from the effects of fatigue he had endured while 
 serving in the neighbourhood of Calais, to go on 
 Shore at Malta ; and the command of the Jalouse 
 was in consequence given pro tern, to the present 
 Bear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis. In the following 
 year, however, having recovered his health, he went 
 back to his ship ; and he continued to command her 
 until she returned to England and was paid off in 
 May, 1806. The death of Nelson in 1805) we may 
 
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 STR ANGE— STR AN GW A YS. 
 
 here observe, occasioned Capt. Straohey a severe 
 disappointment; the hero having more than once 
 promised that in the event of a general action and 
 of his obtaining the victory he would give him one 
 of the first Post^vacancies. His next appointment 
 Teas, 18 Oct. 1806, to the Dauntless praam of 22 
 guns ; in which vessel he was directed, in the early 
 part of 1807, to take under his orders at North 
 Yarmouth the Valohous and Combatant, Capts. 
 Eeuben CaillaudMangin and Alex. Rich. Mackenzie, 
 and proceeded to the Baltic. On 19 May in the 
 same year, while gallantly endeavouring to force 
 her way up the Vistula, for the purpose of throwing 
 supplies of powder and oats into Danzig, the Daunt- 
 less took the ground, and after exhausting, during 
 nearly an hour's contest with the batteries on both 
 sides of the river, every means of defence, was re- 
 duced to the necessity of striking her colours. So con- 
 spicuous was Capt. Strachey's conduct on the occasion 
 that Napoleon Buonaparte himself declared that " it 
 was worthy of being placed on the page of history." 
 He remained a prisoner in Prance until the end of 
 the war ; and on his return to England he had the 
 gratification of being honourably acquitted by sen- 
 tence of court-martial of all blame on account of the 
 surrender of his ship, and of being praised by that 
 tribunal for the gallantry and spirit he had dis- 
 played. Notwithstanding, however, the manner in 
 which he had distinguished himself, and his long 
 captivity, he was only allowed to take Post-rank 
 from 28 June, 1814, although he considered he pos- 
 sessed a claim to earlier promotion both in accord- 
 ance with the terms of the Jubilee brevet of 1810, 
 and from the circumstance of a fellow-prisoner, the 
 present Vice-Admiral Henry Gordon, who had been 
 captured as a Commander in 1804 and liberated in 
 1811, having been advanced to Post-rank by a com- 
 mission dated back to 8 April, 1805. In addition to 
 the grievance we have above noticed, it should be 
 likewise stated that on 7 June, 1S14, Capt. Strachey 
 was informed by the First Lord of the Admiralty 
 that he had been that day advanced to Post-rank, 
 and that his commission would be given to him as 
 soon as he chose to apply for it. This, from certain 
 conscientious scruples, he did not do until June, 
 1815, when to his surprise he found that the date 
 of his commission had been altered to 28 June, 
 1814, and that 60 in consequence had been placed 
 over his head. He accepted the Ketirement 1 Oct. 
 1846. 
 
 On 20 March, 1820, Capt. Straohey obtained the 
 Boyal permission to accept and wear the insignia of 
 a Knight of the Order of St. Vladimir of Russia 
 conferred upon him for his services before Danzig 
 by the Emperor Alexander ; who, in according him 
 this mark of favour, acquainted him, through his 
 Ambassador, Count Lieven, that, had it not been for 
 the rupture between the two countries, the honour 
 would have been granted sooner. He married at 
 Verdun-sur-Meuse, during the period he was de- 
 tained in France, Marguerite, daughter, by Marie 
 Madelaine Charlotte d'Aubermesnil, of the Cheva- 
 lier Philippe Henri de Koche, a Lieut.-Colouel of 
 Infantry and Knight of the Order of St. Louis, the 
 scion of an ancient family of Perigord and Nor- 
 mandy, who retired from active service at the com- 
 mencement of the French Revolution. By that lady 
 he has had issue four sons and three daughters. 
 Two of the former, Theophilus "William and Francis 
 Ferdinand, died in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Service in 
 Feb. and May, 1843, the one a Lieutenant in the 
 29th Madras Native Infantry, the other an Ensign 
 in the 9th Bombay Native Infantry; ill health 
 obliged the third, Leonard, a Lieutenant in the 1st 
 Madras Infantry, to throw up his commission ; and 
 the youngest, Louis Henry Placid, a Naval Cadet, is 
 now with Sir Wm. Parker in the Hibekhia 104, 
 and is, we are told, progressing satisfactorily. 
 
 STRANGE. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p.,5.) 
 James Newbokgh Strange was born 2 Oct. 1812. 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 18 April, 1827, as 
 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Hussar 46, Capt. Edw. 
 
 Boxer, stationed on the coast of North America. 
 
 He next, in Aug. and Nov. 1830, joined the Prince 
 Regent 120 and Undaunted 46, Capts. Jas. Whitley 
 Dean Dimdas and Edw. Harvey ; and after serving 
 for about three years in the latter ship at the Cape 
 of Good Hope, he was appointed, in April, 1834, 
 Mate (he had passed his examination 13 May, 1833) 
 of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, 
 Capt. Thos. Hastings. From June, 1835, until 
 April, 1837, he was employed in the Mediterranean 
 in the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry ; on 
 his arrival home in June of the latter year in the 
 Revenge 78, Capt. Wm. Elliott, he joined the Bri- 
 tannia 120, Capt. J. W. D. Dundas, lying at Ports- 
 mouth ; and in the following Sept. he was placed on 
 board the Pearl 20, Capt. Lord Clarence Edw. 
 Paget, on the North America and "West Ijidia sta/- 
 tion. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 23 Feb. 1838, and was subsequently appointed — 24 
 Feb. and 29 July, 1838, to the Cornwallis 74, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, and Inconstant 36, 
 Capt. Dan. Pring, both on the station last named— 
 30 July, 1840, as Additional, after four months of 
 half-pay, to the "William and Mart yacht, Capt. 
 Phipps Hornby— and in Oct. 1840 and Nov. 1841, to 
 the WiLBERFORCE and Albert steamers, Capts. 
 "Wm. Allen and Edm. Gardiner Fishboume, in 
 which vessels he continued employed on the Niger 
 expedition, latterly as First-Lieutenant, until ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 30 March, 1842. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 STRANGE. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Strange (a) entered the Navy, 9 Dec. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fortdnee 36, 
 Capts. Henry Vansittart and Seymour ; in which 
 ship, after serving for nearly four years on the 
 Channel and Irish stations, he conveyed Rear-Ad- 
 miral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, towards the close of 
 1810, to the Mediterranean, and on 11 Oct. 1811, 
 having returned with an Algerine Ambassador to 
 England, assisted at the capture of a most notorious 
 privateer, Le Vice-Amiral Martin, of 18 guns and 
 140 men. In July, 1812 (he had attained the ratings 
 of Midshipman and Master's Mate in Aug. 1808 and 
 Oct. 1810), he was again placed under Capt. Van- 
 sittart, in the Clarence 74. In that ship he con- 
 tinued employed in the North Sea and off Brest and 
 Rochefort until 30 July, 1813, when by some means 
 he fell into the hands of the enemy. On his return 
 from France in April, 1814, he again joined the 
 Clarence, then commanded by Capt. Fred.'Warren ; 
 in the following Aug. he removed to the Redwing 
 18, Capt. Thos. Toiing, stationed off Lisbon and in 
 the "West Indies ; and in May, 1815, he was pre- 
 sented with a Lieutenant's commission bearing date 
 15 Feb. preceding. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Lieut. Strange married Eliza, daughter of Joseph 
 Taylor, Esq., and sister of Thos. Taylor, Esq., M.D., 
 of Dunkerrow Castle, co. Kerry. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 STEANG"WA"yS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Edmund Ludlow Strangways entered the Navy 
 5 Feb. 1830 ; passed his examination 10 July, 1837 ; 
 and for his services in the Hon. E.I. Co.'s war- 
 steamer Nemesis under the present Capt. Wm. 
 Hutcheon Hall, during the war in China (where he 
 landed, 27 Feb. 1841, and assisted at the capture of 
 54 pieces of cannon on the enemy's works close to 
 Whampoa Reach*), was promoted, after he had been 
 further, for about 12 months, employed in the Me- 
 diterranean in the Formidable 84, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Sullivan, to the rank of Lieutenanti23 Dec. 1842.t 
 His succeeding appointments were — 29 April, 1843, 
 as Additional, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir 
 Chas. Adam in North America and the West Indies 
 —1 Nov. following, to the Electra 18, Capt. Arthur 
 Darley, on the same station — and 16 March, 1846, 
 after a few months of half-pay, to the Favorite 14, 
 Capt. Alex. Murray, fitting for the coast of Africa, 
 where he was superseded about May, 1847. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 TtdeGaz, 1841,p. 1501. 
 
 t F. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
STRATFORD— STREATFEILD. 
 
 1131 
 
 STRATFOED, F.E.S. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; 
 H-P., 34.) 
 
 "William Samuel Stuatfokd entered the Navy 
 10 Feb. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pompee 
 74, Capt. Bich. Dacres; and while in that ship, 
 which bore the flags successively of Admirals Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith and Henry Edwin Stanhope, he 
 co-operated in the defence of Gaeta and the reduc- 
 tion of Capri, accompanied the expedition to the 
 Dardanells, assisted at the destruction of a Turkish 
 squadron off Point Fesquies, and was present as 
 Midshipman in the attack upon Copenhagen. After 
 serving for a few weeks with Capt. John Serrell 
 in the Victors- 104, at Chatham, he rejoined Sir W. 
 S. Smith, in March, 1808, on board the Focdroyant 
 80, and sailed for the coast of Brazil. On his 
 return home in May, 1809, he was nominated Mas- 
 ter's Mate of the Puissant 74, Capt. Hall, lying at 
 Spithead; he served next, in that capacity, from 15 
 April, 1810, until 12 March, 1812, in the Theseds 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Prowse, in the North Sea ; and on 14 
 March, 1815, he was advanced to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Since 22 April, 1831, Lieut. Stratford, who is a 
 Fellowof the KoyalSociety, has been Superintendent 
 of the Nautical Almanac. He published, in 1831, 
 * An Index to the Stars in the Catalogue of the 
 Koyal Astronomical Society ;' and in 1838 a volume 
 ' On the Elements of the Orbit of Halley's Comet.' 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 Anne, third daughter of Henry 'Woodgate, Esq., 
 of Riverhill, near Seven Oaks, oo. Kent, by whom 
 he has issue an only daughter. 
 
 STREATFEILD. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 12; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 KiCHAKO Streatfeild, born 29 May, 1789, is 
 fourth son of the late Henry Streatfeild, Esq., of 
 Chiddingstone, in Kent, High-Sheriff for that co. in 
 1792, by Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of the Very 
 Rev. Newton Ogle, D.D., of Kirkley, co. Northum- 
 berland, Dean of Winchester, and niece of Admiral 
 Sir Chaloner Ogle, Bart., father of the present Ad- 
 miral Sir Chas. Ogle, Bart. He is brother of Thos. 
 Streatfeild, Esq., late Lieut.-Colonel in the Grena- 
 dier Guards ; also of Capt. Chas. Ogle Streatfeild, 
 of the Koyal Engineers ; and cousin of Commander 
 Robt. Streatfeild, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1802 (un- 
 der the auspices of his cousin. Sir Chas. Ogle), as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alarm 32, commanded 
 by the present Sir Wm. Parker, with whom he re- 
 moved, in the following Nov., to the Amazon 38. 
 In that ship he brought the Duke of Kent home 
 from Gibraltar, assisted at the capture of the pri- 
 vateers Le Felix of 16 guns and 96 men, and Prin- 
 cipe de la Paz of 24 guns, 4 swivels, and 160 men, 
 united in the very spirited pursuit of a French fri- 
 gate into Toulon, accompanied Lord Nelson to the 
 West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined 
 squadrons of France and Spain, and took part, 13 
 March, 1806, in a long running-fight, which termi- 
 nated in the surrender to the London 98 and Ama- 
 zon, whose loss extended to 4 men killed and 5 
 wounded, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate -BeKejPowfe. 
 He was also employed in active co-operation with 
 the patriots on the coast of Spain. On 22 Oct. 1808 
 (he had left the Amazon 4 Aug. preceding) he 
 joined the Tigke 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell, in the 
 Mediterranean ; where he was nominated, 5 March, 
 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the Minorca 18, Capts. 
 Phipps Hornby, T. Everard (Acting), and Ralph 
 Randolph Wormeley. In the latter vessel, to which 
 he was confirmed 19 July following, he continued 
 employed, until July, 1811— nearly the whole time 
 as Senior Lieutenant. His next and last appoint- 
 ments were, 8 Nov. 1811 and 29 Jan. 1812, to the 
 Christian VII. 80, and, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Impregnable 98, bearing the flags on the Home 
 station of Admirals Wm. Young and H. R. H. the 
 Duke of Clarence. He was promoted to the rank 
 of Commander 26 May, 1814, but did not leave the 
 Impreonable until after that ship had brought 
 over the Allied Sovereigns. 
 
 Commander Streatfeild married, 27 July, 1824, 
 
 STREATFEILD. (Commandeb, 1815. f-p., 14; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 Robert Streatfeild is fourth son of the late 
 Sandeforth Streatfeild, Esq., of Long Ditton, co. 
 Surrey, by Frances, daughter of Thos. Hussey, Esq., 
 of Ashford, co. Kent ; and cousin of Commander 
 Rich. Streatfeild, R.N. One of his brothers, Henry 
 Caldwall, is a Lieut.-Colonel in;the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 July, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Arethusa 38, Capt. 
 Thos. WoUey; under whom he escorted the Duke 
 of Kent to Halifax, and, besides cruizing with great 
 activity and success, accompanied an East India 
 fleet from St. Helena to England, and brought home 
 from Madeira Brigadier-General Clinton and suite. 
 Becoming, in May, 1802, Midshipman (a rating he 
 had attained in the Arethusa) of the Amphion 32, 
 Capts. Alex. Fraser, Thos. Masterman Hardy, and 
 Sam. Sutton, he went with the Duke of Sussex 
 shortly afterwards to Cuxhaven ; and, at the com- 
 mencement of the war, sailed with the flag of Lord 
 Nelson for the Mediterranean; whence, in Dec. 
 1803, he returned to England in the Prevovante 
 store-ship, Master-Commander Wm. Browne. He 
 then joined the Rattler sloop, Capt. Fras. Mason ; 
 in which vessel he was for about a year and nine 
 months stationed in the North Sea and came into 
 repeated collision with the enemy. On one occa- 
 sion in particular, 16 May, 1804, he united (the 
 Cruizer 18 in company) in a gallant attack upon a 
 flotilla of praams, schooners, &c., in all 59 sail, pass- 
 ing alongshore from the above place to Ostend. On 
 that occasion the Rattler sustained a loss of 2 men 
 killed and 10 wounded, and had her lower masts dis- 
 abled by shot, and her yards, sails, and rigging much 
 injured. On 23 of the^ensuing June she received 
 further damage while engaged with her consorts, 
 the Galgo and Inspector, in close conflict with 27 
 schuyts, whose flre was strengthened by that of 
 several land-batteries and a body of artillery. Mr. 
 Streatfeild was created, 3 Oct. 1805, Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Pylades sloop, Capts. Brian Hodgson and 
 Geo. Miller Bligh, again in the Mediterranean ; he 
 was promoted to the rank of full Lieutenant 6 Nov. 
 1806 ; and he was subsequently appointed — 7 Feb. 
 1807, to the Sappho of 18 guns and 120 men, Capts. 
 Geo. Langford and Charlton— 27 April, 1809, to the 
 Fylla 20, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, on the Home 
 station — 26 Jan. 1810, after four months of half-pay, 
 to the Rose sloop, Capt. Thos. Mansell — 7 April, 
 1810, to the Ruby 64 and Vigo 74, flag-ships of Eear- 
 Admiral Manley Hall Dixon in the Baltic— and 30 
 Jan. 1812, to the Montagd 74, hearing the flag of 
 the same officer in South America, whence he inva- 
 lided in May, 1813. While serving in the Sappho, 
 in which vessel he ultimately proceeded to the West 
 Indies, he escorted the Hon. Mr. Pierrepont as 
 Ambassador to the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adol- 
 phus, then besieged by the French army in Stral- 
 sund ; accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen ; 
 and assisted, 2 March, 1808, at the capture, off 
 Flamborough Head, after a close action of an hour, 
 of the Admiral Yawl Danish brig of 28 guns and 
 83 men — a service for which Capt. Langford was 
 advanced to Post-rank. During his stay in the 
 Ruby he contrived, with two row-boat luggers under 
 his orders, to destroy two Danish armed vessels off 
 Lassoe in 1810.* He also, in command of three lugger 
 gun-boats, attacked, in that neighbourhood, several 
 of the enemy's privateers ; one of which was cap- 
 tured, besides two of them being destroyed and the 
 remainder forced to take shelter in Jutland.f " On 
 the night of the 31st ult. and the 1st inst.," writes 
 Rear- Admiral Dixon in a letter dated 1 June, 1811, 
 addressed to the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez, " two privateers armed with swivels and 
 small arms, and with 12 men in each boat, were 
 captured by the guard-boats of the Vigo ; ttie first 
 * Fide Gaz. 1810, p. 1446. + V. Gaz. 1810, p. I730. 
 
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]132 
 
 STRETTELL— STRICKLAND— STRODE. 
 
 was 'boarded singly by Lieut. Streatfeild in the 
 pinnace, and maizes the seventh privateer this brave 
 and active officer has taken and destroyed ; the 
 other was eurprised under the shore of Rorasoe, and 
 taken by Mr. Hodges, Midshipman ; 5 of the crew 
 escaped in the woods."* Lieut. Streatfeild attained 
 his present rank 13 June, 1815, and has not been 
 since atloat. 
 
 The Commander married, in 1820, Miss Dorothy 
 "Walters Cooper, and has issue. Agents — Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 STKETTELL. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 17; h-p., 6.) 
 John Strettell entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 
 1824, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pkince Kegent 
 120, Capt. "Wm. Henry Webley Parry, flag-ship of 
 Sir Benj. Hallowell at Chatham ; and in the follow- 
 ing Sept. joined the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen 
 Wm. Hamilton; In which frigate, after he had 
 fought as Midshipnian at the battle of Navarin, he 
 was wrecked during an attack made upon a nest 
 of pirates at Carabusa 31 Jan. 1828. From Sept. in 
 the latter year until April, 1831, he again served in ' 
 the Mediterranean in the Revenge 78, Capt. Nor- 
 bome Thompson, and Rattlesi^ake 28, Capts. Sir 
 Thos. Sabine Pasley and Chas. Graham. Having 
 passed his examination 14 Feb. 1831, he was next 
 employed in the capacity of Mate — from 21 March 
 until 26 July, 1834, in the President 52 and Ver- 
 non 50, both commanded by Capt. John M'Kerlie 
 on the coast of North America — from 29 Aug. 
 1834 until 28 March, 1837, again with Capt. M'Kerlie 
 in the Vernon, on the Mediterranean station — and 
 from 7 July, 1837, until 2 Jan. 1841, in the Welles- 
 tEY 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland. "While in the ship 
 last mentioned, which bore the flags of Sir Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland and Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, 
 he assisted in 1838 in quelling an insurrection on 
 the coast of Malabar, participated in 1839 in various 
 operations on the coast of Sinde and in the Persian 
 Gulf, and was present, at the commencement of the 
 war in China, at the capture, in July, l840, of the 
 island of Chusan. Being nominated, 3 Jan. 1841, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph 
 Nias, he contributed to the destruction, 26 Feb. 
 following, of the Bogue forts. He landed also, the 
 next day, at the storming of the enemy^s works 
 close to "Whampoa Reach, where 54 pieces of cannon 
 were taken ;■]• he served in the boats, on 13 March, 
 at the capture of several rafts and of the last fort 
 protecting the approaches to Canton ;J and he took 
 a similar part at the ensuing reduction of that city. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant 8 June, 1841 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed— 15 April, 1842, as Addi- 
 tional, two months after he had left the Herald, to 
 the Illcstriods 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam in 
 North America and the "West Indies— 31 Deo. 1842, 
 to the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh.JDonald Cameron 
 Douglas, on the same station, whence he returned 
 in Oct. 1843—18 May, 1844, for abj'ul; 12 months, to 
 the Prometheus steam-sloop, Capt. John Hay, on 
 the coast of Africa — and 29 Dec.;' 1846, as First- 
 Lieutenant (a post he had latterly-jBlled on board 
 the Phometheds), to the Bdlldog t^eam-sloop of 
 500 horse-power, Capt, Geo. Evan Davis, employed 
 on particular service. He has been qn half-pay 
 since April, 1846. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 STKETTELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 24.) 
 "William Thomas Stkettell entered the Navy, 
 in May, 1806, as a Volunteer, on board th.e RorAL 
 "William, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, lying at 
 Portsmouth. From May, 1808, until Aug. 1811, he 
 served in La Chiffonne 36, Capt. John "Wain- 
 wright, on the East India station ; and between 
 Jan. 1812 and the date of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, 24 Feb. 1815, he was employed 
 in the North Sea and on the coasts of Ireland 
 and North America, in the Elephant 74, Capt. 
 Fras. "Wm. Austen, Tartarus 20, Capt. John Pasco, 
 Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and Asia 74, 
 Capt. Alex. Skene. In La Chiffonne he aooom- 
 
 * ride Gaj. len, p. 1228. , , . „, 
 
 t F. Gai. 184l,p. 1503, 
 
 t r. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501. 
 
 panied, in 1809, an expedition against the pirates of 
 the Persian Gulf, where he assisted at the destruc- 
 tion of the strong town of Ras-al-Khyma and of more 
 than 80 vessels. He has been in charge, since 1 
 March, 1838, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 STRICKLAND. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 "Walter Strickland passed his examination 10 
 Feb. 1845 ; was appointed, 11 July, 1846, Mate of the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship ^at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Hen. Ducie Chads; obtained his commission 17 
 April, 1847 ; and, since 16 July following, has been 
 serving in the Amphithite 24, Capt. TJios. Rodney 
 Eden, now in the Pacific. 
 
 STRODE. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Adgdstus Chetham Strode is son of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Sir Edw. Chetham Strode, K.C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer served as Midshipman of the Benbow 
 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, in the operations of 1840 
 on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of 
 St, Jean d'Acre. He passed his examination 4 June, 
 1845 ; was nominated, 31 Oct. following. Mate of 
 the Jdno 26, Capt. Patrick John Blake, fitting for 
 the Pacific ; and on the occasion of his promotion 
 to the rank of LieutenaatjS May, 1847, was there 
 appointed Additional of theCoLjJNGWOOD 80, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymotir-^ He returned 
 home and was paid ofi" in 1848. ^^ -^^ 
 
 STRODE, formerly CHETHAM, K.C.B., K.C.IL~- 
 
 (Rear- Admiral of the "White, 1841. f-p. 31 ; 
 
 H-p. 30.) 
 
 Sir Edward Chetham Strode, born 5 July, 
 1775, is fourth son of the late Thos. Chetham, Esq., 
 of Mellor Hall, oo. Derby, by Anne, daughter of 
 Edw. Strode, Esq., of Southhill, co. Somerset, and 
 sister of the late Colonel John Strode, who com- 
 manded the Supplementary Somer,set Militia and 
 the Bath Volunteers, and was a Deputy-Lieutenant 
 and Justice of the Peace for co. Somerset. Sir 
 Edward assumed in 1845 the additional surname 
 and arms of Strode on inheriting, t^e estate of the 
 latter gentleman, which, since his decease in 1807, 
 had devolved in succession on Thomas, Richard, 
 and RfLndle.Chetham (Sir Edward's elder brothers), 
 all of ."whom died issueless. His youngest brother, 
 John Chethain, was a Colonel in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 April, 1786, on 
 board the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Bourmaster, lying 
 at Portsmouth, where he seryed for about two 
 years. In May, 1789, he became Midshipman of the 
 Centurion 50, Capt. "Wm. Albany Otway, bearing 
 the flag of Rear- Admiral Philip Atfleck. at Jamaica ; 
 and while on that station he was actively employed 
 at the different French posts in St. Domingo in 
 endeavouring to suppress a formidable insurrection 
 among the negroes. His conduct pp one occasion, 
 in capturing two marines who had deserted from 
 the dockyard at Port Royal, was such that the Ad- 
 miral would on the instant have promoted him, had 
 he served the time necessary to qualify hjm for the 
 receipt of a commission. On the paying ofi" of the 
 Centurion he was received, in Sept. 1792, on board 
 the Duke 98, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Lord Hood ; 
 by whom, in the course of the following month, he was 
 placed under the late Vice- Admiral Joseph Hanwell 
 in the Scout sloop. In Dec. 1793, being then in the 
 Mediterranean, he rejoined Lord Hood in the Vic- 
 tory 100 ; and he was afforded an opportunity, thus, 
 of assisting at the evacuation of Toulon, and at the 
 sieges of St. Fiorenzo, Sastia, and Calvi, in the 
 island of Corsica. On 18 Aug. 1794 he was made 
 Lieutenant into the Agamemnon 64, commanded by 
 the heroic Nelson; under whom we find him, 13 
 March, 1795, acting a part in a warm action with 
 the Ca Ira 80, and, on the following day, present at 
 the 'capture, near Genoa, of the same ship and of 
 the Censeur 74, by the fleet under Vice-Admiral 
 Hotham. In the ensuing July he was under the 
 necessity, from the efi'ects of a wound, of returning 
 to England. His next appointments were, 3 Nov. 
 1795 and 7 Nov. 1798, to the Defiance 74, Capt. 
 
STRODE. 
 
 1133 
 
 Theophilus Jones, and Seine of 48 gung and 281 
 men, Capt. David Milne. In the former ship, one of 
 those involved in the Spithead mutiny, he was for 
 three years employed in the Channel ; and in the 
 Seine, after serving off the coast of Africa, be 
 contributed as Senior Lieutenant, 21 Aug. 1800, to 
 the capture, in the Mona Passage, of La Vengeance 
 French frigate of 52 guns and 326 men, an achieve- 
 ment which was the result of a brilliant action of 
 two hours and a half, attended with a loss to the 
 Seine of 13 killed and 29 wounded, and to her op- 
 ponent of more than twice that number. "To my 
 First- Lieutenant Mr. Chetham," writes Capt. Milne, 
 in his public letter addressed on the occasion to 
 Lord Hugh Seymour, the Commander-in-Chief, "I 
 am greatly indebted for his cool and steady beha- 
 viour, and for the amazing fire kept up from the 
 main-deck, .which nothing could surpass." * As 
 soon, therefore, as the official account of this affair 
 reached the Admiralty, Mr. Chetham was advanced 
 to the rank of Commander by a commission bear- 
 ing date 7 Nov. 1800 ; but he did not succeed in 
 procuring further employment until 20 April, 1804 ; 
 when he at length obtained an appointment to the 
 Sally armed ship. In April, 1807, up to which 
 period he had been chiefly engaged in affording 
 protection to the trade in the North Sea and Baltic, 
 he entered the Vistula on his own responsibility, 
 with the Charles hired armed brig under his 
 orders, for the purpose of co-operating in the de- 
 fence of Danzig, then besieged by the French army 
 under Marshal Lefebvre. While on this service he 
 volunteered to defend the entrance into Fairwater 
 haven, which had been previously attacked. He 
 also, on 17 April, made a desperate attempt to open 
 a communication between Danzig and Fort Weeicks- 
 elmunde, and for this purpose he was for two hours 
 and a half engaged with upwards of 2000 French 
 troops, who had strongly entrenched themselves at 
 the Great Hollands, a position on the Nehrung, 
 where" they were further sheltered by the ruins of 
 some houses lately burnt, and supported by 3 
 pieces of artillery, as likewise by a small battery at 
 Legan, on the opposite bank of the river. Al- 
 though his valour was not crowned with the success 
 it deserved, we may mention, as elucidating the 
 nature of 'the ' conflict, that the enemy sustained a 
 loss of more than 400 killed and wounded, and that 
 the Sally, at the end' of the period stated, had up- 
 wards of 1000 musket-balls sticking in her larboard 
 side, that her larboard guns were all disabled, that 
 her masts, sails, and rigging were much damaged, and 
 that half her crew, including the First-Lieutenant, 
 Mr. Jas. Edwards Eastman, were wounded.f The 
 conduct of Ca;pt. Chetham on this occasion procured 
 him a most complimentary address from General 
 ICalkreuth, the Prussian Commander-in-Chief at 
 Danzig, who was an eye-witness of the whole pro- 
 ceeding. On 12 May the assistance he sought to 
 render to General Kaminsky in an endeavour made 
 by that officer to fight his way from Fort Weeicks- 
 elmunde to Danzig caused his name to be men- 
 tioned in very flattering terms to the Emperor 
 Alexander. About this period he received orders 
 to proceed to Elsineur, and take charge of a convoy 
 thence to England ; but at the solicitation of Ge- 
 neral Kaminsky he was induced to remain in Fair- 
 water — a measure which the Admiralty approved. 
 He ultimately, with the aid of Capt. Keuben Cail- 
 land Mangin of the Valokohs praam, brought off 
 Colonel Sohuler and the garrison of "Weeickselmunde 
 at the very moment that place was about to be 
 occupied by an overwhelming division of the French 
 army ; and on 13 Oct. 1807, as a reward for the 
 services we have here detailed, particularly for his 
 gallantry on 17 April, he was advanced (he had been 
 placed in command 22 Sept. preceding of the NAn- 
 tilus sloop at Chatham) to Eost-rahk. Before he 
 left the Sally Capt. Chetham, who had had charge 
 of a small squadron in the Vistula, repaired to 
 Pillau, and had the gratification, while there, of re- 
 ceiving the personal thanks of the King of Prussia. 
 His last appointments were — 7 Jime, 1809, pro tern., 
 * Fide Gaz. 1800, p. 1257. t ^- (S^z. 1807, p. 749. 
 
 to the Illdstkiods 74, in which ship (until super- 
 seded, 9 Aug. following, by her proper commander, 
 Capt. "Wm. Robt. Broughton) he took an active 
 part in the operations connected with the expedition 
 to the Scheldt, and was employed in landing troops 
 and artillery — 13 June, 1810 (on his recovery from 
 the Walcheren fever, after eight months of suffer- 
 ing), to the Leyden 64, armee-en-fiute — 7 May, 1812, 
 to the Hamadryad 36* — 1 May, 1816, to the Lean- 
 dee 50 — 17 May, 1833, for one year and 10 months, 
 to the Talavera 74, on the Lisbon and Mediter- 
 ranean stations — and, 5 April, 1838, to the Super- 
 intendentship of Haslar Hospital and the Royal 
 Clarence Victualling Yard. "While commanding the 
 Leyden, in which ship he was employed in con- 
 veying troops to and from England, Lisbon, and the 
 Mediterranean, Capt. Chetham was once, when be- 
 calmed .within gunshot of the Catalonian shore, 
 warmly engaged with the enemy's batteries and 
 flotilla in the Straits of Messina. In the Hama- 
 dryad he was at first, for two months, engaged in 
 watching the harbour of Cherbourg. He next, 
 during the latter part of 1812, commanded a small 
 detached squadron in the Baltic ; on the evening of 
 28 Feb. 1813 he sank a French lugger off Beachy 
 Head ; he was the senior officer, throughout the 
 whole of the ensuing season, of a light squadron 
 stationed in the Sleeve ; he captured, 12 Dec. fol- 
 lowing, the Abigail Danish national cutter with a 
 cargo of naval stores from Frederickswarn bound 
 to Copenhagen; and when afterwards on the New- 
 foundland station he towed the Faragon, a dis- 
 masted merchant-ship, with a valuable cargo, into 
 Halifax, and received in consequence the public 
 thanks of the merchants to whom she was con- 
 signed. In the Leander, having volunteered to 
 accompany the expedition against Algiers, he an- 
 chored, on the memorable 27 Aug. 1816, close ahead 
 of the Queen Charlotte, Lord Exmouth's flag- 
 ship ; and on that day the Leandee, so prominent 
 was the part she took, expended, we are told, 
 22,800 pounds of gunpowder, 4116 round shot, and an 
 ample proportion of grape and canister, and sustained 
 a loss, besides being much cut up, of 17 men killed 
 and 118 wounded. t She afterwards, until paid off, 
 in July, 1819, served as flag-ship to Sir David Milne 
 on the Halifax station. Capt. Chetham resigned his 
 appointments at Haslar, &c., on attaining Flag-rank 
 23 Nov. 1841 ; and has since been on half-pay. He 
 was nominated a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815 ; a K.C.H. 1 Jan. 
 1837 ; and a K.C.B. 8 May, 1845. He received the 
 honour of Knighthood 1 March, 1837. 
 
 Sir Edw. Chetham Strode married, 28 June, 1810, 
 Margaret Kezia, third daughter of Peter Dean, 
 Esq., of the Bahamas, and by that lady, who died 
 U April, 1844, has issue three sons and six daugh- 
 ters. Two of the former, Augustus and Frederick 
 Thomas, are Lieutenants R.N. 
 
 STRODE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Frederick Thomas Chetham Strode is son of 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Edw. Chetham Strode, K.C.B. 
 K.C.H. ' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Dec. 1830 ; passed 
 his examination 4 July, 1838 ; served in the Medi- 
 terranean, as Mate, on board the Hastings 72, Capt. 
 John Lawrence, and Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen ; and was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 18 Nov. 1842. His appointments 
 have since been— 3 Dec. 1842 and 25 May, 1843, 
 again, as Additional, to the Queen, and to the 
 Geyser steam-sloop, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, 
 both in the Mediterranean, whence he returned at 
 the close of 1845—4 June, 1846, to the Eurydice 22, 
 Capt. Geo. Elliot, fitting at Portsmouth— and, 7 
 Nov. following, to the Thetis 40, Capt. Henry John 
 Codrington, with whom he is now again in the 
 Mediterranean. 
 
 * The Hamadkyad was paid off 7 Feb. 1816, and was 
 shortly afterwards broken up in consequence of the damage 
 she had recently sustained in a violent nuiricane. 
 
 + Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1798. 
 
1134 
 
 STRONG. 
 
 STRONG. (Captain, 1819. f-p., 27; h-p., 27.) 
 Charles Bdrkough Strong was born 17 Nov. 
 1781, and died 8 April, 1846. He was son of John 
 Strong, Esq., Solicitor, of Carlisle, in Cumberland ; 
 nephew of the late Commander Burrough, R.N. ; 
 and uncle of the present Lieut. Chas. Burrough 
 Strong, R.N. 
 
 This oflBcer entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1793, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thalia frigate, attached 
 to the fleet in the Channel ; where he became Mid- 
 shipman, in June, 1795, of the Irresistible 74, com- 
 manded at first by Capt. Grindall, and next by Capts. 
 Sam. Jas. Ballard and Geo. Martin. On 23 of the 
 month last mentioned he bore a warm part, as Aide- 
 de-camp to Capt. Grindall, in Lord Bridport's affair 
 with the French fleet off He de Groix ; on which 
 occasion the Irresistible suffered severely. In 
 March, 1796, he rejoined Capt. Grindall on board 
 the Colossus 74 ; and in that ship, under Capt. 
 Geo. Murray, he was present, 14 Feb. 1797, in the 
 action off Cape St. Vincent. While engaged, in the 
 summer of the same year, at the blockade of Cadiz, 
 we find him on two occasions assisting, as a volun- 
 teer, under Sir Horatio Nelson, at the bombardment 
 of that place. He came also into frequent collision, 
 as Master's Mate, with the enemy's gun-boats, both 
 before Cadiz and in the Bay of Gibraltar. The 
 Colossus being wrecked, 10 Dec. 1798, on a ledge 
 of rocks in St. Mary's Road, Scilly, he wag received, 
 in the course of the ensuing month, on board the 
 Puissant 74, Capt. Allen, lying at Spithead; and he 
 next, in March and Oct. 1799, joined, in the capacity 
 of Master's Mate, the Pkihce 98, and Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, bearing the flags of Sir Chas. Cotton and 
 Lord Keith in the Channel and Mediterranean. In 
 the Prince he was employed with great activity in 
 pursuing the fleets of France and Spain. On 20 
 Feb. 1800, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Genereux 74, Capts. Lord Cochrane, Jahleel 
 Brenton, and Manley Dixon ; and in the following 
 Nov., after having witnessed the evacuation of 
 Genoa by the French, the capture of La Diane of 
 42 guns, and the surrender of Malta, he removed, 
 in a similar capacity, to the Pearl 32, Capt. S. J. 
 Ballard. While in that frigate, to which he was 
 confirmed 25 Feb. 1801, he was at the taking of the 
 Carrere of 40 guns and 320 men, and at the defence 
 of Porto Ferrajo, in the island of Elba. He also, 
 in command of the Pearl's barge, made prize, on 
 one occasion, of a national tartan of 7 guns and 30 
 men, destroying at the same time a convoy under 
 her protection ; and on another he brought out a 
 merchant-ship from under the guns of Piombino. 
 He shared in other services of a similar character, 
 and after leaving the Pearl he was appointed— 31 
 Oct. 1801, to the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. Coch- 
 rane, with whom he returned home from the Medi- 
 terranean and was paid off in April, 1802—7 Aug. 
 in the latter year and 21 March, 1806, to the Im- 
 mortalite 36, and Clyde 38, both commanded by 
 Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen— and, 14 Feb. 1810, as 
 First, to the Bombay 74, Capt. "Wm. Cuming. The 
 services in which he participated from 1803 until 
 1809 have been detailed in our memoir of his 
 gallant Captain. In the action of 23 Oct. 1804 he 
 was wounded, while in the act of pointing the fore- 
 most gun on the main deck, by a shot that killed or 
 injured every man but one who was near him. 
 " It gives me serious pain to add," writes Capt. 
 Owen after narrating the particulars of the contest, 
 " that 1 man was killed and 10 wounded (three 
 mortally), besides the Third-Lieutenant, Chas. Bur- 
 rough Strong, of whose assistance I was deprived 
 before a shot was fired by us, and whose loss I feel 
 the more, as two years' service with me in this ship 
 has fully proved to me his worth; his wounds, how- 
 ever, are not dangerous." * In consideration of his 
 suffermgs Mr. Strong obtained a gratuity from the 
 Patriotic Fund. On the morning of 25 Aug. 1807 
 he brought out from near Tpont Les Trois Sours 
 coasting sloop, although defended by two parties of 
 men with musketry, one stationed on the beach, 
 
 * ride Gaz. 1804, p. 1320. 
 
 the other on the cliffs, and by a battery, a field- 
 piece, and mortar. While towing away his prize 
 Mr. Strong was forced by the tide to cross the fire 
 of the batteries of Fecamp at point-blank distance ; 
 but, fortunately, not one of his men was hurt.* 
 During the attack of 1809 upon Flushing his exer- 
 tions were as important as they were zealous. He 
 assisted in towing the Racer sloop, Capt. John 
 Martin Hanchett, from under the enemy's batteries ; 
 he succeeded, too, in a manner that betrayed much 
 judgment, in carrying on board the San Domingo 
 74, the Commander-in-Chiefs ship, a cable, whereby 
 she was hove off when aground, beneath the ■ 
 enemy's fire ; and he was sent, besides, to aid, and 
 to command if necessary, the Indignant gun-brig, 
 at a time when that vessel was suffering much from 
 the batteries. In reporting the complete evacua- 
 tion of the Walcheren, Commodore Owen informed 
 Sir Richard Strachan that " the peculiar circum- 
 stances he had been placed in obliged him to leave 
 the management of his own ship wholly to Lieut. 
 Strong, and thus gave him an opportunity to con- 
 firm the good opinion he had formed of him in the 
 course of seven years' service together." f After 
 serving for nearly 12 months as First-Lieutenant in 
 the Bombay, on the Mediterranean station, Mr. 
 Strong was there, 26 Jan. 1811, ordered to act as 
 Commander of the Bustard 16. This appointment 
 being confirmed 14 March following, he co-operated 
 for some time with the patriots on the coast of 
 Catalonia, where he assisted at the defence of 
 Tarragona, and covered the landing and embarka- 
 tion of the troops under Sir Rufane Donkin, in their 
 attack upon the castle of Denia, so effectually that, 
 although closely pressed on the lattor occasion by 
 the enemy, not a man was lost. He afterwards 
 proceeded to the West Indies ; but before doing so 
 he was again severely wounded, at Malta. In Sept. 
 1814 ill health obliged him to leave the Bustard. 
 He next, 17 Dec. 1818, obtained command of the 
 Morgiana 18, in which vessel he cruized on the 
 coast of Africa with great activity and success until 
 Jan. 1820, when, having been advanced 12 Aug. 
 1819 to Post-rank, he was superseded. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 8 Dec. 1833, to the Belvideba 42. 
 In that ship, until he returned home and was paid 
 off in Nov. 1837, he had charge of the Barbadoes 
 division of the North America and West India sta- 
 tion, and on many occasions, but especially for his 
 conduct in subduing a serious disturbance among 
 the negroes of St. Kitt's and other islands, attracted 
 the flattering notice of his Commanders-in-Chief, 
 Sir Geo. Cockburn and Sir Peter Halkett, and also 
 of Sir Thos. Ussher, Commodore-Superintendent 
 at Bermuda. To adopt the words of the Times 
 newspaper in recording the death of Capt. Strong, 
 " a better officer, or one more deeply respected, the 
 country never boasted." 
 
 He married, 28 Nov. 1818, Jane, daughter of E. 
 Gray, Esq^ of Kirkhouse, co. Cumberland. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 STRONG. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Burrough Strong is nephew of the 
 late Capt. C. B. Strong, R.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 25 Nov. 1839 ; 
 and on his return from the North America and 
 West India station, where he had been serving as 
 Mate in the Kacehokse IS, Capt. John Coghlan 
 Fitzgerald, was appointed in that capacity, towards 
 the close of 1841, to the Queen 110, fitting for the 
 flag of Sir Edw. W. C. 11. Owen, Commander-in- 
 Chief in the Mediterranean, where he continued 
 employed as Lieutenant (commission dated 26 Dec. 
 1842) until about Jan. 1844; when he was sentenced 
 by court-martial to be dismissed his ship, and to 
 lose two years' service, for having twice absented 
 himself without leave. His seniority now dates 
 from 11 Jan. 1846. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 • F. Gaz, 1807, p. 1126., where Capt. Owen declares that 
 he " cannot praise too highly the conduct of Lieut. Strong." 
 t KWe Gaz. 1809, p. 80S7. 
 
STRONG— STROUD. 
 
 1135 
 
 STRONG. (Leeotenant, 1829.) 
 
 Joseph Thompson Strong entered the Navy 10 
 March, 1813; passed his examination in 1822; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1829, into the Fokte 
 44, Capt. Jeremiah Ooghlan, on the South Ame- 
 rican station ; whence he returned about the end of 
 1830. lie has been in charge, since 14 Oct. 1836, 
 of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 STRONG. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 13; h-p., 35.) 
 Samuel Strong entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1799, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the AlcmJne 32, Capts. 
 Henry Digby, Sam. Sutton, Jas. Brisbane, John 
 Ferris Devonshire, Kobt. Lambert, and John Stiles ; 
 in which frigate he was for upwards of three years 
 employed on the Channel, Baltic, and Newfound- 
 land stations ; and was present as Midshipman, 
 under Capt. Sutton, in the action off Copenhagen, 2 
 April, 1801. Removing, in Jan. 1803, to L'Aigle 
 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, he assisted in that ship at the 
 destruction, 12 July, 1804, on the coast of France, 
 of La Charente of 20 and La Joie of 8 guns ; united, 
 too, in Aug. 1805, in Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' 
 pursuit of the French fleet into Brest ; and took 
 part in the ensuing Sept. in an action off Vigo, in 
 which the ALCBiiNE, after an hour's cannonade, 
 captured one and defeated the rest of a flotilla of 
 nine gun-boats by whom she had been attacked. In 
 Oct. 1806 he was under the necessity of being sent 
 to the hospital at Haslar, where he remained until 
 March, 1807. He was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 19 Dec. following ; and was subsequently 
 appointed — 16 May, 1808, to the Scorpion 18, Capts. 
 Fras. Staufell and Hon. John Gore, employed on the 
 Plymouth and West India stations — 4 July, 1810, to 
 the ViMEiRA brig, Capt. Edw. Scobell, with whom he 
 returned home from the West Indies and was paid 
 oflT 31 Aug. in the same year — 19 Aug. 1811, for 
 about six weeks, to the Dispatch sloop, Capt. Jas. 
 Aberdour, lying in Hamoaze— 17 Feb. 1812, to the 
 Duncan 74, Capt. Robt. Lambert, stationed off 
 Flushing and in the Channel — and, 10 Dec. 1813, to 
 the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott. 
 In the Scorpion he contributed, 11 Jan. 1810, to 
 the capture, beneath the fire of a battery near 
 Basseterre, after an engagement of two hours, pro- 
 ductive of a loss to the British of only 4 wounded, 
 of U Oreste French national brig of 16 guns and 
 110 men, 2 of whom were killed and 10 wounded; 
 and in the ensuing month he witnessed the reduc- 
 tion of Guadeloupe. While attached to the Prim- 
 rose, Mr. Strong, besides participating in much 
 general service, was present, 12 March, 1814, in a 
 mistaken action with the Duke of Marlborough 
 King's packet, which occasioned the former a loss 
 of 1 man killed and 12 wounded, and the packet 
 of 2 passengers killed and 10 or 11 other persons 
 wounded. He also, 25 Aug. 1814, aided in destroy- 
 ing, off the Savannah river, the American pri- 
 vateer Plhe of 13 guns and a complement of 85 men, 
 47 of whom were on board. Since the Primrose 
 was paid off, about Aug. 1815, he has not been afloat. 
 Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 STRONG. (LiEOT., 1810. F-p., 22 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 William Strong entered the Navy, 18 July, 
 1794, as Midshipman, on board the Glory 98, 
 Capts. ThoB. Bourmaster, Alex. Graeme, Theophi- 
 lus Jones, Geo. Grey, Jas. Brine, and Thos. Wells ; 
 with whom he continued employed in the Channel, 
 on the coast of Ireland, and in the Mediterranean, 
 until transferred, in Aug. 1801, to the Neptune 98, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of Vice-Admiral Jas. 
 Gambler. He served next, from June, 1802, until 
 March, 1805, in the Concorde 36, Capt. John Wood, 
 in the East Indies ; and he then joined the Pitt 
 alias Salsette 36, Capts. Jas. Giles Vashon and 
 Walter Bathnrst. On 20 Jan. 1806 the latter frigate 
 had 1 man killed and her hull much damaged by 
 the fire of Fort Canonnier, to which she was ex- 
 posed during 20 minutes, without being able to re- 
 turn a single gun. She subsequently, while sta- 
 tioned in the Baltic, made prize of the Russian 
 
 cutter Apith of 14 guns and 61 men, 4 of whom were 
 killed and 8 wounded, with the loss to the British of 
 1 man killed ; and in July, 1809, she accompanied 
 the expedition to the Walcheren. In the following 
 Oct. Mr. Strong, who had obtained the ratingof Mas- 
 ter's JNIate, was received in that capacity on board the 
 Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Rear-.\dmiral 
 Fras. Pickmore at Cadiz; where, on 18 July, 1810, 
 he was confirmed a Lieutenant, a few weeks after 
 he had been ordered to act as such, in the Mtsa. 
 bomb, Capf« John Bowker and John Fordyce 
 Maples. From that vessel, which appears to have 
 been very warmly engaged in the defence of Cadiz, 
 he removed, 27 Jan. 1811, to the Wizard 16, Capts. 
 J. Bowker, Chas. Shaw, Fairfax Moresby, Edw. 
 Boxer, and Walter Croker. Under Capt. Moresby 
 he was active in the suppression of piracy in the 
 Grecian Archipelago, aided in making several prizes, 
 was present at the reduction of Trieste, and went 
 through much general service. He was paid off in 
 Oct. 1815 ; and has not been since employed. 
 
 STROUD. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 19.) 
 Henrt Stroud entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1808, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vanguard 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Baker and Henry Rich. Glynn. In that ship, 
 in which he continued until transferred, in Aug. 
 1811, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in 
 July, 1810), to the Vigo 74, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, he was very fully en- 
 gaged in affording security, during their passage 
 through the Baltic, to various British and Swedish 
 convoys ; was in almost daily collision with the 
 Danes, either in destroying their trade or in chasing 
 their gun-boats ; and on one occasion aided in re- 
 pelling, with considerable loss to the enemy, the 
 attack of a large flotilla. He saw, likewise, much 
 boat-service. On his return in the Vico from the 
 Baltic, he removed, in Feb. 1812, to the Montagu 
 74, fitting for the flag of Rear-Admiral Dixon, who 
 had been appointed to the chief- command on the 
 coast of Brazil ; where he continued actively em- 
 ployed until the summer of 1815 in the Nereus 42, 
 Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, Albacore 18, Capt. 
 Joseph Patey, and Valiant 74, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Dixon, and took part in the various ojjera- 
 tions occasioned by the war with the United States. 
 In the Albacore in particular he aided, in Dec. 
 1814, in chasing the True-Blooded Yankee^ a mischiev- 
 ous privateer of 18 guns, into St. Salvador, where she 
 was kept closely blockaded until sold to defray the 
 expenses of her stay. He returned to England in 
 July, 1815, in the Valiant ; and in the ensuing 
 Aug., at which period he was serving at Plymouth 
 in the St. George 98, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth, he was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant by a commission dated back to 9 of the pre- 
 ceding March. His succeeding appointments were, 
 8 June, 1824, and 5 March, 1825, to the Ramillies 
 74 and Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ships, Capts. 
 Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and, as 
 First-Lieutenant— 21 Sept. 1825, to the Hind 20, 
 Capt. John Fumeaux, equipping for the East In- 
 dies— 18 March, 1829 (on the latter vessel being 
 sold), to the Andromeda, a new 46-gun frigate just 
 launched at Bombay, which was brought home by 
 Capt. Furneaux and the officers and crew of the 
 Hind, and paid off, in Nov. of the same year— 25 
 Feb. 1830, to the Blanche 46, Commodore Arthur 
 Farquhar, with whom he served on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station imtil paid off on his re- 
 turn to England in Nov. 1833— and 3 April, 1837, to 
 the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher. While on her pas- 
 sage through the West Indies to join the Admiral, 
 Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, at Halifax, the Blanche 
 was caught in a hurricane and for 18 hours was so 
 pressed down upon her beam-ends as to be altoge- 
 ther unmanageable. On reaching her destination 
 under a jury-rig, it was found necessary to subject 
 her to nearly a thorough refit, including even a 
 new bowsprit and new lower masts. During the 
 insurrection of 1S31-2 on the north side of the island 
 of Jamaica, Mr. Stroud was for several weeks era- 
 
1136 
 
 STRO VER— STRUGNELL. 
 
 ployed on shore in command of a detachment of sea- 
 men and marines for the purpose of co-operating 
 with the military and militia, and of affording pro- 
 tection to the town of Montego Bay. While he 
 was so engaged several ineffectual attempts were 
 made by the insurgents to pass the outposts, set fire 
 to the town, and destroy the magazines. On 26 
 Nov. 1832, in consequence of certain changes occa- 
 sioned by the death of Sir E. G. Colpoys, Sir. 
 Stroud was ordered to act as Commander of the 
 Blanche ; but on the arrival of the new Gom- 
 mander-in-Chief he resumed his former post of 
 rirst-Lieutenant 18 April, 1833. On the paying off 
 of the Blanche, having served for upwards of seven 
 years in the capacity last mentioned in various ships, 
 he made every exertion, but in vain, to obtain pro- 
 motion. When, however, in the Asia, in the Medi- 
 terranean, he was advanced, 28 June, 1838, to the 
 rank of Commander, and was immediately, 7 July, 
 re-appointed tO' that ship as Second-Captain. Con- 
 tinuing in her until paid off in May, 1841,^ he was 
 afforded an opportunity of figuring in many import- 
 ant scenes, was present throughout part of the 
 operations on the coast of Syria, and assisted at the 
 blockade of Alexandria. He was promoted in con- 
 sequence to the rank he now holds on 30 Oct. in 
 the latter year; and he is now on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Stroud married, 21 May, 1844, Mary Ann, 
 daughter of the late Edw. Cruse, Esq.j 
 
 STEOVEE. (LiE0T., 1814. F-p., 20 ; H-P., 24.) 
 Samuel Stkover was born 19 Nov. 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tekrible 74, Capt. 
 Lord Henry Paulet, with whom he served for 
 nearly six years and eight months, the greater part 
 of the 'time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in 
 the Channel, off Ferrol and Cadiz, and in the Medi- 
 terranean. On the paying off of the Tekeiele in 
 June, 1810, he was recommended by his Captain for 
 promotion as a reward for his activity and general 
 good conduct. In the course of the same month he 
 was received as a Supernumerary Master's Mate on 
 board the Salvador del Mundo, bearing the tlag 
 of Sir Robt. Calder at Plymouth; and while at- 
 tached to fhat ship he was intrusted with the com- 
 mand of the Jackdaw tender. From July, 1811, 
 until Dec- 1812 he served on the north coast of 
 Spain, still as Master's Mate, in the Unicorn 32, 
 Capt. Geo. Burgoyne Salt. He then sailed in the 
 Comberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, for the West 
 Indies ; where, after he had been for a few months 
 employed in the Grampds 50, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Fras. Laforey, he was successively, in July and 
 Oct. 1813, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Vends 32 and Marlborough 74, Capts. Mackenzie 
 and Robt. Honyman. On his return to England in 
 the latter ship he was presented with a commission 
 dated 5 Feb. 1814; and in the following April he 
 was appointed to the Pandora 18, Capts. Thos. 
 Stamp and Jas. Kearney White, on the coast of 
 North America. In Feb. 1815 he was so severely 
 injured by an explosion of the small-arm ammuni- 
 tion that he was under the necessity of being sent 
 to the hospital at Bermuda. He remained there 
 three months; but it was not until the end of 1817 
 that his health and the use of his limbs were re- 
 stored to him. Since 21 Nov. 1839 he has been in 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Strover married, 18 Feb. 1819, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of John Bishop, Esq., of Snenton, Notts, 
 by whom he has issue five children. 
 
 STEOVEE. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 17; h-p., 25.) 
 Thomas Strover entered the Navy, 26 Aug. 1805, 
 as L.M., on boardihe Prince Frederick, Lieut.- 
 Commander Leach, lying at Plymouth ; and from 
 Feb. 1806 until Aug. 1812 was employed, almost 
 uninterruptedly, with the late Sir Sam. Hood, on 
 the Home, Baltic, Mediterranean, and East India 
 stations, as Fst.-cl. Vol., Midshipman, and Master's 
 Mate, in the Centadk 74, Hibeknia 120, Tigre 74, 
 Owen Glendower 36, and Illustrious 74. In the 
 
 Centade he was in company, 25 Sept. 1806, with 
 the Mars and Monarch 74's, at the capture of four 
 heavy French frigates from Rochefort, on which 
 occasion Sir S. Hood lost his arm. He accompanied 
 also the expedition of 1807 against Copenhagen; 
 beheld, in Dec. of that year, the surrender of Ma- 
 deira ; assisted, in conjunction with the Implacable 
 74, at the capture, 26 Aug. 1808, in sight of the 
 whole Russian fleet, near Rogerswiok, of the 74-gun 
 ship Sewohd, after a close and furious conflict, in 
 which the Centadr lost 3 killed and 27 wounded, 
 and the enemy 180 killed and wounded ; and in 
 Aug. 1809 was engaged, under Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Webley, in the attack upon Waloheren. On 18 
 Aug. 1812, being then on the East India station, he 
 was nominated (he had been promoted at home on 
 7 of that month) Acting-Lieutenant of the Sama- 
 EANG 16, Capt. Wm. Case. He continued in the 
 East Indies in the latter vessel, and in the Minden 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir S. Hood, and Theban 36, 
 Capt. Sam. Leslie, until the early part of 1816, 
 when he returned to England and was paid off. 
 His next appointments were — 17 Sept. 1821 and 27 
 Nov. 1822, to the Carnation 18 and Tamar 26, 
 Capts. John Edw. Walcott and Thos. Herbert, both 
 on the Jamaica station, whence he came home in 
 Aug. 1823— and, 10 Jan. 1824, for about two years, 
 to the Active 46, Capts. Andrew King and Robt. 
 Rodney, on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations. 
 In Aug. 1846 he joined the Poictiees 72, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Bourchier, guard-ship at Chatham ; and, since 
 24 Sept. following, he has been employed as Ad- 
 miralty Agent on board a contract mail steam- 
 vessel. 
 
 STEUGNELL. (Lieut., 1814. f-p.,31; h-p.,21.) 
 William Baker Strdgnell was- born 27 Jan. 
 1788, at Plymouth, co. Devon. 
 
 •This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impekiedse 38, Capt. 
 Lord Augustus FitzRoy, with whom he continued 
 to serve at the Cape of Good Hope, in the SpHrNX 
 20, until May, 1799. In the following July he 
 joined the Shannon 38, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater ; 
 and in that ship, in which he remained until April, 
 1802, he accompanied, as Midshipman, the expedi- 
 tion to Holland, and witnessed the surrender of the 
 Dutch squadron under Admiral Storey. He was 
 employed next on the Plymouth station, from July, 
 1802, until May, 1805, in the Fisgard and Naiad 
 frigates, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Wallis, 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis, and Genereux prison-ship, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Lanyon. He was then received on 
 board the .Solds 32, Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy; 
 and on 4 Nov. 1805 he was present in Sir Rich. 
 Strachan's action with the four French ships-of-the- 
 line which had escaped from Trafalgar. In June, 
 1809, being then on the North American station, he 
 removed (he had assisted in the preceding Feb. at 
 the reduction of Martinique) to the Swiitsuee 74, 
 Capt. John Conn; he went back in the ensuing 
 Oct. to the .aSoLus, commanded at the time by 
 Lord Jas. Townshend ; and in 1810 he was nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Atalanta sloop, 
 Capt. Fred. Hickey. In Dec. 1811, nearly seven 
 months after he had been superseded from the 
 Atalanta, he joined the Malta 84, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Benj. Hallowell in the Medi- 
 terranean, where he served as Master's Mate in the 
 pinnace in an attack made upon the arsenal of 
 Ciotat, near Toulon, and commanded a gun-boat on 
 the coast of Spain in co-operation with the army 
 under Sir John Murray. In Oct. 1813 he was again 
 ordered to act as Lieutenant in the PoMPiE 74, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. AthoU Wood. He was confirmed to 
 that ship 18 July, 1814, but left her in the following 
 Oct., and was subsequently employed— from Oct. 
 1824 until June, 1826, in the Ramillies 74, Coast- 
 Blockade ship, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Hugh 
 Pigot— in 1826-7, as an Agent for Transports afloat, 
 in which capacitjr he received the thanks of the 
 Navy Board for his exertions as connected with an 
 
STUART. 
 
 1137 
 
 expedition to Lisbon— from June, 1827, until Aug. 
 1830, in command of the SwALi.0Tr Revenue-vessel, 
 on the Irish station, where his conduct in rescuing 
 the crew of a French brig wrecked on the Isle of 
 Man procured him a silver medal from the Royal 
 National Shipwreck Institution— and, from June, 
 1839, until June, 1844, in charge of the Admiralty 
 Semaphores at Putney and Chelsea. He has fiUed 
 the appointment, since 13 Feb. 1845, of Admiralty 
 Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 From 1834 until 1838 Lieut. Strugnell was a Sti- 
 pendiary Magistrate at Trinidad under the Act for 
 the Abolition of Slavery. He married, 17 March, 
 1821, Miss Emma Bishop, and was left a widower, 
 with nine children, in 1843. 
 
 STUART. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 27j h-p., 12.) 
 James Stuabt (a) died in Aug. 1847, at Jersey, 
 aged 68. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 May, 1808, as a 
 Supemumerai-y, on board the San Joan, guard-ship 
 at Gibraltar. From Sept. following until March, 
 1811, he was employed under the flags of Sir Rich. 
 Strachan, Hon. Robt. Stopford, and Wm. Albany 
 Otway in the C^sar 80 ; he then went back for a 
 few weeks to the San Juan ; and on 30 Aug. 1814, 
 after he had made a voyage to the Pacific in the 
 Standard 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleem- 
 ing, and had served on the Mediterranean station 
 in the Iphigenia 42, Capts. Fleetwood Broughton 
 Reynolds Pellew and Andrew King, and in the San 
 Juan and Ei,izab£th under the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miralEleeming, he wasnominated Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Andromeda 24, Capt. Rich. Arthur. While 
 attached, in 1809, to the Cjesar, he assisted at the 
 destruction of three French frigates beneath the 
 batteries of Sable d'Olonne ; witnessed Lord Coch- 
 rane's celebrated attack upon the French shipping 
 in Aix Roads ; and took part in the operations con- 
 nected with the expedition to the Walcheren. In 
 the Iphigenia he was present at the surrender of 
 Genoa in April, 1814. He was confirmed a Lieu- 
 tenant of the Andromeda 11 Oct. in that year, but 
 was paid ofi" in Jan. 1816, and was subsequently 
 appointed— 30 Nov. 1826 and 19 Feb. 1830, as Super- 
 numerary, to the Ramillies and Talaveka 74's, 
 Coast-Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. 
 Hugh Pigot— 16 March, 1831, as Senior, to the 
 Bakham 50, also commanded by Capt. Pigot, on 
 particular service— 30 Aug. 1831, to the Coast Guard 
 — 14 Oct. 1833, to the command of the Ranger 
 Revenue-vessel — 12 Oct. 1836, again to the Coast 
 Guard — and, 11 Jan. 1845, a second time to the 
 Ranger. As a reward for long and active service 
 in the Revenue he was promoted, 5 Jan. 1846, to 
 the rank of Commander. 
 
 STUART. (LiEDT., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 James Stdart (6) was born 13 April, 1788. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1806, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol, on board the Meddsa 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, under whom he as- 
 sisted at the capture of Monte Video and Maldo- 
 nado, and took part in other operations in the Rio 
 de la Plata. On his return to England in the 
 summer of 1807 he joined the Brunswick 74, Capt. 
 ThoB. Graves, part of the force employed in the 
 ensuing expedition to Copenhagen ; and he served 
 afterwards, between Dec. of the same year and 
 Dec. 1814, on the Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Home 
 stations, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Minotaur 74 and Hibbrnia 120, flag-ships of Sir 
 Chas. Cotton, Ntmphe frigate, Capt. Edw. Sneyd 
 Clay, Ceoous and Eclair sloops, both commanded 
 by Capt. John Bellamy, Royal Sovereign yacht,* 
 Capts. Sir John Poo Beresford and Sir Edw. Berry, 
 and Elizabeth 74, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphin- 
 stone Fleeming. While attached to the Hibeenia 
 he was lent to the Rapid 14, Lieut.-Commander 
 Henry Baugh; and on 18 May, 1808, he was on 
 board that vessel when she was sunk by the batte- 
 ries in the river Tagus, in an attempted attack 
 * Engaged in attendance on the allied sovereigns. 
 
 upon two feluccas. His conduct on this and on 
 other occasions exhibited, as we learn from a certi- 
 ficate given to him by Lieut. Baugh, a spirit of 
 great bravery and enterprise. He was afterwards 
 taken in a prize belonging to the Nymi-he and car- 
 ried into North Bergen, where he appears to have 
 been the first prisoner detained since the days of 
 Admiral Wager, in the reign of Charles II. We 
 may here mention that a testimonial bearing the 
 signature of Capt. Clay describes him as being at 
 that time, 1810, "a young man truly deserving 
 promotion." He was created a Lieutenant of the 
 Zenobia sloop, Capt. Nich. Dobree, three weeks 
 after he had been ordered to act as such, 23 Dec. 
 1814; was paid off in March, 1815; and has not 
 been since afloat. It may be added that he was 
 frequently, during the war, engaged in cutting out 
 vessels along the coasts of France and Italy. 
 
 STUART. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 18; h-p., 28.) 
 Richard Stuart entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1801, 
 as A.B., on board the Alecto sloop, Capt. Robt. 
 O'Brien, lying off Lymington. He removed, in the 
 following month, to the Trent 36, Capts. Sir Edw. 
 Hamilton and Chas. Brisbane, employed at first on 
 the coast of France and then in the West Indies, 
 where, and in the Channel, we find him, from April, 
 1802, until Jan. 1808, employed as Midshipman (a 
 rating he had previously attained) and Master's 
 Mate in the Goliath 74, Capts. C. Brisbane and 
 Robt. Barton, Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. 
 Broughton, and CiESAB 80, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 John Strachan. In the Goliath he witnessed the 
 capture, 28 June, 1803, and 11 and 18 Aug. 1805, of 
 La Mignonne of 16 guns and 80 men. La Faune of 
 16, and La Tordie of 18 guns. He was nominated, 
 23 Jan. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cumber- 
 land 74, Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, on the 
 Mediterranean station ; was confirmed to that ship 
 14 June, 1809 ; and was subsequently appointed — 
 21 Aug. and 26 Dec. 1811, to the Audacious 74 and 
 Castilian 18, Capts. Donald Campbell and David 
 Braimer, employed in the North Sea and Downs and 
 on the coast of Ireland— 12 March, 1814, to the 
 Dauntless 18, Capt. Daniel Barber, whom he ac- 
 companied to the coast of North America — 6 Oct. 
 following, to the Centurion 50, commanded at first 
 by Capt. David Scott, as fiag-ship on the latter 
 station of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, and next, 
 from 27 March, 1815, until 13 July, 1816, by himself 
 — and, 10 Jan. 1825, to the command of the Stab- 
 ling 10 on the Portsmouth station. On the night 
 of 31 Oct. 1809 Mr. Stuart, then in the Cumber- 
 land, served with the boats of a squadron under 
 Lieut. John 'Tailour at the capture and destruction, 
 after a fearful struggle and a loss to the British of 15 
 killed and 55 (inclnding himself slightly) wounded,* 
 of the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 
 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grandeur , and 
 armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven 
 merchant-vessels, defended by numerous batteries, 
 in the Bay of Rosas. In the Castilian he contri- 
 buted, in company with the Rinaldo and Bermuda 
 sloops, to the capture, under the fire of a battery 
 near Boulogne, of the (lately British) brig-of-war 
 Apelles. He was promoted from the Stabling to 
 the rank of Commander 12 March, 1827, and has 
 since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Omman- 
 ney. 
 
 STUART. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 21.) 
 
 Robert Stuart was born in 1792. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thalia 36, Capt. Jas. 
 Walker, with whom, after having served, chiefly in 
 the capacity of Midshipman, on the North Sea, 
 East India, North American, and Guernsey stations, 
 he removed, in Oct. 1807, to the Bedford 74, com- 
 manded for some time by Capt. Adam Mackenzie. 
 In that ship he escorted the Royal Family of Por- 
 tugal in its flight to the Brazils, and was present 
 in 1809, in the attack upon Flushing. On leaving 
 the Bedford, in Dec. 1811, he joined in succcs- 
 • rWeGaz. 1809, p. 1904. 
 
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 STUART-STUBBIN— STUDDERT. 
 
 sion, as Admiralty-Mate, on promotion, the Ctane, 
 Shakk, Beazen, and Thetis, all in the West Indies. 
 He attained the ranlc of Lieutenant 21 March, 1812 ; 
 and was subsequently appointed — 3 Oct. 1812, to 
 the Aberckomby 74, Capt. "Wm. Chas. Fahie, at- 
 tached to the Channel fleet— 4 March, 1814, to the 
 Warspite 74, Capt. Lord Jas. O'Bryen, with whom 
 he made a voyage to Quebec— 28 Oct. following, to 
 the Leonidas 38, Capt. Wm. King, stationed off 
 Bermuda and on the north coast of Brazil— 13 June, 
 1815, to the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andrew King, in 
 which ship he sailed for the East Indies, whence, 
 in May, 1816, he invahded— 15 Sept. 1818, to the 
 Phaeton 46, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, fitting for 
 the station last named— 6 Jan. 1820, about three 
 months after the Phaeton had been paid off, to 
 the EoERiA 28, Capt. John Toup Nicolas— 20 March, 
 1823, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, 
 equipping at Chatham— and, 25 June, 1823, to the 
 Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders 
 Dundas, employed on the coasts of North and 
 South America and in the Channel. While serving 
 in the Egeria, of which vessel he was First-Lieu- 
 tenant, Mr. Stuart visited Newfoundland, escorted 
 George IV. to Scotland, was active in the suppres- 
 sion of smuggling in the North Sea, and obtained 
 the thanks of the Mayor and Magistrates of New- 
 castle-upon-Tyne for his zealous and indefatigable 
 exertions in subduing some alarming disturbances 
 which had broken out among the keelmen at that 
 place. He was promoted, 17 July, 1824, to the 
 command of the Sparrowhawk, and in that sloop, 
 stationed in the Mediterranean, he continued until 
 some time in the following year. After officiating 
 for a few months as Second-Captain of the Win- 
 chester 52, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Griffith 
 Colpoys in the West Indies, he was there, 21 March, 
 1831, appointed to the Icarus 10. He returned 
 home and was paid off towards the close of the 
 same year ; and was lastly, from 22 Sept. 1835 until 
 the spring of 1837, employed as an Inspecting-Com- 
 mander in the Coast Guard. He acquired the rank 
 he now holds 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Stuart was for some time a Justice of the 
 Peace in the West Indies. He married in 1837. 
 
 STUART. (Commander, 1840.) 
 
 Thomas Stuart entered the Navy 5 Dec. 1811 ; 
 passed his examination in 1818 ; obtained his first 
 commission 5 Jan. 1829 ; obtained an appointment 
 In the Coast Guard 1 Oct. 1833 ; was removed from 
 that service to the Pembroke 72, Capt. Fairfax 
 Moresby, on the Mediterranean station, 9 July, 
 1838 ; and from 8 Nov. 1839 until promoted, 4 Nov. 
 1840, to the rank of Commander as a reward for his 
 conduct at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 
 was employed as First-Lieutenant in the Hazard 
 18, Capts. Jas. Wilkinson and Hon. Chas. G. J. B. 
 Elliot. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Stuart married Lucy, daughter of 
 the late Francis Christopher Bland, Esq., of Derry- 
 quin Castle, co. Kerry, and granddaughter, mater- 
 nally,'of Arthur Bastable Herbert, Esq., of Brews- 
 terfield, near Killarney. By that lady he has 
 
 STUBBIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 18.) 
 John Stdbbin entered the Navy, 4 Sept. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fohdroyant 80, Capt. 
 Peter Puget ; in which ship he continued employed 
 in the Channel, among the Western Islands, in the 
 West Indies, and on the Lisbon and Brazilian sta- 
 tions, under the flags of Sir Thos. Graves, Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, the late Sir Albemarle Bertie, and 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, until July, 1808. Under Sir 
 J. B. Warren he assisted, as Midshipman, at the 
 capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing 
 the flag of Rear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate 
 Belle Paule. On leaving the Foudkoyant he again 
 joined Admiral Bertie in the Leopard 50 at the 
 Cape of Good Hope ; where he removed in succes- 
 sion to the CuiiLODEN 74, Capt. Jas. Tomkinson, 
 Sapphire and Otter sloops, both commanded by 
 
 Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and Magicienne 36, 
 Capt. Lucius Curtis. In the Otter he contributed, 
 in the capacity of Master's Mate, to the reduction 
 of St. Rose ; and in the Magicienne, after wit- 
 nessing the capture of He de Bourbon, he took 
 part in a variety of gallant but unfortunate opera- 
 tions, which, by 28 Aug. 1810, terminated in the 
 unavoidable selt-destruction of that ship (who had 
 had 8 of her people killed and 20 wounded) and the 
 SiRius, the capture of the Nereide, and the sur- 
 render to a powerful French force of the Iphigenia, 
 the last of a squadron of frigates originally under 
 the orders of Commodore Sam. Pym, at the entrance 
 of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France. He remained a 
 prisoner of war until the conquest of the Mauritius ; 
 and he was subsequently, until Sept. 1814, employed 
 on the Baltic, North Sea, St. Helena, Channel, and 
 American stations, in the Mahs 74, Capt. Henry 
 Raper, and Iphigenia 36 and Madagascar 38, 
 Capts. L. Curtis and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. 
 He attained his present rank 23 Feb. 1815 ; served 
 from 31 Aug. 1822 until 1624 in the EDENi26, Capt. 
 John Lawrence, on the West India station ; and 
 since 9 July, 1834, has been in command of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 STUDDERT. (Cajtailt, 1828. r-p., 1 5 ; h-p. 29.) 
 John Fitzgerald Studdert, bom 11 July, 1790, 
 is fifth son of the late Thos. Studdert, Esq., of Bun- 
 ratty Castle, CO. Clare, by Anna, daughter of Jas. 
 Fitzgerald, Esq., of Shepperton, cousin of Lieut.- 
 General Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, Bart., of Cara- 
 goran, and a descendant of Thomas, fourth son of 
 Maurice, fourth Earl of Kildare, who was Sheriff 
 for CO. Limerick in 1404. He is also connected, 
 maternally, with the late Admiral Sir John Colpoys 
 and the late Bear-Admiral Bobt. O'Brien, brother 
 of the late Sir Edw. O'Brien, Bart., M.P. for co. 
 Clare, and uncle of the present Sir Lucius O'Brien, 
 Bart. He is brother of the late Jas. Studdert, Esq., 
 Lieutenant in the 16th Regiment ; and uncle of the 
 present Lieut. Rich. Studdert, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Aug. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Nioee40, Capt. Matthew 
 Henry Scott, attached to the force in the Channel; 
 where he saw much boat-service, and continued 
 employed as Midshipman in the same frigate and in 
 the Imp^tuehx 74, Capt. John Lawford, and Dra- 
 gon 74, Capt. M. H. Scott, until received, in Dec. 
 1808, on board the Dannemark 74, Capt. Jas. Bis- 
 set. In that ship he accompanied, in the following 
 year, the expedition to - the Walcheren. He was 
 nominated, in the course of 1810, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Opossum 10, Capt. Wm. Henry Byam, Sta- 
 tira 38, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, and Ganymede 24, 
 Capts. Edw. Crofton and Bobt. Preston, all on the 
 West India station; on 26 Jan. 1811 he was con- 
 firmed to the vessel last mentioned^; and in the en- 
 suing Oct. he was appointed to the Marlborough 
 74, commanded on the Home station by his former 
 Captain, Scott. On the promotion of the latter to 
 Flag-rank, Mr. Studdert followed him in Aug. 1812, 
 as Signal-Lieutenant, into the Chatham 74. In the 
 spring of 1814 he was sent with a summons to the 
 French Commandant at Flushing, from whom, as 
 soon as the preliminaries had been settled, he re- 
 ceived the surrender of that place. He left the 
 Chatham 25 May, 1814; was advanced to the rank 
 of Commander 12 Aug. following; and was next, 1 
 June, 1824, appointed to the Champion 18. In her 
 he was at first engaged in a variety of experimental 
 cruizes. On arriving afterwards in India he united, 
 towards the close of 1825, in the operations then in 
 progress in Ava, where he was immediately in- 
 trusted with the duty of keeping open the naviga- 
 tion between Rangoon and Prome. At the close of 
 hostilities he superintended the final proceedings 
 and arrangements of the naval armament ; and on 
 1 April, 1826, he took formal possession, with three 
 other Commissioners, of the provinces which had 
 been ceded by the recent treaty of peace. On 21 
 Feb. 1828, Capt. Studdert, whose Post commission 
 bears date 9 Jan. in that year, assumed command 
 
STUDDERT— STUPART— STURT. 
 
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 of the Success 28, also on the East India station. 
 He was placed on half-pay in the following Aug. ; 
 and in the early part of 1848 he accepted the Ite- 
 tirement. 
 
 He married, in Dec. 1830, Anne, eldest daughter 
 of the Kev. Rich. Studdert Welsh, of Newtown 
 House, CO. Limericlc, Vicar of Kilfinaghty, in the 
 diocese of Killaloe, by whom he has issue four 
 children. Agents — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 STUDDERT. (Liedt., 1837. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 2.) 
 EicHABD Stdddjskt, bom 7 Nov. 1811, is third 
 son of the present Thos. Studdert, Esq., of Bunratty 
 Castle, CO. Clare, by Alicia, daughter of Geo. Stud- 
 dert, Esq., of Kilkishen, by Anna, daughter of John 
 Blood, Esq., of Castle Fergus, a descendant of the 
 celebrated Colonel Blood, who had grants of land 
 from Charles II. in Ireland in 1660. One of his 
 brothers, Robert, is married to a niece of Lieut.- 
 General Hawkshaw ; and one of his sisters, Alicia, 
 to Colonel Fred. Maunsell, Lieutenant-Colonel and 
 Inspecting Field-officer of the Recruiting District. 
 He is nephew of Capt. John F. Studdert, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1824, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., onboard the Champion 18, commanded 
 by his uncle, Capt. J. F. Studdert, with whom, after 
 cruizing experimentally in the Channel, he sailed 
 for the East Indies ; where he took a Midshipman's 
 part in the closing operations of the Burmese war, 
 and, in June and Aug. 1826, joined the Boadicea 
 46 and Wakspite 76, bearing each the broad pen- 
 dant of Commodore Sir Jas. Brisbane. In the 
 latter ship, the command of 'Which was given in 
 succession, on the death of Sir J. Brisbane, to Capts. 
 Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas and Wm. Parker, he 
 visited Australia, and was employed on the South 
 American, Lisbon, Mediterranean, and Plymouth 
 stations, until discharged, in Jan. 1829, into the 
 Kent 78, Capts. John Ferris Devonshire and Sam. 
 Pym. In that ship and her tender, the Leveret 10, 
 Lieut.-Commander Henry John Worth, he served 
 in the Channel, on the coast of Ireland, and again 
 in 'the Mediterranean, until Jan. 1831 — the last 12 
 months in the capacity of Mate. He was next, 
 from 17 May, 1833, until 23 Nov. 1835, and from 
 the latter date until 27 July, 1837, employed afresh 
 on the Mediterranean station, in the Caledonia 
 120, Capts. Thos. Brown and Geo. Bohun Martin, 
 and VoLAGE 28, Capt. Peter Richards. He attained 
 his present rank 26 Dec. 1837 ; served from 3 Feb. 
 1838 until 8 March, 1843, in the Andromache 26, 
 Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India, and Cape of Good Hope and 
 Brazilian stations ; and from 9 Sept. 1844 until the 
 summer of 1848 officiated as First-Lieutenant of the 
 Daring 12, Capts. Henry Jas. Matson and Wm. 
 Peel, in the Channel and again in North America 
 and the West Indies. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 STUPAET. (KEAR-ADMroAL, 1846. F-P., 17; 
 H-P., 40.) 
 Gdstavus Stupabt (whose name had been borne 
 in 1781-2 on the books of the Conqdestador 74, 
 flag-ship of Bear-Admiral Roddam" at ■ Sheerness) 
 embarked as Midshipman, in July, 1790, on board 
 the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Berkeley, bearing 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer in the 
 Channel. After serving for four years, chiefly on 
 the West India station, in the Niger frigate, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Flirt, Capt. Jas. 
 NicoU Morris, Alligator 28, Capts. Wm. Affleck 
 and Thos. Surridge, and Europa 50, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Ford, he was there nominated, 16 
 April, 1795, Acting-Lieutenant of the Hermione 32, 
 Capt.' Philip Wilkinson. From the latter ship, to 
 which he was confirmed 12 Sept. 1796, he removed, 
 with Capt. Wilkinson, in Feb. 1797, to the Success 
 32 commanded afterwards by Capt. Shuldham 
 Pe'ard ; and in her he continued employed in the 
 Channel, off the port of Cadiz, and in the Mediter- 
 ranean, until Deo. 1799. On 9 June in that year 
 he commanded one of three boats, the whole con- 
 taining 42 men, under the orders of Lieut. Philip 
 
 Facey, in an attack made, in the harbour of La 
 Seva, near Cape de Creux, on La Belle Aurore, a 
 richly-laden polacre, mounting 9 carriage-guns, 
 which vessel was most gallantly boarded, carried, 
 and brought out, although defended by 113 men, 
 secured with a boarding-netting, and supported by 
 a battery and a large body of men at small arms 
 on the shore. " I am sorry," says Capt. Peard in 
 his official report to Earl St. Vincent, " to inform 
 your Lordship that our loss has been great, 3 of the 
 gallant fellows having been killed on the spot ; and 
 Lieut. Stupart, an officer inferior to none in his 
 Majesty's service for zeal, courage, and ability, 
 with 9 others, badly wounded." In forwarding this 
 statement to the Admiralty, the Commander-in- 
 Chief declared it as his opinion that the exploit 
 " was equal to any enterprise recorded in the naval 
 history of Great Britain."* In 1800 Mr. Stupart 
 obtained a small pension for his wounds, which was 
 increased, 2 Dec. 1815, to 250Z. per annum. His 
 next appointment was, 23 March, 1801, to the com- 
 mand of L'Hirondelle armed brig, stationed in 
 the Channel, where he served until the following 
 Nov. He attained the rank of Commander 29 
 April, 1802 ; and was appointed in that capacity — 
 in July, 1803, to the Sea Fencible service on the 
 coast of Devon — 23 March, 1804, for seven months, 
 to the Hind armed ship, in the North Sea — 19 June, 
 1805, to the Prospero bomb, in the Downs — and 25 
 Aug. 1806, to the Emulous brig, on the Channel, 
 West India, and North American stations. In 1809 
 Capt. Stupart, while cruizing off Puerto Rico, suc- 
 ceeded in beating off a French frigate. He left the 
 Emulous 17 Feb. 1811, having been advanced to 
 Post-rank 21 Oct. 1810; and accepted his present 
 rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral, whose first wife had died in 
 June, 1802, married a second time, 19 Oct. 1812, 
 Miss Hyndham. His eldest son, the Rev. G. T. 
 Stupart, B.A., is Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, 
 and Vicar of Merton, co. Oxford. 
 
 STUPART. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Robert Douglas Stupart entered the Navy 
 (from the Royal Naval College) 28 Jan. 1830 ; passed 
 his examination in 1834 ; and as a reward for the 
 part he had taken during the operations on the 
 coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d'Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 15 Dec. 1840, to the Gorgon steamer, Capt. 
 Wm. Honyman Henderson, in the Mediterranean — 
 8 Oct. 1842, after a few months of half-pay, to the 
 Wasp 16, Capts. Andrew Drew, Henry Bagot, and 
 Sidney Henry TTssher, with whom he continued em- 
 ployed until the summer of 1845 on the North 
 America and West India and African stations— and, 
 6 Jan. 1846, as First, to the Bittern 12, Capt. Thos. 
 Hope. In the latter vessel he is again serving on 
 the coast of Africa. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 STURT. (Captain, 1844. f-p., 15; H-p., 19.) 
 
 Henry Richard Sturt entered the Navy, 2 
 March, 1813, as Fat.-cl. Vol., on board the Indus 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, employed in the North Sea 
 and also in the Mediterranean, where he took part 
 in Sir Edw. Pellew's engagement with the Toulon 
 fleet 13 Feb. 1814. In Sept. of the latter year he 
 became Midshipman of the Eurotas 38, Capts. Jas. 
 Lillicrap and Robt. Bloye, stationed in the Channel ; 
 and he next, in Feb. 1816, joined the Leander 50, 
 Capts. Wm. Skipsey and Edw. Chetham ; with the 
 latter of whom, after assisting at the bombardment 
 of Algiers, where he was severely wounded,t he 
 sailed for Halifax and continued employed on that 
 station under the flag of Sir David Milne until July, 
 1819. From Aug. 1820 until Jan. 1822 he served at 
 St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope in the Blossom 
 24, Capt. Fred. Edw. Venahles Vernon (now Har- 
 oourt) and Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. 
 Lambert ; he then joined in succession the Spencer 
 and Bulwark 74' s, Capts. Sir Thos. Lavle and Thos. 
 • ride Gaz. 1799, p. 740. f V. Gm. 1816, p. 1793. 
 
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 STYLE— SUCKLING. 
 
 Dundas, all stationed at Plymouth ; and on 19 July, 
 1823, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 His succeeding appointments' were— 26 Oct. 1824, to 
 the Genoa 74, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, also at Ply- 
 mouth— 28 May, 1825, to the Egekia 24, Capt. Sam. 
 Roberts, employed on particular service — 3 Aug. 
 following, again to the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter 
 Bathurst, in which ship he served at first off Lisbon 
 and then in the Mediterranean, where he fought at the 
 battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827, and was a second time 
 wounded*— and, 29 Oct. 1829 (after some months of 
 half-pay), to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Robt. Mel- 
 borne Jackson, on the Jamaica station. He attained 
 the rank of Commander 27 May, 1830 ; and served 
 in that capacity in the Rose 18, in North America 
 and the West Indies, from 9 March, 1843, until 
 posted 6 Deo. 1844. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Capt. Sturt was awarded a pension of 451. 12s. per 
 annum for his wounds 23 March, 1842. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 STYLE. (Retired Captain, 1844. f-p., 13; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 WitLiAM Style, born 26 April, 1786, is third son 
 of the Rev. Robt. Style, Vicar of Wateringbury 
 and Rector of Mereworth, co. Kent, by Prisoilla, 
 daughter of the Rev. John Davis ; and brother-in- 
 law of Capt. John Drake, R.N. His grandfather, 
 Sir Thos. Style, Bart., married a daughter of Sir 
 Chas. Hotham, Bart. ; and his uncle. Sir Cha's. 
 Style, Bart., married a daughter of the tirst Viscount 
 Powerscourt. Another uncle, Wm. Style, was a 
 Lieutenant-General in the Army. His second bro- 
 ther, Thomas, died a Captain R.N. 
 
 This oiiicer entered the Navy, 13 March, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Immortalite 36, Capts. 
 Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. W. C. R. Owen, 
 stationed in the Channel. After assisting at the 
 bombardment of Havre and Boulogne and com- 
 manding the Immohtalit^'s launch in an attack 
 upon two of the enemy's, gun-brigs under the guns 
 of Calais, he removed as Master's Mate, in Aug. 
 1803, to the Imperiecse 38, commanded by his 
 former Captain, Hotham; whom he followed, in 
 March, 1804, and April, 1806, into the Revolu- 
 TioNNAiRE 44 and Defiance 74. While attached 
 to the RivoLDTioNNAiRB he escorted the Duke of 
 Sussex from Lisbon to Portsmouth, accompanied 
 the outward-bound East India trade to the line, 
 and visited the coast of North America. He was 
 present also in Sir Rich. Strachan's action 4 Nov. 
 1805, and assisted after the battle in bringing to 
 England one of the prizes, the Scipion 74. During 
 his servitude in the Depiance, in which ship he 
 was ordered to act as Lieutenant 26 April, 1806, and 
 was confirmed to that rank 15 Aug. following, Mr. 
 Style contributed to the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, 
 of three French frigates under the batteries of 
 Sable d'Olonne ; on which occasion the Defiance, 
 besides being much cut up in her masts, sails, anil 
 rigging, sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 25 
 wounded. On 24 June in the same year he landed 
 at the head of between 300 and 400 seamen and 
 marines from the squadron then cruizing ofi* Co- 
 runna, and succeeded in destroying 114 guns of the 
 largest calibre, with their carriages and ammu- 
 nition. With the boats of the Defiance under his 
 orders he brought out, on the night of 31 Dec. 1809, 
 beneath a heavy fire of round and grape shot, the 
 armed ship Ellison, of more than 400 tons burthen, 
 moored within half a cable's length of the shore, 
 and lying under the muzzles of the guns of Fort 
 Palais, one of the strongest fortifications on the 
 coast of France. An attack had been made on this 
 vessel afew nights previously by double the force, but 
 had failed. On 1 June, 1810, being again in com- 
 mand of the boats, Mr. Style, after a fatiguing 
 chase of six hours, came up with three of the ene- 
 my's armed chasse-marees ; the whole of which he 
 boarded, carried, and brought out in a calm from 
 under the citadel of Fort Palais, in Belleisle, al- 
 though exposed for an hour in doing so to a most 
 
 • Vide (Jaz. 1837, p. ?325. 
 
 severe fire of round and grape from two batteries 
 on Pointe Taillefer and from several field-pieces. 
 Six armed launches came out likewise to the sup- 
 port of their friends, but were beaten back.'*' In 
 the course of the same year Mr. Style was sent in 
 pursuit of La Pruderite, a cutter valuably laden, 
 which he contrived to capture, notwithstanding 
 that before he reached her she had sought pro- 
 tection under the batteries on the island of Oleron. 
 For all these services he was very warmly recom- 
 mended, and received the thanks of the Commander- 
 in-Chief. In Aug. 1810 he left the Defiance ; and 
 in the following month he joined the flotilla em- 
 ployed in the defence of Cadiz. On 28 of the en- 
 suing Oct. the Camperdown, a gun-vessel of which 
 he had assumed command, struck on Los Corrales, 
 a reef of rocks between Cadiz and Puntales, and a 
 Midshipman and 14 of her crew perished. He subse- 
 quently, on 6 March, 1811, supported the present Sir 
 Thos. FeUowes at the storming of a 4-gun battery, 
 surrounded by a ditch and spiked stockade at the 
 entrance of Port Santa Maria, under a heavy fire of 
 grape from the neighbouring works ;t on 5 July he 
 was second in command in a night-attack made on 
 some vessels in the Guadalquivir, and had every 
 man on the larboard side of his boat killed or 
 wounded in a desperate action fought on the occa- 
 sion with a schooner of war ; and on 2 Nov. he dis- 
 tinguished himself in an attack upon the enemy's 
 flotilla. He was shortly afterwards sent to co-ope- 
 rate in the defence of Tarifa, where he remained 
 until the siege was raised, and displayed throughout 
 so much zeal and activity that he obtained, as he 
 had done at Cadiz, very great applause. His con- 
 duct gained him the thanks in particular of Com- 
 modore Penrose and the Spanish government. In 
 April, 1812, he was placed on half-pay, having been 
 advanced to the rank of Commander on 1 of the 
 preceding Feb. His last appointment was, 18 
 May, 1821, to the Gannet 18 ; in which vessel we 
 find him escorting the remains of Queen Caroline 
 from Harwich to Cuxhaven. He accepted his pre- 
 sent rank 7 Feb. 1844. 
 
 Capt. Style is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieu- 
 tenant for CO. Oxford. He married, 22 Dec. 1814, 
 Louisa Charlotte, second daughter of Hon. Jacob 
 Marsham, D.D., Canon of Windsor and Prebendary 
 of Rochester and Wells, and sister of Capt. Henry 
 Shovell Marsham, R.N. By that lady he has issue 
 three sons and two daughters. Agents— Hallett 
 and Robinson. 
 
 SUCKLING. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Robert William Suckling entered the Navy, 
 6 Feb. 1823; passed his examination in 1829; and 
 obtained his commission 28 June, 1838. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 7 July, 1838, as Addi- 
 tional-Lieutenant, to the Princess Charlotte 104, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford in the Medi- 
 terranean— 4 Jan. 1839, to the Dido 18, Capt. Lewis 
 Davies, on the same station — 25 Nov. 1841, to the 
 Bittern 16, Capt. Hon. Byron C. F. P. Gary, at 
 the Cape of Good Hope— 14 June, 1842, to the Fan- 
 tome 16, Capt. Philip Geo. Haymes, of which vessel, 
 stationed in South America, he became First- 
 Lieutenant— 14 July, 1843, to the Alfred 50, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Commodore John Brett 
 Purvis on the coast of Brazil, whence he returned 
 at the close of 1844— and, 23 Sept. 1846, as First, to 
 the Rattlesnake surveying-vessel, Capt. Owen 
 Stanley, now in the East Indies. 
 
 SUCKLING. (Captain, 1841. r-p., 13; h-p.,31.) 
 William Benjamin Suckling is eldest son of 
 the late Colonel Suckling, 3rd Dragoon Guards, of 
 Bamham Haugh, co. Norfolk ; and a relative of the 
 immortal Nelson, whoso mother was a daughter of 
 the Rev. Maurice Suckling, D.D., Prebendary of 
 Westminster, by Anne, elder daughter of Sir Chas. 
 * rfrfeGaz. ISIO, p. 85S. 
 
 f The French commandant was on this occasion wounded 
 and taken, and 19 of his men were either killed or wounded. 
 The magazine was destroyed, the guns spiked, and small 
 nrms brought off. 
 
SULIVAN. 
 
 1141 
 
 Turner, Bart., of Warham, by Mary, his wife, sister 
 of the celehrated Sir Robert Walpole, K.G. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1803, as 
 I'st.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Amphion 32, Capt. Thos. 
 Masterman Hardy, and sailed shortly afterwards 
 with the flag of Lord Nelson for the Mediterranean ; 
 where he continued employed with the hero in the 
 Victory 100, with Capts. Ross Donnelly and Wm. 
 D'Urban in the Nakcissus and Ambuscade frigates, 
 and again in the Victoby and Ambuscade, until 
 Aug. 1809'. In the Victory, we believe, he fought 
 at Trafalgar. He was made Lieutenant, 23 Oct. 
 1809, into the Talbot sloop, Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, 
 on the Cork station; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — in 1810, to the Cjesar 80, Capt. Wm. 
 Granger, and Milford 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 Goodwin Keats, employed off Lisbon and at the 
 defence of Cadiz — 1 Aug. 1811, for 15 months, to 
 the Rodney 74, Capts. John Allen and Edw. Durn- 
 ford King, in the Mediterranean — and, in June and 
 Deo. 1813, to the Ocean 98 and Vm-rt 36, Capts. 
 Robt. Plampin and Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, 
 on the same station, whence he returned in April, 
 1814. He was promoted, 1 July in that year, to 
 the command of the Merope sloop. In her he 
 served in the Mediterranean and on the coast of 
 North America until Feb. 1815 ; and he was next, 
 from 19 Feb. 1822 until wrecked on a reef of rocks 
 off Langness Point, in the Isle of Man, 14 Dec. fol- 
 lowing, employed in the Racehorse 18, and from 
 15 March, 1828, until he invalided in the spring of 
 1829, in the Medina 20, on the coast of Africa. 
 He has since been on half-pay. He attained his 
 present rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Suckling married, first, 24 Sept. 1844, Eli- 
 zabeth, eldest daughter of the late John Barry, 
 Esq., of Montague Street, Russell Square, London ; 
 and, that lady dying 9 Sept. 1846, secondly, 5 Aug. 
 1847, Caroline, second daughter of the late Wm. 
 Loaden, Esq., of Rosehill, near Bideford, co. Devon. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SULIVAN. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 6.) 
 Bartholomew James Sulivan is son of Capt. 
 Thos. B. Sulivan, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1823 ; passed 
 his examination in 1829 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 3 April, 1830 ; served from 25 June, 1831, until 
 the close of 1836,, in the Beagle surveying-vessel, 
 Capt. Robt. FitzRoy, on the South American sta^ 
 tion ; was appointed to the command, 30 Nov. 1837, 
 of the PiNCHER schooner, at Chatham ; and from 
 12 April, 1838, until 1839, was again employed in 
 South America in command of the Arrow ketch. 
 He attained the rank of Commander 14 May, 1841 ; 
 served in that capacity in the Philomel surveying- 
 vessel, on the S.E. coast of America, from 2 April, 
 1842, until paid off on his return to England in 
 1846 ; and since 10 Dec. 1847 has had his name 
 borne as a Supernumerary-Captain, for surveying- 
 service, on the books of the Victory 104, flag-ship 
 at Portsmouth. His promotion to Post-rank, which 
 was effected in March, 1846, by a commission dated 
 back to 18 Nov. 1845, was made a reward for the 
 conduct he had displayed in command of the 
 southern division of the ships engaged in the battle 
 of the Parana ; where the combined squadrons of 
 France and Spain, after a hard day's fighting, de- 
 stroyed four heavy batteries belonging to General 
 Rosas at Punta Obligado, also a schooner-of-war 
 mounting 6 guns, and 24 vessels chained across the 
 river. " I should be unmindful," writes Capt. Chas. 
 Hotham, the Senior British officer present on the 
 occasion, in his official report of the proceedings 
 addressed to the Commander-in-Chief, " of the 
 ability and continued zeal of Commander B. Suli- 
 van, did I not bring him particularly to your notice; 
 by his exertions we were furnished with a chart, 
 which enabled us to complete our arrangements for 
 the attack." * , , . 
 
 Capt. Sulivan is married, and has issue. 
 
 • Fide Giiz. 1846, pp. 815, 8G1. 
 
 SULIVAN. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Norton Siiaw Sulivan passed his examination 
 21 July, 1841 ; and after having served as Mate in 
 the Fly surveying-vessel, Capt. Eras. Price Black- 
 wood, and Ranger 6, Capt. Jas. Anderson (J), in 
 the East Indies and on the coast of Africa, was 
 promoted, 2 June, 1846, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 and nominated Additional of the Act^son 26, Capt. 
 Geo. Mansel, on the station last named. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 6 Nov. 1846, to the 
 Birkenhead steam-frigate of 560 horse-power, 
 Capt. Aug. Henry Ingram, employed on particular 
 service— and, 13 July, 1847, and 19 July, 1848, 
 again as Additional, to the Vernon 50, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield, and 
 Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, both 
 in the East Indies, where, with his name on the 
 books of the latter ship, he is now doing duty at 
 Bombay in the Meeanee 80. 
 
 SULIVAN, C.B. (Craptailt, 1814.) 
 
 Thomas Ball Sulivan was born 5 Jan. 1781. 
 He is first-cousin of Capt. Thos. Ross Suhvan, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1786, as Cap- 
 tain's Servant, on board the Triumph 74, Capt. John 
 Knight, bearing the flag of Lord Hood at Ports- 
 mouth, v/here he followed the Admiral into the 
 Barfleur 98, and was employed, until 1793, in the 
 Bombay Castle 74, Capt. John Thos. Duckworth, 
 Hannibal 74, Capt. John Colpoys, and Cambridge 
 74, Capts. Wm. Locker and Boger. He served 
 next, from July, 1794, until April, 1797, in the 
 Channel and Mediterranean, the chief part of the 
 time as Midshipman, in the Audacious 74, Capts. 
 Alex. Hood and Wm. Shield, Southampton 32, 
 Capt. Shield, Audacious again, Capts. Aug. Mont- 
 gomery and Davidge Gould, and Royal George* 
 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport ; and on 26 of the 
 month last mentioned he was made Lieutenant into 
 the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Walter Locke. 
 His next appointments were — 19 July, 1797, to the 
 Scorpion sloop, Capts. Stair Douglas and Horace 
 Pine, in the North Sea — 1 Jan. 1798, to the Di- 
 rector, Capt. Wm. Bligh, lying in Yarmouth Roads 
 — 15 March, 1798, to the itiTE sloop, Capts. Wm. 
 Brown, Chas. Lydiard, Stephen Thos. Digby, and 
 Philip Pipon, under whom he was for seven years 
 employed in the North Sea and Baltic and off 
 Guernsey— and, 10 May and 26 Dec. 1805, to the 
 Brisk 18, Capt. John Coode, and Anson 38, Capts. 
 Fred. Langford and Chas. Lydiard, on the Irish 
 and Jamaica stations. In the Kite he accompanied 
 the expedition sent under Sir Home Popham, in 
 May, 1798, to destroy the locks and sluice-gates of 
 the Bruges Canal, and was present, in Sept. 1803, 
 at the bombardment of Granville. While serving, 
 as First, in the Anson, he assisted, in company with 
 the Arethusa 38, at the capture, 23 Aug. 1806, near 
 the Havana, after a spirited action, in which the 
 British sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 32 
 wounded, of the Pojnona Spanish frigate of 38 guns 
 and 347 men, laden with specie and merchandize, 
 and defended by a castle mounting 11 36-pounders, 
 and a flotilla of 10 gun-boats, all of which were 
 destroyed.! On 15 Oct. following he took part in 
 a skirmish with the Fmidroi/ant, a French 80, in 
 which the Anson had 2 men killed and 13 wounded ; 
 and on 1 Jan. 1807 he contributed to the brilliant 
 reduction of Cura9oa. As a reward for his conduct 
 on the latter occasion he was promoted to the rank 
 of Commander 23 Feb. 1807. He continued in the 
 Anson as a volunteer until that ship was lost, with 
 her Captain and about 60 of the crew, near the 
 Lizard, 29 Dec. in the same year ; and he was sub- 
 sequently appointed— in Jan. 1809, to the Transport 
 service— 4 Nov. 1809, for two months and a half, to 
 the Eclipse, on the Plymouth station— and, 2 Feb. 
 1813 and 26 March, 1814, to the Woolwich 44, 
 
 * The Royal Geokoe was one of the ships implicated in 
 the Spithead mutiny. 
 
 f On the Pomona striking her colours she was immediately 
 notwithstanding a severe fire from the castle, taken posses- 
 sion of by Lieut. Parish, First of the Arethusa, followed bv 
 Lieut. Sulivan.— fi'iii; Gai. 1806, p. 1535. ' 
 
1142 
 
 SULIV AN— SULLIVAN. 
 
 armee-en-Jiute, and Weser troop-ship. In the "Wool- 
 wich (in which ship he was wrecked on the north 
 end of the island of Barbuda in a violent hurricane, 
 6 Nov. 1813) he conveyed Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, 4 
 Commanders, 8 Lieutenants, 24 Midshipmen, up- 
 wards of 400 seamen, and the frames of several 
 gun-vessels from England to Quebec, for the Lake 
 service in Canada. During his command of the 
 "Weser he was employed with great activity on the 
 North American station. At the destruction of 
 Commodore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, 22 
 Aug. 1814, being the Senior-Commander present, 
 he had charge of a division of boats and tenders, 
 and by his " cheerful and indefatigable exertions " 
 proved himself " most justly " entitled to the 
 ^' warmest acknowledgments " of Rear-Admiral 
 Cockburn, by whom he was earnestly recommended 
 to the favourable notice of Sir Alex. Cochrane.* 
 In his despatch to the Commander-in-Chief, an- 
 nouncing the failure of the Baltimore expedition, 
 the Rear-Admiral thus expresses himself: *' It is, Sir, 
 with the greatest pride and pleasure I report to you 
 that the brigade of seamen with small arms, com- 
 manded by Capt. Edw. Crofton, assisted by Capts. 
 Sulivan, Money, and Ramsay (the three Senior 
 Commanders in the fleet), who commanded divisions 
 under him, behaved with a gallantry and steadiness 
 which would have done honour to the ablest troops, 
 and which attracted the admiration of the army." f 
 In March, 1815, Capt. Sulivan, who had been pro- 
 moted to Post-rank 19 Oct. 1814, left the Weser. 
 He was nominated a C.B. 4 June following. On 18 
 March, 1836, he obtained command of the Tai,a- 
 VERA 74, at Plymouth ; and from 26 Nov. in that 
 year until paid off on his return to England in the 
 spring of 1841 he served as Commodore on the 
 South American station, with his broad pendant in 
 the Stag 46. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 
 1846. 
 
 Capt. Sulivan married, 19 March, 1808, Henrietta, 
 youngest daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Bar- 
 tholomew James, by whom he has had issue 14 
 children. Three of his sons are in the Naval ser- 
 vice, one of them, Bartholomew James, a Captain. 
 
 SULl'VAN. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Thomas Digby Sulivan passed his examination 
 7 Jan. 1843 ; obtained his commission 10 Aug. fol- 
 lowing ; was appointed, 13 Jan. 1846, to the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry 
 Ducle Chads ; and, since 7 Aug. 1847, has been 
 serving in the Cambrian 40, Commodore Jas. Han- 
 way Plumridge, now in the East Indies. 
 
 SULIVAN. (Captain, 1847.) 
 
 Thomas Ross Sulivan is first-cousin of Capt. 
 Thos. Ball Sulivan, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 25 Jan. 1811 ; 
 passed his examination in 1820; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 25 April, 1825, into the Bellette 18, 
 Capt. John Leith, on the "West India station. He 
 had, while serving as Midshipman and Mate in the 
 Iphigenia, Owen Glendowek, and Hussar frigates, 
 been very actively and usefully employed against 
 the pirates on the coast of Cuba and in the Isle of 
 Pines. His appointments after he left the Bel- 
 lette were— 18 May, 1826, to the Hussar 46, Capt. 
 Geo. Harris, again in the "West Indies, where, while 
 filling the post of Senior Lieutenant, he was wounded 
 in the boats at the capture of a slave-brig of 10 
 guns and 57 men— 13 May, 1829, to the Favorite 
 18, Capt. Joseph Harrison, fitting for the coast of 
 Africa^l8 March, 1833, to the command of the 
 Pluto steamer, on the same station, whence he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off at the close of 
 1834— and, 19 Jan. 1836, as Second-Lieutenant, to 
 the Melville 74, bearing the flag of Sir Peter 
 Halkett, Commander-in-Chief in North America 
 and the "West Indies. On the latter ship being paid 
 off she was immediately recommissioned by Capt. 
 Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas for the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliot at the Cape of Good 
 
 * Fide Gaz. I814, p. lu^l. f F. Gaz. 1514, p. 2077. 
 
 Hope, and Mr. Sulivan was at the same time, 1 Sept. 
 1837, again appointed to her as First-Lieutenant. 
 He proceeded ultimately to the coast of China, and 
 while there he was promoted, 25 June, 1840, to the 
 command of the Favorite 18. Before he joined that 
 vessel, however, he appears to have been for a time 
 a Supernumerary-Commander in the Melville. 
 He continued in the Favorite on' the East India 
 station until 1843, when he returned to_ England 
 and was paid off. He was advanced to his present 
 rank 29 April, 1847. Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 SULLIVAN, Bart. (Captain, 1814.) 
 
 SiB Charles Sullivan, born 28 Feb. 1789, is 
 second son of the late Sir Rich. Joseph Sullivan, 
 Bart., by Mary, only surviving daughter of Thos. 
 Lodge, Esq., of Leeds ; and brother of Sir Henry 
 Sullivan, Bart., Lieut.-Colonel of the 1st Regi- 
 ment of Foot Guards, who fell in a sortie from the 
 garrison of Bayonne, 14 April, 1814 ; also of Major 
 Arthur Sullivan, who died 7 June, 1832 ; and of the 
 present Lieut.-Colonel "Wm. Sullivan. His youngest 
 sister, Elizabeth, married the Hon. and Rev. Fred. 
 Pleydell Bouverie, brother of Vioe-Admiral Hon. 
 D. P. Bouverie. One of his uncles, the Right Hon. 
 John Sullivan (father-in-law of the late Capt. John 
 Jas. Stuart,* R.N., and of the present Capt. Sir 
 Geo. Tyler, Kt., K.H.), was Under Secretary-at- 
 "War from 1801 until 1805. Different members of 
 his family have ranked high in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rubt 64, Capts. Sir 
 Edw. Berry and Henry Hill, with whom he was for 
 14 months employed in the Baltic and North Sea. 
 In June, 1802, he joined the Isis 50, flag-ship of 
 Vice- Admiral Jas. Gambler at Newfoundland; and 
 in June, 1804, he removed as Midshipman (a rating 
 he had before attained) to the Culloden 74, fitting 
 for the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, Commander-in- 
 Chief in the East Indies ; where he assisted at the 
 capture, 27 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch frigate, seven 
 brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and other mer- 
 chant-vessels lying in Batavia Roads. He contri- 
 buted also to the reduction of Sourabaya ; and while 
 acting subsequently as Lieutenant in the Psyche 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, 
 he aided in the boats at the cutting out, 31 Aug. 
 1807, of a schooner of 8 guns and a large merchant- 
 brig at Samarang.t On the follovring day he aided in 
 making prize of the Scipio corvette of 24 guns, with 
 two other vessels, the Resolutie armed merchant- 
 ship of 700 tons richly laden, and the Ceres^ a re- 
 markably fine brig, in the Dutch Company's Ser- 
 vice, of 12 guns and 70 men. He was confirmed a 
 Lieutenant, 25 April, 1808, into the Dedaigneose 
 frigate, Capts. John Bastard, "Wm. Dawson, Geo. 
 Bell, and "Wm. "Wilbraham, on the East India sta- 
 tion ; was nominated, 26 Oct. 1811, Acting-Com- 
 mander of the Madagascar at the Isle of France ; 
 was officially promoted on his return to England in 
 that vessel 24 March, 1812 ; and from 26 Oct. 1813 
 until 3 Oct. 1814 was employed in the Penelope 
 troop-ship on the coast of North America. His 
 promotion to Post-rank took place 7 June in the 
 latter year. He commanded the Galatea 42 from 
 19 Aug. 1825 until the commencement of 1829, and 
 the Formidable 84 in the Mediterranean from 14 
 Deo. 1841 until transferred, 23 April, 1844, to the 
 Queen 110; which ship he brought home and paid 
 off in the course of the same year. In the Gala- 
 tea, after serving off the coast of Portugal at the 
 time the army of occupation was at Lisbon, Sir 
 Chag. Sullivan visited the Morea with Sir Fred. 
 Adam, Alexandria with the present Lord Howden, 
 and Rio de Janeiro with Lord Strangford, and was 
 for six months employed on the latter station under 
 the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy. 
 The Formidable, while he was in her, got on shore, 
 in Nov. 1842, near Barcelona, and was rescued by 
 the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell. In March, 
 1844, Sir Charles witnessed the settlement of the 
 
 * Capt. Stuart was brother of Lord Stuart de Rothesay, 
 t Firfc Gaz. 180S, p. 537. 
 
SULLIVAN— SUMMERS— SUMPTER—SUNDERLAND-SDTHERLAND. 1143 
 
 Greek constitution of Athens. He lias been pre- 
 sented with the insignia of a Knight Commander of 
 the order of the Redeemer of Greece. 
 
 Sir Chas. Sullivan married, 21 Nov. 1818, Jean 
 Anne, only daughter of Robt. Taylor, Esq., of 
 Ember Court, co. Surrey, by whom he has issue 
 two sons and three daughters. Agents — Burnett 
 and Holmes. 
 
 SULLIVAN. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Charles Sullivan entered the Navy in 1832 ; 
 passed his examination 5 Feb. 1840 ; served at 
 Portsmouth and in the Mediterranean as Mate in 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings, and Formidable 84, Capt. Sir Chas. 
 Sullivan; and obtained his commission 22 Aug. 
 1844. His succeeding appointments were — 28 Aug. 
 1844, again, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the For- 
 midable — 7 Sept. following, to the Snake 16, Capt. 
 Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, in the Mediter- 
 ranean—and, 17 Dec. 1845, to the Superb 80, Capt. 
 Armar Lowry Corry. In the latter ship he was em- 
 ployed on the Home and Mediterranean stations 
 imtil the spring of 1848. 
 
 SUMMERS. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 John Summers was born 1 Jan. 1796. He is 
 brother of Wm. Summers, Esq., Master E.N. 
 (1826). 
 
 This oflioer entered the Navy, in Nov. 1810, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Pigmy cutter, sta- 
 tioned in the Downs, He next, in the early part of 
 1812, joined the Aboukir 74, Capt. Geo. Parker, 
 employed in the North Sea and Baltic ; and in the 
 course of the same year, while absent in a tender, 
 he was taken prisoner. On his release from cap- 
 tivity he was received, in Jan. 1813, on board the 
 Pactolos 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, at- 
 tached to the force on the Home station ; where, in 
 the West Indies, and at the Cape of Good Hope and 
 St. Helena, he served until after the conclusion of 
 hostilities in the Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne, 
 Chatham 74, Capt. David Lloyd, and Phaeton 38, 
 Capt. Fras. Stanfell. Between 1816 (in Nov. of which 
 year he passed his examination) and July, 1826, he 
 was employed on the East India, Home, Mediterra- 
 nean, Halifax, and West India stations, as Mate, in 
 the MiNDEN 74, Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch, 
 Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Harle- 
 quin 18, Capt. Nepean, Britannia 120, and in an- 
 other ship, the name of which has escaped us. On 
 10 of the month last mentioned he was made Lieu- 
 tenant into the Beaver 10, Capt. Joseph O'Brien, 
 also in the West Indies. He invalided in the same 
 year, 1826 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Summers married, in Jan. 1830, Miss Har- 
 riette EUzabeth Howell. 
 
 SUMPTEE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 25.) 
 Nicholas Sumpter entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the London 98, 
 Capt. Thos. Western ; in which ship, after cruizing 
 in the Channel, he accompanied the Royal Family 
 of Portugal in its flight to the Brazils. From June, 
 
 1809, until Nov. 1814 he served on the Mediterra- 
 nean, South American, and North Sea stations, as 
 Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Jan. 1808), 
 in the Nebeus 36 and Montagu 74, both commanded 
 by Capt. Peter Heywood; he then joined the Dee 
 24, Capt. John Wm. Andrew ; and on his return in 
 that ship from a visit to H udson's Bay he was pre- 
 sented, in Nov. 1815, with a commission dated back 
 to 28 of the preceding Feb. The Nereus in April, 
 
 1810, brought home from the Mediterranean the re- 
 mains of Vice-Admiral Lord Colhngwood. From 
 24 Dec. 1830 until the spring of 1836 Mr. Sumpter 
 commanded a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 SUNDERLAND. (Lieutenant, 1840. f-p., 11 ; 
 H-p., 8.) 
 
 George Henry Cakleton Sunderland was 
 born 3 May, 1814. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1828, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120, 
 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett, bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Sir Henry Blackwood at the Nore. He was em- 
 ployed next in the East Indies — from 19 Nov. 1828 
 until 4 Jan. 1833, part of the time as Midshipman, 
 in the Chuizer 18, Capts. John Edw. Griffith Col- 
 poys and John Parker — from 23 Jan. 1834 until 17 
 March, 1835, in the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry 
 Ducie Chads, in which vessel he assisted, in com- 
 pany with the Imogene 28, Capt. Price Blackwood, 
 in forcing the passage of the Boca Tigris, 7 and 9 
 Sept. 1834^and from 18 March until 31 July, 1835, 
 in the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore. 
 He passed his examination 5 Aug. in the latter 
 year; and was subsequently appointed Mate — 15 
 Feb. 1836, of the Terror bomb, Capt. Edw. 
 Belcher, fitting for an expedition to the North Pole 
 —and 25 March, 1836, 12 Jan. 1838, and 13 Jan. 
 1839, of the Vanguard 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe 
 Pleydell Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes, Belle- 
 ROPHON 80, Capt. Sam. Jackson, and Powerful 84, 
 Capt. Chas. Napier. In the ship last mentioned 
 (he had been discharged from the Bellehophon 
 10 April, 1838) he took part in the operations on 
 the coast of Syria, and was present at the bombard- 
 ment of St. Jean d'Acre. He was promoted in 
 consequence to the rank of Lieutenant by a com- 
 mission bearing date 4 Nov. 1840 ; but he did not 
 leave the Powerful until 16 Jan. 1841. He then 
 joined his former ship the Bellerophon, com- 
 manded at the time by Capt. Chas. John Austen, 
 with whom he remained until 6 March following. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Sunderland married, 7 Aug. 1844, Mar- 
 garet, eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel 
 Story, of the Royal Artillery, by whom he has 
 
 SUTHERLAND. (Lieutenant, 1802. f-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 Robert Sutherland was born 23 May, 1779. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impregnable 98, Capts. 
 Andw. Mitchell and John Thomas, stationed in the 
 Channel. In the course of the same month he at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman ; and in Aug. 1796 
 he was transferred to the Greyhound 32, Capts. Jas. 
 Young, Israel Pellew, Rich. Lee, Temple Hardy, 
 and John Crawley. In that frigate, after cruizing 
 for some time in the Channel, he sailed for the 
 West Indies ; where he removed, in Sept. 1799, to 
 the Queen 98, bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker, 
 and was nominated, 19 Oct. following, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Meleager 32, Capts. Chas. Ogle, John 
 Crawley, John Perkins, and Hon. Thos. Bladen 
 Capel. By Capt. Ogle, Mr. Sutherland (who had 
 been frequently employed on cutting-out expedi- 
 tions, and had passed through scenes of great mor- 
 tality) was several times, while on the coast of 
 South America, sent on shore for the purpose of 
 trading with the Indians for a supply of fresh pro- 
 visions. On one of these occasions he was attacked, 
 wounded in the head, and taken prisoner, with 9 of 
 his men, by 100 Spanish soldiers, who had been 
 sent expressly from Carthagena. At the end of a 
 month he was exchanged and went back to the Me- 
 leager ; in which ship he continued until wrecked 
 on the North Triangle Rock, in the Gulf of Mexico, 
 9 June, 1801. Shortly after this catastrophe had 
 occurred he was despatched in one boat, as was the 
 Second-Lieutenant in another, to Vera Cruz for re- 
 lief. The weather becoming bad, the two soon 
 parted company. Mr. Sutherland, however, suc- 
 ceeded in reaching his destination ; and after some 
 difficulty induced a Spanish frigate to repair as a 
 cartel to the assistance of his distressed shipmates. 
 On arriving at the spot where the disaster had hap- 
 pened it was found, from a letter in a bottle, that 
 they had been all picked up and carried to Jamaica 
 by the Apollo frigate, Capt. Peter Halkett ; who, 
 from intelligence communicated by a fishing-boat 
 previously spoken by Mr. Sutherland, had gone in 
 search of the wreck. In the month of July, the 
 Spanish frigate having fallen in with the Melampus 
 
1144 
 
 SUTTON— SWAIN. 
 
 3G, Capt. Graham Moore, Mr. Sutherland was re- 
 ceived on board that ship. He joined next the 
 ABEnGAVENNj- 54, Capt. John Wentworth Loring ; 
 and in Oct. 1801 and Jan. 1802 he was nominated 
 Acting-Master and Acting-Lieutenant of the CincE 
 32, Capt. Isaac Wolley, and Ssren 32, Capt. J. W. 
 Loring. On his return to England he was con- 
 firmed a Lieutenant, 22 Nov. 1802, into the Mob- 
 ciANA sloop, Capts. Kobt. Raynsford and Wm. 
 Landless. In her he served as First-Lieutenant in 
 the Channel and Mediterranean until 17 Aug. 1807; 
 and from 1 Feb. 1808 until he invalided home in 
 Oct. 1809 on board the Excellent 74, he was em- 
 ployed on the station last mentioned, in a similar 
 capacity, in the Eclair sloop, Capt. Chas. Kemp- 
 thorne Quash. On the night of 22 May, 1807, he 
 took command of the boats of the Morgiana, and, 
 in company with those of the Scodt, under Lieut. 
 Battersby, he assisted in boarding and carrying, 
 near Cape Trafalgar, the San Francisco Settaro alias 
 La Determinada Spanish privateer, mounting 1 long 
 18-pounder in the bow, besides carriage-guns, swi- 
 vels, and small arms, and manned with 29 men, who 
 kept up a heavy fire until the very last. One man 
 on this occasion was killed and another wounded ; 
 and Mr. Sutherland (whose steady and determined 
 bravery obtained him the warmest thanks of Capt, 
 "Wm. Kaitt of the Scout *) received a contusion. 
 Since he left the Eclair he has been on half-pay. 
 
 SUTTON. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Charles Thomas Sutton entered the Navy, 20 
 July, 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Mostagu 
 74, Capts. Thos. Rogers, John Wentworth Loring, 
 i?ras. Pickmore, Henry Inman, and Thos. Secoombe, 
 stationed in the Downs; where he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in March, 1805, and removed, 
 1 May, 1806, to the Glatton 50, Capts. Thos. Sec- 
 combe, Henry Hope, John Clavell, and Geo. Miller 
 Bligh. On proceeding in the latter ship to the Me- 
 diterranean he united in the operations of 1807 in 
 Egypt, and was actively employed in the boats on 
 Lake Mareotis. In Jan. 1808 he chanced to be on 
 board the BitterkJ sloop in a running action of 
 three hours in the Faro of Messina; and in the 
 course of the next month he commanded a boat at 
 the evacuation of Scylla, the garrison of which was 
 embarked under a galling fire from the enemy on 
 the Calabrian shore. He had previously assisted, 
 in charge of a gun-boat, at the defence of that 
 place. On finally leaving the Glatton, Mr. Sutton 
 was received, in Oct. 1809, on board the Thhaoian 
 18, Capt. Jas. Grant, stationed in the North Sea ; 
 he removed in March, 1810, to the Kent 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Rogers, again in the Mediterranean ; and he 
 subsequently, in the early part of 1813, joined the 
 RorALiST 18, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer. 
 "While attached to the Kent he served, 13 Dec. 
 1810, with the boats of a squadron under Capt. 
 Fras. "Wm. Fane, in a disastrous but most valorous 
 attack upon the enemy's shipping in the Mole of 
 Palamos ; on which occasion the British, out of 600 
 officers and men, sustained a loss of upwards of 200 
 killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. He contri- 
 buted in the Royalist to the defence of Castro, on 
 the north coast of Spain ; and on its fall he was 
 very active in bringing off the Spanish garrison. 
 Referring to the latter event, Capt. Robt. Bloye, 
 the senior officer present, expresses himself to the 
 following effect in his official letter : — " I have great 
 pleasure in informing you our loss has been trifling 
 to what might have been expected, consisting of 10 
 wounded, 4 in the Royalist and 6 in the Spak- 
 Eoiv. Lieut. Kentish of the Royalist was slightly 
 wounded in the leg, and Mr. Sutton, Midshipman, 
 received a musket-ball in the leg, while embarking 
 the garrison, which rendered amputation neces- 
 sary .f Capt. Bremer speaks of his conduct in the 
 highest terms, and I was an eye-witness of his in- 
 trepidity in saving the garrison amidst a shower of 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 060. 
 
 + He was struck on the knee, and his limb was immedi- 
 ately amputated half up the thigh. 
 
 musket-balls."* For his conduct Mr. Sutton was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a commis- 
 sion bearing date 27 May, 1813. He has since been 
 on half-pay. He was allotted a pension of 9U. 5«. 
 per annum in consideration of his wound 18 June, 
 1816. 
 
 SUTTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Sutton died in 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64, Capt. 
 John Bazely, bearing the flag of Admiral Peyton 
 in the Downs. In Jan. 1800 he removed to the 
 Unicorn 32, Capts. Philip Wilkinson and Chas. 
 Wemyss, stationed in the Channel; and in May, 
 1802, he again joined Capt. Wilkinson as Midship- 
 man (a rating he had attained in April, 1800) on 
 board the Hussar 38. In that frigate, during his 
 passage home with despatches from Ferrol, he was 
 wrecked, on the night of 8 Feb. 1804, on the south- 
 ernmost part of the Saintes. He was under the 
 necessity in consequence of surrendering himself a 
 prisoner, with nearly all the crew, to the French at 
 Brest. On regaining his liberty at the end of the 
 M'ar he was received, in May, 1814, on board the 
 Salvador del Mhndo, flag-ship at Plymouth of 
 Admiral Wm. Domett. He served next, from July 
 following until Sept. 1815, in the Vesta schooner, 
 Lieut. -Commander Geo. Gover Miall, principally on 
 the coast of North America; and on 2 Nov. in the 
 latter year he was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. He did not afterwards go afloat. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 SWAIN. (Eetiked Commander, 1845. f-p., 16 ; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 Thomas Swain was born 19 Sept. 1780. He is 
 uncle of Lieut. Thos. Swain Scriven, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1794, as 
 A.B., on board the Ceres 32, Capt. Thos. Peyton, 
 with whom he continued to serve as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate in the same frigate and in the 
 Minerva 38, principally in the Channel, until trans- 
 ferred, 1 Aug, 1797, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. 
 Edw. Jas. Foote, lying at Spithead. From 30 Sept. 
 in the latter year until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 22 April, 1802, he was employed in the 
 Niger 32, Capts. Edw. Griffith, Matthew Henry 
 Scott, and Hon. Philip Wodedouse, Amiable 32, 
 Capt. Henry Roper, and Ramillies 74, Capts. Rich. 
 Grindall, John Wm. Taylor Dixon, and Sam. Os- 
 borne. In the Niger he made a voyage to Madeira 
 and cruized in the Channel ; and in the Ramillies, 
 after accompanying Sir Hyde Parker's expedition 
 against Copenhagen, he was for several months sta- 
 tioned off Cadiz. He was also, during the above 
 period, present at the bombardment of Havre. From 
 Nov. 1803 until Aug. 1804 he served in the Royal 
 William guard-ship at Spithead, Capt. John Wain- 
 vfright ; and from the latter date until paid ofi' in 
 March, 1811, he commanded the Attack brig of 
 12 guns in the Channel, off the coast of Spain, and 
 in the North Sea. On the morning of 28 Jan. 1806 
 he made prize, in company with the Growler gun- 
 brig, of ie Voltigeur French privateer of 14 guns 
 and 70 men ; and in the evening of the same day 
 he captured, alone, the privateer Le Sorcier of 14 
 guns and 60 men.t On 19 April ensuing, the At- 
 tack being in company with the Colpoys hired 
 armed brig of 16 guns, commanded by the late Sir 
 Thos. Ussher, Mr. Swain landed with that officer 
 and 12 men from each vessel at the entrance of the 
 river Douillan, and assisted, after a short skirmish, 
 in spiking the two guns of a battery which had 
 afforded protection to two chasse-marees. The latter 
 were then taken possession of; the signal-post at 
 Douillan was at the same time destroyed ; and the 
 whole service accomplished without the slightest 
 loss, or any greater damage to the two brigs than 
 that done to their standing and running rigging 
 while engaged with the battery previously to its 
 
 • Vide Ga?,. 1S13, p. 1015. f V. Gaz. 1806, p. 1C2. 
 
SWAINE— SWAINSON. 
 
 1145 
 
 destruction.* In the course of 1806 the Attack 
 chased on shore a convoy of menchantmen, although 
 under the escort of two brigs and a lugger. One 
 of the vessels she took, and others she contrived to 
 destroy. For nearly two years Lieut. Swain was 
 employed with a schooner under his orders in 
 watching the Passage du Kaz. Eventually he saw 
 the French fleet come out ; and the intelligence of 
 this event he conveyed to Sir John Duckworth, 
 whom he had the good fortune to fall in with off 
 the Saintes rocks. In 1809 he took part in the 
 operations under Sir Rich. Strachan in the Scheldt ; 
 and he was for a long time engaged in protecting 
 the trade in the North Sea. After he left the 
 Attack he did not go afloat. He accepted his 
 present rank 26 May, 1845. 
 
 Commander Swain is married and has issue. One 
 of his sons, George Brooks Forster, Second-Master 
 R.N. (1842), is now acting as Master of the Pilot 
 12, in the East Indies ; another, Henry Thomas, 
 First-Lieutenant R.M. (1847), is doing duty on 
 board the Rodney 92 ; and a third, Edmund, who 
 attained the rank of Second-Master 2 Oct. 1847, is 
 at present employed at the Cape of Good Hope in 
 the Dee steamer. 
 
 SWAINE. (Eeab-Admibal, 1846. r-P., 27; 
 H-p., 38.) 
 
 Spelman Swaine was born 1 Jan. 1769, at Lynn 
 Regis, CO. Norfolk, and died 14 Jan. 1848, at Wis- 
 beach, co. Cambridge. He was only surviving sou 
 of the late Spelman Swaine, Esq., of Leverington, 
 near Wisbeach, by Dorothy, daughter of Walter 
 Robertson, Esq., of Lynn Regis. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1782, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ckocodile 24, Capt. 
 Albemarle Bertie, stationed in the Channel. In 
 the ensuing Oct., having followed Capt. Bertie as 
 Midshipman into theRECovERV 32, he accompanied 
 Lord Howe to the relief of Gibraltar, and was pre- 
 sent in the partial action near Cape Sepet. Between 
 1783 and 1791 he served in succession, chiefly on 
 the Home station, and principally in the capacity 
 of Midshipman, in the Carnatio 74, Capt. Anthony 
 Jas. Pye MoUoy, Champion 24, Capt. Wm. Domett, 
 Sandwich 90, Capt. Tonkin, Impregnable 98, Capt. 
 Thos. Pringle, Lowestoffe frigate, Capt. Edm. 
 Dod, Discovery, Capt. Henry Roberts, and Codra- 
 GECX 74, Capt. Alan Gardner. He then went back, 
 as Master's Mate, to the Discovery, then com- 
 manded by Capt. Geo. Vancouver; and while in 
 that vessel, of which he was nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant in 1792, he visited the Canary Islands, 
 the Cape of Good Hope, New Holland, New Zea- 
 land, the Sandwich Islands, and Nootka Sound ; and 
 was for nearly two years employed in exploring the 
 north-west coast of America. During his absence 
 from England he was the means, by affording timely 
 assistance, of saving the lives of Capt. Vancouver, 
 Lieut. Peter Puget, a Midshipman, and a boat's 
 crew, when treacherously attacked by a party of 
 Indians. He was officially promoted on his return 
 home 27 Oct. 1795 ; appointed, 26 Nov. following 
 and 4 May, 1801, to the Spitfire sloop, Capts. Am- 
 herst Morris, Michael Seymour, and Robt. Keen, 
 and Princess Charlotte 38, Capt. Hon. Fras. 
 Farington Gardner, on the Channel and Cork sta- 
 tions ; and on 29 April, 1802, was advanced to the 
 rank of Commander. In the Spitfire he assisted 
 at the capture of L'AlMgre'e, a French vessel laden 
 with ammunition and other warlike stores, six pri- 
 vateers, carrying in the whole 57 guns and 301 men, 
 and a transport armed with 14 guns. Obtaining 
 command, in June, 1802, of the Raven sloop, Capt. 
 Swaine was sent in that vessel with despatches to 
 Tangiers, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Valette ; and 
 in Oct. 1803 he had the honour of leading Lord 
 Nelson's fleet through the Straits of Bonifaccio to 
 Agincourt Sound, an anchorage among the Mada- 
 lena Islands, to the northward of Sardinia. The 
 service he rendered on this occasion — the first time 
 
 • Vide Gaz. ISOfi, p. 570, where the support he afforded 
 is acknowledged by Lieut. Usshen 
 
 the navigation had been attempted by a three- 
 decker — gained him a very high compliment from 
 the hero. On the night of 6 Jan. 1804 the Raven, 
 owing to an unusual current, was wrecked near 
 Mazara, on the coast of Sicily. Her officers and 
 crew were, however, saved by a merchant- vessel ; 
 and her Captain had the gratification, on being 
 tried by a court-martial, of being not only acquitted 
 of all blame on account of the disaster, but of being 
 commended for the conduct he had at the time 
 exhibited. From 16 Sept. 1808 until removed to 
 the Philomel sloop, Capt. Swaine commanded the 
 Helicon of 10 guns on the Downs station. In the 
 Philomel he conveyed some military officers to 
 Oporto, a Spanish grandee to Cadiz, and despatches 
 to the Mediterranean, where he was made Post, 
 17 May, 1810, into the Hind 28. Before, however, 
 he could join that vessel she had returned to Eng- 
 land and was broken up. His last appointments 
 were, 3 Aug. 1811 and 28 April, 1814, to the Talbot 
 20 and Statira 38, employed on the Irish, West 
 India, and North American stations. In the latter 
 frigate, after conveying Major-General Gibbs and 
 other military ofBcers to New Orleans, he was again, 
 26 Feb. 1815, wrecked near Cuba on a, rock not 
 previously known. He underwent in consequence 
 the customary ordeal of a court-martial, and was 
 fully acquitted. He accepted the rank of Rear- 
 Admiral 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Rear- Admiral Swaine was a Magistrate and Chief 
 Bailiff of the Isle of Ely. He married, 26 Aug. 
 1806, Sophia Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev. 
 Chas. Le Grice, of Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, by 
 whom he has left issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SWAINSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 26.) 
 William Swainson entered the Navy, 14 June, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess floating- 
 battery, Capt. Sam. Martin Colquitt, lying in the 
 river Mersey. In the course of the following month 
 he removed to La Pomone 38, Capt. Robt. Barrie, 
 and with that officer (deducting a few months 
 passed in 1811-12 on board the Tigre 74, Capt. 
 John Halliday) he continued to serve, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, in the same ship and in 
 the Grampus 50 and Dragon 74, until nominated, 
 12 Nov. 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the Devas- 
 tation bomb, Capt. Thos. Alexander. In the Po- 
 mone, in which frigate he continued until wrecked 
 on the Needles Point 14 Oct. 1811, he cruized with 
 activity in the Mediterranean, where, besides as- 
 sisting at the destruction of L^Etourdie national 
 brig of 18 guns and 200 men, and being on many 
 occasions employed in the boats, he participated, 
 1 May, 1811, in a gallant action of an hour and a 
 half in Sagone Bay, in which the Pomone, in com- 
 pany with the IJNiTi 36 and Scout 18, effected the 
 annihilation, with a loss to herself of 2 men killed 
 and 19 wounded, of the two armed store-ships 
 Giraffe and Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to 30 
 guns, and defended by a 5-gun battery, a martello 
 tower, and a body of about 200 regular troops. In 
 the Grampus he served off Cadiz and made a voyage 
 to Barbadoes; in the Dragon he took part in a 
 variety of operations on the coast of North America, 
 including a highly successful expedition to the Pe- 
 nobscot ; and in the Devastation he was present 
 at the capture, 14 Jan. 1815, of St. Mary's, the 
 frontier town of the state of Georgia. A few days 
 after the latter event he removed, again as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, to the Terror bomb, Capt. John She- 
 ridan. He left that vessel in the ensuing April ; 
 and on 13 June, 1815, he was made Lieutenant, 
 officially, into his former ship the Devastation, 
 Capt. Geo. Martin Guise, then lying at Portsmouth. 
 He was placed on half-pay in the course of the 
 same month ; and was afterwards employed — from 
 26 Sept. 1830 until 1834, as a Supernumerary, in the 
 CocKBDRN schooner, Licut.-Commander Chas. Hol- 
 brook, on the lakes of Canada — and, from 30 Nov. 
 1846 until Nov. 1848, in command of the Penguin 
 packet, on the Falmouth station. Agents — Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
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 SWAN-SWEETING— SWEETLAND—SWENY—SWINBURN. 
 
 SWAN. (LlEDTENANT, 1815. F-P., 1 3 ; H-P., 3 1 .) 
 Oliver Swas was born 2 June, 1792. His brother, 
 David Swan, Master R.N. (1794), died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Akdent 64, Capt. Robt. 
 Winthrop, under whom he was for two years (half 
 the time in the capacity of Midshipman) employed 
 in the Channel, off Ferrol, in the Downs, off Bou- 
 logne, and in the North Sea. He then, m April, 
 1805, joined the Revenge 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, 
 lying at Sheemess ; and in the ensuing June he 
 was again placed under the command of Capt. 
 Winthrop in the Stbille 38. He twice in that 
 ship carried despatches to the King of Prussia ; 
 after which he served on the coast of Ireland and 
 in the Bay of Biscay, visited Madeira, and cruized 
 among the Western Islands. "While attached, from 
 July, 1807, until Nov. 1809, to the Ganges 74, Capt. 
 Peter. Halkett, he assisted, under the broad pen- 
 dant of Commodore Rich. Goodwin Keats, at the 
 taking of Copenhagen, made a voyage to Lisbon, 
 and took part, under the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. 
 Albany Otway, in the attack upon Flushing. In 
 the course of the month last mentioned he removed 
 to the Horatio 38, Capts. Geo. Scott and John 
 Chas. Woolcombe. In her he was for nearly 12 
 months engaged in affording protection to different 
 convoys as far as Madeira, the Cape de Verde 
 Islands, and St. Helena. He was subsequently, until 
 presented, in March, 1815,* with a commission bear- 
 ing date 11 of the previous Feb., employed on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations in the Aimable 
 32, Capt. J. C. Woolcomhe, Crescent 38, Capt. 
 John Quilliam, Ebinbdbgh 74, Capts. Robt. RoUes, 
 Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and John 
 Lampen Manley. His last appointment was, 19 
 May, 1815, to the Gladiator 44, in which ship, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Halkett at Ports- 
 mouth, he continued until the following Oct., per- 
 forming the duties during that period of Signal- 
 Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Swan married, 27 Aug. 1817, Mary Newton, 
 eldest daughter of Robt. Davidson, Esq., Solicitor, 
 of Bishop Wearmouth, by whom he has issue a son 
 and three daughters. 
 
 SWEETING. (Lieut., 1816. r-P., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 ■ William Sweeting was born 23 March, 1793. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Nymphe 36, Capts. Con- 
 way Shipley and Hon. Josceline Percy, in which 
 frigate, after accompanying the expedition against 
 Copenhagen, he sailed for Lisbon, and then pro- 
 ceeded to the Mediterranean, where he served as 
 Midshipman, from Oct. 1809 until Deo. 1811, in the 
 Centaur 74, Ville de Paris 110, and Hibernia 
 120, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Sir Sam. Hood, 
 Thos. Fras. Fremantle, and Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats. On leaving the Hibernia he was received 
 on board the Minden 74, Capts. Alex. Skene, Joseph 
 Prior, Geo. Henderson, and Hon. Donald Hugh 
 Mackay, with whom we find him, until his return to 
 England in March, 1816, employed in the East 
 Indies as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Acting- 
 Lieutenant — the chief part of the time under the 
 flag of Sir S. Hood. In July of the latter year (he 
 had passed his examination 16 July, 1813) he was 
 appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the Superb 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Ekins ; and on 27 of the ensuing Aug. 
 he was present at the bombardment of Algiers, 
 where he was severely wounded by large splinters 
 in the forehead, right shoulder, and breast.-f These 
 injuries not being considered equal to the loss of a 
 limb, he received no pecuniary compensation. His 
 conduct, however, procured him a commission dated 
 16 Sept. 1816. Since his promotion he has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 SWEETLAND. (LiEni., 1815. r-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Henbt Sweetland entered the Navy, in March, 
 
 1803, as A.B., on board a ship commanded, on the 
 
 • He had passed his examination 6 Nov. 1811 . 
 } VideQta.. 1816, p. 1792. 
 
 Lisbon station, by Capt. Jas. Dunbar. From Dec. 
 1805 until Jan. 1808 he served in the West Indies 
 in the Canada 74, Capt. John Harvey; he was 
 then employed for five years and three months in 
 the Mediterranean as Quartermaster, Midshipman, 
 and Master's Mate, in the Leonidas 38, Capt. 
 Dunbar, and Sultan 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and 
 John West; and after serving for a year and ten 
 months at Newfoundland, as Master's Mate, in the 
 Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats, he was promoted, 8 Feb. 1815, to the rank 
 of Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 SWENT. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 25; h-p., 24.) 
 Mark Halpen Swent was bom in 1785. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Formidable 98, com- 
 manded in the Channel by the present Sir Jas. 
 Hawkins Whitshed; and in Feb. 1799 he became 
 Midshipman of the Castor 32, Capt. Edw. Leveson 
 Gower, in which frigate he appears to have been 
 severely wounded while fitting at Plymouth. He 
 continued to serve on the Home station in the Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals J. H. Whit- 
 shed and Cuthbert Collingwood, Donegal 74, Capt. 
 Sir Rich. John Strachan, Neptdne 98, Capts. Fras. 
 Wm. Austen, Wm. O'Brien Drury, and Sir Thos. 
 Williams, and Renown 74, Capt. Sir R. J. Strachan, 
 until 1805 ; when, being nominated Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the CoLOSSDS 74, Capt. Jas. NicoU Morri^ 
 he was afforded an opportunity of participating in 
 the battle of Trafalgar, and was again severely 
 wounded. He was confirmed, 22 Jan. 1806, into 
 the Sparrow sloop, Capt. Hon. Wm. Pakenham ; 
 and, during the next ten years, he was employed, 
 occasionally as First-Lieutenant, and on various 
 stations, in the St. Alean's 64, Capt. F. W. Austen, 
 Africa 64, Capt. John Barrett, St. Alean's again, 
 Capt. F. W. Austen, Aqdilon 32, Capts. Hon. W. 
 Pakenham and Wm. Bowles, Elephant 74, Capt. F. 
 W. Austen, Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pear- 
 son, and Northumberland 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Geo. Cockbum. In the Africa, while in escort 
 of a large convoy, he was present, 20 Oct. 1808, and 
 received a slight contusion, in an attack made on 
 that ship, in the Malmo Channel, by a powerful 
 flotilla of gun-boats, with whom the Africa main- 
 tained an action for nearly four hours, when, dark- 
 ness closing the fight, her loss, independently of 
 considerable damage in hull and rigging, amounted, 
 it was found, to 9 men killed and 53 wounded. 
 While attached to the St. Alban's Mr. Sweny took 
 part, in 1809, in a dispute with the natives of China, 
 and escorted home a valuable convoy of Indiamen. 
 In 1815, being then First of the Northumberland, 
 he accompanied Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena. 
 In June, 1820, he joined the Coast Blockade, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 50, Capt. 
 Wm. M'CuUooh ; he was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 19 July, 1821 ; and he was subsequently 
 appointed — 22 Nov. 1830, to the Gannet 18, on the 
 West India station— and, 27 April, 1833, and 16 
 July, 1834, to the Vernon 50 and President 52, 
 flag-ships of Sir Geo. Cockburn in North America. 
 In the Vernon he acted for a short time_as Captain ; 
 and while his name was on the books "of that ship 
 and the President he commanded, pro. tern., from 
 June to Sept. 1834, the Serpent 16. Since his 
 return to England in June, 1836, he has been on half- 
 pay. He attained his present rank 28 June, 1838. 
 
 Besides obtaining a gratuity from the Patriotic 
 Fund, Capt. Sweny was granted a pension of 91Z. Ss. 
 per annum for his wounds 16 Oct. 1816. 
 
 SWINBUEN. (LiEnTENANT, 1848.) 
 
 William Swinburn took part as Midshipman of 
 the Alligator 28, Capt. Patrick John Blake, and 
 Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Sen- 
 house, in the operations on the coast of China ; 
 where he obtained official notice for his conduct in 
 the attack upon Canton, and at the capture of 
 Amoy and Chiinghac. He passed his examination 
 
SWINBURNE— SWINFEN—SYER. 
 
 1147 
 
 8 Oct. 1844 ; served as Mate, on the Mediterranean 
 and Home stations, in the Amazon 26, Capt. Jas. 
 John Stopford, Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. 
 Parry Wallis, and St. Vincent 120, Commodore Sir 
 Fras. Aug. Collier; and on 9 Nov. 1846 was pre- 
 sented with a Lieutenant's commission, the date of 
 which was afterwards altered to 2 Dec. 1848. Since 
 14 Feb. 1847 he has been employed in the Wan- 
 derer 12, Capt. Fred. Byng Montresor, on the 
 coast of Africa. 
 
 SWINBURNE. (Captain, 1835. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 21 .) 
 
 Charles Henry Sm'Inburne, born 2 April, 1797, 
 is second son of Sir John Swinburne, Bart., of Cap- 
 heaton, co. Northumberland, F.K.S., and F.R.A.S., 
 by Emma, daughter of Eich. Henry Alex. Bennet, 
 Esq., of Beckenham, co. Kent, and niece of the 
 late Duchess of Northumberland. He is brother- 
 in-law of Henry Geo. Ward, Esq., M.P., First- 
 Secretary of the Admiralty; and nephew of Robt. 
 Swinburne, Esq., a General in the Austrian service, 
 and Governor of Milan. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 18 
 Sept. 1810 ; and embarked, 16 Dec. 1812, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Revenge 74, Capts. Sir John,Gore, 
 Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, and Henry Hart, attached 
 to the fleet in the Mediterranean ; where he soon 
 attained the rating of Midshipman, and removed, 
 in July, 1813, to the Alcm^ne 38, Capt. Jeremiah 
 Coghlan. From Dec. 1815 until May, 1818, he was 
 employed at Newfoundland and in the Channel as 
 Admiralty-Midshipman in the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres ; and on 14 July in the latter year, at 
 which period he was serving at the Cape of Good 
 Hope in the Tees 24, Capt. Geo. Rennie, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He continued 
 in the Tees until the following Sept. ; he then 
 joined the Eurvdice 24, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, 
 also on the Cape station, whence he returned in 
 Deo. 1819 ; and while attached, from 26 March, 
 1821, until 1824, to the Glasgow 50, Capt. Bentinck 
 Cavendish Doyle, he was engaged in conveying the 
 remains of Queen Caroline from Harwich to Cux- 
 haven, Sir Edw. Paget and family from Portsmouth 
 to the East Indies, and the Marquess of Hastings 
 from Calcutta to Gibraltar. He attained the rank 
 of Commander 30 April, 1827 ; served in that capa- 
 city in the Rapid 10,* on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion, from 7 Sept. 1829 until paid off 15 July, 1833 ; 
 and was advanced to the rank he now holds 8 July, 
 1835. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Swinburne married, 19 May, 1836, Lady 
 Jane Henrietta Ashburnham, daughter of the late 
 and sister of the present Earl of Ashburnham, by 
 whom he has issue. Agents — Goode and Law- 
 
 SWINBUKNE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Anthonv Swinburne, born 13 July, 
 1820, is only son (by his first wife, Maria, third 
 daughter of the Rev. Anthony Coates, Rector of 
 ■jouldsborough, co. York) of Thos. Robt. Swin- 
 burne, Esq., F.R.S., of Pontop Hall, co. Durham, 
 and Marcus Lodge, co. Forfar, a Lieutenant-Colonel 
 in the Army, and a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieute- 
 nant for Forfarshire, who served in the Guards in 
 Holland and the South of France, and was at 
 Quatre Bras, Waterloo, and Peronne. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 5 Jan. 1844 ; 
 served as Mate, on the North America and West 
 India and Mediterranean stations, in the Illus- 
 trious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, and Phcenix 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Sam. Akid Dennis ; attained 
 the rank of Lieutenant 9 Nov. 1846; and since 6 
 April, 1847, has been employed, again in the Medi- 
 terranean, in the Bulldog steam-sloop, Capts. Geo. 
 Evan Davis dhd Astley Cooper Key. 
 
 SWINFEN. (COMMANDEK, 1829.) 
 ', William Clement Swinfen entered the Navy 
 in Jan. 1816 ; passed his examination in 1822 ; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 29 April, 1825, into the 
 Helicon 10, Capt. Thos. Furber, on the West India 
 station; where he removed, 17 Feb. 1826, to the 
 Droid 46, Capts. Sam. Chambers and Williams 
 Sandom. He attained his present rank 26 Aug. 
 1829, and has since been on half-pay. Agent— J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 * The Rapid, in July, 1831, discovered a volcanic island 
 on the south-west coast of Sicily, which has since subsided 
 into a dangerous shoal. 
 
 SYER. (Liedtenant, 1809. p-p., 13; h-p., 31.) 
 Dev Richard Sier, born 17 Oct. 1788, in co. 
 Suffolk, is third son of the Rev. Barrington Blom- 
 field Syer, by Mary, eldest daughter of John Moore, 
 Esq., of Kentwell Hall, Melford. 
 
 This ofScer entered the Navy, 29 June, 1803 
 (under the protection of the late Vice- Admiral Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince 
 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall. In that ship, of which he 
 was nominated Midshipman in Jan. 1804, he was for 
 some time employed in the blockade of Brest, and 
 then off Cadiz. After sharing in the battle of Tra^ 
 falgar he removed, in Nov. 1805, to the Tigre 74, 
 Capt. Benj. Hallowell; under whom we find him 
 participating in a variety of detached services, and, 
 in 1807, accompanying the expedition to Egypt. 
 While there he assisted in landing the troops,* com- 
 manded the launch in an attack upon some of the 
 enemy's forts, and had charge of a gun-boat on 
 Lake Mareotis. He was also sent on a cruize off 
 Rosetta under Lieut. Bucknor, in a Turkish cor- 
 vette, of which, when previously captured in the 
 inner harbour of Alexandria, he had been placed in 
 command. Having returned to England and been 
 refitted, the Tigre was next, for a short time, sta- 
 tioned off the Texel ; where Mr. Syer was employed 
 under the Master in surveying the different shoals. 
 On again proceeding to tne Mediterranean he 
 united, in Oct. 1809, in the pursuit which led to the 
 self-destruction of the ships-of-the-line Robttste and 
 Lion ; t and on the night of 31 of that month he 
 served with the boats of a squadron under Lieut. 
 John Tailour at the capture and destruction, after 
 a desperate struggle and a loss to the British of 15 
 men killed and 55 wounded, of the French armed 
 store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bom- 
 bards Victoire and Grmideur^ and armed xebec 
 Normande^ with a convoy of seven merchantmen, 
 defended by numerous strong batteries, in the Bay 
 of Rosas. In this affair Mr. Syer, one of those who 
 boarded the Lamproie, was severely wounded in the 
 head and cut down on the quarter-deck of that 
 vessel. t He was immediately, however, promoted 
 by Lord CoUingwood to a death vacancy, 2 Nov. 
 1809, in the Volontaire 38, Capts. Chas. Bullen, 
 Joseph Nourse, and Hon. Granville Geo. Walde- 
 grave. In May, 1810, he was again severely wounded 
 by a musket-ball in the right leg at the cutting out 
 of some merchant-vessels and privateers under the 
 batteries of Pomegue, near Marseilles. On 31 
 March, 1813, while a party of seamen and marines 
 were engaged on shore under Lieut. Isaac Shaw in 
 effecting the capture of two strong batteries, Mr. 
 Syer, in command of the boats of the Volontaire, 
 Undaunted 38, and Redwing sloop, brought out 
 from the harbour of Morjean (although opposed 
 besides by two field-pieces), 11 vessels, tartans and 
 settees, laden with oil, and destroyed three others. § 
 In addition to many other boat affairs we find him 
 on one occasion, after having been for six nights 
 secreted among the rocks of Cape Creux, assisting 
 Lieut. Shaw in capturing a large French armed 
 xebec. He appears, on the fall of 'Tarragona in 
 June, 1811, to have been active in rescuing the in- 
 habitants from the fury of the French troops ; and, 
 on 22 Nov. in the same year, to have been in com- 
 pany with the Perlen 38 when she and the Vo- 
 
 * Throngh a heavy surf to the eastward of Marabout. 
 
 t At the moment tlie enemy flred their ships, which had 
 been run on shore near Cape Cette, Mr. Syer was in the 
 boats sounding for a channel by which they might be ap- 
 proached. 
 
 t FirfeGaz. 1809, p. 1903. } T. Gal. 1813, p. 1 148. 
 
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 SYER— SYKES. 
 
 LONTAiKE succeeded, after a long running fight, in 
 escaping from three French ships-of-t he-line and 
 two frigates belonging to the Toulon fleet. In 1814 
 the VoLONTAiRE brought a number of French pri- 
 soners from Pampeluna to England ; and she was 
 subsequently, until paid off in Dec. 1815, employed 
 on the north coast of Spain, along the Italian shores, 
 and off Marseilles. Since the laUer date Lieut. 
 Syer, who had not been more than two months on 
 shore from the time of his entering the Navy, has 
 been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
 SYER. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Fkedekick Chevallter SrEK is second son of 
 the llev. B. B. Syer, Rector of Klddington, co. Suf- 
 folk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 16 Jan. 1813 ; and 
 in March, 1814, was present at the destruction, in 
 the river Gironde, of a French line-of-battle ship, 
 three brigs-of-war, several smaller vessels, and of 
 all the forts and batteries on the north side of the 
 river. He passed his examination in 1819 ; obtained 
 his first commission 22 May, 1828 ; and was subse- 
 quently appointed— 26 Sept. 1828, to the Madagas- 
 car 46, Capts. Hon. Sir Bobt. Cavendish Spencer and 
 Edm. fjyons, on the Mediterranean station, whence 
 he returned at the close of 1831—21 June, 1836, as 
 Senior, to the Salamander steam-vessel, Capt. 
 Sidney Colpoys Dacres, under whom he was for 
 four years employed on the north coast of Spain, 
 and twice commanded a rocket brigade in action 
 with the Carlists— and, 14 Sept. 1840, to the com- 
 mand of the Comet steamer, on the Plymouth sta- 
 tion. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 and, since 20 Feb. 1844, has been employed in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Syer married, at Ipswich, 3 May, 
 1842, Agnes, fourth daughter of John Cobbold, Esq. 
 
 SYKES. (Vice-Admikal of the Blue, 1838. 
 F-P., 25; H-p., .19.) 
 
 John Svkes is son of the late Jas. Sykes, Esq., 
 Navy Agent, of Arundel Street, Strand ; first-cousin 
 of Commanders Thomas and John Sykes, R.N. ; and 
 brother-in-law of the late Capt. Rich. Byron, R.N., 
 C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Dec. 1783, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Resource, Capt. 
 Paul Minchin, stationed at Halifax. In May, 1787, 
 he removed to the Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw. 
 Pakenham, at Newfoundland ; in April, 1789 (about 
 two months after he had left the latter vessel), he 
 became Midshipman of the Princess Charlotte 
 yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker ; and, in Jan, and 
 July, 1790, he joined the Discovert, Capt. Henry 
 Roberts, and Coorageux 74, Capt. Alan Gardner. 
 Being again, in Dec 1790, received on board the 
 Discovert, then commanded by Capt. Geo. Van- 
 couver, he accompanied that officer as Master's 
 Mate in his voyage round the world (visiting with 
 him the Canary Islands, the Cape of Good Hope, 
 New Holland, New Zealand, the Sandwich Islands, 
 Nootka Sound, and various parts of the north-west 
 coast of America), and was in a boat with the late 
 Rear-Admiral Spelman Swaine when, by rendering 
 timely assistance, he saved his Captain and some 
 others from being murdered by a party of Indians. 
 On his return to England Mr. Sykes was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 6 Nov. 1795, into the Swallow sloop, Capt. 
 Geo. Fowke ; and he was next appointed — 17 Dec. 
 1795, to the Goliath 74, Capt. Sir Chas. Henry 
 Knowles— and 16 Feb. 1796, 25 May, 1797, and 7 
 Aug. 1798, to the St. Albans 64, Resolution 74, 
 and Asia 64, bearing each the flag of Admiral 
 A^'andeput at Halifax. In the ship last mentioned 
 he was First-Lieutenant. He was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander 18 June, 1800 ; was appointed 
 in that capacity, 5 May, 1803, and 8 March, 1805, 
 to the Hecla bomb and Nautilus sloop, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations; and, attaining 
 Post rank 22 Jan. 1806, was subsequently, from 
 12 March, 1808, until 8 March, 1809, and from II 
 
 May in the latter year until 31 Aug. 1810, em- 
 ployed in the Diomede 50 and Adamant 50, flag- 
 ships of Sir Edm. Nagle on the coast of France and 
 at Leith. In the Hecla he twice, in July and Aug. 
 1804, assisted at the bombardment of Havre-de- 
 Grace. On each occasion he was very warmly en- 
 gaged with the enemy, and displayed a degree ot 
 meritorious conduct that gained him the admiration 
 of Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, the senior officer 
 present.* In 1809 he commanded the Adamant as 
 a private ship in the attack upon Flushing. His 
 last appointments were, 27 May, 1825, and 1 May, 
 1836, to the Ocean 80 and Rotal Adelaide 104, 
 flag-ships of Lord Amelius Beauclerk in the Tagus 
 and at Plymouth. He remained in the former until 
 1827, and in the latter until Aug. 1837. He attained 
 Flag-rank 28 June, 1838 ; and was made a Vice- Ad- 
 miral 1 June, 1848. 
 
 Vice- Admiral Sykes is a Deputy-Lieutenant tor 
 CO. Surrey. He married, in 1811, a daughter of 
 Edw. Earl, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Customs 
 in Scotland. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SYKES. (Commander, 1814. F-P., 23 ; h-p., 35.) 
 John Stkes is brother of Commander Thos. 
 Sykes, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 1789, as 
 Master's Servant, on board the Blonde 32, Capt. 
 Affleck, in which frigate he served on the Jamaica 
 station until July, 1792. He was next, from 19 Nov. 
 1793, until jiromoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 15 
 July; 1796, employed vpith Capt. Geo. Countess in 
 the Channel and North Sea, on the coast of Africa, 
 and again in the West Indies, chiefly in the capa- 
 cities of Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Charon 20, Pegasus 28, and D.s:dalos 32 ; he then 
 removed for a few days to the Swiftsure 74, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker at Jamaica ; and he 
 was subsequently appointed — 1 Aug. 1796, to the 
 Dictator 64, Capts. Thos. Totty, Wm. Geo Ruther- 
 ford, and Thos. Byam Martin— 18 July, 1799 (13 
 months after he had returned in the latter ship 
 from the West Indies), to the Constance 24, Capts. 
 John Baker Hay, Zaohary Mudge, and Anselm John 
 Griffiths, with whom he served off the coast of Por- 
 tugal and in the Mediterranean and North Sea 
 until Nov. 1802—1 July, 1803, to the Magicienne 
 frigate, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, again in the North 
 Sea, whence he invalided in the following Feb.— 7 
 Sept. 1804, to the Camel store-ship, Capt. Thos. 
 Garth, in the Mediterranean— in 1805-6 to the Kent 
 74, Prince of Wales 98, Ville de Paris 110, and 
 RoTAL Sovereign 100, flag-ships of Viee-Admiral 
 Edw. Thombrough on the Home and Mediterra- 
 nean stations— 22 Aug. 1808, for upwards of three 
 months, to the Malta 80, Capt. Robt. Waller 
 Otway, also in the Mediterranean — and, in Feb. 
 1810, to the Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich Byron. In 
 the Charon, which vessel had been converted into 
 an hospital-ship, Mr. Sykes took part in Lord 
 Howe's action, 1 Juno, 1794, and in the Dictator 
 he co-operated, in 1797, in the reduction of Trini- 
 dad. In the Constance he assisted at the capture 
 of El Dnides Spanish national cutter of 8 guns and 
 69 men ; of the privateers Venture of 2 guns and 27 
 men and El Cantara of 22 guns and 110 men ; and 
 of a vessel mounting 10 guns. He was frequently 
 also, among other services, engaged in command of 
 her boats in affording protection to convoys in the 
 Gut of Gibraltar. In the Belvidera, in which fri- 
 gate he continued employed as First-Lieutenant 
 until Oct. 1814, Mr. Sykes, after visiting the lati- 
 tude of Greenland and cruizing on the coast of 
 Africa, sailed for the North American station. On 
 23 June, 1812, he was present at the Belvidera's 
 celebrated retreat from a powerful squadron under 
 Commodore Rodgers, with whom she endured a 
 running action which killed 2 and wounded 22 of 
 her crew, and lasted until the enemy at length sur- 
 rendered the chase. Referring to Mr. Sykes' con- 
 duct on this occasion, Capt. Byron, in his public 
 letter, says, " The President (the Commodore's 
 ship) must have suffered considerably from the 
 • FWeGaz. 180J, pp- S''. "38. 
 
SYKES. 
 
 1149 
 
 excellent direction of the quarter-deck guns by 
 Lieut. John Sykes, First of this ship, an officer of 
 17 years' standing." Capt. Byron being wounded, 
 Mr. Sykes was made the bearer of his despatches to 
 the Commander-in-Chief, the late Admiral Sawyer. 
 He contributed subsequently to the capture of a 
 great variety of armed and other vessels ; and on 7 
 March, 1814, with the boats of the Belvideka, En- 
 DTMiON, and Kattleb under his orders, he de- 
 stroyed, near Sandy Hook, the Mars privateer of 
 15 guns and 70men.» On 2 Nov. in the latter year 
 he was promoted to the rank of Commander, and 
 appointed to the Variable sloop ; and in her he 
 served until paid off in Aug. 1816. During that 
 period he captured a piratical vessel and cruized 
 with activity on the coast of Guatemala and along 
 the Mosquito shore, the most dangerous navigation 
 in the West Indies. On one occasion, when the 
 town of Port Royal, Jamaica, was nearly destroyed 
 by fire, he distinguished himself by his exertions in 
 subduing the flames ; and succeeded in eliciting the 
 thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Hear-Admiral 
 John Erskine Douglas. While the conflagration 
 was raging he was directed to effect the explosion 
 of a storehouse outside the dockyard ; and he ac- 
 cordingly made the necessary arrangements, but, 
 before he could escape from the building, he was 
 himself blown out of it, and was very nearly in- 
 volved in the general ruin. Since the Variable 
 was put out of commission he has not been em- 
 ployed. I-le had hoped, but in vain, that his ser- 
 vices in that vessel would have led to his promotion 
 to Post-rank. 
 
 In 1809 Commander Sykes received a silver medal 
 from the Eoyal Humane Society for having jumped 
 overboard in the Bay of Palermo and saved the life 
 of a man. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SYKES. (Lieut., 1817. f-p., 8; h-p., 30.) 
 Joseph Sykes was born 14 Sept. 1795. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1809, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the Wakspite 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Blackwood ; under whom, on proceed- 
 ing to the Mediterranean, we find him, 20 July, 
 1810, present in a very gallant skirmish, in which 
 the British with a slender force beat back a power- 
 ful division of the French Toulon fleet. On 29 
 May, 1813, being then in Basque Roads, he assisted, 
 in command of the Warspite's cutter, at the cap- 
 ture of the American letter-of-marque Flash, of 2 
 long 9-pounders, 14 swivels, and 20 men. While on 
 his passage, 21 Oct. following, in the Royalist 18, 
 Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer, to join the Belle 
 PoDLE frigate, he was afforded an opportunity of 
 contributing, in company with the Scylla 18, and 
 within sight of the Eippon 74, to the capture of the 
 French frigate Le Weser of 40 guns and 340 men, 
 which did not surrender until after a severely con- 
 tested action productive to the Royalist of a loss 
 of 2 men killed and 9 wounded. Having reached 
 the Belle Poule, he took part in that ship, under 
 Capt. Geo. Harris, in the operations of 1814 in the 
 Gironde, where he witnessed the destruction of the 
 Regulus 74, of three brigs-of-war and several smaller 
 vessels, and of all the forts and batteries on the 
 north side of the river. On 13 and 28 June in the 
 same year he was received in succession on board 
 the Impregnable 98, flag-ship of H.R.H. the Duke 
 of Clarence at Spithead, and Liffey 50, commanded 
 in the Channel by Capt. John Hancock ; in Aug. 
 1815 he removed to the Bulwark 74, Capt. Geo. 
 M'Kinley, lying at Sheerness ; and in Jan. 1816 (he 
 had passed his examination 1 Nov. preceding) he 
 joined the Aloeste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell. In 
 the latter ship he accompanied Lord Amherst as 
 Master's Mate in his expedition to (^hina, and was 
 wrecked in the Straits of Gaspar, on his passage 
 home, 18 Feb. 1817. lie was advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank 1 Sept. following ; and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Sykes is a Deputy-Lieutenant and Acting- 
 Magistrate for CO. York, a Justice of the Peace for 
 » VideQiT.. 1814, p. 14t.'). 
 
 the East Riding, and an Elder Brother of the Tri- 
 nity House at Hull. He married, 20 Oct. 1825, Miss 
 Egginton. One of his sons, Joseph Alfred, is a 
 Lieutenant in the 94th Regiment ; and another, Cam, 
 in the 48th. 
 
 SYKES. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 37.) 
 Thomas Sykes is brother of Commander John 
 Sykes, R.N. ; and first-cousin of Vice-Admiral 
 Sykes. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1789, as 
 A, B., on board the Drake brig, Capts. Geo. Coun- 
 tess, Rowley Bulteel, and Dolling, with whom he 
 served for two years in the Channel, part of the 
 time in the capacity of Midshipman. He was em- 
 ployed next, from Oct. 1794 until 14 March, 1799, 
 chiefly on the Home station, in the Scipio and 
 Arbthusa, both commanded by Capt. Mark Ro- 
 binson, Active frigate, Capt. Leveson Gower, 
 Royal William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, Pompee 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Vashon, Netley schooner, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Fras. Godolphin Bond, and Puissant 74, 
 Capt. Allen ; and he was then made Lieutenant into 
 the Selbt, Capt. Thos. Palmer, in the North Sea. 
 Between Dec. 1799 and April, 1802, he served in 
 the Mediterranean and North Sea in the Alkmaab, 
 Capts. Geo. Burlton and Thos. Elphinstone, El 
 Carmen 36, Capt. Wm. Selby, Calpe, Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and Ardent 64, 
 Capt. Wm. Nowell ; and he was next in succession 
 appointed, on the Mediterranean, Baltic, Home, 
 Jamaica, and North American stations, to the Mi- 
 NOTADE 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, 
 Swiftsure 74, Capts. M. Robinson and Wm. Geo. 
 Rutherford, Tartar 32, Capts. Geo. Edm. Byron 
 Bettesworth and Joseph Baker, Venerable 74, 
 Capt. Sir Home Popham, Shark sloop, Capt. John 
 Gore, Cyane 20, Capt. Thos. Forrest, Shark again, 
 Capt. Gore, San Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, and Poictiers 74, Capt. Sir John 
 Poo Beresford. While Second-Lieutenant and com- 
 manding officer on board the El Carmen, Mr. 
 Sykes succeeded, in the Tagus, in extinguishing a 
 fire which had been designedly communicated to 
 the ship. After assisting in the Calpe at the de- 
 feat, near Gibraltar, of 17 Spanish gun-boata, one 
 of which was driven on shore, he took part in that 
 vessel in the action between Sir Jas. Saumarez and 
 Admiral Linois near Algeciras 6 July, 1801 ; on 
 which occasion, having been sent to afford succour 
 to the Hannibal 74, aground under the enemy's 
 batteries, he was taken prisoner, on the surrender 
 of the latter ship, together with his boat's crew. 
 Although on shore en parole, he was allowed to par- 
 ticipate in the profits of the victory gained six days 
 afterwards by Sir James over the combined squa- 
 drons of France and Spain in the Gut of Gibraltar. 
 In the Swiftsure Mr. Sykes shared, as Second- 
 Lieutenant, in the glories of Trafalgar. During 
 the memorable gale which succeeded the battle, it 
 being observed that the French 74-gun ship Re- 
 doutable, which the Swiftsure had taken in tow, 
 was rapidly sinking, Mr. Sykes, after every effort 
 had been apparently made by the boats to rescue 
 the crew, and when the approaching darkness 
 rendered any further attempt hazardous in the 
 extreme, implored his Captain, Rutherford, that 
 he might be allowed to make one more trip. By 
 dint of great persuasion he was at length permitted 
 to take the launch and proceed on his heroic mis- 
 sion. In consequence of the tremendous rolling of 
 the Redoutable in the heavy sea which had set in 
 he found it impossible to get close to her ; and all 
 he could do was to watch the lee-roU of the ship 
 and drag into his boat as many of the half-drowned 
 wretches as could be laid hold of. The length of 
 time he was thus occupied creating the greatest 
 alarm in the mind of Capt. Rutherford, the latter 
 sent in quest of him the pinnace, under the orders 
 of the present Commander Thos. Read. On being 
 joined by that officer, Mr. Sykes directed him to 
 follow his example ; nor did the two desist in their 
 humane endeavours until their boats were full. They 
 then, after they had both been given up, returned 
 
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 SYME— SYMES. 
 
 to their ship ; and in another hour the Medoutable, 
 with 300 persons whom it had not been possible to 
 save, was no more. When subsequently in Palermo 
 Bay Mr. Sykes, then First of the Swiftsuke, sub- 
 dued a fire which had been occasioned in the rig- 
 ging by a stroke of lightning, in so prompt and 
 able a manner as to win the admiration of his Cap- 
 tain and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, both of whom were 
 on shore and were eye-witnesses of what took place. 
 From Sir Sidney indeed he received a letter bear- 
 ing testimony to all that occurred. In the Tartar, 
 of which frigate he was Senior-Lieutenant from 
 Feb. 1808 until Feb. 1811, Mr. Sykes, on 15 May in 
 the former year, when within five or six miles of 
 Bergen, on the coast of Norway, and in the centre 
 of a most rocky and intricate navigation, proceeded 
 in command of the launch, in company with the 
 other boats of the ship under Capt. Bettesworth, to 
 the above town, for the purpose of bringing away 
 the shipping in the harbour, among which were 
 three privateers. On approaching the place an 
 Indiaman was found lying there under the protec- 
 tion of a battery ; and she would in all probability 
 have been cut out, had not a guard-boat, which 
 was without her, fallen in with and fired upon the 
 launch ; who immediately returned the salute, and, 
 after wounding nearly all the crew, took her. This 
 proceeding having alarmed the people on shore, 
 they flew to the batteries, and Capt. Bettesworth, 
 finding moreover that the shipping was efiectually 
 protected by a chain, returned to his ship, leaving 
 the launch alone to watch the movements of the 
 enemy. While so employed Mr. Sykes was attacked 
 by six gun-boats, with whom he continued engaged 
 until parted by some intervening rocks. On at 
 length rejoining the Tartar, to which he was only 
 enabled to retrace his way through the agency of a 
 fisherman, he found that during his absence from 
 her she had endured a severe action with the ene- 
 my's flotilla, and that, besides being much cut up, 
 her Captain had been killed, By means of the 
 greatest exertion he succeeded, with the aid of a 
 pilot, in ultimately carrying her into the open sea, 
 through a passage so narrow that she was forced 
 along by spars planted against the sides of the 
 rocks. By Capt. Baker Mr. Sykes was twice offici- 
 ally mentioned, once in particular, 15 May, 1809, 
 for the address and activity he displayed in com- 
 mand of the boats at the capture, near Felixberg, 
 on the coast of Courland, of a Danish privateer of 
 4 guns, whose crew, 24 in number, had landed with 
 their muskets, and, being joined by the country 
 people, had posted themselves behind the sand-hills 
 on the beach.* He was at length, 8 July, 1813, 
 promoted by Sir John Borlase Warren to the com- 
 mand of the Indian sloop at Quebec ; and on 9 
 Nov. following he was confirmed in his present 
 rank. His last appointments were, 23 Feb. and 28 
 Oct. 1814, to the Recruit 16 and Fantome 18. 
 While in the latter ship, in which he was wrecked 
 24 Nov. in the same year, on his passage from St. 
 John's, New Brunswick, to Halifax, he saved a 
 valuably laden vessel and was presented in conse- 
 quence with a piece of plate by the merchants of 
 Castine. 
 
 Commander Sykes married Louisa, second daugh- 
 ter of Wm. Hayward, Esq., of Quedgeley House, 
 CO. Gloucester, and granddaughter of Thos. Hay- 
 ward, Esq., M.P. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SYME. (LlEtTTENANT, 1813. F-p., 11 ; H-p., 32.) 
 George Syme entered the Navy, 14 April, 1804, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. 
 Philip Chas. Durham. After sharing as Midship- 
 man in Sir Robt. Calder's action he removed, in Sept. 
 1805, to the Savage 18, Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, 
 on the Cork station. He was subsequently em- 
 ployed—from March, 1806, until Feb. 1810, in the 
 Renown 74, Capt. P. C. Durham, in the Channel 
 and also in the Mediterranean, where he united in 
 the pursuit which led to the self-destruction, 26 
 Oct. 1809, of the ships of the line Robuste and Lion 
 * Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 867. 
 
 —from May, 1810, until Deo. 1811, in the Belti- 
 DEEA 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, and Eukvdice 24, 
 Capt. Jas. Bradshaw, on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica—and, from Aug. 1812 until March, 1814, in 
 the ViCTORT 100, Vigo 74, DEFIA^'CE 74, and Argo 
 44, flag-ships of Admirals Sir Jas. Saumarez, Jas. 
 NicoU Morris, Sir Geo. Hope, and Graham Moore, 
 and Ariel sloop, Capt. Danl. Boss, all in the Baltic. 
 Of the vessel last mentioned he was created a Lieu- 
 tenant 26 Oct. 1813. His last appointment was to 
 the Araxes 36, Capt. Geo. Miller Bligh, with whom 
 he served in the West Indies from 7 Sept. 1814 
 until 7 Aug. 1816. 
 
 SYMES. (LlKCTENANT, 1816. F-p., 10; H-p., 29.) 
 Aaron Stark Stmes, born 17 Sept. 1792, at 
 Coombe St. Nicholas, in the parish of Chard, So- 
 mersetshire, is eldest son of Jonathan Wyatt Symes, 
 Esq., of Chardstock and Posted, co. Somerset. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 7 Dec. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pheasant 18, Capts. 
 John Palmer and Edm. Walker ; in which sloop he 
 continued employed on the Channel, West India, 
 and Newfoundland stations, as Midshipman and 
 Acting-Master, until Nov. 1815. He contributed 
 during that period to the capture of three French 
 privateers and several armed American vessels, 
 and was often intrusted with the charge of a prize. 
 Having passed his examination 5 April, 1815, he 
 was nominated, 11 May, 1816, Admiralty-Midship- 
 man of the Hebrds 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer; under 
 whom we find him, in the ensuing Aug., assisting at 
 the bombardment of Algiers. On that memorable 
 occasion, and while the battle was at its height, the 
 present Capt. Peter Richards, as will be seen by a 
 reference to his memoir, was sent in the Qdeen 
 Charlotte's barge to set fire to an Algerine fti- 
 gate moored across the Mole. At this moment Mr. 
 Symes, who was in command of rocket-boat No. 8, 
 " although," to use the words of Lord Exmouth, 
 " forbidden, was led by his ardent spirit to follow 
 in support of the barge." As his boat, however, . 
 being flat-bottomed, could not keep pace with her 
 companion, she became exposed to a fire which, out 
 of 17 persons, killed an officer and 2 men, and se- 
 verely wounded 11 others. Mr. Symes himself had 
 his lower jaw fractured, and part of his tongue car- 
 ried away, by a musket-ball; his left side was 
 pierced ; and, in addition to several contusions, he 
 received a painful wound in the right hand.* In 
 this state he succeeded in getting from under the 
 enemy's batteries and reaching the Queen Char- 
 lotte, the Commander-in-Chiefs ship. As a re- 
 ward for his conduct he was presented with a Lieu- 
 tenant's commission dated 16 Sept. 1816 ; and on 8 
 Dec. 1817, a special exception being made by the 
 Admiralty in his favour, he was allotted for his 
 wounds a pension of 91Z. 5s. per annum. He ob- 
 tained also a grant from the Patriotic Fund. He 
 has been employed since 21 May, 1845, in the 
 Packet service at Liverpool, in the Redwing, Ur- 
 gent, and St. Colombia steamers — the first com- 
 manded by Capt. Thos. Bevis, the two last (to 
 which he was appointed 19 June, 1846, and 5 Jam. 
 1848) by himself. 
 
 Lieut. Symes (who appears to have commanded 
 a ship of his own in the Mediterranean, South 
 America, and the North Sea) married, 19 Nov. 
 1819, Sarah, fourth daughter of Wm. Jcfferys, Esq., 
 for many years a merchant in the island of Guern- 
 sey, by whom he has issue five sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
 SYMES. (Reak-Admirai,, 1846. F-r., 10; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 Joseph Symes is nephew of the late Admiral Sir 
 Wm. Domett, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as 
 A.B., on board the Alkmaar 50, Capt. Rich. Poul- 
 den, lying at Portsmouth ; and from the following 
 April until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 13 
 March, 1806, was employed, on the Baltic, Home, 
 * Vide Gai. 1816, pp. 1791-3. 
 
SYMONDS. 
 
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 Mediterranean, North American, and West India 
 stations, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 Lynx and Sophie sloops, Capts. Alex. Skene and 
 ■ Philip L. J. Rosenhagen, Dkyad 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Domett, ToNNANT 80, Capts. Sir Edw. Pellew and 
 Chas. Tyler, Cerberus 32, Capt. TVm. Selby, and 
 Veteran 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres. In the Tonnant he fought at the battle 
 of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. His appointments in the 
 capacity of Lieutenant were — 30 March, 1808, to the 
 Meleager 36, Capt. Fred. Warren, under whom he 
 was wrecked, 30 July following, on the Barebush 
 Key, near Port Royal — 5 Dec. in the same year, to 
 the Bonne Citoyenne, of 20 guns and 127 men, 
 Capt. Wm. Mounsey, employed on the Halifax and 
 Lisbon stations— and 7 and 27 Feb. 1810 to the 
 Belvideea 36 and Rodney 74, Capts. Henry Baker 
 and Sir Wm. Bolton, lying at Woolwich. In the 
 Bonne Citoyenne he was present, 6 July, 1809, and 
 was mentioned for the able assistance he afforded, 
 at the capture of La Furieuse French frigate of 20 
 guns (pierced for 48) and 200 men, arme'e-en-flute, 
 which did not surrender until a hard-fought action 
 of nearly seven hours had occasioned the British a 
 loss of 1 man killed and 5 wounded, and herself of 
 35 killed and 37 wounded.* For his conduct on this 
 occasion Mr. Symes, as soon as he had completed 
 his two years' servitude as Lieutenant, was pro- 
 moted, 13 March, 1810, to the rank of Commander. 
 His last appointments were, 5 Sept. 1810 and 30 
 Aug. 1811, to the Portia and Thkacian sloops, the 
 former stationed in the North Sea, the latter off 
 Cherbourg, where he destroyed, 18 Dec. 1811, a 
 French lugger privateer, pierced for 18 guns, and 
 full of men. He was posted 21 March, 1812 ; and 
 advanced to his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Symes married, 13 May, 1815, Miss 
 Sarah Phelps, of Crewkerne, co. Somerset. 
 
 SYMONDS. (Kear-Admibal, 1846. f-p., 17; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 Thomas Edward Symonds, born 31 Jan. 1781, is 
 eldest son (by Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Malet, 
 Esq., and wife afterwards of Lieut.-General Farmer, 
 R.M.) of the late Capt. Thos. Symonds, R.N. ;t and 
 brother (with the present Sir Wm. Symonds) of 
 Commander Jermyn John Symonds, R.N., who was 
 lost with all his crew in the Helena sloop, on the 
 coast of Holland, 3 Nov. 1796, and of Commander 
 John Chas. Symonds, R.N. (1814), who died 16 Deo. 
 1840, at Keyhaven, Hants, aged 50. His uncle, the 
 late Dr. Symonds, was Professor of Modern History 
 at the University of Cambridge, and successor to 
 the poet Gray. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1795, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Cambridge 74, bearing 
 the flag of Vice- Admiral Rich. Onslow at Plymouth ; 
 and from March, 1796, until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, 8 Oct. 1802, was employed, on the 
 Lisbon, Halifax, West India, and Home stations, 
 part of the time as Master's Mate, in the St. Al- 
 bans 64 and Resolution 74, flag-ships of Vice-Ad- 
 miral Geo. Vandeput, Dasher 18, Capt. Geo. Tobin, 
 Asia 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Vandeput, Lily 
 14, Capt. Jos. Spear, Belleisle 74, Capt. John 
 Whitby, and Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale. He was next, 17 Nov. 1802 
 and 10 May, 1803, appointed to the Dasher sloop, 
 Capt. Delafons, and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, on the Irish, Mediterra- 
 nean, and Channel stations ; he attained the rank 
 of Commander 22 Jan. 1806; and from March, 1807, 
 until posted 29 Sept. 1813, he served in that capa- 
 city in the Tweed 18, in the West Indies and North 
 
 * Vide Gai. 1809, p. 1496. 
 
 + Capt. Thos. Symonds attained Post-rank in 1771. He 
 commanded the Charon 44 in an action with the d'Artois 
 fi4, which ship, on the approach of the Bienfaisant, surren- 
 dered. The Chaeon was afterwards blown up by red-hot 
 shot while acting against the rebels in York River. The 
 crew were taken prisoners with tlie troops under Lord Corn- 
 walUs ; and Capt. Symonds, who at the time of the explo- 
 sion was on shore at tlie batteries, also fell into the enemy's 
 hands. He died in 1793 at Bury St. Edmunds. 
 
 Sea and on the coast of Africa. In the Ville de 
 Paris, in which ship he performed the duties of 
 Signal-Lieutenant, he was present, 22 Aug. 1805, in 
 an attack made upon the French fleet close in with 
 Brest Harbour; and while serving in the Tweed 
 he commanded the in-shore squadron at the block- 
 ade and surrender of the city of St. Domingo, in 
 1809, and made prize at different times of three pri- 
 vateers (the Santissima Trinidad of 4 guns and 20 
 men, L Aventure of 3 guns and 52 men, and the 
 Steinbill of 10 guns and 30 men) and' 15 sail of mer- 
 chantmen. Referring to the siege of St. Domingo, 
 Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby, of the Polyphemus 64, 
 in an official letter to Vice-Admiral Bartholomew 
 Sam. Rowley, the Commander-in-Chief, dated 7 
 July, 1809, says— "This despatch will be delivered 
 to you by Capt. Symonds, of the Tweed, to whose 
 zealous attention in conducting the troops, schoon- 
 ers, and gun-boats, during a close and vigorous 
 blockade of two months, I owe considerable obliga- 
 tion; and although the services of the squadron 
 you did me the honour to place under my orders 
 may not have been of a brilliant nature, I trust I 
 may be permitted on this occasion to bear testi- 
 mony to the unremitting perseverance with which 
 the vessels maintained the stations assigned them, 
 through all the variety of weather incident to the 
 season, on a steep and dangerous shore, where no 
 anchorage was to be obtained, as well as to the 
 vigilance and alacrity of those men who were em- 
 ployed in the night guard-boats, by whose united 
 exertions the enemy's accustomed supply by sea 
 was entirely cut off, and the surrender of the city 
 greatly accelerated."* Capt. Symonds accepted 
 his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral is Chairman of the Lymington 
 Union. He married, 11 March, 1815, Lucinde,t 
 twin-daughter of the late Fras. Joseph Touzi, a 
 Lieutenant in the French navy, by whom he has 
 had issue 10 children, seven of whom are now liv- 
 ing. One of his sons, Thomas Edward, is a Com- 
 mander R.N. ; another, Jermyn Charles, is a First- 
 Lieutenant R.M. (1841) ; and a third, Octavius 
 Cumby, fell a victim to African fever while serv- 
 ing with Capt. Walter Grimston Estcourt in the 
 Eclair steamer. 
 
 SYMONDS. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 Thomas Edward Symonds is eldest son of Rear- 
 Admiral T. E. Symonds. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 15 Nov. 1832; 
 obtained his first commission 17 March, 1841 ; and 
 was then appointed to the Iris 26, Capts. Hugh 
 Nourse, Wm. Tucker, and Geo. Rodney Mundy, on 
 the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England 
 and was paid ofi* in 1843. He attained the rank he 
 now holds 29 April, 1847. 
 
 Commander Symonds married, 22 July, 1848, 
 Anne, only child of the late J. G. Schweitzen, Esq., 
 of Southall, CO. Middlesex, and widow of the Rev. 
 N. Tindal. 
 
 SYMONDS. (Captain, 1841.) 
 
 Thomas SIatthbw Charles Symonds is son of 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Symonds, R.N., Kt., C.B. 
 
 "This ofiicer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1825 ; 
 passed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 5 Nov. 1832. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 6 May, 1833, to the Vestal 26, 
 Capt. Wm. Jones, fitting at Portsmouth — 26 Sept. 
 following and 16 July, 1834, to the Endymion 50 
 and Britannia 120, Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and 
 Peter Rainier, both in the Mediterranean— and 20 
 Dec. in the latter year to the Rattlesnake 28, 
 Capt. Wm. Hobson, equipping for the East Indies. 
 He returned home on the occasion of his promotion 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1420, 
 
 t The romantic history of this lady, who was captured, 
 when an orphan, at the age of eleven, by the boats of the 
 Tweed, in endeavouring to effect her escape with others in 
 a small schooner from St. Domingo, and who, with her twin- 
 sister, was brought to England and educated by Capt. Sy- 
 monds, has been published in a charming little autobiogra- 
 phical work entitled ' Les Jumelles.' 
 
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 S YMONDS. 
 
 to the rank of Commander, which took place 21 
 Oct. 1837 ; was employed next, from 27 Aug. 1838 
 until advanced to his present rank '22 Feb. 1841, in 
 the Rover 18 on the Horth America and West 
 India station; and since 30 May, 1846, has been 
 in command of the Spartan 26 in the Mediter- 
 ranean. 
 
 Capt. Symonds married, 25 Sept. 1845, Anna 
 Maria, daughter of the late Capt. Edm. Heywood, 
 K.N. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SYMONDS, Kt., C.B., F.E.S. (Captain, 1827. 
 F-P., 21 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 Sir 'Wii.i.iam Symonds was born 24 Sept. 1782. 
 He is brother of Rear-Admiral T. E. Symonds. 
 
 This officer (whose name had been borne, from 
 1785 until 1788, on the books of the Solebat and 
 Charon, both commanded by his father, Capt. 
 Thos. Symonds) embarked, 27 Sept. 1794, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the London 93, Capts. Lawrence 
 Wm. Halsted, Edw. Griffith, and John Child Purvis ; 
 in which ship, bearing the flag of the late Sir John 
 Colpoys, he witnessed the capture, in Ajiril, 1795, of 
 the French corvette Le Jean Bart, and 40-gun fri- 
 gates La Gloire and La Gentille, took part, 23 June 
 following, in Lord Bridport's action with the 
 French fleet off He de Groix, and was present in 
 April, 1797, in the mutiny at Spithead. He served 
 subsequently off the port of Cadiz ; and in the 
 course of the year last mentioned and of 1799 
 and 1800 he joined the Cerberus 32, Capts. John 
 Drew and Jas. Macnamara, Cambrian 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, and Endymion 40, Capt. 
 Philip Chas. Durham. In those ships he cruized 
 with great activity on the western and Irish sta- 
 tions, in the Channel and Bay of Biscay, and on the 
 coast of Spain. In the Cerberus he contributed to 
 the capture, among other vessels, oi' L' JEJpervier of 
 16 guns and 145 men, and Le Renard of 18 guns and 
 189 men ; and on 20 Oct. 1799 hejarticipated in a 
 very gallant action fought near Cape Ortegal be- 
 tween that ship and five Spanish frigates, one of 
 whom was completely beaten. The enemy on this 
 occasion had a merchant-fleet of 80 sail under their 
 convoy, protected also by two brig-corvettes. In 
 the Cambrian Mr. Symonds accompanied the expe- 
 dition sent under Sir Edw. Pellew and Major-Gene- 
 ral Maitland to co-operate with the French royalists 
 and Chouans in Quiberon Bay and the Morbihan. 
 Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 14 Oct. 1801, he 
 was appointed in that capacity — 21 June, 1802, to 
 the Belleisle 74, employed in the blockade of 
 Toulon and in chasing the French fleet — 15 March, 
 1804, to the RoYAi. Sovereign 100, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean under the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton 
 and for some time off Corunna — 9 Sept. 1805, to the 
 Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, lying 
 at Portsmouth — 13 Jan. 1806, as Senior, to the 
 Scorpion 18, Capts. Philip Carteret and Fras. Stan- 
 fell — 9 March, 1808, to the command of the Violet 
 lugger, on the Guernsey station — 22 Nov. following, 
 again as Senior, to the Brilliant 28, Capt. Thos. 
 Smith, on the coast of Brazil, whence he returned to 
 England and was paid off in Oct. 1809 — 1 April, 
 1811, to the San Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. 
 Strachan off Flushing — 2 Nov. in the same year, to 
 the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, under 
 whom he served as First-Lieutenant in the Channel, 
 off Lisbon, and in the West Indies, until Jan. 1816, 
 and assisted in making several captures — and, 1 
 Jan. 1825, in the capacity last mentioned, to the 
 Royal George yacht, Capts. Hon. Thos. Bladen 
 Capel and Sir Michael Seymour. In the summer of 
 1806 Mr. Symonds, then in the Scorpion, was ac- 
 tively engaged in the West Indies in watching the 
 movements of the celebrated French squadron, 
 under Rear-Admiral Willaumez, in which Jerome 
 Buonaparte had embarked. He aided in the same 
 vessel at the destruction of several forts on the 
 Spanish main ; and was in her at the capture, near 
 Scilly, of several famous privateers, including La 
 Favorite of 14 guns and 70 men, Le BaurgainvUh of 
 
 18 guns and 93 men (taken after a long chase and a 
 running fight of 45 minutes), La Glaneuse of 16 guns 
 and 80 men, and Le Glaneur of 10 guns and 60 men. 
 From 1819 until appointed, as above, to the Royal 
 George, Lieut. Symonds filled the situation of Ma- 
 gistrate and Intendant of the Police, and Captain of 
 the Ports, at Malta ; and on 4 Oct. 1825 he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander. About this 
 period he was allowed, imder, we are told, a very 
 unusual and restrictive penalty, to construct a cor- 
 vette, the Columbine. To her he was appointed 4 
 Dec. 1826 ; and so great was the success which at- 
 tended him in the different experimental cruizes he 
 made during the next 12 months that he was ad- 
 vanced, as a reward, to Post-rank by a commission 
 bearing date 5 Dec. 1827. At the commencement 
 of 1831 Capt. Symonds was enabled, through the 
 munificence of the Duke of Portland, to build, as 
 an improvement upon the Columbine, the lO-gun 
 brig Pantaloon ; the triumph of which vessel led 
 to the construction, under his superintendence, of 
 the Vernon 50, Vestal 26, Snake 16, and others. 
 On 9 June, 1832, he was offered and accepted the 
 appointment of Surveyor of the Navy, which he 
 continued to fill until 1847. It is here worthy of 
 remark that out of 180 vessels of different kinds 
 built during that period (all of them upon the prin- 
 ciple of the Pantaloon) not one has yet foundered. 
 In June, 1836, Capt. Symonds received a very flat- 
 tering letter from Mr. Tufnell, Private Secretary to 
 the Earl of Minto, then First Lord of the Admi- 
 ralty, enclosing an extract from one addressed to 
 his Lordship by Sir Herbert Taylor, of which the 
 following is a copy : — " His Majesty has ordered me 
 to state to your Lordship that, considering the situ- 
 ation which Capt. Symonds holds, the able manner 
 in which he fills it, and the necessity of upholding 
 him in it. His Majesty conceives your Lordship will 
 concur with him in the propriety of conferring upon 
 him the honour of Knighthood, which was given to 
 his predecessor ; and His Majesty wishes you would 
 desire him to attend his levee on Wednesday next 
 for the purpose of receiving it." On 15 of the same 
 month Capt. Symonds was accordingly invested with 
 this mark of royal favour. We may add that he 
 received the thanks of the Admiralty in July, 1830, 
 for a ' Memoir containing Sailing Directions for 
 the Adriatic Sea;' and again, in Oct. 1837, for "the 
 valuable qualities of his several ships, and for im- 
 provements introduced by him into the Navy." 
 He was elected a F.R.S. 4 J une, 1835, and nominated 
 a C.B. on the Civil List 1 May, 1848. 
 
 Sir Wm. Symonds married, first, 21 April, 1808, 
 Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of Matthew Lus- 
 combe, Esq., of Plymouth ; and, secondly, 10 March, 
 1818, Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Rear-Admiral 
 Philip Carteret,* of Trinity Manor, Jersey, and sis- 
 ter of the late Sir Philip Carteret Silvester, Bart., 
 Captain R.N. By the former lady he had issue 
 four sons and one daughter. His eldest son, 
 William Cornwallls, a Captain in the Army, and an 
 officer of surpassing merit, was the founder of the 
 town of Auckland, in New Zealand, and Deputy 
 Surveyor-General of that island, where he was 
 drowned, 23 Nov. 1842, in the Bay of Msuiakan 
 (since called, out of respect to his memory, Symonds 
 Bay), while attempting, regardless of the weather, 
 to cross over in a boat for the generous purpose of 
 visiting a sick friend. Sir William's next son, 
 Thomas Matthew Charles, is a Captain R.N. ; and 
 his youngest, John Jermyn, is a First-Lieutenant in 
 the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, and was lately Secretary 
 to Capt. Robt. FitzRoy, Governor of New Zealand. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 * Reai^Admiral Carteret was a Lieutenant in Boacaweu's 
 action, and with his own hands burnt the 70-gun ship 
 Redoubtable. In 1764-6 he made a voyage with Byron 
 round the world ; and in 1766-7-8 he again^ in the Swallow 
 16, circumnavigated (be globe under very distressing cir- 
 cumstances. During the first American war he commanded 
 the Endymion 44 ; in which ship he contrived, during the 
 hurricane of 1780, to capture the Marquis de la Fayette of 64 
 guns. 
 
SYMONDS— SYMONS. 
 
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 SYMONDS. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 
 11 ; H-p., 43.) 
 William Let Stmonds entered the Navy, in 
 1793, aa F«t.-cl. Vol., on board the Theseus 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Calder; and from 1795 until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Oct. 1801, was em- 
 ployed, part of the time as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Lively frigate, Capts. R. Calder and 
 Lord Viscount Garlics, flag-ship at first of Sir John 
 Jervis, Raven sloop, Capt. Wm. Prowse, Mahon- 
 ESA 40, Capt. John Giffard, AlcmAne frigate, Capts. 
 Geo. Hope and Henry Digby, Elephant 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Foley, and Prince of Wales 98, bearing the 
 flag of Sir li. Calder. In the ships above mentioned 
 he served on the Home, Mediterranean, and West 
 India stations. His last appointments were, 13 
 May, 1805, to the Humber hired armed ship, Capt. 
 John Hill, under whom he was for about two years 
 stationed in the Downs ; and, 17 April, 1809, for a 
 short time, to the Diligence sloop, Capt. Rich. 
 Smith, in the Baltic. He became a Retired Com- 
 mander on the Junior List in May, 1832 ; and, on 
 the Senior, in May, 1847. 
 
 SYMONS. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Richard Symons entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1821 ; 
 passed his examination in 1827 ; obtained his first 
 commission 19 April, 1837 ; and was appointed, 19 
 June following, to the Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. 
 Maitland. In that ship, which bore the flags of Sir 
 Fred. Lewis Maitland and Sir Jas. John Gordon 
 Bremer, he assisted in quelling an insurrection on the 
 coast of Malabar, took part in diiferent operations on 
 the coast of Sinde and in the Persian Gulf, and 
 was warmly engaged during the hostilities in China. 
 In the attack on the batteries at Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 
 1841, he ably managed the embarking and disem- 
 barking of the troops.* On 2 March following, 
 being then Senior of the Wellesley, he was sent 
 with three boats to tow the Sdlphcr, Capt. Edw. 
 Belcher, up the Junk river, near Whampoa, for the 
 purpose of reconnoitring. On rounding a point on 
 the right bank the British came in front of a low 
 battery of 25 guns, masked by thick branches of 
 trees, which opened a heavy fire on them. Mr. 
 Symons instantly cut the tow-rope, and gallantly 
 dashed into the battery, driving the enemy before 
 him and killing several of their number. The 
 Sdlphur anchored, and some shot from her com- 
 pletely routed them from the thick underwood in 
 the vicinity in which they had taken shelter ; the 
 guns were destroyed ; and the magazine and other 
 consumable materiel were set on fire. The number 
 of the troops was about 250 ; und these were of the 
 chosen Tartars. The enemy's loss amounted to 15 
 or 20 killed ; that of the British, whose boats were 
 repeatedly struck by grape-shot, to 1 man mortally 
 wounded. f After contributing to the capture of 
 Amoy, Mr. Symons, in Oct. 1841, landed with the 
 right column under Capt. Herbert in the attack 
 upon Chinghae.J He was promoted for his services 
 to the rank of Commander by a commission bearing 
 date 8 June, 1841. Since his return to England he 
 has been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 SYMONS. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 25.) 
 William Henry Symons was born 1 Sept. 1782. 
 He was left an orphan at an early age, and was 
 brought up under the care of his uncles, the Rev. 
 Jelinger Symons, B.D. (Rector of Mitburn, near 
 Sunderland, and Minister of Stamford Hill Chapel, 
 Clapton), and Peter Symons, Esq., Merchant, of 
 Plymouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Dec. 1797, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Canada 74. bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Sir iohn Borlase 
 Warren, under whom, and Capts. Hon. Michael D« 
 Couroy and Joseph Sydney Yorke, he continued 
 employed as Midshipman on the Channel, Irish, 
 and Mediterranean stations until transferred, in 
 June, 1801, to the Naiad 38, Capt. Philip Wilkinson. 
 
 • Fide Gal. 1841, p. llfiS. t f- <»«. 1841, p, 1501. 
 
 i y. Gal. 1842, p. 396. 
 
 In the Canada he assisted, in 1798, in driving a 
 French frigate on shore near Ole'ron lighthouse, 
 and contributed to the defeat of the French squad- 
 ron under Commodore Bompart, intended for the 
 invasion of Ireland ; and in the boats of the Naiad 
 he was present at the cutting out of several vessels 
 near the Penmaroks. From Dec. 1801 until Aug. 
 1802 he served in ihe Channel in the Sirius 36, 
 Capt. Sir Rich. King ; and he was next, in Nov. of 
 the latter year, and in Aug. 1804 and Jan. 1805, 
 received on board the Culloden 74, Capts. Chas. 
 Henry Lane, John Conn, Barrington Dacres, and 
 Geo. Reynolds, Con«deror 74, Capt. Israel Pellew, 
 and Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson. While 
 attached as Master's Mate to the Cdlloden he 
 witnessed the capture of a French frigate by the 
 fleet under Admiral Comwallis ; he partook, also, 
 of a running action with the DugvMy Trouin 74 and 
 Guerriire 40, which lasted until the two latter had 
 efiected their escape into the Port of Corunna ; and 
 he aided in retaking the Ixird JVelsoti East Indiaman. 
 In the Victory, of which ship he was likewise 
 Master's Mate, he served at the blockade of Toulon, 
 chased the combined fleets of France and Spain to 
 the West Indies and back, and fought at the battle 
 of Trafalgar. On the latter memorable occasion 
 Mr. Symons lost the sense of hearing in his left ear, 
 nor has he ever recovered it. Being made Lieu- 
 tenant for his conduct, 22 Oct. 1805, into his former 
 ship the Conqueror, commanded by Capts. Israel 
 Pellew and Edw. Fellowes, he was employed in her, 
 prior to the convention of Cintra, in cruizing about 
 the Channel and in blockading the Tagus. He 
 afterwards escorted to England the Russian fleet 
 under Admiral Seniavin. On his return to Lisbon 
 he was ordered, at a period when it was in contem- 
 plation to withdraw the British troops from that 
 city, to take the command (he retained it for about 
 three months) of the San Rafael, an 80-gun ship, 
 in which it was intended that part of them should 
 embark. His zeal in getting the San Rafael down 
 the river below Belem, and placing her in a state 
 of readiness, was such as to gain the marked appro- 
 bation of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief. In the course of 1809 we find the 
 Conqueror conveying two Spanish ships-of-the-line 
 and some captured French seamen from Cadiz to 
 Teneriffe ; and co-operating next with the patriots 
 on the coast of Catalonia, where Mr. Symons once 
 landed, and was near falling into the hands of a 
 troop of French cavalry. His appointments, after 
 he left the Conqueror, were — 20 Sept. 1809, to the 
 Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of the late 
 Sir Edw. Thombromgh, under whom he served for 
 two years and a half in the Mediterranean (where 
 he united in the pursuit which led to the self- 
 destruction of the ships-of-the-line Robuste and 
 Lion) and in the Channel — 17 March, 1812, to the 
 command, for upwards of six months, of the Idas 
 cutter, off Flushing— 13 Sept. 1813, to the Daunt- 
 less 18, Capt. Daniel Barber, in which vessel (he 
 invalided from her in 1815) he cruized on the Cork 
 station, visited the coast of Labrador, and, after 
 participating in much boat service in the Chesa- 
 peake, carried intelligence of the peace to Rio de 
 Janeiro— and, 23 Nov. 1822 and 20 Sept. 1828, to 
 the command of the Greyhound Revenue-cruizer 
 and Meteor steamer. On leaving the Greyhound, 
 in Jan. 1826, Mr. Symons, who had been stationed 
 in her on the coast of Yorkshire, was presented by 
 the Treasury with the sum of 300^., as a reward for 
 the wonderful activity he had displayed in having 
 captured 43 smugglers, in addition to three luggers, 
 laden with tobacco and spirits. He commanded 
 the Meteor for five years and a half; and during 
 that period he was employed on a variety of ardu- 
 ous and important services. In 1830 he was sent 
 with the mails from Falmouth to Corfu— the first 
 steam-trip of the kind that was ever performed — 
 and so satisfactory was the report made by him to 
 the Admiralty on his return, that he was again 
 ordered to the Mediterranean, whence he ultimately 
 brought home Sir John Malcolm and the first over- 
 land India mail. On the arrival of Charles X. at 
 
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 SYMONS— SYNGE— TAIT. 
 
 Spithead, in 1830, Mr. Symons towed his ex-Majesty 
 to Cowes, and afterwards conveyed his family and 
 retinue to Poole — a service for which he was pre- 
 sented with a gold box, and his crew with the sum 
 of lOZ. The Meteor was subsequently employed 
 by Sir Henry Hotham and Sir Pulteney Malcolm in 
 reference to the settlement of affairs in Greece and 
 at Constantinople. In May, 1834, Mr. Symons, at 
 the request of Sir Jas. Graham, First Lord of the 
 Admiralty, fitted out and manned the Spitfike 
 steamer for the officer appointed to her, who was at 
 the time absent from England. He made one 
 voyage in her to Corfu with mails ; and was then, 
 in Sept. 1834, placed on half-pay. He has not been 
 since afloat. His promotion to the rank he now 
 holds took place 28 March, 18-12. 
 
 Commander Symons married, first, in Dec. 181 6, 
 Harriet, daughter of Peter Symons, Esq., by whom, 
 who died in Feb. 1832, he had four children ; and 
 secondly, 14 June, 1834, Mary Anne, eldest daughter 
 of the late Lieut. Wm. Taylor,* R,N. By the 
 latter lady he has one son. Agents — Hallett and 
 Kobinson. 
 
 SYMONS. (LlECTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 "William Henry Symons (6) entered the Navy 
 2 Nov. 1832 ; passed his examination 26 Sept. 1839 ; 
 and after having served as Mate of the Blenheim 
 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, at the 
 capture of the Bogue Forts, and as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourohier, 
 in the attack upon Canton, was promoted by the 
 Admiralty to his present rank 8 Oct. 1841. He 
 was appointed, 3 June, 1842, to the Excellent 
 gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hast- 
 ings ; and from 5 June, 1843, until the spring of 
 1844, was employed in the Ttne 26, Capt. Wm. 
 Nugent Glascock, in the Mediterranean. 
 
 SYMONS. (Eetired Commander, 1837. r-p., 
 16; H-p., 41.) * 
 
 William Joseph Symons died 22 Jan. 1845. 
 
 This oflScer entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1788, as 
 A.B., on board the Impregnable 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Byard, bearing the flag of Admiral Graves at Ply- 
 mouth. In Feb. 1789 he removed to the Echo 
 sloop, Capt. Drew, stationed at Newfoundland; he 
 served next as Midshipman from June, 1790, until 
 Sept. 1791, in the Winchelsea 32, Capts. Hon. 
 Chas. Carpenter and Kich. Fisher, and Koebhck 
 44, Capt. Jas. May, in the Channel and at Spithead ; 
 and from May, 1792, until Nov. 1801, he was em- 
 ployed on the coast of North America and in the 
 North Sea in the Hussar 28, Capts. Eupert George, 
 Chas. Kowley, and John Poo Beresford, Kesold- 
 TION 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Robt. Murray, 
 and Thisbe 28 and Assistance 50, Capts. John 
 Okes Hardy, Robt. Hall, and Rich. Lee. He was 
 nominated an Acting-Lieutenant of the Thisbe 26 
 Aug. 1795 ; and was confirmed to that ship 23 June, 
 1796. He was in her at the capture of the 36-gun 
 frigate Elizabeth. In the Assistance he served for 
 nearly three years and a half. His last appoint- 
 ments were— 2 May, 1804, for three months, to the 
 Pheasant 18, Capt. Henry Carew, in the Channel 
 —20 March, 1806, to the Princess Royal 98, Capt. 
 Robt. Carthew Reynolds, with whom he continued 
 employed on the same station until April, 1807 — 
 and, in April, 1813, to the Transport Service in the 
 Mediterranean, where he remained until Feb. 1815. 
 He accepted the rank of Commander on the Re- 
 tired List 30 Aug. 1837. 
 
 * Lieut. Taylor was Midshipman of the Queen 98, flag- 
 sliip of Rear-Admiral Alan Gardner, and was severely hurt 
 in tlie back at his quarters in the maintop, in Lord Howe's 
 action 1 June, 1794. For his conduct he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 24 July following. During the mu tiny 
 in 1797 lie was First of the Ukioobn 32 ; and in such esteem 
 was he held by the erew, that they not only refused to join 
 their refractory brethren, but actually presented him willi a 
 sword and belt. Ill health obliged him some time afterwards 
 to retire from active service. He was admitted, 27 April, 
 1818, mto the Koyal Hospital at Greenwich, where he died 
 
 SYNGE. (LlEOTENANT, 1841.) 
 
 Robert Synge, born 8 July, 1812, is third son of 
 the late Sir Edw. Synge, Bart., by Mary Helena, 
 eldest daughter of Robt. Welsh, Esq., of the Irish 
 bar ; brother of the present Sir Edw. Synge, Bart, 
 (a Magistrate for King's County and a Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for CO. Cork, who served as High-Sheriff 
 of the latter in 1844) and of Lieut. Henry Milling- 
 ton Henry Synge, R.E. ; and nephew of the Rev. 
 Robt. Synge, M.A., who married a sister of the 
 late Right Hon. Sir Wm. Webb FoUett, M.P., 
 H.M. Attorney-General. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 April, 1825; 
 passed his examination 2 Oct. 1833; and since 6 
 Dec. 1839 has been employed in the Coast Guard. 
 He was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Lieut. Synge married Jessie, daughter of 
 
 Bobyns, Esq., which lady died, leaving a daughter. 
 
 T. 
 
 TAIT. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 14; h-p., 27.) 
 Alexander Tait entered the Navy, 15 Feb. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lynx sloop, 
 Capt. John Willoughby Marshall. After serving 
 for upwards of three years in that vessel in the 
 North Sea and Baltic, he removed, in March, 1809, 
 as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in March, 
 1808) to the Nymphen 36, Capts. Keith Maxwell 
 and John Hancock ; under the former of whom he 
 accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and 
 assisted in forcing the passage between the bat- 
 teries of Flushing and Cadsand. From Dec. 1810 
 until Deo. 1812 he was again employed in the Baltic, 
 part of the time as Master's Mate, in the Reynard 
 sloop, Capts. Hew Steuart, Geo. Brine, and David 
 Latimer St. Clair; and in Jan. 1813 he joined the 
 D.a:DALUS 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell, fitting for 
 the East Indies ; where he was wrecked, 2 July fol- 
 lowing, near the island of Ceylon. He was then re- 
 ceived on board the Minden 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Sam. Hood, who nominated him, 2 Oct. in the 
 same year, Acting-Lieutenant of the Africaine 
 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney. In that frigate, to 
 which he was confirmed 1 June, 1814, he continued 
 until Feb. 1816. His next and last appointment 
 was, 1 Nov. 1821, to the Andromache 42. In her 
 he served for upwards of three years at the Cape 
 of Good Hope under the broad pendants of Commo- 
 dores Joseph Nourse and Constantine Rich. Moor- 
 som. On being paid off he was promoted to his 
 present rank 9 July, 1825. 
 
 TAIT. (Kear-Admjral of the Blue, 1841. 
 P-p., 20 ; H-p., 43.) 
 
 James Haldane Tait died 7 Aug. 1845. He 
 was son of the late Wm. Tait, Esq., of Glasgow, by 
 Margaret, sister of the late Admiral Lord Viscount 
 Duncan, and aunt of the present Earl of Camper- 
 down. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 April, 1783, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Edgar 74; in 
 which ship and the Ganges 74 (the former com- 
 manded by his uncle, then Capt. Adam Duncan) 
 he continued employed, chiefly at Portsmouth, 
 until April, 1787 ; when, with a view to greater 
 activity, he joined the maritime service of the Hon. 
 E. I. Company. On the prospect of a rupture with 
 Spain, he again, in Sept. 1790, entered the Navy, 
 and was received as Midshipman on board the De- 
 fence 74, Capt. Hon. Geo. Murray ; but the dispute 
 with that country being settled without recourse to 
 hostilities he was, in Deo. of the same year, dis- 
 charged. In Oct. 1793 he was a second time placed 
 under the command of the Hon. G. Murray, whose 
 broad pendant was at the time flying on board the 
 Duke 98. After serving for rather more than five 
 months with the latter officer as Master's Mate in 
 the Glory 98 on the Channel station, he followed 
 him in April, 1794, on his promotion to the rank of 
 Rear-Admiral, into the Resolution 74, and sailed for 
 
TAIT. 
 
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 the coast of North America ; where and on the Home 
 station he was further, until Oct. 1797, employed 
 as Acting-Lieutenant in the Thisee 28, Capt. 
 John Okcs Hardy, again as Midshipman in the 
 Africa 64, Capt. Roddam Home, and as Acting- 
 Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 6 
 July, 1796) in the Cleopatra 32, Capts. Chas. 
 Rowley, Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, and Israel 
 Pellew. In the Resolution he was present at the 
 capture of 40 sail of American ships on their pas- 
 sage to Europe under French convoy ; and in the 
 Cleopatra (which frigate brought Admiral Mur- 
 ray to England towards the close of 1796) he aided 
 in making prize of the privateers Aurore of 10 guns, 
 Hirondelle of 12 guns (pierced for 16) and 70 men, 
 Basque of 8 guns and 50 men, and Nouvelle Eugenie 
 of 16 guns and 120 men. From Nov. 1797 until 
 placed in command, 10 Jan. 1799, of the Jane hired 
 armed lugger of 14 guns, Mr. Tait served with his 
 uncle in the North Sea in the Venerable and 
 Kent 74's. In the Jane, in which he remained 
 until Oct. 1801, he cruized on the coasts of England, 
 Scotland, Norway, and Holland, captured as many 
 as 56 French and Dutch vessels, and was so zealous 
 in the protection he afforded to trade that he ob- 
 tained the freedom (at a dinner given to him by 
 the Magistrates and Town-Councils) of Dundee, 
 Aberdeen, and Banff, and was strongly recom- 
 mended to the Admiralty for promotion. He was 
 advanced in consequence to the rank of Com- 
 mander 29 April, 1802; and on 7 Oct. 1803, after 
 having served for four months in the Sea Fencibles 
 at Dunbar, was appointed to the Volcano bomb. 
 In her he was for upwards of 12 months stationed 
 between Dungeness and Boulogne, and was present 
 when an attempt was made to sink several stone- 
 ships across the entrance of the harbour at the 
 latter place. Being superseded in Deo. 1804, Capt. 
 Tait, as a reward for his services, was ordered, in 
 the early part of the following year, on promotion 
 to the East Indies, where he was nominated, 5 Oct. 
 1805 and 3 March, 1806, Acting-Captain of the Sir 
 Francis Drake 32 and Grampds 50. In the ship 
 last mentioned, to which he was confirmed 5 Sept. 
 1806, he was employed in various parts of the Indian 
 and China seas until sent, in the summer of 1807, to 
 the Cape of Good Hope to supply the place of the 
 Blenheim 74, recently lost. In 1808 the Grampus, 
 being found defective, was ordered with convoy to 
 St. Helena; whence she returned to England in 
 July, 1809, with several of the Hon. Company's 
 ships under her protection, and was paid off. For 
 the care he had bestowed upon his charge Capt. 
 Tait received a sum of money from the Court of 
 Directors for the purchase of a piece of plate. His 
 last appointments were— 8 Oct. 1814, for upwards 
 of two months, to the Venus frigate, on the coast 
 of Norway— 7 June, 1815, to the Junon 38, in which 
 ship he sailed with sealed orders for the West 
 Indies— and, in 1816, to the Pique 36, on the latter 
 station. He invalided home in March, 1817, from 
 the effects of yellow fever, and did not again go 
 afloat. His promotion to Flag-rank took place 23 
 Nov. 1841. Agents- Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 TAIT. (ffnplatn, 1827. r-p., 19; h-p.,22.) 
 
 Robert Tait, born 23 Jan. 1793, is fifth son of 
 Wm. Tait, Esq., of Pirn, co. Mid-Lothian, w here his 
 family, originally from co. Peebles, has been seated 
 for many generations. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 Dec. 1806, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Renown 74, Capt. Philip 
 Chas. Durham; in which ship (he attained the 
 rating of Midshipman in July, 1807) he served off 
 L'Orient until the early part of 1808, and then pro- 
 ceeded in pursuit of a French squadron to the Me- 
 diterranean, where he assisted at the blockade of 
 Toulon, escorted Prince Leopold of Sicily from 
 Gibraltar to Palermo, and united in Oct. 1809 in 
 the pursuit which led to the self-destruction, near 
 Cape Cette, of the ships-of-the-line Bohuste and 
 ijbn. On the paying off of the Renown he was re- 
 ceived, in March, 1810, on board the Scipion 74, 
 bearing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford; under 
 
 whom, after he had been for some time stationed 
 off Rochefort and had been much employed in the 
 boats in harassing the enemy's coasting trade, he 
 sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. In the summer 
 of 1811 he accompanied the expedition against 
 Java, and took part as Mate of the Signals in the 
 operations connected with the reduction of that 
 island. On his return to the Cape he followed the 
 Rear- Admiral, in Jan. 1812, into the Lion 64; 
 under the Master of which ship we find him en- 
 gaged in making a variety of surveys, one, in par- 
 ticular, of False Bay. In Sept. 1812 he removed to 
 the Hakpt sloop, Capt. Sam. Bradstreet Hore ; he 
 returned home with Rear-Admiral Stopford in the 
 spring of 1813 in the President 38; and in the 
 after part of the same year he was sent on promo- 
 tion to the coast of Brazil in the Iris 36, Capt. 
 Hood Hanway Christian. While there he was 
 nominated, 7 Feb. 1814, Acting-First-Lieutenant of 
 the Ceres, a frigate recently taken from the 
 French ; but as soon as he had fitted her for sea he 
 was superseded, having been advanced at home to 
 the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing 
 date 13 Deo. 1813. His next appointments were, 
 4 Oct. 1815, to the Ampbion 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles, 
 fitting at Portsmouth ; and 9 April, 1816, 31 March 
 and 28 Sept. 1817, and 8 Dec. 1818, to the Euphra- 
 tes and Tagos frigates, Capts. Robt. Foulis Preston 
 and Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, Albion 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, and Glasgow 
 50, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland, all in the Medi- 
 terranean ; where he was promoted 7 Dec. 1819 to 
 the command of the Larne 20. In that vessel, 
 which he brought home and paid off in Oct. 1822, 
 Capt. Tait, besides making a voyage to Madeira, 
 was actively employed, at the commencement of 
 the Greek revolution, in the Archipelago and among 
 the Ionian islands. Obtaining command, 30 March, 
 1826, of the H eron 18, he went out in the following 
 Aug. to the Brazils ; where, in March, 1827, he 
 was appointed by Sir Robt. Waller Otway, the 
 Commander-in-Chief, Acting- Captain of the Vo- 
 LAGE 28, then in the Pacific ; on which station he 
 was afterwards for eight months senior officer. As 
 he had, however, been promoted to Post-rank in 
 England 17 April, 1827, Capt. Tait, in Feb. 1828, 
 was superseded from the Volage and returned 
 home a passenger in the Blossom 24, Capt. Fred. 
 Wm. Beechey. He was next, in Oct. 1832, selected 
 by the late Sir Michael Seymour, who was about to 
 assume the chief control of naval affairs in South 
 America, to command his flag-ship the Spartiate 
 76 ;"■ and in the following Feb., after having been 
 for a short time employed with the North Sea squa- 
 dron under Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he sailed for the 
 Brazils ; where, from the death of Sir Michael Sey- 
 mour in July, 1834, until the arrival in the ensuing 
 Dec. of his successor. Sir Graham Eden Hamond, 
 we find him discharging the duties of senior officer 
 in a manner that gained him the approval of the 
 Admiralty and the thanks of Commodore Fras. 
 Mason, who, during the interval, was absent in the 
 Pacific. On Sir G. E. Hamond shifting his flag in 
 June, 1835, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Tait returned 
 to England and was paid off. A few months after- 
 wards he was invited by Sir Groham to become his 
 Flag-Captain ; but the state of his health at the time 
 compelled him to decline the offer. In July, 1836, 
 however, having recovered, and the proposal being 
 renewed, he accepted it, and he accordingly sailed 
 in the Imogene 28, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, for Rio 
 de Janeiro. On his arrival in the following Oct. 
 he joined the Dublin ; and in her he remained 
 until paid off on his return home in May, 1838. 
 This was his last appointment. He accepted the 
 Retirement in 1847. 
 
 Capt. Tait married, in March, 1819, Lucy Matilda 
 Margaret, daughter of Dr. John Allen, Surgeon of 
 the Royal Naval Hospital at Malta, by whom he has 
 had issue 11 children. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 * The Spahtiate was fitted, stored, and nearly equipped 
 for foreign service, in little more than a fortnight from the 
 period of her being in dock. 
 
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 TALBOT. 
 
 TALBOT. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 18 ; h-p , 14.) 
 
 Charles Talbot, born 1 Nov. 1801, is second 
 son: of the Very Kev. Chas. Talbot, D.D., Deanof 
 Sarum (grandson of Charles, first Lord Talbot, Lord 
 High Chancellor of England), by Lady Elizabeth 
 Somerset, daughter of Henry, fifth Duke of Beau- 
 fort, and granddaughter of Admiral Hon. Edw. 
 Boscawen. One of his brothers, George, is a Major 
 in the Army, and has been on the Staff of four suc- 
 cessive Commanders-in-Chief of Canada. 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College, 19 
 Aug. 1815 ; and embarked, 7 Deo. 1817, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Prometheus sloop, Capt. 
 Constantine Kich. Moorsom ; in which vessel, and 
 in the Bank 20, Capt. Andrew Mitchell, and RocH- 
 rOKT 80, successive flag-ship of Sir Thos. Eras. Fre- 
 mantle and Sir Graham Moore, he served, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations, the greater part 
 of the time as Midshipman, until nominated^ 17 Oct. 
 1822, Acting-Lieutenant of the Dispatch 18, Capt. 
 Wm. Clarke Jervoise. His promotion being con- 
 firmed by commission dated 7 Jan. 1823, he was 
 next, 29 July in that year and 10 Aug. 1825, ap- 
 pointed to the EuKyAtus 42, and Kaineoiv 28, 
 Capts. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford and Hon. Henry 
 John Rous. In the former ship he was again em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean ; and, in the Rainbow, 
 he proceeded to the East Indies; whence, on at- 
 taining, 30 April, 1827, the rank of Commander, he 
 returned to England. Towards the close of May, 
 1829, Capt. Talbot commissioned the Helicon 10, 
 but, that vessel being found defective and rotten, he 
 was transferred, with his officers and crew, in the 
 following month, to the Algerine brig, of similar 
 force, building at Chatham, and was soon afterwards 
 ordered to South America. As a reward for the 
 activity he had displayed in the performance of a 
 detached service, he was there, 25 Nov. 1830, pro- 
 moted by the late Sir Thos. Baker, Commander-in- 
 Chief, into his own flag-ship the Warspite 76. On 
 the night of 6 April, 1831, an insurrection having 
 broken out at Rio de Janeiro, he had the fortune 
 to rescue and bring off from the palace of San 
 Christavao their Imperial Majesties, also her Ma- 
 jesty Donna Maria of Portugal and suite, and the 
 Marquis and Marchioness of Louie ; a service 
 which Don Pedro II. subsequently acknowledged 
 by presenting him with the decoration of the Bra- 
 zilian order of Cruzero. About the same period he 
 bore to the Assemblea Geral the Emperor's ap- 
 pointment of Jose' Bonifacio de Andrade e' Silva 
 to the guardianship of his children; and at the 
 special request of his Majesty he superintended 
 the embarkation of his valuable ^ects for 
 Europe. On Sir Thos. Baker striking his flag 
 at Spithead in March, 1833, Capt. Talbot had the 
 satisfaction of receiving from him a letter highly 
 complimentary on the efficient state of his ship, 
 and of being publicly commended by Sir Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland, Admiral Superintendent at Ports- 
 mouth. His next appointment was to the Vestal 
 26, in which vessel he continued from 2 Nov. 1843 
 until paid off in July, 1847. In the early part of 
 1844, after having conveyed to New York the 
 Right Hon. Rich. Pakenham, H.M. Envoy Extra- 
 ordinary, we find him returning to South America, 
 and on his arrival appointed, under very trying cir- 
 cumstances, senior officer in the Rio de la Plata, at 
 a time when Monte Video was blockaded by the 
 Argentine forces. In Aug. of the same year he 
 took his departure for China, but, touching, during 
 his passage, at the Cape of Good Hope, was 
 thence ordered, by the Commander-in-Chief, Hon. 
 Josceline Percy, to convey treasure to Van Die- 
 men's Land and Port Jackson, where he arrived 
 in 33 days. He then proceeded, by the eastern 
 route, to Hongkong, which island he reached in the 
 unprecedentedly short period of 35 days, having 
 altogether traversed (at an average rate of 153 
 miles per diem) 27,699 miles in 181 days ! On 18 
 Aug. 1845, being off the northern end of Borneo, 
 Capt. 'Talbot was intrusted by Rear-Admiral Sir 
 Ihos. John Cochrane with the command of a force 
 consisting of 530 officers, seamen, and marines, em- 
 
 barked in 24 boats (nine of them carrying guns), 
 and was sent up one of the branches of a river in 
 Malloodoo Bay, for the purpose of attacking the 
 stronghold of Scheriff Osman, the most notorious of 
 theSooloo pirate chieftains. In the wordsof the Rear- 
 Admiral, the success attendant on the enterprise 
 proved " the soundness of his judgment in having 
 selected Capt- Talbot for the important duty confided 
 to him." Before victory had, however, crowned their 
 efforts, the British, on arriving in the vicinity of the 
 ScherilTs retreat, had had to effect an opening in a 
 remarkably well-constructed boom placed across 
 the stream to impede their progress, and had been 
 in consequence exposed for an hour to the steadily 
 sustained fire of 11 heavy guns barely 200 yards 
 distant. The loss they sustained was therefore, as 
 may be imagined, great — extending to not less than 
 6 men killed and 15 wounded.* It is scarcely ne- 
 cessary to add that the distinguished gallantry and 
 good conduct exhibited on the occasion by Capt. 
 Talbot and his brave companions had the effect of 
 drawing from the Admiralty an expression of its 
 great admiration and satisfaction. During his stay 
 on the East India station Capt. Talbot was twice, for 
 a considerable period, employed as senior officer in 
 the China seas, where " his constant consideration 
 for the interests of British commerce, and the un- 
 remitting attention he displayed in his official capa- 
 city towards the mercantile community," procured 
 him, on leaving, a warm address. He returned to 
 England in the summer of 1847 ; and on being paid 
 off at Sheemess, as above, was desired "to commu- 
 nicate to the ship's company the expression of their 
 Lordships' approbation on the state and discipline, 
 as well as the gunnery exercise, of the Vestal, as 
 reported by Vice-Admiral Sir Edw. D. King." 
 
 Capt. Talbot married, 11 Dec. 1838, Charlotte Geor- 
 giana, widow of Lieut.-Col. Stapleton, and daughter 
 of the late Major-GeneralHon. Sir Wm. Ponsonby, 
 K.C.B., by whom he has issue a son and two 
 daughters. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 TALBOT, Earl, &c. (Captain, 1827). 
 
 The Right Honoorable Henry John Chet- 
 WYND Earl Talbot succeeded to the peerage, as 
 third Earl, on the demise of his father in Jan. 1849. 
 His services are recorded under the head of Vis- 
 count Ingestrie. 
 
 TALBOT, G.C.B. (Admikal of the Red, 1841. 
 F-p., 18 ; H-p., 45.) 
 
 The Honourable Sir John Talbot is third son 
 of the late Rich. Talbot, Esq., of Malahide Castle, 
 CO. Dublin, by Margaret, eldest daughter of Jas. 
 O'Reilly, Esq., of Ballinlough, co. Westmeath, of 
 the Milesian princely house of Brefihey, who was 
 created by letters patent, dated 26 May, 1831, Ba- 
 roness Talbot of Malahide, and Lady Malahide of 
 Malahide. He is brother of the present Lord 
 Talbot of Malahide, a Colonel in the Army; of 
 Hon. Thos. Talbot, formerly also a Colonel in the 
 Army ; of the late Hon. Robt. Talbot, who married 
 Arabella, sister of Admiral Sir Chas. Ogle, Bart., 
 and widow of Hon. Edw. Bouverie, uncle of Vice- 
 Admiral Hon. D. P. Bouverie ; and of Lieut.-Colonel 
 Niel Talbot, of the 14th Light Dragoons, who was 
 killed at Ciudad Rodrigo in 1810. One of his 
 sisters, Barbara, was the wife of the late Sir Wm. 
 Young, Bart., M.P., Governor of Tobago; and an- 
 other, Catherine, of the late Lieut.-General Sir Geo. 
 Aire^, K.C.H., Colonel of the 39th Regt. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1784, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Boreas frigate, Capt. 
 Horatio Nelson, with whom he served in the West 
 Indies until Nov. 1787, part of the time in the capa- 
 city of Midshipman. H e joined next, in May, 1788, 
 the Barfleur 98, bearing the flags at Portsmouth 
 of Vice-Admirals Lord Hood and Robt. Roddam ; 
 and on 3 Nov. 1790, at which period he had been for 
 nearly six months employed in the Channel with 
 the former officer in the Victory 100, he was made 
 Lieutenant into the Triton 32, Capt. Geo. Murray. 
 • Vide Ga/.. 1845, pp. 6531-6. 
 
TALBOT. 
 
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 In that frigate he aaasted in surveying the Belt, 
 and then visited Quebec, Halifax, and Jamaica. On 
 leaving her in April, 1793, he joined the Windsor 
 Castle 98; in which ship and the Alcide 74, he 
 served in the Mediterranean under the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Philip Cosby until Dec. 1794. Being ap- 
 pointed Senior, shortly afterwards, of the AsxaiEA 
 of 32 guns and 212 men, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, 
 he was afforded an opportunity of displaying much 
 good conduct, on the night of 10 April, 1795, at the 
 capture, in the Channel,, of the French frigate Jua 
 Gloire of 42 guns and 275 men, 40 of whom, in the 
 course of a spirited action of 58 minutes, were 
 Iiilled and wounded, with a loss to the British of 
 not more than 8 wounded.* He was promoted, 17 
 of the same month, to the command of the Helena 
 sloop, on the Home station ; was posted, 27 Aug. 
 1796, into the Eurydice 24, in which ship *he 
 served for four years and four months, in the North 
 Sea, on the coast of North America, off Lisbon, 
 and in the Channel ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 1 Jan. 1801, to the Glenmore 44, on the 
 Irish station— 20 Oct. 1804 and 1 Deo. 1805 (he had 
 left the Glenmore in Aug. 1802), to the Leancbr 
 50 and Centaur 74, both at Halifax— 25 Feb. 1806, 
 to the Thunderer 74, employed off Cadiz, in various 
 parts of the Mediterranean, and in the North Seat 
 —and 23 Sept. 1809, to the Victoriods 74. "While 
 commanding the Eurydice Capt. Talbot made 
 prize, 15 Dec. 1796, G Feb. and 7 March, 1797, and 
 10 Nov. 1799, of the privateers Sphinx of 26 men, 
 Flibusiier of 14 guns, 6 swivels, and 63 men, Volti- 
 geur of 23 men, and Hircmdelle of 14 guns and 50 
 men. In the Glenmore he retook, in July, 1801, 
 four West Indiamen, which had been cut off from 
 their convoy by a French privateer; in the Lean- 
 deb he captured, 23 Feb. 1805, La Ville de Milan 
 of 46 guns, and her prize the Cleopatra 32, both 
 which ships had been much shattered in a recent 
 engagement ;J and in the Thunderer he passed 
 the Dardanells with Sir John Duckworth in Feb. 
 1807, and obtained the warm praise of Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith for the admirable manner in which 
 he placed his ship in the action§ which terminated 
 with the destruction of the Turkish squadron off 
 Point Pesquies. Before proceeding with our narra- 
 tive we should here record the fact that, " anxious 
 to testify their esteem and respect, and the un- 
 feigned regret they felt at his departure," the 
 ward-room ofiBcers of the Leander, on Capt. Talbot 
 quitting that ship, had united in presenting him 
 with a sword valued at 100 guineas. In the Vic- 
 torious, which ship he did not join until Nov. 
 1809, Capt. Talbot was at first stationed under Lord 
 Coliingwood off Toulon. He was next engaged 
 under the late Sir Geo. Martin in affording protec- 
 tion to the island of Sicily when threatened with 
 an invasion by Joachim Murat; and while block- 
 ading Corfu with the Leonidas and Imogene under 
 his orders, he drove on shore, 30 Jan. 1811, the Leoben, 
 an Italian schooner-of-war of 10 guns and 60 men, 
 which was set on fire and blown up by the enemy. || 
 On 21 Feb. 1812, being at the time off Venice in 
 company with the Weasel 18, Capt. John Wm. 
 Andrew, the Victorious (who, although rated a 74, 
 mounted 82 guns, measured 1724 tons, threw a 
 broadside of 1060 pounds, and had on board a crew 
 of 506 men) discovered, on its way from the above 
 port to Pola, in Istria, a hostile squadron, consisting 
 of the French ship JRivoti of 80 guns (equal in broad- 
 side weight of metal to 1085 pounds), 1804 tons, and 
 810 men, the Jena and Mereure of 16, and Mamelmiek 
 of 8 guns, and two gun-boats. This was at about 
 3 p.m. ; and at 4h. 30m. a.m. on the 22 the Vic- 
 torious, having arrived within half-pistol-shot of 
 the Rieoli, commenced an action with that ship, 
 which continued to rage with the utmost fury on 
 both sides until 9 a.m. ; when, her hull, masts, and 
 
 * Mr. Talbot was placed in charge of the prize, and sent 
 with her to Portsmouth.— Fiife Gaz. 1795, p. 339. 
 
 f In I80& the Thunderer brought the Duke of Orleans 
 from the Mediterranean to England. 
 i Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 541. } V. Gaz. 1807, p. 695. 
 
 * II F. Gai. 1811, p. 8-3. 
 
 rigging being dreadfully cut up and 400 of her crew 
 being either killed or wounded, the Bivoli struck 
 her colours. The loss sustained by the Victorious 
 in achieving this noble exploit amounted to 27 men 
 killed and 99 wounded. Towards the close of the 
 engagement, it may be as well to add, she received 
 the assistance of two broadsides from the Weasel; 
 who, emulating the gallantry of her consort, had 
 blown up the Mereure and put to flight the Jena 
 and Mameloueh. Among the wounded on board the 
 Victorious was Capt. Talbot. He received, in the 
 early part of the action, a contusion from a splinter 
 which nearly deprived him of sight and compelled 
 him to leave the deck ; where his place, however, was 
 ably supplied by his First-Lieutenant, the present 
 Capt. Thos. Ladd Peake.* On his return to England 
 he was presented by the Admiralty with a gold medal 
 commemorative of that which his valour had accom- 
 plished. Having refitted at Chatham he sailed, in 
 Nov. 1812, from Spithead with a convoy for the 
 West Indies. Thence he proceeded to the Chesa- 
 peake. On 12 Nov. 1813 he was present at Halifax 
 in a severe hurricane, which drove on shore 96 sail 
 of vessels, including H.M. ships Sai? Domingo, La 
 IloGUE, Maidstone, Manlv, and Canso. He was 
 subsequently, in Jan. 1814, employed in blockading 
 at New London the United States, Macedcmian, and 
 Hornet ; in May, 1814, his ship was fc r 37 hours on 
 shore on Fisher's Island and was with difficulty 
 saved ; and in the following June he was sent with 
 the Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, up Davis' 
 Strait, for the purpose of defending the whale- 
 fishery. When in lat. 66° 30' N. the Victorious 
 ran on a small rock and was so much injured (mak- 
 ing 44 inches water per hour) that she was obliged 
 to return with her consort to England. She arrived 
 at Spithead 10 Aug. in the same year ; and was 
 shortly afterwards paid off. H er Captain, who has 
 not been since afloat, had been appointed, 4 June 
 preceding, a Colonel of Marines. He was nomi- 
 nated a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815; made a Kear- Admiral 
 12 Aug. 1819, a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830, and a 
 full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841 ; and created a G.C.B. 
 23 Feb. 1842. He obtained the Good Service Pen- 
 sion 5 May, 1847. 
 
 Sir John Talbot married, 17 Oct. 1815, the Hon. 
 Juliana Arundell, third daughter of Jas. Everard, 
 ninth Lord Arundell of Wardour, by whom, who 
 died 9 Dec. 1843, he has issue two sons and five 
 daughters. His fourth daughter, Margaret Victori- 
 osa, married, in 1841, Wm. Edm. Pole, Esq., second 
 son of SirWm.Templer Pole, Bart., D.C.L., of Shute 
 House, CO. Devon. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 TALBOT. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 16; h-p., 13.) 
 John Thomas Talbot was born 5 Nov. 1805. 
 This oflicer entered the Koyal Naval College in 
 1818; and embarked, in 1820, as a Volunteer, on 
 board the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamil- 
 ton, fitting for the Mediterranean ; where and on 
 the Home and South American stations he served, 
 until 1824, part of the time in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman, in the Kevolutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. 
 Fleetwood Broughton Keynolds Pellew, Pandora 
 18, Capt. Fred. Hunn, Gloucester 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Benj. Hallowell Carew, Surly cutter, Egeria 
 28, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, Owen Glendower 
 42, Capt. Sir Robt. Mends, Bkiton 46, Capt. Sir 
 Murray Maxwell, and DoRis42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Hope 
 Johnstone. In 1825, having passed his examination 
 in the preceding year, he was nominated Mate of 
 the KoSE 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Abbot, again in the 
 Mediterranean ; on which station, after he had been 
 a second time employed with Capt. Hamilton in the 
 Cambrian, he was nominated, in 1826, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Brisk 10, and was confirmed, 22 
 June, 1827, into his former ship the Rose, then com- 
 manded by Capt. Lewis Davies, under whom he 
 assisted at the capture of some piratical boats at 
 Samothraki, and fought at the battle of Navarin. 
 In Dec. of the year lost mentioned he removed to 
 • Vide Gax. 1812, p. 861 ; and James's 'Naval History," 
 vol. vi. pp. 64 et seq. 
 
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 TANCOCK-TANDY. 
 
 the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, also in 
 the Mediterranean ; and he was next, 1 March, 1829, 
 appointed, a few months after his return to Eng- 
 land, to the MEtvitLE 74, Ci^t. Alex. Wilmot 
 Schomberg, fitting at Portsmouth. He attained the 
 rank of Commander 7 Sept. following ; and he 
 served in that capacity— for a short time, we be- 
 lieve, in the St. Vincent 120, Capt. Humphrey 
 Fleming Senhouse, again in the Mediterranean — 
 from 20 May, 1831, until the summer of 1832, in 
 the Pkocbis 10, on the same station— and, from 
 18 March, 1834, until the spring of 1836, in the 
 Coast Guard. He has been employed afresh in the 
 latter service since 31 March, 1845. 
 
 Commander Talbot married, 5 Nov. 1833, Chris- 
 tian, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Kidd, Esq. 
 
 TANCOCK. (Eear-Admikal, 1846. f-p., 21; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 John Tancock was born 14 Nov. 1769. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Ckescent of 42 guns 
 and 257 men, Capt. Jas. Saumarez ; and on 20 of the 
 following Oct. assisted at the capture, after a close 
 action of two hours, of La Reunion of 36 guns and 
 320 men, 120 of whom were either killed or wounded, 
 \fithout any casualty whatever to the British. He 
 next accompanied an expedition sent under the 
 orders of Earl Moira and Rear-Admiral M'Bride to 
 co-operate with the French royalists on the coasts 
 of Normandy and Brittany ; and on 8 June, 1794, 
 he was present when the Ckescent, by a bold and 
 masterly manoeuvre, efFected her escape from a 
 French squadron, consisting of two cut-down 74's, 
 each mounting 54 guns, two frigates, and a brig. 
 Following Sir Jas. Saumarez (who had been knighted 
 for the capture of La Re'umon), as Master's Mate, 
 into the Orion 74, Mr. Tancock was afforded an 
 opportunity of sharing in that ship in Lord Brid- 
 port's action 23 June, 1795, in the battle fought off 
 Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, and in the victory 
 of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798. He also, in command of 
 the Okion's launch, afforded very gallant support to 
 Sir Horatio Nelson in an attack made upon the 
 Cadiz flotilla 3 July, 1797. Having, through the 
 recommendation of Sir Jas. Saumarez, been ordered 
 to act as Lieutenant of the Orion immediately sub- 
 sequent to the St. Vincent action, he was confirmed 
 in that rank 9 March, 1799. After serving at Sheer- 
 ness and in the North Sea and Baltic in the Rosario 
 fire-ship and Ibis frigate, in one of whose boats he 
 assisted at the capture of a Danish privateer of 10 
 guns and 30 men, he was appointed, in Jan. 1801, to 
 the CiESAB 80, bearing the flag, off Cadiz, of his 
 friend and patron Sir Jas. Saumarez, with whom he 
 continued employed as Signal-Lieutenant, on the 
 Home station, in the Zealand 64, Kite sloop, 
 Gkampus 50, DioMEDE 50, Cereehds 32, and Dio- 
 MEDE again, from 1802 until made Commander, 15 
 Aug. 1806, into the St. Christopher sloop. In the 
 C^SAR he was present, 6 and 12 July, 1801, in the 
 actions fought off Algeciras and in the Gut of Gib- 
 raltar ; he co-operated, in the Cerberus, in the 
 bombardment of Granville in Sept. 1803 ; and while 
 attached to the other ships he commanded for a 
 short period the Sylph brig, and effected one re- 
 capture. During his servitude in the St. Christo- 
 pher Capt. Tancock made prize, on the West India 
 station, of several small Spanish vessels, detained a 
 Danish ship which was condemned as a droit of 
 Admiralty, and re-took a British merchantman, 
 laden with bale-goods, from Glasgow bound to St. 
 Thomas'. He was also, 25 Dec. 1807, present at 
 the surrender of the Danish island of Ste. Croix to 
 the military and naval forces under General Bowyer 
 and Sir Alex. Cochrane. An attack of yellow fever 
 obliging him, in 1808, to invalid, he next, for a few 
 months in 1809, obtained command of the Curlew 
 10 ; in which vessel he was very actively employed 
 in the Sound in affording protection to the trade 
 between Malmo and Gottenborg. In May, 1810, 
 and Nov. 1811 he was appointed to the Mercobv 
 troop-ship and Griffon brig; he attained Post-rank 
 
 1 Feb. 1812 ; and he served afterwards— in Aug. 
 and Sept. 1814, in the Bann 20, fitting at Chatham 
 —from 1 Oct. 1814 until 22 Sept. 1816, m the 
 CoNWAV 24 — and from the latter date until Feb. 
 1818 in the Iphigenia 42. While commanding the 
 Conway he escorted a large convoy to a certain 
 latitude, was for some time senior officer at Ma- 
 deira, and, after cruizing in the Channel for the 
 interception of Napoleon Buonaparte, sailed for 
 India ; where, on his removal as above to the Iphi- 
 genia, he was for several months employed at 
 Bombay in superintending the equipment of the 
 Melville, a new 74. He brought the Iphigenia 
 home in Dec. 1817, and left her, as stated, in Feb. 
 1818. He accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, in Aug. 1805, Eliza- 
 beth Catharine, eldest daughter of Sam. Goodwin, 
 Esq., Merchant, of the island of Guernsey, by whom 
 he has issue. 
 
 TANCOCK. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 20; h-p., 21.) 
 Samuel Tancock entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1806, 
 as L.M., on board the Martial gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Jos. Marrett and Joshua Kneeshaw. 
 In that vessel, of which he was nominated Midship- 
 man in the following May, he served for five years 
 on the coasts of Spain and France, and in the North 
 Sea and Baltic, and accompanied in 1809 the expe- 
 dition to the Walcheren. He was afterwards, from 
 Feb. 1811 until Nov. 1815, employed on the West 
 India, North American, and Home stations, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Mercury troop-ship, Capts. 
 John Tancock, Clement Milward, Amos Freeman 
 Westropp, and Geo. Kippen, Peruvian 18 and 
 DiOMEDE 50, armee-en-flute, both commanded by 
 Capt. G. Kippen, Censor 14, Capt. Joshua Knee- 
 shaw, and Conway 24, Capt. John Tancock. In 
 the Pebdvian he assisted, 6 Feb. 1813, at the cap- 
 ture, after an anxious chase of 15 hours and a 
 running fight of some length, of the American pri- 
 vateer-ship John, of 16 guns and 100 men. On 
 leaving the Conway he was presented with a com- 
 mission bearing date 15 March, 1815. From 9 May, 
 1837, until the spring of 1840 he served in the San 
 Josef 110, flag-ship at Plymouth of Rear-Admiral 
 Fred. Warren, Admiral-Superintendent ; and since 
 22 Aug. in the latter year he has been employed as 
 Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam- 
 vessel. "_ 
 
 TANDY. (;Ketiked Commander, 1825. F-p., 22; 
 H-p., 43.) 
 
 Daniel Tandy died 26 Jan. 1848, at Topsham, 
 CO. Devon, in his 75th year. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1782, as 
 Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Magnificent 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Linzee ; and in the course of the same year 
 was present in Rodney's action and at the capture, 
 after a gallant action, of the French frigates La 
 Concorde and L'Aimabh. The Magnificent being 
 paid off in June, 1783, he served next, between Jan. 
 1784 and the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 22 Nov. 1790, at Portsmouth and on the 
 African, Jamaica, and Channel stations, the last 
 three years in the capacity of Midshipman, in the 
 Nautilus 16, Capt. Geo. Tripp, Astrjea 32, Capt. 
 Peter Rainier, Centurion 50, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Peter Affleck, Aurora 28, Capt. John 
 Sutton, and Satden and Monaech 74's, Capts. R. 
 Linzee and Peter Rainier. He was subsequently, 
 from 1791 until April, 1802, employed, on the Home 
 and Mediterranean stations, in the Colossus 74, 
 Capt. Henry Harvey, Racehoese 16, Capts. D. 
 Mackay, Geo. Hope, and Jas. Lecky, Canada 74, 
 Capt. Chas. P. Hamilton, Barfleue 98, flag-ship of 
 Sir Geo. Keith Elphinstone, Leviathan 74, Capt. 
 John Thos. Duckworth, Southampton 32, Capts. 
 Edw. O'Bryen and Wm. Shield, Censeur 74, armSe- 
 en-flute, Capt. John Gore, Bellette 18, Capt. John 
 Temple, Gibraltar 80, Capt. John Pakenham, and 
 Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flags (in the 
 Channel) of Sir Alan Gardner and Sir Henry Har- 
 vey. While returning home from the Mediterra^ 
 nean in the Censeur, Mr. Tandy was captured in 
 
TARDREW—TARLETON—TATHAM—TATLOCK— TATTNALL. 1159 
 
 that ship, 7 Oct. 1795, after a brave defence of 40 
 minutes, by a French squadron under M. Richery, 
 and carried into Cadiz. He was soon, however, 
 restored to liberty. During the time he belonged 
 to the Bellette he was employed in a tender on 
 the coast of Corsica; he was First-Lieutenant of 
 the Gibraltar when the latter was driven in a 
 gale of wind out of Gibraltar Bay ; and he was for 
 nearly four years and nine months in the Royal 
 Sovereign. He served in the Channel and on the 
 coast of Ireland in the Thunderer 74, Capt. yfm. 
 Bedford, from March, 1803, until Dec. 1804; ob- 
 tained command, 2 June, 1805, of the Desir^e 
 schooner, in the "West Indies ; was there removed, 
 28 of the same month, to the Alligator troop- 
 ship, Capt. Fras. Aug. Collier; and was next, 17 
 July in the same year and 3 April, 1806, appointed 
 to the command, also on the West India station, of 
 the Attentive gun-brig and Dolphin 44, store- 
 ship. He brought the latter vessel to Deptford, 
 and was obliged from the effects of yellow fever to 
 leave her in Deo. 1806. He did not afterwards go 
 afloat. He accepted the rank of Commander on 
 the Retired List 13 April, 1825. 
 
 TAEDEEW. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 27.) 
 George Tardrew was born in 1784. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. 
 Grindall ; under whom he cruized in the Channel 
 and fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. From March, 
 1806, until Sept. 1810, he served in the East Indies 
 and China, among the Western Islands, and on the 
 north coast of Spain, as Master's Mate, in the 
 Jupiter 50, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, 
 and Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. 
 He then joined the Milfobd 74, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats at Cadiz; and on 26 
 April, 1811, after having been for about six months 
 employed as Acting-Lieutenant with the flotilla at 
 the defence of that place, he was officially pro- 
 moted. He subsequently proceeded in the Milfoed 
 off Toulon. His last appointments were — 2 Nov. 
 1811, to the Derwent 18, Capt. Geo. Manners 
 Sutton, in the Channel— 6 March, 1813, and 27 
 March, 1815, to the Bellerophon 74 and Salisbury 
 50, both flag-ships of Sir R. G. Keats at Newfound- 
 land, whence he returned in Dec. of the latter year 
 —and, in 1822, to the Coast Guard, in which service 
 he remained for about four years. 
 
 Lieut. Tardrew married, in 1826, Catherine, third 
 daughter of G. Arnold, Esq. 
 
 TAKLETON. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 John Walter Tarleton passed his examination 
 in 1830; obtained his first commission 22 Sept. 1835; 
 and was subsequently appointed — 2 Feb. 1836, as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean 
 — 1 April foUovping, to the Favorite 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Rodney Mundy, on the same station — 19 April, 
 1837, to the Ringdove 16, Capts. Horatio Stopford 
 Nixon and Hon. Keith Stewart, with whom he 
 served in North America and the West Indies 
 until the close of 1841—5 Feb. 1842, as Senior, to 
 the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, fitting 
 for the Pacific, whence he returned to England and 
 was paid off in June, 1845 — and, 2 Deo. 1845, to the 
 Endymion 44, Capt. Geo. Eobt. Lambert, in which 
 ship he again sailed for the North America and 
 West India station. He attained his present rank 
 9 Nov. 1846 ; and since 23 Nov. 1848 has been em- 
 ployed as Second-Captain in the Vengeance 84, 
 Capt. the Earl of Hardwicke, now in the Mediter- 
 ranean. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 TATHAM. (Commander, 184C.) 
 
 Edward Tatham passed his examination in 
 1831 ; and obtained his first commission 12 Jan. 
 1838. His succeeding appointments were — 2 Aug. 
 1838, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Melville 74, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot at the Cape of Good 
 jj^opo — 15 Nov. following, to the Columbine 16, 
 
 Capts. Geo. Elliot and Thos. Jordaine Clarke, on 
 the North America and West India and East India 
 stations— 31 Aug. and 9 Oct. 1841, as First, to the 
 Belvidbha38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, and Spartan 
 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. G. J. B. ElUot, the latter at- 
 tached to the force on the coast of North America 
 and in the West Indies, whence he returned in 1845 
 — and, 18 Feb. 1846, in a similar capacity, to the 
 Raleigh 50, fitting for the broad pendant of Sir 
 Thos. Herbert. While lying in Pinop Beach on 
 the night of 16 April following, Mr. Tatham, hearing 
 from his bed that a sentinel had fallen overboard, 
 immediately sprang upon deck and precipitated 
 himself off the gangway into the river. Although 
 an intense fog prevailed at the time, and the 
 weather was cold in the extreme, he succeeded, at 
 the peril of his own life, in saving the marine. 
 When taken on board he retired to his berth in a 
 state of great exhaustion, but in the morning was 
 up and at his duty. For his heroic conduct he was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander 6 June fol- 
 lowing. He was re-appointed to the Raleigh in 
 the course of the same month ; and is now serving 
 in her on the S.E. coast of America. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanuey. 
 
 TATLOCK. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 James Thomas Tatlock entered the Navy, 17 
 June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Puissant 
 74, Capt. John Irwin, lying at Spithead. In Jan. 
 1805 he removed as Midshipman (a rating he had 
 attained in Nov. 1803) to the Avenger sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. White, on the Newfoundland station ; he 
 served next, in the Mediterranean, from Jan. 1807 
 until July, 1810, in the Belleisle and Northum- 
 berland 74's, both commanded by Capt. Wm. 
 Hargood ; and after he had been further employed 
 for a year and eight months off Flushing in the 
 Defiance 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, he was pro- 
 moted, 21 March, 1812, to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 His succeeding appointments were— 2 April, 1812, 
 to the Skylark 16, Capt. Jas. Boxer, under whom 
 he was wrecked, 3 May following, near Boulogne — 
 15 June in the same year, to the Christian VII. 80, 
 Capt. Henry Ledgbird Ball, off Flushing— 8 Oct. 
 1813, to the EiNALDO 10, Capt. Edmund Lyons, in 
 the Downs — and, 4 March, 1814 (after nearly two 
 months of half-pay), to the Sabine sloop, Capt. 
 Wm. Hall, at Newfoundland. He invalided home 
 in July, 1815 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 TATTNALL. (Commander, 1819. r-p., U; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 James Barnwell Tattnall was bom 21 Sept. 
 1790. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leander 50, Capt. Fras. 
 Wm. Fane, bearing the flag of Sir Andrew Mitchell 
 at Halifax, where he continued to serve as Mid- 
 shipman in the Boston 32, Capt. John Erskine 
 Douglas, until the close of 1804. Joining, then, 
 the Pallas 32, Capt. Lord Cochrane, he assisted in 
 that frigate, while cruizing off the Azores, at the 
 capture of four valuable Spanish vessels, one of the 
 richest of which, laden with treasure, he carried as 
 Prize-Master to Plymouth. On 6 April, 1806, while 
 her boats with all but 40 of the crew were absent 
 on an expedition up the Garonne, the Pallas gave 
 chase to, and drove on shore, two corvettes and a 
 large armed frigate-built store-ship, mounting in 
 the whole 64 guns ; and on this occasion Mr. Tatt- 
 nall was the only quarter-deck petty officer left on 
 board.* In the course of the following month he 
 witnessed the destruction of the semaphores along 
 the French coast, and was present when the Pallas, 
 having singly attacked the French 40-gun frigate 
 La Minerve, in company with three 18-gun brigs, 
 ran foul of the former in an attempt to board, and 
 by the tremendous shock was reduced to a com- 
 plete wreck. In Deo. 1806, shortly after he had 
 been removed with Lord Cochrane to the Impe- 
 RiEusE 38, he was placed in charge of a prize in the 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 404. 
 
1160 
 
 TATTNALL— TAUSE—TAYLER. 
 
 Bay of Biscay and sent to England. On his pas- 
 sage, however, the vessel he was in was driven by 
 stress of weather in a sinking state under tlie island 
 of Belleisle, and was there taken possession of by a 
 force sent for that purpose from the shore. On 
 the following day he was sent over to Quiberon 
 Bay, and thence marched to the dep6t at Verdun, 
 a distance of 500 miles. At the end of 18 months 
 he vras deprived, with all the Midshipmen then in 
 France, of hisjoarofe and taken to Givet. Here he 
 was placed with 1200 British seamen in close con- 
 finement in the barracks ; and it was not until Dec. 
 1809 that, having failed in two attempts, he at 
 length succeeded in elTecting his escape in the dis- 
 guise of a female and reaching Ostend; whence, 
 through the agency of a smuggler, he was conveyed 
 on board the British fleet. In the onsuing Jan. he 
 passed his examination ; and in May, 1810, he 
 joined on promotion the Neptdne 98, flag-ship in 
 the West Indies of Sir Alex. Cochrane, who im- 
 mediately nominated him Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 St. Pierre 18, Capts. Flinn and Houstoun. In this 
 sloop he returned to Portsmouth in July of the 
 same year ; and on 10 of the next Dec. he was again 
 ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Racehorse 18, 
 Capt. Jas. De Rippe ; underTvhom (the appointment 
 being confirmed 18 April following) we "find him 
 present, 20 May, 1811, when in company off Mada- 
 gascar with the 36-gun frigates AsTKiEA, Phcebe, 
 and Galatea, at the capture (after a long and 
 warmly-contested action with the French 40 gun 
 frigates Henommee^ Clortnde, and Nereide) of the 
 .Renommee, and, on 25 of the same month, of the 
 Nereide and the settlement of Tamatave. Inva- 
 liding from the Racehorse about May, 1812, he 
 was next appointed — 5 Jan. 1813, to the Portia 14, 
 Capt. Henry Thomson, in the North Sea — 8 June, 
 1813, to the President 38, Capt. Fras. Mason, the 
 boats of which ship he commanded at the capture, 
 during the si«ge of St. Sebastian, of the island of 
 Sta. Clara— and, 22 June, 1814, to the Tonnaht 80, 
 bearing the flag of Sir A. Cochrane on the coast of 
 North America. While there he commanded the 
 Tonnant's boats at the destruction of Commodore 
 Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent ; had charge of a 
 gun-boat in the attack upon Baltimore, and again 
 commanded the boats of the Tonnant, in company 
 with those of a squadron under Capt. Nicholas 
 Lockyer of th« Sophie 18, at the capture, on Lake 
 Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Commo- 
 dore Jones, which did not surrender until the 
 British, in the course of a desperate conflict, had 
 been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 
 wounded. In narrating the details of the latter 
 very gallant affair Capt. Lockyer, in his despatch, 
 says, " I cannot omit to mention the conduct of 
 Lieuts. Tattnall and Roberts, of the Tonnamt, par- 
 ticularly the former, who, after having his boat 
 sunk alongside, got into another and gallantly 
 pushed on to the attack -of the remainder of the 
 flotilla." * We may add that the launch, the boat 
 alluded to, had 16 of her crew killed and wounded. 
 On the promotion of Capt. Lockyer Mr. Tattnall, 
 having been the Senior-Lieutenant engaged,, waa 
 ordered by Sir A. Cochrane to succeed him in the 
 command of the Sophie. From Feb. to May, 1815, 
 he acted as Captain of the Dictator 64 and Car- 
 RON 20 ; and he was then placed on half-pay, with- 
 out his promotion however being confirmed. At 
 length, in March, 1819, on a partial change taking 
 place at the Admiralty-Board, his case, without 
 application on his part, was laid, by Sir Edw. 
 Oodrington, before Sir Geo. Cookburn, who at once 
 placed him in acting command of the Spey 20, then 
 on the eve of her departure for the Mediterranean. 
 He was officially promoted 14 April following ; and 
 has not been since afloat. 
 
 TATTNALL. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Robert Cooper Tattnall entered the Navy in 
 1832; passed his examination 27 Aug. 1838; served 
 in the Mediterranean and at Portsmouth and Ply- 
 mouth, as Mate, in the Britannia 120 and Pow- 
 * Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 440. 
 
 ERFOL 84, both commanded by Capt. Michael Sey- 
 mour, and St. ■Vimcent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Rowley; obtained his commission 22 Oct. 1844; 
 and has been employed since 19 Feb. 1845 in the 
 RoDNEV 92, Capt. Edw. CoHier, in the Channel and 
 Mediterranean. 
 
 TAUSE. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Hector Tause entered the Navy 18 June, 1809 ; 
 attained the rank of Lieutenant 9 Aug. 1824 ; and 
 was subsequently a.ppointed — 3 July, 1833, as Senior, 
 to the Challenger 28, Capt. Michael Seymour, 
 under whom he was wrecked, on the coast of Chili, 
 19 May, 1835—17 April, 1837, 30 April, 1839, and 
 27 Oct. 1840, to the Royal Adelaide 104, Impreg- 
 nable 104, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships of Lord 
 Amelius Beauclerk and Sir Graham Moore at Ply- 
 mouth, where he served as Second and First Lieu- 
 tenant for five years — ^and, 24 Nov. 1843, in the 
 capacity last mentioned, to the Albion 90, Capt. 
 Nicholas Lockyer, bearing the flag at first of Sir 
 David Milne at Devonport, and employed after- 
 wards on the Lisbon and Channel stations. He 
 was promoted to the rank of Commander in honour 
 of the Queen's visit to the Albion when forming 
 part of an experimental squadron 21 June, 1845; 
 and he has since been on half-pay. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 TAYLER. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 17; h-p., 25.) 
 
 George Robert Tayler entered the Navy, in 
 March, 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Uranie 
 frigate, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert. In that ship, 
 in which hceerved for rather more than six months, 
 he made a voyage to Quebec. He was next, from 
 June, 1806, until June, 1807, employed on the Cadiz 
 station in the Minorca 18, Capt. Hon. Granville 
 Geo. Waldegrave ; and in March, 1808, he entered 
 the Royal Naval College. In June, 1810, having 
 carried off a silver medal, he again embarked, on 
 board the AsTRiEA of 42 guns and 27 1 men, Capt. 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg; previously to following 
 vrhora into the Nisns 38 we find him, 20 May, 1811, 
 present, as Midshipman, in company with the 
 Ph(bbe and Galatea, frigates aibout equal in force 
 to the AsTR^A, and 18-gun brig Racehorse, at 
 the capture (after a long and warmly-contested 
 action fought off Madagascar with the French 40- 
 gun frigates Renommee, Clorinde, and Nereide, and a 
 loss to the AsTR^A of 2 men killed and 16 wounded) 
 of the ReTumimee, and, on 25 of the same month, of 
 the Nereide and the settlement of Tamatave. On 
 his removal to the Nisus Mr. Tayler proceeded to 
 the coast of Brazil ; where he served, from Aug. 
 1814 until Aug. 1815, the last eight months as 
 Acting-Second-Master, in the Valiant 74, Capt. 
 Zacbary Madge. He was then presented with a 
 commission bearing date 20 Feb. 1815. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 11 Dec. 1816, for about 
 three years, to the Egeria 26, Capt. Bobt. Rowley, 
 on the Newfoundland station — 5 Aug. 1820, to the 
 EsK 20, Capts. Edw. Lloyd and Arthur Lee Warner, 
 fitting for the West Indies, where he was superseded 
 about Feb. 1823— and, 28 March, 1826, to the Ra- 
 MiLLiES 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, lying in the Downs. 
 He has been on half-pay since 1827. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 TAYLER. (Lieotenant, 1841.) 
 
 George Skene Tayler entered the Navy 23 Aug. 
 1831 ; passed his examination 4 Oct. 1837 ; and for 
 his services as Mate of the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. 
 Herbert, on the coast of China, was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 29 June and 5 Oct. 1842, to the 
 Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, and Clio 16, 
 Capts. Edw. Norwich Troubridge and Jas. Fitz- 
 james, both in the East Indies, whence he returned 
 in 1844—26 June, 1846, to the Bulldog steam- 
 sloop, of 500-horse power, Copt. Geo. Evan Davis, 
 employed on the Cape of Good Hope and Home 
 stations- and, 30 April, 1847, for about six months, 
 to the Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. StWing, fitting at 
 Portsmouth. 
 
TAYLER. 
 
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 TAYLER, C.B. (Rear- Admiral, 1846. r-p.,15; 
 u-p., 36.) 
 
 Joseph Needham Tayler, bom in 1785 at De- 
 vizes, CO. "Wilts, is only surviving son of the late 
 Sam. Tayler, Esq., Senior Member of the Corpora- 
 tion of that place, who was six times Mayor, and 
 who formed and commanded the " Devizes Loyal 
 Volunteers," by Sally, daughter of the late Joseph 
 Needham, Esq., M.D., and niece of Henry Need- 
 ham, Esq., a co-partner with his uncle, Robt. 
 Rogers, in the bank of Child and Co. His eldest 
 brother, Samuel, a Lieutenant in the 13th Light 
 Dragoons, was killed in Portugal ; another, Thomas, 
 a Major in the Bengal 9th Native Infantry, died in 
 India. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1796 
 (under the auspices of the late Viscount Sidmouth), 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal George 100, 
 Capt. Wm. Domett, bearing the flag of Lord Brid- 
 port in the Channel; and in April, 1797, was pre- 
 sent in the mutiny at Spithead. Removing, in 
 1799, to the Anson of 46 guns and 327 men, Capt. 
 Philip Chas. Durham, he was occasionally employed 
 in that ship in attendance upon the Royal Family 
 off Weymouth, and was in waiting upon the King 
 in a boat whenever His Majesty went afloat. He 
 assisted also at the capture, 27 April, 1800, of Le 
 Vainqueur letter-of-marque from Bordeaux bound 
 to St. Domingo ; and, two days afterwards, of Le 
 Hardl privateer, of 18 guns and 194 men, in com- 
 pany at the time with Le Braave 36, Le Guepe 18, 
 and Le Druide 36. With ie Braave the Anson had 
 a slight skirmish. On 27 June, 1800, being on her 
 passage with a fleet of transports to Gibraltar and 
 Minorca, she made prize of seven merchant-vessels, 
 protected by the batteries between Tarifa and Al- 
 geciras, and covered by the fire of 25 heavy gun- 
 boats. Two of the latter, each mounting 2 long 18- 
 pounders and 8 smaller guns, with a complement of 
 60 men, she subsequently drove upon a rock near 
 the Moorish coast, where Mr. Tayler, in a boat, 
 assisted in taking possession of one of them— the 
 crew having previously jumped overboard. Before 
 this he had been employed in landing arms at 
 Quimper, and in otherwise afibrding aid to the 
 French royalists. On his return from Minorca he 
 followed Capt. Durham into the Endymion 40 ; 
 and while in that frigate he visited St. Helena and 
 Lisbon, and contributed to the capture, 13 April, 
 1801, of La Furie French cutter-privateer of 14 guns 
 and 64 men. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 
 29 April, 1802 ; and was next appointed — 18 Oct. 
 1803, to the Leopard 50, Capts. Jas. NicoU Morris, 
 Fras. Wm. Austen, and Rich. Raggett — 19 Aug. 
 1806, for a passage home from Halifax, to the 
 Leandek 50, Capt. R. Raggett— 16 March, 1807, to 
 the Maida 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee— in the 
 summer of 1808 (a few months after the latter ship 
 had been paid off), to the Spencer 74, bearing the 
 flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford on the coast of France 
 — 12 April, 1809, for seven months, to the Heroine 
 32, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian— and, 12 June, 
 1810, to the Goldfinch 10, Capt. Arden Adderley. 
 In the Leopard, in which ship he served off Bou- 
 logne until Napoleon Buonaparte surrendered his 
 intention of invading England, Mr. Tayler assisted 
 at the capture of seven French gun-vessels under a 
 smart fire from the enemy's batteries, with which 
 he was at other times often engaged. In 1804 he 
 was present in the celebrated Catamaran expedi- 
 tion. He afterwards, 30 March, 1806, sailed from 
 St. Helen's with six Indiamen, whom the Leopard 
 had been directed to escort to the southward of the 
 Cape de Verde Islands. On their passage out one 
 of the convoy, the Lady Burgess, had the misfor- 
 tune, at 2 A.M., on 20 April, to strike upon Laten's 
 Level, a rocky reef near St. Jago, about 200 feet in 
 length and 6 feet under water ; and at daylight it 
 was perceived from the Leopard's mast-head that 
 her masts were gone, and that the sea was breaking 
 furiously over her. Moved at the distressing spec- 
 tacle Mr. Tayler, vol-unteering his services, hastened 
 at once in a 6-oared cutter to her assistance, fol- 
 lowed by another boat that had been ordered to 
 
 second his exertions. Arrived at the scene of 
 misery, and braving dangers that threatened him 
 with instant destruction, he contrived, by watch- 
 ing the rise of the sea, and repeatedly throwing a 
 block, with the boat's halyards and sheets attached 
 to it, over the stump of the bowsprit, to rescue 
 21 of the sufferers. A tremendous wave at length 
 shivered the ship to atoms, and the remainder 
 of the crew and passengers were precipitated into 
 a still more dreadful surf; and nine only of them 
 were picked up. Including these, however, Mr. 
 Tayler had the satisfaction of saving the lives of 30 
 persons, who but for him must inevitably have 
 perished ; for (and we regret to have to make the 
 statement) the Leopard's other boat, and a cutter 
 belonging to the Lady Burgess, kept the whole time 
 to leeward, and rendered him not the least support. 
 Two of the Indiaman's boats, it should be added, 
 had left her, before Mr. Tayler's advent, with the 
 Captain and several others ; but, with this deduc- 
 tion even, 38 were on the awful occasion lost. 
 While on board the Maida Mr. Tayler accompa- 
 nied in 1807 the expedition sent against Copen- 
 hagen ; during the siege of which place he landed 
 in command of a party of seamen, was employed in 
 a breaching battery, and performed one or two im- 
 portant services. On the day the Danish capital 
 surrendered he had the honour of dining with 
 General Sir David Baird and in company with Sir 
 Arthur Wellesley, now Duke of Wellington ; and 
 on the return of the fleet to England we find him 
 specially employed, as First of the Maida, in dis- 
 masting and clearing the prizes of their valuable 
 stores. When subsequently in the Spencer (which 
 ship he dismantled at Plymouth, as Senior- Lieute- 
 nant, in Jan. 1809) he was sent on shore at Quimper 
 for the purpose of distributing placards relative to 
 the victories gained over the enemy in the Penin- 
 sula. In the Heroine he was present (prior to 
 joining in the attack upon Flushing) at the forcing 
 of the batteries between Flushing and Cadsand, 11 
 Aug. 1809 ; and in the Goldfinch he co-operated 
 for a short time with patriots on the north coast 
 of Spain. On 27 Aug. 1810, at which period he had 
 sailed for the West Indies on promotion in the 
 Spitfire sloop, he was advanced to the command 
 of the Sparrow of 16 guns. In that vessel, which 
 he did not join until 2^Feb. 1811, Capt. Tayler was 
 stationed for several months in the Mona Passage 
 for the suppression of piracy; he was then sent 
 home in company with the Elk brig, and a fleet of 
 merchantmen ; and on his voyage he re-captured a 
 large ship laden with colonial produce. He re- 
 turned afterwards to the north coast of Spain ; 
 where he soon contrived to distinguish himself by 
 a train of gallant and most important services. At 
 first he was engaged in surveying different harbours, 
 particularly those of Socoa and St. Jean de Luz, 
 and in ascertaining the strength of the different 
 French garrisons along the shore of Biscay. In 
 June, 1812, he contributed to the reduction of 
 Lequeytio ; and he assisted next at the destruction 
 of the enemy's fortifications at Bermeo, Plencia, 
 Galea, Algorta, Begona, El Campillo las Quersas, 
 Xehiles, and Castro. At Plencia Capt. Tayler had 
 the immediate superintendence of the operations. 
 In July, 1812, he took part in the attacks upon 
 Puerta Galletta and Guetaria. He twice forced 
 the passage between the castle of St. Ano and Isle 
 Monro, at the entrance of St. Andero Harbour ; he 
 made a reconnaissance of Santona, Guetaria, and 
 Fuenterrabia ; he submitted to Sir Home Popham 
 a plan for surprising the batteries along the Bidas- 
 soa and destroying the bridge of Iruu ; and by the 
 erection of batteries and otherwise he co-operated, 
 in May, 1813, in the defence of Castro. On the 
 fall of the latter place he was intrusted with the 
 duty of superintending the embarkation of the 
 guns and the garrison.* He had been stationed 
 during the preceding winter near Cape Machicao, 
 and had made prize of a French letter-of-marque 
 and a brig— the latter laden with cotton and rice. 
 About this period Capt. Tayler invented some im- 
 • Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1014. 
 
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1162 
 
 TAYLOR. 
 
 proved sights, combining the elevation and line of 
 sight in one focus, and enabling him to throw shells 
 ■with such precision that, at the defence of Castro 
 for instance, two out of every three burst in the 
 French batteries. On the night of 10 June, 1613, 
 the Spakrow, in company with the Cosstant gun- 
 brig, brought off from Lequeytio 1270 officers and 
 men, commanded by Don Miguel Aitola, who at 
 the time was closely pursued by a superior force. 
 In the course of the same month Captain Tayler, 
 being off Castro on the occasion of its evacuation 
 by the French, took possession of the castle ; and 
 on again visiting the coast of Spain, after having 
 conveyed to England Capt. Fremantle, the bearer 
 of Lord Wellington's despatches relative to the 
 battle of Yittoria, he united in the operations 
 against St. Sebastian.* His first performance was 
 the erection of a battery on the lighthouse hill, an 
 enterprise, from the physical obstacles that op- 
 posed him, of surprising difficulty. On 24 July, for 
 the purpose of favouring a disastrous attempt about 
 to be made by the British to take the city by 
 storm, he was directed, with the small vessels of the 
 squadron, to conduct a false attack on the north 
 side of Mount Orgullo, commonly called the hill of 
 St. Sebastian. "While afterwards in the act of 
 levelling a gun at the sailor's breaching battery 
 Capt. Tayler, by the bursting of a shell, was severely 
 contused and lacerated in the forehead, was dan- 
 gerously wounded in the groin, and, among other 
 dreadful injuries, had tlie bones of his left leg so 
 fractured that they protruded through the boot. 
 In this deplorable condition he was conveyed to 
 England and placed, 9 Aug. 1813, in the hospital at 
 Plymouth, where he was for 28 weeks confined to 
 his bed without having it once made up. More 
 than two years, indeed, elapsed before his wounds 
 closed. As some reward, however, for his sufierings 
 and his services he was promoted to Post-rank 16 
 Aug. 1813 ; allowed, 12 Nov. 1814, a pension of 200/., 
 increased, 2 Dec. 1815, to 250Z, per annum ; and 
 nominated a C.B. 8 Deo. 1815. He was also voted 
 by the Patriotic Society the sum of iOOl. ; and pre- 
 sented by the Corporation of Devizes with the 
 freedom of that borough. His last appointment 
 was to the San Josef 110 ; in which ship he served 
 at Plymouth, in charge of the Ordinary, ti'om 4 July, 
 1838, until 10 Aug. 1841. During that period he 
 established on board the San Josef a school for 
 naval gunnery, based upon principles so sound and 
 scientific, that at the end of six months the boys 
 and others who received instruction were considered 
 perfect in the art. He accepted his present rank 
 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 For his conduct while serving as a Midshipman 
 in the Anson Rear-Admiral Tayler was presented 
 with a sword by Capt. Durham. His exertions in 
 the Leopard off Boulogne procured him the ac- 
 knowledgments of Lord Keith ; and the heroisin he 
 displayed on the occasion of the wreck of the Ladp 
 ISwgess gained him, it is scarcely necessary to 
 mention, the thanks of his Captain, Kaggett. He 
 won the approbation of Capt. Linzee for the' manner 
 in which, when First-Lieutenant of the Maida, he 
 dismantled and cleared the Danish ships ; and for 
 his wonderful zeal and activity in the Sparrow on 
 the north coast of Spain he again received the 
 praises of Lord Keith. In 1811, during his passage 
 home from the West Indies, he framed a code of 
 signals, to be made by means of telegraphic shades 
 instead of Jloffs. He invented also a transporting 
 carriage for ships' guns, when landed for field ser- 
 vice. He took out, in 1838, a patent for having 
 discovered a certain method of abating or lessening 
 the shock or force of the waves of the ocean, lakes, 
 or rivers, and of reducing them to the comparatively 
 harmless state known by the term 'broken water,' 
 thereby preventing the injury done to, and in- 
 creasing the durability of, places exposed to the 
 violent action of the waves ; in 1840 he took out a 
 second patent for improvements in steamboats and 
 vessels, making applicable the power of the steam- 
 engine to new and useful purposes of navigation ; 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1533^ 
 
 and in 1843 he took out a further one, in connection 
 with Mr. Wm. Henry Smith, a civil engineer, for 
 improvements in breakwaters, beacons, and sound- 
 alarms, and in landing or transmitting persons over 
 or through strata or obstructions of any nature. 
 The Rear-Admiral, who is the inventor of the 
 floating breakwater proposed to be constructed at 
 Brighton, is at present engaged in preparing for 
 publication a work "On Naval Tactics and Gun- 
 nery." His improvements In gunnery have, as may 
 be inferred from what we have already stated, 
 elicited the repeated thanks of the Board of Admi- 
 ralty. Agents — Hallett and Kobinson. 
 
 TAYLOR. CLIE0T., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Charles Taylor (b) entered the Navy, 19 March, 
 1807, as L.M., on board the Jupiter 50, Capt. Henry 
 Edw. Reginald Baker, under whom he sailed with 
 convoy for the East Indies, and was wrecked as 
 Midshipman during his passage home, on a reef of 
 rocks off Vigo, 10 Deo. 1808. He was then received 
 as a Supernumerary on board the Barfledr 98, 
 flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood ; and he was next, from 
 May, 1809, until transferred in June, 1812, to the 
 Hamadevad 36, Capt. Edw. Chatham, employed 
 in the Mediterranean and on the coasts of Spain, 
 Portugal, and France, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Triumph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, 
 and Ulysses 44, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 D'Auvergne. In the Hamadryad he served for 
 two years and eight months with great activity on 
 the Baltic and Newfoundland stations, and assisted 
 at the capture, 12 Dec. 1813, of the Abigail, a Danish 
 national cutter laden with naval stores. In Aug. 
 1815, at which period he had been for nearly six 
 months employed at Chatham and Portsmouth in 
 the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, he 
 was presented with a commission bearing date 28 
 Feb. in that year. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 TAYLOR. (LiEtJT., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Edward Samuel Taylor entered the Navy, 7 
 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 
 80, Capt. Wm. Lukin ; and on removing with that 
 officer to the Maks 74, was present as Midshipman, 
 25 Sept. in the same year, at the capture off Roche- 
 fort, by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, of four 
 heavy French frigates, two of which, the Gloire 46 
 and Infatigable ii, struck to the Mars. In the 
 latter ship, part of the force employed in the expe- 
 dition of 1807 against Copenhagen, Mr. Taylor con- 
 tinued employed as Master's Mate, on the Baltic 
 station, under Capts. Jas. Katon, John Surman Car- 
 den, and Henry Raper, until sent, in Feb. 1813, to 
 the hospital at Ilaslar. In the following June he 
 was received on board the Cydnus 38, Capt. Fred. 
 Langford, in which frigate he served for a year 
 and nine months, the latter part of the time as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in the Bay of Biscay and West 
 Indies, and took part in the operations connected 
 with the attack upon New Orleans. On his arrival 
 home from the Gulf of Mexico in July, 1815, in the 
 Borer, Capt. Wm. Rawlins, a vessel of which he 
 had been for five months Second Master, he took 
 up a commission bearing date 18 of the preceding 
 Feb. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 TAYLOR. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 James Claude William Neufville Taylor en- 
 tered the Navy in 1831 ; passed his examination 16 
 July, 1838 ; served as Mate in the Excellent gun- 
 nei-y-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, 
 and for about four years in the same capacity in 
 the Ardent steam-sloop, Capt. AVra. Russell, on 
 the South American and African stations; obtained 
 his commission 9 Dec. 1845 ; and since 13 of the 
 same month has been empl(wed at home and in 
 North America and the West Indies in the Scourge 
 steamer of 420 horse-power, Capts. Jas. Crawford 
 Caffin and Henry Edw. Wingrove. 
 
TAYLOR. 
 
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 TAYLOE. (Retired Commander, 1839. p-p., 20; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 John Taylor entered the Navy, 6 Dec. 1794, as 
 L.M., on board the Scorpion gun-grig, Licut.-Com- 
 mander Thos. Crocker, stationed off Jersey, where 
 he removed, in Sept. 1795, to the Bravo 14, Capt. 
 Philip D'Auvergne. In May, 1796, he became Mid- 
 shipman of the Juste 80, Capts. Hon. Thos. Paken- 
 ham and Wm. Hancock Kelly ; the latter of -whom, 
 after having served in the Channel, he followed, in 
 May and June, 1797, into the Veteran 64 and Gib- 
 raltar 80. Of the ship last mentioned, which was 
 stationed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, he 
 was nominated, 29 Aug. 1801, Acting-Lieutenant. 
 In March, 1802, however, he was superseded, and 
 placed, again as Midshipman, on board the Fou- 
 DROTANT 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, with whom he 
 returned shortly afterwards to England, and was 
 paid off. He was employed next, from May, 1803, 
 until June, 1805, in the Channel, and a second time 
 in the Mediterranean, in the Naiad 38, Capt. Jas. 
 Wallis, and as Master's Mate in the Rotal Sove- 
 reign 100, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Bickerton ; 
 he was then transferred to the Donecai, 74, Capt. 
 Pulteney Malcolm ; and in that ship, of which he 
 was created a Lieutenant 2 April, 1806, he con- 
 tinued until March, 1811. He assisted in conse- 
 quence at the capture of JSl Rayo of 100 guns, one 
 of the ships recently defeated at Trafalgar — took 
 part in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806 — 
 escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley's^army from Cork to 
 Portugal in 1808 — witnessed the destruction, 24 Feb. 
 1809, of three French frigates under the batteries 
 of Sable d'Olonne — was present, in the ensuing April, 
 at Lord Coohrane's destruction of the enemy's ship- 
 ping in Basque Roads — and shared in an unsuccessful 
 attempt made by Capt. Chas. Grant of the Diana 
 to destroy the two French frigates Amazone and 
 Eliza, protected by the fire of several strong bat- 
 teries near Cherbourg. The latter affair took place 
 in the afternoon of 15 Nov. 1810 ; during the night 
 Mr. Taylor, then First of the Donegal, was sent 
 with two boats belonging to his own ship and the 
 Revenge 74 to essay the effect of Congreve's rockets 
 on the enemy ; and at daylight on the 16th it was 
 observed that one of the frigates was on her beam- 
 ends and the other aground.* After he left the 
 Donegal, Mr. Taylor was successively appointed 
 Senior— 13 Aug. 1811 and 3 March, 1812, of the 
 EoTAL Oak 74, Capt. P. Malcolm, and Hannibal 
 74, Capts. Sam. Pym and Sir Michael Seymour, both 
 in the Channel— 13 June, 1812, and 13 Nov. 1813, 
 of the Maidstone 36 and Romolus 36, armee-en- 
 flute, Capts. Geo. Burdett and Geo. Wm. Henry 
 Knight, each on the North American station— and, 
 17 May, 1815 (after 14 months of half-pay), of the 
 Falmouth 20, also commanded by Capt. Knight, 
 off Boulogne. Among other services of a similar 
 character, he commanded the boats of the Maid- 
 stone and Spartan frigate at the destruction of 
 the Morning Star and Polly American privateers of 
 1 gun, 4 swivels, and 50 men each, in the Bay of 
 Fundy, 1 Aug. 1812 ; and at the capture, two days 
 afterwards, in the same neighbourhood, of a well- 
 armed custom-house cutter and four merchantmen. 
 He remained in the Falmouth until 1 Nov. 1812; 
 and was placed on the list of Retired Commanders 
 23 July, 1839. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 TAYLOR. (LiEDT., 1821. F-p., 35 ; H-p., 5.) 
 
 Robert Taylor entered the Navy, 24 July, 1807, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Zebra bomb, Capts. 
 Wm. Bowles, Jas. Tillard, Thos. Rich. Toker, and 
 Geo. Barne 'TroUope, attached to the force in the 
 Baltic, where he united, under Capt. Bowles, in 
 Admiral Gambler's attack upon Copenhagen, and 
 came frequently into warm collision with the Danish 
 batteries and flotilla. In Feb. 1809 (he had attained 
 the rating of Midshipman in May, 1808) he removed 
 to the Cerberus 32, Capt. Henry Whitby; and after 
 serving for rather more than two years in the Chan- 
 nel in the Primrose and Wolverene sloops (in the 
 • Vide Gai. 1810, p. 1841. 
 
 latter of which vessels, commanded by Capt. Chas. 
 Julius Kerr, he assisted at the capture, 9 Nov. 1811, 
 of La Courageuse privateer of 14 guns and 70 men), 
 he sailed, in the spring of 1812, for the East Indies 
 in the MiNDEN 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, whom he 
 there followed, in April, 1813, into the Illustrious 
 74. He was afterwards, from Feb. 1814 until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Jan. 1821, em- 
 ployed on the Home, South American, and Medi- 
 terranean stations, in the Cadmus 10, Capts. Evans 
 and John Gedge, Albion and Bulwark 74's, flag- 
 ship of Sir Chas. Rowley, Northumberland 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Walker, Speedwell Eevenue-oruizer, 
 Lieut.-Commander JohnMundell, andVENGEUR 74, 
 Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland. While serving in the 
 Cadmus he was for a short tune Acting-Lieutenant ; 
 in the other ships he performed the duties of Mate 
 and Admiralty Midshipman. His appointments since 
 his promotion have been— 26 Nov. 1823 and 5 March, 
 1825, as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 74 and 
 Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. 
 M'CuUooh and Wm. Jas. Mingaye, under whose 
 orders he remained for about six years— 11 June, 
 1833, to the command, for three years, of the Vic- 
 torine Revenue cruizer — and, 25 June, 1835, to the 
 Coast Guard, in which service, with the exception 
 of a few months in 1838-9, he has been ever since 
 employed. 
 
 TAYLOR. (LxECT., 1830. f-p., 30; h-p., 7.) 
 
 Walker Taylor, bom 8 March, 1798, is third 
 son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Taylor. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 June, 1810, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Webley Parry, in which ship, and the Hi- 
 BERNIA 120, each bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, 
 he served for about 12 months in the Mediterranean. 
 He removed then to the Mosquito 18, Capt. Jas. 
 Tomkinson, in the North Sea; he was employed 
 next as Midshipman, from Feb. 1813 until Nov. 
 1816, off Flushing and Cherbourg, and in the East 
 and West Indies, in the Dannemark 74, Capt. 
 Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, Minden 74 and Ma- 
 lacca 36, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Hen- 
 derson, 'Tay 26, Capt. Sam. Roberts, and Sabine 
 sloop, Capt. Campbell. In Aug. 1818, a few months 
 after he had passed his examination, he was re- 
 ceived on board the Salisbury 58, flag-ship of 
 RearrAdmirals Donald Campbell and Wm. Chas. 
 Fahie, in the West Indies, whence he returned to 
 England in Sept. 1821. He was afterwards em- 
 ployed as Midshipman and Admiralty Mate— from 
 Oct. 1821 until Aug. 1826, in the Niemen 28, Capt. 
 Edw. Reynolds Sibly, Doterel 18, Capt. Rich. 
 Hoare, and Jupiter 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Willoughby Thos. Lake, all on the Halifax station 
 —from Jan. until March, 1827, in the Redwing 18, 
 Capt. Douglas Chas. Clavering, lying at Portsmouth 
 — and from the latter date until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 14 June, 1830, again on the 
 coast of North America, in the Hussar 46, flag-ship 
 of Sir Chas. Ogle, and Winchester 52, Capt. Chas. 
 John Austen. He was then appointed to the Harpy 
 10, Capt. Joseph Pafford Dickson Larcom, on his 
 former station the West Indies, where he remained 
 until the spring of 1831. He has been in charge of 
 a station in the Coast Guard since 22 June, 1836. 
 
 Lieut. Taylor married, 26 June, 1834, Elizabeth, 
 third daughter of the late Capt. Rich. Pellowe, R.N. 
 (1802), by whom he has issue two sons. 
 
 TAYLOR. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 28 ; h-p., 9.) 
 
 William Norton Taylor, bom 24 Oct. 1798, at 
 
 Flushing, near Falmouth, is son of the late Capt. 
 
 Andrew Bracey Taylor, R.N. ;* and nephew of the 
 
 * The following is the copy of a certificate hearing the sig- 
 nature of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Hen. Knowles, and lodged 
 at the Admiralty, respecting the services of Capt A. B, Taylo?, 
 when a Lieutenant : — " These are to certify the Right Hon. 
 Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that Lieut. Andrew 
 Bracey Taylor commanded his Majesty's gun-boat the Van- 
 OUARD at Gibraltar, a vessel of 24 6-pounders and 2 12- 
 pounders, advanced off the new mole-nead to prevent the 
 enemy's gun and mortar boats fVom annoying the garrison 
 
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 TEED— TEEK. 
 
 late Admiral Robt. Devereux Fanoourt (1825), who 
 commanded the Agamemnon 64 ia the expedition 
 against Copenliagen in 1801. His grandfather and 
 great-grandfather were also in the service. 
 
 Tliis officer (who had previously cruized in the 
 North Sea in the Amaranthe 18, Capt. Edw. Pelham 
 Brenton, and Havock gun-brig, and had witnessed 
 in the former vessel the fall of Copenhagen in 1807) 
 entered the Navy, 16 March, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., 
 onboard the Venus 32, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford. 
 In her he served off the coasts of Spain and Por- 
 tugal, and again in the North Sea, until the follow- 
 ing Dec, when he removed with the same Captain 
 to the Hussak 38. In the course of the ensuing 
 month he joined the St. George 98 ; and in that 
 ship, which bore the flag of Kear-Admiral Robt. 
 Carthew Reynolds, he continued employed as Mid- 
 shipman in the Baltic, occasionally in action with 
 the Danish gun-boats, until within a few weeks of 
 the dreadful gale which terminated the existence 
 of nearly all on board. In Dec. 1811 he entered 
 the Royal Naval College; and after studying for 
 upwards of two years and four months at that insti- 
 tution, he again, 24 April, 1814, embarked on board 
 the Bellerophon 74, in which ship, and the Salis- 
 BURV 50, bearing each the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats, he served at Newfoundland until Dec. 1815. 
 He then joined the WrE 28, Capt. John Harper, on 
 the Halifax station, where he was transferred in 
 succession, 15 Dec. 1818 and 6 Jan. 1822, to the 
 Newcastle 50, fiag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Col- 
 poys, and Niemen 28, Capt. Edw. Reynolds Sibly, 
 and was nominated, 13 Jan. 1823, Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Argus 18, Capts. Septimus Arabin and John 
 Burnet Dundas. He was confirmed to the latter 
 vessel 22 March following ; was paid off from her 
 in Nov. 1824 ; and was subsequently appointed — 18 
 June, 1825, to the Ptramus 42, Capts. Robt. Gam- 
 bier and Geo. Rose Sartorius, with whom he served, 
 the latter part of the time as First-Lieutenant, 
 until Sept. 1828 — 18 June, 1830, In the capacity last 
 mentioned, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Rich. Dickin- 
 son, fitting for the Cape station, whence he returned 
 in May, 1834— and, 13 May, 1840, as Senior, to the 
 Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell. While attached 
 to the Ptramus Mr. Taylor shared in a variety of 
 particular services, visited different parts of the 
 globe, and commanded for some time the Lyra 
 tender of 10 guns, in the river Tagus. On being 
 paid off he was presented by Capt. Sartorius with 
 a certificate, from which the following is an ex- 
 tract ; — " Lieut. Taylor has displayed a knowledge 
 of his profession, a zeal and activity most credit- 
 able to himself and beneficial to H.M. service, and 
 I have a very sincere pleasure in giving this testi- 
 mony to the character of a very meritorious young 
 officer." Notwithstanding this, and all that his 
 Captain could do for him, he had the mortification 
 to be passed over, while the Second and Fourth 
 Lieutenants obtained promotion, and the Third was 
 placed in a position to ensure it. On the occasion 
 of the Talbot being put out of commission, Mr. 
 Taylor received from Capt. Dickinson a letter glow- 
 ing with expressions of the most animated friend- 
 ship, accompanied by a snuff-box, intended as a 
 "small mark of the esteem and regard" enter- 
 tained for him b^ his Commander. In the Rodney 
 we find him participating in the operations on the 
 coast of Syria, and present at the blockacle of Alex- 
 andria, 'where he was in attendance upon Com- 
 modore Napier and Capt. Maunsell at the confer- 
 
 and shipping, from 20 April, 1781 , till sunk in the new mole, 
 by order, prior to the grand attack ; from which time he was 
 Second-Lieutenant of the Brilliant, and encamped at Eu- 
 ropa Point until 19 Oct. following. I then appointed him 
 Second- Lieutenant of the San Miouel, until promoted to 
 First- Lieutenant by Sir Roger Curtis, Kt., on 1 1 March, 1783 ; 
 and I do further certify that he has behaved himself under 
 my command as an attentive, active, diligent, gallant, good 
 officer, and has ever acquitted himself with great credit during 
 a long and dangerous service at Gibraltar. I therefore beg 
 leave particularly to recommend him to your Lordships' 
 notice.* Capt. Taylor afterwards circumnavigated the globe 
 with Portlock, Colnett, and others, in the capacity of hydro- 
 grapher anfl liiatorian. He died in the West Indies in 1800. 
 
 ences which terminated in the convention with 
 Mehemet Ali. He was at length, on the birth of 
 the Prince of Wales, promoted, 23 Nov. 1841, to 
 the rank of Commander. His last appointment was 
 to the Coast Guard, in which he served from 8 
 April, 1843, until April, 1848. 
 
 Commander Taylor married, 27 Oct. 1835, Char- 
 lotte, only child of Robt. Leeder, Esq., of Taxford, 
 CO. Suffolk, formerly of East Dereham, and of the 
 Grove, Walsingham, co. Norfolk. By that lady he 
 has issue two sons and two daughters. 
 
 TEED. (Ketiked Commander, 1848. r-p., 19 ; 
 H-p., 27.) 
 Richard Manston Teed entered the Navy, 2 
 March, 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Defiance 
 74, Capt. Rich. Retalick, bearing the flag in the 
 Baltic of Sir Thos. Graves, with whom he continued 
 to serve in the North Sea in the Polyphemus 64 
 and, as Midshipman, in the Monarch 74, until 
 May, 1802. He next, in March, 1803, joined the 
 Plantagenet 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, on 
 the Channel station, where he was again, from the 
 following Oct. until Dec. 1805, employed under Sir 
 Thos. Graves in the Foudroyant 80, and, from the 
 latter date until Jan. 1808, in the Penelope 36, 
 Capts. Wm. Robt. Broughton and John Dick. On 
 12 July, 1809, at which period he had been for 18 
 months serving in the Baltic in the Centaur 74 
 and Victory 100, flag-ships of Sir Sam. Hood and 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez, he was nominated Acting-Lieit- 
 tenant of the Implacable 74, Capt. Thos. Byam 
 Martin. He was confirmed to that ship 18 Sept. 
 foUovring, and was subsequently appointed — 18 Jan. 
 1810, to the C2ESAR 80, Capts. Chas. Richardson 
 and Wm. Granger, on the coast of Portugal — 13 
 May, 1811, and 13 Oct. 1813, to the Rapid 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Mather, and Eridanus 36, Capts. Henry Prcs- 
 cott and Wm. Paterson, in the Channel and on the 
 coast of Africa — 8 Oct. 1816, after a year of half- 
 pay, to the Malta 84, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, 
 lying at Plymouth — 5 June, 1818 (he had left the 
 Malta in March, 1817), to the Ramillies 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Boys, at the same port — 17 Nov. and 7 Dec. 
 ensuing, to the Tonnant 80 and Windsor Castle 
 74, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild and Chas. Dash- 
 wood, with whom he served for about three years 
 at Cork and again at Plymouth — and, 23 Aug. 1823, 
 to the Victor 18, Capts. Thos. Prickett and Geo. 
 Woolcombe, fitting for the coast of Africa, whence 
 he returned to England early in 1825. He was 
 placed upon the list of Retired Commanders 9 Nov. 
 1848. 
 
 TEEK. (Lieut., 1823. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 25.) 
 Francis Teek was bom 2 Sept. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt. Donald 
 M'Leod ; in which ship and the Antelope 50 he 
 served at Newfoundland under the flags of Vice- 
 Admirals John HoUoway and Sir John Thos. Duck- 
 worth until the autumn of 1810, when he returned 
 to England in the Jamaica 24, Capt. Arthur Ly- 
 Baght. He was next, from Nov. in the latter year 
 until March, 1815, employed in the Ethalion 36, 
 Capts. Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobbie, on 
 the Baltic and Irish stations; and he was often 
 during that period engaged in cutting out the 
 enemy's vessels in the Gulfs of Finland and 
 Bothnia. Having passed his examination 6 Feb. 
 1814, he served afterwards, generally in charge of 
 a watch— from 8 July, 1815, until 29 June, 1819, in 
 the Edrotas 38 and Forth 40, Capts. Jas. Lilli- 
 crap and Sir John Louis, in the Mediterranean and 
 on the coast of North America — from 13 Aug. 
 1819 until 15 Nov. 1821, in the Superb 74 and 
 Creole 42, bearing each the broad pendant of Sir 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy in South America— and, 
 from Nov. 1822 until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 19 July, 1823, again in the Superb, com- 
 manded at Plymouth by Capt. Adam Mackenzie. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
TEMPLE— TEMPLEM AN. 
 
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 TEMPLE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Charles Henky Vekelett Temple entered the 
 Navy 12 Nov. 1830 ; passed his examination 4 Feb. 
 1838 ; and took part, as Mate of the "Welleslev 72, 
 Capt. Thos. Maitland, in the operations on the 
 coast of China. At the period of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, which toolc place 30 Deo. 
 1842, he was serving at Plymouth in the Cale- 
 DOKIA 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne. From 29 
 April, 1843, until paid off at the close of 1847, he 
 was employed on the East India station in the 
 Castor 36, Capt. Chas. Graham. Agents— Messrs. 
 Ommanney. 
 
 TEMPLE. (Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 1847.') 
 Frahcis Temple was educated at the Koyal 
 Naval College, and embarked, in 1786, as Midship- 
 man, on board the Thisbe 28, Capts. Isaac Coffin 
 and Sam. Hood. In that ship, in the Salisbury 
 50, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Milbanke, and 
 in the Chakon 44, Capt. Edm. Dodd, he was em- 
 ployed on the coasts of North America and Africa 
 until made Lieutenant, 8 Oct. 1793, into the Ke- 
 CODRSB, Capts. Thos. Hamilton and Jas. Koss, on 
 the West India station, whence he invalided in 
 1794. During the remainder of the war he served 
 at Spithead, at Halifax, and in the Channel and 
 Mediterranean, in the Prince 98, Capt. Parry, 
 BoNETTA sloop, Capts. Jas. Wemyss and John Tre- 
 mayne Kodd, Kesoldtion 74, flag-ship of Kear- 
 Admiral Murray, Jdste 80, Capts. Wm. Hancock 
 Kelly and Thos. Pakenham, Princess Koyal 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Orde, and Nymphe 36, 
 Capts. Percy Fraser and Jas. Douglas. He joined 
 next, 1 Nov. 1802, the Loire 38, Capt. Fred. Lewis 
 Maitland ; and on the night of 27 June, 1803, he 
 boarded and carried, with two of the boats belong- 
 ing to that frigate, Le Venteux, a French national 
 brig mounting 4 long 18-pounders and 6 36-pounder 
 brass carronades, with a complement of 82 men. 
 This, one of those brilliant exploits which, in the 
 words of Capt. Maitland, add lustre to the British 
 arms, was^achieved after a desperate conflict of 10 
 minutes, fought under the batteries of He de Bas, 
 in the course whereof the enemy sustained a loss of 
 3 men killed and 13 wounded, and the British of 6 
 wounded. As a reward for his valorous conduct 
 Mr. Temple was promoted, 4 July following, to the 
 command of the Tartarus bomb, off Boulogne, and 
 was presented by the Patriotic Society with a sword 
 valued at 501, He removed, we believe, in June, 
 1804, to the Hound bomb ; served, from 16 Dec. in 
 the same year until 21 Sept. 1805, as Acting-Captain 
 and Captain (commission dated 12 March, 1805) in 
 the Theseus 74, in the "West Indies ; and held com- 
 mand, from Aug. 1812 until Feb. 1813, of the Ar- 
 MIDE 38, in the Channel. He was placed on the 
 Ketired List of Rear- Admirals 10 Jan. 1837; was 
 transferred to the Active List 17 Aug. 1840; and 
 advanced to his present rank 21 Deo. 1847. 
 
 Vice-Admiral Temple married, in 1815, Susan, 
 youngest daughter of the late Geo. "Warren, Esij., 
 of Penpool, CO. Cornwall, and has issue. 
 
 TEMPLE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henry Temple is son of Jas. Temple, Esq., late 
 proprietor and conductor of an eminent educa- 
 tional establishment at St. Margarets, co. Kent. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 19 Sept. 1828; 
 passed his examination 18 Sept. 1834 ; served for 
 some time as Mate in the Racer 16, Capt. Thos. 
 Harvey, and "Winchester 50, Capt. Thos. "Wren 
 Carter, on the North America and "West India sta- 
 tion ; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant , 
 23 Nov. 1841. His next appointments were — 10 
 March, 1842, and 23 April, 1844, to the Queen 110 
 and Formidable 84, flag-ships of Sir Edw. "W. C. 
 It. Oweu in the Mediterranean, whence he returned 
 at the close of 1845 — 14 Feb. 1846, as Senior, to the 
 Ferret 8, Capt. Geo. Sprigg, fitting for the coast 
 of Africa— and 20 July following, to the Act.s:on ,L 
 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, with whom he served on the 
 
 station last named as Second and First Lieutenant 
 until paid off on his return to England in 1848. 
 
 TEMPLE. (Lieut., 1814. f.p.,10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Henry Edward Tempi,e, bom 6 Aug. 1792, is 
 son of Henry Temple, Esq., of Chapel Street, Gros- 
 venor Square. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 July, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dictator 64, Capt. Jas. 
 Macnamara, under whom he was for more than six 
 years employed, the greater part of the time in the 
 capacities of Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the 
 same ship and in the Edgar and Berwick 74's, on 
 the North Sea and Baltic stations. "While attached 
 to the Edgar he saw much boat-service,' and had 
 command, in Aug. 1808, of a gun-boat at the em- 
 barkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish General 
 the Marquis de la Romana and his patriot army ; 
 whom, on being transferred to a prize taken on the 
 occasion, he assisted in conveying as far as Gotten- 
 borg. In the Berwick, in which ship he continued 
 to serve under Capts. Sir Robt. Laurie and Edw. 
 Brace until he invalided home in Feb. 1813 on hoard 
 the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington, he was pre- 
 sent, 25 March, 1811, at the self-destruction, near 
 Cherbourg, of the French 40-gun frigate IJ Amazone. 
 In June, 1813, at the recommendation of Capt. 
 Macnamara, he was received by Capt. John Philli- 
 more on board the Eurotas of 46 guns and 320 
 men ; and in that ship, after witnessing the capture 
 of La Trave French frigate, he took part, 25 Feb. 
 1814, in a destructive action of two hours and ten 
 minutes with La Clofi7ide, mounting 44 guns and 
 12 brass swivels, with a complement of 360 picked 
 men, of whom 120 were killed and wounded, with 
 a loss to the British of 20 slain and 40 wounded. 
 Although the junior passed Midshipman present 
 was at once advanced to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 Mr. Temple, who was the senior one,* was sent on 
 promotion to the West Indies; where (a few weeks 
 after he had joined the Shark sloop, bearing the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown at Port-Royal, 
 Jamaica) he was nominated, 26 July in the same 
 year, Acting-Lieutenant of the Sapphire, Capt. 
 Adam Brown. He was confirmed to that vessel 26 
 Sept. following, and remained in her until paid off 
 in Sept. 1815. He has not been since afloat. It 
 may be added that while serving in the Eurotas, 
 he boarded in a boat manned with volunteers and 
 retook, during a gale of wind, the Avon West India- 
 man, a prize to the True-blooded Yankee American 
 privateer, and in the act at the time of going into 
 Ushant. He was sent with his trophy to Plymouth. 
 On another occasion the Eurotas chased three 
 French frigates a distance of 4.50 miles. 
 
 TEMPLEM AN. (Lieutenant, 1809. f-p., 16; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 John Weare Templeman entered the Navy, in 
 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 
 74, Captain, afterwards Rear-Admiral, Hon. Robt. 
 Stopford, with whom he continued to serve, in the 
 same ship, and in the C^sar 80, until the summer 
 of 1809. In the Spencer he visited Ferrol with 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, accompanied Lord Nelson to the 
 West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined 
 fleets of France and Spain, fought in the action off 
 St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, made a voyage to the Cape 
 of Good Hope, and took part in the operations of 
 1807 against Copenhagen. In the course of 1809 we 
 find him, in the C^sar, present at the destruction 
 of three French frigates beneath the batteries of 
 Sable d'Olonne, at the attack made by Lord 
 Cochrane on the shipping in Aix Roads, and, under 
 Capt. Chas. Richardson, at the capture of Flushing. 
 On his return from the Walcheren he was made 
 Lieutenant, 4 Nov. 1809, into the Scipion 74, 
 Capt. John Quilliam, lying at Plymouth. In that 
 ship he remained but a few weeks. He was after- 
 wards employed for some months at the Cape of 
 Good Hope in the Act^eon brig and Boadicea 
 frigate, both commanded by Lord Viscount Neville ; 
 • He had passed his examination 16 Sept. 1811. 
 
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 TENNANT— THELWALL— THERRY— THICKNESSE. 
 
 and, from 18U until 1819 in the Orlando 36, Capt. 
 John Clavell, on the Mediterranean, North Ame- 
 rican, and East India stations. He has since been 
 on half-pay, 
 
 TENNANT. (Commandee, 1842.) 
 
 Charles Edmund Tennawt entered the Navy 
 21 Aug. 1824; passed his examination in 1830; and 
 obtained his first commission 19 April, 1832. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 21 Sept. 1833, to 
 the Andkomache 28, Capts. Bernard Yeoman and 
 Henry Ducie Chads, fitting for the East Indies, 
 whence he returned in 1835—7 June, 1836, to the 
 Imogene 26, Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, in wliioh 
 ship he served for upwards of three years in South 
 America— and, 27 May, 1841, to the Coknwallis 
 72, as Flag-Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. 
 Parker, whom he accompanied to the coast of 
 China. While there he was in attendance upon his 
 gallant chief on every occasion of service, and dis- 
 played the most praiseworthy zeal. He assisted at 
 the capture of Amoy, gained the highest approba- 
 tion for his conduct at the reduction of Chinghae, 
 was mentioned in the despatches of Sir Hugh 
 Gough for his spirited behaviour in the attack upon 
 the enemy's entrenched camp upon the heights of 
 Segoan, landed at taking of Chapoo and Woosung, 
 and took a prominent part in an attack made upon 
 some Tartar troops who held out in the city of 
 Chin-Kiang-Foo.* He was advanced in conse- 
 quence to the rank of Commander 16 Sept. 1842, but 
 has not been since employed. 
 
 THELWALL. (Eetiked Commander, 1844. 
 F-p., 12; H-p., 38.) 
 
 Bevis Theiwall is fourth and youngest son of 
 the Kev. Edw. Thelwall, of Llanbedr, co. Denbigh, 
 by Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John 
 Baldwyn, of Hoole, oo. Chester, and of Harrock, 
 CO. Lancaster. His family is one of the oldest, of 
 English extraction, in North Wales. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Racoon sloop, Capt. 
 Robt. Lloyd, stationed in the Downs, where he 
 assisted as Midshipman at the capture of several 
 of the enemy's privateers. After serving for a few 
 months with Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget in the Pene- 
 lope 36, in which frigate he escorted Lord and 
 Lady Hugh Seymour to Madeira, he followed that 
 officer, in the spring of 1799, into the Bhilliant 
 28. During the nest two years he was employed, 
 latterly under Capt. Hon. Philip Wodehouse, in 
 cruizing among the Western Isles, on the banks of 
 Newfoundland, and off the coast of Portugal. In 
 Aug. 1800 he was present at the cutting-out, from 
 Vigo Bay, of La Guepe French privateer of 18 
 guns and 161 men. He again, in April, 1801, joined 
 Capt. Paget, as Master's Mate, a rating he had al- 
 ready attained, on board the Hydra 38, and (with 
 the exception of a few months during which the 
 Hvdra was commanded by Capt. Geo. Mundy) he 
 continued to serve with him in the same ship and 
 in the Endymion 40, on the Lisbon, Mediterranean, 
 and Home stations until July, 1806. In the Hydra 
 he was for some time in attendance upon Geo. IH. 
 off Weymouth; and in the Endymion he contri- 
 buted to the capture of La Bacchante corvette of 
 18 guns (pierced for 22) and 200 men, V Adour 
 store-ship, pierced for 20 guns, Le General Moreau 
 privateer of 16 guns and 85 men, several richly- 
 laden Spanish merchantmen, and Xa Colombe 
 French corvette of 16 guns. In Oct. 1806 (he had 
 been for some time Acting-Lieutenant of the En- 
 dymion) he obtained charge of a watch on board 
 the FoRTUNEE 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart, on the 
 Channel station ; where he was made Lieutenant, 
 25_ Aug. 1807, into the Achille 74, Capt. Sir Rich. 
 King. He left that ship in July, 1808 ; and was 
 lastly, from May, 1809, until he invalided in Feb. 
 1810 from the effects of Waloheren fever, employed 
 in the Venerable 74, Capt. Andrew King, under 
 whom he took part in the various operations con- 
 
 * Vide Gaz, 1842, pp. 396, 2386, 2391, 3399, 3400, 3403, 
 3405, 3694. ' » » > » 
 
 neoted with the expedition to the Scheldt. He 
 accepted the rank he now holds 11 Jan. 1844. 
 
 Commander Thelwall married Mary Elizabeth, 
 second daughter of Lewis Buckle, Esq., of Rogate 
 Lodge, CO. Sussex, by whom he has issue four sons 
 and one daughter. His youngest son, EnbuU 
 Daysh Thelwall, is a Second-Lieutenant R.M. 
 (1848.) 
 
 THEREY. (LiEHTENANT, 182G.) 
 
 Bryan Keating Therrt entered the Navy 17 
 July, 1811; and was made Lieutenant, 26 June, 
 1826, into the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. John Leith, 
 on the West India station, whence he returned to 
 England with the Duke of Manchester, late Go- 
 vernor of Jamaica, and was paid off in Sept. 1827. 
 He has not been since employed. 
 
 THICKNESSE. (Eetibed Captain, 1840. 
 r-p., 18 ; H-p., 48.) 
 
 John Thicknesse died 5 Aug. 1846. He was son 
 (by his third wife, the on]^ child of Mr. Ford, 
 Clerk of the Arraigns, and niece of Gilbert Ford, 
 Esq., Attorney-General for the island of Jamaica) 
 of Capt. PMhp Thicknesse, Lieutenant-Governor 
 of Languard Fort, author of several well-known lite- 
 rary productions, and father, by a former marriage, 
 of George, 18th Lord Audley. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Nov. 1781, 
 as Captain's Servant, on board the Flora frigate, 
 Capt. Sam. Marshall, employed in the Channel 
 and also in the West Indies, whence he returned 
 to England and was paid off in 1783. He served 
 next as Midshipman on the Home and West India 
 stations, from July, 1790, until March, 1795, in 
 the Windsor".Castle 98, flag-ship of Kear-Admi- 
 ral Herbert Sawyer, Hannibal 74, Capt. John 
 Colpoys, Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. Car- 
 penter, and EuROPA 50, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Ford. On 18 of the month last mentioned 
 he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Scor- 
 pion sloop, Capt. Thos. Western ; he was confirmed 
 to that vessel 26 May following ; and he was next 
 appointed, still in the West Indies— 27 Dec. 1795, 
 to his former ship the Hannibal, Capts. Joseph 
 Bingham, Louis, and Edw. Tyrrell Smith — 1 1 Aug. 
 1797 and 16 March, 1798, to the command of the 
 Charlotte brig and Charloite schooner — and 
 16 Nov. 1798, to the Queen 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 Hyde Parker. From 11 Nov. 1799 ;until 16 July, 
 1801, he served as Acting-Commander and Com- 
 mander (commission dated 29 Jan. 1800) in the 
 Pelican sloop, in the West Indies and on the coast 
 of France; he commanded for a short time in 
 1804 the Lady Melville armed ship, in the Chan- 
 nel ; and on 5 March and 21 April, 1806, he was 
 appointed to the Hecla bomb and Sheldrake 16. 
 On 12 Oct. in the latter year he was present in an 
 action of an hour and a quarter, fought in the Bay 
 of Erqui, between a British squadron, consisting, 
 with the Sheldrake, of the Constance 22, Stre- 
 nuous gun-brig, and Britannia cutter, on the one 
 side, and a French force, comprised, on the other, 
 of the Salamandre of 26 guns and 80 men,* a 2-gun 
 battery planted on a hill, and one or two field- 
 pieces, together with a few troops on the beach ; 
 the result whereof was the surrender of the enemy's 
 ship after a loss to herself of about 29 men killed, 
 independently of several wounded, and, to the Bri- 
 tish, of 10 killed and 23 wounded. The prize went 
 on shore almost immediately afterwards, and was 
 set on fire and destroyed by her captors, 38 of 
 whom, in vainly endeavouring to. get her off, were 
 made prisoners. Capt. Alex. Saunderson Burrowes 
 of the CoNSTANCEt having been killed during the 
 height of the conflict, the command of the squadron 
 had devolved upon Capt. Thicknesse. He con- 
 
 • Tile official account says 150 men. — Vide Gaz. 1806, 
 p. 1363. 
 
 t Two hours after the Salamandre had )haii1ed down her 
 colours a shot from the French batteries cut the cables of the 
 Constance, who in consequence drifted on shore, and was 
 subsequently taken by the French into St. Haloes and re- 
 paired for sea. 
 
THOMAS. 
 
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 tinued employed in the Sheldrake on the Baltic 
 station until July, 1810. He did not again go 
 afloat. He was placed on the list of Retired Cap- 
 tains 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 Capt. 'Chicknesse married, 14 May, 1800, Sarah 
 Augusta, only daughter of the late Angus Fraser, 
 Esq., of the Royal Invalids, quartered in Plymouth 
 citadel. 
 
 THOMAS. (Commander, 1814. :e-F., 21 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Abel Wantnek Thomas entered the Navy, 15 
 July, 1793, as Midshipman, on hoard the Argo 44, 
 Capt. Wm. Clark, whom, after cruizing in the 
 North Sea, Baltic, and Atlantic, he followed, in 
 Jan. and March, 1795, into the Sampson 64 and 
 Victorious 74. In the latter ship he assisted at 
 the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, and was 
 in company, 9 Sept. 1796, with the Arrogant 74, in 
 an action of nearly four hours, fought off Sumatra, 
 with six heavy French frigates under M. Sercey, 
 which terminated in the separation of the com- 
 batants, after each had been well crippled, and the 
 ViCTORions occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 
 57, including her Captain, wounded. In May, 1800, 
 Mr. Thomas, who was still in the East Indies, re- 
 moved to the Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Vice- 
 Admiral Peter Rainier. On 6 July following he 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Orpheds 
 frigate, Capt. Kobt. Evans ; he performed the 
 duties next, of Senior Lieutenant, from Nov. 1800 
 until Oct. 1801, in the Ba helm andel, Capt. Austin 
 Bissell, employed in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf ; 
 and he then went back in a similar capacity to the 
 Orpheus, commanded at the time by Capt. Chas. 
 Elphinstone. In that ship, to which he was con- 
 firmed 18 Oct. 1802, he made a voyage to China 
 and visited the Philippine Islands. Quitting her in 
 May, 1803, he was appointed, 13 July following, to 
 the command of the Grappler gun-brig ; which 
 vessel, on 31 Dec. in the same year, took the 
 ground on the lies de Chausey, after sustaining a 
 desperate conflict with an overwhelming force sent 
 from Granville to effect her capture, and was there 
 taken possession of by the enemy and destroyed. 
 So distinguished was the bravery displayed on the 
 occasion by the officers and crew that, on being 
 taken to Verdun, the former, by the command of 
 Napoleon Buonaparte, had their swords returned 
 to them. Mr. Thomas himself was so severely 
 wounded in the lip, tongue, and throat, that he. was 
 ultimately presented with an honorary reward by 
 the Patriotic Society and allotted, 2 Dec. 1815, a 
 pension of 150Z. per annum. On his return to Eng- 
 land at the peace he was promoted, 15 June, 1814, 
 to the rank of Commander. He has since been on 
 half-pay. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 THOMAS. (Keab-Admiral, 1846. t-f., 15; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Frederick Jennings Thomas, bom in April, 
 1787, in the New Forest, co. Hants, is second and 
 youngest son of the late Sir John Thomas, Bart., of 
 Wenvoe Castle, co. Glamorgan, by Mary, daughter 
 of John Parker, Esq., of Hasfield Court, co. Glou- 
 cester ; and uncle of the present Sir Edmond Ste- 
 phen Thomas, Bart., an officer in the Army. 
 
 This oflioer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Boston 32, Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas ; with whom he continued to serve 
 on the American and West India stations, as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, until Aug. 1803. 
 During that period he proved a volunteer on every 
 occasion that involved difficulty or danger ; and in 
 one instance, while conducting a valuable prize to 
 Bermuda, his coolness, intrepidity, and promptitude 
 had the effect of thwarting a plan laid by the pri- 
 soners, who were greatly superior to the British, for 
 re-taking the vessel. Joining, in Sept. 1803, the 
 Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. 
 Calder, he took part in that ship in the action 
 fought, 22 July, 1805, with the combined fleets of 
 France and Spain off Cape Finisterre. He was 
 nominated, 19 Sept. following, Acting-Lieutenant 
 
 of the Spaktiate 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey ; and 
 on 21 Oct. in the same year he shared in the glories 
 of Trafalgar. His appointment to the Spartiate 
 being confirmed 14 Feb. 1806, he continued employed 
 in her, off Rochefort and in the Mediterranean 
 (where he assisted at the blockade of Toulon, con- 
 tributed to the defence of Sicily, and partook of a 
 variety of operations on the coast of Italy), until 
 Nov. 1809. In the course of the ensuing month he 
 joined the Antelope 50, bearing the flag of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth ; under whom we find him shortly 
 afterwards proceeding, with his Britannic Majesty's 
 Ambassador, to Cadiz. On his arrival there he 
 succeeded, although the French army had sur- 
 rounded the city, in procuring information relative 
 to their movements in the interior of Andalusia, 
 which proved of advantage to the interests of 
 Spain, and was by him forwarded to the British 
 government. He also, at imminent hazard, made 
 a survey of the enemy's lines and fortifications ; 
 and this, with a description of their naval position 
 and forces, and the soundings they occupied, he 
 communicated in a chart to the First Lord of the 
 Admiralty, Lord Mulgrave, whose thanks he ob- 
 tained in return. Continuing (with the exception 
 of a few months in 1810, during which he was First- 
 Lieutenant of, and equipped for foreign service, the 
 Nekeus 36, Capt. Peter Heywood) at Cadiz, Mr. 
 Thomas was enabled, through resources peculiarly 
 his own, to furnish government with the first infor- 
 mation of the enemy's intention of attacking the 
 valuable fortresses of Tarifa and Ceuta. While 
 successfully engaged with a detachment of armed 
 vessels under his orders in counteracting their pro- 
 jected enterprises by water, he boarded and, after a 
 desperate resistance, retook, two valuable Spanish 
 ships, which had been beguiled by the French 
 under their batteries. In towing these from the 
 shore he was for four hours exposed to a galling 
 fire. He was subsequently presented with the 
 thanks of the merchants of Cadiz in a gold box for 
 his " energy and personal risk in defence of the 
 trade." . Although surrounded for many weeks by 
 hardships, which materially injured his health, Mr. 
 Thomas, by his unexampled vigilance, prevented a 
 junction between the enemy's land and sea forces. 
 In his determination, indeed, to effect this object he 
 resolutely maintained the station he had taken up 
 throughout two tremendous gales, during which 
 several vessels, of the same class as the one he 
 commanded, foundered alongside. In an unsuc- 
 cessful attack made in Oct. 1810 by the troops 
 under Lord Blayney, supported by part of the 
 flotilla, on the castle of Frangerola, the gun-boat he 
 was in was sunk after an action of two hours, and 
 he himself wounded. Nevertheless he landed and 
 remained with the army, still engaged with the 
 enemy, until obliged to repair on board the Ram- 
 bler, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Robt. Hall, who conferred upon him a high eulo- 
 gium and gave him up the temporary command. 
 He' remained therefore on deck, and in action, until 
 the orders he had received were fulfilled ; and for 
 his conduct he received the thanks of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief. After he had for some time had 
 charge of a division of the Cadiz flotilla, and had 
 afforded fresh proofs of " gallant intrepidity " and 
 "sound judgment," he was awarded a second pro- 
 motal commission, dated 4 March, 1811, and was 
 appointed second in command of the flotilla. He 
 removed on this occasion to the Rambler, the 
 vessel above named, which had been rated as a 
 sloop-of-war. On 5 July following he made a valiant 
 but ineffectual attempt to capture a French armed 
 schooner in the River Guadalquivir ; he subse- 
 quently, having volunteered his services, bore an 
 important part in the expulsion of the French from 
 Seville ; and he then, about Aug. 1812, became 
 senior commander of the flotilla. To sum up his 
 services on the coast of Spain, we may observe that 
 he was present at the storming and annihilation of 
 12 batteries, and at the capture and destruction of 
 several hundred pieces of ordnance and of upwards 
 of 150 sail of vessels ; that he fitted out at his own 
 
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 THOMAS. 
 
 expense two armed vessels, resembling in rig and 
 construction the French privateers of Kota and 
 San Lucar, which proved of great protection to 
 trade and succeeded in often decoying the enemy ; 
 that he co-operated with the Spanish naval and 
 military forces in every enterprise undertaken 
 against the French in the south of Spain ; and that 
 he was particularized by its government for his 
 " patriotism, bravery, and zeal." Notwithstanding 
 that several strong applications had been made to 
 the Admiralty in his favour, especially by Lord 
 Fitzroy Somerset, Military Secretary to the Mar- 
 quess of Wellington, and by the British Ambassador 
 at Cadiz, Capt. Thomas was not promoted to Post- 
 rank until 8 Dec. 1813; some time previously to 
 which he had been ordered to act as Captain in the 
 San Joan 74, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral 
 Sam. Hood Linzee at Gibraltar. He returned to 
 England with that officer in 1814 in the Edbotas 
 frigate ; and did not afterwards go afloat. He 
 accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. Although 
 he had served longer at Cadiz than any other Com- 
 mander, and had signalized himself, as we have 
 shown, in a very remarkable manner, he appears to 
 have been the only one suffered to remain without 
 honorary distinction. 
 
 I Rear-Admiral Thomas invented, in 1818, a life- 
 boat, to pull and sail at the average rate, with three 
 keels (the two outer supporting the bilge and pre- 
 venting the vessel from upsetting or sinking) ; in 
 1820 he suggested some plans for constructing a 
 pier at Brighton, similar to that at Ryde, in the 
 Isle of Wight, and for sheltering it by a breakwater, 
 to be formed of forest timber ; and in 1821 he ten- 
 dered a schedule for the opening of a communica^ 
 tion between the S.E. and S.W. parts of Sussex by 
 means of a bridge across the River Arun, with the 
 view of obviating the circuitous route through 
 Arundel. He is the author of a work entitled 
 " England's Defence." He married, 7 Aug. 1816, 
 Susannah, only daughter of the late Arthur Ather- 
 ley, Esq., and sister of Arthur Atherley, Esq., M.P. 
 for Southampton, by whom he has issue two sons 
 and two daughters. 
 
 THOMAS. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Feedebiok William Leopold Thomas entered 
 the Navy 3 Jan. 1827 ; passed his examination 6 
 May, 1835 ; and at the period of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 28 Aug. 
 1841, was serving among the Orkney Islands as Mate 
 on board the Mastiff surveying-vessel, Master- 
 Commander Geo. Thomas. He obtained command, 
 9 April, 1845, of the Woodlabk, tender to the 
 Mastiff ; and shice 29 Oct. 1848 has been borne, 
 still for sujveying-service, on the books of the 
 FisGAKD 42, bearing the broad pendant of Commo- 
 dore Henry Eden at Woolwich. 
 
 THOMAS. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 
 22 ; H-p., 32.) 
 George Thomas entered the Navy, 28 April, 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Diadem 64, Capt. 
 Andrew Sutherland ; with whom, after assisting at 
 the occupation of Toulon, and at the reduction of the 
 towns of St. Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi, he removed 
 as Midshipman, in the summer of 1794, to the Ber- 
 wick 74 ; in which ship, commanded at the time by 
 Capt. Adam Littlejohn, he was captured by the 
 French Mediterranean fleet, at the end of a long 
 running-fight, 7 March, 1795. On his restoration to 
 freedom he again, on the following Sept., joined the 
 Diadem ; and in her he continued employed in the 
 Mediterranean as Master's Mate, under Capts. Chas. 
 Tyler and Geo. Henry Towry, until the spring of 
 1798. During the next three years and a half he 
 served as Master's Mate and as Acting-Lieutenant 
 and Lieutenant (order and commission dated 9 Feb. 
 and 26 Sept. 1799) in the Europa 50, Capt. Jas. Ste- 
 y"=°so°i in the Channel, on the coast of Ireland, in 
 the North Sea, and, a second time, in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; where he was wounded, in March, 1801, at 
 
 the landing of the French in Egypt.* He was 
 afterwards employed, from Sept. 1801 until March, 
 1802, in the Egyptienne 40, Capts. Jas. Stevenson 
 and Chas. Ogle, on the station last named — from 
 March to June, 1803, in the Impress service at 
 Bristol — from the latter date until Oct. 1804, in the 
 Rdbt 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Edw. Thorn- 
 brough in the North Sea— from 1 July, 1805, until 
 20 Nov. 1813, in command of a Signal station — and 
 from 21 Nov. 1813 until July, 1816, as an Agent for 
 Transports in the Mediterranean. He was placed 
 on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 
 1830; and on the Senior 3 May, 1844. 
 
 THOMAS. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 23.) 
 George Thomas (i) was born in 17J3 at Bristol. 
 This ofBoer entered the Navy, in 1804, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board Le Renaed of 18 guns and 121 
 men, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan ; in which vessel, 
 stationed in the West Indies, he assisted at the 
 destruction, 20 March, 1805, after a brisk action of 
 35 minutes, of Le Gemral Emouf French privateer 
 of 20 guns and 160 men ; at the taking, II Oct. fol- 
 lowing, of La JBellone privateer of 4 guns and 50 
 men ; and at the further capture, in May, 1806, at 
 the end of a chase of three days and nights, of La 
 Diligente national brig of 16 guns and 125 men. He 
 continued employed with Capt. Coghlan as Master's 
 Mate in the Elk 18 (participating in the meanwhile 
 in much active service in the Gulf of Mexico) until 
 1808 ; in the course of which year he was under the 
 necessity, from the state of his health, of returning 
 to England. In the early part of 1810, having re- 
 covered, he went back to the Elk, still on the West 
 India station ; whence he was soon again sent home 
 in the Djedalus 32, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield. 
 He served next with Sir Edw, Pellew in the 
 Christian VII. 80 and Caledonia 120, at the 
 blockade of Flushing and Toulon ; and on 8 May, 
 1812, he was made Lieutenant into the Mikstbel 
 20, Capt. John Strutt Peyton. With the boats of 
 that ship under his orders he boarded and carried, 
 beneath the batteries of Valencia, three vessels 
 laden with shells for the relief of "TortoSa ; an ex- 
 ploit for which he obtained the thanks of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief. On the departure of the Min- 
 strel for England he was transferred to the Gany- 
 mede 26, Capt. John Brett Purvis ; in command of 
 whose boats he was so severely wounded in the hip, 
 in an attack upon a French privateer in the Grao of 
 Murviedro, that he was obliged to repair to the 
 Hospital at Gibraltar, and thence to invalid home. 
 While serving subsequently, between Dec. 1813 and 
 1815, in the Erebds 18, Capt. David Ewen Bartho- 
 lomew, on the coast of North America, he accompa- 
 nied the expedition under the present Sir Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon against Alexandria, took part in the un- 
 successful attack upon Baltimore, and was present 
 in the operations against New Orleans. While de- 
 scending the River Potomac, on his return from 
 Alexandria, and in action with the enemy's batteries 
 along the banks, he was again wounded. Since 11 
 Oct. 1834 he has been in command of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 In consideration of the wound he received in the 
 boats of the Ganymede, Lieut. Thomas was allotted 
 a pension of 91A 5s. per annum, 13 July, 1815. From 
 1817 until 1830 he was employed under Lord Coch- 
 rane in South America and in Greece ; and his half- 
 pay during that period was stopped. It was then, 
 however, restored to him by William IV. He 
 married in 1828, and has issue two sons and one 
 daughter. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 THOMAS. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Montagu Thomas is second and youngest son of 
 Sir Wm. Lewis Geo. Thomas, Bart., of Tapton 
 Place, CO. Sussex, by Elizabeth, daughter of Rich. 
 Welsh, Esq. His grandfather. Sir Geo. Thomas, 
 Bart., M.P., manied a daughter of Admiral Sir 
 Geo. Montagu, G.C.B. (see Note, p. 772). 
 
 This ofiiocr entered the Navy 1 Nov. 1322 ; 
 • VideGhz. 180), p. 498. 
 
THOMAS. 
 
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 pOEScd his examiaation in 1828 ; and obtained his 
 first commission 1 Oct. 1831. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 22 Feb. 1833, to the Victok 18, 
 Capt. Kobt. llussell, on the North America and 
 West India station, whence he returned at the close 
 of 1834 — 5 Aug. 1835, as First-Lieutenant, for six 
 months, to the Ptlades 18, Capt. Wm. Langford 
 Castle, fitting for the coast of Africa— 21 Feb. 1837 
 and 8 March, 1838, to the Seeingapatam 46, Capt. 
 John Leith, and Coenwalms 72, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Sir Chas. Paget, both stationed in North America 
 and the West Indies, where he remained until the 
 spring of 1839— and, 16 Oct. 1841, to the Thalia 42, 
 Capt. Chas. Hope. In the ship last mentioned he 
 served in the East Indies and Pacific until advanced 
 to his present rank 26 Feb. 1844. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Thomas married, 22 July, 1845, Isa^ 
 bella, youngest daughter of the late Rev. John 
 Bowie, of Salisbury. 
 
 THOMAS. (Vice- Admiral of the Blue, 1848. 
 F-p., 31 ; H-p., 26.) 
 
 EiCHAED Thomas was born at Saltash, oo. Corn- 
 wall. He is brother of the late Chas. Thomas, Esq., 
 M.D., Physician to the Dispensary at Devonport. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 May, 1790, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Cumbeeland 74, 
 Capt. John M'Bride, and sailed in the course of the 
 same year with a squadron under Eear-Admiral 
 Cornish for the West Indies ; where he removed, as 
 A.B., on his arrival, to the Blanche 32, Capt. 
 Robt. Murray. That frigate being paid off in June, 
 1792, he was received as Midshipman, in the fol- 
 lowing Dec, on board the Nautilus sloop, Capts. 
 Lord Henry Paulet, Jas. Carpenter, Henry Wm. 
 Bayntun, and Wm. Gordon Rutherford ; and in her 
 he assisted at the reduction of Tobago, Martinique, 
 and Ste. Lucie. At Martinique he commanded a 
 flat-bottomed boat in the brilliant attaclt upon Fort 
 Royal, where he landed and escaladed the walla 
 simultaneously with Capt. Robt. Faullcnor of the 
 Zebea sloop. He returned to England soon after- 
 wards as Master's Mate in the Bovnb 98, bearing 
 the flag of his patron Sir John Jervis; and on 1 
 May, 1795, he was on board that ship when she took 
 fire at Spithead and was destroyed. By dint of 
 swimming he contrived on the occasion to reach a 
 boat, and was thereby saved. He then joined in 
 succession the Gloey 98, Commeece de Mae- 
 SEiLLES 120, Capt. John Child, and Baefleue 98 
 and ViOTOEY 100, flag-ships of Hon. Wm. Walde- 
 grave and Sir John Jervis, the former of whom he 
 accompanied to the Mediterranean. He was subse- 
 quently sent on shore with a party of seamen, 
 ordered to act as gunners, at the Fort of St. Fio- 
 renza, in Corsica, where' he remained until the 
 island was evacuated in Oct. 1796. Being made 
 Lieutenant, 15 Jan, 1797, into the Excellent 74, 
 commanded by the late Lord CoUingwood, he bore 
 a warm part, on 14 of the ensuing month, in the 
 action off" Cape St. Vincent, and continued employed 
 in the same ship off Cadiz until transferred, in June, 
 1798, to the Thalia 36, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet. 
 After three months of half-pay he rejoined the 
 latter oflicer, in Feb. 1799, on board the Defence 
 74 ; he officiated next as Flag-Lieutenant to his 
 friend Collingwood in the Triumph 74 and Bae- 
 fleue 98, on the Channel station, from- the fol- 
 lowing Dec. until the peace of Amiens;- and in 
 June, 1803, at which period he had been for 12 
 months employed at Hafifax in the Cambeian 40 
 and Leandee 50, flag-ships of Sir Andrew Mitchell, 
 he found that he had been promoted at home to 
 the rank of Commander in the Chichester 44, by 
 a commission bearing date 18 Jan. preceding. He 
 took a passage, therefore, to England in the Ladt 
 Hobart packet, Capt. Wm. Dorset Fellowes ; in 
 which vessel, however, he had the misfortune, 
 during the voyage, to be wrecked on an island of 
 ice. After being for seven days exposed in an 
 open boat to the most frightful hardships he arrived 
 at length, in a state of utter exhaustion, at Cove 
 
 Island, to the northward of St. John's, Newfound- 
 land, a distance of 350 miles. On his return to 
 England he was appointed, in Dec. 1803, to the 
 .iETNA bomb, fitting for the Mediterranean ; where 
 we find him, until posted, 22 Oct. 1805, into the 
 Belleeophon 74, employed in covering Sardinia 
 and in various other services.* In the course of 
 the month last mentioned he removed from the 
 Belleeopbon to the Queen 98 as Flag-Captaiu to 
 Lord Collingwood, with whom he continued to 
 serve in the same capacity in the Ocean 98 and 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110, until the death of that distin- 
 guished nobleman in March, 1810. His occupations 
 during this period were arduous in no ordinary 
 degree : he was almost incessantly engaged at the 
 blockade of Toulon, the Commander-in-Chief keep- 
 ing the sea at one time for 19 months without 
 casting an anchor, and there being no Captain of 
 the Fleet, most of the duties attached to that office 
 devolved upon him. The ill health too, which 
 latterly paralysed to a certain extent the exertions 
 of Lord Collingwood, added not a little to the anx- 
 iety and fatigue of his position. He remained in 
 the ViLLE DE Paris as a private ship until Dec. 
 1810 ; and in the following Feb. he obtained com- 
 mand of the Undaunted 38. In her he was at first 
 employed in co-operating with the patriots on the 
 coast of Catalonia, where his services ashore and 
 afloat were such as to obtain the thanks of the 
 Admiralty. He was afterwards intrusted with the 
 blockade of Marseilles, and was for some time, 
 during the sibsence of Sir Edw. Pellew, employed, 
 with four frigates and two brigs under his com- 
 mand, in watching the port of Toulon. In April, 
 1812, the boats of his own ship and of the Volon- 
 TAiEB 38 and Blossom sloop, under the orders of 
 the present Commander John Eagar, effected the 
 capture and destruction, at the mouth of the Rhone, 
 of the greater part of a convoy of 26 sail (including 
 a national schooner of 4 guns and 74 men), laden 
 with provisions and stores for the relief of Barce- 
 lona.t For directing the attack to be made Capt. 
 Thomas received the approbation of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief. In Feb. 1813 he invalided home. 
 He afterwards, from April, 1822, until April, 1825, 
 and from 19 May, 1834, until advanced to the rank 
 of Rear-Admiral'lO Jan. 1837, superintended (the 
 last five months as Captain of the San Josef 104) 
 the ships in Ordinary at Portsmonth and Plymouth ; 
 and from 5 May, 1841,' nntH relieved in Dec. 1844 
 by Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, "he commanded-in-chief 
 in the Pacific with his flag in the Dublin 50. 
 Among the principal events which took place during 
 the Rear-Admiral's sojourn on the latter station, we 
 may notice the settlement of the long-pending 
 claims of the owners of the British brig Anna 
 (seized in 1822), and of the British merchants who 
 had been plundered at Callao ; the obtainTng of 
 compensation from the states of St. Salvador and 
 Costa Rica for injuries and losses sustained by the 
 British residents at those places ; the occupation 
 of Tahiti by the French Rear-Admiral Du Petit 
 Thenars ; the restoration, to their lawful sovereign, 
 of the Sandwich Islands, which had been tempora- 
 rily ceded to Lord Geo. Paulet, of the Caeysfoet ; 
 and the detention of a Peruvian squadron untU 
 redress had been made for certain injuries inflicted 
 on British subjects. For his conduct on all the 
 above occasions he had the satisfaction of receiving 
 the approval of the Foreign Office and of the Ad- 
 miralty. " Her Majesty's Government," we learn, 
 in a letter from the Earl of Aberdeen, " viewed 
 with the highest approbation the whole of his pro- 
 ceedings at the Sandwich Islands, as marked by 
 great propriety and admirable judgment through- 
 out, and as calculated to raise the- character of 
 British authorities for justice, moderation, and 
 
 * In Oct. 1805 the .^tna was in company with the Eurt- 
 DiCE, Capt. Wm Hoste, when that ship took the ground in 
 endeavouring to cover the boats in an attack upon some 
 vessels near Cape Umbria. She wasy however, by the great 
 exertions of Capt. Tliomas, soon got olf. — Vide Gaz. 1805w 
 p. 1376. 
 
 f VideGm. 1S12, p. 1878. 
 
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 THOMAS. 
 
 courtesy of demeanour in the estimation of the 
 natives of those remote countries, and of the world." 
 The King too, Kamehameha III., moved by grati- 
 tude, intimated a wish that the Rear-Admiral would 
 sit for his portrait in full uniform, that his Majesty 
 " might have and preserve in his palace the likeness 
 of a British officer, who, in restoring to him his 
 kingdom, dared to act on his own sense of right, 
 counting upon the approval of his magnanimous 
 Queen, in which he was not disappointed. We 
 may add, that the Rear-Admu'al received the thanks 
 of the government of the United States for his 
 conduct relative to the American residents in the 
 Sandwich Islands ; and that he was elected an 
 honorary memher of the American " Board of 
 Commissioners for Foreign Missions." Prior to his 
 return home he was presented with an address 
 from the British merchants at Valparaiso, expressive 
 of their acknowledgments for the " ability and zeal 
 he had displayed, and the firm, prudent, and conci- 
 liatory manner in which he had conducted many 
 difficult questions, upholding the honour of the 
 British flag, and maintaining peace and good un- 
 derstanding with the Chilian and foreign powers."* 
 He attained his present rank 8 Jan. 1848. 
 
 "While serving in the Ordinary at Portsmouth the 
 Vice-Admiral distinguished himself by his fearless 
 exertions in subduing a fire which broke out, 18 
 Nov. 1823, at Drayton Farm, in the neighbourhood. 
 He married, 2 Oct. 1827, Gratina, third daughter of 
 the late Lieut.-General Robt. Williams, some time 
 Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Marines at Stone- 
 house, and has issue a son and daughter. 
 
 THOMAS. (LlEDT., 1815. F-P., II ; H-p., 31.) 
 
 Robert Thomas entered the Navy, II Aug. 1805, 
 as L.M., on board the Satdkn 74, Capts. Lord Ame- 
 lius Beauclerk and Wm. Cumberland. In that ship 
 he continued employed, as Midshipman, off Cadiz 
 and in the Channel and North Sea until May, 1809 ; 
 from which period until promoted to his present 
 rank, 8 Feb. 1815, he was again employed under the 
 officer first mentioned, and the late Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, in the Royal Oak 74. He took part in 
 consequence in the attack upon Flushing, and after 
 serving on various parts of the Home station, was 
 ordered to the coast of North America, where he 
 commanded a launch at the destruction of Commo- 
 dore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, landed in 
 the unfortunate attack upon Baltimore, and, previ- 
 ously to uniting in the operations against New 
 Orleans, assisted, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the boats 
 of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of 
 five American gun-boats, under Commodore Jones, 
 which did not surrender until the British, in the 
 course of a severe conflict, had been occasioned a 
 loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. From April 
 to Oct. 1815 he was employed, still on the North 
 American station, in the Dictator 64, Capt. Henry 
 Montresor. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 THOMAS. (LiEOTENANT, 1847.) 
 
 Robert Thomas passed his examination 1 1 March, 
 1845; and since 14 of the same month has been 
 employed in the Terror, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira 
 Crozier, in an attempt to ascertain the existence of 
 a N.W. passage. His promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant took place 24 April, 1847. 
 
 THOMAS. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 9 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 Robert Strickland Thomas was bom 18 Oct. 
 1787. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 18015, as 
 A.B., on board the Princess Charlotte 38, Capt. 
 Geo. Tobin, employed at first on the West India 
 station and next on the coast of Ireland ; where he 
 served as Midshipman and Master's Mate, from 
 March, 1807, until June, 1813, in the Brisk 18, 
 
 'He elicited also the tlianks of the government of Chili 
 for the spontaneous assistance he afforded with the officers 
 and crew of the Dublin and Bisit-isK ketch, on the occasion 
 ot an alannmg conflagration at Valparaiso in July, 1814 
 
 Capts. John Coode and Eyles MouBSher. He then 
 removed to the Creole 36, Capts. Robt. Forbes and 
 Geo Chas. Mackenzie ; and in that frigate, of which 
 he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 24 Jan. 1814, 
 he assisted at the blockade of Cherbourg, and 
 cruized off the coast of Africa. He was paid off in 
 Nov. of the year last mentioned ; and on 11 March, 
 1815, he was advanced to his present rank. Having 
 lost the sense of hearing while serving on the coast 
 of Africa, he has not been since able to seek em- 
 ployment. 
 
 THOMAS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Robinson "Thomas entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 
 1804, as a Supernumerary, on board the Triton 32, 
 Capt. Wm. Cashman, lying at Waterford. He 
 cruized afterwards on the coast of Ireland, as Mid- 
 shipman, in the Helena sloop, Capts. Woodley 
 Losack, Jas. Andrew Worth, and Henry Haynes; 
 and, from Dec. 1810 until Oct. 1815, he was em- 
 ployed on the Mediterranean, North American, and 
 Home stations, as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and 
 Admiralty Midshipman, in the Romdlos troop-ship, 
 Capts. Lord Balgonie and Geo. Wm. Henry Knight, 
 San Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase 
 Warren, Chatham 74, Capt. David Lloyd, Fal- 
 mouth 20, Capts. G. W. H. Knight and Robt. 
 Worgan Geo. Festing, and Brazen sloop, com- 
 manded by the present Sir Jas. Stirling. He then 
 took up a commission bearing date 17 March, 1815 ; 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Thomas married, 4 Feb. 1840, Sarah, 
 daughter of J. P. Murphy, Esq., of Stratford, co. 
 Essex. 
 
 THOMAS. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p,, 
 13; H-p., 42.) 
 
 Thomas Thomas was born at Caermarthen, in 
 Wales. He is brother of M. Thomas, Esq., De- 
 puty Inspector-General of the Ordnance Medical 
 Department at Woolwich ; and of the late Lieut. 
 Jas. Thomas, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1792, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Edropa 50, hearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Ford at Jamaica. 
 In 1794 he removed, as Midshipman, to the Active 
 38 ; and in that frigate and the Arethdsa 38, both 
 commanded by Capt. Thos. WoUey, he served in 
 the North Sea, at Newfoundland, and in the West 
 Indies and Channel until made Lieutenant, 5 Jan. 
 1799, into the Camilla 20, Capt. Robt. Larkan. 
 In the Akethusa he assisted at the reduction of 
 Ste. Lucie in May, 1796, co-operated also in the 
 suppression of an insurrection among the Carihs in 
 the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, and after 
 contributing to the conquest of Trinidad and the 
 destruction there of a Spanish squadron was pre- 
 sent, 10 Aug. 1797, in an action of thirty mi- 
 nutes, which terminated in the surrender of La 
 Gaiete French corvette of 20 long 8-pounders 
 and 186 men. In the Camilla Mr. Thomas was 
 employed, until April, "1802, on the West India, 
 Home, and Newfoundland stations. In Dec. 1802 
 the ship was struck by a heavy sea, which carried 
 away her mizen-mast and main-yard, and rendered 
 it necessary that [half her guns should be thrown 
 overboard ; yet, in this state, she engaged and beat 
 off a French corvette of 22 guns. Mr. Thomas at 
 the time was First-Lieutenant. His last appoint- 
 ments were — 29 Sept. 1803, to the Dart, Capt. 
 Brownrigg, in the North Sea — and 3 June, 1805, 
 and 11 Oct. 1806, to the Loire 38 and Volontaire 
 38, both commanded by Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait- 
 land. He was Senior of the Loire when, in com- 
 pany with the Egtptienne frigate, she made prize, 
 24 Dec. 1805, off Rochefort, of La Libre of 40 guns 
 and 280 men. After he left the Volontaire in 
 Nov. 1806 he did not go afloat. He became a Re- 
 tired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830 ; 
 and on the Senior 10 Nov. 1842. 
 
 He married, in 1808, Jane, sister of the late 
 Lieut.-Colonel Morgan, of the Royal Glamorgan 
 Militia ; and has issue. Agents — Messrs. StUwell. 
 
THOMAS— THOMOND. 
 
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 ,THOMAS. (Lieut,, 1822. f-p., 18; h-p., 21.) 
 William Thomas entered the Navy, 30 Aug. 1808, 
 as A.B., on board the Inflexible 64, Capts. Hon. 
 Donald Hugh Mackay and Thos. Brown, fitting for 
 the Halifax station ; where he removed as Midship- 
 man, in Aug. 1809, to the Jdnon 38, Capt. John 
 Shortland. In that frigate he was captured, 13 
 Deo. following, off Guadeloupe, after an heroic re- 
 sistance of 45 minutes, and a loss of 20 men lulled 
 and 40 wounded, by a French squadron, consisting 
 of the 40-gun frigates Renommee and CtoriTide^ and 
 arTnees-enr-fiute the Loire and Seine, carrying each 20 
 guns. With the two former the Jonon maintained 
 a yard-arm-and-yard-arm conflict until she was on 
 the point of sinking. On being restored to liberty 
 at the peace of 1814, Mr. Thomas successively 
 joined, on the West India station, the Swiftsore 74, 
 Capts. Arden Adderley and Wm. Henry Webley, 
 and Venerable 74. In the latter ship, which bore 
 the flag of Sir Philip Chas. Durham, he aided, in 
 1815, in securing Martinique to Louis XVIH. and 
 in reducing Guadeloupe. He was subsequently, 
 from 5 May, 1816, until 19 July, 1819, employed at 
 Leith as Admiralty-Midshipman and Mate in the 
 NiMROD 18, Capts. John Macpherson Ferguson, 
 John Windham Dalling, and Chas. Nelson ; he then 
 removed to the Iphigbnia 42, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir Bobt. Mends on the coast of Africa ; 
 and on 25 April, 1822, he was nominated, on that 
 station, Acting-Lieutenant of the Mykmidon, Capt. 
 Henry John Leeke. Soon after his oihcial promo- 
 tion, which took place 26 Aug. in the same year, he 
 returned to England. His appointments have since 
 been — 18 Oct. 1824, for less than two years, to the 
 Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary Lieutenant of 
 the Kamillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 8 April, 1843, 
 for a few months, to the post of Admiralty Agent 
 on board a contract mail steam-vessel— and 18 Nov. 
 1845, to the Transport service, in which, deducting 
 an interval in 1847, he has since remained. 
 Lieut. Thomas is married, and has issue. 
 
 THOMAS. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 William George Thomas entered the Navy, 21 
 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atalante 
 16, Capt. Joseph Ore Masefield, employed in cruiz- 
 ing off Brest and Kochefort. Joining next, in Aug. 
 1806, the Nereide 36, Capt. Kobt. Corbett, he as- 
 sisted, in July of the following year, in the unsuc- 
 cessful attack upon Buenos Ayres, and proceeded 
 subsequently to Bombay, whence he escorted the 
 British Ambassador, Sir Harford Jones, to Bushehr, 
 in the Persian Gulf. On his voyage back he aided 
 in destroying two piratical vessels which had taken, 
 in sight of the Nereide, the Hon. E. I. Co.'s 
 schooner Si/Iph. After participating as Midship- 
 man in other services he contributed, in Sept. 1809, 
 to the conquest of the town of St. Paul's, in the He 
 de Bourbon, where a French frigate (La Caroline of 
 46 guns), a brig-of-war, two captured Indiamen, and 
 other vessels, fell into the hands of the British. 
 Into the frigate, whose name, on her being added 
 to the Navy, was changed to Bourbonnaise, Mr. 
 Thomas followed Capt. Corbett, in the ensuing 
 Nov., in the capooity of Master's Mate. In the 
 summer of 1811, being then in the Scipion 74, 
 under the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford, he served 
 on shore at the reduction of Batavia. He was 
 nominated, 28 Oct. in the same year, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Java 38, Capt. Geo. Scott ; and on 13 
 May, 1812, soon after his return to England, he was 
 officially promoted. From the following Nov. until 
 Aug. 1815 he was employed on the Baltic, North 
 Sea, and North American stations in the .Stna 
 bomb, Capts. Kich. Kenah, Jas. Baynton Gardner, 
 and Fras. Fead. During that period he accompa- 
 nied the present Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon in his bril- 
 liant expedition against Alexandria, witnessed the 
 unsuccessful attempt upon Baltimore, and took an 
 active part in the operations connected with the 
 ottack upon New Orleans. Since he left the JEtsa 
 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 He is married, and has issue seven children. 
 
 THOMAS. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 William Sidney Thomas entered the Navy 12 
 March, 1820 ; passed his examination in 1826 ; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 13 May, 1828, into the Asia 
 84, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Medi- 
 terranean; where, in the following Sept., he re- 
 moved to the Revenge 76, Capts. Norborne Thomp- 
 son and Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman. He returned 
 home about the close of 1830 ; and was subsequently 
 appointed— 3 Oct. 1831, to the Melville 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir John Gore in the East Indies— 3 Aug. 
 1833, as First, to the Alligator 28, Capt. Geo. 
 Robt. Lambert, on the same station— 15 Aug. 1835, 
 to the command of the Algerine 10, also in the 
 East Indies, where he was superseded in March, 
 1839—24 Sept. 1840, to the command of the Ferret 
 10, on the coast of Africa— and 18 Dec. 1841, to the 
 Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus Fitz- 
 Clarence. He was advanced to his present rank 7 
 March, 1842. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Thomas married, in July, 1843, Tho- 
 masine, daughter of the late Capt. Henry Haynes, 
 R.N. (1814). Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 THOMOND, G.C.H., Marquess of, formerly LOKD 
 
 JAMES O'BRYEN. (Admiral of the Blue, 
 
 1847. F-P., 19; H-P., 45.) 
 
 The Right Honodrable James Marqdess of 
 Thomond is second son of the late Edw. O'Bryen, 
 Esq., a Captain in the Army ; and nephew of Mur- 
 rough, first Marquess of Thomond. He succeeded 
 his eldest brother, as third Marquess, in 1846. A 
 younger brother, Lord Edw. O'Bryen, Captain R.N. 
 (1802), was Private Secretary to Lord Mulgrave 
 during that nobleman's naval administration ; and 
 two others, John and Murrough, were of&cers in the 
 Army. His Lordship is uncle of Commander Wm. 
 O'Bryen Hoare, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1783, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Hebe, Capts. Geo. 
 Keppell and Edw. Thombrough, stationed in the 
 Channel. From April, 1786, until July, 1789, he 
 was employed on the coast of North America and 
 in the West Indies as Midshipman (a rating he had 
 before attained) in the Pegasus and Andromeda 
 frigates, both commanded by his late Majesty ; 
 under whom he was further, from May, 1790, until 
 promoted in the following Nov. to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, employed, with the Channel fleet, in 
 the Valiant 74. In the course of 1793-4 he joined 
 in succession, on the Home station, the London 98, 
 Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, Artois 38, Capt. Lord 
 Chas. Fitzgerald, Active 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley, 
 and Brunswick 74, Capt. Lord C. Fitzgerald. In 
 the latter ship he was present in Coruwallis' cele- 
 brated retreat, 16 and 17 June, 1795. On 5 Dec. 
 1796, at which period he had been for nearly seven 
 months employed with Sir Edw. Pellew in the In- 
 defatigable 44, he was promoted to the command 
 of the Childers sloop. In that vessel * he conti- 
 nued to serve in the Channel until posted, 14 Feb. 
 1799, into the Thisbe 28. Her he paid off in the 
 course of the same year. He afterwards, from the 
 close of 1800 until 1804, commanded the Emerald 
 36, on the West India station ; he then removed for 
 a very brief period to the Diadem 64; and from 
 Sept'. 1813 until Nov. 1815 he served in the Channel 
 in the Warspite 74. In the Emerald he made 
 prize, 24 June, 1803, of L'Snfant Prodigue, French 
 national schooner of 16 guns, the whole of which 
 were thrown overboard during a chase of 72 hours. 
 In the same month he co-operated in the reduction 
 of Ste. Lucie ; and in the spring of 1804 he distin- 
 guished himself by his intrepidity, and by the in- 
 defatigable zeal he displayed in arranging and for- 
 warding the supplies, at the capture of Surinam. 
 He also, while in the Emerald, defeated an expe- 
 dition projected by the enemy against Antigua. 
 He became a Rear-Admiral 27 May, 1825; a Vice- 
 Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; and a full Admiral 13 May, 
 1847. 
 
 * She was in company with the Indefatioable and Cam- 
 brian 40, at the capture, 4 Jan. 1798, of Le Vengeur-pn- 
 Tateer of 12 guns and 7S men. 
 
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 THOMPSON. 
 
 Hia Lordship was nominated a G.C.H. 13 May, 
 1831. He married first, 25 Nov. 1800, Eliza Bridge- 
 man, daughter of Jas. Willyams, Esq., of Carnanton, 
 00. Cornwall; and, that lady dying 14 Feb. 1802, 
 secondly, Jane, daughter of Thos. Ottley, Esq., and 
 relict of Valentine Horsford, Esq., of the island of 
 Antigua. He was again left a widower in 1843. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 THOMPSON. (LiEnT., 1816. f-p., 1.5 ; h-p., 35.) 
 Andrew Thompson entered the Navy, 7 Jan. 
 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Ramillies 74, 
 Capts. Sir Kich. Bickerton and Bartholomew Eow- 
 ley, with whom he served in the Channel for 16 
 months. He was next, from Feb. 1807 until 
 wrecked, 8 Oct. 1812, employed at Newfoundland, 
 part of the time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 in the Avenger sloop, Capts. Thos. White and 
 Urry .Tohnson ; he was placed, in the course of the 
 following month as a Supernumerary on board the 
 RoFAii WiiLiAM, Capt. Geo. Fowke, at Spithead ; 
 and from Jan. 1813 until Deo. 1815 he was stationed 
 again at Newfoundland and in the "West Indies, as 
 Master's Mate, in the Muros 12, Capts. Thos. Saville 
 GrifBnhoofe and Geo. Gostling. In March, 1816, at 
 which period he had been serving for upwards of 
 two months at Deptford in the Dee 24, Capts. John 
 Wm. Andrew and Sam. Chambers, he was pre- 
 sented with a commission dated back to 18 March, 
 1815. He was appointed Admiralty Agent on 
 board a contract mail steam-vessel 25 May, 1842 ; 
 and from 22 Nov. 1844 until the early part of 1847 
 was employed in the Victory 104, guard-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capts. Geo. Moubray and John Pasco. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 THOMPSON. (Retired Commander, 1840. 
 F-p., 17; H-p., 40.) 
 
 Charles Thompson was bom 11 Jan. 1777, He 
 is brother of Kear- Admiral John Thompson. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1790, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Princess Royal 98, 
 Capt. John Holloway, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Hotham in the Channel. From Sept. 1791 
 until July, 1792, he served on the coast of North 
 America and in the "West Indies in the Triton 28, 
 Capt. Geo. Murray; and in March, 1793, he joined 
 the Ariadne 20, Capts. Thos. Revell Shivers, Chas. 
 Wm. Paterson, Robt. Plampin, Robt. Gambler Mid- 
 dleton, and Henry Lidgbird Ball. In that ship, 
 after again visiting North America, he proceeded to 
 the Mediterranean ; where he witnessed the evacu- 
 ation of Toulon, co-operated in the reduction of 
 Corsica, and assisted in the boats in cutting out a 
 variety of the enemy's vessels. In Jan. 1796, being 
 then again in the West Indies, he removed as Mas- 
 ter's Mate to the Bdlldog 14, Capts. John Hope 
 (acting), John Dick, Rich. Goddard, and Geo. 
 Fred. Ryves. He joined next the Prince of 
 Wales 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Harvey, un- 
 der whom he contributed to the capture of Trini- 
 dad ; and on 15 March, 1797, he was made Lieute- 
 nant into his former vessel the Bulldog, still com- 
 manded by Capt. Ryves. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 23 Nov. 1797 and 10 Oct. 1798, to the 
 Stork 18, Capts. Rich. Harrison Pearson and Chris- 
 topher Laroche, and Adventure 44, Capts. Wm. 
 Chilcott and Thos. Leef, both in the West Indies — 
 12 April, 1799, as First-Lieutenant (a rank he had 
 filled on board the Stork) to the Ph<enix 36, Capt. 
 Lawrence Wm. Halsted, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion, whence he returned to England and was paid 
 off in July, 1802— in Aug. 1804, to the Sea Fenci- 
 bles— 9 Oct. 1805, to the Kent 74, flag-ship of Rear- 
 Admiral Edw. Thombrough at Chatham— 21 of the 
 same month, to the Lord Eldon armed ship, Capt. 
 Fras. Newcombe, again in the Mediterranean — and 
 30 Jan. 1806, to theEsDYMiON 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. 
 Bladen Capel, which frigate, from the circumstance 
 of Lord CoUingwood having kept back his commis- 
 sion for her, he did not join until the following 
 Aug. While serving in the Bulldog Mr. Thomp- . 
 ron had (JDmmand for several months of a tender. 
 
 With the boats of the Scout under his orders he 
 brought out several vessels from the island of St. 
 Domingo. In the Phcenix he was present, near 
 Elba, at the capture, 3 Aug. 1801, of the French 40- 
 gun frigate Carrere; and on 28 of the following 
 month, at the destruction of the Bravoure and the 
 surrender of the Succh. The latter frigate, before 
 her colours were hauled down, grounded on the 
 Vada Shoal, off Leghorn ; but by the exertions of 
 Mr. Thompson she was got afloat. He afterwards 
 conducted her in a leaky state to Minorca.* Prior 
 to this event he had accompanied the expedition 
 under Lord Keith and Sir Ralph Abercromby to 
 Egypt. During the more than three years that he 
 remained in the Ph<enix he saw, we may add, much 
 boat service. In the Endymion, in which frigate 
 he continued actively employed until June, 1808, 
 he passed the Dardanells with Sir John Duckworth 
 in Feb. 1807. From Oct. 1812 until June, 1814, he 
 acted as Agent for prisoners of war at Odiham and 
 Reading. He was admitted to the ont-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 3 Dec. 1827 ; and invested with 
 his present rank 30 April, 1840. 
 
 Commander Thompson (whose health from the 
 effects of his services during the war was for many 
 years much impaired) married, 17 Feb. 1803, Miss 
 Temple, and he has issue two children. 
 
 THOMPSON. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 James Thompson entered the Navy 16 July, 
 1808. In the following year was present in the 
 Calliope of 10 guns (8 18-pounder carronades and 
 2 long 6's) and 75 men, Capt. John M'Kerlie, at the 
 siege of Flushing ; and on 25 Oct. 1810 he assisted 
 in the same vessel at the capture, after a running 
 action of an hour and a half, fought with much 
 spirit, and attended with a loss to the British of 3 
 men wounded, of the Comtesse d' Mambourg T^vivnteeTf 
 of 14 guns (8 12-pounders and 6 8-pounders) and 51 
 men. When serving subsequently with Capt. Thos. 
 Forrest in the Cyane 22, we find him, in Jan, 1814, 
 contributing to the capture of the French 40-gun 
 frigates Iphiffenie and Aleniene. He passed his exa- 
 mination in the course of the year last mentioned ; 
 and on 10 Jan. 1825 he was advanced to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay. At 
 present he is a Collector of Customs in Upper 
 Canada. 
 
 THOMPSON. (Eear-Admirai,, 1846. r-p., 19; 
 H-P., 41.) 
 
 John Thompson is brother of the present Retired 
 Commander Chas. Thompson, R.N. ; of Mr. Wm. 
 Thompson, Purser R.N., who died in the West In- 
 dies in 1802 ; and of Major Jas. Thompson, R.M., 
 who died in 1839. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1787, aa 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Scout sloop, Capt. 
 Chas. Cobb, employed on the Home station ; where 
 he became Midshipman, in the early part of 1791, of 
 the Woolwich 44, Capt. Nowell, and Brunswick 74, 
 Capt. Sir Roger Curtis. In June, 1792, he joined the 
 Lion 64, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, fitting for the con- 
 veyance of Lord Macartney as Ambassador to China. 
 During the passage and when yet in the Channel a 
 small tender of 80 tons, on board of which he had 
 been placed, parted company with the Lion in a 
 gale ; nor did she again join the latter until they had 
 both reached the Straits of Sunda. For the good 
 conduct he had displayed in the navigation of this 
 tender, Mr. Thompson was recommended by Sir E. 
 Gower for promotion. On his return to England 
 he was received, in Oct. 1794, on board the Royal 
 George 100, Capt. Jas. Gambler; and on 18 Dec. 
 following he was made Lieutenant into the Bombay 
 Castle 74, Capts. Chas. Chamberlayne, Jas. Mao- 
 namara, Wm. Shield, and Thos. Sotheby. In that 
 ship he served at the blockade of Toulon, took 
 part in Hotham's action, 13 July, 1795, and was 
 eventually, in Dec. 1796, wrecked in the river 
 Tagus. His exertions on that occasion (he was 
 performing the duties at the time of First-Lieu- 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1801, p, 1355. 
 
THOMPSON. 
 
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 tenant) in saving the crew, and the able manner 
 in which he afterwards detailed the particulars 
 connected with the catastrophe to the court-mar- 
 tial, procured him the thanks of the President, 
 Sir Chas. Thompson. During the after part of 
 the war he served in the North Sea and West 
 Indies in the Acasta 40, Capts. Rich. Lane and 
 Edw. Fellowes, and Sans Pareil 80, flag-ship of 
 Admirals Lord Hugh Seymour and Robt. Montagu. 
 Under Capt. Fellowes he assisted at the capture of 
 a large number of the enemy's vessels. In com- 
 mand of the boats of the Acasta, aided by those of 
 the Ceres, he cut out on one occasion a privateer. 
 La JUviine, of 16 guns and 90 men ; and on another 
 he succeeded in a small prize with 15 men, in taking, 
 in the Bay of Venezuela, a guarda costa brig of 10 
 guns and 70 men, which had the day before beaten 
 off the boats of the Magicienne frigate. In an 
 attempt made by him in a six-oared gig to capture 
 30 or 40 of the mutineer-crew of H.M. late ship 
 Hekmione, who were on their passage in an Ame- 
 rican bottom from Puerto Cabello to Laguira, he 
 had 5 men wounded, 1 of them mortally. He was 
 also, in a small schooner with only 15 men, present, 
 near Laguira, in an affair with 19 gun-boats, in 
 which the Governor's son, while attempting to 
 board him, was shot dead. On his joining the Sans 
 Pareil, the ship above named, Mr. Thompson had 
 the gratification of being informed by Lord Hugh 
 Seymour, publicly on the quarter-deck, that he had 
 been removed to her asareward for his good conduct. 
 On the death of that nobleman he was retained on 
 board by Admiral Montagu, who, availing himself 
 of the first vacancy that occurred, promoted him, 
 28 April, 1802, into the Tisiphone sloop. Although 
 the Commander of that vessel had only invalided, 
 the appointment was confirmed. Returning to Eng- 
 land about Jan. 1803, Capt. Thompson was next, for 
 about 12 months, employed in the Sea Fencible Ser- 
 vice. In Jan. 1806 he obtained command of the 
 Fly sloop ; and after again visiting the West Indies 
 and cruizing on the coast of North America in quest 
 of the French squadron in which Jerome Buona- 
 parte had embarked, he proceeded first to the Cape 
 of Good Hope, and then to the Rio de la Plata. 
 On his arrival there he was selected by Rear-Ad- 
 miral Murray, in preference to two senior Com- 
 manders, to take charge of the flotilla destined to 
 co-operate in the unfortunate attack upon Buenos 
 Ayres. While so employed he rendered such es- 
 sential service in reconnoitring the river as to 
 obtain the thanks of Lieut.-General Whitelocke.* 
 He assisted likewise in landing the army, attended 
 it in its progress along the banks, opened a de- 
 structive fire upon the enemy's castle and batteries, 
 and was active in cutting off their supplies. Ulti- 
 mately, he aided in re-embarking the troops. He 
 was then nominated Acting-Captain of La Fterte, 
 a prize frigate, and sent home in charge of convoy. 
 As the expedition against Buenos Ayres, however, 
 had been a failure, he was superseded from La 
 Fuerte after he had had command of her for about 
 six months, and was obliged to rejoin the Fly. He 
 was subsequently engaged in blockading the enemy's 
 ports along the coast of France ; and in the summer 
 of 1809 he had command of a division of the flotilla 
 employed during the operations in the Scheldt. He 
 was at length, 21 Oct. 1810, advanced to Post-rank ; 
 but he did not again go afloat. He accepted his 
 present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 While attached to the Acasta Rear-Admiral 
 Thompson was often thanked for his services by Sir 
 Hyde Parker, who was part of the time Commander- 
 in-Chief. He married, in 1805, a sister of Dr. 
 Pickering, of the Military College at Sandhurst, and 
 has a large family. One of his sons, Thos. Pickering, 
 is a Captain R.N. 
 
 THOMPSON. (Ketired Commander, 1848. 
 
 r-P., 10 ;t H-p., 34.) 
 
 John Thompson (a) entered the Navy, 6 April, 
 
 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Clyde 38, Capt. 
 
 • filfcGaz. 1807, p. 1207. 
 
 f Not including transport time. 
 
 John Larmour, stationed in the North Sea; and 
 from Sept. 1804 until promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant, 7 June, 1809, was employed in the Mediter- 
 ranean and Channel, part of the time ,as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, in the Beagle sloop, Capts. 
 Digby and Fras. Newcombe. Under the latter 
 oflicer he contributed to the capture, 2 Oct. 1808 
 and 24 Jan. and 18 Feb. 1809, of the privateers 
 Hazard of 14 guns and 49 men, Vengeur of 16 guns 
 and 48 men, and Fortune of 14 guns and 58 men. 
 He was also present in Lord Cochrane's celebrated 
 attack upon the French shipping in Aix Roads, 12 
 April, 1809. The Beagle on that occasion particu- 
 larly signalized herself; and on the 18th she was for 
 five hours in action, at the mouth of the Charente, 
 and under a fire of shells from He d'Aix, with 
 L' Ocean 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wil- 
 laumez, a two-decker, and a frigate ; at the close 
 whereof she had only three barrels of powder left 
 besides the cartridges, which were filled. Mr. 
 Thompson's last appointments were — 14 Oct. 1809, 
 to the C;esar 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. 
 Albany Otway, off Flushing and Lisbon— 30 May, 
 1810, for nearly five months, to the Talbot sloop, 
 Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones, on the Irish station — 22 
 Feb. 1811, to the gun-boat service at Cadiz— 8 May 
 following and 12 April, 1813, to the Stately 64 and 
 iMpiTUEOx 74, Capts. Edw. Stirling Dickson and 
 Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, stationed at Cadiz 
 and at Lisbon — 11 May, 1815, after nearly two years 
 of half-pay, to the gun-boat service at Deal, where 
 he remained until the following Aug. — and 1 Nov. 
 1823, to the Transport-service. He was admitted 
 to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 24 Jan. 
 1845 ; and placed on the list of Retired Commanders 
 5 Jan. 1848. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 THOMPSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Thompson (6) was bom in 1793. 
 This ofl&cer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1804, as 
 Third-ol. Vol., on board the Viper cutter, Lieut.- 
 Commander Dan. Carpenter; in which vessel he 
 was for three years stationed in the Channel. Join- 
 ing next, in the early part of 1807, the Goliath 74, 
 Capt. Peter Puget, he accompanied Admiral Gam- 
 bier in the course of the same year in the expedition 
 against Copenhagen, and was actively employed, 
 during the siege, with the in-shore squadron. On 
 the surrender of the Danish capital he assisted in 
 navigating to England the prize ship of the line 
 Kron-Princesse Maria. In Dec. 1808 he removed to 
 the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. Codrington ; with whom 
 he continued to serve until transferred, as Master's 
 Mate, in May, 181.3, to the Ehdymion 40, Capt. 
 Henry Hope. In 1809 the Blake, during the attack 
 upon Flushing, grounded under the enemy's bat- 
 teries, and was for two hours and three-quarters ex- 
 posed to a fire which crippled her masts and rigging 
 and occasioned her a loss of 2 men killed and 9 
 wounded. M'^hile engaged, in Aug. 1810, at the de- 
 fence of Cadiz, she was sent to Minorca with four 
 Spanish ships of the line ; the whole of which, al- 
 though old and leaky, quite destitute of men to 
 navigate them, only halt-provisioned, and crowded 
 with refugee passengers, were ultimately anchored 
 in] safety at Port Mahon, after a distressing pas- 
 sage of 38 days. She was next, during the years 
 1811-12-13, employed in active co-operation with 
 the patriots on the south coast of Spain, and bore a 
 prominent part in the defence of Tarragona, from 
 the Mole at which place Mr. Thompson assisted, in 
 command of a boat, in cutting out, in one instance, 
 as many as eight of the enemy's vessels. While 
 serving in the Endymion, in which ship he re- 
 mained until June, 1814, we find him contributing 
 to the capture, on the coast of North America, of 
 15 sail of merchantmen and privateers. In Jan. 
 1815 he joined the Malta 84, Capt. Wm. Chas. 
 Fahie, on the Mediterranean station ; where, it ap- 
 pears, he served with the in-shore squadron of gun- 
 boats at the siege of Gaeta, and on the surrender of 
 that fortress was sent at the head of a detachment 
 of seamen to take possession of it. Having passed 
 
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 THOMPSON. 
 
 his examination in June, 1812, he was presented, in 
 Sept. 1815, with a commission bearing date 23 Feb. 
 preceding. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Thompson married in March, 1818 ; and 
 has issue two daughters. 
 
 THOMPSON. (LiEDT., 1810. F-P., 9 ; h-p., 34.) 
 John Last Thompson was born 9 Dec. 1779. 
 This officer entered the Nary, 20 Jan. 1804, as 
 Acting-Master, on board the Snipe 12, Lieut-Com- 
 mander Chas. Champion, employed on the Home 
 station ; where, and at Newfoundland and in the 
 "West Indies, he served as Master, from May, 1805, 
 until April, 1810, in the Volcano bomb, Capt. Edw. 
 Killwick, Leveket 18, Capt. Geo. Burgoyne Salt, 
 Camilla 20, Capt. John Bowen, Daet receiving- 
 ship (at Barbadoes), Capts. Duller and Bremer, and 
 Blonde 42, Capts. Volant Vashon Ballard and Wm. 
 Paterson. When in the Volcano he was often in 
 action with the enemy's batteries and flotilla at Bou- 
 logne, and saw, as a volunteer, much hazardous boat- 
 service. On 24 Sept. 1809, being then in the Blonde, 
 he offered, of his own accord, to cut out a privateer 
 schooner from under two batteries in the south-east 
 part of Guadeloupe ; and while endeavouring to ac- 
 complish this object he lost his right arm, and was 
 otherwise much injured in the side by a grape-shot 
 shattering his musket. He was in consequence pre- 
 sented by the Patriotic Society with the sum of 
 1501, and was allotted, 7 May, 1810, a pension of 
 91/. 5s. per annum. Prior to uniting in the Blonde 
 in the operations immediately connected with the 
 reduction of Guadeloupe, Mr. Thompson aided, in 
 Deo. 1809, in destroying, in Anse la Barque, the 
 French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, together 
 with a heavy battery by which they had been de- 
 fended. He had witnessed in the same ship the 
 surrender, in Deo. 1807, of the Danish islands of St. 
 Thomas and Ste. Croix. In May and July, 1810, he 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Statira 
 38 and Neptune 98, both commanded by Capt. V. 
 V. Ballard ; with whom, in Nov. of the same year, 
 he returned to England. He was officially pro- 
 moted 17 Dec. following; and was lastly, from 1 
 Aug. 1812 until 30 Nov. 1814, employed in com- 
 mand of a Signal station at Gunton, near Lowes- 
 toffe. 
 
 Lieut. Thompson is married and has an only 
 child. 
 
 THOMPSON. (LiECT., 1841. r-p., 18; h-p., 3.) 
 John Rowley Thompson was born in May, 1813, 
 in CO. Fermanagh. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Aug. 1826, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 104, Capt. Chas. 
 Inglis, guard-ship at Portsmouth. From April, 1827, 
 until Nov. 1830, and from Aug. 1832 until Oct. 1834 
 (in the course of which latter month he passed his 
 examination) he served in South America and the 
 Mediterranean in the Sapphire 28, Capt. Henry 
 Dundas, and Boxer 18, Capt. Sir Geo. Young; and 
 he was afterwards employed as Mate, In the station 
 last named — from Aug. 1835 until Nov. 1836, in the 
 Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Daores — from Nov. 
 1836 until April, 1839, in the Bahham 50, Capt. 
 Armar Lowry Corry — from Aug. 1839 until Oct. 
 1840, in the Belleisle 72, Capt. John Toup Nicolas 
 — and from Oct. 1840 until June, 1841, in the Cal- 
 cutta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts. He then joined 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings ; and on 23 Nov. 1841 he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 22 March, 1842, and 21 
 April, 1844, to the Ringdove 16 and Thunder sur- 
 veying-vessel, Capts. Sir Wm. Daniell and Edw. 
 Barnett, both in the West Indies — 11 Dec. 1844, as 
 Additional, after four months of half-pay, to the 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at 
 Devonport — 2 Jan. 1845 and 3 March, 1846, as First, 
 to the Pantaloon 16, Capt. Edm. Wilson, and Hy- 
 dra steam-sloop, Capts. Horatio Beauman Young 
 and Arthur Morrell, on the African station, whence 
 he returned in 1847— and 27 July, 1848, again as 
 
 Additional Lieutenant, to the Crocodile, Capt. 
 Geo. Augustus Bedford, receiving-ship at Cork, to 
 which he continues attached. 
 
 THOMPSON. (Commander, 1838. p-p., 23; 
 
 H-p., 26.) 
 JosiAH Thompson entered the Navy, 2 July, 1798, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tigre 74, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith. In that ship he co-operated in 
 1799 in the defence of St. Jean d'Acre, and took 
 part in 1801 in the operations connected with the 
 expedition to Egypt, when he served on shore with 
 the army in the battles of 8, 12, and 21 March. He 
 continued employed in the Tigre, part of the time 
 in the capacity of Midshipman, until Oct. 1802 ; and 
 in March, 1803, he again joined Sir W. S. Smith, 
 whose broad pendant was flying on board the Ante- 
 lope 50. On 16 May, 1804, he was present in a gal- 
 lant attack made by a squadron under the orders of 
 the Commodore on a division of the enemy's flotilla 
 passing alongshore from Flushing to Ostend. After 
 serving for about four months in the Channel and 
 at Plymouth in the Powerful 74, Capt. Robt. Plam- 
 pin, and Pomp^e 74, fitting for the flag of Sir W. S. 
 Smith, he was made Lieutenant, 31 Jan. 1806, into 
 the Belleisle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood ; whom he 
 followed next into the Northumberland 74. When 
 in company, in the Belleisle, with the Bellona 74 
 and Melampus 36, he contributed, 14 Sept. 1806, to 
 the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French 74 
 U Impettieux. In the Northumberland, of which 
 ship he was for several months First-Lieutenant, he 
 was stationed, until Nov. 1809, in the Mediterranean. 
 Joining, in May, 1810, the Medusa 32, Capts. Wm. 
 Bowles and Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, he 
 landed in the following July on the north coast of 
 Spain, with a party of seamen and marines under 
 the immediate command of the former officer, and 
 shared in a successful engagement with a strong 
 detachment of the enemy's troops, consisting of 
 between 700 and 800 men, near Santona. On the 
 night of 5 June, 1812, Mr. 'Thompson, who was then 
 Senior of the Medusa, and had volunteered his ser- 
 vices, ascended, with four boats under his orders, 
 the harbour of Arcasson, the entrance of which was 
 protected by a 4-gun battery on each side, for the 
 purpose (although there was but little hope of her 
 being brought out clear of the shoals that beset the 
 navigation) of attacking the French 400-ton store- 
 ship La Dorade, laden with ship timber, and mount- 
 ing 14 guns, with a complement of 86 men. Although 
 the enemy was in every way prepared, and hailed 
 the boats in their approach, the latter dashed along- 
 side under a heavy fire of great guns and musketry, 
 boarded, and, after a desperate struggle, carried La 
 Dorade, 63 of whose crew were either killed or com- 
 pelled to jump overboard. The loss on the part of 
 the British amounted to only 5 wounded, one of 
 whom, a brother of Mr. Thompson, had his left arm 
 shot through in two places. At daylight the prize 
 was got under weigh, but after proceeding about a 
 league down the harbour she grounded, as had been 
 anticipated, near the two batteries, and, it being 
 found impossible to get her off, she was set on fire 
 and blown up. For the manner in which he had 
 conducted this very brilliant enterprise Mr. Thomp- 
 son was strongly recommended by Capt. Bouverie 
 to the notice of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord 
 Keith, as " a most active, zealous, brave, and good 
 officer ;" and his Lordship in return expressed his 
 high approval of the "gallantry, zeal, and judg- 
 ment" he had evinced.* This, however, was all he 
 got — the rank of Commander, which his valour so 
 richly deserved, being deferred, incredible as it may 
 seem, for 26 years. He left the Medusa in Aug. 
 1813 ; and was subsequently placed in command — 
 16 Oct. in the same year and 27 Aug. 1814, of the 
 Mullet schooner and Nimble cutter, employed 
 until Nov. 1815 in conveying despatches to the 
 coast of Spain, the West Indies, the west coast of 
 France, and Newfoundland — 7 Sept. 1817, of the 
 Castle Coote Revenue cruizer, stationed on the 
 • Vide Gas. 1818, p. 117B. 
 
THOMPSON— THOMSON. 
 
 1175 
 
 coast of Ireland, -where lie remained, wc beliere, 
 until March, 1818— and 13 March, 1832, of the Brisk 
 brig, of 3 guns, on the west coast of Africa. In 
 May, 1833, owing to the illness of Commander Jas. 
 Kich. Booth of the Tkinculo 18, Mr. Thompson was 
 appointed to the acting-command of that vessel. 
 Being, however, superseded in the following Sept., 
 he went back to the Brisk ; and he was shortly 
 afterwards afforded an opportunity of rendering 
 assistance (much approved of by Rear-Admiral 
 Fred. Warren, the Commander-in-Chief) to the 
 settlements in the river Gambia ; where, in June, 
 1835, a season of great mortality, he united in other 
 operations conducted under the immediate direc- 
 tion of the Lieutenant-Governor, George Randall, 
 whose thanks he elicited by his gallant and zealous 
 conduct. During his sojourn on the coast of Africa, 
 whence he returned to England and was paid off 
 about Nov. 1835, he succeeded in capturing as many 
 as 673 slaves. His last appointments were, 13 Oct. 
 1836 and 25 Feb. 1837, to the TfiMiRAiRE 104, Capt. 
 Thos. Fortescue Kennedy, and Brune 22, Capts. 
 Robt. Scallon and John Clavell, guard-ships at 
 Sheerness and Chatham, where he served (in the 
 latter ship as First-Lieutenant) until at length ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 28 June, 1838. 
 
 THOMPSON. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 Thomas Thompson passed his examination in 
 1817 ; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 22 July, 1830. His appointments have since been, 
 alternately— 13 July, 1831, to the Coast Guard— 26 
 Aug. 1834, to the Spkighti,t Kevenue-vessel — 17 
 March, 1835, to the Coast Guard- 26 Sept. 1837, to 
 the Cheerful Revenue-vessel — 6 Oct. 1840, to the 
 Coast Guard — and 2 July, 1844 (after nearly 18 
 months of half-pay), to the Grethodnd Revenue- 
 vessel, which he still commands. 
 
 THOMPSON. (Captain, 1847.) 
 
 Thomas Pickering Thompson is son of Rear- 
 Admiral John Thompson. 
 
 This oflBcer entered the Navy 4 Sept. 1823 ; passed 
 his examination in 1829 ; and obtained his first com- 
 mission 5 June, 1834. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 19 June, 1834, to the Columbine 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Henderson, in which vessel he visited the 
 Mediterranean, accompanied in 1835 the Euphrates 
 Expedition under Lieut.-Colonel Chesney, from 
 Malta to the mouth of the river Orontes, and 
 cruized with success on the coast of Africa — 15 
 July, 1836, to the Pique 36, Cants. Hon. Henry John 
 Rous and Edw. Boxer, with whom he served on the 
 Home and North America and West India stations 
 until the close of 1839— and 18 Feb. 1840, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Magictenke 24, Capts. Wm. 
 Burnett, Fred. Thos. Miohell, and Rich. Laird War- 
 ren, part of the force engaged in the operations on 
 the coast of Syria. He attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 23 Nov. 1841 ; and was employed in that 
 capacity in the EspiioLE 12, in the Channel and 
 East Indies, from 7 Sept. 1844 until advanced to his 
 present rank 25 June, 1847. 
 
 THOMPSON, Bart. (Captain, 1837.) 
 
 Sir Thomas Raises Trigge Thompson, born 1 
 April, 1804, is only son of the late Vice- Admiral Sir 
 Thos. Boulden Thompson,* Bart., G.C.B., by Anne, 
 
 • Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson was born 28 Feb. 1766. 
 After assisting in the HviKNA, at the relief of Gibraltar, 
 under Sir Geo. Rodney, also at the defeat of Don Juan de 
 Langara, and at the capture of Demerara, Berbice, find Esse- 
 quibo, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Jan. 
 1782. He was made commander, in 1786, into the Nautilus 
 sloop, on the coast of Africa ; and was advanced to Post-rank 
 22 Nov. 1790. While commanding the Leander 50, he was 
 wounded in the attack upon Tenerilfe in 1797, fought with 
 conspicuous valour at the battle of the Nile, and_was captured, 
 18 Aug. 1798, by the French 74-gun ship Gbnereux, at the 
 end of a close and bloody conflict of six hours, in which the 
 Leander, besides being totally dismasted, and otherwise 
 dreadfully shattered, sustained a loss, out of 282 men, of 35 
 killed and 67 (including himself) wounded ; and the enemy, 
 whose force originally consisted of 936 men, of 100 killed 
 and 188 wounded. In 1799 he received the honour of knight- 
 
 eldest daughter of Robt. Eaikes, Esq., of Glou- 
 cester. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1818 ; passed 
 his examination in 1824; was made Lieutenant, 8 
 April, 1825, into the Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir 
 Harry Burrard Neale in the Mediterranean; and 
 was next, 2 March, 1826, appointed to the Ganges 
 84, fitting for the flag of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, 
 Commander-in-Chief in South America ; whore he 
 was promoted, 19 Jan. 1828, to the command of the 
 Cadmus 10. He paid that vessel off on her return 
 to England 7 May, 1830; was advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank 10 Jan. 1837 ; and was lastly, from 20 
 April, 1842, until 1847, employed, again in South 
 America, in the Talbot 26. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 THOMPSON. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Sparke Thompson entered the Navy 24 
 Oct. 1811; obtained his first commission 5 Oct. 1824; 
 was appointed, 9 Aug. 1826, to the Galatea 42, 
 Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, fitting at Portsmouth ; 
 served from 21 Nov. 1827 until within a short time 
 of his promotion to the rank of Commander, which 
 took place 4 Oct. 1832, in the Royal Charlotte 
 yacht, Capts. Lord Wm. Paget, Hon. Josceline 
 Percy, and Edw. Galwey, off Dublin ; and from 14 
 Dec. 1844 until advanced to the rank he now holds, 
 9 Nov. 1846, was employed in the Comus 18, on the 
 South American station. He is now on half-pay. 
 
 THOMSON. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 17 ; 
 
 H-p., 18.) 
 Charles Thomson entered the Navy, 10 June, 
 1812, as a Supernumerary Boy, on board the Che- 
 rokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, stationed at Leith, 
 where he soon attained the rating of Midshipman, 
 and continued employed until Sept. 1815. He served 
 next, from Jan. 1816 until Aug. 1818, in the Brazen 
 sloop, Capt. Jas. Stirling, in the West Indies ; and 
 from the latter date until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 30 Nov. 1820, chiefly at Portsmouth, in 
 the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Geo. 
 Campbell, Salisbury 50, fitting for the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Donald Campbell, Camelion 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye, Royal George yacht, Capt. 
 Hon. Chas. Paget, and again in the Camelion and 
 Royal George. His subsequent appointments 
 were— 12 March, 1824, to the Bulwark 76, Capt. 
 Thos. Dundas, lying at Portsmouth— 8 Feb. 1825, 
 for nine months, to the Hyperion 42, Capt. W. J. 
 Mingaye, stationed at Newhaven for the purposes 
 of the Coast Blockade — 19 April, 1827, to the 
 Prince Regent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. 
 Moorsom at Chatham— 7 Aug. following to the 
 Warspitb 76, Capts. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas 
 and Wm. Parker, in the Mediterranean— 22 Jan. 
 1829, to the Kent 78, Capt. John Ferris Devon- 
 shire, at Plymouth— 17 Sept. 1829 and 21 June, 
 1831, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney 
 Malcolm, and Kent again, Capt. Sam. Pym, both in 
 the Mediterranean, whence he returned in Dec. of 
 the latter year— and 20 July, 1838, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Hastings 72, Capts. Fras. Erskine Loch 
 and John Lawrence. In the ship last mentioned he 
 escorted the Queen Dowager to Malta and back, and 
 took part in the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 where he commanded the boats in the attack upon 
 the Castle of Gebail 12 Sept. 1840. For his services 
 he was promoted to the rank of Commander 5 Nov. 
 in the same year. He left the Hastings in Jan. 
 1841 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 hood and a pension of 3001. per annum. At the battle of 
 Copenhagen, in 1801, hecommanded the Belt.ona 74, and 
 lost a leg ; and his pension was increased in consequence to 
 500/., an allowance which, in 1815, was augmented to 700/. 
 After he left the Bellona he served for a considerable time 
 in the Mary yacht. In 1806 he was appointed comptroller 
 of the Navy and raised to the dignity of a Baronet ; he suc- 
 ceeded Sir John Colpoys as Treasurer to Greenwich Hospital 
 in 1816 ; and he was created a Kear-Admiral 25 Oct. 1809, a 
 Vice-Admiral 4 June, 1814, a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, and a 
 G.C.B. 14 Sept. 1822. He represented the city of Rochester 
 in Parliament for several years, and died 3 March 1828, at 
 Hartsbourne, Manor Place, Herts, 
 
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 THOMSON— THORLEY—THORNBROUGH. 
 
 THOMSON. (Lieut., 1823. r-p., 10; h-p., 26.) 
 KoBEHT Kennedy Thomson entered the Navy, in 
 Aug. 1811, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Imp^riedse 
 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan. He was present in 
 that frigate, we believe, at the capture and destruc- 
 tion, 2 Nov. following, of 10 gun-boats and 22 richly- 
 laden feluccas, defended by a strong tower and two 
 batteries in the harbour of Palinuro, on the coast of 
 Calabria, where the British were opposed by a land 
 force of 700 men ; also at the destruction, 27 June, 
 1811, of a French convoy, and of the batteries, at 
 LangueUa and Alassio, and in a spirited skirmish 
 fought, 17 Aug. in the same year, with a powerful 
 Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples; and, in 
 1813-14, at the capture of Port d'Anzo and in the 
 operations against Leghorn and Genoa. He conti- 
 nued to serve with Capt. Duncan as Midshipman in 
 the Glasgow 50, in the Bay of Biscay, until Sept. 
 1815 ; he then joined the Bulwakk 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Chas. Rowley at Chatham ; and he was next, 
 from March, 1816, until June, 1819, and from June, 
 1822, until he invalided in May, 1823, employed, at 
 Halifax and in the Kast Indies, the latter part of 
 the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Forth 40, 
 Capt. Sir John Louis, and Alligatoe 28, Capt. 
 Thos. Alexander. On 22 Oct. 1823 he was officially 
 promoted. His last appointment was to the Re- 
 venge 76, Capt. Norborne Thompson; in which 
 ship he served in the Mediterranean from 16 Sept. 
 1828 until about the close of 1829. 
 
 Lieut. Thomson is a Captain in the Ayrshire 
 Militia. 
 
 THOMSON. (COMMAKDER, 1832.) 
 
 William Augustus Thomson entered the Navy, 
 22 Sept. 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Hebe, 
 Capt. Wm. Burchall ; and in the following year ac- 
 companied a force sent under the direction of the 
 late Sir Home Popham and Major-General Coote, to 
 destroy the locks and sluice-gates of the Bruges 
 Canal. After cruizing for some months in the 
 Channel in the Resolution 74, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, 
 he joined, in the course of 1800, the Experiment 44, 
 Capt. John Griffin Saville, and Florentina frigate, 
 Capt. John Broughton — the former employed under 
 Sir John Borlase Warren in the expedition to Fer- 
 rol, the latter in the operations connected with the 
 expulsion of the French from Egypt in 1801. Re- 
 turning to England at the peace of Amiens in the 
 Egyptienne 40, Capt. Chas. Ogle, he did not again 
 go afloat until 1803; in the autumn of which year 
 he was received in succession on board the North- 
 umberland 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. Cochrane, and 
 Arab 22, Capts. Lord Cochrane and Keith Max- 
 well. In the vessel last mentioned he was for up- 
 wards of 18 months employed as Master's Mate and 
 Acting-Lieutenant oflT Boulogne (where he came into 
 frequent contact with the enemy's batteries and flo- 
 tilla) and on the coasts of Holland, Denmark, and 
 Norway. He was then again placed under the com- 
 mand of Lord Cochrane as Master's Mate in the 
 Pallas 32 ; in command of one of the boats he- 
 longing to which frigate we find him, on the night 
 of 5 April, 1806, entering the river Gironde, for the 
 purpose of uniting in an attempt to cut out two 
 French brig-corvettes, which lay 20 miles above 
 the shoals and between two heavy batteries. One 
 of these, La Tapageuse^ of 14 long 8-pounders and 
 95 men, although fully prepared, was most gallantly 
 boarded and carried. The strength of the flood- 
 tide preventing the boats or the prize from ascend- 
 ing the stream in quest of the remaining brig. La 
 Tapageuse at daybreak made sail. On her way 
 down, however, she was followed and attacked by 
 her late consort, who, after an hour's firing, was 
 compelled to sheer oflT. On 20 Sept. following Mr. 
 Thomson was made liieutenant into the Meteor 
 bomb, Capt. Jas. Collins ; and in that vessel, in 
 which he remained until he invalided in Nov. 1807, 
 he was again in action with the enemy in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Boulogne, and was present under Sir 
 John Duckworth at the passage of the Dardanells. 
 His next appointments were — 22 May, 1809, to the 
 TisiPHONE sloop, Capts. Wm. Williams Foote and 
 
 Wm. Love, on the Guernsey station, where he 
 cruized in command of a tender — 16 April, 1810, to 
 the Tweed 18, Capt. Thos. Edw. Symonds, which 
 vessel, employed on the North Sea and Baltic, his 
 health obliged him to leave in the following Dec. — 
 2 May, 1812, as First-Lieutenant (a rank he had for 
 some time held on board the Tweed) to the Leoni- 
 DAS 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, on the coast of 
 Ireland— 2 Feb. 1813, for four months, to the Cres- 
 cent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, at Newfoundland — 
 in May, 1814, again as First, to the Cretan 16, 
 Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, off the Scheldt— and 9 
 May, 1815, for a very brief period, to the San Josef 
 110, as Flag-Lieutenant to Vioe-Admiral Sir Rich. 
 Strachan at Plymouth. In 1822-3 he commanded 
 the Earl Moira Bevenue-cruizer, and another ves- 
 sel of the same description, whose name we do not 
 possess. Since he attained his present rank, 15 
 Feb. 1832, he has been on half-pay. 
 
 THOELEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Robert Thobley entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess of Orange 
 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton ; attained the rating 
 of Midshipman in July, 1807 ; and from the follow- 
 ing Dec. until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 18 Feb. 1815, was employed, part of the time in the 
 capacity of Master's Mate, in the Antelope 50, 
 Capt. Edw. Galwey, Isis 50, Capt. Woodley Losack, 
 Dryad 36, Capt. E. Galwey, Quebec 32, Capt. Robt. 
 Scallon, and Bonne Citoyenne 20, Capt. Augustus 
 Wm. Jas. Clifford. lu the above ships he served 
 on the Downs, Mediterranean, Lisbon, St. Helena, 
 North Sea, Channel, Newfoundland, and Irish sta- 
 tions. The Dryad, while he was in her, accompa- 
 nied the expedition to the Walcheren; co-operated, 
 in 1810, with the patriots on the north coast of Spain ; 
 and destroyed, 23 Dec. 1812, a French national brig 
 of 22 guns, near He Dieu. Since his promotion Mr. 
 Thorley has been on half-pay. 
 
 THOENBROUGH. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 13 ; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 Edward Le Cras Thoenbrough, born 1 March, 
 1795, at Portsmouth, is only surviving child of the 
 late Admiral Sir Edw. Thornbrough, G.C.B.* One 
 of his ancestors was Bishop of Worcester in 1634. 
 
 * Sir Edward Thornbrough was bom 27 July, 1754, at 
 Plymouth Dock. He entered the Navy 20 June, 1761, on 
 board the ARBoOftNT 74. Cnpt. John Amherst; attained the 
 rank of Lieutenant 16 April, 1773 ; took part in several of 
 the operations connected with the war of independence in 
 America (where he was present as First of the Falcon sloop, 
 Capt. John Linzee, at the battle of Bunker's Hill, and was 
 wounded in a desperate boat-attack upon an enemy's 
 schooner) ; and for his dashing conduct as Senior of the 
 Flora of 42 guns and 259 men, Capt. Wm. Peere Williams 
 Freeman, at the capture of La Nymphe French frieate of .32 
 guns (pierced for 40) and 291 men, was promoted, in Aug. 
 1780, to the riink of Commander, and appointed to the Bri- 
 tannia armed ship. He acquired Post-rank 24 Sept. 1781, 
 and between that period and the date of his promotion to 
 Flag-rank 1 Jan. 1801, he commanded the Bt.oNDE 32, Hebe 
 frigate, Scipio 64, L.atona 28, Robust 74, and Formidable 
 98. In the Blonde, which ship was ultimately wrecked in 
 the Bay of Biscay, he succeeded, 8 May, 1782, in compelling 
 seven privateers (one of 24, three of 20, two of 16, and one 
 of 12 guns) simultaneously to strike their colours. The 
 Hebe, one of the finest frigates in the British Navy, he com- 
 manded from Oct. 1783 until Oct. 17S9. While commanding 
 the Latona he distinguished himself by the ardour with 
 which he went in pursuit, in Nov. 1793, of a French squadron, 
 consisting of six ships of the line, two frigates, a bng, and a 
 schooner ; and by the important service he rendered to Lord 
 Howe in the actions of 28 May and 1 June, 1794. In 1795, 
 being then in the Robust, he co-operated, under Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, with the royalists on the coast of France ; 
 and on 12 Oct. 1798, he contributed to the capture of the 
 French 74-gun ship Le Hoche, one of asquadron commanded 
 by Commodore Bompart, and destined for the invasion of 
 Ireland. The Robust on that occasion sustained a loss of 
 10 killed and 40 wounded. In Feb. 1799, Capt. Thornbrough 
 was nominated a Colonel of Marines. On the occasion of his 
 promotion, as above, to the rank of llear-Admiral, be hoisted 
 his flag on board the Mars 74, and assumed command of the 
 in-shore squadron off Brest, where he remained during the 
 war. On the renewal of hostilities he was appointed Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the Downs ; lie was ordered shortlv after- 
 
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 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1806, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Kent 74, Capt. Henry 
 Garrett, bearing the flag of his father, with whom 
 he continued employed on the Home and Mediter- 
 ranean stations in the Prince of "Wales 98, Ville 
 dePakisIIO, and Rotal Sovereign 100 (tlie latter 
 part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman), 
 until transferred, in Nov. 1809, to the Apollo 38, 
 Capt. Bridges AVatkinson Taylor. In that ship he 
 assisted, 13 April, 1812, at the capture, under the 
 batteries of Corsica, of the French frigate-built 850- 
 ton store-ship Merinos of 20 guns (pierced for 36) and 
 126 men, 6 of whom were killed and 20 wounded ; 
 and on 20 of the following month, of the national 
 xebec Uiysse of 6 guns and 56 men. He was also, 
 either in the Apollo or her boats, present at the 
 destruction, 21 Dec. 1812, of St. Cataldo, the 
 strongest tower between Brindisi and Otranto ; at 
 the taking, 29 Jan. and 3 Feb. 1813, of the well-pro- 
 tected islands of Augusta and Curzola ; at the cap- 
 ture, in April and May following, of the island of 
 Malero, of a felucca at St. Cataldo, of a convoy 
 under Turkish colours bound with supplies to 
 Corfu, and of a vessel mounting 2 guns ; and at the 
 reduction, in the early part of 1814, of the islands of 
 Paxo and Anti-Paxo. On his arrival home in May, 
 1814, Mr. Thornbrough was received as a Supernu- 
 merary on board the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. 
 Robt. Hall, lying at Plymouth ; he obtained his first 
 commission 12 Dec. in the same year; and he was 
 next, 9 Jan. and 15 May, 1815, appointed to the 
 Phcebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, and Queen Char- 
 lotte 100 ; in the latter of which ships he officiated 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to his father at Portsmouth, 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander 25 May, 
 1818. He served in the Ringdove 18, on the Hali- 
 fax station, from 31 Aug. 1826 until advanced to 
 Post-rank 17 April, 1827 ; and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Thornbrough married, 30 Nov. 1820, Emily 
 Raikes, second daughter of the late Daniel Garrett, 
 Esi^., of Colt House, near Honiton, Devon, and 
 granddaughter of Robt. Raikes, Esq., of Gloucester, 
 the founder of Sunday-schools. 
 
 THORNDIKE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Charles Alexandek Thorndike died 19 May, 
 1845, at Littlehampton, co. Sussex. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 10 April, 1810; 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; and was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 27 June, 1826, into the Revenge 76, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Burrard, on the Mediterranean station. 
 He returned home a few months afterwards, and 
 was subsequently employed — from 22 Nov. 1830 
 until the close of 1832, in the Alligator 28, Capts. 
 Chas. Philip Yorke and Geo. Robt. Lambert, in the 
 Mediterranean and East Indies — and, from 23 Oct. 
 1833 until the early part of 1835, and again from 
 13 March, 1843, until the period of his death, in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 THOENE. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.) 
 James Thorne entered the Navy, 14 April, 1808, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Invincible 74, Capt. 
 Ross Donnelly, employed at first in the Downs and 
 next in the Mediterranean. While on the latter 
 station he served, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, with 
 the boats of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour 
 at the capture and destruction, after a desperate 
 struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 
 
 wards to take command of the squadron employed off the 
 Texel; and in March, 1805, he became First-Captain of the 
 Channel fleet under Lord Gardner. In the course of the same 
 year he was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral. In 1806 
 he Wits sent, in the Prinoe of Wales 98, with five ships of 
 th« line under his orders, to watch the port of Rochefort. He 
 afterwaixis held a command in the Mediterranean, with his 
 flag in tJie RoY.lL SoVEREroN 100 ; and from Aug. 1810 until 
 Nov. 1813, and from April, 1815, until May, 1818, he com- 
 manded in chief on the Irish station and at Portsmouth. He 
 was created a full Admiral 4 Dec. 1813, a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, 
 aG.C.B. 11 Jan. 1825. and Vice-Admiral of the United King- 
 dom 30 Jan. 1833. He died an Admiral of the Red 3 April, 
 1834. 
 
 55 wounded, of the French store-ship Lamproie of 
 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Gran- 
 deur, and armed xebec Narmande, with a convoy 
 of seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous 
 strong batteries, in the Bay of Rosas. In the fol- 
 lowing month he removed to the Hind 28, Capt. 
 John Rich. Lumley, also in the Mediterranean ; he 
 next, in Aug. 1810, joined the Rebuff gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jones, engaged in the de- 
 fence of Cadiz ; and from July, 1812, until Aug. 
 1815, he was employed under the present Sir Geo. 
 Cockburn, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in 
 the Grampus 50 and Marlborough and Sceptre 
 74's, and, for upwards of 18 months, as Second- 
 Master, in the Albion and Northumberland 74's. 
 In the Sceptre and Albion he took part, in 1813-14, 
 in the operations against Crany Island, Hampton, 
 Washington, and Baltimore, and in others of minor 
 note; and in the Northumberland he escorted 
 Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena, where he was 
 nominated, 21 Aug. 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Peruvian sloop, Capt. Jas. Kearney White. In 
 March, 1816, he was placed in charge, under Capt. 
 Wm. Roberts, of the island of Ascension. He was 
 officially promoted 5 Aug. following; was trans- 
 ferred, 14 May, 1817, to the command of the Hydra, 
 a vessel in which he visited the coast of Brazil; 
 and after he had again served for about five months 
 at Ascension under Capt. Jas. Caimes, was appointed 
 — 25 Jan. 1818, for a short period, to the Leveret 
 10, Capt. John Theed, on the St. Helena station — 
 20 March, 1823, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Livingstone, employed at Sheemess, Plymouth, and 
 Lisbon— in May, 1824, to the command, in the Me- 
 diterranean, of a small vessel whose name we have 
 not — and, 5 Nov. following and 16 Aug. 1826, as 
 First, to the Harlequin 18 and Scylla 18, Capts. 
 Jas. Scott and Wm. Hobson, on the Cork and Ja- 
 maica stations. While serving in the vessel last 
 named he was ordered, 8. Feb. 1828, to act as Com- 
 mander in the Barham 50, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming. He was confirmed 29 March 
 following ; and was advanced to Post-rank 30 March, 
 1829. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Thorne married, 1 Dec. 1831, Margaret 
 Breakenrig, niece of the late Capt. Jas. Aberdour, 
 R.N. (1812). Agents— Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 THORNTON. (Lieut., 1815. e-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 Henry Alexander Daniel Thornton, bom 6 
 June, 1790, at Kingston-on-Thames, is son of Henry 
 Ford Thornton, Esq., of Clare, co. Suffolk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 April, 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Namur 74, Capt. Law- 
 rence Wm. Halsted, in which ship, bearing the flag 
 at first of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell, 
 he served in the North Sea, Channel, West Indies, 
 and Downs (the last 13 months in the capacity of 
 Midshipman), until transferred, in July, 1807, to the 
 Royalist 18, Capts. John Maxwell and Geo. Downie. 
 That sloop, while he was in her, took so many pri- 
 vateers that her commanders were both promoted to 
 Post-rank. Among them were La Princesse of 16 
 guns and 50 men, Le Grand Napoleon of 18 guns 
 and 75 men, L'Heureuse Etoile of 28 guns and 15 
 men, Le Beau Marseille of 14 guns and 60 men, Le 
 Franfois of 14 guns and 60 men, Le Prince Eugene 
 of 14 guns and 55 men, Le Roi de Naples of 14 guns 
 and 48 men, and L'Aventurier of 14 guns and 50 
 men. By Capt. Maxwell, whom he accompanied in 
 the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren, Mr. Thorn- 
 ton was on one occasion publicly thanked and com- 
 plimented for the intrepidity he had manifested in 
 jumping overboard and saving the life of a brother 
 officer. On leaving the Royalist, in which vessel, 
 we may add, he had been chiefly employed on the 
 French, Swedish, and Dutch coasts, he was received 
 on board the Bellerophon 74, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-ji-dmiral John Ferrier in the North Sea, where 
 he continued to serve with that officer, in the Scar- 
 borough 74, until March, 1814— nearly all that time 
 as Master's Mate. In the following April he joined 
 the Puissant 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, lying at 
 
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 THORNTON-THOROLD— THORP— THRACKSTON. 
 
 Spithead ; he was promoted, 4 Feb. 1815, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant ; and from June until Sept. in 
 the latter year he was employed in the Phceue 36, 
 Capt. Jas. Hillyar, on the coast of France. Unable 
 to procure an appointment, he has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Thornton married, 1 Sept. 1823, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Daniel Whitehall, Esq., of Brockhurst 
 Cottage, CO. Hants. Agent— Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 THOENTON. (Capt., 1827. f-p., 14; h-p., 22.) 
 Samdel Thornton, born 2 March, 1797, is third 
 and youngest son of the late Sam. Thornton, Esq., 
 of Clapham and Albury Park, co. Surrey, M.P. for 
 that shire, and previously for Hull, and for 56 years 
 a Director of the Bank of England, by Eliza, 
 daughter of Kobt. Milnes, Esq., of Wakefield, and 
 only sister of Rich. Slater Milnes, Esq., of Fryston 
 Hall and Great Houghton, co. York, M.P. for the 
 city of York. He is nephew of the late Roht. 
 Thornton, Esq., M.P. for Colchester, and the late 
 Henry Thornton, Esq., M.P. for Southwark ; and 
 of the late Countess of Leven and Melville, mother 
 of the present Earl, who is a Rear- Admiral. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 May, 18U, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. 
 Parker, stationed in the Channel, where he removed, 
 in Feb. 1812, to the Akmide 38, Capt. Rich. DaUing 
 Dunn. In the Amazon he witnessed the capture 
 and destruction of a French convoy near the Pen- 
 marok rocks ; and in both ships, as well as in their 
 boats, he saw much active service and came re- 
 peatedly into conflict with the enemy's batteries. 
 Joining, in Nov. 1812, the Ph<ebe of 46 guns and 
 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, he sailed soon after- 
 wards for the Pacific, and was there, 28 March, 1814, 
 present, in company with the Chehub sloop, at the 
 capture, off Valparaiso, of the American frigate 
 Essex of 46 guns and 265 men, of whom, in the 
 course of a warm action of two hours, 24 were killed 
 and 45 wounded, with a loss to the Phcebe of 4 
 killed and 7 wounded. From Dec. 1814 until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant a few weeks after 
 his return to England 21 May, 1819, Mr. Thornton 
 was employed in the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Geo. Burlton, IniiGENiA 42, Capts. John Rey- 
 nolds and John Tancock, Conway 26, Capt. Edw. 
 Barnard, Minden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. 
 K-ing, and, for rather more than six months as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant, in the Conway 26, Capt. Wm. Hill, 
 all on the East India station, whither, on being ap- 
 pointed, 22 Oct. 1821, to the Liffby 50, Commodore 
 Chas. Grant, he again proceeded. Uniting subse- 
 quently in the hostilities against the Burmese, he 
 assisted, 11 May, 1824, at the capture of Rangoon, 
 and had the honour of hoisting the British flag (the 
 first one that had been victoriously displayed since 
 the commencement of the war) on the enemy's fort. 
 In March, 1825 (he had exchanged, 18 Jan. pre- 
 ceding, into the Alligator 28), he ascended the 
 river Irawady with despatches for his Captain, Thos. 
 Alexander, under whom we find him, in the course 
 of that month, present at the taking of Donoobew. 
 In the ensuing operations against Maha Bandoola 
 he commanded the Alligatok's cutter, attached 
 to the invading flotilla.* After the occupation of 
 Prome he was sent up the river as far as Patanagoh, 
 with a small detachment under his orders, for the 
 purpose of liberating any family or other boats that 
 might be found detained by the Burmese warriors, 
 and of endeavouring to open a communication with 
 the Arracan army under Brigadier-General Morri- 
 son. While so engaged he aided in surveying 90 
 •miles of the Irawady. Having been promoted by 
 the Admiralty, 8 April, 1825, to the command of 
 the Slaney 20, he ultimately, in Jan. 1826, joined 
 that vessel at Madras. He then hastened back to 
 Rangoon, and on his arrival there was left by Capt. 
 Henry Ducie Chads to carry on the naval duties 
 while the men-of-war boats, under the present Capt. 
 John Fitzgerald Studdert, were employed in escort- 
 ing to that place the troops from the evacuated 
 * Vide Gaz. 1825, p. 2277. 
 
 posts up the river. Since his advancement to Post- 
 rank, which took place 30 April, 1827, he has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Thornton published, in 1833, a ' History of 
 the East India Company, from their First Charter 
 to the Present Time.' He married, 8 Sept. 1840, 
 Emily Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Rev. 
 John Morgan Rice, of Tooting, co. Surrey, and 
 niece of Sir Ralph Rice, Kt., formerly Recorder of 
 Prince of Wales Island, and afterwards a Judge at 
 Bengal and Bombay. By that lady he has issue. 
 Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 THOEOLD. (Eetiked Commander, 1845. 3?-p., 
 11; H-p., 34.) 
 Richard Thorold entered the Royal Naval 
 Academy 14 April, 1802 ; and embarked, 17 March, 
 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Belliqdeux 64, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, stationed in the North Sea. 
 After serving for three years in the Mediterranean, 
 a great part of the time as Master's Mate, in the 
 Apollo frigate, Capt. Edw. Fellowes, and Ocean 
 98, flag-ship of Lord CoUingwood, he was made 
 Lieutenant, 26 Aug. 1808, into the Minorca 18, 
 Capt. Phipps Hornby, stationed ofi" Cadiz. He was 
 superseded from that vessel in March, 1809 ; and 
 was subsequently appointed — in June of the same 
 year, to the Inconstant 36, Capt. Edw. Stirling 
 Dickson, at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he re- 
 turned in July, 1810—14 Dec. following, for a few 
 weeks, to the Goshawk sloop, Capt. Edw. Lilburn, 
 at Spithead— 26 Oct. 1811, to the Warrior 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Byng, stationed in the North Sea and 
 Channel — and, 2 Oct. 1812, to the Pembroke 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Brisbane, employed at first off Brest and 
 then in the Mediterranean, where he fought in Sir 
 Edw. Pellew's partial action with the Toulon fleet 
 5 Nov. 1813, assisted at the capture and destruction 
 of a convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio ll 
 April, 1814, and witnessed the fall of Genoa. He 
 left the Pembroke in Aug. 1814; and accepted his 
 present rank 1 Nov. 1845. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 THORP. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 William Thorp entered the Navy 2 April, 1826 ; 
 passed his examination in 1832 ; and obtained his 
 commission 28 June, 1838. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 20 June, 1839, to the Gorgon steamer, 
 Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, under whom he 
 took part in the operations of 1840 on the coast of 
 Syria, including those against Sidon and St. Jean 
 d' Acre— 27 Aug. 1842, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Orestes 18, Capts. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, 
 John Jas. Robinson, and Edw. St. Leger Cannon, 
 also in the Mediterranean — 12 Sept. 1844, to the 
 Medea steam-sloop, Capt. Fred. Warden, on the 
 same station — and, 30 July, 1845, again as First, to 
 the Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley, fitting for the 
 East Indies, whence he returned in 1847. Agent — 
 Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 THRACKSTON. (Rei<ired Commander, 1846. 
 P-P., 10; H-P., 42.) 
 Edwin Theackston entered the Navy, 3 May, 
 1795, as Midshipman, onboard the Scipio 64, Capts. 
 Robt. Macdoual, Chas. Sydney Davers, and Fras. 
 Laforey, stationed in the West Indies, where he 
 removed, in Feb. 1797, to the Experiment 44, Capt. 
 John Barrett. In the following Dec, after having 
 visited the coast of North America, he joined the 
 Monarch 74, Capts. Edw. O'Bryen, Sam. Sutton, 
 Archibald Dickson, and Jas. Robt. Mosse, in which 
 ship he served at first in the North Sea under the 
 flags of Sir Rich. Onslow and Sir Archibald Dick- 
 son, and next in the Baltic ; on which station he 
 fought and was wounded at the battle of Copen- 
 hagen 2 April, 1801. In the course of the same 
 month he was received on board the flag-ship of Sir 
 Hyde Parker, the London 98. He was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 25 July following, into the Glatton 50, 
 Capt. Wm. Birohall, lying at the Nore; was paid 
 off from that ship at the peace ; and was next, from 
 
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 July, 1803, until April, 1805, and from Deo. in the 
 latter year until May, 1806, employed in the Prin- 
 cess Royal 98, Capts. Jas. Vashon, Herbert Sawyer, 
 and Robt. Carthew Reynolds, and Bellona 74, 
 Capt. John Erskine Douglas, on the Channel, "West 
 India, and North American stations. In 1829-30 
 he commanded the Arrow cutter of 10 guns at 
 Portsmouth. He was placed on the Junior List of 
 Retired Commanders 24 March, 1840 ; and on the 
 Senior 29 June, 1846. Agents— Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 THKUSTON. (Ebtired Captain, 1844. f-p., 
 14 ; H-P., 35.) 
 
 Charles Thomas Thruston is second son of the 
 late Framingham Thruston, Esq., of Market Weston 
 Hall, CO. Suffolk, by Frances, second daughter of 
 Sam. Holworthy, Esq., and wife afterwards of Major 
 Valentine Gardner, brother of Admiral the Sist 
 Lord Gardner. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Dec. 1798, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Volage 24, Capt. Hon. 
 Philip Wodehouse, whom he accompanied to the 
 West Indies. In July, 1799, having returned home 
 with the latter as a passenger in La RENOMMfiE 
 frigate, and been nearly lost, he joined the Cruizeb 
 sloop, Capt. Chas. Wollaston, on the North Sea 
 station, where he served for about two years, and 
 contributed to the capture of several privateers. 
 Being again, in the course of 1801, placed under the 
 command of Capt. Wodehouse as Midshipman on 
 board the Brii.i.iant 28, he continued employed 
 with him in that frigate and in the Iris and Resist- 
 ance* until wrecked, near Cape St. Vincent, 31 
 May, 1803. In the following Aug. he joined the 
 Camelion 18, Capt. Thos. Staines; in Dec. of the 
 same year, after having seen much boat service 
 along the coasts of France and Italy, he was re- 
 ceived, at the recommendation of Capt. Wodehouse, 
 on board the Canopus 80, bearing the flag, also in 
 the Mediterranean, of Rear-Admiral Geo. Camp- 
 bell; and on 31 Aug. 1805, at which period he had 
 been serving for a few months with Capt. Rich. 
 Grindall in the Channel in the Prince 98, he was 
 nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Charles armed 
 ship, Capt. Geo. Davies, engaged in affording pro- 
 tection to the Baltic trade. He was promoted to 
 the full rank of Lieutenant 15 Nov. 1806 ; and on 
 26 Dec. ensuing was appointed First of the Ring- 
 dove sloop, Capt. Geo. Andrews. In her he was 
 present, in 1807, in the attack upon Copenhagen. 
 Becoming Second-Lieutenant, in May, 1808, of the 
 Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, he 
 assisted, in Jan. 1809, in embarking the remains of 
 General Moore's army at Corunna, and in the course 
 of the same year waa employed in active co-opera- 
 tion with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, 
 particularly in the neighbourhood of Corcubion, 
 where he landed, and, by organizing the peasantry 
 and otherwise, rendered much important service. 
 In describing the scenes which took place at this 
 period, the late Capt. Basil Hall, who belonged to 
 the Endymion, thus expresses himself: — " He (Capt. 
 Capel) was fortunate in having a very good sup- 
 porter, while his own professed ignorance of the 
 language afforded him leisure to reflect before he 
 was called upon to reply. I allude to our grand in- 
 terpreter and the mainspring of all our operations, 
 the Second-Lieutenant, Chas. Thruston, an officer 
 who had seen much active service both afloat and 
 on shore, and who, to the important advantages of 
 experience in this peculiar line of warfare, added a 
 knowledge of the Spanish language and a heartiness 
 of address peculiarly suited to win the confidence 
 of the people we were amongst. To give efficacy 
 to these qualifications, he was gifted with talents 
 and resources which it is a thousand pities should 
 not have found higher exercise in the service of his 
 country than in this inglorious campaign of Corcu- 
 bion. It was of the greatest importance, however, 
 to the cause to have one man amongst us whom all 
 parties esteemed and were quite willing to follow, 
 
 * The Rbsist.\nck, during the summer of 1802, was en- 
 gaged in attendance on George HI. off Weymonth. 
 
 and who likewise understood the habits and lan- 
 guage of the natives so thoroughly that no misap- 
 prehension of their meaning was ever likely to 
 arise." After making a voyage to Madeira Mr. 
 Thruston sailed, in 1810, for the Cape of Good Hope 
 on promotion in the Scipion 74, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford. Proceeding, in 1811, to join the 
 expedition against the island of Java, he was sent 
 on shore, on his arrival at Batavia, for the purpose 
 of keeping up a communication between the naval 
 and military head-quarters. On 26 Sept. in the 
 same year he was nominated Acting-Commander of 
 the Hester sloop ; and while in that vessel, to 
 which he was confirmed 7 Feb. 1812, he succeeded, 
 with a crew much reduced by sickness, in obtaining 
 the surrender of Coupang, in the island of Timor, 
 and in securing it to the British Government.* 
 The judgment, the ingenuity, and the energy of 
 action which enabled Capt. Thruston, vrithout a 
 single blow, to make this acquisition, reflected upon 
 him the very highest honour. He returned home 
 an invalid, from inflammation of the liver, towards 
 the close of 1812, in the Doris 36, Capt. Wm. Jones 
 Lye, and was not afterwards able to procure em- 
 ployment. He accepted his present rank 11 March, 
 1844. 
 
 Capt. Thruston married, first, in 1815, the only 
 surviving child and heiress of Lewis Edwards, Esq., 
 of Talgarth, Merionethshire, sister-in-law of the 
 present Earl of Macclesfield ; and, secondly, 5 Sept. 
 1829, Eliza, second daughter of the late Admiral 
 Sothehy. By the former lady he has issue. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 THURBURN. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 James Ptolemy Thdrburn entered the Navy 
 3 June, 1831 ; passed his examination in 1837 ; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 15 March, 1841, into the Per- 
 sian 16, Capt. 'Thos. Rodney Eden, on the coast of 
 Africa. His appointments since he left that vessel 
 have been— 16 Sept. 1841, to the Thalia 42, Capt. 
 Chas. Hope, under whom he was for about four 
 years employed in the East Indies and Pacific, 
 latterly as First-Lieutenant— 6 March, 1846, in the 
 capacity last named, to the Harlequin 12, Capt. 
 Douglas Curry, in the Mediterranean — and, 17 Nov. 
 following, to the command of the Griffon brigan- 
 tine, on the south-east coast of America, where he 
 is now serving. Agents — Hallett and Ilobinson. 
 
 THURSBY. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Frederick Spencer Thursby, bom in 1801, is 
 third son of John Harvey Thursby, Esq., of Abing- 
 ton Abbey, co. Northampton (who served as High 
 Sheriff for the shire in 1803), by Emma, daughter 
 of Wm. Piggott, Esq., of Doddershall ; and nephew 
 of Wm. Spencer Thursby, Esq., a Lieut.-Colonel in 
 the army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Sept. 1814 ; passed 
 his examination in 1822 ; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 1 June, 1826. With the exception of a few 
 months passed in 1837-8 in the Coast Guard, he 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in 1831, Miss Lerigens, of Aix-la- 
 Chapelle. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 THUKTELL. (Commandeb, 1843. f-p., 19; 
 
 H-p., 21.) 
 Charles Thdrtell was bom 29 Feb. 1796, at 
 Bradwell, co. Suffolk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 March, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alert, Capt. Robt. Wil- 
 liams ; and in the course of the same year was pre- 
 sent, under Admiral Gambler, in the attack upon 
 Copenhagen. In May, 1809, five months after he 
 had left the Alert, he joined the Aeodkih 74, Capts. 
 Geo. Parker and Thos. Browne, in which ship we 
 find him accompanying the expedition to the Scheldt 
 (where he was entrusted with the command of a 
 gun-boat), and employed, in 1812, under the flag of 
 the present Sir Thos. Byam Martin, at the defence 
 of Riga. He there had charge of a Russian gun- 
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 TICKELL— TILLEY. 
 
 boat, and was for three months in almost daily- 
 action with the enemy. In Nov. 1812 he was nomi- 
 nated Acting-Master of the Briseis 10, Capt. John 
 Boss, in the Baltic ; he served next, from INov. 1813 
 until May, 1815, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 in the Nymphen 36 and Lifpey 50, both commanded 
 by Capt. John Hancock, on the North Sea and 
 Chaimel stations; and in March, 1817, and Sept. 
 1818, he became Admiralty-Midshipman of the 
 Cadmos 10, Capt. John Gedge, again in the North 
 Sea, and Eoohfokt 80, bearing the flags of Sir Thos. 
 Fras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore, in the Me- 
 diterranean. At the general promotion in 1815, 
 notwithstanding that a very urgent request was 
 made in his favour to the First Lord of the Ad- 
 miralty by the Magistrates of the city of Norwich, 
 Mr. Thurtell was passed over; nor did he succeed 
 in obtaining a commission until Oct. 1821, when, 
 being at the top of the Admiralty list in the Medi- 
 terranean, he was appointed to a vacancy in the 
 Medina 20, Capts. the Earl of Huntingdon, Kich. 
 Anderson, and Patrick Duff Henry Hay. In Sept. 
 1820, being at the time in command of the Racer 
 cutter, tender to the Rochfort, he was directed by 
 Commodore Hon. Anthony Maitland, of the Glas- 
 gow 50, then at Malta, to proceed to Palermo with 
 a despatch for Capt. John Donaldson Boswall of 
 the Spey 20, and, in the event of not finding him 
 at that place, to repair forthwith to the port of 
 Messina, and thence to return to Malta. On his 
 arrival at Palermo, not meeting with the Spey, and 
 the city being in a state of insurrection and closely 
 besieged by the Neapolitan naval and military forces, 
 who were hourly expected to carry it by storm, he 
 received through the hands of H.B.M.'s Consul- 
 General an address couched in the strongest terms 
 from the English merchants and other residents, 
 entreating that, at a moment of such distress, he 
 would remain by them, and aiford them such protec- 
 tion as he could. "With this solicitation he felt it his 
 duty, under the circumstances, to comply. By his 
 spirited interference he obtained from General Pepc, 
 the Neapolitan Commander-in-Chief, permission for 
 the British to seek safety either in his camp or on 
 board the men-of-war in the Bay. The Racer 
 afterwards, at the request of the chiefs of the con- 
 tending parties, became the theatre on which, as 
 the only neutral spot open to them, they entered 
 into and concluded a treaty of peace. The moment 
 the ratification was signed, she announced the joyful 
 intelligence by a royal salute — a salute which was 
 returned by the Neapolitan fleet and all the forts. 
 The zeal and exertions thus displayed by Mr. Thur- 
 tell, and the important services he rendered, in a 
 situation in which no Midshipman was^ perhaps ever 
 before placed, obtained him the grateful thanks as 
 well of the British residents as of General Pepe and 
 of Prince Patterno, President of the Provisional 
 Junta of Palermo. The history of his proceedings 
 was made the subject of a special communication 
 to the Foreign Ofiice by the present Lord Heytes- 
 bury, then Ajobassador at the court of Naples ; but, 
 owing to the circumstance, perhaps, of no oflicial 
 representation being made of them at the Admiralty, 
 he received not the least reward. His appointments 
 after he left the Medina were— 24 July, 18^2, and 
 3 May, 1824, as First, to the Chanticleer 10 and 
 Dispatch 18, Capts. Burton Maonamara and Edw. 
 Hinton Scott, both in the Mediterranean, whence 
 he returned at the close of 1824—14 Sept. 1839, to 
 the San Josef 110, bearing the flags at Plymouth 
 of Admirals-Superintendent Fred. Warren, and Sir 
 Sam. Pym— and, 26 Sept. 1842, again as First, to 
 the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir David 
 Milne, Commander-in-Chief at the same port. He 
 was advanced to his present rank 12 Jan. 1843, and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Remindful of his former services, the King of 
 Naples, in 1838, made an application to Government 
 for the promotion of Mr. Thurtell ; and at other 
 times the Corporation of Norwich, the Attorney- 
 General (SirRobt. Grant), the Dukes of Devonshire 
 and Leeds, Admiral Sir Edw. Codrlngton,.and other 
 distinguished personages similarly interested them- 
 
 selves in his behalf. The Commander married, 2 
 May, 1837, Ann Augusta, daughter of John Morgan, 
 Esq., Surgeon R.N., by whom he has issue. Agents 
 — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 TICKELL. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 16; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Thomas Tickell, born 28 Feb. 1817, is son of 
 Major-General Tickell, C.B., Bengal Engineers. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Aug. 1830 ; and embarked, 21 June, 1832, as a 
 "Volunteer, on board the Veknon 50, Capt. Sir Fras. 
 Augustus Collier, part of an experimental squadron 
 stationed in the Channel. From Nov. following 
 until paid off on his return to England in Oct. 1836 
 he served, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Spartiatb 
 76, flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour, Conway 28, 
 Capt. Henry Eden, Blonde 46, Commodore Fras. 
 Mason, and North Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon 
 Harcourt, all on the South American station. In 
 Jan. 1827 (having passed his examination 20 July 
 preceding) he was nominated Mate of the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings ; and from May, 1838, until Dec. 1842, he 
 was employed in that capacity, on the coast of 
 North America and at the Cape of Good Hope, in 
 the Andromache 26, Capt. Robt. Lambert Baynes. 
 He then took up a commission bearing date 29 
 March, 1842 ; and from 19 Oct. 1843 until the close 
 of 1848 he served in the Fox 42, Commodore Sir 
 Henry Martin Blackwood, in the East Indies. 
 
 TILLEY. (Lieut., 1812. ir-P., 26 ; h-p., 26.) 
 James Tilley was born in 1781, in co. Somerset. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Pallas 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Curzon ; and on 16 and 17 June following 
 was present in Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' cele- 
 brated retreat. In July of the same year he re- 
 moved to the Royal George 100, bearing the flag 
 of Lord Bridport in the Channel ; and from Aug. 
 1799 until April, 1802, he served at Woolwich, in 
 the Downs, and at Sheerness, in the William armed- 
 ship, Capt. Henry Combe, Vesuvius bomb, Capt. 
 Sam. Warren, Zealand 64, Capt. Henry Lidgbird 
 Ball, and Unite 36, Capt. Thos. Harvey. In June, 
 1804, he was received as Master's Mate on board 
 the Romulus 36, ttrmee-en-Jlute, Capt. Thos. Burton, 
 under whom we find him, during the next two years, 
 employed off Harwich and in the conveyance of 
 troops home from Cuxhaven. He then in succes- 
 sion, in Aug. and Sept. 1806, joined the Ardent 64 
 and Magnificent 74, both commanded by Capt. 
 Geo. Eyre. In the latter ship,* after serving off 
 Bayonne, Cadiz, and Toulon, he united, in Nov. 
 1808, in the defence of the fortress of Rosas, when 
 besieged by the French, and was actively engaged 
 in landing and re-embarking the seamen and ma- 
 rines under a heavy fire of cannon and musketry. 
 In Oct. 1809 he assisted at the reduction of the 
 islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo ; in March, 
 1810, he served on shore with a detachment of sea- 
 men at the capture of Santa Maura; and in 1811-12 
 he co-operated with the patriots on the coast of 
 Catalonia and north coast of Spain. Having acted 
 as a Lieutenant of the Magnificent from 4 Aug. 
 1810 until 11 Jan. 1811, Mr. Tilley, who had passed 
 his examination in June, 1806, was officially pro- 
 moted to that rank 21 March, 1812. He continued 
 in the Magnificent, latterly on the West India 
 station, until Aug. 1815, and was the officer sent in 
 1814, in charge of one of her boats, with a flag of 
 truce to Douarnenez Bay to meet the French depu- 
 tation and announce the abdication of Buonaparte 
 and the restoration of Louis XVIII. With the ex- 
 ception of a few months in 1823, he served, from 
 Aug. 1819 until Dec. 1826, as District and Divisional 
 Lieutenant in the Coast Blockade, with his name 
 on the books of the Severn 50 and Ramillies 74, 
 Capts. Wm. M'Cullooh and Hugh Pigot. During 
 that period he made not less than 70 seizures. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 * Commanded alternately by Capts. Willoughby Tllos. 
 Lake and John Hayes. 
 
TILLS— TILLY— TIMINS—TINCOiMBE. 
 
 1181 
 
 Lieut. Tilley married, in 1826, Ann, relict of 
 Alexander Greet, Esq., sister-in-law of Thos. Toung 
 Greet, Esq., many years Mayor and Chamberlain of 
 the borough of Queenborough, in the Isle of Shep- 
 pey, and mother of the present Lieut. Wm. Greet, 
 R.N., by whom he has had issue a son, Edwin, 
 educated at the Royal Naval School, and a daughter, 
 Ann, who died, at the age of 14, at the Koyal Naval 
 Female School at Richmond. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 TILLS. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.) 
 "William Tills was born 7 May, 1791. 
 This officer (he had previously been in the service 
 of the Hon. E. I. Company, and had witnessed, in 
 the Cmnet Indiaman, the surrender of the Cape of 
 Good Hope to Sir Home Popham) entered the Navy, 
 26 Feb. 1810, as Midshipman, on board the Gbampds 
 50, Capt. Wm. Hanwell. On his return home, after 
 escorting convoy to the East Indies, he removed, 
 in Nov. 1811, to the Wakeiou 74, Capts. Lord Vis- 
 count Torrington and John Tremayne Rodd. Under 
 those officers he was at the blockade of various ports 
 in the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic ; contributed 
 to the capture of several armed and other vessels ; 
 escorted the Prince of Orange to Holland in Nov. 
 1813; and made a voyage to the "West Indies— expe- 
 riencing during his passage home a furious hurricane, 
 in which the ship was dismasted, received 11 feet 
 ■water in her hold, and all but foundered. "While 
 the "WARRioit was stationed in the Baltic he assisted 
 in her boats, with those of the JEtna bomb, at the 
 cutting out of an enemy's gun-vessel. After he 
 left her he joined in succession — 25 Nov. 1815, the 
 Gkanicus 36, Capt. "Wm. Furlong "Wise, part of the 
 force engaged at the bombardment of Algiers — 29 
 Cot. 1816 (in the course of which month he passed 
 his examination), the Pandora 18, Capts. Hon. 
 Fred. Noel and Geo. Matthew Jones, on the coast 
 of Ireland— 22 Jan. 1818, the Spabtan 46, Capt. 
 "Wm. Furlong "Wise, employed on the Mediterra- 
 nean, "West India, and Halifax stations — 1 Feb., 
 1821, the Pykamus 42, Capt. Fras. Newcombe, again 
 in the West Indies, where he twice acted as Lieu- 
 tenant — 20 June, 1825, the Albion 74, Capt. John 
 Acworth Ommanney, off Lisbon — and, 27 July, 1826, 
 and 27 Aug. 1827, the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. 
 Ashley Maude, and Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Codrington, both in the Mediterranean.* The very 
 day after the battle of Navarin Mr. Tills was pro- 
 moted, 21 Oct. 1827, to a death vacancy in the 
 Asia. He was superseded on his return to Eng- 
 land in March, 1828, and has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 He married, first, 10 April, 1828, Miss Charlotte 
 Augusta Brown ; and, secondly, 8 March, 1837, Mrs. 
 Maria "Wright, widow. By the former lady he has 
 issue three children. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 TILLY. (Eetibed Commander, 1844. r-p., 17; 
 H-p., 33,) 
 
 Charles Tillx died 8 June, 1845, at 7, Park 
 Place, North Brixton, co. Surrey, aged 69. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1796, as 
 A.B., on board the Marie Antoinette, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Perkins and Horsley, of which vessel 
 he was nominated, in the following March, Acting- 
 Master. In the course of the same year, with her 
 boats under his orders, he was severely wounded in 
 boarding a privateer off St. Domingo ; and in the 
 early part of 1797 he was, in company with those of 
 the Rattler sloop, at the capture, under a heavy 
 fire, of four armed row-boats and a privateer of 2 
 guns and 56 men. From June, 1797, until Jan. 
 1800, he served, still as Acting-Master, in the Pro- 
 selyte, Capts. Loring and Fowke, on the West 
 India, Irish, Channel, and North Sea stations. In 
 1799 he took part in the operations connected with 
 the expedition to Holland. On leaving the Prose- 
 
 * He served as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Pandora 
 and Spartan; and in the Pyramus, Albion, Glasgow, and 
 Asia, deducting the time he acted as Lieutenant, he per- 
 formed the duties of Mate. 
 
 LYTE he was received as Master's Mate on board 
 the Shannon 38, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater, in 
 which frigate, and the Princess Charlotte 38, 
 Capt. Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, he was for 
 two years and two months employed on the Home 
 station. Being appointed, in the summer of 1802, 
 Admiralty-Midshipman of the Phcebe 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, he proceeded soon after- 
 wards to the Mediterranean, where, previously to 
 removing as Master's Mate, in Aug. 1803, to the 
 Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson, he was again 
 wounded in boarding two armed vessels on the 
 coast of Genoa. On 16 Jan. 1805 he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Tigre 74, Capt. Benj. 
 Hallowell; he was confirmed to that ship, after 
 having accompanied the expedition to Egypt, 7 
 Oct. 1807 ; and he was next appointed — 23 April, 
 
 1808, to L'AiGLE 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, under whom 
 he witnessed Lord Cochrane's celebrated attaclc 
 upon the French shipping in Aix Roads — 31 Oct. 
 
 1809, after three months of half-pay, to the Cu- 
 RA50A 36, Capt. John Tower, stationed in the Chan- 
 nel and Mediterranean— and, 12 July, 1813 (he had 
 been discharged from the Cura^oa, we believe, in 
 Sept. 1812), to the Rippon 74, Capt. Sir Christopher 
 Cole. In the ship last mentioned he beheld, 21 Oct. 
 1813, the surrender, off IJshant, of the French 44- 
 gun frigate Le Wiser. He was placed on half-pay 
 in Sept. 1814; admitted to the out-pension of Green- 
 wich Hospital 16 July, 1831 ; and invested with the 
 rank of Commander on the Retired List 15 April, 
 1844. For his wounds he obtained a grant from 
 the Patriotic Fund. 
 
 TIMINS. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 
 24 ; H-p., 38.) 
 George Timins was bom 7 Oct. 1770 and died in 
 Jan. 1848 at Worcester. One of hiu brothers, 
 Thomas, died a Colonel of Marines ; another, John, 
 originally in the Royal Navy, in which he took part 
 in many of the operations connected with the war 
 of independence in America, was an officer of high 
 standing in the maritime service of the Hon. E. I. 
 Co., and distinguished himself in command of the 
 Royal Gmrge Indiaman at the beating off, in 1804, of 
 the French squadron under M. Linois by the home- 
 ward-bound China fleet under Commodore Dance ; 
 and a third, Charles Sheldon, a Retired Commander 
 R.N. (Lieutenant 1799), at one time also In the 
 Company's service, died 13 April, 1838, at Oriel 
 Lodge, Cheltenham. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 1785, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Irresistible 74, 
 Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, guard-ship in the 
 river Medway; where, and in the Channel, he 
 served, from Sept. 1786 until May, 1792, the chief 
 part of the time as Midshipman, in the Scipio 64, 
 Capt. Skeffington Lutwidge, and Bellerophon and 
 Vengeance 74's, both commanded by Capt. Thos. 
 Pasley. In the early part of 1796 (he hjad been for 
 three years in the E. I. Co.'s service) he joined, in 
 the capacity of Master's Mate, the Champion 20, 
 Capt. Henry Raper, and Queen Charlotte 100, 
 Capts. Sir AJndrew Snape Douglas and Walter Locke, 
 attached to the fleet in the Channel ; and on 2 May, 
 1797, after having witnessed the mutiny at Spit- 
 head, he was made Lieutenant into the Glory 98 
 Capts. Brine and Thos. Wells. In that ship he con- 
 tinued employed, still in the Channel, until May, 
 1802. He held an appointment in the Sea Fencible 
 and Impress services at Parkgate and Liverpool 
 from Oct. 1803 until 1810, and from May, 1811, until 
 May, 1815. He was placed on the Junior List of 
 Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the 
 Senior 7 Dec. 1839. 
 
 Commander Timins was married and has left 
 issue. 
 
 TINCOMBE. (Commander, 1825. r-p., 17- 
 H-p., 30.) '"■ 
 
 George TiNCOMBE was bom in Nov. 1784, at Sid- 
 mouth, CO. Devon. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 March,_l£00, as 
 
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 TINDAL— TINDALE. 
 
 Ordinary, on board the Wassekaer annee-m-flnte, 
 Capts. Edw. Marsh and John Larmour, employed 
 at first in the Downs and next in the Mediterra- 
 nean ; where in 1801, having followed Capt. Lar- 
 mour as Midshipman into the Diadem troop-ship, 
 he took part in the operations connected with the 
 expedition to Egypt, and was present at the landing 
 of the army. In March, 1803, nearly 12 months 
 after the Diadem had been paid oiF, he was again 
 placed under the command of Capt. Larmour on 
 board the Clyde 38 ; in which frigate we find him, 
 during the ne.xt year and a half, employed in the 
 North Sea, chiefly in blockading the Dutch coast. 
 He then, in Sept. 1804, joined the Melampos 36, 
 Capts. Stephen Poyntz and Edw. Hawker, under 
 the former of whom, while stationed in the Chan- 
 nel, West Indies, and North America, he contri- 
 buted to the capture of two brigs, each carrying 2 
 long 24-pounders, 1 18-pounder, and 50 men, most 
 of them soldiers ; four luggers of 1 long 18-pounder 
 and 25 men each, from Bordeaux bound to Brest ; 
 and a Spanish privateer, the Hydra^ of 28 guns and 
 192 men, 3 of whom were killed and several 
 wounded. He also, in company with the Belleisle 
 and Bellona 74's, assisted at the destruction, off 
 Cape Henry, of the French 74 L' Impetueux. Being 
 nominated, in Feb. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Triumph 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy 
 and Sam. Hood Linzee, he ultimately, after cruizing 
 in the North Sea and Basque Roads, proceeded first 
 to the Tagus (where he was intrusted with the 
 charge of a division of gun-boats) and next to the 
 port of Cadiz ; at the defence of which place he 
 was actively engaged in command of a gun-boat. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the Teiomph, as 
 a reward for his services, 4 May, 1810 ; was paid oif 
 from that ship 10 Aug. following ; and was after- 
 wards employed, from 26 Dec. in the same year 
 until 28 Sept. 1814, in the Ahmada 74, Capts. Adam 
 Mackenzie, John Ferris Devonshire, and Chas. 
 Grant, and from Oct. 1821 until March, 1825, as 
 First-Lieutenant in the Lifeey 50, bearing the 
 broad pendant of the officer last mentioned. In the 
 Aemada he assisted at the blockade of Flushing, the 
 Texel, and Toulon, and, including the unsuccessful 
 attack upon Leghorn and the capture of Savona, 
 was present in a variety of operations on the coast 
 of Italy. In the Liffey, which ship was stationed 
 in the East Indies, he witnessed the reduction, 
 during the Burmese war, of Kangoon and other 
 places on the river Irawady. He arrived in Eng- 
 land with desjiatches in a merchant-ship in July, 
 1825; and on 19 Aug. following was advanced to 
 the rank of Commander. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 TINDAL. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p., 
 15; H-p.,32.) 
 Chakles Tindal entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 
 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess of 
 Orange 74, Capt. Geo. Hope, fitting at Chatham. 
 In the following Nov. he removed with Capt. Hope 
 to the Leda 38 ; and in that ship, commanded ulti- 
 mately by Capt. Hardy, he continued employed in 
 the Mediterranean and Channel until Oct. 1802, the 
 latter part of the time in the capacity of Midship- 
 man. During the next four years he served on the 
 Home station in the Afeicaine and Pomone fri- 
 gates, Capts. Thos. Manby and Wm. Grenville 
 Lobb, and Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Earl St. Vin- 
 cent. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 7 Nov. 1806; and was subsequently appointed — 11 
 Dec. in the same year, to the Spy sloop, Capt. John 
 Hudson, in the Baltic— 30 June, 1807, to the lloY- 
 ALiST 18, Capt. John Maxwell, off Boulogne— 7 Nov. 
 1807 and 13 April, 1812, to tlie Narcissus 32, Capts. 
 Chas. Malcolm and Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, and 
 NiEMEN 38, Capt. Sam. Pym— and 12 May, 1815, to 
 the ViLtEDE Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord Keith in 
 the Channel. While serving in the Narcissos he 
 assisted at the reduction of the Saintos Islands, in 
 the West Indies, in April, 1809 ; contributed, in the 
 early part of 1810, to the capture, during a cruize in 
 
 the Channel, of the privateers Dugnay Trouin and 
 Aimahle Josephine, carrying between them 28 guns 
 and 180 men ; and was employed, in the ensuing 
 summer, in active co-operation with the patriots 
 on the north coast of Spain. He also made a voyage 
 to Newfoundland. On 23 May, 1814, being then on 
 the coast of North America in the Niemen, he took 
 command of the boats of that ship and in a very 
 gallant manner cut out from Little Egg Harbour 
 the letter-of-marque schooners Quiz pierced for 14 
 guns, and Clara and Model, each pierced for 12.* 
 He left the Ville de Paris 28 Aug. 1815 ; and ac- 
 cepted his present rank 4 Feb. 1842. 
 
 Commander Tindal married, 25 Oct. 1816, Anne, 
 youngest daughter of J. Grant, Esq., of Thoby 
 Priory, Mountnessing, oo. Essex. Agents— Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 TINDAL. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 LoDis Symonds Tindal entered the Navy 3 Feb. 
 1825 ; passed his examination in 1831 ; and obtained 
 his first commission 29 Dec. 1832. His succeeding 
 appointments were — 17 Nov. 1834, to the Pique 36, 
 Capt. "Hon. Henry John Bous, which frigate, while 
 he was in her, ran ashore on the coast of Labrador, 
 was got off with great difficulty, and crossed the 
 Atlantic without a rudder— 16 Jan. 1836, to the 
 Vestal 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station— and 10 Nov. 1837, to 
 the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. Herbert. In the ship 
 last mentioned he served for some time in South 
 America, and then sailed for the coast of China, 
 where, in the early part of 1841, we find him present 
 in the attack upon Chuenpee, in the action with the 
 Bogue forts, at the storming of the enemy's works 
 close to Whampoa Reach (in which were found 54 
 pieces of cannon), at the capture of the last fort 
 protecting the approaches to Canton, and in the 
 first and second series of hostiUties against that 
 city. As a reward for his conduct he was advanced 
 to his present rank 8 June, 1841. f He was ap- 
 pointed, 16 Oct. following, to the Pylades 18, 
 which vessel he brought home from the East Indies 
 and paid off in Oct. 1843; and, since 16 July, 1846, 
 he has been in command of the Grecian 12, on the 
 S.E. coast of America. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 TINDALE. (Lieut., 1800. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 35.) 
 Joseph Tindale entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Quebec 32, Capts. 
 Josias Rogers, David Milne, Jas. Carpenter, and 
 John Cook, employed at first off Ostend and Dun- 
 kirk, and then in the West Indies ; where (with an 
 interval of two months passed in the Qdeen 98, flag- 
 ship of Sir Hyde Parker) he acted as Lieutenant, 
 from Sept. 1797 until Oct. 1798, in the Drake 16, 
 Capt. JohnPerkins, and Adventure 44, Capts. White, 
 Chilcott, and Christopher Laroohe. In 1795 he was 
 for six weeks on shore as Aide-de-Camp to Capt. 
 Rogers, at the island of Grenada. During that period 
 he assisted in preventing tlie French troops from 
 entering George-Town, and in ultimately compelling 
 them to surrender their designs upon the colony. 
 He was twice afterwards taken a prisoner of war to 
 St. Domingo ; and he was present at different times 
 at the cuttlng-out of a variety of the enemy's ves- 
 sels. In command of the boats he set fire to and 
 destroyed, on one occasion, two privateers ; and on 
 another he boarded and took a schooner privateer 
 carrying one long traversing gun, a quantity of 
 small arms, and 24 men. In Oct. 1798 he followed 
 Capt. Laroche as Acting-Lieutenant into the Stork 
 18, commanded next by Capt. Wm. Parker. In 
 that vessel, to which he was confirmed 5 Sept. 1800, 
 he was for upwards of two years and six months 
 employed in the West Indies and on the coast of 
 France. His succeeding appointments were — 25 
 May, 1801, to the Princess Royal 98, flag-ship of 
 Sir Erasmus Gower, with whom he served in the 
 Channel until April, 1802, half the time as Signal- 
 Lieutenan(^27 Doc. 1803, to the Inflexible 44, 
 bearing the flag of Rear -Admiral Thos. Macnamara 
 * Fide Gaz. 1814, p. 1486. f V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1501-S. 
 
TINLING—TISD ALL -TOBY-TOD. 
 
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 Russell at Yarmouth— 28 July, 1804, to the command I 
 of the Fly-bv-Night hired armed lugger, engaged 
 in watching the Boulogne flotilla and in conveying 
 despatches to Lord Keith— 28 Dec. 1804, to the 
 Jamaica 24, Capts. John Dick and Arthur Lysaght, 
 under whom he assisted in escorting convoys to 
 Newfoundland, Lisbon, and Gibraltar — 26 Nov. 
 1807, to the Eclair 18, Capt. Chas. Gordon, fitting 
 at Chatham— and in Dec. 1807 and Nov. 1808, to 
 the command of the Crane 4 and Lord Cochrane 
 hired armed brig. The Crane was employed in 
 taking despatches to the coasts of Spain and Por- 
 tugal : the Lord Cochrane was for Ave years and 
 a half stationed between Portland and the Dodman 
 for the protection of the coasting trade and the fish- 
 ing vessels. She beat oif during that period two 
 French privateers and made one recapture. Since 
 he left her in May, 1814, Lieut. Tindale has not been 
 afioat. He was admitted to the out-pension of Green- 
 wich Hospital 30 Oct. 1837. Agents— Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 TINLING. (Captain, 1843.) 
 
 Edward Bornaev Tinling entered the Navy 
 6 July, 1814; served as Midshipman in the Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, at the 
 bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816, and in the 
 Curlew 18, Capt. "Wm. Walpole, in an expedition 
 conducted in 1819-20, under the orders of Capt. 
 Fras. Augustus Collier and Major-General Sir Wm. 
 Grant Keir, against the pirates of the Persian Gulf; 
 passed his examination in 1822; and was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 6 May, 1825, into the Eden 26, Capt. John 
 Lawrence, in the West Indies. He returned home 
 towards the close of the same year ; and was subse- 
 quently appointed — 10 Sept. 1829, to the Donegal 
 78, Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton, John Dick, and 
 Arthur Fanshawe, employed on the Home, Medi- 
 terranean, and Lisbon stations— 24 June, 1834, to 
 the Orestes 18, Capts. Henry John Codrington and 
 Julius Jas. Farmer Newell, in which vessel he re- 
 turned to the Mediterranean and there became 
 First-Lieutenant — and 17 June, 1836, and 9 March, 
 1839, to the command of the Alban steamer and 
 Chabybdis brig, both in the West Indies. While 
 on the station last named he was made Commander, 
 25 March, 1841, into the Magnificent receiving- 
 ship at Jamaica, Commodores Peter John Douglas 
 and Edw. Boxer. He was appointed, 23 Dec. fol- 
 lowing, Second-Captain of the Camperdown 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Brace at Sheerness ; and was 
 advanced to his present rank 27 Dec. 1843. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Tinling married, 21 May, 1844, Mary Ann, 
 daughter of the late Francis Brace, Esq., and niece 
 of the late Vioe-Admiral Sir E. Brace, K.C.B. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 TISDALL. (CTaptain, 1815. f-p.,14; h-p., 34.) 
 
 Archibald Tisdall entered the Navy, in Oct. 
 1799, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, 
 Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, with whom he con- 
 tinued employed in the Channel, West Indies, and 
 Mediterranean, as Midshipman, in the same ship 
 and in the Castor frigate and Spencer 74, until 
 Jan. 1806. On 27 March following, having fought 
 in the Northumberland 74, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Alex. Cochrane, in the action off St. Domingo, he 
 was nominated Acting - Sub - Lieutenant of the 
 Hawke, Capt. Jas. Askew. On 28 June and 7 Oct. 
 in the same year he became an acting and a con- 
 firmed Lieutenant of the Elephant 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Dundas, also in the West Indies ; he served next in 
 the Mediterranean, from Oct. 1807 until April, 1810, 
 in the Sultan and Excellent 74's, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Edw. Griflith ; and on 10 Nov. in 
 the latter year and 7 April, 1811, he was appointed 
 to the Harpy 18, Capt. Edw. Henry A'Court, and 
 SciPiON 74, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. Stopford, both 
 on the Cape of Good Hope station. While attached 
 to the Sultan he assisted in her boats at the out- 
 ting-out of several vessels near Genoa, and united, 
 in Oct. 1809, in a pursuit which led to the self-de- 
 struction, near Cape Cette, of the ships-of-the-line 
 
 Bobuste and Lion. As Senior-Lieutenant of the 
 SciPioN Mr. Tisdall co-operated in 1811 in the re- 
 duction of Java, where he served in the batteries at 
 the taking of Batavia, and was severely wounded as 
 Aide-de-Camp to General Gillespie at the storming 
 of Djojocarta, On the surrender of the island he 
 was ordered, 28 Sept. 1811, to take the command, 
 which he retained for a few months, of the flotilla 
 of gun-boats stationed there. He obtained a second 
 promotal commission 16 Feb. 1813 ; was appointed, 
 17 June, 1814, to the Rinaldo sloop, in the West 
 Indies; and was nominated, 9 April, 1815, Acting- 
 Captain, on that station, of the Talbot 20. He was 
 officially posted 14 July following (a fortnight before 
 the Talbot was paid off) ; and accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 TOBY. (LiEOT., 1841. F-p., 15; h-p., 2.) 
 
 Henry Collett Toby entered the Navy, 27 
 April, 1830, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Conflict 
 12, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Smithers, fitting for the 
 coast of Africa, where he attained the rating of 
 Midshipman in April, 1831, and removed, in May, 
 1830, to the Pelokds 16, Capt. Rich. Meredith. In 
 the Conflict he assisted, 24 Nov. 1830, at the cap- 
 ture, off the Rio Pongos, of the Ninfa Portuguese 
 piratical schooner. He left the Pelobus 26 Sept. 
 1835 ; and was next employed — from 3 Oct. 1835 
 until 8 Jan. 1836, in the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Henry Dillon, on the Lisbon station— from 2 Sept. 
 1836 until 13 March, 1840, in the Bellerophon 80, 
 Capts. Sam. Jackson and Chas. Jas. Austen, in the 
 Mediterranean— and from 7 Aug. 1840 until 12 Feb. 
 1842, in the Wilberforce steamer, Capt. Wm. 
 Allen, part of a disastrous expedition sent up the 
 river Niger. He was then, having passed his exa- 
 mination 6 Feb. 1837, presented with a commission 
 dated back to 23 Nov. 1841. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were— 15 July, 1842, 27 Jan. 1843, and 
 18 Feb. 1844, to the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter 
 Bourchier Dovereux, and Wabspite 50, Capt. 
 Prove Wm. Parry Wallis, all in the Mediterranean 
 — 12 Feb. 1845, after nine months of half-pay, to 
 the Styx steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Windham Hornby, 
 on the same station— 20 June, 1845, again to the 
 Queen, bearing the flag of Sir John West at Devon- 
 port — 26 Jan. 1846, as First, to the Rapid 10, Capt. 
 Henry J. W. S. P. Gallwey, fitting for the coast of 
 Africa — 1 April following, to the Coast Guard — 25 
 Jan. 1847, as Additional, to the Hibernia 104, flag- 
 ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean — and 
 5 March, 1847, to the Canopus 84, Capt. Fairfax 
 Moresby, employed on particular service. The Ca- 
 nopus was paid off" in the spring of 1848. 
 
 Lieut. Toby married, 9 Aug. 1848, Emma, daugh- 
 ter of the late Capt. Bissett, R.N. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 TOD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 John Tod, born 22 Deo. 1789, is third son of 
 Alex. Tod, Esq., of Finfin, Morayshire, N.B. ; and 
 brother of the late Lieut.-Colonel Tod. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 March, 1807, as 
 L.M., on board the Astrea 32, Capt. Jas. Dunbar 
 with whom, after escorting the Earl of Pembroke 
 as Ambassador to the Court of Russia and assisting 
 at the siege of Copenhagen, he removed to the Leo- 
 NiDAs 38, and sailed for the Mediterranean, where 
 he became Midshipman, inNov. 1808andFeb. 1811 
 of the Montagu and Repulse 74's, both commanded 
 by Capt. Rich. Hussey Mowbray, and in Nov. 1813 
 Master's Mate of the Rainbow 26, Capts. Gawen 
 Wm. Hamilton and John Cornish. In April, 1810, 
 he co-operated in command of a gun-boat, and had 
 his long gun dismounted and several of his men 
 wounded, at the siege of Santa Maura ; and on 2 
 May, 1813, he served with the boats of the Repulse 
 and the Volontaibe and Undaunted frigates, co- 
 vered by the Redwing 18, at the cutting-out of a 
 well-protected convoy, lying in the port of Morjean, 
 near Toulon. On the latter occasion, having 
 boarded a vessel which was moored by a rope from 
 her mast-head to the rocks, he ran up the mast, 
 
I 1184 
 
 TOKER— TOLCHER— TOLLEMACHE. 
 
 and, under a shower of musket-balls, cut the rope. 
 Struck mth admiration at this act of gallantry, the 
 Captain of the Kedwing, Sir John Gordon Sinclair, 
 the senior officer present, wrote a letter in his fa- 
 vour strongly recommending him for promotion. In 
 Deo. 1813 Mr. Tod, then in the Rainboiv, united in 
 an unsuccessful attack made by Capt. Josias Rowley, 
 of the America 74, upon the town of Leghorn, and 
 while on shore with a division of seamen, received 
 a severe wound in the groin.* He took part sub- 
 sequently, in command of a gun-boat, in a variety 
 of operations on the coast of Italy, including the 
 reduction of Genoa, Towards the close of April, 
 
 1814, having obtained a letter from SirEdw. Pellew 
 to Sir Alex. Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief In 
 North America, he took a passage home in the 
 Apollo 38, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, and, im- 
 mediately on his arrival, sailed for that station in the 
 EoRTH 40. On reaching his destination he was re- 
 ceived by Sir A. Cochrane on promotion on board 
 the ToNNANT SO; in command of the barge belong- 
 ing to which ship we find him, in Aug. and Sept. of 
 the same year, present at the destruction of Com- 
 modore Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, the cap- 
 ture of "Washington, and the attack upon Baltimore. 
 On 14 Dec. following he had charge of one of the 
 boats of a squadron under Capt. Nicholas Lockyer 
 at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of a flotilla of five 
 American gun-vessels under Commodore Jones, 
 whose resistance was protracted until the British 
 had sustained a loss of 17 men killed and 77 
 wounded. His conduct in this instance was such 
 as to induce the_Commander-in-Chief to report him 
 to the Admiralty as worthy of promotion. After 
 sharing in the operations against N ew Orleans, where 
 he saw much detached service, he was sent, 14 Feb. 
 
 1815, in a boat with 19 men to render assistance to 
 the Belle Poule frigate, at the time aground. 
 Being caught in a heavy gale he was himself driven 
 on shore, and there surrounded by 200 American 
 troops, to whom with the whole of his party, after 
 5 of them had been wounded, he was under the ne- 
 cessity of surrendering. He was then marched to 
 Mobile, and placed en parole. At the end of 10 
 days, however, intelligence of the peace arrived 
 and he was liberated. On the return of the Ton- 
 NANT to Plymouth he was transferred, in June, 
 1815, to the Royal Sovereign guard-ship, Capt. 
 "Wm. Robt. Broughton ; and in the following month 
 he took up a commission bearing date 1 March pre- 
 ceding. 
 
 Since the war Lieut. Tod has made 16 voyages in 
 a merchant-ship from London to the "West Indies. 
 He is at present Agent for Steam-Packets and Ge- 
 neral Shipping and Insurance Agent at the port of 
 Lossiemouth ; and Agent for Lloyd's, also, in that 
 district. He married, 18 April, 1838, his cousin, 
 Jane, second daughter of John Lawson, Esq., of 
 Chapelton, co. Aberdeen, and has issue one son and 
 five daughters. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 TOKER. (Lieutenant, 1820. f-p., 10; h-p., 26.) 
 John Buck Toker entered the Navy, in 1811, 
 as Sec.-cl. Yo\., on board the Orlando 36, Capt. 
 John Clavell, stationed in the Mediterranean ; 
 whence he returned to England, towards the close 
 of 1814, in the Blossom 24, Capt. Joshua Ricketts 
 Rowley. He next, in May, 1815, joined the Junon 
 38, Capts. Clotworthy Upton, Jas. Haldane Tait, 
 and Arthur Fanshawe, in the "West Indies ; and, 
 from Aug. 1816 until some time in 1820, he was 
 employed on the Newfoundland station, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, in the Perseus 22 and 
 Tamar 28, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Rich. 
 Toker, and Sir Francis Drake frigate, Capt. John 
 Bowker, and as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant 
 (order and commission dated 18 Dec. 1819 and 3 
 Feb. 1820) in the Drake sloop, Capts. "Wm. Nugent 
 Glascock and Octavius Vernon Harcourt. His last 
 appointment was, 20 Feb. 1826, for a few months, 
 to the Forte 44, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, Agemts 
 — Messrs. Omraanney. 
 
 TOKER. (Captain, 1813. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Richard Toker died 27 June, 1846, at 
 8, Kent Terrace, Regent's Park, in his 66th year. 
 He was second son of the late John Toker, Esq., of 
 the Oaks, Ospringe, co. Kent. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1794, as 
 A.B., on board the Venerable 74, Capts. Sir John 
 Orde and "Wm. Johnstone Hope ; from which ship 
 (employed, latterly under the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Duncan, on the Home station) he removed as Mid- 
 shipman, in May, 1795, to the ALCMi:NE frigate, 
 Capts. Wm. Brown, John Matthews, John Gore, 
 John Newhouse, and Geo. Hope. In her he served 
 for about three years in the North Sea and Channel 
 and off Lisbon. He then joined in succession, on 
 the Mediterranean and North Sea stations, the De- 
 fence 74, Capts. Wm. Brown, John Peyton, Thos. 
 Stephenson, and Lord Henry Paulet (under the 
 second named of whom he fought at the battle of 
 the Nile 1 Aug. 1798), Foudroyant 80 and Van- 
 guard 74, both commanded by Capt. Bro'H'n, and 
 Waaksamheidt, Capt. David Atkins ; and on 20 
 Dec. 1800 he was made Lieutenant into the Prince 
 William hired armed ship, Capt. Thos. Richbell. 
 His next appointments were — 17 Nov. 1801, to the 
 Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship of Sir Andrew 
 Mitchell, lying in Bantry Bay — in the course of 
 1802-3, to the Fisgard and Naiad frigates, both 
 commanded by Capt. Jas. Wallis, and Leopard 50, 
 Capts. Jas. NicoU Morris and Fras. Wm. Austen, 
 employed at Plymouth and Bristol and oif Boulogne 
 — and 3 March, 1804, to the Colossus 74, Capt. J. 
 N. Morris. For his conduct as First-Lieutenant of 
 the ship last mentioned at the battle of Trafalgar 
 he was promoted to the rank of Commander 24 
 Dec. 1805. He obtained command, in Feb. and 
 Dec. 1808 and Nov. 1813, of the Zebra, Cruizer,* 
 and Penguin sloops, employed chiefly in the Baltic, 
 off the coast of Scotland, and at Sheerness ; he was 
 advanced to Post-rank 4 Dec. 1813; and he was 
 afterwards, in March and Nov. 1815 and Feb. 1817, 
 appointed to the Tartarus 20, Perseus 22, and 
 Tamar 28, the first stationed off the Scheldt and 
 Ostend, the two others at Newfoundland. He in- 
 valided from the Tamar in Nov. 1818 ; and did not 
 again go afloat. Agents— Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1814, p. 180. 
 
 TOLCHER. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 11; h-p., 27.) 
 Edward Tolcber entered the Navy, 4 July, 
 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rhin 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Malcolm. In that ship, of which he was rated 
 Midshipman in June, 1811, he cruized with activity 
 in the Channel, co-operated in 1812-13 with the 
 patriots on the north coast of Spain, and then pro- 
 ceeded to the West Indies ; where he served from 
 March, 18 14, until July, 1815, in the Palma, Capt. 
 Jas. Andrew Worth, Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Anthony 
 Maitland, and Venerable 74, Capt. Geo. Pringle. 
 He was afterwards employed — from 2 April until 11 
 July, 1816, in the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. A. Mait- 
 land, lying at Chatham — from 28 Sept. 1817 until 9 
 Dec. 1818, in the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of 
 Lord Exmouth at Plymouth — and from the latter 
 date until 1 Jan. 1822, in the Newcastle 60, flag-ship 
 of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, for five months Acting- 
 Lieutenant in the Mersey 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, 
 again in the Newcastle, and as Acting-Lieutenant 
 and Lieutenant (order and commission dated 3 June 
 and 22 Aug. 1821) in the Cykene 20, Capt. Aaron 
 Tozer, all on the coast of North America. He has 
 since been on half-pay. He served in the Glasgow, 
 Impregnable, and Newcastle in the capacity of 
 Master's Mate. 
 
 TOLLEMACHE. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 WiLBRAHAM FrANCIS MANNERS TOLLEMACHE, 
 
 born 26 April, 1800, is second son of Hon. Chas. 
 ToUemache, of Harrington, co. Northampton, by 
 
 * The Cruizer made prize, 31 May, 1809, of the Danish 
 privateer schooner Ckristiansboura of 6 guns, 3 of which 
 were hove overboard during the chace, and a complement of 
 37 men, 13 of whom had been recently captured while cruizing 
 in a small boat by another of H.M.'s ships. 
 
TOLLERVEY— TOM— TOMKINS— TOMLIN. 
 
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 his first wife Frances, only daughter of 'Wm. Hay, 
 Esq., of Newhall, and niece of George, seventh Mar- 
 quess of Tweeddale. He is half-brother of "Wm. 
 Tollemache, Esq., (who married Anna Maria, 
 daughter of Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset, 
 K.G.) and of the Marchioness of Ailesbury ; nephew 
 of the late Duchess of Koxburghe ; and first-cousin 
 of the present Earl of Dysart. 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 11 
 Dec. 1813; and embarked, in 1816, as Midshipman, 
 on board the Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir J as. Lucas 
 Teo ; under whom he was for about two years em- 
 ployed on the coast of Africa in the same frigate 
 and the Semikamis 36. He served next in the Me- 
 diterranean, off' Lisbon, and in the West Indies, as 
 Midshipman and Mate (he passed his examination 
 in May, 1821) in the Kochfokt 80, Capts. Andrew 
 Pellet Green and Chas, Marsh Schomberg, Ocean 
 80, Capts. Ferdinand Lucius Hardyman and John 
 Sykes, and Baeham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis ; and 
 on 20 Jan. 1828 he was made Lieutenant, we be- 
 lieve, into the Valorous 28, Capt. the Earl of Hun- 
 tingdon, on the station last named. He returned 
 home in the course of the same year; and was 
 afterwards, from 26 Nov. 1830 until 1834, employed 
 in the Mediterranean and East Indies in the Alli- 
 gator 28, Capts. Chas. Philip Yorke and Geo. Robt. 
 Lambert. His last appointment was, 17 Dec. 1840, 
 as Senior, for a very brief period, to the Pelican 16, 
 Capt. Chas. Geo. Elers Napier, fitting at Chatham. 
 
 Lieut. Tollemache married, 5 Oct. 1841, Eliza- 
 beth, eldest daughter of Alex. Munro, Esq., and has 
 issue. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 TOLLERVEY. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 John Sydney Tollebvey died h Nov. 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy 8 May, 1809 ; passed 
 his examination in 1816; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 5 Feb. 1827. He did not afterwards go afloat. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell, 
 
 TOM. (Lieutenant, 1826. f-p., 13; h-p., 22.) 
 John Tom was born 18 Feb. 1800. He is brother- 
 in-law of Lieut. Geo. Courtenay Greenway, R.N. ; 
 and first-cousin of Lieuts. D. B. and K. T. Baker, 
 K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Jan. 1812, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Macedonian of 48 guns 
 and 254 men, Capt. John Surman Garden ; and was in 
 that frigate when she was captured, 25 Oct. follow- 
 ing, by the American ship United States of 56 guns 
 and 474 men, after a desperate action of two hours 
 and ten minutes, in which the British sustained a 
 loss of 36 killed and 68 wounded, and the enemy of 
 about 12 killed and wounded. In Sept. 1813, hav- 
 ing regained his liberty, he was received on board 
 the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Jas. Bisset, Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild, and Edw. Thurlow Smith, on the 
 Mediterranean station, where he continued em- 
 ployed, until May, 1819, in the Berwick and Edin- 
 burgh 74's, Capts. Edw. Brace and John Lampen 
 Manley, and Queen and Alrion of similar force, 
 both commanded (as flag-ships of Sir Chas. Vini- 
 combe Penrose) by Capt. John Coode. He fought 
 in the Albion at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816 ; 
 and was awarded, the day following, the rating of 
 Midshipman. Subsequently to his return from the 
 Mediterranean he joined, generally in the capacity 
 of Admiralty - Midshipman and Mate— 8 March, 
 1820, the Coast Blockade in Kent— 1 Sept. 1821, 
 the Impregnable 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane at Plymouth— 15 Oct. 1823 (nearly 10 
 months after he had left the Impregnable), the 
 Bulwark 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, lying at the 
 same port — 9 Jan. 1824, the Maidstone 42, equip- 
 ping at Woolwich for the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore Chas. Bullen — 1 March following (having 
 volunteered his services), the Griper, Capt. Geo. 
 Fras. Lyon, under whom he sailed on a voyage of 
 discovery to the Polar regions, encountered many 
 hardships and dangers, and on more occasions than 
 one narrowly escaped shipwreck— 28 Jan. 1825, the 
 Britannia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Sau- 
 
 marez at Plymouth— and 11 May in the samd year 
 (at his own request), his former ship the Maid- 
 stone, then on the coast of Africa. While attached 
 to the Coast Blockade (with his name on the books 
 of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M'Cullooh) he fell, 
 during a dark night, over a cliff, 40 feet high, and, 
 although armed with a sword and a brace of pistols, 
 escaped, we believe, without injury. He was nomi- 
 nated, 9 May, 1826, Acting-Lieutenant of the Esk 
 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine Purchas, on the coast of 
 Africa ; and was confirmed to that vessel 25 Aug. 
 following. He invalided in Nov. of the same year, 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 From 1827 until 1830, Lieut. Tom was engaged in 
 mining operations at the Brazils. He married, 17 
 Nov. 1835, Emina Mary, eldest daughter of Lieut.- 
 Colonel Vallack, late of the Royal Marines, by 
 whom he has issue a son and daughter. 
 
 TOMKINS. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 9; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Henry Weston Tomkins entered the Navy, 18 
 Feb. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tartar 32, 
 Capts. Geo. Edm. Byron Betterworth and Joseph 
 Baker ; under the former of whom, who was killed, 
 he was present, 15 May following, in a severe action 
 of an hour and a half with a Danish flotilla, near 
 Bergen. After serving in the Baltic he removed in 
 Oct. 1811 as Midshipman, a rating he had attained 
 18 months previously, to the Cumberland 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Baker, in which ship he was employed during 
 the next three years and 10 months in the Channel 
 and North Sea, and in escorting convoy to and from 
 the West Indies and Cape of Good Hope. In Oct. 
 1815 he became Admiralty-Midshipman of the 
 Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, on the Halifax sta- 
 tion ; he acted from 1 to 28 May, 1816, as Lieu- 
 tenant in the Goree 16, Capt. Wm. Snuggs Gam- 
 mon, at Bermuda ; and on 16 Sept. following, hav- 
 ing fought as Admiralty-Midshipman in the Cor- 
 delia 10, Capt. Wm. Sargent, at the battle of 
 Algiers, he was advanced to his present rank. He 
 has since been on half-pay. Agents — Burnett and 
 Holmes. 
 
 TOMLIN. (Lieut., 1827. f-p., 29; h-p., 11.) 
 
 George William Tomlih is brother of Jas. 
 TomUn, Esq., Master, R.N. (1813) ; and uncle of 
 Lieut. Joseph Grant Bickford, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 March, 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Weymouth 18, Capt. Mar- 
 tin White, in which vessel and in the Surveillante 
 38, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, and Spartiate 
 74, Capt. Sir Fras. Laforey, he served in the Chan- 
 nel until the following Dec. From Nov. 1809 until 
 Aug. 1815 (in the course of which month he passed 
 his examination) he was employed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, North Sea, and Channel, and on the coast 
 of North America, part of the time as Midshipman, 
 in the York 74, Capts. Robt. Barton and Alex. 
 Wilmot Schomberg ; he then, until Sept. 1817, and 
 from April to Aug. 1818, served on the coast of 
 North America and again in the Channel, in the 
 Niger 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, and Superb 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Ekins ; and his name was afterwards, 
 between Aug. 1818 and June, 1824, and between 
 the latter date and that of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 28 April, 1827, borne on the 
 books of the Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 mirals Donald Campbell and Sir Wm. Chas. Fahie 
 in the West Indies, and Jupiter 50, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Willoughby Thos. Lake on the Halifax 
 station. During the time he belonged to the Salis- 
 bury and Jupiter he commanded, for upwards of 
 eight years, the Flying Fish, Swallow, and Ber- 
 muda, tenders to those ships. His appointments, 
 since his promotion, have been, in succession — 27 
 Oct. 1835, to the Coast Guard— 2 July, 1840, and 18 
 June, 1841, to the Nimble and Active Revenue- 
 cruizers— 23 Aug. 1843, again to the Coast Guard— 
 and, 15 Nov. 1848, to the Harpy, another Revenue- 
 vessel, in which he is now serving. 
 
 Lieut. Tomlin married, first, 26 Aug. 1829, Jane 
 Elizabeth, daughter of the late Lieut. Chas. Napier 
 
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 TOMLINSON. 
 
 R.N. '(1794), who served on board the Glory 98, in 
 Lord Howe's action of the 1st of June ; and, se- 
 condly, in Aug. 1844, Mary, daughter of the late W. 
 Ferris, Esq., of Her Majesty's Revenue Service, 
 niece of Commander Tbos. Bevis, R.N., and cousin 
 of the late Rear-Admiral Abel Ferris. By his 
 former wife he had four children ; and by his pre- 
 sent he also has issue. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 TOMLINSON. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 James "Waud Tomlinson is eldest son of the late 
 Tlce-Admiral Nicholas Tomlinson. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 11 Oct. 1813 ; passed 
 his examination in 1820; and was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 1 Feb. 1826, as a reward for his 
 conduct during the war in Ava ; where he served 
 with the British flotilla in a brilliant and decisive 
 attack made upon the village of Than-ta-bain, 7 
 Oct. 1824, commanded the boats of the Arachne 
 18, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, at the defeat, 15 Dec. 
 following, of 200 of the enemy's war-boats on the 
 Lyne branch of the river Irawady, and was present, 
 6 Feb. 1825, at the capture of a 36-gun stockade at 
 the above-named Than-ta-bain. His appointments 
 have since been — 31 March, 1828, to the Badger 10, 
 Capt. Chas. Crowdy, employed on particular service 
 — 10 Dec. 1829, after a few months of half-pay, to 
 the Coast Blockade, in which he remained, as a 
 Supernumerary of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. 
 Mingaye, until the early part of 1832—17 Sept. 1832 
 and 9 Dec. 1833, to the Britannia 120 and Tala- 
 VERA 74, Capts. Peter Rainier and Edw. Chetham, 
 both in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in 
 1835—9 Feb. 1842, for upwards of 12 months, to the 
 post of Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail 
 steam-vessel — and 24 Nov. 1845, to the command, 
 which he still retains, of the Harpy steam- vessel, 
 of 200 horse-power, on the south-east coast of Ame- 
 rica. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 TOMLINSON. (Vice-Admikal of the White, 
 1841. r-P., 27; H-P., 48.) 
 
 Nicholas Tomlinson died 6 March, 1847, at 
 Middleton House, near Lewes, co. Sussex. He was 
 third son of the late Capt. Robt. Tomhnson, R.N., 
 by Sarah, only daughter of Dr. Robinson, President 
 of the College of Physicians, and granddaughter of 
 Dr. Robinson, Bishop of Carlisle. He was descended 
 from Colonel John Tomlinson, of Burntcbffe Thorn, 
 in the "West Riding Oif Yorkshire, who was con- 
 spicuous for the part he took in the civil wars 
 during the reign of Charles I. Two of his nephews, 
 Nicholas Robinson and Robert Cosby Tomlinson, 
 are Lieutenants R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 March, 1772, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resolution 74, Capts. 
 "Wm. Hotham and Chaloner Ogle, of which ship, 
 stationed at Chatham and Spithead, his father was 
 Senior-Lieutenant. Removing, in Jan. 1776, to the 
 ■Thetis 32, Capts. Michael Graham and John Gill, 
 he made two voyages in that frigate to St. Helena, 
 and, after cruizing oif the coasts of France and 
 Spain, proceeded to the coast of North America. 
 In March, 1779 (he had left the Thetis in the pre- 
 ceding Dec), he joined the Charon 44, Capts. Hon. 
 John Luttrell and Thos. Symonds ; to the former 
 of whom he acted as aide-de-camp at the storming, 
 19 Oct. following, of the strong fortress of St. Fer- 
 nando de Omoa, in the bay of Honduras, where 
 250 quintals of quicksilver and several Spanish ships, 
 whose cargoes were estimated at 3,000,000 dollars, 
 fell into the hands of the victors. Under Capt. 
 Symonds Mr. Tomlinson assisted, in company with 
 the Bienfaisant 64, at the capture, 13 Aug. 1780, 
 off Kinsale, of the Comte d'Artois French privateer 
 of 64 guns and 644 men. In the early part of 1781, 
 having accompanied Brigadier-General Arnold, in 
 command of a gun-boat, on an expedition up the 
 rivers of Virginia, he was for 30 or 40 days, while 
 so employed, in constant action with the enemy. 
 On 10 Oct. 1781 the Charon, engaged at the time 
 in the defence of York Town, was destroyed by 
 hot shot from the enemy's batteries ; and from that 
 
 period until the surrender of the army under Earl 
 Cornwallis, Mr. Tomlinson was employed on shore 
 in command of one of the British advanced batte- 
 ries, and behaved in a manner that gainedhim his 
 Lordship's personal thanks. In the following Dec. 
 he returned to England in a cartel with Capt. 
 Symonds; and on 23 March, 1782, he was made 
 Lieutenant into the Bristol 50, Capts. Jas. Gambier 
 and Jas. Burney. In April, 1783, a few days after 
 the Bristol had arrived with convoy in Madras 
 Roads, Mr. Tomlinson, who was First-Lieutenant 
 and had volunteered to repair to the assistance of the 
 JDuke of Athol Indiaman, was blown up in that ship 
 and received a severe contusion in his breast and 
 left side, besides being otherwise much injured.* 
 In the ensuing June he was present, oil Cuddalore, 
 in Sir Edw. Hughes' fifth and last action with M. 
 de Sutfreiu. He was subsequently appointed, in 
 the capacity of Lieutenant — 4 Sept. 1784, to the 
 Juno 32, Capt. Jas. Montagu, for a passage to Eng- 
 land, where he arrived in March, 1785 — 23 June, 
 1786, for three years and nine months, to the Savage 
 sloop, Capts. Rich. Rundle Surges and Dickinson, 
 on the Scotch station — in June, 1790, during the 
 Spanish armament, to the Impress service at Green- 
 ook— 11 July, 179-3, to the Regulus 44, Capt. Edw. 
 Bowater, on the Portsmouth station — 15 July, 1794, 
 to the command (five months after ill health had 
 obliged him to leave the Regulus) of the Pelter 
 gun-vessel— 23 Sept. 1795, to the Gloky 98, Capt. 
 Theophilus Jones, lying at Spithead— and, 22 Oct. 
 following, to the command of the Vesove gun-brig. 
 In the Juno, Savage, Regulus, and Glory he was 
 First-Lieutenant. "While attached to the Savage 
 he jumped on one occasion overboard and saved 
 the life of Mr. Campbell, a young gentleman who 
 could not swim ; and on another he hastened in a 
 small boat, at imminent hazard, to the aid of a fish- 
 erman who had been overset in a heavy gale. On 
 quitting the Impress service he obtained command, 
 through the recommendation of Lord Hawke, of a 
 ship-of-the-line belonging to the Russian navy ; hut 
 on the prospect of a rupture between England and 
 France he returned to his own service, and was ap- 
 pointed, as above, to the Regulus. During his 
 command of the Pelter, Mr. Tomlinson performed 
 a variety of dashing exploits. In a^single boat he 
 boarded and carried, in open day, a lugger lying 
 within pistol-shot of a battery at a place where the 
 adjacent sand-hills were lined with troops. He 
 endured a skirmish subsequently with three armed 
 vessels (two of them equal in force to the Pelter) 
 under a battery in the road of Etaples ; in July, 
 1795, while co-operating with the Royalists in Qui- 
 beron Bay, he so distinguished himself, particularly 
 by the manner in which he saved a body of troops 
 from falling a sacrifice to republican fury, that he 
 was publicly thanked by Sir John Borlase "Warren 
 on the quarter-deck of La Pomone ; and on 10 Aug. 
 following, having silenced a battery at the mouth 
 of the river Crache, he took one of a fleet of chasse- 
 marees which had there sought protection. Pre- 
 viously to the latter aflair the Pelter, in company 
 with three other gun-vessels, had destroyed a cor- 
 vette of 24 guns and a national cutter in the Mor- 
 bihan river. "W^orn out by the fatigue they had 
 undergone, 30 of h^r crew, out of 50, were at length 
 obliged to keep to their hammocks, and the health 
 of the remainder, including their Commander, was 
 so much impaired that the vessel was obliged to be 
 towed home by the Robust 74. On 30 Nov. 1795 
 Mr. Tomlinson, then in the Vesuve, was promoted 
 to the command of La Suffisante sloop of 14 guns. 
 In her, after a chase of 11 hours and an action of 
 30 minutes, he made prize, 27 May, 1796, between 
 Ushant and the Main, of La Revanche French na- 
 tional brig of 12 long 4-pounders and 85 chosen 
 men if and in the following month, besides re- taking 
 six valuable British merchantmen, he captured La 
 Patiiote and Le Marpan privateers (the latter mount- 
 
 * Upwarrls of 200 persons, including 6 Lieutenants, 5 "War- 
 rant Oilicers, and 1 27 of the best men belonging to the squad- 
 ron under Sir Edward Hughes, were on this occasion killed. 
 
 t Fide Gaz. 1796, p. 628. 
 
TOMUNSON-TOMPSON— TONGE. 
 
 1187 
 
 Ing 16 guns), and an American ship and Danish 
 brig, the one laden with contraband stores, the 
 other with French property. In the conflict with 
 La RevancJw, fought, as it was, on a lee shore, Capt. 
 Tomlinson acquired much honour : one only of his 
 crew was wounded, while the enemy sustained a 
 loss of 2 killed and 7 wounded. Of so much im- 
 portance, indeed, was the capture of La Revanche 
 and the other vessels considered, that the Com- 
 mittee for Encouraging the Capture of French Pri- 
 vateers, &c., and the Court of Directors of the 
 Royal Exchange Assurance, each voted him a piece 
 of plate, valued at 50 guineas. On 1 Aug. 1796 he 
 attacked a French convoy, consisting of a brig 
 mounting 16 guns, two cutters of 14 guns each, and 
 17 sail of merchantmen, eight of which were de- 
 stroyed. He afterwards captured a large ship laden 
 with rice and wine, and two other French vessels ; 
 a Dutch vessel laden with wine, and a ship with 
 masts and spars ; and four Spanish vessels. One 
 of the latter he gave up to the prisoners. As a 
 reward for the services we have here recorded, 
 Capt. Tomlinson was advanced to Post-rank 12 Dec. 
 1796. In Nov. 1798 his name was struck off the 
 list of Captains, in consequence of a complaint 
 lodged by two of his brother officers at the Admi- 
 ralty, that he had, when embarked on board the 
 Lord Hawke (a privateer belonging to himself), and 
 chased by the frigates they commanded, made use 
 of their private signals. In consideration, however, 
 of the distinguished conduct he eventually displayed 
 as a volunteer on board the London 98, flag-ship of 
 Sir Hyde Parker, in the attack upon the Danish 
 line of defence before Copenhagen, he was restored 
 to his former rank, with seniority from 22 Sept. 
 1801. From July, 1803, until June, 1809, he was 
 employed in the Sea Fenciblea at Maiden and South- 
 en-d, CO. Essex. He was then ordered to fit out and 
 command a division of fire-ships, intended to ac- 
 company the expedition to the Scheldt. On the 
 evacuation of the Walcheren in the ensuing Dec. 
 he was .spoken of in high terms by Capt. Graham 
 Moore, the senior ofiicer present, for the assistance 
 he afforded at the destruction of the arsenal, basin, 
 and sea-defences of Flushing.* While returning 
 home in charge of the vessels laden with fire-ship 
 stores, the one in which he was embarked was 
 wrecked, but he was enabled to make room for and 
 save all the valuable part of the cargo, by throwing 
 overboard the bevins (Bakers' fagots dipped in tar) 
 from the other ships.f He resumed his appoint- 
 ment in the Sea Fencibles at Southend in Jan. 1810, 
 but resigned it in the following month, on the corps 
 being broken up, and was not afterwards employed. 
 He was placed on the retired list of Eear-Admirals 
 
 22 July, 1830 ; transferred to the active list 17 Aug. 
 1810 ; and promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral 
 
 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Prior to the attack made by Lord Cochrane in 
 1809 on the French squadron in Aix Roads, Vice- 
 Admiral Tomlinson submitted to the Admiralty a 
 plan, which was adopted, for conducting fire-ships 
 when leading down to attack the enemy. He married, 
 in 1794, Elizabeth, second daughter and co-heiress 
 of Ralph Ward, Esq., of Forburrows, by whom, 
 who died in 1839, he had issue four sons and four 
 daughters. His eldest son, James Ward, is a Lieu- 
 tenant R.N. ; his second was killed at Ningpo in 
 1842, in command of the 18th Royal Irish. Agents 
 ^Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 TOMLINSON. (Lieutenant, 1810.) 
 
 Nicholas Robinson Tomlinson is son of the late 
 Commander Roht. Tomlinson, R.N. ■,% 'and nephew 
 of the late Vice- Admiral Nicholas Tomhnson. 
 
 • Vidl, Ga-/.. 1809, p. 2006. t ?'• G>^- '809, p. 2057. 
 
 X Commainler Robt. Tomlinson was present in Rodney's 
 action 12 April, 1 782, and was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant on 2(j of the same month. While commanding the 
 Speedwell hired arn'ed vessel, he captured, in Oct. 1797, 
 the privatp'TS Ztfs Am\& and Le Telemachus, was in company 
 with the Valiant lugger at the taking of /.'iSspernncc and 
 Le Speculatem; each of 14 guns, and, in Feb. 1801, engaged 
 and beat off a Spanish flotilla. In Feb. 1805 he was ap- 
 
 This officer obtained his commission 16 Jan. 1810. 
 His last appointment was to the Hazard 16, Capt. 
 John Cookesley, in which vessel he served on the 
 Newfoundland station, as First-Lieutenant, from 
 14 Jan. 1814 until Dec. 1816. Agents— Burnett 
 and Holmes. 
 
 TOMLINSON. (LiEOT., 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.) 
 Robert Cosby Tomlinson, born in 1790, at 
 Exeter, is son of Retired-Commander Philip Tom- 
 linson, E.N. (Lieut. 1782), who died in 1839 ; and 
 nephew of the late Vice-Admiral Nicholas Tomlin- 
 son, and the late Capt. Wm. Godfrey, E.N., C.B. 
 (1809), who served as Midshipman of the Culloden 
 74 in the action of 1 June, 1794, was Senior-Lieute- 
 nant of the Prince 98 at the battle of Trafalgar 
 21 Oct. 1805, and was promoted to Post-rank for 
 his conduct in command of the Mtsa bomb at the 
 destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads. 
 One of his brothers, PhiUp, a Master's Mate, was 
 mortally wounded at the siege of Copenhagen 31 
 Aug. 1807; and another, a Lieutenant, was acci- 
 dentally killed on board the Bombay 74. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Unite 36, stationed as a 
 block-ship in the river Thames. Being discharged 
 about June, 1805, he next, in Feb. 1806, joined the 
 Lion 64, Capts. Henry Heathcote and Robt. Rolles. 
 After having escorted convoy to and from the East 
 Indies and China, he removed as Master's Mate, in 
 June, 1810, to the jEtna bomb. While in that 
 vessel, which was commanded in succession by 
 Capts. Wm. Godfrey, Peter Lawless, and John 
 Bowker, he bore a warm part in Lord Cochrane's 
 celebrated attack upon the French squadron in Aix 
 Roads, accompanied the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren, and, uniting in the defence of Cadiz, was 
 E resent (during the investment of Fort Matagorda 
 y Marshal Soult) at the bombardment of Troca- 
 dero. In Oct. 1810, at which period he had been 
 serving for four months ofi' Cadiz and Lisbon in the 
 Tonnant 80, Capts. Hassard Stacpoole and Sir John 
 Gore, he was received on board the Statira 38, 
 also commanded by Capt. Stacpoole, under whom 
 he was for exactly two years employed on the West 
 India and North American stations, the latter part 
 of the time as Acting-Lieutenant. In Aug. and 
 Sept. 1812 he witnessed the capture of three priva- 
 teers, the JBuckskin^ Regulator^ and Bunker^s Hill, 
 In Dec. of the same year he was again ordered to 
 act as Lieutenant in the Loup Cervier, alias Pea- 
 cock 18, Capis. Chas. Gill and Wm. Bowen Mends, 
 also on the coast of North America. He was offici- 
 ally promoted 14 July, 1813 ; and in the spring of 
 1814 he returned home with Capt. Mends in the 
 Terpsichore frigate. The state of his health has 
 not permitted him to serve since. 
 
 In Dec. 1843 Lieut. Tomlinson resigned the ap- 
 pointment, which he had for some time held, of 
 Inspector of Weights and Measures for co. Essex. 
 He married, in 1S38, Mary Penelope, eldest daughter 
 of the late Rev. Moses Dodd, Rector of Fordham, 
 CO. Essex. 
 
 TOMPSON. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Joseph Frank Tompson entered the Navy 17 
 May, 1811 ; obtained his commission 21 Jan. 1824; 
 and was appointed, 15 April following and 5 March, 
 1825, to the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42, Coast 
 Blockade ships, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. 
 Jas. Mingay e. H e has been on half-pay since 1826. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 TONGE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Loois Charles Henry Tonge is youngest sur- 
 viving son of Wm. Norris Tonge, Esq., of Alveston, 
 
 pointed to the Dexterous gun-brig ; and on 1 1 Sept. follow- 
 ing, having fallen in with a convoy under the protection of 
 eight heavily-armed Spanish vessels, he not only made prize 
 of seven of the merchantmen, but actually cut off and secured 
 a gun-boat, mounting 1 long 24-pounder and 1 carronade 
 with a complement of 30 men. He continued in the Dex- 
 TERoirs until advanced to the rank of Coixunander 15 June 
 18U. He died 9 June, 1844, aged 85. ' 
 
 7 M 2 
 
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 TORLESSE— TOTTENHAM— TOUZEAU. 
 
 CO. Gloucester, and Highway, co. Wilts, a Magis- 
 trate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Gloucestersliire, 
 and a Ketired-Commander K.N. (Lieut. 1794), who 
 died 4 April, 1844, aged 67, hy Mary Ann, daughter 
 of the Rev. John Bry en, of co. Somerset. His grand- 
 father, Henry Tonge, Esq., married Anne Eliza, 
 daughter of Vioe-Admiral Harrjf Norris, himself 
 the son of Admiral Sir John Norris, hy Hon. Eliza- 
 beth Aylmer, daughter of Matthew Lord Aylmer. 
 His eldest brother, Augustus Henry, is a Captain 
 in the Wiltshire Militia ; and his next, John Henry, 
 a Captain in the Army. One of his sisters, Lucy 
 Elizabeth, is wife of th« Kev. Augustus Wm. Noel, 
 son of the late Capt. Hon. Fred. Noel, K.N. (1819). 
 This officer passed his examination 1 March, 1837 ; 
 served in the Mediterranean and at Devonport, as 
 Mate, in the Veknon 50, Capt. Wm. Walpole, and 
 Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne, from 
 1841 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 
 May, 1845; and from 20 June in the latter year 
 until paid off in 1848, was employed on the Home 
 station and again in the Mediterranean in the Tka- 
 TALGAK 120, Capts. John Neale Nott and Chas. 
 Hope. 
 
 TORLESSE. (LiEDT., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Henry Boden Torlesse entered the Navy, 10 
 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Antelope 
 50, Capts. Henry Bazely and Edw. Galwey ; under 
 the former of whom he escorted the East India 
 trade to and from St. Helena, and conveyed the 
 Earl of Caledou to the Cape of Good Hope. After 
 visiting the Mediterranean he followed Capt. Gal- 
 wey, in April, 1809, as Midshipman (a rating he 
 had attained in Dec. 1807), into the Isis 50, In which 
 ship, commanded next by Capt. Woodley Losack, 
 we find him, in the course of the same year, accom- 
 panying the expedition to the Walcheren. From 
 Feb. 1810 until Dec. 1811, and from the latter date 
 until March, 1814, he was employed as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, chiefly on the coast of North 
 America, in the Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, 
 and MoRGiANA 18, Capt. David Scott ; he then re- 
 turned to England in the Terpsichore frigate, 
 Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends ; and from the following 
 June until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 1 
 May, 1815, he served on the Portsmouth station in 
 the Tyrian brig, Capt. Augustus Baldwin. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Torlesse has been for some time a Police 
 Magistrate at Van Diemen's Land. 
 
 TOTTENHAM. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 John Francis Tottenham is ninth son of Lord 
 Robt. Ponsonby Tottenham, D.D., Bishop of 
 Clogher, by Alicia, third daughter of Cornwallis 
 Maude, Ist Viscount Hawarden ; and grandson of 
 Charles, 1st Marquess of Ely. His eldest brother, 
 Charles John, is a Lieutenant in the 2nd Life 
 Guards ; another, Cornwallis, is in the Hon. E. I. 
 Co.'s service ; and a third, WilUam, died a Lieute- 
 nant R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Na'S'y in 1834; passed 
 his examination 6 Sept. 1841 ; and in 1842-3 was 
 nominated Mate of the Inconstant 36 and Hya- 
 cinth 18, Capts. Fred. Thos. Michell and Fras. 
 Scott, on the Mediterranean and African stations. 
 As a reward for the gallant and dashing manner in 
 which, in a 4-oared gig he went, 13 Aug. 1844, in 
 pursuit of, maintained a running action with, and 
 ultimately drove on shore (where she was aban- 
 doned by her crew, 18 in number, several of whom 
 were kiUed and wounded) a Brazilian brig of 200 
 tons (afterwards got ofi'by the Hyacinth) carrying 
 2 4-pounders, a barrel of powder, a quantity of lang- 
 ridge shot, and a number of muskets, swords, and 
 bayonets, Mr. Tottenham, on the urgent recom- 
 mendation of his Captain, was promoted, 27 Dec. 
 following, to the rank of Lieutenant.* His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 4 June, 1845, to the Resist- 
 ance troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey— 6 
 Nov. 1846, as First, to the Medea steam-sloop, 
 * Vicle Gaz. 1844, pp. 5315-6, 
 
 of 350 horse-power, Capts. Graham Eden Wm. 
 Hamond and Thos. Henry Mason, equipping for the 
 East Indies— 25 Nov. 1847, as Additional, to the 
 Vernon 50, bearing the flag on that station of 
 Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield — and, 15 June, 
 1848, to the Meander 44, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Keppel, also in the East Indies, where he is now 
 serving. 
 
 TOTTENHAM. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Tottenham died 14 Aug. 1847, at 
 Woodstock, CO. Wicklow. He was fifth son of the 
 Bishop of Clogher; and brother of the present 
 Lieut. John F. Tottenham, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 2 Feb. 1826 ; served 
 as Midshipman in the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. 
 Lyons, at the siege, in Oct. 1828, of Morea Castle, 
 the last hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus; 
 passed his examination 26 April, 1832 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 23 Nov. 1841, had been for some 
 time employed as Mate in the Camperdotyn 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Henry Digby at Sheemess. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 1 Deo. 1841, to the 
 Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, fitting for the 
 East Indies, whence he returned at the close of 
 1843— in Dec. 1844, to the Racehorse 18, Capt. 
 Geo. Jas. Hay, equipping at Devonport — and 4 
 Feb. 1845, to the Vanghakd 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens 
 Willes, with whom he served on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations until within a short time of 
 his death. While attached to the Dido he assisted 
 at the capture of Woosung and Shanghae, took part 
 in various operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang river, 
 and commanded a tender in an attack upon a horde 
 of Borneo pirates. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 TOUZEAU. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 21; 
 H-p., 5.) 
 
 James Charles Mann Touzead was bom 4 Sept. 
 1806. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 1821, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Doterel 18, Capt. Wm. 
 Hendry, stationed on the coast of North America. 
 In Aug. 1825 he became Midshipman of the Genoa 
 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, employed at first ofi' 
 Lisbon and next in the Mediterranean, where he 
 fought at the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. On 
 that occasion he was the senior unpassed Midship- 
 man on board the Genoa. In July, 1828, six 
 months after he had been discharged from that 
 ship, he was received on board the Nightingale 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commanders Edw. Smith and Geo. 
 Wood ; under the latter of whom he was wrecked 
 7 Feb. 1829, off South Yarmouth, and lost nearly all 
 he possessed. Having passed his examination 6 
 Aug. 1828, he was successively, in March, June, and 
 Nov. 1829, nominated Mate of the Melville 74, 
 Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, Kent 78, Capt. 
 John Ferris Devonshire, and Stork Revenue- 
 cruizer, Lieut.-Commanders Sam. Barrett, Wm. 
 Lowcay, and Wm. Lowry, all on the Home station; 
 where he served, from Dec. 1832 until July, 1837, 
 in the Ranger, another Revenue-vessel, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Wm. Henry Baker, Jas. Stuart, and 
 Thoa. Sam. Hall. . He then joined the Alligator 
 28, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer, fitting at Ports- 
 mouth ; and on 2 Sept. following he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. He was employed after- 
 wards, from 14 Sept. 1837 until 10 Oct. 1838, and 
 from 14 Dec. 1839 until 5 Oct. 1843, In the Tyne 28, 
 Capt. John Townshend, and Pylades 18, Capts. 
 Talavera Vernon Anson and Louis Symonds Tindal, 
 on the Mediterranean and China stations. In the 
 boats of the vessel last mentioned he was engaged, 
 29 July, 1840, in an action with three piratical 
 junks of greatly superior force ; one of which was 
 taken — the two others effecting their escape. The 
 British in this affair had 2 men killed and 7 wounded ; 
 and the enemy about 50 killed. Mr. Touzeau also 
 took an active part in the operations against Canton ; 
 and on that city being ransomed he was sent, on 
 the morning of 26 May, 1841, accompanied by a 
 detachment of Sepoys apd of the 49th Regiment as 
 
TOWER— TOWERS— TOWNE—TOWNSEND. 
 
 1189 
 
 n. guard, with despatches to the troops who were 
 in possession of the heights, communicating the in- 
 telligence to them and directing a cessation of hos- 
 tilities. After assisting at the reduction of Amoy, 
 he was left there for the protection of that and the 
 adjacent islands. On finally quitting the Pylades 
 he was presented with a Commander's commiasion 
 bearing date 23 Deo. 1842.* He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 He married 30 May, 1832. 
 
 TOWER. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Arthur Tower, bom 15 April, 1816, is fourth 
 son of Christopher Thos. Tower, Escj., of Weald 
 Hall, CO. Essex, by Harriet, second daughter of Sir 
 Thos, Beauchamp Proctor, Bart., of Langley Park, 
 CO. Norfolk ; and brother of Christopher Tower, 
 Esq., M.P. for Buckinghamshire, who married Lady 
 Maria Frances, only daughter of John, 1st Earl 
 Brownlow. He is nephew of Rear-Admiral (of the 
 Blue) John Tower, C.B. (who died Nov. 1837), of 
 Edw. Tower, Esq., R.N., who was lost with Sir 
 Thos. Troubridge in the Blenheim 74 in 1807, and 
 of the present Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Beauchamp 
 Proctor, Bart; another uncle, the Rev. Wm. Tower, 
 married Maria, daughter and coheir of the late Ad- 
 miral Sir Eliab Harvey, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 5 July, 1836 ; 
 and, after having served for some time in the Me- 
 diterranean as Mate in the Ganges 84, Capt. Bar- 
 rington Reynolds and Beacon surveying-vessel, 
 Capt. Thos. .Graves, was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 18 Nov. 1842. His appointments have 
 since been — 3 Dec. 1842 and 23 April, 1844, as Ad- 
 ditional, to the Qdeen 110 and Formidable 84, 
 flag-ships of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, also in the 
 Mediterranean — and 22 Dec. 1845, a few months 
 after his return to England, to the Ringdove 12, 
 Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm. John Cavendish Clif- 
 ford, and Edw. Augustus Inglefield, fitting for the 
 East Indies, where he is now First-Lieutenant. 
 
 TOWERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Robert Towers died in May, 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Afrtcatne 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Manby, on the West India station ; where, in 
 the following Aug., he removed to the Atlas 74, 
 Capt. Sam. Pym. In that ship, of which he became 
 Master's Mate and Second Master, he fought in the 
 action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806 ; and was subse- 
 quently, until Feb. 1809, employed off the port of 
 Cadiz under the flag of Rear-Admiral John Child 
 Purvis. He was then ordered to act as Master in 
 the Delight sloop, Capts. John Brett Purvis and 
 Lord Balgonie. In the ensuing June he was present 
 at the reduction of the islands of Ischia and Procida. 
 He was next, from Oct. 1810 until Nov. 1811, and 
 from the latter date until July, 1815, employed on 
 the Channel, Mediterranean, and North American 
 stations, as Master's Mate in the Romhlds troop- 
 ship, Capt. Lord Balgonie, and as Midshipman, 
 Acting-Lieutenant, and Midshipman, in the Gany- 
 mede 26, Capt. J. B. Purvis {to wJiose memoir refer), 
 and Wm. M'CuUoch. He then took up a commis- 
 sion bearing date 21 Feb. 1815 ; and did not after- 
 wards go afloat. 
 
 TOWNE. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 35.) 
 
 John Towne was born 5 Feb. 1786. 
 
 This officer (he had previously been in the Hon. 
 E. I. Co.'s service) was impressed into the Navy, 21 
 Aug. 1803, while on his passage home from the 
 West Indies in a merchantman, and placed as A. B. 
 on board the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman; in 
 which frigate and, as Midshipman, in the Harpt 
 18, Capt. Edra. Heywood, he was for 17 months in 
 constant action with the enemy's flotilla and bat- 
 teries at Boulogne ; where he assisted at the capture 
 and destruction of several vessels and was present 
 in the catamaran and stone-ship expeditions. He 
 was afterwards employed in the West Indies— from 
 • pride Gaz. 1843, p. 2960. 
 
 28 Jan. 1805 until 27 Jan. 1807, as Midshipman, in 
 the Jason 32, Capts. Wm. Burgundy Champain and 
 Thos. John Cochrane-from 28 Jan. 1807 until 12 
 June, 1809, as Acting-Master, in the Dominica 14 
 and Asp 16, Capts. Wm. Dean and Kobt. FouUs 
 Preston— from 13 June, 1809, until 16 July, 1810, as 
 Master's Mate, Midshipman, and Master's Mate, in 
 the Intrepid 64, Capt. Christopher John Williams 
 Nesham, and PoMpiE 74 and Neptdne 98, flag-ships 
 of Sir Alex. Cochrane— from 16 July until Sept. 1810, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Pelorcs 18, Capt. 
 Alex. Kennedy— next, as a Supernumerary Master's 
 Mate, in the Statira 38, bearing the flag of Sir A. 
 Cochrane-from 12 Dec. 1810 until 15 Jan. 1812, in 
 command, as Master's Mate, of the Ram schooner, 
 tender to the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey — and from 17 Sept. 1812 (the date of his 
 commission) until he invalided, 25 April, 1813, in 
 the Demerara 16, Capt. Smith. In the Jason and 
 her boats Mr. Towne assisted at the capture of 
 many of the enemy's vessels, including La Ndiade 
 of 16 guns, 4 swivels, and 170 men, taken after a 
 chase of nine hours and a partial firing of 15 minutes. 
 He held command for some time of a tender; and 
 was frequently sent away in charge of prizes. On 
 one occasion he landed and aided in destroying the 
 Signal stations on the coast of Cumana. As Act- 
 ing-Master of the Dominica he again saw much de- 
 tached service, and was present, 3 Feb. 1808, in an 
 action with the French privateer Victor, in which 
 the British had 3 men killed and 6 wounded. He 
 was in company, in the Asp, with the Superieuee 
 14, when those vessels fell in with the French 40- 
 gun frigate La Jurum previously to her capture. 
 In May, 1809, having landed, he contributed to the 
 destruction of a battery at Port Louis, Guadeloupe, 
 and with his own hands blew up the magazine ; and 
 in the course of the same month he commanded a 
 boat, in conjunction with those of the Heureux, in 
 an attempt made in open day to bring out two ves- 
 sels moored close under other of the enemy's bat- 
 teries, and defended by a heavy fire of grape and 
 musketry. On 1 June ensuing we find him co-ope- 
 rating also in charge of a boat, with a force sent 
 from the Forester sloop and Express brig, to 
 storm a battery at Grande Terre, Guadeloupe, and 
 take possession of the town. He was, on this occa- 
 sion again, personally intrusted with the duty of 
 firing a train laid for the purpose of blowing up the 
 enemy's magazine and storehouse. While attached 
 to the PoMPEE he witnessed, 18 Dec. 1809, the de- 
 struction of the French 40-gun frigates Loire and 
 Seine, under several strong batteries in L'Ance la 
 Barque, Guadeloupe, and served on shore with a 
 division of seamen at the reduction of the latter 
 island and its dependencies. During his command 
 of the Ram Mr. Towne was arduously employed in 
 keeping up a communication between the islands, 
 carrying despatches, fee. Since he left the Deme- 
 rara he has been on half-pay. 
 
 A more elaborate account than has been above 
 given of the exploits performed by Lieut. Towne, 
 and a narrative of many adventures and incidents, 
 which it would be foreign to our purpose to intro- 
 duce, may be found in a series of animated articles 
 published in the ' United Service Journal' for 1830, 
 under the title of 'Service Afloat.' He is married, 
 and has issue two children. 
 
 TOWNSEND. (CoMMANDEB, 1814. F-p., 19: 
 H-P., 35.) 
 
 James Townsend is youngest son of the late Rev. 
 Joseph Townsend, Rector of Pewsey, co. Wilts; 
 and nephew of the late Jas. Townsend, Esq., M.P. 
 for Calne. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1793, as 
 Lieutenant's Servant, on board the Leviathan 74, 
 Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Lord Hugh Sey- 
 mour, with whom, deducting an interval of 12 
 months in 1794-5, he continued employed, in the 
 Channel, North Sea, and West Indies, in the same 
 ship, and, as Midshipman, in the Sans Pakeil 80 
 (part of the force engaged under Lord Bridport in 
 
1190 
 
 TOWNSEND— TOWNSHEND. 
 
 the action ofFIIe deGroix 23 June, 1795, and of the 
 fleet concerned in the mutiny at the Nore in 1797), 
 until ijominated, 14 Jan. 1800, Acting-Lieutenant, 
 on the station last named, of the Gaiete 20, Capts. 
 Edw. Durnford King, Rich. Peacocke, Kobt. Fan- 
 shawe, and Joseph Briggs. In that vessel, to which 
 he was confirmed 19 Dec. following, he assisted at 
 the capture of the Danish and Swedish islands, and 
 saw much active service. He returned to^ England 
 at the peace; and was afterwards appointed — 11 
 Nov. 1802, to the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, 
 stationed at first in the Channel and next in the 
 East Indies, whence he invalided in June, 1804 — in 
 the course of 1805-6, to the Atlas 74, Tetekan 64, 
 and Hebcule 74, Capts. Sam. Pym, Andrew Eitz- 
 herbert Evans, and Barrington Dacres, all in the 
 "West Indies, where he fought, in the Atlas, in the 
 action off St. Domingo — 26 Dec. 1806 and 1 Aug. 
 1807, to the Uranie 38, Capt. Christopher Laroche, 
 and ToNNANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. Michael De 
 Courcy, both in the Channel — 7 Nov. 1809 and 4 
 May, 1810, to the San Josef 110 and Hibeknia 120, 
 Capts. Rich. Dalling Dunn and John Nash, sta- 
 tioned (the former under the flag of Sir John Thos. 
 Duckworth) off Cadiz and Gibraltar — 10 Dec. 1810, 
 to the Antelope 50, flag-ship of Sir J. T. Duckworth 
 at Newfoundland— and 5 April, 1813, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant (a post he had filled on board the Ukante), 
 to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord John Colville, em- 
 ployed successively in the North Sea, Channel, and 
 "West Indies. While serving in the Albion he as- 
 sisted at the capture of the French frigate Im Fran- 
 chise (which he was ordered to conduct into port) and 
 the privateer Clarisse of 12 guns and 157 men. He 
 was advanced to his present rank 27 June, 1814; 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Townsend married, 5 Jan. 1815, Fran- 
 ces Phipps, daughter of the Rev. Thos. Biddulph, 
 Yicar of Padstow, Cornwall, and first cousin of the 
 late Earl Beauchamp. 
 
 TOWNSEND. (LiEDTENANT, 1844.) 
 
 John Townsend is youngest son of the late 
 Horatio Townsend, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, by Eli- 
 zabeth Trelawney, only daughter of Lieut. -General 
 Sam. Townsend ; and brother of the present Edw. 
 Townsend, Esq., Major in Her Majesty's 83rd Regt. 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 July, 1829 ; 
 passed his examination 2 Nov. 1836; served for 
 some time as Mate in the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. 
 Wm. Waldegrave, on the Mediterranean station ; 
 and from the commencement of 1842 until removed, 
 13 Nov. 1846, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, 
 was employed in the same capacity and as Lieute- 
 nant (commission dated 9 Feb. 1844) in the Agin- 
 couRT 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, in 
 the EaSt Indies. He returned to England in July, 
 1847 ; and has been officiating, since 18 July, 1848, 
 as First of the Pantaloon 8, Capt. Lewis De Teissier 
 Prevost, on the coast of Africa. 
 
 TOWNSEND. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Joseph Cuthbert Townsend entered the Navy, 
 19 Aug. 1807, as A. B., on board the Brunswick 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Graves, under whom he assisted at the 
 siege of Copenhagen and continued employed in the 
 Baltic and Channel until transferred as Midship- 
 man, in March, 1809, to the Nymphen 36, Capt. 
 Keith Maxwell. In that ship he accompanied the 
 ensuing expedition to the Walcheren, and was pre- 
 sent at the forcing of the passage between the bat- 
 teries of Flushing and Cadsand. After serving for 
 12 months with Capt. Chas. Webb as Master's Mate 
 in the Gorgon 44, on the Baltic, Cork, and Lisbon 
 stations, he joined, in March, 1811, the Rose sloop, 
 Capt. Thos. ManseU, attached to the force in the 
 North Sea ; where, in Feb. 1812, he was taken pri- 
 soner in a prize and carried into Dunkerque. In 
 Feb. 1814, having effected his escape while in the 
 custody of a gendarme and returned to England, he 
 was received as Master's Mate on board the Har- 
 bier sloop, Capts. Andrew Pellet Green, John 
 Forbes, and Sir Chas. Thos. Jones ; in which vessel 
 
 we find him witnessing the grand naval review at 
 Spithead, and cruizing, afterwards, among the Ca- 
 nary Islands. He took up, in March, 1815, a com- 
 mission bearing date 2 of the preceding Feb. ; and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 TOWNSEND. (Retired Commandek, 1848. 
 F-p. 13 ;* H-p., 34.) 
 
 Thomas Townsend died about April, 1848. 
 
 Thisg)fiSoer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glenmore 44, Capts. 
 Geo. Duff and John Talbot, employed on the Cork 
 station ; where he served from May, 1803 (he had 
 been discharged from the Glenmore in April, 1802), 
 until May, 1808, in the Drtad 36, Capts. John Gif- 
 fard and Adam Drummond — part of the time as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate. He then joined 
 the DioMEDE 50, flag-ship of Sir Edm. Nagle off 
 Guernsey ; and in the course of the same month, 
 May, 1808, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Sheldrake 16, Capts. John Thicknesse and 
 Jas. Pattison Stewart ; to which vessel, employed 
 chiefly in the Baltic, he was confirmed 27 June, 
 
 1809. His succeeding appointments were — 29 Aug. 
 
 1810, for nine months, to the Revenge 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Nash, off Cherbourg— 21 May, 1812, to the 
 Fox 32, Capt. Paterson, on the north coast of Spain 
 — 16 Sept. following, to the Superb 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Paget, in the Channel— and 28 April, 1814, to 
 the AcHiLLE 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard HoUis, sta- 
 tioned on the coast of Brazil, whence he returned 
 to England and was paid off in Sept. 1815. In 
 April, 1817, he obtained command of the Beresford 
 Revenue cruizer. He was placed on the list of Re- 
 tired Commanders 5 Jan. 1848. 
 
 TOWNSHEND. (Captain, 1834. r-p., 18; 
 H-p., 15.) 
 
 John Townshbnd, born 28 March, 1798, is eldest 
 son (by Georgiana Anne, youngest daughter of Wm. 
 Poyntz, Esq., of Midgham, co. Berks,) of the late 
 Lord John Townshend, a nobleman distinguished 
 for his genius and his literary accomplishments, 
 who accompanied Lord Howe, as a Volunteer, to 
 the relief of Gibraltar in 1782, was afterwards a 
 Lord of the Admiralty and- Paymaster of the Forces, 
 and M.P. at different periods, for the University of 
 Cambridge, the city of Westminster, and the bo- 
 rough of Knaresborough. Capt. Townshendis brother 
 of the Rev. Geo. Osborne Townshend, who married 
 a daughter of Admiral John M*Kellar ; brother-in- 
 law of Rear-Admiral Sir Augustus Wm. Jas. Clif- 
 ford, Bart., C.B. ; and nephew of the late General 
 Wm. Loftus, Lieutenant of the Tower of London 
 and Colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, also of 
 Lord Jas. Townshend, Captain R.N. (1809), K.C.H., 
 who died 28 June, 1842, and of George, sixth Duke 
 of Leeds. His grandfather, George, fii'St Marquess 
 Townshend (a Field-Marshal, Colonel of the Second 
 Dragoon Guards, and for some time Lord Lieute- 
 nant of Ireland), served under George II. at the 
 battle of Dettingen, and was present at Fontenoy, 
 Culloden, and Lafeldt, as well as at the siege of 
 Quebec, which town surrendered to him as Com- 
 mander-in-Chief after the death of General Wolfe. 
 
 This officer embarked (from the Royal Naval Col- 
 lege) 24 April, 1814, as Midshipman, on board the 
 MutCRAVE 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, attached 
 to the fleet in the Mediterranean. In the following 
 Aug. he removed to the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres, on the Irish station ; he served next, from 
 June, 1816, until June, 1819, on the coast of North 
 America, in the Forth 40, Capt. Sir John Louis ; 
 and in Oct. 1820, at which period he had been for 
 12 months employed at Leith as Master's Mate in 
 the Dover 28, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, he 
 joined the Cambrian 48, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamil- 
 ton, again in the Mediterranean ; where he was 
 made Lieutenant, 13 May, 1822, into the Rochfokt 
 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore. In the spring 
 of 1824 he returned to England. He was next, 4 
 Jan. 1827, appointed to the Alligator 28, Capt. 
 * Exclusive of his services in the Revenue. 
 
TOWNSHEND-TOWSEY— TOZER. 
 
 1191 
 
 Wm. Pitt Canning, on tile Haiifax station ; and 
 while tliere lie was promoted, 26 Jan. 1828, to the 
 command of the Columbine 18 ; which sloop he 
 brought home and paid off in the early part of 1830. 
 He attained his present rank 22 Oct. 1834 ; and was 
 lastly, from 5 Sept. 1837 until the end of 1841, em- 
 ployed in the Tvne 26, in the Mediterranean. 
 
 Capt. Townshend married, 18 Aug. 1825, Eliza- 
 beth Jane, eldest daughter of the late Rear-Ad- 
 miral Lord Geo. Stuart, C.B., uncle of the present 
 Marquess of Bute. By that lady he has issue two 
 sons and two daughters. Agents — Goode and Law- 
 rence. 
 
 TOWNSHEND. (Liedtenant, 1813. f-p., 7; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 ■William James Townshend entered the Navy, 
 in July, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Halifax 
 sloop, Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend ; with whom he 
 continued to serve, on the coast of North America 
 and in the West Indies, in the Squirrel 24, and, as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the ^olds 32, 
 until received as a Supernumerary Midshipman, 7 
 July, 1813, on board the San Domingo 74, flag-sliip 
 of Sir John Borlase "Warren. He was made Lieute- 
 nant, 15 Aug. following, into the Shannon 38, Capt. 
 Philip Bowes Vere Broke; and was afterwards, 
 until May, 1814, employed, latterly in the North Sea 
 and Channel, in the Mariner, Capt. Robt. Russell, 
 and DiOMEDE 50, Capt. Chas. Montagu Fabian. 
 He has since been on half-pay. Agent — J. I-linx- 
 man. 
 
 TOWSEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 George "William TowsEr passed his examina- 
 tion 29 Oct. 1840 ; and after having served as Mate 
 on the Mediterranean, North America and "West 
 India, and African stations, in the Daphne 18, Capt. 
 John "Windham Dalling, Sydenham steamer, Lieut. - 
 Commander "Wm. Pearson Crozier, Penelope steam- 
 frigate, Capt. "Wm. Jones, and Pluto, another steam- 
 vessel, Lieut. -Commanders "W. P. Crozier and Fred. 
 Lane, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 
 March, 1846. On 16 of the latter month he was ap- 
 pointed to fhe Favorite 14, Capt. Alex. Murray, 
 also on the coast of Africa ; where he has been em- 
 ployed, since 5 Feb. 1847, as First, in the Contest 
 12, Capt. Arch. M'Murdo. 
 
 TOZER. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 1 7 ; h-p., 29.) 
 
 Aaron Tozer entered the Navy, 13 June, 1801, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phcebe 36, Capt. 
 Thos. Baker, with whom he served for nearly 12 
 months on the Irish station, part of the time in the 
 capacity of M^idshipman. He then sailed for the 
 East Indies in the D^daigneuse 36, Capt. Thos. 
 Geo. Shortland ; and on his return to England in 
 1803 in the Intrepid 64, Capt. "Wm. Hargood, he 
 joined in succession the Salvador del Mundo, 
 Capt. Dilkes, Plantagenet 74, Capts. Graham 
 Eden Hamond and Hon. Michael De Courcy, Pom- 
 pee 74, Capt. Rich. Dacres, and Ph(enix of 42 guns 
 and 245 men, commanded by his former Captain, 
 Baker. On 10 Aug. 1805 he assisted in the latter 
 ship at the capture, after a desperate conflict, in 
 which the British lost 12 killed and 28 wounded, 
 and the enemy 27 killed and 44 wounded, of La 
 Didon of 46 guns and 330 men, a remarkably fine 
 frigate and the fastest sailer in the French navy. 
 On this occasion he was so severely wounded by a 
 musket-ball through the left arm, near the shoulder, 
 that he has since been in a great measure deprived 
 of the use of it.* Although he received no pen- 
 sion he was presented by the Patriotic Society with 
 the sum of 501. Being discharged from the Phos- 
 Nix in Oct. 1805, he was received, in the following 
 Dec. on board the C^sar 80 ; in which ship and 
 the Triumph 74, bearing each the flag of Sir Rich. 
 Strachan, he continued employed in the Channel as 
 Master's Mate until, having but just passed his ex- 
 amination, he was, as a reward for his conduct at 
 the capture of La Didon, made Lieutenant, 1 1 Aug. 
 I * VideGiz. 1806, p. 116. 
 
 1807, into the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton. In 
 her, after witnessing the surrender of the island of 
 Madeira, he sailed for the "West Indies. He was 
 subsequently appointed— 4 June, 1808, for a passage 
 home, to the Lily sloop, Capt. "Wm. Henry Shlrreff 
 —22 Dec. following to the Victorious 74, Capts. 
 Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, stationed 
 in the North Sea and Mediterranean— and 25 Nov. 
 1812 and 19 Feb. 1813, to the Ocean 98, and Un- 
 daunted 38, Capts. Robt. Plampin and Thos. Ussher, 
 also in the Mediterranean. In Aug. 1809 Mr. Tozer, 
 then in the Victorious, accompanied the expedition 
 to the "Walcheren ; and while there he was engaged 
 with the batteries on the sea-front of Flushing. 
 He co-operated next in the defence of Sicily, when 
 threatened with an invasion by Joachim Murat, 
 whose flotilla, in attempting, 29 June, 1810, to carry 
 artillery and troops to Scylla, was driven back under 
 the batteries of Bagnara by the British gun-boats, 
 supported by the boats of the Victorious under 
 his command. From this period until 23 Sept. he 
 was often employed in a similar manner; after 
 which, the French having abandoned their designs 
 upon Sicily, he proceeded in the Victorious to the 
 Adriatic. Here he again saw much detached ser- 
 vice ; and on one occasion, 19 April, 1811, he com- 
 manded the boats of his own ship, when, in con- 
 junction with those of the Eagle and Magnificent 
 74's, they took a gun-boat at the island of Corfu. 
 On 22 Feb. 1812 he took part, in company with the 
 Weasel 18, in a most noble conflict of four hours 
 and a half, which terminated in the capture, with a 
 loss to the Victorious of 27 men killed and 99 
 wounded, and to the enemy of 400 killed and 
 wounded, of the French 74 Hivoli, whose consorts, 
 three brigs and two gun-boats, were at the same 
 time defeated. The merit displayed by Mr. Tozer 
 during the action led to his being ultimately, as 
 above, appointed First of the Undaunted, in com- 
 mand of the boats belonging to which frigate he 
 was afforded an opportunity of very frequently dis- 
 tinguishing himself. On 18 March, 1813, he landed 
 with 30 seamen and marines at Carri, to the west- 
 ward of Marseilles, carried by storm a battery 
 containing 4 long 24-pounders, 1 6-pounder, and a 
 13-inch mortar (the wliole of which were destroyed), 
 and brought out a tartan that had anchored there 
 for protection. The enemy in this instance were 
 strongly posted behind palisadoes, and stood their 
 ground until the British were in the act of charging 
 bayonets, when they turned and suffered a severe 
 loss. The assailants had only 2 men killed and 1 
 wounded.*' On 27 of the same month, while the 
 boats of the Undaunted and Volontaire were en- 
 gaged in bringing out a convoy from under a bat- 
 tery near Cape Croisset, which the former had 
 silenced, Mr. Tozer was again severely wounded. 
 On 2 and 3 May, 1813, he was engaged with the 
 enemy's batteries at Morjean and Marseilles ; on 
 26 of the same month he brought out (after throw- 
 ing her 4 guns and part of the cargo overboard) a 
 ship which had been driven on shore at the mouth 
 of the Rhone and lay under a heavy fire from a 
 3-gun battery and a party of soldiers along the 
 beach ; and on 1 Aug. following he cut out, in the 
 Bay of Marseilles, a French ship of 570 tons under 
 Greek colours, carrying 6 guns (pierced for 18), 
 moored beneath the batteries on the island of Ra- 
 tonneau, within grape-range of those on the island 
 of Chateau d'lf and vrithin musket-shot of the 
 island of Pomegue. Three days after the latter 
 event he headed a party which, accompanied by 
 the marines of the Caledonia 120, stormed and dis- 
 abled a battery commanding the western entrance 
 of Cassis Bay; and on 18 he united in a very gal- 
 lant attack made by the boats of the Undaunted 
 *nd Redwing and Espoir sloops, in company with 
 a detachment from Sir Edw. Pellev/s fleet, on the 
 batteries at the above town, where, after sustaining 
 a loss of 4 men killed and 16 wounded, the British^ 
 in four hours, succeeded in capturing three gun- 
 boats and 24 vessels laden with merchandize. 
 While advancing, in the performance of this ser- 
 * Fide Gaz. 1813, p. 1H8. 
 
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 TOZER—TRACEY— TRACY. 
 
 vice, to storm one of the batteries, he was once more 
 very severely wounded by a canister-shot from an 
 18-pounder lodging in his left groin and by a mus- 
 ket-shot in his left hand. " Lieut. Tozer, I lament," 
 says Capt. Ilssher in his official letter, " is most se- 
 verely wounded; his gallantry I have often no- 
 ticed."* In consideration of his services and his 
 suiferings he was promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander 15 June, 1814 (four months after he had 
 invalided from the Undaunted) ; and allotted a 
 pension for his wounds of IbOl. per annum 2 Dec. 
 1815. He commanded the Cyrene 20, at Bermuda, 
 from 25 July, 1818, until 16 Jan. 1822; and the 
 "William and Makv yacht, under Capt. John 
 Chambers "White, from 3 April, 1829, until ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 14 Jan. 1830. Since the 
 latter date he has been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Tozer is Senior of 1830. He married, 5 
 June, 1827, Mary, eldest daughter of Henry Button, 
 Esq., of Lincoln. 
 
 TOZER. (LlECTENANT, 1819.) 
 
 Caleb Evan Tozer, while serving as Midship- 
 man, either iu the Contest or Mohawk, assisted, 
 11 Jnly, 1813, at the capture, by the two cutters 
 belonging to those sloops, of the United States 
 schooner Asp, carrying 1 long 18-pounder and 2 
 18-pounder carronades, with swivels, &c., and a com- 
 plement of 25 men ; which vessel, although she had 
 been hauled close to the beach under the protection 
 of a large body of militia, was boarded and carried 
 with determined bravery ; the British sustaining a 
 loss of 2 men killed and 6 wounded, and the enemy 
 of their Commander (a Lieutenant) killed and 9 
 others either killed or wounded. He was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 11 Oct. 1819 ; and 
 from 13 Feb. 1837 until within a short period of his 
 death, which took place in 1847, was employed in 
 the Coast Guard. Agent— Joseph "Woodhead. 
 
 TRACEY. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Augustus Frederick Thaoey entered the Navy 
 20 Oct. 1811 ; passed his examination in 1819 ; and 
 obtained his commission 17 Sept. 1828. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 9 Sept. 1829, to the 
 HvpEKioN 42, Coast-Blockade ship, Capt. "Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, lying at Newhaven— 9 July, 1830, to 
 the Kent 78, Capt. Sam. Pym, on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, whence he returned to England and 
 was paid off at the close of 1831— and 17 May, 1833, 
 to the Caledonia 120, Capt. Thos. Brown, with 
 whom he returned to the Mediterranean. He was 
 superseded from the ship last mentioned in the 
 summer of 1834 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Tracey has been for many years Governor 
 of Tothill-fields Prison, Westminster. He married, 
 5 Nov. 1835, Georgiana, daughter of the late G. 
 Palliser, Esq., and was left a widower 20 Feb. 1845. 
 
 TRACEY. (Lieut., 1829. f-p., 18; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Benjamin "Wbeatley Tkacey, born 22 July, 
 1805, at the Cove of Cork, is son of the late Geo. 
 Thos. Tracey, Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N. 
 (1795); and brother-in-law of Commander John 
 Jas. Hough, R.N., and of Capt. Robt. Kellow, 
 R.M,, who died in 1844. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Jan. 1816, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt. John 
 Coode. In that ship, of which his father was at the 
 time Purser, he fought in the ensuing Aug. at the 
 battle of Algiers. Being paid off from her on her 
 return from the Mediterranean in May, 1819, he 
 next, in March, 1820, joined, in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman, the Vigo 74, bearing the flag uf Rear- 
 Admiral Robt. Lambert at St. Helena, where he re- 
 mained until Jan. 1822. Between the latter date 
 and March, 1824, he served at Portsmouth in the 
 KAMiLLiES 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, and Starling 4, 
 Lieut.-Commander Chas. Turner; and he was next 
 from March until Oct. 1824 and from Dec. 1824 
 until Feb. 1826, employed at Chatham and Ply- 
 mouth, as Mate, in the Basilisk cutter, Lieut.- 
 * Vide Gai. 1813, p. 2011. 
 
 Commander John Jas. Hough, and "Windsor 
 Castle 74, Captg. Hugh Downman and Edw. 
 Durnford King. He was then transferred to the 
 Java 52, Capts. John "Wilson and Wm. Fairbrother 
 Carroll; to which ship, stationed in the East 
 Indies, he continued attached as Mate and Lieu- 
 tenant (commission dated 30 Jan. 1829) until Jan. 
 1830. From 29 Aug. 1831 until 1836 he commanded 
 a station in the Coast Guard. This was his last 
 appointment. 
 
 Lieut. Tracey is a claimant of the Tracey peer- 
 age. He married, 16 April, 1831, Elizabeth, daugh- 
 ter of "Wm. Howard, Esq., of Cork, and has issue 
 three sons and two daughters. Agent — J. Hinx- 
 man. 
 
 TRACY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 19; h-p., 34.) 
 John Tracy was born 23 Nov. 1774. He is a de- 
 scendant of the ancient Barons of Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1794, on board 
 the Incendiary fire-ship ; in which vessel and the 
 Porcupine 24 (the former attached to the force 
 sent in 1795 to co-operate with the French Royal- 
 ists in Quiberon Bay) he was for about two years 
 creditably employed on the Channel station, under 
 Capts. Rich. Bagot and John Draper, as A.E., 
 Coxswain, Quartermaster, and Midshipman. Being 
 then nominated Master's Mate of the Ardent 64, 
 Capts. Rich. Rundle Burgess and Thos. Bertie, he 
 fought in that ship and was wounded* in the action 
 off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797, and was present in 
 her in 1799 in the expedition to Holland, where he 
 assisted in landing the troops and witnessed the 
 surrender of the Dutch squadron under Rear-Ad- 
 miral Storey. During the winter of the latter year 
 a six-oared cutter, with 8 men, belonging to the 
 Arrow sloop, Capt. Wm. Bolton, in attempting to 
 land in a heavy gale at North Yarmouth, was 
 swamped at some distance from the shore. Two of 
 the crew were drowned, a fate which, as it was 
 found impossible to get a boat out to their assist- 
 ance, must inevitably have attended the remainder, 
 had not Mr. Tracy, who happened to be on shore, 
 seized the beachmen's line, fastened it round his 
 body, and, regardless of danger, dashed in among 
 the breakers, through which he succeeded in reach- 
 ing the unfortunate men, who, having the rope then 
 secured to them, were hauled on shore amidst the 
 acclamations of the beholders ! On 6 Oct. 1800 
 Mr. Tracy was made Lieutenant into the Explosion 
 bomb, Capt. John Sykes ; and on 13 of the same 
 month he was removed to the Heldin 28, Capt. 
 John Phillips, under whom we find him, in Aug. 
 1801, present in Lord Nelson's attack upon the Bou- 
 logne flotilla. In the following Jan, he was paid 
 off. Assuming command, 28 Sept. 1803, of the 
 Princess Augusta,, a small hired cutter, of 8 guns 
 (4-pounders) and 25 men, he was occasionally em- 
 ployed in that vessel in the conveyance of de- 
 spatches and other communications to Russia. He 
 was strongly recommended also by his senior officer, 
 Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, for valuable service he 
 performed off Havre-de-Grace. On 13 June, 1804, 
 he had 3 or 4 men, including himself slightly, 
 wounded, in an action of two hours and three quar- 
 ters, fought near the mouth of the river Tees, with 
 a French privateer of 14 guns, full of men, which 
 in the end sheered off, on observing the approach 
 of two small vessels, manned with sea^fencibles, 
 from Redcar. The Princess Augusta, in this very 
 gallant affair, received several shot near the water's 
 edge, and was much shattered in her rigging. The 
 conduct of her brave commander was highly ap- 
 proved by the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Keith, 
 and the Board of Admiralty. He afterwards (be- 
 sides making prize, 28 Jan. 1807, of the Jena pri- 
 vateer, of 8 guns and 46 mcnf) took within 12 
 months as many as 19 of the enemy's vessels, and 
 drove on shore on the coast of Holland and de- 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1707, p. 986.— In consideration of the iniuries 
 he sustained on tljis occasion he was allotted a pension 
 which ceased on his promotion to tlie rank of Lieutenant ' 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1807, p. US. 
 
TRACY-TRAILL-TRAVERS. 
 
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 stroyed a captured brig, under a battery of 6 guns 
 and a fire of musketry. In the affair with the Jena 
 he was again slightly wounded ; and for this and 
 his other proceedings he had the gratification of 
 receiving letters of a flattering nature from his 
 Commanders-in-Chief, Lord Keith and Vice-Ad- 
 miral Thos. Macuamara Russell, as well as the re- 
 newed approbation of the Admiralty. On 4 Feb. 
 1807 Mr. Tracy was removed to the command of 
 the Linnet brig, of 12 18-pounder carronades, 2 
 long sixes, and 60 men. In her he was chiefly em- 
 ployed in blockading Havre-de-Grace, in cruizing 
 in the Channel, North Sea, &c. in escorting convoy 
 to Newfoundland, and on service on the coast of 
 Ireland. On 16 Jan. 1808 he enforced the sur- 
 render, off' Cape Barfleur, after a running action of 
 an hour and 40 minutes, of Le Courrier lugger of 18 
 guns and 60 men ;* on 30 Aug. following he cap- 
 tured, near Cherbourg, the Foudroyard of 10 guns 
 and 25 men ; his vessel, during the latter part of 
 the operations connected with the expedition of 
 1809 to the "Walcheren, occupied the advanced po- 
 sition in the river Scheldt, in order that she might 
 be on the look-out for fire-vessels ; and on 29 May, 
 1812, he took, off the Start, Le Petit Charles, carrying 
 26 armed men. On other occasions he recaptured 
 two brigs, made prize of a privateer and two small 
 French sloops, and detained three Danish vessels. 
 His performances indeed in the Linnet twice ob- 
 tained for him the commendation of their Lord- 
 ships ; and he was continued in her until Feb. 1813 ; 
 on 25 of which month he fell in with, dnd was 
 forced to strike his colours to, the French 40-gun 
 La Gloire, This latter step, however, was deferred 
 until he had done all that intrepidity could do, and 
 had exhausted every resource that consummate sea- 
 manship could suggest. In pronouncing its sen- 
 tence, the court-martial, which, on 31 May, 1814, 
 assembled on board the Gladiator at Portsmouth 
 to try the late ofiicers and crew of the Linnet, ex- 
 pressed its opinion " that the capture of H.M. late 
 gun-brig Linnet was caused by her falling in with 
 a French frigate of very superior force, and that 
 the conduct of the said Lieut. John Tracy, his 
 officers, and company was most able, judicious, and 
 seamanlike, although they were not so fortunate as 
 to effect their escape from so superior a force. 
 Yet," it went on to say, " their manceuvres in hav- 
 ing three times crossed the frigate's bows, and at 
 one time so near as to carry away her flying-jib- 
 boom, evinced so much courage and judgment, that 
 the court doth adjudge the said Lieut. John Tracy, 
 his officers, and company to be fully and most ho- 
 nourably acquitted." As a reward for his skill and 
 valour Mr. Tracy was promoted, 11 June following, 
 to the rank of Commander. He afterwards, until 
 1836, sought, but in vain, for employment; nor has 
 he been since more successful in bis efforts to ob- 
 tain, that which he covets, the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital. 
 
 Commander Tracy married, 3 May, 1825, Mrs. 
 Knight, of Gosport, only sister of the Rev. J. B. 
 Cooper, of Emsworth, co. Hants. A son, by a 
 former marriage, J. J. C. H. Tracy, is a Lieutenant 
 R.N. 
 
 and from 19 Jan. 1834 until 22 Sept. 1837, employed 
 as Mate in the Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Frank- 
 lin, and Chakybdis 36, Lieut.-Commander Sam. 
 Mercer, in the Mediterranean and on the coast of 
 Africa. On 30 of the month last mentioned he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 16 Dec. 1837, to the Lily 
 16, Capt. John Reeve, with whom he returned to 
 the coast of Africa— 28 Nov. 1839, after six months 
 of half-pay, to the 'Wandebek 16, Capts. Hon. 
 Joseph Denman, Stephen Grenville Fremantle, and 
 Geo. Henry Seymour, in which vessel he was for 
 four years and seven months employed on the 
 African and China stations, tbe chief part of the 
 time as First-Lieutenant, including about four 
 weeks that he acted as Commander— and 18 July, 
 1845, to the charge, which he still retains, of a sta- 
 tion in the Coast Guard. On 19 Nov. 1840 he 
 landed at the Gallinas, and after having destroyed 
 the factories, brought off a number of slaves, whom 
 he conveyed, in the prize-vessel Vanguarda, to 
 Sierra Leone. In an engagement with some pirates 
 off Acheen, on the coast of Sumatra, Mr. Tracy, 
 who had charge of the Wandeeek's boats, and was 
 in company with those of the Haeleqdin, had 4 
 men wounded, one of them severely, in his own 
 boat, the pinnace. 
 
 TRACY. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 2.) 
 
 John Joseph Clapp Habding Tkacv is son of 
 Commander John Tracy, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Chakiotte 100, 
 Capt. Jas. Nash, lying at Portsmouth; where he 
 removed, in Feb. 1824, to the Victokt 100, Capt. 
 Chas. Inglis. From April, 1826, until Jan. 1830, he 
 served (he had already attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman) in the West Indies in the Esfi£gle 18, 
 Capts. Rich. Augustus Yates, Williams Sandom, 
 Henry Gosset, Joseph O'Brien, Chas. Ramsay 
 Drinkwater (now Bethune), and Russell Eliott. He 
 then again joined, for rather more than three 
 months, the Victoby, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot; and 
 he was next, from 8 Sept. 1830 until 8 Jan. 1834, 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1808, p 107. 
 
 TRAILL. (LiEDT., 1809. f-p., 17; h-p., 28.) 
 
 Gilbebt Tbaill entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1802, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clyde 38, Capt. John 
 Larmour. After serving for two years in the 
 North Sea he removed as Midshipman, in Sept. 
 1804, to the Mediatoe frigate, Capts. Sir Thos. 
 Livingstone, John Seater, Wm. Furlong Wise, and 
 Jas. Rich. Dacres ; in which ship he made a voy- 
 age to St. Helena and then proceeded to the West 
 Indies, where we find him, in the early part of 
 1807, assisting at the capture of the Fort of Samana, 
 St. Domingo, a notorious nest for privateers. In 
 Oct. of the latter year he became Master's Mate (a 
 rating he had attained in Feb. 1805) of the Talbot 
 sloop, Capt. Hon. Alex. Jones; and on 21 Jan. 
 1809, at which period he had been for five months 
 serving in the Mediterranean in the Ocean 98, 
 flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 11 April, 1809, and 16 May, 1811, to 
 the Unite 36, Capts. Patrick Campbell and Edwin 
 Henry Chamherlayne, and Tigeb 74, Capt. Benj. 
 Hallo\rell, both in the Mediterranean— 5 Sept. 1811, 
 to the Owen Glendower 36, Capt. Brian Hodgson, 
 whom he accompanied to the East Indies— 6 April, 
 1812, and 12 April, 1813, to the Illustbiods and 
 MiNDBN 74's, flag-ships on that station of Sir Sam. 
 Hood — 16 Jan. 1315, to the Malacca 36, Capt. 
 Geo. Henderson, from which frigate he was paid off 
 on his return to England in the following July — 
 17 Sept. 1817, to the Mebsey 26, Capt. Edw. Col- 
 lier, fitting for the coast of North America, whence 
 he invalided in Aug. 1819— and 2 Oct. 1833, to the 
 command, which he retained until the spring of 
 1835, of the Leveret 10, on the Lisbon station. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 TRAVERS, Kt., K.H. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 18 ; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 Sir Eaton Stannakd Travers, born in 1782, 
 is third surviving son of the late John Travers, 
 Esq., of Hettyfield and Grange, co. Cork, of which 
 he was a Magistrate, by Mehetabel, only daughter 
 of John Colthurst, Esq., of Dripsey Castle, and 
 niece of Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Bart., of Ardrum. 
 Four of his brothers, Major-General Sir Robt. 
 Travers, K.C.B., Majors Jas. Conway Travers, K.H., 
 and Joseph Gates Travers (the latter Barrack- 
 Master at Portsmouth), and Capt. Nicholas Colt- 
 hurst Travers, Barrack-Master at Parkhurst, Isle of 
 Wight, served during a greater part of the late war 
 in the Rifle Brigade, and were all wounded : a fifth, 
 John Travers, died a Lieutenant of the Hebe frigate 
 in the West Indies. He descends, remotely, from 
 Laurentius Travers, who settled at Nateby, co. 
 
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 TRAVERS. 
 
 Lancaster, in 1292 ; and, immediately, from Brian 
 Travers, who went over to Ireland in 1599 as Secre- 
 tary to the Earl of Leicester, and was father of 
 John Travers, Esq., of St. Barry's, co. Cork, who 
 married a daughter, Sarah, of Spenser the poet, and 
 had a son. Sir Eobt. Travers, who became Vicar- 
 General of Cork and Judge-Advocate-General, and 
 was killed in 1647 in command of a division of the 
 King's army at the battle of Knockoners, near 
 Xoughal! ; leaving (by his wife Elizabeth, daughter 
 of the Primate Boyle) a son, Richard, great-great- 
 grandfather of Sir Eaton, and two daughters, one of 
 whom was married to Wm. Meade, Esq., of Ballin- 
 tubbir, ancestor of the Earl of Clanwilliam, and the 
 other to Sir Rich. Aldworth, Kt., Provost-Marshal 
 of Munster, and ancestor of Viscount Doneraile. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1798, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Juno 32, Capt. Geo. 
 Dundas, stationed at first in the North Sea. On 11 
 Aug. 1799 he served as a volunteer in the Juno's 
 barge in an attack made by the boats of that 
 frigate, of the Latona 38, and of the PrtADES and 
 EspiiGLE sloops, on an armed schooner, which ran 
 herself on shore ; and in the course of the same day 
 he witnessed the capture, by the Ptlades, Espi- 
 ^GLE, and 10-gun cutter Courier, of the late British 
 gun-brig Crash, of 12 carronades and 60 men, moored 
 in a narrow passage between the island of Schier- 
 monikoog and the main-land of Groningen. On the 
 12th he was present, again as a volunteer, on board 
 the Undaunted schuyt, commanded by Lieut. Sa- 
 lusbury Pryce Humphreys, when that vessel, armed 
 with 2 12-pounder carronades and assisted by the 
 boats of the ships already named, drove the enemy 
 from a 6-gun battery at Schiermonikoog, caused the 
 self-destruction of the Vengeance schooner of 6 guns 
 (two of them long 24-pounders), and took possession 
 of a large rowboat and of 12 merchantmen. Mr. 
 Travers was one of those, on the occasion, who, 
 having landed, demolish«d the battery, spiked four 
 of the guns, long iron 12-pounders, and brought oif 
 the remainder, brass 4-poundere. A few days after- 
 wards he accompanied Lieut. Humphreys as a 
 volunteer to the attack, on the coast of Holland, of 
 a merchant-vessel, which, although protected by a 
 battery of 6 guns, was compelled to cut her cables 
 and run on shore, where she was completely de- 
 stroyed. For the conduct he displayed in the exe- 
 cution of this service he was almost immediately 
 rewarded with the rating of Master's Mate. Uniting 
 about the same period in the operations connected 
 with the expedition to the Texel, he assisted in 
 landing the troops through a heavy surf, and was 
 present at the surrender of the Holder and of the 
 Dutch squadron under Kear-Admiral Storey. He 
 then proceeded in an armed schuyt up the Zuyder- 
 Zee to act against the town of Lemmer, in West 
 Friesland ; at the subsequent successful defence of 
 which place against an overwhelming force of the 
 enemy he landed and distinguished himself most 
 gallantly.* After having, on the evacuation of the 
 Helder, conveyed the Duke of York to North Tar- 
 mouth, the Juno was ordered to the West Indies ; 
 where Mr. Travers remained for six years, seizing 
 ■vrith ardour every opportunity that could add to 
 his fame, and on all occasions displaying the utmost 
 valour and address. In Oct. 1800 he served in two 
 of the JoNo's boats, the charge of which (upon the 
 death of Lieut. Bum, the commanding officer, who 
 was killed in the act of boarding) devolved upon 
 him, at the cutting out, from Campeachy Bay, of 
 the Spanish national vessel Volante, of 12 guns and 
 upwards, we believe, of 70 men, whose resistance 
 inflicted on the British a loss of 1 killed and 6 
 wounded. During the whole period the Juno was 
 stationed in the West Indies (more than two years) 
 Mr. Travers never went into port, except in com- 
 mand of a prize. On one occasion the vessel he 
 had charge of was captured by a Spanish privateer, 
 whose fire, maintained with effect for five hours 
 had so shattered her that she never reached a 
 haven. He was in consequence sent on shore at St. 
 J ago de Cuba, but was soon permitted to return in 
 * Vide Gaz. 1795, p. 1082. 
 
 a cartel to Port Koyal. Being removed, in March," , 
 1802, with Capt. Dundas, at the request of the 
 latter, to the Elephant 74, he saw much service in 
 the boats of that ship off the different French ports 
 in St. Domingo ; and he was on board of her in a 
 running action with the French 74 Diigvay Tromin, 
 off Cape Picolet, 25 July, 1803. In the following 
 Oct., the Elephant being ordered home, he was 
 received, according to his own wish, on board the 
 Herchle 74, Capt. Bich. Dalling Dunn, bearing 
 the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, the Com- 
 mander.^n-Chief. On 30 Nov. in the same year he 
 was present, off Cape Francois, at the surrender, to 
 a squadron under Commodore John Loring, of 
 the three French 40-gun frigates Surveillante, Clo- 
 rinde, and Vertu (with the remains on board of 
 General Rochambean'e army), also of four other 
 national vessels, and of 20 sail of merchantmen ; the 
 whole of which were induced to quit the above 
 place and submit to the British, in order to escape 
 the vengeance of the black General Dessalines. 
 Before, however, she had cleared the harbour. La 
 Clorinde had the misfortune to ground under J?ort 
 St. Joseph, in possession of the insurgents, and in 
 such a position that to save her was thought impos- 
 sible. Had it not, indeed, been for the exertions of 
 the present Sir Nesbit Willoughby, whose conduct 
 will be found d«talled in its proper place, the doom 
 of aU on board, in number 900, would have been 
 inevitably sealed. On the frigate being hove off it 
 was found necessary to get something to the rocks 
 to cast "her by, and as no boat was then near, Mr. 
 Travers, who had been in the launch with Lieut. 
 Willoughby, jumped overboard, and, at the immi- 
 nent hazard of his life, swam on shore with a line, 
 by which he was enabled to haul thither a rope of 
 sufficient strength for the purpose. Uniting next in 
 the attack upon Cura9oa, he landed on that island 
 31 Jan. 1804, and, in conjunction with his friend 
 Willoughby, stormed and carried Fort Piscadero, a 
 work mounting 10 Dutch 12-pounders, and pro- 
 tecting the intended point of debarkation. He 
 then, by a rapid movement, aided in routing the 
 enemy from all their positions on the heights near 
 the town of St. Ann ; and on the following day, as 
 a reward for his exertions, he was allowed to assume 
 command of one of two advanced batteries erected 
 at about 800 yards from that place. On 5 Feb., ac- 
 companied by Lieut. Willoughby (to whom the 
 other battery had been intrusted), also by Lieut. 
 NichoUs, E.M., and about 80 or 85 men, he marched 
 out to give battle to 500 Dutch soldiers and French 
 sailors, who were seen approaching, with the appo 
 rent determination of capturing the British cannon. 
 Notwithstanding the disparity of the force opposed 
 to them, the latter, in fair fight, with muskets only, 
 were completely defeated ; but not until their op- 
 ponents had sustained a loss of 23 men killed and 
 wounded. Mr. Travers continued in command of 
 his battery, exposed to the perpetual fire of Fort 
 Eepublique and other superior works, and to con- 
 stant attacks from the enemy's sharpshooters, until 
 the 25th ; when, all hopes of success being at an 
 end, orders were given to re-embark.* On the 
 return of the Hercule to Jamaica he had the satis- 
 faction, for his conduct, of being publicly thanked, 
 in presence of all the Captains at Port Koyal, on 
 the quarter-deck by Sir J. T. Duckworth ; who, as 
 soon as he had passed his examination, promoted 
 him, 23 Sept. 1804, to the command, with the rank 
 of Lieutenant, of the Ballahou schooner. He had 
 been in command, 14 March preceding, of one of 
 three boats at the capture, by Lieut. Willoughby, 
 of the French privateer La Felicite ; and had gained 
 the hearty thanks of Capt. Dunn for his seaman-like 
 intrepidity and skill during a most violent hurri- 
 cane. The Ballahou being ordered to the New- 
 foundland station, he was removed by Sir John 
 Duckworth, in Feb. 1805, to the Surveillante 
 frigate, Capt. John Bligh, then about to sail on a 
 cruize off the Spanish Main. The boats of that 
 frigate he led on one occasion to the attack and 
 * The total loss sustained at the advanced posts during the 
 25 days' operations amounted to 18 killed and 42 wounded. 
 
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 capture of 15 deeply-laden merchantmen, lying 
 under the protection of several batteries and of a 
 national brig at Campeachy. He took and de- 
 stroyed, a few days afterwards, nine other vessels. 
 in the same neighbourhood; with a single boat's 
 crew, and no assistance at hand, he boarded, in 
 March, 1806, in open day, and cari'ied, a large Spa- 
 nish schooner, El Serpanton. of 6 guns and 40 men, 
 lying with springs on her cables at the mouth of 
 the river St. Juan ; and he landed next, wilh Capt. 
 Bligh and the greater part of the crew of the Sde- 
 VETLLANTE, on the islaud of St. Andreas, the forts 
 and garrison of which were completely sui-prised. 
 The troops and the Governor, General O'Donnell, 
 being sent to Carthagena, Mr. Travers was left with 
 a strong body of seamen and marines in charge of 
 the island, and with the above-named Serpanton at 
 his disposal. While thus employed he received, 
 one night, intelligence from a laithful sailor, who 
 had &wum on shore to give the alarm, that the 
 crews of several vessels,* confined on board the 
 Serpanton, had risen, placed below all but 4 or 5 of 
 the British, who were disposed to join them, and, 
 having obtained complete possession, were in the 
 act of making sail and putting to sea. Hastening 
 at once to the beach, he embarked with a Master's 
 Mate, Mr. Dunn, and such of the negroes as he had 
 been able to collect on his way, on board a canoe, 
 and contrived, before he was discovered, to get 
 alongside the schooner. As he gained the deck a 
 musket was snapped at his breast, and a blow, 
 which he received on his up-raised arm, aimed at 
 his head. The fellow immediately opposed to him 
 he cut down ; and the remainder, intimidated by 
 his resolute manner into a belief that he was sup- 
 ported by a large party, gave way ; enabling him to 
 release those who had been confined, and, by their 
 aid, to recover the vessel. In the summer of 1806 
 the SuEVEiLtANTE, in company with the Heecuie 
 74, FoRXUNEE 36, SuPERiEURE schooner, and about 
 200 merchantmen, sailed for England. When off 
 the Havana, a number of Spanish vessels were dis- 
 covered under the protection of a 74-gun ship and 
 two guarda-costas. The Fokthnee, Soperieure, 
 and a number of boats, one of them commanded by 
 Mr. Travers, were instantly despatched in pursuit ; 
 and the result of their united efforts was the cap- 
 ture and destruction of the guarda-costas, and 20 
 others, deeply laden with sugar. In Dec. 1806, 
 about two months after the Surveili^ste had 
 been paid off, Mr. Travers was appointed to the 
 AtCMiNB 32, at the particular request of her Cap- 
 tain, Jas. Brisbane, with whom and with Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Brown 'Tremlett he continued employed 
 until wrecked, in endeavouring to cut off a French 
 frigate, on a reef of sunken rocks, near the mouth 
 of the Loire, 29 April, 1809. During the period he 
 belonged to the ALCMiNE he contributed, while 
 cruizing on the coast of Ireland, to the capture of 
 Le Courrier French privateer and other vessels. He 
 witnessed the destruction also of three frigates 
 under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne 24 Feb. 1809 ; 
 assisted for a considerable time in blockading two 
 others at St. Martin's, in the lie de Be ; and, in 
 command of the boats, was often night and day 
 engaged on the look-out between lie Dieu and Cape 
 Finisterre, where he conducted numerous successful 
 attacks upon the enemy's coasting trade. As soon 
 as the court-martial upon the officers and crew of 
 the ArcMisE was over, Mr. Travers was appointed, 
 on the application of Lord Cochrane, to the Impe- 
 KiEUSE 38 ; in which ship, commanded next by 
 Capts. Thos. Garth and Hon. Henry Duncan, he 
 sailed with the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren. 
 On 31 July, at the desire of Lieut.-General Sir Eyre 
 Coote, who commanded the fcst division of the 
 army about to invest Flushing, he landed at the 
 head of a detachment of seamen and, joining that 
 officer with two field-pieces, took part in a variety 
 of encounters with the enemy. He was subse- 
 quently (under Capt. Chas. Kiohardson of the 
 Cjesar 80, who commanded the brigade of seamen, 
 and Capt. Geo. Wm. Blarney of the Harpy sloop, 
 • Recently captured by Mr. Travers. 
 
 then before Fort Bamikins and East Zouberg) em- 
 ployed day and night with his men in cutting 
 fascines, erecting batteries, and drawing heavy 
 ordnance — the artillery-horses intended for the 
 latter duty being found inadequate to the work, 
 from the narrowness of the roads, the softness of 
 the ground, and other causes. On 14 Aug., having 
 by the greatest exertion completed a battery for 6 
 24-pounders under a galling fire from the enemy's 
 ramparts, distant only 600 yards, he undertook with 
 his own party to mount the guns, half buried though 
 they were in the soil, during the absence of the 
 artillerymen sent by Sir Eyre Coote, who was 
 present, to procure triangles for the purpose of 
 placing them on their carriages ; and, so fully did 
 he succeed, that before the latter made their ap- 
 pearance the guns were actually playing with quick- 
 ness and precision upon the works opposed to them. 
 His conduct in this instance particularly attracted 
 the notice of Capt. Bichardson, who , had confided 
 to him the construction of the battery, and who, 
 we find, recommended him publicly in one of his 
 despatches to Bear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway."" 
 In consequence of his abilities, and the information 
 he possessed, Mr. Travers, whose gallantry and 
 activity indeed appear to have won the admiration 
 of every one, was selected by Sir Eyre Coote and 
 his successor. General Sir Geo. Don, to remain 
 with them as their Naval Aide-de-camp ; which he 
 accordingly did until the island of Walcheren was 
 evacuated. He then returned to the Imperieuse, 
 as First-Lieutenant ; and in the early part of 1810 
 he sailed for Quiberon Bay, in company with the 
 Implacable 74, Commodore Geo. Cockburn, who 
 had been ordered thither to co-operate with the 
 Baron de Kolli in an attempt to liberate Ferdinand 
 VH. of Spain from his confinement at Valen9ay. 
 While on this service f he was almost every night, 
 during a period of nearly two months, stationed in 
 the boats in shore on the look-out for the signal of 
 the Baron's return. About the same time he 
 attacked in the most gallant manner, in a 6-oared 
 gig, an armed merchant-vessel, lying within 20 
 yards of a battery, to which she was made fast, and 
 brought her out, with the loss of only one man 
 killed. On subsequently proceeding to the east 
 coast of Spain he was frequently afforded an oppor- 
 tunity, although under circumstances of danger and 
 difficulty, of materially benefiting the cause of the 
 patriots. On one occasion he relieved the fort of 
 Morbella, when nearly surrounded by French troops ; 
 and on another, availing himself of a dark wet 
 night, he landed unobserved with two boats' crews, 
 and, approaching a martello-tower, succeeded, by 
 the aid of scaling-ladders prepared for the purpose, 
 in reaching a loop-hole, about 40 feet from the 
 ground, into which he thrust two bags of powder, 
 with a long hose and- a quick-match attached to 
 them. By the time he had got out of the reach of 
 splinters an explosion took place, which effected a 
 large opening in the roof; and some of the sparks 
 communicating to the magazine, the whole fabric 
 was rent to its foundation. On 11 Oct. 1811 the 
 Imperiedse attacked, and in a few minutes sank 
 one of, three gun-vessels, carrying each 1 18-pounder 
 and 30 men (all of whom were driven from their 
 guns), moored under the walls of a strong fort, near 
 the town of Possitano, in the Gulf of Salerno. It 
 being found necessary to get possession of the fort, 
 measures were taken for landing the marines and a 
 party of seamen, who, led on by Lieut. Travers and 
 Lieut. Philip Pipon of the Marines, at once forced 
 their way into the battery in the most handsome 
 style, obliging more than treble their numbers to 
 fly in all directions, with the exception of about 30 
 men, who,, with 50 stand of arms, were left behind. 
 The guns, which were 24-pounders, were then thrown 
 over the cliffs, the magazines, &c. destroyed, and 
 the two remaining gun-vessels brought off. " The 
 zeal and gallantry of all the officers and men in this 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1«09, p. 1327, 
 
 f The object of the expedition was so well known in Qui- 
 beron Bay, that a gallows was erected by the French at the 
 landing-place, to hang all who might fall into their hands 
 
 7 N 2 
 
1196 
 
 TRAVERS. 
 
 affair," says Capt. Duncan in his oiSoial letter, 
 " could not have been exceeded ; but I cannot find 
 words to express my admiration of the manner in 
 which Lieut. Travers commanded and headed the 
 boats' crews and landing party, setting the most 
 noble example of intrepiifity to the officers and men 
 under him." * The only reward, howerer, which 
 Mr. Travers' valour extracted from the Admiralty 
 was an expression of " their Lordships' approval." 
 With his usual courage and judgment he launched, 
 a few days afterwards, with the boats of the iMpfe- 
 KiEDSE and Thames 32 under his orders, and 
 brought off from the beach near Palinuro, with a 
 loss only of 1 man killed and 4 wounded, ten armed 
 feluccas belonging to the enemy, laden with oil, 
 although they were banked up with sand, and de- 
 fended by a large detachment of Neapolitan troops. 
 On the evening of 1 Nov. 1811 he landed at the 
 head of the marines and seamen of the same ships, 
 with 250 men of H.M. 62nd Regt. under Major Edw. 
 Darley, the whole commanded by Capt. Chas. 
 Napier of the Thames, at the back of the harbour 
 of Palinuro ; where, having discovered a short cut, 
 he led the whole force, almost perpendicularly, up 
 the heights, which were carried in fine style under 
 a heavy fire from the enemy, who had assembled to 
 oppose them, and who, soon after dark, endeavoured 
 to regain their position, but were instantly com- 
 pelled to retire. This step was taken in order to 
 facilitate the capture of 10 gun-boats lying in the 
 port, and of a number of merchant-vessels and 
 valuable spars hauled on the beach, the latter in- 
 tended for the equipment of the Neapolitan marine, 
 and the whole protected by a battery and strong 
 tower. It being ascertained, however, that nothing 
 could be done on the land-side against these de- 
 fences, an attack was made the next day by the 
 Impekieuse and the Thames, on board of which 
 ship Capt. Napier had returned. Two of the gun- 
 boats were sunk ; the remainder surrendered ; and 
 the fort, whose fire was in 15 minutes silenced, was 
 obliged in another quarter of an hour to haul down 
 the Neapolitan flag. It was then taken possession 
 of by Mr. Travers, who, on seeing the ships stand 
 in, had " most gallantly pushed down the hill with 
 a party of seamen and marines, and was waiting 
 almost under the walls of the fort, ready to take 
 advantage of any superiority the ships might have 
 over it." The issue of the proceedings we have 
 here narrated was the annihilation of the tower 
 (whose guns, 24-pounders, were pitched into the 
 sea), of two batteries, and of a signal-station on the 
 hill; the destruction of four gun-boats; and the 
 capture of six others, with 22 feluccas, laden with 
 oil, cotton, &o., and 20 large spars. Sixteen of the 
 British were either killed or wounded. In his 
 report of the performance, Capt. Duncan thus ex- 
 presses himself : " I have before had opportunities 
 of representing the gallantry of my First-Lieute- 
 nant, Travers ; his behaviour on this occasion was 
 most exemplary, and called forth the admiration of 
 every officer, whether of the army or navy." t 
 Although the Commander-in-Chief even. Sir Edw. 
 Pellew, upon the receipt of the despatch referred to, 
 requested the attention of the Admiralty to the 
 " distinguished services" of Lieut. Travers on the 
 present and former occasions, he was again allowed 
 to pass without reaping that promotion for which 
 he had so long, so well, and so earnestly fought. 
 On 27 June, 1812, he commanded the boats of the 
 Imp4rieuse, in company with those of some other 
 ships, and had 4 men killed and a Lieutenant (the 
 present Capt. Wm. Walpole) and 10 men wounded, 
 at the destruction of 18 merchant-vessels under the 
 batteries of Languelia and Alassio, in the Gulf of 
 Genoa. He participated next, while at the blockade 
 of Naples, m a spirited skirmish which took place, 
 17 Aug. following, between the Impekieuse and 
 Cephalds 18, on one side, and a Neapolitan force 
 consistmg, on the other, of the Joackim 74, a frigate, 
 • One Marine killed and 2 wounded was the only loss sus- 
 
 ^Z^L^P^ ^n'^^}^ ""^ performance of this very gallant 
 exploit. — VtdeGa.z. 1812, p. 47 ° 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 189. 
 
 a corvette, and 22 gun-vessels. With a party of 
 seamen and marines under his orders, he landed on 
 a subsequent occasion at the mouth of the Tiber, 
 and, after routing a body of dragoons, demolished a 
 signal-tower, which had been the means hitherto of 
 communicating to coasting-vessels intelligence of 
 the proximity of the enemy, and of enabling them 
 thereby to seek timely shelter. Landing again in 
 the same neighbourhood he superintended the load- 
 ing of two transports with timber which had been 
 intended for the arsenal at Toulon. The Impeki- 
 euse was ultimately hove down and newly coppered 
 at Mahon ; and on the occasion Capt. Duncan ob- 
 tained permission to shift her foremast further aft, 
 for the purpose of improving her sailing. Anxious 
 to get to sea, he went himself to the arsenal to hurry 
 off spars and shears ; but before these had arrived 
 alongside the mast was already in its new position. 
 Lieut. Travers had taken upon himself the responsi- 
 bility of shifting it, by making a Spanish windlass 
 of the hand-mast which was placed across the fore- 
 castle, supported by the bulwarks and four crossed 
 handspikes, with purchases affixed to the deck and 
 the heel of the fore-mast, and acted upon with 
 levers. The head of the mast being steadied with 
 guys, and a man placed at the lanyard of each 
 shroud and stay, to ease away as it lifted, the ope- 
 ration was performed with the greatest facility. 
 The fore-topmast at the time was merely struck, 
 and none of its rigging displaced. So pleased was 
 the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Edw. Pellew, who was 
 in port, at the rapid and able manner in which the 
 Impekieuse was hove down and refitted, that he 
 not only complimented Mr. Travers verbally, but 
 invited him frequently to his table on board the 
 Caiedohia. On resuming the blockade of Naples 
 we find the Impekieuse, with three frigates and 
 two 18-gun brigs under her orders, offering battle 
 more than once, but in vain, to two of the enemy's 
 74's, two frigates, and a corvette. On 31 Aug. 1813 
 she made prize of UAudaciews French privateer of 
 3 guns and 40 men ; and one or two merchant- 
 vessels about the same period fell into her hands. 
 Subsequently to this Mr. Travers suggested the 
 practicability of obtaining possession of between 
 50 and 60 coral boats, recently returned from the 
 fishery, and then performing quarantine. His 
 wishes being acceded to, he was sent by Capt. 
 Duncan to endeavour to carry them into execution. 
 With oars muffled, the boats, unobserved, passed the 
 batteries ; but unfortunately, on reaching the laza- 
 retto, it was found that the objects of the enterprise 
 had been admitted to pratique, and had entered 
 the harbour one hour before. Resolved, however, 
 to accomplish something, Mr. Travers landed, over- 
 hauled several vehicles that were passing along, 
 and took from an officer in a carriage-and-four 
 despatches of some importance. On 5 Oct. 1813 an 
 attack was made by the Impekieuse, Resistance 38, 
 and Swallow, Eclair, and Ptlades sloops, sup- 
 ported by the Edinburgh 74, upon the defences of 
 Port d'Anzo, consisting of two batteries, mounting 
 two heavy guns each, on a mole, a tower to the 
 northward with one gun, and a battery to the 
 southward with two guns, to cover the mole. 
 " Shortly after the ships," says Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Heneage Lawrence Dundas, the senior officer pre- 
 sent, " opened their fire, which they did by signal 
 together, the storming party, under Lieut. Travers 
 of the iMpfeRiEUSE, and marines, under Capt. 
 Mitchell, landed in the best order close under the 
 battery to the southward, which Lieut. Travers 
 carried instantly, the enemy flying in all directions. 
 Lieut. Mapleton having taken possession of the 
 mole-head, the convoy, consisting of 29 vessels, was 
 brought out vrithout any loss, 20 of which are 
 laden with timber for the arsenal at Toulon. On 
 leaving the place, all the works were blown up 
 and most completely destroyed. ****** 
 Capt. Duncan informs me that he gained much ma- 
 terial and necessary information respecting this 
 place by a very gallant exploit performed a few 
 nights ago by Lieut. Travers, who stormed, with 
 a boat's crew, a martello-tower of 1 gun, destroy- 
 
TRAVERS-TREACY. 
 
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 tag it, and bringing the guard away."* The tower 
 referred to mounted two guns; and so great was 
 the danger attendant upon the enterprise, that it 
 was with considerable hesitation that Mr. Travers 
 was allowed by Capt. Duncan to undertake it. On 
 a descent being made, m Dec. 1813, upon the coast 
 of Italy, near Via Reggio, he again landed, and after 
 driving the enemy from a battery close to the 
 beach, brought off 2 long brass 12-pounders. He 
 obtained the thanks of Capt. Hon. G. H. L. Dundas, 
 in the course of the same month, for his conduct on 
 shore in the unsuccessful operations against Leg- 
 horn ; t and in April, 18X4, he was present at the 
 reduction of Genoa and its dependencies. On 15 
 June, in the latter year, Lieut. Travers was at 
 length advanced to the rank of Commander. He 
 had then, it appears, been upwards of 100 times 
 engaged with the enemy ; had been in command at 
 the blowing up and destruction of eight batteries 
 and three martello-towers, and at the capture of 
 about 60 sail of vessels (18 or 20 of them armed, 
 and several cut out of harbours and from under 
 batteries) ; and had been, as we have shown, fre- 
 quently gazetted. He continued in the iMpiRiEusE 
 until paid off in Sept. 1814. J His next appointment 
 was to the Scylla sloop; but that vessel being 
 found defective he was removed, 23 July, 1828, to 
 the Rose 18. In her he conveyed Commodore 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg to Teneriffe, Rio de Janeiro, 
 and the Cape of Good Hope. He afterwards pro- 
 ceeded to the Bay of Fundy, in order to afford 
 protection to the fishery, and to ascertain the longi- 
 tude of the different headlands. On this service he 
 was for five months employed. In the summer of 
 1829, being still on the North American station, he 
 rendered assistance to one or two vessels in distress ; 
 and, by towing down with his boats and securing 
 the pier, intended as the foundation of a lighthouse 
 to be built as the beacon at St. John's, greatly 
 facilitated that undertaking. On being appointed 
 to the Rose Capt. Travers had been assured by the 
 Lord High Admiral at his own table on board one 
 of the royal yachts, that, as soon as he had served 
 the one year necessary, he should receive further 
 promotion. As H.R.H., however, went out of office 
 before the expiration of the period, the boon was 
 not conferred until 19 Nov. 1829. Capt. Travers 
 then returned to England on board a Halifax packet, 
 bringing with him a testimonial from Sir Chas. 
 Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief, extolling highly the 
 zeal and attention he had shown in carrying on the 
 public service, and the state of efficacy and good 
 order in which, without severity, he had kept his 
 sloop. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In an autograph letter addressed to Capt. Travers 
 by the late King four months only before his acces- 
 sion to the throne, we read the following passage : 
 ** Your merits as an officer were the cause of my 
 being interested in your promotion, and your fame 
 in the service makes me agree with satisfaction to 
 your request of wearing the uniform of my house- 
 hold." His Majesty afterwards, 4 Feb. 1834, nomi- 
 nated him a K.H. ; and on 5 March following con- 
 ferred upon him the honour of Knighthood. Sir 
 Eaton married, in April, 1815, Ann, eldest daughter 
 of Wm. Steward, Esq., of Great Yarmouth, co. 
 Norfolk, by whom he has issue five sons and two 
 daughters. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 TEA VERS. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 14; h-p., 22.) 
 James Tbavers was born 10 Oct. 1796. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Dec. 1811, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir 
 "Wm, Bolton, employed on the Irish station, where 
 he removed, in May, 1812, to the Talbot 20, Capt. 
 Spelman Swaine, and became, m the following Sept., 
 Midshipman of the Helena sloop, Capt. Henry 
 Montrcsor. In May, 1814, he was received as a Su- 
 
 • ride Guz. 1814, p. 123. t '^- <»»2- 181*, p. 180. 
 
 J Until this perioa Mr. Travers had been but once on 
 shore since he first embarked, and then only for two months 
 after the payingoff of the Suhveilantk. He was presented, 
 on leaving the Imperieuse, with the freedom of his native 
 city, Cork. 
 
 pemumerary on board the Salvador del Mdndo, 
 Capt. Robt. Hall, lying at Plymouth ; and in the 
 following July, he joined the Avon brig of 18 guns, 
 104 men and 13 boys, Capt. Hon. Jas. Arbuthnot ; 
 which vessel, on 1 Sept. in the same year, was com- 
 pelled to strike her colours to the American ship- 
 sloop Wasp of 22 guns and 173 men, after an action 
 so gallant that within a few hours she went down ; 
 barely allowing time for her surviving officers and 
 crew to be saved by the boats of the Castilian 18 ; 
 who, having arrived at the close of the conflict, had 
 put the Wasp to flight, and had then hastened back 
 to her assistance. The enemy on this occasion had 
 2 men killed and 1 wounded; the British, their First- 
 Lieutenant and 9 seamen and marines killed' and 
 mortally wounded, and their Commander, Second- 
 Lieutenant, and 30 others severely and slightly 
 wounded. .Among the latter was Mr. Travers, who 
 was sent in consequence to the Hospital at Ply- 
 mouth. In the ensuing Dec, although not yet re- 
 covered, he again embarked, on board the Mahtin 
 18, commanded by his former Captain, Arbuthnot, 
 with whom he served for three years on the coast 
 of Ireland. The Maktin was then, 8 Dec. 1817, 
 driven on shore in a violent gale in a bay of the co. 
 Clare. Providentially the upper works, soon after 
 she struck, parted from the bottom, and the offi- 
 cers and crew, with the exception of 5 who were 
 drowned, being carried further in were enabled to 
 land ; in a state, however, of great exhaustion, most 
 of them too being much bruised and half naked. 
 Having completed his time on board the Spencer 
 74, Capt. "Wm. Robt. Broughton, lying at Plymouth, 
 Mr. Travers was allowed, 6 March, 1818, to pass his 
 examination. From that period he remained un- 
 successful in his efforts to procure employment until 
 appointed, in Oct. 1819, to the Coast Blockade. 
 After spending four years in that service as Admi- 
 ralty-Midshipman of the Severn 50 and Ramillies 
 74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. M'Culloeh, he 
 joined, in Nov. 1823, in a similar capacity, the Cam- 
 bridge 82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, and sailed for 
 South America. On 24 Dec. 1824, being then in the 
 Pacific, he received from Capt. Maling, at the time 
 Senior Officer, an order to act as Lieutenant of the 
 Cambridge ; and in Aug. 1826 he was nominated 
 by Sir Geo. Eyre, the Commander-in-Chief, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of his own flag-ship the Wellesley 74, 
 at that period at Rio de Janeiro. Before the intel- 
 ligence was received in the Pacific he had been com- 
 pelled, from the effects of his wound and the nature 
 of the climate, to invalid in a state of utter debility. 
 He heard on reaching Rio of his appointment, but 
 found that the Wellesley had returned home; and 
 on his arrival in England in the early part of 1827 
 he was presented with a commission bearing date 
 12 of the preceding Oct. Unfit, from the state of 
 his health, to accept of employment afloat, he at 
 length, 2 June, 1846, obtained an appointment, 
 which he still holds, in the Coast Guard. 
 
 TEEACY. (Retiked Captain, 1844. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 46.) 
 
 Joshua Teeaoy died 15 April, 1845, at White- 
 haven. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1778, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Infernal, Capt. Allen, 
 employed at Deptford and Spithead. Five months 
 after he had been discharged from that vessel he 
 joined the Triumph 74, Capt. Philip Affleck, at- 
 tached to the force in the Channel. Her he left in 
 July, 1780 ; from which period he did not again go 
 afloat until received, as A.B., in Jan. 1793, on board 
 the Terrible 74, Capts. Skeffington Lutwidge, Geo. 
 Campbell, John MiUer, and Sir Rich. Bickerton. 
 Attaining the rating of Midshipman in the following 
 April, he served in that capacity in a gun-boat, and 
 on shore in the batteries, at the occupation, in the 
 course of the same year, of Toulon. He was after- 
 wards, 14 March and 13 July, 1795, present in 
 Hotham's partial actions with the French fleet off 
 Genoa and the Hyeres Islands. He continued in 
 the Teekible, pait of the time as Master's Mate, 
 
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 TREEVE— TREFUSIS. 
 
 and latterly in the Channel, until made Lieutenant, 
 13 Dec. 1797, into the Bust 18, Capt. John Aoworth 
 Ommanney, stationed in the North Sea ; and he was 
 subsequently appointed— 19 Oct. 1798, to the Pno- 
 SELYTE 32, Capt. Geo. Fowke, in which frigate (he 
 did not join her until March, 1799) he cruized on 
 the coast of Ireland and then accompanied the ex- 
 pedition to Holland, where he assisted in landing 
 the troops under Sir Ralph Abercromby — 24 April 
 and 27 Not. 1800, to the Pbince and Pkince George 
 9S's, bearing each the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the 
 Channel— 27 May, 1802, to the Glatton 50, Capt. 
 Jas. Colnett, employed at first in conveying convicts 
 to New South Wales, and next as flag-ship, at Leith, 
 to Admirals Rich. Rodney Bligh and Jas. Vashon — 
 18 Aug. 1804, to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag 
 of his patron Sir C. Cotton in the Channel — 4 Aug. 
 1807, to the MoNMODTH 64, Capt. Edw. Dumford 
 King, on the eve of her departure for the East In- 
 dies — 29 Oct. following, as First, to the Swiptscke 
 74, fitting for the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, 
 wliom he accompanied to the coast of North Ame- 
 rica—and 12 Sept. 1808 and 4 May, 1810, to the 
 HiBEKNiA 120, and San Josef again, flag-ships of 
 Sir C. Cotton on the Lisbon and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions. He was promoted to the rank of Commander 
 21 March, 1812 ; and placed on the list of Retired 
 Captains 13 Sept. 1844. 
 
 TKEEVE. (Retired Commander, 1848. 
 r-p., 13 ; H-p., 33.) 
 
 John Treevb was born 12 March, 1785, at Pen- 
 ryn, co. Cornwall. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt. 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy, bearing the flag of his 
 patron Lord Nelson, whom he followed, in the ensu- 
 ing March, into the St. George 98. In that ship, 
 which bore the flag next of Vice-Admiral Chas. 
 Morice Pole, he accompanied the expedition to Co- 
 penhagen, and proceeded afterwards ofi" Cadiz, 
 where, until the peace of 1802, he continued ac- 
 tively employed on boat service against the enemy's 
 gun-vessels — part of the time in the capacity of 
 Midshipman. He then sailed with a squadron of 
 observation for the West Indies; but returned 
 home in July of the same year and was paid ofi". 
 Being received, in March, 1803, on board the Ton- 
 NANT 80, Capts. Sir Edw. Pellew, Wm. Henry Jer- 
 vis, Chas. Tyler, Thos. Brown, and Rich. Turner 
 Hancock, he was for four years and ten months em- 
 ployed in that ship on the coast of Spain, in the 
 Mediterranean, off Cadiz, and in the Channel, and 
 was present in her as Master's Mate at the battle 
 of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. On leaving the Ton- 
 NANT, which ship had for some time borne the flags 
 of Rear-Admirals Eliot Harvey and Hon. Michael 
 De Courcy, he joined on promotion, in Jan. 1808, 
 the Belleisle 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Coch- 
 rane in the West Indies ; where he became, 2 Feb. 
 following and 20 July, 1809, an Acting and a con- 
 firmed Lieutenant of the York 74, Capt. Robt. Bar- 
 ton. In her he assisted at the reduction of the 
 islands of Marie-Galante, Martinique, the Saintes, 
 and the Walcheren. In July, 1812, at which period 
 the ToBK was serving in the Mediterranean, an 
 attack of dysentery and liver complaint obliged him 
 to invalid and return to England. His last appoint- 
 ments were— 14 Feb. 1812 and 28 July, 1813, to the 
 Magnificent 74, Capts. Sir Geo. Eyre and Wil- 
 loughby Thos. Lake, and Rovek sloop, commanded 
 in succession by Capt. Justice Finley, by himself 
 (as Acting-Commander), and by Capt. Henry Wm. 
 Bruce. While ofSciating as Second-Lieutenant of 
 the Magnificent he landed with a division of sea- 
 men and marines on the north coast of Spain, and 
 was active in his co-operation with the patriots. He 
 commanded the Rover in the unsuccessful attack 
 upon Baltimore in Sept. 1814. In a few weeks 
 afterwards ill health obliged him to seek half-pay. 
 He accepted his present rank 4 April, 1848. 
 
 CommanderTreeve married Isabella, eldest daugh- 
 ter of Capt. Touchett Blayney CampbeU, a Knight of 
 
 Windsor, and late a Captain in the 3rd Royal Ve- 
 teran Battalion (a gentleman nearly allied to the 
 noble houses of Breadalbane, Holland, Blayney, and 
 Shrewsbury), by whom he has issue six children. 
 
 TREFUSIS. (ffiaptsm, 1824. F-P., 16 ; H-p., 25.) 
 The Honourable George R01.1.E Walpole Tre- 
 FUSis, bom 8 April, 1793, is third son (by Albertina 
 Marianne, daughter of John Abraham Rodolph 
 Gaulis, a native of Switzerland, of distinction) of 
 Robert George William, 15th Lord Clinton; and 
 brother (with the present Lord) of Robert Cotton 
 John, the 16th peer, who was a Colonel in the Army, 
 Aide-de-Camp to the King, and one of the Lords of 
 the Bedchamber. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 April, 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Centadr 74, Commodore 
 (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Sir Sam. Hood. On 25 
 Sept. following he was in company off Rochefort 
 with the Mars and Monarch 74' s at the capture of 
 four heavy French frigates ; in 1807 he assisted at 
 the siege of Copenhagen and witnessed the surren- 
 der of Madeira ; and on 26 Aug. 1808 he aided, in 
 conjunction with the Implacable 74, in taking, 
 near Rogerswick, in sight of the whole Russian 
 fleet, the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a close and 
 furious conflict, in which the Centaur had 3 killed 
 and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and 
 wounded. From March, 1810, until Nov. 1813, 
 Mr. Trefusis served with the present Lord Rad- 
 stock in the Mediterranean on board the Thames 
 32 and Volontaire 38. In the boats of the former 
 frigate, supported by those of the Pilot and Wea- 
 ZLE sloops, he was present, 25 July, 1810, at the 
 capture and destruction, under the batteries of 
 Amantea, of a convoy of 31 vessels, laden for Mu- 
 rat's army, together with seven large gun-boats and 
 five scampavias ;* and he was also in them at the 
 demolition, 16 July, 1811, of 10 large armed feluc- 
 cas on the beach close to Cetraro, in the Gulf of 
 Polioastro. He was in the boats of the Volontaieb 
 under Lieut. Isaac Shaw, when they brought out 
 from the harbour of Palamos, 26 Dec. 1811, a well- 
 protected privateer, La Decide, mounting 2 1oh^6- 
 pounders (pierced for 6) with a cargo of provisions, 
 from Cette, bound to Barcelona; and again, 23 
 June, 1812, when they captured a felucca, La Co- 
 lombe, of 1 long gun, 8 svrivels, and 45 men — an ex- 
 ploit which occasioned the British a loss of a Mid- 
 shipman and 2 sailors wounded, and the enemy of 3 
 killed and 7 wounded. On 10 Dec. 1813, Mr. Tre- 
 fusis, then a Midshipman on board the RoTALWit 
 LiAM, was made a Lieutenant into the Ethalion 
 36, Capts. Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Debbie, 
 stationed on the coast of Ireland, where he served 
 until Aug. 1815. In the ensuing Dec. he joined the 
 Ikis 36, bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham off 
 Greenwich ; he was promoted, 2 March, 1816, to 
 the rank of Commander ; and he was next, 8 Nov. 
 1821 and 6 Feb. 1824, appointed to the Redwing IS 
 and,' Jasper 10. In those vessels he was engaged 
 in aiffording protection to the oyster fishery between 
 Jersey and the coast of France — a service for which 
 he was advanced to Post rank 24 June, 1824. His 
 last appointments were, 18 May, 1831, and 25 Sept. 
 and 9 Oct. 1832, to the North Star 28, Winches- 
 ter 52 (flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys), and 
 Sapphire 28, all on the North America and West 
 India station, the Barbadoes division of which he 
 was sent, in July, 1833, to take charge of by Sir Geo. 
 Cockburn, the Commander-in-Chief, whose appro- 
 bation of the whole of his proceedings was in June, 
 1834, communicated to him. The state of disci- 
 pline in which Capt. Trefusis, without recourse to 
 corporal punishment, maintained the Sapphire like- 
 wise elicited from Sir George an expression of his 
 satisfaction. He paid the Sapphire off in Oct. 
 1834 ; an d, not having been since employed, accepted 
 the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Trefusis married, 8 Jan. 1839, Margaret 
 Frances, second daughter of John James, Esq., of 
 Houghton Lodge, Hants, by whom he has issue. 
 
 • Vide G.i».. 1810, p. 1860. 
 
TREMLETT. 
 
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 TKEMLETT. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Fkancisco Sadgho Tremlett is cousin of Vice- 
 Admiral Tremlett. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 May, 1830; 
 passed his examination 2 May, 1836; served for 
 some time on the Mediterranean, Plymouth, and 
 South American stations, as Mate, in the Scokpion 
 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Gayton, Caledonia 
 120, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Growler 
 steam-vessel, Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle ; 
 and on 26 Jan. 1843 was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His appointments have since been — 
 27 May, 1843, as Additional, to the Alfred 50, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John 
 Brett Purvis on the coast of Brazil— 13 Dec. follow- 
 ing, to the Frolic 16, Capt. Cospatrjck BaiUie 
 Hamilton, in the Pacific— and 29 May, 1845, 13 Nov. 
 1846, and 29 Jan. 1847, to the Agincourt 72, flag- 
 ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane, Vestal 26, Capt. 
 Chas. Talbot, and, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Childers 12, Capt. John Chas. Pitman, all on the 
 East India station, ^where he continues employed. 
 On 8 July, 1846, having accompanied an expedition 
 imder Sir T. J. Cochrane against the Sultan of 
 Borneo, Mr. Tremlett, then in the Agincourt, as- 
 sisted, in command of the second division of small- 
 arm men, at the capture and destruction of the 
 enemy's forts and batteries on the river Brune.* 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 TKEMLETT. (Betiked Commander, 1831. 
 F-p., 29 ; H-p., 38.) 
 
 George Neat Tremlett was born 5 Nov. 1769. 
 He is brother of Vice- Admiral Tremlett. 
 
 This ofacer entered the Navy, 26 Oct. 1780, as 
 Master's Servant, on board the Beaver 14, Capt. 
 Joseph Peyton, lying at Fixmouth. Removing, in 
 the following Dec, to the Medwat 60, Capts. Harry 
 Harmood and Alex. Edgar, he was present in that 
 ship in the action fought in 1781 between Rear-Ad- 
 miral Kempenfeldt a,nd the French Admiral De 
 Guichen. He continued in the Medwav until 
 April, 1783 ; during the next 1 1 years he was with in- 
 tervals employed, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 in the Europa 50, Capts. Hon. Patrick Napier and 
 Hon. Michael De Courcy, Salisburv 50, Capt. Jas. 
 Bradby, Bombay Castle 74, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, 
 Fortune 16, Capt. Fras. Cole, Arrogant 74, Capt. 
 John Harvey, Dictator 64, flag-ship of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Dalrymple, Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Lord Vis- 
 count Garlics, Alcide 74, Capt. Sir Andrew Snape 
 Douglas, Sheerness 44 and Winchesteb 32, both 
 commanded by Lord Garlies, and Queen 98, flag- 
 ship of Sir Alan Gardner ; he was then, 1 Aug. 1794, 
 made Lieutenant into the Thalia 36, Capts. Rich. 
 Grindall and Lord Henry Paulet ; and he was sub- 
 sequently appointed— 19 Feb., 25 April, and 28 Oct. 
 1796, to the Namub 98, Capt. Jas. Hawkins Whit- 
 shed, Druid 32, Capt. Edw. Codrington, and Pen- 
 guin of 16 guns (14 long 9-pounders and 2 18-pounder 
 carronades) and 124 men, Capt. John King Pulling 
 —20 June and 12 Nov. 1798, to the Foudroyant 80, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Byard, and Formidable 98, Capt. 
 J. H. Whitshed— 5 Feb. 1799, to the Ramillies 74, 
 Capt. R. Grindall— 28 April, 1800 (eight months 
 after he had invalided from the Ramillies) to his 
 former ship, the Formidable, Capts. Edw. Thorn- 
 brough and R. Grindall, with whom he served until 
 Sept. 1802—5 April and 22 June, 1803, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the San Josef 110 and Eurtalus 
 36, Capts. Peter Spicer and Hon. Henry Blackwood 
 —2 March, 6 Nov., and 22 Dec. 1804, to the com- 
 mand of the Lord Nelson (or Frederick) and 
 Betsv hired cutters, and Phosphorus fire-ship — 
 and, 10 Sept. 1805, to the charge, which he retained 
 until May, 1814, of a Signal station at Cromer in 
 Norfolk. In the Queen Mr. Tremlett (whose ser- 
 vices were always on the Home station) took part 
 in Lord Howe's actions, 29 May and 1 June, 1794. 
 He was present, in 1795, in the Thalia, at the cap- 
 ture of the French 40-gun frigates La Gloire and La 
 Gentille, and in Lord Bridport's action with the 
 • Vide Gaz. I845, p. 3442. 
 
 French fleet off' Tie de Groix : he gained the warm- 
 est approbation of Capt. Pulling for his conduct in 
 the Penguin at the capture, 21 Aug. 1797, of the 
 French privateer V Oiseau, of 16 8 and 2 12-pound- 
 ers, and 119 men (taken after a running action of one 
 hour and 40 minutes, attended with a loss to the 
 enemy of 1 man killed and 5 wounded, but with no 
 casualty to the British), and her prize, the Express 
 armed brig, of Dartmouth, formerly the Appocrate 
 French privateer of 14 guns ;* and in the Foudrot- 
 ANT he witnessed the surrender, in Oct. 1798, of Le 
 Hoche 74 and other ships under Commodore Bom- 
 part, destined for the invasion of Ireland. He was 
 placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 1 
 Dec. 1830 ; and on the Senior 24 June, 1831. 
 
 Commander Tremlett married, 24 Sept. 1816, 
 Mary, youngest daughter of the late Robt. Rad- 
 clyfie, Esq., of Foxdenton Hall, Lancashire, by 
 whom he has issue a daughter. 
 
 TREMLETT. (Vice-Admikal of the White, 
 1847. F-P., 19; H-p., 40.) 
 
 William Henkt Brown Tremlett, born 15 Nov. 
 1777, at Dartmouth, is son of the late Geo. Trem- 
 lett, Esq., Master R.N. (who served as a Midship- 
 man during the reign of George H., and was on 
 board the Zephyr 14 when that sloop beat off' a 
 French 36-gun frigate after a battle of four hours), 
 by Mary, only child of Mr. Tuck, Solicitor, of 
 Langley Hall, near Chippenham, co. Wilts. He is 
 brother of the present Retired Commander Geo. 
 Neat Tremlett, B.N. ; and of Lieut. Rich. Stiles 
 Tremlett, R.N., who was killed in a duel with Lord 
 Camelford at Martinique. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1788, as A.B., 
 on board the Salisbury 50, Capts. Erasmus Gower, 
 Wm. Domett, and Edw. Pellew; in which ship, 
 bearing the flags of Admirals Elliot and Milbanke 
 at Newfoundland, he served until Dec. 1792, the 
 chief part of the time in the capacity of Midship- 
 man. He next, in Feb. 1793, joined the Royal 
 Sovereign 100, flag-ship in the Channel of Rear- 
 Admirals Thos. Graves and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis ; 
 and on 21 Sept. 1795 he was made Lieutenant into 
 the Lion 64, commanded, among other officers, by 
 Capt. Manley Dixon. He was present in the Royal 
 Sovereign in Lord Howe's action, 1 June, 1794, 
 and in Cornwallis' celebrated retreat, 16 and 17 
 June, 1795. In Dec. 1796 (he was then in the Lion) 
 he so distinguished himself by his "humane and 
 manly exertions " in saving the crew of the Re- 
 union frigate, wrecked on a sandbank in the North 
 Sea, that he obtained the thanks of the court-mar- 
 tial which assembled to try the officers and crew, 
 and was highly complimented by the president. 
 Admiral Savage, who publicly declared "that he 
 deserved to have a civic crown placed on his head, 
 and that he hoped the Board of Admiralty would 
 do him justice by immediately advancing him to 
 superior rank." On 15 July, 1798, Mr. Tremlett 
 took part, off" Carthagena, in a brilliant action 
 fought between the Lion and four Spanish frigates 
 of 42 guns each, which terminated in the surrender 
 of one of the latter, the Santa Dorotea. He had 
 been engaged, a few days previously, in a desperate 
 affair with an armed Greek otF Malaga ; where, by 
 the desertion of two boats, he and the remainder of 
 his party were left in the greatest jeopardy. Twenty 
 of them were either killed or wounded, 4 only 
 escaping, including Mr. Tremlett, whose hat was 
 shot through in seven places in the course of as 
 many minutes, and whose dirk had its handle 
 knocked off. Being appointed, 1 Sept. 1798, Senior 
 of the Santa Dorotea (she had been added to the 
 British Navy), Capt. Hugh Downman, he assisted 
 in that frigate at the capture, 28 Nov. following, of 
 the San Leon Spanish man-of-war brig of 16 guns 
 and 88 men, and was present in her when attacked 
 in entering Gibraltar Bay with convoy by 17 of the 
 enemy's gun-boats. In Deo. 1799, five months after 
 he had left the Santa Dorotea, he assumed com- 
 mand of the Tigress gun-brig, in which vessel he 
 * Vide Gaz. 1797, p. 836. 
 
1200 
 
 TRENCH— TRENT. 
 
 continued employed, chiefly in affording protection 
 to trade, until advanced to the rank of Commander, 
 1 Jan. 1801. He was made Post 29 April, 1S02 ; 
 appointed, in June, 1803, Sept. 1805, and Oct. 1806, 
 to the Sea Fencibles at Cromer, the Impress at 
 "Whitby, and the Sea Fencibles at Dundee; and 
 placed in command, 19 March, 1808, of the Alcm^ne 
 32. "While exercising a party of men at Cromer, 
 a grape-shot weighing eight ounces entered his right 
 foot ; and two years and a half elapsed before it could 
 be extracted. He applied in consequence for a pen- 
 sion, but was refused. In June, 1808, Capt. Trem- 
 lett, then in the AiciaiNE, on the coast of Spain, en- 
 tered into a communication with the Spanish autho- 
 rities at Corunna : he assisted for three days at their 
 councils, and then embarked the deputies sent from 
 Galicia to solicit the aid of Great Britain in the 
 war about to commence between their country and 
 France. On his return to Corunna with them, Sir 
 Chas. Stuart, and a quantity of specie, he was 
 awarded the rank of General in the Patriotic Army 
 — the &st time indeed that such a mark of distinc- 
 tion had been conferred on an Englishman. On 22 
 Dec. 1808 the ALcaiiNE fell in with two French 
 frigates of the largest class, each with a comple- 
 ment of 380 men, in addition to 200 troops, in- 
 tended for the relief of Guadeloupe. These, as the 
 British ship approached, shortened sail, but before 
 the latter could arrive within gun-shot, they made 
 off under all sail. Ultimately, after having been 
 chased a distance of 130 miles, they sought refuge 
 under the citadel of St. Martin's, on the He de Re. 
 On the night after Capt. Tremlett formed the bold 
 design of running alongside the outermost frigate 
 for the purpose of endeavouring to carry her by 
 boarding ; but in this he was disappointed through 
 the ignorance or cowardice of his French pilot, who 
 ran the Alcmjese aground within pistol-shot of her 
 opponent. The latter, it was found, had also got 
 on the same shoal. The noise made by trying to 
 heave the AlcmJne off alarmed the batteries on 
 shore ; but, owing to the darkness of the night, she 
 escaped with a few shot in her hull and through her 
 sails and rigging. She afterwards blockaded the 
 enemy so closely that they were unable to get to 
 sea. On 24 Feb. 1809 Capt. Tremlett witnessed, 
 we believe, the destruction of three French frigates 
 under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne. At different 
 times he took and destroyed upwards of fifty sail of 
 the enemy's vessels on different parts of the coast 
 between He Dieu and Cape Finisterre. On 29 
 April, 1809, while endeavouring to cut off another 
 French frigate,, the Alcmene, still in charge of the 
 French pilot, struck on a reef of sunken rooks, near 
 the mouth of the Loire, and filled so fast that 
 nothing whatever could be saved from her. Fortu- 
 nately the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, 
 at this critical juncture hove in sight, and rescued 
 the officers and crew ; with whom, after setting fire 
 to and destroying the wreck, she returned to Eng- 
 land. Capt. Tremlett was not afterwards able to 
 procure employment. He was placed on the Re- 
 tired list of Rear-Admirals 10 Jan. 1837 ; trans- 
 ferred to the Active list 17 Aug. 1840; and ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 22 Jan. 1847. 
 
 The Vice-Admiral married the youngest daughter 
 of the late John Dawson, Esq., of Mossley Hill, 
 near Liverpool, and sister-in-law of Lieut. Henry 
 Fred. Sevvell, R.N. He has a son, Francisco Saugro, 
 a Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 TRENCH. (Lieutenant, 1833.) 
 
 The Hovodraele HoBEnT Le Poek Teench, 
 born in Oct. 1809, is third and youngest son of 
 Richard, second Earl of Clancarty, G.C.B., who 
 was appointed, in 1813, Ambassador at the Hague, 
 by Henrietta Margaret, second daughter of the 
 Right Hon. John Staples. He is brother of the 
 present Earl and of Hon. Rich. John Trench, a 
 Captain in the 52nd Regiment, who died in 1841 ; 
 and nephew of the late Rear- Admiral Hon. "Wm. Le 
 Poer Trench. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 June, 1822. He passed his examination in 1830; 
 
 obtained his commission 19 Nov. 1833 ; and was ap-- 
 pointed, 25 March, 1836, for upwards of 12 months, 
 to the Pembroke 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Fellowes and 
 Fairfax Moresby, employed on the Home and Lisbon 
 stations, and 1 Jan. 1839, to the Powekehl 84, 
 Capt. Chas. Napier, fitting for the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned towards the close of 1840. He 
 has shioe been on half-pay. Agents— Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 TRENCH. (Rear-Admibai of the Eed, 1840. 
 F-p., 15; H-p., 47.) 
 
 "WiLUAM Le Poer 'Trench was born in July, 
 1771, and died 16 Aug. 1846 at Ballinasloe. He 
 was third son of "William, first Earl of Clancarty, 
 by Anne, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Chas. 
 Gardiner, and sister of Luke, first Lord Mountjoy. 
 He was brother of the second Earl of Clancarty, 
 the late Archbishop of Tuam, and the late gallant 
 Colonel Hon. Sir Robt. Le Poer Trench, K.C.B., 
 K.T.S. ; brother-in-law of the first Lord Castlemaine 
 and the present Earl of Rathdowne ; and uncle of 
 Lieut. Hon. Robt. Le Poei- Trench, R.N. 
 
 This of&cer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1785, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Trusty 50, Capt. 
 "Wm. "Wolseley, bearing the broad pendant of Com- 
 modore, subsequently Rear-Admiral, Philip Cosby, 
 in the Mediterranean, whence he returned to Eng- 
 land in 1790. After further serving, on the coast 
 of Ireland and in the Channel, as Midshipman, in 
 the PoKcupiNE 24, Capt. Geo. Martin, Impreg- 
 nable 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Cosby, and 
 "Vengeance 74, Capt. Chas. Thompson, he joined, 
 in April, 1793, the Ulysses 44; of which ship, sta- 
 tioned in the "West Indies, he was created a Lieute- 
 nant 16 June following. Invaliding in Nov. of the 
 same year, he was next, 27 Jan. 1794 and 9 Feb. 
 1796, appointed to the Crescent 36, Capts. Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez and Edw. BuUer, and Ramillies 74, 
 Capts. Sir Rich. Bickerton, Bartholomew Rowley, 
 and Rich. Grindall ; in which ships he continued 
 employed in the Channel and North Sea until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander, 19 Nov. 1799. 
 The Crescent was in action, 8 June, 1794, with an 
 enemy's squadron of very superior force, from 
 whom she escaped by a series of the most bold and 
 masterly manoeuvres. After he left the Ramillies, 
 Capt. Trench, it appears, did not go afloat. He at- 
 tained Post rank 29 April, 1802 ; became a Rear- 
 Admiral on the Retired list 10 Jan. 1837 ; and was 
 placed on the Active list 17 Aug. 1840. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Trench was appointed, in 1819, 
 Secretary to the Board of Customs and Port Duties 
 in Ireland ; and on 27 Sept. 1823 he was nominated 
 an Assistant Commissioner. He married, first, in 
 1800, Sarah, daughter of John Loftus Cuppage, 
 Esq. ; and secondly, in Jan. 1837, Margaret, daugh- 
 ter of Dawson Downing, Esq., of Rosegift, co. Lon- 
 donderry, and widow of Arthur Handcock, Esq., 
 son of Richard, second Lord Castlemaine. By the 
 former lady he had issue three sons and one daugh- 
 ter ; and by the latter one son and one daughter. 
 
 TRENT. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 10'; h-p., 32.) 
 
 George Norris Trent entered the Navy, 31 
 March, 1805, as A.B., on board the Prince George 
 98, Capt. Geo. Losack ; of which ship, employed in 
 the Channel and "West Indies, he was nominated, in 
 May, 1806, Midshipman. In Sept. 1807, he removed 
 to the Temeraire*98, stationed at first in the 
 Channel and Baltic, and next in the Mediterra- 
 nean ; where, in Dec. 1811, ho became Master's 
 Mate (a rating he had attained in Aug. 1810) of the 
 ImpAkieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan. In 
 that frigate he contributed to the destruction, 27 
 June, 1812, of a French convoy under the batteries 
 of Languelia and Alassio. He was also, 17 Aug. in 
 the same year, present in a spirited skirmish with a 
 powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples ; 
 and in 1813-14 he witnessed the capture of Port 
 d'Anzo and the operations against Leghorn and 
 Genoa. A day or two previously to the fall of the 
 • latter place he had been transferred to the Apollo 
 
TRESAHAR-TRIBE-TRINGHAM— TRIPP. 
 
 1201 
 
 38, Capts. Edwards Lloyd Graham and Anthony 
 Blagrave Valpy ; in which frigate he returned to 
 England. In April, 1815 (he had been then for six 
 months employed, again with Capt. Duncan, in the 
 Glasgow 50, among the Western Islands), he was 
 presented with a commission bearing date 14 of the 
 preceding Feb. He has since been on half-pay. 
 Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 TRESAHAK. (Eetired Commander, 1827. 
 F-p., 29 ; H-P., 34.) 
 
 John Teesahak died 29 Dec. 1844, in the Old 
 Kent Road. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1782, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Nymphe, Capt. Kich. 
 Hill, stationed in the West Indies ; where he joined 
 in succession, in the summer of 1783, the Jermyn, 
 Capt. Hardy, and Caton, Capt. Fisher. He re- 
 turned to England in Nov. of the same year ; served 
 next, from March, 1784, until Nov. 1785, in the 
 Rose, Capts. R. Hill and Jas. Hawkins, on the 
 Channel station •, and from June, 1786, until made 
 Lieutenant, 19 Aug. 1793, into the Majestic 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Cotton, was employed at Portsmouth 
 in the Ganges 74, Capt. Roger Curtis, Ardent 64, 
 Capt. Fras. J. Hartwell, Edgar 74, Capts. Chas. 
 Thompson and Anthony Jas. Pye Molly, Queen 
 Charlotte 100 and Brunswick 74, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Roger Curtis, and Qoeen Char- 
 lotte again, flag-ship of Lord Howe. He sailed in 
 the Majestic for the West Indies ; and he was sub- 
 sequently appointed — 9 Aug. 1795, to the command, 
 on that station, of the Berbice — 9 Nov. 1796, to 
 the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Admirals 
 Henry Harvey and Lord Hugh Seymour, also in 
 the West Indies — 1 Sept. 1800, to the Royal Sove- 
 reign 100, bearing the flag of Admiral Harvey in 
 the Channel— 29 July, 1803, after 15 months of half- 
 pay, to the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank Sotheron, in 
 the Mediterranean— 22 Oct. 1806, to the Boadicea 
 33, Capt. John Maitland, on the Irish station — 15 
 Dec. 1807, to the Lynx 18, Capt, John Willoughby 
 Marshall, employed in the North Sea and Baltic — 
 and 28 Feb. 1809 and 27 July, 1813, to the Royal 
 William and Prince 98, flag-ships of Sir Roger 
 Curtis and Sir Rich. Bickerton at Portsmouth, 
 where he remained until Feb. 1814. In the Prince 
 OF Wales he was present at the reduction of Tri- 
 nidad in 1797. He was placed on the Senior List 
 of Retired Commanders 28 Feb. 1827. Agent— J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 Ocean 80 and Wellington 72, guardships at Sheer- 
 ness, both commanded by Capt. David Price, under 
 whom he continues. Agents— Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
 TRIBE. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 20; h-p., 21.) 
 
 Thomas Tribe entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Crocodile 22, Capts. 
 Geo. Edm. Byron Bettesworth and Hon. Geo.' 
 Cadogan, employed on the Halifax, Guernsey, Cape 
 of Good Hope, and Lisbon stations. In May, 1809, 
 he removed as Midshipman (a rating he had before 
 attained) to the Sceptre 74, Capts. .Joseph Bingham 
 and Sam. Jas. Ballard; he served next, from Jan. 
 1812 until June, 1813, in the Boyne 98 and Ville 
 DE Paris 1 10, flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale 
 off' Brest ; in Sept. of the latter year he joined the 
 Dictator 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton, 
 lying at Portsmouth ; and from the following Nov. 
 until June, 1815, he was employed on the coast of 
 North America in the Severn 40, Capt. Joseph 
 Nourse, Ruby 64, Capt. Owen, Wasp sloop, and 
 Majestic 56, Capt. John Hayes. In the Sceptre 
 he accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, 
 assisted at the reduction of Guadeloupe, and cruized 
 in the Bay of Biscay : in the Majestic he witnessed 
 the surrender, 15 Jan. 1815, of the American ship 
 president. On leaving her he was received for a 
 few weeks, as Master's Mate, on board the Cale- 
 DONLi 120, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, 
 lying at Plymouth. He attained the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 19 Sept. 1815 ; and has been since appointed 
 —in 1833, to the charge, for four years, of a Sema- 
 phore station— 8 Aug. 1838, to the CoastGuard, in 
 which service he remained until the early part of 
 X844— and 24 Sept. 1846 and 1 March, 1848, to the 
 
 TRINGHAM. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 William Trtngham passed his examination in 
 1820 ; and was made Lieutenant, 28 June, 1826, into 
 the Maidstone 46, bearing the broad pendant of 
 Commodore Chas. BuUen on the coast of Africa ; 
 whence, in the following year, he returned to Eng- 
 land. His succeeding appointments were— 28 Nov. 
 1836, to the Howe 120, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming and Sir Robt. Waller Otway 
 at the Nore— 19 April, 1839, and 1 Oct. 1840, to the 
 Britannia 120 and Queen 110, bearing the flags of 
 Hon. C. E. Fleeming and Sir Edw. Codrington at 
 Portsmouth— 19 April, 1841, to the command of the 
 Spitfire steamer, on the North America and West 
 India station, whence he returned in 1842— and 1 
 July, 1843, to the "Victoria and Albert steam- 
 yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. Since 
 he attained his present rank, 22 Oct. 1844, he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Tringham married, in 1831, Eleanor, 
 widow of Lieut.-Colonel Henry Tarleton, late of 
 the 60th Regiment. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 TRIPP. (Retired Commander, 1847. r-p., 
 14; H-p., 31.) 
 
 John Upton Tripp is fourth and youngest son of 
 the late Rev. John Tripp, Rector of Spoffbrth and 
 of Catton, CO. York, LL.D. of Christchurch, Oxford. 
 His eldest brother, George, a Captain in the 25th 
 Regt. of Foot, served under Sir Ralph Abercromby 
 in Egypt in 1801, and died two years afterwards of 
 consumption, occasioned by sleeping on the sands ; 
 his next, Charles, D.D., the present representative 
 of the family, is Rector of Silverton, co. Devon, 
 and a Magistrate for the counties of Somerset and 
 Devon ; and his third, Peter, is a Lieutenant-Colo- 
 nel in the 98th Regt. of Foot. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magicienne frigate, 
 Capt. Henry Vansittart; with whom he removed, 
 in the following Feb., to the FoRTUNiE36. In that 
 ship, after blockading the rivers Elbe and Weser 
 and cruizing off' Boulogne, he sailed, in Feb. 1804, 
 for the West Indies. When on her passage home 
 in the summer of 1806, in company with the Her- 
 cuLE 74, SuRVEiLLANTE frigate, an armed schooner, 
 and a large fleet of merchantmen, tlie FoRTUNfeE 
 fell in with a number of Spanish vessels, under the 
 protection of a 74-gun ship and two gun-boats. She 
 was immediately detached in pursuit, and, assisted 
 by the schooner and the boats of the Surveillante, 
 succeeded in capturing and destroying the gun- 
 boats and 20 sail deeply laden with sugar, &c. In- 
 dependently of this Mr. Tripp assisted, during his 
 sojourn in the West Indies, at the capture of Le 
 Cazar and Le Vautour French privateers, a Spanish 
 brig laden with cocoa, Le Grmid Jvge Bertolio 
 French schooner of 7 guns and 51 men, and two 
 Spanish feluccas laden with beef and flour. The 
 latter vessels were destroyed. While cruizing in 
 1807 in the Channel the Fortunee took. Le Mafficien 
 privateer of 2 guns and 44 men. In Dec. 1808 Mr. 
 Tripp, who had been rated Midshipman and Mas- 
 ter's Mate of the Fortonee in April, 1805, and 
 June, 1807, joined, in the latter capacity, the 
 Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, on the Lisbon sta- 
 tion ; where he was made Lieutenant, 7 June, 1809, 
 into the Triumph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee. 
 He was afterwards employed, from Sept. 1809 until 
 Aug. 1812, in the Barpleur 98, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Geo. Cranfield Berkeley in the Tagus; and from 
 Oct. in the latter year until March, 1816, in the 
 Ramillies 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy 
 and Thos. Boys. Under Sir T. M. Hardy (who 
 also commanded the Barfleur) we find him pre- 
 sent in the Ramillies in a variety of operations on 
 the coast of North America, particularly at the 
 blockade of New London, the occupation of the 
 
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 TRISCOTT— TRIST— TROLLOPE. 
 
 islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, and the "bombard- 
 ment of Stonington. He accepted the rank he now 
 holds 5 Oct. 1847. 
 
 Commander Tripp married his cousin Sarah, 
 daughter of Jas. Upton Tripp, Esq., by whom he 
 has issue six children. Agents— Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 TEISCOTT. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 22; b-p., 15.) 
 EicHABD Shepheahd Thiscott entered the Navy, 
 23 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Chbis- 
 TiAN VII. 80, Capt. Kich. Harward, bearing the 
 flag in the North Sea of the late Lord Exmouth ; 
 with whom in the following year he sailed in the 
 Caledonia 120, for the Mediterranean ; where he 
 assisted at the blockade of Toulon, and was present, 
 on removing to the Alcm^ine 38, Capt. Jeremiah 
 Coghlan, at the capture of the French man-of-war 
 schooners L* Agile and La Fleche, and at the reduc- 
 tion of Genoa and Naples. In the boats both of the 
 Caledonia and Alcm^ne he aided in cutting out a 
 variety of vessels from under the enemy's batteries. 
 Kejoining Lord Exmouth in 1815 on board the 
 Boyne 98, he visited with him Tunis, Tripoli, and 
 Algiers, for purposes connected with the abolition of 
 Christian slavery ; and on 27 Aug. 1816, having ac- 
 companied his Lordship into the Queen Charlotte 
 100, he took part in the bombardment of Algiers. 
 He was promoted in consequence to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 5 Sept. in the same year. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were — 26 Aug. 1818, to the 
 Sapphire 26, Capt. Henry Hart, fitting for the 
 "West Indies, whence, owing to three attacks of 
 yellow fever, he invalided in 1820 on board the 
 Beaver 10, Capt. Kich. Saumarez — 15 Aug. 1823, 
 as First, to the Axackity 10, Capts. Chas. Philip 
 "Yorke and Geo. Jas. Hope Johnstone, equipping for 
 the Mediterranean — 19 Sept. 1826, to the Spaetiate 
 76, Capt. Fred. "Warren, on the Lisbon station — next, 
 to the Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick Campbell— 1 May, 
 1827, to the Victoky 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, 
 lying at Portsmouth — and 23 Feb. 1828, to the Asia 
 84, flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Medi- 
 terranean. While attached to the Sapphire Mr. 
 Triscott landed with Capt. Hart at the Isthmus of 
 Darien and accompanied him on a particular mis- 
 sion to Panama. In the Alacrity he was actively 
 employed up the Archipelago in the suppression of 
 piracy. On 9 April, 1S26, with the boats of that 
 vessel under his orders he captured, near the island 
 of Ipsera, after a chase of 13 miles, two large Greek 
 misticoes, each mounting 2 heavy guns, with a 
 complement of 30 men. On the following day he 
 cut out two vessels of similar force from under the 
 protection of a tower in the Doro Passage. The 
 loss of the British on the two occasions was con- 
 fined to 3 men wounded ; while that of the Greeks, 
 70 of whom were taken prisoners, extended to 40 
 killed. For his gallant conduct Mr. Triscott ob- 
 tained the thanks (which were read to all the ships 
 of the squadron) of Capt. Gawen "Wm. Hamilton, of 
 the Cambrian 48, the senior officer in the Archi- 
 pelago. He was afterwards in the Asia employed 
 off Navarin and the Dardanells. He was promoted 
 from that ship to the command, 22 Feb. 1830, of the 
 Rifleman 18 ; he returned home from the Medi- 
 terranean in the following Nov. ; and he subse- 
 quently, from 15 June, 1832, until 1835, and from 
 29 March, 1837, until advanced for his " zeal, intel- 
 ligence and ability " to the rank he now holds 15 
 Jan. 1841, officiated as an Inspecting Commander in 
 the Coast Guard at Falmouth and Plymouth. He 
 has since been on half-pay. Capt. Triscott is Se- 
 nior of 1841. 
 
 TRISCOTT. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 William Elworthy Triscott entered the Navy 
 2 Feb. 1821; and obtained his first commission 10 
 Jan. 1837. His succeeding appointments were — 16 
 Aug. 1837, the Pembroke 74, Capt. Fairfax Mores- 
 by, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, 
 whence he returned at the commencement of 1840 
 —13 Oct. in the latter year, to the CALcnrrA 84, 
 
 Capts. Sir Sam. Roberts and Geo. Fred. Rich, 
 employed, until the close of 1842, on the last-named 
 and Lisbon stations— and 1 April, 1843, to the St. 
 Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley at Ports- 
 mouth, where he remained until the end of 1845. 
 He attained his present rank 14 March, 1846 ; and 
 has been serving since 28 March, 1848, in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 Commander Triscott married, 24 March, 1840, at 
 Deptford, Harriet Butt, youngest daughter of John 
 David Rolt, Esq., by whom he has issue. 
 
 TEIST. (Lieutenant, 1808.) 
 
 Robert Trist died in 1847. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in June, 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Albans 64, Capt. 
 Eras. Pender, stationed on the coast of North 
 America ; where and in the North Sea he served 
 from the following Oct. until Feb. 1803, in the As- 
 sistance and, as Midshipman, in the Waaksam- 
 HEiDT, both commanded by Capt. Hall. In Feb. 
 1804, he joined the Prince of Wales 98, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Robt. Calder ; under whom he took 
 part, 21 July, 1805, in the action with the combined 
 fleets of France and Spain off" Cape Finisterre. In 
 March, 1806, three months after he had left the 
 Prince of Wai.es, he became Master's Mate of the 
 Insolent gun-brig, Lieut-Commander Morris ; and 
 in the following Dec. he joined, in a similar capa- 
 city, the Confiance 20, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo. On 
 13 Feb. 1808, in the evening, being off the Tagus, 
 he was sent in command of the cutter and jolly- 
 boat, with 16 men, to row guard at the mouth of the 
 river, in consequence of a report, current at Lisbon, 
 that the Russian squadron was about to put to sea. 
 No sooner had he arrived at this station than he 
 perceived a French gun-vessel at an anchor under 
 Fort San Pedro, between the forts of Belem and 
 San Julien ; he instantly, in a most gallant manner, 
 boarded, and after an ineifectual resistance on the 
 part of the enemy, carried the French gun-vessel 
 Canoraiier, commanded by Enseigne-de-Vaisseau 
 Gaudolphe, and mounting 1 long 24-pounder and 2 
 brass sixes, with 100 stand of arms, and 50 men. 
 Of these 3 were killed and 9 badly wounded; 
 while the British however, although they had been 
 hailed and fired at in their approach, escaped with- 
 out loss. As a reward for his conduct Mr. Trist 
 was nominated, 17 of the same month, Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Alfred 74.* He was promoted by the 
 Admiralty 24 March following ; and was afterwards, 
 between June, 1808, and Dec. 1815, employed on 
 the Home and West India stations in the Egeria 
 sloop, Capt. Lewis Hole, La Fl£che 14, Capt. Geo. 
 Hewson, in a vessel the name of which has escaped 
 us, and in the Southampton 32, Capt. Yeo, and 
 Leveret sloop, Capt. Christian. He did not again 
 go afloat. 
 
 TROLLOPE, C.B. (CTaptara, 1814. f-p., 19; 
 H-P., 38.) 
 George Barne Trollope, bom in Huntingdon, 
 is son of the Rev. John Trollope of Bucklebury, 
 CO. Berks ; brother of Capt. Trollope, of the 40th 
 Regt., who was killed while serving under the Duke 
 ofYork in Holland 19 Sept. 1799; and half-brother 
 of the late Admiral Sir Henry Trollope, G.C.B.,t 
 
 * In forwarding to the Admiralty the details of the above 
 gallant exploit, Sir Gha^. Cotton, tlie Commander-in-Chief, 
 says in his public letter, — " Mr. Trist having passed for a Lieu- 
 tenant, and being strongly recommended by Capt. "Yeo for 
 his general good conduct, I have appointed him to act as 
 Lieutenant on hoard H.M..S. Alfred (in the room of another 
 absent in a prize), in order to mark my approbation of his 
 conduct on this particular occasion, and which, I have no 
 doubt, their Lordships will also duly appreciate, by promot- 
 ing Mr. Trist to that rank he appears, in my opinion, justly 
 to deserve." — Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 417. 
 
 f Sir Hen. Trollope was born 20 April, 1756, at Buckle- 
 bury, CO. Berks, and entered the Navy in April, 1771, on 
 board the Captain fii, Capt. Thos. Symonds, bearing the 
 flag of Admiral John Montagu, Commander-in-Chief on the 
 coast of North America, where he whs present, in the Asia 
 64, Capt. Geo, "Vandeput, at the battles of Lexington and 
 Bunker's Hill, and was active, [in the Kingfisher sloop, 
 Capt. Jas. Montaga, in his endeavours to suppress the insur- 
 
TROLLOPE-TROTTER. 
 
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 and the late Lieut.-Colonel Thos. TroUope, who 
 commanded the marines on board the Venerable 
 74, Lord Duncan's flag-ship, in the action o£F Cam- 
 perdown 1 1 Oct. 1797, and who retired from that 
 corps in 1800, His father was grandson of Sir 
 Thos. TroUope, Bart., of Casewick, co. Lincoln. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 May, 1790, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard La Pkudente 38 ; in which 
 frigate and the Hussab, both commanded by his 
 half-brother, Capt. Henry TroUope, he was for one 
 year and nine months employed in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean, part of the time in the capacity 
 of Midshipman. Joining next, in Aug. 1792, the 
 Lion 64, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, he accompanied 
 Lord Macartney in that ship in his embassy to 
 China. On his return thence he was transferred, in 
 Oct. 1794, to the Akgo 44 ; and in the foUowing 
 Jan. he was placed on board the Teidmph 74. In 
 her he was present under his former Captain, Sir 
 E. Gower, in Cornwallis' celebrated retreat 16 and 
 17 June, 1795 ; and was slightly wounded in the 
 foot under Capt. Wm. Essington, in the battle 
 fought oif Camperdown 1 1 Oct. 1797.* Previously 
 to the latter event he had been promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 
 13 Dec. 1796. His succeeding appointments were, 
 on the Home station— 24 April, 1798, to the Nep- 
 tune 98, Capt. Sir E. Gower— 28 Jan. 1799, to the 
 Vestal, Capt. Chas. "White— in Jan. 1800, to the 
 CjESar 80, Capt. Sir Jas. Saumarez — 27 Jan. 1801, 
 to the Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Sir 
 E. Gower — 15 Nov. 1802, for upwards of five months 
 (the Princess Royal had been paid off' in the pre- 
 ceding April) to La Minekve frigate, Capt. Jahleel 
 Brenton — and 28 Oct. 1803, as First, to the Arab 
 22, Capt. Lord Cochrane. He was made Com- 
 mander, 1 May, 1804, into the Ceef sloop, at Ja- 
 maica; he was compeUed in the foUowing Deo. 
 to invalid, owing to a severe attack of yellow fever ; 
 and he was afterwards appointed — 22 Jan. 1806, to 
 the Hecla, lying at Sheerness — 1 March foUowing, 
 to the Electea 18, employed (until wrecked, 25 
 March, 1808, at the entrance of Port Augusta, be- 
 tween Syracuse and Messina) in the North Sea and 
 
 rection in Virginia. He assisted, too, at the siege of Boston ; 
 and he afterwards, as Lieutenant of the Bristol 50, Capts. 
 Eayner and Cornwallis, took part in a variety of other opera- 
 tions, including the capture of Forts Montgomery and 
 Clinton, the reduction of Philadelphia, and the attack upon 
 Mud Island. For his various successful and dashing services 
 while commanding the Kite cutter, he was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander, and his vessel, in which he was continued, 
 rated a sloop of war. After accompanying Admiral Darby 
 tu the relief of Gibraltar, and again distinguishing himself, he 
 was advanced, 4 June, 1781, to Post-rank, in the Myrmidon 
 20 ; in which ship, and the Rainbow 44, he was employed 
 most zealously during the remainder of the war. In the 
 Rainbow he captured, 4 Sept. 178S, the Hebe b'rench frigate 
 of 40 guns and 360 men. Between 1790 and the date of his 
 promotion to Flag-rank, 1 Jan. 1801, he commanded La 
 Pbudente 38, and the Hubsae 28, Glatton of 56 guns and 
 330 men. Leopard 50, Russell74, Royal Charlotte yacht, 
 and 'Juste 80. He gained during that period an exalted 
 reputation for zeal, valour, energy, and judgment, and, in- 
 deed, for all the qualities which constitute a naval com- 
 mander of the first order of genius. In the Glatton he 
 effected, 15 July, 1796, the defeat (after a fierce and memo- 
 rably gallant engagement, productive of serious loss to the 
 enemy, although not more than 2 were wounded on the part 
 of the British) of a French squadron, consisting of 4 frigates 
 and 2 ship-corvettes, assisted by a brig corvette, and an armed 
 cutter, the whole of which were compelled to sheer off. The 
 merchants of London and the Russia Company testified their 
 admiration of this performance, by each presenting him with 
 a piece of plate valued at 100 guineas ; and the boroughs of 
 Huntingdon and North Yarmouth, by presenting him with 
 their freedom. For the resolution and address by which 
 Capt. TroUope succeeded in preventing both his own ship 
 and the Overysskl 64 from joining the mutinous fleet at the 
 Nore in 1797, he received the approbation of the Admiralty ; 
 and for his subsequent conduct, both in the action off Cam- 
 perdown, and before it, in keeping a watch over the enemy's 
 fleet, and enabling Admiral Duncan to fall in with it, he 
 received from the King the honour of Knighthood. He he- 
 came a Vice-Admiral 9 Nov. 1805, a full Admiral 12 Aug. 
 1812, a K.C.B. ao May, 1820, and a G.C.B. 19 May, 1831. 
 He died an Admiral of the Red, at Fresliford, near Bath, 
 2 Nov. 1839. 
 • Vide Gaz. 1797, p. BS«. 
 
 Mediterranean- 22 Deo. 1808, for two months, to 
 the Zebra bomb at Woolwich— and 22 Oct. 1810 
 and 1 Feb. 1812, to the Alert sloop and GnirroN 
 brig, on the Newfoundland and Downs stations. 
 While commanding the Electba Capt. TroUope had 
 charge of the boats employed in bringing off the 
 garrison of the fortress of Soylla, when evacuated 
 by the British 17 Feb. 1808— a service in the exe- 
 cution of which he was exposed to a smart fire 
 from the enemy on the Calabrian shore.*' In the 
 Griffon, whose force consisted of 14 24-pounder 
 carronades and 2 sixes, he went in pursuit, 27 
 March, 1812,t and drove on shore, under a very 
 heavy fire from the batteries near St. Aubin, one 
 of a numerous flotilla of brigs, each carrying 3 long 
 24-pounders and an 8-inch brass howitzer, with a 
 complement of 50 men. He then proceeded to 
 attack the remainder, nine in number, who were at 
 the time anchoring close in-shore in the south-east. 
 Running accordingly in-shore of one of them at an- 
 chor near the centre, he boarded and, in the most 
 gallant manner, carried her. The cables of the 
 prize were immediately cut and she was brought 
 out in face of a heavy fire from the batteries and 
 the eight other brigs. The Griffon herself, al- 
 though her crew escaped injury, was too much dis- 
 abled to renew the conflict.]: Capt. TroUope was 
 advanced to Post-rank 7 June, 1814 ; and nominated 
 a C.B. 8 Dec. 1815. Not having been since afloat 
 he was induced, 1 Oct. 1846, to accept the Retire- 
 ment. 
 
 He married, in 1813, Barbara, daughter of J. 
 Goble, Esq., of Kinsale, and has issue. Agent — 
 J, Hinxman. 
 
 TEOLLOPE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henkt Trollope entered the Navy 7 Aug, 1828 ; 
 passed his examination 27 Aug, 1834; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 23 Nov, 1841, was serving at 
 Chatham as Mate on board the Ardent steamer, 
 Capt, John Russell, His appointments have since 
 been— 3 Dec, 1841, to the Alfred 50, Capt, John 
 Brett Purvis, fitting for the coast of Brazil — 21 
 May, 1842, to the Isis 44, Capt, Sir John Marshall, 
 stationed at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he re- 
 turned in the early part of 1845— and 6 Jime in the 
 latter year, to the Herald 22, Capt, Henry Kellett, 
 equipping for the Pacific, where he continues em- 
 ployed on surveying service. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 TROTTER, (Captain, 1835, f-p., 17 ; h-p., 15.) 
 Henry Ddndas Trotter, bom 19 Sept. 1802, is 
 third son of the late Alex. Trotter, Esq., of Dreg- 
 horn, near Edinburgh, by Lillias, daughter of Sir 
 John Stuart, Bart,, of AUanbank ; and brother of 
 the present Archibald Trotter, Esq,, of Dreghom, a 
 Magistrate for co, Mid-Lothian, who married Lou- 
 isa Jane, youngest daughter of James Strange, 
 Esq,, by AJnne, daughter of Henry, first Viscount 
 MelviUe, 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 16 
 Nov, 1815; and embarked 7 Feb, 1818, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Ister 42, Capt, Thos, Forrest, 
 stationed at Leith, Removing in the following 
 May, to the Eden 26, Capt, Jas. Erskine Loch, he 
 sailed in that ship for the East Indies, and, at the 
 close of 1819, united in an expedition sent under 
 the present Sir Eras. Augustus CoUier to act against 
 Ras-al-Khyma, the head-quarters and principal re- 
 sort of the pirates of the Persian Gulf. Continuing 
 on the East India station, he was received in March, 
 1821, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained 12 
 months previously) on board the Leasder 50, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, and was in Feb. 
 1822 transferred to the Curlew sloop, Capt. Robt. 
 Graham Dnnlop. Of the latter vessel he was nomi- 
 
 * His gallant exertions called forth the particular thanks of 
 Major-General Sherbrooke.— Firfe Gaz. 1808, p. 503. 
 
 t He was in company with the Rosario 10, Capt. Bootey 
 Harvey. 
 
 J Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 593, where Capt. TroUope's ■' prompt 
 attention and gallant conduct" are highly spoken of. 
 
 702 
 
1204 
 
 nated, in the ensuing April, Acting-Lieutenant ; he 
 went baclc in a similar capacity, in July of the same 
 year, to the Leandek ; and on his return to Eng- 
 land he was officially promoted by a commission 
 bearing date 9 Jan. 1823. His next appointments 
 were to the Hdssak 46, Capt. Geo. Harris, Bel- 
 LETTE 18, Capt. Chas. Croker, and Kattlesnake 
 28, Capt. John Leith, all on the West India station ; 
 where he was made Commander, 20 Feb. 1826, into 
 the Bbitomaut sloop. From 22 July, 1830, until 
 June, 1834, and from 8 Sept. 1840 until the close oi 
 1842 he held command, on the coast of Africa, of 
 the Cdklew 10 and Albert steamer— the latter 
 employed on an expedition up the Niger. He has 
 since been on half-pay. He attained his present 
 rank 16 Sept. 1835. 
 
 Capt. Trotter married, 23 Nov. 1835, Charlotte, 
 second daughter of the late Major-General Jas. 
 Pringle, H. E. I. C. S. Agents— Messrs. Omman- 
 ney. 
 
 TROTTER. (Retired Commandeb, 1844. f-p., 
 1 6 ; H-P., 42.) 
 Robert Tkotter entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 1789, 
 as an Officer's Servant, on board the Edgar 74, in 
 which ship and the Koyal Wijcliam he was for 
 nearly two years employed at Portsmouth under 
 the flag of Admiral Koddam. He joined next, in 
 June, 1795, the Chakon 44, Capts. Walter Locke 
 and Jas. Stevenson, attached to the Channel fleet ; 
 and from the following Dec. until Nor. 1799, he 
 served, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Prince 
 George 98, Capt. Theophilus Jones, Adamant 50, 
 Capts. Henry D'Esterre Darby, Henry Warre, and 
 Wm. Hotham, Europa 50, Capt. J. Stevenson, and 
 Foudroyant 80, Barfleur 98, and Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, flag-ships of Lord Keith. In the Ada- 
 mant he was present, under Capt. Hotham, in the 
 action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. He was also 
 present on shore, and praised by Lieut. Rich. 
 Bourne, his senior officer, for the manner in which 
 he assisted, and the readiness he showed in obey- 
 ing the orders he received, at the successful defence 
 of the small island of St. Marcouf, when attacked, 
 7 May, 1798, by a considerable division of the 
 French flotilla.* He was made Lieutenant, 15 Nov. 
 1799, into the Tisiphone sloop, Capt. Chas. Grant, 
 on the West India station ; and he was subsequently 
 appointed — 14 June, 1800, to the Soeebat 32, Capts. 
 Stephen Poyntz and Thos. Dundas, in which frigate 
 he returned to England and then again visited 
 the North Sea and Mediterranean — 5 July, 1804, 
 after nearly two years of half-pay, to the Albacoke 
 sloop, Capt. Major Jacob Henneker, on the Guern- 
 sey station — 7 Deo. 1805, to the command of a 
 prison-ship at Portsmouth — and in 1807, to the 
 charge of a Signal-station at Jersey, where he re- 
 mained until 1811. On 9 Oct. 1804 the Albacoee 
 attacked five armed luggers (whom she had com- 
 pelled the day before to anchor under the cover of 
 a battery near Grosnez de Flamanville) and drove 
 the whole of them on shore in the midst of a very 
 heavy surf that broke with great violence over 
 them. Although herself exposed to a galling tire, 
 and within a few hundred yards only of the coast, 
 she maintained a discharge of round and grape shot 
 until the vessels were abandoned by their crews. 
 Several of the latter a,ppear to have been killed and 
 wounded; but the Albacore, although she was 
 hulled in several places and had her main and main- 
 top masts wounded, escaped without loss. The 
 support afforded by Mr. Trotter on the occasion 
 was spoken of in terms of high approbation. f He 
 was placed on the Junior list of Retired Com- 
 manders 30 Nov. 1841 ; and on the Senior 14 Mav, 
 1844. •" 
 
 TROTTER— TROUBRIDGE. 
 
 TROUBRIDGE. (Captain, 1842.) 
 
 Edward Norwich Troubhidge entered the 
 Navy 1 June, 1831 ; passed his examination in 
 1837 ; and obtained his first commission 27 June, 
 
 • Vide Gai. 1798, p. 391. f V Gaz. 1804, p. 128-1. 
 
 1838. His succeeding appointments were— 19 July, 
 1838, and 25 April, 1839, as Additional-Lieutenant, 
 to the Melville 72 and Princess Charlotte 104, 
 flag-ships of Hon. Geo. Elliott and Hon. Sir Robt. 
 Stopford at the Cape of Good Hope and in the 
 Mediterranean— 23 April, 1840, to the Benbow 72, 
 Capt. Houston Stewart, under whom he took part 
 in the different operations on the coast of Syria, in- 
 cluding the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre — and 
 10 Dec. following, to the Socthampton 50, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Edw. Durnford King, again at the 
 Cape. He was promoted, 23 Aug. 1841, to the com- 
 mand of the Wanderer Ib ; was transferred, in the 
 course of the same year, to the Clio 16 ; and for his 
 conduct in that vessel during the war in China 
 (where he assisted at the capture of Woosung* and 
 Shanghae, and served on the Yang-tse-Kiangf) was 
 sdvanced to his present rank 23 Dec. 1842.^ Since 
 26 Oct. 1848 he has been in command of the Am.i- 
 zoN 26, now in the East Indies. Agent— John P. 
 Muspratt. 
 
 TROUBRIDGE, Bart., C.B., M.P. (Rear-Admi- 
 bal OF THE White, 1841. f-p. 12; h-p. 38.) 
 Sir Edward Thomas Teoubridge is only son of 
 the late Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Troubridge, Bart.,§ 
 and brother-in-law of Lieutenant-General Sir Chas. 
 Bulkeley Egerton, G.C.M.G., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 21 Jan. 1797, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Cambridge 74, Capt. 
 Boger, guardship at Plymouth. Being discharged 
 in April, 1799, he next, in Jan. 1801, jomed, in the 
 capacity of Midshipman, the Achille 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Murray ; with whom he continued employed 
 in the Channel and Baltic in the Edgar 74 and 
 London 98, until transferred in May, 1802, for a few 
 weeks, to the Leander 50, Capt. Jas. Oughton. In 
 the Edgar he fought at the battle of Copenhagen, 
 2 April, 1801. In July, 1803, he was received on 
 
 • Vide Ga?,. 18'42,p. 3399. f ^- Gaz. 1842, p. 3404. 
 
 + r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
 $ Sir Thos. Troubridge entered the Navy about 1773, on 
 board the Seahoese, Capt. Farmer, and distinguished him- 
 self shortly afterwards by his gallantry at the capture of the 
 Sartine French frigate of superior force. Attaining Post-rank 
 1 Jan. 1783, he was afforded an opportunity, in the following 
 June, of participating, as Captain of the AnivE frigate, in 
 Sir Edw. Hughes' fifth and last action with M. de Suffrein, off 
 Cuddalore. In 17S4 he returned to England in command of 
 Sir Edward's flag-ship. In 1790 he wa-s again sent to India, 
 in the Thames 32. On his passage, in May, 1794, to New- 
 foundland, in command of the Castor 32, he was captured, 
 off Cape Clear, by part of the French fleet, and he chanced, 
 in consequence, to be on board the Sansparetl 80, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Nielly, on the famous 1st of June. While in 
 command, afterwards, of the Cueloden 74, his reputation 
 reached the highest pitch of fame. Besides sharing in Ho- 
 tham's second partial engagement, 13 July, 1793, he led the 
 British fleet in the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797, 
 and distinguished himself in the attack upon Santa Cruz, 
 Teneriffe. Although attached to Nelson's fleet, he was pre- 
 vented from actually participating in the glories of the Nile, 
 by the circumstance of his ship taking the ground on the 
 tail of a shoal running from the small island of Beqiiieres. 
 He was, however, as he had been for his conduct off Cape 
 St. Vincent, included in the thanks of Parliament, and pre- 
 sented with a gold medal. He w as afterwards engaged in a 
 variety of important operations on the coast of Italy, where, 
 previously to obtaining possession of the Roman territory, 
 he comm-inded a detachment of seamen and marines at tlie 
 investment of the C^tle of St. Elmo, which capitulated 
 after a siege of nine days. As a reward lor the great import- 
 ance of his services he was presented with the Sicilian Order 
 of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, and was by his own Sovereign 
 raised, 30 Nov. 1799, to thedignity of aBaronet of Great Britain. 
 After officiating as Captain of the Channel Fleet under Earl 
 St. Vincent he took a seat at the Board of Admiralty, and in 
 April, 1805, having attained the rank of Rear-Admiral, hoisted 
 his flag on board the Bt.ENHSiM 74, and sailed for India as 
 Commander-in-Chief in the seas to the eastward of Pointe de 
 Galle, in the island of Ceylon. On 12 Jan. 1807 he left 
 Madras in the Blenheim, accompanied by the Java frigate 
 and Harriee brig, for the purpose of assuming the chief 
 command at the Cape of Good Hope. The Blenheim and 
 Java parted from the HAnRiEE on the night of 1 Feb., diu-ing 
 a tremendous gale, and were not afterwards heard of. Sir 
 Thos. Troubridge, to adopt the words of a former biographer, 
 was " a pattern of professional excellence, of undaunted va- 
 lour, and of patriotic worth." He was the cherished friend of 
 Nelson. 
 
TROUGHTON— TROUNSELL. 
 
 1205 
 
 board the Victokt 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson in 
 the Mediterranean; where, in Aug. 1804, he re- 
 moved to the Nakcissos 32, Capt. Ross Donnelly. 
 That ship he left in Feb. 1805. On 22 Feb. 1806 
 he was created a Lieutenant of the Blenheim 74, 
 bearing his father's flag in the East Indies; and in 
 March, Aug. and Oct, of the same year, he was no- 
 minated Acting-Commander of the Harrier 18, 
 and Acting-Captain of the Macassar and Gret- 
 iiODND frigates. His commissions as Commander 
 and Captain bear date 5 Sept. 1806 and 28 Nov. 
 1807. "While in the Harrier and in company with 
 the Gbeyhound, commanded at the time by Capt. 
 Chas. Elphinstone, he assisted, 4 July, 1806, in de- 
 stroying, under the fort of Manado, the Dutch com- 
 pany's brig Christian EUzahelh, of 8 guns and 80 
 men. On the 6th of the same month the two ships 
 took, at the island of Tidore, the Belgica of 12 guns 
 and 32 men ; and on the 26th they fought a gallant 
 action with a Dutch squadron, consisting of the 
 Pallas frigate, of 40 guns and 250 men, the Vittoria 
 (a two-decker) and Batavia Indiamen, both richly 
 laden and both (the one of 800, the other of 500 
 tons) armed for the purposes of war, and the Wil- 
 liam corvette, of 20 guns (24-pounders) and 110 
 men ; the result whereof was the capture of all the 
 enemy's ships but the William, after a loss had 
 been incurred by them of 12 killed and 39 wounded, 
 and by the British of 1 killed and 11 wounded. In 
 his official letter detailing the events we have just 
 noticed, Capt. Elphinstone says— "The support and 
 assistance I have received from Capt. Troubridge 
 on every other occasion throughout a difficult navi- 
 gation, I attribute to the same talents, ability, and 
 zeal which he so nobly displayed on this one."* 
 After vainly cruizing, in the Greyhound, in quest 
 of his father, who, it was thought, on the Blenheim 
 being missed, might have put into some port to re- 
 pair his damages, Capt. Troubridge, in Jan. 1808, 
 invalided home. His next appointment was to the 
 Armide 38 ; which frigate he commanded from 5 
 Feb. 1813 until May, 1815. He assisted, in company 
 with the Endymion 40. in making prize, 15 Aug. 
 1814, of the Herald American privateer of 17 guns 
 and 100 men ; and on the following day he captured, 
 alone, the Invincible of 16 guns and 60 men. During 
 the operations against New Orleans he landed as 
 senior officer of the naval brigade, and was highly 
 spoken of for his conduct, particularly for the as- 
 sistance he afforded the troops in throwing up bat- 
 teries and getting the guns in.f From 15 April, 
 1831, until superseded in Oct. 1832, he commanded 
 the Stau 46, on particular service ; in April, 1835, 
 he obtained a seat at the Board of Admiralty ; and 
 on resigning that appointment he assumed com- 
 mand, 23 Aug. 1841, of the Formidable 84, fitting 
 for the Mediterranean. He was advanced to Flag- 
 rank 23 Nov. following; and has since been on 
 half-pay. He had been nominated a C.B. 20 July, 
 1838, 
 
 Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, who is a Deputy- 
 liieutenant for co. Haddington, was returned to 
 Parliament in 1831 as Member for Sandwich — a 
 place he still represents. From 30 June, 1831, 
 until promoted to his present rank, he had filled 
 the post of Naval Aide-de-Camp to his late and 
 Her present Majesty. He married, 18 Oct. 1810, 
 Anna Maria, daughter of Admiral Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Forrester Inglis Cochrane, G.C.B., sister of Kear- 
 Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, K.CB,, and cousin of 
 Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G,C,B., by 
 vfhom he has issue. Agent— John P. Muspratt. 
 
 TROUGHTON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 12; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 Joseph Troughton was born 13 June, 1791, at 
 Bath. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 June, 1804, as 
 Clerk, on board the Princess Adgusta yacht, Capt. 
 Edw. Jas. Foote, under whom he was for 15 months 
 employed chiefly in attendance upon George III. off 
 Weymouth. In Jan. 1806 he was received as Fst.- 
 
 cl. Vol, on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Eobt. Camp- 
 bell ; and while in that ship, in which he continued 
 until transferred as Midshipman, in Nov. 1809, to 
 the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Kowley, he assisted in 
 blockading the Texel, united, in 1807, in the siege 
 of Copenhagen, and (on her being extricated from 
 a mass of ice in which she had been blocked up dur- 
 ing the whole winter) was present, 22 March, 1808, 
 in company with the Stately 64, at the capture 
 and destruction, on the coast of Zealand, of the 
 Danish 74-guu ship Prindts Christian, Frederic, after 
 a running-fight of great length and obstinacy, in 
 which the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 16 wounded. He also made a voyage to St. 
 Hele&a. In the Eagle he co-operated in the de- 
 fence of Cadiz ; and on proceeding in her to the 
 Adriatic saw much boat-service, and contributed to 
 the reduction of the towns of Flume, Trieste, and 
 others, on the coast of Istria. On leaving the 
 Eagle he joined, in May, 1814, for rather more 
 than five months, the Koyal Charlotte yacht, 
 Capts, Thos, Eyles and Geo. Scott. In the follow- 
 ing Nov. he was received on board the Namur 74, 
 bearing the flag at Sheerness of his former Captain, 
 then Bear- Admiral Sir Chas, Eowley ; he was pre- 
 sented, in March, 1815, with a commission bearing 
 date 7 of the preceding Feb. ; and he was next, 
 from May to Sept. of the same year, and from 7 
 Feb. 1817 until he invalided 28 Jan. 1818, employed 
 in the Channel in the Forth 40, Capt. Sir Wm. 
 Bolton, and in the West Indies in the Shearwater 
 10, commanded in succession by Capt. Edw. Rod- 
 ney, by himself as Acting-Commander, and by 
 Capt. Douglas Cox. Capt. Rodney, all the medical 
 officers, and part of the crew, were carried off by 
 yellow fever; and Mr. Troughton himself was 
 thrice attacked before he could be prevailed upon 
 to invalid. Since the date last mentioned he has 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 TROUGHTON. (Lieutenant, 1815. r-P., 7; 
 H-p,, 30.) 
 
 Nicholas Tkoughton died in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 Aug. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Chas. Paget, John Nash, Chas. Philip Butler Bate- 
 man, and Stewart ; in which ship he served with 
 the Channel fleet, assisted at the capture of the 
 Vengeur French lugger of 16 guns and 78 men, and 
 was for a long time employed, under the flag of 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, at the defence of Cadiz. 
 In Nov. 1812 (he had attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman in Sept. 1810) he removed to the Sdpebb 
 74, commanded by his former Captain, Paget, under 
 whom, after contributing to the capture, in the Bay 
 of Biscay, of, besides other vessels, the American 
 brig Star of 6 guns and 35 men, and letter-of-marque 
 Viper, of similar force, he visited the coast of Africa, 
 the West Indies, and the shores of South and North 
 America. While on the latter station he was em- 
 ployed against New York, New London, and New 
 Bedford. He continued in the Sopekb (latterly 
 the flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham on the 
 coast of France) until 12 May, 1815; he then took 
 up a commission dated 4 March preceding. He 
 did not afterwards go afloat. He had while be- 
 longing to the Superb acted for a short time as 
 Lieutenant. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 • VideGa.^. 1807, p. 422. 
 
 t f. Gaz. 1815, p. 441. 
 
 TROUNSELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 26; h-p., 17.) 
 George Patey Trounsell was born in June 
 1793. ' 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Deo. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hibernia 120, Capt. 
 Wm. Bedford, successive flag-ship, in the Channel, 
 ofi' Lisbon, and in the Mediterranean, of Lord Gard- 
 ner, Earl St. Vincent, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and 
 Sir Chas, Cotton; the latter of whom he followed, in 
 May, 1810, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained 
 in Feb. 1806), into the San Josef 110. While at- 
 tached to the Hibernia he witnessed the flight of 
 the Royal House of Braganza to the Brazils, the 
 landing of the British army in Portugal, and the 
 
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 TRUPPO— TRUSCOTT— TEYON-TUCKER. 
 
 Burrender of the Russian fleet in the Tagus; he 
 united, too, in Oct. 1809, in the pursuit which led to 
 the self-destruction, near Cape Cette, of the ships- 
 of-the-line Robuste and Lion ; and, besides serving 
 at the blockade of Toulon, he aided in rescuing two 
 Spanish first-rates from the French at Carthagena, 
 and in conducting them in safety to Cadiz. In the 
 San Josef Mr. Trounsell continued employed on 
 the Mediterranean and Channel stations, latterly 
 under the flag of Lord Keith, until Feb. 1813. He 
 then removed with his Lordship to the Queen 
 Charlotte 100; and from the followmg April 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Feb. 
 1815, he served with Capt. James Galloway in the 
 Despatch 18, and with Capts. John Campbell and 
 Dowell O'Reilly in the Sparrow 16 and Lyra 10. 
 In 1812-13 he took part in a variety of operations 
 on the north coast of Spain, including the siege of 
 St. Sebastian. He was likewise, in the early part of 
 1814, present when the flotilla under Rear-Admiral 
 Chas. Vinicombe Penrose crossed the bar at the 
 mouth of the Adour. After having spent nine 
 years in the merchant seryice he procured, in 1828, 
 an appointment in the Coast Guard. He com- 
 manded next, from 1 July, 1830, until June, 1833, 
 the Fox Revenue-cutter of 86 tons and 20 men ; and 
 from 6 Sept. in the latter year until the end of 1843 
 he was again employed in the Coast Guard. Dur- 
 ing his command of the Fox he detained and 
 brought into Plymouth the Java Dutch Indiaman, 
 of 800 tons, 6 nine-pounders, and 33 men. He re- 
 ceived a medal from the King of the French, and a 
 letter of thanks from the Russian Ambassador for 
 services rendered by him to vessels wrecked on the 
 coast of Cornwall; and he obtained the acknow- 
 ledgments of the magistrates of that county for the 
 protection he afforded to property during the com 
 riots. 
 
 TKUPPO. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 James Trdppo died in 1845. 
 
 This ofttcer entered the Navy 31 Aug. 1808 ; 
 passed his examination in 1814 ; obtained his com- 
 mission 10 Jan. 1825 ; served in the Coast Blockade 
 as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot, from 12 June, 1826, until about 
 the end of 1829 ; and from 8 March, 1834, until the 
 period of his death, was employed in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 Exeter; and secondly, in 1833, Eliza Jope, youngest 
 daughter of K. J. Kinsman, Esq^., of Fahnouth. 
 
 TRYON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 31.) 
 
 HENRy Tryon entered the Navy, 14 Jan. 1809, as 
 Ordinary, on board the SiRius 36, Capt. Sam. Pym. 
 Under that officer he assisted at the capture, in 
 Sept. 1809, of the town of St. Paul's, He de Bour- 
 bon, together with all the shipping in the harbour, 
 consisting of La Carolme French frigate, two prize 
 Indiamen, and a brig-of-war. He contributed also, 
 in July, 1810, to the reduction of the He de Bour- 
 bon itself ; and in the following month he took part, 
 as Midshipman, in a series of valorous, but unsuc- 
 cessful operations which, by the 28th, terminated in 
 the self-destruction, in PortSud-Est, Isle of France, 
 of the SiRius and Magicienne 36's, and the capture, 
 by a powerful French squadron, of the Nereide 
 and Iphigenia frigates. In the following Dec, hav- 
 ing been exchanged, he was afforded, on board the 
 Bombay Anne, an opportunity of aiding at the con- 
 quest of the Mauritius. On his return to England 
 in La Manclie, one of the prizes there taken, he 
 joined, in May, 181 1, the Havannah 36, Capts. Hon. 
 Geo. Cadogan, Edw. Reynolds Sibly, and Gawen 
 "Wm. Hamilton ; employed at first^in the Channel 
 and subsequently in the Adriatic and on the coast 
 of North America. In the Adriatic he saw much 
 active service, was wounded at the cutting-out of . 
 some vessels off'Tremiti, and obtained a gold medal 
 from the Austrian Government for his conduct at 
 the capture, after an investment of 13 days, of the 
 strong fortress of Zara, mounting 1 10 guns, 7 large 
 mortars, and 11 hovritzers, and garrisoned by 2000 
 veteran troops under the command of Baron Roise. 
 While on the American station he was present in 
 the attack upon Baltimore, and was again, in Dec. 
 1814, wounded and taken prisoner in a cutting-out 
 affair on the river Potomac. He regained his liberty 
 at the peace ; and on 18 March, 1815, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. From 6 Sept. until 14 
 Nov. 1837 he officiated as Admiralty-Agent on 
 board a contract mail steam-vessel. With the ex- 
 ception of that short interval he has not been afloat 
 since the war. 
 The Lieutenant is married and has issue. 
 
 TRUSCOTT. (Retieed Captain, 1845.) 
 
 George Trdscott is sixth son of the late Rear- 
 Admiral Wm. Truscott. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1793, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Ganges 74, commanded by his 
 father on the West India station. From 1794 until 
 1796 he served with Capts. Thos. Louis and Francis 
 Pender in the Mediterranean on board the Mino- 
 taur 74 and St. Albans 64; and from 1799 until 
 June, 1806, he was employed, again in the West 
 Indies, and also in the Channel, the greater part of 
 the time as Midshipman, in the Mars 74, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Formidable 98, 
 Capt. Rich. Grindall, Trent frigate, Capt. Jas. 
 Katon, Prince 98, Capt. R. Grindall, and Cocea- 
 GEUX 74, Capts. Boyle, Rich. Lee, and Jas. Bissett. 
 In the ship last mentioned, of which he was created 
 a Lieutenant 28 Feb. 1805, he fought in Sir Rich. 
 Strachan's action. From Aug. 1807 until promoted 
 to the rank of Commander 21 March, 1812, he was 
 stationed in the Mediterranean and Channel in the 
 Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. NiooU Morris, Neptune 98, 
 Capt. Payne, and, as First-Lieutenant, in the Dryad 
 36, Capt. Edw. Galwey. In 1812 he was employed 
 at the different Arsenals ; and from 6 Dec. 1813 
 until 1815 he commanded the Havoc sloop, on the 
 North Sea, Channel, and American stations. He 
 accepted his present rank 1 Feb. 1845. 
 
 While serving in 1811 in the Dryad, Capt. Trus- 
 cott invented the Force Pump, by which fresh water 
 is now obtained from the hold without disturbing 
 its stowage. He married, first, 29 Nov. 1820, the 
 only daughter of the late Michael Stritch, Esq., of 
 
 TRYON. (Captain, 1847.) 
 
 Robert Tryon is fourth son of the late T. Tryon, 
 Esq., of Bulwick Park, Northamptonshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 July, 1824; passed 
 his examination in 1830 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 28 Aug. 1834 ; and was appointed — 3 Sept. fol- 
 lowing, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Thalia 46, 
 hearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Patrick Campbell 
 at the Cape of Good Hope — 19 Jan. 1835, to the 
 Tkinculo 16, Capts. Jas. Rich. Booth and Henry 
 Joseph Paget, on the same station — 1 1 Feb. 1836, 
 again to the Thalia, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear- 
 Admiral Campbell, with whom he returned to Eng- 
 land in 1838— and 23 Feb. 1839, to the Royal 
 George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. 
 He attained the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841 ; 
 served in that capacity in the Mdtine 12, in the 
 Mediterranean from 29 Sept. 1846 until advanced 
 to his present rank 27 Oct. 1847 ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Tryon married, 9 Dec. 1840, Henrietta, 
 youngest daughter of Rear-Admiral Jas. Prevost. 
 He was left a widower 1 Aug. 1848. 
 
 TUCKER, K.C.B. (Reab-Admiral of the 
 Red, 1841. F-p., 22; H-P., 34.) 
 
 Sir Edward Tucker entered the Navy, 2 May, 
 1791, as Captain's Servant, on board the Aquilon 
 32, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford, stationed in the 
 Mediterranean. In Dec. 1793 he removed as Mid- 
 shipman (he had already attained that rating) to 
 the Adventure 44, Capt. Edw. Buller ; under 
 whom, after serving for upwards of 12 months 
 on the coast of North America, he proceeded in 
 the Crescent frigate to the Cape of Good Hope ; 
 
TUCKER. 
 
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 where he became Master's Mate, in Aug. 1796, of 
 the MoNAKCH 74, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Keith Elphin- 
 stone, and where, from the following Sept. until his 
 return to England in 1802, he officiated as Acting- 
 Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 21 
 May, 1799) in the Sceptre 74, Capts. Thos. Alex- 
 ander and Valentine Edwards, Kattlesnake 16 
 and Jupiter 50, both commanded by Capt. Wm. 
 Granger, Lancaster 64, flag-ship of Sir Roger 
 Curtis, and Star sloop, Capt. Gardner. He was 
 present, in Aug. 1796, at the surrender of the Dutch 
 sciuadron in Saldanha Bay. In the course of 1803-4 
 he was appointed in succession to the Malta 80, 
 Capt. Edw. Buller, Galatea 32, Capt. Henry 
 Heathcote, Inspector, Capt. Henry Budd, EuRyA- 
 LDS 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, and Ciece 
 frigate, Capt. Jonas Rose. In the ship last men- 
 tioned (the others were employed on the Home sta- 
 tion) he proceeded to the West Indies ; where he 
 was made Commander, 22 Jan. 1806, into L'Eper- 
 YIEK sloop. Attaining Post-rank 23 March, 1807, 
 he was appointed, 1 Sept. following, to the Dover 
 38, and ordered to the East Indies. Towards the 
 close of 1809, being still on that station, he was in- 
 trusted by the Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral 
 "Wm. O'Brien Drury, with the charge of an expedi- 
 tion,* having for its object an attack upon the Mo- 
 luccas. Soon after his arrival on the coast of Java 
 he made prize, with his own ship and her boats, of 
 two brigs, two sloops, one war-junk, and 15 proas, 
 carrying altogether 50 guns, 4 six-inch swivels, and 
 380 men ; and on 6 Feb. 1810 he took, at the end of 
 a chase of five hours, and in spite of some opposi- 
 tion, the Dutch brigs-of-war Remhang of 18 long six- 
 pounders and 100 men, and Hope of 10 guns and 68 
 men. On 17 of the same month the whole of the 
 important island of Amboyna surrendered to the 
 force under Capt. Tucker, although defended by 
 numerous strong batteries, mounting in the whole 
 between 200 and 300 pieces of cannon, and by 130 
 European and upwards of 1000 Javanese and Ma- 
 durese troops, exclusive of the Dutch inhabitants 
 and burghers, and of 220 officers and seamen, many 
 of them Europeans, lately belonging to three ves- 
 sels which had been sunk in the harbour. ■)• The 
 forts and batteries were nevertheless captured, and 
 the colony, as stated, subdued by a comparative 
 handful of men landed from the three ships, 
 amounting in all to not more than 401 troops, sea- 
 men, and marines, under the personal direction of 
 Capt. -Major Henry Court, of the E. I. Co.'s ser- 
 vice. J The success of the British against Amboyna 
 led to the almost immediate surrender, without re- 
 sistance or bloodshed, of the valuable islands of 
 Saparoua, Harouka, Nasso Laut, Bouro, and Ma- 
 nippa. About the same period Capt. Tucker cap- 
 tured two large ships, a brig, and a ketch, from 
 Souroubaya, richly laden with supplies of every 
 kind for the governments of Amboyna, Banda, and 
 Ternate. His squadron, between 5 March and 29 
 April following, took, further, one ship, six brigs, 
 and four sloops, all armed, and laden with supplies 
 for Ternate, Bandon, &c. Capt. Spencer, also, of 
 the Samarang, made a successful attack upon the 
 fort of Pulo-Ay, whence he removed the garrison, 
 ordnance, and public property. Having sent the 
 prisoners taken at Amboyna and the other islands 
 to Java, Capt. Tucker proceeded to Gorontello, on 
 the north-east part of Celebes, where he induced 
 the Sultan and his two sons, in whose hands the 
 whole settlements had been invested for the Dutch 
 East India Company, to haul down the Batavian 
 and substitute the British flag. On arriving next 
 at Manado he sent a summons to the Governor of 
 
 * Consisting, with the Dover, of the Coknwallis 44, 
 Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, and Samabanq 18, Capt. 
 Rich. Spencer. The Cor.vwallis did not join until 9 Feb. 
 ISIO. 
 
 + The Mindurese of 12 guns (afterwards weighed by the 
 British), San Pan cutter of 10 guns, and a cutter, name un- 
 known, of 12 guns. 
 
 X The courage and sound judgment displayed by Capt. 
 Tucker in the operations he conducted against Amboyna were 
 warmly praised by Rear-Admiral Dnu-y. — Vide Gaz. 1810, 
 p. 1481. 
 
 Fort Amsterdam, who, although he possessed de- 
 fences which mounted 3 12-pounders, 5 8-pounders, 
 10 6's, and 32 pieces of smaller calibre, instantly 
 accepted the terms proposed to him— 102 Dutch 
 officers and soldiers and 11 seamen laying down 
 their arms. With Manado fell its dependencies, 
 the ports of Kemar, Le Copang, Amerang, and 
 Tawangwoo. At these places were found supplies 
 on the eve of being shipped off for Banda— a cir- 
 cumstance which rendered their capture the more 
 important.* Capt. Tucker continued to hold the 
 conquests he had made, notwithstanding the slender 
 force at his command, until the arrival, some months 
 afterwards, of reinforcements from India. He then 
 returned to Madras, without having sustained a 
 single loss from sickness, and with his ship in so 
 complete a state that he immediately volunteered to 
 accompany the expedition then about to proceed i;o 
 Batavia. Circumstances, however, prevented his 
 doing so. He left the Dover in April, 1811 (she 
 was wrecked 2 May following, while under the tem- 
 ; porary command of Lieut. Chas. Jefferis) ; and he 
 was afterwards appointed — 13 Oct. 1812, to the Sur- 
 veillante 38, on the north coast of Spain — and in 
 the early part of 1813, to the Cornwall 74 and In- 
 constant 36. In the latter ship, which he paid off 
 in Aug. 1815, he made a voyage to Buenos Ayres. 
 He was Knighted for his services 6 May, 1813, and 
 nominated a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815. His promotion to 
 Flag-rank took place 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 He married, in Feb. 1817, a sister of the present 
 Capt. Sir Henry John Leeke, R.N., Kt., K.H. 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 TUCKER. (Captaik, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 14.) 
 John Jervis Tucker is second son of the late 
 Benj. Tucker, Esq., of Trematon Castle, Cornwall. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1815, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capt. 
 Nash, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth 
 at Plymouth, where he removed in the following 
 month to the Sdpeeb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins. Be 
 served next, from March, 1816, until Aug. 1817, in 
 the Pactolus 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, on the 
 coast of North America ; he then joined in succes- 
 sion, for a brief period, the Prince Regent and 
 Royal George yachts, Capts. Sir Edw. Hamilton 
 and Hon. Chas. Paget; and he was afterwards, be- 
 tween Oct. 1817 and the date of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 12 Sept. 1822, employed in 
 the Favorite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, Glas- 
 gow 50, Capts. Hon. Anthony ]\Iaitland and Ben- 
 tinck Cavendish Doyle, Camelion 10, Capt. Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, and Apollo and Royal George 
 yachts, both commanded by his former Captain, 
 Paget. The Favorite was stationed for three years 
 at St. Helena, in South America, and at Newfound- 
 land ; the Glasgow, for eight months, in the Medi- 
 terranean and at Portsmouth ; and the Camelion 
 and Apollo also at Portsmouth. In the Royal 
 George Mr. Tucker accompanied George IV. on 
 his visit to Scotland. Being appointed, 17 March, 
 1823, to the Thetis 46, Capt. Sir John Phillimore, 
 he sailed in the ensuing Oct. for Mexico with the 
 Commissioners deputed to inquire into the political 
 state of that country. In May, 1824, having re- 
 turned to Plymouth with specie from the Havana, 
 the Thetis was ordered to Cape Coast Castle with 
 supplies and a detachment of the Royal African 
 corps. On her arrival her officers and crew became 
 involved in the war raging with the Ashantees, 
 whom, on 11 July in the same year, they assisted 
 in totally routing. Continuing in the Thetis until 
 paid off in Nov. 1826, Mr. Tucker was present in 
 her in a variety of experimental cruizes, and was 
 engaged in escorting different diplomatic person- 
 ages to Naples, Constantinople, and South America. 
 He attained the rank of Commander 15 June, 1827 • 
 served in that capacity in the Semiramis 24, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir C. Paget at Cork, from 5 July, 
 1828, until 1831 ; was advanced to his present rank 
 28 June, 1838 ; and from 26 May, 1841, until paid 
 • Fide Gaz. 1811, p. 497. 
 
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 TUCKER. 
 
 off in 1845, was employed in the Dublin 50, as Flag- 
 Captain to Bear- Admiral Kich. Thomas, in the 
 Pacific. 
 
 Capt. Tucker married, 16 Oct. 1830, Sabine Ann, 
 second daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Jas. 
 Young, of Barton End, co. Gloucester, by whom he 
 has issue. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 TUCKER. (Eetiked Captain, 1840. r-P., 23 ; 
 H-p., 46.) 
 
 EoEEKT Tdckek was born 6 Feb. 1769, at Devon- 
 port, and died 12 Jan. 1846, at Portsea. Three of 
 his brothers were in the Naval service. 
 
 This ofiBcer entered the Navy, 24 March, 1777, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Bovne 98, Capt., 
 afterwards Admiral, Herbert Sawyer, in which ship 
 and the Three Brothers, hired armed vessel, Capt. 
 Thos. Hawker, he was for five years and four 
 months employed in the Channel. He served next, 
 from Sept. 1785 until Deo. 1788, and from May, 
 1789, until April, 1790, in the Weazle sloop, Capt. 
 Sam. Hood, and Pegasus 28, commanded by the 
 late Sir Herbert Sawyer, both on the North Ame- 
 rican station ; and during the five following years, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the West 
 India, Channel, and Mediterranean stations, in 
 the JoNO 32, Capt. S. Hood, Diana 38, Capt. 
 Thos. Maonamara Eussell, Dover 44, armee-en-flute, 
 Lieut.-Commander Drummond, Vengeance 74, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Kich, Discovery navy-transport, 
 Master-Commander John Pennell, Berwick 74, 
 Capts. Sir John Collins, Wm. Shield, Geo. Camp- 
 bell, Wm. Smith, and Adam Littlejohn, and Bri- 
 tannia 100, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Wm. 
 Hotham. In the ship last mentioned he was present 
 in the partial action with the French fleet off Genoa 
 14 March, 1795. He was made Lieutenant, on 31 
 of the same month, into the Courageux 74, Capts. 
 Augustus Montgomery and Benj. Hallowell, part of 
 the force engaged in Hotham's second partial action 
 13 July, 1795;*' and he was subsequently appointed 
 —11 Dec. 1796, to the Victorv 100, flag-ship of Sir 
 John Jervis, under whom he took part, we believe, 
 in the battle fought off Cape St. Vincent — 18 Feb. 
 1797 (for the purpose of assisting in navigating her 
 to England), to the San Josee 110, one of the prizes 
 taken on the latter occasion— 27 Dec. following, to 
 the Saturn 74, Capts. Jas. Wallis and Thos. Totty, 
 stationed in the Channel — and, in the course of 
 1801, to the Invincible and Zealous 74's, and again 
 to the Saturn, bearing each the flag of his former 
 Captain, then Eear-Admiral, Totty. On 16 March, 
 1801, the Invincible, with about 490 of her oflioers 
 and crew, was lost near Yarmouth. Among the 
 saved were Rear- Admiral Totty and Lieuts. Tucker 
 and Quash — the two latter of whom were the fortu- 
 nate means of preserving the lives of 120 persons 
 out of 198, the total number rescued. In 1802, 
 having accompanied Rear-Admiral Totty in the 
 Saturn to the West Indies, Mr. Tucker was there 
 appointed in succession Acting-Captain of the Ex- 
 cellent 74, Commodore Hon. Robt. Stopford, and 
 Acting-Commander of the Hornet and Surinam 
 sloops. In the Surinam he was sent by Commodore 
 Sara. Hood to demand the liberation of two British 
 officers who had imprudently placed themselves in 
 the power of the brigands at St. Domingo, although 
 instant death was the declared fate of every white 
 person who should venture to land within the space 
 under their jurisdiction. Having, at the risk of his 
 life, and by the aid of many presents, ascertained 
 that one of the olficers had been executed, and that 
 the other had escaped to Port-au-Prince, he pro- 
 ceeded from the neighbourhood of Gonaves to J ac- 
 me], and there rendered such material assistance to 
 the besieged French garrison that he obtained the 
 most handsome letters of thanks from the Com- 
 mandant and the principal inhabitants. In 1803, 
 
 * He was constantly employed in the boats of the ConHA- 
 GEux, in attacking tlie coasting trade to the westward of 
 Toulon, sliirmishing with gun-boats, and obtaining informa- 
 tion from the shore. He succeeded on several occasions in 
 capturing and destroying vessels close to batteries. 
 
 while the Surinam was repairing in the harbour of 
 St. Ann, Cura9oa, a report reached that island of a 
 renewal of hostilities between Great Britain and 
 Holland. There being no possibility of escape, Capt. 
 Tucker employed himself in taking plans of the 
 Dutch forts and batteries, and in ascertaining the 
 disposition of tlie inhabitants of St. Ann. The in- 
 formation he acquired he transmitted both to Sir 
 John Duckworth, the Commander-in-Chief, and 
 Commodore Hood, who, in return, acquainted him 
 that as soon as troops could be spared an expedition 
 would be sent against Cura9oa, His last despatches 
 being treacherously delivered into the hands of the 
 ,Dutch Governor, his ship was forthwith seized, and 
 he himself confined in a room over the soldiers' 
 barrack, the windows of which were level with a 
 rampart, and watched by two sentinels. Several 
 shot, while he was here, were fired into his room ; 
 and he was actually told, from a confidential quarter, 
 that, if not on his guard, an attempt would be made 
 to poison him. On one occasion he was threatened 
 with imprisonment in a dungeon, and was, indeed, 
 placed in one for several hours, because he refused 
 to divulge the names of the inhabitants through 
 whose hands he still continued to send and receive 
 letters. At the end of four months he was allowed 
 to proceed with his of&cers (the men had been sent 
 to Jamaica) to Barbadoes, whence, as there was no 
 man-of-war there, he released, on his own respon- 
 sibility, nine Dutch clergymen in exchange. He 
 was ultimately acquitted by court-martial of all 
 blame on account of the loss of the Surinam.* He 
 was officially promoted to the rank of Commander 
 21 March, 1804 ; but did not afterwards go afioat. 
 He was placed on the list of Retired Captains 10 
 Sept. 1840. 
 
 Capt. Tucker married Miss Mary Foott, the 
 daughter of a foreman in Portsmouth Dockyard, 
 by whom he has left issue five children. Agents — 
 Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 TUCKER. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 26; h-p., 18.) 
 
 Robert Tucker entered the Navy, 20 March, 
 1803, as Purser's Steward, on board the Fairy sloop, 
 Capts. Lord Wm. FitzEoy and Geo. Adey Creyke. 
 In that vessel he was at first employed off Weymouth, 
 and next in the West Indies. In Aug 1805 and 
 Feb. 1806 he joined in succession, as ordinary sea- 
 man, the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Ste- 
 phens, and Gibraltar 80, Capts. Wm. Lukin, Wil- 
 loughby 'Thos. Lake, John Halliday, Henry Lidg- 
 bird Ball, Robt. Plampin, and Geo. Scott, both on 
 the Channel station, where he continued employed 
 in the latter ship as A.B., Coxswain, Acting-Gunner, 
 Quartermaster, Midshipman, and INlaster's Mate, 
 until Feb. 1812. He was placed on the quai'ter-deck 
 as a reward for the conduct he displayed, 11 April, 
 1809, in Lord Cochrane's attack upon the French 
 shipping in Aix Roads, on which occasion he was 
 on board a fire-vessel commanded by the present 
 Capt. John Cookesley, and aided in causing two of 
 the enemy's hne-of-battle ships, La Vilie de Varsovie 
 and UAquilojij to cut their cables and run on shore, 
 where they were soon afterwards destroyed. From 
 Feb. 1812 until presented, in Sept. 1815, with a 
 commission dated 3 Feb. preceding, he served in 
 the Mediterranean, at Plymouth, and on the coast 
 of Africa, as Master's Mate, in the Ocean 98, Capt. 
 Robt. Plampin, Salvador del JIundo, Capt. Hall, 
 and Ulysses 44, Capt. Thos. Browne. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— in the early part of 1823, 
 for several months, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane at Plymouth— 15 Oct. 
 1825 and 19 Feb. 1830, as Supernumerary-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Ramillies and Talaveka 74's, Coast- 
 Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh 
 Pigot, under whom he remained until the com- 
 mencement of 1831—26 Sept. 1836 and 1 July, 1838, 
 to the Brune 22 and Poictiers 72, guard-ships at 
 Chatham, each commanded by Capt. J ohn Clavell 
 
 • A very erroneous account of the Surin.*m's capture is 
 given by Mr. James in his ' Naval History.' The above is the 
 true versio . 
 
TUCKER. 
 
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 — 1 Feb. 1841, after about nine months of half-pay, 
 to the OoEAM 80, Capts. Sir John Hill and Peter 
 Fisher, guard-ship at Sheemess, -where he remained 
 three years— and, 2 Oct. 1846, again to the Poic- 
 TiERS, of which ship, commanded by Sir Thos. 
 Bourchier, he is now First-Lieutenant. Agests — 
 Messrs. Stilw.ell. 
 
 TUCKEE,C.B. (Rear- Admiral, 1846. f-p.,22; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Tddob Tucker, bom 29 June, 1775, is 
 third son, by Frances, eldest daughter of his Excel- 
 lency Geo. Bruere, Governor of the Bermudas, of 
 Henry Tucker, Esq., many years President of the 
 Council, Treasurer and Secretary, and at times Act- 
 ing-Governor of those islands. One of his brothers, 
 Henry St. George, is a Director of the Hon. E. I. Co. ; 
 a second, George, a Lieut.-Colonel in the Army and 
 Assistant-Adjutant-General under Sir Arthur Wel- 
 lesley (now Duke of Wellington), perished in the 
 Primrose 18, Capt. Jas. Mein, on his passage back 
 to Portugal, after a short leave of absence, 22 Jan. 
 1809; a third, John G. P., also a Meut. -Colonel in 
 the Army, has served in India, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, at Monte Video, in Canada, and in France ; 
 a fourth, Nathaniel B., a Captain in the Army and 
 Brigade-Major to Sir Miles Nightingale, shared the 
 fate of his brother George in the Primrose ; a fifth, 
 William, a Lieut.-Colonel in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s 
 service and Deputy-Quartermaster-General at the 
 Presidency of Bombay, died at sea while returning 
 home on leave of absence in 1826 ; a sixth, Charlton 
 B., a Major in the Army, formerly of the 24:th 
 Dragoons, and late of the 3rd, or King's Own, Regt. 
 of Light Dragoons, served as aide-de-camp to Sir 
 M. Nightingale when Commander-in-Chief of the 
 array at Bombay ; and a seventh, Richard A., at 
 one time Chief-Justice at Newfoundland, is now in 
 the Registrar's office at Toronto, in Canada. 
 
 This officer (he had previously, as a Midshipman 
 in the E. I. Co.'s service, made one voyage to China 
 and another to Bombay) entered the Navy, towards 
 the close of 1793, as Master's Mate, on board the 
 Argo 44, Capt. Wm. Clark, about at the time to 
 sail from the Nore for the purpose of aifording pro- 
 tection to the homeward-bound Baltic trade. In 
 the early part of 1795 he joined in succession the 
 Jason 38, Capt. Chas. Stirling, and Sampson 64 
 and ViCTORioos 74, both commanded by his former 
 Captain, Clark, with whom, in the latter ship, he 
 sailed foi? the Cape of Good Hope. During the 
 operations which led to the reduction of that colony 
 he was employed with the naval brigade landed to 
 co-operate with the troops under Major-General 
 Craig. At the commencement of 1796, soon after 
 he had been removed to the Monarch 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Geo. Keith Elphinstone, Mr. Tucker (whose 
 time in the Company's service was allowed by the 
 Commander-in-Chief, as a mark of extraordinary 
 favour, to count as if it had been served on board a 
 King's ship), passed his examination ; and on 21 
 March and 19 Nov. in the same year, and 19 Feb. 
 1797 and 16 June, 1799, he was nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the SuFFoiiK 74, bearing the flag of 
 Keai'-Admiral Peter Bainier, Swirr sloop, Capt. 
 Thos. Hayward, Victoriods, Capt. Clark, and Scep- 
 tke 64, Capt. Valentine Edwards, all on the East 
 India station. In the Swift he performed the du- 
 ties of First-Lieutenant; and while in the Sceptre, 
 which ship the state of his health had obliged him 
 to join for a passage home, lie commanded her boats, 
 and obtained the warmest thanks of his Captain for 
 his conduct, at the capture and destruction, 19 Sept. 
 1799, of L' Eclair French brig-privateer, mounting 
 12 guns, with a complement of 83 men, moored 
 close to the shore, within a reef of rocks, at the 
 island of Rodriguez.* The Sceptre being lost 5 
 Nov. following, in Table Bay, with about 290 of her 
 officers and crew, Mr. Tucker, who was fortunately 
 at the time on shore, was under the necessity of 
 returning to England at his own expense, although 
 .charged with the despatches of Sir Geo. Tonge, 
 * Fide Gaz. 1800, p. 69. 
 
 Governor of the Cape. On his arrival in London, 
 in May, 1800, he found himself obliged to pass a, 
 second examination at Somerset Place, the Admi- 
 ralty having refused to make allowance for the time 
 he had served at sea before entering the Navy. 
 As soon, however, as he had done so he was, on 
 20 of the same month, made Lieutenant into the 
 Prince George 98, Capt. Jas. Walker, in which 
 ship and the Prince 98, commanded by the same 
 officer and by Lord Northesk, he continued em- 
 ployed in the Channel until the peace of Amiens. 
 While over-exerting himself in the performance of 
 his duty on board the Prince he unfortunately re- 
 ceived a rupture. His next appointment was, 29 
 June, 1803, to the NoRTHnMBERLAND 74, Capt., 
 afterwards Kear-Admiral, Hon. Alex Cochrane, 
 stationed at first off Ferrol and then in the West 
 Indies. On 6 May, 1805, being on his passage in 
 the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardy- 
 man, with despatches for Sir John Borlase Warren, 
 he took command, as a volunteer, of one of four 
 boats belonging to that frigate, and assisted at the 
 capture, near St. Domingo, after a pull of many 
 hours and in the face of a strong opposition, of 
 the Tape-a-bord French privateer, mounting 4 six- 
 pounders, with a complement of 46 well-armed men. 
 Having rejoined the Northdmbeki-and, Mr. Tucker 
 was present in her, 6 Feb. 1806, in Sir John Duck- 
 worth's action. On 11 March and 2 April following 
 he was nominated Acting-Commander of the Dol- 
 phin 44 and Dakt sloop. He was _ subsequently 
 again placed under Sir A. Cochrane in the Belle- 
 isle 74; and on 15 Feb. 1808, after he had afresh 
 acted as Commander in the Cdbiecx sloop, he was 
 officially promoted to that rank. In the ensuing 
 April he was appointed to the Epervieb 16, and in 
 her he was present with a small squadron under the 
 command of Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier in a suc- 
 cessful attack made in Dec. of the same year upon 
 a French brig of war, Le Cigne, and two schooners, 
 protected by several batteries between Pearl Rock 
 and the town of St. Pierre, Martinique. In Feb. 
 1809 we find Capt. Tucker, who had removed to 
 the Cherub 18, co-operating in the reduction of 
 the latter island. While attached, next, to a squad- 
 ron under the orders of Capt. Philip Beaver he 
 volunteered, aided by the Julia brig, Capt. Wm. 
 Dowers, to board and bring out the two French 
 frigates Furieuse and Felicite from under a very 
 strong fort on the high land commanding the an- 
 chorage at Basse-terre, Guadeloupe. In his effort, 
 however, to enter the roadstead and carry this noble 
 enterprise into execution he was thwarted. He had 
 received in passing the fire of two batteries, and 
 was indulging in the idea of being soon alongside 
 the enemy, when, to his mortification, the wind by 
 which he had been hitherto favoured died away. 
 Ordering, with great presence of mind, the helm to 
 be put hard a-starboard, he had just time, before 
 the Chebdb and Julia lost their way, to get out of 
 gun-shot of a third heavy battery, then just opening 
 upon them. So well pleased was Capt. Beaver, who 
 was an eye-witness of what occurred, at the prompti- 
 tude and tact with which Capt. Tucker extricated 
 himself and his consort from their perilous position, 
 that he declared that as much credit was due to 
 him as if he had actually brought the frigates out, 
 and promised to report his conduct accordingly. 
 The Furieuse and Felicite afterwards, on the night 
 of 14 June, 1809, effected their escape, but were 
 closely pursued by the Cherub, who maintained 
 the chase, latterly in company with the Latona 38, 
 Capt. Hugh Pigot, until the night of the 16th, when 
 she lost sight of them. In Feb. 1810 Capt. Tucker 
 contributed to the capture of Guadeloupe ; and on 
 1 Aug. 1811, so satisfied were the Lords of the Ad- 
 miralty with the report made by Sir Frfts. Laforey 
 (who had succeeded Sir Alex. Cochrane in the chief 
 command on the Leeward Islands station) of the 
 state in which his ship was kept, and of the disci- 
 pline of her crew, that they invested the Cherub 
 with the rating of a Post-ship, and re-appointed 
 him to her, with proportionate rank. He at length 
 at the end of Sept. 1812, returned home from the 
 
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 TUCKER— TUDOR. 
 
 West Indies in charge of a convoy of 96 sail ; and 
 in a little more than two months from that period, 
 having been ordered to refit for foreign service, he 
 was on his way to South America. During the time 
 that the Cherub had been in dock at Portsmouth, 
 her crew had been allowed a month's leave of 
 absence ; and although it was known that she was 
 going abroad, it is worthy of remark that, at the 
 time of her departure, not one of them was absent 
 from his duty. The fact that (notwithstanding 
 many of her people had been seven years in the 
 West Indies) it was found unnecessary to make ap- 
 plication for a single man to the flag-ship was 
 thought by the Port-Admiral, Sir Kich. Bickerton, 
 so rare, that he declared he would make an official 
 representation of it to the Board. Most of the 
 Epervier's officers, and all her crew, to the credit 
 of Capt. Tucker be it recorded, had volunteered to 
 follow him into the CHEBnB — and this, too, at a 
 time when their own vessel was on the point of 
 returning home. On 28 March, 1814, the Cheeub 
 was in company with the Ph(ebe of 46 guns and 
 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, at the-capture, off Val- 
 paraiso, of the United States frigate JSssex of 46 
 guns and 265 men. "My friend, Capt. Tucker," 
 says Capt. Hillyar, in the despatch he wrote on the 
 occasion, " an officer worthy of their Lordships' best 
 attention, was severely wounded * at the commence- 
 ment of the action, but remained on deck until it 
 terminated, using every exertion against the baf- 
 fling winds and occasional calms which followed 
 the heavy firing to close near the enemy. He in- 
 forms me that his officers and crew, of whose loyalty, 
 zeal, and discipline I entertain the highest opinion, 
 conducted themselves to his satisfaction. "+ While 
 engaged with the Essex the Chekub's larboard fore- 
 topsail sheet was shot away, but was replaced in 
 five minutes; several of her lower shrouds were 
 cut through, also the main topmast-stay, and most 
 of the running rigging; and three or four shot 
 struck her hull. 1 marine was killed, and 2 others, 
 in addition to her Captain, wounded. On her ar- 
 rival home, in Aug. 1815, with a fleet of merchant- 
 men from the Brazils, she was paid off. Capt. 
 Tucker's last appointments were, in Dec. 1815 and 
 Jan. 1816, to the Andromeda 22 and Comds 22, 
 both on the Home station. In the latter vessel he 
 remained five months. He was nominated a C.B. 
 4 July, 1840; and, from 19 Feb. 1842 until he ac- 
 cepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846, was in the 
 enjoyment of the Captain's good-service pension. 
 
 The Rear-Admiral married, 23 Jan. 1811, Anne 
 Byam Wyke, eldest daughter of Daniel Hill, Esq., 
 a merchant and landed proprietor in the island of 
 Antigua, by whom he has had issue two sons and 
 three daughters. His only surviving son, Tudor, 
 is a Lieutenant of Cavalry. Agents — Hallett and 
 Kobinson. 
 
 TUCKER. (Eetieed Commandeb, 1842. f-p., 
 22; H-p., 34.) 
 WiLUAM TncKEB entered the Navy, 27 June, 
 1791, as Midshipman, on board the Orestes sloop, 
 commanded by the late Sir Harry Burrard Neale ; 
 with whom he continued almost uninterruptedly 
 employed in the Aimable 32 and, as Master's Mate, 
 in the San Fiorenzo of 42 guns until some time in 
 the year 1798. He assisted, we believe, in the 
 AiMABfcE, at the capture of Bastia, in the island of 
 Corsica, and of the Moselle corvette of 18 guns; he 
 was in company, in the San Fiorenzo, with La 
 Nymphe 36, at the capture, 9 March, 1797, of La 
 Resistance of 48 and La Constance of 24 guns ; and 
 he was present in the same ship when, to her honour, 
 she passed uncontaminated through the mutinous 
 fleet at the Nore. After having for a short time 
 acted as Lieutenant in the Mars 74, he was con- 
 firmed to that rank, 18 Sept. 1798, in the Naiad 38, 
 Capt. Wm. Pierrepont ; in which ship, in company 
 at the time with others, ho aided, in Oct. 1799, in 
 taking the Spanish 34-gun frigates Santa Brigida 
 and Tlietis, laden with treasure to an enormous 
 * In totli legs. f Vide Gaz. 18U, p. 1485. 
 
 amount— his own share of which exceeded 5000/. 
 He left the Naiad in Dec. 1800; and was subse- 
 quently appointed— -1 May, 1801, for nearly 12 
 months, to the Centadr 74, Capt. Bendall liobt. 
 Littlehales, employed (as had been the San Fio- 
 renzo, Maes, and Naiad) on the Home station— 6 
 Feb. 1804, to the command of a Signal station— 24 
 May and 27 July, 1805, to the Orion 74 and Thetis 
 38, Capts. Edw. Codrington and Wm. Hall Gage, in 
 the latter of which ships he served in the North 
 Sea, Channel, and Mediterranean — and, we believe 
 in Dec. 1807, to the charge, which he retained until 
 Jan. 1816, of another Signal station. He was placed 
 on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 
 1830; and on the Senior 5 Jan. 1842. Agents— 
 Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 TUDOR. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 John Tudor entered the Navy 6 March, 1813 ; 
 passed his examination in 1819 ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 26 June, 1826, into the Britomaet 10, 
 Capt. Fred. Chamier, on the Jamaica station ; 
 whence he returned in a few months to England. 
 He was afterwards, from 9 Marc i, 1838, until Sept. 
 
 1841, employed at Liverpool in the Kedwing steam- 
 vessel, Capts. Edw. Chappell and Thos. Bevis ; and 
 for his services in command of the E. I. Co.'s war- 
 steamer Pluto at the capture of Woosung, Shanghae, 
 and Chin-Kiang-Foo, he was advanced, 23 Dec. 
 
 1842, to his present rank. He has since been on 
 half-pay. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 TUDOR. (Lieut., 1808. p-p., 12; h-p., 34.) 
 
 John Kelly Tudor was born 22 Dec. 1786, at 
 Rumsey, co. Hants, and died 4 May, 1845, at Walker 
 Cottage, near Tenby, co. Pembroke. His only 
 brother, William, formerly of the 24th Regt. of 
 Foot, was at the taking of the Cape of Good Hope, 
 and saw service in the Peninsula. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1799, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hdssar 38, Capt. Lord 
 Viscount Garlies ; whom, after cruizing on the coast 
 of Ireland, he followed as Midshipman, in Sept. 1801, 
 into the Bellerophon 74, employed at first off 
 Brest and next, under the command of Capt. John 
 Loring, in the West Indies; where he joined, in 
 May and Dec. 1803, the Desirbe 36, Capt. Chas. 
 Bayne Hodgson Ross, and Pelican sloop, Capts. 
 Henry Baker* and John Marshall. While belong- 
 ing to the latter vessel and in charge, with 7 men, 
 of a prize (the felucca privateer Fellcite) recently 
 captured by the Heeccle 74, flag-ship of Admiral 
 Dacres, he was singly, and for three or four hours, 
 engaged, near Cape Fran9ois, St. Domingo, in a 
 warm action with a large schooner, mounting 1 
 heavy gun amidships and 4 long 9-pounders, two 
 other schooners, each carrying 1 gun, and a felucca 
 — all manned by the blacks, who were irritated at 
 Capt. Baker having the day before brought off from 
 the shore, and rescued from their fury, several 
 French women and a few men. Mr. Tudor after- 
 wards -saw a vast deal of service in boats and 
 tenders ; and he was on board the Pelican at the 
 capture of La Laurette, a French national schooner, 
 pierced for 16 guns. On her being condemned as 
 rotten he was transferred as Acting-Lieutenant, 28 
 Jan. 1806, to the Reindeer of 18 guns (16 32- 
 pounder carronades and 2 sixes), Capt. John Fyffe. 
 In the following March, with two boats belonging 
 to that sloop, and two to the Magiciennb frigate, 
 under his orders, he cut out a 4-gun schooner from 
 under a battery in Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico; 
 and on 24 of the same month he was wounded in the 
 head, side, and right thigh in an action fought, 
 from 2 P.M. untiLdark, between the Reindeer and 
 the French corvettes Phaeton and VoltigeuT, of 16 
 long 6-pounders and 115 men each, who then made 
 off.f In consideration of the injuries he sustained 
 
 * Capt. Baker, son of Mr. Baker, M.P. for Hertfordshire, 
 went down in a Spanish merchantman, which had run foul of 
 the Pelican, and which he was endeavouring to save. 
 
 f He ran up to the fore-top during the height of the conflict, 
 although it was considered certain death to do so, in order to 
 bear tlie back-stays abaft the top-rim. 
 
TUFNELL— TULLIDGE— TULLIS. 
 
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 on the latter occasion he was presented by the Pa^ 
 triotic Society with the sum of 100/. He was pre- 
 sent, 21 April ensuing, at the capture of La Creole 
 schooner-privateer of 14 guns. On being superseded 
 from the Helndeer he was received, in May, 1806,* 
 on board the Veteran 64, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral Dacres. He cruized subsequently in the 
 Gracieuse tender and assisted, either in her or her 
 boats, at the capture of a variety of vessels on the 
 Spanish Main, including the Vengeance privateer. 
 At the taking of the latter vessel a long brass gun 
 on board the Gracieuse went off twice by accident, 
 taking the skin completely off Mr. Tudor's feet and 
 legs, and so injuring him about the face that he 
 ultimately lost his right eye. On another occasion, 
 while in the act of capturing a Spanish brig off the 
 Havana, he was by the same gun blown up. He 
 continued on the books of the Veteran until 3 
 Sept. 1808 it was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 15 Oct. in the same year ; and was lastly, from 
 Oct. 1808 until Feb. 1809, from Aug. 1810 until 
 Jan. 1811, and from June, 1811, until May, 1813, 
 employed in the Downs, North Sea, Channel, and 
 Mediterranean, in the Glommen 18, Capt. Chas. 
 Pickford, Partridge 18, Capts. Wm. Williams 
 Foote and John Miller Adye, and Havannah 36, 
 Capt. Hon. Geo. Cadogan. While in the Havannah 
 Mr. Tudor shared, we are told, in every, but the 
 first,J boat affair that took place. In 1812 he had 
 .5 men wounded, and gained much credit for his 
 conduct, at the cutting out from St. Tropez, on the 
 coast of France, of a vessel, covered by a battery 
 and a 30-gun store-ship. He assisted, 6 Jan. 1813, 
 at the capture, in the Adriatic, by a division only 
 of the Havannah's boats, of a gun-boat, No. 8, 
 p;reatly superior in force to the British, carrying 
 1 long 24-pounder and 35 men, prepared in every 
 respect, and supported by musketry from the shore, 
 to which she was made fast. A Master's Mate, Mr. 
 ]?dw. Peroival, was in this instance killed and 2 
 seamen wounded. On 26 March, 1813, Mr. Tudor 
 was at the taking of five armed trabacolos and five 
 feluccas, laden with salt, near the town of Fortore. 
 In a subsequent unsuccessful attempt made to 
 obtain possession of that place, having landed, he 
 succeeded with his own hands in rescuing one of his 
 party who had fallen into the power of an officer 
 and two men, the former of whom he also seized 
 and carried away captive. On his way back to the 
 boats, which he had left upwards of 20 minutes, he 
 became exposed to a heavy fire of musketry, and 
 received a shot through the right hand. The state 
 of his health rendering necessary his return to 
 England he invalided at Lissa, as above, in May, 
 1813. He had the gratification, as he left the ship, 
 to be cheered by the men. 
 
 Lieut. Tudor married, 29 Jan. 1831, Anne, fifth 
 daughter of the late Jas. Hereford, Esq., of Sufton 
 Court, near Hereford, by whom he has left an only 
 child, a daughter. 
 
 TUFNELL. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Robert George Tufnell passed his examination 
 1 Jan. 1846 ; and was appointed, 1 June following. 
 Mate of the Constance 50, Capts. Sir Baldwin 
 Wake Walker and Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, 
 fitting for the Pacific; where, on the occasion of 
 his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took 
 place 14 Oct. 1847, he was nominated Additional of 
 the CoLLiNGwooD 80, fiag-ship of Sir Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour. He has been serving, since 25 Jan. 1848, 
 on the same station, in the Juno 26, Capt. Patrick 
 John Blake. 
 
 TULLIDGE. (Retibed Captain, 1842. f-p., 
 20 ; H-p., 34.) 
 
 Joseph Crew Tullidge died 19 March, 1845, at 
 Weymouth. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1793, as 
 A.B., on board the Victory 100, Capts. John Knight 
 
 ♦ He did not pass his examination until 4 Aug. following. 
 
 t He had then been upwards of six years in the West 
 Indies. 
 
 X Performed near tlie Penmarclts under the present Capt. 
 Wm. Humley, to whose memoirs refer. 
 
 and Geo. Grey. In that ship, which bore the flags 
 of Lord Hood and Sir John Jervis, he served at the 
 occupation of Toulon, at the reduction of Corsica, 
 in Hotham's action 13 July, 1795, and, as Quarter- 
 Master, in the battle off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 
 1797. He continued employed with the ofiioer last 
 mentioned, off Cadiz and Lisbon, in the Ville de 
 Paris 110, until Jan. 1798; and after further serving, 
 chiefly on the Mediterranean station, as Master's 
 Mate and Midshipman, in La Mutine sloop, Capts. 
 Thos. Masterman Hardy, Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, 
 and Wm. Hoste, Princess Charlotte 38, Capts. T. 
 M. Hardy and Thos. Stephenson, and Minotaur 74 
 and Foudroyant 80, flag-ships of Lord Keith, he 
 was there, 19 Aug. 1800, nominated Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of his former ship the Princess Charlotte, 
 commanded at first by Capt. Stephenson and next 
 by Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and Hon. Fras. Farington 
 Gardner. In the Mutine he returned to England 
 with a duplicate of Nelson's despatches relative to 
 the battle of the Nile. He was confirmed a Lieute- 
 nant in the Princess Charlotte 17 Oct. 1800 ; he 
 continued in that ship, latterly on the coast of Ire- 
 land, until May, 1803 ; and he was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 4 Dec. following, to the Sea Fencibles at 
 Southend— 3 July, 1804, to the Heron sloop, Capts. 
 Philip Beaver and John Edgcumbe, on the Home 
 and North American stations — 22 Jan. 1807, to the 
 Africaine of 48 guns and 295 men, Capts. Kioh. 
 Raggett and.Bobt. Corbett — and, 6 May, 1811, to 
 the Ameuica 74, Capt. Josias Rowley. 'Phe Afri- 
 caine, after visiting the Baltic, Madeira, Lisbon, 
 the Mediterranean, and America, proceeded off the 
 Isle of France, where, at the' end of a close action 
 of two hours and a half, in which she sustained a 
 loss of 49 men killed and 114 (including their Cap- 
 tain mortally) wounded, she struck her colours 13 
 Sept. 1810 to the French frigates Iphigenie and 
 Astree, carrying between them 86 guns and 618 men, 
 10 of whom were killed and 35 wounded. Capt. 
 Corbett being disabled by the second broadside of 
 the enemy, the command devolved upon Mr. Tul- 
 lidge, who was Senior-Lieutenant, and who, as 
 stated in the sentence of honourable acquittal passed 
 by the court-martial, which assembled in April, 
 1811, to try him and the remainder of the oflicers 
 and crew for the surrender of their ship, continued 
 the action "in the most gallant and determined 
 manner, although he had received four severe wounds, 
 as long as there was the least chance of preserving 
 her from the enemy." It may be as well to add, 
 that the Africaine was re-taken shortly after her 
 capture, but that Mr. Tullidge and about 90 others, 
 having been removed to one of the French frigates, 
 were carried to the Isle of France, and there detained 
 until its reduction by the British in Dec. 1810.* 
 Mr. TulUdge was advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander 1 Aug. 1811 ; and was employed in that 
 capacity in the Clinker sloop, on the north coast 
 of Spain, and on the Halifax and Home stations, 
 from Oct. 1813 until Deo. 1815. He conveyed, 
 during the Hundred Days' war, the Due de Douro 
 and 200 French officers in the interests of Louis 
 XVIIL, together with 10,000 stand of arms, to the 
 coast of France ; and was engaged next in quelUng 
 riots at North and South Shields. He was allotted 
 a pension of 1 50i. per annum for his wounds 4 April, 
 1816 ; and placed on the list of Retired Captains 7 
 Feb. 1842. 
 
 TULLIS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 20; h-p., 22.) 
 
 William Tullis was bom 29 Jan. 1789 ; and 
 died in 1848. He was related to the present Capt. 
 David Peat, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1805, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Cbntadk 74, Capt. Henry 
 Whitby; in one of the boats of which ship he 
 assisted in cutting out a privateer from under Cape 
 Tiburon, St. Domingo. From Nov. 1805 until Oct, 
 1806 he served off Halifax in the Cleopatra 32, 
 Capt. John Wight, and Leander 50, Capt. Rich. 
 Raggett ; he then joined the Royal William, Capt. 
 *■ Hon. Courtenay Boyle, lying at Spithead ; and after 
 • VideHia. 1811, p. 203. 
 
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 TULLOH. 
 
 he had been for a few months stationed in the 
 North Sea and Baltic in the Indignant 12, Lieut.- 
 Commander Geo. Broad, he was received, in Dec. 
 1807, on board the Guekkiee 40, Capt. Alex. Skene, 
 again in the West Indies ; where, with the exception 
 of a few months in 1812 (during which he returned 
 to England in the Keindber 18, Capt. Wm. Man- 
 ners), he continued employed until Sept. 1815 in the 
 Gkiffon and Thrdsh sloops, Polyphemds 64, flag- 
 ship of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, 
 ScEPTKE 74, Capt. Robt. Honyman, Shark sloop, 
 bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. Brown, and 
 Forester sloop, Capt. Alex. Kennedy. In the In- 
 dignant he was present at the siege of Copenhagen 
 in 1807 ; he acted for seven months as Master on 
 board the Griffon ; and, while officiating in a similar 
 capacity in the Thrush, he served at the blockade 
 and surrender of the city of St. Domingo in 1809, 
 and was engaged in a boat in an attempt to cut out 
 the French privateer Superieure from under the 
 Moro Castle, on which occasion the launch of the 
 Polyphemus was sunk. He was Midshipman, Mas- 
 ter's Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant (order dated 16 
 Dec. 1811) of the Polyphemus from March, 1810, 
 until May, 1812 ; and Acting-Lieutenant and Lieu- 
 tenant (commission dated 7 June, 1814) of the 
 Forester from 12 July, 1813, until he invalided 9 
 Sept. 1815. In the latter vessel he was engaged in 
 carrying troops up the Mississippi during the attack 
 upon New Orleans. He afterwards, with the per- 
 mission of the Admiralty, made six voyages in a 
 merchantman to Madras and Calcutta, out of the 
 port of London ; and from 8 Feb. 1837 until the 
 period of his death he had charge of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. TuUis married, 24 April, 1827, Eliza, 
 daughter of the late Rev. Robt. Culbertson. Agents 
 — Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 TULLOH. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 
 13 ; H-p., 35.) 
 
 Charles Tulloh, born about 1785, is son of the 
 late Lieut. John Tulloh, R.N., and brother of Re- 
 tired Commander Wm. Izod Tulloh, R.N. 
 
 This ofiScer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1799, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Dictator 64, armee- 
 en-flute, Capt. Hardy. He served next, from Jan. 
 1800 until April, 1802, as A.B. and Midshipman, in 
 the Redoubt 20, Capt. Jas. Keith Shephard, at the 
 Nore; in May of the latter year he joined the 
 Hussar 33, Capt. Philip Wilkinson, stationed in the 
 Bay of Biscay; he was employed, from 1803 until 
 Jan. 1806, in the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry 
 Paulet, on the coasts of France and Spain ; and in 
 the following Sept. he was received by Sir John 
 Duckworth on board his flag-ship the Royal 
 George 100. On 14 Feb. 1807, when about to enter 
 the Dardanells, he assisted in a boat under the 
 present Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, and was 
 nearly destroyed, in an attempt to save the crew of 
 the Ajax 74, at the time in flames. He was after- 
 wards, previously to the re-passage of the Darda- 
 nells, engaged in a disastrous affair with the Turks 
 on the island of Prota. On 15 Aug. 1808, at which 
 period the Royal George had been for some time 
 employed in the West Indies, he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were, chiefly on the Home station— 31 Aug. 
 1808, to the Cordelia 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue 
 Kennedy, part of the expedition sent in 1809 to the 
 river Scheldt, where his health, from serving in 
 flat-boats, became much impaired— 10 Jan. 1810 
 after an interval of half-pay, to the Scipion 74* 
 bearing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford— 25 Aug! 
 followmg, to the St. Fiorenzo 36, troop-ship, Capt. 
 Hon. Edmund Sexteu Pery Knox— 8 June, 1811, for 
 seven months (he had invalided from the St Fio- 
 renzo in the preceding April), to the Abercromby 
 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie— and, 8 April, 1812, to 
 the Britomart 10, Capts. W. B. Hunt and Robt. 
 Bidden (now Carre). While attached to the Scipion 
 he served at the blockade of Roohefort, and aided 
 in cutting out different vessels laden with naval 
 
 stores from under Rochelle. On the death, at Heli- 
 goland, of Capt. Hunt of the Britomart, the com- 
 mand of that vessel devolved upon him, and he was 
 sent with her to North Yarmouth. On his arrival 
 he was ordered to the Baltic to assist in conducting 
 to England the Russian fleet, of 17 sail of the line ; 
 a service which he accordingly performed. Having 
 been refitted at Sheerness, the Britomart was 
 joined by Capt. Riddell; with whom Mr. Tulloh 
 proceeded off the Texel. He was subsequently, in 
 a violent storm, blow^n to sea; his health again 
 suffered ; and he lost the sense of hearing. He 
 therefore, about Oct. 1813, invalided ; and on 27 
 Oct. 1845 he accepted his present rank. 
 
 Commander Tulloh married Hester, sister of 
 Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, R.N., Kt., C.B. 
 
 TULLOH. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 24.) 
 
 John Tulloh entered the Navy, 3 May, 1803, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Raisonnable 64, Capts. 
 Wm. Hotham, Thos. Vivion, and Robt. Barton, 
 employed in the North Sea, in the Downs, and on 
 the coast of Ireland. 'In March, 1805, he removed 
 as Midshipman (a rating he had already attained) 
 to the Combatant 20, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot ; with 
 whom he continued to serve in the Aurora 28 and 
 Modestb 36, again in the Downs, and in the Medi- 
 terranean and East Indies, until nominated, 1 May, 
 1810, Acting-Lieutenant, on the latter station, of 
 the Dasher sloop, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Fest- 
 ing, and Wm. Kelly. In Oct. 1808 the Modeste, 
 after a running action of nearly an hour, in which 
 she had her Master killed and 1 seaman wounded, 
 captured La Jena French national corvette, of 18 
 guns (pierced for 24) and 150 men. In April, 1811, 
 Mr. Tulloh, whose commission bears date 12 March 
 in that year, removed from the Dasher to the 
 Illustrious 74 ; in which ship, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton, he 
 co-operated in the reduction of Java. In May, 
 1813, about 12 months after he had returned to 
 England, he was placed in command of a gun-boat 
 in the river Elbe, where he remained until the 
 early part of 1814, and was in consequence present 
 in the operations against Cuxhaven and Gluckstadt.* 
 His last appointment afloat was to the Archer 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Slaughter; in which vessel, sta- 
 tioned in the Downs, he served from 20 July to 4 
 Sept. 1815. He has been employed, since 9 Feb. 
 1837, in the Naval Hospital at Plymouth. Agents 
 — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 TULLOH. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 
 12; H-p., 34.) 
 
 William Izod Tulloh is brother of Retired 
 Commander Chas. Tulloh, R.N. 
 
 This otBcer entered the Navy, 23 April, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Venture 14, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Birdwood and Jump, lying at Appledore ; 
 and from June, 1802, until received, in Nov. 1807, 
 on board the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. WoUey, 
 stationed at Plymouth, was employed, a great part 
 of the time as Midshipman, in the Galatea 32 and 
 AiGLE 36, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Wolfe. 
 In the Galatea he was engaged in conveying 
 troops from Guernsey to Holland and to different 
 parts of England. While serving in the Aigle he 
 escorted convoy home from Oporto ; assisted at the 
 capture of L' Alert privateer of 16 guns and 90 men, 
 and at the destruction, 12 July, 1804, on the coast 
 of France, of La Charente of 20 and La Joie of 8 
 guns ; united in Aug. 1805 in Admiral Hon. Wm. 
 Cornwallis' pursuit of the French fleet into Brest ; 
 and took part in the ensuing Sept. in an action off 
 Vigo, in which the Aigle, after an hour's cannon- 
 ade, captured one and defeated the rest of a flotilla 
 of nine gun-boats by whom she had been attacked. 
 He was present too, in the early part of 1806, at the 
 capture, with some loss to the British, of two out of 
 a squadron of gun-boats, each armed with a long 4- 
 pounder and a 12-pounder cohorn, which had come 
 through the Passage du Raz. Towards the close of 
 * ViieGia. 1814, p. 127. 
 
TULLY— TOPMAN. 
 
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 the same year he succeeded, in command of a boat, 
 in driving on shore, under a heavy fire of musketry, 
 an enemy's supply and despatch boat, armed with a 
 cohom. On 16 Oct. 1808, at which period he had 
 been for 10 months serving on the coast of North 
 America in the Swiftsure 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, he was made Lieutenant into the 
 Horatio 38, Capt. Geo. Scott, on the same station ; 
 where he was appointed, in the ensuing Nov. and in 
 Aug. 1810, First of the Halifax 18, Capts. Lord 
 Jas. Townshend, John Thompson, and Alex. Fraser, 
 and Fantome 20, Capt. John Lawrence. In the 
 latter vessel, which he left in Sept. 1811, he also 
 cruized in the North Sea. His last appointments 
 were, 25 Oct. 1813 and 7 Sept. 1814, to the Moktagd 
 74, Capt. Peter Heywood, and, as First-Lieutenant, 
 to the Banterer 14, Capt. Chas. Warde, on the 
 North Sea and Irish stations. He commanded the 
 boats of the Montagc for three months between 
 Walcheren and South Beveland, with nothing during 
 that period to sleep on but a few signal-flags. The 
 hardships he then underwent had the effect, after 
 he had joined the Banterer, of producing paralysis, 
 of depriving him of the use of his limbs, and of 
 greatly impairing the sight of his left eye. He in- 
 valided in consequence 28 Nov. 1814. He accepted 
 the rank of Retired Commander 27 Jan. 1846. 
 
 Commander TuUoh married, first, in 1812, Mary, 
 daughter of the Rev. F. Reynett, of "Waterford; 
 and secondly, 12 July, 1830, Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Wm. Morris, Esq., J. P., of Harbour View, co. Wa- 
 terford, by whom he has issue one daughter. By 
 his former wife he had issue seven children. 
 
 TULLY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; H-p., 32.) 
 
 John Tullt was born in 1788. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 14 Dec. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galykheid, Capt. Isaac 
 WoUey, lying in the river Humber. Removing, 
 in March; 1805, to the Diadem 64, Capts. Sir 
 Home Popham and Sam. Warren, he was afibrded 
 an opportunity, while in that ship, of serving on 
 shore with the army at the capture, in 1806-7, of 
 the Cape of Good Hope, Buenos Ayres, Maldonado, 
 and Monte Video. On 13 Oct. in the latter year 
 and 13 Aug. 1809 he was nominated in succession 
 Acting-Second-Master and Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Paz .schooner, of 12 guns, Lieut.-Commander 
 Dan. Pring ; in which vessel he remained for about 
 four years, and saw much active service in the 
 Channel and North Sea, and on the coast of North 
 America. Besides contributing to the capture of 
 several privateers, he aided in cutting out a variety 
 of vessels from the enemy's harbours in the rivers 
 Ems and Weser, including nine which were laden 
 with ship-timber for the Scheldt fleet. He left the 
 Paz in Nov. 1811, but continued employed on the 
 North American station, as Acting-Master in the 
 Africa 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Herbert Saw- 
 yer, Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, and 
 AcASTA 40, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, until presented, 
 in Aug. 1815, with a Lieutenant's commission dated 
 11 March preceding. He served at Sheerness, from 
 18 Dec. 1816 until 3 Feb. 1817, in the Madagascar 
 46, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt ; and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. TuUy is at present superintending the City 
 of Dublin Steam-Packet Company's steamers and 
 boats on thp inland lakes on the river Shannon. 
 He married first in 1817, and secondly in 1836 ; and 
 has issue 11 children. Agents — Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 TULLY. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., U ;* H-p., 33.) 
 
 Keevev Tully entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, 
 as Ordinary, on board the Neptune, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders Duffy and Geo. Stephen Ley, with whom 
 he served for three years at Plymouth, at Dublin, 
 and in the Irish Channel — nearly the whole time in 
 the capacity of Midshipman. He then joined the 
 Delight 16, Capt. Philip Cosby Handfield; and on 
 30 Jan. 1808 he was present in that vessel, as 
 * Not including transport time. 
 
 Master's Mate, when, in an endeavour to re-capture 
 four Sicilian gun-boats, she took the ground, near 
 Beggio, and was obliged to surrender, after losing, 
 from an exposure of 15 hours to a galling fire from 
 the enemy's batteries and troops, two-thirds of her 
 crew, together with her Commander and Capt. 
 Thos. Secoombe of the Glatton 50, who was at the 
 time on board. From Feb. 1808 until May, 1812, 
 Mr. TuUy served in the Mediterranean and Channel 
 in the Ocean 98, Vilie de Paris 110, and San 
 Josef 110, under the flags of Admirals Lord Col- 
 lingwood, Thos. Fras. Fremantle, Sir Chas. Cotton, 
 and Lord Keith. He was then received as a Super- 
 numerary on board the Royal William, flag-ship 
 at Spithead. He sailed shortly afterwards for the 
 West Indies in the Fawn 20, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, 
 and was there employed, from 19 Nov. 1812 until 
 15 May, 1813, in the Tribune 36, Capt. Geo. Rey- 
 nolds, and Grampus 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. La^ 
 forey ; and from the date last mentioned until he 
 invalided, 1 Aug. 1814, as Acting-Lieutenant and 
 Lieutenant (commission dated 10 Nov. 1813) in the 
 Arab and Crane sloops, both commanded by Capt. 
 Robt. Stanley. He has since occasionally acted as 
 an Agent for Transports afloat. 
 
 TUPMAN. (Commander, 1815. f^p., 18; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 George Tupman was born 16 Aug. 1785, and died 
 22 April, 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Aug. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Vengeance 74, Capts. 
 John Rodney and Geo. Burlton, stationed in the 
 Channel. In April, 1796, he joined, as a Supernu- 
 merary, the Royal William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, 
 lying at Portsmouth ; and from Jan. 1797 until 
 April, 1802, he was employed, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, on the coast of Ireland, and in the Mediter- 
 ranean and Channel, a great part of the time as 
 Midshipman, in the Saldanha 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Burlton, Lbgere sloop, Capt. Joshua Rowley Wat- 
 son, Haerlem 64 and Africaine 38, Capts. G. 
 Burlton and Jas. Stevenson, and Acasta 40, Capt. 
 Jas. Athol Wood. He then became Master's Mate 
 of the Galatea 32, Capt. Henry Heathcote; of 
 which frigate, stationed on the Irish coast and in 
 the West Indies, he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 
 after having acted for some time as such, 19 March, 
 1805. On the morning of 14 Aug. 1804 he took 
 part in her boats, four in number, carrying in the 
 whole about 90 men, in a most desperate attempt 
 made to cut out, from the neighbourhood of Anse- 
 a-Mire, in the Saintes, the late British 14-gun ship- 
 sloop Lilt (newly-named the General Emouf), de- 
 fended by several powerful batteries, having a pri- 
 vateer schooner moored across her hawse, so as to 
 enfilade the assailants completely in their approach, 
 and in every way prepared for a stern resistance. 
 After having nobly struggled, and sustained for 
 nearly an hour a murderous fire of great guns and 
 musketry, which, killed and wounded 65 of their 
 number (including the commanding officer, Lieuf. 
 Chas. Hayman,and the Master), the British, deprived 
 of all hope of success, retired. Mr. Tupman returned 
 home with Capt. Heathcote from the West Indies in 
 the Desik£e 36 ; and was afterwards appointed — 24 
 July, 1805, to the Roby 64, Capts. Chas. Rowley, 
 Temple Hardy, and John Draper, in the North Sea 
 —17 Nov. 1806, to the Meleager 36, Capts. John 
 Broughton and Fred. Warren, in which sUp he 
 again proceeded to the West Indies — in 1809-10, to 
 the Magicienne 36, Capt. Lucius Curtis, Leopard 
 50, Capt. Johnson, Africaine 38 and Nereide 36, 
 Capt. Geo. Henderson, all on the Cape of Good 
 Hope station, whence he returned to England in 
 the Nekeide in May, 1811—12 Dec. in the latter 
 year, for five months, to the Bulwark 74, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Rich. King 
 off Brest and L'Orient — 22 July, 1813, to La Hogue 
 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, on the coast of 
 North America, where he remained until Oct. 1814 
 — 1 March and 9 April, 1815, to the Crescent 38, 
 Capt. John Quilliam, and Venerable 74, flag-ship 
 
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 TURBERVILLE -TURNBULL— TURNER. 
 
 of Sir Philip Clias. Durham, both ia the West Indies 
 — and, 22 July in the same year, to the acting-com- 
 mand of the Chanticleer sloop. In the Meleager, 
 Magicienne, Nereide, and La Hogue, Mr. Tupman 
 was First-Lieutenant. In command of the barge, 
 cutter, and joUyboat of the Meleagek, containing 
 41 men, he attacked, 8 Feb. 1808, boarded in a very 
 gallant manner, and carried (at anchor under the 
 shore of St. Jago de Cuba, and perfectly prepared) 
 the French felucca-rigged privateer Le Menard, 
 mounting 1 long 6-pounder, with a large proportion 
 of muskets, and 47 men, 18 of whom jumped over- 
 board.* He was wrecked in the same frigate on 
 the Barebush Key, near Port Koyal, 30 July, 1808 ; 
 and was present, we believe, in the Magicienne in 
 the operations alluded to in our memoir of Sir L. 
 Curtis, which terminated with the self-destruction 
 of that ship at the entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of 
 France. In the Chanticleer, in the command of 
 which vessel he was confirmed 9 Oct. 1815, he was 
 mentioned by Sir P. C. Durham for the admirable 
 position he took up, and the manner in which he 
 thereby facilitated the landing of the troops, at the 
 reduction of Guadeloupe.f He left the Chanticleer 
 in March, 1816; and did not afterwards go afloat. 
 
 Commander Tupman married, 31 Oct. 1837, Eliza- 
 beth, eldest daughter of the late Alex. Lyon Emer- 
 son, Esq., M.D., of West Retford House, Notts, and 
 TJlverscroft Abbey, co. Leicester, who entered the 
 army in 1795, served as Physician to the Forces in 
 Egypt, in Spain, at the Cape of Good Hope, &c., 
 and became an Inspector of Hospitals. He has left 
 issue three sons and one daughter. 
 
 TUEBEEVILLE. (Commander, 1814.) 
 ' Edmund Turberville is the son of a clergyman. 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 1803 ; and embarked, in 1806, on board the Ton- 
 NANT 80, Capt. Thos. Browne, bearing the flag of 
 Hon. Michael De Courcy ; with whom, after serving 
 off Cape Finisterre and in the Channel, and assisting 
 in embarking the remains of General Moore's army 
 at Corunna, he removed as Midshipman, in March, 
 
 1809, to the FonDROVANT 80, and sailed for the 
 coast of Brazil, where he was nominated, 18 May, 
 
 1810, Acting-Lieutenant of the Hyacinth 18, Capt. 
 John Carter. In the following Dec, having made 
 a voyage to Lisbon and returned to the Brazils, he 
 went back (he had been confirmed a Lieutenant by 
 a commission bearing date 15 Aug. 1810) to the 
 FouDROiTANT. He invalided home in May, 1811; 
 and was afterwards, from 28 Dec. in the same year 
 until 7 July, 1812, and from 10 Sept. ensuing until 
 2 Aug. 1814, employed off Roohefort and Cherbourg, 
 and in the Mediterranean, in his former ship the 
 ToNNANT, Capt. Sir John Gore, and in the Mhl- 
 GRAVE 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling. He was present 
 in Sir Edw. Pellew's partial action with the Toulon 
 fleet 5 Nov. 1813 ; and on one occasion, while the 
 MuLGRAVE was Working out of St. Helen's, with a 
 strong breeze from the southward, he jumped over- 
 board and saved a man who had fallen from the 
 forecastle. On leaving the Mulgrave he took up 
 a Commander's commission bearing date 15 June, 
 1814. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Turberville married, 3 June, 1819, 
 Mary, only daughter of the late John Westcar, Esq., 
 of Cuslow, Bucks. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 TUENBULL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16 ; h-p.,2.5.) 
 Robert Tdrnbull entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 
 1806, as A.B., on board the Plantagenet 74, in 
 which ship, commanded by Capts. Wm. Bradley, 
 Thos. Eyles, and Robt. Lloyd, he continued em- 
 ployed in the Channel, off the coast of Portugal 
 (whence he witnessed the flight of the Royal House 
 of Braganza), in the Baltic, and on the North Ame- 
 rican station, as Clerk, Midshipman, and Master's 
 Mate, until 1814, in May and J une of which year 
 he successively joined the Asia 74 and Tonnant 80, 
 bearing each the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. 
 In the ensuing Nov. he went back, in the capacity 
 * Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 571. f ^. Gaz. 1816, p. 1914. 
 
 of Acting-Lieutenant, to the Plantagenet ; and 
 he was in consequence present at the attack upon 
 New Orleans. On his return to England in April, 
 1815, he found that he had been officially promoted 
 on 18 of the preceding Feb. His last appointments 
 were, 10 Jan. 1824, to the Coast Blockade, as a Su- 
 pernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. 
 Wm. M'CuUoch ; and, 31 Oct. 1826, to the Perseus 
 receiving-ship, off the Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch. 
 He has been on half-pay since Jan. 1831. 
 
 TURNER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 26 ; h-p., 13.) 
 
 Charles Turner (c) was born 2 Aug. 1795, at 
 Exmouth, CO. Devon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Aug. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diligent 14; in which 
 vessel he was present, 25 Aug. following, in an 
 action of 2 hours and 48 minutes fought off Scilly 
 with a French brig of 20 guns, who then made off'. 
 The British vessel in this affair had her sails and 
 rigging cut to pieces. Mr. Turner served next, for 
 upwards of four years, as Fst.-cl. Vol., Midshipman, 
 and Master's Mate, in the Woolwich 44. After he 
 had been further employed in the Thisbe, Wey- 
 mouth, arid Snake he was promoted, in Dec. 1815, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission dated 
 20 Sept. in that year. He served in the Ramillies 
 74, Coast Blockade ship, Capts. Wm. M'CuUooh and 
 Hugh Pigot, from 26 Nov. 1823 until 9 March, 1828 ; 
 and has been in command, since 7 Feb. 1833, of a 
 station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Turner married, 21 Aug. 182i; Susannah, 
 eldest daughter of the late Arthur Parker, Esq., of 
 Exmouth, by whom he has issue seven children. 
 
 TURNER. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 35.) 
 
 Francis John Turner entered the Navy, 12 
 July, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dorset 
 yacht, Capt. Sir Alex. Schomberg, employed off 
 Dublin in attendance upon the Lord-Lieutenant. 
 He served next on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations from Feb. 1801 until 1 Feb. 1803, in the 
 Glenmore 44, Capts. John Talbot and John Mait- 
 land, and from 23 Sept. in the latter year until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Dec. 1807, in 
 the MELPOMiNE 38, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and 
 Sir Peter Parker. In 1804 he assisted, as Midship- 
 man, in twice bombarding the town of Havre-de- 
 Grace. His last appointments afloat were— 30 Deo. 
 1807, to the H UMBER, Capt. John Hill, on the Fal- 
 mouth station— 25 Aug. 1808, to the Comet 18, 
 Capts. Cuthbert Featherstone Daly and Rich. Henry 
 Muddle, employed in the Bay of Biscay, at N ew- 
 foundland, and among the Western Islands — 5 June, 
 1813, after two years of half-pay, to the Goliath 
 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, from which ship, 
 stationed at first in the West Indies and next on the 
 coast of North America, he was sent, in March, 1814, 
 to the Hospital at Bermuda — and in Sept. of the 
 latter year, for a few months, to the Akbar 50, 
 Capt. Arch. Dickson, on the Halifax station. 
 
 TURNER. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 James Turner entered the Navy 21 Feb. 1811 ; 
 passed his examination in 1821; and was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 28 Aug. 1828, into the Druid 46, Capt. Wil- 
 liams Sandom, on the Jamaica station, whence he 
 returned to England in the following year. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 TURNER. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 James Howard Turner entered the Navy 10 
 Aug. 1807 ; passed his examination in 1814; and ob- 
 tained his commission 10 Jan. 1825. He was after- 
 wards employed— for some time in 1827 in the Rom- 
 NEY troop-ship, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer — from 28 
 May, 1830, until paid off in the early part of 1832, 
 in the Ganges 84, Capts. Edw. Stirling Dickson and 
 Geo. Burdett, in the Mediterranean — and from 24 
 Oct. 1835 until 1843 in command of the Ranger 
 Falmouth packet. 
 
TURNER— TURNOUR. 
 
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 TURNER. (Retired Commander, 1848. r-p., 
 19; H-p., 37.) 
 John Turner (6) entered the Navy, in April, 
 1791, as Ordinary, on board the Hector 74, Capt. 
 Geo. Montagu, lying at Spithead. In the following 
 Aug. he was discharged. He was next, from Aug. 
 1795 until wrecked near Belleisle 4 Nov. 1800, em- 
 ployed in the Channel and Mediterranean, a great 
 part of the time as Midshipman, in the Marlbo- 
 KOUGH 74,* Capts. Henry NiohoUs, Joseph Ellison, 
 and Thos. Sotheby ; and after having further served, 
 chiefly on the Home station, in the Koyal William, 
 Capt. Thos. Pakenham, and Cambria n 40, Capts. 
 Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and Geo. Henry Towry, 
 he was promoted, 13 Feb. 1802, to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant. His subsequent appointments were — 30 
 May, 1803, to the command of a hired armed brig, 
 employed in the Bristol Channel and in conveying 
 impressed men to Plymouth — 21 and 29 Aug. 1805, 
 to the London and Bahfleur 98's, Capts. Sir Kobt. 
 Barlow and Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, the latter 
 stationed in the Channel— 25 April, 1807 (ill health 
 had caused him to leave the Barfleur in the pre- 
 ceding Nov.), to the command, which he retained 
 until Deo. 1813, of the Ann armed tender, engaged 
 as had been the vessel he before commanded — 12 
 April, 1815, for nearly four months, to the Impress 
 Service at Swansea— and 21 March, 1816, to the 
 Topaze frigate, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, lying 
 at Plymouth, where he remained until July, 1817. 
 He was placed on the Junior list of Retired Com- 
 manders 23 March, 1833 ; and on the Senior 8 Jan. 
 1848. 
 
 TURNER. (LiEDTENANT, 1828.) 
 
 Michael Turner entered the Navy in Sept. 1811. 
 "While serving as Midshipman on board the Hebrus 
 of 42 guns and 284 men, Capt. Edm. Palmer, he as- 
 sisted, 27 March, 1814, at the capture, under Cape 
 La Hogue, after a close and obstinate engagement 
 of two hours and a quarter, in which the British 
 had 13 men killed and 25 wounded, and the enemy 
 40 killed and 73 wounded, of the French frigate 
 L^ Etoile of 44 guns and 315 men. He was also pre- 
 sent in the operations against Washington and Bal- 
 timore ; at the blockade of an American frigate of 
 superior force in Hampton Roads ; at the attack 
 upon Point Petre and the surrender of St. Mary's ; 
 in an action with five American gun-boats near 
 Charleston; at the forcing of the passage of the 
 Gironde and the destruction of the batteries by 
 which it was defended ; and at the battle of Algiers. 
 He passed his examination in 1818', was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 18 Sept. 1828 ; and was 
 lastly, from 15 April, 1842, until 1847, employed as 
 Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam- 
 vessel. 
 
 TURNER. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Richard John Turner passed his examination 2 
 Deo. 1829 ; and was employed in the Coast Guard 
 from 24 Feb. 1840 until advanced to his present 
 rank 29 June, 1846. He has since been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 TURNER. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 14; h-p., 17.) 
 William Turner entered the Navy, 15 May, 1816, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Scamander 36, Capt. 
 Wm. Elliott, stationed in the West Indies. From 
 Oct. 1818 until April, 1821, he served as Midshipman 
 in the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, at 
 Leith, in South America, and in the West Indies ; 
 he then joined the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship 
 of Sir J as. 11 awkins Whitshed at Portsmouth ; and 
 on 15 March, 1823, at which period he had been 
 serving for seven months in the West Indies in the 
 Syjsille 48, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, 
 he was there nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Hyperion 42, Capts. Jas. Lillicrap and Geo. Fred. 
 Rich. On 30 May, 1823, his promotion was con- 
 firmed. He returned home in March, 1824; and 
 
 * One of the most refractory of tlie ships inculpated in the 
 Spithead mutiny. 
 
 was next, 8 Oct. in the same year and 5 Dec. 1826, 
 appointed to the Romney troop-ship, Capt. Nicholas 
 Lockyer, and to his former ship the Sybille, bear- 
 ing the broad pendant of Commodore Fras. Augus- 
 tus Collier, on the coast of Africa. For the valour 
 he displayed in command of the Black Joke tender, 
 carrying 1 long 18-pounder gun on a pivot and 43 
 men, in an action of two hours with a Spanish 
 piratical vessel mounting 14 carriage-guns, 12 and 
 24-pounder3, on Cover's principle, with a crew of 
 87 men, of all nations, he was promoted by the Lord 
 High Admiral to the rank of Commander 14 July, 
 1828. He had also the gratification of being pre- 
 sented with a sword valued at 200 guineas, bearing 
 the following inscription : — " A token of respect and 
 regard from Commodore Collier, the Captain, offi- 
 cers, and ship's company of H.M.S. Sybille, to 
 Capt. Wm. Turner, for his zeal and gallantry while 
 Lieutenant-commanding the Black Joke tender." 
 The Mate, too, who was serving under him, Mr. 
 Edw. Lyne Harvey, was promoted to superior rank. 
 Capt. Turner's last appointment was, 24 May, 1830, 
 to the Dryad 42, Capt. John Hayes, with whom he 
 was again employed on the coast of Africa, as Se- 
 cond Captain, until paid ofi" on his return to Eng- 
 land in 1832. He acquired the rank he now holds 
 23 Nov. 1841. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 TURNER. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 William Thackery Turner died about the 
 commencement of 1847, while serving on board the 
 
 EURYDICE. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 5 Nov. 1832; passed his examina- 
 tion 8 Dec. 1836 ; served on the North America 
 and West India, Home, and East India stations, 
 as Mate, in the Griffon brigantine, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John Gooch D'Urban, Camperdown 104, 
 flag-ship of Sir Henry Digby, and Serpent 16, 
 Capt. Wm. Nevill; obtained his commission 26 Jan. 
 1843; and was subsequently appointed— 3 May in 
 the latter year, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, 
 in the Pacific— 22 Nov. 1845, to the Crocodile 26, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Hugh Pigot at Cork — and 30 
 May, 1846, to the Eurydice 22, Capts. Geo. Elliot 
 and Talavera Vernon Anson, fitting for the Cape of 
 Good Hope, where he died. 
 
 TURNOUR. (CoraMANDER, 1815. p-p., 17 ; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 The Honourable Arthur Richard Turnour, 
 born 14 Jan. 1787, is second son of Edward Garth, 
 second Earl of Winterton, by his first wife, Jane, 
 daughter of Rich. Chapman, Esq., of London; uncle 
 of the present Earl of Winterton and of Lieut. E. 
 W. Turnour, R.N.; and cousin of Lieut. E. E. Tur- 
 nour, R.N. One of his nieces is married to Lieut. 
 Wm. Geo. Rabelt, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1799, as 
 Midshipman, on board the C^sar 80, Capt., after- 
 wards Rear-Admiral, Sir Jas. Saumarez, under 
 whom he assisted at the blockade of Brest and was 
 present in July, 1801, in the actions oS Algeciras 
 and in the Gut of Gibraltar. In July, 1802, about 
 three months after the CffiSAR had been paid ofi', he 
 joined the Aruo 44, Capt. Benj. Hallowell. In her 
 he made a voyage to the coast of Africa. In Sept. 
 1803 and Dec. 1806 he was received in succession 
 on board the Mermaid 32, Capt. Aiskew Paffard 
 HoUis, and Leopard 50, Capt. Salusbury Prjce 
 Humphreys, both on the Halifax station ; and on 
 11 Feb. 1807, he was there nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine 
 Douglas. He was ofiicially promoted 28 Aug. fol- 
 lowing ; and was subsequently appointed— 20 Jan. 
 and 17 Feb. 1808, to the Northumberland 74 and 
 Victory 100, Capts. Wm. Hargood and John Ser- 
 rell, lying at Spithead and Chatham— 2 April in the 
 same year and 11 May, 1809, to the Diomede 60 
 and Adamant 50, flag-ships of Sir Edm. Nagle at 
 Guernsey and at Leith— 22 Sept. 1810, to the Rover 
 brig, Capt. Fras. John Nott, in the Channel— in 
 Oct. 1810 and Feb. and Nov. 1811, to the Malacca 
 36, MiNDEN 74, and Theban 36, Capts. Wm. Butter- 
 
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 TURNOUR—TURRELL— TWEED— TWIGG. 
 
 field, Edw. Wallis Hoare, and Stephen Thos. Digby, 
 all in the East Indies— and 12 Feb. 1815, to the 
 acting-command, on that station, of the Sphynx 
 sloop. In the latter vessel, to which he was con- 
 firmed 20 Sept. 1815, he remained, we believe, until 
 Nov. 1816. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Tumour married, 1 Sept. 1829, Char- 
 lotte Fitzherbert, eldest daughter of the late Geo. 
 Daysh, Esq., of New Grove, Petworth, co. Sussex, 
 by whom he has issue. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 TUENOUR. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Edmund Edward Tdknour, born 3 Feb. 1813, 
 is fourth and youngest surviving son of the late 
 Hon. and Kev. Edw. John Tumour, M.A., by his 
 first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Richardson, 
 Esq., Accountant-General of the Hon. E. 1. Com- 
 pany ; and grandson of the first Earl of "Winterton. 
 He is cousin of Commander Hon. Arthur Rich. 
 Tumour, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Melville 74, Capt. 
 Henry Hill, stationed oif Lisbon. From 1829 until 
 1834 he served as Midshipman (a rating he had 
 already attained) in the Britannia 120 and Asia 
 84, Capta, Edw. Hawker and Geo. Burdett, and 
 Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, at Plymouth 
 and in the Mediterranean ; he joined next the Dub- 
 lin 50 and Barham 50, Capts. Chas. Hope and 
 Armar Lowry Corry, fitting at Plymouth and Sheer- 
 ness ; he passed his examination 5 June, 1835 ; and 
 he was afterwards employed for three years on the 
 South American station as Mate in the Imogene 26, 
 Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, and from 1840 until 1845 
 off Guernsey with his name as Mate and Lieutenant 
 (commission dated 29 Aug. 1842) on the books of the 
 Seaflowek cutter, Capt. Nicholas Robilliard. Dur- 
 ing the latter period he commanded the Cracker 
 and Sylvia tenders, for the protection of the oyster 
 fisheries. He was appointed, 13 Oct. 1846, First, 
 for about 12 months, of the Poechpine steam survey- 
 ing-vessel, of 140 horse-power, Capt. Fred. Bullock ; 
 and has been in command, since 2 March, 1848, of 
 the Sheahwatek steamer, of 160-horse power, on 
 particular service. 
 
 Lieut. Tumour married, 18 June, 1845, Helen, 
 youngest daughter of the late Wm. Davies, Esq., of 
 Little Strawberry Hill, co. Middlesex. 
 
 TUENOUK. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Edward Winterton Turnodr, born in 1821, is 
 third son of the Hon. and Rev. Adolphus Augustus 
 Tumour (brother of Edward, third Earl of Winter- 
 ton), by Jessie, daughter of John Dewar, Esq. ; and 
 nephew of Commander Hon. Arthur Rich. Tumour, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 March, 1834; 
 passed his examination 20 Oct. 1840; served as 
 Mate in the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drink- 
 water Bethune, and in her boats, during the opera- 
 tions on the coast of China, including the capture of 
 Canton ;* and after having been for some time em- 
 ployed in a similar capacity on board the Agincourt 
 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane on the East 
 India station, was promoted to the ranlc of Lieute- 
 nant 20 Sept. 1843. He has been serving, since 3 
 Sept. 1845, in the Juno 26, Capt. Patrick John 
 Blake, of which ship, stationed in the Pacific, he is 
 now First-Lieutenant. 
 
 TUEEELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Charles TuRKELL died 13 Jan. 1846, atPeckham, 
 aged 60. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Windsor Castle 98, 
 Capt. Jas. Oughton, bearing the flag in the Channel 
 and on the coast of Ireland of Vice-Admiral Sir 
 Andw. Mitchell ; under whom he served, from May, 
 1802, until March, 1805, as Midshipman (a rating he 
 had attained in Sept. 1801), in the Leandeh 50. In 
 that ship, while cruizing under the command of 
 Capt. John Talbot, he assisted, we believe, at the 
 * Fide Gaz. 1641, pp. 1503-5. 
 
 capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan, French 
 frigate, of 46 guns, and her prize the Cleopatra 32. 
 In July, 1806 (he had joined, in Nov. 1805, the Mi- 
 NEKVE frigate, Capt. Geo. Ralph Collier) he served 
 in a boat, under Lieut. Mulcaster, at the capture of 
 a privateer.* He was afterwards taken prisoner, 
 and detained until the end of the war. He was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 13 Feb. 1815, 
 aiid was not afterwards, that we are aware, em- 
 ployed. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 TWEED. (Commander, 1830. r-p., 19; h-p.,20.) 
 John Powell Tweed was bom 26 Aug. 1794; 
 and died 17 March, 1848, at Holton Parsonage, co. 
 Suffolk. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 Jan. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Rowley ; in which ship he continued employed as 
 Midshipman and Master's Mate until within a few 
 weeks of his being promoted, 26 May, 1814, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. He was present in 1809 in the 
 expedition to the Waloheren; in 1810, he co-ope- 
 rated in the defence of Cadiz ; and he afterwards, 
 while stationed in the Adriatic, assisted in the boats 
 at the capture and destruction of several of the 
 enemy's forts and vessels, and co-operated in the 
 reduction of Trieste. His appointments as Lieute- 
 nant were — 31 Aug. 1814, to the Bank 20, Capts. 
 John Tancock, Tlios. Whinyates, and Wm. Fisher, 
 employed at first at Leith and in the Channel, and 
 next on the coast of Africa— 28 Aug. 1816, to the 
 Cherub 26, Capts. W. Fisher and Geo. Wickens 
 Willes, also on the coast of Africa, where (as he 
 had done in the Banh) he contributed to the cap- 
 ture of various slavers— 8 Sept. 1821, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant (the Cherub had been paid off in Dec. 1818) , 
 to the Icarus 10, Capts. Thos. Herbert, Chas. Crole, 
 and Alfred Matthews, fitting for the West Indies— 
 27 Nov. 1822, in a similar capacity, to the Sybille 
 48, bearing the flag on that station of his former 
 Captain, then Sir Chas. Rowley— and, in 1825 (after 
 about 12 months of half-pay), to the Superintend- 
 entship of the Naval Depot on Lake Erie. He re- 
 turned to England on the occasion of his promotion 
 to the rank of Commander 22 July, 1830; and 
 remained thenceforward on half-pay. fie sufiered 
 much, during his sojourn in Canada, from the Lake 
 fever and ague. Agents— Messrs. Chard. 
 
 TWEED. (Eetieed Commandek, 1847. f-p., 12 ; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 RoBEKT Tweed entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1802, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Juno 32, Capts. Henry 
 Richardson, Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and Hon. 
 Granville Proby, with whom he served in the Me- 
 diterranean, the greater part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman, until transferred, 1 July, 1807, to the 
 Marlborough 74, Capt. Graham Moore. In that 
 ship he escorted the Royal Family of Portugal in 
 its flight to the coast of Brazil _; where he was 
 nominated, in Feb. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Bedford 74, Capts. Adam Mackenzie and Jas. 
 Walker. His promotion was confirmed 10 May, 
 1809; he returned to England in Sept. 1810; and 
 he was lastly, from 13 May, 1811, until 4 Oct. 1814, 
 employed, again in the Mediterranean, in the Fame 
 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst. He accepted his present 
 rank 27 July, 1847. 
 
 TWIGG. (Retired Commandek, 1844. f-p., 12 ; 
 HP., 34.) 
 Eichakd Elliott Twigg entered the Navy, in 
 May, 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revolu- 
 TiONNAiRE 38, Capts. Thos. Twysden and Hon. 
 John Murray, stationed on the coast of Ireland. 
 He next, in June, 1802, and Jan. 1803, joined the 
 Magiciennb and Fortun^b frigates, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Henry Vansittart ; with whom he 
 continued employed in the N orth Sea, West Indies, 
 ' and Channel, as Midshipman and Master's Mate, 
 until transferred, in Oct. 1807, to the Hazabd 18, 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 951. 
 
TWISDEN— TWISS— TWYSDEN-TYLDEN. 
 
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 Capt. Chas. Dilkes. During hef etay in the West 1 TWYSDEN, 
 Indies, the Fortunee captured the Vautour French 
 privateer; a Spanish brig laden with cocoa; Le 
 Grand Juge Bertolio French schooner, of 7 guns and i 
 51 men ; and two Spanish feluccas (which she de- 
 stroyed) laden with beef and flour. In the summer 
 of 1806 she sailed from Jamaica for England in 
 company with the Sukveillante 38, Hercule 74, 
 an armed schooner, and a large fleet of merchant- 
 men. When off the Havana a number of Spanish 
 vessels were discovered under the: protection of a 
 74-gun ship and two gun-boats. Being immedi- 
 ately detached in pursuit, the Fortunee succeeded, 
 with the assistance of the schooner, in capturing 
 and destroying the gun-boats and upwards of 20 
 sail, deeply laden with sugar, &c. On his return in 
 the Hazard to the West Indies, Mr. Twigg was re- 
 ceived by Sir Alex. Cochrane on board his flag-ship 
 the Bellejsle 74. He returned to England in 
 June, 1808, having been advanced to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 19 Dec. preceding; and he was next, 
 from the following Nov. until Aug. 1813, employed 
 in the Downs and Mediterranean in the Leviathan 
 74, Capts. John Harvey and Patrick Campbell. 
 Under Capt. Harvey he united, in Oct. 1809, in the 
 pursuit, which led to the self-destruction, near Cape 
 Cette, of the French ships of the line Robuste and 
 Lion. After he left the Leviathan he did not go 
 afloat. He accepted the rank of Commander on 
 the Retired List 24 July, 1844. 
 
 TWISDEN. 
 
 (Eetibed CommanDee, 1823. F-P., 
 31 ; H-P., 36.) 
 
 John Twisden entered the Navy, in April, 1780, 
 on board the Victory 100, Capt. Clayton, bearing 
 the flag of Admiral Kempeufeldt in the Channel. 
 He served next, from April, 1781, until March, 1783, 
 on the coast of North America, in the West Indies, 
 at the Nore, and again in the Channel, the latter 
 part of the time as Midshipman, in the Centurion 
 50, Capt. Clayton, Robust 74, Capt. Philip Cosby, 
 Sandwich 90, flag-ship of Admiral Roddam, ana 
 TisiPHONE sloop, Capt. Chas. Sandys ; and from 
 Aug. 1783 until Oct. 1790 he was employed, on the 
 Home, West India, and Halifax stations, occasion- 
 ally as Master's Mate, in the Pegase, Capt. Mar- 
 shall, Unicorn 32, Capt. Chas. Stirling, Latona 
 frigate, Capt. C. Sandys, Pegase again, Capt. Mar- 
 shall, Edgar 74, Capt. Thompson, Dido, Capt. C. 
 Sandys, Thisbe, Capt. Sam. Hood, Scoot, Capt. 
 Chas. Cobb, and Queen Charlotte 100, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Hood. On 28 of the month last 
 mentioned, he was made Lieutenant into the Dro- 
 medary, Capt. Benj. Hulke. He left that ship in 
 Deo. 1791 ; and was subsequently employed— from 
 Deo. 1792 until Aug. 1794, in the Sandwich 90, 
 Capt. Mosse, flag-ship at the Nore^from the latter 
 date until Dec. 1796, in command, on Home service, 
 of the Fearless gun-vessel, and armed vessel 
 Alfred — and, from June, 1798, until May, 1802, 
 and from May, 1803, until Dec. 1814, in charge of a . 
 Signal station. He accepted the rank of Com- 
 mander on the Retired List 27 March, 1823. 
 
 Commander Twisden is married, and has issue. 
 
 (Commandeb, 1838. e-p» J9 ; 
 
 K-P., 19.) 
 Henry Duncan Twysden is son of Capt. Thos. 
 Twysden, R.N. (who commanded the Pylades 
 sloop when that veisel was wrecked among the 
 Shetland Islands in Nov. 1794, and the R^volbtion- 
 BAiRE 38 during the latter part of the French revo- 
 lutionary war ; and died 4 Oct. 1801), by Isabella, 
 daughter of Henry Duncan, Esq. ; and grandson ot 
 SirWm. Twysden, the fourth Baronet of that nalne. 
 One of his paternal aunts was married, first, to 
 Archibald, Uth Earl of Eglinton; 9.nd secondly, 
 to Fras. Moore, Esq., brother of the gallant Lieut' 
 General Sir John Moore, who fell at Corunna, and 
 of the late Admiral Sir Graham Mpore, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1809, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegal 74, Capt. Sir 
 Pulteney Maloohn ; in which ship he witnessed the- 
 attack made by Lord Cochrane upon the French 
 fleet in Aix Roads, and was present, as Midshipman, 
 in Nov. 1810 in an attempt made by Capt. Chas. 
 Grant, of the Diana 38, to destroy the French 
 frigates Amazone and JEUze under the fire of the 
 enemy's batteries near Cherbourg. In June, 1811, 
 he joined the Hussar 38, Capt. Jas. Coutts Craw- 
 ford ; and in Aug. 1812, being then in the East 
 Indies, he removed, we believe, to the Mobeste 36. 
 From May, 1813, until within a few days of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 
 9 June, 1815, he served on the Mediterranean stnd 
 Home stations in the RivoLi 74, Capt. firaham 
 Eden Hamond, and Impehieuse 38 and Glasgow 50, 
 both commanded by Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan. 
 His succeeding appointments were— 26 Dec. 1815 
 and 5 June, 1818, to the Wye 26, Capts. Jas. Lilli- 
 crap and John Harper, and Iphigenia 42, Capt. 
 Hyde Parker, on the Halifax and Jamaica stations 
 —22 Dec. 1823 (he had invalided from the Iphige- 
 ■ March, 1819), to the Active 46, Capts. 
 
 TWISS. (COMMANDEE, 1846.) 
 
 Robert Walpole Twiss entered the Navy 8 
 June, 1810; passed his examination in 1818; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 1 March, 1829, into the 
 We^vzle 10, Capt. Chas. Basden, on the Mediterra- 
 nean station, whence he returned to England and 
 was paid off in 1830. He was employed in the Coast 
 Guard from 19 June, 1833, until the early part of 
 1835 ; and as Second and First-Lieutenant in the 
 St. Vincent 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir 
 Edw. Codrington, Sir Chas. Rowley, and Sir Chas. 
 Ogle, from 16 Nov. 1842 until advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank, 4 May, 1846. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Commander TwisS married, in March, 1834, 
 Sophia, daughter of — Friend, Esq., formerly of 
 Ramsgate. 
 
 Andrew King and Hon. Robt. Rodney, with whom 
 he was for about 12 months employed in the Medi- 
 terranean and off Lisbon— 24 April, 1830, as First, 
 ' to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Hon. Sir 
 Henry Blackwood at the Nore — 2 Aug. following, 
 to the Caledonia 120, Capts. Rich. Curry and 
 Edw. Curzon, employed on various particular ser- 
 vices— 26 Nov. 1831, to the San Josef 110, bearing 
 the flag of Sir Manley Dixon at Plymouth, where he 
 remained until the early part of 1833 — and, 1 Feb. 
 1838, as Senior, to the Hastings 72, Capt. Fras. 
 Erskine Loch, fitting at Sheerness. He was ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 28 June, 1838, and was 
 employed as an Inspeoting-Commander in the Coast 
 Guard from 4 July, 1839, until July, 1845. He is 
 now on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Twysden married, 22 July, 1819, his 
 cousin Mary, daughter of the late Sir Wm. Jervis 
 Twysden, Bart., by Frances, daughter of Alex. 
 Wynch, Esq., Governor of Madras. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 TYLDEN. (LlEOTENANT, 1836.) 
 
 Henry Manby Tylden passed his examination 
 in 1824 ; obtained his commission 28 Nov. 1836 ; and 
 was subsequently appointed — 29 Nov. 1836, as Ad- 
 ditional-Lieutenant, to the Melville 74, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget in North America and the 
 West Indies— 15 Dec. 1837, to the Magicienne 24, 
 Capt. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay, on the Lisbon 
 station — 29 Jan. 1840, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. 
 Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, in the East Indies 
 —13 Oct. 1840, to the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. 
 Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, under whom he took 
 part in the operations of 1841 against Canton — 31 
 Oct. 1845, after nearly four years of half-pay, to the 
 command of the Lizard steamer, of 150 horse- 
 power, on the S.E. coast of America — and 17 June, 
 1847, for a few months, to the Coast Guard. While 
 in the Parana in the spring of 1846, and in the act 
 of passing the batteries of San Lorenzo, in the pos- 
 session of General Rosas, the Lizard was for nearly 
 two hours exposed to a terrific fire. She received 
 7 shot between wind and water, besides 9 cannon 
 
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 TYLER— TYNDALE— TYRRELL. 
 
 14 grape, and 41 musket balls in her hull and bul- 
 warks, and 7 cannon and grape in the funnel and 
 steam-pipes ; and her boats, mainmast, and rigging, 
 fore and aft, were shot through and through by 
 cannon. Four men were killed and 4 slightly 
 wounded. The whole manner in which Lieut. 
 Tylden handled his vessel and the gallantry and 
 Judgment he exhibited obtained him great credit.* 
 
 TYLEE. (Eetred Captain, 1844.) 
 
 Charles TrLEK died 16 Aug. 1846, at Bruges. 
 He was son of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Tyler, 
 G.C.B., by his first wife. Miss Pike; and half- 
 brother of the present Capt. Sir Geo. Tyler, R.N., 
 Kt., K.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1793. In 
 1796 he joined, in the capacity of Midshipman, 
 L'AiGLE 38, commanded by his father, Capt. Chas. 
 Tyler; under. -whom we believe he was wrecked, 
 near Tunis, 18 July, 1798. He was subsequently 
 employed, also in the Mediterranean, in the Marl- 
 BOKOHGH 74, Capt. Thos. Sotheby, "Wabeiob 74, 
 Capt. C. Tyler, Champion 24, Capt. Graham Eden 
 Hamond, and Lion 64. In Nov. 1800 he was again 
 placed under his father in the "Warrior, then in 
 the Baltic ; where at the period of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 9 Oct. 
 1801, he was serving on board the Alcmbne frigate, 
 Capts. Kobt. Lambert and John Styles. His next 
 appointments were, to the Hydka 38, Capt. Geo. 
 Mundy, in the Mediterranean, to the Elephant 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Dundas, in the "West Indies, and to the 
 Iris 36, Gapt. John Tower, on the north coast of 
 Spain. On his arrival in the East Indies in the 
 Cornelia frigate, Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell, he 
 joined, in Dec. 1809, the Arrogant, Capts. Graham 
 and Barrington Reynolds ; the latter of whom he 
 followed, in April, 1811, into the Hesper 18. After 
 assisting at the reduction of Java, where he served 
 on shore with the army, he was nominated, 4 Nov. 
 1811, Acting-Commander of the Procris sloop. He 
 invalided in the course of the ensuing month ; was 
 promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of Com- 
 mander 7 Feb. 1812 ; and was placed on the list of 
 Retired Captains 5 March, 1844. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 TYLER, Kt, K.H. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 11; 
 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 Sir George Ttlek, born 28 Dec. 1792, is eldest 
 
 son of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Tyler,t G.C.B., 
 
 by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Alex. 
 
 * Fide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3210, 3211. 
 
 -[- Sir Chas. Tyler attained the rank of Commander prior 
 to the conclusion of the first American war. He served in 
 that capacity in the Queen armed ship, and Trimmer sloop ; 
 and was advanced to Post-rank 21 Sept. 1"90. He com- 
 manded the Meleaoer 32 at the occupation of Toulon ; 
 and as a reward for his distinguished conduct in her at the 
 reduction of Corsica, he was appointed to the St. Fiohenzo, 
 a prize-frigate of 40 guns, which, although sunk, had been 
 weighed, chiefly through his exertions. He served after- 
 wards in tlie Diadem 64 (part of Vice-Admiral Hotham's 
 fleet in tlie partial action off Genoa, 14 Marcll, 1795), Aigle 
 38 (wrecked near Tunis, 18 July, 1798), Warrior 74, and 
 ToNNANT 80. In the Diadem he had charge of a small 
 squadron in the Adriatic ; and in the Warrior he was sent, 
 in Jan. 1802, with three other 74's under his orders, from 
 Gibraltar to the West Indies, to watch the motions of a French 
 armament wliich had been despatched thither immediately 
 after the suspension of hostilities. In the early part of 1801 
 the WARElORhad formed part of Sir Hyde Parker's expedition 
 to the Baltic. In 1 803 Capt. Tyler obtained the superintend- 
 ence of a district of Sea Fencibles; and on being ultimately ap- 
 pointed to the Tonnant, he fought,and was severely wounded, 
 at the battle of Trafalgar. For nis services on that occasion he 
 was presented with a gold medal. He acquired the rank of 
 Rear-Admiral28 April, 1808; hoisted his flag soon afterwards as 
 second in command at Portsmouth ; was present, 3 Sept. 1808, 
 at the surrender, in the Tagus, of the Russian Rear- Admiral 
 Seniavin (the first division of whose fleet he escorted in 
 safety to Spithead); and from 1812 until 1815 was Commander- 
 in-Chief at ftle Cape of Good Hope, He became a Vice- 
 Admiral 4 Dec. 1813, a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1816, a full Admiral 
 27 May, 1825, and a G.C.B. 29 Jan. 1833. He Jdied an 
 Admiral of the "While 28 Sept. 1835, at the Spa, Gloucester, 
 aged 75. , 
 
 Leach, Esq., of Corsan, co. Pembroke; and half- 
 brother of the late Retired Captain Chas. Tyler, 
 R.N. His grandfather, Peter Tyler, a Captain in 
 the 52nd Regt., married the Hon. Anne Roper, 
 daughter of Henry eighth Lord Teynham. 
 
 This oflScer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 Oct. 1806 ; and embarked, 7 Dec. 1809, on board 
 the Lively 38, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley ; under whom, 
 after conveying Sir Chas. Cotton to Cadiz and es- 
 corting the outward-bound trade to Portugal and 
 the Mediterranean, he was wrecked, 10 Aug. 1810, 
 on a reef of rocks, near Point Coura, in the Medi- 
 terranean. He had previously attained the rating 
 of Midshipman. In the following Nov. he joined 
 the Spartan 38, Cjipt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, sta- 
 tioned on the coast of France; and on 11 May, 
 
 1811, while engaged in a cutting-out affair in Qui- 
 beron Bay, he had the misfortune to lose his right 
 arm. In Sept. of the same year, three months after 
 he had left the Spartan, he was received on board 
 the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship of Sir Robt. 
 Calder at Plymouth ; he next, in May and Oct. 
 
 1812, joined the Hermes 20 and Reindeee 18, Capts. 
 Philip Browne and "Wm. Manners ; he went back, 
 about Jan. 1813, to the Salvador del Mundo; 
 and on 6 Feb. 1813, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. On 10 of the month last mentioned he 
 became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Lion 64, to his 
 father at the Cape of Good Hope ; where he con- 
 tinued employed in the same capacity in the Semi- 
 RAJriis 36 and Medway 74 until made Commander 
 7 Feb. 1815, into the Habpy sloop. He was in the 
 Medway at the capture, in July, 1814, of the United 
 States brig-of-war Si/ren of 18 guns and 137 men. 
 The Harpy made prize of a vessel, laden with slaves^ 
 bound from Madagascar to the Isle of France ; and 
 formed one of a squadron sent, on Buonaparte's 
 escape from Elba^ to protect the island of Bourbon. 
 She was paid off in March, 1816. On 8 of the fol- 
 lowing May Capt. Tyler was granted a pension of 
 200Z. per annum for the loss of his arm. After offi- 
 ciating for 12 months as Inspecting-Commander of 
 the coast of Norfolk, he was appointed, 8 Dec. 1821, 
 to the Flt 18 ; in which vessel, prior to being or- 
 dered to the coast of Scotland, he was sent on a 
 special mission to Jersey and to Gravelines for the 
 purpose of entering into a negotiation with the 
 French relative to the oyster-fishery on that part 
 of the coast of France. He was advanced to his 
 present rank 10 Oct. 1822 ; and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 From Jan. 1833 until Nov. 1840, a period includ- 
 ing that of the general abolition of slavery in the 
 British colonies. Sir Geo. Tyler (who was nominated 
 a K.H. 4 March, 1833, and invested with the honour 
 of Knighthood in Nov. 1838) filled the appointment 
 of Lieutenant-Governor of the island of St. Vincent. 
 He is a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Glamorgan. He 
 married, 21 Sept. 1819, Harriet Margaret, daughter 
 of the late Right Hon. John Sullivan, of Richings 
 Lodge, CO. Bucks, by Lady Harriet, daughter of 
 George, third Earl of Buckinghamshire ; and has 
 issue seven sons and four daughters. Agents— 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 TYNDALE. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 Edward Tyndale died 25 Jan. 1849, at Ostend. 
 He was youngest son of the late Thos. Tyndale, 
 . Esq., of the Fort, near Bristol. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in 1819 ; and 
 as a reward for his conduct in the 'Talbot 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Fred. Spencer, at the battle of Navarin, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1827. 
 He docs not appear to have been afterwards em- 
 ployed. 
 
 He married, 15 Feb. 1830, Louisa, youngest 
 daughter of the late Lieut-Colonel Du Vernet, of 
 the Royal Artillery ; and has left issue. Agents — 
 Burnett and Holmes. 
 
 TYRRELL. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 13 ; n-p., 31.) 
 
 George Tyrrell entered the Royal Naval Aca- 
 demy 21 Feb. 1803; and embarked, 11 Oct. 1807, 
 
TYSSEN— TYTE— CMFREVILLE. 
 
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 on board the Swotsuee 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Kuther- 
 ford, lying at Portsmouth. He joined next the ' 
 Namde 74, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Thos. 
 Wells at the Nore ; and, in the capacity of Midship- 
 man, the Akiadme 20, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, and 
 BncEPHALus troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Felly. In the 
 latter vessel he accompanied the expeditious to the 
 Walcheren and against the Isle of France. On 
 leaving her he joined, as Master's Mate, in Jan. 
 
 1811, the Babkacouta 18, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam 
 Owen ; of which vessel, after assisting in the Illus- 
 TKious 74, Commodore "Wm. Robt. Broughton, at 
 the reduction of Java, he was nominated, 1 Jan. 
 
 1812, Acting-Lieutenant. In the ensuing April (his 
 commission bears date 9 of the month last men- 
 tioned) he went back to the Illustkiods. He re- 
 turned to England in Aug. 1813 with Capt. Bar- 
 rington Keynolds in his former ship the Bdcepha- 
 LDS ; and was lastly, from Jan. 1814 until Dec. 1815, 
 employed, on the North America and West India 
 station, in the Newcastle 50, Capts. Lord Geo. 
 Stuart and Sam. Koberts. 
 
 TYSSEN. (Lieutenant, 1832.) 
 
 John Tyssen passed his examination in 1831 ; 
 and attained the rank of Lieutenant 30 March, 1832. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 25 June, 1834, 
 to the Thibdne 24, Capt. Jas. Torakinson, in the 
 Mediterranean — 16 Dec. 1836, to the Stag 46, Capt. 
 Thos. Ball Sulivan, fitting for South America^ 18 
 Nov. 1839, to the command of the Sparrow ketch, 
 on the same station, whence he returned in 1842 — 
 and in 1843 and 1846 to that of the Momtreai 
 schooner and Mohawk steamer of 60 horse-power 
 on Lakes Erie and Huron. He has been on half-pay 
 since Aug. 1848. 
 
 TYTE. (Retired Commander, 1840. fp., 14; 
 H-p., 40.) 
 Robert "William Tyte entered the Navy, 19 
 Feb. 1793, as Ordinary, on board the Iris 32, Capt. 
 Geo. Lumsdaine ; and on 13 May following was pre- 
 sent in a severe action with the Citoyenne Prangaise 
 French frigate, productive of a loss to the British 
 of 4 men killed and 32 wounded, and to the enemy 
 of 15 killed and 37 wounded. From March, 1794, 
 until transferred, in April, 1800, to the Tigke 74, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he served, part of the 
 time as Midshipman, in the Theseus 74, commanded, 
 amongst others, by Capts. Robt. Calder, Herbert 
 Browell, John Aylmer, and Ralph Willet Miller. 
 In July, 1797, he accompanied (under the flag of 
 Sir Horatio Nelson) the expedition to Tenerifie ; 
 and on 1 Aug. 1798 he was present at the battle 
 of the Nile. In the Tioee he shared in Sir Sidney 
 Smith's operations in Egypt and assisted at the de- 
 fence of St. Jean d'Acre. From 29 June until 7 
 Oct. 1801, he served off the latter place and again 
 on the coast of Egypt, as Acting-Lieutenant and 
 Commander, in La Dangerehse : he was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant 22 April, 1802; and was afterwards 
 employed— from 14 May, 1803, until 23 Sept. 1804, 
 in command, off the coast of Kent and Suffolk, of 
 gun-vessel No. 1— from 25 May until 27 Sept. 1805, 
 in the Romulus 36, Capt. Thos. Burton, off the Naze 
 —and from 28 Sept. 1805 until 31 Aug. 1806, and 
 from 6 Sept. 1811 until 7 June, 1S14, in command 
 of the Desperate gun-vessel and Glort, off Bou- 
 logne and in the river Medway. He was admitted 
 to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital 18 Dec. 
 1823; and placed on the list of Retired Com- 
 manders 30 June, 1840. Agents— Messrs. Halford 
 and Co. 
 
 u. 
 
 UMFEEVILLE. (Commandek, 1838. f-p., 35; 
 H-p., 7.) 
 
 Samuel Charles Cmfreville was born 8 June, 
 1794. 
 
 This ofiicor entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1805, as 
 Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Malta 84, Capts. Edw. 
 
 BuUer and Wm. Shields ; and on 22 July following 
 was present in Sir Robert Calder's action with the 
 combined fleets of France and Spain off' Cape Finis- 
 terre. He sailed afterwards for the Mediterranean ; 
 where he served, chiefly at the blockade of Toulon, 
 until transferred, in Aug. 1808, as Midshipman (a 
 rating he had attained in Aug. 1806) to the Mon- 
 tagu 74, Capts. Rich. Hussey Moubray and John 
 HaUiday. While in that ship he was frequently 
 engaged in boat-skirmishes with the enemy, and was 
 afforded an opportunity of assisting, in April, 1810, 
 at the reduction of Santa Maura. On his return to 
 England in May, 1811, he joined, as a Supernume- 
 rary, the Aquilon 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles, at Sheer- 
 ness; hepassedhis examination in the ensuing July ; 
 and in Sept. of the same year he was received on 
 board the Amelia of 48 guns, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Paul Irby. Proceeding in her, as Master's Mate, to 
 the coast of Africa, he there, in July, 1812, witnessed 
 the destruction of the town of Winnebah ; the na- 
 tives at which place had treacherously seized and 
 murdered the governor of a fort, by which they had 
 been often themselves protected, and which the 
 British simultaneously demolished. On 7 Feb. 1813, 
 at7h. 45 m. p.m., being off the lies de Los, the 
 Amelia, with an emaciated crew on board of 300 
 men, came to close action with a French frigate, 
 L'Are'thuse* of 44 guns (24-pounders on her main- 
 deck) and 340 men in the full vigour of health ; and 
 maintained it with an interval until 11 h. 21 m.; 
 when the combatants separated, the enemy with a 
 loss of 105 men killed and wounded, the British of 
 141 killed and wounded. After the conflict had 
 been raging for about two hours, Capt. Irby having 
 been obliged by a severe wound in the elbow to 
 quit the deck, the First and Second Lieutenants 
 being killed, and the crew falling fast, it was re- 
 commended by the Master and the Third-Lieute- 
 nant, as the Amelia's fire too had at the moment 
 ceased, that her colours should be hauled down. 
 Scarcely had this suggestion been made to the Cap- 
 tain, when the Third-Lieutenant, in ascending the 
 quarter-deck ladder, was himself added to the num- 
 ber of the slain. Just then Capt. Irby,_with his 
 arm in a sling, came on deck, and mentioned the 
 advice he had received — advice which was at the 
 same time repeated by the Master, who stated that 
 a fresh ship was in sight, coming up on the Ame- 
 lia's lee-quarter, and that a renewal of the fight 
 would but involve a useless sacrifice of life. At 
 this juncture Mr. Umfreville, stepping forward, 
 promised that, if the Captain would allow him again 
 to man the guns and resume the action, the ship 
 should never strike, but "should go down first." 
 Being told by Capt. Irby to do his best, he set to 
 work accordingly, and had the honour of fighting 
 L'Are'thuse for upwards of an hour, until indeed, 
 at the time above stated, the enemy, in the words 
 of the official letter, " bore up." Although he was 
 thus the means of supporting the credit of the 
 British flag, and of preserving to the Navy one of 
 its finest frigates,! Mr. Umfreville's gallant conduct 
 was not, that we are aware (and as it assuredly 
 ought to have been), reported ; nor was he alluded 
 to, in his Captain's narrative, in other terms than 
 as a " deserving and valuable officer."! He conti- 
 nued in command, as Acting-Lieutenant, of the 
 Amelia (deducting a few days that it was held by 
 Lieut. Reeve, an officer invalided from the Kanga- 
 roo sloop) until she arrived at Spithead 22 March, 
 1813. On 25 of that month, as he had been the 
 only passed Midshipman in the action, he was offi- 
 cially promoted. His next appointment was, 14 
 March, 1814, to the Fly 16, Capts. Sir Wm. Geo. 
 Parker and John Baldwin ; in which vessel we find 
 him, 18 July, 1815, present, in company with a squa- 
 dron under the orders of Capt. Chas. Malcolm, at 
 the cuttihg-out, from the harbour of Corrijou, near 
 j^ bervrach, on the coast of Bretagne, of an armed 
 g utter, a praam brig, and a gun-vessel, together 
 
 * L'Arethuse had been observed, the evening pieviously, 
 to be in company with Le Rvbis, a ship of similar force. 
 
 ■f- The Amelia had on board a quantity of ivory and, gold- 
 dust on merchants' account. ± Fttfe Gaz. 1813, p. 583. 
 
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 URMSTON— USHER— USHERWOOD*-USSHER. 
 
 with a convoy f epoBing under the protection of a 
 fort, which was stormed and carried. He left the 
 Flv 14 March, 1816 ; and, with the exception of a 
 few months, was afterwards, from 8 Feb, 1821 until 
 advanced for his services to the rani: he now holds 
 29 Jan. 1838, employed either in command of a star 
 tion in the Coast Guard, or of the Mermaid and 
 fiAGLE * Revenue-vessels ; and from 10 Nov. in the 
 latter year until 1848, again, as an Inspecting-Com- 
 mander, in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander Umfreville married, in Feb. 1817, 
 Miss Jane Clark, of Kingsaftd, co. Devon, the niece 
 of a famous Government pilot at that place, by 
 whom he has issue two sons and six daughters. 
 
 URMSTON. (Lieutenant, 1848.) 
 
 William Bbaeazoh TIibmston, born 11 Feb. 1828, 
 is son of Sir Jas. Brabazon tirmston, Kt., President 
 of Supercargoes at Canton, by Elizabeth, sister of 
 the present John Oliver Hanson, Esq., of Killing- 
 beck Hall, CO. York, a Merchant in the City of Lon- 
 don, a Director of the Bank of England, Chairman 
 of the Atlas Assurance Company, and a Member of 
 the Court of Lieutenancy of the City of London. 
 He is nephew of Capt. John Hanson, 26th Light 
 Dragoons, who fell at the head of his squadron in 
 leading a charge against a very superior force of 
 French cavalry, at Villa Franca, in Spain, 13 Sept. 
 
 1812, aged 25. 
 
 This officer passed his examination in Aug. 1847 ; 
 was appointed, 8 Sept. following, Mate of the Cot- 
 LiNGWOOD 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Francis Seymour 
 in the Pacific ; and was advanced to his present rank 
 29 Sept. 1848. 
 
 USHEE. (LlEnT., 1815. r-p.,33 ; h-p., 11.) 
 
 William Akmstkong Usher entered the Navy, 
 1 Dec. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tbitok 
 guard-ship at Waterford, Capt. Wm. Cashman. In 
 Nov. 1805 he removed to the Rose 18, Capts. Lucius 
 Curtis, Philip Pipon, and Thos. Mansell, employed 
 at first in the Mediterranean and next in the Chan- 
 nel ; and he served afterwards, chiefly in the capa- ■ 
 city of Midshipman — from Dec. 1807 until May, 
 1809, in the Pelican sloop and D^sdalcs and 
 Bacchante frigates, all commanded, in the West 
 Indies, by Capt. Wm. Ward — from May, 1809, until 
 May, 1813, on the Home station, in the Magicienne 
 36, Capt. L. Curtis, Sakpedon 10, Capt. Jas. Green, 
 FvLLA 20, Capts. Hon. Edw. Rodney and Henry 
 Prescott, Swan cutter, Lieut.-Commander Henry 
 Rowed, PnissANT 74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, and 
 Bold 14, Capt. John Skekel— and from May to Oct. 
 
 1813, in the Crescent 88, Capt. John Quilliam at 
 Newfoundland. He obtained his commission 30 
 May, lSl5 ; was employed during the next 12 months 
 in the Mediterranean in the Sparrowhawk 18, 
 Capt, Fred. Wm. Burgoynft; and filled, from 17 
 Feb, 1821 until 1838, an appointment in the Coast 
 Guard. He had since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 USHEEWOOD. (Commander, 1830. F-p.,26jt 
 H-p,, 25.) 
 
 WiLUAM tTsHEKWoojo died 18 Dec. 1844, at Ex- 
 mOuth, CO. Devon. 
 
 This officer' entered the Navy, 27 Dec. 1793, as 
 Boatswain's Servant, on board the Terrible 74, 
 Capts. Skeffington Lulwidge, Geo. Campbell, Sir 
 Rich. Bickerton, Wm. Wolseley, and Fras. Faycr- 
 mari ; in which ship he continued employed in the 
 Mediterranean and Channel, as Fst.-cl. Vol. and 
 Midshipman, until Oct. 1801. He was in conse- 
 quence, we believe, present at the occupation of 
 Toulon, at the reduction of Corsica, and in Hotham's 
 partial actions vrith the French fleet off Genoa and 
 the Hyeres Islands, 14 March and 13 July, 1795. 
 He next, in June, 1803, joined the Plover 18, Capt. ' 
 Rich. Turner Hancock, on the: Channel station; 
 where, in Deo. 1805, he removed as Master's Mate 
 (a rating he had attained in the preceding Aug.) to 
 
 • He commanded the Ejisle from 18 Maj-ch, 1834, until 
 HSroh, 1837. 
 
 f Not IlfclUfffng tftarrtffl^ tiil<^. 
 
 the Formidable 98, commanded by his former Cap- 
 tain, Fayerman, with whom he ultimately returned 
 to the Mediterranean. In Feb. 1809, at which pe- 
 riod he had been serving for a few weeks on the 
 latter station in the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord 
 Collingwood, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Sabine sloop. In that vessel (he was con- 
 firmed to her 23 Dec. following) he was for upwards 
 of six years and a half employed on the Mediterra- 
 nean, North Sea, Baltic, Cadiz, Newfoundland, and 
 Jamaica stations. She was commanded, during the 
 period, by Capts. Peter Fisher, Jas. Donner, Joseph 
 Bott, Geo. Price, Edw. Wrottesley, for two months 
 (from 29 July to 28 Sept. 1814) by himself as Act- 
 ing-Commander, and by Capt. Wm. Hall. With 
 her boats under his command, Mr. TJsherwood, as 
 Senior Lieutenant, found frequent opportunities 
 of distinguishing himself. Once he destroyed a 
 schooner on the coast of Jutland ; and on 26 May, 
 1811, while engaged at the defence of Cadiz, he cut 
 out, in the most skilful and gallant manner, three 
 French privateers, from the anchorage of Chipiona, 
 near the mouth of the Guadalquivir. These vessels 
 — the Guardia de Via, Canari, and Madina — amounted 
 2 4-pounders, with a complement of 25 men each, 
 and had long daringly annoyed the commerce on 
 the Spanish coast.* On the following morning the 
 Sabine, in company with the Papillon, captured 
 another privateer, which persisted in her endeavours 
 to escape, although under a heavy fire of grape and 
 musketry, until she was actually run on board by 
 the latter brig. On leaving the Sabine in July, 
 1815, Mr. Usherwood returned to England, from the 
 West Indies, in the Warrior 74, Capt. John Tre- 
 mayne Rodd. During the passage he was present 
 in a furious hurricane in which the ship was dis- 
 masted, received 11 feet water in her hold, and all 
 but foundered. In 1825 he obtained an appointment 
 in the Ordinary at Portsmouth ; he commanded the 
 SuELT cutter, of 10 guns, at the Nore, from 3 June, 
 1828, until advanced to the rank of Commander, 22 
 July, 1830 ; and from 8 May, 1832, until the summer 
 of 1835, he officiated as an Inspecting-Commander 
 in the Coast Guard. He was not afterwards em- 
 ployed. 
 
 Commander Usherwood married, first, Ann, eldest 
 daughter of the Rev. Digory Jose, of Ponghill, Corn- 
 wall; and, secondly, 18 Aug. 1832, Elizabeth Dennis, 
 daughter of the late Rev. John Kingdon, an active 
 Magistrate for cos. Cornwall and Devon, and Patron 
 of the advowsons of the parishes of Bridgerule, Py- 
 worthy, and Holsworthy, in the west of Devon, and 
 of Whitstone and Marhamchurch, in the north of 
 Cornwall. 
 
 USSHKR. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 SYDNEr Henry TJssher is eldest son of the late 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. TJssher, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 Feb. 1822 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 12 Aug. 1828 ; and was 
 successively appointed, on the North xlmerica and 
 West India station— 22 Feb. 1830, to the Blanche 
 46, Capt. Arthur Farquhar — 19 July, 1833, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Rolle Walpole Trefusis— 16 July, 1834, to the Pre- 
 sident 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn — and 4 
 Sept. following to the command, which he retained 
 until March, 1836, of the Skipjack schooner, of 5 
 guns. While in ihe vessel last mentioned he made 
 prize of a Spanish slave-brig of 8 guns (pierced for 
 20) and 75 men. He attained th« rank of Com- 
 mander 10 Jan. 1837 ; was employed in the Coast 
 Guard from 8 Aug. 1838 until the close of 1843 ; 
 and commanded the Wasp 16, on the coast of Africa, 
 from 4 June, 1844, until advanced, on being paid off, 
 to his present rank 23 Nov. 1846. He has since been 
 on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 USSHER, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. (Reak-Admirai, of 
 THE BLtTE, 1846. F-p., 26 ; H-P., 30.) 
 Sir Thomas Ussher was born in 1779, and died 
 6 Jan. 1848. lie was son of the Rev, Henry Ussherj 
 
 * TiBsiaif. mi, jr. ]ro4. 
 
USSHER. 
 
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 a Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, First 
 Astronomer Royal of Ireland, promoter of the Koyal 
 Irish Academy, and a Member of that, the Koyal 
 Edinburgh, and many foreign Academies. His im- 
 mediate ancestor. Archbishop Ussher, Primate of 
 Ireland, was a descendant of one of the Neville 
 family, who settled in the sister kingdom during 
 the reign of King John, and assumed the name of 
 TIsaher, to perpetuate the name of the office he held 
 near the King's person. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1791 (under 
 the patronage of Colonel Wm. Burton Conyngham, 
 M.P., uncle of the late Marquess Conyngham), as 
 Midshipman, on board the Sqoikkel 20, Capt. Wm. 
 O'Brien Drury. In that vessel, after serving on 
 the Irish station, he proceeded to the coast of 
 Africa ; where, to avenge an insult offered to the 
 British flag, he assisted in driving the Portuguese 
 Governor of Prince's Island, in the Bight of Benin, 
 with severe loss, from the two batteries (one 
 mounting 22, the other 4 guns) defending the har- 
 bour. On his return to England, during their pas- 
 sage whither the officers and crew of the Sqoirrei. 
 were reduced to a daily allowance of one ounce of 
 bread, and a single glass of water each, he joined, 
 in Sept. 1793, the Invincible 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. 
 Pakenham ; prerviously to following whom into La 
 Juste 80, he bore a warm part in Lord Howe's 
 actions 29 May and 1 June, 1794. La Jdste was a 
 ship that surrendered on the latter occasion ; and 
 Mr. Ussher was one of those who assisted in taking 
 possession of her. After cruizing for upwards of 
 12 months in the Channel, he was received in suc- 
 cession, in Oct. and Nov. 1795 and March, 1796, 
 on board the Pmnce George 98, GtoRV 98, and 
 Thunderer 74, bearing each the flag of the late Sir 
 Hugh Cloberry Christian. In the Prince GeokcE 
 and Glory he was present in two violent hurricanes, 
 which each time compelled the return to port of an 
 expedition intended to act against the enemy's 
 colonies in the West Indies ; whither, however, he 
 proceeded in the Thunderer, having, we may add, 
 all the chronometers intrusted to his charge. On 
 the passage out, he removed with SirH. C. Christian 
 to the AsTRa)A frigate. During the operations of 
 May, 1796, against Ste. Lucie, Mr. Ussher, who had 
 been nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Minotaur 
 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, was employed on shore in 
 command of a party of seamen attached to the army 
 under Sir Kalph Aberoromby. Subsequently to the 
 surrender of the island, he was ordered to act as 
 Lieutenant in the Pelican brig, of 18 guns (16 32- 
 pounder carronades and 2 long 6's), Capts. John 
 Clarke Searle, Thos. Harvey, Edw. Kittoe, John 
 Gascoyne, John Hamstead, Christopher Laroche, 
 and Robt. Philpot. Under Capt. Searle the latter 
 vessel, with only 97 men on board, beat off' in the 
 most dashing manner, near Desirade, the French 
 frigate Me'dee of 40 guns and 300 men, after a close 
 action, in which the enemy sustained a loss of 33 
 men in killed and wounded, and the Pelican, 
 although her sails and rigging were out to pieces, of 
 only 1 man slightly wounded. This affair took 
 place on the morning of 23 Sept. 1796 ; and in the 
 course of the same day the sloop retook the Alcyon, 
 late a British army victualler, and then a prize to 
 the Medee ; by whom, on the 24th, she was again 
 captured, close in with Guadeloupe ; where Mr. 
 Ussher, who had been placed in charge of her, was 
 for a short time detained. On 17 Sept. 1797, having 
 rejoined the Pelican, we find him* contributing, 
 under the temporary command of Lieut. Thos. 
 "White (by whom his zeal, conduct, and bravery 
 were much praised), to the destruction, not far from 
 St. Domingo, of Le Trompenr French privateer of 
 16 guns and 160 men.f This vessel had been en- 
 gaged by the Pelican in the morning for 35 
 minutes. She had then endeavoured to effect her 
 cscape,jbut, being overtaken, had resolutely de- 
 fended herself until the fire of her opponent sent 
 her to the bottom. Sixty only of her brave crew 
 could the British save, but among them was their 
 * He had been officially promoted 17 July preceding. 
 t.r«6Gira. 1797, p. 1114. 
 
 gallant chief, whose life was preserved through the 
 exertions of Mr. Ussher. There appears to have 
 been, in company with he Trampeur, an armed 
 schooner; but we are unable to discover that she 
 rendered her consort any effective aid. On 4 April, 
 1798, Mr. Ussher, who, in command of two boats, 
 containing 14 men, had been occupied, during the 
 two preceding days, in looking into the different 
 creeks about Cumberland Harbour and St. Jago de 
 Cuba in search of a privateer which had been com- 
 mitting great depredations on the coast of Jamaica, 
 landed in a sandy bay near the latter port. While 
 his men were reposing on the beach, they were of a 
 sudden, although a sentinel had been posted on a 
 height to prevent surprise, attacked by between 60 
 and 70 soldiers, who, with a volley of musketry, 
 rushed upon them, determined apparently to give 
 no quarter. A deadly conflict ensued, and lasted 
 until Mr. Ussher, having succeeded in regaining his 
 only remaining boat — the Spaniards had swamped 
 the other — was enabled to fire into the midst of 
 them a swivel, loaded with 200 musket-baUs. The 
 enemy then fled ; and the British re-embarked, with 
 a loss, however, of 2 killed and 10 severely and 
 slightly wounded. Among the latter was , Mr. 
 Ussher. On the following day, the 5th, while re- 
 connoitring the mouth of the river Augustine, near 
 Cumberland Harbour, he conceived it possible, al- 
 though with only two boats and 19 men, to obtain 
 possession of a French privateer schooner, Le Moulin 
 a Cafe, of 7 guns and 83 men, which was seen lying 
 across the stream, with her bow apparently aground 
 and a great part of her crew on shore. "With a 
 view to facilitate the accomplishment of this object, 
 he made with all celerity for the land, for the pur- 
 pose of either attacking the latter or, by a rapid 
 movement, of gaining the vessel before them. In 
 each intent he was disappointed. The enemy got 
 on board ; and, by means of hawsers already laid 
 out to trees on the opposite bank, hauled the 
 schooner into mid-channel. In reply to a summons 
 made by Sir. Ussher to them to surrender, he re- 
 ceived a broadside; he made every attempt to 
 board, under cover of the smoke, but was foiled, 
 owing to the depth of water ; yet, unwilling to re- 
 treat, and eagerly anticipating a re-enforcement 
 from the Pelican, he remained exposed to a de- 
 structive fire until, having had his best marksmen 
 killed and many others wounded, he was himself 
 felled by a shot through the right thigh. Con- 
 ceiving his wound to be mortal, he directed those of 
 his party, who were • able, to retire, and he then, 
 from the loss of blood, fainted. On recovering his 
 senses he found himself in the hands of the French, 
 who, to their honour be it recorded, treated him 
 and his fellow-sufferers with all the attention that 
 generosity could suggest. For many months after 
 his return to the Pelican, Mr. Ussher was under 
 the necessity of using crutches ; but in this state 
 even was he not forsaken by that spirit of enterprise 
 which ever distinguished him ; and in Jan. 1799 we- 
 accordingly find him again volunteering, with the 
 Pelican's cutter and 12 men, to attack another 
 privateer, La Trompeuse, of 5 guns and about 70 
 men, lying in the Artibonite river, at the west end 
 of St. Domingo. Notwithstanding that the odds 
 were so fearfully against him, and that many of the 
 privateersmen were strongly posted behind trees. La 
 Trampeuse was boarded, carried, and, as she was 
 fast aground, destroyed. It had been intended to 
 approach her in a detained merchant-schooner, with 
 50 men ; but as the wind blew down the river, and 
 the British in working up were likely to be too 
 much exposed, the plan, as shown, was changed, 
 much to the credit of Mr. Ussher ; who, it may be 
 here added, was present, while belonging to the 
 Pelican, in upwards of 20 boat engagements with 
 the enemy. On leaving her he joined, in May, 1799 
 the Trent 36, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. On 7 of 
 the following mouth he boarded, with the ship's 
 barge, in Aguada Bay, Puerto Rico, a schooner, 
 lying under the very muzzles of the guns in a large 
 battery, and attached to the shore by a hawser 
 made fast to the deck, by another at the mast-head, 
 
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 and by a rope fixed to the heel of the rudder. 
 Having, with the assistance of the Trent's cutter 
 under Mr. Henry M'Cleverty, the Master, towed 
 the prize out beneath a ruinous fire from the battery, 
 he returned in the cutter and, fortunately without 
 further loss (every one nearly of the barge's crew 
 had been killed or wounded), brought off a felucca. 
 In July, 1799, as detailed in our memoir of Capt. 
 Otway, who accompanied him as a volunteer, he 
 commanded the same boats at the capture of a 
 Spanish vessel at Laguira ; which port he had 
 entered for the heroic purpose of endeavouring to 
 retake the late British frigate Hermicme, which, 
 however, had sailed a few days previously. He 
 subsequently, in the face of a troop of cavalry, 
 brought off a felucca, found lying under a small 
 battery on the north side of Puerto Rico. On the 
 return of the Tbent to England with the flag of Sir 
 Hyde Parker, in Sept. 1800, Mr. Xlssher, from the 
 effects of his wounds, which threatened even- to 
 produce locked-jaw, was obliged for a time to seek 
 half-pay, thereby losing the fairest chance of pro- 
 motion. Although, on being surveyed by the Col- 
 lege of Surgeons, the injuries he hall received were 
 declared equal to the loss of a limb, he was unable 
 to procure compensation; although, too, his late 
 Commander-in-Chief Sir Hyde Parker, in a letter 
 to the Secretary of the Admiralty, " recommended 
 him, in justice to his merits, not only for a pension, 
 but for any mark of favour their Lordships might 
 think proper to bestow on him." On applying in 
 June, 1801, for employment, contrary to the advice 
 of his physicians, he was at once appointed to the 
 command of the Nox cutter. In this vessel, which 
 was stationed offWeymouth in attendance upon the 
 King, he remained four months. Encouraged by a 
 promise of early advancement, he was led, when 
 the extensive promotion in honour of the peace of 
 Amiens took place, to hope that his name would 
 have been included; but the hope was vain. His 
 next appointments were, 26 Sept. 1803 and 6 April, 
 1804, to the command of the Joseph cutter and 
 CoLPors brig of 14 12-pounder carronades and 40 
 men, attached to the blockading force under Ad- 
 miral Cornwallis off Brest. Towards the close of 
 1804, Mr. Ussher, it appears, was to have been the 
 second in command under Capt. Peter Puget, had a 
 plan, suggested by that otficer, of destroying the 
 Brest fleet by means of fire-ships, been carried into 
 execution. His unwearied vigilance however, and 
 the discretion he evinced, in maturing the scheme 
 as far as it went, were reported in very flattering 
 terms to the First Lord of the Admiralty, by whom 
 they were duly acknowledged. About this period 
 the British fleet, during a succession of hard weather, 
 was blown off the coast ; and on regaining his sta- 
 tion Admiral Cornwallis was in some doubt as to 
 whether or not the enemy had left port. On hearing 
 of this, Mr. TJssher, of his own accord, stood close in 
 shore after dark, and, hoisting out his gig (a 4-oared 
 boat), actually entered the harbour, discovered and 
 rowed along the whole French line, and thereby 
 obtained an exact knowledge of the enemy's force, 
 consisting of 21 sail. On arriving abreast of the 
 French Admiral's ship he was descried, and imme- 
 diately pursued by three boats ; but from these he 
 fortunately escaped, as well as from the boats of 11 
 gun-brigs lying in Camaret Bay, who, on his clearing 
 the Goulet Passage, united in the chase. The 
 CoLPOYS, the next day, joined her own Admiral, 
 with the signal flying "The enemy the same as 
 when last reconnoitred ;" affording to the latter the 
 information he had anxiously desired, and to Capt. 
 Puget the particulars that were required for the 
 fructification of the plan he had formed. Mr. 
 Ussher's next exploit was that of landing at mid- 
 night with only 6 men, at not more than 200 yards 
 distance from Bertheaume Castle, where he sur- 
 prised a signal-post, obtained possession of the 
 enemy's private signals, locked the guard up in a 
 room, and brought off the commanding officer. On 
 21 March, 1806, having driven three Spanish luggers 
 under a battery of 6 24-pounders in the port of 
 Avillas, he pushed with two boats, manned with 
 
 volunteers, through a heavy fire of grape from the 
 battery and of musketry from a party of soldiers, 
 who had been sent on board the vessels to defend 
 them, and, with 6 men in the headmost boat, 
 boarded and carried them, the enemy jumping over 
 one side as the British entered the other. Thirteen 
 of the former were taken prisoners; and on the 
 arrival of the second boat, which pulled heavy, two 
 of the prizes, mounting each 2 guns, and laden with 
 flax and steel (the third, in ballast, was restored), 
 were brought off. On first boarding, Mr. Ussher 
 had made two of the crew jump overboard and 
 swim on shore, directing them to inform the officer 
 commanding at the battery that if another gun was 
 fired, he would hang the Spaniards, 11 in number, 
 remaining in his possession. The menace having 
 the effect he wished, he was enabled with safety to 
 complete his operations.* On 19 April, 1806, the 
 CoEPOTS, being in company with the Attack gun- 
 brig, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Swain, he landed 
 with 12 men from each vessel at the entrance of the 
 river Douillan, and, after a short skirmish, spiked 
 the 2 guns of a battery which had yielded protection 
 to two chasse-marees. The latter were then taken 
 possession of; the signal-post at Douillan was de- 
 stroyed ; and the whole service accomplished with- 
 out the slightest loss, or any greater damage to the 
 two brigs than that done to their standing and 
 running rigging while engaged with the battery 
 previously to its destruction.^ With, in addition to 
 the CotPOYS, the HAnoHTY gun-brig and Fkisk 
 cutter under his orders, Mr. TJssher volunteered, 
 not long afterwards, to endeavour to cut out a 
 French frigate lying at St. Sebastian ; but he was 
 prevented by contrary winds from reaching that 
 place until the ship had sailed. He destroyed next, 
 with the same vessels and the Felix schooner, 
 several batteries at St. Antonio, Avillas, and Ber- 
 meo ; and, on 28 July, 1806, he took possession, after 
 much opposition, of the town of Hea; the defences 
 of which, two batteries, were, together with a maga- 
 zine and some vessels, either taken or demolished. 
 In less than a week after the latter event he was 
 obliged to resign the command of the Colpoys ; 
 the fatigue he had undergone having been so great 
 as to cause the wound he had before received in his 
 thigh to break out afresh, accompanied by the most 
 alarming symptoms. His claims being now backed 
 by testimonials of the strongest character from 
 Earl St. Vincent and Admirals Cornwallis and 
 Graves, he had the gratification of being at length, 
 on 18 Oct. in the same year, promoted to the com- 
 mand of the Redwing sloop of 18 guns. His con- 
 duct at Avillas had previously obtained for him a 
 sword valued at 502. from the Patriotic Society; 
 and he had had the satisfaction of receiving from 
 the crew of the Colpots a similar token of their 
 " respect and esteem." "While he commanded the 
 Redwing, Capt. Ussher was chiefly employed in 
 affording protection to the trade against the Spanish 
 gun-boats and privateers near Gibraltar. While in 
 escort, in March, 1807, of a convoy through the 
 Straits, he succeeded, on passing Tarifa, in decoying 
 the enemy's flotilla within range of his carronades ; 
 and he then opened a fire which forced them to 
 seek safety under their land batteries. On 20 April 
 following he was engaged in a spirited affair with a 
 division of gun-boats and several batteries near 
 Cabritta Point ; and from the latter date until 19 
 Aug. he was in one way or another constantly in 
 collision with the enemy. On her return from con- 
 veying despatches to the Balearic Islands, the Red- 
 wing, on 7 Sept., drove several vessels on shore 
 near the town of Calassel, on the coast of Catalonia ; 
 and, with the aid of her boats, would in all proba- 
 bility have taken or destroyed them, had not a 
 violent thunder-storm intervened. On the follow- 
 ing day, having pushed in within 100 yards of the 
 castle of Benidorme, mounting 4 18-pounders, she 
 enabled her boats, under the present Capt. John 
 Macpherson Ferguson, to board and carry a polacre- 
 ship, whose yard-arms nearly touched the walls. 
 She then, although her masts, sails, and rigging 
 • VUt Gb2. 1800, p. 437. f V. Gaz. 1806, p. 570. 
 
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 were greatly damaged, made after three privateers, 
 mounting respectively 10, 6, and 4 guns, who, under 
 cover of the smoke, had made their escape from 
 before the town. These she pursued until they ran 
 on shore, apparently in a sinking state, at Jovosa, 
 four miles west of Benidorme. Capt. Ussher subse- 
 quently resumed his station in the Gut of Gibraltar; 
 where he continued to display the same zeal, the 
 same skill and enterprise, which had already raised 
 his reputation so high, and which led Lord CoUing- 
 wood to observe that he was entitled to " whatever 
 regard the Admiralty might be pleased to show 
 him." On 7 May, 1808, being about six miles E.S.E. 
 of Cape Trafalgar, he discovered, at daybreak, a 
 convoy of 12 sail passing alongshore under the 
 protection of seven armed vessels, namely, two 
 schooners, the DiUgente and Boreas, each mounting 
 
 2 long 24-pounders and 2 8's, with a complement of 
 60 men ; three gun-vessels, carrying in the aggregate 
 
 3 long 24-pounders, 2 6's, 1 36-pounder, and 111 
 men ; and a mistico and felucca, each of 4 guns and 
 20 men. Forming a line abreast, this formidable 
 force swept, with an evident Intention of boarding, 
 towards the Redwing ; who, nothing loth, prepared 
 for tlie conflict by loading each gun with one round 
 shot, one grape, one canister, and 500 musket-balls, 
 the latter tied up in a bag. When within pistol- 
 shot the Redwing's broadside, reserved until then, 
 went oil' like a single gun. Struck at the water-line, 
 and cut open fore and aft, the DiUgente gave two or 
 three heavy rolls, turned over, and, with all on 
 board, went down. Sharing her fate, the Boreas 
 was soon no more ; two other of the vessels, with 
 four of the merchantmen, disappeared in the surf; 
 and seven traders, together with the armed mistico, 
 fell into the hands of the British. The felucca, one 
 gun-boat, and a single merchant- vessel were all that 
 escaped. In thus brilliantly disposing of her foes 
 the Redwing had her foremast crippled by two 24- 
 pounders ; and a shot of similar dimensions passed 
 through her mainmast ; the gammoning of her bow- 
 sprit was shot through ; and the knee of her head 
 was cut asunder. Her loss, however, was confined 
 to 1 man killed, and the Master, Purser, and 1 
 sailor wounded ; while that of the Spaniards, as by 
 themselves admitted, extended to 240, out of 271, 
 killed, wounded, and taken prisoners.* " I shall 
 transmit to the Lords Commissioners of the Admi- 
 ralty," says the veteran Collingwood in a letter ad- 
 dressed to Capt. Xlssher, " a detail of this gallant 
 atfair, to whom I make no doubt it will be as grati- 
 fying as it is to me, as it affords another instance of 
 that zeal and ability which have been so conspicu- 
 ously displayed by you for the good of his Majesty's 
 service, and the annoyance of the enemy." On 1 
 June, 1808, we find the Redwing pursuing a mistico 
 and two feluccas into the Bay of Bolonia, near Cape 
 Trafalgar ; where, as soon as she had silenced the 
 fire of a battery, mounting 6 long 24-pounders, her 
 boats, under Lieut. Ferguson, destroyed the mistico 
 and took possession of the feluccas. Accompanied 
 by the Lieutenant and 40 men armed with pikes, 
 Capt. TJssher then landed, stormed the battery, 
 rendered its guns unserviceable, and destroyed the 
 magazine. Up to this period the Redwing, in the 
 whole, had not lost more than 7 men killed and 32 
 wounded. On his return to Gibraltar, Capt. Ussher 
 found that for " his judicious and gallant conduct 
 in his Majesty's service" he had been promoted to 
 Post-rank by a commission bearing date 24 May, 
 1808. Although directed to continue in the Red- 
 wing, the state of his health, from his former 
 wounds, proved such as not to admit of his doing 
 so ; and he accordingly returned to England in the 
 Bittern sloop, arriving there about the following 
 Sept. To mark their Lordships' appreciation of his 
 services, they promoted, it may be right to add, his 
 First-Lieutenant, confirmed the officer who was 
 acting as Second, awarded the Senior-Midshipman, 
 Mr. Rich. Soper, a commission, and ordered warrants 
 to bo given to such of his own boat's crow as wore 
 qualified for them. At a public dinner given to 
 him by the nobility and gentry at Dublin, Capt. 
 
 * Vide Gai. 1808, p. 735. 
 
 Ussher was presented with the freedom of that city. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 6 May, 1809, to 
 the Levden 64, which ship was paid off about Jan. 
 1810—15 and 24 May, 1811, to the America 74 and 
 HvAciNTH 26—1 Oct. 1812, to the Euryalhs 36*— 
 and, 2 Feb. 1813 and 29 June, 1814, to the Un- 
 daunted 38 and Duncan 74. It was at first in- 
 tended that the Letden should be stationed in the 
 Kattegat for the protection of British trade ; and 
 for that purpose she had attached to her 13 gun- 
 boats with 18 Lieutenants and 800 picked men. The 
 abdication of the King of Sweden, however, causing 
 an alteration in the plans of Government, she was 
 not employed in any particular way until the com- 
 mencement of the operations against "VValcheren , 
 when she proceeded thither with a regiment of 
 guards. She returned to England with a number 
 of sick soldiers ; but, on being ordered back to the 
 Scheldt, was found in so defective a state that the 
 pilots refused to take charge of her. Capt. Ussher 
 was in consequence obliged to navigate her himself; 
 a service for which he obtained the thanks of the 
 Admiralty. After accompanying a fleet of mer- 
 chantmen in the Hyacinth to the Mediterranean, 
 he joined the squadron engaged in the defence of 
 Cadiz. On the night of 29 April, 1812, having as- 
 sembled the boats of his own ship and of the Gos- 
 hawk sloop and Resolute gun-brig, and having 
 added to them a gun-boat. No. 16, he placed himself 
 at the head of the whole and proceeded to the attaojc 
 of several privateers, t commanded by one Barbas- 
 tro, a man of great enterprise and daring, and then 
 lying in the port of Malaga ; the entrance to which 
 was protected by two batteries, one mounting 15 
 long 24-pounderB, the other 4 guns of the same 
 calibre. In his own gig with 6 men, supported by 
 his Second-Lieutenant, the present Sir Thos. Has- 
 tings, in the pinnace with 20 men, he made a dash 
 at the larger battery, and although fired at before 
 the scaling-ladders could be placed, made, himself 
 completely master of it in less than five minutes 
 after he had touched the shore. He immediately 
 turned the guns against the castle of Gibralfaro, 
 and kept the garrison there in check imtil all the 
 powder he could find was expended. He then 
 pulled up the harbour to superintend the further 
 operations ; but the boats, in the mean time, had 
 become exposed, with such prizes as they had taken, 
 to a murderous fire as well from the castle as from 
 the 57th Regt. of French infantry, on the mole-wall ; 
 and the moon now rising with more than usual 
 brightness, and displaying them to full view, while 
 from the effects of the firing the wind died away, 
 their position became criticalin the extreme. Bar- 
 bastro's own privateer, however, the Braave of 10 
 gims and 130 men (most of whom jumped over- 
 board), and the Napoleon, of similar force, were 
 brought out — the remainder, before they were 
 abandoned, being damaged as much as possible. In 
 this most heroic affair the British, out of 149 
 officers and men, had 15, including Capt. Jas. Lil- 
 burne of the Goshawk, killed, and 53 wounded. 
 Although the enterprise was not fully successful, 
 yet the judgment with which it was planned, and 
 the valour that marked it, failed not to attract the 
 high approbation of Sir Edw. Pellew, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, and the Board of Admiralty, 
 while co-operating, in May, 1812, with the patriots 
 on the coast of Granada, whose confidence he had 
 gained, Capt. Ussher, with the Hyacinth, Terma- 
 gant sloop, and Basilisk gun-brig under his orders, 
 attacked on 26 of that month, and in less than an 
 hour silenced the fire of the important castle of 
 Almunecar, armed though it was with 2 brass 24- 
 pounders, 6 iron 18-pounders, and a howitzer, and 
 defended by 300 French troops. At 7 a.m. on the 
 27th the latter, having during the night mounted a 
 howitzer in a breach made by the ships in the 
 covered way to the castle, re-opened their fire ; but 
 by 10 A.M. the castle was again silenced, and the 
 French were driven with groat loss into the town, 
 
 * He held tlie temporary command for a few days in Nov. 
 1812 of the Edinduhoh 74, at Minorca, 
 f Notorious for tlieir depredations on British commerce. 
 
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 UTLAY— VALLACK. 
 
 where they fortified themselves in the church and 
 houses. Desirous of sparing the unfortunate inha- 
 bitants, Capt. XJssher ceased firing; and at 2 p.m., 
 after having destroyed a privateer of 2 guns and 30 
 or 40 men, at anchor under the castle, he weighed 
 and ran down to Nersa, for the purpose of con- 
 certing plans with the guerillas ; on his arrival 
 there he embarked 200 infantry on board his little 
 squadron, and then stood back with them towards 
 Almuiiecar, while a body of cavalry hastened thither 
 by a more circuitous route. A calm, however, de- 
 laying his progress, the enemy obtained a knowledge 
 of the combined movement that was being made 
 against them, and precipitately fled. The fortifica- 
 tions of the castle were ultimately demolished.* 
 Capt. TJssher afterwards intercepted several valu- 
 able American merchantmen ;t which, however, be- 
 came droits of Admiralty. During the short time 
 he commanded the Eoktalhs, he was employed 
 chiefly at the blockade of Toulon. His boats, while 
 he was in the Undadnted, were engaged, either 
 alone or in company with those of other ships, in a 
 variety of important operations ;! and the latter 
 frigate was herself brought into repeated collision 
 with the enemy's batteries. During the severe 
 winter of 1813 we find Capt. Ussher again stationed 
 oif Toulon ; where he was left by Sir Edw. Pellew 
 with a small squadron under his orders to watch 
 the movements of the French fleet. In April, 1814, 
 being close in with Marseilles, in company with the 
 EuRYALDS 36, Capt. Chas. Napier, he received from 
 that city a deputation, consisting of the mayor and 
 civil authorities, who had come off" to inform him of 
 the abdication of Napoleon Buonaparte, and of the 
 formation of a provisional government in the ab- 
 sence of the Bourbons. He therefore landed ; but 
 he had not long done so when, through the hands of 
 the late Sir Neil Campbell, who had just arrived 
 from Paris, he received a requisition from Lord 
 Castlereagh that he should forthwith make prepa- 
 rations for conveying the ex-Emperor from the 
 shores of Prance to Elba. Repairing accordingly 
 to Frajus, he there, on the evening of 28 April, had 
 the honour of embarking the fallen chief; with 
 whom, at about 8 p.m. on the 30th, he anchored at 
 the mouth of the harbour of Porto Ferrajo.§ On 3 
 May Napoleon landed and took upon himself the 
 government of the island. Capt. TJssher, who ob- 
 tained great credit for the manner in which he 
 acquitted himself of the delicate and important 
 duty which had been confided to him, remained at 
 Elba until the English transports which had brought 
 the ex-Emperor's troops, horses, carriages, baggage, 
 &c., were cleared and sent to Genoa ; whither, al- 
 though entreated by Napoleon to prolong his stay, 
 he then himself proceeded. In Aug. 1814 he re- 
 turned to England in the Doncas 74; to which 
 ship he had been, as above, appointed. He was 
 nominated a C.B. 4 June, 1815; awarded, 2 Deo. 
 following, a pension for his wounds of, we believe, 
 250Z. per annum ; appointed, 24 July, 1830, Equerry 
 in the Household of Her Majesty Queen Adelaide ; 
 created in 1831 a K.C.H. (accompanied with the 
 honour of Knighthood) ; granted the Captain's 
 Good-Service Pension 12 March, 1 838 ; and advanced 
 to Flag-rank 9 Nov. 1846. He filled the posts of 
 
 * FiieGaz. 1812, p. 1279. t T. Gaz. 1812, p. 2290. 
 
 J Those at Carri, 18 March, 1813, will be found mentioned 
 under the head of Capt. Aaron Tozer ; at Morjean, 31 March 
 and 2 May, 1813, under Commander Isaac Shaw ; at and near 
 Marseilles, 3 and 7 May, 1813, under Capt. Wm, Oldrey ; at 
 Cassis, 18 Aug. 1813, under Capts. Sir Jolm Gordon Sinclair 
 aiul A. Tozer; and at Port Nouvelle, 9 Nov. 1813, under 
 Lieut. .Io3. Robt. Hownam. On the occasion of the second 
 all'air at Moijean, 2 May, 1813, perceiving that the enemy's 
 vessels were fastened to the snore by hawsers from their 
 mast-heads, Capt. Ussher immediately volunteered bis ser- 
 vices, pushed in, and received so heavy a fire of musketry 
 from a party of soldiers posted behind high clilTs, that be 
 bad scarcely time to get alongside of the first vessel before 
 his gig filled up to the thwarts — Hrfe for Carri, G.a7.. 1813, 
 p. 1148; for Cassis, Gaz. 1813, p. 2011; for Port Nouvelle, 
 Gaz. 18H, p. 124. 
 
 $ During the passage Capt. Ussher M'as -waited on by a 
 deputation from Capraja, praying tliat he would, which he 
 immediately did, take possession of that island. 
 
 Commissioner, or Commodore-Superintendent, of 
 Bermuda and Halifax Dockyards from 1831 until 
 1838, and of Commander-in-Chief at Cork from 1 
 July, 1847, until the period of his death. 
 
 Sir Thos. Ussher published in 1840 a " Narrative 
 of the First Abdication of Napoleon." He married 
 a daughter of Thos. Foster, Esq., of Grove House. 
 Bucks, niece of Fred. Wm. Foster, Bishop of the 
 Moravian Church at Jamaica, and cousin of the 
 third Lady Holland, by whom he has left issue, 
 with two daughters, three sons, the eldest, Sydney 
 Henry, a Captain R.N., the second, Edw. Pellew 
 Hammett, a First-Lieutenant K.M. (1841), and a 
 third, Wm. Henry Bernard, in the Commissariat. 
 Agents— Messrs. Ommaimey. 
 
 UTLAY. (LlEOT., 1811. r-p.,15; H-p., 32.) 
 
 John Taylok Utlat entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 
 1800, as Ordinary, on board the Nimble, Lieut.- 
 Commander Jas. Lloyd, employed at first at Dart- 
 mouth and next on the coast of Ireland ; where he 
 served from April until July, 1802, as Clerk, on 
 board the Express, Lieut.-Commander Kobt. Sayes. 
 From Sept. in the latter year until June, 1810, he 
 cruized with the greatest activity and success in the 
 Downs, North Sea, and Channel, as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate in the Vixen 14 and Plover 18, both 
 commanded by the present Kear-Admiral PhiUp 
 Browne ; in July, 1810 (the Plover had been com- 
 manded intermediately by Capt. Colin Campbell), 
 he removed, as a Supernumerary, to the Salvador 
 del Mdndo, flag-ship of Sir Kobt. Calder at Ply- 
 mouth ; and on 1 Aug. 1811 he was made Lieute- 
 nant into the Hermes 20, commanded by his former 
 Captain, Browne. In the course of the same month 
 he was appointed to the Botne 98 ; in which ship 
 and the Ville de Paris 110, bearing each the flag 
 of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, he continued employed 
 otf Brest and L'Orient and in Basque Koads until 
 Aug. 1814. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 VALLACK. (Lieut., 1821. p-p., 25 ; h-p., 29.) 
 Joseph Vallack died 3 Aug. 1847, at Milbrook, 
 Devonport, aged 71. 
 
 This ofiicer entered the Navy, in 1793, as A.B., 
 on board the Redoubt 20, Capt. Alex. Eraser, 
 attached to the force in the North Sea, where, 
 after serving under Lieut. Daniel Burdwood in the 
 Union, he became Midshipman, 13 Aug. 1794, of 
 the Ranger, Capt. Hardy. From 1795 until 1799 
 he was stationed in the Channel and on the coast of 
 Ireland in the Atlas 98, Capts. Edm. Dod and 
 Matthew Squire, and, as Master's Mate, in the Ex- 
 pedition 44, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone ; and he 
 next, in March, 1800, joined the Thetis frigate, 
 Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker. In her he took 
 part in a variety of operations on the coast of Egypt. 
 He returned to England in 1802 in the Champion 24, 
 Capt. Lord Wm. Stewart; and he was afterwards 
 employed— between March, 1803, and Sept. 1806, on 
 the coast of Spain and in the West Indies and Me- 
 diterranean, in the Spartiate 74, Capts. Geo. Mur- 
 ray and John Manley, Martin sloop, Capt. R. H. 
 Savage, and Feevent 12, Lieut.-Commander Edw. 
 Hare— from March, 1807, until Oct. 1815, at Ply- 
 mouth, in the Salvador del Mdndo, flag-ship of 
 Admiral Toung, Impregnable 104, Capt. Robt. 
 Hall, and St. George 98, Capt. Nash — from Oct. 
 1815 until Feb. 1819, on different parts of the Home 
 station, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in the Bacchus 
 16, Capt. Wm. Hill, Eridanus 36, Capt. Wm. King, 
 Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, and Severn 50, Capt. 
 Wm. M'CuUoch— in 1819-20, at Newfoundland, in 
 the Drake — and next, until promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 19 July, 1821, again at Plymouth in 
 his former ship the Impregnable, bearing the flag 
 of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. He remained thence- 
 forward on half-pay. 
 
VALLACK— VALOBRA— VALPy— VANS. 
 
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 VALLACK. (LiEDT.,1807. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 Richard Glisn Vallack entered the Navy, ia 
 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol, on toard the Concorde of 42 
 guns, Capt. Roht. Barton; in which ship he was 
 employed, until 1802, on the West India, Lisbon, 
 and N ewfoundland stations — part of the time in the 
 capacity of Midshipman. On 27 Jan. 1801, having 
 fallen in, off Cape Finisterre, with a French squa- 
 dron under the orders of Commodore Moncousu, 
 the Concorde was pursued by one of the latter, the 
 Bravoure, of 42 guns and 320 men. With her the 
 British frigate, as soon as she had sufficiently dis- 
 tanced the rest, came to a close action which lasted 
 for about half an hour, when the enemy's fire was 
 completely silenced. The Concorde's rigging be- 
 ing much damaged, the Bravoure, whose loss had 
 amounted to 10 killed and 24 wounded, succeeded 
 in making off and rejoining her consorts. The loss 
 to the British in this affair is stated to have been 4 
 killed and 19 wounded, out of a crew of 224. Mr. 
 Vallack was subsequently, from 1802 until 1805, 
 employed in the Channel and West Indies in the 
 Kevoiutionnaire 38, Capt. Walter Locke; and 
 from 1805 until May, 1807, off Cadiz and in the 
 Mediterranean, as Master's Mate (a rating he had 
 latterly held on board the RfevoLnTiONNAiKE) in 
 the Qdeen 98, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Bickerton and 
 Lord Collingwood. Being made Lieutenant, on 17 
 of the month last mentioned, into the Seahorse of 
 42 guns and 281 men, Capt. John Stewart, he was 
 afforded an opportunity of sharing, on the night of 
 5 July, 1808, in a desperate conflict of three hours, 
 in which that frigate singly, with 30 of her crew 
 absent, defeated a Turkish force, consisting of the 
 JBaddere Zcffer, of 52 guns and 543 men, and Alis 
 Fezan, of 26 guns and 230 men, both of which were 
 at length reduced to perfect wrecks. The enemy 
 in the Baddere Zaffer alone — the ship captured, the 
 other having effected her escape — sustained the pro- 
 digious loss of 170 killed and 200 wounded; while 
 that of the Seahorse did not exceed 5 killed and 
 10 wounded, although her mizenmast was shot away 
 and her hull and rigging suffered severely. In May, 
 1809, Mr. Vallack accompanied the boats of the Sea- 
 horse and Halcton brig, under the present Capt. 
 Thos. Bennett, to the attack of the small island of 
 Pianosa, near Elba, known to be defended by up- 
 wards of 100 veteran troops, and the town by a re- 
 gular fortification. On landing, a carronade was 
 mounted under his directions on a rock in front of 
 the town ; and a simultaneous attack being made 
 on the enemy's battery, the latter, after six hours' 
 hard fighting, was taken and destroyed, the French 
 Commandant killed, and the guns disabled. Within 
 24 hours the whole island was brought under sub- 
 jection to the British; whose loss was confined, 
 though the enemy's was great, to 1 man killed and 
 1 wounded. The Seahorse being paid off in June, 
 1811, Mr. Vallack was next, 2 Feb. 1813, appointed 
 to the Mtva. bomb, Capts. Rich. Kenah and Fras. 
 Fead. In that vessel, in which he served on the 
 Baltic and North American stations until she was 
 put out of commission in Aug. 1815, he attended 
 the expedition sent up the Potomac against Alexan- 
 dria; and after sharing in the attack upon New 
 Orleans, assisted at the capture of Fort Bowyer, On 
 Mobile l?oint. In Feb. 1820 he obtained an appoint' 
 ment in the Coast Guard in Cornwall. He left that 
 service in 1826, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 "VALOBKA. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 
 21; H-p., 36.) 
 James Valobha entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1790, 
 as Captain's Servant, on board the Ruby 64, Capt. 
 Sir John Collins ; from which ship, lying at Spit- 
 head, he was discharged in 1791. Re-embarking, 
 in 1793, on board the Berwick 74, Capts. Sir J. 
 Collins, Geo. Campbell, Wm. Shield, Smith, and 
 Adam Littlejohn, he was in her, after having wit- 
 nessed the occupation of Toulon and assisted, as Mid' 
 shipman, at the reduction of Corsica, captured by 
 the French Mediterranean fleet, at the end of a long 
 running fight 7 March, 1795. On 14 of the same 
 
 month he was present on board one of the French 
 Qhips in their partial engagement with Admiral 
 Hotham off Genoa. On being released from capti- 
 vity he joined, in Oct. 1795, the Terrible 74, 
 Capts. Geo. Campbell, John Miller, and Sir Rich. 
 Bickerton, employed at first in the Mediterranean 
 and then in the Channel, where he was again, in 
 Feb. 1799, placed nnder the command of Capt. 
 Campbell, as Master's Mate, in the Dragon 74. He 
 was made Lieutenant, 31 Aug. following, into the 
 DiscovERV bomb, Capt. John Dick, in the North 
 Sea ; and he was next appointed— 12 Dec. 1799, for 
 upwards of two years, to the Globt98, Capt. Thos. 
 Wells, in the Channel— 30 Aug. 1803, to the Severn 
 40, Capt. the Due de Bouillon, off Jersey— 30 Aug. 
 1804, to the command, in the Channel, of the Hero 
 cutter — 10 Dee. ensuing, to the Drake sloop, Capt. 
 John Drury, in the same station— 21 Feb. 1805, to 
 the BoTAL WiLMAM, flag-ship at Spithead— and 8 
 April, 1805, to the command of the Confoundek 
 brig, of 16 guns. In the latter vessel, in which he 
 remained for upwards of nine years, he was at first, 
 until the peace with Spain, stationed between Ca- 
 britta Point and the African side of the Gut of 
 Gibraltar. He was afterwards employed off Malta 
 and Sicily, and in the Adriatic and Archipelago. 
 At different times he took, sunk, and otherwise de- 
 stroyed nearly 80 of the enemy's vessels, including 
 privateers and gun-boats. As many as 200 sau 
 were by him convoyed in safety to their various 
 destinations ; and full 20 times he came into collision 
 with the enemies of his country. He had reason 
 thus, at the end of the war, to anticipate promotion ; 
 but his expectation was not to be realized. He was 
 placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 
 10 Feb. 1831 ; and on the Senior 7 Feb. 1844. 
 Agents — Messrs. StUwell. 
 
 VALPY. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Anthony Blagrave Valpy is third son of the 
 late Rev. Dr. Valpy. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salvador del Mhndo, 
 Capt. John Loring, bearing the flag of Admiral 
 Wm. Young at Plymouth. Removing in Feb. 1806 
 to the NioBE 40, Capt. John Wentworth Loring, he 
 was present in that ship, in the course of the follow- 
 ing month, at the capture, off, L'Orient, of Le 
 Nearque corvette, of 16 guns and 97 men, in com- 
 pany at the time with three French frigates. He 
 continued employed in the Niobe on the Irish, Lis- 
 bon, West India, and Channel stations, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, until 5 Oct. 1810. He then 
 joined the Dragon 74, flag-ship in the Leeward 
 Islands of Sir Fras. Laforey ; under whom we find 
 him, from 11 Oct. 1811 (the date of his first com- 
 mission) until June, 1814, performing (with the ex- 
 ception of a few weeks,* during which he com- 
 manded the Elizabeth schooner) the duties, in 
 different ships, of Flag-Lieutenant. On 7 July, 
 1814, he assumed the acting-command, which he re- 
 tained until 2 Aug. following, of the Apollo 38. 
 He has since been on half-pay. His promotion to 
 the rank he now holds took place 19 July, 1814. 
 
 Commander Valpy married, 13 Dec. 1818, Anna, 
 daughter of Roht. Harris, Esq., Banker, and at that 
 time Mayor of Beading. Agents — Hallett and Ro- 
 binson. 
 
 VANS. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 Randell Vans is son of the late Lieut. Sam. 
 Barrington Vans, R.N., of Barnbarrach, near Wig- 
 ton, N. B., whose grandfather. Colonel Vans, died 
 of wounds he received during the War of Succession 
 in Spain. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the L'Aimable 32, Capt. 
 Wm. Bolton ; previously to following whom, as 
 Midshipman, in Aug. 1805, into the Fisgabd 38, 
 we find him frequently engaged with the enemy on 
 the coasts' of Holland and France. On one occasion 
 in particular, 16 May, 1804, L'Aimarle, forming 
 • From U Dec. 1813 until 18 Jan. 1814. 
 
 7B 
 
1226 
 
 VANSITTART. 
 
 one at the time of a equadron under the orders of 
 Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, was for many hours in close 
 action with a powerful division of their flotilla and, 
 besides being much damaged, sustained a loss of 7 
 men killed and 14 wounded. After serving for 
 about 10 months in the Fisgakd on the Cork and 
 West India stations, Mr. Vans removed, 20 June, 
 1806, for a passage home, to the Sorveillante 38, 
 Capt. John BUgh. In her, when in company, off 
 the Havana; with several other ships, he witnessed 
 the destruction of two Spanish guarda-costas and of 
 about 20 sail of vessels deeply laden with sugar, 
 under the protection of a 74-gun ship, which suc- 
 ceeded in making off. On his arrival in England 
 in Aug. 1806 he was received, as a Supernumerary, 
 on board the Royai. William, Capt. Hon. Courte- 
 nay Boyle, lying at Spithead. Towards the close 
 of the following month he was discharged. He 
 joined next the Poissaht 74, Capt. John Irwin, at 
 Spithead — the Isis 50 and Antelope 50, flag-ships 
 of Vice-Admiral John HoUoway, Commander-in- 
 Chief at Newfoundland, whither in the Isis he 
 escorted convoy — the Ganges 74 and Alcm&ne 
 frigate, Capts. Thos. Dundas and Wm. Maude, 
 lying in Portsmouth Harbour, — and again the An- 
 telope. Of the latter ship, in which he returned 
 with the flag of Sir J. T. Duckworth to Newfound- 
 land, he was nominated, as a reward for his " active 
 and zealous services," Acting-Lieutenant 23 June, 
 1810 — a few weeks only after he had passed his 
 examination. In the following Oct., with a view to 
 ensuring his promotion, he exchanged with an 
 invaliding Lieutenant into the Hazard sloop, Capt. 
 Wm. Elliott ; in a boat belonging to which vessel, 
 having volunteered his services, he had the good 
 fortune, 22 Dec. in the same year, to rescue, during 
 a gale, the crew of a Bermudian brig which went 
 down head foremost while he was in the act of 
 doing so. In the early part of 1811, having re- 
 turned to England, he sailed with Rear-Admiral 
 Sir Joseph Sydney Torke as Supernumerary-Mid- 
 shipman in the Vengeur 74 for Li^on ; where he 
 was received, on his arrival, into the Barflehr 98, 
 flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley; and 
 where, on 1 April, in the same year, he was again 
 ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Jasper 10. 
 While attached to the Barflede he was employed 
 100 miles up the Tagus with a division of boats 
 under the command of Lieut. Christopher Claxton. 
 His appointment to the Jasper being confirmed by 
 a commission dated 18 April, 1811, he was present 
 in the following Nov. in that vessel, under the tem- 
 porary command of Lieut. Herbert John Jones, in 
 a 12-hours' pursuit after a French brig of 16 guns, 
 who, on being fired into, cut adrift a prize she had 
 in tow, valued at 24,000^, and effected her escape. 
 Quitting the Jasper in Feb. 1812, Mr. Vans, in the 
 following June, was appointed to the Princess 
 Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, on the Chan- 
 nel station. In March, 1813, a severe injury re- 
 ceived in the execution of his duty caused him to 
 be invalided and be sent to the hospital at Deal. 
 For six months he was obliged to remain on shore ; 
 and he had the mortification in conseijuence to 
 forego an opportunity that presented itself to him 
 of proceeding to India with Admiralty and private 
 recommendations for promotion to the Commander- 
 in-Chief, Sir Sam. Hood. The officer who was sent 
 in his stead returned home a Commander in less 
 than 12 months. Mr. Vans' last appointment was, 19 
 Oct. 1813, to the Leviathan 74, Capts. Adam 
 Dmmmond and Sir Thos. Briggs ; in which ship 
 he served on the West India, Cork, and Mediter- 
 ranean stations, until July, 1816. He was a volun- 
 teer during that period in several boat-expeditions ; 
 in one of which, having after a pull of 29 miles dis- 
 tanced the rest, he boarded, just as a breeze was 
 springing up, and captured a fine American schooner. 
 For this service he was thanked, on returning to 
 the Leviathan, by his Captain publicly on the 
 quarter-deck, 
 
 A serious accident sustained by Mr. Vans when 
 serving in the West Indies in the Fisgard, in con- , 
 sequence of one of a convoy running on board that 
 
 ship, resulted in his being ordered home, as above 
 stated, in the Sorveillante. He was unable for 
 seven months to leave his bed ; and 18 elapsed be- 
 fore he could recover the partial use of his left leg. 
 He was prevented thus from passing his examina- 
 tion so soon as he otherwise would have done. In 
 consideration of his sufferings he was granted a 
 pension of 4s. a-day 27 April, 1842. 
 
 VANSITTART. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Augostds Vansittart entered the 
 Navy in 1834 ; passed his examination 6 Nov. 1841 ; 
 and in the following year sailed, as Mate of the 
 Winchester 50, flag-ship of Hon. Josceline Percy, 
 for the Cape of Good Hope ; where he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 Feb. 1845, and 
 appointed, 24 of the same month, to the Sappho 16, 
 Capt. Kobt. Fitzgerald Gambler. He returned to 
 England in 1846 ; and was employed for a few 
 months in 1847 in the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads. 
 
 VANSITTART. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Edward Wbstbt Vansittart entered the Navy 
 3 June, 1831 ; passed his examination 2 Aug. 1837 ; 
 and for his conduct as Mate of the Cornwallis 72, 
 flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, during the operations 
 on the coast of China, where he served on shore at 
 the capture of the Woosung batteries,* was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. 1842.f 
 His appointments have since been— 20 Feb. 1843 
 and 25 Dec. 1846, to the Serpent 16 and Spitefol 
 steam-sloop, Capts. Wm. Nevill and Wm. Maitland, 
 both in the East Indies — 24 Dec. 1846, to the Hi- 
 bernta 104, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker in 
 the Mediterranean— and, 1 Jan. 1848, to the Vic- 
 toria AND Albert steam-yacht, Capt. Lord Adol- 
 phus FitzClarence, vrith whom he is now serving. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 VANSITTART. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 Nicholas Vansittart is fifth son of the late 
 Arthur Vansittart, Esq., of Shottesbrook, co. Berks, 
 by Caroline, fourth daughter of William, first Lord 
 Auckland, and sister of the late First Lord of the 
 Admiralty. One of his brothers, Arthur, the eldest, 
 is married to a daughter of General Sir John 
 Crosbie, K.C.B., of Watergate, co. Sussex; another, 
 Francis, is a First-Lieutenant in the Royal Artil- 
 lery ; and two more, William and Henry, are in the 
 civil service of the Hon. E. I. Co. He is brother- 
 in-law of Lord Vaux of Harrowden ; and cousin of 
 the present Lord Bexley and the late Vice-Admiral 
 Henry Vansittart.J 
 
 * f'irJeGaz. 1842,p. 3400. f f". Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
 J Vice-Admiral Vansittart entered the Navy in 1791. At 
 the siege of Toulon by the republican army in 1793, he was 
 very severely wounded while serving in a floating battery. 
 In the fallowing year he assisted, in a boat belonging to 
 L' AioLE frigate, Capt. Sam. Hood, at the redaction of Galvi. 
 As a reward for his conduct and his sufferings lie was made 
 Lieutenant, in Feb. 1794, into the Stately 64. In that sliip 
 he was present at the c^ture of the Cape of Good Hope and 
 the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay. He was promoted in 
 Aug. 1798 to the command of the Hermes sloop; was ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank 3 Feb. 1801 ; was employed during that 
 year and the following in the Abergavenny 54, Thuhdbbee 
 74, and Maqicienne frigate; and held command from 1803 
 until 1812, and from the latter period until 1814, of the 
 FoRTDNEE 36 and Clarence 74. When o(f the Havana, in 
 the summer of 1806, in company with the Surveillante 38, 
 Hergule 74, an armed schooner, and a homewarcL-bound 
 convoy, he fell in with a number of Spanish vessels under 
 the protection of a 74-gun ship and two guarda-costas. Being 
 detaclied in pursuit, he succeeded, with the aid of the 
 schooner, in capturing the guarda-costas aijd upwards of 20 
 sail, deeply laden wil3i sugar, &c. With a noble spirit of 
 disinterestedness he destroyed the whole of his valuable prizes, 
 in order that the convoy might not be detained, although the 
 Spaniards offered to bring off from the shore in twelve hours 
 a sum sufficient to ransom them. Among the captures made 
 by him at various times was Le Vice-Amiral Martin of 18 guns 
 and 140 men, a most notorious privateer. She was taken 
 n Oct. 1811. With the exception of a few months in 1S02-S, 
 Capt, Vansittart was not a day out of commission from the 
 time he entered the Navy until the Peace of 1814. He be- 
 came a Rear-Admiral 22 .luly, 1830, and a Vice-Admiral 23 
 Nov, 1841. He died in March, 1843. 
 
VASSALL— VEITCH. 
 
 1227 
 
 This ofloer entered the Navy 3 Feb. 1832 ; passed 
 his examination 9 March, 1839 ; and, sailing in 1841 
 for China, as Mate, in the Cornwalus 72, flag-ship 
 of Sir Wm. Parker, took part there, in 1842, in the 
 operations on shore at Tsekee, in the attack upon 
 the fortified heights at Chapoo, and at the capture 
 of the batteries at Woosung.* As a reward for his 
 services he was presented with a commission bear- 
 ing date 23 Dec. 1842.t He was afterwards, from 
 18 Jan. 1843 until advanced to his present rank 7 
 Jan. 1847, employed, the latter part of the time as 
 First-Lieutenant, in the Agincodht 72, flag-ship of 
 Kear- Admiral Sir Thos. John Cochrane on the East 
 India station. On 8 July, 1846, having accompanied 
 (he was at that period filling the post of Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant) an expedition conducted by the Rear-Ad- 
 miral in person against the Sultan of Borneo, he 
 was present, on the staff; at the destruction of the 
 enemy's forjs and batteries on the river Brune.t 
 In the course of the same month he was engaged, as 
 Aide-de-Camp to the commanding officer, Capt. 
 Geo. Rodney Mundy, in an arduous and fruitless 
 pursuit of the Sultan's person up a branch of that 
 stream and across a difficult swampy country. His 
 conduct on the latter occasion obtained Capt. 
 Mundy's thank8.§ 
 
 VASSALL, Kt, K.H. (Captain, 1837. f-p.,17; 
 H-p., 17.) 
 
 Sib Spewcee Lameaet Homtee Tassall was 
 bom 17 May, 1799, and died 29 May, 1846, at 29, 
 Hyde Park Gardens. He was eldest son of Lieut- 
 Colonel Spencer Thos. Vassall, who, after a dashing 
 career ot 28 years, was mortally wounded at the 
 head of his regiment, the 38th, in the assault upon 
 Monte Video 3 Feb. 1807, by Catherine Brandrith 
 Backhouse, daughter of the Rev. D. Evans, D.D., 
 Rector of West Tilbury, co. Essex, and Chaplain to 
 George III., and wife afterwards of Thos. Chetham 
 Strode, Esq., of South-hill House, co. Somerset, 
 brother of Rear- Admiral Sir Edw. Chetham Strode, 
 K.C.B., K.C.H. Sir Spencer was only brother of 
 the present Major Rawdon John Popham Vassall. 
 His youngest sister, Catherine, married, first, Hon. 
 Thos. Le Marchant Saumarez, second son of the late 
 Lord de Saumarez, G.C.B. ; and, secondly, the Rev. 
 Eardley Wilmot Miohell. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1812, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Veneeable 74, Capt. Sir 
 Home Popham. Proceeding in her to the north 
 coast of Spain he was there present in an attack 
 upon the French at Lequeytio ; at the destruction 
 of the fortifications of Bermeo and Plenoia, the 
 castle of Galea, and the batteries of Algorta, Be- 
 gona. El Campillo las Quersas, and Xebiles ; at the 
 reduction of Castro ; at the attacks upon Puerto 
 Galletta, Guetaria, and Santander ; and at the cap- 
 ture of the castle of Ano. Removing with Sir U. 
 Popham in March, 1813, to the Stielino Castle 74, 
 he sailed in that ship with the Earl of Moira for 
 India; on his return whence he joined, in June, 
 1814, the Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby Thos. 
 Lake, and sailed for the West Indies, where he 
 attained the rating of Midshipman. In Aug. 1815 he 
 was received, at Spithead, on board the Laced^:- 
 MONiAN 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson ; with whom in the 
 ensuing Sept. we find him proceeding, in the Nigee 
 38, to the coast of North America. He was there, 
 in July, 1817, transferred to the Haeeiee 18, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Thos. Jones. In Oct. 1818, four months 
 after he had returned to England (which he had 
 done for the purpose of passing his examination), he 
 was again, in the Iphigenia i2, Capt. Hyde Parker, 
 ordered to the West Indies ; on which station, in 
 Feb. 1819, he rejoined his former Captain, then 
 Bear-Admiral, Sir Home Popham, on board the 
 StbiliiE, 44. On 1] March ensuing he went back, 
 as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Iphigenia; he was 
 officially promoted 3 July in the same year ; and he 
 was subsequently appointed — 16 Aug. 1819, for 
 rather more than two months, to the Spaetan 46, 
 * Fide Gaz. 1842, pp. 2391, 3400, 3694. 
 ■f V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. J V. Gaz. 1846, p. 3442. 
 
 i V. Gaz. 1846, pp. S449-6. 
 
 Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, employed in the West 
 Indies and Channel— 5 July, 1820, to the Blossom 
 24, Capts. Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon (now Har- 
 court) and Archibald McLean, fitting for St. He- 
 lena and the Brazils, from which latter station re- 
 peated attacks of yellow fever compelled him in 
 July, 1823, to invalid— 11 Aug. 1824, to the Peince 
 Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom at the 
 Nore— 23 July, 1825, to the Rangee 28, Capt. Lord 
 Henry Fred. Thynne, whom he accompanied to 
 South America— and, in April, 1827, to the Ganges 
 84, bearing the flag on that station of Sir Robt. 
 Waller Otway. In the following July (he had been 
 promoted at home to the rank of Commander by a 
 commission bearing date 30 April, 1827) he was 
 nominated Acting-Commander of the Eclaie sloop ; 
 which vessel he paid off' two months afterwards. His 
 next and last appointment was, 24 Nov. 1831, to the 
 Haeeiee 18, in the East Indies, where he was ac- 
 tively employed, particularly in the suppression of 
 piracy in the straits of Malacca. After two severe 
 conflicts he succeeded in destroying the settlements 
 at Poulo Arroa and Poulo Sujee ; and to him may 
 be ascribed the merit of having commenced a sys- 
 tem of decided operations against the marauders, 
 and of setting an example which was followed by 
 the Andeomache and other men-of-war. The 
 Haeeiee was paid oflF in July, 1835 ; and her Com- 
 mander advanced to Post-rank 10 Jan. 1837. He 
 was nominated a K.H. 22 of the same month ; and 
 in 1838 he received the honour of Knighthood. 
 
 Sir H. L. S. Vassall married, 9 May, 1844, Letitia, 
 only daughter of the late Edw. Berkeley Napier, 
 Esq., of Pennard House, co. Somerset, and widow 
 of the Rev. C. H. Pulsford, Canon of Wells Cathe- 
 dral and Vicar of Burnham. AGENis — Collier and 
 Snee. 
 
 VEITCH. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 16; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Haeet Thomas Veitcb, born in 1813, is son of 
 Capt. Jas. Veitch, R.N. (1812), who died 17 Oct. 
 1839 at Tresco, Scilly. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1830, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Clio 18, Capt. John Jas. 
 Onslow, fitting for South America ; whence he re- 
 turned to England in March, 1833, in the Waespite 
 76, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Baker. He served after- 
 wards, from Feb. until July, 1834, as Midshipman, 
 in the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean; from July, 
 1834, until June, 1838, as Midshipman and Mate (he 
 passed his examination 14 Dec. 1837) in the WiN- 
 CHESTEE 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of Hon. 
 Sir Thos. Bladen Capel ; and, as Mate — from July, 
 1838, until June, 1839, in the Coenwallis 72, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget in the West Indies — 
 from July, 1839, until Feb. 1842, in the Hastings 
 72, Capt. John Lawrence— from March until Aug. 
 1842 in the Campeedown 104, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Brace at Sheemess — during the next two months in 
 the Daphne 18, Capt. J. J. Onslow, on particular 
 service — and, from Oct. 1842 until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 25 Sept. 1843, in the Caledo- 
 nia 120, bearing the flag of Sir David Milne at 
 Plymouth. In the Hastings, which ship was sta- 
 tioned in the Mediterranean, he took part in the 
 operations on the coast of Syria, including the 
 blockade of Beyrout. His appointments, since his 
 promotion, have been — 25 Oct. 184.3, to the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings— and, 11 Feb. 1846, 28 Jan. 1848, and 1 
 Jan. 1849, to the Qdeen 110, San Josef 110, and 
 Impregnable 104, flag-ships of Sir John West and 
 Sir Wm. Hall Gage at Plymouth, where he is now 
 serving. 
 
 Lieut. Veitch married, 14 Nov. 1843, Georgians 
 Ommanney, youngest daughter of Capt. Lawrence, 
 R.M. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 VEITCH. (Lieutenant, 1844.) 
 
 Henet Goedon Veitch is son of Mr. Veitch, 
 formerly Consul at Madeira. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 11 Aug. 1828 ; 
 passed his examination 22 Dec. 1834; and Irom 
 
 7 R 2 
 
1228 VEITCH— VENUS— VERNON— VESEY—VEVERS—VIBART—VICAUY. 
 
 1842 uatil Jan. 1845, served among the Azores, as 
 Mate and Lieutenant (commission dated 12 Feb. 
 1844) in the Stvx steam-surveying vessel, Capt. 
 Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal. During the after-part 
 of 1845 he was employed, still on surveying service, 
 with his name on the hoolcs of the "William and 
 Mart yacht. Commodore Sir Fras. Augustus Col- 
 lier, and Sheabwatee steamer, Capt. Chas. Gepp 
 Kobinson. He has been in charge, since 20 June, 
 1848, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 VEITCH. (LlEtlTENANT, 1847.) 
 
 James Ricbaud Veitch passed his examination 
 7 Oct. 1846 ; and after having served as Mate on 
 board the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, 
 Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 23 Deo. 1847. He has been em- 
 ployed, since 27 of that month, in the Inconstant 
 36, Capt. John Shepherd, now in the Pacific. 
 
 VENUS. (LiEOT., 1814. F-p., 15; h-p., 32.) 
 William Vends died towards the close of 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1800, as 
 A.B., on board the Sally armed ship, Capts. Geo. 
 Wolfe and Stephen Folvil, stationed in the North 
 Sea. Being discharged in Deo. 1801, he next, in 
 July, 1803, joined the Colossds 74, Capts. Geo. 
 Martin and Jas. NicoU Morris ; under the latter of 
 whom, after serving off Ferrol, in the Channel, and off 
 Oadiz, he fought at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 
 1805. Removing in the ensuing Dec. to the Ca- 
 nada 74, Capt. John Harvey, he was for about two 
 years stationed in that ship in the West Indies ; 
 where in Jan. 1808 he was transferred to the Gder- 
 HiiHE 40, Capt. Alex. Skene. In June, 1809, being 
 then at Halifax, he followed Capt. Skene as Master's 
 Mate (he had latterly held the rating of Gunner's 
 Mate) into the Hdssar 38 ; in which frigate, com- 
 manded next by Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford, he 
 ?.ssisted, in the course of the same year, in the ope- 
 rations against Walcheren. He served subsequently 
 off Guernsey and in the Baltic, and, on ultimately 
 proceeding to the East Indies, was afforded an op- 
 portunity of assisting, in 181 1, at the reduction of 
 Java. He returned to England with Capt. Craw- 
 ford as Acting-Master in the Modeste 36, in Marc^, 
 1813; and he then in succession joined, as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, the Defiance 74, fiag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Geo. Hope In the Baltic, the De- 
 vonshire and iLLUSTEions 74's, Capts. Koss Don- 
 nelly and A. Skene, lying at Sheerness and Ports- 
 mouth, and the Penelope troop-ship, Capt. Chas. 
 Sullivan. Proceeding with the latter officer to 
 Quebec he was next, from May, 1814, until July, 
 1816, employed as Master's Mate, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, and Lieutenant (order and commission dated 
 10 Sept. and 14 Pec. 1814) in the Prince Regent 
 and St. Lawrence, bearing the broad pendants of 
 Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo and Sir Edw. W. C R. Owen on 
 Lake Ontario — in command, on Lakes Erie, St. 
 Clair, and Huron, of the Sank schooner — in charge 
 of the Rendezvous at Montreal — and again in the 
 Prince Regent under Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam 
 Owen. He did not afterwards go afloat. He was 
 granted a pension of 81. per annum for wounds 25 
 April, 1843. 
 
 Lieut. Venus married, in 1833, Miss Robinson, of 
 Gloucester Street, Portsea. Agents — Hallett and 
 Robinson. 
 
 VERNON. (LlEBTENANT, 1847.) 
 
 Henrt Townlev Vernon passed his examination 
 11 March, 1845; served at Portsmouth and in the 
 Channel, as Mate, in the Excellent gunnery-ship, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Rodney 92, Capt. 
 Edw. Collier; obtained his commission 24 April, 
 1847 ; and since 28 March, 1848, has been employed 
 on the coast of Africa in the Stab 8, Capt. Fred. 
 Leopold Augustus Selwyn. 
 
 VESEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 _ Charles Vesey passed his examination 12 April, 
 1S43; served as Mate in tlie Queen 110, flag-ship 
 
 of Sir John West at Devonport, and in the Ferret 
 8, Capt. Geo. Sprigg, on the coast of Africa ; was 
 nominated, 13 July, 1846, Acting-Lieutenant, on the 
 latter station, of the Heroine 6, Capt. Chas. Ed- 
 munds ; and was officially promoted 9 Nov. follow- 
 ing. He has been employed, since 19 Jan. 1848, as 
 Additional-Lieutenant of the Wellesley 72, flag- 
 ship of the Earl of Dundonald in North America 
 and the West Indies. 
 
 VEVERS. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 George Vevers entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, under whose command 
 (deducting an interval from 1810 to 1812, passed as 
 a Supernumerary in the Royal William, Revenge, 
 and Royal George, Capts. Robt. Hall, John Nasb, 
 and Andw. King, at Spithead, in the Channel, and 
 off Brest) he continued employed as Midshipman in 
 the same ship and in La Hogue 74, in the Mediter- 
 ranean and on the coast of North America, until 
 1814. In the Endymion he was present at the 
 passage of the Dardanells in Feb. 1807; and in 
 La Hogde he assisted, among other operations, in 
 blockading some of the enemy's frigates in New 
 London. After serving for a few months with Capt. 
 Adam Mackenzie in a guard-ship at Sheerness, and 
 with Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett in the Leven 
 20, at Spithead, he was promoted, 7 Feb. 181.5, to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. From Jan. until Nov. 1818 
 he was stationed at St. Helena in the Conqueeok 
 74, Capts. John Davie and Fras. Stanfell, and Fa- 
 vorite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 VIBAET. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 James Vibaet entered the Navy, 19 April, 1804, 
 as A.B., on board the Donegal 74, Capts. Sir Rich. 
 John Strachan and Pulteney Malcolm. It would 
 appear that in her he was present at the capture of 
 the Spanish 44-gun frigate Amjitrite and of a vessel 
 with a cargo on board worth 200,000/. ; in Lord 
 Nelson's pursuit of the combined fleets to the West 
 Indies and back ; at the capture of £il Rayo of 100 
 guns, one of the ships recently defeated at Tra^ 
 falgar ; and in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 
 1806. In Sept. of the latter year he removed (he 
 had already attained the rating of Midshipman) to 
 the Ambdscade 32, Capt. Wm. D'Urban; and in 
 that ship he continued employed in the Mediter- 
 ranean, as Master's Mate, until Aug. 1809. He was 
 then transferred, in the capacity last-mentioned, to 
 the Isis 50, Capt. Thos. Geo. Shortland, on the 
 Channel station. He served subsequently — from 
 Nov. 1810 until Sept. 1811, as Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the Royal Oak and Northbmbeeland 74's, Capts, 
 Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Hon. Henry Hotham, 
 in Basque Roads — from 2 Oct. 1811 until 6 June, 
 1812, as Midshipman, In the Baefledr 93, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley at Lisbon — from 
 7 June until 13 Sept. 1812, as Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the Meemaid 32, armee-en-fivte, Capt. David Dunn 
 —from Nov. 1812 imtil Aug. 1813, as Midshipman, 
 in the Stately 64, bearing the flag in the Tagus of 
 Vice-Admlral Geo. Martin— and, from Aug. 1813 
 until July, 1814, as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieute- 
 nant (commission dated 1 Jan. 1814), in the gun- 
 boat service at Gibraltar and Cadiz. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 Lieut. Vibart is Senior of 1814. 
 
 VICAEY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 29; h-p., 13.) 
 William Vicaey was born 7 Dec. 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capts. Sir 
 Rich. King, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dnndas, 
 and Aiskew Paffard Hollis ; in which ship he was 
 for nine years and a half employed in the Channel, 
 off the coasts of France and Spain, and in the Medi- 
 terranean and South America, the greater of the 
 time as Midshipman and Master's Mate. He was 
 present during that period at the battle of Trafalgar ; 
 at the capture of four French frigates offEochefor't 
 
VIDAL. 
 
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 by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, 25 Sept. 1806 ; 
 in the expedition to the Walcheren ; for nine months 
 at the defence of Cadiz (where he saw much boat- 
 service, and assisted in bringing off the British gar- 
 rison from Fort Matagorda, on the occasion of its 
 destruction by the French in April, 1810) ; and, in 
 the Achilles' pinnace, at the cutting out, in com- 
 pany with the boats of the Eagle 74, of two mer- 
 chant-vessels on the coast of Istria in 1812. On 25 
 Aug. 1814, being then on the coast of Brazil, he 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Abtrea 
 36, Capt. Askey. His promotion by the Admiralty 
 took place 8 Feb. 1815. With the exception of 
 about 13 months in 1837-8, during which he com- 
 manded the Elizabeth hired-transport, and visited 
 South America, the Ascension, and Canada, he has 
 been employed since 12 Feb. 1828 in the Coast 
 Guard. For the gallant conduct he displayed 
 during the tremendous gale of 13 and 14 Jan. 1843, 
 in putting o£f in a boat with Lieut. John BuUey of 
 the adjoining station, when all other means had 
 failed, and saving the crew of the brig George, of 
 Sunderland, which had been wrecked at Atherfield, 
 and immediately afterwards went to pieces, he re- 
 ceived, in addition to the thanks of the Admiralty, 
 a gold medal from the National Shipwreck Institu- 
 tion, and a silver one from the Subscribers at 
 Lloyd's. 
 
 Lieut. Vicary married Audry Ann, eldest daughter 
 of Silas Winter, Esq., of Court House, Newton Fer- 
 rers, CO. Devon, by whom he has issue three sons 
 and two daughters. One of the former, William, is 
 a Midshipman B.N. 
 
 Admiralty, one of the Salvage Islands, with a plan 
 of the great Salvage; 13 of the Cape de Verde 
 Islands; one of the coast of England; and one of 
 Vidal Bank, on the north-west coast of England. 
 He married, in Oct. 1839, Sarah Antoinette, daughter 
 of Henry Veicht, Esq., of Madeira, and niece of 
 Colonel Tweedy, of Bromley House, Kent, by whom, 
 who died in June, 1843, he has issue. 
 
 VIDAL. (Captain, 1825. f-p., 26; h-p., 18.) 
 
 Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal is brother 
 of Commander Rich. Emeric Vidal, B.N. ; and of 
 Emeric Essex Vidal, Esq., Purser and Paymaster 
 R.N. (1808). His father was Secretary to Admirals 
 Sir John Lockhart Ross, Duff, and Kingsmill. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Dec. 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Illustrious 74, Capts. 
 Sir Chas. Hamilton, Michael Seymour, and Wm. 
 Shield, with whom he served in the Channel, on 
 the north coast of Spain, and in the West Indies, 
 until Nov. 1805. On 22 May, 1807, he joined the 
 Eoyal Naval College ; and on leaving that institu- 
 tion he was received, in Nov. 1809, on board the 
 Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and Geo. 
 Digby ; in which ship we And him for upwards of 
 three years employed on the Mediterranean, West 
 India, Cadiz, and Lisbon stations, the chief part of 
 the time in the capacity of Midshipman. In the 
 course of 1813-14 he was received in succession, on 
 the Home station, on board the Salvador del 
 MuNDO, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Calder, Niobe 40, 
 Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, Cornwall 74, Capt. 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Namub 74, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Thos. Williams, Bann 20 and Conway 24, 
 both commanded by Capt. John Tancock, and Niobe 
 again, Capt. Henry Colins Deacon. Sailing in the 
 latter ship for the Halifax station, he was there, 
 and on the Canadian lakes, employed, from Feb. 
 to Nov. 1815, principally on Surveying-service, 
 although for a short time as Acting-Flag-Lifeutenant 
 to Commodore Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was 
 then presented with a commission bearing date 
 6 Feb. 1815. He was next, 25 Aug. 1818, appointed 
 to the Leven 24, Capts. David Ewen Bartholomew 
 and Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, fitting for a surveying 
 expedition to the coast of Africa, where he was 
 promoted, 15 May, 1823, to the command of the 
 Barracouta 10, also a surveying-vessel. He was 
 advanced to Post-rank 4 Oct. 1825 ; and was after- 
 wards employed, still on Surveying-service — for a 
 short time in 1831, in the Pike 12 — from 15 Sept. 
 1835 until the close of 1838, and from 15 Sept. 1841 
 until Jan. 1845, on the coast of Africa and among 
 the Azores, in the .33tna and Styx— and, from 7 
 Jan. 1845 until the early part of 1846, with his name 
 on the books of the William and Maky yacht. 
 
 In addition to other charts, Capt. Vidal has pub- 
 lished, under the authority of the Lords of the 
 
 VIDAL. (Commander, 1830. f-p., 19; h-p., 29.) 
 Richard Emeric Vidal is brother of Capt. 
 A. T. E. Vidal, R.N. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1799, as 
 L.M., on board the Princess guard-ship at Water- 
 ford, Lieut.-Commander Rich. Dorrill. From Sept. 
 1800 until May, 1801 he cruized on the coast of 
 Ireland in the Glehmore 44, Capts. Geo. Duff and 
 John Talbot; and in Aug. of the latter year he 
 became Midshipman of the Vengeance 74, com- 
 manded by his former Captain, Duff. In her, be- 
 sides witnessing the mutiny in Bantry Bay, he 
 served at the blockade of Brest and Kochefort, and 
 visited the West Indies. Joining next, in July, 
 1802, the Glatton 50, Capt. Jas. Colnett, he made 
 a voyage in that ship round the world. On his 
 return to England he removed, in Nov. 180.3, to the 
 Seaflower 14, commanded by the present Rear- 
 Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen, under whom 
 he sailed soon afterwards for the East Indies, and 
 was there for a long time employed as Master's 
 Mate and Acting-Master, chiefly on surveying ser- 
 vice. The following copy of a testimonial, given 
 to him by his Commander, will exhibit the credit- 
 able manner in which he comported himself during 
 the period to which it refers: — "This is to certify 
 my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that 
 Mr. Richard Emeric Vidal served on board H.M, 
 brig Seaflower, as my second in command, in the 
 years 1804, 5, 6, 7, and that during that time his 
 conduct marked him as extremely diligent, atten- 
 tive, and obedient, greatly emulous of professional 
 excellence, and, on the whole, as a very promising 
 young officer. In the course of the said service in 
 the Seaflower he was captured in an attempt to 
 cut out a French privateer from the road of St. 
 Denis, in the Isle of Bourbon, vrith the loss of one- 
 half of the men under his command, on which occa- 
 sion he evinced the most noble devotedness, spirit, 
 and enterprise, being himself wounded, and was in 
 consequence promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 by Sir Edw. Pellew (then our Commander-in-Chief 
 in India), on his liberation from French prison in 
 the Isle of France in 1808." On 15 July, 1806, we 
 may add, Mr. Vidal cut out from the island of 
 Rodriguez Le Charles, a French national ketch. 
 His release from captivity took place 29 Feb. 1808; 
 in the following March and June he joined the 
 Riissel and Cdlloden 74's, flag-ships of Rear-Ad- 
 mirals Wm. O'Brien Drury and Sir Edw. Pellew ; 
 and on 24 Oct. in the same year he was nominated, 
 as above stated, Acting-Lieutenant of the Corn- 
 WALLis 50, Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu. His 
 services in that ship, to which he was confirmed 10 
 July, 1809, are thus described in a testimonial bear- 
 ing the signature of Capt. Montagu, and presented 
 to him in Nov. 1821, when applying for the appoint- 
 ment therein alluded to ; — " This is to certify that 
 Lieutenant R. E. Vidal served under my command, 
 on board H.M.S. Cornwallis, from Oct. 1808 until 
 July, 1810 ; and that during that period frequent op- 
 portunities, asunder mentioned, occurred of proving 
 his professional talent and devotedness. First, that 
 at the time the Madras army was in a state of in- 
 subordination, I was deputed by the Governor on a 
 most delicate mission to the northern Circars, and, 
 having occasion to leave Lieut. Vidal at Masulipa- 
 tam for information, which he obtained, he followed 
 me in an open boat upwards of 100 miles to com- 
 municate the same. Secondly, he commanded the 
 boats and seamen in a successful attack on the port 
 of Poulo Combo (island of Celebes), which, after a 
 determined resistance, was taken and ultimately 
 destroyed. Thirdly, on the jolly-boat boarding a 
 
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 VIGNOLES— VINCENT— VON DONOP. 
 
 Malay proa, the Malays rushing on the boat's crew 
 (all boys), they jumped overboard, leaving Lieut. 
 Vidal the only person on board, who was himself 
 (so deserted) obliged to follow them : he succeeded 
 in regaining the boat, and, picking up the people, 
 re-attacked the proa, and took her. Fourthly, on 
 1 Feb. 1810, with three boats under his charge, he 
 cut out at mid-day, from under the batteries of 
 Manippa, a vessel loaded with supplies destined to 
 Amboyna.* Fifthly, on 16 Feb. he landed as Senior 
 officer, with 225 seamen and marines belonging to 
 H.M. ships DovEK, Coknwallis, and Samaeang, 
 to attack Amboyna, which place was ultimately 
 taken; after its reduction Lieut. Vidal was sent 
 with the despatches of its surrender to Madras in 
 the Mandarin (prize) Dutch sloop-of-war. Sixthly, 
 Lieut, Vidal, on his discharge from the Cornwallis, 
 acted as Agent of Transports, and landed with the 
 first division of boats at the reduction of the Isle 
 of France. As I commanded the Naval battalion 
 on that occasion, I feel myself authorized to bear 
 testimony to the facts. In every service in which 
 Lieut. Vidal was employed during the time he served 
 under my command he gave fresh cause for com- 
 mendation and increase of confidence ; and as it 
 appears the object of his ambition is to be employed 
 in the Kevenue-servlce, I may venture to recom- 
 mend him as admirably calculated for that or any 
 other service where activity and enterprise are 
 called for." Mr. Vidal, after his return from the 
 West Indies, was employed — from Jan. 1812 until 
 Jan. 1814, in the Asia 74, Capt. Geo. Scott, on the 
 Channel and West India stations— from 5 Nov. 1814 
 until 7 Oct. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, in the Grif- 
 fon 14, Capt. Geo. Hewson, in the Channel — from 
 Nov. 1822 until Jan. 1826, in command of the Eagle 
 Kevenue-cruizer— and, from 2 Feb. 1827 until 26 
 Oct. 1828, again as Senior, in the Eden 26, Capt. 
 W. F. Owen, on the coast of Africa. He attained 
 the rank he now holds 22 July, 1830. 
 
 Commander Vidal was present during the war at 
 the capture of 18 armed and 68 merchant vessels, 
 and at the re-capture of 14 and the destruction of 
 12 sail. He is married, and has issue three sons 
 and two daughters. Agent — John Chippendale. 
 
 VIGNOLES. (LiBDT., 1812. F-p., 10 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Vignoles entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1805, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Ville de Paris 110, 
 Capt. John Whitby, bearing the flag of Hon. Wm. 
 Comwallis in the Channel, where, and off Lisbon, 
 he served from June, 1806, until May, 1807, in the 
 Hibeknia 120, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent. He 
 then joined the Tweed 18, Capt. Thos. Edw. Sy- 
 monds, under whom he was for nearly four years 
 and a half employed, part of the time as Master's 
 Mate, in the West Indies, and in South America, 
 and the North Sea. In 1809 he was present at the 
 blockade and surrender of the city of St. Domingo ; 
 and he assisted at different periods in making a 
 large number of captures. After again serving for 
 a few months in the West Indies as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman in the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Eras. Laforey, he was there, 22 July, 1812, nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Arachne 18, Capts. 
 Sam. Chambers and Chas. Hope Watson. From 
 that vessel, to which he was confirmed 17 Sept, 
 following, he invalided in July, 1813. Being, in 
 the ensuing Oct., appointed to the Severn 40, Capt. 
 Joseph Nourse, fitting for the coast of North Ame- 
 rica, he witnessed, it appears, the attacks made in 
 1814 upon Washington and Baltimore, and the cap- 
 ture, 13 Jan. 1815, of St. Mary's, a town near Point 
 Petre. H e aided, also, in making prize of two pri va^ 
 teers and a letter-of-marque, carrying in the whole 
 22 guns and 241 men. He returned to England and 
 was paid off in Sept. 1815, and has not been since 
 afloat. 
 
 VINCENT, K.H. (Captain, 1832. f-p., 18; 
 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 Andrew Atkins Vincent entered the Navy, in 
 
 March, 1796, as a Volunteer, on board the Victo- 
 
 • Vide Gaz, 1810, p. 1487. 
 
 Kions 74, Capt. Wm. Clark, stationed in the East 
 Indies, whence, at the peace, he returned to Eng- 
 land as Master's Mate (he had already attained the 
 rating of Midshipman) in the Suffolk 74, Capt. Sir 
 Roger Curtis. If we mistake not, he was present 
 in the action with M. Sercey, alluded to in our 
 memoir of Commander Abel Wantner Thomas. 
 After serving for two years and nine months on 
 the Home station and off Cadiz in the Magnificent 
 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, Tonnant 80, Capt. 
 Justice Finley (acting), Puissant 74, Capt. John 
 Irwin, and Unite frigate, Capt. Chas. Ogle, he took 
 up, in March, 1806, a commission bearing date 22 
 Jan. in that year. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 15 July, 1806, to the Laukei. of 22 long 9- 
 pounders on her main deck, with 6 18-pounder car- 
 ronades and 2 long sixes on the quarter-deck and 
 forecastle, Capt. John Chas. Woollcombe, employed 
 off the Cape de Verde Islands and on the Cape of 
 Good Hope station — ^in March, 1809, for a passage 
 home, to the Grampus 50, Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait 
 — 6 Jan. 1810, to the Owen Glendower 36, Capts. 
 Wm. Selby and Edw. Henry A'Court, in which 
 frigate he cruized in the Channel, and visited Que- 
 bec, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena — 10 
 Aug. 1811, after three months of half-pay, to the 
 Norge 74, Capt. John Sprat Kalnier, off Flushing 
 —2 Oct. 1812, to the Belle Podle 38, Capt. Geo. 
 Harris — 20 June, 1815, to the Cornwallis 74, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Geo. Burlton, Commander- 
 in-Chief in the East Indies— and, 5 Oct. and 28 Nov. 
 following, as a Supernumerary, to the Doris 36 and 
 MiNDEN 74, Capts. John Harper and Hon. Donald 
 Hugh Mackay, with the latter of whom he returned 
 to England. He was on board the Laurel, we 
 believe, in Aug. 1808, when that ship, with only 
 145 men, was captured off the Isle of France by 
 the French frigate Camumiere of 48 guns and, in- 
 cluding troops, full 420 men, after a close and gal- 
 lant action of nearly an hour and a half, in which 
 the British had but 9 wounded, and the enemy at 
 least 5 killed and 19 wounded. In the Hussar, 
 besides assisting at the capture, 3 April and 11 May, 
 1813, of Le Grand NapoUcm American schooner of 
 4 guns (pierced for 22) and 32 men, and Revenge 
 letter-of-marque of 4 guns (pjerced for 16) and 32 
 men, he was present, in the spring of 1814, at the 
 forcing of the entrance into the Gironde. He at- 
 tained the rank of Commander 6 Feb. 1816 ; was 
 employed on particular service, as Second Captain 
 of the Talavera 74, Capt. David Colby, from 18 
 March until Sept. 1831 ; and was advanced to the 
 rank he now holds 9 May, 1832. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Vincent was nominated a K.H. 26 April, 
 1831. He is at present Gentleman Usher to the 
 Queen Dowager and Captain of Sandown Castle. 
 During the war he was twice wounded. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 VINCENT. (Lieutenant, 1834.) 
 
 George Vincent died about the commencement 
 of 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 7 May, 1813 ; passed 
 his examination in 1822 ; and obtained his commis- 
 sion 26 Sept. 1834. His subsequent appointments 
 were — 19 Nov. 1835, as Additional-Lieutenant, to 
 the President 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburh 
 in North America and the West Indies— 31 Dec. 
 following, to the Coast Guard— 25 Oct. 1836, to the 
 BussEL 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, on the 
 Lisbon station, whence he returned to England and 
 was paid off in Jan. 1839—28 Jan. 1841, to the 
 Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirlmg, in the Mediter- 
 ranean — and, 22 April, 1842, to the Coast Guard, in 
 which service he continued until his death. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 VON DONOP. (Commander, 1849.) 
 
 Edward Pelham Brenton Von Donop, born in 
 Nov. 1811, is second son of Geo. Baron Von Donop,' 
 of Wobbell, Westphalia, a Member of the Legion 
 of Honor, who died 19 May, 1844. 
 
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 This officer entered the Navy 3 June, 1827 ; 
 passed his examination in 1833 ; and was promoted 
 to the rati of Lieutenant 28 June, 1838. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 17 July, 1838, as Ad- 
 ditional, to the WELLESLEr 72, flag-ship of Sir Fred. 
 Lewis Maitland in the East Indies — 5 Sept. 1839, to 
 the Favorite 18, Cajits. Walter Croker and Thos. 
 Boss Sulivao, on the same station, whence he re- 
 turned in 1842 — 19 May, 1843, as First, to theConwAir 
 26, Capt. Kobt. Fair, fitting at Portsmouth— 11 July, 
 1843, and 23 Feb. 1S44, to the Edrydice 26, Capt. 
 Geo. Elliot, and Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir 
 Chas. Adam, both on the North America and West 
 India station — and 29 Aug. 1845 (soon after his return 
 to England) to the President 52, in which ship, bear- 
 ing the flag of Hear- Admiral Jas. Kioh. Dacres at the 
 Cape of Good Hope, he acted as Commander from 
 31 Sept. 1848, until officially promoted, 10 Jan. 1849. 
 On 24 June, 1840, having landed with his Captain, 
 Croker, and a party of 90 ofiicers, seamen, and ma- 
 rines at Tongataboo, one of the Friendly Islands, for 
 the purpose of assisting the native Christians in a war 
 then raging between them and the heathen part of 
 the population, he proceeded, in company with 
 about 1500 native troops to the attack of a fortress 
 of extraordinary strength situated five miles in the 
 interior. Being deserted by their allies while in the 
 act of storming, the British, after losing their Cap- 
 tain and many others, were forced to retire. On 
 seeing his Captain fall, Mr. Von Donop (who, on the 
 First-Lieutenant, Dunlop, being severely wounded, 
 succeeded to the command) endeavoured, but to no 
 purpose, to rally his men. In this emergency, with 
 singular valour, he rushed alone over a narrow 
 bridge which crossed the fosse, and, under a shower 
 of musket-balls, bore away the body ! Scarcely had 
 he rejoined his party, who were in full retreat, 
 when, finding the colours had been left behind, he 
 returned, followed by but 1 man, and succeeded in 
 rescuing them. On rejoining the Favorite he 
 took command of that vessel, and continued so to 
 act until she reached Sydney. 
 
 He married, 3 Jan. 1843, Louisa Mary Diana, 
 second daughter of the late John Brenton, Esq., of 
 Felcham, Surrey, and has issue. 
 
 VOULES. (LlEnTENANT, 1842.) 
 
 Edward JervIs Voules passed his examination 
 5 April, 1837 ; and in the course of 1841 was nomi- 
 nated Mate on the North America and West India 
 and Plymouth stations of the Fair Rosamond 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander Arthur Gibson Bul- 
 man, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Graham 
 Moore. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 7 
 March, 1842 ; was appointed, 11 May following, to 
 the Albatross 16, Capt. Reginald Yorke, fitting for 
 North America and the West Indies ; and from 
 27 July, 1844, until 1848, was employed in the Coast 
 Guard. While in the latter service he displayed 
 much gallantry in the assistance which, at the risk 
 of his life, he rendered to the Master and crew of 
 the Swedish brig Norrhotten, from Lulia, wrecked 
 on Moorsands, on the Reckham station, on the night 
 of 29 April, 1845. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 VYNER. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 Arthur Vyner entered the Navy 8 Jan. 1829; 
 passed his examination in 1835 ; and while serving 
 as Mate in the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey 
 Fleming Senhouse, on the coast of China, was blown 
 up and severely wounded by the springing of one 
 of the enemy's mines in the attack upon Chuenpee 
 7 Jan. 1841.* Being recommended for his conduct 
 on that occasion, he was promoted, 6 May following, 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed, 28 of the 
 same month, to the Wellesley 72, Commodore Sir 
 Jas. John Gordon Bremer. After he left that ship 
 he joined, in Aug. 1841 and Nov. 1842, the Pflades 
 18, Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, and Cohnwallis 
 72, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Porker, both on the 
 East India station ; where he was nominated, 6 May, 
 1843, Acting-Commander of the Wolf 18. In her 
 • FWeGaz. 1841,pp. 11C3, 1S21. 
 
 (his promotion being confirmed 28 Aug. ensuing) he 
 continued until Dec. 1844. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 VYSE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Frederick Howard Vyse, born 8 Nov. 1815, is 
 third son (by Frances, second daughter of Henry 
 Hesketh, Esq., of Newton, co. Chester) of Colonel 
 Rich. Wm. Howard Vyse, of Stoke, co. Bucks, and 
 of Broughton, co. Northampton, a Deputj-Lieute- 
 nant for co. Bucks, who served as Sheriff in 1829, 
 and who represented Beverley in Parliament in 
 1812, and Honiton from 1816 to 1820. He is brother 
 of Capt. Geo. C. E. A. E. Howard Vyse, of the 2nd 
 Life Guards-, also of Capt. R. H. R. Howard Vyse, 
 of the Royal Horse Guards, M.P. for South North- 
 ampton ; and great-grandson of Field Marshal Sir 
 Geo. Howard, K.B., whose wife, Lucy, was sister 
 and coheir of Wm. Wentworth, fourth Earl of 
 Strafford. 
 
 This ofBicer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 10 Feb. 1831 ; passed his examination 
 2 Dec. 1835 ; served for some time in the Mediter- 
 ranean, at Portsmouth, and in South America^ as 
 Mate in the Polyphemus steamer, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John Evans, Powerful 84, Capt. Michael 
 Seymour, and Cakysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. 
 Paulet ; and was advanced to his present rank 28 
 July, 1842. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
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 WADDILOVE. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Robert James Darley Waddilove died at sea, 
 between Rio and Valparaiso, 7 Oct. 1844, after a 
 short illness, on board H.M.S. America. He was 
 eldest son of the Rev. W. J. D. Waddilove, of 
 Beacon Grange, co. Northumberland. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 Dec. 1831 ; 
 passed his examination 6 Aug. 1838; served for 
 some time in the North America and West India 
 and Mediterranean stations, as Mate, in the Cleo- 
 patra 26, Capt. Christopher WyviU, and Geyser 
 steamer, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter ; obtained his 
 commission 20 Nov. 1843; and was appointed, 15 
 May, 1844, Additional-Lieutenant of the Dublin 50, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the Pacific. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 WADE. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 Charles Francis Wade was killed in Aug. 1844, 
 while First of the Dido, in gallantly leading an 
 attack on a town belonging to a settlement of pi- 
 rates in the island of Borneo. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 21 Sept. 1824; 
 passed his examination in 1830 ; and obtained his 
 commission 28 June, 1838. He was afterwards ap- 
 pointed — 7 July, 1838, to the Carysfoet 26, Capt. 
 Henry By am Martin, in the Mediterranean — 22 Oct. 
 1839, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Stag 46, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. 
 Ball Sulivan, on the coast of South America — 30 
 Oct. 1840, to the CnRA90A 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, 
 on the same station— and 2 Dec. 1842 and 5 June, 
 1844, as First, to the Samarang 26, surveying- 
 vessel, and Dido 18, Capts. Sir Edw. Belcher and 
 Hon. Henry Keppel, both in the East Indies, where 
 he was killed as above. 
 
 WADESON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.) 
 Charles Wadeson was bom 15 July, 1793. 
 This oflioer entered the Navy, 29 Sept. 1806, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plantagenet 74, Capt. 
 Wm. Bradley, stationed in the Channel ; where, off 
 Lisbon, and at the Cape of Good tlope, he served, 
 from Oct. 1807 until Sept. 1810, under the flag of the 
 late Sir Albemarle Bertie, in the Foudrotant 80, 
 Bellerophon 74, and, as Midshipman, in the Leo- 
 pard 50. With the exception of a few months passed 
 in 1814-15, at Plymouth, in the Prince Frederick, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Byam Martin, he 
 
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 WAGHORN— WAINWRIGHT— WAKE. 
 
 was actively employed from Sept. 1810 until Oct. 
 1815, in the Mediterranean, on board the Lavinia 
 40, Capt. Geo. Digby, Rivoli 74, Capt. Graham 
 Eden Hamond, Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of 
 the late Lord Exmouth, Malta 80, Capt. Wm. 
 Chas. Fahie, and, again under Lord Exmouth, in 
 the BoYNE 98. He was then presented with a com- 
 mission dated 28 Feb. 1815. He has been atflicted, 
 for upwards of 20 years, with paralysis of the right 
 side, accompanied occasionally with deafness and 
 now with the loss of speech. 
 
 WAGHOEN. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Thomas Waghorn entered the Navy 10 Nov. 
 1812 ; was advanced to his present rank 23 March, 
 1842 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 This ofBcer has rendered himself famous as being 
 the originator of the overland mail to India via 
 Trieste. His zeal and activity in the cause of the 
 public have been acknowledged by a pension from 
 the Hon. E. I. Company. 
 
 WAINWEIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 James Francis Ballard Wainwright entered 
 the Navy 10 Oct. 1832 J passed his examination 17 
 Jan. 1840 ; and (after having studied at the Royal 
 Naval College) was presented with a commission 22 
 Dec. 1841. He was appointed, 7 March, 1842, to 
 the Winchester 50. fitting for the flag of Hon. 
 Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape 
 of Good Hope ; and has been serving, since 20 May, 
 1846, in the Constance 50, Capts. Sir Baldwin "Wake 
 Walker and Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, now in 
 the Pacific. 
 
 WAINWRIGHT. (Lieut., 1819. e-p., 18; 
 H-p., 21.) 
 
 John Wainwright is eldest son of the late Capt. 
 John Wainwright, R.N., C.B., who conducted, in 
 the Chiffonnb 36, a successful expedition against 
 the pirates of the Persian Gulf \a 1809, had charge 
 in 1814, when Captain of the Tonnant 80, of the 
 boats employed at the destruction of Commodore 
 Barney's flotilla up the Patuxent, and became after- 
 wards Lieut.-Governor of the Royal Naval College. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Chiffonne 36, com- 
 manded by his father, under whom in the foUovring 
 year he mtnessed the attack made on the Persian 
 pirates. In Jan. 1813, after an interval of three 
 years, he joined, as Midshipman, the Pdissant 74, 
 Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, lying at Spithead : in the 
 following Aug. he entered the Royal Naval College ; 
 and between May, 1815, in the course of which 
 month he left that institution, and the date of his 
 promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Nov. 1819, 
 he was employed on the Home and St. Helena sta- 
 tions in the Madagascar and Phaeton frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. Fras. Stanfell, Racoon 
 sloop, Capts. Jas. Wallis and Geo. Brine, Conqderor 
 74, Capt. F. Stanfell, Magicienne 42, Capt. John 
 Brett Purvis, and Ramillies 74, Capt. Aiskew 
 Pafiard Hollis. His last appointments were — in 
 June, 1820, to the Forte 44, Capt. Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane, stationed, until Oct. 1824, in the West 
 Indies and on the coast of North America — 18 April, 
 1825, to the Blossom 24, Capt. Fred. Wm. Beechey, 
 under whom he was for three years employed on 
 Surveying-service— and 7 Sept. 1829, to the Mel- 
 ville 74, Capts. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and 
 Christopher John Williams Nesham, in the Medi- 
 terranean. He has been on half-pay since the 
 commencement of 1831. 
 
 Lieut. Wainwright married, 27 Jan. 1821, Eliza- 
 beth, second daughter of Sam. Powell, Esq., of 
 Upper Harley Street, London, and of Brandlesome 
 Hall, CO. Lancaster, by whom he has issue. Agents 
 — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 WAKE. (Commander, 1849. r-p., 19; h-p., 1.) 
 
 Baldwin Arden Wake, born 4 Jan. 1813, in 
 
 Blake Street, York, is son of Baldwin Wake, Esq., 
 
 M.D. (son of Drury Wake, Esq., formerly of the 
 
 17th Lancers, and nephew of Sir Wm. Wake, Bart., 
 of Courteen Hall, co. Northampton), by Sarah, 
 sister of the present Jas. Spedding, Esq., of Sum- 
 mergrove, co. Cumberland, late a Captain in the 
 1st Regiment of Foot Guards (and now Major of 
 the Royal Westmoreland Militia, and a Deputy- 
 Lieutenant and Magistrate for co. Cumberland), 
 who was severely wounded in the engagement of 2 
 Oct. 1799, near Bgmont-op-Zee, in North Holland. 
 Another of Lieut. Wake's uncles, Lieut.-Colonel 
 Carlisle Spedding, served as a Captain in the 4th 
 Regiment of Dragoons under the Duke of Welling- 
 ton in Spain and Portugal during nearly the whole 
 of the Peninsular War, was present at most of the 
 actions and sieges, and was taken prisoner at the 
 battle of Albuera in 1811. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 July, 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Espoik 10, Capt. Henry 
 Fras. Greville, under whom he was for three years 
 employed at the Cape of Good Hope. In Sept. 
 1830 he removed as Midshipman to the Falcon 10, 
 Capts. Henry Griffith Colpoys, Thos. Metcalfe 
 Currie, and John Garrett, on the West India sta- 
 tion. On a subsequent occasion, when that vessel 
 was going at the rate of 4 knots an hour, he jumped 
 overboard and, with the assistance of a main-top 
 man, named John Hogan, was the means of saving 
 the life of a seaman, who had fallen from the fore- 
 chains and was unable to swim. On a dark night 
 in Dec. 1831, the Falcon being then at Sheerness, 
 he again, with a rope, leaped overboard, to the 
 rescue of a man intoxicated, although the boats 
 were hoisted up and a strong tide was at the time 
 running. As a reward for this act of intrepidity, 
 Mr. Wake was introduced by Capt. Garrett to the 
 Commander-in-Chief, Sir John Poo Beresford, who 
 received him, in Feb. 1832, on board his flag-ship, the 
 Ocean 80, and ever afterwards extended to him his 
 patronage. On the night of 13 Feb. 1833, about three 
 months after he had been transferred to the Fo- 
 rester 3, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Henry Quin, that 
 vessel, during a violent gale off Scilly, parted from 
 her anchors and was driven on the Crow bar. On 
 the cutter being hoisted out Mr. Wake volunteered 
 with a seaman to clear it from the tackles ; the 
 boat was, however, swamped, and the seaman 
 drowned ; Mr. Wake himself being only saved by 
 grasping a rope at the very moment that the Fo- 
 rester was driven off the bar. The latter having 
 again struck upon the rocks, several efforts were 
 made to send a line to the shore ; but this was not 
 accomplished until Mr. Wake, seizing it in his 
 mouth, succeeded in getting through the surf; when a 
 hawser was hauled on shore, and the Forester there- 
 by prevented from being carried round a point and 
 inevitably lost. After serving for nearly a year at 
 Plymouth in the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Hargood, Mr. Wake was appointed in March, 
 1834 (he had passed his examination in the pre- 
 ceding Nov.), Mate of the Racehorse 18, Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Everard Home, fitting for the West Indies; 
 where, on the occasion of his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, which took place 19 April, 1837, he 
 was nominated Additional of the Melville 74, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Peter Halkett, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief on the North America and West 
 India station. While the Racehorse was equip- 
 ping at Plymouth, a seaman fell from the main- 
 rigging and was fast sinking, when Mr. Wake, per- 
 ceiving what had occurred, plunged through a port 
 and brought him to the surface. Being off Para in 
 1835, when that city lay at the mercy of a troop of 
 Indians, our truly gallant officer found means, at the 
 risk of his life, of performing another valuable 
 service. On his own responsibility, accompanied 
 by a Mate of the Racehorse, the present Com- 
 mander Byron Drury, he approached during the 
 night a building from which, although in the midst 
 of the insurgents, his exertions enabled him to 
 bring away 220 Brazilian troops, who were thus 
 saved from a massacre which took place on the fol- 
 lowing day. His last appointments were— in 1837-8, 
 to the CoRNWALLis 72, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. 
 Paget, Serpent 16, Capt. Rich. Laird Warren, and 
 
WAKE— WAKEFIELD— WAKEM—WALCOTT. 
 
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 CoRNTt'Atus again, all on the North America and 
 West India station — 4 Feb. 1840, to the Peabi. 20, 
 Capts. Chas. Colville Frankland and Eioh. Henry 
 Stopford, with whom he served, until paid off in 
 June, 1844, on the coast of North America, a great 
 part of the time as First-Lieutenant— 25 April, 1845, 
 to the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir John West at 
 Devonport— and 10 Nov. 1845, to the Albios 90, 
 Capts. Nicholas Lockyer and Chas. Howe Fre- 
 mantle. In the latter ship, of which he became 
 Senior Lieutenant, he served in the Channel and 
 Mediterranean until paid off in 1848. He attained 
 his present rank 5 March, 1849. 
 
 Commander Wake's heroic conduct in the Falcon 
 obtained for him the honorary medallion of the 
 Royal Humane Society; and his services in saving 
 the Forester were acknowledged by a silver medal 
 from the Royal Shipwreck Institution. While be- 
 longing to the Pearl he had the good fortune to 
 preserve the life of Mr. John Hepburn, Master At- 
 tendant of Portsmouth Dockyard, which was placed 
 in great danger at the launching of the Bittern 
 sloop. His " gallant exertions " on that occasion 
 elicited the thanks of the Admiralty. 
 
 "WAKE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Wake passed his examination 1 May, 
 1844; and after serving on the Home station as 
 Mate in the Daring 12, Capt. Henry Jag. Matson, 
 was appointed in that capacity, 25 Sept. 1845, to the 
 Heroine 6, Capt. Chas. Edmunds, fitting for the 
 coast of Africa ; where he was nominated, 27 March, 
 1846, Acting-Lieutenant of the Styx steam-sloop, 
 Capt. Henry Chads. He was officially promoted 5 
 Aug. following ; and was next, 22 March and 20 
 Oct. 1847, appointed, as Additional and First Lieu- 
 tenant, to the HiBEBNiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. 
 Parker, and Odin steam-frigate of 560 horse-power, 
 Capt. Hon. Fred. Thos. Pelham, both in the Medi- 
 terranean, on which station he is now employed. 
 
 WAKEFIELD. (Liectenakt, 1827.) 
 
 JoHK Watson Wakefield entered the Navy, in 
 1816, as a Volunteer, on board the Hebrhs 36, 
 Capt. Edm. Palmer ; and on 16 Aug. in the same 
 year was present at the battle of Algiers. He 
 served afterwards as Midshipman in North America 
 and the East Indies in the Forth 40 and Leander 
 60 (the latter bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry 
 Blackwood) ; and as Mate (he passed his examina- 
 tion in 1822) on the Home, South American, and 
 West India stations, in the Apollo yacht, Capt. 
 Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Eclair sloop and Doris 42, 
 both commanded by Capt. Wm. Jas. Hope John- 
 stone, and Barham 50, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming. He returned home from 
 the West Indies in the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. John 
 Leith, shortly after his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 20 Aug. 1827 ; and 
 has since been on halt-pay. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 WAKEM. (Lieutbkant, 1815.) 
 
 Nicholas Wakem was born in 1795. He is 
 nephew of Retired Capt. Kobt. Tom Blackler, R.N. 
 (Commander, 1811), who was wounded while serving 
 as First-Lieutenant of the Iphigenia frigate, Capt. 
 Henry Lambert, in the affair at Port Sud-Est, 24 
 Aug. 1810, and died 23 July, 1844, at Devonport, 
 aged 64. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, about 1805, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the St. Nicholas, Lieut.- 
 Commander Snow, prison-ship at Plymouth ; where 
 he removed as Midshipman to the Oiseac. From 
 Nov. 1807 until Aug. 1813 he served in the West 
 Indies, Mediterranean, and North Sea, in the York 
 74, Capts. Robt. Barton and Alex. Wilmot Schora- 
 berg ; and between the latter date and Aug. 1816, 
 when he was presented with a commission dated 20 
 March, 1815, he was employed off Cherbourg, on 
 the coast of Africa, again in the Mediterranean, 
 and at Sheerness, chiefly as Midshipman and Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in the Creole 36, Capts. Robt. Forbes 
 and Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, Clokinde 40, Capt. 
 
 Sam. Geo. Peohell, and Bulwark 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Chas. Rowley. He assisted, in 1809, in the 
 York, at the capture of Martinique, the Salutes, 
 the 74-gun ship b'Baupoult, and Flushing. In the 
 Creole, besides contributing to the capture of 
 several slavers, we find him participating, 23 Jan. 
 1814, in a running action fought with much spirit 
 for nearly two hours between her and the French 
 40-gun frigate Sultane ; on which occasion the loss 
 of the British amounted to 10 killed and 26 wounded, 
 and that of the enemy to about 20 killed and .30 
 wounded. In the Clorinde Mr. Wakem was in at- 
 tendance upon the unfortunate consort of George IV. 
 during her visit to the Mediterranean in 1815-16. 
 Since the receipt of his commission he has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 WALCOTT. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Waloott is brother of Capt. J. E. 
 Walcott, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 June, 1810, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir 
 Peter Parker ; in which ship, after witnessing the 
 reduction of the Isle of France, he visited the Me- 
 diterranean and Chesapeake. He was present on 
 the former station when the Menelaos gallantly 
 pursued the French 40-gun frigate Pauline and 16- 
 gun brig Eeureuil, under the batteries in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Toulon, and then effected a masterly 
 retreat from the French fleet which had come out 
 to their protection, 28 May, 1812. On the death of 
 Sir Peter Parker, who was killed in a land opera- 
 tion at Bellair, near Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814, he re- 
 moved to the Hebscs 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer. In 
 her he served in an attack upon the enemy at Point 
 Petre ; at the capture of the town of St. Mary's ; at 
 the forcing, in July, 1815, of the formidable passage 
 of the Gironde and the destruction of the heavy 
 batteries by which it was defended; and at the 
 bombardment of Algiers. After he had been for 
 rather more than 12 months stationed at Portsmouth 
 and Plymouth in the Ekidanus 36, Capt. Wm. King, 
 and Qdeen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Thombrough, he joined, in Dec. 1817, the Sybille 
 44, bearing the flag of Sir Home Popham in the 
 West Indies ; where he was nominated, in Feb. 1819, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Confiance 18, Capt. Alex. 
 Montgomerie. He was officially promoted 19 May 
 following ; he returned home soon afterwards in the 
 Tartar frigate, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier ; and 
 he was subsequently appointed — 12 Deo. 1825 and 4 
 Aug. 1826, to the Wakseitb 76, Commodore Sir Jas. 
 Brisbane, and Champion 18, Capt. John Fitzgerald 
 Studdert, both in the East Indies — and 23 March, 
 1831, to the Asia 84, Capts. Hyde Parker and Peter 
 Richards, on the Lisbon station. He was advanced 
 to the rank of Commander 5 June, 1834, as a " spe- 
 cial promotion on Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy leaving 
 the Admiralty ;" and from 22 March, 1838, until re- 
 warded for his services with a Post-commission, 
 5 Jan. 1846, was employed in the Coast Guard. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Waloott is married and has issue. 
 
 WALCOTT. (Capt., 1822. f-p., 14; h-p., 3^.) 
 John Edward Waloott is third son of Edm. 
 Walcott Sympson, Esq., of Winkton, Hants ; brother 
 of Capt. Chas. Waloott, R.N. ; and brother-in-law of 
 Rear-Admiral Geo. Henderson. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Oct. 1802, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol. (under the patronage of the late Right 
 Hon. Geo. Rose, Treasurer of the Navy), on board 
 the Blenheim 74, Capts. Philip Turner Bover, 
 Murray Maxwell, Henry Matson, and Thos. Graves, 
 in which ship, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Sam. Hood, he sailed for the West Indies. On his 
 return thence he joined as Midshipman, in June 
 1804, the Lively 38, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond 
 and Geo. M'Kinlcy. In company, in her, with other 
 ships, we find him, 5 Oct. following, present at the 
 capture, off Cape St. Mary, of three Spanish frigates 
 laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth. 
 He also, 29 May, 1805, bore a part in a very spirited 
 skirmish, in which the Lively, alone, sordy galled 
 
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 WALCOTT 
 
 near Csctt*, the Glorwso Spanish 74. Being again, 
 in Oct. 1806, placed under the command of his 
 friend Sir Sam. Hood, he continued uninterruptedly 
 to serve trith that estimable officer, until the period 
 of his death, which took place at Madras 24 Deo. 
 1814, in the Centauk 74, Hibernia 120, Tigre 74, 
 Owen Geendotter 36, Illustrious 74, Clorisbe 
 40, and Minden 74. While on board the Centaur 
 he accompanied the expeditions of 1807 against Co- 
 penhagen and Madeira, and performed the duties 
 of Signal-Lieutenant at the capture, 26 Aug. 1808, 
 in sight of the whole Russian fleet, near Kogerswick, 
 of the 74-gun ship Sewobd, which surrendered after 
 a close afed furious conflict, productive of a loss to 
 the Centaur (in company with whom was the Im- 
 placable 74) of 3 killed and 27 wounded, and to 
 the enemy of 180 killed and wounded. Twenty days 
 previously to the latter event he had succeeded, on 
 the death of Lieut. Jas. Shea, who was killed, to 
 the command of the ship's cutter in an attack upon 
 a Danish despatch-boat, which had in vain sought 
 security under the fire of a body of troops and two 
 field-pieces stationed upon a high cliff on the island 
 of Moen. As soon as he had passed his examination 
 he was ordered by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez, 18 Oct. 1808, to act as a Lieutenant 
 in the Centauk ; and on 25 Nov. following he was 
 confirmed. In recommending Mr. Walcott for this 
 promotion. Sir Sam. Hood, in a letter to the Comp- 
 troller of the Navy, Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, 
 thus (after alluding to " his very gallant conduct " 
 in the boat-affair just mentioned) expresses him- 
 self; — " I can say no more to you in his favour than 
 that I hope he will not quit me until he can get 
 another step. A more deserving, good, young officer 
 does not exist." At a subsequent period, Sept. 1814, 
 Sir Samuel, who was then Commander-in-Chief in 
 India, and had it in contemplation to return over- 
 land to Europe, addressed a communication to the 
 First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Melville, of which 
 the foBowing is a transcript : — " My Lord — The 
 time of the approach to the termination of my com- 
 mand on this station being near, and, having been 
 enabled only to promote two of my Lieutenants, 
 who had been with me many years, I have to entreat 
 your Lordship, should I not have the chance of 
 another vacancy, to do me the kindness, before I 
 strike my flag, to promote to a Commander my Flag- 
 Lieutenant (John Edw. Walcott). He is an officer 
 whose attention and ability in his profession caused 
 me to ^lace him in that station; he served with 
 me in the Baltic, Mediterranean, and this country, 
 in the same situation ; and, when ray Secretary was 
 obliged to return to England from ill health soon 
 after my arrival here, seeing me in distress, he 
 volunteered his services for both situations, which 
 he has filled with much capacity and judgment. 
 He is the son of a very respectable gentleman in 
 Hampshire, and wiU do honour and credit to the 
 service whenever he is advanced. I have therefore 
 to request your Lordship's protection towards him." 
 As a further illustration of the nature of the posi- 
 tion held by Mr. Walcott near the Admiral's person, 
 and of the circumstances which, as far as he was 
 concerned, attended the latter's death, we may quote 
 the following passages from Capt. Basil Hall's third 
 series of ' Fragments of Voyages and Travels :' — 
 "When, unfortunately for his profession and for 
 his country, Sir Sam. Hood fell sick at Madras, and 
 knew that his last moments were fast approaching, 
 he called his faithful friend and old follower in 
 many ships and many actions, Lieut. Walcott, to 
 his bedside, and said to him—' It will be too hard, 
 Walcott, to die in this country; but, should it so 
 please God, let nothing deter you from going home 
 and accounting to the Admiralty for my command 
 of the East India station.' These were nearly the 
 last intelligible words he uttered ; and they serve 
 to show how strong, even in the hour of death, was 
 his sense of professional duty. As Lieut. Walcott 
 had sefved during the whole of Sir Sam. Hood's 
 India command, in the double capacity of Flag- 
 Liout<»iant and Secretary, and had enjoyed the 
 AdmiraPs entire confidence, he, and he alone, pos- 
 
 sessed the means ot accounting to the Admiralty 
 for the measures completed or in progress for the 
 good of the service ; and therefore the Admiral 
 suggested to him the propriety of his voyage home 
 to report matters in person. The senior officer, 
 who succeeded to the command in the Indian seas 
 (Commodore Geo. Sayer), felt so desirous of follow- 
 ing up the friendly intentions of his lamented pre- 
 decessor that, knowing the late Admiral's attach- 
 ment to Lieut. Walcott, he offered to promote him 
 into a death vacancy, which had either taken place 
 or was certain to fall within a week or two. More- 
 over, he assured him that, after the necessary time 
 had been served, he should have the first vacancy 
 for Post-promotion. These were, indeed, tempting 
 offers to a young officer devotedly attached to his 
 profession ; but they had no influence over a man 
 bred in the ' Sam. Hood School.' The Admiral's 
 dying injunction appeared to this right-minded 
 officer fully as binding, or, if possible, more so, than 
 a written command must have been in his lifetime. 
 To England Walcott went accordingly; and the 
 difference in professional standing which it made to 
 him was this: — had he remained in India, as Sir 
 Sam. Hood's successor proposed, he would undoubt- 
 edly have become a Post-Captain of 1816, instead 
 of which his name now stands In 1822 — six years 
 later on the list ! Had it been sixty times six, how- 
 ever, it would have made no difference in his con- 
 duct." Mr. Walcott returned home in the Malacca 
 36, Capt. Geo. Henderson, bringing with him, ad- 
 dressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, a letter 
 from Commodore Sayer, proclaiming, in terms of 
 high panegyric, the opinion in which he had been 
 held by the Commander-in-Chief, by himself, and 
 by the Captains of the squadron who had had any 
 opportunity of witnessing his worth. His promo- 
 tion to the rank of Commander took place 6 June, 
 1815 ; but from that period until appointed, 14 Sept. 
 1821, to the Carnation 18, he remained unem- 
 ployed. Sailing, in Jan. 1822, for the West Indies, 
 he fell in with, in the following Aug., off the west 
 end of Cuba, and gave protection to, the trade pass- 
 ing through the Florida Stream from Jamaica to 
 England. A mistaken and singular opinion having 
 been adopted by the Committee at Lloyd's as to 
 the degree of attention he had paid to the mercan- 
 tile interests on this occasion, gave rise to a corre- 
 spondence between that body and the Board of 
 Admiralty, and led to a discussion in the House of 
 Commons (on the motion of Mr. Joseph Marryat, 
 the Chairman of the Committee) in March, 1823, 
 when Sir Geo. Cockbum, in addressing the House 
 on the subject, declared " that Capt. Walcott's con- 
 duct had been in exact accordance with the duty 
 he had to perform." In Dec. 1822 Capt. Walcott 
 joined the Tvne 26, into which ship he had been 
 Posted 6 May preceding ; and at the commencement 
 of 1823 he again escorted a homeward-bound con- 
 voy through the Florida Stream. He was subse- 
 quently sent, with the Thracian 18, Capt. John 
 Walter Koberts, under his orders, to endeavour to 
 effect the extirpation of the pirates cruizing in the 
 old Bahama Channel and on the coast of Cuba, ad- 
 joining. After searching 400 miles of coast, in 
 order to examine the different creeks and inlets 
 where small vessels could be sheltered and con- 
 cealed — an operation that occupied two months— he 
 gained sight, 31 March, 1823, off Baracoa, of the 
 Zaragozajia, a notorious schooner of 120 tons, carry- 
 ing 1 long 18-pounder on a swivel, 4 long 9-pounders, 
 and 8 swivels, with a crew of between 70 and 80 
 ruffians, who, aware that their atrocities had placed 
 them beyond the reach of mercy, had bound them- 
 selves by oath, in the event of their being at any 
 time successfully boarded by the British, to blow up 
 not only their own vessel, but themselves and their 
 assailants. On perceiving the schooner, of which 
 they had been several days in quest, the two men- 
 of-war, under -the guise, as much as possible, of 
 merchant-ships, stood towards her under easy sail. 
 On ascertaining, however, their real character, the 
 Zaraffozana crowded all sail to ' the eastward, and 
 * succeeded in gaining the difficult harbour of Mata, 
 
WALDEGRAVE. 
 
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 where she was soon moored, head and stem, with 
 her broadside commanding the entrance, little more 
 than a cable's length in breadth. At about 1 30 p.m., 
 the ships being far in the offing, Capt. Walcott, 
 wishing to avoid delay, ordered the boats, armed 
 with two carronades and manned with 47 hands, 
 to be hoisted out, and in person led them to the 
 desperate attack. At 3 p.m., having arrived within 
 gun-shot, the British became exposed to a galling 
 fire from the schooner* and from several of her 
 crew, who had been sent on shore and stationed 
 among the bushes at the harbour's mouth. Having 
 sustained and returned the fire for three-quarters of 
 an hour, the boats, availing themselves at length of 
 a favourable opportunity, gave three cheers, and 
 dashed with impetuosity alongside. Panic-struck 
 at their determined spirit, the pirates attempted to 
 save themselves by jumping into the sea. Twenty- 
 eight of them, however, including their villainous 
 chief, Cayatano Arogonez, were secured, and the 
 whole of them (with the exception of five, admitted 
 as King's evidence) ultimately hanged at Port Koyal, 
 Jamaica. Sixteen, who escaped from the vessel, 
 were taken in the woods by troops sent against 
 them by the Governor of Baracoa. The loss of the 
 enemy during the fight amounted at least to 10 
 killed and 15 wounded ; while that of |the British 
 was confined to 1 man killed and 5 wounded.f The 
 "courage, perseverance, zeal, and abilities" dis- 
 played by Capt. Walcott in the execution of the 
 orders he had received for the extirpation of piracy 
 drew forth the highest commendation and praise of 
 his Commander-in-Chief, Sir Chas. Rowley; and 
 the Admiralty, to mark its approbation of his con- 
 duct, promoted his Senior Midshipman, Mr. Henry 
 Shapland, and confirmed in the rank of Master the 
 officer, Mr. Thos. Bull, who had been acting as such 
 on board the Tyne, and who throughout the cruize 
 had repeatedly brought both her and the Thracian 
 in safety through an intricate and dangerous navi- 
 gation. Capt. vValoott's impaired state of health 
 obliging him, in the ensuing May, to invalid. Sir C. 
 Kowley appointed Capt. Roberts his successor in 
 the Tyne, and gave to Mr. John Delanoey Robinson, 
 Midshipman, who had assisted at the capture of the 
 Zaragozana, an order to act as Lieutenant. Capt. 
 Roberts and Mr. Bull had been left during the en- 
 gagement on board their respective ships ; but by 
 the time the capture was completed, having followed 
 the boats, they had reached nearly within gunshot. 
 We may add that, during his examination of the 
 difierent creeks, Capt. Walcott had found on an 
 island in the port of Maranjo a cargo consisting of 
 1100 casks of wine and spirits ; and that, upon his 
 own responsibility, considering the concealment of 
 the wine suspicious, and believing it to be some of 
 the captured property taken by the pirate, he had 
 embarked it. It was afterwards condemned and 
 sold at Jamaica for 6000Z., two-thirds of which were 
 deducted from the captors for government and 
 colonial duties, leaving only 200o7. to be shared ; 
 whereas, had Capt. Walcott failed to establish the 
 cargo as the property of the pirates, he would have 
 been liable to the full extent of 6000?. Since he 
 left the Tyne he has been unsuccessful in his efibrts 
 to procure employment. 
 
 Upon the appointment of the Duke of Clarence 
 to the office of Lord High Admiral, Sir Chas. 
 Rowley brought under the notice of H.R.H. a 
 statement of Capt. Walcott's services while under 
 his command, claiming for him at the same time 
 the decoration of the third class of the Order of 
 the Bath. In an official letter | subsequently ad- 
 dressed by the Duke to the Secretary of State for 
 the War and Colonial Department, Viscount Gode- 
 rich, H.R.H. desired that Capt. Walcott's name 
 and services, accompanied by his recommendation, 
 
 * She had hitherto displayed Spanish colours, but now 
 substituted the blacli flag. 
 
 f Among other preparations against boarders, tlie decks of 
 the prize were found covered with bottles full of combustible 
 materials, which miglit have proved destructive had not the 
 bravery Ibst manifested evaporated. 
 
 J Dated 22 June, 1827. 
 
 might be submitted to the King, with the view of 
 obtaining for him the distinction he solicited. Un- 
 fortunately the Lord High Admiral went out of 
 office before the arrangement could come into efiect, 
 and Capt. Walcott's claims have not been since 
 attended to. He married, in Feb. 1819, Charlotte 
 Anac, daughter of Colonel John Nelley of the 
 Bengal Artillery, and has issue a son and two 
 daughters. 
 
 WALDEGEAVE, C.B., Eakl. (Eeak-Abmirai,, 
 1846. F-P., 16; H-P., 30.) 
 
 The Right Honoukable William, Eari. Wal- 
 DEGRAVE, bom in 1788, is fourth son of George, 
 fourth Earl Waldegrave, by his cousin. Lady Eliza^ 
 both Laura Waldegrave, daughter of James, the 
 second Earl, whose vridowmarried H. R. H. William 
 Henry Duke of Gloucester, and was the mother of 
 the late Duke and of the Princess Sophia of Glou- 
 cester. His Lordship, who succeeded his nephew as 
 eighth Earl in 1846, is first cousin of the present 
 Rear-Admiral Lord Radstock, C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 Aug. 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Theseds 74, Capt. John 
 Bligh, bearing the flag of his uncle Lord Radstock, 
 and then fitting at Spithead. Removiftg, in Jan. 
 1802 (he had already attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman), to the Medusa 32, commanded by the 
 late Sir John Gore, he contributed in that ship, 
 after cruizing in the Mediterranean, to the capture 
 of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and 
 the destruction of a fourth ofi' Cape St. Mary, 5 Oct. 
 1804; and to the detention, in the ensuing Nov., of 
 the Matilda 36, a ship laden with a cargo of quick- 
 silver worth 200,000?. In the early part of 1805 the 
 Medusa conveyed the Marquis Cornwallis as Go- 
 vernor-General to India ; whence she efiected her 
 passage home, a distance of 13,831 miles, in the 
 wonderfully short period of 82 days. After serving 
 for a few months with Sir John Gore in the Channel 
 in the Revenge 74, Mr. Waldegrave joined at Ply- 
 mouth, in June, 1806, the Royal George 100, flag- 
 ship of Sir John Duckworth. On 29 July following 
 he was made Lieutenant into the Sibids''' 36, Capt. 
 Wm. Prowse, on his former station, the Mediterra- 
 nean ; where he was appointed, 12 Dec. 1808 and 
 11 April, 1809, to the Ocean 98 and Ville de 
 Paris 110, bearing each the flag of Lord CoUing- 
 wood. On the night of 31 Oct. in the latter year 
 we find him serving with the boats of a squadron 
 under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and de- 
 struction of the French armed store-ship Lamproie 
 of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and 
 Gr07ideur, armed xebec Normande, and several mer- 
 chant-vessels, defended by numerous strong bat- 
 teries in the Bay of Rosas, after a desperate 
 struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 
 55 wounded. As we learn from Lord CoUingwood's 
 public letter, he displayed on that occasion the spirit 
 which was inherent in him,t and, having been the 
 first volunteer on the service, he was sent home by 
 his Lordship with his despatches. He alrived at 
 the Admiralty 29 Nov. following, and three days 
 afterwards was promoted to the rank of Commander. 
 He was next, 6 July, 1810, and 8 March, 1811 (the 
 latter the date of his Post-commission), appointed 
 to the MELPOMiNEl and Macedonian, on the Lis- 
 bon station; he left the Macedonian in June, 1811 
 and he was afterwards, from 7 Feb. 1829 until 1832' 
 and from 9 May, 1839, until 1842, employed, in South 
 America and the Mediterranean, in the Seeingapa- 
 TAM 46 § and Revenge 76. For his conduct in the 
 ship last-mentioned at the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre he was nominated a C.B. 18 Deo. 1849. He 
 
 * The SiEius was on one occasion sent home with convoy. 
 On entering soundings the latterwas attacked hy two French 
 frigates, but by the skill of Capt. Prowse the designs of the 
 enemy were frustrated. 
 
 + fide Gaz. 1S09, p. 1903. 
 
 J After General Massena's retreat from before Torres 
 Vedrns the MEtroMinE (an armee-en-flute) assisted in carry- 
 ing the British army under General Hill across the Tagus. 
 
 5 Capt. Waldegrave was Senior officer in the PaciQc from 
 May, 1830, until April, 1832. 
 
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 WALE— WALFORD— WALKER. 
 
 obtained the Captain's Good Service Pension 10 Feb. 
 1S42; and accepted his present rank 1 Oct. 1846. 
 We may add that in Sept. and Oct. 1841 he was 
 Senior officer in the Bay of Tunis, with the Ganges 
 84 and Implacable 74 under his orders. 
 
 The Earl married, first, 10 Aug. 1812, Elizabeth, 
 eldest daughter of the late Sam. Whitbread, Esq., 
 M.P., of Cardlngton, co. Bedford. That lady dying 
 
 1 March, 1843, he married, secondly, 8 Dec. 1846, 
 Sarah, widow of the late Edw. Milward, Esq., of 
 Hastings, and daughter of the Rev. Wm. Whitear, 
 Prebendary of Chichester. By his first wife he 
 has issue three sons (the eldest an oflicer in the 
 Army) and four daughters, one of whom, Maria, is 
 married to Wm. Brodie, Esq., second son of Sir 
 Benj. Brodie, Bart. Agekts — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 WALE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Geokge HENRr Wale, while belonging to the 
 Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, served in a 
 native-built boat armed with a brass 6-pounder and 
 
 2 swivels, and manned with 18 ofScers, seamen, and 
 marines, under the command of Lieut. Jas. Hunt, 
 at the destruction, 21 May, 1843, off Point Datou, 
 on the coast of Borneo, of one, and the defeat of 
 the other, of two piratical proas, each carrying about 
 2 guns and 50 men, by whom the British had been 
 attacked. He passed his examination 2 July, 1842 ; 
 was nominated, in 1845, Mate of the Cyclops steam- 
 frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, on the south-east 
 coast of America ; and on the occasion of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 
 10 March, 1846, was appointed to the Ferret 8, 
 Capt. Geo. Sprigg, fitting for the coast of Africa. 
 He removed, 6 Nov. following, to the Rosamond 
 steam-sloop of 287 horse-power, Capt. John Foote, 
 on the Cape of Good Hope station ; where he has 
 been serving, since 16 March, 1848, in the Nimrod 
 18, Capt. Thos. Belgrave. 
 
 WALFORD. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 32.) 
 William Walford entered the Navy, 14 Dec. 
 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Calcdtta 50, 
 armee-en-jlute, Capt. Dan. Woodriff. On his return 
 from a voyage to New South Wales, he removed as 
 Midshipman, in Oct. 1804, to the Bellerophon 74, 
 Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. Kother- 
 ham ; under the second-named of whom, after cruiz- 
 ing in the Channel, he fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 
 1805. He continued employed in the Bellerophon 
 in the Mediterranean until Aug. 1807 ; and on then 
 joining the Bedtokd 74, Capts. Jas. Walker and 
 Adam Mackenzie, he sailed in escort of the Koyal 
 Family of Portugal for the Brazils, where he was 
 received, in Aug. 1809, on board the Foddrotast 
 80, flag-ship of Hon. Michael de Conrcy. He was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 June, 1810 ; 
 and was subsequently appointed — 19 Deo. following, 
 to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. John Carter, also on the 
 South American station— 26 Aug. 1811, to the Sky- 
 lark 16, Capt. Jas. Boxer— 11 Aug. 1812, to the 
 Forester sloop, Capt. Alex. Kennedy, off Gotten- 
 borg— and 5 June, 181.3, 5 Dec. 1814, and 6 April, 
 1815, to the Goliath 74, Boyne 98, and Bellero- 
 phon 74, employed (they were each commanded by 
 Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland) on the coast of North 
 America, at Cork, and in the Bay of Biscay. While 
 serving in the Skylark (in which vessel he was 
 wrecked near Boulogne 3 May, 1812) he assisted, in 
 company with the Locdst gun-brig, at the capture 
 of one, carrying 4 guns and 60 men, and the destruc- 
 tion of another, of a flotilla of 12 gun-vessels, under 
 aheavy fire of four hours from the enemy's batteries 
 and musketry near Calais 10 Nov. 1811. The Fo- 
 rester he left from ill health in March, 1813. He 
 was Senior of the Bellerophon when Napoleon 
 Buonaparte surrendered to that ship off Rochefort 
 15 July, 1815. He was placed on half-pay in Sept. 
 of the same year, and has not been since afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Walford married Margaret Catherine, eld- 
 est daughter of Geo. Fred. Meadows, Esq., and 
 niece of the present Daniel Chas. Meadows, Esq., 
 of Witnesham Hall and Great Bealings, co. Suffolk. 
 Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 WALKER, K.C.B., K.L.H., K.R.G., K.LC, 
 K.S.A., K.R.E. (Captain, 1838.) 
 
 Sir Baldwin Wake Walker entered the Navy 
 5 July, 1812; and was made Lieutenant, 6 April, 
 1820, into the Nadtilds 18, Capt. Isham Fleming 
 Chapman, on the Jamaica station. He returned to 
 England about the commencement of 1822 ; and was 
 next appointed— 17 Jan. 1823, to the Brazen 26, 
 Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, in which vessel he was 
 employed until the close of 1826 in South America 
 and on the coast of Africa^-7 Sept. 1827 and 28 
 March, 1828, to the Rattlesnake 28 and .Stna 
 bomb, Capts. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman and 
 Stephen Lushington, both in the Mediterranean— 6 
 May, 1829, and 28 April, 1830, to the Asia 84 and 
 Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, 
 on the same station — and 27 Aug. 1831, as Senior, to 
 the Baeham 50, Capt. Hugh Pigot. While serving 
 as First-Lieutenant In the .SItna he distinguished 
 himself by the valuable assistance he afforded his 
 Captain, Lushington, at the reduction, in Oct. 1828, 
 of Morea Castle, the last hold of the Turks in the 
 Peloponnesus.* For his services he was created a 
 Knight of the Legion of Honour of France ; and of 
 the Redeemer of Greece. He continued employed 
 in the Barham on the Mediterranean station until 
 the spring of 1834 ; and on 15 July in that year he 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander. He 
 served afterwards, from 1 Sept. 1836 until advanced 
 to his present rank 24 Nov. 1838, as Second-Captain, 
 again in the Mediterranean, on board the Vanguard 
 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and 
 Sir Thos. Fellowes ; and he held command, from 16 
 April until Oct. 1845, and from 23 April, 1846, until 
 Aug. 1847, of the Queen 110 and Constance 50, the 
 former bearing the flag of Sir John West at Devon- 
 port, the latter stationed in the Pacific. In 1848 he 
 was appointed Surveyor of the Navy. 
 
 Capt. Walker was for some time a Rear and Vice- 
 Admiral in the Turkish service ; and for the con- 
 duct he displayed in command of the Ottoman naval 
 forces during the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 including the attack upon Beyrout t and the bom- 
 bardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he was nominated an 
 Honorary Knight Commander of the Bath 12 Jan. 
 1841. He was made a Knight also of the Second 
 Class of the Iron Crown of Austria, of the Second 
 Class of St. Anne of Russia, and of the Second Class 
 of the Red Eagle of Prussia. Sir Baldwin married, 
 9 Sept. 1B34, Mary Catherine Sinclair, only daughter 
 of the late Commander John Worth, R.N. (1809), of 
 Oakley House, Suffolk, and granddaughter of the 
 late Capt. Patrick Sinclair, R.N., of Duren, Caith- 
 ness, N.B. 
 
 WALKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 35.) 
 Bethune James Walker entered the Navy, 1 
 Jan. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stag 36; in 
 which frigate and in the Jason 36 and London 98 
 he continued employed in the Channel under the 
 command of Capts. Joseph Sydney Torke, Hon. 
 John Murray, and Geo. Murray, until May, 1802—8 
 great part of the time as Midshipman. From the 
 latter date he did not again go afloat until 27 Jan. 
 1811. He then joined, in the capacity of Master's 
 Mate, the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt. Honyman, in the 
 Baltic ; and next, in Jan. 1812 and Dec. 1813, the 
 Bulwark and Venerable 74'3, flag-ships of Kear- 
 Admiral Philip Chas. Durham— the former sta- 
 tioned off Rochefort. During his passage, in the 
 Venerable, to the West Indies, Mr. Walker as- 
 sisted at the capture, 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of the 
 Alcmene and Iphtgenie French frigates, of 44 gxms 
 each. At the taking of the Alcmene he distinguished 
 himself among the boarders — ^that ship ofiering 
 much resistance before her colours could be hauled 
 down.J On 1 Sept. following he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Istek 36, Capt. John Cra- 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1828, p. 2202. 
 
 t V, Gaz. 1840, pp. S225-6, where his zealous, persever- 
 ing, and active exertions are warmly praised by Admiral Sir 
 Robt. Stopford. 
 
 t Vide Gai. 1814, p. 440. 
 
WALKER. 
 
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 mer (now Coghill) ; he was officially promoted 24 
 April, 1815 ; and he was subsequently appointed — 
 25 Sept. in the latter year, to the Ekidanos 36, 
 Capt. Wm. Paterson, stationed in the Channel, 
 where he served until June, 1817—21 May, 1827, to 
 the AsTEEA Falmouth packet, Capt. Wm. King — 
 and 3 Dec. 1828, to the command of the Kingfisher 
 brig, also employed as a packet on the Falmouth 
 station. Since 1830, in the course of which year he 
 left the vessel last mentioned, he has been on half- 
 
 pay. 
 
 WALK.ee. (Ketibed Commandeb, 1834. f-p., 
 16; H-p.,35.) 
 George Walker entered the Navy, in 1796, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Apoiio frigate, Capt. 
 John Manley, with whom, after serving on the coast 
 of Ireland and in the North Sea, he removed, in 
 1799, to the Mars 74. In that ship, which bore the 
 flag of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, he continued 
 enlployed in the Channel during the remainder of 
 the war. H e was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 29 April, 1802. His subsequent appointments 
 were, on the Home and occasionally on the Lisbon 
 stations— 29 June, 1802, and 15 Jan. 1805, to the 
 Hazard and Sylph sloops, Capts. R. J. Neve and 
 Wm. Goate— 11 Jan. and 2 Aug. 1806, to the Zea- 
 land 64, flag-ship of Admiral Kowley (at the Nore), 
 and CoLOSsns 74, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris — 14 Aug. 
 1807, to the Quebec 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett— 
 22 Oct. 1810 (he had quitted the Qdeeec in the pre- 
 ceding Jan.), to the Pallas 32, Capt. Geo. Paris 
 Monke, under whom he was wrecked 18 Dec. fol- 
 lowing, off St. Abb's Head— 11 Feb. 1811, for a 
 short time, to the Princess Charlotte 38, Capt. 
 Geo. Tobin— in March, 1812, and March, 1813, to 
 the Stirling Castle and Rippon 74's— and 3 Nov. 
 1813 (a few weeks after ill health had obliged him 
 to leave the Stirling Castle), to the Magicienne 
 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon. While belonging to 
 the Pallas he commanded her boats, 13 Dec. 1810, 
 at the capture in the Cove of Siveraag, on the coast 
 of Norway, of two Danish cutter-privateers, one 
 mounting four, the other two guns.* He was paid 
 off from the Magicienne 20 July, 1814; and was 
 invested with his present rank 25 March, 1834. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WALKER. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 George Walker was born 4 Feb. 1817. 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Nov. 1830; 
 passed his examination 25 Feb. 1837 ; and served 
 as Mate of the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, 
 during the operations on the coast of China ; where 
 he assisted at the capture of Canton, Amoy, Ching- 
 hae, and Tsekee.t As a reward for his conduct he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841. 
 His appointments have since been — 16 April, 1842, 
 to the Crdizer 16, Capt. Joseph Pearse, in the East 
 Indies — 5 Sept. 1843, six months after his return to 
 England, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes 
 Trigge Thompson, in which ship, stationed in the 
 Pacific, he served for about three years and a-half 
 —and 16 July, 1847, to the Amphitrite 24, Capt. 
 Thos. Rodney Eden, under whom he has been since 
 employed on the coast of Africa, and again in the 
 Pacific. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 WALKER. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Henry Walker (a) entered the Navy 26 Sept. 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, 
 Capt. Geo. Fred. Ryves, stationed in the Mediter- 
 ranean. In July, 1804, he became Midshipman to 
 the Bellerophon 74, Capts. John Loring, John 
 Cooke, and Edw. Rotheram ; in which ship, after 
 serving at the blockade of Brest, Rochefort, and 
 Cadiz, we find him participating, 21 Oct. 1805, in 
 the glories of Trafalgar. On removing next to the 
 
 Foudroyant 80, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase War- 
 ren, he was afforded an opportunity, 13 March, 
 1806, of witnessing the surrender (while in quest of 
 a French squadron with Jerome Buonaparte on 
 board) of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Linois and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In 
 the following Dec. he joined Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Murray in the PoLYPHEMns 64 ; and in July, 1807, 
 having been lent to the Nekeide 36, Capt. Peter 
 Heywood, he took part in the unsuccessful attack 
 upon Buenos Ayres. After again serving under the 
 flag of Sir John B. Warren in the Swiftsdre 74 
 and other ships on the Halifax station he was re- 
 ceived, in Nov. 1808, on board the Cleopatra 32, 
 Capt. Sam. JohnPechell. On his arrival in her in 
 the West Indies he contributed, 22 Jan. 1809, to the 
 capture (the British ships Jason 32 and Hazard 
 18 in company) of the French 40-gun frigate La 
 Topaze,* after a very spirited action fought chiefly 
 between the Cleopatra and the enemy; and in 
 the following month he co-operated in the reduc- 
 tion of Martinique. In Oct. of the same year he 
 joined, first the Penelope 36, Capt. John Dick, and 
 next, as Acting-Lieutenant, the Atalante sloop, 
 Capt. Fred. Hiokey. On his return to England as 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the former ship, to which he 
 had gone back, he was officially promoted 3 Oct. 1810. 
 He served afterwards, until Sept. 1817, on the Home, 
 Baltic, North American, and Mediterranean stations, 
 in the Couragedx 74, Capt. Philip Wilkinson, Ma- 
 nilla 36, Capt. John Joyce, Tartarus 20, Capt. 
 John Pasco, Cdttle schooner, commanded by him- 
 self (from 27 July, 1811, until 27 May, 1812), Julia, 
 Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner, Beaver, Capt. Edw. 
 O'Brien Drury, Niobe 40, Commodore Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen, Menelaus 38, Capt. Edw. Dix, and Leandeb 
 50, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and Edw. Chetham. He has 
 since been on half-pay. When in company, in the 
 Menelaus, with a squadron under the present Sir 
 Chas. Malcolm he aided, 18 July, 1815, in capturing, 
 in;the boats, an armed cutter, a praam-brig, and a 
 gun-vessel, together with a convoy reposing under 
 their protection in the harbour of Corrijou. He 
 was slightly wounded in the Leandee at the battle 
 of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816.t 
 
 • VideQin. 1810, p. 
 
 ,and Gaz. 1811, p. 161. 
 
 f V. Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503-6, and Gaz. 1842, pp. 84, 396, 
 2391. His behaviour at Amoy was such as to induce Capt. 
 Hourcliier to malie especial mention of his name, and describe 
 him as a young oflicer of much promise. 
 
 WALKER. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 11 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Henry Walker (6) entered the Navy, 1 March, 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Temeraire 98, 
 Capts. Eliab Harvey and John Larmour ; and in 
 the following Oct. was present at the battle of Tra- 
 falgar. In the early part of 1806 he joined the 
 Anson 40, Capt. Chas. Lydiard, lying at Spithead, 
 and, in the capacity of Midshipman, the Africa 64, 
 Capts. Isaac Woiley, Henry Wm. Bayntun, and 
 John Barrett. In the latter ship he witnessed the 
 unsuccessful attack made by Lieut.-General White- 
 locke on Buenos Ayres in July, 1807. From Feb. 
 1808 until Feb. 1813 he was employed on the Bra- 
 zilian, Home, and North American stations in the 
 President 38 and Bedford and Canada 74's, all 
 commanded by Capt. Adam Mackenzie, Christian 
 VII. 80, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, and Impreg- 
 nable 98 and San Domingo 74, flag-ships of Ad- 
 mirals Wm. Toung and Sir John Borlase Warren. 
 He was then, 26 Feb. 1813, placed in command, 
 with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Cuttle 
 schooner, also on the American station; where 
 from 8 March following until 26 Aug. 1815 he 
 served as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (com- 
 mission dated 28 May, 1813) in the Mohawk sloop, 
 Capts. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng and Henry Litch- 
 field, and Deagon 74, Capt. Robt. Barrie. He has 
 since been on half-pay. Agents— Collier and Snee. 
 
 WALKER, formerly ROBERTSON. (Com- 
 mander, 1815. F-P., 15; H-P., 31.) 
 James Robertson Walker, bom 22 June, 1783, 
 is eldest son of the late Jas. Robertson, Esq., a 
 Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for 
 
 * Protected by a small battery to the southward of Pointe- 
 Noire, Guadeloupe, 
 t Vide Gaj. 1816, p. 1793. 
 
1238 
 
 WALKER. 
 
 Eossshire, and many years Collector of the Cus- 
 toms at the port of Stornoway, by his cousin, Anna- 
 hella, daughter of John Mackenzie, Esq., of Let^ 
 terewe, on the banks of Loch jUaree. His paternal 
 grandfather, the Rev. Jas. Robertson, Minister of 
 Loch Broom, co. Ross, eminent for the support he 
 afforded the Royal cause during the Rebellion of 
 1745-6, was the means of preventing a large detach- 
 ment of the King's forces, under the Earl of Loudon 
 and the celebrated Lord President Forbes, from 
 being cut off by the rebels under the Duke of Perth. 
 Espousing the cause of the Stuarts, his maternal 
 grandfather, Murdoch Mackenzie, behaved with 
 desperate bravery while fighting under his kins- 
 man, William, Earl of Seaforth, at the battle of 
 Glenshiel, in 1719. Commander Robertson Walker 
 assumed the name of Walker in addition to his 
 patronymic, Robertson, on the occasion of his mar- 
 riage, as beneath. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1801, as 
 A. B., on board the Inspector sloop, Capt. Robt. 
 Howe Bromley, lying in Leith Roads. In the 
 course of the same month he became Midshipman 
 of the Princess Charlotte 38, Capt. Hon. Eras. 
 Farington Gardner ; and after serving for two 
 years in that ship on the Irish station, part of the 
 time as Master's Mate, he joined, in May, 1803, the 
 Canopcs 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Campbell, at first off Cadiz and then in the Medi- 
 terranean ; where, at the recommendation of his 
 Captain, John Conn, he was received by Lord Nel- 
 son, in March, 180.5, on board his own flag-ship, the 
 VicTOKT 100. In the Canopus he was engaged in 
 several skirmishes with the enemy's batteries on 
 Cape Sepet. On his return in the Victory frOHi 
 the West Indies, whither he had gone in pursuit of 
 the combined squadrons of France and Spain, he 
 fought, as Forecastle Mate, at the battle of Trafal- 
 gar, 21 Oct. 1805. On the latter ship being put out 
 of commission, in Jan. 1806, he was placed, at the in- 
 stance of her Captain, Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, 
 on board the Thaihes 32, Capt. Brydges Watkinson 
 Taylor ; under whom we find him present in a boat 
 in the first attempt made, by Commodore Edw. 
 W. C. R. Owen, to destroy the Boulogne flotilla by 
 means of Congreve's rockets. On proceeding sub- 
 sequently to the West Indies Mr. Robertson, who 
 had previously, in company with the Phojbe 36, 
 Capt. Jas. Oswald, visited the Greenland Seas in 
 pursuit of some French frigates who had been sent 
 to interrupt the whale fishery, was transferred, in 
 April, 1807, to the Northumberland 74, bearing 
 the fiag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. In the en- 
 suing Dec, having followed the latter into the 
 Belleisle 74, he assisted, as Mate of the Signals, 
 at the reduction of the Danish islands of St. Thomas 
 and Ste. Croix. Iti Feb. 1808 he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Galatea 36, in the room 
 of a Lieutenant Boyle, whose death at sea had been 
 reported, but whom, on reaching the frigate, Mr. 
 Robertson found in a state of perfect health. He re- 
 turned in consequence — nearly two months, how- 
 ever, elapsing before he could do so— to the Belle- 
 isle ; and on arriving on board he had the mortifi- 
 cation of finding that several real death vacancies 
 had occurred and had been given to other officers. 
 He was immediately, however, ordered to act as 
 Lieutenant in the Fawn 18, Capt. Hon. Geo. Alfred 
 Crofton. On 20 May following, with two boats 
 under his orders, Mr. Robertson succeeded in cap- 
 turing a privateer schooner and three merchant- 
 vessels under the very muzzles of the guns in two 
 batteries on the north-east end of Puerto Rico. 
 While the privateer (whose crew, having run her 
 a-ground, had escaped into the bushes and had kept 
 up a heavy fire of musketry) was being towed out, 
 an explosion took place in her magazine which 
 killed 1 and wounded 5 of the Fawn's people. Mr. 
 Robertson, although on board, fortunately escaped 
 injury. On 17 July, 1808, in command of the boats 
 of his own sloop and of two from the Phltusk brig 
 (accompanied by the present Sir Chas. Napier as a 
 Volunteer), he cut a merchant-schooner out from 
 the same spot and spiked and destroyed the guns in 
 
 one of the batteries. Being directed, 8 Dec. fol- 
 lowing, to act as Lieutenant in the Hazard ship- 
 sloop of 18 guns, Capts. Hugh Cameron, Wm. Elliott, 
 and John Cookesley, he assisted in her, in com- 
 pany with the Cleopatra 32 and Jason 32, at the 
 capture, 22 Jan. 1809, of the French frigate La 
 Tqpaze, of 48 guns and 430 men, including troops, 
 anchored under a small battery to the southward of 
 Pointe Noire, Guadeloupe.* Subsequently to the 
 reduction of Martinique, at which he was present, 
 Mr. Robertson, on the night of 14 April, 1809, was 
 sent to row guard close in with a French squadron 
 under M. Troude, who had anchored in the harbour 
 of the Saintes. Having let go a grapnel under the 
 Commodore's stern, he soon perceived that the 
 latter was getting under weigh. The information 
 thus acquired was instantly announced by means of 
 rockets and blue lights ; the blockading force under 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane went in pursuit ; and on the 17th 
 the D'Hantpoult 74 was captured. The Hazard 
 having united in the pursuit, Mr. Robertson was 
 unable for 53 days to join her ; during the whole of 
 which period he was unable once to change his 
 dress. His confirmation in the rank of Lieutenant 
 took place 21 July, 1809. On 17 Oct. following, 
 while cruizing off Pointe-^-Pitre, Guadeloupe, he was 
 sent, in charge of the boats of the Hazard and the 
 Pblohds brig, to attack a French privateer, mount- 
 ing 1 long 18-pounder on a circular carriage and 2 
 swivels, with a complement of more than 80 men, 
 lying within 10 yards of 2 field-pieces, and a long 
 line of musketry from the beach, defended too by a 
 heavy fire of grape from a battery, and moored to 
 the shore by a chain from the mast-head and from 
 each quarter. Covered by the fire of the two sloops, 
 the British, led by Mr. Robertson, dragged their 
 boats, after many ineffectual attempts, across a reef 
 which had impeded their approach, and, dashing on 
 board, obtained possession of the privateer, whose 
 crew, a minute or two previously, had abandoned 
 her, and sought shelter in the houses on the beach, 
 whence they kept up a galling fire. It being found 
 impossible to get the prize out, a fire was kindled 
 below which, rather sooner than was expected, blew 
 her up with an explosion that knocked Mr. Robert- 
 son into his boat, and sent the Acting-Boatswain of 
 the Hazard, Mr. Wm. Ferguson, into the air. The 
 loss sustained from the fire of the enemy in the 
 above enterprise extended to 6 killed and 7 or 8 
 wounded. In his official report Capt. Cameron 
 confessed that it was not possible for him to express 
 his ideas of the very gallant manner in which it had 
 been conducted.t During an attack made, 18 Dec. 
 1809, in Anse la Barque, Guadeloupe, on the two 
 French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, and which, 
 although they were strongly protected by batteries, 
 terminated in their destruction, the Hazard, form- 
 ing one of a squadron under Capt. Sam. Jas. Bnllard, 
 behaved most conspicuously. In an early part of 
 the action, Capt. Cameron, who had been called 
 from her by signal te execute a service on shore, 
 was kiUed. The command in the mean time had 
 devolved upon Mr. Robertson; and so admirably 
 did he perform his duty that not only was he di- 
 rected by Sir Alex. Cochrane to remain in com- 
 mand of her until the arrival of the officer intended 
 to succeed Capt. Cameron, but he received from 
 the Admiral a promise that he would request Lord 
 Mulgrave, the First Lord of the Admiralty, to give 
 him rank as Lieutenant from the date of his ori- 
 ginal acting order. As the officer above alluded to 
 was at the time at Halifax refitting the brig he com- 
 manded, and was not expected to arrive for some 
 months, Mr. Robertson was induced to believe that 
 he should be afforded an opportunity of sharing in 
 his new capacity in the operations about to com- 
 mence against Guadeloupe; and indeed he was 
 flattered, as a French squadron was hourly expected 
 from Europe to relieve it, by being ordered to place 
 the Hazard in a situation which would enable her 
 
 * During the absence of the Senior officer's First- Lieutenant 
 Mr. Robertson was intrusted with the temporary charge of 
 the prize. 
 
 t Viie Gaz. IBlO.p. 174. 
 
WALKER. 
 
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 to give the first intimation of the enemy's approach. 
 In a few days, however, he was under the necessity 
 of resuming the post, which he had before held, of 
 First-Lieutenant, and of resigning his command of 
 the Hazard to the late Sir Wm. Elliott, who, in 
 consideration of conduct he had displayed on a re- 
 cent occasion, had been appointed to her instead of 
 the officer at first proposed. During the siege of 
 Guadeloupe the Hazakd, in leading the British fleet 
 to an anchorage in Anse la Barque, gained the posi- 
 tion assigned to her a considerable time before any 
 of the other ships. While her sails were being 
 furled an enemy's schooner, La Mouche, was per- 
 ceived to be in flames ; and, notwithstanding that a 
 heavy fire was pouring from the contiguous bat- 
 teries, a boat was instantly lowered and, manned 
 with a few marines only, sent under the command 
 of Mr. Robertson to board her. On reaching the 
 schooner, it was found that her deck was already 
 burnt; and so intense was the heat that all her 
 guns went off while the lieutenant and his red- 
 jackets (the whole of whom were severely scorched) 
 were engaged in cutting away her masts. Having 
 returned to England with the bearers of the naval 
 and military despatches announcing the conquest 
 of Guadeloupe, the Hazard was ordered to New- 
 foundland; where, prior to his removal, in Oct. 
 1812, to the Antelope 50, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth, we find Mr. Robertson contri- 
 buting to the capture of several American vessels, 
 and on all occasions discharging his duty in a 
 manner that gained him the unqualified approbation 
 of his Captain, Cookesley. Proceeding in the early 
 part of 1813 in the Antelope under Capt. Sam. 
 Butcher to the Baltic, he was for some time em- 
 ployed in protecting the trade through the Great 
 Belt. In command of a captured row-boat, armed 
 with 1 6-pounder, he made prize, on one occasion, 
 of two vessels of a similar description ;* and on a 
 second, 23 Oct. 1813, he boarded and took, with 
 resistless impetuosity, a privateer, the Eleanora^ 
 pierced for 16 guns, but having only 1 long 9- 
 pounder (on a pivot), 2 short 18-pounders, and 2 
 swivels mounted, with a quantity of small arras, and 
 a complement of 37 men, 22 of whom had been se- 
 lected from the King's boats. f The Eleanora, to 
 increase her means of defence, had placed 24 picked 
 hands on board a lugger ; but this vessel too Mr. 
 Robertson had contrived to defeat, compelling her 
 people to return to the schooner, which he and his 
 crew entered pell-mell with them.| In reporting 
 the details of this dashing performance, Capt. 
 Butcher declares, "that since he had known the 
 service he had never met in it a young man more 
 eminently gifted with every q^uality calculated to 
 render him an ornament to his profession " than 
 "that most eminently zealous and gallant officer, 
 Lieut. Jas. Robertson," whose conduct he had been 
 " until the close of day an admiring though distant 
 spectator of, and, after dark, had heard and seen 
 very distinctly by the heavy fire kept up." Despite 
 this glowing praise, and notwithstanding too his 
 past services, Mr. Robertson, justified certainly in 
 anticipating promotion, received not the least re- 
 ward. So convinced, however, was his Captain that 
 he would have attained superior rank that, when 
 afterwards employed with other officers in success- 
 ful boat-attacks, his name was purposely, as agreed 
 between him and Capt. Butcher, omitted in the re- 
 ports in order to give the rest a better chance : but 
 the thanks of the Admiralty were all he obtained. 
 In Nov. 1813 he removed at the request of Rear- 
 Admiral Graham Moore to that officer's flag-ship, 
 the Vigo 74. The latter, being found defective, 
 
 * Each carrying I gun and small arms, and one with 12 and 
 the other with \H men. — Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 2406, where he 
 is represented as having achieved the exploit in the boats of 
 the Antelope. 
 
 f VideOxL. 1813, p. 2406. 
 
 J While the British were in the act of boarding, an explo- 
 sion took place in their own boat, which, while it panic- 
 struck the enemy, gave them, if possible, an additional im- 
 petus, from the belief that the boat was sinking. The 
 Danes, before they surrendered, had 3 men killed and 4 
 wounded ; their assailants only 2 wolinded. 
 
 was in the ensuing Dec. paid ofi'; and on 15 Feb. 
 1814 Mr. Robertson was appointed to the Lake-ser- 
 vice in Canada ; their lordships being desirous of 
 selecting for that arduous employ " officers who had 
 had an opportunity of distinguishing themselves." 
 Sailing accordingly for his destination in the Pene- 
 lope troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Sullivan, he joined, in 
 the summer of the same year, in the capacity of 
 First-Lieutenant, the Montreal of 24 and Con- 
 FiANCE of 37 guns, both commanded by his relative, 
 Capt. Geo. Downie. On 11 Sept. 1814 it was his lot 
 to be on board the Confiance in the action fought 
 beneath the hostile batteries of Plattsburgh ; where 
 a British squadron, commanded by the officer last 
 mentioned, was under the necessity of surrendering 
 to a more powerful American force under Commo- 
 dore Macdonough. Capt. Downie falling early, the 
 command of the Confiance devolved upon Mr. 
 Robertson, who, as far as his ship was concerned, 
 nobly continued the action, although long exposed 
 to the enemy's united fire, until, cut to pieces and 
 in the act of sinking, she had had 41, including her 
 Captain, killed and 83 wounded.* For some time 
 before she was taken possession of by the enemy, 
 the water had gained so much upon her that it was 
 found necessary to elevate the heads of the wounded 
 to prevent them from drowning. Mr. Robertson, 
 to whom Commodore Macdonough returned his 
 sword, was detained in America until the end of 
 the war. On 20 Aug. 1815, he was tried by a 
 court-martial, and most honourably acquitted of all 
 blame on account of the loss of the Confiance ; and 
 on the following day he was at length advanced to 
 his present rank. His eftbrts to procure further 
 employment were unavailing. 
 
 The Commander married, 24 .Tune, 1824, Ann, 
 only daughter of the late Wm. Walker, Esq., of 
 Gilgarran, near Whitehaven, co. Cumberland, and 
 sister of Wm. Walker, Esq., who was killed, 1 June, 
 1819, during his passage in an English schooner to 
 Italy, by the contents of a gun unwarrantably fired 
 into her by a Spanish frigate. 
 
 WALKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 
 John Walkeh (a) entered the Navy 9 May, 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Swallow sloop, Capt. 
 Alex. JMilner, employed in the Channel, and ofi" the 
 coasts of Spain and Portugal. In Aug. 1809, five 
 months after he had attained the rating of Midship- 
 man, he removed to the Norge 74 ; and in that ship, 
 commanded by Capts. John Sprat Rainier and Chas. 
 Dashwood, he continued to serve, off Lisbon, at the 
 defence of Cadiz, in the Mediterranean and North 
 Sea, and on the North American and West India 
 stations, until Aug. 1815 — the last 19 months in the 
 capacity of Master's Mate. He took part, in 1814-15, 
 in the operations against New Orleans. On leaving 
 the Norge he was presented with a commission 
 bearmg date 17 Feb. 1815. He has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 WALKER. (LiEUTENAJST, 1827.) 
 
 John Walker (i) entered the Navy, 4 Feb. 1813 ; 
 passed his examination in 1820; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 28 May, 1827, into the Druid 46, Capt. 
 Sam. Chambers, on the Jamaica station ; where he 
 obtained command, 20 July following, of the Pickle 
 schooner. In her he remained but a short period. 
 He has been employed, since 20 Sept. 1833, In the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 WALKEE. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 1 7.) 
 
 Leven Charles Frederick Walker, horn in 
 
 1801, is son of the late Rear- Admiral Jas. Walker, + 
 
 C.B., K.C.T.S. (whose father, Jas. Walker, married 
 
 * Vide G^z. 1814, p. 2336. According to Mr. James, the 
 number wounded was about 60. 
 
 t Rear-Admiral Walker entered the Navy in 1776, on 
 board the Southampton frigate. He obtained his first com- 
 mission 18 June, 1781 ; served in the Torbay 74 during the 
 operations against St. Christopher's, under Sir Sam. Hood, 
 and in Rodney's action 12 April, 1782 ; and for his conduct 
 as First and Signal Lieutenant on board the Nioeh, one of 
 
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 WALKER. 
 
 Lady Mary Leslie, daughter of Alexander, fifth Earl 
 of Leven and Melville), by a daughter of General 
 Sir John Irvine, K.B., many years Commander-in- 
 Chief in Ireland ; and nephew of the late gallant 
 Colonel Leslie Walker, C.B. Another of his uncles 
 was a Major of dragoons. He descends from an 
 ancient family, the Walkers (Barons) of St. Fort, in 
 Fifeshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1816, on 
 board the Queen 74, to which, and the Noethum- 
 BEKLAND 74, guard-ships in the river Sledway, he 
 continued attached, under the command of his 
 father .and the late Sir Michael Seymour, until 
 transferred, in Dec. 1818, to the Tbibhse 42, Capt. 
 Neshit Josiah Wilioughby. While on the books of 
 the Northumberland he was lent to the Royal 
 Sovereign yacht, and assisted in bringing over 
 from France the Grand Duke Nicholas of Kussia. 
 During the time he belonged to the Tribune, 
 nearly three years, he was employed on the Irish 
 and West India stations. On one occasion, when in 
 pursuit of a smuggler in the barge, the ammunition, 
 on which he was sitting, caught fire and exploded ; 
 and had he not jumped overboard, he must have 
 lost his life. As it was, his leg was burnt and he 
 was nearly drowned. At another time he dived 
 after, near St. Kitts, and saved, a man who had 
 fallen from the maintopsail-yard. In command of a 
 schooner fitted as a tender, he succeeded, at dif- 
 ferent periods, in capturing a variety of smuggUng 
 vessels in the neighbourhood of Dominica, Guade- 
 loupe, &c. Towards the'close of 1821, he removed 
 to the Steille 44, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Eowley at Jamaica. He was afterwards, while 
 crossing the Isthmus of Darien, severely wounded 
 by a gun accident in the right hand : he had the 
 misfortune to lose a finger. As soon as he had 
 passed his examination at the Naval College, which 
 he did in so creditable a manner as to obtain a 
 public compliment from Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, 
 the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, he was 
 promoted, 6 Oct. 1822, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 and appointed to the Tamak 26, Capt. Thos. Her- 
 bert. In her he was again, for 12 months, emploj'ed 
 in the West Indies ; where he contributed to the 
 capture and destruction of three piratical vessels. 
 He served next, from 7 April, 1826, until he inva- 
 lided in May, 1828, in the Clio 18, Capts. Kobt. 
 Aitchison and Kobt. Deans, on the coasts of Ireland 
 and Scotland; and from Nov. in the latter year 
 until Feb. 1833 in the Coast Guard in England and 
 Ireland. His exertions in the protection of the 
 revenue procured him not only the " entire appro- 
 bation" of the Comptroller-General, but, at the 
 recommendation of that authority, the appoint- 
 
 Lord Howe's repeating frigates, in the action of 1 June, 
 1794, was advanced to the rank of Commander. For his 
 ,gallant behaviour as Acting-Captain of the Monmouth fi4 in 
 the battle fought off Caraperdown, on which occasion he 
 <!ompelled the Delft and AlUmaar ships of the line to sur- 
 lender, after having engaged them for an hour and a half, 
 he was confirmed to Post-rank 17 Oct. 17D7. He commanded, 
 subsequently, the Veteran 64, Braakel 56, Prince Georoe 
 98, Prince 98, Isis 50, Tartar 32, Vanouarb 74, Ddquesne 
 74, Thalia 3C , and Bedford, Albion, Queen, and Northum- 
 berland, 74's. In the Isis he bore a warm part under Lord 
 Nelson, in the attack upon the enemy's line of defence 
 "before Copenhagen 2 April, 1801 ; and while blockading St. 
 Domingo, in 1803, in the Vanguard, he captured, among 
 other vessels, the Duquesne 74 (the ship he was afterwards 
 appointed to), and La Creole of 44 guns, with the French 
 General Morgan and 530 troops on board ; besides rescuing 
 from the vengeance of the black general, Dessalines, the 
 French garrison of St. Marc, in number 1100. In the Bed- 
 roRDhe escorted the Royal Family of Portugal, in 1807, to the 
 Urazils, where the Prince Regent, having expressly revived 
 tile Order of the Tower and Sword, created him a Knight 
 Commander of it, in acknowledgment of the services he had 
 rendered. In command of the same ship, Capt. Walker, in 
 
 1814, aided in bringins the Emperor of Russia and the King 
 of Prussia over from Boulogne ; and he also took out, in a 
 squadron under his orders, the advanced guard of the army 
 sent against New Orleans. He was nominated a C.B. 4 June, 
 
 1815, and advanced to Flag-rank 19 July, 1821. He died a 
 llear-Admiral of the Red after a few days illness at Blat- 
 chiugton, near Seaford, in the 67th year of his age, 13 July, 
 
 ment, which he has held ever since he left the Coast 
 Guard, of Inspector of the river Mersey. 
 
 Lieut. Walker's " humanity and gallantry " in 
 twice jumping overboard from the Clio and saving 
 life, occasioned his being each time recommended 
 to the Admiralty, whose approbation he received ; 
 and on 28 Sept. 1844, his intrepidity in having in 
 the preceding June, by dint of swimming, rescued a 
 boy from being drowned in the Liverpool Docks, 
 was acknowledged by the silver medal of the " Liver- 
 pool Shipwreck and Humane Society." He is mar- 
 ried and has a large family. Agent — Frederic 
 Dufaur. 
 
 WALKER, K.T. S. '( Commander, 1828. 
 F-p., 16 ; H-p., 30.) 
 
 William Walker (a) entered the Navy, 1 May, 
 1801, as L.M., on board the Impetueux 74, Capt. 
 Sir Edw. Pellew, under whom he was for about 11 
 months employed off' Kochefort. Joining; next, 3 
 Feb. 1803, the Amphion 32, Capt. Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy, he sailed in that frigate with the flag of 
 Lord Nelson for the Mediterranean; where, in 
 July of the same year, he followed the hero into 
 the Victory 100. In Deo. 1804, at which period he 
 had been serving for six months with Capt. Hon. 
 Geo. Elliot, still in the Mediterranean, on board the 
 Maidstone 32, he removed to the Jason 32, Capts. 
 Wm. Burgundy Champain and Thos. John Cochrane, 
 and sailed for the West Indies. He there, 27 Jan. 
 1807, assisted as Master's Mate at the capture, off' the 
 coast of Surinam, of La Favorite French national 
 ship, mounting 16 long sixes and 13 12-pounder 
 carronades, with a complement of 150 men; and he 
 contributed, in the boats, to the capture of a letter- 
 of-marque of 9 guns and 35 men, and of four Spa- 
 nish vessels under a heavy fire from the batteries of 
 Puerto Rico. Returning to England in the summer 
 of 1807 he joined in succession in the course of that 
 and the following year the Ville de Paris 110 and 
 Caledonia 120, each bearing the flag of Lord Gam- 
 bier; and, as Acting-Lieutenant, the Triumph 74, 
 Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy. A few weeks after he had 
 returned to the Caledonia he was nominated, 20 
 Feb. 1809, Sub-Lieutenant of the Martial gun- 
 brig, Lieut.-Commanders Joseph Marrett and Joshua 
 Kjaeeshaw ; in which vessel, it appears, he witnessed 
 the destruction of the French shipping in Aix 
 Roads and accompanied the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren. He was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 1 Aug. 1811, nearly seven months after he had 
 left the Martial; and he was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 23 Dec. 1811, to the Royal Sovereign 
 100, Capts. Wm. Bedford and Jas. Bisset, in the 
 Channel— 15 Deo. 1813, to the Saturn 56, Capt. 
 Jas. Nash, on the North American station, whence 
 he returned in Nov. 1814—18 May, 1821, to the 
 Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, em- 
 ployed, until 1825, at Plymouth and on the coast of 
 Portugal— and 16 March and 26 June, 1827, to the 
 Royal CnARLcrTE and William and Mart yachts, 
 both commanded by Capt. John Chambers White. 
 Since his promotion to the rank of Commander, 
 which took place 25 Aug. 1828, he has been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 In commemoration of John VI. of Portugal hav- 
 ing taken shelter on board the Windsor Castle off 
 Lisbon after the temporary occupation in May, 
 1824, Commander Walker, who was then First- 
 Lieutenant, was by his Majesty created, in common 
 with the other oflicers of the ship, a Knight of the 
 Order of the Tower and Sword. He married, 2 
 Sept. 1830, Caroline, third daughter of Wm. Win- 
 chester, Esq., of Stoke, niece of Alderman Win- 
 chester, M.P., of Hawkhurst, and sister-in-law of 
 Commander Rich. Douglas, K.N. 
 
 WALKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 31.) 
 
 William Walker (b) entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 
 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Psyche frigate, 
 Capts. Thos. Groube, Fleetwood Broughton Rey- 
 nolds Pellew, John Edgcumbe, and Kobt. Worgan 
 Geo. Festing ; under whom he was for upwards of 
 
WALKIE— WALL. 
 
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 five years employed in the East Indies. On 31 Aug. 
 1807 he assisted at the capture, in the port' of 
 Samarang, of a Dutch schooner of 8 guns, in com- 
 pany with a large merchant-brig ; and on the day 
 following he was present at the taldng, with two 
 other vessels (the Besolutie armed merchant-ship of 
 700 tons, richly laden, and the Ceres, a remarkably 
 fine brig in the Dutch Company's service, of 12 
 guns and 70 men) of the Sdpio corvette of 24 guns. 
 He afterwards accompanied Brigadier-General Mal- 
 colm as Ambassador to the Persian court; aided 
 in suppressing a mutiny among the native troops 
 at Travancore ; made a voyage to Macao in quest 
 of two French frigates ; suffered many severe hard- 
 ships while returning thence to Prince of Wales 
 Island ; again escorted Brigadier-General Malcolm 
 to the Persian Gulf; and co-operated in the reduc- 
 tion of the Isle of France and Java. On his arrival 
 home in Aug. 1812 he joined as Master's Mate (a 
 rating he had already attained) the Kbin 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Malcolm ; in which frigate, after affording 
 support to the patriot cause on the north coast of 
 Spain, he proceeded with convoy to the "West Indies. 
 In Jan. 1815, he removed to the Royal Oak 74, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm, at the 
 time engaged in the operations against New Or- 
 leans ; and in the following May he was presented 
 with a commission bearing date 15 Feb. preceding. 
 He has since been on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 WALKIE. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 23.) 
 John Walkie was born in 1781, and died about 
 the commencement of 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 Oct. 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Bolina tender, Lieut.- 
 Commanders John Greig and Chas. A. Baumgardt, 
 stationed at Liverpool and Plymouth ; and, from 5 
 Nov. 1804 until 31 Aug. 1808, was employed in the 
 Channel and West Indies, in South America, and at 
 the Cape of Good Hope in the Staunch gun-brig, 
 Lieut.-Commander Benj. Street. Being nominated, 
 30 Sept. 1805, Acting-Master of the latter vessel, he 
 served as such during the operations of 1807 in the 
 Bio de la Plata. While engaging the batteries for 
 the purpose of diverting the attention of the enemy 
 from the besieging army during the attack upon 
 Monte Video, he was wounded ; and, in the disas- 
 trous attempt made by Lieut.-General Whitelocke 
 upon Buenos Ayres he proved of utility in sounding 
 the inner harbour, as well as by the assistance he 
 afforded in placing the gun-boats in a position to 
 attack the citadel. In April, 1807, he took part in 
 a spirited action of two hours fought off Colonia 
 between the Staunch and two Spanish schooners 
 and five gun-boats of very superior force, one of the 
 former of which was driven on shore — the rest 
 escaping. On leaving the Staunch, Mr. Walkie 
 removed as Acting-Master to the Otter sloop, 
 commanded by the late Sir Nesbit Josiah Wil- 
 loughby; under whom we find him, when in com- 
 pany off the Isle of France with the Raisonnable 
 64, Capt. Josias Rowley, engaged in an affair with 
 two French frigates ; both of which, however, suc- 
 ceeded in getting safely into port. At the capture 
 in Sept. 1809 of the town of St. Paul's, He de Bour- 
 bon, it was Mr. Walkie's fortune to obt-ain the 
 thanks of the Senior officer, Capt. Rowley, for the 
 essential service he performed in blowing up the 
 batteries, destroying the guns, and pulling down 
 the barracks. He was rewarded too by being ap- 
 pointed, in the following Nov., Acting-Master of 
 La Boukeonnaise (late Caroline), a prize-frigate 
 taken on the lattei^occasion, the command of which 
 had been given to Capt. Robt. Corbett; under 
 whom, on his return to England, Mr. Walkie became, 
 in June, 1810, Acting-Lieutenant in the Afeicaine 
 of 48 guns and 295 men. On 11 Sept. following, 
 being again off the Isle of France, he was wounded 
 in the boats under Lieut. Geo. Forder in a gallant 
 but unsuccessful attack upon a schooner, in which 
 the British sustained a loss on the whole of 2 killed 
 and 16 wounded. Two days after this the Afbi- 
 
 CAiNE, at the end of a close action of two hours and 
 a half, wherein 49 of her ofacers and crew were 
 killed and 114 (including her Captain mortally) 
 wounded, was under the necessity of striking her 
 colours to the French frigates Iphigmie and Astre'e, 
 carrying between them 86 guns and 618 men, 10 of 
 whom were killed and 35 wounded. Mr. Walkie 
 was taken a prisoner to the Isle of France, and 
 there detained until its subjugation by the British 
 in the ensuing Dec. He then joined the Clokinde 
 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, with whom he continued em- 
 ployed as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (com- 
 mission dated 20 May, 1812) on the East. India, 
 Cork, and Mediterranean stations until July, 1816 — 
 the last year and nine months in the Leviathan 74. 
 He was next, 2 June, 1824, appointed to the 
 AsTREA 6, Capt. Wm. King, at Falmouth; on which 
 station he held command, from 16 Sept. in the same 
 year until July, 1832, of the Goldfinch packet. 
 He remained thenceforward on half-pay. His pro- 
 motion to the rank of Commander took place 23 
 Nov. 1841. We may add, that when with the 
 valiant Willoughby in the Ott'Eb, he saw much 
 brilliant boat-service. 
 
 WALL. (LiEnxENANT, 1815. f-p., 23 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Allen Wall was born 23 Sept. 1790. His father 
 was a merchant of standing in the city of London ; 
 and one of his relatives. Governor Hollwell, was 
 for some time confined in the Black Hole at Cal- 
 cutta. Two of his brothers were in the Naval Ser- 
 vice : one of them, a Lieutenant of the Calcutta 
 56, Capt. Dan. Woodritf, was captured in that ship, 
 after a gallant action, by the Majestueux 74, part of 
 a squadron under M. AUemand, 26 Sept. 1805. He 
 was for many years a prisoner in the fortress of 
 Bitche ; and on his return to England, where he 
 soon died, he published a history of his captivity. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1804, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Helena 18, Capts. Wood- 
 ley Losack and Jas. Andrew Worth ; in which 
 sloop, employed on the coast of Ireland and among 
 the Western Islands, he aided in making prize, 5 
 June, 1805, of the Santa Leocadia Spanish privateer 
 of 14 guns and 114 men, and in effecting, at different 
 times, several recaptures. In Dec. 1808 (he had 
 already attained the rating of Midshipman) he re- 
 moved as Master's Mate to the Demerara 18, 
 Capts. Wm. Bourchier, Wm. Dowers, Wm. Bertie, 
 Thos. Hunlocke, Thos. Donnithorne, Geo. Kippen, 
 and Wm. Henry Smith, on the AVest India station ; 
 where we find him, in 1809-10, warmly engaged 
 with the enemy at the reduction of Martinique and 
 Guadeloupe. At the taking of the former island he 
 was in the first boat that touched the shore pre- 
 viously to the storming of Fort Edward. When in 
 company with the Pultdsk brig, he was employed 
 in the boats in cutting out a letter-of-marque under 
 the batteries of Guadeloupe. An attack of yellow 
 fever compelled his being sent on one occasion to' 
 the hospital at Antigua. On returning to his ship 
 he found but 20 living out of a crew consisting ori- 
 ginally of 84. From the Demerara he removed, 
 in March, 1812, to the Statika 38, Capt. Hassard 
 Stackpoole. In her he proceeded to the coast of 
 North America. While in charge there of the 
 Apollo, a recaptured ship of 8 guns, he beat off, 
 with but 8 men on board, an American privateer, 
 after an action of two hours, in the course of which 
 he was wounded in the side. On another occasion, 
 the Statika having retaken an American brig, the 
 Adelaide, he was sent on board during a fog, accom- 
 panied by 3 men only. On the fog dispersing, he 
 found himself in the midst of an American squadron ; 
 whose presence obliged the Statika to make all 
 sail. Left thus to his own resources, he secured an 
 American Midshipman and Mate, who had been 
 left in the prize; made for the shore ; and, having 
 got inside the rocks, succeeded, with the assistance 
 of a fishing-boat, in reaching in safety the port of 
 Shelburne. In Jan. 1813, being on his passage 
 home in the Sfye store-ship, Master-Commander 
 Rich. Anderson, he took part in a spirited engage- 
 
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 ment of an hour and 20 minutes, -which terminated 
 in the beating off by that vessel of a French national 
 schooner of far superior force. On the following 
 morning, however, the Spte was captured by a 
 French frigate; but in two days afterwards the 
 British were given up, it being understood that they 
 were not to serve again during the war. "We may 
 here mention, that, on the ship being captured, Mr. 
 Wall had with great presence of mind destroyed 
 the signals. In April, 1813, the condition upon 
 which he had been restored to liberty having been 
 set aside by the Admiralty, he went back to the 
 SpFE in the capacity of Master's Mate ; and he con- 
 tinued to serve in her in the Channel until trans- 
 ferred, in the following July, to the Acoen 20, 
 Capt. Geo. Henderson, fitting at "Woolwich for the 
 East Indies. Owing to a severe illness brought on 
 by fatigue in stowing the tanks, Mr. Wall, the only 
 officer at the time on board, was under the necessity, 
 on reaching Portsmouth, of being sent to Haslar 
 Hospital. Restored to health, he joined, in Sept. 
 1813, the Hope 10, Capt. Edw. Saurin ; under whom 
 he was for seven months employed in the Channel, 
 chiefly in convoying and in chasing privateers. 
 From 15 June until 16 Aug. 1815 his name was 
 borne as a Supernumerary on the books of the 
 Namue 74, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, guard-ship at the 
 Nore ; and on 7 Sept. ensuing he was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant. He filled an appointment 
 in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant 
 of the Htpeeion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, from 
 27 Dec. 1830 until 23 March, 1831. Since 28 Aug. 
 1834, he has been in charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard in Ireland. His exertions at various 
 periods in saving, and in endeavouring to save, life 
 have obtained the thanks of the Inspector-General. 
 In the execution of his duty he has been much hurt ; 
 once indeed so severely that his constitution has 
 been ever since impaired. 
 
 Lieut. Wall, now a widower, married, 10 Oct. 
 1816, EUzabeth, daughter of Mr. Willes, of co. 
 Essex, by whom he had issue six children. Agehts 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WALL. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Henet Wall is son of Major Adam Wall, who 
 was killed at the battle of Waterloo in command of 
 the 4th Brigade of Artillery. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1819, on 
 board the Egeria 28, then on the Newfoundland 
 station. Removing in 1823 to the Thetis 46, Capt. 
 Sir John Phillimore, he sailed in that ship in the 
 following year for Cape Coast Castle ; where, uniting 
 in the warfare against the Ashantees, he landed 
 and received a severe gun-shot wound in the right 
 knee while engaged on picket duty. In 1825 he, 
 and the First-Lieutenant of the Thetis, alone 
 earned the thanks of both Houses of Parliament 
 and of the Board of Trade for their exertions in 
 saving 107 sail of merchantmen, which had been 
 cast on shore in a heavy gale in the Bay of Gibral- 
 tar. After he left the Thetis he served in succes- 
 sion on board the Spabtiate 76, Ocean 80, Re- 
 venge 78, Wellesley 74, Ocean again, and Tei- 
 ECNE 42. While so employed he assisted in restoring 
 Morea to the Greeks, and in afibrding support, on 
 the coast of Catalonia, to the interests of Queen 
 Christina during the Carlist revolution. From 4 
 May, 1840, until 1842 he held an appointment in 
 the Coast Guard. Although he had passed his ex- 
 amination 4 Oct. 1826 he was not promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant until 23 Nov. 1841. He served 
 in the Resistance 42, troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Geo. 
 Edw. Patey, from 12 Nov. 1842 until 1845; and 
 from 1 Nov. in the latter year until 1848 he was 
 again employed in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Wall is married to a distant relative of the 
 
 late Vice-Admiral Sir Sam. Hood, K.B, Agents 
 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WALLACE. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 
 17 ; HP., 36.) 
 James Wallace entered the Navy, in 1794, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Victoeiods 74, Capts. Sir 
 
 John Orde and John Brown. He removed in the 
 following year to the Commeece de Marseilles, 
 Capt. Eaton Childe ; in 1796 he was employed in the 
 Channel and Mediterranean, under the flag of Sir 
 J. Orde, in the Princess Eotal 98; and, after 
 serving for about two years in the Channel and 
 North Sea as Midshipman in the Temeeaiee 98, 
 flag-ship of Rear- Admirals Sir John Borlase Warren 
 and Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and Jamaica 26, Capt. 
 John Mackellar, he removed with the latter officer, 
 in March, 1801, to the Terpsichoee 32, commanded 
 next by Capt. Walter Bathurst. While attached to 
 the Jamaica he escorted a fleet of merchantmen to 
 and iiom the Baltic, aided in making one or two 
 prizes, and united in compelling a large privateer, 
 commanded by the famous Blackeman, to strike her 
 colours. In the Teepsichoee he was at first sta- 
 tioned off Boulogne and Calais, and then in the 
 East Indies ; where he was nominated, 30 March, 
 1805, Acting-Lieutenant of the Sir Edwaed Hughes 
 38, Capts. Hood Hanway Christian, Gilbert Heath- 
 cote, and Edw. Ratsey. He was officially promoted 
 24 Oct. 1807 ; and was subsequently appointed, «n 
 the Home station — 23 Deo. 1807, to the Challenger 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Barnham Rider — in Dec. 1808, to 
 the Sea Fencibles at Teignmouth — 18 April, 1810, 
 for 11 months, to the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife 
 —24 Sept. 1811, to the Paethian 10, Capts. Tomp- 
 kinson and Garrett — and, 24 Feb., 15 Sept., and 1 
 Oct. 1814 (he had left the Paethian in April, 1813), 
 to the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, and 
 Spet 20 and Towey 24, both commanded by Capt. 
 Hew Steuart. The latter ship he quitted in May, 
 1815. He accepted his present rank 24 July, 1844. 
 
 WALLACE. (LiEOT., 1815. r-p., 12 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Thomas Wallace died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Hecla bomb, Capt. John Sykes ; 
 previously to accompanying whom in the Nautilus 
 sloop to the Mediterranean, he twice, in July and 
 Aug. 1804, assisted at the bombardment of Havre 
 de Grace. Between 1806 and June, 1815, he was 
 employed on the Home, Brazilian, West India, and 
 North American stations, as Midshipman and Mas- 
 ter's Mate, in the Princess of Oeange 74, Capt. 
 Joshua Sydney Horton, Aimable 32, Capt. Lord 
 Geo. Stuart, Adamant 50, Capts. John Sykes and 
 Matthew Buckle, Hermes 20, Capt. Hon. Wm. 
 Henry Percy, Shelbuene 14, Lieut. -Commanders 
 David Hope and Wm. Hamilton, and Primrose 18, 
 Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott. In the Aimable, 
 after escorting the army under Sir Arthur Wellesley 
 from Cork to Portugal, he assisted at the capture, 
 3 Feb. 1809, of VIris French national ship, pierced 
 for 32, but mounting only 24 guns, whose resistance 
 was maintained until she had herself suffered a loss 
 of 2 men killed and 8 wounded, and the Aimable, 
 besides being materially damaged in masts, spars, 
 sails, and rigging, of 2 wounded. He belonged to 
 the Hermes when that vessel, having had 25 of her 
 men killed and 24 wounded in an unsuccessful 
 attack upon Fort Bowyer, Mobile, was set on fire 
 and destroyed to prevent her falling into the hands 
 of the Americans, 15 Sept. 1814. On leaving the 
 Primrose he took up a commission bearing date 8 
 Feb. 1815. He did not afterwards go afloat. 
 
 WALLER. (Captain, 1817.) 
 
 Edmund Waller died 15 July, 1845, at St. 
 Helier's, Jersey, aged 63. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 98, flag-ship of 
 Vice-Admiral Herbert Sawyer iif the Channel; 
 served as Midshipman, on the Newfoundland and 
 Home stations, in the Syren and Apollo frigates, 
 both commanded by Capt. John Manley, Aretitosa 
 38, Capt. Mark Robinson, Emerald 36, Capt. Vel- 
 terers Cornewall Berkeley, and Russell 74, Capt. 
 Archibald Collingwood Dickson ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 27 May, 1797, into the Childees sloop, 
 Capt. Lord Jas. O'Bryen, attached to the fleet in 
 the Channel; where we find him, in Oct. 1798 and 
 
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 Feb. 1799, joining the Ambdscade 32, Capt. Henry 
 Jenkins, and Superb 74, Capts. John Sutton and 
 Kich. Goodwin Keats. In the Superb — in which 
 ship he continued employed until 1804, part of the 
 time in the Mediterranean — he was severely 
 wounded in Sir Jas, Saumarez' action with the 
 Franco-Spanish squadron in the Gut of Gibraltar, 
 12 and 13 July, 1801.* His next appointments 
 were, 23 March, 1805, and 2 Dec. 1806, to the Glort 
 98 and Hero 74, flag-ships in the Channel of Ad- 
 mirals Chas. Stirling and Lord Gardner, under the 
 former of whom he was again wounded, in Sir Eobt. 
 - Calder's action. He was nominated, 18 March, 1808, 
 Acting-Commander of the "Wolf sloop in the West 
 Indies; he was confirmed 20 July following; and 
 from 1809 until 1815 or 1816, he was actively em- 
 ployed, chiefly on the coasts of France and Spain, 
 in the Pilot, GoinriNCH, and Pheasant. In the 
 Wolf he made prize, 1 May, 1808, of the Braganza 
 Spanish privateer of 1 gun and 54 men ; and in the 
 Goldfinch he co-operated with the patriots on the 
 coast of Spsiin ; where he served, in 1813, at the 
 siege of St. Sebastian. He was advanced to Post- 
 rank 1 Jan. 1817 ; but did not afterwards go afloat. 
 
 WALLIS. (Captain, 1817.) 
 
 James Wallis entered the 'Navy, as Captain's 
 Servant, on board the Stab sloop, Capt. Nicholas 
 Ingram, stationed' in the West Indies ; where, in 
 the Channel and Mediterranean, and off Cadiz, he 
 served as Midshipman in the Juno and Aigle 
 frigateB, both commanded by Capt. Sam. Hood, and 
 Britannia 100 and Victoey 100, flag-ships of Sir 
 Hyde Parker and Sir John Jervis, until nominated, 
 15 Feb. 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the San Josef 
 110, Capt. Chas. Stewart. He was on board the 
 Juno when that ship, through the admirable skill 
 and presence of mind of her Captain, made her 
 escape from Toulon, which port she had entered in 
 ignorance of its evacuation by the British ; and he 
 was present in the Victory in the action off Cape 
 St. Vincent. On the day following that event he 
 was promoted, as above, into the San Josef, one of 
 the ships taken. His confirmation took place 7 
 June, 1797. He was next, from 26 Jan. 1798 until 
 17 Feb. 1802, employed on the coast of Africa, and 
 in the West Indies and Mediterranean, in the Peael 
 32, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard. He saw much boat- 
 service during that period, and was on four sepa- 
 rate occasions wounded. He was severely injured 
 in the Imee and hand ; his collar-bone and four ribs 
 were broken, and a shot entered his side. As we 
 learn from a certificate bearing the signature of 
 Capt. Ballard, Mr. Wallis performed his duty en- 
 tirely to the latter's satisfaction, "as an experi- 
 enced, zealous oflicer, whose gallant condjact he had 
 frequent opportunities of witnessing and marking 
 in his public letters to Lord Keith, when Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean." Being ap- 
 pointed, in Jan. 1804, First of the VmcEJo brig 
 of 18 18-pounder carronades, Capt. John Wesley 
 Wright, he was in that vessel for three months, 
 with very little interval, on the coast of France, 
 most a,ctively employed, constantly, and without a 
 pilot, in the presence of an extremely superior 
 force ; notwithstanding which, the enemy's convoys 
 were often chased, forced out of their course, and 
 obliged to seek shelter in ports they were not 
 destined lor. For a whole day, on one occasion, 
 did the Vincejo lie at the mouth of a French river, 
 bidding defiance to two brigs, each nearly her equal 
 in force, a schooner, and 50 sail of armed gun-boats, 
 brigs, and luggers, all under way, and at times 
 laying their heads off the land, but always keeping 
 close to the batteries. Having at another period 
 got ashore at the mouth of a river, the brig was un- 
 rigged, had her guns taken out, and was hauled 
 high and dry into a hostile port, in a small island 
 between Belleisle and the Main, within four miles 
 of the Continent, for the purpose of having her 
 keel examined and her damage repaired ; prepara- 
 tions being in tlio meanwhile made to fight a land 
 * I'idc Gaz. 1801, p. 946. 
 
 battle in the event, which was very probable, of an 
 attack ; although protected only by a frigate for a 
 day or two. On 8 May, 1808, with but 51 effective 
 men and 24 boys on board, the VincJejo, becalmed 
 at the time near the entrance of the Morbihan, was 
 approached by a flotilla of 17 armed vessels ; con- 
 sisting of 6 brigs, first-class gun-vessels, of 3 guns 
 (1 24 and 2 18-pounders) and from 60 to 80 men 
 each ; 6 luggers, second class gun-vessels, of 2 guns, 
 18-pounders, and from 40 to 50 men each ; and five 
 luggers, third-class gun-vessels, of 1 brass 36- 
 pounder carronade throwing shells, and from 20 to 
 30 men each : forming a total of 35 guns (30 of 
 them long 18 and 24-pounder8) and from 700 to 800 
 men, exclusive of between 300 and 500 troops. 
 When within extreme range the gun-vessels, at 
 8h. 30m. A.M., opened their fire ; and at 9h. 30m. 
 the ViNCEJO, so near had they advanced, was 
 obliged to sweep her broadside to and engage, 
 under the additional disadvantage of her few men 
 being fatigued by hard labour at the oar, and 
 divided during the action between the larboard 
 guns and the starboard sweeps. The brig never- 
 theless maintained, within grape and haihng dis- 
 tance, this unequal contest for nearly two hours. 
 She was then, being totally disabled, and having 
 had 2 of her men killed and 12 wounded, under the 
 necessity of striking her colours. During the con- 
 flict Mr. Wallis distinguished himself by his active 
 intrepidity and intelligent bravery. After a cap- 
 tivity of nine years, during which he underwent 
 the severest hardships, he contrived, in 1813, to 
 effect his escape from Verdun ;* and on 3 Nov. in 
 the same year, as soon as he had been by court- 
 martial most honourably acquitted of all blame on 
 account of the loss of the Vincejo, he was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander. His last ap- 
 pointments were, 6 Dec. 1813, to the Pincher brig, 
 in the North Sea; and, at St. Helena — 13 Aug. 1814, 
 to the PoDARGDS 14—2 Aug. 1817, as Acting-Cap- 
 tain, to the Racoon 26, to which ship he was con- 
 firmed 26 Nov. following — 25 Jan. 1818, ^ro tem., to 
 the Conqueror 74 — and again to the Racoon. The 
 latter he paid off in Dec. 1818. He accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agent — Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 WALLIS. (LlEDT., 1815. r-p., 11; H-P., 32.) 
 James Wallis was born 7 April, 1792. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 July, 1804, as 
 Third.-cl. Vol., on board the Boher 14, Lieut.- 
 Commander Rich. Wilbraham ; in which vessel he 
 continued employed as Midshipman (a rating he 
 attained 18 Sept. 1805) in Hoseley Bay, and off 
 Harwich and Calais, until April, 1806. Joining, in 
 the following month, the Ganges 74, Capts. Peter 
 Halkett and Thos. Dundas, he cruized in that ship 
 among the Western Islands, and was present, 27 
 Sept. in the same year, at the capture, by a squadron 
 under Sir Thos. Louis, of the French frigate Le 
 President of 44 guns. In Sept. 1807, having wit- 
 nessed the fall of Copenhagen, he assisted in fitting 
 out one of the Danish ships-of-the-line. He sailed 
 subsequently for Lisbon, and while there was em- 
 ployed in dismantling the different forts and bat- 
 teries on the banks of the Tagus, in order to effect 
 a clear run for the English transports and other 
 shipping in the event of the French succeeding 
 against the Portuguese capital. He had previously, 
 while lent to the army, aided with a party of ma- 
 rines under Lieut. Bdm. Stacpoole in occupying a 
 fort at Pascediarcus. Accompanying the expedi- 
 tion of 1809 to the Walcheren, Mr. Wallis, from the 
 surrender of the island until its evacuation by the 
 British, participated, in command of a gun-boat, in 
 all the anxious and arduous duties attached to the 
 flotilla service. In the summer of 1810 we find him, 
 in a lugger row-boat, carrying 1 6-pounder and 24 
 men, commanded by Lieut. Stacpoole, engaged, in 
 company with a similar boat, in driving on shore 
 and in there burning to the water's edge two 
 * Capt. Wright had been placed in conanement in the 
 lower of the Temple of Paris, where he met his death under 
 circumstances which are to this day vested in myslerv. 
 
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 Danish outter-priyateers, each mounting I long gun 
 and 4 howitzers on pivots, and manned between 
 them with 80 men. This exploit the Admiralty ac- 
 knowledged by a letter of thanks, which was read 
 to those who achieved it on the quarter-deck of 
 the Ganges. In April, 1811, Mr. Wallis removed 
 to the KovAt Geokge 100, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Thos. Williams in Quiberon Bay ; and in the en- 
 suing Oct. he joined the Tremendods 74, Capt. 
 Kobt. Campbell. In that ship, accompanied by the 
 PoicTiERS 74, Capt. Sam. Jackson, he was for about 
 36 hours, in the early part of 1812, in pursuit, in 
 the Bay of Biscay, of a French squadron consisting 
 of four ships-of-the-line and two frigates. When 
 afterwards in the Adriatic he assisted at the block- 
 ade of Venice and the reduction of Trieste. For 
 eight weeks he was employed in the ship's barge, 
 without more than once having his clothes off. 
 During that period he was twice, 24 Nov. and 1 
 Dec. 1813, in action under Capt. Fairfax Moresby, 
 of the Wizard sloop, with the French troops, in the 
 river Po. In May, 1815, he was present at Naples 
 at the surrender, to a force under Capt. Campbell, 
 of two Neapolitan line-of-battle ships and a frigate. 
 In the course of the same month (he had passed 
 his examination in 1811) he was placed on half -pay, 
 having been advanced, 10 Feb. preceding, to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. He has not been since afloat. 
 Lieut. Wallis married, 10 Feb. 1818, Miss Mary 
 Anne Dalton. 
 
 WALLIS. (Captain, 1819. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Provo William Parrt Wallis is only son of 
 Provo Featherstone Wallis, Esq., of Halifax, Nova 
 Scotia, for some years Chief Clerk in the office of 
 the Commissioner of H.M. Naval Yard in that 
 colony. His sister. Lady Elizabeth Tovmshend, 
 widow of Capt. Lord Jas. Townshend, E.N., K.C.H., 
 was married in 1844 to Capt. Wm. Honyman Hen- 
 derson, R.N., C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1795, as 
 A.B., on board L'Oiseau 36, Capt. Robt. Murray, 
 employed on the Halifax station ; where he served 
 from May, 1796, until Sept. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., in 
 La Prevovante, Capt. Chas. Wemyss, and again 
 with Capt. Murray, from May, 1799, until Sept. 
 1800, in the Asia 64. During the remainder of the 
 war he was a Midshipman, on the same station, of 
 the Cleopatra 32, Capt. Israel Pellew ; which 
 frigate, in Oct. 1804, he rejoined under the com- 
 mand of Sir Robt. Laurie. After a brilliant and 
 self-sought action of nearly three hours, and a loss, 
 out of 200 men, of 20 killed and 38 wounded, the 
 Cleopatra was captured, 17 Feb. 1805, by La Ville 
 de Milan, a French ship of 46 guns and 350 men, 10 
 of whom were slain. Owing to the damage she had 
 sustained, the latter fell an easy capture, six days 
 afterwards, to the Leander 50, Capt. John Talbot ; 
 who at the same time retook the Cleopatra. The 
 French frigate being added to the British Navy as 
 the 38-gun frigate Milan, the command of her was 
 given to Sir Robt. Laurie ; with whom Mr. Wallis 
 continued to serve, on the coast of North America, 
 until there nominated, 6 Nov. 1806, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy. In Feb. 1808 he was superseded and placed 
 as Master's Mate on board the Bellona 74, Capt. 
 John Erskine Douglas ; but on 30 Nov. in the same 
 year he was promoted officially into the Curieux 
 16, Capts. Andrew Hodge and Hon. Geo. Moysey. 
 In her he was wrecked while at the blockade of 
 Guadeloupe, 3 Nov. 1809. His next appointments 
 were — on 29 of the latter month, to the Gloire 38, 
 Capt. Jas. Carthew — in the course of 1810, to the 
 Observatedr, Capt. Fred. Augustus Wetherall, 
 Driver, Capts. John Lawrence and Thos. Swinner- 
 ton Dyer, and Emulous, Capt. Wm. Howe Mul- 
 caster — and in Jan. 1812, to the Shannon, of 50 
 guns, throwing a broadside weight of 538 lbs., and 
 306 men, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke. On 1 
 June, 1813, he assisted as Second-Lieutenant at the 
 famed capture of the Chesapeake of 50 guns, yielding 
 a broadside of 590 lbs., and 376 men ; an exploit 
 
 achieved after 15 minutes of desperate combat, 
 wherein the British had 24 men killed and 59 
 wounded, and the Americans 47 killed and 115 
 wounded. Lieut. Geo. Thos. L. Watt, the First- 
 Lieutenant of the Shannon, being killed in the 
 moment of victory, and Capt. Broke being severely 
 wounded, the command, at the close of the action, 
 devolved upon Mr. WaUis ;* who for his gallantry 
 was promoted, 9 July following, to the rank of Com- 
 mander, besides receiving a letter of thanks from the 
 Admiralty andaswordfromhis Captain. From 19 Jan. 
 until 28 Dec. 1814 Capt. Wallis served at Sheerness 
 in the Snipe 12 : he was advanced to Post-rank 12 
 Aug. 1819 ; and he was afterwards, from 4 June, 
 1824, until Nov. 1826, from 14 April, 1838, until 
 Sept. 1839, and from 13 Oct. 1843 until April, 1846, 
 employed on the Cape of Good Hope and Halifax, 
 the North America and West India, and the Medi- 
 terranean stations in the Niemen 28, the Mada- 
 gascar 46, and the Warspite 50. In the Niemen 
 he commanded the first experimental squadron, 
 consisting of the Champion, Oeestes, Pylades, 
 Calliope, and Algerine ; and while engaged, in 
 the Madagascar, in watching the French operas 
 tions before Vera Cruz he received the thanks of 
 the British merchants for his attention to their in- 
 terests. When Senior officer, in the Warspite, at 
 Gibraltar, he obtained the approval, in 1844, of 
 H.M.'s Government for his judicious arrange- 
 ments with the Prince de Joinville ; whose attack 
 upon Tangier and destruction of Mogador he was 
 afforded an opportunity of witnessing. On the 
 latter occasion he was the Senior British officer 
 present, as he was likewise during the civil war on 
 the coast of Syria, throughout the whole of the year 
 1845. 
 
 Capt. Wallis was appointed a Naval Aide-de- 
 Camp to the Queen 5 Aug. 1847. He married, 19 
 Oct. 1817, Juliana, second daughter of the Vene- 
 rable Geo. Massey, of Chester, Archdeacon of Barn- 
 staple and Prebendary of Exeter, by whom he has 
 issue two daughters. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 WALPOLE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 The Honourable Frederick Walpole, bom 18 
 Sept. 1822, is third son of the present Earl of Orford 
 (High Steward of the borough of Lynn and Colonel 
 of the West Norfolk Militia), by Jlary, eldest 
 daughter of the late AVm. Augustus Fawkener, Esq., 
 one of the Clerks of the Privy Council. His eldest 
 brother. Lord Walpole, is married to the only child 
 of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Fleetwood Broughton 
 Reynolds Pellew, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 26 April, 1843 ; 
 served for some time as Mate in the Excellent gun- 
 nery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings ; 
 and from 1844 until 1848 was employed in that ca- 
 pacity and as Lieutenant (commission dated 30 Dec. 
 1845) in the Collingwood 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. 
 Eras. Seymour in the Pacific. 
 
 WALPOLE. (Captain, 1819. f-p., 24 ; h-p., 20.) 
 William Walpole entered the Navy, in June, 
 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Gi-atton 60, 
 Capt. Jas. Collnett. On his return from a voyage 
 to New South Wales he removed, in Oct. 1804, off 
 Boulogne, to the Leopard 50, Capt. Jas. Nicoll 
 Morris ; on accompanying whom into the Colossus 
 74, he was afforded an opportunity of sharing, 21 
 Oct. 1805, in the glories of Trafalgar. In the fol- 
 lowing Feb. he joined the Ajax 74, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood ; and, on the destruction of that 
 ship by fire off the island of Tenedos 14 Feb. 1807, 
 he was received on board the Endymion 40, Capt. 
 Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. In her he was present 
 at the ensuing passage of the Dardanells. He was 
 made Lieutenant, 8 Aug. 1808, into the Warspite 
 74, commanded by his former Captain, Blackwood, 
 in the North Sea and Channel, and also in the Me- 
 diterranean ; where he served, from Oct. 1810 until 
 promoted to the rank of Commander 15 June, 1814, 
 in the Imperieuse 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan. 
 
 * fide Gaz. 1S13, p. 1329. 
 
WALSH— WALTERS— WALTON— WARD. 
 
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 Previously to his appointment to the latter ship he 
 appears to have taken part, 20 July, 1810, in a very 
 gallant skirmish, in which the British, with a slender 
 force, beat back a powerful division of the French 
 Toulon fleet. On 27 June, 1812, as stated in our 
 memoir of Sir Eaton Travers, he was wounded in 
 the boats of the iMriKiEusE, as were 10 others, 
 besides 4 who were killed, at the destruction of 18 
 merchant-vessels under the batteries of Languelia 
 and Alassio, in the Gulf of Genoa. The total loss 
 sustained by the boats of the squadron engaged in 
 that aifair amounted to 9 killed and 31 wounded.* 
 "While at the blockade of Naples, Mr. "Walpole was, 
 we believe, present, in a spirited action fought, 
 between the Imperieuse and Cephalcs 18, on one 
 side, and a Neapolitan force, consisting, on the 
 other, of the Joachim 74, a frigate, a corvette, and 
 22 gun-vessels. He was a participator also in the 
 operations against Leghorn and Genoa, in Dec. 
 1813 and April, 1814. From 12 May, 1815, until 
 Aug. 1816, Capt. "Walpole commanded the Thames 
 frigate, arm^e-en-fiute, on the coast of North America 
 and in the "West Indies : he was next, 10 Feb. 1818, 
 appointed to the Curlew 18, fitting for the East 
 Indies. In Dec. 1819, having accompanied an ex- 
 pedition sent under the command of Capt. Fras. 
 Augustus Collier (who had with him; in addition to 
 the CuKLEW, the Liverpool 50, Eden 26, several of 
 the Hon. E. I. Co.'s cruizers, and a number of gun 
 and mortar boats) and Major-General Sir "Wm. 
 Grant Keir (under whom were 3000 troops) to 
 attack the settlements of the pirates in the Persian 
 Gulf, he distinguished himself in an eminent degree, t 
 During the siege of Kas-al-Khyma, the principal 
 stronghold of the freebooters, he had charge of the 
 flotilla employed, and, assisted by Lieut. John Nor- 
 man Campbell, directed the astonishing efforts 
 made by the seamen in dragging 2 24-pounder guns 
 through mud to a breaching battery, and in landing 
 and carrying forward the requisite stores. These 
 exertions the Major-General declared he had never 
 seen surpassed ; while the precision with which the 
 battery was served, would have reflected credit 
 upon the most esperienced corps of artillery. After 
 the enemy had been driven from Ras-al-Khyma an 
 attack was made by a detachment under Major 
 Warren on the fort of Zaire, situated upon a neigh- 
 bouring hill, and deemed by the natives impreg- 
 nable. " You are able," says the Major in his official 
 report to Sir "W. G. Keir, " to appreciate the zeal by 
 which Capt. "Walpole," who had accompanied him, 
 " must have been actuated, and the ability with 
 which that zeal must have been applied, to have 
 enabled him to overcome the difficulties attending 
 the landing of the supplies and stores, particularly 
 the guns, whioli, being brought up a narrow, intri- 
 cate, and shallow creek, a distance of upwards of 
 three miles, had to be dragged through a muddy 
 swamp, and afterwards over a considerable space of 
 rocky and intersected ground, before they could be 
 placed in the batteries." In the summer of 1820 
 Capt. Walpole, whose Post-commission bears date 
 7 Deo. 1819, brought home the Seringapatam, a 
 new 46-gun frigate, laden with the frame of another 
 ship of the same class. His last appointments were 
 —2 Oct. 1828 and 20 Jan. 1832, to the Ranger 28 
 and Pallas 42, both on the West India station, 
 whence he returned in 1834— and, 30 Oct. 1840, to 
 the Vebnon 50, fitting for the Mediterranean, where 
 he remained until the spring of 1844. Agent — J. 
 Hinxman. 
 
 WALSH. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 30.) 
 Stephen Russel Walsh died 24 April, 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Oct. 1805, as 
 Third-cl. Vol., on board the "Wolverene sloop, 
 Capt. Thos. Smyth, stationed in the West Indies; 
 whence, after having served with the same officer 
 and with Capt. Hugh Pigot, as Fst.-cl. "Vol. in the 
 Alligator 28, and as A.B. in the Circe 32, he re- 
 turned in the early part of 1808 to England as a 
 Supernumerary in the Alexandria frigate. Ee 
 ♦ Vide Caz. 1812, p. 1540. f T. Gaz. 1820, p.ICTO. 
 
 was next, until Jan. 1815, employed, chiefly on the 
 Irish, Brazilian, St. Helena, East India, and Home 
 stations, and principally in the capacity of Midship- 
 man, in the Brisk sloop, Capt. John Coode, Bril- 
 liant 28, Capt. T. Smyth, Inconstant 36, Capt. 
 Edw. Stirling Dickson, Royal William, Capt. Hall, 
 Nymphe frigate, Capts. Hon. Josceline Percy and 
 Edw. Sneyd Clay, Menelaus 38, Capt. Peter Parker, 
 Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, Cornelia 
 32, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, Cornwall 74, 
 Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Namhr 74, Capt. Chas. 
 John Austen, and Comus 22, Capt. John Tailour. 
 He then made a voyage to Bermuda and back as 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the Fervent sloop, Capt. Wm. 
 Hotham ; and on being paid off in June, 1815, he 
 was presented with a commission bearing date 6 
 Feb. in the same year. He remained thenceforward 
 on half-pay. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WALTERS. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 William Henry Walters died about the close 
 of 1846, while serving as a Lieutenant in the Wan- 
 derer sloop on the coast of Africa. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 7 Sept. 1831 ; 
 was employed in the Coast Guard from 19 Dec. 1840 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Jan. 
 1846 ; and was appointed, 26 Feb. following, to the 
 Wanderer 12, Capt. Philip Hodge Somerville, fitting 
 for the African station. 
 
 WALTON. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Charles John Walton entered the Navy 31 
 May, 1828 ; and passed his examination in 1834. 
 As a reward for his services at St. Jean d'Acre, 
 where he officiated as Aide-de-Camp to the Turkish 
 Admiral, the present Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 
 
 1840. His succeeding appointments were — 18 June, 
 
 1841, and 10 Jan. 1842, to the Ganges 84 and 
 Stromboli steamer, Capts. Barrington Reynolds 
 and Wm. Louis, both in the Mediterranean — 7 Feb. 
 1843, to the command of the "Victoria Revenue- 
 cruizer— 9 Aug. following, to the Hydra steam- 
 sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young, whom he ac- 
 companied to the coast of Africa— in Dec. 1844, for 
 a few months, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 29 Sept. 
 1846, as Additional, to the Hibernia 104, flag-ship 
 of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean— and, 8 
 Jan. 1847, to the charge, which he retained until 
 the close of the year, of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WARD. (Lieutenant, 181.5. p.p., 24; h-p., 18.) 
 Edward Willis Ward entered the Navy, 1 Dec. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Calypso 18, 
 Capts. Matthew Barton Bradby and Henry Weir. 
 In that vessel, of which he was rated Midshipman 
 in Feb. 1807, he was employed until Sept. 1810, in 
 the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic. He then 
 joined in succession the Monmouth, Roebuck, Po- 
 dabghs, and Kangaroo ; in the two latter of which, 
 commanded by Capt. John Lloyd, he served for a 
 year and 10 months in the Channel and on the coast 
 of Africa, part of the time as Master's Mate. He 
 was next, in Dec. 1812 and March, 1813, received on 
 board the Andromeda 24, Capt. Rich. Arthur, and 
 Doris 36, Capt. Robt. O'Brien. In the former ship 
 he escorted convoy to Gibraltar. After visiting 
 China in the Doris, he assumed command, 1 April 
 1814, of a government brig, in which we find hini 
 conveying intelligence of the peace from Ceylon to 
 Sumatra and Java. He returned to England in the 
 following Dec. ; and on 18 March, 1815, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He was era- 
 ployed subsequently— from 5 March. 1825, until we 
 beheve, the early part of 1827, in the Coast Block- 
 ade, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hype- 
 rion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye— from 4 Jan 
 1828 until 1834, in the Coast Guard-and (with a 
 brief interval in 1845), from 5 Nov. 1840 until 1848 
 in the Transport service, as an agent afloat. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
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 WARD. 
 
 WARD. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 12.) 
 
 James Hamilton Ward, torn 23 Dec. 1802, is 
 third son of tlie late Eight Hon. Robt. Ward, of 
 Bangor Castle, Colonel of the South Down Militia, 
 hy Ms second ■wife, Louisa Jane, second daughter 
 and co-heir of the Kev. Dr. Abraham Symes ; and 
 nephew of Nicholas, second Viscount Bangor: His 
 eldest half-brother, Edw. Michael, Minister-Pleni- 
 potentiary at Dresden, married a daughter of the 
 first Marquess of Londonderry. 
 
 This officer entered the Boyat Naval College 7 
 Nov. 1816; and embarked, 13 Jan. 1818, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Spartan frigate, Capt. Wm. 
 Furlong Wise, employed in the Channel and on 
 particular service. In March, 1819 (lie had already 
 attained the rating of Midshipman), he removed to 
 the Cherokee 10, Capt. Theobald Jones, stationed 
 in the North Sea; and in the following Sept. he 
 joined the Leandeb 60, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir 
 Henry Blackwood in the East Indies ; where he 
 was nominated, 9 and 17 Feb. 1822, Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Curlew 18, Capt. Price Blackwood, and 
 Glasgow 50, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. He 
 was confirmed 20 July in the same year. Keturning 
 to England in the summer of 1823 he was appointed 
 next— 20 Sept. 1828, to the Prince Regent 120, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, 
 Commander-in-Chief at Chatham— 26 April, 1830, 
 as Senior, to the Pelican 18, Capt. Joseph Gape, 
 fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he returned 
 to England and was paid off in March, 1834 — 29 
 May, 1835, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at 
 Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings— 23 March, 1836, 
 as First, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, with 
 whom he again sailed for the Mediterranean — and, 
 25 Jan. 1837, in a similar capacity, to his former 
 ship the Excellent. He attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 28 June, 1838 ; served as such in the Hecate 
 steamer in the Mediterranean, from 14 Sept. 1840 
 until paid off 23 Aug. 1843 ; and was advanced to 
 his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Ward married, 26 July, 1839, the Hon. Eli- 
 zabeth Dorcas Blackwood, daughter of Hans, third 
 Lord Dufierin and Claneboye, and niece of the late 
 Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart., 
 G.C.H. 
 
 WAED. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 John Ross Ward is son of Eear-Admiral Wm. 
 Ward. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 
 Nov. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; and 
 obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1835. His 
 succeeding appointments were — 6 April, 1835, to 
 the Tweed 20, Capt. Hon. Fred. Thos. Pelham, on 
 the Lisbon station, whence he returned at the close 
 of 1838-6 May, 1839, and 27 Oct. 1840, to the Im- 
 pregnable 104 and Caledonia 120, as Flag-Lieu- 
 tenant to Sir Graham Moore, Commander-in-Chief 
 at Plymouth, under whom he served for three years 
 in the same capacity — and, 18 Oct. 1842, as Senior, 
 to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the 
 Mediterranean. Soon after the latter ship had been 
 paid off he was advanced, 24 March, 1845, to the 
 rank of Commander. He has been employed in the 
 Coast Guard since 29 Sept. 1846. 
 
 WARD. (Lieutenant, 1810.) 
 
 Richard Ward entered the Navy, 4March, 1798, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Robust 74, Capts. 
 Edw. Thornbrough, Geo. Countess, Wm. Brown, 
 and Wm. Henry Jervis ; in which ship, employed 
 on the coast of Ireland and in the Bay of Biscay, he 
 contributed to the capture, 12 Oct. 1798, of the 
 French 74rgun ship Le Hoclie^ one of a squadron 
 commanded by Commodore Bompart. The loss of 
 the Robust on that occasion amounted to 10 killed 
 and 40 wounded. In June, 1802, Mr. Ward removed 
 for about three months to the Formidable 98, 
 Capt. Rich. Grindall, on the West India station. 
 From July, 1803, until June, 1808, he served in the 
 Mediterranean in the Excellent 74, Capt. Frank 
 Sotheron, Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Chas. Boyles 
 
 (part of the force engaged in the expedition to the 
 Dardanells), Spartan 38, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, 
 and Windsor Castle again. In the Spartan he 
 acted as Lieutenant from 7 June until 1 Sept. 1807. 
 On finally leaving the Windsor Castle he joined, 
 in June, 1808, the Atlas 74, bearing the flag of 
 Admiral John Child Purvis at the defence of Cadiz. 
 He was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of that ship 
 4 Sept. 1810; and on 18 Dec. following he was offi- 
 cially promoted. He was employed next — between 
 Jan. 1811 and Dec. 1815, in the Channel, in the 
 North Sea, and at Portsmouth, in the Spitfire 
 sloop, Capt. John Ellis, Cruizer 18, Capt. Thos. 
 Rich. Toker, Griffon of 16 guns, Capts. Geo. Bame 
 Trollope and Geo. Hewson, and Prince 98 and 
 Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Sir Edw. 
 Thornbrough— from Dec. 1815 until March, 1816, in 
 command of the Algerine brig— from March, 1816, 
 until Jan. 1818, again under Sir E. Thornbrough in 
 the Queen Charlotte and Bovne 98 — for some 
 time in command of the Hawke Revenue-cruizer — 
 from 1837 until 1844 in the Transport service, as an 
 Agent afloat— and, from 1 May, 1845, until 1848, in 
 the Victory 101, Capts. Geo. Moubray and John 
 Pasco, and Blenheim steamer, Capt. Rich. Augustus 
 Yates, guard-ships at Portsmouth. Deducting the 
 time he served in the Revenue, Mr. Ward, in 1847, 
 had been 27 years in active employment. 
 
 WAED. (Reah-Admikal of the White, 1846. 
 F-p., 17 ; H-p., 37.) 
 
 William Ward was bom 21 Nov. 1782 at South- 
 ampton. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 March, 1793,'as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sceptre 74, Capts. Jas. 
 Rich. Dacres and Wm. Essington. On 1 June, 
 
 1794, he was present, as Midshipman, in company 
 with the Belliqoeux 64, at the capture, after a 
 smart action of some hours, of Fort Brissoton, near 
 Port-au-Prince, which place, with several others 
 adjacent, surrendered in the course of the same 
 month. Having rejoined Capt. Dacres on board 
 the Barfleur 98, he took part in her in the actions 
 off the He de Groix and Cape St. Vincent 23 June, 
 
 1795, and 14 Feb. 1797. He assisted also at the 
 cutting-out of three French men-of-war from Tunis 
 Bay, and at the blockade and bombardments of 
 Cadiz. Towards the close of 1797 he removed to 
 the Arethusa 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley; under 
 whom, we find, he was often, during a long and 
 close blockade of Havre, engaged with the enemy's 
 flotilla and batteries. On 10 Jan. 1800 he was 
 made Lieutenant into the Discovert bomb, Capts. 
 John Dick and John Conn ; and he was next, 7 
 Aug. in the same year and 14 Jan. 1801 and 29 
 March, 1803, appointed to the Marlborough 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Sothehy, Oiseau 36, Capts. Sam. Hood 
 Linzee, Wm. Parker, Lord Augustus FitzRoy, and 
 John Phillips, and Pique 36, Capts. Wm. Cumber- 
 land and Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, on the Home 
 and West India stations. He was wrecked in the 
 Marlborough on a sunken rock near Belleisle 4 
 Nov. 1800. As First of La Piqoe he witnessed the 
 taking, in 1803, of Aux Cayes and Cape Fraji9ois, 
 St. Domingo. Besides aiding at the capture, in the 
 course of 1804-5, of Le Ten'eur French cutter of 10 
 guns and 75 men, and of the Spanish ships-of-war 
 Diligentia and Orquijo, he boarded in the gig and 
 yawl and took, in March, 1806, after a sharp 
 struggle, a schooner, the Santa Claraj carrying 1 
 9-pounder and 28 men and completely equipped for 
 the purposes of war. He was further, 26 March, 
 1806, present at the capture of the French cor- 
 vettes Fliditcm and VoKgeur of 16 guns and 115 
 men each. The former, after 20 minutes of de- 
 structive firing, was by him boarded at the head of 
 about 30 men. Her decks were, inch by inch, de- 
 fended with desperate obstinacy, and the slaughter 
 on both sides was dreadful, amounting on the part 
 of the British (one-half of their opponents were 
 either killed or wounded) to 9 killed and 14 womided. 
 Included among the dangerously wounded was Mr. 
 Ward, whose good conduct, we learn from his Cap- 
 
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 tain's official letter, had at all times merited his 
 highest approhation and now induced him to recom- 
 mend him to the notice of the Commander-in- 
 Chief.* As a reward for his gallantry, he was 
 offered by the latter the command of either of the 
 two prizes. Choosing the one he had boarded, and 
 whose name on her being added to the British Navy 
 was changed to Pelican, he was accordingly ap- 
 pointed to her 8 April ensuing ; and on 23 July he 
 was confirmed. He was presented, we may add, with 
 the sum of \00l. by the Patriotic Society. He after- 
 wards, in 1807, accompanied the expedition to 
 Copenhagen ; and in March, 1808, having returned 
 to the "West Indies, he served at the reduction of 
 Deseada. On 23 April following he was nominated, 
 on the station last named, Acting-Captain of the 
 D^DALus 32 ; and he was there posted by the Ad- 
 miralty, 10 June in the same year, into the Bac- 
 chante 38, which frigate, in the. spring of 1809, he 
 brought home and paid off. He was then appointed 
 to the Resolution 74 ; and in the ensuing summer 
 he sailed with the expedition to the Walcheren. 
 Puring the operations in the Scheldt he served with 
 the flotilla in an attack on Ter Ver, and commanded 
 a division of armed transports employed to com- 
 plete the investment of Flushing.f He lost a Lieu- 
 tenant and 2 men in passing the enemy's batteries. 
 He went on half-pay in Jan. 1810, and has not been 
 since able to obtain an appointment. He attained 
 flag-rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Kear- Admiral "Ward married 9 Dec. 1811, Sophia 
 Mary, youngest daughter of E. J. Mallough, Esq., 
 of Mltcham. One of his sons, John Ross, is a Com- 
 mander R.N. ; and another, Henderson, a First- 
 Lieutenant, R.M. (1847). 
 
 WARD. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 20 ; h-p., 24.) 
 
 William .Robert Ward (a) entered the Navy, 
 1 Jan. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Penelope 
 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, with whom he con- 
 tinued to serve as Midshipman in the North Sea 
 and Channel and off Cadiz, the last few months in 
 the Illustkioos 74, until Aug. 1808. On 16 May, 
 1804, he was present in the Penelope in a gallant 
 attack made by a squadron under the orders of Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith upon a strong division of the 
 French flotilla passing alongshore from Flushing to 
 Ostend. On leaving the Illosteiods he entered 
 the Royal Naval College, where he remained until 
 April, 1811. He then rejoined the ship last men- 
 tioned on the East India station; whence in 1812 he 
 returned to England (he had attained, before, the 
 rating of Master's Mate) in the Dokis 36, Capt. 
 Wm. Jones Lye. On his arrival he was received on 
 board the Belle Podle 38, Capt. Geo. Harris, 
 under whom we find him cruizing for several months 
 on the coast of France, and in April, 1814, partici- 
 pating in the operations up the Gironde, where he 
 vritnessed the destruction of a line-of-battle ship, 3 
 brigs of war, several smaller vessels, and of all 
 the forts and (batteries on the north side of the 
 river. After serving for about two months in the 
 KoYAL Charlotte yacht, Capts. Thos. Eyles and 
 Geo. Scott, he was promoted, on his return from 
 escorting the Emperor of Russia to the shores of 
 France, to the rank of Lieutenant 27 Jime, 1814. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 24 Oct. 1814, 
 to the Pelican 18, Capts. Wm. Rich. Bamber, 
 Thos. Prickett, Kobt. Lisle Coulson, and Edw. 
 Curzon, in which vessel he served on the Irish, 
 Worth Sea, and West India stations imtil obliged, in 
 Feb. 1818, to invalid— 5 April, 1820, to the Sappho 
 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, engaged in the 
 suppression of smuggling on the Irish coast — 28 
 Dec. 1820 and 3 Nov. 1821, to the Grasshopper 18, 
 Capt. David Buchan, and Egeria 24, Capt. John 
 Toup Nicolas, both at Newfoundland, whence he 
 returned in July, 1822— and, 14 Feb. 1827, to the 
 Gloucester 74, Capts. Joshua Sydney Horton and 
 Henry Stuart, lying at Sheemess. In the Sappho 
 and Grasshoppee he was First-Lieutenant. He 
 has been on half-pay since Aug. 1829. 
 
 ride Gaz. 1800, p. 731. 
 
 •f- F. Gaz. 1809, p. 1326. 
 
 WARD. (LlECT., 1814. F-p., 11; H-p., 32.) ' 
 William Robert Ward (J) entered the Navy, 
 12 June, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Isis 50, 
 Capt. John Acworth Ommanney, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Erasmus Gower at Newfoundland. From 
 May, 1807, until Feb. 1809 he served in the St. 
 Albans 64, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, in the North 
 Sea and at the Cape of Good Hope ; he was em- 
 ployed during the next 19 months at Portsmouth 
 and in "the Channel in the Royal William, flag- 
 ship of Sir Roger Curtis, Saepedon, Capt. Jas. 
 Green, and Assistance 50, Commodore Robt. 
 Mends; and from Sept. 1811 until Sept. 1813 he 
 was stationed in the Baltic in the Pvramus 42, 
 Capts. Chas. Dashwood and Jas. Whitley Deans 
 Dundas, Woodlark sloop, Capt. Geo. Edw. Watts, 
 "Ulysses 44, Capts. Wm. Fothergill and Thos. 
 Browne, and Amphion 32, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stew- 
 art. In the Woodlark he acted as Lieutenant. 
 From March, 1814, until Sept. 1815 he was em- 
 ployed in the West Indies and Downs in his former 
 ship the j"1Jlysses, and in the Argo 44, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, Shark sloop, Capt. 
 Gore, as Acting-Lieutenant in the Mohawk, Capt, 
 Henry Litchfield, and, as Lieutenant (commission 
 dated 3 Aug. 1814), in the Argo again, bearing the 
 flags of Kear-Admirals Brown and Scott. Agents 
 — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WAEDE, K.H. (Captain, is 1.5. f-p.,17; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 
 Charles Waede, born 13 Sept. 1786, is second 
 son of General Geo. Warde, of Woodland Castle, 
 near Swansea, by Charlotte, only daughter of Spen- 
 cer Madan, D.D., successively Bishop of Bristol and 
 Peterborough, and niece of the first Marquess Com- 
 wallis and the late Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis, 
 G.C.B. He is member of a family which has been 
 for centuries seated in the neighbourhood of Ponte- 
 fraot, CO. York ; one of whom was Lord Mayor of 
 London about the end of the seventeenth century. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of 
 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol. (under the auspices of the 
 late Admiral Sir John Colpoys), on board the 
 Northumberland 74, Capt. Geo. Martin, with 
 whom he continued employed as ^Midshipman until 
 Sept. 1802. At first he was stationed off Cadiz, and 
 next in various parts of the Mediterranean ; where 
 he served at the blockade of Malta until its surren- 
 der, witnessed the capture, in 1800, of the Ge'ne'reux 
 74 and Diane frigate, and took part in the opera- 
 tions of 1801 in Egypt. He was also present at the 
 reduction of Fort St. Elmo, near Naples, and was 
 at other times often in action with the enemy. In 
 Oct. 1802 he joined the Immoetalite 36, Capt. 
 Edw. W. C. R. Owen, stationed in the Downs ; 
 and on the renewal of hostilities in 1803 he was 
 there afforded an opportunity of seeing much boat- 
 service and of aiding at the capture of several of 
 the Boulogne flotilla. "When the war first broke 
 out the Immortaxit^ was lying at Long Reach, in 
 the river Thames. Hands being wanted, a boat 
 was sent under the command of a Lieutenant, Spear, 
 in company with whom was Mr. Warde, to impress 
 some out of the Dorsetshire East Indiaman : a scutile 
 took place ; Mr. Spear and another were wounded, 
 and 2 of the Indiaman's people killed. The result 
 was a coroner's inquest which brought a verdict of 
 wilful murder against the Lieutenant; who how- 
 ever, on being tried at Maidstone, was declared 
 not guilty, upon the ground that he had acted only 
 in self-defence. In 1803^ Mr. Warde successively 
 joined the Colossus 74 and Glory and Baefleue 
 98'8, commanded in the Channel by his friend, Capt. 
 Martin. In the Glory he was for a time under the 
 flag of his grand-uncle Admiral Comwallis ; whose 
 good opinion, we learn, he soon riveted. Of the 
 Barfleur he was nominated, after having passed 
 a creditable examination, Acting-Lieutenant. He 
 was confirmed by the Admiralty 13 Feb. 1805 ; and 
 on being in the following summer appointed to 
 the Druid 32, Capts. Philip Bowes "Vere Broke 
 and Hon. John Astley Bennet, he proceeded on a 
 
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 WARDEN. 
 
 cruize off the coast of Ireland, where he contri- 
 buted, we find, to the capture, among other vessels, 
 of the Prince Murat privateer of 18 guns and 127 
 men and PaTidmir national brig of 18 guns and 114 
 men. After serving for nine months in the Ces- 
 TAUB 74, as Flag-Lieutenant of Sir Sam. Hood, who 
 had been sent with a squadron to cruize among the 
 Western Islands, Mr. Warde sailed in the Keordit 
 sloop, Capt. Hon. Warwick Lake, for the West 
 Indies. On his arrival he was received by Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane (to whom also he soon became Flag- 
 Lieutenant) on board the Belleisle 74. He be- 
 held in that ship the surrender of the Danish 
 islands of St. Thomas and Ste. Croix; and in June, 
 1808, he was promoted by the Commander-in-Chief 
 into the Hippomenes 18, at Barbadoes. He had 
 been made Commander by the Admiralty, 29 April 
 preceding, into the Julia 16 ; but before he could 
 receive intelligence of the event he had been or- 
 dered in the Hippomenes with convoy to England. 
 This was a source of mortification to Capt. Warde, as 
 the latter was old and defective, and the Julia 
 perfectly new. Having paid the Hippomenes off 
 about Sept. 1808, he remained thenceforward un- 
 emiiloyed until appointed 9 June, 1810, to the Ban- 
 TEKER 14 ; which vessel, although he attained Post- 
 rank 18 Sept. 1815, he continued to command until 
 July, 1816. During the three first years he was 
 employed under Commodore E. W. C. K. Owen on 
 the harassing and dangerous service of blockading 
 the entrance of the Scheldt ; and in March, 1814, 
 when the Antelope 50, in forcing the Hondt pas- 
 sage, grounded within range of the Flushing bat- 
 teries he obtained the official notice of her Captain, 
 Sam. Butcher, for exertions he used in endeavour- 
 ing to rescue her from her perilous position. Sub- 
 sequently to the grand review held before the 
 allied sovereigns at Spithead, the Bantekeb was 
 ordered off Brighton to attend upon the Prince 
 Kegent. She served next on the Irish station and 
 on the coast of Scotland, and was then ordered to 
 the Mediterranean. In Dec. 1815, having conveyed 
 Lord Exmouth to Civita Vecchia, Capt. Warde ac- 
 companied him thence on a diplomatic mission to 
 Rome, returning with his Lordship in the following 
 month to Leghorn. Conceiving that the demands 
 about to be made at this period on the Barbary 
 states might lead to hostilities. Lord Exmouth, who 
 had remarked the discrepancies existing in the 
 various charts of Algiers, directed Capt. Warde to 
 proceed to that place and to take a plan of the sea- 
 defences, and of the soundings round the sea-face 
 of the city and mole, with such secrecy as not to 
 betray either to the Dey, »the British Consul, or 
 even his own officers, the least idea of the object he 
 had in view. The manner in which this difl&cult 
 service was performed excited, we can only add, 
 the expressed admiration of the noble chief. On a 
 subsequent occasion when the Dey, imder the 
 penalty of an immediate attack, was required to 
 return within two hours an answer to certain de- 
 mands made upon him by his lordship, Capt. Warde 
 and his friend Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell of the Clo- 
 KiNDE 40, happening to be on shore at the Consul's 
 country-house, were seized and carried to the mar- 
 ket-place. Their hands, which had been tied be- 
 hind them, were then released and they were con- 
 ducted presently before the Dey, who, fearing that 
 his detention of them might be construed into an 
 act of hostility, sent them ultimately off in a small 
 boat to their own ships, with a seaman who had 
 been likewise detained. After visiting different 
 ports for the purpose of collecting freight, the Ban- 
 TERER* returned to England and was paid off, as 
 above. Unsuccessful in his efforts to procure fur- 
 ther employment Capt. Warde accepted the retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 A more extended account than we have been here 
 able to give of Capt. Warde's services before Al- 
 giers may be found in Ostler's ' Life of Exmouth.' 
 On the attention of his late Majesty William IV. 
 
 * The Banteeer was never commanded by any other 
 officer than Capt. Warde. When he was appointed to her 
 she was new, and when he left her she was sokl. 
 
 being drawn to them by his old Captain, Sir Edw, 
 Owen, he was pleased to confer on him, 1 Jan. 
 1837, the insignia of a K.H. For some years prior 
 to 1839 the Captain acted as a Magistrate for co. 
 Glamorgan. He married, 15 Jan. 1824, Marianna, 
 eldest daughter of the late Arthur Wm. Gregory, 
 Esq., of Veranda, near Swansea, by whom he bas 
 issue three sons and six daughters. 
 
 WARDEN. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 20; h-p., 7. 
 
 Frederick Warden was bom 18 Nov. 1807. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 
 1 June, 1820; and embarked, 1 June, 1822, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the EspiiCLE 18. He was 
 employed next, from 23 of the same month until 
 17 Oct. 1825, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in the 
 Phaeton 46, Capts. Wm. Augustus Montagu and 
 Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, on the Home, West 
 India, and Mediterranean stations ; and from 21 Oct. 
 1825 until 25 Oct. 1827, as Admiralty-Midshipman 
 and Mate (he passed his examination 4 July, 1827), 
 in the Volage 28 and Blanche 46, Capts. Hon. 
 Rich. Saunders Dundas and Wm. Bowen Mends, in 
 the East Indies and South America. The Phaeton 
 was attached to the blockading force before Algiers 
 during the dispute with the Dey in 1824. In Jan. 
 1828 Mr. Warden joined, as Admiralty-Mate, the 
 Isis 60, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; and on 18 Sept. following he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were, 16 March, 1831, and 31 May, 1834, to 
 the Barham 60, Capt. Sir Hugh Pigot, and Thalia 
 46, flag-ship of Sir Patrick Campbell — the former 
 on the Mediterranean, the latter on the Cape of 
 Good Hope station, where he continued employed 
 as First-Lieutenant until 1838. On the Thalia 
 being paid off he was promoted, 6 June in that year, 
 to the rank of Commander. From 12 Aug. 1840, 
 until 15 May, 1845, Capt. Warden served in the 
 Medea steamer, on his old station the Mediter- 
 ranean. At first he was engaged in the operations 
 on the coast of Syria and at the blockade of Alex- 
 andria. On 20 Nov. 1840 the accidental explosion 
 of a shell wounded him badly in the right hand and 
 arm. He afterwards commanded an expedition sent 
 to the river Xanthus to collect the antiquities known 
 as the " Xanthian Marbles," and now in the British 
 Museum. For this service he received the public 
 thanks of the Admiralty and of the Trustees of the 
 Museum. He attained his present rank 24 July, 
 1845, and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Warden married, 14 July, 1846, Ellen, 
 youngest daughter of the late Vice- Admiral Henry 
 Garrett, of Anglesey. Agents — Messrs. StilwelL 
 
 WARDEN. (Retired Commander, 1837.) 
 
 William Warden entered the Navy, in Oct. 
 1779, as Midshipman, on board the Wells cutter, 
 Lieut.-Commander Jas. Warden, stationed in the 
 Downs. In Sept. 1780 he removed to the Belli- 
 QDEUX 64, Capts. Fitzherbert, Brine, Lord Crans- 
 toun, and Sutherland ; under the last-mentioned of 
 whom he fought in Rodney's action 12 April, 1782. 
 During his passage home in the course of the same 
 year with Capt. J . Bourchier, in the Hector 74, one 
 of the prizes taken on the latter occasion, he en- 
 countered a furious hurricane, in which the ship 
 foundered, barely affording time for her crew to be 
 rescued by a letter-of-marque in company. He 
 served subsequently in the Princess Roval 98, 
 Capt. Jonathan Faulknor, Hector, Capt. Sir John 
 Hamilton, Saldanha cutter, and Melpomene 38, 
 Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton; and on 22 Feb. 1796 he 
 was made Lieutenant into the Adamant 50, Capt. 
 Darby. In that ship, the Defence 74, Capt. Wells, 
 and San Ysidora, Capt. Williams, he was for about 
 two years stationed oif Lisbon. Unable afterwards 
 to go afloat, he was allowed to command a Signal- 
 post oh the coasts of Essex and Sussex. He was 
 placed on the Junior list of Retired Commanders 
 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on the Senior 30 March, 1837. 
 Commander Warden is married and has issue. 
 
WARDLE— WARE— WARNER— WARRAND. 
 
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 WAKDLE. (LrEDT., 1810. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.) 
 John Wardle entered the Navy, 12 April, 1803, 
 as A.B., on 'board the Galykheid 64, Capts. David 
 Colby, Hon. Fras. Farington Gardner, and Isaac 
 "WoUey, employed at &st off the Texel under the 
 flag of Rear-Admiral Edw. Thornhrough, and next 
 as a guard-ship in the river Humber. In March, 
 1805, he removed to the Agincoukt 64, Capts. Thos. 
 Briggs and Henry Hill; and in March, 1808, after 
 having served in the Channel and North Sea, and 
 brought convoy home from St. Helena, he joined, 
 as Master's Mate (a rating he had attained in Dec. 
 1806), the PoMPtE 74, Capts. Geo. Hope, Geo. Cock- 
 bum, Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Chas. Dilkes. In her 
 he served off Rochefort, and then sailed for the 
 West Indies, ■where he assisted at the reduction of 
 Martinique and at the capture, 17 April, 1809, after 
 an arduous chase of two days and a close action of 
 an hour and a quarter (wherein the Pompee, who 
 was supported by the Castok 32, had 9 killed and 
 30 wounded), of the D'Haupoult of 74 guns and 680 
 men, of whom between 80 and 90 were killed and 
 wounded. On 7 Dec. 1809 Mr. Wardle was nomi- 
 nated by Sir Alex. Cochrane, who had hoisted his 
 flag on board the Pomp^e, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 PuLTUSK sloop, Capts. Wm. Elliott, Geo. M'George, 
 and Edw. Flin. In April, 1810, he was superseded. 
 He was officially promoted, however, 10 Sept. fol- 
 lowing ; and was subsequently, 18 Dec. 1810, 7 May, 
 18U, and 4 May, 1812, appointed to the Royalist 
 18, Capt. Geo. Downie, and Dkeadsought and 
 Union 98's, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee, Wm. Kent, 
 and Robt. RoUes, on the Home and Mediterranean 
 stations. In the Union he took part in Sir Edw. 
 Pellew's partial engagements with the French Tou- 
 lon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814. He was 
 placed on half-pay in July of the latter year, and 
 has not been since afloat. Agent — Joseph Wood- 
 head. 
 
 WAEE. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 10; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Charles Beamish Ware, bom in 1792, is third 
 son of the late Thos. Ware, Esq., of Woodfort, near 
 Mallow, CO. Cork, by Mary, second daughter of Wm. 
 Beamish, Esq., 11. N., of Willis Grove, co. Cork; 
 and brother-in-law of the late Major Du Cane and 
 the late Lieut. -Colonel Alfred Geo. Schreiber. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1807, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Donegal 74, Capt. Pul- 
 teney Malcolm, stationed off Rochefort. He served 
 from March, 1808, until April, 1811, part of the 
 time as Midshipman, in the Implacable 74, Capts. 
 Thos. Byam Martin, Philip Pipon, Geo. Chas. Mac- 
 kenzie, and Geo. Cockburn ; during the next 17 
 months he was employed under the officer last men- 
 tioned and Capts. Wm. Shepheard, Joshua Sydney 
 Horton, and Wm. Hanwell, in the Alfred 50 and 
 Grampus 50, at the defence of Cadiz; he then, in 
 Aug. 1812, joined the Marlborough 74, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Cockburn (the latter had been 
 promoted to Flag-rank), lying at Spithead ; and in 
 the following month he removed to the Aboukir 74, 
 Capts. Thos. Browne, Geo. Parker, and Norborne 
 Thompson. In the Implacable, under Capt. Martin, 
 he took part, 26 Aug. 1808, in a gallant action of 
 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewolod, 
 which was completely silenced, and in the end, with 
 the assistance of the Centaur 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Sam. Hood, captured and burnt in sight of the whole 
 Russian fleet near Rogerswick, after a total loss to 
 the enemy of 303 men, and to the Implacable, 
 individually, of 6 killed and 25 wounded. Under 
 Capt. Cockburn he accompanied, in the same ship, 
 an expedition sent to Quiberon Bay to co-operate 
 with the Baron de Kolli in an attempt to liberate 
 Ferdinand VII. of Spain from his confinement at 
 Valen^ay. After visiting Cadiz, the Implacable 
 escorted two line-of-battle ships, of 120 guns each, 
 to the Havana, and then proceeded to Vera Cruz, 
 whence she returned to Cadiz with 2,000,000 dollars. 
 In the Aboukir Mr. Ware united, we believe, in 
 the defence of Riga and in the operations of April, 
 1814, against Genoa. He continued employed in 
 
 her, as Master's Mate, until Sept. 1815 ; and in the 
 course of that month and of the following Dec. he 
 joined, as Admiralty-Midshipman, the Cadmus 10, 
 Capt. John Gedge, in the North Sea, and Leandek 
 50, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and Edw. Chetham. For 
 his conduct in the latter ship at the bombardnient 
 of Algiers he was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 16 Sept. 1816. He has since been on half- 
 pay- 
 
 WARNER. (Commander, 1821,) 
 
 Arthur Lee Warner died in 1848. He was son, 
 we believe, of the late Henry Lee Warner, Esq., of 
 Walsingham Abbey, co. Norfolk, who assumed the 
 surnames and arms of Lee-Warner, in lieu of his 
 patronymic, Woodward, on inheriting the extensive 
 estates of his cousin, Henry Lee-Warner, Esq., of 
 Walsingham Abbey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Oct. 1804, on 
 board the Princess of Orange 74. He served 
 afterwards in the Nassau 64, Kent 74, Ntmphen 
 36, and Defiance and Vigo 74's ; and on 6 Dec. 
 1813, he was made Lieutenant, we think, into the 
 Antelope 50, Capt. Sam. Butcher. His next ap- 
 pointments were, 21 Sept. and 3 Oct. 1815, to the 
 Amphion 32 and Magicienne 42, in the latter of 
 which ships he continued employed, in the manner 
 shown in our memoir of her Captain, John Brett 
 Purvis, until paid off in July, 1819. He was con- 
 firmed a Commander 22 Nov. 1821 (a few months 
 after he had been ordered to act as such) in the 
 EsK 20, on the West India station, whence he re- 
 turned in 1824. He remained thenceforward on 
 half-pay. 
 
 WAEEAND. (flTaptaill, 1825. f-p., 22; H-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Warrand was bom 5 Feb. 1775, and 
 died 17 May, 1848, at Brixton, co. Surrey. 
 
 This officer (who had been for three years in the 
 Jamaica trade) entered the Navy, in Sept. 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Theseus 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Calder, stationed at first in the Channel and next 
 in the West Indies, where he witnessed the destruc- 
 tion of a French frigate in 1795. After serving 
 with Capt. Theophilus Jones in the Gloky 98, and 
 with Lord Garlies in the Lively 32, h^ joined, to- 
 wards the close of the year last mentioned, the 
 Victory 100, bearing the flag of the late Earl St. 
 Vincent, under whom we find him employed off 
 Toulon, Minorca, and Cadiz (where he saw much 
 boat-service), and, as Signal-Mate, at the defeat of 
 the Spanish fleet 14 Feb. 1797. While on the books 
 of the Victory he was for some time lent, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, to his former ship the Lively, com- 
 manded by Capt. Jas. Niooll Morris, and to the 
 Thalia36, Capt.LordHanryPaulet. In the Thalia 
 he contributed to the capture of several privateers 
 and other vessels. He acted subsequently as Lieu- 
 tenant in the Ville de Paris 110,* flag-ship of Lord 
 St. Vincent, Leviathan 74, Capt. John Thos. Duck- 
 worth, AuRORE prison-ship at Gibraltar, Guerrier 
 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, Santa Dorotea 36, 
 Capt. Hugh Downman, Vanguard 74, f Capt. Temple 
 Hardy, Culloden 74, Capt. Thos. Troubridge, Sea- 
 horse 38, Capt. Edw. Jas. Foote, and Minotaur 
 74, Capt. Thos. Louis. He proved instrumental, in 
 the Santa Dorotea, to the capture, in Nov. 1798, 
 of the San Leon Spanish man-of-war brig of 16 guns 
 and 88 men. He afterwards commanded the Vic- 
 ToiRE tender off Genoa, and in co-operation with 
 the Austrian troops. In June, 1800, he was present 
 in the Minotaur at the evacuation of that place by 
 the French ; and on 3 Sept. in the same year he 
 was in the foremost of eight boats that boarded and 
 brought out from Barcelona Roads, after having 
 sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 5 wounded, the 
 Spanish corvettes Esmeralda and Paz, of 22 guns 
 each, although defended by a heavy fire from 4 
 strong batteries, 10 gun-boats, 2 schooners, armed 
 
 * In this ship he performed the duties of Signal-Lieu 
 tenant. 
 
 + He was in the Vanouabd when the Royal Family left 
 Naples for Sicily. 
 
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 WARRE— WARREN. 
 
 ■between them with 4 long 36-pounders, and a fort 
 on Mount loni, which threw shells. In this afiair 
 the enemy had 3 killed and 21 wounded.* Mr. 
 Warrand served also at the blockade of Malta, and 
 in 1801 in the expedition to Egypt, where, among 
 other operations, he aided in landing and in keeping 
 up a communication with the army, fought in the 
 tattle of 13 March, and, in command of the ship's 
 launch, dismantled a battery. He had previously, 
 in the Bay of Naples, been much employed in boats 
 and on shore against the enemy, particularly at 
 Castelamare, Castel Nuovo, and TJovo. He had 
 heen at the taking, too (in the Seahorse), of Gaeta, 
 and at the re-capture of Ischia, Procida, &c., and 
 the embarkation of the French troops from Civita 
 Vecchia. On finally leaving the Minotaur, of which 
 ship he had been confirmed a Lieutenant li) Feb. 
 1800, Mr. Warrand joined, in Aug. 1801, the Hectoh 
 74, Capt. "Wm. Skipsey, in which ship he continued 
 employed in the Mediterranean until i ominated, in 
 May, 1803, Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Kobt. Calder in 
 the Prince of Wales 98. In her he took part in 
 the action ofi' Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805. His 
 next appointments were — 17 Feb. 1806 and 23 May, 
 1807, to the HiBERNiA 110 and, as Signal-Lieutenant, 
 to the -ViELE DE Paris 110, flag-ships, the former 
 of Lord St. Vincent, the latter of Lords Gardner 
 and Gambler, in the Channel— and, U Aug. 1808 
 and 4 May, 1812, to the command of the Blood- 
 hound gun-brig and Sealark schooner, on the 
 Downs, Baltic, and Plymouth stations. The two 
 latter vessels were much employed in escorting con- 
 voys, carrying despatches, &c. During the expedi- 
 tion of 1809 to the "Walcheren the Bloodhound was 
 the advanced brig in the Scheldt, and her Com- 
 mander had the duty to perform of victualhng 36 
 gun-hoats. On 6 Aug. 1810 she took by boarding, 
 off the North Foreland, the Beccasine privateer of 
 2 guns and 26 men ; she sank next, near Nieuport, a 
 vessel named La Vigilante ; and at different periods 
 she made many re-captures. After the battle of 
 Busaco, being at Lisbon, she was sent home with 
 despatches and H.M. mails. In the Sealark, car- 
 rying but 10 12-pounder carronades and 60 men 
 and boys. Sir. Warrand pursued, 21 July, 1812, and 
 at the end of a close and furious action of 1 hour 
 and 30 minutes (the sides of the combatants touching 
 nearly the whole time) boarded and took the Ville 
 de Caen French privateer of 16 long 4 or 6 pounders 
 and 75 men. The enemy sustained a loss of 15 
 killed and 16 wounded, the British of 7 killed and 
 22 wounded. f Among the latter was Mr. Warrand, 
 who, for his valour, was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander five days afterwards. Being re-ap- 
 pointed, 15 Aug. following, to the Sealark, which 
 had been rated a sloop-of-war, he was in her em- 
 ployed, until the peace, in affording protection to 
 convoys and in conveying men and mails to Passage, 
 Bilboa, St. Andero, Bordeaux, and Douamenez Bay, 
 officers to join the army under Lord Wellington, 
 and despatches of consequence. Removing, in Nov. 
 
 1814, to the Foxhound 14, Capt. Warrand in that 
 vessel transported half the 14th Kegt. from Ply- 
 mouth to Ostend, between which place and Rams- 
 gate we find him afterwards rendering escort to 
 convoys innumerable. He was for some time like- 
 wise employed on secret service off' Calais and iu 
 other ways. He paid the Foxhound off in Sept. 
 
 1815, and did not again go afloat. He attained 
 Post-rank 27 July, 1825, and accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. He was allotted a pension of 
 150/. per annum for his wounds 2 Dec. 1815. 
 
 Capt. Warrand, whose wife had pre-deceased him 
 30 Dec. 1834, has left issue five sons and one 
 daughter. Agent— Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 WABEE. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Arthur Brathwaite Warre served for about 
 four years in the Mediterranean as Mate in the In- 
 
 * J''* Uaz. 1800, p. 1156.— We are told that Mr. Warrand 
 had been in the boats at the boarding of the Prima Bailey, 
 an account of «hich exploit will be found under the £ead of 
 ^^apt. Oeo. Scott. 
 
 f FiiteGaz. 1812, p. H41. 
 
 CONSTANT 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, and 
 HiBERNiA 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker ; and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 Oct. 
 
 1847. 
 
 WARRE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John Frederick Warre died 3 July, 1847, at 
 Hong-Kong, after a severe and protracted illness, 
 aged 32. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 May, 1829; 
 passed his examination in 1836 ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 10 Feb. 1841, into the Vanguard 80, 
 Capt. Sir David Dunn, on the Mediterranean sta- 
 tion. His subsequent appointments were— 23 Aug. 
 1841, to the Formidable 84, Capt. Sir Edw. Thos. 
 Troubridge, fitting at Sheemess — 1 Dec. 1841 and 
 20 March, 1842, to the Volage 26 and Hvdea 
 steamer, Capts. Sir Wm. Dickson and Alex. Murray , 
 both on the North America and West India station 
 — 9 April, 1843, and 21 Feb. 1844, to the Racer 16, 
 Capt. Arch. Reed, and Alfred 50, Commodore 
 John Brett Purvis, each on the coast of Brajsil, 
 where he remained until the spring of 1845 — and 
 25 Feb. 1846, to the Scout 14, Capt. Wm. Loring, 
 fitting for the East Indies. He continued in the 
 latter vessel until within a short period of his death. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 WAREE. (Lieut., 1812. r-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Archibald Warre entered the Navy, 
 in April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the ViRGi- 
 nie 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, employed on the 
 Home station; where he served, from the following 
 Aug. until Nov. 1807, the chief part of the time as 
 Midshipman, in the Amethyst frigate and War- 
 rior 74, both commanded by Capt. John Wm. 
 Spranger. In Jan. 1808 he joined the Resolution 
 74, Capts. Geo. Burlton and Temple Hardy ; and in 
 that ship, in which he continued for three years, he 
 cruized off" Lisbon and Rochefort, witnessed in 1809 
 the attack upon the French fleet in Aix Roads and 
 the capture of Flushing, and then proceeded to the 
 Baltic. In Aug. 1811 he was received on board the 
 SwiFTSURE 74, commanded at first by Capt. Hardy 
 and next by Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, on the 
 Jlediterranean station ; and on 13 Aug. 1812 he was 
 there, after having acted as Lieutenant, confirmed 
 to that rank in the Menelaus 38, Capts. Sir Peter 
 Parker and Edw. Dix. In her he subsequently 
 cruized in the Bay of Biscay and visited the coasts of 
 Brazil and America ; and he was on board when Sir 
 P. Parker was killed in a land operation at Bellair, 
 near Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814. He left the Mene- 
 laus in April, 1815; and was lastly, from March 
 until Nov. 1816, employed in the Cornwallis 74, 
 Capts. Henry Weir and Andrew King, in the East 
 Indies. Agents— Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 WAEEEN. (Lieutenant, 1839.) 
 
 Charles Bamber Warren is son of Retired- 
 Commander Chas. Gayton Warren, R.N. 
 
 This officer was a Midshipman of the Albion 74, 
 Capt. John Acworth Ommanney, at the battle of 
 Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination 
 in 1830; attained the rank of Lieutenant 26 March, 
 1839 ; and was subsequently appointed— 9 May, 1839, 
 to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings— 10 Aug. following, to the 
 Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Sen- 
 house, on the Lisbon station— 17 Feb. 1840, to the 
 Magicienne 24, Capts. Wm. Burnett, Fred. Thos. 
 Michell, and Rich. Laird Warren, in the Mediterra- 
 nean—and 17 Nov. 1843, to the Coast "Guard, in 
 which service he continued until 1848. 
 
 He married, 25 Jan. 1844, Henrietta Mary, 
 youngest daughter of Lieut. Ross Connor, R.N. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WAEEEN. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Charles Duncan Warren entered the Navy 20 
 Aug. 1810; passed his examination in 1817; ob- 
 tained his commission 24 March, 1828 ; served in 
 1828-9 in the Coast Blockade as a Lieutenant of the 
 
WARREN. 
 
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 Htpebion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; and •with 
 the exception of a few months in 1836-7, has been 
 employed, since 29 April, 1834, in the Coast Guard. 
 Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 WARREN. (Retiked Commander, 1840. f-p., 
 20; H-P., 38.) 
 
 Charles Gatton Warren is son of the late 
 Thos. Warren, Esq., M.D., R.N. ; brother of Lieut. 
 Jas. Ferris Warren, R.N. ; and brother-in-law of 
 the late Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber, R.N. (See 
 Note, p. 43.) 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1789, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Bellona 74, Capt. 
 Fras. John Hartwell, lying at Portsmouth. In 1790 
 he joined the Edgar and Bedford 74's, Capts. 
 Anthony Jas. Pye Molloy and Sir Andrew Snape 
 Hamond ; and on his return from a voyage in the 
 Scorpion sloop, Capt. Solomon Ferris, to the coast 
 of Africa and the M'est Indies, he removed, in Sept. 
 1793, to the Vanguard 74, Capt. John Stanhope. 
 He was next, from Feb. 1794 until Nov. 1799, em- 
 ployed in the Mediterranean, North Sea, and Baltic, 
 again under Capt. Ferris, in the iNELEXiiiLE 64, as 
 Ordinary, Midshipman, and Lieutenant (commission 
 dated 10 July, 1797). His subsequent appointments 
 were — 20 March, 1800, to the Resolution 74, Capt. 
 Alan Hyde Gardner, in the Channel — next, to the 
 Ruby 64 and Hannibal 74, both commanded (the 
 former in the North Sea) by Capt. Ferris — 10 Sept. 
 1801, for eight months, to the Barfleur 98, bearing 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral ColUngwood in the Chan- 
 nel— 10 Feb. 1803, to the Penelope 36, Capt. A¥m. 
 Robt. Broughton, in the North Sea— 8 Oct. follow- 
 ing, to the Sea Fenoible service at Hartlepool — 14 
 July, 1804, to the command of a Signal station on 
 the coast of Durham — 29 Aug. 1805, to the H elder 
 guard-ship in the river Humber, Capt. Benj. Wallcer 
 — 2 June, 1806, to the Courageux 74, Capt. Jas. 
 Bisset, employed on the coast of America and off 
 Cadiz— 19 Aug. 1808, after three months of half- 
 pay, again to the Sea Fencibles, on the coast of 
 Sussex, where he remained until the corps was dis- 
 banded in Feb. 1810— and 23 Oct. 1812, to the Im- 
 press at Lynn. He was on board the Hannibal 
 when that ship, having grounded under the enemy's 
 batteries, was compelled, after a long and deadly 
 resistance, inflictive on her of a loss of 81 men killed 
 and 62 wounded, to strike her colours, in the action 
 of Algeciras 6 July, 1801. He left the Impress ser- 
 vice in April, 1814; and was placed on the Junior 
 List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830 ; and on 
 the Senior 22 April, 1840. 
 
 Commander Warren has a son, Charles Bamber, a 
 Lieutenant R.N. 
 
 WARREN. (Vice-Admirai, of the Red, 1841. 
 F-p., 31 ; H-p., 27.) 
 
 Frederic Warren was born in March, 1775, in 
 London, and died 22 March, 1848, at his seat, East 
 Court, Cosham, near Portsmouth. He was son of 
 Rich. Warren, Esq., M.D., Physician to George HI. 
 and to George IV. when Prince of Wales, by Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of Dr. Shaw, a physician of emi- 
 nence. His uncle was Bishop of Bangor. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1789, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Adamant 50, Capt. 
 David Knox, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Hughes 
 at Halifax. Removing as Midshipman, in 1792, to 
 the Lion 64, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, he sailed in 
 that ship with Lord Macartney in his embassy to 
 China. During his absence from England he re- 
 ceived an order to act as Lieutenant. Soon after 
 his return he was made Lieutenant by the Admi- 
 ralty, 24 Oct. 1794, into the Prince George 98, 
 Capt. Jas. Gambler, fitting at Chatham. In Jan. 
 1795 he was appointed to the Jason 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Stirling; and after serving for upwards of two 
 years in her on the Western station, and for four 
 months as First-Lieutenant in the Latona 38, flag- 
 ship of Vice- Admiral Waldegrave at Newfoundland, 
 he was promoted, 10 Aug. 1797, to the command of 
 
 the Shark sloop. Towards the close of 1798 he re- 
 txirned from Newfoundland and was paid off'. He 
 next, 18 Feb. 1800, obtained command of the Fairy 
 18, employed at fir^ in the Channel and then in the 
 West Indies, where he remained until Feb. 1801. 
 He was advanced to Post-rank 12 May following, 
 and was subsequently appointed — in July, 1801, for 
 about two months, to the Amphitrite frigate, 
 guard-ship at the Needles— 22 Oct. 1803, to the Sea 
 Fencibles at Dundee— 27 Nov. 1806 and 22 April, 
 1808, to the D..SDALUS 32 and Meleager 36, both 
 in the West Indies, whither, in the Djidalus, he 
 escorted convoy — 15 April, 1809, pro tern, (in the 
 absence of her proper Captain, Sir Peter Parker) to 
 the Melpom4ne 38, in the Baltic— 11 Dec. 1809, 
 after three months of half..pay, to the Argo 44, in 
 which ship he brought a fleet of East Indiamen 
 home from St. Helena ; sailed in 1811, under Sir Jos. 
 Sydney Yorke, with a reinforcement of troops for 
 the British army in Portugal ; and, besides carrying 
 out an Algerine Ambassador, conveyed Sir Robert 
 Listen and suite to Constantinople — 9 March, 1814 
 (he had resigned command of the Argo in Oct. 
 1812), to the Clarence 74, stationed in the Chan- 
 nel, where he served until 20 Aug. ensuing — and 23 
 Dec. 1825, to the Spartiate 76, employed off Lis- 
 bon and in the Channel. In the Meleager Capt. 
 Warren was wrecked, 30 July, 1808, on the Bare- 
 bush Key, near Port Royal ; but he was both ac- 
 quitted of all blame on account of her loss and com- 
 plimented for the exertions he had used after she 
 struck. While holding temporary command of the 
 MELPOMiiNE he was attacked, in the Belt, about a 
 mile from the shore, during a perfect calm and in a 
 dark night, by 20 large Danish gun-boats ; whom, 
 at the end of an action, which lasted from lOh. 30m. 
 P.M. until daylight, he beat off", having defeated 
 every attempt made by the enemy to board. The 
 Melpom^ine, on this occasion, had several men 
 killed and wounded, and her hull and rigging much 
 damaged. By his conduct Capt. Warren, whose 
 gallantry procured him the public thanks of the 
 Commander-in-Chief, was the means of ensuring 
 safety to more than 100 sail of merchant-vessels, at 
 the time but six miles distant. He continued in 
 the Spartiate, the ship above named, until ad- 
 vanced to Flag-rank 22 July, 1830. He commanded 
 in chief at the Cape of Good Hope, with his flag in 
 the Isis 50, from 5 Aug. 1831 until relieved by Rear- 
 Admiral Patrick Campbell 23 Nov. 1834 ; and from 
 1 April, 1837, until Dec. 1841, he filled the office of 
 Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth, with his flag 
 in the San Josef 110. He became a Vice-Admiral 
 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Vice-Admiral Warren married, in 1804, Mary, 
 only daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Laird, of 
 Strathmartine House, near Dundee. His eldest 
 son. Rich. Laird Warren, is a Captain R.N. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 WARREN. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Frederick Pelham Warren entered the Navy 
 7 Aug. 1836; passed his examination 14 July, 1842; 
 served as Mate in the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of 
 Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth, and Royal 
 George and Victoria and Albert yachts, both 
 commanded by Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence ; 
 was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant (after hav- 
 ing accompanied the Queen on her visit to the King 
 of the French and the King of the Belgians) 25 
 Sept. 1843; and was appointed, 19 Oct. following, 
 to the Fox 42, Commodore Sir Henry Martin Black- 
 wood, fitting for the East Indies; where he was 
 nominated, 26 April, 1847, Additional of the Ver- 
 non 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood 
 Inglefield. He returned to England at the close of 
 1848. 
 
 In July, 1846, Lieut. Warren received a medal 
 from the Royal Humane Society in acknowledgment 
 of his having risked his life for the purpose of sav- 
 ing others from a watery grave. 
 
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 WARREN. 
 
 WARREN. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Henry Waeren entered the Navy, 3 May, 1827, 
 as a Volunteer, on board the Victory 104, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Elliot, guard-ship at Portsmouth. In 
 the following Sept. he became Midshipman of the 
 Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines ; and in Jan. 1828 
 he assisted at the reduction of the piratical fort of 
 Carabusa, in the island of Candia, and at the de- 
 struction there of several vessels belonging to the 
 freebooters. He continued employed in the Medi- 
 terranean in the Ganges 84, Capt. Geo. Burdett, 
 until March, 1832; he next, in March and June, 
 1833, joined his former ship, the Victory, Capt. 
 Edw. Rich. Williams, and the Donegal 78, Capt. 
 Arthur Fanshawe, the latter on the Lisbon station ; 
 and in the month of June, 1834 (in the course of 
 which year he passed his examination), he was no- 
 minated Mate in succession of the Hastings 74, 
 Capt. Henry Shiffner, and Winchester 52, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel, whom he accompa- 
 nied to the East Indies. In March, 1840, at which 
 period he had been for about 10 months employed 
 in the Mediterranean in the Hydra steamer, Capt. 
 Anthony Wm. Milward, and Pembroke 74, Capt. 
 Fairfax Moresby, he joined the Pique 36, Capt. 
 Edw. Boxer. He served subsequently in the boats 
 and on shore in the operations on the coast of Syria, 
 and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre. At the storming of Sidon he happened to 
 be on board the Stromboli steamer, Capt. Wood- 
 ford John Williams : as a reward for his services he 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 
 1840. On 2 Dec. following the Pique, in which fri- 
 gate he yet remained, was under the necessity of 
 cutting away her masts during a gale in Acre Bay. 
 Mr. Warren's appointments, since he left her, have 
 been— 2 and 14 Feb. 1841, and 8 April, 1843, to the 
 Vesuvius, Medea, and Cyclops steamers, Capts. 
 Thos. Henderson, Fred. Warden, and Horatio Thos. 
 Austin, all in the Mediterranean — 4 Sept. 1843, after 
 nearly four months of half-pay, to the Coast Guard 
 —and 28 April, 1845, and 17 Dec. 1847, to the Sea- 
 flower cutter and CncKOO steamer of 100-horse 
 power, Capts. Juste Peter Koepel, and Henry Du- 
 maresq, employed in protecting the Jersey fishers, 
 a service on which he continues. While on the 
 books of the Seaflowee he was detached in her 
 tender the Sylvia. 
 
 Lieut. Warren married, in Oct. 1843, Sarah, 
 daughter of the late Capt. Biggs, of the King's 
 Royal Rifles. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 WARREN. (LiECT., 1817. f-p., 17 ; h-p., 30.) 
 James Ferris Warren was born 1 June, 1789, 
 at Portsmouth. He is youngest brother of Retired 
 Commander Chas. Gayton Warrren, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1800, as 
 L.M., on board the Bouncer gun-brig, Lieut.- 
 Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber ; and was present, 
 2 April, 1801, in the attack upon the Danish line of 
 defence before Copenhagen. During the after part 
 of the year last mentioned he served with Capt. 
 Solomon Ferris in the Ruby 64 and Hannibal and 
 Thdndehek 74's. He was on board the Hannibal 
 when that ship, as noticed in our memoir of Com- 
 mander C. G. Warren, was captured ofi' Algeciras. 
 From 1802 until 1804 he was employed, again with 
 Capt. Ferris in the Hercule 74, and with Capts. Fred. 
 Cotterell and John Serrell, in the Cumberland 74. 
 In the boats of the latter ship under Lieut. Geo. 
 Hewisli he assisted in cutting out a French man-of- 
 war schooner, near Port au Prince. While board- 
 ing on the quarter he received a blow on the 
 head from a cutlass, and was beaten back; but, 
 binding the wound with his neckcloth, he returned 
 to the attack. Lieut. Hewish being killed after 
 displaying desperate valour, the command of the 
 party devolved upon Mr. Warren, who took pos- 
 session of the vessel, and was sent the next day 
 with her to Jamaica. On leaving the Cumberland 
 he was received, in the course of 1804, on board the 
 Royal Williaji, Capt. John Wainwright, lying at 
 Spithead, and Queen 98, successive flag-ship in the 
 
 Channel and off Cadiz and Gibraltar, of Admirals 
 John Knight, Sir Rich. Bickerton, and Lord Col- 
 lingwood. In 1807, after having served for a short 
 time at Portsmouth in the Crown prison-ship, Lieut- 
 Commander Smith, he again joined Lieut. Bamber, 
 on board the Havock 12, in the Baltic. When the 
 French army was subsequently advancing upon the 
 town of Memel, Mr. Warren, who happened to be 
 in attendance there in a boat on Lord Henry 
 Clinton, had the honour, at their personal request, 
 of conveying over to the opposite shore the King, 
 Queen, and Princess of Prussia ; all of whom, as 
 soon as Napoleon's proposals had been acceded to, 
 he conducted back. Having returned to Yarmouth, 
 the Havock was ordered to convey a King's mes- 
 senger, Mr. James, with despatches to Heligoland. 
 On arriving off the island directions were given to 
 the Master to proceed on shore and deliver the de- 
 spatches to the British Consul ; but it blowing at 
 the time a gale, and the sea running mountains 
 high, the latter declared it was not possible for him 
 to reach the shore. Perceiving a reluctance on the 
 part of his brother Midshipmen to undertake the 
 service, and aware that importance was attached to 
 the immediate delivery of the papers, Mr. Warren 
 at once volunteered ; and, accompanied by a boat's 
 crew brave as himself, succeeded in landing them. 
 On regaining his ship he had the satisfaction, for 
 his conduct, of being applauded in the warmest 
 manner by Mr. James. In the course of 1808 we 
 find him joining in succession, as a Supernumerary, 
 the Royal William, Capt. Hon. Courtenay Boyle ; 
 as Sub-Lieutenant, the Dapper 12, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Tatham ; again as a Supernumerary (for a 
 passage to the West Indies), the Polyphemus 64, 
 Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby ; and, as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, the Dart sloop, Capt. Thos. Pinto. He was 
 confirmed a Lieutenant, 16 Feb. 1809, into the Cap- 
 tain 74, Capts. Jas. Athol Wood and Christopher 
 John Wm. Nesham ; and was subsequently ap- 
 pointed — 1 1 Deo. 1809, to the Gibraltar 80, Capts. 
 Henry Lidgbird Ball and Robt. Plampin, in the 
 Channel — 2 June, 1811, as First-Lieutenant, after 
 six months of half-pay occasioned by ill health, to 
 the Mermaid aTmee-eti-flute, Capt. Hon. Wm. Henry 
 Percy, under whom he escorted the Prince of Orange 
 to Lisbon — 22 April, 1812, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, in which vessel 
 he served until the following Nov. in the Chan- 
 nel — 1 Feb. 1813, for upwards of three months, 
 to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord ColviUe, in the North 
 Sea — 23 Sept. following, to the Bienfaisant, 
 Lieut.-Commander M'Donald, surveying-ship at 
 Plymouth, where he remained until June, 1814 — 
 and 26 July, 1815, to the Northumberland 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn. During his passage 
 home in the Captain from the West Indies Mr. 
 Warren, who when it came on was officer of the 
 middle watch, experienced a violent hurricane near 
 Newfoundland, in which a convoy of 80 sail, at the 
 time in company, sufiered much. After accompa- 
 nying Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena in the 
 Northumberland he was placed, in Nov. 1815, on 
 half-pay. His last appointment was to the Coast 
 Guard, in which service he was employed from 25 
 Oct. 1825 until 15 July, 1830. 
 
 Lieut. Warren (who, the date of his commis- 
 sion being altered, now takes rank from 15 May, 
 1817) married Mary Southgate, eldest daughter of 
 the late Commander Wm. Styles, R.N., by whom he 
 has had issue 13 children. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 WARREN. (Commander, 1833. f-p., 20; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 John Talbot Warren was born, 28 Nov. 1792, 
 in Dublin. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Dec. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mosquito 18, Capts. Sam. 
 Jackson and Taylor ; in which vessel and her boats 
 we find him, until 1807, in constant action with the 
 enemy's flotilla and batteries in the neighbourhood 
 of Calais and Boulogne. In the summer of the 
 latter year, having attained the rating of Midship- 
 
WARREN. 
 
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 man, he accompanied in that capacity the expedi- 
 tion against Copenhagen; during the operations 
 connected with which the Mosqdito was stationed 
 in the Belt to prevent supplies being thrown into 
 the island of Zealand. Kejoining Capt. Jackson in 
 Jan. 1808, on board the Superb 74, he proceeded 
 soon afterwards to the Mediterranean in pursuit of 
 a French squadron which had effected its escape 
 from Kochefort ; and on his return he sailed with 
 the flag of Rear-Admiral Rich. Goodwin Keats for 
 the Baltic. While there he took part in numerous 
 skirmishes with the enemy's gun-boats, and assisted 
 in embarking from Nyeborg the Spanish troops 
 under the Marquis de la Komana, who had thrown 
 off the yoke of France. Prior to the latter affair 
 he had been employed with other Midshipmen in 
 landing and bringing off a Spanish officer of rank 
 sent from England to communicate with the patriot 
 General ; and had aided in the boats at the capture, 
 with loss to the British, of a Danish brig and cutter, 
 the Fama of 18 and Salorman of 12 guns. "While at 
 Gottenborg, in Jan. 1809, the Sopekb and other 
 ships were frozen up ; but by the sole exertions of 
 the crew belonging to the former a passage was cut 
 through three or four miles of ice, and the whole 
 were warped out in safety. Having returned with 
 a convoy of more than 200 sail to England, the 
 SupEKE, in Aug. 1809, was ordered to join the expe- 
 dition to the Scheldt ; where it appears Mr. Warren 
 shared, in a flat-bottomed boat, in all the operations 
 that took place. On the Supekb being paid off, he 
 was received; in Nov. 1809,"on board the DisiEEE 
 36, Capt. Arthur Farquhar ; and in her he was for 
 nearly three years employed off the Texel, the latter 
 part of the time as Master's Mate. In the boats of 
 the D^siREE, accompanied by those of the Quebec 
 32, Britomaet sloop, and Bold gun-brig, all com- 
 manded by liieut. Sam. Radford, he united in an 
 attack made, on the night of' 29 May, 1810, on 
 several vessels lying in the Vlie. One of these, a 
 French lugger of 6 guns and 26 men, was driven on 
 shore and burnt, and four (a French lugger of 12 
 guns and 42 men, a schuyt privateer of 4 guns and 
 17 men, a Dutch gun-boat, and a small row-boat) 
 were captured and brought out. On 10 March, 
 1811, the DksiRkE made prize of the Velocifhre^ a 
 cutter-privateer of 14 guns and 57 men ; and on 12 
 Dec. following her boats, in one of which was Mr. 
 Warren, boarded and took, again under Lieut. Rad- 
 ford, Le Brave privateer of 14 guns (pierced for 16) 
 and 60 men, near the island of Schelling. Between 
 this period and Sept. 1812, at which period he left 
 the DisinfeB, Mr. Warren was a participator in other 
 performances of a character similar to those we have 
 here noted. In Jan. 1813 he was again, in the 
 Lacedemonian 38, placed under the command of 
 his former Captain, Jackson, under whom he cruized 
 at first off Cherbourg and saw afterwards much ser- 
 vice in the Chesapeake and on other parts of the 
 coast of North America ; where he contributed to 
 the capture and destruction of as many as 75 ves- 
 sels and of property valued at half a million sterling, 
 and was in the boats at the taking of Cumberland 
 Island and the town of St. Mary's. Among the 
 vessels which he assisted in the boats in capturing, 
 was one carrying a long 32-pounder on a pivot, 2 
 carronades, and 70 men. We may add that he was 
 at Bermuda in the memorable hurricane of Aug. 
 1813. After he had acted for nearly four months as 
 a Lieutenant of the Lacedemonian, he was pre- 
 sented, in May, 1815, with a commission bearing 
 date 17 Feb. preceding. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments Here— 6 May, 1824, to the Diamond 46, Capt. 
 Lord Napier, in which frigate he escorted Mr. 
 Morier as Ambassador to Mexico — U May, 1825, 
 for a few months, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick 
 Campbell, lying at Portsmouth— 1 Jan. 1827, to the 
 VicTORV 104, flag-ship at the latter place of Hon. 
 Sir Robt. Stopford — and 3 Oct. 1829, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Winchester 52, fitting for the 
 flag of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Commander-in- 
 Chief on the North America and West India sta^ 
 tion. In Dec. 1830 he was nominated Acting-Com- 
 mander of the Falcon 10, and was sent to the 
 
 coast of Columbia for the purpose of affording pro- 
 tection to the interests of the British merchants. 
 On rejoining the flag he was superseded, early in 
 1831, by the ofiioer first on the Admiralty list for 
 promotion; but on 29 March, 18.32, he was again 
 ordered to act as Commander in the Rose 18 ; in 
 which vessel, after having visited Mexico, he ar- 
 rived in the following Aug. at Sheerness. So well 
 pleased was the Commander-in-Chief at that port, 
 Sir John Poo Beresford, with the manner in which 
 the Rose was paid off, that he wrote a strong letter 
 to the Admiralty in favour of Mr. Warren, who 
 was advanced by their lordships to the rank of 
 Commander 1 March, 1833. His last appointment 
 was to the Coast Guard ; in which service he was 
 employed as an Inspecting Commander from 24 
 June, 1836, until the summer of 1839. 
 
 WAREEN. (Captain, 1839.) 
 
 Richard Laird Warren is eldest son of the late 
 Tice-Admiral Fred. Warren. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1822 ; passed 
 his examination in 1828 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 1 Jan. 1829 ; was appointed, 18 Aug. following 
 and 20 Nov. 1830, to the Victory 104, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford at Portsmouth, and Sap- 
 phire 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, fitting for the 
 West Indies; and from 10 Sept. 1831 until advanced 
 to the rank of Commander, 24 Dec. 1833, was em- 
 ployed in the Isis 50, as Flag-Ijeutenant to his fath-er 
 at the Cape of Good Hope. He obtained command, 
 21 Sept. 1835 and 13 Oct. 1836, of the Snake 16 and 
 Serpent 16, on the North America and West India 
 station ; he was superseded from the latter vessel 
 on the occasion of his promotion to Post-rank, 9 
 May, 1839 ; and he served next, from 4 Aug. 1841 
 until paid off at the close of 1843, in the Magi- 
 ciENNE 24, on the Mediterranean station. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Warren married, 25 April, 1844, Eleanor 
 Charlotte, second daughter of the late Pelham 
 Warren, Esq., M.D., of Worting House, Hants. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 WARREN, C.B. (Captain, 1841.) 
 William Wakren was born in Jan. 1798. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1811, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Loire 38, Capt. Alex. 
 Wilmot Schomberg ; under whom he was for some 
 time employed in the same ship and in the York 
 74. He served afterwards as Master's Mate in the 
 Antelope 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Har- 
 vey, Bulwark 74, Capt. Sam. Warren, Gloucester 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, 
 and in personal command of the Assiduous 3, all 
 on the West India station ; where, having displayed 
 much activity in the suppression of piracy, and 
 having passed his examination as far back as 1817, 
 he was made Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1825, into the 
 Britomaet 10, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt. 
 Returning to England, we believe, in 1826, he was 
 next, 30 Jan. 1828, appointed to the Grasshopper 
 18, Capts. Abraham Crawford and Chas. Deare; 
 under the former of whom he again proceeded to 
 the West Indies ; on which station we find he as- 
 sumed command, 31 Aug. 1829, of the Speedwell 
 schooner of 5 guns. In her he made prize, 6 April, 
 and 3 and 25 June, 1832, of three slave vessels, the 
 Planeta, Aquila, and Indagadera ; one of whom, the 
 Aquila, was greatly superior in force to the Speed- 
 well, and was not taken until after a well-fou>'ht 
 action. For these and other services Mr. Warren 
 was advanced to the rank of Commander 31 Aug. 
 1832. He was subsequently, 18 July, 1837, ap- 
 pointed to the Hyacinth 18, fitting for the East 
 Indies ; whence in 1840 he sailed with the expedi- 
 tion to China. On 7 Jan. 1841 we find him ably 
 seconding the present Sir Thos. Herbert, whose best 
 thanks he obtained for his co-operation in the 
 attack upon Chuenpee.* For his zeal in the en- 
 suing March at the capture of Canton, where he 
 • Fide Gaz. 1841, pp. Ilnz, 1222. 
 
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 WAEREN— WARTON-WASEY-WASI-IINGTON. 
 
 had command of the western division of hoats, he 
 again elicited the acknowledgments of Capt. Her- 
 bert, who declared that "too much praise could 
 not be given to him, his officers and crew, for the 
 manner in which the Hyacinth was conducted 
 through the intricate and difficult tracks and chan- 
 nels of the river, piloted by Commander Belcher."* 
 In the second attack upon Canton, in May, 1841, 
 Capt. Warren bore a most conspicuous part ; he, 
 however, to adopt the words of the late gallant Sir 
 Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, "only continued 
 on that path of able and judicious service on which 
 he had so long travelled." f As a reward for his 
 exertions he was advanced to his present rank by a 
 commission bearing date 6 May, 1841 ; and was 
 nominated a C.B. 14 Oct. following. He returned 
 to England towards the close of the latter year (he 
 had previously acted as Captain of the Yolage 26) ; 
 and since 20 July, 1847, has been in command of 
 the Triscomalee 24, on the North America and 
 "West India station. 
 
 Capt. Warren married, 15 April, 1842, at Leather- 
 head, Blary Anne Gray, second daughter of W. 
 Stanley Clarke, Esq. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 WAEEEN. (LiEPTENANT, 1845.) 
 
 William Frederick Wakbbn passed his exa^ 
 mination 6 Jan. 1837 ; served as Mate, on the North 
 America and West India, Plymouth, and North 
 American stations, in the Vestai 26, Capts. Thos. 
 Wren Carter and John Parker, Caledonia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir David Milne, and Cokmorant 
 steamer, Capt. Geo. Thos. Gordon; and was ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Lieutenant 28 May, 1845. 
 He was employed, from 18 Dec. 1845 until paid off 
 at the commencement of 1848, in the Endymion 44, 
 Capts. Geo. Robt. Lambert, Geo. Wm. Conway 
 Courtenay, and Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings, again 
 in North America and the West Indies ; and has 
 been serving, since 1 Aug. in the latter year, as 
 Additional, in the Hieerhia 104, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Parker, in the Mediterranean. 
 
 Edw. Thombrough and Sir Jas. Saumarez, Degade 
 36, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, Cooragedx 74, 
 bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral jas. Rich. Dacres, 
 and Uranie frigate, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert. He 
 served afterwards in the Leeward Islands, Channel, 
 East Indies, Downs, on the coast of Spain, and again 
 in the East Indies, in the Centaur 74, Commodore 
 Sir Sam. Hood, Bellerophon 74, Capt. John Lor- 
 ing, PowERPUL 74, Capt. Robt. Plampin, Bustard 
 sloop, Capt. John Duff Markland, Ville de Paris 
 110 and Ocean 93, both commanded by Capt. John 
 Surman Carden, and Illustkious 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Robt. Broughton. He was employed in the boats 
 of the Powerful at Batavia ; in the Bustard he 
 was engaged in landing secret papers on the coast 
 of France ; he assisted in the Ville de Paris in 
 embarking the troops after the battle of Corunna; 
 and in the Illustrious he co-operated in the re- 
 duction of the Isle of France. He was placed on 
 half-pay in Jan. 1811; and invested with his pre- 
 sent rank 18 July, 1836. 
 
 Commander Warton is Collector of the Assessed, 
 Land, and Property Tax, and Registrar of Births 
 and Deaths, at Sandhurst, in Berkshire. He has 
 been three times married, and has issue four child- 
 ren. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WAKTON. (Retired Commander, 1836. p-p., 
 14 ; H-p., 37.) 
 
 Joseph Warton, born 6 Aug. 1780, is eldest son 
 of the late Rev. Joseph Warton ; grandson of the 
 Rev. Joseph Warton, D.D., who was Head Master 
 of Winchester College ; grand-nephew of Thos. 
 Warton, the Poet Laureate ; and a descendant of 
 the Rev. Anthony Warton, LL.B., Rector in 1673 
 of Bremier, in the New Forest, who, for the protec- 
 tion he afforded in his own house to King Charles, 
 was presented by that monarch with his portrait. 
 One of his brothers, Thomas, was a Midshipman of 
 the Bellejsle 74, Capt. Wm. Hargood, at the 
 battle of Trafalgar, and was afterwards, when a 
 Lieutenant of the Childees sloop, drowned in a 
 boat off Portland ; another, Benjamin, was a Cap- 
 tain and Paymaster in the Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1796, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magicienne 36, Capts. 
 Wm. Henry Ricketts and Wm. Ogilvy. In that 
 ship, of which he was rated Midshipman in the en- 
 suing Aug., he sailed with intelligence of the war 
 with Spain for the M'^est Indies ; where he removed, 
 in Dec. 1798, to the Thunderer 74, Capts. John 
 Cochet, John Crawley, Temple Hardy, Robt. Mends, 
 Wm. Henry Bayntiin, and Henry Vansittart, and 
 continued until his return to England in June, 1801. 
 In the Magicienne he assisted at the capture of 
 several privateers and mefchant-vessels. For two 
 of the latter alone he received, as his own share, 
 the .sum of 450i. During his sojourn in the West 
 Indies Mr. Warton saw a great deal of boat-service. 
 Between June, 1801, and the date of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 3 March, 1804, he was 
 employed on the Home station and again in the 
 West Indies, in- the Robust 74, Capt. Wra. Henry 
 Jervis, Caroline 36, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page, 
 Utrecht 64 and Diomede 60, flag-ships of Admirals 
 * Vide Gaz. 1841, pn. 1504-5. 
 t f. Gaz. 1841, pp. 2509, 2510, 2512. 
 
 WASEY. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Edward Frodsham Noel K. Waset passed his 
 examination 31 Jan. 1842 ; and after having served, 
 as Mate on the North America and West India and 
 African stations in the Pilot 16, Capts. Geo. Ram- 
 say and Wallace Houstoun, Penelope steam-frigate. 
 Commodore Wm. Jones, and Alert sloop, Capt. 
 Chas. John Bosanquet, was promoted to the rank ol 
 Lieutenant 10 March, 1846. He has been employed, 
 since 24 April in that year, in the Polyphemus 
 steam-sloop of 200-horse power, Capts. Jas. John- 
 stone M'Cleverty and Rich. Borough Crawford. On 
 8 Nov. 1848 he was severely wounded by a ball 
 lodging in the bone of his right arm, in a successful 
 attempt made by the Polyphemus to retake from 
 the Moorish pirates a merchant-brig, the Three Sis- 
 ters, lying in a small bay, partly surrounded by an 
 amphitheatre of precipices, high rocks, and ravines, 
 all of which places were crowded with men, in num- 
 ber at least 500, armed with long muskets, who, on 
 the approach of the British, opened a fire from all 
 points. Mr. Wasey's able support of his Captain 
 on this occasion obtained official mention.* 
 
 WASHINGTON. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 25 ; 
 H-p., 10.) 
 John Washington entered the Navy, 15 May, 
 1812, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Junon of 46 
 guns, Capt. Jas. Sanders, fitting for the North Ame- 
 rican station ; where he took part in many operas 
 tions in the Chesapeake, assisted in making prize of 
 several of the enemy's vessels, and contributed, in • 
 company with the Narcissus and Barrosa frigates, 
 to the complete discomfiture of 15 gun-boats that 
 had been despatched for the express purpose of cap- 
 turing the J UNON, after an action of three hours, in 
 which the latter had 2 men killed and 3 wounded, 
 20 June, 1813. Removing, as Midshipman, in the 
 foUowing'Oct., to the Svbillb 44, he sailed in that 
 ship in 1814, under Capt. Thos. Forrest, with the 
 Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, for 
 the latitude of Greenland, in fruitless pursuit of the 
 American Commodore, Rodgers. In Nov. of the 
 same year, having returned to England, he entered 
 the Royal Naval College. On leaving that institu- 
 tion he was received, in May, 1816, on board the 
 Forth 40, Capt. Sir Thos. Louis ; under whom he 
 was again for upwards of three years employed on 
 the coast of North America. He then in succes- 
 sion, in July, 1819, and Aug. 1820, joined the Ven- 
 GEUK 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and Superb 
 78, Capts. Thos. White and Adam Mackenzie, both 
 on the South American station ; where he remained 
 until some months after his promotion to the rank 
 of Lieutenant, which took place 1 Jan. 1821. His 
 • Vide Gaz. 1848. 
 
WATERHOUSE— WATERMAN— WATERS— W ATKINS. 
 
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 next appointments were— 15 Feb. 182.3, as First, to 
 the Pakthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Barrington, 
 employed on particular service— 14 May, 1827, after 
 about two years of half-pay, to the Weazle 10, 
 Capt, John Burnet Dundas, whom he accompanied 
 to the Mediterranean — 12 Deo. following, to the 
 Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, on the latter 
 station— and, 6 Aug. 1830, to the Koyal Geokge 
 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir John Poo Bcresford, 
 Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. He continued 
 to serve under the officer last mentioned in the 
 Ocean 80, until advanced to the rank of Commander 
 14 Aug. 1833. His last appointments afloat were — 
 16 March, 1841, and 29 Jan. 1843, to the Shear- 
 water and Blazer steamers, in which vessels he 
 was continuously employed on surveying service 
 until the close of 1847. He was promoted to the 
 rank he now holds in compliment to the King of 
 Prussia, 16 March, 1842. 
 
 Capt. Washington, who is eminent as a Maritime 
 Surveyor, was for some time Secretary to the Geo- 
 graphical Society, and was appointed, 25 Jan. 1845, 
 a Commissioner for Inquiring into the State of the 
 Elvers, hhores, and Harbours of the United King- 
 dom. At present he is employed in the Railway 
 and Harbour Department of the Admiralty. He 
 married, 3 Sept. 1833, Eleonora, youngest daughter 
 of the Rev. H. Askew, Rector of Greystoke, co. 
 Cumberland, by whom he has issue. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson, 
 
 WATERHOUSE. (Liedtenant, 1814. f-p., 13; 
 H-P., 28.) 
 Bartholomew George "Waterhouse was born 
 7 June, 1794, 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug, 1806, as 
 Fst,-ol, Vol., on board the Royal George 100, 
 Capt. Rich, Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag of Sir 
 John Thos, Duckworth, under whom he pas^d the 
 Dardanells in Feb, 1807, and continued employed 
 in the Mediterranean and Channel, the latter part 
 of the time in the San Josef 110, until Aug. 1809. 
 He served during the next three years in the West 
 Indies as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in 
 the San Josef) and Master's Mate in the Arachne 
 18, Capt, Sam. Chambers; he then, in July, 1812, 
 joined the Dublin 74, Capts, R, D, Dunn and Thos, 
 Elphinstone, employed among the Western Islands 
 and in the Channel ; and in Jan, and June, 1814, he 
 was received on board the Asia 74 and Tonnant 
 80, flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane on the coast of 
 North America ; where he was made Lieutenant, 10 
 Aug. 1814, into the Roval Oak 74, bearing the flag 
 of Kear-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm, He landed in 
 the course of the month last mentioned, and took 
 part, under the present Sir Geo, Cockburn, in the 
 brilliant attack upon Washington. Towards the 
 close of 1814 he accompanied the expedition against 
 New Orleans, and assisted there in disembarking 
 the troops. He returned to England for the benefit 
 of his health in Feb. 1815; and was afterwards em- 
 ployed, from Feb, 1816 until June, 1818, in the Im- 
 pregnable 104 and Berwick. 74, flag-ships of Sir J, 
 T, Duckworth at Plymouth — and from June, 1818, 
 until May, 1819, and again from Oct, 1820 until Oct, 
 1821, in the Tartar 42, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Sir Geo, Ralph Collier on the coast of Africa, 
 He contributed in the latter ship to the capture of 
 several slave-vessels. Since he left her he has been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 From March, 1840, until July, 1847, Lieut. Water- 
 house filled an appointment in the Survey Depart- 
 ment of the Tithe Commission. He married, 8 
 July, 1823, Sarah, third daughter of John Willis, 
 Esq,, of Meoklenburgh Square, London, a West In- 
 dia merchant, by whom he has issue two daughters. 
 Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 WATERMAN. (Retired Commander, 1848.) 
 
 John Waterman entered the Navy, in April, 
 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Minotadr 74, 
 Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield ; in which ship 
 he served in the Mediterranean and on various 
 
 parts of the Home station, until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 15 July, 1809 — under the flags 
 at difierent times of Admirals Cuthbert Colling- 
 wood, John Child Purvis, Sir Chas, Cotton, Sir 
 Wm, Sidney Smith, and Henry Edwin Stanhope. 
 He was present in her as Midshipman at the battle 
 of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, and in the expedition to 
 Copenhagen in 1807. From 21 July, 1809, until 26 
 Sept, 1811, he served in the North Sea and on the 
 coasts of Africa and Ireland in the Dauntless 18, 
 Capts, Joseph Wittman and Daniel Barber. This 
 was his last appointment. He accepted the rank of 
 Commander on the Retired List 4 April, 1848. 
 
 WATERS, (LiEDT., 1815. e-p,, 12 ; h-p., 30,) 
 
 DoMiNiCK Creagh Waters entered the Navy, 14 
 Feb, 1805, as Fst,-cl. Vol., on board the Diomede 
 50, Capts, Hugh Downman and Jos, Edmonds; in 
 which ship, bearing the flag at first of Sir Jas, Sau- 
 marez, he assisted as jMidshipman at the capture of 
 the Cape of Good Hope, Buenos Ayres, and Monte 
 Video. On his return to England with General 
 Beresford in June, 1807, he joined the Foudrovant 
 80, Capt, Norborne Thompson, whom he followed 
 afterwards into the Minotaur 74, Perlen 38, and 
 Bombay 74, In the Foudeotant he witnessed the 
 flight of the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils ; 
 in the Perlen he accompanied the expedition of 
 1809 to the Walcheren ; and in the Bombay (which 
 ship, commanded latterly by Capt, Geo, Parker, he 
 left in Feb, 1814) he was for about two years sta- 
 tioned in the Mediterranean, He was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 13 Feb, 1815 ; and was lastly, 
 from 27 Feb. 1816 until he Invalided, we believe, in 
 1818, employed in the East Indies in the Bacchus 
 16, Capts, Wm, Hill and John Pengelly Parkin. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence, 
 
 WATKINS. (Admikai, of the Red, 1840.) 
 
 Frederick Watkins obtained his first commis- 
 sion 20 Nov, 1790 ; and was Senior-Lieutenant of 
 the Blanche of 38 guns and 198 men, Capt, Jona- 
 than Faulknor, at the capture, 5 Jan. 1795, off Gua- 
 deloupe, of the French frigate La Pique, of 38 guns 
 and about 279 men, after an action of nearly four 
 hours and a-half, as brilliant and decided as was 
 ever fought, in which the enemy had 76 killed and 
 110 wounded, and the British 8 killed and 21 
 wounded,* Capt, Faulknor falling during the con- 
 flict, the command of the Blanche devolved upon 
 Mr, Watkins, whose consummate gallantry in bring- 
 ing the struggle to so glorious an issue obtained him 
 a Post-Gommission bearing date 26 April following. 
 Being appointed, about the same period, to the Re- 
 source of 28 guns, he particularly distinguished 
 himself in her by the endeavours he shortly after- 
 wards made to subdue the insurrections which, at 
 the instigation of Victor Hugues, had broken out in 
 the islands of Ste. Lucie, St. Vincent, Grenada, and 
 Dominique, After cruizing with great activity and 
 success, and assisting, in company with the Mer- 
 maid 32, at the capture, 10 Dec, 1796, of ie General 
 Leiieau corvette, of 16 guns, he obtained command, 
 in 1799, of the Ner^ide 36, In this ship, while sta- 
 tioned in the Bay of Biscay, he made prize, in March, 
 1800, of La Vengeance privateer of 16 guns and 174 
 men, and retook an American ship with a cargo of 
 coflTee, sugar, and tobacco, valued at 30,000Z. On 11 
 Sept, following, being ofi' the port of Amsterdam, in 
 the island of Cura9oa, Capt. Watkins received a de- 
 putation from the Dutch inhabitants, who, alarmed 
 at the barbarities committed by a large republi- 
 can force recently arrived from Guadeloupe, now 
 claimed the protection of England. Pushing at 
 once into the harbour, Capt, Watkins landed his 
 men and some cannon, took possession of the forts 
 and thereby induced the French to evacuate the 
 island. On the 13th a capitulation was signed, sur- 
 rendering Cura9oa and its dependencies, with the 
 vessels in the harbour, in all 44 sail, and such pro- 
 perty as was on board of them on the 10th, to the 
 * Vide Gaz, 1798, p. U8. 
 
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 WATKINS— WATLING. 
 
 NfiEEiDE.* In Feb. 1801 Capt. 'Watkins returned 
 to England. His last appointment was, in 1808, to 
 the Majestic 74. He was placed on the Ketired 
 List of Rear-Admirals 11 June, 1814; and succes- 
 sively promoted, 12 Nov. 1840, to the rank of Vice 
 and full Admiral. 
 
 Admiral "Watkins published, in 1809, a work en- 
 titled, ' The Young N aval H ero ; or. Hints to Parents 
 and Guardians on Educating and Preparing Young 
 Gentlemen for His Majesty's Navy.' He is married 
 and has issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WATKINS. (Captain, 1847.) 
 
 Thomas Vernon Watkins obtained his first com- 
 mission 29 March, 1815. His , succeeding appoint- 
 ments were — 1 May, 1830, to the St. Vincent 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Thos. Foley at Portsmouth — 18 Feb. 
 1831, to the Asia 84, Capt. Hyde Parker, on the 
 Lisbon station — and 19 Dec. 1831 and 1 Sept. 1835, 
 to the Victokt 104 and Bkitannia 120, bearing 
 the flags, again at Portsmouth, of Sir T. Foley, Sir 
 Thos. Williams, and Sir Philip Chas. Durham. At- 
 taining the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837, he 
 served in that capacity in the Coenwallis 72, flag- 
 ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, on the North America 
 and West India station, from 15 Feb. 1837 until 
 paid oif in 1839 ; in the Coast Guard from 5 Nov. 
 1839 until 1845; and in the Modeste 18, in the 
 Pacific, from 27 Dec. 1845 until posted 29 April, 
 1847. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 WATKINS. (Lieut., 1815. e-p.,,10; h-p., 31.) 
 Walter Watkins entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Malabar 74, 
 Capt. John Temple, stationed in the North Sea. 
 He was employed afterwards — from 21 April, 1807, 
 until 27 March, 1809, and from 28 March, 1809, 
 until 26 May, 1811, as Midshipman (a rating he had 
 before attained) in the Valiant 74, Capts. Jas. 
 Young; Kerr, and John Bligh, and Lynx sloop, 
 Capts. John Willoughby Marshall and Percival, in 
 the Channel and Baltic — from 27 May, 1811, until 
 Feb. 1814, as Master's Mate, in the Calliope 10, 
 Capts. John M'Kerlie and John Codd, again in the 
 North Sea — and from Feb. 1814 until presented, in 
 April, 1815, with a commission bearing date 28 Feb. 
 preceding, in the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane on the coast of North America. 
 In the Calliope he assisted in driving a privateer 
 of 16 guns into the Vlie Passage, and co-operated 
 with the allies in the rivers Ems, Elbe, Weser, and 
 Jade. His last appointment was, 6 April, 1815, to 
 the Jaseur 16, Capts. Nicholas Lechmere Pater- 
 shall and Nagle Lock, on the Halifax station, 
 whence he returned in Aug. 1816. 
 
 Lieut. Watkins married, 13 Sept. 1843, Mary, 
 eldest daughter of Mr. Pratt, of Mincing Lane, 
 London. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 WATLING. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 16; h-p.,30.) 
 John Wyatt Watling was born in 1789, at Leo- 
 minster, CO. Hereford. He descends from the 
 family of Sir Thos. Wyatt, who was beheaded in 
 the reign of Queen Mary, for leading an insurgent 
 force into London. 
 
 This officer (he had previously been in the mer- 
 chant-service) entered the Navy 4 March, 1801, as 
 Ordinary, on board the Veteran 64, Capt. Archi- 
 bald Collingwood Dickson, and sailed shortly after- 
 wards with the expedition against Copenhagen. On 
 the memorable 2 of April, having rendezvoused in 
 the launch on board the Elephant 74, bearing 
 Lord Nelson's flag, he was successively employed 
 in rendering assistance to the Bellona and Russel 
 74's, both which ships had grounded, also in towing 
 the disabled Monarch out of action, and in taking 
 possession of several of the prizes. He continued 
 to serve in the Veteran in the capacity of Mid- 
 shipman until July, 1802; and on then removing 
 to the Acasta 40, Capts. Bdw. Fellowes and Jas. 
 Athol Wood, he sailed for the Mediterranean. He 
 was subsequently, from Nov. 1803, until March, 
 * Vide Gaz. 1800, pp. 1330-1. 
 
 1805, employed in the Goliath 74, Capt. Chas. 
 Brisbane, and from the latter date until June, 1808, 
 in the Iris 32 and Virginie of 46 guns and 281 
 men, both commanded by Capt. Edw. Brace. In 
 the boats of the Goliath he aided, in the early part 
 of 1S04, in cutting out a French brig from under 
 the protection of a national cutter of 10 guns, and 
 of the powerful batteries at Sable d'Olonne; an 
 affair in which the British sustained a loss of seve- 
 ral men killed and wounded, including among the 
 former a First-Lieutenant of Marines, Mr. Kent. 
 While belonging to the Virginie, which ship was 
 stationed chiefly on the coast of Ireland, Mr. Wat- 
 ling contributed to the capture, 19 May, 1808, of 
 the Dutch frigate Guelderland, of 36 guns and 253 
 men, after an obstinate conflict of an hour and a 
 half attended with a loss to the latter of 25 killed and 
 50 wounded, and her opponent of only 1 killed and 
 2 wounded. On leaving the Virginie he was nomi- 
 nated, having but just passed his examination, Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Hero 74, Capt. Jas. Newman 
 Newman. He was confirmed, 22 Sept. in the same 
 year, 1808; and on 22 of the following month, he 
 was appointed to the SiRins 36, Capt. Sam. Pym. 
 Proceeding in her to the Cape station Mr. Watling 
 was afforded an opportunity, 21 Sept. 1809, of as- 
 sisting at the capture of the town of St. Paul's in 
 the He de Bourbon ; on which occasion the Sirius 
 stood into the harbour, anchored within half-musket 
 shot of La Caroline French frigate, two prize- 
 Indiamen, and a brig-of-war, and opened so heavy 
 a fire that in 20 minutes the whole of them struck 
 their colours. In June, 1810, we find Mr. Watling 
 commanding the pinnace, in company with the 
 other boats of the Sieids under Lieut. Wm. Nor- 
 man, and displaying conduct that did him great 
 credit, in a successful attack made upon a deeply- 
 laden three-masted schooner, which the enemy had 
 run aground in a creek near Port Louis, within 200 
 yards of the shore, and under the protection of 
 about 300 troops and several strong batteries. In 
 face of all the opposition that could be made the 
 vessel was boarded and burnt ; and this with no 
 greater loss to the British than was experienced by 
 the pinnace, namely, 1 seaman killed and a Mid- 
 shipman severely wounded. In the following July, 
 preparations being made for the subjugation of the 
 lie de Bourbon itself, Mr. Watling was intrusted 
 with the duty of superintending the debarkation of 
 the whole of the troops, in number 950, who, under 
 Lieut.-Colonel Frazier, were destined to accomplish 
 that enterprize ; and in such an " astonishing fine 
 style," to use the words of Capt. Pym, did he and 
 the seamen under him perform their part, that in 
 less than two hours and a half the entire body was 
 landed in safety and on its march, despite the heavy 
 surf and rolling-stone beach. With his small-arm 
 Mr. Watling afterwards succeeded in keeping pos- 
 session, during the night, of the heights between 
 the town of St. Paul's and Colonel Frazier's rear, 
 and prevented thus any reinforcements being sent 
 from the former to St. Denis. He also drove in all 
 the enemy's sharpshooters and took several cavalry 
 horses. On 13 Aug. 1810 Mr. Watling, who was 
 Second-Lieutenant of the Sirids, proceeded in her 
 boats under Lieut. Norman, accompanied by the 
 launch and cutter of the Iphigenia under Lieut. 
 Henry Duoie Chads, to the attack of Isle de la 
 Passe, the key to Grand Port, in the Isle of France ; 
 the batteries at which place being stormed and 
 carried, after a desperate resistance on the part of 
 a very numerous garrison, the commandant sur- 
 rendered at discretion. In the midst of the conflict 
 Lieut. Norman was killed, and Mr. Watling (who 
 with Lient. Chads, was warmly recommended for 
 his conduct to the Commander-in-Chief*) succeeded 
 in consequence to the command of the party landed 
 from the Sirius. As described by Capt. Pym, his 
 conduct throughout the whole of this important 
 service was truly gallant. Immediately subsequent 
 to the capture of Isle de la Passe we find him enter- 
 ing, in command of the boats, the port of Sud-Est 
 for the purpose of attacking a ship of 18 guns and 
 * Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 261. 
 
WATSON. 
 
 1257 
 
 60 men, bound to Madagascar for slaves ; but the 
 latter, on the approach of the British, cut her cable 
 and ran on a coral-reef, under the protection of the 
 land-batteries, where, the enemy not being able to 
 get her afloat, she was ultimately broken up. On 
 21 -4.ug. 1810, having followed into Riviere Noire a 
 large ship (which proved to be the Windliam, an 
 Indiaman recently taken by the French, mounting 30 
 guns and manned with the same number of hands), 
 Mr. Watling, with but two boats, containing be- 
 tween them a Midshipman, Mr. John Andrews, and 
 9 men, armed with no other weapons of ofi'ence 
 than the stretchers, succeeded in obtaining pos- 
 session of her, although exposed to a severe fire 
 from the batteries on shore. Towards the close of 
 Aug. he was engaged, in company with the 3'6-gun 
 frigates Ner^ide, Iphigenia, and Magicienne, in 
 a series of gallant but untoward operations which 
 terminated in the self-destruction, at the entrance 
 of Port Sud-Est, of the SiKius and Magicienne, the 
 capture of the Nereide, and the surrender, to a 
 powerful French squadron, of thelpHiGENiA. Dur- 
 ing their progress he was employed in a boat in 
 conveying to the different ships the instructions of 
 Capt. Pym, the senior officer ; and when it became 
 necessary to destroy the SiRins to prevent her fall- 
 ing into the hands of the enemy, he nearly lost his 
 life through his intrepidity in going below, after 
 she had been abandoned, and opening the maga- 
 zine-doors, in order that the flames which had been 
 kindled might the more readily communicate to it 
 and accomplish the object in view.* As soon as 
 the frigate had been blown up he volunteered to 
 convey Capt. Pym's despatches in an open boat to 
 the He de Bourbon, a distance of 140 miles ; on his 
 arrival there he was presented by Governor Far- 
 quhar with the sura of 200Z., and sent in the Egre- 
 MONT, a prize schooner fitted for the purpose, to 
 Madras, with intelligence of the disasters which 
 had occurred. After enduring many hardships he 
 reached Madras, where, in acknowledgment of the 
 services he had rendered to the East India Com- 
 pany, he had the gratification of receiving from the 
 Governor-General in Council a further sum of 200Z. 
 In the following Oct. he was made the bearer of a 
 strong letter of recommendation from Lieut. -Gene- 
 ral Hewett to Lieut. -General Abercromby and or- 
 dered with despatches to the island of Eodrigues ; 
 but by the time he gained that destination the 
 fatigue he had undergone had so reduced his health 
 that he was under the necessity of being sent to 
 sick quarters at Bourbon. The Commander-in- 
 Chief, Vice-Admiral Bertie, on this occasion pub- 
 licly "expressed to him, on the quarterdeck of his 
 flag-ship the Afkicaine, the regret he felt at the 
 circumstance, especially as it would deprive the ex- 
 pedition then about to sail for the Isle of France of 
 the intimate knowledge he possessed of the coast: 
 he assured him, however, that on- the reduction of 
 the colony he would promote him, for his meri- 
 torious conduct, to the command of a ship. "While 
 at Bourbon Mr. Watling was appointed by Gover- 
 nor Farquhar, in consideration of his former ex- 
 ertions, Captain of the port. On afterwards re- 
 pairing to the Mauritius, to the government of 
 which island his Excellency on its conquest had 
 been removed, he was placed by him in command 
 of the Welleslet, a large American prize-schooner, 
 for the purpose of conveying home important 
 despatches to the Secretary of State for the Colo- 
 nies and to the Hon. Court of Directors. Prior to 
 his departure for England he had the good fortune, 
 in a 4-oared gig, to rescue from apparently inevi- 
 table destruction the wife of a Major in the Army 
 and 15 other persons, who had been wrecked on a 
 coral-reef near Port Louis in a vessel over which 
 the waves at the time were dashing with awful fury. 
 The devoted heroism he displayed in achieving this 
 act of humanity wag witnessed by thousands of 
 persons from the shore, and had the effect of draw- 
 ing a glowing eulogium from the Governor. On his 
 return to England Mr. Watling was appointed, in 
 Deo. 1811, to the AcjoiioN 32, Capt. Wm. Bowles, on 
 • VideGsx. 1810, p. 1978. 
 
 the North Sea station. In the summer of 1812, a re- 
 presentation of his services having been made to the 
 First Lord of the Admiralty, he was ordered on pro- 
 motion, in the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, to the 
 Cape of Good Hope ; where he continued to serve as 
 a Supernumerary in the Lion 64, flag-ship of the 
 Hon. Robt. Stopford, Astrea 36, Capt. Chas. Marsh 
 Schomberg, Haepy sloop, Capt. Allen, and Race- 
 horse 18, Capts. Geo. Fred. Rich and Jas. De Rippe, 
 until at length advanced to the rank of Commander 
 1 Dec. 1813. His next appointments were, 23 June, 
 1815, to the Volcano bomb, fitting at Portsmouth, 
 and 6 Sept. following, to the Julia 16. In the latter 
 vessel he was employed off St. Helena for the security 
 of Napoleon Buonaparte until April, 1816, at which 
 period the state of his health obliged him to invalid. 
 He afterwards, from 1824 until 1827, performed the 
 duties of an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast 
 Guard. He was promoted to the rank he now 
 holds 22 July, 1830 ; arid hassince been on half-pay. 
 Capt. Watling was wounded, during the war, in 
 the right hand; so severely indeed that the two 
 fore-fingers have been rendered stiff in the joint. 
 He is at present a Justice of the Peace for cos. 
 Denbigh and Caernarvon; and a Deputy-Lieu- 
 tenant for the latter. He married Martha Hayles, 
 eldest daughter of Peter Titley, Esq., of Penloyn, 
 CO. Deabigh, a Deputy-Lieutenant for that shire. 
 
 WATSON. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Christopher Robert Watson died about the 
 commencement of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 May, 1810; 
 passed his examination in 1816 ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 28 March, 1828, into the Zebra 18, 
 Capts. Brunswick Popham and Edm. Williams Gil- 
 bert, on the Mediterranean station ; whence he re- 
 turned to England about Jan. 1829. His last ap- 
 pointment was, 8 Oct. 1838, to the Coast Guard ; a 
 service in which he remained but a very brief period. 
 
 WATSON. (LiECT., 1818. f-p.„ 14 ; H-p., 26.) 
 David Henry Watson entered the Navy, 11 
 March, 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Aga- 
 memnon* 64, Capt. Jonas Rose, under whom, after 
 accompanying the expedition against Copenhagen, he 
 sailed for the Rio de la Plata and was there wrecked 
 20 June, 180D. He was employed next, from Dec. 
 1810 until May, 1813, in the CouRAGEnx 74, Capt. 
 Philip Wilkinson, in the Baltic ; from May, 1813, 
 until Aug. 1815 in the Albion and Sceptre 74's, 
 Capts. John Ferris Devonshire and Wm. Waller, 
 on the coasts of North America and France ; from 
 Aug. 1815 until May, 1816, in the Araxes 38, Capt. 
 Geo. Miller Bligh, in the West Indies ; from July, 
 1816, until June, 1817, in the Montreal, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Robt. Hall on 
 Lake Ontario ; and from Jan. 1818 until July, 1819, 
 as Midshipman, Master's Mate, and Lieutenant 
 (commission dated 3 Dec. 1818) in the Leandeh 60, 
 flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Hahfax. He after- 
 wards had charge, for nearly three years, of a Pre- 
 ventive station on the coast of Hampshire, embrac- 
 ing at least 15 miles of country ; and, as a proof of 
 the arduous nature of the duties he had to perform, 
 it may be mentioned that during the winter-months 
 he had been known to be out for 14 nights together, 
 each time for 16 hours, without being able to lie 
 down, except on the wet ground. 
 
 From 7 May, 1823, until 9 May, 1834, Lieut. Wat- 
 son filled the appointment of Landing-Waiter and 
 Searcher at the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He 
 has, since then, been employed in the Custom 
 House in London ; where he is at present Surveyor 
 of the outward department. While at Halifax he 
 received the thanks of the Governor, Lieut.-General 
 Sir Peregrine Maitland, and of the Council and 
 House of Assembly of Nova Scotia for his exertions 
 in establishing a quarantine, at a time of great ex- 
 ' Mr. Watson— at the time a boy at school— had gone on 
 board the Aoamemnon on a visit, but the ship being ordered 
 suddenly to sea he availed himself of that opportunity of 
 joining the service. 
 
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 WATSON. 
 
 c.jtement and danger. Ail his testimonials concur 
 in proving him to be an officer possessed of the 
 greatest temper, and in the highest degree " prin- 
 cipled, sensible, active, energetic, zealous, and ju- 
 dicious." "When on his passage from Halifax to 
 London in the brig Brothers he was the means of 
 saving the crew, in number 14, of a vessel, the 
 Three Sisters, which was encountered in a sinking 
 state, with everything swept from her decks, in- 
 cluding both her boats. Although the wind was 
 blowing hard and the sea running mountains high, 
 his intrepidity and humanity induced him, regard- 
 less of danger, to endeavour, in a boat, to board the 
 Three Sisters. As we have said, he providentially 
 succeeded, and after repeated trips rescued the 
 whole of the unfortunate persons, many of whom 
 were in so disabled a state that they were unable 
 during the remainder of the voyage to come on 
 deck. Agents — Messrs. Halford and Co. 
 
 WATSON. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 James Stuakt M'Kenzie Watson entered the 
 Navy 31 May, 1808 ; passed his examination in 1815 ; 
 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 
 March, 1826. His appointments have since been 
 in succession — 19 June, 1833, to the Coast Guard — 
 23 Jan. 1840, to the Lion Kevenue-cruizer — 14 Aug. 
 1841, again to the Coast Guard— 7 Feb. 1843, to the 
 ViCTOKiA, another Revenue-vessel— and, 5 Nov. 
 1844, a third time to the Coast Guard, in which 
 service he continues. 
 
 WATSON. (CoMMANDEK, 1814. F-p., 28; 
 H-P., 36.) 
 
 John "Watson is the son of the late Major "Watson. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1783, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Bombay Castle 74, Capts. Her- 
 bert Sawyer and Robt. Fanshawe, lying at Ply- 
 mouth, where he remained for three years. He 
 was employed next, from 1788 until Feb. 1794, in 
 the North Sea, on the coast of Africa, and in the 
 Channel, part of the time as Midshipman, in the 
 Ottek sloop, Capts. John Okes Hardy, Thos. "Wil- 
 liams, and Jag. Hardy, Charon 44, Capt. Edm. 
 Dodd, and Bellona 74, Capt. Geo. Wilson ; and 
 on 1 1 Aug. in the latter year, after having further 
 served on the coast of France, in diiferent ships, 
 under Vice-Admiral John M'Bride, to whom he 
 acted for a period as Flag-Lieutenant, he was offici- 
 ally promoted into his former ship, the Bombay 
 Castle, Capt. Chas. Chamberlayne. Her he left 
 in the ensuing Nov. During the remainder of the 
 war, from March, 1795, until April, 1802, he was em- 
 ployed on the Home station in the Syren 32, Capt. 
 Graham Moore, Shark gun-vessel, commanded by 
 himself, Cynthia 16, Capt. Micajah Malbon, Nep- 
 tune 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, and Standard 64, 
 Capt. Chas. Stewart. From 15 Dec. 1803 until 12 
 Aug. 1814 he commanded the Aggressor 12, chiefly 
 in the Channel. He has since been on half-pay. 
 His commission as Commander bears date 15 June, 
 1814. 
 
 WATSON, C.B. (Captain, 1842.) 
 
 RuNDLE BoBGES "Watson is eldest son of the late 
 Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, R.N., who served on 
 shore when a Lieutenant in the operations against 
 Martinique in 1794, commanded the Inflexible 64 
 in the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, and was 
 afterwards Captain of the Alfred and Implacable 
 74's. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Nov. 1821 ; passed 
 his examination in 1828 ; obtained his first commis- 
 sion 7 Oct. 1829 ; and was appointed in succession 
 —15 April, 1831, to the Caledonia 120, Capts. 
 Edw. Curzon and Jas. Hillyar, employed at first as 
 an experimental ship under the flag of Sir Edw. 
 Codrington, and next with the squadron on the 
 coast of Portugal— 12 June, 1833, and 31 Aug. 1834, 
 to the Veknon 50, fiag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn, 
 and Vestal 26, Capt. Wm. Jones, both on the 
 North America and West India station— and, 17 
 Nov. 1837, as Senior, to the Calliope 26, Capt. 
 
 (now Sir Thomas) Herbert. After serving for np-- 
 wards of two years in the latter ship in South 
 America, he sailed in her, in 1840, for the coast of 
 China, where, as we shall proceed to show, he dis- 
 tinguished himself during the war in a very eminent 
 degree. At the taking of Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 1841, 
 he assisted, in command of the Calliope's boats, 
 at the destruction of 11 war-junks, the flower of 
 the Celestial navy ; and in the course of the same 
 day he obtained the recommendation of his Captain 
 for a creditable and impressive attack he made, 
 supported by the boats of the Larne 18, upon other 
 junks to the northward.* On 27 Feb., while a strong 
 party under Capt. Herbert was storming the enemy's 
 entrenchments at Whampoa, Mr. Watson attacked, 
 with boats from the Calliope, Modeste 18, and 
 Nemesis E. I. C. steamer, boarded and carried the 
 ship Cambridge of 900 tons, formerly an Indiaman, 
 but then bearing the flag of a Chinese Admiral, and 
 armed with 34 guns, the whole of which, as well as 
 the prize, were destroyed.f Four days previously 
 to this affair he had been recommended to the par- 
 ticular notice of Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer 
 for his conduct in the boats at the destruction of a 
 masked battery of 20 guns at the back of the island 
 of Anunghoy.J On 13 March he contributed, still 
 with the Calliope's boats under his orders, to the 
 capture of several rafts and of the last fort protect- 
 ing the approaches to Canton. § At the ensuing 
 capture of that city he was employed in the western 
 division of boats ;|| and for his services during the 
 second series of operations against it he was spoken 
 of in the highest terms. ^f He was advanced in con- 
 sequence to the rank of Commander by a commis- 
 sion bearing date 6 May, 1841 ; and in the course 
 of the same year he was appointed, with Sir Thos. 
 Herbert, to the Blenheim 72, and to the personal 
 command of the Modeste 18. In the former ship 
 he served at the taking of Amoy. While com- 
 manding the Modeste he co-operated in the reduc- 
 tion of Chinghae, and on that occasion, as well as 
 on every other that presented itselfj displayed signal 
 zeal and activity.** On the night of 10 March, 1842, 
 being at the time senior officer off" Ningpo, he suc- 
 ceeded, with the assistance of his boats, in defeat- 
 ing an attack made by the Chinese on the city and 
 on the shipping lying in the river. For this he 
 acquired the approbation of Sir Wm. Parker, the 
 Commander-in-Chief. tt He headed, five days after- 
 wards, the seamen employed under Capt. Thos. 
 Bourchier of the Blonde 42, in unison with the 
 troops under Sir Hugh Gough (who mentioned him 
 in his despatches to Lord Auckland, the Governor- 
 General of India), in the assault upon the enemy in 
 their intrenched position on the heights of Segoan.JJ 
 During the operations against Chapoo, 18 May, 1842, 
 Capt. Watson served with a few seamen on shore, 
 and proved of assistance in enabling Sir Hugh 
 Gough to cross a canal which had impeded his 
 progress.§§ In every instance, we may here observe, 
 in which he was called upon to act in direct con- 
 junction with the army, his conduct was such as to 
 afibrd the highest satisfaction to the General. For 
 some time previously to the attack made by the 
 British on the batteries at Woosung, Capt. Watson 
 appears to have been indefatigable in making ob- 
 servations and in sounding the narrow channel by 
 which alone it could be approached. |||| The day 
 following the action, at which we find he behaved 
 in a very conspicuous and spirited manner, If^f he was 
 placed in command, under Sir Wm. Parker, of the 
 light ahips-of-war which formed the naval part of 
 the expedition sent up the river against the city of 
 Shanghjie. During the advance he took possession 
 of six deserted batteries, destroying the iron and 
 embarking the copper guns.*** At the storming, 21 
 * Fide Gaz. 1S41, pp. UBS, 1221-2. 
 
 + V. Gaz. 1841, p. 1501. J F. Gaz. 1841, p. 1497. 
 
 i F. Gaz. 1841, p. 1503. || F. Gaz. 1841, p. 1605. 
 ^ F. Gaz. 1841, pp. 25115, 2510. 
 
 •• F. Gaz. 1842, p. 396. tt ^. Gaz. 1842, p. 2388. 
 Jl F. Gaz. 1842, pp 2386-7, 2390. 
 55 F. Gaz. 1842, pp. 2844, 3692-3. 
 
 III! r. Gaz. 1842, p. 3398. "It^ T. Gaz. 1842, p. 3399. 
 **• F. Gaz. 1842, pp. 3384, 3401. 
 
WATSON— WATTS. 
 
 1259 
 
 July, 1842, of the city of CMng-Kiang-Foo he was 
 wounded while in the act of scaling the walls.* As 
 a reward for his important services, Capt. Watson 
 was advanced to his present rank 23 Dec. 1842,t 
 and nominated the next day a C.B. He has been 
 in command, since 28 Feb. 1846, of the Bkilliant 
 20, at the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 He married, 1 Feb. 1845, Helen, second daughter 
 of the late John Bettington, Esej., of Pittville. 
 
 WATSON. (Ketiked Commandek, 1840.) 
 William Watson died, we believe, in 1846. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 Jan. 1784, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Europa 50, Capt. John 
 Fisher, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Alex. Innis 
 at Jamaica; where he continued employed until 
 May, 1790, in the Severn, Capt. Lauchlan Hunter, 
 and Aurora, Capt. John Sutton. He served next, 
 chiefly on the Home station — from May, 1790, until 
 March, 1794, in the Melampus 36, Capt. Chas. 
 Morice Pole, Savage sloop, Capt. Alex. Fraser, and 
 Kanger cutter, Lieut.-Commander Isaac Cotgrave — 
 from March, 1794, until Nov. 1797, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, in the Sampson 64 and Hector 
 74, both commanded by Capt. llobt. Montagu — and, 
 from Dec. 1797 until April, 1798, a« Master's Mate, 
 in the Cumbeeland 74, Capt. 11. Montagu, and 
 RovAL George 100, flag-ship of Lord Bridport. 
 Being nominated, 3 May in the latter year, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of La Pique 36, Capt. David Milne, he 
 was in that ship wrecked on the coast of France at 
 the capture, 29 June following, of the French frigate 
 La Seine of 42 guns and 610 men (including troops), 
 after a running action of about five hours, in which 
 the enemy sustained a- loss of 170 killed and 100 
 wounded, and the British (whose force consisted, in 
 addition to La Pique, of the Jason 38 and Mer- 
 maid 32) of 9 killed and 18 wounded. Mr. Watson's 
 steady and cool behaviour on the occasion was much 
 praised. J He was officially promoted 4 Aug. 1798. 
 He was afterwards employed on the Home and West 
 India stations as First-Lieutenant, until Dec. 1802, 
 in the Bonetta sloop, Capt. Henry Vansittart, 
 LowESTOFFE frigate, Capt. Robt. Plampin, Blen- 
 heim 98, Capt. Philip Turner Bover, and Macici- 
 ENNE 32, Capt. Henry Vansittart; and from Dec. 
 1803 until Feb. 1811, with the officer last mentioned, 
 in the Forton^e 36. When off the Havana in the 
 summer of 1806, in company with the Sukveillantb 
 38, Hercule 74, an armed schooner, and a home- 
 ward-bound convoy, the Fortonee fell in with a 
 number of Spanish gun-vessels under the protection 
 of a 74-gun ship and two guorda-costas. Being de- 
 tached in pursuit, she succeeded, with the aid of the 
 schooner, in capturing the guardaroostas and up- 
 wards of 20 sail, deeply laden with sugar, &c., the 
 whole of which were destroyed. On leaving the 
 FoRTUNEE, Mr. Watson joined, for a few weeks, the 
 Trent frigate, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Edw. Thornbrough at Cork. His last appointment 
 was, 5 March, 1813, again as First-Lieutenant, to 
 the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire ; from 
 which ship, employed in the NorthSeaand at Halifax, 
 he invalided in the ensuing Oct. He was admitted 
 to the Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital 7 Nov. 
 1840, and placed on the list of Retired Commanders 
 23 Dec. in the same year. 
 
 In consideration of a wound he received during 
 the war, which occasioned him the loss of the use of 
 the right leg and foot, he was allotted a pension of 
 9U. 5s. per annum 13 April, 1812. Agent— Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 WATTS. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 16 ; h-p., .34.) 
 George Edward Watts, a native of Scotland, is 
 only son of the late John Watts, Esq., an officer in 
 the army, who fell while serving under the Duke 
 of Kent at the storming of Fort Bourbon, Mar- 
 tinique, in 1794, by Miss Agnes Skene, a lady nearly 
 related to the family of Skene, of Skene, co. Aber- 
 deen, whose founder married a sister of Malcolm 
 
 • Vide Ga-/.. 1842, p. .1403. t V. Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
 I V. Gaz. 1708, p. 651. 
 
 Canmore, King of Scotland, and received from 
 that monarch the name by which his descendants 
 are now known. Capt. Watts' paternal grandfather, 
 a Captain of infantry, who fought under the Duke 
 of Cumberland at the battle of Culloden, was him- 
 self the grandson of Capt. Jas. Watts, R.N. (1686), 
 and first-cousin of the celebrated Dr. Isaac Watts. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1797 (under 
 the auspices of H.R.H. the Duke of Kent), as Fst.- 
 ol.Vol., on board the Driver sloop, in which vessel 
 and the PREVorANTE frigate, both commanded by 
 Capt. John Seater, he was for nearly three years 
 employed, a great part of the time as Midshipman, 
 on the Halifax and Home stations, where he served 
 afterwards as Midshipman and Master's Mate in 
 the»AssiSTANCE 50, Capt. Robt. Hall, Waakzam- 
 KEiDT 24, commanded by the same officer, Leandek 
 50, bearing the flag of Sir Andrew Mitchell, and 
 Lily and Diligente sloops, Capts. Wm. Lyall and 
 Wm. Lloyd. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 1 
 May, 1804, into the Fly 18, Capt. Robt. O'Brien, 
 on the Jamaica station ; and was appointed next — 
 20 Aug. and 13 Oct. in the same year, to the Ele- 
 phant 74 and Ardent 64, Capts. Geo. Dundas and 
 Robt. Winthrop, in the West Indies and Channel— 
 4 April, 1805, to the Dauntless 18, Capts. Hugh 
 Pigot and Chas. Jones, also in the Channel— 29 
 Nov. 1806, to the Centaur 74, as Flag-Lieutenant 
 to Commodore Sir Sam. Hood at Portsmouth— and, 
 8 Dec. 1806, as Senior, to the Comus of 32 guns, 
 Capts. Conway Shipley and Edm. Heywood. While 
 cruizing in the latter ship among the Canary Islands 
 he took command, in March, 1807, of her boats, and 
 displayed much judgment and energy in capturing 
 six merchant-vessels moored in the Puerto de Haz, 
 Grand Canaria, and defended by the cross fire of 
 three batteries. Having escorted the prizes to 
 Gibraltar, the Comus returned to the same ground, 
 experiencing on her way back a sharp encounter 
 with a division of the Algeciras flotilla. On the 
 night of 8 May Mr. Watts entered the port of Grand 
 Canaria, and with the cutter alone boarded the San 
 Pedro, a large felucca of 6 guns and at least 65 men, 
 which had been for three days lying under the pro- 
 tection of a strong fort and two batteries. Although 
 exposed to a severe fire from between 30 and 40 
 soldiers sent to assist in her defence, he had nearly 
 cleared the deck before two other boats dispatched 
 from the Comus arrived to his support. On the 
 vessel being taken in tow, a hawser just under the 
 ■ water astern was manned in the fort, and she was 
 dragged nearly under the muzzles of the guns before 
 it could be cut. " This exploit was achieved," says 
 Capt. Shipley in a letter to Sir Sam. Hood, " with 
 the loss of 1 man killed and 5 wounded. Mr. Watts 
 has several wounds, but none of them dangerous ; 
 and I feel convinced his gallant conduct, with the 
 exertions of every officer and man employed, will 
 meet your approbation. Twenty-one of the enemy's 
 troops were made prisoners, 18 of whom are wounded; 
 the rest, excepting a few who swam to the shore, 
 were killed, as was her Captain and some of her 
 crew."* Independently of the hawser, the San 
 Pedro had been secured to the shore by three cables 
 ahead and astern ; and, the enemy being fully pre- 
 pared, her resistance was desperate beyond descrip- 
 tion. Mr. Watts' first reception was a bayonet in 
 the face, which forced him overboard ; and, when 
 he at length succeeded in scaling the vessel's side, 
 he maintained for a considerable time a single- 
 handed fight, during which he was often ■ knocked 
 down, had his jacket pierced in eight places vrith 
 bayonets, and received five severe and eight lesser 
 wounds, besides numberless contusions. As a re- 
 ward for his valour and the injuries he sustained, 
 he was presented by the Patriotic Society with a 
 sword valued at 50 guineas and a donation of 100^. 
 Under Capt. Heywood, Mr. Watts, after having 
 escorted three General officers and their suites, to- 
 gether with a fleet of transports, to Elsineur, assisted 
 at the capture, in Aug. 1807, immediately prior to 
 the attack upon Copenhagen, of the Danish frigate 
 Frederickscoarn, carrying .32 12 and 6 pounders, 6 
 • Vide Gaj. 1807, pp. 778-9. 
 
 7 X 2 
 
1260 
 
 WATTS. 
 
 12-pounder carronades, and 226 men, at the end of 
 a close action of 45 minutes, attended with a loss to 
 the enemy of 12 killed and 20 wounded, but to the 
 CoMDS (whose force consisted of 24 long 9-pounders 
 and 8 24-pounder carronades, with a complement 
 of 145 men) of only 1 wounded. For his gallantry 
 on this occasion Mr. Watts, who had headed the 
 boarders,* was promoted to the rank of Commander 
 by a commission bearing date 17 Sept. 1807. Pre- 
 viously, however, to his return to England he con- 
 tributed to the capture of several other vessels, and 
 was more than once engaged with the enemy on 
 the coast of Norway. His next appointments 
 were, 26 Deo. 1808, in 1809, and 5 April, 1813, to 
 the Ephiba 10, 'Woodi.ark 12, and Jasedr 18, on 
 the North Sea, Baltic, and North American stations. 
 In the Ephika he was employed, in the spring of 
 1809, with a small squadron of gun-vessels under 
 his orders, in the river Elbe. While there he made 
 many captures, and afforded much annoyance to the 
 enemy's convoys passing from Hamburgh, Gliick- 
 stadt, and Altona to Tonningen and Kiel. In July 
 of the same year we find him assisting, under Capt. 
 Wm. Goate of the Mosquito brig, at the expulsion 
 of the French from Cuxhaven and Ritzbuttle. At 
 the former place, having landed with the officer 
 just named and a party of seamen, he aided in taking 
 possession of and in ultimately destroying a battery 
 mounting 6 24-pounders and garrisoned by about 
 80 men, who, as the British approached, retreated. f 
 Landing again a few days afterwards, with Lord 
 Geo. Stuart, of L'Aimaele 32, he went in pursuit 
 of a strong body of the enemy's troops, in number 
 about 250, then occupying Gessendori^ a town situ- 
 ated at a distance of 28 miles from the point of 
 debarkation. On their road the seamen became 
 exposed to a heavy fire of grape and round from 
 a battery of 4 12-pounders, whose occupants, how- 
 ever, on perceiving the determined manner of the 
 former, made off, as did the troops in the town. In 
 narrating the particulars. Lord Geo. Stuart thus 
 expresses himself: — " I beg leave particularly to 
 mention Capt. Watts of the Ephika, who, in the 
 most gallant and handsome manner, advanced in- 
 trepidly in front of the attacking party, amid the 
 enemy's galling fire, and rendered himself equally 
 conspicuous afterwards by his unremitting exertion 
 in the complete demolition of the battery, in the 
 execution of which service, I am concerned to say, 
 he received a wound in the leg."t Capt. Watts' 
 services in the Woodlark, during the four years 
 that he was stationed in the Baltic, were arduous 
 and energetic in the extreme. With a crew of only 
 76 men and boys, he had at one time not less than 
 13 Prize-Masters absent; and he himself, in addi- 
 tion to all calls, was at watch and watch for nearly 
 four months. In May, 1810, he captured a Danish 
 brig under the batteries of Fladstrand ; and on 27 
 of the same month he pursued a cutter-privateer 
 through a navigation of such intricacy that his 
 pilots abandoned their charge. The vessel in ques- 
 tion, the Swan of 6 24-pounders and 35 men, was 
 destroyed, and another, a new ship, the Success, 
 laden with wheat and linen, subsequently taken by 
 the boats under the present Retired-Commander 
 Thos. Crawford.§ When not cruizing Capt. Watts 
 was often employed in escorting convoys through 
 the Great Belt ; and so great was his anxiety to 
 ensure their safety that he had been known to keep 
 under sail during the whole night, an operation 
 which, repeated, caused him for successive weeks 
 to be constantly on the alert, without changing the 
 clothes he had on. In 1812 the Maks 74, Capt. 
 Henry Raper, whom the Woodlark was leading in 
 to the attack of a flotilla stationed beyond the en- 
 trance of the Malmo Channel, took the ground in a 
 
 * Vide as.?.. 1807, p. 1157. f V. Gaz. 1809, p. 1126. 
 
 + V. Gaz. 180S, p. 1212. 
 
 } On the night of 3 May, 1811, the Woodlakk captured, 
 after a smart chase over the Natter reefs, avery fine row-boat, 
 30 feet long, armed with two brass howitvsers and small arms 
 and commanded by a Lieutenant of the Danish Navy, with 
 20 men ; one of the Danes was killed and one wounded.— 
 FideGaz. 1811, p. 1128. 
 
 position that exposed her to the Danish gun-boats ; 
 whereupon Capt. Watts, although under every dis- 
 advantage, brought the latter to action in order to 
 divert their attention from the 74, who, on at length 
 floating, made the signal of recall. The loss on 
 board the Woodlark in this affair extended to 13 
 killed and wounded. Capt. Watts' appointment to 
 the Jasedr, we may here observe, was the result 
 of an application made in his favour to Lord Mel- 
 ville by Rear-Admiral Geo. Hope, to whom he had 
 been warmly recommended by his constant patron, 
 the Duke of Kent. In her he saw much service in 
 the Chesapeake and on other parts of the coast of 
 North America. While in the Chesapeake he was 
 directed by Rear-Admiral Cockburn (whose appro- 
 bation he had the fortune to elicit) to endeavour to 
 discover a navigable passage through Taifgier Strait, 
 and to procure fresh provisions for the use of the 
 squadron. He succeeded in establishing himself 
 15 miles higher than any square-rigged vessel had 
 before reached, and harassed the enemy to the full 
 extent of his power. In one instance he gave chase 
 to a vessel in person, in his own boat, penetrated 
 12 or 14 miles up the river Wicomico, and not only 
 destroyed her, but captured and burnt nine others. 
 Such were the remonstrances produced among the 
 American authorities by this performance, that the 
 Baltimore flotilla, under Commodore Barney, was 
 sent to essay either the capture or destruction of the 
 Jaseur; but the Commodore was himself obliged 
 to seek shelter in the Patuxent by the Dragon 74, 
 Capt. Robt. Barrie. Among other operations, Capt. 
 Watts assisted at the capture of the towns of Bene- 
 dict and Marlborough, on the Patuxent ; and at 
 different times he took and annihilated upwards of 
 30 vessels, in addition to 'a letter-of-marque, the 
 Grecian, cut out by his boats from under a battery. 
 In Oct. 1814, having been advanced to Post-rajik 
 7 June preceding, he returned to England. He lias 
 not been since able to procure employment. 
 
 During his career afloat Capt. Watts received 17 
 wounds, besides having his arm fractured. He ob- 
 tained the Good Service Pension 23 July, 1848. H e 
 had hoped that his services might have been thought 
 worthy the Companionship of the Bath. He mar- 
 ried, first, 20 Oct. 1820, Jane, daughter of Geo. 
 Waldie, Esq., of Hendersyde Park, Roxburghshire ; 
 and (that lady dying 6 July, 1826), secondly, 18 ^ , 
 June, 1830, Elizabeth Foulis, daughter of John 
 Robinson Foulis, Esq., of Buckton and Heslerton, 
 CO. York (only brother of the late Sir Wm. Foulis, 
 Bart., of Ingleby Manor), by Decima Hester Beatrix, 
 eldest daughter of Sir Christopher Sykes, Bart., of 
 Sledmere, co. York. He has issue four sons and 
 three daughters. Agents— Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 WATTS. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 16.) 
 Stephen Koss Watts was born 29 Nov. 1799. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 May, J810, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Victory 100, Capt. Phi- 
 lip Dumaresq, stationed in the Baltic ; and was next, 
 from Dec. 1812 until July, 1816, employed in the 
 Channel and Mediterranean in the Ville de Paris 
 110 and Boyne 98, both commanded by Capt. Geo. 
 Burlton, and Leviathan 74, Capts. Adam Drum- 
 mond and Thos. Briggs. He served afterwards on 
 the North American, Home, St. Helena, BraziUan, 
 and West India stations, in the Forth 40, Capt. Sir 
 John Louis, Pactolds 38, Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, 
 Bulwark 74, Capt. Fred. Warren, Sophie 18, Capt. 
 Sir Wm. Saltonstall Wiseman, Rbdpole 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Devereux Evans, Phaeton 46, Capt. Augustus 
 Montagu, Mersey 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, Newcas- 
 tle 60, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, Jasedr 18, Capt. 
 Henry Edw. Napier, Britannia 120, Capt. Alex. 
 Skene, Spartiate 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, 
 Aurora 46, Capt. Henry Prescott, Victory 10^ 
 Capt. Chas. Inglis, Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 Spencer, Victory again, Capt. Inglis, Dart.wouth 
 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, Fairy 10, Capt. Geo. Wm. 
 Conway Courtenay, and Pickle schooner, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Walker. Having passed his ex- 
 amination 1 June, 1819, he was nominated, in Jan. 
 
WAUCHOPE- WEALE. 
 
 1261 
 
 1828 (he was then in the Pickle), Acting-Lieutenant 
 of the Fekket 10, Capts. Henry Gosset, Henry 
 Smith(a), Chas. Eamsay Drinkwater (now Bethune), 
 and Chas. Deare. That vessel, to which he was 
 confirmed 29 March following, he left in Nov. of 
 the same year. He was lastly, from 15 July until 
 Dec. 1835, and from 1 May, 1836, until May, 1839, 
 employed in the North Sea and at Plymouth in the 
 Fairy 10, Capt. Wm. Hewett, and Rostal Ade- 
 laide 104, flag-ship of Lord Amelius Beauclerk. 
 
 Lieut. Watts married, 29 May, 1832, Mary Anne, 
 youngest daughter of the late Kev. Chas. Philpot, 
 liector of Kipple, co. Kent, by whom he has issue 
 
 five children. 
 
 WAUCHOPE. (Kear-Abmibal of the Blde, 
 1849. F-P., 18; H-p., 27.) 
 Robert AVauchope is fifth son of the late Capt. 
 Andrew Wauohope, of Niddrie, co. Mid-Lothian, by 
 Alicia, sister of the late General Sir David Baird, 
 Colonel of the 24th Foot, who was created a Baronet 
 for his gallantry at the storming of Seringapatam, 
 was aiterwards Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, and lost an arm at Corunna. His 
 eldest brother, Andrew, was killed at the battle of 
 the Pyrenees in command of the 20th Foot ; his 
 next, the late Liout.-Colonel Wm. Wauchope, died 
 in 1826, leaving, with other issue, a daughter, Hersey 
 Susan Sidney, married to Capt. Geo. Elliot, E.N., 
 son of Vice- Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliot, C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 Dec. 1802; and embarked, in Dec. 1805, on board 
 the Resistance 38, Capt. Chas. Adam, with whom 
 he continued employed as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 
 Dec. 1808. The Resistance, while he was in her, 
 formed part of the squadron under Sir John Borlase 
 "Warren at the capture of the Marengo 80, flag-ship 
 of Bear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle 
 Poule, 13 March, 1806. She brought a quantity of 
 freight home, also, from Vera Cruz ; made prize of 
 JJAigU privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men ; and con- 
 veyed a large body of general officers to the coast 
 of Portugal. Being appointed, 9 Jan. 1809, to the 
 Magicienne 36, Capt. Lucius Curtis, fitting for the 
 Cape station, Mr. Wauchope assisted in that ship at 
 the reduction, in July, 1810, of the He de Bourbon ; 
 and in the following month he was engaged, in 
 company with the 36-gun frigates N er^ide, Iphi- 
 GENiA, and Magicienne, in a series of gallant but 
 unfortunate operations which terminated, with a 
 loss to the Magicienne of 8 killed and 20 wounded, 
 in the self-destruction of her and the SiRins, the 
 capture of the NJiniiDE, and the surrender, to a 
 powerful French squadron, of the Iphigenia, at the 
 entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France. After 
 the Magicienne had been destroyed, he was sent 
 in a boat with intelligence of that which had oc- 
 curred to Commodore Josias Rowley, of the Boa- 
 DiCEA 38, at the lie de Bourbon, a distance across 
 of 140 miles. On the following morning he fell in 
 with the Commodore at sea, and was by him picked 
 up. On 31 of the same month he was appointed to 
 the Emma 12, Lieut. -Commander Henry Lynne ; 
 and in the ensuing Dec, having removed to the 
 Nisus 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, he co-operated in 
 the reduction of the Isle of France. He returned 
 to England in the Iphigenia frigate in the spring 
 of 1811 ; and on 21 March, 1812, at which period he 
 was again serving at the Cape of Good Hope, in the 
 Lion 64, flag-ship of Hon. Robt. Stopford, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander. He was 
 afterwards employed— from 23 June, 1813, until 
 advanced to Post-rank 6 June, 1814, in the Swinger 
 12, in the Channel— from 19 April, 1816, until 20 Dec. 
 1819, in the Eurydice 34, at St. Helena — and, from 
 30 May, 1834, until 6 June, 1838, in the Thalia 46, 
 flag-ship of the late Sir Patrick Campbell at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. He has since been on half-pay. 
 He attained Flag-rank in May, 1849. 
 
 Rear-Admiral Wauchope is the inventor of the 
 " Time-Ball," for ascertaining the rates of chrono- 
 meters, in use at the Greenwich Observatory, and at 
 Portsmouth, St. Helena, and the Cape of Good 
 
 Hope. He married, 17 April, 1822, Anne, daughter 
 of the late Sir David Carnegie, Bart. 
 
 WEALE. (Commander, 1827. f-p.,25; h-p., 26.) 
 Edward Taylor Weale was born 10 April, 
 1785, at Farnham, in Surrey. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 March, 1796, as 
 Pst.-cl. Vol., on board the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Jas. 
 Saumarez, under whom he fought in the action oft 
 Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797, and, as Midshipman, 
 at the battle of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798. He served 
 next, from Jan. 1799 until April, 1802, latterly as 
 Master's Mate, in the Success 32 and Unicorn 32, 
 Capts. Philip Wilkinson and Chas. Wemyss, on the 
 Channel station ; and in Sept. 1803 he joined the 
 Galatea 32, Capt. Henry Heathcote. On the 
 morning of 14 Aug. 1804, being then in the West 
 Indies, he took part, in command of one of four 
 boats belonging to the latter frigate, carrying in 
 the whole about 90 men, in a most desperate attempt 
 made to out out, from the neighbourhood of Anse- 
 a-Mire, in the Saintes, the late British 14-gun sbip- 
 sloop Lily (newly-named the General Emovf), de- 
 fended by several powerful batteries, having a pri- 
 vateer schooner moored across her hawse, so as to 
 enfilade the assailants completely in their approach, 
 and in every way prepared for a fierce resistance. 
 After having nobly struggled and sustained for 
 nearly an hour a murderous fire of great guns and 
 musketry, which killed and wounded 65 of their 
 number (including the commanding officer, Lieut. 
 Chas. Hayman, and the Master), the British, de- 
 prived of every hope of success, retired. In May, 
 1805, Mr. Weale, who had been directed by Capt. 
 Heathcote to act as Lieutenant in the room of Mr. 
 Hayman, was received on promotion on board the 
 Hercule 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres at Jamaica ; and on 1 July following he was 
 nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Sandwich cutter, 
 Lieut.-Commander D. Barnideny; with whom he 
 removed, in the course of the same month, to the 
 Decouverte schooner, of 7 guns and 32 men. 
 AVhile in that vessel, to the acting-command of 
 which he succeeded 8 Nov. 1805, he assisted in 
 driving a Spanish privateer on the rocks on the 
 coast of Cuba, and then boarded and brought her 
 off. A few days afterwards he was for about two 
 hours in action with a brig of 14 guns, which in the 
 end escaped, with a loss, it was understood, of 15 
 killed and 25 wounded, and with only part of her 
 foremast standing. While in personal command of 
 the DicouvERTE, Mr. Weale attacked a privateer 
 schooner of far superior force, carrying 112 men, 
 and, under a heavy fire, retook a sloop, her prize. 
 By the aid of her sweeps the privateer, although 
 pursued until sunset, got off. Her other guns being 
 dismounted early in the action, the Decouverte 
 achieved this victory with 1 long 18-pounder on a 
 pivot; the same gun, indeed, with which she had 
 put to flight her previous opponent. As a reward 
 for his conduct, Mr. Weale was promoted by the 
 Commander-in-Chief into a death vacancy 1 Jan. 
 1806; but he did not leave the Decouverte until 
 the ensuing May ; and he then joined the FoR- 
 TUNEE 36, Capts. Henry Vansittart and Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour. Soon after this, the Fortuneb having 
 driven a large privateer of 100 men on shore on the 
 south coast of Cuba, he was sent with the boats to 
 bring her off". Success crowning the enterpi;ize, he 
 was allowed for a time to command the prize as a 
 tender. In the summer of 1806 the Fortunee, in 
 company with the Surveillante 38, Herculje 74, 
 Superiedre schooner, and about 200 merchantmen, 
 sailed for England. When off" the Havana, a 
 number of Spanish vessels were discovered under 
 the protection of a 74-gun ship and two guarda- 
 costas. The Fortunee, SupiniEURE, and a number 
 of boats, were instantly despatched in pursuit^ and 
 the result of their united efforts was the capture 
 and destruction of the guarda-costas and 20 vessels 
 deeply laden with sugar, &c. After serving for 
 three years in the Channel and on the coast of 
 Ireland, the Fortunee, towards the close of 1810, 
 
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 WEATHERLEY-WEAVEK— WEBB. 
 
 conveyed Eear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle to 
 the Mediterranean. On her arrival she was sta- 
 tioned for a few weeks with the in-shore squadron 
 off Toulon. She then returned to England, bringing 
 with her an Ambassador from the Dey of Algiers. 
 During a subsequent cruize to the westward she 
 captured Le Vice-Amiral Martin, a very notorious 
 privateer, mounting 18 guns with a complement of 
 140 men. Quitting her in Nov. 1812, Mr. Weale, 
 who had latterly filled the post of First-Lieutenant, 
 was next, in Sept. 1813, appointed, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. 
 "Wm. Aylmer. In that frigate, in which he con- 
 tinued employed until Sept. 1815, he assisted at the 
 bombardment of Stonington in America, and ac- 
 companied, in the summer of the year last men- 
 tioned, a highly-successful expedition sent to the 
 Gironde in support of the French King, which ter- 
 minated in the royal colours being hoisted on the 
 castle of Bordeaux and in the surrounding districts. 
 He served afterwards in the Coast Guard at Kinsale 
 and Oyster Haven, as a chief officer, from 21 Jan. 
 1821 until 17 March, 1826 ; and as an Inspecting- 
 Commander at "Whitby from 6 July, 1830, until 5 
 July, 1833. His zealous exertions in the suppression 
 of smuggling during the period he was a chief 
 officer were the cause of his being strongly recom- 
 mended by the Comptroller-General to the First 
 Lord of the Admiralty. His commission as Com- 
 mander bears date 25 Oct. 1827. 
 
 WEATHEELEY. (Liedtenaut, 1816. f-p.,.32; 
 H-P., 22.) 
 
 KicHARD "Weatherley Was born 26 Aug. 1787. 
 
 This officer entered the Kavy, 7 Aug. 1793, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Raisonnabi-e 64, Capt. 
 Lord Cranstoun ; under whom he was for 12 months 
 employed among the Western Islands and on the 
 coast of Ireland. He served next, from July, 1795, 
 until April, 1797, in the Channel and off the port of 
 Cadiz, in the Pompee 74, Capt. Jas. Vashon ; and 
 in June and Nov. 1802, he joined the Penelope 36 
 and MiNERVE 38, Capts. Wm. Kobt. Broughton and 
 Jahleel Brenton. He was in the latter frigate, 2 
 July, 1803, when she took the ground under the 
 batteries of Cherbourg, and was compelled, despite 
 a fierce and sanguinary resistance, to strike her 
 colours. In consequence of this misfortune he was 
 detained a prisoner of war in France until May, 
 1814. In the following July he was received on 
 board the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey ; 
 and, after serving for nearly two years in that vessel 
 in the Channel, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 2 May, 1816. His last appointments 
 afloat were — 8 Dec. 1818, to the acting-command, 
 which he retained until 14 Jan. following, of the 
 Abundance store-ship, fitting at Deptford — and, 24 
 April, 1819, to the Menai 26, Capt. Fairfax Mo- 
 resby. In the latter ship he was employed, until 
 April, 1821, at the Cape of Good Hope. While in 
 charge, on one occasion, of a tender, he compelled a 
 slave-vessel to run through an intricate channel 
 between the coral- reefs on the Isle of France, where 
 she grounded and was set on fire by her commander, 
 a notorious character. Since 9 May, 1834, Lieut. 
 Weatherley has filled the post of Director of Police 
 in the Dockyard at Pembroke. 
 
 He was Harbour-Master at Simons' Town, Cape 
 of Good Hope, from April, 1821, until May, 1828. 
 
 WEAVER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; H-p., 32.) 
 
 William Weaver (a) was born in 1795, in 
 Dublin. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Sept. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capts. 
 Sir Edw. Berry and Jonas Eose. In that ship, after 
 she had by the most masterly manoeuvres escaped 
 from a French squadron, consisting of five sail of 
 the line, two frigates, and a brig, he joined Lord 
 Nelson's fleet, in time to participate in the battle of 
 Trafalgar. He was subsequently present in the 
 action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806 ; and in the 
 attack upon Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807. 
 
 On the Agamemnon being wrecked in the Rio de la 
 Plata, 20 June, 1809, he was received as Midship- 
 man (a rating he had already attained) on board 
 the Foddroyant 80, bearing the flag of Hon, 
 Michael De Courcy on the coast of Brazil, whence 
 he returned in Nov. 1812. In Jan. 1813 he was 
 ordered to join the Barfleur 98, commanded by 
 his former Captain, Sir Edw. Berry, in the Medi- 
 terranean ; where, in the following June, being de- 
 sirous of a more active life than was to be found in 
 a ship of the line, and having applied for an ap- 
 pointment as Acting-Master, he was removed in 
 that capacity to the Paulina 16, Capts. Westby 
 Percival and Rowland Mainwaring. While acting 
 subsequently as Master in the Pilot 18, Capt. John 
 Toup Nicholas (he had been transferred to that 
 sloop in Feb. 1814), he assisted, and was mentioned 
 for his conduct, at the defeat, 17 June, 1815, off 
 Cape Corse, of the French corvette Legere of 28 
 guns ; which vessel made off at the end of a close 
 and obstinate combat of nearly two hours, attended 
 with a loss to herself of 22 men killed and 79 
 wounded, and to the British, with damage to their 
 sails and rigging, of 1 man killed and 15 wounded. 
 Having passed his examination for Lieutenant 2 
 Oct. 1811, he was presented, in Oct. 1815, with a 
 commission dated back to 20 Feb. preceding. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Weaver married, in 1830, Mrs. Priscilla 
 Munchin. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WEAVER. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 18; h-p., 21.) 
 William Weaver (6) was born 11 Oct. 1795. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Dec. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellerophon 74, Capt. 
 Sam. Warren, with whom he continued employed 
 (at first under the flag of Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner) 
 off the Texel, in the Baltic, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, and in the East Indies, North Sea, and Me- 
 diterranean, in the same ship, and in the President 
 38 and Blenheim 74, until Sept. 1814. He belonged 
 to the Bellerophon when her boats, in company 
 with those of a squadron, cut out, off Percola Point, 
 7 July, 1809, the Russian gun-boats alluded to in 
 our memoir of Capt. Chas. Allen ; and he was in the 
 President (after having brought Lucien Buona^ 
 parte from Malta to England) at the reduction of 
 Java in 1811. While attached to the latter ship he 
 received the rating of Midshipman. On leaving the 
 Blenheim, as above, he joined the Aqdilon 32, 
 Capts. Thos. Burton and Rich. Budd Vincent. In 
 her he served for 19 months in the Mediterranean 
 and off Lisbon, part of the time as Master's Mate. 
 Having passed his examination in Feb. 1815, he 
 was next, in May, 1816, appointed Admiralty-Mid- 
 shipman of the Mjeander 38, Capts. John Bastard 
 and Arthur Fanshawe, lying in the river Thames ; 
 and in the ensuing Aug., having been lent to the 
 Fury bomb, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorsom, he 
 was present at the bombardment of Algiers. He 
 was afterwards, from Oct. 1816, until May, 1823, 
 employed, on the Home station, in the Northumber- 
 land 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, Pioneer schooner, 
 Lieut. -Commander John Wood Rouse, Severn 50, 
 Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, and Albion 74, Capts. Rich. 
 Raggett and Sir Wm. Hoste ; and, from May, 1823, 
 until Sept. 1826, in Soutli America, in the Mersey 
 26, Capt. John Macpherson Ferguson, and Cam- 
 bridge 82, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling. He has since 
 been on half-pay. His commission bears date ^7 
 March, 1826. 
 
 WEBB. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 Alexander Webb died about the commence- 
 ment of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1805, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Hibernia 110, Capt. Tristram 
 Robt. Ricketts, successive flag-ship, in the Channel 
 and off Lisbon, of Admirals Lord St. Vincent, Sir 
 Jas. Saumarez, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Sir Chas. 
 Cotton. After the Convention of Cintra he removed 
 to the CoMus 22, Capts. Hon. Josceline Percy and 
 Matthew Smith, on leaving which vessel we find 
 
WEBB. 
 
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 him successively, until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 16 Feb. 1815, employed, on the Home 
 and North American stations, in the Desibbe 36, 
 Capt. Arthur Farquhar, Maidstone 36, Capt. Geo. 
 Burdett, San Domingo 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Borlase Warren, Nioee 40, Euey 64, Capt. Andrew 
 Fitzherbert Evans, Centhkion 50, bearing the flag 
 of the late Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, and Bulwark 
 74, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth. On 3 April, 
 1813, being then in the Maidstone, he accompanied 
 a brilliant boat-expedition 15 miles up the Kappa- 
 hannock river, where, in the launch under Lieut. 
 Matthew Llddon, he assisted, in conjunction with 
 the large cutter of the Statika 38, in gallantly 
 boarding and carrying the Dolphin schooner of 12 
 guns and 98 men. His conduct on this occasion 
 elicited the public thanks of Rear-Admiral Cock- 
 bum, and obtained for him, we believe, a recom- 
 mendation to the Commander-in-Chief, Sir J. B. 
 Warren. While serving in the Bulwark he aided 
 in bringing troops home from Quebec. After his 
 promotion he served in the Coast Blockade, from 
 29 Nov. 1825 until 1827, and again from 7 Nov. 1829 
 until 1831, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Eamillies 74 and Hiperion 42, Capts. Hugh Pigot 
 and Wm. Jas. Mingaye ; he officiated next as Ad- 
 miralty Agent on board a contract mail steam- 
 vessel in the West Indies, from 15 Jan. 1845 until 
 compelled by repeated attacks of yellow fever to 
 invalid about the close of the same year ; and from 
 29 Sept. 1846 until the period of his death he had 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard. While 
 his name was on the books of the Kamillies, Lieut. 
 Webb had the good fortune to save the lives of 
 a Midshipman (Mr. Trench) and 14 men from 
 drowning, off Kingsgate. For this he received a 
 letter of thanks from the Royal Humane Society, 
 as at another time he did from Mr. Phelps, Master 
 of the brig Elizabeth of Plymouth, for a similar 
 service. We may add that he was the means, on 
 one occasion, of saving the life of H.R.H. the Duke 
 of Kent, father of Her present Mnjesty. His eldest 
 son, an officer of the Lizard steamer, was killed 
 during the operations in the Panama in 1846 (see 
 Lieut. H. M. Tylden). One of his daughters is the 
 wife of Commander Alex. Pretyman, R.N. Agents 
 — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 WEBB. (Commander, 1828.) 
 
 Joseph Richard Raggett Webb, born 14 Sept. 
 1788, at Penzance, co. Cornwall, is son of Mr. Webb, 
 Purser R.N., who died in the Alfred 74, in the 
 West Indies ; and nephew of the late Rear-Admiral 
 Rich. Raggett. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1798, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Galykheid, in which vessel, and 
 in the Bristol and Snipe, commanded by Lieuts. 
 Marsden, Joseph Withers, and Chas. Champion, he 
 continued employed in the river Medway and in 
 the Downs and North Sea, the greater part of the 
 time as Midshipman, until transferred, in Aug. 1803, 
 to the RoMNEV 50, Capts. Wm. Brown and Hon. 
 John Colville. In that ship, after visiting the coast 
 of Africa and the West Indies, he was wrecked in 
 the Texel 19 Nov. 1804. He next, in the early part 
 of'the following year, joined the Namur 74 and 
 Leopard 50, flag-ships (the latter commanded by 
 his uncle) of Admirals Rowley and Billy Douglas 
 at the Nore and in the Downs ; and on 17 March, 
 1806 he was made Lieutenant into the Anson 40, 
 Capt. Chas. Lydiard, fitting for a voyage to Ber- 
 muda. His succeeding appointments, we believe, 
 were— 13 July, 1806, to the command of the Laura, 
 in which vessel he returned to England— 14 Feb. 
 
 1807, for three months, to the Pandora sloop, Capt. 
 Henry Hume Spence, lying at Sheerness— 13 June, 
 
 1808, to the Cherokee of 10 guns and 70 men, 
 Capt. Rich. Arthur— early in 1810, to the Fran- 
 chise 36, Capts. John Allen and Rich. Buck, with 
 whom he served on the Newfoundland and Medi- 
 terranean stations until Sept. 1814 — 19 June, 1815, 
 to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Kobt. 
 Broughton, lying at Plymouth, where he remained 
 
 until 28 Aug. ensuing— 21 March, 1816, to the 
 Prince 98, from which ship, commanded at Ports- 
 mouth by Capt. Robt. Hall, he was superseded in 
 March, 1819 — and, in 1820-1-6, to the command, on 
 the Home station, of .the Hind and Dove Revenue- 
 cruizers, and Swan cutter. In the Cherokee, be- 
 sides sharing in the operations connected with the 
 expedition to the Walcheren, he assisted, we be- 
 lieve, at the capture (detailed in our memoir of 
 Rear-Admiral Arthur) of L'Aimable Netty priva- 
 teer of 16 guns and 60 men. He attained his pre- 
 sent rank 1 May, 1828 ; and was lastly, from 28 Feb. 
 1839 until March, 1842, employed in the Ocean 80, 
 
 fuard-ship at Sheerness, Capts. Sir John Hill and 
 eter Fisher. 
 
 Commander Webb married, first, 12 June, 1814, 
 Charlotte Sophia Emily Ulrich, daughter of the 
 Danish Consul at Algiers ; and, secondly, 21 Jan. 
 1841, Elizabeth, widow of the late Thos. Edis, Esq., 
 of Broad-street Buildings, London. He has had 
 issue seven children. His eldest son died while 
 serving with the Niger expedition, aged 24. Agents 
 — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 WEBB. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.) 
 
 Nicholas Webb entered the Navy, 25 July, 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. Albans 64, Capt. 
 John Temple, stationed in the North Sea. Re- 
 moving as Midshipman, in March, 1805, to the 
 Favorite 18, Capt. John Davie, he sailed in that 
 vessel for the coast of Africa, where he assisted, 28 
 Dec. following, at the capture, after an action of 
 20 minutes, of Le General Blandiard privateer of 
 16 guns and 130 men, 11 of whom were killed and 
 25 wounded. On 6 of *he following month the 
 Favorite was herself taken by a French squadron 
 under M. L'Hermite, but her officers and crew were 
 immediately sent in a cartel to England, during the 
 whole of their passage whither, two months and 
 two days, they were under the necessity of being 
 limited to half-a-pint of water each a-day. Soon 
 after his arrival Mr. Webb was received, in April, 
 1806, on board the L'ranie 38, Capt. Christopher 
 Laroche, on leaving which ship, in Aug. 1807, he 
 joined the Horatio of 46 guns and 270 men, Capt. 
 Geo. Scott. In her he appears to have been present, 
 in company with the Latona 38, and SoptHiEURE 
 and Driver sloops, at the capture, 10 Feb. 1809, 
 oflr the Virgin Islands, of La Jurum French frigate 
 of 42 guns and 323 men, after a close and sanguinary 
 action of nearly three hours, attended with a loss 
 to the enemy of 130 killed and wounded, and to 
 the Horatio of not more than 7 killed and 26 
 wounded. In the summer of the same year we find 
 him sharing, in the Galgo rocket-ship, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander M'Killop, in the operations connected with 
 the expedition to the Walcheren; on his return 
 whence he was transferred to the Implacable 74 
 Capts. Thos. Byam Martin and Geo. Cockbum! 
 Under the latter officer he accompanied an expe- 
 dition sent to Quiberon Bay to co-operate with the 
 Baron de KoUi in an attempt to Uberate Ferdi- 
 nand VII. of Spain from his confinement at Va- 
 lenfay. He served next at the defence of Cadiz 
 and then escorted two Spanish line-of-battle ships' 
 of 120 guns each, to the Havana; after which he 
 proceeded to Vera Cruz, and returned with 2,000 000 
 dollars to Cadiz, where, and oflT Lisbon, he con- 
 tinued employe!!, from April, 1811, until Aug. 1813 
 in the Alfiied 74, Capts. Wm. Shepheard and Joshua 
 Sydney Horton, and as Acting-Lieutenant (original 
 order dated 23 April, 1812) in the Grampus .'io 
 Commodore Cockbnrn, and Myrtle 20, Capt. Cle- 
 ment Sneyd. He was then ordered a passage home 
 in the Coquette 20, Capt. John Simpson. He 
 sailed shortly afterwards for the coast of North 
 America in the Severn 40, Capt. Joseph Nourse 
 and was there, until May, 1815, employed as Midi 
 shipman, and again as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 Albion 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Cockbum 
 Dragon 74, Capt. Robt. Barrie, and Junon 38* 
 Capt. Clotworthy Upton. His commission bears 
 date 19 July, 1814. He was appointed for three 
 
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 WEBB— WEBBER— WEBSTER. 
 
 months, on leaving the Junok, to the Hebkds 36, 
 Capt. Edm. Palmer, stationed in the Channel ; and 
 he was lastly, from 9 Dec. 1828 until 1830, em- 
 ployed in the Coast Bloclsade as a Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WEBB, (ffaptain, 1826. f-p., 17; h-p., 2.3.) 
 
 "William Webb entered the Uavy, 24 Jan. 1807, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Pbothee, Lieut.- 
 Commander Wm. Todman, lying at Portsmouth. 
 In April, 1810, nearly four months after he had 
 heen discharged from the Prothee, he joined the 
 VicTOKT 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez 
 in the Baltic, whence, in the course of the same 
 year, he made a voyage to Lisbon. He next, from 
 Jan. 1811 until March, 1812, served (he hfid already 
 attained the rating of Midshipman) oif Brest in the 
 ToNNANT 80, Capt. Sir John Gore. He was then 
 received on board the Nymphen 38, Capts. Farmery 
 Predam Epworth and Hugh Pigot, with whom he 
 continued actively employed on the coast of North 
 America and in the "West Indies, part of the time 
 in the capacity of Master's Mate, until nominated, 
 22 Nov. 1814, Acting-Lieutenant, on the latter sta- 
 tion, of the Magnificent 74, Capt. "Willoughby 
 Thos. Lake. To that ship he was confirmed 29 
 March, 1815. Being paid oif from her in Nov. 181.5, 
 he was appointed next — 27 Dec. in the same year, 
 to the Myrmidon 20, Capt. Kobt. Gambler, in the 
 Mediterranean, whence he returned in Nov. 1818 — 
 22 Nov. 1821, to the LirrEY 50, bearing the broad 
 pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant in the East 
 Indies — and, 6 Jan. 1824, to the Jupiter 60, Capt. 
 David Dunn. In the ship last mentioned he pro- 
 ceeded to the Halifax station, where he was made 
 Commander 17 July, 1824, into the Rifleman 18, 
 and Posted, 2 Dec. 1826, into the Jopiter, bearing 
 then the flag of (his former Captain) Rear-Admiral 
 "W. T. Lake. He paid the Jupiter off in Aug. 1827 ; 
 and, not having been since employed, accepted the 
 Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt."Webb married, 12 Dec. 1827, Emily, daughter 
 of his old commander, the late Admiral Sir "W. T. 
 Lake, K.C.B., and was left a widower 29 Jan. 1842. 
 Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 WEBB. (Commander, 1847.) 
 
 "William Henrv "Webb entered the Navy (from 
 the Royal Naval College) 27 June, 1829 ; passed his 
 examination 14 Nov. 1834 ; and while employed on 
 the Niger expedition in the Soudan steamer, Capt. 
 Bird Allen, was made Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, 
 into the Alert, Capt. Henry Dundas Trotter. He 
 was next, 5 Jan. 1843, appointed to the Styx steam 
 surveying-sloop, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, 
 stationed among the Azores ; and from 5 Feb. 1845 
 until advanced to his present rank 26 Oct. 1847^ he 
 was employed in the Firebrand steam-frigate of 
 410 horse-power, Capt. Jas. Hope, on the south-east 
 coast of America. On 20 Oct. 1845 he was present 
 in the battle of the Parana, where a hard day's 
 fighting resulted in the destruction, by the com- 
 bined squadrons of England and France, of four 
 heavy batteries belonging to General Rosas at Punta 
 Obligado, also of a schooner-of-war carrying 6 guns, 
 and of 24 vessels chained across the river. Agent 
 — Joseph "Woodhead. 
 
 WEBBER. (Lieutenant, 1827.) 
 
 George "Wood "Webber entered the Navy 4 Oet, 
 1809 ; passed his examination in 1816 ; and was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1827.- 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 WEBBER. (Lieutenant, 1847.) 
 
 Edmund "Webber passed his examination 5 April, 
 1845; served as Mate, at Portsmouth and at the 
 Cape of Good Hope, in the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Duoie 
 Chads, and Eueydice 24, Capt. Talavera Vernon 
 Anson ; and on the occasion of his promotion to the 
 rank of Lieutenant, which took place 14 May, 1847, 
 was appointed Additional of the President 50, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres on the 
 station last named. He has been employed, since 
 13 April, 1848, in the Hastings 72, Capt. Jas. "Wm. 
 Morgan, now in the East Indies. 
 
 WEBBER. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 "William Charles "Webber is second son of the 
 Rev. Archibald Webber. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1809. 
 While serving as Midshipman on board the Eurotas, 
 of 46 guns and 320 men, Capt. John Phillimore, he 
 took part (after having witnessed the capture of 
 La Trave French frigate) in a destructive action of 
 two hours and 10 minutes, which preceded the sur- 
 render of La Clorinde, mounting 44 guns and 12 
 brass swivels, with a complement of 360 picked 
 men, of whom 120 were killed and wounded, with a 
 loss to the British of 20 slain and 40 wounded. 
 This engagement took place 25 Feb. 1814 ; and in 
 1816 Mr. "Webber passed his examination. He ob- 
 tained his commission 3 Oct. 1825 ; and was lastly, 
 from 2 July, 1828, until the latter part of 1829, emr 
 ployed, on the Cork station, in the Trinculo 18, 
 Capt. Sam. Price. 
 
 He married, 18 Nov. 1829, Catherine, daughter, 
 of the late Colonel Geo. Mason, of the Bengal 
 Artillery. 
 
 WEBSTER. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Augustus Frederick Webster entered the Navy, 
 14 March, 1834; passed his examination 6 July, 
 1840: and was nominated, about the close of the 
 same year. Mate of the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. 
 Fred. Wm. Grey, fitting for. the East Indies; where 
 he was made Lieutenant, 28 Aug. 1843, into the 
 CoRNWALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. In 
 the autumn of 1844 he returned to England and was 
 paid oif. His next appointments were, 8 Dec. 1845 
 and 24 Sept. 1847, to the Sampson steam-frigate of 
 467 horse-power, Capt. Thos. Henderson, and Col- 
 LINGWOOB 80, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Eras. Seymour, 
 both in the Pacific. In the Sampson he was for 
 some time First-Lieutenant. He continued in the 
 CoLLiHGwooD Until she was paid off in 1848. 
 
 WEBSTER, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Sir Godfrey Webster, born 3 July, 1815, is 
 eldest son of the late Sir Godfrey Vassal Webster, 
 of Battel Abbey, co. Sussex (whom he succeeded as 
 sixth Baronet 17 July, 1836), by Charlotte, eldest 
 daughter of Robt. Adamson, Esq., of co. West- 
 meath ; and nephew of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir 
 Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the N avy 8 Nov. 1828 ; passed 
 his examination in 1838 ; and was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1840. His appointments 
 have since been — 14 Jan. 1840, as Additional, to the 
 Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir 
 Robt. Stopford in the Mediterranean — 24 June, 1840, 
 for nearly two years, to the Thunderer 84, Capts. 
 Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley and Daniel 
 Pring, under the former of whom he took part in 
 the operations on the coast of Syria, including the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acire — 19 Dec. 1846„to 
 the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at 
 Portsmouth — 11 Jan. 1847, to the Shearwater 
 steamer of 160 horse-power, Capt. Chas. Gepp Ro- 
 binson, employed on Surveying-service on the coast 
 of Scotland — and, 9 Oct. 1847, to the command of 
 the Tartarus steamer of 1.36 horse-power, now in 
 the Mediterranean. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WEBSTER. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 William Webster (&) passed his examination in 
 1829 ; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 27 Sept. 1837. His appointments have since been — 
 20 July, 1838, to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. 
 Wilmott Henderson, from which ship, stationed in 
 the jVlediterranean, he was superseded in March, 
 1840—31 Oct. in the latter year, to the Iris 26, 
 Capts. Hugh Nurse and Wm. Tucker, fitting for the 
 
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 coast of Africa, whence he returned in 1842 — and, 
 22 Sept. 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service 
 he continues. 
 
 WEEKES. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 28; h-p., 15.) 
 
 William Bort Weekes was born 22 Nov. 1790, 
 at Nevis, in the West Indies. He is brother of 
 Thos. P. Weekes, Esq., Member of the Bombay 
 dioal Board. 
 
 ('his officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in 
 .iarch, 1804 ; and embarked, in Sept. 1807, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Princess Charlotte 38, Capt. 
 Geo. Tobin, stationed on the coast of Ireland ; where 
 he removed, in July, 1809, to the Jalousb 18, Capt. 
 Henry Gage Morris. On 29 Jan. 1810, being in the 
 Bay of Biscay, he took command of the cutter and, 
 in company with the other boats of the Jalouse 
 and those of the Phcenix frigate, went in pursuit, 
 during a cahn, of Xe Chafles, a French privateer of 
 14 guns and 90 men, which, after a chase of three 
 hours, was gallantly boarded and carried, the ships 
 being at the time hull-down in the distance. On 
 21 March, 1812, at which period he had been serving 
 for about 18 months in the Baltic in the Victory 
 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were — 6 April and 31 Dec. 1812, to the 
 Glodcestek 74 and Echo sloop, Capts. Kobt. Wil- 
 liams and Thos. Percival, stationed off Flushing and 
 in the Downs — 28 April, 1815, for a few days only 
 (he had left the Echo in July, 1813), to the Mastiff 
 12, Capt. Job Hanmer, lying at Plymouth — 3 Feb. 
 1818, to the Vengedr 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, 
 which ship, stationed at Portsmouth, was paid off in 
 the following Sept.— and, 7 May, 1825, to the Coast 
 Guard. In the latter service he remained until 
 Aug. 1840. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Weekes left the Coast Guard for the pur- 
 pose of assuming the command, which he retained 
 for some years, of a country ship of 11 hundred tons, 
 in the East Indies. He married, 22 Feb. 1814, 
 Grace, daughter of Peter Bunworth, Esq., of Mal- 
 low, 00. Cork, by whom he has had i^sue two 
 daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 WEIR. (LlEDTENANT, 1811. F-P., 9 ; H-P., 35.) 
 
 John Weir entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 1803, as 
 Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Prince George 98, Capts. 
 Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack, stationed 
 in the Channel. In Nov. 1806, two years after he 
 had attained the rating of Midshipman, he removed 
 to the Polyphemus 64, Capts. Peter Heywood and 
 Wm. Pryce Cumby; and while in that ship, which 
 bore the flags in succession of Admirals Geo. Mur- 
 ray and Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, he witnessed 
 the unsuccessful attack made by Lieut.-General 
 Whitelocke on Buenos Ayres in July, 1807, and 
 assisted, as Master's Mate, in the summer of 1809, at 
 the blockade of the city of St. Domingo. Con- 
 tinuing in the West Indies he was there, 1 Dec. 
 1810, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Hebe 
 frigate, Capt. John Fyffe. He was confirmed to 
 that ship 29 April, 1811 ; and in the following Aug. 
 he returned to England. He has since been on 
 half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WELCH. (Commandek, 1846. f-p., 39 ; h-p., 1 5.) 
 
 David Welch died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1 793, as Third-cl. 
 Vol, on board the Ciece 28, Capts. Alan Hyde 
 Gardner and Joseph Sydney Yorke. He served 
 next, from Aug. 1794 until wrecked in Vigo Bay 
 6 Sept. 1800, in the Stag 32, Capts. J. S. Yorke and 
 Robt. Winthrop ; and, from the latter period until 
 April, 1807, in the Zealand 64 and Leasdbb 50, 
 flag-ships of Vice-Admirals Alex. Graeme and Sir 
 Andrew Mitchell, Driver sloop and Cleopatra 32, 
 both commanded by Capt. John Naime, Milan 38, 
 Capt. Robt. Laurie, and Halifax, Cambrian, and 
 Favorite, all under the command of Capt. Naime. 
 He then (he had been employed hitherto on the 
 Home and North American stations) sailed for the 
 East Indies, as Midshipman, in the Jufitek 50, 
 
 Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker. On his return 
 he was received in succession, in Dec. 1808 and Feb. 
 1809, on board the Alfred 74, Capt. John Hayes, 
 and Victorious 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond— 
 the former stationed on the coast of Spain. After 
 sharing, as Master's Mate of the Victorious, in the 
 operations against Flushing, he was nominated, 20 
 Sept. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the Blake 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Codrington, Being, however, super- 
 seded 24 Oct. following, he joined the San Domingo 
 74; to" which ship, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. 
 Straohan in the North Sea, he continued attached 
 until again ordered to act as Lieutenant, 8 Jan. 
 1812, in the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker. 
 He was officially promoted 3 Feb. in the same year ; 
 and he was subsequently appointed— 2 March, 1812, 
 to the Df.vastation bomb, Capt. Thos. Alexander, 
 stationed in the Baltic, where he came frequently 
 into action with the enemy— 17 Blay, 1813, for 
 nearly three years, to the Rivoli 74, Capts. G. E. 
 Hamond and Edw. Stirling Dickson, under the 
 latter of whom he assisted, while employed in the 
 Mediterranean, at the capture, 30 April, 1815, of 
 La Melpomene French frigate of 44 guns, after a 
 brave defence of 15 minutes — 16 Jan. 1817 (after 10 
 months of half-pay), to the Queen Charlotte 100, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thombrough at Portsmouth — 
 18 May, 1818, to the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alex- 
 ander, in the Channel — 19 Sept. following, to the 
 Ramillies 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, at 
 Portsmouth— 22 Oct. 1822, as Senior (he had left 
 the Ramillies in July, 1821), to the Dover 28, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Poo Beresford at 
 Portsmouth — in April, 1824, and Dec. 1825, to the 
 Wellesley and Spaetiate 74's, Capts. G. E. Ha- 
 mond and Fred. Warren, stationed on the coast of 
 Brazil — 6 Sept. 1826, again as Senior (a few months 
 after his return to England), to the Columbine 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Symonds, under whom he was for nine 
 months employed on experimental cruizes in the 
 Channel— 26 Feb. 1836, to the command, which he 
 retained until July, 1841, of the Swift packet, on 
 the Falmouth station — and, 22 Nov. 1844, to the 
 Victory 104, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Hyde 
 Parker, Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth. 
 He continued in the ship last mentioned until ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Commander Welch was married, and has left 
 issue. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WELCH. (Eetiked Commander, 1836. f-p. 
 18 ; H-p., 35.) 
 Robert Welch entered the Navy, 7 June, 1794, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galatea 36, Capts. 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats and Hon. Geo. Byng; in 
 which frigate, part of the force attached to the ex- 
 pedition to Quiberon in 1795, he continued employed 
 on the French and Irish coasts until transferred, in 
 June, 1798, to the Foudroyant 80, Capts. Sir Thos. 
 Byard, John Elphinstone, Jas. Rich. Dacres, Wm. 
 Brown, Thos. Masterman Hardy, Sir Edw. Berry, 
 Stephenson, and Philip Beaver, flag-ship for some 
 time of Lords Keith and Nelson. Under Sir T. 
 Ilyard he witnessed the surrender, in Oct. 1798, of 
 Le Hoche 74 and other ships destined for the inva- 
 sion of Ireland ; and under Sir Edw. Berry he as- 
 sisted, during the blockade of Malta, at the capture, 
 18 Feb. 1800, of Le Gene'reux 74 and Vilk de Mar- 
 seilles armed store-ship ; and, on 31 March in the 
 same year, after a desperate conflict, in which the 
 Foudroyant (in company at the time with the 
 Lion 64 and Penelope 36) sustained a loss of 8 
 men killed and 64 wounded, of Le Guillaume Tell of 
 84 guns and 1000 men, bearing the flag of Kear- 
 Admiral Decres. Being nominated, 17 Deo. 1800, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Experiment 44, Capts. 
 John Griffin Saville and Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, he 
 commanded the boats of that ship at the lianding of 
 the troops in Egypt, 8 March, 1801. The services 
 he then rendered, as well as during the remainder 
 of the campaign, procured him a gold medal from 
 the Turkish Government. On leaving the Experi- 
 ment (he had been confirmed to her 17 Nov. 1803) 
 
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 WELCH— WELD— WELLER. 
 
 he joined, in Feb. 1805, the Sabacen 18, Capts. 
 Jas. Prevost and Buckland Stirhng Bluett. In that 
 vessel he was five years and five months employed, 
 the last four years as Senior Lieutenant, in the 
 Channel and "West Indies, at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, in South America (whence he returned with 
 the naval and military despatches announcing the 
 disastrous result of the attack upon Buenos Ayres 
 in July, 1807), in the Mediterranean, and again in 
 the West Indies ; where he was next, in July, 1810, 
 and April, 1811, appointed First of the Garland, 
 ' Capts. Wm. Charlton and Thos. Graves, and Hebe, 
 Capt. John FyfFe. He came home and was paid 
 off in Aug. 1811 ; and was lastly, from Dec. 1812 
 until June, 1814, employed, again as First-Lieute- 
 nant, in the Ceres 32, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral 
 Thos. Surridge at Chatham. 
 
 During his career afloat he acted a part in a 
 variety of boat affairs. He accepted his present 
 rank 18 July, 1836 ; and was admitted to the out- 
 pension of Greenwich Hospital 9 March, 1849. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WELCH. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 25; 
 H-p., 12.) 
 
 Robert Gbegoht Welch entered the Navy, 15 
 Sept. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tonnant 
 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, stationed off Lisbon. 
 From March, 1811, until April, 1815, he was em- 
 ployed with the late Vice-Admiral Matthew Henry 
 Scott, chiefly as Midshipman, in the MAKLBORonGH 
 and Chatham 74'3, In the North Sea and Channel. 
 After further serving on the Home station in the 
 Astr.s;a 36, Capt. Edw. Kittoe, Muthne sloop, 
 Capt. Jas. Mould, and Vengeue 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, he joined, in May, 1818, the Iphigenia 
 42, Capt. Hyde Parker. In the latter ship he sailed 
 for Quebec with the Duke of Richmond, and then_ 
 proceeded to the West Indies ; where (he had at-" 
 tained the rating of Master's Mate in Sept. 1818) he 
 was nominated, 9 Nov. 1819, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the CoNFiANCE 18, Capt. Alex. Montgomerie. Four 
 months after his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, which took place 15 April, 1820, he returned 
 to England. His subsequent appointments were — 
 28 June, 1822, for upwards of two years, to the 
 Egekia 28, Capts. John Toup Nicolas and Sam. 
 Roberts, employed at first in suppressing an insur- 
 rection among the keelmen in the river Tyne, and 
 next on the Newfoundland station — 23 Feb. 1827, 
 to the Hussar 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at 
 Halifax— 23 Feb. 1831, to the Aleeed 50, Capt. 
 Robt. Maunsell, engaged on particular service— 14 
 July, 1831, and 22 Sept. 1832, to the Hyacinth 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Oldrey, and North Star 28, Capt. Lord 
 Wm. Paget, both in the West Indies, whence he re- 
 turned in the summer of 1833—24 Jan. 1838, to the 
 Hercules 74, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, which ship, 
 stationed off Lisbon, he left in Jan. 1839 — and 1 
 Feb. 1840, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Bar- 
 nard, fitting for the Mediterranean. In the Alfred, 
 Hyacinth, Hercules, and Cambridge, Mr. Welch 
 filled the post of First Lieutenant. In the ship last 
 mentioned he was present, in 1840, in the operations 
 on the coast of Syria and at the blockade of Alex- 
 andria. He was superseded from her on the occa- 
 sion of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 
 23 Nov. 1841. He was afterwards, from 3 July, 
 1843, until July, 1848, employed in the Coast Guard. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WELD. (Commander, 1825. f-p., 17;* h-p., 
 37.) 
 Daniel Weld entered the Navy, in Feb. 1793, 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Amphitrite frigate, 
 Capt. John Child Purvis ; with whom, in the fol- 
 lowing month, he removed to the Princess Royal 
 98, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Sam. Cranston 
 Goodall. In that ship he served as Midshipman at 
 the occupation of Toulon, at the reduction of Cor- 
 sica, and in Hotham's partial actions, 14 March and 
 13 July, 1795. After he had been for nearly three 
 • Exclaaive of Coast Guard time. 
 
 years employed in the Channel and North Sea, off 
 the port of Cadiz, and again in the Mediterranean, 
 part of the time as Master's Mate, in the Prince 
 98, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis, London 98, Capt. 
 J. C. Purvis, and Ville de Paris 110, and Queen 
 Charlotte 100, flag-ships of Lords St. Vincent and 
 Keith, he was made Lieutenant, 10 Sept. 1799, into 
 the Leandek 50, Capt. Michael Halliday ; in which 
 ship, as First-Lieutenant in the Lynx sloop, Capt. 
 Alex. Skene, and in the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. 
 Hood Linzee, he served continuously in the Medi- 
 terranean, North Sea, and Baltic, again off Cadiz, 
 and in the West Indies, until July, 1802. While at 
 Cadiz in the Zealous he was often engaged with 
 the enemy's flotilla. After he left her he was em- 
 ployed—from March, 1803, until March, 1804, in 
 the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mans- 
 field, in the Channel— from April, 1804, until Dec. 
 1805, in command of a squadron of gun-boats on the 
 coast of Ireland— from Jan. 1806 until Aug. 1808 
 (with one or two intervals) in the Ocean and 
 Queen 98's, both commanded by Capt. Fras. 
 Pender, Princess of Orange 74, flag-ship of Vice- 
 Admiral John HoUoway, and Valiant 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Young, off Cadiz, and in the Downs, Baltic, 
 and North Sea— from July, 1810, until Sept. 1812, 
 as First-Lieutenant (a rank he had held in the 
 Ocean), in the Banterer sloop and Mermaid 32, 
 wme'e-en-flute, Capts. Chas. Warde and Hon. Wm. 
 Henry Percy, off Lisbon and again off Cadiz— and 
 from 1 April until 19 Aug. 1815, in the Impress 
 Service in London. He was advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank " for long and active services," 27 May, 
 1825 ; and was appointed an Inspecting-Commander 
 in the Suffolk Coast Guard District about June, 
 1827. Since he left that service he has been on. 
 half-pay. 
 
 Commander Weld was left a widower 24 Jan. 
 1837. 
 
 WELD. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.) 
 
 Richard Weld entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Illustrious 74, Capts. 
 Sir Chas. Hamilton and Wm. Shield ; the latter of 
 whom, after having served in the Channel, in the 
 West Indies, and on the coast of Spain, he followed, 
 in July, 1806, as Midshipman (a rating he had al- 
 ready attained), into the Queen 98 and Malta 80. 
 On his return in the latter ship from the Mediter- 
 ranean with Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, he joined, 
 in Nov. 1808, the Ville de Paris 110, bearing the 
 flag of Hon. Michael De Courcy ; under whom we 
 find him, in Jan. 1809, assisting at the embarkation 
 of the troops after the battle of Corunna. In the 
 course of the ensuing month he removed to the 
 Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, part 
 of the force employed in the expedition to the Wal- 
 cheren; and in Nov. of the same year he was re- 
 ceived on board the CnRA50A 36, Capt. John Tower. 
 In her he served for three years and nine months 
 off Madeira and the coast of France, at the Cape of 
 Good Hope, and in the Mediterranean, latterly as 
 Master's Mate ; in which capacity and as Lieute- 
 nant (commission dated 29 Sept. 1814) he was em- 
 ployed, from Jan. 1814 until Aug. 1815, in the 
 Leander 60, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, in the 
 Channel, again off Madeira, in the West Indies, and 
 on the coast of North America. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 WELLER. (Commander, 1843. r-p., 21; 
 H-p., 16.) 
 
 John Hotham Weller entered the Navy, 27 
 Nov. 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal 
 WiLLLAM, Capt. Robt. Hall, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Roger Curtis at Portsmouth. In Jan. 1811 he re- 
 moved to the Formidable 98, Capt. Jas. NicoU 
 Morris, on the lasbon station; and in Oct. 1814, 
 after having served for three years and a half in 
 the Mediterranean and North Sea, off the Western 
 Islands, and in the Channel, part of the time as 
 Midshipman, in the Centaur 74, Capt. John Cham- 
 bers White (under whom he witnessed the fall of 
 
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 Tarragona in June, 18U, and the destruction, in 
 April, 1814, of a74-gun ship, tliree brigs-of- war, and 
 several smaller vessels near Bordeaux), he joined the 
 Queen 74, Capt. John Coode, again on the Mediter- 
 ranean station, where he continued employed with 
 the latter officer in the Albion 74, under the flag of 
 Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose until May, 1819. He 
 was present in the ship just mentioned at the 
 bombardment of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816. In Sept. 
 1819 he was received on board the Owen Glen- 
 nowEK 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, 
 fitting for South America ; on his return whence he 
 ■was transferred, in Sept. 1822, to the Eden 26, 
 Capt. John Lawrence, and sailed for the West 
 Indies ; on which station he was made Lieutenant, 
 16 Julj;, 1823, into the Scoot 18, Capt. Jas. Wigston. 
 He left the Scout in Feb. 1824 ; and was subse- 
 quently appointed — 10 Feb. 1827, for upwards of 12 
 months, to the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Syd- 
 ney Horton, lying at Sheerness — 19 Feb. 1830, to 
 the Coast Blockade, in which he remained for a 
 short period, as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the 
 Talaveea 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot— 11 July, 1832, to 
 the Castok 36, Capts. Sir Kioh. Grant and Lord 
 John Hay, under whom he was for a few months 
 employed on particular service — 18 July, 1835, to 
 the Coast Guard— 5 April, 1836, as Senior, to the 
 Pembroke 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Fellowes and Fair- 
 fax Moresby, on the Lisbon station, whence he re- 
 turned in the summer of 1837 — 10 Dec. 1839 and 1 
 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120, and, as First, to the 
 Camperdown 104, flag-ships of Sir Henry Digby 
 and Sir Edw. Brace at Sheerness — and 7 Jan. 1843, 
 in the capacity last named (after about a year's 
 half-pay), to the Tartarus steam surveying-vessel, 
 Capt. Fred. Bullock. Since his promotion to the 
 rank of Commander, which took place 25 Sept. in 
 the latter year, he has not been afloat. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WELLESLEY. (Captaik, 1844.) 
 
 George Greville Wellbsley passed his exa- 
 mination in 1834 ; obtained his first commission 22 
 April, 1838 ; and was appointed — 21 Jan. 1839, as 
 Additional Lieutenant, to the Princess Charlotte 
 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford in the 
 Mediterranean— 30 March following, to the Castor 
 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the same station — and 
 17 Nov. 1841, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, 
 fitting for the East Indies. In the Castor, of 
 which ship he became ultimately First-Lieutenant, 
 he took part in 1840 in the operations on the coast 
 of Syria, including the attacks upon Caifia, Jafla, 
 Tsour, and St. Jean d'Acre. Previously to the 
 bombardment of Caifla he ably assisted in placing 
 an Ottoman frigate in the position she was to 
 occupy ; he afterwards landed and aided, in full 
 view of 500 of the Egyptian army, in throwing into 
 the sea the 5 guns of a castle which commanded 
 the town.* In command of the guard-boats sta- 
 tioned at the pass of Narcourra, halfway to Acre, 
 for the purpose of distributing arms to the moun- 
 taineers, he captured 2 oificers and 43 men. f "While 
 serving in the East Indies in the Thalia, Mr. 
 Wellesley was made Commander, 16 April, 1842, 
 into the Childers 16. Soon after the paying off' of 
 that vessel he was advanced, 2 Dec. 1844, to his 
 present rank. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WELLINGTON. (Commandf-h, 1842.) 
 
 Henry James ■Wj;llington was born in July, 
 1813, at Hay Castle, Brecknockshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Oct. 1825, on 
 board the Warspite 76, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother 
 Carroll, whom he followed into the Boadicea 46 
 and Java 52, all flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Wm. 
 Hall Gage, on the East India station, whence he 
 returned to England in the Rainbow 28, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry John Rous. He served afterwards in 
 the Mediterranean and West Indies, again in the 
 Rainbow, under Sir John Franklin, and in the 
 Belvidera 42, Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas, 
 • Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2601. f f. Gaz. 1840, p. 2608. 
 
 Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, and Vernon 
 50 and President 52, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Cock- 
 burn. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 12 Aug. 1834; and was subsequently appointed — 4 
 Sept. 1834 and 12 Dec. 1835, to the Racer 16 and 
 Thunder surveying-vessel, Capts. Jas. Hope and 
 Rich Owen, both in the West Indies— in Dec. 1836, 
 as First, to the Gannet 16, Capt. John Balfour 
 Maxwell, on the same station— in 1837, for a pas- 
 sage home, to the Belvidera 42, Capt. Chas. 
 Burrough Strong— 2 March, 1833, again as Senior, 
 to the Hazard 18, Capts. Jas. Wilkinson and Hon. 
 Chas. Gilbert John Brydone Elliott, under the 
 latter of whom he assisted at the bombardment of 
 St. Jean d'Acre— and 20 Oct. 1841, to the Queen 
 110, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Edw. W. C. R. 
 Owen. In honour of Her Majesty's visit to the 
 latter ship when lying at Spithead, on the eve of 
 her departure for the Mediterranean, he was ad- 
 vanced to the rank of Commander 7 March, 1842. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Wellington married 10 Oct. 1843. 
 Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WELLS. (Retired Commandee, 1834. r-p., 18 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Andrew Wells was born 17 April, 1774, in 
 Aberdeenshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1795, as 
 A.B., on board the Carnatic 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Grindall, lying at Plymouth. Removing with Capt. 
 Grindall, in Feb. 1796, to the Colossus 74, com- 
 manded next by Capt. Geo. Murray, he fought in 
 that ship in the action off" Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 
 1797, and served in her boats, in the course of the 
 same year, in several attacks upon the Cadiz flotilla. 
 The Colossus being wrecked, 10 Dec. 1798, on a 
 ledge of rooks in St. Mary's Road, Scilly, Mr. Wells, 
 who had already attained the rating of Midshipman, 
 rejoined Capt. Murray shortly afterwards on board 
 the AcHiLLE 74. In that ship, and in the Edgar 
 74 (part of the fleet engaged under Lord Nelson at 
 the battle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801) and the 
 London 98, he continued employed with the same 
 Captain on the Channel and Baltic stations, latterly 
 in the capacity of Master's Mate, until promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 29 April, 1802. He was 
 subsequently appointed, in succession — 11 May, 
 1802, to the Gannet 16, Capts. Burrowes, Bass, 
 Stevenson, and Bateman, in which vessel he cruized 
 in the Channel, united in Admiral Gambler's attack 
 upon Copenhagen in 1807, and went with convoy to 
 the Mediterranean— 30 May, 1808, to the Vesuvius 
 bomb, Capt. Cunningham, stationed in the Baltic — 
 8 Feb. 1809, to the Naijaden 36, Capt. Cottrell, 
 employed in the North Sea and West Indies— and, 
 4 May, 1812, to the Nymphe 38, Capt. Farmery 
 Predam Epworth, on the coast of North America, 
 whence he invalided 19 Oct. 1813. In 1809 he com- 
 manded the boats of the Naijaden at the capture 
 of a Russian fort on the coast of Lapland, and of 
 several vessels reposing under its protection.* He 
 accepted his present rank 25 March, 1834 ; and was 
 admitted to the Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital 
 26 Oct. 1848. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WELLS. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Edward Francis Wells entered the Navy 28 
 Deo. 1811 ; passed his examination in 1819; and was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 July, 1829. 
 He served, from 4 of the latter month until the 
 spring of 1831, in the Coast Blockade, with his name 
 on the books of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. 
 Mingaye; was employed next, from 13 May, 1833, 
 until April, 1836, in the San Josef 110 and Royal 
 Adelaide 104, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Hargood at 
 Plymouth ; and has been in charge, since 4 Oct. 
 1839, of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Wells is married, and has issue. 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1346. 
 
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 WELLS— WELSH— WELSTEAD—WEMYSS. 
 
 WELLS. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.) 
 
 John Palmer Wells entered the Navy, 23 July, 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royai. George 
 100, Capt. Kich. Bailing Dunn, -whom he followed, 
 as Midshipman, into the San Josef 110, Hibernia 
 120, Armide 38, and Dublin 74. In those ships he 
 was employed, at first under the flag of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth, in the Channel, off Cadiz and 
 Gibraltar, in the Bay of Biscay, and among the 
 Western Islands. While on the books of the San 
 Josef he served with the gun-boats during the 
 operations in the Scheldt in 1809. From the Dublin, 
 which ship had been commanded latterly by Capt. 
 Thos. Elphinstone, he removed, in Sept. 1814, to the 
 Centaur 74, Capts. John Chambers White and 
 Thos. Gordon Caulfeild. On his return in her from 
 a voyage to Brazil and the Cape of Good Hope (he 
 had for some time performed the duties of Second- 
 Master) he joined, in Nov. 1815, the St. George 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at 
 Plymouth ; where he continued to serve in the 
 Pique 36, Capts. Hon. Anthony Maitland and Arthur 
 Fanshawe, and Berwick 74 and Impregnable 104, 
 flag-ships of Sir J. T. Duckworth, Lord Exmouth, 
 and Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 19 July, 1821. He cruized, 
 while thus attached, in different tenders for the 
 suppression of smuggling, and had command for 
 some time of the Admiral's tender. From 29 Nov. 
 1839 until the spring of 1843 he was again stationed 
 at Plymouth in the San Josef, imder the flags of 
 Kear-Admirals Fred. Warren and Sir Sam. Pym, 
 Admiral-Superintendents. 
 
 WELSH. (Eetired Commander, 1844. f-p., 18 ; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 George Welsh entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1797, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Stork 18, Capt. Kich. 
 Harrison Pearson, stationed in the North Sea, where 
 he joined, in Jan. and April, 1798, the Braakel 
 54 and Veteran 64, both commanded by Capt. Jas. 
 Kobt. Mosse. In the latter ship, commanded next 
 by Capt. Archibald Collingwood Dickson, he ac- 
 companied the expedition of 1799 to Holland, wit- 
 nessed the surrender there of the Dutch squadron 
 under Kear-Admiral Storey, and fought in the 
 action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. In June, 1802 
 (he had attained the rating of Master's Mate in 
 April, 1799), he was appointed Admiralty-Midship- 
 man of the Concorde 36, Capt. John Wood. Sailing 
 in her for the East Indies he was nominated, in 
 Jan. and May, 1805, Master's Mate, on that station, 
 of the Howe 38, Capt. T5dw. Katsey, and Culloden 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. PeUew. After 
 acting for some months as Signal-Lieutenant in the 
 latter ship, he was ordered, in Feb. 1806, to act as 
 Lieutenant in his old frigate the Concorde, then 
 commanded by Capt. John Cramer. He was officially 
 promoted 21 Sept. 1807 ; and on his return to Eng- 
 land he was appointed, 23 March and 8 Aug. 1808, 
 to the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Peter Heywood, and 
 Briseis 10, Capts. Kobt. Pettet, John Miller Adye, 
 Chas. Thurlow Smith, and Geo. Bentham (Acting). 
 As Senior of the latter vessel he commanded a 
 division of the storming party at the capture of 
 Cuxhaven in July, 1809. In the course of the same 
 year, for his conduct in having, in a single boat with 
 only six men, taken the Courier, a Danish privateer, 
 he received the public thanks of the Commander-in- 
 Chief and a present of 50 guineas from the Chamber 
 of Commerce at Heligoland. He was subsequently 
 wounded in an engagement with a fleet of Danish 
 gun-boats ; and on 14 Oct. 1810 he assisted at the 
 capture, after a chase of eight hours, and a desperate 
 conflict of one, in which the enemy had 8 killed and 
 19 wounded, and the British 4 killed and 11 badly 
 wounded, of the French privateer Sans Souci of 14 
 guns and 55 men — a service for which Capt. Bent- 
 ham was confirmed in the rank of Commander. In 
 Feb. 1811, Mr. Welsh invalided from the Briseis. 
 He was employed lastly, from Oct. 1813 until Nov. 
 1814, in command of a Signal station on the coast 
 of Suflolk; and, from Aug. 1820 until Jan. 1824, in 
 
 the Coast Guard at Kessingland. He was placed 
 on the List of Eetired Commanders 15 April, 1844. 
 During the war Commander Welsh was present 
 at the capture and destruction of 17 sail-of-the-line, 
 6 frigates, and 10 privateers— the latter varying in 
 force from 4 guns and 21 men to 26 guns and 240 
 men. 
 
 WELSH. (LlEUTENAST, 1828.) 
 
 William Welsh entered the Navy 30 April, 
 1805. He was on board the Windsor Castle 98, 
 Capt. Chas. Boyles, in the action fought, 22 July 
 following, with the combined fleets of France and 
 Spain off Cape Finisterre ; and at the passage of the 
 Dardanells in Feb. 1807. He served afterwards, in 
 1813, on the north coast of Spain in the Revolu- 
 TIONNAIKE frigate; and in 1814-15 we find him em- 
 ployed on the Lakes of Canada. Having passed 
 his examination in 1816 he was made Lieutenant, 4 
 Dec. 1828, into the Infernal bomb, Capt. Bruns- 
 wick Popham, stationed in the Mediterranean ; 
 whence, in 1830, he returned to England. He has 
 been in command, since 4 Oct. 1839, of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 WELSTEAD. (Eetired Commandek, 1835. 
 F-P., 18; H-P., 33.) 
 Frederick Welstead died 14 May, 1848, aged 68. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 May, 1796, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Theseus 74, Capts. Au- 
 gustus Montgomery and John Aylmer, employed at 
 first in the Channel and next in the Mediterranean ; 
 where he followed Capt. Aylmer, in the early part 
 of 1798, into the Captain 74. After serving for 
 six months in the Channel in the Formidable 98, 
 Capt. Edw. Thornbrough, he joined, in Sept. 1799, 
 the Temeraike 98 ; in which ship, bearing the suc- 
 cessive flags of Rear-Admirals Sir John Borlase 
 Warren and Geo. Campbell, he continued employed, 
 on the Home and West India stations, until Oct. 
 1802 — the last four months as Acting-Lieutenant. 
 He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 17 Nov. 1802, into 
 the Culloden 74, also the fiag-ship, in the Channel, 
 of Rear-Admiral Campbell, with whom and with 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Louis he served, from April, 
 1803, until Aug. 1807, in the Canopus 80. In her 
 he was present in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 
 1806 ; at the capture, 27 Sept. follovring, of Le Pre- 
 sident French frigate of 44 guns ; at the passage of 
 the Dardanells in Feb. 1807; and in the ensuing 
 operations in Egypt. He was afterwards employed, 
 from Aug. until Nov. 1807, in the Queen 98, Capt. 
 Thos. Geo. Shortland; and from May, 1808, until 
 Dec. 1814, in the Princess of Orange 74, Agin- 
 coDRT 64, and Monmouth 74, flag-ships of Admirals 
 Campbell and Foley in the Downs. He accepted 
 the rank of Commander on the Retired List 14 July, 
 1835. 
 
 Commander Welstead married Emilia Sophia, 
 daughter of John Bristow, Esq., President of the 
 Board of Trade at Calcutta, and granddaughter of 
 John Bristow, Esq., of Quidenham Hall, co. Nor- 
 folk, Sub-Governor of the South Sea Company, by 
 whom he has left, with other issue, a daughter, Au- 
 gusta Henrietta, married to G. E. Hannam, Esq., 
 of Bromston House, and Allen Grange, Isle of 
 Vhanet. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WEMYSS. (Captain, 1814. r-P., 12 ; H-P.,34.) 
 James Eeskine Wemyss, born in 1789, is eldest 
 son of Lieut.-General Wm. Wemyss, who died in 
 1822, by Frances, daughter of the late Sir Wm. 
 Erskine, Bart. ; and grandson of Hon. Jas. Wemyss, 
 M.P. for Sutherland (himself the son of James, fifth 
 Earl of Wemyss), who married a daughter of Wil- 
 liam, 16th Earl of Sutherland. He is brother of the 
 present Lieut.-General Wm. Wemyss; brother-in- 
 law of the Earl of Rosslyn ; and first-cousin of the 
 last Duchess of Gordon. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1801, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. Chas. 
 Wemyss, with whom he served in the Channel until 
 
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 the following year, part of the time in the capacity 
 of Midshipman. After he had been for some months 
 employed with Sir Edw. Pellew oiF Ferrol and Corun- 
 na, in the Tonnant 80, he sailed with that officer in 
 1804 for the East Indies, in the Colloden 74; from 
 which ship he was lent, on his arrival, to the Victoe 
 sloop, Capt. Geo. Bell. In her he was present, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, 15 April, 1807, in a desperate 
 ' affair with an armed proa, which terminated in the 
 crew of the latter, who had attacked the Victor, 
 heing repulsed, with a loss to themselves, in the 
 course of little more than half an hour, of 80 killed, 
 and to the British of 6 killed, including the First- 
 Lieutenant, H. Blaxton, and 26, among whom was 
 Capt. Bell, wounded. Kejoining Sir Edw. Pellew, 
 about July, 1808, in the Cdlloden, he continued to 
 serve with him as his Flag-Lieutenant (commission 
 dated 14 Aug. 1808) in the same ship and in the 
 Christian VII. 80, and Caledonia 120, on the 
 East India, North Sea, and Mediterranean stations, 
 until April, 1812 ; on 12 of which month, having 
 been advanced to the rank of Commander 1 Feb. 
 preceding, he assumed command of the Pylades 18. 
 He subsequently, 5 Oct. 1813, assisted, in company 
 with the Edinbdegh 74, Imp^eieose 38, and Swal- 
 low and EcLAiK sloops, in silencing the fire of 
 several batteries at Port d'Anzo, at which place a 
 convoy of 29 vessels fell into the hands of the 
 British ; and in April, 1814, he received the public 
 thanks of Capt. Josias Rowley, of the Ameeica 74, 
 for the " ready assistance " he afforded during the 
 operations connected with the reduction of Genoa. 
 On 25 of the month last mentioned he was nomi- 
 nated Acting-Captain of the Rainbow 26; which 
 ship he brought home from the Mediterranean and 
 paid off in the following Dec. He has since been on 
 half-pay. His Post-commission bears date 1 July, 
 1814. 
 
 With the exception of an interval in 1831, Capt. 
 Wemyss retained, from 1820 until lately, a seat in 
 Parliament for the co. Fife; of which he was 
 nominated, 23 Dec. 1840, Lieutenant and Sheriff- 
 Principal. He married, 8 Aug. 1826, Lady Emma 
 Hay, daughter of William, 16th Earl of ErroU, by 
 whom, who died 17 July, 1841, he has issue two sons 
 and one daughter. Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 WEMYSS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 
 Robert Wemyss died in May, 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 Oct. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resistance 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Adam, under whom he was for about eight 
 years employed in the same ship and, as Midship- 
 man, in the Invincible 74. The Resistance, while 
 he was in her, was present at the capture, 13 March, 
 
 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Kear- 
 Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate BeUe Poule. 
 She brought a considerable quantity of freight 
 home, also, from Vera Cruz ; made prize, 27 Deo. 
 
 1807, of L'Aigle privateer of 14 guns and 66 men; 
 conveyed a large body of general officers to the 
 coast of Portugal in 1808; bore the late King of 
 the French from Port Mahon to Palermo ; and was 
 otherwise actively employed. Co-operating, in the 
 Invincible, with the patriots on the coast of Spain, 
 Mr. Wemyss assisted at the defence of Tarragona 
 in May and June, 1811 ; at the capture of the town 
 of Almeria, and the destruction there of the castle 
 of St. Elmo and the different batteries protecting 
 the anchorage ; and at the reduction, after a siege 
 of five days, of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col 
 de Balaguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12 pieces of 
 ordnance, including 2 10-inch mortars and 2 howit- 
 zers, and garrisoned by 101 officers and men. After 
 serving for a short time, still in the Mediterranean, 
 in the Goshawk sloop, Capt. Hon. Wm. John Napier, 
 he joined, in June, 1814, the Venerable 74, of 
 which ship, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Philip 
 Chas. Durham in the West Indies, he was nomi- 
 nated, 23 Aug. following, Acting-Lieutenant. He 
 was confirmed 5 Nov. following; and from U of 
 that month until 30 Aug. ISl") he served in the 
 West Indies and on the coast of North America in 
 
 the NoKGE 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, part of the 
 force engaged in the attack upon New Orleans. 
 He did not afterwards go afloat. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 WENTWORTH. (Liedtbnant, 1813.) 
 
 William Fitzvtilliam Wentwoeth entered the 
 Navy, 12 April, 1805, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the 
 Cambrian 40, Capt. John Poo Beresfbrd, stationed 
 at first on the coast of North America, and next in 
 the West Indies, where he served as Midshipman, 
 from March, 1807, until Sept. 1810, in the Milan 38, 
 Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie. After he had been again 
 employed with Capt. Beresford in the Channel and 
 off Lisbon, as Master's Mate, in the Poictiers 74, 
 he joined, in Dec. 1810 the Barflehe 98, bearing 
 the flag on the latter station of Hon. Geo. Cranfield 
 Berkeley, under whom, deducting about two months 
 in the summer of 1811, during which he acted as 
 Lieutenant in the North Star 20, Capt. Thos. Coe, 
 he continued to serve until again ordered to act as 
 Lieutenant, in June, 1812, in the Fastome 20, Capt. 
 John Lawrence, off Cadiz. In her, however, he 
 remained but a few weeks. He was next, in Jan. 
 1813, received, as Admiralty-Midshipman, on board 
 the Impetueux 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Martin at Lisbon. On 9 March following he became 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Sabine sloop, Capt. Edw. 
 Wrottesley ; and in that vessel, to which the Ad- 
 miralty confirmed him 13 April in the same year, 
 he was for 12 months stationed in the Gut of Gib- 
 raltar, Being appointed subsequently to the He- 
 BRUS 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, Mr. Wentworth com- 
 manded the boats of that frigate, in the early part 
 of 1815, in the attack upon Point Petre, and at the 
 capture of St. Mary's, on the coast of Georgia. He 
 participated, also, in an unsuccessful boat affair with 
 five American gun-vessels near Charleston, where 
 the launch belonging to the Hbbrds and a prize- 
 tender fell into the hands of the enemy. In July, 
 1815, we find him engaged in forcing the formidable 
 passage of the Gironde, destroying the heavy bat- 
 teries by which it was defended, and actively co- 
 operating with the French Royalists in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Bordeaux ; and in Aug. 1816 present 
 at the battle of Algiers. The Rebrus being paid 
 off in Nov. 1816, he was next, 12 July, 1819, ap- 
 pointed to the Cvgnet 10, Capt. Thos. Bennett, on 
 the coast of Ireland. Since 1824 he has been em- 
 ployed, uninterruptedly, we believe, in the Trans- 
 port-service. At present he is Resident Agent for 
 Transports, and Storekeeper and Agent Victualler, 
 at Cork. 
 
 WEST. (Commander, 1848.) 
 
 Alexander George West, bom 12 Feb. 1821, 
 is second son of Admiral Sir John West, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1833 ; and while 
 Midshipman, in 1840, of the Benbow 72, Capt. 
 Houston Stewart, commanded that ship's pinnace 
 in the attack upon Tortosa,* and was present at 
 the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre. He passed 
 his examination 27 Aug. 1841 ; served as Mate, at 
 the Nore and at Portsmouth, in the Camperdown 
 104, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Brace, Excellent 
 gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Fire- 
 brand steam-frigate, Capt. Armar LowryCorry 
 obtained his first commission 22 Oct. 1844- was 
 appointed, 14 and 27 Dec. following, to the Superb 
 80, Capt. A. L. Corry, and Vindictive 60, flag-ship 
 of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, Commander-in-Chief iS 
 North America and the West Indies ; and from 19 
 July, 1845, until advanced to his present rank 2 May 
 1848, was employed in the Queen 110, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to his father at Devonport. 
 
 Commander West married, 20 June, 1848, Jane 
 only surviving daughter of the Rev. J. Inman, D D ' 
 of Southsea, Hants. "' 
 
 * Where he had 1 seaman wounded ViJe Qaz. 1840 
 
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 WEST. 
 
 WEST. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 22; h-p., 4.) 
 Balchen Folkes West was born 12 Jan. 1806, 
 and died 6 March, 1845, while belonging, as stated 
 beneath, to the Vindictive 50. He was second 
 son of Gilbert Harvey West, Esq., late of Her Ma- 
 jesty's Treasury, by Fanny Mary, eldest daughter 
 of Sir Martin Browne Folkes, Bart., M.P. ; nephew 
 of the late Capt. Henry West, R.N.,* of Sir Edw. 
 West, Kt., Recorder of Bombay, and of John Martin 
 West, Esq., who married Lady Maria Walpole, 
 daughter of Horatio, second Earl of Orford ; and 
 cousin of Admiral Sir John West, K.C.B. Among 
 his ancestors was the famous Sir Fras. Drake. He 
 "Was a connexion, also, of the late Admiral Sir W. T. 
 Xake, K.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 31 July, 1819, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Nimkod 18, in which 
 vessel, commanded at first by his relative, Capt. 
 Chas. Nelson, and next by Capt. Wm. Rochfort, he 
 was for four years and a half chiefly employed on 
 the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. He then served 
 for rather more than three years as Midshipman 
 and Mate (he passed his examination 27 Oct. 1825) 
 in the Menai 26, Capt. Houston Stewart, at Halifax 
 and at Woolwich; and on joining, at the end of 
 that period, the Heci^a bomb, Capt. Wm. Edw. 
 Parry, he sailed on a voyage of discovery to the 
 Polar regions. In Nov. 1827, having returned to 
 England, he was appointed to the Beitoh 46, Capt. 
 Hon. Wm. Gordon, employed on particular service. 
 From her he removed, in Aug. 1828, to the Thetis 
 46, Capts. Arthur Batt Bingham and Sam. Burgess, 
 of which frigate he was Acting-Lieutenant when 
 she struck on a rock, near Cape Frio, and w:as 
 wrecked 5 Dec. 1830. On that occasion, by jump- 
 ing, with the gunner and three or four men, on the 
 rock, after many had perished in the attempt, he 
 proved instrumental in saving the lives of the Cap- 
 tain, the ofBcers, and upwards of 200 of the crew. 
 For his conduct he received a letter of thanks from 
 the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Thos. Baker, and was 
 presented, immediately after the court-martial, with 
 a commission bearing date 28 April, 1831. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 20 July, 1832, to the 
 Scout 18, Capts. Wm. Hargood, Hon. Geo. Grey, 
 and Wm. Holt, in the Mediterranean— 4 Nov. 1835, 
 as Senior Lieutenant, to the Haekier 18, Capt. 
 Wm. Henry Hallowell Carew, fitting for South 
 America, where he was superseded in Dec. 1836 — 
 10 April, 1839, as Second, to the Benbow 72, Capt. 
 Houston Stewart, of which ship, part of the force 
 employed in 1840 on the coast of Syria and at the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he became First- 
 Lieutenant— and, 16 July, 1842, in the capacity last 
 mentioned, after a few weeks of half-pay, to the 
 Magicienne 24, Capt. Rich. Laird Warren, again 
 in the Mediterranean. He was promoted to the 
 rank of Commander 14 Sept. 1843 ; and in the early 
 part of 1845 he was nominated Second Captain of 
 the Vindictive 50, fitting for the flag of Sir Fras. 
 Wm. Austen, Commander-in-Chief on the North 
 America and West India station. 
 
 WEST. (Commander, 1814. r-p., 13 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Christopher West was born in 1788. One of 
 his brothers, a Midshipman of the Dannemark 74, 
 Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, was drowned 
 with 12 men in a boat belonging to that ship in the 
 Downs in 1813 ; another, Matthew Thomas, a Lieu- 
 tenant R.N. (1814), died in 1841. 
 
 This ofllcer entered the Navy, 25 Malrch, 1800 
 (under the auspices of the late Commissioner Geo. 
 Henry Towry), as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tbetis 
 38, Capt. H. E. R. Baker, with whom, after sharing 
 in the operations connected with the expedition to 
 Egypt, he removed as Midshipman, in Dec. 1801, to 
 the Wassenaee 64, armee-en-flute. That ship being 
 
 * Capt. Hen. West was a Lieutenant of the Alexandee 
 74, Capt. Rich. Rodney Bligh, when captured, after a glorious 
 resistnnce, by five French 74s and tliree frigates, under Eear- 
 Admiral Nielly, B Nov. 1794. He was for manv years in 
 consequence, a prisoner of war in France. He died, in 1808 
 from having been crushed between the capstan bars, in at- 
 tempting to weigh the anchor of a ship he commanded. 
 
 paid oflTin Sept. 1802, he joined next, in April, 1803, 
 the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mans- 
 field. On 28 May following he witnessed the cap- 
 ture of the French 44-gun frigate La Franchise; 
 and, after serving for some months at the blockade 
 of Brest and Cadiz, be fought, as Signal Midship- 
 man, at the battle of Trafalgar. In 1807 he sailed, 
 under Kear-Admiral Wm. Essington, with the ex- 
 pedition against Copenhagen. While there, having 
 passed his examination in Dec. 1806, he was re- 
 ceived, 23 Aug. 1807, on board the Prince of 
 Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Gambler ; 
 and nominated, 13 Sept. ensuing, Sub-Lieutenant 
 of the Desperate gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander 
 Price, whom he succeeded in the command, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, in Dec. of the same year. He 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1808, into the 
 Fury bomb, Capt. John Sanderson Gibson, stationed 
 on the coast of Jutland. His next appointment 
 was, 24 March, 1809, to the Blake 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Codrington, in a boat belonging to which ship ie 
 was the means, while in company with the Sea- 
 lark schooner, of saving one of the crew of the 
 latter vessel, which, with the rest of her people, 
 foundered. During the ensuing operations in the 
 Scheldt, the Blake, bearing the flag at the time of 
 Lord Gardner, grounded under the batteries of 
 Flushing, and suffered, in the course of an engage- 
 ment with the enemy of two hours and three 
 quarters, a loss of 2 men killed and 9 wounded, 
 besides being twice set on fire. While at Cadiz, in 
 1810, she was charged with the removal to Minorca 
 of four Spanish line-of-battle ships, the whole of 
 which, although old and leaky, destitute of men to 
 navigate them, only half-provisioned, and crowded 
 with refugee passengers, were ultimately anchored 
 in safety at Fort Mahon, after a distressing passage 
 of 38 days. On returning to the coast of Spain, Mr. 
 West, who had been placed on board one of the 
 Spanish ships, assisted at the defence of Tarragona 
 and in other operations connected with the patriot 
 cause. He had been previously, when at Cadiz, 
 employed in a gun-boat. An attack of pleurisy 
 obliging him to leave the Blake in July, 1811, he 
 was not again employed until appointed, in Nov. 
 1812, Flag-Lieutenant, in the Ceres 32, to Reax- 
 AdmiralThos. Surridge, Commander-in-Chief at the 
 Nore. He had the honour subsequently of steering 
 and attending on the Duke of Clarence during a 
 visit made by H.R.H. to the Russian fleet sent over 
 to England for safety. A few days after Reai- 
 Admiral Surridge had struck his flag, Mr. West, 
 through the strong recommendation made in his 
 favour by that ofiicer to the First Lord of the Ad- 
 miralty, was promoted to the rank of Commander 
 4 June, 1814. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 He married, in 1815, Miss Sarah Ware, of Camden 
 Town, London, and has issue four sons and two 
 daughters. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney, 
 
 WEST. (Commander, 1831. r-p., 16 ; h-p., 30.) 
 Henrv West is second son of the late Rev. Edw. 
 Matthew West, Rector of Clifton Mabank, and Vi- 
 car of Bradford- Abbas and Haydon, co. Dorset, by 
 Anne, daughter of the late Rev. Edw. Cotes, Vicar 
 of Sherborne and Caundle-Bishops, both in Dorset- 
 shire, and many years chaplain to his great-uncle, 
 William, Lord Digby. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 May, 1801, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resistance 38, Capts. 
 Henry Digby and Hon. Philip Wodehouse; in 
 which frigate he continued, we are told, until, after 
 having cruized in the Channel, and visited Quebec 
 and Lisbon, she was wrecked, near Cape St. Vin- 
 cent, 31 May, 1803. He then, in the course of the 
 latter year, joined in succession (he had attained 
 the rating of Midshipman in Aug. 1801) the Vic- 
 tory 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson, Termagant 
 sloop, Capt. Robt. Pettet, and Amphion 32, Capt. 
 Sam. Sutton. In the Amphion he assisted at the 
 capture of three Spanish frigates laden with trea- 
 sure, and the destruction of a fourth, off Cape St. 
 Mary, 5 Oct. 1804, and accompanied Lord Nelson in 
 
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 the following year to the West Indies and back, in 
 pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain. 
 Being again, 12 Oct. 1805, placed under the com- 
 mand of Capt. Digby, as Master's Mate in the 
 Africa 64, he was afforded an opportunity of shar- 
 ing in that ship, and was severely wounded, in the 
 action fought, nine days later, off Cape Trafalgar.* 
 From the Afrtca he removed, in Feb. 1806, to the 
 Ueaine 38, Capt. Christopher Laroche, stationed 
 in the Channel ; where, in the following Nov., he 
 joined the Lavinia 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart. 
 In 1807, while in charge of a prize, he was captured 
 by a Spanish corvette off Ushant, and taken to Bil- 
 boa, at which place and at St. Sebastian he was de- 
 tained a prisoner until the French made themselves 
 masters of the latter city, on the abdication of 
 Charles IV. He then escaped to St. Andero, and 
 was sent home by the British Consul-General with 
 despatches from the Junta of Oviedo to Mr. Can- 
 ning, at that time Secretary of State for Foreign 
 Affairs, who afterwards employed him on a mission 
 to Corunna. On 16 Aug. 1808 he was made Lieu- 
 tenant into the Mbrope sloop, Capt. Michael Dodd ; 
 and on 14 Jan. 1809 and 24 April, 1813, he was ap- 
 pointed to his former ship the Lavinja, Capts. Lord 
 Wm. Stuart and Geo. Digby, and, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, to the Jaseur sloop, commanded by Capt. 
 Geo. Edw. Watts, by himself as Acting-Commander 
 (from 9 until 30 Oct. 1814), and by Capts. Nicholas 
 Pateshall and Nagle Lock. The Lavinia was one 
 of ten frigates which, accompanying the expedition 
 to the Waloheren, forced the passage between the 
 batteries of Flushing and Cadsand 11 Aug. 1809. 
 She served afterwards off Lisbon and in the Medi- 
 terranean. In Nov. 1813, being then in the Ja- 
 I.0DSE off the Delaware, Mr. West was despatched 
 with a flag of truce to the town of Lewes, for the 
 purpose of inquiring into the circumstances attend- 
 ant upon the detention of an officer who had been 
 sent on shore with some prisoners. On landing he 
 was treated with every indignity, and all but one of 
 his boat's crew were enticed to desert. With that 
 one man he succeeded in a tempestuous night in re- 
 gaining his ship, but so worn out in body and mind 
 by the exertions he had undergone that a debilitat- 
 ing fever ensued, the effects of which lasted for 
 many years. ' When subsequently stationed in the 
 Chesapeake, Mr. West assisted at the capture of 
 the towns of Benedict and Marlborough, and, with 
 the boats of the Jaseur under his orders, took and 
 destroyed more than 30 vessels of different descrip- 
 tions. On one occasion, 2 May, 1814, in a single 
 boat, with only 6 men, he brought out from under 
 a battery the Grecian, a privateer, mounting 4 guns 
 (pierced for 20) and 5 swivels, with a complement 
 of 27 men f — an exploit for which he received a 
 letter of thanks from Sir Alex. Cochrane, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief. During the time he acted as 
 Commander of the Jaseur, Mr. West carried de- 
 spatches and escorted some transports from Halifax 
 and Shelburne to Castine. The Jaseur being paid 
 off in Aug. 1816, he did not again go afloat until 
 appointed, in Feb. 1831, to the Windsor Castle 76, 
 Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, employed 
 on the Cork and Lisbon stations. He was advanced 
 to his present rank 25 June following ; and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander West married, first, in 1822, his cou- 
 sin, the only daughter of the Key. Henry Cotes, 
 Vicar of Bedlington, co. Durham ; and, secondly, 29 
 April, 1828, Frances Anne Hussey, youngest daugh- 
 ter of the late Sam. Huthwaite, Esq., of Hartley 
 Lodge, CO. Northumberland. Agents — Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 WEST. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Henry West passed his examination 6 Sept. 1842; 
 and, after having served at Portsmouth in the Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings 
 and Henry Ducie Chads, was appointed in that ca- 
 pacity to the NiMEOD 20, Capt. Jas. Kich. Dacres, 
 
 • yide Gaz. 1805, p. 1484. The wound he received pro- 
 cared him a gratuity ftom the Patriotic Society, 
 f KWeGaz. 1814, p. 1610. 
 
 fitting for the coast of Africa ; where he continued 
 employed as Lieutenant (commission dated 29 June, 
 1846) in the Act.don 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, Brito- 
 MAET 8, Capt. Wm. Chas. Chamberlain, and Kapid 
 8, Capt. Edw. Dixon— in the two last as Senior — 
 until the early part of 1849. 
 
 WEST. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 James Banks West entered the Navy 7 March, 
 1821 ; passed his examination in 1827 ; and obtained 
 his first commission 25 June, 1831. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 27 Sept. 1837, to the Tyne 26, 
 Capt. John Townshend— 15 May, 1838, to the Bea- 
 con surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Graves— 29 Dec. 
 1840, as First-Lieutenant (a post he had filled for a 
 year on board the Beacon) to the Hastings 72, 
 Capt. John Lawrence— 30 Aug. 1841, in a similar 
 capacity, to the Aigle 24, Capt. Lord Clarence 
 Edw. Paget— and 11 Sept. 1846, again as Senior 
 (after about 12 months of half-pay) to the America 
 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon, lying at Devonport. 
 All the above ships, vpith the exception of the one 
 last mentioned, were stationed in the Mediterra- 
 nean. Since 12 Aug. 1848, Commander West, who 
 attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, has been 
 serving as Second-Captain in the Southampton 50, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Barrington Reynolds at 
 the Cape of Good Hope. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WEST, K.C.B. (Admiral of the White, 1841. 
 F-P., 19; H-p., 40.) 
 
 Sir John West, born 28 July, 1774, is eldest son 
 of the late Temple West, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel 
 in the Grenadier Guards, by Jane, daughter of Pitt 
 Drake, Esq. ; and cousin of the late Commander 
 Balchen Folkes West, R.N. He is nephew of the 
 late AdmiralTemple West ; and grandson of Temple 
 West, Esq., Vice-Admiral of the White (second in 
 command in Admiral Byng's memorable action, and 
 afterwards a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty 
 and Representative in Parliament for co. Bucking- 
 ham), who married Frances, daughter of Sir John 
 Balchen, Kt. The latter officer (to whom a tablet, 
 as well as to his son-in-law, was erected in West- 
 minster Abbey) was Governor of Greenwich Hos- 
 pital, and was lost on board the Victory in the 
 Channel 5 Oct. 1744. Sir John West's great-grand- 
 father, the Venerable Rich. West, Archdeacon of 
 Berks and Prebendary of Durham, married the 
 eldest sister of Lord Cobham and of the Countess 
 Temple, grandmother of William Pitt. His grand- 
 aunt was the wife of Admiral the first Viscount 
 Bridport. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1788, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Pomona, Capt. Wm. 
 Domett, with whom he continued employed on the 
 coast of Guinea, in the West Indies, at Newfound- 
 land, and in the Channel, in the same ship, in the 
 Salishury 50, and, as Midshipman, in the London 
 98 — the two last bearing the flags of Admirals Mil- 
 bank and Alex. Hood— until July, 1790. He then 
 served for one year and seven months with Capt. 
 Alex. Hood in the Here frigate, in the Channel; 
 and after he had been again employed with Capt. 
 Domett and with Admirals Goodall and Hood in 
 the Mediterranean, and afresh in the Channel in 
 the RoMNEY 50 and Royal George 100, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 July, 1793. 
 In the following Nov. be was appointed to the Sa- 
 TDRN 74, Capt. Newnham, lying at Portsmouth ; and 
 in Feb. 1794 he was again placed under the com- 
 mand of Capt. Domett on board the Royal George; 
 in which ship we find him present under the flag of 
 the above-named Admiral Hood, then Lord Brid- 
 port, in the action off He de Groix 23 June, 1795. 
 Attaining the rank of Commander 7 Sept. in the 
 same year, he was appointed in that capacity, 11 
 Dec. ensuing, to the Diligence sloop, in the West 
 Indies ; on which station he was made Post, 15 Nov. 
 1796, into La Tourtekelle of 30 guns. In March, 
 1798, he returned to England ; and with the excep- 
 tion of a few months in 1801-2, during which he 
 served at Chatham in the Utrecht 68, he did not 
 
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 WEST— WESTBROOK. 
 
 again go afloat until Jan. 1807; on 21 of wliich 
 month he ohtained command of the Exce):.i:.ent 74. 
 In her, while co-operating in 1808 with the Spaniards 
 on the coast of Catalonia, he rendered important 
 service to the patriot cause ; and in particular by 
 the manner in which, with the Meteok bomb under 
 his orders, he contributed to the defence of the cita- 
 del of Rosas when besieged by about 5000 French 
 troops. On 8 Nov., having landed at the latter place, 
 Capt. West, observing that the enemy were hard 
 pressing a body of Miguelets, made a sortie from the 
 citadel at the head of 250 of the Excelleht's seamen 
 and marines, for the purpose of rescuingthem. This 
 he succeeded in accomplishing; but not until several 
 of his men had been wounded and his own horse 
 shot under him.* On being relieved, 21 Nov., by 
 the Fame 74, Capt. Kich. Henry Alex. Bennett, the 
 Excellent proceeded off Toulon, and was next or- 
 dered to the Adriaticf In Dec. 1809 Capt. West 
 removed to the Sdltan 74 ; which ship he continued 
 to command on the Mediterranean, Home, and West 
 India stations, until March, 1814. He became a 
 Kear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819, a Vice-Admiral 22 
 July, 1830, and a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. He 
 was nominated a K.C.B. 4 July, 1840 ; and from 15 
 April, 1845, until April, 1848, '^e commanded in 
 chief at Devonport, with his flag in the Queen 110. 
 Sir John West married, in May, 1817, Harriett, 
 daughter of John Adams, Esq., of co. Northamp- 
 ton, by whom he has issue three sons and two 
 daughters. His eldest son, John Temple, is a Cap- 
 tain in the Grenadier Guards ; his second, Alexan- 
 der George, a Commander II.N. ; and his youngest, 
 Frederick, an officer in the Army. 
 
 WEST. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 19; h-p., 21.) 
 Joseph West entered the Navy 1 jiune, 1807, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Temeraire 98, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Hamilton, lying at Portsmouth, and sailed, 
 towards the close of the same year, in the Safphibe, 
 Capt. Geo. Davies, for the East Indies, where he 
 became Midshipman, in May, 1808, and July, 1811, 
 of the PiEMONTAiSE 38, Capt. Chas. Foote, and 
 Pb<enix 36, Capt. Jas. Bawen. While attached to 
 the PiEMONTAiSE, of wMch frigate he was for 14 
 months Master's Mate, he was employed on shore 
 in 1808 in co-operation with the army at Quilon on 
 the coast of Malabar, and was twice wounded in 
 cutting out gun-boats from Bantam, in the island of 
 Java. In 1809 he was present in an attack upon a 
 body of Malay pirates ; and at the celebrated cap- 
 ture, in Aug. 1810, of the island of Banda Neira, he 
 was one of those who escaladed the walls of the 
 castle of Belgria. In 1811 he assisted at the cap- 
 ture of Palambang and Sambas. Returning to 
 England in 1813 in the Bhcephalds frigate, Capt. 
 Barrington Keynolds, he joined, in the spring of 
 1814, the Newcastle 50, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, 
 and Meteok bomb and Fuhieuse 36, Capts. Sam. 
 Roberts and Wm. Mounsey — the two last on the 
 coast of North America ; where, after having ac- 
 companied an expedition to Penobscot Bay, he was 
 made Lieutenant, 6 July, 1814, into the Acasta 40, 
 Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr. That ship however he 
 never joined. )He was employed next, between Oct. 
 1814 and Sept. 1815, in the Fakt6me 18, Capt. 
 Thos. Sykes (under whom he was wrecked on his 
 passage from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Hali- 
 fax 24 Nov. 1814) Bulwark 74, Capt. Farmery 
 Predam Epworth, Fueiedsb .again, Capt. Mounsey, 
 and Bann 20, Capt. Thos. Whinyates. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were— 12 June, 1824, to the 
 Pylades 18, Capt. Fras. Fead, in which vessel, 
 after cruizing with an experimental squadron, he 
 proceeded to the West Indies, whence he returned, 
 we believe, in 1825—18 May, 1827, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, for upwards of three years, to the Tweed 
 20, Capt. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill, at 
 the Cape of Good Hope— 4 June, 1834, to the com- 
 mand, which he retained until the summer of 1836, 
 • yUe Gaz. 1809, pp. 130, 1. 
 
 + The services peilbrmed by the boats of the ExCELtENT 
 aie detailed in our memoir of Capt. John Harper. 
 
 of the African steamer, on the Home and Medi- 
 terranean stations— and, 14 May, 1838, to the com- 
 mand of the Volcano, another steamer. In the 
 latter vessel, which he paid off in the early part of 
 1841, but recommissioned 23 Aug. following, he 
 was employed on the North America and West 
 India stations. He attained the rank of Com- 
 mander 23 Nov. 1841 ; and as such he served in the 
 Hecate steam-sloop of 240 horse-power, on the 
 coast of Africa, from 11 June, 1845, imtil paid off in 
 the spring of 1847. 
 
 WEST. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 1 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 William Wade West entered the Navy, 16 Oct. 
 1797, as A.B., on board the Rover sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 Irwin, in which vessel, and, as Midshipman, in the 
 Dasher, Capt. Geo. Tobin, he continued employed 
 on the coast of North America and West Indies 
 until Jan. 1801. He joined next, in Nov. 1803, in 
 the capacity of Master's Mate, the Foodkotant 80, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Graves in the Channel ; 
 where, again in the West Indies, as also on the 
 coasts of Spain and Portugal and in the North Sea, 
 he served as Master, from 16 May, 1804, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 11 April, 1810, in 
 the Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, 
 Latona 38, Capt. 'Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, Po- 
 mona frigate, Capt. Fred. Langford, Success 32, 
 Capt. John Aysoough, Audacious 74, Capt. T. Lc 
 M. Gosselin, and San Domingo 74, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Rich. Straohan. In the ship last mentionej, 
 to which, on the occasion of his promotion, he was 
 re-appointed, he took part in the operations con- 
 nected with the expedition to the Walcheren. He 
 finally left her in June, 1811. He was next, until 
 Nov. 1814, employed, on the Home, Baltic, and 
 Cape of Good Hope stations, in the Berwick 74, 
 Capt. Jas. Macnamara, Mars 74, Capt. Henry 
 Raper, Devastation bomb, Capt. "Thos. Alexander, 
 ViLLE DE Paris 110 and Boyne 98, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Geo. Burlton, Laura 38, Capt. 
 Hon. Granville Leveson Proby, and Barracoota 
 sloop, Capt. Chas. Hawkey. From April, 1815, 
 until May, 1816, he was engaged in raising seamen 
 at Hull ; and from 1817 until 1819 he was stationed 
 on the coast of South America in the Blossom 24, 
 Capt. Fred. Hickey. He has since been on half- 
 
 pay- 
 
 WESTBROOK. (Commandek, 1839. f-p., 34; 
 H-p., 10.) 
 
 Edmund Barfohd Westbkook entered the Navy, 
 27 March, 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the 
 Puissant 74, Capts. John Irwin, Robt. Hall, and 
 Chas. Wm. Paterson ; in which ship and her tenders 
 he was for eight years and nine months employed 
 at Spithead and off Guernsey. He served next, 
 from Dec. 1811 until Sept. 1815, as Midshipman (a 
 rating he had attained in Nov. 1804) and as Master's 
 Mate and Acting-Master in the Doterel sloop, 
 Capts. Wm. Westcott Daniel and John Knatchbull, 
 on the Home, Lisbon, African, West India, and 
 North American stations ; and in Nov. 1815, at which 
 period he had been for a few weeks Admiralty-Mid- 
 shipman of the Rifleman 18, Capts. Henry Edw. 
 Napier and Geo. Bennet Allen, he was presented 
 with a commission bearing date 6 July preceding. 
 His succeeding appointments were— 20 March, 1822, 
 to the Coast Blockade, in which service he con- 
 tinued as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 
 Severn 50 and Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M'Cul- 
 loch and Hugh Pigot, until 1827—21 July, 1828, to 
 the Windsor Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe 
 Pleydell Bouverie, employed on the Home, Medi- 
 terranean, Cork, and Lisbon stations— and 20 July, 
 1831, to the charge, which he retained until ad- 
 vanced to his present rank 1 Jan. 1839, of a station 
 in the Coast Guard. He served again in the Coast 
 Guard, as an Inspecting-Commander, from 5 Nov. 
 1839 until the early part of 1845. 
 
 Commander Westbrook is Senior of 1839. Agent 
 ■ — ^Fred. Dufaur. 
 
WESTBROOK-WESTERN— WESTPHAL. 
 
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 WESTBEOOK. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 George Frederick Westbrook entered the 
 Navy 1 Feb. 1809 ; passed his examination in 181-7 ; 
 and -was made Lieutenant, 26 July, 1826, into the 
 Bdstard 10, Capt. 'Wilhams Sandom, on the Ja- 
 maica station. His appointments since he left that 
 ■vessel have been— 25 Jan. 1827, to the Coast Block- 
 ade, in which service he remained, with his name 
 on the books of the Ramii,i.i£S 74 and Hyperion 
 42, Capts. Wm. M'Culloch and Wm. Jaa. Mingaye, 
 un tilitwas abolished in the earlypart of 1831— 4Sept. 
 1832, to the- Coast Guard— 22 March, 1844, and 18 
 June, 1845, to the Tartar and ©efence Revenue- 
 cruizers— 20 Nov. 1846, again to the Coast Guard— 
 and 29 Jan. 1847 and 18 Jan. 1848, to the Kanger 
 and Stag Revenue-vessels, in the latter-of which he 
 is now serving. 
 
 Lieut. Westbroofc is the inventor of a "Peril In- 
 dicator," the object of which is to denote the ap- 
 proach of ground to ships and steamers. The appa^ 
 ratus is fitted to the keel of a vessel, and consists of 
 two bars having a downward projection of 10 feet. 
 The instant these bars, which are fitted aft as well 
 as forward, touch the ground they spring up level 
 with the keel and ring a large bell in the engine- 
 room, which is the signal for the engineer at once 
 to reverse the engines. 
 
 WESTERN.. (Lieutenant, 1837.) 
 
 George Western is son of James Westernj Esq., 
 of 7, Great James Street, Bedford Row, London, 
 and cousin of Commander R. R. Western, R.N. 
 
 This officer, passed his examination in 1832, and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Dec. 
 1837. His appointments have since been— 2 Dec. 
 1837, as Additional, to the Princess Charlotte 
 104," flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford in the 
 Mediterranean— 25 July, 1838, to the Barham 50, 
 Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, on the same station — 
 26 April, 1839, again as Additional, to the Niagara 
 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the Lakes of Canada 
 — 7 June, 1842, in a similar capacity, to the Illus- 
 trious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, and 17 Sept. 
 1842, to the Volage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, 
 both on. the North America and West India station 
 —22 Nov. 1844 (he had left the Yolage in the 
 summer, of 1843) and 5 Jan. 1846; as Senior, to the 
 FiREiTLV steam-surveying vessel, and Gladiator 
 steam-firigate, Capts. Fred. Wm. Beechey and John 
 Robb, on the coast of Ireland and in the Channel— 
 and, 17 Nov. 1846 and 8 Aug. 1848, to the command 
 of the Jackal steamer of 150-horse power, and 
 Spv brigantine, the former employed on the Home, 
 Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, the latter on 
 the coast of Africa, where he is now serving.. 
 
 WESTERN. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Richard Roger Western is youngest son, by 
 Mary, daughter of Thos. Burch, Esq., of the island 
 of Bermuda, of Rear-Admiral Thos. Western, K.T.S., 
 of Tattingstone Place, co. Sufiblk, who commanded 
 theTAMAR 38, at the capture of the French frigate 
 Re'puUieaine of 32 guns, 26 Aug. 1799, assisted in 
 1807, when Captain of the London 98, in escorting 
 the Royal Family, of Portugal in its flight to the 
 BrazilS) and died in Deo. 1S14. He is brother of 
 Lieut. Geo. Edw. Western, R.N., who died in 1825, 
 of Major Maximilian Jas. Western of the 64th 
 Regt., and of Capt. Wm. Chas. Western of the 
 32nd Madras Infantry ; and cousin of Lieut. Geo. 
 Western, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 Nov. 1829 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 11 June, 1841 ; and irom 
 21 Aug. following until within a short period o£ his 
 promotion to the rank of Commander, which took 
 place 9 Nov. 1846, was employed in the Piqoe 36, 
 Capts. Henry. Forbes and Hon. Montagu Stopford, 
 on the North America and West India station. 
 
 AVESTPHAL, Kfi (Captain, 1819. m>.,. 21; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 Sir George Augustus Westphae was bom 27 
 March, 1785. He is. brother of Capt. Philip West- 
 
 phal, R.N. ; and is of high German extraction, being 
 a descendant of the ancient Counts Von Westphal. 
 His grandfather was a Judge of one of the Imperial 
 Courts of Judicature; and his great-uncle, a digni- 
 tary of the Hanoverian Church, was Preceptor to 
 H.K.H. the late Duke of Kent. 
 
 This officer entered fie Navy, in 1798 (under 
 the auspices of the Duke- of Kent), as Fst.-cl. Vol., 
 on board the Porcupine 24, Capt. Andrew Fitzher- 
 bert Evans ; in which vessel and in the Echo and 
 TisiPHON^ sloops, Capts. John Serrall and John 
 Thompson, he continued to serve as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, (Atemately on the North Ame- 
 rican, Home, and West India stations, until Jan. 
 1803. Joining, in the ensuing March, the Amphion 
 32" Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, he sailed in that 
 frigate for the Mediterranean with Lord Nelson ; 
 whom, on.their arrival, he followed into the Victory 
 100. In her, after pursuing the combined fleets of 
 France and Spain, to the West Indies and back, he 
 fought at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 ; on 
 which occasion, being severely wounded in the head, 
 he was laid in the cockpit by the side of his dying 
 chief.* He served subsequently with Capt. Fras. 
 Pender in the Ocean 98, .and with Lord St Vincent 
 in the Caledonia 120,. the latter stationed off Brest; 
 and on 15 Aug. 1806 he was made Lieutenant into the 
 Demerara sloop, Capt. Wm. Paterson, in the West 
 Indies. In 1807, while returning to England as an 
 invalid in the Sighlander^ a merchant-ship, mount- 
 ing 12 carronades, with a crew of 35 men, he was 
 again badly wounded and captured by the French 
 privateer JJ Alert of 20 guns and 140 men, despite a 
 very spirited resistance of three hours and twenty 
 minutes, during which the British, commanded by 
 himself, sustained a loss of 5 killed and 7 wounded,. 
 and the enemy (who were repulsed in three at- 
 tempts to board, but succeeded in the fourth) also 
 of many killed and wounded. He was taken to 
 Pointe-^-Pitre, Guadeloupe^ and placed in close con- 
 finement on board a prison-ship. He ultimately, 
 however, succeeded in effecting his escape with 
 three others in a boat, in which, after enduring 
 many hardships, he- was picked up by an American 
 merchant-schooner from Guadeloupe bound to New 
 York. This vessel was detained on the following 
 day by an English privateer and carried to An- 
 tigua ; whence Mr. Westphal returned to England 
 in the Venus frigate. On his arrival he was ap- 
 pointed, in succession, 27 June and 5 Oct. 1807, to. 
 the FouDROYANT 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad- 
 miral Albemarle Bertie, in the Channel, and to the 
 Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams. In the latter 
 ship he went in pursuit, in 1808, of a French squadron 
 to the West Indies. On again proceeding thither he 
 became First-Lieutenant, 8 Nov. in the same year,, 
 of the Belleisle 74, Commodore Geo. Cockburn ; 
 under whom we find him, in the early part of 1809, 
 serving on shore at the reduction of Martinique. 
 On the return home of the Belleisle with the sur- 
 rendered Governor and garrison, she was sent to 
 join the expedition under Sir Rich. Strachan in the- 
 Scheldt. During the- attack upon Flushing Mr. 
 Westphal; who had been placed in command of a 
 subdivision of the flotilla, was on one occasion, for 
 52 -hours under fire from the enemy's.batteries, and 
 hod two of his gun-boats sunk. The Belleisle 
 being paid off in Oct. 1809, he rejoined his.friend 
 Cockburn shortly- afterwards as- his First-Lieute- 
 nant in the Implacable 74, and, in, the early part 
 of 1810, sailed for Quiberon Bay with the Baron de- 
 KoUi, a foreigner, who had undertaken to liberate 
 Ferdinand VII. of Spain from his confinement at 
 Valen^ay. This personage Mr. Westphal himself 
 landed in a boat at night, in a heavj' gale and a 
 boisterous sea, close under the convent of St. Gildas. 
 Had the enterprise succeeded he was to have been 
 at once advanced to Post-rank : it failed, however,, 
 and he was disappointed. Uniting next in the de- 
 fence of Cadiz, he aided, while so employed, in ex- 
 pelUng the French from Moguer (a town on the 
 Huebla river) and the adjacent coast; and in so 
 effectual a manner, indeed, that in his offlcial.re-- 
 • Vids Gaz. 1«05, p. H8<. 
 
 7Z 
 
1274 
 
 WESTPHAL. 
 
 port Commodore Cockbum was thus induced to ex- 
 press himself: "I must beg leave to mention to you 
 (Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, whom the Implacable 
 had conveyed to Cadiz) the unremitting assistance 
 I ha.ve received from Lieut. Westphal, First of the 
 Implacable, who, by his conduct on this service, 
 has added to the many claims he already had to my 
 particular notice and recommendation." * Both 
 before and after this affair Mr. Westphal was in 
 frequent action, in command of the Implacable's 
 boats, with the French batteries between Sota and 
 Puerto Santa Maria. Towards the close of 1810 he 
 sailed in escort of two Spanish Jine-of-battle ships 
 of 120 guns each for the Havana, and then pro- 
 ceeded to Vera Cruz — returning, early in 1811, to 
 Cadiz with 2,000,000 dollars. On the day after the 
 battle of Barrosa he contributed to the capture of 
 the enemy's works between Catalina and Santa 
 Maria. He subsequently, 22 April, 1811, assumed 
 the command, pro tern., of the Alfred 74 ; in 
 which ship, he was for some time employed in 
 cruizing between Capes Trafalgar and Spartel, and 
 in equipping several Spanish men-of-war at Cadiz, 
 preparatory to their removal for security to Mi- 
 norca. On the latter service being completed he 
 was nominated by Rear-Admiral Hon. Arthur Kaye 
 Legge, Acting-Commander, 5 July, 1811, of the 
 Columbine sloop. In this vessel, after having con- 
 veyed part of the Koyal Family of Spain from Cadiz 
 to the coast of Portugal, he was sent to cruize be- 
 tween Rota and San Lucar. "While on that station 
 he made an attack, on the night of 30 Sept. 1811, 
 on a 6-gun battery at Chipiona, and, with the as- 
 sistance of his boats, brought out, with the loss of 
 only 1 man wounded, two privateers which had 
 been reposing under its protection.f Although 
 praised for his "zeal and activity" by Rear-Ad- 
 miral Legge, who made a point of reporting his 
 conduct to the Admiralty, Mr. Westphal, instead of 
 I)eing confirmed by their Lordships, was superseded 
 from the Coldmbihe, 4 Oct. 1811. In the course of 
 the following month, having returned to England, 
 he became First-Lieutenant of the Grampus 50, 
 fitting for the broad pendant of Commodore Cock- 
 bum, with whom he again visited Cadiz, on a poli- 
 tical mission. On the promotion of the latter officer 
 to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Mr. Westphal sailed 
 with him, as First-Lieutenant of his flag-ship, the 
 Marlbobough 74, for the Chesapeake, where he 
 arrived in March, 1813, and soon found opportuni- 
 ties of distinguishing himself. Passing over many 
 of the operations in which he enacted a part, we 
 find him, 29 April, 1813, commanding a highly suc- 
 cessful boat expedition sent up the Elk river, the 
 result of which was the expulsion of the enemy from 
 French Town and the destruction of their depots of 
 flour, military stores, &c., besides six of their heavy 
 guns being disabled and five of their vessels burnt. 
 Although the amount of property destroyed was 
 estimated at 500,000/., and the Americans were 
 fully prepared for the attack, the British loss was 
 confined to 1 man wounded. "To Lieut. G. A. 
 Westphal," writes Rear-Admiral Cockburn in the 
 despatch addressed by him to the Commander-in- 
 Chief, Sir John Borlase Warren, " who has so gal- 
 lantly conducted and so ably executed this service, 
 my highest encomiums and best acknowledgments 
 are due ; and I trust. Sir, you will deem him to 
 have also thereby merited your favourable consi- 
 deration and notice." X lu command, under Capt. 
 John Lawrence, of the "boats of the squadron, Mr. 
 Westphal, on the morning of 3 May, 1813, led, in a 
 tocket-boat, the van of an expedition despatched 
 against the town of Havre-de-Grace at the entrance 
 of the Susquehanna river, where the Americans 
 were sent scampering into the woods, an d a battery, a 
 valuable cannon-foundry in the vicinity of the town, 
 and the houses of such as had opposed the invaders, 
 destroyed. On at first landing Mr. Westphal, having 
 dismounted an American ofiicer, set off on the cap- 
 tured horse in pursuit of the fugitives ; forgetting, 
 in the ardour of the moment, that it was not possible 
 • rids Gaz, 1810, pp. 1445-6. + V. Gaz. 1811, p. 1993-. 
 t r. Gaz. 1813, p. 1331. 
 
 for his men to keep pace with him — a circumstance 
 indeed that did not present itself to him until he 
 found himself, unsupported, in the midst of a body 
 of armed men. Firing his pistols right and left, 
 however, and slashing his sword in all directions, 
 he dashed through them and succeeded, although 
 wounded by a shot through the hand, in effecting 
 his escape, bearing away with him at the same time 
 as his prisoner a Captain in the American militia. 
 Referring to his conduct Rear-Admiral Cockbum, 
 in his official report to Sir J. B. Warren, expresses 
 himself to this effect : — " Of Lieut. G. A. Westphal, 
 whose exemplary and gallant conduct it has been 
 necessary for me already to notice in detailing to 
 you the operations of the day, I shall now only add, 
 that from a thorough knowledge of his merits (he 
 having served many years with me as First-Lieute- 
 nant), I always, on similar occasions, expect much 
 from him ; but this day he even outstripped those 
 expectations : I therefore. Sir, cannot but entertain 
 a confident hope that his services of to-day, and 
 the wound he has received, added to what he so 
 successfully executed at French Town, will 6btain 
 for him your favourable consideration and notice 
 and that of my Lords Commissioners of the Admi- 
 ralty." * On 6 May, having ascended the Sassafras 
 river, Mr. Westphal assisted, -after routing 400 men 
 who had opened a fire upon the British from an en- 
 trenched position on the opposite banks, in demo- 
 lishing the settlements of George Town and Frede- 
 rick's Town. Subsequently to the attack upon 
 Crany Island and the capture of Hampton he re- 
 moved with Rear-Admiral Cockbum, 1 July, 1813, 
 to the Sceptre 74. After the taking, on 12 of the 
 same month, of Portsmouth and Ocraroke islands, 
 he took command of the advanced division of boats, 
 and by " pulling directly and resolutely" for a large 
 brig, the Anaamda, mounting 18 long 9-pounders, in- 
 duced the crew, who had opened a heavy fire, to aban- 
 don her, although supported by a schooner, the Atlas, 
 of 10 guns, who, having no alternative, immediately 
 struck her colours. Four days previously to the 
 latter event Mr. Westphal had been promoted by 
 the Admiralty to the rank of Commander ; and on 
 the Anaconda being purchased into the service, 
 the command of her was given to him. As soon as 
 she was ready for sea he was sent in charge of 12 
 valuable merchant-vessels from Halifax to the West 
 Indies. During the passage he encountered two 
 large American privateers, one of which he com- 
 pelled to strike, but failed in obtaining possession 
 of, as she made off while he went in pursuit of her 
 consort, whose escape was also effected. From 
 March until Dec. 1814 Capt. Westphal was em- 
 ployed, under the orders of Capt. Clement Milward 
 of the Herald 20, in crmzing off the river Mis- 
 sissippi. He then joined the expedition against 
 New Orleans. " In the endeavours," we learn, 
 from a document bearing the signature of Sir Alex, 
 Cochrane, the Commander-in-Chief, " to place the 
 small vessels of war as near as possible to the jpoint 
 of landing, Capt. Westphal was particularly conspi- 
 cuous in his zeal and success towards the effecting 
 of this important object ; he having, by the utmost 
 perseverance, skill, and exertion, hove the Ana- 
 conda over a bank, nearly five miles in extent (upon 
 which there were only eight feet of water), into 
 Lac Borgne, and there occupied a situation that 
 enabled that sloop to render the most essential aid 
 and protection to the open boats conveying troops 
 and supplies from the fleet to the army ; which were 
 frequently rescued by her assistance from the immi- 
 nent danger to which they were reduced by the 
 severity of the weather. Capt. Westphal, after sta- 
 tioning his vessel, was landed with a division of her 
 seamen, and served in the naval brigade under the 
 command of Sir E. Thos. Troubridge,t who made 
 honourable mention of his exertions. The Ana- 
 conda was afterwards,- until the cessation of hostili- 
 ties, stationed in the Gulf of Florida, with the Shel- 
 ECRNE schooner under her orders. In consequence of 
 the injuries she had sustained during the operations 
 against New Orleans, she was condemned at Jamaica 
 * Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1333. f V. Gai. 1815, p. 451. 
 
WESTPHAL. 
 
 1275 
 
 in July, 1815. Capt. "Westphal then returned to 
 England a passenger in the Moselle sloop, Capt. 
 John Moberley. He attained his present rank 12 
 Aug. 1819 ; and was lastly, from 27 May, 1822, until 
 about Deo. 1823, and from 3 Deo. 1832 until he in- 
 valided in the spring of 1834, employed in the 
 JupiTEK 60 and Veknon 50— the latter bearing the 
 flag of Sir Geo. Cockburn on the North America 
 and West India station. In the Jdpitek he con- 
 veyed Lord Amherst to Bengal. He was knighted 
 7 April, 1824 ; ah honour for which, in the words of 
 Sir Kobt. Peel, " he had been recommended, more 
 in consideration of his gallant and distinguished 
 services against the. enemy, than for his having 
 taken out the Governor-General of India." 
 
 Sir Geo. Aug. Westphal (who during the war was 
 more than a hundred times in action with the 
 enemy) was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the 
 Queen 9 Nov. 1846. He married, 8 Jan. 1817, 
 Alicia, relict of Wm. Chambers, Esc[. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 WESTPHAL. (Capt., 1830. F-p., 22 ; h-p., 31.) 
 Philip Westphal is brother of Capt. Sir Geo. 
 Augustus Westphal, K.N., Kt. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Deo. 1794 (under 
 the patronage of H.R. H. the Duke of Kent), as 
 Fst.^cl. Vol., on board L'Oiseau 36, Capt. Kobt. 
 Murray. After serving for about 12 months in that 
 frigate on the coast of North America and in the 
 "West Indies, the latter part of the time in the 
 capacity of Midshipman, he joined in succession, in 
 Feb. and April, 1796, the Albatkoss 16 and Shan- 
 non 32, Capts. Geo. Scott and Alex. Fraser, on the 
 Home station. In the following May he was again 
 placed under the command of Capt. Murray in the 
 Asia 64, in which ship he continued employed, 
 again in North America, the last two ypars under 
 the flag of Vice-Admiral Geo. Vandeput, until Dec. 
 1800. He then became Master's Mate of the 
 Blanche 36, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond ; and in 
 her he had the good fortune to share in the action 
 off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. Three days after 
 that event he was made Lieutenant, through a 
 death vacancy, into the Defiance 74, flag-ship of 
 Sir Thos. Graves, with whom he remained until 
 paid off in Oct. of the same year. His next ap- 
 pointment was, in May, 1802, to the Amazon 38, 
 Capts. Sam. Sutton and Wm. Parker. Under the 
 latter ofiicer we find him, at the re-commencement 
 of the war with France, escorting the Duke of 
 Kent home from Gibraltar ; and, on his return to 
 the Mediterranean, uniting in the very spirited 
 pursuit of a French frigate into Toulon. Besides 
 contributing to the capture, 16 July, 1803, and 12 
 Sept. 1805, of the privateers Le Felix of 16 guns and 
 96 men, and Principe de la Paz of 24 9-pounderSj 
 4 brass swivels, and 160 men, he accompanied Lord 
 Nelson to the West Indies and back m search of 
 the combined fleets of France and Spain ; and in 
 Feb. 1806, while cruizing among the Canary Islands, 
 he commanded the boats of the Amazon and Raven 
 at the cutting out of an English merchant-vessel, 
 recently captured by the enemy, from under the 
 fire of two batteries and of musketry in the Bay of 
 Santa Cruz. As the sails of the prize had been 
 unbent and sent on shore, she was taken in tow by 
 the boats, against a heavy swell, which exposed her 
 so long to the enemy's shot that, soon after she 
 reached the Amazon, she foundered from the effects 
 of the damage she had experienced. On 13 March 
 following the Amazon, in company at the time with 
 a squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren, took 
 part in a long running fight, which, after she had 
 incurred a loss of 4 men killed and 5 wounded, 
 terminated in the surrender to her and the London 
 98, the only ships engaged, of the Marengo 80, bear- 
 ing the flag of Admiral Liuois, and 40-gun frigate 
 Selle Poule. On this occasion her First-Lieutenant, 
 Kich. Seymour, being among the slain, Mr. Westphal 
 *became his successor, and was immediately nomi- 
 nated Acting-Captain of the Belle Poule. Having 
 partially refitted her at St. Jago, one of the Cape 
 
 de Verde Islands, he sailed for England with the 
 Marengo and the other ships under Sir J. B. Warren, 
 several of which, in a gale encountered on reaching 
 the Azores, sustained much injury, while the Belle 
 Poule escaped without the loss of a single spar or a 
 yard of canvas. On the storm subsiding, Mr. West- 
 phal was signalled on board the Foudkoyant, the 
 flag-ship of the Admiral, who highly comphmented 
 him for his conduct, and promised, on arriving 
 in England, to recommend him to the Admiralty. 
 Nevertheless he had the mortification, after dis- 
 mantling the Belle Poule at Portsmouth, of being 
 sent back to the Amazon, while the First>Lieute- 
 nants of the London and Foudrotant were each 
 advanced to the rank of Commander. He was 
 afterwards actively employed on the coast of France 
 and on the north coast of Spain. He was present, 
 23March, 1811, at the capture of Le Capidon French 
 privateer of 14 guns and 82 men ; and on 30 July in 
 the sp,me year, having gallantly attacked a convoy 
 of eight ^^essels near the Penmarck Rocks, he suc- 
 ceeded, without loss, in destroying five of them, 
 and in bringing away the remainder, although ex- 
 posed in so doing to a smart fire of grape from the 
 enemy's batteries, and of musketry from a con- 
 siderable body of troops in trenches and on the 
 beach.* The Amazon being paid off in Feb. 1812, 
 Mr. Westphal, who had been serving in her for 
 nearly ten years, the last six as First-Lieutenant, 
 was appointed in that capacity, in the following 
 month, to the Jcnon 38, Capts. Jas. Sanders and 
 Clotworthy Upton, on the North American station, 
 where he saw much active service both in the ship 
 and her boats, and contributed to the capture of 
 several vessels. On 29 July, 1813, being in Dela- 
 ware Bay, and observing that the Mabtin 18, Capt. 
 Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, which had grounded 
 on a shoal at the first of a strong ebbing tide, lay 
 exposed, without the power of offering much resist- 
 ance, to the attack of a flotilla of 10 vessels (two of 
 them carrying 6 long 18-pounders and 60 men, and 
 the remainder a long 32 and a 4-pounder on tra- 
 versing carriages and 35 men), he volunteered to 
 make a diversion in her favour, and for this purpose, 
 with four boats belonging to his own ship, contain- 
 ing 100 officers and men, and three others who 
 joined him from the Martin with 40 officers and 
 men, he gallantly pulled towards the Americans, 
 with the apparent design of attacking their centre. 
 As soon as, by this manoeuvre, he had drawn the 
 enemy's fir« from the sloop to his own party, he 
 made a dash, under round and grape, at their steru- 
 most vessel (one of the smaller ones), and, after a 
 short but severely contested hand-to-hand struggle, 
 boarded and took her, with a loss to the Britisl^ 
 of 3 killed and mortally wounded, and 4 slightly 
 wounded, and tp the assailed of 7 wounded. Al- 
 though pursued for five or six miles, the prize was 
 carried off in triumph, in sight, too, of hundreds of 
 mortified spectators from the shore. On the return 
 of the tide the Martin, which in the mean while 
 had been lightened, fioated, and was allowed to get 
 clear without further obstructioik. On the following 
 day Mr. Westphal had the gratification of being 
 assured by Capt. Senhouse, " that but for the con- 
 duct of the boats, the Mabtin must inevitably have 
 been lost to the service." As an account, however, 
 of the exploit was never, from some cause unex- 
 plained, laid in an official form before the Admiralty, 
 he obtained no reward. He continued in the Jdnon 
 until 21 Jan. 1815. He then became First-Lieute- 
 nant of the Albion 74, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. 
 Cockburn ; and on 13 June following, a few weeks 
 after his return to England, he was at length pro- 
 moted to the rank of Commander. His last ap- 
 pointments were, 1 Nov. 1828 and 22 Jan. 1829 to 
 the Wabspite 76 and Kent 78, commanded' at 
 Plymouth by his former Captain, Parker, and by 
 Capt. John Ferris Devonshire. He was advanced 
 to his present rank 22 July, 1830 ; and admitted to 
 the Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital 11 Oct. 1847, 
 Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1811,p, I5M. 
 
 7Z2 
 
1276 WESTROPP— WETHERALL— WETTENHALL— WHAETON— WHEATLEY. 
 
 WESTROPP. (Lieutenant, 1825.") 
 
 Berkley Westrofp entered the Navy 2 April, 
 1810 ; passed his examination in 1316 ; and was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 30 Dec. 1825. 
 He has since been on half-pay. At present he is 
 Secretary to the Royal Humane Society. 
 
 WETHERALL. (Captaitt, 1826. r-P., 14; 
 H-P., 33.) 
 
 Frederick Augustus Wetheralii was bom 20 
 Feb. 1788. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol., on board the Boston 32, Capt. John Erskine 
 iouglas, stationed on the coast of North America ; 
 where, after having served as Midshipman with 
 diflFerent Captains in the Leakder 50, Leopard 50, 
 and Cambrian 40, he was nominated, 30 Oct. 1806, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the ObsekvateursIoop, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Alfred Crofton. "While in the Leanixer, 
 under the present Sir John Talbot, he assisted at 
 the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan of 46 
 guns, and her prize the Cleopatra 32, both which 
 ships had been much shattered during a recent en- 
 gagement. Being confirmed a Lieutenant of the 
 Observateor 24 Feb. 1807, he continued employed 
 in that vessel, on the North American and West 
 India stations, until Nov. 1810. He was afforded an 
 opportunity in consequence of co-operating in the 
 reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe ; and was 
 in company (as Acting-Commander of the Observa- 
 teur) with the Junon 38, Capt. John Shortland, 
 when that ship was capiured, after a noble defence, 
 by four French frigates, 13 Pec. 1809.* He was ap- 
 pointed, 18 Aug. 1812, to the Owen Giendower 42, 
 Capt. Brian Hodgson, on the East India station^ he 
 attained the rank of Commander 15 June, 1814 ; 
 and from 26 July, 1825, until Posted 13 Nov. 1826, 
 he served in that capacity in the Fly 18, again in 
 the East Indies, where he was present at Rangoon 
 during the Burmese war. He accepted the Retire- 
 ment 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. Wetherall married Mary, eldest daughter 
 of H. Hamilton, Esq., and niece of Mr. Hamilton, 
 M.P. for CO. Meath, by whom he has issue five 
 children. Agents — HaUett and Robinson. 
 
 WETTENHALL. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 Robert 'Wettenhall entered the Navy 12 July, 
 1810 ; and on 2 Feb. 1811, being then in the Thebam 
 36, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, assisted in the boats 
 of that frigate, commanded by Lieut. Henry Mey- 
 nell, at the capture of a French merchant-brig lying 
 aground under the batteries near Dieppe. He was 
 also present at the cutting out of a sloop in the 
 neighbourhood of Boulogne. He passed his exami- 
 nation in 1817 ; obtained his commission 22 July, 
 1830; was employed in the Coast Guard from 1 
 March, 1832, until 1835 ; and has since been on half- 
 pay. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 WHARTON. (Commander, 1848,) 
 
 John Antiionv Lawrence "Wharton is son of 
 the late Retired Commander John Fras. "Wharton, 
 B.N. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 26 Sept. 1836 ; 
 and, after having served on the Mediterranean, 
 North America and West India, Plymouth, Pacific, 
 and Portsmouth stations, as Mate, in the Pique 36, 
 Capts. Edw. Boxer, Rich. Augustus "Tates, and 
 Henry Forbes, Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 David Milne, Fisgard 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, 
 and Flying Fish 12, Capt. Robt. Harris, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 12 Sept. 1844. In 
 the following month he was appointed to the Osprey 
 12, On pt. Fred. Patten, under whom he was wrecked, 
 in March, 1846, on the coast of New Zealand, where 
 he had been of late actively employed. Soon after 
 the court-martial, which assembled to try the officers 
 and crew, he was appointed, 19 April, 1847, to the 
 Philomel 6, Capt. Wm. Cotterell Wood, fitting for 
 the coast of Africa, whence he returned on the oc- 
 * Vide Gai. 1610, p. 176. 
 
 casion of his promotion to the rank of Commander 
 29 Feb. 1848. 
 
 WHARTON. (Retired Commander, 1838.) 
 John Francis Wharton died in Oct. 1848. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 July, 1792, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the St. George 98, in 
 which ship and the Windsor Castle 98, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Byard, he served for about 12 
 months at Plymouth. He was next, from July, 
 1793, until Aug. 1798, employed in the Channel and 
 Mediterranean, and off Cadiz, as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate, in the Gibraltar 80, Capts. Thos. 
 Mackenzie and Hon. Thos. Pakenham, Majestic 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Blagden Westcott, and Ville de Paris 
 110, flag-ship of Lord St. Vincent. In the Gibraltar 
 he fought in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794. He 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of his former 
 ship, the Majestic, 28 Oct. 1798 (she -was then com- 
 manded by Capt. Robt. Cuthbert) ; he was confirmed 
 26 Dec. following ; and he was appointed afterwards 
 — 12 June, 1799, to the Pallas frigate, Capt. Ed- 
 monds, in the Mediterranean — 28 April, 1800, to the 
 Resolution 74, Capt. Alan Gardner, on the Home 
 station — 25 April, 1801, to the Good Design armed- 
 ship, Capt. Robt. Elliot, under whom he obtained 
 the Turkish gold medal for his services in Egypt — 
 7 Jan. and 19 Dec. 1803, to the Camilla 20, Capt. 
 Henry Hill, and Falcon sloop, Capt. Henry Mana- 
 ton Ommanney, at Newfoundland — 16 March, 1804, 
 and 12 Aug. 1806, to the Goliath 74, Capts. Chas. 
 Brisbane and Robt. Barton, and Achille 74, Capt. 
 Sir Rich. King, employed off Brest, Rochefort, and 
 Corunna — in 1809, to the command, for a short time, 
 of the Harlequin armed-ship at Plymouth— and, in 
 1811-12-13, to the Vengeance, Firm, and Teme- 
 raihb prison-ships at Portsmouth and Plymouth, 
 the first and last commanded by himself, the Firm 
 by Lieut. Duncan Menzies. In the Camilla, Fal- 
 con, and Achille he was First-Lieutenant, as he 
 was also, for some time, in the Goliath, in which 
 ship he assisted at the capture, 11 and 18 Ajig. 1805, 
 of Le Faune French brig, of 16, and La Torche cor- 
 vette, of 18 guns. He left the T&Mi:RAiRE in June, 
 1814. He was admitted to the Out-Pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 18 July, 1837; and placed on 
 the List of Retired Commanders 10 May, 1838. 
 
 Commander Wharton, whose first wife died at the 
 commencement of 1837, married a second time, 19 
 Deo. in the same year, Eliza, eldest daughter of the 
 late Timothy Lyon, Esq. He has left, with other 
 issue, two sons, one of them, John A. L., a Com- 
 mander, the other, R. H., a Lieutenant, R.N. 
 
 WHARTON. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Richard Hill Wharton is son of the late Re- 
 tired Commander J. F. Wharton, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 6 May, 1826 ; and 
 on 20 Oct. 1827 was present in the Genoa 74, Capt. 
 Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin. He 
 passed his examination 7 May, 1834 ; and, while 
 serving at the Cape of Good Hope as Mate in the 
 Arrow 10, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Robinson, was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 Nov. 1841, 
 and nominated Additional of the Southampton 50, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Durnford King on the same 
 station, where he was transferred, in 1842, to the 
 Winchester 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Josceline 
 Percy. He .was afterwards, from 12 April, 1843, 
 until paid off at the close of 1847, employed as 
 Second and First-Lieutenant in the Cormorant 
 steam-sloop, of 300 horse-power, Capts. Geo. Thos. 
 Gordon and Fred. Beauchamp Paget Seymour, on 
 the South American station. 
 
 WHEATLEY. (Commander, 1832.) 
 John Wheatley was born 15 Nov. 1801. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1813, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Duncan 74, Capt. Robt.j 
 Lambert. He served subsequently, as Midshipman' 
 and Master's Mate, in the Royal Sovereign 100, 
 Edrotas 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. LiUicrap, 
 
WHEELER-WHICHELO-WHINYATES-WHIPPLE. 
 
 1277 
 
 Tigris 36, Capt. Kobt. Henderson, and Liverpool 
 50, Capt. Eras. Augustus Collier. In the ship last 
 mentioned he accompanied, towards the close of 
 1819, an expedition sent to the Persian Gulf for the 
 purpose of crushing a race of notorious pirates, 
 whose head-quarters lay at Kas-al-Khyma, which 
 place was in a short time destroyed and all the 
 vessels lying in its vicinity hurnt or sunk. After 
 acting as Lieutenant in the Leandek 50, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Satellite 18, Capt. 
 Mark John Currie, and Ganges 84, Capt. F. A. 
 Collier, he was promoted, officially, 9 Jan. 1823. 
 His succeeding appointments were — 8 Aug. 1823, 
 10 Aug. 1826, and 2 Aug. 1827, to the Alacrity 10, 
 Capt. Chas. Philip Yorke, Camelion 10, Capts. Peter 
 Klchards and Chas. Cotton, and Zebra 18, Capts. 
 C. Cotton, Brunswick Popham, and Edmund Wm. 
 Gilbert, all in the Mediterranean — 2 Jan. 1830, as 
 First-Lieutenant (a post he had filled on board the 
 Zebra), to the North Star 28, Capt. Lord Wm. 
 Paget, in the "West Indies — and to the command, 
 next, of the Manly 12. In the Alaohity, Came- 
 lion, and Zebra he assisted at the capture of 
 several piratical vessels in the Archipelago. In 
 April, 1826 (he belonged at the time to the Ala- 
 crity), he was severely burnt in the right hand by 
 an explosion of gunpowder on board a pirate in the 
 Dora Passage ; and in Jan. 1828 he was present in 
 the Zebra in an attack made by a squadron under 
 the orders of Sir Thos. Staines upon a fort and 
 vessels in the possession of the freebooters at Cara- 
 busa. He was in the same sloop at the turning back 
 of the Turco-Egyptian fleet from Patras. He was 
 advanced to the rank of Commander 5 Dec. 1332 ; 
 and was employed as such in the Coast Guard from 
 4 July, 1839, until July, 1844. "While on duty on 
 the night of 27 Oct. 1842, his horse took fright, ran 
 away with him, and fell, breaking and dislocating 
 the wrist of the same hand which had been on a 
 former occasion burnt. 
 
 Commander "Wheatley married, in April, 1838, at 
 Bruges, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, daughter of 
 Francis Hoper, Esq., of Burlington Street, London. 
 
 WHEELER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.) 
 John Wheeleb entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1806, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Neptdne 98, com- 
 manded, at Portsmouth, by the late Sir Thos. Fras. 
 Fremantle. In the following month he joined in 
 succession the Dreadnought and Barfleor 98's, 
 Capts. "Wm. Lechmere and Joseph Sidney Yorke, 
 the latter stationed in the Channel ; where, and in 
 the Baltic, Downs, Mediterranean, and South Ame- 
 rica, he served also, until July, 1815, part of the 
 time as Master's Mate, in the Brunswick 74, Capt. 
 Thos. Graves, Cueroree 10, Capt. Kich. Arthur, 
 Lively 38, Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, Ville de Paris 
 110 and Kodney and Milfobd 74's, flag-ships of 
 Kear-Admiral Fremantle, Valiant 74, Capt. Za^ 
 chary Mudge, Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, and 
 Duncan 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Poo Beres- 
 ford. He was present, in the Milford, at the re- 
 duction, in 1813, of Fiume, Kovigno, Piran, Capo 
 d'lstria, and Trieste. On leaving the Duncan he 
 took up a commission bearing date 25 Feb. 1815. 
 He filled an appointment in the Coast Blockade as 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Severn 50 and 
 Kamillies 74, both commanded by Capt. "Wm. 
 M'CuUoch, from 22 Sept. 1821 until, we believe, the 
 close of 1825 ; and since then has been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 WHEELER. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Thomas Pryor Wheeler entered the Navy 8 
 July, 1809; passed his examination in 1816; ob- 
 tained his commission 26 May, 1826 ; served, from 
 1 Aug. following until 1830, in the Coast Blockade 
 as aSupernumerary-Lieutenantof the Hyperion 42, 
 Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye; and, from 18 April, 1831, 
 until the commencement of 1834, filled an appoint- 
 ment in the Coast Guard. He has not been since 
 .employed. 
 
 He married, at Gosport, 9 Feb. 1832, Bliss Smith. 
 
 WHICHELO. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 George Whichelo entered the Navy 16 June, 
 1807 ; passed his examination in 1814 ; and was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 May, 1825. 
 He had charge of a station in the Coast Guard from 
 11 July, 1831, until the end of 1837 ; was employed 
 at Chatham in the Poictiebs 72, Capt. Wm. Henry 
 Shirreff, from 24 Aug. 1843 until Aug. 1846; and 
 since 21 April, 1847, has been again employed in the 
 Coast Guard. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 WHINYATES. (Rear-Admiral, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Wbinyates is son of Thos. Whinyates, 
 Esq., by Catharine, daughter of the late Admiral 
 Sir Thos. Frankland, Bart. ; and brother of Colonel 
 E. C. Whinyates, K.H., K.A., of Major F. W. 
 Whinyates, R.E., and of Colonel F. F. Whinyates, 
 E. I. Co.'s Horse Artillery. He is firs^cousin of 
 Rear-Admiral Wra. Bowles, C.B., of Capts. E. A. 
 and C. C. Frankland, R.N., and of Capt. H. and 
 Lieut. C. Gosset, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1793, obtained 
 his first commission 7 Sept. 1799, and was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander 16 May, 1805. After 
 having for some time commanded theZEBRAbomb, 
 he was appointed, in March, 1807, to the Frolic, a, 
 new brig of 384 tons, mounting 16 32-pounder car- 
 ronades and 2 long sixes ; in which vessel he pro- 
 ceeded, in the course of the same year, to the "West 
 Indies. On 18 Oct. 1812, while on his passage home 
 with convoy, he fell in with, and, at the end of an 
 action of 50 minutes, was captured by, the "U.S. sloop- 
 of-war Wasp, Capt. Jacob Jones, measuring 434 tons, 
 and armedwith 16 32-pounder carronades and 2 brass 
 long 12-pounders, exclusive of 2 brass 4^pounders. 
 The Feolic, before the contest, had been severely 
 damaged in a gale. Her crew, debilitated in 
 health, consisted of 92 men (including one passenger, 
 an invalided soldier) and 18 boys; while the crew 
 of the Wasp amounted to as many as 135 able- 
 bodied men and 3 boys. The British in the action 
 sustained a loss of 15 seamen and marines killed, 
 and their Commander, two Lieutenants (one of 
 them mortally), the Master, mortally, and 43 sea- 
 men and marines, wounded ; the Americans of 8 
 killed and about the same number wounded. On 
 the same day the Wasp was herself captured and 
 the Frolic retaken by the Poictiers 74, Capt. John 
 Poo Beresford ; who allowed Capt. Whinyates (so 
 " decidedly gallant " did he esteem the conduct he 
 had displayed) to continue in command of his brig 
 until she reached Bermuda. The court-martial, 
 which assembled afterwards to try him, declared 
 that he had done all that could be done in her de- 
 fence, and most honourably acquitted him. He 
 was advanced to Post-rank by a commission bearing 
 date 12 Aug. 1812 ; and was placed on the list of 
 Retired Rear-Admirals 1 Oct. 1846. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WHIPPLE. (Commander, 1798. f-p., 24; [ 
 H-p., 41.) 
 
 John Whipple entered the Navy, in 1782, on 
 board the Eubopa 50, Capts. John Thos. Duck- 
 worth and Arthur Philip, stationed in the East 
 Indies, whence he returned in May, 1784, having 
 previously attained the rating of Midshipman. He 
 served next, from March, 1786, until Deo. 1788, and 
 again from March, 1789, until Dec. 1791, in the 
 Rose, Capts. Henry Harvey and Jacob Waller, at 
 Newfoundland; and from Dec. 1792 until Sept. 
 1793 in the Fortune, Capt. Fras. Wooldridge, in 
 the North Sea and on the coast of Holland. He 
 then joined the Gibraltae 80, Capts. Thos. Mac- 
 kenzie and Hon. Thos. Pakenham ; under the 
 former of whom he fought in Lord Howe's action 1 
 June, 1794. He was made Lieutenant, 28 Aug. fol- 
 lowing, into the Firm sloop, Capts. Robt. Plampin 
 and Micajah Malbou, attached to the force on the 
 coast of Holland ; was placed in command, 25 June 
 and 28 Aug. 1795, of the Wolf and Leopard gun- 
 vessels, on the Sheerness and Portsmouth stations ; 
 and m March, 1796, was appointed to the Alex- 
 ander 74, Capts, A. PhiUp, Joseph Bullen, and 
 
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 WHIPPLE— WHISH—WHITAKER—WHITCOMBE. 
 
 Alex. Ball. For his conduct as First-Lieutenant of 
 the ship last mentioned at the battle of the Kile he 
 ■was promoted to the rank of Commander 8 Oct. 
 1798. He was employed in the Sea Feneibles in 
 Ireland from 1 March, 1806, until 28 Feb. 1810; 
 and in raising seamen for the service in Dublin 
 from 23 Feb. 1811 until 31 Aug. 1816. He was ad- 
 mitted to the Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital 
 8 June, 1824 ; and is now the senior officer of his 
 rank in the Navy. 
 
 One of Commander Whipple's daughters, Matilda 
 Elizabeth, married, 23 Nov. 1841, G. K. Bell, Esq., 
 of the Bombay Artillery ; and another, Mary, 7 
 Jan. 1845, Lieut. Sam. Brooking Dolling, B.N. 
 
 WHIPPLE. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Thomas Connell 0'Donhei.l Whipple was bom 
 9 Sept. 1813. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 9 
 March, 1827, and embarked, 13 March, il829, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Galatea 42, Capt. Chas. 
 Napier, in which frigate he continued employed 
 on particular service, part of the time in the capa- 
 city of Midshipman, until Jan. 1832. He served 
 afterwards on the Home, West India, Lisbon, and 
 Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman and Mate 
 (he passed his examination 19 June, 1833), in the 
 NiMROD 20, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell, Savage 10, 
 Lieut.-Commander Robt. Loney, Russell 74, Capt. 
 Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, Weazle 10, Lieut.-Com- 
 manders M'llwaine and John Simpson, and Power- 
 ful 84, Capt. C. Napier. His conduct in the ship 
 last mentioned in the operations on the coast of 
 Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre 
 procured him a commission dated 4 Nov. 1840. 
 His subsequent .appointments were — 15 Dec. 1840, 
 as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Princess Char- 
 lotte 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford in 
 the Mediterranean — 15 Jan. 1841, again to the 
 PowEKFDL, Capts. Geo. Mansel and Michael Sey- 
 mour, on the same station — 5 Feb. 1842, to the 
 Agincourt 72, fitting for the flag of Sir Thos. John 
 Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 
 whence he invalided 27 Dec. following — 2 Feb. and 
 19 July, 1844, and 30 Jan. 1845, to the Camperdown 
 104, Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120, flag-ships of 
 Sir John Chambers White and Sir Edw. Durnford 
 King at Sheerness— and 15 June,' 1846, as Senior, to 
 the Dido 18, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, with 
 whom he returned to the East Indies. He came 
 home and was paid off in the early part of 1849. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 WHISH. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 23.) 
 
 William George Hi^kdham Whish entered the 
 Navy, 27 June, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 
 St. George 98, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, successive 
 flag-ship, in the Channel and Baltic, of Rear-Ad- 
 mirals Fras. Pickmore and Eliab Harvey. In Feb. 
 1810 he removed to the Hussar 38, Capt. Alex. 
 Skene, on the Guernsey station ; he became Mid- 
 shipman, in the following summer, of the Ntmphe 
 frigate, Capt. E. S. Clay, in the North Sea; and 
 from Jan. 1811 until Sept. 1815, he was employed 
 at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Mediterranean, 
 and again off Guernsey in the Cheajoa 36, Capt. 
 John Tower. In Oct. of the year last mentioned 
 he was rated Master's Mate of the Mutine sloop, 
 Capt. Jas. Mould ; in which vessel he sailed in 1816 
 with the expedition against Algiers. On the memo- 
 rable 27 Aug. he was doing duty on board the In- 
 vincible battery-ship, Lieut.-Commander Rich. 
 Howell Fleming. He returned to England with 
 Lord Exmouth in the Queen Charlotte 100 ; was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 16 Sept. 1816 ; 
 and was appointed next — 9 June, 1818, to the Im- 
 pregnable 104, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth 
 at Plymouth— and, 13 July, 1821, and 17 Aug. and 
 4 Dec. 1824, to the Bustard 10, Capts. Wm. Geo. 
 Martin, Jas. Wigston, Edwin Ludlow Rich, and 
 Rawdon Maclean, Serapis, Capt. Geo. Vernon 
 Jackson, and Dartmouth 42, Capt. Henry Dundas, 
 all in the West Indies. On U Nov. 1825, he was 
 
 promoted to the command, which he retained but 
 for a short period, of the Beaver sloop. His last 
 appointment was, 26 Jan. 1837, to the Gannet 16, 
 on the North America and West India station, 
 whence he returned home and was paid off" in the 
 early part of 1838. He attained his present rank 
 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Whish married, 2 June, 1828, Julia, second 
 daughter of the late John Vivian, Esq., of Portland 
 Place, London, and Claverton, co. Somerset, sister- 
 in-law of Capt. Jas. Rattray, R.N. 
 
 WHITAKER. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 12 ; 
 
 H-p., 32.) 
 Thomas Whitakeb entered the Navy, 6 Aug. 
 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Melpomene 38, 
 Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver ; with whom, and with 
 Capts. Wm. Lukin and Jas. Katon, he served in the 
 Mars 74, from Nov. 1805 until made Lieutenant, 
 22 Dec. 1809, into the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers 
 — the latter part of the time in the capacity of 
 Master's Mate. In the MELPOMiiNE he twice as- 
 sisted at the bombardment of Havre-de-Grace, and 
 cruized among the Western Islands. In the Mars 
 he contributed, 28 July, 1806, to the capture, off 
 the coast of France, after a chase of more than 150 
 miles, and in the presence of three other French 
 frigates, of Le RUn of 44 guns and 318 men. He 
 was also present with a squadron under Sir Sam. 
 Hood at the capture, offRochefort, 25 Sept. follow- 
 ing, of four heavy frigates, two of which, the Gloire 
 46 and Infatigdble 44, struck to the Mars; and, 
 besides assisting at the siege of Copenhagen in Aug. 
 and Sept. 1807, was actively employed in affording 
 protection to the Baltic trade. On one occasion, while 
 skylarking in the cockpit, he had the misfortune, by 
 a biscuit being thrown at him, to be deprived of the 
 sight of an eye. During the period of his servitude 
 in the Kent, which ship he left in Jan. 1813, he wag 
 stationed off" Lisbon and in the Mediterranean, and 
 shared, in 1812, in one or two sli^t skirmishes with 
 the Toulon fleet. His last appointment was, in 
 Sept. 1813, to the Queen 74, successive flag-ship of 
 Sir Fras. Laforey and Sir Chas. Vinicorabe Penrose, 
 under whom he was two years employed in the 
 West Indies and again in the Mediterranean. He 
 was advanced to the rank he now holds by a com- 
 mission bearing date 13 June, 1815. 
 
 Commander Whitaker is married and has issue. 
 
 WHITCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1815. p-p., 13; 
 H-p., 27.) 
 Samuel Richard Whitcombb entered the Navy, 
 16 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rbvo- 
 LUTIONNAIRE 38, Capt. Chas. Feilding, stationed in 
 the Channel and off the coast of Portugal. In 
 March, 1808, he joined the Matilda, flag-ship of Sir 
 Henry Edwin Stanhope in the river Thames ; and 
 in May, 1809, after having served for 11 months in 
 the North Sea and Channel and off Cadiz in the 
 Triumph 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, 
 he was received as Midshipman on board the Bar- 
 FLEUR 98, bearing the flag off Lisbon of Hon. Geo. 
 Cranfield Berkeley. While in the latter ship, in 
 which he remained until Feb. 1812, he was employed 
 in her boats in co-operation with the British army 
 up the Tagus. On leaving her he joined the Nai- 
 JADEN frigate, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, at 
 Plymouth ; and from lie following April until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 6 March, 1815, he 
 served in the Pomone 40, Capts. Fras. Wm. Fane 
 and Philip Carteret, and Narcissus 32, at New- 
 foundland, in the Downs, on the north coast of 
 Spain, on the coast of Portugal, at Gibraltar, and 
 on the coast of North America. His subsequent 
 appointments were— 13 July, 1816, to the Jasper 
 10, Capt. Thos. Carew— 14 Dec. 1821, to the Dover 
 28, flag-ship of Sir John Poo Beresford at Leith— 
 and 26 April, 1824, to the Haheier 18, Capt. Geo. 
 Gosling, on the Irish station. In the Jasper, after 
 visiting Gibraltar and Newfoundland, he was 
 wrecked on the point of Mount Batten, at the en- 
 trance of Catwater, 21 Jan. 1817 ; on which occasion 
 
WHITE. 
 
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 he, the Captain, and two seamen were the only per- 
 sons who escaped. Since he quitted the Harrier 
 about 1825, he has been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 WHITE. (CoMiiANpEB, 1846. F-p., 17; h-p., 25.) 
 Frederick "White entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 
 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Africa 64, Capt. 
 Henry Digby; and on 21 Oct. following was 
 wounded at the battle of Trafalgar.* The iajviy 
 he sustained procured him a grant from the Patri- 
 otic Fund. In Dec. 1805 (he had already attained 
 the rating of Midshipman) he removed, at Gibraltar, 
 to the Beagle 18, Capt. Geo. Digby ; with whom, 
 in the early part of 1806, he returned to England, 
 we believe, in the Swiftsure 74. In the course of 
 the same year he joined the Zealamd 64, Capt. 
 Henry Lidgbird'Ball, at the Nore, the Majestic 74, 
 bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara 
 Russell in the North Sea, and the Orestes 16, Capt. 
 John Richards Lapenotiere. After imiting in the 
 latter vessel in Lord Gambler's attack upon Copen- 
 hagen he was again, in Jan. 1808, placed under the 
 command of Capt. Geo. Digby in the Cossack 24 ; 
 in which ship he continued employed in the Channel 
 under Capt. Thos. Garth, until April, 1812; in the 
 course of which month we find him rejoining Capt. 
 Digby on board the Lavimia frigate in the Medi- 
 terranean. He was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 10 Feb. 1812; and was appointed subse- 
 quently — 2 Sept. 1812, to the Chanticleer sloop, 
 Capts. Rich. Spear and Stewart Blacker, in the 
 North Sea — 21 Oct. 1813, after three or four 
 months of half-pay, occasioned by ill-health, to the 
 Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, stationed in the 
 Roompot— 4 March, 1814, to the Rinaldo 10, Capts. 
 Edm. Lyons and Archibald Tisdall, in which vessel 
 he escorted the Allied Sovereigns to England, and 
 then proceeded to the West Indies, whence he inva- 
 lided in the ensuing Dec— 28 Feb. 1837, for up- 
 wards of three years, to the Coast Guard — 23 Dec. 
 1841, to the post of Admiralty Agent on board a 
 contract mail steam-vessel — and 24 Aug. 1843, to 
 the Ocean 80, guard-ship at Sheerness, Capts. Peter 
 Fisher and Rich. Arthur. Since his promotion to 
 the rank of Commander, which took place 9 Nov. 
 1846, he has been on half-pay. He obtained a pension 
 of 61. per annum for wounds 17 May, 1843. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WHITE. (Eetiked Commander, 1849. f-p., 
 22 ; H-p., 27.) 
 
 George "White, a native of Havant, co. Hants, is 
 son of the late Geo. "White, Esq., Purser and Pay- 
 master R.N. (1793), of Dunse, N.B.; and half-bro- 
 ther of the present Vice-Admiral "Wight. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Spiteeui, gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John "Wood, stationed off Jersey, where he 
 continued employed as Midshipman until May, 1802. 
 From July until Oct. of the latter year he served in 
 the Liberty 14, Lieut.-Commander Hugh Cook, in 
 the Mediterranean ; and in March, 1803, he joined 
 the Dreadnodght 98, Capts. AVm. Domett, Edw. 
 Brace, John Child Purvis, Robt. Carthew Reynolds, 
 Geo. Reynolds, Edw. Rotheram, and John Conn. 
 In that ship, which bore the flags at different pe- 
 riods of Admirals Cornwallis, Collingwood, and 
 Lord Northesk, he was for a long time stationed in 
 the Channel and off Cadiz, and was present as Mas- 
 ter's Mate at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Removing, in May, 1806, to the Captain 74, Capts. 
 Wm. Grenville Lobb, Geo. Cockbum, Isaac Wolley, 
 and the late Sir Jas. Athol Wood, he was afforded 
 an opportunity of assisting, 27 Sept. following, at 
 the capture, by a squadron under Sir Thos. Louis, 
 of Le President French frigate of 44 guns. He co- 
 operated also in the reduction of Copenhagen in 
 Aug. and Sept. 1807 ; and in Feb. and April, 1809, 
 he served on shore at the taking of Martinique and 
 the Salutes. In Aug. of the year last-mentioned he 
 accompanied Sir J. A. Wood as Acting-Lieutenant 
 • rWeGaz. 1805, p. 1484. 
 
 (he had obtained that rank in the Captain 4 Dec. 
 1807) into the Neptuhe 98. To her he was con- 
 firmed 2 Nov. ensuing. His next appointment was, 
 with Sir J. A. Wood, 18 March, 1810, to the Pomp^e 
 74; to which ship he continued attached in the 
 West Indies, Channel, and Mediterranean, until 
 Nov. 1815. On 5 Nov. 1813 he was present in a 
 partial action with the French Toulon fleet. He 
 was afterwards, from 24 Nov. 1825 until 1831, em- 
 ployed in the Coast Blockade with his name on the 
 books of the Ramillies and Talaveba 74's, both 
 commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot. During four 
 years and six months of that period he was a Divi- 
 sional-Lieutenant, and had the superintendence of 
 the left division of the Kentish Coast Blockade. 
 He accepted the rank he now holds 2 March, 1849. 
 Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 WHITE. (Captain, 1846. e-p., 22 ; h-p., 9.) 
 
 George Henrt Parley White, born 11 Oct. 
 1802, at Droxford, co. Hants, is eldest son of the 
 late Rear-Admiral Thos. White. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 20 
 Nov. 1816; and embarked, in Deo. 1818, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Erne 20, Capt. Timothy 
 Scriven, stationed on the coast of Ireland. After 
 serving for some months in the Channel in the 
 Heron 18, Capt. Job Hanmer, he joined, in Aug. 
 1819, the Sdpehb 78, commanded by his father, and 
 sailed for South America ; where he continued em- 
 ployed in the Creole 42, commanded at first by 
 Capt. White and next by Capts. Thos. Bourchier 
 and Hon. Fred. Spencer, as Midshipman and Mate 
 in the Spahtiate 76, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, 
 and as Acting-Lieutenant (order dated 2 May, 1825) 
 in the Fly 18, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, until 
 officially promoted 24 July, 1825. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 20 July, 1827, to the Primrose 
 18, Capt. Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, fitting for the 
 coast of Africa^5 Nov. following, to the Melville 
 74, Capts. Henry Hill, Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, 
 and Christopher John Williams Nesham, in which 
 ship he was for three years and ten months sta- 
 tioned chiefly off the coast of Portugal and in the 
 Mediterranean— 18 Nov. 1833, as Senior, to the 
 Jasedr 16, Capt. John Hackett, on the south coast 
 of Spain— and (after nearly eight months of half- 
 pay) 19 Feb. 1838 and 1 Feb. 1839, in a similar capa- 
 city, to the Malabar and Implacable 74's, both 
 commanded by Capt. Edw. Harvey, on the North 
 American and West India stations. In the Impla- 
 cable he was present in 1840 in th^ operations on 
 the coast of Syria and at the blockade of Alexan- 
 dria. He attained the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 
 1841 ; and from 12 July, 1845, until Posted 9 Nov. 
 1846, was employed with the Channel squadron aa 
 Second-Captain in the Canopds 84, Capt. Fairfax 
 
 Moresby. He has not been since afloat. Agents 
 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WHITE. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 35 ; h-p., 5.) 
 
 George Robert White entered the Navy, 22 
 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Banteher 
 22, Capt. Alex. Shippard, in which vessel he cruized 
 in the Baltic and then sailed for the coast of North 
 America, where he was wrecked as Midshipman in 
 the river St. Lawrence 29 Oct. 1808, suffering on 
 the occasion many hardships. In April, 1809, he 
 joined the Puissant 74, Capts. John Irwin and 
 Robt. Hall, at Spithead; and from the following 
 Nov. until July, 1816, he was employed, on the 
 Home, Baltic, and Brazilian stations, in the Namuk 
 74, Capt. A. Shippard, Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm Fer- 
 ris, Namck again, Capt. Shippard, Fly brig. Cant. 
 Manley Hall Dixon, Vigo and Montagu 74's, flag- 
 ships of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, Benjamin (a 
 corvette borrowed from the Brazilian Government), 
 Capt. Joseph Patey, and a second time in the Mon- 
 tagu. He served afterw-ards, ftom Aug. 1816 until 
 Dec. 1818, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in the Peli- 
 can sloop, Capt. Edw. Curzon, in South America, 
 the North Sea, and Mediterranean ; and from the 
 latter date untU confirmed in his present rank 19 
 
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 WHITE. 
 
 July, 1821, as Admiralty-Midshipman and Acting- 
 Lieutenant in the Leven 24, surveying-vessel, Capts. 
 David Ewen Bartholomew and Robt. Baldey, among 
 the Cape de Verde Islands and on the coast of 
 Africa. He has been in charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard since 26 Sept. 1826. Agents— Messrs. 
 Halford and Co. 
 
 WHITE. (Lieutenant, 1829.) 
 
 Geokge William White died in 1848. 
 This officer entered the Navy 13 June, 1815; 
 passed his examination in 1823 ; and attained the 
 rank of Lieutenant 7 Sept. 1829. He was after- 
 wards, from 1 May until Dec. 1832, and from 5 
 April, 1837, until Jan. 1838, employed in the Ver- 
 non 50, Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier, on ' parti- 
 cular service, and in the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Collier, in the Mediterranean. 
 
 WHITE. (LiEUTENAST, 1827.) 
 
 Henry Towry White passed his examination in 
 1823; obtained his commission 4 Sept. 1827; and 
 was appointed, five days afterwards, to the Valo- 
 rous 26, Capt. the Earl of Huntingdon, on the 
 Jamaica station. He has been on half-pay since 
 1828. 
 
 WHITE. (LlEOTENANT, 1802. F-P., 40 ; H-P., 1 3.) 
 
 Hugh Brioe White died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1794, as 
 a Supernumerary Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal 
 William, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Francis 
 Pickmore, for the purpose of joining the Jason 38, 
 Capt. Chas. Stirling; under whom he assisted, as 
 Midshipman, in company with the Pique 36, at the 
 capture, 30 June, 1798, off the coast of France, after 
 an action in which the Jason sustained a loss of 7 
 men killed and 11 wounded, of the French 40-gun 
 frigate La Seine. Being wrecked in the following 
 Oct. near Brest, he was for some time a prisoner in 
 the hands of the enemy. On his release he was 
 again, about Feb. 1799, placed under the command 
 of Capt. Stirling, in the Pompee 74; in which ship 
 we find him, on his return from a voyage to the 
 West Indies, present in Sir James Saumarez' action 
 with M. de Linois off Algeciras 6 July, 1801. On 
 25 Oct. in the latter year, at which period he was 
 serving off Cadiz in the St. George 98, bearing the 
 flag of Sir Chas. Morioe Pole, he was nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Caroline 36, Capt. Bowen. 
 In that frigate, to which he was confirmed 15 Jan. 
 ensuing, he visited the coast of Africa, whence he 
 returned to England, in the spring of 1802, and was 
 paid off. His 'next appointments were — in April, 
 1803, to the Sea Fencible service— 3 July, 1804, to 
 the ToNNANT 80, Capts. Chas. Tyler and Thos. 
 Browne, in which ship he cruized in the Channel, 
 assisted at the blockade of Cadiz, fought at Trafal- 
 gar, and was for some time stationed off Cape Finis- 
 terre, under the flag of Rear-Admiral Eliab Harvey 
 — 16 Dec. 1806, to the Formidable 98, Capt. Fras. 
 Fayerman — 13 Sept. 1809, to the acting-command of 
 Le Var, lately a French frigate, which he brought 
 home from Malta — 15 Feb. 1810, again to the Ton- 
 NANT, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton, Staokpoole, and 
 Sir John Gore — 17 July, 1812, after four months of 
 half-pay, to the Pompee 74, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol 
 Wood— in Sept. and Dec. 1814, to the Elizabeth 
 74, flag-ship of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, 
 and VoLONTAiRE 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. 
 Waldegrave — 15 Feb. 1815, again, for a few weeks, 
 to the Elizabeth— and, 27 Oct. following, to the 
 Gra NiCDS 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. The For- 
 midable, TONHANT, POMpiE, ELIZABETH, VOLON- 
 
 TAiRE, and Granicus, were employed chiefly in the 
 Mediterranean, and on the coasts of Spain, Portu- 
 gal, and France. The Pompee formed part of the 
 force under Sir Edw. Pellew in his partial action 
 with the French Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813. Mr. 
 White invalided from the Granicus in July, 1816. 
 From 9 Aug. 1827 until the period of his death he 
 filled the appointment of Inspecting-Commander in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 He was married and had issue. 
 
 WHITE. (Ketieed Commander, 1645. r-P., 
 19; H-P., 34.) 
 
 John White (a) entered the Navy, 17 Jan. 1794, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active frigate, com- 
 manded in the Channel by the late Sir Edm. Nagle. 
 In the following Aug., having removed with that 
 officer to the Artois of 44 guns and 281 men, he 
 assisted at the destruction, off the Penmarcks, of a 
 French frigate. La Volontaire, and two corvettes, 
 L* Espiati and Ju Alert ; and on 21 Oct. in the same 
 year he took part in an action of 40 minutes which 
 terminated in the surrender, with a loss to the Ar- 
 tois of 3 killed and 5 wouitded, of ia Eevolutionnaire, 
 of 44 guns and 351 men, 8 of whom were killed and 
 5 wounded. He accompanied the expedition sent 
 in 1795 to Quiberon Bay in support of the French 
 royalists ; and he continued otherwise actively em- 
 ployed in the Artois until wrecked on a sand-bank 
 off Rochelle 31 July, 1797. He served afterwards, 
 on the Home station, in the Pallas 32, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Curzon, Doris 36, Capt. Lord Viscount 
 Ranelagh, Sylph 18, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, and 
 Immortalite 36, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham; and 
 on 26 April, 1800, he was made Lieutenant into the 
 Wilhelmina troop-ship, Capt. Jas. Lind, whom we 
 find him accompanying to the Red Sea on a mission 
 hostile to the French. He returned home in 1802 
 in the Romney 50, Capt. Sir Home Popham ; and 
 was subsequently appointed — in 1803-4-6, to the 
 Jalouse 18, Capt. Christopher' Strachey, Madras 
 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and Lively 38, 
 Capt. Graham Eden Hamond, all in the Mediterra- 
 nean — 30 May in the year la^t mentioned, to the 
 Vesuvius bomb, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, in the Channel 
 — 22 Sept. 1806, to the command of the Ignition, on 
 the same station — in Jan. 1807, to the Diomede 50, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant, off Guernsey, to his former Cap- 
 tain, then Rear-Admiral, Sir E. Nagle — in Oct. 1808, 
 to the acting-command, which he retained until the 
 ensuing Dec, of the Albacore sloop, in the Chan- 
 nel — 4 Feb. 1809, for a short time, to the Sea Fen- 
 cible service at Deal — and 28 Jan. 1811 and 8 Marph, 
 1813, to the BoYNE 98 and Ville de Paris 1 10, flag- 
 ships of Sir E. Nagle in the Channel. In Feb. 1814 
 he left the Ville de Paris. He was placed on the 
 Junior List of Retired Commanders 23 Jan. 1832 ; 
 and on the Senior 8 Jan. 1845. 
 
 Commander White is at present Vice-Consul at 
 Chili. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 WHITE. (Retired Commander, 1844. r-p., 
 17 ;* H-P., 30.) 
 John White (6) entered the Navy, in May, 1800, 
 as A.B., onboard the Superb 74, Capt. Rich. Good- 
 win Keats. In that ship, of which he became Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Mate, he bore a warm part la 
 Sir Jas. Saumarez' action with the Franco-Spanish 
 squadron in the Gut of Gibraltar 12 July, 1801 ; 
 accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies, in 
 1805, in pursuit of the combined fleets; and fought 
 nnder the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the 
 action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. He continued 
 to serve with the officer last mentioned in the Royal 
 George 100, on the Channel and Mediterranean 
 stations, until Sept. 1806. He then joined the Hi- 
 BERNiA 120 and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ships of 
 Lords St. Vincent and Gardner, again in the Chan- 
 nel ; where he was nominated, 29 Aug. 1807, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Dragon 74, Capt. Matthew Henry 
 Scott. He was officially promoted 12 Sept. follow- 
 ing; and was afterwards appointed— 18 Oct. 1807, 
 to the Bareacouta 18, Capts. Geo. Harris, Wm. 
 Wells, Rich. Kenah, and Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, 
 under the two latter of whom we find him, in 1810- 
 11, assisting at the reduction of the Dutch Spice 
 Islands and of the island of Java— 15 March, 1813, 
 and 1 Sept. 1814 (he had invalided from the East 
 Indies in Dec. 1811), to the Heron sloop and Bar- 
 EOSA36, Capts. Wm. Jl'Culloch and John Maxwell, 
 employed on the West India, American, and Home 
 stations — 16 Sept. 1815, for upwards of four months, 
 ■to the Ganymede 20, Capt. W. M'CuUoch, in the 
 * Deducting the time he commanded the Hind. 
 
WHITE. 
 
 1281 
 
 Channel— in 1821, to the command Of the Hind Re- 
 venue-oruizer— 22 Dec. 1825, to the Astkea6, Capt. 
 Wm. King, at Falmouth— and 20 July, 1826, to the 
 command, which he retained until 1827, of the Cyn- 
 thia packet, on the latter station. He accepted liis 
 present rank 15 April, 1844. 
 
 WHITE, K.C.B. (Vice-Admikal of the White, 
 1837. F-p., 29; h-p., 35.) 
 
 Sir John Chambers White died Commander-in- 
 Chief at Sheerness, 4 April, 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 June, 1781, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Quebec 32, Capt. 
 Christopher Mason, stationed on the coast of N orth 
 America, where he removed, in Aug. 1783, as Mid- 
 shipman (a rating he had already attained), to the 
 DioMEDE 50, Capt. Thos. Lennox Frederick. From 
 1784 until 1786 he served at Portsmouth in the 
 Goliath 74, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker; and on 22 
 Nov. 1790, at which period he had been for a short 
 time employed at Spithead and in the Channel in 
 the KoYAL William and Swan, Capts. Geo. Gayton 
 and Henry Warre, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His next appointments were, 13 Sept. 
 and 21 Deo. 1793 and 5 June, 1795, to the Abe- 
 THUSA, Nymphe, and Pomone frigates, tlie two 
 former commanded by Capts. Hon. Seymour Finch 
 and Geo. Murray, the latter bearing the broad 
 pendant of Sir John Borlase Warren, and all em- 
 ployed on the Home station, where he was made 
 Commander, 28 Aug. 1795, into the Sylph sloop. 
 In her his activity enabled him to make prize, in 
 May and Sept. 1796, of the Mercury Dutch brig-of- 
 war of 16 guns, and Phomix French privateer of 4 
 guns and 32 men. In July, 1797, he stood in with 
 great promptitude and, by a well-directed fire, 
 maintained for some hours, prevented the crew 
 of the French 36-gun frigate Calliope, on shore, 
 near the Penmarcks, from using any means to 
 save their ship or stores ;* and in the following 
 month he joined in an attack made upon a French 
 convoy at the entrance of Sable d'Olonne, besides 
 assisting at the capture of five coasting vessels 
 and the destruction of Le Petit Diable cutter of 18 
 guns and 100 men. In the affair with the Calliope 
 the Sylph had 6 of her people wounded, and with 
 the convoy at Sable d'Olonne 2 killed and 4 
 wounded. In Feb. 1798 she was present at the 
 capture of La Le'gere, French ship-privateer of 18 
 guns and 130 men : she intercepted subsequently 
 the Eliza, an American ship, with a valuable cargo 
 from Batavia, vi& Boston, bound to Amsterdam ; 
 La Pouine, a French national lugger of 8 guns and 
 26 men ; f two Spanish letters-of-marque richly 
 laden ; Le Debut, a Frencli brig of 8 guns (pierced 
 for 16), bound to Cayenne with merchandize ; and 
 El Gol<mdina,X a Spanish packet, pierced for 20 guns, 
 but with only 4 mounted. Capt. White was promoted 
 to Post-rank, 2 Aug. 1799, in the Windsor Castle 
 98 ; and was subsequently appointed— 31 Oct. 1800 
 (after five months of half-pay) to the Eenown 74, 
 flag-ship during the first 12 months of Sir J. B. 
 Warren— 8 July, 1804, to the Kent 74—9 Dec. 1805 
 (he had left the Kent in Dec. of the preceding 
 year), to the Foudroyant 80, as Flag-Captain to 
 Sir J. B. Warren, with whom he served until Nov. 
 1806—24 Sept. and 20 Nov. 1810, to the Hibernia 
 120 and Centadk 74, in the latter of which ships he 
 remained until Nov. 1814— and 27 May, 1825, and 
 26 June, 1827, to the Koyal Charlotte and Wil- 
 liam AND Mary yachts. In the Renown, under 
 Sir J. B. Warren (who had with him, besides, the 
 Dragon, Gibraltar, Hector, and Alexander 
 74's, the Haerlem arme'e-en-JiiUe, and Mercury fri- 
 gate), Capt. White went to the Mediterranean in 
 the early part of 1801 in chase of a French arma- 
 ment under M. Ganteaume ; whom he there pursued 
 
 • fide Oaz. 1797, p. 697. Eight vessels which had been 
 under the protection of the Calliope, were on this occasion 
 taken, and two otiiers destroyed, by the Svlph and the 
 squadron she was attaclied to. 
 
 t fide Gan. 1708, p. J lOS. 
 
 J Taken by the Sylph, in company with the Mehmaid 32. 
 
 to the coast of Egypt and in other directions. 
 While so employed the Renown encountered a gale 
 of wind accompanied with much thunder and light- 
 ning, which killed 3 men and wounded 2 others. 
 She united subsequently in the defence of Porto 
 Ferrajo, in the island of Elba ; where we find Capt. 
 White superintending, 14 Sept. 1801, the landing 
 and re-embarking of 689 seamen and marines, sent 
 from the squadron to assist the garrison in a sortie 
 made for the purpose of destroying the enemy's 
 batteries; a service which he performed in a very 
 creditable manner, under a heavy fire from the 
 French, and for which Sir John Warren acknow- 
 ledged him to be " entitled to his wannest thanks." * 
 After commanding the Renown for two years and 
 nine months as a private ship, part of the time at 
 the blockade of Toulon, Capt. White returned to 
 England in 1804, in the Kent, with 1,060,000 dollars, 
 received on board at Cadiz. On 13 March, 1806, 
 being then in the Foddroyant, he witnessed the 
 capture, during a cruize to the westward, of the 
 Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belie Poule. The Hi- 
 bernia was taken by him to the Mediterranean for 
 the flag of Sir Sam. Hood. He co-operated in the 
 Centaur in the defence of Tarragona until the fall 
 of that city, 28 June, 1811 ;t and he was present in 
 the same ship, in April, 1814, at the destruction, in 
 the Gironde, of the Begulus 74, three brigs-of-war, 
 several smaller vessels, and all the forts and bat- 
 teries on the north side of the river. He was super- 
 seded from the William and Mary on the occa- 
 sion of his promotion to Flag-rank, 22 July, 1830. 
 He attained the rank of Vice- Admiral 10 Jan. 1837 ; 
 was nominated a K.C.B. 29 June, 1841 ; and from 
 15 Jan. 1844 until the period of his death, as above, 
 was Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. 
 
 Sir John Chambers White married, first, in 1800, 
 Cordelia, daughter of Capt. Robt. Fanshawe, R.N.,t 
 Resident Commissioner of Plymouth Dockyard, 
 sister of the present Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, R.N., 
 C.B., and sister-in-law of Admirals Wm. Bedford, 
 Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B,, and Hon. Sir Robt. 
 Stopford, G.C.B. ; and secondly, 25 April, 1816, 
 Charlotte Elizabeth, eldest daughter of General Sir 
 Hew Whiteford Dalrymple, Bart., Colonel of the 
 57_th Foot, and sister-in-law of the present Vice- Ad- 
 miral Jas. Rich. Dacres. Sir- John, who became a 
 widower again 11 April, 1828j.has left issue. 
 
 WHITE. (Commander, 1815.. F-*, 13; h-p., 31.) 
 Mark White entered the Navy, 25 March, 1803, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salvador del Mundo, 
 Capt. Chas. Henry Lane, flag-ship at Plymouth of 
 Admirals Lord Keith and Wm. Young. In April, 
 1805, exactly two years after he had attained the 
 rating of Midshipman, he removed to the Bellero- 
 PBON 74, Capts. John Cooke, Wm. Pryce Cumby 
 (Acting), Edw. Rotheram, and Sam. Warren. In 
 her he fought at Trafalgar and continued employed 
 in the Channel, off Rochefort and Cape Finisterre, 
 and in the North Sea, until transferred, in March, 
 1809, to the Melpomene 38, Capts. Sir Peter Parker 
 and Fred. Warren. The latter ship, while he was 
 in her, was attacked, in the Belt, about a mile from 
 the shore, during a perfect calm and in a dark night, 
 by 20 large Danish gun-boats ; whom at the end of 
 the action, which lasted from lOh. 30m. p.m. until 
 daylight, she beat off, having defeated every at- 
 tempt made by the enemy to board. Her hull and 
 rigging were on this occasion much damaged, and 
 her loss extended to several men killed and 
 wounded. On leaving the MELPOMiNE Mr. White 
 who in the affair just recorded had performed the 
 duties of Master's Mate, was received as a Super- 
 numerary, in Sept. 1809, on board the Namur 74, 
 
 • " I beg leave," says Lieut.-CDl. Geo. Airey, the military ' 
 officer in command, in his official report to General Hon 
 S'.fo*^""' "'° ^''Pfess my gratitude to Capt. White, of 
 H.ia.S.HBNOwN, for his great attention in the arrangement 
 for landing, and his activity in re-embarking the troops 
 when a good deal pressed by the enemy"— Vide Gaz. 1801. 
 p. 1356. * 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1588. J V. Note, p. 347 
 
 8 A 
 
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 WHITE. 
 
 flag-ship at Sheerness of Vice- Admiral Thos. Wells. 
 He acted as Lieutenant, from 25 Dec. following 
 until U Jan. 1810, in the Thracian sloop, Capt. 
 Jas. Grant, on the Downs station ; and on 13 Aug. 
 ensuing, after having again served with Vice-Ad- 
 miral Wells as a Supernumerary in the Namhk, and 
 ■with Vioe-Admiral Billy Douglas in the Roebuck 
 44 at North Yarmouth, he was officially promoted. 
 He was next, from 7 Oct. 1810 until promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 10 Oct. 1815, employed in 
 the North Sea, Channel, and Mediterranean, in the 
 Berwick 74, Capts. Jas. Macnamara, Sir Robt. 
 Laurie, and Edw. Brace. On 24 Mar«h, 1811, he 
 assisted, as Senior of the latter ship, in driving the 
 French frigate Amazon on the rocks near Barfleur 
 lighthouse : he boarded, in the boats, off Cavalacie, 
 16 May, 1813, La Fortune national xebec of 10 long 
 9-pounders, 4 swivels, and 95 men, previously aban- 
 doned by the enemy, who had fired a shot through 
 the bottom, and left a train to the magazine ;* and 
 in April, 1814, he commanded a division of boats at 
 the siege of Genoa. Since his last promotion he 
 has been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander White is married and has issue. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WHITE. (Captain, I8I8.) 
 
 Martin White entered the Navy, in 1793, on 
 board the Medusa 50, Capt. Jas. Norman, lying at 
 Portsmouth. On 6 Nov. 1794, having removed, as 
 Midshipman, to the Alexander 74, Capt. Rich. 
 Rodney Bligh, he was in that ship captured, after a 
 glorious resistance, attended with a loss to her of 
 40 men killed and wounded, by five French 74's and 
 three frigates under Rear-Admiral Nielly. On 
 being restored to liberty he joined the Topaze 36, 
 Capt. Stephen Geo. Church, and sailed for the coast 
 of North America, where he was in company, 28 
 Aug. 1796, with a squadron under Vice-Admiral 
 Geo. Murray, at the surrender of the French 36-gun 
 frigate JElizabeth. The Topaze was on this occa- 
 sion the most advanced ship in the pursuit, and was 
 the only one that engaged the enemy. On leaving 
 her Mr. White, who had for some time held the 
 rating of Master's Mate, was made Lieutenant, 12 
 Dec. 1800, into the Pyeades 18, Capt. Jas. Boorder, 
 in the North Sea. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 21 July, 1802, to the Alcm^ne frigate, Capt. 
 John Stiles — next, to the command of the Pigmy 
 cutter— 16 March, 1804, to the Queek 98, Capt. 
 Theophilns Jones, lying at Portsmouth — and 6 
 April and 28 Sept. following and 11 June, 1806, to 
 the command of the Sandwich lugger. Manly gun- 
 brig, and Jackdaw schooner. The AlcmiS^ne was 
 employed in the conveyance of troops ; the Pigmy 
 in watching the French ports near Chansey ; the 
 Sandwich off Ostend and Flushing under Sir Wm. 
 Sidney Smith ; the Manly off Boulogne and in the 
 North Sea; and the Jackdaw between Sheerness 
 and Spithead. The Manly, through the ignorance 
 of her pilot, ran on shore, in Jan. 1806, near Rysum, 
 on the Ems, and was there seized by the Dutch in 
 violation of the neutrality of the river. After he 
 had attained the rank of Commander, 25 Sept. 1806, 
 Capt. White was appointed — 27 Nov. 1806, to the 
 Weymouth store-ship— 15Sept. 1808, to the Vulture 
 guard-ship on the Jersey station, where he remained 
 three years— and in Aug. 1812 and Jan. 1817, to the 
 Fox and Shamrock surveying-vessels, in which he 
 continued successively employed in the English, 
 Irish, and Bristol Channels until 1828. As a reward 
 for his services he was advanced to Post-rank 7 Dec. 
 1818. H« accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Capt. White constructed, in 1824, two charts of 
 the coast of Ireland ; others, in 1824, of the islands 
 of Jersey, Guernsey, Sercq, Herm, Alderney, and 
 the Caskets (with plans of Grand, Bordeaux, and 
 St. Sampson's Harbours, of the Pier at Montergueil, 
 of St. Brelade's Bay, of Grand Greve, Baleine Bay, 
 and of the anchorage between Herm and Jethou); 
 one also of the English Channel east of Beachy 
 Head ; two, in 1829, of Salcombe and Dartmouth 
 * VideGax. 1813, p. 1305. 
 
 Harbours ; and, in 1830, one showing the result of his 
 investigations from Cape Carteret to Cape Frehel, 
 including the islands of Jersey, Sercq, and Chausey. 
 His surveys among the Channel Islands and upon 
 the coast of France were associated with those of 
 the eminent French hydrographer M. Beautems 
 Beaupre ; and his name now stands recorded upon 
 the pages of that beautiful national work the French 
 Maritime Atlas. In addition to other literary pro- 
 ductions, brought forward under the sanction of the 
 Admiralty, Capt. White is the author of a very 
 clever volume, published in 1846, entitled 'Remarks 
 on the Winds, Tides, and Currents of the Ocean.' 
 He married, 24 Aug. 1811, and has issue two child- 
 ren. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WHITE. (LlEHTENANT, 1812. F-P., 28 ; H-P.,26.) 
 
 Peter White was bom 1 Aug. 1785. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 July, 1793, on 
 board the Latona 38, Capt. Edw. Thombrough. 
 In her he assisted at the capture, 27 Nov. following, 
 of La Slcmde corvette of 24 guns, and was present 
 in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794. While at- 
 tached next, from 21 of the latter month until 3 
 July, 1802, to the Defence 74, Capts. Jas. Gambler, 
 Thos. Wells, Wm. Brown, John Peyton, Thos. Ste- 
 phenson, and Lord Henry Paulet, he served in the 
 Channel and off Cadiz, fought in Hotham's second 
 partial action, and at the battle of the Nile, accom- 
 panied the expedition of 1801 to Copenhagen, and 
 made a voyage to the West Indies. He saw much 
 boat-service likewise on the coasts of France and 
 Spain. After he left the Defence he joined in suc- 
 cession— 9 Nov. 1802, the Dryad 36, Capts. Thos. 
 Williams andWm. Domett, stationed in the Channel 
 and on the 'coast of Ireland — 22 June, 1803, the 
 Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Sir Kobt. Calder 
 at the blockade of Brest and on the coast of Spain 
 — 2 Aug. 1804, the Wolf sloop, Capt. Hon. John 
 Astley Bennet, employed in affording protection to 
 the trade on the coasts of Spain and Portugal — 25 
 March, 1805, and 28 Sept. 1806, the Narcissus 32 
 and Ardent 64, Capts. Ross Donnelly and Edwin 
 Henry Chamberlayne, on the Cape of Good Hope 
 and South American stations— and, 15 Deo. 1807, 
 as Master's Mate (a rating he had for a period held 
 in the two ships last mentioned), the Sultan 74, 
 Capts. Edw. Griffith and John West. While de- 
 tached on one occasion in a privateer, Le Prudent^ 
 a prize to the Narcissus, he was taken by a French 
 squadron under M. Willaumez, and placed on board 
 La Patriate 74, from which ship however he effected 
 his escape in the Bay of St. Salvador, by opening 
 the quarter lower-deck port and swimming to a 
 pinnace astern. In Feb. 1807, being then Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Ardent, he landed in command 
 of a party of seamen for the purpose of assisting in 
 a 6-gun breaching battery at the siege of Monte 
 Video. In the Sdltan Mr. White united with a 
 squadron under Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin in the 
 pursuit which led to the destruction, in Oct. 1809, 
 of the French ships-of-the-line Robuste and Lioa 
 near Cape Cette. He participated also in many 
 boat-affairs in the Gulf of Genoa and along the 
 coast of Italy ; where in the early part of 1810 he 
 was in command of the launch when she had 1 man 
 killed and several wounded. In Dec. 1811 he had 
 charge of a boat in an attack made upon three 
 French vessels, Le Castor of 10 guns and 53 men. 
 La Languedocimne of 6 guns and 33 men, and La 
 Rose of 16 guns and 120 men, about at the time to 
 enter the port of Bastia. The .Hose escaped, but 
 the two others were boarded and taken. For the 
 conduct he displayed on the occasion Mr. White 
 subsequently received from Lord Exmouth an order 
 to act as Lieutenant. In May, 1812, he landed with 
 a partjf of seamen and marines and destroyed a 
 large dep6t of timber belonging to the French go- 
 vernment up one of the Corsican rivers. In Oct. 
 1812 (he had been promoted by the Admiralty 16 
 July in that year) he removed from the Sultan to 
 the Bustard sloop, Capt. Chas. Burrough Strong. 
 He returned to England in the following Deo. : and 
 was appointed afterwards, 11 Aug. 1813, for nine 
 
WHITE. 
 
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 months, to the Devonshire 74, Capt. Ross Don- 
 nelly, lying at Sheemesa — 14 Jan. 1815, as Senior, 
 to the PtovEK sloop, Capt. John Skekell, with whom 
 he served until Nov. 1816, at Newfoundland, along 
 the shores of Labrador, and on other parts of the 
 coast of North America — 15 April, 1824, to the 
 Coast Blockade, in which he remained as a Super- 
 numerary-Lieutenant of the Ramilmes 74, Capt. 
 "Wm. M'CuUoch, until Nov. 1825— and 23 Nov. 
 1829, to the charge of the Sema.phore station on 
 Chatley Heath, near Cohham, in Surrey. The latter 
 appointment he retained until 23 Nov. 1834. 
 
 Lieut. White is at present Deputy-Dock-Master 
 in the service of the East and West India Dock 
 Company. He married, first, 17 Aug. 1817, Mary, 
 daughter of Jeremiah Russell, Esq., Master R.N. 
 (1805) ; and (that lady dying 21 Feb. 1838) secondly, 
 1 1 Sept. 1841, Maria, widow of Mr. Wm. Jeeves, 
 Builder, of Hitchin, Herts. By his former mar- 
 riage he had issue two sons and four daughters. 
 His eldest son died second officer of the West 
 Indian at Jamaica 6 May, 1841. 
 
 His commission as Commander bears date 28 Aug. 
 1847. 
 
 WHITE. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 Richard White entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Quebec 32, Capt. Geo. 
 M'Kinley ; with whom, after having cruized in the 
 North Sea, he removed, in the following summer, 
 to the Lively 38. In that &igate, of which he be- 
 came Midshipman, he continued very actively em- 
 ployed, in the manner detailed in our memoir of her 
 Captain, until wrecked, 10 Aug. 1810, on a reef of 
 rocks, near Point Coura, in the island of Malta. He 
 served afterwards, from Nov. 1810 until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1815, with Capts. 
 Patrick Campbell, Adam Drummond, and Thos. 
 Briggs in the Vftiii. 36 and Leviathan 74, on 
 the Mediterranean, Jamaica, and Cork stations. 
 His last appointments afloat were, 27 June, 1822, to 
 the Superb 78, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, lying at 
 Plymouth — and 23 March, 1829, to the command, 
 which he retained until June, 1834, of the Nimble 
 Revenue-cruizer. He was subsequently employed 
 in the Quarantine service at Standgate Creek. 
 
 WHITE. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 20; h-p.,i.) 
 
 Richard Dunning White is youngest son of the 
 late Rear-Admiral Thos. White. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 15 April, 1826, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 76, 
 Capts. Edw. Dumford King and Hon. Duncombe 
 Pleydell Bouverie ; in which ship he continued to 
 serve off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean, a great 
 part of the time as Midshipman, until transferred, 
 in Nov. 1830, to the Melville 74, on the latter sta- 
 tion. He returned to England in Sept. 1831 ; and 
 was employed next as Midshipman and Mate (he 
 passed his examination 6 Sept. 1832) — from 5 Dec. 
 1831 until 30 April, 1833, in the San Josef 110, flag- 
 ship of Sir Manley Dixon at Plymouth — from 19 
 Sept. 1833 until 14 March, 1834, in the Pandora 
 packet, Lieut.-Commander Wentworth Parsons 
 Croke, on the Falmouth station — from 26 March, 
 1834, until June, 1837, in the Revenge 78, Capt. 
 Wm. Elliott, in the Mediterranean — from 18 Nov. 
 1837 until 21 Dec. 1839, in the Pique 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Boxer, on particular service — and from 28 Feb. 
 1840 until rewarded for his services on the coast of 
 Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre 
 with a commission dated 5 Nov. in the same year, 
 in the Thunderer 84, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitz- 
 hardinge Berkeley. His succeeding appointments 
 were— 15 Jan. and 17 April, 1841, to the Impla- 
 cable 74 and Vanguard 80, Capts. Edw. Harvey 
 and Sir David Dunn, on the Mediterranean and 
 Lisbon stations — and 4 Dec. 1843, as Senior Lieu- 
 tenant (the Vanguard had been paid off 16 Aug. 
 preceding) to the Sealark sloop, Capt. Thos. Lewis 
 Goooh, fitting for the coast of Africa. The latter 
 vessel, of which he obtained acting-command 20 
 March, 1847, he brought home and paid off towards 
 the close of that year. He has not been since afloat. 
 
 WHITE. (LlEDTENANT, 1825.) 
 
 Richard Hamond White entered the Navy 15 
 Sept. 1813; passed his examination in 1822; and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 July, 
 1825. He has since been on half-pay. Agents— 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 WHITE. (Rbab-Admibai., 1846. f-p., 32 ; 
 H-P., 34.) 
 
 Thomas White died at the close of 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, m Oct. 1780, as a 
 Boy, on board the Barfleur 98, Capts. John Ni- 
 cholson Inglefield, Alex. Hood, and John Knight, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood. On 29 April, 
 1781, he was present as Midshipman in the partial 
 action fought off Martinique between the fleet un- 
 der the latter officer, consisting of 18 sail-of-the- 
 line, and that under the Comte de Grasse, who had 
 with him 24 ships-of-the-line and two 50's. He 
 shared next in Rear-Admiral Graves' partial en- 
 gagement with the Comte de Grasse off the Chesa- 
 peake 5 Sept. 1781 ; and on 25 Jan. 1782 he was 
 present when Sir Sam. Hood, with 22 sail-of-the- 
 line, took up the anchorage at St. Kitt's in defiance 
 of 29 line-of-battle-ships under the same French 
 Admiral; who, on the following day, made two 
 furious but vain attacks upon the British. Mr. 
 White was also a participator in the glories of 9 
 and 12 April, 1782. On the latter occasion it was 
 he who, at the dawn of day, was the first to descry 
 the dismasted ZeTe'e, which brought down De Grasse 
 for her protection, and led to the brilliant victory 
 that was that day achieved. From June, 1783 (in 
 the course of which month he left the Barfleur), 
 until June, 1786, he served in the Andromache 32, 
 Capt. O'Hara, in the Mediterranean; between the 
 latter date and the early part of 1788 he was em- 
 ployed at Portsmouth, again under Sir Samuel (then 
 Lord) Hood, in the Tbiomfh 74 and the Barfleur; 
 and in March, 1789, he joined the Adamant 50, in 
 which ship, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Hughes at 
 Halifax, he continued to serve until June, 1792, as 
 Midshipman, and as Fourth, Third, Second, and 
 First-Lientenant (commission dated 19 July, 1790). 
 His succeeding appointments were — 14 Nov. 1792, 
 2 June, 1794, and 4 Aug. 1795, to the Orestes 18, 
 Capts. Sir Harry Burrard and Lord Augustus Bita.. 
 Roy, and Canada 74 and Prince 98, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Chas. Powell Hamilton, and all sta- 
 tioned in the Channel — 15July, 1796,to theQuEEN98, 
 as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Hyde Parker in the West 
 Indies — 10 Sept. 1797, to the acting-command of 
 the Pelican brig, of 18 guns, on the same station — 
 4 Oct. following, to the Queen, as before — and 28 
 June, 1798, to the acting-command of the Alba- 
 core 18. While First-Lieutenant in the Canada 
 (a post he had for some time filled in the Orestes) 
 he was in company, 6 Nov. 1794, with the Alexan- 
 der 74, Capt. Rich. Rodney Bligh, when the two 
 ships were fallen in with and chased by a French 
 squadron under Rear-Admiral Nielly, consisting of 
 five 74's, three frigates, and a corvette. The Alex- 
 ander, after a noble resistance, was captured, but 
 the Canada, although closely pursued by two of 
 the 74's and one frigate, who devoted themselves to 
 her in particular, escaped, owing chiefly to the un- 
 remitting exertions of Mr. White, who did not quit 
 the deck for 12 hours, and who by his knowledge of 
 her construction was enabled to improve her sailing 
 to an extent that ensured her safety. On the morn- 
 ing of 17 Sept. 1797, being then in command of the 
 Pelican, he was for 35 minutes in warm action, off 
 St. Domingo, with Le Trcwipeur, French privateer- 
 brig, of 16 gnus and 160 men. The enemy, at the 
 end of that period, made all sail to get away, but 
 the Pelican, as soon as she had repaired her run- 
 ning-rigging, went in pursuit, and, on overtaking 
 her, renewed the conflict with so much spirit that 
 in 25 minutes, during the greater part of which time 
 the yard-arms of the two brigs were locked together 
 
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 her opponent blew up abaft and in five minutes more 
 went down by the head. Sixty only of the French 
 crew was it found possible to save. Le Trcmpeur^ 
 during the fight, had been joined by an armed 
 schooner with 60 men ; but we are unable to dis- 
 cover that the latter afforded her consort any sup- 
 port. She succeeded, while the Pelican was en- 
 deavouring to rescue the crew of Le Trompeur^ in 
 reaching the port of Jean Kabel in safety.* His 
 appointment to the Albacoke being confirmed 17 
 Aug. 1798, Capt. White continued to serve in that 
 vessel in the West Indies until June, 1799. He 
 then removed to the Dkomedart 18 ; and in the 
 following Deo. he returned to England. From Oct. 
 to Deo. 1800 he served off Brest as a volunteer with 
 Sir Hyde Parker in the Eotal George 100. He was 
 appointed afterwards — 11 June, 1804, to the Aurora 
 armed ship in the Downs — 1 1 May, 1805, to LAFi-teHE 
 18, employed on the coast of Ireland and in the 
 Channel — 17 Nov. 1807, as Acting-Captain, to the 
 Minotaur 74, at St. Helen's — 21 of the same month, 
 to La Fl^che again — 31 May, 1808, to the Ariel 
 18, in the Baltic— 26 July, 1809, pro tern., to the St. 
 George 98, flag-ship of Kear-Admiral Fras. Pick- 
 more, on the latter station — 27 Sept. 1809, a second 
 time, to the Ariel — 13 Oct. 1809, to the acting- 
 command of the Dictator 64 — in Jan. 1810, afresh 
 to the Ariel — and 4 June, 1810, again as Acting- 
 Captain, to the KuBY 64. La Fli^ohe, on 18 July, 
 1805, was engaged in a very gallant af^r with the 
 French flotilla and batteries near Cape Blanc-nez. 
 Six of the enemy's vessels were by her and her con- 
 sorts driven on shore. So closely did La Fl^che 
 herself approach the land that it was necessary for 
 the French at Blanc-nez to depress their guns; one 
 shot took off a man's hat, shattered a boat under 
 the booms, and went through the water-way on the 
 off side. The people on board La FlJche, indeed, 
 were able actually to distinguish the buttons of the 
 officer directing the fire of the battery. Her run- 
 ning-rigging was in consequence much injured, and 
 she had 5 men severely wounded. While on the 
 Baltic station in 1809 in the Ariel, and engaged in 
 watching the Russian and Swedish fleets, Capt. 
 White was again often exposed to the fire of the 
 enemy's batteries. Being confirmed to Post-rank 7 
 Aug. 1810, in the Ruey, he continued to serve in 
 that ship in the North Sea until March, 1811. He 
 was next, from 26 Dec. 1812 until 24 Dec. 1813, 
 employed in the Vigo 74, as Flag-Captain, in the 
 Downs and Baltic, to Rear-Admirals Jas. Nicoll 
 Morris and Graham Moore. Under the former offi- 
 cer he assisted, in company with the Zealous 74, 
 two frigates and several sloops-of-war, in escorting 
 in safety through the Sound a convoy of 374 sail in 
 spite of a large fleet of gun-boats and of the nume- 
 rous batteries erected at Kronborg Castle by the 
 Danes, who from mortars and from guns slung in 
 chains threw shells and shot for the first time over 
 to the Swedish shore. His last appointments were 
 —12 Aug. 1819 and 24 Jan. 1821, to the Superb 74 
 and Creole 42, each bearing the broad pendant of 
 Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy on the coast of South 
 America, whence he returned in March, 1822— and 
 19 Sept. 1838, to the Royal Adelaide 104, flag- 
 ship of Lord Amelius Beauolerk at Plymouth. He 
 was placed on half-pay 4 May, 1839 ■ and on the 
 list of Retired Rear-Admirals 1 Oct. 1846. He had 
 obtained the Captain's Good Service Pension 19 
 Feb. 1842. 
 
 The death of William IV. prevented that monarch 
 from fulfilling an intention he had expressed of 
 creating Rear-Admiral White a Knight of the Ha- 
 noverian Guelphio Order. The Rear-Admiral was 
 the author of a work, published in 1830, entitled 
 ' Naval Researches, or a Candid Inquiry into the 
 Conduct of Admirals Byron, Graves, Hood, and 
 
 • In forwarding to the Admiralty an account of the exploit 
 wehave detailed. Sir Hyde Parker thus expresses himself :— 
 " His (Lieut. White's) spirited conduct and oiHcer-like ma- 
 nagement, I am sure, will be as stronglv impressed on their 
 lordships' minds, by his account of the action, herewith 
 enclosed, as it was on mine, in giving him credit for both."— 
 Tide Gaz. 1797, p. 1114. 
 
 Rodney, in the Actions of Grenada, Chesapeake, 
 St. Christopher's, and of 9 and 12 April, 1782.' 
 His eldest son, G. H. P. White, is a Captain R.N. ; 
 his youngest, Rich. Dunning White, a Commander 
 R.N. 
 
 WHITE. (Retiked Commander, 1831. f-p., 
 14; H-p,, 53.) 
 
 William White died in 1846. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy 6 April, 1780, as 
 Captain's "Servant, on board the Marlborough 74, 
 Capt. Taylor Penny ; in which ship he continued 
 employed as Midshipman in the Channel and West 
 Indies until July, 1783. He served next on the 
 same stations, from May, 1784, until July, 1786, and 
 from Feb. 1787 until Sept. 1790, in the Orestes 18, 
 Capt. Jas. Ellis, and Sybil frigate, Capt. Rich. 
 Bickerton. In Jan. 1793 he became Master's Mate 
 of the Thalia 36, Capt. Rich.Grindall, employed 
 in the Channel, among the Western Islands, and off 
 Lisbon; he was made Lieutenant, 20 Aug. 1794, 
 into the Andromeda frigate, Capts. Thos. Sotheby 
 and Wm. Taylor; he left that ship, after having 
 served in her in the North Sea and at Halifax, in 
 June, 1797 ; and he was lastly, from July, 1806, 
 until Feb. 1807, stationed on the coast of Ireland in 
 the Brisk 18, Capt. John Coode. He was placed 
 on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 
 1830, and on the Senior 17 Sept. 1831. 
 
 WHITE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 33.) 
 
 William White died in 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 April, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devastation bomb, 
 Capt. Alex. Milner, under whom he was for nearly 
 five years, the greater part of the time as Midship- 
 man, employed in the same vessel and in the Swal- 
 low sloop in the Downs and Channel. He served 
 afterwards as Midshipman and Master's Mate in 
 the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Wm. Bradley, Thos. 
 Eyles, and Robt. Lloyd, on the Baltic station, from 
 March, 1809, until May, 1813; and as Acting-Master 
 in the Pictod schooner, Lieut.-Commander Edw. 
 Stephens, on the coast of North America, from the 
 latter date until Feb. 1814. He was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 24 Feb. 1815. He remained 
 thenceforward on half-pay. Agents — Goode and 
 Lawrence. 
 
 WHITEHEAD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 28.) 
 Abraham Whitehead entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 
 
 1804, as A.B., on board the Tkitoh 32, guard-ship 
 at Waterford, Capt. Wm. Cashman. In the follow- 
 ing April he was rated Midshipman ; and in May, 
 
 1805, he removed to La Fl&ohe 18, Capt. Thos. 
 White ; under whom we find him, 18 July in the 
 same year, present in a gallant, attack upon the 
 French flotilla near Blanc-nez, in which La FLicHF, 
 assisted in driving on shore six of the enemy's ves- 
 sels, and, besides having her running-rigging much 
 injured, sustained a loss of 5 men severely wounded. 
 From Aug. 1805 until Nov. 1812, Mr. Whitehead 
 served in the Dictator 64, Capts. Jas. Macnamara, 
 Donald Campbell, Wm. Harrison Pearson, Robt. 
 Williams, and Jas. Pattison Stewart, chiefly on the 
 Baltic station. In 1807 he united in the operations 
 against Copenhagen ; and on 6 July, 1812, he con- 
 tributed, in company with the Calypso 18, to the 
 gallant capture and destruction, within the rocks off 
 Mardoe, on the coast of Norway, of an entire Danish 
 squadron, consisting of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the 
 Laland, Samsoe, and Kiel sloops, and several gun- 
 boats, at the close of a long conflict, productive of a 
 loss to the Dictator of 5 killed and 24 wounded, 
 and to the Danes of 300 killed and wounded. On 
 leaving the Dictator he became Master's Mate of 
 the Heron sloop, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch, in the 
 Channel; in the year following he sailed for the 
 West Indies in the Gloucester 74, Capt. Robt. 
 Williams; and in June, 1814, having volunteered 
 for the Canadian Lakes, he joined the Prince Re- 
 
WHITEHEAD— WHITEWAY—WHITSHED. 
 
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 GENT 56, Capt. Henry Thos. Davies, on Lake Onta- 
 rio ; where he removed, 15 July, 1815, to the St. 
 Lawkence 98, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne. He went 
 back, 23 Oct. ensuing, to the Pkince Regent, then 
 commanded by Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen ; he 
 was nominated, 12 Nov. in the same year, Acting- 
 Master of the Montreal, Capt. Allan Otty ; he re- 
 turned, as Acting-Lieutenant, 21 Feb. 1816, to the 
 Pkince Regent, Capts. W. F. Owen and Wm. 
 Augustus Baumgardt ; and on 25 Aug. and 9 Nov. 
 following, he assumed command in succession, with 
 the rank last mentioned, of the Saivk and another 
 vessel, stationed on Lakes Erie and Huron. In the 
 summer of 1817, having been promoted at home by 
 a commission bearing date 20 March, 1815, he re- 
 turned to England in the PREvorAnTE store-ship, 
 Master-Commander Thos. gtukes. He was after- 
 wards, in 1824-5, employed in the Coast Blockade, 
 as a Supernumerary Lieutenant of the Bamillies 
 74, Capts. Wm. M'Cullooh and Hugh Pigot. He 
 has since been on half-pay. He was often during 
 the war engaged in cutting-out enemy's vessels. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WHITEHEAD. (Lieptenant, 1815.) 
 
 ■William Whitehead entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 
 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Achille 74, com- 
 manded by the late Sir Rich. King and by Hon. 
 Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas ; with the latter 
 of whom he served, from April, 1811, until May, 
 1814, in the Edryalus 36 and Edinburgh 74. In 
 the EnBYALus he cruized in the Channel>and assisted 
 at the defence of Cadiz ; and in the Edinburgh he 
 was actively employed, as Midshipman, on the coasts 
 of Sicily, Naples, Tuscany, and Genoa. He was pre- 
 sent, 5 Oct. 1813, in an attack made by the latter 
 ship, the lMPf;niEDSE 38, and Swallow,- Eclair, 
 and Pylades sloops, upon the batteries of Port 
 d'Anzo, where a convoy of 29 vessels fell into the 
 hands of the British. In the following Dec. he took 
 part in the unsuccessful operations against Leghorn ; 
 and in April, 1814, he contributed to the reduction 
 of Genoa and its dependencies. He returned to 
 England in the summer of 1814 in the San Josep 
 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King; and he was after- 
 wards, from Aug. in the same year until presented 
 in Aug. 1815 with a commission bearing date 4 
 March preceding, employed on the Irish, North 
 American, and West India stations, in the Centaur 
 74, Capts. John Chambers White and Thos. Gor- 
 don Caulfeild, Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram Kobt. 
 Ricketts (part of the force attached to the expedi- 
 tion against New Orleans), Tonnant 80, and Bul- 
 wark 74, flag-ships of Admirals Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane and Edw. GrifiBth, and, as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant, in the Araxes 38, Capt. Geo. Miller Bligh. 
 His last appointments were — in June, 1819, and 
 Sept. 1823, to the Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Gore at Chatham, and, as First-Lieutenant, to the 
 Weazle 10, Capt. Timothy Curtis, in the Mediter- 
 
 WHITEWAY. (Retired Commander, 1846. 
 
 F-P., 19; H-p., 33.) 
 Samuel Whiteway entered the Navy, 2 Dec. 
 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Cayley and John Rennie, in which ship 
 lie continued employed, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, on the West India and North Sea stations, 
 latterly under the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty, 
 until she was lost, with about 490 of her officers 
 and crew, near Yarmouth, 16 March, 1801. He co- 
 operated as Master's Mate, in May, 1796, Feb. 1797, 
 and Aug. 1799, in the reduction of Ste. Lucie, 
 Trinidad, and Surinam. After the wreck of the 
 Invincible he served, from 2 April, 1801, until 24 
 July, 1802, in the Zealous 74, Capt. Sam. Hood 
 Linzee, off Cadiz and in the West Indies and North 
 Sea ; from 25 July, 1803, until Aug. 1804, in the 
 ViRoiNiE 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, on the sta- 
 tion last named; from Aug. 1804 until Jan. 1805, 
 part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Aga- 
 memnon 64, Capt. John Harvey, again off Cadiz; 
 
 and from 7 Jan. until Oct. 1805, as Master's Mate 
 and Acting-Lieutenant (order dated 4 July), in the 
 Glory 98, flag-ship of Admirals Sir John Orde and 
 Chas. Stirling. Under the latter officer he fought 
 in Sir Robt. Calder's action with the combined 
 fleets off Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805. On leaving 
 the Glory he became Sub-Lieutenant of the Wizard 
 brig, Capt. Edm. Palmer, in the Mediterranean, 
 where he was present, in March, 1807, at the reduc- 
 tion of Alexandria, and nominated, 18 Feb. 1808, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Thames 32, Capts. John 
 Taylor, Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, and Chas. 
 Napier. In that frigate, to which he was confirmed 
 21 Dec. following, he was present, 25 July, 1810, 
 in company with the Weazle and Pilot brigs, at 
 the capture and destruction, under the batteries of 
 Amantea, of a convoy of 31 vessels laden with pro- 
 visions and stores for the enemy's army at Scylla, 
 together with seven large gun-boats and five armed 
 scampavias. He was present at the cutting-out, 
 also, 5 Oct. in the same year, by the boats of the 
 Thames and Eclair sloop, of 10 transports col- 
 lected near Agricoli, in the Gulf of Salerno ; and 
 commanded a detachment from the Thames and 
 Cephalus sloop at the destruction, 16 June, 1811, 
 of a similar number of armed feluccas on the beach 
 near Cetraro.* On 21 July, 1811, after the Thames 
 and Cephalus, the latter commanded by the present 
 Sir Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, had succeeded in 
 silencing the fire of a flotilla of 11 gun-boats, to- 
 gether with a felucca, carrying in the whole 13 guns 
 and 280 men, moored across the harbour of Porto 
 del Infreschi, Mr. Whiteway, then Senior of the 
 Thames, landed with the marines under Lieut. 
 David M' Adams, and assisted in successfully storm- 
 ing a round tower, and in taking prisoners an officer 
 and 80 men, besides putting to flight a troop of 
 musketeers who lined the adjacent hills. On his 
 return to the shore he united, under Capt. CUfford, 
 in the operation of launching and bringing off 14 
 merchant-vessels and 34 spars. " I hope," says Capt. 
 Napier, in his official account of this very gallant- 
 affair addressed to the Senior officer off Palermo, 
 " it will not be thought presumptuous in me begging 
 you will recommend Capt. Clifford and my First- 
 Lieutenant, Whiteway, to the Commander-in-Chief, 
 particularly as this is the third convoy the former 
 has discovered and contributed to destroy since his 
 appointment to the Cephalus ; the latter has been 
 likewise at the taking of two and destroying one 
 since his joining the Thames." The total loss sus- 
 tained by the British, we may add, did not exceed 
 2 men badly and 3 slightly wounded. In Deo. 1811 
 Mr. Whiteway removed to the Leyden 64, troop- 
 ship, Capts. Edw. Chetham and John Davie, under 
 the latter of whom he successively visited Lisbon, 
 Alicant, Palermo, Zante, Ponza, Santander, Kron- 
 stadt, and Danzig. The Leyden being paid off in 
 Dec. 1814, he was appointed, 15 May following, to 
 the charge, which he retained until April, 1816, of 
 a telegraph station. He accepted the rank of Com- 
 mander on the Retired List 3 Nov. 1846. Agents 
 — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 WHITSHED, formerly Hawkins, Bart., G.C.B. 
 (Admiral of the Fleet, 1844.) 
 
 Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, bom in 1762, is 
 third son of the late Jas. Hawkins, D.D., Lord 
 Bishop of Raphoe. His grandfather and great- 
 grandfather, Wm. and John Hawkins, each filled 
 the appointment of Ulster King-of-Arms. He as- 
 sumed the surname and arms of Whitshed, by an 
 Act of the Irish Legislature, in 1791. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1773, on board 
 the Ranger sloop, on the Irish station. He re- 
 moved soon to the Kent 74, Capt. Fielding, guard- 
 ship at Plymouth; and he was afterwards, until 
 rewarded for the zeal and alacrity he had displayed 
 in the discharge of his duties with a commission 
 dated 4 Sept. 1778, employed chiefly at Newfound- 
 land and on the coast of North America in the 
 Aldborough, Capt. Bennett, Canada schooner, 
 • Fide Gaz. 1811, p. 1864. 
 
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 WHYMPER. 
 
 commanded ty the late Admiral Sampson Edwards, 
 KoMNEi, flag-ship of Admiral Duff, Diamond fri- 
 gate, Capt. Fielding, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in 
 the Rainbow, Capt. Sir Geo. Collier.- "While he 
 was on board the Kent an explosion took place, 
 which killed and wounded 42 men, and destroyed 
 8 of the poop and 7 of the quarter-deck beams. 
 He was wrecked in the Canada during a violent 
 gale ; and in the Diamond he was engaged, during 
 the war with our revolted colonies, in a variety of 
 hazardous enterprises. After serving for some time 
 as a Lieutenant in the Amazon, in the Channel, 
 he joined the Sandwich 90, flag-ship of Sir Geo. 
 Brydges Rodney, and sailed in Dec. 1779 for the 
 relief of Gibraltar. On his passage he assisted at 
 the capture of a 64-gun ship, 6 armed vessels be- 
 longing to the Royal Caracoas Company, and 14 sail 
 of transports from St. Sebastian, bound to Cadiz, 
 laden with naval stores, provisions, &c. ; and also at 
 the defeat of the armament under Don Juan de 
 Langara, 16 Jan. 1780. Having reached Gibraltar, 
 he was made Commander into the San Vincente, 
 one of the prizes recently added to the British 
 ■JSavy ; and on his subsequent arrival vrith Sir 
 G. B. Rodney in the West Indies he was Posted, 
 18 April, 1780, into the Deal Castle. While lying, 
 in the following Oct., with the Camelion sloop, in 
 Gros Islet Bay, Ste. Lucie, as well to complete the 
 fortifications of Pigeon Island as to give timely 
 notice to Commodore Hotham, in the Carenage, of 
 the approach of an enemyj the Deal Castle (the 
 Camelion was driven to sea and not heard of more) 
 was forced in a dreadful hurricane from her an- 
 chorage, and in a few days afterwards, despite the 
 utmost exertion made to keep her afloat, wrecked 
 on the island of Puerto Rico, with only her fore- 
 mast and bowsprit standing. Through the presence 
 of mind, however, of Capt. Hawkins, and his deter- 
 mined and meritorious conduct, all but three of the 
 crew were enabled to reach the shore upon rafts. 
 At the end of two months they were liberated and 
 sent to Tortola. On his recovery from a dangerous 
 fever, produced by the fatigue he had undergone, 
 Capt. Hawkins, whom a court-martial honourably 
 acquitted of all blame on account of the loss of his 
 ship, returned to England in a p&cket with de- 
 spatches from the Commander-in-Chief. His next 
 appointment was, 25 July, 1781, to the Cekes 32, in 
 which frigate he conveyed Sir Guy Carleton, the 
 military Commander-in-Chief, to New Tork. On 
 the evacuation of that place he returned with Sir 
 Guy to England, and in Feb. 1784 was paid off. 
 Shortly after thjs he assumed command of the Rose 
 28, and was ordered to the east coast of Scotland, 
 where he remained until 1786. On the renewal of 
 hostilities with France he obtained an appointment 
 to the Aebogant 74. In her, under Rear- Admiral 
 Geo. Montagu, he accompanied, in May, 1794, the 
 outward-bound East India trade, and other convoys, 
 amounting in the whole to about 800 sail, as far to 
 the southward as Cape Finisterre — a service which 
 deprived him of the opportunity of sharing in Lord 
 Howe's famous action. In the spring of 1795 he 
 removed to the Namdr 98 ; and in 1796, after 
 having cruized with the Channel fleet, he proceeded 
 with Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker to reinforce the 
 fleet under Sir John Jervis, off Lisbon. He was 
 subsequently present in the battle fought off Cape 
 St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797 ;* and for his conduct on 
 that day. he was presented with a gold medal, and 
 included in the thanks of Parliament. He com- 
 manded next the Ajax 74 and Formidable 98, on 
 the Channel station. Attaining the rank of Rear- 
 Admiral 14 Feb. 1799, he was sent in the following 
 April, with his flag in the Queen Chaklottb 100, 
 and with four ships-of-the-line and two frigates 
 under his orders, to join Lord St. Vincent in the 
 Mediterranean, whence we find him returning with 
 Lord Keith in quest of the French fleet, which was 
 pursued into Brest, Rear-Admiral Whitshed was 
 afterwards, until 1801, employed, again in the Chan- 
 nel, with his flag in the T^meraibe 98. He was 
 then nominated to the chief command at Halifax ; 
 • VideG^z, 1797, p. 212. 
 
 but, the peace taking place, lie declined it. In 1803 
 he was appointed Naval Adviser to the Viceroy of 
 Ireland, for the purpose of .superintending the coasts 
 of that country, of organizing the Sea Fencibles, of 
 selecting and establishing signal-stations, and of 
 erecting martello towers at certain distances and at 
 proper points to the northward and southward of 
 Dublin, for the security of the capital. On this 
 service he continued until the spring of 1807. He 
 then (he had been promoted to the rank of Vice- 
 Admiral 23 April, 1804) succeeded Lord Gardner in 
 the chief command at Cork, where he remained 
 until the autumn of 1810; on 31 July in which 
 year he was made a full Admiral. He was nomi- 
 nated a K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, and a G.C.B. 17 Nov- 
 1830, and was created a Baronet in May, 1834. He 
 commanded in chief at Portsmouth from 31 Jan. 
 1821 until 12 April, 1824; and became Admiral of 
 the Fleet 8 Jan. 1844. 
 
 Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed married, 11 Dec. 1791, 
 Sophia Henrietta, daughter of Capt. John Albert 
 Bentinck, R.N. (the inventor of chain-pumps, who 
 died in command of the Cehtadk 74 in 1775) ; sister 
 of Vice-Admiral Wm. Bentinck, who died 21 Feb. 
 1813 ; and sister-in-law of the late Admiral Sir Geo. 
 Martin, G.C.B. By that lady, a great-granddaughter 
 of the first Earl of Portland, he has had issue two 
 sons and four daughters. His eldest son, Jas. Ben- 
 tinck Hawkins Whitshed, was killed, when a Mid- 
 shipman of the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, in 
 a gallant boat-affair in the Mediterranean 11 Dec. 
 1813, the particulars of which are recorded in our 
 memoir of Bieut. John Monk. His only surviving 
 son, St. Vincent Keene Whitshed, is married to a 
 daughter of Lord Erskine. 
 
 WHYMPEK. (Retired Commander 1841. 
 l-p., 17 ; H-p., 35.) , 
 William Whtmpee, baptized 8 June, 1781, is 
 one of the 20 children of the late John Whymper, 
 Esq., of Glevering and Alderton Halls, co. Suffolk, 
 now in the possession of Andrew Arcedeckne, Esq., 
 formerly M.P. for Dunwich. He is cousin of Geo. 
 Thomas, Esq., a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for Suffolk, who served as High-Sheriff in 1820; 
 and of Commander Wm. and Lieut. Geo. Pretyman, 
 R.N. 
 
 This ofSoer entered the Navy, 11 May, 1795, as a 
 Volunteer, on board the Boston 32, Capt. Jas. 
 NicoU Morris ; in which ship he was for about two 
 years and a half very actively employed in the 
 Channel, off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and 
 in the Mediterranean and Adriatic. He assisted, 
 as Midshipman, during that period at the capture 
 of the privateers L' Enfant de la Patria of 16 guns 
 and 130 men. El Principe de la Paz of 20 guns and 
 100 men, St. Bernardo of 12 guns and 75 men, and 
 Hazard of 8 guns and 50 men; Towards the close 
 of 1797 he removed with Capt. Morris to the Lively 
 32; and on 12 April, 1798, he was wrecked, on Rota 
 Point, near Cadiz. After serving for a short time 
 as a Supernumerary in the Seahorse 38, Capt. 
 Edw. Jas. Foote, he was received on board uie 
 CoLossDS 74, Capt. Geo. Murray, off Cadiz, where 
 we find him engaged in a variety of boat affairs. 
 He subsequently visited Naples, and while returning 
 to England with the sick and wounded from Lord 
 Nelson's fleet after the battle of the Nile, was again 
 wrecked, on a ledge of rocks, in St. Mary's Rood, 
 Scilly, 10 Dec. 1798. He then joined as a Supernu- 
 merary, for short periods, off Scilly, at Plymouth, 
 at Spithead, and in the Channel, the Fearless gun- 
 brig, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Burlton, Druid fri- 
 gate. Puissant 74, and Impetueux 74, the latter 
 commanded by Sir Edw. Pellew. On becoming 
 attached next to the IJranie 36, Capt. Geo. Henry 
 Towry, he cruized with activity and success in the 
 Bay of Biscay until at length obliged, from the 
 effects of putrid fever, to be sent to the hospital at 
 Plymouth. On his recovery he embarked on board 
 the Edgar 74, Capts. Edw. Buller and Geo. Murray ; 
 under the latter of whom it was his fortune to act a 
 warm part in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 
 
WHYTE— WICKHAM— WIUDRINGTON. 
 
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 1801 ; on which occasion he received a splinter 
 wound in the right thigh, and was otherwise hurt. 
 He was in consequence voted a gratuity from the 
 Patriotic Fund. Having passed his examination 2 
 Sept. 1801, and been intermediately employed on 
 the Irish and Channel stations in the Formidabi.e 
 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, HfiENA 24, Capt. John 
 Wm. Spranger, Hercules 74, Capt. Wm. Lake, and 
 Atalante IC, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, he was 
 promoted, 29 April, 1802, to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 His ensuing appointments were, in 1803-4, to the 
 ScLFHoa and Frosfero bombs, Capts. Daniel 
 M'Leod and Jones, and Komney 50, Ca{)t. Hon. 
 John Colville. In the Sulphdr he assisted at the 
 bombardments of Granville and Havre, and at the 
 destruction of several of the French invasion flotilla 
 and other vessels. At Granville the sudden going 
 oflf of a 10-iuch mortar deprived him for ever of the 
 sense of hearing on the left side. For this severe 
 injury, however, he was unable to procure compen- 
 sation, 111 health, produced by the fatigue he had 
 undergone in the Sulphor, he being her only Lieu- 
 tenant, compelled him in the end to invalid from 
 that vessel. In the Romset, Mr. Whymper was 
 wrecked, for the third time, near the Texel, 19 Nov. 
 1804. He became a prisoner in consequence to the 
 Dutch, but in the course of the following month 
 was exchanged. As soon as the court-martial upon 
 the officers and crew was over he was appointed to 
 the Hebe 32, Capt. Micajah Malbon, off Boulogne, 
 on which station he was again for many months in 
 constant action with the French flotilla. On one 
 morning alone he contributed to the capture of as 
 many as 10 of their gun-vessels. A second attack 
 of putrid fever rendering it necessary for him to 
 invalid, he was for some time confined to the hos- 
 pital at Deal. In Dec. 1805, as the state of his 
 health would not allow of his resuming his duties 
 afloat, he accepted the command of a Signal-station 
 on the coast of Essex, where he remained until 
 May, 1809. He then joined the CouRAOEnx 74, 
 Capts. Robt. Flampin and Wm. Butterfield. After 
 the reduction of Flushing, at which he was present, 
 he assumed command of a gun-boat, for the purpose 
 of uniting in the attack upon Camvere, where he 
 landed at the head of 200 officers and seamen in 
 order to co-operate with the army, and by his con- 
 duct acquired, with others, the thanks of the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, Sir Rich. Strachan. On the return 
 of the expedition he proceeded in the Cohkagedx 
 to Basque Roads, and served there with activity 
 until Nov. 1810. The last appointments he was 
 able to procure were — 25 Sept. 1811, to the Namur 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope 
 at Sheerness — 23 Dec. following, as Senior, to the 
 Prince of Wales 98, which ship, commanded in 
 the North Sea and Mediterranean by Capt. John 
 Erskine Douglas, he had been ordered to commis- 
 sion and facilitate the fitting out of — and, 2 Feb. 
 1813, after four months of half-pay, to the Queen 
 74, Capts. Lord Colville and John Coode. In the 
 ' following Nov. the Queen (she had been until then 
 serving in different ways in the North Sea and 
 Channel) sailed with convoy for the West Indies. 
 On her passage out she encountered a violent gale, 
 in which, among other damages, she had her tiller 
 broken and the larboard quarter-gallery stove in. 
 After bearing the flag for a time of Sir Fras. La- 
 forey, she returned with the trade to England, and 
 arrived in time to take part in the grand naval 
 review held before the allied sovereigns at Spithead. 
 She was next employed in bringing troops home 
 from France. Mr. Whymper, who was superseded 
 from her 28 Sept. 1814, obtained the out-pension of 
 Greenwich Hospital 3 Aug. 1837, and was allotted 
 the rank he now holds 21 Dec. 1841. 
 
 The Commander married, first, 28 June, 1812, 
 Eliza Margaret, daughter of the late W. Crane, 
 Esq., of Hendon, oo. Middlesex. That lady dying 
 26 Aug. 1815, he married again, 12 May, 1816, Mari- 
 anne, daughter of the Rev. John Black, of Wood- 
 bridge, CO. Suffolk. Being once more left a widower 
 26 June, 1826, he married a third time, 24 April, 
 1840, Catherine, daughter of Jeremiah White, p;sq.. 
 
 of Mendlesham, co. Suffolk. By his second wife ha 
 has living, we believe, two sons and two daughters. 
 His eldest son, Logie Augustus, is now serving as 
 Mate on board the St. Vincent 120. 
 
 WHYTE. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 John William White entered the Navy, from 
 the Royal Naval College, 24 June, 1832; passed his 
 examination 17 Oct. 1836 ; served for some years on 
 the North America and West India and Portsmouth 
 stations, as Mate, in the CoMUS 18, Capt. Evan 
 Nepean, Vestal 26, Capt. John Parker, and Ex- 
 cellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; 
 obtained his commission 1 Nov. 1843 ; and was ap- 
 pointed, 9 March and 27 Nov. 1844, to the Ringdove 
 16 and Larne 18, Capts. Sir Wm. Daniell and John 
 Wm. Douglas Brisbane, both on the coast of Africa, 
 whence he returned to England in 1847 and was 
 paid off. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 WHYTE. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Robert Charles Whyte entered the Navy 4 
 Aug. 1826 ; passed his examination in 1833 ; and 
 was advanced to his present rank 1 Aug. 1840. 
 His appointments have since been — 31 Oct. 1840, to 
 the Pelican 16, Capts. Chas. Geo. Elers Napier 
 and Philip Justice, fitting for the East Indies— 20 
 June, 1845 (a few months after his return to Eng- 
 land), as First-Lieutenant, a post he had latterly 
 filled on board the Pelican, to the Crocodile 26, 
 flag-ship of Sir Hugh Pigot at Cork— 11 June, 1846, 
 for a brief period, and in a similar capacity, to the 
 Spartan 22, Capt. Thos. Matthew Chas. Symonds, 
 equipping at Devonport— and, 10 June, 1847, to the 
 Vengeance 84, Capts. Stephen Lushington and the 
 Earl of Hardwicke, in which ship he is now serving 
 in the Mediterranean as First-Lieutenant. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WICKHAM. (Commander, 1837.) 
 
 John Clements Wickham entered the Navy 21 
 Feb. 1812; passed his examination in 1819; and 
 was made Lieutenant, 6 Oct. 1827, into the Adven- 
 ture surveying-vessel, Capt. Philip Parker King, 
 on the South American station ; whence he re- 
 turned to England and was paid off in Nov. 1830. 
 His next appointment was, 25 June, 1831, to the 
 Beagle, another surveying-vessel, Capt. Robt. Fitz- 
 roy, with whom he returned to South America as 
 First-Lieutenant. He came home again at the close 
 of 1836 and was put out of commission ; and on 10 
 Jan. 1837 he was advanced to his present rank. 
 Being re-appointed to the Beagle 16 Feb. following, 
 he was in her until he invalided in March, 1841, 
 employed in surveying the coast of Australia and 
 Bass' Strait. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Wickham is now a Police Magistrate 
 in New South Wales. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WIDDRINGTON, formerly Cook, K.T.S. 
 (Commander, 1824.) 
 
 Samuel Edward Widdrington is only surviving 
 son of the late Rev. John Cook, M.A., of Newton, 
 CO. Northumberland. He assumed the name of 
 Widdrington in 1840. 
 
 This officer obtained his first commission 10 June, 
 1809. While serving as First-Lieutenant with Capt. 
 Edw. Reynolds Sibly in the Swallow sloop, he 
 attacked with three boats belonging to that vessel, 
 near Port d'Anzo, 16 Sept. 1813, after a row of two 
 hours, the Guerriere French brig, carrying 4 guns 
 and 60 stand of arms, whose crew escaped over the 
 bow as the British boarded on the quarter. The 
 Gverriere had been taken in tow by numerous boats 
 and two gun-vessels sent from d'Anzo to her assist- 
 ance. These, however, left her on the arrival of 
 the SwAtLow's boats ; and a 4-gun xebec, which 
 had been in company, also effected her escape. The 
 loss sustained on this occasion in Mr. Cook's own 
 boat alone amounted to 2 seamen killed and 4 se- 
 verely wounded. After again serving with Capt. 
 Reynolds as Senior-Lieutenant in the Niemen 28 
 
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 WIGHT. 
 
 on the peace establishment, he was appointed in 
 that capacity to the "Windsok Castle 74, Capt. 
 Chas. Dashwood. At the earnest request of Don 
 John of Portugal, who had taken refuge on board 
 the Windsor Castle during a popular commotion 
 at Lisbon, and who had in consequence presented 
 him with the Order of the Tower and Sword, with 
 the insignia set in diamonds, he was promoted to 
 his present rank 3 June, 1824. 
 
 Commander "Widdrington is the author of a work 
 entitled ' Sketches in Spain, during the years 1829- 
 32.' He married, in 1832, Dorothy, second daughter 
 of the late Alex. Davison, Esq., of Swarland Park, 
 CO. Northumberland. Agents— Goode and Law- 
 
 WIGHT. (Vice-Admiral of the White, 1846.) 
 John Wight, born about 1776 at Eyemouth, co. 
 Berwick, is son of the late Geo. Wight, Esq., Purser 
 andPaymasterR.N. (1793), who afterwards assumed 
 the name of White ; and half-brother of Retired 
 Commander Geo. White, K.N. His mother was a 
 first cousin of Admiral Schanck. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1789, under 
 the auspices of Admiral Schanck, on board the Cui.- 
 lODEN 74, Capt. Collins, lying at Plymouth. In 
 1791 he removed as Midshipman to the Tkial cutter, 
 Lieut-Commander Malbon ; and in 1793, after hav- 
 ing served with Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the 
 Obion 74, on the Home, West India, and North 
 American stations, he joined the Rose frigate, Capt. 
 Edw. Riou. During the operations of Alarch, 1794, 
 against Martinique, he landed and for six days had 
 charge of a 3-gun battery on Pointe Carriere, within 
 less than 300 yards of Fort Louis ; the works of 
 which place he was subsequently, when at the head 
 of a division of seamen, one of the foremost to storm, 
 under Capt. Jonathan Faulknor. As a reward for 
 his gallant conduct he was received by Sir John 
 Jervis on board his own flag-ship the Boyne 98. 
 On his recovery from a severe attack of yellow fever 
 he landed at Guadeloupe with a party of seamen 
 attached to the army under Sir Chas. Grey, and was 
 often engaged with the Republican troops under 
 v^ictor Hugues. After the evacuation of Grande 
 Terre, the Botne having proceeded to the relief of 
 Fort Matilda, Mr. Wight was sent on shore at night 
 in the jolly-boat with an officer bearing despatches 
 from Sir C. Grey to General Prescott, who com- 
 manded the garrison, and with whom he succeeded 
 in communicating, but not until he had been obliged 
 to run the gauntlet through the enemy. In acknow- 
 ledgment of his services, which had already been of 
 a distinguished character, he was nominated by Sir 
 John Jervis, in the following Nov., Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the Beaulieu frigate, commanded by his 
 former Captain, Riou; under whom we find him 
 contributing to the destruction of a French store- 
 ship, mounting 24 guns, and laden with military 
 stores, after an action of two hours, with the battery 
 at St. Franjois, Guadeloupe. Removing, 25 June, 
 
 1795, again as Acting-Lieutenant, to L'Aimable 32, 
 Capt. Jemmet Mainwaring, and continuing to serve 
 in that ship on the West India station, he was 
 afforded an opportunity of participating, 22 July, 
 
 1796, in a gallant conflict of an hour and three quar- 
 ters (renewed on the following morning for half-an- 
 hour), with the French frigate La Pensee, of 44 guns 
 and 400 men, who in the end made off, with a loss to 
 herself, according to Mr. James, of 90 killed and 
 wounded, and to L'Aimable of only 2 wounded. 
 While in close action with the enemy Mr. Wight, as 
 well as his Captain, was knocked down by the ham- 
 mocks, &c., set in motion by the enemy's shot, but 
 he fortunately sustained no material injury. He 
 was confirmed a Lieutenant, 8 Sept. 1796, into the 
 Ariadne 28, Capt. Henry Lidgbird Ball; and 
 towards the close of the same year he returned to 
 England; experiencing during the passage such 
 tempestuous weather that it was found necessary to 
 throw all the guns overboard. After two or three 
 months of half-pay he was again, 20 June, 1797, 
 placed under the command of Capt. Riou in the 
 
 Augusta yacht. From her, as she had borne the 
 Admiralty flag on the occasion of George III.'s in- 
 tended visit to the victorious fleet under Admiral 
 Duncan at the Nore, he was promoted to the rank 
 of Commander 3 Jan. 1798. Capt. Wight's next 
 appointment was, under the Transport Board, to 
 the Admiral Devkies, a Dutch 68-gun ship, arm£e- 
 en-fiute, in which he embarked 400 of the Irish re- 
 bels at Cork and Waterford, and proceeded with 
 them under a detachment of the 60th Regiment to 
 Martinique. Two dreadful explosions took place 
 on the voyage, but his presence of mind enabled 
 him to subdue the fire. The Admiral Devries 
 being found defective he was removed, at Jamaica, 
 to the London transport, and ordered to convey 
 troops to Savanna la Mer, where he received on 
 board a party of the York Hussars for a passage to 
 England. About this period he was again attacked 
 by the yellow fever. He had scarcely recovered 
 when the London sprang a leak under the chess- 
 trees, about four feet beneath the water-hne, and 
 was with difficulty kept afloat until she reached 
 Port Royal, where she was discharged from the ser- 
 vice. On his return to England Capt. Wight de- 
 clined an appointment to a frigate under the Trans- 
 port Board, not wishing to continue in that line of 
 service, and he did not in consequence go afloat 
 again until July, 1800; on 16 of which month he 
 obtained command of the Wolverene, a brig fitted 
 so that, if necessary, she could fight all her guns on 
 one side. On 19 of the ensuing month, accompanied 
 by two gun-brigs and a cutter, he forced two French 
 sloops to seek refuge under two batteries in the Bay 
 of Grand Camp, which he then attacked, while his 
 boats, under Lieut. John Gregory, boarded and set 
 fire to the largest vessel lying aground within half- 
 pistol shot of the beach, on which were posted 200 
 men with muskets, and 3 field-pieces. The other sloop 
 was so much cut up by the Wolverene's shot that 
 she was unable to proceed on her voyage.*' On this 
 occasion Capt. Wight, upon the refusal of his pilot 
 to do so, had placed the Wolverene within pistol- 
 shot of the enemy's works, and so close, indeed, to 
 the shore that her keel was a few inches only from 
 the ground. Four of the enemy were killed on the 
 beach, but the British escaped without any loss, 
 beyond having 3 men shattered by an explosion on 
 board one of the sloops.t In Sept. 1800 the Wol- 
 verene captured a vessel laden with naval stores 
 near Havre ; and on 4 Nov. she drove a cutter on 
 shore to the westward of Cape Barfleur.J During 
 a tremendous storm that took place five days later 
 she struck upon the Goodwin Sands, but, forcing 
 her way into the North Sea, reached Yarmouth in 
 safety. Passing over a very gallant exploit per- 
 formed by her boats, under Lieut. Gregory, up the 
 river Seine 5 May, 1801, we find her, on 15 June in 
 the same year, driving a sloop on shore under two 
 batteries near St. Valery ; and in a few days after- 
 wards offering battle to a powerful division of the 
 French flotilla. Having further signalized himself 
 by his intrepidity in different encounters with the 
 enemy, particularly on one occasion, when he alone 
 attacked and was for nearly an hour engaged with 
 the batteries and with 36 sail of brigs, luggers, and 
 other armed vessels at Havre, Capt. Wight was ad- 
 vanced, 29 April, 1802, to Post-rank. His last 
 appointment was, 7 May, 1805, to the Cleopatra 
 32, on the North American station, where he made 
 many valuable captures, and continued actively em- 
 ployed until ill-health at length obliged him to re- 
 turn to England. He was placed upon the list of 
 Retired Rear-Admirals 10 Jan. 1837 ; transferred to 
 the Active List 17 Aug. 1840; and elevated to his 
 present rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 In 1824 Vice-Admiral Wight || (who was for some 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1800, pp. 951-2. 
 
 f Capt. Wight's conduct in this afiair obtained the high 
 approval of the Admiralty. 
 t rideGnz. ISOO, p. 1257. 
 
 LFor the description of a small vessel, the Lady Nelson, 
 named " His Majesty's Tindervbox," fitted with slidinjj 
 keels, and constructed under the superintendence of Admiral 
 Schanck and Capt. Wight, upon an improved plan, suggested 
 
WIGLEY— WIGSTON. 
 
 1289 
 
 time a Commissioner of Roada and Bridges at 
 Teignmouth in Devon) invented a rudder " for the 
 more easy and safe conducting all classes of H.M. 
 Bliips and tliose in the Merchants' service." He 
 married a daughter of his patron, Admiral Schanck, 
 and vraa left a widower in 1812 with three sons and 
 one daughter. 
 
 WIGLEY. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 27; h-p., 
 21.) 
 
 John Gwtn 'Wigi-ey was born 25 July, 1786. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Aug. 1799, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Trusty 50, Capts. Geo. 
 Bowen and Alex. Wilson, employed at first in the 
 expedition to Holland and next on the Mediter- 
 ranean station. Uniting in 1801 in the operations 
 against the French in Egypt he assisted in a boat 
 at the landing of the troops in Aboukir Bay, served 
 with the flotilla on the Lakes, and was wounded in 
 the head by a dragoon in the battle of 21 March, 
 in which Sir Ralph Abercromby was killed. Pleased 
 with the conduct he had displayed Capt. Wilson, on 
 being removed to the Alexandria, a frigate cap- 
 tured at Alexandria, took him with him. In June, 
 
 1802, a few weeks after the latter ship had been 
 paid off, he joined the Centaur 74,* Capt. Robt. 
 Bendall Littlehales ; under whom we find him, on 
 his arrival in the West Indies, present, in June, 
 
 1803, at the reduction of Ste. Lucie. In the course 
 of the same year, as a reward for his good beha- 
 viour, he was rated Master's Mate of the Emerald 
 36, Capt. Lord Jas. O'Bryen. He aided, in the boats 
 of that frigate, in cutting out a merchantship from 
 under the protection of an 18-gun brig and several 
 batteries in the island of Martinique. He partici- 
 pated too in an attack made, in a bay at Guade- 
 loupe, on a flotilla of 11 or 12 armed schooners, car- 
 rying 1400 troops destined for the invasion, which 
 was completely frustrated, of the island of Antigua. 
 After a severe struggle, in which all but one of the 
 boats were sunk, three of the enemy's vessels were 
 captured and brought out. On 13 March, 1804, Mr. 
 Wigley was present at the boarding and carrying, 
 by the armed sloop Fort Diamond, manned with 
 30 volunteers under Lieut. Thos. Forrest, of the 
 French privateer Mosambique of 10 18-pounder car- 
 ronades and 60 men, beneath a battery close to 
 Pearl Rock, Martinique ; and in the ensuing May 
 he landed, and assisted in silencing the batteries, in 
 the successful attack upon Surinam. In April, 1805, 
 having returned to England, he was received as a 
 Supernumerary on board the Royal William, flag- 
 ship of Sir Geo. Montagu at Spithead; and in the 
 following Sept. he joined, again as Master's Mate, 
 the Kent 74, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Edw. 
 Thornbrough in the Channel. While he was at the 
 maintop of the latter ship during a heavy gale, a 
 block fell upon his skull from the topmasthead and 
 wounded him severely. On 30 Aug. 1806, at which 
 period he had been serving for a short time on 
 board the Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Earl St. Vin- 
 cent oiF Lisbon, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His next appointments were — 24 Oct. 
 1806, to the Hermes sloop, Capt. Edw. Reynolds 
 Sibly, whom he accompanied to South America — 17 
 March, 1808, after seven months of half-pay, to the 
 Adookib74, Capts. Geo. CockburnandGeo. Parker, 
 in the North Sea— and 2 Oct. 1809, to the Manilla 
 36, Capts. Geo. Fraa. Seymour and John Joyce. 
 He was detached in the boats of the Aboueir to 
 man some armed transports during the bombard- 
 ment of Flushing, at which lie received a splinter 
 wound. While belonging to the Manilla he was 
 employed in command of a party of seamen in dis- 
 mantling the forts on the banks of the Tagus, when 
 the British army retreated to the lines at 'Torres 
 
 by those officers jointlv, we refer our readers to Grant's • Nar- 
 rative of a Voyage of discovery (to the poiithern hemisphere) 
 performed in H.M. vessel the Lai»v Nelson', of 60 tons 
 burthen,' publi-shed, in 1803, Ht the Military Lilirary, White- 
 hall. Near ('ape Danger there is a tract of land named after 
 Vice-Admiral Wiylit. 
 
 • The Centauk for a short time bore the flag of Admiral 
 Dacres at Plymoutli. 
 
 Vedras. The manner in which he executed this 
 service procured him the tKanks of the Admiral. 
 On 28 Jan. 1812, the Manilla was wrecked on the 
 Haak Sand, near the Texel. After they had been 
 for two days in a most perilous position her officers 
 and crew were rescued by the enemy, to whom 
 however they became prisoners. At the end of the 
 war Mr. Wigley regained his liberty. His last ap- 
 pointments were— 5 June, 1819, and 24 Jan. 1821, as 
 First-Lieutenant to the Creole 42 and Superb 78, 
 Capts. Wm. Bowles and Adam Mackenzie, both in 
 South America— 10 Oct. 1822, to the Hornet Reve- 
 nue-cruizer, on the coast of Ireland, in which vessel 
 he was very active in the suppression of smuggling 
 —9 April, 1828, to the command of the Pike 12, on 
 the same station, where he remained until Dec. 
 1831, and made more seizures than all the eight or 
 ten sloops there employed— and 5 March, 1837, to 
 the charge, which he retained until 15 Nov. 1841, 
 of the Semaphore at Kingston. He was advanced 
 to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Commander Wigley married 20 Deo. 1817, and 
 has issue one son and a daughter. 
 
 WIGSTON. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 19; h-p., 24.) 
 James Wigston is son of John Wigston, Esq., of 
 Trent Park, near Barnet, by Mary, sister of the late 
 Admiral Sir Willoughby Thomas Lake, K.C.B. 
 
 This ofBcer entered the Navy, 7 Sept. 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Greyhound 32, Capts. 
 Chas. Elphinstone, Edw. Thos. Troubridge, and 
 Hon. Wm. Pakenham. Being ordered to the East 
 Indies, the Greyhound there, in company with the 
 Harrier 18, destroyed, 4 July, 1806, under the 
 fort of Manado, the Dutch Company's brig Christian 
 Elizabeth of 8 guns and 80 men. On 6 of the same 
 month the two ships took at the island of Tidore, 
 the Belgica of 12 guns and 32 men ; and on 26 they 
 fought a gallant action with a Dutch squadron, con- 
 sisting of the Pallas frigate, of 40 guns and 250 
 men, the Viltoria (a two-decker) and JSatavia India- 
 men, both richly laden and both (the one of 800, the 
 other of 500 tons) armed for the purposes of war, 
 and the William corvette of 20 guns (24-pounders) 
 and 110 men ; the result of which was the capture 
 of all the enemy's ships but the William, after a 
 loss had been incurred by them of 12 killed and 39 
 wounded, and by the British of 1 killed and 11 
 wounded. The Greyhound being wrecked in Oct. 
 1808, off the coast of Luconia, Mr. Wigston, after 
 sharing in the hardships mentioned in our memoir 
 of Capt. Percy Grace, was received as Midshipman 
 (a rating he had before attained) on board the CoL- 
 LODEN 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew. On 
 his return to England in the summer of 1809 he 
 joined the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm ; 
 in the barge of which ship we find him present as 
 Master's Mate in an attack made, 15 Nov. 1810, on 
 the two French frigates Amazone and Eliza, as they 
 lay aground under the protection of several strong 
 batteries near La Hogue. In the early part of 1811 
 he proceeded in the Southampton 32, Capt. Jas. 
 Lucas Yeo, to the West Indies ; where, shortly after 
 his removal to the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey, he was made Lieutenant, 13 June in tlie 
 same year, into the Julia sloop, Capt. Hon. Valen- 
 tine Gardner. He came home in June of the fol- 
 lowing year; and was appointed next — 15 Sept. 
 1812, to the Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby 
 Thos. Lake, in the Channel— 22 Nov. 1814 for nine 
 months to the Norge 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood 
 part of the force attached to the expedition against 
 New Orleans, where he was employed in the boats 
 in co-operation with the army— 2 Feb. 1819, as 
 First-Lieutenant (a post he had filled on board the 
 Julia) to the Pandora 18, Capt. Chas. Grenville 
 Randolph, on the Cork station— and 29 Aug. 1820 
 in a similar capacity (he had been superseded from 
 the Pandora at his own request 12 Oct. preceding) 
 to the Stbilla 44, fitting for the flag of Sir Chas! 
 Rowley, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies.' 
 He was promoted, 14 Jan. 1822, to the command of 
 the Bustard 10, on the latter station ; where he 
 
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 WILBRAHAM—WILDEY— WILKINSON. 
 
 was removed, in the ensuing June, to the Scoot 18. 
 In her he made prize, In 1824, off the Belize, Hon- 
 duras, of L\4inazoiiej a piratical brigantine, carry- 
 ing 1 long gun on a pivot, with a crew of 65 men. 
 He returned to England in 1825. His last appoint- 
 ment was, 22 Jan. 1829, to the Warspite 76, in 
 which ship, bearing the flag of SirThos. Baker in 
 South America, he continued to serve as Acting- 
 Captain until advanced by the Admiralty to his 
 present rank 22 July, 1830. 
 
 Capt. Wigston married, 25 July, 1833, Mary Theo- 
 dora, only daughter of the late Major-Greneral Sir 
 John Chalmers, K.C.B., of the Madras Army, by 
 whom he has issue three daughters. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WILBEAHAM. (Commander, 1814. p-p., 18; 
 H-p., 53.) 
 
 Richard "Wilbraham died in 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1776, as 
 A.B., on board the Augusta 64, Capt. Fras. Rey- 
 nolds ; and was Midshipman of that ship when she 
 was blown up in action with the enemy on the 
 coast of North America in Oct. 1 777. Between Feb. 
 1779 and 1781 he was employed in the Channel in 
 the Blenheim 90, Capts. Lord Shuldham and Fras. 
 J. Hartwell, Cambridge 74, Capt. Lord Shuldham, 
 and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Fox frigate, Capt. 
 Thos. Windsor. He joined next, in 1795, the Mel- 
 pomene 38, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton ; and after 
 serving for five years as Master's Mate in the Agin- 
 court 64, Capt. John Williamson, as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant in the Apollo frigate, Capts. Manby and 
 Peter Halkett, again as Master's Mate in the Firm, 
 Capt. Campbell, and as A.B. in the Bristol and 
 Wolf gun-brig, Lieut. -Commanders Hutchinson, 
 Withers, and Kobinson, he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1801, and appointed to 
 the command, for a brief period, of the Blessing 
 gun-brig at Sheerness. From Feb. 1804 until 1806 
 he commanded the Borer in the North Sea ; and 
 from 1807 until 1814 he was employed in the Trans- 
 port service, three years of the time on shore in co- 
 operation with the army in Spain and Portugal. 
 His promotion to the rank of Commander took 
 place 15 June, 1814. He remained thenceforward 
 on half-pay. 
 
 WILDEY. (Retired Captain, 1840.) 
 
 Henry Wildey entered the Navy, 4 March, 1790, 
 as Midshipman, on board the Colossus 74, Capt. 
 Hugh Cloberry Christian, lying at Portsmouth. He 
 served in 1791 in the Porcupine 24, Capt. Geo. 
 Martin, off Belfast ; and in the following year he 
 joined the H uss.ar 28, Capt. Rupert George, on the 
 Halifax station ; where he removed as Acting- 
 Lieutenant, in 1795, to La Raison of 30 guns and 
 195 men, Capt. John Poo Beresford. He was pre- 
 sent, 25 Aug. 1796, in the latter ship when she 
 effected her escape from the French 40-gun frigate 
 La Vengeance, after a running fight maintained 
 with much gallantry for two hours, in which the 
 British sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 6 
 wounded, and had their rigging and sails much 
 damaged. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 3 Nov. 
 1797, into the Plover sloop, Capt. John Chesshyre, 
 in the Downs ; and was appointed next — 11 Oct. 1798, 
 to the command of the Camperdown hired cutter, 
 on the same station, where he made prize, 26 Nov. 
 1799, of the French lugger-privateer Repuhlicain of 
 20 men— 15 May, 1801, to the Jason frigate, Capt. 
 Hon. John Murray, off Guernsey— in the course of 
 the same year, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. Edw. 
 Jas. Foote, with whom he proceeded in escort of 10 
 sail of Indiamen to Calcutta, returning to England 
 in 1802—23 March, 1804, to the Queen 98, Capts. 
 Theophilus Jones, Manley Dixon, and Fras. Pender, 
 in which ship we find him, until he invalided in May, 
 1807, employed in the Channel and Mediterranean, 
 and off the Port of Cadiz— and 13 Jan. 1808, to the 
 command, for two years, of the Whiting schooner, 
 on the Home station. In the latter vessel, which 
 had been fitted for throwing rockets, he assisted in 
 Lord Cochrane's attack upon the French squadron 
 
 in Aix Roads 11 April, 1809. He was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 3 May, 1810; and was for 
 some time in 1812 employed in that capacity in the 
 Rover sloop in the Channel. He was placed on the 
 list of Retired Captains 10 Sept. 1840. Agents— 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WILDEY. (Lieut., 1817. f-p., 22; h-p., 21.) 
 
 John Wii.dey entered the Navy, 1 April, 1804, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen 98, Capts. Manley 
 Dixon and Fras. Pender, employed in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean. In the following Sept. he at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman. On his return to 
 England with Capt. Pender in Jan. 1806 in the 
 RovAL Sovereign 100, he joined the Renown 74, 
 Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, with whom he served 
 in the Channel until Jan. 1807. He was next, in 
 Nov. 1814, placed under the command of Capt. Sir 
 Jas. Athol Wood, on board the Pompee 74, again 
 in the Mediterranean. In Dec. of the following 
 year, five months after he had left the Pompee, he 
 was appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the Ma- 
 GiciENNE 42, Capt. John Brett Purvis ; under whom 
 we find him conveying Sir Rich. King, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, to the East Indies. On 21 July, 
 1817, having returned to England in the Volagb 
 22, Capt. John Reynolds, he was promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant. From 29 March, 1827, until 
 30 March, 1832, from 22 Nov. 1834 until 31 Dec. 
 1839, and from 25 Oct. 1841 until 1848, he had 
 charge of the Semaphore stations on Haste Hill, 
 Compton Down, and Portsdown Hill. 
 
 WILKINSON. (Commander, 1824. f-p., 10; 
 H-p., 23.) 
 
 Frederick Augustus Wilkinson, born 29 April, 
 1798, at Drinkstone, Suffolk, is second son of the 
 Rev. W. Wilkinson, Rector of Redgrave, in that 
 CO. ; and nephew of Sir John Osborne, Biart., foi-- 
 merly a Lord of the Admiralty and M.P. for Bed- 
 fordshire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1814 (after 
 having studied for two years at the Royal Naval 
 College), on board the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. 
 Brace, under whom he co-operated, in 1815, in the 
 reduction of Gaeta, and visited, in the spring of 
 1816, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, for purposes con- 
 nected with the abolition of Christian slavery. On 
 27 Aug. in the latter year, having removed to the 
 Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, he assisted at the 
 bombardment of Algiers. He next, in Feb. 1817, 
 joined the Conqueror 74, fitting for the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin, Commander-in-Chief 
 at St. Helena, where he was for four months lent 
 to the Hy.s;na. In the summer of 1819 he came 
 home in the Podargus 14, Capt. Hon. Henry John 
 Rous ; but returning soon to the Conqueror, he 
 continued in her, employed in guarding the person 
 of Napoleon Buonaparte, until Jan. 1820, when, 
 having been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 5 
 Oct. preceding, he again left for England in the 
 Sappho 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge. His last 
 appointments were— 26 July, 1820, 25 April, 1823, 
 and 30 April, 1824, to the Cambrian 48, Dispatch 
 18, and Chanticleer 10, Capts. Gawen Wm. Ha- 
 milton, Wm. Clarke Jervoise, and Burton Macna/- 
 mara, all in the Mediterranean ; where, during the 
 war between the Greeks and Turks, he aided, in the 
 Cambrian, in saving the lives of 3000 of the con- 
 tending parties. On leaving the Chanticleer, in 
 Aug. 1824, he took up a Commander's commission 
 bearing date 31 March in that year. 
 
 Commander Wilkinson married, 9 Feb. 1830, 
 Emma Maria, third daughter of the late Henry 
 Bowles, Esq., of Cuckfield, Sussex. 
 
 WILKINSON. (LlEDTENANT, 1841.) 
 George William Wilkinson was born 31 March, 
 
 1806. He Is the son of a Master R.N. 
 This officer entered the Navy, in March, 1814, 
 
 as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Edinburgh 74, Capt. 
 
 Hon. Geo. Heneage Iiawrence Dundas, and in the 
 
WILKINSON. 
 
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 following month was present at the reduction of 
 Genoa and its dependencies. Being paid off from 
 the Edinbukgh in Jan. 1815, he did not again go 
 afloat until Nov. 1819 ; from which period until Jan. 
 1823 we find him employed in the Brazen 26, off 
 St. Helena, for the security of Napoleon Buona- 
 parte, and on the coast of Ireland. H e served next, 
 until Aug. 1827, the greater part of the time as 
 Midshipman and Mate (he passed his examination 
 ^> April, 1826), in the Gannet 18, Wellesley 74, 
 Spaetiate 76, and Wellesley again. On first 
 joining the Wellesley, commanded by Capt. Gra- 
 ham Eden Bamond, he sailed with the present Lord 
 Stuart de Eothesay for South America ; whence he 
 returned in the Spabtiate to England, touching 
 en. route at Lisbon for the purpose of delivering to 
 the King the treaty of separation between Brazil 
 and Portugal. After serving for some time in the 
 Repulse and Adder Revenue-cruizers (in the 
 former as First-Mate), he was appointed, in April, 
 1829, to the Atholl 28, Capt. Alex. Gprdon, fitting 
 for the coast of Africa. He was employed, while 
 there, up the different rivers in the suppression of 
 the slave trade ; and was Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Eden 26, Capt. Wm. Fitzwitliam Owen, at a period 
 when the climate made fearful ravages among the 
 crew of that ship. His own health being at length 
 impaired, he returned to England an invalid in the 
 Sybille 48, but without reaping the promotion 
 which was fairly his claim. In Aug. 1830 he joined 
 the Galatea 42 ; from the following month until 
 Feb. 1839 he was employed in the Sprightly and 
 Hornet Revenue-cruizers ; and he was afterwards, 
 until promoted at last to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 
 Nov. 1841, emploj'ed as a Chief-officer in the Coast 
 Guard at the Old Head of Kinsale, in Ireland. 
 During the whole of the time he belonged to the 
 Sprightly, which vessel was stationed on the coast 
 of Ireland, he performed the duties of First Mate ; 
 and so great was his experience that he acted lat- 
 terly too as Pilot. He was nominated Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth, 15 Dec. 1841; was 
 appointed, 15 March, 1842, to the Ringdove 16, 
 Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, fltting at Portsmouth ; and 
 from 18 May, 1842 (he had been obliged by an 
 attack of rheumatism to leave the Ringdove, and 
 be sent to the hospital at Haslar), until 1848 again, 
 we believe, had charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Wilkinson married, in Aug. 1827, Miss 
 Stowe, the daughter of a Purser K.N. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WILKINSON, K.C.T.S. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 
 21 ; H-p., 23.) 
 James Wilkinson entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 
 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Gorgon, in 
 which vessel and the Nightingale, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Wm. Wilkinson, he continued 
 employed on the North Sea and Irish stations, the 
 greater part of the time as Midshipman, until trans- 
 ferred, in Nov. 1808, to the Thames 32, Capts. Hon. 
 Granville Geo. Waldegrave and Chas. Napier. In 
 the boats of that frigate, assisted by those of the 
 Pilot and WEAZLs'sloops, he contributed, 25 July, 
 1810, to the very gallant capture and destruction, 
 under the batteries of Amantea, on the coast of 
 Naples, and in face of a most spirited opposition, of 
 a convoy of 31 vessels, laden with provisions and 
 stores for the enemy's army at Scylla, together with 
 seven large gun-boats and five armed scampavias.* 
 Besides participating in many other dashing ser- 
 vices he was present, as Master's Mate, in company 
 with the- FuHiEDSE 36, at the capture, 26 Feb. 1813, 
 of the island of Ponza, defended by the fire of four 
 batteries and a tower, mounting 10 24 and 18 
 pounders, 2 12-pounders, and 2 9-inch mortars, f 
 Eemoving with Capt. Napier in April, 1813, as 
 Master's Mate (a rating he had attained in May, 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1860. 
 
 + On this occasion he landed with tjoops tinder Col. 
 Coffin.— rirfe Gaz. 181S, p. U46. 
 
 1811), to the Ehbyalus 36, he assisted in that ship, 
 in the ensuing winter, in driving on shore, in Calvi 
 Bay, the Balkine French store-ship, of 22 guns and 
 120 men, and in compelling a gaberre of 30 guns 
 and 150 men, laden with stores, and a national 
 schooner of the largest class, to seek refuge under 
 the land batteries. He afterwards, on the arrival 
 of the EuKYALDS in the Chesapeake, accompanied 
 the brilliant expedition conducted by the present 
 Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon against the city of Alexan- 
 dria, up the river Potomac. On the return of the 
 Edeyalus to Europe (he had been promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 26 Oct. 1814) he was employed, 
 until the surrender of Buonaparte, in cruizing, 
 under the command of Capt. Thos. Huskisson, off 
 Havre and the mouth of the Seine. Quitting the 
 Ebryalds 30 Sept. 1815, he was appointed next, 29 
 July, 1821, and 31 March, 1823, to the Tees 26 and 
 LiPFEY 50, commanded each, on the East India sta- 
 tion, by Capt. Thos. Coe. While in the ship last 
 mentioned, of which he was First-Lieutenant, Mr. 
 Wilkinson distinguished himself in the operations 
 against the Burmese. On 16 May, 1824, he em- 
 barked, in the boats of the Liffey, the Grenadier 
 Company of the 38th Regiment under Capt. Rich. 
 Birch, and proceeded with it to the attack of Kem- 
 mendine, a village which, although strongly stock- 
 aded and defended by 400 men, was stormed and 
 carried in style. " I hope I may be allowed," says 
 Capt. Birch in his official report of the proceedings 
 addressed to Sir Arch. Campbell, the Military Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, "to express the highest admira- 
 tion of the cool and intrepid conduct of Lieut. Wil- 
 kinson, R.N., who, althou^ severely wounded, con- 
 tinued to render me the greatest assistance in 
 giving directions from his boat." Mr. Wilkii:son 
 was wounded, we may add, by a musket-ball through 
 the thigh. After the occupation of Prome, 25 
 April, 1825, and while commanding the light divi- 
 «ion of the flotilla in the Irawady under Capt. Thos. 
 Alexander, he was despatched up the river, as far 
 as Napadee, for the purpose of reconnoitring. On 
 1 May he returned, having captured eight war- 
 boats, pulling from 60 to 60 oars each, and another 
 laden with guns and small arms. This service was 
 performed without any loss in presence of 500 mus- 
 keteers and 50 horsemen, part of the force com- 
 manded by the Prince of Sarrawaddy. The result 
 was the liberation of 3000 canoes with families in 
 them, whom the latter had been driving before him. 
 Writing to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Capt. 
 Coe, in a letter dated 17 June, 1825, thus expresses 
 himself: "Mr. Jas. Wilkinson, Senior Lieutenant 
 of H.M.'s ship under my command, latterly in com- 
 mand of the light division of boats, has been spoken 
 of in the highest terms by Capt. Alexander as well 
 as those serving under him. I have known this 
 officer since 1821, and while serving with me in 
 H.M.'s ship Tees, and since in the Liffey, I have 
 had frequent opportunities of observing his zeal 
 and abilities." Mr. Wilkinson, who left the Liffey 
 about 1826, was advanced to the rank of Com- 
 mander 31 Jan. 1828. His next and last appoint- 
 ment was, 12 May, 1837, to the Hazard 18, in 
 which vessel he was employed, chiefly in the Medi- 
 terranean, until advanced to the rank he now holds, 
 3 July, 1840. 
 
 For conduct displayed in the service of Her Most 
 Faithful Majesty the Queen of Portugal, Capt. 
 Wilkinson was created a Knight Commander of the 
 Order of the Tower and Sword 30 Oct. 1837. He 
 has been seven times wounded, on four occasions 
 severely. 
 
 WILKINSON. (LiEnTEN ANT, 1827. f-p., 2.'i; 
 H-P., 13.) 
 
 John James Wilkinson was born 5 April, 1791. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Aug. 1809, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Phaeton 38, Capt. 
 Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, attached to 
 the force in the East Indies. In July, 1810, having 
 returned with convoy to England in the DioAiG- 
 neuse 36, Capt. Wm. Wilbraham, he joined the 
 
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 WILK mSON— WILLCOX. 
 
 Macedonian 38, Capts. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, Hon. 
 Wm. "Waldegrave, and John Surman Garden, on 
 the Lisbon station; where he removed, in April, 
 1812, to the Barfleur 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Master- 
 man Hardj', bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Cranfield 
 Berkeley. In Oct. 1810 he was for three weeks em- 
 ployed in command of the Macedonian's launch at 
 Alhandra and Villa Franca with a division of gun- 
 boats under the orders of Lieut, (now Capt.) Maurice 
 Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, who had been sent up 
 the river Tagus for the purpose of co-operating 
 with the right wing of the Army under General 
 Hill in the retreat of Lord Wellington to the lines 
 of Torres Vedras. He was frequently, while thus 
 engaged, in action with the enemy's batteries, and 
 for his conduct was ofBcially noticed by Lieut. 
 Berkeley. On the return of the BAKPiiEUft to 
 Portsmouth he joined, in Oct. 1812, the Ramillies 
 7+, Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy, and sailed for the coast 
 of North America; where we find him present,' as 
 Master's Mate, at the blockade of New London, at 
 the capture of Moose Island and "Washington, in 
 the attack upon Baltimore, and at the bombardment 
 of Stonington. He also commanded the pinnace of 
 the Ramillies, in company with the boats of a 
 squadron under Capt. Nicholas Lockyer at the cap- 
 ture, on Lake Borgne, near New Orleans, of five 
 American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, 
 whose resistance was maintained with so much obsti- 
 nacy that the British suffered a loss of 17 men killed 
 and 77 M'ounded. Mr. Wilkinson, in his own boat, 
 had 1 man killed and 2 wounded.'*' In Jan. 1816, 
 nearly five months after he had left the Ramillies, 
 he was appointed Admiralty Midshipman (he had 
 passed his examination 6 Sept. preceding) of the 
 CoMus 28, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Jas. John 
 Gordon Bremer ; under the latter of whom he had 
 the misfortune to be wrecked on a reef of rocks ofi" 
 St. Shotts, Newfoundland, 24 Oct. in the same year. 
 He was employed subsequently — from 25 Dec. 1816 
 until 4 June, 1817, in the Istek 36, Capt. Thos. 
 Forrest, at Leith — from 5 June, 1817, until 25 Oct. 
 1821, as First-Mate, in the Tioer Revenue-cutter, 
 Lieut.-Commanders Thos. Jager and Rich. Fegen, 
 in the North Sea— from 27 Oct. 1821 until 5 Jan. 
 1823, as Admiralty Midshipman, in the Spencer 
 and Bulwark 74'8, Capts. Sir Thos. Lavie and 
 Thos. Dundas, at Plymouth— and from 2 Feb. 1823 
 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 28 April, 
 1827, again as First-Mate, in the Sprightly Reve- 
 nue-cruizer, in the Channel. While belonging to 
 the latter vessel he succeeded on one occasion, with 
 but 2 men and a boy, in capturing, at night, ofi" the 
 north coast of Cornwall, the crew of the Dutch 
 smuggling lugger Bijou, of Flushing, 14 in number, 
 2 of whom were severely wounded in the encounter. 
 He had charge of a station in the Coast Guard from 
 April, 1830, until July, 1831; and has been serving 
 since 27 Nov. 1844 as Admiralty Agent on board a 
 contract mail steam-vessel. 
 
 Lieut. Wilkinson married in 1830, and has issue 
 three sons and three daughters. 
 
 WILKINSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 23 ; H-p., 17.) 
 Stephen Wilkinson entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the York 74, Capt. 
 Robt. Barton. In the following Dec. he was present 
 at the occupation of Madeira ; and in the course of 
 1809 he assisted at the capture of Martinique, the 
 Saintes, the 74-gun ship Tf Uawpoult, and Flushing. 
 He served afterwards in th« Mediterranean; whence, 
 towards the close of 1810 (he had previously at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman), he returned to 
 England. In Dec. 1813, at which period he had 
 been for two years and eight months employed in 
 the Baltic, in the Bay of Biscay, on the north coast 
 of Spain, and in the Channel, in the Ardent 64, 
 Hannibal 74, Christian VII. 80, and Bdlwakk 74, 
 all flag-ships of Rear- Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, 
 
 • Wc learn from a certificate, bearing the signature of Sir 
 T. M. Hardy, that Mr. Wilkinson " frequently distinguished 
 himself in the boats of the Ramillies, and particularly in 
 the attack on the gun-vessels off New Orleans." 
 
 Despatch 18, Capt. Jas. Galloway, and Bulwakk 
 again, he followed Rear-Admiral Durham into the 
 Venerable 74, and sailed for the West Indies. 
 During the passage he contributed to the capture, 
 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of the Alanine and Iphlgmie 
 French frigates, of 44 guns each. He was nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant of the Venerable 28 
 April, 1814 ; and between the following May and 
 March, 1815, was employed in a similar capacity 
 and as a Supernumerary in the Pique 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Anthony Maitland, Palma 38, Capt. Jas. 
 Andrew Worth, Barrosa 36, Capt. Wm. M-Culloch, 
 Venerable again, and Barbadoes 16, Capt. John 
 Fleming, on the West India and North American 
 stations. He then returned to England in the 
 NiEMEN 38, Capt. Sam. Pym ; and on 19 Sept. fol- 
 lowing he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 From 13 Aug. 1822 until the early part of 1838 he 
 filled an appointment in the Coast Guard. Agents 
 — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WILKINSON. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 William Wilkinson entered the Navy, 4, Oct. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Volontaiee 38, 
 Capts. Chas. Bullen, Abel Ferris, Joseph Nourse, 
 and Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave. Under 
 Capt. Bullen he escorted the Duke of Orleans and 
 his brother. Count Beaujolais, to Malta, served oc- 
 casionally with the in-shore squadron off Toulon, 
 assisted at the capture of the island of Pomegue, 
 near Marseilles, witnessed the self-destruction of 
 the French ships-of-the-line Sobuste and Lion near 
 Cape Cette, and was engaged in active co-operation 
 with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. After 
 he had been for about three months a Supernume- 
 rary of the AcHiLLE 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard 
 Hollis, he joined, in Nov. 1811, the I'hames 32, 
 Capts. Chas. N apier and John Strutt Peyton. On 
 14 May, 1812, we find the latter ship attacking the 
 port of Sapri, where, previously to the capture of 
 28 vessels laden with oil, she contrived, supported 
 by the Pilot sloop, to enforce the discretionary 
 surrender of a strong battery and tower, mounting 
 2 32-pounders, with an officer and 38 men. She 
 subsequently, when in company with the Furieuse 
 36, took possession, 26 Feb. 1813, of the island of 
 Ponza, without loss, although exposed to the fire of 
 four batteries and a tower, moimting 10 24 and 18 
 pounders, 2 12-p'ounders, and 2 9-inch mortars. In 
 June, 1813, her officers and crew took part in a 
 siege of five days, which terminated in the reduction 
 of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer, 
 near Tortosa, armed with 12 pieces of ordnance, in- 
 cluding 2 10-inch mortars and 2 howitzers, with a 
 garrison of 101 officers and men. After the fall of 
 Tarragona, the Thames conveyed Lieut.-General 
 Sir John Murray to Alicant, and was then ordered 
 with despatches to England, where she was paid off 
 in Sept. 1813. In Jan. 1814, Mr. Wilkinson, who 
 had been serving intermediately in the Namue 74, 
 Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, guard-ship at the Nore, 
 was received on board the Chanticleer 10, Capts. 
 Stewart Blacker and John Thompson, employed at 
 first in the North Sea, and next in the West Indies ; 
 on which station he removed, in Jan. 1815, to the 
 MuRos 12, Capt. Geo. Gosling, and was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 15 June In the same year, into the Vene- 
 rable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip Chas. Durham. 
 In the following Aug. he was present at the reduc- 
 tion of Guadeloupe. He returned home immedi- 
 ately afterwards in the Fox 32, Capt. Frank Gore 
 Willock ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 WILLCOX. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 James Willcox entered the Navy 3 July, 1826 ; 
 passed his examination 12 Aug. 1833; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 23 Nov. 1841, was serving on the 
 coast of Africa as Mate in the Wateewitch 10, 
 Lieut -Commander Henry Jas. Matson. On 29 Dec. 
 1842 he was appointed Additional of the Spiteful 
 steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Maitland, fitting for the 
 East Indies ; where he removed, in Sept. 1843, to 
 
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 the Vixen, another steamer, Capt. Geo. GifFard. 
 He was employed, 19 Aug. 1845, with the boats of a 
 squadron under Capt. Chas. Talbot, carrying alto- 
 gether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the de- 
 struction of the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, 
 on the north end of the island of Borneo ; at which 
 place the British encountered a desperate opposition 
 and sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded.* 
 Soon after the Vixen had been paid off he was pro- 
 moted, 9 Nov. 1846, to the rank of Commander. 
 He has been employed, since 20 July, 1847, in the 
 Fdey steam-sloop, of 515 horse-power, again on the 
 East India station. 
 
 Commander Willcox married, 26 Sept. 1846, Ame- 
 lia Jane Elizabeth Andover, eldest daughter of 
 John Page Bailey, Esq., of Durnford-square, Stone- 
 house, and Hankhow House, Yorkshire. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. t 
 
 son, Geo. Moubray, and John Pasco. He is now on 
 half-pay. ^ , ■,■, 
 
 Commander Willcox jumped overboard while 
 serving in the Superb and Pembroke, although the 
 ships were at the time under sail, and had the good 
 fortune on each of the two occasions to save the life 
 of a fellow-creature. He is married, and has issue. 
 
 WILLCOX. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 Robert "Willcox entered the Navy, in March, 
 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lively of 38 
 guns and 251 men, Capts. Geo. Burlton and Lord 
 Viscount Garlies. On 13 of the same month he 
 assisted at the capture, off TJshant, of the French 
 frigate Xo Tourterelle of 30 guns and 230 men, 
 after a close action of three hours, in which the 
 British had but 2 wounded, and the enemy, who 
 were provided with a furnace and threw red-hot 
 shot, as many as 16 killed and 25 wounded. He 
 fought subsequently in the action off Cape St. Vin- 
 cent, 14 Feb. 1797 ; and on 12 April in the following 
 year was wrecked, on Kota Point, near Cadiz. 
 Joining next, in June, 1798, the Superb 74, he con- 
 tinued employed in that ship for upwards of 11 
 years under Capt. John Sutton and the late Sir 
 Rich. Goodwin Keats, as Midshipman and as Acting- 
 Lieutenant and Lieutenant, order and commission 
 dated 25 Oct. 1808 and 16 May, 1809. He bore a 
 warm part in consequence in Sir Jas. Saumarez' 
 action with the Franco-Spanish squadron in the 
 Gut of Gibraltar 12 and 13 July, 1801 ; accompanied 
 Lord Nelson to the West Indies in 1805 in pursuit 
 of the combined fleets ; shared in the victory gained 
 by Sir John Duckworth off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 
 1806 ; united in the operations of 1807 against Co- 
 penhagen ; assisted, in Aug. 1808, at the embarka- 
 tion from Nyeborg of the Spanish troops stationed 
 in the Danish provinces under the Marquis de la 
 Romana; and had charge of two gun-boats during 
 the siege of Flushing in Aug. 1809. At Nyeborg he 
 commanded one of several boats which, regardless 
 of the opposition they encountered, boarded and 
 took the Danish brig Fama, of 18, and her consort 
 the Salorman cutter, of 12 guns. On at length 
 leaving the Superb, Mr. Willcox joined, in Oct. 
 1809, the Naiad 38, Capts. Henry Hill and Philip 
 Carteret. In her, on his return from a voyage to 
 the West Indies, he served at the blockade of the 
 different ports on the French coast, and took part, 
 20 and 21 Sept. 1811, in two actions with divisions 
 of the Boulogne flotilla. On the last-mentioned 
 occasion the Naiad sustained a loss of 2 men killed 
 and 14 wounded, but succeeded in taking one of 
 the enemy's praams, La Ville de Lyons^ of 12 long 
 24-pounders and 112 men, more than 30 of whom 
 were either killed or wounded. In March, 1813 (he 
 had left the Naiad in Nov. 1811), Mr. Willcox ob- 
 tained an appointment to the Pembroke 74, Capt. 
 Jas. Brisbane ; with whom he continued employed 
 in the Channel and Mediterranean until Aug. 1814. 
 He aided in the boats, during that period, at t)ie 
 capture of a town on the coast of Spain and at the 
 cutting out of a convoy with loss to the British. 
 He was also present at the reduction of Genoa. 
 His promotion to the rank of Commander took 
 place 6 Sept. 1823, soon after he had been appointed 
 F.irst-Lieutenant of the Prince Regent yacht, Capt. 
 sir Michael Seymour. From 21 Oct. 1843 until 
 1846 he was employed in the Victory 104, guard- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Wm. Wilmott Hender- 
 
 * Fide Gsa. 1845, p. 6536. 
 
 WILLCOX. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Robert Willcox entered the Navy 8 June, 1832 ; 
 passed his examination 14 Feb. 1839 ; was a Student 
 in 1841 at the Royal Naval College ; and was pro- 
 moted (soon after he had been nominated Mate of 
 the Alfred 50, Capt. John Brett Purvis) to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 7 March, 1842. His appoint- 
 ments have since been— 18 April, 1842, to the Indus 
 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in the Mediterranean — 
 28 Jan. 1845, as First (the Indus had been paid off 
 in June, 1844), to the Rolla 10, Capt. John Simp- 
 son, fitting for the coast of Africa, whence he re- 
 turned in the early part of 1846—5 Sept. in the 
 latter year, for a few months, to the Recruit brig, 
 Capt. Adolphus Slade, on the Home station-6 Nov. 
 1848, to the Coast Guard— and, 17 Feb. 1849, to the 
 command of the Harpy Revenue-cruizer. 
 
 WILLES. (Liedtenant, 1840.) 
 
 George Ommanney Willes is son of the late 
 Capt. G. W. Willes, R.N., K.F.M. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1836; obtained 
 his commission 1 1 Dec. 1844 ; was appointed, 4 
 March, 1845, to the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean; and since 3 
 April, 1848, has been in command, on the same sta- 
 tion, of the Spitfire steamer, of 140 horse-power. 
 
 WILLES, K.F.M. (Captain, 1814.) 
 
 George Wickens Willes died in command of 
 the Vanguard 80, at Malta, 26 Oct. 1846, aged 61. 
 He was brother of Lieut. Cornelius Willes,* R.N., 
 who died at Gosport, Hants, 10 July, 1810, aged 22; 
 alsoof Lieut.-Colonel Jas. Irwin Willes, R.M. (1848); 
 and cousin of Lieut. Jas. Irwin, R.N. His father, 
 who was in the service, lost a leg early in life. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1794, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Royal William, Capt. Fras. 
 Pickmore, bearing the flag of Sir Peter Parker at 
 Spithead. He removed, towards the close of 1796, 
 to the Fancy,-]* Cppt. John Irwin, stationed in the 
 North Sea ; and he was next, between 1797 and the 
 date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 6 
 Nov. 1801, employed off Cadiz, and in the Channel 
 and Mediterranean, as Midshipman, in the Prince 
 George 98, Lively 32, Boston 32, Formidable 98, 
 Queen Charlotte 100, all commanded by the officer 
 last mentioned, Success 32, Capt. Shuldham Peard, 
 and Babfleur 98, commanded again by Capt. Irwin. 
 The Prince George, Formidable, Queen Char- 
 lotte, and Baefleur bore the flags of Admirals 
 Wm. Parker, Sir Chas. Thompson, and Cuthbert 
 Collingwood. In the Prince George Mr. Willes 
 fought in the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 
 1797 : in the Success he served at the blockade of 
 Malta, and assisted at the capture, 18 Feb. and 24 
 Aug. 1800, of the French 74-gun ship Le Gene'reux, 
 and 40-gun frigate La Diane. He was on board of 
 her too when she was herself taken, 13 Feb. 1801, 
 by a French squadron under M. Ganteaume. At 
 the capture of Le Genereux he was severely wounded 
 in the head and breast. His appointments, in the 
 capacity of Lieutenant, were to the Sophie sloop, 
 Capts. Philip L. J. Roeenhagen and Wm. Mansell, 
 Active 38, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, and 
 Spartan of 46 guns, Capt. Jahleel Brenton. In the 
 Active he passed the Dardanells with Sir John 
 Duckworth, and united in the attack made upon 
 the Turkish squadron off Point Pesquies 19 Feb. 
 1807, on which occasion he succeeded, in the boats 
 
 • Lieut. C. Willes was First rf the Grasshopper 18, in an 
 action with three Spanish vessels of ^^ ar oif Cape Palos. (See 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Senrle.) In his exertions to get one of 
 them afloat (she having run ashore) he burst a blood-vessel 
 — tlie cause, ultimately, of his death. 
 
 ■f- Or Faiey. 
 
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 WILLIAMS. 
 
 of the Active, in destroying one of the enemy's 
 frigates at the time on shore. As First-Lieutenant 
 of the Spartan, Mr. Willes found frequent oppor- 
 tunities of distinguishing himself. He commanded 
 the boats of that frigate and of the Amphion 32 
 and Mercury 28, and behaved in a manner in the 
 highest degree creditable to him at the bringing off, 
 23 April, 1809, of 13 deeply-laden vessels from the 
 Mole of Pesaro, in the Adriatic ;* the castle at which 
 place was by him blown up. With the boats of his 
 own ship and of the Mercury again under his 
 orders he landed, 2 May, 1809, in the port of Cese- 
 ratico, took possession of a battery of 2 long 24- 
 pounders, whose fire had been silenced, and, after 
 having destroyed the former, spiked the latter, and 
 blown up a castle and magazine, re-embarked, 
 bringing away with him 12 vessels laden with corn, 
 hemp, and iron. In this instance, also, Mr. Willes' 
 gallantry and exertions w^ere much praised. We 
 find him next contributing to the reduction of the 
 islands of Lusin, Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo. 
 Cerigo was defended by three forts, one of which, 
 St. Joaquin, mounted 2 18 and 2 9 pounders, and 
 was " completely silenced by the gallant manner in 
 which he attacked it in a prize-schooner under his 
 orders, with a party of the 35th Regt. on board." t 
 On 3 May, 1810, it was Mr. Willes' fortune to share 
 in a glorious single-handed victory gained by the 
 Spartan in the Bay of Naples (after a contest in 
 which the British sustained a loss, out of 2.58 men, 
 of 10 men killed and 22 wounded) over a Franco- 
 Neapolitan squadron, carrying altogether 95 guns 
 and about 1400 men. " I was myself," says Capt. 
 Brenton in his of&cial account of this achievement, 
 " wounded about the middle of the action, which 
 lasted two hours ; but my place was most ably sup- 
 plied by Mr. Willes, First-Lieutenant, whose merit 
 becomes more brilliant by every opportunity he has 
 of showing it ; he is without exception one of the 
 best and most gallant officers I ever met with." J 
 For his conduct Mr. Willes, who had been also 
 wounded, was deservedly promoted to the rank of 
 Commander by a commission bearing date 2 June, 
 1B10.§ In the following Nov. he was appointed to 
 the Leveret brig, in the North Sea ; where he made 
 prize, in the course of 1811-12, of a Danish cutter || 
 of 6 guns and 20 men, a French lugger, Le Prospere, 
 of 3 guns and 39 men, another cutter, Le D-unker- 
 qiwiSf of 14 guns and 36 men,^ and Le Brave, a lugger 
 of 4 guns and 22 men — all of them privateers. 
 After serving for a few months in the Bacchus 
 sloop on the Cork station, he was promoted to Post- 
 rank 7 June, 1814. His subsequent appointments 
 were— 3 Oct. 1817 and 15 Deo. 1818, to the Cherub 
 26 and Wye 26, in which ships he served until May, 
 1820, on the African and North Sea stations — 17 
 Jan. 1823, for four years, to the Brazen 26, em- 
 ployed at first in South America and next on the 
 coast of Africa, where he captured eight armed 
 slavers and liberated 998 persons from bondage — 8 
 Deo. 1835, to the Dublin 50, as Flag-Captain to Sir 
 Graham Eden Hamond in South America, whence 
 he returned in the summer of 1836 — and, 4 Feb. 
 1845, to the Vanguard 80. In the latter ship he 
 served with the Channel squadron and in the Medi- 
 terranean until the period of his death as above. 
 
 Capt. Willes ** was a Deputy-Lieutenant for co. 
 Southampton. He married, 8 Jan. 1814, Anne, 
 second daughter of the late Sir Edmund Lacon, 
 Bart., M.P. for North Yarmouth, by whom he has 
 left, with other issue, a son, Lieut. G. O. Willes, 
 K.N., and a daughter, married to Lieut. Hon. Oliver 
 W. M. Lambart, R.N. Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 * Vide Gax. 1809, p. 1257. f V. Gai. 1809, p. 1929. 
 
 t V. Gaz. 1810, p. 1134. 
 
 9 Ab a reward for his great courage and intrepidity, " as 
 First Lieutenant of the Spartan," Capt. Willes was gianted 
 permission, 26 .Tune, 1812, to accept and wear the insignia 
 of the Third Class of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, conferred 
 upon him by the King of the I'wo Sicilies. 
 
 II Taken by the boats. ^ Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 2194. 
 
 ** In addition to the wounds already noticed, he had re- 
 ceived a musket-ball through the leg, during the war, in a 
 boat attack. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 32.) 
 Augustus Aldborough Lloyd Williams, born 
 9 Oct. 1790, is third son of the late John Lloyd 
 Williams, Esq., of Gwernant Park, co. Cardigan, by 
 Martha Louisa, second daughter of Motley Pendred 
 Saunders, Esq., of Saunders Grove, co. Wicklow ; 
 and brother-in-law of Sir Wm. Oldnall Russel, late 
 Chief-Justice of Bengal. His eldest brother, Edw. 
 Lloyd Williams, Esq., of Gwernant Park, is a bar- 
 rister-at-law, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant 
 for cos. Stafford, Worcester, and Warwick, and a 
 Magistrp,te of Cardigan. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 Feb. 1804, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Illustrious 74, Capt. Sir 
 Chas. Hamilton ; and on the very nextday, as well 
 as on subsequent occasions, was in action with the 
 enemy's gun-boats, praams, and batteries in the 
 neighbourhood of Boulogne. After serving for a 
 time as Midshipman off Ferrol, he removed, in 
 Feb. 1805, to the Diadem 64, Capt. Sir Home Pop- 
 ham ; in which ship we find him present at the re- 
 duction of the Cape of Good Hope in Jan. 1806, at 
 the capture, 21 Feb. and 4 March following, of the 
 Rolla brig and Volontaire frigate, in Table Bay, and 
 at the taking, in June and Oct. of the same year, of 
 Buenos Ayres and Maldonado. In Feb. 1807, a few 
 weeks after he had been transferred to the Sampson 
 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming, he assisted in the attack 
 upon Monte Video. Joining, in the ensuing May, 
 the Excellent 74, Capt. John West, he united in 
 the early part of 1808 in a series of active co-opera- 
 tions with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia ; 
 where, in the month of Nov., he landed with a 
 party of seamen and marines for the purpose of 
 aiding in the defence of the fortress of Rosas, be- 
 sieged at the time by several thousand French 
 troops. While on this service Mr. WilHams was 
 present in a sortie, in which the British succeeded 
 in rescuing a body of Spaniards, who were in danger 
 of falling into the hands of the enemy. On the 
 Excellent being ordered to the Adriatic he there 
 aided in her boats in an attack upon the town of 
 Pesaro. He was also, 29 July, 1809, in them, under 
 the command of Lieut. John Harper, when, covered 
 by a fire from the Acorn and Bustard sloops, they 
 boarded and carried six Italian gun-vessels, armed 
 with long 18 and 24 pounders, and each manned 
 with 20 men ; the whole of which, together with a 
 convoy of 10 laden trabacolos, were brought out, 
 with but trifling loss to the British, from the harbour 
 of Duino, near Trieste. On leaving the Excellent 
 Mr. Williams was received in succession, in April 
 and Oct. 1810, on board the Apollo 38, Capt. Bridges 
 Watkinson Taylor, and Barfleur 98, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, both on the Lisbon 
 station. During the time he belonged to the Bar- 
 fleur he was sent up the river Tagus with a de- 
 tachment of armed seamen to co-operate with the 
 British army at Villa Franca ; and was employed at 
 Mugem in conveying despatches between Lord 
 Wellington and General Hill. After he had been 
 for about 11 months stationed in the Mediterranean 
 and again off Lisbon as Master's Mate in the Cale- 
 donia 120 and Impetueux 74, bearing the flags of 
 Sir Edw. Pellew and the late Sir Geo. Martin, he 
 was nominated, 22 Deo. 1812, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Nemesis 28, armee-en-fiute^ Capt. Hon. Jas. 
 Ashley Maude. In the boats of that ship, to which 
 he was confirmed 18 Jan. 1813, he was slightly 
 wounded in the unsuccessful attack upon Crany 
 Island, and was present at the taking of Hampton. 
 On 12 July, 1814, he assisted at the cuttirg-out 
 from Ocrakoke Harbour of the Anaconda of 18 and 
 the Athxs of 10 guns. Since Jan. 1815 (he had been 
 serving latterly at Halifax and in the West Indies 
 in the Centurion 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral 
 Edw. Griffith, and Rattler sloop, Capt. Henry 
 Bourne) he has been on half-pay. 
 
 In 1816 Lieut. Williams went out to India in the 
 East India country-service. He married, 9 Feb. 
 1826, Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Jas. Bell, Esq., 
 of Uttoxeter, co. Stafford, Banker, and has issue two 
 sons and one daughter. 
 
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 WILLIAMS. (Captaik, 1832.) 
 
 Charles Hamlyn Williams is second son of the 
 late Sir Jas. Hamlyn 'Williains, Bart., of Clovelly 
 Court, CO. Devon, and Edwinsford, co. Carmarthen, 
 hy Diana Anne, daughter of Abraham Whitaker, 
 Esq., of Stratford, co. Essex. He is brother-in-law 
 of the late Lord Barham, and of Sir Arthur Chi- 
 chester, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in Aug. 1803 ; ob- 
 tained his first commission 24 April, 1811 ; served 
 for some time under the flag of Sir "Wm. Sidney 
 Smith; was advanced to the rank of Commander 
 27 Aug. 1814 ; and was appointed, 21 Sept. 1830 and 
 31 Jan. 1832, to the Racehobse 18 and Champion 
 18, both on the West India station. He paid the 
 latter vessel off 23 June, 1832 ; and as a reward for 
 the important services he had rendered at Jamaica 
 during the insurrection of the slaves, particularly 
 for the manner in which he had succeeded by his 
 active and judicious measures in restoring confi- 
 dence in the town of Montego Bay, and in saving it 
 from the rebels, who intended fully to burn it, was 
 promoted to his present rank 4 July following.* His 
 last appointment was, 24 May, 1838, to the Tribune 
 24, which ship he lost, near Tarragona, on the coast 
 of Spain, 28 Nov. 1839. He returned to England 
 with his officers and crew on board the Minden 72, 
 and on his arrival had the satisfaction of being 
 honourably acquitted of all blame on account of the 
 disaster. 
 
 Capt. Williams married, 15 Aug. 1833, Harriet, 
 youngest daughter of the late Sir Nelson Rycroft, 
 Bart. Agents — Hallett and liobinson. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Captain, 1827. r-p., 14; h-p., 29.) 
 Edward Richard Williams entered the Navy, 
 in May, 1804, as a Volunteer, on board the Nep- 
 tune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, in which ship he 
 was for 12 months employed in the Channel. He 
 joined next, in June, 1808, the Bellona 74, Capt. 
 John Erskine Douglas, on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica ; and at the close of 1809, after having been for 
 some months stationed in the Mediterranean in the 
 Thames 32, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, 
 he sailed in the Bucephalus 36, Capt. Chas. Pelly, 
 for the East Indies, whence in 1811 he returned to 
 England as Midshipman, a rating he had already 
 attained, in the Diombde 50. On his arrival he 
 was received in succession on board the Elephant 
 74, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, and Royal George 
 100, flag-ship of Rear- Admirals Sir T. Williams and 
 Benj. Hallowell. Accompanying the Ijitter officer 
 to the Mediterranean, he there, in Dec. 1811, joined 
 the Alcm^ne 38, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, 
 with whom he continued to serve until made Lieu- 
 tenant, 14 Dec. 1813, into the America 74, Capt. 
 Josias Rowley. After assisting at the reduction of 
 Genoa he went back, about May, 1814, to the Alc- 
 MiiNE, commanded then by Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan. 
 On his return to England with Capt. Sam. Campbell 
 Rowley in the Impregnable 104, he was promoted, 
 15 Dec. 1815, to the rank of Commander. He was 
 appointed, 4 Feb. 1825, to the Zebka 18, again in 
 the Mediterranean; was advanced to Post-rank 28 
 April, 1827 ; and from 7 Feb. 1833, until April, 1836, 
 was employed in the Victory 104 and Britannia 
 120, as Flag-Captain to Sir Thos. Williams at Ports- 
 mouth. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Capt. Williams married, first, in 1837, Charlotte, 
 daughter of the late J. Taylor, Esq., and niece of 
 the late Admiral Taylor, of Maize Hill, Greenwich ; 
 and that lady dying 3 July, 1839, secondly, 22 June, 
 1844, Sarah, daughter of the late James Forbes, Esq., 
 of Hutton Hall, Essex, and Kingairlook, Argyle- 
 shire. He was again left a widower 1 May, 1849. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 George Williams entered the Navy 1 Sept. 
 1819; passed his examination in 1827; and was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 26 May, 1831. His 
 succeeding appointments were, chiefly onSurveying- 
 scrvice— 6 Dec. 1831, to the Fairy 10, Capt. Wm. 
 * Vide Gm,. 1832, p. 4ln. 
 
 Hewett, in the North Sea— 28 Aug. 1834, to the 
 Medea steamer, Capt. Horatio Thos. Austin, in the 
 Mediterranean— 4 July, 1836 (after four months of 
 half-pay), to the Beacon 8, Lieut.-Commander 
 Thos. Graves, on the same station, where he was 
 superseded in, Nov. 1839—7 Feb. 1843, as Addi- 
 tional, to the Lucifer steamer, Capt. Fred. Wm. 
 Beechey, on the coast of Ireland— and, 17 Nov. 
 1843, in a similar capacity, to the Royal Sovereign 
 yacht, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell and Gordon 
 Thos. Falcon, at Pembroke. He was advanced to 
 his present rank 2 July, 1846, and still continues 
 employed on Surveying-service with his name on 
 the books of the Royal Sovereign. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1840. r-p., 23 ; h-p., 3.) 
 George Bell Williams entered the Navy, 13 
 July, 1821, as a Volunteer, on board the Windsor 
 Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. Being a Mid- 
 shipman of that ship when Don John took refuge 
 on board of her during a popular commotion at 
 Lisbon, he was by the latter presented, as were the 
 other officers of the ship, with the Order of the 
 Tower and Sword. He continued to serve in the 
 Windsor Castle at Plymouth under the command 
 of Capts. Hugh Downmanand Edw. Durnford King, 
 until Feb. 1826. Joining then the Glasgow 50, 
 Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, he sailed for the 
 Mediterranean. He fought, while there, at the 
 battle of Navarin, and assisted in the boats at the 
 cutting-out of several piratical vessels at the island 
 of Hydra. He returned to England in Sept. 1828 ; 
 passed his examination 7 Jan. 1829 ; and was em- 
 ployed as Mate — from 12 May, 1829, until 19 March, 
 1830, in the Kent 78, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire, 
 again at Plymouth — from 20 March, 1830, until 
 Nov. 1833, in the Blanche 46, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station — next, for a few months, 
 in the Tartarus steam-packet, Lieut.-Commander 
 Horatio James— from Nov. 1836 until Jan. 1840, in 
 the Talavera 74, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, Har- 
 lequin 16, Capt. Lord Fras. John Russell, and Ta- 
 lavera again, Capt. Mends, in the Mediterranean 
 — and in the AsTR.a:A 6, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plum- 
 ridge, at Falmouth. While on her passage through 
 the West Indies, to join the Admiral, Sir Edw. 
 Griffith Colpoys, at Halifax, the Blanche was 
 caught in a hurricane, and for 18 hours was so 
 pressed down upon her beam-ends as to be alto- 
 gether unmanageable. On reaching her destina- 
 tion under a jury-rig it was found necessary to sub- 
 ject her to nearly a thorough refit, including even a 
 new bowsprit and new lower masts. During the 
 insurrection of 1831-2 on the north side of the 
 island of Jamaica, Mr. Williams was for several 
 weeks employed on shore with a detachment of 
 seamen and marines for the purpose of co-operating 
 with the military and militia, and of aflFording pro- 
 tection to the town of Montego Bay. While he was 
 so engaged several inefiectual attempts were made 
 by the insurgents to pass the outposts, set fire to the 
 town, and destroy the magazines. His appoint- 
 ments, since his promotion to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant, which took place 3 July, 1840, have been — 13 
 Aug. 1840, to the Jaseub 16, Capt. Fred. Moore 
 Boultbee, on the coast of Spain — 25 Aug. 1841, 
 to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John Marshall, fitting at 
 Chatham — 16 Nov. following, to the Vindictive 
 50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, with whom he circum- 
 navigated the globe— 11 Dec. 1844 (five months 
 after he had left the Vindictive) and 24 July, 
 1845, as First, to the Waterwitch 10 and Lily 16, 
 Capts. Thos. Fras. Birch and Chas. Jas. Franklin 
 Newton, both on the coast of Africa, whence he re- 
 turned in July, 1847— and 8 Feb. 1848, to the Coast 
 Guard, In which service he continues. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1821. r-p., 14 ;* h-p., 26.) 
 Hugh Lloyd Williams was born at Lodge, near 
 
 Denbigh, North Wales. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 May, 1807, as 
 
 Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Temekaire 98, Capts. 
 * Exclusive of the time he served in the Const Guard. 
 
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 WILLIAMS. 
 
 Sir Chas. Hamilton, Edw. Sneyd Clay, and Edwin 
 Henry Chamberlayne, in which sliip he cruized off 
 Brest, assisted in taking possession of an island in 
 the Baltic, and in blockading the Russian fieet at 
 Revel, and then visited Cadiz, where he saw some 
 hoat-service. In July, 1810, he removed as Mid- 
 shipman (a rating he had attained in April, 1809) to 
 the Haughty 14,* Lieut.-Commander J as. Harvey, 
 on the Mediterranean station ; and he was next, 
 from June, 1811, until Aug. 1814, employed in the 
 Channel and again in the Mediterranean, part of 
 the time as Master's Mate, in the Belle Poule 38 
 and Pembroke 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. 
 Brisbane. He was present in the Belle Poule at 
 the capture of a variety of the enemy's vessels ; and 
 while attached to the Pembroke he fought in Sir 
 Edw. Pellew's partial action with the French Toulon 
 fleet 5 Nov. 1813, commanded the ship's pinnace at 
 the capture and destruction of a convoy under the 
 guns of Porto Maurizio 11 April, 1814, and witnessed 
 the fall of Genoa. After serving for 15 months on 
 the coast of Ireland (he had passed his examination 4 
 Aug. 1813) in the Eurvdice 24, Capts. Hon. Valen- 
 tine Gardner and Rich. Spencer, and Lightning 20, 
 Capt. Geo. Rennie, he was appointed, in Dec. 1815, 
 Admiralty-Midshipman of the Falmouth 20, Capt. 
 Robt. "Worgan Geo. Festing, on the St. Helena sta- 
 tion, whence he returned to England at the close 
 of 1816 in the Amphitrite 38, Capt. Jas. Hanway 
 Pluraridge, performing in that frigate the duties of 
 Lieutenant. He was employed subsequently, as 
 Admiralty-Midshipman — from Feb. until Dec. 1817, 
 in the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, at 
 Portsmouth— from Dec. 1817 until Sept. 1818, in 
 the Sybille 44, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, in the "West 
 Indies — from Nov. 1818 until Jan. 1820, in the 
 Pheasant 20, Capt. Benedictus Marwood Kelly, and 
 Grecian 10, Lieut.-Commander Nathaniel Martin, 
 both vessels engaged in the suppression of smuggling 
 ■ — and, from Jan. 1820 until advanced to his present 
 rank 19 July, 1821, in the Coast Blockade, with his 
 name on the books of the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. 
 M'Culloch. While in the latter service, and sta- 
 tioned on shore at Reculvers, he saved a great part 
 of the cargo belonging to the ship Oak^ and for his 
 exertions was presented by Lloyd's with a brace of 
 silver-mounted pocket-pistols. He has twice since 
 his promotion had charge of a station in the Coast 
 Guard — once on the coast of Essex, and once in 
 Ireland. Ill health obliged him, on both occasions, 
 to invalid. 
 
 Lieut. Williams is married, and has issue five 
 children. Agent — Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 11 •,■[• h-p.,30.) 
 John Williams (&) entered the Navy, 3 May, 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Howe store-ship, 
 Capt. Edw. Killwick. In her, after visiting the 
 Cape of Good Hope, he proceeded to the Rio de la 
 Plata, where he removed as Midshipman, in Nov. 
 of the same year, to the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. 
 Honyman, under whom we find him, subsequently 
 to the evacuation of Spanish America by the British, 
 accompanying the expedition against Copenhagen, 
 and assisting at the capture, 4 Dec. 1807, of UAdolpke 
 privateer of 18 guns and 70 men. The Leda being 
 wrecked 31 Jan. 1808 at the entrance of Milfotd 
 Haven, he joined, in the following March, the Pro- 
 selyte bomb, Capt. Uenry Jas. Lyford, on the 
 Baltic station. On 5 Jan. 1809 he was again wrecked 
 by the ice in the neighbourhood of Anholdt, which 
 island he succeeded, with the rest of the oflicers 
 and ship's company, in reaching, after a most severe 
 and hazardous walk of eight miles. In the ensuing 
 March he was received on board the Mermaid 32, 
 Capt. Major Jacob Henniker; and in Jan. 1810, 
 after having made a voyage to Lisbon and Quebec, 
 he was rated Master's Mate of the Belvidera 36, 
 Capt. Rich. Byron. In that ship he visited the 
 latitude of Greenland, cruized for some time on the 
 coast of Africa, and then sailed for North America, 
 
 * In this vessel he had chatfre of a watch, 
 f Exclusive of Transport time. 
 
 where it was his fortune, 23 June, 1812, to partici- 
 pate in the Belvideka's celebrated retreat from a 
 powerful squadron under Commodore Rodgers, with 
 whom she endured a running action, which killed 2 
 and wounded 22 of her crew, and lasted until the 
 enemy at length surrendered the chase. In May, 
 1814, he removed to the Devastation bomb, Capt. 
 Thos. Alexander ; and in Aug. of the same year, if 
 we mistake not, he ascended the Potomac, and was 
 present at the capitulation of Alexandria. He pro- 
 ceeded shortly afterwards to the Lakes of Canada, 
 where he continued to serve as Master's Mate in 
 the Prince Regent, Capt. Henry Thos. Davies, 
 Psyche, Capt. Peter Fisher, and Star, Capt. Massey 
 Hutchinson Herbert ; as Acting-Master in the Mon- 
 treal, Capt. Allan Totty; as Acting-Lieutenant in 
 the Netley, Capt. Fraa. Brace; and as Acting- 
 Commander in the Sapphire, until July, 1817. He 
 then returned to England, and on his arrival was 
 presented with a commission dated back to 20 
 March, 1815. In 1824 he was appointed an Agent 
 for Transports Afloat. Since he left that service he 
 has not been employed. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 12; h-p., 29.) 
 John Sutton Williams entered the Navy, 11 
 Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Peterel 16, 
 Capt. John Lamborn, stationed in the West Indies, 
 where he attained the rating of Midshipman in Jan. 
 1807, and removed in succession, in July, 1808, and 
 April, 1809, to the D.s;dalus 32, Capt. Sam. Hood 
 Inglefield, and Hebe 32, Capt. John Fyffe. In the 
 D^DALUS he was present, in Dec. 1808, at the re- 
 duction, by a force under Capt. Chas. Dashwood of 
 the Franchise 36, of the town of Samana, St. Do- 
 mingo, notorious as a nest for privateers, two of 
 which were at the same time taken. On the return 
 of the Hebe to England Mr. Williams, who had for 
 some time performed the duties of Blaster's Mate, 
 was received, in Aug. 1811, on board the Thisbe 
 28, guard-ship in the river 'Thames. In the follow- 
 ing Oct. he joined the Queen 74, Capt. Lord Col- 
 ville, off Brest. He served next, from March, 1812, 
 until Feb. 1813, again as Master's Mate, in the San 
 JcSEF 110 and Qoeen Charlotte 100, flag-ships of 
 Lord Keith in the Channel ; he was th en transferred 
 to the Abgo 44, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral 
 Wm. Brown at Jamaica ; and on 2 Oct. 1814 (having 
 passed his examination 5 Feb. 1812) he was nomi- 
 nated Acting-Lieutenant, on that station, of the 
 Moselle 18, Capt. John Moberly. He returned to 
 England in the latter vessel in July, 1815, and found 
 on his arrival that he had been officially promoted 
 by a commission bearing date 9 Feb. preceding. 
 His next appointment was, 21 Jan. 1817, to the 
 Beaver 10, Capt. Norwich Duff, with whom we 
 again find him proceeding to the West Indies. On 
 1 Nov. following he there exchanged into the Pique 
 36, Capt. John Mackellar; he went back, 6 July, 
 1818, to the Beaver, then commanded by Capt. 
 Robt. Rochford Felix ; and in the ensuing Oct. he 
 joined the IiArne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe. He 
 was paid off from the ship last fnentioned 19 Jan. 
 1819; and has not been since afloat. 
 Lieut. Williams is married. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1807. p-p., 19; H-p., 30.) 
 
 Joseph Williams died in 1848. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 March, 1798, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Prothee, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander John M'Kennie, lying at Portsmouth. From 
 the ensuing Dec. until July, 1802, he served in the 
 Determin^e 24, Capt. Philip Beaver, in the Medi- 
 terranean ; in Dec. 1803 he became Midshipman of 
 the Busy sloop, Capt. Timothy Clinch ; and in April, 
 1804, he sailed for the West Indies, where, having 
 followed Capt. Clinch into the Osprey 18, he was 
 afforded an opportunity. 17 M^, 1805, of assisting 
 at the capture of the Teaser French privateer of 
 7 guns and 51 men. After he had been for about 
 five months employed, still in the West Indies, in 
 the NoRTHnMBERLAND 74, Capt. Nathaniel Day 
 Cochrane, he was there nominated, 1 Jan. 1807, 
 
WILLIAMS. 
 
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 Sub-Lieutenant of the Trinidad schooner. Ho 
 was placed in command, 3 Aug. following, with the 
 rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Safety schooner, 
 and to that vessel he was confirmed 17 Nov. in the 
 same year. He invalided home in April, 1808 ; and 
 during the after part of the war (with the exception 
 of a few months passed in 1809 on board the Dan- 
 NEMARK 74, Capt. Jas. Bisset) was employed in 
 command, on the Home station, of the Weazle 
 hired schooner. Poll hired cutter, and Ant and 
 Mistletoe schooners. From 6 Feb. until 13 Sept. 
 1617 he commanded the Nimble and Badger Ke- 
 venue-cruizers off Dover and Harwich; he filled an 
 appointment in the Water Guard from 15 Oct. until 
 22 Nov. 1822 ; and from 1 June, 1839, until 2 Feb. 
 1843, and again from 22 March, 1847, until the early 
 part of 1848, he had charge of the Semaphore sta- 
 tions at Chelsea and Haslemere. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieutenant, 1824.) 
 
 Lawrence Blount "Williams entered the Navy 
 12 June, 1812; and was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 10 Aug. 1824. "With the exception of 
 an appointment in the Coast Guard, which he held 
 for a short time in 1838-9, he has not been since 
 employed. 
 
 He is married and has issue. 
 
 "WILLIAMS. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Poulton "Williams entered the Navy 13 April, 
 1812; passed his examination in 1820 ; and obtained 
 his commission 11 Feb. 1826. He has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 "WILLIAMS. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Richard "Williams entered the Navy 4 Nov. 
 1824 ; passed his examination in 1831 ; and, as a 
 reward for his services on the coast of Syria and at 
 the bombardment of St. Jean d' Acre, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His suc- 
 ceeding appointments were — 15 Dec. 1840, to the 
 Thunderer 84, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge 
 Berkeley and Daniel Pring, in the Mediterranean — 
 14 Feb. 1843, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 David Milne at Plymouth— 12 May, 1843, to the 
 CuRA^OA 24, Capt. Thos. Sabine Pasley, fitting for 
 South America, where he was superseded in April, 
 1845— and, 2 Feb. 1846, to the Albion 90, Capts. 
 Nicholas Lockyer and Chas. Howe Fremantle, with 
 whom he served in the Channel and Mediterranean 
 until paid off at the commencement of 1847. 
 
 "WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 17; h-p., 24.) 
 EiCHARD NiCHOLLS "WiLiiAMS entered the Navy, 
 22 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. "Vol., on board the Samp- 
 son 64, Capt. "Wm. Cuming, in which ship he visited 
 Rio de Janeiro and the Rio de la Plata, and thence 
 proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena. 
 On his return he joined, in May, 1807, the Inflex- 
 ible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley "Watson, lying in 
 Gillingham Reach. In the following month he re- 
 moved to the Cvane 22, Capt. Thos. Staines; and 
 in Feb. 1808, after having served as Midshipman in 
 the expedition against Copenhagen, he was received 
 on board the Volage 22, Capt. Philip Ii. J. Ro- 
 senhagen, with whom, and with Capt. Fleetwood 
 Broughton Reynolds Pellew, he continued employed 
 in the Resistance 38, on the Mediterranean station, 
 from Aug. 1810 until presented in Jan. 1814 with a 
 commission bearing date 3 Nov. 1813. He assisted, 
 while in the Volage, at the capture of Le Sequin 
 French national brig of 16 guns and 110 men, at 
 the defence of Sicily against the threatened inva- 
 sion of Murat, and at the reduction of the islands 
 of Ischia and Procida ; and was engaged in a variety 
 of skirmishes and boat-attacks on the coast of Italy. 
 "When in company, in the Resistance, with the Edin- 
 burgh 74, Imperieuse 38, and Swallow, Eclair, 
 and Pylades sloops, he aided in silencing the fire 
 of several batteries at Port d'Anzo, where a convoy 
 of 29 vessels fell into the hands of the British. 
 From Dec. 1814 until 10 Dec. 1815 Mr. "Williams 
 
 served in the Channel and "West Indies in the Gold- 
 finch 10, Capt. John Foote ; he was employed in 
 the Transports ervice (he made two voyages to the 
 Pacific) from 1827 until 1829; and from 15 June, 
 1831, until the summer of 1834, and from 30 Nov. 
 1838 until Sept. 1840, he commanded the Royalist 
 10 and Lightning steamer. In the former vessel, 
 the Royalist, he was stationed in the river Douro, 
 at St. IJbe's, for the protection of British interests. 
 On leaving Oporto he received an address from the 
 British merchants, and the thanks of the British 
 Consul. He gained the acknowledgments, also, of 
 the British Vice-Consul at St. IJbe's, and received 
 a letter from Rear-Admiral "Wm. Parker, the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, expressive of his approbation " of 
 the zeal with which the important duties intrusted 
 to him had been executed." During his command 
 of the Lightning, Mr. "WiUiams had the honour of 
 conveying the Queen Dowager from the Hastings 
 72, at Spithead, into Portsmouth Harbour. He ac- 
 companied next the Firebrand steamer, -with the 
 suite of the Grand-Duke of Russia, from Deptford 
 to Rotterdam ; and he conveyed the Grand-Duke 
 Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and family, with the 
 Prince Leiningen, from Portsmouth to Lisbon — the 
 latter personage back to Plymouth, and afterwards 
 from "Woolwich to Ostend — the Duchess of Bra- 
 ganza from Hamburgh to Woolwich — and the Grand- 
 Duke Ferdinand and family again from Woolwich 
 to Ostend. On the latter occasion the Lightning, 
 previously to her departure from Woolwich, wr,s 
 visited by Her Majesty the Queen, by the Duchess 
 of Kent, and by the King and Queen of the Bel- 
 gians. Before she sailed, as above, from Lisbon, 
 Mr. Williams was presented at the hands of Prince 
 Leiningen, and by the desire of the Queen of Por- 
 tugal, with the Order of the Tower and Sword. He 
 was appointed, 3 Aug. 1846, to the Caledonia 120, 
 Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, at Devonport; and since 
 28 Jan. 1848 he has been serving there in the Agin- 
 couET 72, depot-ship of Ordinary. 
 Lieut. Williams is married. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Samuel Williams entered the Navy 16 June, 
 1813 ; passed his examination in 1819 ; and was 
 made Lieutenant, 12 Jan. 1825, into the Eden 26, 
 Capt. John Lawrence, on the West India station, 
 whence he returned about the close of the same 
 year. From 17 Oct. 1828 until 6 Feb. 1832 he was 
 employed on particular service in the Dispatch 18, 
 Capts. Wm. Bohun Bowyer and Edw. Augustus 
 I'rankland. He has since been on half-pay. Agent 
 — J. Chippendale. 
 
 "WILLIAMS. (Commander, 1814. F-r., 18; 
 H-p., 35.) 
 
 Thomas Williams died about the commence- 
 ment of 1849. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1794, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. 
 Louis, in which ship he cruized in the Channel, 
 fought at the battle of the Nile, and continued em- 
 ployed as Master's Mate in the Mediterranean until 
 there nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 29 April, 1800, 
 of the Floeentina, Capt. Broughton. In June, 
 1802, he returned to England. He served during 
 the late war on the Mediterranean, West India, 
 Baltic, and Home stations in the Britannia 100, 
 Capt. (afterwards Rear- Admiral) the Earl of North- 
 esk. Leopard, Ambuscade, and Canopus, bearing 
 each the flag of Sir Thos. Louis, Hercule 74 and 
 Veteran 64, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. 
 Dacres, Eclair sloop, Capt. Quash, Brunswick 74, 
 Capt. Thos. Graves, Mars, Superb, and Milford 
 74's, all flag-ships of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, Dun- 
 can 74, Capt. Robt. Lambert, Ville de Paris 110, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, and 
 Bombay Castle 74. In the Canopus he was pre- 
 sent in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. He 
 served as Flag-Lieutenant on board the Mars from 
 23 March until 11 June, 1808; and on 27 June, 
 1814, having been so employed in the Bombay 
 
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 WILLIAMS. 
 
 Castle, when she bore the flag for a short period 
 of the Board of Admiralty, he was made Com- 
 mander into the Dekwent sloop, on the Newfound- 
 land station. This was his last appointment. He 
 was placed on half-pay in Nov. 1815. 
 
 Commander 'Williams was a Magistrate for oo. 
 Devon. His only daughter Louisa married, 2 Nov. 
 1846, Geo. Tobin, Esq., of the Queen's Royals, son 
 of Major-General Tobin, R.A. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p.,24;* h-p., 18.) 
 Thomas Williams (6) entered the Navy, 2 
 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pigmy 
 14, Lieut. -Commander Wm. Smith ; and in the 
 course of the same year was wrecked in St. Aubin's 
 Bay, Jersey. He served, from March, 1806, until 
 Oct. 1807, in the BELLEiSLEf and Northumberland 
 74's, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Hargood on 
 the North American and West India stations ; and 
 he was employed afterwards as Midshipman and 
 Master's Mate— from Oct. 1807 until" Got. 1810 in 
 the Bedford 74, Capts. Jas. Walker and Adam Mac- 
 kenzie, on the coast of Brazil, whither he escorted 
 the Koyal Family of Portugal — from Oct. 1810 until 
 Dec. 1812, in the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey, Subtle, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Brown, 
 Opossum, Capt. Thos. Wolrige, and Ringdove, Capt. 
 Wm. Dowers, all in the West Indies — and from Dec. 
 1812, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 
 Feb. 1815, in the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Jas. 
 Nash, and Opossum again, Capts. T. Wolrige and 
 Sir John Chas. Richardson. He was appointed an 
 Agent for Transports 9 Jan. 1823 ; and since 23 Feb. 
 1834 has beeil employed as Director of Police at 
 Devonport Dockyard. He had been appointed to 
 the Ordinary at that place 5 June, 1833. 
 
 Lieut. Williams obtained a pension of 91Z. 5s. per 
 annum for wounds 1 July, 1816. During the session 
 of 1828-9 he received the large silver medal of the 
 Society of Arts for his invention of oars to be 
 worked by one hand. He married, 27 June, 1827, 
 Juliana, only daughter of J. Drinkwater, Esq., of 
 Queen Anne Cottage, Plymouth. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 25 ; h-p., 20.) 
 Thomas Mark Williams entered the Navy, in 
 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumber- 
 land 74, Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, stationed off Eerrol. In June, 
 1805, having proceeded to the West Indies in pur- 
 suit of a French squadron which had escaped from 
 Rochefort, he there removed as Midshipman to the 
 Circe 32, Capts. Jonas Rose, Joseph Spear, and 
 Hugh Pigot. In that frigate he assisted at the cap- 
 ture, in Deo. 1807, and March, 1808, of the Danish 
 islands and of the island of Marie-galante. In Dec. 
 1808, after he had been for a few weeks employed 
 with Capt. Pigot in the Captain 74, he rejoined 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane on board the Neptune 98, com- 
 manded by Capt. Chas. Dilkes. He returned to 
 England in the early part of 1809 in the Achates 
 14, Capt. Thos. Pinto ; he served from May in that 
 year until Aug. 1810 at Portsmouth in the Gladi- 
 ator 44, Lieut.-Commander John Price; and he 
 then joined in succession the Dragon 74, flag-ship 
 of Sir Fras. Laforey, the Statiea 38, Capt. C. 
 Dilkes, the Dragon again, and the Castor 32, 
 Capt. Dilkes, all on his former station, the West 
 Indies; whence he accompanied the ofiicer last 
 mentioned to the Mediterranean. In July, 1814, 
 at which period he had been for two years and four 
 months discharging the duties of Master's Mate, he 
 sailed in the Havannah 36, Capt. Gawen Wm. 
 Hamilton, for the coast of North America, for the 
 purpose of joining the Tonn ant 80, bearing the flag 
 of his patron Sir A. Cochrane. In command of a 
 pinnace belonging to the latter ship we find him 
 participating in much arduous service up the. 
 
 * Not including Transport time. 
 
 ■f- The Bklleislk, in company with the Eellona T4, and 
 Melampits 36, assisted, 14 Sept. 1806, at the destruction, off 
 Cape Henry, of the Impeiucux French ship of 74 guns and 
 670 men. 
 
 Chesapeake; and present also, 14 Dec. 1814, with 
 the boats of a squadron under Capt. Nicholas 
 Lockyer, at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five 
 American gun- vessels under Commodore Jones, 
 whose resistance was protracted until the British 
 had sustained a loss of 17 men killed and 77 
 wounded. While on Lake Borgne he for many weeks 
 never slept out of his boat. For his activity and 
 promptitude of conduct in the execution of his 
 duty he frequently received the thanks of his su- 
 periors. He was made Lieutenant, 20 Feb. 1815, on 
 a death-vacancy, into the Thames, armee-en-flute^ 
 Capts. Hon. Chas. Leonard Irby and Wm. Walpole. 
 He returned home in her from the West Indies in 
 Aug. 1816 ; and he was employed afterwards — from 
 Dec. 1820 until 1822, in the Seringapatam 46, 
 Capt. Sam. Warren, on the Lisbon and Mediterra- 
 nean stations — from 10 June, 1824, until the com- 
 mencement of 1831, in the Coast Blockade as a 
 Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Bamillies 74 
 and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye — and from 16 March, 1831, until the 
 summer of 18.33 in the Coast Guard. 
 
 During the war Lieut. Williams frequently dis- 
 tinguished himself in cutting-out expeditions in the 
 West Indies and Mediterranean. He has published 
 a lithographic drawing, executed by himself, repre- 
 senting the gallant attack upon the enemy's vessels 
 on Lake Borgne. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 33.) 
 William John Williams entered the Navy, 3 
 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Imp^rieuse 
 38, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotliam, with whom, after 
 cruizing in the Channel, he removed, in the spring 
 of 1804, to the Bevolutionnaire 44. In that 
 frigate he escorted the Duke of Sussex from Lisbon 
 to Portsmouth, accompanied the outward-bound 
 East India trade to the line, and visited the coast 
 of North America. He was also present in Sir 
 Rich. Straohan's action 4 Nov. 1805. On 19 July, 
 1806, about four months after he had become Mid- 
 shipman of the Blanche of 46 guns and 265 men, 
 Capt. Thos. Lavie, we find him present at the cap- 
 ture, off' the Faeroe islands, of the Guerriere French 
 frigate of 50 guns and 317 men, after a severe 
 action, in which the British had but 4 men wounded, 
 and the enemy as many as 50 killed and wounded. 
 For his gallantry in achieving this exploit Capt. 
 Lavie received the honour of knighthood. On the 
 night of 4 March, 1807, the Blanche was wrecked 
 off'Ushant; and from that period until May, 1814, 
 Mr. Williams was detained a prisoner of war in 
 France. He was promoted to the rank of Lieu- 
 tenant 6 March, 1815, and has since been on 
 half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Williams has for some time filled an ap- 
 pointment in the Customs. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 WILLIAMS. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 9.) 
 Woodford John Williams entered the Navy 1 
 Aug. 1822 ; obtained his first commission 25 June, 
 1828 ; and was appointed next— 1 Aug. 1829, to the 
 Trinculo 18, Capt. Sam. Price, on the Cork star 
 tion— 2 MajT and 23 Sept. 1831, to the Seringa- 
 patam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, and Tyne 
 28, Capt. Chas. Hope, both in South America, 
 whence he returned in Jan. 1834—25 Feb. 1835, to 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. 
 Thos. Hastings— 11 April, 1836, to the Hercules 
 74, Capt. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, on 
 the Home station— 19 Aug. 1837, as Senior, for 
 about three months, to the Pique 36, Capt. Edw. 
 Boxer, fitting at Portsmouth— and 10 April, 1838, to 
 the command of the Termagant brigantine, of 10 
 guns, on the coast of Africa. He attained the rank 
 of Commander 28 June, 1838 ; served in that ca- 
 pacity in the Stromboli steamer in the Mediter- 
 ranean (where he assisted at the capture of Sidon* 
 and at- the bombardment of St. Jean d'Aore) from 
 18 July, 1840, until advanced to his present rank 
 • Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2603. 
 
WILLIAMSON— WILLIS. 
 
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 2 June, 1841 ; and from 24 Oct. 1846 until paid off 
 at the close of 1848, was employed, chiefly on the 
 Home station, in the AapmON steam-frigate of 300 
 horse-power. 
 
 Capt. 'Williams married, 3 Feb. 1842, Anne, third 
 daughter of the Rev. Dr. Morgan, Chaplain of 
 Portsmouth Dooltyard. 
 
 WILLIAMSON. (LiEDT., 1807. f-p., 32 ; 
 
 H-P.,15.) 
 
 Geokge 'Williamson entered the Navy, 29 June, 
 1800, as A.B., on board the Pelican sloop, Capts. 
 John Thicknease, Geo. M'Kinley, Hon. A. Leveson 
 Gower, Henry 'Whitby, Trelawney, and Thos. Garth. 
 After serving for some time on the coast of France, 
 he sailed for the "West Indies with despatches rela- 
 tive to the treaty of Amiens. In the spring of 1803 
 he there removed as Midshipman (a rating he had 
 attained in June, 1801) to the Santa Margarita 
 36, Capt.'Wilson Rathbome ; in which frigate, on re- 
 turning to Europe, he was for some time actively 
 employed with the Channel fleet, and was present 
 as Master's Mate in Sir Rich. Strachan's action off 
 Ferrol4 Nov. 1805. In 1806 he again proceeded to 
 the "West Indies, where he continued to serve, we 
 are told, as Midshipman in the Northumberland 
 and Belleisle 74's, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Alex. 
 Cochrane, as Sub-Lieutenant in the Morne For- 
 TDNfeE schooner, Lieut.-Commander Brown, and as 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the Demeraba, Capt. 'Wm. 
 Paterson, until after the surrender of the Danish 
 islands. His commission as Lieutenant bears date 
 10 April, 1807. In July, 1808, he was appointed, 
 for three months, to the Neptune 98, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. "Williams, on the Channel station ; and he 
 was next, from 21 March, 1809, until obliged by ill 
 health to invalid 17 March, 1813, employed in the 
 Defiance 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and 
 Rich. Raggett. In that ship (whose loss on the oc- 
 casion extended to 2 men killed and 25 wounded) 
 he contributed, 24 Feb. 1809, to the destruction of 
 three French frigates under the batteries of Sable 
 d'OIonne. He also co-operated in her with the 
 patriots on the north coast of Spain ; and was for a 
 period stationed in the North Sea. In March, 1819, 
 he obtained an appointment in the Ordinary at 
 Shecrness ; he commanded a Semaphore station on 
 Portsdown Hill from 19 March, 1822, until 6 March, 
 1827, and again from 6 March, 1832, until 8 March, 
 1837 ; and he was appointed, 17 Aug. 1838 and 18 
 Jan. 1839, First of the Ocean 80 and Poictiers 72, 
 Capts. Sir John Hill and John Clavell, guard-ships 
 at Sheerness and Chatham. He remained in the 
 Poictiers until Aug. 1841 ; and since 10 March, 
 1842, has been afresh in charge of the Semaphore 
 at Portsmouth. 
 
 Lieut. 'Williamson is married and has issue. 
 
 WILLIAMSON. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 32; 
 H-p., 16.) 
 
 Neilson Williamson died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Oct. 1798, as 
 A.B., on board the Rattle gun-brig, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Sam. 'Wickham; in which vessel he. cruized 
 in the North Sea and Baltic, until paid off in April, 
 1802 — the greater part of the time as Midshipman. 
 From April, 1803, until some time in 1804, he was 
 employed in the latter capacity and as Master's 
 Mate in the Vesuvius bomb and Fly 18, both com- 
 manded by Capt. Robt. O'Brien, in the Downs, 
 North Sea, and 'West Indies; he then joined, on 
 promotion, the Hercule 74, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth at Jamaica ; and from Aug. 1804 
 until July, 1808, he acted as Master, on the same 
 station, of the Goelan sloop, Capts. 'Wm. Templer, 
 Edw. Crofton, John Ayscough, Arthur Lysaght, 
 Benj. Clement, and Fred. Hoffman. He was often, 
 in the 'Vesuvius, in action with the French Invasion 
 flotilla at Boulogne ; and he came into frequent con- 
 tact, in the Goelan, with the enemy's large pri- 
 vateers off St. Domingo and Cuba. On one occa- 
 sion he was wounded. 'While the Goelan was 
 lying at Honduras, Mr. 'Williamson was sent in 
 
 charge of a .cartel from Belize to Omoa, on the 
 Spanish Main. On entering the harbour a fire was 
 opened upon him from the fortress, and some time 
 elapsed before he was allowed to communicate 
 with the Governor. On his return to Belize the 
 perseverance and zeal he had shown obtained for 
 him the thanks of Colonel Hamilton, the Governor 
 at that place. In Oct. 1808, having arrived home 
 with convoy as Acting-Master in the Adamant 50, 
 Capt. Micajah Malbon, he was appointed as such to 
 the Crescent 36, Capt. John Temple; under whom 
 it was his misfortune to be wrecked, 6 Dec. ensuing, 
 in a gale of wind off the coast of Jutland. Out of a 
 crew of 280 persons 60 only were saved. Mr. "Wil- 
 liamson (who was the Senior officer left), after tra- 
 velling a distance of 400 miles with his companions, 
 through Jutland, Zealand, and Sweden, and suffer- 
 ing confinement in Kronenburg Castle, was released 
 en parole and allowed to join Sir Rich. Goodwin 
 Keats in the Superb 74, at Gottenborg; whence, as 
 soon as the ice broke up, he returned home in the 
 Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson. 
 On 9 June, 1809, he was appointed Master of the 
 Bonne Citotenne of 20 guns and 127 men, Capt. 
 'Wm. Mounsey ; and on 6 July following, while pro- 
 ceeding with convoy to North America, he was pre- 
 sent, and was mentioned for the able assistance he 
 afforded, at the capture of La Furieuse, French fri- 
 gate, of 20 guns (pierced for 48) and 200 men, ai-me- 
 en-flute, which did not surrender until a hard-fought 
 action of nearly seven hours had occasioned the 
 British a loss of 1 man killed and 5 wounded, and 
 herself of 35 killed and 37 wounded. On 17 Jan. 
 1810 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. 
 Continuing to serve in the Bonne Citoyenne, under 
 Capts. Rich. Jas. Lawrence O'Connor and Pitt Bur- 
 naby Greene, we find him in command of her boats 
 boarding and carrying, during a cruize on the coast 
 of France, Le Maitre de Danse, a privateer of 36 
 men, which he took charge of into Plymouth. 'When 
 subsequently on the Brazilian station he was em- 
 ployed in the Ranger hired schooner in carrying 
 despatches to the Viceroy of Monte Video during 
 the bombardment of that city. In Feb. 1812 he re- 
 moved to the FooDROYANT 80, flag-ship of Hon. 
 Michael De Couroy ; and in the following Nov. he 
 returned to England from South America and was 
 paid off. He was next, from 11 Aug. 1813 until 19 
 July, 1816, employed in the 'West Indies and Medi- 
 terranean, in the Leviathan 74, Capts. Patrick 
 Campbell, Adam Drummond, and Thos. Briggs. 
 'While in the "West Indies he participated in a va- 
 riety of operations against the enemy, and with the 
 boats under his orders captured two schooners on 
 the coast of St. Domingo. In 1815 he was present 
 at the surrender of Naples, Elba, and Marseilles ; 
 and in the early part of 1816 he visited Algiers, 
 Tunis, and Tripoli, for purposes connected with the 
 abolition of Christian slavery. 'While in command, 
 from 1825 until 1831, of the Fancy, Greyhound, 
 and Sylvia, Revenue cruizers, Mr. 'Williamson 
 saved the lives of 37 seamen who had been wrecked 
 on the coasts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, cap- 
 tured 10 smuggling-vessels and boats with 44 men, 
 took and destroyed 1694 tubs of spirits, and for his 
 zeal received the thanks of the Comptroller-General. 
 His last appointments were — 22 Feb. and 20 March, 
 1837, and 1 July and 17 Aug. 1838, to the San Josef 
 110, Temeraire 104, Ocean 80, and Poictiers 74, 
 Capts. John Hancock, Sir John Hill, and John 
 Clavell, guard-ships at Plymouth, Sheerness, and 
 Chatham, at the latter of which places he remained 
 until July, 1840— next to the Rendezvous for Sea- 
 men at Hull, where his successful exertions in rais- 
 ing seamen for the fleet procured him the thanks of 
 the Admiralty— and 17 Dec. 1841 to the post, which 
 he retained until his death, of Admiralty Agent on 
 
 board a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents 
 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WILLIS. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 12; H-p., 32.) 
 
 James 'Wyndbam "Willis entered the Navy, 16 
 March, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hydra 
 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, employed in the Channel 
 
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 and Mediterranean. In March, 1805, ho was lent to 
 the Ph<ebe frigate; he was subsequently taken pri- 
 soner and detained for three months at the island of 
 Majorca. Rejoining the Hydka in April, 1806, he 
 was in her, during the next three years and four 
 months, engaged in a variety of service on the 
 coasts of Spain and Portugal. On 7 Aug. 1807, with 
 the assistance of her boats, the Hydka obtained 
 possession, in a very gallant manner, of three armed 
 polacres (the Prince Eugene of 16 guns and 130 men, 
 Belle Caroline of 10 guns and 40 men, and Jtosario of 
 4 guns and 20 men) lying in the narrow harbour of 
 Begu, on the coast of Catalonia, under the fierce 
 defence of a battery mounting 4 26-pounders, of a 
 tower, and of a considerable land force. After 
 serving for a short time under Lord CoUingwood in 
 the ViiiLE BE Paris 110, Mr. 'Willia was made Lieu- 
 tenant, 13 Dec. 1809, into the Conijderok 74, Capt. 
 Edw. Fellowes; he invalided home from the Medi- 
 terranean in June, 1811; and he was appointed next 
 — 24 March, 1812, to the Stirling Castle 74, Capts. 
 Sir Jahleel Brenton and Augustus Brine, employed 
 in the Channel and otf Rochefort — 2 April, 1813, to 
 the Mosquito sloop, Capt. Jas. Tomklnson, stationed 
 in the "West Indies, and on the coast of Brazil — and 
 24 Nov. 1813, to the Charyems sloop, Capt. Jas. 
 Clephan, under whom he shared in the attack on 
 New Orleans. He has been on half-pay since 24 Aug. 
 1815. 
 
 WILLIS. (Captain, 1844.) 
 
 William Alexander Willis entered the Navy 
 
 24 Aug. 1811 ; and obtained his first commission 17 
 July, 1824. His succeeding appointments were — 10 
 Feb. 1825, to the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. 
 Ashley Maude— 4 Nov. 1828 and 12 May, 1831, to 
 the Ckuizek 18, Capt. John Edw. Griffith Colpoys, 
 and SocTHAMPTON 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. 
 R. Owen, both in the East Indies, whence he re- 
 turned at the close of 1831—3 Dec. 1832, as First- 
 Lieutenant, to the Vernon 50, flag-ship of Sir Geo. 
 Cockburn in North America and the West Indies— 
 
 25 June, 1833, to the command, on the same station, 
 of the Skipjack schooner — and 4 Sept. 1834, to the 
 President 52, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir G. Cock- 
 burn. He attained the rank of Commander 30 Oct. 
 1835 ; was appointed in that capacity, 13 Dec. 1841 
 and 3 Nov. 1842, to the Jaseur 16 and Frolic 16, 
 on the Mediterranean and South American stations ; 
 and for his meritorious services in the latter vessel 
 was advanced to Post-rank 15 March, 1844. 
 
 Capt. Willis was granted a pension for wounds 29 
 April, 1845. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WILLISON. (Lieut., 1811. r-p., 14 ; h-p., 33.) 
 John Willisow was born in 1789, and died in 
 1847. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 1 April, 1800, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mercury 28, Capt. Thos. 
 Rogers, under whom he was for about two years 
 employed in the Mediterranean. In June, 1803, he 
 became Midshipman of the Squirrel 20, Capts. 
 Ernest Bracon and John Shortland, attached to the 
 force in the Channel ; where, on his return from a 
 voyage to the coast of Africa, he removed, in Aug. 
 1805, to the Bellona 74, Capts. Chaa. Dudley Pater 
 and John Erskine Douglas. He sailed subsequently 
 for the coast of North America; where we find him, 
 in company with the Belleisle 74 and Melampus 
 36, assisting, 14 Sept. 1806, at the destruction, oflF 
 Cape Henry, of the French 74-gun ship Impe'lueux. 
 In March, 1809, he removed, as Master's Mate, to 
 the Kent 74, commanded by his former Captain, 
 Rogers, on the Mediterranean station ; and in the 
 following June he there joined the Villb de Paris 
 110; of which ship, bearing the flags in succession 
 of Lord CoUingwood and the late Sir Thos. Fras. 
 Fremantle, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 14 
 Nov. 1810. He was officially promoted 17 Jan. 1811, 
 and continued employed with the officer last-men- 
 tioned in the Rodney and Milford 74's until Aug. 
 1814. In the Milfokd he was present at the reduc- 
 tion of Fiume in July, 1813. His last appointment 
 
 was, 16 June, 1815, to the Wye 24, Capts. Andw. 
 Pellet Green and John Harper; in which vessel he 
 served off Jersey under the flag again of Sir T. F. 
 Fremantle until 30 Jan. 1816, and at Sheerness from 
 20 Feb. until 16 June in the latter year. 
 
 Lieut. Willison has left a widow and three 
 children. 
 
 WILLOUGHBY. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 Francis Willohghby-, bom 22 Oct. 1816, is fifth 
 son of Robt. Willoughby, Esq., of Kingsbury Clifi; 
 CO. Warwick, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, 
 by his third wife, Avarilla, eldest daughter of Edw. 
 Croxall, Esq., of Thurstoke, in the same CO. ; and 
 nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir Nesbit Josiah Wil- 
 lougliby, Kt., C.B., K.C.H. One of his brothers, 
 Henry John, is a Lieutenant in the 2nd European 
 Regiment, Bombay Army. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 2 June, 1830; 
 passed his examination 10 Sept. 1836 ; and served 
 as Mate in the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. Durnford King, and Gorgon steamer, Capt. 
 Chas. Hothara, at the Cape of Good Hope and in 
 South America, from 1840 until promoted to the 
 rank of Lieutenant 1 Nov. 1843. He was appointed, 
 28 of the month last-mentioned, Additional of the 
 Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commo- 
 dore John Brett Purvis on the coast of Brazil; was 
 employed from 21 Feb. 1844 until the early part of 
 1847 in the Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, in 
 the Pacific ; and from 5 Oct. in the latter year until 
 superseded in May, 1848, was First-Lieutenant, in 
 the Mediterranean, of the Hecate steam-sloop, of 
 240 horse-power, Capt. Rich. Moorman. 
 
 WILLOUGHBY. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 James Beautine Willoughby is a cousin of 
 Rear-Admiral Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, Kt., 
 C.B., K.C.H. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 20 May, 1830; 
 passed his examination 5 Feb. 1837 ; served for 
 some time as Mate in the Niagara 20, Capt. Wil- 
 liams Sandom, on the Lakes of Canada; and on the 
 occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 
 14 Dec. 1841, was nominated Additional, for a short 
 period, of the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. 
 Adam on the North America and West India sta- 
 tion. He was employed next, from 12 Oct. 1842 
 until the summer of 1844, in the Wakspite 50, 
 Capts. Lord John Hay and Provo Wm. Parry 
 Wallis, in the Mediterranean ; and from 3 Nov. 
 1845, until after his promotion to the rank he now 
 holds, which took place 9 Nov. 1846, in the Mohawk 
 and Cherokee steamers, each commanded by Lieut. 
 Wm. Newton Fowell, on the Canadian Lakes. He 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 At a meeting of the Committee of the Royal Hu- 
 mane Society, held 17 Feb. 1847, the unanimous 
 thanks of the Committee were presented to Com- 
 mander Willoughby for "the judgment, coolness, 
 and intrepidity displayed by him on 25 Nov. 1846 
 in rescuing the crew of a vessel wrecked on Pigeon 
 Island, Lake Ontario, and who were nearly perished 
 from the; intense cold, by his having undertaken 
 the dangerous task of proceeding in one boat, 
 and George Parker, boatswain's mate, in another, 
 through a high surf, and the risk of landing immi- 
 nent." He had been already awarded the Hono- 
 rary Medal of the Institution for his courage and 
 humanity on a similar occasion. 
 
 WILLOUGHBY, Kt, C.B., K.C.H. (Reab-Ad- 
 MIRAL OF THE White, 1847. T-P., 23 ; H-p., 34.) 
 Sir NESsrr Josiah Willoughby, born 29 Aug. 
 1777, is third son of the late Robt. Willoughby, 
 Esq., of Cossall and Aspley Hall, co. Notts, and of 
 Kingsbury Clifi; co. Warwick (of whose ancestors, 
 one fought at Cressy, another at Poictiers, and a 
 third. Sir Thos. Willoughby, with distinction, at 
 Agincourt), by his second marriage with Barbara, 
 daughter of Jas. Bruce, Esq., of Kinlock, whose 
 wife was a great-granddaughter of the Earl of 
 Lauderdale. One of Sir Nesbit J. Willoughby's 
 
WILLOUGilBY. 
 
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 own brothers, Moncrieffe, a Major in tlie 27th Foot, 
 died in 1840; a second, Charles, a Captain in the 
 same regiment, perished in the "West Indies ; and a 
 third, Suttaby, a Lieutenant in tlie 44th Foot, lost 
 his life in Spain in 1812. Of his half-brothers, the 
 eldest, Lieut.-Colonel Kobt. Willoughby, is now of 
 Kingsbury Cliff; another, Thomas Ferrers, was lost 
 in the Sylph sloop, off' Long Island, 17 Jan. 181 5. 
 Sir Neebit is uncle, further, of Lieut. Fras. Wil- 
 loughby, R.N. ; and cousin of Commander J. B. 
 Willoughby, R.N. Among his ancestral connexions 
 wo may record the names of Sir Christopher Wil- 
 loughby, Kt., of Cossall, who was summoned to 
 Parliament as Baron Willoughby de Eresby — of Sir 
 Rich. Willoughby, Kt., who was Chief Justice of 
 the Common Pleas in the reign of Edward II. — of 
 Robert, Lord Willoughby (brother of the before- 
 named Sir Thos. Willoughby), the last English Go- 
 vernor of Paris, one of the greatest soldiers of his 
 age- of Sir Fras. Willoughby, famed for his suc- 
 cessful defence of the Castle of Dublin against the 
 partizans of Roger Moore — and of the loyal Lord 
 Willoughby, whose stout opposition to the Parlia- 
 mentary forces sent to effect the reduction of Bar- 
 badoes in 1651 ha,s procured him a page in the his- 
 tory of that troubled period. Sir Nesbit is also 
 related to the present Lord Middleton, Captain 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 May, 1790, as 
 a Volunteer, on board the Latona 38, Capt. Albe- 
 marle Bertie, employed on the Home station, where, 
 and off the American coast, he continued to serve 
 until Jan. 1793, latterly as Midshipman, in the same 
 ship, and in the Edgab 74, Capt. Anthony Jas. Pye 
 MoUoy, Alligatob 28, Capt. Isaac Coffin, and Ven- 
 GEAHOE 74, Commodore Thos. Pasley. Joining, 
 then, the Orphehs 32, Capt. Henry Newcome, he 
 sailed for the coast of Africa, and there, on 22 and 
 24 April, 1793, assisted in cutting out four French 
 brigs and a schooner, of one of which vessels he 
 was made prize-master. We next find him, during 
 a cruize oft' the Isle of France, contributing to the 
 capture, 5 May, 1794, of ie Dvguay Trouin, a French 
 frigate of 34 guns, after a sharp action of an hour 
 and 10 minutes, in which the enemy, out of a crew 
 of 403 men, sustained a loss of 21 killed and 60 
 wounded, and the British, whose total number did 
 not exceed 194, of 1 person killed and 9 wounded. 
 Being in the same ship at the reduction of Malacca 
 in Aug. 1795, Mr. Willoughby commanded a boat 
 on that occasion, in company with another under 
 Lord Caraelford, at the boarding of the Dutch ship 
 Cmistaniia, who had worked herself into the mud, 
 was well armed, and had 100 men on board ; and in 
 1796 he further shared in the reduction of Amboyna 
 and Banda, together with their several dependen- 
 cies. After a prolonged servitude in the East In- 
 dies on board the Heboine 32, Capt. Alan Hyde 
 Gardner, and Suffolk 74, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Peter Rainier, he was promoted to a 
 Lieutenancy, 13 Jan. 1798, in the VioTORions 74, 
 Capt. Wm. Clark ; on leaving which ship, in June, 
 1799, he assumed command of the Ambotna brig, 
 but for a limited period only, his health soon 
 obliging him to invalid into the Sceptke 64, Capt. 
 Valentine Edwards, for a passage to the Cape of 
 Good Hope. On 19 of the following Sept. Mr. Wil- 
 loughby, owing to the failure of a previous expedi- 
 tion, took voluntary charge of the boats belonging 
 to the last-mentioned ship, conducted them through 
 a heavy surf, and effected the destruction of 
 L' Eclair privateer, of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 83 
 men, moored within a reel of rocks close to the 
 island of Rodriguez. Not long after this afi'air he 
 performed an act of great generosity in springing 
 overboard, although the attempt proved vain, to 
 save the life of a man. On the destruction of 
 the Sceptre, during a violent gale in Table Bay, 
 5 Nov. following, Mr. Willoughby, who had the good 
 fortune at the time to be on shore, returned to 
 England, and on 26 Auf. 1800 was appointed to 
 the Rdssel 74, Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Wm. 
 Cuming, under the latter of whom he fought at the 
 battle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. On that me- 
 
 morable occasion, while detached in one of the 
 ship's boats, he boarded the Froversteen block-ship, 
 of 56 guns, under a heavy fire from the lower deck, 
 kept up in opposition to the wishes of her Com- 
 mander, who had hauled down her colours in token 
 of submission. Although not supported by more 
 than 30 men, he succeeded in retaining possession 
 of her under most hazardous circumstances until 
 the next morning. The gallantry of his achieve- 
 ment was acknowledged by three cheers from the 
 RnssEL's crew. We next, on 17 July, 1803, find 
 him, in a single boat belonging to the Leviathan 
 74 (which ship, bearing the flag on the Jamaica sta- 
 tion of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he had joined 
 about 12 months previously), and with only 2 Mid- 
 shipmen and 7 men, boarding and securing, off Cape 
 Donna Maria, after a row of seven or eight miles, 
 a French national armed ship, L'Athenaise, com- 
 manded by a Lieut. -de-fregate, and having on 
 board 50 persons, inclusive of several military 
 officers, and who had not heard of the renewal of 
 hostilities. On 30 Nov. 1803, when the French 
 General, Rochambeau, evacuated Cape Francois, 
 Mr. Willoughby, who had in the mean time re- 
 moved with Sir J. Duckworth to the Hercule 74, 
 was the instrument under Providence of saving the 
 French 40-gun frigate La Clorinde and 900 souls 
 from the destruction with which they were threat- 
 ened by the blacks under General Dessalines, who 
 were in possession of Fort St. Joseph, on the 
 rocks immediately beneath which La Clwinde had 
 grounded. Sir John Duckworth, in his official de- 
 spatch to the Admiralty, narrates the event, and 
 attributes its happy issue to the " uncommon ex- 
 ertions and professional abilities " of Mr. Willough- 
 by.* During the operations of 1804 against Cura- 
 90a, where for 25 consecutive days he was exposed 
 to three and four diurnal attacks from the enemy, 
 he again distinguished himself by a display of 
 marked firmness and daring. Landing on that 
 island on 31 Jan., he first of all commanded a party 
 at the storming of Fort Piscadero, mounting 10 
 Dutch 12-pounders, that had opposed the debarka- 
 tion of the troops ; the day after which event he 
 was placed in charge of the advanced battery, situ- 
 ated about 800 yards to the westward of the town of 
 St. Ann. He had the good fortune, on the morning of 
 5 Feb., to defeat, with not more than 85 seamen and 
 marines, as many as 500 of the Dutch and French, 
 after a hard fight and a loss of 23 men killed and 
 wounded ; and on the 24th, when the British re-em- 
 harked, he covered their retreat, assisted at the 
 destruction of Fort Piscadero, and was among the 
 last to leave the shore. During his occupation of 
 the advanced battery, he frequently, for the pur- 
 pose of inspiriting the depressed portion of his men, 
 took his meals in an awfully exposed situation, 
 under a full shower of the enemy's missiles. " The 
 earth," says Mr. James, " was ploughed up all 
 around, and one man, we believe, was killed close 
 to the spot ; but still the table and chair, and the 
 daring young officer who sat there, remained un- 
 touched. On one occasion Lieut. Sam. Perrot, 
 R.M., was induced to sit himself in the chair: 
 scarcely had he done so, when a shot came, took off 
 his left arm, badly wounded the knee upon which 
 it had been resting, and knocked the table to 
 atoms." On 14 March, 1804, we find Mr. Wil- 
 loughby capturing, in command of the Heroule's 
 boats. La Felmiti French privateer, whose fire occa- 
 sioned them a loss of a Midshipman and 2 men se- 
 verely_ wounded. When the same ship, on 6 of the 
 following Sept., was caught in a fearful hurricane 
 off the Silver Keys, during which 300 vessels are 
 supposed to have been lost, this meritorious officer, 
 although at the time on the doctor's list, was the 
 first person — even the oldest seamen being appalled 
 — who summoned courage to mount into the f'ore- 
 top_ and clear away the wreck of the foretopmast, 
 which had been blown over the side, thus saving 
 the lower mast, which already was in a tottering 
 state. In Feb. 1805, having taken command of a 
 merchant schooner of about 30 tons burthen, manned 
 • Vide Gaz. 180-(, pp. 1G4, 166. 
 
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 WILLOUGHBY. 
 
 with three passed Midshipmen and 30 Volunteers, 
 he entered the harbour of Santa Martha by means 
 of a ruse de guerre^ for the purpose of endeavouring 
 to effect the capture of a Spanish corvette of 20 
 guns and 130 men, reported to he there. Finding, 
 however, that the vessel had sailed three days pre- 
 viously, he was obHged to put about, but was un- 
 able to get clear off without awakening the suspi- 
 cions of the enemy, who, upon the British repassing 
 their batteries, opened on them a fierce but fortu- 
 nately a harmless fire. Mr. Willoughby's next and 
 last appointments as Lieutenant, after his return 
 home with Sir John Duckworth as First of the 
 AcASTA 40, were — U Aug. 1805, to the Pkince 98, 
 Capt. Rich. Grindall— 28 Dec. 1806, to the Fokmid- 
 ABJCE 98, Capt. Fras. Fayerman— and 15 Jan. 1807, 
 to the Royal Geokge 100, bearing the flag of his 
 friend Sir J. T. Duckworth. "When the Ajax, in 
 Feb. of the latter year, caught fire off the island of 
 Tenedos, it was his fortune to save many from a 
 premature grave ; in doing which his boat once be- 
 came so entangled with the flaming pile as to cause 
 his being severely scorched, and all but involved in 
 the general destruction. After passing the Darda- 
 nells, Mr. Willoughby, on 21 of the month last 
 mentioned, was sent from the Royal George with 
 a flag of truce to Constantinople, and a letter from 
 the English Ambassador, Mr. Arbuthnot (who had 
 hitherto failed in obtaining an answer to any of his 
 despatches), to the Grand Vizier, demanding the 
 surrender of all the Turkish men-of-war, with stores 
 sufficient for their equipment. He succeeded in 
 opening a communication, and ttimed to the best 
 account the time he was among the enemy in re- 
 connoitring, and making observations as to their 
 means of defence, their different military positions, 
 their harbour, arsenal, &c. He was the only officer, 
 it may be remarked, who landed at Constantinople 
 after the flight of the British Ambassador and mer- 
 chants. Prior to the retreat of the expedition he 
 further, on the 27th, commanded a double-banked 
 cutter at the pursuit and capture, off the island of 
 Prota, of a Turkish boat carrying 13 men ; immedi- 
 ately preceding the surrender of which 2 of his 
 party were killed by the discharge of two pistols 
 whose fire had been expressly intended for himself. 
 During a land attack made in the course of the 
 same day on a strong party which had sheltered 
 itself in a convent on the above island, he was 
 struck by two pistol-balls, one of which entered his 
 head just above the right jaw, and, from the upward 
 position of his face at the moment, took a slanting 
 direction towards the region of the brain, where it 
 has ever since remained. The other shot cut his 
 left cheek in two, and he lay for six or seven 
 minutes apparently lifeless on the ground ; but at 
 the very moment that his companions began to re- 
 treat, one of his arms was observed to move, and 
 he was carried off to the ship as one of whom no 
 hopes were entertained. In short, so desperate was 
 his case that the Surgeon of the Royal George 
 also considered him to be mortally wounded, and 
 officially reported him as such for three days after- 
 wards.* Even to this day he cannot open his 
 mouth to any considerable extent. Being dis- 
 charged from the Royal George 13 July, 1807, he 
 proceeded next to the Rio de la Plata as a passenger 
 in the Otter sloop, Capt. John Davies, for the 
 purpose of assuming command of La Fuerte, a 
 Spanish corvette of 28 guns, which had fallen into 
 the hands of the British, at Monte Video, in the 
 preceding Feb. Finding, however, on his arrival 
 that Lieut.-General "Whitelocke's movement had 
 caused her restoration to the enemy, he sailed for 
 the Cape of Good Hope, where, on 10 Jan. 1808, he 
 succeeded Capt. Davies in the command of the 
 Ottek— to which vessel he was confirmed by a 
 commission dated 9 April in the same year. On 
 the night of 14 Aug. 1809, being off the Isle of 
 France, Capt. "Willoughby entered Black River 
 with three of the Oiter's boats for the purpose 
 of cutting out, notwithstanding the tremendous 
 strength of the enemy's defences, two merchantmen 
 • VideG-M. 1807, p. 097. 
 
 and a gun-boat: the former were taken, but the 
 armed vessel, owing to the darkness, was not to be 
 found. The Captain and his gallant companions 
 then retired under a murderous fire from the shore, 
 taking along with them one of the prizes, but 
 abandoning the otlier for the sake of the wounded. 
 The enemy on this occasion, to enable them to dis- 
 tinguish their object, threw up fire-balls of a supe- 
 rior description which illumined the whole river ; 
 and they continued to do so every half-minute until 
 the British were out of range. During the opera- 
 tions of Sept. 1809, which led to the capture of St. 
 Paul's, in the He de Bourbon, Capt. "Willoughby 
 volunteered and, on the 21st, landed in command of 
 100 seamen appointed to act in concert with the 
 troops under Lieut.-Colonel Keating, to whom his 
 zeal, activity, and exertions proved of the greatest 
 importance. After possession had been obtained of 
 the first and second batteries, Lambousiere and La 
 Centiere, he immediately turned their guns against 
 the enemy's shipping, from whose fire the British 
 suffered much. Having in the end spiked the guns 
 of the two batteries, he removed to a third, whence 
 he continued to fire as before, until victory at 
 length terminated in favour of the invaders a severe 
 action which had been raging between them and a 
 strong body of the French.* Previously to the em- 
 barkation of the forces he disabled the guns and 
 mortars in the different batteries and on the beach, 
 destroyed their carriages, and blew up their maga- 
 zines. On the evening of the next day, the 22nd, 
 he again landed in volunteered command of the 
 marines of the squadron and of a few seamen, and 
 effectually burnt an extensive Government store of 
 considerable value. Returning with his boats on 
 the 23rd, Capt. Willoughby once more went on 
 shore, in order to reconnoitre the forces under 
 General Deg Brusley, and on that occasion he 
 brought off a French 9-inch brass mortar. On 3 of 
 the following Oct.,t a descent being made at St. 
 Gilles, also on the He de Bourbon, the Captain, 
 after the reduction of one battery had been accom- 
 plished, assisted at the storming of a second, which, 
 at the head of his gig's crew, he was the first to 
 enter. Two batteries, containing 4 long 10-pounders 
 and 9 12's, a guard-house, and a new public building, 
 were on the same occasion destroyed. As a reward 
 for the distinguished excellence of his conduct 
 throughout the whole of the above attacks on lie de 
 Bourbon, both by sea and land, he was immediately 
 promoted by the Commander-in-Chief on the sta- 
 tion, Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie, to the com- 
 mand of the Nbreibe, a frigate of 38 guns. To- 
 wards the close of April, 1810, having discovered in 
 Black River a ship (supposed to be of war) moored 
 in such a position between the formidable land bat- 
 teries that ber stem alone was visible, he worked 
 up towards the anchorage, and discharged several 
 broadsides at her, nearly within point-blank distance, 
 receiving in return a heavy fire of shot and shells 
 from the shore, many of the latter bursting near 
 and without the Neheibe. The enemy's ship was 
 afterwards ascertained to be L'Astre'e, a large 40- 
 gun frigate recently arrived from Cherbourg with 
 troops and supplies for the Mauritius. On 1 May, 
 1810, Capt. "Willoughby landed with 105 officers, 
 seamen, and marines, in face of a most destructive 
 fire, at Jacotel, in the Isle of France, where he 
 stormed one battery mounting 2 long 12's, then tri- 
 
 * Of the Naval detacliment serving on shore under Capt. 
 Willoughby, 7 wexe killed, and 18 wounded, but not a single 
 casualty occurred on board the squadron. — Vide Gaz. 1810, 
 p. 214. 
 
 t Capt. Willoughby had landed with Lieut-Col. Keating 
 the night previously between St. Gilles and St. Luce, at- 
 tended alone by a black pilot, for the purpose of obtaining 
 information as to the military strength of the latter place. 
 On leaving their boat, they advanced, sword in hand, and 
 "without uttering a word, into a village inhabited by blacks, 
 where they remained for upwards of a quarter of an hour, 
 in momrntarv fear of being discovered by some of the strong 
 French night guards, known to be constantly prowling about, 
 particularly in the creeks and bays where a landing could be 
 efTected, and who were then not many hundred yards dis- 
 tant. All the circumstances of tliis adventure concurred in 
 rendering it hazardous in the extreme. 
 
WILLOUGHBY. 
 
 1303 
 
 umphantly attacked a guard-house, protected hy 2 
 6-pounder field-pieces, 40 troops of the line, 26 artil- 
 lery, and a strong party of militia, and, after half 
 ■wading, half swimming across a river, ascended a 
 jungle-hill, and further captured 2 guns (12's), ano- 
 ther battery, and the enemy's colours. Before re- 
 embarking, a fresh and equally successful skirmish 
 took place with a strong party who had been routed 
 from the first battery, but who had since been re- 
 inforced. On their way back to the boats the 
 British likewise burnt a signal-house, fiag-staif, &c., 
 a mile from the beach. A national schooner, IJ Es- 
 tafette, of 4 guns and 15 men, also fell into their 
 hands, with a mail on board for Bourbon, consisting 
 of nearly 600 pubhc and private letters, disclosing 
 for the first time the military resources, the condi- 
 tion of the mercantile interests, and the views of 
 the inhabitants of both islands. Capt. Willoughby's 
 attack upon Jacotel was the first ever made upon 
 any part of the Isle of France, and fully established 
 what had been hitherto doubted, the practicability 
 of making a descent upon a more extended scale.* 
 In consequence of this acliievement the First Lord 
 of the Admiralty, on 5 of the following Sept., justly 
 confirmed the Nekeide's gallant Captain in the 
 command of that frigate. On 15 June, 1810, while 
 on shore at He Platte, a small island near the north- 
 ern extremity of the Mauritius, and in the act of 
 exercising his men at small arms, a musket in the 
 hands of a marine burst, inflicting upon Capt. "Wil- 
 loughby a dreadful wound, supposed at the time to 
 be mortal. His lower jaw on the right side was 
 badly fractured, and his neck so lacerated that the 
 windpipe lay bare. For three weeks he could not 
 speak. The wound, however, at length healed, but 
 not until a painful exfoliation of the jaw had taken 
 place. In July, 1810, having embarked at Rodri- 
 guez a light corps of about 500 strong, and conveyed 
 them in the Neheide to the Riviere deffVluies, in 
 lie de Bourbon, Capt. Willoughby there, on the 7th, 
 superintended the debarkation of the troops under 
 circumstances of great peri], and on the evening of 
 the same day assisted at the capture of the enemy'a 
 battery and post at Ste. Marie. t For his share in 
 these and the other operations which led to the 
 surrender of lie de Bourbon to the British arms, he 
 was especially thanked, and was mentioned in high 
 terms of approbation both by Commodore Rowley 
 and Lieut. -Colonel Keating. After the capture, at 
 a distance of about four miles from Port Sud-Est, of 
 He de la Passe, a service he had himself undertaken 
 to effect, but had been anticipated in, in consequence 
 of the bad sailing of his ship, Capt. Willoughby, 
 on 17 Aug., landed with a party of rather more than 
 200 seamen, marines, and soldiers, at Canaille de 
 Bois, for the purpose of thence proceeding towards 
 Grand Port, and, by the distribution of proclama- 
 tions among the inhabitants at the intermediate 
 places, of paving the way " for the most important" 
 (as expressed in the House of Commons 13 Feb. 
 1811) "of all our colonial conquests since the com- 
 mencement of the war " — the reduction of the Isle 
 of France. This dangerous service, the penalty for 
 which, if taken prisoner, was death, he most effectu- 
 ally performed, and, although he advanced 20 miles 
 into the enemy's country, he did not lose a single 
 man. During his march he attacked and carried 
 the enemy's fort at Pointe du Diable, where he 
 spiked 8 24-pounders and 2 13-inch mortars, besides 
 burning their carriages, blowing up the magazines, 
 and embarking a 13-inch brass mortar in a new 
 praam, well calculated for carrying troops and guns 
 over flats. The order, discipline, and forbearance 
 observed throughout the expedition by the British, 
 who were in sight the whole time of a strong body 
 of the enemy under General Van de Masson, tended 
 greatly to conciliate the natives, and to prepossess 
 them in favour of their future conquerors. On the 
 next day, the 18th, they again landed and destroyed 
 the signal-house, staffs, &c., of Grande Riviere, al- 
 
 * Vide Gaj. 1810, p. 1325. 
 
 -f- A schooner, at the landin" of the troops, was steered 
 by Capt. Willoughby, who still had the dressings on his 
 wouncl.— Ftde Gaz. 1810, p. 1081. 
 
 though watched by a body of 700 or 800 men. 
 While the Nekeide, on 20 of the same month, was 
 lying off the lie de la Passe, which island she had 
 been ordered to protect, Capt. Willoughby observed 
 a strange squadron, which proved to be La Belhne 
 and Minerce French frigates, and 18-gun corvette 
 Le Victor, in charge of two prize Indiamen. Know- 
 ing that if these three men-of-war, which had but 
 just arrived from Europe, were suffered to form a 
 junction with three other of the enemy's frigates 
 and a fine corvette then at Port Louis, they would 
 prove far too strong for the British force off the 
 island, which only consisted, besides the Neeeide, 
 of the frigates Sirids, Iphigenia, and Magicienne, 
 he endeavoured by a ruse-de-guerre to draw them 
 into Grand Port. Succeeding in the latter object, 
 Capt. Willoughby, whose position rendered it ne- 
 cessary that the enemy should pass close to him, 
 compelled Le Victor to haul down her colours, and 
 exchanged broadsides with the Minene. He next, 
 however, on being joined by his consorts, to whom 
 he had sent intelligence of this new event, took part 
 in a series of desperate and unhappy operations, 
 which, by 28 Aug., terminated in the self-destruction 
 of the Magicienme and Sihids, and the capture, by 
 the French ships above named, of the Nereide 
 (who had led the squadron into action) and the 
 Iphigenia. The Nereide was taken on the 24th, 
 after she had been reduced to a mere wreck, and 
 had incurred — during a glorious resistance almost 
 unparalleled even in the brilliant annals of the 
 British navy — a loss, out of 281 persons, of about 
 230 killed and wounded ! Among the latter was the 
 chivalrous Willoughby himself, who, to his former 
 wounds, had now to add, besides a splintered cheek, 
 the loss of one eye, torn completely from its socket, 
 and the most serious injury to the other.* The 
 consummate gallantry indeed, the utter disregard of 
 self, and the exalted devotion to his country's in- 
 terests, which have emblazoned the acts of this 
 hero's career, in every rank and under every cir- 
 cumstance, but especially those achieved by him in 
 the successive character of Captain of H.M. ships 
 Otter and Nereide, we confess to have never seen 
 surpassed in any of the myriad soul-stirring deeds 
 which have necessarily passed in review before us. 
 The very enemy, into whose power he was thrust 
 by the fortune of war, struck with wonderment at 
 the splendour of his defence, allowed him to retain 
 a Hfe which his fearless distribution of the procla- 
 mations, above alluded to, had now placed at their 
 disposal. t On his return to England, Capt. Wil- 
 loughby was surveyed by the College of Surgeons, 
 and in consequence of their report a pension of 300A 
 per annum (increased in 1815 to 550Z.) was granted to 
 him 4 Oct. 1811; it being ascertained that he had 
 not only lost an eye, but that his other wounds were 
 more than equal to the loss of a limb. We next, in 
 1812, find him volunteering into the service of 
 Russia, where he fought against the French, until 
 taken prisoner by the latter after their defeat of 
 General Steingell — a misfortune which was occa- 
 sioned by an act of generosity in giving up his own 
 horse, and that of his attendant Cossack, to the use 
 of two Russian soldiers who were attempting with 
 bleeding and mangled limbs to withdraw from the 
 scene of slaughter. He then for a time became in- 
 volved in all the horrors of the retreat from Moscow 
 and on being ultimately sent to France was there 
 detained until the peace. Capt. Willoughby's exer- 
 tions in the cause of Russia were to have been re- 
 warded, it was intimated, with the order of St. 
 Anne of the Second Class— a boon, however, which 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1977, and Gaz, 181 1, p. 261. 
 
 ■f The Oourt-martial, which subsequently assembled to try 
 Capt. Willoughby for the loss of his ship, not onlv adjudged 
 him to be most honourably acquitted, but was "of opinion 
 that the Nbkmdb had been carried into action in a most 
 
 JUDICIOUS, OFFICER-LIKE, and OALLAHT MAKNEH ; it also 
 
 expressed its hioh admiration of the noble conduct of the 
 Captain, Officers, and ship's company, during the whole of 
 tlie unequal contest ; and was further of opinion that the 
 Nereide was not surrendered to the enemy until she was 
 disabled in every respect, so as to render all further resist- 
 ance useless. 
 
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 WILLS— WILLSON. 
 
 has never been conferred. He subsequently, on 10 
 Sept. 1818, assumed command of the Tkibdne 42, in 
 which ship, after serving for some time on the 
 coast of Ireland, he conveyed Kear-Admiral Fahie 
 to the Leeward Islands. He went on half-pay in 
 July, 1822, and has not been since afloat, iie at- 
 tained Flag-rank 28 April, 1847. 
 
 Sir Nesbit Willoughby, who was nominated a C.B. 
 4 June, 1815, has been twice knighted— first by 
 George IV. 30 July, 1827, and again by his warm 
 friend William IV. 21 Aug. 18.32, on which date he 
 was also invested with the insignia of a K.C.H. 
 He was further awarded the Captain's Good-Service 
 Pension 14 Jan. 1839 ; and on 30 Nov. 1841 he was 
 appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. 
 Although the K.C.B., in 1815, was made the reward 
 of oflicers who had lost a limb or an eye while in 
 command of a frigate in battle, yet was the distin- 
 guished officer, whose services we have now endea- 
 voured to sketch, and whose wounds it has been 
 seen more than amounted to the loss of both, allowed 
 to be put oifwith a simple C.B., an honour, it would 
 appear, he had earned on 10 different occasions. 
 He is the author of a very estimable volume entitled 
 " Extracts from Holy "Writ and various Authors, in- 
 tended as Helps to Meditation and Prayer, princi- 
 pally for Soldiers and Seamen," published in 1839 
 for gratuitous distribution amongst the army and 
 navy. Agents— Hallett and Kobinson. 
 
 WILLS. (Lieut., 1815. p-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 John WiLiiS (6) entered the Navy 26 Nov. 1806, 
 as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Alphea schooner, 
 Lieut. -Commander John Manton, employed in the 
 Channel and at Newfoundland. In May, 1807, he 
 attained the rating of Blidshipman ; and in March, 
 1808, he removed to the Polyphemus 64, Capts. 
 Peter Heywood and Wm. Pryce Cumby, under the 
 latter of whom we find him, in the following year, 
 present at the blockade and surrender of the city 
 of St. Domingo. In Oct. 1810, having returned 
 with convoy to England in the D^eidalus 32, Capt. 
 Sam. Hood Inglefield, he was received on board the 
 '"J^SAR 80, Capt. "Wm. Granger, stationed off Lisbon, 
 le served afterwards in the Mediterranean, on the 
 north coast of Spain, and at Madeira and Plymouth, 
 in the Dbuid 32, Capts. Thos. Searle and Fras. 
 Stanfell, Lyba 10, Capts. Kobt. Bloye, Campbell, 
 Dillon, and O'Reilly, Levant 20, Capts. Hon. Alex. 
 Jones and Hon. Geo. Douglas, and Tay 20, Capt. 
 Bloye. He assisted in the Danin at the defence 
 of 'i'arifa ; and in the Lyra at the defence of Castro 
 and the siege of St. Sebastian. Since the receipt 
 of his commission, which bears date 7 Sept. 1815, 
 he has been on half-pay. 
 
 "WILLS. (Captain, 1835. p-p., 28 ; h-p., 27.) 
 Thomas Geokge "WiLts died 11 May, 1847. 
 This ofi&cer entered the Navy, in 1792, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Thos. 
 Byard, in which ship, bearing the flags in succession 
 of Admirals Philip Cosby, Kobt. Mann, and Kobt. 
 Linzee, he served at the occupation of Toulon and 
 in Hotham's partial actions 14 March and 13 July, 
 1795. In Feb. 1797 he removed to the Cambridge 
 74, guard-ship at Plymouth ; he served next, from 
 the following Dec. until Feb. 1798, in the Saldanha 
 frigate, Capt. Geo. Burlton, on the Western station ; 
 and in Oct. 1801, after he had been for rather more 
 than three years attached as Midshipman, in the 
 Channel and Baltic, to the Russel 74, Capts. Sir 
 Henry TroUope, Herbert Sawyer, and Wm. Cuming, 
 part of Lord Nelson's fleet at the battle of Copen- 
 hagen, he joined the Wasp 18, Capt. Chas. Bullen, 
 and sailed for the coast of Africa, where he assisted 
 in afl'ording protection to Sierra Leone at a time 
 when its existence as a British colony was threatened 
 by a powerful combination of the native chiefs. In 
 July, 1802, he became Admiralty-Mate, on the Home 
 station, of the Acasta 40, Capts. Jas. Athol Wood 
 and Jas. Oswald. He was afterwards, from 30 June, 
 1804, until 10 May, 1 814, a prisoner-of-war in France. 
 lie was promoted during that period to the rank of 
 
 Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 22 Jan, 
 1806. In July, 1814, he was appointed to the Chat- 
 ham 74, Capt. David Lloyd, lying at Chatham ; and 
 in the ensuing Sept. to the Trent, flag-ship at Cork 
 of Sir Herbert Sawyer, who placed him in command, 
 8 Dec. in the same year, of the Castilian sloop. 
 He served in the Trent again from Jan. until Dec. 
 1815 ; in the Coast Blockade, as First of the Severn 
 50, Capt. Wm. M'Cullooh, from 15 March, 1817, 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander 27 May, 
 1820 ; and in the Coast Guard from 6 July, 1830, 
 until promoted to Post-rank 7 Jan. 1835. 
 
 Capt. Wills had been left a widower 5 May, 1844. 
 His only son, Wm. Burrows Wills, a Lieutenant 
 K.N. (1843), died 27 March in the latter year, while 
 serving on the coast of Africa in the Alert sloop, 
 Capt. C. J. Bosanquet. 
 
 "WILLSON. (Commander, 1841. r-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 23.) 
 
 John Willson was born 19 Dec. 1782. 
 
 This officer (who had been apprenticed to the 
 merchant-service in Oct. 1797, and had made one 
 voyage in an Indiaman to China, and another to 
 Hudson's Bay in a ship belonging to that Company) 
 was impressed into the Navy, 19 Nov. 1803, as A.B., 
 on board La CHirrONNE 36, Capts. Chas. Adam and 
 Patrick Campbell, under the former of whom we 
 find him, in June, 1805, present, in company with 
 the Falcon sloop. Clinker gun-brig, and Francis 
 armed cutter, and assisting, after a chase of nine 
 hours (during which the British suffered much from 
 the incessant fire of the forts along shore), in driving 
 under the batteries of Fecamp a division of the 
 French flotilla, consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 gun- 
 vessels, carrying in all 51 guns, 4 8-inch mortars, 
 and 3 field-pieces, accompanied by 14 transports. 
 He was at other times in action with the enemy in 
 the neighbourhood of Boulogne; and was in the 
 boats under the First-Lieutenant, the late Sir Kobt. 
 Hall, at the capture of a Spanish guard-boat and 
 the cutting out of a galliot in the Bay of Algeciras. 
 In May, 1806, he removed to the Milan 38, Capt. 
 Sir Kobt. Laurie ; and after serving for four years 
 and four months in that frigate, the greater part of 
 the time as Midshipman and Master's Mate, on the 
 coast of North America and in the West Indies, he 
 successively, 12 Sept. and 22 Nov. 1810, joined, in 
 the capacity last mentioned, the Hibernia 120 and 
 Centaur 74, Capts. J. Nash and John Chambers 
 White. In the latter ship and her boats he co- 
 operated in the defence of Tarragona until its fall 
 in June, 1811. He was nominated Second-Master 
 of the Centaur 15 Aug. 1811; and he served as 
 such in the Ajax 74, with Capts. Sir R. Laurie, 
 Kobt. Waller Otway, and Geo. Mundy, from 19 Dec. 
 in the same year until promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 8 Feb. 1815. He was stationed during 
 that period off Toulon, in Basque Roads, and on the 
 north coast of Spain, and made a voyage to Quebec. 
 He was in the boats at the capture of the small 
 island of Santa Clara, near St. Sebastian, 26 Aug. 
 1813 ; he commanded there at the capture, 18 and 
 21 Oct. following, of a French brig and chasse-maree ; 
 and he aided in taking, 17 March, 1814, IJAlajon 
 national brig of 16 guns and 120 men. He was em- 
 ployed as First-Lieutenant in the Redpole 10, Capts. 
 Patrick Duff Henry Hay and Rich. Anderson, and 
 Samarang 28, Capt. David Dunn, on the Channel, 
 Mediterranean, and Cape of Good Hope stations, 
 from 24 Nov. 1820 until 17 Dec. 1823, and from 12 
 Jan. 1825 until 28 April, 1828 ; and he held command, 
 from 31 Jan. 1839 until 25 April, 1842, of the jEtna 
 6, between Shetland and St. Sebastian, and as a 
 receivmg-ship in the river Mersey. He has since 
 been on half-pay. The commission he now holds 
 bears date 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Through the recommendation of Capts. Henry 
 Eden and P. D. H. Hay, an application was made 
 in 1832, and again in 1834, by Capts. Lord Wm. 
 Paget and Geo. Henderson, to the effect that Com- 
 mander Willson might be appointed First of the 
 ships they commanded, the North Star 28 and 
 
WILLYAMS— WILMOT-WILMSHURST. 
 
 1305 
 
 Columbine 18 ; but, inasmuch as he was misnamed 
 in the request Wilson, he each time lost the ap- 
 pointment. 
 
 WILLYAMS. (CoMMANDEB, 1844.) 
 
 John Vynek Willyams entered the Navy 28 
 Dec. 1822 ; passed his examination in 1829 ; attained 
 the ranlc of Lieutenant 10 Jan. 1840 ; was nominated, 
 14 of the same month. Additional of the Welleslet 
 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, on the East India station ; 
 and, from 11 May, 1840, until paid off at the close 
 of 1844, was there employed, as Second and First 
 Lieutenant, in the Nimkod 20, Capts. Chas. An- 
 struther Barlow and Fred. Henry Hastings Glasse. 
 In March, 1841, he assisted in the boats in the 
 operations connected with the capture of Canton.* 
 His promotion to the rank of Commander took 
 place 23 Dec. 1844. He has since been on half- 
 pay. Agent — J. Chippendale. 
 
 WILMOT. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 18; h-p., 1.) 
 Akthuk Parrt Eardley-Wilmot, bom 24 April, 
 1815, at Berkswell Hall, co. Warwick, is fourth son 
 of the late Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, Bart., 
 M.P. for Warwickshire, and Governor of Van Die- 
 men's Land, by his first wife, Elizabeth Emma, 
 sister of Capt. Sir Wm. Edw. Parry, Kt., LL.D. 
 His great-grandfather, the Eight Hon. Sir John 
 E. Eardley Wilmot, was Lord-Chief-Justice of the 
 Court of Common Pleas. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 
 Aug. 1828 ; and embarked, 28 June, 1830, as Fst.- 
 cl. Vol., on board the Woif 18, Capt. Wm. Hamley, 
 fitting for the East Indies, where we find him en- 
 gaged, in unison with a fleet of Siamese proas, in 
 various operations against the Malay pirates, and 
 present in particular at the blockade of the fortress 
 of Quedah. He was also at Canton in the early 
 part of 1832, when the Chinese first displayed symp- 
 toms of insolence and aggression. In Oct. of the 
 latter year, having returned to England as Mid- 
 shipman in the Crocodii.e 28, Capt. John Wm. 
 Montagu, he joined the Asia 84, flag-ship at Lisbon 
 of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker, under whom he wit- 
 nessed the expulsion of Don Miguel from Portugal, 
 and the hoistmg of the constitutional flag of Donna 
 Maria on the walls of the capital. After serving 
 for a few months on the same station in the Hast- 
 ings 74, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, he 
 was appointed, in Nov. 1834, Mate (he had passed 
 his examination 20 Sept. preceding) of the Action 
 26, Capt. Lord Edw. Russell. In that ship, in which 
 he remained until she was paid ofl* in March, 1838, 
 he visited the South Sea Islands, and assisted in 
 afibrding protection to British property at the Sand- 
 wich Islands, security to the missionary interests at 
 the Marquesas, and support to the cause of peace 
 and good order in the Rio de la Plata. The Action, 
 while he was in her, discovered a group of islands, 
 known now by her name. In the summer of 1838 
 Mr. Wilmot joined the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Col- 
 lier, in which ship he was chiefly, until the com- 
 mencement of the Egyptian war, employed in pro- 
 tecting British interests on the south coast of Spain. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 July, 
 1840; and was appointed next — 9 Nov. 1840, to the 
 PowERFDi. 84, Commodore Sir Chas. Napier, under 
 whom he served on the coast of Syria and at the 
 blockade of Alexandria — 30 Dec. 1841, to the Wol- 
 verene 16, Capt. John Sam. Willes Johnson, in 
 which vessel he sailed for the coast of China, and 
 was there, towards the close of the war, employed 
 in blockading the Canton river — 6 May, 1843,t to 
 the CoRNWALLis 72, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Wm. 
 Parker, on the East India station, whence he re- 
 turned in Nov. 1844— and, 14 July, 1845, to the 
 H IBERNIA 104, again as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Wm. 
 Parker, in the Mediterranean. On the death at 
 Malta of Capt. Nich. Lockyer of the Albion, and 
 
 • Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 150S-5. 
 
 f The above is the date of his commission as Flag-Lieute- 
 nant. He had been appointed to the ship in the preceding 
 March. 
 
 the appointment of Commander Chas. Wise of the 
 HiEERNiA* as his successor, Mr. Wilmot was pro- 
 moted, 28 Feb. 1847, into the vacancy created by 
 the removal of the latter. In the ensuing April he 
 was nominated Acting-Captain of the Spartan 22 ; 
 and after he had been for four months stationed in 
 her as Senior officer on the coast of Syria, he was 
 appointed, 26 Sept. 1847, Second-Captain of the 
 Sdperb 80, Capt. Arraar Lowry Corry, also in the 
 Mediterranean. The latter ship he paid ofi'28 Nov. 
 1848. He is the author of a work published in 1849, 
 entitled " Manning the Navy— a statement in which 
 the evils and losses arising from the present system 
 are set forth, and a remedy is proposed whereby a 
 permanent Navy may be established, and the moral, 
 social, and physical condition of the British seaman 
 improved." Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WILMOT. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Charles Edward Wilmot entered the Navy 
 26 Jan. 1808 ; and obtained his first commission 17 
 April, 1824. His succeeding appointments were — 
 28 Dec. 1824, to the Pelican 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. 
 Barrington, at the Nore— 23 Feb. 1827, to the 
 Prince Regent 120, bearing the flags of Sir Robt. 
 Moorsom and Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, at Chat- 
 ham— 18 Aug. 1829, to the Gloucester 74, Capts. 
 Henry Stuart and Fras. Holmes Coflin, in the Medi- 
 terranean — 2 April, 1832 (after some months of half- 
 pay), to the charge,.which he retained for five years, 
 of the Semaphore station on Beacon Hill— 29 July, 
 1842, to the Coast Guard— 14 Dec. 1844, as Senior, 
 to the Lily 16, Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin Newton, 
 fitting for the coast of Africa, where he was super- 
 seded in July, 1845 — and, 9 April, 1846, to the com- 
 mand, on the south-east coast of America, of the 
 Griffon brigantine. He was advanced to his pre- 
 sent rank 9 Nov. 1846 ; and has since been on half- 
 pay. Agents — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 WILMOT, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 Sir Henry Sacheverell Wilmot, bom 11 Feb. 
 1801, is eldest son of Sir Robt. Wilmot (whom he 
 succeeded as fourth Baronet 13 July, 1842) by his 
 first wife Lucy, eldest daughter of Robt. Grimston, 
 Esq., of Neswick, co. York. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 April, 1813, on 
 board the Lacedemonian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson, 
 with whom he continued employed as Midshipman 
 in the Niger 38, chiefly on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica, until 1817. He served afterwards in the East 
 Indies and South America in the Eden 26, Capt. 
 Fras. Erskine Loch, Brazen 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens 
 Willes, and Spartiate 76 and Wellesley 74, flag- 
 ships of Sir Geo. Eyre ; and on 8 June, 1825, he was 
 made Lieutenant, on the station last named, into the 
 Jaseur 18, Capt. Thos. Martin. H e invalided home 
 in 1826 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Sir H. S. Wilmot is a Magistrate for the counties 
 of Derby and Nottingham and the borough of 
 Derby. He married, in Dec. 1826, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Edw. Miller Mundy, Esq., of Shipley 
 Hall, CO. Derby, by whom he has issue six children. 
 
 WILMSHUEST. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Arthur Wilmshurst passed his examination 5 
 Aug. 1839 ; and, after having studied at the Royal 
 Naval College, was appointed Mate, in 1841, of the 
 Spartan 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Bry- 
 done Elliot, fitting for the North America and West 
 India station. On his return to England in 1845 he 
 joined in succession, at Portsmouth and Plymouth, 
 the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Henry Ducie 
 Chads, and Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir John West. 
 He obtained his commission 30 Dec. in the same 
 year ; and was appointed next, 10 Jan., 13 May, and 
 6 Nov. 1846, again to the Excellent, to the St. 
 Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant of Sir 
 Fras. Augustus Collier in the Channel, and to the 
 Albatross 12, Capt. Arthur Forquhar, now in the 
 East Indies. 
 
 * She was then at Lisbon. 
 
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 WILSON. 
 
 WILSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21 ; h-p., 33.) 
 Alexander Wilson entered the Navy, 28 July, 
 1793, as A.B., on board the Blonde 32, Capt. John 
 Markham, stationed in the Channel and West 
 Indies ; where he continued chiefly employed, in 
 different capacities, but principally as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, with the same officer and with 
 Capts. Thos. Louis and Edw. Thurlow Smith in the 
 Hannibal and Caknatio 74's, with Admirals Lord 
 Hugh Seymour and Robt. Montagu in the Sans 
 Paeeil so, and with Capt. Chas. Brisbane in the 
 Goliath 74 and Akethdsa 38, until Aug. 1808. He 
 co-operated in the Blonde in the reduction of the 
 West India islands in 1794; assisted in the Han- 
 nibal at the capture, 11 April, 1795, of La GentiUe 
 French frigate of 42 guns ; aided in the Goliath, in 
 making prize, 28 June, 1803, of ia Mignonne corvette, 
 of 16 guns and 80 men ; and in the Abethusa, be- 
 sides sharing in the brilliant attack upon Cura^oa, 
 took part, 23 Aug. 1806, near the Havana, in a 
 spirited action which terminated in the surrender 
 (with a loss to the British of 2 men killed and 32 
 wounded) of the Pomona Spanish frigate of 38 guns 
 and 347 men laden with specie and merchandize, 
 and defended by a castle mounting 1 1 36-pounders, 
 and a flotilla of 10-gunboats, all of which were de- 
 stroyed. On leaving the Akethusa he followed 
 Capt. Brisbane into the Blake 74, commanded next 
 by Capt. Edw. Codrington ; under whom we find 
 him, in 1809, accompanying the expedition to the 
 Scheldt. From Jan. 1810 until Nov. 1812 he served 
 again in the West Indies, in the Neptune 98, Sta- 
 TiRA 38, and Dragon 74, under the flags of Hon. 
 Sir Alex. Cochrane and Sir Eras. Laforey ; and in 
 Nov. 1813 he joined the Hebrus of 42 guns and 
 284 men, Capt. Edm. Palmer. In that ship it was 
 his fortune, 27 March, 1814, to assist as Master's 
 Mate, at the capture, under Cape La Hogue, of the 
 French frigate L' Etoile of 44 guns and 315 men, 
 after a close and obstinate engagement of two hours 
 and a quarter, attended with a loss to the British of 
 13 killed and 25 wounded, and to the enemy of 40 
 killed and 73 wounded. He sailed subsequently for 
 Halifax, where on 2 July, 1814, about six weeks 
 after he had been ordered to act as Lieutenant, he 
 was under the necessity of being sent to sick quar- 
 ters._ In the course of the same month he was 
 received as a Supernumerary on board his former 
 ship the Dragon, Capt. Robt. Barrie, for the pur- 
 pose of again joining the Hebbds. From her he 
 was transferred, 23 Oct., to the Tonnant 80, bearing 
 the flag of Sir A. Cochrane, by whom, having par- 
 ticipated in the operations against New Orleans, he 
 was nominated, 15 April, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the Laced^imonian 38, Capt. Sam. Jackson. On 
 his return to Spithead in the ensuing July he was 
 presented with a commission bearing date 2 Feb. 
 1815. He has since been on half-pay. In addition 
 to the ships above named Mr. Wilson commanded, 
 as an Acting-Lieutenant, the Laura and Ballahou 
 schooners, and served as such in the Arachne brig, 
 Capt. Sam. Chambers, during a period, in the whole, 
 of seven months. 
 
 WILSON. (Lieutenant, 1832.) 
 
 BqsviLLE John Wilson entered the Navy 14 
 Sept. 1814; passed his examination in 1822; and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 June, 
 
 1832. His appointments have since been— 22 Feb. 
 
 1833, as Supernumerary, to the Melville 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir John Gore in the East Indies— 24 Oct. 
 following, to the Harrier 18, Capt. Spencer Lam- 
 bart Hunter Vassall, on the same station, whence 
 he returned to England and was paid off in July, 
 1835—2 March, 1840, for a brief period, to the 
 Coast Guard— 28 July, 1841, as Additional, to the 
 Iris 26, Capts. Hugh Nurse and Wm. Tucker, on 
 the coast of Africa— 24 Dec. ensuing, to the Per- 
 sian 16, Capt. Thos. Rodney Eden, also on the 
 African station, where he was superseded about 
 the close of 1842— and, 18 July, 1844, to the post, 
 which he still retains, of Admiralty Agent, on board 
 a contract mail steam - vessel. Agent- Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 WILSON. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Edmund Wilson entered the Navy 20 Nov. 181G ; 
 and was made Lieutenant, 12 Oct. 1824, into the 
 Tribune 42, Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, off Lis- 
 bon. He was employed afterwards — from 30 Nov. 
 1826 until 1830, in the Columbine 18, Capts. Wm. 
 Symonds, Chas. Crole, and JohnTownshend, on the 
 Home and Halifax stations — from 3 Nov. 1834 until 
 the early part of 1837, in the Vernon 50, Capt. 
 John M'KerHe, in the Mediterranean — trom 7 July, 
 1840, until the close of 1843, in command of the 
 Cygnet brig, on the coast of Africa — and from 7 
 Sept. 1844 until June, 1846, as Acting-Commander 
 and Commander (commission dated 2 Jan. 1845) in 
 the Pantaloon sloop, on the same station. 
 
 Commander Wilson is senior of 1845. Agents — 
 Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WILSON. (Eetired Commander, 1834. f-p., 
 24 ; H-P., 44.) 
 George Wilson (a) entered the Navy, 27 Feb. 
 1779, as Lieutenant's Servant, on board the FuRr 
 sloop, Capt. Agnew; in which vessel he was for 
 three years stationed in the North Sea ; where we 
 again find him serving, from 29 May, until 22 Dec. 
 1789, as Gunner's Mate, in the Expedition cutter, 
 Lieut.-Commander Geo. Younghusband. In the 
 course of 1790 he joined in succession the Goliath 
 and Alcide 74's, both commanded by Sir Andrew 
 Snape Douglas, Melampus 36, Capt. Chas. Morice 
 Pole, and Druid frigate, Capt. Joseph Ellison ; he 
 was again, in April, 1791, placed under the com- 
 mand of Capt. Pole as Midshipman (a rating he had 
 already attained) in the Illustbioos 74 ; he went 
 back, in the ensuing Sept., to the Drdid ; and after 
 serving in her with Capt. Ellison in the Channel 
 and West Indies, he was once more, in Feb. 1793, 
 received by Capt. Pole, who then commanded the 
 Colossus 74. He was present in the same year at 
 the occupation of Toulon ; was made Lieutenant, 
 20 Aug. 1794, into the Blonde 32, Capt. Wm. Luke, 
 stationed in the Channel and on the coast of Spain ; 
 and (ill health obliging him to leave the latter ship 
 in June, 1795) was appointed afterwards — 5 Feb. 
 1796, to the Arethosa of 44 guns, Capt. Thos. 
 WoUey, with whom he continued until 28 Sept. 
 1797 — next, for about four months, to the command 
 of the Virginia schooner, employed in carrying the 
 despatches of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry 
 Christian and General Sir Ralpb Abercromby to 
 the different West India islands— 10 Sept. 1799, to 
 the command, which he retained until Oct. 1801, of 
 the Eleanor hired armed brig in the North Sea— 
 22 July, 1803, to the Sea Fencibles in Berwickshire 
 —20 May, 1806, to the Moixs 32, Capt. Lord Wm. 
 FitzRoy, on the coast of Ireland, where he cruized 
 until sickness, in the ensuing Nov., caused him to 
 be superseded— and, 13 June, 1807, to the charge of 
 a Signal-station near Hull. In the Arethusa he 
 accompanied Sir E. Abercromby to the West Indies, 
 assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lueie, co-operated 
 in the suppression of an insurrection among the 
 Caribs in the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, 
 and, besides contributing to the conquest of Trini- 
 dad and the destruction there of a Spanish squadron, 
 was present, 10 Aug. 1797, in an action of 30 minutes, 
 which terminated in the surrender of La Gaiete 
 French corvette of 20 long 8-pounders and 186 meA. 
 He retained charge of the Signal-station above 
 alluded to until 3 June, 1814 ; and was placed on 
 the Senior List of Retired Commanders 9 Oct. 1834. 
 
 WILSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8 ; h-p., 32.) 
 George Wilson (6) entered the Navy, 18 March, 
 1807, as A.B., on board the Texel 64, Capts. Donald 
 Campbell and Jas. Giles Vashon, stationed in the 
 North Sea ; where he attained the rating of Master's 
 Mate in the following June, and became, in Oct. of 
 the same year, Acting-Master of the Childers sloop 
 of 14 12-pounder carronades and 65 men, Capts.Thos. 
 Innes, Wm. Henry Dillon, Eras. John Nott, and 
 Joseph Packwood. Under Capt. Dillon he assisted, 
 14 March, 1808, in driving on shore, after a gallant 
 action, continued with intervals for six hours, the 
 
WILSON. 
 
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 Danish man-of-war brig Lougen, of 20 guns and 160 
 men ; so battered however was the Childers, that 
 she narrowly escaped foundering : her loss amounted 
 to 2 men killed and 8 wounded. For his conduct 
 Capt. DiUon was advanced to Post-rank. On 19 
 Oct. following Mr. Wilson, then under the com- 
 mand of Capt. Packwood, contributed to the capture 
 of the Frenskemsten Danish privateer of 4 guns, 2 
 swivels, and 21 men. In Jan. 1811 he removed as 
 Master's Mate to the Mermaid 32, Capts. Hon. 
 Wm. Henry Percy and David Dunn ; and while in 
 that ship, in which he remained until Nov. 1814, he 
 was employed in conveying troops to Portugal and 
 Spain, and was present, in 1813, at the siege of 
 Trieste and in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn. 
 On leaving her he was received as a Supernumerary 
 on board the Pkikce Fhedekick, Capt. Kich. Prid- 
 ham, stationed at Plymouth. H e was advanced to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 15 Feb. 1815 ; and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 He is now a Collector of Customs in Upper 
 Canada. 
 
 WILSON. (Captain, 1848. f-p., 25; h-p., 10.) 
 George Knyvett Wilson entered the Navy, in 
 July, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minden 74, 
 Capt. Alex. Skene, with whom (deducting a few 
 weeks passed at Portsmouth, in the early part of 
 1814, in the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Bdw. Hawker) 
 he continued employed as Midshipman in the Illus- 
 trious 74, and in the Tonsant 80 and Asia 74, on 
 the East India, North American, and Mediterranean 
 stations, until Feb. 1816. He was present, we be- 
 lieve, in the attack upon New Orleans. From 1 
 April, 1816, until 28 July, 1817, he cruized on the 
 coast of Ireland in the Pandora sloop, Capts. Hon. 
 Fred. Noel and Geo. Matthew Jones ; from 4 Aug. 
 1818 until 31 Oct. 1821 he was employed in the East 
 Indies and at Halifax in the Phaeton 46, Capts. Wm. 
 Henry Dillon and Wm. Augustus Montagu; and 
 from 1 Nov. 1821 until 21 Feb. 1824 he served at 
 Portsmouth, at Plymouth, and on the coast of 
 Africa, the latter part of the time as Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant in the Icarus 10, Capt. Thos. Herbert, 
 Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Owen 
 Glendowek 42, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, and 
 Bann 20, Capts. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay and 
 Geo. Woolcombe. He was officially promoted 25 
 March, 1824; and was appointed next — 5 March, 
 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary- 
 Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. 
 Mingaye — 28 Sept. following, to the Talbot 28, 
 Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, fitting for the Mediter- 
 ranean, where he remained until the close of 1828, 
 and was at the battle of Navarin, the capitulation 
 of Patras, and the reduction of Morea Castle — 10 
 March, 1830, to the Scylla 18, Capts. John Hind- 
 marsh and Hon. Geo. Grey, again in the Mediter- 
 ranean — 3 April, 1834, to the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship at Portsmouth, Capt,, now Sir Thos., Hastings 
 —29 Aug. 1835, to the Kodney 92, Capt. Hyde 
 Parker, with whom he returned to the Mediterra- 
 nean — and 1 Aug. 1838, after nearly two years of 
 half-pay, a second time, to the Excellent, Capt. 
 Sir 1. Hastings. In the above ships he filled the 
 post, chiefly, of First-Lieutenant. On 3 July, 1840, 
 he was advanced to the rank of Commander. He 
 served as Second-Captain in the Cambridge 78, in 
 the Mediterranean, from 16 Oct. 1841 until Jan. 
 1843 ; and commanded the Pilot 16, in the East 
 Indies, from 13 Oct. 1845 until the close of 1847. 
 He attained his present rank 15 Feb. 1848. 
 
 WILSON. (LlEDT., 1811. F-p., 11; H-P., 32.) 
 Hahky Wilson was born 26 Nov. 1789. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1804, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Elephant 74, Capt. Geo. 
 Dundas, stationed in the West Indies, where he re- 
 moved, in 1805, to the Circe 32, Capt. Jonas Kose, 
 and became Master's Mate, in 1806, of the Alliga- 
 tor 28, Capt. Bobt. Campbell. In 1804 he assisted 
 in the boats of the Elephant at the cutting-out of 
 a privateer from the neighbourhood of JacmelJ St. 
 Domingo. From 1807 until promoted by the Admi- 
 
 ralty 26 April, 1811, he served as Master's Mate 
 and Acting-Lieutenant in the Alfred and Impla- 
 cable 74's, Capts. John Bligh, John Hayes, and 
 Joshua Kowley Watson. He commanded a launch 
 in the attack upon Copenhagen in 1807 ; in 1808 he 
 aided in bringing off the wounded after the battle 
 of Vimeira ; he was employed, too, in blockading 
 the llussian fleet in the Tagus ; and he commanded 
 a party of seamen on shore, we are told, at the re- 
 duction of Martinique and Guadeloupe. He co- 
 operated, in charge of a gun-boat, in the defence of 
 Cadiz, and was engaged while there in keeping up a 
 communication with the army at Barrosa. In the 
 execution of these services he received a musket- 
 ball in the thigh. His last appointments were, 19 
 Oct. 1811, 27 Jan. 1814 (and, after some months of 
 half-pay, occasioned by ill health), 4 July, 1815, to 
 the Defiance 74, Capt. Rich. Kaggett, Griffon 
 brig, Capt. Geo. Barne TroUope, and Berwick 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Brace. In an afiair, in the Defiance, 
 with some Danish gun-boats in the Little Belt, he 
 was for a time deprived, by an explosion, of the 
 sight of both eyes. While in the Berwick, of which 
 ship he was Senior Lieutenant, he commanded a 
 gun-boat at Flushing, Ter Ver, and Fort Lillo ; and 
 a division of Sicilian gun-boats at Gaeta. 
 
 WILSON. (Commander, 1821.) 
 
 Henry Smith Wilson died 22 Dec. 1844, at An- 
 dover. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 10 May, 1793, as a 
 Boy, on board the Concorde 36, Capts. Thos. Wells 
 and Sir Rich. John Strachan ; on rejoining the for- 
 mer of whom, as Midshipman, in the Melampus 36, 
 he assisted, when in company with a squadron under 
 Sir John Borlase Warren, at the capture of La Po- 
 mone of 44 guns and 341 men, Le Babet of 22 guns 
 and 178 men, and L' Engageante of 38 guns and 300 
 men. On quitting the Melampus, which frigate • 
 had been latterly commanded by Sir R. J. Strachan, 
 he was received, in Oct. 1794, on board the Defence 
 74, and in that ship he continued employed under 
 the command of Capts. Wells, Wm. Brown, and John 
 Peyton, until nominated, in Nov. 1798, Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Aboukir 74, Capt. Bowen, oflT 
 Lisbon. He was in consequence present in Hotham's 
 second partial action, 13 July, 1795 ; also at the 
 blockade of the Texel ; and as Master's Mate at the 
 battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. He was confirmed 
 a Lieutenant, 9 Sept. 1799, into the Bellona 74, 
 Capts. Sir Thos. Boulden Thompson and Thos. 
 Bertie, in which ship he cruized in the Channel, 
 fought in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801, 
 and visited the West Indies. He was subsequently 
 (after nine months of half-pay) appointed — 26 April, 
 1803, to the Unicorn 32, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand 
 Hardyman, with whom he served in the North Sea, 
 at Newfoundland, and in the West Indies and Rio 
 de la Plata until Oct. 1807—16 and 31 Aug. 1808, 
 to the Inflexible 64, Capts. Hon. Donald Hugh 
 Mackay and Thos. Brown, and Badger sloop, Capt. 
 John Lampen Manley, both lying at Chatham — 23 
 April, 1810, for about 12 months, to the Namue 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope at the Nore 
 — 23 Oct. 1812, to the command of the Bahama 
 prison-ship at Chatham, where he remained exactly 
 two years — and, 7 Nov. 1818, to the command of 
 the Surly cutter of 6 guns, at Sheerness. When, 
 Senior of the Unicorn he took command, 6 May, 
 1805, of the boats belonging to that frigate and 
 effected the capture, near St. Domingo, after a puU 
 of many hours, and in the face of a strong opposi- 
 tion, of the Tape-a-hard French privateer, mounting 
 4 6-pounders, with a complement of 46 well-armed 
 men.* He also assisted at the storming of Monte 
 Video In Feb. 1807. He was promoted from the 
 Surly to the rank of Commander 19 July, 1821 ; 
 but did not again go afloat. 
 
 WILSON. (CoMMANDEK, 1828. F-P., 20 ; H-p., 30.) 
 James Wilson entered the Navy, 6 Nov. 1797, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Blenheim 98, Capt. 
 * Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 801. 
 
 8D2 
 
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 WILSON. 
 
 Kobt. Campbell, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral 
 Thos. Lennox Frederick off Cadiz, where he was 
 frequently employed at night in rowing guard. He 
 continued to serve with Capt. Campbell in the 
 Hector 74 and Santa Teresa 36 until 1802. While 
 in the latter ship he witnessed the surrender of 
 Malta ; during the siege of which island we again 
 find him engaged in rowing guard. He assisted 
 also in cutting out different vessels from the coast 
 of France ; and on 8 and 21 March, 1801, was present 
 at the landing of the troops in Egypt and at the 
 battle fought near Alexandria, in which Sir Ralph 
 Abercromby was mortally wounded. On leaving 
 the Santa Teresa he joined first the Amazon 38, 
 Capt. Sam. Sutton, and then, as Master's Mate, the 
 Apollo 36, Capt. John "Wm. Taylor Dixon ; under 
 whom he was wrecked on the coast of Portugal 1 
 April, 1804. After serving as Midshipman and 
 Acting-Lieutenant in the Railledr 18, Capt. Va^ 
 lentine CoUard, off' Boulogne, where he contributed 
 to the capture, 24 April, 1805, of seven schuyts, car- 
 rying in the whole 18 guns, 1 brass howitzer, and 
 168 men, he was nominated, 3 Sept. in the same 
 year, Sub-Lieutenant of the Calypso 18, Capt. Mat- 
 thew Barton Bradby. He was made full Lieute- 
 nant, 22 Jan. 1806, into the Monarch 74, Capt. John 
 Clarke Searle, in the Channel; he invalided from 
 that ship in the following Sept. ; and he was ap- 
 pointed subsequently — 13 May, 1807, to the Her- 
 cule 74, Capt. Hon. John Colville, part of the force 
 employed in the expedition against Copenhagen, 
 where he landed and was one of those selected to 
 construct intrenchments under Sir Home Popham — 
 14 May, 1808 (after six months of half-pay), to the 
 Majestic 74, Capts. V. Collard, Matthew Forster, 
 and Thos. Harvey, stationed in the North Sea and 
 Baltic, at first under the flag of Vice- Admiral Thos. 
 Macnamara Eussell— 3 Feb. 1810, as Senior-Lieute- 
 nant (a post he had latterly filled on board the 
 Majestic), to the "Vulture 18, Capt. Martin White, 
 off Guernsey — 24 Oct. 1814, in a similar capacity 
 (ill health had obliged him to quit the Volture in 
 Aug. 1810), to the Apelles 14, Capt. Alex. M'Vicar, 
 at Leith — 28 Dec. 1815, again as First (the Apelles 
 had been paid off 1 Sept. preceding), to the Towey 
 24, Capts. Hew Steuart and Wm. Hill, fitting for 
 the East Indies, whence he invalided in Aug. 1818 
 ^17 Nov. 1823, to the Perseus receiving-ship off 
 the Tower, Capt. Jas. Couch — and, 30 July, 1825, to 
 the Sussex Coast Blockade. He remained in the 
 latter service as Supernumerary and First Lieute- 
 nant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 
 until promoted to the rank of Commander 18 Sept. 
 1828. He has since been on half-pay. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WILSON. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 James Henry Richard Wilson is son of the 
 late Retired Rear-Admiral Alex. Wilson.* 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 4 June, 1813; 
 passed his examination in 1820 ; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 10 Jan. 1825, into the Leven 24, sur- 
 veying-vessel, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, on the 
 coast of Africa. He returned to England in the 
 course of the same year ; and was afterwards, from 
 14 April, 1826, until 1 March, 1827, and from 3 June, 
 1831, until 18 Nov. 1834, employed in charge of the 
 Semaphore stations on Cooper's Hill and Putney 
 Heath, and for a short time in 1^37 in the Coast 
 Guard. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 * Rear-Adnairal Alexander Wilson's good conduct, when 
 Coxswain to the late Lord Uridport, raised him to favour and 
 promotion. He was a Lieutenant in that nobleman's flag- 
 ship, the KoYAL Georoe, in Lord Howe's victory, 1 June, 
 1794, and in the action off lie deGroix, a3 June, 1795. His ad- 
 vancement to Post-rank took place 2 Sept. in the latter year. 
 He afterwards commanded the Flora frigate, and the Trusty, 
 a 50-gun ship armee-en-fiute. For his services in the Trusty, 
 in the campaign of 1801 in Egypt, he was presented with a 
 gold medal by the Turkish Government. During the late 
 war, being unable to procure a ship, he accepted an appoint- 
 ment in the Sea-Fencibles. He was superannuated wirli the 
 rank of Rear-Admiral 18 July, 1814 ; and died, in 1S34, in 
 Wexford. 
 
 WILSON. (Captain, 1830.) 
 
 John Wilson (6) is only son of Sir John Wilson, 
 Kt., one of the Judges of the Court of Common 
 Pleas, and for some time one of the Lords Commis- 
 sioners of the Great Seal. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 2 Oct. 1801, as a 
 Boy, on board the Spider, Lieut.-Commander Har- 
 rison, in which vessel he served for 10 months on 
 the Plymouth station. In Aug. 1803, at which 
 period he had been for 12 months employed at 
 Portsmouth and in the Channel, in the Blenheim 98, 
 Capt. Philip Turner Bover, Doneg.al 74, Capt- Sir 
 Rich. John Strachan, Neptune 98, Capt. Wm. 
 O'Brien Drury, and Magnificent 74, Capt. Wm. 
 Henry Jervis, he became Midshipman of the Dra- 
 gon 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith Colpoys, under whom 
 we find him present in Sir Robt. Calder's action 
 with the combined fleets off Cape Finisterre 22 July, 
 1805. In the following Oct. he removed to the 
 Melpomene ■* 38, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and 
 Peter Parker, on the Mediterranean station ; where, 
 after he had again served for 10 months with Capt. 
 Griffith as Master's Mate in the Sultan 74, he was 
 nominated, 1 Oct. 1808, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Hind 20, Capt. John Rich. Lumley. In that ship, 
 to which he was confirmed 16 May, 1809, he re- 
 mained until July, 1810. His next appointments 
 were— 7 Feb. 1811, for two years, to the Boyne 98, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Harry Burrard Neale in the 
 Channel — 19 Jan. 1814, to the Newcastle 58, Capt. 
 Lord Geo. Stuart, with whom, after having con- 
 veyed Louis XVIII. from England to France, he 
 sailed for the coast of North America — 23 and 30 
 Sept. ensuing, to the Centurion 50 and Tonnant 80, 
 flag-ships there of Admirals E. Griffith and Sir 
 .Alex. Cochrane, under the latter of whom he served 
 as Signal-Lieutenant in the expedition against New 
 Orleans — and, in April, 1815, to the Bulwark 74, 
 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Griffith. On 6 
 June, 1815, he was made Commander into the 
 GoREE sloop ; and on that vessel being laid up at 
 Halifax, he was removed, 1 May, 1816, to the Portia 
 14. Her he paid off in the following Aug. His 
 succeeding appointments appear to have been — 4 
 Aug. 1818, to the Salisbury 58, fitting for the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Campbell, Commander-in-Chief in 
 the West Indies— 28 Deo. 1825, to the Java 52, 
 lying at Plymouth — and, 14 May, 1828, to the Vic- 
 tort 104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford at 
 Portsmouth, where he continued until paid off in 
 May, 1830. He has not been since afloat. His 
 Post-commission bears date 22 Oct. 1830. 
 
 Capt. Wilson married Dorothy, daughter of Chas. 
 Gibson, Esq., of Quernmore Park and Myerscough 
 House, Colonel-Commandant of the Lancaster Regt. 
 of Volunteers, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for the co. 
 Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 WILSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 28.) 
 
 John Wilson (a) entered the Navy, 9 March, 
 1806, as A.B., on board the Prospero bomb, com- 
 manded in the Downs by Capt. Gustavus Stupart ; 
 with whom and with Capt. Wm. Howe Mulcaster 
 we find him serving, from Aug. in the same year 
 until wrecked on Sable Island 3 Aug. 1812, as Mas- 
 ter's Mate and Acting-Master in the Emulous 18, 
 on the Home, West India, and North American sta- 
 tions. He assisted during that period in beating 
 off, when in the neighbourhood of Puerto Rico, 9 
 Nov. 1809, a French frigate mounting 32 guns, after 
 an action, fought within pistol-shot, of an hour and 
 40 minutes, in which the Emulous was out to pieces 
 and sustained a loss of 10 killed and 20 wounded ; 
 and on 26 Aug. 1811 and 30 July, 1812, he contri- 
 buted to the capture of L'Adile French letter-of- 
 marque laden with cotton, and the Gossamer Ame- 
 rican privateer of 14 guns and 100 men. He con- 
 tinued to act as Master in another vessel called the 
 Emulous and in the Arachne 18, both commanded 
 by Capt. Wm. M'Kenzie Godfrey, in the West 
 
 * The Melpomene, while Mr. Wilson was in her, was 
 caught in a violent storm, which left her for Ave days without 
 a rudder. 
 
WILSON— WINDHAM . 
 
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 Indies and Mediterranean, until presented, in Dec. 
 1815, with a commission bearing date 23 Feb. in 
 that year. His last appointments were, 18 Nov. 
 ,1820 and 13 Feb. 1822, to the Sukinam 18 and Tyne 
 26, CaptB. W. M'K. Godfrey and John Edw. Waloott, 
 again on the West India station; whence he re- 
 turned in 1823. 
 
 WILSON. (Lieutenant, 1843.) 
 
 John Wilson (J) entered the Navy 6 Aug. 1831 ; 
 passed his examination 14 Dec. 1837 ; and, between 
 1841 and the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1843, was employed on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations as Mate in the 
 Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, 
 Qdeen no, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. K. 
 Owen, and Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring. He 
 was then nominated Additional of the Queen ; and 
 was appointed next — 12 Jan. 1844, in a similar capa- 
 city, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. John Foote, on 
 the coast of Africa— 16 April following, to the Star 
 6, Capt. Robt. John Wallace Dunlop, on the same 
 station— and, 14 Oct. 1845 and 7 July, 1846, to the 
 Retribution steam-frigate, Capt. Stephen Lush- 
 ington, and Trafalgar 120, Capt. John Neale 
 Nott, both attached to the Channel squadron. He 
 has been on half-pay since the close of the year last 
 mentioned. Agents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WILSON. (LiEDT., 1815. F-p., 10; H-P., 28.) 
 
 Orlando Hart Wilson died 3 Jan. 1845, at 
 Aberdeen. 
 
 This ofiioer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1807, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Trent frigate, Capt. 
 Walter Grosett, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Jas. Hawkins Whitshed at Cork. In the autumn of 
 1810, after having served for two years in the West 
 Indies and on the coast of France in the Raven 
 sloop, Capt. Jas. Grant, and Lyra 10, Capts. Wm. 
 Bevians, Thos. Southey, and Robt. Bloye, he sailed 
 in the Soipion 74 for the Cape of Good Hope, with 
 the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford ; previously to 
 following whom into the Lion 64 we find him co- 
 operating, as Master's Mate, in the reduction of 
 Java. From Sept. 1813, until presented, in Aug. 
 1815, with a commission bearing date 1 March in 
 that year, he was employed chiefly on the South 
 American and Home stations, in the Nisns 38, Capt. 
 Chas. Marsh Schomberg, Warspite 74, Capt. Lord 
 Jas. O'Bryen, Aebar 50, flag-ship (off ]?lushing) of 
 Rear-Admiral Thos. Byam Martin, and Harrier 
 sloop, Capt. Sir Chas. Thos. Jones. He served 
 afterwards, from 13 Nov. 1841 until the summer of 
 1843, as an agent for Transports afloat. 
 
 WILSON. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 Thomas Wilson entered the Navy 8 Jan. 1828 ; 
 passed his examination in 1835; obtained his first 
 commission 9 May, 1839 ; was then appointed to the 
 Excellent gimnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir 
 Thos. Hastipgs ; and from 3 Jan. 1840 until paid offl' 
 in IMarch, 1843, was employed in the Blenheim 72, 
 Capts. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse and Sir 
 Thos. Herbert. He shared in consequence in most 
 of the operations of the China war. At the assault 
 and capture of the forts and batteries at Chuenpee, 
 7 Jan. 1841, he commanded in person the Blen- 
 heim's seamen.* He attained his present rank 20 
 Sept. 1843; was nominated, 19 Nov. 1846, Second- 
 Captain of the Canopds 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, 
 attached to the Channel squadron ; and since 4 May, 
 1848, has been serving in a similar capacity in the 
 Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in the Mediter- 
 ranean. 
 
 WILSON. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 William Watts Wilson was born 20 March, 
 1808, in the New Road, London, and died 29 May, 
 1845, while serving on the coast of Africa, as under, 
 in the Lily. 
 
 This oSaoer entered the Navy, 27 Oct. 1821, as 
 • ViieGaz. 1841, p. 1163. 
 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Lifpey 50, fitting for the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Chas. Grant, Com- 
 mander-in-Chief in the East Indies. H e was present 
 as Midshipman at Rangoon during the Burmese war, 
 and saw much boat service up the rivers of Ava. 
 In Feb. 1826 he left the Lifpet. He was afterwards 
 for many years employed on surveying duty in 
 South America, the North Sea, and West Indies, in 
 the Adventdre and Beagle, Capts. Phillip Parker 
 King andvRobt. FitzBoy, Fairy 10, Capt. Wm. 
 Hewett, Thdnder 6, Capt. Edw. Bamett, and Lark 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander Thos. Smith id). While 
 on the South American station be sketched the 
 greater part of the S.W. coast of Terra del Fuego. 
 Having passed his examination so far back as 29 
 Nov. 1827, he was at length, 30 April, 1841, promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant. His last appointments 
 were, 24 Sept. 1841, for nearly six months, to the 
 North Stab 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, in 
 the East Indies; and, 14 Dec. 1844, to the Lily 16, 
 Capt. Chas. Jas. Franklin Newton, fitting for the 
 coast of Africa, where he died. Agents— Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 WINDHAM. (Ck>MMANDEB, 1838. f-p., 18; 
 H-P., 7.) 
 
 John Henry Windham, bom 22 Oct. 1809, is son 
 (by Anne, daughter of Peter TheUusson, Esq., of 
 Broadsworth, co. York, and sister of the first Lord 
 Rendlesham) of the late Wm, Windham,* Esq., Vice- 
 Admiral of the White, of Felbrigg Hall, co. Norfolk, 
 who assumed the name of Windham, in lieu of his 
 patronymic Lukin, on inheriting in 1824 the estates 
 of his uncle the Right Hon. Wm. Windham. He is 
 brother of the present Wm. Howe Windham, Esq., 
 of Felbrigg Hall (a son-in-law of the Marquess of 
 Bristol), who represented the Eastern division of 
 CO. Norfolk in 1832, and served as SheriflT in 1842 ; 
 also of Capt. Chas. and Lieut. Joseph Windham, of 
 the Coldstream and 1st Foot Guards ; and of the 
 Countess of Listowel. 
 
 This oflBcer entered the Royal Naval College 5 
 Sept. 1822 ; and embarked, in Sept. 1824, on board 
 the Orestes 18, Capt. Henry Litchfield ; in which 
 vessel and in the Aurora 46, Capt. John Maxwell, 
 Forte 44, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, and Challenger 
 28, Capts. John Hayes and Adolphus FitzClarence, 
 he was for about four years employed as Midship- 
 man on the Channel, Lisbon, and North American 
 stations. He passed his examination 3 Dec. 1828 ; 
 served next, as Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 Ferret 10, Capt. Thos. Hastings, in the Mediterra- 
 nean ; was officially promoted 17 April, 1831 ; and 
 was appointed afterwards — 1 May, 1832, to the 
 Vernon 50, Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier, an 
 experimental ship — 26 Dec. following, as a Supernu- 
 merary-Lieutenant, to the Isis 50, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren at the Cape of Good 
 Hope— and, 13 April, 1835 (the Isis had been paid 
 off in the preceding Dec), to the Barham 50, Capt. 
 Armar Lowry Corry, fitting for the Mediterranean, 
 whence an illness that seriously affected his sight 
 compelled him, in Oct. 1837, to invalid. He attained 
 his present rank 28 June, 1838; and served as an 
 Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Gimrd from 3 
 July, 1843, until July, 1848. Agents — Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 • Vice-Admiral Wm. "Windham (eldest son of Geo. "Wm. 
 Lukin, Dean of Wells) attained the rank of Lieutenant in 
 1793. He commanded the Hornet sloop in 1795, acquired 
 Post-rank 28 Nov. in the latter year, and served afterwards 
 in the Espiok frigate. Standard 64, Thames 32, Doris 36, 
 Thunderer 74, Gidraltar 80, and Mars 74. He was pre- 
 sent in the Thames in Sir Jas. Saumarez' action with the 
 French and Spanish squadrons in the Gut of Gibraltar, 12 
 and 13 July, 1801 ; and in the Maes (in which ship he after- 
 wards accompanied the expedition under Admiral Gambier 
 against Copenhagen) he assisted, with a squadron under Sir 
 Samuel Hood, at the capture, off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806, of 
 four heavy French frigates— two of which, the Glmre 46, and 
 Infatigahle 44, struck' to the Mars. He was advanced to flag- 
 rank 4 June, 1814, and became a Vice-Admiral 22 July 
 W30. He died in 1833. 
 
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 WINGFIELD— WINGROVE— WINLO— WINNIETT— WINSOR. 
 
 WINGFIELD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10 ; h-p., 31.) 
 David "Wingfield entered the Navy, 23 Nov. 
 1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Rdby 64, Capts. 
 John Draper, Kobt. Hall, and Kobt. Williams ; in 
 which ship he accompanied the expedition of 1807 
 to Copenhagen, and was often in action with the 
 Danish gun-boats in the Little Belt. After serving 
 for a few weeks in the Downs in the Aginoouet 64, 
 Capt. Wm. Kent, he removed as Midshipman, in 
 March, 1810, to the Ftlla 20, Capt. Hon. Edw. 
 Rodney, on the Guernsey station. He was subse- 
 quently, in June, 1811, present in an unsuccessful 
 boat attack made upon two French man-of-war 
 brigs under a covering fire from the Eirm gun-brig ; 
 which vessel, taking the ground, was burnt by her 
 own crew. While attached next, from Aug. 1811, 
 until March, 1813, to the Diadem 64, Capt. John 
 Phillimore, Mr. Wingfield cruized in the North Sea, 
 visited Lisbon, and was actively employed in co- 
 operation with the patriots on the north coast of 
 Spain. On leaving her he Joined the Lake service 
 in Canada ; where, while commanding the Confi- 
 ANCE schooner, he was captured, 5 Oct. in the same 
 year, by the Americans under Commodore Chaun- 
 cey. This took place on Lake Ontario. In Aug. 
 1814, having been exchanged, Mr. Wingfield there 
 joined the St. Lawrence, bearing the broad pen- 
 dant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo. He assumed command, 
 22 Feb. 1815, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, 
 of the SuPBRiEUEE schooner, on Lake Huron ; and 
 in May, 1816, he removed, in a similar capacity, to 
 the Champlain, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, 
 on Lake Ontario. In the ensuing Oct. he returned 
 to England in the Prevoyantb store-ship, Master- 
 Commander Thos. Stokes; and on his arrival he 
 took up a commission bearing date 20 March, 1815. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 WINGKOVE. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Edward Wingrove entered the Navy 30 
 Sept. 1812 ; passed his examination in 1819 ; served 
 in 1824 in the Peometheds, in Sir Harry Burrard 
 Neale's demonstration before Algiers ; and ob- 
 tained his first commission 11 Dec. 1826. He was 
 employed afterwards— from 15 April, 1831, until 
 the close of 1837, in the Coast Guard — from 24 
 June, 1840, until the end of 1841, in the Magnifi- 
 CEST 72, receiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodores 
 Peter John Douglas and Edw. Boxer — and from 29 
 Jan. 1843 until advanced to his present rank, 9 
 Wov. 1846, in the Blazer steam surveying-vessel of 
 136 horse-power, Capt. John Washington, on the 
 Harwich station. He was re-appointed to the 
 Blazer 7 Dec. 1846; and has been in command, 
 since 1 Oct. 1847, of the Scourge steam-sloop of 
 420 horse-power, on the North America and West 
 India station. 
 
 Commander Wingrove married, 7 April, 1838, 
 Sarah, youngest daughter of the late John Morrins, 
 Esq., of the Archbishop's Palace, Canterbury. 
 
 WINLO. (Lieutenant, 1838.) 
 
 George William Winlo entered the Navy 11 
 Oct. 1822; passed his examination in 1829; and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 June, 
 1838. His succeeding appointments were — 5 July, 
 1838, as Additional, to the Coenwallis 74, bearing 
 the flag of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, on the North 
 America and West India station — 1 Feb. 1839, to 
 the Implacable 72, Capt. Edw. Harvey, fitting for 
 the Mediterranean, whence he returned to England 
 and was paid ofi' 31 Jan. 1842— and 27 Deo. 1843, 
 and 20 June, 1844, as Senior, to the Satellite 18 
 and Racer 16, Capts. Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew 
 Rowley and Archibald Reed, both on the south- 
 east coast of America, where he remained until 
 1846. 
 
 of North America and then in the West Indies. 
 Under Capt. Pechell he assisted at the capture (the 
 British ships Jason 32 and Hazard 18 in company) 
 of the French 40-gun frigate La Topaze, 22 Jan. 
 1809, after a very spirited action, fought chiefly be- 
 tween the Cleopatra and the enemy, at the time an- 
 chored, with springs on her cables, under a small 
 battery to the southward of Pointe-Noire, Guade- 
 loupe ; and in the ensuing month he co-operated in 
 the reduction of Martinique. In Aug. 1811 he re- 
 moved as Midshipman (a rating he had already at- 
 tained) to the Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. 
 Rodney ; in which ship he was for about two years 
 employed in the East Indies, half the period in the 
 capacity of Master's Mate. He served afterwards 
 on the North American, Home, West India, and 
 African stations, in the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of 
 Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, Royal Sovereign 100, 
 Capt. Wm. Kobt. Broughton, Salisbury 58, and 
 Pique 36, both commanded by Capt. John Mackellar 
 (the former bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John 
 Erskine Douglas), and Morgiana 18, Capts. Chas. 
 Burrough Strong, Alex. Sandilands, and Wm. Fin- 
 laison. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 29 Jan. 1821 ; and was subsequently appointed — 21 
 May, 1830, to the Coast Blockade, as a Supernume- 
 rary of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye 
 —16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard- 17 March, 
 1837, and 9 Oct. 1839, to the command of the Viper 
 brigantine and Firefly steamer, on the African and 
 North America and West India stations — 5 Nov. 
 1842, after a few months of half-pay, to the William 
 and Mary yacht, Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier, 
 lying at Woolwich— and 1 Jan. 1843, to the com- 
 mand (with his name on the books of the vessel 
 last named) of the Lightning steamer. His pro- 
 motion to the rank he now holds took place 5 Oct. 
 1843. 
 
 Commander Winniett was appointed Lieutenant- 
 Governor of Her Majesty's Forts and Settlements 
 on the Gold Coast, 24 Oct. 1845. Agents— Messrs. 
 Chard. 
 
 WINNIETT. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 William Winniett entered the Navy, 18 June, 
 1807, as Seo.-ol. Vol., on board the Cleopatea 32, 
 Capts. Robt. Simpson, Sam. John Pechell, and 
 Chas. John Austen, employed at first on the coast 
 
 WINSOR. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 22; 
 H-p., 15.) 
 
 Geoege Winsoe was born 9 Aug. 1797. He is 
 brother of Philip Winsor, Esq., Purser and Pay- 
 master R.N. (1814.) 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1810, as 
 Sec.-cl. Vol, on board the Edinburgh 74, Capt. 
 Robt. RoUes, with whom, after having served off 
 Flushing, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and 
 there removed as Midshipman, in 1812, to the 
 Union 98. In April, 1814, he assisted at the reduc- 
 tion of Genoa, and was employed with a party of 
 seamen in dragging guns for the purpose of breach- 
 ing the walls of the city. Quitting the Union in 
 the following July, he joined, in Sept. of the same 
 year, the Rolla 10, Capt. Robt. Julyan ; in which 
 vessel he was for 15 months stationed in the Chan- 
 nel. During the latter part of that period he held 
 the rating of Master's Mate. Being received, in 
 June, 1816, on board the Fuey bomb, Capt. Robt. 
 Moorsom, he was in her present, in the ensuing 
 Aug., at the battle of Algiers. He was employed 
 next, from Dec. 1816 until Aug. 1818, in the Beito- 
 MAET 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Jas. Perceval (now Earl of 
 Egmont) in the Bristol Channel; and from the latter 
 date (he had passed his examination 5 Nov. 1817) 
 until Feb. 1821, in the Coast Blockade as Admiralty- 
 Midshipman of the Seveen 50, Capt.Wm. M'CuUocn. 
 He then sailed for the East Indies, in the capacity 
 last mentioned, in the Sophie 18, Capts. Geo. French 
 and Geo. Fred. Ryves. He served subsequently 
 throughout the whole of the war in Ava, and on 
 many occasions greatly distinguished himself. On 
 11 May, 1824, he witnessed the capture of Rangoon ; 
 and on 3 June he united in a successful attack made 
 upon a strong stockade near Kemmendine. In the 
 course of the same month he commanded a de- 
 spatch-boat in an expedition sent, under the orders 
 of Lieut. Thos. Eraser of the Larne, to act against 
 the enemy at Pagoda Point ; and on the night of 
 
WINTERBOTTOM— WINTHROP. 
 
 1311 
 
 the nth he was actively employed in destroying fire- 
 rafts, which were sent by the Burmese in great num- 
 bers down the river. He was shortly afterwards, on 
 the Sophie being ordered to Calcutta, lent with a 
 party of seamen (he had volunteered to remain at 
 the seat of war) to the Laene 20, Capt. Fred. Mar- 
 ryat ; by whom we find him soon directed to proceed 
 in a small armed schooner up the Irawady, accom- 
 panied by the Mebodet and Thetis of the Indian 
 Navy, on an exploring mission above the enemy's 
 works. While thus employed he succeeded, with the 
 assistance of the present Lieut. Henry Lister Maw, 
 in towing a number of large fire-rafts clear of the Bri- 
 tish vessels. On his way back to the Lakhe he was 
 again engaged with the stockades at Pagoda Point. 
 He was next placed by Capt. Marryat in charge of 
 the flotilla stationed in advance at Kemmendine, 
 consisting, besides the Thetis cruizer, of 7 armed 
 brigs and schooners, and 10 row-boats, provided 
 with a company of the Bombay Artillery to fight the 
 guns. At the end of 10 days Mr. Winsor, who had 
 had 1 man shot in his own boat while reconnoi- 
 tring, was attacked by a severe fever brought on by 
 the exertions he had undergone. On 4 Aug. he as- 
 sisted at the capture of the fort of Syriam, where 
 the natives had stockaded themselves. On the 8th 
 he commanded one of the advanced boats, and had 
 2 men killed, at the capture, by a force under 
 Lieut.-Colonel Kelly and Lieutenant Fraser, of two 
 stockades up the Dallah Creek. A week or two 
 afterwards he again ascended the river, sounded 20 
 miles of it, and forwarded the result of his observa- 
 tions in a chart to Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, of the 
 Araohne, who, in a letter to Capt. Thos. Coe, the 
 Senior officer, warmly praised his " exertions and 
 ability." He was in consequence placed in charge 
 of the E. I. Co.'s steamei: Diana, and sent with the 
 Satellite armed transport, which vessel he towed 
 and piloted 25 miles up the Panlang branch, to the 
 attack there of several stockades, the whole of 
 which were taken. For this service he likewise re- 
 ceived the thanks of Capt. Chads. Proceeding 
 next, with the Satellite as before, to Than-ta- 
 tain, he behaved with much judgment in the bril- 
 liant and decisive operations which led to the cap- 
 ture of that fortifijed village. On 15 Deo. 1824 the 
 Diana, with the Company's cruizer Prince of 
 Wales and the pinnaces of the Aeachne and 
 Sophie (then again in the Irawady) in tow, went in 
 
 Pursuit of a large number of the enemy's boats, 
 laving cleared a fire-raft laid across the river, she 
 slipped, put on her full steam, and contrived to 
 capture and destroy at least 40 war, provision, and 
 ammunition boats. In a fresh attack made, 9 Feb. 
 1825, upon Than-ta-bain, whither she had again 
 'towed and piloted the Satellite, the D^ana, 
 having anchored within pistol-shot of a 36-gun 
 stockade, received in her side as many as 160 shot, 
 one of which passed through the wrought-iron 
 paddle. On this occasion she threw rockets from 
 the bows with great effect. She was subsequently 
 present in an equally conspicuous manner in attacks 
 upon the enemy at Panlang and Donoobew, and in 
 a variety of other operations, too numerous to ad- 
 mit of detail. On the conclusion of hostilities, in 
 April, 1826, Mr. Winsor (who had been in the 
 meanwhile appointed to the Alligator 28, Capt. 
 Thos. Alexander) conveyed sick soldiers to Kan- 
 goon, and on then resigning the command of the 
 Diana, was placed in charge of the tender belong- 
 ing to the BoADioEA 46, Commodore . Sir Jas. 
 Brisbane. His extremely gallant conduct, we may 
 here state, had caused him to be frequently men- 
 tioned in terms of very high praise in the despatches 
 of the latter officer and of Capts. Alexander, Chads, 
 and Marryat. In the words of Capt. Chads, " he 
 commanded the Diana through the war in Ava 
 with courage, energy, and prudence, under a va- 
 riety of service, frequently the most difficult and 
 perilous." *■ He returned to England with Capt. 
 Chads in the Alligator ; and on his arrival, in 
 Deo. 1826, was presented with a commission dated 
 22 July in that year. His last appointments were 
 • Vide Gaz. 1625, pp. 601 , 140.3, 2277, and Gaz. 1826,p. 1446. 
 
 —30 April, 1830, to the Talbot 28, Capt. Eich. 
 Dickinson, in which ship he was for about four 
 years employed at the Cape of Good Hope and at 
 the Mauritius— 3 Sept. 1841, as Senior Lieutenant, 
 for a few weeks, to the Camekian 36, Capt. Chads, 
 fitting at Plymouth— and II Nov. following, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Belleisle 72, troop-ship, 
 Capt. John Kingoome. The rapidity with which 
 the Belleisle was got ready for sea elicited from the 
 Admiralty a letter extolling the great exertions of 
 her Captain, officers, and crew. She sailed 20 Dec. 
 for China, with General Lord Saltoun, the 98th Re- 
 giment and 55 of the Koyal Artillery, with in the 
 whole, including women and children, 1278 persons 
 on board. On her arrival in the Yang-tse-Kiang Mr. 
 Winsor,'in command of her boats, landed Lord Sal- 
 toun. He assisted also in disembarking the second 
 division of troops in the attack upon Chin-Kiang- 
 Foo ; and for his conduct was thanked by Capt. 
 Peter Richards of the Cornwallis, who declared 
 that the boats of the Belleisle had done more 
 than those of any other ship. After having suf- 
 fered much from sickness she returned to England, 
 bringing the 75th Regiment with her from the 
 Cape of Good Hope. On her being paid off, Mr. 
 Winsor was promoted to the rank of Commander 20 
 Sept. 1843. 
 
 WINTERBOTTOM. (Lieut., 1815. r-p., 8; 
 H-p., 32.) 
 John Wintekeottom entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 
 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Philomel sloop, 
 Capta. Geo. Crawley and Geo. Davies ; in which 
 vessel he was for upwards of three years employed 
 in the Mediterranean and Channel, the greater part 
 of the time as Midshipman and Master's Mate. In 
 the latter capacity he followed Capt. Davies, in 
 June, 1810, into the Sapphire sloop ; and in her he 
 served in the West Indies and at Portsmouth until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 16 Feb. 1815. 
 He acted as Master from 8 Aug. until 7 Nov. 1814. 
 Since his promotion he has been on half-pay. 
 Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WINTHEOP. (LlECTENANT, 1846.) 
 
 George Teal Sebok Winthrop passed his exa- 
 mination 28 June, 1842 ; served as Mate at Ports- 
 mouth, on the south-east coast of America, at 
 Woolwich, and in the East Indies, in the St. Vin- 
 cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, CDEA90A 
 24, Capt. Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, Cockatrice 
 schooner, Lieut.-Commander Justus Oxenham, 
 Spitfire steamer, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Archi- 
 bald Macdonald, and Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. 
 Stanley ; and on the occasion of his promotion to 
 the rank of Lieutenant, 23 June, 1846, was nomi- 
 nated Additional of the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of 
 Sir Thos. John Cochrane on the station last named ; 
 where he was appointed, 1 Nov. following, to the 
 Castor 36, Capt..Chas. Graham. He returned to 
 England and was paid off at the close of 1847 ; was 
 employed next, from 1 March until May, 1848, in 
 the Ganges 84, Capt. Henry Smith, at Sheerness ; 
 and since 14 Oct. in the latter year has been in 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 WINTHROP. (COMMANDEE, 1846.) 
 
 Hat Erskine Shiplet Winthrop is eldest son 
 of the late Robt. Winthrop, Esq., Vice-Admiral of 
 the Blue.* 
 
 * Vice-Admiral Winthrop was born about 1762, in America 
 and entered the Navy in 1779. He fought as Midshipman in 
 the Formidable 98, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Brvdges Rodney, in 
 the action of 12 April, 1782 ; attained the rank of Lieutenant 
 3 Nov. 1790; commanded a detachment of seamen at the 
 reduction of Martinique in March, 1794; was promoted to 
 the'Tank of Commander 6 Oct. 1795 ; served as such in the 
 Albacore sloop at the capture of Ste. Lucie in May, 1796 • 
 was wrecked in a heavy gale on the Morant Keys, while 
 acting a<i Captain in the Undattnted frigate 27 Aug. follow- 
 ing ; and on 1 6 Dec. in the same year was advanced to Post- 
 rank. He was subsequently employed in the Circe 32 
 Stao 32, Ardent 64, and Sybille 38. In the Circe he ac- 
 companied an expedition sent under Sir Home Popham and 
 Major-General Coote, to destroy the locks and sluice gates of 
 
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 WISE— WISEMAN. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal 
 Naval College) 24 Deo. 1830 ; paased his examina- 
 tion in 1834; obtained his first commission 26 
 March, 1839 ; and was subsequently appointed — 18 
 June, 1839, — as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Pkin- 
 OESS Chaelotte 104, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Robt. 
 Stopford, in the Mediterranean— 9 Aug. following, 
 to the Castok 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, under whom 
 he assisted, in 1840, in the attacks upon Caiffa,* 
 Jaifa, and Tsour, and at the bombardment of St. 
 Jean d'Acre — 18 Aug. 1841, again as Additional, to 
 the iLtuSTKions 72, fitting for the flag of Sir Chas. 
 Adam— 18 Oct. 1841, to the Winchestek 50, Capt. 
 Thos. Wren Carter, and 24 Feb. 1842, to the com- 
 mand of the Spitfike steamer, both on the North 
 America and "West India station— 25 April, 1843, as 
 Senior, to the Cormorant steam-vessel, Capt. Geo. 
 Thos. Gordon, in the Pacific— 19 Oct. 1843, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Akdent steam-sloop, on the 
 coast of Africa— and 6 May, 1845, to the Rodney 
 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, attached to the Channel 
 ■ squadron. A few weeks after he had left the Rod- 
 net he was promoted to the rank of Commander 9 
 Nov. 1846. 
 
 He married, 16 Feb. 1847, Anne, second daughter 
 of the late John Hives, Esq., of Gledhow Grove, co. 
 Tork. Agents — Messrs. StUwell. 
 
 WISE. (LIE0TBKANT, 1815. F-p., 28 ; H-P., 13.) 
 Chapman Wise entered the Navy, 10 Nov. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the FoETUNiB 36, Capt. 
 Henry Vansittart, under whom he was for four 
 years employed in the Channel and on the coast 
 of Ireland. From Nov. 1810 until Dec. 1811 he 
 served in the Mediterranean, in the Blake 74 and 
 Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Edw. Codrington and 
 John Haxvey ; he was then a second time placed 
 under the command of Capt, Vansittart, in the Foii- 
 tunee; and after he had been further employed 
 with the same officer as Master's Mate in the Cla- 
 eence 74, and with Capts. Edw. Sneyd Clay, Hon. 
 Fred. Wm. Aylmer, and Nathaniel Mitchell, in the 
 Raisonnable 64, Pactolds 38, and Flokida 20, on 
 the Home, North American, and West India sta^ 
 tions, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 
 29 March, 1815. His appointments have since been 
 . — 29 Jan. 1824, for upwards of three years, to the 
 Coast Blockade, as a Supernumerary of the Ramil- 
 LiES 74j Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch and Hugh Pigot— 7 
 June, 1831, to the Coast .Guard— 17 Aug. 1838, to 
 the post, which he retained until the commence- 
 ment of 1844, of Admiralty Agent on board a con- 
 tract mail steam-vessel — 1 June in the latter year, 
 again to the Coast Guard — and 29 Sept. 1845, to 
 the command (he still holds it) of the Fox Revenue- 
 cruizer. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WISE. (Captain, 1847.) 
 
 Chaeles Wise entered the Navy 12 Nov. 1822; 
 passed his examination in 1829 ; obtained his first 
 commission 24 Dec. 1833; served, from 29 Aug. 
 1835 until paid off at the commencement of 1840, 
 part of the time as Senior Lieutenant, in the Rod- 
 ney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, on the Mediterranean 
 station ; and on 5 April, 1841, was appointed, in the 
 capacity last mentioned, to the Cobnwallis 72, 
 fitting for the flag of Sir Wm. Parker, whom he 
 accompanied to the coast of China. He commanded 
 a small division of boats subsequently at the de- 
 
 the Surges Canal ; commanded a small squadron, too, on the 
 coast of Holland, and was present at the capture of the 
 Helder and the surrender of the Dutch squadron, under 
 Hear-Admiral Storey. In the Stao he was again (after 
 having taken part in Sir John Borlase Warren's expedition 
 to Ferrol) wrecked in Vigo Bay, 6 Sept. 1801 ; and in the 
 Akdent he drove the French frigate Baymnaise, of 32 guns 
 and 200 men, on shore on the coast of Spain, 28 Nov. 1803, 
 and was for some time stationed off Boulogne. From 1808 
 until the corps was disbanded, in 1810, he commanded the 
 Dover district of Sea Fencibles. He became a Rear-Admiral 
 12 Aug. 1819, and a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830. He died 
 at Dover 9 May, 1832. 
 
 * At the taking of Caiffa, he aided in planting the Ottoman 
 flag on the ramparts of the town. 
 
 struction of 30 fire-boats at Chusan,* and was pre- 
 sent ;at the capture of Woosung,t Shanghae, and 
 Chin-Kiang-Foo. For his conduct he was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander 23 Dec. 1842,J and was 
 reappointed, 27 of the same mouth, to the Coen- 
 wALLis. In Nov. 1844 he returned to England ; he 
 was again, 1 March, 1845, nominated Second Cap- 
 tain to Sir Wm. Parker in the Hibernia 104, in 
 the Mediterranean ; and on the death at Malta of 
 Capt. Nicholas Lockyer of the Albion 90, he was 
 promoted, 28 Feb. 1847, into the vacancy thereby 
 occasioned. The Hibeknia, at the period of the 
 occurrence, was lying off Lisbon. Since 3 Aug. 
 1848 Capt. Wise has been afresh serving in her as 
 Flag-Captain to Sir W. Parker. Agents— Messrs. 
 StilweU. 
 
 WISE. (LlEDT., 1815. I-P., 28 ;§ h-p., 14.) 
 
 John Wise entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1805, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Domingo, Lieut.- 
 Commander Thompson, lying at Portsmouth. From 
 the following Aug. until Jan. 1811 he was employed 
 in the Mediterranean, Channel, and Baltic, the 
 greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the 
 Sathen 74, Capts. Lord AmeUus Beauclerk and 
 Wm. Cumberland ; the former of whom he then re- 
 joined on board the Royal Oak 74, commanded 
 next by Capts. Pulteney Malcolm and Thos. Geo. 
 Shortland. After serving off Flushing, the Texel, 
 Cherbourg, and the Western Islands, he was re- 
 ceived as Secretary's Clerk, in June, 1813, on board 
 the QoEEN Chaelotte 100, flag-ship of Lord Keith 
 in the Channel. In the ensuing Dec. he removed 
 as Master's Mate to the Medina 20, Capt. Henry 
 Bourchier, at Newfoundland; and on 10 Feb. 1815, 
 at which period he had been for a few weeks sta- 
 tioned at Cork in the Botne 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis 
 Maitland, he was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant. His appointments have since been — 13 Jan. 
 1820, to the Water Guard— 10 Feb. 1824, for about 
 two years, to the Coast Blockade, as a Supernume- 
 rary of the Bamillies 74, Capt. Wm. M'CuUoch — 5 
 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard— and 11 Jan. 1834 
 and 7 Sept. 1841, to the Directorship of Police at 
 Sheemess and Chatham Dockyards, at the latter of 
 which places he is now serving. 
 
 Lieut. Wise is married and has issue. Agents — 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WISEMAN, Bart. (Captain, 1820. p-p., 19; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 Sie William Saltonstall Wiseman was bom 5 
 March, 1784; and died, 1 July, 1845, at Hillingdon 
 End, TJxbridge. He was eldest son of Edm. Wise- 
 man, Esq., by Jemima, daughter of Michael Ame, 
 Esq. ; and grandson of Sir Thos. Wiseman, whom 
 he succeeded as seventh Baronet in 1810. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 July, 1797, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol, on board the Waeeioe 74, Capts. 
 Henry Savage and Chas. Tyler, employed in the 
 North Sea and Mediterranean. In Sept. 1799 (he 
 had attained the rating of Midshipman in March, 
 1798) he removed to the Wasp, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Heppel, lying at Chatham ; and in the follow- 
 ing Jan. he was received on board the Active 38, 
 Capts. Chas. Sydney Davers and Rich. Hussey 
 Moubray, again in the Mediterranean ; where he 
 was transferred, in June, 1804, to the Kent 74, 
 Capts. Pulteney Malcolm and John Chambers 
 White. On 8 April, 1805, at which period he had 
 been for four months serving in the Channel as 
 Master's Mate in the Cygnet sloop, Capt. Daniel 
 M'Leod, he was appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the 
 Protectoe gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Sir Geo. 
 Mouat Keith ; under whom we find him assisting at 
 the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope. On 27 
 
 • Vide Ga.z. 1842, p. 2392. 
 
 ■)- Immediately after the taking of Woosung he accom- 
 panied a detached force up the river, and at the head of a 
 few seamen and marines landed on the banks and destroyed 
 two 5-gun batteries in the face of a considerable body of 
 tiooTf.— Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3401. 
 
 t Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3821. 
 
 I!xclusive of Water-Guard time. 
 
WISEMAN— WITHAM—WODEHOUSE. 
 
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 Jan. 1806 he was there nominated Acting-Lieute- 
 nant of the DiOMEDE 50, Capt. Joseph Edmonds; 
 and on 10 March and 7 Dec. in the same year he 
 ■was in succession transferred, in a similar capacity, 
 to the DiACEM 64, Commodore Sir Home Popham, 
 and Sampson 64, Capt. Wm. Cuming. In the Dia- 
 dem he was present at the capture and the recapture 
 (by the Spaniards) of Buenos Ayres and the reduc- 
 tion of Maldonado and Goretti.* He was con- 
 firmed in the rank of Lieutenant 30 April, 1807 ; he 
 was appointed next, 18 May ensuing and 26 April, 
 1810, to the EspoiR sloop, Capt. Henry Hope, and 
 Lion 64, Capt. Henry Heathcote, on the Mediter- 
 ranean and East India stations (he had invalided 
 from the Espoir 23 April, 1808) ; and on 24 Sept. 
 1811 (upwards of three months after he had left the 
 Lion) he was promoted to the rank of Commander. 
 He was appointed, 18 Aug. 1818, to the Sophie 18, 
 fitting for the St. Helena station ; was made Post, 
 22 Nov. 1820, into the Tamak 26, at Jamaica, 
 whence he returned in 1822 ; and from 4 Feb. 1824 
 until 1827 was employed in the Samarang 28, and 
 as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Willoughby Thos. 
 Lake in the Jupiter 60, at Halifax. He remained 
 thenceforward on half-pay. 
 
 Sir W. S. Wiseman married, first, 8 Jan. 1812, 
 Catherine, second daughter of Sir Jas. Mackintosh, 
 Kt., Recorder of Bombay ; and secondly, 5 April, 
 1827, Eliza, eldest daughter of the Rev. Geo. Davis, 
 B.D., Rector of Cranfield, Bedfordshire. By the 
 former lady, who died in 1822, he has left, with 
 other issue, a son, the present Sir "W. S. "Wiseman, 
 Bart., Commander R.N. Agests — Case and Lou- 
 donsack. 
 
 WISEMAN, Bart. (Commandek, 1846. f-p., 19; 
 H-p., 1.) 
 
 Sib William Saltonstall Wiseman, born 4 
 Aug. 1814, is eldest son of the late Sir W. S. Wise- 
 map, Bart., Captain R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 Sept. 1827 ; and embarked, 25 June, 1829, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the Philomel 10, Capts. Chas. 
 Graham and Hugh Berners, stationed in the Medi- 
 terranean, where he attained the rating of Midship- 
 man. In Feb. 1831 and Nov. 1833 he joined the 
 Rattlesnake 28, commanded by his former Cap- 
 tain, Graham, and the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. 
 Chas. Pearson, both in South America. He conti- 
 nued to serve in the Sparrowhawk as Mate until 
 her return to England in Feb. 1837. In the course 
 of the ensuing month he was appointed to the Bri- 
 tannia 120, flag, ship of Sir Philip Chas. Durham at 
 Portsmouth ; and on 28 June, 1838, at which period 
 he had been for three months stationed on the coast 
 of Scotland for the protection of the fisheries as 
 Senior-Mate in the Partridge 10, Lieut.-Com- 
 mander Wm. Morris, he was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant. He was employed subsequently — 
 from 26 July, 1838, until April, 1840, in the Excel- 
 lent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Hastings — from 7 April, 1840, until paid off in Aug. 
 1843, as Gunnery-Lieutenant, in the Vangdard SO, 
 Capt. Sir David Dunn, in the Mediterranean — and, 
 from 3 Jan. 1844 until promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 7 Feb. 1846, again in the Excellent, 
 as First-Lieutenant, under Capts. Sir T. Hastings 
 and Henry Ducie Chads. He served as Second- 
 Captain in the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. 
 Wm. Austen in North America and the West Indies, 
 from 20 Nov. 1846 until put out of commission in 
 the spring of 1848. 
 
 Sir W. S. Wiseman married, 24 Oct. 1838, Char- 
 lotte Jane, daughter of the late Chas. Wm. Pater- 
 son, Esq., Admiral of the White, of East Cosham 
 House, Hants, by whom he has issue. Agents— 
 Case and Loudonsaok. 
 
 WITHAM, Kt. (LiEDT., 1818. F-P., 20 ; H-p., 19.) 
 Sir Charles Witham is third son of the late 
 
 Wm. Witham, Esq. (of the ancient Yorkshire family 
 • It was he who conveyed to the commandant of Goretl i 
 
 the summons from Sir Home Popham which led to the 
 
 surrender of the i-sland. — Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 115, 
 
 of Witham, of Cliffe), by Dorothy, daughter of 
 Thos. Langdale, Esq. ; and brother of Lieut. Fras. 
 Witham, R.N. ^^ ,^„^ 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. 
 Henry Lidgbird Ball and Valentine Collard, sta- 
 tioned in the Channel. From June, 1810, until 
 March, 1812, he served in the Baltic as Midshipman 
 (a rating he had attained in the Gibraltar) m tne 
 CouRAGEUX 74, Capt. Wm. Butterfield ; during the 
 next 16 months he was employed at Gibraltar as 
 Master's Mate in the Cossack 22 and Druid 32, 
 both commanded by Capt. Wm. King ; he was then, 
 in July, 1813, received as a Supernumerary on 
 board the Namub 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Wil- 
 liams at the Nore ; and in April, 1814, he joined, 
 again as Master's Mate, the Newcastle 60, Capts. 
 Lord Geo. Stuart and Henry Meynell. In her, 
 after serving on the coast of North America and in 
 the West Indies, he proceeded with the flag of Sir 
 Pulteney Malcolm to St. Helena; where he was 
 nominated, 6 Aug. 1816, Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 Phaeton 46, Capt. Fras. Stanfell. He was officially 
 promoted on his return to England from the Cape 
 of Good Hope, 6 March, 1818 ; and was subsequently 
 appointed— 3 Oct. 1818, to the Camelion 10, Capt. 
 Wm. Jas. Mingaye, on the Portsmouth station— 15 
 Dec. 1821, to the Apollo yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir 
 Chas. Paget— 3 Nov. 1824 (upwards of 12 months 
 after he had left the Apollo), to the Britannia 
 120, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez at Ply- 
 mouth— 28 Dec. 1825, as First, to the Philomel 10, 
 Capt. Lord Wm. Paget, fitting for the Mediterra- 
 nean, whence he came home, we believe, at the 
 close of 1826— and, 29 May, 1828, in a similar capa^ 
 city, to the Semiramis 24, flag-ship of Hon. Sir C. 
 Paget at Cork. He has been on half-pay since 
 1831. 
 
 Sir Chas. Witham (who received the honour of 
 Knighthood in 1830) married, 18 Nov. 1829, Jane, 
 third daughter of John Hoy, Esq., of Stoke-by- 
 Nayland, co. Suffolk, by whom he has issue. ' 
 
 WITHAM. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 12 ; h-p., 27.) 
 
 Francis Witham is brother of Lieut. Sir Chas. 
 Witham, K.N., Kt. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 8 May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capts. 
 Henry Lidgbird Ball, Valentine Collard, and Robt. 
 Plampin, attached to the force in the Channel. In 
 the following Nov. he attained the rating of Mid- 
 shipman ; and in Jan. 1812 he removed with Capt. 
 Plampin to the Ocean 98 ; in which ship he was 
 for two years and a half employed, the greater part 
 of the time as Master's Mate, on the Mediterranean 
 station. He served afterwards, in the capacity 
 last mentioned, from 23 July, 1814, until 5 Aug. 1815, 
 in the Edhtdice 24, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner 
 and Rich. Spencer, on the coast of Ireland— from 6 
 Aug. 1815 until 25 Dec. 1816, in the Tiber 38, 
 Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the same station and at 
 Newfoundland— and, from 26 Dec. 1816 until May, 
 1818, in the Conqueror 74, bearing the flag of his 
 former Captain, then Rear-Admiral, Plampin, at 
 St. Helena. He was made Lieutenant, 12 May, 
 1818, into the Eurtdice, commanded at the time 
 by Capt. Robt. Wauchope ; he was paid off' from 
 that ship (in which he had served at the Cape of 
 Good Hope and at Rio de Janeiro) in Dec. 1819 ; 
 and he was lastly, from 20 Dec. 1821 until some 
 time in 1822, employed at Sheerness, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant, in the Brisk 10, Capt. Edw. Stewart. 
 
 WODEHOUSE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Abmine Wodehouse is related to the present 
 Lord Wodehouse. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1835 ; passed his 
 examination 8 Aug. 1842 ; served for two years at 
 Portsmouth, as Mate, in the Excellent gunnery- 
 ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; then joined the 
 Fltixo Fish 12, Capt. Robt. Harris, and Canopds 
 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, both on the Home sta- 
 
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 WODEHOUSE— WOLFE— WOLLASTON. 
 
 tion; obtained his commission 13 Dec. 1845; and 
 has been since employed in the East Indies in the 
 KisGDOVE 16, Capts. Sir Wm. Hoste, Wm. John 
 Cavendish Clifford, and Edw. Augustus Inglefield, 
 and, as First-Lieutenant, in the Scoot 14, Capt. 
 Fred. Ersliine Johnston. 
 
 WODEHOUSE. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 15; h-p.,17.) 
 The Honodkaele Edward Thornton Wode- 
 HonSE, bom 5 June, 1802, is second son of Lord 
 Wodehouse, by Charlotte Laura, only daughter and 
 heiress of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton Park, co. 
 Norfolk ; and brother of Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse, 
 a Major in the Army and Colonel in the Norfolk 
 Militia. He is nephew of the late Hon. Philip 
 Wodehouse, Vice-Admiral of the White;* and 
 cousin of Commander Geo. Wodehouse, R.N., and 
 Capt. Geo. Baker, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Koyal Naval College 7 
 Sept. 1815 ; and embarked 7 Sept. 1818, as a Volun- 
 teer, on board the Liffey 50, Capt. Hon. Henry 
 Duncan ; of which ship, stationed in the Channel, 
 he was rated Midshipman in Oct. 1819. In May, 
 1820, he removed to the Creole 42, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy in 
 South America ; where he was nominated, 28 Deo. 
 1822, Acting-Lieutenant of the Blossom 24, Capt. 
 Archibald Maclean. He was confirmed to that ship 
 24 Feb. 1823 ; he left her in June, 1824 ; and he was 
 appointed next — 18 March, 1825, to the Tweed 28, 
 Capt. Fred. Hunn, at the Nore— 10 Aug. 1825, 4 
 Aug. 1826, and 18 Jan. 1827, to the Warspite 76, 
 B0A.DICEA 46, and Java 52, all commanded by 
 Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, as fiag-ships, in the 
 East Indies, of Rear- Admiral Wm. Hall Gage — and, 
 12 Nov. 1828, as Senior, to the Fekket 10, Capt. 
 Thos. Hastings, in the Mediterranean. He was 
 promoted to the command of the Ferret 23 July, 
 1830, and was continued in her until paid off in the 
 early part of 1831. He has not been since afloat. 
 He was advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. 
 Capt. Wodehouse married, in Oct. 1838, Diana, 
 only daughter of the late Colonel Thornton, of Fal- 
 coners' Hall, Torkshire, by whom he has issue. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WODEHOUSE. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Georce Wodehouse, bom 8 July, 1810, is second 
 son of the Hon. and Rev. Wm. Wodehouse, M.A. 
 (fourth son of the first Lord Wodehouse), by Mary, 
 eldest daughter of the late Thos. Hussey, Esq., of 
 Galtrim, co. Meath, by Lady Mary Walpole. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 
 March, 1823 ; served as Midshipman in the Asia 84, 
 flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of 
 Navarin 20 Oct. 1827 ; and obtained his first com- 
 mission 8 June, 1833. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 2 Oct. 1833 and 1 Aug. 1834, as a Supernu- 
 merary-Lieutenant, to the Asia again and to the 
 Hastings 74, flag-ships of Rear- Admirals Wm. Par- 
 ker and Sir Wm. Hall Gage off Lisbon — 19 Nov. 
 1834, 10 May, 1836, and 1 Feb. 1838, to the Rover 
 18, Capt. Chas. Eden, Dublin 50, flag-ship of Sir 
 Graham Eden Hamond, and Samaeako 26, Capts. 
 Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott, aU on the South 
 American station, whence he returned in the early 
 part of 1840—3 May, 1841, to the Queen 110, bear- 
 ing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth 
 — 26 Oct. following, as First, to the Madagascar 
 
 * Vice-Admiral Philip Wodeliouse was bom 16 July, 1773. 
 He attained the rank of Lieutenant in 1794 ; was made Com- 
 mander into the Albacorz sloop in 1796 ; and was posted 
 as Dec. in the same year. He served next in the Miononne 
 frigate, Volaoe 24, Brilliant 28, Iris 32, and Resistance 36. 
 In 1804 he was appointed to the Harwich district of Sea Fen- 
 cibles; and in 1805 itnd 1807 he obtained command of the 
 Intrepid 64, and CnMBERLANo 74. He was wrecked, in the 
 Resistance, near Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803 ; and he 
 united, in the Cumberland, in the pursuit, which led to the 
 self-destruction, in Oct. 1809, of the French ships of the 
 line Robuste and Lion near Cape Cette. From 1811 until 
 promoted to the rank of HcarAdmiral, 12 Aug. 1819, he 
 filled the appointment of Resident Commissioner at Halifax. 
 He became a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830, and died 21 Jan. 
 1838. 
 
 44, Capt. John Foote, on the coast of Africa— and, 
 28 Dec. 1842, in a similar capacity, to the Thun- 
 derbolt steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Nathaniel Broke, 
 at the Cape of Good Hope. Since he attained his 
 present rank 30 July, 1844, he has been on half-pay. 
 Commander Wodehouse married, 20 June, 1848, 
 Eleanor Charlotte, daughter of A. Mortimer, Esq. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WOLFE. (Commander, 1843.") 
 
 James Wolfe entered the Navy 22 June, 1814; 
 passed his examination in 1823; and attained the 
 rank of Lieutenant 14 July, 1829. His succeeding 
 appointments were— 25 Feb. 1830, as a Supernume- 
 rary, to the Meteor surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. 
 Copeland, in the Mediterranean — 22 Nov. following, 
 to the command of the Mastiff, another surveying- 
 vessel, on the same station, whence he returned in 
 the spring of 1832 — 9 March and 5 Sept. 1835, again 
 as a Supernumerary, to the San Josef 110 and 
 RoTAL Adelaide 104, on the books of which ships, 
 bearing each the flag of Sir Wm. Hargood at Ply- 
 mouth, he remained but a few months — and, 19 
 Aug. 1842, as Senior, to the Shearwater steamer, 
 Capt. John Washington, from wliich vessel he was 
 superseded in the following Oct. His promotion to 
 the rank he now holds took place 15 Feb. 1843. 
 His appointments have since been, on Surveying 
 service — 26 Dec. 1843, to the Tartarus steamer, on 
 the coast of Ireland— and, 8 Nov. 1846 and 24 Oct. 
 1847, as Additional-Commander, to the William 
 and Mart yacht and Fisgakd 42, bearing the 
 broad pendants of Commodores Sir J. J. G. Bremer 
 and Henry Eden at Woolwich. 
 
 Commander Wolfe is married, and has issue. 
 
 WOLLASTON. (Vice-Admirai, of the Bute, 
 1841. F-p., 21 ; HP., 43.) 
 
 Charles Wollaston died 19 Feb. 1845, at Bury 
 St. Edmunds, in the 78th year of his age. He was 
 third son of the Rev. Fred. Wollaston, LL.D., Pre- 
 bendary of Peterborough, by his second wife, Pris- 
 oilla, daughter of D. Ottley, Esq.; of St. Kitts. His 
 grandfather and great-grandfather each represented 
 the borough of Ipswich in Pailiament ; and his 
 eldest brother. Colonel Fred. Wm. Wollaston, of 
 Shenton Hall, co. Leicester, formerly Colonel com- 
 manding the 22nd Light Dragoons, and Brigadier- 
 General in Ireland, is a Magistrate and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant for Leicestershire. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Nov. 1781, as 
 Captain*s Servant, on board the Formidable 98, 
 Capts. Sir Chas. Douglas and John Symons, flag- 
 ship of Sir Geo. Brydges Rodney in the West Indies ; 
 where he continued to serve until the close of 1783, 
 chiefly in the capacities of Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Resolution and Warrior 74's, both 
 commanded by Capt. Symons, Boreas, Capts. Au- 
 gustus Montgomery and John Wells, and St. Eus- 
 tatius, Capt. Matthew Smith. He was present in 
 the Formidable in the actions of 9 and 12 April, 
 1782. In Feb. 1784 he joined, at Deptford, the 
 Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Hon. Wm. Com- 
 wallis ; with whom, after having been for four years 
 employed on the coast of North America in the 
 Assistance and Leander, Commodores Sir C. 
 Douglas and Herbert Sawyer, he sailed for the East 
 Indies, in the eaxly part of 1789, in the Crown 64. 
 Subsequently to his arrival he was made Lieutenant, 
 25 Oct. 1790, into thePncExix 36, Capts. Geo. Anson 
 Byron and Sir Rich. John Strachan. In Dec. 1792, 
 having returned to England with Capt. Robt. Man- 
 ners Sutton in the Crown, he joined the Boyne 98, 
 flag-ship in the Channel of Admiral Philip Affleck ; 
 he was next, in 1793-5, appointed, on the Halifax 
 station, to the Oiseau, Capt. Robt. Murray, and 
 Resolution, bearing the flag of Admiral Geo. Mur- 
 ray ; he attained the rank of Commander 6 Deo. 
 1796 ; he served as such in the Cruizer 18 in the 
 North Sea from 2 Feb. 1798 until posted 1 Jan. 
 1801 ; and from April, 1802, until Dec. 1805, he was 
 employed in the Sea Fenoibles at Colchester and at 
 
WOLLE Y— WOLRIGE . 
 
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 Swansea. In the Cruizek he made prize of the 
 privateers Jupiter of 8 guns and 36 men, Chasseur of 
 4 guns and 48 men, Les Deux Freres of 14 guns and 
 50 men, Courageux of 14 guns and 47 men, Ferse'vt- 
 rant of 14 guns and 49 men, and Flibustier of 14 guns 
 and 54 men. He was placed on the Eetired List of 
 Kear-Admirals 22 July, 1830; transferred to the 
 Active List 17 Aug. 1840; and advanced to the 
 rank of Vice-Admiral 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 WOLLE Y. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 23; 
 H-P„ 15.) 
 
 GoDFHET Lamplugh Wollet entered the Navy, 
 7 Aug. 1809, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Salvadob 
 DEL MuNDO, Capt. Thos. Wolley, bearing the flag 
 of Admiral Wm. Young at Plymouth. He removed, 
 14 May, 1812, to the Nokthumbekland 74, Capt. 
 Hon. Henry Hotbam ; and on 22 of the same month 
 he was present, we believe, in company with jthe 
 Growler gun-brig, at the destruction, at the en- 
 trance of L'Orient, of the French 40-gun frigates 
 JJ Arieime and U Andromaqwe, and 16-gun brig Ma- 
 melmick, whose united fire, conjointly with that of 
 a heavy battery, killed 5 and wounded 28 of the 
 Northhmberland's people. After serving for a 
 few months in the West Indies in the Vengeok 74, 
 Capt.Thos. Dundas, he joined, in Sept. 1813, the 
 Pkesident 38, Capts. Eras. Mason and Archibald 
 Duff, on the coast of Ireland, where he continued 
 employed as Midshipman until Sept. 1815. From 
 Jan. 1816 until May, 1818, he served on board the 
 Fly sloop, Capt. John Baldwin, at Cork and at 
 Newfoundland ; and in May of the latter year he 
 became Master's Mate of the Farithlan 10, Capt. 
 Wilson Braddyll Bigland, fitting for the West Indies, 
 on which station he was nominated, 21 Jan. 1820, 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Sapphire 26, Capts. Henry 
 Hart and Alex. Montgomerie. He was confirmed 
 to that ship 29 April, 1820 ; was paid off from her 
 in Sept. 1821 ; and was subsequently appointed — 9 
 Sept. 1822, as Senior, for upwards of two years, to 
 the Bellette 18, Capt. John Leith, again in the 
 West Indies— 1 Aug. 1836, to the Victort 104, 
 guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Searle— and 
 in 1838, to the post of Agent on board a contract 
 mail steam-vessel. He was advanced to the rank 
 he now holds 23 Nov. 1841.; ^nd has been employed 
 since 23 Nov. 1843 as an Inspecting-Commander in 
 the Coast Guard. 
 
 WOLKIGE. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 17; h-p., 31.) 
 Charles Wolrige is brother of the late Capt. 
 Thos. and the present Capt. Wm. Wolrige, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1799, as 
 Seo.-ol. Vol., on board the Cambridge 74, guard- 
 ship at Plymouth, Capts. Rich. Boger and John 
 Wickey. From June, 1800, until May, 1802j he 
 served as Fst.-cl. Vol. on board the Nymphe frigate, 
 Capts. Percy Fraser and Stair Douglas, on the 
 Channel station, where he was received, in June, 
 1803, on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John 
 Moore Mansfield. He served subsequently as Mid- 
 shipman at the blockade of Cadiz, fought in that 
 capacity at the battle of Trafalgar, and united as 
 Master's Mate in the attack upon Copenhagen in 
 Aug. and Sept. 1807. In Oct. of the latter year he 
 was nominated Acting-Lieutenant, in the North Sea, 
 of the Snake sloop, Capt. Thos. Toung, to which 
 vessel he was confirmed 5 Jan. 1808. He served 
 subsequently, from Nov. 1809 until Feb. 1812, in 
 the Quebec 32, Capts. Hon. Geo. Poulett and Chas. 
 Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, also in the North Sea ; 
 and from Aug. 1812 until July, 1816, in tho Stag 
 and Spartan frigates, commanded, in the Channel, 
 at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Mediter- 
 ranean, by Capt. Phipps Hornby. On 3 Aug. 1811, 
 being then in the Quebec, he assisted in the boats of 
 that ship and of a squadron, 10 in number, carrying 
 116 men, under the command of Lieut. Sam. Blyth, 
 at the cutting-out, from within the island of Norde- 
 ney, near the Texel, of four Danish gun-vessels, each 
 armed with 1 long 12 and 2 long 6 or 8 pounders, 
 and 25 men, including 5 soldiers, and commanded 
 
 by a Lieutenant-de-Vaisseau of the French navy — 
 an exploit which was not accomplished until the 
 enemy had sustained a loss of 4 men lulled and 12 
 wounded, and the British, after an exposure to a 
 fire of grape and canister, and a hard struggle, of 
 2 killed and 9 wounded. Independently of 19 persons 
 who were killed and wounded in the early part of 
 the contest by an accidental explosion on board one 
 of the gun-boats.* For his conduct on this ocoa- 
 sibn Mr. Wolrige was presented with the sword of 
 one of the French Commanders. From 1831 until 
 1833 he was employed as an Agent for Transports 
 Afloat. Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 WOLKIGE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 George Rhodes Wolrige is nephew of the late 
 Capt. Thos. Wolrige, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 3 Dec. 1828 ; passed 
 his examination 17 June, 1835 ; and became Mate 
 afterwards of the President 50, Capt. Wm. Brough- 
 ton, on the Pacific station, where he was appointed, 
 28 July, 1842 (he had been promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 16 May preceding), to the Dublin 50, 
 flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas. He re- 
 turned to England in the early part of 1845 ; and 
 since 29 March in that year has been serving at 
 Portsmouth in the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capts. 
 Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Duoie Chads. 
 
 WOLKIGE. (Lieutenant, 1848.) 
 
 Sydney Wolrige is son of the late Capt. Thos. 
 Wolrige, R.N. 
 
 This officer served for some time as Midshipman 
 in the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich. 
 Thomas in the Pacific. He passed his examination 
 13 Sept. 1847 ; and since 8 March, 1848, has been 
 serving as Mate and Additional-Lieutenant (com- 
 mission dated 29 Sept. in the latter year) in the 
 Wellesley 72, flag-ship of the Earl of Dundonald 
 on the North America and West India station. 
 
 WOLRIGE. (Capt., 1822. f-p., 20; h-p., 31.) 
 Thomas Wolrige was born 15 Sept. 1782, at 
 Plymouth, and died 1 Dec. 1845, at Stonehouse, 
 Devon. He was brother of Capt. Wm. and Lieut. 
 Chas. Wolrige, R.N. ; also of Lieut.-Colonel John 
 Wolrige, R.M., and of Capt. Ambrose A. Rhodes 
 Wolrige, R.M., Barrack-Master at Chatham; and 
 uncle of Lieut. G. R. Wolrige, R.N., and of Chas. 
 Fred. Wolrige, Esq., who died Assistant-Surgeon 
 of the Cruizer 16, Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, in the 
 East Indies, in 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1795, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol.J on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. John 
 Drew, stationed at Cork. In June, 1797, he re- 
 moved to the De Braak 16, Capt. Jas. Drew, lying 
 at Plymouth ; and in Feb. 1798 (he had ahready at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman) he joined the 
 Stag 32, Capts. Joseph Sydney Torke and Robt. 
 Winthrop, attached to the force in the Channel, 
 where, in 1800, he was again placed with Capt. 
 Torke in the Jason 36. While serving as Master's 
 Mate in that frigate, under Capt. Hon. John Mur- 
 ray, he was wrecked on the coast of France and 
 taken prisoner 1 July, 1801. In the following Aug., 
 having regained his liberty, he was received by 
 Capt. Torke, in the capacity last mentioned, on 
 board the Canada 74. He was made Lieutenant, 
 29 March, 1802, into the Juste 80, Capt. Sir Edm. 
 Nagle. He left that ship in the course of the next 
 month ; and was subsequently appointed — 21 Sept. 
 1802 and 2 Feb. 1803, to the Glenmore 44 and 
 BoADioEA 38, commanded each, in the Channel and 
 at Plymouth, by Capt. John Maitland— in May, 
 1803, to the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Chas. Cotton in the Channel— 18 July, 1805, to the 
 Aurora 28, Capts. Hon. Geo. Elliot and Geo. Fras. 
 Seymour, in the Mediterranean— 14 May, 1808 to 
 the Christian VII. 80, Capts. Sir J. S. Yorke and 
 Rich. Harward, employed in the Channel and, under 
 the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, in the North Sea— and, 
 • VideGsx. 1811, p. 1660. 
 
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 WOLRIGE— WOOD. 
 
 27 Aug. 1810, to the Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Fras, Laforey in the "West Indies. While belonging 
 to the Adroea he was again, in the boats of that 
 ship, taken prisoner between Terracina and Gaeta. 
 He was placed in conflnement in consequence in 
 Fort St. Elmo, Naples, and was there detained until 
 released by Sir Wm. Sidney Smith in 1806. On 24 
 Jan. 1811 he was made Commander into the Opossum 
 10. After serving for nearly four years in her in 
 the West Indies and Channel, he was removed, in 
 Dec. 1814, to the Koyalist 18, on the Jamaica sta- 
 tion. He invalided home in May, 1815; and was 
 lastly, from 30 Oct. 1821 until advanced to Post- 
 rank 19 July, 1822, employed in the Driver 18, on 
 the coast of Africa. 
 
 Capt. WoHge married, 10 March, 1819, Emma 
 Sophia, daughter of Thos. Kidge, Esq., of Kilmiston, 
 Hants, by whom he has left issue two sons and four 
 daughters. One of his sons, Sydney, is a Lieute- 
 nant, R.N. 
 
 WOLEIGE. (Cnpfain, 1818. f-p., 19; h-p., 30.) 
 William Wolrige is brother of the late Capt. 
 Thos. Wolrige, and of the present Lieut. Chas. 
 Wolrige, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1798, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jason 38, Capt. Chas. 
 Stirling. On 21 April following he was present, in 
 company with the Mars 74, at the surrender of the 
 Hercule 74; in the ensuing June he assisted (the 
 Pique 36 and Mebmaid 32 in company) at the cap- 
 ture, with a loss to the Jason of 7 killed and 12 
 wounded, of the French 40^un frigate La Seine ; 
 and on 13 Oct. in the same year he was wrecked 
 near Brest. With the rest of the officers and crew 
 he was taken prisoner. On his release from cap- 
 tivity he joined, in 1799, the Revolutionnaire 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Twysden. After having served for 
 about two years in that ship on the Cork station, 
 part of the time as Midshipman, he removed as 
 Master's Mate, in 1801, to the Donegal 74, Capt. 
 Sir Rich. John Strachan, with whom he continued 
 employed in the C^sar 80, chiefly on the Channel 
 station, until there nominated, 30 April, 1805, Sub- 
 Lieutenant of the Viper cutter, Lieut.-Commander 
 Daniel Carpenter. On 23 March, 1807 (he had been 
 then serving for six months, again as Midshipman, 
 in the Hibeenia 110, flag-ship of Earl St. Vincent 
 in the Channel), he was made full Lieutenant into 
 the Volage 22, Capts. Philip L. J. Rosenhagen 
 and Phipps Hornby, on the Mediterranean station. 
 Under Capt. Rosenhagen he contributed to the 
 capture, 28 July, 1808, of the French brig-corvette 
 Le Requin of 16 guns and 110 men ; and under Capt. 
 Hornby, besides co-operating in the defence of Sicily 
 against the threatened invasion of Murat, he took 
 part, 13 March, 1811, in the celebrated action off 
 Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the 
 whole 156 guns and 879 men, gloriously defeated, 
 after a shattering battle of six hours, and a loss 
 to the Volag-b in particular of 13 killed and 33 
 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force 
 amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. As a reward 
 for his gallant conduct on the latter occasion, as 
 First-Lieutenant'Of the Volage, Mr. Wolrige, whose 
 name was mentioned in the warmest terms,* was 
 presented with a Commander's commission bearing 
 date the day of the action. His subsequent appoint- 
 ments were— 6 Aug. 1812, as Acting-Captain, to the 
 Stag 36, in the Channel— 1 Jan. 1813, to the Ber- 
 muda 10, in the Downs— 20 June, 1815, to the Alba- 
 core sloop, at Plymouth — and, 18 Aug. ensuing, to 
 the Wasp 18, in the Mediterranean. He paid off 
 the vessel last mentioned 9 Sept.' 1818; attained- 
 Post-rank 7 Deo. following.; and accepted the Re- 
 tirement 1 Oct. 1846. 
 
 Gwernnevit, co. Brecon, a Magistrate for cos. Mid- 
 dlesex, Surrey, and Brecon, and Colonel of the East 
 Middlesex Militia, who has represented Brecknock- 
 shire in Parliament since 1810. He is brother of 
 Colonel Thos. Wood, of the Grenadier Guards, M.P. 
 for CO. Middlesex ; of Alex. Wood, Esq., Commis- 
 sioner of Emigrants ; of David Wood, Esq., a Cap- 
 tain in the Horse Artillery ; and of Robt. Wood, 
 Esq., a Major in the Hussars. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 14 Nov. 1828 ; passed 
 his examination in 1835 ; and for his services on the 
 coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 
 Nov. 1840. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 Arthur Wellington Wood is fourth son, by 
 
 Lady Caroline, sister of the present Marquis of 
 
 Londonderry, of Thos. Wood, Esq., of Littleton, 
 
 CO. Middlesex, Middleham Castle, co. York, and 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 804. 
 
 WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Octavius Wood entered the Navy in 
 1828; assisted, when Midshipman of the Imogene 
 28, Capt. Price Blackwood, in forcing (in company 
 with the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Ducie 
 Chads) the passage of the Boca Tigris, in China, in 
 Sept. 1834; passed his examination 6 June, 1838; 
 served as Mate, on the Mediterranean, North Ame- 
 rica and West India, and Plymouth stations, in the 
 Bellerophon 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen (part 
 of the force employed in the operations on the coast 
 of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean 
 d'Acre), Illustrious 72 and Queen 110, flag-ships 
 of Sir Chas. Adam and Sir John West ; obtained 
 his commission 6 Dec. 1845; and from 8 of the 
 latter month until paid off in 1848 was employed, 
 again in North America and the West Indies, in 
 the ENDyMiON 44, Capts. Geo. Robt. Lambert, Geo. 
 Wm. Conway Courtenay, and Hon. Geo. Fowler 
 Hastings. 
 
 WOOD. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 27 ; h-p., 9.) 
 
 Frederick Wood died 6 March, 1847, at South- 
 sea, aged 48. He was nephew of Mr. Justice 
 Bayley. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 May, 1811, as 
 Third-cl. Boy, on board the Edinburgh 74, Capt. 
 Robt. RoUes, with whom he continued employed in 
 the Union 98, on the North Sea and Mediterranean 
 stations, until July, 1814 — the latter part of the 
 time in the capacity of Midshipmaji. He served 
 next, from July, 1814, until Nov. 1815, in the Eury- 
 DICE24, Capts. Hon. Valentine Gardner, Geo. Ourry 
 Lempriere, and Rich. Spencer, and Lightning 20, 
 Capt. Geo. Rennie, on the coast of Ireland ; from Dec. 
 1815 until Jan. 1817, in the Madagascar and Mje- 
 ANDEB frigates, in the latter of which (tliey were 
 both commanded by Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon) 
 he was nearly wrecked, off Orfordness, in Dec. 1816; 
 from March, 1817, until Aug. 1818, in the Shark 
 sloop, Capt. Chas. Newton Hunter, Salisbury 50, 
 flag^ship of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, 
 Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe, Shearwater 10, 
 Capt. Douglas Cox, Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus 
 Lennock, and Rifleman 18, Capt. Norwich Duff, all 
 in the West Indies; and from Dec. 1818 until Jan. 
 1822, in the East Indies, in the Dauntless 26, Capts. 
 Hon. Valentine Gardner, John Norman Campbell, 
 and Geo. Cornish Gambler, Leandek 60, flag-ship 
 of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Alligator 28, Capt. 
 Jas. Wilkie, Topaze 46, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, 
 and Leander again. He was nominated Acting- 
 Lieutenant of the Alligator and Topaze 30 March 
 and 14 May, 1821 ; and was confirmed, 23 July fol- 
 lowing, into the Leander. His appointments, after 
 he left the latter ship, were— in March, 1823, to the 
 Sappho 18, Capt. Jenkin Jones, in the Mediterra- 
 nean— 1 May, 1824, to the Genoa 74, Capts. Sir 
 Thos. Livingstone, Wm. Cumberland, and Walter 
 Bathurst, at Plymouth— 31 March, 1826, to the 
 Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill, at Portsmouth — 29 
 June, 1829, and 10 Aug. 1830, as Senior-Lieutenant 
 (a post he had latterly filled on board the Mel- 
 ville), to the Lightning 18 and Tribune 42, 
 Capts. Thos. Dickinson and John Alex. Duntze, 
 both on the South American station, whence he re- 
 turned at the close of 1831 — and 9 Deo. 1833, in a 
 similar capacity, to the Belvideba 42, Capt. Chas. 
 
WOOD. 
 
 1317 
 
 Burrough Strong, fitting for the West Indies. He 
 was paid off from the ahip last mentioned in Nov. 
 1837 ; was advanced to the rank of Commander 28 
 June, 1838 ; and was nominated, 20 Sept. following 
 and 1 Feb. 1839, Second-Captain, on the North 
 America and "West India, and Mediterranean sta- 
 tions, of the Malabar 74 and Implacable 72, both 
 commanded by Capt. Edw. Harvey. He served in 
 the Implacable, in 1840, on the coast of Syria and 
 at the bloclsade of Alexandria ; and continued em- 
 ployed in her until paid off in Jan. 1842. His pro- 
 motion to Post-rank took place 21 Sept. in the latter 
 year. 
 
 Capt. Wood married, 2 Dec. 1824, the only daugh- 
 ter of T. Ferrar, Esct., of Mecklenburgh Square, 
 London, by whom he has left issue. Agents— 
 Messrs. Chard. 
 
 WOOD. (Retired Commander, 1842.) 
 
 George Wood died 30 Aug. 1846. He was uncle 
 of the present Lieut. Jas. Wood(c), R.N. 
 
 Tliis officer entered the Navy, in 1790, as A.B., 
 on board the Dictator 64, Capt. Thos. West,, sta- 
 tioned in the Channel. Being discharged in the 
 course of the same year, he next, in March, 1793, 
 joined the Leviathan 74, Capts. Lord Hugh Sey- 
 mour and Geo. Hope; in which ship we find him 
 present at the occupation of Toulon and in Lord 
 Howe's action 1 June, 1794. After serving for up- 
 wards of three years under the flag of Lord Hugh 
 Seymour as Midshipman in the Sans Paheil 80, on 
 the Channel station, he was there made Lieutenant, 
 16 Oct. 1798, into the Chapman armed ship, Capt. 
 Robt. Keen. Ill health caused him, in a few weeks, 
 to be superseded. He was subsequently appointed 
 —in Dec. 1799 and Jan. 1805, to the command of 
 the Adder and Aimewell gun-brigs, employed in 
 the North Sea, on the coast of France, in the Baltic, 
 on the Welsh coast, and in the Downs — 21 Nov. 
 1807, as Senior, after 18 months of half-pay, to the 
 Namur 74, flag-ship of Admiral Thos. Wells at the 
 Nore— 30 May, 1808, to the Torbulent gun-brig — 
 next, again to the Namur — and 18 April, 1810, and 
 18 July, 1828, to the command, on the Baltic and 
 Home stations, of the Cheerful and Nightingale 
 cutters. The Adder was twice engaged with the 
 French flotilla ; the Turbulent, after a gallant de- 
 fence of two hours and a half, was captured, while 
 in escort of convoy, by a Danish flotilla, near the 
 south end of Saltholm, 9 June, 1808. Mr. Wood 
 was Senior of the Namur in the expedition of 1809 
 to the Walcheren ; ^and while in command of the 
 Cheerful he captured a vessel under the batteries 
 of Bruens Haven. He was placed on the Junior 
 List of Retired Commanders 24 Deo. 1830 ; and on 
 the Senior 28 March, 1842. Agents— Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 from the following Dec. (five months after he had 
 left the Roebuck) until May, 1811, was employed 
 in the North Sea and Baltic, as First-class Volun- 
 teer Midshipman, and Master's Mate, in the Lynx 
 sloop, Capts. John Willoughby Marshall and Thos. 
 PerJival. From May, 1811, until July, 1814, he 
 served with Capt. Robt. Rolles as Master's Mate m 
 the Edinburgh 74 and Union 98, among the West- 
 ern Islands and off Flushing, as also in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; where, after he had been for eight months 
 borne as a Supernumerary on the books ol the 
 Queen 74, bearing the flag of Kear-Admiral Chas'. 
 Vinicombe Penrose, he was nominated, 28 March, 
 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the Wizard sloop, Capt. 
 Walter Croker. On leaving the latter vessel in the 
 ensuing Oct. he was presented with a commission 
 bearing date 11 Feb. preceding. He has since been 
 on half-pay. Agent— J. Hinxman. 
 
 WOOD. (Commander, 1846.) 
 
 Granville Hamilton Wood entered the Navy 
 (from the Royal Naval College) 21 June, 1832; 
 passed his examination 22 March, 1837 ; and at the 
 period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 which took place 17 Aug. 1841, had been for some 
 time employed as Mate in the Eleotra 18, Capt. 
 Edw. Beeves Philip Mainwaring. From 23 Aug. 
 1841 until paid off in 1845 he served in the Cam- 
 brian 36, Capt. Henry Duoie Chads, in the East 
 Indies. He attained the rank he now holds 14 Jan. 
 1846 ; and since 29 June in the same year has been 
 in command of the Hound 8 on the African and 
 North America and West India stations. While 
 the Hound was fitting at Sheerness, a sailor having 
 fallen overboard, Commander Wood, who from his 
 cabin witnessed the accident', sprang on deck and, 
 without taking off any of his uniform, precipitated 
 himself into the sea and succeeded in saving the 
 man's life. 
 
 WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 1 1 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Wood (6) entered the Navy, 31 May, 1804, 
 
 as a Supernumerary, on board the Roebuck 44, 
 
 Capt. Geo. M'Kinley, guard-ship at Leith; and 
 
 WOOD. (Liectenant, 1815. r-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 James Wood (c)]. was born 29 Dec. 1792. He is 
 nephew of the late Retired Commander Geo. Wood, 
 R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1806, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Aimewell 14, com- 
 manded by his uncle Lieut. Geo. Wood, and at the 
 time lying in Horseley Bay. In the following May 
 he removed to the Rifleman 12, Lieut.-Commander 
 Wm. Napier; and in July, 1807, after having served 
 in that vessel off Boulogne, where he came into re- 
 peated contact with the enemy's flotilla, he was 
 received on board the Letden 64, Capt. Wm. Cum- 
 berland. In her he accompanied the ensuing expe- 
 dition against Copenhagen. In May, 1808, he was 
 again placed under the command of his uncle in the 
 Turbulent 14; and on 9 of the following month he 
 had the misfortune, while in escort of convoy, to be 
 captured, after a gallant defence of two hours and 
 a half, by a Danish flotilla, near the south end of 
 Saltholm. In July of the same year, having re- 
 gained his liberty, he joined the Orion 74, Capt. 
 Sir Arch. Collingwood JDickson, on the Baltic sta- 
 tion, where we find him present in an attack made 
 upon the island of Eastholm. During the subse- 
 quent operations in the Walcheren, he assisted in 
 landing the troops, and was employed, in command 
 of the ship's pinnace, in supplying the gun-boats 
 with ammunition in the attack upon Camvere. 
 From the Leyden Mr. Wood was transferred, in 
 May, 1811, to the Goshawk 16, Capt. Jas. Lilburn. 
 On 7 Sept. following the latter vessel, in company 
 with the Barbadoes 24, chased into Calvados seven 
 French gun-brigs (one of which was driven on shore), 
 mounting 3 long 24-pounders and a mortar each, and 
 manned with 75 men. She was in company, the 
 next day, with the Hotspur 36, Capt. Hon. Josce- 
 line Percy, when two more of the same vessels were 
 compelled to run on shore, and one of them sunk. 
 From Dec. 1811 until Oct. 1814, Mr. Wood served 
 in Basque Roads and the Mediterranean in the 
 Pompee 74, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood; and from the 
 latter period until presented in March, 1815, with a 
 commission dated 13 of the preceding month, he 
 was employed in the Channel as Master's Mate in 
 the Cephalus 18, Capt. John Furneaux. In one of 
 the Pompbe's boats he shared in an attack made on 
 a French national schooner in Basque Roads. He 
 was engaged in the same ship In Sir Edw. Pellew's 
 partial action with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. I813;.on 
 which occasion she threw several broadsides into 
 the AffamemnoH 74. 
 
 From the commencement of the peace until Dec. 
 1839 Lieut. Wood was employed in the Merchant 
 service. He was then appointed Lloyd's Surveyor 
 of Shipping at Bristol. 
 
 WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 James Wood (d) entered the Navy 24 May, 1825 • 
 passed his examination 17 Aug. 1831 ; and was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Oct. 1841. His 
 appointments have since been— 5 April and 19 Aug 
 1842, and 1 Jan. 1843, to the Sylvia, Rocket, and 
 Fearless surveying-vessels, all commanded, on the 
 
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 WOOD. 
 
 Home station, by Capt. "Wm. Louis Sheringham— 
 and 8 Feb. 1845, to the command, which he still re- 
 tains, of the Pandoka, another sarveying-vessel, 
 employed in the Pacific. Agents— Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 WOOD. (COMMANDEH, 1843.) 
 
 James Frederick Lewis Wood is first-cousin of 
 Lieut. Lewis Koper Fitzmaurice, K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 1 Feb. 1820; passed 
 his examination in 1826; obtained his first com- 
 mission 28 June, 1838 ; and from 9 April, 1839, until 
 advanced on his return to England to his present 
 rank 4 Oct. 1843, was employed in the Ekebds 
 bomb, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, on a a voyage of dis- 
 covery to the Antarctic Seas. He has since been 
 on half-pay. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WOOD. (Lieutenant, 181.5. p.p., 1] ; h-p., 32.) 
 James Monypenny Wood entered the Navy, 12 
 Jan. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mosquito 
 18. While in that vessel under the command of 
 Capt. Sam. Jackson be assisted at the capture, 13 
 April, 1805, of the French privateers Orestes and 
 Pylades of 1 gun, 6 swivels, and 33 men each, es- 
 corted, towards the close of the same year, a fleet 
 of transports with 5000 troops, &c., for Lord Cath- 
 cart's army in Hanover, was engaged in several 
 warm aff'airs with the Boulogne flotilla, and accom- 
 panied the expedition against Copenhagen. In Jan. 
 1808 (he had attained the rating of Midshipman in 
 May, 1805) he removed to the Superb 74, also com- 
 manded by Capt. Sam. Jackson. After pursuing to 
 the Mediterranean a French squadron which had 
 effected its escape from Rochefort, he proceeded to 
 the Baltic; where we find him present, in Aug. 
 1808, at the embarkation from Nyeborg of the 
 Spanish army under the Marquis de la Romana. In 
 the following winter the Superb was frozen up at 
 Gottenborg, and was only extricated by a canal 
 being cut by her crew through four miles of ice. 
 In the summer of 1809 she formed part of the force 
 employed in the attack upon Walcheren. On leav- 
 ing her Mr. Wood became Master's Mate, in Nov. 
 of the same year, of the DssiKiE 36, Capt. Arthur 
 Farquhar. In her he served for nearly three years 
 in the North Sea and assisted at the capture of 
 several of the enemy's armed and other vessels. 
 In Sept. 1812 he joined the Impregnable 98, Capt. 
 Mackenzie, lying at Portsmouth; he was next, 
 from March until Dec. 1813, employed, again with 
 Capt. Jackson, as Master's Mate, in the Lace- 
 demonian 38, on the coast of North America ; and 
 on 23 Feb. 1815 he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant. His last appointment was, for a short 
 time in 1824, to the Dover 28, flag-ship of Sir John 
 Poo Beresford at Leith. Agents — Messrs. Om- 
 manney. 
 
 WOOD. (LlECTENANT, 1812.) 
 
 John Wood (a) obtained his commission 23 Sept. 
 1812. At the commencement of the peace he was 
 serving at the Cape of Good Hope in the Ioabus 10, 
 Capt. Tbos. Barker Devon. He was afterwards, 
 from 1822 until 1827, employed in the Coast Block- 
 ade, with his name on the books of the Severn 
 50, Ramillies 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. 
 M'Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. Since the date 
 last mentioned he has been on half-pay. 
 
 WOOD. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 
 10; H-P.,44.) 
 
 Wuham Wood was born 21 Feb. 1770. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1793, as 
 Master's Mate, on board the Aurora 28, Capts. 
 Wm. Essington, Rich. King, Chas. Gamier, Raw- 
 linson, Henry Digby, and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, 
 in which ship he was for six years employed in the 
 North Sea and Channel, on the coasts of Spain and 
 Portugal (where he served in the boats in several 
 cutting-out affairs), and in the Mediterranean. He 
 then, in Sept. 1799, joined, also as Master's Mate, 
 
 the ALCMisE 32, commanded by his former Cap- 
 tain, Digby ; under whom we find him assisting, in 
 company with other ships, at the capture, in Oct. 
 1799, off Cape Finisterre, of the Spanish 34-gun 
 frigates Santa Brigida and T/ietis, laden with trea- 
 sure ato an enormous amount. After serving for a 
 short time with Capt. Essington at Portsmouth in 
 the Sceptre 74, he was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 1 Aug. 1801, and appointed to the com- 
 mand, in the Downs, of the Flamek gun-brig; 
 which vessel he paid off 12 April, 1802. From 12 
 July, 1803, until 26 April, 1804, he was employed in 
 the Sea Fencibles at Ramsgate. This was his last 
 appointment. He was placed on the Junior List of 
 Retired Commanders 3 Oct. 1831 ; and on the Se- 
 nior 16 Sept. 1846. 
 
 Commander Wood married, 17 March, 1801, Miss 
 Sarah Browning, by whom he had a daughter, now 
 deceased, who married Capt. Edw. Chappell, K.N, 
 Agent— J. Chippendale. 
 
 WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 William Wood (a) was promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 18 March, 1826. 
 
 WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 William Wood ( b) obtained his commission 25 
 Aug. 1845 ; was appointed, 15 Sept. following, to 
 the America 50, Capts. Hon. John Gordon and Sir 
 Thos. Maitland, on the Home station; and since 20 
 Feb. 1847, has been employed as Second and First 
 Lieutenant in the Medea steam-sloop of 350 horse- 
 power, Capt. Thos. Henry Mason, in the Pacific. 
 
 WOOD. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 18; h-p., 4.) 
 William Cotteeell Wood was born 28 Jan. 
 1810. His grandmother was sister of the gallant 
 Capt. John Harvey, who fell in command of the 
 Brunswick 74 in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794. 
 This ofScer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1825, on 
 board the Waespite 76, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Car- 
 roll, in which ship and in the Boadicea 46 and Java 
 52, he continued employed in the East Indies under 
 the flag of Rear- Admiral Wm. Hall Gage, as Fst.-cl. 
 Vol. and Midshipman, until his return to England 
 in Jan. 1830. In the ensuing July he joined the 
 Meteor steamer, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Henry 
 Symons; he served next, from Dec. in the same 
 year until Aug. 1834, part of the time as Mate (he 
 passed his examination 18 April, 1832) in the 
 Sapphire 28, Capts. Hon. Wm. Wellesley and Hon. 
 Geo. RoUe Walpole Trefusis, in the West Indies 
 and North America,; in Nov. of the latter year he 
 was appointed to the Salamander steamer, Capt. 
 Wm. Langford Castle, in the Channel ; and in the 
 spring of 1835 he sailed in the Dublin 50, Capt. 
 Chas. Hope, for the Pacific; where, after serving 
 with Capt. Chas. Eden in the Rover 18 and with 
 Lieuts. Geo. Fred. Dashwood and Henry Kellett in 
 the Starling surveying-vessel, he was nominated, 
 22 Sept. 1837, Acting-Lieutenajit of the Sulphur, 
 another surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Belcher. 
 Being ordered subsequently to the coast of China, 
 he there, in the boats, united in the vigorous ope- 
 rations put into force, 7 Jan. 1841, against the 
 enemy's forts at Chuenpee ; and in the course of the 
 same day he contributed to the destruction of 11 
 out of 13 war-junks. He was next, 26 Feb., present 
 in the celebrated action with the Bogue forts ; and 
 on 27 he shared in an attack made ay a squadron 
 under the orders of Capt. Thos. Herbert on the 
 enemy's works close to Whampoa Reach ; where he 
 landed in command of a party of seamen| and ma- 
 rines, and assisted in utterly routing 2000 Chinese, 
 and in capturing 54 pieces of cannon. During the 
 first attack upon Canton Mr. Wood served with 
 a division of boats commanded by Capt. Belcher : 
 in the second he was attached to the Madras Artil- 
 lery, with 20 of the Sulphur's men, by whom a gun 
 was brought up in such excellent style, that he re- 
 ceived the written thanks of Capt. Anstruther, the 
 commanding officer. He aided too in piloting the 
 
WOODCOCK— WOODD—WOODGATE-WOODHAM. 
 
 I3I9 
 
 transports up the unknown part of the Canton 
 river ; and was otherwise very actively and usefully 
 employed.* From the Sdi.phur Mr. Wood (he had 
 been promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 28 June, 1838) was transferred, in July, 
 1841, to the Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland; 
 under whom we find him present, in the course of 
 the same year, at the capture of Amoy, Chusan, 
 and Ningpo. In Jan. 1842, the "WEtiESLEr being 
 ordered to England, he was nominated Additional- 
 Lieutenant of the CoBNWALUs 72, fiag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Parker, and placed in command, at the same 
 time, of the Young Hebe tender. In May, 1842, 
 having been advanced to the rank of Commander 
 by a commission dated 8 Oct. preceding, he re- 
 turned to England. He has been in command, 
 since 19 March, 1847, of the Philomel sloop, on 
 the coast of Africa. 
 
 Commander Wood married, 11 April, 1844, Eliza- 
 beth, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Thos. 
 Stedman, M.A., Vicar of St. Chads, Shrewsbury, 
 and widow of the Rev. Edw. Polehampton, M.A., 
 Rector of Greenford, co. Middlesex, and late Fellow 
 of King's College, Cambridge. Agents — Messrs. 
 Stilwell. 
 
 WOODCOCK. CLiEUTEKANT, 1811. r-p., 13; 
 H-P., 29.) 
 
 Fkancis Henbv Woodcock died 11 Nov. 1845. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1803, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the GALrKHEiD, Capt. David 
 Colby, bearing the flag of the late Sir Edw. Thom- 
 brougn, with whom he continued employed as Mid- 
 shipman and Master's Hate in the Ruby 64, Eagle 
 and Kent 74's, and Royal Sovereign 100, on the 
 North Sea, West India, Chantiel, and Mediterranean 
 stations, until transferred, in Nov. 1809, to the Ville 
 DE -Paris 110, flag-ship of Admirals Lord Colling- 
 wood and Thos. Fras. Fremantle in the Mediterra- 
 nean also ; where he was made Lieutenant, 25 May, 
 1811, into the Sultan 74, Capt. John West. In 
 command, with Lieut. Anderson, of the boats of the 
 latter ship, he attacked, boarded, and carried, oflF 
 Bastia, 4 Deo. following, with a loss to the British 
 of only 4 men wounded, and to the enemy of 1 man 
 killed and several wounded, two French national 
 armed vessels, one a settee of 8 guns and 31 men, 
 and the other a brig of 6 guns and 53 men. t In 
 May, 1813, he removed to the Ethalion 36, Capts. 
 Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobbie ; in which 
 frigate he served on the coast of Ireland until paid 
 off in Sept. 1815. This was his last appointment. 
 
 WOODD. (Eetired Commandek, 1844. f-p., 
 18; H-p., 36.) 
 
 Robert Woodd was born 17 April, 1780, and 
 died in 1847. His father, Geo. Woodd, Esq., was a 
 Captain in the West Kent Militia. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in the spring of 
 1793, as Captain's Servant, on board the Defence 
 74, Capt. J as. Gambler. After having fought as 
 Midshipman in Lord Howe's action, 1 June, 1794, 
 ho removed with Capt. Gambler to the Prince 
 George 98, fitting in the river Medway; he joined 
 next, in 1795-6, the Eubydice 24 and Ambuscade 
 32, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Twysden ; and 
 in Feb. 1797 he was received on board the Levia- 
 than 74, Capt. (subsequently Rear and Vice Ad- 
 miral) John Thos. Duckworth. He was much em- 
 ployed, in the Eubydice, in affording protection to 
 convoys in the English and Irish Channels ; and in 
 the Ambuscade he came into action with a fort on 
 the island of St. Domingo. While attached to the 
 Leviathan, In which ship (deducting an interval 
 of 13 months, from Aug. ,1799 until Sept. 1800, 
 during which he acted as Lieutenant in flie Mer- 
 maid 32) he continued until the autumn of 1801, 
 he cruized in the Channel and on the coast of Ire- 
 land, assisted at the blockade of Cadiz, served on 
 shore at the reduction of Minorca, contributed to 
 the capture of two Spanish frigates, the El Carmen 
 ' yide Gaz. 1S41, pp. 1430, 1501, ISC';, 2504, 2539. 
 t F. Gaz. 1812, p. 038. 
 
 and Florentina, each laden with 1500 quintals of 
 quicksilver, and was present either afloat or on 
 shore at the capture of Fort St. Elmo, on the coast 
 of Naples, and of the Swedish and Danish islands in 
 the West Indies. He was a participator, too, in 
 many cutting-out affairs ; and in one of them, on 
 the toast of Spain, was wounded. His commission 
 as Lieutenant, dated 31 Jan. 1800, was given to him 
 by Lord Nelson. He returned to England from 
 the West Indies in the Daphne 20, Capt. Rich. 
 Matson ; and was employed afterwards— from 1803 
 until 1805, in the Rosario sloop, Capt. Rich. Mat- 
 son, on the coast of Ireland— from 1805 until March, 
 1810, in command of a Signal station in Cornwall— 
 from Dec. 1810 until June, 1811, in the Ulysses 44, 
 flag-ship of Vice-Admiral D'Auvergne on the 
 Guernsey station— and from June, 1811, until June, 
 1813, in command of another Signal station in the 
 island of Jersey. He was placed on the Junior List 
 of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830; and on the 
 Senior 24 July, 1844. 
 
 Commander Woodd married in 1804, and again in 
 1826. By his first wife he has left a family of five 
 children. 
 
 WOODGATE. (Commander, 1842.) 
 
 Thomas Woodg'ate is nephew of Commander 
 Rich. Streatfeild, R.N. 
 
 This officer attained the rank of Lieutenant 18 
 Oct. 1839. His succeeding appointments were — 
 21 Oct. 1839, as Additional, to the Stag 46, bearing 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan 
 in South America — 18 July, 1840, to the Grecian 
 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, at the Cape of Good Hope — 
 7 March, 1842, as Senior, to the North Star 26, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, under whom he took 
 part in the closing operations of the war in China* 
 — and, 17 Nov. following, to the Endtmion 44, 
 Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the East India 
 station. He was presented, in 1843, for his China 
 services, with a Commander's commission bearing 
 date 23 Dec. 1842 ;t and has since been on half-pay. 
 Commander Woodgate married, 11 Sept. 1845, 
 Louisa Hay, daughter of the late Lieut. Walker, 
 R.N. Agent — Fred. Dufaur. 
 
 WOODHAM. (Lieutenant, 1815.) 
 
 William Henry Woodham was bom 22 July, 
 1794. One of his brothers, Geo. Horatio, a Mid- 
 shipman R.N., was lost in the Anacreon 18, in the 
 Bay of Biscay, 28 Feb. 1814 : another, Senior Cap- 
 tain of the 9th Foot, after having fought in most of 
 the Peninsular actions, was killed, while gallantly 
 leading his company, at the storming of St. Sebas- 
 tian in 1813. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 4 April, 1805, as 
 Fst.-oi. Vol., on board the Uranie 38, Capt. Hon. 
 Chas. Herbert, stationed on the coast of North 
 America. After serving for about two years in the 
 Canada 74, Capt. John Harvey, in the West In- 
 dies (where he was in company with a squadron 
 under Sir Alex. Cochrane during the close pursuit 
 of a French squadron, which lasted for two or 
 three days), he was received as Midshipman, in 
 Jan. 1808, on board the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. 
 Collingwood Dickson, on the Baltic station. Re- 
 joining Capt. Harvey, in June, 1809, on board the 
 Leviathan 74, in the Mediterranean, he united, in 
 Oct. of the same year, in the chase which led to the 
 self-destruction, near Cape Cette, of the ships-of- 
 the-line Robuste and Lion. He continued to serve 
 with Capt. Harvey and with Capts. Wm. Bedford 
 and Jas. Bisset, on the station last named and in 
 the Channel, until transferred, in April, 1813, to the 
 Majestic of 56 guns, Capt. John Hayes. In her he 
 was present at the blockade of the American ship 
 Constitution in the port of Boston ; at thefiapture, 3 
 Feb. 1814, near the Azores, of the Terpsicm-e French 
 frigate of 44 guns, after a running action of two 
 hours and a half ; in the operations connected with 
 
 * He served on shore in the attack upon the batteries at 
 Woosung.— ftde Gaz. 1843, p. 3400. 
 t Vide Gaz. 1S43, p. 29J0. 
 
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 VVOODIN— WOODLEY— WOODMATSr. 
 
 the attack upon 'Washington ; and at the capture, 15 
 Jan. 1815, of the U. S. ship President of 56 guns. On 
 leaving the Majestic in June, 1815, he took up a 
 commission bearing date 15 Feb. in that year. Since 
 24 March, 1829, he has had charge of a station in 
 the Coast Guard. He had been previously, for five 
 years, employed in the Coast Blockade, with his 
 name on the books of the Kamieltes, Htpekioh, 
 and Ramillies again, Capts. Wm. M'CuUoch, "Wm. 
 Jas. Mingaye, and Hugh Pigot. 
 
 Lieut. Woodham married, first, 29 Sept. 1818, a 
 daughter of Philip Duhige, Esq. ; and secondly, 25 
 Oct. 1839, Eleanor Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut. 
 Edw. Medley, R.N. He has issue eight children. 
 
 WOODIN. (Lieut., 1813. r-p., 15; h-p., 28.) 
 "William Henry "Woodin entered the Navy, 15 
 July, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ambus- 
 cade 32, Capt. "Wm. D'Urban, under whom he was 
 for five years employed in the Mediterranean, a 
 great part of the time as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate. He then, in Aug. 1809, joined, in the capa- 
 city last mentioned, the Okpheus 32, Capts. Patrick 
 Tonyn and Robt. Foulis Preston, on the West India 
 station, where he was received, in Jan. 1811, on 
 board the Dragon 74, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. 
 Laforey. In that ship, of which he became an 
 Acting and a confirmed Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1812 
 and 31 May, 1813, he continued to serve until Aug. 
 1815 on the coast of North America, under the com- 
 mand of Capt. Robt. Barrie, whose thanks he ob- 
 tained for his conduct during the operations in 
 the Penobscot against Hamden and Bangor.* From 
 1 Oct. 1830 until 1834 he served as a Supernume- 
 rary-Lieutenant of the CocKBCRN schooner, Lieut.- 
 Commander Chas. Holbrook, on the Lakes of 
 Canada. Since the latter date he has been on half- 
 pay. 
 
 WOODLEY. (Commander, 1845.) 
 
 Augustus John "Woodley entered the Navy 1 
 May, 1827 ; passed his examination in 1834 ; and 
 for his services on the coast of Syria and at the 
 bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His succeed- 
 ing appointments were— 30 Jan. 1841, to the Re- 
 venge 76, Capt. Hon. "Wm. 'Waldegrave, in the Me- 
 diterranean— 29 March, 1842, as Additional, to the 
 Growler steamer, Capt. Claude Henry Mason 
 Buckle, in South America — and 7 Oct. 1843, as 
 First, to the Gorgon steam-sloop, Capts. Chas. 
 Hotham and Edw. Crouch, on the same station. 
 For his conduct during the operations in the Pa- 
 rana, detailed in our memoir of Sir Chas. Hotham, 
 he was promoted to the rank of Commander by a 
 commission bearing date 18 Nov. 1845. f 
 
 WOODLEY. (Commander, IS 16. f-p., 10; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 "William "Woodley, born 4 Feb. 1793, is son of 
 "Wm. Woodley, Esq., at one time Governor-General 
 of the Lefeward Islands, and afterwards of Berbice, 
 by Mary, daughter of John Mardenborough, Esq., 
 of St. Christopher's. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, about the com- 
 mencement of 1806, as Midshipman, on board the 
 London 98, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale ; and on 
 13 March in the same year was present, in company 
 with the Amazon 38, at the capture, during a cruize 
 to the westward, of the French 80-gun ship Ma- 
 rengo, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 
 40-gun frigate Belh Pmde, after a long running 
 fight in which the London sustained a loss of 10 
 men killed and 22 wounded. In Oct. 1808 he re- 
 moved to the above-named Amazon, commanded 
 by the present Sir Wm. Parker ; and after sharing 
 in much agrvice performed by the boats of that 
 ship, he jaRied the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag 
 of Lord Gambler : under whom we find him wit- 
 nessing the celebrated attack made by Lord Coch- 
 rane on the French shipping in Aix Roads. He 
 was subsequently employed in the Lavinia 40, 
 
 * Vide Gnz. 1814, p. 2031. . f r. Gaz. 1S46, p. 2500. 
 
 Capts. Lord "Wm. Stuart and Henry Digby, on the 
 Mediterranean station. While there he contributed 
 to the destruction of a fort situated on an island in 
 the Bay of Rosas ; and he served also in the boats 
 and on shore at the capture of a fort and of the 
 materials for two frigates on the coast of Corsica. 
 About the period of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 25 June, 1812, he was 
 appointed to the Botne 98, bearing the flag of Sir 
 H. B. Neale in the Channel: he served next, from 
 Oct. 1812 until July, 1815, chiefly in the East Indies, 
 in the Daedalus 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell (in 
 which frigate he was wrecked, 2 July, 1813, near 
 the island of Ceylon), Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir 
 Sam. Hood, as First-Lieutenant in the Theban 36, 
 Capt. Sam. Leslie, and in the Malacca 36, Capt. 
 Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay; and in Aug., 1815 he 
 was appointed, for five months, to the Royal 
 Charlotte yacht, Capt. Geo. Scott. He attained 
 the rank he now holds 11 March, 1816 ; and has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Woodley married a sister of Lieut. 
 John Wright, R.N. Agents — Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 WOODMAN. (Lieut., 1839. f-p., 12; h-p., 2.) 
 
 Thomas Copeland Woodman entered the 
 
 Navy 12 April, 1833 ; and obtained his commission 
 
 14 Nov. 1839. He was employed afterwards — from 
 
 15 Nov. 1839 until the spring of 1841, in the Cro- 
 codile 26, Capt. Alex. Milne, on the North Ame- 
 rica and West India station — from 9 Nov. 1841 
 until July, 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant and 
 Lieutenant, in the Queen 110, Capts. Geo. Fred. 
 Rich and Sir Chas. Sullivan, flag-ship the greater 
 part of the time of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, in the 
 Mediterranean — and from 22 Sept. 1846 until the 
 end of 1848 in the Coast Guard. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 WOODMAN. (Lieutenant, 1804. r-p., 14 ; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 William Ingle Woodman entered the Na'vy, 23 
 July, 1797, as Midshipman, on board the Centaur 
 74, Capts. John Markham and Bendall Robt. Little- 
 hales, employed at first in the Channel and then in 
 the Mediterranean. While on the latter station he 
 was present at the surrender of the island of Mi- 
 norca, in an attack made on the town of Cambrelles, 
 on the coast of Catalonia, at the destruction of the 
 Spanish frigate El Guaddlovpe of 40 guns, and at 
 the capture of a French squadron of three frigates 
 and two brigs commanded by Rear-Admiral Perree. 
 After again serving in the Channel he joined, in 
 June, 1802, the Ulysses 44, Capt. Edwin Henry 
 Chamberlayne ; in which ship he continued em- 
 ployed in the West Indies as Master's Mate, Acting- 
 Lieutenant, and Lieutenant (order and commission 
 dated 1 Nov. 1803 and 3 May, 1804), until Oct. 1804. 
 His subsequent appointments were — 28 Nov. 1804, 
 to the Scout sloop, Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh 
 Mackay, in the North Sea— 6 June, 1805, to the 
 Woolwich 44, armee-en-fiute, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, 
 fitting in the river Thames— 3 Oct. following, to the 
 Princess Royal 98, Capt. Robt. Cartliew Reynolds, 
 in the Channel— 23 June, 1807, to the Laurel, of 
 22 long 9-pounders on her main-deck, with 6 18- 
 pounder carronades and 2 long 6's on the quarter- 
 deck and forecastle, Capt. John Chas. Woollcombe— 
 31 Jan. 1811, to the Thais 20, Capt. Edw. Scobell, 
 on the coast of Africa, whence ill health obliged 
 him to return in March, 1812— and 6 Aug. 1813, to 
 the Hydha 38, Capt. Joseph Digby, in the Bay of 
 Biscay. In Aug. 1808 the Laurel, with only 145 
 men, was captured ofi' the Isle of France by the 
 French frigate Cannmiere of 48 guns and, including 
 troops, full 420 men, after a close and gallant action 
 of nearly an hour and a half, in which the British 
 had but 9 wounded, and the enemy at least 5 killed 
 and 19 wounded. Mr. Woodman, who -n-as at the 
 time Senior Lieutenant (and who, on being con- 
 veyed on board the French ship, had had his sword 
 returned to him, as was Capt. WooUcombe's, by the 
 French Captain), was in consequence detained a 
 
WOODRIFF. 
 
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 prisoner of war until March, 1810. He left the 
 UiruRA from ill health in Dec. 1813; and has since 
 been on half-pay. Agent — f red. Dufaur. 
 
 WOODRIFF. (Commander, 1822.) 
 
 Damiel James WooDKirF, bom 14 Aug. 1787, is 
 eldest son of the late Capt. Dan. Woodriff, R.N., 
 C.B. ;♦ brother of Commander John R. Woodriff, 
 R.N. ; and brother-in-law of the late Lieut.-Colonel 
 Tomkins, of the 58th Regiment : one brother, Robt. 
 Matthews Woodrifi; a Lieutenant R.N. (1811), died 
 in 1822. 
 
 This officer first went to sea on board the Endt- 
 MioN 44, arm£e~en-Jlute, commanded by his father, 
 then a Lieutenant, under whom he was wrecked on 
 an unknown rock in the "West Indies in 1790. In 
 1792 he accompanied him in a voyage round the 
 world in a vessel named the Kitty, which had been 
 sent out chiefly for the purpose of affording relief to 
 the infant colony of Port Jackson, in New South 
 Wales. Having returned to England, he remained 
 on shore until Aug. 1801. On 1 of that month he 
 joined the Peincess Charlotte 38, Capt. Hon. 
 Eras. Farington Gardner, bearing the flag of Lord 
 Gardner at Cork. While there he was sent with a 
 Lieutenant in an open boat round the coast into the 
 lakes of Killarney, for the purpose of saluting the 
 Viceroy of Ireland — the only time that this was 
 ever, we believe, accomplished by a boat from a 
 man-of-war. On 1 Feb. 1803 Mr. Woodriff, who had 
 attained the rating of Midshipman in April, 1802, 
 was again placed under the command of his father, 
 as Master's Mate, in the Calcdtta armee-en^ftHte. In 
 her he sailed with 450 convicts for Port Philip in 
 Bass Strait and assisted in forming the settlement 
 of Hobart Town. On his return to England he re- 
 moved as Master's Mate, in Oct. 1804, to the Bel- 
 liEROPHON 74, Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, 
 Wm. Pryce Cumby (Acting), and Edw. Rotheram ; 
 in which ship he was for three years alternately 
 stationed in the Channel and Mediterranean. He 
 was in consequence present at the battle of Tra- 
 falgar 21 Oct. 1805; and on that occasion, as we 
 learn from a certificate bearing the signature of 
 his commander, Cumby, his conduct was "highly 
 spirited and •meritorious." Immediately after the 
 action his ingenuity enabled him to suggest a mode 
 of alleviating the sufferings of the wounded, who 
 were much incommoded by the rolling and labour- 
 ing of the ship.f After serving for a few weeks 
 with Capt. Jas. Walker in the Bedford 74, pre- 
 viously to joining which ship he had had charge of 
 a watch, Mr. Woodriff was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 11 Dec. 1807. His next appointments 
 were, to the Polyphemus 64, Capts. Peter Heywood 
 and Wm. Pryce Cumby, on the Home station ; to 
 the AcHiLLE 74 ; and to the Solebay 32, Commo- 
 dore Edw. Henry Columbine. While waiting at 
 Plymouth for an opportunity, which did not occur, 
 of joining the Achille, he proved instrumental by 
 his exertions to the suppression of a ,fire which had 
 broken out in the hemp-house and threatened the 
 adjacent stores, &c., with destruction. Under Com- 
 modore Columbine, Mr. Woodriff (who was ap- 
 pointed Second-Lieutenant of the Solebay at the 
 
 * Capt. Dan. Woodriff, a portion of whose services is al- 
 luded to in our memoir of liis son, attained the rank of 
 Lieutenant 1 April, 1783; of Commander 18 Sept. 1795; 
 and of Captain 28 Aplil, 1802. While returning with convoy 
 from St. Helena in the Calcutta, which ship at the time, 
 having been fitted as an effective man of war, mounted 54 
 guns, he beat the Armide, a French frigate of 44 guns ; but 
 was himself captured 26 Sept. 1805, at the end of a gallant 
 action of three quarters of an hour, by the Majestueuw 74, one 
 of a squadron under the orders of Rear- Admiral Allemand. 
 Having regained his liberty, he was appointed, at the close of 
 1808, Agent for prisoners of war at Forton, near Gosport. 
 He became Resident Commissioner afterwards at Jamaica ; 
 was admitted into the lloyal Hospital at Greenwich 9 Nov. 
 1830; and was nominated a C.B. 26 Sept. 1831. He died 
 24 Fab. 1842. 
 
 f He conceived the idea of nailing capstan bars and other 
 .spars longitudinally upon the deck of the Captain's cabin, at 
 such a distance from cacli otller as only to admit one bod 
 between the two bars tightly. 
 
 request of that officer for the purpose of assisting 
 him in the survey of the coast of Africa) bore a 
 distinguished part, in July, 1809, in the arduous 
 operations connected with the reduction of Senegal; 
 and in particular by the cool and able manner in 
 which, in the Virginia, an American-built schooner, 
 he succeeded in leading the flotilla to the attack 
 across the bar and through the surf at the mouth 
 of the river. While in charge alone of the Master, 
 all the commissioned officers being engaged on shore 
 with the enemy, the Solebay took the ground and 
 was wrecked ; in consequence whereof Mr. Woodriff, 
 after the garrison of Senegal had laid down their 
 arms, was placed in command of the Agincouht 
 transport for the purpose of conveying part of the 
 frigate's crew to England. Previously to his final 
 departure from the coast of Africa he was charged 
 with the performance of various duties both at 
 Senegal and Goree, and was visited with a severe 
 attack of fever. He was subsequently, from 24 
 March, 1810, until 10 Oct. 1816, employed as an 
 Agent for Transports on the coasts of Spain and 
 Portugal, in the Mediterranean, and at Halifax and 
 Quebec. He was attached, while on the Lisbon 
 station, to the army at Salvaterra, upon the banks 
 of the TaguB, about 45 miles up the river, a con-, 
 siderable distance above the French lines on the 
 opposite side, in charge of pontoons, flat-boats, and 
 river craft, to convey the army across, to carry ma- 
 terials for the construction of temporary bridges, 
 and, if necessary, to replace those at Punkete, 
 Abrantes, and Villa Velha. While at Quebec ho 
 was called upon to take charge of the Prisoner- 
 of-war department on the death of Capt. Kempt, 
 the principal Agent for Transports on that station, 
 and to execute various other extra duties required 
 of him by the Commander-in-Chief uj)on the Lakes 
 and Waters of Canada. By the Masters of trans- 
 ports serving there he was presented, in 1815, 
 with apiece of plate as "a mark of the esteem" they 
 bore him. He was frequently, too, flattered with 
 the approbation of Commodore Wm. Fitzwilliam 
 Owen, who indeed certified that but for him his 
 Majesty's service must have materially suffered. 
 Major-General Sir Sidney Beckwith, the Quarter- 
 master-General in Canada, rendered testimony to 
 the "zealous co-operation and support he had on 
 all occasions experienced from him," and " to the 
 dehcacy and attention he had shown to the accom- 
 modation and comfort of the numerous families 
 called from the country on the great body of the 
 troops leaving it ;" and, through the Naval Store- 
 keeper at Montreal, he received the thanks of tlie 
 civil _naval establishment in Canada for " the prompt, 
 able, and undivided attention which had been at all 
 times combined with his official zeal and abilities." 
 Mr. Woodriff's last appointment was to the Whit- 
 worth Revenue-cruizer, the command of which 
 vessel he retained (although occasionally afflicted 
 with rheumatism) from 4 March, 1819, until 22 Sept. 
 1822. He was then placed on half-pay, having 
 been advanced, four days before, to his present 
 rank. 
 
 Commander Woodriff married, 2 March, 1808, 
 Miss Anna Bezant, and has issue one son and two 
 daughters. Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WOODEIFF. (Commander, 1848. r-p., 22; 
 H-p., 23.) 
 
 John Robert Woodriff is brother of Com- 
 mander Dan. Jas. Woodriff, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 29 Oct. 1802, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Calcutta arme'e-en-flute, 
 commanded by his father, Capt. Dan. Woodriff 
 under whom he sailed with convicts for Port 
 Philip, and was present at the founding of the settle- 
 ment at Hobart Town. On his return to England, 
 after having circumnavigated the globe, he was re- 
 ceived, in July, 1805, on board the Aheora 28, 
 Capts. JohnWentworth Loring and Hon. Geo. Elliot • 
 in which frigate he cruized for a time off the West- 
 ern Islands and then visited Bermuda and Gibraltar. 
 At the latter place he removed, 22 Oct. in the year 
 
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 WOODRDFF—WOODRUFFE— WOODS— WOODTHORPE. 
 
 last mentioned, to the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney 
 Malcolm. In her he assisted at the capture, a few- 
 days afterwards, of El Rayo, one of the ships re- 
 cently defeated at Trafalgar. He was_ sent with 
 others on hoard the prize and remained in her until 
 she was wrecked near San Lucar, on which occasion 
 those who were not drowned were taken prisoners. 
 In the course of 1806 (he had returned home from 
 Gibraltar in the CoLOSsns 74, Capt. Jas. NiooU Mor- 
 ris) he joined in succession the Glokt 98 and 
 Sami;son and Diadem 64's, bearing each the flag of 
 Kear-Jvdmiral Chas. StirUng. "While in the Dia- 
 dem in the Kio de la Plata, whither he had pro- 
 ceeded in the Sampson (the Gioky had been sta- 
 tioned in the Channel), Mr. Woodriff served on 
 shore, and was the very first person that landed, at 
 the storming of Monte Video In Feb. 1807. During 
 Lieut.-General "Whitelocke's unfortunate attack 
 upon Buenos Ayres he was attached with 2 3- 
 pounders to the brigade of seamen under Capt. Josias 
 Eowley of the Kaisonnable 64. He was subse- 
 quently employed under the flag of Vice-Admiral 
 Albemarle Bertie at the Cape of Good Hope and off 
 the Isle of France as Midshipman, Master's Mate, 
 and Acting-Lieutenant in the Leopakd 50 ; in which 
 ship he made a voyage also to Bombay. "While off 
 the Isle of France he was sent in charge, in 1809, of 
 a slave-ship to the Cape and suffered much on the 
 passage from the want of provisions and water. On 
 26 April, 1811, he was confirmed to the rank of 
 Lieutenant (he had been acting as such) in the St. 
 Albans 64, Capts. Edw. Brace, Grant, and John 
 Ferris Devonshire ; and in the same year he was 
 actively employed, in charge of a gun-boat. No. 4, 
 at the defence of Cadiz ; where, in rowing guard, 
 he made prize of two French boats. From Sept. 
 1812 until Feb. 1813, and from June in the latter 
 year until Aug. 1814, he served in the Channel and 
 again at the Cape of Good Hope in the Savage 16, 
 Capt. "Wm. Bissell, and Laurel 38, Capt. Hon. 
 Granville Leveson Proby ; and from 4 Nov. 1836 
 until rewarded for his services with the rank he now 
 holds 1 Jan. 1848, he had charge of a station in the 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 Commander "Woodriff is Senior of 1848. He 
 married, in 1837, Jesse, youngest daughter of Capt. 
 Bradley, and has issue five children. Agents — 
 Messrs. Ommanney. 
 
 WOODEUPF. (Lieutenant, 1830.) 
 
 Henry "Woodruff entered the Navy 16 April, 
 1310; passed his examination in 1816 ; attained the 
 rank of Lieutenant 24 Feb. 1830; and from 18 
 March following until the spring of 1836 had charge 
 of a station in the Coast Guard. He has not been 
 since employed. 
 
 He was left a widower 1 Jan. 1840. Agents — 
 Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 WOODEUFFE. (Lieijtenant, 1828.) 
 Daniel "Woodeofpe died 18 July, 1845. 
 This officer entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1811 ; and 
 obtained his commission 14 Sept. 1828. He was 
 afterwards appointed, for short periods— 17 Feb. 
 1834, to the President 52, Capt. John M'Kerlie, in 
 which ship he escorted Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., 
 Governor-General of Nova Scotia, to Halifax — 27 
 Aug. 1834, to the Vernon 50, also commanded by 
 Capt. M'Kerlie, and at the time fitting for the Me- 
 diterranean — 10 March, 1835, to the Coast Guard — 
 and 12 July, 1843, to the command of the Albert 
 steamer, on the coast of Africa. Agent— J. Hinx- 
 man. 
 
 the celebrated action off Lissa, where the Active 
 and three other frigates, carrying in the whole 156 
 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a con- 
 flict of six hours, and a loss to the former of 4 killsd 
 and 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, 
 whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. 
 He assisted next, 29 Nov. in the same year, at the 
 capture of ia PoTnone French frigate of 44 guns 
 and 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, 
 with a loss to the Active, whose complement had 
 been reduced to 218 men, of 8 killed and 27 wounded. 
 In the Seahorse he accompanied the brilliant expe- 
 dition against the city of Alexandria on the river 
 Potomac, and took part in the attacks upon Balti- 
 more and New Orleans. Immediately prior to the 
 latter event he served, 14 Dec. 1814, with the boats 
 of a squadron under Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, at the 
 capture, on Lake Borgne, of a flotilla of five Ameri- 
 can gun-vessels under Commodore Jones, whose re- 
 sistance was protracted until the British had sus- 
 tained a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. 
 After he had been for about 10 months employed at 
 Plymouth, at Sheerness, and in the Channel, as 
 Midshipman, Admiralty-Midshipman, and Master's 
 Mate, in the St. George 98, Capt. Nash, Eridanus 
 86, Capt. Wm. Paterson, Madagascar 38, Capt. Sir 
 J. A. Gordon, and Albion 74^ Capt. John Coode, 
 he was received in the capacity last mentioned, in 
 July, 1816, on board the Impregnable 104, Capt. 
 Edw. Brace, part of the force engaged at the ensu- 
 ing bombardment of Algiers. In Oct. of the same 
 year, having returned to England, he again joined 
 Sir J. A. Gordon in the Madagascar ; from which 
 frigate he followed him soon afterwards into the 
 MEANDER 38. In her, in the month of Dec, he 
 was nearly lost, off Orfordness. In the early part 
 of 1817 he sailed in the Shearwater 10, Capts. 
 Edw. Rodney, Joseph Troughton, and Douglas Cox, 
 for the West Indies; where, in June, 1819, he was 
 nominated Acting-Lieutenant (a rank he had held 
 in the Shearwater from 21 July untU 15 Dec. 
 1817) of the Iphigenia 42, Capt. Hyde Parker. He 
 was officially promoted 14 Oct. foUowiug. His ap- 
 pointments have since been — 1 Feb. 1820, to the 
 Beaver 10, Capt. Fred. Marryat, at Portsmouth — 
 8 Feb. 1825, to the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade 
 ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — in July, 1825, as 
 Senior, to the Helicon 10, Capt. Chas. Dyke Acland, 
 at the Cape of Good Hope — 30 Deo. 1829, to the 
 Coast Guard — 29 Septf 1832, to the command of the 
 Hornet Revenue-cruizer — 24 Sept. 1835, again, for 
 three years, to the Coa^t Guard — 10 Nov. 1841, to 
 the Ocean 80, CaJ)ts. Sir John Hill and Peter Fisher, 
 guard-ship at Sheerness — and 29 Sept. 1843, to the 
 PoicTiERS 72, Capts. Wm. Henry Shirreff and Sir 
 Thos. Bourchier, Depot-ship of Ordinary at Chat- 
 ham, where (with the exception of an interval of 14 
 months, from Aug. 1846 until Oct. 1847) he has ever 
 since remained. 
 
 Lieut. Woods married, 1 Nov. 1843, Susannah 
 Warner, only daughter of Commander John Ste- 
 phen, R.N. 
 
 "WOODS. (Lieutenant, 1819.) 
 
 Thomas Woods entered the Navy, 16 July, 1809, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Active of 46 guns and 
 300 men, Captain (now Vice-Admiral Sir) Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, with whom he continued to serve as Mid- 
 shipman, in the same ship and in the Seahorse 38, 
 in the Mediterranean and West Indies, off Cher- 
 bourg, and. on the coast of North AmericaJ until 
 Sept. 1815. On 13 March, 1811, he was present in 
 
 WOODTHOEPE. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-P., 16.) 
 
 John Bolton Woodthorpe was bom 28 Aug. 
 1796, and died 19 May, 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1809, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Druid 32, in which fri- 
 gate and the Endtmion 40, both commanded by 
 his cousin Sir Wm. Bolton, he was for three years 
 employed in the Channel and West Indies. In the 
 Druid he assisted in making prize, 13 Nov. 1809, of 
 the Basque French national brig of 16 guns. On 
 leaving the Endymion he joined the Bbiton 46, 
 Capt. Sir Thos. Staines ; under whom we find him, 
 until paid off in Aug. 1815, employed, part of the 
 time as Master's Mate, in the manner detailed in 
 our memoir of Commander Thos. Dilnot Stewart. 
 He served subsequently at Portsmouth, in the Me- 
 diterranean, on the coast of Ireland, in the West 
 Indies, and at Plymouth, as Midshipman, Mate, and 
 Admiralty-Midshipman (he passed his examination 
 
WOODWARD-WOOLCOCK— WOOLCOMBE. 
 
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 6 Oct. 1815), in the Phince 98 and Qdeen Chae- 
 lOTTE 100, flag-ships of Sir Edw. Thombrough, 
 Tagds 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, Har- 
 lequin 18, Capt. Sir Chas. Christopher Parker, Sn- 
 PEKB 78, Capt. Sir T. Staines, and Britannia 120, 
 Capt. Philip Pipon. He was made Lieutenant, 3 
 June, 1826, into the Sybille 48, Capt. Sir Sam. 
 John Brooke Pechell, in the Mediterranean ; he re- 
 turned, in the following Nov., to England; and he 
 was appointed next, as Senior Lieutenant — 15 July, 
 1831, and 3 May and 2 Sept. 1834, to the Ahachne 
 18, Capt. Wm. Gapper Agar, Wasp 16, Capt. John 
 Sam. Foreman, and President 50, flag-ship of Sir 
 Geo. Cockburn, all on the North America and West 
 India station — and 13 Jan. 1837, after seven months 
 of half-pay, to the Kodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, 
 again in the Mediterranean. He attained the rank 
 of Commander 28 June, 1838 ; served off Lisbon as 
 Second-Captain in the Blenheim 72, Capt. Hum- 
 phrey Fleming Senhouse, from 25 April until Dec. 
 1839 ; was appointed in a similar capacity 26 Oct. 
 1841, to the Alfred 50, Capt. John Brett Purvis, 
 fitting for South America; and in honour of the 
 Queen's visit to the squadron at Spithead was ad- 
 vanced to Post-rank 7 March, 1842. 
 
 Capt. Woodthorpe married, 6 Sept. 1838, Emily, 
 second daughter of the Rev. Robt. Howard, of 
 Throxenby Hall, co. York, Rector of Burythorpe, 
 by whom he has left issue. 
 
 WOODWARD. (Lieutenant, 1812. r-p., 9; 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 ■ Adgdstine Wooowahd entered the Navy, 31 
 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Floha 36, 
 Capt. Loftus Otway Bland, employed in succession 
 in the North Sea and off Lisbon and the Western 
 Islands. From Deo. 1807 until April, 1810, he 
 served in the Mediterranean, as Midshipman (a 
 rating he had already attained) and as Master's 
 Mate, in the Sdltan and Excellent 74's, both 
 commanded by Capt. Edw. Griffith ; he cruized 
 during the next 10 months, off Cherbourg, Flushing, 
 and Lisbon, in the Elizabeth 74, Capts. Hon. 
 Henry Curzon and Thos. Searle; and at the close 
 of 1811, after he had been again for a few months 
 stationed off Flushing in the Christian VII. 80, 
 flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young, he sailed, in the 
 Barbadoes 24, Capt. Edw. Rushworth, for the 
 West Indies; where he joined, in Feb. 1812, the 
 Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Eras. Laforey, and 
 acted, from May until July following, as Lieutenant 
 in the Orpheus 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He then re- 
 turned to England, having been promoted by the 
 Admiralty to the rank of Lieutenant 21 March pre- 
 ceding; and was employed lastly, from Jan. 1813 
 until Sept. 1814, and from July until Sept. 1815, in 
 the Prospero 10, Capt. John Hardy Godby, and 
 Alert 18, Capts. Joseph Gulston Garland and John 
 Smith, in the North Sea, at Gibraltar, in the Downs, 
 and off Brighton. 
 
 WOOLCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1809. f-p., 17 ; 
 H-p., 30.) 
 
 William WooLcocK(a) entered the Navy, in 
 May, 1800, as A.B., on board the Vf:snvB, Lieut.- 
 Commanders Wm. Eliot, Wm. Chapman, and Benj. 
 Crispin, stationed in the North Sea. He served 
 next, from April, 1801, until July, 1802, part of the 
 time as Midshipman, in the Powerful 74, Capt. Sir 
 Francis Laforey, in the Baltic, off the port of Cadiz, 
 and in the West Indies; and from March, 1803, 
 until June, 1807, under Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, in 
 the Antelope 50 and Pompee 74. In the Ante- 
 lope he was often in action with the enemy's flotilla 
 between Flushing and Ostend ; and in the Pompee 
 he passed the Dardanells and assisted at the de- 
 struction of a Turkish squadron anchored under 
 the gu"3 of a redoubt on Point Pesquies. t)n 8 
 July, 1807, he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the 
 Pinciier''' gun-brig, Lieut. -Commanders Jas. Abfir- 
 
 • In command of the boats of the Pincher and Basiltsk 
 ho succeeded, in the early part of 1809, in capturing' a 
 Danish privateer, mounting 1 carriage gun and 4 swivels, 
 and a galliot laden with deals.— f'irfe Ga-z, 1809, p. 622. 
 
 dour and Sam. Burgess, in the North Sea ; he was 
 promoted to the full rank of Lieutenant 25 March, 
 1809 ; and he was afterwards, from June following 
 imtil April, 1812, and from the latter date until 
 June, 1814, employed in the Persian 18, Capts. 
 Sam. Martin Colquitt and Chas. Bertram, and Iris 
 36, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, on the West In- 
 dia, Home, and Brazilian stations. We believe that 
 he assisted, in the Persian, at the capture of the 
 privateers Embuscade of 14 guns and 63 men, and 
 Petit Jean, of 16 guns, only 8 mounted, and 65 men. 
 His last appointment was to thePoiCTiERs 72, Capts. 
 Wm. Henry Shirreff and Sir Thos. Bourchier, Depot- 
 ship of Ordinary at Chatham, where he served as 
 First-Lieutenant from 4 April, 1844, until the sum- 
 mer of 1847. 
 
 WOOLCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 12 ; 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 William Wooloock (6) died, we believe, in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1801, as a 
 Supernumerary, on board the Risvolutionn aire 38, 
 Capt. Thos. Twysden, for the purpose of joining the 
 Drtad .36, Capts. Chas. John Moore Mansfield and 
 Robt. Williams, with whom he served on the coast 
 of Ireland from the following Oc^t. until June, 1802. 
 In Jan. 1804, after having cruized for 10 months in 
 the Channel and Bay of Biscay in the Doris 36, 
 Capts. Rich. Harrison Pearson and Patrick Camp- 
 bell, he was received on board the Minotaur 74 ; 
 in which ship he continued employed as Midship- 
 man and Master's Mate, at first under Capt. Mans- 
 field and next under the flags of Admirals John 
 Child Purvis, Sir Chas. Cotton, and Sir Wm. Sidney 
 Smith, in the Channel, off Cadiz and Lisbon, and in 
 the Baltic, until transferred, in March, 1809, to the 
 Africa 64, Capts. Loftus Otway Bland, John Ork- 
 ney (Acting), Geo. Fred. Ryves, and John Bastard. 
 In the Minotaur he fought at Trafalgar and accom- 
 panied the expedition of 1807 against Copenhagen. 
 He was nominated Acting-Lieutenant'of the Africa 
 23 June, 1810; was conflrmed, 28 Dec. following, 
 into the Amaranthe 18, Capt. Geo. Pringle, on the 
 West India station ; and, having invalided thence 
 in 1811, was subsequently, from March until Dec. 
 1813, and from March, 1814, until Aug. 1815, em- 
 ployed in the Channel and East Indies in the War- 
 spite 74, Capt. H on. H enry Blackwood, and Gra mpus 
 50, Capt. Francis Augustus Collier. He did not 
 again go afloat, 
 
 WOOLCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 Belfield Woolcombe is nephew of Rear-Admiral 
 Sir John Louis, Bart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 26 Nov. 1829 ; and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 
 1841, as a reward for his services on the coast of 
 China; where he continued employed in the Co- 
 lumbine 16, Capt. Wm. Henry Anderson Morshead, 
 until his return to England in the early part of 1843. 
 He was appointed, 2 Aug. in that year, to the Tal- 
 bot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, 
 on the Pacific station ; and since 7 May, 1847 (about 
 which period the Talbot was paid off), has been 
 serving at Plymouth in the Caledonia 120 and 
 Agincourt 72, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle Sir 
 John Louis, the Admiral-Superintendent. Agent 
 — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 WOOLCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 Frederick Woolcombe passed his examination 8 
 Feb. 1845 ; was nominated, 25 June and 23 Dec. 
 1846, Acting-Lieutenant, on the coast of Africa, of 
 the AcT.i)ON 26 and Kingfisher 12, Capts. Geo. 
 Mansel and Fred. Wilmot Horton ; and on the pay- 
 ing-off of the latter vessel in July, 1848, was pre- 
 sented with a commission bearing date 24 June, 
 1846. Since 4 Sept. 1848 he has been serving in the 
 Southampton 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Ad- 
 miral Barrington Reynolds, Commander-in-Chief at 
 the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
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 WOOLDRIDGE— WOOLLAMS— WOOLLCOMBE. 
 
 WOOLDRIDGE. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 17; h-p.,3.) 
 Samuel Otwat Wooldeidge, bom 13 Feb. 1814, 
 at Penzance, co. Cornwall, is son of the late Capt. 
 Jas. "Wooldridge, K.N., who, for his distinguished 
 conduct in command of the Mediator fire-ship in 
 Lord Coohrane's celebrated attack upon the French 
 fleet in Aix Eoads In April, 1809, was presented by 
 the King with a chain and gold medal (struck ex- 
 pressly for him) valued at 100 guineas, and by the 
 Patriotic Society with a sword worth the same 
 amount.* He is a nephew of the late Capt. Wm. 
 Wooldridge, K.N., and of the late Admiral Sam. 
 Hood Linzee ; and a godson of the late Admiral Sir 
 Robt. Waller Otway, G.C.B. , 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College in 
 Feb. 1827 ; and embarked, in Dec. 1828, as a Vo- 
 lunteer, on board the PEARii 20, Capt. Geo. Chas. 
 Blake. After serving for about two years and a 
 half on the coast of Ireland, part of the time as Mid- 
 shipman, he joined, in the summer of 1831, the 
 Ariadne 28, Capt. Chas. Phillips ; under whom we 
 find him, in 1832, employed in afibrding protection 
 to the white inhabitants during the insurrection of 
 the negroes at Montego Bay, Jamaica. On his 
 return to England in 1833 in the Sparrowhawk 18, 
 Capt. Thos. Maitland, he was received for a few 
 months on board the Endymion 50, Capt. Sir Sam. 
 Roberts ; he next, in the summer of 1834, sailed for 
 the Cape of Good Hope as Mate (about 12 months 
 after he had passed his examination) in the Thalia 
 46, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, flag-ship of the late Sir 
 Patrick Campbell. He was subsequently lent to 
 the BnzzAKD brigantine, Lieut.-Commander Patrick 
 Campbell. On 22 July, 1836, having been sent in a 
 boat belonging to the latter vessel with only 5 men 
 to reconnoitre the Old Calabar river, he fell in with 
 a steamer and was by her taken in tow. On round- 
 ing an island, where the river takes a sudden turn, 
 he found himself unexpectedly nearly alongside a 
 Portuguese slaver, the Joven Carolina^ of 2 guns 
 and 33 men, laden with a cargo of 422 Africans. 
 Instantly casting off the tow-rope, he most gallantly 
 boarded and, before the crew could recover from 
 their surprise, carried the vessel. Upon an appear- 
 ance of resistance shortly afterwards manifesting 
 itself, Mr. Wooldridge, with the greatest presence 
 of mind, lowered a boat, placed in it 16 of the crew, 
 and then took it in tow. He ultimately displayed 
 good seamanship and much judgment by the manner 
 in which, circumstanced as we have described, he 
 succeeded in getting the prize over the bar of the 
 river, although too he had never before been there. 
 As a reward for his spirited conduct in this very 
 dashing affair, he not only received an assurance of 
 the sense entertained of it by the Admiralty, but 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a com- 
 mission bearing date 6 Feb. 1837. He was after- 
 wards employed— from 7 Sept. 1837 until the spring 
 of 1842, in the Crocodile 26, Capts. Jas. Polking- 
 horue and Alex. Milne, Magnipicent receiving- 
 ship, Commodore Peter John Douglas, and Comusf 
 18, Capts. Evan Nepean and Geo. Evan Davis, all 
 on the West India station— and, from 1 July, 1843, 
 until 2 Aug. 1844, and again from 11 March, 1845, 
 until 23 June, 1848, in command of the Spi brigan- 
 tine of 3 guns, on the west coast of Africa and in 
 the Pacific. On leaving the port of Mazatlan in 
 Nov. 1847, he was presented with an address, signed 
 by several foreign consuls and by a long list of 
 merchants, expressive of their gratitude and thanks 
 for " the uniform courtesy, kindness, and assistance 
 they bad invariably received from him," and for 
 the " prompt manner in which he had acceded to 
 their request of remaining by them to afford pro- 
 tection to their lives and property when in extreme 
 danger." 
 
 At a general court holden at the Royal Humane 
 Society's oflice, in Trafalgar Square, 13 July, 1847, 
 it was resolved unanimously that " the noble cou- 
 
 • Capt. Wooldridge on the above occasion was blonTi out 
 of a port, and after years of intense suffering fell a sacrifice 
 to tile injuries he then sustained. 
 
 t Of the CoMus, as he had for some time been of the Cko- 
 coDiLE, he was First- Lieutenant. 
 
 rage and humanity displayed by Lieut.-Commander 
 Sam. Otway Wooldridge, R.N., of H.M.B. Spt, in 
 jumping overboard to the relief of a seaman, who 
 had fallen from the topsaiUyard off Sheerness on 
 the night of 9 June, 1845, and whose life he saved, 
 called forth the lively admiration of that general 
 court, and justly entitled him to the honorary me- 
 dallion of the Institution." We may add, that the 
 man alluded to in falling broke his arm and received 
 other severe contusions ; that Lieut. Wooldridge, 
 on perceiving the accident, sprang overboard with- 
 out waiting to throw off his shoes, or any portion of 
 his dress, the whole of which was of a heavy de^ 
 scription ; and that, although not possessed of suffi- 
 cient strength as a swimmer to lay hold of the 
 man, he contrived, by keeping near, to encourage 
 him until the two, together with Mr. Birtwhistle, 
 Mate, who had also leapt into the water to afford 
 assistance, were picked up, in a state of great ex- 
 haustion, after having been drifted to some distance 
 by the strong tide which was at the time running. 
 Agents — Holmes and Folkard. 
 
 WOOLDEIDGE. (Lieittenant, 1825.) 
 
 William Wooldridge entered the Navy 23 July, 
 1815 ; obtained his commission 13 Sept. 1S25 ; and 
 from 12 Dec. 1840 until the early part of 1847 was 
 employed almost uninterruptedly as an Agent for 
 Transports afloat. He served in that capacity 
 during the war in China. 
 
 WOOLLAMS. (LiEnT., 1815.. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.) 
 Francis Woollams was bom 21 March, 1793, 
 and died about the commencement of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 18 July, 1806, as 
 A.B., on board the Spahtiate 74, Capt. Sir Eras. 
 Laforey ; with whom, after cruizing in the Channel, 
 off Cape Finisterre, and in the Bay of Biscay, he 
 proceeded to the Mediterranean; vehere (he had 
 attained the rating of Midshipman in Nov. 1806) 
 he assisted at the reduction, in June, 1809, of the 
 islands of Ischia and Procida. In the following 
 Dec. he removed to the Trinculo 18, Capt. John 
 Lambom, stationed in the Downs ; he served next, 
 from Oct. 1810 until Oct. 1812, in the Dragon 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey in the West Indies ; 
 and in June, 1813, he became Master's Mate of the 
 Ajax 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and Geo. 
 Mundy. In that ship, in which he acted as Lieu- 
 tenant from 10 June until 31 Oct. 1814, he was at 
 first attached to the Channel fleet; was employed 
 next at the siege of St. Sebastian (where he aided 
 in storming the island of Sta. Clara) ; assisted at 
 the capture, 17 March, 1814, off Scilly, of L'Akym 
 corvette of 1 6 guns and 120 men ; escorted a squadron 
 of transports from Bord«aux to Quebec, having on 
 board 5000 troops, destined to reinforce the English 
 army in Canada; and returned ultimately to the 
 Mediterranean. He was presented, in Sept. 1815, 
 with a commission bearing date 28 Feb. in that 
 year ; and, from 7 Sept. 1818 until 25 Sept. 1819, was 
 employed in the Tribune 42, Capt. Nesbit Josiah 
 Willoughby, on the coast of Ireland. He did not 
 again go afloat. 
 
 Lieut. Woollams married, 24 Sept. 1832, Sarah, 
 youngest daughter of the late Thos. Patten, Esq., of 
 Fiddington, co. Somerset. 
 
 WOOLLCOMBE. (Captain, 1830. r-?., 17; 
 H-p., 22.) 
 
 George Woolloombe was born 14 April, 1795. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 May, 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110, 
 Capt. Wm. Bedford, bearing the flag in the Channel 
 of Lord Gambier ; under whom we find him, on re- 
 moving to the Caledonia 120, present at Lord 
 Cochraue's celebrated attack upon the French 
 shipping in Aix Roads, in April, 1809. In the fol- 
 lowing Nov. he attained the rating of Midshipman ; 
 and in Jan. 1811, after having co-operated in the 
 defence of Cadiz, he joined the Loire 38, Capts. 
 Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, Geo. Wm. Blarney, and 
 
WOOLVER-WOOLWARD— WORMELEY. 
 
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 Thos. Brown. In her he cruized in the Baltic, went 
 for convoy to St. Helena, and proceeded ultimately 
 to the coast of North America ; where, particularly 
 in the Chesapeake, he saw much active service, and 
 was constantly employed in the hoats. He assisted 
 in landing the marine battalion at different places ; 
 was present at the taking of Benedict, Marlborough, 
 and other towns ; and came into frequent contact 
 with the flotilla under Commodore Barney ; who on 
 one occasion attacked the Loire, the Narcissus, 
 and Jaseur, at the same time that a masked bat- 
 tery, in the end blown up, opened on them a fire 
 and struck the Loire in several places with hot 
 shot. Some of the enemy's gun-boats were in this 
 affair destroyed. In Aug. 1814 Mr. WooUcombe 
 was transferred on promotion to the Tonnant 80. 
 While in that ship, which bore the flag of Hon. Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, he witnessed the attacks upon 
 Washington and Baltimore, and accompanied the 
 expedition against New Orleans. During the ope- 
 rations connected with the latter service he landed 
 with the naval brigade under Sir Edw. Thos. Trou- 
 bridge, and on 8 Jan. 1815 " particularly distin- 
 guished liimself," * and was severely wounded, in 
 leading a party of seamen, under the immediate 
 orders of Capt. Rowland Money, to the assault of a 
 battery on the right bank of the Mississippi. He 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Feb. 
 1815, and was subsequently appointed — 22 April, 
 1815, for five months, to the Madagascar 38, Capt. 
 Bentinck Cavendish Doyle, on the coast of North 
 America— 29 June, 1816, to the Lee 20, Capt. John 
 Pasco, in the Channel, where he served until ill 
 health obliged him, in Dec. 1817, to go on shore — 
 12 Jan. 1819, to the Active 46, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. 
 Gordon, in which frigate he was for nearly three 
 years employed on the Halifax, Home, and Medi- 
 terranean stations— 1 1 March, 1823, to the Windsor 
 Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, lying at Fly- 
 mouth — and, 17 Oct. following, as lirst, to the 
 Owen Glendowee 42, Capt. John Filmore, on the 
 coast of Africa. On the return of Capt. Filmore to 
 England, Mr. WooUcombe succeeded, 21 Jan. 1824, 
 to the acting-command of the Owen Glendower, 
 then at Cape Coast Castle, where, as Senior officer, 
 he effectually cut off from the Ashantees all supply 
 of provisions by water, and by the other services he 
 performed afforded the Lieut.-Governor, Colonel 
 Chisholm, an opportunity of declaring, in a despatch 
 dated 17 June, 1824, that " he attributed the Elmina 
 people not having joined the enemy to Capt. WooU- 
 combe's exertions and cordial co-operation." He 
 was nominated, 17 Feb. 1824, A.cting-Commander 
 of the Bann 20; promoted by the Admiralty 10 
 April following; employed, from 25 May in the 
 same year until 21 Aug. 1827, in the Victor 18 ; 
 appointed next, 4 March, 1830, to the Curlew 10, 
 fitting at Woolwich ; and advanced to his present 
 rank 22 July ensuing. In the Bann he made prize 
 of a vessel carrying between 300 and 400 slaves; 
 and in the Victor, in which he was afterwards em- 
 ployed on the Irish station, he was again for some 
 time Senior officer at Cape Coast CasUe. He there 
 landed all his marines and one watch of sailors to 
 serve as a garrison. 
 
 Capt. WooUcombe is married, and has issue. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WOOLVEE. (LiEOT., 1815. i^p.,27; h-p., 14.) 
 Richard James Woolver entered the Navy, 1 
 Jan. 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Malta 84, 
 Capts. Edw. BuUer and Wm. Shield, employed off 
 Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, where he removed, 
 in July, 1807, for four months, to the Hindostan 50, 
 Capt. Bowen. He joined next, in March, 1808, the 
 Pallas 32, Capt. Geo. Fras. Seymour, attached to 
 the Channel fleet; and in June, 1810, after having 
 served for 16 months on the Falmouth station, part 
 of the time as Master's Mate, in the Tromp, Lieut.- 
 Commander Michael M'Carthy, he was received on 
 board the North Star 20, Capt. Thos. Coe. In her 
 he sailed for the West Indies, where, from 17 Sept. 
 * Fide Gaz. 1815, p. 451. 
 
 1814 until 25 May, 1815, he acted as Master in the 
 Electra 14, Capts. Cecil and Mercer, in which 
 vessel he continued further employed as Lieutenant 
 (he had been promoted at home 8 Feb. in the latter 
 year) until the proximate Sept. He was appointed 
 a Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, 
 Coast-Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 29 
 Nov. 1825; was transferred to the Coast Guard 
 service 16 March, 1831 ; obtained command, 5 Aug. 
 1836, of the Repulse Revenue-cruizer ; and went 
 back to the Coast Guard 17 Oct. 1838. He has been 
 on half-pay since the close of 1842. 
 
 WOOLWAED. (Lieutenant, 1840.) 
 
 John Horatio Woolward entered the Navy 2 
 March, 1826; passed his examination in 1832; and 
 on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, 26 Dec. 1840, was appointed Additional 
 of the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Dum- 
 ford King at the Cape of Good Hope. He has been 
 on half-pay since the summer of 1841. 
 
 WOEMELEY. (Capt., 1814. f-p., 14 ; h-p., 34.) 
 Ralph Randolph Wo^melet was bom 29 Oct. 
 1785, in Virginia, where' his family, both on his 
 father's and his mother's side, had been seated 
 since the period nearly at which that colony was 
 established. His maternal grandfather, John Ran- 
 dolph, was Attorney-General at the commencement 
 of the war of independence, and was under the ne- 
 cessity of flying to England, with the loss of a fine 
 property of which he and his ancestors had been in 
 possession for 150 years. Capt. Wormeley had an 
 uncle of his own name, who served with distinction 
 in the southern campaign as Captain of one of the 
 loyal American corps. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1799, as 
 Midshipman, on board the London 98, in which 
 ship and the Royal George 100, both commanded 
 by the late Admiral John Child Purvis, he served 
 in the Channel until March, 1801. He was after- 
 wards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 
 Jan. 1806, employed, on the Home, Newfoundland, 
 and Cadiz stations, part of the time as Master's 
 Mate, in the Magicienne 32, Capts. Wm. Ogilvie 
 and Henry Vansittart, Aurora 28, Capt. Micajah 
 Malbon, Dreadnought 98, Capt. J. C. Purvis, and 
 Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Calder. 
 In the Prince of Wales he saw 52 sail-of-the-line 
 formed in three columns off Ushant ; and he was on 
 board of her when, with 20 of those ships, she was 
 detached in pursuit of the French fleet under Ad- 
 miral Villeneuve, and succeeded in reaching Cadiz 
 in time to reinforce Admiral CoUingwood before 
 the battle of Trafalgar. After cruizing for a short 
 time in the Dovms in the Otter sloop, Capt. John 
 Davies, Mr. Wormeley was appointed, in June, 1806, 
 Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Purvis, with whom 
 (deducting an interval of five months in 1807-8, oc- 
 casioned by ill-health) he continued employed off 
 Cadiz in the Minotaur 74, Queen 98, Atlas 74, 
 Terrible 74, and Atlas again, until nominated, 
 22 Nov. 1809, Acting-Commander of the Minstrel 
 18, in the Mediterranean. While he was in the 
 Atlas, that ship was for 6, 8, 10, and 12 months at 
 a time off the port mentioned without letting go an 
 anchor. On one occasion, when the French army 
 was rapidly advancing upon Cadiz, Mr. Wormeley 
 was sent with 350 men to the Caraccas to rig and 
 rescue from their grasp five Spanish ships-of-the- 
 line. This service he accomplished in three weeks ; 
 and for his exertions he received the thanks of Lord 
 CoUingwood. On 16 Feb. 1810 he was confirmed a 
 Commander in the Minorca 18, in which vessel, 
 stationed in the Mediterranean, he remained for 
 upwards of four years, conducting himself in a 
 manner that secured for him the favourable con- 
 sideration of his Commanders-in-Chief, Sir Edw. 
 PeUew and Sir Chas. Cotton. In the winter of 1813- 
 14 he escorted in safety from Malta to Gibraltar 
 although harassed for three days by the presence 
 of a French privateer-schooner, a convoy of 18 sail 
 one of the richest that had ever left the above 
 
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 WORSFOLD—WORSLEY— WORTH. 
 
 island. Another convoy, which had left a month 
 earlier, reached Gibraltar on the same day only. 
 Capt. Wormeley had previously, 4 June, 1810, cap- 
 tured the SoTis Peur, a felucca-privateer of 1 long gun, 
 2 swivels, and 39 men. He paid the Minorca off 
 in May, 1814 ; and was advanced to Post-rank 7 June 
 following. His efforts to procure employment since 
 have heen as constant as they have been unavailing. 
 Capt. "Wormeley married, 3 Oct. 1820, Miss Caro- 
 line Preble, of Boston, and has issue one son and 
 three daughters. 
 
 WOESFOLD. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 24; 
 H-p., 12.) 
 
 WiLMAM 'WoKSFOi.D was bom 24 Feb. 1798. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Yd., on board the Fisgard 38, Capt. Fras. 
 Mason, stationed in the Baltic and Channel; and 
 from July, 1812, until his return to England in 
 July, 1814, was employed again in the Baltic, and 
 also on the coast of Brazil, as Midshipman, in the 
 Aquilon and Ceres frigates, both commanded by 
 Capt. "Wm. Bowles. 'While detached, in Feb. 1814, 
 in a hired schooner, he was wrecked near Monte 
 Video. In June of the" same year he narrowly 
 escaped being blown up in a re-captured vessel of 
 which he had been placed in charge, owing to the 
 Americans, who had just before abandoned her, 
 having affixed a lighted match to a barrel of gun- 
 powder. After he left the Ceres, and until he was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 30 May, 1820, 
 he was employed in the Channel, at Sheemess, and 
 in South America, as Midshipman and Mate, in the 
 Chatham 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, and Menejcaus, 
 Amphion, and Creole frigates, Capts. W. Bowles 
 and Adam Mackenzie. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 4 Nov. 1823, to the Water Guard— 10 
 Feb. 1824, as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 
 74, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M'Culloch— 18 
 May, 1824, to the Seringapatam 46,* Capt. Chas. 
 Sotheby, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he 
 returned in Dec. 1827—7 Dec. 1829, as First-Lieu- 
 tenant (a post he had latterly filled on board the 
 Serincapataji), to the" Childers 18, Capt. Robt. 
 Deans, in which vessel he served on the Home 
 station until Feb. 1832— and, 15 Sept. 1836, 30 April, 
 1839, and 27 Oct. 1840, in a similar capacity, to the 
 'Britannia 120, Impregnable 104, and Caledonia 
 120, flag-ships of Sir Philip Chas. Durham and Sir 
 Graham Moore at Portsmouth and Plymouth. He 
 attained the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841 ; was 
 re-appointed, 1 Dec. following, to the Caledonia, 
 as Second-Captain ; was superseded from that ship 
 26 April, 1842 ; was again employed at Plymouth, 
 from 18 April until 20 June, 1845, in the Qdeen 110, 
 bearing the flag of Sir John West ; and on 16 Nov. 
 1846 was appointed to the Imabm 72, receiving-ship 
 at Jamaica, Commodores Daniel Pring, Geo. Robt. 
 Lambert, and Thos. Bennett. He has been acting 
 as Captain of the Imadm since 12 Feb. 1847. 
 
 Commander Worsfold married, 28 Dec. 1830, at 
 Westboume, Miss Mary Ann Hipkin, of Recton 
 Park, by whom he has issue two sons. 
 
 WORSLEY. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 11 ; h-p., 28.) 
 Marcds WorsIiEy is second surviving son of the 
 late Rev. Geo. Worsley, M.A., of Trinity College, 
 Cambridge, Rector of Stonegrave and Scawton, in 
 the North Riding of Yorkshire, by Anne, fourth 
 daughter of Sir Thos. Cayley, Bart., of Brompton, 
 in that co. He is next brother of the present Sir 
 Wm. Worsley, Bart., of Hovingham Hall, co. York. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Jan. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Invincible 74, Capts. 
 Ross Donnelly and John Hollin worth, employed in 
 the North Sea and on the Mediterranean station, 
 
 • Mr. Worsfold \\ as actively employed in the boats of the 
 Sebinoapatam in the suppression of piracy in the Archi- 
 pelago. On the night of 3 1 Jan. 1825 he was badly wounded 
 in the breast at the capture, by the boats of that frigate and 
 tlie Cambrian, of two vessels, carrying 1 gun and about 30 
 men each, up the Negropont. — Vide Gaz. 1825, p. 698. Six 
 of the British on this occasion were killed and 13 wounded. 
 
 where, after having served off Cadiz, he successively, 
 in 1810-11, joined, in the capacity of Midshipman 
 (a rating he had already attained), the Resistance 
 38, also commanded hy Capt. HoUinworth, and the 
 Volage 22, Capts. Phipps Hornby and Hon. Donald 
 Hugh Mackay. In the Volage he was present, we 
 believe, in the famous action fought off Lissa 13 
 March, 1811. He subsequently accompanied Sir 
 Evan Nepean, Bart., to the Government of Bom- 
 hay, and saw much active service, as Master's Mate, 
 in the Eastern Archipelago and the China Seas. 
 In June, 1813, some months previously to which 
 period he had removed vrith Capt. Mackay to the 
 Malacca 36, he united in an attack made hy a 
 force under the orders of Capt. Geo. Sayer on the 
 piratical settlement of Sambas, in the island of 
 Borneo. On the return to England of the Malacca, 
 commanded at the time by Capt. Geo. Henderson, 
 he was received, in July, 1815, for a few weeks, on 
 board the Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, lying at 
 Portsmouth. He was next, in May, 1816, appointed 
 Admiralty-Midshipman of the Forth 40, Capt. Sir 
 John Louis, on the North American station, where 
 he continued until promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 24 Oct. 1818. He then returned to England 
 in the Wye 24, Capt. John Harper, and has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Worsley married Harriet, daughter of 
 Lieut. Hamer, R.N., and has issue. Agents — 
 Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WORTH. (Captain, 1840.) 
 
 Hesrt John Worth, bom in 1803, is son of Capt. 
 Jas. Andrew Worth, R.N., C.B. (1810), who died in 
 Aug. 1841 ; and grandson of the late RearrAdmiral 
 Jas. Worth. He had a brother, a Captain in the 
 84th Regt., who died at Port Royal, Jamaica, in 
 1827. 
 
 ■ This officer entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on hoard the Bulwark 74, commanded 
 by his father, as Flag-Captain to Rear- Admiral 
 Philip Chas. Durham, off Rochefort. Towards the 
 close of the same year he sailed with those officers 
 for the West Indies, as Midshipman, in the Vene- 
 rable 74. During the passage he was afforded an 
 opportunity of assisting at the capture, 16 and 20 
 Jan. 1814, with but trifling loss to the British, of 
 the French 40-gun frigates Iphigenie and Alcmene. 
 He returned to England with Capt. Worth, in 1815, 
 in the Palma 38 ; and was employed next, in the 
 Channel, on the coast of Ireland, and in the East 
 Indies, in the Impregnable 104, Capt. Jas. Nash, 
 Spencer 74, Capt. Wm. Broughton, Erne 20, Capt. 
 Timothy Scriven, Windsor Castle 74, Capts. Thos. 
 Gordon Caulfeild and Sir Chas. Dashwood, Lipfet 
 50, Commodore Chas. Grant, and Asia 84, Capt. 
 Mark John Currie. On the paying off of the Asia, 
 in which ship and the Lipfet he had been acting 
 as Lieutenant, he was presented with a commission 
 bearing date 20 Aug. 1824. His succeeding ap- 
 pointments were — 18 Jan. 1825, to the Genoa 74, 
 Capts. Wm. Cumberland and Walter Bathurst, em- 
 ployed in the Channel and on the coast of Portugal 
 —20 Dec. 1827 (a few weeks after he had left the 
 Genoa), again to the Windsor Castle, Capt. Edw. 
 Dumford King, lying at Plymouth — 1 Nov. 1828, 
 to the Warspite 76, Capt. Wm. Parker, also at 
 Plymouth— 22 Jan. 1829, to the Kent 78, Capts. 
 John Ferris Devonshire and Sam. Pym, in which 
 ship he returned to the Mediterranean— 29 July, 
 1831, as Senior, to the Rapid 10, Capt. Chas. Henry 
 Swinburne, on the latter station, whence he came 
 home and was paid off in July, 1833—11 Dec. 1833, 
 in a similar capacity, to the Endtmion 50, Capt. 
 Sir Sam. Roberts, under whom he was afresh, for 
 nearly three years, employed in the Mediterranean 
 and off Lisbon— and, 26 Nov. 1836, again as First, 
 to the Stag 46, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan, fitting for 
 South America. He was promoted to the rank of 
 Commander 10 Jan. 1837 ; and on 1 Feb. 1838 he 
 was appointed, in that capacity, to the Hastings 
 72, Capts. Fras. Erskine Loch and John Lawrence. 
 Tinder Capt. Loch he escorted the Earl of Durham 
 
WORTHINGTON-WRAY— WRAYFORD— WRIFORD. 
 
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 to Quebec, and the Queen Dowager to and from 
 the island of Malta ; and under Capt. Lawrence he 
 took an active part in the operations of ISIO on the 
 coast of Syria. In command of the boats of his 
 own ship and of the Edinbokgh 72, he led a gallant 
 and hazardous attack upon the castle and magazine 
 at Beyrout, and succeeded in destroying a train 
 which had been laid to the latter for the purpose 
 of exploding it on the landing of the British.* He 
 afterwards, having handsomely volunteered his ser- 
 vices, united in a second attack made by the boats 
 of the same ships, under the orders of Commander 
 Fras. Decimus Hastings of the Edinborgh;! and on 
 this occasion he received a severe contusion. As 
 a reward for his conduct he was promoted to the 
 rank he now holds 5 Nov. 1840. He left the Hast- 
 ings in the following Jan. ; and has been in com- 
 mand, since 12 Dee. 1845, of the Calypso 18, in the 
 Pacific. 
 
 Capt. Worth married, 2 Oct. 1838, Charlotte 
 Augusta, daughter of the late Kear-Admiral Thos. 
 Searle, C.B. He was left a widower 31 Dec. 1841. 
 Agents— Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WOETHINGTON. (LiEniENANT, 1813. f-p., 
 11;h-p., 32.) 
 Benjamin "Wobthxhgton entered the Navy, 18 
 Jan. 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Uthecht 
 64, Capts. John Wentworth Loring and Fras. Pick- 
 more, stationed in the Downs. From April, 1805, 
 until Feb. 1813 he was employed in the Trusty 50, 
 Capt. Geo. Argles, Latona 38, Capt. Jas. Athol 
 Wood, Poissant 74, Capt. John Irwin, Dkomedaky 
 store-ship, Master-Commander Sam. P. Pritohard, 
 Koebuck 44, Capt. Rich. Curry, Bkiseis and Leve- 
 uet sloops, Capts. Chas. Thurlow Smith and Geo. 
 Wiokens "Willes, and Hibeenia 120, flag-ship of Sir 
 Wm. Sidney Smith. In the Deomedary he cir- 
 cumnavigated the globe ; and in the other ships he 
 served on the Home, West India, and Mediterra- 
 nean stations. He acted as a Lieutenant in the 
 Bkiseis ; and on 2 Feb. 1813, the date of his com- 
 mission, he was appointed to the Swiftsure j74, 
 Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, from which ship he 
 removed, in the following month, to the Ajax 74, 
 Capts. Sir Bobt. Laurie, Bobt. Waller Otway, and 
 Geo. Mundy. In her he co-operated in the siege 
 of St. Sebastian, assisted at the capture, 17 March, 
 1814, off Scilly, of L'Alcyon corvette, of 16 guns 
 and 120 men, and escorted from Bordeaux to 
 Quebec a squadron of transports, having on board 
 5000 troops, destined to reinforce the English army 
 in Canada. He has been on half-pay since 23 Nov. 
 1814. . 
 
 WKAY. (CoMMANDEB, 1824. F-P., 18; H-P., 31.) 
 Luke Henry Wkay entered the Navy, 19 June, 
 1798, as Midshipman, on board the Seagull sloop, 
 Capt. Henry Wray, stationed in the Channel. 
 From May, 1799, until Jan. 1801, he served on the 
 coast of North America in the Boston 32, Capt. 
 John Erskine Douglas ; and in the course of the 
 latter year he joined the Fortun^e 36, Capt. Henry 
 Vansittart ; with whom, after cruizing in the North 
 Sea and Channel, he sailed for the West Indies, 
 where he removed in 1804 to the Hekculb 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and was made 
 Lieutenant, we believe, 14 April, 1805, into the 
 Theseus 74, Capt. Temple. His next appointment 
 was to the Port Mahon sloop, Capt. Sam. Cham- 
 bers. In that vessel he united, 25 June, 1806, in 
 chasing the San J7)sef Spanish letter-of-marque brig 
 (armed with 1 long 18-pounder on a pivot amid- 
 ships, and 4 12-pounder carronades and 2 long 4- 
 pounders on her sides, with swivels, pikes, and 
 muskets, and 30 men) into the intricate harbour of 
 Banes, in the island of Cuba; and then, in the 
 boats under Lieut. John Marshall, assisted, with 
 the utmost gallantry, in cutting her out, without 
 the loss of a man, although the vessel was pro- 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2609, where he is mentioned in high 
 terms for his admirable conduct, 
 f V. Guz. 1S40, p. 2609. 
 
 tected by the fire from, and moored by a line to, a 
 tower mounting 2 heavy guns, and notwithstanding 
 too, that, in conducting her out of the harbour, she 
 grounded within pistol-shot of the battery, and was 
 struck by several shot from it.* Mr. Wray had 
 previously contributed to the capture, among other 
 vessels, of the El Galgo Spanish packet. He con- 
 tinued to serve in the West Indies, as First-Lieute- 
 nant, in the Ferret 18, Capt. Peter John Douglas, 
 Tweed 20, Capt. Thos. Edw. Symonds, and Guek- 
 ri4re 40, Capt. Alex. Skene, until 1809 : he was 
 next, until Feb. 1813, employed,! in a similar capa- 
 city, in the Channel, Baltic, East Indies, and again 
 in the Channel, in the GuERRiinE and Hussah fri- 
 gates, and MiNDEN and Illustrious 74's, all com- 
 manded by Capt. Skene ; and on 1 Nov. 1821 he was 
 appointed Senior of the Andromache 44, fitting for 
 the broad pendant of Commodore Joseph Nourse, 
 whom he accompanied to the Cape of Good Hope. 
 On the death of the Commodore, 4 Sept. 1824, he 
 appointed himself to the command of the Andro- 
 mache, then returning to the Mauritius from the 
 eastern coast of Africa. He was made Commander, 
 29 Dec. following, into the EspiiiGLE 18 ; and came 
 home in that vessel from the Cape of Good Hope 
 in Dec. 1825. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Wray married, in 1838, Charlotte 
 Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Commander Edw. 
 Burt, K.N. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WEAYFORD. (Retired Commander, 1836.) 
 
 Michael Wrayford died about the commence- 
 ment of 1847. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 7 May, 1777, as 
 Captain's Servant, on board the Bristol, Capt. 
 John Raynor, with whom he continued to serve on 
 the coast of North America and in the Channel, in 
 the Iris and Inflexible, until 1780. He was next, 
 from 1783 until 1786, stationed at Plymouth in the 
 Blenheim 90, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Milbank, 
 Diadem 64, Capt. Symonds, and Viper cutter, 
 Lieut.-Commander Webber. In June, 1794, he was 
 received on board the Hermione 32, Capt. John 
 Hill, in the West Indies : he was confirmed in the 
 rank of Lieutenant (after having acted for some 
 time as such) 10 Nov. 1795 ; and he was subse- 
 quently appointed— 6 Jan. 1797 and 24 June, 1799, 
 to the Scourge sloop and Hydra frigate, Capts. 
 Sam. Warren and Sir Fras. Laforey, employed in 
 the Channel and again in the West Indies — 27 
 March, 1801, for about 12 months, to the Zealous 
 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty in the 
 North Sea and West Indies— 15 March, 1803, to the 
 Sceptre 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, 
 in which ship, after cruizing in the Channel, he 
 proceeded to the East Indies, whence he invalided 
 m Aug. 1807— in the course of 1809-10 to the Alc- 
 M&NE frigate, Neptune 98, bearing the flag of Sir 
 Alex. Cochrane, Surinam sloop, Capt. Andrew 
 Hodge, and another vessel, all on the West India 
 station— 1 Nov. in the year last mentioned, to the 
 charge of a Signal station at the Saintes — 29 Dec. 
 1813 and 8 June, 1814, to the Asia 74 and Tonnant 
 80, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane on the 
 coast of North America— 9 June, 1814, to the act- 
 ing command of the Doterbl sloop, on the same 
 station— and, in June, 181.5, for a short time, to the 
 Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, 
 at Plymouth. He was placed on the Senior List of 
 Retired Commanders 28 April, 1836. 
 
 WRIFORD. 
 
 (Commander, 1815. f-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 Samuel Wriford entered the Navy, 1 March 
 1797, as Fsf.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovii 
 reign 100, Capt. Wm. Bedford, flag-ship of Sir 
 Alan Gardner and Sir Henry Harvey in the Chan- 
 nel, where he continued to serve, as Midshipman 
 and Master's Mate, until April, 1802. He was next 
 for upwards of six years, employed un4er the late 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1537. 
 
 t With an interval of sixteen months (from Feb. 18U 
 until June, 1812), which took place after he left the Hossak. 
 
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 WRIGHT. 
 
 Sir Rich. John Strachan, on the Mediterranean, 
 Home, and Halifax stations, in the Donegal and 
 Eenown 74's, C^sae 80, Triumph 74, and C^sak 
 again. In the Donegal he assisted, 25 Nov. 1804, 
 at the capture, near Cadiz, of the Spanish frigate 
 Amfitrite of 44 guns ; and on removing from the Re- 
 mown to the C^SAR he fought, 4 Nov. 1805, in the 
 action which rendered prize to the British the four 
 French ships-of-the-line that had escaped from the 
 tattle of Trafalgar under Rear-Admiral Dumanoir 
 Le Pelley. , On 22 of the month last mentioned (the 
 date of his first commission) Mr. Wriford was ap- 
 pointed Flag-Lieutenant to Sir E. J. Strachan. In 
 that capacity he continued to officiate until Oct. 
 1808; in the course of which month he became 
 Senior of the C^sak, then bearing the flag of Hon. 
 Robt. Stopford ; under whom (previously to wit- 
 nessing the attack made by Lord Cochrane upon 
 the French shipping in Basque Roads) we find 
 him present, 24 Feb. 1809, at the destruction, be- 
 neath the powerful batteries of Sable d'Olonne, of 
 the 40-gun frigates Italienne^ Calj/pso, and Cybele. 
 He subsequently accompanied the expedition to the 
 Walcheren, and was for some time stationed on the 
 coast of Portugal under the command of Capt. Wm. 
 Granger. From 17 June, 1811, until 26 July, 1812, 
 from 23 Nov. 1812 until 22 Aug. 1814, and from 7 
 Feb. 1815 until a few weeks after his promotion to 
 the rank of Commander, which took place 10 Oct. 
 following, he was employed in succession, on the 
 Home and Mediterranean stations, as First- Lieute- 
 nant, in the Pompee and Pembroke 74's and 
 Malta 80, Capts. Sir Jas. Athol Wood, Jas. Bris- 
 bane, and Wm. Chas. Fahie. He beheld, in the 
 Pembroke, the destruction of a convoy under the 
 guns of Porto Maurizio and the fall of Genoa ; and 
 he co-operated, in the Malta, in the reduction of 
 Gaeta. His last appointments were — 5 Sept. 1843 
 and 22 May, 1845, to the San Josef 110 and Cale- 
 donia 120, Capts. Fred. Wm. Burgoyne and Manley 
 Hall Dixon, both at Devonport, where he remained 
 until Deo. 1846. 
 
 Commander Wriford married, in June, 1822, 
 Mary, second daughter of the late Mr. Peter Good- 
 man Glubb, of Liskeard, co. Cornwall, by whom he 
 has issue. 
 
 WRIGHT. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 29 ;"h-p., 1 0.) 
 Charles Mayson Monokibfpb Weight entered 
 the Navy, 12 Jan. 1808, on board the Goliath 74, 
 Capt. Peter Puget, stationed in the Baltic. He 
 served afterwards, between the close of the latter 
 year and May, 1821, in the Channel, Mediterranean, 
 and East Indies, in the Helicon and Philomel 
 sloops, Capts. Spelman Swaine, Gardiner Henry 
 Guion, and Chas. Shaw, Rainbow and Iphigbnia 
 frigates, Capts. G. H. Guion and Andrew King, 
 Philomel again and Amphitrite 38,* Capts. C. 
 Shaw and Jas. Hanway Plumridge, Liverpool 50, 
 Capt. Fras. Aug. Collier, and Topaze frigate, Capt. 
 John Rich. Lumley. In the Liverpool he accom- 
 panied an expedition sent in 1819 to act against the 
 pirates of the Persian Gulf, where Ras-al-Khyma, 
 the head-quarters of the freebooters, was taken, its 
 fortifications destroyed, and all the vessels found 
 there burnt or sunk. After he left the Topaze 
 Mr. Wright (he had been promoted to the rank of 
 Lieutenant 21 Oct. 1820) was appointed — 24 Aug. 
 1825, and again (after about two years of half-pay) 
 13 May, 18.30, as a Supernumerary, to the Hyperion 
 42, Coast Blockade-ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye — 
 5 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard— 17 Dec. follow- 
 ing, as Senior, to the Haeeiee 18, Capt. Spencer 
 Lambart Hunter Vassall, fitting for the East Indies, 
 where he was actively employed in the suppression 
 of piracy in the Straits of Malacca — 18 March, 1836, 
 in a similar capacity (the Harriee had been paid 
 off in July, 1835), to the Vangdaed 80, Capts. Hon. 
 Duncombe PleydeU Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fel- 
 lowes, under whom he was for about four years 
 
 * He quitted the Amphiteite in Jan. 1817, and joined the 
 Liverpool in Apiil, 1818. During the interval he remained 
 on shore. 
 
 stationed in the Mediterranean — and 27 Oct. 1840, 
 also as First- Lieutenant, to the Impkegnable 104, 
 Capt. Thos. Forrest, at Plymouth. He attained 
 the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841; served as 
 such in the Alpred 50, bearing the broad pendant 
 of Commodore John Brett Purvis on the south-east 
 coast of America, from 22 May, 1842, until paid off 
 in Aug. 1845 ; and was advanced to his present 
 rank 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 WRIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1846.) 
 
 George Keith Elphinstonb Wright was npset 
 and drowned with 8 men, while in pursuit of a 
 slaver, in a boat belonging to the Espoir, in an at- 
 tempt to cross over the bar on the Benguela station, 
 about Oct. 1846. 
 
 This officer passed his examination 3 Nov. 1837 ; 
 served as Mate, on the Mediterranean and Home 
 stations, in the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, 
 Avon steamer, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Jenkin, 
 iETNA 8, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Geo. Butler, and 
 Caledonia 120, and Queen 110, flag-ships of Sir 
 David Milne and Sir John West ; attained the rank 
 of Lieutenant 1 Sept. 1845 ; was nominated, 15 of 
 the same month, Additional of the Penelope steam- 
 frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore 
 Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa; and on 21 Jan. 
 1846 was there appointed to the Esfoir 10, Capt. 
 Geo. Sumner Hand. 
 
 WRIGHT. (Lieut., 1832. f-p., 16 ; h-p., 6.) 
 
 Henby Weight was bom 10 Feb. 1812. His 
 father, a member of the legal profession, was the 
 representative of an old Cheshire family, the Wrights 
 of Brewer's Hall. 
 
 This ofacer entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1825, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albion 74, Capt. Sir 
 Wm. Hoste, lying at Portsmouth. In the following 
 June he removed to the Gloucester 74, Capt. 
 Joshua Sydney Horton, at Sheemess ; he there, in 
 March, 1S26, attained the rating of Midshipman ; 
 and from Dec. in the latter year until his return to 
 England in the summer of 1831 in the Melville 74, 
 he was employed in the Mediterranean, the last few 
 months as Mate, in the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir 
 Edw. Codrington (under whom he fought at the 
 battle of Navarin), Camelion 10, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Sabine Pasley, and Pelican 18, Capt. Joseph Gape. 
 He proceeded subsequently, in the Fly 18, Capt. 
 Peter M'Quhae, to the West Indies ; was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 9 May, 1832 ; and was 
 subsequently appointed, on the station last named 
 —25 July, 1832, to the Gannet 16, Capts. Mark 
 Halpen Sweny and John Balfour Maxwell — 13 Jan. 
 1837, for about four months, to the Racehorse 18, 
 Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home— 28 Nov. 1837, to the 
 Vestal 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter — and 31 Aug. 
 1839, to the command of the Skipjack schooner of 
 5 guns. In the latter vessel he made prize, 30 Nov. 
 1839, of the Ulysses, an armed Portuguese brigan- 
 tine, manned with a crew of 150 men, and having on 
 board as many as 535 slaves. In March, 1841, he 
 was at his own request, from the state of his health, 
 superseded in the command of the Skipjack. He 
 had been, at that period, nearly nine years em- 
 ployed in the West Indies. Agents — Messrs. Stil- 
 well. 
 
 WRIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1848.) 
 
 Henry Wilson Wright passed his examination 
 29 Sept. 1847 ; was then nominated Acting-Mate of 
 the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in 
 the Mediterranean ; and was promoted to the rank 
 of Lieutenant 30 Sept. 1848. 
 
 WRIGHT. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 19 ; h-p., 22.) 
 
 John Wright was born 14 Feb. 1794, and died 
 about the early part of 1848. He was son of the 
 late Sam. Wright, Esq., of Cheshire, a Major in the 
 Army, who, at the breaking out of the Irish rebel- 
 lion in 1798, assisted in raising the Loyal Lancashire 
 Fencibles, commanded by the late Earl of Wilton. 
 His brother, Peter, a Lieutenant in the Royal En- 
 
WRIGHT. 
 
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 gineers, served with the highest distinction during 
 the war in the Peninsula, and fell in the attack 
 upon New Orleans, where he was at the time Chief 
 Engineer and Aide-de-Camp to Sir Edw. Paken- 
 ham. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feh. 1806, as 
 Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. Kobt. 
 Dudley OUver, Wm. Lukin, Jas. Katon, John Sur- 
 man Garden, and Henry Raper. Under Capt. Oh- 
 ver he aided, 28 July, 1806, in making prize, off the 
 coast of France, after a chase of more than 150 
 miles, and in presence of three other heavy French 
 frigates, of L,e Rhin of 44 guns and 318 men ; and 
 under Capt. Lukin he contributed, 25 Sept. in the 
 same year, to the capture off Rochefort, by a squa^ 
 dron under Sir Sam. Hood, of four more frigates, 
 two of which, the Gloire 46 and InfatigaUe U, 
 surrendered to the Maks. On the latter occasion 
 he was struck by a splinter. In 1807 he accompa- 
 nied, in the capacity of Midshipman, the expedition 
 against Copenhagen ; and on the fall of that city he 
 aided in equipping and navigating to England the 
 Fyen, one of the 74-gun ships there taken. During 
 the passage he experienced a terrific gale, and was 
 all but wrecked. When subsequently at Lisbon he 
 was sent up the river Tagus in charge of an armed 
 launch as far as Alhandra, for the purpose of co- 
 operating with the British army, then occupying 
 the lines of Torres Vedras. In Feb. 1813, after hav- 
 ing again visited the Baltic, Mr. Wright, who for 
 two years had held the rating of Master's Mate, left 
 the Mars. In the ensuing spring he sailed with the 
 Earl of Moira for India in the Stirling Castle 74, 
 Capt. Sir Home Popliam ; and on his arrival he 
 joined, as Admiralty-Midshipman, the Minken 74, 
 flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood. On hearing of his pro- 
 motion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 
 6 July, 1814, he returned home, as First, in the 
 Victor sloop, Capt. Basil Hall. His last appoint- 
 ments were, 25 Sept. 1824, to the Astrea, Capt. 
 Wm. King, at Falmouth; and 31 May, 1825, and 19 
 Oct. 1832, to the command of the Hope and Hekmes 
 packets. The latter vessel he quitted at the close 
 of 1833. 
 
 Lieut. Wright married, 6 June, 1818, Miss Emily 
 Mills Woodley, sister of Commander Wm. Woodley, 
 R.N. (to whose memoir refer), and a relative of the 
 Earl of Falmouth, by whom he has left issue four 
 sons and three daughters. His eldest son, John 
 Allen, is a Captain in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service. 
 Auents — Messrs. Chard. 
 
 in Mav, 1805, he assumed command, with the rank 
 of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Destrcction mortar- 
 boat. Durmg the next 12 months he was actively 
 employed, chiefly off Boulogne. H e was nominated 
 Sub-Lieutenant, 2 July, 1806, of the Wrangler, 
 Lieut-Commander Pettet, lying at Sheerness ; was 
 made full Lieutenant, 9 Aug. following, into the 
 Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge ; left 
 that ship (in which he had accompanied Sir John 
 Thos. Duckworth in the expedition to the Darda- 
 nells) in June, 1807 ; and from 6 Sept. 1810 untd 31 
 Oct. 1813 filled an appointment in the Impress ser- 
 vice at Limerick. He was placed upon the hst ot 
 Retired Commanders 16 Jan. 1840. 
 
 WRIGHT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11 ; h-p-. 29.') 
 
 Thomas Wright entered the Navy, 4 May, 1807, 
 as a Supernumerary, on board the Shark sloop, sta- 
 tioned in the West Indies, where, after serving for 
 rather more than three months, as Midshipman, in 
 the Wolf, he joined, in Jan. 1808, the Hbntek 
 sloop, Capts. Fras. Geo. Dickins and Colin Camp- 
 bell. From the following Nov. until Dec. 1810 he 
 was employed in the Baltic in the Africa 64, Capts. 
 Loftus Otway Bland, Geo. Fred. Ryves, and John 
 Bastard ; he then removed to the Statelv 64, 
 Capts. Edw. Stirling Dickson, Rich. Henry Muddle, 
 Stewart, and Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, with 
 whom he served for upwards of two years along 
 the coast of Spain and in Cadiz Bay ; he returned 
 home with Capt. Bateman in the spring of 1813 in 
 the Imp^tueux 74; and he was afterwards, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb. 1815, 
 employed at Chatham and on the coast of Ireland, 
 a great part of the time as Master's Mate, in the 
 Eridanus, Ceres, and Tigris frigates, Capts. Henry 
 Prescott, Jas. Prevost, and Robt. Henderson. From 
 June, 1844, until 1848, he had charge of the Sema- 
 phore station on Cooper's Hill, Esher. 
 
 WEIGHT. (Ketiked Commander, 1840. r.p., 
 15; H-p., 37.) 
 Philip Wright entered the Navy, 20 Oct. or 
 Nov. 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board L'Espion 38, 
 Capt. Manley Dixon ; with whom, after cruizing in 
 the North Sea, he removed, in Feb. 1797, to the 
 Lion 64. On 15 July, 1798, we find him present in 
 a brilliant action fought off Carthagena between 
 the latter ship and four Spanish frigates of 42 guns 
 each, which terminated in the surrender of one of 
 the latter, the Santa Dorotea. In the course of the 
 same year he was wounded while serving in a gun- 
 boat on the river Nile. In the eai'ly part of 1800 
 (he had previously attained the rating of Midship- 
 man) he removed to the Generedx 74,. a prize re- 
 cently taken from the French, which he assisted, 
 under Lord Cochrane, in navigating from Malta to 
 Minorca under circumstances of great difficulty. 
 Continuing attached to the GENiKEux under the 
 command of Capt. Jahleel Brenton and of his former 
 Captain, Dixon, he was afforded an opportunity of 
 further witnessing the capture of La Diane of 42 
 guns, and the surrender of the island of Malta. He 
 removed subsequently with Capt. Dixon to the 
 Alexander 74; and in Nov. 1801 (he had been 
 tlicn serving for a short time with Lord Keith in 
 the FouDHOVANT 80) he returned to England in the 
 EtiYPTiENNE 41), Capt. Chas. Ogle. He joined next, 
 in 1802-3, the Doris 3G, Capt. Pearson, the Mass 74, 
 Capt. John Sutton, and the Monarch 74, bearing 
 the flag of Lord Keith, on the Home station ; where, 
 
 WRIGHT. (Lieutenant, 1825.) 
 
 William Wright entered the Navy 12 Jan. 1808 ; 
 passed his examination in 1814 ; and was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 27 May, 1825. He has 
 since been on half-pay. 
 
 WEIGHT. (Commander, 1817. f-p., 18; 
 H-p., 31.) 
 
 William Eluot Wright entered the Navy, 26 
 July, 1798, as A.B., on board La Sybille of 48 guns 
 and 371 men, Capt. Edw. Cooke ; under whom we 
 find him, on the night of 28 Feb. 1799, contributing 
 to the capture, at the mouth of the Bengal river, of 
 the French frigate La Forte of 52 guns and 370 men, 
 after a dreadful action of two hours and a half, in 
 which the enemy had 65 of their number, including 
 the Captain, killed, and the British 5 killed and 17 
 (among whom was Capt. Cooke mortally) wounded. 
 He removed, in Sept. 1799, as Midshipman (a rating 
 he had before attained), tq the Suffolk 74, flag-ship 
 of Rear-Admiral Peter Ri^nier, and continued (with 
 the exception of an interval of a few months occa- 
 sioned by the peace of Amiens) to serve in the East 
 indies, until Sept. 1809, in the Vulcan bomb, Capt. 
 Peter Heywood, D.edalus frigate, Capt. Wm. 
 Waller, Arrogant 74, Capts. John Butt and Lord 
 Geo. Stuart, Trident 64, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral 
 Rainier, Caroline 36, Capt. Peter Rainier, Dasher 
 sloop, Capt. Wm. Augustus Montagu, Caroline 
 again, Capt. Henry Hart, and Belliqueux 64, Capt. 
 Hon. Geo. Byng. He wa;s nominated Acting-Lieu- 
 tenant of the Dasher and the Caroline 4 Aug. 
 1805 and 18 May, 1807 ; and on 11 Dec. in the latter 
 year (the date of his first commission) he assisted, 
 while yet in the Caroline, at the destruction, at 
 Griessee, in the island of Java, of the dockyard, 
 stores, and of all the men-of-war remaining to Hol- 
 land in India. On leaving the Belliqueux he re- 
 turned to England in the Rattlesnake 18, Capt. 
 Jas. John Gordon Bremer. He was employed after- 
 wards with the late Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the 
 Donegal and Roial Oak 74's, and with Capts. 
 
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 W ROOT— WY ATT— WYBERG H . 
 
 Sam. Pym and Sir Michael Seymour in the Hanni- 
 bal 74, on the coast of France ; and a second time 
 with Sir P. Malcolm in the Royai, Oak, and, as 
 Flag-Lieutenant, in the TaktarosSO and Newcas- 
 tle 60, on the coast of North America, in the Scheldt, 
 and at St. Helena. In the Donegal he was present, 
 15 Nov. 1810, in an attack made on two French fri- 
 gates, the Amazone and Eliza^ as they lay aground 
 under the protection of several strong batteries in 
 the neighboxirhood of Cherbourg; and in the Royal 
 Oak he accompanied the expedition against New 
 Orleans. While at St. Helena in the Newcastle 
 he was nominated, 20 Sept. 1816, Acting-Commander 
 of the Griffon sloop ; which vessel he paid off 12 
 Sept. 1818. Since that period he has not been afloat. 
 His commission as Commander bears date 20 Aug. 
 1817. Agents — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 WEOOT. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 23; 
 H-p., 24.) 
 
 Michael Mjlsom "Wroot was bojn at Whitgift, 
 near Howden, co. York. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 March, 1800, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Requin brig, Lieut. - 
 Commanders Fred. Thesiger and Sam. Fowell; and 
 in the early part of 1801 was wrecked on a sunken 
 rock in Quiberon Bay. He served during the next 
 
 18 months in the Channel and West Indies in the 
 Magnificent 74, Capts. Philip Turner Bovef and 
 John Giffard ; in Feb. and Dec. 1803, and May, 1807, 
 he joined in succession, on the Home and Mediter- 
 ranean stations, the Ranger sloop, Capt. Chas. 
 Coote, Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, and 
 Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood ; and from 
 
 19 June in the year last mentioned until June, 1810, 
 he was again employed in the Terrible, as Acting- 
 Lieutenant and Lieutenant, commission dated 21 
 Nov. 1807. His subsequent appointments were— 34 
 Sept. 1810, to the Zephyr sloop, Capts. Fras. Geo. 
 Dickins and Thos. Cuthbert Hichens, in the Downs 
 —22 Feb. and 3 March, 1812, to the Hannibal and 
 Royal Oak 74's, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Lord 
 Amelius Beauclerk and Pulteney Malcolm on the 
 Home and North American stations— 30 Dec. 1815, 
 after six months of half-pay, to the Active 46, Capt. 
 Philip Carteret, in the West Indies, whence he re- 
 turned in Dec. 1816—29 May, 1818, for about three 
 years, to the Superb 78, Capts. Chas. Ekins and 
 Thos. White, with the latter of whom he sailed, 
 under the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy, for the coast of Brazil— 12 Dec. 1823, to the 
 Bulwark 76, Capt. Thos. Dundas, at Plymouth— 
 and next, to the Blanche 46 and Ocean 80, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Lord Amelius Beauclerk, whom he 
 accompanied to the coast of Portugal. While in the 
 Royal Oak he witnessed the operations against 
 Washington, Baltimore, and Alexandria. Pre- 
 viously, too, to sharing in the attack upon New Or- 
 leans, where he served on shore with the naval bri- 
 gade under Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge,* he took 
 command of her boats and, in unison with those of 
 a squadron under the orders of Capt. Nicholas 
 Lockyer, assisted, 14 Dec. 1814, at the capture, on 
 Lake Borgne, of a flotilla of five American gun-ves- 
 sels under Commodore Jones, whose resistance was 
 protracted until the British had sustained a loss of 
 17 men killed and 77 wounded. On 11 May, 1827, 
 being then at Lisbon, he was promoted to the rank 
 of Commander into the Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. 
 Warren ; and at the commencement of the following 
 July he was appointed Governor of the forts at the 
 entrance of the Tagus, garrisoned by British ma- 
 rines, the duties attached to which office he conti- 
 nued to discharge until the presence of the army 
 under Lieut.-General Sir W. H. Clinton, sent out to 
 protect Portugal from invasion, was no longer requi- 
 site. He returned home in the Spartiate in May, 
 1828 ; and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Wroot married, in 1832, Harriet, 
 daughter of the late Capt. John Wentworth Hol- 
 land, R.N. 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 451, where every praise is declared 
 to be Ills due. 
 
 WYATT. (CoMMANDEB, 1815. F-P., 13 ; H-P., 31.) 
 
 Henry Benjamin Wyatt, born 15 Nov. 1786, at 
 Blackbrook, in the parish of Weeford, co. Stafford, 
 is fourth son of the late Benj. Wyatt, Esq.; of Lime 
 Grove, near Bangor, Carnarvonshire; and brother 
 of Capt. S. Wyatt, of the Royal Artillery. His 
 father was elder brother of Jas. Wyatt, Sur- 
 veyor-General of the Board of Works and private 
 Architect to George III. ; and uncle of the late Sir 
 Jeffry Wyatville. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 28 April, 1803, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. 
 Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman. After escorting con- 
 voy to and from Elsineure, cruizing for some time 
 off the coast of Norway, and assisting at the block- 
 ade of the Dutch fleet in the Texel, he sailed, in 
 Dee. 1804, with another convoy for the West Indies. 
 On 26 May, 1805, he served in one of four boats, 
 under the command of Lieut. Henry Smith Wilson, 
 at the capture, after a pull of many hours, and in 
 the face of a strong opposition, of the Tape-a-bord 
 French privateer, mounting 4 6-pounder8, with a 
 complement of 46 well-armed men. In the follow- 
 ing Oct. he aided in making prize, near Bermuda, 
 of a Spanish letter-of-marque ; and when oflT French 
 Guyana in April, 1806, he was often, again in the 
 boats, engaged in pursuing the enemy's vessels 
 under a fire from their batteries. In May of the 
 latter year the Unicorn was ordered home in com- 
 pany with the Amelia, Princess Charlotte, and 
 Pheasant, and a merchant-fleet consisting of 91 
 sail ; the whole of which were anchored in safety at 
 Plymouth in the following July. During the pas- 
 sage the British had encountered four French fri- 
 gates ; but these the men-of-war had succeeded in 
 putting to flight. In Jan. 1807 we find Mr. Wyatt, 
 then in the Rio de la Plata, employed with the 
 boats in protecting the debarkation of the troops 
 previously to the attack upon Monte Video. On 
 the day on which that city was stormed he was in 
 command of the ship's launch. After Lieut.-Gene- 
 ral Whitelock's unfortunate attempt upon Buenos 
 Ayres he returned to England. He went subse- 
 quently to Madeira in pursuit of a French squadron 
 from Rochefort, and thence again accompanied 
 convoy to the West Indies. He took part also in a 
 variety of boat-operations on the north coast of 
 Spain, assisted in embarking the army after the 
 battle of Corunna, was present, 4 April, 1809, in a 
 severe encounter with the enemy's flotilla near 
 Ole'ron, in which a Lieutenant and one man were 
 killed, and witnessed the celebrated attack made 
 ^ Lord Cochrane on the French shipping in Aix 
 Roads. He left the Unicorn at sea 25 May, 1809; 
 parsed his examination 7 June following ; was made 
 Lieutenant, 3 July in the same year, into the Mag- 
 net 14, Capt. John Smith (a), part of the force em- 
 ployed in the expedition to the Walcheren; and 
 was afterwards, 20 March, 1810, and 6 March and 
 18 Dec. 1811, appointed to the Ruby 64, flag-ship of 
 Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon in the Baltic, and 
 Tremendous and Audacious 74's, Capts. Bobt. 
 Campbell and Thos. Baker. While in the Ruby he 
 was often in action with the Danish gun-boats in 
 the Baltic ; on one occasion he cut out, in her gig, 
 a merchant-vessel under a heavy fire from the bat- 
 teries at Bornholm. In the Cumberland, which 
 ship he left in Aug. 1815, he was employed in the 
 ■ Channel, the West Indies, and North Sea, and at the 
 Cape of Good Hope. He was promoted to the rank 
 he now holds 18 Sept. in the year last mentioned ; 
 and has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Wyatt married, 25 Aug. 1836, Miss 
 Bennett, of Appley, near Ryde, in the Isle of Wight ; 
 and has issue two daughters. 
 
 WYBERGH. (CoMMANDEK, 1824. F-p., 12; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 Peter Wybehgh was born in 1794, and died 
 about the commencement of 1849. He was sixth 
 and youngest son Of the late Thos. Wybergh, Esq., 
 of Clifton Hall, co. Westmoreland, by Isabella, eldest 
 daughter of John Hartley, Esq., of Whitehaven. 
 The ancient family of which he was a member 
 
WYBORN— WYKE-WYLDE. 
 
 1331 
 
 have been in possession of Clifton Hall since the 
 days of Edward III. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 6 Sept. or Oot. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellerophon 74, 
 Capt. Edw. Rotheram, bearing the flag in the 
 Channel of the late Sir Albemarle Bertie ; with 
 whom, in 1808, he sailed, as Midshipman, in the 
 Leopard 50, for the Cape of Good Hope ; where he 
 continued employed until 1810 in the Racehorse 18, 
 Capt. Wm. Fisher, Charwell 18, Capts. Wm. Gor- 
 don and Henry Thompson, Boadicea 38, Capt. 
 Josias Rowley, and Africaine .38, flag-ship again 
 of Admiral Bertie. In June, 1811, he rejoined Capt. 
 Rowley on board the America 74, in the Mediter- 
 ranean ; and on 19j April, 1814, after having taken 
 part in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn and in 
 the reduction of Genoa, he was there nominated 
 Acting-Lieutenant of the Prince of "Wales 98, 
 Capt. John Erskine Douglas. To that ship he was 
 confirmed 18 May following. He left her in July 
 of the same year ; and was afterwards employed — 
 from Sept. 1814 until Nov. 1815 in the Briseis 10, 
 Capt. Wm. Rush Jackson,, on the river Clyde — and 
 from 15 April, 1820, until advanced (on being paid 
 off) to the rank of Commander 31 March, 1824, 
 part of the time as Flag-Lieutenant, in the Roch- 
 FORT 80, bearing the flag of Sir Graham Moore in 
 the Mediterranean. These were his last appoint- 
 ments. 
 
 Commander 'Wybergh married, in 1828, Jane, se- 
 cond daughter of the late Archibald Tod, Esq., of 
 Drygrange, co. Roxburgh, by whom he has left 
 issue three sons and four daughters. 
 
 WYBORN. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p.,19;* 
 H-p., 33.) 
 
 John Wyborn died in 1846. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 23 Feb. 1794, on 
 board the Ramillies 74, Capts. Henry Harvey, Sir 
 Rich. Bickerton, Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, and 
 Rich. Grindall; in which ship he fought in Lord 
 Howe's action and continued employed as Midship- 
 man in the West Indies, North Sea, and Channel 
 until 1799, when he sailed for the Cape of Good 
 Hope in the Lancaster 64, flag-ship of Sir Roger 
 Curtis. In 1800 he suffered great privations and 
 narrowly escaped being devoured by the Caifres on 
 the east coast of Africa, while engaged in conduct- 
 ing a prize from the Mauritius to the Cape. He 
 was nominated, 14 Jan. 1801, Acting-Lieutenant of 
 the DiOMEDE 50, Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone 
 and Sam. Mottley ; was confirmed to that ship 19 
 Nov. following; and was appointed next— 3 June, 
 1802, and 24 Jan. 1805, as Senior, to the Rattle- 
 snake 18, Capts. John Le Gros and John Cramer 
 (now Coghill), and Sceptre 74, Capt. Joseph Bing- 
 ham, both in the East Indies — 13 Oct. 1808 
 (the Sceptre had been paid ofiT in the preced- 
 ing July), to the Sirius 36, Capt. Sam. Pym, fitting 
 at Chatham — and 9 March, 1809, again to the 
 Sceptre, Capts. Joseph Bingham and VolantVashon 
 Ballard. For his subsequent conduct in a battery 
 during the siege of Flushing he was earnestly recom- 
 mended to notice ;t and for the prompt measures 
 he adopted in destroying the batteries at Anse la 
 Barque, in the island of Guadeloupe, and the as- 
 sistance he afibrded at the destruction of two heavy 
 French frigates lying under their protection, he was 
 promoted to the rank of Commander by a com- 
 mission dated back to the day of the action, 18 Dec. 
 1809. t After the conquest of Guadeloupe he re- 
 turned home a passenger in the Coemorant store- 
 ship. In March, 1819, he obtained an appointment 
 in the Ordinary at Sbeerness ; and from 6 April, 
 1829, until the spring of 1832, he was employed in 
 the Coast Guard. He was placed on the List of 
 Retired Captains 10 Sept. 1840. 
 
 WYKE. (Lieutenant, 1840. f-p., 11; h-p., 13.) 
 Geoege WrKE was born in 1805 in Somersetshire, 
 and died in 1840. 
 
 * Not including Ordinary time. 
 + Fide Gaz. 1809, p. 1327. | F. Gaz. 1810, p. ITT. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 20 Sept. 1822, as 
 Midshipman, on board the Alligator 28, Capts. 
 Thos. Alexander and Henry Ducie Chads, stationed 
 in the East Indies, where he took an active part in 
 the hostile operations against the Burmese,* and 
 suffered much from constant boat-service on the 
 river Irawady. Immediately prior to a successful 
 attack made, 5 Feb. 1825, upon a formidable 
 stockade at Than-ta-bain, mounting 36 guns, with 
 the hope of getting on shore before any of his 
 companions, he jumped overboard from the Alli- 
 gator's launch, holding his sword, by the becket, in 
 his mouth. The strong tide and great depth of 
 water rendered his situation extremely dangerous ; 
 but he fortunately succeeded in getting hold of an 
 oar, thrown to him by a brother Midshipman, Mr. 
 Valentine Pickey, and was rescued in time to enable 
 him to enter the stockade among the foremost of 
 the assailants. While he was resting on the oar, 
 the loom of it was carried away by one of the 
 enemy's shot. In Jan. 1826 he commanded a cut- 
 ter at the capture of Melloone, the defences of 
 which place were considered a chef-d'ceuvre of Bur- 
 man fortification. In Feb. 1827, having returned to 
 England with a constitution much impaired, he was 
 received on board the Glodcestee 74, Capt. Joshua 
 Sydney Horton, lying at Sheemess ; and in the fol- 
 lowing July he joined the Isis 50, Capt. Sir Thos. 
 Staines. On 18 Dec. in the same year, being at the 
 time in the Mediterranean, he jumped from the 
 taftrail of the latter ship and saved the life of a valu- 
 able seaman, although the wind was blowing strong, 
 the weather cold, and the ship in stays. He was 
 subsequently, 31 Jan. 1828, present in an attack 
 made by a squadron under Sir T. Staines on a fort 
 and several vessels in possession of the pirates at 
 Carabusa. In the summer of the same year he re- 
 turned home in the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. 
 Ashley Maude ; he then went back for a short time 
 to the Glodcester ; and on 10 Feb. 1829 he passed 
 his examination. He was employed afterwards as 
 Mate— from 23 Sept. 1830 until 4 Feb. 1832, in the 
 Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, in the Medi- 
 terranean—from 3 April, 1834, until 1 Feb. 1835, in 
 the Gannet 16, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, in the 
 West Indies,— and from March, 1840, until promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. following, in the 
 Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave. In 
 1841 he was appointed to the Howe 120, flag-ship of 
 Sir Fras. Mason in the Mediterranean ; where he 
 was lent to the Beacon surveying-vessel, Capt. 
 Thos. Graves. Symptoms of consumption, induced 
 by the nature of his services, caused him, about 
 May, 1842, to invalid. Agekt— Joseph Woodheaci. 
 
 WYLDE. (Lieut,, 1814. f..p„ 19; h-p.,22.) 
 
 Edward Wylde entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1806, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hibernia 110, bearing 
 the flag of Earl St. Vincent off' Lisbon and in the 
 Channel. From March, 1807, until Nov. 1811, he 
 served on the latter and on the Cork and Cape of 
 Good Hope stations, as Midshipman and Master's 
 Mate, in the Emerald 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Mait-. 
 land ; he then joined the CnEA50A 36, Capt. John 
 Tower, in the Mediterranean ; and on 14 Jan. 1814 
 he was there nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the 
 SwiFTsoRE 74, Capts. John Erskine Douglas and 
 Wm. Henry Webley Parry. On 13 March, 1808, he 
 shared in a very gallant attempt made by the boats 
 of the Emerald to cut out from Vivero Harbour 
 the French corvette L' Apropos of 20 guns and 70 
 men; and in April, 1809, he was present in the 
 same frigate at the destruction of the enemy's ship- 
 ping in Aix Roads. Being confirmed a Lieutenant 
 in the Swiftsure 16 March, 1814, he continued to 
 serve in that ship in the West Indies and on the 
 coast of France until Aug. 1815. His subsequent 
 appointments were — 28 May, 1828, as Senior, to the 
 Welleslev 74, Capt. F. L. Maitland, in the Medi- 
 terranean — 10 June, 1831, for about 18 months, to 
 the Coast Guard— 15 Deo. 1841, to the post of Ad- 
 miralty Agent on board a contract mail steam" 
 • ride Gaz, 1826, p. 2278. 
 
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 WYLDE—WYNYARD—WYVILL— YATES. 
 
 vessel— and 8 June, 1844, and 19 May, 1848, to tlie 
 command of the Ottek and Dotekel steam-packets. 
 Me left the Doteeel 6 Jan. 1849. Agents— Goode 
 and Lawrence. 
 
 WYLDE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 Sydenham Wylde died in 1845. He was only 
 son of the late Capt. Sydenham Wylde, formerly of 
 the 7th Hussars. 
 
 This ofiBcer entered the Navy 2 April, 1616; 
 passed his examination in 1823 ; and for his ser- 
 vices during the war in Ava, where he commanded 
 the Boadicea's cutter in the attack upon Jlelloone, 
 was made Lieutenant, 23 Dec. 1826, into the Pan- 
 dora 18, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise. In tliat 
 vessel he continued employed in the East Indies 
 until about May, 1828. During the year 1836 and 
 from 8 Jan. 1838 until the period of his death he 
 filled an appointment in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. "Wylde married Elizabeth, eldest daughter 
 of Giles Hall, Esq., of Kickford House, Blagdon, 
 Somersetshire. Agents — Goode and Lawrence. 
 
 WYNYAED. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 William Kowlf.y Wynyakd entered th« Navy 
 4 Sept. 1817; passed his examination in 1825; and 
 was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 26 Oct. 
 1826. He served in the Coast Guard from 3 March, 
 1836, until the close of 1839. Agent — Joseph 
 Woodhead. 
 
 WYVILL. (Captain, 1832. f-p., 28; h-p., 14.) 
 CnRisTOrHER Wyvill is son of the late Rev. 
 Christopher Wyvill; and brother of the present 
 Marmaduke Wyvill, Esq., of Constable Burton, co. 
 York, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the 
 CO., and twice M.P. for the city of York. 
 
 This officer entered the Kavy, 25 Oct. 180.5, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tribune 36, Capt. Kich. 
 H enry Alex. Bennett, with whom, after cruizing in 
 the Channel, he removed, in May, 1806, to the 
 Fame 74. In that ship, of which he was rated 
 Midshipman in Nov. 1807, he visited the West 
 Indies, served for some time off Cadiz, and then 
 proceeded up the Mediterranean ; where he was 
 employed, from March, 1810, until May, 1813, in the 
 Thames 32, Capts. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave 
 and Chas. Napier, and Volontaire 38,* also com- 
 manded by Capt. Waldegrave. In the boats of the 
 Thames, assisted by those of the Pilot and Weazle 
 sloops, he contributed, 25 July, 1810, to the very 
 gallant capture and destruction, under the batteries 
 of Amantea, on the coast of Naples, and in face of a 
 most spirited opposition, of a convoy of 31 vessels, 
 laden with provisions and stores for Murat's army 
 at Scylla, together with seven large gun-boats and 
 five armed scampavias.t He was present at the 
 cutting out too, 5 Oct. in the same year, by the 
 boats of the Thames and Eclair sloop, of 10 trans- 
 ports, collected near Agricoli, in the Gulf of Sa- 
 lerno ; and on 16 June, 1811, he witnessed the de- 
 struction, by a detachment from the Thames and 
 Cephaltjs 18,of a similar number of armed feluccas 
 on the beach near Cetraro. Besides sharing in a 
 variety of other dashing services,! we find him, 31 
 March, 1813, employed in the boats of the Volon- 
 taire, Undaunted, and Redwing, under Lieut. 
 Isaac Shaw, at the capture and destruction (with a 
 loss to the British of 1 man killed and 4 severely 
 wounded, and to the French of 4 killed, 5 wounded, 
 and 17 taken prisoners) of two strong batteries 
 (mounting 5 36-pounders and 2 24's) and 18 sail of 
 vessels, at Mofjean, near Marseilles. For his con- 
 duct on that occasion he was strongly noticed in 
 Capt. Waldegrave's official letter.§ In May, 1813, 
 he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the King- 
 fisher sloop, Capt. Ewell Tritton; and on 5 July 
 following he was confirmed. He was paid off' in 
 Nov. of the same year ; and was subsequently ap- 
 
 * He removed to the Volontaihe in Feb. 1812. 
 
 f Vide Gai. 1810, i>. 1860. 
 
 J See our memoir of Sir Cllas. Napier. 
 
 i Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1H8. 
 
 pointed— in Feb. and Oct. 1814, to the Leotard 50 
 and TowEV 24, Capts. Edw. Crofton and Hew 
 Steuart, on the Halifax and Home stations— 22 July, 
 1815, for three months, to the Tigris 36, Capts. 
 Philip Pipon and Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, at 
 Portsmouth— in Jan. 1816, to the Pactolus 46, 
 Capt. Wm. Hugh Dobbie, on the coast of North 
 America, whence he returned to England and was 
 paid off in Aug. 1817—10 Nov. 1818, as Senior, to 
 the Arab 18, Capt. Chas. Simeon, on the Cork sta- 
 tion- and, 14 Nov. 1821, to the Dover 28, as Flag- 
 Lieutenant to Sir John Poo Beresford at Leith. 
 Attaining the rank of Commander 29 July, 1824, he 
 was appointed in that capacity, 28 April, 1827, to 
 the Camelion 10, on the Mediterranean station ; 
 where he became, 31 Oct. 1828 and 28 April, 1830, 
 Second-Captain of the Asia 84 and Britannia 120, 
 ffag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm. The Camelion 
 formed part of a squadron under the orders of Sir 
 Thos. Staines in an attack made upon a fort and 
 several vessels in the possession of the pirates at 
 Carabusa, 31 Jan. 1828. On the return home of 
 the Britannia, Capt. Wyvill was presented with 
 a Post-commission dated 22 Feb. 1832. He com- 
 manded the Cleopatra 26, on the North America 
 and West India and Cape of Good Hope stations, 
 from 31 Dec. 1840 until 1847 4 and since 7 May, 1849, 
 has been serving in the Castor 36. 
 
 In 1827, while Capt. Wyvill was on his passage in 
 theDARTMOUTH42tojoin the Camelion, the former 
 ship narrowly escaped being burnt, in consequence 
 of some men having set fire to a cask of spirits 
 which they had clandestinely opened. The cata- 
 strophe was however averted through the handsome 
 conduct and exertions of Capt. Wyvill, who, with 
 one of the gunner's mates, plugged the cask and 
 slung it, apparently in the midst of the flame. He 
 is Senior of 1832. Agents— Messrs. Halford and 
 Co. 
 
 Y. 
 
 YATES. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 
 James Thomas Yates entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 
 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pumpee 74, 
 Capt. Rich. Dacres; in which ship we find him pre- 
 sent, under the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, at 
 the defence of Gaeta, the reduction of the island of 
 Capri, the passage of the Dai*danells, and the de- 
 struwjon of the French squadron at Point Pesquies. 
 In fhe summer of 1807 he accompanied Admiral 
 Gambler in the expedition against Copenhagen. 
 After serving for a short time at Chatham as Mid- 
 shipman in the Victory 100, he joined, in May, 
 1810, the Foodroyant 80, bearing the^flag of Sir 
 W. S. Smith on the coast of Brazil. In Nov. of the 
 same year he was received on board the Manilla 
 36, Capt. Geo. Fras. Seymour, attached to the force 
 on the Lisbon station. He was subsequently sent 
 into port in a prize ; during his absence in which 
 vessel the Manilla, under the command at the 
 time of Capt. Jolin Joyce, was wrecked off the 
 Texel, 28 Jan. 1812. He was afterwards, until pro- 
 moted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1814, 
 employed in the Impetueux 74, Stately 64, and 
 Rodney 74, flag-ship of the late Sir Geo. Mai'tin off 
 Lisbon. He has since (with the exception of a few 
 months in 1838, during which he had chai'ge of a 
 station in the Coast Guard) been on half-pay. 
 
 YATES. (Captain, 1827. f-p., 13 ;* h-p., 31.) 
 Richard Augustus Yates entered the Navy, 16 
 March, 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Ardent 
 64, Capt. Robt. Winthrop ; and on 28 Nov. following 
 was present at the destruction, in Finisterre Bay, of 
 La Bayonnaise French frigate of 32 guns and 200 
 men. After cruizing in the North Sea and off 
 Boulogne he removed, in April, 1805, to the Re- 
 venge 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, fitting at Chatham; 
 and from the following July until Dec. 1808 he was 
 again employed with Capt. Winthrop and with Capt. 
 • Not including Coast-guard time. 
 
YATES— YEATS. 
 
 1333 
 
 Clotworthy Upton, in the Stbille 38, in the Bay of 
 Biscay, among the Western Islands, on the coast of 
 Ireland, and in the Baltic. Whde on the station 
 last named he co-operated, in Sept. 1807, in the re- 
 duction of Copenhagen. On leaving the Sybille 
 he was received on board the Cherokee 10, Capt. 
 Rich. Arthur, attached to the force on the coast of 
 France. He was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 16 May, 1809; and was subsequently appointed 
 — 8 July, 1809, to the Audacious 74, Cajjt. Donald 
 Campbell, whom he accom]5anied in the expedition 
 to the Walcheren— 26 Jan. 1810, to the Quebec 32, 
 Capts. Hon. Geo. Poulett and Chas. Sibthorpe John 
 Uawtayne, employed oft' the Texel and the coast of 
 Jutland — 16 April, 1811, after four months of half- 
 pay, to the NiEME.N 38, Capts. Sir Michael Seymour 
 and Sam. Pym, in the Bay of Biscay— 30 Oct. 1812, 
 to the Baurosa 36, Capt. Wm. Henry Sbirreff, on 
 the West India and North American stations — and, 
 1 July, 1814,* to the acting-command of the Ama- 
 KANTHE 18. On the night of 8 Nov. 1810, Mr. Yates, 
 then in the Quebec, served with three boats be- 
 longing to that frigate, under the orders of Lieut. 
 Stephen Popham, and was mentioned in the highest 
 terms for the spirit and good order he maintained, 
 at the capture, in the Vile Stroom, of La Jeune 
 Louise French privateer schooner of 14 guns (6 12 
 and 8 9 pounders) and 35 men. The boats on this 
 occasion had to pull against a very strong tide and 
 found the enemy fully prepared for the attack and 
 closely surrounded by sands, on which, in their 
 approach, they grounded and received three dis- 
 tinct broadsides from cannon and musketry within 
 pistol-shot. Extricating themselves, nevertheless, 
 they boarded and succeeded, although the enemy 
 defended the point on deck, in obtaining possession 
 of the object of their enterprise. Mr. Yates him- 
 self killed, in personal conflict, the French Captain, 
 Gallon Lafont, a Capltaine de Vaisseau and a Mem- 
 ber of the Legion of Honour.f He continued in 
 command of the Amaranthe, the sloop alluded to 
 above, on the West India and Lisbon stations, until 
 April, 1815. In Jan. 1823 he obtained an appoint- 
 ment in the Coast Guard ; he assumed command, 4 
 Jan. 1826, of the EspiioLE 18, fitting for the West 
 Indies ; in Aug. 1827 (having been advanced to 
 Post-rank 12 March prececfing) he returned to Eng- 
 land a passenger in the Rattlest? ake 28 ; and since 
 1 Dec. 1847 he has been employed, at Portsmouth, in 
 the Blenheim steam guard-ship of 450 horse-power, 
 and Illustrious 72, depot-ship of Ordinary. H-is 
 appointment to the Illustrious took place 24 Jan. 
 1843. Agents — Collier and Snee. 
 
 YATES. i'Commander, 1814. f-p., 22 ; h-p., 35.) 
 Robert Ballard Yates is son of A. Nicholas 
 Tates, Esq., formerly Naval Officer at Jamaica. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1790, on 
 board the Canada 74, commanded by the late Lord 
 Hugh Seymour in the Channel. Being discharged, 
 in the following Dec, he next, in Sept. 1791, joined 
 the Ipiiigenia frigate, Capt. Patrick Sinclair, under 
 whom we find him for 18 months stationed at Mil- 
 ford. From July, 1794, until March, 1798, he again 
 served with Lord Hugh Seymour in the Channel in 
 the Leviathan 74 and Sans Pareil 80. On leaving 
 the latter ship, in which he had fought in Lord 
 Bridport's action, he became Midshipman, in the 
 West Indies, of La Leg^re, Capt. Cornelius Quin- 
 ton; to which vessel, a few months after he had 
 been removed to the Queen 98, flag-ship of Sir 
 Hyde Parker, he went back, as Acting-Lieutenant, 
 2 May, 1800. On 5 Sept. following he was officially 
 promoted. His succeeding appointments were — in 
 Oct. and Nov. 1800, to the Ni;RF,iDE 36, Capt. Fred. 
 Watkins, and Ami'Hion 32, Capts. Rich. Henry 
 Alex. Bennett, Alex. Fraser, Thos. Masterman 
 Hardy, and Sam. Sutton— 14 Aug. 1804, to the 
 Pheasant sloop, Capt. Robt. Henderson— 26 April, 
 1 June, and 12 Dec. 1806, to the Veteran 64, Capt, 
 
 * He had been promoted by the Admiralty 7 June pre- 
 ceding, 
 f fldeGaz. 1810, p. 1606. 
 
 Andrew Fitzherbert Eyans, Pelican 16, Capt. Wm. 
 Ward, and Elk 18, Capts. Geo. Morris and Jere- 
 miah Coghlan— 20 Aug. 1807, to the command of 
 the Variable— and, 28 April, 1814, to the Shark. 
 sloop, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Wm. 
 Brown. In the Amphion (all the other vessels 
 were stationed in the West Indies) Mr. Yates 
 escorted Lord Nelson to the Mediterranean at th« 
 commencement of the late war in 1803. He was 
 advanced to his present rank 15 Nov. 1814; and 
 has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Commander Yates obtained a pension of ibl. 12s. 
 per annum for wounds 5 Feb. 1842. He married, 
 16 Oct. 1820, Mary Jane, youngest daughter of 
 Major-General Chas. N. Cookson. 
 
 YEATS. (LiEUTKNAST, 1815. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 32.) 
 John Samuel Yeats is nephew of the late Robt. 
 Williams, Esq., a Banker, and Director of the Hon. 
 E. I. Co. 
 
 This ofScer entered the Savy, 26 Dec. 1806 (from 
 the Earl St. Vincent Indiaman, then at Bombay), as 
 A.B., on board the Psyche 36, Capts. Wm. TiVoold- 
 ridge and Thos. Groube; and in June, 1807, re- 
 moved to the Caroline 36, Capts. Henry Hart, 
 Chas. Gordon, and Christopher Cole, in which fri- 
 gate he continued employed in the East Indies, as 
 Midshipman (a rating he had before attained) -and 
 Master's Mate, until Feb. 1811, when he invalided 
 home on board the Chiffonke 36, Capt. John Wain- 
 wright. While in the Caroline he served with 
 three of her boats, carrying in all 37 men, at the 
 cutting-out, from the coast of Java, of a Dutch 
 brig-of-war, the Cherihan, mounting 14 guns and 2 
 howitzers, with a complement of 75 men. On 11 
 Dec. 1807 he contributed to the annihilation, at 
 Griessee, of the dockyard and stores, and of all the 
 men-of-war remaining to Holland in the East Indies; 
 he shared next in an engagement with the enemy's 
 batteries and gun-boats at the entrance of the Bay 
 of Manilla; towards the close of 1809 he accom- 
 panied an expedition against the pirates of the 
 Persian Gulf, the result of which was the destruc- 
 tion of the strong town of Ras-al-Khyma and of 
 more than 80 vessels ; and in Aug. 1810 he united 
 in the celebrated attack upon the island of Banda 
 Neira, and was one of those who there escaladed 
 the wails of the Castle of Belgica. On his arrival 
 home, in Aug. 1811, Mr. Yeats was received on 
 board the Gladiator, Lieut. -Commander Chas. 
 Webb, lying at Portsmouth ;'and in the following Dec. 
 he removed to the Egmont 74, Capt. Joseph Bing- 
 ham, employed in succession in the Downs, in the 
 North Sea under the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. 
 Hope, and among the Western Islands. For the 
 attention he had shown, when with Rear-Admiral 
 Hope, in escorting a Russian squadron to England, 
 that officer would have given him an acting oi'der 
 as Lieutenant, but he had not, unfortunately, served 
 his time. On one occasion, while the Egmont was 
 lying at the Little Nore, having been ordered on 
 dockyard duty, he was returning to the ship in the 
 launch, when he observed a transport with troops 
 on board drifting fast, with her anchor under foot, 
 in among the singles, at a strong flood-tide. He 
 instantly put alongside, carried an anchor out, and 
 hove her off. No sooner, however, had he got on 
 board the Egmont than, by order of the First-Lieu- 
 tenant, he was placed under arrest upon a charge 
 of having delayed the public service. The Captain 
 was at the time absent on shore ; but on his return, 
 and on hearing of that which had occurred, he 
 directed the ship's company to be called aft on the 
 quarter-deck, sent for Mr. Yeats, and, instead of 
 inflicting punishment, then and there, at the request 
 of the Captain and the military officers belonging 
 to the transport, publicly thanked him for his con- 
 duct. On leaving the Egmont Mr. Yeats, who had 
 latterly been in discharge of the duties of Master's 
 Mate, joined in succession, on the Home station, in 
 Nov. 1813 and May and Aug. 1814, the Cressy 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Puissant 74, Capt. Benj! 
 Wm. Page, and NoaoE 74, commanded also by 
 
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 YELVESTON— YOLLAND— YONGE. 
 
 Capt. Dashwood. He again, toth in the Cressy 
 and NoRGE, held the rating of Master's Mate. In 
 the latter ship he accompanied the expedition against 
 Kew Orleans. During the operations there he was 
 employed on shore with the army ; and on the night 
 of 1 Jan. 1815 displayed so much exertion in with- 
 drawing the gnns from the advanced position that 
 he attracted the notice of the military Commander- 
 in-Chief, Sir Edw. Pakenham, who promised to 
 recommend him for promotion to the Admiralty. 
 On the night of the 8th he crossed over to the w^est 
 side of the Mississippi, and assisted at the storming 
 of three batteries. In Feb. 1815 he was present on 
 shore at the taking of Fort Bowyer, Mobile. "We 
 may add that, during his career afloat, he was a 
 constant volunteer whenever any land-service was 
 to be performed. In Aug. 1815, on the return of 
 the NoRGE to England, the fatigue he had under- 
 gone had induced a state of such general debility 
 that he was under the necessity of being sent to 
 the hospital at Haslar. He was presented at the 
 same time with a commission bearing date 2 Feb. 
 1815. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 In the attack above mentioned upon Griessee 
 Lieut. Teats received so severe an injury in the 
 right foot that part of the bone came out. He is 
 married, and has issue eight children. Agent — 
 Frederick Dufaur. 
 
 YELVESTON. (Captain, 1843.) 
 
 See Captain Hastings Reginald Henry, who 
 assumed the surname of Yelveston 15 Jan. 1849. 
 
 YOLLANB. (Lieutenant, 1828.) 
 
 Charles Augustus Yolland died 25 March, 1848, 
 at Stoke, near Devonport, aged 42. 
 
 This officer entered the ]^avy 17 May, 1820 ; 
 passed his examination in 1826; and was made 
 Lieutenant, 19 Jlay, 1828, into the Drdid 46, Capt. 
 Williams Sandom, on the Jamaica station, whence 
 he returned to England and was paid off in Oct. 
 1829. His next and last appointments were, 16 Dec. 
 1834 and 1 July, 1835, to the Nimrod 20 and Tyne 
 28, Capts, John JI'Dougall and Lord Viscount In- 
 gestre, employed off Lisbon and in the Mediter- 
 ranean. The Tyne, of which he was the greater 
 part of the time First-Lieutenant, was put out of 
 commission in the spring of 1837. 
 
 Lieut. YoUand married, in 1837, Catherine Eliza, 
 only daughter of Mrs. Gifford, of Portman-sq^uare. 
 
 YONGE. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 19.) 
 Edmund Yonge is youngest son of the late Rev. 
 Jas. Yonge, of Puslinch, Kector of jSewton Ferrars ; 
 and brother-in-law of Lord Seaton, G.C.B. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1808, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ph(enix 36, Capt. Zachary 
 Mudge, lying at Plymouth. In the foliowdng Oct. 
 he removed to the Amazon 38, Capt. "Wm. Parker; 
 and in Feb. 1812 he joined the Armide 38, Capt. 
 Rich. Bailing Dunn. In the two latter frigates, of 
 which he was the greater part of the time Midship- 
 man, he assisted at the capture of several privateers 
 and other vessels, afforded support to the patriot 
 cause on the north coast of Spain, and was engaged 
 in occasional skirmishes with the enemy's batteries 
 while watching the harbours of Brest and L'Orient. 
 In Oct. 1812 he followed Capt. Dunn into the Dublin 
 74, in which ship, commanded next by Capt. Thos. 
 Elphinstone, we find him for nearly two years em- 
 ployed among the Western Islands and in the Chan- 
 nel. At the end of that period he joined in succes- 
 sion, as a Supernumerary-Midshipman, the Salva- 
 dor DEL MuNDO, Impregnable, and St. George, 
 commanded at Plymouth by Capts. Jas. Nash and 
 Robt. Hall. He also served for a short time on 
 board the York 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg. 
 He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 6 March, 
 1815; and was subsequently appointed — 16 Aug. 
 181.'), to the Tagus 36, Capt. Jas. "Whitley Deans 
 Dundas, fitting for the Mediterranean, whence he 
 invalided in Juljs 1818— 4 April, 1824, to the Biu- 
 TANNLA 120, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez at Ply- 
 
 mouth— 26 Feb. 1826, as Senior, to the Success 28, 
 Capt. Jas. Stirling, whom he accompanied to the 
 East Indies — 26 Dec. following, as Acting-Captain, 
 to the VoLAGE 28, in which ship he proceeded from 
 Sydney to South America — 14 March, 1827, for a 
 passage home, to the Blanche 46, Capt. Wm. Bowen 
 Mends — 15 Nov. in the same year, to the Satellite 
 18, Capt. John Milligen Laws, with whom he re- 
 turned to India— and,. 5 March, 1828, again, as be- 
 fore, to the Success, Capts. John Fitzgerald Stud- 
 dert and Wm. Clarke Jervoise. On 28 Nov. 1829 
 the Success grounded on a reef off the south end of 
 Pulo-Camac, Western Australia : five days elapsed 
 before she could be got off; and she was then, by 
 the unparalleled efforts of her officers and crew, 
 warped a distance of seven miles into Cockburn 
 Sound, where she was hove down, keel out. So 
 serious had been the injuries she had sustained, 
 and so slender were the resources at hand, that 
 it took four months to render her fit for sea. 
 After reporting the circumstances connected with 
 this event, Capt. Jervoise, in a letter addressed to 
 the Commander-in-Chief, expresses himself thus: 
 — " I trust. Sir, I may be permitted to avail myself 
 of this occasion to recommend to your notice Mr. 
 Yonge, the Senior Lieutenant of this ship, whose 
 conduct I cannot too strongly appreciate or admire 
 for his ability and unremitting attentions, and whose 
 great assistance and exertions in his promptness to 
 second my efforts exceed any encomiums I could 
 bestow. Much of this arduous service naturally 
 devolved on this valuable officer, who is of some 
 standing, and well known to many of the first officers 
 in the service, whose esteem he possesses." As a 
 reward for his conduct, Mr. Yonge was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander by a commission bearing 
 date 10 Feb. 1830. He did not, however, leave the ' 
 Success until 1 March, 1831. In Dec. 1833, having 
 been appointed Second-Captain of the Melville 
 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Gore in the East 
 Indies, he was ordered a passage to that station in 
 the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads ; 
 but he was not afforded an opportunity of joining 
 the Melville until Nov. 1834. He was in conse- 
 quence on board the Andromache when, in com- 
 pany with the Imogene 28, she forced the passage 
 of the Boca Tigris, in China, 7 and 9 Sept. in the 
 latter year. He was paid off from the Melville 
 in July, 1835; and was afterwards, from 17 Nov. 
 1840 until 26 Jan. 1842, employed with his former 
 Captain (now Sir Jas.), Stirling, in the Indus 78, on 
 the Mediterranean and IJsbon stations. He has 
 since been on half-pay. His Post-commission bears 
 date 23 Nov. 1841. 
 
 Capt. Yonge married, in 1835, Jane Lee, second 
 daughter of John R. Bennet, Esq., of Standwell, 
 Totnes, oo. Devon, by whom he has issue. Agents 
 — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 YONGE. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Frederick Duke Yonge is third son of the late 
 Rev. Duke Yonge, Yicar of Antony, co. Cornwall ; 
 grandson of the Rev. Duke Yonge, Vicar of Corn- 
 wood, who married a daughter of Sir Thos. Crawley 
 Boevey, Bart., of Flaxley Abbey, co. Gloucester; 
 and nephew of Capt. Geo. Crawley, R.N., who died 
 in 1810. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy in 1832; passed his 
 examination 1 1 Aug. 1833 ; served in the Mediter- 
 ranean, at Plymouth, on the North America and 
 West India station, and again in the Mediterranean, 
 as Mate, in the Pri>cess Charlotte 104 and Cale- 
 donia 120, fiag-sbips of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford 
 and Sir Graham Moore, Rover 18, Capt, Chas. 
 Keele, and Warspite 50, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry 
 Wallis ; and was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 28 May, 1845. He was appointed, 16 Oct. 
 following, to the Avon steam surveying-vessel, 
 Capt. Henry IMangles Denham, on the coast of 
 Al'rica; and has been employed, since 2 March, 
 1847, in the Queen 110, Capts. Sir Henry John 
 Leeke and Henry Wm. Bruce, at Devonport and 
 on his former station, the Mediterranean. 
 
YORKE-YOUEL— YOUNG, 
 
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 YORKE. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Reginald Yokke, born 24 Nov. 1803, is son 
 (with Philip Jas. Yorke, a Lieut.-Colonel in the 
 Guards) of the late Kev. Philip Yorke, Prebendary 
 of Ely, by the Hon. Anna Maria Cocks, daughter 
 of Charles, first Lord Somers ; and brother-in-law of 
 Sir Edm. Head, Bart. His grandfather, James, 
 Bishop of Ely, was fifth son of Philip, first Earl of 
 Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 5 Feb. 1817 ; passed 
 his examination in 1824 ; and was made Lieutenant, 
 2 Aug. 1826, into the Blasche 46, Capt. Wm. 
 Bowen Mends, on the South Am£rican station ; 
 whence he returned to England in Sept. 1827. His 
 succeeding appointments were— 19 Aug. 1828 and 4 
 Feb. 1830, to the Meteor bomb, Capt. David Hope, 
 and Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, 
 both in the Mediterranean— 25 May, 1831 (he had 
 left the Asia about 12 months previously), to the 
 Donegal 78, Capts. John Dick and Arthur Fan- 
 shawe, employed, latterly under the flag of Sir Pul- 
 teney Malcolm, on particular service — and 1 May, 
 1833, to the San Josef 110, as Flag-Lieutenant to 
 Sir Wm. Hargood at Plymouth. He attained the 
 rank of Commander 20 Nov. 1833 ; and served in 
 that capacity in the Albatross 16, on the North 
 America and West India and African stations, from 
 12 May, 1842, until advanced, on the paying off of 
 the latter vessel, to the rank he now holds, 30 June, 
 1846. 
 
 YOUEL. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 34; h-p., 13.) 
 Edwaed Yodel entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1800, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Atlas 98, Capt. 
 TheophiluB Jones, attached to the blockading force 
 off Brest. After serving for two years in the 
 North Sea in the Amethyst frigate, Capts. Henry 
 Rich. Glynn and Alex. Campbell, he became, in 
 June, 1804, Midshipman, on the Channel station, of 
 the Defender gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Geo. 
 Hayes, John Geo. Hope, Geo. Plowman, and Fred. 
 Wm. Burgoyne ; the last mentioned of whom he 
 followed, in July, 1809, into the Transit gun-brig. 
 In her he was for 11 months employed, still in the 
 Channel, and nearly the whole time as Second- 
 Master. We subsequently find him proceeding from 
 Greenwich to Plymouth in command, as Second- 
 Master, of the Trial cutter; from Plymouth to 
 the Isle of France (at the reduction of which he 
 was present), and thence to Portsmouth, as Master's 
 Mate, in the Actjeon brig and Boadicea 38, both 
 commanded by Lord Viscount Neville ; from Ports- 
 mouth to Ceylon, in the capacity last named, in the 
 Africaine 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney; and from 
 Colombo to the Cape of Good Hope in the Alert 
 government schooner, Master-Commander Wm. 
 Young. On 17 July, 1812, he was nominated Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant of the Racehorse 18, Capts. Jas. 
 De Rippe and Geo. Fred. Rich, stationed off the 
 Isle of France ; he was confirmed to that vessel 21 
 Nov. following; and he was employed next — from 
 20 Nov. 1813 until 15 Oct. 1815, in the Orestes 14, 
 Capt. Wm. Rich. Smith, in the Channel — from 17 
 April, 1816, until 13 June, 1817, in the Opossum 10, 
 Capt. Lord John Hay, on the coast of North Ame- 
 rica— from 16 Feb. 1822 until June, 1834, in the 
 Coast Guard — from June, 1834, until June, 1837, in 
 command of the Harpy Revenue-cruizer— and from 
 June, 1837, until 1839, again in the Coast Guard. 
 He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Youel married, in Deo. 1830, Miss Good- 
 ridge, of Devonport. 
 
 YOUNG. (Retired Commandeb, 1840. p-p., 
 '28; H-P., 25.) 
 
 Alexander YonsG is brother of Retired Com- 
 mander Geo. Young, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 26 Aug. 1794, as 
 A.B., on board the Bristol, Lieut.-Commander 
 Hutchinson, lying at Chatham; where, in Dec. 
 1798, nearly eight months after he had been dis- 
 charged from the latter vessel, he was rated Mid- 
 shipman of the Vryheid prison-ship, Lieut.-Com- 
 
 mander John Maston. In April, 1800, he removed 
 to the America 64, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. 
 Parker at first at Halifax and next in the West 
 Indies. In Dec. of the same year, the America 
 having struck on a rock and been rendered unfit 
 for further service, he was received as a Supernu- 
 merary on board the Hind 28, Capt. Joseph Larcom. 
 He afterwards served in the Channel, in the West 
 Indies, and again in the Channel, in the Brunswick 
 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, Poet Mahon 18, 
 Capts. Walter Grosett and Neville, and iMpfeTOEnx 
 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin ; and on 5 Sept. 1805 
 he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant in the East 
 Indies of the Hindostan 50, Capt. Alex. Eraser. 
 He was confirmed, 30 Aug. 1806, into the St. 
 Geoege 98, Capt. Thos. Bertie, on the Channel sta- 
 tion ; was employed next, in the Baltic, from June, 
 1808, until Dec. 1809, as Flag-Lieutenant, in the 
 Vanguard 74 and Stately 64, to the officer last 
 mentioned, who had been promoted to the rank of 
 Rear- Admiral ; and was appointed afterwards— 26 
 March, 1810, and 6 Feb. 1812, to the Ardent 64 
 and Helder 36, Capts. Robt. Honyman and John 
 Serrell, both in the Baltic— 17 May, 1813, for nine 
 months (be had left the Helder in the preceding 
 Jan.) to the Belloha 74, Capt. Geo. M'K.inley, sta^ 
 tioned off Cherbourg and Rochefort — 25 Aug. 1814, 
 to the Beaver 10, Capt. Edw. O'Brien Drury, em- 
 ployed in escorting convoys to the Baltic— 11 Jan. 
 and 26 Aug. 1815, to the Namdr and Bulwark 74's, 
 bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley in the river 
 Medway, where he remained, we believe, until 
 1818 — and in 1827 (after many applications for em- 
 ployment) to the Transport Service, wherein he 
 continued, as Agent Afloat, until wrecked in 1833, 
 in the Wanderer, at the back of the island of Bar- 
 badoes. He accepted the rank of Commander on 
 the Retired List 9 July, 1840. 
 
 YOUNG. (Lieut., 1842. f-p., 18; h-p., 2.) 
 
 Alfred Young, bom in 1811, at Verdun, in 
 France, is son of Retired Commander Matthew 
 Young, R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1827, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120, 
 Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorsom, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Robt. Moorsom at Chatham. From the fol- 
 lowing July until Oct. 1830 he served in the Mus- 
 QUITO 10, Capts. Geo. Bohun Martin* and Chas. 
 Bentham, in the Mediterranean ; he then became 
 Midshipman, in the Channel, of the Wellesley 74, 
 Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley ; and from July, 1832 
 (six months after he had left the Wellesley), 
 until Aug. 1834, he was employed in that capacity 
 in the Dispatch 16, Capt. Geo. Daniell, and Sap- 
 phire 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Rolle Walpole Trefusis. 
 Having, in the course of the month last mentioned, 
 passed his examination, he was in succession ap- 
 pointed Mate— 10 July and 4 Aug. 1835 and 28 Dee. 
 1838, of the Portland 52, Capt. David Price, Bar- 
 ham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, and Blazer 
 steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander John Middleton 
 Waugh, all in the Mediterranean— 10 July, 1840, of 
 the Tartar Revenue-cruizer, Lieut.-Commander 
 Robt. Butcher— and 8 Jan. 1842, of the St. Vin- 
 cent 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington at Ports- 
 mouth. He was promoted to the rank of Lieute- 
 nant 7 March, 1842 ; and was afterwards, from 26 
 May in the same year until 7 Dec. 1843, and from 
 13 Sept. 1844 until 1849, employed in the Pacific and 
 East Indies in the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. Fitz- 
 gerald Gambier, and EspiAgle 12, Capts. Thos. 
 Pickering Thompson and Fred. Arch. Campbell. 
 Agent — J. Hinxman. 
 
 YOUNG. (One op the Junior Lieutenants.) 
 
 Brook Young, born 16 Aug. 1813, is third son of 
 the late Sir Wm. Lawrence Young, Bart., of Mar- 
 low Park, CO. Bucks, by Anna Louisa, the sister of 
 John Jolliffe Tufnell, Esq., of Langleys, co. Essex ■ 
 and uncle of the present Sir Wm. Norris Young) 
 
 • He was present, under Capt. Martin, 'at the battle of 
 Navarm, 20 Oct. I8a7., 
 
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 YOUNG. 
 
 Bart. His grandfather, Sir "Wm. Young, F.R.S., 
 r,S.A., at one time M.P. for St. Mawes, died Go- 
 vernor of the island of Tobago in 1811 : his great- 
 grandfether, of the same name, the first Baronet, 
 ■was Lieut.-Grovernor of Dominica. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 17 Nov. 1828 ; and 
 passed his examination 4 June, 1834. At the period 
 of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which 
 took place 3 Nov. 1841, he was serving in the Medi- 
 terranean, as JVIate, in the Phienix steamer, Capt. 
 John Kichardsoh. His subsequent appointments 
 -were— 13 Nov. 184L, to the Vangdabd 80, Capt. Sir 
 David Dunn, also in the jHediterranean— 19 July, 
 1842, to the St. Vikcent 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. 
 Codrington and Sir Chas. Kowley at Portsmouth- 
 's Oct. 1843, to the Helena 16, Capt. Sir Com- 
 •wallis fiioketts, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope — 
 2 Feb. 1844, as Additional, for a very short period, 
 to theCoKNWALLis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker 
 in the East Indies— and 1 Feb. 1845, to thePEKSiAN 
 16, Capt. Henry Coryton, in the West Indies. In 
 1846 he was dismissed from the vessel last inen- 
 tioned and placed at the bottom of the list of Lieu- 
 tenants. Agekts — Messrs. Stilwell. 
 
 TOUNG. (Lieutenant, 1845.) 
 
 Charles Henry Youxg entered the Navy in 
 1830; passed his examination 15 Feb. 1,839 ; served 
 from 1841 until 1843 as Mate in the Monarch 74, 
 Capt. Sam. Chambers, in the Mediterranean, and 
 from 1844 until 1847 in the same capacity and as 
 Lieutenant (commission dated 1 Dec. 1845) in the 
 Agincourt 72, flag^ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane 
 in the East Indies; and since 30 March, 1848, has 
 been employed, as Senior, in the Gorgon steam- 
 sloop, of 320 horse-power, Capt. J as. Ayhner 
 Paynter, in the Pacific. On 19 Aug. 1845 he served 
 with the boats of a squadron, carrying 530 officers, 
 seamen, and marines (the whole under the com- 
 mand of Capt. Chas. Talbot), at the destruction of 
 the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north 
 «nd of the island of Borneo, where the British sus- 
 tained a loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded ;* and 
 on 8 July, 1846, having accompanied Sir T. J. 
 Cochrane in an expedition against the Sultan of 
 Borneo, he assisted, and was attached to the field- 
 piece and rocket brigade, at the destruction of the 
 enemy's forts and batteries in the river Brune.f 
 
 YOUNG. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 9 ; h-p., 25.) 
 
 Daniel Young entered the Navy, 15 Oct. 1813, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ctane of 32 guns and 171 
 men, Capts. Thos. Forrest and Gordon Thos. Falcon. 
 In the ensuing Jan. he was in company, ofi" Madeira 
 (he had already attained the rating of Midshipman), 
 with the Venerable 74, at the capture of the French 
 40-gun frigates Iphigenie and Alcmene^ with the for- 
 mer of whom the Cyane was for some time alone 
 engaged in a running-fight; and on 20 Feb. 1815, 
 after having visited Quebec, Newfoundland, and 
 Gibraltar, he was captured, simultaneously with the 
 Levant of 20 guns and 131 men, by the XJ. S. frigate 
 Constitution of 54 guns and 469 men, at the end of a 
 fierce conflict, in which the Cyane, besides being 
 cut to pieces, sustained a loss of 6 killed and 13, in- 
 cluding himself, wounded. With his fellow-prison- 
 ers, Mr. Young, who, as well as the rest, had been 
 plundered of all lie had, was put on shore at Maran- 
 ham, on the coast of Brazil. On his ultimate return 
 to England he was received, in Oct. 1815, on board 
 the Vengeuk 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, lying at 
 Portsmouth, where he remained until Aug. 1817. 
 During the next three years he was employed in 
 South America in the Tyne 26, Capt. G. 'ft Falcon ; 
 he then, in Nov. 1820, joined the Iehigenia42, Capt. 
 Hyde Parker, in the Mediterranean; and in Sept. 
 1821 (nearly three months after he had left the 
 Ipi-iigenia) he was appointed Admiralty-Midship- 
 man of the Sevekn 50, Coast Blockade-ship, Capt. 
 Wm. M'Culloch. While attached to tlie Se\ eun he 
 lost his left leg and thigh. He was promoted to the 
 
 * Vide Gaz. 184S, p. 653G. f F. Gaz. 1646, p. 3442. 
 
 rank of Lieutenant 7 Dec. 1822 ; and has since been 
 on half-pay. 
 
 YOUNG, Bart. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 14; 
 Ii-P., 22.) 
 
 Sir George Young was bom 19 Aug. 1797, and 
 died 8 Feb. 1848, at his seat, Formosa Place, near 
 Maidenhead, Berks. H e was son (with the present 
 Capt. Horatio Beauman Young) of Sir Sam. Yoimg 
 (whom he succeeded as 2nd Baronet 14 Dec. 1826), 
 by Emily, daughter of Chas. Baring, Esq., of Ex- 
 mouth ; and grandson of Admiral Sir Geo. Young, 
 Kt., who first went to sea with the celebrated Bos- 
 cawen, distinguished himself greatly at the sieges of 
 Louisbourg, Havana, and Pondicherry, and died in 
 1810. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 11 April, 1811, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the America 74, commanded 
 by the late Sir Josias Kowley, under whom we find 
 him present as Midshipman (a rating he attained in 
 Oct. 1812) in the attacks made in 1813-14 upon Leg- 
 horn and Genoa. He returned to England about 
 Oct. of the latter year ; and was afterwards, until 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 9 Nov. 1818, 
 employed on the Brazilian, Mediterranean, and 
 Home stations, in the Duncan 74 and Impbegnaele 
 104, flag-ships of Sir John Poo Beresford and Sir J. 
 Rowley, Berwick 74 and Impregnable again, both 
 commanded by Capt. Edw. Brace, Queen Char- 
 lotte 100, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth (with 
 whom he fought at the battle of Algiers), Boyal 
 Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, 
 Falmouth 20, Capt. Geo. Fred. Rich, and Royal 
 Sovereign again, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen 
 and Hon. Chas. Paget. His succeeding appoint- 
 ments were— 27 Oct. 1819, to the Spencer 74, flag- 
 ship of Sir J. Rowley at Cork— 31 July, 1823, to the 
 command (after nearly two years of half-pay) of the 
 Renegade schooner in the West Indies — 4 Oct. fol- 
 lowing, to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Henry Evelyn 
 Pitfield Sturt, at Portsmouth— 16 Dec. 1823, as First, 
 to the Cabnation 18, Capt. Thos. Stopford, again 
 in the West Indies— and 15 Sept. 1824, to the Isis 
 50, bearing the flag of Sir Lawrence Wm. Balsted 
 on the same station. He was promoted to the com- 
 mand of the Beaver sloop at Jamaica 25 Oct. 1825; 
 and was lastly, from 20 July, 1832, until Nov. 1834, 
 employed in the Rover 18 in the Mediterranean. 
 His promotion to Post-rank took place 23, Nov. 
 1841. 
 
 Sir Geo. Young married, 23 June, 1835, Susan, 
 only daughter of the late Mr. Serjeant Praed, by 
 whom he has left issue. 
 
 YOUNG. (EetibedComjmandek, 1846. r-P., 18; 
 H-p., 29.) 
 
 George Young, born 14 Dec. 1785, is son of Alex. 
 Young, Esq., M.D., Surgeon R.N. (1762), who was 
 on board the Ramillies 74 when that ship foun- 
 dered on her passage home from the West Indies 21 
 Sept. 1782, was afterwards in the Rotal Sovereign 
 in Lord Howe's action 1 June, 1794, and died about 
 1818. He is brother of Capt. AVm. Young, R.M. 
 (who fought in Sir Rich. Strachan's action and died 
 in 1843), and of the present Retired Commander 
 Alex. Young, R,N.; brother-in-law of Lieut.-Colonel 
 Thos. Stevens, R.M., of John Cunningham, Esq., 
 Surgeon R.N. (1796), and of Rich. Haig, Esq., 
 Purser and Paymaster R. N . ; and uncle of Lieut. 
 W. G. J. Cunningham, R.N., and of H. D. P. Cun- 
 ningham, Esq., Purser and Paymaster R.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Mid- 
 shipman, on board the Vryheid prison-ship, Lieut.- 
 Commander John Maston, lying in the river Med- 
 way, where he remained until the peace of Amiens. 
 He served next, from March, 1863, until his return 
 to England in July, 1808, in the Sceptre 74, Capts. 
 Arch. CoUingwood Dickson and Joseph Bingham, 
 on the Channel and East India stations, part of the 
 time as Master's Mate ; and on 22 Sept. in the latter 
 year he was made Lieuteniint into the Vesuvius 
 bomb, Capt. Alex. Cunningham, in the Baltic. His 
 succeeding appointments were, as Senior Lieutenant 
 
YOUNG. 
 
 1837 
 
 —24 Feb. 1809, to the Bekmdda 10, Capt. A. Cun- 
 ningham, part of the force employed in the ensuing 
 expedition to the Walcheren— 16 Jan. 1810, to the 
 Lion 64, Capt. Henry Heathcote, in which ship, 
 after conveying to Persia their Excellencies Sir 
 Gore Ouseley and Mirza Abdul Hassan, the Persian 
 Ambassador, he assisted at the reduction of Java — 
 26 Jan. 1812, to the Soipion 74, Capts. Jas. John- 
 stone and H. Heathcote, with the latter of whom 
 he returned to England from the Cape of Good 
 Hope, and then proceeded to the Mediterranean, 
 where he took part in Sir Edw. Pellew's partial 
 actions with the French Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 
 and 13 Feb. 1814— and 14 Dec. 1814 (he had been 
 in personal command of the Scipion at Portsmouth 
 from 12 Oct. until 5 Nov. preceding), to the Snap 
 12, Capt. Geo. King, in the North Sea. In Jan. 
 1816 the Snap was paid off. Mr. Young had then, 
 as we have shown, been nearly seven years a First- 
 Lieutenant; yet was he refused that promotion to 
 which the responsible position he had so long held 
 seemed certainly to entitle him. He was subse- 
 quently, from 3 Nov. 1841 until 1844, employed as 
 an Agent for Transports afloat. He accepted the 
 rank he now holds 27 Jan. 1846. 
 
 Commander Young was lately a Magistrate for 
 the borough of Queen's Ferry, oo. Linlithgow, and 
 was for 11 years Superintendent of the south side 
 of the Queen's Ferry Passage. He married, in 
 1816, Helen, daughter of Jas. Murray, Esq., of 
 Queen's Ferry, and sister of the late Major Kobt. 
 Murray, of the 30th Regt., and the late Capt. Thos. 
 Murray, of the 26th, by whom he has issue four 
 sons and two daughters. One of his sons, James 
 Murray Young, is in the merchant-service ; his 
 eldest daughter, Mary, is the wife of Alex. Kait, 
 Esq., Adjutant of the 16th Native Infantry. 
 
 YOUNG. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 HoKATio Beau-man Young was born in 1806. He 
 is brother of the late Sir Geo. Young, Bart., Cap- 
 tain K.N. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1819 ; passed 
 his examination in 1826 ; and obtained his first com- 
 mission 8 Sept. 1829. His succeeding appointments 
 were — 16 Dec. 1829, to the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. 
 Clement, in the West Indies, whence he returned 
 at the close of 1831—28 Oct. 1833, to the Edinbuuch 
 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Daores, fitting at Portsmouth 
 — and, 16 Jan. 1834, as a Supernumerary, to the 
 Caledonia 120, in which ship he became, 5 March 
 following, Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Josias Rowley, 
 Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. On the 
 paying off of the Caledonia he was promoted to 
 the rank of Commander 30 Aug. 1837. From 7 Aug. 
 1843 until advanced to Post-rank 9 Nov. 1846 he 
 served with the utmost activity and success on the 
 coast of Africa in the Hydra steam-sloop of 220 
 horse-power. He has since been on half-pay. 
 
 YOUNG. (Commander, 1847. f-p.,21 ; h-p.,23.) 
 Jacob Lev Young entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 
 1803, as Fst.-ol. Vol., on board the Blanche of 44 
 guns, Capt. Zachary Mudge, stationed in the West 
 Indies, where he served as JNlidshipman at the 
 blockade of St. Domingo, and assisted at the cap- 
 ture of a large number of the enemy's vessels, in- 
 cluding the Gracieuse and Amitie French national 
 vessels of 14 guns each, the Dutch schooner Nimrod 
 of 4 guns, and the French privateer Le Hasard of 
 3 guns and 58 men. On 19 July, 1805, the Blanche 
 was herself captured (after an action of 45 minutes, 
 and aloss, outof 215men, of 8 killed and 15 wounded, 
 and when on the verge of sinking) by a powerful 
 French squadron, consisting of ia Topaze frigate 
 of 44 guns and 410 men, one sloop of 22 guns' and 
 236 men, a corvette of 18 guns and 213 men, and a 
 brig of 16 guns and 123 men. In the following Nov., 
 having, as well as Capt. Mudge, regained his liberty, 
 Mr. Young rejoined that officer on board the Ph<enix 
 36, in which frigate he continued employed along 
 the French and Sjianish coasts until Oct. 1808. He 
 served afterwards on the Home and Mediterranean 
 
 stations in the Stately 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, 
 KOYAL George 100, San Josef 110, Hibehnia 120, 
 and Abmide 38, all commanded (the Royal George 
 as flag-ship to Sir John Thos. Duckworth) by Capt. 
 Rich. Dalling Dunn, Gorgon 44, Capt. Alex. Milner, 
 and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. 
 Between the date of his promotion to the rank of 
 Lieutenant, which took place 7 April, 1813, and 10 
 Oct. 1815, he was further employed in the Mediter- 
 ranean and in the North Sea and Channel in the 
 Undaonted 38, Capt. Thos. TJssher, and Hyacinth 
 24, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe. We subsequently, 
 from 10 March, 1830, until the spring of 1833, and 
 from 21 March, 1842, until Nov. 1846, find him per- 
 forming the duties of First-Lieutenant in the Cur- 
 lew 10, Capts. Geo. Woollcombe and Henry Duudas 
 Trotter, and Resistance troop-ship, Capt. Chas. 
 Geo. Edw. Patey, the former stationed at the Cape 
 of Good Hope. He was advanced to the rank of 
 Commander 12 Oct. 1847. Agents — Messrs. Hal- 
 ford and Co. 
 
 YOUNG. (Retired CoMMANDEB, 1836. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 John Thomas Young was born in 1782, at New 
 York, and died in 1848. His grandfather, John 
 Young, Esq., was Deputy-Comptroller of the Cus- 
 toms at Belfast, in Ireland. 
 
 This officer (who had been for three years in the 
 merchant-service) entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 1796, 
 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albacore 18, Capt. 
 Sam. Peter Forster, on the Jamaica station, where 
 he was transferred, in March, 1797, to the Renom- 
 MEE frigate, Capt. Robt. Rolles. In Sept. 1799, 
 having returned to England, he was received as 
 Midshipman (a rating he had already attained) on 
 board the Excellent 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stop- 
 ford. In that ship he cruized for some time in the 
 Channel, and then again sailed for the West Indies, 
 soon after his arrival on which station he was nomi- 
 nated Acting-Master of the Thalia arme'e-cn-jiute. 
 At the end of nine months he went back to the 
 Excellent. In Dec. 1802, a few weeks only after 
 he had passed his examination, he received an order 
 to act as Lieutenant in the Emerald 36, Capt. Lord 
 Jas. O'Bryen; and on 11 April, 1803, he was con- 
 firmed. In the course of the same year he contri- 
 buted to the capture of L' Enfant Prodigue French 
 national schooner of 16 guns, assisted in landing the 
 troops at the reduction of Ste. Lucie, was wounded 
 in an afiair in a bay of the island of Guadeloupe, 
 and was taken prisoner, after having lost the greater 
 part of the crew of a boat of which he had command. 
 Returning to England en parole, he joined at first 
 the Sea Fencible service, and was next appointed^ 
 19 Deo. 1804, to the Drake sloop, commanded, 
 again in the West Indies, by Capt. Drury, by him- 
 self for three months, and by Capts. Wm. Furlong 
 Wise and Geo. Gustavus Lennock— II April, 1806, 
 to the Thames 32, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, 
 whom he accompanied to the Mediterranean — 21 
 Dec. 1807, to the Active 38, Capt. Rich. Hussey 
 Moubray, on the station last named, whence ill 
 health obliged him to return in Dec. 1808—11 Oct. 
 1809 and 18 March, 1810, to the Neptune 98 and 
 PoMPEE 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Athol 
 Wood in the West Indies— and, in Jan. 1812, after 
 15 months of half-pay, to the Barham 74, Capt. 
 John Wm. Spranger, employed in the North Sea and 
 Channel. He was placed on half-pay 29 Deo. 1813 
 and invested with the rank of Commander on the 
 Retired List 23 Jan. 1836. 
 
 YOUNG. (Retired Commander, 1839. F-p., 15 
 H-p., 34.) 
 
 Matthew Y'oung was born in 1786. 
 
 This oflicer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1798 as 
 a Supernumerary, on board the Tromp troop-ship 
 Capt. Rich. Hill, employed on the coast of Ireland! 
 After serving for a few months, part of the time as 
 Midshipman, in the Prince 98, bearing the flag of 
 Sir Chas. Cotton in the Channel and Mediterranean 
 he joined the Loire 38, Capt. Jas. Newman New- 
 
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 YOUNG. 
 
 man, and was in her present, in conipany with the 
 Danae 20, and Fairt, Harpt, and KailIiEUB 
 sloops, at the capture, 6 Feb. 1800, of the French 
 38-gun frigate Pallas^ under the fire of a battery on 
 one of the Seven Islands. In March, 1801, having 
 removed to the Scoot 18, Capts. Geo. Ormsby and 
 Henry Duncan, he was in that vessel wrecked, on 
 the shingles, at the west end of the Isle of "Wight. 
 During the remainder of the war he served, in the 
 Channel and Mediterranean, in the Brunswick 74, 
 Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens. He next, in the 
 course of 1803-4, joined, at Cork, at Portsmouth, 
 *ind in the Channel, the Dryad 36, Capt. Wm. 
 Domett, Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Albemarle 
 Bertie, and Ville de Paris 110, bearing the flag 
 of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. In the ship last men- 
 tioned, of which he was created a Lieutenant 13 
 Feb. 1806, he was engaged in an attack made by 
 the Admiral on the French fleet, close in with 
 Brest Harbour, 22 Aug. 1805. His last appoint- 
 ment was, in Dec. 1806, to the Thames 32, Capt. 
 Bridges Watkinson Taylor, stationed in the Downs 
 and West Indies. On 20 Oct. 1807, while in charge 
 of a prize Indiaman, he was captured by the enemy 
 and taken to France, where he was detained a pri- 
 soner until May, 1814. He accepted the rank he 
 now holds 15 July, 1839. 
 
 Commander ^oung has a son, Alfred, a Lieu- 
 tenant R.N. 
 
 YOUNG. (CoMMANDEB, 1810. F-p., 26 ; H-p., 39.) 
 Robert Benjamin Young was born 15 Sept. 1773 
 at Douglas, Isle of Man, and died in 1846. He was 
 son of the late Lieut. Robf. Parry Young, R.N., who 
 was for many years Resident Agent for Transports 
 at Southampton, and died in 1798 in command of 
 H.M.S. Vigilant. His grandfather died First- 
 Lieutenant of the Cu.\iBERLAND 66, bearing the 
 broad pendant of Commodore Pocock in the East 
 Indies in 1755, on the very day of his promotion to 
 the rank of Captain ; his uncle, Jas. Young, was a 
 Lieutenant-Colonel of Marines; and his brother, 
 John Jas. Young, a Lieutenant R.N., died afloat in 
 1796. His father's only sister was the wife of the 
 late Admiral John Brisbane. 
 
 This oflioer entered the Navy, in 1781, on board 
 the Severn, in which vessel and in the Triton (or 
 Sabina) and Echo, all commanded by his father, he 
 was for some time employed at Liverpool. He 
 served next, from 1786 until April, 1795, on the 
 Home and West India stations, as A.B., Midship- 
 man, and occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, in the 
 Cru;zer cutter, Lieut.-Commander Arthur Haynes, 
 Standard 64, Capt. Chas. Chamberlayne, CoLLO- 
 DEN 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Rich, Collins, and Thos. 
 Mackenzie, Cumberland 74, commanded by the 
 late Admiral John M'Bride, Carnatic 74, Capt. 
 Ford, Drake and Swift sloops, both commanded 
 by Capt. John Dolling, Invincible 74, bearing the 
 flag of Admiral M'Bride, Echo sloop, Capt. Peter 
 Halkett, Minotaur 74, flag-ship again of Admiral 
 M'Bride, Thorn sloop of 16 6-pounders, Capt. 
 Tillson, and Majestic 74, bearing the flag of Rear- 
 Admiral Benj. Caldwell. He then went back, as 
 Acting-Lieutenant, to the Thoen, commanded at 
 the time by Capt. Kobt. Waller Otway ; by whom 
 we find him mentioned in honourable terms for his 
 conduct at the capture, 25 May, 1795, of the French 
 national corvette Le Courrier National of 18 guns 
 (8 and 6 pounders) and 119 men ; which vessel (7 of 
 whose people were killed and 20 wounded) was 
 taken after a spirited night-action of 35 minutes, at- 
 tended with a loss to the British of not more than 
 6, out of 80, wounded. During the Carib war in the 
 island of St. Vincent, Mr. Young also distinguished 
 himself, particularly in the attacks u^on Owia and 
 Chateau Bellair, the success of the British at which 
 places compelled the enemy to retire into the inte- 
 rior. At Owia, where he was opposed by 400 of 
 the enemy, he landed (through a heavy surf) a de- 
 tachment of 100 men from the 46th and 60th Regts. 
 On this occasion his own boat, the leading one, had 
 8 men killed and wounded; and he himself but 
 narrowly escaped, having had hia hat and clothes 
 
 shot through. He was promoted by the Admiralty 
 26 Jan. 1796; he returned to England in the ensuing 
 spring with Rear-Admiral Sir John Laforey in the 
 Majestic; and he was appointed afterwards — 25 
 June, 1796, to the BoSne Citoyenne 20, Capts. 
 Chas. Lindsay and Rich. Retalick— 7 Oct. 1798, to 
 the Colossus 74, Capt. Geo. Murray— 5 April, 1799, 
 18 June, 1801, and i Sept. 1803, as First^Lieutenant, 
 to the Savage sloop, Capts. Norborne Thompson 
 and Wm. Henry Webley, Goliath 74, Capts. Wm. 
 Essingtou and Chas. Brisbane, and Windsor Castle 
 98, Capt. Albemarle Bertie— 1 Feb. 1804, to the 
 FouDROYANT 80, flag-Ship of Sir Thos. Graves in 
 the Channel— 4 Feb. 1804, to the command of the 
 Entreprenante cutter — 13 July, 1809, as Senior, to 
 the Ulysses 44, Capt. Hon. Warwick Lake — and 10 
 Jan. 1810, in a similar capacity, to the Princess Ca- 
 roline 74, Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater. In the Bonne 
 Citoyenne Mr. Young saw much active service. He 
 fought in the action off' Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 
 1797 ; was severely contused some weeks afterwards 
 (by the falling of the heart of the foretopmast, shot 
 away during the contest) in an attack made, in com- 
 pany with a squadron under Lord Garlies, on a 
 Spanish ship of the line off' Cape de Gata; contri- 
 buted to the capture of several of the enemy's ves- 
 sels, including the privateers Le Fluvier and La 
 Carrmrde ; and, in volunteered command of a divi- 
 sion of gun-boats, was twice, while in escort of con- 
 voy, engaged with the Spanish flotilla in the Gut of 
 Gibraltar. Immediately after the battle of the Nile 
 the Bonne Citoyenne joined Lord Nelson, from 
 whom she had been separated in a gale, and ren- 
 dered much assistance to his fleet. During his pas- 
 sage home from the Mediterranean in the Colossus 
 Mr. Young was wrecked, 10 Deo. 1798, on a ledge 
 of rocks in St. Mary's Road, Scilly. On that occa- 
 sion, having volunteered, he succeeded in conveying 
 a warp on board a gun-brig ; an operation which 
 would have ensured the safety of the crew, 600 in 
 number, who were confined to the taff'rail by a 
 heavy sea, had not the timely arrival of some fishing- 
 boats rendered its use unnecessary. In the Savage 
 he was for upwards of two years employed on the 
 coasts of France and Holland ; and in the Goliath 
 he was again stationed in the West Indies ; where, 
 in June, 1803, he aided in making prize, near Cape 
 Nicola Mole, St. Domingo, of La Mignmne corvette 
 of 16 guns and 80 men. During a midnight hurri- 
 cane, encountered on her voyage home, the Goliath 
 was laid on her beam-ends and dismasted; but 
 through the highly-lauded exertions of Mr. Young, 
 who, as we have said, was her First-Lieutenant, she 
 was enabled, within 24 hours, to go in full chase of 
 and recapture a merchant-vessel of considerable 
 value. In the Entreprenante Mr. Young was at 
 first employed, in company with the .^OLus and 
 Crescent frigates, in attendance upon the King off 
 Weymouth J but a,lthough others, junior to him, 
 were for this service promoted, he was passed over. 
 After having convoyed some provision-transports 
 to the squadron off' Quiberon, and made some cap- 
 tures in the neighbourhood of Havre-de-Grace, he 
 was sent to the Mediterranean. The day before the 
 battle of Trafalgar he received directions from Lord 
 Nelson (who had years before declared that, know- 
 ing him to be a good officer, it was his intention to 
 serve him) to keep close to his flag-ship, as it was 
 his Lordship's intention to send him home with the 
 intelligence of the victory he anticipated. Towards 
 the close of the action the Lieutenant had the good 
 fortune to save as many as 168 of the crew of the 
 French 74-gun ship Achille, which had caught fire 
 and in an hour blew up. During the tremendous 
 gale that ensued, although crowded with prisoners 
 and, in_ great distress for want of water, he was 
 indefatigable in ascertaining, and in correctly re- 
 porting, the position of the prizes, one of which, 
 the Bahama 74, whose crew had overpowered 
 their guard, 40 in number, would have succeeded in 
 eff'ecting her escape into Cadiz, had he not, by 
 affording telegraphic intelligence of the circum- 
 stance, prevented her. The 40 men alluded to were 
 by him received on board his vessel ; and among 
 
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 these, as well as the captives, he distributed, with a 
 degree of humanity that did him credit, but for 
 which he never obtained the least compensation, the 
 linen, the wine, and all the necessaries he had. 
 Notwithstanding that it had been arranged that he 
 was to carry home the despatches relative to the 
 victory, he had the mortification, instead, of being 
 sent with the duplicates of them to Faro ; whereby 
 he lost both the promotion and the handsome dona- 
 tion that must otherwise have fallen to his lot. All 
 the reward he got, indeed, for his services at Tra- 
 falgar, was a sword valued at 1(J0 guineas from the 
 Patriotic Society. He was afterwards, for nearly 
 two years, attached to the blockading force off 
 Brest, and was often during that period within 
 range at once of four batteries. From the effects at 
 length of ill health, produced by fatigue and disap- 
 pointment, he was obliged, in Deo. 1807, to leave 
 the Entrbprenamte. On being subsequently ap- 
 pointed First-Lieutenant of the tFi.YSSES he accom- 
 panied the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren. 
 While there he served with the flat-bottomed boats, 
 and was the senior officer of his rank so employed. 
 During the time he belonged to the Princess Caro- 
 line he was stationed, for the protection of trade, 
 in the Gulf of Finland. On the occasion of the 
 jubilee he was promoted at last to the rank of Com- 
 mander 21 Oct. 1810; but his [efforts thenceforward 
 to procure employment, although incessant, were 
 unavailing. 
 
 Commander Toung was admitted to the out-pen- 
 sion of Greenwich Hospital 20 April, 1839. He 
 married, 10 March, 1810, Mary, daughter of Capt. 
 Ellis, of the Army, and has left issue two sons and 
 two daughters. Agent — Joseph Woodhead. 
 
 YOUNG. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 31 ; h-p., 8.) 
 Thomas Young was bom 12 Nov. 1794. 
 This officer entered the Navy, 22 Nov. 1808, on 
 board the Dromedary shore-ship, Master-Com- 
 manders S. P. Pritchard and Edm. Ives ; with 
 whom he continued employed as Clerk and Mid- 
 shipman until Feb. 1817 ; visiting during that pe- 
 riod New Holland, the East and West Indies, and 
 the North Sea. In May, 1809, while at Sydney 
 Cove, he was wounded in the arm in endeavouring 
 to extinguish a fire which had broken out on board 
 the ship. From Aug. 1818 until he invalided, in 
 July, 1820, he served as Second-Master in the Bann 
 20, Capts. Andrew Mitchell and Jodrell Leigh, in 
 the West Indies ; in the following Sept. he was ap- 
 pointed, in a similar capacity, to the Tartar 42, 
 bearing the broad pendant of Sir Geo. Kalph Collier 
 on the coast of Africa ; and in June, 1821, he was 
 there nominated Acting-Master of the Myrmidon 
 20, Capt. Henry John Leeke. On; 15 April, 1822, 
 he piloted the boats of the latter ship and of the 
 Iphigenia 42 into the river Bonny, and assisted at 
 the capture of five vessels, measuring in the whole 
 877 tons, an(} carrying altogether 36 guns, 164 men, 
 and 1532 slaves. He boarded and took possession, 
 on that occasion, of La Vigilante, a French brig of 
 4 guns and 31 men ; and he brought out the Yacnam, 
 a Spanish schooner, of 16 guns and 46 men. He 
 continued employed, still on the coast of Africa, in 
 the OwKN Glendower 42, Commodore Sir Robt. 
 Mends, Swinger brig, Victor sloop, Capt. Geo. 
 WooUcombe, Maidstone 42, Commodore Chas. 
 BuUen, again in the Swinger (as Acting-Lieute- 
 nant), and in the Esk 20, Capt. Wm. Jardine Pur- 
 chas, until a few weeks after his official promotion, 
 which took place 15 March, 1826. He then came 
 home an invalid in the Dispatch 18, Capt. Bobt. 
 White Parsons. Since 2 Aug. 1833 he has been in 
 charge of a station in the Coast Guard. 
 
 Lieut. Toung married, 18 May, 1835, and has issue 
 five children. _____ 
 
 YOUNG. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 28; 
 H-p., 36.) 
 
 Thomas Bbistowe Young was born 5 June, 1767, 
 and died 27 Feb. 1846 at Gosport. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, as Ordi- 
 nary, on board the Elizabeth 74, Capts. Robt. 
 
 Kingsmill and Sir Roger Curtis, in which ship he 
 was for four years employed in the East Indies and 
 at Portsmouth— the greater part of the time in the 
 capacity of Midshipman. After serving for a similar 
 period on the West India and Home stations in the 
 Flint 14, Capt. Percy Brett, and Magnificent 74, 
 Capts. Hon. Geo. Cranfleld Berkeley and Rich. 
 Onslow, he joined in succession the Edgar and 
 Thdndeker 74's, both commanded by Capt. Albe- 
 marle Bertie. In the latter ship, of which he was 
 created a Lieutenant 18 April, 1794, he was slightly 
 wounded in the knee in Lord Howe's action, and 
 was present in the action under Lord Bridport off 
 the lie de Groix. His subsequent appointments 
 were— 24 Feb. 1796, to the Glory 98, Capts. Sir 
 Geo. Home and Jas. Brine— 16 Aug. 1798, to the 
 Renown 74, Capts. A. Bertie and Geo. Hopewell 
 Stephens— 14 and 21 Oct. 1799, to the Barfleuk 
 and Windsor Castle 98's, flag-ships of Ailmirals 
 CoUingwood and Sir Andrew Mitchell— 1 June, 
 1801, for 10 months, to the Malta 80, Capt. A. 
 Bertie— 12 March, 1803, to the Rendezvous Service 
 at Bristol— 8 Sept. 1804, to the Dragon 74, Capts. 
 Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott— and 13 
 Aug. 1810 (the Dragon had been paid off in Dec. 
 1803), to the Trent 36, as Flag-Lieutenant to the 
 late Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Cork. In the Ed- 
 gar, Thunderer, Glory, Renown, Baefleur, 
 Windsor Castle, and Malta, he was employed 
 on Home service : in the Dragon, after enacting 
 the part of First-Lieutenant in Sir Bobt. Calder's 
 action, he proceeded to the West Indies and North 
 America. We may add that on one occasion, 13 
 Dec. 1806, he was the means of extricating the 
 ship last mentioned from a very critical situation. 
 About three months after he had left the Trent he 
 was promoted, 24 Nov. 1813, to the rank of Com- 
 mander. He did not again go afloat. During the 
 war he saw much boat-service. 
 
 Commander Young married 12 Feb. 1801. Agents 
 — Case and Loudonsack. 
 
 YOUNG. (Vice-Admibai. of the Bjaje, 1846. 
 F-p., 41 ; H-P., 29.) 
 
 William Young was born, 27 Aug. 1761, at Bor- 
 rowstoness, N.B., and died, 11 Feb. 1847, at Den- 
 mark Hill, Camberwell, co. Surrey. He was second 
 son of David Young, Esq., whose nephew, Wm. 
 Young, Lieut. -Governor of Dominica (ancestor of 
 the present Sir Wm. Norris Young, of Marlow 
 Park, CO. Bucks), was created a Baronet 3 May, 
 1769 ; and he was the ninth, in direct male descent, 
 from Sir John Young, Kt., of Leny, N.B, who ac- 
 companied Mary Queen of Scots from France to 
 Scotland, as Chamberlain, in 1561. The estates of 
 the latter gentleman were enjoyed by his descend- 
 ants until 1715, when they were confiscated, in con- 
 sequence of David Young, who had succeeded to 
 the representation of the family, having taken part 
 in the movement made in favour of Charles Stuart. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1777, as 
 A. B., on board the Portland 50, Capt. Thos. 
 Dumaresq, hearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Jas. 
 Young in the Leeward Islands, where he soon at- 
 tained the rating of Midshipman, and contributed 
 to the capture, while serving in the Tartar tender, 
 under the orders of Mr. Geo. Fred. Ryves, of up- 
 wards of 50 vessels, some of which were privateers 
 of superior force. In May, 1779, after he had been 
 for a brief period attached to the Canada 74, com- 
 manded at Chatham by Capt. Hugh Dalrymple, he 
 rejoined Capt. Dumaresq, as Master's Mate, on 
 board the Ulysses armee-en-fivte, employed on the 
 Home and West India stations. Being eventually, 
 5 Feb. 1781, promoted, from the Ruby 64, flag-ship 
 at Jamaica of Sir Peter Parker, to an Acting-Lieu- 
 tenancy in the Grafton 50, he continued to serve 
 in that ship, and in the Nestob, bearing the flag of 
 Rear-Admiral Joshua Rowley, and Fox 32, Capts. 
 Hon. Thos. Windsor, Robt. Montagu, and Geo. 
 Stoney, until confirmed by commission dated 3 
 July, 1783. While in the latter frigate he was sent 
 to Jamaica in charge of a Spanish privateer, one of 
 
 8H2 
 
1340 
 
 YOUNG— YULE. 
 
 two simultaneously taken near St. Domingo ; and 
 in the earlj' part of 1783 he participated in a severe 
 action of four hours, which terminated in the cap- 
 ture, by the Fox, of the Santa Catalina, a Spanish 
 frigate that had been sent from the Havana for the 
 express purpose of herself making prize of the Bri- 
 tish ship. In Dec. 1794 Mr. Young (who had been 
 recently employed, with the approbation of the 
 Admiralty, in raising upwards of 1000 seamen, by 
 means of voluntary subscriptions from the mer- 
 chants, bankers, and others of the city of London) 
 entered the Transport department of the Navy; 
 his indefatigable conduct in which service, as Prin- 
 cipal Agent, at the embarkation of the troops and 
 inhabitants during the evacuation of Port-au-Prince 
 in May, 1798, procured his immediate promotion, 
 on the strong recommendation of Brigadier-General 
 Hon. Thos. Maitland, to the rank of Acting-Com- 
 mander, and the official sanction to his advance- 
 ment 3 July following.* In Oct. 1799 Capt. Young 
 was selected, from the peculiar importance of the 
 mission, to proceed to the Texel with all the trans- 
 ports then in the Downs or at Ramsgate, and for 
 his conduct during the service, which was of a very 
 arduous nature, he received the full approval of the 
 Transport Board. He was next, in compliment to his 
 uncommon activity and superior intelligence, ordered 
 to superintend the embarkation of the troops destined 
 to beemplovedon the Ferrol expedition in July, 1800, 
 and then directed, from his great experience, to ac- 
 company it as Principal Agent. On 17 Nov. 1800 we 
 find him appointed by Lord Keith to his flag-ship, 
 the FoDDEOVANT, for the purpose of conducting, as 
 Captain of the Mediterranean fleet, the detailed 
 duties of the shipping, consisting of nearly 100 sail, 
 then under his lordship's orders at Port Mahon, 
 and on the eve of proceeding on the expedition to 
 Egypt, whence he was ultimately compelled, from 
 repeated bilious attacks, to invalid, in June, 1801. 
 In consideration of his unremitting devotion to the 
 execution of the duties with which he had been 
 there intrusted, of the favourable manner in which 
 he had also attracted the notice of Sir Ralph Aber- 
 cromby, and of the earnest recommendation of 
 Lord Keith, he was promoted by the Admiralty to 
 Post-rank 29 April, 1802. He further obtained the 
 gold medal of the Turkish Order of the Crescent, 
 and was presented by the Masters of the different 
 ships that had been under his orders with a hand- 
 some sword, as a token of their gratitude and 
 esteem. On the renewal of hostihties, in 1803, he 
 was despatched by Lord St. Vincent to Hanover on 
 a secret service of the utmost importance (that of 
 rendering escort to their Royal Highnesses the 
 Dukes of Cambridge and Gloucester), which he per- 
 formed with great credit to himself and advantage 
 to his Sovereign. He appears likewise, at the close 
 of the same year and the commencement of the 
 next, to have been engaged under Rear-Admiral 
 Jas. Hawkins Whitshed in superintending the 
 equipment of some gun-vessels at Dublin, the em- 
 barkation of troops at Cork, and the erection of 
 signal-posts on the south-west coast of Ireland, on 
 account of the threatened invasion of Buonaparte. 
 Capt. Young afterwards, for the long period of 
 nearly 25 years (from Oct. 1805 until Feb. 1830), 
 discharged the duties of Inspecting Agent for 
 Transports on the river Thames ; on his resignation 
 of which office he was presented, by the different 
 Transport-Lieutenants who had been under his 
 orders, with a magnificent silver vase. He was 
 placed on the list of Retired Rear-Admirals 10 Jan. 
 1837 ; was transferred to the Active list 17 Aug. 
 
 * After reporting the evacuation of the towns of Port-au- 
 Prince and St. Marc's, together with their dependencies and 
 the parish of Arcahaye, Brigadier-General Maitland con- 
 cludes his public letter to the Right Hon. Hen. Dundas 
 -tblis ; — " Lieut, Young, of the Navy, Chief Agent of Trans- 
 ports, conducted himself in the execution of this arduous task 
 m such a manner that I should neglect a very material, though 
 pleasant part of my duty, were I not to seize this opportunity 
 to commend him in the strongest manner to your notice. 
 He is a very old ofBcer, but his length of services has neither 
 impaired his zeal nor diminished his activity," — Vide Gaz. 
 1798, p. 571. 
 
 1840; and was advanced to the rank of Vice- Ad- 
 miral 9 Nov. 1846. 
 
 Vice-Admiral Young was honoured during his 
 public career with the iriendship of his late Ma- 
 jesty and of their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of 
 Kent, Gloucester, and Cambridge. He married, 15 
 Feb. 1789, Ann Spencer, eldest daughter of Robt. 
 Curling, Esq., of Camberwell, and by that lady had 
 issue 13 children, nine of whom (five sons and four 
 daughters) survive. His eldest son, "Wm. Hall, a 
 Midshipman in the R.N., died at Plymouth in Oct. 
 1809, on his return from the West Indies ; and his 
 next, Geo. Frederick, was the late M.P. for Tyne- 
 mouth. 
 
 YOUNG. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 William Francis Young, born 1 June, 1804, ia 
 son, by Charlotte, daughter of the late General 
 Fyers, R.E., of the late Vice-Admiral Jas. Young,* 
 of Barton End, co. Gloucester; and nephew of Ad- 
 miral Sir Wm. Young, K.C.B., Vice-Admiral of 
 England, who died in 1821. 
 
 This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 
 Feb. 1818; and embarked, in Dec. 1819, on board 
 the Vigo 74, Capt. Thos. Brown, bearing the flag 
 of Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert at St. Helena. 
 While on that station he- was lent as Midshipman 
 to the Bkazen 26, Rosakio 10, and Menai 24, the 
 two latter commanded by Capts. Wm. Hendry and 
 Fairfax Moresby. The Menai, while he was in her, 
 was employed off the Isle of France. He returned 
 to England subsequently in the Samakahg 28, Capt. 
 John Norman Campbell ; but was soon ordered back 
 to the Cape station, where he remained, in the 
 Ariadne 28, Capt. Constantine Rich, lioorsom, 
 until 1824. He then took a passage home from the 
 Mauritius in a sugar-ship, the George t?ie Fourth, for 
 the purpose of passing his examination. During 
 the voyage the latter vessel was caught in a north- 
 west gale and dismasted. After several weeks of 
 suffering the people belonging to her abandoned 
 her, and landed on the coast of Africa, near Mossel 
 Bay, whence they travelled in bullock-waggons to 
 the Cape. Having at length reached home in a 
 merchantman named the Sriiannia^ and having ac- 
 complished the object he had in view, Mr. Young 
 was nominated Mate of the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. 
 Jas. Ashley Maude, on the Lisbon station. He was 
 promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 Jan. 1826; 
 was appointed next, 9 Jan. 1827, to the Raleigh 18, 
 Capts. John Windham Dalling, Geo. Haye, and Sir 
 Wm. Dickson, on the Mediterranean station ; and 
 from 27 Oct. 1831 until the end of 1834 was there 
 employed in the Britannia 120, Capts. Wm. Jas. 
 Hope Johnstone and Peter Rainier. He has since 
 been on half-pay. 
 
 Lieut. Young married, 4 July, 1836, Elizabeth, 
 daughter of the late Josiah Gist, Esq., of Worming- 
 ton Grange, co. Gloucester, by whom he has issue 
 three daughters. . 
 
 YULE. (Lieutenant, 1842.) 
 
 Charles Bampfield Ydle entered the Navy 11 
 May, 1830; passed his examination 6 Sept. 1837; 
 and since 2 April, 1842, the date of his promotion 
 to the rank of Lieutenant, has been employed in 
 command of the Bramble schooner of 10 guns, 
 tender to the Flt and Rattlesnake, on the East 
 India station. 
 
 YULE. (Lieutenant, 1826.) 
 
 James Ydle entered the Navy 20 Nov. 1813; 
 passed his examination in 1819 ; was promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant 21 Oct. 1826 ; obtained an 
 appointment in the Coast Guard 21 July, 1835 ; and 
 
 » Vice-Admiral (of the White) James Young attained 
 rost-rank 5 Oct. 1793, and afterwards commanded the Geev- 
 1°"?."' '^''■"*'-"»', and Pique frigates, and Valiant 74. In 
 the Ethalion he assisted at the capture, in Oct. 1799, of the 
 Thetn and Sonta Brigiia Spanish frigates, laden with treasure; 
 his own share of which amounted, alone, to 4(1,730/, 18jt He 
 became a Rear-Admiral 4 June, 1814, and a Vice-Admiral 
 19July, les,. He died 8 March, 1833. 
 
YULE. 
 
 1341 
 
 on 31 Oct. 1840 was transferred from that service 
 to the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, with 
 whom he continued employed on the Home and 
 Mediterranean stations, as Second and First Lieu- 
 tenant, until paid ofi' at the close of 1843, 
 
 YULE. (Eetired Commander, 1840. f-p., 15; 
 H-p., 37.) 
 
 EoBEKT Yule died 10 Feb. 1849, at Southsea. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 27 Sept. 1795, as 
 Midshipman, on board the SciPio 64, Capts. Kobt. 
 M'Douall, Fras. Laforey, and Chas. Sydney Davers ; 
 and in the following year was present at the taking 
 of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. Alfter further 
 serving in the West Indies in the Expehimeht 44, 
 Capts. John Barrett and John Griffin Saville, he 
 joined, in Deo. 1797, the Brilliant 28, Capt. Hon. 
 Henry Blackwood, under whom he took part, in 
 1798, in a very spirited engagement with the French 
 40-gun frigates yertu and Segene'ree. On 31 March, 
 1800, having removed with Capt. Blackwood to the 
 Penelope 36, he assisted (while at the blockade of 
 Malta) at the hard-wrought capture of Le Guillaume 
 Tell of 84 guns and 1000 men, bearing the flag of 
 Bear-Admiral Decres. He continued to serve in 
 
 the same frigate, under Capt. Wm. Eobt. Broughton, 
 until April, 1802, the latter part of the time as Act- 
 ing-Lieutenant ; he was promoted by the Admiralty 
 2 Oct. ensuing ; and he was afterwards appointed — 
 20 Jan. 1804, again to the Experiment, Capt. Geo. 
 Chas. Mackenzie, on the Home station— 28 May, 
 1805, to the Egyptienne 40, Capts. Hon. Chas. 
 Elphinstone Fleeming and Hon. Chas. Paget, part 
 of the force under Sir Robt. Calder in the action 
 with the combined fleets off Caje Finisterre— 20 
 March, 1807, to the Jdpiter 50, Capt. Henry Edw. 
 Reginald Baker, in which ship he sailed with con- 
 voy for the East Indies, and was wrecked during 
 his passage home on a reef of rocks off Vigo, 10 
 Dec. 1808—21 June, 1809, to the Illustrious 74, 
 Capt. W. K. Broughton, under whom he accom- 
 panied the expedition to the Scheldt (where he was 
 intrusted with the command of a gun-boat), and 
 co-operated in the reduction of the Isle of France 
 and Java— 25 Dec. 1813 (he had invalided from the 
 Illustrious at the close of 1811), to the Te.m4eaire 
 prison-ship, Lieut.-Commander John Wharton, lying 
 at Plymouth— and, 25 March, 1814, to the personal 
 command, for a few weeks, of the Atlas prison- 
 ship at Portsmouth. He was placed on the list of 
 Betired Commanders 12 Feb. 1840. 
 
 END OF THE MEMOIRS. 
 
LIST OF THE GENERAL ACTIONS, ETC., 
 
 ENUMERATED IN THE ANNEXED RETURN. 
 
 1. Lord Howe's Actions 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. 
 
 2. Vice-Admieal Hotham's Action .... 14 March, 1795. 
 
 3. LoED Beidpoet's Action 23 Jnne, 1795. 
 
 4. Action off Cape St. Vincent 14 February, 1797. 
 
 5. Admikal Duncan's Action 11 October, 1797. 
 
 6. Battle of the Nile 1 August, 1798. 
 
 7. Battle of Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. 
 
 8. Battle of Algecieas 6 July, 1801. 
 
 9. Battle off Cadiz 12 and 13 July, 1801. 
 
 10. Sm Robert Calder's Action 22 July, 1805. 
 
 11. Battle of Trafalgar 21 October, 1805. 
 
 12. SlE EiCHAED Steaohan's ACTION .... 4 November, 1805. 
 
 13. Sir J. T. Duckworth's Action 6 February, 1806. 
 
 14. The Dardanells 19 and 27 February, and 3 March, 1807. 
 
 15. Lord Gambier's Expedition to Copenhagen August and September, 1807. 
 
 16. Lord Gambiee's Actions 11 and 14 April, 1809. 
 
 17. Sir Edward Pellew, off Toulon .... 5 NoTomber, 1813. 
 
 18. Battle of Algiers 27 August, 1816. 
 
 19. Battle of Navaeino 20 October, 1827. 
 
 20. St. Jean d'Acre . 3 November, 1840. 
 
A GENERAL RETURN 
 
 Showing the NuMtifiR of OFf Icers, Seamen, and Marines Killed and WatrNDED on board the different 
 Ships engaged in the General Actions, &c., from 1793 until 1840. 
 
 No. 1. — Lord Howe's Actions. 
 28 and 29 May and 1 June, 1794. 
 
 NOi 4;"^AcTi0N off Ca^b St. Vincent. 
 14 February, 1797. 
 
 SHIPS. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Seam. Mar. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 SHIPS. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Seam. Mar. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Bellerophon . 
 
 Leviathan . . 
 Sovereign . . 
 Marl boio ugh. 
 Defence . . . 
 ImpregUabld ■ 
 Tremendous. 
 Barfleur . . 
 CuUoden* . . 
 Invincible . . 
 Gibraltar. . , 
 Queen Charlotte 
 
 Brunswick f 
 
 Valiant « . 
 Queen. . . 
 Orion . . . 
 Rami Hies . 
 Alfred. , . . 
 Russel. ... 
 Royal George 
 Montagu , . 
 Majestic . . . 
 Glory .... 
 Thunderer. . 
 Audacious;]: • 
 
 Grand Total , 
 
 55 
 
 31 
 43 
 58 
 119 
 57 
 31 
 
 n 
 
 34 
 
 45 
 14 
 43 
 
 11 
 103 
 
 32 k. 94 W 
 total 136. 
 
 ™ S oj 
 
 22 k. &w. 
 
 * By a separate return it appears she lost 2 men killed and 
 5 wounded. 
 •f- Parted company 1 June. 
 J Parted company night of 28 May, 
 
 No. 2. — Vice-Admiral Hotham's Action. 
 14 March, 1795. 
 
 Britannia > . 
 Princess Royal 
 ^t. George , . , 
 
 Yindsor Castle 
 
 'aptain . . . 
 
 'ortitude * . 
 
 Llustrious . . 
 
 ilgmont . . • 
 Terrible . . . 
 Cour^eux . . 
 Bedford . . . 
 AgamemUoh. 
 Diadem ■ . . . 
 Incoftstant. . 
 Tancredi. . 
 
 Grand Total . 
 
 No. 3. — Lord Bridport's Action. 
 23 June, 1795, 
 
 Irresistible. . . 
 
 Orion 
 
 Queen Charlotte 
 Russel .... 
 Colossus, . . ■ 
 Sans Pareil . . . 
 London .... 
 
 Queen 
 
 Prince George . 
 Royal George . 
 
 Grand Total , 
 
 6 
 H6 
 
 
 Victory . . , . 
 Britannia . . 
 Barfleur . . . , 
 Prince George 
 Blenheim . . . 
 Namur , . . 
 
 Captain . . . 
 
 Goliath . , . 
 
 Excellent . . 
 Orion .... 
 
 Colossus. . . 
 
 Egmont . . . 
 
 CuUoden. . . 
 
 Irresistible. . 
 
 Diadem . ■ . 
 
 1 off. k. 
 2 w. 
 
 1 oif. k. 
 
 1 oflF. k. 
 1 off. w. 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 3 offs. k, 
 5 W. 
 
 No. 5, — Admiral Duncan's Action. 
 11 October, 1797. 
 
 Venerable . 
 Monarch, . 
 
 Bedford , . 
 
 Powerful. . 
 Isls . . . . 
 
 Ardent . ■ 
 Agincourt . 
 Belliqueux. 
 Lancaster . 
 Triumph, . 
 
 Grand Total , 
 
 3 and 
 1 boy 
 
 19 and 
 1 boy 
 
 74* 
 16 
 
 85 i 
 
 \m{ 
 
 U and 
 3 boys 
 
 45 and 
 3 boys 
 
 71 
 125 I 
 
 68 1 
 
 84 
 20 
 
 }l38{ 
 
 103 1 
 J9 
 
 79 
 
 6 offs. w. 
 i offs. k., 
 
 « w. 
 S offs. k., 
 
 1 w. 
 
 4 offs. w. 
 3 offs. w. 
 2 offs. k., 
 
 8 w. 
 
 2 offs. k., 
 
 3 w. 
 2 offs. w. 
 
 5 offs. w. 
 
 ; B offs. k. 
 
 L 41 w. 
 
 * Seamen and Marines. 
 
 No. 6. — Battle of the Nile. 
 1 August, 1798. 
 
 Theseus . 
 
 Alexander 
 
 Vanguard 
 
 Minotaur 
 
 Swiftsure 
 Audacious 
 Defence .■ 
 Zealous . 
 
 Orion . , 
 
 Goliath . 
 
 Majestic . 
 
 Bellerophon 
 Leandei . 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 19 
 
 31 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 18 
 28 
 124 
 126 
 
 9ti 
 
 "i 
 
 28 
 34 
 15 
 
 i 
 
 36 I 
 56 
 
 1 off. w. 
 
 1 off. k., 
 
 6 w. 
 
 3 off. k., 
 
 7 w. 
 
 2 offs. k., 
 4 w. 
 
 1 off. vr. 
 
 2 offs. w. 
 
 1 off. k., 
 5 w. 
 
 2 offs. k., 
 
 4 \v. 
 
 3 offs. k., 
 3 w. 
 
 4 offs. k., 
 
 5 w. 
 
 16 offs. k., 
 37 w. 
 
1344 
 
 A RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED 
 
 No. 7.— Battle of Copenhagen. 
 
 
 No. 11.- 
 
 -Battle of Trafalgar. 
 
 
 2 April, 1801. 
 
 
 21 October, 1805. 
 
 
 
 Killed. 
 
 ■Wounded. 
 
 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Total. 
 
 
 Off. 
 
 Seam. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Off. 
 
 Seam. Mar. 
 
 
 
 Off. 
 
 Seam. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Off. 
 
 Seam. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 
 Edgar - . . 
 
 2 
 
 24 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 79 
 
 17 
 
 131 
 
 Victory . . . 
 
 7 
 
 32 
 
 18 
 
 7 
 
 59 
 
 9 
 
 132 
 
 1 
 
 35 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 10! 
 
 34 
 
 191 
 
 Rl. Sovereign 
 
 6 
 
 29 
 
 13 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 Bellona . . . 
 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 48 
 
 10 
 
 77 
 
 Britannia . . 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 Defiance . • 
 
 2 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 35 
 
 5 
 
 66 
 
 Temeraire . . 
 
 4 
 
 35 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 Isis .... 
 
 4 
 
 23 
 
 
 4 
 
 69 
 
 13 
 
 116 
 
 Prince . , . 
 
 .. 
 
 
 
 ., 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 
 2 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 
 37 
 
 Neptune . . 
 
 
 io 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 3 
 
 34 
 
 
 65 
 
 Dreadnouglit 
 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 4 
 
 Tonnant . . 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 30 
 
 16 
 
 76 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 16 
 
 Mars .... 
 
 4 
 
 17 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 44 
 
 16 
 
 98 
 
 Polyphemus . 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 1 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 31 
 
 Belleroplion . 
 
 3 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 97 
 
 20 
 
 
 Elephant . . 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 19 
 
 Minotaur . . 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 5 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 24 
 
 Revenge . . 
 
 2 
 
 18 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 38 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 . , 
 
 4 
 
 Conqueror. , 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 ^ , 
 
 7 
 
 Leviatlian . . 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 Ajax .... 
 
 
 2 
 
 .. 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 11 
 
 Ardent - . . 
 
 
 29* 
 
 
 
 64* 
 
 
 94 
 
 Orion .... 
 Ajjameranon 
 Spartiate . . 
 
 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 
 ** 
 
 2 
 '.3 
 
 17 
 7 
 16 
 
 
 24 
 9 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 20 
 
 191 
 
 29 
 
 48 
 
 600 
 
 94 
 
 882 
 
 23 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Africa . . . 
 Belleisle . . 
 Colossus . . 
 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 6 
 14 
 
 30 
 68 
 115 
 
 
 62 
 126 
 200 
 
 * Seamen and marines. 
 
 
 1 
 
 31 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 Achille . . . 
 Polvpliemus 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 37 
 4 
 
 
 72 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 No. 8. — Battle of ALGEcraAs. 
 
 
 Swiftsure . . 
 Defence . .' 
 
 
 7 
 4 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 23 
 
 6 
 
 17 
 36 
 
 6 July, 1801. 
 
 
 Thunderer . 
 DeHance . . 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 '3 
 
 2 
 8 
 
 2 
 6 
 
 2 
 5 
 
 9 
 39 
 
 1 
 9 
 
 16 
 70 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 36 
 
 283 
 
 104 
 
 98 
 
 870 
 
 196 
 
 1687 
 
 Ccesar .... 
 Pom pee . . . 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 6 
 10 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 1 
 6 
 
 18 
 
 6 
 10 
 
 34 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Spencer . . . 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 
 1 
 
 23 
 
 3 
 
 33 
 
 
 
 
 Venerable . . 
 Hannibal . . 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 7 
 74 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 44 
 
 14 
 
 143 
 
 No. 12.— Sir Richard Strachan's Action 
 
 • 
 
 Audacious . . 
 
 •• 
 
 8 
 
 •• 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 6 
 
 40 
 
 4 November, 1805. 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 110 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 183 
 
 42 
 
 367 
 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Cffisai .... 
 Hero .... 
 
 ••j 
 
 4 
 10 
 
 
 3 
 
 25 
 51 
 
 
 29 
 
 
 
 65 
 
 No. 9.— Battle off Cadiz. 
 
 
 Courageux. . 
 Namur . . . 
 
 •• 
 
 1 
 4 
 
 
 4 
 3 
 
 13 
 
 8 
 
 
 18 
 15 
 
 12 and 13 July, 1801. 
 
 
 Sta. Margarita 
 Revolutionnaire. 
 
 Piioenix . . . 
 
 
 2 
 2 
 3 
 
 
 .. 
 
 I 
 4 
 3 
 
 
 3 
 
 S 
 6 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■■ 
 
 
 Csesar. . . . 
 
 '■'■ 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 ■; 
 
 73 
 
 10 
 
 105 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Spencer . . . 
 Venerable . . 
 
 2 
 
 27 
 
 
 10 
 
 111 
 
 .. 
 
 150 
 
 Superb . . . 
 Audacious. . 
 
 
 
 
 
 14* 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 , , 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thames . . . 
 
 
 
 
 • • 
 
 
 •• 
 
 
 No. 13.— Sir 
 
 J. T. Duckworth's Action. 
 
 
 Calpe. . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Louisa . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 •• 
 
 
 
 
 6 February, 1806. 
 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 87 
 
 10 
 
 120 
 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Superb . . . 
 Northumborland 
 Canopus. . . 
 
 
 3 
 
 19 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 ] 
 
 7 
 13 
 
 40 
 48 
 22 
 
 9 
 18 
 
 62 
 
 * Including Marines. 
 
 
 100 
 SO 
 
 
 
 Spencer . . . 
 Donegal . . 
 Atlas .... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 i 
 
 68 
 45 
 19 
 
 No. 10.— Sir Robert Calder's Action. 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 2 
 
 29» 
 9 
 
 22 July, 1805. 
 
 
 Agamemnon 
 Grand Total 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 89 
 
 11 
 
 30 
 
 193 
 
 42 
 
 337 
 
 Hero .... 
 Lynx .... 
 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 
 •• 
 
 4 
 16 
 
 
 5 
 
 18 
 
 * 
 
 Seame 
 
 1 1 
 n and Marines. 
 
 
 
 Triumph . . 
 Barfleur , . . 
 Agamemnon 
 WindsorCastle 
 
 
 6 
 3 
 
 io 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 35 
 
 
 3 
 
 45 
 
 No. 1 
 
 4.— The Dardanells. 
 
 
 Defiance . . 
 P. of Wales . 
 
 '■'■ 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 •■ 
 
 7 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 
 8 
 
 23 
 
 4 
 
 19 and 27 I 
 
 ■'ebruary, and 3 March, 1807. 
 
 
 Repulse. . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Kaisonnable , 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 .. 
 
 1 
 
 
 2 
 
 lloyal George 
 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 46 
 
 8 
 
 70 
 
 Dragon . . . 
 
 
 .. 
 
 
 
 , . 
 
 
 
 Canopus . . 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 4 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 Glorv .... 
 
 > > 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 2 
 
 Pompee . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 Warrior . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ,. 
 
 WindsorCastl 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 1 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 Thunderer. . 
 
 . , 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 ii 
 
 
 18 
 
 Repulse . . 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 24 
 
 Malta. . . . 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 . . 
 
 40 
 
 
 46 
 
 Thunderer . 
 
 
 S 
 
 
 3 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 Egyptienne . 
 
 Nor 
 
 3 turn. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Standard . . 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 6 
 
 42 
 
 7 
 
 59 
 
 Sirius. . . . 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 5 
 
 Endymion . 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 Frisk cutter . 
 
 ,, 
 
 , . 
 
 
 
 ., 
 
 
 ., 
 
 Active . . . 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 
 Nile .... 
 
 •• 
 
 
 
 •• 
 
 
 
 
 Meteor . . 
 1 Grand Total 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 
 8 
 
 • Grand Total 
 
 •• 
 
 41 
 
 •• 
 
 ■• 
 
 158 
 
 
 198 
 
 2 
 
 36 
 
 
 30 
 
 165 I 41 
 
 278 
 
IN GENERAL ACTIONS, 1793—1840. 
 
 1345 
 
 
 No. 
 
 15. — Lord Gambier's 
 
 
 !07. 
 
 Battle of Algiers— coniin7(erf. 
 
 Expedition to Uopentiagen, Aug. ana Sept. li 
 
 SHIPS. 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 1 
 
 
 Wounded. 
 
 Total 
 
 
 SHIPS 
 
 Killed. 
 
 Off. 
 
 Seam 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Off. 
 
 Seam 
 
 Mar 
 
 
 
 Off. 
 
 Seam 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Off. j Seam 
 
 Mar. 
 
 
 Brought for- 7 
 ward. . . i 
 GranicusJ^ . . 
 Hebnis . . . 
 Heron . . . 
 Mutine . . . 
 Prometheus . 
 Cordelia . . 
 Britomart . . 
 Belzebub . . 
 Infernal . . 
 Hecla . . . 
 Fury .... 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 10 
 
 s 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 75 
 
 9 
 3 
 
 'i 
 
 18 
 
 1 
 
 47 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 410 
 
 31 
 
 10 
 
 103 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 662 
 
 Feailess . . 
 Indignant . . 
 Urgent . . . 
 Cruizer . . . 
 Valiant's launch 
 Africatne'a boats 
 
 i 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 I 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 2 
 2 
 I 
 3 
 1 
 
 52 
 16 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 1 7 
 
 5 
 
 17 
 
 if 
 
 No. 16. — Lord Gameier's Actions. 
 11 and 14 April, 1309. 
 
 •• 
 
 15 
 
 88 
 
 19 
 
 59 
 
 459 
 
 107 
 
 747 
 
 No. 19. — Battle of Navarino. 
 20 October, 1827. 
 
 
 Caledonia . . 
 Caesar . . . 
 Theseus. . . 
 Imperieuse . 
 Revenge . . 
 Mediator . . 
 Gibraltar . . 
 
 •; 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 2 
 1 
 3 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 • 7 
 6 
 1 
 
 1 
 2 
 9 
 
 1 
 3 
 3 
 14 
 
 18 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 
 Asia .... 
 Albion . . . 
 Genoa . . . 
 Dartmouth . 
 Glasgow . . 
 Talbot . . . 
 Cambrian . . 
 Philomel . . 
 Hose .... 
 Brisk .... 
 
 5 
 2 
 4 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 7 
 13 
 3 
 
 4 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 8 
 4 
 2 
 
 42 
 36 
 20 
 4 
 2 
 U 
 
 6 
 12 
 
 9 
 6 
 9 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 76 
 60 
 69 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 2 
 
 a 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 14 
 
 12 
 
 45 
 
 14 
 2 
 
 23 
 2 
 
 8 
 18 
 
 No. 17. — Sib Edward Pellew, off Toulo 
 
 V. 
 
 5 November, 1813. 
 
 
 Mosquito . . 
 Grand Total 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 -• 
 
 4 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 16 
 
 40 
 
 18 
 
 28 
 
 139 
 
 31 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 272 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 
 
 3 
 4 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 a&n Joaef . . 
 Scipion , . . 
 Boyne . . . 
 Pompee . . . 
 Pembroke . . 
 
 
 No. 20.— St. Jean d'Acre. 
 3 November, 1840. 
 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 
 
 
 2 1 12 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 Boyne . . . 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 February, 
 1 |.., 
 
 1 
 
 1814. 
 
 1 32 7 
 
 42 
 
 Pss. Cliarlotte 
 Powerful . . 
 Bellerophon . 
 Revenge . . 
 Thunderer . 
 Castor . . . 
 Edinburgh . 
 Benbow . . . 
 Pique. . . . 
 
 
 1 
 
 'i 
 
 4 
 2 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 
 3 
 
 S 
 
 4 
 2 
 
 'i 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 
 No, 18.— Battle of Algiers. 
 
 
 U 
 
 27 August, 1816. 
 
 
 Carysfort , . 
 Talbot . . . 
 Gorgon . , . 
 Wasp. . . . 
 Stromboli . . 
 Phcenix . . . 
 Vesuvius . . 
 Hazard . . . 
 Turkish Has- 1 
 
 ship . . . ; 
 Medea . . . 
 Guerriere . . 
 
 Grand Total 
 
 'i 
 
 4 
 
 I 
 1 
 
 • 
 
 
 1 
 5 
 
 'i 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 2 
 
 'i 
 1 
 
 •■ 
 
 Q. Charlotte . 
 Impregnable 
 Superb . . . 
 Minden, . . 
 Albion . . . 
 Leander . . 
 Severn . . . 
 Glasgow . . 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 37 
 3 
 5 
 
 1 
 11 
 2 
 9 
 
 1 
 10 
 2 
 2 
 
 'i 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 14 
 2 
 6 
 2 
 2 
 
 e 
 
 5 
 8 
 
 82 
 111 
 62 
 26 
 10 
 69 
 25 
 25 
 
 24 
 21 
 14 
 9 
 3 
 25 
 3 
 3 
 
 128 
 182 
 89 
 44 
 18 
 119 
 36 
 46 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 3 
 
 ward. . . / 
 
 75 
 
 18 
 
 47 
 
 410 
 
 102 
 
 662 
 
 1 1 14 
 
 ' 
 
 5 
 
 28 1 S 
 
 59 
 
 8 I 
 
( 1346 ) 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS, ETC., IN APPENDIX. 
 
 A. F. denotes Admiral of the Fleet. 
 
 A. R ditto Red. 
 
 A. W. ... ditto White. 
 
 A. B ditto Blue. 
 
 v. R Vice- Admiral of the Red. 
 
 V. W. ... ditto White. 
 
 V. B ditto Blue. 
 
 R. R Rear- Admiral of the Red. 
 
 R. W . . . . ditto White. 
 
 R. B ditto Blue. 
 
 E. A Retired Rear- Admiral. 
 
 C Captain. 
 
 Cr Commander. 
 
 X Retired Commanders of 1816. 
 
 tj of 1830. 
 
 L Lieutenant. 
 
 F. L Flag-Lieutenant. 
 
 Ag Acting. 
 
 Resig. . . . Resigned. 
 
 Supd Superseded. 
 
 Invd .... Invalided. 
 
 P. Paid off. 
 
 Hosp Hospital. 
 
 D Died. 
 
 Prom. . . . Promoted. 
 
 HV. .... in a Revenue Vessel. 
 
 TS. in the Transport Service. 
 
 CSV. .... in a Contract Steam Vessel. 
 N.B. The Names of the Retired Officers are inserted 
 in Italics. 
 
( 1347 ) 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND DEATHS, 
 
 WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK. 
 
 PROMOTIONS. 
 
 Bank. 
 
 Date. 
 
 c; 
 
 Adam, Sir Charles, K.C.B 
 Adams, George C. . 
 Allen, Henry, M. E, 
 Allen, John . . . 
 Andrew, JohnW. . 
 Arthur, Richard 
 yAtkiTis, James (a) . 
 Austen, Charles J. 
 Austen, Charles J. 
 Austen, SirFran.W.,K, 
 Austen, Francis W. 
 Austen, Herbert G. 
 Aylmer, Hon. Fred. W. 
 
 Baker, Charles Henry. 
 
 Barker, George . 
 xBarher, John 
 yBarker, Sobert . 
 
 Barnes, John (a) 
 
 Barnett, Edward 
 
 Bate, William T. 
 
 Bedford, Robert T, 
 
 Belgrave, Thomas 
 yBird, Henry . , 
 .t/Boardman, Robert B. 
 
 Bouverie, Hon. D. P. 
 
 Bowderif Bichard Booth 
 yBoyach, Alexander . 
 yBradby, Thomas 
 
 Bromley, Sir Robert H, 
 
 Broun, George . . 
 xBrown, George W. . 
 
 Browne, Philip . . 
 
 Browne, Thomas . 
 mBrorni William . . 
 
 Buchan, David A. . 
 
 Buckle, Matthew . 
 ■ Bullen, SirCh., K.C.B, 
 
 Bunce, Benjamin H, 
 xBwn, John . . , 
 
 Butcher, Samuel . 
 
 Caffin, James C. 
 
 Caldwell, Henry 
 
 Capel, Hon. Sir Thomas B 
 
 Garden, John S. 
 
 Chads, Henry . . 
 yChegwyrij Joseph 
 yChrystie, Thomas . 
 
 Clark, William . . 
 xClark, William ./. S. 
 
 CUffoTd, Sir Aug. W. 
 
 Clifford, W. J. C. . 
 yOoates, Bichard. . 
 
 Collier, Sir Francis A, 
 yOonn, Henry. . . 
 
 Coode, John . . . 
 
 Bt. 
 
 Bt, 
 
 A.B. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 V.W. 
 E.A. 
 
 R.W. 
 Cr. 
 R.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 A.B. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 V.B. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
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 V.R. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
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 V.R. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 E.W. 
 V.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 V.W. 
 V.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 V.W. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 A.B. 
 V.B. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 R.B. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 R.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 R.B. 
 
 8 Jan 48 
 27 Nov 46 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 I Oct 46 
 9 Nov 46 
 4 Apr 48 
 9 Nov 46 
 7 June 48 
 1 Aug 48 
 
 H Nov 46 
 30 Nov 46 
 
 3 Jan 48 
 
 1 Jan 48 
 
 27 Dec 47 
 
 4 Aug 48 
 9 Nov 48 
 
 23 Deo 47 
 20 June 46 
 
 15 Feb 48 
 
 16 Oct 48 
 15 Feb 48 
 12 Aug 48 
 
 3 Mar 48 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 14 July 48 
 6 Dec 47 
 
 4 Apr 48 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 18 Aug 47 
 
 5 Sept 48 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 II Dec 46 
 
 15 Jan 48 
 11 Oct 47 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 22 Nov 48 
 15 Mar 48 
 
 19 Feb 47 
 
 11 Oct 47 
 
 23 Dec 47 
 
 28 Apr 47 
 23 Mar 48 
 
 5 June 48 
 9 Nov 48 
 9 Apr 47 
 
 23 Dec 47 
 22 July 48 
 
 23 Mar 48 
 
 18 Aug 47 
 9 Apr 47 
 9 Nov 46 
 4 Apr 48 
 
 26 June 47 
 
 Name. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Coote, Robert . 
 yOoppin, Charles P. 
 Cragg, John B. . 
 Crofton, Hon. George A. . 
 Crozier, William P. . . 
 Curry, Richard 
 
 ySaore, George H. 
 
 Dacres, James R. 
 
 Daly, Cuthbert F. 
 
 Dick, John , . 
 yDickonson, Lacy 
 
 Dickson, John B. 
 
 Dillon, Sir W. H., Kt., 
 
 Dixon, Manley Hall 
 yDodd, Joseph 
 
 Douglas, Peter J. 
 
 Downman, Hugh 
 yDrane, T/i&mas . 
 
 Drmmnond, Sir Ad.,Kt. 
 
 Drummond, Hon. Jas. 
 
 Edmunds, Charles . 
 Elliot, Hon. George 
 Elliot, Robert . . 
 Etheridge, Thomas . 
 Ewart, Charles J. F. 
 
 Falcon, Gordon Thomas 
 
 Falkiner, Charles L. 
 yFayrer, Robert J. . 
 
 Fellowes, Sir Thomas, 
 yField, Allen G. . . 
 
 Fisher, Thomas . . 
 
 Fisher, William . . 
 
 FitzEoy, Et. Hon. Lord 
 K.C.B 
 
 Forsyth, Charles C. 
 
 French, John T. W. 
 
 Fulford, John . 
 
 K.C.H, 
 
 ,,K.C. 
 E. 
 
 Kt. 
 
 Gage, Sir Wm. Hall, Kt 
 
 Gardner, Alan H. . 
 
 Gardner, George H. 
 
 Glynn, Edmund A. . 
 
 Glynn, Henry R. 
 
 Godwin, Matthew . 
 
 Gooch, Thomas L. . 
 
 Gordon, Henry . . 
 
 Gordon, James M. . 
 
 Gordon, Hon. William 
 xGore, Ralph (a) 
 yGrantham, Charles . 
 
 ,G.C 
 
 Hains, John . . 
 Hall, William K. 
 Halsted, George A. 
 
 Wm, 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 E.B. 
 
 Cr. 
 V.R. 
 
 Cr. 
 V.B. 
 B.W. 
 V.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 E.W. 
 E.B. 
 Cr. 
 E.B. 
 
 H. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 Cr. 
 A.B. 
 
 C. 
 
 C. 
 V.W. 
 E.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 R.B. 
 
 0. 
 
 Cr. 
 R.B. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 R.B. 
 
 V.B. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 
 A.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 A.W. 
 
 V.B. 
 
 C. 
 V.B. 
 R.W. 
 R.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 
 8 I 2 
 
 25 June 47 
 20 Nov 47 
 
 13 Feb 47 
 30 Jan 48 
 
 14 Oct 47 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 4 Apr 48 
 20 Mar 48 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 5 Oct 47 
 
 23 Deo 47 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 27 Dec 47 
 4 Apr 48 
 
 7 Jan 48 
 
 24 Apr 47 
 
 4 Apr 48 
 
 20 Mar 48 
 
 8 June 46 
 
 22 Nov 48 
 13 May 47 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 31 Jan 48 
 12 Aug 48 
 
 1 Aug 48 
 
 5 Apr 48 
 12 Aug 48 
 26 July 47 
 
 9 Apr 47 
 11 Oct 47 
 
 2 Dec 47 
 
 26 June 47 
 
 26 Jan 49 
 11 Oct 47 
 
 1 May 48 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 21 Deo 48 
 
 21 Mar 48 
 
 22 Nov 48 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 26 July 47 
 
 23 Dec 47 
 
 27 Dec 47 
 9 Nov 46 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 2 Mar 49 
 9 Nov 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 21 Mar 48 
 
 1 Jan 48 
 
1348 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Hamilton, Cospatrick Baillie 
 
 Hamilton, Sir Edw.,Bt., K.C.B. 
 
 Harper, George ... 
 
 Harvey, Edward 
 
 Harvey, Thomas 
 
 Hatton, Villiers F. . . 
 
 Hawker, Edward . . 
 
 Heath, Leopold G. . . 
 
 Heathcote, Sir Hem-y, Kt. 
 
 HeiTick, Edward . . 
 
 Serridi, William H. 
 yHewson^ Maurice . 
 xlfiatt, John . . 
 
 Hillyar, Charles F. 
 
 Hoare, Edward W. 
 
 Hope, Henry. ... 
 
 More, Samuel B. 
 
 Hornby, Phipps . . 
 
 Hoste, Sii- William, Bt. 
 
 Honstoun, Wallace 
 
 Impey, John . . 
 iTUiledojif JRobert 
 
 Jackson, Robert. 
 yjefferis, Charles . . 
 
 Johnson, Charles R. 
 y Johnson J George C. 
 
 Jones, Hon. Alexander 
 
 Jones, John (a) . 
 
 Jones, John (6) . 
 
 Jones, John W. . . 
 y Jones, William (a) . 
 
 Julian, Humphrey J. 
 
 Kisbee, Thomas . . 
 
 xLarke, William . 
 Leworthy, Henry . 
 Livingstone, Sir Thomas, Bt. 
 
 C. 
 A.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 E.B. 
 
 C. 
 
 R.B. 
 V.B. 
 
 Cr. 
 A.W. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 R.B. 
 R.W. 
 
 C. 
 
 E.W. 
 
 C. 
 
 C. 
 
 V.B. 
 C. 
 
 v.w. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 R.B. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 9 Oct 47 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 18 Aug 47 
 
 17 Dec 47 
 
 31 Jan 48 
 
 14 Feb 48 
 22 Sept 47 
 
 3 Aug 47 
 9 Nov 46 
 5 Mar 49 
 
 17 Feb 49 
 
 4 Apr 48 
 
 22 July 48 
 
 15 May 48 
 13 May 47 
 
 9- Nov 46 
 
 2 Feb 48 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 15 Feb 48 
 
 23 July 47 
 
 1 Aug 48 
 22 Jan 48 
 
 8 Mar 
 
 47 
 
 29 Feb 
 
 48 
 
 11 Oct 
 
 47 
 
 9 Apr 
 3 Jan 
 
 47 
 48 
 
 6 Feb 
 
 49 
 
 9 Feb 
 
 49 
 
 9 Apr 
 27 July 
 12 Sept 
 
 47 
 47 
 48 
 
 15 Feb 
 
 48 
 
 9 Feb 
 
 49 
 
 1 Jan 
 
 48 
 
 1 June 48 || 
 
 Loring, Sir John W., K.C.B, 
 
 K.C.H 
 
 Loring, William . . 
 Lowe, Frederick . . 
 Lysaght, Thomas H. . 
 
 M'Cleverty, James J. . 
 M'Donald, Reginald, J. J 
 Macdonald, James A. . 
 Mackinnon, Lanchlan B. 
 Malcolm, Sir Charles . 
 Mansfield, Walter G. 
 Meade, John .... 
 xMitcliell, Thomas (a) . 
 Moore, John .... 
 Moore, Thomas E. L. . 
 
 Nagle, Gerard J. 
 yNason, Henry . 
 Need, Henry 
 
 Owen, Sir Edward W. C. R 
 G.C.B., G.C.H . . . 
 
 Peel, William . . - . 
 Phillipps, Robert . . 
 Pym, Sir Samuel, K.C.B. 
 
 Radcliffe, William . . 
 yUeid, Curtis . . 
 Roberts, Lazarus . 
 
 Slade, Adolphus 
 Spratt, Thomas A. B. . 
 
 Talbot, John T. . . 
 Thompson, Thomas 
 
 X Walker, George . 
 
 V.R. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 v.w. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 A.W. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 V.W. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 9 Not 46 
 
 31 Jan 
 11 Oct 
 10 Jan 
 
 48 
 47 
 49 
 
 48 
 
 21 Dec 
 
 20 Jan 48 
 
 21 Mar 48 
 1 Nov 47 
 
 28 Apr 47 
 31 Deo 47 
 20 Nov 47 
 26 Sept 48 
 
 22 Nov 48 
 11 Jan 48 
 
 26 Jan 49 
 
 9 Nov 48 
 
 31 Jan 48 
 
 11 Dec 46 
 
 10 Jan 49 
 22 Nov 48 
 
 12 Feb 47 
 
 12 Aug 48 
 9 Nov 48 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 10 Jan 49 
 5 Mar 49 
 
 1 Jan 
 1 Jan 
 
 49 
 49 
 
 9 Feb 49 
 
 LIEUTENANTS. 
 
 Appointments received by the following ( 
 
 fleers since their Promotion will he found under the head of Appointments 
 to Ships, p. 1351. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Date, 
 
 Trevenen Penrose Coode 
 
 William David Loch 
 
 John Richard Harward 
 
 Robert Jenkins . . 
 
 Henry Baker . . . 
 
 Henry Stanley Jackson 
 
 Samuel Hood Henderson . . . 
 
 Algernon Frederick Rous De Horsey 
 
 Edward Frederick Dent . . . 
 
 George Parker . . . 
 
 John Clai'ke Byng . ... 
 
 Lumley Woodyear Peyton . . . 
 
 John Milward Reeve .... 
 
 George Macintosh Balfour . . . 
 
 Adam Alexander Duncan Dundas 
 
 Charles Fentoa Fletcher Boughey 
 
 Norman Bernard Bedingfeld . . 
 
 Ethelred Wolfrey Bridge . . . 
 
 Lord John Hay 
 
 Richard Chambers 
 
 Loffcus Chiistopher Hawker Robinson 
 Henry William Dawson . . 
 John Jervis O'Farrell Carmichael 
 Ramsey Henry Hallowcs . . 
 Patrick Johnston 
 
 14 Aug 45 
 11 Jan 46 
 
 1 Mar 46 
 27 Mar 46 
 
 7 June 46 
 
 13 June 46 
 26 June 46 
 
 26 July 46 
 
 14 Aug 46 
 
 8 Sept 46 
 14 Sept 46 
 
 27 Oct 46 
 
 2 Nov 46 
 
 3 Nov 46 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 18 Nov 46 
 30 Nov 46 
 
 19 Dec 46 
 1 Jan 47 
 7 Jan 47 
 1 Mar 47 
 
 16 Apr 47 
 16 Apr 47 
 25 Apr 47 
 
 Henry Augustus Clavering 
 Edward Scott .... 
 Edward Algernon Blackett 
 Edward Couch . . . 
 Edward Algar . . . 
 Henry John Blomfield . 
 Henry Samuel Hamilton . , 
 William Henry James Browne 
 Thomas Barnabas Hanham 
 Francis James D'Aguilar 
 Hugh Masimilian Elliot 
 Arthur George Fitzroy . 
 Henry Dennis Hickley . 
 George Twisleton Colville 
 Frederick Lane Cotton . 
 Fairfax Moresby . . . 
 Henry Harvey . . . 
 Parkhurst Chase . . . 
 Radulphus Biyce Oldfield 
 Reginald Bateman . . 
 Stapleton John Greville 
 John Henry Howard 
 Henry Frederick M'Killop . . . 
 Nevinson De Courcy Blennerhasset 
 William Montagu Dowell . . . 
 
 1 May 47 
 
 8 May 47 
 
 24 May 47 
 
 24 May 47 
 28 May 47 
 
 25 June 47 
 15 July 47 
 
 26 July 47 
 6 Aug 47 
 
 12 Aug 47 
 
 13 Aug 47 
 15 Aug 47 
 
 24 Aug 47 
 
 14 Oct 47 
 14 Oct 
 14 Oct 
 14 Oct 
 14 Oct 
 
 14 Oct 
 
 15 Oct 
 15 Oct 
 
 15 Oct 
 
 16 Oct 
 18 Oct 
 
 25 Oct 
 
 47 
 47 
 47 
 47 
 47 
 47 
 47 
 47 
 47 
 47 
 47 
 
PROMOTIONS— APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 LIEUTENANTS— co?j«nu«d. 
 
 1349 
 
 Date. 
 
 Charles 0. B. Hall 
 
 Frank Henry Lambert .... 
 Charles Gerreys Grylls .... 
 John James Barnard .... 
 John Eglinton Montgomerie . . 
 William John Eoyle Card . . . 
 
 John Proctor Luce 
 
 Maxwell Fox 
 
 George Heni-y Parkin .... 
 Francis James Dashwood . . . 
 
 Edwin C. Symous 
 
 William Goodwin Crowder . . 
 Eichard Dawkins ... . . 
 
 John Gwynne ... ... 
 
 Charles Thomas Curme . . 
 Charles Stuart Forbes . . . 
 Francis Mackenzie Fraser . . . 
 
 John Paulet Miller 
 
 Thomas Charles Cholmeley . . 
 
 John Hanmer 
 
 Rowley Lambert 
 
 Charles Webley Hope . . 
 
 John Murray 
 
 George Hope Mansell .... 
 
 Hugh Arthur Eeilly 
 
 D'Arcy Spence Preston .... 
 
 Thomas Andrews 
 
 Thomas George Craigie .... 
 
 Henry Anson Ford 
 
 Austin Bissell Hodgkinson . . . 
 William George Hepburn Morgan 
 
 John William Pike 
 
 George Mills Frederick Molesworth 
 Lewis James Moore 
 
 13 Nov 47 
 
 24 Not 47 
 
 24 Not 47 
 
 6 Dec 47 
 
 1 Jan 
 15 Jan 
 10 Feb 
 10 Feb 
 
 10 Feb 
 15 Feb 
 
 15 Feb 
 29 Feb 
 
 2 Mar 48 
 4 Mar 48 
 
 4 Mar 48 
 
 13 Mar 48 
 
 14 Mar 48 
 14 Mar 48 
 17 Mar 48 
 
 8 Apr 48 
 23 Apr 48 
 
 11 May 48 
 13 May 48 
 19 June 48 
 19 June 48 
 19 June 48 
 
 3 July 48 
 
 5 Aug 48 
 
 16 Aug 48 
 16 Aug 48 
 
 12 Sept 48 
 12 Sept 48 
 12 Sept 48 
 29 Sept 48 
 
 Name. 
 
 William Drewitt Harris 
 Charles Gibbons .... 
 Thomas Langley Hallo wes . 
 William Buller Elphinstone 
 Thomas Bridgeman Lethbridge 
 Thomas Dinham Atkinson . 
 WilUam Gore Jones . . . 
 Francis Trevor Hamilton . 
 
 Francis Peel 
 
 John Burgess 
 
 Webb Elphinstone Stone . 
 Frederick Anstruther Herbert 
 Edward Nares .... 
 William Cox Chapman . . 
 Thomas James MacDonell . 
 John Lyons Macleod . . 
 William Bruce Mason . . 
 William Lowley Staniforth 
 Augustus John Kingston . 
 George Adolphus Pidcock . 
 Henry Warrington Comeck 
 William Swinbum . . . 
 Clement Charles Day . . 
 Edward Ferdinand Holme . 
 James Edward Bickford 
 John Edmund Commerell . 
 Edward Hood Lingard Ray 
 Francis Meynell .... 
 George Edw. Serocold Pearce Serocold 
 Charles Egerton Harcourt Vernon 
 Thomas Montgomery Campbell . 
 Warren Hastings Anderson . . 
 
 Joseph Robinson 
 
 George Willes Watson .... 
 
 Date. 
 
 29 Sept 48 
 
 29 Sept 48 
 
 30 Sept 48 
 16 Oct 48 
 16 Oct 48 
 16 Oct 48 
 
 6 Not 48 
 6 Not 48 
 6 Nov 48 
 11 Not 48 
 11 Not 48 
 11 Not 48 
 11 Not 48 
 11 Nov 48 
 13 Not 48 
 13 Not 48 
 20 Nov 48 
 22 Nov 48 
 28 Nov 48 
 28 Nov 48 
 30 Nov 48 
 2 Dec 48 
 19 Dec 
 19 Dec 
 28 Deo 
 28 Dec 
 4 Jan 
 
 22 Jan 
 
 23 Jan 
 2 Feb 
 2 Feb 
 8 Mar 49 
 8 Mar 49 
 8 Mar 49 
 
 48 
 48 
 48 
 48 
 49 
 49 
 49 
 49 
 49 
 
 APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 NAVAL AIDES-DE-CAMP TO THE QUEEN. 
 
 Captain Maurice Frederick Fitz- 
 
 hardinge Berkeley, C.B. . . . 
 
 Captain Arthur Fanshawe, C.B. . . 
 
 Captain Lord John Hay, C.B. . . 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 Captain Armar Lowry Corry . . . 
 Captain Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, 
 
 G.C.H 
 
 Captain Sir James Stirling, Kt. . . 
 
 3 Sept 47 
 
 12 Feb 48 
 
 9 Mar 49 
 
 ORDER OF THE BATH. 
 
 Knights Commanders. 
 
 Rear- Admiral Sir Thos. John Cochrane 
 Rear- Admiral Sir Fran. Beaufort (cItU) 
 
 2 Not 47 
 29 Apr 48 
 
 Companion. 
 Captain Granville Gower Loch. 
 
 30 May 48 
 
 GOOD-SERVICE PENSIONS. 
 
 Flag Otficehs. 
 
 Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.B. . 
 Sir Charles Ekins, K.C.B. . . . 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Sir David Dunn, Kt., K.C.II. . . 
 
 Fairfa-^c Moresby, C.B 
 
 Sir John Marshall, Kt., C.B., K.C.H, 
 
 Edward Collier, C.B 
 
 William W. Henderson, C.B., K.H. . 
 William Walpole 
 
 25 Feb 47 
 
 8 June 48 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 11 Jan 47 
 
 5 May 47 
 
 Sir John Franklin, C.B., K.C.H. . 
 
 Henry W. Bruce 
 
 Edward Boxer, C.B. ,,'.'., 
 Sir John Ross, Kt., C.B. . . . [ 
 
 Henry Ducie Chads, C.B. . , , , 
 James Scott, C.B. . .... 
 
 John Foote .....,., 
 
 Donat Henchy O'Brien 
 
 Sir James John Gordon Bremer. 1 
 
 K.C.B., K.C.H 7 
 
 Edward Lloyd, K.H 
 
 Sir Eaton Travers, Kt., K.H. . .' 
 
 5 May 47 
 29 June 47 
 29 Sept 47 
 10 Nov 47 
 
 8 Dec 47 
 
 6 Jan 48 
 14 Jan 48 
 
 18 Aug 48 
 
 27 Jan 49 
 
 19 Mar 49 
 19 Mar 49 
 
1350 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Date. 
 
 i 
 
 OFFICERS WHO HAVE EECEIVED PENSIONS FOR WOUNDS. 
 
 Captain. 
 Sir Edward Belcher, Kt., C.B | 13 Mar 47 
 
 Hugh Goold 
 John Cawley . 
 
 COMMANDEBS. 
 
 I 6 Nov 48 II W. H. Maitland 
 Lieutenant. 
 
 I 1 Mar 47 
 I 13 Dec 47 
 
 ROYAL HOSPITAL AT GREENWICH. 
 Military Department. 
 
 Governor. 
 Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.B. 
 
 23 July 47 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Thomas Dickinson . . 
 Thomas L. P. Laughame 
 
 26 Aug 47 
 1 Mar 49 
 
 OFFICERS ON THE OUT PENSION. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 James Couch .... 
 Samuel Burgess . . . 
 Thomas Dench . . . 
 Thomas P. Laughame . 
 William Slaughter, K.H. 
 
 Commanders. 
 
 William Kelly .... 
 John Row Morris . . . 
 Robert James Elliot . . . 
 Henry Masterman Marshall 
 
 30 June 46 
 
 4 Nov 46 
 
 1 Dec 
 
 46 
 
 18 Deo 
 
 46 
 
 26 Dec 
 
 48 
 
 22 Nov 45 
 
 13 May 
 1 Sept 
 6 Jan 
 
 46 
 46 
 48 
 
 Lieutenants. 
 
 Thomas Burdwood (Ret. Comm.) 
 William Lester (Ret. Comm.) 
 William Y. Gill . . . . 
 Stephen Hilton (Ret. Comm.) 
 Flowers Beckett .... 
 Dyer Bond (Ret. Comm.) . 
 Mark Anthony .... 
 Edward G. Palmer . . . 
 James Stone (a) (Ret. Comm.) 
 John Gregory (Ret. Comm.) . 
 
 3 Jan 45 
 
 1 Jan 46 
 31 July 46 
 
 2 Nov 46 
 23 Feb 47 
 30 Apr 47 
 
 1 May 48 
 16 Oct 48 
 22 Feb 49 
 
 9 Mar 49 
 
 APPOINTMENTS, DISCHARGES, &g. 
 
 COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Station. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 
 Capel, Hon. Sir T. B., K.C.B. . 
 Collier, Sir F. A., Kt., C.B., K. C.H. 
 Dmidonald, the Earl of, G.C.B 
 Elliot, Hon. George, C.B. . 
 Fanshawe, Arthur, C.B. . 
 Gage, Sir W. H., Kt., G.C.H, 
 Hornby, Phipps, C.B. . . 
 Herbert, Sir Thomas, K.C.B. 
 Hotham, Sir C, K.C.B. . 
 Mackay, Hon. D. H. . . 
 Napier, Sir Charles, K.C.B. 
 Reynolds, B., C.B. . . . 
 
 Adm. 
 R. Adm. 
 V. Adm. 
 V. Adm. 
 
 Comm. 
 
 Adm. 
 
 R. Adm. 
 
 Comm. 
 
 Comm. 
 E. Adm. 
 R. Adm. 
 R. Adm. 
 
 Portsmouth 
 
 East Indies 
 
 West Indies and N. America 
 
 TheNore 
 
 Coast of Africa .... 
 
 Devonport 
 
 Pacific 
 
 S.E. Coast of America . . 
 Coast of Africa .... 
 
 Cork 
 
 Particular Service . . 
 Cape of Good Hope . . . 
 
 13 Sept 48 
 7 Apr 48 
 
 12 Jan 48 
 9 May 48 
 
 12 Jan 49 
 17 Apr 48 
 25 Aug 47 
 
 11 Jan 47 
 
 13 May 46 
 
 12 Jan 48 
 19 May 47 
 
 3 Aug 48 
 
 8 Apr 49 
 
 9 Apr 49 
 
 SUPERINTENDENTS OF DOCKYARDS. 
 
 Bourchier, Sir T., K.C.B. 
 Eden, Henry .... 
 Harvey, Edward . . . 
 Pasley, Sir Thomas S., Bt. 
 Eichards, Peter, C.B. . 
 
 C. 
 Comm. 
 E. Adm. 
 
 C. 
 
 C. 
 
 Chatham . 
 Woolwich . 
 Malta . . 
 Pembroke . 
 Pembroke . 
 Chatham . 
 
 20 Sept 46 
 13 Nov 48 
 9 Mar 48 
 5 May 49 
 3 Aug 48 
 5 May 49 
 
 26 Apr 49 
 
 5 May 49 
 
( 1351 ) 
 
 APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date or 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 &c. 
 
 Adams, George C. . 
 
 Addington, Hon. W. 
 
 Agnew, John De C. 
 
 Ainslie, Henry . . 
 Aird, David . . . 
 
 W. 
 A. 
 
 Alcock, E. W. H. 
 
 Aldham, W. C. . 
 
 Aldrich, R. D. . 
 
 Alexander, W. C. 
 Algar, Edw. 
 Alldridge, Geo. M. 
 
 AUdridge, Thomas A. 
 Allen, Henry M. E. 
 
 Alston, Edw. H. . , 
 
 Amphlett, Wm. 
 
 Anderson, Alex. 
 
 Anderson, James (6J 
 Anderson, W. H. • 
 Andrews, Thos. 
 
 Anson, T. V. 
 Aplin, Benj, 
 
 Aplin, Elphinst., D'O. 
 Apthorp, Shirley . 
 
 Arkwright, Aug. P. 
 
 Armytage, Wm. . 
 Arnold, Jas. F. 
 
 D'A. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 )) 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 C. 
 L. 
 Cr.(Ag) 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 )> 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Ashe, Edw. D. 
 
 St. Vincent . 
 
 Spartan . . 
 
 St. Vincent . 
 
 Stromboli . 
 
 Bramble . , 
 
 Dragon . . 
 
 SpaiTOw . . 
 
 Scout . . 
 
 President . 
 
 Geyser . . 
 
 Vengeance . 
 
 Superb . . 
 
 Apollo . . 
 
 Howe . . 
 
 Cleopatra . 
 
 Britomart , 
 
 Firefly . . 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 San Josef . 
 
 Impregnable 
 Sampson 
 
 Imaum . . 
 
 I Pantaloon . 
 
 Actason . . 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 Asia . . . 
 
 St. Vincent . 
 Pilot . . 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Stromboli . 
 
 Raleigh . , 
 Inconstant . 
 Eurydice 
 Acheron 
 
 {Redwing . 
 Garland 
 Excellent . 
 Waterwitch 
 Tortoise 
 Hibemia 
 Vindictive . 
 Daring . . 
 Imaum . . 
 
 Trafalgar . 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Vesuvius . 
 
 Ocean. . . 
 Ganges . . 
 Wellington . 
 Fisgai-d . . 
 Excellent . 
 St. Vincent. 
 Daphne . . 
 
 J Sir Richard Grant, 
 (Sir F. A. Collier 
 
 T. M. C. Symonds, 
 /Alexander Milne 
 (Sidney C. Dacres 
 
 Thomas Fisher 
 
 Charles B. Yule 
 
 W. H. Hall . . 
 
 George A. Frazer 
 
 Wm. loring 
 
 Wm. P. Stanley 
 
 Francis T. Brown 
 
 Stephen Lushington . 
 
 Edw. Purcell . . . 
 
 William Eadcliffe . . 
 Sir James Stirling, Kt. 
 Christopher Wyvill . 
 W. C. Chamberlain . 
 F. W. Beechey 
 M. H. Dixon . . . 
 (•Sir H. J. Leeke . ) 
 \Sir Thomas Maitland J 
 Sir Thomas Maitland 
 Thomas Henderson 
 Daniel Pring . . 
 
 Self 
 
 George Mansel . . 
 
 H. D. Chads . . 
 
 R. F. Stopford . . 
 
 Sir E. Belcher . . 
 
 S. C. Dacres . . 
 
 E. M. Lyons . . 
 
 Self 
 
 fRt. Hon. Lord A. W, 
 \ Bcauclerk . 
 
 Sir T. Herbert, K.C.B. 
 
 John Shepherd (6) 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Com. Thomas Bevis 
 
 Self 
 
 H. D. Chads . . 
 
 Thomas F. Birch . 
 
 Arthur Morrell 
 
 Peter Richards . . 
 
 Michael Seymour . 
 
 William Peel . . 
 
 Thomas Bennett . 
 (■John N. Nott . . 
 \ Charles Hope . . 
 Thomas W. Caiiier 
 fG.W.D. O'Callaghan 
 [H. G.Austen . 
 David Price 
 Ditto . . . 
 Ditto . . . 
 John A. Duntze 
 H. D. Chads . 
 S. C. Dacres 
 E. G. Fanshawe 
 
 2 Feb 46 
 
 31 July 46 
 
 26 Nov 46 
 
 23 Aug 44 
 
 23 Jan 46 
 
 9 Oct 48 
 
 3 Apr 49 
 6 Jan 46 
 
 15 July 47 
 
 13 Jan 48 
 
 11 June 47 
 29 Nov 48 
 
 6 Apr 46 
 5 May 47 
 19 July 42 
 17 Aug 47 
 19 Mar 44 
 1-6 Oct 47 
 
 14 Feb 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 13 Dec 45 
 
 4 June 44 
 
 12 May 46 
 
 24 Dec 44 
 
 29 May 47 
 1 July 47 
 
 30 Aug 47 
 29 July 44 
 26 Mar 47 
 
 13 July 48 
 
 14 Dec 44 
 
 8 Mar 49 
 
 1 Aug 48 
 
 7 Dec 48 
 
 8 Oct 
 3 Dec 
 
 5 Feb 
 7 Feb 
 
 21 Dec 
 24 Aug 45 
 19 Dec 45 
 
 22 July 47 
 
 1 Oct 47 
 17 Dec 47 
 
 3 Apr 48 
 
 17 May 45 
 
 2 Mar 49 
 
 24 Mar 45 
 
 12 June 46 
 11 Jan 48 
 1 Mar 48 
 16 May 43 
 5 Feb 48 
 4 May 48 
 
 3 Nov 48 
 
 2 Dec 46 
 
 17 Jan 48 Eesig. 
 
 10 Nov 47 P.O. 
 31 July 47 
 13 Apr 49 
 
 15 July 47 
 
 13 Jan 48 
 
 15 May 48 Invd. 
 
 27 Nov 48 Supd. 
 
 5 May 47 
 
 3 Feb 49 Invd. 
 Apr 46 
 
 28 Jan 
 28 Jan 
 
 48 
 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 24 Aug 46 Invd. 
 
 24 Dec 46 Invd. 
 
 25 June 46 Supd. 
 
 16 Sept 46 Invd. 
 30 June 47 P.O. 
 30 Aug 47 
 
 18 Jan 47 
 12 July 48 
 
 3 May 48 P.O. 
 
 7 Doc 48 
 
 9 Sept 46 P.O. 
 7 Feb 48 
 14 Mar 49 Supd. 
 
 19 Dec 45 
 
 12 June 46 Invd. 
 
 1 Oct 47 
 17 Dec 47 
 
 3 Apr 48 
 Feb 49 D. 
 
 30 June 48 P.O. 
 
 14 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 1 Mar 48 
 
 8 Oct 47 P.O. 
 
 4 May 48 
 3 Nov 48 
 
1332 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 &c. 
 
 Atkins, Chas 
 
 L. 
 
 Inconstant . 
 
 C. H. Fremantle . . 
 
 9 Mar 46 
 
 23 Jan 47 
 
 
 J) 
 
 Albion . . 
 
 Ditto 
 
 23 Jan 47 
 
 20 Oct 47 
 
 
 
 Hecla . . 
 
 Charles Stai-mer . . 
 
 20 Oct 47 
 
 18 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 Atkinson, Thos. D. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Thomas W. Carter . 
 
 28 Feb 49 
 
 
 Austen, Alg. S. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Carysfort . 
 
 George H. Seymour . 
 
 13 Dec 45 
 
 8 Sept 47 
 
 
 
 Modesto . . 
 
 R. J. J. G. Macdonald 
 
 8 Sept 47 
 
 15 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 Austen, Chas. J. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Vindictive . 
 
 Michael Seymour . . 
 
 8 May 46 
 18 Jan 47 
 
 18 Jan 47 
 7 June 48 P.O. 
 
 Austen, F. W 
 
 L. 
 
 Alecto 
 
 Self 
 
 10 Nov 45 
 
 9 Nov 46 Prom. 
 
 Austen, Herb. G. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Vindictive . 
 
 Michael Seymoui- . . 
 
 25 Jan 45 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Vesuvius . 
 
 Self 
 
 19 Feb 47 
 
 14 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 Austin, H. T 
 
 C. 
 
 /William and 
 \ Mary 
 
 /Sir Francis A. Collier 1 ^„ „ i acl 
 \Sir Jas. J. G. Bremer/ " '"'P* *^ 
 
 24 Oct 47 
 
 
 )) 
 
 Fisgard . . 
 
 Sir Jas. J. G. Bremer 
 
 24 Oct 47 
 
 
 
 )J 
 
 Blenheim . 
 
 Self 
 
 25 Jan 48 
 
 
 Austin, Wm 
 
 L. 
 
 Vulture . . 
 
 JohnM'Dougall(6) . 
 
 4 Mar 45 
 
 May 46 
 
 AjTisley, Chas. M. 
 
 L. 
 
 Terrible . 
 
 William Ramsay . . 
 
 10 Dec 45 
 
 
 Bacon, Henry .... 
 
 L. 
 
 Daedalus 
 
 Peter M'Quhae . . 
 
 13 Nov 44 
 
 2 Feb 47 
 
 
 J) 
 
 Iris . . . 
 
 G. R. Mundy . . . 
 
 2 Feb 47 
 
 5 Aug 47 P.O. 
 
 
 L. 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 T. W. Carter . . . 
 
 24 June 48 
 
 /Add. forser- 
 ^viceinRacer. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 „ 
 
 Racer . . 
 
 Self 
 
 14 July 48 
 
 28 Feb 49 
 
 
 L. 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 T. W. Carter . . . 
 
 28 Feb 49 
 
 
 Bailey, Jno. C 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 Wolverene . 
 
 /W. J. C. Clifford . . 
 ■ John C. D. Hay . . ( 
 
 1 Apr 45 
 
 11 May 47 P.O. 
 
 
 L.-Cr. 
 
 Sharpshooter 
 
 Self 
 
 29 Mar 48 
 
 
 Bainbridge, Henry . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Eolla . . 
 
 John Simpson . . . 
 
 21 Feb 45 
 
 23 June 46 
 
 
 )) 
 
 Mutine . . 
 
 R. B. Crawford . . 
 
 June 46 
 
 31 July 46 
 
 Baker, Jno. E 
 
 L.-Cr. 
 
 Ardent . . 
 
 Self 
 
 T. P. Thompson . . , 
 
 17 Nov 46 
 
 4 Nov 47 Supd. 
 
 Baker, Vashou .... 
 
 L. 
 
 Espi^gle . 
 
 E. A. Inglefield . . 
 
 F. A. Campbell . . 
 
 11 Mar 45 
 
 3 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 Baker, H. M 
 
 L. 
 
 Pique . . 
 
 Hon. M. Stopford . . 
 
 17 June 42 
 
 4 July 46 P.O. 
 
 Baker, George .... 
 
 L. 
 
 Rodney . . 
 
 Edw. Collier, C.B. . 
 
 16 Mar 46 
 
 8 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 Baker, Henry .... 
 
 L. 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 H. D. Chads . . . 
 
 11 Feb 47 
 
 30 Mar 47 
 
 
 L.-Cr. 
 
 Kestrel . . 
 
 Self 
 
 30 Mai- 47 
 
 
 Baldock, Thos 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Ocean . . 
 
 David Price . .J 
 Robert Smart . . . 
 
 19 Aug 46) 
 
 11 Jan 48/ 
 
 7 May 44 
 
 10 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 Balfour, C. J. . 
 
 L. 
 
 CoUingwood 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 Balfour, E. R. J. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 President . 
 
 Wm. P. Stanley . 
 
 16 May 46 
 
 12 June 47 
 
 
 L. 
 
 Brilliant 
 
 R. B. Watson . . . 
 
 12 June 47 
 
 
 Balfour, G. M 
 
 L. 
 
 Trincomalee 
 
 R. L. Warren . . . 
 
 23 July 47 
 
 26 July 48 
 
 Ballard, James B. . . . 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 Wolverene . 
 
 (W. J. C. Clifford . . 
 John C. D. Hay . . 
 
 1 Apr 45 
 
 11 May 47 P.O. 
 
 
 L. 
 
 Raleigh . . 
 
 Edw. Tatham . . . 
 
 21 Oct 47 
 
 8 Mar 48 
 
 
 L. 
 
 Alecto . . 
 
 V. A. Massingberd . . 
 
 8 Mar 48 
 
 7 Deo 48 
 
 
 H 
 
 Raleigh . . 
 
 Hon. George Hope 
 
 7 Deo 48 
 
 
 Baraher, C. R 
 
 L. 
 
 Victory . . 
 
 / John Pasco . . . \ 
 
 \R. A. Yates . . ./ 
 
 Charles Eden . . .' 
 
 F. P. Blackwood . ., 
 
 29 Aug 46 
 
 1 Dec 47 P.O. 
 
 
 5J 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 
 Barnard, F. L 
 
 L. 
 
 Cleopatra . 
 
 Christopher Wyvill . 
 
 27 Feb 46 
 
 27 Mar 47 P.O. 
 
 
 
 Prince Regent 
 
 W.F.Martin . . . 
 
 24 Jan 48 
 
 
 Barnard, Edw. . . . 
 
 ») 
 
 Penelope 
 
 H. W. Gifford . . . 
 
 22 Dec 46 
 
 4 Jan 47 Hosp. 
 29 June 47 Invd. 
 
 
 „ 
 
 Vindictive . 
 
 Sir W. S.Wiseman . 
 
 5 Apr 47 
 
 
 L. 
 
 Resistance . 
 
 Gower Lowe . . . 
 
 9 Mar 48 
 
 14 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 Barnard, E. K 
 
 L. 
 
 Virago . 
 
 /G. G. Otway . . . 
 \ Jolm Lumi . . 
 
 27 May 43 
 
 16 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 
 )) 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 H. D. Chads 
 
 7 Jan 48 
 
 Ag. in Driver. 
 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 Driver . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Aug 48 
 2 Mar 48 
 
 Barnard, John J. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Investigator 
 
 E. J. Bird .... 
 
 
 Barnes, John .... 
 
 L. 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 M. H. Dixon . , . 
 
 12 Nov 46 
 
 23 Dec 47 
 
 Barnett, Edw 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Thunder . 
 
 Self 
 
 20 June 46 
 
 31 Axig 48 P.O. 
 12 Jan 47 
 
 Ban-ie, William . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Daphne . . 
 
 John James Onslow . 
 
 4 Aug 42 
 
 Barrow, Arthm- . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Ranger . . 
 
 James Anderson . 
 
 31 Dec 44 
 
 3 May 48 P.O. 
 
 Ban-ow, T. J. K. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Racer 
 
 C. H. Beddoes . . . 
 
 13 Mar 49 
 
 
 )j 
 
 Inconstant . 
 
 C. H. Fremantle . . 
 ■Ch.Wise .... 
 
 14 May 46 
 
 27 Mar 47 
 
 
 ,, 
 
 Virago . . 
 
 JohnLunn .... 
 
 27 Mar 47 
 
 16 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 
 L. 
 
 Hibernia 
 
 Ch. Wise . . . 
 
 1 Nov 48 
 
 
 Bateman, Reginald . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 H.D. Chads . . . 
 
 7 Jan 48 
 
 5 May 48 
 
 
 jj 
 
 Asia . . . 
 
 R. F. Stopford . . . 
 
 5 May 48 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 1353 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 
 &c. 
 
 Bathurst, Joha 0. , 
 
 Bayfield, H. W. 
 Bayley, Henry . 
 
 Baynes, R. L. . . . 
 
 Beale, E. B. . . . 
 
 Beauclerk, Lord A. W. 
 
 Becher, A. B. . . , 
 
 Beddoes, C. H. . . . 
 
 Bedford, G. A. . . . 
 
 Bedford, E. J. . . . 
 
 Bedford, R. T. . . . 
 
 Bedingfield, N. B. . . 
 
 Beechey, F. W. . . . 
 
 Beechey, E. B. . 
 
 Belcher, Sir Edw. 
 Belgrave, Thomas 
 
 Bellamy, Joseph H. 
 
 Bemiett, Thomas . 
 Beresford, H. B. . 
 Berington, Rowland 
 
 Bernard, Henry 
 
 Bingham, John E. . . 
 Birch, Thomas F. . . 
 Bird, Edw. J. . . . 
 
 Birtwhistle, A. C. . . 
 
 Blackett, Edw. A. . . 
 Blackwood, Sir H. M. 
 Blackwood, Fr. P. . 
 Blake, Pat. J. . . . 
 
 Blak^ E. H. . . . 
 
 Blanckley, H. D. . . 
 
 Bland, Alleyne . . . 
 
 Blennerhasset, N. D. C 
 Blomfield, Henry J. . 
 Bonham, C. W. . . . 
 
 Booth, Aug. S. . . . 
 
 Borland, Osw. . . . 
 
 Borlase, John . . . 
 
 Bosanquet, C. J. . . 
 Boughey, C. F. F. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 C. 
 
 L.-Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 F. L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 'C. 
 C. 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 Collingwood 
 Vixen . 
 Merlin . 
 WelleSley 
 Hihemia 
 Hecla 
 
 Amazon . 
 
 Bellerophon 
 Dido . . . 
 
 Cura90a 
 
 Stromboli . 
 
 Mastiff . . 
 
 Racer . . 
 
 Crocodile . 
 
 ■Shearwater . 
 
 San Josef . 
 
 Impregnable 
 (Victoria and 
 \ Albert . 
 
 Hecate . . 
 
 Firefly . . 
 
 Oaledonia . 
 
 San Josef . 
 
 Impregnable 
 
 Tartarus 
 
 Crocodile . 
 
 Robert Smart . . 
 A. P. Ryder . . 
 
 Self 
 
 George Goldsmith . 
 Peter Richards . . 
 John'DuffiU . . 
 
 ThnndeiTjolt 
 President . 
 Nimrod . . 
 Caledonia . 
 Aginconrt . 
 Imanm . . 
 Calliope . . 
 Belleisle 
 Vindictive . 
 Alarm . . 
 Pickle . . 
 Vindictive . 
 Daring . . 
 Viper . . 
 Acorn . . 
 Waterwitdh 
 Investigator 
 
 Vixen . . 
 
 Fury . . 
 
 Fox . . . 
 
 Victory . . 
 
 Jimo . . , 
 
 Melampus . 
 
 Inflexible . 
 
 Racehorse . 
 
 Alecto . 
 Odin . . 
 Hibernia 
 
 Trafalgar 
 
 Penelope 
 Espoir . 
 Howe 
 
 Mutine . 
 
 Hibernia 
 
 Alert . 
 Philomel 
 
 Self 
 
 J. B. Maxwell . . . 
 fSirT. S. Pasley . . 
 ^T. S. Thompson (Ag.) 
 ( William Broughton . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Gower Lowe . . . 
 C. G. Robinson . . 
 Sir H. J. Leeke . . 
 Sir T. Maitlamd . . 
 
 JLord A. FitzClarence 
 
 Richard Moorman . 
 
 Self 
 
 M. H. Dixon . . 
 
 Sir H. J. Leeke . 
 
 Sir Thomas Maitiland 
 
 James Wolfe . . 
 
 Samuel E. Protheroe 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 WiUiam P. Stanley 
 
 Self 
 
 M. H. Dixon . . 
 
 W.B. Mends . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Edw. Stanley . . 
 John Kingcome 
 Sir W. S. Wiseman 
 G. G. Loch . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Sir W. S. Wiseman 
 William Peel . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 |A. P. Ryder . . 
 ( Robert Jenner 
 James Willcox . . 
 
 Sdf 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 r John N. Campbeill 
 iThos. H. Mason, C.B, 
 John C. Hoseason . 
 (G. J. Hay . . . 
 (E. S. Sotheby , . 
 V. A. Massingberd 
 
 F. T. Pelham . . 
 Peter Richards, C.B. 
 
 f John N. Nott . . 
 (Charles Hope . . 
 Sir Charles Hotham 
 
 G. S. Hand . , ,. 
 Sir James Stirling 
 
 Y Robert Tryon . . 
 I John J. Palmer 
 (Peter Richards, C.B. 
 I Charles Wise . . 
 
 Sdf 
 
 W. C. Wood . . 
 
 7 May 44 
 
 14 June 47 
 17 May 48 
 
 17 June 48 
 
 6 Dec 45 
 
 8 Jan 46 
 23 Feb 46 
 26 Jan 47 
 23 Sept 47 
 
 15 May 46 
 
 9 Feb 44 
 
 11 Nov 47 
 
 1 Feb 47 
 28 Feb 49 
 
 1 Dec 45 
 31 Jan 43 
 14 Feb 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 14 Jime 47 
 
 I.Jan 48 
 14 Sept 47 
 
 16 Mar 44 
 16 Oct 47 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 31 Mar 46 
 
 8 Nov 46 
 
 18 Nov 42 
 
 25 May 46 
 
 26 Aug 46 
 16 Mar 48 
 10 Jmie46 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 7 Feb 48 
 
 19 July 45 
 21 Nov 46 
 
 19 Oct 47 
 
 20 Nov -47 
 
 27 Feb 46 
 4 June 47 
 
 6 Oct 47 
 
 21 Nov 47 
 14 Dec 44 
 
 7 Sept 44 
 
 29 Feb 48 
 
 29 May 47 
 
 23 July 47 
 14 Oct 43 
 
 13 Nov 48 
 3 Sept 45 
 
 24 Mar 45 
 12 June 46 
 24 Mar 45 
 
 8 July 47 
 16 Oct 47 
 
 2 Nov 46 
 
 24 Dec 46 
 
 2 Dec 46 
 
 14 Feb 47 
 30 Apr 47 
 
 28 Jan 47 
 
 1 Mar 45 
 
 28 July 43 
 20 Mar 47 
 
 18 Nov 46 Invd. 
 
 Lent to Hecla. 
 Lent to Amazon. 
 26 Jan 47 
 6 Apr 48 P.O. 
 
 2 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 6 Apr 48 
 
 26 Nov 46 
 28 Oct 47 P.O. 
 1848 
 
 31 Deo 47 P.O. 
 16 Oct 48 
 5 Aug 48 
 16 Oct 47 
 
 20 Jan 48 
 1848 
 
 7 Nov 46 P.O. 
 
 18 Jan 47 P.O. 
 
 21 Aug 46 
 16 Mar 48 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 9 Jan 49 P.O. 
 
 19 Oct 47 
 
 20 Nov 47 
 
 17 Oct 48 Invd. 
 4 June 47 
 6 Oct 47 
 
 21 Nov 47 
 
 8 Aug 48 P.O. 
 25 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 5 Aug 48 P.O. 
 14 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 24 Aug 48 P.O. 
 
 24 Deo 46 
 
 30 June 48 P.O. 
 
 14 Feb 47 
 
 14 Apr 47 P.O. 
 
 15 May 48 
 
 26 [Feb 49 Wrecked 
 
 17 May 46 Invd. 
 8 K 
 
1354 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Bourchier, Sir Thomas 
 
 Bourchier, Macdonald 
 
 BouTerie, F. W. P. . 
 
 Bowden, William . . 
 
 Bowyear, G. Le. G. . 
 
 Boxer, James M. . . 
 
 Boyce, F. A, . . . 
 
 Boyd, John M'Neill . 
 
 Boyle, Alex. , . . 
 
 Boyle, Hon. R. F. . . 
 
 Boys, George S. . . 
 
 Boys, Henry . . . 
 
 Branch, John P. . . 
 
 Brandreth, Thomas 
 Bremer, Sir J. J. G. 
 
 Brickwell, S. J. . 
 ■ Bridge, E. W. . . 
 
 Bridge, W. H. . . 
 
 Bridges, James H. 
 Brine, George A. . 
 
 Brisbane, J. W. D. . 
 Brock, Thomas S. . 
 Bromley, Charles . 
 
 Broughton, William . 
 
 Bronn, George . . . 
 
 Brown, Fr. T. . . . 
 
 Brown, Ch. F. . . . 
 Brown, Thomas B. 
 
 Brown, Edwin L. . . 
 Browne, Lord John T. 
 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 
 Or. 
 
 L-(Ag.) 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 S7 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 L.-Cr. 
 L. 
 
 Browne, W. H. J. 
 Brownrigg, M. F. 
 
 Bruce, H. W. . 
 Bruce, Thomas C. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L.-Cr. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 » 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Poictiers 
 
 Queen . . 
 
 Electra . . 
 Gladiator . 
 
 Pilot . . 
 
 Meander 
 VindictiTe . 
 
 Wellesley . 
 
 Asia . . . 
 Eurydioe 
 Thetis . . 
 Thundfirholt 
 
 Spiteful . . 
 
 Dolphin . . 
 Childers 
 Hibemia 
 
 Vanguard . 
 
 Snake . . 
 Conway 
 
 Excellent . 
 Centaur 
 
 Lily . . . 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Cyclops . . 
 
 Constance . 
 
 r William &] 
 { Mary ./ 
 
 Fisgard . . 
 
 Albatross . 
 
 Vindictive . 
 
 Hermes . . 
 
 Champion . 
 
 Vanguard . 
 
 Columbine . 
 
 Carysfort . 
 
 Grampus . 
 Lame 
 
 Bonetta . . 
 
 Agincourt . 
 
 Racehorse . 
 Bellerophon 
 Amazon 
 
 Cura9oa . . 
 
 St. Vincent . 
 
 Geyser . . 
 
 Kingfisher . 
 
 Snake . . 
 
 Agincourt . 
 Hibemia 
 
 Volage . . 
 
 Enterprise . 
 San Josef . 
 Impregnable 
 Queen . . 
 Vernon . 
 Alecto . . 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointmeat. 
 
 Self 
 
 Sir B. W. Walker 
 Sir H. J. Leeke . 
 Sir J. J. G. Bremer 
 H. W. Bruce 
 Self . . . 
 John Robb . 
 W. H. Jervis 
 G. K. Wilson 
 Hon. Henry Keppel 
 Sir W. S. Wiseman 
 
 George Goldsmith . 
 
 R. F. Stopford . . 
 
 George Elliot . . 
 
 H. J. Codrington . 
 
 Self 
 
 [William Maitland 
 IC.F. Newland . 
 ) John C. D. Hay . 
 ISirWiUiamHoste, Bt, 
 
 Self . . . . ; 
 
 John C. Pitman . 
 
 Reter Richards, C.B. 
 
 G. F. Rich . . . 
 
 T. B. Brown . . 
 
 William Kelly (6) . 
 
 H. D. Chads . . 
 
 C. H. M. Buckle . 
 
 C. J. F. Newton . 
 
 H. D. Chads . . 
 
 T. W. Carter . . 
 
 Hon. G. F. Hastings 
 /Sir B.W.Walker. 
 \G.W. 
 
 Self 
 
 . C. Courtenay 
 
 i . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 A. Farc[uhar . . 
 Michael Seymour . 
 Self ..... 
 John M. Hayes . 
 (G.W.WiUes 
 I Robert Tryon 
 [g. F. Rich 
 (E. P. B. VonDonop 
 tJohnC.D.Hay . . 
 George H. Seymour , 
 H. B. Martin . . , 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 James T. Caldwell. . 
 E. S. Sotheby . , . 
 R. L. Baynes, C.B. , 
 E. N. Troubridge . 
 
 Self 
 
 J Sir Richard Grant 
 I Sir F. Collier . . , 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 W. J. H. Johnstone 
 Peter Richards, C.B. 
 (Horatio T. Austin 
 \ Thomas Graves 
 Sir James C. Ross 
 Sir Thomas Maitland 
 Ditto .... 
 Self 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 &c. 
 
 John C. Fitzgerald 
 F. W. Austen . • 
 
 20 Sept 46 
 18 Mar 48 
 
 8 July 45 
 
 17 Mar 47 
 26 Oct 47 
 
 15 July 43 
 
 1 Nov 47 
 
 2 Dec 47 
 5 May 481 
 
 18 Aug 48/ 
 
 26 Aug 47 
 8 July 40 
 
 14 Oct 46 
 
 27 Dec 45 
 
 17 June 44 
 
 9 Sept 47 
 19 Aug 46 
 
 4 Oct 47 
 24 May 48 
 
 7 Feb 46 
 11 Mar 47 
 23 July 47 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 21 Dec 44 
 
 9 Aug 47 
 13 Apr 48 
 
 18 Sept 48 
 
 23 Apr 46 
 
 24 Nov 46 
 
 24 Oct 47 
 18 Nov 46 
 18 Jan 47 
 21 June 47 
 18 Feb 48 
 
 24 July 45 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 13 Dec 45 
 
 25 Sept 47 
 
 14 Nov 43 
 
 5 Mar 44 
 
 3 Sept 45 
 13 Nov 46 
 29 May 48 
 
 26 Oct 48 
 12 Jan 46 
 
 7 Nov 45 
 
 28 Oct 46 
 28 Aug 45 
 
 10 Jan 46 
 9 Aug 45 
 
 23 Feb ij 
 
 12 Mar 47 
 
 31 Jan 48 
 
 17 Apr 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 4 Nov 47 
 26 May 46 
 17 Oct 46 
 
 18 Mar 48 P.O. 
 49 
 
 9 Mar 49 
 10 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 23 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 5 May 48 
 22 Mar 49 Invd. 
 
 14 Oct 46 
 1847 
 
 30 July 47 P.O. 
 
 5 Oct 46 Invd. 
 
 24 May 48 
 
 11 Mar 47 
 
 15 July 47 P.O. 
 
 10 July 47 P.O. 
 13 Apr 48 
 18 Sept 48 
 
 8 Oct 46 
 1848 Supd. 
 
 21 June 47 
 
 26 Oct 47 P.O. 
 
 25 Sept 47 
 
 20 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 6 July 47 P.O. 
 15 Sept 47 P.O. 
 13 Nov 46 
 
 15 May 47 
 
 19 June 48 Hosp. 
 
 4 Sept 47 P.O. 
 17 Jan 47 Supd. 
 
 21 Mar 46 Invd. 
 
 7 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 11 Apr 46 Invd. 
 
 12 Mar 47 
 
 17 Oct 46 
 19 Aug 47 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 1335 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment, 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 &c. 
 
 Bruce, Thomas C. 
 
 Brydges, Thomas 
 
 Buckle, C. H. M. 
 Bull, James . . 
 
 Bullen, R. E. 
 
 Bullen, Charles 
 Bullock, Frederick 
 
 Bullock, Horace 
 Bunce, B. H. . . 
 
 Burnett, W. F. . . 
 Burroughes, H. N. 
 
 Barrows, Montagu 
 
 Burstal, Edw. . . 
 
 Burton, Aug. J. 
 Butler, Lord C. W. 
 Butler, Aug, . . 
 
 Buttler, George . . . 
 Byng,, Hon.. John R. M. 
 
 Byng, John C. 
 
 Cafiin, James G.. . . 
 
 Caldwell, Henry , . 
 
 Calvert, R. F. T. . . 
 Cammilleri, Joseph 
 
 Campbell, John N., C.B. 
 
 Campbdl, F. A. . . 
 
 Campbell, Guy C. . . 
 
 Card, William J. R. . , 
 
 Tem, 
 Carmichael, John J. 0. F. 
 
 Carmichael, Thomas . 
 Carr, -Washington . . 
 Carroll, William D. . 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 (temp.) 
 
 u 
 
 G. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 C. 
 
 » 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 1) 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 »> 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr, 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 I. 
 
 Ag.L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Satellite 
 Excellent 
 
 [Driver . 
 
 Caledonia 
 
 Victory . 
 
 Blenheim 
 Illustrious 
 Centaur . 
 Sealark . 
 
 Hydra . 
 
 Fly . . 
 Victory . 
 
 Superb . 
 Porcupine 
 
 Caledonia 
 Tyne . 
 Superb . 
 Eagle . 
 Howe . 
 
 Excellent 
 
 Porcupine 
 
 Vindictive 
 Calliope 
 Hibernia 
 Phoenix . 
 Excellent 
 Wellesley 
 Meteor . 
 Vengeance 
 Hecate . 
 Ocean . 
 Rose . . 
 Vindictive 
 
 Endymion 
 
 Rodney . 
 Hibernia 
 
 R. H. B. Rowley 
 H. D. Chads . 
 
 C. R. Johnson . 
 
 Thomas W. Carter 
 
 (John Pasco . . 
 R. A. Yates . 
 
 R. A. Yates . 
 
 K. A. Yates . 
 
 Self .... 
 
 T. L. Gooch . 
 rH.B. Young . 
 \ Arthur Morrell 
 
 R. A. Oliver . 
 (Charles Eden . 
 \F. P. Blackwood 
 J A. L. Corry . 
 \W. H. Stephens 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Self .... 
 
 T. W. Carter . 
 
 W. N. Glascock 
 
 W. H. Stephens 
 
 G. B. Martin, C.B, 
 
 Sir James Stirling 
 
 H. D. Chads . 
 
 Frederick Bullock 
 
 Ditto . . . 
 
 Michael Seymour 
 
 Edw. Stanley . 
 
 Peter Richards-, C, 
 
 J. S. A. Dennis 
 
 H. D. Chads . 
 
 George Goldsmith 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Stephen Lushingto: 
 
 Richard Moorman 
 
 George Elliot . 
 
 R. W. Pelly . 
 
 Michael Seymour 
 rG. W. C. Courtenay 
 (Hon. Geo. F. Hastmgs 
 
 Edward Collier, C,~ 
 
 Charles Wise . 
 
 B. 
 
 ,B. 
 
 Scourge . . 
 
 Powerful . 
 
 Electra , . 
 Poictiers 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Melampus . 
 
 Espi^gle . . 
 
 President , 
 Thunderbolt 
 
 President . 
 
 Asia . . . 
 
 Kingfisher . 
 
 Actaeon , . 
 
 Hibernia 
 
 Meteor . .. 
 Queen . . 
 Espoir . . 
 Devastation 
 Prince Regent 
 CuTa9oa . . 
 Hermes . 
 Winchester . 
 Sappho , . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 F. W. P. Bouverie . 
 
 Sir Thomas Bourchier 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 W. P. Stanley . . . 
 
 Alexander Boyle . . 
 
 William P. Stanley . 
 
 R. F. Stopford . 
 fC. F. Brown . 
 IF. W. Horiion . 
 
 George Mansel , 
 (Peter Richards, C.B. 
 I Charles Wise 
 Self . . 
 K. W, Bruce 
 
 :} 
 
 SirCh.Hotham,K.C.B. 
 W. F. Marian . . , 
 William Broughton , 
 
 Self 
 
 Charles Eden . . . 
 R. F. Gambler . . . 
 
 19 Aug 47 
 
 20 Nov 47 
 
 Aug 48 
 
 28 Feb 49 
 
 2 June 46 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 25 Jan 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 28 Oct 43 
 
 1 July 46 
 
 30 Oct 47 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 14 Dec 44 
 
 1 July 44 
 
 31 Oct 47 
 
 18 Sept 48 
 25 Apr 43 
 
 11 Mar 47 
 
 19 Dec 44 
 
 30 Apr 47 
 4 Nov 46 
 1 July 47 
 
 12 Jan 46 
 
 31 Oct 47 
 
 20 Jan 45 
 28 June 45 
 27 Mar 46 
 24 Dec 46 
 
 6 Sept 47 
 
 7 Jan 48 
 
 8 Aug 45 
 
 15 Oct 46 
 
 9 Aug 48 
 11 Sept 48 
 14 Sept 46 
 
 Sept 46 
 
 18 Jan 47 
 
 7 Feb 48 
 6 Dec 48 
 
 26 Nov 45 
 31 Jan 48 
 15 Oct 47 
 
 29 Jan 48 
 
 18 Mar 48 
 12 Mar 45 
 
 20 Aug 47 
 
 15 Jan 46 
 
 19 Aug 46 
 4 July 47 
 4 Sept 47 
 
 30 Aug 45 
 23 Dec 46 
 11 Feb 48 
 
 11 Feb 48 
 
 27 Sept 48 
 
 16 Apr 47 
 1847 
 
 8 July 48 
 
 28 Feb 43 
 30 May 43 
 
 4 Mar 43 
 
 21 Feb 46 
 
 17 Nov 47 P.O. 
 12 Feb 49 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 25 Jan 48 
 
 1 July 46 
 20 Apr 47 
 
 Mar 47 
 30 Oct 47 P.O. 
 
 2 Mar 49 Invd. 
 
 15 Jan 47 P.O. 
 28 Nov 48 P.O. 
 11 Mar 48 
 
 bo June 47 P.O. 
 30 Oct 47 P.O. 
 
 16 June48 P.O. 
 9 Jan 49 P.O. 
 
 24 Dec 46 
 4 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 7 Jan 48 
 
 8 Nov 48 
 
 9 Aug 48 
 11 Sept 48 
 
 Sept 46 
 18 Jan 47 
 
 18 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 6 Dec 48 
 
 11 Oct 47 
 
 9 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 18 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 12 Jan 49 D. 
 
 3 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 19 Aug 46 
 1847 
 
 4 Sept 47 
 
 23 Deo 46 
 
 9 July 47 
 
 27 Sept 48 
 
 1847 
 20 Sept 47 Invd. 
 Dec 48 
 Aug 47 
 
 20 Jiin« 47 Supd. 
 
 21 Feb 46 
 
 1 Mar 46 D. 
 
 8K 2 
 
1356 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of OBcer. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment'. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 
 Cartel', Thomas W. 
 Carter, James . . 
 
 Carter, Charles E. 
 Carter, A. fi. B. . 
 
 Cartwright, John , 
 Cashman, William , 
 
 Caswell, George 
 Cator, John B. . 
 
 Cawley, John . . 
 
 Cergat, C. T. W. G. 
 ChadSj H. D. . . 
 
 Chads, Hemy . . 
 Chaloner, Thomas . 
 Chamberlain, W. C. 
 
 Chambers, W. W. . 
 
 Chapman, W. C. . 
 
 Chapman, W. P. . 
 Charlton, Henry- 
 Chase; Parkhurst . 
 Cholmeley,. T. C. . 
 
 Christian, T. H. . 
 
 Christopher, T. B. . 
 Church, W. H. . . 
 
 Clapp,, William . 
 
 Clark, WiHiam' . 
 Clark, Robert W. 
 
 Clark, James C. 
 Clarke, E. J. B. 
 
 Clarke, Henry . . . 
 
 Clarke, George H. ,. . 
 
 Clavering, H. A. . . 
 
 Cleaveland, George. 
 
 Clifford, William J. C. 
 Cochran, Thomas . . 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 Gr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Caledonia 
 
 Poictiers 
 
 Ditto . 
 
 Canopus . 
 
 Childers . 
 
 Vestal . 
 
 Excellent 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 Belleisle . 
 
 Vindictive 
 
 Endymion 
 
 Sealark . 
 
 Cleopatra 
 
 Birkenheat! 
 
 Avon 
 
 Imaum 
 
 VerHon . 
 Comus . 
 Excellent 
 Ditto . 
 Blenheim 
 Styx . . 
 Siren 
 Britomarfc 
 
 Albion . 
 
 Champion 
 Asia . . 
 Vernon . 
 
 Hydra . 
 
 Pantaloon 
 
 Asia . . 
 
 Helena . 
 
 Superb . 
 
 Trafalgar 
 Acorn . 
 Vernon . 
 
 Taiiarus 
 
 William&Mary 
 
 L., 
 
 Ocean . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Eodney . . 
 
 L.. 
 
 Avenger . . 
 
 )) 
 
 Araphioa . 
 
 L. 
 
 Philomel . 
 
 L. 
 
 ApoUfl . . 
 
 
 Vernon . . 
 
 )) 
 
 Rosamond . 
 
 ») 
 
 Helena . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Hazard . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Stromboli . 
 
 
 Sidon . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Spartan . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Hibemia 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Ringdove . 
 
 L. 
 
 Carysfort . 
 
 Self 
 
 Sir Thomas Bourchier 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Fairfax Moresby, C.B, 
 
 John C. Pitman . . 
 
 Charles Talbot . . . 
 
 H. D. Chads . . . 
 
 Robert Smart, K.H. . 
 
 John Kingcome . . 
 
 Michael Seynsour . . 
 
 G. W. C. Courtenay . 
 
 W. B. Monypenny. . 
 
 Christopher Wyvill . 
 
 Augustus H. Ingram . 
 
 H. cotter. . . . 
 
 Daniel Pring . 
 
 iH. M. E. Allen 
 
 6. W. D. O'Callaghan 
 
 H. G. Austen . . . 
 
 G. W. C. Courtenay . 
 
 William Worsfold 
 
 John C. Fitzgerald .' 
 
 E. C. T. D'Eyncourt . 
 
 Self 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self .... 
 f Charles Wise . 
 \C. A. Fremantle 
 
 John M. Hayes 
 
 R. F. Stopford . 
 
 John C, 
 fH. B. Young 
 \ Arthur Morrell . 
 
 Henry J. Douglas . 
 
 R. F. Stopford . . 
 /G. W. Smith . . 
 (Michael De Gourcy 
 (A. L. Corry . . 
 tW. H. Stephens . 
 
 Charles Hope . 
 
 John C. Bingham' . 
 
 John C. Fitzgerald 
 
 (James Wolfe . . 
 R. B. Beechey . 
 SirJ.J.G.Bremer,E.C.B, 
 [Ditto ... 
 I Robert Fitzroy 
 ( Henry Eden . 
 
 (Richard Arthur' 
 David Price . 
 
 Edward Collier, C.B. 
 
 W. J. Williams . . 
 
 Ditto 
 
 B. J. Sulivan . . . 
 
 William Eadcliffe . . 
 
 John C. Fitzgerald . 
 
 John' Foote 
 
 Sir Cornwallis Rlcketts 
 [Charles Bell . 
 I David Robertson 
 ( F. P. Egerton . 
 (Hon. Edward Plunkett'l 
 (Thomas Fisher . .) 
 
 William H. HendeKon 
 
 Thomas M. C. Symonds 
 (Peter Richards, C.B, 
 \ Charles Wise- . . 
 
 Self 
 
 George H. Seymour 
 
 :} 
 
 :} 
 
 :} 
 
 .} 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 30 Nov 47 
 18 Mar 48 
 
 20 June 45 
 
 21 Aug 46 
 
 29 Apr 47 
 10 Dec 47 
 10 Mar 46 
 16 Nov 47 
 
 1 Deo 45 
 
 18 Jan 47 
 5 Jan 48 
 
 23 Apr 42 
 
 19 Nov 46 
 3 Jan 48 
 
 25 Apr 46 
 
 4 May 46 
 26 Oct 46 
 28 Aug 45 
 
 1 July 47 
 28 June 48 
 
 20 Apr 46 
 12 Nov 46 
 12 July 47 
 
 -17 Nov 43 
 
 31 Mar 48 
 11 Nov 48 
 
 25 Mar 45 
 
 21 Nov 44 
 
 26 Dec 46 
 28 Oct 47 
 
 8 June 48 
 
 18 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 30 May 48 P.O. 
 
 1 May 47 
 15 July 47 P.O. 
 
 Apr 48 
 18 Nov 46 Invd. 
 
 7 Sept 48 P.O. 
 18 Jan 47 
 
 3 Jane 47 
 
 27 Mar 47 P.O. 
 5 Jan 48 
 
 8 July 47 
 
 26 Oct 46 
 18 Oct 48 P.O. 
 30 June 47 P.O; 
 Ag. in Blenheim 
 
 7 June 48 P.O. 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 1848 
 
 7 Mar 48 P.O. 
 26 Dec 46 
 17 Feb 48 P.O. 
 
 25 Mar 45 
 
 5 Jan 47 
 
 4 Nov 47 
 16 Deo 45 
 10 Jan 48 
 
 30 June 48 P.O. 
 10 Jan 48 
 7 Nov 48 P.O. 
 
 28 Mar. 44 
 
 8 Nov 46 
 
 8 Nov 46 
 
 24 Oct 47 
 
 24 Oct 47 
 
 
 4 Jan 45 
 
 10 Jan 48. P.O. 
 
 26 Jan 46 
 7 Oct 46 
 
 24 Oct 46 
 Apr 46 
 3 July 45 
 6 Apr 46 
 
 12 Jan 47 
 
 26 Apr 47 
 
 26 Jan 48 
 24 Oct 46 
 
 16 Oct 48 P.O. 
 19 June 46 P.O. 
 
 6 Apr 46 
 18 Apr 46 
 26 Apr 47 
 
 17 July 47 P.O. 
 
 18 Mar 43 
 
 6 May 47 P.O. 
 
 11 Oct 43 
 
 10 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 24 Oct 48 
 21 Jan 48 
 
 
 4 Mar 45 
 
 17 Apr 49 
 
 29 Oct 46 
 
 30 Dec 45 
 
 2 Dteo 47 Supd 
 23 Feb 46 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 1357 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captaiira. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment, 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 &c. 
 
 Cochran, Thomas . 
 
 Cochrane, Hon. A. A. 
 Cockburn, James H. 
 Cbctraft, M'L. B. . 
 
 Codd, Edward . . 
 
 Collier, Edwardv CB; 
 Collier, Edward 
 
 ' Colvile, George T. . 
 
 Comber, H. W. . . 
 
 Compton, John . . 
 Compton, Charles T. 
 
 Connolly, Matthew 
 
 Connolly, William H. 
 Coode, T. P. . . 
 
 Cooke, John M. 
 
 Cooper, E. J. L. 
 
 Coote, RoBert . 
 Corbett, JBhn . 
 
 Cornecki.H. W. 
 Corry, A. L. 
 Cory, Nicholas . 
 Coryton, Henry 
 Couch, PhUip R. 
 
 CouU, F. P. . . 
 Courtenay^ G'. W. C. 
 
 CoTBotry, P. W. 
 Cox, H. L. . . 
 
 Craoroft, Peter . 
 Cragg, John B., .. 
 Oraigie, R. G. . 
 
 Crang, John H. 
 Crawford, F. A. B. 
 
 Crawford, R. B. . 
 Crawford, William. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 I. 
 
 L. 
 
 L-CAg.) 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 C. 
 C. 
 Cr., 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 St. Vincent, 
 
 Terrible . . 
 
 Hastings 
 
 Brilliant 
 
 Hibemia. 
 
 Rodney . . 
 
 Trafalgar . 
 
 Ocean . . 
 
 President . 
 
 Rosamond . 
 
 Geyser . . 
 Penelope 
 Meander 
 
 Victoi^ . . 
 
 Agincourt . 
 
 Daedalus 
 
 Agincourt . 
 
 Howe . . 
 Bellerophon 
 
 Terrible-. . 
 
 President . 
 
 Modeste . . 
 
 Grampus . 
 Plumper 
 
 Electra . . 
 
 Herald . . 
 
 Vulture. . 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 Heroine .. . 
 Superb . - 
 Southampton 
 Persian . . 
 Frolic . . 
 Dragon . . 
 
 Growler . . 
 
 Endymion . 
 
 Imaum . . 
 
 Constance' . 
 
 Vernon . . 
 
 Dasher . . 
 
 Victory . 
 
 Reynard 
 Sphyni . 
 Ajnaison .- 
 
 Volcano . 
 
 Fox . . . 
 Pilot . . . 
 Inconstant . 
 Hydra , . 
 Polyphemus 
 Belvidera . 
 
 Scourge . . 
 
 :) 
 :) 
 
 J John Shepherd. 
 ('Alexander Milne . 
 
 William Ramsay . 
 
 J^mes W. Morgan' 
 
 R.B.Watson . . 
 /Peter Richards; C.B. \ 
 (.Charles Wise . . ./ 
 
 Self 
 
 John N. Nott . . 
 
 Ditto .... 
 
 William- P. Stanley 
 
 John Foote- . . . 
 
 Francis T. Brown . 
 
 H. W. Giffard . . 
 
 Hon. Henry Keppel 
 ( Charles Eden . . 
 IF. P. Blackwood . 
 /H«nry Wm. Bl'uce 
 \W. J.. H. Johnstone 
 
 Peter M'Quhae 
 /Henry Wm. Bruce .I 
 VW. J.H. Johnstone ./ 
 
 Sir James Stirling 
 
 R. L. Baynes, C.B. 
 ■ William Ramsay . 
 : William P. Stanley 
 [Thomas Baillie . 
 VThomas V. Watirins.l 
 .(B. J. J.R.MacdonaldJ 
 
 H. B. Martin . . . 
 
 Matthew Nolloth . . 
 ( William H.Maitlandl] 
 { Sir W. S. Wiseman . [ 
 (F. W. P. Bouverie .1 
 
 Henry Kellett, C.B. . 
 ' John M-'Dougall (b) . 
 
 H. D. Chads . . . 
 
 Ditto 
 
 /Stephen Lushington .1 
 \' Earl of Hardwicfce . / 
 
 JohnB. Marsh . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 C. B. Hamilton 
 W. H. Hall . . 
 
 John M. Potbury 
 
 Self(Ag.) . . , 
 
 W. H. Hall . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self(Ag.) . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 John C. Fitzgerald 
 ' W. L. Sheringham 
 pitto .... 
 J Alexander Milne . 
 I Charles- Eden . . 
 If. p. Blackwood . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 E. N. Troubridge . 
 fE. E. Gray . . 
 Ie. G. Hore. . . 
 [Henry Bernard . 
 
 VSelf 
 
 Sir H.M. Blackwood, Bt. 
 G.H. Wilson . . . 
 John Shepherd . . . 
 Grey Skipwith . . .. 
 
 Self 
 
 Hon. George Grey 
 /James C. Gaffin . .■) 
 \H. E. WingroTe . ./ 
 
 21 Oct 46 
 
 11 Not 47 
 
 14 Apr 48 
 2 Mar 46 
 
 5 Apr 47 
 
 , 4 Feb 45 
 16 Not 46 
 11 Jan 48 
 18 Oct 47 
 23 Dec 47 
 25 July 48 
 21 Oct 46 
 1 Not 47 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 11 June44 
 
 2 Apr 47 
 
 2 Feb 44 
 
 28 Sept 47 
 
 6 Oct 47 
 23 May 48 
 
 15 Jan 46 
 
 11 Aug 45 
 
 8 Sept 47 
 
 16 Not 48 
 
 25 Feb 46 
 
 10 Feb 45 
 
 11 Mar 45 
 
 23 May 46 
 
 1 July 47 
 
 20 July 47 
 
 16 Apr 49 
 
 13 Dec 44 
 
 3 Aug 48 
 
 14 Dec 44 
 10 Feb 47 
 
 24 July 48 
 3 May 47 
 
 2 Dec 47 
 
 28 Dec 47 
 23 Jan 47 
 23 Jan 47 
 
 3 Aug 47 
 
 29 Oct 45 
 1 Aug 45 
 
 12 Oct 47 
 4 July 48 
 
 29 June 46 
 
 26 Oct 
 
 48 
 
 1 Oct 
 
 45 
 
 19 Oct 
 
 43 
 
 21 May 47 
 
 30 Nov 47 
 
 14 Dec 
 
 47 
 
 28 Dec 
 
 48 
 
 14 Oct 
 
 42 
 
 2 Dec 
 
 45 
 
 26 Mar 47 
 
 6 Jan 48 
 
 7 Mar 48 
 
 8 Mar 49 P.O. 
 11 Jan 48 
 24 May 48 
 23 Dec 47 
 26 July 48 
 
 11 Not 46 Hosp. 
 
 2 Apr 47 
 
 13 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 25 May 47 P.O. 
 
 6 Oct 47 
 23 May 48 
 
 8 Sept 47 
 20 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 7 Mar 48 
 
 Aug 46 
 30 June 47 P.O. 
 20 July 47 
 
 14 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 12 June 47 P.O. 
 
 8 Aug 48 InTd, 
 
 20 May 48 
 3 Aug 47 
 
 2 May 46 
 12 Oct 47 
 
 13 Feb 47 
 
 16 Feb 49 P.O- 
 
 21 May 47 
 
 23 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 14 Dec 47 
 
 12 Mar 45 P.O. 
 
1358 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of OiBcer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 
 &c. 
 
 Creak, William 
 
 Creser, Thomas . . 
 Crcyke, R. B. . . 
 
 Crispin, William 
 
 Crofton, S. S. L. 
 
 Crofton, H. E. . 
 
 Crouch, Edward 
 Crowder, W. G. 
 
 Crozier, F. E. M. 
 Crozier, W. P. . 
 
 Cudlip, F. A. 
 
 Cumberland, Octavius 
 Cumming, A. . . . 
 Conningham, W. G. J. 
 
 Curme, C. T. 
 
 Curtis, Eoger 
 Curtis, E. L. 
 
 Curtis, A. J. 
 
 Dacres, James E. 
 D'Aeth, E. H. H. 
 D'Aguilar, F. J. 
 
 Dalton, R. H. 
 
 Darby, Abraham 
 Darnell, P. W. . 
 
 Darell, James S. 
 Dashwood, F. J. 
 
 Davies, William R. 
 
 Davies, Thomas (6) 
 
 Davies, A. B. . 
 Davis, George E. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 I. 
 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 h. 
 
 F. L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L.(Ag 
 L. 
 I. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr, 
 
 .1 
 
 Victory . 
 
 Blenheim 
 
 Peterel . 
 
 Shearwater 
 
 San Josef 
 
 Impregnable 
 (Victoria iini\ 
 I Albert 
 
 Ditto . 
 
 Ditto . 
 
 Phoenix . 
 
 Howe 
 
 Powerful 
 
 Riiieman 
 
 Alert . 
 
 Devastation 
 
 Penelope 
 
 Rapid 
 
 Terror . 
 f Victoria audi 
 I Albert ./ 
 
 Blazer 
 
 Brilliant 
 Rattier . 
 Firebrand 
 Blenheim 
 
 Ditto 
 Ceylon . 
 Virago . 
 Vanguard 
 Spartan . 
 Bulldog . 
 
 Mutine . 
 
 Nimrod . . 
 Brilliant 
 
 Raleigh . . 
 
 Firebrand . 
 
 Grecian . . 
 
 Wanderer . 
 Ealeigh . 
 
 Ocean . 
 
 Southampton 
 
 Pigmy . . 
 
 Medina . . 
 Hibemia 
 
 Fury . . 
 
 Endymion . 
 
 Nimrod . . 
 
 Rosamond . 
 
 Sappho . . 
 
 Cherokee 
 
 America 
 
 Stromboli . 
 
 Daring . . 
 
 Bulldog . . 
 
 (Alexander EUice . 
 Sir John G. Sinclair 
 E. A. Yates . . 
 
 Self 
 
 C. G. Robinson 
 Ditto .... 
 Sir Thomas Maitland 
 
 Lord A. FitzClarence 
 
 Ditto . . . 
 Ditto . . . 
 J. S. A. Dennis 
 Sir James Stirling 
 E. S. Dundas . 
 Self .... 
 
 (C. J. Bosanquet 
 William Ellis . 
 Self .... 
 L. T. Jones . . 
 Edward Dixon . 
 Self .... 
 
 Lord A. FitzClarence 
 
 John Washington . 
 Owen Stanley . . 
 Henry E. Wingrove 
 Sir J. J. G. Bremer 
 Eobert FitzRoy 
 Henry Eden 
 "R. B. Watson . 
 Self .... 
 James Hope 
 H. D. Chads . 
 James W. Morgan, 
 Ditto . . . 
 Thomas Graves 
 G. G. Otway . 
 G. W. Willes . 
 T. M. C. Symonds 
 A. C. Key . . 
 
 {Robert Tryon . 
 John J. Palmer 
 
 Self .... 
 
 R. B.Watson . 
 
 S. G. Fremantle 
 
 James Hope 
 
 L. S. Tindal . 
 
 F. B. Montresor 
 
 Hon. George Hope 
 ( Richard Arthur 
 (David Price 
 
 Nicholas Cory . 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Self 
 
 Peter Richards, C.B. 
 
 James Willcox . . 
 fG. W. C. Courtenay 
 (Hon. G. F. Hastings 
 
 Thomas Belgrave . 
 
 John Foote . . . 
 
 E.C. Michell . . . 
 t James B. Willoughby 
 
 ( Hon. John Gordon 
 (Sir Thomas Maitland 
 
 Lord A. Beauclerk 
 (H. J. Matson . . 
 (William Peel . . 
 
 Self 
 
 14 Jan 45 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 23 Oct 43 
 
 7 Jan 
 14 Feb 
 
 4b 
 48 
 
 1 Jan 
 
 49 
 
 8 Nov 44 
 
 1 Jan 
 
 45 
 
 1 Jan 
 
 48 
 
 17 Jan 
 
 46 
 
 6 Oct 
 
 47 
 
 29 June 48 | 
 
 14 July 
 
 48 
 
 14 Apr 
 
 45 
 
 22 Dec 
 
 46 
 
 26 June 48 1 
 
 3 Mar 
 
 45 
 
 20 June 45 
 
 27 Jan 
 
 43 
 
 20 Oct 
 
 47 
 
 19 Mar 46 | 
 
 12 Feb 
 
 49 
 
 4 Oct 
 
 44 
 
 IDeo 
 
 48 
 
 13 Apr 48 
 17 Apr 48 
 21 Mar 43 
 
 8 Jan 
 
 46 
 
 1846 
 
 25 Mar 46 
 
 14 Sept 47 
 
 19 Dec 
 
 46 
 
 26 Nov 45 
 
 11 Mar 46 
 
 2 Sept 
 17 Feb 
 
 47 
 48 
 
 24 Feb 
 
 48 
 
 4 Aug 
 7 Dec 
 
 48 
 48 
 
 19 Feb 
 
 46 
 
 3 Aug 48 
 26 June 46 
 
 19 Oct 
 
 48 
 
 20 July 47 
 26 Aug 47 
 
 19 Mar 47 
 
 16 Mar 48 
 
 2 Sept 
 24 Feb 
 
 48 
 49 
 
 5 Dec 
 
 46 
 
 17 May 
 
 48 
 
 12 Mar 44 
 
 11 Nov 47 
 
 18 Deo 
 
 45 
 
 25 June 46 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 1 Feb 48 P.O. 
 
 28 Oct 47 P.O. 
 
 1 Jan 45 P.O. 
 31 Dec 47 P.O. 
 
 22 Aug 46 Invd. 
 
 2 June 48 
 
 11 May 47 P.O. 
 
 4 July 47 Invd. 
 Eapid. 
 20 Jan 49 P.O. 
 
 14 Oct 47 
 
 20 Oct 47 
 
 17 June 48 P.O. 
 
 2 Aug 47 
 Lent to Vanguard. 
 Lent to Spartan. 
 
 26 Feb 49 Wreckd 
 
 14 Feb 48 D. 
 
 17 Feb 48 
 24 Feb 48 
 
 4 Aug 48 
 Dec 48 
 
 10 Jan 48 P. 0. 
 
 1 Oct 48 
 26 Aug 47 
 
 18 June 48 P. 0. 
 1849 
 
 20 Oct 47 P. 0. 
 17 Apr 49 Supd. 
 
 2 Oct 47 Invd. 
 
 4 May 47 Supd. 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 1359 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Dawes, D. B. 
 
 Dawson, H. W. 
 Dawkins, Richard . 
 
 Day, George F. 
 
 Dayman, Joseph , 
 Deanc, W. G. . . 
 De Blaqniere, Hon. Wm 
 
 De Courcy, Michael 
 De Horsey, A. P. E. 
 
 De Lisle, Henry 
 
 Dench, C. T. . 
 Dennis, J. S. A. 
 Dent, E. F. . . 
 
 Derriman, S. H. 
 De Vere, W. C. 
 
 Dew, Roderick . 
 
 Dewes, G. B. . 
 
 D'Eyncourt, E. C. 
 Dicken, H. P. . 
 Dickens, Samuel T, 
 
 Dickens, T. S. . 
 Dickson, John B. 
 
 Didham, C. J. . 
 
 Diggens, F. J. 
 
 Dirom, James . 
 
 Dixon, M. H. . 
 Dixon, Edward . 
 
 Dixson, Benjamin 
 
 Dolling, S. B. . 
 
 Dornford, J. J. 
 DorTille, John W. 
 
 Douglas, H. J. , 
 Douglas, Hon. G. H, 
 Douglas, S. F. . 
 
 Douglas, A. H. 
 Douglas, W. G. 
 Dowell, W. M. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 h. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 L. 
 I. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 ^.^Ag.) 
 
 it 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 I. 
 
 Columbine . 
 
 CoUingwood 
 Imaum . 
 Daring . 
 Rattler . 
 Excellent 
 Ditto . 
 Southampton 
 Rattlesnake 
 Persian . 
 
 Helena , 
 Juno. . 
 Modesto . 
 Arrogant 
 Frolic . 
 Carysfort 
 Cyclops . 
 Acorn . 
 Phoenix . 
 Agincourt 
 Ditto . 
 Frolic . 
 
 Salamander 
 
 CoUingwood 
 Racer . . 
 Sampson 
 
 Espifegle 
 
 Comus . . 
 
 Seagull . . 
 
 Apollo . . 
 
 Rattler . . 
 Reynard 
 
 Electra . . 
 
 Queen . . 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Cleopatra . 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Sealark . . 
 
 Hibernia 
 
 Albion 
 
 c. 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Cr. . 
 
 Rapid . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Ocean . . 
 
 L. 
 
 San Josef . 
 
 '' 
 
 Impregnable 
 
 I. 
 
 Scout . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Juno . . . 
 
 " 
 
 Grampus . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Pantaloon . 
 
 Hibernia 
 Hibernia 
 
 Hecla 
 
 Siren . . 
 Prometheus 
 
 Wellesley . 
 
 Snake . . 
 
 Geyser . , 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 Captains. 
 
 J. R. Booth . 
 
 C. C. Grey . . 
 
 E. P. B. Von Donop . 
 
 John C. D. Hay . 
 
 Robert Smart, K.H. . 
 
 G. W. C. Courtenay . 
 
 William Peel . . . 
 
 Arthur Gumming . . 
 
 H.D. Chads . . . 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Nicholas Cory . . . 
 
 Owen Stanley . . . 
 
 Henry Coryton . . . 
 
 Geo. B. Martin, C.B. . 
 
 Henry Smith, C.B. . 
 
 Self 
 
 P. J. Blake .... 
 
 R. J. J. R. Macdonald 
 
 Robert Fitzroy . . . 
 
 C. B. Hamilton . . 
 
 George H. Seymour . 
 
 Hon. Geo. F. Hastings 
 
 John E. Bingham . . 
 
 Self 
 
 W. J. H. Johnstone , 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Nicholas Vansittart . 
 fA. S. Hamond ... 
 IS. H. Ricketts . . . 
 
 Robert Smart, K.H. . 
 
 C. H. Beddoes . . . 
 
 Thomas Henderson 
 
 {Thomas P. Thompson] 
 Edward A. Inglefield } 
 F. A. Campbell . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 William Eadcliffe . 
 
 Richard Moorman . 
 
 Peter Cracroft . . 
 
 F. W. P. Bouverie 
 (Sir J. J. G. Bremer 
 1 H.W.Bruce . . 
 
 Thomas W. Carter 
 
 Christopher Wyvill 
 
 Ditto .... 
 
 Will. B. Monypenny 
 f Peter Richards, C.B. 
 ( Charles Wise . . 
 
 fNich. Lockyer, C.B. 
 Charles Wise . . 
 C. H. Fremantle . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 I Richard Arthur . 
 ( David Price . . 
 Sir H. J. Leeke . 
 Sir Thomas Maitland 
 William Lorin^ . 
 P. J. Blake . . . 
 H. B. Martin . . 
 
 •Self 
 
 fPeter Richards, C.B. 
 \ Charles Wise . . 
 Peter Richards, C.B. 
 
 E. J. Carpenter 
 John DuffiU . . . 
 Thomas Chaloner . 
 John Hay . . . 
 George Goldsmith . 
 Thomas B. Brown 
 
 F. T. Brown . , 
 H. D. Chads . . 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 &c. 
 
 26 June 46 
 
 1 Mar 47 
 
 24 Mar 48 
 3 Apr 48 
 
 13 Feb 49 
 
 31 Mar 47 
 
 1 July 47 
 
 3 Aug 48 
 23 Sept 46 
 16 Mar 46 
 
 4 Dec 44 
 18 May 48 
 
 12 Sept 48 
 
 25 July 47 
 8 Sept 47 
 
 13 Mar 49 
 
 13 Not 44 
 
 1 Feb 47 
 18 Sept 48 
 20 Jan 45 
 
 27 Dec 45 
 
 14 Aug 46 
 
 16 Oct 46 
 
 8 June 48 
 
 23 Dec 44 
 
 4 Dec 46 
 
 28 Feb 49 
 20 Nov 46 
 
 9 Sept 44 
 
 17 Not 46 
 8 Apr 45 
 4 Mar 47 
 
 11 Mar 47 
 
 8 July 48 
 
 18 Apr 48 
 
 24 Apr 46 
 
 4 Feb 48 
 28 July 46 
 
 2 Dec 44 
 
 15 Dec 47 
 
 4 Mar 45 
 
 9 Not 43 
 
 22 May 45 
 
 19 Mar 47 
 
 13 Julj 
 
 ,44 
 
 6 Dec 
 
 48 
 
 1 Jan 
 
 49 
 
 8 Jan 
 
 4fi 
 
 27 Sept 45 
 10 July 47 
 29 June 46 
 
 11 Mar 45 
 
 1 Oct 
 
 45 
 
 lOct 
 
 45 
 
 21 Oct 
 
 45 
 
 22 Jan 
 
 47 
 
 7 Jan 
 
 48 
 
 21 Aug 46 
 2 Not 46 
 
 21 Apr 
 
 48 
 
 20 July 48 P.O. 
 3 Apr 48 
 
 2 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 30 June 47 P.O. 
 
 3 Aug 48 
 
 23 Aug 47 D. 
 10 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 8 Sept 47 
 15 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 1 Feb 47 
 25 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 8 Aug 48 P.O. 
 4 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 30 Jan 47 luTd. 
 
 19 Apr 47 P.O. 
 
 20 July 48 P.O. 
 
 9 Dec 48 P.O. 
 
 3 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 18 Oct 48 P.O. 
 1 Dec 47 
 11 Mar 47 
 13 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 9 Mar 49 P.O. 
 23 Dec 47 
 
 27 Mar 47 P.O. 
 
 22 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 27 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 20 Jan 49 P.O. 
 
 21 July 47 
 
 iFor service in 
 J- Nautilus. 
 
 24 Oct 47 D. 
 
 10 July 47 
 
 20 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 17 Feb 48 P.O. 
 
 Lent to Geyser. 
 Lent to Hecla. 
 Lent to Siren. 
 22 Jan 47 
 2 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 28 Apr 47Eesig. 
 
 5 Apr 49 
 
1360 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 
 Doyle, Arthur . . , 
 Drummond, Edgar A. 
 Drury, Byron , . 
 
 Dumaresq, Henry 
 
 Dunbar, James A. 
 Dunbar, C. S. . . 
 
 Dundas, A. A. D. . 
 
 Dundas, Hon. R. S. 
 Dunlap, A. E. . . 
 
 Dunlop, Hugh . . 
 Dunn, Nicholas, J. C. 
 Dunn, M. B. . . 
 
 Dunsterville, John . 
 Duntze, John A. . 
 Durbin, George 
 
 Dyke, P. H. . 
 Dyke, Charles . 
 
 Eden, -Henry . . 
 Eden, Charles . . 
 Eden, Thomas R. . 
 Edmunds, Charles . 
 
 Edwards, Rowland 
 
 Edye, A. G. . . . 
 
 Egerton, F. P. . . . 
 
 Egerton, F. A. . . . 
 
 Egerton, Hon. Francis 
 
 EUerman, G. A. . . 
 
 Ellicombe, Hugh M. . 
 
 Elliot, George . , . 
 
 Elliot, Da^id . . . 
 
 Elliot, Hugh M. . . 
 
 Ellis, William . . 
 Emery, James Ji. . 
 Erskine, John E, . 
 Etheridge, Thomas 
 Everest, H. B. . . 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 77 
 
 ■C. 
 L. 
 
 ,Cr. 
 ■Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 .Cr. 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 C. 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 Ewart, C. J. F. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 7) 
 
 Cr. 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 7) 
 
 L. 
 
 77 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Actason . . 
 Dsedalus 
 Shearwater . 
 
 San Josef . 
 
 Impregnable 
 
 Seaflower .. 
 
 Kite . . . 
 
 Cuckoo . . 
 
 Geyser . . 
 
 Iris . . . 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 'Modeste . 
 
 Arrogant 
 
 Powerful 
 
 Acheron 
 
 Ocean 
 
 Zephyr .. 
 
 Ocean 
 
 Alert . 
 
 Rl. Sovereign 
 
 Vernon . 
 
 Melarapus 
 
 Snake ,. 
 
 Agincourt 
 Dasdalus 
 Flying Fish 
 
 Crocodile 
 
 George Mansel . . 
 
 Peter M'Quhae . . 
 
 C. G. Robinson . . 
 j Sir Henry Leeke . . 1 
 (C. G. Robinson . .| 
 
 Sir Thomas Maitland . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 F. T. Brown . . . 
 
 >G. R. Mundy . . . 
 
 H.D. Chads . . . 
 
 Henny Smith, C.B. . 
 /T. V.Watkins.- . .1 
 \R. J. J. R. Macdonald/ 
 
 Robert FitzEoy . . 
 
 Self 
 
 iSelf 
 
 John N. Nott . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 George Elliot . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 i/G.T. Falcon . . .1 
 \Peter Richards, C.B. .J 
 
 John'C. Fitzgerald 
 /J. N.Campbell, C.B. V 
 \ Thomas H. Mason .J 
 
 T. B. Brown . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 W. J. H. Johnstone . . 
 
 Peter M'Quhae . . . 
 
 Self , 
 
 John A. Duntze . . 
 
 Samuel R. Protheroe . 
 
 Fisgard .. . 
 Victory ,. . 
 Amphitrite , 
 Heroine . . 
 
 Pilot . . . 
 
 Fox . . . 
 
 Tartarus 
 
 Crocodile . 
 Hazard . . 
 Satellite . . 
 Prince Regent 
 
 Raleigh . . 
 
 Lame . . 
 Orestes . ,. 
 Eolla . . 
 Ocean . . 
 Hecate . . 
 Cofcaorant ,. 
 
 Victory . . 
 
 St. Vincent . 
 Cambrian . 
 Alert . . 
 Lucifer ,. . 
 Havannah . 
 Lame . , 
 Virago . . 
 Hastings 
 
 Trafalgar 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self ; 
 
 ( William H. Jervis . ( 
 \ George K. Wilson . .J 
 
 Sir H.M. Blackwood,Bt. 
 r James Wolfe . . ." 
 ! Richard B. Beechey . 
 [a. p. Ryder . . . 
 
 S. R. Protheroe . . 
 
 Self 
 
 R. H. B. Rowley . . 
 
 William F. Martin . 
 
 (Sir Thomas Herbert .1 
 S. G. Fremantle . .J 
 John W. D. Brisbane 
 Henry S. Hawker . 
 Self ..... 
 
 Self 
 
 Richard Moorman . 
 F. D. P. Seymour ,. 
 
 (Alexander Milne . . 1 
 Charles Eden . . .J 
 S. C. Dacres . . 
 James H. Plnmridge 
 
 Self 
 
 George A. Frazer . 
 Self . ■ . . . . 
 John W. D. BrisTjane 
 John <Lunn . , . 
 James W. Morgan 
 f William F, Martin .1 
 i John N. Nott • . . > 
 ^Charles Hope . . .j 
 
 1 July 46 
 13 Nov 46 
 
 28 Feb 46 
 
 29iOct 47 
 
 1 June 49 
 
 12 Nov 46 
 
 15 Sept 47 
 17 Dec 47 
 11 Dec 46 
 
 29 Mar 45 
 
 24 Nov 47 
 
 1 Mar 48 
 
 20 Jan 47 
 
 13 Mar 49 
 
 25 Jan 48 
 10 Sept 46 
 
 21 Jan 48 
 
 2 May 48 
 7 July 48 
 
 25! Oct 47 
 
 13 June 45 
 .9 Apr 47 
 
 16 Dec 47 
 
 14 Feb 46 
 13 May 43 
 
 6 Apr 46 
 
 15 Jan 47 
 19 May 46 
 
 16 May 43 
 17. Jan 48 
 
 13 Nov 48 
 
 17 Dec 47 
 13 July 47 
 
 29 Aug 45 
 
 9 June 45 
 
 21 iMay 47 
 
 4 Apr 45 
 
 22 Apr 47 
 9 Aug 44 
 91Dec 43 
 
 10 Dec 47 
 
 18 May 46 
 
 20 Nov 43 
 1 Nov 48 
 
 17 Nov 46 
 
 19 May 48 
 17 May 48 
 13 Aug 47 
 
 IDec 47 
 
 21 Mar 48 
 4 May 48 
 3 July 46 
 
 127 Mar 44 
 
 24 Feb 48 
 
 9 Aug 45 
 
 1 Oct 46 
 
 13 Apr 48 
 
 30 Jan 45 
 
 2 May 47 
 13 Oct 48 P.O. 
 9 Oct 47 
 
 Apr 48 
 
 15 Sept 47 
 17 Deo 47 
 
 1 Apr 47 
 1 Mar 48 
 
 15 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 13 Oct 47 P.O. 
 
 2 May 48 
 
 7 July 48 
 24 Nov 48 
 
 30 Dec 46 
 16 Dec 47 
 
 8 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 6 Oct 47 P.O. 
 15 Jan 47 
 13 Oct 48 P.O. 
 1847 Supd. 
 
 8 Oct 47 P.O. 
 
 Nov 48 Supd. 
 
 16 Nov 48 P.O. 
 
 21 May 47 
 
 5 Aug 48 P.O. 
 
 22 Apr 47 
 
 6 Mar 47 P.O. 
 
 17 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 Apr 47 
 6 July 47 P.O. 
 
 29 Deo 47 T.O. 
 
 25 Sept 48 P.O. 
 IDec 47 
 
 ■9 Feb 48 
 
 4 ;May 48 
 
 2 May 47 P.O. 
 25 Mar 47 
 
 6 July 47 P.O. 
 16 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 30 June 48 P.O. 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 ]361 
 
 Name of OIHcer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 
 Sec. 
 
 Fairholme, J. W. . 
 Falcon, G. T. . . 
 Farquhar, Arthur . 
 Fead, William F. . 
 
 Fead, W. F. G. . 
 
 Fegen, C. G. 
 
 Fellowes, William A. 
 
 Fellowes, Charles . 
 Field, John B. . . 
 
 Fisher, Thomas 
 Fisher, William E. 
 Fitzgerald, John C. 
 Fitzjames, James . 
 Fitzroy, A. G. . . 
 
 Forbes, F. E. 
 
 Ford, H. A. . . . 
 Forster, M. C. . . 
 Forsyth, C. C. . . 
 Fortesoue, T. D. A. 
 Fowell, William N. 
 Fowell, Samuel 
 
 Fowke, Richard 
 Fowler, G. C. . 
 
 Franklin, John . 
 Eraser, Charles . 
 Frazer, George A. 
 
 Freelaqd, John 0. , 
 Fremantle, C. H. , 
 
 Fremantle, S. G. . 
 French, John T. W. 
 
 Fuge, Edward P. . 
 
 L. 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 H 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 FitzRoy, Robert 
 
 Fletcher, Archibald D. W. 
 
 Floud, Ross M. 
 
 Foley, Hon. F. A. 
 Foote, John . . 
 Forbes, C. S. . 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L(Ag. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 h. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L, 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Erebus . . 
 Rl. Sovereign 
 
 Albatross . 
 
 Howe . . 
 Prince Regent 
 
 Contest . , 
 Cambrian 
 Hibemia 
 
 Superb . , 
 
 Racer . . 
 Wellesley 
 Trincomalee 
 
 Persian . . 
 
 Howe . . 
 
 Superb . . 
 Hibemia 
 
 Gladiator . 
 
 Stromboli . 
 
 Ferret . . 
 
 Vernon . . 
 
 Erebus . . 
 
 Juno . . . 
 
 Havannah . 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 J> 
 7» 
 
 L. 
 C. 
 
 » 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 Arrogant 
 
 Electra . . 
 
 Queen . . 
 
 Nimrod . . 
 
 Raleigh . . 
 
 Rosamond . 
 
 Asia . . . 
 Bellerophon 
 
 Wolf. . . 
 
 Bonetta . . 
 
 Alarm . . 
 
 Rodney . . 
 
 Helena, . . 
 
 Dragon . . 
 Cherokee 
 
 Spbynx . . 
 
 Bulldog . . 
 
 Gladiator . 
 
 Poictiers 
 
 ( William \ 
 
 \ and Mary / 
 
 Amphion . 
 
 Rl. Sovereign 
 
 Lucifer . . 
 Crocodile . 
 Sparrow 
 
 Inconstant 
 Albion . 
 Raleigh ., 
 Dasher , 
 
 Fan tome 
 
 Reynard 
 
 Sir John Franklin . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Sir James Stirling . . 
 
 William F. Martin . 
 
 Archibald IJ'Murdo . 
 
 James H. Plumridge . 
 
 Peter Richards, C.B. . 
 
 A. L. Corry . . '. . 
 
 Archibald Reed . . 
 
 George Goldsmith . . 
 
 R. L. Warren . . , 
 
 Henry Coryton. . . 
 
 Sir James Stirling . . 
 
 A. L. Corry . . . 
 
 Peter Richards, C.B. . 
 
 John Robb .... 
 
 Self 
 
 George Sprigg . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Sir John Franklin . . 
 
 Patrick J. Blake . . 
 
 John E. Erskine . . 
 
 Self(ag.) . . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 W. H. Hall . . 
 
 W. H. Maitland . 
 ,F. W. P. Bouverie 
 
 Henry William Bruce 
 j James R. Dacres . 
 \ Thomas Belgrave . 
 
 Edward Tatham , 
 
 Self 
 
 R. F. Stopford . . 
 
 R. L. Baynes, C.B. 
 
 {Arthur Vyner . . 
 J. T. Caldwell . . 
 James A. Gordon . 
 
 Self 
 
 G. G. Loch .... 
 Edward Collier, C.B. . 
 Sir Cornwallis Ricketts 
 W. H. Hall .... 
 
 Self 
 
 John B 
 
 G. E. Davis 
 
 A. C. Key . . . 
 
 John Robb . . , 
 
 W. H. Shirreff. . 
 
 Sir Thos. Bourchier 
 
 H. T. Austin, C.B. 
 
 ("Sir J. J. G. Bremer,1 
 J K.C.B. . . . .1 
 j Robert FitzRoy 
 ^Henry Eden 
 W. J. WiUiams 
 fSirW. 0. PeU.#. .) 
 {G. T. Falcon . . .1 
 IPeter Richards, C.B. .1 
 
 Self ' 
 
 S. E. Protheroe . , 
 
 Self 
 
 /John N. Nott . . .1 
 (George Elliot . . .( 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Self ; 
 
 Wm. L. Sheringham . 
 (Sir F. W. E. Nicolson,! 
 
 / Bart ;l 
 
 I Thomas P. Le Hardy j 
 
 Peter Cracroft . . . 
 
 :} 
 
 13 Mar 45 
 17 Feb 45 
 
 5 Nov 46 
 
 27 Sept 47 
 10 Dec 47 
 
 3 Mar 47 
 7 Aug 47 
 
 16 Nov 47 
 
 6 Mar 48 
 
 28 June 46 
 21 Jan 48 
 
 10 Oct 48 
 1 Jan 45 
 
 24 May 48 
 21 Dec 46 
 
 11 Mar 47 
 
 17 Apr 47 
 
 13 June 45 
 
 21 July 46 
 
 20 Mar 45 
 
 4 Mar 45 
 15 Aug 47 
 15 Jan 49 
 
 14 Sept 48 
 
 12 Mar 49 
 
 22 Jan 46 
 
 18 Jan 48 
 9 Dec 45 
 
 14 Feb 46 
 
 5 Nov 46 
 
 21 Mar 48 
 
 10 July 48 
 
 2 July 44 
 
 24 Nov 47 
 18 Oct 48 
 
 11 June 45 
 1 Jan 44 
 5 May 47 
 1 July 46 
 
 10 July 46 
 
 14 Apr 47 
 14 Sept 47 
 23 Sept 44 
 
 12 Dec 46 
 
 24 Oct 47 
 
 8 Feb 47 
 
 10 Sept 44 
 
 12 Feb 44 
 
 22 Oct 47 
 
 2 Apr 49 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 
 20 May 43 
 
 28 Feb 47 
 
 U Jan 47 
 
 8 Jan 47 
 
 18 Dec 44 
 
 10 Aug 48 
 
 30 Sept 48 
 
 10 Dec 47 
 
 11 May 47 Invd. 
 30 Sept 47 Hosp. 
 
 6 Mar 48 Supd. 
 28 Nov 48 P.O. 
 20 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 14 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 28 Not 48 P.O. 
 
 17 Apr 47 
 
 10 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 11 Oct 47 Prom. 
 8 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 7 Nov 48 P.O. 
 
 18 Jan 48 
 13 Nov 48 
 
 15 Oct 47 Invd. 
 24 Apr 48 Invd. 
 
 10 July 48 
 
 18 Aug 47 P.O. 
 
 27 Jan 47 
 
 28 June 47 
 
 28 July 48 
 
 20 Feb 47 P.O. 
 
 14 Sept 47 
 
 10 Mar 49 
 
 8 Oct 47 Supd. 
 
 8 Oct 47 
 
 1849 Supd. 
 16 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 21 Oct 47 P.O. 
 
 28 Feb 47 
 
 22 Jan 48 P.O. 
 16 Oct 48 Supd. 
 11 Oct 47 Prom. 
 
 20 Apr 48 P.O. 
 8 L 
 
1362 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Diacharge, 
 &c. 
 
 Fulford, John . . 
 FurneauXj James H. 
 
 Gardner, G. J. . , 
 Gardner, A. H, 
 Gardner, G. H. 
 Gaussen, T. L. . . 
 
 Geary, William C. 
 
 Gennys, William H. 
 
 Georges, Henry St. J, 
 Gibbons, Charles . 
 Giffard, H. W. . . 
 Gilbert, E. W. . . 
 Gill, T. C. R. . . 
 Glinn, C. J. P . . 
 
 Glinn, C. G. . . 
 Glynn, E. A. . . 
 
 Godench, Francis . . 
 
 Godfrey, Peter M'K. . 
 
 Goldsmith, George , . 
 
 Goold, Hugh . . . 
 
 Gordon, James G. . . 
 
 Gordon, George T, 
 
 Gordon, Augustus , . 
 
 Gordon, W. E. A. . . 
 
 Gordon, Alexander C. 
 
 Gordon, David M. . , 
 
 Gordon, Alexander D. 
 
 Gore, Graham , . . 
 
 Gore, G. E. K. . . . 
 
 Gough, Frederick W. . 
 
 Graham, Charles ,. . 
 Graham, G«orge T. 
 
 Grant, Henry J. . . 
 
 Grant, Arthur . . , 
 
 Graves, Thomas . , 
 
 Gray, Edward E. . . 
 
 Gray, Herbert B. . . 
 
 Greathed, G. H. H. . 
 
 Greet, William . . , 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 t. 
 
 » 
 
 L. 
 
 » 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 )) 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 « 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 I. 
 
 L. 
 C. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 
 President . 
 Excellent . 
 Ditto . . 
 Amphitrite . 
 
 Oberon . . 
 Polyphemus 
 Sidon . . 
 Calypso . . 
 
 Volage . . 
 
 Castor . . 
 St. Vincent . 
 Belvidera . 
 Hastings 
 Penelope 
 Andromeda . 
 Mutine . . 
 Ocean . . 
 Odin . . . 
 Triton . . 
 
 William P. Stanley 
 H. D. Chads, C.B. 
 Ditto .... 
 Thomas E. Eden . 
 
 Vesuvius . 
 
 Cygnet - . 
 
 Dart . . . 
 
 Victory . . . 
 
 Blenheim . 
 Penelope 
 
 Devastation 
 
 Victory . 
 
 Blenheim 
 Ocean ^ 
 
 Wellington 
 Cormorant , 
 Thunder 
 Inflexible , 
 
 Inconstant 
 
 Prince Regent 
 Royalist . . 
 
 Electra . . 
 
 Erebus . . 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 Rsgard 
 
 Dido. 
 
 Castor 
 
 Childers , 
 
 Hastings 
 
 Superb 
 
 Ceylon 
 
 Volage 
 
 Viper 
 
 Resistance 
 
 Active . 
 
 Harlequin 
 Perseus . 
 
 Self 
 
 James J. M'Cleverty 
 
 William H. Henderson 
 
 Henry John Worth 
 fH. T. Austin . 
 \ Thomas Graves 
 
 Charles Graham 
 
 S. C. Dacres 
 
 Henry Layton . 
 
 James W. Morgan 
 
 Sir Charles Hotham 
 
 Self . . . 
 
 Robert Tryon 
 
 David Price 
 
 F. T. Pelham 
 Self . . . 
 George Goldsmith 
 
 G. D. O'Callaghan 
 H. G. Austen . 
 
 f Henry Layton . 
 If. W. Horton . 
 I F. B. Montresor 
 Ip. H. Somerville 
 Self .... 
 
 (John Pasco . . 
 R. A. Yates . 
 R. A. Yates . . 
 Sir Charles Hotham 
 
 {Sir Charles Hotham 
 R. C. llichell 
 
 Self . . . 
 (■John Pasco . 
 IE. A. Yates 
 
 R. A. Yates 
 
 David Price 
 
 Ditto - . . 
 
 Ditto . . . 
 
 Self . . . 
 
 Edward Bamett 
 
 John C. Hoseason 
 fC. H. Fremantle 
 I Charles Wise . 
 
 W. F. Martm . 
 
 Self(ag.) . . 
 
 W. H. HalL . 
 
 W. H. Maitland 
 
 P. W. P. Bouverie 
 
 Sir John Franklin 
 ( Henry Eden . . 
 \ Robert Smart, K.H. 
 
 Henry Eden 
 
 J. B. Maxwell . 
 
 Self .... 
 
 John C. Pitman 
 
 James W. Morgan 
 
 A. L. Corry 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Self .... 
 
 George Lowe . 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Douglas Curry 
 
 John Moore 
 
 F. B. P. Seymour 
 
 Self 
 
 27 Oct 45 
 3 Oct 46 
 1 July 47 
 
 19 July 47 
 
 27 Aug 47 
 30 Apr 46 
 11 Aug 46 
 13 Dec 45 
 
 20 Feb 47 
 
 29 Apr 43 
 17 Jan 48 
 
 20 Mar 47 
 29 Sept 48 
 13 Oct 46 
 
 9 Oct 46 
 26 Oct 46 
 
 6 Feb 47 
 26 May 47 
 
 21 Mar 48 
 26 Feb 49 
 
 3 July 45 
 
 25 May 44 
 
 6 May 47 
 
 12 Nov 46 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 28 Dec 46 
 
 14 Feb 47 
 
 6 Jan 48 
 31 Dec 46 
 
 1 Deo 47 
 31 Dec 46 
 11 Jan 48 
 
 1 Mar 48 
 
 11 Apr 43 
 3 Oct 44 
 
 13 Jmie 46 
 
 22 May 43 
 
 10 Deo 47 
 8 Aug 46 
 
 12 Jan 46 
 
 8 Mar 45 
 
 7 May 44 
 
 29 Jan 49 
 19 Dec 46 
 
 28 Apr 43 
 19 Aug 46 
 
 7 Apr 48 
 17 Dec 46 
 
 8 May 46 
 
 1 Mar 4fl 
 8 Dec 45 
 
 2 Dec 46 
 
 29 Jan 4g 
 
 7 Feb 46 
 
 f 1 Jan 43\ 
 124 Oct 47/ 
 
 6 Sept 48 
 30 June 47 P.O. 
 19 July 47 
 
 21 Dec 48 Prom. 
 13 May 48 
 
 16 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 14 Aug 47 
 
 27 Mar 48 Supd. 
 Oct 47 
 
 19 Jan 47 
 
 26 May 47 
 
 14 Sept 47 Invd. 
 
 14 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 10 Apr 47 P.O. 
 
 13 May 48 Invd. 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 27 Jan 48 
 
 14 Feb 47 
 
 20 Sept 48 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 Jan 48 Invd. 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 1 Mar 48 
 
 9 Feb 47 
 31 Aug 48 P.O. 
 
 20 Apr 47 P.O. 
 
 20 Nov 48 Invd. 
 
 20 July 48 P.O. 
 
 2 Feb 49 P.O. 
 16 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 17 Dec 47 Supd. 
 1 Mar 49 
 
 13 Oct 46 Invd. 
 30 July 47 Supd. 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 1363 
 
 
 
 
 
 Date of 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains, 
 
 Appointment. 
 
 &c. 
 
 Grenfell, Sidney , . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Blenheim . 
 
 R. A. Yates . . . 
 
 17 Jan 48 
 
 25 Jan 48 
 
 
 
 Illustrious . 
 
 Ditto 
 
 25 Jan 48 
 
 
 Gresham, Thomas . . . 
 
 f. 
 
 Melampus . 
 
 John N. Campbell, C.B. 
 
 19 Mar 46 
 
 20 May 47 
 
 Greville, S. J 
 
 L. 
 
 Vengeance . 
 
 J Stephen Lushington . 
 \ Earl of Hardwicke ., 
 
 15 Oct 47 
 
 
 Grey, Charles C. . . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Columbine . 
 
 Self 
 
 12 Nov 46 
 
 6 Dec 47 Prom. 
 
 GrUrson, William C. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Juno . . . 
 
 Patrick J. Blake . . 
 
 8 Oct 45 
 
 14 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 Griffiths, Herbert L. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Wanderer . 
 
 Ph. H. SomerviUe . . 
 
 14 Apr 46 
 
 14 Feb 47 
 
 
 
 Tortoise . . 
 
 Frederick Hutton . . 
 
 14 Feb 47 
 
 22 Mar 47 
 
 
 » 
 
 Kingfisher . 
 
 Frederick W. Horton . 
 
 22 Mar 47 
 
 17 July 48 P.O. 
 
 Grose, Arthur .... 
 
 L. 
 
 Victory . . 
 
 (John Pasco. . . .' 
 
 IE. A. Yates . . .. 
 
 12 Nov 46 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 
 
 Blenheim . 
 
 R. A. Yates . . . 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 25 Jan 48 
 
 
 ij 
 
 Illustrious . 
 
 Ditto 
 
 25 Jan 48 
 
 
 Grylls, C. G 
 
 L. 
 
 Waterwitch 
 
 Richard R. Quin . . 
 
 4 Apr 48 
 
 
 Gunnell, Edmund H. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Eagle . . 
 
 Geo. B. Martin, C.B. . 
 
 IMar 45 
 
 10 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 Gwyune, John .... 
 
 L. 
 
 Penelope 
 
 Lewis T. Jones . . 
 
 12 June 48 
 
 3 Jan 49 
 
 
 » 
 
 Tortoise . . 
 
 Frederick Hutton . . 
 
 3 Jan 49 
 
 
 Haggard, H. V. ... 
 
 L. 
 
 Resistance . 
 
 /GowerLowe . . .' 
 
 \H. J. Julian . . . 
 
 H. D. Chads . . . 
 
 18 Nov 46 
 
 14 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 
 ?J 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 10 Apr 49 Hosp. 
 
 Halkett, P. A 
 
 L. 
 
 StromboU . 
 
 Thomas Fisher . . . 
 
 22 Nov 45 
 
 10 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 Hall, Charles . . . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 San Josef . 
 
 Sir H. J. Leeke. . . 
 
 5 May 47 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 
 J? 
 
 Agincourt . 
 
 /William B. Mends .1 
 \W. J.H.Johnstone .J 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 
 Hall, Charles 0. B. . , 
 
 L. 
 
 Favourite . 
 Prometheus. 
 Siren . . . 
 
 Alexander Murray . . 
 
 11 Feb 47 
 
 22 June 47 
 
 
 n 
 
 Lark . . . 
 
 Self ..... . 
 
 13 Mar 49 
 
 
 Hall, William K. . . . 
 
 i. 
 
 Vindictive . 
 
 Michael Seymour . . 
 
 22 June 45 
 
 28 Dec 47 
 
 
 Cr(Ag) 
 
 Growler . . 
 
 Self 
 
 28 Dec 47 
 
 22 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 Hall, Robert .... 
 
 L. 
 
 Grampus 
 
 H. B. Martin . . . 
 
 19 Nov 45 
 
 20 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 
 }} 
 
 Centaur , . 
 
 C. H.M.Buckie . . 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 
 Hallowes, R. H. . . . 
 
 MH-) 
 
 Actseon . . 
 
 George Mansel . . . 
 
 8 Oct 46 
 
 16 Apr 47 
 
 
 L, 
 
 Wanderer . 
 
 F. B. Montresor . . 
 
 16 Apr 47 
 
 25 Nov 47 
 
 
 JI 
 
 Actaeon . . 
 
 George Mansel . . . 
 
 25 Nov 47 
 
 11 Feb 48 P.O. 
 
 
 }J 
 
 Pilot . . . 
 
 E. M. Lyons . . . 
 
 8 June 48 
 
 
 Hamilton, F. T. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Penelope 
 
 Lewis T. Jones . . 
 
 6 Nov 48 
 
 3 Mar 49 
 
 
 T) 
 
 Centaur . . 
 
 C.H.M. Buckle . . 
 
 3 Mar 49 
 
 
 Hamilton, H. S. , . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Hector . . 
 
 Richard Moorman . . 
 
 5 Oct 47 
 
 5 Aug 48 
 
 
 )J 
 
 Vengeance . 
 Excdlent . 
 
 Earl of Hardwicke . 
 
 9 Aug 48 
 
 
 Hamilton, Alexander . . 
 
 L. 
 
 H.D. Chads . . . 
 
 14 Feb 46 
 
 15 June 47 
 
 
 »j 
 
 Hastings 
 
 James W. Morgan. . 
 
 16 Nov 48 
 
 
 Hamilton, John F. C. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Prince Regent 
 
 William F. Martin. . 
 
 23 Dec 48 
 
 
 Hancock, John (b) . , . 
 
 L. 
 
 Vindictive . 
 
 / Sir Chas. Sullivan, Bt.' 
 \ Michael Seymour. . 
 George Goldsmith . . 
 
 25 Nov 44 
 
 17 June 48 
 
 
 » 
 
 Wellesley . 
 
 17 June 48 
 
 
 Hancock, James K. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Hecate . . 
 
 Joseph West . . . 
 
 26 May 45 
 
 9 June 47 P.O. 
 
 
 )> 
 
 Birkenhead . 
 
 A. H. Ingram , . . 
 
 27 July 48 
 
 7 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 Hancock, George , . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Eagle . . 
 
 Geo. B. Marten . . 
 
 5 Nov 44 
 
 10 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 
 J) 
 
 Hastings 
 
 James W. Morgan . . 
 
 13 Apr 48 
 
 20 Feb 49 
 
 Hand, George S. . . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Espoir . . 
 
 Self 
 
 14 Deo 44 
 
 14 Apr 47 P.O. 
 
 Hankey, H. B 
 
 L. 
 
 Hazard . . 
 
 F. P. Egerton . . . 
 
 2 July 45 
 
 6 May 47 P.O. 
 
 
 )) 
 
 Hibernia . 
 
 Charles Wise . . . 
 
 18 Nov 48 
 
 
 Hannant, Henry . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 America 
 
 Hon. John Gordon .\ 
 Sir Thomas Maitland J 
 
 1 Aug 44 
 
 16 Oct 47 Hosp. 
 
 
 M 
 
 Havannah . 
 
 Wm. A. He'rringham \ 
 John E. Erskine . .J 
 I Robert Harris . . . 
 
 7 Jan 48 
 
 
 HansEird, A. 0. . . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Flying Fish 
 
 |P. H. Dyke . . . 
 1 George Oldmixon . . | 
 IE. A. Powell . . .J 
 
 11 Mar 45 
 
 3 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 Hai'ding, John .... 
 
 C. 
 
 Crocodile . 
 
 S. E. Protheroe . . 
 
 6 Nov 4'6 
 
 Apr 48 
 7 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 Hardman, H. B. . . . 
 Hardwicke, the Earl of . 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 
 Belleisle. . 
 Vengeance . 
 
 John Kingcome . . 
 Self 
 
 5 July 47 
 23 Nov 48 
 
 Hardy, Edward .... 
 Harper, James .... 
 Harper, George . . 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Vernon . . 
 Minos . . 
 Talbot . . 
 
 John C. Fitzgerald . 
 
 Self 
 
 Sir T.R. Thompson, Bt. 
 
 30 Dec 45 
 1 Aug 46 
 3 June 42 
 
 7 Nov 48 P.O. 
 Nov 48 
 26 Mar 47 P.O. 
 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Bellerophon 
 
 R. L. Baynes, C.B. . 
 
 23 Sept 47 
 
 Oct 47 
 
 
 » 
 
 St. Vincent 
 
 S. C. Dacres . . . 
 
 30 Oct 47 
 
 
 Harris, Robert .... 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Ganges . . 
 
 Henry Smith, C.B. . 
 
 1 Mar 48 
 
 
 8 L 2 
 
1364 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 Sec. 
 
 Harris, William D. 
 Harvey, Henry . . 
 Harvey, Henry . , 
 
 Harvey, R. B. 
 
 Henry, A. H. . 
 Herbert, Douglas 
 Herbert, F. C, . 
 
 Herbert, William G 
 Herrick, Edward 
 Hewlett, Richard S, 
 Hickley, H. D. . 
 Hickley, V. G. . 
 
 Hill, Edward (6) 
 Hillyar, C. F. . 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 Harward, John R. 
 
 Hastings, Hon. George F . 
 
 HasweU, W. H. 
 
 Hawker, H. S. . 
 Hawkey, Charles 
 Hawkins, F. K. 
 Hay, Lord John 
 
 Hay, John . . 
 Hay, John C. D. 
 
 Haydon, Charles . 
 
 Hayes, JohnM. 
 
 Heard, Thomas . . 
 
 Heath, L. G. . . 
 
 Heath, W. A. J. . 
 
 Hemmans, S. H. . 
 
 Hempstead, Edmund 
 
 Hemsworth, W. G. 
 
 Henderson, W. H. 
 Henderson, S. H. 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr(Ag) 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 ty 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 )} 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr(Ag) 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 
 Hillyar, H. S. 
 
 Plumper 
 
 Kingfisher 
 
 Stromboli 
 
 Wolf. 
 
 Hibernia 
 Sappho . , 
 Avon . , 
 
 Penelope 
 
 Alert . , 
 
 Endymion . 
 
 Cyclops . , 
 
 Ditto . . 
 Poictiers 
 Penelope 
 
 Orestes . . 
 
 Vengeance . 
 Amphion 
 
 Spiteful . . 
 
 Powerful . 
 Prometheus 
 
 Spiteful . . 
 
 Wolverene . 
 
 Columbine . 
 Poictiers 
 
 Spider . . 
 
 Champion . 
 
 Wolf. , . 
 
 Iris . . . 
 
 Hyacinth . 
 Howe 
 Poictiers 
 
 Daphne . . 
 Hibernia 
 Rodney - 
 Hibernia 
 Crescent 
 Ganges . , 
 Wellington . 
 Sidon J . 
 Canopus' 
 Excellent . 
 
 Racehorse . 
 
 Odin . . . 
 
 Daring . 
 
 Mohawk 
 Rodney . , 
 
 Victory . . 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Persian . . 
 Hastings 
 Vesuvius 
 
 Vindictive . 
 Hastings 
 
 Rapid . . 
 
 Dart . . . 
 
 Amazon . . 
 
 Centaur , , 
 
 Wolverene 
 
 Matthew Nolloth . 
 
 Self 
 
 Lord A. Beauclerk 
 
 IC. 0. Hayes . . 
 Arthur Vyner . , 
 T. T. Caldwell . 
 Geo. E. Davis . . 
 James A. Gordon . 
 
 Nicholas Vansittart 
 
 Charles Wise . . 
 
 R. F. Gambler . . 
 
 Thomas Smith . . 
 /H. W. Giifard . . 
 \L. T. Jones . . 
 Hugh Dunlop . , 
 
 Self 
 
 Ditto .... 
 Ditto .... 
 Sir Thomas Bourchier 
 L. T. Jones . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Stephen Lushingtou 
 Woodford J. Williams 
 William K. Mends 
 R. S. Dnndas . 
 Self .... 
 Self .... 
 Ditto . . . 
 Ditto . . . 
 Sir Thomas Bourchier 
 Self .... 
 Self . . . 
 
 James A. Gordon 
 G. R. Mundy . 
 Francis Scott . 
 Sir James Stirling 
 Sir Thomas Bourchier 
 Ditto . . . 
 John F. Onslow 
 Peter Richards, C 
 Edward Collier, C, 
 Charles Wise 
 Self . . . 
 David Price . 
 Ditto . . 
 Self . . . 
 Fairfax Moresby, C, 
 H. D. Chads 
 
 (George James Hay 
 E. F. Sotheby . . 
 F. T. Pelham . 
 f Henry J. Matson 
 t William Peel . 
 Self .... 
 Edward Collier, C, 
 
 {Alexander Milne 
 Charles Eden . 
 F. P. Blackwood 
 H. D. Chads . 
 Ditto . . . 
 Henry Coryton . 
 James W. Morgan 
 H. G. Austen . 
 Michael Seymour 
 James W. Morgan 
 Edward Dixon . 
 Self .... 
 James J. Stopford 
 C. H. M. Buckle 
 J. S. W. Johnson 
 H. G. Morris . 
 C. F. Brown . - 
 W. J. C. Clifford 
 John C. D. Hay 
 
 !.B 
 
 B. 
 
 B. 
 
 6 Nov 48 
 11 Oct 48 
 11 Nov 47 
 
 10 June 42 
 
 24 Feb 49 
 IMar 46 
 
 18 Jan 47 
 
 22 Oct 47 
 
 Jan 49 
 
 3 Aug 47 
 
 29 July 48 
 
 8 Sept 48 
 31 Oct 46 
 29 Sept 48 
 
 26 Oct 48 
 
 15 Oct 46 
 
 24 Oct 46 
 
 19 Dec 46 
 13 Apr 48 
 
 13 May 44 
 
 28 Aug 46 
 
 29 Oct 46 
 6 Dec 47 
 
 27 Aug 46 
 
 28 Aug 47 
 3 Feb 48 
 
 27 Nov 45 
 
 16 Feb 47 
 
 27 Jan 45 
 
 30 Apr 47 
 
 1 Oct 47 
 18 Mar 48 
 
 1846 
 
 2 Oct 47 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 9 Apr 48 
 9 July 44 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 1 Mar 48 
 
 25 Aug 46 
 
 6 July 46 
 
 3 Aug 48 
 
 17 Mar 45 
 
 26 May 47 
 
 9 Sept 44 
 
 26 Aug 48 
 9 May 46 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 7 Jan 46 
 1 July 47 
 
 24 Aug 47 
 23 May 48 
 
 3 Oct 46 
 5 Oct 47 
 
 16 Nov 48 
 Jan 47 
 
 14 May 48 
 
 4 Sept 46 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 18 Mar 43 
 
 9 Mar 48 
 
 19 Aug 47 P.O. 
 
 31 Oct 46 P.O. 
 1 Oct 47 
 
 Jan 49 
 
 18 Jan 48 P.O. 
 16 Aug 48 
 
 1848 
 
 4 Oct 47 Invd. 
 16 Oct 48 P.O. 
 30 July 47 P.O. 
 
 2 Sept 47 P.O. 
 29 Oct 46 
 11 May 47 P.O. 
 
 28 Aug 47 
 
 19 Aug 47 P.O. 
 
 3 Aug 47 Prom. 
 
 20 Jan 47 P.O. 
 
 17 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 4 Jan 47 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 9- Apr 48 
 
 8 July 47 Supd. 
 1 Mar 48 
 
 30 Mar 49 P.O. 
 30 May 48 P.O. 
 
 24 Aug 48 P.O. 
 
 1 Sept 47 
 
 1 Feb 49 D. 
 
 5 Mar 49 Prom. 
 30 June 47 P.O. 
 14 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 5 Oct 47 
 
 16 June 48 P.O. 
 
 14 May 48 
 
 6 Apr 48 P.O. 
 
 11 May 47 P.O. 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 1366 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Shipa. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 &c. 
 
 Hillyar, H. S. 
 Hinde, E. T. 
 
 Hire, H. W. 
 
 Hobart, A. C. . . 
 Hodgkinson, Thomas 
 
 Hodgskin, James A. 
 
 Hodgskinson, A. B. 
 HoUinworth, H. A. 
 
 Holmes, Edward 
 Hood, A. W. A. 
 
 Hood, William H. 
 
 Hope, Charles .- 
 Hope, Charles W, 
 Hope, James 
 Hope, Hon. George, 
 Hope, Thomas , 
 Hopkins, Robert 
 Hore, Edward G. 
 Hore, C. B. . . 
 
 Hornby, G. T. P. 
 Horton, F. W. , 
 Hosts, Sir William, 
 Howard, John H. 
 
 Hudson, Philip . 
 
 Bart. 
 
 Hunt, James. . 
 
 Inglefield, E. A. 
 
 Ingram, A. H. . , 
 Ingram, H. E. W. , 
 
 Jackson, George M, 
 Jackson, John M. . 
 
 Jackson, H. S. 
 
 James„ Thomas . 
 Jamison, W. P. 
 Jauncey, Horatio , 
 
 Jeffreys,, (3eorge B. 
 
 Jenkijis, Robert 
 
 Jenner, Robert . . 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 L. 
 C. 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 if 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 W 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L.^Ag.) 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. Albion 
 
 Asia . . 
 
 Cruizer . 
 
 Nerbudda 
 Powerful 
 Rattler . 
 
 Asia . . . 
 Hibemia 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 Ditto . , 
 
 Vindictive . 
 
 Ditto . , 
 
 Alarm . . 
 
 Cyclops . . 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Raleigh . . 
 
 Calliope .. , 
 President . 
 Ditto . . 
 Contest . . 
 Alert . . 
 Birkenhead . 
 
 Ocean , . 
 
 Trafalgar . 
 
 Arrogant . 
 
 Firebrand . 
 
 Raleigh . . 
 
 Bittern . . 
 
 Odin . . 
 
 Viper , . 
 
 Carysfort . 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 Cleopatra . 
 
 Kingfisher . 
 
 SpiteM . . 
 
 Howe , . 
 
 Harlequin . 
 
 Rodney . . 
 
 Alecto . . 
 
 Inconstant . 
 
 EspiSgle . . 
 Ringdove . 
 Birkenhead . 
 Raleigh . , 
 Inconstant . 
 Grecian . 
 
 Havannah 
 
 Star . . 
 
 Racer 
 Ditto . 
 Kingfisher 
 
 Linnet 
 Thunderbolt 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Excellent 
 
 Driver . 
 Hibernia 
 Fantome 
 Castor , 
 Vixen 
 
 :) 
 
 :} 
 
 
 R. F. Stopford . 
 I E. G. Fanshawe 
 J William Maclean 
 (Edward Peirse 
 
 Edward Peirse . 
 
 E. S. Dundas . . . 
 Richard. Moorman . . 
 Robert F. Stopford. . 
 Peter Richards, C.B. . 
 H. D. Chads . . . 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Michael Seymour , . 
 
 Ditto 
 
 George G. Loch . . 
 Hon. Geo. F. Hastings 
 M. H. Dixon . . 
 
 (S. G. Fremantle . 
 IHon. George Hope 
 
 Edward Stanley . 
 
 William P. Stanley 
 
 Ditto .... 
 
 Archibald M'Murdo 
 
 William Ellis . . 
 
 A. H. Ingram . . 
 f John N. Nott . . 
 \ George Elliot . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Robert FitzRoy . 
 
 Self ...... 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 F. T. Pelham . . 
 
 Self 
 
 George H. Seymour 
 H. D. Chads . . 
 Christopher Wyvill 
 Self . . . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Sir James Stirling . 
 
 (Douglas Curry 
 John Moore . . 
 Edward Collier, C.B 
 (■F. W. Austen . . .I 
 \V. A. Massingberd .) 
 John Shepherd . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Ditto .... 
 
 Self 
 
 Hon. George Hope 
 John Shepherd- (6). 
 Louis S. Tindal . 
 I Wm. A. Herringham 
 IJohn E. Erskine . 
 (Charles W.Riley . , 
 \F. L. A. Selwyn . 
 Archibald Reed 
 Ditto .... 
 Henry Harvey . , 
 
 Self '.'.'..'. 
 Alexander Boyle , 
 
 {Nich. Lockyer, C.B. , 
 Charles Wise . . , 
 C. H. Fremantle . . 
 
 H. D. Chads . . . 
 
 C. R. Johnson . . 
 Peter Richards, C.B. 
 Thomas P. Le Hardy 
 Ch. Wyvill . . . 
 Self 
 
 31 Aug 47 
 
 9 Sept 44 
 
 27 Oct 47 
 
 27 Oct 47 
 
 19 June 48 P.O. 
 
 23 Oct 48 
 
 
 13 Mar 47 
 
 6 Sept 47 
 
 6 Sept 47 
 
 
 11 Mar 47 
 
 
 27 Jan 47 
 
 30 June 47 P.O. 
 
 1 July 47 
 
 
 31 Apr 47 
 
 13 Sept 47 
 
 13 Sept 47 
 
 18 Mar 48 
 
 18 Mar 48 
 
 17 Oct 48 Invd 
 
 8 Sept 48 
 
 
 29 Jan 47 
 
 18 Oct 47 
 
 18 Oct 47 
 
 
 23 July 45 
 
 9 Jan 49 P.O. 
 
 9 Jan 46 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 
 17 June 46 
 
 3 Mar 47 
 
 3 Mar 47 
 
 11 May 48 P.O. 
 
 13 July 47 
 
 14 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 18 Jan 48 
 
 8 Sept 48 
 
 4 Nov 47 
 
 30 June 48 P.O. 
 
 13 Mar 49 
 
 
 13 Dec 44 
 
 17 June 48 P.O. 
 
 19 Oct 48 
 
 
 17 Nov 45 
 
 31 Jan 49 P.O. 
 
 28 May 47 
 
 4 Oct 47 Invd. 
 
 13 Oct 46 
 
 20 Nov 47 Invd 
 
 25 Feb 46 
 
 25 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 9 May 48 
 
 
 15 June 44 
 
 27 Mar 47 P.O. 
 
 24 Apr 46 
 
 19 July 48 P.O. 
 
 29 Oct 46 
 
 30 July 47 P.O. 
 
 17 Nov 47 
 
 
 2 Feb 46 
 
 19 Jan 48 
 12 Nov 45 
 
 11 Dec 47 
 
 26 July 47 
 
 20 Aug 47 
 5 Nov 46 
 
 12 Feb 46 
 Dec 48 
 
 24 Mar 45 
 
 7 Jan 48 
 
 3 Mar 48 
 
 15 July 45 
 12 June 46 
 12 Oct 48 
 26 June 46 
 26 Feb 48 
 
 4 Feb 46 
 
 16 Nov 46 
 
 15 June 47 
 
 1 July 47 
 18 Sept 48 
 29 Mar 46 
 23 Jan 47 
 
 2 May 49 
 10 May 48 
 
 19 Jan 48 
 
 8 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 6 July 47 Invd. 
 
 10 Aug 48 Invd. 
 
 20 Aug 47 
 
 14 Jan 48 P.O. 
 Dec 48 
 
 10 Feb 49 P.O. 
 3 Mar 48 
 
 20 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
 26 Feb 48 
 1847 Wrecked. 
 
 22 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 30 June 47 P.O 
 18 Sept 48 
 
 23 Jan 47 
 
 20 Apr 48 P.O. 
 
1366 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Bate of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 Sic. 
 
 Jerningham, A. W< 
 
 Johnson, C. E. . 
 
 Johnson, W. P. 
 
 Johnson, John 0. 
 
 Johnston, F. E. . 
 Johnston, Patrick 
 
 King, H. B. 
 
 Kingcome, John 
 Kingston, A. J. . . 
 
 Kinsman, H. M. 
 
 Kinsman, James B, 
 Kortright, Alfred . 
 
 Lacy, Edw. . . . 
 
 Ladd, C. P. . . , 
 
 Lambert, E. H. G. 
 
 Lambei-t, G. E. . , 
 Lambert, F. H. . . 
 Lambei-t, Eowley . 
 
 Johnstone, W. J. H. 
 Jolliffe, William K. 
 
 Jolly, A. D. . 
 
 Jones, L. T. . . 
 Jones, H. P. 
 
 Jones, 0. J. . . 
 
 Jones, Maurice . 
 Jones, William G. 
 Jones, T. M. . 
 Josling, John J. S. 
 Julian, H. J. 
 
 Kane, C. C. A. . 
 
 Keane, Edw. 
 
 Kelly, William . 
 Kennedy, John J. 
 
 Kennedy, C. D. B. 
 
 Kenyon, George 
 Kent, Charles . . 
 Keppel, Hon. Henry 
 Kerr, H. A. . . . 
 King, James . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 J) 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 t) 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 n 
 » 
 
 c. 
 
 L. 
 
 » 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 Cr(Ag) 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Excellent 
 Ditto . 
 Comet . 
 Driver . 
 Cygnet . 
 Stromboli 
 Penelope 
 Arab 
 Scout 
 Imaum . 
 Alarm . 
 Hastings 
 
 Agincourt 
 
 Phcenix . 
 Cygnet . 
 Penelope 
 Pluto . 
 Vindictive 
 Bermuda 
 Penelope 
 Ocean . 
 
 Pilot . 
 
 Ganges 
 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 St. Vincent . 
 Howe . . 
 Scout . . 
 Hibemia 
 Eesistance . 
 
 Calliope . . 
 Ocean . . 
 
 El. Sovereign 
 
 Conway . . 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 Superb . . 
 Hibernia 
 
 Ebdney . . 
 
 Harlequin . 
 
 Cygnet . . 
 
 Vernon , . 
 Meander 
 
 President . 
 
 Acorn . . 
 
 Vernon . . 
 
 Ealeigh . . 
 
 Inconstant 
 Agincourt . 
 Vernon . . 
 (Nerbudda, 1 
 •j lent to 
 ( Jumna J 
 Belleisle . . 
 Polyphemus 
 
 Avenger 
 
 Tortoise 
 Vindictive . 
 
 Collingwood 
 Daphne . 
 Zephyr , 
 
 :) 
 
 H. D. Chads . . . 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 George Kenyon . . 
 Lord A. W. Beauclerk 
 H. W. Giffard . . . 
 William Morris (b) 
 
 Self 
 
 G.W. C. Courtenay . 
 G. G. Loch . . . . 
 James W. Morgan . . 
 
 Self 
 
 J. S. A. Dennis . . 
 
 George Kenyon . . 
 
 L. T. Jones . . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Michael Seymour . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 George Elliot . . 
 fW. H. Jervis . . 
 \G. K. Wilson . . 
 
 Henry Smith, C.B. 
 
 Thomas Henderson 
 
 S. C. Dacres . . 
 
 Sir James Stirling . 
 
 F. E. Johnston . . 
 
 Peter Richards, C.B. 
 
 Self 
 
 Edw. Stanley . . 
 
 George Elliot . . 
 (G.T. Falcon . . 
 (Peter lUchards, C.B. 
 
 Self 
 
 H. D. Chads . . 
 
 Edw. Purcell . . 
 
 Peter Eichards, C.B. 
 
 Edw. Collier, C.B. 
 ( John Moore . . 
 IF. B. P. Seymour . 
 
 Self ; 
 
 John C. Fitzgerald 
 
 Self 
 
 William P. Stanley 
 John C. Bingham . 
 John C. Fitzgerald 
 fS. G. Fremantle . 
 \Hon. George Hope 
 John Shepherd (&) 
 W. J. H. Johnstone 
 John C. Fitzgerald 
 
 Edw. Peirse . . 
 
 Imamn . 
 Odin . . 
 Powerful 
 
 Self 
 
 E. B. Crawford . .~ . 
 |S.C. Dacres . . .1 
 [C. G. E. Napier , .^ 
 
 Frederick Hutton . . 
 Michael Seymour . . 
 
 Eobert Smart, K.H. . 
 
 Edward G. Fanshawe 
 
 Self 
 
 fS. G. Fremantle . , 
 JHon. Geo. Hope . . 
 
 Self 
 
 F. T. Pelham . . . 
 R. S. Dundas . . . 
 
 14 May 47 
 
 1 July 47 
 
 29 June 46 
 
 16 Sept 48 
 -15 Nov 47 
 
 17 Apr 49 
 
 18 Dec 46 
 
 4 Sept 47 
 
 2 Feb 48 
 28 Mar 47 
 
 25 Apr 47 
 9 Jan 49 
 
 6 May 45 
 
 24 Mar 49 
 
 10 Oci 46 
 9 Nov 47 
 
 13 May 48 
 16 Jan 49 
 
 26 Mar 47 
 16 July 47 
 
 18 Nov 47 
 9 May 48 
 
 11 Aug 43 
 
 1 Mar 48 
 
 12 Nov 46 
 
 13 Nov 48 
 20 Jan 49 
 
 25 July 47 
 
 1 Mar 45 
 
 14 May 47 
 
 12 Aug 46 
 
 7 July 48 
 
 25 Mar 48 
 
 5 Apr 44 
 
 30 Aug 47 
 
 8 May 49 
 
 2 June 46 
 
 3 July 47 
 
 19 Jan 48 
 
 6 Nov 47 
 
 4 June 47 
 1 Nov 47 
 
 16 Aug 45 
 
 17 Jan 46 
 
 18 Apr 47 
 
 1 Aug 48 
 
 7 Dec 48 
 11 Feb 46 
 
 9 Apr 47 
 
 10 Jan 48 
 
 24 Mar 
 28 Dec 
 
 80 Apr 
 
 14 Feb 
 20 Feb 
 
 1 Feb 47 
 26 Oct 48 
 21 May 45 
 21 June 47 
 
 2 July 47 
 23 Jan 47 
 12 Feb 48 
 
 3 Nov 48 
 
 30 June 47 P.O. 
 XI Oct 47 Prom. 
 
 Dec 47 Hosp. 
 
 5 May 49 Hosp. 
 4 Sept 47 
 
 7 Deo 48 
 
 25 Apr 47 
 
 15 May 48 Invd. 
 
 6 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 4 Sept 47 P.O. 
 13 May 48 
 
 16 Jan 49 
 
 16 July 47 
 
 16 Apr 49 P.O. 
 
 28 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 9 Dec 48 P.O. 
 19 Apr 49 P.O. 
 
 14 May 47 
 
 14 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 26 July 47 Invd. 
 
 Oct 48 
 
 15 July 47 P.O. 
 20 Jan 49 
 
 3 July 47 
 19 Jan 48 
 
 Dec 48 Supd. 
 7 Nov 48 P.O. 
 
 6 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 13 Apr 47 
 28 Apr 48 
 
 7 Dec 48 
 
 9 Apr 47 
 1 July 47 
 
 14 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 7 Sept 48 P.O. 
 11 Apr 49 P.O. 
 
 20 Deo 47 D. 
 
 19 Jan 48 Invd. 
 30 June 48 
 
 20 July 48 P.O. 
 
 May 48 
 
 7 Jan 48 Invd. 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 1367 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 &o. 
 
 Lambert, W. L. 
 Lane, William . 
 
 Lane, William 
 
 Lang, Edw. W. . 
 La Touche, A. . 
 Lawrence, G. B. 
 
 Layton, Henry . 
 Leckie, C. T. . 
 Lee, William A. R. 
 
 Leeke, Sir H. John 
 
 Le Hardy, T. P. . 
 
 Leslie, Walter . . 
 
 Lethbridge, T. B. . 
 
 Levinge, R. T. J. . 
 
 Little, Alexander . 
 
 Lloyd, Henry . , 
 
 Lloyd, E. A. T. . 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 Cr(Ag) 
 
 lit 
 
 )? 
 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 ;cr. 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cri 
 
 Lloyd, G. C. 
 Loch, G. J. . 
 Loch, W. D. 
 Lockyer, W. N. L. 
 Lodder, C. A. 
 Loiing, William 
 Loring, Hector 
 Lory, William 
 
 Lowe, Gower 
 Lowry, W. J. 
 
 Lowther, Marcus 
 
 Luard, W. G. . 
 Luce, John P. . 
 Luckraft, C. M. 
 
 Luckraft, Alfred , 
 Lunn, John . , , 
 
 Lyon, H. T. . . . 
 
 Lyons, Edmimd M. 
 Lysaght, T. H. . . 
 Lyster, William D. 
 
 M'Cleverty, J. J. . . 
 
 M'Clintock, F. L. . , 
 
 M'Clure, R. J. L. . . 
 Macdonald, R. J. J, R. 
 
 Macdonald, J. A. . , 
 
 M'Dougall, John . . 
 
 Mackenzie, J. G. . . 
 
 Mackenzie, D. M'L. . 
 
 •^Ag) 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr^Ag) 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 ») 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Castor . . 
 
 Caledonia , 
 
 Agincourt . 
 
 Fisgard . , 
 
 Imaum . . 
 
 Lark . ■ 
 Scorpion 
 
 Belvidera . 
 
 Queen . . 
 
 Resistance . 
 
 Asia . . . 
 
 Plover . . 
 
 Queen . . 
 
 San Josef , 
 
 Fantome 
 
 Penguin 
 
 Excellent . 
 Penelope 
 
 Queen . . 
 
 Cambrian . 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Dragon . . 
 St. Vincent , 
 
 Lucifer . . 
 
 Terrible . 
 
 Nimrod . . 
 
 Tweed . . 
 
 Medea . . 
 
 Sidon . . 
 
 Scout . . 
 
 Howe . . 
 
 Swift . . 
 
 Resistance 
 Britomart 
 Centaur 
 Gorgon , 
 Juno . . 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Orestes . 
 Harlequin 
 
 Cr(Ag) Ditto , 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr^Ag) 
 
 Cr^Ag) 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 Melampus 
 Virago . 
 
 Columbine 
 
 Pilot . 
 Grappler 
 Iris . . , 
 Inconstant . 
 Rosamond , 
 
 Amazon . , 
 
 Enterprise 
 Modeste . 
 
 Asia . . 
 Caledonia 
 Castor . 
 Powerful 
 
 Charles Graham . 
 M. H. Dixon . . 
 ( William B. Mends 
 iW. J. H. Johnstone 
 John A. Duntze 
 Thomas Bennett 
 Self ... . 
 Self .... 
 Self ... . 
 H. W. Bruce . 
 Gower Lowe . 
 R. F. Stopford . 
 T. E. L. Moone 
 Self .... 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Self . . . 
 
 f Self (temp.) . . 
 
 < William Swainson 
 
 [Self .... 
 H. D. Chads 
 
 fH. W. Giffard . 
 
 \,L. T. Jones . 
 H. W. Bruce . 
 H. Gage Morris 
 Self . . . , 
 H. G. Morris . 
 James H. Plumridge 
 W. H. Hall . . 
 S, C. Dacres 
 
 Self .... 
 
 William Ramsay 
 J. R. Dacres 
 Lord F. Russell 
 Self .... 
 W. H. Henderson 
 Self .... 
 Sir James Stirling 
 Self .... 
 Self .... 
 Self .... 
 W. C. Chamberlain 
 C. H. M. Buckle 
 James A. Paynter 
 Patrick J. Blake 
 James W. Morgan 
 H. S. Hawker . 
 John Moore 
 (Self .... 
 (F. B. P. Seymour 
 |J. N. Campbell, C 
 \ Thomas H. Mason 
 Self .... 
 
 {James R. Booth 
 C. C. Grey . . 
 John C. D. Hay 
 Self .... 
 Self .... 
 G. R. Mundy . 
 John Shepherd 
 John Foote . . 
 
 James J. Stopford 
 Sir James C. Ross 
 Sir James C. Ross 
 Self .... 
 Self .... 
 R. F. Stopford . 
 M. H. Dixon . 
 Charles Graham 
 R. S. Dundas . 
 
 Nov 46 
 June 46 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 May 43 
 Feb 47 
 Feb 43 
 Apr 49 
 Nov 46 
 Jan 48 
 July 47 
 Jan 48 
 July 48 
 Oct 45 
 Nov 47 
 Jan 48 
 June 46 
 
 12 Nov 47 
 
 Nov 48 
 Oct 48 
 
 Aug 47 
 
 Nov 47 
 Oct 47 
 Feb 48 
 
 5 May 47 
 8 Mar 48 
 (24 July 48 
 127 Sept 48 
 30 Dec 46 
 20 Jan 46 
 
 8 June 48 
 
 20 Feb 49 
 
 21 Oct 46 
 5 Jan 46 
 
 80 Apr 47 
 
 9 Jan 47 
 13 June 48 
 21 Nov 46 
 
 5 Aug 48 
 2 Feb 49 
 
 17 Apr 48 
 
 30 Oct 48 
 7 Apr 48 
 
 26 Oct 48 
 
 31 Aug 46 
 
 6 Dec |8 
 
 1 May 47 
 
 20 May 46 
 
 6 Aug 46 
 
 7 June 48 
 
 10 Nov 46 
 
 2 Apr 47 
 5 Jan 48 
 
 16 Nov 48 
 
 28 June 47 
 
 7 Feb 48 
 
 2 Mar 48 
 
 11 Aug 47 
 
 12 June 45 
 
 8 Sept 47 
 12 May 47 
 
 3 May 43 
 
 21 June 48 
 
 16 Nov 47 P.O. 
 28 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 8 Oct 47 P.O. 
 27 Feb 49 Invd. 
 
 13 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 14 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 18 Jan 48 
 July 48 
 
 26 Nov 47 
 
 27 Jan 48 P.O. 
 2 May 48 Snpd. 
 
 20 Apr 48 P.O. 
 
 24 Apr 48 D. 
 
 Actg. Com. 
 returned to L. 
 
 8 Mar 48 
 
 24 July 48 
 
 1848 
 
 26 Dec 48 
 14 Feb 48 D. 
 
 30 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 31 Jan 48 Prom. 
 8 Mar 48 D. 
 
 13 June 48 
 
 14 May 48 Invd. 
 
 30 Oct 48 
 
 14 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 5 Dec 48 
 
 16 Nov 47 P.O. 
 8 Feb 49 D. 
 
 10 Jan 49 Prom. 
 
 5 Aug 47 P.O. 
 
 10 Apr 48 Invd. 
 
 6 Apr 48 P.O. 
 
 15 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 16 May 48 
 
 27 Jan 48 P.O. 
 16 Nov 47 P.O. 
 
1368 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discbarge, 
 
 Mackenzie, Jolin F. C. 
 
 M'Killop, H. F. . . 
 M'Kinnon, L. B. . . 
 Macleod, Joliii L. 
 
 M'NagMen, Alexander 
 Maitland, Sir T. , . 
 
 Mansel, George , 
 Mansel, G. H. . 
 
 Marriott, George 
 
 Marryat, Frederick 
 
 Marsh, John B. 
 Marshall, Edw. 
 
 Marshall, W. C. 
 Marten, Francis 
 Martin, W. F. . 
 Martin, H. B. . 
 Martin, Geo. B. 
 Mason, Thomas H, 
 
 Mason, George . 
 Mason, W. B. . 
 Massie, John B. 
 Massie, T. L. . 
 Maunsell, E. E. 
 
 May, A. C. 
 May, C. H. 
 
 May, Ph. W. . 
 Mellersh, Arthur 
 
 Mends, W. B. . 
 Mends, W. E. . 
 Mends, R. H. H. 
 Meynell, Francis 
 MioheU, E. C. . 
 
 Micklethwaite, H. S. N. 
 Mildmay, H. G. St. J. 
 
 Miller, David . 
 Miller, William S. 
 Miller, Thomas 
 Miller, John P. 
 
 Mills, H. F. . 
 
 Molesworth, G. M. F. 
 Molyneux, T. H. . . 
 Montgomerie, John B, 
 Montresor, F. B. . . 
 Moore, John . . . 
 Monypenny, W. B. 
 Moore, W. H. . . . 
 
 Mooney, William 
 Moore, R. S. . 
 Moore, T. E. I.. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 J? 
 
 L. 
 C. 
 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 » 
 L. 
 L. 
 C. 
 C. 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 »> 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 h. 
 
 L.- 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 
 Vindictive . 
 Vesuvius 
 
 Vixen . . 
 
 Hydra . . 
 
 Mastiff . . 
 Penelope 
 
 Centaur . . 
 
 Alarm . . 
 America 
 
 San Josef . 
 Impregnable 
 
 Actaeon . . 
 
 A^ia > . . 
 
 Trafalgar 
 
 Tweed . . 
 
 Avenger 
 
 Heroine . . 
 
 Nimrod . . 
 
 Rosamond . 
 
 Howe . . 
 
 President . 
 Prince Regent 
 
 Grampus . 
 
 Eagle . . 
 
 Medea . . 
 
 Melampus . 
 
 lUustrious . 
 Hibernia 
 Grampus 
 
 Cleopatra . 
 
 President . 
 
 Nimrod . . 
 
 Wellesley . 
 
 Superb . . 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Vernon . . 
 
 Superb . . 
 
 Agincourt . 
 
 Vanguard . 
 
 Fly . . . 
 Bellerophon 
 Devastation 
 
 Sappho . . 
 Bellerophon 
 
 Thetis . . 
 
 Hecate . . 
 
 Stromboli . 
 Amphion 
 
 Wellesley . 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Wellesley . 
 
 Victory . . 
 
 Blenheim . 
 
 Illustrious . 
 
 Wellesley . 
 
 Spartam . . 
 
 Pantaloon . 
 
 Wanderer . 
 
 Harlequin . 
 
 Sealark . , 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Agincourt . 
 
 Scorpion 
 
 Comus 1 » 
 
 Plover . . 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Michael Seymour 
 
 H. G. Austen . 
 
 Robert Jenner . 
 
 Grey Skipwith . 
 
 A, B. Becher . 
 
 L. T. Jones . . 
 
 C. H. M. Buckle 
 
 G. G. Loch 
 
 Self . . 
 
 Self . . 
 
 Self . . 
 
 Self . . 
 
 R. F. Stopford . 
 fJohnN. Nott . 
 \ Charles Hope . 
 
 Lord F. Kussell 
 fS. C. Dacres . 
 \C. G. E. Napier 
 
 Self .... 
 
 James R. Dacres 
 
 John Foote . . 
 
 Sir James Stirling 
 
 W. P. Stanley . 
 
 Self . 
 
 Self . 
 
 Self . 
 
 Self . 
 
 Self (Acting) 
 
 E. A. Yates . 
 
 Charles Wise 
 
 H. B. Martm 
 
 Self . . . 
 
 William P. Stanley 
 
 Thomas Belgrave 
 
 George Goldsmith 
 f A. L. Corry 
 \W. K. Stephens 
 
 T. W. Carter . 
 
 John C. Fitzgerald 
 
 Edward Purcell 
 
 Self .... 
 
 George F. Rich 
 
 E. A. Oliver . 
 
 R. L. Baynes, C.B. 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Self .... 
 
 R. L. Baynes, C.B, 
 
 H. J. Codrtagton 
 
 Richard Mooi-man 
 
 Lord A. W. Beauclerk 
 
 W. J. WilUams 
 
 George Goldsmith 
 
 M. H. Dixon . 
 
 George Goldsmith 
 (John Pasco . . 
 IR. A. Tates . 
 
 R. A. Yates . . 
 
 E. A. Yates . . 
 
 George Goldsmith 
 
 T. M. C. Symonds 
 
 L. de T. Prevost 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Self .... 
 
 M. H. Di.xon , 
 (William B. Mends 
 IW, J. H. Johnstone 
 
 George B. Lawrence 
 (T. S. Thompson . 
 \E. C. T. D'Eyncourt 
 
 Self 
 Ditto 
 
 S Apr 47 
 5 Oct 47 
 
 31 July 48 
 4 Dec 47 
 1 Feb 47 
 
 22 Nov 48 
 
 3 Mar 49 
 8 Oct 45 
 
 10 Nov 46 
 28 Apr 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 14 Dec 44 
 
 19 June 48 
 
 26 May 46 
 
 8 June 48 
 
 9 Apr 47 
 
 14 Apr 49 
 
 1 May 47 
 16 Mar 48 
 
 27 Sept 47 
 
 16 Aug 45 
 7 Dec 47 
 
 15 Nov 45 
 
 4 Nov 44 
 
 25 Jan 47 
 
 20 Feb 49 
 
 16 June 48 
 20 Nov 48 
 22 Jan 46 
 
 26 Apr 49 
 
 5 July 47 
 
 2 Sept 48 
 7 Jan 48 
 
 14 July 46 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 22 Mar 45 
 
 29 Nov 48 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 1 Jan 48 
 13 Oct 47 
 
 23 Sept 47 
 
 15 Sept 47 
 
 13 Feb 49 
 23 Sept 47 
 
 14 Oct 46 
 
 6 Aug 48 
 5 May 49 
 
 5 Oct 47 
 14 Jan 48 
 
 7 May 47 
 14 Mar 48 
 
 17 Apr 47 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 25 Jan 48 
 
 6 Nov 48 
 
 27 July 46 
 
 30 June 48 
 14 Feb 47 
 12 Nov 46 
 14 Dec 47 
 
 26 Sept 45 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 3 Apr 49 
 
 18 Dec 44 
 
 17 Nov 47 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 
 5 Oct 47 
 31 July 48 
 
 10 Aug 48 Invd. 
 1 Nov 47 Prom. 
 3 Mar 49 
 
 21 Oct 47 Invd. 
 20 Oct 47 P.O. 
 1848 
 
 11 Feb 48 P.O. 
 30 June 48 P.O. 
 
 20 Dec 47 D. 
 
 16 Mar 48 
 
 19 Jan 49 D 
 
 6 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 20 Oct 48 P.O. 
 10 Mar 48 P.O. 
 20 Feb 49 
 
 26 Oct 47 Invd. 
 2 Sept 48 
 
 28 Nov 48 P.O. 
 
 7 Apr .48 Invd. 
 
 8 May 49 Prom. 
 
 19 Mar 49 Prom. 
 28 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 22 Mar 49 
 
 20 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 1 Jan 49 Supd. 
 6 Aug 48 
 25 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 27 Oct 47 
 
 16 June 48 P.O. 
 
 1 Dec 47 
 
 25 Jan 48 
 13 May 48 
 
 4 Oct 47 D. 
 
 20 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 6 Nov 48 
 
 28 Jau 48 
 
 18 Oct 48 P.O. 
 11 Jan 48 Promj 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 1369 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Moorman, Richard (6) 
 Moorsom, William 
 
 Moresby, Fairfax . 
 Moresby, Fairfax . 
 Moreton, Hon. H. A. 
 
 Morgan, James W. 
 Morgan, E. E. . . 
 
 Morgan, W. G. H. 
 Morrell, Arthur 
 Morris, Frederick 
 Morris, W. W. . 
 
 Morshead, John 
 Mould, William 
 
 Mudge, Robert 
 
 Murray, A. G. E. . 
 Mun'ay, George Don 
 
 MuiTay, Augustus C. 
 Murray, John . . 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Napier, G. J. . 
 Nares, Edward . 
 
 Nelson, Horatio 
 
 Nettleton, P. G. . 
 
 Newcomen, George 
 Newland, C. F. . 
 Nicholson, F. F. . 
 Nicolas, W. K. . . 
 
 NoUoth, Matthew S. 
 
 Nolloth, Charles . 
 
 Norcock, G. L, . . 
 
 Norman, H. A. . . 
 
 Nott, John N. . . 
 
 Oldfield, R. B. . . 
 
 Orlebar, John . . 
 
 Osborne, Sherard , 
 
 Otter, Henry C. 
 Otway, E. J. . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 (CrAg) 
 L. 
 C. 
 L. 
 
 )J 
 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Page, H. H. M. R. . . 
 Pakenham, Hon. T. A. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Rattler . . 
 
 Hecate , . 
 
 St. Vincent . 
 
 Howe . . 
 
 Cambrian . 
 Cauopus 
 
 Alarm . , 
 
 Vindictive . 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Cygnet . 
 
 Centaur . 
 Hydra . 
 Canopus 
 Wanderer 
 Tortoise . 
 Favourite 
 Caledonia 
 Canopus 
 Amazon . 
 
 Ocean 
 
 Ditto . 
 Stromboli 
 Prince Regent 
 Meander 
 Rodney , 
 Daphne . 
 
 Rosamond . 
 Hastings 
 Arab . . . 
 
 Reynard . . 
 
 Birkenhead . 
 Hibemia 
 
 TeiTible . , 
 
 Apollo . . 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Alecto . . 
 
 Ranger . . 
 
 Comus . . 
 
 Ocean . , 
 
 San Josef . 
 
 Impregnable 
 Plumper 
 
 Ringdove . 
 
 Caledonia . 
 
 Bonetta . . 
 
 Trafalgar . 
 
 Ocean . . 
 
 Meander 
 Wellesley . 
 Collingwood 
 Excellent . 
 
 Crocodile . 
 
 Avon . . 
 Comet . . 
 Racehorse . 
 
 Canopus . . 
 Ranger . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Ditto .... 
 
 (John Shepherd 
 Alexander Milne . 
 S. C. Dacres . . 
 Sir James Stirling . 
 James H. Plumridge 
 
 Self 
 
 G. G. Loch . . . 
 Michael Seymour , 
 Self 
 
 {George Kenyon 
 David Robertson . 
 C. H.M.Buckie . 
 
 Self 
 
 Fairfax Moresby, C.B. 
 F. B. Montresor . 
 Frederick Hutton . 
 Alexander Murray 
 M. H. Dixon . . 
 Fairfax Moresby, C.B, 
 E. N. Troubridge . 
 Sir John Hill . . 
 SirW. 0. Pell . . 
 Peter Fisher . . 
 Richard Arthur 
 David Price ... 
 John N. Nott . . 
 Lord A. Beauclerk 
 WUliam F. Martin 
 Hon. Henry Keppel 
 Edward Collier, C.B. 
 Edward G. Fanshawe 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment, 
 
 John Foote . . . 
 James W. Morgan 
 William Morris (6) 
 
 (John Simpson , 
 H. M. Ellicombe . 
 
 H. T. Austin, C.B. 
 
 Charles Wise . . 
 
 William Ramsay . 
 
 William Radcliffe . 
 
 James Rawstome . 
 
 John L, Stokes 
 
 Self 
 
 E. C. T. D'Eyncourt 
 
 David Price . . . 
 rSirH. Leeke, Kt. . 
 I, Sir Thomas Maitland 
 
 Sir Thomas Maitland 
 
 Self ..... 
 (Sir William Hoste 
 
 W. J. C. Clifford . 
 [E. a. Inglefield . 
 
 Thomas W. Carter 
 ,T. S. Brock . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Self .... 
 
 Hon. Henry Keppel 
 Geoirge Goldsmith . 
 Robert Smai-t, K.H. 
 H. D. Chads . . 
 
 S. R. Protheroe . 
 
 Self . 
 Ditto . 
 Self . 
 
 Fairfax Moresby, C.B. 
 C. F. Newland . . . 
 
 17 Nov 46 
 14 Sept 47 
 
 9 May 46 
 
 8 Mar 48 
 20 Aug 47 
 
 1 Mar 45 
 
 2 Mar 48 
 
 18 Mar 48 
 7 Apr 48 
 
 6 Dec 47 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 12 Nov 46 
 11 Feb 47 
 14 Feb 47 
 
 1 Aug 48 
 
 3 Jan 49 
 
 19 Nov 46 
 
 4 Mar 45 
 1 Nov 48 
 
 1 July 38 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 9 Mar 48 
 
 10 Deo 47 
 
 24 May 48 
 3 Nov 47 
 
 26 Oct 48 
 
 26 Apr 47 
 11 Nov 48 
 
 18 Feb 49 
 
 9 Jan 46 
 
 27 July 48 
 
 1 Aug 48 
 
 2 Feb 49 
 24 Apr 47 
 
 9 Jan 49 
 
 19 Aug 47 
 31 May 48 
 
 4 Nov 46 
 
 16 July 47 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 48 
 
 6 Nov 48 
 
 28 Ayg 46 , 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 3 July 47 
 18 Oct 45 
 11 Jan 48 
 
 1 Nov 47 
 
 17 June 48 
 16 Jan 47 
 
 7 Sept 48 
 
 22 Sept 48 
 
 1 Jan 47 
 
 2 Apr 49 
 Apr 46 
 
 27 Dec 45 
 31 May 48 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 
 13 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 25 Sept 48 P.O. 
 
 8 Mar 48 
 
 26 May 48 Supd. 
 
 30 May 48 P.O. 
 
 18 Mar 48 
 
 16 June 48 P.O. 
 
 21 Apr 47 P.O. 
 30 May 48 P.O. 
 
 1 Aug 48 
 
 3 Jan 49 
 
 27 Jan 48 P.O. 
 30 May 48 P.O. 
 
 10 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 14 Feb 48 Supd. 
 Feb 49Invd. 
 24 May 48 
 
 Mar 48 
 
 Mar 48 
 18 Feb 49 
 
 29 Dec 
 
 47 P.O. 
 
 1 Aug 
 
 2 Feb 
 
 48 
 49 
 
 27 Apr 48 P.O. 
 
 3 Jan 
 29 Mar 
 18 Oct 
 10 Jan 
 
 48 
 
 49 P.O. 
 48 P.O. 
 48 P.O. 
 
 1848 
 
 4 May 49 P.O. 
 
 15 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 
 21 May 48 Supd. 
 
 20 July 48 P.O. 
 22 Sept 48 
 fin command of 
 [ Dwarf. 
 2 Apr 49 
 
 1 Apr 47 Supd. 
 
 30 May 48 P.O, 
 29 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 8 M 
 
1370 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Disclutrge, 
 
 &C. 
 
 Pakenhsm, Hon. T. A, 
 Palliser, W. R. G. . 
 
 Palmer, John . 
 Palmer, John J. 
 Palmes, John P. 
 
 Parish, John E. 
 Parker, George . 
 
 Partridge, F. J. , 
 Partridge, W. L. . 
 Pasco, C. A. D. . 
 Pasley, Sir T. S., Bart, 
 Patey, George Edwin 
 Patey, Russell . . 
 
 Payne, C. B. . . 
 Payne, W. H. . . 
 
 Paynter, James A. . 
 Pearse, W. A. R. . 
 Pechell, Charles. . 
 Peel, Francis . . 
 Peel, William . , 
 Peirse, Edward . . 
 Phelps, Henry , . 
 Philips, Alexander , 
 Philhpps, Rohert , 
 Phipps, W. H. . . 
 
 Pickard, B. S. 
 
 Pickaid, S. H. 
 
 Pigott^ L. P. 
 Pike, J. W. . 
 Place, L. R. . 
 
 Ponsonhy, T. C. . 
 Popplewell, George 0. 
 Porcher, E. A. . . 
 
 Powell, C. C. 
 Powell, E. A. 
 
 Power, E. R. . 
 Preston, D'Arcy S. 
 Prevost, L. de T. 
 Price, John A. P. 
 Price, David 
 
 Priest, B. P. 
 
 Pritchard, Samuel . 
 Pullen, W. J. S. . 
 Purcell, Edward 
 Purvis, George T. M. 
 
 Purvis, Richard 
 
 Quin, E. R. . . . 
 Quin, F. B. . . . 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Radcliffe, William 
 Rawstome, James 
 Read, C. R. . , 
 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 President . 
 Hibemia 
 
 Ditto . . 
 Powerful 
 
 Mutine . . 
 
 Howe . . 
 
 Wellesley . 
 
 Vanguard . 
 
 Hibemia 
 Thetis . . 
 Superb . . 
 Excellent 
 Vulture . . 
 RI. Sovereign 
 Rodney . . 
 Nerbudda . 
 BeUeropbon 
 Havannali . 
 Hibemia 
 Bellerophon 
 
 L. 
 
 Gorgon . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Lizard . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Superb , , 
 
 L. 
 
 RaleigV . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Daring . , 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Nerbudda . 
 
 L. 
 
 Raleigh . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Fireily . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Bloodhound 
 
 L. 
 
 CoUingwood 
 
 if 
 
 Queen . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Melampus . 
 
 )J 
 
 Ranger . . 
 
 L. 
 
 San Josef . 
 
 )j 
 
 Impregnable 
 
 L. 
 
 Amazon . . 
 
 I. 
 
 Kingfisher . 
 
 L. 
 
 Vulture . . 
 
 n 
 
 Southampton 
 
 L. 
 
 Firefly . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Daedalus 
 
 L. 
 
 Sidon . . 
 
 
 Cleopatra . 
 
 L. 
 
 Belleisle . 
 
 L. 
 
 Flying Fish 
 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 )) 
 
 Fisgard . . 
 
 
 Janus . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Locust . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Southampton 
 
 L. 
 
 Pantaloon . 
 
 I. 
 
 Cleopatra . 
 
 C. 
 
 Ocean . . 
 
 jj 
 
 Ganges . . 
 
 )) 
 
 Wellington . 
 
 L. 
 
 Carysfort . 
 
 )J 
 
 Arrogant 
 
 L. 
 
 St. Vincent . 
 
 h. 
 
 Plover . . 
 
 C. 
 
 Superb . . 
 
 L. 
 
 Vindictive . 
 
 M 
 
 Alarm . . 
 
 Penelope 
 
 Wat«rwitch 
 Medea , . 
 
 Apollo . . 
 Apollo . . 
 Inconstant , 
 
 B. 
 
 B. 
 
 W. P. Stanley . . 
 Peter Richards, C.B, 
 Charles Wise . 
 R. S. Dundas . 
 Self .... 
 Sir James Stirling 
 George Goldsmith 
 fG. Wickens Willes 
 \ George F. Rich 
 Peter Richards, C 
 H. J. Codrington 
 A. L. Corry . . 
 H. D. Chads . 
 John M'Dougall (6) 
 Self . . 
 Edward Collier, C, 
 Edward Peirse 
 R. L. Baynes, C.B. 
 John E. ErsHne 
 Charles Wise . 
 R. L. Baynes, C.B. 
 Self .... 
 Self .... 
 Edward Purcell 
 Hon. George Hope 
 Self .... 
 Self ... . 
 S. G. Fremantle 
 John Tudor 
 Self .... 
 Robert Smart, K.H. 
 H. W. Bruce . 
 John N. Campbell, 
 C. F. Newland 
 (Sir H.J. Leeke, K, 
 (SirT. Maitland, C, 
 Sir Thomas Maitland 
 James J. Stopford 
 Henry Harvey . 
 John M'Dougall (4) 
 Nich. Cory . 
 Self .... 
 Peter M'Quhae. 
 W. W. Henderson 
 T. L. Massie . 
 John Kingcome 
 Self (ag.) . . 
 H. D. Chads . 
 Henry Eden 
 Self . . 
 Self . . 
 Nich. Cory 
 Self . . 
 Thomas L. Massie 
 Self . . 
 Self . . 
 Self . . 
 George H. Seymour 
 Robert FitzRoy 
 S. C. Dacres 
 T. E. L. Moore 
 Self .... 
 Michael Seymour 
 G. G. Loch . . 
 f H. W. Gi&rd . 
 IL. T. Jones . . 
 
 C.B. 
 
 l) 
 
 Self 
 
 Thomas H. Mason 
 
 Self . . . . 
 Self . . . . 
 John Shepherd . 
 
 18 May 46 
 28 Feb 47 
 
 10 Feb 48 
 
 27 Jan 48 
 26 Oct 47 
 30 Apr 47 
 
 8 Jan 48 
 
 8 May 45 
 
 9 Nov 46 
 
 8 Aug 48 
 20 July 46 
 12 Jan 49 
 
 28 Aug 46 
 
 5 May 49 
 
 26 Jan 48 
 
 27 Oct 47 
 
 9 Feb 49 
 
 4 Mar 48 
 1 Aug 48 
 
 29 Mar 48 
 3 Mar 47 
 
 29 Nov 48 
 
 6 Nov 48 
 
 11 Feb 47 
 
 27 Oct 47 
 3 Mar 47 
 3 Jan 49 
 
 18 July 45 
 
 12 Apr 47 
 3 Dec 47 
 
 5 Apr 45 
 
 17 June 48 
 
 28 Jan 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 18 Nov 44 
 
 11 Oct 48 
 Mar 48 
 
 3 Aug 48 
 
 24 Nov 47 
 
 22 Oct 44 
 18 Nov 46 
 
 27 Apr 49 
 
 8 May 46 
 3 Dec 47 
 
 16 May 48 
 
 9 Jan 49 
 
 12 Feb 49 
 
 1 July 46 
 5 Aug 48 
 
 28 June 48 
 3 May 49 
 
 10 Nov 46 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 IMar 48 
 
 25 Sept 47 
 
 13 Mar 49 
 
 2 Mar 47 
 
 12 May 48 
 
 29 Nov 48 
 
 23 Feb 48 
 15 May 48 
 
 12 Oct 47 
 
 3 Apr 48 
 25 Nov 47 
 
 3 Mar 45 
 
 29 Dec 48 
 
 1 Aug 48 
 
 6 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 26 Feb 49 Wrecked 
 3 Dec 47Supd. 
 
 28 Mar 49 P.O. 
 6 Aug 48 
 
 28 Nov 48 P.O. 
 
 2 June 48 P.O. 
 
 8 Mar 49 P.O. 
 19 June 48 P.O. 
 
 Bellerophon. 
 
 Oct 48 
 
 2 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 8 June 48 
 2 June 47 
 
 28 Deo 48 P.O. 
 
 9 Dec 47 
 
 2 Oct 47 Invd. 
 
 29 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 IJan 49 P.O. 
 
 6 Apr 48 P.O. 
 
 2 June 48 P.O. 
 
 June 48 Supd. 
 13 Oct 48 P.O. 
 30 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 7 Sept 48 P.O, 
 
 3 Mar 48 P.O. 
 9 Jan 49 
 
 12 Feb 49 
 
 11 Jan 49 P.O. 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 IMar 48 
 
 25 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 19 Apr 49 P.O. 
 
 15 May 48 
 F. L. 
 
 22 Sept 48 D. 
 27 Apr 48 P.O. 
 7 Dec 48 
 
APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. 
 
 1371 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Rank. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment, 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 
 &EC. 
 
 Kead, C. E. . . 
 Read, 0. M. C. . 
 
 Reeve, John M. 
 Reid, John . . 
 EeiUy, H. A. . 
 Reynolds, L. R. 
 
 Rice, E. B. . . 
 Rice, George W. 
 Rich,F.D. . . 
 
 Rich, George F. 
 Richards, Peter. 
 
 Richardson, E. M'K, 
 ~" e, C. G. . . 
 
 Riley, C. W. . 
 Robb, John . . 
 Robertson, David 
 
 Robinson, C. G. 
 
 Robinson, C. F. 
 
 Robinson, L. 0. H. 
 RoUand, W. R. . , 
 
 Roolce, Francis . , 
 
 Ross, John F. . . 
 
 Rowles, B. G. . 
 Rundle, J. S. . 
 Rushbrook, W. H. 
 Rutherford, G. B. 
 
 St. Aubyn, R. J. . 
 Saumarez, Thomas . 
 
 Scott, Edward . . 
 
 Soriven, T. S. . . 
 Selwyn, Jasper H. . 
 
 Selwyn, F. L. A. . 
 Serocold, G. E. S. P. 
 Seymour, G. H. 
 Seymour, F. B. P. . 
 Shairp, Alexander M, 
 Shaw, W. E. . . 
 
 Shears, John A. 
 Shortland, P. F. 
 Simpson, C. H. . 
 
 Smith, George M. 
 Smith, George W, 
 Smith, Thos. (d) 
 
 Sprigg, George . 
 Staniforth, W. L. 
 
 Stanley, W. P. . 
 Stanley, Edward 
 Stephens, W. K. 
 Stephens, John . 
 Stirling, F. H. . 
 
 L 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 C. 
 
 h. 
 L. 
 
 » 
 
 Cr. 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 »» 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 Cr(Ag) 
 
 L, 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 }) 
 
 L. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 L. 
 
 L.(Ag.) 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 c'k 
 
 1. 
 
 it 
 
 C. 
 
 c. 
 c. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 ■Alecto . . 
 
 Sealark . . 
 
 Hibemia 
 
 Acorn . . 
 
 Frolic . . 
 Driver . 
 
 Terrible . . 
 
 Hibemia 
 
 Vanguard . 
 
 Arrogant . 
 
 Queen . . 
 
 Hibemia . . 
 
 Vanguard . 
 Hibemia 
 Rl. Sovereign 
 Poictiers 
 
 Pluto . . 
 
 Comet . . 
 
 Aginoonrt . 
 
 Star . . . 
 
 Gladiator . 
 
 Cygnet . . 
 
 San Josef . 
 
 Impregnable 
 
 Hibemia 
 
 Hibemia 
 
 Sidon . . 
 
 Blenheim 
 
 Hibemia 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Queen . . 
 
 Fox . . , 
 St, Vincent . 
 Penelope 
 
 Ditto . . 
 
 Tortoise . . 
 
 Firefly . . 
 
 Cygnet . . 
 
 Excellent . 
 
 Ocean , . 
 
 Ganges . . 
 
 Teazer . . 
 
 Star . . . 
 
 Carysfort 
 Harlequin 
 Bittern . 
 Heroine . 
 Alert . 
 Sampson. 
 Columbine 
 Heroine . , 
 Bittern . 
 Actaeon . , 
 Helena . . 
 Avon . , 
 Comet , , 
 Ferret . . 
 Vindictive . 
 Apollo . . 
 President , 
 Calliope . . 
 Superb . . 
 Sappho . . 
 St. Vincent . 
 
 V. A. Massingberd 
 
 T. L, Gooch . . 
 
 R. D. White . . 
 (Peter Richarfs, C.B. 
 (Charles Wise . . 
 
 John C. Bingham . 
 
 Nicholas Vansittart 
 
 C. R, Johnson . . 
 
 William Ramsay . 
 (Peter Richards, C.B. 
 I Charles Wise . . 
 
 G. F. Rich . - . . 
 
 Robert FitzRoy • 
 
 H. W. Bruce . , 
 
 Charles Wise . . 
 
 Self . 
 
 Self , 
 
 Johnstone 
 
 Ditto . 
 Ditto . 
 Self . 
 Self . 
 W. J. H. 
 Self 
 Self 
 Self 
 
 I Sir H. J. Leeke . 
 (Sir Thomas Maitland 
 Sir Thomas Maitland 
 (Peter Richards, C.B. 
 (Charles Wise . 
 Charles Wise . 
 W. H. Henderson 
 (H. T, Austen . 
 tH,D. Chads, C.B 
 Peter Richards, C 
 Charles Wise . 
 H, W, Bruce , 
 Sir H, M, BlackwoodjBt. 
 S. C, Dacres 
 H. W. Giffard , 
 Lewis T. Lyons 
 Frederick Hutton 
 John Tudor . . 
 David Robertson 
 
 H. D. Chads . 
 
 fJohnN. Nott . 
 (George EUiot . 
 
 Henry Smith, C.B, 
 
 Self 
 
 Self 
 
 Morgan 
 
 James W, 
 Self 
 Self 
 Thomas Hope . 
 Charles Edmunds 
 Hugh Dunlop , 
 Thomas Henderson 
 Self .... 
 Charles Edmunds 
 Thomas Hope . 
 George Mansel . 
 Self .... 
 H. C, Otter. . 
 Ditto . . , 
 Self ... . 
 Michael Seymour 
 James Rawstome 
 Self . . . 
 Self . . . 
 Self(Ag.) . 
 R. C. MicheU 
 S. C, Dacres 
 
 7 Deo 48 
 1 July 46 
 
 11 July 48 
 
 13 Apr 47 
 
 8 June 48 
 18 Sept 48 
 16 Apr 48 
 
 23 July 48 
 
 30 Dec 46 
 
 13 Mar 49 
 
 7 Sept 47 
 
 24 Mar 49 
 6 Nov 47 
 
 27 Feb 45 
 
 3 Aug 48 
 5 May 49 
 
 29 Feb 48 
 
 25 Oct 
 16 Jan 
 24 Jan 
 
 12 Dec 
 
 4 Dec 
 
 14 Feb 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 28 June 48 
 
 17 Feb 49 
 22 Mar 48 
 
 7 Mar 48 
 
 31 Mar 48 
 27 Sept 48 
 16 Nov 47 
 19 Oct 43 
 
 8 Deo 46 
 14 Feb 47 
 27 Apr 48 
 13 May 48 
 
 21 June 48 
 3 Jan 49 
 
 (18 Sept 48 
 (14 Mar 49 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 
 22 June 48 
 19 Oct 48 
 
 23 Aug 48 
 
 23 Jan 49 
 
 12 Dec 45 
 22 Nov 48 
 
 1 May 47 
 
 13 Jan 48 
 
 22 Jan 49 
 
 24 Sept 47 
 
 2 Apr 49 
 9 Mar 48 
 
 30 Aug 48 
 
 2 Deo 47 
 7 June 48 
 1 Jan 47 
 
 3 Apr 49 
 3 Feb 46 
 
 15 May 48 
 
 23 Dec 48 
 
 14 Aug 45 
 18 July 45 
 17 Dec 46 
 
 24 Feb 49 
 13 Nov 48 
 
 25 Sept 47 P.O. 
 
 8 Aug 48 P.O. 
 
 23 July 48 
 
 28 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 24 Mar 49 
 
 28 Mar 49 P.O. 
 3 Aug 48 
 5 May 49 
 
 2 Nov 48 D. 
 17 Oct 48 P.O. 
 
 Aug 48 Invd. 
 10 Mar 49 P.O. 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 15 Dec 48 
 
 30 Mar 49 P.O. 
 Deo 48Supd. 
 
 27 Sept 48 
 
 22 Sept 48 Invd. 
 5 Aug 48 P.O. 
 19 Apr 49 P.O. 
 Promoted. 
 
 28 Sept 48 Invd. 
 
 3 Jan 49 
 
 26 Jan 49 
 
 28 Nov 48 
 19 Oct 48 
 
 25 Mar 48 P.O. 
 
 4 June 48 D. 
 16 Nov 48 P.O. 
 
 9 Deo 48 P.O. 
 
 30 Aug 48 
 
 31 Jan 49 P.O. 
 
 11 Feb 48 P.O. 
 
 12 Sept 48 Supd. 
 3 Apr 49 
 
 8 Sept 48 P.O. 
 16 June 48 P.O. 
 
 6 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 9 Jan 49 P.O. 
 28 Nov 48 P.O. 
 
 19 Apr 49 P.O. 
 8M2 
 
1372 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Name of Officer. 
 
 Ships. 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Date of 
 Appointment. 
 
 Dates of Discharge, 
 &c. 
 
 Stirling, F. H. 
 Stockdale, C. B. 
 Stockdale, C. J. 
 Stone, W. E. 
 Stupart, R. D. 
 Sulivan, N. S. 
 
 Sullivan, Charles 
 
 Symons, E. C. . . 
 
 Tatnall, R. C. . . 
 
 Temple, C. H. V. . 
 
 Tindal, L. S. . . 
 Tottenham, John F. 
 
 Tower, Arthur . . 
 
 Tumour, E. W. 
 
 Tuffnell, R. G. . . 
 
 Veitch, H. T. . . 
 
 Wainwright, J. F. B. 
 Wasey, E. F. N. K. 
 West, Henry . . 
 Whipple, T. C. O'D. 
 Wood, CO. . . 
 Wyvill, Christopher . 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 Castor 
 
 Young, Alfred 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 L. 
 
 C. 
 
 L. 
 
 Heroine . 
 Caledonia 
 Bittern . 
 Vernon . 
 
 Melampus 
 Superb 
 
 Birkenhead . 
 Rosamond . 
 
 Rodney . 
 Southampton 
 Grecian . 
 Meander 
 Hastings 
 Ringdove 
 Melampus . 
 Juno . . . 
 Juno . . , 
 Gorgon . 
 
 Impregnable 
 
 Hastings 
 Polyphemus 
 Rapid . . 
 Dido . . . 
 Heroine . . 
 Castor . 
 
 Espifegle . . 
 
 Christopher Wyvill . 
 David Price .... 
 Charles Edmunds . . 
 T. W. Carter . . . 
 Thomas Hope , . . 
 John C. Fitzgerald 
 
 John N. Campbell, C.B. 
 A. L. Corry . . . 
 Charles Hope . . . 
 H. T, Austin . . . 
 John Foote .... 
 
 Edward Collier, C.B. 
 Nicholas Cory . . . 
 
 Self 
 
 Hon. Henry Keppel . 
 James W. Morgan . . 
 E. A. Inglefield . . 
 John N. Campbell, C.B. 
 Patrick J. Blake . , 
 Patrick J. Blake . . 
 J. A. Paynter . . . 
 
 Sir Thomas Maitland . 
 
 James W. Morgan 
 R. B. Crawford . . 
 Edward Dixon . . . 
 J. Balfour Maxwell . 
 John B. Marsh . . . 
 Self 
 
 F. A. Campbell 
 
 2 May 49 
 
 11 Jan 48 
 31 Aug 48 
 28 Feb 49 
 
 1 Jan 46 
 13 July47 
 
 9 May 48 
 19 July 48 
 
 17 Dec 45 
 
 18 Mar 48 
 
 27 July 48 
 16 Mar 48 
 
 19 Feb .45. 
 9 Aug 48 
 
 16 July 46 
 15 June 48 
 
 20 Nov 48 
 22 Dec 45 
 15 Dec 48 
 
 3 Sept 45 
 
 25 Jan 48 
 30 Oct 48 
 
 1 Jan 49 
 
 4 Apr 49 
 
 28 Apr 46 
 
 26 July 48 
 
 12 June 46 
 24 Apr 49 
 
 7 May 49 
 
 13 Sept 44 
 
 1 Mar 48 
 16 Nov 48 P.O. 
 
 31 Jan 49 P.O. 
 
 19 July 48 
 
 6 Dec 48 Invd. 
 18 Mar 48 
 
 30 June 48 P.O. 
 
 7 Oct 48 P.O. 
 11 Nov 48 
 
 8 Mar 49 P.O. 
 15 Jan 49 D. 
 10 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 20 Nov 48 
 
 22 Feb 49 
 15 Dec 48 
 
 23 Feb 49 Invd. 
 14 Feb 49 P.O. 
 30 Oct 48 
 
 11 Apr 49 P.O. 
 
 20 Jan 48 P.O. 
 
 2 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 3 Feb 49 P.O. 
 
 COAST GUARD. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Rank 
 
 Date of 
 Appointm. 
 
 Date of 
 Discharge. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Bank 
 
 Date of 
 .Appointm. 
 
 Date of 
 Discharge. 
 
 ALLDEiDaE, Thomas A 
 
 L. 
 
 17 June 47 
 
 
 Carter, Alex. R. B. . 
 
 L. 
 
 20 Feb 49 
 
 
 Amiel, William E. . 
 Ashby, William R. . 
 
 L. 
 
 28 Aug 47 
 24 Mar 31 
 
 Res. 25 Aug 48 
 
 Cary, Hon. Byron 
 C. F. P 
 
 Cr. 
 
 14 Jan 47 
 
 Res. 29 Feb 48 
 
 Autridge, Charles . . 
 
 L. 
 
 25 Jan 47 
 
 
 Cawly, John . . . 
 Chambers, Richard . 
 
 L. 
 
 L. 
 
 7 Mat 49 
 
 8 Feb 47 
 
 
 Bainbeidqe, Henry . 
 
 L. 
 
 29 Sept 46 
 
 
 Charlesson, Rich. W. . 
 
 L. 
 
 17 Apr 48 
 
 
 Baker, John R. . . 
 
 i. 
 
 13 Jan 48 
 
 
 Charlewood, Edw. P. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 14 Jan 48 
 
 
 Bates, Henry A. . , 
 
 U 
 
 27 May 43 
 
 D. 24 Apr 47 
 
 Chesshyre, Henry T. N. 
 
 L. 
 
 8 Jan 47 
 
 
 Bingham, Parker D. , 
 
 Cr. 
 
 18 Jan 42 
 
 Sup. 12 Feb 47 
 
 Clark, Job B. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 13 Jan 47 
 
 
 Boteler, Henry . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 17 Aug 41 
 
 Sup. 10 Oct 46 
 
 Clark, Joseph . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 7 Sept 41 
 
 Res. 5 Mar 48 
 
 Bowie, John . . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 9 Nov 47 
 
 
 Clarke, Charles G. . 
 
 I.. 
 
 21 Jan 47 
 
 
 Boyd, John A. H. 
 
 I. 
 
 14 Nov. 46 
 
 
 Clarke, Edward F. . 
 
 L. 
 
 17 Feb 48 
 
 
 Boys, William . . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 14 Jan 47 
 
 
 Clarke, Edward J. B. 
 
 L. 
 
 11 Sept 47 
 
 
 Brand, W. H. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 25 Sept 26 
 
 Pro. 5 Jan 47 
 
 Colston, Samuel . . 
 
 T,. 
 
 31 Oct 28 
 
 D. 25 Aug 47 
 
 Browne, W. C. . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 15 JtUy 42 
 
 Sup. 12 July 47 
 
 Combe, Matthew . . 
 
 L. 
 
 . 9 Jan 38 
 
 Res. 21 Nov 47 
 
 Bulkeley, James . . 
 
 L. 
 
 15 Aug 48 
 
 
 Corbyn, Major . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 31 Oct 46 
 
 Sup. 20 Aug 48 
 
 Buxton, Richard . . 
 
 L. 
 
 7 July 48 
 
 D. 18 May 49 
 
 Cotton, Frederick L. . 
 
 L. 
 
 7 Aug 48 
 
 
 Barclay, Andrew . . 
 
 L. 
 
 6 July 32 
 
 D. 13 Apr 48 
 
 Cox, Henry .... 
 
 T,. 
 
 9 June 47 
 
 
 Bennett, James C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 25 Sept 43 
 
 Sup. 20 Apr 48 
 
 
 
 
 
 Blair, Frederick . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 23 Sept 45 
 
 D. 18 May 48 
 
 DABIKtE, T. D. J. 
 
 L. 
 
 25 Apr 29 
 
 D. 17 Aug 48 
 
 Blair, Horatio . . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 7 July 43 
 
 Sup. 5 July 48 
 
 Davies, Alexander B. 
 
 I.. 
 
 7 Dec 47 
 
 D. 30 Dec 47 
 
 Butler, Thomas A. . 
 
 L. 
 
 26 May 47 
 
 
 Davis, John . . . 
 
 T„ 
 
 30 Nov 47 
 
 
 Butler, WiUiam . . 
 
 L. 
 
 29 Sept 46 
 
 
 Denneby, Lawrence . 
 
 L. 
 
 4 July 46 
 
 Sup. 25 May 46 
 
 Brooman, W. R. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 9 Sept 45 
 
 
 Douglas, Charles H. . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 26 Mar 47 
 
 
 Buchanan, Ralph . . 
 
 L. 
 
 21 Oct 48 
 
 
 Douglas, Will. M. W. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 4 Dec 48 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Downes, Thomas H. . 
 
 I,. 
 
 17 Sept 46 
 
 Res. 8 Jan 48 
 
 Campbell, Patrick . 
 
 L. 
 
 8 July 44 
 
 
 
 
 
 Carmichael, J. J. 0. F, 
 
 L. 
 
 21 Nov 48 
 
 
 Ellis, Frederick A. . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 6 May 47 
 
 
 Carpenter, Thomas , 
 
 Cr. 
 
 22 Feb 47 
 
 
 Eyton, William W. . 
 
 L. 
 
 28 Deo 48 
 
 
COAST GUARD, ETC. 
 
 1373 
 
 Name. 
 
 Rank 
 
 Date of 
 -.^ppointin. 
 
 Bate of 
 Discharge. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Bank 
 
 Date of 
 Appointm. 
 
 Date of 
 Discharge. 
 
 Faxbman, Alfred N. . 
 
 L. 
 
 24 Feb 48 
 
 
 Lake, Willoughby T. 
 
 L. 
 
 21 Jan 47 
 
 Res. 14 Jan 49 
 
 Finucane, Henry A. . 
 
 L. 
 
 24 Apr 48 
 
 Res. 24 Nov 48 
 
 Lapenotiere, John G. 
 
 L. 
 
 21 Apr 47 
 
 Res. 10 Apr 48 
 
 Forbes, Alexander W. 
 
 L. 
 
 22 Aug 48 
 
 
 Leigh, Frederick G. . 
 
 L. 
 
 26 May 48 
 
 Res. 28 Sept 48 
 
 Freeland, John 0. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 10 May 45 
 
 Res. 5 Jan 48 
 
 Leworthy, Henry . . 
 
 L. 
 
 30 June 34 
 
 Pro. 21 Jan 48 
 
 Fisher, William E. . 
 
 L. 
 
 21 Nov 48 
 
 
 Lilburn, J. R. R. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 6 Dec 41 
 
 
 Fothsrgill, William . 
 
 L. 
 
 26 Sept 37 
 
 D. 30 Nov 48 
 
 Lilbnm, Selby . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 27 June 48 
 
 Sup. 17 Nov 48 
 
 
 
 
 Little-wort, Richard P. 
 
 L. 
 
 12 Mar 38 
 
 Sup. 23 May 48 
 
 Gatton, Charles . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 8 Apr 43 
 
 Sup. 5 Apr 48 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gerard, Henry . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 30 June 48 
 
 
 Mackenzie, James G. 
 
 L. 
 
 28 Mar 48 
 
 
 Gilbert, Edmund W. . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 4 Aug 41 
 
 Sup. 10 Oct 46 
 
 M'CIure, Rob. J. Le M. 
 
 L. 
 
 29 Dec 46 
 
 Res. 8 Mar 48 
 
 Goldsmith, Charles . 
 
 L. 
 
 1 Apr 45 
 
 
 M'Gladery, John _. .'• 
 
 L. 
 
 1 Nov 21 
 
 Res. 5 July 48 
 
 Goss, Thomas . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 4 Sept 48 
 
 
 Mann, Robert . . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 2 July 45 
 
 Res. 10 Oct 47 
 
 Grandy, Samuel , . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 5 May 42 
 
 Sup. 27 May 47 
 
 M'Killop, Henry T. . 
 
 L. 
 
 12 Mar 49 
 
 
 Grant, Arthur . . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 29 Dec 47 
 
 
 M'Naghten, Alexander 
 
 L. 
 
 24 June 48 
 
 
 Gray, Herbert B. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 21 Sept 47 
 
 D. 31 Jan 49 
 
 Mancy, Edward . . 
 
 L. 
 
 3 Aug 47 
 
 
 Grenfell, Sidney . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 15 July 42 
 
 Sup. 14 July 47 
 
 Mends, George C. . . 
 Mends, James A. . . 
 
 Cr. 
 Cr. 
 
 25 Feb 43 
 21 June 48 
 
 Sup. 5 Mar 4S 
 
 HAIN3, John . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 18 June 45 
 
 Pro. 5 Jan 49 
 
 Moore, John G. S. M. 
 
 L. 
 
 1 Nov 45 
 
 Res. 5 Mar 48 
 
 Hall, William R. . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 8 Mar 49 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Halsted, George A. . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 13 Feb 45 
 
 Pro. 3 Feb 48 
 
 Pace, Edmund H. . 
 
 L. 
 
 13 Feb 49 
 
 
 Harrison, John G. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 3 June 48 
 
 
 Palmer, E. G. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 11 June 35 
 
 Res. 10 Oct 48 
 
 Harston, Henry C. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 26 May 47 
 
 
 Price, John W. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 29 Sept 46 
 
 Sup. 18 Mar 48 
 
 Hay, Robert S. . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 29 Sept 41 
 
 Sup. 21 Jan 47 
 
 Petch, Charles A. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 4 Sept 48 
 
 
 Hennah, Edward . . 
 
 L. 
 
 22 Aug 41 
 
 D. 11 Mar 49 
 
 Peppin, Matthew . . 
 
 L. 
 
 6 Oct 47 
 
 Sup. 6 Jan 48 
 
 Hemer, Robert . . 
 
 L. 
 
 19 Nov 47 
 
 
 Poynter, Charles W. . 
 
 L. 
 
 15 Nov 48 
 
 
 Hicks, W. (6) . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 12 July 37 
 
 D. 23 Apr 48 
 
 Prowse, William . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 10 May 45 
 
 Sup. 27 Jan 49 
 
 Hoare, W. O'Brien . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 14 Sept 48 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Holbrook, James . . 
 
 L. 
 
 27 Jan 37 
 
 Res. 27 Aug 47 
 
 QUINIAN, W. St. L. . 
 
 L. 
 
 14 Sept 48 
 
 
 Hoffmeister, C. J. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 9 Nov 48 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Holman, Thomas H. . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 16 Feb 42 
 
 Sup. 5 Apr 47 
 
 Riches, Watson T. . 
 
 L. 
 
 19 Jan 39 
 
 Sup. 27 Oct 48 
 
 Hood, W. H. . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 8 Sept 48 
 
 
 Roberts, Lazarus . . 
 
 L. 
 
 19 June 47 
 
 Pro. 10 Jan 49 
 
 Hopkins, Robert . . 
 
 L. 
 
 8 July 48 
 
 
 Ross, C. W. ... 
 
 L. 
 
 10 July 35 
 
 D. 12 Nov 48 
 
 Hyne, Thomas M. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 20 Jan 49 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sandeobd, George . 
 
 L. 
 
 28 Oct 46 
 
 D. 13 Nov 48 
 
 iNaEAM, Augustus H. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 28 Mar 48 
 
 
 Scott, Peter A. . . 
 Sibbald, John . . . 
 
 L. 
 Cr. 
 
 13 Nov 48 
 10 Feb 49 
 
 Res. 5 Apr 49 
 
 Jeayes, John . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 29 Sept 46 
 
 Sup. 12 Dec 47 
 
 Symonds, Thomas E. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 24 Feb 48 
 
 
 Jerningham, A. W. . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 4 Aug 41 
 
 Sup. 24 May 47 
 
 Smith, Richard S. . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 20 Jan 49 
 
 
 Johnston, James C. . 
 
 L. 
 
 17 June 47 
 
 
 Stewart, Robert A. . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 23 Feb 49 
 
 
 Jones, Philip B. . . 
 
 L. 
 
 9 Aug 48 
 
 
 Syer, Frederick C. . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 20 Feb 44 
 
 Sup. 5 Apr 49 
 
 Katon, James E. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 21 June 48 
 
 
 Talbot, John T. . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 31 Mar 45 
 
 Pro. 11 Jan 49 
 
 Kellett, Arthur . . 
 
 Cr. 
 
 2 Sept 41 
 
 Sup. 10 Oct 46 
 
 Tayler, George S. 
 
 L. 
 
 16 Feb 49 
 
 
 Kemble, Frederick 
 
 Cr. 
 
 19 Oct 47 
 
 
 Tomlin, George W. . 
 
 L. 
 
 17 Feb 49 
 
 
 Kiddle, John . . . 
 
 L. 
 
 22 Apr 47 
 
 Res. 11 Aug 47 
 
 
 
 
 
 FLAG-LIEUTENANTS— ADMIRALTY AGENTS ON BOARD CONTRACT MAIL 
 STEAM VESSELS — OFFICERS EMPLOYED IN REVENUE VESSELS — 
 AGENTS FOR TRANSPORTS. 
 
 Allen, 
 
 Tnhn Lt i^^^^ ^- ^■' 8 ^P"^ *S ! 6 Jan 48. 
 joan, i.t. -j^ Prince of Wales, 6 Jan 48. 
 
 Aplin, E. D'O. D'A., F.L. to R.-Adm.H. Prescott, 21 
 
 Deo 47. 
 Austen, Chai-les John, F.L. to V.-Adm. Sir F. W. 
 
 Austen, 18 Jan 47 ; 7 June 48. P.O. 
 
 Baker, Charles H., Lt. Vulcan R.V., 29 Jan 44 ; 21 
 
 Jan 48 
 •Rot„. T„i,„ p T* J Wickham R.V., 26 Apr 48. 
 Baker, John R,, Lt. |(, g^^ ga Ma^ 48 ; 2 Aug 48. 
 
 Belgrave, Thomas, F.L. to V.-Adm. J. R. Daores, 
 14 Aug 45; 16 Mar 48. 
 
 Black, Matthew, Lt. T.S., 10 Nov 46 ; 12 Nov 47 ; re- 
 appointed 1 Nov 47. 
 
 Boys, William, Lt. T.S., 8 Aug 45 ; 27 Oct 46. Prom. 
 
 Brand, John F., Lt. C.S.V., 28 Apr 46 ; D. March 48. 
 
 Bridge, W., F.L. to V.-Adm. Sir F. W. Austen, 
 30 Nov 46 ; Jan 47. Supd. 
 
 Biittain, Geor|fe S.-, Lt. Mermaid R.V., 17 JaJi 46. 
 
 Broad, W. H., Lt. Dolphin R.V., 9 Nov 46. 
 Brooman, W. R., Lt. Lapwing R.V., 19 June 47. 
 Brownrigg, Marcus F., F.L. to Sir Wm. H. Gage, 
 17 April 48. 
 
 {Wickham R.V., 30 Nov 46 ; 26 
 July 47. 
 Prince Albert R.V., 26 July 47. 
 Charlesson, C.W., Lt. Royal George R.V., 27 Feb 43 ; 
 1848. Supd. 
 
 f Adm. Sir C. Ogle, 26 Mar 
 Cochran, Thomas, F.L. to { 47 ; 1 Oct. 48. 
 
 [Sir T. B. Capel, 1 Oct 48 
 Cochrane, Hon. A. A., F.L. to Earl of Dnndonald, 9 Jan 
 
 48. 
 Colher, [Geo. B. B., F.L. to Adm. Sir C. Ogle, 23 July 
 
 46 ; 28 Mar 47. Supd. 
 Cooke, John M., Lt. C.S.V., Mar 48 ; Nov 48. 
 Coventry, P. W., F.L. to K.-Adm. S. H. Inglefield, 
 2 May 46 ; 23 Sdpt 47. 
 
1374 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Coull, F. P., Lt. Camelion E.V., 20 May 48. 
 Cox, Henry, Lt. Lapwing E.V., 8 Oct 44 ; 1847. 
 Crocker, Henry, Lt. Prince Albert K.V., 29 Jan 44 ; 
 
 26 June 47. 
 Cull, Thomas, Lt. C.S.V., 14 Oct 47. 
 Curtis, Roger, F.L. to V.-Adm. Sir Lucius Curtis, 
 
 21 Mar 43 ; 9 Nov 46. Prom. 
 
 Davies, John, Lt. C.S.V., 27 Not 44; 5 June 47. 
 Dennehy, Lawrence, Lt. C.S.V., 12 June 47. 
 Densten, Thomas, Lt. C.S.V., 12 Feb 44 ; 19 Apr 49. 
 Dolling, Samuel B., Lt. (Ag.) C.S. v., 26 Aug 44; Aug 
 
 48. Sup. 
 Dyke, Charles, F.L. to K.-Adm. Hon. D. H. Mackay, 
 
 17 Jan 48. 
 
 Egerton, Francis, F.L. to Commodore Sir T. Herbert, 
 1 Apr 47. 
 
 Fowler, E. F., F.L. to Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, 
 30 Apr 46 ; 9 Nov 46. 
 
 Gardner, George J., Lt. C.S.V., 19 Jan 42 ; 27 Aug 
 
 47. 
 Goldsmith, George, Lt. Eoyal George E.V., 17 Apr 48 
 Grandy, John W. S., Lt. Wellington E.V., 8 Sept 47. 
 Gray, Herbert B., Lt. Active E.V., 29 Jan 48; 
 
 15 Jan 49. 
 Griffith, Smyth, Lt. C.S.V., 14 Mar 46 ; 22 Dec 48. 
 
 Supd. 
 
 Hamilton, Alex., F.L. (Ag.) to E.-Adm. Sir C. Na- 
 pier, 15 June 47 ; 14 June 48. Sup. 
 
 Harvey, Henry, F.L. to E.-Adm. Edward Harvey, 
 9 Mar 48. 
 
 Haswell, W. H., F.L. to Commodore Sir C. Hotham, 
 27 Feb 47 ; Dec 47. Sup. 
 
 Hay, John (c), Lt. C.S.V., 5 Apr 47. 
 
 Hancock, George, F.L. (Ag.) to E.-Adm. Sir F. A. 
 CoUier, 20 Feb 49. 
 
 Higgins, Thomas, Lt. C.S.V., 17 Aug 48. 
 
 iWickham E.V., 26 July 47; 
 26 Apr 48. 
 Eangcr E.V., 26 Apr 48; 30 
 Jan 49. 
 Active E.V., 30 Jan 49 ; May 49 
 Hornby, G. T. P., F.L. to E.-Adm. P. Hornby, 
 6 Sept 47. 
 
 Inglefield, Val. 0., F.L. to E.-Adm. S. H. Inglefield, 
 24 Sept 47 ; 29 Feb 48. 
 
 Jones, Oliver John, F.L. to E.-Adm. W. H. Shirreff, 
 1 Oct 47 ; 8 Dec 47. 
 
 Eiddle, John, 
 
 ,.Lt.j^ 
 
 fHarpy E.V., 29 Jan 44; Apr 47. 
 
 Sup. 
 ICS.V., 4 Aug 47. 
 Kynaston, Arthur F., F.L. to E.-Adm. Sir G. F. Sey- 
 mour, 8 Sept 47 ; 9 July 48. 
 
 Lake, W. J., F. L. (Ag.) to Commodore A. Fanshawe, 
 12 Jan 49. 
 
 Lee W. v., Lt. C.S.V., 19 June 48. 
 
 LUburn, J. E. E., Lt. Eoyal Charlotte E.V., 19 June 
 
 47. 
 Lloyd, Eichard, Lt. C.S.V., 28 Aug 47. 
 Loekyer, W. N. L., F.L. to E.-Adm. Sir F. Collier, 
 
 7 Apr 48 ; 20 Feb 49. 
 
 MacDonald, E. J. J. G., F.L. to E.-Adm. Sir George 
 
 F. Seymour, 20 Jan 47 ; 11 Oct 47. 
 M'Gregor, FitzJames, F.L. to V.-Adm. Hon. George 
 
 EUiot, 3 Nov 48. 
 Mason, George, Lt. Stag E.V., 21 Jan 47 ; 6 June 
 
 48. Sup. 
 Miller, Thomas, F.L. to E.-Adm. Sir John Louie 
 
 1 Jan 47 ; 7 May 47. 
 Moffatt, John, Lt. C.S.V., 5 May 48. 
 
 Napier, G. J., F.L. to E.-Adm. J. E. Dacres, 16 Mar 48 ; 
 26 Jan 49. Prom. t 
 
 O'Eeilly, John (a), Lt. C.S.V., 23 Feb 49. 
 
 D 1 T> t, ..* Ti (C.S.V., 21 June 43; 1 July 48. 
 Parker, Eobert, Lt. | ^^ ' g^ jjov 48. ^ 
 
 Phelps, Henry, F.L. to E.-Adm. Sir C. Napier, 2 June 
 
 47; 16 Apr 49. Prom. 
 PhiUimore, Aug., F.L. to V.-Adm. Sir Wm. Parker, 
 
 28 Feb 47. 
 
 Pnoi. P„i,.vt Tt (Active E.V., 8 Sept 47; 29 Jan 48. 
 Poole, Eobert, Lt.|j,^j^ ^^^ gg Jan 48. 
 
 Poynter, Charles W., Lt. Harpy R.V., 22 Apr 47 ; 
 
 Nov 48. Sup. 
 Price, John A. P., F.L. to E.-Adm. Sir L. Curtis, 
 
 1 July 47 ; June 48. 
 
 {Camelion 'E. v., 3 June 45; 
 13 Jan 48. 
 VulcanE.V., 13 Jan48. 
 Purvis, Eichard, F.L. to Commodore Sir C. Hotham, 
 20 Deo 47 ; 16 Apr 49. Prom. 
 
 f Medusa, 13 July 44 ; 16 May48; 
 Eaymond, Jas. G., Lt.,/ P.O. 
 
 lC.S.V., 26 Apr 49. 
 Eaymond, John G., Lt. Eedwing E.V., 27 July 48 ; 
 
 9 Oct 48. 
 Eeid, Douglas, Lt. C.S.V., 22 Jan 48. 
 
 Scriven, Thomas S., Lt. C.S.V., 22 Dec 48. 
 Sicklemore, John, Lt. Victoria E.V., 10 Aug 48. 
 
 {Greyhound E.V., 15 Jan 49; 
 26 May 49. P.O. 
 Active E.V., 26 May 49. 
 Stead, Thos. F., Lt. C.S.V., 11 July 45 ; 13 Aug 48. 
 
 Thompson, Thomas, Greyhound E.V., 2 July 44; 
 
 1 Jan 49. Prom. 
 TomUn, Geoi^e W., Lt. Harpy E.V., 15 Nov 48. 
 
 Coast Guard. 
 
 Ward, E. W., Lt. T.S., 29 Sept 45 ; 14 July 48. 
 Wise, Chapman, Lt. Fox E.V., 29 Sept 45. 
 
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 Date. 
 
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 Date. 
 
 Adair, William K. 
 Alexander, W. C. 
 Allen, Samuel . 
 Ambrose, Prosper . 
 Andrews, Zaccheus . 
 Anderson, James (d) 
 Anthony, Charles . 
 Apthorp, Shirley 
 Argles, George . . 
 Askew, Christopher 0. 
 Atwater, James . . 
 Ayling, William 
 Aylmer, John . . 
 
 Baker, George . . 
 Baker, H. M. . . 
 Barclay, Andrew 
 Barker, William 0. 
 Bates, Henry A. 
 Bates, Joseph. . . 
 Bazalgette, Joseph W. 
 Beauman, Francis . 
 Bishop, William 
 Biaset, Alexander . 
 Blair, Frederick . , 
 Blow, John A. . . 
 Bloye, Robert . . 
 Boilean, Lestock F. 
 Bourchier, Sir Thomas 
 Bowen, Peregrine . 
 Bowie, John ... 
 Bowker, John H. . 
 Bowlby, George H. 
 Boxer, James . , 
 Brand, John Fittz . 
 Breedon, Henry A. . 
 Bridges, Philip H. . 
 Brisbane, John W. D, 
 Browdie, Alexander 
 Brown, Thomas B. 
 Brunton, John . 
 Bull, Henry . . 
 Bullock, P. L. . 
 Bwgoyne, Frederick W. 
 Butcher, Samuel 
 Butler, Whitwell 
 Butler, William 
 Buxton, Richard 
 
 Campbell, James 
 Campbell, John . 
 Campbell, John N. 
 Canes, Edward . 
 Carew, Charles H. 
 Carter, Charles . 
 Chambers, William 
 Chasman, William 
 Chiene, John 
 Chinneiy, Charles 
 Chubb, George F. 
 Clements, Hanbury 
 Cole, M!ui.ia 
 Coleman, Thomas 
 Combe, Matthew 
 Compton, Henry . 
 
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 Connolly, John B. . 
 Cotesworth, William 
 Couch, Philip R. 
 Cowan, James . 
 Crawford, Peter 
 Crawford, Thomas 
 Crichlow, Ralph 
 Cririe, John . . 
 Crooke, James . 
 Crosby, Thomas S. 
 Crotty, William , 
 
 Dabine, Thomas D. J, 
 Dacres, James R. 
 Dashwood, Sir Charl 
 Davles, Alexander B, 
 Deane, William G. 
 'Delafons, Thomas 
 -Delap, Robert 
 Derry, John . . 
 De Starck, M. A. N. 
 Dornford, Josiah J. 
 Douglas, John E. 
 'Doyle, Arthur . 
 Drummond, Sir Adam 
 Drury, Henry 
 Duffty, William , 
 Duncan, Thomas 
 
 Ebrington, George 
 Elliot, Robert J. 
 Ellis, John . . 
 Evans, Ward . . 
 
 Farrant, John . 
 Fiott, William E. 
 Fitzmaurice, William 
 Fleming, John . 
 Foley, Osborne . 
 Forbes, Andrew . 
 Posse, William . 
 Fothergill, William 
 France, Nathaniel C, 
 Franklin, John 
 Fraser, George , 
 
 Gamier, Brownlowe N 
 Gerrard, W. C. . 
 Gilbert, Edmund W 
 Glaire, Thomas , . 
 Glascock, William N 
 Glynn, Henry R. 
 Goldie, John B. . 
 Gordon, Charles R. 
 Gordon, David MfD, 
 Gordon, Henry C, 
 Granger, William 
 Gray, Herbert B. . 
 Greenaway, Richard 
 Gregory, Arthur T. 
 Grey, Charles C. . 
 Grosett, Walter . . 
 
 Ham, William . . 
 Hamilton, William P. 
 
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 Hodgson, Thomas 
 Hoffman, Frederick 
 Honyman, Eobert 
 Hope, David . . 
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 Here, James S. . 
 Hotham, Sir William 
 Hough, John J. . 
 Saughion, Charles E. 
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 Inglefield, Samuel H. 
 Irvine, Thomas F. ,~ 
 
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 Jameson, Walter 
 Jenkins, Henry . 
 Jewell, William N. 
 Jonas, Richard . 
 Judd, Robert H. 
 
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 Kendall, Thomas 
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 Kennedy, Alexander (a 
 Keys, David . . . 
 King, Hon. James W. 
 Kinsman, Hugh M. 
 Knevitt, Thomas L. 
 
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 Lawrie, Sir Robert, Bt. 
 Lawrence, John . . 
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 Leech, Robert . . 
 Le Hardy, Thomas P. 
 Levinge, R. T. J. . 
 Lewis, William . . 
 Loring, Hector . . 
 Lowe, Gower . . 
 Lowry, James . . 
 Zugg, William . , 
 Lyne, Thxynms . . 
 Lysaght, Thomas H. 
 
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 M'Kerlie, John . . 
 Mackworth, Herbert 
 M'Leod, Alexander. 
 Magin, Joseph . . 
 Maling, Thomas J. . 
 Mapleton, David R. B. 
 Markland, John D. . 
 Marryat, Frederick ■ 
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 Marshall, Willoughby C, 
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 Murray, Fraacis A. 
 
 Nelson, Cliarles . 
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 Oliver, Sir Robert, Kt. 
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 Prescott, Thomas L. 
 Pritchard, R. D. 
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 Reynolds, James 
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 Richards, William 
 Richardson, Richard M'K. 
 Roberts, Sir Samuel, Kt. 
 Robinson, Charles F. 
 Roche, John, . . . 
 Ross, Charles W. 
 Ross, Charles B, H. 
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 Watson, William . . 
 Wilbraham, Richard . 
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LISTS OF THE SHIPS AND BATTLES 
 
 FOE IVHICH 
 
 NAVAL MEDALS 
 
 HAVE BEEN ATVARDED TO 
 
 THE OFFICERS, SEAMEN, AND MARINES (AND SOLDIERS WHO 
 SERVED AS MARINES), 
 
 Surviving at the Date of the Gazette Notice of June 1, 1847, 
 
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH HER MAJESTT'S GRACIOCS COMMANDS, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH 
 THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE EORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. 
 
 Admiralty Office, 25th Jtmuary, 1849. 
 
 The Naval Medals prepared according to Her Majesty's gracious commands being now ready for distribution, 
 Claimants, whether Officers or Seamen, and Marines, and Soldiers serving as Marines, and others, who served in 
 any of the Ships hereafter named, and in the Actions specified, may give their names to the Staff Oiiicers of Pen- 
 sioners in the different Districts of the United Kingdom in which they reside, who will forward to the Admiralty 
 lists of such Applicants on the 1st and 15th of every month (Sundays excepted), when their respective Medals will 
 be remitted to the Staff Ofiicers for distribution. Officers may apply at the Admiralty, Whitehall, for their Medals, 
 either personally, or by any known Navy Agent, or Banker, on and after the 15th February, between the hours of 
 12 and 3 o'clock. * 
 
 It will be required of all applicants to make it clear to the Issuing Officer that they do not personate deceased 
 Seamen, Marines, &c. 
 
 N.B. — The Medals awarded under the Gazette Notice of 1st June, 1847, and for which the claims were pre- 
 ferred in the same year, will be first issued. 
 
 By Command of their Lordships, 
 
 W. A. B. HAMILTON. 
 
 We deliver the following Lists specifying the Ships and the Battles for which, according to Her Majesty's 
 gracious commands, and in compliance with the instructions of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Medals 
 have been awarded to the sui-viving Officers, Seameni, and Marines (and Soldiers who served as Marines) who 
 were present in any successful action which at tlie time received the marked approbation of the Admiralty, as shown 
 by the official records of the promotion granted ia compliment to each occasion. 
 
 (Signed) T. BYAM MAKTIN, Mmiral 
 
 T. BLADEN CAPEL, Admiral. 
 JAMES A. GORDON, Sear-Adm^'al. 
 
 8 N 
 
1378 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 NAVAL MEDALS— SHIPS AND ACTIONS. 
 
 Date. 
 
 NAMES of SHIPS for which CLAIMS have been proved. 
 
 ACTION for which a MEDAL is granted. 
 
 1793 
 18 June 
 
 20 Oct. 
 
 1794 
 ,17 Mar. 
 
 29 May 
 1 June 
 
 17 June 
 
 1795 
 4 Jan. 
 
 13 Mar. 
 
 14 Mar. 
 
 10 April 
 
 17 May 
 
 9 June 
 
 17 June 
 
 Nymph, Captain Edward Pellew . 
 
 Crescent, Captain James Saumarez . 
 
 Zebra, Commander Robert Faulknor , 
 
 Carysfort, Captain Francis Laforey 
 
 Queen Charlotte, Earl Howe ; 1st Captain, Sir Roger Curtis ; 
 2nd Captain, Sir Andrew Douglas. Eoyal Sovereign, 
 Admiral Graves; Captain H. NicoUs. Sayal George, 
 Vice- Admiral Sir Alexander Hood ; Captain Domett. 
 Barfieur, Rear- Admiral Bowyer ; Captain Cnthbert Col- 
 lingwood. Impregnable, Rear- Admiral Caldwell ; Captain 
 Westcott. Bellerophon, Rear- Admiral Pasley; Captain 
 W. Hope. Queen, Rear- Admiral Gardner ; Captain Hutt. 
 Ccesar, Captain MoUoy. Culloden, Captain Schomberg. 
 Defence, J. Gambler. Gibraltar, T. Mackenzie. Glory, 
 J. Elphinstone. Invincible, T. Pakenham. Leoiathan, 
 Lord Hugh Seymour. Majestic, C. Cotton. Marlborough, 
 Hon. G. Berkeley. Montague, James Montague. Orion, 
 Duckworth. Mamillies, Henry Hervey. Russell, 3. Payne. 
 Trememious, James Pigott. Thunderer, A. Bertie. Va- 
 liant, Pringle. Alfred, J. Bazely. Audadcmsj W. Parker. 
 Brunsmick, J. Hervey. Feisates : Latana, Thombrough. 
 Phaeton, Bentinck. Southampton, Hon. R. Forbes. Aqm- 
 lon, Hon. R. Stopford. Venus, W. Brown. Niger, Hon. 
 A. Legge. Pegasus, E. Barlow. Charon, G. Countess. 
 Sloops: Ccmet, W. Bradley. Incendiary, J. Cooke. 
 Kingfisher, Gosselin. CuTTEES : Rattler, J. Wynne. 
 Ranger, Charles Cotgrave. 
 
 Bomney, Captain Hon. Waiiam Paget.. 
 
 Blanche, Captain Robert Faulknor 
 Lively, Captain George Burlton 
 
 Britannia, Vice-Admiral Hotham ; Captain J. Holloway. 
 Princess Royal, Vice-Admiral Goodall; Captain J C 
 Purvis. St. George, Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker ; Cap- 
 tain T. Foley. Windsor Castle, Rear- Admiral Linzee ; 
 Captain J. Gore. Captain, S. Reeve. Fortitude, W. 
 Young. Illustrious, Frederick. Terrible, G. Campbell 
 Couragem, A. Montgomery. Bedford, D. Gould. Aga- 
 nKmnon, Horatio Nelson. Diadem, C. Tyler. Fgmmt 
 J. Sutton. Feisates : Inconstant, J. Fremantle. Ro- 
 mulys, G. Hope. Louiestoffe, B. Hallowell. Meleager, 
 G. Cockbum. Poulette, R. W. Miller. Tarlton, C 
 Brisbane. Moselle, Pater. Fox, Gibson. 
 
 Astrcea, Captain Lord Henry Paulet 
 
 Thetis, Horn, A. Cochrane. Hussar, J. P. Beresford 
 
 Mosquito, Lieutenant Macarthy 
 
 Royal Sovereign, Vice-Admiral Hon. W. Cornwallis ; Cap- 
 tarn J. Whitby. Mars, Sir C. Cotton. Triumph, Sir 
 Erasmus Gower. Bnmsmdi, Lord Charles Fitzgerald. 
 Bellerophm, Lord Cranstoun. Frigates : Phaeton, Hon. 
 E. Stopford. Pallas, Hon. H. Cuizon. * Einqflsher, Gos' 
 selm. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Cle'opatre. 
 Capture of French frigate Reunion. 
 
 Running the Zeira alongside the bastion 
 of Fort Royal, Martinique ; and storm- 
 ing and capturing the fort. 
 
 Capture of the Castor. 
 
 Defeat of the French fleet; capture of sii 
 sail of the Une, and one sunk. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Syhille. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Pique. 
 
 Capture of Tourterelle. 
 
 Action with French fleet, . and capture of 
 two sail of the line. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Gloire. 
 
 Action with four French ships ; and cap- 
 ture of La Raison and Pre'voyante. 
 Action with, and capture ofj privateer. 
 
 Brilliaat repulse of a fleet four time« 
 superior in force. 
 
NAVAL MEDALS— SHIPS AND ACTIONS. 
 
 1379' 
 
 Date. 
 
 NAMES of SHIPS for which CLAIMS have been proved. 
 
 ACTION for which a MEDAL is granted. 
 
 1795 
 23 June 
 
 24 June 
 
 25 Aug. 
 
 1796 
 17 Mar. 
 
 20 April 
 8 June 
 
 9 June 
 13 June 
 13 Oct. 
 
 3 Dec. 
 
 19 Dec. 
 
 1797 
 
 13 Jan. 
 
 14 Feb. 
 
 8 Mar. 
 11 Oct. 
 
 21 Dec. 
 
 Boyal George, Admiral Lord Bridport; Captain Domett. 
 Quern, "Vice- Admiral Sir Allen Gardner; Captain W. 
 Bedford. Lmdon, Vice-Admiral Colpoys ; Captain E. 
 Griffith. Frince of Wales, Eear-Admiral H. Hervey; 
 Captain J. Bazely. Sains Pareil, Rear-Admiral Lord 
 Hugh Seymour ; Captain W. Browell. Qveen Charlotte, 
 Sir A. Douglas. Prince, C. P. Hamilton. Sarfleur, J. 
 E. Daores. Frince George, W. Edge. Valiant, Christo- 
 pher Parker. Sobust, Thombrough. Orion, Sir James 
 Saumarez. Thumderer, A. Bertie. Irresistible, Grindall. 
 Biissell, T. Larcom. Colossus, J. Monckton. Standard, 
 J. Ellison. Feioates : Bemlutimmaire, F. Cole. Tha- 
 lia, Lord H. Paulet. Symphe, G. Murray. Aquilm, E. 
 Barlow. Astrma, R. Lane. Babet, Edw. Codrington. 
 Sloops : Megaira, H. Blackwood. Charon, Walter Lock. 
 IncemMary, J. Draper. Cutters: Argus and Dolly; 
 and the Lugger Galatea. 
 
 Dido, Captain G. H. Towry. Lomstoffe, R. G. Middleton .. 
 
 Spider (cutter), Lieutenant Oswald . 
 
 Diamond, Sir Sydney Smith. Liberty, Commander George 
 M'Kinley. Aristocrat (lugger), Lieutenant Abraham 
 Gossett. 
 
 Indefatigable, Captain Sir Edward Pellew 
 
 • Unicom, Captain T. Williams. Santa Margaritta, T. IJyam 
 Martin. 
 
 Southampton, Captain Macnamara 
 
 Dryad, Lord A. Beanclerk 'Z"""ZZI". 
 
 Terpsichore, Captain R. Bowen 
 
 Lapmng, Captain Robert Barton '"... 
 
 Minerve, Commodore Nelson; Captain George Cockbum.... 
 
 Indefatigable, Sir Edward Pellew. Amazon, Carthew Rey- 
 nolds. 
 
 Victory, Admiral Sir J. Jervis;- 1st Captain, E. Calder; 
 Captain G. Grey. Britannia, Vice-Admiral C. Thomp- 
 son; Captain Thomas Foley. Barfkiur, Vice-Admiral 
 Hon. W. Waldegrave ; Captain R. Dacres. Frince George, 
 Rear-Admiral W. Parker ; Captain J. Irwin. BlenMm, 
 T. L. Frederick. Namw, J. H. Whitshed. Captain, 
 Commodore Horatio Nelson ; Captain R. W. Miller. 
 Goliath, Sir C. Knowles. Excellent, Cuthbert CoUing- 
 wood. Orion, Sir J. Saumarez. Colossus, G. Murray. 
 Sgmont, J. Sutton. Oulloden, Trowbridge. Irresistible, 
 George- Martin. Diadem, G. H. Towry. Feisates : 
 Dido, Darcy Preston. Hvely, Lord Garlies. Wiger, 
 James Foote. Minerve, G. Cockbum. Southampton, 
 Macnamara. Sloops : Bonne Citoyenne, Charles Lindsay 
 Baven, W. Prowse. Fox (cutter), Lieutenant J. Gibson! 
 
 San Fioremio, Sir Harry Neale. Nymphe, J. Cooke 
 
 Ven^ahle, Admiral Duncan; Captain Fairfax. Monarch 
 Vice-Admiral Onslow; Captain E; O'Brien. JJwgseS, h! 
 B. TroUope. Mowtagu, J. Knight. Bedford, Sir T 
 Byard. Powerful, 0. B. Drury. Triumph, Essington' 
 Lancaster J. Wells. Brachel, J. Mosse. Belliqmm: 
 fcghs. AgincouH, Williamson. Ardent, R. E. Burgess 
 Veteran, G. Gregory. Director, Bligh. MonnSuth, 
 Walker. Im, Mitchell. Adamant, W. Hotham. Fei- 
 GATES:5eaM/,-eK,Fayerman. Circe, P. Halkett. Martin 
 Hon. C. Paget. Active (cutter), J. Hamilton. KinL 
 George, Rams. Rose, Brodie. Diligent, RandeU. Sve- 
 culator. ^ 
 
 Plmle, Sir Robert Barlow 
 
 Action with the French fleet,' and capture 
 of three sail of the line. 
 
 Action with' the French frigates Minerve 
 and Arte'mise ; and capture of the for- 
 mer. 
 
 Action with two brigs, and capture of 
 one. 
 
 Destroying the batteries at Port Spergui, 
 and destroying the corvette Stmirdie, 
 four brigs, two sloops, and one lugger. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Virginie. 
 
 Action with the three French frigates La 
 Tribune, La Tamise, and La Le'gere, 
 and capture of the two former. = 
 
 Capture of French frigate Utile. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Proserpine. 
 
 Capture of Mahonesa. 
 
 Action with French ship Decieux and brig 
 Vaillamte, and capture of the former. 
 
 Capture of Spanish frigate Santa Sabina. 
 
 Destruction of French 74 Droits de 
 PHomme. 
 
 Action with the Spanish fleet, and cap- 
 ture of four sail of the line. 
 
 Capture oi Bemtance and Constance. 
 Battle of Camperdown. 
 
 Captufe ofFrench frigate iVa-ew/e. 
 8 N 2 
 
1380 
 
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 NAMES of SHIPS for which CLAIMS have heen proved. 
 
 ACTION for wiich a MEDAJL is granted. 
 
 Mars^ Alexander Hood 
 
 Badger, C. P. Price. Sandfly, Bourne _ 
 
 Lion, Captain Manly Dixon 
 
 Vanguard, Rear- Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson ; Captain Berry. 
 Orim, Sir James Saumarez. CuUodim, Captain Troubridge. 
 Bellerophon, Derby. Defence, J. Peyton. Minotaw, Louis. 
 Alexander, Captain Ball. Zealous, S. Hood. Audacious, 
 Gould. Goliath, Foley. Majestic, Westcott. Swiftsure, 
 Hallowell. Theseus, Miller. Leander, Thompson. Mu- 
 tine (sloop), T. Hardy. 
 JEspoir, Captain Loftus Otway Bland 
 
 Canada, Commander Sir J. B. Warren. Sobust, Thom- 
 brough. Foudrayant, Sir T. Byard. Magnanime, Hon. 
 Michael De Courcy. Bthalion, Countess. Anson, Durham. 
 Amelia, Hon. C. Herbei*t. Melampus, Graham Moore. 
 
 Fisgard, Captain Thomas Byam Martin 
 
 Sybille, Captain Edward Cooke 
 
 Telegraph, Lieutenant J. A. Worth 
 
 Tigre, Sir S. Smith. Theseus, Miller. Alliance, Wilmot .. 
 
 Surprise, Captain Edward Hamilton 
 
 Pylades, A. Mackenzie. Fspiegle, J. Boorder. Courier, 
 Searle ; and boats of Latona and Jwno, 
 
 Arrow, Commander Portlock. Wolverine, Commander Bol- 
 ton. 
 
 Speedy (brig), Commander Jahleel Brenton 
 
 Courier, Lieutenant Thomas Searle 
 
 Viper (cutter), Lieutenant Pengelly 
 
 Fairy, Commander Sydney Horton. Sarpy, Henry Bazely 
 
 Feterel, Commander F. W. Austen .. 
 Penelope, Hon. H. Blackwood ; and 
 Long. 
 
 Vinciego, Commander 
 
 Dart, Captam Patrick Campbell. Wa^, Commander J. 
 Edwards. Falcon, H. S. Butt. Comet, F. Leef. Sosa- 
 rio, Carthew. Biter, Lieutenant Norman. Boxer, T. 
 Gilbert. Gutters: Kent, Lieutenant Cooban. Ann, 
 Lieutenant R. Young. Selby, Williams. Teazer, Robins. 
 Stag, Himiphreys. Nile, Whitehead. Vigilant, Dean; 
 and boats of Aiidromeda, Nemesis, and Babet. 
 
 Seine, Captain David Milne 
 
 Phabe, Captain Sir Robert Barlow 
 
 Elephant, Vice- Admiral Lord Nelson; Captain Foley. 
 Defiance, Eear-Admiral T. Graves ; Captain Retalick. 
 Edgar, George Murray. Monarch, J. Mosse. Bellam, 
 Thompson. Ganges, Fremantle. Russell, W. Cuming. 
 Agamemnon, Fancourt. Ardent, T. Bertie. Polyphemus, , 
 Lawford. Im, Walker. Gkvtton, Bligh. London, ' 
 Admiral Sir Hyde Parker ; Captain Brisbane. St. George, 
 T. M. Hardy. Warrior, Tyler. Defence, Lord H. Pau- 
 lett. Saturn, R. Lambert. Samillies, J. W. Dixon. 
 Saisonnable, J. Dilkes. Veteran, A. C. Dickson. Fri- 
 gates: Amazon, Eiou. Dsdrie, Inman. Blanche, 
 Graham Hamond. Alcmene, S. Sutton. Jamaica, James 
 Rose. Sloops : Arrow, W. Bolton. Dart, Devonshire. 
 Cruizer, 3. Brisbane. Earpy, W. Birchall. Bombs : 
 Discovery, J. Conn. Explosion, I. H. Martin. Hecla, 
 E. Hatherwill. Sulphur, Henden Whitter. Terror, I. 
 C. Rowley. Volcavm, James Brooke. Zebra, E. S. Clay. 
 Bwas : Otter, G. M'Kinley. Zephyr, C. Upton. 
 
 Capture of French 74 L'Heraule. 
 
 Island of Marcou. 
 
 Action with four Spanish frigates, and 
 
 capture of one, .Saiata Dorotea. 
 Battle of the Nile. 
 
 Action with and capture of » Genoese 
 pirate, the Liguria. 
 
 Action with French squadron, and cap- 
 ture of the Bbohe 74 guns, and two 
 frigates. 
 
 Capture -of French frigate L'lmmortaUte'. 
 
 Capture of French frigate La Fortg. 
 
 Capture of L* Sirondelle. 
 
 Successful defence of Acre, and lotljer ser- 
 vices during the siege. 
 
 Boarding and capturing the Hermione. 
 
 Attack on Schiermonnikoog, and capture 
 of Crash 12-gun brig. 
 
 Action and capture of Draak and Gier. 
 
 Action with ten Spanish gun-boats and 
 two schooners, and successful defence 
 of convoy. 
 
 Action with and capture of Guerrier. 
 
 Capture of French brig Furet. 
 
 Action with French frigate Pallas, and 
 
 her consequent capture by the Loire, 
 
 Danne, and Balieur. 
 Capture of La Ligurienne. 
 Night action with Guillaume Tell, and 
 
 her -consequent capture by the Lion 
 
 and Foudroyant, 
 Boarding and capturing French frigate 
 
 Desiree, and other vessels. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Vengeance. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Africaine. 
 Battle of Cppenhs^en, 1801. 
 
NAVAL MEDALS-SHIPS AND ACTIONS. 
 
 1381 
 
 NAMES of SHIPS for which CLAIMS have been proved. 
 
 Speedy, Lord Cochrane 
 
 C(Bsar, Sir J. Saumarez ; Captain Jahleel Brenton. Spencer, 
 Darby. Venerable, S. Hood. Superb, Keats. Auda- 
 cious, Peard. Tharrws, Lukin. Calpe, Hon. G. H. 
 Dundas. Louisa, Crawford Duncan; and Volunteers 
 from Pcmpee, Captain Stirling. 
 
 Sylph, Charles Dashwood 
 
 Pasley, Lieutenant Wooldridge 
 
 Scorpion,, Hardinge. Beaver, C. Pelly 
 
 Centurion, Captain Lind : Lieutenant Phillips 
 
 Arrom and Acheron, ,Commanders Vincent and Farqnhar 
 (sloops of war). 
 
 San Fiorenzo, Captain Lambert .■. 
 
 Phoenix, Thomas Bater .• 
 
 Victory, Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson; Captain T. Hardy. 
 Royal Sovereign, Vice-Admiral CoUingwood; Captain 
 Kotherham. Britannia, Rear- Admiral Lord Northcsk ; 
 Captain C. BuUen. Te'me'raire, E. Hervey. Neptwne, 
 Fremantle. Leviathan, Bayntun. Conqueror, Pellew. 
 Agamemnon, Berry. Africa, Digby. 4?"^! Lieutenant 
 Pinfold. Orion, Codrington. Minotaur, Mansfield. 
 Spartiate, Sir F. Laforey, Belleisle, Hargood. Mars, 
 Duff. Bellerophon, J. Cooke. Colossus, J. N. Morris. 
 L'Aehille, Sir Richard King. Dreadnought, J. Conn. 
 Polyphemus, Redmill. Revenge, Moorsom. Swiftsure, 
 G. Rutherfdrd. Defiance, Durham. Thunderer, Lieu- 
 tenant Stockham. Defence, G. Hope. Tonnant, Tyler. 
 Prince, R. Grindall. Frigates: Phoebe, Hon. Bladen 
 Capel. Sirius, W. Prowse. Ewyalvs, Hon. H. Black- 
 wood. Naiad, Dundas. CnTTERS: Entreprenante, L. 
 Purver. Pickle, Lapenotiere. 
 
 Goesar, Sir R, Straohan. Hero, Hon. A. Gardner. Namur, 
 Halstead. Caurageux, B. Lee. Frigates : JEolus, Lord 
 W. FitzRoy. Phcenix, T. Baker. Revolutionnaire, 
 Henry Hotham. Santa Margairitta, Rathbone. 
 
 Superb, Vice-Admiral Sir J. Duckworth ; Captain Keats. 
 Northumberland, Rear- Admiral Hon. A. Cochrane ; Cap- 
 tain Moi;rison. Spencer, Hon. R. Stopford. Donegal, 
 Malcolm. Atlas, Pym. Agamemnon, Sir E. Berry. 
 Canopus, Rear-Admiral Louis; Captain F. Austen. 
 Frigates : Acasta, Dunn. Magicienne, Mackenzie. 
 Sloops : Epermer, Cochrane. Kingfisher, Higginson. 
 
 London, Sir Harry Neale. Amazom, W. Parker 
 
 Pique, Charles Ross 
 
 Sirius, W. Prowse 
 
 Blanche, Captain Lavie , 
 
 Arethusa, Captain C. Brisbane. Aitson, C. Lydiard 
 
 ACTION for which a MEDAL is granted. 
 
 Arethusa, Brisbane. Anson, Lydiard. Fisgcerd, Bolton. 
 Latona, J. A. Wood. Mome Fortumee, Lieutenant Rorie. 
 
 Pickle, Lieutenant D. Calloway 
 
 Hydra, George Mundy , , , 
 
 Camus, Captain Edmund Heywood ,. 
 
 Louisa, Lieutenant Hoy 
 
 Carrier, Mate M. W. Milne 
 
 Ann, Lieutenant Mackenzie 
 
 Sappho, Commander George Langford 
 
 San Fioremo, Captain G. F. Hardinge 
 
 Emerald, F. L. Maitland 
 
 Capture of Garm. 
 
 Action with the French and Spanish 
 squadrons, Gut of Gibraltar, and de- 
 struction of two Spanish ships of 112 
 guns each, and capture of St. Antonio 
 of 74 gnns. 
 
 Action with Artemise. 
 
 Capture of Rosario, Spanish ship. 
 
 Attack and capture of vessels, Vlie Road. 
 Action with Marengo, Atalante, and Se- 
 millante. 
 
 Most gallant and successful protection of 
 28 sail of British merchant-ships, when 
 attacked by two 40-gun irigates. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Psyche. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Didon. 
 
 Battle of Trafalgar. 
 
 Capture of four sail of French line-of- 
 battle ships. 
 
 Battle of St. Domingo, and capture and 
 destruction of four sail of the line. 
 
 Capture of Marengo and Belle Poule. 
 Capture of Phaeton and Voltyeur. 
 Action with French flotilla at Civita 
 
 Vecchia, and capture of the Bergere. 
 Capture of Guerriere. 
 Capture of Spanish frigate Pomone. 
 
 Taking of Cuia9qa. 
 
 Capture of La Favorite. 
 
 At Begur, attack of batteries, and capture 
 of L' Eugene and Caroline. 
 
 Capture of Danish frigate Fredericks- 
 coam. 
 
 Action with and defeat of a privateer. 
 
 Capture of Actiff. 
 
 Capture of Spanish lugger-privateer, and 
 action with ten gun-boats, and surren- 
 der of two. 
 
 Capture of Danish brig Admiral Yawl. 
 Capture of French frigate Piedmmtaise. 
 Destruction of batteries and vessels of 
 war at Vivero. 
 
1382 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 NAMES of SHIPS for which CLAIMS hare been proved. 
 
 Childers, Captain W. H. Dillon 
 
 Stately, George Parker. Nassau, E. Campbell 
 
 Alceste, M. Maxwell. Mercury, James Gordon. Grass- 
 hopper, T. Searle. 
 Grasshopper, Commander Searle. Rapid, Lieutenant Baugh 
 
 Redwing, Commander Thomas Usher 
 
 Virginie, Edward Brace 
 
 BedwiTig, Thomas Usher 
 
 Seahorse, John Stewart 
 
 Comet, Commander Cuth. Daly 
 
 Centaur, Bear- Admiral Sir Samuel Hood ; Captain Webley. 
 
 Implacable, Thomas Byam Martin. 
 Oruizer, Lieutenant T. Wells 
 
 Amethyst, Sir Michael Seymour 
 
 Circe, F. Collier. Amaranthe, E. Brenton. Stork, Geo. 
 
 Le Geyt. Express, Lieutenant Dowers. Epermer, T. 
 
 Tucker. Mame Fortunee, Lieutenant Brown. 
 
 Onyx, Charles Gill 
 
 Cmfiance, Sir L. Yeo 
 
 Neptune, Admiral Hon. Sir A. Cochrane ; Captain T. Pinto. 
 Pompse, Commodore George Cockbum. Belleisle, Fahie. 
 Captain, 3. A. Wood. Intrepid, Nesham. York, R. 
 Barton. Penelope, J. Dick. Aoasta, P. Beaver. Ama- 
 ranthe, E. Brenton. Cherub, T. Tucker. Eurydice, 
 Bradshaw. Ethalion, T. Cochrane. Express, W. Ma- 
 lone. Fawn, Hon. G. A. Crofton. G-loire, James Car- 
 thew. Haughty, Mitchell. Hazard, Cameron. Mozam^ 
 Uque, Atkins, ^olus. Lord W. FitzEoy. Felorus, F. 
 Collier. Port d'Espagne, Kennedy. Star, Patterson. 
 Stork, George Le Geyt. Surinam, J. Lake. Superieure, 
 W. Ferrie. Wolverine, Simpson. Goree, Spear. Ulysses, 
 Woolcomhe. Circe, Collier. Cleopatra, J. Pechell. 
 Ringdove, Andrews. Recruit, Napier. Forester, J. 
 Richards. Bellette, Saunders. Snap, Stewart. Deme- 
 rara, W. Dowers. Pultusk, Pringle. Frolic, Whinyates. 
 liberty, Gooi. Swinger, 'Rligh. (SuSWe, Brown. Bacchus, 
 Jenny. 
 
 Horatio, George Scott. Swperiewre, W. Ferrie 
 
 Amethyst, Michael Seymour 
 
 Caledonia, Lord Gamhier ; 1st Captain, Sir H. Neale ; Cap- 
 tain W. Bedford. Ccesar, Eear-Admiral Stopford ; Cap- 
 tain C. Richardson. Gibraltar, Ball. Hero, Newman. 
 Donegal, Malcolm. Resolution, Burlton. Theseus, Beres- 
 ford. illustrious, Broughton. Valiant, J. Bligh. Bel- 
 lona, Douglas. Revenge, Kerr. Imperieuse, Lord Coch- 
 rane. Indefatigable, Rodd. Aigle, Wolfe. Emerald, 
 Maitland. Vnicom, Hardyman. Pallas, G. F. Seymour. 
 Mediator, Wooldridge. Beagle, Newcombe. Doterel, 
 Abdy. Lyra, Bevians. Foxhomd, Green. Redpole, 
 Joyce. I Thumder, Cauliield. JEtna, Godfrey. Insolent, 
 Lieutenant Morris. Encounter, J. H. Talbot. Conflict, 
 Butt. Contest, Gregory. Fervent, Hare. Growler, 
 Crossman. Whiting, Wildey. Nimrod, Tapley. King 
 George, T. Mercer. Martial, W. Walker. 
 
 Pompe'e, W. Fahie. Castor, Roberts. Recruit, C. Napier 
 
 Cyane, Captain T. Staines. L'Espoir, Commander R. Mit- 
 
 ford. 
 
 Bonne Citoyenne, Captain Mounsey 
 
 Diana, Lieutenant Kempthome 
 
 Sceptre, Captain S. Ballard. Freija, J. Hayes. Blonde, 
 
 V. V. Ballard. Thetis, G. Miller. Castor, Roberts. 
 
 Hazard, Cameron. Ringdove, Dowers. Cygnet, Dix. 
 
 Elizabeth, Lieutenant Charles Finch, Gloire. 
 
 ACTION for which a MEDAL is granted. 
 
 Action with Danish brig Zougon. 
 
 Destruction of Danish line-of-battle ship 
 Prince Christian Frederick. 
 
 With gun-boats and convoy, and destruc- 
 tion of several. 
 
 Action with and destruction of Spanish 
 armed vessels and gun-boats at Faro. 
 
 Action with seven armed vessels, and de- 
 struction of them. 
 
 Capture of Dutch frigate G-uelderland. 
 
 Tarifa. Battery destroyed, and two ves- 
 sels taken. 
 
 Capture of Turkish frigate Badere Zaffer. 
 
 Action with three French brigs, and cap- 
 ture of Sylph. 
 
 Russian fleet, and capture of 74-gun ship 
 Sewolod. 
 
 Action with flotilla off Gottenbnrgh, and 
 capture of brig of war. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Thetis. 
 
 Action with batteries, and capture of a 
 corvette. 
 
 Capture of Dutch corvette Manly. 
 Taking of Cayenne. 
 
 Capture of Martinique, for which a Medal 
 was bestowed on the Army. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Junon. 
 
 Capture of Niemen. 
 
 Destruction of ships in Basque Roads. 
 
 Chase and capture of French ship of the 
 
 line Hautpoult. ■ 
 Action with Ceres, and capture of eighteen 
 
 gun-boats, and destruction of four. 
 Capture of French frigate Fwieuse, 
 Capture of Zephyr. 
 
 Storming batteries at Ans-le-Barque, and 
 J capture of Loire and Seine frigates.. 
 
NAVAL MEDALS— SHIPS AND ACTIONS. 
 
 1383 
 
 Date. 
 
 1810 
 
 10 Jan. 
 
 12 Jan. 
 
 Jan. & 
 
 Feb. 
 
 10 Feb. 
 
 24 April 
 26 April 
 , 3 May 
 
 May & 
 June 
 
 25 July 
 
 9 Aug. 
 18 Sept. 
 
 14 Oct. 
 
 1811 
 13 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 6 April 
 
 20 May 
 
 18 Aug. 
 
 Aug. & 
 
 Sept. 
 
 11 Nov. 
 
 29 Nov. 
 
 1812 
 22 Feb. 
 27 Mar, 
 22 May 
 
 29 May 
 
 6 July 
 
 21 July 
 29 Dec. 
 
 NAMES of SHIPS for which CLAIMS have been proved. 
 
 Cheroiee, Richard Arthur 
 
 Scorpion, F. Stanfell 
 
 Fompe'e, Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir A. Cochrane; Captain 
 Dilltes. Abercrombie, Fahie. Alfred, Watson. Alcmeiw, 
 Hon. W. Maude. A^, Preston. Aurora, J. Duer. 
 Amarcmthe, Pringle. Achates, Pinto. Attentive, Carr. 
 Bettette, Sloane. Sallahm, Mills. Bacchus, Jenny. 
 Blonde, V. V. Ballard. Castor, Roberts. Cherub, 
 Tucker. Cygnet, Dix. Elizabeth, Fitch. Freija, Hayes. 
 Favm, Hon. G. A. Crofton. Frolic, Whinyatcs. Fores- 
 ter, Wall. Qlmre, Carthew. Quadeloupe, Head. Gre- 
 nada, Briggs. Hazard, Elliott. Loire, Schomberg. 
 Laura, Hunter. Melampus, Hawker. Mome Fortunee, 
 Wills. Netley, Jackson. Orpheus, Tonyn. Olservatetir, 
 Wetherall. Perlen, Thompson. Pelorus, Huskisson. 
 Pultusk, M'George. Plumper, Firssell. Sosamond, 
 Walker. Mngdme, Dowers. Sceptre, Ballard. Statira, 
 BoyS. Scorpion, Stanfell. Savage, Ferrie. Svperieure, 
 
 ' Coxen. Star, Paterson. Snap, Stewart. Surinam, 
 Hodge. Subtle, Brown. Thetis, Miller. Timeira, Sco- 
 bell. Wanderer, Eobilliard. 
 
 Thistle, Lieutenant Peter Proctor 
 
 Sw^|, Welch. Firm, Little 
 
 Sylvia, Lieutenant A. Drury 
 
 Spartan, Jahleel Brenton 
 
 Soyalist, Maxwell 
 
 Thames, Hon. G. Waldegrave. Pilot, Toup Nicolas. 
 Weazle, Henry Prescott. 
 
 Caroline, Christopher Cole. Piedmontaise, Charles Foote. 
 
 Barracouta, E. Kenah. 
 Boadicea, J. Rowley. Otter, J. Tomkinson. Staunch, 
 
 Lieutenant B. Street. 
 
 Briseis, Acting Commander G. Bentham . 
 
 ACTION for which a MEDAL is granted. 
 
 Amphion,, Sir W. Hoste. Active, J. A. Gordon. Cerberus, 
 H. Whitby. Volage, Phipps Hornby. 
 
 Defence of Anholt, Captain J. W. Maurice 
 
 Arrow, Sam. Knight 
 
 Astroea, C. Schomberg. Phoebe, J. Hillyar. Galatea, W. 
 Losack. Racehorse, J. De Rippe. 
 
 Bawke, Henry Bourchier 
 
 Scipion, Rear-Admiral Hon. R. Stopford ; Captain J. John- 
 stone. Illustrious, Commodore Broughton ; Captain Fest- 
 ing. Lion, H. Heathcote. Minden, Hoare. AKbar, H. 
 Drury. Barracouta, W. F. Owen. Bucephalus, C. Pelly. 
 Caroline, Cole. Cornelia, H. Edgell. Harpy, Bain. Se- 
 cate, Hon. H. Peachy. Hesper, B. Reynolds. Emsar, 
 Crawford. Leda, Sayer. Modeste, Hon. G. Elliot. Nisus, 
 P. Beaver. Phaeton, Pellew. Phcebe, J. Hillyar. Pre- 
 sident, S. Warren. Procris, Maunsell. Samarang, J. 
 Drury. Sir F. Drake, G. Harris. Psyche, Edgcumbe. 
 Doris, W. J. Lye. Dasher, W. Kelly. 
 
 Skylark, Boxer. Locust, Gedge 
 
 Alceste, M. Maxwell. Active, J. Gordon. Unite', Cham- 
 berlain. 
 
 Victorious, Captain Talbot. Weasel, J. W. Andrew 
 
 bosario, Commander TroUope. - Griffon, Hervey 
 
 Northumberland, Hy. Hotham. Growler, Lieutenant Weeks 
 
 Hyadnth, Ussher. Goshawk, Lilbum. 
 
 and Gun-boat 16, Lieutenant Cull. 
 Dictator, Stewai-t. Podargus, Robilliard. 
 
 Flamer, Lieutenant England. 
 
 Sealark, Thos. Warrand 
 
 Royalist, Downie 
 
 Resolute, Keenan ; 
 Calypso, Weir. 
 
 Capture of L'Aimable Nelly. 
 Capture of 16-gun brig L' Oreste. 
 Capture of Guadeloupe, 1810 ; for which 
 a Medal was bestowed on the Army, 
 
 Capture of the Dutch corvette Savik. 
 Capture of Alcide. 
 
 Capture of Fcho in Straits of Sundy. 
 Action with French frigate Ceres and con- 
 sorts, and capture of Sparviere. 
 Action with and capture of six armed 
 
 Action with gun-boats ; and capture and 
 destruction of a number of transports 
 at Amanthea. 
 
 Banda Neiril. 
 
 Action with French squadron, and captxire 
 of the French frigate Venus; and re- 
 capture of the Ceylon. 
 
 Capture of Sans-Souci. 
 
 Action with and capture of frigates off 
 
 Lissa. 
 Anholt Island. 
 
 Action with chasse-mare'es and batteries. 
 Action with French frigates and capture 
 
 of Renommee and Nereide. 
 Capture of 16-gun brig Heron and convoy. 
 Capture of Java, 1811, for which a Medal 
 
 was bestowed upon the Army. 
 
 Action with Boulogne flotilla and capture 
 
 Of gun-brigi 
 Action with and capture of two French 
 
 frigates. 
 
 Capture of French 74 Rivoli. 
 
 Capture of two brigs of war. 
 
 Destruction of two French frigates and a 
 brig. 
 
 At Malaga, capture of Brave and Napo- 
 leon. 
 
 Destruction of two Danish frigates and 
 two brigs. 
 
 Capture of Ville de Caen. 
 
 Capture of La Ruse. 
 
1384 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 NAMES of SHIPS for which CLAIMS hare been proved. 
 
 ACTION for which a MEDAL is granted. 
 
 Weasel, Commander Black 
 
 Shamum, Phil. Brooke 
 
 Pelican, Commander Maples 
 
 Surveillante, G. Collier. Ajax, Otway. Andromache, Tobin. 
 Beagle, J. Smith. Challenger, F. Vernon. Freija, W. 
 J. Scott. Hevolutimnaire, Wooicombe. Constant, Lieu- 
 tenant J. Stokes. Dispatch, J. Galloway. Zyra, Bloye. 
 Magicienne, Hon. W. Gordon. President, F. Mason. 
 Sparrow, Tayler. Solly, Treacher. Juniper, Vassall ; 
 and Boats from such Ships as may have been present 
 during the months of August and September, and which 
 were employed on the imier line of sea blockade. 
 
 Thunder, W. 0. Pell 
 
 Desiree, Farquhar. Shamrock, Marshall. Hearty, Rose. 
 
 Blazer, Banks. Piercer, Kneeshaw. Redbreast, Keith ; 
 
 and Gunboats. 
 Venerable, Rear- Admiral Durham ; J. A. Worth. Cyane, 
 
 T. Fon-est. 
 
 Eurotas, J. Phillimore 
 
 Hebrus, E. Palmer 
 
 Phmbe, James Hillyar. Cherub, Cotomander Tucker 
 
 Seahorse, James Gordon. Euryalus, C. Napier. Devasta- 
 tion, Captain Alexander, ^tna, Kenai. Meteor, S. 
 Roberts. Erebus, Bartholomew. Fairy, Baker. Anna 
 Maria, Jackson. 
 
 Endymion, H. Hope 
 
 Malta, Fahie. Benmok, Edward Brace 
 
 Queen Charlotte, Admiral Lord Ermouth ; Captain J. Bris- 
 bane. Impregnable, Rear-Admiral Milne ; Captain Edw. 
 Brace. Superb, Chas. Ekins. Albion, J. Coode. Min- 
 den, W. Paterson. Leander, Chetham. Glasgow, Hon. 
 
 A. Maitland. Severn, Hon. F. W. Aylmer. Granicus, 
 W. F. Wise. Eehrus, E. Palmer. Cordelia, W. Sarjeant. 
 JSsro«, George Bentham. .Bn'tomarf, R. Riddell. Mutine, 
 James Mould. Prometheus, W. B. Dashwood. ffecla 
 W. Popham. Infernal, Hon. George J. Perceval. Beel- 
 zebub, W. Kempthom. Fury, C. R. Moorsom. Falmmith, 
 Hoy. 
 
 Asia, Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington ; Captain Edw. 
 Curzon. Albion, J. A. Ommanney. Genoa, Walter 
 Bathurst. Cambrian, G. W. Hamilton. Dartmouth, T. 
 Fellowes. Glasgow, Hon. A. Maude. Talbot, Hon. F. 
 Spencer. Sose, L. Davies. Philomel, Viscount Ingestrie. 
 Mosquito, G. B. Martin. Brisk, Hon. W. Anson. 
 
 Princess Charlotte, Admiral Hon. Sir Robert Stopford ; Cap- 
 tain A. Fanshawe. Powerful, Cha«. Napier. Belloroplum, 
 C. J. Austen. Beoenge, Hon. W. Waldegrave. Ganges, 
 
 B. Reynolds. Thunderer, F. Berkeley. Edinburgh, W. 
 W. Henderson. Hastings, J. Lawrence. Benhow, H. 
 Stewart. Rodney, Maunsell. Asia, W. Fisher. Van- 
 guard, Sir D. Dimn. Implacable, Hervey. Cambridge, 
 Barnard. Castor, E. Collier. Pique, Edward Boxer. 
 Carysfort, H. B. Martin. Dido, L. Davies. Talbot, H. 
 J. Codrington. Daphne, J. W. Dalling. Magicienne, F. 
 J. Michell. Gorgon, W. H. Henderson. Cyclops, H. T. 
 Austen. Wasp, Geo. Mansell. Vestwius, Thomas Hen- 
 derson. Strcmboli, W. J. Williams. Hydra, R. S. Robin- 
 son. Phmdx, R. Stopford. Hazard, Hon. C. Gilbert 
 Elliot. Zebra, J. J. Stopford. Hecate, J. H. Ward. 
 Medea, Th«s. Warden. 
 
 Destruction of six gun-boats. 
 Capture of American frigate Chesapeake. 
 Capture of American brig Argus. 
 St. Sebastian's. 
 
 Capture of Neptune armed lugger. 
 
 Fortress of Gliickstadt captured. 
 
 Capture of two French frigates. 
 
 Capture of French frigate Clorinde. 
 
 Capture of French frigate L'Etoile. 
 
 Capture of American frigate Essex, and 
 Essex Jumor. 
 
 At Alexandria in America ; and destruc- 
 tion of shipping in the Potomac. 
 
 Capture of President. 
 
 Attack and reduction of Gaeta. 
 
 Battle of Algiers. 
 
 Battle of Navarino. 
 
 Capture of Acre, and operations connected 
 with it on the coast of Syria. 
 
( 1385 ) 
 
 NAVAL MEDALS-BOATS AND ACTIONS. 
 
 BOAT ACTIONS*. 
 
 The boats of the fojkwing Ships of the fleet under Sir John 
 Jerris : — Boyws, Vengeance, Asswaace,. Irresistible, Asist, 
 Veteran, £eaulim. Blonde, An&i0er„ Veswoius, Winekei' 
 sea, Woolmeh, Ulysses, Zebra, Aurora, Dromedary, Rose, 
 MattlmtiSe, Soalmak, Santa Margaritta, Sxperimmt, 
 Seaflower, Tormentor, Quebec, Nautilus, Spiteful, Venom. 
 
 Boats oi Li»tl!y and Minerve, Lieutenant T. M. Hardy 
 
 Boats of Success, under Lisutcqant Phil. Facay ... 
 Boats of Qwem Charlatie, lieutenant Bainhridge . 
 
 Boats of Viper, Impitueux, Amethyst, Lieutenant J. Coghlan 
 Boats of Senown, Tmpstue»x, I,ondon, Caurageux, Amethyst, 
 
 Staff, Amelia,. SrilUasit, and Cyntkia, Lieutenant Burke. 
 Boats «f Pliaeten, Lieutenant Beaufort 
 
 Boats of Doris, Beaulieu, Uranie, and Ville de Paris 
 
 Boats of Zaire, Lieutenant F. Temple 
 
 Boats of Centaur, Lieutenant Qarthew Reynolds . 
 
 Boats of Loire, under Lieutenant Yeo 
 
 Boats of Cmlaim', Omqtieror, Beiienge, Achilles, Prince of 
 Wales, Polyphemus, Monarch, Iris, and Indefatigable, 
 under Lieutenant Sibley. 
 
 Boats of the Cerberus, Lieutenant Coote ....« 
 
 Boats of Galatea, under Lieutenant Coombe 
 
 Boats of Richmond, under Sub-Li/eutepant G. Bush 
 
 Boats of ConfioMce, under Mr. Robert Trist 
 
 Boats of Porowpine, under Lieutenant G. Price . 
 Boats of Sir R. Keats' squadron 
 
 Boats of Hewreux, under Commander W. Coombe 
 
 Boats of Implacable, Bellerc^hon, Melpomene, and Prome- 
 theus, under Lieutenant Joseph Hawkey. 
 
 Boats o{ Scout, under Lieutenant R. Battcrsby 
 
 Boats o{ Faum, under Lieutenant Morgan 
 
 Boats of Princess Caroline, Minotaur, Cerberus, and Prome- 
 tt«M«,' under the command of Captain Forrest. 
 L'Aimable, Lord George Stewart. Mosquito, W. Goat. Bri- 
 seis, R. Pettit. Ephira, G. E. Watts. Pincher, Lieute- 
 nant Samuel Burgess. 
 
 Boats of Excellent, Acorn, and Bustard, under Lieutenant J. 
 Harper. 
 
 Boats of Amphian, under Lieutenant Phillott and Lieutenant 
 Slaughter. 
 
 Boats of Tigre, Cumberland, Volontaire, Apollo, Topaze, 
 Philomel, Scout, and Tuscan, under Lieutenant Tailour. 
 
 Thetis, Pultusk, Achates, Attentive, and Bacchus, under Cap- 
 tain W. Elliott. 
 
 CAPTURED VESSELS. 
 
 Boarding and capturing the French frigate 
 Biemienue and other vessels in Fort 
 Royal Bay. 
 
 Cutting out Mutiny. 
 
 Capturing a Sp^sh pqlacca. 
 Recapture of cutter taken, by two pri- 
 vateers. 
 
 Cerhere captured. 
 
 Cutting out Chiepe, of 18 guns. 
 
 Cutting out San Josef. 
 
 Cutting out Chmrette. 
 
 Cutting out Venteux. 
 
 Curieux. 
 
 Capture of CojySajjcs, Muros Bay. 
 
 Cutting out Cmsew, 
 
 Capture of a privateer. 
 Capture of I,ynx. 
 Capture of a privateer. 
 
 French gun-boat. 
 
 Capture of an ai'med ship at Port d'Anzo. 
 
 Capture of man-of-war brig and cutter at 
 
 Nyborg. 
 Batteries, and capture of schooner at Ma- 
 
 haut. 
 
 Capture and destruction of gun-boats and 
 convoy, at Hango Head, Baltic. 
 
 Storming battery, near Marseilles. 
 
 Action with cutter and schooner Guade- 
 loupe, and capture. 
 
 Capture of Russian gun-boats in Aspo 
 Road. 
 
 Taking and destroying the Fort at Bre- 
 merl^, Cuxhaven, 
 
 Capture of six gun-boats. 
 
 Destroy a battery, and capture six gun- 
 boats and a convoy at Cortelazzo. 
 
 Capture of eleven armed vessels, in Bay 
 of Rosas. 
 
 Cutting out the Nisus at Guadeloupe. 
 
 8 O 
 
1386 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Date. 
 
 1810 
 
 13 Feb. 
 
 1 May 
 
 28 June 
 
 27 Sept. 
 
 4 Nov. 
 
 23 Nov. 
 
 24 Dec. 
 
 1811 
 
 4 May 
 
 30 July 
 
 2 Aug. 
 
 20 Sept. 
 4 Dec. 
 
 1812 
 4 April 
 
 1 Sept. 
 17 Sept. 
 
 29 Sept. 
 
 1813 
 6 Jan. 
 
 21 Mar. 
 
 28 April 
 
 April 
 
 & 
 May 
 
 2 May 
 
 1814 
 8 April 
 
 24 May 
 
 14 Dec. 
 
 BOAT ACTIONS. 
 
 Boats of Christian Til., Aitnide, and SeitK, under Lieute- 
 nant H. G. Guion. 
 
 Boats of Nereide, at Jacotel, Commander Willoughby 
 
 Boats of Amphion, Active, and Cerierus, under Lieutenant 
 Slaughter. 
 
 Boats of Caledonia, Valiant, and Armide, under Lieutenant 
 A. Hamilton. 
 
 Boats of Blossom, under Lieutenant Samuel Davies 
 
 Bomb and mortar vessels, and boats of the Cadiz fleet, under 
 Captain (late Sir R.) Hall. 
 
 Boats o£ J^iana, under Lieutenant Eowe 
 
 Boats of Selle Foule and Alceste, under Lieutenant McCuxdy 
 
 Boats o{ Minden, under Lieutenant Lyons 
 
 Boats of Quebec, Haven, Exertion, Medbreast, Alert, and 
 Princess Augusta, under Lieutenant Samuel Blyth. 
 
 Boats of Victory, under Lieutenant Purcell 
 
 Boats of the Sultan, Lieutenant Anderson 
 
 Boats of Maidstone, Lieutenant MoMeekan 
 
 Boats of Bacchante and Weazel, under Lieutenant O'Brien .. 
 Boats oi Eagle, Lieutenants Cannon and Moore 
 
 Boats of the Aboukir, Banger, and gun-boats, imder Com- 
 mander Henry Stuart. 
 
 Boats of Bacchante, under Lieutenant D. H. O'Brien 
 
 Boats of Brevdageren and Blazer, Lieutenant Devon 
 
 Boats of Orpheus, Lieutenant Dance 
 
 Boats of Marlborough, Maidstone, Dragon, Statira, Dolphin, 
 Fantome, Mohawk, Highflyer, Bacer, under Captain Law- 
 rence and Lieutenant Westphal, and personal command of 
 Eear-Admiral Sir George Cockbum. 
 
 Boats of Bepulse, Undaunted, Volontaire, and Redwing, 
 Lieutenant J. Shaw. 
 
 Boats of Hague, Hndymion, Maidstone, and Boxer, under 
 Lieutenant Henry Pyne. 
 
 Boats of Elizabeth, under Lieutenant M. Roberts 
 
 Boats of Tonnant, Norge, Bedford, Bamillies, Royal Oak, 
 Armide, Seahorse, Cydnus, Trave, Sophie, Meteor, Belle 
 Poule, Gorgm, Alceste, and Diomede, under Captain 
 
 ^ Nicholas Lockyer. 
 
 CAPTURED VESSELS. 
 
 Attack on nine French gun-boats, and 
 
 capture of one — ^Basque Eoad. 
 The Fort taken. 
 Capture of twenty-five vessels at Grao. 
 
 Stoiming batteries at Pointe de Che' 
 
 Basque Eoad. 
 Capture of Ccesar privateer. 
 Attack and destruction of shipping at 
 
 Port St. Mary. 
 Destruction of French frigate L'Elize. 
 
 Destruction of 14-gnn brig at Parenza. 
 Capture of Fort Marrack, Java. 
 Capture of three Danish gun-brigs in the 
 
 Eiver Jahde. 
 Capture of Danish gun-boats. 
 Capture of Le Languedooienne. 
 
 Capture of French Xebec. 
 
 Action with and capture of gun-boats. 
 
 Action with and capture of seventeen gun- 
 boats, at Maestro. 
 
 Attack on Mittau, Riga, and capture of 
 officers and men of the enemy. 
 
 Capture of five gun-brigs, coast of Cala- 
 bria. 
 
 Capture of two Danish gun-boats in Elbe. 
 
 Capture of Danish letter of marque, at 
 Whampoa. 
 
 French Town and Havre-de-Grdce, de- 
 struction of fort and cannon foundry. 
 
 At Morgion, battery blown up, and sis 
 vessels captured, 
 
 Connecticut, destruction of twenty-seven 
 
 American vessels. 
 Capture of L'Aigh. 
 Capture of six gun- vessels and a sloop. 
 
( 1387 ) 
 
 NAVAL MEDALS— INDEX. 
 
 \_The Dates within Brackets are those of Boat Actims.} 
 
 A. 
 
 Abercrombie, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Aboukir, [29 Sept. 1812]. 
 Acasta, 6 Feb. 1806 ; Feb. 1809. 
 Achates, [13 Deo. 1809] ; Jan. and 
 
 Feb. 1810. 
 Acheron, 3 Feb. 1805. 
 Achille, 21 Oct. 1805; [16 July 
 
 1806] 
 Acorn, 29 July 1809. 
 Active, [28 June 1810] ; 13 March 
 1811 ; 29 Nov. 1811. 
 
 „ [hired cutter], 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Adamant, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 iEolus, 4 Nov. 1805 ; Feb. 1809. 
 iEtna, 12 April 1809 ; 17 Aug. 1814. 
 Africa, 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Agamemnon, 14 March 1795 ; 2 Apr. 
 
 1801 ; 21 Oct. 1805 ; 6 Feb. 
 
 1806. 
 Agincourt, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Aigle, 12 April, 1809. 
 Aimable, [27 July 1809]. 
 Ajax, 21 Oct. 1805 ; Aug. and Sept. 
 
 1813. 
 Akbar, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Albion, 27 Aug. 1816; 20 Oct. 
 
 1827. 
 Alceste, 4 April 1808, [4 May 1811] ; 
 
 29 Nov. 1811; [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Alcmfene, 2 April 1801 ; Jan. and 
 
 Feb. 1810. 
 Alert, 2 Aug. 1811. 
 Alexander, 1 Aug. 1798. 
 Alfred, 1 June 1794 ; Jan. and Feb. 
 
 1810. 
 Alliance, 30 May, 1799. 
 Amaranthe, 13 Dec. 1808; Feb. 
 
 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 1810.. 
 Amazon, 13 Jan. 1797 ; 2 April 
 
 1801 ; 13 March, 1806. 
 Amethyst, [29 July 1800] ; [29 Aug. 
 
 1800] ; 10 Nov. 1808 ; 5 April 
 
 1809. 
 Amelia, 12 Oct. 1798; [29 Aug. 
 
 1800]. 
 Amphion, [28 Aug. 1809]; [28 June 
 
 1810] ; 13 March 1811. 
 Andromache, Aug. and Sept. 1813. 
 Andromeda, 8 July 1800. 
 Anholt, 27 March, 1811. 
 Ann, 8 July 1800 ; 24 Nov. 1807. 
 Anna Maria, 17 Aug. 1814. 
 Anson, 12 Oct. 1798 ; 23 Aug. 1806 ; 
 
 1 Jan. 1807. 
 Apollo, [1 Nov. 1809]. 
 Aquilon, 1 June 1794 ; 23 June 1795. 
 Ardent, 11 Oct. 1797 ; 2 April 1801. 
 Arethusa, 23 Aug. 1806; IJan. 1807. 
 Argus, 23 June, 1795. 
 Aristocrat, 17 March 1796. 
 Armide, [13 Feb. 1810] ; [27 Sept. 
 
 1810] ; [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Arrow, 13 Sept. 1799; 2 April 
 
 1801; 3 Feb. 1805; 6 April 1811. 
 Asia, [17 March 1794]; [14 Dec. 
 
 1814] ; 20 Oct. 1827 ; 1840. 
 
 Asp, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Assurance, [17 March 1794]. 
 Astraa, 10 April 1795; 23 June 
 
 1795 ; 20 May 1811. 
 Atlas, 6 Feb. 1806. 
 Attentive, [13 Dec. 1809] ; Jan. and 
 
 Feb. 1810. 
 Audacious, [1 June 1794] ; 1 Aug. 
 
 1798; 12 July 1801. 
 Aurora, [17 March 1794] ; Jan. and 
 
 Feb. 1810. 
 Avenger, [17 March 1794]. 
 
 B. 
 
 Babet, 23 June 1795 ; 8 July 1800. 
 Bacchante, [1 and 18 Sept. 1812] ; 
 
 [6 Jan. 1813]. 
 Bacchus, Feb. 1809 ; [13 Dec. 1809] ; 
 
 Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Badger, 6 May 1798. 
 Ballahou, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Barfleur, 1 June 1794; 23 June 
 
 1795 ; 14 Feb. 1797. 
 Barracouta, 9 Aug. 1810 ; Aug. and 
 
 Sept. 1811. 
 Beagle, 12 April 1809; Aug. and 
 
 Sept. 1813. 
 Beaulieu, [17 March 1794] ; 11 Oct. 
 
 1797 ; [21 July 1801]. 
 Beaver, 31 March 1804. 
 Bedford, 14 March 1795 ; 11 Oct. 
 
 1797 ; [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Beelzebub, 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Belleisle, 21 Oct. 1805 ; Feb. 1809. 
 Belle Poule, [4 May 1811] ; [14 
 
 Dec. 1814]. 
 Bellerophon, 1 June 1794 ; 17 June 
 
 1795; 1 Aug. 1798; 21 Oct. 
 
 1805 ; 7 July 1809 ; 1840. 
 Bellette, Feb. 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 
 
 1810. 
 Belliciueux, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Bellona, 2 April 1801 ; 12 April 
 
 1809. 
 Benbow, 1840. 
 Berwick, 24 July 1815. 
 Biter, 8 July 1800. 
 Blanche, 4 Jan. 1795 ; 2 April 1801 ; 
 
 19 July 1806. 
 Blazer, [21 March 1813] ; 5 Jan. 
 
 1814. 
 Blenheim, 14 Feb. 1797. 
 Blonde, [17 March 1794] ; 18 Dec. 
 
 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Blossom, [4 Nov. 1810]. 
 Boadicea, 18 Sept. 1810. 
 Bonne Citoyenne, 14 Feb. 1797 ; 
 
 6 July 1809. 
 Boxer, 8 July 1800 ; [8 April 1814]. 
 Boyne, [17 March 1794]. 
 Brackel, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Brevdageren, [21 March 1813]. 
 Brilliant, [29 Aug. 1800]. 
 Briseis, [27 July 1809]; 14 Oct. 
 
 1810. 
 Brisk, 20 Oct. 1827. 
 
 Britannia, 14 March 1795 ; 14 Feb. 
 
 1797 ; 25 Oct. 1805. 
 Britomart, 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Brunswick, 1 June 1794; 17 June 
 
 1795. 
 Bucephalus, Aug. and Sept, 1811. 
 Bustard, [29 July 1809]. 
 
 C. 
 
 Ca;sar, 1 June 1794 ; 12 July 1801 ; 
 
 4 Nov. 1805 ; 12 April 1809. 
 Caledonia, 12 April 1809 ; 27 Sept. 
 
 1810. 
 Calpe, 12 July 1801. 
 Calypso, 6 .July 1812. 
 Cambrian, 20 Oct. 1827. 
 Cambridge, 1840. 
 Canada, 12 Oct. 1798. 
 Canopus, 6 Feb. 1806. 
 Captain, 14 March 1795 ; 14 Feb, 
 
 1797 ; Feb. 1809. 
 Caroline, 9 Aug. 1810; Aug. and 
 
 Sept. 1811. 
 Carrier, 4 Nov. 1807. 
 Garysfort, 29 May 1794; 1840. 
 Castor, 17 June 1809 ; 18 Dec. 1809 ; 
 
 Jan. and Feb. 1810 ; 1840. 
 Centaur, 4 Feb. 1804 ; 16 July 1806 ; 
 
 26 Aug. 1808. 
 Centurion, 18 Sept. 1804. 
 Cerberus, [2 Jan. 1807]; [25 July 
 
 1809]; [28 June 1810]; 18 March 
 
 1811. 
 Challenger, Aug. and Sept. 1813. 
 Charon, 1 June 1794 ; 23 June 1795. 
 Cherokee, 10 Jan. 1810. 
 Cherub, Feb. 1809; Jan. and Feb. 
 
 1810 ; 28 March 1814. 
 Childers, 14 March 1808. 
 Christian VII., 13 Feb. 1810. 
 Circe, 11 Oct. 1797 ; 13 Dec. 1808 : 
 
 Feb. 1809. 
 Cleopatra, Feb. 1809. 
 Colossus, 23 June 1795; 14 Feb. 
 
 1797; 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Comus, 15 Aug. 1807. 
 Comet, 1 June 1794; 8 July 1800 ; 
 
 11 Aug. 1808. 
 Confiance, [13 Feb. 1808] ; 14 Jan. 
 
 1809. 
 Conflict, 12 April 1809. 
 Conqueror, 21 Oct. 1805 ; [16 July 
 
 1806]. ' 
 
 Constant, Aug. and Sept. 1813. 
 Contest, 12 April 1809. 
 Cordelia, 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Cornelia, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Courageux, 14 March, 1795; [29 
 
 Aug. 1800] ; 4 Nov. 1805. 
 Courier, 12 Aug. 1799; 22 Nov. 
 
 1799. 
 Crescent, 20 Oct. 1793.. 
 Cruizer, 2 April 1801 ; INov. 1808. 
 CuUoden, 1 June 1794; 14 Feb 
 
 1797; 1 Aug. 1798. 
 Cumberland, [1 Nov. 1809]. 
 8 2 
 
1388 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Cyane, 25 and 27 June 1809; 16 
 
 Jan. 1814. 
 Cyclops, 1840. 
 Cydnus, [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Cygnet, 18 Dec. 1809 ; Jan and Feb. 
 
 1810. 
 Cynthia, [29 Aug. 1800]. 
 
 D. 
 
 Daphne, 1840. 
 
 Dart, 1 July 1800 ; i2 April 1801. 
 
 Dasher, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 
 Dartmouth, 20 Oct. 1827. 
 
 Defence, 1 June 1794 ; 1 Aug. 1798 ; 
 
 2 April 1810 ; 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Defiance, 2 April 1801 ; 21 Oct. 
 
 1805. 
 Demerara, Feb. 1809. 
 Desiree, 2 April 1801 ; 5 Jan. 1814. 
 Devastation, 17 Aug. 1814. 
 Diadem, 14 March 179'5; 14 J'eb. 
 
 1797. 
 Diamond, 17 March 1796. 
 Diana,llSept.l809;[24Dec. rSlO]. 
 Dictator, 6 July 1812. 
 Dido, 24 June 1795 ; 14 Feb. 1797 ; 
 
 1840. 
 Diligent, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Diomede, [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Director, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Discovery, 2 April 1801. 
 Dispatch, Aug. and Sept. ISIS. 
 Dolly, 23 June 1795. 
 Dolphin, [29 April 1813]. 
 Dominica, Feb. 1809. 
 Donegal, 6 Feb. 1806; 12 April 
 
 1809. 
 Doris, [21 July 1801]; Aug. tod 
 
 Sept. 1811. 
 Doterel, 12 April 1809. 
 Dragon, [29 April 1813]. 
 Dreadnought, 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Dromedary, [17 March 1794]. 
 Dryad, 13 June 1796. 
 
 E. 
 
 Eagle, [17 Sept.' 1812]. 
 
 Edgar, 2 April 1801. 
 
 Edinburgh, 1840. 
 
 Egmont, 14 March 1795 ; 14 Eeb. 
 
 1797. 
 Elephant, 2 April 1801. 
 Elizabeth, 18 Dec. 1809; JSn. and 
 
 Feb. 1810 ; [24 May 1814]. 
 Emerald, 13 March 1808 ; 12 April 
 
 1809. 
 Encounter, 12 April 1809. 
 Endymion, [3 April 1814] ; 15 Jan. 
 
 1815. 
 Entreprenante, 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Epervier, 6 Feb. 1806; 13 Dec. 1808. 
 Ephira, [27 July 1809]. 
 Erebus, 17 Aug. 1814. 
 Espifegle, 12 Aug. 1799. 
 Espoir, 7 Atig. 1798; 25 and 27 
 
 June 1809. 
 Ethalion, 12 Oct. 1798; Feb. 1809. 
 Eurotas, 25 Feb. 1814. 
 Euryalus, 21 Oct. 1805; 17 Aug. 
 
 1814. 
 Eurydice, Feb. 1809. 
 Excellent, 14 Eeb. 1797 ; [29 July 
 
 1809]. 
 
 Exertion, [2 Aug. 1811]. 
 Experiment, [17 March 1794]. 
 Explosion, 2 April 1801. 
 Express, 13 Dec. 1808 ; Feb. 1809, 
 
 F. 
 
 Fairy, 5 Feb. 1800 ; 17 Aug. 1814. 
 
 Falcon, 8 July 1800. 
 
 Falmouth, 27 Aug. 1816. 
 
 Fantorne, 29 April, 1813. 
 
 Fawn, Feb. 1809 ; [25 July 1809] ; 
 
 Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Fervent, 12 April l809. 
 Firm, 24 April 1810. 
 Fisgara,'20 Oct. 1798; I Jan. 1807. 
 Flamer, 6 July 1812. 
 Forester; Feb. 1809 ; Jan. 4nd Feb. 
 
 1810. 
 Fortitude, 14 March 1795. 
 Fox, 14 March 1795 ; 14 Feb. 1797. 
 Foxhound, 12 April 1809. 
 Foudroyant, 12 Oct. 1798. 
 Freija, 18 Dec. 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 
 
 1810 ; Aug. and Sept 1813. 
 Frolic, Feb. 1809; Jan. and Feb. 
 
 1810. 
 Ftiiy, 27 Aug. 1816. 
 
 G. 
 
 Galatea, [21 Jan. 1807] ; 20 M^y 
 
 1811 ; 23 June 1795. 
 Ganges, 2 April 1801 ; IS"*©. 
 Genoa, 20 Otft. 1827. 
 Gibraltar, 1 June 1794; 12 April 
 
 1809. 
 Glasgow, 27 Aug. 1816 5 20 Oct. 
 
 1827. 
 Glatton, 2 April I8OI. 
 Gloire, Feb. 1809; Jan. add Feb. 
 
 1810 ; 18 Dec. 1809. 
 Glory, 1 Jtme 1794. 
 GoUath, l4Eeb. 1797 ; 1 Aug. 1T98. 
 Goree, Feb. 1809. 
 Gorgon, [14 Dfec. 1814] ; 1840. 
 Gosliawk, 29 May 1812. 
 Granicns, '27 Aug. 1816. 
 Grasshopper, 4 April 1808 ; 24 April 
 
 1808. 
 Grenada, Jan. and Feb. 1610. 
 ■Griffon, 27 March 1812. 
 Growler, 12 April 1809 ; 22 May 
 
 1812. 
 Guadaloupe, Jan. and Feb. ISW. 
 
 H. 
 
 Harpy, 5 Feb. 1800 ; 2 April 1801 ; 
 
 Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Hastmgs, 1840. 
 Haughty, f eb. 1809. 
 Hawke, 18 Aug. 1811. 
 Hazard, Feb. 1809; 18 Dec. 1809; 
 
 Jan. and FfeT). 1810; 1840. 
 Hearty, 5 Jan. 1841. 
 Hebrus, 27 Mai-ch 1814; 27 Aug. 
 
 1816. 
 Hecate, Aug. and Sept. 1811 ; 1840. 
 Hecla, 2 April 1801 ; '27 Aug. 1816. 
 Hero, 4 Nov. 1805 ; 12 April 1809. 
 Heron, 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Hesper, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Heurcui, [28 Nov. 1808]. 
 
 Highflyer, [29 April 1813]. 
 
 Hogue, [8 April 1814]. 
 
 Holly, Aug. and Sept. 1813. 
 
 Horatio, 10 Ifeb. 1809. 
 
 Hussar, 17 May 1795; Aug. and 
 
 Sept. 1811. 
 Hyacinth, 29 May 1812. 
 Hydra, 6 Aug. 1807 ; 1840. 
 
 I. 
 
 Illustrious, 14 March 1795; 12 April 
 
 1809 ; Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Impe'rieuse, 12 April 1809. 
 Impetueox, [29 July 1890]; [29 
 
 Aug. 1800]. 
 Implacable, 26 Aug. 1808 ; [7 July 
 
 1809]; 1840. 
 Impregnable, 1 June 1794 ; S7 Aug. 
 
 1«16. 
 Incendiary, 1 June 1794; 23 June 
 
 1795. 
 Inconstant, 14 March 1795. 
 Indefatigable, 20 April 1796; IS Jan. 
 
 1797 ; tie July 1806] ; 12 April 
 
 1809. 
 Infernal, 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Insolent, 12 April 1809. 
 Intrepid, Feb. 1809. 
 Invincible, 1 June 1794. 
 Iris, [16 July 1806]. 
 Irresistible, [17 March 17943^ 23 
 
 June 1795^ 14 F^. 1797. 
 Isis, 11 Oct. 1797 ; 2 April 1901. 
 
 J. 
 
 Jamaica, 2 April 1801. 
 Juniper, Aug. and Sept. 1813. 
 Juno, 12 Aug. 1799. 
 
 K. 
 
 Kent, 8 July 1800. 
 
 Kingfisher, 1 June 1794; 17 June 
 
 1795 ; fi Feb, 1806. 
 King Geoi^e, 11 Oct. 1797 ; 12 April 
 
 1809. 
 
 L. 
 
 Lancaster, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 
 Lapwing, 3 Deo. 1796. 
 
 Latona, 1 June 1794 ; 12 A<(g. 1799 ; 
 
 1 Jan. 1807. 
 Lsiiira, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Leander, 1 Aug. 1798 ; 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Leda, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Leviathan, 1 June 1794-. 21 Oct. 
 
 1805. 
 Liberty, 17 March 1796 ; Feb. 190ft. 
 Lion, 15 July 1798; Aug. and Sept. 
 
 1811. 
 Li^'ely, 13 March 1795; 14 Eeb. 
 
 1797 ; [29 M'ay 1797]. 
 Loenst, 11 Nov. 1811. 
 Loire, [27 June 1803J; [4 J>une 
 
 1805]-; Jto. and Fefc. 1810. 
 Ijondon, 23 June 1795; [29 Attg. 
 
 1800] ; 2 April 1801 ; 13 March 
 
 1806. 
 Louisa, 12 July 1801 ; 28 Oct. 1607. 
 Lowestoffe, 14 Murch 1795 : 24 June 
 
 1795. 
 
NAVAL MEDALS-INDEX. 
 
 1389 
 
 Lyra, 12 April 1809 ; Aug. aad 
 Sept. 1813. 
 
 M. 
 
 Magicienne, 6 Feb. 1806 ; Aag. and 
 
 Sept. 1813; 1840. 
 Magnanime, 12 Oct. 1798. 
 Maidstone, [4^prU 1812] ; [29 April 
 
 1813]; [8ApriI1814]. 
 Majestic, 1 June 1794; 1 Ang. 1798. 
 Malta, 24 July 1814. 
 Manly, [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Marlborough, 1 Jtine 1794; [29 
 
 April 1813]. 
 Mars, 17 June 1795 ; 21 April 1798 ; 
 
 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Martin, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Medea, 1840. 
 Mediator, 12 April 1809. 
 Megajra, 23 June 1795. 
 Melampus, 12 Oct. 1798 ; Jan. and 
 
 Feb. 1810. 
 Meleager, 14 Marob 1795. 
 Melpomene, [7 July 1809]. 
 Mercury, 4 April 1508. 
 Meteor, 17 Ang. 1814; [14 Dec. 
 
 1814]. 
 Minden, [30 July 1811]; Aug. and 
 
 Sept. 1811; 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Minerve, 14 March 1795 ; 19 Dec. 
 
 1796, 14 Feb. 1797^ [29 May 
 
 1797]. 
 Minotaur, 1 Ang. 1798; 21 Oct. 
 
 1805; [25 July 1809]. 
 MoHeste, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Mohawk, [29 April 1813]. 
 Monarch, 11 Oct. 1797; 2 April 
 
 1801 ; [16 July 1806]. 
 Monmouth, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Montagu, 1 Junel794; 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Mome Fortune'e, 1 Jan. 1807 ; 13 
 
 . Dec. 1808 ; Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Mosambique, Feb. 1809. 
 Moselle, 14 March 1795. 
 Mosquito, 9 June 1795 ; 27 July 
 
 1809 ; 20 Oct. 1827. 
 Mutine, 1 Aug. 1798 ; 27 Aug. 1816. 
 
 N. 
 
 Naiad, 21 Oct. 1805. 
 
 Namur, 14 Feb. 1797 ; 4 Nov. 1805. 
 
 Nassau, 22 March 1808. 
 
 Nautilus, [17 March 1794]. 
 
 Nemesis, [8 July 1800]. 
 
 Neptune, 21 Oct. 1805 ; Feb. 1809. 
 
 Nereide, [1 May 1810]. 
 
 Netley, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 
 Niger, 1 June 1794 ; 14 Feb. 1797. 
 
 Nile, 8 July 1800. 
 
 Nimrod, 12 April 1809. 
 
 Nisus, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 
 Norge, [14 Deo. 1814]. 
 
 Northumberiand, 6 Feb. 1806 ; 22 
 
 May 1812. 
 Nymphe, 18 June 1793; 23 June 
 
 1795; 8 March 1797. 
 
 0. 
 
 Observateur, Jan. and Feb. 1810, 
 
 Onyx, 1 Jan. 1809. 
 
 Orion, 1 June 1794; 23 June 1795 ; 
 
 14 Feb. 1797 ; 1 Aug. 1798 ; 21 
 
 Oct. 1805. 
 Orpheus, Jan. and Feb. 1810 ; [28 
 
 April 1813]. 
 Otter, 2 April 1801 ; 18 Sept. 1810. 
 
 P. 
 
 Pallas, 17 June 1795 ; 12 April 1809. 
 
 Pasley, 28 Oct. 1801. 
 
 Pegasus, 1 June 1794. 
 
 Pelican, 14 Aug. 1813. 
 
 Pelorus, Feb. 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 
 
 1810. 
 Penelope, 30 Martfh 1800; Feb. 1809. 
 Perien, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Peterel, 21 March 1800. 
 Phaeton, 1 June 1794 ; 17 June 
 
 1795 ; [27 Oct. 1800].; Aug. and 
 
 Sept. 1811. 
 Phoebe, 21 Dec. 1797; 19 Feb. 1801 ; 
 
 21 Oct. 1805; 20 May 1811; 
 
 Aug. and Sept. 1811 ; 28 March 
 
 1814. 
 Phoeniit, 10 Aug. 1805; 4 Nov. 
 
 1805; 1840. 
 Philomel, [1 Nov. 1809]; 20 Oct. 
 
 1827. 
 PiedmontaisB, 9 Aug. 1810. 
 Piercer, 5 Jan. 1814. 
 Pickle, 21 Oct. 1805 ; 3 Jan. 1807. 
 Pilot, 25 July 1810. 
 Pincher, [27 July 1809]. 
 Pique, 26 March 1806 ; 1840. 
 Plumper, Jan. and FeB. 1810. 
 Podargus, 6 July 1812. 
 Polyphemus, 2 April 1801 ; 21 Ocst. 
 
 1805; [16 July 1806]. 
 Pompee, 12 July 1801; Feb. 1809; 
 
 17 April 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 
 
 1810. 
 Porcupine, [10 July 1808]. 
 Port d'Espagne, Feb. 1809. 
 Poulette, 14 March 1795. 
 Powerful, 11 Oct. 1797; 1840. 
 President, Aug. and Sept. 1811; 
 
 Aug. and Sept. 1813. 
 Prince, 23 June 1795; 21 Oct. 
 
 1805. 
 Prince George, 23 June, 1795; 14 
 
 Feb. 1797. 
 Prince ofWales, 23 June 1795; [16 
 
 July 1806]. 
 Princess Augusta, [2 Aug. 1811]. 
 Princess Caroline, [25 July 1809]. 
 Princess Charlotte, 1840. 
 Princess Royal, 14 March 1795. 
 Procris, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Prometheus, [7 July 1809]; [25 
 
 July lg09], 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Psyche, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Pultusk, Feb. 1809 ; [13 Dec. 1809]; 
 
 Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Pylades, 12 Aug. 1799. 
 
 Q. 
 
 Quebec, 17 March 1794; [2 Aug. 
 
 1811]. 
 Queen, 1 June 1794; 23 June 1795. 
 Queen Charlotte, 1 June 1794; 23 
 
 June 1795; [20 Dec. 1799]; 27 
 
 Aug. 1816. 
 
 E. 
 
 Racer, [29 April 1813]. 
 Racehorse, 20 May 1811. 
 Raisonnable, 2 April 1801. 
 Ramillies, 1 June 1794; 2 April 
 
 1801; [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Ranger, 1 June 1794; [29 Sept. 
 
 1812]. 
 Rapid, 24 April 1808. 
 Rattler, 1 June 1794. 
 Rattlesnake, [17 March 1794]. 
 Raven, 14 Feb. 1797 ; [2 Aug. 1811]. 
 Recruit, Feb. 1809 ; 17 June 1809. 
 Redbreast, [2 Aug. 1811]; 5 Jan. 
 
 1814. 
 Redpole, 12 April 1809. 
 Redwing, 7 May 1808 ; 31 May 
 
 1808 ; [2 May 1813]. 
 Renown, [29 Aug. 1800]. 
 Repulse, [2 May 1813]. 
 Resolute, 29 April 1812. 
 Resolution, 12 April 1809. 
 Revenge, 21 Oct. 1805; 12 April 
 
 1809 ; 16 July 1806 ; 1840. 
 Re'volutionnaire, 23 June 1795; 4 
 
 Nov. 1805 ; Aug. and Sept. 1813. 
 Richmond, [19 April 1807]. 
 Ringdove, Feb. 1809 ; 18 Dec. 1809 ; 
 
 Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Robust, 23 June 1795 ; 12 Oct. 1798. 
 Rodney, 1840. 
 Roebuck, [17 March 1794]. 
 Romney, 17 June 1794. 
 Romulus, 14 March 1795. 
 Rosamond, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Rosario, 8 July 1800; 27 March 
 
 1812. 
 Rose, [17 March 1794];; 11 Oct. 
 
 1797 ; 20 Oct. 1827. 
 Royal George, 1 June 1794; 23 
 
 June 1795. 
 Royalist, May and June 1810; 29 
 
 Dec. 1812. 
 Royal Oak, [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Royal Sovereign, 1 June 1794 ; 17 
 
 June 1795; 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Russell, 1 June 1794 ; 23 June 1795 .; 
 
 11 Oct. 1797 ; 2 April 1801. 
 
 S. 
 
 Samarang, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 
 Sandfly, 6 May 1798. 
 
 San Fiorenzo, 8 March 1797 ; 14 
 
 Feb. 1805 ; 8 March 1808. 
 Sans Pareil, 23 Jan. 1795. 
 Santa Margaritta, [17 March 1794] ; 
 
 8 June 1796 ; 4 Nov. 1805. 
 Sappho, 2 March 1808. 
 Saturn, 2 April 1801. 
 Savage, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Sceptre, 18 Dec. 1809 ; Jan. and 
 
 Feb. 1810. 
 Scipion, Aug. and Sept. 1811. 
 Scorpion, 31 March 1804 ; 12 Jan. 
 
 1810 ; Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Scout, [1 Nov. 1809]; [14 July 
 
 1809]. 
 Seahorse, 6 July 1808; 17 Aug. 
 
 1814; [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Seaflower, [17 March 1794]. 
 Sealark, 21 July 1812. 
 Seine, 20 Aug. 1800; [13 Feb. 1810]. 
 Selby, 8 July 1800. 
 
1390 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Severn, 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Shamrock, 5 Jan. 1814. 
 Shannon, 1 June 1813. 
 Sir Francis Drake, Aug. and Sept. 
 
 1811. 
 Sirius, 21 Oct. 1805 ; 17 April 1806. 
 Skylark, 11 Nov. 1811. 
 Snap, Feb. 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Sophie, [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Southampton, 1 June 1794 ; 9 June 
 
 1796 ; 14 Feb. 1797. 
 Sparrow, Aug. and Sept. 1813. 
 Spartan, 3 May 1810. 
 Spartiate, 21 Oct. 1805. 
 Speedy, 6 Nov. 1799 ; 6 May 1801. 
 Spencer, 12 July 1801 ; 6 Feb, 1806. 
 Speculator, 11 Oct. 1797. 
 Spider, 25 Aug. 1795. 
 Spiteful, [17 March 1794]. 
 St. George, 14 March 1795 ; 2 April 
 
 1801. 
 St, Pien-e, Feb. 1809. 
 Stag, 8 July 1800; [29 Aug. 1800]. 
 Standard, 23 June 1795. 
 Star, Feb. 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Stately, 22 March 1808. 
 Statira, Jan. and Feb. 1810 ; [April 
 
 and May 1813]. 
 Staunch, 18 Sept. 1810. 
 Stork, 13 Dec. 1808 ; Feb. 1809. 
 Stromboli, 1840. 
 Subtle, Feb. 1809; Jan. and Feb. 
 
 1810. 
 Success, [9 June 1799]. 
 Sulphur, 2 April 1801. 
 Sultan, [11 Dec. 1811]. 
 Superb, 12 July 1801 ; 6 Feb. 1806 ; 
 
 27 Aug. 1816. 
 Superieure, Feb. 1809 ; 10 Feb. 
 
 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Surinam, Feb. 1809 ; Jan. and Feb. 
 
 1810. 
 Surly, 24 April 1810. 
 Surprise, 25 Oct. 1799. 
 Surveillante, Aug. and Sept. 1813. 
 Swiflsure, 1 Aug. 1798; 21 Oct. 
 
 1805. 
 Swinger, Feb. 1809. 
 Sybille, 28 Feb. 1799. 
 Sylph, 28 Sept. 1801. 
 Sylvia, 26 April 1810. 
 
 Talbot, 20 Oct. 1827 ; 1840. 
 
 Tarleton, 14 March 1795. 
 
 Teazer, 8 July 1800. 
 
 Telegraph, 18 March 1799. 
 
 Te'meraire, 21 Oct. 1805. 
 
 Terpsichore, 13 Oct. 1796. 
 
 Terrible, 14 March 1795. 
 
 Terror, 2 April 1801. 
 
 Thalia, 23 June 1795. 
 
 Thames, 12 July 1801 ; 25 July 
 
 1810. 
 Theseus, 1 Aug. 1798 ; 30 May 
 
 1799 ; 12 April 1809. 
 Thetis, 17 May 1795 ; [13 Dec. 
 
 1809] ; 18 Dec. 1809 ; Jan. and 
 
 Feb. 1810. 
 Thistle, 10 Feb. 1810. 
 Thunder, 12 April 1809; 9 Oct. 
 
 1813. 
 Thunderer, 1 June 1794, 23 June 
 
 1795; 21 Oct. 1805; 1840. 
 Tigre, 30 May 1799 ; [1 Nov. 1809]. 
 Tonnant, 21 Oct. 1805; [14 Dec. 
 
 1814]. 
 Topaze, [1 Nov. 1809]. 
 Tormentor, [17 March 1794]. 
 Trave, [14 Dec. 1814]. 
 Tremendous, 1 June 1794. 
 Triumph, 17 June 1795; 11 Oct. 
 
 1797. 
 Tuscan, [1 Nov. 1809]. 
 
 U. 
 
 Ulysses, [17 March 1794] ; Feb. 1809. 
 Undaunted, [2 May 1813]. 
 Unicorn, 8 June 1796 ; 12 April 
 
 1809. 
 Unite, 29 Nov. 1811. 
 Uranie, [21 July 1801]. 
 
 V. 
 
 Valiant, 1 June 1794; 23 June 
 1795 ; 12 April 1809 ; [27 Sept. 
 1810]. 
 
 Vanguard, 1 Aug. 1798 ; 1840. 
 Venerable, 11 Oct. 1797; 12 July 
 
 1801 ; 16 Jan. 1814. 
 Vengeance, [17 March 1794]. 
 Venom, [17 March 1794], 
 Venus, 1 June 1794. 
 Vesuvius, [17 March 1794] ; 1840. 
 Veteran, [17 March 1794] ; 11 Oct. 
 
 1797; 2 April 1801. 
 Victorious, 22 Feb. 1812. 
 Victory, 14 Feb. 1797; 21 Oct. 
 
 1805 ; [20 Sept. 1811]. 
 Vigilant, 8 July 1800. 
 Ville de Paris, [21 July 1801]. 
 Vimeira, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Vinciego, 30 March 1800. 
 Viper, 26 Dec. 1799 ; 29 July 1800. 
 Virginie, 19 May 1808. 
 Volage, 13 March' 1811. 
 Volcano, 2 April 1801. 
 Volontaire, 1 Nov. 1809; [2 May 
 
 1813.] 
 
 W. 
 
 Wanderer, Jan. and Feb. 1810. 
 Warrior, 2 April 1801. 
 Wasp, 8 July 1800; 1840. 
 Weazel, 25 July 1810; 22 Feb. 
 
 1812 ; 22 April 1813 ; [1 and 18 
 
 Sept. 1812]. 
 Whiting, 12 April 1809. 
 Winchelsea, [17 March 1794]. 
 Windsor Castle, 14 March 1795. 
 Wolverine, 13 Sept. 1799 ; Feb. 1809. 
 Woolwich, [17 March 1794]. 
 
 York, Feb. 1809. 
 
 Zealous, 1 Aug. 1798. 
 
 Zebra, 17 March 1794; 2 April 
 
 1801; 1840. 
 Zephyr, 2 April 1801. 
 
ADDENDA, 
 
 BARNETT-BERKELEY-BOTT-BROWN— BDLLEN-CARTHEW-COGHILL, 
 
 BARNETT. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Edward Baknett entered the Navy on toard 
 the SvBiLLE 44, Capts. Clotworthy Upton, Jas. 
 Sanders, and Thos. Forrest. He was a Midship- 
 man of the Malta 80, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, at 
 the siege of Gaeta in 1815 ; and of the Supekb 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Ekins, at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 
 1816. He received a vote of thanks from the Ba- 
 hama Legislature for services rendered, in the 
 Thdndbr, to that colony. His post commission bears 
 date 20 June, 1846. 
 
 BERKELEY. (Captain, 1814.) 
 
 Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Bekkeley 
 commanded the Hercules 74 from 25 March, 1836, 
 until Aug. 1837, on the Lisbon and Home stations. 
 
 BOTT. (Lieutenant, 1832.) 
 
 George Bott was born, 1 Feb. 1809, in St. 
 James's Palace. His father, Secretary to the Privy 
 Purse, had been, at the period of his death, for up- 
 wards of 25 years in the households of George IIL 
 and William IV. : his grandfather, a Page to George 
 III., was also for more than 50 years in the house- 
 hold of that monarch. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 20 Dec. 1823, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ocean 80, Capts. Lucius 
 Ferdinand Hardyman and John Sykes, in which 
 ship, bearing the flag of Lord Amelius Beauclerk 
 off Lisbon, he continued to serve until Oct. 1825 — 
 part of the time as Midshipman. He was employed 
 afterwards on the Home station in the capacity last 
 mentioned and as Mate in the Galatea 42, Capt. 
 Sir Chas. Sullivan, Undaunted 46, Capt. Augustus 
 "Wm. Jas. Clifford, Caledonia 120, bearing the flag 
 of Sir Edw. Codrington, and Excellent gunnery- 
 ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings. While on board the 
 Excellent he passed an examination " so credit- 
 able " that he received, in consequence, the written 
 thanks of the Lords of the Admiralty. In the 
 Canopcs, Donegal, and Britannia, the ships men- 
 tioned in the body of the work, he filled the post 
 of Gunnery-Lieutenant. During the nearly nine 
 years that he was so employed he afforded instruc- 
 tion to more than 2000 officers and men. He was 
 Superintendent of Convicts at Norfolk Island from 
 31 July, 1843, until the establishment was broken 
 up, 31 Aug. 1847. 
 
 He married, 16 Aug. 1845, Ellen Australia, daugh- 
 ter of Thos. Came, Esq., late of the 46th Regiment, 
 and has issue. 
 
 BROWN. (Vice-Admikalopthe Red, 1846.) 
 TnoMAS Brown, whenaLi-eutenantof theFLORA, 
 commanded a gun-launch during the opei'ations in 
 Egypt in 1801, and for his services obtained the 
 Turkish gold medal. In command of the Orestes 
 he ,was frequently, in 1804-5, in action with the 
 enemy's flotilla between Dunkerque, Calais, and 
 Boulogne. On one occasion he captured two armed 
 schuyts ; and on another he engaged and drove into 
 port in a sinking state a praam of 18 guns, bearing 
 the flag of a Rear- Admiral, and at the time in com- 
 pany with many other vessels. In July, 1805, he 
 
 volunteered to endeavour to discover a passage for 
 leading a British squadron into Dunkerque. While 
 he was so employed the Orestes, at the commence- 
 ment of an ebb-tide, took the ground on the Bree- 
 Sand. The enemy's shot soon passing through her 
 hull, and their flotilla dropping down, it was found 
 necessary to blow her up, to prevent her from fall- 
 ing into their hands. In the Solebay Capt. Brown, 
 in 1808, chased a French frigate into Cherbourg; 
 and in the Vengeur, in 1811, he united with the 
 Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, in driving 
 into the same port two line-of-battle ships and a 
 frigate. The Loire, while he was in her, compelled 
 the American ship President to put into New York, 
 twice engaged Commodore Barney's flotilla of gun- 
 boats in the Patuxent, and was otherwise actively 
 employed both in that river and the Potomac under 
 Sir Geo. Cockburn. During his stay in the Chesa- 
 
 f)eake Capt. Brown, on more occasions than one, 
 anded vpith the seamen and marines. From the 
 early part of 1837 until he was promoted to Flag- 
 rank he filled the appointment of extra Naval Aide- 
 de-Camp to His late and Her present Majesty. 
 
 BULLEN. (Admiral of the White, 1841.) 
 
 Joseph Bullen. The Hinchinbroke, in the ex- 
 pedition to Fort St. Juan, lost, out of a crew of 235 
 men, all but 27, in the short space of six weeks, 
 owing to the unhealthiness of the climate. 
 
 CARTHEW. (Vice-Admirai, of the Red, 
 1841.) 
 James Caethew commanded the'GLOiRE at the 
 blockade of Cherbourg, at the destruction of the 
 French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine and of the 
 batteries at Ance la Barque, Guadeloupe, and at 
 the taking of the latter island. 
 
 COGHILL, Bart. (Eear-Admibal of the Red.) 
 Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill assisted, as we 
 have stated, at the cutting out of the Prima galley. 
 The particulars of that exploit will be found alluded 
 to more fully in our memoir of Capt. Geo. Scott. 
 Sir Josiah was in the Haerlem at the evacuation of 
 Genoa by the French and at the surrender of Malta 
 to the British: in command of the same ship's 
 tender he carried from Smyrna despatches (received 
 overland from Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, who was at 
 St. Jean d'Acre) to Lord Keith, at Malta. The 
 Africaine, which ship he fitted out as Senior Lieu- 
 tenant at Minorca immediately after her capture 
 from the French, was commanded at first by Capt. 
 Geo. Burlton. He joined the Rattlesnake at the 
 Cape ot Good Hope and took despatches in her to 
 the East Indies. The Malay vessel which he at- 
 tacked mounted 8 guns with a complement of about 
 125 men : she exploded while the British were on 
 board. The latter, out of 22, had 16 killed and 
 wounded ; the enemy were all destroyed. Serving 
 with Capt. Coghill on this occasion were the pre- 
 sent Retired Commanders Arthur Davies andRobt 
 John Fayrer. When in company, in the same 
 goon, with the Terpsichore frigate, Capt. Walter 
 Bathurst, he annihilated a fleet of 92 proas, carrying 
 
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 DENHAM— DICKINSON. 
 
 each 2 guns in the bow, ofif the island of Rhio, in 
 the strait of Singapore. In the Diana, before pro- 
 ceeding to the Waloheren, he had charge of the 
 French coast from Dunkerque to Fecamp. 
 
 DENHAM, F.R.S. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Henry Mangles Denham assisted in surveying 
 the Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, 
 &c.). He acted as Chief Assistant in the survey of 
 the English and St. George's Channels, from the 
 Straits of Dover to the edge of soundings ; of the 
 coast of Ireland from the Shannon to Belfast, in- 
 cluding Beerhaven, Crookhaven, Valentia, Balti- 
 more, Glandore, Cove of Cork (entrance), Toughall, 
 "Waterford, Carlingford, Strangford, Ardglass, Bel- 
 fast, Copeland Isles, and Lame ; and of the English 
 coast, including Falmouth (Sound), Helford, Mana- 
 cles (reef), St. Helen's Pool, Scilly Islands, Skerries, 
 Start Bay, Salcombe, Plymouth Sound, and Dart- 
 mouth. He has concluded, too, the survey of the 
 Bristol Channel throughout, including Hartland 
 Quay, Clovelly, Barnstaple I5ar, Appledore, Ilfra- 
 combe, Minehead, Watchet, Bridgewater, King- 
 road off the Avon, Cardiff, Newport, Chepstow, 
 Swansea, the Mumbles, Llanelly, Estuary of Bury, 
 Carmarthen, Tenby, "Milford Haven, Solvach, St. 
 Bride's Bay, and Lundy Island ; and of the coasts 
 of Lancashire and Cumberland, with the Dee (to 
 Chester), Liverijool Bay, and the Mersey ; More- 
 combe Bay, including Fleetwood, Lancashire, and 
 Piel a Foudra; and the Duddon and Kavenglasa 
 estuaries, Whitehaven, "Workington, Harrington, 
 Maryport, and Douglas, Isle of Man. The rank of 
 Commander was conferred on him as a reward for 
 the talent he had displayed in the execution of his 
 surveying services generally, and in particular to 
 mark the high sense entertained by the Lords of 
 the Admiralty of the advantages accruing to the 
 public from the completion of his survey of the port 
 and harbour of Liverpool and the neighbouring 
 coast. The return of the port of Liverpool to the 
 mere capacity of a half-tide harbour Capt. Denham 
 succeeded in averting by harrowing a new opening 
 through the Burbo and J ordan Sands, which, on 
 the accession of Her Majesty to the throne, was 
 named the " Victoria Channel." In reference to a 
 steam survey made by him in the North Sea, the 
 present Hydrographer of the Admiralty, Sir Fras. 
 Beaufort, declared it to be his conviction " that no 
 man would have achieved that great work with 
 more skill ;" and, in remarking upon the survey of 
 Morecombe Bay, the same eminent authority re- 
 corded it as his opinion " that a more complete and 
 masterly work had rarely been sent to the Admi- 
 ralty Office." In allusion to Capt. Denham's ser- 
 vices in the Avon, on the coast of Africa, whither 
 he had been sent for the express purpose of survey- 
 ing the Bight of Benin, the Hydrographer thus ex- 
 presses himself: "In examining a survey made in 
 such a deleterious climate, along such an impracti- 
 cable coast, and in contact with such a treacherous 
 population, I was prepared to make great allow- 
 ances for work done under such striking disadvan- 
 tages ; but I find, with equal pleasure and surprise, 
 that the whole has been performed with all the pre- 
 cision and fulness that could have been expected 
 if made under the most favourable circumstances." 
 For this service Capt. Denham was promoted to 
 Post-rank. Subsequently to his return to England 
 he executed several commissions with reference to 
 the steam marine from the Lords Committee of the 
 Privy Council for Trade, under the conjoint autho- 
 rity of the Board of Admiralty, and also with re- 
 ference to harbour improvements at Swansea and 
 Bideford. His name continued, as a Supernume- 
 rary, on the books of the "William and Mary 
 yacht, until the summer of 1847. Capt. Denham 
 has been appointed Inspector of Steam-boat Acci- 
 dents. He is the inventor of "Denham's Row- 
 locks" for rowing boats ; and of " Denham's (regis- 
 tered) Jury-Tiller " for steering a ship on fire 
 abaft, or when twisting her rudder-head, breaking 
 her tiller in a gale of wind, or receiving the ene- 
 my's shot. 
 
 DICKINSON. (Captain, 1832.) 
 
 Thomas Dickinson, when a Midshipman of the 
 Dreadnodght, assisted in the boats of that ship at 
 the capture and destruction of numerous convoys off 
 Cadiz. He first attracted the notice of the late 
 Lord CoUingwood by the judgment and conduct he 
 displayed during a heavy gale in bringing alongside 
 of the ship for which they were intended several 
 long spars, which had been taken into tow by the 
 boats of the fleet under an ofiicer whose want of 
 skill had greatly endangered the lives of his men, 
 and whom he had been in consequence sent to super- 
 sede. So pleased at his general behaviour was the 
 Admiral that he took him with him as his follower 
 into the Rotal Sovereign, and generally selected 
 him for any particular piece of service that was to 
 be performed. The opinion entertained of him, in- 
 deed, by Lord Collingwood may be inferred from 
 the annexed extract from an ofiicial letter addressed 
 by the latter to the First Lord of the Admiralty, 
 subsequently to the battle of Trafalgar :—" After 
 the action, to supply the vacancies, I gave acting- 
 orders to young men who were recommended to me 
 for their activity, and, amongst others, to a Mr. 
 Dickinson, whom I found in the Dreadnought and 
 removed with me to the Royal Sovereign, because 
 he had more knowledge of his profession than is 
 usual, and seemed to be the spirit of the ship when 
 anything was to be done." After be had been pro- 
 moted, Mr. Dickinson was appointed by Lord Col- 
 lingwood First-Lieutenant of the Active. "While 
 serving with his Lordship he had been at one time, 
 we may add, for 14 months at the blockade of Cadiz 
 without casting anchor. In the memoir given in 
 the body of this work we have noticed the fact that 
 Mr. Dickinson was present at the capture of La 
 Trave. He was also on that occasion First-Lieute- 
 nant. In his despatch to Lord Keith, Capt. Tobin 
 makes the following honourable mention of him : — 
 " The zeal and professional talents of Mr. Dickinson 
 I have long known and endeavoured to appreciate, 
 and on all occasions have sought with avidity his 
 clear and comprehensive counsel ; nor is it possible 
 that I can ever cease to cherish a remembrance of 
 it with the warmest gratitude." During the action 
 Mr. Dickinson had his thigh and knee both broken ; 
 he was severely contused, too, on the head, and re- 
 ceived several minor wounds in different parts of 
 the body. So severe were his sufferings that he 
 was for seven months confined to the Hospital at 
 Plymouth. At the end of that period he waa dis- 
 charged as incurable ; and it was not until two j'ears 
 later that he was enabled to serve again. Foi; his 
 conduct he was promoted to the rank of Commander. 
 "While senior officer, in the Lightning, in the Rio 
 de la Plata, he had the good fortune, with the assist- 
 ance of the British Vioe-Consul, to effect a reconci- 
 liation between Generals LavaUeja and, Fructuoso 
 Rivera, at a period when those personages were eon- 
 tending for the Presidency of Monte Video, and by 
 their operations had brought about a state of things 
 very inimical to the commercial interests of Great 
 Britain. In Dec. 1830, while refitting at Rio de 
 Janeiro on his return from a voyage to the Pacific, 
 Capt. Dickinson heard for the first time of the 
 wreck of the Thetis ; which frigate had struck 
 against the cliffs of the uninhabited island of Cape 
 Frio, on the coast of Brazil, and had gone down in 
 deep water in the open ocean with 810,000 dollars 
 on board. From the thoroughly exposed nature of 
 the spot at which the disaster had occurred, and the 
 utter absence of the ordinary implements of sub- 
 marine operation, the recovery of any part either ot 
 the stores or of the vast amount of treasure engulfed 
 was deemed altogether hopeless. Possessed, how- 
 ever, of a mind ever fertile jn resources, oad 
 endowed with that spirit of determination and 
 enterprise which brooks no obstacle, and is always 
 necessary to the execution of a bold design, Capt. 
 Dickinson, with no other means at his disposal than 
 such as could be drawn from the slender vessel he 
 commanded, resolved on making the great attempt. 
 Much do we regret that our limits do not permit of 
 our entering into a detail of the contrivances he 
 
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 adopted, the dangers he braved, the impediments he 
 encountered. After struggling for 14 months with 
 difSculties unparalleled, surrounded often with 
 sickness, and in the midst always of privation and 
 want, the issue of his persevering exertions, and of 
 the consummate mechanical and nautical skill he 
 has called into action, was seen in the triumphant 
 recovery of all the guns and stores, and of about 
 600,000 dollars. He was then relieved by Capt. 
 Hon. John Fred. Fitzgerald De Ros of the Alge- 
 EiNE 10, who, availing himself of the machinery 
 already constructed, rescued 150,000 dollars more. 
 With a constitution broken by the fatigue he had 
 undergone, Capt. Dickinson returned to England, 
 and years elapsed before he was restored to compa- 
 rative liealth. Short, however, of his promotion to 
 Post-rank, he obtained from the Admiralty not the 
 least token of approbation for the almost superhu- 
 man undertaking he had accomplished. In 1842, to 
 mark the sense they entertained of the ingenuity 
 he had evinced at Cape Frio in converting water- 
 tanks into diving-bells, the Society of Arts presented 
 him with a gold medal. The regret we feel at being 
 deprived of the pleasure we should have in entering 
 more at large into a history of Capt. Dickinson's 
 achievement is somewhat mitigated by his having 
 already published ' A Narrative of the Operations 
 for the Keoovery of the Public Stores and Trea- 
 sure sunk in H.M.S. Thetis,' &o. ; a volume which 
 should unquestionably be read by those who are 
 disposed to take interest in an account of perhaps 
 the most astonishing performance of the kind ever 
 achieved by the Captain of a British man-of-war. 
 Capt. Dickinson was admitted into the Royal Hos- 
 pital at Greenwich 26 Aug. 1847. 
 
 DILLON, Kt., K.C.H. (Eeae-Admikal of the 
 White, 1846.) 
 Sin William Henry Dillon was often during 
 the war employed, as we have already noticed, on 
 the extra-duty of carrying flags of truce, owing in a 
 great measure to the knowledge he possessed of the 
 French language. It was on many of those occasions 
 in his power, by timely concessions — made, indeed, 
 on his own responsibility, but always with a degree 
 of judgment that called forth the warm thanks and 
 approbation of the Commander-in-Chief— to assuage 
 the angry feelings of our enemies, and thereby to 
 facilitate the exchange of prisoners. The attack 
 upon the French frigates at St. Eustatia was made 
 by a British squadron, consisting, with L'Aimable, 
 of the Bellona and Invincible 74's and Lapwing 
 28. It was not, however, persisted in, inasmuch as 
 the island was Dutch, and it was found impossible to 
 destroy the frigates without inflicting material in- 
 jury on the town. The expeditious manner in which, 
 although the service was attended with risk, Mr. 
 Dillon, aided by a brother officer, succeeded, when 
 in the Glenmore, in securing the person of the 
 Irish rebel before alluded to, whose name was Skal- 
 lion, elicited the thanks of a Court-martial at the 
 time sitting to try such offenders. In July, 1803, as 
 we have stated, he was sent with a flag of truce from 
 Lord Keith to the Dutch Commodore Valterbeck ; 
 who, to his surprise, detained him, separated him 
 from his men, and placed him in confinement on 
 board a small armed schooner lying in the outer an- 
 chorage. At the end of eight days he received an 
 answer to his despatch from the Hague, and was 
 told that he might depart. As he was in the act of 
 making sail, however, to rejoin his ship, an armed 
 launch belonging to a French frigate came along- 
 side, and, as he had no means of resistance, com- 
 pelled him, although he was under a flag of truce, to 
 surrender. Ultimately he was ordered to Verdun, 
 where he remained, in spite of a demand made by 
 the British Government for his release through 
 Lords Yarmouth and Lauderdale, until Sept. 1807, 
 when he was at length, through private influence, 
 restored to liberty. In the action with the Louden 
 Capt. Dillon had 2 men killed and 9 wounded. He 
 was for nearly 30 years Equerry to the Duke of 
 Sussex. 
 
 DORVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1841.) 
 
 John William Doeville became First-Lieute- 
 nant of the Jdno in Nov. 1845, and continued to 
 serve sa such in the Grampus 50, Capt. Henry Byam 
 Martin, to which ship he was removed 10 July, 1847, 
 until paid off in Oct. 1848. 
 
 DUNN. (Commander, 1814.) 
 
 Nicholas James Cuthbebt Dunn is married and 
 has issue (with one daughter, Frances Emelia, mar- 
 ried to Wm. Crofton, Esq., Surgeon K.N.) three sons 
 —the eldest, Richard Marsh, in the Customs in Lon- 
 don ; the second, Montagu Buooleuoh, a Lieutenant 
 K.N. ; and the youngest, William James, First-Lieu- 
 tenant K.M. (1848). 
 
 FALCON. (Keak-Admirai, of the Blue, 1848.) 
 Gordon Thomas Falcon was at the blockade of 
 the Dutch coast in the Sheerness ; and in the An- 
 dromeda at the taking of the Danish and Swedish 
 islands in the West Indies in 1801. He was First- 
 Lieutenant of the Barfleob when Lord Wellington 
 occupied the lines of Torres Vedras. His promotion 
 to Flag-rank took place 1 Aug. 1848 ; on which oc- 
 casion he was superseded in the Superintendentship 
 of Pembroke Dockyard. 
 
 FOEDYCE. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Alexander Dingwall Fordvce was elected 
 M.P. for the city of Aberdeen in Aug. 1847. 
 
 GRACE. (Captain, 1825.) 
 
 Percy Grace and those who had been wrecked 
 with him in the Gbethoond were taken from Ma- 
 nilla to Batavia by the French frigates Cannoniere 
 and Laurel. When commanding the Cyrene he 
 was the first who commenced the destruction^ of 
 barracoons or slave-factories on the coast of Africa. 
 Among the vessels which were captured and de- 
 tained by the Cyeene and her boats were the Au- 
 rora Dutch schooner, of 144 tons, 4 guns, and 26 
 men, L'Bypolite schooner (under French colours), 
 of 95 tons, 2 guns, and 19 men, and the Caroline 
 French schooner, of 78 tons, 2 guns, and 20 men. 
 
 HAMOND. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Andrew Snape Hamond was much employed in 
 the Talbot in the suppression of piracy in the 
 Archipelago, and was present at the capture of a 
 piratical corvette of 18 guns from under the batte- 
 ries at Hydra. He assisted also at the reduction, 
 by the combined forces of Great Britain and France, 
 of Morea Castle, the last hold of the Turks in the 
 Peloponnesus. When a Lieutenant of the Melville 
 he obtained the thanks of the Royal Humane So- 
 ciety on vellum "for his gallant attempt to save 
 the life of Lieut. John Gore, on the occasion of his 
 jumping overboard in a heavy gale of wind off the 
 Cape of Good Hope to save the life of a seaman." 
 Lieut. Jas. Lewis Fitzgerald, and several others 
 who united in the vain endeavour to rescue Mr. 
 Gore, were drowned. In 1839, while on his passage 
 home from the West Indies in the Pigeon packet, 
 Capt. Hamond, at personal risk, and with injury 
 indeed to himself, was the means of preserving that 
 vessel from being burnt at sea, by extinguishing a 
 fire which, through the carelessness of her crew, 
 had broken out in the hold. The Salamander he 
 commanded for nearly five years. During that 
 period he proved instrumental, by the valuable as- 
 sistance he afforded, to the suppression of an alarm- 
 ing conflagration which broke out, and lasted for 
 two days, in the town of Valparaiso, For his con- 
 duct he received, as did his officers and ship's com- 
 pany, many of whom were hurt, the special thanks 
 of the President of Chili, the Governor of Valpa- 
 raiso, and his own Commander-in-Chief, Rear- Ad- 
 miral Rich. Thomas. He was also for two years 
 employed at Otaheite; and for several important 
 services which he there performed he was promoted 
 to the rank he now holds, at the particular recom- 
 mendation of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, who had 
 succeeded Rear-Admiral Thomas. Capt. Hamond 
 
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1394 HARRIS— HELPMAN-LUSHINGTON— PACE— PARKER— PELLY. 
 
 has taken out a patent for a plan, which has heen 
 successfully tried, of reefing and of taking off paddle- 
 floats. H e is the inventor, likewise, of a system of 
 connecting and disconnecting engines ; and of a new 
 and approved principle of propelling vessels, with- 
 out the aid of wheels or screw. 
 
 HARRIS. (Commander, 1841.) 
 
 Robert Habris is brother of the late Sir Wm. 
 Cornwallis Harris, a Major in the E. I. Co.'s Engi- 
 neers (known in the literary world as the author of 
 ' The Wild Sports of Southern Africa,' ' Portraits of 
 the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa,' 
 and' The Highlandsof Ethiopia'), who received the 
 honour of Knighthood for his diplomatic services at 
 the Court of Shoa, in Abyssinia. Commander Har- 
 ris was for five years and eight months Gunnery- 
 Lieutenant of the Melville. He has been employed 
 since 1 March, 1848, as Second-Captain in the 
 Ganges 84, Capt. Henry Smith, on particular service. 
 
 HELPMAN. (Commander, 1842. r-p., 21 ; 
 H-p., 5.) 
 
 Philip Augustds Helpman is brother of the 
 present Lieut. Benj. Pras. Belpman, K.N., and of 
 Lieut. John Robt. Crichton Helpman, R.N. (1838), 
 who died in 1841 while serving in the Mediterranean 
 as Assistant-Surveyor with Capt. Thos. Graves in 
 the Beacon. 
 
 This officer* entered the Navy, 19 July, 1821, as 
 Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Windsor Castle 74, 
 Capt. Chas. Dashwood. Being a Midshipman of 
 that ship in 1824 when Don John of Portugal sought 
 refuge on board of her, he was by the latter pre- 
 sented, as were others, with a medal commemorative 
 of the event. He was subsequently employed, for 
 two years, in affording protection, in the Pbimrose 
 18, Capfs. John Stoddart and Octavius Vernon Har- 
 court, to the trade in the West Indies, then much 
 infested with pirates. In Oct. 1826, having inva- 
 lided home in the Ringdove sloop, Capt. Edwin 
 Ludlow Rich, he joined the Forte 44, Capt. Jere- 
 miah Coghlan, and sailed for South America; 
 whence in 1828 he returned to England as Mate, a 
 short time after he had passed his examination, in 
 the Kangee 28, Capt. Lord Henry Fred. Thynne. 
 He served next, for nearly eight years, in the Medi- 
 terranean, in the capacity last mentioned, in the 
 Melville 74, Capts. Chas. Marsh Schomberg and 
 Christopher John Williams Nesham, Britannia 120, 
 flag-ship of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and Thdndeeek 
 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. He then, in Feb. 
 1837, joined the Howe 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. 
 Waller Otway at the Nore ; and in the ensuing 
 March he became Senior-Mate of the Fair Rosa- 
 mond schooner of 2 guns, Lieut. -Commander Wm. 
 Browne Oliver, fitting for the coast of Africa. On 
 10 Oct. in the same year, while working out of 
 Benin River, he attacked, in the Fair Rosamond's 
 gig, a brig, armed with 2 18-pounders, and main- 
 tained an action which, after seven hours Of exer- 
 tion, terminated in the latter being compelled, with 
 a loss to the gig of 1 man killed and several wounded, 
 to bear up for the river, where she was in a few 
 days captured by the Fair Rosamond. For this 
 and other services Mr. Helpman, on the recom- 
 mendation of Lieut. Oliver and the Commander-in- 
 Chief, Rear-Admiral Hon. Geo. Elliot, was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant 26 March, 1839. In 
 1840 he sailed for China in the Blenheim 72, Capt. 
 Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse. On his arrival 
 there he was placed in command of the Mahomed 
 Shaw armed-ship, of 12 guns ; and from that vessel 
 he was removed, in the early part of 1841, to the Co- 
 LDMBiNE 16, Capts. Thos. Jordaine Clarke and Wm. 
 Henry Anderson Morshead. He subsequently (be- 
 sides participating in the second series of operations 
 against Canton, and assisting at the capture of Amoy 
 and Chinghae) served with the naval brigade in the 
 attacks upon Chusan, Ningpo, Yuh-Tah, Tsekee, 
 
 * He had previously, in 1815, (while on board the Ska- 
 lark, a schooner cominanded by his father, Lieut. Philip 
 Helpman,) t^ken part in an affair at Corrijou, noticed in our 
 piemoir of Commander James Stirling. 
 
 Funwah, Sheipoo, Woosung, and Shanghae. On 
 the arrival home of the Columbine, in March, 1843, 
 with part of the first instalment of the Chinese 
 ransom, he found that for his conduct during the 
 war he had been promoted to the rank of Com- 
 mander by a commission bearing date 23 Dec. 
 1842. 
 
 LUSHINGTON. (Captain, 1829.) 
 
 Stephen Ldshington fought in the Cambrian at 
 the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. On the death 
 of Sir Robt. Oliver, in 1848, he was appointed to 
 succeed that oflcer in the Superintendentship of 
 the Indian Navy ; and he was In consequence super- 
 seded in the command of the Vengeance. 
 
 PACE. (Lieutenant, 1821.) 
 
 Edmund Howard Pace is the son of a Chaplain 
 in the Navy. One of his brothers filled the same 
 rank in the Service ; and two of them were officers 
 in the Army. During the war with America he 
 saw much boat work in the Chesapeake, and was 
 engaged in frequent skirmishes with the enemy. 
 In the affair at Corrijou he held the rating of 
 Master's Mate, and brought out the last of the 
 captured vessels. For his conduct at the battle of 
 Algiers he was mentioned in honourable terms by 
 Lord Exmouth to the Prince Regent. He served 
 during the Burmese war in the Columbine and 
 Arachne : on its conclusion he returned home in 
 the latter vessel with despatches. 
 
 PARKER. (Commander, 1814.) 
 
 Frederick Augustus Hargood Parker was 
 actively employed, while stationed in the Baltic, in 
 affording protection to convoys passing through the 
 Belts ; and was at one time detached every night 
 for nearly five weeks on boat-service. He was often 
 in consequence engaged in action with the enemy's 
 gun-vessels. When First-Lieutenant of the Night- 
 ingale he united in the attack of 1807 upon Copen- 
 hagen. On the surrender of the Danish fleet he 
 escorted to Yarmouth the officer charged with the 
 delivery of Admiral Gambler's despatches ; and on 
 his return he assisted in fitting the Danish prizes 
 for sea, and in then conducting them to England. 
 
 PELLY. (Commander, 1844.) 
 
 Richard Wilson Pelly, during his command of 
 the Rose, performed good and valuable service. 
 While stationed for some time in the Gulf of Flo- 
 rida, he had the good fortune, without a blow, to 
 settle a formidable rebellion in the islands of Mag- 
 dalene ; and when senior of&cer at the blockade of 
 Vera Cruz, on the outbreak of the war between 
 Mexico and the United States, he made such im- 
 portant arrangements with the contending parties 
 as to secure for the royal mail steamers advantages 
 not usual in cases of blockade. For his able and 
 judicious conduct he obtained the high approbation 
 of his Commander-in-Chief, Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, 
 and of the Board of Admiralty, and received very 
 flattering testimonials from the merchants and the 
 British Minister at Mexico. At a period, too, when 
 hostilities were daily expected to take place between 
 Great Britain and the United States, he contrived 
 by an admirable stroke of diplomacy (although three 
 frigates, two large steamers, four corvettes, and 
 several smaller vessels belonging to the latter power 
 were on the station) to procure the removal to the 
 Havana of two large steamers lying up the river 
 Alvarado, which had been built and armed for the 
 Mexican Government, and which, in the event of a 
 rupture, would in all probability have been seized 
 and turned against us by the Americans. The situ- 
 ation in which Commander Pelly was at this juncture 
 placed was responsible in the extreme, inasmuch as 
 the least indiscretion on his part might of itself 
 have led to a collision between the two countries.* 
 He was subsequently joined by the Vesuvius steam- 
 
 * So pleased was Her Majesly's Minister, Mp. Chas. Bank- 
 head, at the whole of Commander Pellv's conduct, that he 
 acknowledged that the latter had left nothing for him to do. 
 
PHEPOE— RICHARDSON— SARTORIUS— SEYMOUR— SNELL. 
 
 1395 
 
 Bloop and the Endymion 44 ; yet, although the Cap- 
 tains of those vessels, Geo. Wm. Douglas O'CaUa- 
 ghan and Geo. Kobt. Lambert, were each senior to 
 himself, the state of their health was such that he 
 had the duty still to perform. So afflicted with 
 siclcness was the crew of the Vesdvids, that it was 
 found necessary, soon after her arrival, to send her 
 for a change of climate to Halifax ; but her engi- 
 neers having been carried off by fever, and her 
 coals being nearly all expended, a formidable ob- 
 stacle presented itself. In this emergency Com- 
 mander Pelly was induced to apply for aid to the 
 Royal Mail Steam-Pacliet Company ; and as he had 
 been the means not long before of procuring for 
 the latter certain privileges already noticed, his 
 request was forthwith acceded to, and the public 
 service thereby materially benefited. During the 
 many months that he was on the Mexican station, 
 although his own health suffered from the anxiety 
 to which he was exposed, that of his crew, owing to 
 the sanitary measures he adopted, was preserved. 
 Previously to embarking in the service we have 
 here detailed, the Commander had been employed 
 in protecting the fisheries in the Gulf of St. Law- 
 rence, in a manner that had gained the approval of 
 the Commander-in-Chief. 
 
 PHEPOE. (Retired Commander, 1848.) 
 
 John Phepoe served with the boats of the Ar- 
 MiDE, and of the Christian VII. 80 and Seine 36, 
 eight in number, under Lieut. Gardiner Henry 
 Guion, in a gallant attempt made, 13 Feb. 1810, to 
 destroy part of a convoy which had got on a reef 
 that projects from the point of Chatelaillon, between 
 Aix and Kochelle. The vessels in question were 
 protected by nine gun-boats, each carrying a 12- 
 pounder carronade and 6 swivels, and rowing from 
 20 to 30 oars. One of the latter was boarded and 
 carried, with a loss to the enemy of 2 men killed 
 and 3 wounded. Lieut. Guion was promoted for 
 his conduct to the rank of Commander. On the 
 night of 27 Sept. following Mr. Phepoe contributed 
 to the destruction, by the boats of the Armide, the 
 Caledonia 120, and Valiant 74, the whole com- 
 manded by Lieut. Arthur Philip Hamilton (whose 
 valour also obtained him promotion), to the capture 
 of two brigs and the destruction of a third, lying 
 at Pointe du Che, near Rochelle, under a strong 
 battery, which was at the same time stormed and 
 taken by a party of marines. 
 
 RICHARDSON. (Lieutenant, 1822.) 
 
 Samuel Richardson was present in the boats of 
 the Bacchante in the affairs (detailed in our me- 
 moir of Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous) at Otranto, 
 Karlebago, Gela Nova, llovigno, Lesina, and Ra- 
 gusa. He was also at the capture of Fiume. 
 
 SARTORIUS, Kt. (Captain, 1814.) 
 
 Sir George Rose Sartorius commanded the 
 PrRAMOS 42 in 1826-8. 
 
 SEYMOUR, Kt., G.C.H. (Rear-Admiral of 
 the Red, 1841.) 
 Sir George Francis Seymour relieved Rear- 
 Admiral Rich. Thomas in the chief command in 
 the Pacific 13 Dec. 1844. In the early part of 1845 
 he exacted redress from the Peruvian government 
 for injuries which had been inflicted on British 
 subjects at Taona and Arica, and, in concert with 
 Mr. Adams, Charge d' Affaires, compelled the dis- 
 missal of the Prefect of the department. After 
 visiting Tahiti with the French Rear-Admiral Ha- 
 melin for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of 
 the indemnity due to Mr. Pritchard, H.B. Majesty's 
 Consul, for the losses sustained by that gentleman, 
 he proceeded to the Sandwich Islands and took 
 such steps as were advisable to strengthen the posi- 
 tion of the Consul-General, Miller, and to afford 
 protection to British subjects against the predomi- 
 nance assumed by foreigners in the native govern- 
 ments. In the month of Nov. he returned to Tahiti 
 in order to inquire into the previous independence 
 
 of the N.W. group of the Society Islands, and to 
 prevent the French from extending the protectorate 
 they had induced Queen Pomare to yield by treaty 
 beyond the limits of her sovereignty. In reference 
 to this question Sir George visited the islands of 
 Huahine, Raiatea, and Bola-bola, and traversed a 
 part of the Pacific that had not before been navi- 
 gated by a ship-of-the-line. Ultimately he had the 
 satisfaction of announcing to the chiefs of the three 
 islands that their independence was recognised both 
 by Great Britain and France. During the discus- 
 sion with the United States relative to the Oregon 
 territory, the Rear-Admiral went to the North 
 Pacific and remained principally at the same ports 
 as the American squadron until matters were ad- 
 justed between the two governments. In 1846, the 
 points at issue between the British agents and the 
 Hawaian government having been submitted to his 
 judgment, he disposed of them in such a manner as, 
 in the opinion of H.M. Secretary of State for Fo- 
 reign Affairs, to impress the Hawaian government 
 with reliance on the justice and the disinterested 
 views of the British government. His proceedings 
 at Peru and the Society Islands had procured him 
 similar expressions of approval. In 1847, when a 
 general blockade was imposed by the Americans on 
 the coast of Mexico, Sir Geo. Seymour adopted 
 measures that had the effect of protecting British 
 commerce on the west coast from injury during the 
 war. He subsequently received payment from the 
 Republic of Lima of the sums, due to British mer- 
 chants, which had been promised to his predecessors ; 
 and he succeeded in obtaining, for the ships under 
 his orders, indemnities, before evaded, from the 
 revolutionary governments of Central America. In 
 the early part of 1848 he re-examined the coal- 
 mines in the province of Conception, in Chili, as 
 well as in Valdivia and the island of Chiloe. In 
 April of the same year he transferred the command 
 he had held to Rear-Admiral Hornby ; and on 
 leaving Valparaiso he had the gratification of re- 
 ceiving a flattering expression of respect and good 
 will from the British merchants there resident. 
 He arrived at Spithead on 10 July, having, since his 
 departure thence, sailed 76,000 miles. On the fol- 
 lowing day he struck his flag ; and on the 25th he 
 received from the Board of Admiralty a letter con- 
 veying to him " its entire approbation of his conduct 
 during a command their Lordships deemed to have 
 been of unusual responsibility and anxiety." It is 
 worthy of remark, that, during the whole period of 
 Sir G. F. Seymour's command, not a single court- 
 martial took place. 
 
 His eldest son, Fras. Geo. Hugh, is now a Lieut.- 
 Colonel in the Army and Equerry to Prince Albert ; 
 his eldest daughter married Chas. Corkran, Esq., of 
 Long Ditton, co. Surrey, and not, as we have stated, 
 a son of Sir T. J. Cochrane. 
 
 SEYMOUR. (Captain, 1844.) 
 
 George Henry Seymour commanded the Wan 
 DERER in the Tang-tse-Kiang at the close of the 
 operations in China. While in the same vessel he 
 obtained the public thanks of the Commander-in- 
 Chief for his conduct in the boats, under Capt 
 Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings of the Harlequin 16! 
 in an attack made, in company with those of the 
 J Jv*^°''^ steamer Diana, on the piratical towns 
 of Murdoo and Quallo Batto, in the island of Su- 
 matra. He also received a letter of thanks from 
 the Governor of the British Settlements in the 
 Straits of Malacca, as well as the thanks of the Ad- 
 miralty, for his exertions in proceeding 60 miles up 
 the river Siac, in Sumatra, and recovering from the 
 Rajah several convicts who had effected their escape 
 from Singapore. ' 
 
 SNELL. (Commander, 1843.) 
 
 In reference to that part of our memoir of Com 
 MANDER George Snell in which we have noticed 
 the death of Lieut. Layton, we have to state further, 
 that that officer had ascended the river Santa Fe' in 
 search of pirates with two boats belonging to the 
 
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 THOMPSON- WALLIS—WIDDRINGTON. 
 
 Icarus under his orders. Having captured one 
 vessel at the source of the river and given the 
 command of her to Mr. Snell, he proceeded up a 
 branch of the stream in his own boat, the gig, 
 leaving the other, the cutter, in company with the 
 prize. He encountered the pirates during his ab- 
 sence, and, as we have already stated, was by them 
 murdered. After this Mr. Snell remained for 
 several days blockading the river in the above- 
 named prize alone, with not more than 7 men, the 
 cutter having returned to the IcAKCS with intelli- 
 gence of that which had occurred. 
 
 THOMPSOiV. (Captain, 1846.) 
 
 Thomas Spakke Thompson, born 28 March, 1798, 
 is son of the late Henry Thompson, Esq., a Captain 
 in the Staff Corps, and subsequently Collector of 
 H.M. Customs in the island of St. Thomas. 
 
 This officer entered the Navy, 25 Sept. 1810, as 
 Seo.-cl. A''ol., on board the Galatea 36, Capt. 
 Woodley Losack ; and on 20 May, 1811, was pre- 
 sent off Madagascar in the frigate-action noticed in 
 our memoir of Commander Thos. Bevis. After 
 assisting at the blockade of Cherbourg he removed, 
 as Midshipman, in 1813, to the Akbak 50, Capts. 
 Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson and Chas. Sul- 
 len ; under whom he was for about four years em- 
 ployed on the Brazilian, North American, and Home 
 stations. He served subsequently in the East In- 
 dies, again on the coast of North America, in the 
 Channel and "West Indies, and on the coast of Africa, 
 as Midshipman and Master's Mate, in the Phaeton 
 46, Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon, Wm. Augustus Mon- 
 tagu, and IJenry Evelyn Bitfield Sturt, and Maid- 
 stone 42, Commodore Chas. BuUen. While on the 
 African station (where he was promoted by the 
 officer last mentioned to the post of First-Lieute- 
 nant in the Victor sloop, Capt. Geo. Woollcombe) 
 he saw much boat-service up the different rivers. 
 On one occasion he had an officer (an Assistant- 
 Surgeon) and 10 men drowned among the rollers at 
 the entrance of the Bonny. An attack of fever, 
 caught in the Bight of Benin, led to his being sent 
 home as unfit for further duty. Before he joined 
 the Galatea, he held the appointment of Junior- 
 Lieutenant in the Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. War- 
 ren, at Portsmouth ; and while attached to the 
 Royal Charlotte, of which vessel he was for some 
 time First-Lieutenant, he had command of her ten- 
 ders the Tiger and Quail. During the period he 
 served in the CoMns, Capt. Thompson had charge 
 of the blockade of Maldonado and other ports, and 
 also of the Buenos Ayrean squadron. In Oct. 1845 
 he was ordered to act as Captain in the C0RA90A 
 24; in which ship we find him conducting the 
 blockade of Buenos Ayres. On his return to the 
 CoMus he was employed as Senior officer in the Pa- 
 rana and Uruguay, and in co-operating in different 
 ways with the French squadron. He brought away, 
 we may add, the distressed English and Europeans 
 from Mercedes, in the Rio Negro. 
 
 Capt. Thompson married, 26 Oct. 1830, Henrietta, 
 second daughter of the late Geo. Norman, Esq., of 
 Bromley Common, Kent, by whom he has issue 
 four children. 
 
 WALLIS. (Captain, 1819.) 
 
 Provo William Parry Wallis did not actually 
 go to sea until he joined the Cleopatra in Sept. 
 1800. His name had been only borne on the books 
 of the OisEAu, Pkevotante, and Asia. He was 
 wrecked in the Curiedx 21 Sept. 1809 ; the date we 
 have elsewhere given being that of the court-martial 
 which took place on the occasion. In the Gloire 
 he was present, 18 Dec. 1809, at the destruction of 
 the 40-gnn frigates Loire and Seine, and of the bat- 
 teries of Ance la Barque, Guadeloupe. For his 
 conduct at the capture of the Cheiapeake he received 
 a letter of approbation, from the Admiralty. The 
 NiEMEN was at first, intended for service at the 
 Cape of Good Hope, but her destination was changed. 
 Capt. Wallis was specially deputed, in the War- 
 spite, to watch the operations of the French at 
 Mogador. His wife was a daughter of the Yen. 
 Roger Massey. We should have styled his sister 
 Lady James, not Lady Elizabeth, Townshend. 
 In April, 1847, Capt. Wallis was offered the Good- 
 Service Pension ; but this he declined for the ap- 
 pointment of Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. 
 Agents — Hallett and Robinson. 
 
 WIDDEINGTON. (Commander, 1824.) 
 
 Samuel Edward Widdrington entered the 
 Navy 31 Dec. 1802, and served — until made Lieute- 
 nant into the Fame 74 — in the Ambuscade and 
 Seine frigates, and Glory 98, Ocean 98, and Ville 
 DE Paris 110. At first he was in constant action 
 with the enemy's batteries and flotilla in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Boulogne. He was also most actively 
 employed in the West Indies ; where, in June, 1805, 
 while cruizing in the Seine's barge under Lieut, 
 (of Marines) Thos. Bland, he obtained mention for 
 his conduct at the capture of a large felucca, the 
 Concepeion, from Puerto Rico bound to Cadiz, laden 
 with a cargo of cocoa and cochineal, and armed 
 with 2 long 4-pounders and 14 men, 5 of whom were 
 severely wounded, without, however, any loss to 
 the British. He aided in making prize of many 
 other vessels, and saw much boat-service on the 
 coasts of Cayenne and Surinam. On leaving the 
 Fame, in which ship he had been also actively em- 
 ployed, he joined, in 1810, the Resistance frigate. 
 In her he assisted at the capture and destruction, 
 on the coast of Tuscany, of a dep6t of timber for 
 the arsenal at Toulon. When First of the Swallow 
 he united, 5 Oct. 1813, in an attack made by that 
 vessel and the Edinburgh 74, Impebieuse 38, and 
 Eclair and Pylades sloops, on the defences of 
 Port d'Anzo, where a convoy of 29 sail fell into the 
 hands of the British. On that occasion, after the 
 fire of a tower, opposed to the Swallow, had been 
 silenced, he landed and blew it up. In 1824 he was 
 in attendance, with a division of boats under his 
 orders, upon Don John of Portugal when that 
 monarch sought refuge on board the Windsor 
 Castle. 
 
 Commander Widdrington is the author of two 
 works on Spain and of several minor contributions 
 on scientific subjects. He is a Fellow of the Royal 
 and Geographical Societies. 
 
( 1397 ) 
 
 CORRIGENDA. 
 
 Appleby, John Frederick, Capt., p. 18, col. 2, line 16 
 
 from the bottom, /<»■ 10 Deo. 1813, read 13 Dec. 
 
 1810. 
 Atkins, Jas. (o), Lieut., p. 24, col. 2, 1. 9 from the 
 
 top,/or 1805 read 1811. 
 Austen, Sir Francis William, Vice-Admiral, p. 27, 
 
 col. 2, 1. 6 from the commencement, /or Captain, 
 
 read Rear-Admiral. 
 
 Baker, Sir Thos., Vice-Admiral, p. 40, col. 2, 1. 47 
 from the top, far Winchester, read Warspite. 
 
 Barker, Geo., Vice-Admiral, p. 46, col. 1, 1. 29 
 from cojimencement, far Feb. 1831, read Feb. 
 1801. 
 
 Baskerville, Percival, Lieut., p. 52, col. 2, in 
 the heading, far Lieutenant, 1826, read Lieu- 
 tenant 1836. 
 
 Baugh, Henry, Capt., p. 56, col. 1, 1. 10 from the 
 bottom, far Capt. Thos. Pearle, read Capt. Thos. 
 Searle. 
 
 Bazalgette, Joseph Wm., Commander, p. 59, the 
 note at the bottom of col. 1 should be attached 
 to the 21st line from the top in col. 2. 
 
 Beactfort, Fras., Eear-Admiral, p. 62, col. 1, lines 
 26 and 25 from the bottom, far annoying, read 
 conToying. 
 
 Bennett, Thos., Capt., p. 73, col. 2, line 30 from 
 top, for Mr. Richard Lee Stephens, read Mr. Eobt. 
 Lee Stephens. 
 
 BiLLINGSLEY, John, Lieut., p. 80, col. 1, 1. 7 from com- 
 mencement, far 8 Dec. 1813, read 8 Feb. 1813. 
 
 Bishop, George, Lieut., p. 84, col. 1, 1. 27 from the 
 top, /or Feb. 1813, read April, 1813. 
 
 Bird, Henry, Lieut., p. 83, col. 2, 1. 3 from com- 
 mencement, far in June following, read 21 July 
 following. 
 
 Bluett, Backland Stirling, Capt., p. 93, col. 2, 1. 8 
 from the top, /or Martin, read Merlin. 
 
 Bluett, Richard, Commander, p. 93, col. 2, 1. 20 
 from the bottom, after the word " which " insert 
 " and of that found on board the Santa Brigada, 
 another rich frigate taken at the same time." 
 
 BowDEN, Richard Bayly, Lieut., p. 104, col. 2, L 1 
 from the end, far Capts. Edw. and Owen Stanley, 
 read Capt. Edw. Stanley. 
 
 Bowen, Geo., Commander, p. 105, col. 2, 1. 16 from 
 the top, far 13 April, 1812, read 13 Feb. 1812. 
 
 Bower, Jas. Paterson, Capt., p. 106, col. 1, 1. 18 
 
 from commencement, for Feb. 22, read Feb. 23. 
 
 Bowker, John Harrison, Commander, p. 108, col. 1, 
 
 ]. 16 from the end, for 23 Jan. 1807 reod 23 Jan. 
 
 1817. 
 
 Bbiggs, Stephen, Retired Commander, p. 124, col. 2, 
 
 1. 7 fi'om commencement, for Mitcheller, read 
 Mitchell. 
 
 Beiggs, Sir Thos., Vice-Admiral, p. 124, col. 2, 1. 7 
 
 from commencement, omit the word " first." 
 Brigstocke, Thos. Robt., Commander, p. 125, col. 
 
 2, 1. 11 from the top, for La France, read La 
 Trave. 
 
 Bullen, Joseph, Admiral, p. 143, col. 1, 1. 6 from 
 the top, for Fooks, read Fowkes. 
 
 Carpenter, James, Admiral, p. 170, col. 2, 1. 17 
 
 from the bottom, for April, 1805, read April, 
 
 1800. 
 Carpenter, Wm., Lieut., p. 171, col. 2, 1. 17 from 
 
 the commencement,/or Glutton, readGLATTON. 
 Cavendish, Hon. Geo. John, Capt., p. 181, col. 2, 
 
 lines 14 and 18 from commencement, for 26 
 
 July, 1810, read 26 July, 1811, and for 1811 
 
 read 1814. 
 Chads, Henry Ducie, Capt., p. 182, col. 2, line 5 from 
 
 the bottom, far Lieut. George R. Norman, read 
 
 Lieut. Wm. Norman. 
 Claxton, Christopher, Commander, p. 198, col. 1, 
 
 1. 12 from commencement, far 22 March, 1807, 
 
 read 22 June, 1807. 
 Clifford, Henry John, Lieut., p.-200, col. 2, L 13 
 
 from the bottom, far 22 March, 1807, read 22 
 
 June, 1807. 
 COGHLAN, Fras. Rogers, Commander, p. 210, note, 
 
 col. 1, 1. 11 from the bottom, for 9 guns, read 
 
 7 guns. 
 COODE, John, Capt., p. 224, col. 2, 1. 5 from the 
 
 bottom, for Capt. Geo. Irwin, read Capt. Geo. 
 
 Irvine. 
 Crisp, Jas., Lieut., p. 242, col. 1, lines 5 and 8 from 
 
 the end, /or Dec. following, read Dec. 1813, and 
 
 omit the word " immediately." 
 Curry, Rich., Vice-Admiral, p. 254, col. 1, 1. 16 
 
 from the top, /or the Nore, read Plymouth. 
 
 Dale, Alfred, Retired Commander, p. 258, col. 1, 
 1. 13 from the end, for 19 Jan. 1813, read 19 
 June, 1813. 
 
 Dangerfield, Chas., Lieut., p. 260, col. 2, 1. 7 from 
 commencement, /or Jan. 1813, read June, 1813. 
 
 Daniell, Geo., Capt., p. 261, col. 1, 1. 27 from com- 
 mencement, /or 9 May, read 19 May. 
 
 Denham, Henry Mangles, Capt., p. 277, col. 2, 1. 2 
 from the end, for Commander Denham, read 
 Capt. Denham. 
 
 Devon, Thos. Barker, Capt., p. 283, col. 1, 1. 16 from 
 commencement, for June, 1803, read 21 July 
 1803. 
 
 Dick, John Goodrich, Commander, p. 286, col. 1, last 
 line in memoir, for a daughter, read one son and 
 two daughters. 
 
 Dick, Thos., Capt., p. 286, col. 1, 1. 23 from com- 
 mencement, far 87 volunteers, read 97 volunteers. 
 
 Dillon, Sir Wm. Henry, Eear-Admiral, p. 291, col. 
 2, 1. 9 from the end, /or K.C.B., read K.C.H. 
 
 Deury, Byron, Commander, p. 309, col. 1, i. 13 from 
 commencement, far Paria, read Para. 
 
 Edgell, Hai-ry Edm., Capt., p. 325, col. 1, 1. 6 from 
 the top, for Capt. Price Hamilton, read Capt. 
 Price Blackwood, 
 
 Ellis, Fras. Wilson, Lieut., p. 335, col. 1, lines 7 and 2 
 from the end, /or Revenge, read Milford ; and 
 for John Sandford, Esq., read John Luxford, Esq. 
 
 Ellis, John, Commander, p. 335, col. 2, note *, 1. 14 
 from the bottom, for Rattler's action, i^ad 
 Cruizek's action. 
 
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 CORRIGENDA. 
 
 Falcon, Gordon Thos., Capt., p. 346, col. 2, 1. 31 
 
 from the top, far 22 March, 1807, read 22 June, 
 
 1807. 
 Fellowes, Sir Thos., Capt., p. 352, col. 1, lines 34 
 
 and 38 from the top, fw 22 Nov. 1810, read 23 
 
 Nov. 1810, and /or six hoars and a half, read 
 
 seven hours and a half. 
 Feeouson, John Macpherson, Capt., p. 353, col. 1, 
 
 note, last line, for 21 wounded, read 31 wounded. 
 Fekeis, Abel, Rear-Admiral, p. 354, col. 1, 1. 15 from 
 
 the bottom, for 18 guns, read 16 guns. 
 FiGG, Wm., Retired Commander, p. 357, col. 1, 1. 20 
 
 from the top, /or 18 Dec. 1813, read 18 Dec, 
 
 1812. 
 FOKDEE, Geo., Lieut., p. 371, col. 1, 1. 1, for three 
 
 days, read two days. 
 FuLLAETON, John Campbell, Lieut., p. 382, col. 2, 
 
 1. 4 from the end, for 11 March, 1818, read 11 
 
 March, 1838. 
 
 Gaedinee, Allen Fras., Commander, p. 387, col. 2, 
 
 1. 8 from the bottom, /or 28 May, 1814, read 28 
 
 March, 1814. 
 Gedge, John, Capt., p. 392, col. 2, lines 10-11 from 
 
 commencement, /or 7 of the following Aug., read 
 
 23 of the following Aug. 
 Gilbeet, Edm. Williams, Commander, p. 396, col. 
 
 1, 1. 4 from the end, far Commander Giffard, 
 read Commander Gilbert. 
 
 GoEDON, Sir Jas, Alex., Rear-Admiral, p. 409, col. 
 
 2, 1. 17 from the top, far Lisbon, read Lissa. 
 GOEDON, Jas. Alex., Commander, p. 410, col. 1, 1. 3 
 
 from the end, far Norway, read Borneo. 
 Geeen, Wm. Pringle, Lieut., p. 427, col. 1, 1. 2 fi-om 
 the bottom, for Senior of 1841, read Senior of 
 1806. 
 
 HAEDINa, Fras., Capt., p. 460, col. 2, 1. 6 from the 
 
 bottom, far Nov. 1809, read Nov. 1829. 
 Habe, Rich., Lieut., p. 463, col. 2, 1. 10 from the top, 
 
 /orCYEENi!, readCTANE. 
 Hareison, Joseph, Capt., was appointed (p. 469, ^col. 
 
 2) to the Challensee 6 Sept. 1827. 
 Hathoen, Geo,, Capt., p. 477, col. 1, lines 10-11 from 
 
 the commencement, far Vanguaed, read War- 
 spite. 
 Hay, Geo. Jas., Capt., p. 481, col. 1, lines 11 and 12 
 
 from the commencement, far 13 April, 1812, 
 
 read 13 Feb. 1812 ; and for 26 men, read 126 
 
 men. 
 Heastet, Geo., Lieut., p. 490, col. 1, 1. 4 from the 
 
 end, /or Sept. 1815, read Sept. 1819. 
 Hbwson, Maurice, Lieut., p.; 505,j col. 2, lines 20 
 
 and 31 from the top, far March, 1808, read Nov. 
 
 1808 ; and /or Speedy, read Spider. 
 Hicks, John, Lieut., p. 508, col. 2, note, last line, far 
 
 61 wounded, read 11 wounded. 
 Hilton, John, Commander, p. 518, col. 1,1. 12 from 
 
 the end, /or 24 July, 1809, read 24 July, 1810. 
 Hollow ay, Thos., Lieut., p. 530, col. 2, 1. 9 from the 
 
 end, {oifhtilla, reaifieet. 
 HosEASON, Andrew, Lieut., p. 543, col. 2, 1. 9 fi-om 
 
 the commencement, for Jan. 1813, read June, 
 
 1813. 
 Hough, John Jas., Commander, p. 547, col. 1, 1. 33 
 
 from the commencement, and col, 2, 1. 1, for 33 
 
 wounded, read 26 ; and /or 1805, read 1795. 
 Hunqeefoed, Thos., Lieut., p. 554, col. 1, 1. 7 from 
 
 the top, for Le Vice-Amiral Magon, read Ze 
 
 Vice-Amiral Martin. 
 
 Inglefield, Sam. Hood, Rear-Admiral, p. 564, col. 2, 
 1. 8 fi'om the bottom, far tower, read town. 
 
 Ieby, Hon. Chas. Leonard, Capt., p. 568, col. 1, 1. 6 
 from the end, for Mr. Jas. Mangles, read Com- 
 mander Jas. Mangles, R.N. 
 
 Jagee, Thos., Retired Commander, p. 575, col. 2, 1. 
 
 13 from the commencement, for Capt. Robt. 
 
 Petler, read Capt. Robt. Pettet. 
 Johnstone, Robt. Ballard, Lieut., p. 588, col. 2, 
 
 omit lines 6, 5, 4, 3 from the bottom, beginning 
 
 with the word "witnessmg" and ending with 
 
 the word " and " inclusive. 
 Johnstone, Wm. Jas. Hope, Captain, p. 589, col. 1 
 
 1. 4 from the bottom, /or Borneo, read Bermeo. 
 
 Keveen, Rich., Retired Commander, p. 611, note * , 
 
 col. 2, /or Gaz. 1804, read Gaz. 1806. 
 Keys, David, Retired Commander, p. 612, col. 1, 1. 12 
 
 from the bottom, /or July, 1798, read Oct. 1799. 
 King, Hon. Wm. Jas., Rear-Admiral, p. 614, col. 2, 
 
 1. 10 from the end, for Alexandria, read Alexander. 
 Knight, Wm., Retired Commander, p. 620, col. 2, 
 
 1. 9 from the bottom, omit 6 Feb. 1800. 
 Knox, Rear-Admiral, p. 622, col. 2, first Ime of 
 
 memoir, for Sexton, read Sexten. 
 
 Lanoastee, Henry, Lieut. 1813, p. 628, col. 2, 1. 28 
 
 from the commencement, far 26 guns, read 126 
 
 guns. 
 Lane, John Edw., Lieut., p. 629, col. 1, 1. 7 from the 
 
 bottom, /or 13 Feb. 1809, read 15 Feb. 1809. 
 Laeoche, Christopher, Capt., p. 633, col. 1, line 25 
 
 from the bottom, for report, read refit. 
 Laueie, Sii- Robt., Admiral, p. 636, col. 1, 1. 8 from 
 
 the top, far Beunswick, read Beewick. 
 Laweence, John, Capt., p. 639, col. 1, note ', far 
 
 1814, read 1813. 
 Littlehales, Bendall Robt., Vice-Admiral, p. 662, 
 
 col. 2, 1. 7 from the top, /or 6 July, 1799, read 
 
 6 July, 1779. 
 Lystee, Henry, Capt., p. 690, col. 1, lines 8 and 9 
 
 from the top, for 10 Aug. 1845, read 18 Aug. 
 
 1845. 
 
 Martin, William Fanshawe, Capt, p. 736, col. 2, 
 
 1. 2 from the bottom, for 15 Nov. 1826, read 
 
 29 April, 1828. 
 Maunsell, Robt., Capt., p. 745, col. 2, lines 44 and 
 
 51 from the top, /or Indramargu, read Indramayu ; 
 
 and /or inshore, read ashore. 
 Meredith, Rich., Capt., p. 756, col. 1, 1. 8 from the 
 
 commencement, for 1800, read 1801. 
 Millett, John, Lieut., p. 761, col. 2, 1. 9 from the 
 
 commencement, for Henry Roper, read Henry 
 
 Raper. 
 Mingaye, Wm. Jas., Capt., p. 765, col. 1, 1. 20 from 
 
 the bottom,/or Belligerent, read Belliqueux. 
 MoLYNEUX, Wm. Hargraves, Commander, p. 769, 
 
 col. 2, 1. 3 from the bottom, far MiNDEN, read 
 
 Melville. 
 Montagu, John Wm., Capt., p. 772, col. 2, note |, 
 
 I. 21 from the bottom, for 14 Sept. 1799, read 
 
 14 Sept. 1779. 
 Moorman, Rich., Commander, p. 780, col. 1, 1. 30 
 
 from the bottom, for July, 1809, read June, 1809. 
 
 Newland, Chas. Frankland, Commander, p. 811, col. 
 
 2, 1. 10 from the end, for " between the 20 and 
 
 26," read " between the 10 and 16." 
 Newton, Jas., Lieut., p. 812, col. 2, 1. 13 from 
 
 the commencement, far 33 wounded, read 26 
 
 wounded. 
 NiAS, Joseph, Capt., p. 813, col. 1, 1. 28 from the 
 
 top, for Hecla, read Fury. 
 Nichols, Thos. Geo., Lieut,, p. 814, col. 1, 1. 9 from 
 
 the end, /or Phcenix, reod Phcebe. 
 
 Pace, Edm. Howard, Lieut., p. 848, col. 1, 1. 24 from 
 the commencement, far Corrijon, read Corrijou. 
 
 Parker, Sir Chas. Christopher, Capt., p. 855, note f, 
 col. 1, 1. 9 from the bottom, for 1779 read 1799. 
 
CORRIGENDA. 
 
 1399 
 
 Pabker, Fred. Augustus Hargood, Commander, p. 856, 
 
 col. 1, 1. 15 from the end, /or 15 July, 1809, read 
 
 15 May, 1809. 
 Pabker, Hyde, Rear- Admiral, p. 858, col. 1, 1. 40 from 
 
 the top, for IpHWENiA 46, read Iphigenia 42. 
 Patton, Thos., Lieut., p. 875, col. 2, 1. 13 from the 
 
 commeucement, for French, read British. 
 Peake, Thos. Ladd, Capt., p. 880, col. 2, 1. 6 from 
 
 the bottom, for two hours and a half, read four 
 
 hours and a half. 
 Pearse, Joseph, Capt., p. 883, col. 1, 1. 38 from the 
 
 top, /or Sept. 1839, rem? June, 1839. 
 Peel, Wm., Commander, p. 889, col. 2, 1. 21 from the 
 
 end, for "of Sir Thos. Hastings," read "from 
 
 Sir Thos. Hastings." 
 Percy, Hon. Wm. Henry, Rear-Admiral, p. 896, col. 
 
 2, 1. 11 from the bottom, far Canon, read 
 
 Carron. 
 Phepoe, John, Retired Commander, p. 899, col. 1, 
 
 1. 18 from the bottom, /or 4 May, 1811, read 4 
 
 May, 1810. 
 PUROHAS, Wm. Jardine, Capt., p. 939, col. 2, 1. 26 
 
 from the top, for 7 Aug. 1809, read 7 July, 
 
 1809. 
 Pym, Su: Sam., Vice-Admiral, p. 943, col. 2, 1. 8 from 
 
 the top, after the word " which " insert " and 
 
 of that found on board the Santa Brigida, an- 
 other rich frigate, taken at the same time." 
 
 Ray, Joseph, Lieut., p. 959, col. 2, 1. 7 from the 
 
 commencement, for two hours and a half, read 
 
 four hours and a half. 
 Rich, Edwin Ludlow, Capt., p. 972, col. 1, 1. 12 from 
 
 the top, for ToLONTAiEE 39, read Volontaire 
 
 38. 
 Richards, Peter, Capt., p. 974, col. 1, note *, 1. 3 from 
 
 the bottom, for Polamos, read Palamos. 
 Robins, Thos. Lowton, Commander, p. 989, col. 1, 
 
 1. 9 from the bottom, for destroyed, read taken. 
 
 Roscow, Sam., Retired Commander, 1847, p. 1004, 
 
 col. 1, 1. 7 fi-om the top, for Custinc, read Cas- 
 
 tine. 
 Ross, Sir Jas. Clark, Capt., p. 1006, col. 1, 1. 24 from 
 
 the bottom, /or Sept. 1839, read Sept. 1843. 
 ROWE, Henry Nathaniel, Retired Captam, p. 1009, 
 
 col. 2, 1. 6 from the bottom, for Feb. 1797, read 
 
 Feb. 1807. 
 
 Scott, Jas., Capt., p. 1042, col. 2, 1. 31 from the top, 
 
 for Ocrakole Island, read Oorakoke Island ; and 
 
 p. 1043, col. 1, 1. 1 from the end, for Baun, read 
 
 De la Boxe. 
 Shepherd, Lieut., p. 1059, col. 1, 1. 3 from the 
 
 bottom, /or John Shepherd, read Benj. Shepherd. 
 Slade, Jas., Capt., p. 1078, col. 2, 1. 7 from the 
 
 bottom, for 13 Aug. 1799, read 12 Aug. 1799. 
 SLAuaHTER, Wm., Capt., p. 1079, col. 2, lines 8 and 
 
 9 from the top, omit the words " and of the 
 
 Spartan and Mercury frigates." 
 Slight, Julian Foulston, Lieut., p. 1080, col. 1, 1. 6 
 
 from the end, for 28 July, 1842, read 5 May, 
 
 1847. 
 Smith, Christopher, Lieut., p. 1083, col. 2, 1. 2 from 
 
 commencement, for Tottenham, read Homerton. 
 Smith, Thos. (a), Capt., p. 1088, col. 2, 1. 13 from 
 
 the commencement, for Phcebe, read Phcenix. 
 St. Clair, Hon. Chas., Commander, p. 1019, col. 1, 
 
 1. 7 from the bottom, for Gahami Island, read 
 
 Graham Island. 
 Straohey, Christopher, Capt., p. 1130, col. 1, 1. 17 
 
 from the bottom, for D'Aubermesnil, read D'Au- 
 
 bermesuil. 
 Strong, Sam., Lieut., p. 1135, col. 1, 1. 16 from the 
 
 commencement, for Alcmhu, read AlGLE. 
 
 White, Martin, Capt., p. 1282, col. 1, 1. 27 from the 
 bottom, for Chansey, read Chausey. 
 
 PROMOTIONS AND DEATHS. 
 
 FROM ' THE NAVY LIST,' JULY, 1849. 
 
 PROMOTIONS. 
 
 Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir John Acworth Omman- 
 
 ney, K.C.B., to the rank of Admiral of the Blue, 
 
 4th May, 1849. 
 Rear-Admiral of the Red Hon. Donald Hugh Maekay, 
 
 to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 
 
 4th May, 1849. 
 Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Francis Mason, K.C.B., 
 
 to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 
 
 9th May, 1849. 
 Rear-Admiral of the Red Thomas Brown, to the rank 
 
 of Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 8th June, 1849. 
 Captain George Ferguson, to the rank of Rear-Admiral 
 
 of the Blue, 4th May, 1849. 
 Captain Sir George Rose Sartorius, to the rank of 
 
 Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 9th May, 1849. 
 Captain Sir John Gordon Sinclair, to the rank of 
 
 Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 8th June, 1849. 
 Captain Henry Thomas Davies, to the rank of Retired 
 
 Rear-Admiral, 3rd March, 1849. 
 Captain Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, to the rank of 
 
 Retired Rear-Admiral, 3rd March, 1849. 
 
 Captain George Gustavus Lennock, to the rank of 
 
 Retired Rear-Admiral, 4th May, 1849. 
 Captain Robert Aitchison, to the rank of Retired 
 
 Captain. 
 Captain Richard Hoare, to the rank of Retired Captain. 
 Captain John Foote, to the rank of Retired Captain. 
 Captain John Windham Dalling, to the rank of Retired 
 
 Captain. 
 Captain John FitzGerald Studdert, to the rank ot 
 
 Retired Captain. 
 Captain Charles Gordon (6), to the rank of Retired 
 
 Captain. 
 Captain Thomas Dench, to the rank of Retired Captain. 
 Captain George Wm. St. John Mildmay, to the rank 
 
 of Retired Captain. 
 Captain Theobald Jones, to the rank of Retired Captain. 
 Captain George Lloyd, to the rank of Retired Captain. 
 Captain Robert White Parsons, to the rank of Retired 
 
 Captain 
 Captain Abraham Crawford, to the rank of Retired 
 
 Captain. 
 
1400 
 
 PROMOTIONS AND DEATHS. 
 
 Captain George Haye, to the rank of Retired Captain. 
 
 Captain Henry Russell Manners, to the ranlc of Retired 
 Captain. 
 
 Captain James Thorne, to the rank of Retired Captain. 
 
 Commander Alexander Murray, to the rank of Captain, 
 8th May, 1849. 
 
 Commander Henry James Matson, to the rank of 
 Captain, 8th May, 1849. 
 
 Commander Henry Lowcay, to the rank of Retired 
 Captain, 24th May, 1849. 
 
 Lieutenant Henry Phelps, to the rank of Commander, 
 16th April,,_1849. 
 
 Lieutenant Richal'd Purvis, to the rank of Commander, 
 16th April, 1849. 
 
 Lieutenant William Kcigwin Nicolas, to the rank of 
 Commander, 8th May, 1849. 
 
 Lieutenant Arthur Mellersh, to the rank oi Com- 
 mander, 8th May, 1849. 
 
 Lieutenant Vashon Baker, to the rank of Commander, 
 8th May, 1849. 
 
 Lieutenant George Parker, to the rank of Commander, 
 26th May, 1849. 
 
 Lieutenant Edmund Heathoote, to the rank of Com- 
 mander, 13th June, 1849. 
 
 Lieutenant John Borlase, to the rank of Commander, 
 13th June, 1849. 
 
 Henry Christian, to the rank of Lieutenant, 8th March, 
 
 1849. 
 Anthony Hiley Hoskins, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 
 26th March, 1849. 
 John Whitmarsh Webb, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 
 11th May, 1849. 
 Herbert Philip De Kantzow, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 
 11th May, 1849. 
 William Henry Whyte, to flie rank of Lieutenant, 
 
 11th May, 1849. 
 Joseph Edye, to the rank of Lieutenant, 17th May, 
 
 1849. 
 Francis Gordon Probyn, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 
 17th May, 1849. 
 George . Foster Burgess, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 
 17th May, 1849. 
 William Henry Fenwick, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 
 7th June, 1849. 
 John Bythesea, to the rank of Lieutenant, 12th June, 
 
 1849. 
 Frederick Jones Protheroe, to the rank of Lieutenant, 
 
 12th June, 1849. 
 Patrick Chai-les Campbell M'Dougall, to the rank of 
 
 Lieutenant, 14th June, 1849. 
 
 OBITUARY. 
 
 Hcers whose Deaths hmie been officially reported since 20th March, 1849. 
 
 Flag Officers. 
 
 Admiral, 
 
 Seniority. 
 Sir Adam Drummond, Kt., 
 K.C.H 1848 
 
 ' Vice- Admirals . 
 
 Henry Hill . 
 Samuel Butcher . 
 
 . 1841 
 . 1847 
 
 Sear- Admiral, 
 
 Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, 
 Kt., K.C.H. . . • . 1847 
 
 Captains. 
 
 Bon. George Rolle Walpole 
 
 Trefims . . • , , 1824 
 Sir Thomas Bourchier,K.C.B. 1827 
 ffenry Wildey .... 1840 
 
 Commanders. 
 
 Seniority. 
 Alexander Kennedy (a) . . 1809 
 Richard Greenaway . . 1814 
 James Pickard . . . .1814 
 
 Robert Shed 1814 
 
 Robert James Elliot . , . 1814 
 John Fleming .... 1814 
 
 John Morgan . . --. 1837_ 
 
 Thomas Coleman . . . 1837 
 Henry George Shute , , 1841 
 James Charles Mann Touzeau 1842 
 
 James Cannon 
 xjohn Edward Conant . 
 xjohn Aylmer 
 yPeter Craufurd , 
 yGearge James Chuib 
 y Thomas Crawford , 
 y Whitwell Butler 
 yMm Farrant , , 
 
 Lieutenants. 
 
 Lestock Francis Boileau . 
 Edward Medley . . . 
 William Edward Fiott . 
 
 1846 
 1846 
 1847 
 1838 
 1840 
 1844 
 1845 
 1846 
 
 1806 
 1807 
 1810 
 
 Seniority. 
 Radford Gundry Meech . , 1810 
 Henry Walker (a) . . .1810 
 John Moffatt .... 1811 
 Randell Vans . . . « 18H' 
 Robert Leech .... 1811 
 John Goldie (6) . . . . 1814 
 William Porter .... 1814 
 NathanfelX^ranstoiin France 1814 
 Joseph C. Townsend , . 1815 
 Henry Sweetland . . , 1815 
 Robert Pepperel Madge . , 1815 
 James Reynolds .... 1815 
 William Ham .... 1815 
 William Armstrong Usher . 1815 
 Andrew Reid . , , . 1 820 
 Edward Corbet . . . .1822 
 Richard Buxton .... 1826 
 John Compton .... 1838 
 Thomas Copeland Woodman 1839 
 Charles H. V. Temple . .1842 
 George Baker .... 1844 
 Shirley Apthorp .... 1845 
 Edwin Langford Brown . . 1845 
 Charles Atkins . . . . 1846 
 
 THE END. 
 
 London : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street. 
 
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